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vol? ?v?>2a - . \?.??*. Torie Mark?-1. Xuw Y?EK, May 21.-Cotton timi.'at 36J >?.3SA. OoldSOJ. . ' From Europe. Nicw YORK, May 21.-Thu steamer Cuba brings news of a financial panic on the 4th inst. Rank rate, 9; five-twenties, 64*fc65; Consols, Kjfi?85A. On Friday, rot ton was dull, with palo? of 5,000 bales. Overend, Gnerney & Co. have failed. LATER.-On thc 5th, cotton advanced td., with nales of 20,000 bales. Middling upland, 12$; consol?, 86H?8G$; five-twin ties, C4(S5WJ; bank rate 10, with a better feeling. Immense Jahnrnn Meeting In Phila? delphia.. I'UIUADKI.PBIA, May 19.- An. immense Johnson meeting wa#held at the Academy of Music to-night. Messrs. Doolittle and ( ,'owan addressed the audience. The latter named among the supporters of the Pr?? sidant Generals Grant and Sherman, also i'.sssrs. Seward, Stanton, Welles and other members of the Cabinet, which was vo? ciferously cheered. There was ?reat en? thusiasm evinced throughout the meeting. COTTON STEALING-COMMENT OF HON. WILLIAM BURNETT, OF CINCIN? NATI.-In a letter to Senator Scbenck, Judge Burnett thus comments on tho refusal of the United States War De? partment to publish the Investigation Report of Gen. Smith and Hon. James T. Reade, of New Orleans: If it is compatible with the public interest, that treason or fraud of the darkest and most revolting character should be screened from exposure, and their perpetrators not only shield? ed from punishment, but promoted to posts of honor for "distinguished services," then the decision of the War Department may bc right, and I was mistaken when 1 said to General Smith, in New Orleans. "Let me say to you, sir, that you cannot find on on the face of the footstool, two more atrocious villains than Maj. Gen. Dana and Brigadier Bray man, and every hour they wear the badge of the War Department and wield the authority of the Government is a damning disgrace, from which, until they are punished and dismissed, it cannot and ought not to recover. Whether I was also mistaken wMen I said to him, ^This investigation will amount to nothing; the charge against them will be either .whitewashed or suppressed," remains to be seen. But if the public honor demands the exposure and punishment of those who have prostituted the authority of the Government, and tarnished its record wherever their infamy is known: if tho public interest requires that the insatiable plunderers be made to disgorge, then it is not only eminently but imperatively proper that, the facts embodied in that report should be communicated not only to the House, but to the world. GEN. HOWARD AND ms BUREAU. Gen. Howard seems to be, in a cer? tain sense, a good mau ; and in calling upon the President to remove him rJ^he head of the Freedmen's teau, as wei did several days ago, we did not meuu to imply that he was a corrupt or wilfully dangerous of? ficial. He is, however, a rabid fana? tic; and all fanatics are dangerous men if in official positions. It mattera not that he believes himself to be up? right and conscientious; for if he is .eally one of these monomaniacs, he .viii certainly do acts which a mau of cleax'intelleet would shrink from. AVe jopy from the Philadelphia Press, of the 16th, the following paragraph, which the reader will be nble to weigh for himself when told that Forney is responsible for its appear? ance: "Information upon which full re? liance, can bo placed, proves that Andrew Johnson is resolved to re? move Gen. Howard, the Christian chief of the Freedmen's Bureau, ii he can find an excuse for so doing. The report of (ions. Steedman and Fullerton was made to suit Johnson's veto message of the Freedmen's Bu? reau bill, and to fulfill his predictions. Their reporter was a correspondent of the New York Herald, who, while at Xewbern, offered to suppress his re? port if paid by the agent of the Bu? reau. This reporter is paid by the H-'i-alil and by the Government for hil work. (;otigress will probably "appoint a committee to follow and correct the dangerous statements of the President's favorites. The de? struction of the Freedmen's Bureau is demanded by the traitors, though it feeds more whites than blacks. " A new species of shale has been found in Antrim County, Michigan, which, while it possesses idl the qualities of bitumions coal, leaves a residum of sandstone with a metallic lustre. It burns mor?! readily than cos?, and its immersion in boiling water in no way injures its combus? tible qualities. A difficulty occurred in Washing? ton, on the 15th, between a number of Irish strikers and several freedmen, who had been put to work in theil places, in which the latter were badly beaten. The Tammany Society of New York organized, on Saturday, by electing Mayor Hoffman Grand Sachem. In Philadelphia there are upwards of 4,000 places where ardent spirits are sold, many of them without license. \ \ Plantation Bitters-the freedmen's strikes. J M & * m mM TJtr Negro mid hi? Guanllsn Angeli, The recent developments relative to the practical workings of that na? tional humbug, the Freedmen's Bu? reau, in North Carolina and Virginia, show a conditio u of affairs which will put honest men to thinking seriously upon the subject of the negro and his guardian angels of the Freed? men's Bureau. Tho commission recently charged with the duty of investigating and reporting upon tho freedmen's affairs j have honestly discharged their trust, I at least in the States named, and the exposure of the delectable system of slavery which has taken the place of the old style of involuntary servitude can hardly fail of impressing the negro himself with tho idea that his old condition was the better one. Under the flimsy pretext of pro? tecting tho freedman in his newly ac? quired rights, Seely, at Newbern, N. C., gets their best services as labor? ers for nothing, while the Rev. James turns thei unmerited punishment to good account by making them ditch and till his plan tnt i (m. Again, a young man named Fitz is placed in charge of a colony of negroes in North Carolina, and, in order that his ma#r, Seely, may not be disap? pointed in the monthly reception of that "$1,000," the most unheard-of, cruelties are practiced upon the poor negro to extort from him the few stainpsMie has earned or stolen from the whites in and near Newbern. It does not appear for what considera? tion this monthly payment was de? manded. It could not be for the rent of the land upon which the settle? ment is built, for Seely did not own it, and the gentleman to whom it be? longs has often demanded it in vain, notwithstanding the order from Washington for its restoration has been exhibited repeatedly. In con? nection with this North Carolina wing of the Freedmen's Bureau, the Commissioners might have made some interesting discoveries had they probed just a little the affairs of the Freedmen's Savings Bank there. The negro is naturally credulous, and it is not a very difficult matter for his "best friends" to show him the ad? vantages of laying up Iiis treasure. The workings of the system in North Carolina, according to official report, have succeeded in accomplish? ing tin; debasement of the negro, and in removing further from him the friendship of those who best under? stand his nature and his wants. The officers, instead of protecting him and striving to ameliorate his condition by harmonizing the conflicting ideas which govern the two races of people, have widened the breach, injured the ward they were appointed to protect, speculated upon his ignorance, and destroyed lils usefulness to the coun? try. They were drawing pay from the Government in the meantime. This is certainly true in regard to Virginia and North Carolina. The Commissioners are yet to report from South Carolina, when-, it is sup? posed, the affairs of the negro bureau arc in a condition equally deplorable. [jVejc York .Vc/rs. j INHUMANITY ON TUE PART OP THE I FREEDMEN'S BUREAU.-The Freed? men's Bureau of this and other cities are intended to give aid and comfort to the negroes wherever it is required. But in a case which came under the notice ot the citizens of Memphis I yesterday the officer attached to the j bureau seems to have been derelict I in his duty, and to have behaved in ! the most inhuman manner towards a 1 colored mau suffering from small-pox. j The negro in question was well known ! in this city by the name of "Abe.'' i as he had worked for several of the livery stable keepers. On Saturday I morning he went to the Freedmen's i Bureau, on Adams strei t, and repre i st ilted to the officer that he was suf? fering from U veiw severe attack of small-pox, and wished to bo sent to the hospital. The officer replied that that could not. be done unless he paid down ten dollars. As the negro had not a cent in his pocket, he wandered oil'and Uiy down in an alley between Adams and Washington streets-to . die. While he was lying on the street information was sent to the bureau, but at an early hour yesterday morn? ing the poor fellow breathed his last. In the afternoon he was buried nt the I expense of the countv. [Memphis'Appeal, 11th.. i -' *?' - - LAUOR WANTED SOUTH.- -The latest reports from the neighborhood of Atlanta to the Commissioner of the j Freedmen's Bureau, represent that ! there are no surplus freed people in that portion of the State, except in the '?Contraband Camp," near At? lanta, where there are at present thirty-four old and decrepit freed j people, varying in ages from fifty to ? one hundred and eight years, and j fifty-seven roban colored children, I now temporarily supported by the i Bureau until the Northern Missionary Society can complete the buildings j which they are erecting as aa asylum. ? Agents of the planters in Mississippi, Alabama. Tennessee and Arkansas j were in that vicinity, endeavoring to procure laborers, but had not met ; with any success. lt is quite the fashion now in NtiV j Orleans for every spectator at a . theatre to be presented with a bouquet j on entering the door. The effect ia j to make the auditorium, iii odor and appearance, resemble a huge dower ; garden. "Doesticks" has appeared again in j the newspapers, under his own name, I Mortimer Thompson. \ I if . Tit nn ii rr -, , T??J F?KIAI? OA-THER?NO.-The Fe? nian demonstration, at Jones' Wood, was not much of a shower after all. There was a largo attendance and some enthusiasm, but thdte was no? thing like the excitement which mark? ed the last great gathering of the Fonians in the same place. Thc only speech washy Head-Centre Stephens, who frankly told his audience that what he wanted was money. Ho de? clares that there are 200,000 able bodied'Fenians enrolled in Ireland, and ready to take up arms; and that of these, 50,000 aro in a state of splen? ic 1 discipline, while another 50|000 are partially drilled and could- be made effective in a short time. How much truth there is in these statements, no one knows hut Mr. Stephens himself; but when ho goes on to under-rate the military strength of Great Britrin, and show how easy \ it would bo to secure the independ? ence of Ireland by fighting, he touches i on ground upon which others aro as well informed as himself. His state? ments respecting the military weak? ness of Great Britain are not true, aa his own countrymen know very well. We judge that Mr. Stephens will find it up-hill work to revive thc Fenian furore. A great deal of monej has been paid out. and there is no? thing to show for it; and if as much more were contributed, there is nc guarantee that it would help the causi of Irish independence. The Ameri can public, to some extent, sympa thize with the Irish population ii their desire for the liberation of theil native land, but Mr. Stephens wil hardly command their sympathies <>: the support of the Irish in America by mis-stating or under-stating tin difficulties of t he case. [New York World, KW. MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN A. Mi CLEK NANO ON TUE SITUATION. GiiUerSl McClemand wrote a letter to a recen Johnson meeting at Macon, Missouri in the course of which lie said: "Glancing at the President's rc construction policy, what remains t bo said of it? He has officially an formally announced the terminatio of the rebellion, and the fact thu each and all of the States are equal! entitled to exercise and enjoy th same relations to the General ( roven ment. What should the disfran chised States do? As au humble ii dividual, revering the Constitu? io and respecting the rights of all, 1 sa let these States elect their Senatoi and Representatives, repair to Wasl ington, and take their entitled sea in those bodies, peaceably if tin can, forcibly if they must, and letti consequences take care of themselves. INTEMPERANCE AND EPIDEMICS.- 1 the year 1853, when tho yellow fev< visited New Orleans, about 5,000* the supporters of grog shops di? before the disease attacked a sing temperate man; and in the san year, out of 1)00 who died ttl cholera, only three were teetotaler In Albany, New York, during th year, when the pestilence swept < one in six of t he entire populatio only one in 2,500 of the strictly tel perate were seized. PARDON BI-KEAF.-The Washin ton Star, of the 16th, says: Pardon-seekers have not been : numerous about the Attoruey-Gei nd's office within the last few dai and the President has been permit? to enjoy a brief season of rest fr? the labors caused by the reception petitions and the consideration them and their recommendations. -? > ? - FREMONT BUYS A RAILROAD.-T railroad running from St. Louis Springfield was sold, on the 13th ins to John C. Fremont, for 81,300,0( Seventy-seven miles of this road ha already been completed. Tts owni I claim it will be worth $12,000,1 when completed. lour or five n lions will be necessary to finish it. Admiral Semines will soon prepi his adventures on the high sear while in command of the Alabami for the press. He has been offei ?5,000, in Kngland.for thecopyri; of the work, but the offer was i dined. It will probably first npp in numbers, in a Southern month and qjfterwards gathered up and pi ! lislied in book shape. A correspondent of the Memp Appeal hus visted [sham Harris Carlotta, in Mexico. The Coven was found there under a cluster ! mango trees hi company with ( ? ; Sterling Price. The company I upon chairs made hy the (to?era j own hands. j It will cost about 860,000 to up the new five cent piece. WI the coinage is complete, there will i about $3,500,000 of this money circulation. The only persons on the jury \ voted against Mr. Davis' iudiotnic were Messrs. Gillingham, of Fairl and Robert Hodgins, of Alexand The recent attempt made in > York to place a 810,000,000 Ju; loan upon the market, met witl d?cid?e! failure. A bomb-shell on thc battle-field Chickamauga was .seen, the other < to'roll down an incline and burst i \ a thousand pieces. The idea of annexation in j United States was extending au '. received in all the West india lands. Only ten dollars for a tirst-r cabin passage from Savaunah to .' York. Freight on a barrel of t fifty cents. wm^?mm??*?mmme-m\\'"{\ 'i ni A METHODIST UNION MEETINQ.-A ! Convention of the non-Episcopal I Methodist bodies of the United States i (not as tho despatch of the Associated j Press has it, of "the New Methodist Episcopal Church") has assembled ut ' Cincinnati for the purpose of cftect l-inga permanent union. At a preli? minary meeting held last year, four Methodist bodies-t-the American Wesleyans, the Jfrec Methodists, tho Independent Methodists, and the Northern Conferences of the Metho? dist Protestaids-were represented. Last year the feeling among the meiji her?s of Jihesc denominations was unanimous in favor of a union, and we believe such is still tho case. To? gether, the four denominations re? present a membership of about 70, OOO. They all agree in an earnest opposition to slaveholding, and tc making any distinction among citi? zens on account of color. The first three have from the start made non slaveholding a condition of member ship, and the Northern portion of th? Methodist Protestants have shared though not the same legislation, a least the same sentiments. Thc firs three, we believe, have not a singh congregation in the former slav? States, and as regards tho Methodis Protestants, only a portion of thosi in Western Virginia have remainet in connection with tho Conference in the Northern ?tates. All the ethe Southern Conferences have been an? still arc; in full harmony with the sen timents of the late slaveholders. Th new church, if formed, may be r< lied upon hythe friends of freedot as an earnest co-worker in the cans of universal liberty and impartir suffrage.-Ne?r York 7Yibnn?. |? "ATTACK ON COLORED MEN." -As j specimen of thc efforts being made i certain quarters to influence Congres j in reference to matters in this Di; trict, we subjoin the followin I "special despatch" from this citj I printed in a Philadelphia paper, utah ; the above heading: "An assault was made to-day on , force of colored laborers set to wor to clean ?tnt the canal which nu through the city, by the Lrb laborers, who had struck for high? wages, although they wore on! required to work eight hours pi I diem. After the colored men lu ? been pelted with stones and we i nearly driven away, the police appen I ed and arrested the ring-leaders of tl ! rioters. As the latter can vote at tl coming municipal election, they vv probably lie released and set to wo , again." I Tho facts arc that there were : white men engaged in the riot, ai very few, if any looking on besid the contractors and overseers. T ? assailants were colored men wi struck for two dollars per diem, ai the assailed were colored men, w wi re working Tor one dollar and lil i cents per diem. I W'fshinutou Star, 16*. THE \\ i m. OF \ PROMINENT MET? DIST. Wesley Starr, a prominc Methodist in Baltimore, who di last week, left in his will a vnlnal piece of property to the Starr Metl ! dist Church, to be held and enjoy by the said church for and during such time as may elapse before t corporate authorities, official memb or membership of the said chin ' shall admit any musical instrume ' as distinguished from thc lunn : voice, into the Sabbath school, sil ing, choir, or choir rehearsals, singing schools of said church, h either on the church premises or el ; where, or shall attempt - I trust t! i never will-to raise money by 1 holding-now somewhat fashio ble-either in the church or Sabbi ; school room, or elsewhere, of ; I fair, festival or concert of inst mental music, or by thc delivery any irreligious or political lecture, the still more demoralizing and sic I mode - should the churches ever far degenerate as to adopt it balls, parties, lotteries, theatrical] . formalices, raffles, <>r the voting ' distinguished individuals; when i I upon the happening of any one . these contingencies, the said wi ' property and ground-rent shall ? into the residtim of my estate and 1 subject to the disposal hereina! made thereof. KED ceri ON OK ?NTERES! ON NATIONAL DBUT. -The bill hereto! introduced by Senator1 Sherman reduce thc rate of interest on national debt and for funding same, was reported back from Committee on Kinari ce, with amendment providing that the pense of disposing of the bonds s not exceed one per cent, of j amount disposed of. The orig I bill fixed the amount at two per ci for preparing, issuing and dispo of thc bond-. BALANCES. The following i statement of thc amount of tum the cash vaults of the Treasury ol Pith instant: United States legal der note-,. 8208,000; National 1 notes, ??92,880; fractional onrrern all denominations, Si,467,785; <r j ?303,000 ; silver. 8200,000: c. Sf/.U); reserve fund, temporary 1 830.000,000; rese?e fund, sui issue United States notes, 837,! 425; reserve fund, surplus issue i pound interest notes in redempt 8 I.!>00,000. The proposed reduction in the ical force in the Interior Depart? 1 will effect a .saving, it is believe 87.000 a yeal ft ^jjggHBBi ?'>."'IM-.?Sgg?sj?jtitik A "lady" occupant of, a house in Brooklyn being about to evacuate the ? premises, placed a notice in the win ! dow: "This house to let; inquire ' within." She leased the building to I 1 no less than six different persons, I ! receiving a month's rent in advance, | I and then suddenly disappeared. I ; Ono Rhinehardt, a basket maker, was arrested in Kingston, New York, I for murdering six illegitimate infants, of which he was the lather. Worldly joy is a sunflower, which j shuts when the gleam of prosperity I isover; spiritual joy isnn evergreen j an unfading plant. When was the largest amount of beef-tea consumed in England? When j Henry Vii dissolved the Pope's bull, j Tiiore are 22,000 Con federate graves i j around Richmond. Cnlnmbla W Molt sn lc I*rlces Current. CORRECTE!) WEEKLY /;Y .1. /.. SOLOMON. \ APPLES Per bushel . *3 00 j BAGGING-Gunny, per yard. 35 Dundee .... '?j ! BALK ROPE- -Manilla, per ll? . . 30 N. Y. or Wcst'n, pr lb. 25 I BACON Hams, per lo.25@30 Si.les .. ... 22 Shoulders, " 20 ; BUTTER Northern, per 11> .. 75 Country, .. ... 50 ; BRICKS p.-r 1.000 . 7 00 COTTON YARN-Per busch . 3 00 ; Co l' TON Ordinarv, per lb . 22 Middling. " . 26 Sea Island, CANDLES-Sperm, per li. .... Adamantine. . 30 Tallow. 25 : COFFEE Kio. per ll. 33 Laguayra. " . . 45 Java. " . 30 CHEESE -Enslish Dairy, per lb 33 Skimmed. " 25 CO KN -Per bushel 1 ?53 FLOUR-Super., per bbl .10 00 Extra Family .13 00 HAY-Northern, per cwt . 2 73 Eastern HIDES -Orv. per ll. . 13 Orien. .. S LAUD- IM-ll, . 23 LUMBER Boards, per 1??0 fl 2 30 Scantling. Shingles, per 1.000.... LIME- P.-r bbl. I MOLASSES Cuba, per Kallon 02j New Orleans. " 1 25 Sugar House, .. I 25 NAILS fer lb . 10 ONIONS C r l?n-hel 1 00 ol).. Kerosene, per gallon. . KUI Terebene. .. .... Sperm, ". TEAS -Per bushel. 1 30 POTATOES Irish, lier bushel .. . 2 00 Sw? et. " ... 1 75 I RICE- Carolina, per bushel 0 00 East india. . SPECIE-Gold i7 Silver 22 SALT Liverpool, lier sack 3 23 Tabb'. ... 4 00 Virginia ? : ( 'oast St IAP-Per bsr . 1? SUGAR-Crushed, peril. 22 Powdered, - 22 Brown. - 15@20 SPIRITS- Alcohol, ocr gallon Cognac Brandy. :' 00 Domestic .? ' .? H uo Holland Gin. " s 00 American " " 4 (Kl Jamaica Rum. 0 00 N. E. " . 3 50 Bourbin. Whiskev, 3 00 Monongahela " 5 00 Rectified .. . . 3 00 STARCH-Per ll. . 20 TEA-Green, per lb . I 50 Black. 1 50 ! TOBACCO-Chewing, per lb .SO 4 1 00 Sm .kimi, " .50 A 75 VINEGAR Wine, per gallon 75 Cider. ,; 75 French, ... 1 50 WINE Champagne, per basket 35 00 P..r^ per gallon .4 50 Sherry, ?. . 5 00 Madeira, .. . 5 O0 DOMESTIC J! A u;a. I. ! MEATS-Pork, per lb .20 Beef, " .15@20 Mutton, 12* ! POULTRY-Turkevs, ner pair 4 00 Ducks", .' .1 00 Chickens, - . 1 00 Geest. " . 1 25 SHIP trows. POUT OF CHARLESTON, MAY 21. ARRIVED SATURDAY. Sehr. Wm. Alien, Washington I>. C. wr.xT io srv SATURDAY. , Steamship Saragossa. Crowell. New York. Steamship Adele, Hail, Baltimore. ? Sehr. S. li. Cady, Crowed, Baltimore WEXT TO SEA VF.sTEKDAY. ] Sehr. Sont berner. Darling, Boston, j Sehr. S. N. Smith, Stetson, Philadelphia, rr rou CHARLESTON. Sehr. J. S. Lee, Bunnell. New York, 16th. Sehr. I). A. Berrv, New York, Mav lt;. COMMERCIAL. AND VIS A.XCIAJL.. COLUMBIA, May 21. The last accounts from Liverpool are to the 5th May, which quoted middling cotton at l'Ud.*, with a dull market. These accounts have had ni) effect on this side. Thc small receipts at : the different ports and rad prospects of ' the present crop, have caused a firmness ; on tin- part of holders. So little hus been : sold last week, and at such irregular ].rices, that it i.s difficult to give quota? tions. We think, however, prices have ' advanced about lc. on. ail qualities, and quote middling, 26?27c; low middling, 23? 24 A; ordinary, 20?22i. NEW ORLEANS, May 17. Sales to-day of 2,700 bales .-otten- low middling, 33(<?34c.; middling, 36tf?37c. Receipts to-day, 195 bales, (?old. 1304; Sterling, 41.$; francs, . 3.964. - CINCINNATI, May 17. -Flour nominal. Wheat lc. lower. Provisions lower. Mess pork ?30.50. Lai d um banged. Whiskey .?all sales at j2.23 m bond. Odd. 129;. " s?. Loris, Ma,\ ?7. Cotton held above the viens .a' buyers. Flour and wheat firm, but unchanged. Corn better, at 68@ ? ' N i \S YORK. May ls. Flour declined 10? I.V. Sent bern, ?10.60(<?16.75. Wheat de? c?a.ed 2^?3c: corn, Kg2c.a Beef steady. 1'erk and lard tina. Cotton linn sales of 1.stio bales, ai 36c. (?old, 130. BALTIMORE, May IS.-Flour and wheat ' omet. Corn linn white, 86c.;yellow, 83c. dots "ivv-ii?' sales a! ?i^t?ic MARRIED. On Tues.lav evening, bv Rev. John T. Wightman, Dr. A. A. SYLVESTER, of Columbia, S. C., t.. Miss LAURA G., eldest daughter of the late A. L. Michel, of Charleston. S. C. sar Sumter Watchman please copy. TUE HINDEUTEST.- The returns of the cattle plague in England for the week ending Saturday, the 21st of April, show an increase in the num? ber of new cases as compared with the previous week of 241. There aro twenty-two Counties in England, Wales and Scotland entirely b ee from the disease; and in forty-nine Coun? ties nt) cases were reported as occur ring during the week. . CATHODIC VOTE ON THE ENGLISH REKOEM BILD.-We learn by recent advices from England, that in the House of Commons every Catholic member of Ireland, with one excep? tion-Mr. McKenna-voted with the Liberal party in favor ?if the reform bill. It is the iirst tim?.' they have voted as a unit since the day.4 of O'Connel. DKOPSICAL.-When basa lady more water in her system than when she has cataracts on her eyes, a creek in her back, a waterfall on her poll and lier shoes high-tied? When she has a notion in her head. A most destructive lire occurred in Goldsboro, N. C.. on the night of the loth, and destroyed a block of four buildings, including the office of the Daily ?'-irs and oftice of the National Express. A man who had been fined several weeks in succession for getting drunk, j coolly proposed to the judge that he should take him by the year at a ro I dueed rate. An irrascible gentleman lately I fought a duel with his intimate friend because he jocosely asserted that he I was born without a shirt to his back. ; In one district in London, there ' were last year 114 infanticides. 1 -? ; Auction. Sales, I - ? . .. -~-... I Mide?, Wagons, Groceries, Furniture, <lc. 1 By JAMES G. GIBBES. C. F. HARRISON, AUCTIONEER. ! TO-MORROW (Wednesday) MORNING, at 10 o'clock, I will sell, at my store, 4 good Mules. ii Warona and Harneas. 1 superior Two-horse Wagon, with Har I ness and Cover-all complete, j A mixed lot of Groceries. Bacon, Mackerel, Cheese. Porter, Whiskey. Tobacco, j Sundry articles of Furniture, i N. B.-Articles for sale received apto time of sa'..'. May 22 2 Auction Sale of Public Animals. TO be sold, in front <>f the College Cam? pus, at Columbia. S. C., at 10& a. m., I ou SATURDAY, May 26, l?fib\ i Sixteen (16) MULES. Fifteen (15) HOllSF.S. 1 Terms cash, in United State? currency, i liv order brevet Lt. Col. A. W. THOMAS. ! (Signed,) THOMAS BRITTON. I l?t Lieut. 6th U. S. i ut" v. A. A. Q. M. Mav l? SHERIFF'S SALE. BY virtue of a writ ot fieri facias to ma directed, I will sell" before the Court House in Columbia, within the legal boars, ou the FIRST MONDAY and TUESDAY in June nCxt, The following PROPERTY, viz: Four pits of Crude Turpentine, o? the following dimensions, viz: One pit 40x15 feet, o' fee: deep. Two pit?, each 3Uxl5 feet, G feet deep. One pit, 10x15 feet, 0 feet deep. On tho plantation formerly known aa Kocott 6i Rawlinson, on the South Carolina Railroad, -is miles from Columbia,. Le 1 vied on as the property ot Daniel D. Ho cott, at the suit of the" Bank of Camden, ' S. C., vs. Daniel D. Hocott. Terms cash. J. E. DENT, S. K. D. Mav 15, I860. Mav 17 ; Just Received, TTTHITE FRENCH CHINA, at reduced * YV ones. FLOWER TOTS, of all sizes. At May 22 ti_ GREGG 3c CO.'S Eutaw Encampment No. 2, L 0.0.F. 4 REGULAR mee tins of this Eucanip J\. ment will be held THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock, at Odd Fellows' Hall. A prompt attendance of members is earnestly soli ! cited. JOHN McCAMMON, Scribe. May 22 _} To the Ladies. IHAYE just received an elegant iissort ment of LADIES' STRAW HATS, trim? med and untrimmed, consisting of Dei I bys, Sailors, Sea-sides, Sun-downs, Sic, which I will sell at very reasonable prices. ; May 22 r.4j ' M. L. KIN ARD. Corn! Corn! ! i rpo H undersigned, ''Commission Mer _L chants," will give their special atten? tion to the purchasing and shipping of CORN'. HAY ami MERCHANDIZE 1 In our cit} . And abo l'or tho sale of I COTTON' . . ... COTTON'.^ COTTON : ! ! ! At tin M ry lowest posaibi? rate? for cash. tfo ( >rdera solicited. C. N. AVERILL & SON, Mav 22 tut Charleston, S. C. CORN, PEAS, Shoes> Groceries, Ste HiCfiABD O'BRIEN BEGS leave fr> inform his customers and the public that h<- bas inst received, and ?will continue to receive: Prime WHITE CORN. BLACK-EYED and COW PEAS, i vnso, I A hue assortment of Ladies', Misses'and Children's SHOES. Men's SHOES and BROGANS. Together with a full stuck of GROCE ? ?IF.S. All of which 1 will sell af low aa can bo bought in Columbia tor cash. 1 receive daily fresh COUNTRY BUT? TER. South side Gervais street. May 22 2 Near Assembly.