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GQ-MJMBIAfSre; Thursday Horning, Hay 13, 1875. The Louisiana Afijustmant?Tho Pros? perity of the Country Dependent ..^n Justice to the South. The New York Times, of Monday, pub? lishes n very Interesting letter from Hon. Wm. A. Wheeler, ono of the Republicans from the St Lawrenco Congressional District of Now York, and member of the Committee of Congress which con? ducted the compromise of affairs in Louisiana to . a, successful issue. Mr. Wheoler writes in the spirit of a patriot and gentleman. He claims that the committee secured simple justioo, no more, to the people of Louisiana, but that, he says,' "was a great achievement, under the circumstances which surround ' the party (Republican) in that State." In answer to the allegation that ono of the provisions .of tho adjustment has already been violated by the Democrats, he pr es on to the facts of the situation as the committee found it, and tho sub Htanoe of their proceedings, to disprove it effeotuoUy. Their action and the sub? sequent tiction of the Legislature con? cerned particularly three parties; first, those who claimed that they had been elected- as members of the House, but that their certificates of election had been withheld by the Returning Board; second, two Senators in like position; third, Democrats who were declared olected by the Returning Board, in rela? tion to whose seats there was no contro? versy, and who left tho House with Wilts on the 4th January last, and did not seek to return until tho late extra session. Tho first two classes submitted their chums to the arbitrament of the committee, and agreed upon being ac? corded their rights as members to sup? port the joint resolution recognizing the Stato Government Tho third class agreed to resume their seats upon condi? tions, and aid in perfecting the adjust? ment Tho arbitrators had nothing to do but to pass upon the claims of the members and Senators who should sign the agreement, and their award conld affect no one else. Its action was merely advisory. It left to each House to make final decision as to its members, accord? ing to the provisions of the State Consti? tution, which declares it to be the judge of the qualifications, election and return of the members. It was very far, as it should have been, from confirming the extraordinary-proceeding of the Repub? licans of the Legislature, taken after the Democrats left the House on the 4th January, of. unseating four Democratic members, .who held the certificates of the Returning Board and whose names were on the Bat of members used by the Republican clerk at the attempted or? ganization in /January. These four Democrats were hot parties to the articles of adjustment; their legislative status was in no wise changed by their with? drawal with Wilts. They could not be deprived of their seats, except by tho action of. 'the Houso of Representatives, having the. constitutional quorum pre? sents ' When- ihey were unseated, as we have mentioned, there was not such a quorum present. They had never been legally deprived, therefore, of their seats, to which they had been elected and for which they held certificates. Mr. Wheeler says emphatically of them, that being legally entitled to their seats, and having done nothing to forfeit them, "their re-instnteihent was an act oi sim? ple justice, which all understanding the facts must approve." Mr. Wheoler does full justice to tho good faith of the Democrats, vindicating . them for their action as just and proper, and taken openly and above-board. He follows up tho whole statement with an earnest appeal for patience and juBtico towards the South, advocating as one of the most powerful agencies to its reco? very from the prostration of the war, and the abuses of a delusive peace, "the devising of some system to aid in the education of the masses." The founda? tion of efforts of this kind, the endeavor to diminish the friction of discordant elements,, he significantly and truly says "must be laid in satisfying the Southern people that they are to have equal, exact justice accorded to them." It is a pleasant thing to encounter in ourrent - publications, a paper from a Republican whioh so strongly vindicates a Southern' community, and which so unequivocally lays down the broad, long forgotten and much-abused doctrine of tho equality of States, and the indispen? sablen*?! of the spirit cf justice in deal? ing with them. It is full of promise. The Northern . people, oi enlightened minds among 74b?m, who, like Mr. Wheeler and Judge Kelley, have seen for themselves how things' are here, and who anticipate'the doom wh'ich is fast coming to the illiberal and persecuting measures nndr policy of their party, who hear the roar of the flood and sfonh which will sweep away the ftc^jffs'of ? misrule, the pitiful heroes of bitterness, narrow sec? tionalism and flagrant outrago upon the rights and property' of ' a broad empire of States, are in a hopeful way of coming to themselves. They, begin to ,discern tho wrongs whioh they h?vo. too long per? mitted to be inflfefed on the South. They see their parly going to pieces, chiefly . ? . ; !,"-m iii't i .??>>??? through its excesses, and oblige*, here. They signal its dangen; they plead for its rehabilitation and reform. ' Tho New Yorklbnes^ in.ibi comments upon^'the South;and tho Eepublican party," sug? gested by thiB manly I letter of Mr. Whoelcr, uses language which in as true as it was until recently rare and strange. "The' interests of the North and the South," it says, "are precisely the same Each is hound up in the success or want of success of the other. There is no reason why South Carolina and New York should not bo us heartily united u.> New York and Pennsylvania. As a mat? ter of fact, there is no longer such a thing in existence as a sectional interest opposed toonothciscctional intorcst.from tho Gulf to the Adirondncks. Those who would make it appear that thoro is, aro either hopelessly blind or wickedly resi? les.-!. There are American interests only, and these are common to the whole country. Every act, every word on either side that obscures this great fact, | is a blunder or a crime." It thinks that tho immenso progress of the country i achieved in the last hundred years will appear insignificant when compared with what 1h possible by the end of an? other century. "Why should we post? pone unnecessarily our ontronco, in hearty accord, on tljis flattering career? Wo have almost unlimited resources; we have the labor, the skill, and, in great part, the capital required for the imme? diate future. All wc lack, ho far as the South is concerned, is political tran? quillity, and to supply that lack, ns far as in him lies, is the urgent, unques? tionable duty of every American citizen." The South earned the right a hundred years ago to have its gallant deeds in the war for independence celebrated upon their hundredth anniversary, and the Mecklenburg Centennial, which will take place at Charlotto, N. C, May 20, will be tho initial ovent of the kind in that section. The skeptics in regard to the genuineness of the Declaration of Independence, which is alleged to have taken place there, do not seem to be on the popular side, and not a doubt will disturb the minds of tho thousands who aro gotting ready to lend their presence and enthusiasm to swell the significance, of the occasion. The attendance pre? dicted has been placed as high as 80,000, and the good people of the town have been and are Htraining every nerve to meet tho extraordinary demands that will ho made upon their hospitality. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston will be Chief Marshal, and Hon. John Kcrr, one of the best speakers in the State, orator of the day. The Charlotte celebration is to be i a patriotic affair, at all events, and the section has many valuable traditions and interesting souvenirs to give eclat to the occasion. When tho country at large 'sees the South as well as the North cele? brating the events of their common origin, the spectacle ought to establish the conviction everywhere that their in torests and purposes arc likewise identi? cal to-day. A Gueat Ti;rkman Gone.?Late Lon? don tiles contain handsome notices of Sir Joseph Hawley, in whose recent death in London the British turf has sustained ho sevcro a loss. There has been no lack of conspicnous patrons of horse-racing in England of late years, but among the generation of living sportsmen who have passed their fiftieth year, thore is no disposition to deny that Sir Joseph has written his name as deeply across the scroll of turf history us any member of the Jockey Club ever inscribed upon its lengthy roll. For a quartor of a century and more his name has been a household word wherever tho English turf was talked of. His tri? umphs on the race-course have never been surpassed, even if they have ever been equalled. They comprise four Derbies, one Oaks, one St. Leger, three Ascot cups, two Doncaster cups, and one Goodwood cup, to say nothing of a host of minor victories. Moreover, the energy and industry with which the de? ceased Baronet pursued his favorite sport are not unworthy of imitath n by his younger successors. TlIEMsUKLKNBUftU ClISTENNlAL M?D.U.. The Bist impression nf the medal struck at the Philadelphia Mint to commemo? rate the Mecklenburg Declaration of In? dependence has been received in Wash? ington. Tn size and value, it is equal to the half-dollar pieces. Its design and finish are very creditable. On one side is a hornet's nest, which is typical of the announcement by the King's officers that Mecklenburg was a hornet's nest of I rebels. On tho same sido is also a liber? ty cap surrounded by tho rays of tho rising sun. Beneath are two clasped hands, which are typical of the united North and South at the close of tho last war. On tho rovorso side, within a oir cle, are the inscriptions: "May 20th, 1775, and May 20th, 1875. Meoklenburg Declaration of Independence." 2,000 sil? ver medals have been ordered by the Exo cutiye Committee of tho Centennial < Vi? bration, and a largo number of copper impressions. An unpleasant phase of tho American fever for "moving West," is the fact that thousands aro now pushing for the Pa? cific coast without any perceptible in? ducement beyond vague expectations. The labor market there is over-stocked in city and country, but the tide of im? migration is unprecedently heavy. The Baltimore American aptly remarks that it will be well for this country when we no longor have a West to emigrate to. When that time comes, the growth of the nation I will react toward its centre. The popu i lation of the great Central States and the Mississippi valley can be doubled, and yet not reach more than 100,000 to the square mile. The country will grow in a different way. Great manufacturing oities will arise; interior towns and oities will be built up; coal and iron resources will bo more fully developed; and there will not be snoh unequal conditions as to induce the burning of breadstuffm for fuel. . Blackberries have appeared in Charles' I ton. 11 Suctjuuno m Kmw Oxlxanh.?Tho re. Sort niade by the City Council of Now rleans, the other day, makes the pitia? ble disclosure of genend and intenso Buffering in that oity, for the .want of the common necessaries of life. However astounding the statement may be, < its ue.curacy cannot be doubted, and Hie suggestion by the council that the more fortunate should divide a part of what they have with the sufferers, although addressed only to the people of tho un? fortunate city, should lind a wider appli? cation, and meet with a generous response from all sections of the Union. Many of her inhabitants ore dependent entirely upon their daily labor on the levee or in the work-shop for bread. Under the pitiless persecution and plundering of the President's pets, the fountains of commerce have been dried up, trade of all kinds has been blighted, and the re? sources to which the people have been accustomed to look for food, entirely cut off. The l-csult is, many arc dying from absolute starvation, while a greater pro? portion of tho population than ever be? fore seek relief from tho misery of their condition by suicide. This seems to be true, not only of the lower classes, but of those who have been gently raised but whose fortunes have either been swept away by the wholesale desolation or gra? dually absorbed by the bandit tax col? lectors of Kellogg. Such is the effect of tho system which has been adopted to? ward the South, truthfully says the Lou? isville Courier-tTournaJ. And hero we may properly introduce some striking passages from the very able speech of Senator Ransom, of North Carolina, made before the adjournment of Congress, on Southern affairs. Speaking of the policy which has brought so much ruin upon a once prosperous people, he says: "Beneath tho withering shadow of its bavonets the prosperity and freedom of half a million people have sickened and fallen to tho earth, and its depressing in? fluences have extended far beyond the limits of a State and are felt in every limb and artery of the republic. The commerce of a nation lifts its hands against the wrong; the manufactures of a country protest against the impolicy; all the trade of the States condemns the folly: all the industries of the republic resist the injustice: all the humanities of the peoplo rebuke the oppressions that have depressed, paralyzed, and exhausted their best resources nnd cast a frightful cloud upon their hones. Every interest in the Union sympathizes with the mis? fortunes of Louisiana. The blow that struck her down has staggered the ener? gies of the North and the East. Her blight and the adversities of her South? ern sisters have extinguished the fires in your furnaces, closed the doors of your mercantile palaces, left your ships to decay in the docks, stopped the music of your looms, and have taken their daily bread from the mouths of the noble sons of labor who' sup? port your wealth, prosperity and glory. "When the Senator from Delaware I (Mr. Bayard) declared to you a year since in clear words, that 'justice to the South \ was self-protection to the North,' he uttered a great truth, one full of wisdom and full of patriotism. Time has veri? fied his statesmanship. Justice is the I safety of the nation. It is the only law of perpetual life, the only principle of permanent possession, and whenever or wherever it is violated, the sooner and tho more palpable its retributions come, tho better will it be for the country. That relation which makes the prosperity of each section depend upon the pros? perity of the other sections of the Union, is the guamntee of its justice and the indissoluble bond of its integrity: and every American patriot must rejoice when he beholds a conspicuous illustration of the sublime principle. It is the union! of duty, of interest, of self-preservation that binds together more firmly than laws, the union of tho States und the people. Tne destruction of material prosperity in the South has been fol? lowed, as the night follows the day, by the derangement, depression and dis? tress of all interests at the Northland the injury to constitutional liberty com? mitted on the State of Louisiana may not as promptly, but will as surely, ex? tend its dangerous influences over the free institutions of the country. An organ, a limb, one of the senses of the human frame, can no more be cut off or maimed, without impairing the vital strength of the whole system than can a section or State of this Union be mu? tilated, stricken down or dishonored, without weakening, corrupting, degrad? ing the power and character of the whole republic." In anotlu r portion of the same udmi | ruble speech, he says: ' How long can I the North survive the shivery and ruin of the South? This countrv cannot en? dure with one-half of its limbs and body paralyzed and decaying. The genius of ancient Greoce was taxed to invent the most cruel and appropriate punishment for the murderer who had slain his own brother. Tho unhappy felon was doomed to have the dead body of his victim chained to his own living limbs, nnd to carry the frightful burden wherever he moved. The penalty was greater than tho crime. Tho wretched and accursed fratricide found relief only in death by contagion from the mortified corpse to which ho was fastened. And such would be the fate, tho just fate, of the Northern States, if they should persist in the unnatural and unhallowed work of crushing out the liberties of the South and extinguishing her yet vital sparks. Tho yoke that oppresses our necks will extend its mortal fetters around your proud steps, and bring down both to a common grave, if nota common infamy." The Emperor Pedro II, of Brazil, in his speech, tho other day, gavo a very flattering view of affairs in his domi-1 nions. The negotiations with the Ar Sontino Bepublio, reforred to in the espatoh, relate to an attempt of that Government to restrict tho froe naviga? tion of the La data River and its tribu? taries by fortifying tho Island of Martin Garcia, whioh is the key to tho commerce of that region, and is situated at the junction of the Uruguay and Parana Rivers. According to the terms of a treaty between England, France, the United States, Brazil and tho Argentine Ropublio, this island is to remain neu? tral, and is nevor to bo fortified. Don Pedro throws tho responsibility of set? tling tho religious difficulties in Brazil upon the National Legislature, He has not the slightest intention of abdicating I his throne. ? Ihikgm Nukth Carolina Claims TO de Faun: In.?North Curolinu has just olaims to be first in ninny other thing? besides the declaration of independence. It is Uo recant pretence that tho coast of what is now North Carolins was the first portion of the mainland of America ever discovered, as far as we hnvo anj-trust? worthy, account. In Williamson's old history of thoHtote, the claim is squarely put forward, and is well supported by citations from tho records of the voyages of tho ancient Norsemen. Thick, of Norway, over 1,000 years ago, has left re? cord of having sailed Southward and Westward across the great ocean until he came to a land whose description, as he gives it, tallies more with the coast of North Carolina than with any other part of America. His story tells of grapes abounding even to the waves, insomuch that he called the country Yincland, an account almost precisely reproduced by Sir Walter Raleigh's commanders in their pictures of Wohockon and Eoan oke Islands, which they discovered on the -1th of July, 1381. The following year, on duly 2(1, the first British colony in America was planted on Roanokc Island, by Raleigh,and although this colon v after? ward cither abandoned that island or pe? rished on it, it existed there long enough for Roanoke to be the scene of the birth of Virginia Dare the first child of British parentage born in America- -on the 18th of August, 1587. When one considers that North Carolina thus was in fact the first British colony, giving birth to the first British child in America, there seems to be a peculiar fitness in the fact that she was first to assert British free? dom through American independence. There are other things the State is proud of. Mount Mitchell, in the Western portion of the State, is the highest moun? tain East of the Mississippi. From North Carolina Raleigh got his first tobacco and his first potatoes for Ireland although some, rather too hastily, no doubt, claim that Sir Francis Drake brought the potato from another portion of America. But there is still the long leafed pine - alma inatcr of tar, pitch, turpentine and other naval stores: there is the native homo of the Isabella and Kcnppi rnong, if not also of the Catawbn; and last, but not least, there Andy Johnson drew bis natal breath. United St.\tj-> Cnuivr.- In the Dis? trict Court in Charleston, on the 11th, Judge Bryan presiding, the ease of the United States vs. James Maloney and James W. Hayward, indicted for con? spiracy to impersonate United States revenue officers, which was partly beard on Monday, was resumed, and after ar? gument by Mr. Earle for the Government and Mr. Tharin for the defendants, the jury brought in a verdict of guilty. The same parties were then arraigned on the charge of falsely personating a revenue officer. Alter considerable delay in or? ganizing a jury, the case, was entered upon, and evidence heard up to the hour of adjournment. In the United States Circuit Court, Chief Justice Waite and Judge Bond pre? siding, the cases of W. J. DeTrevillo vs. Robert Small was resumed. After the examination of two witnesses the case was continued, in order to allow the Sdaintiffs time to file exceptions. J. O. Jnthews vs. W. B. (iulick, Thom.as C. Dunn, W. H. Wise and others, cntno up for hearing. The pleadings were read and arguments were heard from Messrs. D. T. ('orbin and A. G. Magrath for the plaintiffs. Charles Parsons, Jr., vs. Greenville and Columbia Railroad Com? pany, a complaint for money demand, came up. Trial by jury was waived. Arguments were made by Henry E. Young for the plaintiff, and Judge A. G. Mogn?h]for the defendants. All the above, cases were continued for further hearing next day. Er parte Alexander Mattison, petition for writ of habeas corpus ami order for producing the petitioner. On hearing the petition and on motion of 1). T. Cor bin, Esq., ordered that the marshal do produce the body of the petitioner be? fore this court on Thursday, the RJth inst., at It) o'clock, and that a copy of this order be served upon the Solicitor of the Eighth Circuit. In the case of the United States vs. John Fr?ser A Co. and others, Mr. Samuel Lord, Jr., special referee, filed his report, and an order was mnde con? tinuing the same. Death of Coi.. John B. Mom;:;. It our sad duty to record the death of an? other of the prominent and useful citi? zens of Sunder. On Monday last, the remains of Col. John D. Moore were con? signed to the bosom of tin ir mother dust, after impressive obsequies at the Church <>f the Holy Cross, Stateburg. Col. Moore was one of our large-hearted, public-spirited, educated and enterpris? ing citizens, and one of the largest planters of our County. Quailing not before the great difficulties and changes experienced by the results of the war, i he was one of those who, with unabated energy, grappled with these, and by ad? dressing himself practically to the situa? tion, worked out from it a large measure of success. The death of Col. Moore in? volves a heavy loss to the County, and must be severely felt in the onward movement of developing the agricultural enterprise and resources of the State, in which he was a leading spirit. [.Stonier Watchman. The political aspect of the coming State of Colorado seems to bo as follows: Political parties arc rather evenly di? vided, and personal popularity will go a great way in the election of State officers. The Northern portion of Colorado is set? tled from the Northern and Eastern States, and is Republican. Tho middle portion is to a great extent Democratic, and the Southern portion is almost entirely Demo? cratic, having boon settled largely by people from the Gulf States. Tho elec? tion for members of the Constitutional Convention will tako place in the fall. The convention will be hold in January, and the vote on ratification of the Con? stitution will be hold in July, 1870. Colorado is to bo called "the Centennial State." The Rev. Mr. Glendenning preached again in Jersey City, on Sunday, and it is evident that ho has a strong support in his rebellion against the Presbytery. Thero is no man who perseveres in this oountry who is without a party, and even the hard fnto of poor Mary Pomoroy doet not make the Rev. Mr. Glendenning an oxeeption. ^-Crrr ? Mavms. -*-If-^ywB--mre- oshed to lend your PHrzKrx, suggest to the would he borrower that he had better subscribe. The colored firemen pic-hicked at the brewery, yesterday, j n Vested interest---money In the waist? coat pocket. Perry A SlawMinare selling odd brands cheaper than we have ever seen eigars sold. Tho Charleston colored firemen de? parted homeward, last night. They were highly delighted with their trip. A saloon-keeper in this city, reading that geraniums will keep oft" snakes, is decorating his bar with them. Vegetables of nearly every kind arc abundant in this market, at low prices. Poultry rather scarce and high. The roof of the State Capitol is being recovered with cypress shingles, and the damage caused by the storm will soon bo ?ffaced. You can get all styles of job printing, from a visiting card to a four-sheet post-] ?r, at the Phtnix office. Prices satisfac? tory. We must drop a thousand or two on that ship Henrietta, built at Bucksville, C. It should have been 2,170 tons? jitst a cypher ton much. Now is the time to hunt a convenient dark corner to carefully stow away stoves and stove-pipes till fall, when they will be again needed and no easily found? missing. The City Council met last night, to jonsider the police-diamond matter; but adjourned until thi.-, afternoon, on ac? count of the absence of important wit? nesses. As the "land distribution" scheme has been indefinitely postponed, agents throughout the country are requested to refund whatever subscriptions have been made, and m ike returns to the manager. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, of this State, Superintendent of Agencies for the Ala? bama Gold Life Insurance Company, is in Columbia, arranging for the establish? ment of agencies in this State. Governor Chamberlain has been in? vited by the students of Erskine College, Abbeville, to deliver the annual address before the literary societies of that col? lege, at the commencement, July 7, but has been compelled to decline, owing t* a previous engagement at Yule. It is understood the Governor will be pre? sent, by invitation, at the Charlotte Cen? tennial, on the "20th. As will be seen in our report, the I grand jury returned several true bills yesterday. The Solicitor is warming to his work and busy framing indict? ments. The present term is likely to be distinguished for its trials. The grand jury will probably have un unusual amount of work on its hands. It is com? posed of the following gentlemen: Joseph Hcndrix, John W. Mead, John L. Neagle, W. H. LyBrand, D. J. Hen I drix, Wade H. Manning, Edward H. Thompson, John Thomas, James S. j Ham field, Joseph Taylor, L. F. Hopson, Wm. Walters, A. D. Cumpsty, Alfred jCovingtou, John C. Boyle, Rowland ? Keenan, Isaac Black, Richard Clark. Dkath of a Vocno Cojtvedebate.?A death of Walter Beaumont Clark son, Esq. At the early nge of sixteen, he volun? teered in the Hampton Legion, and served gallantly during the entire war, and it was from disease then contracted that his death was caused. He leaves a widow, an aged father and mother and many friends and relatives to lament his decease. Coit.t or Gkskuat. Sessions. The Court met at 10 A. M., yesterday. The grand jury returned the following true bills: The State against James Wil? liams, indicted for grand larceny, and the Statt- ngainst James Bailey, indicted for grand larceny. The case of the State against John Bryant, indicted for murder, was tried. Messrs. Wilkcs and Elliott appearing for the defendant. The ease was given to j the jury, whereupon the Court ad [journed! -. ? . Si it.kmk Cocbt, Columbia, S. C, May 12.?The Court met at 11 o'clock. Pre? sent His Honor Chief Justice Moses and Associate Justices W right and Willard. John Winsmith vs. Joseph Stalker, re? spondent. Petition for rehearing Held j for decision. On motion of W. J. Whipper, Esq., I the case of Robert Smalls, respondent, I vs. F. E. Wilder, appellant, was restored to the docket. Wm. D. Gillsow, appellant, v.?. tho Savannah and Charleston Railroad Com? pany, respondent. Continued. Jue, parle George Johnston and John IL Harrington, petitions for admission to practice as attorneys. Ordered for admission, on motion of Y. J. Pope, Esq. Rudolphus Reed, respondent, vs. Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta Rail? road, appellant. On motion of Mr. Rion, ordered to be restored to the docket on condition. Michael Wests tt ml., respondents, vs. La timer W. Long cl at., appellants; on condition. Frances A. Calraes, appellant, vs. Langd on C. McCracken, et ai., respond? ents, and the South Carolina Manufac? turing Company, appellant, vs. J. Perry Price, respondent, were argued. The Court adjourned until 11 o'clock, to-morrow morning. ? ???? List of New Advebtisemkxth. ? W. A. Clark?Strayed.. <? Meeting Phoenix Hook and Ladder Co. Meeting Riehland. LodgA.'?) '. Indian Girl Cigar Store. llottl?i. S. Hair, J*,<? MoGowan, 8. O.; \ J. W. O'Brien, Churl en ton; G. White and , wife, Mass.; J. D. Harvey, wife and two I children, Texas. " U "? MtnsiotC House-J* . B?rden, Wilming? ton; W. E^Pritohardj Ohio; Be v. T. B. Shcppard,.A. B. Rogers, W. Va.; H. W. Bice, Lexington; J. W. Ferguson, city; E. McC. Ciurkson, Gadsden; I. Jones, Bock Hill- .T. T. Groves, Williauiston; H. D. Hiuniter, Bichhind. J/emlrlx House?P. 11. Zoller, H. Zoller, C.a. ;S. Lyorifonen, Sherman; Dr. Bowen, Korsfjuw; H. Edmonds, Ridgeway; J. W. Wilks, Chester; E. Tnte. Greensboro; H. A. Gibson, Alston; T. F. Wesson, N. Y.; F. C. Foivrd, N. C. Consignees.?Per South Carolina Rail? road, May 12, 1875.?S. Sheridan, W. C. Chapman, G. Symmcrs, J. Agnew A Son, A. Constantino, Cooper A Taylor, 8. H. Brazeole, J. C. Dial, G. V. Alwarden, Government, C. D. Eberhardt, F. B. Orchard A Co., W. P. Hix, H. Muller, W. Steglitz. Bowen A LaFar. A. Palmer. Pnooax, Mrs. C. E. Reed, W. B. B., W. J. Duffio. W. D. Love & Co., C. Brook banks A Co., W. Bobinson, Kingaland & H., C. O. Brown A Bro., J. Witcofskey, R. D. Senn A Son1Singer_lbmnfactjaring Company, M. ri. Berry, Fagan A Bros., E. H. Heinitsh, W. B. Burke, J. D. Bateman, O'Keale A Son, B. F. Griffin, J. A. I lend rix A Bro., J. Alexan? der, H. Solomon, P. Cantwell. False Theories Ovebthbowh.?Wo live under a new medical dispensation, very different from that under which so many of. our forefathers died. The sick are no longer bled till they faint, nor gorged with mercury, nor prostrated with violent cathartics, nor blistered on their shaven hcadH. Ever since the in? troduction of Hostettcr's Stomach Bit? ters, twenty years ago, renovation and restoration, not depletion and prostra? tion, have been the watch-words of tho judicious portion of the profession. The remarkable success of this famons vege? table preventive, invigoront and correc? tive has worked a complete revolution in the general treatment of disease. At first, the dogmatic members of the faculty would not believe in it. "What!" they exclaimed, "cure liver complaint with? out mercury, chronic rheumatism with? out Colchicum, fever and ague without quinine! Impossible!" But the most obstinate incredulity must yield in tho end to practical demonstration. From that time to the present, dyspepsia, biliousness, intermittent fevers, muscu? lar diseases, nervous complaints and constipation have vanished under the operation of the great specific, in at least ninety per cent, of tho coses in which it has been used as a remedy for those ail? ments; while as a preventive of all mala? dies generated by change of climate, sudden revulsions of temperature, epi? demic poison in the atmosphere, and un? wholesome water, its beneficial effects have been so obvious and uniform as to secure the most perfect confidence in its properties as an antidote, safeguard and cure. _ _ M7 f3tl ExTBAORDINABT FbEAK. Of NaTUBK.?On Wednesday night last, a circumstance occurred at one of the passes of the Mississippi River, which illustrates the uncertain condition of those outlets. It was at Pass a l'Outre, and near the chan? nel. During that night, an island, com? prising an urea of about eight acres, rose up out of the deep, and now lies fully eight feet high above the surround? ing water. The provious day, where now the island is, was an unbroken sur? face of water, without a sign of the event which transpired during the night. The lution as to the cause, which produced this truly remarkable result, and yester? day a number of gentlemen went down to tke Posh, on the revenue cutter John A. Dix, to see the island. The sudden appearance of what are known as mud lumps in the passes of the river, is no unusual occurrence, but we have no re? collection of any on so large a scale as this one. ? Xeio Orleans limes. The whole, trouble about the British Consul at Port-au-Pais, Hayti, several days ago, grew out of tho faot that he landed at that point at 11 o'clock at night, without a lantern, which, being an infringement of the city ordinances, led to his arrest. There ?was no insult in? tended by tho British official. He will .take care to buy a lantern before he lands at Port-au-Pais again. Com? mander Lyons has given up the idea of shelling "the town. Everything has been satisfactorily explained on both sides. People who laud at Port-au-Pais during the night must provide them? selves with lanterns. Crockett, Texas, telegram, May 4, in Galvoston Xews: Saturday night tho pur? suers of Dave Land, tho murderer of Cruig, came up with him while asleep at a friend's house. He was taken and hound across his horse, feet and neck being tied together, both extremities downward, carried about ten miles from the place where captured, asked his choice: 4 'Jail or diel He chose the lat? ter and got a handsome send-off. He . was left in the woods, completely riddled with buck-shot. He was to hovepreaohed a sermon on Sunday. He remarked that if he had been awake he would have made two more bite the dusk ' ? A party from Spartanburg went to Edneyvilfe, N. C, in search of some par? ties supposed to have robbed a store in tho former town. They came up with their game, but met with desperate re? sistance, one of them getting his head opened with an axe. One of the robbers, in freeing himself, shot a bullet hole in his leg, and was afterwards shot in the body. One of the pursued party, Bufus Lewis, was brought back safely. Tho SciUy Islands consist of about 140 islets and rocks, the principal of tho. former being St Mary's, Tresco, St Max tin's, Brechnr, St Agnes and Samson. They riso abruptly from the deep sea, thirty miles Weatjsouth-west of Land's End, and form a compact group thirty miles in circumference.. There are several dangerous ledges, and,many shipwrecks have occurred upon them. ? The Philadelphia Press, a very moral and religions journal, suggests to its readers that the judicious infanticide, say of about fifty per cent of all the babies bom in the country, would be a good thing, and would praduoe a nation of men and women physically strong. We suppose the Press means to com ' menoe the work in Philadelphia.