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VOLUME VIL-.-N?MBER 1086. SIX DOLLARS A YR AR BY TELEGRAPH. EUROPE. THE IRISH CHURCH BILL TR THE HOUSE OF LO RD 3. LONDON, Juno 14.-lu the House of Peers to? night;, in anticipation of a debate on the Trish Church bill, there waa a full attendance of Lords. The galleries and lobbies were crowd? ed, and in the streets a great throng, of people collected. Ia the House many petitions were presented against the bill. Earl Granville movod the bill pass to a aeco-id reading. He declared he bad always thought the Irish Church .waa an anomaly and failed to fulfil the position for which it waa intended;' that it was a groat injustice, and should be legislated on in a reasonable, wiso and moderato way. He traced the history of the Suspensory bili of last year, and said the resignation of the Disraeli Ministry showed their acoeptanoe of the deoiaion of the conn try in favor of disestablishment and disen dowment. After explaining the provisions of the bill under consideration, Earl Granville continued. The government did not desire to saver the spiritual connection between the Irishand Engliah Uhurohes? He would leate the exp ana-tion of. endowments to his col? leagues. He declared there waa nothing in the aot of union to prevent the passage ot the bili. He did not understand that aot, but maintained it was not unalterable, nor should it be allowed to stand in the way of a measure deemed necessary to the majority of the peo? ple and constituencies in Ireland. The bill had no effect OR royal supremacy. After referring to the threatened opposition, and commenting on the bigotry of past times, he appealed to the bench and the bishops to weigh well their course. Nothing " was more suicidal than to point to the principles on wbioh the Irish Church stands aa that on which the English Church ia to stand, for this step was not the prelude ta the disestablishment of the latter. He appealed to the Opposition to consider the dignity of the House, and, after due protest, allow the bill, endorsed by the voice of the country, to pass. The- House of Peers has great power for pood, but there is one thing it dood not possess. It has not more power than the House of Commons. It has not power to thwart the national will. It was said the method of conducting the bill in tho House of Commons was offensive, and the Lords bad been advised to be conciliatory in their pre? sent declaration. He well knew the 'value of conciliation, but there was no necessity for it here, for he would assure the Lords that, thoa g h the Liberal party adhere strongly to the policy of the bill,, they would gratefully welcome and carefully consider any alterations of the detail proposed by your Lordships. Hore than this he could not say. Earl Harrowby moved that the second read? ing of the bill be postponed three months. He opposed the .bill aa revolutionary, and in vio? lation of the Coronation aot and the act of , anton. Tho circumstances are insufficitnt to - Justify its introduotion. The ! result would be to diminish the number of Lieh Protestante. It waa no act of Justice. : He repudiated the idea that its. rejection would be running conn national wilL Tho sense of the conn* Bo?* ***?&$?& !|4Point, Hebe to and expecting tibi? House of Lords to reject the bilL Lord Clarendon said he did -not reciprocate the feeling, ot Earl, Harrowby as-to the r? s ult of the bill. Similar forebodings were express? ed in regard to the 'Reform and Free Trade measures. He believed the sentiment of thc 1 ooustry bad been fully tested on the topic. It had been discussed for the past year and a half, and was so thoroughly exhan ted and un? derstood that he was unable to say anything new on it. As a Protestant he sympathized with his Catholic fellow-countrymen in Ire? land on the wrongful position in which they were placed. He never felt it stronger, than when he saw* a crowd kneeling outside of a hovel with a haniisome parish church dose by unattended. He believed Ireland was the question pf the hoar. Her condition had be? wildered government after government. The universal assent of the country, and the im? possibility that such a state of things should continue, imposed on Mr. Gladetou o the duty of settling the Irian Church grievance. The Duke of Rutland oppased tho bin, be? cause it overthrew the rights of property, vio? lated the religion of the majority of the peo? ple of the United Kingdom, and destroyed the . union of the Church and State. He denied that the Cbnrob was a badge of conquest, and affirmed that the voluntary system wouM never answer. s" " ? Stratford Redcliffe objected to many detOMg of the bill, but warned the House not to eaori .fice the Substance for the shadow. He believed the passage of the bill, as it now stood, would .result in irreparable injury io the Church, and would hot improve the condition bf Ireland* The relative position of the two Houses of Par? liament, however, demanded a second reading, after wbioh the Upper Boneo could amend ob? jectionable features. Lord Romilly regarded the idea that, the bill would prove the- destruction pt Protestantism as a myth. It would only deprive the crown of the nomination of some bishops. - , ; THE THEES AW? THE XBIBH CHURCH BILL -EN? THUSIASM OF Tani THUNDERER. LONDON, June 14.-The TimeB, on the pros?, peote Of the Irish Church bill in tho House of Lords, says: "The week opens with all the elements of a dramatic situation. The action is great, the motive great, and tho on I cer? tain. We are convinced the hill will p ass to its second read<ng ; every day it be? comes clearer.- England, af er an agitation of eighty . years, ' will voluntarily undo an injustice so long perpetuated. No Orange j demonstrations oan affect the success of the measure. This scandal of the Irish Church j establishment ut at the root of the alienation of Ireland. Its destruction is an aot of peace and unity between the jealous and disunited races," , The > Times re viene tho opinions . of leading men bf the Opposition, and concludes : "By such arguments jaatiee may bo, and ie often dei?jed, but not when the nation is awake to the sense of its denial. We feel as suiod justice wilinot be delayed. By yielding now, the reputation end authority of th? Bouse ef Lords will be established firmer than ever.*' THE RECENT DISTURBANCES IN FA?D3-COMMENTS OF TOB JOURNALS. PAUtB, June '14:-The official Journal to-day recent disturbances. It assorte. that the gov? ernment had received ioonr ate knowledge ber forehand o? wb?* . wa? to ??kepfaoe, and was thereby enabled to take proper taud sufficient precautions to prevent tho agitation from as? suming a mor? nerioufl aspect. The officers of ^OcM^W po^^ oi iho tads W&ch pajatsBlihiiiil accompanied the outbreak.-!' If is their daly now to trace the authors. The journal praises the patience, firmness and moderation or the troops, and congratulates the government on the suppression of the dis order without bloodshed, thus fulfilling its mission for the protection of humanity. THE OHINESK CODE OF HONOB. LONDON, Juno 16.-The Chinese Government has apologized for the insult offered to the French Secretary of Legation, Count Rocho chouart, whose face was slapped by a man? darin. THE OOBTES. MADBIO, Jane 16.-In the Cortes Ooton fa? vored Don Carlos, senior, as King. Begerra replied that the prospectB of Don Carlos were dead, and could never be revived. THE WAR IN PARAGUAY. LISBON, Jone 16.-Bio Janeiro advices to the 17th report the war news unimportant. James Watson Webb, the Amerioan Minister to Brazil, has taken his passports, owing to questions at variance between himself and the Brazilian (government relative to claims against the ship Candle. The government expressed the deter? mination to treat with tho American au'hori tiea at Washington through its own represen? tative. _ NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.) , WASHINGTON, Jone 16.-Tbe President has approved tho findings of the Anatin (Texas; Military Commission, and Weaver will bo exe? cuted on the 24th of September. . The findings of the court at Browns nile were approved, and those at Austin disapproved. The Revenue Department has order jd the suppression of some eighteen illicit distilleries in Lee County, Virginia. The military will be employed if.necessary to enforce tho"!aw. Revenue to-day $618,000, ...... Secretary Rawlins has returned. General Dix arrived on the Cambia; Secretary Cox has gone to Ohio, and will be absent a week. Thomas G. Nicholls, colored, has been ap? pointed night inspector of customs at Galves? ton, Texas. Brownlow publishes a letter in favor of nni vei sal suffrage. He says that for the Republi? cans of Tennessee to continue the restrictive policy when the party every where else opposes it, is mischievous and ridiculous. Judge Paschal has demanded $165,000 from Geo. Peabody Sc Go., of London, realized by them from Texas indemnity bonds covered by the reoent decision against White, Cheles & Co. BoatweU has ordered the purchase of an ad? ditional $500,000 of bonds next week to comply with the law requiring one per cent, of the en? tire debt to be purchased each fiscal year. TUE PB AGE JUBILEE. BOSTON, Jone 16.-Grant and Farragut have arrived. In responding to Mr. C lafh n's speech of welcome, Grant said: "It afford a me greet pleasure to visit the capital of a State which has done so-mach-for Ihe support of the Union in the time of the great rebellion ; a State whose principies did so much to ?ive me what? ever political position I have attained, and a State from which I havs received such hearty welcome in other days." NEG Ito OUTRAGES IN GEORGIA.. [ AUGUSTA, June 16.-During the circus per? formance at Sparta, Ga., yesterday, a personal difficulty arose between. ? .?aw^TkUM.-^^ bfdckssin whian otie negro was Wried and ano? ther mortally wounded. The affair threatened to be more general and serious, but was sup? pressed by the sheriff and leading citizens. Adkin D. Lewis, a citizen of Burke County, was assaulted in his field to-day .by a negro, "who stabbed bim to death and fled. TUE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE. 1 ALL AH ABBE , June IC.-The Legislature has been in spacial session since the 8th instant. The House passed the Fifteenth constitutional amendment on the 11th instant, by a . vote ot 26 to 18. The Senate passed it to-day by a vote of 18 to 8. The' bill which had been introduced in the Ho ase to equalize accommodation and fare for whites and negroes on all steamboats, rail? roads, fyc, was killed to-day by a tie vote, where it originated. SPARKS FROM TBE WIRES. The Florida Legislature has ratified the Fifteenth amendment, . The Boston Peace Jubilee waa opened with prayer by four thousand preachers I The Quaker City was again released yester? day. Her third officer haB been arrested for beating the deputy marshal, Tho Military. Commission in the. ease of Yergeris progressing ?lowly. 1 About thirty witnesses are yet to be examined. Nothing new bas been elicited. . .-? The Red Stockings, of Cincinnati, beat 'toe ft>w York Mutuals in a base ball match, the seor? being four to two in the full game-the most e^raordii^a^-oh frefcord. ; OW? RAILROADS. ,C Kiwouragemeat to Immigration. The New York Herald speaks aa follows of the SouUern railroad consolidation effected for. the pudsey of affording better facilitas for travel a tn observation to ' those desiring to ; emigrate to thv South f Southernrt^ys^Sa^tiy promote and facilitate Northern ano*OJoi^B immigration te the South. rmmi?anti?^?i tK capital of money ?and skilled labor, ~,n nowhere find more desirable homes er iqaorv profitable re? turns than in the vast territory ^braced be? tween the Potomac, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and the Atlantic Oman and <*u\r ?f Mexico. Within theee boundaries ibex?. ?B such a diversity of surface, soil and clim&tb that most of the frurt and all the grains-in some localities two crops of certain varieties ol oom and fruits annually-can be' successfully and profitably cultivated. .The central and most elexrstci refited iuelnaincr portions of Virginia, North and Sooth Carolina, Tennes? see, Georgia and ? Al*baca*n in particular, for BaltColSiy or climate, grandeur of scenery and abundance and purity 6f water cannot bo ex? celled. With its deposits of gold; of iron equal in fineness to any in the world:, of coal, copper, marble, Kranit? and slate; wii h its im? mense water powers, in many instanoes located m the heart of tho c?tton-prodncihg frit; with its almost limitless forests, including all the varities of wood used in the meehan toa 1 nrfc; with its cotton, rice, eng ir, oranges, grapes, and, in the higher r?gions, nts grain ?nd stock. tiva piS?t. dovotopraenc or the extraor^ dinary resources of the South would, tn a few yeats largely Increase the taxable property or fold more than ita pr?sent pojjulatfon, Immr be incalouiabiy iooraaaed, by turning, iramigra tlon into Southern ?M?flela, Every aile or tbfl general government,, wfc?o the gate Ha grow erai ol tbe Weat. RfOT?omparatlve?? nothing. It iB?yrrtetl?^ ?nto%W end importance that imttigfetitatftothe South shoolSbe ???ouT aged. -A Chicago paper advisee XUaha Spsagne. If he wanui a rieh wife, to pay thc verdict and marry Amanda. AE1Al HS Iff GEORGIA. Tiling* n gricultnral - Prospect of tb? Cotton Crop-Negro Labor. The well informed correspondent of th? New York Times, writing from Lexington, Gk., says : I nm satisfied from what 1 bave seen and heardTouring my tour through the principal cottou-produ?lo? ooumiea of Georgia, that the total number of acres planted in cotton this year is not greater than in 1868. If there is any difference, I think it is lees, owing to the de-* crease in the supply of farm labor, and to the prevalent idea that a smaller ?rea of land well prepared, carefully planted, liberally manured and thoroughly cultivated, will produce more than a larger space cu ti vated in the old way. In cou sequence of the very backward spring, the heavy raine retarding planting by several days, and tho.cold days and nights when the seed was coming up stunting the young growth and killing a considerable number of the ten? der plants, 1 do not think, even if tbe seasons from now to gathering time should be propi? tious, that the crop will be aa large as was that of last year, nor will it be as profitable to tbe Blauter, if it be as large, because the planting ie crop of 1868 his cost much more in im? proved preparation, fertilisers-, and higher wages for labor. When the seed for this crop was planted, cotton was selling at twenty-five to twenty-six cents per pound. It was on this figuro a ages were raised, aud should the price this fail go much below it, the cotton planters will, I fear, experience what happened in 18G7, and find that it is unwise to place ; all one's eggs in one basket. As a general thisg, the agricultural popula? tion haVe staked all their available means on this crop. They bought in many instances wildly, every imaginable fertiliser that was of? fered for sale; they purchased improved ploughs, harrows, seed planters, guano dis tnba:ors; they renewed their plough stock, and. (hus exhausted their supply of green? backs. Many did more. They have bought these things On credit, sud have pledged their crop to their factors, who have indorsed their paper. They have resolved to "make a spoon or spoil a horn," and though I believe tbat with ordinary good weather they will make a very re? spectable medium sized spoon, I have no idea that they will make anything magnificent. Several planters whose oot ton has "died out," and who have had to replant, are appreheosiv ) that a spoiled horn will bo the result. Should this year's crop be a failure, the dam? age would be incalculable, not only in its im? mediate pecuniary results, but in the discour? agement it would give to improved agriculture. The stupidest opponent of * book-iarming," who believes that deep ploughing ' kills the laud," and that fertilizers **aint no acoount," would achieve a lasting victory, and patent steel ploughs and superphosphates would be unsaleable at any price. The most sanguine anticipation I can make consistently with truth, is that Georgia will produce as much cotton this yea r as she did tn 1868;' and to realize this the weather must be genial, and caterpillars, army worms, rust, xe., Ac., must keep Ont of the way. 1 have seen some very flue, some very poor, and a good deal of moderately good cotton, during my tour. I have seen no cotton this year aa Que as it Was this time twelvemonth. But the preparation ot the soil is vastly superior now, and the cultivation of the plant is incompara? bly better. . I have great pleasure in recording tbe bene? ficent mutuality of the entente cordiale between the white employers and the black laborers. With-one or two exceptions, I have not heard any complaints from either race, and I took 3onsiderabte pains to investigate this very ?m Krta ot branch of the a erl cultural question. I ve seen thousands et-negroes, end a more meerful, contented, industriomi and hopeful jet of laborera 1 have never seen. They are iocile, obedient and good-natured,and between ??hem and their employers I have observada ; jonfldenoe and good-will which promise the lest results. They are well led, std well paid. They have realized?hat work is tbe only road to noney ; that a gratuitous land distribution. larangue of tbe Reverend Turner ia not a s affi? lent compensation for "letting the grass git ;he crap." All this is progress, and promises jeace. I have spoken to hundreds of negroes s ithin the last few weeks, and they have all expressed an utter indifference to polities and politicians. They are rather jealous of their irother Africans who have got office. For in? stance, I asked several if they were not proud heir man Turner had been appointed Post naster at Macon. They invariably replied "no;" that the "niggers don't nae ? no post office:" that tho white , folks got those places, md that ' it ain't right to put a nigger boss ?vor white gentlemen." I I have said that the negro laborers work il? lustriously. I desire to qualify this expr?s ?on. They do not work as Industriously as ?he coiresponding class of white. Cairn laborers lo at the North, nor aa industriously as did the negro slaves, bul they work with more in luHtry than at any time since they became Free. For a couple of years they worked aa it labor waS a temporary nuisance, from which they would speedily be relieved, and as if till? ing the soil was a necessary condition toa share of the laud. AU the older and steadier plantation hands regret, the almost universal; retirement of tho female negroes irom field ser rice; and despair of being able to change this, ?eoanse they avow the insufficiency of their mthority to m ike their wives and daughters 'hoe the row."' This regret is not unnatural, rhe mon ere obliged to support ? number of women who do absolutely nothing. They can? not sew, and if they could they have not sew? ing to employ their time. They know nothing but' tann labor, and that they refuse to do, whatever may be the necessity for their help, yr however urgently their own families' inter? nets require their services. I think, too, that it these unemployed'"ladies" had something to do, that hog-pens, hen-roosts, garden vege? tables, &c., would bo loes frequently shorn bf] ?heir fair proportions. .., ^ . But? "take lima for ail that/' if tho negro for any canse should abandon the shovel and the aoe. and abandon cotton culture, "we ne'er shall look upon his like again" as a cotton worker. It ia practically impossible tor white aion. however acclimated or industrious, to titivate cotton Welt in Southam ' Georgia, or in fine hot temperature of the '.'cotton belt.'" Within the last few dc ya I have watched ne? groes working along, ander ...a broiling san, which to me, under an umbrella and doing aothing. was almost insupportable. They did sot mind thohoat in the least, sung gayly as ?hey swungTuei? boes, and worked along, and eben dinner-time came seemed just as fresh ia when they started in tho morning. Mo white man could do this tot aay length of . time, therefore; immigratioa or no immigration, if aver negro la,bo* becomes unattetaaole from any causer-whether from death, emigration, or a drain to supply vacant pos toffees- cotton becomes unattainable at the same time. -1 'i ? ?? aaaaw ?- ' -That ths negro, when left to bis own devi? ses, does not attain to any proBoienoy in agri? cultural pursuits, has long been known to the Southern people. As an evidence of this fact that have squatted xmon the eoa islands on the .oast Of Routh, Caroline. With every wish to st&tay &<& ftaao in the best light for his exOored friends,'he says: "Ant^reat majority are sure to be remanded to the portion of simple day laborers. ' Aud in this direction tbe first step ?"??Kffl ^i?frRnt V,e P.?^w having theft families and lands and going afcoad to find labor, in order to 'got vittel to go upon,' and to this, year after year, there is scarcely an exoeption. But this argues nothing for jor against the negroes per se, it being; a natural rel bein oailed*!^ *?tic^?^ris?^^^ir^>M ?vremo poverty1in. Whtih they are living. .Tuses who h&vo own? ed their land, to a ll practical pur poses, for five and ?Qc years, owning, as a ruto, nothing bat tbetr ten acres and ? negro cabin. A few own pig and his ronltry." but it was far from living from bia land solely, ami those w_ . work fbr wages and are no*.laadofraara 11?? the beet." Thia is Asad statement for North ?rn roaderw. After i roTneareeanalit ?b0V. asa firmer, and the condition of the race ia ?imply chanced from that of slaves to that of bured servants. -A late English novelty is an aquarium of petfbi ming fishes. THE H UO HES- CA MER O JV DUEL. Another Account. The following more detailed aoconnt of the duel on Saturday last between Mesera. Hughes and Cameron is from the Rijbmond Dispatob: On Saturday morning at about four o'clock the parties left Petersburg on a special car at? tached to ibo freight trait? ca tho Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad. They made their way slowly, and by one o'clock they reaobed Deep Creek Crossing, about six miles from Norfolk. Here they found carriages in waiting, in which they proceeded down the banks of Dismal Swamp Canal. THE FIELD. Tho spot chosen lor the meeting waa near the tow-path of the canal just beyond the divi? ding line between Virginia and North Carolina. It was an open, dry space in the swamp, and chosen as the fir at suitable place which the party had approached.. ?j . v PBEI.IMLNAIUE8. . The field having been reached, preparations for action were commenced. Both principals were provided with duelling pistols, and each one had bia surgeon. The positions wer* se? lected, and ten paces, the^istanoe, marked off. The choice of weapons to oe used fell to Mr. Hughes. The pistols carried by him were the same used in the Wise and Clements, Wise and Aylett, and Daniel and Elmore duels. They aro owned by Mr. Sutherland, of tins city, and are from the celebrated maker Constable, of London. The preliminaries being arranged, the pistols were handed the principals, the terms of the duel were explained, and all was declared ready. THE DUEL. The two men stood opposing each other with their weapons in hand, each one displajing a coolness remarkable for so critical a moment, n The words of the second could be beard, "Gentlemen, are you ready ? Firel" Scar cely had his hps uttered the last word when the report of a pistol drowned the sound of the next. It was Cameron who fired. He has missed his man, who in a second or two after? wards fires his pistol. Cameron wheels half way round and exclaims, "I am shot, but I am here to give satisfaction " He walks a few steps and is laid upon the ground by his sur? geon for examination. He was found to have been wounded in the left breast, the ball passing about two inches below his heart, and around the body for sev? eral inches. The wound was not considered serious. We have two reports concerning Cameron's ball-one to the effect that it whizzed by Hughes' left ear, another that it passed above bis head. rihis, however, is immaterial. Again, there is some difference ot statement as to what followed. One report has it that Hughes exclaimed. "1 am sa ti? fled." Another one, which agrees with the official statement, which we gi ve belo w, is that Hughes, being asked if he was satisfied, replied, -'I de? mand another fire." The* physicians having declared Mr. Cameron not able to continue the duel, another. fire was not deemed necessary. THE RESULT. After this the seconds drew np and signed the t allowing do mm ont. which has been given us in view of correcting the different state? ments likely to arise: "Mr. Wm. E. Cameron received a flesh wound immediately over the lo ?er lobe of the left lung, which di Babied him entirely, accord? ing to the statement of his physician. Mr. Hughes having demanded a aeoond fire, was informed by us that Mr. Cameron waa unable to receive another fire. Mr. Hughea having received satisfaction the meeting is, therefore, adjourned. "State of North Carolina. June 12, 1868-5 o'olock." - i [Here follows the names of Cameron's se? conds. Then the words. "Accepted in behalf of our principal." and the signatures of Hughes' seconde.] This being done. Mr. Cameron waa borne to his carriage and dr bren ofL r Mr. Hughes wait? ed until he had len the1 field, and followed. They returned to Dea?Vteek Crossing, and "fSc?^%9\i\B\^[md?i to ana^lrom^ cW 1 iiage and the ears. The oondaot of all parties during this rather unfortunate affair was. we learn, marked by en? tire courtesy. The principals remained cool throughout the whole, an d con versed with their seconds during their cautious progress to elude the vigilance of the law. FOEEia iV ITEMS. -English papers,, led by the London Daily ; News, are introducing the system of displayed advertisements. -A handsome Synagogue Ia now building in London, towards erecting which Lionel Roths? child has contributed $120 008. - Hops mixed with the'ordinary food, and given to cows, it' is assorte 3 by a French agri? cultural journal, will greatly increase the yield of the milk. -The "Point of Honor1' is the name of a new Journal about to be published in Florence. It is tho official organ of a society recently started fn Italy for the purpose of abolishing duelling, by establishing a court of honor for the settlement of the disputes among gentle? men, which are usually decided by an appeal to arms. , -The Teachers' Congress, held in Berlin, in the latter part of May, was attended by over 4000 instructors, from all parts of Germany. The principal subject of discussion was the propriety of removing scholastic InslUuMons from the. supervision and control of the clergy. Seven teachers from the United States are reported to have been present. The subj set of a united Germany oin the formation of a earn mon Fatherland excited much enthusiasm among the delegates both from North and' South Germany. Vienna was selected as the place where the Congress-should be held tn 1870. ; -A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette writes from Rome :, "Several English clergy? men are here for the purpose of obtaining a recognition of their Anglican ordination, when, they say, they will be ready, with a number of their brethren, to unite themselves to the Church of Rome, She Pope, however, abso? lutely refuses their request, and has ordered some theologians to draw up a paper contain? ing the reasons for this non pottunw?; at the same time, be urges tbe applicants either to be content With the position of Catholic lay? men, or to receive ordination in the Roman Church. The clergymen have expressed their determination to attend the Council. -Archbishop Manning and Dr. Cummings of the millennium-two very different charac .ters-agree in calling attention to one faot. The Archbishop, in a recent sermon, claimed that Catholicism was making rapid progress in England, and as proof, stated that within a very short period elsvsn pew churches had been added to the Diocese of Westminster. Io tho matter of Catholic convers ona, Dr. Cummings points ont, as one of the "signs of the timc^ that Archbishop Manning- has cou verted 2400 persons in London alone. Of this number, nineteen bad been olergymon ef the Ohnreh of England, ten were graduates of Ox? ford and Cambridge, and two were noblemen. -During the'l?te meeting At Berlin of the society for giving old to siok and wounded in tims of war, tho Prussian army1 had a grand mano?nvre. Io this they imitated exactly an actual field of battio. Hen were supposed to he-killed ind wounded, and were borne off the field. The ambulances were ail equipped as for war, and. ihw, Wppy ?^^.fm on duty and watching over, the carriage of the wounded men, ?s if the field ol battle were Areal one. To tost the medical arrangement; the nweber of nen supposed to be wounded was made greater than would actually he the ease, and wounds of all kinds were supposed to be ii Atet? ad. Every wounded assn was attended to on the field. CROPS IN TIIE STATE. BEAUFORT. The following report from D. A Hutte, Esq., shows the condition of tho crops in the vicinity of Honey Ford, on the Balkehalchio Swamp, embracing au area of from ten to twelve miles : Crups in good order; manon generally good, both corn and cotton. Corn Blands better iu low lauds than usual. Crops backward on ac? count of cold, but are coining out. Enough corn has been planted to do. Wheat lust har? vested; but little planted; yield generally good. Freedmen working finely. MARION. The Crescent Bays : After a long dry spell we have at last had a flue ???son, Crops were needing rain badly, and gardens were nearly ruined. The dry weather has prevented the repLintin?? from coming up, and the stssd is bad, bni the fields are very clear of grass. . BAIWWELJL. The following letter shows tbe promising prospects ortho ero PB lu Baruwel i. It is writ? ten from Three Buns, and dated June 12 : Last year I esme out very well, and in Jan u aryhad about $1600 iu my faoioi's hands in Charleston. Thia season I hope to do better still, for I have put an equal quantity of land in corn and provisions as last year, and about fifty sores more in cotton, making two hun? dred acres in this orup, bub I have used more fertilizers and have applied about three hun? dred pounds of the same to each acre, which 1 think will increase the yield fully fifty per cent., and well repay me. All around me there has been more laud put in cotton than last year, arid more fertilizers used, and if we have a good season there will bo much more cotton made; for I ean harvest all that I can raise, and you may be certain that no man will leave any in his field as long as it is worth twenty-eight cents per pound. I do not think" the cool spring bas injured my crop at all, but rather did it goon, for it kept it' back until it gained strengtb, and tbe hot son has made it shoot up splendidly, and 1 now have as good a stand as I ever had during my seventeen years of planting; The negroes in this neighborhood, of all sexes, are working well-better tban they have done since the war. TBE PLUNDERERS OE THE WAR. Some Knrther Statement? lu Record to the Booty Gathered In Sooth Caro? lina. A correspondent of tbe Cincinnati Commer? cial writes: ? The three boxes of collected treasure recent? ly brought fortb from tbe vaults of the War Department at Washington are the property of citizens of Camden, South Carolina. The gold and-silver, as well as the principal portion of th? Confederate notes and bonds, belong to the Old Camden Bank. The valu? of the dia? monds and silverware has been very greatly over-estimated by your Washington correspon? dent. . Upon the approach of Sherman's army upon Camden, the citizens of the village collected their jewelry, silver and plated ware, and de? posited tho Rame m the safes of the Bank of Camden. The safes were loaded in wagons, and tbe owners thereof sought safety for their treasure in flight; but the foragers-enterpris? ing fellows, who were always about a day's march in advance of the army-came apon them ?ot far from the Catawba Biver, and compelled a surrender. ' -.* The captors ware composed of two detach? ments, one from ino Third Brigade, Fust Di? vision, Twentieth Army Corps, and the other from the Fourteenth Army Corps. It wa* ?the usual custom of the foragers to confiscate and divide captured property, but as some disagree? ment sprung npaa to tho proper division, nei? ther party reeling- disposed tb surrender their acquired baukmg privileges, it was decided to >*^vgavau?'isei*esonopiuosiati'aw aaa* xyasost'lfthir11 ebal of tbe Army of Georgia. The safes were opened by that ofi?cer and found to contain gold and silver, Confederate bonds and notes, and the diamonds, silverware and jewelry of the citizens. By order of General Sherman the mules and wagons were appro) united for the nae of the army, and the other property was boxed up and forwarded to the War Depart? ment at Washington, upon the arrival or the army at Goldsboro*, N. C. You are certainly mistaken in your state? ment m saying that as tbe toragers and "bum? mers" came np to the bridge they wc ie baited and thoroughly searched, and the articles found upon them boxed up and sent ta Wash? ington, No order was ever issued to search the "bummers." It would have required all the army wagons connected with Sherman's army to have hauled the plunder collected in one day by the "bummers," and abandoned the next. *or was tMs property, as i general tb tog. taken from tho dwellings of the inhabi? tants, but it was found iu the field* or the swamps, where it had been concealed hy the owners. Property thus captur? ed was brought into camp at night, and after being exhibited, was, in very marty instances, abandoned. If the people on the line of march had remained at borne and treated our soldiers with common civility, very few such depreda? tion* would have beep committed. Ia South O iroliua it was a very common thing for chiv? alrous ladies to call our soldiers vandals and Northern hirelings. Or coarse, neither offi? cers nor soldiers tell very: solicitous concerning the safety of their wordly effects. TWENTIETH A HUT Goar*. CONGO COURT GOSSIP. Blectlon ot* av New tineen hy the Negro Vondon Worshippers. ' The New Orleans Time says ? ,' . Tho first of Jane, oe is Well known to old S?Bins, is the time of year that ia devoted by e Voodoo worshippers to the celebration of their most sacred rites. It is at this poriod they retire to the Lake-end and iodulge in fre? quent sapper* and midnight bathing, and tbat tue dances and other superatitious observ? ances ?re practiced with the most vigor and intensity. Any one who is, curious to pay them a yiflit cap, do BO hy proceeding to. tb? JLake end Ot Ute Ponchartrain Railroad, and going down Am road on the right hand side of the track for half a mlle. Another event that is reported to have taken place oh Monday was the crowning of a new voodoo Queen in place of tho celebrated Marie Lebau, w ho now numbers some sixty or seven? ty year* bf age, and who. lt need hardly bo said? is too old to longer discharge the oner? ous dattes of the office. As most of these followers of tho fetish faith are in reality noth? ing bot worahippera pf Venus or Astarte tbat is to Bay, of youth and beauty, they naturally are ?moog the first to grow impatient of old age, and so Queen Marie, in spite Of the cl. ead with which nor r.anis is zogaroed, finds it beat to resign tho meglo sceptre. A o? rion a stud v would - be tho rise auu growth of this dark superstition among oar colored, and, in some- caeca, foreign popula? tion, thought it doubtless bas always existed m some form or other since the first Africans were brought to thia country. Old M arie herself, whose Influence and power have been wielded without question for tbe Usa twenty yeena, appear* to have been origi* nally a nur s o and old family servant known to all the old population, and at ons time lu great request in dressing the bodies of the dead. It was from th?? occupation that ber pretensi?n* to be the priestess ??I- * religion, and to bate tho power of effecting events by Spoils' ead ^SB^^^ ti*1* by A rival who had the enterprise to send to Alric* for a large doll-like idol, and which, when dressed and bedeviled With bead i, tatoo m wrks and all manner of Congo toggery, pro? duced * tremendous impress ton among the credulous. It waa regarded by Marte as sash * dangerous talisman that the idol was carried away-was brought stott* tun* before tho Re? corder for him to decide whose property it was, or whether any violence bed boen used in wresting it from it? first owner. However, the Beales of justioe inclined, against Moselle; the maeto doll Was decreed to the Queen who, had the most power as a procuress, * Ianthe Vondon Queen is profe&bre*th*t thore* are at this tim? A donen sitars in different, parto of the town. > -Mr. Wuliani Knox, ?ne of the oldest sod most popular citizens Of Montgomery, Ala., 1* IMPORTANT DECIS FON IN EEOAED TO EUIIDING ASSOCIATIONS. [From the National In toll)gnnrer, June 10.1 In the Court of Equity of the District, Judge Olin presiding, an important decision bas boen rendorod, which, in a great measure, defines the legal status of what are known as build? ing associations. It Booma that ono Hatter, a member of the First Co-operative Building Association of tbis city, having obtained an advance of money from that association on the terms and con? ditions usu 1 with building societies, and having "executed a deed of trust on his own property to secure the repayment of the loan, with all accruing premiums, fines, forfeitures, &o., subsequently become a bankrupt, and his assignee in banktuptcy filed a bill in equity, asking for an injunction bo restrain the trustees, under the above mentioned deed of trust, from selling under it, as they had advertised to do, for default modo by Hatter. The assignee claimed, under the bankrupt law, he, the assignee, and not the trustees, ought to sell under tile circumstan? ces. He subsequently filed a supplemental bill to have the dead of trust set aside, for the reason, aa war allege i, '.. at the premiums, fines and forfeitures, Ac, of the association were UBnriona;*nd that the contract between Hatter and the association was null and void on account of such usury in the transaction. An injunction was granted in the - first in? stance, which, upon tbs coming in of the an? swer of the defendants, was modified so as to allow the trustees to sell and bring the money into court. A motion was then mode to set the es le aside, and after argument on the sub? ject and a very full discussion of the prinoi {des involved, the court yesterday overruled he motion to Bet aside the sale, and oidered the case to be referred to the auditor to state the accounts. In the course of his decision the judge re? marked that there was no usury in the trans? actions of theae building associations, in which, nuder their rules, thay enlarged the original debt of the borrowers by charging premiums, fines, penalties, ?cc., and that the transactions themselves were perfectly fair and legitimate. /antral lattas. MOP The Relative?, Friends sind Ac? quaintances of Hr. JAMES W. LA MEIN are re? spectfully invited to attend bis Funeral Services, at St. Patrick's Church, 1ms MOUSING, at Nine o'clock. June 17 * SSp*Tile friends and Acquaintances of | Mr. auk Mrs. C. HEULING ale respectfully invited to attend the Funenl of their son, PAUL, from their residence. No. 86 >tate-street, at Four o'clock Tua AFTERNOON. * June 17 3pcnol lotices. ?S-STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIN A, MARL BOBO' COUNTY-IN ? QUIT Y-MART S. S. JACK? SON, AD M'X.. vs. HUGH JaoKSON. XT Alb-BILL FOB PARTI i iii N, Ac.-Nonce is hereby given, in obedience to an order made in the abo . e stated case, that the next of kin of WILLIAM J. JACKSON, de ceased, living at the time of his death," or their behr? at law asd legal representatives, besides HUGH JACKSON and ELI Aa JACKSON, ?re requested to establish before me such relationship, at Benne ts -ville, 8. C., on or before the mn MONDAY or Atr OTTBT next P. MoCOLL, Clerk. June ia_;_atnth Imo. 49" THE NEATEST, THE QUICKEST AND THE CHEAPEbT.-THE NEWS JOB OFFICE, No. 14? EAST BAY, having replenished it? Stock with new and large assortment of material of the finest quality and latest styles, la prepared to execute, at the shortest nettes aaaf Jn the beat manner,.JOB PRINTING of every description. Call and examine the scale of price? before giving your orders elsewhere. | ?r oo TO oEonoii ?JTTTJ? CO. TTOR | Cheap UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWBBS. 1 June 1 _,_-_. tnthalmo ?ar THE dTATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, COLI,ETON. COUNTY-IN THE COMMON PLEAS. THOMAS B. WARING ABD A. S. J. PERRY, BX ECUTOBS OF BENJAMIN PRBBY VB. JOSEPH TUCKER-ATTACHMENT.-Where**, Th? plain? tiffs did om the TWSSTT-THXB? DAT or FKBSUABT, file then* declaration agaiaat the defendant, whs (as M is said) is absent from and without the limits of thia Stat?, aai bas neither wife nor attorney known within th? aime, upon whom a copy of the said de? claration, might ba served: Ii it therefore ordered, That the said d?fendant do appear ?nd plead to the aaid declaration, on or before tb? jr Wnw ?-rama? PAT OT FEBRUARY, which will be in tbs year of eur Lord one thousand sight hundred and seventy, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be given and awarded against bim. A C SHAFFER, C. 0. C. Cleak'a office, Colleton County. March 17 leSmolyr ' aa-TAX Nolie E.-THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY, in the Town of Mount Pleasant, are hereby notified that the Treasurer will be in attend, ance at the Mount Pleasant House, between-the hours of 3 and 6 P. M., on TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS, until the 80th instant, to receive the Corporation Taxable Returns for 1869. Payment ot the same will be required on or before the 15th of July. JOHN FARG?SON, Mount Pleasant, Jane 15, 1809. Treasurer. June IS_ruths ?TQO IO GEORGE LITTLE & CO. FOB 'FINK LINEN SACKS, tl 60. Junel_i_?? _ luthtlmo* . 49*AND HE DID MANY W ONDERFUL WORK*, insomuch that bia name wa? pronounced in m?ny tongues. And there came unto him. Judith, from the seaport, of New Bedford, who had been sick for many year* : and after some day? her pain? were gone. Sha slept soundly, and did rejoice in eating her food. Aqd Asa, from those which ?re called Qu ?sera, in the groat city of Philadelphia, wrote an epistle saying: O,' Doctor 1 accept thou this money, which ia called greenbacks, and hath the picture of j Abraham, thy friend, on one ?ad. For verily I waa weak, ?xhanated and despondent; I ste but Utile, and suffered many pains, and thy PLANTATION BITTERS) gave me health, likened only unto the visor of youth. And upon tush as ?re afflicted with liver complaint, witt sour t toma nh, with general de? bility ?nd dyspeptic pains, ia ?ll part? of the land did these Bitters produce astonishing curta, MAGNOLIA WATER -Superior to th? beat imported arman Cologne, and sold at half the price. June 18 y tuthsS MW GENERAL DEBILITY 18 NATURE'S APPEAL FOB HELP.-Thousands of peroone/ with? out any spec flo ?fluent, are the viotoms of languor .nd lassitude. The unthinking ?re apt to confound thia ?pedes of inertion with Usin?es, whereas it usu ally ari tea ? wi ut ot organic energy, for which the subjects of it ?rs no more reapoosibie than the nearsighted ?re for their detcotive vision. Such parson?, ali hough they may be free from pain, axe aa truly invalid?, ?nd ?a much in need of medi? cal aid, aa if they were tormented with th? panga of ?cute disease. They require a tonic and alterative that will rouse and regulate their torpid organisa? tions. In caaea of ?Ku V?n4. ^O?TETTSS'? STO? MACH BITTERS produce au immednte and mott favorable eiTeot. Th? debilitated and despend?a* valetudinarian, who feels ?a if he wera hut hal alive; who shuns company ?nd bas no relish either for business- or pleasure, is metamorphosed, by a brief course of thia most potent vegetable lnvtgo rant, tato quito a different being. Tte change ef? fected by tho BITTERS, in bis bodily and mental condition, ts a Kurpri?o to himself and his friand*. He mope* no longer; the active principie of lite which seemed to have dkd ont of Mm. fj towak** e?.ea? he testa ttke a new man. Bssssmbarmg that debility it not only an affliction ifstW. Vat an tuviUticn to disease, no timo thom* bs lost in ra-, (Suiting the broken-down system ?4* thia cholcept abd moat potent of anionic* eiadnemnea. ?rfgp*,!?. r" -? ? ??? .' . ' ' *'r HW ESSAYS FOB YOUNO MEN.-ON THE Brawn and Abuses Incident to Youth and Barry Man? hood, with tha hnnaane view of treatment ?ad eure, tent by mall tr*? ot charge. Address BOW ABD AS? SOCIATION, Box P, Philadelphia, Pa. Mayas asaw __^wfl$? EXCURSIONS AROUND TI1K HARBOR. wTV THE FINE, FAST SAILING AND COMI PORTABLY appointed Yacht ELEANOB -Cwd?^ wln resume her trip? to historic points tn T- the harbor, and will leave Government Wharf dally at Ten A. M. For Passage apply to THOMAS YOUNO December 18 Captain, on board. KOR NKW Y JKKi REC ULAR LINE EVER Y WEBNE8DA Y, PASSAGE ISO. THE BTEAM8BIP 8ABAG0S8A, Captain RYDER, win leave Vander ' horst's Wharf os WEDNESDAY, June 23d, 1869. at - o'clock. Freight of vegetables received np to 10 o'clock on day of silling. RAVENEL A OO., Agenta. June 17_ FOR P':11L.A1)KLI'IUA AN O BUS ION, REO ULAR EVER Y TUURSDA Y. THE STEAMSHIP PROMETHEUS, Captain %. ?. ORA Y. will haye North 'Atlantic whan, on TaronsDAY, June 17th. positively at ll A. ut. No- fr sight received after half-past 10 A. M., on THUBSDAY. For Frejght or Passage, apply to JOHN & THEO. GETTY, June 17_North Atlaauo Whart NEW YORK. AND GHARLBgTON STEAMSHIP LIME. FOB. Bf S W TORR. CABIN PASSAGE 120. THE tPLENDTD SIDE-WHEEL STEAMSHIP JAMES ADO EB, T. J. LOCKWOOD Commander, will sail from adger'n south Wharf on PAT. DUD AV, June 19, at 2 o'clock P. M. JKS~ An extra charge of 15 made for Tickets pur? chased on board after sailing. 49* No Bills of lading ctgned after the steamer leaves. Mtg- Through Bills Laihjp given for Cotton to Boston and Providence, B. I. j&g- Marine Insurance by this line )? per cent. J8SS~ The Steamers of this lino are first olass ia every respect, and their Tables are tupolted with ali the delicacies of the New York and Charleston mu - kete. For Freight or Passage, apply to JAMES ADGER A OO.. Agents, Corner Adger*s Wharf and East Bay (Up-atalrs.) June 14_?*?? ' :_6 PACIFIC MAH. BTBABSHIP COMFY S Tamo?GH Ll?* TO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. CHANGE QF SAILING DATS! ?TEAJ?FfiB OF TH*. ABOVB line leave Pier No. 42, North Ki vor. foot of Canal-street. New York, at 12 o'clock noon, of theist, 11th and tlst of every month (except when theae dates tall en Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of 1st and 21st connect at Panama wttt steamers for Mouth Pacific and Central Am erl CAD ports. Those of lat touch at Man sam i Uo. . Departure of litt ot each month oom. ec ta witta the new steam line from Panama to Anatolia and New Zealand. Steamship GREAT REPUBLIC leaves Ban Francis? co for China and Japan July 3. 1869. No California steamers touch at Havana, but go direct from New York to Aapinwau. One hundred pounds baggage free to each adult? Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets ar further information apply at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the whait foot or Canal-street, North Biter, New York. March 12_lyr_F. B. BABY, Agent CHANOS OE SCHEDULE. FOR PALATRA, FLORIDA, VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA AND JACKSON VI LL?.. * THE KLRGAWT AND FIRST-OLA 8 ?STEAMER CITY POINT, Capt?t? rcMtT.i.A?. ulll sall from Charleston ever] Tn ESDAI EVENING, at Nino o'clock, tor the above points. Connecting with the Central Railroad at I for Mobile end- New Orleans, and with tba Florid . Railroad nt Fernandina IM Cedar Keys, at whiel point aaaoaaera eonna?^ wita, w.w <MMM, IC CAI tie, ^rS?Ug? Bu^??^d^g ?ignad*? Now Orleans an d Mobile. All freight payable on the whart . Gooda not removed et sunset win he stored at Mt k and expense of owners. J. D. ATKIN A CO., Agente, May 27 South Atlantic Whart 3pm?fi Iftto*. j**T" MARENGO.-F E V E B AND AGUE CURE, TONIO, FESTER PREVENTIVE-This Tal. uable medicine, entirely vegetable iii Its prepara? tion, ia offered to the public and warranted to oura any case of CHILLS AND FEVER of however long ?landina, completely eradicating ita effect from the Bys tem, purifying the bloo^i strengthening the di? gestive organs, inducing an appetite, and keeping "the system in perfect health. Those suffering from debility arri Bing from any cause will find it the purest and best TONIC to be had anywhere. To persons residing in unhealthy -sections, or who are predisposed to fevers of any kind, lt will be found invaluable as a preventive. It ia quite pleasant to the taste, and caa be given to children of all age* without injury. Numerous let? ters hare been received testifying to its efficacy and value aa . FEVER AND AGUE CURB AND TONIC. It is fully guaranteed to give complete and univer? sal satisfaction. ' MARENGO la no humbug. Tai rr. For sale at retail by. aH, Druggists. At wholesale bj DO WIR * MOISE, corner Meet? ing and Hasel streets; GOODRICH. WT NEMAN At CO., Hayne-street, and G. J. LTTHN, General Agent of Proprietor, southeast corner King and John streets, Charlea ton, a C. nao 8m oe Jone 8 X*- HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM.-THIS article is tte Trae Secret of Beauty. - It ia what Fashionable Ladies, Actresses, and Opera Singers nan to produce that cultivated distingue appearance so mach admired in the Circles of Fashion. It removes all unsightly Blotches, Redness, Freckles. Tan. Sunborn and Etrecls of Spring winds, and gives to the conaplexjgg a Blooming Purity of transparent deboacy au^Hwer. No Lady who val? ues a flue complexion otnoo without the Magnolia Balm. Seventy Ave con ts will buy it of any of our respectable dealers. Lyon's Kathairon ia a very delightful hair dress log. _ruths Imo pac May M MST BOSADALIS I-TUMORS, ULCERS OB Old Sores are caa oed, by an inmute state of tte blood. Take hoaadalis as directed, and if the Ul? cers sro inflamed, use Bb? Fealties. After isfiasa mation sueldes, use some mild ointment. Never attempt to rare an Old Sora by ointments, salves, ftc., alone. Nature often makes an outlet of ttl? kind to throw off the impurities of tba. blood. Cleanse the blood thoroughly first, and tte Old Sore will get well itself, because Nature has no further ute for it. BAXXIMOBB. MD . March 4, 1968. I believe Dr. LAWBBNOB'B "Bostdatts" to be tte MM ALTERATIVE ra nan, and th erasers^ cheer fully recommend it as such. . _. THOMAS J. BOYKTN, M. D. Friiasalii by GOODRICH, WINBMAH A CO., I?* porters of Draga and Chemical*, Ofcarleetoo, ?. 0. ? Janela _*tntt>8 MW BATCHELOB'S HAIR BYE.-THIS splendid V*** Dy* is the beat in the world; tte only Iros ?ad perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, instan ta [ Mons; no disappointment; no ridiculous Unas; rem? edies the ill effect? of bad dyes; invigorate* and isa vee the bair soft and beautiful black or brown.. Kold by all Druggets and Porfumera; nod properly appikd at Baficheicr's WK? Factory, No. - Bond .treat, New York. . j May 1? 08* FLOUR, CORN* MAYA &o.-MK88R8. JOHN CAMPBKN * <X>; hare cyrnta a Blanch to thetr Martetafcroet Flouring MtHe at tte corner of Bast Bay sad North Atlantic Whart The Store lu huge and cctamudious, ?nd haying secured a fall (dook of the various cereals, tte? ?rn prepared to tar? nish their cTMrtomen witt Ssftiaai at ?ta lowest mar ket rates. 8,eow24 IlltsmkaTH