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COLUMBIA, S. C. Tuesday Morning. July 14.1874. Tk* B?ri Approaencs?Cnt Off the ?applies. The sensation ol the moment is the remarkable change which has taken place in the views of the President concerning oar prostrate State. The President is a strong party man, bnt ?better knowledge, let na hqpe, of onr wretched couditUui than he had when the committee of the tax-payers pre? sented their memorial, has moved him from his party moorings. Hornet hing like prejudice, epproaohicg almost to bitterness, seemed to1 nave found lodg mjorU: in his Ciiqd at on? tim?j hnt m ?ro gratified to believe that it is now rapidly disappearing. It is, neverthe? less, true, as Senator Robertaon' said, that the president oan do nothing di reoity, nor is ?* iikaiy ?hat Congress will undertake anything for our relief. But we are encouraged to hope, from thoap ouf-givlngs',' that tbe, President's Sympathie? and moral influenae will bo strongly euiisted on the side of the honest peoplo in the State, and against those who, in ,their iqaolenoe and op* proaaion, have relied: mainly on his supposed protection. That is some? thing. Better still will it be, if tbe policy now indicated of not in? terfering to aid iu tbe collection of taxes shall be firmly resolved npon and carried out by the Qeneral Govern? ment: Then, indeed, will the Sooth Oatoliua ring Government "fall lhroaghf"'aDd the great political mon? strosity of tbe age bo overthrown. In view of the fact that no genuine re? form is contemplated by the Radicals or is possible in the State, and that the TkBiMiSpates Government, as we are bow advised, will withhold any assist? ance in tbe enforcement aud collection of fcaxea from tho tax-payers, only to be^qaandered and Stvlea by tbe tax- 1 grabbers, tbe duty of our people is plain. It is to go ahead.resolutely, form their tax unions, aud take coun ael together o,a' to tbe most effectual and1- peaceful method of recovering their lost rights and of restoring onoe more to tbe State a decent and tolera? ble government. We may depend npon it that the burden of this work cannot be shifted from onr own to others' shoulders. It is onr affair, not ifiehrs. Aqd if we do not show energy, zeal and determination in the matter ourselves, the sympathy, zeal and good intentions of oar friends abroad will, with the lapse of time and onr own indifference, necessarily cool towards as. We have gained immensely in tbe last six or eight months. We have brought oar monster to bay, or, to obange the tigere, have placed onr criminal in tbe criminal's box. A jury of the whole country has been empaneled to try him. Wo know that he oan make no valid defence. He is really cowering with a sense of guilt, but is an adept in the art of appearing aud pretending to be innooent. Soon we shall hear his piteous appeals for xneroy and pardon. But we must oon duct the prosecution through, have him condemned, deposed and officially and politically executed. And while th*? great trial is going on, and those important issues are at stake, we do not thibk it sensible or consistent with she duty which we have undertaken, et which has rather been devolved upon us, to feed oar orimiaal with the fat of the land, or clothe bim any longer with pnrple and fine linen. Every contribution we make to his support by payment of taxes, or other? wise, he will forge into weapons of de? fence and ose them against us. If we are in earnest in this matter, then the sooner we resolve to withdraw from him all countenance or aid in any shape or form, the more certain we are to get the verdiot whioh will consign bim to infamy and banishment for? ever. -; Keep Hand? Clean. We are firmly opposed to the dogmas that we should do evil that good may come, or that the end aanotiuee tbe means. We have no right to expect good to come from evil. Senator Robertson states that he has heard that many white voters intend to vote for Mose?, npon tbe prinoiple that the more corrupt the administration, tbe sooner will it break down. He shows the laok of policy in snoh a course and tbe danger it would bring of oheokicg the sentiment wbieb is now rallying for onr rescue. The same objections exist against supporting any other candidate likely to be brought forward. We cannot see mnoh improvement in any one over the others. We cannot discriminate nioely the degrees of cor? ruption between them. It will be wiser, therefore, to exercise no ohoioe at all. Oar true liae of aotlon is alto getber different. We ahonld not re gard ourselves aa compelled to eboose in anon a preciuuw uspwuvss >?lvc6r., Chamberlain. Elliott ?od other*. We have m re important' b a si new thin dabbling in aaoh election as this. 1 r i?u^,^^..^??ij The President Csmci Oat Agalast tlte Corrupt Boath Carolin? Ring?. The Charleston News and Courier, of Saturday, uoutaiue. au interesting re? port of an interview held with Seuutor Robertson, in which tbe attitude of the President aud Gotogrosa towards tbt corraptioniBta of this State is fully exhibited. Tbe views and purposes attributed to the President are well calculated to engage the attention of oar people and to conti reu- them in the determiuaiion to relax no enoris iu rid themselves of (he vulgar and despica? ble tyranny which lords it over tbem. We give the material portion of this interview below: Reporter?Did the President iudi? cata what he proposed doing to help the party to purify itself? ? Mr. Robertson?The President can do nothing. I said to him that the mass of the people in this State, blook as well aa ?white, the intelligent and uneducated alike, believed that tbe United States troops were kept here tdr the purpose of sustaining the State Government. President Grunt replied that tbe people had no right to believe any suah thing; that the troops were not sent here lor any such par pose; they were only here to enforce, (he laws of the General Government. He also said to me that he would infinitely rather see the State Govern? ment pass into the bands of the Demo oratio party than to see it continued in the hands of the corrupt crew who have brought thing-! to tbe present pass. Mow, I call that a pretty square thing for the President to say. He wouldn't have said it six months ugo. It certainly shows what he thinks of tbe condition of affairs in the State. And there is Judge Bond.' You know what were his sentiments towards tbe South when he first came here. Well, two weeks ago be expressed tbe same sentiments as those uttered by tbe President?that the reign of corrup? tion in South Carolina ought to be stopped at once. Reporter?Bat what do General Grant and Judge Bond propose to do to help as to reform tbe existing abuses? 1 Mr. Robertson?The General Go? vernment oan do nothing ifself. Nei? ther oan the President or Judge Bond. The people ot tbe State?the voters? mast redress (heir wrongs at the bal? lot-box. I have heard that Attorney General Williams said, some time ago, that, in the event of the oontinuauce of the preauut corrupt Government iu power, should tbe tax-payers of the State refuse to pay tbe taxes, tbe United States would not lend its assist? ance to enforoo their collection; and I fully believe that tho President would not permit tbe United States troops to interfere. The Government must pro? tect its oitizens in the enjoyment of all their rights, and will do so; but I am ooafideot tbat it will not give ltb pro? tection aud support to bad men who rob the people aud equauder tbe pub? lic funds. Reporter?What do you think of the chances of a reform luside the p?rty lines? Mr. R ?bertson?I told tbe President tbat there were good aud honest tneu in the Republican party io tbia State, who, if they could be eleoted, would fill the offices to the satisfaction of the people aud administer public affairs in an honest and straight-forward man? ner; but I don't think that they oau be eleoted. They dou't possess the strength, and I honestly believe that none of tbem oould secure the nomi? nation. Reporter?Under these circum? stances, what policy do you think tbe Conservative voters should adopt? Mr. Robertson?I believe the best policy for the Conservative voters to | adopt, is to vote for an honest man, no matter who is nominated. I have heard, since I have been here, tbat many of tbe white voters intend to vote for Moses, because they think that the struggle will be a hopeless one anyhow, and that it will be best to perpetuate the present administration in power?for the reason that it is so notoriously oorrupt that it must soon come to an end. This is a mistaken policy. If yon do this, how can yon go to the General Government and ask it to depose the very men whom you have yourselves helped to put into power? Such a policy, besides, would tend in a great measure to check tho oarreut of public sentiment at the North, which is now very much in? censed against the corraptionisis in this and several other Southern States. This sentiment means something; tbe oonrse of the New York Times and of Harper's Weekly, two Republican jour? nals, whioh were formerly very bitter against tbe white people of the South, ia significant. Their denunciation of tbe frauds perpetrated here, under the oloak of Republicanism, has had a most wholesome effect. But if tho white people of South Carolina should take any saoh enioidal coarse as tbat to which I have referred, it would cer? tainly go a great way towards turning the tide of popular sentiment against them, and undo all the good that has been done. Reporter?Is it true that the United States troops are to be withdrawn from the State? Mr. Robertson?I have heard that the Federal troops have been, or are to be, withdrawn from Louisiana; bat I don't know that the troops are to be withdrawn from this State. Reporter?You see irr-to think that the coming election will *e#ult in no chance for tLc better? What ?Hl tbe Bres?ent'do ip that evonti^T. *&v Mr; Robertson?If the prtjr#nt$rte Mall ire re-elected, or if there ie not'a decided obanfre for the better in their aacoeasors, I'firmly believe that the President will refuse to: recognize tbe government by withholding the aid it wilt require in the enforcement and oolleotion of taxes, in whioh case it is bound to fall through. I am conn dent that the General Government, while it will protect all of its citiz-jus in the enjoyment of their rights, will not lend its ussistanoe to a set of uceu who rob the people aud tquuudcr the public mr.ucys. !???> Meeting Of Tnx-I'njn, Columbia, Jnly 13. 1871 The ln.-ieling of tax-payers of Rich? lind County, o-illed by Co!. Wm. Wal lace, was held in the Court Hoti-e, at Colombia, to-day, at 11 o'clock, Col. Wallace in the Chair. The address of Gen. Kershaw was read, and fooling addressps were deli vered by the Chairman and Col. P. W. MoMaster, in whioh tbe object of the meeting was explained. The constitution of the Tax Unions of South Oaroliua was read, and on motion of Col. MoMaster, it was Resolved, Tbat the' constitution of the Tax Unions of the State of South Carolina be Rdopted by the tax-payers of Richland County. There beiog no further business, tbe meeting adjourned. ?. I. BOONE, Secretary. The following committees were up pointed to organise subcommittees in their respoative locali'ies: Camp Ground? John H. Kinslcr, ? Boobter. Capt. D. H. Hauiiter and Nelson Price. Xilman's?Cipt. Stack, Warreu Eotsmioger auo Maj. W. H. Slign. Davis'?E. S. Pereival, J. P. Rich bourg aud W. H. Dent. Garner's?9.? m. Henry, Johu Mc? Laughlin and Wm. Griuuols. Acton?Allen J. Greeu, Warren Adams aud Richard Singleton. Gadsdbn?James P. Adams, E I Ward Clarkson and Wm. Weetou. Hampton's?James C. T. Sims, Cbas. O. Marshall and James M. Morgiu. Hopkins'?English Hopkius, Johu Myers and Q. B. Bush. City?Ward 1?Capt. Pressley Brown, Dr. E. W. Wheeler and S. W. Irwin. Ward 2?John McKenzie, Samuel W. Beard and Robert MeDmigill. Ward 3?E. Hnpo, B. I. Booue ;tnd E. H. Heinitdh. Ward 4?Richard O'Neale, Jr., Thompson Earle and Geo. Shields. I proclaim Jim Jones ub a poltroon and coward. No answer to my note yet received. I can be found when? ever needed. WM. J. TUCKEK. Colomdia, S. 0., July 13, 1874. Mr. Editoii: Pleuse allow me space in your paper to return my thanks to my friends for bringing me out as a candidate to represent the people of Richland. I beg to decline, us I am in favor of Gee. Nash for Senator. Re? spectfully, WM. SIMONS. M? Editor: In the columns of the Union-Herald, of the 10th instant, up pears an article under the caption, ??Theory ia still they come." Were it not palpably intended to present Hampton Lodge in a false light, we should thank tue estimable writer for heralding our advent before the pub lie; but the object lieing obviously in? tended as a rebuke to the implied mo? tive for withdrawal from Exoelsior Lodge, we deem it expedient to notice one allegation briefly. The disaffec? tion spoken of as having "sprung up in Excelsior Lodge on account of the rapid increase of Yankees," is as false as it is uuwortby, and must have emanated from one whose prolific ima? gination could aouceive of no higher cause or motive than the one asoribed. Why the Herald should have reiterated this implied motive is readily under stood. Whatever may be the opiuion iu regurd to social relations as enter? tained by members of Hampton Lodge, we claim it an inalienablo right to draw around us such associations as are congenial, without interference through the public priut. Had we not stated our reasons for withdrawal ia onr application for a charter, aud those reasons entirely worthy ones, tbo charter would never have been graut ed. In conclusion, we will state that the motives which actuate us in estab? lishing this new lodge are not of a oharaoter ho little as tbe Herald's oracle would have the public believe. We regard the cause of temperance a sacred duty, and anything that wilt ; legitimately enhance its interest shall have our support, and whenever the bund of levity is too heavily laid upou its majestic temple, we shall evince our displeasure by directing tbe attention of the community to the source point? ing the shaft. HAMPTON LODGE TnE Grakoers.?In accordance with a call from a South Carolina Grunge for a convention of the Patrons of Hasbandry, to be held in Augusta, Ga., Wednesday last, there were uboat seventy members present, mostly in* eluded iu those who trade with tbat oity. The object of the meeting was to form a co-operative firm or firms in that oity, or to select one or two of tbe firms already established that will agree to do their business on the most reasonable and satisfactory terms. A committee was appointed to look into this matter._ The Arkansas election has resulted in a majority of 70,000 for a constitu? tional convention. Grant's majority in the State at the last Presidential eleotion was 3,145. Bam'tnar i Meeting I ?t?te Agricultural ? nd M cch?n Icitl guclcl y , .The members of the State. Agricultu? ral aud mechanical Society snoV.of (be JJUte Auxiliary Joint Stock 'Company fe notified that a meeting of the two ?die? Will be bed at Sparenburg Q. ., on Wednesday, 12tb August next. It Is earnestly urged upon the mem? bers and open ail otber parties having at heart the good of Caroliui?'a agri? cultural aud mechanical intern*!*, and who desire her general prosperity, to meet with us, aud Hid us hy their wis? dom aud conustls to pwp&tniit?' ihe^-e time-honored and vitally important in? stitutions. The. fact is not to be disguised that our fiuanciul aIu'us is not such us is de siruble, stdl our condition is far from dfHper.ii n, und 1 am not i?n!y Imp-fid for the future, but confi leu', tbi?' Willi a iit le p >i.c rt of hi.tin ?ud muscle, w-i will at tniK meeting place our or gauizciuu boyoud ihn iuMohiuaHou.<? of vile euriuie* outside, au I our .,f r-uel, of the treacherous em braces of fulit friends within, who, infected wun tue prevailing epidemic?ridg farming? have so recently exerted themselves for our destruction, that they might pur ohase our valuable property fur u auug. In addition to these business mat tors of snub momentous import tu our down troddeu aud plundered old Stute, I have assigned subjects for easaya and debate, which are believed will make the meeting both interesting and in? structive; whilst I am iu reoeipt of lei tnrs from Spart mburg, iufurming me that no effort* will be spared to make our vibit plta-aut, and apprising run of the fact that the patrons intend the compliment of a grand piu-uic on the occur ion. (Joan-, then, my fellow sufferers?dismiss your cures; forgot the opprn-jhioua of yi>ur dastardly go Vrtrumi'tit; put beb lud your backs the gaunt imagira of poverty and waut that now stalk h road-cast ever our country; o ?l iterate tue present, aud. recollect* itig only the past, with its peace, pu-uty and hallowed associalioua, let UK have ouh moi o rallying of Ihn old school, ohl-fushioued, houest old clod? hoppers aud meehauius of South Caro? lina. T. W. WOODWARD, President. WlNNSUOKO, S. C, Juue 13, 167-1 fi^*Papers favorable are requested to give at least one insertion, and I will ever pray for increased subscrip? tion Mats. T. W. \V. Mit. J. A. Sel-uy: diu foliowiug Act and part of nu Act brought to the view of the people will do no harm, as I heard the poiut of assessing the really questioned: * 'joint RESOLUTION, Al'l'llOVED m.\ neu 17tu, 1874.?no. 33, v. ?19. "De it resolved, d?c, That au assesB meut of the rent property iu this State shall bo made, iu the yeur 1874, at the same time that the assessment of per? sonal property is made, aud in the munuer aud according to the rules presuribwd for the ussuHament of real property in the Aot to provido for the assesameut und tuxution of property, passed tho 15th of Deoembor, 18G8" In the Act to reduce all Acts to one, aud to amend, &o , approved March 19th, 1871, p. 731, Suction 61, there ia a provisiou in harmony with the above Joiut Resolution: "The Judges of the Circuit Courts of this State shall, be? fore the lnt of July next, und every fifth year thereafter, appoint three intelligent tax-paying citlZOUS in each of the Counties of their respective Circuits, who, with the County Auditor and County Treasurer, shall form a County Board, for the equalization of the property of their respective Coun? ties, with the exceptiou of tho real property of the city of Charleston, which shall be equalized by a special Board, as hereiu provided; aud auch Hoard shall organize by the election of a Chairman, and auy two of them shall constitute a qu irnm for the transaction of business, aud the County Auditor shall be the clerk thereof, Charleston, the City by the Sea, must always have something special. This extract shows that the valua? tion of the realty throughout the State is intended in this assessment now entering upon. I take it for granted that all the County Auditors have so instructed their a^'-'jssors, although not so stated in the public notices which have como under my eye. J. C. HOPE. July 13. 1874. An atrocious murder was brought to light in Aiken County, on the 4th. While two colored men were fishing iu Edisto River, near Davis* Bridge, they discovered tho body of a colored wo? man, which upon examination proved to be a mulatto girl, mimed Margaret Carter, aged about sixteen years. Sho was shot in two places aud her head badly bruised, Her limbs were bouud with cord aud a newly-born infant tied to her body. A number of weights were attached to the murdered woman, to sink her. Three colored men are suspected und two huvo been urrested for complicity in the murder. The Lee Estate ?By a decision rendered recently, in the United States District Court, by Judge Hughes, iu au action of ejectment, G. W. O. Lee vs. Azro Chace, a part of the Custis estate, sold during tho war by the United States for taxes, is ordered to bo restored to tho devisee of the late G. W. Parke Custia, viz: The mill property ou Four Mile Run, in Fairfax County.?Alexandria Gazette, 7th. Tho Roman Catholic Cathedral at Harrisbtirg, Peun., was d dioated on Sunday, v/ith imposing ooremonioa. A number of bishops participated, among them Bishop Lynch, of Charleston, who preached the dedica? tion sermon. Mr. Phillip Clayton, of Piokens, died ou the 6th, iu the eighty-first year of his age. GiTT Matteiis,? Subscribe for the Phcbnix. Ff Jufgo Montgomery M?ses ia iu Iba litj.? & f f ''S 1 A ikngh hi worth a fjundrod groans In any' market. "! ^ L g ' Consumers are being supplied With tbe oelobrated Bradford water-melons, from tne vicinity of Augusta, Ga. Ex Gov. R. K. Soott was compli plimcuted with a serenade by tbe Post Band, last night. Mr. Tbos. M. Leery, a young man well-known iu this city, died, yestet day, of consumption. He leaves a widowed mother to monrn his loss. The new burning fluid is being test? ed iu tbe lamps on Richardson street. It ?ive? a good light, but the difficulty ReeiuH to be in starting off. fb: Southern Warehouse Company are furnishing a superior quality of hay. It is well cured aud sold at a fair price. See their advertisement. We have been blessed with fine showers of rain for several days past. On Sunday afternoon, there waa a re? gular gale?ton much wind for tbe equilibrium of nervous people. The htorm of Sunday afternoon was very damaging to the crops in the lower part of Richland. It passed over a different section to tbe ono of tbe Sunday previous. A scieutitic friend, who had been reading, with great patience, an ex? haustive treatise on the "velocity of light," says tli a he uow knows how it is tbtit his gas bills iuu up so rapidly. Auditor Solomon is listing property, lie vitiitti the lower part of Richland Couuty this week. It is taxed, taxes, | taxes, all tbe time. Defaulters for tbe past aud payers for the next year come together. Mr. Berry has ou exhibition, at bis furniture wureroom, specimens of a very neat covering for graves, made of cast irou, tastily painted and orna? mented. They will certainly become popular, and ure well worth inspecting. Mr. Gco. Brown's new saloon is all the go now. It is tastily fitted up, and those who have experimented say what he furnishes is of the very best. Louis has changed bis quarters from the Pollock House, and is now to be consulted "next door." It is currently reported that the cer? tificate of indebtedness matter is to be carried before tho Supreme Court of the United States. No decision has yet been rendered by the Supreme Court of tbe State; but it is under? stood tbat each of the Judges will file separate opinions. It is something unaccountable how these sober and st date fellows, as soon as their families have gone to tbe coun? try to spend the heated term, com? mence to wear (heir Sunday olotbes every day, and to argue tbat four hours' sleep is all that the human frame requires to be healthy. The attention of parties interested is called to the notice of a meeting of tbe State Agricultural and Mechanical So? ciety and the Auxiliary Joint Stook Company, in Spartauburg, on the 12th of August. As matters of great impor? tance will be brought forward, a full attendance is desirable. The Colombia Schoetzens have ap? plied for a charter; have purohaaed suitable grounds from ex-Gov. Scott, on the Asylum road, and are making arrangements for a festival in Septem? ber. Any of our citizens desirous of beoomiog members of the organiza? tion should send in their letters at once. Destitution.?A veuerable gentle? man, Colonel Caughmaa, spoke in tbe tax-payers' meeting, yesterday, upon the subject of the initiation fee. He said that in his section of tbe County there were many good and true mon who wonld like to join iu tho move? ment, but could not afford even the small sum of money necessary to entitle tbem to admission. He mentioned that there wore numbers of persons, within bis knowledge, who oould not any longer procure a peck of meal each week upon which to subsist, but had to content themselves with only half the quantity. Our young townsman Dr. Frank Green oontinues to do honor to tho city of his birth. Dr. Green's skill and thorough understanding of the principles and practice of medicine have secured him the appointment as assistant physician iu one of the largest lunatic asylums in the States?that on Blackwell's Island, near New York? and he has now 706 patients under bis charge. Thero is no salary oonneoted with the position, the honor of the appointmont, the great experience and deep insight into the manifold diseases of tho human mind, being considered sufficient inducement to yonng doc? tors. Tbat this is so, tho numbers of disappointed applicants go to prove. Fatal Shootino.?Oa Saturday last, John Davis, who is charged with tioitiliatilHDfe, while attemptiug to es peftrom S>epaty Gollector and Spe? cial Jpoputy Marshal A Mattison, a few miles;'from Bel ton, Anderson ?onrity, was fired upon and almost instantly killed by the latter. Matti? son, wbo in lame, says that when Davis started to ran, he ordered him to halt; bat as he pai 1 no attention to him, he fired. Davis wbb afterwards found dead on the road-side. It is Slid that be belonged to the gang who drove off a party of officials and re? captured a lot of illicit whiskey in Greenville, a few weeks ago. Tax Union Mbbtino.?The meeting whioh was held yesterday to organize Tax Unions for the Gonnty was well attended,' and earnest in spirit and purpose. Col. Wm. Wallace presided, and B. I. Bocne,' Eiq., acting aB Secre? tary. It was addressed by Gol. F. W. MoMaster and Gol. H. I. Caoghman. The official proceedings, with the names of persons appointed at each preoinot in the County, and for each ward in the town, to organize the unions, will be found In the regular report. The. committees have been carefully selected. It ia hoped that they will proceed to work at once. It is deuirablo that they shall be so far advanced by the first Monday in Au? gust, aa to send delegates on that day to Columbia to form the County Uuiou. They are requested to work diligently to this end. List of New Advertisements Dr. A. N. Tttlley?Card. Meeting Eutaw Encampment. Hoteu Abbivals, July 12, 1874.? l Wheeler Home?J Jenkins, Augusta; I A A Post, S C; F H L?mmer, N Y; E II Frost, Charleston; B W Palmer, Va; j C Briggs, 8 O; F Miller, city; J A Ramsey, Atlanta; W A Bradley, Au? gusta; W R Oatboart, A L Solomon, P Brown, city; O L Smith, Ky; A Pope, N C; M W Perry, Kv; J L Morehead, N C; A B Springs, York; P W Pope, S 0;*EE Bargees. Balti? more; A W Glarkson, Chester; B E Jenkins, Edgefleld; J J Oarrington, R W boono, Newberry. Columbia Hotel?W Spencer,.Green? ville; W A Heath, Spartanbnrg; T R Kingdon, Charleston; N G Birge, Lexus; B P Sanders, Ooileton; E H Strobel, S C; OFPerrie, Philadelphia; J S Land. G * O R R; T M O'Neill, Charleston; J B MoCorty, Miss MoOr nan, Florida; 8 O Gilbert, Charleston; E H Brooks, T M Wilkes. city; W H Evans, Charleston; M Mosea, New berry; W Roeenburg, Abbeville; SL Meredith and wife, Wilmington; G E Reab, Augusta; T G Bose, N Y; S P Finoh, D C; J S Keating, N J; T B Saunders, Va; A Royle, La. Hendrix Rouse?T S Williams, So? ciety Hill; P M Porch er, Fort Motte; J C Boozer, W F Qainoy, Charleston; D W Fro hie and wife, Md; H W Dea portes, W fi Fleuniken, Winnaboro; M D Bailey, N 0; J D Henderson, city; L J Edgefleld; O Smith, Hard Boraoble; A S Barnes, Tar Heel; T G MoMabao, Walhalla; J F V Legg, Sbeltou._ The large business men of New York are qnite hopeful over the pros? pects of trade. The bead of a large commission house, who has had an ex? perience in the produce business that covers a period of forty j ears, says he never knew things to look more healthy and promising than at present. A letter from New York says the ex? tensive strike in the Belfast, Ireland, linen manufactories is having a ten? dency to stiffen prices of that descrip? tion of goods. If the men hold out, the mills will be olosed nntil such time as it will pay to re open them. Savannah must be a difficult plaee to live in, judgiug from the frequency of euicides there. The latest case occurred on Friday night, when Mrs. H. D. Headman took an over-dose of lauda? num, from the effects of which ebe died in a few boors. Wm. M. Law ton, Esq., of Charles? ton, leaves for Liverpool shortly, as agent for the Georgia Grangers. He is uleo to look after direct trade matters between Europe and Southern ports. In a tussle between Mr. A. McCalla, u merchant of Maoon, and a negro, lost Tuesday, the latter bit a large piece of flesh from Mr. M.'s cheek. The negro is thought to be crazy. * The Sheriff, Probate Jndge and Clork of Court of Barnwell County, deny that they signed the petition for the pardon of the oonvioted Connty Commissioners. Governor Ames, of Mississippi, has oalled upon all the military companies in that State to return the arms in their possession to the military head? quarters at Jackson. The remains of a colored man, named Gabriel, were found on Sulli? van's Island beaoh, on Sunday. He is supposed to have been drowned when fishing. An illustrated weekly literary paper is the latest scheme to sink money in Atlanta. The Orange sooieties of New York celebrated their anniversary on Sun? day, by a procession and festivities. The recent hail storm did a great deal of damage in Lancaster sb well as Beaufort Counties. O. P. Leslie is reported in the Barn well Times as having spoken four boors in Blaokville on the 4th. Deaths in New York last week 562.