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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.