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rr HT i -rr .-. in - -- ? 'Weiar* Item?. WASHINGTON, June^^^Yesterday, for th? first time daring the session, the Middle States and Western mem? bers of tho House co-operated as against New England interests-tho latter were defeated in their efforts to secure the Northern^ Pacific Bailroad route, tho majority adopting what is termed the central route.- This bill allows the Union Pacific Company to change their ron te so ai to goby Den? ver City and Colorado. Nsw YORK, June 27.--The steamer Moro Castle bringa Havana advices, to tho 23d. . Estafette says the Mexi? can Empire depends upon the success of thc departments of war and thc treasury, in establishing a national army; but whilst the Empire has neither men nor money, its situation is precarious and endangered. In Mexico^ Puebla and QueretarO the Emperor has ordered ?a draft. - M?rUet Reportx. N?w YORK, June 27-Noon. - (?old 55?^. Exchange ll. Cotton duli, at 88@40. Sales of the week, 10,000 bales. A Monster Enterprise. Away up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, so high in air that water ."and air lose their respective gravity, and sticks of wood refuse to float on tts surface, is a beautiful sheet of wa? ter, called Tiake Tahoe, by 1,500 feet the highest body of water on earth, ever navigated by a steamboat. Sur? rounded by mighty peaks, whose summits are clothed in mantles of eternal snow, while they look . down on valleys where eternal summer reigns, this lovely lake seems beyond the reach of civilization, and conse? crated to solitude forever. Butscienee has already seized upon it as a fit subject for another of her triumphs, and a daring engineer, Col. A. H. Voa Schmidt, of this city, has determined to turn its vast volume of water to?o, practical use. Ho has in? corporated a company with a vnst capital, and will actually commence the work next month of tunneling the mountains to draw its pure waters to the California side. Tho waters are to be turned into the channel of a stream and carried over the kills1 which skirt the valley of the Sacra? mento, thence through canals among the Placer mines, down to the level of the capital city; thence across the valley towards Coast Range, and ulti ""tnately to San Francisco. Tins enterprise would, if carried out, supply a dozen interior towns j with delicious water, of a purity un? known elsewhere,, provide the miners with water to carry on their work during dry seasons, irrigate thousands of acres of now unproductive land, making it to blossom as the rose, and ! lastly, supply, for all timo to come, the teeming minions who will inhabit San Francisco. It will take a life-time to carry out the plan in all its details, but Von Schmidt, who engineered to comple? tion the Spring Valley Water Works, by which San Francisco ia supplied with water from a distance of forty miles, is confident of its feasibility. The route by which the water would reach San Francisco is nearly 200 miles long; but nevertheless Von Schmidt is thoroughly hi earnest , and as I said, proposes to commence work next month. To any man who has .scaled the dizzy heights of the Sierra, and seen the tremendous obstacles to be overcome, the project looks liko the freak of a disordered imagina? tion, but the child may be already born who will live to see it a fact ac- ; oomplished. Quien Sabe?-San Eron? ets COT, Chicago Tribune. DREGS OP RE?GIOTJB RIQUOB. "Gamma" says that the Catholic or S*n ia Paris states that "the United tates, with their dryness of heart, their contempt for every thing ideal, their intellect dwindled to mere figures, are the dregs of a dried-up j religious hquor." Pondering this i rather tart piece of sectarianism, from j a religious sect that has had its share j of'abuse, and may bo allowed to say I a word now and then, I have been j trying to think whither tho puritan church of the United States is tend- j ing. The spirit that burned witches in Salem a century ago exists to-day, intensified and made more barbarous ! by education and civilization. The i lighter the ago the darker the deed! ! Tho essence (spiritual) of conc?n- ! trated creeds seems to tend surely and rapidly to infidelity. No wonder ? that hundreds of churches are closed tor want of members, that pulpits ?ive vacated, and that the houses ol' pub? lic worship arc being turned to oilier uses. Unless an Apostle comes, what will become of thc church? Would you know what will make you think of these things? "Pulpit Pungen cies," recently published by ('nil? ton, of New York, ll is nil very well for a preacher to bo witty in the pulpit, to say sharp things, and to furnish stories for tin'Draw? er of Harper's Magazine, but, is it; reverent or wise? Have wo not one man with spirit und ability who will attack Satan in his armor? I Cor. Mobile Register. The Post Office Department has begufi suits against Southern post? master* indebted to the Government. rv -ir'-iiiiii-iwr inr >- ; ..? '? State Items. . Aiii?EvrLiiE.- The Banner says: Thc month which is just passing out is an important one agriculturally, and as unpropitious as it has boen in some respectsy va have reason to rejoice that its un usual proportion of dry- weather this yeal- has enabled farmers to overcame .one of the ob? stacles to the successful development of the crops, to wit; the grass. With tho bad start, tho 'heavy rains, the general replanting of cotton from de? fective seed and other causes, the de? teriorated character of the labor, &c, the beginning of this month found fanners badly "in the grass." Add to this the harvest, which, like time and tide, waits for no mau, and we ljavc great cause to rejoice that June has been dry. There is nothing in the present appearance of the cot? ton crop to justify gloomy forebod? ings. We arc not speaking now of our own knowledge so much as upon information derived from others. A few daiys ago, an old citizen, whose name, if given, would be an earnest of thc truth of what we are about to relate, called upon us, and, amongst other things, said that about twenty-live years ago, he remembers, from circumstances which one would never forget, that there was a spell of weather iu the middle of June which was as cold or colder than that which we lately experienced; that the cotton was even smaller and worse looking at that time thau now; and, notwithstanding this, he gathered upon an upland field 1.000 pounds tc the acre. We extract thc following from ti notice published in the Banner, from thc Postmaster at Greenwood, in thal District. lt may bc of some im portancc to our readers: In consequence of recent orden and regulation.1; of the Post Office Department, all mail matter for th< following offices are sent to thit office, viz: Abbeville Court House, Lowndes ville, Temple of Health, Calhoun'! Mills, Monterey, Willington, Mill way, Phrenix, Ninety-Six, Chappell'* Dyson's Mills, White Hall, Harris burg. Cross Hill, Cokesbury, Hodge': Depot, Prazierville, Dom's Gob Mine, Indian Hill, Bordeaux, War renton, Wi doman's, Mount Carmel Mapleton. I will deliver the mails to any o the above offices on the followinj terms : 1. Three responsible persons a each office must authorize mc it writing to deliver the mail for thei office to whoever they may designate 2. They at each office mustappoin some one to take charge of and d? liver such mail. 3. Money sufficient must be d? posited by each office to pay on quarter's postage on all papers, pt riodicals, letters Or Other unpaid ma matter. Tn future. 113 mail matter will h delivered till postage is paid. A STU S ivs lu Canada. Tho New York Herolds Toront correspondent furnishes that pap? with au important letter, dated Jun 22, touching tho political situation i thc North American colonies. Tl Herald says: ile takes the position that '.man fest destiny'' poiuts unerringly t annexation to the United States, an that the Irish movement at Eastpo demonstrated the facile practicabilil of a conquest of the Canadian teri tory by our Government at any ui< ment. Confederation will bo hurric through toits realization as a set- c to this condition of affairs and sha pt as a menace to the American Unioi Tho Fenians, ho thinks, rendered tl success of thc scheme certain, and tl example just set by the colonists i New Brunswick at their elections wi be used as a powerful argument support of the attempt to weld tl ?>rovinces under one executive. H igiotis differences, fomented by tl officials of England for usc in form days, are likely to prevent any cordi union, as at this very moment tl Orangemen of Upper Canada a waging a fierce war on the grant of separate school fund which has bei guaranteed to th?; Catholics of Low Canada a-s a sop to gain their snppc to tho measure. Tho abrogation the Reciprocity Treaty, the writ thinks, retards annexation to t United States. The first fruits confederation, it is alleged by its a vocates, will be t ? consolidate Briti power on the continent and "attrac the border population of the Unit States towards Canada, the "uncle of a great Government." General Napier, commander of t Carmdian for.-es, un Friday, issued order mustering out thc volunte? called io arm i to repel the late Feni invasion. General Napier took OCA sion to impress upon the minds tho volunteers that, although thc b Fenian attack had proved a failu thc organization still existed, a meditated a ?vnowal o? the ?uvasi< and t ii.:r they should continue to p feet themselves in drill and disci phi so as to successfully repel any inti aggression thal may be attempt? Chu'of our eoiTospoudents, in Cai da, reports'that, a little skirmish t<; place, on Friday evening, at PigC Hill, Canada, between a small roe? nOttering [?arty of Fenians and company of Canadian light infant Several shots were fire?! on each si. but no one was injured, and tho 1 niana retreated across the line ii the Stjif-o. Tb? Education vf Freedmen. Since we published our article on this subject? in Tuesday's Phoenix, we find the following in one of oui* Georgia exchanges. It is a aeries of measures proposed by tho people of Oxford, Miss., and covers tho whole i ground in detail, which we meant to indicate 'in our brief article on tho subject In regarding this subject in its re? ligious point of view, tho second pro? position is extremely appropriate and touching, and will find a respou^e from many a heart in South Carolina: That tiie timo has arrived when somo measures should be adopted by the Southern people themselves to provide the ways and means of edu? cating the freedmen, is a conviction to which wo have been led by thc fol? lowing considerat ions : 1. This people are now thrown upon their own resources, iu a state of freedom, for which they aro to a certain extent unprepared. 2. They consider us, their former owners, to be now, as we have always been, their natural guardians and their !)csi friends. 3. It is our interest, as well as our duty, to diffuse the blessings of edu? cation as widely as possible among all classes of people in our country. 4. If it ever WRS good policy to keep "them ignorant, it certainly is no longer so, but the very reverse. ~>. The right of suffrage will, in all probability, be given to this people at some future day. Ct. Ignorant voters are tho curso ol our country. 7. If we do not teach them, some one else will, and whoever thus bene fits them will win an influence over them which will control their votes. H. If we perform this servi ce, then, we shall secure their identificatioi with us in promoting all our ?ute rests. So much for policy and interest the least elevated form of the argu ment. Let us look at the subject ii ifs moral bearings. I. The Church is tho light of th? world; it is, therefore, bound to illa , minute the surrounding region There is no special injunction to eu lighten the white race only, but wi are to "preach the Gospel to even YereattcrtU" Search the Scripture" i ' the commaud, not addressed to on ? race only, but to mankind. (loi "eoinmandeth nil men, everywhere to repent.'' We are unouestionabl; responsible to God for our influenc and ability to do good. "Tho poo j ye have always with you." is the dc j claration of our Savior, and, by hi providential arrangement, we are coi; I stantly reminded that we live not fe , ourselves alone; the colored race ar j now emphatically "the poor arnon j the people." j 2. But do we not owe it to them ti j a debt of gratitude? We remembc j how they, for our sakes, endured hei i and cold, wet and dry, summer an j winter, cultivating our fields, mini, tering to our comforts, promotin our wealth, improving tho count r; ? and actually advancing civilizatioi by their physical labor; attend in upon us at all stages of our live ? nursing our children, waiting upo i the sick, going with us to the buri; j of our dead, and mingling their tea: I with ours in the open grave. Can ! be that all this is forgotten? And ! it not a small return for all this, th; i we are asked to make, when it is pn j posed that we shall give them tin ! modicum of instruction which wi . enable them to read, (tv at least j know tho way of life eternal? lt ! under the pressure of these and sin: j lar considerations, that a few of tl I citizens of Oxford have been mov? j to take the initiative in this c at. priso. i We propose the establishment of I Sabbath School for the oral instill I tiou of the colored people, as well ! to teach them to read. We have c ! ganized this school with moro th; ' 100 pupils, aud tweive teachci Regular preaching also is provid for them by the resident ministers the different churches of Oxford. V desire to enlist in this work all o fellow-citizens, as lhere is roc enough for all, and work enough f all. In sucha work as this, no doul j the conviction of duty, and the coi mund of God, should bo sufficic motives te actuate us. But while would not plead for the authority great names as a sanction to o course, or an inducement to othe at the same timo wo rejoice to fir that in many parts of the South, t prominent citizens and official dig: ; taries aro actively moving in tl matter. In South Carolina, Gov nor Orr and tho first citizens Charleston are urging the establii ment of the common school systi ! for tho freedmen. In Alabama, i . Governor Moore and ex-Con grossir i Curry aro engaging in themoveme: ' and elsewhere in Mississippi, t : field of labor is occupied by some ; tho most distinguished of our c 1 /.ens. All this shows that tho inf : once is at work which is to put ii i general operation an effective syst I of instruction for this people, ; sacred and in secular knowled j Let us, therefore, engage in the w< I in earnest, according as God si open the way for us, and as yon a sider your duty in connection w tho work, we ask you to decide ii] that course that you will proba approve when the light ol a com eternity shall be shed ripon the sub? ject. JJ, N. WADDELL, . ?. G. B??NEY, ?< A. I. QUINCHE, - T. E. B. PEGUES, WM. DELAY, j. w. MCPHERSON. - - OXFORD, MTSS., June 12, 18CC. Prom AV nail In tarto u. . Congress will not terminate the ses-1 sion until tho Tennessco Legislature shall dispose of tho article .to amend tho Constitution, to bo submitted to it on the 4th of July. That there will bo considerable, though not probably effective opposition to it iu the Legis? lature, is certain. Immediately upon the ratification of the articlo by that State, her Senators and Representa? tives elect will bo admitted to their seats, of course taking the prescribed Congress oath. Nothing moro is to be dono towards reconstruction at this session. The. President's objection to the proposed amendment, or to any pro? ject for amending the Constitution, while the South remiiius unrepre? sented, will be fatal to it in most of tho Southern Stale Legislatures. Tt cannot now lu- claimed that the Pre? sident favors the proposed amend? ment, though the radical organs hore attempted to make that impression. Ii th< - tariff bill and thc Tennessee question can be disposed of by the lf>th or lfifh of July. Congress will then adjourn. It is reported that thole will be two re]>orts in thoRosseau-< j-riunellcabing affair by thc House investigating committee- one for expulsion of General Rosseau, the. other for cen? sure only. Thc tariff bill will bo ready to re? port, to-morrow, lt is not as protec? tive in its features as tho various in? terests desire. The duty on bitumi? nous coal is reduced to fifty cents per ton. There is scarcely any change Lu the schedule of foreign wine., ?ii 1 liquors. A despatch received here, lr rn Pennsylvania, reports that ? u- politi? cal campaign in that State h. s opened in earnest. Col. Forney announced himself, at Lebanon, on Friday night, as a candidate for the l'nit?d States Senate, in place of Mr. Cowan. Secretary Stanton has been confined to his house, for tho last three or four days, by severe indisposition from cold, but is now bettor. His family have removed to the Soldier's Home for the su ni nu r. By diplomatic correspondence just printed, it appears tba! Mr. Adams. Minister to Langland, ii? writing to the Secretary of State, .lane !.">, 1X05. says Lin- intense interest manifested in the fate <.f Jefferson l>a\is is one of the phenomena of this remarkable era. and then adds: (.'are fi illy disa? vowing the indulgence of the slight? est acrimonious feelings towards Mr. Davis tn- any of his associates, I have expressed the hope that the ends of justice might be satisfied with the least possible effusion of ?inman blood. We have bad enough of slaughter and of public and private misery. Especially had t severo re? tribution alreadj I .ecu visited noon these misguided people, who had, by their Wanton obstinacy, brought it all upon the eouutry. if even Mr. Davis could be disgraced, and then suffered to sink into oblivion, with? out seriously impairing the force of* the example in Un- view of later generations, 1 should be perfectly Colli ellt. If Mr. Davis having, under all the safe-guards of our laws, undergone a trial for his offence, should be proved guilty, condomued and sentenced to sutler the lust penalty, tho responsi? bility of interposition would then devolve on thc Presiden:. 1 had no doubt that he would meet it willi tho dignity and impartiality that became his oilier. Neither was I disposed to believe that, whatever it might be, bis decision, ii given in thc manner indicated, would bc attended by any of thc evil consequences io the repu? tation of our country all over civil? ized Europe, which seemed to be a matter ol' so much concern to our enemies not less than our friends. Mr. Soward, m reply to this letter, says lie had read with pleasure Mr. Adams' remarks upon tho question what penalty ought to bc imposed upon Jefferson Davis, which question is so universally and so earnestly dis? cussed in Europe, flo adds. "Your sentiments are deemed just and wise." Mr. Soward, under dato of Sep? tember ?, ISCi?, wrote to Mr. Adams: "Sir: I liave to inform yon, by di? rection of thc president, that ho will neither make promises nor grant either passports or permits for return to rebels now abroad. Applications for pardons will be considered only when the persons making them are residing iu thc United States, and in any case, there must be nu unie served, not condit ional, appeal to the mercy and magnanimity of the Go? vi rnineut. " Cn Saturday hist, the Senate passe l a joint resolution for employing some "competent" person lo write a histo? ry of tho "Rebellion," and giving to the Secretary of War the selection of the "competent" person aforesaid! This isa mo.-t unusual proceeding. Of course, rt history :-,.<lt<-n up in this manner will be regarded as es ourle. merely a radical history. Yet the Sont li must pay her pari of thc cost of ii. And posterity will reject il Major James F. Milligan, theChiei of tho Signal Cor] >s < >f < 1-eneral Lee's army of Northern Virginia, baa been offered a similar position M> Ibo fm peria I army r.t Yus'riii WANTED, A SITUATION, BY A JUSTICE I OF THE SUPRJBME BENCH.-Tli? fol? lowing very singular advertisement appears in Ihe Washington Union: - A CARO.-Thc undersigned, "a gentleman hy birth, education and culture; of inc las trio us and exemplary habits, a scholar, superior pensmau, I ami expediter of five different I prominent political journals, a Ja wy cr of eight years' lucrative practice ut ititi prias, and a member of the United States Supreme Court; en? dorsed personally and professionally by statesmen, jurists, and influential gentlemen, now in the ?mxployment of the Government, but having recently experienced severe pecuni? ary reverse, wishes to resign and engage in moro active life; wal forai a co-partnersliip in the law and claim business with one or more gentlemen of capital, or serve any lawyer of I established reputation ?ind ability in I this city iu attending to his profes , sionol correspondence, preparing his ! legal papers, trying causes, and con ! ducting, if required, his business j generally, or will hire on th is energies of body and mind to any oneenguged j iu any honorable employment. Ad? dress "A. B. C.," at tho Constitidiowd Union office. Washington, !>. C. WHAT CAN IT MEAN 2- -Forney writes a long editorial to prove that cotton cannot hear a tax of five cents per pound. He declares that the tax should not exceed two cents, und ar? gues, very sensibly, that any heavy 1 tax will stimulate competition in other countries, tend to diminish tho crop in the United States, and nft'ect injuriously the interests of our people i North and South. Wonder if Forney ' isn't interested in a cotton plantation j somewhere? Perhaps wo should ac? cept his aid in a good cause without j inquiring into his motives. But he ! is so full ot venom against ns, and strives so hard to injure us in every way, that we are loth to give him ^ .i dit for sincerity, even in the advo? cacy of jusi measures. SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION. If the Southern States should all enfran? chise their blacks, with a view to in? creasing their representation under the proposed constitutional amend? ment, the black voters iu two of the States would have a majority over the whites; that is. in Mississippi, where I the majority would be 15,8<>3, and in > South Carolina, where it would bet ll.Tbl. The black voters would be sufficient to give any party a majority in several other States, as in Louisi , ana and Alabama If the South will ? j not enfranchise the negroes, its reprc- , 1 sentation will be reduced from seven-, ty-five, the present number of repre-1 scutatives, to fifty, .and Virginia. , which has now eight, would have only six members of Congress. HEIRS TO Two MILLIONS. -The At? lanta .Vor Era contains the following: . Robert Bruce Blackburn, of Black - burnsboro, Scotland. oin? of the i I wealthiest manufacturers iu Europe, I died a few mouths sim e, leaving an ; estate estimated at over S2,fM)0,00(>. i Tho heirs at law, as we understand i ! from parties conversant with tie family, are tho late John Blackburn, of South Carolina, and another bro- : ther who settled iu East Tennessee.1 ^ several years ago. John Blackburn's j estate is represented in part by Dr. J. C. Blackburn, of Atlanta, and per I haps by another brot her somewhere : in the West -probably in Texas or Arkansas. Tho Wa llington correspondent of .thc Commercial . I? i rc rt i ger says: j j 'Th*. Craven's statement of the iron ! ing of Jeff, Davis ai Fortress Mou ivre, Ls published here today, and I has excited much comment, lt ;-; well known that it was not done by order of tho President, or of the ? Cabinet, or of Con. (?rant: but that j the responsiblity rests on Edwin M. ; Stanton, who sent his right han I man. Gen. Lafayette C. Baker, down j ? the Potomac on a special steamer, j with written authority to have the manacles applied." ? - ? . - L??E VOST OF FRA VELIN O IN iA - : ROVE.- One of the reasons why there is now so (n*eat a rush of American | travelers to Europe is no doubt thc i cheapness of traveling abroad. A ; correspondent who has recently made a tour through Hungary, Ger- \ many, italy, Switzerland and France, ! writes that his expenses averaged but , live dollars a dav in gold. Ile says , this "includes everything, and pays j also for several fair clothing pur ! 1 chases. .My journey lasted seven and . a half months. " i- : j lt is ? Npected that, by the ll'th of 1 July, th? steamship Great Eastern I will be in readiness to sail from Va? lencia Bay, and once more attempt ! the laying of the Atlantic cable. By , that time, the shore end will be shipped mi board th? steamer Wil I liam Cary, which, with tho Groat ! Eastern, the screw steamer Medway, 1 which carries a portion of tho old 1 cable, the screw steamer Albany, and the English man-. >t'-war Terrible, con? stitute the cabio fleet HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.-The Louis? ville Courier gives an account of a j most distressing accident that occur 1 red there a few days since. The floor ..I a water closet giving way beneath them, two young ladies, Miss dennie Brown and Miss Sallie Hart, were precipitated together into the sink below, vhere their dead bodies were found al)out an hem after the acci? dent FMK****** ? Frenchman, M. Barnet, affirms that he hdtf succeeded in redncing the fine textile substances fourni in the bark of the mulberry to the fineness, durability and general appearance of silk, by chemical and mechanical pro? cesses, and attests his faith in the dis? covery by buying np large quantities of the bark for producing this de scription of silk. If this discover^frt real, we shall profit from tho in^h tion. A meeting of negroes was lately held in Cherokee County, Alabama, where they bound themselves together not to work for less than $2 per day during the present harvest, under penalty of receiving fifty lashes. Con . seque?tly the white men are gather? ing tho harvest at SI.50 per day. Ccu. .Ortega, now in Washington, has issued a protest against the re? cent decree of President Juarez re? appointing himself to office, and denounces the act as arbitrary, ille? gal, feuding to establish a dictator? ship, an insult to the people and a : calumny vq>ou Gen. Ortega himself. The oftice of Lieutenant-Governor has just been created by the North Carolina State Convention. Hitherto the presiding officer of the Senate has been elected by that body. He will be elected by tho people for the first time at the coming August elec? tion. A great "Radical Union Mass Mooting," in opposition to the Presi? dent's policy, was held at Jefferson, City, Mo., on the 15th. Gov. Fletcher presided, and speeches were made by Gov. Stone, of Iowa, and Gov. Ogtesby, of Illinois. Miss Anna Dickinson remarked, in a public speech a fowdays sinco, that "tho nation wants a man"-which is perhaps a modest way of saying that Miss Anna cousiders herself the nation. Tho pri/.e fighters arrested on the Potomac by the Washington city po? lice have been released, there being no municipal law by which they could be held in custody. It is said that the famous statue of Pompey, at whose feet Julius Caesar died, is now in possession of the Mar? quis of Hartford, whose father paid 225,OOO francs for it. lu 17C4, the Pennsylvania Legisla? ture resolved that no member "will be allowed to come into the honse baref< roted." Of 231,791 men who fought on the side of the United States, in the struggle for independence, all now sleep in the grave save two. Two men have been arrested in New Orleans, charged with compli? city in the assassination of Mr. Lin? coln. Gen. .fohn A Logan, Cen. Ogles by and E. 1?. Washburne are candi? dates for .fudge Trumbull's seat as United States Senator from Illinois. tn tho case of Hugh Callan, charged with the murder of Edward Milligan, in Charleston, ou the 27th April, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. 30,000 Indians will be in attend? ance at the Council, to be held at Fort Laramie, this mouth. Gov. Andrew is talked of for Con? gress bv his friends in Massachu? setts. COMMERCIAL, AND FINANCIAL. AI.'UUSTA. June 26.- Cotton linn. Mid? dling, :1.2c.; good middling, 33c; strict raid rlliiig, :Mc. W.- hear of ^ales ol larg> aniounts ?if gold, at 51. thia morning. Brokers are buyiug at .'><). C. HAR i. ES rox, June 27. -There wnn sonia demand in the cotton market yesterday, and ad. ut rj'J hale., were sold; middling bringing .Ce., and strict middling S5c. Tho foreign news had no effect on the market. THE member* <>!' the Columbia Memo rial Association, and all the ladies of Co? lumbia who wiall to join the Association, aro rerpiested to meet at the Chapel of the Theological Seminary, THls> (Thursday) AFTERNOON, ut o'clock. liv order of tho President. I. 1>. Ai AKTIN. June 28 Secret.irv C. M. A FOR THE LEGISLATURE. MR. K. J. SCOTT h irving resigned hi? position as a member of the Legislature for Richland Pisi i i.s. we respectfully nomi? nate Major J. T. THOMAS tu lill the va? cancy. He in au old resident-identified by birth and education with us. He is a ripe scholar, possessing a v.. It-balanced ain! comprehensiva mind, that eminently qualifies him for a legislator. June 2S MANY VOTERS. Tobacco that is Tobacco, ?THE OLD DOMINION IF VOL! WANT an article of really supe? rior ('ll EVY I Ni I TOBACCO, abont winch there can l>. no mistake, clean, pare and Hound, call on UK. EDWARD SILL, .lune Js 1 l'hiin St rei t, Columbia. Acucia Lodge No. 94, A. F. M. V recalar communication vt thia Lodgewill be held THIS EVEN INO, 2sth inst., at s o'clock, at Odd Fe) ?tall. Bv order of the W. M. JOHN t. BOATWRIGIIT, See'ry. Jnne 28 1 South Carolina Railroad Company. SS &T^ rw:~<:&. ? iP?R REOETVINf? AND FORW RITO DEPT, Cu mi ESTOS, June 25. IStiO. rriHK South Carolina Railroad Company J. having re-established its Receiving and Forwarding Office, Merchandize and Produce consigned to it? Agent, from the interior to Northern ports and from North ?.rn pi.rls tn the interior, will bo cared foi and shipped to tho point of destination. Consignment s to be forwarded by sea tr.uMt always be accompanied by bills ol lading and letter of advice, with imtroe tioiiri to in -ui . if desired. F. N. FI LLER, June ik B- A F Agent.