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CX)LUMBI?_ _,_i ii Tuesday Morning, August A\% 1866. TU o Kinar..ial l>rospi'?(. Notwithstanding our pqlitical trou bl??t. ?io briT _t_te_??i? V- uabUsh from tima to time, issued frona 'the Treasury Department, are quite en? couraging. Fron? one of the most recent o? these bulletius, we loam that tho national debt has been ro diro??3l_*ttt*7 ?ie year ending-the lat iust., -to aa amount nearly of #125? 090,000. " And alter all this has boen done, there is still left in tho Trea? sury, according, to tho report nf tho Secretary, she sum of 137,317,332. These are highly encouraging figu.es, and dispel any apprehension with regard to any." disaster arising freon tho largo amount, ol tho debt of the Goverumcut. Hud it not been for radical legislation,, "reckless, as it was, bofe? poUfcieally and financially, this favorable exhibit would have been still stronger than it even now is." With the restoration of all the State?, and the consequent prosperity of such action, with the overthrow of j tb? radicals, and their reckless extra- j vagance, aud under the wise manage ment of such a practical and clear- ? headed financier aa the bead of the department, Secretary MeCulloch, there need uot be any fear of any depreciation in Government securi? ties, or the decline of tho nation's I credit, in any stock market in the' world. The Reported Cholera in New York, j As many of our merchants and j others are deterred from goiug to New j York by tho exaggerated reports of the prevalence of cholera in that city, ? we"deem it our duty to publish tho I following letter, from Dr. Chapman, j which appears iu the Journal if Com- \ meres: SATTJBDAY, August 4, 18G(>. ; DEAP. SIR: Your article in paper ! Of August 3, headed "Money Mar- j feet," whereiu you refer to the exist- j ence of cholera in our midst, is so expressive, generally, of the opinion ! of a majority of physicians, that I deem it no more than justice to state that, if such an article bad riot ap? peared in your columns, you would have been requested shortly to publish ! a protest, gotteu up by tho faculty exclusive of the gentlemen connected] with the Sanitary Department, deny-1 rug the existence of Asiatic cholera, j either in New York or Brooklyn. I Would it not be well, therefore," to ? keep said article before the public? JNO. S. CHAPMAN, M. D., 13 W. 20th street. From LouUlana. The Winnsboro Neus copies a let? ter from Mr. W. E. Adger, formerly of Fairfield District, dated Bossier Parish, July 23. We extract the fol? lowing paragraphs: "Our crop will bo light, this year. On the hills, the crops look very well, but Bullering for ruin at this time; ' but not more than one-half of the ; lands are planted this year. T^ic crops on the river look badly, except on some small patches that were not i overflowed. On a great many places ?rhere they have made two bales to \ the acre, they will uot make one bale to five acres, aud on somb places uot ono bale to twenty-five acres. Nearly all the corn was killed by the over How. Some planted after the water went oIT, but the cut worm eat nearly all of it. I hear that thc caterpillar j and boll worm have commenced on | the cotton, but! have not seen any ; yet; but they are almost sure to come | this year. My crop looks well. I did not have more than eight aeres destroyed by the overflow, but it has been a hard bisk for me to keep tho ! weeds and grass down. Tho freed- j men do not hurt themselves working, and 1 am afraid they will not work ! much more. On tome places, I learn, they have stopped work, when they i aro getting a part of it. They say j the crop is made. "If I can make a living nt any? thing else, I don't think 1 will try the free negroes again, although t ought not to complain of my crop, U3 it is so much better than a great many others. If 1 can save my crop, 1 think I will make eight or ten bales to the hand." EXACTLY HIGHT.-Mr. Gorman, the lato Postmaster of tho Senate, was summarily dismissed from that office by tho radicals, because lie favored the President's policy. We arc glad to eeo that the Presidont has appoint? ed him a Collector o? the Internal llevenuo in Maryland, of which State he ?J a native. Tho dismissal from a petty office of a faithful and compe? tent employee, because he differed from bis employers on political ques? tions, is worthy of radical meanness; but as this is a game two can play at, we aro of opinion that tho President will not bo much worsted. Tin? FrccdMMi'i B?r??m. Gen??als gtoednia? and* Fnllertota baveftt length mail? their report ?? the wotking of this institution^ Tkjs report, is long and vnry interesting, giving ?f?ll account of the inspection made in the States of Ooorgia, Ala? bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. "We condense extracts-from the report: ^ A great' reduction in tho expenses of tho Boxean, und a reform which would render it fur less objectionable than, ft is now, would be effected by the discontinuance of ail paid em? ployees not in the military service pf thc Government This would rcdnee the oxpen3CS for dorks, contract .sur? geons, hospital steward*, Ac, the following amounts: Georgia, $84,581 per aiiniun; Alabama, $33,312; Mis? sissippi, ?30,270; Lmrisianat ?55,?84; .Texas, $10,8y">-making a toto* of ^165,052 lier annum. . AH tlie labor performed by.these employees, except; perhaps, thc oo-c casional seryicos of a contract sur? geon, might be discharged by details from thc troops. lu previous reports we liavo recommended tho merging of the duties of the Bureau and the niflitery. We would again respect? fully urge this amalgamation, and that one ?et of officers should bo re? quired to perform thc joint dutie3, thus avoiding the expense of main? taining two establishments. Tho Bureau ia Georgia, under the management of the present able and efficient assistant commissioner, Bro v*et Major-General Tilson, has been j honestly administered, nud lins ac- ? compUshcd all the good of which tho system is capable. It has been as? sisted by tho Governor, the Judges of tho Supreme Court, by the civil authorities, and to some extent by ! the citizens. The amended laws of Georgia, are fully as liberal as those of any Northern State, and place thc negro in all respects on a perfect equality with the white man as to his civil rights. AL.AH.VMA.-In this Statte, Major General Swayne, the assistant com? missioner, has pursued a discreet ?ind enlightened policy in administering tho affairs of thc Bureau, laboring on 1 all occasions to secure the co-opera? tion of tlie civil authorities, and to obtain from the judicial machinery of the State a recognition of the rights ! essential to the security and well? being of tho freed people. This po- j licy of General Swayne hits produced | a much moro kindly feeling towards I tho Bureau than exists where its j agents have assumed to exercise judi? cial powers. Though the administration at head? quarters has been satisfactory, sub? ordinate agents have been guilty of considerable irregularities. Tho names of several engaged in planting aro given. MISSISSIPPI.-Tho control of the freedmen's affairs iu this State is in tho hands of Major-General Wood. With thc exception of some localities, the negroes are workingindnstrionsly, and as a rule aro kindly treated and doing well. In this, as in others we have visited, the ollicers of the Bu? reau formerly imposed and collected tines, and many kept no records. We found a marked instance of this kind at Grenada, where a former agent of the Bureau, Chaplain Livermore, did a thriving business in the way of col- j lecting fines, selling rations and Go- ! vernment horses and mules. This officer seems not only to have collect- j ed hues ranging from fifty cents to i five dollars from the freedmen for marrying them, but also attempted to exact fees from resident white mi? nisters for giving them permission to marry freedmen. In eases where tho negroes were unable to pay thc sum demanded of them for approving their contracts or marrying them, tho Chaplain Wied on their personal property, in one caso seizing a negro's empty wallet and jack knife for a balance of fifty cents. This close driving is proba? bly to bc accounted for by tho fact ! that Chaplain Livermore openly ex-1 pressed Iiis intention to return to Illinois with ?10,000 in his pocket. After he had been removed from his post, he offered a military officer $50 for his influence to retain him in his position. Chaplain Livermore left no official papers behind to show the disposition he had made <>f the funds received. A large amount of money was also collected by the first two agents at Columbus, in the shape of fees and fines, and, so far its we could leura, no account was over rendered of it. This class of ollicers have \ lately been mustered ont, or have j disappeared. Under tho present ad I ministration, tho agents exercise no I judicial j lowers. LOUISIANA.-Thu Bureau in thisde ; partment is more in need of rctrench ? ment and reform than in any other ! State wc have visited. More* money ! has been collected, and more money has been squandered in Louisiana than in any other three Southern , States. The expenses of tho Bureau, as accounted for for tho liscid year ending iii?? 1st of June, 1866, were j over $300,000. To meet this expen? diture there were collected in taxes and rents the following amounts: ! For school purposes ...... .$96,387 3C From rent-. 02.431 00 ! From poll-tax . 40,05? ll From Corps d'Afrique tax. ..23,000 00 From fines. . 673 10 Total .$253,448 -17 j Leaving a deficit of 860,057.33 to j be paid out of the national treasury. 1 These expenses are in addition to tho transportation, ra t? ohs. and qnarter aiaStor's supplies furnished by the Government. It is difficult to d?ter? rai ue to what use the vast amount of property held by the Bureau hos beeu applied. At the very lowest es? timate, the property taken possession of as confiscated or abandoned amounted in value .to $10,000,000, and the rents returned as above n^eu tioned ore less than one per cent, on the entire value. The expon ditnro of the Bureau, ?under the present administration, for agents,-civilian clerks and emiployees i ?bout its headquarters alone, amount to not less than t?i0,236 a year, ex? clusive of the *pny of staff-officers and orderlies in tho military service. i , A large proportion of tho mouey expended on the- freedmen schools, j nuder the administration of thoBov. T. W. Conway, the late assistant com? missioner, Wo are satisfied wa? squan? dered. Mr. Matthew Whilden, for? merly chief derk in the-school de? partment-in evidence -bofore us \ stated that in September, 18(35, Capt. Pease, the school superintendent, re? ported officrarly that thora wire forty schools in operation and in a flour? ishing condition, when, in, fact, there: Were but two. . From' the sworn testimony it viii be seen tba* Capt. Morse, appointed i provost-marshal of the Bureau b\ ! Mr. Conwav', made the provost-mar ? shal's office a slav? pen, arresting I freedmen and selling them to plan ' ters at $5 a bead, and- bim ring tin proceeds with- his spt oiaj p?hoemet i who made the arrests. This officei I further collected a large amount o, \ money from freedmen and white per flous arrested by him for various., of fences, and hf? books only show re ceints from this source amounting U $675.-10. ' The Bureen ia cultivating a large plantation in this Statv, for which i pays $10,000 or* $15,000 a year-a rout. Wc eau scar oe! y imagine th excuse for renting land on account o j the United States, when the. Govern j nient, through each Congres?, i j giving away millions of acres o I public laud*-; to corporations. "CcXAH--E?CU Aaaxr AN A-BSOnUTJ MojrABriL-A? the Bureau agents ii Texas exercise judicial powers ii both civil and cnminal cases, and ii 1 the discharge of these arbitrary an< dangerous functions, frequently ST rest and imprison respectable citizen upon mere rumor. Ton of the thirty-five agents ii this State aro citizen-planters. . On of them, Col. MoConuaghe, agent ii Thornton County, was formerly Colonel in tho rebel army, and WH appointed an agent <?f tho Bureau fi. Gen. Gregory, then assistant com missioner for the State, while still itu pardoned. So fur as we saw, or were utile t get information in Texas, the freed men were working well and the crop were promising. The wages paid all the payments being made i specie-were better than in airy othc department. ScM?iAitY.-lu pursuing this in ve.? ligation, which luis how extended ovi four months, wo have found extrem difficulty in complying with that poi tion of oui* instructions which r< quires us to report upon tho open tions of the Bureau und its mode < administration. Tho Bureau has n settled mode of administration There is an entire absence of systci OK uniformity in it.-, coustitutioi In one State, its officers exercise ji dicial powers; in an adjoining Statt ali cases aro referred to civil author tics; whi'e in a third State, tho Jit reuu ofi.cers collect the cases an tarn them over to tho military pr< vost coutts to dispose of. Tn som departments, tho officers ni thc. Bi rcau have attempted to regulate th rate of wages; one form <>f contra? between employer and employed prescribed iu one State, while in ui i other., a different form Ls adopted. I ? Louisiana, the expenses of the free? i men's sehoobrhave been wholly pai by the Government; in the otbi States, the schools are partially sci supporting, and in Jexas they ai entirely so. In some localities, tl Bureau officers interfer?1 arbitrar! between thc planter and tlie free? men in favor of tho freedmen; i other localities, the Bureau is used i a means of coercing tho freedmen j favor of the planter. The expeuii i ture of the Bureau varies as much ; its mode of administration. In oi State, the expenses are over c300,0l ja year; in another State, with ; I equal population, the expenses :i j not more than ?50,000. lu son j State-., tho expenses have been m j by taxes levied on and collected fro I the people; in other States, the ci j is entirely borne by the United Stat Tr? usury. The official report of Col. Ken United States Army. Provost Mi shal-General of the Bureau of Loni ana, shows a deficit of upwards 87,000 in the accounts <>f the ofBet . who wer.? engaged in tho collecti; j ?d' taxes in New Orleans, which dell '('ol. Keno says he is unable tot ? plain, in consequence of the lo?i I manner in which tho books w< : kept. j We ar?* of tho opinion, that al t i close of tho war, an?l for some til j after the cessation bf hostilities, t \ Freedmen's Bureau did good. T ; people of the South, having at ii no faith in the negroes working un? I a free hthor system, were desirous getting rid of them, and ?luring t summer of 18G5, judicious Bun and military officers did much ward restoring order and harmoi and inducing the people of the Soi ?y m????????mm?mtmmmim to reattme the cultist ion ol their plantations by em ploying the freed", men. Before the close of 18?5, there was an entire revolution in the senti? ments of. the people of the South with regard to' the negro labor. A feeling ol kindness sprang np. to? wards tho freedmen, resulting, per hnps,' mainly from the conviction that his labor was desirable, profit? able and the only labor to be had. - The necessity of the Bureau then ceased. Since then, while it has boen beneficial in some localities, it lias been productive, in the aggre? gate, pf more harm than.good. It has occasioned and will perpetuate dis?-Did as long as it exists, though admin isle red-by tho purest, and wisest I men of the nation. The freedmen j regard its presence aa evidence that j they would be unsafe without it, and I the white'ppople consider it an inipu j tntioujapon their integrity and fair? ness] an espionage ripon tho official I action of nil their courts end magis [ trates, as well as upon -the primate eondffot of their citizens. Both races are-thus made suspicious and bitten* by an agency which, in the present re-organized condition of eivU go? vernment and society in the South? ern Stab's, is powerless to advance the interests of either. Inte?-?"?tinJJ to Frteilmca. We find the following letter from the Financial Secretary of tho Ame? rican Cutinization Society published j in our Georgia exchanges. In con? nection with it, we copy the following I commente of.the Augusta Chronicle j (Tiul Scutttul: Many of the colored people are iu: spiiod with a laudable ambition to ? ri1*? in th?- ?i Miial scale above the gene ; rid degradation of their race.: It ia 1 very evident that, no matter how ? many civil rights bills ami declara j rations of eqnati ty cumber our statute . book.-", tho white race is bound to bc the governing class. It is so iu New Kugland, where most of the pestilent champions of equality originate, and it luis been so from the time Noah entered tho ark, wherever tho whit? md black races come in contact. It is act birauge, therefore, that th< I colored people, who wish to have i j fair and opeu held in thc race of ad I vanceme.nt, should seek thu laud o ! the black man, where ail'tho avenue: of advancement are open, and when j there can be no jostling of races ' The history of Liberian progress, i is true, is not ol the most ohecrinj ! character, lt, is much fairer, how ! ever, than the history ol' those looali ? ties where thc colored people havi I sought political power in eoauectioi j with the white race. j The only place in history whore til j colored mau, as a rnce. has made pro gress in the scale of civilization, hu i been ia the condition of servitude ! The voice of civilization and pidiar. I thropy (so-called) haye torn him froi that congenial and happj* sphere, an i inspired bira with restless longing i tor a condition of equality which : j incompatible with tho structure < I our society-abhorrent to reason au repugnant to nat ire. It is bette tlu-r?.bue. that those who aspire t rise above a condition of dependence should bo colonized and remove ; from tho disturbing influences whir ! attend their present condition, lt for these reasons that wc common I the circular of the Colonization S j ci" ty to the attention of all freed rm j who have imbibed the teachings i j e.pi.ii itv wiiieh have obtained sm j mischievous currency among them: ( JOLI >N I/.ATloN 1 iO( ?MS, j WASHINGTON, I). C., Aug. 0, lstin. MY DK.U; Sm: lu your paper of ! lat?: date, you mention that many the colored people in your State a ; agitating the question of going : Liberia, and you want to know whe ' are thu ??gents of tho Colonizatii j Society, lt is true, wc have no age ! at present, in your State, but we ha ; not been i>H". We have written many, and have bent copies of t \ African Repository, and of our li ! annual report niel of various tra? I and si.ort urti des to thousands 1 your Stat '. Y* o have had ninny li . toys from persons in Macon mid Sparta; and wc have promised 1 have a ship ready at Savannah t 1st November, to take one bundi people from each place, and abc fifty t > seventy-five from Newbei District, South Carolina, and , promise them a ire?' passage, to ) . beria, -and ?ix months support the I And wc an- prepared to promise 1 'sanie toas many worthy people will bo ivadv to sail hy thc 1st Mi lsi .7. Wo shall be happy to have j state ihose facts in your paper, a say to any who warft to go this t i or "next spring, that if they will ! form us, wc will afford them all formation and ? very facility in i power. 1 st ml you herewith specimens the tracts wc are circulating ami tilt- colored people. You may t' in tin m material for a paragraph t will 'lo good. Wc will si ntl you the Rcposit I regularly, it you desire it. that j . may sec A hnt is g"ing on in t clime. W. McLAIN, Financial Secretary A. C. S ,r. T. ll ?yd, of Beaver, Pu., found in Iii-, garden a gold c< nearlv an ounce, nial bearing dat? 1). 529. it s an old coin. Fort 1 Intosh once occupied tho spot wi it was discovered, and it was pr? din curried th ?Ve by sonic of the Bri i olBcers when they occupied the f i mi'. .im i wmm mm trrom Cur ?fie. W?J give below " tho speeoJl - in foll delivered by "King William at tho opening of the Prussian Chambers, at Berlin, -on the Gtk instant: .The King in poraph opened the Prussian Chambers yesterday, (Mon? day, Augwst G.) The members rose on his entry and cheered for him and his victories. Count Stolberg was elected Presi? dent of the Upper House. The following is the King's speech I in fall: Illustrious* 2foblt aud Louai. (Jcrdlenum.. rf Both Bouges of ike Diet Now thai I ?ec assembled around me the representatives of the coun? try, nay heart impel? tue to express first of all from this*, place my own and ray people's thanks for God's gracious goodness, which has assisted Prussia amidst the beary but success? ful sacrifi?es, not only ia averting from onr frontiers tho dangers of hostilities, but in enabling the armies of the country, by a rapid victory, to add fresh laurels to its inherited fame and smooth course for the national development of Germany, accompa? nied by the visible blessings of God. The part of the na ti rm capable of bearing arms enthusiastically obeyed the summons to the sacred struggle for the independence nf the Father? land. Our heroic army, Tropperted by a few faithful n'Hes. advanced from success to sucrose, from victory i u the Bast as in thc. West, linen precious blood hos been shed. Tho country mourns the ross of many brave mea, who died heroes iu tho flush of triumph, until our. standard waved along a line .extending from the Carpathian Mountain-; to the Rhin?. ?t will be for the trovernmeut and representatives of the people, in United co-operation, to bring to ma? turity tl>e fruit that must be gathered from this sanguinary seed, to prevent its having been scattered in vain. Loyal gentlemen of both Houses ol the Diet, my Government is ?hie te look with satistaction u poo thelman cia! position of tim State. Careful foresight and conscientious coonama have placed us in a position-kojOV*?r come tlie great financial dif?k-nliie? which have resulted as a natural cou sequence from the circumstances o the present time. Although materia outlay -baa- been' imposed upon th? treasury during recent -years by ti* war in Denmark, it has been fount possible to meet the expenses hitherto iucurred in the present war from th' State revenue ahd-existing balances without imposing any other b?rde: apon tho country thoa that-ef fur nishing the supplies iu kind for wa purposes that it is bound to suppb, by law. I hope and am assured that the fm ther moans required for the succes? ful termination of thc War and th payment for the supplies in kim] while maintaining oidor anti soeurit in finance, will be readily granted t you. No agreement with tue reyr? tentatives could l>e effected as to .settlement of the budget during tb last few years. The State outlay ii curred during this period is, thor fore, destitute of that legal basi which 1 again acknowledge, au which the budget uloue can read The ninety-ninth article of the Coi stitution ordains that tho budget annually to be agreed upon b?twe< my Government and the two Hons of the Diet Although my Cover: mentabas, nevertheless, carried ou budget, for several years, without tl legal basis, this has only been doi after conscientious examination ai with thc conviction, in accordau with the Diet, that the conduct the Administration, the fulfillment legal obligations towards the pub! creditors and officials, and the mai tenance of the army and the Stn establishment, were questions vit to the existence of tim State; ai that the course adopted, therefoi became one of those inevitable r cessities which, in interest for t country as the Government, we nu not hesitate to adopt. I trust that t recent events will in so far contribt to justify our having carried on t administration without a law re?. tating the application which will made to the representatives, and w readily bc granted to my ( rovernmei and the hitherto existing conflict therewith finally and the more curely brought to a conclusion. As may be expected, the politi position of tho fatherland will n admit of an extension of tho front of the Statt; and the establishment a United Federal army. This uri will be under Prussian Icadersh and the costs will be borne in e?ji proportions by all members of t Confederation. The bills required this respect for the convocation o popular representative Federal St will be laid before tho Diet with* delay. Gentlemen, you know well that 1 entire fatherland feels the high i portaneo of tho movement wh brings mo once more among y< May Providence bless Prussia as p ciously in the future as He has v hly blessed it in tho immediate p; May God grant it! BRIDE OF AS Horn.- -The Pen cola Observer publishes the marri in that city, on the 26th of July, Capt. Pangborn, Paymaster liii States Army, to Miss Mary E. gram. On Tuesday, the 31st, Ct Pangbom's funeral service was j formed in the same city. He diet 2'.? o'clock on the morning of 30th. BUU?KS io? H*$E ia ?taTirric*:.-Le t? ter? of Administration, "Declaration Bond ox Sealed Ko te, Mortgage* aud Con? veyance* of ItoaW?st?*^ - We have been requested by H. D. Hean, ??q., Secretary, to stabi that tho p?rys in th* new Washington Street Chapel wtfi b? rem od uu WfciUi .-setay afUrnoi/w, 15th iua?., at 5 o'clock p. m. ""FRX &uufiTXr; *r>r COXFaflHA. - AU nj'r estiag account ol W20 "Sack and Detjtruc ?V111 of Clia City vt Columbia, s. i.'.," bu? Just been issnod, tn paurphl*** -torn/, i rom th? Phnmlr power prc*"*. < : dei* filled tc? any extent. Singlo ?opies ri??euts. - . --^-y-^.-..*-.-^^ . To TRAYET.KTtS TO ASDtTOKTB? ??oaTH. .Attention itt hivitwd "io the advertisement of S. L. Fremont, Eecp", agent <of the Wil? mington and.W^ldo^liailroarl. i"*assengers over Lliis route irftl fiud comfortable c^rs. and everything m the'-hest condition. Au th?? cr??t ffontbern tn ail Ls carried over thin route, sure connections may be relied un- - ?. __ " - DEDICATION op THE WAflHrNorosr Sruo*r 5fcTnoni.sr CtiAprx. -This building (which occupies thc hite of the neat two-?tory lec? ture room, burnt -?ut tho trver-memoralde 17th of February,) is a 'compact, plain' structure, capable of scating tully :k)0 per? sons, and was erected by coatributions from citizens of the State generally. "Every available ?ootof room ira* taken up on the occasion of thc dedication. The services wtrc opened with an an? them by tho choir. After which a hymn was sung, the whole congregation uniting: KTioceedcd by an eloquent- prayer- by Kev. N". Talley. Rev. E. G. Gage read a Sorip ture lesaon, and llcv. \Viu. T. Capers, Ibo pastor, delivered .an elorpacnt discourse from the text-^hich, bj- tim way, i ? tia? inscription on thc front of the chapel-" "For mino lion?? shall be called an house of prayer f<>? all people.*' At tin.- cenc?o? sion of tb? atoraron, Wm. Martin dedicated the cEapcl to thc: Worship of Go?L 'Plie ? hoir snug another hymn, and the Rev. N. Talley c?ncln**lod ti?: Service?. * SoMtmivn NKW.--Wu kave becu sa?wn a North Carolina invention, called 'The Watch Dog, or bleeping Man's Protector" an iroTvbox. nearly sonare, wefghhig six? teen pen uti*, contain mg a gun or ?mali cannon, and so arrangw? by wires that it will explode r.t a alight touch. The ram? mer of the gun in u.*.-J as a lever to raise the strong spring, widda, when eet, maybe released and thrown upon a percussion r-ap, which discharged the gun, by the touching of strings tb at arc attached b? four, wires, and may be extended to any distance. The noise of tho explodion -viii itself startle a thief, to say nothing of Lae shot from the gun. This invention is by Mr. II. C, Heptinstall, of Halifax County, N. C It may bc used in stores, smoke? houses, Corn-,.-ribs, Laius, orchards, and, indeed, in any situation. The agent, Mr. John Collins, in now in tlii.i city, for the purpose of disposing of machines. They can be examined at the store of Messrs. Levin ? I'eixotto. corner ot' Assembly and blain stacets. At a church meeting of the congregation of tho Washington Street Methodist Church, on Sunday, August ll, the fol? lowing preamble ami resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, when the congregate nof the Washington Street Church had been de? prived of a place of worship, and were scat? tered about as sheep having no fold, thc Baptist congregation opened tho doors of their church to their af?hetod and desii tute brethren, and afforded them a shelter in tin ir time of sore need; Resolved, Tleit we, the congregation of the Washington Street Church, do tender our u;"st profound and cordial thanks to our brethren of the Baptist Church, for the use of their house of worship, for many mont tis past, and for the unvarying Chris? tian courtesy and brotherly kindness ex ten.led to us by them. Resoled, That we earnestly trust that tho spirit of fraternal intercourse thus engendered between these two sister churches may he constantly cherished by tho members of tho same; and that, for? getting tho distinction's of sect, we may continually work together in love for th? glory of our common Lord and Master. Resolved, That a copy of these resolu? tions be transmitted to the pastor of tho Baptist Church, and also that they bo pub? lished in thc daily papers of the city. NKW AnvKBTlSKME> rs. - Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, which are published this morning for the lirst time: Fisher A Lowrance-Fresh Arrivals. '" The Walch Doc," at Levin A Peixotto's. Wm. A. Lay - Valuable Real Estate. Edward Sill - Turnip Seed. S. !.. fremont-Notice to Travelers. Dr. G. IL Miot-Turnip Seed. Apply at lids Office-Spectacles Lost. City of Columbia Notice. ("IIAKLESTON".-The Courin- states that Officers Hendricks and Chapman have made a haul on a large lot of valuable glassware, which had been stolen from a King street store. Collector Mackey has seized thc llritish bark Shaw, from Havana, and imprisoned thc captain, on a charge of smuggling. A difficulty occurred, on Saturday night Inst, at the Wost Point Rice Mill, between thc watchman, assisted hy tho superintendent, nnd several freedmen, in which the former was considerably injured. Thc New York World says iis re? porter has ascertained that in that city, there aro 150 whiskey stills kepi in constant operation, which supply, on au average-, 7,5'>0 barrels daily, and duty is not paid on more than 5U0 barrels, if upon so much. So the Government is swindled out or ?14,000 daily, cr nearly $6,000,00(1 annually.