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COLUMBIA-, S. C. Thu rs lay Coming, June 1, 1871.' " Nsw IJoparttt t ea. Qhio is blnased.'a&vs'th?'New Orleans Times,with a plethora or cursed with an cmbavass desri?fie?es ? ot political m?? nagera and platform ists. Espeoial?y i? the Democratic.'party ?hj?* -favored er burdened. . There-*re Beveral very ?tal* wart and jpflaeutial chieftains of the party, who periodically, during ,court vao?tiooi emerge from their dusky law offices with brun new platforms for the party. No, not platforms; that ia au ob? solete term. ' Departure is the new word. I? the South-west'{jhis i'lert would bo ex? pressed more forcibly/by tho phrase "dew de?V We think -lue"latter's the better term. Dep?rtate implies striking out a new path, di vorging 'Crom tho 3ld course, abandoning .tho Old liOe'and taking np1 nupther on soipo n?W flbld. .We frankly confess thal there is a groat need of some change in. tho Deuioeratio pinn and strategy." The old pubs have'proved sad failures in all recent'contests.' 11 cannot be questioned thati gehangen, - modifica? tions', so mei new ideas and policies, ara imperatively demanded by theApproB?hi ing exigenoy; but the word Vdepartare" is. too : strongly indicativo of a sudden conversion and total chango of heart and cou duo t to please , the masses of 1 that somewhat ' impracticable j and soi f-3ufn oiont party. . It is. f ino the spoils have long been don i od- to them, ?nd, doubt less, like the weak-kneed o? Israel, they hanger after the flesh pots of Egypt. Bat they are not a)l? in fa at, only a smull portion of them are prepared fco Burren? doo "their tim?-honor?d^principio, their a?brad oardinaHd?aa, Oan?v gulp down at once BO largo ra slice of h amblo pie, OB seenis to be tljo-pu'rposo of porno ?f their impatient chiefs , to force down? their ru.oui.hs. It is-too sudden a thing. Thoy must bo brokeaSin gradually, and given asmo lime to refloat, compare notes and cqun? the costs. ,;Thp now departures, that como to us from Ohio aro documonta that demand a great desi of niss.c^?KidArat?ori and uro found meditation/ Wo have., great re epoot for these Buckeye ohiefs'^bat-have not accepted ''their infallibility os u finality. Here in the Sou tb-'wo have got a long way off from tho old prescribed lines and routes'of party maps'and disci? pline. Our people don't think much of either the parties whioh are beginning to rend the firmament with their partisan ol?mor and cries. They suspect the mo? tives of pooplo who are nlways making new departures . and hatching new schemes, to secure electoral triumphs. What thoy need is a now departure in morels rather than in politics. Wo want ah boxiest and constitutional .Govern? ment, Federar and . State; wa want, a more respectable class of men than those who have bf'lato boen brought forward by both parties. . We . are tired of the old. party bajks, th? speech makers, platform builders, cauous . managers and time-serving trimmers who have SQ long controlled our-politics and Government. Wo are as sick of these ai wo are of tho olass of military upstarts who are foisted 'into high civil positions. A. platform embodying the simple propositions of a return to constitutional-government, to honest administration and tho subordi? nation of the military to the civil power, is all we want in that lino. What is more important than all platforms, but cannot be seonrod through any of thom, is the nomination and election of iive and new men, free from the taiut Of tho recent corruptions and selfish scheming of tbe old parties. If Ohio, or New York, or Pennsylvania, havo any of this new and fresh stock, let them bring them out, and let those veteran organizers of defeat, tho Yallandighams, the Camp? bells, et, als., retire uppn such laurels as they have alrtiady.wroD. and snuff the approaching battles, like Job's horse?, a far- off. - FOUN? THE BIGHT ROAD AT LAST. Washington joarnals state that Governat Scott, of Booth Carolina, represented to the President that no necessity existed, whioh would call forth a proclamation ol martial. law, bot that there was a good state of feeling among the botter classes of citizens, which would be quito suffi . oient to put down the Ku Klux. We congratulate the Governor. Ho hos found the right road at last, through the influence of publio opinion, .instead o? by tho power of tho Winchester rifle aa the beat law. It is a great pity that he did not niako- this discovery sooner. Saoh a policy would have been far better for the popple.ond ipflhitely bettor both forints) Republican party 4 and ?for the Government. N?W we can discern the dawn of a new era for South Carob no. [Augusta Chrpnl?lrantf Sentinel.. Gen. Grant will spend the summer at Long Branoh, in the enjoyment of -that relaxation whioh ho mast so much heed, after having labored solong and, s? as? siduously to promote the welfare of that portion of htabeloved OMtilcp? which is constituted by;himself a,rfd;his family., 1 On Wednesday last, tho poBfciofflcojat Marion waa broken open and robbed. Examinii?urt o? Ka Kin? tri Rorlh Ca A co&espoifientj of' Uhf .N?w YprJ* tfera?u^vritinrfj ?ro^Bath?r^t?b^ C., nn#e* datflof W?jf2? st|pws ?thd; tedi?os progress of -the^lexftmirwioio of Ka Kiux out ruged and the use cf the revenue service as an electioneering machino. After giving-- an !idat?Qc?.^?f 1 assault upon one Biggorstaff, ho pro oeeds . as ^o?lowi ' With . ? ' seoo?d case brought bytire-wimo pavty:-: It isha^fap ito say:tbat'(therp aro a good many people./hero who! disbelieve altogether this story of a second outrage and who say that it was simply a trick to avoid going to Shelby and disposing of the case thoa' peodibg there. There can bo uo doubt that Biggorstaff, if ho had been really anxious to appear, oould havo done HO. His health was not good, btit he could foo ve boen-carriod on ? mat? tress in a haekyand wh'eti an offer of1 tu0 kiud was made to him bo refused on the ground that "he was ufraid of his lifo on the road"-a. plea which was absurdly . baseleSsi' -'Spou kin'? aa an iinpaVti?l wit ness, I cannot too strongly deuoauco t he. pelt}' oppression which has marked tho action in these cases of tho local agout.s of'tho. Government. , This -is- for pour farmers,; such as oro tile greator1, part' of ^o./men, abb?sodiywoj L-ipP9t 'important season of Ibo year. The throe pion now arraigned have been already liva1 or six times in court on various accusations, and have several times,',when ready for trial, been "adjourned Over" at the mo? tion of the prosecution. On the part of the latter there is, indeed, very little at? tempt made to conceal the fact that the present proceedings ato to a'great extent instigated by a desire to annoy the de? fendants, or, as it is termed, in the par? lance of the country, "bedevil them." Tho prosecution say to their victims,' "You have harassed and oppressed us by this night's riding, and evou if, UH is very likely, we shall be nuable to con? vict yon of a guilty .complicity in these outrages, we will give you all tho trouble wo, can. You have bedeviled us, and now we are going to bedevil you." This is scarcely a very dignified attitude to bo taken by tho agents of the Unitedf?tates, and is far mor? oalo?lated to -excite and inflame "tho ill feeling already, existing between"tl?o parties to the quarrel than ' to bring it to a Anal termination by the meting out of exact justice. . It reduces the whole- proceedings to nio level of peno nal malice. It is also monstrously and iniquitously unjust, as it is very doubtful whether the parties now arrested are in very fact these terrible Ku Klux who have spread dismay among tho ranks of the immoral and the worthless, whether white or black, throughout- the district. The moro I hear of these''troubles tho more I become .convinced that they are purely social in their nature. This is one of tho corners of tho country in which every farmer runs on his surplus peach es and apples into brandy-and very good brandy, indeed, they make ont of thom. It is scarcely necessary to add that, aa in every other district of a simi? lar character, there is an immense amount of illicit distilling. There must be plenty of it or the bar-rooms oould not afford to retail at -prevailing prices. Five cents is tho tariff for a drink, and the bar-tender does not make a wry faoe when you take '.'three, fingers," which, from, personal observation, I can vouch to be pretty much the general local ous tom. " NoWj-if is currently believed' ont hore, rightly or wrongly, that so long aa a man votes tho. Republican ticket bo will not bo arrested, or, if arrested, will not be fined for illegal "stilling." While it is notorious that most of. the men who "still" are ard?ntly "loyal" it is a curi? ous fact that only two or threo of them havo been punished for offences of this character, while Democrats' have been "hunted down" with all tho rigor of the law. The jealousy and bad blood spring? ing from this may be guessed. Of the results it has had this Biggorstaff case is a pretty good example. It is notorious that the old mau has himself been an active transgressor against tho revbnuo law, and he cai ried it so far that ou one occasion he came very near being sen-' tenced. This "stilling" business has been, beyond nil doubt, the true eau KO of the feud between him and the rest of his family. Their fend dates back some years, and on tho side of BiggerstaiT, tho complainant, a murder was oommittcd about a year ago by ono of his partners, McGnhy, upon a man named Depriest. The murder was never aveugod by tho law, probably becauso its perpetrator was a Kadical and tho victim a Democrat, while this present "outrage"-u simple whipping-which probably was a retalia? tion for the crime, is at once spread throughout the Union as a Ku Klux out? rage. Suoh is the administration of Fe . doral law in the South by tho scallawags and carpet-baggors whom tho Govorn 1 mont has appointed ns revenue officers , and commissioners. . o .-_ Tho Marquis of Wesme'ath died on May 5, at his residenoa in London, in Ins eighty-sixth year. Lord Delvin, the 1 late Marquis, served as Ensign in tho 1 First Battalion of Coldstream Guards ; throughout the expedition to Egypt, in? cluding tho battles of Aboukir and Alex? andria,.and the capitulation, whereby 1 mora Frenchmen were taken back to Franco iu English ships than tho entire number of the British expedition; theso Frenoh troops consisting of tho very 1 elite of Bonaparte's army, Lord Wea 1 month believed himself to' be tho last strtVivoV, ??fH'oer or soldier of this colo bia ted expedition. John Loo, Esq.y of Ncedwood, Frede? rick County, Md., died in New York, ou the 17th- ult.', aged ' eighty-thrco years. Mr. Lob ,was tim sba of. Thomas Sim Leo, Governor of Maryland during tho revolution. Ho waa- well-known and much respected iu public and social Ufo in Maryland for more than half a cen? tury. -?I',IL BW S . 1 Ti?? ??a?Sj?toti Horror. ' JBrrrqTbW. PENH.7l?fcy ?8.- Til^?c6?|?v tba WestfiPittetonwai*? ownedv.by' BlaW* Cp|, New Yorku thurat jjgg tiojUare Of ?whioh. .wer?r;'g{wn:;?life:teta-, graph yesterday,, bsa beau.a moat -hoar|k rending ii calamity. ^IJp ; toV-tbis boa? (2:30 P. M.,) a^:l^;ia.?riJh^thsiinihea^: thlrty-eigbt in number-have been brought up, of whom,eighteen are dead. At half-past 12 laal night"*' th? * resenfers succeeded in effecting an entrance to .tho, bottom of tho shaft, and brought (Kerri to-tho surf ooo.-- --- - ? Hiram, Curtis.waa found, dead, lying with his faoe lin> tho wator./?At 12.4G they sent up word thal . tbp "tioo Imd barricaded themselves ?Q(i and al?o sont up a cage for naen and topis. Thls'morri ing the excitement ut the shaft is grenier than ever. Up to 8 o'clock twouty-four men bad been brought, to tho top, of which number six were dead and all in? sensible when brought out. . Oue or two have so far recovered us to bo nblo to givo an account of themselves. Morgan, tho-brat mau discovered, is still alive, though bis recovery ie doubtful. Thu pud ics aro compelled to proceed with tho utmost caution, ,rtud aro frequently la-ought up aspbixiatod. At 10 A. M., thirty men had boen brought out, ted of whom were dead, and 'tit noou not moro thau one or two remaiued in thu mino. Every.one>of; tho meu brought up for tho past two hon rs.has beou found to bo stone idead': Tho' excitement is almost indescribable. Thousands of peo? ple have crowded aroiind the mouth .of the*, pit i ia their eagerness to seo and b?a?f ond aro with difficultykept Outside of tho rope which is stretched around the shaft. 'At the time of ignition of the upper part of tho shaft yesterday, the shifts of miners wero being changed by their companions coming out, aud the alarm being given to engineer McDermott, ho at onco communicated tho warning of danger to,tho bottom of -?tho mino and begun' to hoist tho carriage, briugiug with the first four trips several mon. Io three succeeding trips no,arrivals, were reported, and while tho trip was - heine made the rope slipped off the pulley aub all furthor,means of escapo were beyond a possibility. At ono time a young lad at the bottom of the shaft, 280 feet down, saw a nervous twitching of the bell-wiro to which the-bell refused tore spoin!, and being suspicious of some disastrous accident immediately ran inte the East gangway several hundred fed and warned his brother of the circum stance. Theso two, with Mr. Evans wero tho last to ascend from the pit. It au hour und o. quarter Hie bma-Icer hat burned to the ground, aud men of al vocations of life bogan removing tin half-consumed timbers that obstructer tho passage to the mouth of tho shaft Water was drawn from the rivor om milo distant in barrels and by even other available means. Telegrams wen also despatched to fire departments fo ! assistance; nod hy 5 o'clock the wate had cooled the iron and wood near tin shaft, and preparations were made t< clear the mouth. In the meantime, hun dreds of women and children had pon grcgated near the scone of the disaster and their heart-rending cries pieroed th air. At 7 P. M. there was brought t< the month of the mino a temporar; frame-work, made to cover the opening ? A platform carriage was constructed am preparations made to enter. At 8 P. M two men, David Harris and Wilbur Warren, were let down about twent feet. They had lights; ropes", water an tools. They removed tho burned timbe and charred bantlings and constructed partition to secure np and down a cm rout of air. A few minutes previous t this, William Law was let down by ropo Boveuty-flve feet into tho shaft, bu immediately gave tho signal for hoisting A strong current of air carno from th opening, carrying with it thick smok and obnoxious gases. Preparations fe tho rescue of the miners continued to b pushed with the greatest vigor ont 12.30, when, ns above stated, the fir: mau was reached. Tho fire originate in spontaneous combustion in thc fri< tion of tho wood-work of the breaker. Martin Cox, one of the miners take: out alive, makes the following state mont: We went in at 7 A. M. My brothe R?bort cut through fre-un ono air-way t unoliier and turned ou tho gas, and" si miners came out with him before the shift was up. Tho air was so bad tho could not work nt all. This was abor fifteen minutos beforo thc fire, and seve miners carno up to thu top live minute b'oforo tho bro was discovered. The Ur: iutimation wo had of tho Uro was sound through tho mino as if there, wi an explosion. An English miner said "There is fire abont fifty yartla from tb bottom of tho shaft, iu tho West side. I thou ran to tho bottom of tho shaf aud saw the firo coming down, lia back to my comrades and told them v aro all lost; the shaft is on Arel We wot sevon in all. Wo then ran to tho foot < the shaft and burning timbers were con ing down. Wo threw on water and pt out the fire, but tho smoko booamo ? intense that wo wero nearly suflbcatei Dense volumes poured down tho sha ? and filled the place. Wo thou ran ov< to the West side in the direction of tl rivor bridge, down the slope, aud got i at a door with eleven others, makio eighteen altogether in that place. Tl smoko carno upon ns so badly that v gathered up a lot of stuff from tho traci and plastered tho cracks of the door, at also stuffed our coats in tho holes, whit stopped tho ?moko for some time. \\ bael time for thought and reflection no\ No one oxpectcd to seo daylight ogaii all behoved it a second Avondale., \\ all song hymns, and prayod to God i His mercy to savo os, as we . all fe doomed and beyond, human niel. W ,ran,baokand forth through ,tho gaui ways for fresh air. At 3.15 ibis even ic Patrick Farley groaned twice, ,ond wi found doad when tho men came in tl place af ber tho fire. I then went over I the West sido for my coat to help to ste o opt the Brooke, as we would be suffo? cated vcry SGon.;" MeurttheUtpassed ? car? ry ing back their .comrades who were.uv- j )ng ip their anns. Maze mah wero'.out- i aldo, tho door crviug oat in distress; and ; anguish and ealUDg upptt Goofor sOcbbr. , Noup expect od'to c?uaeo u tali vo .-. . JB*. 7'/The mules wero kicking oud neighiog. Too Coy told bia father, while crying, "Wo will come out sate; and, jf we must dir, let na dio like mon." The father ind app.both came out alive. At .7.30 M. I became insensible, and remain? ed BO until I- wu? brought out by- my brother Hubert, about 5 o'clock ou Sun? day morning. Cox is an intelligent Irishman, aged about 22 years. Tan STATU ' LUIUT?C AOYLUIT:-The Keoweo (Walhalla) Courier, speaking of tho State Cunatio Asylum, say*: Tho removal of Dr. Parker, us Super? intendent aud Physiciau of this jnstitu-| tiou, excited much dissatisfaction. His high medioal attainments und long expe? rience render him, in tho public mind, eminently fit to continuo tho control and treatment of tho unfortunate class who necessarily become inmates. Much was spokon aud written which time and re II or ti on would have shown to have boen unjust. All pei sons, whether physicians or nu professionals, who have visited tho institution under its present nuning* - meut, bave testified to the efficiency of the prosent Superintendent, Dr. Ensor, succeeding tho able aud respected Dr. Parker. Ho has, by a course of uniform kindness, converted censure into respect aud commendation, and established a reputation for ability worthy of the.State und tho institution. Wo visited aud were shown over the entire building while in Columbia, and found it scrupu? lously neat in every respect, aud the in? mates well provided with clean und com? fortable clothing. Ono thing we particu? larly noticed, which was the pleasure the unfortunates manifested at meeting the Superintendent. Ho seems to tike avery interest in their welfare, and they appear to love and respect him as a child would 'n parent. Dr. Sloan, son of Col. John T. Sloan, is Assistaut Physician. We make-' theso statements that thoso who have' friends or relatives in tho institu? tion may entertain no fear as to their kind treatment. We have seen with our oyes, aud will bo- diffioult to convince that the bebt interests of this unfortunate class are hot fully and carefully promoted by Dr. Ensor.. lu tho same strain a correspondent oi the Anderson Intelligencer, himself a physician of eminent ropute, writes: . On a recent visit to Columbia, through the courtesy and polite attention of Dr. Ensor, the Superintendent of tho Asy? lum, aud his assistant, Dr. Honry Sloan, (who, by tho way, is a native of out County, tho son of Colonol John T. Sloan,) I bad the opportunity oLinspeot ing the Lunatic Asylum, and was so much pleased that I cannot refrain from saying that ?he. institct.es, in my opin? ion, is managed os well aa it could be, under existing arrangemouts. Every? thing is scrupulously clean and neat, and Dr. Ensor appears to have a peculiai adaptation to bis charge. In the twe days I visited tho Asylum, I did not see a single inmato in a bad humor. I san and conversed with most of the inmatei from this portiou of the State. I founc ono enjoying a game of billiards, une another amusing himself working in th< flower garden. I understand' that i liberal appropriation was made by thi last Legislatura to oxtend the building which is au absoluto necessity, and thu another appropriation will bo made a: carly as praotioablo to renew the furbi ture, tte, which will add greatly to tin comfort of the patients. I am sat is fie ( if our people could but visit this iustitu tion under its present management, u< complaint would be uttered as to an,' money necessary to alleviate aud reston this afflicted portion of our people. my # ? According tc the law of England, a interpreted by tho Court of Chancery ii a receut case, a dead father has nior jurisdiction over a child's education thai a living mother. A widowed mother ha no rights that the re?ulivosof a dnceaKci husband aro bound to respect. "He duty-is to bring up her child accord in; to tho faith which tho father profess?e when hu was alive, even though sh utterly disapproves of it," says tin court. A Kansas billiard table is thus de scribed: "First, iu tho middlo of tb* floor, was a largo goods box, on whicl was laid about a wagon load of saud stone, covered with about eight yards o bluo jeans. For pockets they had oh boots, about No. 10; for cues they uset old broken hoo-handles; boiled eggs fo balls, and to count this lovely gamo thc; used dried apples on a clothes-lino." Tho Now York lYibune thus dispose: of General Butler's opposition to tin treaty of Washington: "Altogether tin General regards this frank aud cordia agreement between two great nations a: being as fnil of tricks and sinful games as if ho bad mado it himself." A yoong girl named Murphy, ngoe about six years, was abductod by certaii individuals antLonrried to New York oi ono of tho steamships which sailed fron Savannah last Saturday. Genoral Burnsides has boon olectot Commander of tho Groud Army of tin Ropublio. This a decided triumph fo the anti-Grant wing of that organiza tion. Mr. Greeley finds people at thc Soutl very much like other folks. Ho though they all wore horns and red-hot tails. I New York Star. A monster bear was killed near Towt Creek, Brunswick County, Ga., ot Thursday morning .last, by 'Mr. Georgi Gaiupy. ^GoWraor Caldwell offers a reward b 31,000 for Tom Lowory, who reo?ntl} escaped from Lu nib er ton, N. C.,jail. Mr's. A. J. Shaw died nt Marion C. H. on Tuesday last, after a long illness. From n private letter of a prominent citizen on the -Westfsrdf pf Ea? Dee ?,ivor, we make tho fol]o\v?ng:.ex,lrnct : "?lere?ufor?. ?ur tpwnfnip has 'been otoo for tho pe&efuf?efis' and good or ?or?of the people, bat recently events ave-transpired calculated -to create bor-, ror and a spirit of revenge in the breast of our law-abiding peoplo. But a short .time siuco the burning of an out house on my promices occurred. Now I have to relato .the shooting of Mr. S. F., Bar? ker, which took place the night of the 20th ult., about-0 -or 10 o'clock, while Btanding in his house door, by persons unknown. He waar struck with eight shot, two in tho body aijd three in each leg, all slight wonnaY except the one in the lety'knee, which is' o%a-serious na? ture; yet I nm happy to^^ay tl^ftt Mr. Parker is doing well, und ho.feirs ar?,en te?taiuedof his. recoVery'i jj Mr. Sj Barker was a p?acoful, quiet -citizen,,and lind bees guilty ot nothing, U> v.u?."?r.?. ?cdh outrageous' and unis wful conduct;' Ho is quite, a young man, though married and u good citizen. .. EastTWednesday uigbt, thc 24th. nlt.,|he blacksmith shop I of C. B. FoxWorth was consumed by fire; evidently tho work of an incendiary. Mr. Foxworth waa-a blacksmith/'whoeh right und gunsmith, therefore hie loss is lieavy, as be had tools snitublo for each brandi of bis trade, add lost all. The burning took place about half-past 3 o'clock. Mr. Foxworth' ?3 a quiet and harmless mau, a good soldier during the war, und lost a leg iu tho service of his oonntry. Tho loss is very heavy to the neighborhood."-M'trion Crescent. ' LAUOUEIIS. - There uro different kinds of laughers-dimplors, smilers, grinner*, horse-laughers and sneerers. And'what a vast difference there is in tho childish smile of inuocooco, the smile of a young mother, the smile of a lover, tho emile of tho rewarded poor, tho smile of o friend, the smile of a politician who has gained tho day, tho smile of a coquette or a sharp rascal, the smile of an ertha dox believer, and the smile of a fool pi idiot. Robespierre would onlyVcknoV' ledge one talent of Lu [nye tte-his eter nal smile. bj ' -~* When Mrs. Fair was put in her nev cell she found the ceiling pasted all ovo: with horrible wood-cuts, and right oyei her bed ono representing the hanging ? a woman, which some morbid- prisone: had stuck up. These are all now re moved. The strong-minded womei flock to tho jail daily with beautiful bon quels for Mrs. Fair, and her little gir brjngs her tho freshest fruits and delici. oies. Thu other day when the door wa "Mamma, hero comes your little sun light," Mr. Hawkins Huske, a distiller, ni tempted to commit suicido in Fayette ville, N. C., on Sunday last. By the ai of u handkerchief he suspended himsel by tho neck, but his wife fortunate! di8coverod his condition in time to cc him down beforo life was extinct, and i is now thought be will recover. A correspondent of the Weldon, is C., Nr.tes gives an account of the mai ner in which several colored men'wei treated by the black leaguers, for votin tho Conservative ticket. They wei hissed at, preaohed against, abused i every way, and finally assaulted, j at several of them seriously wounded.' . A recent Honolulu paper speaks of tl spread of leprosy in' and around th: city, and mentions ono noteworthy oas that of a witness in the Supreme Cont whoso occupation was that <: of a flt dealer, and sometimes a meat butohe Think of such a person furnishing foe to tho healthy 1 Court lasted until Friday nf tern oo Tho juries were dismissed Thursdd To- Judge Melton's rapid despatch j business the poople owe it that- tin wore enabled to roturn so quickly to the homes at this busy season. Maj. C. 1 Melton, Col. F. W. MeMnster and Cc Haskell, of tho Columbia bar,' wero ' attendance at court. [Lexington Dispatch. BE? ST?NOS.-A writer to the Scienii American any s that *'a good absorben wi ll*ease tho pain of stings: "Tho bc absorbing substance that I have tried loan fresh meo.t. Thia will relieve tl pain of a wasp-sting almost instant! and has been recommended for tho ou of rattlesnake bites. I hnvc also used with marked effeot in erysipelas." ? The Mobile Register, speaking George L. L'utnam, the newly-appoint Mobile postmaster, says his ouly quali catiou for tho office is, "ho is odious the peoplo." That vory quality is <i that is neoded to get an office in tl South at tho hands of the appoint!! power. Tho champion counterfeiter of t day and generation is said to bo now durance vile in Pittsburg. His admirii friends claim for him that $50,000 month was a very small amount counterfeit money for him to disposo in his palmy days of liberty. An Arkansas woman named Em: Sarah Lord is reported to havo bad ni husbands in ten years. Two died wi suspicious suddenness, and three we divorced. What has beoome of tho r< of thom is not stated. Tho 11th of Juno has boon fixed I tho triumphal entry of the Gorm troops into Berlin. The Emperor Ai? ander, of Russia, will arrive fh Berlin tho 0th of June, and will witness t ovation. Tho wifo of Stephen Small, of Eic ra, Iowa, presented him with twenty-0 pounds of boy babies) last week. Tin were three of them, and all aro dot well. The father is sixty-two yours ol< A bronze statue of Sir Walter Scott to bo erected in Ceiitra] Park by th? ? Andrew's Society of Now York.' Pi mission was grautod on Wednesday I tho Park Commissioners. Tho Sumter News has ent?red op its sixth volume. i III/ j ' I II . Ill I ? 3Ci ? p at;l; \ f?j?? b, x& i?'? PHCES?IANA.1-1--Th?'-'price : bf? $ngle . copies of tho PHOENIX is,f|ve cents..' ' \ New York papers, report vegetables arriving in Ne w York from the Sooth in great numbers, especially'by tlnVCharles? ton lino,'four hundred.toni: of/whl?k were received by i teamer, .New potatoes are now received i n l?rgo quantities from South Carolina'and Georgia. ;;! Several important changes in tho hopis of delivering and closing tho mail? have been moder Seo "Mail. Arrangements." Pamphlets, briefs, catalogues; dodgers, posters, hand-bills, bill-heads'-in fact, everything in tho way of. job'printipg gotten up in tho best style and on terms thut yo ?dedue ourselves will bo satisfac? tory to ?all, parties. With approved ma- . ohincry nod steam*, power, wo challenge comparison in prices. From-our despatches, it' will be seen that tho- storms bf.'tlio past 'few .days have not be?^.?onflned .to pur immediate vicinity, but.have'beevU;gitneral through? out tho couutr}'. . r>it Mi\ G F.^ck^u^eqewa his, o^rd^to the public in this morning/a issue. I Merry's Museum ;f|or .Jone is to band. This number1 closes . tho-fifty-ninth valume. The July number begins a new volume. Terms $1.50 a year, or 75 cents for six months; 'Horace B. Fuller, pub? lisher, Boston, Mass. Charleston and other cities aro con? sidering tho dosing up of . business hours every Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, during the summer. -Tho Marion Star advertises nearly six columns of delinquent land sales,' We learn that the fire engine which the Independents sold to Walhalla fell off the car while in transit. Damages not re? ported. ? i i ... Dur,readers should be on tho look put for counterfeit bills. Many of the pa? pers from neighboring cities contain ac? counts of tho passing pf spurious money, and that.;there aro'persons engaged in circulating the "queer" South of Mafiosi and Dixon's lino as a business^. Several counterfeits of largo bills have been dis? covered in Savannah, Angosta and At? lanta, we learn. . . \ .. MAIL AnuANuEMKsrs,-The Northern mail opens nt 3.30 P. M.; closes 8.30 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.30 P. M.; closes 11.30 A- M-. Charleston night mail opens 8.30 A. M.; closes 6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M. ; doses 6.30 A. M. Western mail openB 9.30 A. M. ; icloaes 1.80 P. M.' ?n Snnday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. SOPBEME Cou ire, WEDNESDAY, May 31. The Court met at 10 A. M. Present Chief Jnstice Moses aud Associate Jus? tices' Willard aod Wright, Charles D. Ahrens -vs. the President and Directors of the State Bank. . Con? tinued by consents ... J. S. ,Bulbw et al. ts. p. O. Witto. Mr. Memmiogcr was heard lor appellant in reply. On motion of Mr. Phillips, the appellant obtained leave to complete ibo record. ' ' ,. '",".' : iii rs executors of,Wr A. Alston vs. devisees of W. A. Alston, ex pa rle Rich ard Lathers, executor. To be snbmitted on pri? ted arguments. J Tho cases of tho State ex rd. tho Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons, respondents, vs. George Addison, City Sheriff, appellaqt, and the State ex rel. the Hibernian Society of Charleston, S. C., respondents, . vs. the same, appellant, were heard -togethor. Mr. ' ?tone ; was heard for appellant. Mr. O'Connor for respondents. ( ? S. B. Clbwnoy, G. C. P., rs. James Cathoart el al. appeal dismissed and de? cree nffirmodjp-Opinion by Associoto Justico Willard.' , :" . At 8 P. M., tho Court adjourned until Thursday, Juno 1, at 10 A. M. HOTEXJ AmuvAiiS, May .31.-2ficker$on House-Thos. H. Law, Spartanbarg; Mrs. F. Arnim and ohild, Hamburg; C. A. Carlton, sister and daughter, States ville; W. T. Thompson, Walhalla; J. II. Alexander, Miss J. C. McQueen, M?ES K. McQueen, Camden; Mrs. George Moffitt and two daughters, Adams' Cat; J. H. Averill, Charleston; A, T. Milien Wi unshorn; W. B. Kline, Book Hill; J. T. Constable, Augusta; H. Lee, Chas. E. Porter, Greenville; J. 0. Fogg, Char? lotte. Columbia Hotel-J. W. Herman, New York; J. P. Horbaok and wife, Mrs. F. L. Jen ki UP, A. M. Jackson, J. W. Na? than, Charleston; M. L. Bonham, Edge field; N. S. DePass, Camden; S. N. Bigger, A H. Seward, U. S. A.; E. W. Wallace, Washington; S. Williams, Wil? mington; B. R. Mullins, Mars Bluff; P" A Wellford, S. J. Walsh, Virginio; J. E. Thames, Charleston, j LISTOPNHW AnVBRTISXMBHTS. ?J. Hope-A-Ciarefcbu Draught. C. F. Jaokflon-Something New. Hein i tali-Whooping Cough, etc. Citizens' Savings Bank. Twonly-flvo por cont, saved by utting DOO? LEY'S YEAST POWDKU in the preparation of tue cuita, rolls, pantry, oto., over any of the ordi? nary baking powders in market. Thia ia occasioned by tho full not Weight in ouch package, and tho faot that lt ls composed of artlelo? uti icily purr-, hoalthy and nutrici?n?, which ?usures satisfactory results oyery time. By ? using v Dooley's Yeast 'Powder, thirty 1 pound? more bread oan be mado from a barril of flour thau by any other procese of raising dough. A nial will satisfy any ono of'ita standard excclli-ncb. For salo by grocers goncrally. May a0{3