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gaaps mA gacts. Hon. Wm. 5C. Evarts has declined to accept the position of Attorney-General tendered him by the President ??The Columbia Phoenix is informed that after Governor Orr's term of effioe terminates, he will probably move to Columbia and engage there in the practice of the law. . ??On the 14th day of June, ninety-one years ago. * resolution adopting the. "Stars and Stripes" as the national standard, was passed by the Continental Congress. ??A young lady being asked by a feminine acquaintance whether she bad any original poetry in her album, replied: "No; bat some of my friends hate favored me with original spelling." Chicago has been indulging in another oensua, and solemnly declares its population to number 240,044, an increase in two years of about 30,0QP?, A dispatch from Montgomery, dated the 20th instant^ says that fine ana seasonable rains have fallen in different parts of Alabama in the last few days, coming just in time to save the corn crop, which was nearly burnt up. ?Corner loungers in Chicago are fined twenty-five dollars for tne first offence, fifty dollars for the second, and one hundred dollars for the third, and for further violations of the ordinance, any sum in the discretion of the magistrate. t, ?A number of persons, consisting of twelve white men and one negro, suspected of complicity in the murder of S. G. W. Dill, were brought to this city yesterday under military guard ana committed to Castle RnOkney.?Ch arUxton Newt. -? An English^ clergyman repudiates the idea : of music in paradise, lie declares ms cnoir una gives him so much trouble on earth that the idea > of music in the world to come is wholly repugnaut 1 to his notions of eternal peace and rest Brown asked permission to call his love by the expressive name of some animaL It was Suited on condition that she should have the e privilege. On leaving, Brown said, 'good night deer.' 'Good nighl, bore,' said she. Brown has given up the company of ladies. The paper money of Russia is 12 per cent. discount, or Italy 15 per cent, of Turkey 20 per cent of the United States 40 per bent The taxes in France are $7 97 per head, in England $10 92 ger^head, and in the United States $16 00 per -?The "Zephyrina" is the name of the last issued hoop-skirt It is said to be a marvel of light- < ess, fleetness, flexibility and tenacity; and one of the shop-keepers publicly announces that it makes the ladies feel as though they had nothing on.? This must he a fading worthy of the primitive days of Mother Eve. A new way to collect old debts has been found in Kentucky. The creditor had his debtor arrested for possessing counterfeit money, and when the offioers made a search and discovered two thousand dollars in genuine greenbacks, he attached the lot, Securing his amount A colored youngster in Troy received corporeal punishment at the hands of his ancestors, recently, because his kitten got its head in the milk pitcher. The boy cut off the head to save the pitcher, and then moke the pitcher to get out ; the head. At a late dinner in North Carolina, there ' sat down to table three ex-Governors, an fx-Jus- i tioe of the Supreme Court, two ex-members ot ] Congress, and some other men of honorable dis- f tion in their State, and the only person in the ( room who could vote or hold office was the negro who waited on the table. ' A Texan murderer, who had fallen into the 1 hands of Judge Lynch, offered to save trouble by performing his own execution. He thereupon climbed a tree, made a very edifying and moral speech to the crowd, warning them to profit by I his example, pat the Doose about bis neck, tied t the end of the rope to a stout limb and jumped. ( It is ascertained that the Radicals have de- j termined not to adjourn Congress until after the t Southern States have organized and ratified the fourteenth amendment to the constitution, and their representatives admitted. This is with a 1 view to securing the Southern electoral votes for 2 Grant*" f From all the information we can obtain, and t from personal observation, we find that the wheat crop lust harvested is hardly half what it would ^ have been with a favorable season. Some few will malm more, some less, so that the average may be half a crop. As there was more land in wheat ' than usual. we may expect the supply for market as good or better than last year.?C harlotte Times. The Chicago Post, usually pretty lair Radical authority, asserts that should Mr. Chase fail to f show the strength expected of him in the Demo- , cratic Convention, the entire Pendleton force "will \ be transferred, on the last ballot, to David Davis, of ( Illinois, an old friend of President Lincoln, and now < a justice of the Supreme Court by Mr. Lincoln's ' appointment." There's food for reflection. 1 The Czar of Russia has made a proposal to 1 the Emperor Napoleon that Russia and France J unite in an effort to induce all civilised nations to i abandon the use of torpedoes and explosive pro- ; jectiles in time of war. The Moniteur states that j this humane proposition meets with the approval of the Emperor, who, however, thinks that it still may be necessary to employ torpedoes for defen- 1 sive purposes. ] Geo. Stone, a native of Massachusetts, but ( a citizen of Virginia for two years past, has declined a unananimous nomination for State Senator t tendered him by the Conservative party. He de- , cunes being a candidate on tbe ground that he has not been a citizen of Virginia long enough to entitle him to tbe honor of representing her native population. Gen. Stone's modesty ought to shame those Northern men in the South who are forcing themselves upon the people as their law-makers t and representatives. 1 A correspondent, writing of the manner in c which people five at New York restuarants, says: r "Not many evenings ego I saw Horace Greeley at the same table with some Broadway clerks, par taking of a meal that cost him about twenty cents. a Horace does not spend much money on his stom- f ach. He gave up vegetarianism long ago, but still c sticks to brown bread and cold water. These are a harmless and cheap, and Horace patronizes them quite liberally but not on account of their cheapness. Horace is as free with his money as any man in New York?in fact, he does not know how to * keep it" h The well-informed Washington correspon- r dent of the Baltimore Sun says that, "as the time s approaches for the meeting of the New York 4th 1 of July Convention, speculation is rife as to who t will receive the nomination for President Chief Justice Chase will continue to be mentioned promi- ? nently, and apparently has hosts of frienas, but 1: the knowing ones say that the talk about him is * all moonshine. It is a fact that some of the promi- f nent Western Democrats have declared for him, i for no other purpose, as is said, than to lessen the ( chances of Mr. Pendleton. Senator Hendricks looms up very strongly, and many say that the 1 nomination really lays between him and General I Hancock." I The Chicago Tribune has a special dispatch 1 from Napierville, 111., giving an account of the poisoining of a whole church congregation at that i place on Sunday last The churcn was celebrating , a lovefeast. The meat bad been prepared in a , copper kettle, and allowed to remain in it all day, till the liquid had become oxydized. All who par- 1 took of it were poisoned, and all suffered the most excruciating pain. Medical assistance was at once < summoned, but it was a long time before the en- , tire number (about one hundred and thirtv) could be attended to. About twenty of the number were ' regarded as in a dangerous condition, but none ' have yet died, and it is hoped that all will recover. < mi XT "XT ? T\* . /? /.? i -?ine i>ew xorK directory lor isos-oy con- 1 tains 185,751 names, an increase of 8434 over the 1 number in the edition for last year. New York i contains 1760 Smiths, 160 of whom are "John | Smiths." The churches, 324 in number, are di- i Tided as follows: Baptist, 31; Congregationalism?, 7; Butch Reformed, 17; Friends, 3; Jewish Syn- 1 agogues, 27 J Lutheran, 13; Methodist, 42; Afri- 1 can Methodist, 4; Presbyterian, 43; United Pres- 1 byterian. 7 \ Reformed Presbyterian, 5; Episcopal, 64 ; Catholic, 39; Unitarian, 3; Universalist, 3; and 18 miscellaneous. Two hundred and seven . publications are regularly issued, of which eighteen j are dailies. Any conflict of jurisdiction that may arise 1 between the United States and the several States 1 cannot be settled until an actual case comes up in due course before the Supreme Court To facilitate a decision on mooted points of constitutional | law, Mr. Garret Davis has introduced a bill into , the Senate which provides that, when any State of the Union deems that there is a conflict between its own constitution or laws and an act of Con- 1 gress, it may file a petition in the Supreme Court i setting forth the points at issue, and the case so brought shall take precedence of all other cases on the docket Pending the suit, any Justioe of the Supreme Court may order an injunction to stay proceedings under the act of Congress complained of, but the Supreme Court may modify or dissolve the injunction at any time on motion. A certain professor of spiritualism professes to have recently visited the moon, by and with the advice and consent of the ghost of Benjamin Franklin. The professor states that in anatomical structure tne inhabitants of the moon are very peculiar; that they are on the average about three feet high, having very Targe round heads, with a couple of horns in front, and something resembling human faces on the back sido of the cranium; that they always walk sideways, like large, odd-looking crabs, with the face turned over the front shoulder as they walk; that they have very large protruding eyes, one on either side of the nose, wnich is broad, snout-like, and turns up at the end; that they wear clothes of an exceedingly coarse and peculiar kind of grass, only found at the moon, woven together by a very simple process, and that they are, on the whole, a very intelligent race of oddities, greatly given to the study of metaphysics. The professor will "pass. " She YORKVILLE^S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 2d, 1868. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and job, work, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiration of the time for which payment has been made. A Subscriber findings (?) cross-mark on the wrapper or margin of his paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. THE BANKRUPT ACT. Some time ago, the lower House of Congress passed a bill amendatory of the Bankrupt Act, extending the fifty per cent, limitation until January kt, 1869. Last week the matter came up in the Senate, and that body voted for its indefinite postponement. Unless this vote should be reconsidered,.it closes finally the chances for extension of the fifty per cent, clause. CONCERT AND ADDRESS. We are requested to state that the first session of the Female College at this place, will close this week. A musical concert, by the young lady graduates, will be given at the College Hall on Thursday evening, commencing at 8 o'clock. The Rev. A. Flynn Dickson, of Orangeburg, will also deliver an address, the same evening before the young ladies of the institution. The public are invited to attend. THE PRESIDENCY. Rumor has it, that Chief Justice Chase has an?AA/)mAoo frt onoarv^ tlin awtwtfof) nlof IIUUI1UCU mo icauilicoo iu awvjyb vuv va|/vvwm form of the Democrats at New York, on the fourth of July, and is entirely willing to become their standard-bearer in the Presidential race. The Democrats ought not to beg him to accept their honors. The Chase movement seems, therefore, to be gaining strength, but knowing ones say that be cannot be nominated. Pendleton's chances seem to stand next in order, but the knowing again say, that none of the prominent candidates can get the nomination; but that it will fall upon some person whose name is yet behind the curtain. FARM PROSPECTS. ~. Two weeks or more of drought, after the wet Spring, has given farmers time to clear out the p-ass, but is beginning to tell against the corn :rop. Cotton is later than usual, but otherwise jroraising. The wheat crop Is generally cut down, ind will fall far short of the promise it gave some vecks ago. Rust has been the principal impedinent to a full crop. The oat crop will prove an dmost entire failure?especially the late sowing? rorn rust. Many fields will not pay for the cuting. The late hail-storm passing down Broad River, vas confined to a narrow section, embracing both iides of the river. The damage seems to have >een fully as great as reported at the time. DAVIDSON COLLEGE The thirtieth Annual Commencement of Davidion College will be held on Thursday, the 16th of fuly. The exercises of Commencement week will )e as follows: July 9th, 10th and 13th; exaroina.ion of the classes. Sunday, 12th, Baccalaureate Sermon, by President McPhail. Tuesday, 14th, neeting of Board of Trustees. Wednesday, 15th, it 11 A. M., Annual Sermon before the Williams Association of Inquiry, by the Rev. Dr. George Elowe, of the Columbia Theological Seminary; at 1 p. m., Oration before the Literary Societies, by ;he Rev. Dr. R. L. Dabney, of the Union Theoogical Seminary; at 7 P. M., Speeches by the enresentatives of the Societies. On Thursday. 16th, Orations by Junior and Senior classes, and inferring of degrees. The public are invited to attend, and an unusuilly interesting time may be expected. The literary exercises, independently of other attractions, irill be of the highest order. OUR INSOLVENCY. If an individual in the ordinaty course of bosi?ess transactions, becomes unable to meet all his iabilities in full, he thereby loses his standing and :redit in financial circles, and just so long as he emains in this condition ol insolvency, so certain s it that he can make no further progress in his ffairs. He must at once go into liquidation, pre>aratory to commencing business anew; for it bennies impossible for him to operate successfully igainst the distrust created by his inability to meet lis obligations. This principle applies alike to communities as veil as to individuals; but operates perhaps more larshly in the latter than the former. A comtnulity of individuals, the majority of whom are inolvent, is looked upon with general distrust by msiness men to such an extent, that even the few hat may be solvent, suffer from the misfortunes tf the majority. Business operations, with them, abor under the general tightness of the money market; their credit is more or less impaired ; the low of capital is restrained; their local investments rendered precarious; advances or credits to ;ustoraers and clients made impossible, and business operations more or less restrained. And much rrAQtor 1C tKo ontoiln/) 111.nn ll.A 5,VWIVI 10 ???ujiiipv;iuaucu UJJUU IIIC INM^lVUIll From similar causes. This state of things must continue until the causes producing it, are removed. There can be no general prosperity where there is general insolvency, for the two conditions are so directly in opposition to each other, that they can never exist together in the same community. The fact that this condition of insolvency pervades almost every community in the South, and that the circumstance is notorious, presents sufficient reasons upon which to base the conclusion i that we can never advance towards prosperity until the conditions be removed. The more speedily,' therefore, those who occupy to each other the relation of creditor and debtor, consent to an adjustment based upon the ability of the debtor to pay, the sooner may we expect the return of that public confidence which is a necessary precursor of progress; and following closely in its wake comes an easy flow of capital, without which there can be no real prosperity. The creditor who insists upon claiming the whole amount of his debt from his insolvent debtor, and is waiting for a better day coming, in which he hopes to collect in full, will, we believe, wait a long time, only to become convinced at last that he did an unfortunate thing not to take what might have been had when offered. Such men are locking the wheels of progress as a mere gratuity; for surely they must become convinced that such a course will result fruitlessly. A simultaneous movement among the leading men in every community, in the way of establishing a basis of settlement between debtor and cred * * -* * v y' ; J "| itor, would no doubt result favorably; and in a j short time, if successful, the fruits of a course of prudent liberality on the part of creditors, would manifest themselves in the renewed life and energy imparted to all classes of business enterprise.ff"* BETTING.,, '.f.ji. We believe it is universally conceded that we are a great deal better and wiser than our fyeat grandfathers. In. the United States, at least, we.claim to be a great deal more God-fearing and moral.? There is no country where there are more stringent laws against gambling, and we look back with mild contempt to the dayB when eminent statesmen like Fox, would gamble away fortunes at a single sitting. We claim tnat tne pasnon nas oe, come extinct along with wigs and knee breeches. Still, considering onr resplendent parity, it must be admitted that some relics of the old Adam may be discovered among us. A gentleman remarks in Boswell, that although he had come out of the wilds of Christianity, some of the briars and thorns continued to cling to him, and perhaps a careful iaspection would reveal in us some vestige of the vioes of our forefathers. The recent impeachment trial gave rise, if we believe the newspaper men, to an enormous amount of betting. The "fancy" made up their "books" with as much care as if it had been a horse race, and grave and reverend Senators are said to have been interested in the stakes. To an unsophisticated ancient, nothing could show a greater depth of national depravity than that this great State trial, upon the result of which depended the nation's life, should be to thousands of the American people an object of like interest with the turning of a cardat the rovge rt voir table, or the rattling of a dice-box. The truth is, that the Americans are beginning to rival the old Oermans in their passion for gambling. There is nothing that we don't bet on. The stocks, horse-racing, yachting,^ walking, running, rowing, swimming, are only a few of the objects on which fourtunes are staked daily. There is no doubt than the great incitement to gambling is a torpid intellect Savages are, as a general rule, desperate gamblers. A red Indian will stake his scalp when he has lost his wife and all other property, and the reason is that ?? ?> to an ^acnAnatalu l)n11 thst. gnV filcite ??ngw HIV to DV UVU|/W> M?vy v- V... ? v is pleasant The love of betting, thertifore, flourishes pretty much in proportion as the savage still exists in the civilized skin. Men of ability may occasionally take to it from sympathy, or the lack of occupation, or because they think themselves smart enough to make money by it, but nevertheless it is intrinsically stupid, and any man capable of enjoying intellecthol employment will be as much above these rough means of producing excitement, as he should be above drinking raw gin! CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. In the House, on the 15th, a bill dividing Texas into three States, and for their admission; also, a bill authorizing and requiring the Secretary of War to deliver certain arms to the Southern States for the use of the militia immediately upon the discontinuance of military governments therein, were introduced. In the Senate, the bill removing disabilities of certain citizens of North and South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia, and a few for other States, was taken up. The list covers about twelve hundred, including Governors Brown, Holden, General Longstreet, und George W. Jones, of Tennessee ; the last the only known Democrat in the lot I On the 16th, in the Senate, the Conference Committee on the bill removing disabilities reported, recommending that George W. Jones, of Tennessee, and George Houston, of Alabam a, the only Democrats on the list, be erased, which was adopted. Hendricks denounced this action as shamelessly partisan. No Radical senator ventured to ; reply. Ross and Van Winkle voted nay. The ; Senate then went into executive session and ad- i journed. " ] In the House, a bill relieving carrying compan- i ies from liability for losses caused by the Union or 1 Confederate forces, during the war, was passed by a vote of eighty to forty-two. This bill, if it be- | comes a law, will protect the Express Companies against innumerable suits. On the 17th, in the Senate, a motion was adop- , ted to indefinitely postpone action on the proposed amendments to the Bankrupt law. :/ ' < The chair laid beft.e me Senate a resolution of the Texas Convention, asking permission of Congress to organize a military force, in conjunction with the military commander, to subdue the crime and lawlessness which are now so frequent in that State. The resolution also sets forth that if Congress does not grant this power, the loyal people of Texas will, in self-defence, be compelled to take , the law into their own hands. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. In the Senate, on the 19th, a bill wtis introduced , transferring the control of the Indians to the Freed- ( man's Bureau. In the House, on Friday last, the report of the ] Conference Committee, on the bill relieving sundry ( persons from political disabilities, was defeated by , a vote of yeas 78, nays 55?two-thirds not voting , in favor thereof. The Democrats, on account of , the erasure of the names of two Democrats from the list of persons relieved, voted with the Repub- ( licans who opposed the measure entirely, and thus killed it. The result caused much dissatisfaction ( among the Republicans, some of whom declared , that unless the bill became a law, congressional j reconstruction would be a failure and untold evils j would result. Broomall, who had voted with the ] minority for the purpose, moved a reconsideration, , which prevailed, and the question was to come up again on Monday last ? ? MERE-MENTION. Trinity College, North Carolina, has conferred ' the degree of A. M., on Rev. E. J. Meynar- ' die. A protest against Grant's election has 1 been signed by three thousand Hebrews at St. Louis, in consequence of an order issued by Grant, 1 during the war, expelling all Jews from the "Dc- 1 partment of the Tennessee." " "The limes { says that new flour, of first rate quality, was sold : in Charlotte, last week, at $6.30 per hundred pounds. Gen. Prim says Queen Isabella, of 1 Spain, has fifteen illegitimate children. Gen. Schofield is using his influence at Washington to have the test oath modified. Along the common boundary Hue of Tennessee and Kentucky, lands on the Kentucky side are worth twice as much as in Tennessee. Four hundred and fifty-nine divorces were granted in Connecticut, the land of steady habits, last year. The name J of President Johnson has been stricken from the j roll of honorary members of the Union League Club of New York. The Massachusetts Leg- 1 islature has been in session one hundred and 1 sixty-three days?the longest on record in that State. A. H. Stephens says Grant and Col- ! fax will not be elected. Of six hundred stu- ( dents in Oberliu College, Ohio, thirty-six are said to be colored. The Ladies of Idaho City, , Idaho Territory, have raised the sum of $480, which was transmitted to Dr. A. G. Mackey, with the request that it be distributed among the needy { children of Masons in Charleston. The Marion Star gives an account of the mar- ( riage in that village, of a negro man, aged 22, to a , white woman of about the same age, both from Horry District. William Pinder, a young ] Brooklyn haberdasher, sued his mother-in-law for j disturbing his domestic happiness, and recovered ' six cents damages. The indictment for mur- 1 der has been abandoned in the 8urratt case, and j an indictment for conspiracy substituted. The ( penalty is ten years' imprisonment and $10,000 fine, . and the case will be tried on these grounds. The Arkansas Constitution sends anybody to jail who j presumes to keep a stallion without having taken | the electoral oath. The tax of one oent a box on matches netted to the Government, last year, a ' revenue of $1,500,000. Rhode Island must > be a nice little State, with few axes to grind. The legislature sat only two days. Senator Fes- ] . > * senden has declined a public dinner tendered him by citizens of Boston who endorsed his course on the impeachment. The Democrats are organizing Jackson associations in all the New England States. "'OFthe twenty seven States now represented'in Congreffl, the Governor and Legislatures of eighteen are Republican. 'Gen. Don. Carlos Buell and John Quincy Adams are put forward by the Louisville Journal as proper candidates for the Democratic nomination on the 4th of July next '"Gdn. John B. Gordon, i& out in acard declining to be "a candidate for United States Senator fromGeorgia. D. B. McCreight, Esq., the editor of the Noes, died in Winnsboro', on Friday last. " " The election in Mississippi, on the question of adopting.the Constitution, began on Monday last The Democrats claim that they will cany the State by 20,000 majority. A steam fire engine exploded in New York, on Thursday last, which resulted in the killing of five persons and-the wounding of nineteen others. """Accounts from many sections of Lancaster District represent the cotton crop as exceedingly promising; the corn on. the uplands is fine. '. editorial inklings. Admitted to Practice. A paragraph in the Charleston Mercury informs us that our townsman, J. S. R. Thomson, Esq., has been admitted to practice in the United States Courts for South Carolina. General Amnesty. Late advices from Washington, indicate that 1 previous to the meeting of the Democratic Nomi- I ? r\ . ? T> ;j?. T.i _:il J uauug ixinyenuon, xreaiueui. uuuusuu mu ucuiud a general amnesty. It ia claimed by the knowing ones that he will do this far the purpose of securing a nomination for the succession. Stranger things have happened. The Southern Members of Congress* According to one of our exchanges, the recently elected members of the House of Representatives, from the Southern States, will have but a short tenure. They were elected to the For- i tieth Congress, and their terms will consequently expire on the fourth of. March next. The Legis- , latures, soon to assemble, will, doubtless, fix the time i for holding elections for members of the Fortyfirst Congress. c . >. .. , A Masonic Insurance Company. By a paragraph In the Enterprise, we learn j that a project has been started by the Masonic Lodge in Greenville, to organise a Life Insurance Company in this State, similar to one existing in Georgia. The plan has been submitted to the Giand Master fin1 examination, and it is expected ( that in a short time circulars will be sent to each of I the Lodges in the State for the purpose of getting the association into working order. The scheme 1 is worth the attention of the fraternity. The Nbrth Carolina Legislature. * ' i On the 15th instant, W. W. Holden, the "Governor elect" of North Carolina, issued a proc- j lamation convening the Legislature on the first of July. This is "taking time by the forelock" with i a vengeance, as the Act admitting the State to , representation, could not become a law until Mon- i day last. The Sentinel assigns ap a reason for this < hot haste, "that the Howard amendment may be 1 adopted in time for the inauguration of the 'Gov- j ernor eject' and for a grand Radical and negro ju--, bilee on the glorious fourth." j Governor Scott and the Legislature.' Gen. R. K. Scott, Governor elect of South 1 Carolina, it appears by a paragraph in the Char- . leston Keics, is in no great hurry about convening ( the Legislature. A few days ago, he received a i telegram from three Republican senators, urging < him to convene the State Legislature at once. In J his renlv to this telegram. Gen. Scott said that he had no more right to convene the Legislature than J any private citizen had; that he did not desire to | follow the examples <5f tho Governors of Louisiana i and North Carolina, by doing what he had no ' right to do, and that he did not intend to be made 1 the tool or the laughing stock of any political party. 1 The Columbia City Council. General Canby has removed from the City Council of Columbia, Mayor Stark, and Alderfnen i Hunt, Radcliffe, Geiger, Walter and Fisher. The < vacancies have been supplied by the appointment 1 af Brevet Col. Francis L. Guenther, of the IL S. \ Army, as Mayor, and Dr. T. J. Rawls, Dr. F. W. J Green, W. K. Greenfield, Joseph Taylor, C. M. j Wilder and William Simons, as Aldermen. The t three, last mentioned are negroes. The Phoenix j remarks that "the changes have been made, ' not because of any grounds of complaint against 1 the duly elected representatives of the people of ? Columbia," but because Gen. Canby could exer- j cise the power. ~'U!:' ' 1 Too Much Government. c Washington city, of latoso remarkable for j the development of novel characteristics, is now ? Bnjoying the unusual privilege of two Mayors, each i af whom claims to be regularly elected, and each administering the duties of the office on his own c hook. It also has two Boards of Councilmen, J sacli sitting separately, and passing ordinances for j the government of the city. Tho explanation of t this singular state of affairs is in the fact that at t the municipal election held a few weeks since, both f radicals and conservatives claimed the election of ' lertain of their candidates, and each charges gi- ^ ?antic frauds against the other in controlling the r jlection. The result is a split in the city govern- t ment. If two Mayors arc better than one, Wash- 1 ington ought to have all the benefit she can derive ? From such a reinforcement for the execution of the ! Iaw- .. , Whiskey Frauds in Richmond. a In Richmond, last week, in the U. S. Court, <j John II. Anderson, Collector; Robert W. Elsom, Inspector; and Alfred J. Gouldman and J. H. ' Patterson, Assistant Inspectors, were tried on the aharge of conspiring to defraud the Government c aut of the whiskey tax. After a lengthy charge t From Chief Justice Chase, who presided on the ? trial, the case was submitted to the jury, and aver- 1 diet of "uilty rendered against John II. Anderson, t collector; Robert W. Elsom, Inspector; Al- t Fred J. Gouldman, Assistant Inspector; J. H. r Patterson, Assistant Inspector. The Judge then c pronounced sentence as follows: Anderson a fine c ' ' !- .1 .! T>... t Dl ?1U,UUU ana two years nunc penuenuary, raiterson a fine of $5,000 and two years in the penitentiary ; Elsora a fine of $5,000 and two years in the penitentiary; Gouldnian a fine of $2,000 and one year in the penitentiary. Anderson and Gouldman, were both formerly officers in the Virginia penitentiary. Anderson is a nephew of John Minor Botts, and is, of course, "truly loil." The Executive Democratic Committee. The following gentlemen compose the Executive Committee of the Democratic party of S. Carolina: Wade Hampton, J. P. Thomas, F. W. McMaster, Joseph Daniel Pope, Samuel McGowan, W. M. Shannon, S. P. Hamilton, W. D. Porter, T. G. Barker, Robert Adger, John E. Carew, Henry Mclver, W. P. Finley and A. A. Gilbert. The Loyal League Pledge. At a trial in Orangeburg recently, B. F. t Randolph a "carpet-bag" negro, was placed upon t the stand and examined. In the course of the ex- t imination the fact was elicited that the members t of the Loyal League are required to give their as- ^ sent to the subjoined pledge: jj "We, the undersigned, pledge ourselves to sup- y port the principles of the ><ational Republican party, and the principles of the Republican party 3 of South Carolina; to vote next Nevember for a Grant to be President and Colfax to be vice-Preai- g lent of the United States. And we further pledge t ourselves to obey all rules and orders issued by this a jlub." ? The Pendleton Plntform. \ The Cincinnati Enquirer, which is the lead- v ing Pendleton organ in the west, demands, at the j hands of the National Democratic Convention, a platform which shall embody the following points: "1. The five-twenty bonds can be legally paid in [egal tenders and ought to be so paid. ' b 2. All debts of a public character, not otherwise t promised in gold, are to be paid in legal tenders. U 9> l U % ? . g 3. One currency for all, and equal and common taxation upon all, mast be affirmed as Democratic principles?opposition to privileged classes which receive favors mid aids from the government not given to the masses, follows logically, from the adoption of this principle. 4. The public debt is to be paid as soon as possible, without too great an inflation of the currency, in order to4 save an annual drain of $150,000,000 a year, now paid in the shape of interest upon the principal of said debt. . . { . , . 5. A national debt is a national curse, and efforts must be directed for its speedy liquidation." Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock. The connection of Gen. Hancock's name with the Democratic nomination for the*Presidency, and the liberal and statesmanlike manner which he has discharged the delicate and responsible duties of Commander of the fourth Military District, has brought him quite prominently before the Southem people. In this connection, the following paragraphs from an exchange, will be read with interest : "General Hancock was bom in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 24th, 1824. He is, therefore, in his forty-fifth year, and in the full prime of hia mental and physieal powers. In this age of Democratic ideas it is usually regarded of small consequence to trace the ancestry of a distinguished man. His own deeds and principles are his passports, but it is very agreeable in this instance to know that Gen. Hancock springs from most excellent Revolutionary blood, his paternal and maternal grandfathers both having been officers in the war for American. Independence, and one of them having lain in an English prison during a great part of tnat protracted straggle.? Their descendant has amply shown that he inherits the love of liberty with which they were animated. We will, briefly trace General Hancock's career up to the breaking oat of the rebellion in 1861, wnen he comes quickly to the front rank of commanders. +P' In 1840 he entered the Military Academy at West Point and graduated in 1844, being thereupon appointed a Second Lieutenant in the 6th Infantry. He accompanied his regiment, a few vears after, to Mexico, and at the battle of Chnnrbusco was promoted to the rank of First lieutenant for ''gaHant and meritorious conduct.'1 He Berved during the entire war, and was engaged in the battle# of Molino-del-Rey and the City of Mexico as the Adjutant of his battalion. From the close of the Mexican war until 1861, he served, with various promotions, in the Quartermaster's Department, and the late civil war found him on duty in California. From there he reported in August to the Quartermaster-General in person at Washington, and was at once assigned to duty as Chief Quartermaster of the Army of Kentucky. On the 23d day of September, however, he was appointed a Brigadier-General of Volunteers, and assigned to the command of the first brigade of Smith's Division of the Army of the Potomac, his brigade consisting of the 5th Wisconsinv 6th Maine, 49th Pennsylvania, and 43d New York Volunteers. .? Here commenced that career which has made the name of Winfield S. Hancock, imperishable in American history. Whether commanding brigades, divisions, corps, or an army, at times numbering froiu forty to sixty thousand men in battle, his ability was always consummate, and his personal bearing and intrepidity of that exalted and chivalrous type which always led his men in the time of danger, and made him their idoL While other officers were conspicuous in their success in shedding the blood of their troops, General Han1 I 1 I . _ ll . A. /? L* J A 1 /? 1 cock mingiea nis own wun mac 01 nis uevoieu 101lowers. He commanded infront rather than in the rear, and never ordered bis men to encounter a peril which he did not share. General Hancock could easily have attained the command of the Army of the Potomac, at any time ifter McClellan was removed, by pandering to, the politics in Washington, which always bung like a cloud over that long suffering army. He did not do so, however, and he was not a petted favorite of the authorities; and all he obtained in the way of promotion and honors was won by the hardest lighting and the most unremitted attention to his duties. By this course, however, his name became a synonym throughout the country for all that was brave and daring in action, and wise and safe in council. Thus it was that the thanks of Congress, and finally, his present high position, ivere conceded to him, and not from any of the irts of a complying politician." : VETO OF THE ARKANSAS BILL. Washington, June 20. ?The President to-day eturned the Arkansas bill to Congress with his rbjections. The veto message says: "The approval of this bill would be an admission that tne tct for more efficiently governing the rebel States, I md the acts supplementary thereto, were proper lud constitutional; whereas, the President's opinon is unchanged in this respect, but rather strenghened by results attending their execution. If \rkansas is not a State, this bill does not admit ler; if she is a State, no legislation is necessary o her representation in Congress. Each House, inder the constitution, judges the election returns md qualifications of its own members, and nothing s necessary to restore Arkansas but the decision >y each House of eligibility of those presenting iredentials. This is the plain and simple plan of ho constitution. Had it been adopted in 1866, nstead of legislation ofdoubtfal constitutionality, ind therefore unwise and dangerous, restoration vould long since have been accomplished." The President again recommends the adoption >f the constitutional plan. The terms proposed ire scarcely applicable to a Territory, certainly not o a State, which has occupied a place iu the Unon over a quarter of a century. The President is inable to find any authority for the conditions of he bill in the Federal Constitution. The elective ranchiseis reserved by the constitution to the States hemsclves. The bill foils to provide how Arkanna uKnll oifrnifv her accentnnce of the fundamental sonditioas, nor does it prescribe penalties for their nillification. ^ It is seriously questioned whether he constitution has been ratified according to the aw assumed to be in force before its adoption.? The Arkansas Constitution restricted franchise on ts ratification by tests unknown in the Reconstrucion acts; among them the acceptance of political ind civil rights of all men. It is well known that t large portion, if not a large majority, of electors to not accept this test, and if applied to voters forth, there is reason to believe many of them vould remain away from the pollsrather than oom>ly with its degrading conditions. The President concludes: "Should the people if Arkansas, therefore, desiie to regulate the elecive franchise so as to make it conform to the contitutions of a large proportion of the States of the " forth and West, and to modify the provisions eferred to in the fundamental condition, what is o be the consequence ? Is it intended that a delial of representation shall follow? And if so, nay we hot dread at some future day a recurrence if the troubles which have so long agitated the ountry? Would it not^bc the part of wisdom to ake for our guide the Federal Constitution rather ban resort to measures which, looking only to the iresent, may in a few years renew, in an aggravaed form, the strife ana bitterness caused by legisition, which has proved to be ill-timed ana unforunatc?" Extraordinary Democratic Reaction in south Carolina.?The telegraph informed us estcrday that the Democrats had gained a majoriy of the districts iu South Carolina at the recent ocal elections, having secured sixteen out of the hirty-one districts. There are about five white listrictsin the State?Spartanburg, Oconee, Greenrillo Anrlnrcnn onH Rut this rivM mly a faint idea of the extraordinary reaction in he popular vote in the State as compared with the ote on the new constitution. ' We find that in Jnion County, the Democratic gain has been nearly wo thousand, in Kershaw over seventeen hunIred, in Laurens over thirteen hundred, in Chescr over one thousand, and so ou throughout the State. These local elections show the strength of he conservaties in South Carolina, and are indicaive of what they are capable of doing when they iring out their entire force. Beside the practical lenefit locally of the conservatives in the South lolling a full vote, the moral effect in the North ,nd West is highly important; and we suggest that lereaflcr, at every election, there be a united effort n all the Southern States to bring out every conervative vote that can be relied upon. We have .lways believed that the white conservatives, with uch sensible colored voters as are not under the humb screws of the Radical carpet-baggers and ubmissive to arbitrary military direction, are calable of controlling every State in the South. It eould be a curious but to us a not unexpected eent to find the Southern States instrumental in lecting a Democrat as the next President of the Jnite<f States. They can do it if -they try.?New York Herald. . BSL. The ram Stonewall was nine months in ma* ing the voyage to Japan, and sailed 20,670 tailes, he longest distance ever made by an iron-clad rithout convoy. ,f * y ' 1 f COLUMBIA CONTBIBUTOBIAI i \ MY >JA8. WOOD1 DAVIDSO^ jfr ft 1. ? . COLUMBIA. SOUTH lABOLCTA, MP JXTrtTlSflg.Maxim for the Time*.; ; Tender banded etrokfri nettle, And It ?tlnp you for yoor piUaJ; ' Gnwp It like m man of mettle, - ? And it eoft m ellk mnaJrw.?Aaron Hill. Radical Rale. ^ Gtak. Caaby has radicalized, or nngmieari, the municipal government of Columbia. . A little briei authority, verily, in a very sweet thing. ,' Which is all that we have to say about it just now. Books. Cheap books are the order of the day. We mentioned last week Peterson's edition of Bonaby Budge, by Dickens, at 25 cents. This week we have another volume of the same aeries, at the same price, containing Mugby Junction and Dr. Marrigold11 Prescription*. Of all, the minor tales of Dickens, the most intensely interesting, probably, is Mugby Junction; and the other tale is humorous to the last degree. Duffie & Chapman have these books. The same firm also pat op our table a copy oil Jeauie* Quiet Lift, by the author of St Olcaet? a touching story of women's constancy and heroisoi of endurance, of which the scene is, England and the characters dwellers in the country. It forms No. 312 of Harper's Library of select Novels, and sells at 50 cents. ...... We are indebted to the same firm for a 20 cent? copy of St. Roman ? Well,, by Scott, published b> Petersons of Philadelphia. Here those wbp admire the unique character of Meg DocU, and the bad luck of Clara, and the rascalities of the Bad of Etherington, can revise them all -at a spud! price. Among the charming new books that we see upon the counters in the bookstores, the New lbenu by Owen.Meredith, is one of the most Inviting. It consists of two pleasant-sixcd volumes; and deals with the stories of early Greeqe, part history and part fiction, in such a fascinating style as to make it decidedly an agreeable way to review one's Greek legendary reading. Another Suite Convention* It is rumored thatthe ancient town of Coosawhatchie, is dissatisfied with the platforms of both the April and the June Conventions.; .and has,; in consequence, opened correspondepcewith thereinocrats of Punkin Town (in Pickens District) upon the expediency o'f having a third Convention. . : j This new movement bad its .origin in. the restless brain of a very old negro?a negro, but still p man and a brother?living in thebboksmith shop by the Bridge over the Coosftwhafcchie, ip the suburbs of the town. His name fa Peter Dembea, His idea is that he was agrowp man whim Pop ter, Hampton, McGowan,'and Carew were mere boys; and that it is a shame for such youngsters to control the destinies of the State; especially when Coosawhatchie had no notice of either of the Hta f'nnvpntinna fill btn do.ua oflpr fhpv had Ail. journed. Id reply to the statement that there is no newspaper taken in that ancient town, Peter avows that he cannot see what thatfkct ha* to dq with the matter; and that the antiquity of .Coosawhatchie and his own venerableneas entitle them respectively to more deference and attention than these upstart politicians have shown them. Pnnkin Town has not responded yet; and the pubHc interest is growing daily more and move intense. At last advices the mail-rider had not succeeded in finding the Town; bat expected to strike it next day or the day after. ,?v * * . -jii: rf-xii For the YorkvlUc Enquirer, , . ; ; ' : ;!$ irJ*> . ;/IAMIGBATION. ! I? ..:f Mr. Editor ; The subject of encouraging immigration, as a means of restoring the eobnti^tc prosperity, is attracting considerable attention^ some localities. I propose embodying myideas or the subject, in a series of articles oo the wants ol the country and the remedies, of which the present is the first. . < With a country naturally attractive and rich in resources, capable of producing all the necessaries and many of the luxuries of Hie, and of supporting in ease and comfort a population four times as great as the present, we are not prospering; If not advancing, we can not stand still; we are not an exception to the universal law of change?we most be retrograding. The sounds of the saw and the hammer are not heard; the hod and the trowel are laid aside, and there is not a sufficient exercise of the mechanic arts to replace the wear and tear of improvements. The mother of arts?-agriculture?is likewise suffering, but not to an extent sufficient to entirely cut off their supports, yet to an extent much greater than the diminution of our population justifies. We do iAt lack material, we do not lack mind, we do not lack labor to an extent commensurate with the neglect of art. In looking round to see how the situation may. be improved, it becomes every lover of his country to try, with an impartial eye, to discern the cause. TKa nnniuro nf nrorr nnn eVirmlrl Kd vwVin f in A. UW V* VI Vl^ VUV OUUUiV* W) n UUW to vuv desideratum ? This question is answered in one word?coiifidence?confidence in the government and in society. The want of an energy-producing confidence is much more severely felt than a want of capital; for the latter will soon grow in a country like this, when labor is encouraged by a hope of acquisition and enjoyment Confidence restored, the cause of our falling short of our previous prosperity is removed. Is tfiis practicable? In producing or restoring confidence in the government, the intelligent people here have little to do, so far as making that government such as to command the confidence of all; but in producing confidence in society at home, they have much to do. First, hy fulfilling the moral law, as far as possible, in justice to all; and, second, by fulfilling the law of christian benevolence. Confidence is a thing of opinion?is immaterial, mental, and not to be produced or maintained by physical force; nor is it to be prodoced by mere assertion. It arises from mental oonviction? from a perception of facts. In endeavoring to produce this principle in the mind of another, we should consider, not only what facts to present, but what have been presented, and their relative strength and bearing. If we wish to convince a man that we are better friends to him than another who has, at his own cost and from choice, conferred on him some substantial benefit, we must convince him that we have conferred on him a greater benefit at ni,r f>Trw?nsA nnrl frnm rbni?* We must remember that ignorance is credulous, and, in common with inteDigenoe, selfish; and only wants an opportunity to display its arrogance.? And it is in the light of intelligence and wisdom that self-interest, the motive power in all, produces truly patriotic action. If ignorance would lay aside its arrogance and yield the management of affairs to just and wise men, all would be benefitted; but how can it know this ? How can it know who are just and wise men? Unless the illusions of ignorance can be dispelled by light, of which it docs not properly feel the need, or it be withdrawn from participating in public affairs, the oouutry can not be redeemed from its ruined state. Neither of these can be effected by any power within, in time to save from deterioration of condition and a final completion of the ruin. Unless, then, the absence of passion and a returning sense of duty and of patriotism bring help from without, the case is hopeless so far as any thing yet conaded is concerned. There was no benevolence in a desire to see the eagle let the tortoise fall upon rticks; but mnchi'I think, in a desire to see her place film, with wholesome instruction and abundant liberty, in a place adapted to his nature. J; C. C. Youngubsyille, June 19th. 1868. Ut' ' ' ' ? ? gtSs & AI' Wheat ?The Newberry Herald says: "Ms great bread staple is being rapidly eat, many farmers already having jptfhaed their crops. The V' V*"' last weelcwas uncommonly favorable for that pur. pose. From what qka be learned, the crop will be laree. Some complaint is made of the small grain it and thin stands; bo* it Ib known that a ranch great" w-wmTwas sown inMliat than the previous year, - andLthat the rropjcill beiaxgeu-JWifl will anon hear of-ewfloT.- . MaIwaJ IMMIGRATION.' 'r<* A meeting of the citizens of Richland, favorable to foreign immigration, wafc held in Colufrihia qif May 9th last, and at an adjourned meeting held on H^^r&?UhlW'lbr*n?"?ia^propo.?i' Tbe Article 1. This society shall be called "The Immigration Society.of BieUand.'Fork." ; . mote industry; to contribute to the prosperity of its members, and to repair the fallen fortnnes of ' our community and State." f Art. 3. The officer* of this soriety shall consist of a President, a Vice-President, a Secrttafy and i Treasurer, and an EreconveCotamittee, who shall be elected by a majority of its member* " v 4 * Art. 4. It sbaji beine duty of the President to , preside oyer all meetings; to Ifoep himself informed of the arrivals of immigrants into our ports: to as< certain how their servioes aalaborers can past be [ obtained [ also, what njimbers and at what prices; - to order tor any member immigrant laborers, *nd , to pay their expenses tQjlheir destination, open the I memberordering then placing in hie bands the requisite foods ; also to call meetings of the society at such times as he may deem necessary. . ,. \ ' Abt. 7. It shall be the duty of the Secretary and Treasurer to keip;a' hoot, in which shall be r alfordere for laborers, procuring the ' same, as well as their names, numbers and,despna' nations. [ Abt. & The Kxectire' Com mittee shall consist of I three members, whose duty it shall be to assist the : President in obtaining anusefdrihfoimknon for the benefit of the socipty, and in giving bim the benefit of their counsel when it is foqn4 impracticable to ' hold a meeting ofthe.soide^l. . . 1 AbT. 9. Any landholder, may become.a. member 1 of this society by subscribing nis name to the new i constitution and paying an initiation fewof fivedol[ (are; these fees to aoostkufe* a fond, which shall be , at the disposal oft the Preadent and Executive Committee, for sqoh purposes as in their-judgment 1 will advance the object or the society. Abt. 10. Any 'person,other than "iflahdholder, may become a memhehbf this'Society by making a written request 4br membership,'tftt' Predttent riving notice of suchwpplwatKm at 'teast one meeting previous to the talcing of'VotedW'the sdmO. f A majorrty-of -votce-of-those picjenrtm-thc ooca^Abt. 11. Every member obtaining immigrant laborers through the society, shall pledge himself to the society,: and tbO ebcietjr *idthe immigrant. s (hat the latter shall he honestly dealt with, ana ; 1? i jngs of this society, vii: On the first Saturday of the respective modfchS of ddnaiW, April, ftilv and October, at the hour of llio'oJoek M., in the Duild ing ooenpied by Messrs. Hannahan k Go. a 1 The regular quarterly meeting^ftrfSbrf^.ira^.. held on the 13th inst, and the following permanent r officers were elected:; : iCi/.li J The ExeCutiyetCommittee theo,with thCapprC^ batkmof tbeaodety,appoinfedtwoatixdiariei,vijj Mr. Hugo Balthasajv Foreign: Corresponding Sdo ' retonfyjr. H.M.(^aop,J)ppBa?wCon^spood-t The Committee appointed to report on immigration for Edgefield Dwtri<st,'have sutait&id Vootistitution for the ^Immigration Society of Edgfr1' fibld District."-/Theconstitution say*: f dv ifriw ' - TPi . ,1 f ? n t. AWJ/M ? ?mi JNHWj WPM w.rrewnwt-. and Directors, wtroduM.. iwdgranta.into. the.. 8tate at rates to be fixed by the President and Directors, as cheaply as possible. Any shareholder.. Ordering through the society, shall hot be chi?rged ' morethaw thewctoai expenses inennedTatf&for 1 the purpose of aiding a shareholder in obtautngrj i immigrants* he nwr.be permitted todrawfropa the: i society, an amoupt quarto the share or shares pe. ; baay hold id the capital stock?the share or shares ' being pledged as security ibrthe loan. " ' " ' . The committee say: n ' 4 * * 1 ; < Our neighboring districtof Newberry has anon1 ganixation in active operatiee, similar to tbe oOOr here nropoeed, and the_ most encouraging respite , are being realized. Quite a number ofimmigranta. hare armed under the auspicies of their society, have readily procured homes, and are well pleased, i Other districts are moving in tbewunedireetamV' and EdgefieJd ahould not be behind in the only practicable aiaua .of regenerating on?., prostrate country and rehwing it of the paralyzing influence of negro supremacy. * 1 a Your committee are well convinced that; to Insure soeoen, it is only necessary for oor people to make ? united tod determined effort tomttnpOar; beautiful and hospitable country with an iateiljgent and tbriftywbite population. 'We s^opU- dignify labor?honor and reward it Encourage, welcome, and protect the immigrant, and be. willflock to oar' genial and productive soiL- -Tbcchief impediment to soooess heretofore Jias beenthe single efibrt>to introduce the isolated, laborer, from whose; toil. ready and remunerative incomes could, be proinpt)? realized. U i& a great mistake tp look solely to the capital produced in ddllara and cents by the laborer. Hia social condition, and the sodaf welfare of the community, most be regarded and provided for?and hence families, bona fide settlers, must be encouraged to come, who will become identified with the soil, and gradually and imperceptibly merge their social habits into those of our own people. . .. We must divide onr lands and be content for the present with small incomes. We must, in a word, make ourselves independent 9f the nemo. , Onr political and 6ocuil edifice has been suddenly and widely torn down. We must collect together the debris, put in a new corner-stone?the whrte man? and make haste, slowly} to rebuild the structure. The foreign emigrant bias heretofore been so prejudiced against, as hy false representations in those /+ Northern cities?New York, Boston and Philadelphia?where he has disembarked, that it has beep difficult, alh?wt impossible, to attract his attention to the more productive cheap lands of the South. The monopoly in this regard is, however, no longer exclusively in the hands of those cities. Baltimore has, within the last two or three mouths* opened a direct line of emigrant steamers with Bremen, and we of the South can enter her ports in pursuit of white immigrants with the confidence that our efforts will be aided and not thwarted and malignantly obstructed. The propitious moment, therefore, has arrived for our entire people to respoud cordially to the movement in Baltimore? Let theui organize and join the society which your committee has recommended, or a better one if it can be suggested; and let them contribute what means they can spare to this most impotent object tv Respectfully submitted. ', A. P. BUTLER. . R G. M. DUNONANT, r ' . -M. C. BUTLER, i> i. R B, BRUNSON, JAMES A. DEVORE. >i '?'!> The Crops in England.?All the accounts from England speak of the prospect of a large yield of the crops this season in that couptry. A writer in the Pall Mall Gazdte of the 1st instant says: 'The area under grain crops is unusually large, and I have no doubt that coming statistics wiU show an excess under wheat alone of one hundred tUnc.a/1 ./.uo 4 . ' tl ? . uivwuu amoo met mmu ui Mi)l J/far. X USVS JUSE been over an estate in Lincolnshire which contains seven thousand acres, five-sixths of the tillage area of which are nnder grain crops, and the remaning one-sixth only under roots and clovers. Excepting onlight soils, the yield of artificial grasses will be heavy.. ... 'The,yield of meadow hay will oot e*ceod an average.. , . "As with born, so also with stock hnshandry are prospects singularly cheering. Cattle are unusually fwe from diabase,'the clip of wool is heavy, the number of lamb* is great, while pasture* me luxuriant-Altogether the food prodnoe of 1868, judging from present prospects, promises greet yjwrW , ,,,. "Cattain Travis' in tux Fixld?Pistol vs. 8hot Gun.?A very interesting pigeon match of an nnusual character was recency decided at Sharon, P&>, Hewy Croathwaite being matched against Captain John Travis to . shoot at ;ten single birds each,' the_ former with a shot gun and the latter using a pistol. The gun was a rinmle-loadcr, no wire cartridges, and Mr. 0. Used finfe sod a quarter ounoe shotrat thirty-five yards rise and tra yards houakiy, The Gaptnin used ball ^To. 65*ondmg