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COLUMBIA, S. C. Friday Komin?;, Joly 19,1872. For President of Hie United States. 'HORACE GRBELET, of N?Vr York. For vice-President. B. GRATZ BUOWN, Of Minoan. Parlier'? Apology. Niles G. Parker, the notorious Trea? surer of reoonstraotod South Carolina, is ont with a lengthy pamphlet "in de? fence of his ofQoial nets." There is no? thing new or startling in the pamphlet, except, perhaps, the closing paragraphe, in which this self-saarifioing citizen, while disclaimiug any undignified anxiety for the place, expresses his willingness to subject himself again for another term of four years to tho arduous duties of bis responsible office. This good man is willing to do anything to serve the great Bepublioan party wbioh has done so much for the country at large, and especially for the poor people of South Carolina. This ?B a very dis? interested offer of the persecuted Trea? surer, of course, and we hope the Be .publican party will, in appreciation for this past labors* release him from any ad? ditional services in its behalf. The Treasurer makes a beautiful record for himself, showing, by the highest au ? thority in the land, the reports of corn? s' mcttees of our present able and inoor ... rapUble General Assembly, that his - {joak?.aro ali right; that he has honest ? vouohers for every dollar paid out of the > troasujQvnnd that the entire business of his department has been conducted in a . manner alike creditable to himself and worthy of the great party which ho ?. represente. There has been, he is V- warned to acknowledge, a slight increase of $9,000,000 in the bonded debt of the ?State; but this, Mr. Parker very tri? umphantly shows, is owing entirely to the Democrats of the State, the awfol Ku Klux, who, though not in power, ? and having no control over the finances, did, ia some hoons-poons manner, frown down the new bonds, frightened capi? talists off, and, what ia most wonderful still, forced the wortby Financial Board .to sell their bonds at the greatest sacri 5 fica. For a long period of time, up to about a year ago, when it was discovered by the wioked Demooraoy that $20,000,000 ?and upwards of conversion bonds were ? being Strock off in New York, the State .bonds were ranging away up to 70 and '.30 cents on the dollar. The Financial Board might have sold then, but we pre? sume that the Demoorary would not .allow them, and they were thns com? pelled to ding to their securities until they were reduced to the pitiable price . of 86 cents, so that for the $9,000,000 ?of bonds only $3,450,000 was realized. Some people might ask, why were the . bonds issued at all? To this, Mr. Parker v gives a very lucid and satisfactory an? swer. The expenses of the government "were so much greater than the amount collected by taxation, that there was an absolute necessity to issue bonds. Wby ?hese expenses should be so many hun <4red fold greater than when the pro .perty-holders had a voice in the publio ' disbursements, Mr. Parker does not ? deem it worth while to explain. Of ? course, it requires a considerable amount more of money to sustain a great, nobie and beneficent government, like the one we now enjoy, than the one-horse con - cern which ruled while the close-fisted Demooraoy held sway. It requires money surely to build great railroads, erect magnificent pnblio edifices, keep . in successful operation all the year round -thousands of public schools for tho poor, .support properly Iunatio asylums, peni? tentiaries, &o.,<aud keep up a proper system of quarantine. The condition of all these publio en ' torpriseB and institutions at the present . time, compared to the style in which t they were encouraged and sustained be? fore the war, accounts at once, to any "rational man, why $?00,000 per annum was amply sufficient to defray all ex? penses then, while $1,175,000, which Mr. Parker says baa been all that has 'been oolloo ted annually nineo his term of office, has been totally inadequate to .meet tho publio needs. Thus it is that the $9,000,000 of bonds have been added to the State debt. The Constitution, it ie true, prohibits the raising of ordinary revenue in any other way exoept by . taxation, and it may thus appear to dis? loyal people that the bonds do not really -constitute a legal obligation. Bot who is there so base that he would place the Constitution in the way of the great Re? publican party? or so niggardly, be? sides, as to carp about a few hundred thousand dollars which earnest Republi? cans, like Mr. Parker, who havo fought, .bled and died for, the cause of universal freedom, may ohanoe to wrest from thc ioul pockets of the Ku Klux Demooraoy? -__.-' ? ? ? > ? A-paohy piece of business -General Howard's Indian mission. POLITICAL, JOTTINGS.-The Kalamazoo (Mich.) Gazelle naya: "Of ooaree Michi? gan will go for Grant by the usual majo? rity I At least, that's what the'faithful' say, of coarse for outside effect. But behind the curtain the thing is different. John J. Bagley, candidate for tbe nomi? nation of Governor, came to this oity to urge Yioe-Fresident Colfax to stump Michigan , for Grant and the 'regulars.' 'Why,' said Colfax, with evident sur? prise, 'you don't need any help in Michi? gan, do you?' 'Yes, by G-ehoBephat, we do,' replied Bagley, 'we waut all the help we can get, and we shall need all we get, too, I toll you.' " A horrible charge is now laid at tho door of the Democratic Convention, which, it ia expected, will arouse a fury of opposition at its action. The stago carpenter at the Opera House where the Convention was held, and who arranged the scenery, was Spangler, who was tried for the murder of Mr. Liinaoln. This unfortunate man, it will be recollected, served a long term of imprisoment at the Dry Tortugas for exhibiting *n accom? modating spirit in holding Booth's horse, the while entirely ignorant of, and entirely innooent of, any complicity in the plot. Tho WatcJiman and Reflector thinks it is a "noteworthy fact, in these days of personal abaso, that up to this time no one, friend or enemy, has accused Ho? race Greeley of dishonesty or immorality of any kind; but, on the contrary, all parties anite in admitting bis integrity, fearless advocacy of human rights, tem? perance, law and order, and bis deep seated desire to do good to all. Is not such a candidate an anomaly?" It is stated upon the authority of Col. Ethan Allen, Chairman of the Liberal Republican National Committee, that Charles Sumner has oonsented to deliver balf a dozen speeches in favor of Gree? ley and Brown in tho Southern States. It begins to crop out that the carpet? baggers will not be able to carry the odored vote of tho South for Grunt so unanimously as they and their employer expected. The intelligent negroes are finding out that the "Union Leagues" are leagues for the promotion of the self? ish interests of unscrupulous white Radicals at their expense. HOMEBODY, TO VOTE FOR.-A Boston colored man, of Southern birth, writes to the Post: "At last the blaoks of this broad land have a man to vote for whose record aa their friend and the friend of labor is unimpeachable. God bless the day when the great Democratic party nomi? nated the man who dared be just and true to all-black and while alike-in spite of opposition. Every mau of oolor who values his manhood will vote for Horace Greeley. At all events, the world may bet its life that I will." The foolish New York Times is like the Field Marshal, General Broun?, ol the famous army of the Grand Duohest of Gerolstein. Whenever a messengei arrived, or any other commotion arose among the troops of that realm, although the oauBe might be the most peaceful, that great warrior drew hi J sword with immonselflourish, and, shouting Penneme, Venneme. prepared to plunge headlong on the foo. So the Times, whenever il hears the name of Greeley or any of hit supporters mentioned, shoats Tammany Tammany, und rushes at its imaginan adversary. Washington datos of tho 8th instan tell ns that General Breukinridge, o Kentucky, heard that the Department o Justice was exhibiting unusual anti vit; in sending down such spies and inform ors as Whitley to North Carolina, ii order to oause a reign of terror, and thu carry the State election on the 1st day o August next. On that date he wont t the Department of Justice and examinei the books to ascertain this increased ex penditure.for morely partisan purposes He found that, instead of the old sum c $5,000, formerly appropriated to th uses of the United States Marshal, the had this year given L. T. Carrow $223, OOO, of whioh $65,030 had been ad vanoed in the last sixty days, and $-10, 000 in the last ten doye, as the prospec of the Administration carrying Nort Carolina became more difficult. It i obvious from this data that all this i done to carry the State in August. UNFORTUNATE SBLP-DESTROOTION.-O last Saturday morning, Mr. Becjami Gitreath, aged about twenty-four yean who resided near Picken? Court Hons? and whoao family relatives live in th County, whilst on a visit to them, bein at the house of his brother, Mr. A. ll Gilreatb, near Grove Station, oommitte suicide by shooting himself through tl; head with a pistol. Mr. G Ur ea th wi known by his family and friends to ha\ been under mental derangement. [Greenville Enterprise. A surprising report oomea from Japai to the effect that the Mikado is going t Europe. Since the empire entered upc its path of progress, it bas become a n tiou of surprises, but few of its exampli of advancement have been so marked i this. No spiritual or temporal chi ruler of Japan has yet gone outside tl boundaries of his empire. The Character of th? Campaign. Tho New York Nation says both the Cincinnati and Philadelphia platforms have ceased to represent anything, and that the canvass is purely a personal one. The Natioti is au intelligent and digni? fied hebdomadal usually, but the nomi? nation of Horace Greeley has somehow bad the effect of throwing it completely off its balance. Up to tbe time when the Cincinnati Convention met it was a zealous and able advocate of the move? ment whioh then culminated, but since then it has gone back on its track, and re-entered, though under protest, the Grant camp. It is unreasonable to con? clude that tho Nation has been dis>ifleet? ed by tho reference of the tariff question to the people at their Congressional cleo tions, because Grant is a declared pro? tectionist upon a protcctivo platform. Its tergiversation is due to tho fact that Mr. Greel3y is, for some reason, persou aliy objectionable to the editor. To suy that the present can viss is to be purely a personal one is simply ab? surd. Never was there political canvass in which principles were at stake more perfectly defined or of greater import? ance. Greeley is an able und, in most respecte, a very superior mau, but his personality sinks into nothingness in comparison with the principles he repre? sents. Were it possible that the ouse could be reversed, and were Grant the representative of Liberalism and Gree? ley of Radicalism, it would be tho duty, though a hard ono, of patriotism to ac? cept the former. AH matters are, and Greeley being so incomparably Grant's superior, both as a man und a statesman, we cannot refrain from expressing our surprise at the position of our New York contemporary. Horace Greeley is with us, and by that we mean that Horace Greeley is the representative and advo? cate of the principles which patriotio men, without respect to former party as? sociations, are contending for. ?s far as the platform of the two par? ties are conoerned, there are some gene? ralities in whioh they agree. These are to be left wholly out of thc question. The Liberal party, which nomiuutcd Mr. Greeley, or the Democratic party, or the Liberal and Democratic party whichever is the correct phraseology has made a square issue with the Grant party on the modo of administering the Government. Mr. Greeley and his friends contend that honesty and purity ought to govern in the management of national affairs, und Mr. Grant is for tho continuance of the existing system of rascalities and corruptions. Greeley is the joint nominee of the Liberals and Democrats, who uro unanimously and earnestly for civil service reform. The Grant people have bad a great deal to say about reform, but it is mero hypo? critical pretense. Whilo worthless bro? thers-in-law continue to hold oflico, and incompetent and corrupt friends of the President continue to be appointed, while the Murphys, the Caseys, the Leets, the Clarks and the Brittons are vested with power to swindle the people, civil service reform is impossible. By putting Greeley into tbe Presidency, hie supporters propose to do away with nepotism and corruption in all its forms. They propose to have the Government honestly administered, and by the de? signation of capable and conecientiouc agents to effect a reform in the oivil ser vice. The party of whioh Mr. Greeley is thc representative propose universal am nesty, and such advocacy, if it comes tr nothing more, has already caused Con gross to enact a general amnesty law, which Radical members would nevei have dreamed of voting for except fron party rivalry. We desire to see, and al except Grant men desire to seo, the disa bilities removed from every citizen o: the United States. The Greeley party is for looal self government, and the maintenance of tin rights of the States, whilo tho Granl party is for centralization and the con solidation of power. Tbs assumption o extraordinary power by Congress and b; the Executive during the war was recon oiled on the score of necessity, but am bitious and designing mon have sinn then taken advantage of the bad prece dent, and ono step after another in th? direction of centralization has beei taken, until the Government, UB prncti cally administered, has very little of re publicanism left iu it. Ou this quee tion, the two parties have taken ooh and decided position-tho one on tin side of centralization and Grant, am the other for local self-government, th Constitution and Greeley. The leading and vital question of th present campaign ie, whether sectional ism shall prevail. Mr. Greeley and hi friends are of opinion that quite enougl time hus elapsed since the termination c the civil war for sectional animosities au prejudices to cease, and that hereafte every good citizen should exert his infle enoe for peace and nationality. Will tho New York Nation tell us tha the issues of whioh we have spoken, an whioh oertainly enter into the contest are merely personal? It is difficult t conceive how greater or more vital prk oiplea could enter into any politionl om vasa than those whioh are involved i this. Are the aotual living issues of thi canvass to be oondomned as no issues i all, because the effete questions of tb last twelve years are not in controversy Are the American people forever t wrangle on things that have been sel tied, in order that demagogues and pt litioal charlatans may prosper thereby This is to be a most exciting campaigt but the interest will be less in the oand dates themselves than in the principle and policy they represent. [Louisville Courier-Journal. -- # ? ? Johu Hale, of Maine, oighty-foi years old, has just served out his thir term in the State Prison. That ma should be old enough to kuow better L this time. There were 47 deaths in Charlotte for the week ending tho 13th-white, 1' colored, 30. \ UNITED STATES COURT.-In the Circuit Court, in Charleston, on tho"17th, Wm. Satter, alias Sarter, committed for con* spiracy and murder, it wus ordered that he be released on giving $10,01)0 bail to appoar-tbe recognizance to be taken before Commissioner Boozer ut Colum? bia. The following communication was re? ceived from tbe Department of Justice, by which it will bo seen tbut only pri? soners sentenced by tbe United States Court to imprisonment "at hard labor" aie in the future to be seut for confine? ment to tbe Albany Penitentiary. Be? fore the passage by tbo last Congress of tbe Act referred to, it was the duty of the Secretary of tbe Iuterior, as it is now tbe duty of the Attorney-General, to designate thu places of confinement of United States prisoners, and the Secretary of tho Interior, iu the cases of prisoners convicted in this Stute of vio? lations of tho Enforcement Act, bus designated tho Albany Penitentiary as the place of confinement. This bus beau felt to bu a hardship, not only becau.se it involved "deportation beyond tho seas," but because it added to the pun? ishment prescribed by the law, (impri? sonment of from six months to ten years,) the penulty of hard labor as practiced at the Albany Penitentiary. Tho prisoners recently transported to Albany for violating the Enforcement Aot, are now kept at work in the Albany Penitentiary, undera heavy guard, mak? ing shoes, blacksmithing, ?e., and it is said that this is in direct violation of the law which prescribes "imprisonment," but not "imprisonment with hard labor" -a very material difference in the de? gree of piuiohmeut. The following is tho letter: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WASHINGTON, July 15, 1872. Hon. George S. Bryan, United Stales Dis? trict Judge, Charleston, S. C. SIR: Pursuant to the provisions of the Aots of Congress, approved May 12, 1864, and March 5, 1372, the Albany Penitentiary, at Albuny, New York, bas been designated by this Department as the place for the imprisonment, subsist? ence ?nd proper employment during the terms of their sentences, of all persons who have boen, or may hereafter be, convicted by tho courts of the United States, for the District of South Caroli? na, of crime against the Uuited States, and sentenced by said courts to impri? sonment ut hard labor. Very respect? fully, (Sigued) GEO. H. WILLIAMS, Attorney-General. A DESPERATE RESOURCE.-Tho Wash? ington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun telegraphs as follows, under date of the 15th: One of the plans of tho Administra? tion for carrying the elections in the South is that of holding tho Ku Klux law in terr or em over certain sections. It is learned from a proper source that war? rants have been issued for the arrest of dozens of citizens in Union County, S. C., though not a single outrage has been reported from that quarter for months. There aro also said to be several hundred unexecuted warrants held over the heads of persons residing in certain portions of North Carolina, for no other purpose than to intimidate them from entering actively npon political work against the party in power. A statement was made in Administra? tion quarters to-day that the President contemplates the pardon of about half the persons who were convicted of be? longing to the Ku Klux organization in South Carolina, and who are now under? going imprisonment at bard labor in the Albany pou i ten ti ry. It is stated that he proposes ?%?? ree all those who are known to have been ignorant and misguided, and who have been forced into the orga? nization. None of the intelligent men or leaders are to receive amnesty. The Democratic resident committee held another meeting to-day, and per? fected their plans for conducting the campaign. The printing and distribu? tion of speeches and the inauguration of a correspondence with all parts of the country will commence at once. The committee intend to devote the rest of tho month to tho strugglo iu North Ca? rolina. Lotter? (rom Indiana to the Greeley and Brown Club give most favorable prospects of tho success of tho Conserv? ative ticket in October. Even Congress? man Kerr, who was very hostile to that ticket, concedes that it will sweep the State, and that a Democratic Governor and Legislature will be secured.' Judge Marshall, of Illinois, a member ot Con? gress, also reports his State as quite cer? tain to endorse tho Baltimore tioket in November. DEATH OP HEZEKIAH POKIER. Through a letter received by n gentleman of this place from the Assistant Superin? tendent, we learn that Hezekiah Porter died in the hospital of tbe Albany Peni? tentiary, on Thursday last, 11th instant. Porter was one of the persons sentenced to the penitentiary from this Connty, on the charge of Ku Kluxing, and died from spinal meningitis. Ia the letter referred to, the Superintendent mentions that all the othor prisoners from South Carolina are in good health. f YorkviUe Enquirer. We announced a few days since that a little child of Mr. H. M. Myers, Jr., of Barnwell, had accidentally swallowed a draught of concentrated lye, and was in consequence lying extremely low. Sinoe then wo are painod to learn that thu little sufferer has died. {Aiken Journal. Ou Friday, the 5th instant, during a thunder storm, thu ligbtning struck a piue tree on the premises occupied by the Rev. Mr. Lyde, in Marion County. On Monday last, during a storm, tho same tree was struck again. Central Park, Now York, is 867.acres in area, and Pbamix Park, Dublin, ono of tho largest city parks in tho world, is 1,752 acres. Zjooal Items, -. - CITT MATTERS.-The price of single copies of the PHONIX is five cents. The building intended for n furniture establishment, now being erected 'by Mr. M. H. Berry, is to have a front of "pressed brick"-something new in this city. It will present a beautiful appear? ance. "What we Know about Turnips," is tbo title cf a pamphlet just issued by Metisrs. D. Landreth & Son, of Philadel? phia, which is being distributed by Dr. C. H. Miot, with the respects of the pub? lishers. There a number of varieties spoken of-among them, a species grown in England, 100 of which will weigh a ion of 2,000 lbs. Wearn's "Temple of Art" is to be ornamented with metal cornices, eto. They arc much lighter and more durable than wood, besides being fire-proof. Our youngster, on seeing a water? melon weighing forty-six pounds, grown by Mr. John Black, on his farm, near Columbia, exclaimed, "wat-er melon!" The Exaniing Board of the University has licensed Dr. B. H.Jordan and Mr. Allen Leard, of Chester, S. C., as drug? gists. It was reported here, yesterday, that Col. Wm. Johnston, President of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Bail road, baa resigned the control of the affairs of that corporation. Bumor names as his successor Col. B. B. Bridgers, President of the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. There was a goodly attendance at the garrison grounds, yesterday. Professor liuchar's musicians improve daily. The following is the programme for this afternoon: Martha Quickstep, by Flotow. Overture Taucredi, by Rossini. Flora Quadrille, by Strauss. Preteioza, by Weber. Friendship Gelop, by Strauss. Yesterday was a particularly warm day, as the thermometer at the Pollock House indicated, viz: 7 A. M., 82; 12 M., 91; 4 P. M., 95; 7 P. M., 88. PnozN'ixiAN'A..-We bate some personi because we do not know them, and wi will not know them because wo bab them. He who receives a good turn shouk never forget it; he who does one shouk never remember it. As sometimes small evils, like iuvisibli insects, inflict pains, and a single hai: may stop a vost machine, the ohief aecre of comfort lies in not suffering trifles ti vex one, but in prudently cultivating ai undergrowth of small pleasures, sinci very few great ones are let on long leases Pillows, though not belonging to tb human species, come under the head o rational beings. A secret has been defined as "any thing made known to every body in i whisper." "Still Life"-The whiskey monufac turing business. The man who would shine in convei sation, must possess original ideas am strong sympathies-be able both to com municate and to listen. We are requested to state that the sub scription committee of Phoenix Hoo and Ladder Company will oommeno their tour of collection on Monday Recent letters received from the builde state that the apparatus will be read for shipment on or about the 1st pro: Those of our citizens who have not a ready subscribed will have an opportt nity afforded thom to do so, as the con mittee are empowered to collect froi such persons. * F URTU EI t ARRESTS.-United Stak Commissioner Boozer had before bin yesterday, the following oitizens . < Edgefield, arrested under the BO-calle Ku Klux Aot: Thomas W. Blease, D W. B. King, George Turner, Williai Terry, J. O. Hamilton, R. S. Towles, ? L. Terry, James P. Merchant, Mac Smith, Sumter Turner, Jesse Biddle, I A. J. Bell, Wm. Wheeler. The prisoi ors were represented by Major James A Baxter, of Newberry. Waiving an e; amination, they were bailed in the eu of $3,000 each, to appear at the speoi term of the United States Court, whic convenes in Columbia, ou the first Mo: day in August. They were confined : the jail at Newberry OD Weduesdi night. This was particularly galling at least one of them, who was for foi years a Confederate soldier, and hi never seen the inside of a guard-hona Tho charge against them is a violation the Enforcement Aot, on the 3lst Oot ber, 1870-nearly two years ago-tl actual crime, as is asserted, being tl riding on a rail of a disorderly colon man. Commissioner Boozer, we are s sured, noted promptly and consistent in the matter. Tho prisoners are und obligations to Mr. C. B. Franklin f courtesies. It is understood that Judi Rives will occupy the bench with Judi Bryan during the pouding trials. At the last meeting o? the Board of Trustees of the University of Booth' Ca? rolina, the following r?solutions were adopted, viz: 1st. That the rule heretofore existing, allowing resident graduates to occupy rooms io aoy of the University build? ings, be, and the esme is hereby, an uulled. 2d. Tbot all persons, the faculty and officers of the University excepted, now occupying any of the said rooms, be, and uro bereby, required to vacate at once. 3d. That no person shall in the future, enter and occupy any of the said rooms, without having first obtained the written consent of tbe Board of Thustees, ex? pressed in regular meeting. A NOBLE BENEFACTION.-The Trustees of the Louisville Medical College, (Lock? ville, Ky.) have created one of the most liberal benefactions ever conferred by a public institution. They have instituted one beneficiary scholarship for each Congressional District in all of the States. By this means, very many poor but deserving young men will be enabled to obtain a thorough medical education. Any one wishing to take advantage of this benefaction should write to Dr. E. S. Gaillard, Dean of the Faculty of the Louisville Medical College, Louisville, Ky., when he will receive a college cata? logue with full information in regard to all that is necessary for him to do to se? cure one of these scholarships. With proper delicacy, the names of those who have seonred the beneficiary scholarships will be known only to the Dean of tbe Faculty. In accordance with the old Hippocratic oath, forbidding physicians I to charge the families of each other for services rendered, the Faculty of thia i College will make no charge for teaching sons of physicians, and as no physician charges a clergyman's family, the sons of clergymen will receive tbe same privi? lege. The next College session begins October 1, 1872. As the lecture fees charged for each student who has not obtained a beneficiary scholarahiD amount to $120, annually, the public can appreciate the extent of this bene? faction. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meeting Palmetto Lodge, No. 5. C. Schultz-Taken Up. Hostetter's Bitters. HOTEL AsmvALs, July 18,1872.-Columbia Hotel-O D Farrar, 8 C; K lio veo, Augusta; J P Fool, J H Wilson, W H Webb. Y J Pope, Newberry; E F Blodgett, T M Blodgett, Ga; W J) Jennings, W T Gary, Edgefield; T lt Layton, Missouri; D 8 Holcombe. Cross Anchor; H D Gilbert, Wilmington; J Kahn, J Brennan, 8 J Coates, A Martin, 8 O Gilbert, Mrs A G Mackey, Jr, Charleston: W Murdook, A L B B; E 8 J Hayes, Lexington; D H dhular, Montgomery; W C Groam, Char? lotte; J G Baxter, Newberry. TROUBLE IN INDIAN TERRITORY. -There is likely to be serious ti ou ble in the In? dian Territory before long. Large num? bers of white desperadoes, outlaws from different States, have taken refuge there of late, and formed themselves into or? ganized bands for purposes of plunder and outrage. The Choctaw Vindicator reports that one large gang, calling them? selves the "Devil's Brigade," is en? camped in the Ohiokasaw nation, and another, containing forty or fifty men, is encamped at the mouth of the Washi ta. It is feared that these ruffians, who are in the Territory iu defiance of law, will provoke troubles wbioh will be likely to end seriously; in wbioh oase, as is usual, the blame will probably be laid on the Indians, who, in that region, are doing their best to advance themselves in the habits and industries of civiliza? tion. ANOTHER INSULT TO AMERICA.-Every mail from abroad brings new instances of outrage on the American name. An American citizen at Monterey was given the alternative by the Mexican authori? ties to receive 500 lashes or band over $12,000 to their treasury. The Ameri? can had committed no crime, but the Mexicans knew that they could ill-treat bim with impunity, and they did so. He compromised by the payment of $5,000. The United States Consul was also assessed, and was imprisoned for refusing to pay. The flags of the Eng? lish and other Consuls were respected. THE GETTYSBURG DEAD.-The South? ern Cross Brotherhood, of Biohmond, Virginia, who are engaged in the work of raising funds to assist the Hollywood Memorial Association in removing the remains of the Confederate dead at Get? tysburg to the Hollywood Cemetery, ap? peal to tho Southern people for the seve? ral thousand dollars which are needed. Subscriptions, whether small or large, will be received by Mr. ?L L. Honour, East Bay, Charleston, who will forward them to their destination. On Monday, 15th instant, an unfortu? nate difficulty ocourred between Sergeant Snyder and Private Stevenson, both of Captain McLaughlin's company, which resulted in the serious wounding of Pri? vate Stevenson. The ball did not pene? trate into the cavity, and notwithstand? ing the seriousness of the wound, the probabilities are that the unfortunate man will recover.-- Chester Reporter. At the annual meeting of the stock? holders of the North Carolina Bailioad, ! held tn Raleigh last week, the action of i the President and Direotors in leasing the road to the Biohmond and Danville Railroad Company, was ratified by a ?took vote of 8,600 against 700. Major Wm. A. Smith was re-eleoted President of tho company, at a nominal salary of $600 a year. A HEROINE.-The Countess de Blanch cry has just had tho Cross of the Legion of Honor conferred on her. This young lady fought with a musket like a com? mon soldier at tho combat of Patay, near Orleans, after having seen her.husband,, an officer of Mobiles, killed at bor side at tho commencement of the action.