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3y Telegrapli. latter from Europe. Hiuru, Jilly 18.-The steamship Africa, from Liverpool, tho 7th, via Qurenstown, the 8th, has arrived. The cotton market on Saturday was doll-the improvement of Friday ha.ving been lost. The decline was caused by the anticipated failure of peace negotiations. Rales 7,000 bales - middling upland quoted about lld. Bread stuffs firmer. Provisions inactive. Con? sols 874((?87J. Fivo-twenties G6$@G7. Prussia and Italy accepted the proposed armistice conditionally-Prussia maintain? ing hor present military position; tho troops to bo supported by the country oc? cupied; Austria not to increase t he. army in tho field; Italy to occupy one fortress in the Quadrilateral. Italy, in reply, demand? ed two fortresses. Vienna telegrams report a good prospect of an arrr.istieo for six weeks. Hostilities hairo not been resumed. Tho Austrians eoutinued to retreat without molestation. Tho Prussians had advanced further into Bohemia. Severe fighting occurred on tho . frontiers of Venetia and fyroL The shore end of the Atlantic cable was successfully laid, on the 6th. Tho old ca? ble was tested and found in perfect condi? tion. The Prussians gained another victory, defeating the Bavarians, at Dirmback. The people of Italy and Prussia are said to be> \ strongly opposed to the armistice, desiring terms to bo dictated to Austria at Vienna. Vienna despatches say Generals (.'lam, Oalldas and kraismaigu and Field Marshal Steen will be court martialcd. Tho King of Prussia ordored thc release of all pri? soners, paroling thom not to serve daring the war. Heavy cannonading was hoard in the direction of Konggratz on tho even? ing of tho 17th, and it was believed the Prussians were storming that fortress. At Berlin, a statue ?d' Frederick ll was covered with laurels, in honor of tho vic? tory. A Trantenau despatch states the victory against the Austrians was decided by tho army of the Prince Royal succeed? ing by great efforts and forced marches in reaching tho battle-ground in season to direct the attack against the right wing of the Austrians. The King decorated tho Prince on the Held of battle with the order of military merit. The Tyrolese priests aro inciting the peasantry against Garibaldi, by proclaim? ing his force as bandits, and anuonneisg him as anti-Christ. New? Items. WASHINGTON, July 18.-lu the House, tho proceedings were not particularly interest? ing. A resolution to adjourn on thu 23th instant was passed. The Senate passed a bill for bridging the Mississippi at certain points, with au amendment requiring the consent of the States on each side of the river where the bridges aro proposed. The death of Lam-, of Kansas, was announced in both houses. ALBANY. N. Y., July 18.-The anti-rent troubles have broken out again in serious shape in this County. The sheriff, in at? tempting to execute a legal process, was roughly handled, and his deputies beaten and driven off by a body of mea 10:) ^ ' diers will start with the"sheriff to-nior.. to enforce the law. Yesterday, there were twenty death: from sun-stroke in Baltimore." Thirty i cases, but only a few fatal, in New York. Fourteen deaths in Philadelphia. Klarlcet Reports. NKW YORK, July 18.-Cotton strong and unchanged. Gold 50?. Sterling quiet sight 10L Registered C's, of 1881, 100.V. Coupons, of 1862, 107; of 1SG5, 105]. Trea? suries, 103 I? 104. The Cuba sailed from Boston, willi $275, 000, in specie. 7 P. M.-Cotton buovaut, and holders demand an advance-sales of 1,500 bahs, at 36@38. Flour dull and 10@*25c. lower Southern drooping, at $15.75. Wheat dull and nominallv lower. Corn steadv, at 84@844. Pork heavy, at SI ?. Lard heavy, at 18?234- Coffee "more active- sales ?f 10,500 bags Rio on private terms. Turpen? tine 70@73. Rosin $2.50?8.50. Gold 49j. MOBILE, July 18.-Sales ol cotton to-day 500 bales-middling 31; demand light and market in favor of buyers. lu London, June 17, the Russian Ambassador and Baroness Bru uno w entertained at dinner the United States Minister, and Mrs. and Miss Adams, Commander A. Maury, U. S. N., and Prince Michael Gortseha cow. The gold held iu the Bank of Eng? land and Bank of France now ex? ceeds (June 30) ?41,000,000. The specie imported into England in the week ending June 2d, amounted to ?1,82S,000 and exported to ?1,450, 000. The internal revenue law has passed Congress. Tho Act is of immense importance. It reaches every house? hold; it strikes every occupation; it demands a share in every transaction of business. Tho now style of bonnet in Puris is called the Catalane. It is describ? ed as "long and square," the shape of the pocket handkerchief the italian women wear on their heads. Another sweet thing is the Bolert) visite. Rev. Joshua Knowles lias become a candidate for membership, and per? haps for orders in tho Protestant Episcopal Curch. He is a Methodist minister, and was once editor of the Macon Journal and Messenger. A large number of sergeants impli? cated in tho recent military revolt had been shot ut Madrid. The print? ing offices of tho Progressist ami de? mocratic newspapers lind been closed by the Government. Prof. S. P. B. Morse sailed for B^trope a fow days ago. Among sevo ra":'4Bportant missions which he has to fulfill, he was thc bearer of a plan for preventing tho loss of the Alantic cable should it part as before. All the German families in Port? land, with three exceptions, wen: rendered houseless and homeless by the fire. They aro a social people, and had concentrated in one part of tho city. The Maine Episcopal Convention has elected Rev. F.D. Huntington, D. D., of Boston, as Bishop of tho Diocese. Tho Freo Masons of Brooklyn, New York, aro about to build a marble hall 200 feet front and 110 feet deep. D?monstration* In ?xmdotr. " ' The following notice hus been is? sued: "Reformers of London! Yon oro earnestly rcquestod to meet the Committee at the Middlesex Arms, ; Clerkcnwell Creen, on Saturday evening, at 8 o'clock, to assist them i iii carrying out the great meeting on Monday next; also to make arrange? ments for holding a national demon? stration in Hyde Park. Friends in tho provinces will please communi? cate with the chairman as above." Yesterday afternoon, Sir Richard Mayne, the Chief Commissioner of Police, placed himself in communi? cation with the munagers of thc Bee? hive newspaper, tho special represen? tative of thc working classes in the London press, and very courteously informed him that the police autho-1 rities would be compelled, in future, to prevent out-of-door meetings a?, late hours in reference to reform, in badly-selected localities, win ci a large assemblage of people interfere with the comforts of the residents or the traffic of the streets. Sir Rich? ard Mayne stated that he had re? ceived complaints from various quar? ters upon the subject. In the House of Commons, on Thursday, the 29th June, Mr. Bail? lie Cochrane (Honiton) asked if the attention of tue Home Secretary had been directed to an advertisement of a meeting to be held on Monday next, in the vicinity of tho House of Par? liament. He wished to know if it was legal to hold such a meeting and make speeches calculated to create a disturbance. Such a meeting having been announced, he thought some notice ought to bo taken of it. Sir George Grey said that he had not seen the notice referred to, but he apprehended it was unlawful to hold any meetings likely to create a disturbance, and there was a special statute prohibiting meetings with a view to intimidating Parliament. Ho would attend to the matter. [L<milan Slav, 2i)th ult. LONDON* Mons.--In the House of Commons, yesterday, attention was called, not too soon, to the proceed? ings which have recently disgraced the neighborhood of the Houses of Parliament and the West cud of the town. On several occasions, lately, Palace-yard and the entrance to West? minster Hall have been occupied by disorderly people, who have been al? lowed, by the police, to insult and menace members of Parliament going to and returning from their duties. T~ der the directions of one or two enders acquainted with the persons f tho members, these pooplu have .tot only hooted and shouted at every member who is unpopular with their instigators, but have followed some in a violent and threatening manner. A few days since Lord Ficho was assailed by a number of these ruffi? ans, while engaged in the Queen's service as an officer of volunteers. Ile was followed by them with threats and execrations, and was only saved from violence by the presence of a number of gentlemen who accompa? nied bini to his house. A few days after Mr. Lowe was subject i'd to a similar otttrage. But Wednesday evening brought these lawless pro? ceedings to their full height. Any one who was in the neighborhood of Trafalgar Square and Pall Mall about 9 o'clock would have found th?: way crowtled by persons ?>f the lowest class, and have bearii a great ?leal of shouting and cheering from thc en? closure of tin* square. This was a "reform demonstration," which we learn was made hy the Holborn and Clerkcnwell branches of the Reform League. Why Uolburn ami Clerken well couhl not "d?monstratif" in their own ludghborhood, but must come to Trafalgar Square for tho purpose, does not appear; but at any rat?' then: they were, blocking tip the thoroughfare in front of the National Gallery, as sorry specimens of the British reformer as couhl well be imagined. Everybody knows what a London mob is. Au undue proportion of that indescribable class of metropolitan youth of whom it is difficult to say whether they are men or boys, are to b?; found at every such gathering, whether it lie an illumina? tion, an execution or a reform de? monstration. When the crowd had passed resolutions censuring the Go? vernment for resigning, and censur? ing the Tories bu- succeeding them, the real business of the evening began. Th?' first visit was to Carlton Ganlens, where the huhes of Mr. Gladstone's family accepted the honor of an ovation. Then the mob in vail? ed Pall Mull and .shouted before the Reform ami Carlton Clubs. At. the former the enthusiasm of the crowd is said to have communicated itself to some of the members, who waved their handkerchiefs and exohangi'd hasty greetings with those in the Streets below. At the Carlton the demonstration was of another kind. This club was, according to the ac? count of an admiring witness, "duly beset by the crowd, who treated the occupants ol' the windows ami door? way to si.-.'cessive and well-sustained volleys of groans and hoots." A portion ol' these liberal-minded poli? ticians, some ?(IO strong, then went off to .Lord Elcho's house to repeat th?- disturbance ol' Saturday last, but, finding the place guarded by the police, they at length dispersed. But the noise and confusion ?luringa great part of the evening, while one of the most important thoroughfares in London was given up to the rab? ble, were truly disgraceful. \London Tino s, June 29. Gen.-Sheridan is visiting Mobile. Abroad and at Home. The London Times, of June 21, began its leader with the following cheerful view of "tho situation" in Great Britain: "When wo look around us, wc ought to be thankful that in this pleasant month of June we find our? selves with nothing more to complain of than a constitution under repair, a Parliament threatened with dismissal, a Government in abeyance, a Queen at Balmoral, the session wasted, and things in general likely to go by the ran." Tho philosophy of tho 'thunderer' in accepting fate, can only bo equal? ed by tho composure with which it compares promise with performance, anticipation with reality: "We started a few months ago with a very groat inheritance, with extraor? dinary experience, brilliant abilities, and opportunities unequalled. Our present condition is that which is usually described in tho second or third picturo of a 'Rake's Progress,' when the inheritance is not entirely dissipated, and the spoilers have not yet taken wing. But, for the present, the bank is broken, and thc question lit s between a voluntary or a compul? sory winding up, and a carrying on under management, or some other process, if it can bo found. " On the whole, tho Times concludes that thc domestic question contrives to keep up with tho foreign, and though it may bo very exciting to hear of the seizure of cities and principalities, the flight of a King or two, three or four small battles about to como off, and small affair: here and there in the truck of summei tourists, it is almost equally exciting to the British, nation to rind them selves without Queen, Laws, Com mons, Government, or even a Const i tution to full back upon, with th? certainty of finding it where thej left it lott, and in absolute darlene* as to their case the next week ensuie Analogies seem to be univers, throughout the world of matter an mind, and particularly in grca nations, on moral and political ques tions. Tho leatling London journa has, unwittingly, portrayed some o the most striking features of our owi condition. Hero, in the month o July, we too havo a Constitutioi undergoing repair; but tho repair are attempted by a most bungling se of workmen, whoso whole nature mind, manners, temper, and every thing else connected with them, stan in much more need of reforming tba the Constitution on which they pr?, sumo to lay their sacrilegious hand; We too have a Legislatur "threatened with dismissal," no indeed, by royal prerogative, but b the power of thc people. If tbs imperative decision of the popul: will could be made to-day, most ni doubtedly the present Congre: would be dismissed. We also have seen a "sessir wasted," or rather perverted to tl worst uses of faction or person partisanship. Put there the analog ends. Thanks to the President, 01 Government is not in abeyance; ni can it be said that with us *'t hi nj in general are likely to go by the rm while Andrew Johnson remains charge. MOUE PROTECTION NEEDED.-Ai now we havo developments of wholesale slaughter of infants Lawrence, Massachusetts. It appen from tho coroner's inquest that Mrs. Rogers lias received infant generally illegitimate, and from month to a year in agi?, to boar Sometimes she has had as many nine boarders of this class at on< Last week, she hud six. There wa: coroner's inquest on ono of theml: Saturday. On Monday, a neighb looked in and saw the unburied bo?" black, covered with maggots, andt ev-os not closed. An infant then the woman's arms was apparently a dying condition. Of the oue de: a witness expressed the opinion tl the wretched infant "had sucked fingers to the bone, and quite raw the agonms of starvation." Sevo similar casi's wore mentioned in c< nection with this Herodian hotel, among infant boarders lately tal away from Mrs. Rogers. The bill fare, to use thc expression of I witness, was "Hour-gruel scared w milk." lt was also stated that so of the mothers hoped the child would die, thus relieving them paying a dollar a week to the worn All this in Massachusetts, lint tho little sufferers were not in Lou ana, nor "colored," nor reconstri ed, nor drawing Government ruti of white sugar, nor costing the co try $8,000,000 annually, there is talk of establishing a branch of Bureau at Lawrence as a means protecting infants from starvati Even Sumner, who has offered p , tions for pianos, new shoes, SH fir; or similar luxuries from half thc constructed negroes in the conn has not seen lit to present this L renee matter to tile Senate. \Xrw York Work -. -4v ( >n Wednesday, the 6th, a tori hail storm burst upon Salt Lake C i tho stones were in many instai over a half inch in diameter, kinds of vegetation was cut dowi if grape shot lind passed thron corn, grapes, strawberries and f upon tho trees were ?Mit in pie The storm terminated in a dein g i rain that fell for twenty-four ho i washing away many gardens gullying the streets. Many ad? j wore utterly ruined, forming pile ' mini in tho streets. A. Srolrhman't Vic iv. Dr. McCosb, a learned and distin? guished Presbyterian divine of Scot? land, attended tho late General As? sembly of tho church in this country at St. Louis. In an address to that body he usod the following signifi? cant language in relation to the negro race and its destiny: ""What were we to do with the co ? lored population? This was a ques? tion in which the people of Great Britain feel a deep interest. We have accomplished a great work, but there was a greater work than we had yet had before us. He spoke as a man who hud had occasion to study this subj?ct. The great problem was, is the white mau ever to im? prove the black man? He was sorry to say that Great Britain had not set? tled this problem, although sho had attempted it. "Said the speaker, I tell you this frankly. We have had a race of the noblest savages in the world-the New Zoalander. I believe we meant to do justly, but wo have never been able, to do so. We have been at war with them-a most painful war-al? though I hope it ia now terminated. We hirve not been able to elevate tin lowest races. Then we have had om own slaves in Jamaica, and late events there show that wc have not l>eon ablo to sottlo the question, NOA-. I soy that the people of Great Britain, and the civilized Christian! of tho world, ?ire looking to yon t< see how you will settle this question Are you to go on and prosper your selves, and let the black mau die out Aro you to realize that most awfu theory of Darwin, that the highe: races must advance and the lowe races must, bo extinguished? That i ix dark and gloomy view, and I canno accept it. L cannot believe that th white man is to prosper and the blue man is to fade away little by littl until he is extinguished. My hop in (.bid is that you, with an energ that characterizes your efforts, wi settle tho question, and that th churches of Christ may meet in hal niony and union for that purpose. "1 am not speaking of politics o this question, but I tun speaking r what steps you art1 to take to trai these people to industry, to increa: their intelligence, and make them, i some mensure, equal to you, nt merely in civil mutters, but equal 1 you in general advancement. Yoi State must take such a course; but tl State cannot do it alone, lt must I done by your churches. And I co; fess I have been looking to you--' the old Presbyterian Church- -as tal ing the initiative in this matter. Y< have an influence, and ought to hav '"I must say I would likooxeessiv ly to see the North and South close ! united in this work; for the North say we have spent all this fur : i sake of the black mau: and let ; I South say we are friends of the bis niau. And I would like to tl I union consummated betw< < ti Cur I tian men North and South, for th er . believe you would be brought mo I closely together in the work tu whi ! I trust you will devote yonrselv< ' and yon will have the best wishes the 1).-st men in Europe." - - '?'.iv on Colton. li is not possible to conceive si mi : sure more clearly in conflict with t spirit of the Constitution, with ji '. tice, fair dealing and amicable re ' tions, than is the tax on cotton. The Constitution, section 8, chu 1, says: "All duties, imposts a excises shall be uniform through, i tho United States. '' Section says: "No tux or dt I shall bo laid ?ni articles exported fr? I any State." "No preferences shall be given any r?gulation of commerce or re nne to the ports of one State o j those of another." Tiie tax on cotton and toi.acc.J ' in flagrant violation of the spirit these provisions of the Constitute and is "sectional" in the worst sp , of that crime, and could not fo moment stand the test before ' honest and intelligent judiciary. ; For illustration, if the quest ? hud arisen in the Convention, us j whether it was intended the Con tution should authorize one sect to tax au article produced solely another section, t:>> one. doubt would have been unanimously re dinted, us la ing in deadly con! with thc provision for uniform,ec taxation throughout the country tho eighth section, above quoted. I the present instance, it. is atteu with that extremest aggravation, u representation of the parties ta: r.iul tho confiscation of labor. Nothing can b:- clearer than 1 ; the meaning of the Constitution I that the products of property ofe> section shall bo equally taxed, li the cotton and tobacco of the Soi 1 an equivalent tux hud been laid ti ; tho buy. cereals ami manufacture tho North, it would have hud s< show of justice, sonni pretence tr in accordance with the spirit of ' ( '< nstitntion and the clearest just It is a bill of abominations, ri i deserving a veto, and it is to be he ! clio tux will resisted to thc n most extent td' the law. Such 1< lation is the essence of a vindi< ? despotism und grossly ignorant sb manship. it hos no element of tico or of sound policy, for, v ! robbing the planters, it tends [ ously to diminish production, thus, incidentally, to do great ii to the trude of "tho North. It I wrong, calling for condemnation j both sections. Xeir York A- irs. Judge Ly m-h Represented Icy a X?-w Vork Cavalry Regiment. The Yietoria(Texas) Advocate gives the following particulars of a shame? ful atrocity that happened in that beautiful little town on tho 23d ult. : On Wednesday afternoon, 23d ult., Col. Hill and ii man named Black wero in "Thc Smile" saloon, when an altercation took place between them, resulting in an offensive move? ment on tho part of Black, with a heavy stone pitcher,, against Col. Hill, who immediately drew a Derrin? ger pistol and shot Black. The ball took effect in his breast, and he died shortly afterward. Col. Hill was immediately arrested by Capt. Spalding, commander of the post, who happened to be in the neighborhood, and conveyed to jail. Tho 3d Michigan and 18th Now York Cavalry were encamped in town, and became very much enraged at the killing of Black, whom they claimed as a soldier, but who, in fact, was a citizen, having been mustered out of tho United States service over six months ago, and had been em? ployed in the duties of a civilian. At all events, this served as an excuse for thc atrocity afterwurJs inflicted. Late in tho afternoou, it became known that the soldiers intended to break open the prison, take out Col. Hill and hang him; but it was sup? posed that tuc officers of the r?gi-1 monts would exert their influence to j suppress their intended outrage. Un? happily, they could not or did not | control their men, and one of the most brutal deeds took place that was ! ever committed in our Stat*1. ! About dark, tho streets appeared to be free of soldiers, and some hope ; was entertained that the design attri buted to them had beer, abandoned. Not so, however; for shortly after our citizens were alarmed hythe yells of tho furious wretches, and felt in stinctively that Col. Hill's moments were numbered. It proved to be so; ? for ou going to the spot, it was found that they had burst open tho jail i door, killed Col. Hill with an axe, and afterward hung his mutilated remains to the bannisters outside the jail. It is said that Col. Hill, on the door being burst open, jumped into the midst of his enemies, knife in hand, and sold his life dearly. In the short fight, he was struck with an axe in i the neck, and thus yielded bis life. Col. Hill was an ?dd and well known citizen of Texas, and leaves a : wife and interesting family to mourn ? thc sad event which has so suddenly i bereaved them of a husband and fa? ther. IN A BAD WAY.-The Orangeburg Times says: i Skinner is gone, and the school ? marms aro gone, and we are "left done in our glory." Who is to ma? nage the vagabond sons nf Africa ; now? There is no Provost Court at present, and our farmers and planters are left without any redress for griev? ances committed by freedmen. It is true that if a colored person commits a misdemeanor or felony, under the recent orders from Gen. Sickles, he j can be arrested with a magistrate's warrant and committed for trial at the I Court of General Sessions. But if a j freedman breaks his contract, insults I you in the street, or steals all your i watermelons and vegetables, you must either take tho law into your own hands, or quietly submit with a stoical indifference which would have reflected credit upon old Socrates, Cato, or, earlier still, Job, when he was told that his crops had all failed and his cattle had been stolen, j This matter is becoming serious, j We have no jail, and only a small de j tachment of United States troops at ! this place-entirely too few to be of j any service in such a large District in ? regulating tho Bureau children. j TUE STATUS OF TEXAS.-A corres ! pondent, writing from Washington, ! says: Gov. Throckmorton will not I assume thc duties of Governor of I Texas till the State has been recog j nized as restored to all its civil fnnc I tions and the Provisional Governor I withdraws. The impression here is j that Gov. Hamilton will not return to ; that State; in which event, it is bo ; lioved the civil authorities just elected ! will bo authorized to proceed with ! their duties, and a proclamation be issued announcing tho restoration of tho State complete. The London Times again indulges in some complimentary remarks upon the visit of the United Siates monitor Miantonomoh to England, and says that in allowing this vessel to visit England at the present moment, the Government of President Johnson i has conferred a service only second I a>y to that so frankly rendered in the ? recent suppression of the miserable I Fenian demonstration on the shores of the Canadian lakes. We understand that Secretary Seward has written a letter in reply to the invitation to attend tho love i feast which takes place at Philndel . phia on the 14th of August. Of j course the sanguine secretary en ? dorses the convention. How could he j do otherwise? - Washington Chronicle. INDUSTRIAL CONVENTION. -The New : Orleans Commercial suggests that a , Convention of the North-western and Southern States be held in New Or? leans, at an carly day, to interchange views on inland trado and commerce with tho South seas and with Erropo. Lindsey, thc murderer of his child, the Rochester Union says, has been a very ardent radical. lion. J. H. Reagan, late Confede rato Postmaster-General, was mar? ried on the 31st; ult., to Mi?? Mollie F. Taylor, of Anderson Oonntv. Texas. The English Board of Trade re? turns for May show the value of th?* exports for the month to have been ?15,870,000, against ?13,194,000 feu May, 1865. H. J. R. was obliged to say yes or no at the Republican cancus. He was present, and so couldn't pair off with himself. M. Doolady lias in press "Thu Lives of Jefferson Uavis and 'Stone? wall' Jackson," by a South Caro? linian. Gen. Steedman states that the Bu? reau in Texas has been and is well conducted, and requires no further investigation. Ex-President Fillmore and wife have returned home from their European tour. SHIP NEWS. PORT OF CHARLESTON. JULY 18. AKtt:VED YESTERDAY. Steamship Quaker City, Weat, New York. Brig Josie A. Devereaux, Clark, Boston. WENT TO SEA YESTERDAY. Sehr. Wenonah, Salford, Baltimore. CP FOR CHARLESTON. Bark (ion. W. T. Sherman, Rna?, at Phila? delphia, July 14. Funeral Invitation. Tlie relatives, friends and acquaintances of Dr. and Mrs. J. J. MeCants, are respect? fully invited to attend the funeral of their eldest son, JOHN Li:WIS, at their resi? dence on Upper street, head of Assembly, THIS MORNING, at t) o'clock. Funeral Invitation. The friends and acquaintances ot Mr. Jacob la vin, and his son SAMUEL, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of the remains of the latter, THIS AFTER? NOON, at 6 o'clock, from the South Caro? lina Ri broad Depot. Tribute of Respect. At a regular meeting of Palmetto Lodge No. 5,1. O. O. F., held on the 13th day of July, 186I?, at the Odd Fellows' School House, in C '.nmbia, the following pream? ble and resolutions were unanimously adopted and ordered for publication: j Through the providence of Him whose I ways are not as our ways, and whose j thoughts are not as our thoughts, Brother Past Grand GEORGE S. BOWER, one of tho pillars of Palmetto Lodge, has been called from the scene of his usefulness amnug us. He departed this life on tbs morning of the 7th of July, 1866, after a protracted illness, which he bore with that patience and resignation which character ? ized his v hole life. Death is at all times j sad; but when the useful and honored aie j called to "pass through the dark valley and I1 shadow of death," sorrow and sadness aro increased. Brother Bower connected him? self with this Lodge a short time after its institution in this city, and he spent th? j remainder of h?8 days in practicing the ! principles ol' thc Order -Friendship, Love j and Truth. Though modest and unassum I ing in his manners, he was never back j ward when called to the performance of ? any duty which had for its object the good of the Order or the amelioration of tho ; condition of his fellow-man; and it was in ' tho performance ?>.' his duties as an Odd j Fellow that this virtue shone the brigitt j est. The principles which he learned tn ? the Lodge Room, h? retired to practice out I of it. Few men have acted their part iu j the great drama of life and gone to their I reward, leaving a brighter record behind i them; and the vacuum thus created wiil be I difficult to till. I "Thus star by otar declines. ! Till all are "passed away ! As morning high and higher shines, j To pure and perfect day; 1 Nor sink those stars in emptv night, i But ludo themselves in ifeaven's puru I light." : brother Bower was a man of great en? ergy, sound judgment and unswerving honesty; attentive to his business and up? right in his dealings with bis fellow-man. Ho was honored and respected hy the Lodge when living, and henceforth, when his'name is mentioned, it will be in praise of his virtues. Bc it, therefore, Resolved, That while we bow in humble submission to the will of Him who "doeth all things well," we mourn the demise of our respected brother, and will keep his memory green in our hearts, i Resolved, That we tender to the bereaved family our heart-felt sympathy with them in this their great affliction. ! Resolved, That, as a token of respect to I the memory of our deceased brother, the ' members of this Lodge wear the usual I badge of mourning for the space of thirty 1 dava. j Resolved, That a blank page in our re? cord book be dedicated to Ids memory, ' and that the Secretary be instructed to furnish thu family with a copy of the pre? amble and resolutions. F. W. PAPE, Secretary. Shiver & Beckham RECEIVED THIS DAV ! 1 DOZ. 31-inch SARATOGA [TRUNKS. 2 doz. VALISES >3 doz. CARPET BAGS. .luir ?9 S. T. McCAUCrHRIN & CO, COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS IN Family <.jri*oeei*ie? ? ARE now open-^-??^ ing a select stock of GROCERIES, 'consisting in ipart of : FLOUR, BACON, LARD, HAMS, MOLASSES, &c. I All of which will be sold LOW for CASH Main street, near Taylor, J rd v 10 C Columbia, S. r.