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pis [.' Gwitfra! tlnsss. From a private letter to the X. 1". Tribune. 1KC WLASCVy :5!2<I i>il!5ISton ?2 ttiaior* sain. Sax Vkaxoisco, May 20, !So3. ffhas been a matter of great .-urpiise to mo ? that some <me lias tint, l?ef>re this,"given a true I account-of the condition of the pimple ami the t State of things in California. t . have been in this State twelve weeks, :\*i<i ..vdicing that time have seen more misnv, more >. vice, more iurlnortnliiy, more blasted hopes and K" withering disappointment, more inter wreteh? eihuss and impotent regrets than I have ever . - witnessed before in mv whole life; audit is astonishing? it is amazing?that some phil.mWr itirwpist has i.ot taken" upon him-elf tiie task, K Pro this, of e.xposing to the world the state of I F t>ffairs here, and the almost universal fate of a T great majority of California emigrants. All I who leave home for this supposed 'and of gold, B. do so with high hope* and bii.'iiasit exp^ctafc tio:is; but did they know the almost certain &. destiny which nw.iiis them here, they would jt sooner dig potatoes for {My cents a day than E--undertake this expedition. R in this city of San Franei'sco there are, toR day, two thousand people, at. least, seeking K. employment, hot seedling it in vain. OceaK eionally an advertisement will appear in the R papers, or a notice be posted up on the hoard R of some intelligence office, thai a hotel waiter, Bv an experienced farmer, or a fe w wood-rlmppers El are wanted*and ininiediat lv there will ben R rjpsl? of eager applicants at the appointed place R : of interview, like a pitckjof famished wolves Hfc ground a dead carcass. I to*ffiave seeir'young men, who left good sitna I i tions-in stores and olliees1 at Imme, piling up B ^{$urberii?re tyi the docks, washing dishes and I dtimgihe'most menial service in restaurants anddiotels, and others who are unable to timl I az/y work, which from their physical constitufc tiou.br habits oTiifo they are competent to peri 4br>n; and i know of many and have heard of [" uitfby uiore, who are wyi king for SO and oO ? A^.Yl ... ...1 1 J J . ...L ... . ?. \ uuiitus u. momu, ;iu;i uunuietis who ;uu v.oiuii^i'ur their b??ir<l, uud !-ul of the opportunity . tu?lo> that. Tlicre.are liuudreds ofj-trong :sml | TuMj^st men fitting in the hotels, and standing f upon the norners of the ? treets, without a cent p. qf^money in their pockets, who have*sought aria striven for employment until their stout ^ hearts-become heavy, with despair. -Those who live'been- accustomed to all the ' Itywirles <>f life at home, and unused to manual iauor, find themselves here compelled to en cumber difficulties, and sufTer~ privations they L dreamed-of In fore. I'eople are willing and- anxious to work?to do itn>j work?work wUlClj-the} would have scbrnsd to have done " befcrre they saw California ; but the work it not ito; and the bitter exclaMalioii goes f tuft ftHim atbtou-nnd hearts every day, 4\) Clod ! what, shall, f do !" They areas powerless as .. infants, as helpless as babes, for they cannot f 7?a?c work, nor can tliey force a man to giye i them employment wlien he !ms none to give. f The oiental agony?the unspoken angui-h of thwsoul, felt here every twenty-four hours, are almost equal to the tortures of hell?who ever * sa\n such a number of tad faces, such inulti'w . tudes of niis rable men, a< one meets in tins city * ery week? I am sick. I confess I am * sielf at*4>eart when I see the crowds of deluded t mortals brought to these shores hy every steamL" er that arrives. It is too bad?'tis wicked? k 'tis cruelly wrong. The great idea that seems H to pervade the States from one end to the other hiyegard to California is a stupendous fraud? '* a gigantic humbug?a most inhuman scheme r ttf-Aihent thousands out of tlu-ir home, their ,- happiness, their peace of mind, their properly, I and, in too many cases, of their lives. Nine; f tenths of the people here, in addition to all other disappointments am! privation#, are deprived of all the advantages of social inter[ course and civilized society and in a few weeks |h?rr minds' Jbeeome ru.-tv, and their moral ?v feelings and sensibilities blunted. Thisisiu*- fancy sketch, no picture of life imngnisition, fur no language at my command " insufficiently strong to express the misery, the disappointments and ruined expectations of hineteeju-tweiitiellis of those who come to Calif >ni?a. What I write I know to lie true, and if my. voice could reach the ears and penetrate the heart of the thousands who are yet t<? come to these slrores, and" they iotmld believe what they huar, what mountains of sorrow might be averted! Good carpenters, when l/i"i/ con obtn'n work, receive $ti a day, but not one out of tweuiyvc is able to accumulate anything. They F^lnny fro employed uie, two or three day p. and fi jiei haps a. week, and then, the j !> completed uf>'>n wliich thev have been !.'? work, thev are y compelled to lie idle until they can find aeuth ? cr jui?, and thus spend t!io ?in?in*y .wliit-l* they have eaiiicvl. Hut if they should !>c !"<?rtu:iatc ^ enough to accumulate an) thing during the dry season, they are obliged to spend it all during the toel, for tlien little or no building can lie done. The same is the ca?e. v. itii masons and bricklayer*. It is a fact, which cannot I? denied, thAt not one mechanic out of (itt v cji'i save as much inonev here as he can at home; and laboring men, who have no trade, with the best of California fortune, are barely able to support a miserable existence. J5onrd liere, at the cheapest hotels, cannot be hud for less thau-V-lo v per week, and washing So. per dozen. The accounts which you read in the papers are, all of them either doivnrlyht lb a, or. wh it is just as bad, the are calculated to, ami do, mhlcad and deceive. A few people in the mines are doing well, but while one man is making money a hundred are no more than making their expenses. A lew indivi luah;and companies who have expended large sums ol money in blasting into the mountains, or nth crui?e Willi much labor and expense have got at good claims, are doing well; but from nil I have seen, and Irom all 1 have heard from reliable sources, it is m y linn belief that not one in a hundred clears a dollar a day at the mines. I know of many hard working, sober men \slio have been here since '-I'd, who have striven hard to accosnj?li-Ji something, and now have nut money enough to j?ay their passage iiome. 'l'he accounts you read in i!ie papers ahout men taking out large amounts of gold at sm li and such places, aie wiiiti-u by s- nie trad.is or speculators. l'? s>ii ly some of the accounts are literally true, hut uli.I? one man or one r company may he doii.g well, the Inr dreds ol others are doing ii<-l!ii g, and ail claims lii.it aie worth anythi g aiv t dtmi up. Tlie mines are more ii>kv ti?an a lottery. //> not come to tAil'forhin. Don't !i it'er \ oarself that \ on am suioilvr than other-?that y >> can make money here. Stay at !r m . I'cad ti.i s Jetb-r none t'uiii oiic<*. I h .vc weigind my wohD. 1 .vanl . to wcip'i I. : : ' t; " ?: .. . i j t't'Iy&ratssj! :?i J!?.i??-:N Gro3is:?3. After the celebration ??f the Fourth of Jul\ In Yntkviiic, the huge ami respei t aide con course then assembled, hy ICtjUcst of .M_;i}fn j \Y alker, Marshal of the day, organized them | selves into a |nililie meeting, by culling .V'imak* I'j.itiey, Sr., Ksq.. to the chair, ni.d appointing lh >nia>J. ICr< U'S, Secretary. The ciiairmn; In Idly stated liiC ol ject ot the ? ::.'I, when tin Uv^. J. M. Anderson addressed the a-s.>inb!ng< in one of tiio.-e impulsive an i tonlstiiTinj ' strains, such nil oeeasio'i seems to warrant lie spoke warmly on the snhjev:?reciting ma in fa* Is, among the ia?t of widt h v.asono tlia I had pushed iiim forward in this matter. fcJoiin years since aid was solicited l.'nni t.MuUucri states for the ii.inker iiill .Momuneiii,?ha; not Kind's Mountain mure tiJe to the *\mpa tliies of Tennc.s-oaii.s, \ irguiians, N. am! limit I i Caioiiiiiaiis ! W here is I lie shine to mailt tin "rave of Halm, Howl, Chronicle and Mattox n . . . -1 ; A tew Years ago. a siio enptton inr a .Momi 'men! was started, funis < t whirl: iih veinen ; he (Mr. A.) still In I.I in hit hands,?he ui<he. i: t > be appront i sled t> its p ??;?et* purpose t and lie hope I I tie citizens a-seuibl -J on mi ails 1 pieious an oeeadon, would not he backward ii rendering their devotion at the slnine of out of our ravolutiouary altars. Alter tlie applause lia.l subsided, Jolm L . Miiier, Ksq., odeicd tlie following resolutions which were iinaainiou-lv adopted : liesolixd. That the ei ti/eii>ot \ or!c celehrat. the ?th .if October next, lu-iisg the Aunivcrsu try of tlie llaltlc of Kind's Mountain; ilia 1 John S. Preston, LKq., of Picliland, lie the Oru tor the I of lire day; and that the citizens o ) Tcuufesscc, Virginia, North Carolina, and oni I o'.viv?jtato, lie requested to appoint, Commit I tees to act in conceit with us on lire occasion Jiesulred, That tin? Chairman, ai ids leisure : appoint a Committee of Correspondence, t< i consist of three,?a Coinm ties? of Arrange ! incuts,-to consist of thirty,?ami a Cjuninhtei ' ol live oil Toasts,?to Carry out the objects o ; this meeting. Jtes deed, That the Chairman -mil Secret an ' be added to the Committee of Arrangements , On mot inn, it was lies'ilccd, 'l'lr.it the proceeding of this meet I tug, with the names i f liie Committees, lie for | warded to the papers of the State, with a re ' (jneiit I" publish. The meeting then adjourned. . Sam'l 11 yixkv, Sr. Chairman. Thos. J. Eceles, Secretary. Committee of Correspondence. ? W. C. Boat ; ty, I. U. Wilhorspoou, W. 1. Clawsoii. i Committee of. Irronyciiients.?John S. Moon CSi'm., John 11. Adams. (?eo. Steele, W, A ; Lalta, II. F. Adickes, .Mich, Ilainhright, M..A : Ilambright, Wm. (biles, 1!. S. Moore, J. M 1 Lowry. W. B.-WiBon. II. (J. M'Caw, S. L. j M'Comiel, U. T.'Vi Sneler, Joim (?. Enlne, \\ i:i MeUlwee, Iluius Adam*, <'ai>t. Jacob .Ssaniv ?Vin. McGill, Sr., A. Hardin, J. M. Ross, J, N. McKlweo, Sr., James Lilian, A. J. Barron C. P. Sandifcr, S. Sadler, J F. I.imRav, Ed, Avery, A. Fowill, .f. B. Springs, A. White, W. P. Thotuasson, Daniel \\ illiam*. Committee on Toasts.?(J. W. Williams, lvl ward Moore, M . B. \V 1* m, T!io?. .1. Eeclcs, J. Felix Walker.? Yorkciile Itemedy. Sonlhern ^SoJSicdist Clitirch. The eightli nnituni report of the Secretary of the Missionary Society of tlic Methodist Episcopal Chuieh has been published,ui.d front it we glean the following particulars : The Society have at piescul under their pastoral care: 1. In the Destitute portions of their Regit jiarwoiK?Missions; 101 .Missionaries: *?l,(i~U white, 1,112 colored members, with b\! t.hiirelics ; 8 i Sahbuth sihools, and -/JUG tellfdars. i!. Antony the People of Color?1-0 Mis. i sinus; 100 Missiuna ies; 01,017 colored members, with 38 churches, aral 10,(137 children u:>rcligious i:i-ti uctioii. Ii Among the (l--rnia::s?0 Mis-huts; 8 Mi.-sioiiarii's; .'178 Members; 5 ehurchejs; .7 Sabbath school*, and titill scholars. 1. Among tin; Italian Tiibes?00 7?ii->i??;ts : 07 MU.-ionaiics ; -1 000 mcmheis.; .'10 church. .?; 111 8 a'u bath schools, and 0,0ol scholars; 0 manual labor schools, aud lO'J pupils. Cciwral * Aagrt o..t.?Mis-ions, U0U; Mi.ssi nari? s, 00-1 j chu;cites, Itj.'l; church mem ! hers, G0,GS1 ; .sabbath school*, li'O; children under religions in-t;action, 00,1 >0; with '.) ! manual labor schools ami 4'JO pupils. ) Several ii.ti resting Idlers to tin- ,Secretary, from Methodist ludi.in?.Mis i.tnaiies, arc pubj lished. it seems that in No.-tli Carolina tlierc j is a community oi 71(1 Cherokee*, who latti j 17,000 acre*. This <!<tc* md embrace half o| their laiid, the other j.o;ti..n being I elf, out l>\ reason ol t!:e deeds not being recorded. J hey have 1 11!) acres improved, which at lit State |trice, is worth \?8.?ilt). They own G.'l horse? 103 ir.il h cows, -1.7 working oxen, 1113 othcu ! cattle, <110 It '? ?, 31ti swine. Their fanitim! | utensils arc valued at -.37II. 'i'iiey ('induce an nually 13.tl<>G hushi-l* o| eorn, 111!) hu-!:c!s ol i >( i .. i.. i . . i- i : ; . . . i > >< ^ m-in.-, > i-> ' tis.it-.m hi iii'.i [ oj;iinc?) 1,11 i;>. : bushels til Srt'i lit | (i!.:(nos. Tins soil I.-nil nt u In !i..us a!-o lias >;\i7,Ndd of m nicy at interest j The u eeij-ls >! I he Society lor I lit- \ oar end line A'.iii IS, 11 ."? ?. ailJoiii.lt t| f > HO!, ? ! ? ' 1 S. C'niiniii.i (onie: ei.ct-. of A altanin "Sil.Hlti; (?i?oi-?i.i, &{.' .."> ^7 ; Ai vm j?i.i?. -si.. ' IS 1 ; Lmisvil.e, ivt-n!in-l;v, Sid,i 1)1 lio;!: I . S. (iuvorniiiriit, -'i.Onti; Amorieai j Kiljie Snei-. ty, 81,'J )!). ! lie Louisiana Cmi 1 Ifreiift'rojuais I'Vt-r S>ll,()'Ji) raised |ur mis. '.-ions ijta-l voir, roiminyj the Mibseiij-li-ii nt II. II \'? . Iiill, ni .\e\\ Orleans, at \S~>.Ot}0 This consists of viO lots in ami near Lniii-\i!le i - - - O K.t.:< r ok Ixit:i:nai. Imi'Udvkmkxts.?Tin I town ni' l'\-iyi-!tevi!!<', ?\. C., situate in a ?ival .-mrionltura! ie:;ii>ii, li:is f??r years had to d jumhI lor ils supply "I Hay mi the X. w ^ m!; and other northern i:;ai!-:els lo-i.vnily (in1 Wi-t.-n plank road, connecting with thai city, lias !> i i ' liai-lied, and a lew days nyi t h \* r c ivi-d ov.-i 10,00') ihs. nl hay, (nt a l-clt<T ijualitv lliaii lhe\ j ha\e !?* ? ii m-iiiiio' at I he '-oil!:.] hrouiflit in iVmn I'oisvllj t'oiinty, X. at '-1 per 100 lui.? j l it- Fayeiteviiie ??b-ei\or say,; j We l-.-arii that such hay lias lr-r-n alnnidan! in I dial comity at 00 cis jier 10U I Its, I.iiL ll al. sw i I lie article has !.-cii l?ioii:;!it Ij?*i . at a l.ivlit, i; | lias il ea tM ;"i0 cents. 'I I..* in adow from whi.-li ! 11.;^ i.-.,- i..., 1 i ... , v... - ..??? ii i- i M .m lii" ursi ruuiir^ j ilrs \?-;ir : 1 ?-ut ii'1-". j ? r :ut* ? <>l" li-iiU, ; ar, filling it. \v:li I vi'.'M faS'.y as iiisi' li in<,r.; >!' I<!n<> I'i\< j tlio:i-.nit| |l,s woilli l'?r:iu-riv, at ?'! ) iviils'Sla per ai'i,', Wollii lr>'.v a! .*>() r|per at'.f.? i liis allows a i i ar jptia i<? ili?- |.uni r of s|o.0O(j per aiiiiUai par a <>; in t ?-r?*s|. ? ? j m-i! p, a a mciva*a11v; \ a a** * 'I I* s 11m" 1 I - I' j. ; Coi r-*j'ot.<l< s.rc tf He G-Itnitboi Louticr. Ni.wukkky C. !? , July ~7, ltjjO. ] I reached l!:is place yettorday. w itli I lie view ! of attending some of ilie* cxoicisos connected r ' with the excellent .Female School under the . charge < ! Mr. imPre. The cxamihuliun of 1 J I he pij ;!s was completed yosleiday, and IVoin i ; j all accounts was eminently creditable to the ! i J young ladies and the i'linripal. It may not! ! in- Kin?w11 perhaps to many of your readers,! ? | thai there is also at.this j hue a Male School j : i of high < haraeU r, under charge ol' Mr. Wil- ! . | liains. Newln iry has good reason'to he proud j - j of these line 'Seminaries of education, which I I i are now dispensing Ide.-sings amniig her pco? I j pie of far gieater value than all (he gold of i , ('alifornin. Last eveni: g 1 attended a Musical j Conceit i?y t!:e pnpilsol .* !i*. Duih'c's Academy, . ii. the mw Court House. It is no cxaggera! | lion to say lhal it was ail which the most sail? i gniuu Meads cm Id have desired. To-day, at ( 10 o cluch. a n: oecssiou was formed at the - ] Academy, c* >:j (I."I'll o! the Clergy of the town, l ' l!i" citizens a!Iy, and the isisti odors and I ; pupils. The procession, madid by Judge ; ; O.V-.'ili, and the Orator of the occasion, thu ; fin*!, F. is. Ibool;?, were marched into the i ; (.'unit I!nice. wl.eu. Oiler an appropriate pray > i or l?y the hind Mr. Dranih-y, and the sweetest1 music l>y Miss C., .Mr. IJ. was introduced to! . j the audience by Judge O'Neal!. The spacious . j lud! was iuli to ovciilowing, and presented a i combination of intellect aiuj beauty which is 3 rasclv exhibited in our public weelmgs. 'i'iiu . .subject of Mr. IJ.'s discourse was Female Edu! cmion. It is not tuy purpose to transgress the . strict bounds of truth, or to say a word winch j'i will not he approved by u vast majority of those r I who heard him.. The Address was marked ! t j by rare .ability. The vigor <>'" its thought, the ! . j projniety ol iis a:rangeiucut, 1 he neatness and iieauiy of its s>t\lc, ami the spirited, but chast> j eneil mani:cr < I its deliver*, have won for the - -speaker the wanoc.'t congratulations of the j . ! i': t i'/fliii ol \'n?A li.rrv. M'lit MIIIIIM1 vvi.il (iic il i. I f! |i"t!?> 11 which lie is" to occupy ?>ti thai honorable theatre to which he lias been so rcccatlv calbd. Alter the Address, the company wcie iavi- ; tttl to a neighboring grow, to attend ujiuii . what is tevhnii ally called an Ajrh'iilluntl fair. j Here was to lie s> en some < l" the best stock of . t the b'tate. 1 he .-how ot horses and cows as fine. It is greatly to the credit of the people of .Newberry, that they devote a large attention to this subject, and in ibis respect, as well as others which might be mentioned, tiiev aie I . wan t by of imitation. From this point to Columbia, I have not j seen the crop Ibr three weeks, but I sneak knowingly when I say, tk.t from this place to j . about toe village of .Ninety-Six. the crop along ; . { the tine of the Hall Rood is goo I. The late I ! rains have wrought wonders, and unless wo have another bi.-astrons freshet, there w ill be no gient pressure for the want of corn. At all 1 events, alarm now would be premature, and 1 i . think that there will beau abundant corn crop j o r the support of the country.- ;M. IIaiuuoaus.? A number of estimate ?uf 'lie co.-t of traiispoit.itinU on railways lias been i published by the liaiiway 'limes. They arc prepared bv one ol the most experienced and intcd gent railioad managers, ami are interost] ing. Tiie cost of limning a passenger train, with I'uty passengers, ItiU miles, is set down j at ; the receipts at '.I l-tl cents per mile i atnoiiiiiino to S1 (Jt). s!io.v a net income of ??,. Tlio C"?L of a I rail i with b'2, passengers, at j ! I 1 tie per rail.-, is c-limated at H'ill. the cost. J i of one additional car, at yd. i? ing added; re- j . } coipts at -SlO'i 50 makes the i:cl ) .oji; >-7o.50. ! j The co&t of a train with 120 passengers i> i the same, with t!:e audition o| one car, at yd making V'il ; the receipt.-, atone ;eiil per mile, | making tlie net prolits yyj. j The i iiues add- : " A large engine will draw : on any road no! exeecdh g folly feet giade i lie | I hundred ton-, in addition to the cars, and a.- ! fourteen pas.-engors, wi'h their hagg.me, ate j ' usually e-limatcd to he a ton, a full tiain of! , cats, wi'.h two hit it I red and f"ily paj-eugers, amounts to only seventeen tons. The diller I eni.e iii f tel I'epiitcd to draw one or th ce car.- j i i- so small, as not to lie Mt.-ceptiluo of ealeu11 lation. . " Tiiat freight also cm lie eauied cheap on j [great thoroughfares, where llsero is plenty ot j it, has al.eadv been demons: rate I. The Ken ! ing load eanies cai one hundred mile- for one ! i dollar per ton, a.though the ear- go havji enip- i j IV. i lie liailiaaire and Ohio road have also , contracted t-? carry coal twodar.ulivd mile- for ' two dollars per ton." ? ? - ? ? Tut: OvKiii-uiw onut: Tia:.\si;uv.?There is i now a silt pin- of within a fraction of $2:2,000,000 ; in the Trea-urv, notwiili-tanding the Secsetarv j is redeeming I ". States sine!-: ; and otherwise pay' ing tlir ]>iiU:c di-lil as f :?t a- 11. law in thai end ; ; i w.ll ailmv liitn. "i lui- il appeals that tl.o (.'or j i-iijiiii-iit's rewiiii-s ait- increasing m> rapidly as j ; ; ih il iIn* j til.lii- <1.1.1 i-. b'-i:<4; lasl extinguished j uillnlit hial rlia'Iv <! creasing the nniniint < ! I j ea?h nil li .li ?. V? ii.il Will< 'uji^iVss <!?) willi this suiplus t Will it hot li * a very ham- to llioival 1 ii:l< i. -ts <.f list* Slates? Tin* li ar is that il will . in- iv:;ai.'l. <1 iiieivlx as s.i much plunder, to lie j f Mjuahiil.'.l l')r !*y a li ?i?! <>f sharp men,,each oi !' \v!:?iin v.ill keep a It- c ?!<? _;4 : v I.. iv next \\inter J , , t ; tit ir < > tali <iis i.:i the in ia1?- is. j 1 ./ iiiyint J'Jrr. St ir. . I ? j * ? 'j ?\::w <"||:m;.\ns, .July ?A>I-.i<--s iVcm 1I10 I ' j (-' 1! v <il .\l. x.eo In I ii>- 1 li in-taiil slat'.*, tliai '.lit; ' I jiaj'i-r.san* lilted with ?li - :???5; .>n the subject 1 | <i| a S| anisli Protect-.rate, am I Ilia! tin-el: -nn- 1 favnsvd In' ilia < ?vt.-ii:iis:-ii!. A C<'iiiinis>i<>n ( | ll.'tS l> . II Uppi'illt'-iI l<? |.>l ill Ilili-S (n|- I he J. slllls I j wIm !i i\i- h rii ih\it<-'l tn return tn .Mexico. San: i ta Anna is | -rcpaiing for a Union of t "liure/i ami I Stat*. (Muni lhiniiss.lt I> (!I>>>>i, i he French j I J imad'-r, has anivi .l in lli<- Ci'y "I' .M'\:co ami j visited tSc.- I'iv-i'li-nl. A d-cive has h.-i n i-^n <1 1 j fixing 1I1 j i-iially of death t??r defrauding i!;o ! 1 j Treasury. i Ik- dilig. nee lioia Vria Cinz in the ' City nl'.Mexico h.nl ben rn!il?-d, atnl one pas-. sengcr hill'-d. ! il-.'-n n!' in inlil'i'is were arrert- ' 1 '<1. - c r(>i a i'Ait.::o.M?.? We. arc greatly gratified' In learn that the ei.n!"a(Mors for grading mi lie- ( i.eiaw and f?.ir!i 11 ? In 11 Uailruad, are, promptly and vigorniidv Ihliiliiiig their routrae!*-. Mr. Law has neaily completed Lis , eniitraet, and .Mes-is. I'.11 lie 1 and L ie..I arc 1 .:.i ; !. it,. i., ...1.1 , I '-T'-'V | > .... j In tl.i . v. i! iiiii|i'i'hl;iM(! il t!: * n! Dr. , Sinitii, Mi* vi<. Sji;ii!i-, Iv!.v.-iiil--, Mill, C*< !* I*. t i iiml l'ri'?iv ;i:i I ntl.i-rs, < cnliiliirlirc ninna li ins mi A!ii:is! iv Ijisi. I'liis speaks \v? I! in !? I j liall nl I i;<i |>: n peel s of tin" in.nl. We linj e s i.hi In In* .'miIi. In icticil ill.* cnii;i!ii.|i -nl ill I ;..| ^ III 1; I "II t t |I || (ll I ||;l I. ' V" j I > /; " gaga wrot ggggggggBgggggggggggBHggggggg Cljs (L'iisiiiifi! Itiffklo JonrceL y, 2. 1&53. TITO. J^WAHEEK, Editor. JOURNAL OFFICE FOR SALE. A? I have determined to remove from Cumdcn, I ; will sell to an approved purchaser, on accommodating ! terms. Tin: Oitn'k or tiik Camukk Joui:xal. The I'apfr is doing well, better pr-ihaps pecuniarily ' than at any Ibmier period of its existence, and unless l1 I ;ret a favorable opportunity to dispose of it, will be continued under the management of its former proprietor, Mr. T. W. I'kucks, who will take pleasure in giv- j ing all necessary information to any one desirous of engaging in the business The cilice is well furnished with every thing usually found in a printing ofiicc. j T1I0. J. WAI'llEJT. !, 1 A Special Request. |. I desire all persons who are indebted to me either for tiie paper or work done in this otliee, or for any ! thing else, to settle immediately, as my arrangements J arc such as to require settlements in every case very 1 shortly. I hope this will be sufficient, as I will place I my untinisheel business early in the fall in the hands o an Attorney for settlement. 1 TIIO. J. "WARREX. < TO PRINTERS. < A Journeyman Printer, who is a good Pressman I will lisid a permanent situation on application at this office. i Municipal Election. I Major X. S. Moffat was, on Monday, elected AVar- : i den, in place of P. \V. CitAMcnts. Esq., resigned. The Corn Crcps. "We are pleased to learn from our exchanges, that the corn crops in all sections of the country have been ' so much revived by the rains that have fallen within the last month, jis to render it certain, without some lut urc casualty, that an abundant supply will bo made, ( The cotton crops are tolerably good, and we suppose upon the whole nearly an average crop will be made. ; ( .So far as we are able to learn from our exchanges and . < otherwise, the rains have been very general, and the 1 j cry ij still they come. Prospects in our Slato have j ; brightened amazingly since the 4th of July* | | e*_.,n, r,vnUn,Sn Ftnln "Pnnn^r ! Tlie.se papvrs Ii.ive been merged into one. The following notice we take from Saturday's Banner. Dr. Glimns, the accomplished Editor, says: ' l,At the instance of mutual friends, it has been do- I j lermiiied to unite these two papers. Tiik Daily and 1 | Ti:i-\Vkekly 11 iNXKit, from this time, will be merged i in the Daily and Tiu-Wkkkly South Carolinian, | , and the Weekly Carolinian united with t!ie Coi.fit- ; | r.ia Daxxer. I trust this arrangement will be more i , benetieial to Columbia, whose interests do not require j . a continued effort to build up two daily papers, while- j i one is suliicient for her wants. As my professional I | obligations prevent my giving tlie necessary time to i editorial duties, it allbrds me pleasure to inform my jl friends that Wit. D. Jotixsrox. Esq., is now associated < with me, and on him mainly wilbthe editorial duties I devolve. . i ' Having no interests or feelings but what are for the i welfare of ."South Carolina these journals, while advo- I eating States' rights and the rights of the South, will < be independent of party polities; and no ellbft will be 1 spared to make them acceptable to the people of the j 1 State, in tone, temper and usefulness." 1 Wo arc gratified to see that this arrangement will give us the bcuolii r.f these two excellent journals ' united, which area credit to Columbia. We arc pleased tiiat Mr. W. D. Jotixsrox is to continue in the corps editorial, lie is a good writer and a capital Editor. To all we continue our hearty wishes fur future prosperity in their united voi-ations. From Mr. .Johnston's notice we are gratified to perceive that Mr. ('.wis. his ass iciato, has still the charge of the Newspaper department, under whoso management we have mt the least doubt but that the Cum- , h'n,' /:( will eonliiiit.' to be as well and handsomely printed as any paper to ho found in the country. Greenvillo Mountaineer. This old substantial .Uomitai.nxr has again changed hands. Major?. A. Towns lias c-asctt to bo I'shtor ami .Mr. Gossttrr is no .longer Proprietor,?Mr. 11. , Wilson Wukaton having become Kditor and proprio- * tor. To tlio retiring parties and the new tryo, we extoad the usual congratulations and wishes. . Abbeville .Banner. This paper has been recently improved, ajidjs now | among the handsomest papers in the Ftato. Masons in Viiiuinia.?At the annual coinmuniea- j1 lion of the grand lodge of freemasons, held in llicli- '1 uioiid, tiiere were in Virginia 120 lodges, and 0,819 1 uienih ts. ' The lodge receipts for the previous year .-uiiouii'. to $03.157 00. Initiations TOO, admitted by card, 101. IVaths, "0. Number of brothers relieved, ' 801. Number of widowed Iambics relieved, 80.? ! ' Amount paid for relief, ?12,228 20. Amount paid for t io l location of orphans, $1,700 02. 1" The Louisville (Ky.) Journal publishes a table of the : number ut lings in 88 counties of that ?tate, over six : monthsold, showing an aggregate excess on the mini- ! bor last year of 102.000 head. There are thirteen !( counties yet to hear from; the total increase in the ' Suite will, therefore, be about 215,000 head. 1 The farm of the late Henry Clay is advertised in the ' I Lexington ' ib.-crvt r Ibr sale. It contains three him- ! ) iKd and tidi ly acres ef the best land in Fayette conn i <y. L'y- | 1 1 iio r-yracnsc > .) .^uii learns mat, me jMipreme Court of that State, at it* sitting, held a#week or two j since, pronounced a decision distinctly nllirming the Constitutionality <-'1 t!i>" Fugitive Slave Lnv of IsaO Uuw.\Ui> or I-'ilifcl.tTY.?A faithful body servant of , ' die late Vice President King, it is said, is no.v living ' in Washington. He was set free by Mr. King, who j' also gave iiiai ?2,000 in money, and his gold watch, 1 for the liiitht'iil manner in which he served him. .. ' The < I rand l.odgo of Indiana have adopted a resohi- ' lion tlmt it is ' highly unniasuitie to engage in the ;' niantlfaeture or tradio of ardent spit its as u beverage.' The Washington Star saystli.it the federal Anlhori- j ' i'a .s expect to tind a true bill against Janics Collier, ' former collector at San Francisco. Ibr ui>i>i'oiiii.'iimir to Iii-i nu n ii--' s:ino,0(fll <i| tlic jiiiiilir inuuoy; ami a Kill al.-'n against Tlininas llutlor King, liis fiinats.-or, fur illegally ;11'j '* ?JiJialing $100,000. Olliccis liavo lwoii | i in Stoalionvillo, uliin, to anvst Mr. (Villior. i . Tin: lia 11 i:i: 1' \ v Sain is ?Tln> gniinli .-i now olniroli Imill in I<HII<I<MI is orootoil l?v llio l<aii<<r I'.-.y Sainls. I, nil Si'lni'Miili, ami Mr. Driiinmnmi, M. I\, Ao., Ao. ( Tliov nn?<mploifly cx|H?ct llio woilil tu t ml in ISO I, ( dial llo'V onlv laKo a loas<< ?f tlo< urmnol till ilion , J * f I al'.'M' wliioli llio I'm Iiiiialn laml-nw nor will lako |nissos. s:<?n. His IniiJl, Iniwivor. as if lln-y oxpio|o<| it to , \ . I , n5;.{ 'li-'i !.? ! , New Post Office.?A new Post Office lias bee established in Edgefield District, at Rocky Pond, e which Dr. \\\ I). Jennings is Postmaster. To take out Fruit Scots.?Let the spotted part e the cloth absorb some water wjtiiout dipping; hoi the part over a lighted common brimstone match, at proper distance. The sulphurous gas which is di.< charged, causes the spot to disappear. The Degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred a the late commencement of Emory College, Oxford Geo., upon the ltev. Benjamin Jenkins, of Charleston Missionary to China from the Methodist Episeopr Church South. The Columbia Banner says that our Minister t Mexico is legitimately entitled to the rank of General liavingbcen the successor of Gen. Bernard, Ewgincc Geneial of the United States. After he had accepte the office he found it a sinecure, and rccommendc its abolition, and in accordance with his suggestion, i iv.as nliiiiislu-il Fatal.?Two negro men, the property o Gen. is. It. Chandler, were instantly killed h the Passenger Train, on the Wilmington am .Manchester Rail Itoad, on Tuesday mornin; lart. One of'.he bo\s was about thirty year old?the other about twenty-one. Hie neci jeiit happened between three and four o'clock >oine three miles from Suniterville. Fron [he position of the bodies and the nature o wounds, it is supposed that they were aslee] upon the. track. The jury of Inquest, before A A. Nullles,.Magistrate, acting Coroner, returned llie following verdict: ' That the said negroc came to their death by misfortune or accident Sumter Watchman. An Old Mimstki: Goni:.?Rev. Ilugli Dick son, a citizen of Abbeville District, and lb nanv years Pastor of Greenville church, abou six miles* from Due West, and perhaps the old est I'resbyicrian minister in South Carolinii lied alliis res i< I on co on the 8th instant. l'\? several years part he had heeii cmunpelled l< .ease from his labors in the pulpit but up t< [he time of Ids death was a regular worshippe n the house of God. lie was a good man ind a faithful pastor, lie re.-ts from .his la Imis, but his works do follow him . ? Due ilVs Tel. ITExjprcN* Cosa:panics. The Columbia Banner is down upon the Ex tiroes Companies with a vengenee. As tin natter is one of public interest, we have trans lei red the ai licit* to our eolumus. , It has been a matter of some surprise to u: that the pit-ss, particularly of Columbia am Charleston, weie .-o long quiescent under tin repeated instances of e.xtoition, (not to sai >w iiulling.) which these companies have ini posed upon'the public. Although almost eve ry one u ho tame within their power, fount cause of complaint, >cl no warning voice lot hitherto been laiscd to put, the coiii'uumilj l>:i their guard. The inducement to employ ilieso agents, particularly with those who hav< iiiipmtaut packages to be delivered promptly is very strong ; and persons are in general wi! ling to submit to a reasonable extortion, to se cure promptness and safety. But when a reg ular s\stem of exacting h eight at both ends < the line comes to be est,ibli*iiod, an entire wan >t' promptness becomes the ruin in tiivir man igemeiit, it is eori'aiuK asking too much ol i!u public to quietly submit to it. W e came into their clutches once? Oiilj mice. Being in pressing in edyd*some aiticlc: we ordered them from Ciiai le.-tmi, beggiiq tlieni to forward without delay. The packagi was seui "n_v ispress, wilii "Ireigiit |'ail through." A flor iwar three v? eek's del.iv, i came to liaml, not however unlil we hail des patched an agcul In trace it tin, who slieeeedei in finding ii safely slowed away in the .Suitl L'arnliuia U U. lJejint at (Jniumhia, eliargei is usual with an additional I.' ighl ?>l' flic whole tiau-as.:i"ii cost us near v"J5; tin value i?i" the ai tides did nut exceed suinc scvci or eight dollars. ' '1 tie cxp lieuco <ifall in thi.? section win have tried the Kxpress agencies is much tin same as oar own ; and wo veutuic to say then lire, hut lew who wilt lie found again to entrus packages to their care. W e heard somclimt ago ul" a geiitleinan who ordered some Ladies Ti iiiiiiiings fur a wedding occasion, Tiicj were sent l.y fixp;e.>s. but tailed to come ti liaud. The w i-d.dng came oil', minus the trim miugf. Promptly enough, however, they cann tip some motilhs afterw ards, just in time to do Borate the paraphernalia of the fust-burn of tin inanicd pair!?Pulnntlo Slaiularil. Moutauty in New Ouleaxs.?The Hoari nf lleaitli in New ().leans repott ') 11 death for the week ending the llith ult. The num iter is neaily doiihle that of the previous week 1 here were two hmulred and four deaths fi ?n yellow fever?more than lifty more than tin average weekly deaths by all diseases. . ... The late rains, we are pleased to learn Iron anr exchange papers, and I'ruin private inlornia lion, has had a very beneficial eflVct on ill grow ing crops. \\ e learn that, from preseti iMiearances. tlie l.'orn eron will, in mo-1 ease in' ;iii average one. Tim crops in the hove pint ot Ka.-tem North Carolina were now more pi'oini.-iii^ ; ami il" no storm comes to cu them oil'an abundant harvest will he the re suit.? ir tlitun <jlon Journal. * o * Kicutv Mii,i:s ax llont.?The IVnnsylva nia Hail road Company own lorty-ihive loco liiotii cs, ol which t well e are of a capacity i <|iia lo a speed ot eighty miles an hour. The Hal timore and Ohio Kailiond have one hundiei mil forty-one locomotives, some of which art af equal speed. Tins immense velocity Inn been attained through the active coinpetilioi af the railroad companies, w ho have sjtared in expense in icwardiiig constructors lor cost 11 xpei imcnis. - - ?o o ? Nr.w Soiiooi, I'uu-iivrcKian Ciu'kcii.?Ai article recciilly published in the " 1 euth l.e _ it hi,* ol \ ii'trinia, savs that i:i consequence o llic agitation mi the subject ol shinny, in t!:i la-t (icneral A-scinl ly of the New Schoo i'rcsbi lei ian Chin eh, w liich met at liiiilahi, : i 111111>i>r ?>I (lit* ministers nl lli ?I |>?'iMi.'isimi, ji tlit* Svmul of \ i niiii;i, have sijjneil resolutions 11!?I |n't>|>i>?<>.I them t > lIk- other ti-niihorn Sv noils for ;itl<)|>iii>n, declining I?> make iinv res j??111- to lli<* in.-jniiit's propounded liy llie lalt lieiieinl Ass-iiililv, iiul jiro:i isi |M[ |!iat, il" ii [lie iit*xI Asst'inln\ llie iiij?l:ilit?ti ol ilie slavcn |iif>:i>'ii i> tint uhuud<>ned, tlie delegates frnn llie Southern 1'resln lerios withdraw, ami uniu ill.or ina no.v oioaui/.-i'.inn, or in snrli ollici lueaMires as in lli. ii judgment w ill lie mosl i \[ i iiii'iit. -4 ? | The same paper says that some <if thc-Smith<f crn members of this chnrch are in favor of immediate secession, anil that, possibly, some ! will take that course, bdt that the plan indieal! ted in the above resolutions seems generally 'I preferred. - * . U | " ?o r " -f _ We learn from tlie Colurtibia' South Carolinian that W-M. Stockton, Esq,, the efficient chief engineer of the Charlotte Rail 1 load,,has 1 been appointed General.Supcriotendontj?t> the ' j S(;til!i Carolina Rail Road, in.place of Mr. ! Lytligoc resigned. Mr. Tjytbgoo. we. understand, has received the appointment id' Superii.tendeiit on the iilue Riilge Rail Road, and we congratulate the Company otr having ej? enr^d hits very , valuable services. ^ Sad Casualty.?We aro pained ito Ieajvv 1 that Daniel M.Crossland, Esq., of Marlborough ' ' " - i.:n?i .... J ... i is i c 11 iv'ly ? U9 ni^niiii t\ uiiivu Mil ?r uuut2>ui!jf ( evening Ia?t, by a stroke of iigbttrmg. He was , in the licld w ish his negroes, who were ftfaiiting potatoe draws, and just'as all started for the house, he, with his bridle.overjiis.arm apd . * surrounded by the negroes, was si rid; en down, i None of the negroes were injured but one,-rthd 3 he was only shocked severely. Mr. Crossland * i we understand, had his (irubrclla Ixlfcted at the moment, and it .may be that the metalie fefole. ' on the top operated as a- conductor, foe the electricity-. J lis body was mncli brtliscd aitd ' ; blackened; bis watch was entirely destroyed J j except the chain, and his shoes were much I j torn. ' - -r - > I Mr. Crossland was a highly csteepied citi* I zen, whose loss will he serious He * | leaves a bereaved widow and several children, i and a lari/o circle of friends, to m.im-ie fhnir j irreparable loss. - Cheraw Gaz$Ut. __ .. I I Xnk Secretary War asd the Regular II Army.? A \rasliinglurH-vorrospbudfent of*4li? ; Mobile Register has the following'relation of 1 a " Colcnel in the regular army." It -argues r ! favorably, if. true, for. the " privates . of the) j regular army." ' i The oliieer in question was-a Colonel, w hose 1 . regiments is stationed near Newport, R. I. ? : i* Well General," says the Colonel to the Se' 1 Cretan', "I have received your order, colri-. * ; mahdhig ire to leave the hotel at* -Newport, j and take up tny quavers vifclrrhe regiment at 1 the barracks.5' ' I am glad to hear it," replied # I Gen. Davis. " I hope the .order will subject - \"<iti to ito inconvenience." " N*?inconvenience; - ! indeed!" replied the Colonel, quite- indignant^ - ly, " why, sir, the phice is a living tunib ' of* i misery and imlie.ulthiiioss. I could'nj eudttfe s ' the jdacc a month. This has been, known-" to ?1 ; my superiors in command, including the ^ate-' * : Secretary of War; and I hive been permitted ' I to remain at Newport, where ! am coniforta* I li|v situated. I have mil been necessarily n'og-' iigt'tu ul i?i v duly, as your order seems to impVy^ I | 1 am a Soulier, ?ir, and know my duty " s 4- Alt, indeed," calmly rejoined-the Secretary, r ' you h;ive been living in ease .and -splendor w hile the p??or soldiers have bepn- cooped up in j a living tomb of misery, and unhealthiness;" ^ ' I you could nt endure the place a nionili; }'<?? i are a soldier, and you I know kno ?v your duty, t Now, sir, 1, too, am a soldier and I know it to | liv* I lie first duty of iin uliieer to look ufier-tlie I i welfare and eomlbits of those under his comt ! mam!. 1 have he'd office in the army, and nlI ways considered it my daty to paitakc of the I hardships as well as the glories of toy ccmj pauions in arms. If, therefore, the balrack-i f i near Newport are fit for your regiment t-o jive s io, [ presume that they are lit for_\ ou. If they bo f as you lepresent them, you have certainly been negligent in-not reporting the fact to this I^eI par; inept, s? ttJat the soldiers could have been t removed f.otn that " living tomb of misery and iniliealthiuess." And until you make such a I report, I shall make no change i:r the order of i which you complain.'' 1 T ic Colonel, in a perfect rage depatjteJ ,un ccremun'ousiy at this stage of.the interview, c The probability is, that the next time be'makes i.j a |hI<:iimage to the War Department, to pleat! I for Ids' own ease and eomfoit, he -will bring > i with liitn some kind woids .in behalf of the t! 1 p< >111' Soldier. - * w ? This is the liest thing we have seen in rein* t tioii to the legnlar army, for a whilcr lael ' Secretary Da\is now take up the punishments ' n tiie army, and icldrm some of the $lp)ses in ( tl. is matter, and he will deserve well of-his > vomit ryiiu n. We will not have American citi 7.ens, then, damning the flag under which-theyfight. , I w ' * 15 Gov. Neil S. Drown, late onr minister., to .St. Petersburg, arrived in Washington on Satnrdav. on his return to his home in Tennessee. 1 j lie had loft Russia in rather delicate health, s hut we are glad t?> learn tliat the voyage lias ? - lettered hint to his ustial health. The Union understands that he expresses the opinion that i there wiiibe no iinmendiate war between Russia and Turkey, although he is not surprised by the oeenpati-'U of the .Moldavia and Wallachia province. He anticipated this movement of* i the Kmporor's forces before he left .St Peters-' ! burg. 1 i We learn with nmeh pleasure, says the X. V. 6 ; Observer, by a letter ju<t received from l)r. 1 Snivth, d :t. d at Newport, R. I., that lie has I i greatly n co\vjfcd from the eff e;s of Ids late atII tack, and continues to improve in health. The " I attack was not one of paralysis as at first report-* ; ed, and its influence has been lofcs permanent' ' than w.is feared. We trust ho will soon beablo - to resume his labors at the important post which h>- has occupied with distinguished usefulness for t I many years. ' The Homo Journal says that several months ' ago, a woman of Pennsylvania forwarded an elas boratciv worked satin rpiilt to Queen Victorians 1 i a presell*. Her Majesty, oil receipt of the gift, ' : directed an answer to be written to ilie donor.. ! accepting tlio juilt, though, it was added, prej seni> we're not usually received. The woman . who made the quilt was, it seems, quite indig-' uant that no return was made to her in money, j. and forthwith peituod an epistle to Iter Majesty _ i in-iiuiytiiiir as much. The Queen, though unj |Ue>tioii:d>!v disgusted at sflch conduct, answered ( hv sending a draft for twenty pounds, at the ( same time however, stating that, in future, ncr i gifts would bo received from even American la;jdies. i ,' Sou now ano \ tijtt'k.?A late writer says i ! that the mind that is capable of sorrow is capahie of good. A beautiful sentiment, and as, , true as beautiful- Hearts arc-like oranges, . the more juicy they, are ihe more virtue they r possess. "Thespiings of pity in the eve" never I drv up till the tiivs of passion have completely i c\apora!id the fountain.'; of benevolence. % >