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COLUMBIA, S. ?. Thursday Morning, Jane 26,1874. | A Practical Reform. Iu the constitution for the tax unions promulgated by the Exeoutive Committee of the Tax-Payers' Con? vention and published by us on Tuesday, the objeots aimed at are de? clared to be "tb? rnrlnntion of taxation and the honest appropriation and ex? penditure of tno public funds." Every person in South Carolina is convinced that taxation is excessive/ and the plan of assessments so contrived as to faci? litate the purpose of making them ex? orbitant. Every person, whatever his color or polities, has a direct interest in having the assessments and the tax? ation just and moderate. The only possible exceptions are the few indivi duals who get commissions on the amount of tax they oolleot and han? dle, and the officials who are support? ed and pampered from this bo uro o. Those who feed froni.pt steal from the public orib may think themselves inte? rested in having taxation heavy. The many from whose toils iu the field or the Bhop, behind tho counter or cIbq where, this tax is derived, most ue oossariiy feel a deBire that it shall be light,'.. ^ai. mercifully turned the, primevai ourao, "In the .sweat of tuy face euW'rara e?st"bread," Into r blessing for those who cheerfully bow to it Bat it'is*oarss, not of God's infliction, ana' impossible to be con-' vested. in,to a blessing,: to have the fraits Of honest labor wi thdra wn from tho support anil comfort or one's own household, and applied to the mainte? nance of others. Every j tax-payer, however hatnblp, uiuat, then, cordially approve the pbjeot sought to be gained in the formation of tax unions?".(he reduction of taxation." Every person., again, with the ex? ception of the same interested parlies, from the nature of the case, muBt de? sire that the public funds shall be ho? nestly appropriated and expended. Those who do not value honesty for its intrinsic excellence and beauty, must at least appreciate it as the beat policy. It is impossible for any man to feel oomf or table while he has reason to be live that the pablio funds to which he ha9 contributed are plundered, or made to flow in filthy and odious chan? nel!. His manhood ia offended by the fraud. He feels that he is made a party to dishonesty and injustice. The Government, through its shame? ful perversion, becomes to him an odious and gailty thing. These are plain propositions, the truth and justice of whioh the hum? blest! oltisen must see and approve. They aiddresd.themselves; therefore, to the acceptance of every Individual in the community. Here is presented a specific matter, which needs reform sadly. Here is brought forward a platform upon which* all may stand, and not question 'each other as to minor differences between them'. One may be a Democrat,, another a Bepab ? lioan; one "may be white, another black; one may think there ia nothing bettor than universal suffrage, another may regard proportional representa? tion as the panacea tor the ills of the State, but they ail agree, or should agree, as men who contribute to sustain a Government, that they should not be fleeced by it, and that, when it gets their respective quotas of tax money, they shall go to public and worthy, not private and disreputable objects, and befexpended honestly, not divided out like a rogues* fund, proportion? ately among the thieves, according to their skill and will in violating tho tenth commandment. Much has been said about reform in a genelfcl way and in the abstract. Here is the opportu? nity of entering upoa one in earnost. The reduction of taxes and the honest expenditure of the pablio money con? stitute measures of real genuine prac? tical reform, which all will embrace and assist forward, who mean any? thing by their professions. Wo invite every honest man, whatever his oondi tion and means may be, to consider whether it is not his duty actively to assist in a reform which will give him more uncontrolled use of his own resources and lift the Government to a higher plane of honesty; deoenoy and respectability. j Carolina MiIiITabt. Inhtitdte ?We have the pleasure of acknowledging an invitation to the commencement exorcises of tho Carolina Military In? stitute, Charlotte, N. 0., Col. J. P. Thomas, Superintendent, to take place this evening aod to-morrow. We see familiar names amongst the "cadets" who are to appear in essays aud decla? mation. The subjects are happily oboseo. Why Ll?n Slay Im Booth Carolin?. Ad old friend, a native of this State, and hooorod to former days by a dis? tinguished poa$ou in its eer^ice( noyr, and einco before the late war, reaideot in Atlanta, Georgia, aonda ua'woid that bo thiiika ''every one Bhould leave Sonth Oaroliua and not live nndor snob a government as it has." Per? haps so. We know many persons who might have dono mach better had they !s!s is. They si-ht. se-hans. !?*v? aoonmuiated a fortune and wen dis? tinction. They could certainly have placed their families in a more eligible and agreeable position. But some? thing held thorn to the old soil. They cherished its associations, they worked and prayed for its recovery to pros? perity and honor. They recognized the duty of rescuing the State from the vulgar tyranny which has palsied and impoverished it and thoindividual citizen alike. Some, of course, have given hostages to fortune and oan't got off. Others who can and who recognize fully and foel acutely the degradation to whioh the State has descended, find in its continued oppression and infamy the strongest motives to remain, if possible, to throw them off. They ore conscious that there is a.great work for them to do here. And they do not en? gage in it without hope. Her hnes cheer their vision and nerve their arms and hearts. They see a better state of thi?ga ahead. Gome weal, come woe, they areresolved to achieve it. Would, indeed, that all of the sons of the state Wfo have been planted at different times in other States, were here to-day, to engage with them in this great struggle?for a great one it ps, and urged against heavy odds. It is a fight agaiust all the powers of darkness. Bat we have not a shadow of misgiving as to the final result. To-day Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, Trea? surer of the State of Virginia, will band over $106,000 for the benefit of the free school system. This money is paid by the white people and the benefits of it are to be largely on joyed by the blacks. It is of suoh advan? tages as those that the Civil Bights Bill would (if passed) deprive the colored people. They may be thankful that the fears of its advocates and the op? position of sensible men caused it to be abandoned. The State Treasurer of Virginia makes a daily publication of the amount in the treasury, and other particulars of interest. Why don't Treasurer Cardozo pursue tho same course? The amount in the treasury of Virginia: yestorday, was 3480,109.82. - The campaign, however, is yet to bo opened, the State Convention to be held, the Commissioners of Election to be appointed. ? Union-Herald. Explain yonr Italics. They look suspicious. ? m ? These Lux Unions arc either combi? nations to resist the payment of tuxes, or they are not. ? Union^Herald. Yes, one or the other. Which do you think it is? And what, in any case, are you going to do about it? .-??,1* I*8**' ? There is an enterprise on foot in Mobile,- Alabama, to push tho Civil Rights question to its logical conclu? sion. The plan is to take a dozen rough plantation negroes and start on a Northern tour, via Louisvillo and Cincinnati. The party will apply for admission into palace stooping oars and first class sleeping hotels along the route. If rofuaed, as they doubtless will be, actions for damages will bs in? stituted in every case. ?-1 ? ? ? The Cassiar gold mines, situated in British territory, between which and the sea lies the long strip of Alaska Territory, belonging to the United States, stretching South east, are at? tracting an unusual rush from adjacent British settlements. Two gentlemen who left the diggings April 24 reported that when they left, 200 mou or more wore in the diggings. With the creek and gronnd frozen, and the snow two feet deep, the gold huotors worn still able to do Well. A party ou Deeso Creek thawed the ground, washed it in a rooker, and made from fonr to ten ounces a dav. Other parties wore making from 830 to $35 per day by the flams process. A new creek, with an unusual promise of gold, bad been found, and great excitemont ensued. It is estimated that mid-summer will find 5,000 men inihat region. Among those flocking to the diggings aru some Chinese, who are shamefully treated, and are threatened with violence if they enter the diggings. . A Flood.?There was a terrible freshet on John's and Dry Creeks, in this County, on Tuesday of last week. Immenoe damage was done to the fencing and crops, and the Iobs occa? sioned by the flood can scarcely be estimated. Hundreds of panels of fencing were swept awayfand acres of corn on the banks of the oreeks were literally torn up by the roots. "The oldest inhabitant" does not remember to have ever seen snob a flood. [Abbeville Medium. What Game of a Matrimonial TllADK ON tur SOWANEE.-As I O.mO down utaira, the other morning, I saw Oaptaifi Frank Bams, a noted hunter, edatecfcpn toe edge of tbeetoop, swing? ing hl?feet'tnt?j a rose baah. "Look h#re,''said he, "you think yoa know something abbat Florida murders. The Ling and Goobraue atories ain't a patch to the beauties of the Buwauee country. Out there, the; make a wholesale business of it. Home time ago, two men named Liooklfer and Mundy lived uoar the mouth of the! .-t ._f> ? mi. _ _: . _ .1 I ouwauco sfeivur. iue} ratSeU Glttle for a living. Locklicr had au average looking womuu for a wife, while Mundy was u widower with a mighty tine daughter. The two mou got quitu thick, and used to oow drive together aud eat in each other's houses. After a timo, Mundy took u fancy to Lock tier's wife, und Lioklier took a fancy to Mnudy'ri daughter. So they struok up a trade. Atter palavering around, Mnudy offered to give his daughter for Locklier's wifo aud twenty bend of onttle. Locklier took hi tn up straight, und the bargain was made." I asked the onptain what kind of girl the daughter was. "Well," ho replied, "I've heard she was a (dump little filly, about oighte.eu years old. Locklier's wifo was a little skinny, but she wus a good driver, und worked well in harness with her hus? band. The daughter never mudy any objeotious to the bargain, and the wife, like most of the women, was glad of nnythiug for a ehunge. So Mundy drove olf the tweuty head of cattle aud the old woman, and Lock lier shook himself dona in the cabin with the daughter. Things were all snug. Well, in about two weeks, Lock? lier's wife got eiok of it. She declared that her htiHbaud was bad, but he was un angel alougside of Mundy. She went buck borne, and swore that she wouldn't live with Mundy any longer, undor any oiroumstances. Tbeu Mun? dy came up to Locklier's bouse aud wauted hie daughter back. The daugh? ter, by thin timo, bad fulleu iu love with fjooklier, and you couldn't have driven ber oat of his eabiu with a pack of dogs. Looklier said ehe shouldn't, unless the old man drove back thu tweuty head of cattle. Muudy said be'd Ree Looklier in boll before be brought buok the cattle, and threat? ened to shoot bim, if be didn't turn over his daughter. Locklicr told bun to eboot aud be dod drottod. So they parted bad friends." I interrupted the captain, by asking him what the neighbors thought of such proceedings. "Well," hu re? plied, "they didn't have many neigh? bors. What they did have, weru like themselves. They looked upou thu whole thing as a bona fide bargain, anJ if one or the other gut cheated, it was no outsider's business. As I wus say. iug, Mundy deolared war. He threw up a sort of parallel uroaud Locklier's house, and bombarded it with a don ble-bnrreled shot-gun. All day long, he laid around the house, waitiug for a shot. Looklier waa afraid to go out, or even show his face at thu window. For hours, be would sit ou a chair with his old rifle across his knees aud watch his door. Whenever the latob moved, he would blaze away, without waiting to find out who was coming io. Two or three times, hu came near shooting his wifo wh?m she was out after a pail of water. You see he knew Mundy meant business, und be wasn't going to let bim get a twist on bim. Muudy skirmished around the house until dark. Theu he traveled borne aud got a good night's Bleep; but by day-light, Looklior again found bim entrenched outside the door. "This arrangement lasted severa days aud Locklior begau to get tired of hia imprisonment. One night he took a eouple of stout curt wheels standing uear his cabin, boarded them in on three sides with two-inch plank, and when Mundy put in an uppearuuee UOXt morning confronted him With this movable battery. Tho tables were turned. The old man hud to fall back. Locklior followed bim up the road with bis battery, shelling him at every jump. Mundy was driven into his headquarters, and his antagonist took the part of besieger. A dozen shots wore exchanged before sun-down, aud at dark Louklier drew back to bis house under cover of the battery. Be? fore the roosters stopped crowing he was again moving up the road toward Muudy's bouse, shelling his w.ty every few roads and driving tho old mun aud his shot-gun to cover. "Well, the war was kept up iu tbih way about u week, but at last it bad to aome to au end. Ouo bright moon? light night, Looklier thought he would quietly wheel bis battery up thu rotid and see if ho couldn't cuteh Muudy outside of his forlitloatious. So he laid his rifle before him uud set the wheels agoing. Ue had shoved them about n quarter of a mile, und whs jus? turning a enrve in the road, when he heurd u scraping noiso on his left. Muudy had flanked him. By the light of the moon, be aonld see the old man ou bis knees behind a fence, shov? ing the barrels of his shot-gun be? tween the rails aud getting his head down to take aim. Ljoklier had no time to lose. He snatched his rifle aud sighted it. They fired together. Mundy fell dead, with a rifle bullet iu his head, and Looklier tumbled into his battery with eleven buok shot iu his breast. He lived about four hours, aud declared if he hadn't been listen? ing to the orickots, be would have seen Mundy before the battery passed bim. The wife and daughter buried the two men, divided the twenty bead of cattle and got all the property." Florida is the only State without a daily newspapor. Even little Dela? ware, surrounded by cities with excel? lent newspapers, baa three dailies. Rhode Island has six. Hints fob the July Flow eh Gab den.?Many of our lady readers will I And the following hints from a lately I published floral book, "A Simple Flower Garden," very suitable for this month's gardening operations. With the warm weuther of this mouth oomes the lighter work of training uud guiding the new luxuriant plants. In 'this the habit or manuer of growth must be considered. Vines, like the olimbing roses muruudia and nastur? tium, must have suitable trellises, to whioh they may cling or be fastened. Tho Krowc'a t.'ists must by tho auide iu tho matter of stylo aud position of tho trellis. The ouly point to bo ob? served is that tho trellis shall notshuilc any other pi int. Sometimes vines are allowed to sweep over the ground in seeming freedom. Tho effect is vur\ pretty, if earo i* taken ui)t to let tho vine luvnde other plants. Plauts like tho oarnatiou, that ueo.l tho support of a stake, to which they aro tied, must now receive attention. A common latb, sawed iu two, will make a cheap stake. The plants must nut be fast? ened tightly, but have room to expand us they grow. Planta that croup over the. ground, liko the verbena, are greatly improved by being pegged dowu. This is no ttnng more tuuu using hair-pins, or twigs from a true, so cut that one end cau grasp tho stum of tho plant uud the other bu thrust into tho ground. The best twino for tyiug plants, or for any othor work about flowers or plants, is what is kuowu us shoemaker's boon thread. It cau be found ut the shoe Unding stores. This mutter of train? ing plants, either m the bouse or gar? den, is one that tho grower's taste must mainly guide us best it may. Cutting flowers iu tho garden scutus a very simple alluir; yet, upon tbu way it is done depends tho size of the crop. Tho usual wuy is to cut nil flowers with a long stem. It may seem uuuutnrul und ulmost hurburous to do so but the truo wuy for tue greater part of our flowers, is to remove them without a stem. Hones of uli kiuds shoull be cut with a loug stum; tho longer the j hotter, provided other buds are not destroyed. The carnation and all plunts that bear their flowers iu clus? ters should be removed without stems. The heliotrope should have a very short stem, uud tbu verbena should be cut oil only us far down as the drat leaf. A bit of iron wire will serve for u stem, if it is desired to make the flowers into u bouquet. If they are placed iu shallow diebes, which is the bust way to display tbeui, stems are of no cousequeuce. The time for cutting is always jiMt after sun-down, unless u storm is feared that will destroy them before they cau bo out iu the evening. Ou cioudy duys it does not make so much differuuae. The explanation of this is to be found in tbosap in the pluutut different times of the duy. From the earliest dawn until suu down the leaves are actively drawing upon the roots, and the sap is flawing Ireely. At sun-down this pro? cess ceases, and the leaves aro nearly dormant till morning. The pluut is taking its rest?is asleep. The sap muy be accumulating, but is uol flow? ing rupidly, as during tho duy. A fl iwer cut in tho sunshine will wiit at oncu, und if not put into water, will quickly perish. A flower out ut suu set will remain fresh ull night, even if it is not put in water. If put in a close, hot room, it will fade iu au hour; but in u cool place, will not up pear tochuugefor many hours. Flow era out at evening, therefore, will keep the longest und afford tho most plea? sure. Iu this connection, it must bo kept iu mind that no rose should bu allowed to expand fully- Git them ulwuys in the bud. This may be applied to all flowers. It costs more to biiog one fl .wer to full maturity than to prodilo. u dozeu buds. Therefore, cut as soon us in condition, and out them all. To Koff.-r the flowers to fade on a plant and go to seed is to lose uiue-toulbs of the whole crop. Fruedom und gene? rosity iu the matter of cutting flowors is tho best policy uud truest eoouoaiy. The tuberose cau hardly be called u simple flower; yet, us it costs no more to grow a good pluut than u poor ouo, this spleudid fl ?wershould be udmitied into our little h aodkerohief garden. Cbo simplest wuy to culuvate ouu is to purchase u bull), already shitted, from miain reliable floret. It should be growing during July iu what is oulled a seven-inch pol, und should have u cluster of well developed leaves. Til* plant should be snub iu tho ground up to the rim of the pot Duong dry weather it must be watered whenever the soil iu tho put becomes iby. No? thing more need bo douo lo it, exe. p. to tie the fl iwer slum to a stalte us soon as it is u foot high. Iu September it should bo removed to the house for blooming. Eight Munouns in Seven Days ? We are iuforuied by a geuiieuiuu, re? turning to bin home in Cincinnati, from Emory River, that there huvu been eight murdeis along the line ot the road from Emory Uivor to Point Isabel, during the past Week. At Emory River, last Friday, on Carlisle's work, Cipt. Glover, of tkeuiouuier J D. Wilder, clubbed au Irish laborer tor some trivial offeuce, killing him instantly. At Uuutsvillo. Teuuessee, in a drunken frohe, 111 whioh eigiity flve persons participated, a tnuo by too name of Newport shot and kill- d, with? out provocation, uu old oiii'/.eu and Justice of the Peace, uanit-d William Thomas. Tbeso outrageous deeds will be of frequent occurrence, so long as there are ten groggunes to every square mile along the line. I Stantyord (Ky ) Journal. There were 33 deaths iu Charleston for the week ending the 20tb?whites 8; oolored 25. City Mattehh.?Subscribe for the! Phoenix. The uensoua here are now very fioe I and the crops ure just blooming. .Fritz Kojiemau furnishes lanoh every day. '?? Tho bright moon serves to show np tho dark posts, minus lamps, ia diffet eat parts of the city. . Messrs. Hoffman ?fc Albrecht have musk-melons as well as other choice] fruits. Mr. Hair has some liuo stock at j Logan's stables. They are worth looking at. Superintendent J. O. Moore will ac? cept our thanks for au "annual" over his liue. A gentleman from tho up-country reports tho wheut crop the heaviest ov'.rkuown. What ia the reason the city bell can? not be put iu striking condition? Fire? men aud others would be rejoiced to hear it. Representative Elliott and Clerk of Con noil Jones deliver addresses before the. Clarioeopbic Society, to-morrow evening. L Tell mo, ye winged things That round my pillow roar, Is there no favored spot Where "skeeters" are no more? The South Carolina Railroad Com? pany ure selling excursion tickets to Charleston and Augusta ut reduced rates. The parties interested iu the certiB- I eaten of indebtedness are anxiously awaiting the decision of the Judges. It is expected on Saturday, the 17th. Yesterday was regarded the hottest of the season. Tho thermometer at Dr. Jackson's, however, only recorded 85 at 8 A. M., 100 at 1 P. M., and 00 at 8 P. M. The seoond story of Mr. Seegers' new building, throe doors above the PnoBNix office, is being fitted up as a Schuotzen Hail. It is roomy and well lighted. Geu. Garlingtou's address before the literary societies of Wofford College, on the 23J, is said to have been a very eloquent one. He is fully competent tu the tack. We have been presented by the So? ciety with a card of invitation to the I anniversary of tho Clariosophie So? ciety, at the College Chapel, on Friday evening, Juue 26*. All those interested are notified that there will be a meeting of School Dis? trict No. 1, io the Court House, ou Saturday next, at 12 M., for the pur? pose of levying the necessary school tax. The following are thu delegates from the Columbia Suhuetzeu Club to the Augusta SohuetZBufest: President? John O. Seegers; Secretary?B. Koe uig; John F. Eisenmann, Goo. Bruns, 1 G. Diereks, E. F. Hei, W. Steiglits, M Ehrlioh, F. Jacobs. A card from Messrs. Moore & Gozby, of the Wilson Sewing Machine Com? pany, appears in another column. These machines are rapidly coming into favor aud are admired. The Ab? beville people generally are "going for them." The Columbia delegation returned from the Augusta Schuotzen fest, last nignt, and were warmly received by] their fellow-members. The President averts that "cherry bounoe is all tho go for the German Schuetzen." At the target-tiring, Mr. E. Hei mado the best shot, und was, therefore, chosen the "Schuetzen Koonig"of the Columbia Club. The examination of the students in the Methodist Female College has beeu going on for several days. Ou Sund iy next, the commencement HiTtn in will be delivered in the Bapt^t Cnurob by Rev J. W. Kelly, of the D iuth Caioliuu Conf* reuco. Monday and Tuesday evenings, Juno 29 and 30. commencement exerciser iu the College Chapel. Tickets of admission wilt be necessary. The oase of Hardy Solomon rs. P. F. Fiiiz^u was hoard before Judge Car? penter, at ehu.-ibers, yesterday, on a motion by Mr. D H Chamberlain, at? torney for plaintiff, to strike out the answer of defendant, us frivolous. The argumeut was duly m ide?tho defend? ant be ug represented by Messrs. Jas. A. Duubar aud T. M. Wilkes. The Jiidge struck oilt the answer, but gave defendant ten days to amend it. The Caledonians ure practicing for the 4th. ' There will be lofty jumping, dying leaping, extensive springing, heavy tossing, etc. We would rather be a looker-on than a participtut, dar? iug this heated term; however, the sons of old Scotia appear to enjoy it. Georg? will bring out his baby-wake; aud ?ru a national salute; but the trou? ble is, be does not kuow whether to compliment Uncle Sam. or Queen Vic. in the number of the discbarges. Give 'em both a tarn. A Chaptkh of Accidents.?Yeutef day afternoon, while Mr. Ijowry's ve? hicle (jn which was his daughter) was standlbg |n|frOnt of the Post Office, the horse started off, and Mr. L. being afraid that lie could not head him off, attempted to climb over the back of the baggy?the animal by this time inoviug rapidly. Billy Taylor, a co? lored drayman, appreciating the situa? tion, jumped from his wagon, caught the animal by tho head, and after' being dragged some aiat?not?, tie peril of bis life, succeeded in stopping the horse. While this wm going on, Taylor's horse started off, and ran into Judge Carpenter's vehicle and partially demolished it, aud came near bringing up in the foundation excavation of the insurance building, corner Richardson aud Washington. Summary?A young lady badly frightened, a father consi? derably exercised, a colored man acts a gallant part, and a buggy is badly in? jured. "Tho Wilton Shuttle Sewing Ma? chine Company has no connection with the 'rings' or combinations, com ?posed of high prioed Bowing maohine companies, and organized to filch from the pockets of the people exorbitant profits. TbtB company has been in? strumental in Saving to the people millions of money; which would have been lost, but fm its freedom of action and refusal to orter into these combi? nations against the public." [Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. The offico of the company, in this city, is direotly opposite the Columbia Hotel, where machines can be examin? ed. PncsNixtANA.?Do good by atealth, and blush to find it fame. Women have more heart and more imagination than men. A man conducts himself abroad as he has been taught at home. Kindness is the golden chain by whioh society is bound together. Ignorance gives a sort of eternity to prejudice and perpetuity to error. Genius is the gold in the mine; tal eut is the miner who works and brings it out. The most brilliant fortunes are often not worth the littleness required to gain tbem. List of New Advertisements. Acacia Lodge. No. 94, A. F. M. C. J. lredell?Notion. E. ?. Jackson?Garden Seed. Fiue Stook at Logan's Stables. Hoteii arrivaia, June 24, 1874.? Columbia Botel?HS Wood, Baltimore; J J Bo wen, Richmond; H P Northrop, O B Northrop, Charleston; BMoLure, Chester; T S Clarkson, NO; WD Kennedy, Augustr; A O Levering, E R Lance, Maryland; M O OaBsaway, N C; E D Goodriok, P E Lotta. Lou? isiana; A 0 Mooney, Virginia; James Hansbrough, Florida; L T McCann, Philadelphia; P N Keens, Louisa; P McNaolty, D O. MPW Wheeler House?J Jenkins, Augusta; O W Davis, Sumter; D R Murcbison and wife, Mrs Stedman, servant and child, Miss Wright, J M Brown, O B Wright, T O James, Wilmington; Pat Du the, Charleston; M A Ramon, Qa; R M McNamee, N Y; J H Sampson, Georgetown; J F Witkofsky, Miss Maggie Sioklor, Charleston; J J Oar rington, Newberry; Wm Clarkson, Miss Carrie Clarkson, Charlotte; J J Bowen, Va; S N Mattiu and wife, N C; A J Cheatham, H W Friedenwald, Md. Hendrix House?~R T Branham, Rich laud; J A Laval, city; F M Bam? berg, wife, three obildren and tervant, Bamberg; W W Waonamaker, SC; O C King, Mo; J N Hoffman, Lexington; J H Hudson, Miss N Hudson, Miss A Hudson, Bennett8ville; J L Black, Ridgeway. They tell the following on an Au? gusta lawyer. He had a case over on the Carolina side, and had gone over there to attend its trial. He had some baggage?a valise, or aometbing of the sort?and in looking around for some one to carry it for bim, his eye luckily fell on a negro man, who was one of the jury before whom bis oase was to be tried. A happy thought struck our disciple of BlackBtone. Putting on a most pleasant smile, and addressing himself in his most winning manner to tho eable son of Africa into whose hands he was soon to commit the iutc reats of his olient, our lawyer engaged the juror to "toto" his luggage, and paid him two or three times as much as is usually paid for such services. It is needless to add that that lawyer gaiued his case. [Augusta Constitutionalist. A New Foe to the Cotton.?The cottou plant has a new enemy. Its appearance and ravages are thns de? scribed in the Natchez (Miss.) Demo? crat Courier: "We aro informed by a gentleman residing three miles from the oity, that a new enemy to the cot? ton plant has made its appearance on his place, being a small black snail. These may be seen in oonntlesB num? bers all over the fields, and as the first two leaves of the cotton makes their appearance above the ground, theso pests 'go for them,' and eat tbem, totally destroying the stand. About half of the orop was up and thus been destroyed, making it necessary to re? plant. These snails work some on the young com also, but will not damage it much." o Mr. Frank Johnson, of Abbeville, died last week.