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COLUMBIA, SC. Wednesday Morning, May 28, 187$. The Grass-hoppor Plague. t> Accounts have somewhat, varied of tho grass-hopper invasion which is devastat? ing sevoral of the North-western States. Remembering the terrible scourge in? flicted last year by theso formidable posts,-the- denials published a week-or two niiieo of Borne of the statements of their ravages *ere gladly and thankfully acoopied* It was hoped that-the-hard winter had extensively killed the eggs. But this seems to have been the case to n limited extent only in Minnesota, on the' low? damp lands. The evil now appears, hardly to have been exaggerated. The despatches published yesterday morning) front . Kansas City, inform us that'the. pln^me of Egypt hod penetrated to tho' ?car.fc of that city, and that a vast army of grass-hoppers ?was moving North, de? stroying everything before them, not pro teo'te'd in a green-house. Two summers successively of ouoh dire visitors mynt indeed be appalling1. The Governor of Misdouri has issued his proclamation, set? ting apart a. day, ol fasting and prayer for deliverance from this overpowering and' resistless invasion. The calamity, the dread-it has struck in tho hearts of tho people, their appeal to Him who sends rain uponiho.ju?tand the unjust, who inflicts disasters and punishes wrong doing as bo showers blessings and re? wards faith, remind us of old Scripture descriptions, where wo read of King Solomon at the dedication of the temple, including this scourge among the most terrible that can befall a country, and commanding the pooplo to humble them? selves^, und through purgation ask ?b removal. 4 ' "If there be in the land famine," he said, "if there bo pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust; or if there be caterpillar; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sioknesB there be; then hear Thon in Heaven, Thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do and give'to every man according to his ways, whose heart Thou knowest" There is much solace, there is the re? vival of hope and the renewal of energy in going in our earthly troubles to Him who holds us and all things in the hol? low of His hands. But it is no less a duty to discover and observe the laws whioh He has given us for guidance, whether they' concern the moral and spiritual or the material world. It may be worth inquiring whether or not the caterpillar and worm, which blast the cotton planter's hopes, the fly and rust, whioh injure the wheat, or the rot which assails the potato, as well as the grass? hopper whioh marches in destructive armies over the j North-west, destroying all -vegetation before them, are not all duo to violations of simple but impera? tive laws. We cannot negleot the rules of health without being made pretty soon to feel the penalty. The laws of nature, as we phrase them, are as binding as the moral law. The punishment for trans? gressing, them,,, though different, is . as certain in onb caso as the other; Many things which happen to our chagrin, loss and disappointment in. this domain, are but the results of our folly, ignorance, self-will and . perverseness. We extir? pate the fish in our streams, and then complain that they "bite" no longer. We destroy innocent and useful birds, and then wonder why destructive insects are sent to afllict us. Wo cut down the frosh growth, and then grumble against drought and-flood, whoso way we have carefully "prepared. And, to apply the lesson to our suffering citizens of the North-western States, we borrow the pointed language of the Philadelphia Times. "We have killed off," it says, "all the wild fowl from the Western prairies, the most effective enemy that nature pro? vided for grasshoppers and pototo bugs, and when the insects increase, and we find that we cannot do what the birds did, we begin to talk of the mysterious dispensations of Providence, or of na? ture's inserutablo ways. Let us go down on our knees, by all means; we have sins enough and follies enough to repent. But let us not, suppose..that tuo stupid carolessheos .wbfon bos characterized every step of civilization on this magnifi? cent continent can fall to bring its pu? nishment." The colored army wagoners and. cooks, who were asaossed $15,000,000 by Secre? tary Stonton during the war for the sup? port of indigent freedmen, are desirous of knowing where the money went The Now York IVibunc'a Washington cor? respondent says of Stan ton's order: The question has now arisen whether Seoretaxy Stantoh had a right to issue such an order, and whether the immense sum of m?noy collected was ever proper? ly accounted for. As the colored wagon? ers signed vouohbrn for the fnll amount of their pay. while they only received 80 per cent, of it, ?f course tho papers that passed through the hands of the Auditor contained no record of the transaction; but it is understood that the Third Audi? tor has recently said, privately, that no suoh deduction would bo allowed to pans his office, should it bo shown by the papers or vouoners of a quartermaster, even if an order of the Seoretary of yVax was'to bo sborvfn the authority. a iM^^^m^M Ewniner' for %i??3ffix]ffiB^ W. National Bank,of Nbwborry 04 Saturday, last an<I oxpres8?d.the opinion'-that in tho me? thodical arrangement of its business, tho National B^oftN-ejfcbetfy typrmm than atty.bftnk hs nas. examined In tho Sohtb. . , The stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gange Bailroad Com? pany, held their third annual meeting in Yorlttille on the 12th instant. President A. H. Davc^a reported the net earnings of the road for the year ending 3d April last ? to have'been $8,747.1?, out of which the interest on the mortgage debt had been paid, and the balance applied to construction. Tho Chief Engineer reports that the grading, trestle-work and masonry are neatly completed from Ybrkvilfe to Dallas, N. C, and that tho road-bed is ready for cross-ties and iron. The Trea? surer.'?report was considered satisfac? tory, except in the failure to givo the outstanding liabilities of the County, and was recommitted for that purpose. Resolutions wore adopted which author? ize the President and Directors to raiBo the sum of $100,000 on the most advan? tageous terms they can, by a Bale or a pledgo of the County bonds belonging to tho company, and that they he further authorized, if in their discretion it bo necessary, to execute a mortgage of tho whole or any part of the property and franchise of the road in order to secure the'said sum of $100,000. When this sum shall have been raised, they are di? rected to purchase and lav down tho cross-ties and iron from Yorkville to Dallas. This is an important line of railway, whoso value will more fully appear when J the Cheraw and Chester Road has been completed. To reach Chsraw will be j through^ its. connections ^ to unite the mountains and the seaboard. Governor Chamberlain and the Stu- j dents.?The Duo West Presbyterian pub? lishes tho following letter of Governor Chamberlain, in response to the invita? tion to address the students of Erskine College, at Duo We6t: Decline.?By request of the Commit-| tee of Correspondence, we publish a let tor from Governor Chamberlain, declin? ing the invitation to deliver the anni? versary address before the literary socie? ties of Erskine College. The invitation, we are sure, was prompted by the best of motives. Governor Chamberlain has belonged to a party that have not the sympathy of the white people of South Carolina; but since his election to the Governor's chair he has shown himself to be above petty party influences, and has ruled to the satisfaction of the better classes of all colors in tho State. Ho makes a good and acceptable Governor. , He is acknowledged to be a gentleman of culture and a fine speaker. Hence our people would have welcomed him at commencement cordially. His letter declining the invitation and assigning reasons for it contains other matter that will be of interest. The reason assigned for declining the invitation is regarded here as a good one, and the whole letter shows the Governor in a good light. We publish it with pleasure: State of South Carolina, Executive Department, May 10,1875. Gentlemen: Your^ pleasant and plea? santly conveyed invitation to me in be? half of the Pnilomathean Literary Society of Erskine College, to address the lite? rary societies of that institution on the I approaching commencement, July 7, has | been received. It would be a pleasure which I should greatly enjoy, and a duty which I should readily accept, to deliver such nn ad? dress, if it were not for the fact that I am now undor a previous engagement to jerform a similar service, on the 30th of | tune, at Yale College, my alma mater. I assure you that it is not a merely formal regret which I now express, in saying I that if the two occasions had been pye- I [ sented at the Bame time, I should have ] accepted yours. There are many things I which, in the peculiar situation of our State and people, I should have hoped to say, which might tend to tho pence, happiness and hopefulness of my fellow citizenB. By this I do not mean our local politics?far from it. Such occasions should be sacred from the approach of anything savoring of tho party politics of the day, unless it be somo discussion of the great common principles which undorlie all government and hold to? gether human society itself. But I should have tried particularly to impress upon those whom I should have ad? dressed the incalculable importance, at this juncture, of deep an 1 true scholar? ship. By scholarship, I mem familiarity with the recorded product of the world's thought nnd action. Than this, nothing can bo more essential to broad and wise views of present events and duties. No occasions call more loudly for those in? fluences which scholarship and culture can alone furnish than when "the times nro out of joint" True catholicity of mind, true liberality of life, are to be gained by resort to those vast treasures which constituto the learning of the world. The true scholar is the truest j man. Ho is patient in adversity because he is in thought and feeling the compa? nion of Socrates and Gallileo. He is un? daunted by the mockings of changing fortune because he remembers Aristides and Erasmus. He is hopeful and enter {?rising in pursuit of truth because he ives in the company of those who la? bored to hasten results which they knew they would not themselves witnoss. This is the spirit of scholarship?reverent, recipient, docile on the one hand?bold, hopeful, far-sighted on the other-?but always generous and helpful to all. "Can any qualities be better suited to this day in South Carolina? Can her sons bring to her servico better gifts than these? It would be a great privilege to endea? vor to enforce and illustrate these thoughts to a sympathizing audience, such as Four, commencement would fqr nisu,isu?akast not attempt it now. I sat dtwrti. Indeed, merely to thank you, and to tell you why I cannot serve you on the 7th of July. At all other times, and in all ways within my power, I am, very truly, your friend and servant, ? D. H. CHAMBERLAIN. To Messrs. W. H. Mni*N, W. O. Cochban, D. G. McGrLL, Committee. The old maids of Athens met in con? vention a day or two since, and passed resolutions requesting the next Legisla? ture to pass ? law making it penal for any widow to marry again, or oven to accept the addresses or a single gentle I Jman. As thtnr reason for this, they aay : 4hak.il is not fair for ono woman to marry Itf ioe, while there, are co many of them dying to enter the connubial state. Th* Tbuth Ab otT One Who Hab Bbbk Tub^x.'?j. B. War? ren, a Ban Francisco correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier, ??writes as follows about California: \ counts of California havo been and widely cironlatod in tho Eastern! States, nil of which exhibit tho fairest side of tiie picture, I feel constroinod to ask you to allow a Charleatonian to. say a few wordH to n y friendB in South Ooto lina. I desire. "most B.incer^lY to ..'giro them, briefly,' the o'therside of the' pic? ture, in order that they may be able to judge correctly. In 1873, I left Charleston for Califor? nia, with a view of making for myself a home here in a new country. From the numerous accounts and descriptions ?;iven by many papers and books, I was od to the belief that there were number? less acres of rich land hero, which were open to settlement, and which would be oomo the property of him who first set? tled upon and improved them. These lands were represented to be productive beyond description, and the unthinking would naturally soe beforo him a sure and sudden fortune. Making a deduc? tion of two-thirds from tho statement, I thought a man could mako a very com? fortable support, being, at tho same time, the owner of a tract of land in a voting and rapidly-growing State. My health failing me in Charleston, I was led to come out here, thinking country lifo would benefit me, and more advantages would attend my residence in California. When I urrived I immediately set about an investigation, traveling many hun? dreds of miles in this Stato and Oregon, and found, to my great disgust, the fol fowing position of affair*: The land which still remained for settlement, belonging to tho Government, and open to pre? emption, was in out. of tho way sections, with nothing in sight or .reach but the ground, and not worth owning. Almost, if not quite oil the desirable land, i. e., that whioh would pay to cultivate, was already owned by capitalists, who asked huge prices for it. Even were it practi? cable to get land of good quality at rea? sonable rates, a man must havo money enough to irrigate it during the growth of tho crop, or stand a very probable loss of a crop or two, should the season prove unfavorable, (which often happens.) You will tho more readily understand this when I remind yon that, from about tho lost of April or middle of May, to the first of November, there is not a drop of rain to refresh tho earth, and, in the ma? jority of cases, unless a farmer has the facilities for irrigation,* he works under very precarious circumstances, as by this means only he can and must water his whole crop. The means of irrigation, with its numerous ditches, gradings, Ac., involve an expense much above the ordi? nary settler. To give you some idea of the "chances" which a poor man has here, I will say that most of the -desirable portions of the farming lands here are held by large capitalists in small lota of from 20,000 to -100,000 acres each! Messrs. Lux and Miller own over 400,000 acres; Mr. Scott, of Philadelphia, from 200,000 to 300,000, and so on. A settler would have to live for years away from civilization, in a wild, rough country, and with few and expensive facilities for transportation. The "country" horo is vastly different from that to which an Eastern man is accustomed. In the Atlantic States, when we speak of the "country," we allude to wide fields, flowing streams, well wooded virgin lands, where flowers grow and birds sing, and natural life is abundant. "Tho country" here is (as a very general thing) woodless, streainless, flowcrless, lifeless. It is true, the soil generally is rich, but there is, for the most part, not a tree or shrub to break the dull, barren monotony, except al? most immediately along tho sea-coast. There are no trees for birds to sing in, and no birds to sing. Starved coj-otes, flocks of prairie chickens on the plains, with the bear and panther in the moun? tains, are the graceless representatives of animal life. I would liko to write a volume on the beauty and grandeur, as well as decribe the disadvantages of this storied country, but the latter strain is most needful just now. What I intend is this: Friends and South Carolinians, listen to the ad? vice of a South Carolinian, and heed what I say. Lot not the wild, the beau? tifully painted allurements presented in books and papers prevail upon you to leave your homes and all that make the word sweet, to come out bore where all is strange to you, where, if you live outside the city, you have a hard, rough life, and live in a iioyel which a negro would de? spise, erected by yourself with a few ex? pensive boards, and be subjected to tho many inconveniences of a new, unsettled country, and with no guarantee that you will earn your daily bread. Thousands here to-day would give all they havo left if they could but get back to their old home as they were before; and yet thou? sands are still flocking to these shores like sheop to the slaughter. The mines are filled with laborers and can accom? modate no more, and all the departments of labor nre choked with suffering huma? nity. Hundreds who came here from poor homes, (but still homes,) in the Eastern States, are working on tho streets in this city, Sacramento and other towns, barely earning a poor liveli? hood. Come not here unless-you have the means to purchase lands and make a good start. From 500 to 1,000 immi? grants arrive here daily, and what will become of them God only knows, and fearfully strict will be the answer re? quired of those who, through cross mis? representations, bring thousands of fami? lies here to suffer. As to my myself, I came hero intend? ing to farm, but, finding that impracti? cable, I was not at a loss. For, thanks to a thorough business education I re? ceived in one of the oldest and largest private banking houses in Charleston, I was enabled to assume responsibilities and conduot business whioh afforded me a ready situation. But there aro hun? dreds of oapable men in this city of San Francisco who would be glad of any employment whioh would ' pay their board. Stay where you are, friends. Cultivato the old soil of South Carolina; mingle Jour sympathies, pleasures and interests, to content to dwell where you have a home, railroads, towns', facilities, friends and credit. Young men, stay at home with your old mother State; support her, defend her, devise for her, and sho will never be as ungrateful to you aa this or any other State you may adopt So many elaborate '.'; Tioi*J?o'wxr or. London. ?The English papers dc$orlb6 in detail the incidents jjTTTiimQVw'TIj of free admission to the ypwef .?^Wnaon. This event is const* d^red worth recording, as a concession Mwe OOinmbn people, who have been Bo long shut out by the demand of sixpence toll from viowing that ancient monument of national history and its notable trea? sures. ' The antiquity of this building has been a subject of much inquiry. The Romans had a fort on the spot, but the English fortress known as the Tower is generali}' believed to havo been built by William I, and garisoned with Nor? mans to secure the allegiance of his sub? jects. Tho Tower was a palace for nearly 500 years, and only ceased to be so on the neoesuion of Queen Elizabeth. In one of his extravagant caricatures of American society, Dickens represents an ignorant American as insisting that Vic? toria lived in the Tower of Tjotnlon, a ludicrous conception, as the author treatod it, but he giveB no hint that it ever had been used for that purpose. The Tower is situated on the North bank of the Thames, at the extremity of the city. The space inclosed by the walls measures twelve acres and five roods, and the circumference on the outside of the ditch is 3,150 feet The principal buildings within the walls aro the church, the white tower, the ordnance office, the old mint, the record office, the jewel office, the grand store-house, the lion's tower and the Beauchainp Tower. The church is remarkable as tlio depo? sitory o' the headlrnr, bodies of numer? ous illustrious personages who suffered in the Tower. In the white tower are warlike implements of every description for 30,000 men. There is also in the same building the record office, which contains the rolls from the time of King John to the beginning of the reign of Richard III. Those since thut period are kept at the Roll's Chapel, Chancery lane. The jewel office is a strong stono room, in which are kept the crown jewels, or regalia. The imperial crown and the other emblems of royalty are kept here. In the horse armory, among other curiosities, are the effigies of the English Kings on horseback, armed cnjt-a-jiif, commencing with William the Conqueror and extending to George II. In the grand store-house, are arms for about 200,000 men. The Spauish armory is principally occupied by the trophies tiken from tue Spanish Armada, such as thumb screws, battle axes, boarding pikes, &0. The axe which bevcred the head of Anne Boloyn, as well as the Earl of Essex, is shown here. A fair correspondent writes from Paris that fashion has crept into even the minutest details of a lady's toilette, and it is decreed that the simple Balbriggnn stocking, whose claims to attention were merely its fineness, its durability and its elasticity, is to be replaced by a crowd of new inventions in the hosiery line. The counter devoted to stockings in the large shops in Paris is now as radiant with color as is that which is given up to ribbons and neck-ties. Striped, em? broidered, open-worked, blue, pink, yellow, violet, scarlet, every shade, in short, save white. It is the mode now to wear a stocking that matches the dress; thus, if the toilette be in two shades, the stocking is striped to corres? pond. The last stylo in embroidered stockings is to have a garland winding round and round the leg. In stripes, scarlet and peach color, violet and lilac, black and pink, and other pretty con? trasting shades, are worn. The open worked stockings are fine as lace and in as delicate and dainty patterns. To better display all this luxury of hosiery, ladies' boots are now cut across the front to simulate straps, and slippers are held in place by thrco straps adorned with buckles or with bows. The pointed Amorican shape is beginning to roplnco tho broad, square toe, up to this time adopted for ladies' boots by French shoemakers. Handkerchiefs are coining into vogue ngain as visible portions of a ladies' toilette. The corner is suffered to peep out from the little side pocket or the escarcolla; it may be. either of batiste or of foulard, with a colored hem or with colored blooks at tho corners and marked with a far simile of the wearer's signature, or else with her arms or mono? gram. In parasols, the latest mode de? crees a black silk covering, lined with pink, blue or straw color to suit the costume; at one side a single spray of flowers is embroidered, which must match the flowers on the wearer's bonnet White parasols, all purely, spotlessly white, both bundle and covering, are sometimes sein. Others are embroidered with stars of brownish steel, which new tint is called Sphinx color. Theso new ornaments glitter very effectively in the sun-shine. ? . . , Fisherman's Livx. The quality of fisherman's luck has become proverbial, but rarely has that luck beeu of a nature so exceedingly depressing as in the case of three gentlemen who went on a fish? ing excursion from the town of Jackson? ville, Texas. They went out, as gentle? men sportsmen usually go, well dressed and provided with a surplus of edibles, stimulants and fishing-tackle. They came back the next day clad thinly in a blanket and a pair of boots apiece, and repeating a saddening story. Tho three men reached tho fishing ground, it ap? pears, and found the sport admirable; thoy captured abundance of the scaly beauties, and finally, tired of fun, sought thoir tent, and wero soon lost in tho deep Bleep of fatigue. During the night came sudden awakening. Gruff voices told tho sportsmen to "git up an' git outen thorn ar' store clothes," and two mon in the striped dress of convicts enforced the request with a couple of shot-gunB, held aimed upon the fishermen. Tho clothes camo off and tho convicts put them on, then disappearing in the woods and leaving the men from Jacksonville very nearly in the primitive condition of man in gen oral. To put on the discarded {irison suits would be to invite tho bul et8 of pursuing officers of the law, and this fact the sportsmen recognized; so, thoy concluded to adopt tho simple but chasto uniform of tho untutored Indian, and sadly buckling about them the blankets upon which they had boen sleeping, they wendod their way back to Jacksonville.. Their entranco into town seems to havo been attended with much eclat, but tho wayfarers boro thoir honors meekly, their enthusiasm for field sports greatly dampened. 1 Attend Perry <fc Slawson's clearance sales of cigars. Cm Mattkbo.?If 70m are aakod to lend your Pucajm., Augg?8t to the would bo borrower that bo bud better subscribe. Beading matter on every page. Attend Perry & 1 Slawson's ^"clearance sales of cigars. Mr. Monteith has concdudod to delay his removal to New York until after the heated term. Ex-Gov. Moses' fine carriage and horses brought only $780 at a forced sale. They cost more than double that amount. Make tho necessary preparations to? day, for a jolly frolic to-morrow, at the Schuotzcn-Verein pic-nic. A bluok silk sixteen-rib umbrella was lost or mislaid during the firemen's tour? nament. A suitable reward will be paid for its return to Phoznix office. You can decorate your scrap-book or ornament your walls at reasonable figures. Mr. McKenzie has a large col? lection of beautiful chromos. -. It was warm and sultry, yesterday morning, but a storm of thunder, light? ning and rain in the afternoon cooled the atmosphere delightfully. It has been suggested (and we think tho idoa a good one) to get up a spclling I bee, charge a small fee for admission, and devote the proceeds to charitable objects. We have some good spellers in , this city. Tho L'nion-Heraid man is down on dogs, and thinks it would be a good idea to cut them all in two?as half a dog is enough for any one. Why don't he be? gin with his own small purp, ns an ex? ample for others? Just received and for sale, this day, by C. J. Laurey, opposite Phcb?ix office, twenty-five barrels golden russet apples, twenty-five boxes selected Messina oranges and lemons, fifty barrels extra selected Irish potatoes. Messrs. It. A W. C. Swoffield are ma? nufacturing the really handsome uni? forms of the Richlnnd Volunteer Bifie Club, President Richard O'Neale. The uniform will consist of West Point grey coats and pants, trimmed with green, a black felt bat, with the left rim turned up and ornamented with an ostrich feather. Col. Thos. Dodaniead, who is one of the projectors of the revival of Columbia Commandery, K. T., has been a Knight for twenty-six years. He is connected with the Richmond Commandory?tho most prominent in the country. The Boston Knights have raised a fund of $10,000 to meet tho expenses of this Com inandery at the Bunker Hill Centennial. A dolegation from South Carolina Com? mandery, Knights Templar, are ex? pected in this city this morning, to re-establish Columbia Commandery, No. 2, which was originally chartered in 1821. The delegation consists of Messrs. Aug. T. Smythe, Eminent Commander; Sir Knights A. Lindstrum, W. M. Bird, Gen. W. G. DoSaussure, E. Jennison, Frank Houston, R. M. Wallace, Richard Senior, ? Davis and ? Taylor. They will be received by a Committee of the Knights of this city, consisting of Col. Thos. Dodaniead, Messrs- G. A. Darling and G. E. C. Johnson. An Eyeht op the Skasoh.?Trinity Church Sunday School celebration and pic-nic is organized with unusual attrac tions? under the immediate supervision of the young and cneigetic assistant minister, Rev. J. H. StringfeUow. Tho clauses will, with the teachers, ho formed at the church, at 9 o'clock, this morning, and proceed to the attractive rural grounds of the German Schuetzonfest Club. The stringed instruments will follow (tho fellows.) and the band of the heroic soldiers of the cross will march on to the tuno of ??Onward, Christian Sol? diers," till they camp within the lines of the projective and discussive points of attraction. We wish a happy day?to all who say give us a pic-nic once a year. ??Si'oNc.iNo" on Newspateks.?Every j man thinks a newspaper fair game. If a society or any body of men get up a concert or a ball, or othor form of enter? tainment, tho object of which is to put J money in their pockets, or if the pro? ceeds ore to be devoted to charitable purposes, to add to their own glorifica? tion, they beoome very indignant if tho proprietors of a nowspaper do not assist them by a series of gratuitous advertise? ments for several weeks before the event takes place These gentlemen should remember that literary men, in this practical age, work for money as well as for fome?principally tho former, how over; and the businoBS manager of a newspaper, if he wishes to keep on tho safe side of the lodgor, conducts his charge on the same principle as the head of any business establishment. People who are getting up a ball would feel chary of asking a present of a pair of gloves from any merchant .on that.ac? count, yet asking and oxpocting to re? ceive a gratuitous advertisement is a similar demand. The editor of tho Marl? boro (Mass. ) Journal states the caso very plainly when he says: "We long ago adopted the plan of charging our regu? lar reading notice price for all editorial announcements of- entertainments to which an admission fee is affixed. We make no oxc option to this rule. .In. the way of news topics, wo freoly and glijdly j insert sketches of all entertainments 1 after they have beoome jMwBwMff hia ! tory. It is only the prf^WWy,;work, looking to "the drawing, ont of increased patronage from the public for wbioh wo expect compensation." Supbxmb Court, Tuxsdat, May 25, 1875.?The Court met ct 10 A. M. Pre rsenS?Chief Justice %oses and Associato Justices Wright and Willard. Andrew Winter, respondent, vs. John Aldxander el at., appellants. Mr. Win gate was heard for appellants on a motion to restore the case to the docket; Mr. HuRkell, contra. The State, respondent, vs. Henry Kil erease, appellant, and the State, respond? ent, vs. John K.tchell, appellant. On motion of the A ttornoy-Generol, ordered that appellants' attorney show cause, on 3d of June next, why case should not he struck from docket Tho State, respondent, vs. Dyer Mc Junkin, appellant. In the absence of appellant's councsel, Mr. Yonmans was requested by the Court to represent the prisoner, when the case was continued to Ho vember term. The State ex rel. Phineas P. Frazee vs. F. L. Cardozo, State Treasurer?manda? mus. On motion of Messrs. Dunbur and Elliott for rolutor, ordered that respond? ent show cause, on 3d Juno next, at 12 M., why he should not be attached for contempt, in refusing to obey the man? dates of the writ herein. At 12 M., the Court adjourned. ??'? List of New Advebtihements. H. A S. Beard?For Sale. D. C. Peixotto A Son?Auction. E. H. Heinitsh?Seven Wonders. Hotel Arrivals, May 25.?Columbia Hotel?F. M. West, N. C; S. C. Gilbert, J. B. Campbell, Charleston: A. L. Brodie, Columbia; G. W. Leeple, Atlanta; C. O. Bichardson, Virginia: T. S. Clarkson, N. C.; J. D. Stoney, 8. C. Hendrix House?VP. TL Bobbins, Ga.; G. L. Dontzler, Hodges; A. BL White, Book Hill; Mrs. J. B. Jeter, J. B. Jeter, Union; Miss J. Jeter, city; J. C. Chal? mers, Charlotte. Consignees.?Per South Carolina Rail? road, May 25, 1875.?J. A. Hendrix & Bro., J. Witcofskey, J. Crowley A Co., L?rick A Low ranee, R. D. Scnn A Son, G. Symmers, A. Stork, E. F. Hei, H. Solomon, J. D. Bateman, W. Steiglitz, C. Hoffman, G. Hammonds, Kingslnnd A Heath, J. McKenzie, B. F. Griffin, G. DierckB, W. C. Fisher, A. C. Squires, Hopson & Sutpken, J. Agnew & Son, J. H. Kinnrd, J. E Gyles, agent, J. C. Dial, W. D. Love A Co., E. E. Jackson, Jones, Davis A Bouknight, [L.,] C. J. Laurcy, P. Robinson, R L. Bryan, R. Tozer, W. J. Duffle, M Ehrlich A 8on, Government, C. Hamberg, Columbia Hotel, C. Brookbanks & Co., E. Sten house, [A.,] C. J. Lovejoy, H. Hooper, J. Wnties & Co., P. Cantwell. It is truly wonderful, the variety and ingenuity of the conveniences for the desk and office?pens of varied patterns, . inkstands possessing unmberless ad? vantages, letter files, each one the best, envelopes of size and qualities infinite. It is almost bewildering to enter tho large Broad street store of Walker, Evans A Cogswell, in Charleston, and see the number of these attractions. Here you find the largest stationery stock South of Baltimore, and you only have two troubles?first, sufficient cash; and, second, the difficulty in deciding among the many things offered, each equally suitable to your wants. M7f Provide Aoainst Danger.?At this sea? son all the great lines of travel begin to swarm with human beings intent on business or pleasure. Are these moving multitudes aware of the danger which ensues from drinking^different. varieties of water ahd''breathing atmospheres to which their lungs are unaccustomed? Do they realize how important it is. to be pro-armed with an antidote, that wiU de? fend their systems from the evil conse? quences of such changes and from all ailments and disturbances which arise ? from the miasma so plentifully evolved from the soil at this period of the year? Such an antidote?certain in its protec? tive operation and free from everything objectionable in its composition ana flavor?has been for twenty years before the world. No instance canoe adduced, during that period, in which Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has failed as an accli? mating medicine, or as a preventive of the bodily ills to. which the undefended system is liable in unhealthy localities. A good, appetite, perfect digestion, a vigorous condition of the nervous sys? tem, functional regularity and a pure and active circulation are the elements of health, and these signal blessing may be secured and perpetuated by the use of this powerful, yet hurmless, vegetable tonic. Such is the experience of all who havo ever taken it as a safeguard against the diseases which debility, irregularity and a morbid condition of the solids and fluids of the body are sure to invite. May 21tSW3 -m ^ A Chapter of Horbobs.?The nnpleo j sant duty of recording crime, which is imposed upon the press, is not often illustrated so markedly as it is to-day in the description of the .three murders which occurred in this locality. In one cose a German tailor killed his second I wife with an axe, and then shot himself dead upon the grave of his first wife?a sensational situation indeed?and in the other a husband kicked or beat his wife to death in the presence of their little < son, a boy nine years of age. Rum had much to do with these crimes, whioh shock the community with their excep? tional repulaivenees.?New York Herald. The whales have had a comparatively easy time sinoe petroleum' was discover? ed, but it seems that they are now going to suffer again, ninco whalo oil is coming in demand, for some cause or other, ana New Bedford whale people are fitting out a large fleet for a regular old-fca.don? ed whaling Cruise. For years the busi? ness has been as doad asit weU oouldbo, but the old New Boafo^vwfcMTW are now said to be alive .wtth'Jntagr jerepara tion. Ill ships wiU^I^DV?Smo oaL They have hithortd??^' a^oa In the Garden of Pl?TW on live rats, which Bati? -?e :?uiies and nearly every one else} but th? other day a rat becamo unreasonable, and difiered with ? snake worth 2,000f., as to who should eat and who should be eaten. He killed the.snake, and now thoy' will, kill the rats before they put then in, and won't give the old fellows a chance. . The latest spec im an of .word-making is 'disestablishmentarian." In course Of j time, last year's dictionary will be of a* I little use aa last year's almanac.