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CQlCTTBlAtSrt!: Tuesday Morning, May 25, 1|75. r, "Art Thou In Health, My Brother??; Thin affectionate inquiry has again boon indirectlyv raised conccrning&the long-tried pastor of Plymouth by Ids do*, voted friend, the Rev. Leonard Bacon, of Now Haven. It was ho who wrote in such' an exasperating way, concerning the scandal between his friend and Til ton, as to drive the latter into print and to let looy the flood which, for nearly a year past, has pourod its waters into every nook and corner. Ho was tho last link in the ohain of causes which re? moved the looks and dams which, hitherto had kept it back. Having done so much by berating Tilton, he now es? says to rival himself by stirring up Bowen. Upon slight suggestion, hO| seizes his pen for a lecture to the myste-, rious witness. Disposing briefly of tho small matter of difference between them, he reaches the core of tho themo which is in his mind, by Haying that Bower has givoa out that he is in possession of some great secret He asks, with artistic innocence: "Is thore any such secret? How easy it would be for lit? (Boa'aiiS in s?? fif U*? ?..?? _ *? IIUU^JUVIT^U/ |<U onj , UV Wu BtBJ lb truly,) 'I believe Mr. Beeohcr to be a pure and upright man, and know no? thing which ought to impair any man's confidence in him.' Why has he not said it? I cannot but think that Mr. Bowen'B position needs explanation." Wo need not concern ourselves with Bow en's an? swer. What is UBoful to note is that, under the clerical garb, is a polished clerical stiletto, which tho one brother puts under the other's fifth rib tho while ho speaks of bis parity and uprightness. The duellist's pistol and sword are nearly banished from use. But the clerical brother's keen rapier, which speeds to the brother's heart through professions of affectionate interest, still keeps its polish and point Governor Chamberlain's Speech. We reproduce to-day the eloquent and scholarly address of Governor Cham? berlain at the centennial celebration in Charlotte. Brief as it is, it contains many suggestive and appropriate thoughts. Not the leant among its many merits, is a spirit of patriotism which glowB in light and heat caught from tho ennobling memories of .Mecklenburg. Ruin well, and Blacxyille.?Mr. H. II. Easterling, a respectable citizen of Barnwell County and one of tho com? missioners of the late election, gives some interesting facts concerning it in a card published in the Augusta Chronicle and Sent'uieL He says that there are two sides to it: "Independently of the legal objec? tions to the election, the frauds and re? peating ' perpetrated, as alleged, on thee railroads, have excited a wide-spread suspicion that the contents of the ballot boxes were destroyed by people outside of Barnwell to prevent exposure and cast odium on Barnwell, should another election be ordered." ? a i I ? - * fm ? ? i ? 1 Tube, UNFonTON?TEiiy. ?-The Wilming? ton Journal, referring to tho Charlotte Centennial,' says: Yet this celebration is not without its defumers. There are those bo lost to every patriotic impulse who cannot lose any opportunity to turn everything to j effect a political result Not only is the authenticity , of the cause of the cele? bration denied, but the very purposes of the celebration misrepresented and maligned. While the inaugural cere? monies begun with the raising of the na? tional flag.i in< Independence Square, amidst the shouts of the multitude and the firing of artillery, and the first speaker was the Republican Governor of the State, yet the whole affair has been denounced as a political and Confederate jubilee. The Washington Republican, the official organ of President Grant, makes a venomous attack upon tho whole celebration, and it prefaces its vile slanders with the following head lines in bold type, from whioh the cha? racter of the whole article may be easily inferred: "Mecklenburg?A Great Rebel Fraud ?The Truth of HjBtory?Confederates at Charlotte?The Latest Tar-Heel Hum? bug?Treason Made Respectable?Demo? cratic Mutual Admiration Meeting?Pre? sident Grant Deliberately Insulted?A Ku Klux Orator to bo Heard From? Opinions of General Hill and Governor Vnnoe?Imputed Vasoillations of the S? Called Hornets?Captain Jack as a New Paul Revere?From Hin Grave the True Story?May Twentieth and May Thirty first?The Latter Date the Correct Ono? Attempt of the South to Steal tho Glory of the -Nation?An Array of Facts to Disprove an Independent Rebel Assump? tion?Jefferson Vindicated from the Charge of Plagiarism?The Way North Carolina Makes History from Grave? stones." It matters not what our people do, we are always misrepresented in some quarter. Oar religious' convocations, our business assemblages,, our public meetings of all kinds, our silence, even, nre all fashioned into disloyalty. And now, when we1 meet around the altars of liberty whioh oar fathers orectod 100 years ago, our celebration is denounced as a "rebel fraud," and our patriotic enthusiasm.is stigmatised as treason. In this, ?s in other matters, we have gone forward and' .done oar wh?lo duty, without regard to oar calumniators. Tho oolobration at Charlotte will have a marked effect upon the whole 'country. The p?trjotio enthusiasm there evinced nhow(i, that in the hearts.of our people the loyo for tho Union predominates. Wo have given anew tho pledges whioh our grand-fathers gave in 1770, and stand ready, as they did then, to risk honor aod .fortune in behalf of a com? mon country. ? C?RiOKrrrjft dir Otnf Ea*?t ffiBTorff:? The occasion of the Mecklenburg 'cen? tennial celebration has inspired reaearoh and brought on mnoh that shows the spirit and body of those times. Among other things is a fac simile of a handbill said to have been distributed in North Carolina previous to the year 1800, and which ia the oldest publication of the Mcelenburg Declaration of Independence of May 20, 1775, yet discovered in print in this country. The New York Herald has also a far, simile of tho third page of tho Now York Journal and the General Ad? vertiser, of June 29, 1775, containing tho ??freshest advices, both foreign and do? mestic," printed and published by John Holt, "hear the Coffee Houso." Most of tho articles in this fragment of antiquity have peculiar interest at this time. It appears from the quoted market prices in the first column that the Puritans purchased tho oxhilarating fluid of Now England rum at 02J cents per bottle. Next we have' five yoars' time offered for 8aleby on "indentured servant, by trade a weaver." Another advertisement is: Public Auction?To-morrow, at tho Mer? chants' Coffee House, will bo poremptorily sold, a reliable negro boy, about fifteen yoars of age, capable of all kinds of work, faithful and honest" This recalls tho fact that slavery at that time was com? mon in tho North as well as tho Sonth, and, as the Htrald truly says, negroes were then valuable in Now York as trans ferrable property, and were eagerly bought. up. Slavery, it ia said, was al? most cooval with the establishment of New York. When the first fort was be? ing built, in 1025, the Dutch West India Company promised to allot to each "Pa troon twelve bluok men and women out of the prizes in which negroes shall be found. Negroes taken on an enemy's ship were thus sold thore as slaves, irre? spective of their former condition. In? dians wore similarly treatod. Slaves were brought indirectly from Africa through the Dutch West Indies. Fort Amsterdam was completed by negro labor. One of tho first prizes taken by tho British from the Dntch was a cargo of slaves, and as they held that all ne? groes captured were slaves, not prison? ers of war, thoy extended the trado which was so flourishing at tho time of this an? nouncement in Holt's Journal. A glimpse of the terrors of the indentured system is also given. The Herald Bays: "An indentured servant was worse treated at this time than the negroes were subsequently on Southern planta? tions. Breach of contract was punisha? ble with fine and imprisonment; but in order to keep their employees in com pleto submission, masters often kept them short of food, and always treated them as inferior animals, who were owned body and soul for a term of years. Constant desertions resulted, and hence we have hore, first, a reward of three pounds for a German who had gono off with two hats, two pairs of pants and an? other man's wife; and secondly, a reward of forty shillings for a woman who went off with no end of gowns and petticoats, ?with the wife of one LindBey, a tanner, and enlisted in the continental forces, under Gonoral Wooster.'" Such reminiscences as these ought to teach the present generation of philan? thropists tho cardinal virtues of charity and toleration towards others. One of the most interesting relics of the past contained in this number of the New York Journal is an extract from a sermon preached by tho late President Davies to Capt Overton's independent company of volunteers, in Hanover County, in Virginia, which, the editor says, "wo hope will be agreeable to our readers, not only because it contains sentiments suitable to the present time, but because it contains something which we hope will prove prophetic of the suo ccss of the Commander-in-Chief of the American army." This last allusion is to what President Davies says of "that heroic youth, Colonel "\\ ashington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his coun? try." The declaration of the Provincial Con Sross of South Carolina on the 4th of une, 1775, subscribed by every member present and certified by Henry Laurens, President, beginning with a reference to "the bloody scene on the 10th of April, near Boston," shows the patriotic and fraternal spirit of South Carolina in those days, and is fittingly followed by the first and fullest printed account of the moetingat Charlottestnwn, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, May 31 of the same year. The preamble and the first four lines of the twenty resolutions arc given in full, while the remaining clauses are briefly summarized in n paragraph. A postscript added to this letter, dated Juno 13, snows plainly enough that the condition of affairs Mas desperate in North Carolina; "for," said he, "such is the ardor for perfection in martial disci? pline that many gentlemen of the first consequence in this town, as well as tho commonalty, regularly turn out to drill morning and evening. Even the boys form themselves into companies, and are roally export in military manoeuvres." Mayor Johnson, of Charlotte, in his speech of Wednesday inaugurating the oeremonios of the centennial, called at? tention to tho faot that tho 20th of May, 1775, was not tho beginning of the rebel? lious condition ot the people of North Carolina, and that "the first blood spilled in the cause of the revolution was by the regulators in the then County of Orange, now Alamonce, in the year 1771. The battle of Mooro's creek, in New Hanover County, had been fought and won by Basswell, and Lillington Black jmd Billy Alexandor, with six other pa? triots, had captured the King's powder in old Mecklenburg, now Caban as County. The Cumberland Association had been formed when our ancestors assembled oh the 20th of May and promulgated the first resolutions, known as tbo Meoklen? burg declaration of In dopen denco." It is to be hoped that the revival of such foots will remind all of tho common brotherhood of the American people in their struggle for liberty, and will inspire them to make the heritage thus aohioved equal and perpetual. An accidental firo on the 23d destroyed the 2} Rtory brick building on Southern Wharf, Charleston, occupied by Messrs. W. U. Lawkm & Co. Loss about $6,000. The morning before, a small wooden building on America street was de? stroyed. , Ths Cahtehnlal-^ov'.' Chamberfaliv'"* Hon. D. H. Chamberlain, Governor' of South Carolina, was announceJ at the Charlotte Centennial celebration on In? dependence Square. Ho was ? greeted with applauHo and spoke to the multi? tude in'the following language: " Fell?w-Citizens: I rise to offer to you and this assemblage the cordial response of the people of South Carolina .to., the sentiment which has just been an? nounced, and to all the fearless memo? ries, the high inspirations and the exalt? ing hopes which this occasion commem? orates and suggests. -1 know full well that I speuk to-day for South Carolina chierly becausa it is my fortune to bu her official representative. Older, abler, better voices than mino will, I cannot doubt, speak for her?voices of thoso who have sprung from this soil, who know as household words the traditions of the Carolinas, who will roprcsent more ade? quately than I can hope to do, the qenus loci which has inspired, which still in? spires, and which I know will continue to inspire, and direct the eager, zealous, fervid and constant patriotism of tin? men ot Mecklenburg and Carolina. But what heart, if it be an American heart, whether it spring to life beneath those sunny skies, or where nature presents herself in more rugged and repellant forms; what heart, touched with one spark of the divine flame of love of country, does not bound and swell to greot and welcome this day and this oc? casion? If Marathon and Platacn, after 2,000 years, still speak tho lesson, of devoted and valorous patriotism; if ltunnymede, after Hix centuries, is still a name for English patriots to conjure by; if Mars ton Moor, though the heather and the daisy have covered the last tnices of the shock and carnage of her battle for more than 200 years, is still marked by reve? rent pilgrims as tho spot where the long night of kingly prerogative was ended by the gray dawn of tho new and glorious day of the people's rights; with what measure of gratitude to God, of honor to our ancestors, of patriotic gratulation and gladness, should we, Americans, Carolinians, greet this spot, where, as wo firmly and advisedly believe, only 100 years ago, the first formal utterance of the great idea of American independ? ence was heard. To a man who believes in human pro? gress, to one who sees and reverences the divine hand in human affairs?I care not in what section or country his sym Sathies may have been nurtured?the eed done in Charlotte town, in Meck? lenburg County, May 20, 1775, will stand at once as a monument and an inspira? tion, a trophy and a prophecy, of the sure and pre-ordained coming of the day when the feeble light which flamed forth hero a hundred years ago, shall fill the whole world. Tho Declaration of Meck? lenburg! It was but a spoken word?an articulated breath of this universal air? yet it was a deed, a battle, a victory. No cannon thundered it; no telegraph flashed it; yet it was "heard round the world." "That death-shot shook the feudal tower. And shattered slaverp'i chain ai well; On the sky's dome, u on a bell. It's echo struck the world's great hour." The men of Mecklenburg! They wore the plain farmers, physicians, lawyers and ministers of this secluded canton, unambitious of fame, seeking nothing but their accustomed rights, the moral1 as well as lineal children of John Knox, resolute before men as they were rove- 1 rout before God. Col. Thomas Polk, a heart as pure and brave asltiehard Coeur do Dion, Doctor Ephraim Brevard, the gentle scholor and physician, the flame of whoso devotion of liberty never flick? ered till it was quenched by the damps of a British prison-ship five years later? these, and such as they were, the men who alone, self-inspired, in advance of all others, at the time when Thomas Jef? ferson was writing to John Randolph, "I would rather bo in dependence on Great Britain, properly limited, than on any nation on earth, or than on no nation," sounded the first signal-note of absolute revolt and independence. Wo tear no leaf to-day from the brow of any Revolu? tionary patriot, who elsewhere by pen or sword, upheld tho same great cause. We seek only with the jealousy of filial reve? rence and love to guard the fame, to honor tho memory, to proclaim early abounding and impetuous patriotism of tho men of Mecklenburg. A tow simple virtues constitute the sum and perfection of human greatness. Simplicity of character, singleness of aim, consistency of purpose, "readiness to do or tlaro whatsoever is commanded by the inward voice of native manhood" ?such qualities in duo combination have made the true heroes of all ages. Of such stuff the heroes of Mecklenburg were made. I do not for a moment con? jecture that they foresaw tho vast conse? quences of their acts here 100 years ago. The gift of prophecy was long since withdrawn from mortal man. These men caught no glimpse, I venture to say, of tho America of thirty-seven States, of 40,000,000 of pooplo, Btretching from ocean to ocean, covering every sea with her commerce, and reaching every land with hor influences. They loved their homes and their families; they valued their home-born rights and privileges, the doar gifts of honored sires; they reve? renced the grand structure of English law: "A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown; Where freedom slowly broadens down. From precedent to precedent." These wero their heritage, their wealth, their life. For these they were ready to live or die. And so they became heroes. Napoleon has been thought to have ut? tered a great word when, standing within the shadows of tho pyramids, he ex olaimed: "Soldiers, from yonder heights forty centuries contemplateyour actions." Vain and ompty words! The pyramids themselves were but the visible monu? ments of a slavery blacker than Egyp i tian darkness, and the voice which spoko from thorn was but a voice that mocked the unhollowod ambition of him who in? voked it. The grand army long since was swept away; the flery ambition of the great conquoror was quenched in ignoble ondago, and the last representative of tho dynasty whioh he deluged Europe in blood to found, now challenges only our pity, as he relieves his exile with tho idlo masquerade of his princely pretensions. The men of Mecklenburg were surround? ed by no dramatic splendors. Faith in the gracious and mighty power of the God of their fathers, the voice of duty, :j?t^^pWt'?f monhbo'd; these were their strength and inspiration. Their work endure?. Endures, did I say? It grows, it broadens, it deepens; it will yot cover the earth with the bounty, the grace and the glory Of enlightenod freedom. Thn d oolaration here made was a single isolated not?tho act of the representa? tives of tho people of one County. But the spirit or independence was in the air. A year and forty-five days later tho declaration of Mecklenburg was the de? claration of the United States of America. From that hour, the men of Mecklenburg made common cause with all Americans in tho struggle which followed. Meck? lenburg was thenceforth merged in the struggling, rising nation. Within a ra? dius of forty miles from this centre, a score of fields were wet with bled which was the price of American independence. It is a proud record. Let its voice be heard to-day above the estrangements of later times; above the differences which, in other days, may still divide us. The declaration* of Mecklenburg was the quick response of this people to the first shedding of blood at Lexington. I stood the other day on the Meld of Lex? ington, amidst the wealth, the culture, the abounding population of Massachu? setts, and I listened with proud and will? ing heart to the cordial, heartfelt words of cheer and sympathy tor the Ca? rolinas and the South, which formed one of the most significant features I of the great occasion. I thought I I saw tho fraternal feeling which will I surely llow over the whole American pcopie, making the men of Lexington and the men of Mecklenburg enemies no more, and rivals only, as of old, in tho promptitude and constancy of their de? votion to American freedom and nation j ality. Let a likn voice be heard to-day. The ear of Lexington is bent low to catch j the ?welcome sound. Let it go forth?tho voice of Mecklenburg ?proclaiming the new Union more glorious even than the old, bucause tested by harder trials, planted on deeper foundations and springing from tt broader faith in the immortal principles of American free? dom. South Carolina bids m ? speak to-day her gratitude and reverence for the men of Mecklenburg of 1775?her fraternal feelings towards all who are assembled here, and her intense sympathy with the memories which lie behind us, and the hopes which stretch before us. What Cotton Buimis.?The Nashville Union awl American says that if cotton is no longer called king, it is still our largest and most valuable article of ex? port, and brought to this country last year $311,220,580. In exuhangc*tor that large sum of money we exported 2,903, 075 bales, or 1,358,002,303 pounds. Of that quantity England alone received over ?75,000,000 pounds, and paid us $130,052,1S7. From Fiance we received for the same staple S27.1S7.222; from Germany $17,250,000; Russia $8,479,481; Spain $8,200,178; Ireland $3,855,303; the Netherlands $2,770,2(55; Italy $1,074,114. In cotton fabrics we exported 17,072,322 yards, valued at $2,350,000. It will sur? prise many readers to learn that Eng? land received of those fabrics 1,145,780 yards, valued at $133,857. Brazil, how? ever, bought most of our exported cot? ton fabrics, the yards numbering 2,336, 950, of which the value was $291,674. France, which taxes, us so heavy for 'fabrics of her own manufacture, bought only $8,000 of our cotton fabrics, while Germany patronised us in that line of goods to the value of S4('.,000. The Chinese consumed of our cotton fabrics 1,749,140 yards, paying us $304,354, which is a sum equal to twice the amount we paid China lor fire crackers. Chili took 1,080,000 yards, and sent us to pav for them $219,970; while Mexico bought 1,363,015 yards for $158,306. The remainder of that class of fabrics went to Asiatic and South American countries, the British East Indies re? ceiving nearly $75,000. Tho other ex? ported articles, manufactured from cot 1 ton, and not enumerated above, are valued at $745,850. Our total receipts for exported raw cotton and manufac? tures of cotton foot $215,089,081. We imported manufactures of cotton for the year valued at less than $25,000,000. It is proposed to have a re-union 0/ the survivors of Orrs Regiment of Rifles at Walhalla >>r Sandy Springs during tho summer. The flag of this regiment is now in the hall of the Young Men's Li? brary Association, in Atlanta. Ga. It is a large silk Hag, with a silk fringe, an.I bears the following inscription: "First Regiment Rifles. Animis ojulmsi/ne pa? ra//. Cold Harbor. June 27, 18112. Ma nassas, August 29, 1802." In the same hall is the flag of the Martin Guards, "presented by the ladies of Newherry." It is a white silk flag, with State motto on one side and an open Bible on the other, with the following inscription: "In the. Lord our God we will set up our banners. Stand fast, therefore, in this liberty wherewith Christ has made us free." Both flags are in fair condition. Liout C. Herbst, the librarian, has them in his keeping, and will gladly deliver thorn to any persons in South Carolina who arc entitled to receive them. There is somo hopo now that Turkey will in tho fnturo exhibit somo signs of a healthy humanity and civilization. All tho reports which come from that be? nighted land rolate to the murdor or im {>nsonm?nt of Christian missionaries, >ut a day or two since tho telegraph re? ported the execution at Scutari of two of the Podgoritza murderers, who wero en gagod in tho massacro of a largo number of Montenegrins. It it possible that the Turkish Government executed these murderers because the civilized world is getting weary of its barbarity, and tho process of disintegrating tho Turkish empire has already begun. Joseph Curry, who says he is Christ, and not long ago was driven out of Geor? gia for forming a free-love colony, has started a now religious society in Spring? field, Mass: A ncgress is worshiped by him and his few followers as Queen of Earth and Heaven. Ho and this woman now ropresent themselves as fasting forty days and forty nights, and they have nearly starved themselves in a rigorous observance of the rite. They are terri? bly emaciated, and so weak that they can hardly walk. Curry Bays that at the end of the forty days they will be transported 1 to heaven in a chariot of fire. mr Mattet a?if you arc ask od to lend your rsssc, inggMst to the would be borrower that he had bettor subscribe. Reading matter on ,c very page. Attend Perry & Slawson's . clearance Bales of cigaXB. Straw hats can now step to- the front with impunity. Attend Perry A Slawson's clearance sales of cigars. Lovers, like committees, now investi? gate: Attend Perry & Slawson's clearance sales of cigars. Vegetables of every kind are gotting more abundant in market. Attend Perry A Slawson's clearance sales of cigars. There was a steady and penetrating rain on Sunday und yesterday, which gladdened the hearts of the planters. W. P.. Cathcart, Esq., manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company, has returned from a short visit to Charleston. Mr. McKenzie is in receipt of a lot of very pretty ohromos?largo and small? suitable for scrap-books. The prices are very reasonable. Tho grocery clerks arc endeavoring to secure n uniform closing of the stores before dark. It will save gas and afford the young men an opportunity for needed recreation. Walter S. Montcith, Esq., intends seek? ing a wider field; he leaves for New York, in a fow days, where he expects to prac? tice his profession. H? is a sharp, shrewd lawyer. Judge Carpenter and Solicitor Runkle left fo? Lexington, yesterday morning, at 3 o'clock, to open the May term of Court for that County. The first cose on tho docket will be that of Pool, for a murder committed at Saluda Fuctory, on Christmas day. W<> have boen authorized to state that no tickets to the Schuetzen-Verein pic? nic, on Thursday, will be sold at the gate; this is positive. Furthermore, that no member who is not in uniform will be allowed to participate in the target firing. A lodge of Knights Templar is about being organized in this city?or rather, the old charter of "Columbia" is to be resumed. Messrs. G. A. Darling, R. A. Kcenan. fl. W. Parker and ex-Gov. R K. Scott arc the prime movers in tho matter. The regalia is very handsome. The Stevens Light Infantry, Captain John Ballard, went on a pic-nic and target excursion, yesterday, and com? peted for two prizes?a silver and a handsome china cup. Burr Titus won tho first prize. The militaiy spirit appears to be oozing out, as there were only about twenty rank and file. Rev. J. H. Stringfellow, Superintend? ent of Trinity Church Sunday School, requests us to say that the pic-nio of that school will be held to-morrow, Wednes? day, at the grounds of tho Schuetzenfest Club. The members of the congregation are invited to attend. Persons Bending baskets will please have them at the church beforo 10 o'clock A. M. Tho chicken disputes at Charlotte re? sulted disastrously for the Columbia boys, and they lost all their money. Nothing daunted, however, they pock? eted their paper collars, took off their boots and started for home, determined, ere the next centennial, to have a lot of iron-clad chickens that will completely clean out th? brag fowls of the old North State. Old "Potter's Field" is rapidly disap? pearing, and in a few years nothing will be left to designate the location. The brick walls around several of the lots have been spirited away and the balance are following suit. Railroad trains hourly thunder along over tho graves of the old Columbians. Prior to 1822, it was the place of general sepulture, and mem? bers of the first families wore interred the re. -? ? ? "Memphis is rapidly reaping the fruits of bonds ami taxes. * The water works I were sold at auction last Thursday, for the benefit of the holders of the first mortgage bonds. They wero purohoHcd for little more than half the amount of their cost, by parties who held most of the bonds." Here fs warning for Columbia. Bonds, taxes, extravagance and bad contracts will yield their bitter fruits. Is it not provided in the contract with the Colum? bia Water Power Company, that after failures to pay installments duo, amount? ing to a certain sum, this company shall take possession of tho works and run them for its own benefit? A bank now runs tho Opera House. Wo see proporty of the city government advertised for sal* by the Sheriff?mules, oarts and gear, used for keeping tho streets in order. Truly, things look unfavorable for the city. Now, while there may be time, it should seek to extricate itself from these embarrassments, and to throw off all unnecessary burthens. ??? ?? ? Consiojteks.?Per South Carolina Rail? road, May 24, 1874: Q. R. P. Lee, J. Ag new A Son, G. Diercks, S. Sheridan, Fa San A Bros., W. O. Fisher, R. D. Senn ; Son, J. Alexander, R. Tozer, Cooper A; Taylor, Copeland A Boarden, H. Solo? mons, H. M. Gibson, Government, P. Cantwoll, J. E. Gyles, Agt., H. C. Bichels. List or New Advertisements. Seibels A Ezell?Estate Sale. Ludden & Bates?Pianos, Aj; ? W. B. Burke?Butter, Potato Ac. W. B. Stanley?Perambulators, Ac. I D. Epstln?Lumber for Sale. Death of a Rehpectxd Merchant.? W*e are truly pained to "record the sudden death of a highly respect cd merchant citizen, Edward Hopq, Esq. He had been unwell for several weeks, but was thought to bo'improving, and was able to be up and about. ! On Saturday night, he woh in company witli friends until 0 o'clock. After which, it is" supposed he retired, us the bed shows that it had been occupied. During Sunday, several per? sons knocked at the door of his reception room, (adjacent to tho bed-chamber,) but hearing no response, supposed Mr. H. was out. Yesterday morning, about half-past 11 o'clock, orfe of his clerks at? tempted to enter the room, and having his suspicions excited, procurod a ladder and peered through the ventilator, and was horrified at seeing his employer lay- a ing motionless on the floor, between the louhgo and wash-stand. A physician was called, the door forced open, and an examination of the body revealed tho fact that lifo had been extinct for many hours. The face was vory much swollen I nnd disfigured; a pool of bloocLabout the mouth. Spots of blood on the bed and . carpet indicated that the unfortunate man had had a hemorrhage in bed, and {attempted to reach the window to call for assistance, when ho fell. The body was in such a condition that it was deemed advisable to perform the funeral services yesterday afternoon. An inquest was held by Coroner Coleman, and the I jury rendered a verdict to the effect that death was caused by a stoppage of blood circulating from the heart to the lungs. Dr. Taylor, the attending physician, gave a certificate to this effect. Mr. Hope was one of our most popular and enterprising citizens, and for many years represented Ward 3 in the City Council. Ho was'an I Englishman by birth, but had resided in [ Columbia about thirty years, where he carried on an extensive grocery. He leaves a brother and a very large circle of relatives and friends. His age was about fifty-five. But a few weeks ago, Edward Hope stood amongst us, erect, hopeful, public spirited and genial. Yesterday, his re? mains were placed in Elmwood Ceme? tery, attended by a largo concourse of friends, who covered his grave with flowers, and followed his departing spirit with their heartfelt regrets. A native of County Kent, in England, he passed his youth and prime in this city, and accu? mulated here what may be called a hand? some competence, both before and sub? sequent to the war. Owing to his gene? rous and indulgent disposition, which could not say nay to friends, and forbore to press his debtors, he has for somo years through sacrifices of that sort been much crippled in business, and not long ago was compelled to relinquish it He suffered also severely from his advances made in support of the Lunatic Asylum. The failure on the part of tho State to meet the payment of tho large amounts due him may be set down as the begin? ning and main cause of his pecuniary troubles. But while his fortune melted away, his spirit remained firm, and his generous traits of character suffered no abatement in their force and beauty. Such a man was deservedly a favorite, and his sadden death fell upon the com? munity with a painful shook. He was of mark and character in business cir? cles, and regarded and respected in all. Supreme Court, May 24, 1875.?The Court met at 10 A. M. Present?Chief Justice Moses and Associate Justices Wright and Willard. The Fifth Circuit was called. Niles G. Parker, appellant, vs. R. J. Donald? son, respondents; and the State, appel? lant, vs. John Raleigh, respondent, were continued. . F. W. McMaster, administrator, ap? pellant, vs. Agnes Tallev, administratrix, et al., respondent, and John P. Southern, et al., respondents, vs. John Fisher, trustee, appellant, to be submitted by July 15. William R. Cunningham, appellant, vs. Emma M. Conway, respondent Mr. Korshaw was heard for appellant; Mr. Lcitner for rcspondent;*Mr. Kershaw in reply. John E. Green, respondent, vs. Char lotto, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, appellant, and James E. Green, by his guardian ad litem, respondent, vs. aani?, appellant, on motion of Mr. Bauskett fo: appellant, ordered to he docketed. Ar? guments to be submitted. The Court announced that in the cases of Thomas T. J. Clark vs. Giles J. Patterson, and John Winomith vs. Joseph Walker, the motions were refused. At IP. M., the Court adjourned until Tuesday, 25th, 10 A. M. Hotel Arrivals May 24.?Mansion House?T. B. Yarbrough, Ga.; Col. H. P. Caugbman. Lexington; Charles O. Tntt, H. Van Antwerp, J. W. Leavy, 8. T. Poinier, A. M. Boatwright, W. Thomp? son, Miss 8 Culver, E. W. Wheeler, O. North, oity; C. J. Lovejoy and wife, N. Y.; Dr. T. O. MoMahon, Walhalla: J.'S. Hair, Newberry; J. J. Kaminor, Gada don. Hendrlx House?J. W. Ferguson, Charleston; 8. Chaplin, J. R. Chaplin, Leesville; W. M. Burnes, . Augusta; Daniel McOlinoh, Charlotte; Mrs. C. McCay, Camden; 3, W. Cojiper, oity; Columbia Hotel?3. W. O'Brien, Mrs. W.'R. Davis andohild, Charleston; 0. P. Pelham,. Jr., Lancaster; J. R. English, E. R. Arthur, Columbia; J. B. Kershaw, W. Z. Loitnor, Camden; D. E. Speboer, J. R. Bolentino, Jackson; J. T. Hood, Eastorer; W. T. J. O. Woodward, 8. C.; J. A Shingler, Md.; J. F. 0. DuPre, Ab? beville; W. 3. McDowell, 8. A TJ. R. R. ? ?? ' - Attend Perry & Slawson's clearance ' sales of oigars.