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(X)LTJMBTA. i Wednesday Morning, June 20V1886. A Delusion. . Recent despatches would Indicate that the Fenian Brotherhood had b? come somewhat elated at tlie acfciOu taken in the House of Representa? tives in Congress; thinking- it possi? ble that this movement might result ia the repeal of the neutrality laws between this country and Great Bri? tain, t Th? Irish are proverbially sanguine, but in this iustanee they have' thrown overboard ^common ^Senae, if they dream, for a moment, that there' is any sincerity in thc de? magogues in that body, and that they had any other objects in view than the censure of tho President, and a bait to win tho favor and votes of the Feninns throughout the country. Bad and blind as the radicals are, they are not so blind as not to see i thar the repeal of these laws would j immediately involve the country iu a j war with England. We sympathize iu the aims and objects of the men who desire to liberate their country. 1 but as a citizen of the United States, j as A friend to thc cause of Ireland, we can see nothing but. the wildest folly in this raid on neighboring r foreign territory. Even d' the raid had beon successful, we do not know how it could have in any way tended to tlie liberation of Ireland. But what we meant to warn tho Fenians of, is the utter fallacy of any hope from the passage of any bill or resolution repealing tho neutrality laves. There is no truth or honesty in the dominant faction, and there is no reason to doubt that, even if they were fool-hardy enough to pass any such measure, tho President would veto it. The country cannot, at this time, afford to plunge into war, to aid any vain effort to invade a neigh? boring territory, without any advan? tageous object in view, to any body, or any cause. The President, it is true, might have issued a premonito? ry proclamation, but when the overt act was committed, he was prompt, not Only in proclaiming, but in neting, \ and we believe, so long as our treaty stipulations are in existence, the . whole country will sustain him iu en forcing them. But in this instance j it would have been much better had j he moved in the incipiency of this j attempted invasion, as it was no so- ! cret that it was contemplated. STAY LAW.-While our highest State Court has declared our stay law unconstitutional, North Carolina has j passed, on its second reading, a simi- j lar ordinance. Speaking of this law, j the Raleigh Sentinel BAJA: "Most of the day, on yesterday, was consumed by the Convention in 1 the discussion ot tho various amend- \ meuts proposed to Judge Howard's bill. It passed its second reading, i and-we judge from tho vote-it will become a law, with slight amend? ment, as it came from the committee." ; -? ? ? ? - THU NETXTKAnrrr LAW. -The sixth section of the neutrality law of the United States, passed in 1818, which, ; it is alleged, has been violated by , the Fenians in their demonstration against Canada, contains thc follow? ing provisions: "That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, begin to set on foot, or provide or prepare the means for any military expedition or enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominions of any foreign prince or State, or of any colony, district OT people, with whom the United States aro at peace, every person so offending shall bo deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding three thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than three years." -?? ^ ? >,- - FROM MEXICO.- The New York Herald's Mexican correspondence isl dated in the city of Mexico, June 3, and Vera Cruz, June ~>. It says tlie departure of Santa Anna for the United States has caused great sur? prise, and was received by the Libe? rals with great joy and by the Impe? rialists with manifest uneasiness. It. is said that Gen. Vidaurri proposes visiting the United States. Six more rebel exiles at the colony of Carlotta had been captured by the Lib?rala. The Imperial Council are continually exchanging ideas on the important subject of how not to stay behind when the soldiers go away. The State of Chihuahua is now entirely rid of the presence ol' the Imperialists, A deplorable state of affairs exist.-, in Siualoa, Tlacatalpam and elsewhere, brought about by tho ruthless -vat tare waged by Maximilian. Robert E. !<*?-. We did uot tkiuk; that tb? moa* malignant radical sheet iu th ia-who}* eauutry could pub??h auch a . para? graph as tho following. It is from ? paper which has. already attained au unenviable notoriety for it? prostitu? tion to party rancor; but had RS kt hus heeu, we ?lid not think there was ii mimi so perveted as to pen the fol? lowing about that christian chieftain, whom friend und foe alike, since hi? surrender, lias honored with fitting tributes of commendation for his many noblo qualities. We quote the malignant'? language, that we may give the reply of one of his own city, papers to the foul fling at a mun whose noble character the. Gazette cannot appreciate: "Robert E. Lee broke his oath of fidelity to the Government that gave him his education, and took command of the armies which killed tons of thousands of its defenders. He has not been punished. Isaac Dorgaii, a former slave of Lee's, was arrested in Boston the other day, for stealing clothing and jewelry from his em? ployer in that city. He was very properly locked up. Yet it is hardly fair that the great villain should es? cape scott free, while his humble imitator in rascality should bo sum? marily dealt with. If Isaac deserve* imprisonment, what should bo done with Robert?'1 The Cincinnati Commercial answers tliis carping cf the Gazette very point? edly as follows: "There arc, no doubt, a good many persons in the world with no moro sense than to suppose that the above is u smart paragraph, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Lieutenant General Cirant, on the condition that he was not to be disturbed by the United States authorities, provided he returned home und obeyed the laws. He did return home and has obeyed the laws, and. therefore, ac? cording to his agreement with Grant, he has not been disturbed. People who arc whining because he has not been punished, are simply displaying their own ignorance, or are reproach? ing General Grant. They were pro bably very glad of it when Lee sur? rendered, aud uttered no complaint about the terms, and recognizing tia fact that tho rebels had thrown dowi their arms and dispersed, as the mat ter of the pith of the moment. Since the conclusion of the war they hav? dev ? liped a violent propensity foi shedding blood. Judge Underwood who knows very little of law, and hui not much sense, was quite anxious ti have the distinction of trying leadin; traitors, and had a large number o them indicted. He was stopped bj the Government, whose honor liai been pledged by Lieutenant-Genera Grant that the men included in term of surrender .should not be disturbed It may be unfortunate that manyo the Southern military leaders hav not been hanged, but the war closei as it did on consid?r?t iou that the; wore to be let alone, and that's ni end of it.'" We cfo not believe that there is an other mau in this broad land, beside the writer of the above offensiv paragraph, that believes Robert V. Lee is capable of breaking any catii He rallied to the cause his nativ State had espoused, believing thu cairne to be right, aud believing, toe that Iiis allegiance and service wei due to her first asa sovereign State t the Union. A BONNET. -Auna Cora Kitchi (Mowatt) resides in London at pr? sent, ami is a regular corresponde! of the New York News. From ht last letter, we extract the followin paragraph, descriptive of n new hoi net, which may lie interesting to 01 lady reader.-, : Everybody knows that ladies hav ceased to wear bonnets, and that th?: apologize for th<? omission by cove ing the crown of the head with a tin bit of ornamented lace or other m terial. or flat bouquet. As we do n< doubt that American la?lies have be-, as bewitched as the French and Ku; lish by this new mode, we beg to d scribe to them one of these subs! tutes for a bonnet, which waa certai ly as poetio a bit of millinery as w ever invented. The supposed bonn was entirely composed of a group full blown blush roses- it had a whi veil, and we must imagine that OJ of the roses had been blown to piee by the wind, for the leaves wer?; sen tered over the veil, to which tin lightly clung, producing an effect natural that one could scarcely he expecting to see them shaken off bl movement of tin: head. - -.-?? Tin' Washington City Iiej>ublicn i Adm., j ot Thursday, says: Fifty thousand copies ol' the rep? of the Committee on Reconstructs arc to lie printed at the expense the country, and tho franking prr leg-? is soon to be set in motion, a; the land is ere longto be flooded wi this made-up, one-sided, prejudic and partisan "concoction. This de not nt all surprise us, as we ha always regarded the committee its as a caucus created for political pi poses, ami its report ia nothing rn? or less than au electioneering do? ment. ? ?.'*'.*" * ?.-.*-? eUeraw and Coalfield* Railroad. La (elation to thia important on? to rp nae the Ben?etaville Herald tuiya: The President of this road-Maj. B. I). Townsend-returned hore> on Friday" last, after au absence of ten Jays. ^ , Wt- nnderstundBrrom him that, in company with OSL Macfarlan, ex President, they passed over the entire rout? of this road and the Chatham Railroad, that it? to run in inmediate connection. It is graded ton miles, to the North Carolina line, and surveyed and located the entire distance. Twenty-three m?es above Ch era w it crosses the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherfordton Rail road, which will probably be extend ed from Wilmington to that poiot daring the present year; and about ten miles farther on it crosses tin Great Pee Dee, just at the junction ol Little River, and within two miles ol Stanback's Ferry. Thence, proceed? ing iu a North-Easterly directioE through Richmond and Montgo.-icrj Counties, over a broken but beaut i fnl and flourishing country, it passe* into Moore County, crosses sonn twelve or fifteen miles of sandy pine ridges, to the source of McLelhvn'i Creek, the valley of which it follow? to Deep River, crosses that strean. into Chatham County, and thenc< following its course to the Guli where it terminates--eighty-five miles from Cheraw. Here thc Chatham Railroad start: in immediate connection, and follow iiifz Deep River down some fifteei miles to its junction with Haw River at Haywood, it strikes off in nearb a straight line for Raleigh, where i terminates, forty-five miles from tin Gulf. It will thus be seen that th? two roads, when completed, will pu Haleigh in immediate and direct cnn noction with Cheraw and Charles ton-the distance to Cheraw bein?, 130 miles. Tho Chatham Road is graded fo about thirty miles, and most of tie cross-ties are on the spot. This road, we think, is certain ti be built; and, probably, within th ensuing year the ears will be ninnim from Raleigh to the Gulf- the uppe and of the Cheraw und Coalfield Road. Her?', too, the Western Rail road from Fayetteville, N. C. to th coalfields, terminates. The supply ol' coal in this regio: is said to be inexhaustible for geln rations to come, lt is a soft bit um: nous coal, identical iu quality wit the famous New Castle coal. lt resources, however, ar?- not contine to eoal; inexhaustible supplies of iro ore are to bt> found, copper iu abm dance, and gold is also being succ?s! fully mined. All that is now wan ing is the means of transportai01 which we trust will be speedily ?'<>n pleted. -?-<.-?. ? The Kin op? J?.o War. The billowing extract from an a tilde in the London Times will gb our readers :i clearer view of tl military situation in Kn ri ?pc. thu any thing wc could collate or coi dense from the multifarious d spatches that come to us by ll steamers arriving almost daily ir.. Europe : Austria is so strong in soldiers tb sb?? is n<>t afraid of war, and so poi in money that she cannot aflb delay. She can strike heavy blow but they must be dealt at on ?ie. 'I a certain extent, this is the ease wi all three ol the powers. The in sian Government alone has enh tained an expectant policy, and t! is probably due more to domestic d acuities than to any natural inclin tiou. Unless the well meant ellen of the neutral States compose the disputes, wu shall be spectators of conflict lamentable beyond all pre< clent. But we may bc consoled 1 the reflection that we have ns every eft ort to prevent it. Two vcr and a half ago thc Government this country protested against t inarching ?d' an Austro-Prussian foi into the Duchies, and now the Pr. sinus of Schleswig will possibly set in motion to expel the Austria from Holstein. lt is in this quarti probably, tho war, if it is to con will first break out. The convoi lion ot' the Holstein States is a din defiance of Prussia, and it remains be .-'-en whether she will permit Prussia, ns taras regards the Du chi bas, indeed, all tho military udvi tages on her side. The Austrian coi of occupation is quite unsupportt and may be expelled or forced to i pitulate at the pleasure of the enen Should Prussia consider the act Austrian legitimate cause of war. 1 first effort will, ii.? doubt, be to .se the Southern Duchy, and thus gain actual possession of the \vh country in dispute. Th Austr: corps, ?? attacked, will probal retire from thc Duchy into neut territory, alter such a resistance will satisfy its militar, honor. 1 should Prussia inflict on her enc this great humiliation, i; will nut with impunity. Austria has in 1 bernia one of the finest armies o assembled, and is evidently not disposed to employ it. It is use] to speculate on the result of ct paigns, but of this we may be sn that this unhappy war is itktdy b> one <?f th?- most calamitous that e desolated Europe. The combata ure almost equally matched. The vantage which Austria has in num? bers is compensated hy the national U_nity of her opponents' forces. The officers on both sietes are brave and skillful, the soldiers ?ll that discipline can make them. The mere expense of keeping such masses of men in the field must drain the resources of the belligereut States to the utmost. Nor can wo seo any reason lo suppose that such decided success will wait on either army as to bring the struggle toa speedy termination. Should the combatants fail to he reconciled by their neighbors or their own good j sense or humanity, the old battle? fields of Saxony may again be stained j with dorman blood, and Germany be exhausted by a more fatal war than any recorded in her annals. !'ri.(i!i Life of Mc. Dari?. ' Lieutenant-*, lolouel John 1. Craven, M. IX. late United States Surgeon, i and, for many mouths, physician to I Jeffersou Davis, has just issued a ! volume, in New York, which will be greedily sought after and read with j interest in every section of thc couir ! try. Tl ie New York World, of Satur? day, makes copious extracts from this volume, covering fifteen columns of , tluit journal. We give our readers, I to-day. the author's official account ; as to how Mr. Davis was put in ?rous: "Well?" said Mr. Davis, t?s they . entered, slightly raising his head. "1 have an unpleasant duty to per I form, sir," -ytid Captain Titlow; and, j n? he spoke, the senior blacksmith ; took the shackles from his assistai:'. ] Davis leaped instantly from his re? cumbent attitude, a ll tish passing ovei his face for a moment, and then hi* countenance growing livid and rigid : as death. ' fie gasped for breath, clutching hi? throat with thc thin lingers ot his right hand, and then, rei overing liim self slowly, while his wasted i'tgur? towered np to its full height -now ap pearinji to swell with indignation, am then to -li i i ul; with terror, as h? i glanced from the captain's faceto tin shackles -he said, slowly ami with : laboring chest : "My God! VOM cannot have beci sent to ?ron ni*??'' ..Such are my orders, ?ir," repliet the oitici r. beckoning the blacksmith to npproaeh, who stepped forward unlocking the padlock and preparitu the letters to do their office. 'Ches fetters were of heavy iron, piebald; five-eighths of an inch in thickues? : and connected together by a chain > : like weight. 1 believe tin y are HIM in the possession of Major-Geuen Miles, and will form an iuterestin relic. "This is too monstrous," groane the prisoner, glaring hurriedly arouu the room, as i!' for some weapon e means of self-destruct ion. -,l <lt maud, Captain, that you let nie -, the commanding officer. Cnn i. pretend that such shackles are r? quired lo .secure the sale custody of weak old man, so guarded, and i such a fori as this?" ..lt could serve no purpose," r< plie.I Captain Titlow; .?Iiis urd??i are from Washington, as min? ai from iiini. "lint lie cal: telegraph." i literpos? Mr. Davis, eagerly; "there must 1 som?1 mistake. No such outrage : you threaten me with is on record i the history of nations. Beg him to t> egraph, aud delav until he answers "My orders are peremptory," sa the officer, "ami admit of no ?lela For your own sake, let nm advise y? . b> still m i I with patience. As a sold ie Mr. Davis, von know i must execn orders." ''These are not orders for soldier." -hooted th?? prison?1!-, losii all control of himself. ..Tiny a orders for a jailor -for a 'nangula Winch IM soldi, i Ul allie, a SWt>! shoulil accept ! I teil you. the wor will ring with tin- disgrace. Tl war i-> over; the South is c?>iiipiere I have no longer any country b America, ami if i- for the honor America, as tor my own honor ai . lit'.-, that I plead against this degra.l tion. Kill me! kill me!" he ?ii passionately, throwing his arm; v. i open and exposing his breast, "rath than inflict r?n me, and "ii my peoj through me. tisis insult worse th death." "1X> your linty, blacksmith," sr. iii?- officer, walking toward the et brasure, as if not caring to wi tm tho performance, '"lt only gives i creased pain ??u all shies to pro tn this ?nt? rvi ?. w. " At flies?? \v??r?ls. the blacksmith ; vaned with the shackles, and seei that tho prisoner had mic foot up ! the chair near hi:? bedside, his ri?: hand resting on the back of it, t brawny mechanic made an ntten to slip ??nc nt' the shackles over t ankle so raised; but, as if with t j vehemence and strength which frei. can impart even t<> the \veak?;st in 1 lid. Mr. Davis suddenly sci.; .i his ? sn i lan < and hui led him half way uer the room, i On this Capt Titlow turned, ri ; seeing that Davis had backed agni . the wall for further resistant*! . bej b> remonstrate, pointing oui in bri clear language tba! this eoiirsc * madness, ii ; it I lhat order . niu.i enforced at nn\ cost. "Why e?>m . nie," he said, "lo ?.\ \ tho further dignity ? i' personal violence t" i necessity of vom- bein;; ironed." j "1 am a prisoner ol v.v.r," tier?' : retorted Davis; "I have been n ?oh m the armies of America, and kr how lo the ( ?nlv kill me, and last breath shall ? ? bleasingon v head. But while 1 huve hie and strength to resist, for myself and for my people, this thing aimil not bo donn." Hereupon Captain Titlow called in a sergeant and file of soldiers from the next room, and the sergeant ad? vanced to seize the prisoner. Imme? diately Mr. Davis flew on him, seized his musket, and attempted to wrench it froin his grasp. Of course such a scene could have but one issue. There was a short, passionate scuffle. Tn a moment Davis was thrown upon his bcd. and before his four powerful assailants removed their hands from him, tho blacksmith and his assistants had doue their work-one seeuriug the rivet on the right ankle, while tho other turned the key in the padlock on tho left. This done, Mr. Davis lay for a mo? ment asfif iu stupor. Then slowly raising himself and turning round, he dropped his shackled feet to the floor. The harsh 'dank of the striking chain eems first to have recalled him to his situation, and dropping his face into his hands, he burst into a passionate flood of sobbing, rocking to and fro, andmutteringat brief intervals: "Ob. the shame, the shaine!" The next day, (May 24,) the doctor found Mr. Davis, very naturally, in a state of mental and bodily irritation, and suffering from chronic neuralgia, which had "destroyed the sight of his right eye." The shackles were removed in five days, by thc urgent advice of bis physician, ho being too iii and feeble to bear them. He was allowed a walk of an hour on thc ramparts in dune, though at first so feeble he was unable to stand on his feet more than half an hour, lu August, while suffering from erysipe? las and carbuncle, he was removed tc more comfortable quarters in Carrol! Hall. Not having the work bcfori us, we can only say of his treatment from June to November what is said in the review, that Mr. Davis con tiuually complained of his d?t?rior?t ing heaitb. and protested against tin rigor and indignity of his treatment us the head of six millions of peoph and a prisoner refused impartial trial His prison fare, too coarse for one ii his sensitive health, was improved b^ supplies from the doctor's table. Hi was not allowed the use of knife o fork, and all his letters were inspect ed by the Government. Severe oik Kuymoiict. The Nittiotutl intelligencer, o Thursday, is severe on Raymond, o his letter to thc Times, au extrae from which wc published yesterday 'I'h . intelligencer deines emphaticall that the President has changed on iota in his restoration policy. 1 execrates Raymond in the two fo lowing opening paragraphs, which w quote from the article alluded to: A letter from Washington, signe ii., winch appeared in the New Yoi Times of yesterday, has created som speculation as to what R. stands fo If for renegade or recreant, then tl word Raymond is synonymous wit both those terms. Their precii meaning, as set down by Webster, "one faithless to principle." Tl appearance, a day or two sine?', < one of his apostatizing articles as leader in the Chronicle, which hr blackened him and his paper throng] out thc session, was the infallib sign, to our mind, that tho organ ? thc star chamber cabal had some ii formation in the premises not voile' .s ti. d to the public. As a "ren?gat is worse than ten Turks," lot us su gest, that in caae Mr. Stevens' illue continues, (a thing wc profound regret, since that a direct and opt foe is to be honored, when a treach rous ally is to be execrated,) M l?aymoiid shall ta!.?.: bis place chairman of tho central junt Pt i hap.? ho may supply the desider twin ot ibo Philadelphia Xbrth Am ci ui, which says that, " during tl present session, only the ability ai commanding powers of Mr. Steve haw kop; the majority (Irmly unite and when he was absent no oi se.-m--! to po--.-sl.is skill and deb. munition." Accordingly, we turn over to t radicals in the House this ineffal political Judas, this most modern ii personation of al! political snbtlef mischief, hvpocrisv and perfid file;, will receive" him. donbtle with ii warm embrace, but we shoo not so far presume ou such utter !< ot numb sentiment, even in a vei and degem rate age, as to suppose 1 a moment (hat while the disunioni: ii! like Ibo treachery they will i sc. rn the traitors. \\ .? could till our columns with i ecrpts from the New York i'm sustaining the President's policy reconstruction, or rather, of h? representation in Congress, lt ev urged tho abolition of the test <>a Mr. Uaynioiid's speeches, thou more and more shuffling, shiftii and lame ami impotent as time \v? on. h ive bet ?i on thc whole au tai mst..- to bis rotes, which, at t critical moment, were so astoundi to men .?;' honor and principle, tl (he suspicion was al once aroused !!... effect fha! his continued profes; udhesi HI to the course of the Vdm ?st rat iou marked a fell purpose t>> fiidioiisly "instil those fooling"1*' doubt, uncertainty and distrust t st' .il nv. p and blast the counsels ti. brave. \ I". Stewart has agents abu purchasing works of ait for Iiis t house in Fifth Avenue. Ij?Ocal Items. Mortgages and Conveyauc? :? .>! lie?* b.* tate fur ?ale'at this office. NEW t:??ODS. Messrs. Abele?, Myers A t?o. aiivjertide auotlitr U<t <.f goodu III their line, ?'all ;tt the "up-town stove," and examine for yourselves. DOOK ANO Jon PKISTI.NO.-The Plneuij office is now fully ?applied willi cunt. colored :iii(l white paper,colored ink, wo.nl type, etc., Kiel i? in condition to execute, all ipanner of book aud job printing i" the ?hortest possible time. . TUE BCBNTNO or COLUMBIA. An inter? esting account ol thc "Sack and Destruc? tion of the City of Columbia, S. C.," has just been issued, iu pamphlet form, boru the Phum cz power pre??. Orders tilled to any extent. Single eopieH SO cents. A VJSOKTABLB Ctraio?rrr.-We have been ?le ... a corn-stalk, with a smalhuized ear o .o. i on top. having tassel and silk conl? oi but minus the ?huck. The curious can examine it at the ?tore of thc Messrs. I Jack-on. oil Plain street. To COSUSDBCM MANCFACTOBKBS.-The '..lohimy Reh. Minstrel?" advertise a con? cert for Thursday u* cuing, at which they propose to give a handsome prize Tor th? best original conundrum. A? this will bo their last concert in Columbia, for thu present, they will doubtless have a crowd? ed house. At the opening of the Provost Court, yesterday morning, Capt. Clarke, (of the 15th Muiuu Volunteers, i who has been act? ing as Provost Judge, announced that he had been relieved, and Lieut. J. W. God? man, of Co. F, Otb Unit< d State? Infantry, had been appointed tb the position. Tho Court was then adjourned until thia morn? ing, at IO o'clock. Capt. Clarke ha? made a number of friends in this community, by his gentlemanly manner?, and strict ad herence to duty. '.TUL: LA>"D WE LOVE." -Wehaveieceived from the publisher No?. I aud ll of th.a neat and well-edited Southern monthly. lt is published in Charlotte, N. C., under the editorial management of the ex-Con? federate General, V. H. Hill. To judge from the content? of the numbers before us, the General prove? himself au fait with the pen a? with the ?word. As the sub? scription price is reasonable, the magazine will doubtless receive an extensive patron? age. ?Send for n specimen. M.ui. Ann VNV.EMENTS.-The Po?t Office i? open during the week from 8 a. m. to 1 p. m. and from bk p. m. to 7 p. m. On Sun? day, from ?5 to 'J a. va. Northern mail open? 8 a. m.: close?2^ p. m. Southern ?' ?Ap.m.: " 9 p.m. Charleston " of p. in.; " 9 p.m. Greenville K. U. ' ? 8~ a. m. : " SA p. m. Edgefield " 8 a.m.; " 8*p. m. AH mails close on Sunday at ii p. ni. NEW AnvEieriSEMEXTS. -Attention ra call? ed to the following adveitiaernent*. which are published this morning for the firot timi E. E. Jackson -Kerosene Lamps. Fisher A Hemitsh - Fresh Arrivai?. H. Robertson- Mule Stolen. Ja?. Peckham-Valuable Lot?. Levin A Peixotto-Residence, Mule?, Ac. C. P. Jackson - Palmetto Hat?. T. Ii. Crew? - Ha?k Line. Abele?, Myer? A Co.-Sixth Arjival. Johnny Rebs.- Last Concert. A. Reckling -Mattress Making, etc. John Stork - Renting Stalls postponed. BETTES LATETHAN NEVER.-If your teeth are going, and you have not yet tried^he "Sozodont" as a preservative, try it now. Abandon all other dentifrices, and give it a fair chain e; it is guaranteed to be a? li?.ini-ess a? water. COTTON PICKED BV MACHINERY. One oT the greatest difficulties expe? rienced by planters, in the culture of colton, has been tho time and la? bor required to gather the full amount raised, as it is well known that many more hands are necessary to pick the crop than is required to plant and cultivate it. This difficulty of gathering all the crop seems to have been obviated by a new and novel machine, which ia claimed by thc inventor, Mr. Howe, _ to pick at least three times as fast as by hand, thus securing to the planter his full crop iii much less time and in better order than before; and he also claims that, by this mode of picking, the market value of the cot? ton is enhanced several per cent. The machine is a very simple, light piece of mechanism, weighing about two pounds. The part which gathers the cotton is a small steel chain, so ingeniously constructed that it may be twisted in dozens of parts and as speedily pul together without injury. This chaiu-gnfherer or picker of the cotton passes through a hollow tube, one end of which empties iuto the customary picking-bag, while the other is passed from boll to boM0by the hand with great rapidity. Tho cotton is freed from the gatherer by a novel proc 'ss. The motive power of the machine is obtained bv a sim? ple contrivance midway of the tube. The cha in-gatherer has a discrimi? nating power, foreign substances, leaves and trash being rejected, 1>ut tie cotton, to use an army phrase, i i gobbled np with amazing quickness. [.*>/. I."Uis Desi><tleh. i'.righam Voting's sixty-fifth birth? day was celebrated on Saturday, by tin leading Mormons now in New York, who dined together at the Me? tropolitan hotel. The health of "Brother Brigham" was of course pledged, bat it is to be hoped foi sobriety's sake that the company did not drink to each of his wives separately.