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COLUMBIA, S. C. Sunday Horning, Hay 16, 1875. Clearly Stated. In reply to an inquiry from they New York Herald, Governor Vanoej of 'North Carolina, briefly gives a succinct pre? sentation of the grounds for believing that there was an actual declaration of .independence at Charlotte, May 20, 1775. The main facts, ho says, as believed, are: 1. It is asserted by tradition, unbroken by a single contradiction. ? 2. Because it is proven by positiv?1 lestfaapny of eye? witnesses, men <it* more than ordinary intellect ^did bf/niost 'oimlted personal eharictfer,' |rHd say they'saw had heard the transaction. 3. The objection that they may,have friended to speak of the .action of 31rjt May instead of tho 20th, is .answerod by paying that it, is not fairly to bp supposed that they should have .mlstakon Absolutely its substance and purport. To demand belief in its spuri? ous character, onsuohfrailground, is an absurdity stich aft the integrity of history .does jno|> relqdfre^ *w| baya! heaVd vetyj'lftUe. Qf the Car lists lately, but that little is not fa vom-1 hie to their cause. Apparently, thoy arc tailing apart protty rapidly, the latest important defection being that i Aguirro, who has following Cabrera, and I like him, bos issued an address to the I Carlists, urging them to abandon, deader whose incapacity has boen shown I by two years' hard experience, and who bib1 "lost his right to the crown beforo <3od and the world." Thoso manifestoes are not Jikoly to have much effect upon the mass of Don Carlos' adherents, who aro .Carlists by. faith and inheritance 'rather, thau by reason;, but they are dikely to I bp left without leaders and without money, sinco Spanish officers are always ready to desert a failing cause, and if the Alfonsist party do not also go < to pieces, it ought to find no great dif -fioulty in crushing the opposition. That, . however, docs not necessarily mean a & is ting peace. Thh Bxub BnxiG Scnrr Cases.?The cases of A. D. Williams vm. the Comp? troller-General of South Carolina and others, and John P. Southern and others, .assignees of the Blue Ridge Railroad ?Company, against the same, were heard, yesterday, before Chief Justice Waite and Cirouit Judge Hugh L. Bond?Mr. D. T. Corbin and Judge Magrath repre? senting the plaintiffs, and Mr. Mcmniin J;or and Mr. Wm. H. Brawley the de endants. After argument- both bills were dismissed. . The cases involved the validity of tho revenue bond scrip issued under the Aot of March 2, 1872, to tho amount of $1,800,000. The plaintiff, A. D. Williams, who holds about $200,000 of this scrip, filed 'his bill to havo the same declared ii contract on; tho part of tho State, and for mandatory proceedings to have a tax"* levied for their payment, ?Sec. The assignees of the Bine Ridge Railroad Company.filed their bill to have tho scrip received in payment of taxes, Ac. The Chief Justice held, in the, first case, that a bill in equity would not lie against the officers ot a State to compel a performance of an .alleged contract of tho State^ 'That in a suit to recover money,'< ?i State would be necessarily a party, d that ns sho'had not made herself a rty, there was no power in the Court make tho decree askod for against her. In the second case, it was "hola that tho rights of the parties laid been concluded by the decision in the State Courts in the caso ex relallone E. F. Gary, State Auditor, [ td 'wbiflh suit Mr. E. B. Wesley, the party from whom the asssignecs had obtained their scrip, was a party. The plaintiffs appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States; V . 2 Don't Like Peace.?Tho Boston Jour? nal refuses to Bo tfaoifled. Such frater? nal demonstrations as those of General Bartlett at tho late centennial celebra? tion in Massachusetts only awaken its distrust It exclaims in its discomfort, "What a cackling thero is over a fow fra? ternal words spoken North and South. These occasional gushes of patriotism, which are used as Democratic thunder, wiU deoeive no sensible porson." Whut would the Journal have? Why should "gushes of patriotism" bo more readily used as "Democratic thunder" than Re pubiicaii/'thunder?''. All parties ought to bo pleased with tho conciliatory and national sentiments expressed by Gen. Bartlett To say that the Democracy makes most of them is a reflection upon its political opponents. The masses of people of both parties North and South, especially those who fought in -the war, are gratified at hearing words of peace. Such men. as Gen. Bartlett,1 who was covered with wounds in the battles of the Union, are ready to make up and be friends, and it is mostly thoso who held aloof from, the battle-field when war was raging, who.'require to be held now to keep them from rushing on imaginary, enemies. The voice of reviving brother? hood, whioh ia '"thunder" in the eyes of. partisans, is music in the ears of patriots, and we rejoice to say hi beginning to be! heard aU around the horizon. I In Bich-:! mond, Confederate officers and soldiers lately made a'.warm response to Gen. Battlott'o "gdahoa of patriotism;" in Georgia, a Confederate General did the same on a decoration day. ' The latest! ask their snrvivfeBonniradea of the two 5^%feBE?l?OTr^!^ in % common? whioh1 no Ode has reas6d to fear who- de? sires 4o seer tho country re-united, and' which'(We hopo' heralds a puriQcd and licalthfdl political 'atmosphero. " ' ' ~ ???0*t letalti,'lore 1 amg^l Thx DzocxsAM ConvzimoK. ?The se? cond day's session of this Convention w??>opened .jflth praySr by Ret- J. H. Strlngfellow* The oanuol address:'of the,. Bishop* was reed.} Mr. Even Ed? wards, Treasurer of th?' Bishop's Fund, submitted the report, showing a balance to the credit of the fand of $2,257.14. The discussion on the application of St. Mark's (colored) congregation was then resumed, the question being upon the adoption of tho resolution, offered on ?the previous day by sMr. Edward Mc Crady, Sr. Mr. T. M. Hanokol expressed the hope that tho discussion would he confined to tho resolution, and not'branch out to the subject of tho application itself. Ue had no desire to evade or dodgo tho ques? tion. He simply wanted to avoid it for tho present, just as a skilled general would avoid an engagement until he was thoroughly acquainted with the forces of tho enemy ana the topography of his country. Gentlemen were mistaken if they supposed the present lull in cor? ruption was a cessation of it. There was another consideration involved in the discussion of this question which ought to be well thought of. The Bishop had, last year, indicated a tendency to have separate organizations. If the Convention admitted this congregation, they preoluded themselves forever from the consideration of that mode of organi? zation. They cut out tho only nucleus arOU&d which a separate organization could bevgathered. Gentlemen seemed to think it a very easy matter to estab? lish a procodent and then te reverse it, but every lawyer knew that it was a difficult "thing" to do. Iju view of all these considerations, he would reiterate his earnest concurrence in tho resolu? tion. The Bev. J. H. Tillinghast, of Bich lahd, thought that this question was ono that had been thrust upon the Conven? tion by the providence of God and by the march of time. In his opinion, a reference of the application to a commis? sion would be equivalent to a rejection of it. He was in favor of meeting the question now, and in favor of granting tne application. Ho saw no reason for reticence upon the subject. Wo profess, said he, to bo an integral member of the Catholic Church, which holds the Gos Eel in trust for every man. The Gospel nows no distinction of race or condi? tion; men of all nations are admitted to the church upon repentance and bap? tism. If we refuse to grant this petition, wo Bay to the petitioners, wo are not willing to admit you into the church, not because you are incompetent or un? qualified, but simply because of your color. That is the way in which the world will look upon it, and, to be frank, that is how it looks to me. If the application comes up to the requirements of our constitution and canons, we are bound either to hear it or to hike the ground that we are not willing to admit the applicants on account of their color. We must meet the issue. It has been brought to us in God's providence, and we being the accredited leaders of the church, are bound to nieotyit. This same race of pooplo have been admitted to tho Convention in tho Dioceso of North Ca? rolina, (my native State,) and, so far as I know, without any evil consequences. We can't afford to stand against the sen? timents of the 'civilized world, and we should ho careful in this matter, lest we seem to fly in the face of God, by whose instrumentality this issue has been put upon us. Chancellor Losesnc said that, if he was oompollod to vote on the question upon a hasty report submitted by the standing committee, he would be compelled to vote against the application; he would, therefore, be compelled to vote for tho appointment of a commission. He wanted delay, not from any want of considemtion for the respectable body from whom the application came, but because, hy a delay, ho would be better able to consider the question in all its complex bearings. It had been said that this was not a new question, but he would remind gentlemen that this con? gregation had been in existence for ten years, and could have made application for admission any year during that time; but they did not. This question was, therefore, as now to his mind as if it hud boon presented the year after the organi? zation of tho church. Ho did not yield to any man in feelings of Christian bro? therhood towards tho applicants, but the question before the Convention was whether this body should have a voice in the legislation of the church, and to say that that privilege followed, as a matter of right, was to bog the question.* The congregation had waited ten years, and no injustice would bo done them by tho one year's delay contemplated under tho resolution. Mr. W. H. Parker, of Abbeville, was in favor of meeting tho question at onco, and firmly, and with a full sense of his responsibility to himself and to the church! Ho was in favor of cutting tho Gordian knot at once. If the members of this congregation possessed education and intelligence, and had complied with all the requirements, ho was ready to vote for the admission of those delegates. Bishop Howe hero asked the Conven? tion to listen to an item of information upon tho subjeot under discussion. It had bcon intimated that this application might be a sequence of the passage of the Civil Rights Bill. For the information of the Convention, he would state that daring the first year of his episcopacy, a committee of this congregation had wait? ed upon him, and asked him whether they should apply for admission into- the Convention?promising, at the Same time, to abide by his decision. At that time, he advised them not to apply. This year, ho did ad vino them to apply, and their appUcation was consequently not a sequence of the Civil Rights Dill. He made-this statement simply for the information of the Convention, and .with? out any desire to influence its .action. Mr. A. HV8eabrook expressed the hope that the Bishop would givo an expression of his views upon the question. Bishop Howe?I feel liko! giving time to consider this question, when irefleot upon its gravity; out when I consider the .uncertainties attending a body like this?when I consider that something mW transpir e which will e'xol?de this matter .from the consideration of the next Convention, I am constrained by a higher s?n?e'of duty to say, let the question be decided here and now. My feelings are, iin* h. r^WordS/as follows; I shall hardly ever^ve.^ vote* more cheerfully or more gla'dly than" when T, shall voto "aye" oh the question of admitting St. Marks to this Convention. Mr. MoCrady arose to close the debate. He only asked a year's delay in the con? sideration of this question, and ho asked it in flood faith. He regarded thlsjSS tba\ only^>nanly effort that had ever been made to grapple with the subject, audit should bo made in a manly spirit. Ho closed with an earnest appeal to tho Con? vention to consider the question well be? fore they passed upon it. At the conclusion of Mr. MoCrady's | remarks, the blank in the resolution was filled with the number seven, and it was ] adopted by a viva voce vote. The Rev. W. ?. Proutiss stated that ho had been requested by the delegates from St. Mark's to say that their application for admission would be withdrawn. The Bishop decided that the applica? tion having been placed in his hands, and having been by him given to the Convention, was the property of the Convention, and could not be with? drawn. The United States Cmcrrrr Court, Charleston, May 14.?Chief Justice Waito and Judge Hugh L. Bond, presid? ing. In tho case of John P. Southern, Geo. W. "Williams and James P. Lowe, J assignees of tho Blue Ridgo Railroad Company, vs. Solomon L. Hoce, Comp troller-Geneml, and others, tho court held that the j udgment in the Stute I Courts concludod tho rights of the com? plainants in the cause, nnd the court I ordered that the bill bo dismissed with I costs, and that the injunction heretofore granted bo dissolved. In the case of the Richmond and Dan villo Railroad Company vs. J. P. F. Camps, County Treasurer of Spartnn burg, a verdict was rendered for the plaintiffs for tho property sued for, with $300 damages. In tho matter of George W. Cunning? ham, in bankruptcy, it was ordered that the appeal of George W. Williams A Co. in tho above cause be dismissed for want of prosecution. La the cases of Harvey Terry vs. the Bank of Chester, and the same vs. the Bank of Fairfiold, it was ordered that the plaintiff have leave to amend his bill in these causes, and that the defend? ants have leave to nnsver. In the case of J. and T. Greene int. j Cyrus H. Baldwin, receiver of the Ex? change Bank of Columbia, and others, after hearing the report of John F. Eicken, Special Master in this cause, it was ordered that the same be confirmed, and that the complainants havo execu | tion against tho defendants in the fol? lowing sums, with costs: $8,000 against James P. Carroll, in addition to the $10,000 heretofore adjudged against him; $10,000 against L. D. Childs; $2,000 against Cyrus H. Baldwin; $9,000 against Catharine McAfie; $20,000 against Wm. Wallace, executor of Andrew P. Wallace, deceased; $10,000 against William Mar? ten, executor of Edward J. Arthur, and I $12,000 against Elizabeth L. Herndon, j administratrix of Zachariah P. Herndon. And it was further ordered, that the Jduintiffs have leave to move for such urthor order in the case as they may be advised. How Not to Lux.?Thousands faU a prey to disease, not because the maladies that affect them arc necessarily fatal, but because they lack the requisite amount of active vitality to make a valiant ro sistanee to tho enemy. It is a wise pre? caution to keep the body always in a state of defence- always prepared to "fend off" the germs of epidemic and I other disorders, and to bailie the ovil in? fluence of damp miasma and sudden thermometrical changes. There is no difficulty in doing this. It is a fact as well authenticated as that two and two make four, that Hostetter's Stomach Bit? ters is specially adapted to this purpose, and for the simple reason that its invi? gorating and regulating properties are superior to those of any other medicine in the world. During tho twenty years that it has been in general use, ample opportunities have been afforded to com? pare its medicinal properties with those of other preparations claiming to be of I a similar class, and the result has boon its adoption by the American people as the standard tonic of the age, its intro? duction into every civilized portion of the Western hemisphere, and an annual t sale which dwarfs into insignificance the demand for all its would-be competitors. The record upon which its popularity rests is a curiosity in medical literature, for it includes an almost unlimited va? riety of human ailments and disabilities. In fact, no other remedy possesses such a variety of hygienic virtues, and it is to these characteristics that it owes its pres? tige as a household medicine. MllfUTl Huno.?John Frazcrwas hung in Cam den on the 11th. Over ('?,000 persons were present. Frazer spoke about twenty minutes to the crowd. He acknowledged having killed Cooper, and also confessed tho murder of his wife's child and a negro woman in Camden. Ho also ac? knowledged having set fire to gin houses, mills, Ac. He said that he was ready to moot death, as ho had beon washed in the blood of his Saviour and feared no harm to his soul. He re j mained perfectly calm throughout.. The wildest religious enthusiasm prevailed. At fourteen minutes to 12 o'clock, the drop fell and Frazer was ushered into eternity. He died of strangulation in seven minutes, the rope having slipped. At 12 o'clock, Dr. A. A. Moore pro? nounced him dead, and the body was then placed in the coffin and turned over to his friends. The joint committee of the colored firemen s tournament havo adopted a vote of thanks to Messrs. Wilder and Rose for their assistance in collecting money from tho citizens; to the oitizens for the generous manner in whioh they contributed; to the judges for the impar? tial manner in whioh they discharged their delioate duties; to the Union-Herald, Phcknix and Republican Printing Com? pany for their generosity in publishing programmes, notices, etc., free of charge; and to Mr. Thomas Johnston for use of Parker's Hall. The Schiller disastor recalls the faot that in October, 1707, an English squad? ron, under Sir Cloudesly Shovel, went to pieces oft* those same Scilly Isles, oc? casioning a loss of 2,000 lives. The troublesome rooks off theso islands are Josllod, very'(properly, the "dogs of Scilly." BSBIP ======== AiTAina in OiuNoKnuHd. ? F. R. Mc Kinlay, the form or School Commissioner, 'and J. L. Humbert, Inte County Trca gr, ;;willbe tried at the Court of Gene eeslons this week, on an indictment ten. counts for forgery while in 9. Humbert is in tho penitentiary, and Judge Heed has ordered that he ho brought to this place Monday. Senator T. C. Andrews was arrested on a warrant i&suod by Trial Justice K. A. Webster. He is charged with libelling G. A. Neuf? fen Senator Andrews gave bail and was discharged. Tho absurdity aud injustice of "com? pulsory" education has lately been strongly illustrated in New York city. A youth named John Smith was arrested under the Act and committed to Ran? dall's Island, on the charge of vagrancy: and now it appears that his father is n poor invalid, whoso wife is dead, and who is entirely dependent upon the boy for aid and assistance. The fanatics who passed the law ought to be made to sup? port the man. That would perhaps cool their crazy enthusiasm on the subject. A follow in Kentucky ran away with a farmer's daughter anil horse, and was hotly pursued. The farmer got within close range, and flourished a rovolver. "Don't shoot, for Heaven's sake!" shout? ed the lover. "I won't," was the reply, "'cause I'm afearcd I'll hit the hoss. Just leave ther boss and take ther gall." That compromise was accepted by the ! young folk*, who walked on to a preacher's house, and the father rode home on his horse. A despatch from St. Joseph, Missouri. May 14, says: During the last four days the grasshopper plague has assumed an alarming aspect. The weather has brought these pests out in full force, and farms in the neighborhood are black with thoin. They arc doing terrible da? mage to the'wheat and oat crops, as well as the gardens. Discouraging reports are coming in from all parts ot the country. A Chicago reporter, instead of sitting down and writing two columns and a half about man's treachery and woman's trusting confidence, winding up with '.'one uiore unfortunate,"etc., merely got off a paragraph, which he concluded as follows: "Her history is one of those blank pages, upon which not a single line has been written that is worth a re? collection." The arbitrators to determine the long standing boundary question between Maryland and Virginia, met in Washing? ton city on Tuesday. They consist of Judge Jerry Black, who is named by Maryland; General Graham, of Nortii Carolina, who is named by Virginia, and Governor Jenkins, of Georgia, named as the third by the other two arbitrators. An immense wharf, covered with coal, men, teams and sheds, quietly and sud? denly slipped into the Fast Itiver at Brooklyn, the other day, entailing a loss of$55,0UUon property-owners. .No hu? man lives were lost, fortunately. The very foundations of Brooklyn are giving away. In Plymouth, Mass., when a drunken man killed a police officer and kept shooting at everybody else, the fire de? partment was called out, and succeeded in quieting tho lion in his bosom. There are some towns in Texas that would be happier with a few engines that could be relied upon in similar emergencies. Fnmc.e, Austria, Italy, Belgium and Denmark are all in the same boat with regard to Prussia. Each onn has a quarrel against her, and each one good reason to apprehend tho continuance of ' Prussian supremacy in Europe. United these powers can whip Prussia, even with Russia behind her. United States Commissioners.?Judge j Hugh L. Bond, in tho Circuit Court, made the following appointments of United States Commissioners: E. M. Stoebcr, Marion, S. C, and Thomas M. Gilland, Kingstrce, S. C. | California Sdoar. The San Francisco Alia says that beet sugar is made in Cali? fornia at seven cents a pound, including every expense. There aro two beet sugar mills in the State. Santa Anna is dead at last. Wonder if he can rest peacefully in his grave, or will tho spirits of the murdered Texuns from the Alamo disturb his slumbers? He was a had man. Gen. II. H. Harrison, a member of the Chicago Board of Trade, and largely identitiod with the mercantile and com? mercial interests of that city, dropped dead Saturday afternoon on 'Change. Dr. George Webber, a Maine clergy? man, hung himself yesterday. This is the second clergyman, within ton days, who has applied the halter to his own neck. A genuine swan, caught in Edgcfield, S. ('., sometime since, is on exhibition in Augusta. The supposition is that it was blown to Edgeticld by the tornado. The boy, who ran away from school to "go fishing all alone," and caught him? self in tho lip, says he's got enough of fishing on his own hook. It is in vain to hope to pleaso all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one-half of the world. J. W. Cheek has presented a Durham, N. C, Sunday school with a superb church organ. That's tho right kind of Cheek. Mrs. Gubbins says hor husband is liko a tallow candle; ho always will smoke when he goes out. The hair of a young iady in Vermont turned white in a single night. She fell into a flour barrel. Mr. Sherry, of Indiana, became pale Sherry on being arrosted for obtaining money on a worthless draft. A lot of Alabama pig iron was recently shipped to Liverpool, England, and sold for a profit* Last observation of a cook dismissed in disgrace ? "Madame, the key of the kitchen door opens the wine collar." The schooner Addie L. Cutlor, bound from Boston to Charleston, with ties, etc., was abandonod at sea. Crew saved. Tho Winnsboro people are feasting on fish from tho Wateroe River?several wngon-loads having arrived from there. Tho follow, who asked for a lock of his girl's hair, was informod that it "coat money, hair does." A re-union of the survivors of Orr's Regiment will take place during the I coming summer. City Mattbbs.?If you are asked to lend yonr Photmix. suggest to the wonld bo borrower that be had better subscribe. Reading matter on every page. There were seven deaths in Columbia for the week ending the 15th? whites 4j colored 3. The Jewish youths in Wilmington presented ex-Governor Vance with a gold-headed cane. He deserves it. Yon can get all styles of job printing, from a visiting card to a four-sheet post? er, at the Phoenix, office. Prices satisfac? tory. Hw- D. Love A Co. have the handsomest line of dress goods over brought to Co bia- sell goods at 12) cents worth 37.] cents per yard. The South Carolina Railroad will sell exenrion tickets to Charleston, during the present week, for one fare. The Schuetzenfest and regatta will make it livety in tho "City by the Sea." Tho tornado did not put in an appear? ance; on the contrary, the weather was unusually pleasant?hardly even a breeze was stirring. A heavy Htorm of rain, thunder and lightning, last night, frightened the tornodo-cxpectors. A fear? ful storm is reported in Charlotte. The first annual meeting* of the Co? lumbia Choral Union was held on Thurs? day evening last, when the following officers were elected to serve for the en? suing year: President- O. J. Iredell; Vice-Presi? dent- Ii. L. Tappan; Treasurer - G. M. Walker; Secretary?S. D. Epstin; Libra? rian?John Laird; Directors?Mrs. G. M. Walker, Mrs. C. J. Iredell, Mrs. D. Jones and Miss C. Walker; Musical Director? Prof. W. H. Evans. The President reported that a large number of active and eontribuimg mem? bers had been added to tho list, and that the Union is in a flourishing condition. Yesterday was not a good day for the discovery of diamonds, or the prosecu? tion of offenders. In regard to tho for? mer, those who are bound by their offi? cial position to have tho diamond cross which was delivered to some of their subordinates produced, or to discharge them, and prosecute them to the utmost rigor of t\e law, have taken no serious or determined action. "Can such things bo. And overcome us like n summer cloud, Without our special wonder?" To descend from poetry to plain prose and hard fact, it looks as if they can. Glenn's. ? Mr. Gorman will open Glenn's on tho 1st of June. Visitors can breakfast in Columbia and dine at the Springs. Arrangements havo boen mado by which they will receive the benefit of excursion tickets for the season, thus re? ducing the traveling expenses ono-half. A telegraph line to Spartanburg will soon be completed. Various improvements are going on and contemplated, and the proprietors and lessee vie with each other in determination and efforts to make this old and favorite resort equal in its com? forts and other attractions the fame of its waters. Of these, nothing need be said. There are no better in or out of tho State. Dr. Mayer will spend the summer thero, and invalids will find in him one of tho best physicians in the wholo country, and one of the most genial of gentlemen. Mr. Scott, who will be remembered for his courteous attentions to guests last summer, will be on hand to serve them again. Those who need rest, who enjoy comforts, who seek health and vigor, who are socially inclined, can find all they wish at Glenn's. It is also one of the charms of the place, that it is not at all expensive. I Relioiolm Sekvicks To-Day. Wash? ington Street Church?llev. A. W. ! Walker. 11 A. M. Mission Church (.Odd Fellows' Hall)? Sunday School, 4 1'. M. Address by Rev. A. W. Walker. Marion Street Church?Rev. W. ]). Kirkland, 101 A. M. and S P. M. Sun? day School, DJ- A. M. Presbyterian Church?Rev. J. II. Bry son, 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Sunday School, 5 P. M. Baptist Church?Rev. A. B. Woodfin, 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Sunday School, 9 A. M. St. Petor's (Catholio) Church?Rev. Father Qailtcr, first Mass 7 A. M.; second Mass 10A A. M. ? Lutheran Church?Rev. Z. W. Beden baugh, 10A A. M. Sunday School, 4 P. M. Trinity Church?Rev. P. J. Shand, D. D., Reotor; Rev. J. H. Stringfellow, As? sistant?11 A. M. and 6 P. M. To-day being Whitsunday, the servioes in Tri? nity Church will be unusually interest? ing. In the absenoo of the rector, they will be conduoted by the Rev. J. H. Stringfellow, assistant minister. The Sunday School will have a oelebration commemorative of tho day, this after? noon, at 6\ o'clock. * i?. Hotel Abbtvals, Mat 15.?Columbia Hotel?J. M. Soigler, G. A C. R. R.; M. L. Kinard, city; M. Oppenheimor, Balti? more; F. M. West, N. &; CA. Darling, Greenville; James Trumble, S. 0.; W. H. Evans, Charleston; W. A. Lucas, Char? lotte; J. H. Wilhams, N. Y.; J. D. Stoney, S. C. Mansion House?-Edw. McClarkson, Gadsdon; J. A. Brown, Jonnio Sloan, Andrew Crawford, J. R, Slawson, J. F. Beard, oity; M. Barwald, Atlanta. Consionbfs per South Carolina Rail? road, May 15, 1875: J. C Seegers, H. Solomon, L. D. Ohilds, C Hamberg, H. Muller, W. Steiglits, W. C. flwaAeld, A. Constantino, E. F. Hei, D. p..?eJxotto A I Son, Koon A W., Coops* * T., B. Koe ; nig, Singer Manufacturing Company, J. ? D. Bateman. Court of General Sessions.?Tho Court met, yestorday, at 10 A. M. Tbo case of the State against James A. Bowloy/indictment bribery, was culled. The Attorney-General read to the Court a coirtillpateTdireoted to the presiding Judge, from Dr. D. P. Clayton, sotting forth that on last night, General Dennis was thrown from his carriage and pain? fully injured?so much so, that he would be unable to be out for a week or ten dayfi to come. Tho Attorney-General stated that he relied almost wholly upon General Dennis' testimony, in order to make out the case for the State, and could not go to trial without it, and asked for a continuance. Mr. Youmans opposed a continuance. The continu? ance was granted, and the Attorney-Gen? eral directed to examine Dennis' bond. At a subsequent stop of the proceedings, the Attorney-Genenil stated that he had exaxiined Dennis' bond, and found ii sufficient to bind him to appear at the next term of the Court. Da the case of tho State us. Robert Smalls, indictment counselling a breach of trust, at tho instance of the Solicitor, a formal order wa;; made for the defend? ant's arrest, fixing his bond at $2,500, with one or more sufficient sureties, for his appearance at the next term of this Court, to be taken by the Clork of the Court of tho County of Beaufort. In tho cases of the State vs. J. H. Bry? ant, Uriah Portec and J. J. Goodwin and Ellison M. Weston and Wm. M. Hayne. County Commissioners, indictment for official misconduct, Mr, Youmans moved an arrest of judgment and for a new trinl. Overruled. In the above eases, the Court asked tho Attorney-General if he had examined into the punishment provided for these offences? The Attorney-General stated the statute requiring the Commissioners, in caso of failure or refusal to perform duties required by law, to pay $250 and loso their offices. Ho said that the $250 forfeiture might work by way of a fine, and that the offence being a malfeasance in office, amounting to a misdemeanor, * the Court, under the common law, might fine or imprison, or both, at its discretion; but suggested that tho fine should not exceed $250. Mr. Youmans said that if the $250 clause was a forfeiture, the case belonged to the civil side of the court. The Court said the sentenco would be passed upon the Commissioners on Mon? day next. Mr. Youmans moved that Raleigh's peace bond be reduced from $4,000 to $500, because of Raleigh's inability to give bond for the former amount Granted. James Bailey plead guilty to petit larceny, and not to grand larceny, as erroneously reported yesterday. The Court stated that the Court of General Sessions would probably not adjourm until the middle of next week, because of the unfinished business now before the grand jury. The Court of Common Pleas would be hold, however,' in tho meantime. Tho Court stated that Ben. Wood, who, with Jesse Gaffneyand JEsop Thompson, had boen convicted of grand larceny, had had no attorney to represent them, and in the opinion of the Court he had been convicted upon evidenco of an insuffi? cient character, a new trial was ordered; whereupon the Solicitor entered a nolle prosequt as to him. The Court then passed the following sentences upon the following prisoners: Jesse Gafihey and iEsop Thompson, con? victed of grand larceny, two years in penitentiary; Aaron Gilbert, convicted of receiving stolen goods, knowing them to be stolen, five years in the peniten? tiary; James Bailey, petit larceny, two months in County Jail; James Williams, convicted of larceny, two months in the County Joil; Washington Dotrey, con? victed of larceny, two months in County Jail; Henry Johnson, convicted of grand larceny, three years in penitentiary; Robert Bean, grand larceny, one year in {)enitentiary; Edward Thomas, grand arceny, three years in penitentiary; Jas. Dickinson, grand larceny, live years in penitentiary; Wm. Kibler, grand larceny, threoyoarsin penitentiary; Robert John? son, petit larceny, two months in County Jail; John Bryant, manslaughter, five years in penitentiary. Tho Court admi? nistered lectures to these prisoners upon sentencing them. Judge Carpenter ac? companied the sentences with seasonable advice and kind counsel to the parties to reform their conduct, to cultivate habits of industry and sobriety, and to enter upon a new and better course of life. In the case of one who had offered no de? fence, and had pleaded guilty of petty larceny, a light punishment of two months in the County Jail was passed upon him. This lenienoy was due to the interest which had been manifested in his behalf by respectable persons, who had been moved by the appeals and ear? nest efforts of the man's wife. The Judgo feelingly reminded him of his heavy obligations to this untiring friend, and impressed upon him the corresponding duty of nourishing towards her a loyal and grateful sentiment, and of ever treating her with tenderness and consi? deration. The grand jury have found a number of true bills thus far and are stiU in ses? sion. The Court adjourned until 10 A. M., Monday. Debt 07 New Aovebtibkmbnts. L?rick & Lowrance?Butter, Ac. H. & S. Beard?Foreclosure. Jacob Levin?Auction. B D. Graham?Flour and Meal. T. 0. Dunn?Proposals Wanted. Columbia Lodge, No. 108. M. G. Lewis?A Card. Excursion Tickets. Wm. Gorman?Glenn's Springs. It is truly wonderful, the variety and ingenuity of the conveniences for the desk and: office?pens of varied patterns, inkstands possessing numberless ad? vantages, letter files, each one the best, envelopes of size and qualities infinite. It is almost j bewildering to enter the large Broad street store of Walker, Evans & Cogswell, in Charleston, and see the number of those attractions. Here you' find tho largest' stationery stock South of Baltimore, and' you only have two troubles-<-first, sufficient oasn;'. and, second, the difficulty in deciding among the many things offered, each equally suitable to your wants. M7f Tho jail in Pickens is empty.