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Thursday Morning, June 3rd, 1869. MASONIC CELEBRATIO?. The celebration, of St. John's-Day, 24th of June next, will be observed, by Hiram Lodge, No. 68, A. E. M? Ar.number of distinguished membera of the fraternity hare been invited, and several nd dreasesmay be expected. The sister Lodges in this county and members of the craft generally are fraternally, invited to be present on this occasion. When arrangements-are completed,, more extended notice will be given. THE AIB LIKE" BAILS0AD. Are the people of this section alive to the im? portance of the Air Line Railroad T Before the war, it was apparent that this enterprise was look? ed upon with favor by every class of our :itizens. Of late years, however, the interest baa scarcely been perceptible, while vigorous efforts are being made in other places to- secure the benefit to-be dbri'PeeVfronvthe location of this great thoroughfare of trade and travel. The citizens of Greenville, 8partanburg, York and other points are earnestly striving to secure the route through their county towns, and keeping alive the subject by frequent meetings and constant communication with the ofneers of the Road. It must be clearly seen that AadersoBi stands pre-eminently above all the oth? ers in the advantages, and yet there is a dull apathy pervading the people. The original line contemplated Anderson as the Eastern terminus, thence to Newberry over the Greenville Railroad, and from there to Chester, forming a straight lineor nearly so to the principal cities of the Uuion. The present charters contemplate building a Road from Atlanta to Charlotte, leaving out all other connec? tions, and securing a route nearest approaching an air line, thus vindicating its cognomen. Now, the question has bees, resetted into this, thai the route will be located* where k. is- most desirable, and- as tie corporation is. not looking to government ?ah sidies, the communities through which it will pass must offer some inducements-to secure its location. The various counties in Georgia seem to beat work upon this supposition, and;meetings are being held in Banks, Gwmnett a.id perhaps others to deter? mine the mode and manner by which they can easiest obtain its construction through their re? spective territories. From Atlanta the work is being rapidly pushed foward in the direction of Gainesville, and we very much fear that its com? pletion to that point will fix the Road upon another xioute and leave Anderson out of the question. At any rate, it would bo well enough for the people to inquire into the- matter, and ascertain the true con? dition of their prospects as to gaining or losing this important link in a great through route from New Orleans to New York. A few public spirited men have kept in sight of this enterprise at every step, but the majority of our citizens are not arous? ed to the grand importance of lending a helping hand towards constructing the Road, and thus in? ducing its management to adhere to this point as one of their chief objects. We know that ruined fortunes ttare many of our best citizens in the ft.ee to-day, b*t we are equally well assured that there is sufficient moneyed capital in this county, not otherwise invested, to complete successfully with any of our neighbors in this work. Shall we throw away the opportunity without an effort? Indifference and neglect often drives one's friends away from him. and this is true of corporations as well as of individuals. It may be possible that neg'ect and seeming indifference upon oar part may have the effect of locating the Air Line Rail? road to our disadvantage. FEDERAL SOLDIERS HONORING THE CONFED? ERATE DEAD. It has become a trite remark that the soldiers of the North and Sonth?the true, the brave and the magnanimous of both sections?better understand each other when they meet than any other class of citizens. Men of courage and principle learned to respect their foes on the battle-field. Only the vultures of the two armies, preying upon the feuds and animosities of pa.*?t years, have kept up vindictive feelings and hostile attitudes. This applies more directly to the scum of the Northern army, since the people of the South have alone borne the suffering and oppression consequent upon the existence of such unworthy motives among their late enemies. The prejudices and passions of the Northern mosses have been played upon to a great extent, and the skulkers of that re? gion hive done more to keep alive the spirit of revenge than any other class. The truly brave men who fought for the Union unselfishly have always shown a detent regard for the feelings and sympathies of the Southern people. They knew that we were in earnest, honestly contending for that which we believed to be right, and they are willing to accord to us praise and merit in defend? ing like men the honor and integrity of our sec? tion. Further than this, we would not have them go, for it would be inconsistent with their pledges and sacrifices to acknowledge that we were right and ibey were entirely wrong. But when an au? thoritative utterance of generous feeling is made by a body of Federal soldiers, it deserves acknowl? edgement, and ought to receive it at our hands. We are 'ed into these reflections by a recent cir culai promulgated from Post No. 19 of Pennsylva? nia, Grand Army of the Republic, an organization for the most purl com rolled by party politicians and unwor'hy soldiers. This exception is truly gratifying, and we trust is the harbinger of a more general return to fraternal good feeling among the Federal soldiery. In announcing the day set apart (May 29) for decorating the graves of their f?llen oomrades, the officers of Post 19 speak as follows: " Wishing to bury forever the harsh feelings en tngeudered by the war, Post 19 has decided not to pass by the graves of the Confederates in our lines, but to divide euch year between the blue and the gray the first floral offerings of a common country. We have no powerless toes. Post 19 thinks of the Southern dead only as brave men." This is the eloquence of bravery and generous sentiment. Words fitly spoken ! None other than the heart of a genuine soldier could teel the im? pulse running through those lines. How striking? ly in contrast to the edict sent forth by Post No 1 ?f Washington city, which declared unanimously that "wluia we bold no malice against the dead who fell in attempting to haul down our flag and thereby engendering the nation, we will not divide our honors, by d?oarating Confederate graves, and thereby taint the character of those who sacrificed their lives that their oountry might live." But we could not expect generosity to livc in the taint ed atmosphere of Washington city, where scheming and machinations for our oppression have been in? dustriously wrought tor the last four years. We prefer, however, to dwell in recolli ction upon the delicate tribute paid by the Pennsylvanians to the p?ble dead of the South now lying in their midst, >at her than upon the narrow-mmdedum displayed -y-t the national capital TAXABLE PBOPEBTY. The Charleston News publishes interesting ta? bles, showing the taxable property of the State, together wish- the number of acres and value- of lands in owry county. The total assessed value of real property is-put down at 5126,171,088, and the total value of personal property at $38,851,254, making ike grand total of $164,022,342. Upon this amount there is levied a tax of three-fourths of one per cent, which will realize $1,230,168. It will be remembered that the appropriation bill passed at the last session of the Legislature ex? pressly limits the total amount to be assessed at not exceeding one million of dollars. Hence, w.e have the result of the tax-payers being re o/itred1 to pay into the State Treasury nearly . twenty-five per cent, more thao> is authorized by law. From the tables referred to, we learn that the total value of real estate ia Anderson, county has i been assessed at $3,479,302 ; personal properly, i moneys and credits at $1,560,169. The number ! of acres of land in this county is returned at 445, 913, and the total value, including prices of build? ings, is $1,745,559. The State Board of Equali? zation addsd 50 per cent, to the value of real es? tate in. this county, as returned by the County Auditor. MEETING OP THE STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIA? TION'. In accordance with previous notice, the Medical Association of South Carolina convened in Char? leston on Thursday, May 20th. Eight counties were represented, principally from the lower por? tion of the State. The ?ession lasted two days, and the proceedings are of interest to the medical profession. An election of officers took plr.ee, with the following result: Dr. A. N. Tallet, of Columbia, President. Dr. W. C. Hoklbeck, of Charleston, First Vice President; Dr. A. S. Sallt, of Orangeburg, Sec? ond Vice President; Dr. T. S. Babuch, of 0am den, Third Vice President. Dr. J. Somebs Buist, of Charleston, Becording Secretary. Dr. F. P. Poboheb, of Charleston, Correspon ? ding Secretary. A revised Constitution for the government of the Association was adopted. The following resolution was also adopted i Retolved, That all members of the medical pro? fession resident in South Carolina, who are regu? lar members of a properly constituted medical society, or who are residents of any county in which there is' no county medical society within twenty miles of their residence, shall be elected to membership by the Association, on the recommen? dation of one member. It was agreed that the next meeting of the Asso? ciation take place in Columbia on second Wednes? day in March, 1870. -o THE BLUE BLDGE KAILR0AD. It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that the Blue Ridge Company on and after Seturday next will run the trains over their Road, the lease of the 0. & C. R. R. having terminated. MISSISSIPPI CORRESPONDENCE. Ttbo, Marshall County, Miss., > May 22, 1869. J Editor Intelligencer : Permit me to send you a short report of the crops and prospects of farm? ers in this part of our Southern land. I left An? derson 0. H. on the 8th last Jaauury^and reached Tyro on the 16th, safe and sound, after a very pleasant trip. I found almost every farmer anx? ious to employ hands, none being fully supplied, and very many entirely without. Every one seemed surprised that there were so few freedmen to hire, and such a very small number endeavor? ing to secure homes and employment for the year. : Where they have all gone to we can't tell, but they are becoming quite scarce in this part of the world. I heard an old farmer remark not long since, "that this county alone needed five thou? sand hands." This gentleman knows something [ of the wanes of the j>?ople, and I have s? doubt ; his estimate was below the mark, for there are hundreds of atres of good land lying out and j growing up in weeds and briars that would pro? duce fine cotton and corn if well cultivated. Peo? ple, too, have concluded to plant a scantier amount to the hand, and cultivate it belter than i hey have done heretofore. Many are experimenting with guano tbris year, something they have never been able to do before ; some are procuring improved funning implements; some are sub-soiling their land, **a small portion, as an experiment." This all looks encouraging, but we have bad a most unfavorable Spring for farming operations, and crops are more backward than were ever known in this country before. Continuous rainy aud cold weather kept the farmers back, and the few who succeeded in planting early have to plant over; and to-day the larger part of the cotton crop in this vicinity is und?r ground, not up. The cotton that is up looks uncommonly unpromising, and is dying very fast, owing to the cool nights, I suppose. Our corn crop is looking well, and I hope will continue so. 1 think the people intend to culti? vate it better than they have usually done. I fear the crop planted is rather smaller than usual, and if belter culture does not fill our cribs, corn will be scarce another year. Wheat has been greatly damaged by the contin? uous wet weather, and looks unpromising. Half crop is hardly expected. Some fields are blasted, and look yellow at a distance. This will be a great loss to this county, for the wheat was ex. pected to help out the corn, and a large crop was plained last fall. Now, Mr. Editor, this is rather a gloomy ac? count of our crops, but it is uo worse than it really is. We are going bravely un, however, and are doing our best, and I hope as the weather grows warmer our prospects may brighten, and the poor farmer encouraged. And now, Mr. Editor, let me say a word to the many friends I have in old Anderson, with whom it is impossible for me to correspond iu the usual way. I have written to but few of them, but I still remember them, and would write to each one had I the time. Won't some of you write to me ? I have not heard from home in a month, and were it not for the weekly visits of the Intelligencer, I would die with the blues. Mr. Editor, try aud get pome of my old friends to me. If you o&u't do any better, get some of the girls to write. I don't know but 1 had rather hear from them, any? how. I will at least promise to answer their let? ters. Now, Mr. Editor, to you and to them, I send a fond greeting and kind good-bye. ALFRED T. JONES. ? The Yorkville Enquirer learns that a promi? nent colored citizen o:" that town, recently afflicted with a severe cold, went to one of the drug stores for a suitable remedy, and was furnished with a paper of Foutz's Cattle Powders. After taking tho e intents, he returned to his medical friend and thanked him for the valuable prescription, Baying it was the best remedy for cold ho had ever tried. - ? Col. T. Stobo Farrow, of Spartanbug. hat re mcvtd to Atlanta, Ga., and opened a law office. For the Andereon Intelligencer. RUST IH WHEAT?ITS SEAL CAUSE. Mr. Editor; The article of Mr. Larkin New? ton, in the last issue of your paper, is in the right direction. The observation and experience of one will benefit many. Mr. N.'s theory is correct, doubtless, so far as setting forth the developing cause of rust in wheat is concerned. Wet weath? er aud a warm sun produce the effects he speci? fies ; but I wish to submit for the consideration of all concerned, (and all are concerned,) wheth? er there is not underlying these developing causes a constitutional cause, which ought not to be overlooked. I beliele there is, and "here the se? cret lies." It is now almost a universal practice to cut wheat before it is fully ripe. Of course the organic elements of the grain are not fully developed and matured, and there results, necessarily, a consti? tutional weakness, which causes an inherent weakness in the plant, and this in accordance with the law that "like produces like." Owing to this weakness, the straw is not able to resist the action of moisture and heat; consequently it ' cracks" under pressure of abundant sap, and tlie wound thus produced becoming gangrenous under operating causes, is known as rust. And it cannot be otherwise, for the abused laws of nature always rebel against infringement. And it cannot be supposed that nature did not make provision for all the legitimate agencies and influences ope? rating and surrounding the objects of her handi? craft. This is true ot ail weakness and disease. They arise from the violation of established law, and as true in this matter of rust as in any other. If a man cuts his wheat before it is properly ripe, be ought not to expect a healthy and perfect crop therefrom. These thoughts naturally lead us to the remedy, vis: That every farmer should set apart s por? tion of his wheat-field and allow it to get fully ripe before he cuts it, and use this mature grain for seeding. By pursuing this course, and also selecting the heaviest of this, and using the usual eare in soak? ing, &c, with deep and thorough preparation, with manuring and early sowing, I am firmly of opinion that rust in wheat would soon be among the things that were. t Farmers, think of this, and as the season of . harvest approaches, make your selections from the best of your fields, and allow it to perfectly ma? ture, and by thus conforming to the established order of nature, you will sare yourselves from the disaster of rusty fields and light crops. "HAZLEWOOD." Mo?, S. C. , ? For the Anderson Intelligencer. Bklton, S. C May 15, 1869. Friend Hoyt: On yesterday evening we attend? ed one of those interesting festivals which always make us happy, and, as it were, gives us a new era from which to date many pleasant recollec? tions. The Belton Academy, now in charge of Miss Anna Pickens, of Pendleton, is in a most flourishing condition. On the 14th inst. the pu? pils of this accomplished lady gave a May Party, for the purpose of relieving the dull monotony of a daily routine, and to please their friends. The Academy was crowded at an early hour, anxious? ly awaiting the opening of the exercises, Soon a beautiful band of flower-girls were seen proceed? ing towards the throne, which was prepared and ornamented with much taste, scattering flowers and singing as they advanced. They were follow? ed by the "Queen of May," Miss Mallie McOee, and the "Goddess of Flowers," Miss Emma Moore. The Queen being seated, the Goddess congratula ted and welcomed her to her dominions. Maid of Honor, Miss Nannie E. Breazeale, and Crown Bearer, Miss Lillia Carlisle, then came upon the rostrum. The Maid of Honor, after receiving the crown in a very graceful manner, placed it upon (he royal brow of the beautiful Queen. The Sea? sons then appeared in their order?Miss Sadie McGee, Spring; Miss Victoria McGee, Summer; Miss Alice Breazeale, Aotumn, and Miss Alice Brown, Winter; each bringing with them their floral offering, and welcoming the Queen to her seat on the throne. The Queen then arose and thanked them all for their kind favors, and bid them remnin happy. After these exercises were over, a bountiful repast was served in the way of lemonade, ice-cream and cake. The evening pass? ed off pleasantly, and most of the audience re? tired to their homes, but a few of the younger portion remained until a late hour, enjoying a "feast of reason and flow of soul." All acquitted themselves handsomely?therefore we make no distinctions. SPECTATOR. OUR GEORGIA CORRESPONDENCE. Washington Ga., May 20, 1869. Mr. Hott: We are here in this beautiful town, the branch terminus of the Georgia Railroad. In spring this is a lovely spot, with its beautiful ever? greens and flower-gardens. I assure you an eve? ning stroll, viewing the beauties of nature, is not unpleasant; and withal the charming daughters of Eve add no little to the beauty and gaiety of thin place, which would be lovely and attractive, without adornment, because of Heaven's chiefeet blessing to man. Merchants here seem to do a pre! y good busi? ness, but not on an extensive scale like your vil? lage. There are a good many business houses and some few of a large order. The farmers sell very little cotton at this place, as Augusta is their mar? ket. We have one hotel, which is a good one, but I don't believe there is much travel in this direction, and am not certain that it is a paying institution. It is strange that the lower country do not make this a place of resort in summer. The water is good, and there is no more healthy locality. This place is the residence of Hon. R. Toombs. Ho is leading a quiet life in the practice of his profession. Here resides another distinguished lawyer, Gen. D. M. DuBose, of the Confederate army, and also Commodore Thos. Hunter, who de? rived his title in the Confederate Bervice. There arc four churches here?Methodist, Pres? byterian, Baptist and Catholic. The houses of worship arc commodious, and the ministers are all meu of ability. CAROLINA. The End of the Railroad War.?It is with great pleasure that we learn from the Augusta pa? pers of Saturday, that the differences between the South Carolina Railroad Company and the Colum? bia and Augusta Railroad Company have been brought to an end. These differenoos involved, as is known, a disagreement between the first named company aud the city of Augusta, and we hail the satisfactory adjustment of a difficulty which threatened to become serious, as a sign that there is to he a lasting commercial peace between Geor? gia and South Carolina.?Charleston Newt. - ? The County Treasurer of Spartanburg offici? ally notifies the citizens of the county that the State tax is 75 cents on the $100 valuation ; coun? ty tax 80 cents on the $100 ; township tax 18 cents on the $100, and $1 poll tax. INTERESTING SEPOBT A8 TO THE ADVANTA? GES OF THE BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD. The Charleston papers of Monday contain art able and exhaustive report from Mr. John D. La pitte, one of the delegation from that city in the recent conference ut Cincinnati, addressed to Mayor Pillsburt, giving a concise history of the various interests urged upon tho people of Cin? cinnati, and clearly setting forth the advantages to be derived from the completion of the Blue Ridge Railroad. We make the following extracts from this report: This report has already greatly exceeded the limit I had proposed when 1 commenced, but the subject is one of vital importance to our city and State, and I make no apology for extending it still further, in order to show to our people the absolute necessity of completing the Blue Ridge Railroad without further delay. This can be ac? complished withiu two years, and before the lapse of that space of time we should, and I hope will, be in direct communication with the great West, and reaping the bounteous reward of years of persevering efforts to accomplish that end. Our efforts to form this connection have been stimulated by a desire to reap the advantages to be derived from the trade in their agricultural products ; and but f?w persons in our community have any conception of the extent of their manu? facturing industry. Cincinnati has a population of about. 400,000 souls, and is essentially a manu? facturing city. There is scarcely a single article which we now purchase from the Northern and Eastern States, excepting cotton fabrics, which we cannot also obtain from Cincinnati. Their inte? rior location, with the abundance of all the raw materials used, gives them a very decided advan? tage over the Northern and Eastern cities in most of the branches of manufacture. Black walnut, maple, cedar, hickory, ash, and all other woods adapted to the manufacture of furniture, vehicles, agricultural implements and wooden ware are here found in the greatest abundance and of the best quality. Cedar is so abundant that it is used for fence rails. The value of ready-made clothingmanufactured in Cincinnati last year, it is claimed, exceeded the value of that manufactured in any other city in the Union. There are many large manufactories of furniture, one of which has a cash capiial of $2,000,000, and their premises cover more than six acres of land. Stoves are made in immense numbers, together with every description of cast? ings and hollow ware. I satisfied myself by actu? al inspection that in these two last branches they have the advantage over the Northern cities, both as regards quality and price. Iron and coal of the best quality is near at hand, and their mould? ing sand is of unexceptional quality, which enables them to produce castings of unusually fine finish. Hardware and wooden ware of every description, vehicles of all kinds, agricultural implements of the most improved patterns, are among the lead? ing articles of manufacture. This list might be extended so as to include almost every article of daily use. Apart from the advantage of lower prices, most of the articles examined presented the appearance of beiug made more with a view to durability than those we have been accustomed to purchase elsewhere, whilst the fineness of finish is at least quite equal. In a word, as they manufacture every article we need, and as we are purchasers ef every article I they make, it would be difficult to over estimate i the ameunt of trade that must spring up between ' us upon the completion of our connecting roads. Nothing has been said of the value to us of the connection with East Tennessee. The advantage of this connection alone would be worth to us the entire expenditure needed to complete the Blue Ridge Road. I shall notice but one article of their product, to wit: coal, and but one article that they must get from us, to wit: salt. It must not be supposed that these are the only articles we should exchange, as that would be to ignore their rich agricultural products, their iron, copper, marble, and other minerals which they would send to us, and also that they consume largely of sugar, coffee, molasses, and other West Indian and South American products. But the traffic in these two articles alone would furnish in a short time suffi? cient business to support the road. Coal of the best quality for house purposes, including genuine canal coal abounds in East Tennessee, and they have a bituminous coal so free from sulphur that it is used for smelting iron without being coked. This is an advantage which I believe is without a parallel. This coal, taking the present rates of transportation charges by the East Tennessee and connecting roads to Nashville, Augusta, and other . points upon ordinary p at form cars, could, npon the completion of the Blue Ridge Road, be sold in this city at something less than $9 per ton of 2240 pounds. The use of regular coal cars would, of , course, diminish the cost of transportation and of labor. East Tennessee as well ss Cincinnati consume immense quantities of salt. This article can be imported here nt a minimum of cost. The sacks are of little or no value to the consumers of the salt, and yet add greatly to tho cost in Europe and to the duties here. The cars which bring us coal could be returned with salt in bulk, and from a careful calculation made, could be delivered in Knoxville or Cincinnati at a reduction of at least 30 cents upon present prices. Our road would also have its coal cars fully loaded both ways, which is an advantage that is, perhaps, not enjoy? ed by any road engaged in the transportation of coal. Largely as our city rould be benefit ted by this connection, the people of the interior of our State would be benefited to an equal, if not a greater extent. Common to choice brands of superfine flour are now selling in Cincinnati at $4.75 to $-5.25 per barrel. In the interior of this Stale the same fiour is sold at $11 to $12.50 per barrel. The best clear sides are quoted there at loj cents per pound. In the upper districts bacon, not the best, sells at 26 cts. per pound. This is in conse? quence ot the bacon and fiour having to be shipped first to New York or Baltimore, thence to Charles? ton, and hence to the interior, being burthened with freight for a distunce of more than one thous? and miles in excess of the distance by the proposed route, the dray age and other charges at each point of transhipment, and the profits of two or three intermediaries. The opening of these roads would cheapen the cost of flour in the interior districts $4 to $5 per barrel, and of bacon at least 5 cents per pound. If our country friends will estimate the saving that would be effected upon these and the many other articles they purchase, they will see that the entire amount needed to complete the Blue Ridge Road would soon be returned to them in tho cheapened prices of the articles they con? sume. I might continue to expatiate upon the impor? tance of this undertaking, to the advancement and prosperity of Cincinnati and Louisville, and to our own city and State, until this report would assume the proportions of a large printed vo'urae, without exhausting the subject, but I forbear pursuing this topic further. - The Nineteenth Ckntury.?This mogazine will make its appearance during the present week. The contents of the first number indicate variety and withal substantial reading. Among the arti? cles we observe the following : The Blocade Run? ners of the Confederacy ; The North in the South; Reminiscences of Confederate Camps and Fields, by "Personnc ;" A Chapter on Immigration ; An Eve? ning with a Spirtualist, &c. Besides these articles und many others, there are tho editorial, agricul? tural, scientific, and ladies' departments, making up a melange of literature equal to the foremost periodical in the country. The publishers aim to make a sprightly, vivacious and entertaining maga? zine, and as it is a Southern enterprise, wc doubt not that they will receive a large encouragement from the people. Yearly subscription $3.50. Single copies, 35 cents. Postage only two cents a number. Agents are wanted to canvass town and county, and liberal commissions allowed. Address all communications to F. G. DeFontaink, Esq., Business Manager XIX Century Publishing Com? pany, Charleston, S. C. ? The Treasurer of the State furnishes a state? ment of the financial condition of South Carolina. The Funded Debt, principal and interest, amounts to Sti,875,W7.79 ; Assets, $?,?54,?GG. Governor Scott has stated by letter that tho money for pay? ment of the next interest due is already on hand in the State Treasury. ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE, ? The famoua yacht Wanderer has been sold at Norfolk, Va., for $3850. ? George Peabody has sailed from England for this country, where he will henceforth reside. ? The caterpillar has made its appearance al? ready in the lower portion of this State. ? The Augusta Cmatitutionaliti of last Sonday announces the appearance of new flour in that market. ? Miss Pamela Cunningham, President of the Mount Yemen Association, is on a brief visit to her friends in this Slate. ? Mrs. Patsey Ervin, who lived in the Western part of Spartanburg District, was found dead in her bed several days ego. ? Elliott Drafts was killed by Dr. F. S. Lewie, a member o; the Legislature, on Sunday 2<Jrd ef May, near Lexington Court House. ? J. J. Lee, a merchant of Walhalla, has shipped to Charleston fonr thousand one hundred and twenty-seven dor.en of eggs in less than four months. ? A negro girl was murdered by ber father, Nel? son Sanders, on the i!;?rd ultimo, seven miles from Barnwell village. It appears that she was tortur? ed to death. ? E. B. Yocum has been appointed route agent on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, vice J. H. Kinard, removed ; also, Philip ?, Schwartz, viee G. F. Schwarz, removed. ? A Dorober of influential gentlemen fn New York have organized a land company, under a North Carolina charter, with a capital of a quarter of ? million of dollars. ? The Washington correspondent ef the New York Times says: 4,The President and his Cabinet are entirely in accord on the pt-fnt that foreign war would be extremely disastroos at the present time." ? Wm. C. Troy, of Fayetteville, advertises in the North Carolina papers for S532,O00 Confederate currency of date July 11, 1802, for which he offers^ to pay ten cents on the dollar, and $67,000 of the date September 10, 1864, for which he Will pay fifteen cents on tie dollar. ? Mr. Alexander Gilfillan, tin estimable young man, who was in the employ of a prominent firm of Charleston, was crushed* between two cars at Opelika, Ala., on Friday last, and expired in a few minutes. He was passing from one car to another, carrying a heavy valise, when a misstep caused the fatal accident. ? The Charleston Newt says that Dr. James Moultrie, the last scion of an illustrious race, de? parted this life on Saturday mcrning, in the 77th year of his age. He was the grandson of Gen. Moultrie, of Revolutionary renown. He was a professor in the Medical College of this State for thirty-three years, a thorough ncholar and finished gentleman. ? The Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad and the Columbia and Augujla Railroad have agreed upon terms by which the two companies are to be consolidated, under a recent act of the Legislature of this State. The stockholders of the two Roads will meet in Columbia on the 7th of July to consider the question of approving the con? solidation. ? A band ef disguised armed men rode up to the county jail at Manchester, Tennessee, a few nights ago, called the jailer out, presented their pistols at him, and demanded the keys. These wore quickly surrendered, the jail entered, and two negroes, awaiting trial on the charge of rape upon a white woman, were seized, taken oul. to a reighboring tree, and hanged. The band then rode away, and have not been heard of since. SriC7 Correspondence.?A Washington tele? gram to the New York Tribune says: "Some time ago the accounting officers of the Treasury Depart? ment notified GcneralG. T. Be&uregard, who was, at the breaking out of the war, a major in the ar? my and Superintendent in the West Point Military Academy, (hat he was charged on the books of the Treasury Department the amount of $10.30 on ac? count of tho Quartermaster's Department; and re? quested him to pay the same. On the 20th inst. Deauregard replied from New Orleans, inclosing his account amounting to $165.50 for transporta? tion from West Point to New Orleans inJattnary and February, 1861, in obedience to orders from the War Department, relieving birs from duty as Superintendent of the Military Academy, and sending him back to New Orleans, hrs former post. Beauregard says he presented his account to the proper offiocr in New York, the Quartermaster here being out of fund's, but that it was not paid, and has not since been paid. lie therefore re? quests the Department to deduct the amount cf $10.30 from $165.50, and remit him the remainder as soon as convenient. He closes by saying his resignation from the military service of the United States was accepted February 20, 1861, and signs himself as President of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad Company. The question was referred to the proper legal officer of the Department, who has to-day decided adversely to the claim of $165.50, in accordance with the joint resolution of Congress, approved March 2, 1867. to prohibit the payment by any officer of the Government to any person not known to have been opposed to the rebellion, and In favor of its sup? pression." -? Important Decisions.?At the recent term of the Circuit Court for Orangeburg county, Judge Carpenter decided aevcral important questions, among them the following: First. That Executors, Guardians and other Trustees, are not protected by investments made in Confederate bonds, unless the cetlui que trusts authorized them, or ratified them by receiving the interests, profits, &c. Second. That as to judgments or mortgages prior to lhe passage of the Act, tho Homestead Act is no exemption, and that the Sheriff shall make sale, under the liens thus created, and in default thereof is liable to an attachment for contempt. Third. That as to contracts for purchases made during the war, under the scaling ordinanoe, proof cannot ordinarily be introduced as to the value of the properly sold, for that would be equivalent to the making of a new contract, but that the value of the contract may be found by shewing the rela? tive value of Confederate currency in good money by any other property at the time. ?--O A Chapter of Accidents.?Tuesday last was a day of horrors in New York. On the water, the steamship Norwalk collided with a ecow and was immediately sunk, causing a loss of $40,000 ; an Austrian ship, valued at $360,000, was run into and sunk by the steamer Russia; a boy named McCormick was pushed overboard by his compan? ions and was drowned ; and the boiler of a steam tug exploded, causing the death of two men. On land, ten thousand barrels of petroleum and several vessels, in all valued at $500,000, were de? stroyed by fire ; a firm of Wall street brokers were reported to have decamped with $65,000.hat didn't belong to them ; iMr. Darrett. Van Anken, president of a silver mining company, niado a desperate but unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide by cutting his throat, and Charles II. Starr shot himself four times before taking his own life; two or three swindling cases; a couple of mysteries, and half a dozen minor sensations. Ikcbxas-ZV Representation.?The Wilmington Journal has made' up and published an elaborate? statement of the increased representation to which the South is entitled trader the new order of things, basing its calculation on the population furnished by the census of 1860. According to this the rep? resentative strength of the Sooth will be increased as follows : Maryland 2, Virginia 8, North Caroli? na 4, South Carolina 5, Georgia 6, Florida 2, Ala? bama 5, Mississippi 4, Louisiana 4, Texas 2, Mis? souri 1, Arkansas 1, Tennessee S, Kentucky 8?> equal to an increase of fifty in the Lower House of Congress. DIED, of Consumption, at the residence of his father, in Williamston, S. C, on the 15th of No? vember last, Dr. R. K. Kino, for several years a resident and practicing physician of the city of Columbia. This young and gifted gentleman graduated with distinction at the Medical College in Charles? ton in 1866. He was well known and highly re? spected by a large number of persons here, and secured many warm and attached friends' by his amiable traits of character. During the late war he filled the responsible station of druggist and assistant in the Ladies' Hospital, in the Eastern part of Columbia, ami by his assiduity to the du? ties of the post, and his attention to the wants, and his exertions in alleviating the sufferings of the tick and wounded in that institution, and by his universal politeness, he won the lasting regard of ail the patients who came under bis care, and secured the confidence and respect of the ladies who had charge of the Hospital. After the close of the war he established him? self in the city of Columbia, and devoted himself to the practice of au profession with great devo? tion, and soon acquired a reputation for much skill, and was rapidly rising to well merited fame when the fatal disease, which eventually ended his life, seized upon him and cut short his future prospects. The writer of this imperfect tribute tohia mem? ory knew him well, and bears willing testimony ? to his nobleness of character, and his great worth j as a man, and unites with his family and friends j generally in mourning his early death. He was without question a man of talent hi hrs profession, liberal to a fault, charitable and humane. Had he lived, he would have adorned the profession of his choice, and reflected honor upon the character of a physician; for he was attached to its prac? tice, and bad just that order of mind and acute ness* of perception, and that peculiar benevolence of heart which are necessary for, and which even? tually lift its votaries- to enviable distinctie*. He has gone to that "Home from whence do traveler returns,"?that unexplored country, un? known to mortals, except by the eye of faith in the promise of "Him who spake as* never mars spake," whose precepts and promises, if believed, secures au entrance into the reward prepared for suffering humanity "before the foundation of the world was laid." A FRIEND. Special fUtites. Burning Bush Chapter, No. 7, R.\A.\M.\ A REGULAR CONVOCATION OF BURNINQ BUSH CHAPTER will be held in the Chapter Room on MONDAY NIGHT, June 7, 1869, at seven o'clock. Companions will assemble with? out further notice. By order of the M.-.E.-.H.-.P.-. GEORGE MUNRO, Sec. Vgg~ Wyxsc Coexcrx, No. 4. Royal and Select Masters, will convene immediately after the closing of the Chapter. May 6, 1869 45 4 HIRAM LODGE, No. 6*8, A.% F/.M/. A REGULAR COMMUNICATION OF HIRAM LODGE will be held in the Lodge Room on MON? DAY NIGHT, June 14th, 1869, at half-past seven o'clock. Brethren will take due notice anu govern themselves accordingly. By order of the V7.\ M.\ J. A, VBOCB, See. June 3, 1869 49 2 HERMON LODGE, No. 116, A. P. Itf. . A REGULAR COMMUNICATION OF HERMOJ* LODGE will be held in the Lodge Roots at Mil j ford's, on Saturday, June 5th, 1869, at 10 o'clock a. m. Brethren will take dae ivoticc and govern themselves accordingly. By order of the VT.\ M.\ 0. W. BELCHER, See. May 6, 1869 45 4 Belton lodge, No. 130, A.*. F/. M.\ A REGULAR COMMUNICATION OF BELTON LODGE will be held in the Lodge Room at Helton, ?8. C, on THURSDAY, Jene 17, 1869, at 10 o'clock A. M. Brethren will take do* notice and ' govern themselves accordingly. By order of the W.-. M.-. W. 0. ALEXANDER, Sec. June 3, 1869 49 8 PENDLETON LODGE, No. 34, A. P. M. A REULAR COMMUNICATION OF PENDLE? TON LODGE will be held in the Lodge Room on SATURDAY, June 19tb, 1869, at 3 o'clock p. m. Brethren will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. By order of the W.\ M.\ W. H. D. GAILLARD, See. June 6, 1869 48 2 Living Arch Chapter, No. 21, R.\ A.\M.\ A REGULAR CONVOCATION OF LIVING ARCH CHAPTER will be held in the Chapter Room on SATURDAY, June 19lh, 1869, at 7 o'clock p. m. Companions will assomble without further notice. By order of the M.\ E.'. H.\ P.'. A. J. SITTON, See. June 3, 1869 49_3 WILLIAMSTON LODGE, No. 24,A.F.M. A REGULAR COMMUNICATION OF WIL LIAMSTON LODGE will be held in the Lodge Room at Williamston, S. ft, on Thursday, Juna 24th, 1869, at 10 o'clook A. M. Brethren are re? quested to be punctual in attendance. By order of the W.\ M.?. J. R. WILSON, Seo, June 3, 1869 48 8 New Advertisements. AUCTION SALE! I WILL sell to the highest bidder on Sale day in June, at Anderson C H., a PORTABLE or FIELD FOUR HORSE POWER, with THRESHER, FAN. CANVASS, &c, a complete outfit for a traveling thresher?comparatively new, having threshed but. two small crops. Sold to make distribution to the heiro at law, ? J. B. McGEE, June 3, 18G8_49_J_ Piano Forte Tuning, MR JOSEPH FREY will be at Anderson in a. few days. Orders for Tuning and Repairing lea at F 0. v. Borst el's Jewelry Store, No. 4 Brick; Range, will be promptly attended to. He will re-, main only a f:w days. June 3,1869 ?