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Sunday ?I?roioga?ay 19, 1875. ?^338fflPi5CT"""" In reply to iu\ inquiry from :the Now York Herald, Governor Vanoej of i North j Carolina, briefly gives iv succinct pre? sentation bf tho grounds for believing that there was an aotunl declaration of j independence at Charlotte, May 20, 1776. Tfaw tnStri Tacts, -he ?ays, as belteVexl, are;' 1. It is' asserted by tradition, unbroken by a single contradiction. 2. Because it is Jpr^?*>yi*sitfYo' lemony1 c-'r eye? witnesses men Qf? nxdinarv | intellect*, and or most exalted personal chsjri^er, who say they haw apil heufd| tha.tmniMwsi?iu. 3. Tho objection that they- may have intended to speak of the aciao^'?V'SU; May instead cf ihfc 20th, U to ..be", supposed that they should have miktaken absolutely Its substance and pn?p*brtI'{l*o demand belief p? its spuri-. ous oharacter, on such frail ground, is on absurdity such aa the integrity of history does riot require. to * '>.j. ! ??? am_l- 1 "' ?We have heard very little of tho Car lists later/,1 but that little is not. favora ble-.to thoir pauses APimrently, they are falling opart pretty rapidly, the latest important defection beihg^ that Of Gen. AguirVo? who has following Cabrera, and like him, has issued an address to the Carlists, urging them to abandon a leader whose incapacity, has been shown by two 'years' bard experience, and who has ''lost his right to the crown before God arrTtaaVifch*.^' #1 iesc manifestoes artfxroflikaiyfelm'W Wu4cVerrecV upW the mass of Don Carlos' adherents, who arb Carli/Jta by faith and inheritance; rather .then, by reason;, but they are likely to be,:left without leaders and wlfchodt-money, 'since Spanish officers are'eJ-^ays ready to 'desert a failing cause, and if the Alfonsist party do,not also go to pieces, it ought to find no great dif? ficulty In crushing the opposition. That, however, does not .necessarily mean a lasting peace. ^fjO^?j-A-j?tr.' Gorman will opon G1 enn'e ou the 1st of June. Visitors oan breakfast in-Columbia and dine at the SpriUgsi. Arrangements have been made by which they will receive the benefit of e xo union tickets for the season, thus i ro drfoing the* traveling expenses one-half. A telegtnnh line to Spartanburg will soon he c9^)WnrmiilV'ari0na improvements are going rm and contemplated, and the proprietora ancl ^easoe vio with each other iu d/^er^^tfor^^ old and favorite resort equal in its com? forts and, other attractions tie fame of its waters. Of these, nothing need be saisi There are no better in or oat of the State. Dr. 'May-^r Will spend the summer there, an'd'inya'lidfl w?l find in him one of the l>e?t physicians, in the whole country, and one" of the most genial of gentlemen. Mr? Scott; ^rho wfltybe remeinVored for his courteous attentions to guests last ?umw? rr,i? ibe on hand to serve them again. ' 'Phone who need rest, who enjoy' eorttfifrffl, . who' seek health. and vigor, who a^q socially inclined, can. find all then wish at Glenn's. It is also one of the charms of Che place, that ft is not at all expe'ribi Ve'. ' ' The first annual meeting of tho Co? lumbia Choaul Union Was held on Thurs? day ottoer** suing year: President?C. J. Iredel^; ..Vice-rResi? dent?H. L. Tappan; Treasurer? G. M. Walker; Secretary?S. D. $pstin;, Libra? rian?John Laird; Directors?Mrs. G. M. Walker, Mrs. C. J. I red ell, Mrs. D. Jones and Miss C. Walker; Musical Director? Prof. W. H. EAah?. The President reported that, a large number of active and contributing mem? bers bad .been added to the list, an d that the Union is in a flourishing condition. ? ? ? Yestaads** Was not a good day for the discovery of diamonds, or the prosecu? tion of offenders. In regard to the for? mer, those wh^^ bo^tfer by^their offi? cial position to have the 'diamond cross which* was delivered to some of tu vir subordinates, produced, or to diaohargeV] 11 iil'sii Tj^iyaWiii|'i thaw to the,. atmest rigor W?? brwffirrjWB'fm'VeTlonN 6y det?rfo^ ?^on. ;( ,' .'^an such things be,. And overcome uu like a summer aloud, ...W^bput our Hpooial wonder?" * To descend from poetry to plain prose and hard fact, it looks as if they can. Tt^B^rTO'ieSrV 'deaths' in ^olumbia for tjh^s^sei^ ending the 15th?whites 4; Thai Jewish youths in Wjjaaligton i prsaen^ ex^e^o^jg^^ .a, The ?outh <^9?^. B^oad wiU sell excumon iticket* to. Charleston, daring the present week, for orto fare. The Sofinetaenfest and regatto will make "it lively in' jthe "City by the Sea. ' The tornado did not pnt in an appear? ance:'on the' contrary, the weather was \mU!iri?Uy)pleasantr--hardIy even a breeze woe, st^pting.' A heavy atorm of rain, thutoAet.Miana ' lightning, lurt night, frie^tan'edrhetoVnado-expectow. A fear ful'etorn?'fa repotted in Charlotte. J. W. Cheek has presented a Durham, N. C., Buna ay school with a soperb church organ* ; That's the right kind of Cheek. . , . ed to servefor the en ' Tim Diocmam Convh?tion.? The se? cond day'n' session of this Convention was opeho'd with prayer by Rev. J. IL Ktringfellow. The annual address of the Bishop was read. Mr. Evan Ed? wards', Treasurer of the Bishop's Fund, submitted the report, showing a balance to the credit of the fund of $2,367.14. The discussion on the application of St. Mark's (colored) congregation was then resumed, the question being upon the adoption of the resolution, offered on the preview-day by Mr. ? Edwnrd- Mo Crady, Sr. a Mr. T. M. HanckCl expressed the hope that the discussion would be confined to the resolution, and not branch out to the subject of the application itself. He had no desire to evade or dodge the ques? tion. He Hi in pi Y wantod to avoid it for the present, just as a skilled general would avoid an engagement until ne was thoroughly acquainted with the forces of the enemy and the topography of his oountry. ?"rentleincn 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 precluded themselves forever from the consideration of that mode of organi? sation. They cut nut the only nucleus around which a separate organisation could be gathered. Gentlemen seemed to think it a very easy matter to estab? lish a precedent and then te reverse it, but every lawyer knew that it was a difficult thing to do. In view of all .these considerations, he would reiternte his earnest concurrenoo in the resolu? tion. The Rev. J. H. Tillinghsst, of Rich land, thonght that this question was one that had been thrust upon the Conven? tion by the providence of God and by the march of time. In his opinion, a I reference of the application to a commis? sion would be equivalent to a rejection of it. Ho was in favor of meeting the Suestion now, and in favor of granting lie application. He saw no reason for reticence upon the subject. We profess, said he, to be an integral membef of the Catholic Church, vyhich holds the Gos ?el in trtrsx for every man. The Gospel nows no distinction of race or Condi? tion; men of agnations, arc admitted to the c^haioh ,?^pon repentance and bap? tism, ? If wn rejtyae to grant this petition, 'we say to the petitioners, we are not Willing to admit yon into the church, not because you are incompetent or un? qualified, b?t 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, wo are bound either to hear it or to take 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 wc beitfg the accredited leader* of the church, aro bound to meet it. This same racfl'of people have bteen admitted to the Convention in the Diocese 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 be 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 Lescsne said that, if he was compelled to vote on the question upon n hasty report submitted by the Standing committee, he would be coa^U^llefl to vote against the application; he would, therefore, be compelled to vote ? for the appointment of a commission. ' He wanted delay, not from any want of consideration for the respectable body from whom the application came, but because, by a delay, he would he better able to consider the question m ?ULI its eomplex bearings, it liad 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 tbot time; but they did not. This question was, therefore, us new to his mind as if it had been presented the year after the organi? zation of tho church', He did not yield to any mun in feelings of Christian bro? therhood towards the applicants, but the question before the Convention was whether this body should have a voice in tho legislation of the church, and to say that that privilege followod, us a mutter of right, was to beg the question. The congregation had waited ten years, and no injustice would be done, them by the one year's delay contemplated under the resolution, Mr. W, H. Parker, of Abbeville, was in favor of mooting the question at once, and firmly, and with a bill sense of his responsibility to himself and to the church. Ho wus in furor of cutting the Gordian knot at once. ?If the members of this congregation possessed education nnd intelligence, ana had complied with all the requirements, he was ready to vote for the admission of these delegates. ? Bishop Howe here asked the Conven? tion to listen to an item of information ,upon tho subject under discussiou. It had been intimated that this application might bo a sequence of the passage of the Civil Rights Bill. For the information of tho Convention, ho would state that during the first year of hin episcopacy, a committee of this congregation hud 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, ho advised them not to apply. This year, he did advise them to apply, and their application was consequently not a sequence of the Civil Bights Bill. He made .this statement simply for the : information of the Convention, and with? out any desire to influence its action. Mr. A. H. Heubrook expresricd the hope that the Bishop would give an oppression of his views upon tho question. Bishop Howe?I feel like giving time to consider this question, when I reflect Spon its gravity; but when I consider le uncertainties attending a body like this?when I consider that something may transpire which will exolude this mutter from the consideration of the next Convention, I am constrained by a higher sense of duty to say, let the question bo decidod here and now.- My feelings are, in a few words, as follows: I shall hardly ever give a vote more cheerfully or more gladly than when I shall vote "aye" on the qvMsetion of admitting St Mark* to tills Convention. Mr. MoCrady arose to olose the debate. He only asked a year's delay in the. con? sideration of this question, and he asked it in good faith. He regarded this as the only manly effort that had ever been made to grapple with the subject, and it should he made in a manly spirit. He closed with an earnest appeal to the Con? vention to consider the question well be? fore they passed upon it At the conclusion of Mr.- McCrady's I remarks, tho blank in the resolution was filled with the number seven, and it was adopted by a vixnt voce vote. The Rev. W. 0. Prentiss 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 propertv of the Convention, and could not Vie with? drawn. Thy. Uniteo States Circuit Court, Charleston, Mat 14.-Chief Justice Waite and Judge Hugh L. Bond, prosid ing. In the case of John P. Southern, Geo. W. Williams and James P. Lowe, Assignees of tho Bluo Ridge Railroad Company, vs. Solomon L. H?ge, Comp? troller-General, and others, tho court held that the judgment in the State Courts concluded the rights of the com? plainants in tint cause, and the court ordered that tho bill be dismissed with costs, and that the injunction heretofore granted be dissolved, In the oase of the Richmond and Dan? ville Railroad Company v.*. J. P. P. Camps, County Treasurer of Spartan burg, a verdict was rendered for the plaintiffs for the property sued for, with $300 damages. In the matter of Georgo W. Cunning? ham, in bankruptcy, it was ordered that the appeal of George W. Williams A Co. in the above cause be dismissed for want of prosecution. In the cases of Harvey Terry vs. the Bank of Chester, and tue 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 answer. In the ease of J. and T. Greene vs. Cyrus H. Baldwin, receiver of tho Ex? change Bank of Columbia, and others, after hearing the report of John F. Ficken, Special Master in this cause, it was ordered that the same be confirmed, nnd that the complainants have execu? tion against the 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 CyrusH. Baldwin; $0,000against Catharine MeAfie; $20,000 against Wm. Wallace, executor of Andrew F. Wallace, deceased ; S10,000 against William Mar? tin, executor of Edward T. Arthur, and $42,000 against Elizabi th L. Herndon, administratrix of Zachari.ih P. Herndon. And it was further ordered, that the plaintiffs have leave to move for such further order in the case as they may be advised. Don't Likk Puace. The Boston Jour mil refuses to be pacified. Such frater? nal demonstrations as those of General Burtlett at the late centennial celebra? tion in Massachusetts only awaken its distrust It exclaims iu its discomfort, "What a cackling there is over a few fra? ternal words spoken North and South. These occasional gushes of patriotism, which are used as Democratic thunder, will deceive, no sensible person." What would tho Journal have? Why should "gushes of patriotism" be more readily used as "Democratic thunder" than Re? publican "thunder?" All parties ought to be pleased with the conciliatory and national sentiments expressed by Gen. Bartlett To say that tho 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 tho war, are gratified at hearing words of peace. Such men as Gen. Bartlett, who was covered with wounds m the battles of the Union, arc ready to make up and be friends, and it is mostly those 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, Tho voice of reviving brother? hood, which is "thunder" in tho eye* uf partisans, is music in the ears of patriots, and we rejoice to say is beginning to be heard all around the horizon. In Rich? mond, Confederate officers aud soldiers lately made a wann response to Gen. Bartlett's "gushes of patriotism;" in Georgia, a Confederate General did the some on a decoration day. Tho latest rovorhoration of thunder comes from Little Rook, Arkansas, where a Confede? rate General and a Confederate Colonel ask their surviving comrades of the two armies to unite with them in a common decoration of the graves at Mount Holly and Oakland. The Little Rock Hantle is confident the response will be prompt and unanimous. This is not party "thunder"?it is American thunder, which no one has reason to fear who de sires to see the country re-united, and which we liopo heralds a purified and healthful political atmosphere, [ ualiitnore Su,t. IIuno. John Frazor was hung in Cam den on the 14th. Over 0,000 persons were, present. Fro/or spoke about twenty minutes to the crowd. He acknowledged having killed Cooper, and ulso confessed the murder of his wife's child aud a negro woman in Camden. Ho also ac? knowledged having set flvo to gin houses, mills, Ac. lie said that he was ready to meet death, as he had been washed in the blood of his Saviour and feared no harm to his soul. He re? mained perfectly calm throughout Tho wildest religious enthusiasm prevailed. At fourteen minutes to 12 o'clook, tho drop foil and Frazer was ushered into eternity. He died of strangulation in seven minutos, the rope having slipped. At 12 o'clook. Dr. A. A. Moore pro? nounced him dead, and the body was then placed in the coffin and turned over to his friends. France, Austria, Italy, Belgium und Denmark are all in tho same boat with regard to Prussia. Each one has u 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. * The Blue RrrxiH Henri' Oases.? The 1 cases of A. D. Williams r/?. the Comp? troller-General of South Carolina and others, and John P. Southern and others, assignees of tlie Bluo Uidgo Railroad Company, against the same, were heard, yesterduy, before Chief .lustice Waite j and Circuit Judge Hugh L. Bond ?Mr. D. T. Corbin and Judge Mngmth repre? senting the plaintiffs, and Mr. Memuiin ger and Mr. Win. H. Brawley the de? fendants. After argument, both bills were dismissed. The cases involved the validity of the revenue bond scrip issued under the Act of March 8, 1872, to the amount of SI,800,000. The plaintiff, A. I). Williams, who holds about ?200,000 of this scrip, filed bis bill to have the same declared a contract on tho part of I the Htatc, and for mandatory proceedings to have a tax levied for their payment, ,4c. The assignees of the Blue Ridge i Railroad Company Hied their bill to have the scrip received in payment of taxes, Ac. TheChief Justice held, in the first case, that a bill in oouity would not lie against tho oftVers of a State to compel a performance of an alleged contract of the State. That in a sviit to recover money, the Stale would be necessarily a part}-, and that as she bad not made herself a party, there was no power in the Court (to make the decree asked for against her. j In tho second case, it was held that the rights of the parties had been concluded by tho decision in the State Courts in the case ex relatiwte K. P. <lary, State Auditor, i to which suit Mr. E. B. Wesley, the party from whom the nftssignocs hnd obtained their scrip, was a party. The plaintiffs appealed to the Supreme Court of tho i United States. Affairs is Obanckbubo.- F. lt. Mc? Kinley, the former School Commissioner, and J. L. Humbert, lute County Trea? surer, will be tried at the Court of Gene? ral Sessions this week, on an indictment with ten counts for forgery while in office.. Humbert is in the penitentiary, and Judge Reed has ordered that he be brought to this place Monday. Senator T. C. Andrews was orrested on a warrant issued by Trial .Justice. E. A. Webster. Ho is charged with libelling G. A. Neuf? fen Senator Andrews gave bail and was discharged. The absurdity and injustice of "eoiu-i pulsory" education has lately been strongly illustrated in New York city. A youth named John Smith was arrested I under the Act and committed to Ran-1 dull's Island, on the charge of vagrancy; and now it appears that his father is a poor invalid, whose wife is dead, and who in entirely dependent upon the boy for aid and assistance. The fanatics who passed the law ought to bo made to sup? port the man. That would perhaps cool their crazy enthusiasm on the subject. A fellow in Kentucky ran away with a farmer's daughter and horse, und was hotly pursued. The farmer got within close range, and flourished a revolver. "Don't shoot, for Heaven's sake!" shout? ed the lover, "f won't," was the reply, "'cuuso I'm afeared I'll hit the boss, Just leave ther boas and bike thcr gall." That compromise was accepted by the young folks, who walked on to a Iireacher's house, and the father rode loine on his horse. A despatch from St. Joseph. Missouri, May 11, says: During the last four days the grasshopper plague has assumed an alarming aspect. The weather has brought thr.se pests out in full force, and farms iu tint neighborhood aie black with them. They are doing terrible da? mage to the wheat and oat crops, as v. ell as the gardens. Discouraging reports are coming iu from id I parts of the country. A Chicago reporter, instead of sittiug down und writing two columus and a half about man's treachery and woman's trusting confidence, whiding up with "one more unfortunate," etc.. merely ^ot off u panigrapb, which be concluded us 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 b>ng standing boundary question between Maryland and Virginia, met in Washing? ton city nn Tuesday. They consist of Judge Jerry Black, who is named by Maryland; General Graham, of North Carolina, who is named by Virginia, and Governor Jenkins, of Georgia, named as tili* third by the other two arbitrators. The Schiller disaster recalls tho fact that in October, 1707, an Eugli.sh squad? ron, under Sir Cloudesly Shovel, went to pieces off these, same Scilly Isles, oc? casioning n loss of 2,0tXl lives. The troublesome rocks off these islands ure cslled, very property, the "dogs of Scilly." UNIT kd Status Commu?sionlhh. Judge Hugh 1j. Baud, iu tho Circuit Court, made tho following appointments of United States Commissioners: E. M. Stoeber, Marion, S. C, and Thomas M. Gillaud, Kingstrce, S. C. . ? i, ..J; , California Sua va. - -The San ftannersen Alln suys that beet sugar is med? in Cali? fornia tit seven cents a pound, id eluding every ex|m;nso. There ate- twb beet sugar mills in fho State. Santa Anna is dead at hist. Wonder if he oau rest peacefully in his grave, or will tho spirits of tho murdered Texans from the Alamo disturb his slumbers? He was a bad man. ? r \ . Gen. H. H. Harrison, Hi nnembet*-of the Chicago Board of TvsfdeV and largely identified with the mercantile nnfl-com? mercial interests of tlfat- City, dropped dead Saturday afternoen'on 'Change. George Washington a colored barber, was up before tho police court for cutting down his neighbor's apple trees. History will ropeht Itself. Dr. George Webber, a Maine clergy? man, hung himself yesterday. This is the second clergyman, within ten days, who has applied the halter to his own neck. A genuine swan, caught iu Kdgofleld, S. (!., sometime since, Is on exhibition in Augusta. Tho supposition is that it was blown to Edgctield by the tornado. The boy, who ran away from school to "go fishing all olouo," and caught him? self in the lip, says he's got enough of fishing on his own hook. It is in vain to hope to please all alike, lift a man stand with his face in what direction lie will, he must necessarily turn his back on one-hull" of the world. Mr. Gubbins says her husband is like a tallow candle; ho always will smoke when ho goes out. CotJB* of General. Sessions. ? The Court met, yesterday, ut 10 A. M. The oa.se of the State against Jumes A. Bow ley, indiotment bribery, was called. The Attorney-General read to the Court a certificate directed to the presiding Judge, from Dr. D. P. Clayton, setting Orth that on last night, Genend Dennis was thrown from his carriage and pain? fully injured?so much so, that he would be unuble to be out for u week or ten days to come, The Attorney-General stated that ho rolicd almost wholly upon General Dennis' testimony, in order to make out the case for the State, aud could not go to trial without it, and asked for a continuance. Mr. Youmaus 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-General stated that he had examined Dennis' bond, and found it sufficient to bind him to appear at the next term of the Court. In tho case of the State vs. Robert Smalls, indictment counselling u broach Of trust, at the instance of the Solicitor, a formal order was made for the defend? ant's arrest, fixing his bond at $2,500, with one or more sufficient sureties, for bis appearance at the next term of this Court, to be taken by the Clerk of tho Court of tho County of Beaufort. In the cases of the State vs. J. H. Bry? ant, Uriah l'ortee and J. J. Goodwin and Ellison M. Weston and Win. M. Hayue, County Commissioners, indictment lor official misconduct, Mr. Youmans moved an arrest of judgment and for a new trial. Overrulud. In the above cases, the Court asked the Attorney-General if he hud examined into the punishment provided for these offences? The Attorney-General stated the statute requiring the Commissioners, in case of failure or refusal to perform duties required by law, to puy $250 and lose their offices. He said that the $250 forfeiture might work by way of a fine, and that the offence being n 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 the fine should not exceed $250. Mr. Youmaus said that if the $250 clause was a forfeiture, the case belonged to the civil side of the court. The Court said the sentence would be parsed upon the Commissioners on Mon-1 day next. I Mr. Youmuns moved that Raleigh's pence bond be reduced from $4,000 to $500, because of Raleigh's inability to give bond for the former amount. Granted. ?Tames Bailey plead guilty to petit larceny, und 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 held, however, in the meantime. The Court stated that Ben. Wood, who, with Jesso Gaffuey and JEsop Thompson, had been convicted of grand larceny, had had no attorney to represent them, and in the opinion of tho Court he had been convicted upon evidence of on insuffi? cient character, a new trial was ordered; whereupon the Solicitor entered a nvllr proseyui as to him. The Court then passed the following sentences upon the following prisoners: Jesse Gaffney and .Esop Thompson, con victed of gnind 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 Jail; 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 penitentiary; Edward Thomas, grand larceny, three years in penitentiary; Jas, Dickinson, grand larceny, five years in penitentiary; Wm. Kibler, grand larceny, threej'ears in penitentiary: Robert John? son, petit larceny, two months in County Jail; John Bryant, manslaughter, five years iu 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 mouths in the County Jail was passed upon him. This leniency 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 Judge feelingly reminded hiav-of his heavy obligations to this untiring friend, and impressod upOli him the ?oirrcspondinp, duty of nourishing towards her a loyal and grateful sentiment, and of ever treating her with tenderness and consi? deration. I ? The grand jury have found a number of true bills thus' far and are still in ses? sion. The Court adjourned until 10 A. M., Monday. The hair of a young lady in Vermont turned white in a single night. She fell into a dour barrel. Mr. Sherry, of Indiana, became pale Sherry on being arrested 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 cellar." The schooner Addie L. Cutler, bound from Boston to Charleston, with ties, etc., was abandoned at sea. Crew saved. The Winnsboro people are feasting on fish from the Watereo River - several wagon-loads having arrived from there. The fellow, who asked for a lock of his girl's hair, was informed that it "cost money, hair does." A ro-union of the survivors' of Orr's Regiment will take place during the coming summer. You can't weigh an eel with scales, because they have no scales, yon know. Tho jail in Pickens is empty. Telerraphic?Foreign New?. Parir, May 15.?M. Konher informed th*? Government that ex-Empress En genie will accept no compromise for her dnims on the civil list, and will bring action demanding a fulfillment of the convention concluded by the DeBrogli^ Ministry. London, May 15. Half of Afghanistan in bnrned. Monday and Tuesday next will be holidays. Berlin, May IS.?Tlie inquiry insti? tuted into the* Catholic societies' of Ber? lin, at the time of Kullmnn's attempt to shoot Prince Bismarck, has been closed. The public prosecutor has made charges igainst their directors, nnd the cases will come up for trial in June. London, May 15.?One of the Schiller's officer* has informed n correspondent of the Standard, that many persons on board the steamer were drunk when she struck, and that several firemen and many steerage passengers lay helpless until they were swept away by the waves. Thus far about 130 bodies of the dead have been recovered from the wreck of the Schiller. Of these, which havo been taken from the water lately, are bodies of the following persons: Jacob Brenner; L. Fathrig, Chief Engi? neer; Wm. Frahm, Davenport Iowa; Fritz Thomas, Michael Harlemann, Highland, Hlinois; Holm Leonard; probably one of the Leinhardts, of Au gusta, Gu.; Mrs. Leichlin Ohlsen. The body of a lady having a ring marked "Hermann Liukeisen," on one of the fingers. The bodies of two firemen, two sailors and five females nnd some other of the passengers, males, remain unidentified. Telegraphic?American News. New York, May 14. ?The following is. the comparative cotton statement for the week ending May 14: Receipts At all United States ports for the week 20,139? same week last year 22,534; total receipts to date 3,354,026? same dote last year 3,615,601; exports for the week 22,941 same week last year 46,807; total exports to date 2,320,54?- same date last year 2.583,866; stock at all United Statesports 435,682?same time last year 326,852; stock at interior towns 51,998?same timo last year 63,219; stock at Liverpool 961,000?same time last year 772,000; American afloat for Great Britain 136,000 - same time last year 872,000. Leiinoton, Kv., May 14.?The condi? tion of General Breckinridge Temains unchanged. He is still free from pain, and those in attendance upon him are less apprehensive of his sudden death than they were. He saw a few visitors to-day. Warhtnoton. May 14.?Nine shrewd lawyers are of the opinion that the whis? key men will beat the Government. Secretary Bristow has been led into a blunder, whioh, while it prostrates for the moment an important ?ndastry, will give the lawyers some hundreds or thou - sands of dollars and secure nothing to the Treasury. Baltimore, May 14. -About M0 bar? rels of whiskey, the product of the West? ern distilleries recently closed by the Government, were seised in this city. The seizures were made at five or six dif? ferent warehouses. Evidence was discovered to-day against the Union Copper Distillery at Chicago, and 150 barrels of spirits ware seised at their works. 300 barrels were seized be? longing to Bevis A Firmer in Ht Louis, fresh proof having been obtained against them. Photographien! copies of the in? ternal revenue returns are being made at the Treasury Department and forwarded to the officers in the different cities, tn> I aid them in substantiating their charges. Boston, May 15.? $60,000 worth of alleged crooked whiskey seized. Rutland, Vt., May 15.?Ripley A Brock's Opera House burned; loss $70, 000. Swunoiteld. Mass., May 15.?Samuel White, a prominent citizen of Ludlow, was bitten in the thigh by a boar this forenoon, and bled to death before as? sistance could reach him. Washinoton, May 16.?Judge Pierro pont and ex-Senator Pratt assumed their positions to-day, an Attorney-General and Commissioner of Internal Revenue. A terror-stricken knave of Baltimore sends to tho treasury over $3,000 which he had withheld from that department. The Post Office Department has brought suit against the postmaster at Calvert, i Texas, for a defalcation of postal reve? nues, amounting to several hundred dollars. This is the fourth successive postmaster who has boon proseouted for embezzlement during the past four years. New York, May 15.?The rate of duty to which hosiery and other cotton goods is subject, was paid upon silk*, alleged to have been smuggled through the ap? praiser's office, at an undervaluation, by Charles L. Lawrence. The difference between the silks, whioh was paid, is, it. is claimed, $330,400. Suit was began yesterday, in the United States District Court, to recover that amount from Law How the Republican party takes ears of the soldiers in the matter of head-gear is shown in a late report from the Quar? termaster-General. According to that document, there were in store in June, 187-1, 242,528 army hats, and 300,450 caps. This is for our total army of a little over 25,000 enlisted men, give nine and three-fourth hats and twelve caps to esch soldier. Who will have the teme? rity to suggest, after this, that the Go? vernment is unmindful of its defenders'/ There is an expression, "armed oan-o pie," whioh wo never entirely under? stood?we never dreamed that it meant ttcelce caps apiece! If each soldier had even the fabulous nine lives of the eat, the supply of head-gear would be more than ample. Verily, it ought to he a good time for military tailors. The joint committee of the colored firemen s tournament have adopted a I vote of' thanks to Messrs. Wilder and Rose for their assistance in collecting money from the citizens; to the citizens for the generous mar uer in whioh they contributed; to the judges for the impar? tial manner in whioh they discharged their delicate duties; to the Union-Herald, , Phoenix and Republican P^uniaa Com? pany for their generosity in publishing I programmes, notices, etc, free of charge; I and to Mr. Thomas Johnston for usa of Parker's Hall. Taine says: "Four varieties in society: Lovers, the ambitious observers, and fools. The fools are the happiest."