Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ffcrapg and |arts. The report that Miguel Lopez, the betrayer of Maximilian, has been killed, tarns out to be an . " William Bichings, of Ohio, has had six wives, and is one hundred and four years old.? ' Marrying seems to agree with him. Cholera has been successfully treated in Mississippi, if we may believe a correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, by injecting sulphuric acid intr the veins. ?The Columbus (Ga.) rope factory is now taming out fourteen hundred pounds per day of an excellent article of rope, which is now furnished at aaiow rates aa the Northern article. ?The United States Patent Office reoentlv refhsed'to grant a patent to a spiritualist of New York, who applied for a patent for "an arrangement to make ghosts visible." ??There is a gentleman going through bant ruptcy in Milwauce, whose liabilities are $1,000,000, most of which are in judgments, while his assets are reported at $200 in personal clothing. -?All the suits commenced against General Sterling Price for military acts done during the warj have been dismissed by oonsent, each side paying iuj uwu cusu. The Boyish Parliament House clock is of such magnitude that the time required to wind it up is two hours. The dials are twenty-two feet in diameter, and the hour bell weighs fifteen tons. Excellence in anything is always the result of work. Mere luck is a myth. People who believe in the latter may be put on the long list of fools. It is hard work that does the business. ??It is related that a Jerseyman gathering mushrooms was told that they were poisonous. "Thank you," he replied, "I am not going to eat them myself?I sell them at the hotel.' Aa an illustration of how men will differ, the New York correspondent of the Lousiville Couriet ays he aw Ben. Wood and John Morrissey differ one night as to where a "nine" would fall, and that the little difference cost John $30,000. ; A couple of Americans created much amusement in Ptos, reoentfc by inquiring the way to the Bastile. When informed of its destruction, thegr aid, with characteristic readiness, that they supposed it had been rebuilt A widow lady in Ixoma, Jefferson county, Wisconsin, hung herself the other day, because hei wheat crop turned out only twenty bushels to the acre,^instead of twenty-five, as she predicted it ?r-A canard has been started by some "loyal" sensationalist in Washington, that the newly organised militia in Maryland intend to prevent the meeting of Congress in November, by cutting ofi communication with Washington. The first newspaper tolerated in Virginia was in 1780. The subscription price was fifty dollars per annum for one copy. Advertisements of moderate length were inserted for ten dollars the first week, ana seven dollars for each week succeeding. Jay Cook made over twelve million dollars profits out of Government securities during the war. He pays no taxes on this amount, but draws as interest in gold each year, eight hundred and forty thousand dollars! Quite a little contribution from the tax payers of America. Tlia "afivru* float" annV in HlwrWnn harbor during the war, does not appear to have done any permanent injury. An English vessel, drawing eighteen and a naif feet, has entered the port, loaded with railway iron. The deepest laden vessel that had previously entered drew but seventeen feet The President has received a letter from New York, - signed by a large number of colored persons, besides members of a colored church, asking the appointment of Fred Douglas, or either of x several other negroes named, to succeed General Howard, in case the latter shall be removed from the Freedmen's Bureau. ?? There is a man in St Paul who is singularly afflicted. One side of his face never sweats. The perspiration rolls off of the left side of his face in drops, while the right side is entirely free from moisture. He attributes the phenomenon to disease, which he says has stopped up the pores of hl< free on that side. A Portland correspondent of the Boston Transcript states that he was personally acquainted with sixty-nine members of the last Legislature of Maine} and of these, sixty-one kept spirituous liquors m their rooms during the session, and most of them favored prohibition. This has a bad look for the State that originated the prohibitory scheme. The Circulation of the New York daily papers is stated thus: Herald, 81,000; Times, 35,000; Tribune, 45,000; World, 20,000. Of the Herald, the editor in chief is John R. D. Putnam; of the Times, in the absence of Mr. Raymond, S. S. Conant, who writes "minor topics;" of the Tribune, Dr. George Ripley; of the World, D. G. Croly. ?-Hie St Louis Timet has a paragraph stating that two celebrated German doctors of that city were about to fight a duel. The reporter advised the belligerents that if they wishea to settle each other's hash, the most expeditious way would be to take each other's medicine. The Teutonic Esculapians were so tickled at the reporter's idvice that they buried the hatchet at once, and had a hearty Jaugh over a bottle of wine. According to the Act of Incorporation of the Town, the annual term of our Intenaant and Wardens expired last Monday, and in compliance with the order of Gen. Sickles, information of this facl was previously communicated to him. In response to this information, we understand that the same members of Council are instructed to continue in office until further orders. ? Greenville Moun taineer. At the present time Brazil furnishes a large proportion of the diamonds of commerce, the celebrated mines of Golconda being so nearly exhausted as to rent for a few dollars a year. Other localities in India are, however, rather more prolific. In the United States they have been obtained it Rutherford county, North Carolina, and in Hal] vmntv Dflnnn'u unrl wrv lwpnllv miifp n. nnmhpi have been found in California, principally in El Dorado and Amador counties. A Buddhist' 'praying machine'' is one of the curiosities of the Paris Exposition, It consists ol a little square box, with a handle at the right side. When you wish to say a prayer, a turn of the handle will do it as easily as if it were a tune on a barrel organ. The Buddhist machine has this advantage over a Barbary organ, that it is noiseless. Its inventors guarantee it to say a hundred and twentj prayers a day, and it will never get out of order. The prayers are written on rollers m the box. The Boston R>st, referring to the wealth anc power of Vanderbilt, says: "His ships are in the navy and on all the seas. He draws a check al sight for a million, and yet this man can have nc hitrher amusement than whist! Oh. incaDacitv ol cash! to cover trails of ten thousand continuous miles with lines of ship9, and yet exclaim: ' 'There's nothing richer than whist!" To count four ace: nobler than a railway! To say: "MyG|pd!ur whistles are heard in three zones, but I cannot b< happy without the odd trick!" A despatch from Farmville, Va., reports j fight there on the 10th instant, between some o the soldiers of the 21st U. States troops and th< town negroes. The soldiers had beaten a colore* man for refusing to sell them liquor and were abou to beat another, when the negroes rallied and j fight ensued. The citizens closed their stores, an* a company of soldiers was sent in and restored or der. One of the soldiers was stabbed in the melee and about a dozen soldiers and blacks badly beat en. ?? There is a new sensation in New Bedford Mass., in the way of a haunted house. The de monstrations of the uneasy spirit are confined t* promenading over the house from garret to cellar Dut it is very industrious, keeping up its perambu lating in broad daylight as well as the usual witch ing noun. Though perfectly invisible, it is unabl* to pass through key-holes, and the doors are seer to swing and heard to slam, as it goes from roon to room. Its attentions are principally directec to a tenement, inhabited by a lady, with her chil dren and husband, whose former nusband lost hir life in the army; and she recognises the tramp m the peculiar step of the departed, and imagines that be is displeased with her present marriage. The footfalls nave sometimes come close to bei in the day time. The mysterious spirit has nevei done any injury to person or property, and, on the whole, is a veiy well-behaved ghost. Maj. General Sickles arrived in this city yesterday morning, in the steamer Manhattan, from Charleston, and is at present staying at th? Brevoort House. He received the calls of a num ber of his personal friends yesterday, after which he proceeded to the residence of his mother, in Abingdon square. He subsequently returned to the hotel and was employed throughout the remainder ofthedayin receiving the visits of his friends. Among others, Gen. .Brewster, William M. Evartfi and the officers of the Forty-second regular infantry called upon the General. Preparations are being made by the Excelsior Brigade, the Grand Army of the Republic and the other military organizations of the city, to give the General a cordial reception. Gen. Sickles is understood, however, to have stated that he will decline any political demonstration that may be tendered to him?though, of course, he will be pleased to receive anv kindly compliments that may be offered to him by his old arihy associates.? World, 11 th. Ihr ?0*Mlr grnquiw. editors: JAS. E. WILSON - -..JAS. F. HART. YORKYILEE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 19, 1867. I i Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that t our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance. , X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiration of the time for which payment has been made. A Subscriber finding a (A) cross-mark on the wrapper or margin of his paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. EFFECT OF THE AMNESTY. f The President's late Amnesty Proclamation has * a1 1 aammanf virr tvlo nkds D6CII 1116 nUUjCV/t U1 IIIUVU wuimwuv mj vuv |/>vwv. , The N. Y. Tribune, which has always favored a general amnesty, thinks it was intended to confer ; all the rights of citizenship, including enfranchisement, upon those to whom it applies. This effect, i it says, will be brought about by means of a test ' case to be made in the U. S. courts, by some per| son pardoned by oomplying with the terms of the proclamation. Such a test case would bring out a decision on the extent of restoration to civil rights, | effected by a pardon from the President The Herald takes the same view of the Presi dent's intentions, backing it up with the statement that the cabinet unanimously agree that the legal effect of the proclamation is to give the right of ' suffrage to persons pardoned by it. The Herald 1 further sustains the President's legal right to the ' pardoning power, which, it says, Congress cannot take from him except by overthrowing the constitution itself. , The World thinks that the proclamation does not oonfer the right of suffrage; that its only effect is to protect the pardoned persons from prosecutions for treason and the consequent penalties. The Philadelphia Inquirer, a Radical paper, thinks the proclamation is "part of a deep laid ' scheme to secure the votes of the classes excluded by Congress, by adroitly avoiding an open issue upon the Reconstruction laws, or directly annulling 1 them." It predicts that parties, excluded from | registration by act of Congress, will apply to be registered, aud, on the refusal of their claim, will i appeal to the President, who will then decide the non-complying registering officers to be violators of the law and order their removal from office. Time will show which of these versions is correct. Our opinion is that, so long as the Reconstruction Acts are admitted to be law, a pardon ~ ^ * it _ -1?_A I from the fresident cannot remove tne amiranchisement of those who are unable to take the registration oath. One of these acts expressly states that no person who would otherwise be debarred from the privilege of registration, shall become * entitled thereto by reason of a pardon from the ' President This is not the exact language used, 1 but it is the substance of part of an act, which the President has officially recognized as a law, and which he professes to execute. Until this clause is repealed by Congress or declared void by the i courts, a pardon cannot, of itself, confer the right of suffrage. If it were so, the proclamation of < May 1865, which is in almost the same words, would have enfranchised many who have not been i allowed to register. ; The only practical advantage of this proclamation to our people, so far as we can see, is to diminish the number of those who are yet liable to the penalties of unsuccessful rebellion. It protects all who accept its terms, from prosecution for treason, fine, confiscation by court or Congress, banishment, and all other chastisements which the ultra Radical party would like to inflict upon 1 our people. EXCLUDED FROM AMNESTY. The National Intelligencer estimates the number of persons excluded from amnesty by the President's proclamation, to be but a few hundred. In ; the first excepted class, there now remain only President Davis, Vice Presideut Stephens, thiri teen heads of departments, twenty Governors of 1 States, five generals, ten lieutenant-generals, about ! thirty major-generals, two admirals and about two I hundred accredited agents of the Confederacy to foreigtj governments. Some of these have received special pflrdons, at the instance of prominent . Radicals; so that the number of excluded, in the , first class, is reduced to less than the estimate. No t accurate estimate can be made of the numbers of the second and third classes, as the most of those ) chargeable with mal-treatment of prisoners or con[ nection with the assassination of Lincoln, have already been tried and condemned or acquitted, or are held to bail for future trial. There are but few included in these classes. L PROPERTY AND WORK. While passing two colored individuals the other y, we accidentally heard one of them say to the ' other, "Plenty of 'em is rich, and never worked I none, neither." This, we suppose, is the answer to the advice usually given by conservatives to the negroes, viz: ; to acquire property by honest labor. It is a very weak answer, as it is founded on an easily exposed !, falsehood. No man, here or elsewhere, owns a dollar's worth of property that has not been paid for, ei5 ther by himself or his fathers. Some, it is true, own property which never cost them an hour's toil or a dollar in money. But this property was giveu them by those who had a right to give it away, ; because tJwj had paid for it. Wealth invariably I represents labor, performed either by its present , owner or those from whom he inherited it or reP ceived it as a gift. ' Property is always worth money, and unless a * man has money with which to buy it, he must do * without property, or work until he makes money ? enough to buy it. The term "work" does not always imply manual labor. Every kind of useful employment, whether of mind or body, is "work," f and is therefore entitled to wages. Head work - nennllir nnmmnnr]o erlinr urn nrno flinn *V?n UKam nf g uouuujr Vuuiuiuuug uiguvi nugw uiuu ?,uv iuwi ui 1 the hands, simply because it is worth more. But 4 every man is not qualified for every kind of emj ployraent; some have more talents than others.? These can, if they will, make money more rapidly ? than their less gifted fellow-men. But never is - a man entitled to mosey or property, until he has done some kind of service for the owner of that , money or property. He who gets property in any - other way than by labor or- gift, is a thief, and } whenever detected, is punished by the laws of the [ land. The colored race must get property as the white > race have got it, or do without it They must, in ) the language of the bible, "eat their bread in the f sweat of their face." They have no right to the 1 property which others have acquired by honest in[ dustry. If they attempt to take from the white j race that which by the laws of God and man bei longs to the whites, they will surely create a war which will result in sweeping them from the face of the earth. This war the white people of the South do not desire,?nay, they anxiously seek to prevent it. They have no hatred towards their former slaves, but earnestly desire to see them prosperous and contented. But the right of prop[ erty has always been held sacred by the Ango-Sax. on race, and as such they have ever been willing i to defend it with their lives. Nor will they now surrender it without a struggle, if the issue is forced upon them. The negro raoe may, in its present ignorant condition, be deluded into this dishonest scheme of robbing the white men of the South, relying upon the support of the North. If they do, they will be cruelly deoeived. The same mean wliite men who sneak through the country, seeking to make thieves and robbers of the whole negro race, will be first to approve, when their victims are being slain by a white army, \ almost entirely composed of Northern Radicals/ THE COLUMBIA PHCEff IX. We have for some time been desirous of noticing this valuable exchange; but a press of other matters has hitherto prevented it As a netci-paper the Phoenix is equalled by few of our exchanges, keeping its readers well posted on passing events in the State, and giving a summary of such affairs in the country at large as will prove interesting to the people of this section. By the present schedule of the Charlotte Railroad, we get the Phoenix on the same day on which it is printed, and we now rely upon it for the latest news; wliich was not the case before the change of schedule. THE YELLOW FEVER. This scourge of our sea-board cities has begun its ravages in earnest, along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico.. At New Orleans, where the f aver has prevailed to a limited extent for some weeks, the mortality is increasing, ranging as high as 67 deaths in 24 hours. At Pensacola, Florida, the fever has caused a general stampede, the population being now reduced from 3,000 to about 1200. The deaths in that place have not been numerous, being only three or four per day; but very many are sick. At Galveston, Texas, the deaths from yellow fever, on the 11th instant, were 32. The tel egraph brings the news that the fever is making its way to some of the interior towns of Texas. We have seen no accounts of the presence of this disease at Mobile, Savannah or Charleston.? But we learn, from private sources, that there is a great deal of sickness (principally from fevers of various names and types) throughout the entire low country of this State and Georgia. Nor is the up-country behind hand in this respect Though exempted from fears of yellow fever, it if. seldom that we have so sickly a season as the present? Chills and fever, are of almost universal prevalence in the lower portion of this District and there are not a few cases of bilious fever. This sickly state of the country is probably produced, in part at least, by the excessively wet weather we ha ve had. But the sun has been shining out for the last few days, and we hope soon to hear of a great improvement of health throughout the country, as one of the results of brighter weather. THE LATE ELECTIONS. The news from the various States which have just held their elections, is very encouraging. The ultimate overthrow of the Radical party is clearly discernible in the great losses which they have sustained, both in the Eastern and Western extremities of the North. In Maine, the Republican candidate for governor has been elected; but the party majority has been reduced by 19,000 votes, it being now only 8,000, against 27,000 last year. The Conservatives claim to have elected a majority in the lower branch of the Legislature; which is a great result, as the last House of Representatives contained 138 Republicans to 13 Conservatives. The Republican loss in the Senace is not known but it is heavy. Iii Vermont, the Radical majority of last year has been reduced by 3,000 votes; but the State is still strongly Radical. * In California, the Democrats have felected their candidate for governor, two members of Congress, and a majority of twenty in the State Legislature. The vote for governor shows a Democratic gain of nearly 30,000 votes. In the territory of Montana, the people have elected the Democratic candidate for delegate to Congress, by fifteen hundred majority, and an almost unanimous Democratic Legislature. The effect of these Democratic gains will be favorable upon the approaching elections in other States. The important States of New York and Pennsylvania are almost universally given up as lost, by the Radical party, and a hot campaign is now progressing in Ohio. It is not probable, however, that Ohio will go Democratic; though the efforts of Pendleton, Vallandigilam and others will probly reduce, considerably, the present Radical majority. Negro suffrage will, it is conceded, be voted down by a large majority. But though these political changes aie very cheering, our people cannot expect to realize any perceptible benefit from them yet The present Congress has still more than a year to serve, and though the moral influence of party defeat may influence that body to a degree, its animus towards x? u:xx-_ x- -11? -r me OUUtll IS IUU Uiucr I/O unun ui aujr uujic ui a change in their policy. AGRICULTURAL NEWS. ? The London Economist thinks the prospects for heavy grain crops in England to be "not iavornble.'' It says the weather has been unusual^ cold, and, in some districts, very wet The wheat crop, which was being harvested last month, was light, and the barley and oats crops were generall}- good, according to the Economist. ?From France, the correspondent of the I^ondon Times, writing with reference to the grain crops, says: ."As to quantity, it will be decidedly inferior to an average year, even in the rich plains of La Beaucc, comprising some of the finest com land in France." ?11.000 pounds of Sea Island cotton, grown on the Sandwich Islands, have been received at San Francisco this year. The cultivation of this kind of cotton is beginning to extend throughout the islands of the Pacific ocean. ? A correspondent of the Country Gentleman thinks that the com crop of Kentucky has been cut short fully one tlprd, by the long drought which prevailed there during the latter part of the Summer. ?A farmer in Jttandoipnco., jx. u., estimates tne cost of keeping sheep there at 40 cents per head a year, and the yield of wool one and a half pounds per head. Sheep are more numerous than before the war. ?-The Atlanta TnteUigcncer learns from a gentleman who has recently returned from a trip to several of the counties in Nortb-Eastcrn Georgia, that the corn crop in that section is more abundant than it has been for many years past, and that corn may be purchased there at 25 cents per bushel. The Intelligencer also learns from another gentleman that the grain crops in Southern Georgia are very fine ; but that recently much damage has been done the cotton crop by excessive rains, wbich have caused rust and rot to appear, and the blooms to fall. From other parts of the State (JUUlUS IUU SU1UU JlllGlllgUUUC lu icgaia w wiwu. ?The Columbia Phoenix, learns from several planters in the Eastern portion of Richland District, and other Districts adjoining, that the continuous rains of the past six or eight weeks have damaged severely the cotton crops?to the extent of onethird or one-half of the anticipated yield. The loss will be a very severe one, both upon the plants ers and their laborers. ? The Illinois State Register says: "The drought still continues, and corn for the most part, is damaged beyond help. Even should copious rains now visit us, Illinois will not yield over hall an average crop this year, and it is doubtful if mat> tere are not even worse." ? A dispatch from Augusta, Ga., dated the 12th instant, says that the continued heavy rains are veiy disastrous. It is estimated that one-third of the crops have been destroyed. Reports from rice plantations state that rains and freshets have ruin| ed the crop. ?The Charleston News says: 1 'From information gathered from some of our Sea Island planters, as well as from some from the up-country, the cotton crop has been very much shortened by the rains. Many of the bolls of the cotton are rotting through moisture) while the rain has also caused a in rupt which is injurious. a 1 ^?The New Orleans Orescent sums up the la- tic test reports of the ootton crop. Id Louisiana the vi army worm has committed terrible devastation, hi and it is impossible to make an estimate of the d yield of cotton in that State. The Crescent says: . "When the planters have picked what the worms e(j | have spared, or have not been able to destroy, we V? can count the bales. There is no such thing as a he trustworthy calculation on the subject." 0{ POLITICAL NEW8. wi ? Judge Black is to stump the State of Penn- 01 sylvania, and will present the issue, as made by ? Mr. Stevens, whether the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, or the will of the Radical K majority in Congress. Ex-Governor Joseph E. m Brown, of Georgia, and Hon. William Windom, ei M. C., from Minnesota, are stumping Georgia in aid of the Republican ticket ? The political reaction which is taking place in most parts of the country is likely to extend to fe Wisconsin. "In that State," says the Detroit S Free Press, "as in every Western State where the ol Germans compose the bulk of the Radical phalanx, tr the prohibition question is doing its work of disin- ol tegration. Some of the most influential politicians it of that nationality have come oat in favor of social si and religions freedom, and against the Paritan ei doctrines of the Radicals.'' s< ? The official returns of registration in Virginia show that 115,157 whites and 101,490 blacks g have been registered in that State; majority for w whites, 13.667. ^ b ? General Schofield issued an order on the 16th G instant, for an election for a State Convention in a: Virginia, on the 22d of October. The Boards of f( Registration are to have their final revision of the it lists completed fourteen days previous to the elec- c tion. *'' ? The negroes voted in Virginia for the first time jj on the 16th, when the question of subscribing $2,- g 000,000 to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad was n submitted to the citizens of Richmond. By order p of General Schofield, none but registered voters 0 were allowed to vote. The subscription was car- ^ ried by two thousand majority, the negroes voting f, for it en masse. y( ? The following military changes have been an- Ji nounoed by telegraphic dispatches from Washing- tl ton: Brevet Mejor-General J. J. Reynolds sue- J ceeds General Griffin in Texas, and Major General F Joseph A. Mower will command the Fifth Bis- IV trict until Hancock arrives. General Sickles has been ordered to report at headquarters between ? the 17th and 20th instants. g ? General Griffiin's order, removing the Judges 7 of the Supreme Courtof Texas and appointing new Judges, has been revoked. 2 MERE-MENTION. 1 William Gregg, Esq., President of the Granite- ~ villc Cotton Factory, died at his residence at Kal- o mia, on the 12th instant The new Postmas- 5 ter at Wilmington, N. C., (E. R. Brink, formerly 1 a Lieutenant Colonel on the staff of Kilpatrick,) 2 has appointed Geo. L. Mabson (negro) a clerk in ? the Postoffice in that city. Sheridan has ar- rived at Leavenworth, Kansas, and assumed command. Hancock immediately left for Washington & city. The Neics asserts that the city of Char- e: leston has paid nearly one-third of the entire tax- c ation of the State thus far received by the Treasu- P rer at Columbia. Thad. Stevens has discov- ? dm imcnn irW ti,^ .Tiidiftinrv C!omniifctee *. did not impeach the President is, that the major- b ity of that Committee are Masons, and Johnson is fi a Mason I Santa Anna at last accounts was still confined in San Juan d'Ulloa, near Vera Cruz, o Mexico. The Charleston Mercury says that c the Sheriffs of the State are to be notified forth- e with, that bills receivable of the State will be re- a ceivcd in payment of all tax executions in their g hands for collection. tl Twenty shares of Wilmington and Manchester ' Kail road stock, "Were recently sold at Wilmington, ? N. C., at $60 pef share I The par value of the C stock is $100. The New York Timet, refer- A ring to the high price of gold says "there is now a deep undercurrent of distrust, anxiety, and uncer- t tainty about the future.'.' Washington's nose g was two and five eighths inches long. Head Centre James Stephens is still living in Paris?in is distress, it is said. He is writing a history of the ^ Fenian plot, vindicating himself from charges of 4 dishonesty. Andrew Johnson was burued in ^ effigy, with much circumstance and ceremony, in t Montrose, Pa., on Thursday evening last. The ti construction of a street Railroad in Augusta, Ga., ji has been commenced. Female fashionables ^ at Saratoga ostracise a lady who wears the same s dress more than once. A lady trampled on a dog's tail the other day and the dog bit her leg, v and a stream of saw-dust followed the bite. "The earnings of the Atlantic Cable during the past year a are reported at $1,660,000 in gold. jj EDITORIAL INKLINGS. 0 The State Treasury. ^ The Sumter News learns, from good author- e ity, that the State Treasury is empty. The reve- \ nue received from taxes has fallen short about t $300,000 of what the tax-bill passed by the Legis- * ature was expected to raise. The taxes already paid into the Treasury have been expended, and j the executions outstanding against delinquent taxpayers amount to more than $100,000. This is / truly an interesting state of affairs. j Alone in his Glory. The Wilmington (N. C.) Journal states that a the President's Amnesty Proclamation has par- c doned every resident of that city, with the single b exception of General Robert Ransom. He is the 11 only man in Wilmington, not specially pardoned, r who comes under any of the excepted classes. The j Journal thinks that General R. is advanced, rath- n er than lowered, in the estimation of his fellow- o citizens, by the loneliness of his position, as the r "unpardoned rebel." jj Registration in Sonth Carolina. The Charleston Mercury publishes a table of g registration returns in this State, excluding a Charleston District. From this table it appears a that 18,399 whites and 42,532 blacks have been F registered ; which result gives a black majority of ^ 24,133, or considerably more than two to one.? j Anderson, Horiy, Lancaster, Newberry, Pickens r and Spartanburg are the only Districts in which t the whites have a majority. The second session - - - ? _ o a!? i:_x_ I of the boards and tne revision or rue hsuj iuuy change this result, but not to any material extent | The Georgia Air-Line Railroad. ( The Atlanta Era, of the lOtfi instant, says t that the prospects for the early commencement of . this enterprise are very flattering, as it is in the ? hands of parties who have the means, and whose g , interest it is to push it vigorously forward. Mr. L. B. Clark, of New York, is President of the c road, and (Jen. A. Austell, of Atlanta, is Vice- e President We believe the railroad alluded to is j the contemplated road between Atlanta, Ga., and , Charlotte, N. C. If so, its construction is a matter of interest to the people of York, as it will I probably pass through this District, and perhaps ^ , through this town. ? Tidings from an Old Friend. Q The name of Mr. T. C. Callicott will proba- 1: t bly be familiar to many of our readers, as he was i Special Agent of the Treasury Department for ? i South Carolina, just after the war. The anxious ' * inquiries into the ownership of branded horses and j mules, and the indefatigable researches for "gov- \ ernment cotton" in those days, were carried on r under the auspices of this gentleman. It will con- * sequently be a matter of some interest to many of ? :* our people to learn something of his subsequent j, i history. The New York Herald states that, after I having been relieved of the office of Government t Cotton Agent, he was appointed an Internal Rev- t enue Collector for New York, which position he * has continued to hold up to the present time.? ? But owing to the mysterious disappearance of the a contents of 211 barrels of whiskey stored under his 0 care, which barrels were lately found to hold noth- c g but water, a warrant for his arrest was issued 01 few dayB ago. Mr. C. however, learned this lit- ? s circumstance in time to disappear from public j* ew, and at last accounts his friends of the police id not succeeded in finding him. ti eath of Gov. Helm, of Kentucky. si ? Hon. John L. Helm, who was recently electI Governor of Kentucky by a veiy large conser- ^ itive majority, died on the 8th instant He had ^ sen in bad health for some time, and at the time ri ' his inauguration, was so ill that the ceremony g as performed in his own house. He was buried ?' i the 10th, just one week after his inauguration. 1 y his death, Hon. John W. Stevenson, the Lieunant Governor, becomes the acting Governor of Kentucky. Mr. Stevenson is a native of Rich- * ond, Va., and in politics a Conservative. He ? idorses and will carry out the principles enuncia- 4 d by the late Governor Helm, nportant Order by Judye Bryan. I: In the United States Court, at Greenville, a 1; iw days ago, Judge Bryan directed the United * tates Marshal to procure from the Tax-Collector ? f Greenville District, "a copy of his last Tax Re- c irns; and that the Marshal, with the assistance t F the Clerk, transcribe, upon tickets, each contain- 1 ig one name, persons who are by law qualified to t t as Jurors, to wit: The names of every person ; tiled to vote and paying any amount of tax as- rj jssed on property." j According to this, it appears that only such ne- i nwj ntinlifiorl M flit, f ruca UO pUIU a UVA W/t JJ! l/^/U ) 111 v W WW 3 jurors. General Sickles' orders are going over oard with a vengeance. General Sickles, in his General Order No. 34, directed that "all citizens ssessed for taxes, and who shall have paid taxes >r the current year, are qualified to serve as ju>rs. Congressional Appropriations. The Albany (N. Y.) Argus has been exarnling some "Miscellaneous" Documents of Conress, which afford a satisfactory explanation of the uinner in which that band of devoted patriots apropriates public funds. From Senate Miscellaneos Document No. 54, 39th Congress, 2d Session, rhich is a detailed statement of payments made om the contingent fund of the Senate for the ear ending December 3, 18GG, certified by J. W. 'orney, Secretary of the Senate, the Argus selects le following little items: 'or pocket-knives, A04 in number $1,118 30 'or pen-knives, 405 in number. 1,204 60 taking 914 knives for these 52 gentlemen, in one year, about 18 each ; average cost $2.53; amounting to 2,322 90 03 pair of shears, about 14 pair each... 325 00 ponges 364 76 ,137 pair of scissors, about 22 pair each, , a little over $1 a pair. : 1,189 10 lOpairs of kid gloves, about 4 pairs each, at $2.50 a pair 525 00 16 diaries 206 75 . 94 portfolios, nearly 6 each, at $4 1,104 00 J 4G pocket-books, 8 each, at about $2.50 1,019 50 * 09 brushes... 324 35 \ 56 pin cushions 60 00 | ,085 boxes of pens 1,895 64 i ,808 lead pencils 725 33 ("ewspapere and"magazines 3,266 60 ,876$ reams paper 4,092 39 j ,807.454 envelopes .. 10,904 97 ' Other items, such as paper weights, corkscrews, urds, erasers, leather dusters, chamois skins, fold- { rs, pen wipers, blank-books, inkstands, eyelet ma- ' hines, pamphlet cases, copy books, paper files, * en racks, stationery cases, gold pens, aies, key- 1 bigs, match cases, fluid, siuc taste, card cases, 1 jemorandum books, combs, cologne, soap,pomade, ' nlct poicda- and lemons, are scattered through the \ ook in quantities sufficient to supply all tneir , riends, or to set up variety stores in the country. 1 The above is no burlesque. It is taken from an j fficial document, which professes to account for , very cent expended by the Senate, for contingent xpenses. There wcro but 52 Senators, when the ] bove items were paid for; so that each of these < entlemen must have been well supplied with all ' he conveniences of debate. The absence of t 'spoons" from the list of necessaries, is accounted jr by the fact that Butler Was not in the 39th j longrcss. < k. "Rebel" Government Clerk. The Washington correspondent of the Bos- , on Advertiser is responsible for the following senational statement: : "Among the clerks in the Treasury Department i a man who is a brother of an ex-rebel com mo- | lore, who at the time of Gen. Early's attack on his city went through the lines to the rebel headuarters, and informed Gen. Early that the city 1 ras defended by militia only, and could easily be aken. For this act he was tried, and sentenced 0 be hung. He was subsequently pardoned, and 1 now malting up for lost time as a clerk in the rovernment employ." Itoring Potatoes. The Philadelphia Farm and Fireside, which re consider good authority, says : "The surest protection against rot in the potato, fter being harvested, is air-slaked lime. Let the irue be sprinkled over the bottom of the bin beore filling, and repeat the application at each foot if potatoes as the bin is filled up. The quantity is rhat a farmer would call a good sprinkling. Poatoes should be excluded from the light, and covred with old carpet, Ac., when convenient.? Yhen buried out of doors a high, dry spot should e selected, which can be thoroughly drained, and ' hen pursue the same plan with the lime as before. 1 L vent must be left for the escape of the confined ir." 1 fefferson Davis and his Trial. A Richmond Correspondent of the N. York ] Tribune, writing on the subject of the trial of ex- j Resident Davis, says: 1 "Some are of the belief there will be no trial, 1 nd that Davis will either be included in the forth- < oming amnesty, or he will be pardoned specially ' y the President. Others assert that it never was atended that Davis should be tried when he was elcased on bail, and that he will remain out of ' each where he is, in Canada, or go to Europe.? > Jut these are mere conjectures, based on nothing ' oore than the peculiar opinions and prejudices ' f the parties. From an authentic source, I have ' eason to state that Davis will be tried at the No- < ember term of the United States Circuit Court ' icre. and that he will be forthcoming at that time. 1 ' " -? lO !11 J 1 it 1 "The counsel lor tne aeience win aecmre mem elves ready for trial. The Court will signify its ssent in the same manner. The Government will sk for time, under the pretence of being unpre>ared?a shift to get out of the trial. The Court i rill then say it will be in session for a considerable >eriod, which will afford the Government ample i ime to prepare, and if its representatives fail to . irosecute the prisoner before the term of the yourt expires, it will in that case probably declare < he prisoner discharged, in the absence of the i nrosecution. Such will most probably bo the pro- I jamrae of the long expected Davis trial, and such j he upshot of it, in case of the failure of Government o substantiate its charges. The country will then le rid of a serious incumbrance." Judge Underwood doubtless inspires this, and it 3 the Best disposition for all hands, we guess, that an be made of Mr. Davis. i Scientific Accuracy of the Bible. ! In an address before the British and Forign Bible Society, which we find partially reportd in the New York Bible Society Record for July, lev. Dr. Miller said: With regard to science, I am not going to sug- i ;est that we should take any precipitate action, dy motto is, "Wait." I am not a bit afraid, i Nait till the geologists are agreed; wait till geol>gy is a little oldec; and in the meanwhile what I T ' T *nlfn nn Knnl-o onr} T find fViof mnn 1U A 1AI1U 1 X lURt UU WWV?U| MUV? A UUU VUWV IMVM if science are obliged to acknowledge that some- i iow or other, as philosophy goes on, as chemistry ' 3 befter understood, and as geology is better unlerstood, the very phraseology of the Bible is I ound to be literally correct I was much struck rith a passage which I met within a little popular >ook the other day. The writer says, that until rithin a very few years, comparatively speaking, >eople thought that dew dropped from heaven, 1 >ut the true philosophy of condensation and radia- i ion is in the Bible: "My doctrine shall drop as ! he rain, my speech shall distil as the dew." That 1 3 what the aew does. It does not drop from leaven; it distils, and Moses told us so. Then, 1 akc another little thing which occurs in a note in hat great work on the subject of Inspiration, by Wessor Lee, of Dublin. He says, referring to 1 lir Roderick Murchison: "It has been found i hat the distribution of gold in its original vein- i tone, or parent rock, differs from that of every ther metal in the superficial range of its particles ?r threads. Lodes of iron, copper, and argentifer as lead ores, when followed downward*, generally acome more and more productive?the reverse eing the case with goldL" "Now," says -Sir Roderick, "Job shadowed forth the downward ? ersistenoe of the one, and the superficial distribu- j on of the other; 'Surely, there is a vein for the 2 Iver * * * the earth hath dost ofgold.I say, I len, that we need not be afraid of science, if i lience does this for us. If science teaches us that * loses was right when he talked about the dew !. istilling instead of dropping, and that Job was ight when he spoke of silver being in veins, and old in dust, I say let science go on, and thank it )r making such discoveries. 'all of a Meteor. * The Hamilton (Canada) Timet gives the fol- 1 iwing description of the descent of a meteor into <ake Ontario, witnessed by Captain Turner, of the Ichooner Algerinc, Captain T.'was standing on ^ he deck of his vessel, about eleven o'clock at night, hen "His attention was attracted by a sudden Ola- e dilation from the northwest, which almost instant- 1 7 increased to a dazzling brilliancy. On turning le beheld a large body or fire in the heavens, which eemed to be approaching at a distance of about hirty degrees, and growing rapidly larger as it ] auie nearer, the observation of time being so brief ( ls hardly to admit of computation in seconds.? , [he momentary impression of Captain Turner was . hat certain and complete destruction awaited his * vessel and all on board, as the terrific missile seem- J d to be directed to strike the vessel broadside.-? ' fbe time for reflection, however, was brief, andtfie ight emitted was so blinding in its effect that the , nan at the wheel and another of the.crew on deck J ell prostrate and remained for_some time com pletely stupefied with terror. Tlie Captain turn- I elf, as he states, remained transfixed, and saw the , iery body enter the water some three hundred p rards ahead of the vessel, about two points to the 1 vindward. A bud explosion attended the'oontact . vith the water, which was sharp aod deafening, J jqual to a thunderbolt close at hand; a large vol- J lmeof steam and spray ascended into the air, ] vhich was noticed for some moments afterward. ( In the oonfusion of the moment Captain Turner < vas unable to comprehend what had oocurredoftnd he crew were inclined to believe that the pnS. ^ lomenon was an explosion oflightning, the sky being perfectly cloudless at the time. The captain estinates, as well as he was enabled to judge from the irief time for observation afforded, that the meteor 1 was a body of about twenty feet in diameter. A y ong tfail of flame of the most intense brilliancy ( vas noticed as it struck the water. As Captain Turner describes his sensation, his faculties for the * noment were all compressed in the sense of sight,- ' so overwhelming was the light from the fiery ob- i ect: but he believes he was sensible of a terrific whizzing, howling noise, similar to that made ] py the steam issuing from the escape pipe of a < steamer, which attended the meteor previoos to the grand explosion on striking the water. He assures us that his nervous system did not reoover j from the shock experienced for many hours after* 1 ward." \ GOING INTO BANKRUPTCY. Mr. D. N. Bingham, the, Commissioner in j Bankruptcy at Montgomery, Alabama, publishes , i very succinct synopsis of the rights of Bankrupts i ludcr the late Act of Congress. The synopsis em- j praces the exemption law of the Stateof Alabama; 1 put inasmuch as but few of our readers are inter- , >sted in that part of the synopsis, we have substi- , ;uted the exemption law in foroe in Sonth Oaro ina: j I. Petitioners under the Bankrupt Act are re- j juired to render a schedule of all their debts and , labilities of every kind and description whatsoever. , md also, an inventoiy of their estate, both real and j personal, including all property and effects, of vhich they are poss&sed. or in which they may , pave an interest, (though not- in possession,).in 1 xpnformity with certain Forms" prescribed in the 1 'General Orders" of the Supreme Court of the i United States. These schedules, verified by (?th' j pf the petitioner, must accompany the petition, md wheu filed with the Register, are the oommenoenentof proceedings in bankruptcy. IL Debtors contemplating bankruptcy, may dispose of any property, to which they have a right to raise money to pay the deposit fee of $50, ana such property need not be rendered in their inventory, beyond stating the fact of its disposition and the purpose to which the proceeds were applied. III. Bankrupts are entitled to die following list >f property out of their estates, (if they have it,) axempt by the laws of South Carolina, to wit:? ' Two bedsteads, beds and bedding; one spimling wheel, and two pairs of cards; one loom, one cow and calf, all necessary coolring utensils; and provisions to the valne of $10. If the debtor De a fanner, be may retain all necessary farming implements ; if a mechanic, the tools of bis trade." In addition to this, the 14th section of the. Bankrupt law excepts from the provisions of the Act, "the necessary household and kitchen furniture ana sach other articles and necessaries of such bankrupt, as the assignee shall designate and set apart, haying reference in the amount, to the family, condition and circumstances of the bankrupt, but altogether not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars in value, in any one-case; also the wearing apparel of such bankrupt, and that of his wife ana children, and the uniform, arms and equipments of any person who is, or has been a soldier of the militia, or in the service of the United States, and such other property as now is, or hereafter shall be exempted from attachment or seizure, or levy on execution, by the laws of the United States. IV. The assignee has no right to the labor or personal earnings of the bankrupt, between the bankruptcy and the discharge; for. that would deprive him and his family of the means of subsistence. Hence, petitioners will not be required to Include the growing crop in the inventory of their effects, and all bamtrupts whose petitions are filed anterior to the maturity of their crop, and before its severance from the soil, will keep and use it, the same as other property acquired by their per sonal industry, the rule being that the profits of the personal industry of the bankrupt, between the bankruptcy and the discharge, do not pass to the assignee. It was held under the United States bankrupt law, of 1841, that all the acquisitions of i bankrupt, after the filing of his petition, are exempt from liability to pay debts previously contracted. Y. Whatever beneficial interest the bankrupt bas in his wife's property passes to the assignee : 1 but a court of equity, if its assistance is required to realize such interest to the bankrupt's estate, j will protect the interest of the wife and children , by imposing terms upon the assignee, stipulating , that a provision be made for her and her children )ut of the fund. If, however, the property be set- ' tied, or a gift inures to the separate use of the 1 wife, then the assignee takes nothing, because the i bankrupt had no equitable interest therein. i THE FALL ELECTIONS. 1 The following named States will hold elections it the times and for the offices mentioned: 1 Pennsylvania, Tuesday, Oct 8.?One-third 1 af the State Senators [11] and the members of the Bouse of Representatives. Ohio, Tuesday, Oct. 8.?Governor, Lt Gov- ; 3rnor, State Trereurer, Comptroller of the Treasu- , ry, one Member of the Board of Public Works, State Senators and Representatives. The Legislature to be elected will have the right to elect a 1 United States Senator to succeed Senator Wade, < whose Senatorial term will expire on March 4, i 1869. Minnesota, Tuesday, Oct 8.?Governor, Lieu- j tenant-Governor, Secretary of State, State Trea- , aiin?r. Attornev-General. one-half of the State Senators (11) and the Members of the House of Representatives. Iowa, Tuesday, Oct. 8.?Governor'and Lieuten- * ant-Governor, one-half of the State Senators (23) and the members of the House of Representatives. , West Virginia. Tuesday, Oct 24.?Members of the House of Delegates. Massachusetts. Tuesday, November 5.?Gov- 1 ernor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, : Auditor, Attorney-General, Councillors, State Senators and Representatives. New York, Tuesday, November 5.?Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney-Genereral, State Engineer, Surveyor, one Canal Com- J missioner, one Inspector of State Prisons, State 1 Senators, and Members of Assembly. New Jersey, Tuesday, Nov. 5'.?One-third of j the State Senators (7), and the Members of the House of Representatives. , Wisconsin, Tuesday. Nov. 5.?Governor, Lt Governor, Secretaiy of State, Treasurer, Superintendant of Public Instruction, Attorney-General, Bank Comptroller, State Prison Commissioner, State Senators and Representatives. Maryland, Wednesday, JSov. 6.?tomptroller of the Treasury, two Commissioners of Public Works, one-half of the State Senate (11), and Members of the House of Representatives. The legislature to be elected will have the right to elect a United States Senator to succeed Senator Johnson, whose Senatorial term will expire on Match 4, 1869. Kansas. Wednesday, Nov. 6.?Members of the House of Representatives. % LOCAL ITBBIS. ,, ICT ?>TB? TIBEM*!! W. Clawitm?In Bankruptcy. Z A. Du^as-ACedlofil College of Georgia. I D.Smuh?York Baptist Union. \ C. Harris?In the Court of Ordinary,,'/.' rK\ mclrow Jackaon?Quarterly State Taxes. [alley's Varieties, K w. Williams?Assignee's sale. rorkrOle Baptist Churai?Incorporation. THB *}'/ '' The Baileys will give another entertainment' q Yorkville, on to-morrow (Friday) night Bead heir advertisement in another oohunn. ^ OOMlCUilOV AT BETHE8DA The oommnnion Aervioes of Betheeda f^hnrch, rhich were appointed to take place on the 8th intant but were postponed on account of thewaathr, will be held on next Sabbath, the 22d instant 'reaching win oommeoce on Saturday* EBEIEZEB BOLE SOCIETY. We have been requested to state that the Ebenezer Bible Society win hold its Annual Meeting al Ebinezer Presbyterian Church, on Sunday, October 3th. A sermon will be preached on the occasion jyRev. E. A. Bolles, Agent for.the American Bjblfr-Seqiety for Sooth Carolina. OOIU&XBBB, mo* Mwnjmhr nn. 5oadT\. The following are the oonsigneea per K. M. R.^\ Road, from the Uth to the 17th, indnsive: Richard Eare, John Smith, Br. John May, B. joings, Carfbll, Clark & Co., J. T. Lowry, fL F. ImlaMr.Ta/iUnn T TI WithowrvMin -T (7. Secrest, L. M. Grist, T. M. Dobaon k Co., J. W. Avery & Co., L. Smith, B. T. Wheeler, F. II Galbraith, J. Herndon, W. E. Rose, Gen. E. If. Law, A. R. Homesley, Johnson k Darwin, E. tfaniganlt, Kerr k Roach, James Jefferys, W. L Dlawson, M. Johnson, G. S. Motley,. J. &. E. B. 3towe. '?* ^ For the Yorkvllie Enquirer, f . THE BIBLE CAUSE, Afesxrs. Editors : That you and the numerous Tiends of the Bible in York District, nftfttfib abatis doing for the great and good work of BiWelistribution in South Carolina, under the ttaspfos >f the American Bible Society, please pnbHsh in he Enquirer, the fbfowiug letters and statenents: Dr. S. Chatbnrn Brown, President .Young lien's Christian Association, OhariestoQ, South Carolina, in a recent letter, says: -' ;* "Rev. and Dear Sir: Permit me to Mknowljdge the reoeiptof your very christian and friendly letter, as also the receipt of a largegrant of Bibles rod Testament* and portions of the Scriptures; from the American Bible Society, which yon represent In this State; and to say, that our Association will make every effort to distribute the word of God? il ready they have begun. Under their auspices, i weekly prayer meeting is now ngnhriy held, in the Southwestern portion of the etty among the poor and destitute; a mission orragged Sabbath . school is established in the same portion of thecHy, which promises well with the Messing. <jf G?L<7Fhe work of distributing the Tracts has also ' been undertaken by them, and in two weeks over 600 rracts have been distributed and in God's hand, bave been the instrument of leading oqe sool to inquire, what he shoold do to be^ aaved ?? One great drawback is the^want of ^mea^bu^we are JTfaT r.J.e D. D., General Superintendent of tne Depose suue voovenaon, at Darlington point House, South Gtfqlinajthus acknowledges in a letter,.* ^.gragt ofJShhp and Testaments, which were confided to his care for distribution, by the American Bible Society. "My Very Dear Brother:! write in hastate' acknowledge your kind favor, and to express my ' thanks for the books so generously eontrimrted.? I shall lode for them witn great anxietyfor constant and repeated applications are made for both Bibles and Testaments hy Sunday Schools, and by the poor, white and colored. ' > iU My dear brother, the applications for Bibles and Testaments are so numerous among aH classes of our suffering poor in Sooth Carolina, that, if possible, I wish you to procure me another appropriation as soon as possible; for I assure you I find the destitution to be very great every Where in my; numerous excursions through the State, as general agent of the Baptist State Convention. MayGrod bless you dear brother, and all-of those who an engaged in the whole work of Bible-distribution.? Surely we are under great and unspeakable obligations to the American Bible Society for contributing so generously to the spiritual necessities of our people in this, the hour of our darkness and dietrees." ' ! Dr. Isaac Branch, Treasurer, Abbeville District Bible Society, at Abbeville Court House, Sooth Carolina, July 31st, in announcing the nmmbn of this Society, with the American Bihle Society, in > a letter to the Secretary of the Pareat Society, says: ' "Dear Sir: We have this day held our fcrtrninth anniversary of the Abbeville' District Bible Society. We have never tailed to hold oar mgu^ lar anniversay meetings since our first organisation. ' Our meeting to-day was a delightful one, a sermon having been preached by Rev. H. T. Sloan, of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, and an address delivered by Col A. C. Haskell, of the Episcopal church. Both of these were of the highest order. We have re-umtef with you? noble Society and would have done so last year, b&t there was a debt hanging over the Confederate Bible Society, of which ours had been an atixilaiy, and we did not feel at liberty to absolveoor connexion with * - " ? r? ttr i, mat, until tnat dew-was mspoeea or. tto nave pud over to Rev. E. A. Bolles, your excellent Agent, $150 to be forwarded to you. We are very active in furnishing our freedmen with the word of life, and I have distributed about 2,000, copies to them during the past year. The 2,000 copies you furnished us with last year are nearly all gone.? We are needing a further supply and will send on in a few day's for this supply." On the occasion of the 12th Anniversary, August 31st, of the Rocky Creek BiUe 8ociety, Chester District, a committee was appointed to confer with the friends of the Bihle in this district for the purpose of forming a Central Committee in Chester District, who will appoint sub-Committees in the seventeen Beat Companies for the purpose of supplying every destitute family and person in the district, who can read, with a copy of the Scriptures. This is a praiseworthy work and should command the attention and energy of each Bible Society in the State. Every day brings with it encouragement in my work. New Bible Societies are being organised and the old societies are re-organized or revived, and are fast resuming their former friendly relations with the American Bible Society, from whom all of them have received liberal donations of Bibles and Testaments for sale and for distribution. It is truly gratifying to know that Christians of great worth and influence of the different denominations in this State, are so actively engaged in the great work of giving the Bible to the destitute in oar various districts. r " It is also worthy of notice that the freedmen share equally with the whites in! the distribution of the Holy Scriptures, and great care is taken hy the officers of the Bible Societies1 to supply them .with * books of the scriptures in good dear tvne. in their day and Sabbath schools, as fast as they learn to read. It is my earnest desire soon to visit York District, for the purpose of efieotingas&r as possible, a permanent Bible interest, and in view of . this good work, I would earnestly invite the hearty cooperation of the people, aa in farmer years. I a 11 H 1L1 1 < * ^ * wuuuu nay uj au way wye Hie JUOra Jesus UttUSt, and God's Holy Book, pray, and give, and labor, "that the Word of the .Lord-may have free course and. be glorified." Wishing you and aRofthe people erery blearing. Yours truly, . , " i-*-l * V<- r ;R:JL BOLLES. Agent American Bible Society for 8. 0. Legal.?The Sumter Nam Bayb: "We understand that his Honor-Judge Moses, before whom, in Charleston, during the hat month, a motion was made for a prohibition against the Tax Collector, to restrain the eoHeetmn of the State Quarterly Tax on Lienors, as unconstitutional, has pronounced a judgment, deciding the said tax to be oonstitutiooal, and therefore refusing the application. - ' "