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CXILUMMA, S..0. Tuesday 2i>rnihg, jgay,?7, 1673. Some oredulons souls are happy in the balief that the Administration is gradu? ally bringing the expenses of the Go? vernment within the bounds of prudent economy. Harper's Monthly, whose friendship for the Administration in manifested on all occasions, publishes a comparative table of the appropriations -for governmental expenses fur the fiscal year' extending from June? ?872, to June, 1873; and also for the fiscal year ending June, 1874. The appropriations for the present year are $168,242,692, and for the next year $194.786.333, an i nor ease of $26,493,641. The inorease for military purposes is more than $2,500,000, which the Modoo war vnll raise to a muoh larger amoant. The Monthly adds, with significant brevity: ''There is a world of Vgnifioanoe in the remark mad,? ia the Sonata March 21, by Mr. Sherman, that the list session of OoOgresa had done ?nothlpg to pro raotothe^ gt?'at^nteteflts'of the country beyond thB passage of the appropriation billig* y '?? Which is about equivalent to saying that the last OongroBS did nothing but squander money.: ? Tho sumo authority says that the two years of legislation of the Forty-second Congress "furnish a very limited record of results, if judged by measures passed in she interests of the people." So much for the bad polioy of eleoting a Congress in wlfloh one party has a majority so large that its most rookloss leaders are able to ride down all efforts of a feeble minority to resist their exoesses. The orders of General Grant to Gen? eral McKenzie will perhaps 'precipitate a WM "with Mex|oO?a result which, the Louisville Courier-Journal remarks, was no doubt intended when they were given. If there is any an oh thing as, a just can ho of war, the invasion of a friendly and foreign territory by troops noting under the orders of.the chief executive of a go? vernment certainly furnishes it. The report that the Mexican authorities con? sented to suoh action is, denied, and, if not denied, would not be credited. The circumstances of the equipment of moni? tors near the Gulf-ami the marshaling of troops on the frontier.' about which we have beard so muoh of late, are now fully explained, and tho silence of the Cabinet in regurd to tho collision reported this morning bot woe n Mexican, and United States troops'gives to'that collision a deep significance. Tho exoitement is great, we, are told; and.the times are cer? tainly stirring. A' mid-summer war with Mexico seems to await as .*. /-. ? ?????-??-?-^-?'? The Modocs.?The telegraph is great? ly vexed by the Modocs. Their changes and tricks are 10 rapid and' adroit that lightning oannot keep up with thorn. Late accounts say that, first, many had been put to' flight, and, secondly, had joined the Pit River Iudiapn. Tho ca? valry is always in pursuit and never catches them. They have involved the Government in hundreds of thousands of dollars of expenditurp, and have killed about as many. Of our. men as their whole fighting force numbered, and yet they are not conquered, mach less all killed, according to tho order of the Govern? ment when Gonoral Canby was ussassi nated by Captain Jack.. What is to bo done with these troublesome poople? Why is it, pertinently asks tho Riobmoud Dispatch, that Sheridan has not been sont after them?. He had great art in burning houses and well-stored barns and mills. If oruelty and barbarity* are the best elements of a war with the In? dians, we commend Sheridan as the best man in the army for the prosecution of such a wur. Why has he not been -cent after Captain Jack? ?-???-> Viiity Di.srtE.SPEOTFUTi.?Not having tho fear of Congress beforo his eyes, the oditor of the Now York Commercial Ad? vertiser porpctrates tho following: ??Imagine a lot of rats, filled with fore? bodings of punishment, all trotting back to the larder with their stolen lumps of cheese, and yon have a companion-piece to the spectaolo of the back-pay grabbers hastening to restoro their plunder to tho Treasury." And, likcwiso this: "What an 'industrious' people the Vi? ennese mast think wo Amerioans nre! Snoh ingenuity as we possess for realiz? ing cash I Who but an American would have thought of making a clean $20,000 out of the roof ol that Sowing Machine Department in the Exhibition building? Actual cost, $10,000; actual aggregato of shekels gathered in, $30,000. There's ?enterprise'for you I There's 'industry?' If the Apostle L'anl were alive to day, some countryman of ours, under pretext of sending him on a missionary scout to South Bend or some other heathen com? munity, would make a small fortune out of Paul, showing him around the coun? try ottwonty-fl?*o cents a peep." -?-*?-> A New York stable keeper, with an eye to business, advertises a "Hotel de Horse," presided over probably by a "garoon noir." Nbwspapeb Suspensions?The Au? gusta Chronicle and Sentinel publishea the i following sensible article oh the death of I ita old competitor, the Constitutionalist: From a notice publishedin the Consti- \ tutionalist, yesterday morning, by the proprietors?Messrs. Stookton & Go.-X und republished in this paper, it will be seen thai the Constitutionalist has sue ponded publication?that its last issue has been given to tho public. A paper which for a quarter of a century was a recognized organ of Georgia and of tho South?whioh at oue time wieldoi great I power and influence?has ceased to exist. ' Like the Mercury end the Courier, of I Charleston; the 'Tribune, of Mobile; the Mail, of Montgomery; the Journal and Messenger, of Muaon; the Intelligencer, of Atlanta, and many other Southern jour? nals-, it has been obliged to succumb to causes which its proprietors were power? less to control. While it was neoessarily our rival and our competitor, still the rivalry was honorable, and tho competi? tion open and manly, and we oan sym? pathize with its friends who mourn its decease. It battled well for the right; it strnck many brave blows for tho South and her people, and none arc readier than ourselves to accord full recognition tot its zealous service and successful la? bor. 1 The tendency of Southern journalism is towards consolidation. The weak aro falling or elso are being swallowed up by the Btroug. And the result has been mu: tuslly beneficial to both press and people. We have fewer papers and better papers. The quality has increased iu inverse ra? tio to tho quantity. . Instead of email sheets run exclusively iu the intorest of j politics and politicians, the Southern press is making bold and rapid strides towards a wider field, to a more elevated position. Iu point of fact, most South? ern oities are not able to support bat one good-paper, and when two or three occupy the ground, the struggle is too shatp and. severe to justify the expense of a first class daily, and journalism has grievously suffered by being overcrowd? ed. But by thinning them out, the publishers, the subscribers and the ad? vertisers* are alt benefited. The in? creased revenue justifies the publication of more and better matter, and the pa? trons of the paper get a superior article for leas money. Instead of a merchant or citizen paying twenty dollars per an? num for two dailies, as most of them did, they will pay half the money for a better paper than both of the old jour? nals combined. Tb*? ?*vortiser, instead of .placing his notices in two papers at double rates, obtains for them a wider simulation and for himself double the benefits whioh he would otherwise have received for about half the expense. There are people who think that news? papers coin money. This is a grievous mistake. Few papers in tho South have made money since the war. The ex? pense of conducting a newspaper now in our Southern cities is 100 per cent, more than before!the war. The average out? lay then was about $400. Now it runs I op to 8800 and $1,000 per week for any? thing liko d good paper. With inoreaa | iii'R'expenses,and a more limited field of subscription and advertising, there are but few cities in the South which can afford tOBOstain more than ono paper of even average respectability. Mobile, with a population of 50,000, and Charles? ton, with a population of 48,000, have but one paper eaoh?the Register in the former, and the News and Courier in the latter. Competition is said to bo the life of trade, bat in the newspaper busi? ness in small cities' it is extremely ha? zardous, and ultimately leads to serious iooonvenienoo and embarrassment. Just as we conclude this article we learn of two other suspensions of able and iuflnential -journals, proceeding, we believe, from the same cause, viz: over? crowding. Tho Union, of Columbia, hns been consolidated with the Herald, and the Republican, of Savannah, will, in a few days, we hear, be merged with the Advertiser. A few may suffer by this change in journalism, but the public will be a great gainer by the policy of consolidation, j Fewer and belter news? papers aro what we need. .?-?- ' ? ? ?* ?* Death of Manzoni.?A despatoh, dated' Friday, from Rome, announces the death, nt the ripe ago of eighty-nine, of iue great Italian novelist und pool, Count Alcssundro Manzoni. Tho work by which Manzoni is best known is his famous historical novel, "I I'romessi Sposi," n tale of Milan, in the seventeenth century, which Henry T. Tuckermau, iu his "Characteristics of Literature," -pronounced one of tho noblest works, if not the very noblest work, of fiction over written, liy tho publication of this book Manzoni oreated a new Qctiouul literature iu his country. Ho was also a poet of great eminence, publishing his first volume ut the curly age of twenty-one. Manzoni was born at Milan in 1781, nod studied at the nniversity of his city and at that o( Pavia with distinction. Tho Legion of Honor was given him in 1810, nud iu 1860 ho was made Senator. Manzoni was much beloved by the Italian people, who regarded him justly as one of tho greatest men of letters Italy had ever produced. Tho inclement day of Wednesduy pre? vented the usual noiversal tribute of flowors to the Confederate dead at Hol? lywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, though a number of persons obtained carriages and performed that duly, Ouo feature of the day was the reception of a box of plants for the Gettysburg Hill, accompanied by the following note: "I trust yon will aocept theso flowers for memorial use. They will be nono tho loss fragrant beoanso they oome from a Northern-born eitizen. The resolute valor of your dead is a legacy to a conn try broader than the South, and all your countrymen may reasonably olaim to nnite with you in these tributes to their memory." How it Feels to Drown.?My wife and I wgnt; to see ^ baoUBja, .9! the converts, and took op a position on the bridge, about thirty feet from the first pier, and between it and the abutment. We were eurronnded by people?men, women and children. Suddenly, 'while Mr. Pratt was entering the water with a female, I heard a report similar to that made by a small cannon, and in an in? stant the water closed over me, and I foil that something wai pressing me down. A heavy weight appeared to be over mo. I did not sink to the bottom. I wbb perfeotly conscious, and immedi? ately thought of getting out if possible. My bands oamo in contact with the tres? tle work, and, crawling up as if asoend ing a ladder, I was fortunate in finding qu opsflfto:, through whioh I crawled, aud imflrediatoly rose to the surface. I was then, as near as I can judge, about seventy or eighty feet from the shore. I swam toward tho bank, but when near it my strength gave out and I sank. While swimming, some person, who must have been under the water, caught hold of my left leg and grasped tight for a minute, preventing me from going forward. The person let go as suddenly as he had taken bold, and I gave a stroke or two, when I encountered a dress. Thinking it was my wife, who was standing beside me when the span fell, I grabbed it, but, having becomo enervated, I was obliged to let it go. I was almost exhausted at the time, and do not know that the dress was that of my wife. I did not notice it particularly. My thoughts were almost solely confined to her, and I im? agined, when I saw the dress, it was her'a. When I sank I was still sensible of surroundings. I wont apparently very close to the bottom. The current rolled mo over and over, aud my hands fre ?uently came in contact with tho gravel, could feel tho water running down my throat and in my oars and all at once ex? perienced the most delightful seusation. I seemed to be at peace with everything and perfeotly happy. My whole life flashed before me like a flash of light? ning, the events appearing in sequence, the most prominent appearing to be in? delibly impressed upon my mind. Cir? cumstances I had forgotten appeared vividly, and I did not want to be dis? turbed. I should have preferred to re? main where I was. While in the midst of a beautiful reverie, thinking what my wife would do if she were saved and I were drowned, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I was pulled out add placed on a rook. I was almost insensible, but gradually came to myself. Oh, bow sick und wretched I felt. After remaining on the rock about an hour, I was taken to my home. Here I commenced vomiting, and frequently ejected water and partially digested food until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. I wus taken out of the water 600 feet below the bridge. I was very thirsty after vomiting, aud tried to drink some water, bat the taste was so disagreeable that I oonld not bear it. The only way I could queuoh my thirst was by putting vinegar into the. water, about an ounce and a half to a quarter of a pint. That struck me as a rather curious oiroumstauoe. I was greatly astonished at the number of events that passed through my mind while under the water. Nothing that occurred during ohildbood was evident, but everything since I was about nine? teen years old appeared before me as if photographed. The sensation I expe? rienced while the water was going down my throat was not unpleasant. It seemed as if I was going on a journey and was surrounded by all kinds of beautiful things. While on tho rock, I felt very bad and desired to be let alone. The sudden transition from the beatific state in the water to the dry land seemed to have a bud effect, and made me indiffer? ent to what was going ou around me. Several people came to mo and wanted to take me home, but I told them to let me alone, I was bo miserable. The corpse of my wife was found uftcr she had been in the water about three hours. It is said that Mrs. Hoffman's countenance was lighted up with n life-like smile, so peaceful and suggeslivo of such pleasant thoughts when dying that everybody's attention was attraoted to her. [Chicago Tribune. LiitEiti.v.?Captain Suufuldt, of tho United States ship Plymouth, writes from Monrovia, March 20th, to tho Navy Department about' the condition of tho colony of Liberia. He is glad to flud that there has been no retrogression in the colony, but admits that there hns been littlo progress since ho lust visited it. He bus faith in its permanency and in tho firm hold taken thero by Chrietinu civilization. Tho colony has begun to export sugar and coffee, and thero uro live steam sugar mills in operation ou St. Paul's lliver. Tho Captain urges tho United States Government to give a helping band to tho colony, nod to esta? blish a lino of steamers to Monrovia. Ho is quite afraid of the cucronchmeuts of tin; English, who arc engaged in a bound? ary diiliculty with the Liboriaus, through whioh have resulted oucrcus demands upon tho Treasury by the English repre? sentatives. Wo trust there will bo no war about this English trespass. Wo have quite enough of trouble in the savage and barbarous way ut homo. Let us not add to our business in this line. But, assuredly, if their oouutrymon are in trouble, thero nre plenty of Africans by descent in this country to reinforce and proteot thorn. Which is tue Worst??The worst shocked man we have seen in some time was a oitizen who made the discovery, Friday, that tho neighbor from whom be hud borrowed a. papor for the past four years bad not paid for it. Ho learned tho faot from the agent of tho publisher, and be was grieved, He was also indig? nant. He said to us: "To think that I should have been so imposed upon at my time of life! I tell you, a man don't know who to trust'in these times. The world is fall of corruption and deceit and deviltry?chock full of it." Consolidation of tub Carolina and 10ad Companies.?A a important sc? ries of meetings was held at Hiokory, N . G, on the 14th inst.? which .resulted in gauae railroad companies recently char? tered in this Stato and North Carolina, which have for their object the construc? tion of a railroad from tho town of Ches? ter, 8. C, to the town of Lenoir, Cald well County, N. C These compauies werej.cHarlere'd, respectively, under the names of the Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and the Cheater und Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Compa? ny, and the consolidated company will bear the latter name. Tho stockholders of the two companies first met separately and unanimously agreed upon resolutions of consolidation, and a joint convention of the two companies was then held, at whioh 2,692 shares were represented, and at whioh the consolidation was fully rati? fied. The following officers of the con? solidated company were then elected: President?A. H. Davegn, of Chester. Directors?G. W. F. Harper, of Cald well; Miles O. Sberrill, of Catawba; D. Sohenck, of Lincoln; Dr. J. F. Smyer, of Gastou; I. D. Witherspoon and L. M. Crist, of York; John L. Agars and C. C. Msooy, of Cheater. Resolutions were adopted, authorizing the President .and Directors to tak<- Micb stops as they mny deem most advisable to secure consolidation with tho Kiug's Mountain Railroad, either by purchase or otherwise, and that they report the result of their action to a called meeting of stockholders, for their final determi? nation. Resolutions were aUo adopted, thnukiug the officers of the meeting und others for courtesies, and the stocktiold ers then adjourned to tho second Wednes? day of May, 1874, when the first annual meeting will be held ut Dallas, N. C. After the adjournment of the conven? tion of stockholders, the Directors eleot held a meeting and inaugurated measures for beginning tho workat-onco. They elected Colonel Fleming Garduer Chief E<gineer, and authorized tho President to secure his services at once. They also adopted a resolution authorizing au instalment of five dollars per share of the capital stock, to be called fur to meet the expenses of the survey. The Chester Reporter, Yorkville En? quirer and other papers in the up-coun? try speak enthusiastically of the pros? pects of the new enterprise, and appear confident that it will prove successful and highly advantageous to their sec? tion. The Enquirer Bays: "To the peo? ple of this section, we do not know that a more desirable route could be selected ? opening, as it will, direct communica? tion with a rich grain-growing oountry, and by a short line or connecting link, furnishing an outlet by the Air Line East and West; connecting at Linooln ton with the Carolina Central Railway, and furnishing au outlet in the one direction to Wilmington, N. C, and the other Westward; and at Hiokory, on the Western North Carolina Railroad, open? ing another line North and East. The town of Hickory is no further from Charleston by railroad communication than is the town of Greenville in this State, and the proposed route will, while benefiting the entire section through whioh it will pass, do much toward in? creasing the commercial interest of our sea-port city, in addition to giving the farmers and the pablio easy access to all portions of the country and all tho im? portant markets." Oou Foreign Financial Relations ? The New York Bulletin has a suggestive article, calling attention to the heavy balance of trade against us for 1872, the imports for last year exceeding the ex? ports by 8107,700,000, against alike ex? cess in 1871 of 852,200,000. Wo thus entered upon 1873 with a trade balance of about $108,000,000, whioh, together with say four months of interest on our foreign indebtedness, (at the rate of not less than 875.000,000 per annum,) had to be liquidated by remittances of specie and securities. Under the circum? stances, and considering that contineutal finances aro disorganized and that tho tendency of the London money market is towards a decided activity, the editor j goes on to say: "We are confronted with tho possi? bility, at least, of being called upon for free remittances of specie during the uext fow weeks sand the question, there? fore, is .suggested, iu what position do wo stand for meeting such a demand?" Concerning the available Bupply of gold for shipment, the oditor estimates that tho supply iu tho market for tho two months may bo estimated at $13,000, 000, whilo tho withdrawals aro likely to be about 819,000,000, leaving a balance of 821,000,000 to provide for the wants of export and for the necessary slock iu tho banks. During the months of May and June last year (tho H?llet in goes on to ruv) the specio exports amounted to 8-6,000,000, and fur I ho same period of 1871 to 821,000,000; Ihc averages of tho two years being equal to tho whole above estimated balance available for export and stock. Taking tho fuvorablu sup? position that tho outflow of specie this month and next will not equnl that of tho last two years, yet we bavo a pro? bability that tho stock of gold iu the banks will be reduced, beforo July 1, to a point calculated to enlist speculative manipulation of tho market with derang? ing fluctuations in the premium. The Latest KuKlux Prosecution.? According to tho Washington corres? pondent of the Richmond Dispatch, tho latest case of Ku Klux prosecution comes from Georgia, where a martyr re? ports to tho Bureau of Justico that ho rcoontly took a flight with his wife's sister, and afterwards, upon desiring to return homo, was preventod by his wife's father and brother, who he says would have Ku Kluxed him, and consequently asks protection of the Government. It is one of thoso oases in which the De I partmeut does not care to take action. HiOOAl Ite XXX ?TS. copies of the Phojnix is five cents. The Columbia Gas Company, yester? day,'dosed u contract for 700 tone coal. Old Probabilities bite it ip seventy-fcix 01ec8 out of every' 100, as statistics bIiow. Thero were nine deaths in Columbia for the week ending tho 21th instant whites four; colored five. Tho children connected with tho Pres? byterian Sunday school pic-uio to-day, in the subnrbs of the city. They meet at Col. MoMaster's, at 8 o'clock. fftTho Postmaster-General gives notice that the sending of indecent postal cards subjeots the offender to a fine of from $1,000 to $5,000. Polioeman Miles yesterday arrested a colored man, having in his possession two heifers belonging to Mr. Noah Huff? man, of the Lexington Fork. The trio were locked up. "The custom of throwing rice after a bride is Chinese." The custom of throwing the poker or bootjack after her is one of our Christian observances in America. A colored man, named Aleck Foster, employed with Messts. Albreoht & Hoff? man, two doors below Phoenix office, fell out of a second story window, yesterday, but fortunately struck on his head. Had he caught on bis feet, his legs would, undoubtedly, have been broken. During tho storm of Saturday the rosideuce of Mrs. May ran t, coiner of Se? nate and Bull streets, was struck by lightning, and Mrs. May rant was pros trated by the shock. For-several hoars afterwards there was a sulphurous smell about the premises. In tho case of the Colombia Water Power Company vs. the city of Colum? bia, Judge Carpenter ordered that the cause be beard in chambers on the 3d July next, or on euch other day there? after as the Judge might fix upon, the adverse party to be given four days' notioe of the hearing. A Substitute ron Chlokotokm.?The dangers arising from tho use of chloro? form or ether, under certain circum? stances, can easily be obviated by a re? cent discovery, of whioh the City of Brotherly Love claims the merit. Whe? ther the substitute would prove equally successful in Columbia, can only be de? termined by actual experiment. We really think it worth the trial here. The now substitute is thus described: "Philadelphia dentists nse very little chloroform or ether while operating on their customers. ' They simply give the latter the morning papers to read." PnaisixiANA.?Life in brief?Man re? spires, aspires, conspires and expires. A fruitful instrument?A drum of figs. Sediments make good emigrants. They are sure to settle. How can a man see the point of a joke when be is the butt? A man with a black eye insisted on suing for repairs and not for damages. Not allowed in the crockery of temper? ance families?The cup that cheers. Strange there should be so much bit? terness in Louisiana, the land of the sugar cane. If a ooat not worth repairing could speak, how would it plead? "It is never too late to mend." London is to bnvo a comic journal de? voted to temperance. How many smiles it must provoke. A California lover, who expected a Rack from his sweet-heart, Bold his good will to a rival for a waistcoat. ' Let us have peace"?a piooo of Mex? ico, if needs be. Tho war of factions in Frauae is rami fyiug Bight and Left. The Modocs fought for food and Un? cle Sam for a land grub. Bcvcrago manipulator iy the last cu pbohism for a bar-tender. Tho peace negotiation by tho Moucc womeu has a rquaw-lie look. Sterne says that free thinkers are gen? erally those who nevor think at all. The State Militia.?The Chester Re porter remarks that tho colored militia ore being quietly but rapidly enlisted in Chester and other parts of the State, and Asks: I What does this mean? If it is pro? posed to organizo the militia in pursu? ance of the laws of the State, why not issue a general order from the Adjutant Gcneral'B office requiring citizens within the prescribed ages to come forward and enroll themselves? Why enlist and or? ganize tho negroes exclusively? Is it proposed to repeat the hiatory of the past? We remember very well to have seen a company of negroes marching through the streets of this town in the fall of 1870, brandishing thoir Winches tor rifles in the faces of the white people, and shouting: "Here's your Regulators." It may as well be nnderetood at once that tho world has moved since that time, aud that euoh a scene ooald not be re enacted without somebody getting hart. If, however, the object is to have a force prepared to send to tho North-west this summer to fight the Sioux Indians, we have no more to say. A Shobt Temperance Lecture, Foukd bp o? Eaos,, k Mft ?i j mm jwlix planter and successful speculator in a neighbor - ing County, not more than-fifty miles from OolumbiS,'is iu temper ate in drink, and sometimes goes to each c xceas as" to bordet upon mania a potu. . ?n theBe occasions, be is noisy and violent, and bis family prudently keep out of tho way. Coming borne one day fronzied by alcohol, be made such demonstrations as alarmed his wife, who, unperoeived by him, slipt into a large wardrobe in a corner of the room, and closed the door. Unable to find an object upon which to expend his wrath in the house, he sought one outside. When all became calm, and Mr.-, we. suppose, in the em? brace of Morpheus, Mrs. - timidly came forth from her hidiog-plaoe. Peer? ing cautiously around, she found some traoes of blood in the next room. Her fears were alarmed. What if one of her precious children had suffered violence at the hands of a father insane' with liquor! She had heard oases of suoh ex? treme derangement of mind from the poison of alcohol, that natural affection oven succumbed, and became trans? formed into reckleas and desperate vio? lence. A little further search revealed the fact that a favorite old goblcr was tho victim. Ho had been Killed out of. season, but it was a relief to find tni?ge no worse. Next day, tho gobler graced the dinner-table. Rev. Mr. ? t ? .a brother of-, and a man hejdjilgh in esteem for piety,) literary attain man ta and a cluster of virtues and personal graces, happened in - at dinner. He knew at once that tho' turkey had not been killed for him, as be oame unex? pectedly. He pleasantly bantered his sister-in-law and brother upon their ex? travagance. Madame could not explain for laaghter, and Mr. ??for very shame, kept the dread secret locked in his bosom. Therailery was sharp, bot the mystery of turkey for dinner was un? covered for tho time. It leaked out at last, however, and, reaching our ears, we give it to our readers. It is not a bad joke on Mr.-, but it has worn ever since * serious aspect to him. And to all, who, like him, take the pernicious stuff to a dangerous excess, destroying the peace and happiness of tho family, it oonveys an useful lesson. They may not be equally fortunate as Mr. ?t-iin hav? ing a pious brother to say grace only over turkey at. dinner, after a debauch iu drinkiug. Maddened by - suoh in?, fiuences as he was under, they may really imbue their hands in innocent blood?it may be of children, kindred or friends. Let them avoid the cup. It is charged with death not only to him who drinks it, but with ruin and disgrace to all near to him, and grief to sli *?Uhi*s tho sphere of his acquaintance. -^^Ww!-i Fresh Si;rruBs.--E, E. Davies & Co. are daily in receipt of-pineapples, straw? berries, blackberries, cherries, and other . home and foreign fruits; also, squashes, cucumbers and early vegetables of vari? ous kinds; North Carolina-May butter, of good quality. * Hotel Arrival, May 26.? Wheeler House?? L Brj5?, W C Fergus, Balti? more; 0 A Field, Norfolk; J F Eiaon mann, J W McDovitt, city; W H Tres oott, Pendleton; W A Bradley, Augusta; Mrs J M Kankle, Mr and Mrs John J Kuoklo, nurse and infant, Henry Doll, H M Allen, Jr. Maryland; W P Hansell, A T Briggs, W H Tbraw, George Meade, Goorgo Retten, G Lee, D W Lee, child and servant, Now York; John Q Thieson, Washington; H A Smith, Winnsboro; 0 P Towensend, Bennettsville; B*iD; ToweQBend, Society Hill; J Gilfintin, Charleston; C Lark, Laurena; Mrs Dr Car many and two children, Newberry; J E Craig, Blackstock. Columbia Hotel?E Gaypless, John Ag new, Jr, J E Black, G W Thames, city; i Mrs Flinn, W J Sprinkle, Darlington; I Rev A M Folchi, J D Gillespie, O M Sadler, Charleston; Fred D Bush, G & 0 ORR; Riohard Wearne, Newberry. Hendrix House-W Z MoGhee, New; York; RS Elom, Va; J S Broadaway; Augusta; P P Pease, Ky; J L Black, S C; John H Turman, Sumter; P S Wil? liams, W U Tel Co; S Patton, Charles? ton; Mrs Albert Guerry and three chiU dreu, Sumter; 0 ELeitner, Fair field. List op New Advertisements. E. H. Heinitsh?Rose Cordial, etc. Board of Trade Library?To GijizeDs. R. Hannan?Cottage House to Rent. Special Meeting Board of Health. Seibels & Ezell?Elegant Residence. Key Box 201?House-keeper Wanted. Seibels & Ezell?House to Rent. United States Court?Charleston, May 24.? Caleb W. Barrett, of Sumter, was finally discharged in bankruptcy. Godfrey Harmon was approved of as assignoe of Solomon O. Harmon. The petition of Edward 0. MoClure to establish a lien on the estate of Wm. T. Sealey, bankrupt, was referred to Regis? trar Carpenter. A rule was grantod compelling the United States Marshal to show cause, on the 29th instant, why he has placed the petitioning creditors in possession of the books, papers, Ac, of the Bine Ridge Railroad Company, heretofore declared bankrupt. The petition of Wm. Allison, of Fort Shoals, for voluntary bankruptcy, was referred to Registrar Glawson.