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CXHSTTMBIA, s. c. Wednesday Morning, July 1,1874. A gtaino to John Bunyan, a memorable event baa just oooar loed in the pleasant little English towlj at Bedford. It was the birth-place ?taA&fce ebene of the sufferings and im? prisonment of the author of "The |9Hgrim.'a Progress." It was in 'Bed? rid jail that be composed thateoblirne and touching allegory, whiqb, has done. ?j much to lift up, anstaih and con? fine faith .among raeji. The Duke of Bedford, who derives his title from tbe?4owB, has presented a statue of Cony an 'to its citiaens, who have On-' joyed a great fete on the ooeasion of; enacting it. Flags of > all nations floated from the windows, and gar? lands of gay colors streamed from fc&hal arches. Ghuroh bells rang oatf their merriest peals, and thousands ?I visitors flocked thither to do. ho eaage-to one who did homage totrdth eoq]& not be swerved1 from-' da'ty.I Tito statue is pronouuoed a triu taph of art. It:is 'a largo bro?ire figure 'of Banyan, aot on a pededtaf of gray granite. A writer, who #ua present at ?he dedication, says: I ""ilftie figure is about ten feet high, ana bas a massive, substantial appear-; asaa befitting the character of its! original. The pose is very happy.1 Banyan, stands uncovered, and the iartfed .down bread ooiiar, tbe short bnekskin jaoket, the big belt, the abort breeches, reaohing to the knees, and the bomely looking shoes, bespeak tbe-dress of the period. He holds the; Bible open in one hand, while the finger of the other rests en its page.' Hia eoantenanae is turned Heaven-! ward and wenrs a singularly scrap hioj expression. The following inscription', graven on the pedestal, and taken from Christian's .visit to the Interpreter's: faonse, eappliea the thought present to (he artist's raiud: ItJsadejee lifted up to Heaven. The 'b awt of books dn hie hand. Tbe law of trcth waa written upon his lips. I'totunaais if it pleaded With men.'" Three basso relievos on tbo pedestal were trench admired. That on the West Bide represents Evangelist direct cap Christian to the wicket gate. On aba inunth aide is a representation of ?"Christinu -fighting Apollyon." That ontueEist is a very fine picture of cite -"Three Shining Ones" meeting Christian at the foot of the oross. The ceremony of nnveiling was performed by Lady Augusta Stanley, wife of the Dean of Westminster, who delivered the fine euloginm which wo copy. 'Xhe position of a Dean rf the Chardh of England leading in a cere? monial intended to do honor to the glorious nou-oonforming dreamer, who coffered imprisonment for twelve S?ar8-rather than relinquish his right lis.preaoh in public, was a novel and faying one. It was admirably met. Tbe ealogium was extremely happy, ?b -spirit' s?boiariy, appreciative, tho Kiaghly 'Christian and free from tbe abgfetest taint 'of narrowness. The Dean was sagacious enough to see how insignificant were all the honors which be -and the Dako of Bedford could confer upon Banyan in the presenoo of the greatness with which genius, tpclef?, firmness and buffering, conse? crated in his life and embodied in bis grand prose epio, bad nobly clothed biosu It was his fate to lie in Bedford ?I* tig eon in life, and to be buried in BanUill Old Fields in death, bat bis fame fills the world. He is universally oead and universally loved. He be? longs to mankind. "The Pilgrim's PrqgnscB," which he described, bas Lypati... for its author a triumphant axacoh through the subsequent centn riss.'to be pursued to the end of time. i-t was more tbau u display of trans ^eudant genius. It was an achieve sueut of the highest art, uuder the aim S^st, most natural und most attractive terms, 'phe eloquent Duau was cou ?adous oi the 00utraak betweeu the naiTcrsulity o??ucb famQ i j ,QV0 aud usefulness, and ^ fccb'b but wel, j meant monumental M)uU, It WQ8 u j itiippy thought in him ?,, bK1 tb0hfc ?who had not read "The Pifcri.,?a pro. .gcesa" to go and road it, an?l tho3twbo bad read it a hundred tinicj, to touq^ yet again, und by living ot\ i'?.h tuacu ifyga in their lives, to rear a still nobler ?monument in their hearts to its author. ?;???.:???. ?r- ? ??> The Credit Mubilier exposures 'and loiher work by newspapers represented ?o Wunhingtou have had a wholesome 4,-fiect. It is claimed that not a single ?dishouest scheme or job v?.as got ihroagh Congress at the lote an.nion; v*j that, il no great statesmen waro de? veloped, at least no great rasnnls were >alrsv7cd to develop themselves. The ?gaTorle m*du to muzzle tbe press indi? cate that no me of tbe membuis were becoming * Jtttle tiled of ibis pro? tracted bout.jty. 11 The Deah uf W?TBOfimtM UJt 'JtifBH Bun tan.?"As*I walked through the wilder a ess of this world, I lighted apop a certaiu pjacejchera there was a dvoy TbSe wc rdflfhavtt b?n Vans lated into ?ndriuWdf lsDBQlgeB&aDG thff'queatiA bafc :.'b*on often awed, wftro was j?iat i &oa arid | wuerdf' wat tflt >don? i ^Thef ajgwefc given/ haft atwaya been, the uamebfihat plaoe'iY Bedford, aud the uame of that deo Bedford Jail. This it is which hus giveu to the town of Bedford its chief ?may I say, without Offence, its only??title to universal and everlast? ing famo. It is exactly 200 years since Banyan resolved*-upon what to him was a great venture, imtxely, to pub list * I: - - "Ork whieb pas.given to Bed? ford, this, iu. lortul renown, and Bed? ford to-day inya back aorhe part of the debt she owes to him. I shall not, however, i urreu'der without a struggle the share whioh J^u gland at large hae if) your illustrious townscdao to your local cluima. Something of the na? tional and cosmopolitan character uf Brtnyan'd works was probably owing to the wa?u?iiui, ^ypsy life be led in his youth as a tinker^ utid iu the more peropq jourueyingB of.:his after lifo in >vbat may be culled nisi opisoopiU visi MAUmaiL.?If wo follow th6 track of the young soldier, whether in the .royal or the'parliamentarian army, (it is not certain which,) .when he so narrowly eaoaped the shot that laid his comrade low at the siege 'of Leicester, we shall find that he* probably obtaiued there ttte materials fbr,:his: *'Holy War" and the '.'Siege ?f. ?lans?dl. ' W,hen I was exploring ''the ?. Pilgrim's Way" to Canterbury, 11 wiw muoli impressed with the ingenious theories of one of the oflloora of the ordnance Bnrvey, wbo held that the pilgrim of the seven? teenth aehtnry, John Banyan, caught the idea of the hill of difficulty and the deleotablo mountains ' from the hills turongh which that track meanders; and might.he not from bis early visits to London have' obtained the notion of Vanity Fair? At any rate, we know thut orowds attended hia preaching at Zoar Obapol in Southwurk, and he rests in the grave of his host, Stan drake, the grocer, in the venerable cemetery of Bubhill Fields. Yon are right, however, to claim him as your own, for it is the strength of a country aud of a town to havo its famous men held in everlasting romembraoce. Such aro the liuks by which they are bound to the history of a country, and by whioh the locul greutuess of u whole country is bound together. Yon hav? beoome*immortal through' him?take care that yon. do not let bis fame.bo obsoured by your uuwortbiuess. Turn? ing to what may be called his ecclesi? astical career, wo must remember that ho was a Baptist or Auo,-baptist?a name which ouoe struck ttfrror and dis? may through whole States in Europe; bnt which, even in Bunyan's time, had subsided iuto a quiet, peaceful com? munity?a sect which numbers on its roll Havelock among its soldiers, Carey and Murshmau umoug its missionaries; and Robert Hall umoug its preachers. I speak only of the dead, but whether living or dead, there is no other name among them to which all other churches bow the head bo reverently us to that of John Banyun. You all re? member Lord Mucunluy's remark thut the seventeenth century ouly produuud two meu of origiuul gouius?aud thfiae two were John Milton and Johu Bua yan. Aud I will Ventura to add to that remark uf Macitulay's that iu all our English literature there have been only two works universally popular, und both of those were written by non-conformists?one wus the work uf a Presbyterian journalist, and it is called "BobiuKou Crusoe," and the other was by a Baptist teacher, and its uame is "Pilgrim'a Progress." In fact, the non-conformists have a splendid literature of their own, aud we must remember that hteruture may bo chan? nels of grace nu'loss spirituul thuu saorameuts or doctrines, ohupels or ahurohus. Bunyun was great as the hero of toleration.\ He was greater still as a preacher, but beyond all comparison he is greatest as too teach? er of our childhood?us the author of those characters whoso names aud faces are f.imiliur to the whole world. Ab tho author of "Pilgrim'sProgress," I speak to you in a world-wide sense? not as a Churchmuu, hut us a Christian to Christians, us a muu to meu. It is ouo of the great charms uf that im? mortal work, that we trace no word in it of Baptist or Podo-Baptist, Protcst uut ur Catholic. It is ouo uf the few books iu existence (:iud i know ouiy of six others, und they arc iu a less de? gree) which blends iu perfection reli? gious instruction with amusement, and which may bo read with eqaal enjoy? ment aud advuotago by the humblest persou and tho most fastidious critic. "Pilgrim's Progress" is entirely catho? lic?that is, universal?both iu expres? sion aud thought. 1 do not menu to say that itoontaiu.s no seutimeuts whioh may not be distasteful to no rue, or that it has not a certain tinge of color, but it is so slight as to bo almost I imperceptible. reooguized the ? Great truth, thut Curir.t.mmly does not ^?ist in names aud shibboleths. Iu the lwurproter's house, Christian is Shown u gWieu, and it is poin^d out to him that '-?.^ ?owors ore divo? iu j shape, in qaaliU. jn 00i0r, in smdi | and iu virtue, ana som0 aro bettor thuu some; but when th^gnrdon is set, tboy quarrel not with ou? another." Aud yet thero is no compromise iu bis words, no faltering iu his oonvioliona; ! but his admiration is reserved lor all things that good meu love and his do testutiou for thorn; whioh ull good men detest. Thyugh a Pnritau aud a Cal vinist, he was not ufruid to take ton frumu-work of his story from Catholic sources?the pilgrim's habit, the way? side cross, tho armor of tho orusader, the ringing of the bell at tho wioket gate, Never was thero ouch a oombi tnttwrr brrromraTst^ med i raval forms seen before and never, since. With all its familiarity, it is ,.n?ur profane; with all its religious fefor, jft isfl lever fauatical; with all its hr&eli^tcssh it is never vulgar. It ie a Wo?k of pure art and truo genius.' It is if "well afi English language unde filod," and sd pure Christian thought. Tegels into the hearts of men, and meets the spiritual needs of our com? mon human nature. And as John Banyan walked' your streets, what 'manner of 'man 'was he? Let us" real? ize his-appearance as,ho stands before 'us in the descriptions of his contem? poraries, and us he is so admirably pre? sented to os to-duy by the Bculpior. Ho was "tall in stuture, stroug-bouid, with sparkling eyes, wearing his buir on bin upper lip after the old British fashion, bis bair reddish, but in later yaurs sprinkled with gray; bis nose well cut, his mouth not too large, his forehead something high and bis habit always plain and modest; in his man? ners mild und affable, not given to lo? quacity, except opajksion required it, choosing never to speak of himself, but rather lowly in his own oyes; abhor? ring lying and swearing." He was a man of tbe peoplej.?nd the characters be draws for us are;-drawn from tbe life. You and I,.as. well uh he, have met with Mr. Byende, and Mr. Face both ways ami Mr. Talkative. Some of us, perhaps, may have seen Mr. No good and Mr. LtVeloooe, Mr. Hate light und Mr. Implacable. All of us have at times been like Mr. ?eudyto bait, Mr. Feeblemind, Mr. Nobeart and Sluwpace, und Short wind aud Sleepyhead, and "life young woman whose name was Du? " So surely us the pilgrimage which ho dreamed is tbe pilgrimage of every one umoug us, so surely the companions and tbe neighbors whom he saw in his dream are oury, aud ull of us need to be cheered by the help of GreatheurJ, of Holdfast, of YaliauifortbetrUth aud good old Houest. Some of us have been in Doubting Castle, some in the Slongh of Despond, some have expe? rienced the temptations ofVanity Fair, all of us have to climb the Hill Difficulty, all of ob need to be instruct? ed by tbe interpreter iu tbu House Beautiful, all of us bear the Hume bur? den, all of us ueed the same armor, all of us have to puss through the wieket gate, all of us have to cross the durk river, and for all of us, if God will, there wait the shining oued at the gate* of the Celestial City, "whigh, when we w.i, we ivish ourselves acaohg tbein." Tax Union*. A meeting of the citizens of liich land County will be held in tbe Court House, at Columbia, on Monday, tbe 13th instant, at ,11 o'clock A. M., for the purpose of organizing Tax-Unions. All are requested to attend who favor tbe protection of property, the ad? ministration of justice, tbe cause of morality, and who have tbe maolines:-: ?mil virtue to make ?tili another effort to rescue tbe State from those influ? ences which have made its Government a mockery uud u crime, and which, if uuohecked, must inevitably reduce it to a condition of hurb msm. WM. WALLACE. Cbairmuu Ricbland Delegutiou of Tax-Payers. Confedekate Cembteuy.?The Cou-1 federate cemetery, about four miles I from Point Lookout, is beside a sigh- j ing piae forest, and is pretty well | enclosure is about 100 feet bquare, or Huffloienfc to bury about fifty person.-, iu tbe u-iuul way, yet it contains the remains of over 3,000 Confederates, who died while prisoners at Point Lookout. The remains were first) buried near the point, but in 1870 the State appropriated $5,000 to have tbetu re-interred in a lot secured for the pur? pose. The cemetery is enclosed with a neat iron railing, tbo gate bearing tbe words "Confederate Cemetery." The foreign commerco of the port of I New York, for the week ending the '27th ult , was us follows: General merchandise imports, including dry goods, 36,648,571'; produce exports, $6,420,678, aud specie exports, 31,020, 310. The totai merchandise imports, including dry goods, sinco January 1, this year, uro $211,253,581, against $213.106,0013 last year, and ?224,628, 352 in 1872. Tbo tots! exports of pro? duce siuej Ja unary 1, uro S137.781, 033, agalnt $134,640,020 last year, uud $1U1,S33,310 iu 1872. The total ex? ports of specie fciuce January 1, uro $30,027,917. ngainat $26,982,225 last year, und $?'J,0i.0,?'J7 iu 1872. - ? The Mill .iliver disaster, sweeping 150 mortals into eternity ut one gulp, may, af*er all, be regarded as a bless? ing in disguise. It has led to disco- : vering the dangerous weakness of a large number of other dams. There j is a dam near Worcester, confining a] body of water twice the siz-? of the Williamsburg reservoir, which liu? j been in a dangerous uonditiou f.>r tight years. It was condemned six yearn ago auil its removal ordered by tbo Connly Commissioners. The or der is now likely to be unforced, for if j that dam bursts, the city of Worcester ! will vanish, j - - i ^he Sexatp..?The Ciuciunali Gu-\ j seile ru^niiy contuses that tbo United j a .,?"tto um lur6clr degenerated, ! I cbu fly through tv? adventurers elected I i from luauy of the Bou?b.era fStitus j after reconstruction, and *meQ1*j)or8 i from new Statos, whose auiu Ct,,H?jj,j. ! cuts uro railroud monopolies aud *]>,;, _ dliug rings of various kinds, nml p?.rt. j ly by men who purchased their elec? tion with money or patronage. The Gazette is a truly loyal sheet and ought not to grumble at the "results of the war." '*'" 'Hon.*Si' S. 'OrTtteh^eTaTniemlje^"oT the Houeo of Representatives from Greenville County, writes ns follows to the Enterprise and Mountaineer, in r<*-, ply to the appended article .fVom th^ Abbeville Medium, and wb^iou articl? eecaped our attention: $ ' "In the Legislature of tbii'ptate. the Democrats have been a, atujmbliug blook in the way of eveu no honest Republican. They have voted for almost every fraudulent measure, sup? ported every dishonest speculation, wTien'thelr own private interest* were concerned, and voted iu direct opposi? tion to the good of their constituents in'every iuntunce." Messrs. Editoiis: I hnvo no nmbi* tibu to champion tbu twenty live or thirty gentlemen who compose the Democratic members of tiie Legisla? ture, but the extract above from the Abbeville Medium, coutuiun no much of untruth and injustice, it should uot go uuaoutradicted. For four years, I have been a member of the iowor house, (and permit me to say, L have no desire for re-election.) Daring that time, my votes stand recorded against uvory measure of dishonesty, corrup? tion or extravagauceintroduced iu that body. .10 every instance, those votes are recorded with the almost uuani aioua vote of the Democratic members aud with the votes of u portico of the Republicau members. Alauy corrupt schemes have thus bcuu defeated. Others have passed, because the cor runtiouiats had the mujoritv. Very truly yours, 6. 8. OBI LIEN DEN Tkavb*?er's Rist. S. C, Juue27,74. Calhoun's Ghost. ? We are entreat? ed by our respeoted contemporary, the Philadelphia Nativnul Mail, out to evoke, at this time, the ghost of John C. Calbonu- Our friend of the Mail should address his entreaty to Senator Eatou, of Connecticut, ehe great Caro liuian'b eld pupil. If tiver there was a time when the duotriuts ot Caihouu ou States rights needed ventilation, thin is the time. BLis prophecies have all come true, aud we are hardly to be blamed for recalling the fact that Cai? houu read the future like n heaven bom Reer, aud attempted iu vain to ward off the menacing peril. A little Culbouuism iu the North aud ?South, so Jar as local self-government is con? cerned, -would work a wonderful cuauge fur the better. Caihouu was tbu incarnation of truth. No honest man ueed fear his ghost. We suspect tb?t dread spectre rises before the eyes of many Northeru men as Bunquo's awful - hade at the revelry of Macbeth. BCECHEK ?A venerable gentleman says that he kuew Heury W. Beeeher when a very snail boy. The day be? fore Thanksgiving Day, Buecher's auut asked him whut he was "going to do ou the morrow." The boy iustuutly replied: "I urn going to eat a great deal of mauy things." As a man, he has eateu a great deal of many things, uuil, if Tiltou does not lie, "the for? bidden fruit" is numbered among his appetizers. Spain.?The Carlist war continues with the same monotonous results. It seems that Concha has hud a little sue cesd, but its practical eQ'ect seems to hem the Carliat forces into Navarre. So long us tbu Freuch side of the Pyruuees is u base of supplies for Don Carlos, aud a sure refuge iu the eveut of disaster, this "war" will continue with the same purposeless, inefficient results that we have had for twenty A l*w case is pending in the Su prume Court at Jackson, Tens., in' which the solo questiou to bo deter? mined is, whether a cortaiu letter iu a promissory note for 36,000 is "I," or "J;" whether the said uoto was inude payable to I. Blackeusee or J. Bluck euaee?JUuuo or Julius?the represent? atives of each party claiming the money. As usually written, "L" and "J"' ure nearly identical. At Sin Diego, Cal., on Sunday I night, two disguised meu gagged und bound Mr. McCormick, colleolor of customs, and took from uiiu lh-i com biuutiou of the custom bouse safe. Uuo of the robbers mounted guard I over McCormick, und the other went to the en.-torn house aud took ?3,000 from the safe, aud both escaped. Mc? Cormick was alone in his house. A Good lli:i"Oitr or the National Finances.?The treasury stutomeut for the mouth just ending shows that the income from customs has greatly im? proved and is larger eveu than for the corresponding mouth of last year, aud that there is uu increase ulso uf inter-' mil revt .ue. There is, too, a slight decrease of thu public debt lor Juue. | A parly of meu made a raid on the. dwelling of Mr. Juarez lied, near! I Wiudsor, Aikcn County, .i few nights ] ago, beat his wife aud took Mr. Red into the woods, where they whipped i I hi in unmercifully with n leather strap. ' The miscreants have been arrested.! Family affairs was the trouble, j During the storms on Thursday afternoon, the lightuiug struck u man j ! ut Circtevillo, Ohio, a woman ut lluut ingtou, W. Va., two young men at j lvalaoiooz t, Mich., the postmaster at I [ Murion, lud., aud three persons at! Fort Way no, Ind. Tho new bridge celebratiou iu St. j L iuis is to be u grand allair. Toe an thoritics have sent to New Yuik for; three car-loads of lire-works, and an j accomplished luuatic offers to jump' I mm tho bridge into tho river for the .??um of $J5'J. A lodge of colored Masons was re? cently organized in Newbeiry, tbe lodge to be called Meridian Lodge, of [Augusta Constitutionalist. *o A. Y. M. T 'Otrx ' Matters. ?Subscribe f of - thY Phoznix. Weather all right, yesterday. ?e nevjr\city belljwill ring in the, Fofeth of <Joly. T^ere .ar?i five Wednesdays, i five Thursdays and five 'Fridays iu this month. ?* BJAdvortibiugis to business what steam is to machinery?tbe grand propelling power. Tbe silver testimonial to Speaker Lee is still ut Mr. Glaze's. Where, oh where, are tbe funds? Mr. H. C. Hudgins, of Charleston, has declined the appointment on the Governor's stuff.* There is but one way to obtain busi? ness?publicity; but one wnj' of gain? ing publicity?advertising. Nearly all the schools iu the city have closed for tbe summer, and tbe scholars are dolighied. Tbe hotel at Glenn Springs is filling up rapidly. A large party leaves Co? lumbia on Tuesday next, for that de? lightful retreat. Tbe South Carolina Railroad pays the coupons of its first mortgage and nou mortgage bonds maturing July 1st, on uud after to-day. Tbe funeral of Daniel Crawford, E*q., was attended by a large con? course of citizens. His remains wore interred in Elm wood Cemetery. There is grear complaint by the Newherrians of the railroad platform at that flourishing town. It should be remedied, by ail menus. "Oh, for a lodge iu some vast wil? derness, where fiddles uud fiddlers are uukuowu," is the ory of those who have to perform mental labor in the vicinity of a music-teacher's abode. Tbe comet was distinctly visible last night. It can be seeu iu a North? westerly direction, about thirty degrees abuve tbe horizon. Its tail is about throe degrees in length. We acknowledge the receipt of a curd of invitation from the committee to a lecture by Hon. H. G. Eastman, before tbe Lee Association, of Pougb keepnie, N. Y. We have been furnished by the author, Mr. J. M. Lenuard, with a copy of uu address relative to agricul? tural chemistry, in which the subject of fertilizers, etc., is ventilated. We wore shown, yesterday, some line sip cimens of nutmeg, with their mace covering, grown near Bucksville, in this Stufe. Smith Carolina produc? tions ure varied. A. A. Gilbert, Esq., of tbe Sumter Watchman, has been iu tbe city two days, iu attendance upon the com? mencement exercises of the Columbia Female College After "treudiug thtse streets" for several nights past, a quiet citizen sat dowu and wrote: A little gas light now aud then Is relished by tbe best of men. Numerous fatal cases irom hydro? phobia are reported at the North, but none South; it would be us well, how? ever, to keep u sharp look-oat for the canines and avoid undue familiarity. An old man has been sent to the Connecticut State prison for one year for stealing su umbrella. He had committed a similar offence twioe be? fore, aud the jury wasn't long oat. By a card in another column, it will be seen that several trotting matches are to come off on tbe afternoon of the 4th, ut the Fair Grounds track. A number of entries have already been made and others are txpected. Wbut shall I do on tbe Fourth? is the ull-important query just now. There aro to be public and private barbecues, pic nics, etc., in the vicinity of Columbia; chicken disputes, etc., at Kingsvillc; aud the- Scotch games at tbo brewery. At the unnuul meeting of Pha-nix Hook and Ladder Company, held Mon? day evening, the following officers were- elected to serve for tbo ensuing term: John L. Little, Foreman; P. Meighan, Assistant Foreman; F.D. Konemuu, Secretary; J. Jeaus, Trea? surer. At the recent Commencement of Wofford College, the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on Rev. iSamnel 13. Jone-, of the South Caro liua Conference and President of Co? lumbia Female College. This is the first instance in which Wofford Col? lege has conferred the titio of Doctor of Divinity on a member of the South Carolina Conference. $167,000 has been paid out on the first dividend by the different branches of the Citizens' Savings Bank, of which amount $17,000 was paid by the Columbia branch. This largo amount: ought to loosen the money market j somewhat. We learn that there is still $6,000 unclaimed, which it would be well for the parties interested to | look after, as the list might he closed. Obe cTcmmei: -noxn>at.~Tbe exer oiaes of the Colombia (Methodist) Female College closed on Tuesday '.night, j?rjjj yesterday the majority of tho echolgra departed for their homes. The institution will re-open on the first Monday in October. There were about 130 students in attendance dur? ing tbe last torm?tUo larger majority of whom were boarders. This num? ber will bu largely increased during tbe next session. A very pleasing sceuo was enacted on tlie closing night?the presentation of u silver pitcber to President 'Jones by tbe graduating class. Rev. Mr. Rirkland made the presentation address on be? half of the young ladies; it wus re? sponded to feelingly by the recipients The following is a list of the gradu? ates. Miss Alice Buchanan, or Fair field, received, a special diploma, for proficiency in musict Misses S.'Emilie Nettles, Susie H. Johnson, Elia S.Johnson; Burnwell; Alice Buchanan, Hattie E. Kennedy, Aiina Laubtta, Deborah Wolfe, Fair field; Lucia Koaob, HSsmter; Mollie E. Smith, York? Hattie M.' Arthur, Agnes R. Clark, Octavia R: Dantzlor, Alma Felder, Mary E. Harley, Agnes M. Heuoon, Mury' M. Riley, Mary A. W.nmaniftkor,. Sullie J. Wanuamaker, Orangeborg; Eioiae E. Gibson, Cbellie B. Mo Mas tor, OarnA Sunn, Emma L. Jones, Columbia; S. Fair Sims, Han nub N. Edmonds. RIcbiaud. Competitive Examination.?The Faculty of Washington and Lee Uni? versity, at Lexington, Va., has ten? dered to the Colombia Male Academy, over which Capt. H. S.Thompson pre? sides, an academic prize scholarship for the present scholastic year. It is to be given to the student in its high? est class who may prove the best scholar on a competitive examination, the details of the mode by which tbe recipieut of the honor shall be selected being left with the principal of the school. The scholarship covers the expenses of tuition and ull college fees for the anuual session of the Univer? sity. The winuer of the prize, if he shull be found fully prepared to enter the regular classes of the University, is expected tobe admitted at the open? ing of the first session after theaward. Powell Miller and RobertTrezevant, pupils in Mr. Thompson's academy, have come forward as competitors for this honory designation. A committee of gentlemen, consisting of Rev. Mr, Brjson and Messrs. N. Barn well and C. P. Pelham, have, at the principal'^ request, consented to supervise and re? port upon the examination. Yester? day, the paper upon mathematics waa put before the young gentlemen, at 10 o'clock, and they were allowed till 2 P.M. to discuss it. To-day, the exami? nation will proceed upon French and other subjects. It is an interesting oc? casion in the academic Hie of these youths, well calculated to call forth strenuous effort. Their friends and companions watch the ordeal with much interest. List of New Advebtisements. Merino Scarf Lost. John Agnew & Son?Wine, Syrup. Pendletou & Boardman?Presses. L. N. Zealy?Bank Notice. Races at Fair Grounds on the 4th. A. Stork?Claret, Ale, etc Hotel- Akuivals, July 1, 1874.? Wheeler House?J A Turrentine, Wil? mington; Chas HDarling, Charleston; J T Settle, Baltimore; A C Shaffer, Waherboro; Mrs P B Tompkins and child, Camdeu; Col J N Cobb, Balti? more; Dr nud Mrs Steiner, Augusta; B G locum, Chester; J T Solomon, Sumter; L M Dodamead, Charlotte; J J Carriugton, Newberry. Columbia Hotel?J E Macrae, T R Morgan, Va; J M Vincent, La; E Ma aon, Miss; John Archdale, C E Digges, Kv; J E Coxe, Bennettaville; B Miner, N Y; S C Gilbert, W H Evans, Rev A M Folchi, Charleston; A F Pfohl, N C; C K Knowles, city; Mrs O'Neill, SC.* Hendrix House?P H Hun es, N C; R D Perry, city; W D Tranthan, Cam den; G W Wanuamaker, St Matthews; W D Metts, Charleston; O B Mayer, Newberry; J H Hamer, Marion; J E Kennedy, J Black, Ridgeway; G W Arthur. Leeaville; E S Hall, Ninety Six; J F Gray, Pa; D Provence, J W Lyles and wife, S C; P J Murry, Charleston; E Quattlebauro, P S Quat tlt-baum, Lexington; C T Ligon, city. Tkoe.?Mr. Edward Pierrepont said at the Yale law Bchool semi-centennial: "No government can prosperously en? dure which in tbe main is not ad? ministered by the higher intellect and the higher moral sentiments of the people." Local option has been agitating a lady of Auatiu, Nev. Her husband told her it was "optional" with her whether he should buy her a gilt-edged Bible or o new bonnet. She "rastled" with the subject for three whole days aud optiouated on the b?oonet. Reports come from Dodgo City, in South-western Kansas, of numerous murders by raiding Indians. Other parties are missing, and further loss of life are feared. A female school-teacher in Wilming? ton recently whipped a little child so severely, that the child's father had her arrested.