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*".? si.-'* j...1. ;j? -I.1..11 ? iHte.ii1' -'? ?? TeleHrapti'e?*?orol^n Affa-Ir?. LoyWK,'''M*jf;7^?^ from> Madeira state that tbe Vises are in a satisfactory condition. \- ''sn jm?7T3 ' Azores newspapers deny tue exist ouoo in those islands of a movement in favor of annexation to the United States. A protracted "lock oat" of farm la? borers in Lincolnshire has been ended by a settlement which will probably be adopted in otqer agricultural disttiots of England.' London, may 21.?A Dally Newa spoo.'alfrom Paris eays tho Cabinet has been formed. Its principal members are Goulard, Deeazes, Lowergue, Gre vart aud Czanne?all of whom belong to tbe moderate eeotion of the Right and Right Centre. Tbe object of tbe now Government is to conciliate both Centres, in order to carry the septen? nial Constitution through the Assem? bly. Geneva, May 21.?The names of the drowned students are Grant and two brothers Woodberry. TeleflrauUIo? American aiatlcra. Atlanta, May 20.?The Convention of Confederate surgeons met to-day. About forty delegates were present. Dr. Henry F. Campbell, of Augusta, was eleoted President, with Vica-Pre dents from every Southern Stute. A general routine business was trans? acted. The mooting to-morrow, it is anticipated, will be very interesting. Ohio ago, May 21.?Notice has been given of au appoal from the Presby? tery to Synod, .upon the vote acquit? ting Prof. Swing of heresy. Little Rock, May 21.?The Legis? lature will investigate Federal Senators Clayton .and Dorsey, ou a charge of au attempt to overthrow the State Go? vernment; A bill of amnesty for those engaged in the late erneute was intro? duced iu the House. Ohioago, May 21.?Tho Mutoals, of New York, 11; White Stocking*, of Ohioago, 10, St. Louis, May 21.?The Presbyte? rian Grand Assembly commence their annual session ' here to-morrow. 300 delegates have already arrived, and nearly as many more are expected. The Presbyterian 8abbath Institute or Convention has been in session to-day, and is well attended. J. Bennett Tyler, of Philadelphia, is presiding. Washington, May 21.?The mar? riage ceremony is over. The presents aggregate fully $50,000, and are very beuutifnl. The party cross the Atlantic on the Baltic. The captain has deoo rated her deok cabin as a boudoir for the bride. The only thing that marred the simple, citizen-like character of the ceremony was tbe presonoa of the Marine Baud. Birmingham, Ala., May 21.?Tho Alabama Press Convention rj-elected the former officers, oonoloded routine business, passed resolutions of thanks to the authorities of Birmingham and citizens for the unbounded hospitality to themselves and their New York guests; also to tbe various railroads and to Western Union Telegraph Com? pany, for free use of the lino and ad-, joorued. The session was very har? monious. After adjourumeut, all tbe editors visited the ore bed, coal mines, furnace, etc Montgomery, May 21.?About fifty editors of New York papers are now in Alabama, inspecting the iron and ooal fields and the quality of land. They have been everywhere received with great cordiality. They express great gratification at the manner of their reception aud profound astonish? ment at the immense mineral wealth of Alabama. They go from here to At? lanta, ou Sunday; spend Sunday night and half of Monday in thatoity; go thence to Chattanooga, and thence directly home, via Washington. Lowell., Mass, May 21.?Remit? tances? 82,000 to New Orleans; 8643 to the reservoir sufferers. Syracuse, N. Y., May 21.?The en? gine of the early train on the Syracuse and Northern Railroad wont through a draw. The engineer and conductor were .killed. Cause?Carelessness of the engineer. Philadelphia, May 21.?James Gal? lagher, four years of age, was fatally burned while playing with matches. The Episcopal Convention, this morning, was engaged in routine busi? ness and reports. Chicago, May 21.?Toby & Booth's packing house, with a largo number of dressed hogs, over 1,000,000 pounds of bulk meats, several thousand pounds lard and (3. 0 livo bogs, were burned last night. Loss estimated ut $150,000; insured. Washington, May 21.?Iu tho So nute, joint resolutions of the Pennsyl? vania Legislature wero presented against tho withdrawal of thu Pacific mail steamship subsidy. West, from tho Committee of Transportation, re? ported a bill for the improvement of tho mouth of the Mississippi by Eado's jetties. Civil rights resumed. In the House, tho post office appro? priation bill passed. It allows the agrieeltoral reports to pass through tho mail free. Tho pension appropria? tion bill passed. No new features in either. A bill admitting New Mexico as a State passed, by 160 to 51. The Congressional delegations from Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi had a conference, with the view of obtaining further Congressional aid for the sufferers by tho overflow in the Mississippi River. Sonator West pre? sided, and, after much iuformatiou hud been laid before the meeting, sbowiug the absolute necessity of further aid, a sab-oommittee, consisting of Morey, of Louisiana, TTodges, of Arkansas, aud Howe, Of Massachusetts-, was appoint? ed, to oollate all tbe information available on the subject as to rosouroes aud requirements. It is represented that 8500,000 additional will ho asked for from Congress. Probabilities?For tho Middle Stutea and lower lake region, olear or clear-1 jng and cool weather, North and West wiodi and risiug barometer For the South Atlautio aud Eastern Oulf States, partly olear weather and local rains, North-east to' South east winds, lower temperature in the South Atlan? tic States and the Eastern portion of the Eastern Onlf States, and no de? cided ohange in the barometer. For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley? partly cloudy weather, variable winds, rising followed by falling barometer and light rain in the Western portiou of these districts. Telegraphic-? Commercial Report?. Paris, May 2t.?Rentes 69f. 45o. Liverpool, May 21?3 P. M.?Got ton dull and easier?uplands 8b<; Or? leans 8%; sales 10,000, iooluding 2,000 for export and speculation; cotton to arrive 1-16 cheaper; sales of nplauds, uothing below low middling, shipped April, 8 7-16; deliverable Juno or J-ly, 8 516; Bales of shipments of new crop on basis of uplands, nothing be? low good ordinary, 8 11-16; sales of Americun 6,500; sales of uplauds, no? thing below good ordinary, deliverable June of July, 8%. Liverpool, May 21?Evening.? Cotton?Bales of uplands, nothing bo low low middling, shipped in May or June, 8%; deliverable in. July or Au? gust, 8 7-16; sales of Orleans, nothing below low middling, deliverable iu July or August, 8 11-1G. New York, May 21?Noon.? Cotlon dull; sales 517?nplauds I8P4; Orleans 19)3. Futures opened quiet and easy: Juue 17^(aU7%; July 18.^@18 11-32; August 18 9 lb^ia^e; September 18 3 16@18j?. Flour steady. Wheat a shade firmer. Corn lo. better. Pork firm, ut 18.00. Lard steady?steam 11'4. Freights firm. Stocks dull. Monty 3. Gold Vl%. Exohange? loug 4 88U; short 4 91j?. Govern? ments strong. State bouds quiet and nominul. 7 P. M.?Cotton?not receipts 797; gross 869. Futures closed firm; 6uies 18,200: June 17 29 32, 17 15-16; July 1813 32,18 7-16; August 18&, 18 25-32; September 18 11-32 bid. Cotton dull; sales 650, at 18^@19^. Flour dull and drooping?common to fair extra 6.25(2*7.10; good to choice 7.15(^1 L.0?. Wheat heavy and lo. lower, witb limit? ed inquiry?1.58@1.00 for winter red Western; 1.70 for white Western. Corn a shade belter, with moderate demand. Coffee quiet aud utichucged. Sugar dull, without decided change. Rice quiet and steady. Pork firm ? 18 00 lor new. Lard firmer, at 11 716. Whiskey quiet, at 97?^ Freights firmer?cotton, steam 8-10(2*^. Money easv. at 2@3. Sterling dull, ut 4 8S>a. Gold firm, at 12J?@12& Govern? ments strong nod considerable doing. States quiet and nominal. Louisville. May 21.?Flour un? changed. Coro quiet and nnchunged, 84(2j86. Provisions quiet. Pork 18 25. Baoou quiet and unchanged. Lard 11>?. Whiskey 94. St. Louis, Muy 21. ?Flour firm aud unchanged. Com dull aud lower ?67>2 for No. 2 mix:d on track and in elevator; white mixed 77@80. Whiskey quiet, at 96. Pork firm, at 18.00; held higher at close. Bacon strong; buyer? not disposed to take hold; only jobbing trade. Lird high er?11 for steam, cash. Cincinnati, May 21.?Flour dull and unchanged. Corn steady. Pork firm? 18 00, buyer iu May. Lird quiet aud firm?steam nominal; kettle 10>4'@ 10}?. Baoon firm aud source; shoul? ders 1%\ clear rib 10; dear 10}?. Whiskey firm, at 91. Baltimore, May 21.?Flour un? changed. Wheat doll aud heavy. Corn strong; supply light?white Southern 90; yellow 86. Provisions quiet but firm. Whiskey qaiet, at 98 (a)93)?. Cotton dull and lower?mid? dling \*>yx\ low middling 17^; net re? ceipts 69; gross 97; exports to Great Britain 25; coastwise 81; stock 9,500. Wilicinoton, May 21.?Cotton no miuai; net receipts 24; exports coast? wise 276. Philadelphia, May 21. ? Cotton? net receipts 67; gross 517. New Orleans, May 21.?Cotton irregular; demand fuir?middling 17%\ good ordinary 15^; ordinary 13,WC; uet receipts 47; gross 5G; exports coast? wise 1,386; suIes2,5UU; stock 78,219. Savannah, May 21.?Cotton dull middling 17}?; net receipts 86; gross 86; exports coastwise 386; sales 13. MoniLE. May 21.?Cotton dull and tending down?middling 17^-i; uet re? ceipts 219; exports ooustwiso 13. Boston, May 21.?Cottou dull and easier?middling 19; gtoss receipts 732; sales 200. Memphis, May 21.?Cotton dull and weuk?low middling 17; receipts 581; shipments 473. NORFOLK, May 21.?Cotton dull and lower?low middling 17b^@17)^; net receipts 518; exporta co&btwiso 362; sales 100. Galveston, May 21.?Cotton dull and weak?good ordinary 16; middling 11%; uet reoeipts 248; exports to France 786; coastwise J92; stock 15.663. Charleston, May 21.?Cotton dull and easier?middling Viyi(^Yl%\ low middling 17J6; uet reoeipts 103; ex? ports coastwise 20; sales 100. Augusta, Muy 21.?Cotton dull and nominal?uet reoeipla 88; sales 104. At Wulterboro, on Friday last, tho 15th inst., Daniel DeSaussure, colored, who was oonvioted in February, for tho murder of Aunie Blaok, suffered tho death penalty. An immense crowd of near 4,000 persons, two-third i of whom were oolored, witnessed the ghustly spectacle. A rumor wus circu? lated that his father intended to shoot him before ho was hung, and Sheriff Terry summoned an armed posse of twenty men to guard hini ana prevent interference, but uo disturbance oc? curred. The Charleston Hotel is preparing I to close up for the summer mouths. ?TT-. .i . % ,tv^-t?rr-irf-r-r-r-rm?::. _.- ? A. Sanctimonious Pokbb Player.? About two years ago, a Missouri Iii vor steamboat left Fort Beaton with a party of tough and well-to-do miners ou board. There were also amoug tbe paBsobgeri three or four "brace moa," and before arriving at Sioux City, they had |generally cleaned out |tho pockets of1 the miners. The boat stopped at Sioux Oity to wood up, and found, among others waiting to get on board, ft ministerial looking personage, with the longest uud most solemn oounte nanoe ou him you can well imagine. He was dressed iu a suit of black, wore o whito stove-pipe bnt aud choker collar, oruamoutud with a black neak-handkerchief. Well, ho got on board, and the boat started down the stream. For two days he was uuuoticed by tbo other passengers, but one of tbe sports ut last thought he saw a chauoo to make something out of the aud and melan? choly individual. The latter would once or twioe a day step np to thu bur, and, with a voice thut was as mild and gentle as a muiden's, e>k for "a glass j of soda, if you please," and thou he \ would pull a roll of bills from his pooket and take n quarter from their interior layers. Then he would say to tbe bar-keeper, as if under n thousand obligations, "thank you, sir," aud walk nft sgaiu us if about to commit suicide. Tuis thing had goue far enough, and the gambler I have spoken of ut lust approached him. "Woald you like a game of eevon-up, sir?" "Seven up? What is seveu-up? Please tell me, my good friend?" "Why, a game of oards, you kuow, just to pass away the time. Let ui play a game." "My good friend, I do not know anything con? cerning oards; I cannot play them." "Well, come uloog, wo'll show you how to do it," Aud the mild gentle? man iu Mark, after home further pro? tests, utleugtb conseuted. They showed him how 'twas done, aud tboy played several games. Tho gentleman in black was delighted. Gamblers want to know if he will play poker live coma ante, just for the fuu of tbo thing. Gentleman in black says ho oau't play the game, but they ex? plain again, and thu poker commences. Tho gentleman in black loses every time. There are six men iu tbe game. Each one deals before the gentleman in blaok, and ante bus been raised to $1. Gout iu black deals awkwardly uud looks at his baud. Next man to deal? er bets five?goes round, and beta are raised to SlOU. Gent in blaok uees it aud makes it $100 better. Gamblers look surprised, but will not be bluffed. The bet had reached $500?Si,000. All draw out except a Pike Peak miner, who sees and calls him: "What have you?" ??Waal," answers tbe gent iu black, "I have?let me see?wuul, I have four ouet?." The gamblers, who have suspicioued some time before, now look wild, and the light begins to dawn iu the miner's mind. He leaned across the table and said iu the most sarcastic tones he could command: "Oh, you have, haveyoi? Yon d?d eauotimouious sbufller." The gent got up from the table and handed one of tho gamblers his card. It read, "Bill Walker, Now Orleans"? one of tbo most successful sharpers in the country. The Sorvet Commenced.?Wo ure glad to learn that Col. Thad. Coleman, Chief Engineer of tho Greenville and Frenoh Broad Railroad Company, baa taken the field with a corps of engin? eers to survey the route from Asheville to Spartanburg. Our young friend McKown Johnstoue, Jr., left here a few days since, to join the corps at Butt Mountain. The line has already been run from Asheville to Butt Mountain, aud the engineers started on the line from that point ooming this way, last Friday, and we may soon expeot to see thorn in town. This looks like busiueas.? Carolina Spartan. Cotton Gin and Saw Mill Bubmt. We learo from a reliable source thut tho oottou gin and saw mill of the Johnson brothers, situated ou the East fotk of Brushy Creek iu this County, wero burnt, utter sunrise on Sunday morning last. The oaose of the fire is unknown, but it is generally supposed to be the work of au incendi? ary, else tho fire would^ havo taken plaoe soon in tho night. Tho loss to the Messrs. Johnson is estimated ut 52.00U; $500 for the buildiugs and $1.500 for Jho machinery. IA nderson Intelligencer. Somo men are uover contented until they go to extremes. If thut Ken? tucky lawyer had controlled himself uud been satisfied with calling tho Judgo a liar eighty times, he might havo been au able-bodiod, choeifal man to-day. But instead of practic? ing moderation, ho called bim u liar eighty-one times, aud now the sur? geons aro trying to replace his nose, which was knocked clean through his head. The Chableston Tax Sales.?At the sale wbioh was continued on tho 20th, from the letter W to tho fifth district, inolusive, tho eutire city pro? perty was gone through with, compre? hending 2,020 forfeitures to tho State. Tho property of the sixth and seventh districts aro to be sold to day. Tho Georgia press^ to their credit be it said, condemn the scurrilous style in which Messrs. Stephens and Hill write against eaoh other, aud about the truth of history. Tho coroner held three inquests iu Charleston on tho 20th; two ovor chil? dren in the city, aud oiie ovor a man in the subarbs?till colored uud natural deaths. Wm. Davidson, a drunken man, fell on tho truck of tho Athens Brunch Railroad, lust Friday, and was out iu two by a passing train. Practical Ulm? for Farmer?. ! ty#jf$ftol( ? iut: d*qilowa' from ' the. I Tbe cotton States ; pave been especi? ally persistent in disregarding tbe teachings of statistics and defying tbe Uwe of political economy. Every in? telligent publicist knows that a certain amount of money, say a present ave? rage of $300,000,000, may bo derived from cotton. If tbe average quantity is iooreased tbe price dimiuisbes, and vice-versa. If fluctuations are frequent the spe? culator or manufacturer, aud uot the producer, derives an advantage. If yon cboose to produce 5,000,000 bales, you obtain 10 cents per poaud and lose money; if you grow but 3,0U0,000 bales, you get 20 cents per pound, and obtain a profit. Now, it is better for tbe world, and, in a series of years, better for the grower, to produco regularly enough to supply tbe current wants of the trado at u medium and remunerative price, or as near a regu? lar eupply as possible, for the vicissi? tudes of tbo Beoson will inevitably cause injuiious fleet nations, despite, the highest efforts of human wisdom aud foresight. As the uses of cotton iucrease, and markets are extended throughout thu world, its manufacture will bo enlarged, and its culture should obtain corresponding enlargement. To overstep tho boundary of current demand and glut the market, m?y be pleasing to tho speculator and to tbe manufacturer, so far as he combines speculation with weaviug, but it is death to tbe grower. There is much false reasoning on this matter. A planter may truly aflirm that he obtains $30 per acre for his cotton, und but $25 for his corn, and he thereupon and thereforo de? clares that ho will plant no more corn. L :t till uut upon this suggestion, aud instead of $53 for tho acre of uot ton and that of corn, the total return of the two acres of cotton will be but $30. A surplus of oorn may be pat iuto meat, and wool, und whiskey, or used to eke ont u scarcity of some kind of forage for animals; but a sur? plus of cotton roust wait for tho slow grinding of the mills of the fabricating gods, usually until disgust ut low priced roduocs production correspond? ingly. Than, while cotton is aud long will be the leading product aud the most profitable field crop at fair prices, its prominence in tbe list has kept, und is now keeping these States in compara? tive poverty, which is unnecessary as it is inconvenient aud injurious. It does not produce money cnongh to give wealth to a population of uino millions. Tho other crops, instead of barely equaling in tho aggregate the receipts hum this, should represent at least $1 for every ouo of cotton. The oensns record of production in these States is but $fr?S.000.000; the record should be made to read $1,500,000.000. With three-fourths of tho people of teu Stutos employed in agrioulture, the value of agricultural products exceeds but little that of tho States of New York aud Pennsylvania, where only one-fourth are bo employed. Tbo ave? rages for each person employed iu agrioulture iu those States are respect? ively, ns deduced from tho census, $077 i and $707, while those of Georgia aud I Mississippi are $239 and $282 For I the teu States the average is $2G7; for the four populous Middle States $636. Evon the Stutos producing cheap corn show a larger return, tbe average for one man's labor in the five States be? tween the Ohio River and the lakes being $193, while the six sterile East? ern States produce $190 for eaoh farmer. It may be the census is less complete in tho cotton States, but it is undeniable that agricultural industry makes a smaller aggregate return there than in any other section. Nor is the reason wanting; it is duo to the pro minonce of cottoo, the return for which is substantially a fixod quantity, and the negleot of other resources. Let us glance at the topography and capabilities of this section. Thu area occupied by cotton, allowing 10 per cent, ndditiou to usual estimates, is loss thau one-fortieth of tbe furfaco of those States; it is but one thirteenth of the proportion actually occupied as farms. Forty six per cent, of the cen? sus crop was grown iu 81 Counties, which are all that produoj as much as teu thousand bales each; aud 77 per cent, grew in 215 Counties, making not leas than livo bales each. The total acreage in cotton is scarcely inure than one-sixteenth of tho surface of Texas. What is to be done with the other Uf teen-slxtoouths? A very largo propor? tion of tho urea of those States is uuadapted to cotton, either by reason of elevation or of soil. There is no other section of tho country with resources so varied; nono presenting such a field for new aud promising enterprises. Competition is possible with the son islauds iu oranges and bananas und other fruits iu Flo? rida, and with New York and Michi? gan in apples, and other fruits ou tho table lauds of the Alleghauies. More than half tho value of all cottou ex? ports is paid for imports of sugar, which could and should all bo growu iu these States. But ouo pouud in ten of thu required supply is now made, upon a smaller surface than half of u siuglo County twonty miles square. The demand of tho world for oils? cottou, rape, paliwi christi aud many othor?is large, and prices are remu? nerative, und thu eeotion is peculiarly adapted to their production. 100,000.000 pounds of cheese, to compete with an equal quant ty in New York, without danger of glutting tho market, coald bo made from grasses of tho glades that grow ou lauds costing one twentieth tho value of Empire Statu pasturage. More than 200, U 00, 000 acres of these States uro OOVerud 1 with wood, und the axe is still brought into requisition to girdle tho mounrcbs' of the forest and await a elqwdecay, lor replacing' fields" worn-oat by a wasteful culture, while a timber fa minq threatens ' other eeetione of the country, and a thousand forms of woody fabrioatiou can be transmuted iuto gold?at least, into greenbacks, whioh seem to bo preferred to gold in certain districts. Even the forest lauds?certainly those of the ' coast belt?uro covered with wild grasses, only partially utilized, which, in con? nection with tho herbage of the prairie sections, are worth, in flesh and wool, at a meagre estimate, half the value of the oottou crop. The list might bo in? creased indefinitely. With tho intro? duction of the bust machinery, the most economical methods and the mobt eflicieut means of fertilization, with well-directed aud persistent labor, adapted to the wants of all olasees of workers, the present population is amply sufficient to double the gross product of agricultural industry, and far more than double its profits. State Bonds.?State Treasurer Car doza has put forth the following "cir? cular:" The Treasurer of the State is now prepared to fund, at the Treasury, in Columbia, S. C, the bonds aud stocks of the State authorized by the Legis? lature under tho funding Act, ap? proved December 22, 1873, into the consolidation bonds and stocks. Tho following classes of bonds and stocks are authorized to be funded: Stock.?Revolutionary war claims; Charleston Eire Loan; construction Stute Capitol; funding past due interest and principal; conversion State securi? ties. Bonds.?Charleston fire loan; con? struction State Capitol; aid to Blue Ridge it nlroad; funding past duo in? terest and prinaipal; redemption bills receivable; payment interest public debt: funding bills Bank of State; re? lief of Treasury; Land Commission. The following bonds issued under Act of March 231, 1869. entitled "loan for the cooversion of Stute securities," are also authorized to be funded into "consolidation bonds;" they having been duly exchanged and represented by bonds on file: Denomination Si,000 Numbered in lied.?Numbers 1 to 519 inclusive; numbers 521 to 1 130 inclusive; num? bers 2.151 to 2,47o inclusive. Denomination $1,000 Numbered in Dlue.?Numbers 3,271 to 3,496 inclu? sive; number 3.498. Denomination $500 Numbered in Red.?Numbers 1 to 237 inclusive; numbers 1,001 to 1,200. Denomination $100 Numbered in Red.?Number 1 to 120 iuclusive. The Legislature bus declared that the remainder of the "conversion bonds were put upon the market without any authority of law, * * * and are absolutely null aud void." The fundiug law referred to above requires that the holders of tho above bonds aud stocks should exchange them, with the accrued interest to Jan? uary 1, 1874, for "consolidation bonds and stocks" ut fifty per centum of their face value. The "consolidation bonds aud stocks" bear interest from. Janu? ary 1, 1874 The interest due July 1, 1874, will be paid ut the Treasury, in Columbia, South Carolina, aud the National Purk Bauk, New York. Par? ties who desire oopies of the funding Act can obtaiu them by applying at the Treasury. A couple of drunken scoundrels, named Cozart and Thomas, who at? tended the Knights of Pythias pio-nio at Atlanta, last Friday, quarreled on board the train, and several shots were fired in a oar full of ladies and chil? dren, one ball wounding a lady. The scone was indescribable. Both men were arrested. r Iu the death of Dr. Dj Witt, New York bus lost an old aud highly vene? rated clergyman, who for more than half a century has been conspicuous for his piety, bis eloquenoe, the blame? less beauty und fidelity of his life. No diviue was more honored, and his death is au irreparable loss to the church. Wednesday last, May 20, was the uiuety-uiutb anniversary of tho North Caroliuu declaration of iudopeudeuce ?twenty-live delegates of tho people of Mecklenburg Couuty huviug tuet ut Charlotte and asserted "the inherent I uud inalienable rights of man," the j right of the people to be "free and in? dependent. " The Picayune, of Sunday, publishes a list of contributions for the relief of the overflowed people of Louisiana, which uggreguted $88,259 90, of which Boston contributed $31,500, or more thau one-third of the entire amount reueivud. R. Lewis Thomson, a promising young man of Spartauburg, formerly a cadet iu King's Mountain Military School, and brother of J. S. R. Thom? son, Esq., died in Baltimore, on Mon? day night lust, of fever. Chance.?One writer says: "The word grange is Ruiuun by birth, Eng? lish by ubsuciutiou und American by adoption. It signifies u "corn farm where tithes and rents due religious houses wore kept " The EJgefleld Advertiser declares that tho statement of County Treasur? er McDevitt relative to mistakes in connection with tho payment of taxes, is as "clear as mud." Seuator Terry, of Connecticut, is very ill, a spinal difliaulty. Uo will prubably never be able to take his teat | us Senator uguin. Cousiderahlo excitement has been caused by tho mysterious disappear? ance of a girl, nged sixteon, from tho oonvcut of St. Joseph, Torouto. Now is tub Time?To advertise, at our summer rates, uud while there is leisure to read the papers. Major E. O. MoLure, formerly ol Chester, S. C, bat now living in Dal? las, Texas, writes to bis old paper, tbe Chester Reporter, that he was in Tyler, Texas, Monday, the 4th May, and that thero was frpst that morning aud every prospect of a freeze the next morning. He said that at that time the corn crop was frequently laid by, but this season it was not all pluuted. He baw only one held where tbe cotton was coming up. If there is any truth in the old saying that "misery likes company," our farmers can partially console them? selves with tbe reflection that their agricultural brethren in Texas are con? siderably behiud in their farming operations. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, held in Dallas, N. C, on the 13th instant, Dr. A. H. Davega was unanimously elected President, and the following gentlemen Directors: Chester?C. S. Price, Esq , J. S. Wilson. York? Col. W. H. McCorkle, Captain L. M. Grist. Gaston?Uriah Matthews. Lincoluton?V. A. McBee. Catawba? Moj. ?. M. Finger. Oaldwell?Maj. H. C. Hamilton. Work on the road is being proceeded with rapidly. The executions of the twoj negro men, Henry Eilcrease and John Mitchell, have been stayed until No? vember next?pending adecisiou upon application for uew trial. Kilcrea?c was sentenced to be hanged on the 22dinst; Mitchell on tbo 3d of July. Patrick West being dead, there now remains but one, of the four men originally sentenced, who will proba? bly be exeonted? Tom Padgett, to be bunged ou the 29th of this month. [Edgefield Advertiser. Gen. P. M. R. Young declares that the statements concerning him published in the New York Sun, are "malicious and false," and says that 'when tho slanderous accusations therein contained are preferred by a responsible person who "can be reached," be will make "such re? sponse" as becomes the representative of the honorable men of his district. At the laFt grand bull in Wyoming, one young lady was attired in a buff gros grained buokskin dress, with army blanket over-skirt, bottom looped up with buckskin strings cut bias. Hair dressed a la Red Cloud, in whioh were twined a few sprigs of sage brush, the whole secured behind in a bunch with u handsome pin made with a pine splinter and a buffalo's ear. A reporter says that there is some? thing grand in the sight of a pair of rnuaway horses, but the Detroit Free Press believes that a good deal de? pends on whether a man is on a fence or trying to climb over tho end-board of the wagon. Death of an Old Citizen.?Mr. Hilluriab Mcpall, oue of the oldest men of this vicinity, and a respected citizen, died on Sunday night last, at his residence, two miles and-a half West of town, ut the advanced age of eighty-one yeurs. ? Torkville Enquirer. ArroiNTED to a Cadetthif. ? Wm. H. White, colored, son of J. Hannibal White, State Senator from York County, has been appointed to a oa detsbip in the Military Academy at West Point, by Congressman Cain, representative of the State at large. An exchange, iu announcing the fact that McCullagh, of tbe St. Louis GlobB, proposes to lecture next winter on the mysteries and miseries of jour? nalism, adds that he is one of the miseries. And very likely one of tbe mysteries. The surviving members of Hood's Texas Brigade held their third annual re union at Galveston, on the 7th inst. Their battle-torn flag was greeted with enthusiastic applause. Montgomery White Sulphur Springs. THIS famous Watering Place will bo oponed for the reception of visitors on the _1st JONE. Tho buildings htivu DU..U raUited and furnished in tbe most (dt Kant modern stylo, aud there is every appliance for the eotnfort. couvoni ouce aud amusement of our Guests, snob Hi Exprubs, Ticket, Post and Telegraph Offices, ?tc. Ac. Music by the Naval Aca? demy baud from Annapolis, Md. Visitors leave tlio A. M AO. Ksilroad at Rig Tuuuul, and thence by brauch road 1| miles to tho Springs. Address OULUOUM& COWAN, Mav 22 3mo Prupriotors. A CARD. . riTHL' subscriber would respectfully in JL term tbo citizens of Columbia aud vicinity that ho hits changed bis buninoss, ana id now devoting bis whole attoution to j IVHoLSTEIUNO, Ac. From a long exue I riahco of tho business, he-fl tttera himself j to receive a ?bare or public patronage Repairing dono with promptness and rte spatcb. Any order lett either at William Stieglitz'* Confectionery, or at bis p ace, next to tho Imlependout Etigiuo House, will bo prompt I v attended to. May 72 I I. O ItlESHABEB. Who Wants? 1AA i\f\t\ FEET seasoned LUM lUU.UUU DER for satn-1, U und '2 incti FLANK, WEArHElt-i.OAUDlNO and FLOORING. Apply to E. Stknuousk. A lot in his yard now. JOSlAd HALT1WANGER. Maj21 lnn>? 1,000 PIECES ORO GRAIN AND CORD EDGE RID BON, iu all colors, 'torn No. 0 to CO, openod Til IS DAY, and selling at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A YARD, at the GRAND CENTRAL DRY OOODS ES l'ARI.ISIIMF.NT of May 21 WM. D LOYK A CO. _ Look After Your Horses. STRING time is the time logivo tlioGF.R MAN HOUSE I'OWDEttS. For all dis eases to which tUo horso issubjoot, no butter medicine can bu given. Get it only at March 5 t UEINITSII'S Drug Stare.