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y ?^LUMBIA, S. C. "Baturrlay Morning, June 22, 1872. Tue Action ?t Baltimore. Tho Domo oratio demonstration, Sontb, East, North and West, has been so over? whelming, within the last few days and weeks, in favor of Qreely and Brown, that there remains scarcely a possibility of their not being sustained at Baltimore. Wo think we may, with perfeot safety, take it for granted that thero will not be a Democratic nomination, and that the Convention will determine unanimously to give the Bupport of the party to the Liberal Bepnblioan nominees. The only question left to be determined, ia the manner in whioh the delegates at Balti? more sball deolare that support. Shah they simply adopt or doolure their ap? proval of the Cincinnati platform, and adjourn without taking any action in re? lation to the nominees? or, shall they adopt the platform and renominate Greeley and Brown? or, ?ball they sim? ply endorse the work of the Cincinnati Convention, and pledge the aid of the Democratic party in the eleotion of the nominees, and the accomplishment of the patriotic purposes set forth in the platform; A.great many favor the first plan, for the reason, as they allege, that Greeley and Brown, in order to attract the greatest Bepnblioan strength, must re? main purely Republican nominees. If, argue they, it is^made to appear that Greeley and Brown are the nominees of the D?mocratie party, they will get bot little more than the regular Democratic vote. The advocates of the seoond plan hold that, unless Greeley and Brown are nominated; or some pledge given them of Democratic support, by the conven? tion of the party, a large number, nol feeling themselves in anywise restrained by party fealty, will drift away, not vote at all, or, perhaps, in some semi-author? itative way, place straight Democratic candidates in the field. There is considerable weight in bott of these views, and we, therefore, fal! upon the third plan, as comprising al! the advantages of the others, while avoiding their evils. We hope, then, that the Baltimore Convention will sim pl 7 endorse Greeley and Brown as Libe ral Re public an candidates, and pledge the party to their support. This wai the general idea at the time when a co alition with tho Liberal Republicans wai first broached, and it seems, best to no cord Wh present requirements*? Noni can, then, truthfully say that Greeley and Brown are Democratic candidates nor can any Democrat, so long na he ac knowledges party obligations, roi uso t< give them his individual, assistance, Ol be excused, as a Democrat, for putting any other candidates in th? field. These possible dangers, thongh, d< not give ns muoh apprehension. Thi D?mocrate and the good people all ove: the Union, of whatever past politics affiliations, are profoundly impressec with the necessity of defeating Grant and saving the conntry from a central i zed despotism. With this paramount duty constant!; before their eyes, there can never be under any circumstances, or whateve may be the manner of endorsement a Baltimore, an effort of any respectabl proportions to detract from Greeley an; votes, save of the preoious few who pre fer Grant. ? ? ? ? GERMANT AND THE JESUITS.-The bil which has been pending for some day in the FruBeiau Parliament to depriv the members of the Sooiety of Jesus c the rights of citizenship in that country was passed on yesterday. The J?suite it appears, became first involved in tbi trouble by having provoked the bitte hostility of Bismarck, in opposing co tain laws and opinions peculiarly agree able to him and distasteful to them. Bu for the almost personal character of tb oonfliot which this oiroumstance occr sioned, it is believed that a more caroft and patient deliberation of the diffiou ties at issue would have resulted, and different course been pursued. Bul under any circumstances, powerful an popular as the premier may be, it woul seem that in progressive Germany an this liboral age there oonld not well bi with general approval, suoh banishmen and proscriptions of Jesuits ns ha\ marked the records of nearly all tl States of Europe in earlier times, an whioh have only served to illustrate an perpetuate the vitality of the order. ?-???-? BANK ELECTION.-L. D. Mowry, Esq of the firm of L. D. Mowry & Son, i this oity, received, yesterday, the coi gratulfttions of many of bis warm pe sonal and business friends on the oco sion of bib elevation to the President of the Union Bank, the office havk been made vacant by the voluntary witl drawol from it of Wm. B. Smith, Esq who, for many years, had oonduoted tl fiscal operations of the bank with sign ability and succesa.-Charleston Courte Matter? ot GcncT?< Tho grand arbitration seems to be destined to be always enveloped in a cloud of uncertainty. The probabilities of the success or failure of the treaty are about as fluctuating as those of the wea? ther given ns each day by telegraph from Washington. Jnst now, the treaty stock is advancing. All the advices from Geneva, London and Washington concur in representing the prospects of the consummation of the arbitration ns considerably brightened since the as? sembling of the court. Why this is SQ, we are not informed. There seems to us but one possible mode of preserving the treaty, and, that is by an adjourn? ment pf the court, in accordance with the request of Great Britain, in order that the slight differences between thc two Governments, with regard to thc supplemental treaty, may be arranged, Her Majesty's Government has repeat? edly and emphatically declared that thej will not proceed with the arbitration unless the claims for consequential da mages are withdrawn. AB matters now stand, these olaims ar? not withdrawn, and, of course, Englanc will not proceed with her argument With regard to the adjournment or post pouement of the oonrt, it is by no mean oertain that it is within the power of tin arbitrators to grant it. The treaty fixe a specific time for the sitting of tb oonrt, as also for the presentation of th preliminary pleadings; and the natara conclusion would seem to be that no au thority short of an agreement betweei the high contracting powers themselvc wonld be sufficient to change or modif their original contract. Our Govern ment refases to join England in the ny plication for adjonrnment, being ver well content and prepared to proceed c once, without any additional treaty. Grant is reported as saying that b has backed down to his bottom stanc and will not badge an inch farther, bi will leave the responsibility entirely wit England, whether the treaty shall I sustained or not. That all sounds vei well, and very dignified, and self-con placent, bat he and his administratic cannot escape the odium of their, ot ginal blundering attempt at chicaner; which has been the sole obstacle in tl way of the successful issue of the trea from the start. A PLOT AOAINST G KEELEY.-A Was ington correspondent of the New Yo; Tribune mentions an estimate made 1 an officeholder in Washington, who. ono of the shrewdest observers of p litical events, and one whose jadgme as to the futuro is received with respe everywhere, giving the strength of A3 Greeley befo re the Baltimore Conven tit as follows: "He says that he has little donbt tL Mr. Greeley will have 517 delegates c of the 724 on the first ballot, and that the delegates already chosen by t several States, 317 are favorable to On loy, and only thirteen against him, thc being from Oregon, Delaware and o from West Virginia. He also says tl there is a powerful effort making on t part of some of the old hankers of t Democracy to defeat Greeley before t Convention by a 'coup d'etat,' and ein lars in great numbers have been coi dently circulated for the parp?se. 1 soheme, as developed, is to secare 1 States of Arkansas, Georgia, Ohio, I nois, Texas and New Jersey, whioh, il held, would do much towards contri ing the Convention. The officer, bc ever, unhesitatingly admits that 1 Greeley will be nominated, and that contest in November will bo a very cl ono." Thus are the politicians making tl calculations and indulging their mac nations, bat the fact is that the peo generally seem to be troubling th? selvos little about the one or the ott As the New York Express says the p plo have got it into their heads t Greeley ia their man, their oandidi Once in every ten or twenty years people break loose on tho Presider and they are running loose now; ant ia not easy to see how they can be mt either as Democrats or Republicans ran with "the machine," unless " maohine" rans with them. A DESTRUCTIVE HAIL STOBIC.-Mr. Craig, writing from Chesterfield Cc Hoaae on the 19th, says: "A most straotive hail storm passed a few rr North of this place on Saturday even: 16th instant, accompanied with a pado, prostrating almost everything its track. The crops of corn and co on many farms are completely ruii houses and fences blown down, large numbers of poultry killed. M of the hail stones were as large as oops, and generally as large as ga eggs. Some fine fields of ootton, beginning to bloom, are so oomplc wrecked that not a green leaf can fonnd on them. Several eye-witne say that the bark was knooked o large oak and pine trees by tho hail. Tho lightning played a queer free Newark, N.J., tho other day. Stri a well, it not only expelled the water partially filled it with sand, maoh tc consternation of those who depend t the well for their ordinary beverage. Meeting' or Bond-holders ot the Oreen ville and Columbia Railroad Com? pany. Pursuant to call, a meeting of the holders of guaranteed, second mortgage aud non-mortgage bonds of' this rail? road company, waa held in this city on tho 19th instant, at the Carolina Na? tional Bank. On motion, W. B. Galick was called to the Chair, and John D. Caldwell ap? pointed Secretary. Tbe meeting was composed of twenty two persons, representing, UH holders or attorneys, bonds to the following amount : Guaranteed by the State, ?621,000; second mortgage, $306,500; non-mort gago, past due, $48,500. Upon the oall of the Chair, Col. J. S. Cothran explained the object of the meeting, giving at the same timo a brief statement of the amount and condition of the debt of the road, and the difficul? ties attending its arrangement. He was followed by Col. C. H. Simon ton, of Charleston, on whose motion tho following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That a committee of five persons be appointed by this meeting, who shall be charged with the following duty: FIRST. TO inquire into and report thc present indebtedness of tho Greenville and Colombia Railroad Company, class? ifying the Hame as near as possible, viz: Original first mortgage bond-holders; bond-holders who exchanged first mort? gage bonds for State guaranteed bonds; bond-holders holding bonds and certifi? cates of indebtedness guaranteed by the State, not inoladed in the foregoing; holders of non-mortgage bonds, holders of second mortgage bonds; estimating as near as may be practicable the amount and numbers of bonds for which, liabi? lity is absolutely denied by the oompany. SECOND. TO confer with the President and Directors of the company, ta ascer? tain their views, and to obtuin from them a proposition, if possible, looking to a settlement of the indebtedness of the company. TniBD. This committee to bo com? posed of representatives of each class of creditors, if practicable. The Chairman appointed the following gentlemen the committee: C. H. Simon ton, of Charleston, Chairman; Thos. P. Branch, of Augusta; H. Beattie, of Greenville; J. P..Reed, pf Anderson; and Mr. Sheer, of New York. A recess until 6 o'clock P. M., was then taken, to enable the committee to discharge the duties imposed upon it. Upon re-assembling, the committee, through its. Chairman, submitted the following report: The committee of five appointed by the meeting of bond-holders of the Greenville and Colombia Railroad Com? pany, held on the 19th instant, in the oity of Colombia, beg leave respectfully to report: That they called upon W. J. Magrath, Esq., President of the Com? pany, and served upon him a trae copy of the resolutions. The oommittee have bad a friendly and fall oonferenoe with the Prerident, with this result: It is im? possible, from the books of the oom? pany, or from the evidenoe in its posses? sion, to trace with any absolute degree of certainty the first mortgage bonds which were surrendered; also, whiob guaranteed bonds were accepted. Thia may be ascertained by a long and labo? rious examination of the books of the Bank of the State, to which, before the end of the war, the surrender was made, and the books of the State Treasurer, tc whom, after the war, parties who de? sired the exchange were instructed tc surrender their bonds; bat this informa? tion cannot be had from the company. The oommittee, therefore, report thc amount of outstanding first mortgage bonds, $241,000; the amount of guaran teed bonds and certificates, $1,419,071 the amount of non-mortgage bonds $195,500; the amount of second mort gage bonds issued, und which have gout oat of possession of tho company, ii $1,495,0U0. There is great reason to believe tba very many of these wore fraudulently obtained, und that many were issuec without auy authority. Of those issued there weru used in exchange and pay mont of debts the amount of $97,000 on notes, as collaterals, $175,500; bondi in the hands of H. H. Kimpton, ba which aro ander control of tho company $26,500; bonds sold in New York a fov days ago, the liability of which is de niod, $600,000; bonds which cannot bi traoed, and used without any authority $596,000; on hands of the compnu' $5,000; total $1,500,000. With regard to the second branch o the resolution, the committee ulso con ferred with President Magrath. While ho had been giving maoh attention am thought to the settlement of the ont standing indebtedness of the company he did not feel himself able to enter int permanent negotiations until he has ha< an opportunity of consultation with hi board of directors. Indeed, until to day, he had not had an opportunity o knowing the wishes and views of th bond-holders. He, however, declare that he would be glad to receive sugges tions as proposed from tho bond-hold ers, and promises that such suggestion or offers will reoeive the earliest atten i tion of the directors. It has been brought to the attention c tho committee that, by an order issuei yesterday, in a suit bro ugh t by the Stat of Sooth Carolina against tho company tho creditors are called on to establish ; their claims before a referee by a da, fixed. This will afford full opportunit j of testing the validity of the secon mortgage bonds whioh are now out Until this is done, no certain basis c settlement can hardly bo reached. Th committee respectfully recommend th adoption of the following resolution. CHARLES H. SIMONTON, Chairman. Resolved, That an exeoutive commit tee of five bo appointed by tho meeting who aro authorized to treat with th Board of Directors of the Greenville and Columbia Bailroad Company, .re? specting the settlement of the dubts due by tbe company.. That so soon as a basis of settlement has been readied, it shall be the duty of- the committee to adver? tise ki two New York papers, one paper in Augusta, one in Charleston, and one in Columbia, and to calla meeting of the bond-holders, and other creditors of tbe oompany, in Columbia, twenty days after such notice, to consider and aot on the terms of settlement proposed. After some discussion, tho meeting adopted the resolution reported by the committee. 13y direction of tho meeting, the fol? lowing gentlemen compose the Execu? tive Committee: W. B. Gulick, Colum? bia, Chairman; H. Beattie, Greenville; TboB. P. Brauch, Augusta; J. P. Beod, Anderson; C. H. Simonton, Charleston. On motiou, ordered, t hut these pro? ceeding bo published in full in the Co? lumbia papers. Colonel Cotbran having been called to tho chair, the thanks of tho meeting woru unanimously tendered to the Chair? man and Secretary, after which tho meeting adjourned, subject to tho call of the Executive Committee. W. B. GULICK, Chairman. JOHN D. CALDWELL, Secretary. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.-A synopsis of bis forthcoming monthly report, fur? nished by the Chief of tbe Bureau of Statistics, contains information as mor? tifying as it is interesting. During tbe seven months ended January 31, 1872, our imports of merchandise, specie and bullion amounted iu round numbers to S333.000.000, and our domestic exports to S274.OUO.000. For the corresponding period of 1870-71, the former amounted to $279,000,000, and the latter to $275, 000.000. Thus the balance of trade foots up S59,000,U00 against ns for the more recent period as against $-1,000,OOO only for the corresponding part Of the previous year. In other words, the debit balance bus been multiplied by fourteen and a fraotion io twelve months. On the other band, our exportations of the precious metals in the form of specie and bullion for the seven mouths ended January 31, 1872, wero S21,000,000 in excess of importations of the same, while for a like period of 1870-71 the excess of exportations over importations was S35,000,000-a gain of $14,000,000. But it is evident that this apparent in? congruity between the relative inoome and outgo of goods and money in the two years wonld bo an impossible ano? maly, even were we to exclude American stocks. The corporation and Govern? ment bonds sold or on sale in Europe formed a basis of exobacge, whioh dis? pensed with extensive movements of precious metal. Vhis does not help onr condition, however, for every bond sold or hypothecated in Europe ia a mort? gage upon American industry. The value of the tonnage transported in American vessels in the seven months ended January 31, 1872, was, in round numbers, $182,000,000; in foreign ves? sels, $454,000,000. For tbe correspond? ing period of 1870-71 the value of Ame? rican tonnage was $183,000,000; foreign tonnage, $395,000,000. Thus, for seven mouths of 1871-72, seventy-one per cent, of tbe value of onr foreign trade was carried on in foreign vessel*, against sixty-eight per cent, for the correspond? ing portion of 1870-71, being a loss of three per cent, in twelve months. Of tho tonnage entered and cleared at Ame? rican ports during the same months, ended January 31, 1872, foreign vessels had a preponderance over American of upwards of 6,000,000 tons, as against about 4,000,000 tons for the correspond? ing period of 1870-71. That is, it would require a full year's service of ten ocean steamers of the largest class to transport the overplus of tonnage on foreign as contrasted with American bottoms. Since our importations greatly exceed our exportations, it may be readily sur? mised that we pay heavier freights, inas? much as ship-owners cannot rely on full out-going cargoes. Those statistics show bow effectually tho high tariffs which protect our indus? tries from the outside world, also protect thc outside world from our industries. But tho saddest lesson they teach is that tbe futal commercial policy of Radicalism bas degraded us from "the first rank among maritime nations to a position of insignificance and dependence. In 18C0 our sea-going tonnuge afloat was equal to that of all the nations of the world combined, with one exoeption. Even tho present eclipsed condition of our merchant marine is not stationary, for wo can behold it melting away month by month with such uniform steadiness as if it were obeying the decrees of Pro? vidence. Yet there is not a more im? portant interest in all the departments of business and political economy. [ Louisville Courier-Journal. Tbe New York correspondent of tbe Philadelphia Ledger says: "The news from Charleston, that a Cuban privateer is off that port, creates no surprise here, where the circumstances of her fitting ont are well known in certain circles. The Cuban Junta, it is said, will have a speoial meeting to reoeive Lieut. Chau veaux, who is hourly expected with de? spatches from tho vessel. The expecta? tion seems to be that this privateer will not only worry Spanish merchantmen on tho coast of Cuba, but also irritate the Spanish Government itself as to make it deny our claim to the surrender of Dr. Houard, and thns increase the chances of war with the two countries, the result of which (the Junta declare) would be the independence of tho island." A returned Australian found the baby he left at home, a miss of fivo summers. Ono day bo offended ber, and she fret? fully exclaimed, "I wiall you had never married into our family!" A nogro woman, nt Barnwell C. H., killed ber baby, Thursday night, whioh was ono week old, by lying on it while ?ho was asleep. PLEASANT TBAVELINO BX THE WEATHER ; PROBABILITIES.-A new and most sea sonable uso may now be made of our meteorological reports by all classes of < travelers-health seekers, pleatmre-seek ers and Bight-seers. Daring the present | heated term a journey by rail between our distant cities andr watoring-placcs 1 becomes no trifling thing, especially if '? the traveler or tourist ij seeking health, | or ?B accompanied by bis family. By a little careful examination of the weather reports it has become a very easy thing 1 for one to ascertain the weather for the ' day following his proposed departure; < and ho may also ascertain into what kind of weather a day'e journey will probably take him. In winter it is almost tbe universal desire of travelers to esoape 1 heavy storms and snow-drifts, which de- i tain bis train, while the cold, biting ? blasts, sweeping through bis Pullman, gives bim the shivers. 1 But ut this season it should be the aim v . tho traveler, desiring the maximum of comfort and benefit from his journey, to rido bebind tbe storm oloud, making use of it a? a shield from tho blaze of tho BUU, at the same time escaping the dust which its rains have settled, and enjoying tbe delicious Westerly breezes that follow in the rear of the storm. It does, unfortunately, happen that fre? quently the locomotive will outstrip the meteor, but even in this case many sum? mer travelers may lay over for a few hours, so as to retain the benefit of a moist and cool road. But if we look to tho journey from the Sontbern and Western States to this city, along which is now daily pouring the great caravan of hoalth-seekers on their way to the Northern watering places and resorts, it is very easy for-them to obtain tbe fullest advantage of the weather reports. By leaving New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis or Chicago on the report of a storm centre or low barometer in Kansas and Nebraska, any traveler may almost invariably ride under the oloud shelter (which advances .blast ahead of the storm) and reach his Northern or East? ern destination before the storm over? takes bim; or if be prefers to ride in the ruin-storm, or yet just behind it, as we have suggested, in its most refreshing and dehciouB winds, be oan generally take his choice, to bis great comfort and improvement. It is only necessary to pay attention to the telegrams or reports of the signal office, which always give the position, extent and probable move I ment of the great storm-olouds whioh are incessantly cressing our country from West to East, varying in their breadth j from 2,000 to 3,000 miles. This ability of tbe weather bureau was not looked for when it was first esta? blished, but is certainly not the least of its many beneficent and practical uses to every class of citizens. [Nevo York Herald. UNJUST "PUNISHMENT.-The two freed? men, Meadows and Johnson, are still in jail at this place, notwithstanding an order of tbe United States Court that they .should be admitted to bail. Their bail is anjd baa been ready ever since be? fore their arrival here from the Charles? ton jail, yet they are still in prison. These prisoners were arrested for alleged connection with the Ku Klux, on the last day of Marah last, and have been in prison ever since-part ot the time in Columbia and part in Charleston. Now, as to tbe secret of this unjust confinement we think we know it. The two negroes in question had the credit of uniformly voting the Demooratio ticket, thus exercising their new rights as free citizens. As for their connection with Ku Klui.^t is a base slander to obarge that there was ever snoh an or? ganization in the County. They should be set at liberty. It is a disgrace to the authorities having control of the matter to keep tho said prisoners longer in con? finement. Since the above was pat in typo, a letter has been banded to us, from which wo make the following extract. The letter is written from Newberry, and is from undoubted authority, yet for rea? sons unnecessary to be made known, we withhold the author's name. This letter fixes tho blame, in part, at least, for the detention of the prisoners in question nearer home than wo had anticipated. The public will read and judge for them? selves whether such oruelty should be tolerated without the severest repre? hension and punishment. When the orders of a United States Judge and a United States Commissioner are set aside or ignored by a little tom-tit of a jailor, it would 6eem that our condition ?B de? plorable in tbe extreme. The following is the extract: "The Commissioner (Bankle) tells me that he sent an order Saturday, a week ago, to have the prisoners brought down by Leahy, who was then at Laurens; that Leahy presented the order to the jailor, but he would not give up the prisoners."-Laurensville Herald. STORMS IN ABBEVILLE.-The Press says: "A violent storm of wind and hail visited the lower section of our County on Saturday, doing much injury to tbe crops, and inflicting serious injuries to the family of Mr. David Dowtin, of that section. On Saturday we were visited with copious showers of much-needed rain, which have revived farming opera? tions. The rains have, we learn, been very genoral, but some sections are still dry. In the neighborhood of Lowndes ville, especially, it is still very dry, and the crops are Buffering." A sohool-master asked a class of boys the meaning of the word "appetite?" After a short pause, ono little boy said, "I know, sir; when I'm eating I'm hap? py, and when I'm done I'm tight." An agod colored man, named Jetus Brown, fell down the steps of his house, in Morris street, Charleston, on the night of tho 19th, and was killed. A Conncotiout colony that went to KausaB a year ago and secured building lots for two dollars a piece, havo sold some of the same for $700 eaoh. EiQo al Items. ? ? ? Orxr MATTEBS.-The price of single copies of the PHCENIX is five cents. Mr. J. S. Wiley requests us to say that we were slightly in error, yesterday, relative to the pure!.ase of the Laurens Railroad. It was bought conjointly by himself and Comptroller-General Neagle. The present size of gentlemen's stone deeve-buttons leads us to believe that some ono has been unable to legitimately Jit-pose of an enormous importation of marble table-tops. The carpets and furniture in the State Capitol have been seriously injured by the recent heavy falls of water throngh the nntinned roof. A roof of cypress shingles is now being put upon it. The premium list of tho Darlington Agricultural and Mechanical Fair Com? pany is before us. The fair is to be held at the fair grounds in Darlington, commencing on the 30th October and closing the 1st November, 1872. We have been presented by Meesrs. J. and T. J. Windborn with a ripe water? melon, grown on their farm, without the (aid of glass. This is the first spe? cimen in the up-cemtry that we have heard of. Who er.u beat it? The following gentlemen were, on Wednesday la?t, examined by the Medi? cal Board at the South Carolina Uni? versity, and licensed as druggists, apothe? caries and pharmacueti8ts: B. S. Des portes, Fairfield County; J. E. Dann, Graniteville; J. B. Simpson, Anderson. MessrB. E. E. Jackson, of Colombia; S. F. Font, M. D., and A. Lucas, of New? berry, were licensed by producing their diplomas. Dr. Alfred M. Folger has been ap? pointed by Governor Scott a Trial Jas tice for PiokeuB County. Chief of Police Jackson has been, for the past two days, diligently abating the nuisances in the various wards in the city, reported to him by the Board of Health. We are indebted to the Committee of the Preston Literary Society, of Wof ford College, for a card of invitation to their annual celebration, on Monday, J one 24. The subject of debate is "Was Coriolanus justifiable in waging war against his country ?" We are reliably informed that the upper. portion of Dr. Wheeler's new building, corner of Main and Plain streets, will be occupied by Mr. T. M. Pollock. Farther particulars hereafter. A prominent dry goods establishment will, doubtless, be located in the corner store. An extra meeting of the Board of Directors of the Sooth Carolina Monu? ment Association will be held this (Sa? turday) afternoon, at 6 o'olook, at the residence of Mrs. J. S.Preston. A foll attendance is requested, as business of great importance will be brought before the meeting. Mr. E. E. Davis, on Plain street, near the corner of Assembly, has jost received a large number of fine water-melons from the State of Lexington, which he is selling low. Call and see him. * COMMENCEMENT.-The Greenville and Colombia Railroad and the Sooth Caro? lina Railroad have courteously consented to take passengers to and from Colombia who may wish to attend the commence? ment exercises at the University, next week, for ona fare. The other railroads will, doubtless, extend the same cour? tesy. The commencement ball-the first since 1860-comes off at the Nick orson House Hall, on Friday evening next, and promises to be a brilliant af? fair. In days of lang syne, the occasion was a most pleasing one, when the wealth, the beauty, the grace, the wit and the culturo of the State oombined to honor fair Terpsichore. We are glad to see it revived, and doubt not that there will be a large attendance. PncENixiANA.-An honest employment is the best inheritance that can fall to any one. In a suit against B. F. Butler, now pending in New York, a witness testified that Butler had said to him that if he would make his recollection agree with bis, (Baller's,) it would be considerably to the witnesses' advantage. Nobody will be surprised at the statement, and it will not hort Butler. Why should all Christian people drink lager? Because it fills them with grave thoughts of their own bier. One of the whirligigs of the time The cordial reception of an English band in Boston on the anniversary of the bat? tle of Banker Hill. Despite all tho efforts of political eco? nomists to reoonoile capital and labor, carrent events show that there is a "striking difference" between them. He that calls a man ungrateful, sums ap all the evil that a man can bo guilty of. _ _ LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Isaac Sulzbacher-Notice. John D. Smith-Wood.