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COLUMBIA. Sunday ?oming, J nue 1?. 18815. \V?r in JT. inojK-. The ton yr of tho despatches pub? lished this morning indicate that a t-ontinOntal"w-ar is about being inau? gurated. It was thought that thc conference between the great powers would Kettie.'If possible, tltc disputes between the alftngohib'vle Oo>vern inc?its, but the demands of Austria were of s?cha nature that the neu? trals deemed, it impossible to effect ?ny arrarigement, and consequently broke off all negotiations. The effect wf this news has caused ?bl ?xi this country to wm up int.? the tittie-, ?nd ii the heavy shipments of specie io Europe continue at the. rate of tue pastfcwweeks.it must continue to list?. Strong 1.nurung e. We desire that every reader of tho Phoenix should peruse the following i cathyparagraphs fruin the Washing? ton JfatioHal llei>ublicf.tn. They read aa if they were from the. pen ?>i' An? drew Johnsou, or they aro nt le-wt dictated by him : "We do ?ot believe that (iod has given to mortal man the power to manage the English language so that it "fvill ever again in one paragraph contain so many unmitigated and un reasonable falsehoods, or convey so much injustice io thc Southern, and so much humihatiug defamation of the Northern section of this nation, as the sixth opinion fulminates. "Again, in 'No. 6,' we lind that tho question is whether 'conquered rel?ela may chango their theatre of operations from thc battle-field,' * * 'to tho halls of Congress, and through their repre? sentatives seize the Government which they fought to destroy.' lt is a committee of American Senators and Representatives that publish such infamous misrepresentations of the present position as tho above. The man that wrote thc sentence quoted, and tho men who signed it, knew it to bo utterly without truth, or else their ignorance is so flagrant, that it is deplorable that they occupy high and responsible stations. "Is this a Government of thirty six or twenty-five States? Shall loyal men go into Congress from whatever section they may hail? Ou these issues we have no fear of tho people; they will demand that all loyal men shall enter thc halls of legislation: and if the thirty-ninth Congress is incompetent t<> decide whether a man is loyal or not, or properly elected or not, thc fortieth Congress will have the necessary amount of intelligence to settle such points." HEALTH OK SUMNER AND STEVENS. Senator Sumner continues quite Ul. His physician counsels rust and ces? sation of his studies and Congression? al labors. The health of the coun? try, if not his own, would certainly be ?inproved by a strict compliance on the part of the Massachusetts Senator with this advice. As far as the world can discover, his studies and labor? are all directed to producing discord in the republic. Tl uni. Stevens labors in tito same, direction have im paired his health, it i said, get*?' rally. His physician says that " quiet will soon restore his otherwise not impaired constitution." Tho cud of his efforts will seriously impair the country's constitution, whatever may bo the fate of his own. THE 16TH or JCXE.-Yesterday thc anniversary of thc battle of Secession ville - was selected by the ludios of (marleston as a suitable time to con? secrate to the memory of our deceased soldiers. The Courier suggests that henceforth we shah banish from our thoughts the sad recollections of our '.lost cause," except in so far ns they pertain to tho sacrifices made by the gallant men who perished in its de? fence. UNITEO STATES CJKCI IT Count. By a bill introdced in the Senate on Wednesday, by Mr. Trumbull, the number of Judges of th?: United States Supreme Court is fixed at one Chief Justice and eight assistant-., and there aro lo be more judicial circuits, of which the fourth will comprise. Mary? land, West Virginia. Virginia, North and South Carolina. Tho internal revenue receipts for the fiscal year ending .lune 13, Ixi,.,, will reach in the aggregate, nut, less than $310,000,000. From cup'oms, they will reach ?170,000,000, and from miscellaneous sources 825,000, <KX>: making thc aggregate gross re? ceipts for thc fiscal year at least S?OO.000,000. Tim light house at Bay Point, Port I loyal Harbor, was entirely destroyed hv a tornado which visited thal viei nitv on Ute 29th ultimo M ... j , y Tl??- Pr e"iO*y< erinn Choifh. Our telegrams un Thursday noted an address delivered by the Roy. IV. Pollock. frd& Baltimore, announcing ; tliat he had^lecen?med to withdraw from th?? General Assembly, becnu*e of their action in the matter of the Louisville ftreebytery: H?H congre gation luis sustained him in th? subjoined r?solutions. They ure a wrathing; rebuke to tie- fanatics of thc i General Assembly: I Resolrctl, Tint tliis congregation, intending to comply with the requi? sitions of its charter, and to adhere to the standards of the Presbyterian Church, hereby declare the .sahl standards! shall, as far as its ac i tion concerned, be preserved in I violate. Restilcetl. Thal tlu? deli veraneen* of : tho General Assembly of the Preshy I terian ( -burch hennabefor* referred j to, ffnd so far ns they have disparted ? from eeclesia st: cal subject s and aj>| ?ly to mattera of State ov civil policy, ! and so far as they attempt to create j new condition^ nftd tests of represen? tation, communion and membership, are unconstitutional, null and void, i and expressly forbidden by the-staud i ards of ibo Presbyterian ( lunch, and, j therefore, do uol mid cannot hind this contrive.:it ion. j R?so?vni, That while thia eongve ? gatton has hereffifbrc avoided any se tion ia reference to tlie said deli? verances, it has don" HO undo: the . hope nud expectation that the Gehe* i ral .Assembly would, after the close of i tlie var. hold that the standards of i its church, ns Used by its coustita i tion, aud by the Westminster Con? fession of Faith, and its catechisms i and form , of government, should 1?' restored and enforced in ali their 1 pristine purity, ?ind that then all who j hold to tiu-se standards might unite and Constitute om; solid phalanx, which hope and expectation, just and reasonable as they were, cnn uo j longer .>.. entertained; and, thcre ; fore, any further silence would, ir ; tlie opinion of this congregation, bt criminal rind a violation of cou i science, and a gross departure from the Word ot God. ; Rejoiced, That having reached tht j conclusion already expressed, om j path of duty seems clear, and v< j feel, however reluctant todo so, com I polled to pursue it; we therefor? ? further declare, that we cannot eon I sistently, with a safe conscience, eon tiuue m eonueetion with any eccles! ! astierd bodies or tribunals while thej. do not net in conformity with th? j standards of the Presbyterian ( Ihurch ' and persistently violate them. Resiting/, That the session of tin ; church be, and it is hereby, uutho ; ri zed and directed to make and eon I tinue sue]-, connection with ollie: ' Presbyterian Churches in thc Unitei j States having the same faith am belief, und adopting tin-same stand j ard oT the Presley terian Church nswi have, as may be proper and neces . sary, and in conformity with the con ! stitution and standards of thc- Pres j by terian Church, and to adopt sud : otli. r measures as may bo best calen lated to maintain inviolate, so far a j this congregation is concerned, th i standard of tho Presbyterian Church Resnlrot. That we bold it to be on duty lo maintain tho Old Sch.HI Presbyterian Church, its constitutum and standard-;, and to unite witli al Presbyterian congregations in th [Inited States who. avoiding all lici conditions ami tests of membership will comply with the constitution au standards of the < ?id Schoo! Pr.-sie. terian Church: will abstain in thei court judicatories from all civil mal terr, on questions of Stat" policy, an .contine themselves to ecclesiastic: subjects and the spread and growl 1 of Christianity. -.--?-*?-?- - MOVJ: TASKS NF.CESSA.RY.- Th Committee on Invalid Pensions ai preparing a bill, which will soon lj reported, giving to the widow ol' iii soldier or sailor, itt addition io lie present pension, two dollars a mont for each of hov children. This pei sion will require au appropriation < S6, OOO, OOO. Con,ON' I I M M r.KSK ron \ TKIFLI An old colored preacher at Port (lil son, .Mississippi, recently baptize thirty colored converts, and after tl ceremony he charged them a dollar piece. On the following Sunday] onlj succeeded in inducing two I present themselves who wert? willir ito pay. Hoeoming indignant at ti pnrisomony of hi-* congr?gation, I refu n d to'baptize the candidates f< glory, saying ho w ivn't "agwine ! slosh himself up for no tv* > dollars Trinity College, Cambridge, lin lani lias fallen licit to the large sum from CO, OOO to 70,000 pounds st erl in ululer thc will of thc late Master, i is to ma ko provision for the establis nient of a professorship and studen ship of international law in tho lb rersity. ?* . New .Ter ?ev agriculturists in I '.mun ! County have invested over $10,000 the cultivation of tomatoes, fro which they intend to maimfactn vinegar. Tlie tax ou cotton, t wo cents p pound, collected at N. \i ()i leam., t i thc year?ending "Mav 1 amounted i-?.171 r/'.f. ', .< Th? S??y ?"??W. Vj? g?re place to the following oonnuuaioatioii, '-without endorsiug the writer'-* position, i io lias a right to bc heard, hot fiducially and politi? cally: J?KSM?.S. Em ions: Wo frequently seo in tho diftereut newspapers of the Stat?, article*, in which arc expressed f hope for th* people, such as "There is fife in thc old land yet," "The un i bounded resources of the State," "Thc prosperity of the country to l>e revive?! by embarking in ruanafaetnr I iug establishments," Si&. This, no (doubt, is proper and true, ami lo i many a source of much eucourage I nrent. but there is ono dark cloud overshadowing a large majority of the citizens of South Carolina, that forebodes gloomy and dismal pros peet?. I allude to that unfortunate class who are involved in debt. Th? sotting aside thc stity law ns uncoil tititutioual by tho Court of ?rrors of South Carolina V'll imdoubtedly in? augurate a reign of terror moro dis? astrous t" tho people thau has hern j the long, cruel and desolating war through which we have passed. When : the people ot*South Carolina entered into the wm-, they were a unit, ?nil ' tlioy laid all they possessed as a cnn mon oiTering upon the altar of oui country. They staked tri I apon thc throw ot a single die. and k>?t. Out .lands Imve m>t l>cen confiscated, Very mau;,- of our people aro in debt, and those, generally, ot thc most mi. i terprising ?nd hotter ?lusse-, men of sympathy and linc feeling; mei who would not scruple to oblige ?1 neighbor l>y standing Ins security, ami who would not hesitate to liv 1 como responsible for thc payment 0! a debt eoutraetedJ>y his poor neigli bor for the common necessaries 0 j life: men whose want of selfishnec j was probably the only cause for theil i being fourni in tins dilemma. Many of our Lest soldiers. wh< have given up their lives i:i tin bloody strife for their country, unv'< left their widows and orphans, win never knew want, with nothing lui their homesteads. Must there, em there bi? law to guarantee their homo to them as other Slates have done, u to stay tiie rapacious creditor fron turning them out, homeless am! pen j niless, upon the cold charities of ni unsympathizing world? Are the tv. Shyloeks, leatter?d here and there, t bc permitted to become tim lord:? i the land, while the great mass of ?li people are made paupers? Messrs. Lklitors, this is m .1 an ovoi drawn statement of the ease. lt i really the condition ot the country so far as my knowledge extends, aui personally acquainted with mau good ami respectable citizens, who lu ' fore the war were worth in negro au other property from fifty to one Inn ? dre.l thousand dollars, ami whos credit was never refused by tims who had to sell or t.. lend. Now. iv due-.i ;?. poverty, they happen t ? ?we :t few thosand dollars, and MI involved as security for others, the lam? i and - tock will not pay hal ft lie j .?wc. The opening of the law * creditors will cause them to sue ata early day. If one sues, auother wi think himself compelled ?.> o... ?1 ? same, or 'ose his money. Admiiu trat'-., and guardians will be "force to sn.-, aud thus thc reign of terr? will he fairly begun. Ti;" imiun lawyers will Inn!.i uj> their brok I forint!. : .. of the wrecks of wli ?olin io . : ; ?d between them ar iii editors, thc homes of thc ?>r>< ; . will be wrested from 1 hoi ..ci ii' 1 for hair" their value, III tia ir crushed and he ar;-lu ok. a i mate-, left ?o wander i:t sqnnli wretchedness and misery . So?v. Messrs. Editors* would itu I..- helter for both debtor ami credit? ami for thc prosperity of the Stat for ? '. : i s question to be settled in ;?1< a way that all parties may live? ; that the debtor may ?tili h-.tvo a lie for thc exercise id his indns?rv,?u that his happiness, his prosper! t his usefulness to society may n nli he destroyed? So that tilt . would not exist so great and nnji an inequality between him amit mau he happens to owe? The St: I of Missisisppi has a homestead la What prevents South Carolina fn having one? ls it a principle, m il tin- interest of thc lawyers i\ rule (he Legislature? ls uol Hie imminent peril to ?hi such :: larg.? number of thc citizen tie Slate are exposed Millich ground foi' the (rovernor to conv< t!i.; Legislature, ami for thc Tjcgis turc to call a convention, so thal 1 true interests of thc people may represented, which has nut b, done since ibo war? - A modification of tin-del.ts is that thc people ask. < Jive thc deb some eucouragenn ut to hope that can get through his troubles willi? losing his home. Let the negro ii security deb;s be annulled. Lot.de for bono-I money, real estate, I be reduced, ami th?"' difficulty will over. Confidence* will thus he stored tin- health of thc body po] will j itmediatcly begin to ini]iro ami the tide of prosperity again in. Then, and not till then. 1 peace and contentment brighten skie-, of oin- loved < 'aro li na, autlbr joy and gladness to the homes nf stricken children. JL'STTl'J -? . A man in New York has rai 100,000 young trf>ut, which lie sold at $50 per 1,000, fo,- stock stn ama and pond?. This is dc the siiirill fish business .-a a Li seale Vrom Wellington. The adoption of thu Senatorial constitutional amendment by the House was a matter of foregone con? clusion. But there will hft an oppo? sition in that body, of greater or less strength, to the bill reported from the Committee of Fifteen for carry? ing thc proposed ameadment into effect. This bill requires the a-ssent of States to the terms of admission offered as a condition precedent to their representation in Congress, either in whole tn- part, ft is intro? duced to set aside entirely the Presi I dent's plan of representation for tho i eleven Konthern States. Mr. Ray j mond und others oppose it as uuue ; ees.sa.ry and calculated to make a false j and damaging issue before the peo I pie. who uro becoming daily more j und more clamorous for the. complete restoration of til? Union. If they pass this bill, whether Congress can over-ride tue consequent veto or not, they wiil nudie an issue winch the radicals arc afraid to meet. They ! are, just now. in a quandary upor ; this point. They think they can get ! over everything except their refusa to recognize loyal representative! from til" lute seeodod States. Th< PJDomoerats, from i>olicy, will be wil iii.;; to see tin: Republicans pass tin bill. it will render the condition nt worse. I le1 entire Congress projec ' of reconstruction will fail, for almos every seceded Stute und a number o the always loy ul States will reject it lt eau do n>> harm, therefore, am univ iii- lum ii cood, to provide b; law. exciiu! ig. ia effect, the secede! State- from ?di participation in th Government counsel*, lt is perfect ly certain that in nu anticipated o probable event the Liepublican maj' I rities of this Congress will, ?".en a the uexl session, admit any membe I or representativo I'roui ?ny one of th I States that seceded, without eompl unee by tlie Slate with tho tel ms no proposed ainl required. Congress ha* nearly completed tl) j labors of the session. Their obje* is attained- to make up au issi upon which tue party can muiutai its power in Congress for two yea more, and secure also the. next Pre.? dential election. As th? next Coi gross will bo th" President-uiakir, Congress, if the radicals carry th they will ie? secure, even at the co of another revolution; for, withe a resort to revolutionary measure they cannot ? \elude the Southe] States from their voice in the clo . tion. Charle- O'Connor and ex-Go Pratt had another long iatervii with thc President to-day, on tl subject of the release" of deft. Pavi The indications are that the effoi in Mr Davis'behalf will not be sn cessful, und. despite tho assertions the rout ra ry, there is goori reason stal . that there has never, as yt been any probability of Mr. Ihn being rel-'Used from confinement. The report published in all t paper., tied the Pritisb troops ii entered .? borders in pursuit L-Y-niniis ts pronounced t.> be nut ii on author it y ol the War I ?epa rt mei which has received information ti n ? such thing occurred. Tb.e v-ceiv. r ,.f rh" Merchan National Pank oj this eitv 1 : brought sui! against tho stocklioldi of the bank to the amount of t ! capita: --tock ol that instituto namely. S^UUJMMI. under that secti of th-- currency .o" which rend* the stockholder^ oersoiiullv liable the amount o! the .dock' held them respect!\ ely. This proceeding is in equity. I receiver praying .1 judgment for anion::!, equal to the capita! sto' He. also [trays the court to detenu; who :ire tlie .. stockholders several cases in which recent fransf of stock have been made, in or? that the proper persons ^h.\": be mt parties to tho suit. Messrs. Purald nu.l Claibor representing the interests of Lou mm, are now in Washington, urg upon Congress the passage of al providing for the repair of cert levees, owing to tho crevasses which large sections of the State deluged, thus preventing the rais of tlie usual crops of sugar and < ton. ' *>}.>.??/ tutti, "ce IMtimore S> KA/.OKS. Thc simplest metho? sharpening a razor is said to be place tin blade for about a hali !i tu water, to which one-twcntictl its weight of sulphuric 01 muri ?e-id h.: ? previously been ad? I pon tal.inc the razor out, w?j off lightly, and n few hours ai wards set ii on a strop. The; ' thu . supplies the place nf a w! .tone. 1" corroding the entire face un ?foi tiny, so that nothing b good polish is afterwards needed, is -.tated that this process nevei jures good razors, whilst, poor < arc often improved by it. mode ot sharpening may be 1 with advantage I"i ?HIV kind: edge tools. . ? .\ story 1- told ol au editor. \ soon alter beginning to learn printing business, went to eon preacher's daughter. The next the preacher appeared in tho pi he announced as his text, "My da t. r was grievously tormented ?-*?-?- - \ Mr-. Heron, residing near ( well, Noble County, Ohio, ree? ;M\O birth to four children t girls and .me boy. Tin; latter winn a few hours old. Mis. Hoi only thirty four years old, and : tool lu 1 ..I i<leen childi'? 11 DJVURUES ia OHIO-UPWARDS or 800 LAST YEAH.-The Cincinnati! Gazette has au interesting condensa? tion of that portion of tuc report of the Ohio Commissioner of Statistics for 1865, which relates to thc number and character of divorces. It says: The whoie number of divorces in this State reach tho number of 837 in ono year. Thia, at the present popu? lation of the State, is one to 3,000 persons, and one divorce to twenty six of the annual number of mar? riages. It is not a very pleasant thought, that when we look upon twenty-six couples of young married people, we know that oue of these couples must be divorced. Yet such is the state of fact. The causes of divorce are described in the revised statutes of this State to be: 1st. "Another wife, or hus? band, living." 2d. "Wilful absence for three years." 3d. "Adultery." 4th. "Impotency," which is put under the general head of iraud. 5th. "Extreme cruelty," whici, v ith the 7th, "Gross neglect of duty," is put under the same head. 8th. "Habi? tual drunkenness," The divorces of other States are likewise recognized, which oftentimes give rise to frauds. To divorce parties for "three years' wilful absence," is, in many cases, to legalize fraud. It may be stud that neither the wife nor society are bene ? fitted by keeping a vicious or vaga? bond husband. But if a husband or wife-especially the former-chooses to take that mode of divorce in this immense extent of country and vari? ous States, he oan do it any time. By residing in any of four-fifths of the American States for two or three years, a divorce can be obtained on thc part of the vagrant husband, at the request of the husband or wife, while the other party is, perhaps, la? menting his absence, and uttorly in? nocent of any oftonce. J The statistics of tho County Court are as follows: Adultery, 270; absence, 256; cruelty and neglect, 220; drunk? enness, 55; fraud, 20. I This statement, in one particular, ! fails of giving the true result. Ouly ! fifty-five cases are put down as caused I directly by drunkenness; but that was I thc true cause in double that number, I because the trial of the cases in court i shows that drunkenness has been a main cause of cruelly and neglect. It is a little curious that while thc i crime of adultery is very difficult to i prove, there should be no less than 286 cases of opeu adultery proved in j court. It shows great abandonment ? of character on the part of some por ' tions of the community. It is not . less curious that the majority of these i are in Counties where there aro no ; vary large towns. METHODIST BisnorsNOW LlVTNG. j The following list presents tho namet I and dates of ministerial advancement '? of all the Bishops of the Southern Methodist Church now kving: Joshua Soule, born in Mairte. ir 1781, entered the ministry in 1799 ordained deacon in 1801, ordained el der in 1S03, ordained bishop iu ls32 Robert Osgood Andrew, born ii Georgia, in 1704, entered the minis try in 1812, ordained deacon in 1814 elder in 1816. bishop in 1832. Robert Vainc, born iu North Caro lina, in 1789, entered the miuistry ii i 1818, ordained deacon in 1822, or damed elder in 1824. ordaineu bishoi : in 1840. George Foster Fierce, born inOoor i gia. in 1811, entered the ministry ir 1830, ordained deacon in 1832, or dained elder in 1834, ordained bisho] : in 1854. j John Farly, born in Virginia, ii I 1781?. entered the ministry in 1807 j ordained deacon in 1809, ordained i elder in 1811, ordained bishop in 1854 Hubbard Hinde Kavanaugh, bon ' in Kentucky, in 1802. entered tin ministry in 182:5, ordained deacon ?L 1>2">. ordained elder* in 1827, ordain ed bishop in 1851. William May Wightman, born ii South Carolina, in 1808, entered tin ; ministry in 1823, ordained do.ioon in IS: 10. ordained elder in 1832. ordainet bishop in 1 S?li. Enoch Mather Marvin, boin in Mis 1 souri, in 1823. entered thc ministry ii 181!, ordained deacon in 1*43, or dained elder in 1845. ordained bisho] in IMA;. David Seth Doggett, born in Vir gima, in 1810, entered the ministry ii 1829, ordained deacon in 1832, or ? dained elder in 1833.ordained bisho] . in 1846. Holland Simmons McTyoire, bon ? in South Carolina, in -1824, entere?, the ministry in 1840, ordained dcacoi: in 181S. ordained ? hier in 1849, or . dained bishop in 1866. On tin- occasion ?d' a terribie ship 'wreck, when all the efforts o? th? j captain and crew seemed unavailing to avert the coming fate, wc recoll?e jan old lady going up to the skipper , i exclaiming: "Oh, Captain, are w< ! really in such danger?*' .,Y?'.s. maui,' answered he; "we must trust in Pro videneo. now " "Good God," wa: the pious rejoinder. ,,!ias it come t? that Wanted to Hire, Vtt??i) Cook, Washei and Ironer, te whom liberal wages ?all lie paid 1 Apply al this other. .lime 17 TAKEN UP, Wa. Vf Broad Kivci b'crrv, en th . rH"A i. ;n, a black herne MI LK, wup ?j^,*"zy_11? M >1 ;. ..."nil 12 er ll yeai . ..M. :? ni i le ?wayed-haek, ?beul lt hand I lii>;h, which th.- owner cnn get !>.. makin, ii application ??> the undersigned (four mil?1 ; froni i\>lumbi:i "i ut the Ferry) and pto : im expense i s III FFMAN im..- I . t?* Local Items. Mortgages and Conveyances ol -Beal Es? tate for sale at this office. i BOOK AND JOB PBISTCTO. -Tb? Pitmniv I office in now fully supplied with card?, colored and white paper, colored ink, wood type, etc., and is in condition io evevtite ail manner of honk and job printing in thc shortest possible time. THC JiiruNiNo OK COLUMBIA. -An int?r? ?t* tiu^ account oi the "Sack and Des tri*. . timi <>f the City of Columbia, S. C.," Ita? - jost been issued, in pamphlet form, front the Phtmix power prc??. Orders filled t??^^ any extent. Single copies 50 cont?. MAH, AUKANOKMESTH.-Tlic Post Oftice i? open during thc week from 8 H. nt. to 1 if. m. and from 54 p. m. to 7 p. in. On Sun? day, from 8 to 9 a. m. Northern mail open? 8 a. m.; clones2?1 p. ta. Southern " .V, p.m.: " 9 p.m. Charleston " 5 jj p. lil.: " 9 p.m. Greenville F?. It. " 8 a.m.: " ?Wp.m. Edgefteld " 8 a.m.; " 8|p.m. All mails close on Sunday at 2 p. m. BBLKHOCS SEKVICKS THIS DAY.-Trinity Church Rev. P. J. Sh a od, 10.J a. m. and 5 p. m. Presbyterian Church-Kev. W. K. Bot?g?, i pastor, a. ni. and 5 p. m. J Baptist Church-Rev. J. L. Reynolds, 10? I a. m. and 8^p. m. Rev. Wm. T. Capers, 5 p. m. j SU Peter's Church Rev. J. J. O'Connell. 10 a, m. ami ."> p. m. Lutheran Church Kev. A. It. Rude, 10? a. m. Marion Street Church-Kev. E. G. Gag?,- 10j a. m.. 5 p. m. and 8 p. m. Christ Church Lecture Room-Rev. J. M. Pringle, Rector, 10J a. m. and 5 p.m. A lifo assurance ia nothing more or lea? than an association of individuals, who contribute a portion of their earnings to a geueral fund, to be distributed at theil deaths to their families or other depend? ants on them, aa they may direct. Its ad? vantages arc within the reach of all who possess a fair degree of health, and tba most ordinary means of support. The day laborer, by appropriating but a small por? tion of his earnings, may secure more for his family thau ho might lay up otherwise by years of toil. Ther? are few persons who do not spend frivolously every year more than would be required to keep their lives insured for thousands of dollars. Poo VOST COCBT.-A number of cases wore disposed of yesterday. Among them were the following: The l'a ?ted Stales vs. William Fiits, alias John Marshal, alias Soldier Bill.-Tres fiass. Bill was one of the prisoners who iroke jail about a week ago. On Friday, he was found, under suspicious circum? stances, on tho premises of CoL Miller. When caught, he said he only wanted to buy a few e^gs. This is a rase which Bill i has adopted several times when found on i premises where he had no business. He I was found guilty, and sentenced to twenty j ! day? hard labor" on the streets. . i 'United States vs. Andrew Means, freed i ! man.- Assault and battery. A few even 1 ' ings since, Andrew went home a little ex I cited: "thought sonic friend had been pav ! i ing a little too much attention to his 'old I lady;' " broke up all the crockery, wooden ? t ware and cooking utensils on'the place, " j and then assaulted his "old lady;" hu . I choked and beat her. so that she was not j j able to hold up her arms. She proposed "a divorce;" but the husband objected, and swore she should stay and keep house for him. Other charges wer? preferred, but wcro not substantiated. He was found guilty of assault and battery, and sen? tenced to pay a line of $10, or twenty days hard labor. T>ie United Stales vs. Sherod Malone, freedman.-Assanlt and battery on a freed girl. The prisoner heard the young female I russ a girl of tender years; reproved her " j for using such bad language, when she 1 I cussed him. He ran into his house and got - I a piece of rope, and wliipped her severely. f \ Found guilty, and sentenced to pay a Arie , of $5, or ten" days' hard labor. Tl te United States rs. Samuel Canfton. 1 \freedtaan.-Charged with stealing a mule. . ! This case, which was continued from Tues I j dav last, wa? again called up, and, after a ! full investigation, the prisoner was found ' I guilty, arni" sentenced to sixty days' labor 1 on the streets. i : SEW AnvKRTisKiiK.x rs.-Attention is call ? ! ed to the following advertisements, which 1 are published this morning for the first ? I time: 5 ; Joseph H. Risley-Cargo Sale. i i T,evin ? Peixotto-Drv Goods, Ac. I J. N. Huffman Mule Taken Up. Luqui: : at this Oftice-Cook T\ anted. Pic-Nie at Na??au Island. \ Fie-Nie at Nassau Island. , i mill", undersigned will give a PIC-NIC at i. Nassau Island, TO-MORROW, the 18th inst., to which all are invited. Admission - *2. P. SCH EPH ARDI'. ! .?uno 17 _ L. JAEGER. WANTED, ' A GOOD NURSK White preferred. Ap 2\_ ply to F. W. Mi MASTER. \ Bacon, Shoulders and Hams IX STORK. . ! -| ?r Hi IDS. SIDES, to arrive, arc offered 1?J low, bv thc hhd., bv June If? FISH ER Vt H ?WRANCK. Water Pipes Laid and Repaired. J rilli K undersigned would inform his t \ JL friends and the public generally, thai il ho is pre?ar, d to LAY OR REPAIR 1 WATER PIPES in this city. Orders len * :r. Mr. Wm. Sloan's store, Plain street, or ? at my residence. Marion street, one dooi ' i from Kolinda rv. will bo strictly attended to. Juno 16 2* .IPS. A. ('.' O RUBER. > DRUMS FIGS. ?tVl tu box. LAVER RAISINS. June :i .JOHN < . SEEGERB & CO. Shoulders and Hams. 2HHDS. SHOULDERS. 1 tierce SUGAR t URED HAMS. JuneS JOHN c. SEEGERS A CO. On Consignment. " *r/\ REAMS large-sized WRAPPING * ?>\J PAPER low to dealers. * .May 27 JOHN C. SEEGERS. From Oharieston?. VT UAV iniSH TOT ATOES. For sale bj i L> IOHN ? SE EOE RS * CO