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TclcgrapUlc?Fore-lten Aflraira. Lokdon, May 20.? Advices from j Madeira stato that the viu.es are in a aatisfaotory condition. Azores newspapers deny the eiist oneo in those islands of a movement in favor of annexation to the Unite.I States. A protracted "lock oat" of farm la? borers in Lincolnshire has been ended by a settlement which will probably bo adopted in other agricultural distiicts of Eoglaud. London, May 21.?A Daily News special from Paris says tho Gabinot has been formed. Its principal members are Goulard, Deouzes, Lowergue, Gro vart and Czanne?all of whom belong to the moderate eeotion of the Right and Right Centre. Tho object of the now Government is to couoiliate both Centres, in order to carry the septen? nial Constitution through the Assem? bly. Geneva, May 21.?The u irnes of the drowuod stndents are Grant and two brothers Woodberry. Tele granule?.American Matter*. Atlanta, May 20.?The Co u vent ion of Confederate surgeons met to-day. About forty delegates were present. Dr. Houry F. Gimpboll, of Augusta, was elected President, with Vice Pre dents from every Southern State. A general routine business wus trans? acted. Tho meeting to-morrow, it is anticipated, will be very interesting. Chicago, May 21.?Notice has beeu given of an appoal from the. Presby? tery to Synod, upon tho vote acquit? ting Prof. Swing of heresy. Little Rock, May 21.?The Legis? lature will investigate Federal Senators Clayton and Dorsey, on a charge of an attempt to overthrow the Stato Go? vernment. A bill of amnesty for those engaged in the late emeuto wus intro? duced in the House. Chicago, May 21.?Tho Mutants, of Now York, 11; White Stocking-), of Chicago, 10. St. Loois, May 21.?The Presbyte? rian Grand Assembly commence their annual session here to morrow. 300 delegates have already arrived, uud nearly as many more are expected. The Presbyterian Sabbath Institute or Convention has been iu session to-day, and is well attended. J. Bennett Tyler, of Philadelphia, is presiding. Washington, May 21.?Tho mar? riage oeremony is over. The presents aggregate fully $50,000, and are very beautiful. The party cross the Atlantic on the Baltic. The captain has deoo ratod her deck cabin as a boudoir for the bride. The only thing that niarrod tho simple, citizen-like character of the ceremony was tho presence of the Mariue Band. j Birmingham, Ala., May 21.?The Alabama Press Convention re-elected tho former officers, ooucluded routine busings, passed resolutions of thanks to the authorities of Birmingham und citizens for tho unboundod hospitality to themselves and their New York guests; also to tbo various railroads and to Western Union Telegraph Com? pany, for free use of tho lino and ad-, joarued. The session was very har? monious. After adjournment, all the editors visited the ore bed, coal mines, furnace, etc. Montgomery, May 21.?Aboot fifty editors of New York papers are now in Alabama, inspecting tho iron and coal fields and the quality of laud. They have been everywhere received with great cordiality. They express great gratification at the manner of their reception and profound astonish? ment at the immense mineral wealth of Alabama. They go from here to At? lanta, on Sunday; spend Sunday night and half of Monday iu that city; go thenoe to Chattanooga, and thence directly home, via Washington. Lowell, Mass, May 21.?Remit? tances?$2,000 to New Orleans; $043 to the reservoir sufferers. Syracuse, N. Y., May 21.?The en? gine of the early train on tho 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 barnod while playing with matches. The Episcopal Convention, this morning, was engaged in routine busi? ness and reports. Chicago, May 21.?Toby Sc Booth's packing house, with a largo number of dressed hogs, over 1.000,000 pounds of bulk meats, several thousand pounds lard und 6.0 livo hogs, were burned last night. Loss estimated at $150,000; insured. Washington, May 21.?Iu the So? nate, joint resolutions of tho Pennsyl? vania Legislature wero presented against the withdrawal of the Pucific I inuil steamship subsidy. West, from the Committee of Transportation, re? ported a bill for the improvement of the month of tho Mississippi by Eado's jetties. Civil rights resumed. Iu tho House, tho post office appro? priation bill passed. It allows tbo agricultural reports to pass through tho mail freo. Tho pension appropria? tion bill passed. No new features in either. A bill admitting New Mexioo us a Stato passed, by 160 to 54. Tho Congressional delegations from Arkansus, Louisiana and Mississippi had a conference, with tho view of obtaining further Congressional uid for tho sufferers by tho overflow iu tho Mississippi Rivor. Sonutor West pro sided, and, after much information hud boon laid before tho meeting, showing tho ubsoluto necessity of further aid, a sub-committee, consisting of Morey, of Louisiana, Bodges, of Arkansas, and ) HoWO, of Massachusetts, wus appoint? ed, to collate all tho information available on tho subject us to resources and requirements. It is represented that $500,000 additional will bo asked for from Congress. Probabilities?For tho Middle States uud lower lake region, clear or clear I ing and cool weather, North sod West winds and rising barometer. For the South Atlantic aud Eastern Gulf States, partly dear weather und local rains, North-east to South oust wiuds, lower temperature in the South Atlan? tic States and the Eastern portion of the E?stern Gulf States, and no de? cided change in the baromoter. For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, partly cloudy weather, variable wiuds, rising followed by falling barometer and light rain in tho Weateru portion of these districts. Telegraphic?.Commercial He ports. Paris, May 2t.?Routes 59f. 45o. Liverpool, May 21?3 P. M.?Cot? ton dull and ousier?uplands 8*.<; Or? leans 8''B'; sales 10,01)0, iuoludiug'?.O?O for export and speculation; cotton to arrive 1-10 cheaper; sales of uplands, nothing below low middling, shipped April, 8 7-16; deliverable Juno or J-ly, 8 5 16; sales of shipments of new crop ou basis of uplands, nothing bo low good ordinary, 3 11-16; sales of American 6,500; sales of uplands, no? thing below good ordinary, deliverable June of July, 8%. Livekpool, May 21?Evening.? Cottou?sales of uplands, nothing be? 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 in July or August, 8 11-10 Nkw York, May 21?Noon.?Cotton dull; sales 517 ? uplands 18*4; Orleans 10ja? Futtires opened quiet and easy: June 17?4'@17%; July 18#@18 11 3*2; August 18 016(a)18*s; September 18 3 16018^. Flour steady. Wheat a shade firmer. Corn lo. butter. Pork firm, at 18.00. Lard steady?steam Freights firm. Stocks dull. Monty 3. Gold 12%. Exchange long 4 8S.1 J ; short 4 91I.J. Govern? ments strong. State boutls quiet uud nominal. 7 P. M.?Cotton?net receipts 797; gross 869. Futures closed firm; sales 18,200: Juno 17 29 32, 17 15-10; July 18 13 32,18 7-16; August 18^', 18 25-32; September 18 11-32 bid. Cottou dull; sales 659, at 18^?19i?'. Flour dull und drooping?common to fair extra 6 25(2,7.10; good tochoioo 7.15(ol l.UO. Wheat heavy and lc. lower, with limit? ed inquiry ?1.58@1.60 for winter red Western; 1.70 for white Western. Corn a sbudo belter, with moderate demand. Coffee quiet and unchanged. Sugar dull, without decided change. Rica quiet and steady. Pork Arm ? 18 00 lor now. Lard firmer, at 11 7 16. Whiskey quiet, at 97.'J Freights firmer?cotton, stcum 3 l?^1^. Money eusv, at2(7J3. Stirling dull, ut 4 88).;. Gold firm, at 12^@12^. Govern? ments strong and considerable doing. States quiet and nominul. Lodisvillk. May 21.?Flour un? changed. Corn quiet and uuchunged, 84(oj86. Provisions quiet. Pork 18 25 Bacon quiet und unchanged. Lurd II.i4". Whiskey 94. St. Louis, May 21. ?Flour firm and unchanged. Corn dud and lower ?67,'.j for No. 2 mix d on track and in elovator; white mixed 77(V^80. Whiskey quiet, nt 96. Pork firm, at 18 00; held higher at close. Raoou strong; buyer? not disposed to tako bold; only jobbing trade. Lird high er?11 for i team, cash. Cincinnati, May 21.?Flour doll and unchanged. Corn steady. Pork firm ? 18 00, buyer in May. Lird quiet aud firm?steam nominal; kettle 10>4(a) 10)^. Bacon firm aud source; shoul? ders 1%\ clear rib 10; dear 10*?. Whiskey firm, at 91. Baltimore, May 21.?Flour un? changed. Wheat dull and heavy. Corn strong; supply light?white Southoru 90; yellow 86. Provisions quiet but firm. Whiskey quiet, at 98 (a)93^. Cotton dull and lower?mid? dling 18J.j; low middling 17^; net re? ceipts 69; gross 97; exports to Great Britain 25; coastwise 81; stock 9,500. WiLMiNoroN, May 21.?Cottou no? minal; net receipts 24; exports coast wiso 276. Philadelphia, May 21. ?Cottou? not receipts 67; gross 517. New Orleans, May 21.?Cotton irregulur; demand fair?middling 17%; good ordinary 15.'.._?; ordinary 13)-o ; net receipts -17; gro-?* 50; exports coast Wise 1,386; sales 2,500; stock 78.219. Savannah, May 21.?Cotton dull ? middling 17'..; nut receipts 86; gross 86; exports coastwise 386; sales V.l. MouiLU, May 21.?Cotton dull and tending tiowu?middling 17J.j; net re? ceipts 219; 1 sports coastwise 13. Boston, May 21.?Cottou dull and easier?middling 19; glOSS receipts 732; stiles 200. Memphis, May 21.?Cotton dull ami wcuk?low middling 17; receipts 5S1; I shipments 473. NoUFJLE, May 21. ? Cotton dull and lower?low middling 17/4*(Y^17!?; not receipts 518; exports const wiso 362; sales 100. Galveston, May 21.?Cotton dull and weak?good ordinary 16; middling 17J'g; net receipts 218, exports to Franco 786; coastwise J92; stock 15.663. Charleston, May 21.?Cotton dull and easier?middling V7^(njl7^; low middling 17)6; net receipts 103; ex? ports coastwise 20; sales 100. AuausTA, May 21.?Cottou dull and nominal?not receipts 88; sulos 104. At Walterboro, ou Friday last, tho 15th iuat., Daniel DeSuussuro, colored, who was couvictud iu February, for tho murder of Annie Black, suffered tho deuth penalty. An immense crowd of near 4,000 porso-.s, two-thirds of whom wero colored, witnessed the ghastly spectacle. A rumor was circu? lated that his father intended to shoot him before ho was hung, and Sheriff Terry summoned un armed posso of twenty men to guard him uuo prevent interference, but no disturbance oc curred. The Charleston Hotel is preparing to close up for the summer months. A. Sanctimonious Pokbb Playf.h.? About two years ago, a Missouri River steamboat left Furt Benton with a party of tough uud well-to-do miners ou board. There were also amoug tbe passongeri three or four "brace men," and beforo arriving at Sioux City, thoy had {generally cleaned out |tho pookets of the miners. The boat stopped at Sioux City to wood up, and found, among others waiting to get on board, a ministerial looking personage, with the longest aud most solemn counte? nance on him you cau well imagine. He wu8 dressed in a suit of black, wore a white stove-pipe bat and choker collar, oruamcuted with a black neck handkerchief. Well, ho got ou board, aud the boat started down tho stream. For two duy8 ho was uuuoticed by the other passengers, but one of tho sports ut last thought ho saw u chance to make something out of the sad and melan? choly individual. The latter would once or twice a day step up to the bar, and, with a voice that was ns mild aud gentle us a maiden's, itsk for "a glass I of soda, if you please," aud then he! would pull a roll of bills from bis pocket and take a quarter from their interior layers. Then ho would say to the bar keeper, as if uuder a thousand obligutioub, "thank you, sir," aud walk nit ?gaiu as if about to commit suicide. Tuis thing had gouu far enough, and the gambler 1 have spoken of ut last approached biru. "Would you like a game of sevou-up, sit?" "Seven up? What is seveu-up? Please tell me, my good friend?" "Why, a game of cards, you kuow, just to pass away the lime. Let ui play it game." "My good friend, I do not know anything cuu oerning cards; I cauuot play them." "Well, come along, we'll show you how to doit." Aud tbe mild gentle? man in black, after some further pro? test*, nt length consented. They showed him how 'twas done, and thoy played several games. Tho geutlemau in black was delighted. Gamblers want to know if he will play poker five cents ante, just for tho fun of the thing. Gentleman in black says he can't play tho game, but they ex? plain agutu, and the poker commences. The gentleman iu black loses every time. There are six men iu the game. Each oue deals before the gentleman iu black, und au to has been raised to cl Geut in black deals awkwardly und looks at his baud. Next man to deal er bets live?goes round, and bets uro raised to Slot). Geut iu black sees it and makes it $100 belter. Gamblers look surprised, but will not be bluffed. The bet had reached $500?31,000. All draw out except a Pike Peak miner, who sees and culls him: "What have you?" "Waal," answers the geut iu black, "I have?let me sec?waul, I have four ones." The gamblers, who have ^uspicioucd some time before, now look wild, und! the light begin", to dawn in the rumor's mind. He leaned across the table and said in the most sarcastic tones he could command: "Oh, you have, haveyei? You d?d sanctimonious sbuiller." The geut gut tip from the table aud handed one of the gamblers his card. It read. "Bill Walker, New Orleaua"? oue of tbe most successful sharpers iu the country. Tub SunvEY Commenced ?We uro glad to learn that Col. Thad. Coleman, Chief Engineer of the Greenville aud French Broad Railroad Company, has taken the field wdth a corps of engin? eers to survey tho route from Ashevillo to Spartanburg. Our young friend McKewu Jobustoue, Jr., left here a few days since, to joiu tho corps at Butt Mountain. The line has already beeu run from Ashevillo to Butt Mountain, and the engineers started on the line from that point coming this way, las' Friday, and we may soon expect to see them iu town. This looks like business. ? Carolina Spartan. . Cotton Gin and Saw Mill Burnt. We ieuru from u reliable source thut tho cotton gin aud saw mill of (he Johnson brothers, situated on the ICast folk of Brushy Creek in this County, were burnt ufter sunrise on Sunday morning last. Tho cause of the lire is unknown, but it is geucially supposed to be the work of an mceudi ary, else the fire wouldj have taken place soon iu tho night. Tho loss to the Messrs. Johusou ;s estimated at 52.1)01); S501I for the buildings a d $1,500 for /he machinery. J Anderson Inlelligemer. Some men uro never contented until they go to extremes. If that Ken? tucky lawyer hud controlled himself und been satisfied with culling the Judge a liar eighty times, ho might have been an uble-budied, eheotfnl man to day. But instead of practic? ing moderation, he called him u liar eighty-ouo times, aud uow the sur? geons are trying to replaco his nose, which was knocked clean through his head. Tub Charleston Tax Bales.?At the sale which was continued ou the 20th, from tho letter W to the fifth district, inclusive, tho entire city pro? perty was gone through with, compre? hending 2,020 forfeitures to tho State. The property of tho sixth and seventh districts uro to bo sold to day. Tho Georgia press, to their credit be it said, condemn the scurrilous stylo in which Messrs. Stephens aud Hill write against each other, nud about the truth of history. Tho coroner held three inquests iu Charleston ou tbe 20th; two over chil? dren in tho city, and one over a man in the suburbs- -all colored aud natural deaths. Wm. Davidson, a drunken man, fell on tho truck of the Alheus Branch Railroad, lust Friday, aud was cut in two by a passing train. Practical Htnta for Farmers. We ? extract db follows from the 'speech.of Hod. J. B. Dodge: Tbo cottoo States have beeu especi? ally persistent in disregarding thu teachings of statistics and defying tbo laws of political economy. Every in? telligent publicist knows that a certain amount of money, say a present ave? rage of $300,000,000, may be derived from cotton. If tbo average quantity isiuoreused the price dimiuishe.?, aud r/cs versa. If flnotuutious aro frequent the spe? culator or manufacturer, and not the producer, derives uu advantage. If yon choose to produce 5,000,000 bales, you obtain 10 ceuts per pound and lose monoy; if you grow but 3,000,000 bales, you get 20 cents per pound, aud obtain a profit. Now, it is better for the world, aud, in a scries of years, better for the giower, to produce regularly enough to supply l ie current wants of the trado at u medium aud remunerative, price, or as near u regu? lar supply as possible, for tho vicissi? tudes of tho senson will inevitably cause injuiious fluctuations, despite? the highest efforts of human wisdom aud foresight. As the uses of cotton increase, and markets aro extended throughout the world, its manufacture ! will be enlarged, and its culture should obtain corresponding enlargement. To overstep the bouudary of current demand and glut tho market, m?y bo ; pleasing to tho speculator and to the uiuuufacturcr, so far us he combines speculation with weaviug, but it is death to the grower. There is much false reasoning on this matter. A planter muy truly allirin that he obtains $30 per acre for bis cotton, aud but $25 for his corn, aud he thereupou and therefore de? clares that be will plant no more corn. L;t all act upon this suggestion, uud i us tea I of $03 for tho acre of oottou [and thai of corn, tho total return of the two acres of cottou will be but $30. A surplus of corn may be put into meat, und wool, and whiskey, or used to eke out a scarcity of some kiud of forage for animals; but a sur? plus of cottou must wait for the slow grinding of the mills of the fabricating gods, usually until disgust ut low prices reduces production: oorrcspoud I ?"g'y. I Thus, while cotton is and long will bo the leading product aud the most profitable field crop ut fair prices, its prominence iu the list bus kept, and is now keeping these States in compara? tive poverty, which is unnecessary us it is inconvenient and injuiious. It does not produce money enough to give wealth to a population ol nine millions. Tbo other crops, instead of barely equaling in tho aggregate the receipts irom this, should represent ut least $-1 for every one of cotton. The census record of production iu these Stales is but $0oS.000,001); the record should be made to read $1,500,000.000. With threo-fonrtha of tho people of ten Statos employed iu agriculture, the value of ..gneultural products exceeds but little that of the States of New York ujd Pennsylvania, where only one-fourth uro so employed. The ave? rages for each persou employed in agriculture in those States are respect? ively, as deduced from tho census, $077 und $707, while those of Georgia aud Mississippi are $230 aud $282 For the teu States the average is $267; for the four populous Middle States $036. Evuu the States producing cheap corn show a larger retaru, the average for ouo man's labor in tho five States be? tween the Ohio Bivor and the lakes being $108, while the six sterile East? ern States produce $190 for each farmer. It may be the census is less complcto iu thu cottou States, but it is undeniable that agricultural industry mukes a smaller aggregate retnru there than in uuy other section. Nor is tho reason wanting; it is duo to the pro miueuce of cottou, the return for which is substantially a Uxud qaautity, aad thu uegleot of other resources. Let us glance ut tho topography and capabilities of this section. Tbo area occupied by cotton, allowing 10 pur cent, addition to usual estimates, is less thau oue-fortielh of the Fiirfaco of these Statet; it is but one-thirteenth I of thu proportion actually occupied as farms. Forty .six per cent, of the ccu su.i crop was grown in hi Comities, I which are all that produce us much as ten thousand bales each; and 77 per cent, grew in 215 Counties, miking I not leas than live bales each. The total ; acreage in cotton is scarcely more than I ouo-hixtceuth of tho surface of Texas. What is to bo done with the other lif tcen-sixtoouths? A very large propor? tion of tho urea of those States i-; uuudapted to cotton, ?ither by reason of elevation or of soil. I There is no other secti >u of the country with resources so varied; none presenting such a field for new and promising enterprises. Competition is possible with the sea islands iu oranges i ami bananas and other fruits in Flo I rida, and with Now York aud .Michi? gan in apples, and other fruits on the table lands of the Alleghauien. More than half tbo value ol till cottou ex? ports is paid for imports of sugar, which could aud should ud be grown iu these Stales, lint ouo pound in ten of thu required supply is now made, upon a smaller surf.mo thau half of a single County twenty miles square. The demand of tho world for oils? cotton, rape, pabnu cliristi and many other?is large, and prices are remu? nerative, und thi< section is peculiarly adapted to their production. 100,000.000 pounds of cheese, to compete with an equal iinant ty in Ne v York, without danger of glutting the market, could bo made from grasses of tho gl iiles that grow ou lands costing one twentieth the value of Empire State pasturage. More thau 200,000,-I 000 acres of these States uro covered with wood, and the axe is still brought into requisition to girdle tho montrcbs of the forest and await a slow decay, for replacing fields worn-oat by a wasteful culture, while a timber fa? mine threatens other sections of the eouutry, aud a thousand forms of woody fabrication can bo transmuted into gold?at least, into greenbacks, which seem to bo preferred to gold in oertain districts. Even the forest lauds?ourtainly those of tho coast bolt?are covered with wild grasses, only partially utilized, which, iu con neotiou with the hcrbagoof the prairie sections, are worth, in flesh and wool, at a meagre estimate, half the value of tho cotton crop. The list might bo in? creased indefinitely. With tho intro? duction of the best machinery, the j most economical methods aud the mutt eflicient means of fertilization, with well-directed und persistent labor, adapted to the wants of all classes of workers, the present population is amply sufficient to double the gross product of agricultural iudastry, and far more than doublo its profits. State Bonds.?Slate Treasurer Car doza has put forth the following "oir cular:" The Treasurer of the State is now prepared to fund, at the Treasury, in Columbia, S. C, the bonds and (docks of tho Stute authorized by the Legis? lature under tho funding Act, up proved December 22, ib73, into the consolidation bouds and stocks. Tbo following classes of bonds and stocks are authorized to bo funded: Stock.?Revolutionary wur claims; Charleston Fire Loan; construction State Capitol; funding past due interest aud principal; conversion State securi? ties. lfoXDS.?Charleston tire loan; con? struction State Capitol; aid to Blue llidge Bulroud; funding past due in? terest aud priucipal; redemption bills receivable; payment iuterest public debt; fuuding bills Bunk of State; re? lief of Treasury; Laud Commission. The following bonds issued under Act of March 231, lHG'J, entitled "loan for the conversion of Stute securities," are also authorized to be funded into "consolidation bonds;" they having been duly exchanged und represented by bonds on tile: Denomination S 1,000 Numbered in lied.?Numbers 1 to 510 inclusive; numbers 521 to 1,130 inclusive; num? bers 2,151 to 2,-175 inclusive. Denomination 81,000 Numbered in Blue.?Numbers 3.271 to 3.496 inclu? sive; number 3.408. Denomination S50? Numbered in Red.?Numbers 1 to 2^17 inclusive; numbers 1,001 to 1,200. Denomination $100 Numbered in Red.?Number 1 to 120 inclusive. Tho Legislature has declared that j the remainder of the "c inversion bouds were put upon the market without any authority of law, * * * und are absolutely null and void." The funding law referred to ubove requires that the holders of the ubove bouds und stocks tdiould exchange them, with the accrued iuterest to Juu uary 1, lb74, for "consolidation bonds and stocks" at tiity per ccutum of their face value. The "consolidation bouds and stocks" bear iuterest from Janu? ary 1, 1874 The interest due July 1, 1874, will be paid ut tbe Treusury, in Columbia. South Carolina, and the National Park Bauk, Now York. Par? ties who desire copies of tho funding Act can obtain them by applying at the Treasury. A couple of drunken scoundrels, named Cozart and Thomas, who at? tended the Knights cf Pythias pio-nio at Atlanta, last Friday, quarreled on board the train, aud several shots were lired in a car full of ladies and chil? dren, one bull wounding a lady. The scene was indescribable. Both men were arrested. Iu the death of Dr. Do Witt, Now York bus lost an old uud highly vene? rated clergyman, who for more than hulf a century bus been conspicuous for his piety, bis eloquence, the blame? less beauty and fidelity of his life. No divine was more honored, and his death is uu irreparable loss to tho church. [ Wednesday last, -May 20, wus tho I uiuety-uiuth uuuiversury of the North J Carolina declaration of independence i?twenty-livo delegates of the people of Mecklenburg Coiiuty having met ut Charlotte and asserted "the luherout ami inalienable r ghts of man," the right ul the pcoplu lu be "free and iu ! dependent." I Tho Riciij/une, of Sunday, publishes [a list td contributions for the relief of * the overflowed people of Louisiauu, ', which aggregated $83,250 0U, of which Boslou contributed S31.50U, I or more than one-third of tho entire j amount received. It. Lewis Thomson, a promising 3'ouug man of Spartauburg, formorly a cadet iu King's Mountain Military j School, aud brother of J. S. It. Thom? son, Esq., died in Baltimore, ou Mou ? day night last, of fever. I UltANOB. ?One writer says: "Tbe word grange is Kornau by birth, Eug lish by association und Americau by adoption. It siguilius a ?'com farm where tithes and rents due religious houses were kept " Tho Edgi held Advertiser declares that tho statement id County Treasur? er McDevut relative to mistakes iu I connection with the payment of tuxes, i IS as "clear us mud. 1 Senator Terry, of Connecticut, is very ill, u spinal difficulty. He will probably never be able to take his seat a* Senator again. Consult rablo excitement has been caused by the mysterious disappear? ance of a girl, aged sixteen, from the con vi ut of St. Joseph, Toronto. Now is tub TlME?To advertise, at our summer rates, and while there is Icuuie to read the papers. Major E. C. MoLure, formerly of Cbefltor, S. 0., but now living iu Dal? las, Texas, writes to his old paper, tbu Chester Reporter, that he was iu Tyler, Texas, Monday, tho4th May, and tbut there was froBt that morning and every prospect of u freeze thu next morning, lie said tbut at that time the corn crop was frequently laid by, but Ibisbeason it was not ull pluutud. He saw only oue field where tbo cotton wus coming up. If there is any truth in tbo old Buying that "misery likes company," our farmers can partially cousolo them? selves with the reflection that their agricultural brethren in Texas are con? siderably behind in their furrn'mg operations. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Chester and Ltnoir Railroad, held iu Dallas, N. C, ou the 13th instant, Dr. A. H. Davega was unanimously elected President, and th? following gentlemen Directors: Chester?C. 3. IJrice, Esq , J. S. Wilson. York? Col. W. U. McCorklo, Captain L. M. Crist. Gastnu ? Uriah Matthews. Lincolnton?V. A. McBeo. Catawba? Mnj. S. M. Fiuger. Quid well?Moj. H. C. Hamilton. Work on tho roud is being proceeded with rapidly. Tho executions of tho twoj negro meu, Henry Kilcreaso and Jnbn Mitchell, huve been stayed until No? vember next?pending a decision upon application for new trial. Kilerea-e was sentenced to be banged on the 22d inst; Mitchell ou tho 3d of July. Patrick West being dead, thero now remains but one, of tho four men origiually sentenced, who will proba? bly be executed?Tom Padgett, to be hanged ou tho 29th of this mouth. I Edgefield A doerliser. Gen. P. M. 1$. YouDg declares that the statements concerning him published in the New York Sun, are ''malicious and false," und says that "when the slanderous accusations therein contained are preferred by a responsible person who "cun be reachod," ho will make "such re? sponse" as becomes the representative of tho honorable men of his distiict. At thu last grand bull in Wyoming, one young lady was attired iu a buff gros grained buckskin dress, with I army blauket over-skirt, bottom looped up with buckskin strings cut bias. Huir dressed a la Hed Cloud, in which were twined a few sprigs of sagebrnsh, tbo whole secured behind in a bunch with a handsome pin made with u pine splinter and a buffalo's car. A reporter Buys that thero is some? thing grand iu the sight of a pair of runaway horses, but the Detroit Free Press believes that a good deal de? pends on whether a man is ou a fence ut trying to climb over tho end-board of the wugou. Death of an Old Citizen.?Mr. j Hillariah Mc,Call, one of the oldest I meu of this vicinity, and u respected citizen, died on Sunday night last, at his residence, two miles nnd-a half West of town, ut the udvanced age of eighty-one years?Torkville Enquirer. Appointed to a Cadet-hup ? Wm. n. White, colored, sou ol J. Hannibal White, Stato Senator from York County, has been appointed to a ca detsbip in the Militury Academy at West Point, by Congressman Cain, reprosentative of the State at large. Au exchange, in announcing the {fact that McCutlagh, of the St. Louis Globt, proposes to lecture ue.it winter on the mysteries and miseries of jour? nalism, adds that he is one of the miseries. And very likely one of the mysteries. The surviving members of Hood's Texas Brigade held their third annual re union at Galveston, on the 7th iust. Their battle-torn flag was greeted with enthusiastic upplause. Montgomery White Sulphur Springs. THIS famous Watering Place will bo opened for tho reception of visitors on the _1st JUNK. The, liuildiuKB havu emu i oil tied and furnished iu tbo most elegant modern etjle, and there is i every appliance for tho comfort, couvoui I ence. and amusement of our Ouestn, mich ja? Exprtiss, Ticket, Post and lelt^raph Offices, Ac. Ac. Music by the Naval Aca j demy baud from Annapolis, Md. Visitors leave the A. M A ?. Httilruad at ' His Tuuuul, and ihonco by brauch road 1J ? miles to the Springs. Address C?L.UO?M A COWAN, May2*2 3nio Proprietors. A CARD. . I ritUF. subscriber would res pect fnlly iu I X torm iho citizens of Columbia and I vicinity that he hin changed his tni-moss, I an l ix now devoting Ins whole aiteution to , Ul'HoLSTEUlNU, Ac. From u longexuo [nonce of tho humut ?s, he il ,iu r? tumnolf t'i receive a bhare oT public patronago. I Repairing done with promptness and de? spatch^ Any order lett either at William Stieglitz'? Confectionery, or at his p aco, I next to iho In lepeudeut Eligius House, will bo prouiptlv aitendetl to. May r2 I " I. GKIE8HAI1ER. Who Wants? 1 AA FEET seasoned 1.?.M L\/l J.\ JUvJ UEIt for sale I, 1J and 1 inch PLANK, WKATHEK-bOAIlDlNO aud FLooiUSU. Apply to E. Stknuousk. A lot in his yard uow. JOSIAH HALTIWANOER. May 21 Imo* 1,000 PIS CSS ORO GRAIN AND CORD KPOE RID j BON, in all colors, from No. 9 to 60, opened Til IS DAY, and selling at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A Y.VRD.atthe 0 It AN D CENTRAL DRY OOODS i s 1AIH.I illMENT of Mh\ 2\ .: WM. I) I.? >Vl X CO. Look Alter Your Horses. J PltlNO tune is the time to give ilioUER? S M AN HOUSE POWDERS. Per all dis? eases to winch tlio hort<e isaubject, no better medicine can bu Riven, (let it only at March 5 t UElNITSU'ti Drug bUro.