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J\ndcvs0U ginc?tgcttfct'. TERMS. Ono copy for ono yoar.?'?.3 2.?0 ii >> u sjx 1U0Utus. 125 Ton copies for one year.20.00 Twenty cooles for one year.37.50 The clubs of ten and twenty will be sunt to any address. Subscriptions will not be received for a less period than six mouths. '. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will he insert oil at the rate of One Dollar per square o'f one inch space for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents per square for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts niado with those wishing to advertise forthreo, six or twelve months. ? -. Obituary notices exceeding five lines will be charged for at advertising rates. Anstonncein?ntof candidates, Five Dollars in each case, invariably in advance. -Jod Work cash on delivery, in every instance._ ANDERSON C. H., S. C. THURSDAY MORNING-, AUG. 81, 1871. jg?? The attention of merchants and others j Interested is directed to the card of Geo. W. Williams & Co., of Charleston. This firm offers a variety of Cotton Ties to dealers, of the latest j and most approved patents. BSJ~ A curious bird was picked up on the j premises of Dr. W. H. Nardin, in this village, last Sunday morning. It is a long-winged, web-footed fowl, and most probably allied to the sea-gulls. Its strange and unexpected vis? it to this region is due, perhaps, to the recent storms from the direction of the Atlantic coast. i JKS* Tho protracted meeting at the Method? ist Church, mentioned in our last issue, closed on last Sunday night. The interest continued without abatement for more than two weeks, with large, attentive congregations each night, and many anxious inquirers seeking the salva? tion of their souls. Eleven persons have con? nected themselves with the Methodist denomi? nation during this meeting. Telegraph to Greenville. The telegraph line has been finished to Greenville C. H., and that place is now in full communication with the busy marts of com? merce and trade throughout the world. We expect to chronicle the like good fortune for Anderson in a very short time, as the telegraph posts have been erected from Bclton to this place, and are now ready for the wire, which will be strung without delay. The posts are also being erected between this place and Wal? halla, *_ Anderson Calhoun Literary Society. We call attention to tho change in the ad? vertisement of this society, by which it will be ) seen that the public debate will take place on. Monday evening, instead of Tuesday evening, as heretofore anmmuced. We understand that Messrs. W. S. Brown and T. D. Kennedy, affirmative, and Messrs. E. B. Murray and John W. Todd, negative, are tho debatants chosen for this occasion. The Court House ought to be crowded with an appreciative au? dience, and we are confident that the ladies will honor the special invitation extended to them. New Masonic Magazine. It is announced that a new monthly, devoted to Mfisonry, will make its appearance on the first of October next, in the city of Washing? ton. Dr. Albert G. Mackcy, one of the highest and brightest Masons, will have editorial charge of the magazine, and will be assisted by Hon. Albert Pike and other talented Masonic writers. Subjects of the greatest interest to the craft will be discussed in its pages, and much val? uable and interesting information will be com? municated to its readers. It will be published ori the first of every month, printed on good paper and in the finest style of typography. Each number will consist of fifty-six octavo pages. Terms, $3.00 per annum, invariably in advance. Address all orders to McGill & Withcrow, Washington, D. C. Another Railroad in Prospect. The Pickcns timtincl starts tho ball in mo? tion for'a railroad from Ashevillc, N. C, to th o town of Anderson, or some other point on tiro Blue Ridge Railroad. It is intended to pats through Sassafras Gap, which is represented as a favorable crossing of the mountain chain, and it is thought the route entirely practicable, While the Road can be constructed easily and cheaply. We arc heartily in favor of the move? ment, and will lend our earnest efforts to the furtherance of the project. We beg our friendls In -Pickena to press forward in the work, and lot them be assured of generous aid and co? operation from Anderson. In the meantime, our people should prepare to take such action as will be necessary upon their part to secure a charter and be represented in the proposed cor? poration. _ ? Inaccurate Statement. Our attention has been called to an article copied from the Charleston Courier into our last week's issue, wherein it is stated that "Thomas Jefferson died in 1825, and it is said that when his decease was announced to John Adams, who was expecting every moment to depart, lie remarked quaintly: 'Jefferson was always a little before me.' Mr. Jefferson hai preceded him in the Presidency." It is really too bad to spoil this quaint conceit attributed to Mr. Adams, hut, nevertheless the truth of history must be vindicated. Mr. Jefferson did not precede Mr. Adams in the Presidency, but followed him in the occupation of that exalted position, as any one will admit upon the-light? est reflection. But, then, it was impossible for Mr. Adams to utter the remark attributed to him, since Adams and Jeficrson both died on the 4th day of July, 1826?the one in Massa? chusetts and the other in Virginia. It is true that Mr. Jefferson died in the morning and Mr. Adams in the afternoon, but there was no tele? graph in those days, and the news of Mr. Jcff orson's death could not possibly have been con? veyed to his great compeer on the same day. It is a curious coincidence, often remarked, that these great statesmen ended their lives on the fiftieth anniversary of American independence ; and it is related that Mr. Adams had been in? vited to attend a banquet at Quincy, Mass., in honor of the day, but was forced to decline, ami sent this toast to bo offered on the occa? sion, "Independence forever." 31 r. Adams I was ninety years old ami .Mr. Jefferson eighty- I two, when they were summoned from time !?> ^tternity. j Yellow Fever in Charleston. -The exciting rumors of yellow li ver in Charleston, which have been Hying about the ! country for the last two weeks, arc too nearly confirmed by ascertained and admitted facts. We think it a great mistake that the truth has not been made public at an earlier date, but it seems that the knowledge of its presence in the city was carefully concealed by the consti? tuted authorities, who arc evidently unfit for their responsible positions, or else better sani- J tary regulations would have been made, and in all human probability the pestilence of yellow fever have been avoided. It appears that some cases occurred five weeks ago, and while very slow progress has been made by the dread dis? ease, and only a few lives lost so far, the chances are favorable towards an epidemic, although the latest dispatches allege that the apprehension of an epidemic is gradually sub- ? siding. Private information, however, does not confirm this statement, and we hope that these private advices arc mistaken as to their estimate of its malignity and extent. Wo can rely upon one thing beyond a doubt, which is that largo numbers of pereons are leaving the city on almost every train, and unless tho cause existed upon which their fears are grounded, so many would not go Into the country, espe? cially at this Beason of the year. We are in? clined to give credence to the worst apprehen? sions, and while deeply regretting this terrible affliction, we think it criminally wrong to sup? press one iota of the truth connected with the existence of a pestilential disease. This timid policy cannot redound to the good of Charles? ton hereafter, and it would be far better for the entire truth to be promptly acknowledged by the city authorities. We notice, in this connection, that the neigh? boring city of Wilmington?whose fears are grounded upon past experience?has prohibited any connection with Charleston, so far as it is possible, on account of the presence of yellow fever in this latter city. It may well be sup? posed that persons leaving Charleston would not go to another locality liable to the same disease, and hence we find them seeking refuge at interior towns, where there is no danger. The up-country of South Carolina will proba? bly receive the greater share, and so far as Auderson is coucerncd, they will meet with nothing save kindness and hospitality, such as were extended when the old city was visited by shot and shell from an open foe. Hiwassee Railroad. This Railroad was chartered by the State of Georgia in 1807, and called forth the powerful veto message of Governor Johnson, of that State, which has been long considered one of the ablest arguments in favor of the construc? tion of the Blue Ridge Railroad by the State of South Carolina. The Hiwassee Railroad is projected to connect Clayton, Ga., with Duck I town, where immense copper mines are located and now being successfully operated, and with Cleveland, on the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad. The charter ha3 remained dormant to. the present time, but we arc now informed that the amount of stock required by the charter has been subscribed, and that the company will I soon be organized by the election of officers. We arc not apprised what particular interest this is to subserve, whether the Northeastern R. R. in Georgia, the Augusta and Clayton, or the Blue Ridge R. R., but we arc liberal enough to desire to see the Road constructed, with the hope that our Stale and people will derive some proportion of the great advantage flowing from a close and independent connection, through this fertile valley, with Chattanooga. An Undeveloped Region. We present our readers this week with the first instalment of a series of sketches, inten? ded to embrace the magnificent country beyond Walhalla and across the mountains?in regard to the beauties and solid attractions of which region, many persons within sight of the Blue Ridge are total strangers. These sketches em? anate from an able pen, and will not so much attempt to make elaborate description.-: of grand scenery and sublime views from nature, as to unfold the material wealth and power of this hitherto unappreciated section of the United States, which is destined one day to bo peopled by'millions and attract largo investments of capital. Trial Justice's Court.?Before George W. Hammond, Trial Justice. An unusual amount of interest was displayed in a case which was tried on last Saturday, and which perhaps merits a record in public print as well, from the general manifestation of public feel? ing on the subject involved. It was tho State against Samuel Johnson, Berry Young, Jesse Williams, Thos. Williams, Ed. Orr, Moses Lee and Jos. Edwards?all of the defendants being colored men, and chiefly residents of this town. They were indicted for disturbing religious ser? vices at Ml. Sinai campground, near Rock mills, on the 13th of August. It was a colored meeting, and the prosecutors were colored men, j although several white citizens were examined as witnesses. The case was conducted by John 13. Moore, Iwp, for the prosecution ; Messrs. J. S. Murray and J. C. C. Feathcrston appear? ing for the defence. The proceedings began in the Trial Ju.-ticc's ollicc on Saturday morning, but the room was soon crowded to that extent as required a removal to the Court House, where the evidente was concluded and the ar? guments were made by the attorneys. The jury, consisting of throe whites and three col? ored, took the case for consideration at 71 o'clock p. m., and failing to agree upon a ver? dict, they were discharged about midnight. Resulting in a mistrial, on Monday morning Trial Justice Hammond refused to entertain further jurisdiction, and the parties were bound over to the Court (.1* General Sessions, where the case will again undergo judicial investiga? tion. On .Monday afternoon, another case, was brought before Justice Hammond, which has excited some comment. The State vs. Til man Young, indicted for larceny. Tho ofleucc charged against the defendant was fully made out by the evidence introduced on (he trial, in that he actually committed the larceny; but the value of the goods stolen was not specifi? cally proven, and by this mere technicality, the defendant, was acquitted. ? Governor Scott offers a reward of two hun? dred dollars for the apprehension and convic? tion of any and every person connected with the Ku Klux Klan For the ?mterton TnieUinettcer, Home Views. Mr. Editok : Nothing but :i want of cheap ? ami rapid transportation, can longer prevent j the traveling multitude-, who are permeating through every nook and corner of the wide; world in .search of novelty, health and pleasure, from turning their steps to the now unknown, unvisitcd, but grand and lovely scenery to be fouud in the Blue ividge mountains of South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. The completion of a few more railroads by the en? terprising people of each of the .three .States named above, will throw open this terra hic<y vifa, teaming with 'beauty, wealtrr and ?frran dcur, to the public! and the regret and wonder will he that it was not earlier known and ap? preciated. Within eight miles of Walhalla, there rises the long, level ridge of a mountain, some 1500 feet above the level of the sea, and 700 feet abovo the level of tho town itself, present? ing views at every turn, of unsurpassing love? liness, traversed by stroams and rivulets of pure, clear, icy water, groves of magnificent forest trees, beautiful sites for country houses? within a few miles of streams abounding in fish and woods with deer and pheasants, and yct'not a summer house is seen, and visitors arc as rare as Fifteenth Amendments. Now and then, it is said, a few curious people un? dertake to do the mountain and tunnel in a day, and actually accomplish the feat. If the sweltering people from closely packed cities and towns along the Southern seashore could only enjoy the bracing atmosphere, the clear,' cold water, the luxurious nights, by a cheap transit of a single day and night, as wc hope soon will be realized, how much both sections would be improved in all that makes life en? joyable; but wc started out to describe'some of the distinctive features of this home scenery, not to speculate or philosophize. This mountain, yclept Stump House, a legend about which we shall not tarry to relate or create, is but a spur of the great BJue Ridge mountains, and divides Oconee county nearly in half, east and west, each knob having a dis? tinctive name, as Underwood mountain, Poor mountain, &c, and is now most easily and pleasantly ascended by a new and well graded road constructed by Mr. Steers, contractor, un? der the direction of Maj. Thos. B. Lee, En? gineer. This road carries the visitor in view of many extensive scenes of mountain and valley, and up ravines remarkable for the fertility of the soil and growth and variety of timber trees.? Hickory, white oak, black walnut, locust, pop? lar, all abounded, of astonishing height and size. About half way from the base to the summit, this mountain, in the early spring time, exhibits a strange, though beautiful condition of hasty and luxurious verdure. Weeks before the valley below, or the heights above, show in? dications of returning spring, in bud or foliage, this belt is covered with green, and presents a striking contrast with the bleak and wintry ap? pearance of the country around and above. The enterprising owner of these broad acres, Maj. Grisham, has long talked of planting this southern belt in fruit trees, and should he do so and succeed, it would be another evidence of tho existence of that isothermal belt or frost line, so long claimed by many as characteristic of our Southern range of mountains. Upon the crest of this mountain, and ex? tending cast and west for more than two miles, it is said that the Blue Ridge Railroad Compa? ny owns sixteen hundred acres of land, once covered with valuable timber trees, now some? what depleted by the use for lire-wood and building material during the work on tho great tunnel, one mile in length, passing under the mountain. This land is eminently fitted for country scats, and a hotel during the hot sum? mer months, and is productive in tho cereals and fruits. It is also rumored here, that this Company is now offering to give alternate lots to actual summer residents, and fifty acres, with abundant building material in wood and stone, to any responsible company who will erect a hotel for accommodation of visitors during tho summer mouths. This site, even now so acces? sible', with such commanding scenery and healthlul atmosphere, should at once be occu? pied and improved, and opened to visitors the next season. But the uncompleted Tunnel is the great object of notice, inquiry and remark of tho very few who visit it, and of tho many who only have heard of this gigantic work, under? taken by the little State of South Carolina. With its arched way driven through the hard? est granito for moro than one-half milo, its four shafts from tho summit of the mountain to grade, from 100 to 280 feet perpendicularly} it does present a bold and difficult work to be encountered so long ago by human hands, with? out the machinery and appliances of the pres? ent day. But now that a new line is discovered and located, scaling tho mountain heights without a tunnel, saving a few miles in dis? tance, and over $.'100,000 in cost over comple? ting the old line, how few of those who are daily casting obloquy and reproach upon those great men who originated the enterprise, for want of skill, judgment and foresight, stop to inrp'.irc the real causes which produced this change in tho line, and abandonment of the large amount of work already, performed. How few know, or choose to consider, that the Engineer, nearly twenty years ago, was restrict? ed to a gratle of Go feet to the mile, and thai it was impossible to pas, this mountain with? out that tunnel. Alter the location was made, many distinguished Engineers came ami cxam I incd thoroughly this line, ami pronounced ir ! the best that could ho had. Only one, Mr. Lalrobc, of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, .suggesting (lie use of a higher grade. But we have the recent authority of "H. G." for saying that the world does actually move, and that some men move with it, and wo may I safely assume that the science of engineering I has advanced somewhat, and that the power of I locomotives have been, by skilful artisans, in? creased since the daysof Stevenson and Brunei, j j Hence, ii is now not only possible but practi- \ i cable to ascend the Stump House Mountain at.: j a grade of 1)0 or HO feet to the mile, with en- i i gin es of sufficient power and capacity for the [ trafiic and travel likely to come (?vor the road. : This change, therefore, should be justly nttrib I uted to the progress and advances made in 1 science, and nol to the want of skill or jtielg- i meid in tlu?se then cuUusted with tho work. | I The road, undei many difficulties; is now | believed to be slowly, but surelv, winding it.t j ! wa\ to the top of the mountain, and when ! j this is accomplished, all who may have aided j should receive at Ion*! jus!ice. C. i hiaitd 2'.', 1871. - ? Con i err. p I at cd Ra i! road. We publish in this issue, says (he Pickens { S.tdiii' l, a very interesting comminncalion from ! iiie pcu of T/. L. G., oNhevard, North Carolina, i on'the subject of .Narrow Gauge Railroad from | Aahcville, X. (:., through the Sassafras Cap. to j connect with the Blue Ki<!ge Road at JYtidlo ton or Anderson C. iL This route is entirely practicable, and can be built at a comparative- I ly small co.-!., considering the rich and fertile ; country through which it would pass, and the | untold millions of mineral wealth now lying | dormant for the want of a railroad to devclopc it. This is is a grand scheme, and one of more j importance to our. people than all the Air Lines and Line Ridges combined. If the attention of some of the widcrawake railroad men can only be drawn to this subject, and a company' organized for the purpose" of building it, they will meet the hearty co-opera? tion of all our people, "without regard to race, color or previous condition." We will give our views on this subject of so much impor? tance to our people, more at length from time to time, as occ:isiou may require. In the mean time we would like to hear from Bro. Hoyt, of the Anderson Intelligencer, on the subject. Brevard, N. C, Aug. 14th. 1871. Messrs. Editors?To the kiudness of some unknown friend, I am indebted for a copy of the Sentinel, in which I find, besides many other items of interest, an article on the sub? ject of the Sassafras Gap, as a suitable point for a railroad to cross the Blue Ridge, and thereby connect the Blue Ridge, the Richmond aud Atlanta Air Line and the Greenville and Columbia Railroads with tho Western North Carolina, the Wilmingtou, Charlotte and Rutherford, the Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap and Charleston Railroads, at Ashcvillc. This is certainly the best route to connect all the above roads. I am not acquainted with the country south of the above named gap, but, from the gap to Asheville, the route is practica? ble and easy ; as it would follow the valley of the French Broad nearly the whole way, which would obviate the necessity of deep cuts, fills or tunnel-, and would pass down one of the most fertile and beautiful valleys of America, as every one can testify that has seen it. All of the above named North Carolina roads cen? tre at Asheville, and by tapping the Air Line at its crossing of the Blue Ridge Road, all of the desired connections would be affected, and would open to this country a direct southern connection, by which wc could ship south all our fruit, grain, hay, &c., all of which you state would be consumed, and in exchange give us articles we have to use all the time. A north? ern railroad connection is not near so desirable j for this country as a southern one, as all our produce would find a good market south, aud none north, as our products are so similar to those of the north. Please advocate this route in your columns, so that the attention of the railroad men of both States may be called to it. In my opinion, a Narrow Gauge Railroad is better adapted to this route than the wide gauge, owing to the mountains, cost of con? struction and amount of business to do. Many of our people arc advocating the construction of a narrow gauge road from Asheville to this place, and ii your people join us wc will try and build it to Pendleton or to the junction above named, via Brevard, Sassafras Gap and Pickens. This is a subject of vital importance, not only to Brevard, but to Pickens C. If. I see very small estimates as to the cost of Nar? row Gauge Railroads, and if wc can mature a plan by Autumn, wc can petition the Legisla? tures of both Slates for charters and Slate aid. I will write to some gentlemen in Asheville on the subject, and see if they are disposed to help in an enterprise of so much importance to them. Mr. J. E. llagood, of your place, is a suitable person to give you any information in regard to tho route across the mountain, as he has crossed at Sassafras Gap frequently. There is no danger of the route from there to Ashe? ville. - ?. <? I IM I The Health of Charleston and the Action of the Medical Society. At an extra meeting i;f the Medical Society of South Carolina, held 0:1 August 25th, the following paper was rend, and it was ordered that it he published in the daily papers : Wo, the members of the Medical Society of South Carolina, feeling that our interests arc inseparably connected with the city of our resi? dence, and the home of our selection, fully alive to the advantages of her growth, her gen? eral prosperity, and also to her character for honesty, in view of the general circulation of reports as to the prevalence of pestilential dis? ease, and the manner in which such reports have been dealt with by city officials, the Hoard of Health, and the Press of the city, think it best to oiler a plain statement of the facts con? nected with the present sanitary condition of the city. In so doing it is not our object to arraign the action of the constituted authorities, to stop between them and their official duties, or to pass judgment upon the course they have thought proper to pursue. We desire simply to express our deliberate and honest conviction as to tho manner of meeting the situation, in which the community finds itself unfortunately placed, and to show by our action that we are alive to the duty we owe to our fellow-citizens, who arc making Constant appeals for informa? tion and advice. Cur purpose is to follow truth wherever she may lead, to affirm only what can be substantiated, to announce nothing calcula? ted to deccivo the most credulous, to quiet un? usual excitement and alarm, but at the same time to put every citizen in position to take such steps as he may deem proper to subserve his interest and protect his life. 1. First, then, we announce that Ydlotc Fe? ver does prevail to <> limited extent in our city. The first case, as far as can he ascertained, oc? curred as early as the 21th July, since that time there have been noted in all perhaps as many as thirty-five cases. Out of this number nine have proved fatal, but as in a few instances u certainty existed in the minds of theattendh Physicians to the trtio character of the diseas and in a few others for prudential reasons,'! true name was withheld, the mortuary certi: cates in the possession of the Registrar she-, less than the entire number of deaths. T mortality, however, ecu with Una allowance! exceedingly small, and would sum lo indicat mild form of the disease. 2. Secondly, we are happy to state that c large majority of the cases have occurre/n one locality. This would seem, in the oppH of some of us, to furnish the assurance''*1' circumscribed local inliuenccs alone hajbi vored the development or extension of tW'?" case, and thai its area may continue rested. ?>. The [)criod of lime that has elapsetfuce the report of the (irsl cum' declares a clt/cter of disease not disposed to extend rapy or widely. 4. There are di?brenecs of opinion pugst ourselves as i<j the probable exlcnsiopf the ; disease in an epidemic form. To ll/panic striclccn, however, we would say, Icavnc city j if you can at your earlie.it convene, for fright is a strong prc-< 1 isj??? >A ng cause disease. To the large mass of our fcllow-citi;?, who?c I interests are identified with ours, aijb'ith tiic city, we would advise a patient wait for fur? ther developments, (unless residing our in? fected locality,) and, in the mcantitjun avoid? ance of any excess or unijcccssaj'&xjKJsurc. Lei each and every one, without inmenting or animadverting upon the action the powers that lie, who, in his opinion, may/ve, by sins of omission or commission, invif/thc pesti lencc, use his i,t.st energies to caj'ont, under proper direction, those sanitarheasures of known value in staying the rav?' ol disease, that, in some form or other, tint the niysteri ons workings of an overruling .Evidence, is at times destined to visit everv o/nunity. ) ((H'ieial) F. Id. R< fB?RpN. M. L\, | President. MAxxf.vi- Rimoxs, M. i>., jvtary. No persons from Cluirhf?. arc allowed to ?top within the limits of Taiington. ITEMS GF STATE NEWS. ? Pickens county boasts of the best worked roads in tin- State. ? Mrs. Ciaris-a Vance and Mrs. Louise Hol? land, of Laufens county, are dead. ? The stables of Henry Suber, at Martin's D:mot, Laurens county, liave been burned. ? Mrs. Catherine Baker, aged over one hun? dred years, died at Marion on the 20th inst. ? Col. 1. V\*. Avery, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, is 01 a brief visit to Spartanburg. ? The census return shows that the town of Abbeville lias a population of 1,448, via: 013 whites and 885 colored. ? The prospects of the Union gold mines are improving. In a short time all the machinery wili be in working order. ? The colored- Baptist-Church in^ainden blown down by the late gale, is iu process of reconstruction. A substantial fence has been put around the premises.. ? The Columbia Union learns that Thomas Davis, who was tried before the United States Couit at Greenville, for Ku Kluxing, has for? feited his bond and cannot be found. ? The Teachers' Institute, in session last week at Greenville, after a very barraonious session, adjourned on Friday to meet in Charles? ton next May. ? Mr. Samuel W. Tucker, of Sparenburg county, died on the 19th inst., in the 7Hh year of his age. He was the father of Hon Joseph W. Tucker, of Missouri. ? A difficulty occured in Charleston on Sat? urday night, between two young mei, named George Bourkc and John Kelley^wlnn the lat? ter was stabbed seven times and seveelv woun? ded. ? Rev. G. W. Boggs, whose death vas chron? icled in these columns last week, wis a native of Anderson District, and for over even years a zealous missionary in Hindostan,as we learn from the Fauficld Herald, ? The corner-stone of a new Methodist Church was laid in Greenville on tic 22:id inst, with the impressive ceremonies of the Masonic order. Rev. E. T. Buist deliverer an address upon the occasion. ? The Darlington Index repotf two fatal affrays. One affray resulted in.he killing of one negro by another, and ir. thcother. a white man named Warren was murderd by a negro. ? The Edgcfield Advertiser hroniclcs the death of Maj. John H. Hughs, a prominent and useful citizen. Ho died orjthc 18th inst., after a painful and protractd illness, aged about seventv vears. ? Wc learn from the GrcenWieMountaineer that Rev. .Tames P. Boycc.D. D., lias been confined to hi? house for sc veal days, on ac? count of a sprained ankle. " is thought, he will be able to get about in a'cw days. ? Hon. B, F. Perry has mpared a most in? teresting history of Green vn?, and incidentally of events connected with tfe early settlement of that section of South Crolina, which is to be published in the Greenvlc Enterprise. ?vine Greenville Movnnncer records two remarkable cases of longvity'. Mrs. Stacy Chapman, aged ninety-seen, and Mr. Robert Scott, aged i;?7 years, ai both residents of Dutiklin township, in thcowcr part of Green? ville county. ? In W?ltcrboro, on lc ISth. two of the murderers of Driggcrsr Andrew Doyle and Charles Mcchauick?sntfrcd the extreme pen? alty of the law, agrceal/ to the sentence of Judge Thomas at the l-S Court of Sessions for Collcton. ? The Greenville onntttineer says: "Dis? patches are being rcce'ed and forwarded daily by the telegraph line icently constructed be? tween this place and olumbia. It is an im? portant acquisition tour people.'' ? The Beaufort b' adopted a series of res? olut ions, at the reect term.pf Court, thanking Judge Thomas for r^dhig a special term, and expressing a highnpinion of the Judge as a patient, ccurteousimpartial and enlightened jurist. ? A disturb.W'occufcd in Sumter, between a party of Unite States soldiers and a party of negroes, dnrif which three of the latter were wounded, hie of trio soldiers received a pistol shot in tl log. The matter is to be in? vestigated. ? The Darlgton Index says Ben Taylor, who killed nn'hcr colored man some time since, near Sooty Hi!!, for being too intimate with his wife, as earned before Chief Justice Moses, in Sutfsr last week, and after a hear? ing, was reler''1' upon &6,000 bail. ? A. F. Illings, Esq., President of the Se? curity Fire turance Company of New York, lias made a ese'nt of a policy of one thousand dollars to tl Baptist Church in Sumter, on their huildg, through Mr. A. White,' the agent of tlcompanv at Snmter. "? ThC jurchsvilfc Herald says the citizens of that crjity arc invited to meet at the Court House oncxt fialcsday, for the purpose of tak? ing into hsideration the ways and means of building railroad from that place to Augusta, Gcorgia.nc! that the people of Augusta and Edgcfic'arc ready to unite in this enterprise. ? ]{. W. P. DnBosc, having been elected to a prsssorship, and the chaplaincy, of the Univety of the South, has resigned" the rec? torship' Trinity Church, Abbeville. In ac ceptijthe resignation, the vestry adopted res ohnis expressing their high opinion of their rectci character, and their recognition of the 7cal?? and successful discharge of duty which ; cha-terized his ministration. -The Chester Reporter says: On Tuesday njg, the 15th instant, a negro man, named Bi McLurc, formerly tho property of James SJcLnre, Esq., was murdered on the planta ti of James G. McAliley, on the western side ohis county. He was called out of his house, <jut midnight, by four persons, and shot to (Ith immediately upon their getting him in age. The witnesses, inclusive of tho wife of e deceased, and of Tom McAliley, who tided the murderers to the house of the de 'ased. were unable to tell who .my of the per itrators of the deed were. ig ? The Aikcu Journal is informed that a few Ic/dghts :irr0 :\ band of armed colored men, nnm i<bcring about twenty, went to the house of .Mr. ij Isaac Shcllhouse, who lives about ten miles from Aikcn. waling that tliey were sent to ar? rest a Mr. Porter, who is accused of killing a colored man some time since, and they having been informed that Mr. Porter was on the prem? ises. Mr. Shcllhouse told them that Mr. Por? ter was not there, and one of the former's sons coming out of the house, the whole gang insis? ted that that was Mr. Porter, and leveled their muskets at him. but desisted from shooting at the entreaties of .Mr. and Mrs. Shcllhouse. ? A quarrel occurred in Barnwell county, on Saturday night, 19th insr., between Henry Shavers and John Smith, colored men, in the employ of Mr. Paul Hammond. Prom words they proceeded to blows, when Smith, seizing a large stick, attempted to strike his antagonist. T'ne latter, however, succeeded in warding off tho blow, and buried a hatchet in the brain of his assailant, inflicting a mortal wound. Sha-1 vors immediately tied, and made his escape to j i Augusta. A brother of Smith followed in pur- i suit, au>l recognizing the fugitive, pointed him out to a policeman and had him arrested. He w,is committed to jail to await n requisition i from the Governor ot* this state. ? A destructive lire occurred Saturday night in Charleston, which resulted in the total de? struction of the two fine buildings owned by Messrs. Jennings, Thomlinson & Co., and then occupied by Mr. J. C. Madson as a tobacco store, and by Mr. Lcngniek as a fancy goods and notion establishment. The fire originated in '.'??:<' back part of Madscn's store, and owing lo the inflammable nature of the stock, was well under way when the engines arrived.? Tin s ', with the slock contained in them, were i totally destroyed. The wholesale shoe store of Messrs. 10. H.Stnddnrd & Co., adjoining Mad sen's cigar store on the north, was also consid crably damaged by the boat , ? - Manv wrecks are reported and much loss of life front the;effects of the recetif gale efT-the j South Atlantic roast. ? ' j ITEf?S-EDJTORIAI AND OTHERWISE. -? i ?- The weather has boon vcrv tempestuous in ' England. .. j ?The Wasonic Order has a total member j ship in the United States of 466,803. j ? Lookout mountain, near Chattanooga; Tenn., is crowded with visitors this season. ? A monument is to t>o creeled in I'aris to Alexander Duma?. , ? By continuous travel, a trip around the world can now be mr.de in eighty days. ? Senator Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, is quietly enjoying life in Paris. ? A cotton crop (if considerable amount has been raised this year in California. ? It is reported that Asiatic cholera has ap? peared in New York mid Philadelphia. .? XhccotLon worm is doing much damage. iu Arkansas. ? More troops in South California are called for to fight Indians. ? Berlin's festival to Emperor William on his return from the war cost that city $100,000., ? Four persons were killed and two injured: by a collision ou the Erie Railroad on SatuK day. ? A terrible railroad accident happened near Boston on Saturday, twenty-one persons being kiJ'ed and three times as many wounded. ? One man and three women, in a row in New York city on Saturday, were, wounded at a single shot, by another drunkard. , ? The army and boll worms have appeared*, in great numbers in the richest cotton fields of Mississippi and Alabama. ? The pottato bligh has developed to atf alarming extent in Ireland, it is feared that the: crop is almost ruined. ? The tobacco crop in Rockingham and Cas well counties, N. C, is said to have been seri-" ously injured by the long drought. ? The small pox is prevailing among the colored people at Yorktown, Va. At latest dates it had not attacked the whites. ? The San "Francisco Bulletin ^Rad.) virtu? ally abandons California to the Democrats in the forthcoming State election. ? The New York Tribune concedes that the election in Pennsylvania this fall is doubtful, and likewise the result of the contest in Ohio. ? The American Colonization Society has more than two thousand applications already for passage to Liberia in the vessel which will be sent out in November next. ? Amelia Garcia, a beautiful young actress" who was a great favorite in New Orleans hav? ing been crossed in love, killed herself recent iy. ? Governor Potts, of Montana, apprehends an Indian war, and is organizing the people, but will not call them into service unless au? thorized by the Secretary of War. ? Mrs. McWilliams, of Memphis, because she loved another man better than she did her husband, took poison and died. She was a na? tive of Scotland, and only 23 years old. ? New York city claims the property upon which the "Times building" stands, and an ejectment suit has been commenced. The property is valued at ?1,000,000. ? The New York UeraliVa latest Presiden? tial sensation is to bring out the name of Hon. Wni. II. Scward for a Conservative-Republi? can nomination. ? Queen Victoria's! statue in Montreal will be unveiled, it is said, by her daughter and son iu-law, the Marchioness and Marquis of Lome, on their arrival in Canada next month. ? The celebrated race-horse Longstrc-et, at the race on Wednesday at Saratoga, strained a tendon of one of his fore legs, and is lamed for life. Two hundred thousand dollars changed hands on the quarter stretch ale e. ? A planter named Grafiis was killed in No? vember last in Heard County, Georgia. His daughter and a man named Thomas Teal, sus? pected of the murder, have just been arrested in Arkansas and taken to Georgia lor trial. ? The vote in North Carolina on the Con? vention question was unusually heavy. Last year the total vote for Attorney General wiw 173,003. The vote on Convention will not fall short of 180,648. ? Reliable reports from all Mississippi, North Louisiana and West Alabama mention the devastations of the army and boll worm. Picking has just commenced, and the early ap? pearance of the worm will shorten the crop. ? There is a speck of war still hovering over Europe. Report tell us of an alliance between France and Russia against Germany. Germany and Russia are actively engaged m> " strengthening their war materials. ? Dr. II.Helmbold, the Buehu man, at? tempted to commit suicide at Long Branch, on 21st inst. He alleges that the gun went off ac? cidentally. HJs business affairs are said to be environed with difficulties, and this led to his attempted suicide. ? Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and other late officers of the Confederate army have issued a call for the organization of the army of Northern Vir? ginia, lor the purpose of preparing its history in tho late war, and taking steps to have a mon? ument erected to the memory of the late Gen. R. E. Lee. ? The sugar crop of Louisiana, it is repor? ted, will be large, as very encouraging reports have been received of the growing cane, which is in splendid condition. It is predicted that if the latter portion of the year be favorable for cutting and grinding, a crop may be anticipated equal to those raised before the war. ? Texan papers represent that in ono week the Mexicans on the Rio Grande border, stole cattle valued at ?100,000 in Texas, which would have been worth double that amount in Kan? sas?the nearest market. They want to know whether troops would not be more usefully em? ployed protecting that border than in protect? ing negroes from imaginary Ku Klux Klans. ? The ex-Empress of Mexico, Carlotta, it is positively stated, cannot live through the com? ing autumn, as she now has periods of perfect prostration lasting forty-eight hours, and her death is expected almost any day. She is only thirty-one years of age, having been married to the unfortunate Archduke Maximillian when she was but seventeen years of age. ? Ex-Governor Pease and others, of Texas, have issued a call for a State Convention in Austin on the 22d of September, to express the sense of the people in regard to the exorbitant expenditures and enormous taxes to which they are subjected, to "memorialize the authorities to reduce the taxation and to call a general election." ? Twelve hundred ex-Confederate soldiers met at the Ronuokc Fair Grounds, near Hunts ville, Mo., on Thursday bust. Gov. Reynolds, Gen. Shelby and others addressed them. Poli? tics were not alluded to, and the meeting pass? ed the following resolution : That it is the duty of all to turn their backs upon the past, and grasp manfully the duties and responsibilities of the future. Tin: South Cakoltxa Railroad.?Wcarc authorized to say that W. j. M.igrath, Esq;, the President ot the South Carolina Kailroad Com? pany, has completed, in London, die exchange of the new First Mortgage bonds of the Com? pany, tor the'ovcr-dnc Sterling bonds, endorsed by the State. 31 r. Magrath sailed from Liver? pool for New York, in the Java, <>n Saturday last. :>.tul brings with him the old Sterling bonds which wt re !k Id in England. This news will be received with satisfaction by the friend-; of the South Carolina Railroad Company. The bonded debt of the road is now in manageable shape, and while the bondhold? ers have ? bettor investment in the amply se? cured First Mortgage bonds, the Company is the gainer in being relieved from tho contin? gent danger of legislative interference or State, supervision. This fact should enhance tin market price, as it unquestionably does th( real value, of the stock of the Company. The- negotiation with the English Sterling bondholders was both delicate and difficult. That President Magrarh should have dosed the transaction so thoroughly, and so quickly, is another justification ? ' confidence reposed* hi him, for :-o niahv vears, bv the stockholders of this road.? Cwrfr.u'on X-'-*