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0$ '' f The He*r Periodical Co&et. By the assistance of C. W. Tuttle, Esq., late assistant at the Astronomical Observatory of liarvard University, now resident in thia city, we were able to see this cornet on Friday last with Mr. Grcenough's achromatic telescope, notwithstanding the brilliancy of the full tnoon nnd the strong twilight prevailing at that time. It was more satis tnctorily seen on Saturday night with the same instrument. At that time it was on the confines of the circumpolar constellation Caroe'eopard, near Ursa Major. It exhibit ed a round, nebulous mass of light, slightly concentrated, of about two minutes of arc in diameter. Its excessive faintness on both *'v*;?7iuii3 *r {1? UUIIIJJ IU ItIO 1IIIIHJU VI the full moon and strong twilight. There I being no known star within the reach of the annular micrometer, its position could only approximately Ire determined. The elements of this comet resemble thoso of the comets of 1532 and 1681, and if they are identical, then this comet has continued to revolve around the sun once in every ten years since, unseen by human eye till the 25th Febuary, 1840. when it wa> discovered by lirorsen. The dimensions of its orbit are now well ascertained. Its aphelion is beyond the orbit of Jupiter by | moro than thirty-six millions of miles. At' its perihelion it w as just within the orbit of I Venus. The comet's geocentric motion, at J this time, is mostly in right ascension, being j upwards of fiften minutes of time daily from | west to oast. On tbe 23d instant it will be j near tbe bright star Beta Ursac Majoiis. It 1 was nearest the earth on the 8;h instant, be | ing then about twenty millions of miles dis-l tant. It is now receding from as, and will j not be visible to the naked eve during its] irresent appnrilion. This is the comet the; Europeans announced would striko the! earth in June. But in America it has been I confounded with the great comet of 1586 which has not yet appeared. The return of1 this comet, according to prediction, may ho j regarded as another of the brilliant series of astronomical triumphs. [AV?r&Mry/wr/ Herald. j Comets. Professor Pierce, of Cambridge, Professor aiagrini, ot Milan, nn?J 1'rofossor Ital'inet, of I'aris, assert that, ?v< re a comet to como in-1 to collision with the earth, the shock would ! not be felt, from the fact that the matter of j comets is so light that it could otter no re- j siatance. It is so thin tiiat stars of inferior | magnitude are easily seen through it. Iia binet says: " A star of the eleventh magnitude was seen, without any sensible loss of light, through a comet of 500,000 kilometres [about .300,000 miles] in breadth, hike observations have been made l?y Ileischel, llessel, Strtive, rfcu. According to photome- j try, therefore, llio comet was at least sixty I times less brilliant than the sar. To rentier I invisible a star of the fifth magnitude, which ' is 250 times brighter than a star of the elev entli magnitude, it would bo necessary to render the comet 000,000 times brighter;! and as the atmosphere, illuminated by the full moon, extinguishes by its brightness,! stars of the fifth and iufeiior maguitmle, the; necessary conclusion is, that the comet illu- j minatcd in the heavens by the sun, is, ncv i ertheless, 900,000 times less biilliaut than I our atmosphere illuminated by the moon. ? ' lint the light of the moon in its full is 800,- j 000 times le?s brilliant than the full light | of the sun ; therefore, if the air as well as the comets bo illuminated by the sun, it will be I seven hundred and twenty billions of times brighter than the comet." Mr. Faye, after whom one of the four | periodical comets is named, says that comets i are not even ga-.es, and that the merest cob- j vcu woutu oiler more rcsistenco lo :i can- j lion ball than a comet lo the earth; the weight of the latter being estimated al six ' thousand milliards of milliards of tons, while j that of the former, according to Sir John i llerschel, does not exceed a few ounces.? 1 The probability of our coming in tbo pre- j dieted collision, even with ibis " vUiblc iioth- j ing," is calculated by Olber to be in the ra-; tio of 1 to 281,000,000, IIov. James L. Omi.? We take pleasure: in publishing the subjoined tribute to this; distinguished citizen, and hope to see hint in I the Speaker's chair of the ensuing Congress : ! Extract of a letter from a distinguished citizen of St., Louis, to a gentleman of' Charleston, dated "St. Lot is, Mo., May 0. 1857. j " Your distinguished South Carolinian, ' lion. Jaine L. Ori, has been sojourning in ! this city for a few days past, and has been the object of many attentions. His manly and patriotic efforts to bring the South Carolina Democracy out of their Mate of isolation, and into cordial eo operation with the f>arty throughout the I nion, have endeared iim to the National Democracy of all the States, and his frank and coidial hearing has made a most favorable impression on all who have had the good fortune to make bis acquaintance, on bis tiip through the West. I enclose you an editorial of to-day'* St. Louis Leader, testifying to tlie high estimation in which his talents aro held in Mis outl.'* ?O? Hon. Jamrb L. Oku.?This distiguislicd South Carolina statesman has been in our city for several days, and will leave to-day on a short trip to Kansas. Few men in th's country have risen more rapidly to a high position as a statesman, than Col. Orr. lie was first elected to Congress in 1818, when very young, and has been re-elected without opposition, to each succeeding Congress. So great is his popularity in his State, that none could be found to oppose him for his seat. He immediately took a high stand in Congress as a debater, and on account of his coiir teous homing towards his fellow members, be has succeeded in making a most useful llepresentative, in procuring the passage of hills that depend more upon personal cx-j ertion than Anything *Le. Ilo has long been regarded as tho leader of tho Democracy in the House, and his party has fre ! alien My attempted to elevate hiu? to the I Speakership. We stated a few days since that Mr. Orr bad already been elected to the next Congress, and that the report of Lis declining to run ngain was untrue. It is tiuethat he has been elected,but we regret to learn from him that he will not be a candidate for the suceeding Congress, and that he lias so notified his constituents. It will bo a great loss to his Stato to be deprived of his services, after lie lias represented it with so much ability for ten years. Mr. Orr is a South Carolinian by birth, was educated at the University of Virginia, and is now about thirty-six years of ago. [.Si/. Louis Leader, May 0/A. ftmHhrrw i v %!.> 9J V 'V * % I / ' V /J?' ^ V'V ' wT P. PRICE, Editor. " OUR MOTTO... EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL." aui:envs. c. T lines tinv nomine, liny !)N, ISM, D<>ntli of Hon. A. I*. Hntlcr. The papers by last evening's ruuil announce the death of Senator Butler, which occurred at the residence of his nephew, in Edgefield, on Monday afternoon, at 6 o'clock, of dropsy, Calhoun, Elmore, Brooks and Butler ! The State has cause to mourn. One by one the gallant spirits, upon whom in times of peril, she lias looked?and not in vain?for the vindication of her honoi and the protection of her rights, nio seen to pass away. She re> ojuizes, in this latter, as in ail her afliioting trials, the hand of an All wise IVovidenee, and bows in humble submission to the dispensation ? hich has bereft her of one of lier brightest jewels. He crduinoth all things well. Messrs. Lamphenrt ?fc Ellison are at I the Coodlctt House, prepared to execute all I orders for Brand Cutting and Stencil work generally. They wan ant satisfaction, both in tlio excellence of their woik, and the durability of the Inks they have for the marking oi Uiotliing, ?fc<\ Look at their advertisement in another column. ? Butler Guards. ' You will notice the call for a meeting of . your corps on next Tuesday evening. As business of importance to the Company will then he brought up, your attendance is | earnestly requested. Strawberries. At the mere mention of this delicious fruit, whose mouth does not water, and whose heart does not n<k for some. Strawberries and cream ! We have had some. Our kind friend and next door neighbor, Mis. G., has our thanks for this, the. bcit gift of the season. . ? To Correspondents. "iS."?Your letter did not reach us until the day after our paper went to press, which accounts for its iioii appearance last week.? A word in your ear, Tom : these peaceful times require no such saciificc as t..c one you privately suggest. We are quiet now, ami desire to live, that we may be enabled to ' fight aunt her day." Meanwhile, our trustv blade will be sharpened for the contlict. You readily understand us. ? ? The Coach Factory of Messrs- Gower, Cox & MarkleyIt is gratifying at nil times to note the evidences of progress in our town, and the more so when we see that the improvement*! a re < if such a character as to reflect credit upon our enterprising citi/eus, and to be of per- j inancnt usefulness to the place. In order to fully comprehend the advantages which rc*| suit to ?.ur town and its vicinity from the manufactory of Messrs. (.lower. Cox it Markley, one lias only to visit it, and there he can see for himself the vast number of workmen employed, the immense amount of work they peiform, and the handsome manner in which the finest work is executed. This es ! tablishinenl gives employment to upwards ! of one hundred operatives, among the num! her are some of the be>t workmen in the | United States. The proprietors have been compelled to add considerably to their al ready extensive workshops, and a large four storv building has recently been erected, to I make room for their workmen, and the dis play of work. We noticed, in takintr a survey of their ! shop* a day or two since, a handsome mili' tat)* cariiage for his Excellency Governor ! Alston, which, when finally completed, will | surpass anything of the kind we have ever j seen. We also noticed several carriages and j vehicles gotten up for gentlemen in Charles ! ton, together with a large number to repair j belonging to gentlemen in Columbia,CharlesI ton, ntnl other places below. 'J he Mnnufac tory of Messrs. Gower. Cox Si Maikley is the I largest in the Stnto?perhaps in the South; em States?and notwithstanding the large number of workmen employed, and tho iin monse, amount of work they arc enabled to turn out, the proprietors are unable to supply the demand made upon. them for their work I The success of their enterprise and industry js well deserved. Boston inn* are enjoying ilia luxury of groan pon?. at *0 per [COMML'NICATMJ.] To the Town Connoil of Greenville, 8. C,s Gentlemen?The pressing necessity which exists for supplying our town with water, in* duces me to make the following proposition I for that purpose : If the Council will build a reservoir upon 1 tho elevated ground in the vionfty of mv 1 residence, I will supply it for ten or twenty years with pure spring icalcr, upon tho following terms, vis: For 3,000 gallons daily, $1,000 per an. " 5,000 " u $1,500 M M 44 10,000 44 44 $2,000 44 44 1 And for encli additional 1,000 gallons, up to 50,000 gallons daily, $100 per annum, nil ' ' the expenses of erecting nnd repairing machinery, laying pipe, drc., from the spring to the reservoir, to bo borne by myself. The j reservoir and distributing pipos to be fur 1 nished by the Council, and the water to be | entirely under their coulrol upon its enter- 1 ing the reservoir, t I have taken some pains to ascertain what I ' quantity of water would be necessary for the present demand, and I am satisfied that ' , 3,000 gallons per day would be amply suf j I ficicnt. For this the Council could receive, ' in water rates, inoro than the original cost. 1 j besides having a surplus for public uses and 1 i an abundant head in the reservoir for fires. I I have based my calculations upon the;' ' following probable demand and income : J{ DAILY DEMAND. j 1 j For 20 stores and shops, 15 gal's each, 300 gal's. < ' ! " 20 dwellings, 60 " " 1,000 " | i ' " 6 hotels, public stables, Ac., 160 I ( gallons each, - - 750 " i Total demand dnilv, - 2,030 gal's. 1 1 I YEARLY INCOME, j For 20 stores and shops, ?15 each, - ?300 i \ I " 20 dwellings, ?30 each, - - 000'. ! " 5 hotels, public stnbles, Ac., ?75 each, 375 j ^ j Total income yearly, - * ?1,275 j | The cost of 3,000 gallons daily being' ] '?1,000 per annum, this would give the L f Council a profit of ?275, and leave 950 gal-1 | j Ions daily for public uses. ! , The point which I have suggested for the , ! reservoir, would raise the water to the roof j of tlio Mansion House, and throw it over , the tops of most of the houses on Main ' Street, in case of lire. j My springs yield aliout 100,000 gallons! I daily. There is 110 purer water in this country. ! ! Should my proposition ho accepted, I will \ j have the water ready for delivery as soon as ' the Council have their distributing pipes and i rcseivoir ready for its reception. ! Very respect full v. I C. J. KLKOliU ! I May 20, 1837. _.... -? [ron tiik sorriiKRN kvtkrcrisk.] I Telegraphic Meeting. j Pursuant to at notice given l?v Messrs. Kn- 1 |\v\i:ns it J'o.mkuov, to the Stockholder* j of Greenville and Columbia Line of Tele I graph who reside within the District of1 Greenville, a majority of said Stockholders j j assembled iu the New Court House, on the j | 22d i 11st. On motion, V. McRkk, E*ij. was called j to the Chair, and S. D. Goo:ji.ktt requested ; to act as Secretary. An exiiitm oi tlie receipts and expendi I ' tnres of tlie money paid by tins Stockholders ' ( for tlie purpose of coiisti noting said Line r was made by Mr. Eowakus, one of tlie con- . s tractors. i i On motion, it was Heaoh'eit, That Maj. 1).1 i K. lV.ttnv be appointed Director to repre* j I sent the Stockholders of Greenville District, 1 and to confer with the Directors of Lauren* i i and Newberry upon the best and most prac- < : ticable manner of securing the earliest com- ! plclion of the Line, and to organize the > Company in accordance with the terms of I i , the charter. On motion, it was Jtfitulocil, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the town papers V. MclJEK, Chairman. S. D. Goodlktt. Secretary. ' < Tiib Speakkii and Ci.kkk8iiu'8.?Tlie' 1 New York Tribune, of Friday last, publishtts the annexed editorial touching these of i lices to he filled on the opening of the next i ! Congress : I " The Speakership of llie next House being apparently conceded to Col Orr. of South Carolina, the Clerk will naturally he chosen front some nt least nominally Free State, t and already the following names have been 1 suggested as those of probable candidates for the post : Gen. Iliram Wnlbridgc, (ex-M. C'~) New York City ; James C. Allen, (ex-M. C.,) of Illinois; John L. Robinson, (U. S. Marshal,) of Indiana ; Richard B. Connolly, (County Clerk,) of | New York City ; Ilarry ilibbard. (ex-M. C.,) of Now Ilampj shire; I In caso a Northern Speaker should l>e I chosen, Mr. A. D. Banks, of Virginia, (editor Soulhside Doinocrut,) stands a good clianco to he Clerk. PnoLmc.?There is a man in White county, Illinois, who has a wife that has borne him sixteen children ; the first six came by twos, the succeeding ninoby threes ?while the last one, poor, helpless, lonely thing, came into this world without company. Sixteen children at seven hirth? T ChlHe^op Cotte$poi)deQce, 1 Charleston, M*j 18,1857. It it ana using to witnsst tbe sharp and * frequent shafts of irate soorn cast from the \] mighty bands of tho learned conductor of a one of our leading'journals into the ranks o of the press of this State. A heedless word, impeaching its right, dignity or position, / unfailingly brings to bear tho fatal lance, a and wo be the unlucky sheet about to be thus f< impaled, for impaled it certainly will be, if ti supremacy in point of argument aid flow j v of words can invest with thai nnw?r l^i I"?"" v It seems to mo tlmt ono would polish his a steel in sober meditation a good wliile, ere c lie would be willing to measure blades with an adversary blessed with such an inexbaust- h ible and cffervcrscing fund of sarcasm w hich a seems to trickle front the point of his (ten as c freely as the crystal jets that leap from the ii fountain. lie fights his battles fairly and , C nobly, though, and has the generous trait of, c forgiving nn enemy. o A great many have been congratulating' g one another on the beautiful weather in j l< prospect, but they have counted without t! their host, it is wnrm, it is true, but it is s fjccompanied with an almost unceasing al-1 o ternation from rain to shine. Now, old Sol t j flitters in all his golden splendor; presently ? lie is obscured by black and rapidly fleeting ? :louds, that are piling in massive banks as e hey go, whose mystic darkness lias an om-| f' nous tendency in the eyes of the believers . d ii the cornet. Whether it bo the effects of I1 lie comet or not, it is anything but pleasant' ? ?warm weather, sloppy streets, and high ? sinds. I ti The fair at tlio Institute Hull is under full j c say, and is the grandest thing in the way j w >f a Floral Fair we have yet had. The 8 Hall is lined with tho most gorgeous deco- h rations; with flowers that compose many- l1 fined festoons, and garlands that stretch their J t rmv nrnu in iyt??oufnl t n ? , ........ ... ^..tvviui wuviuiniiviin in/tli WJ|\| " to wall. It nightly presents a sight that is ; sell worth seeing : to witness the eagerness 1 >f the fair venders to i?croa?e the amount in : heir coflfers. Kight and left-, one is hailed . with, " buv my flowers, buy my flowers," | c while the fairer Hud more fortunate portion ^ <1 lave their untiring cmi.-saiiea dispersed i .hroughout the crowd, painting in partial j ? oid glowing colors the many advantages of, this and that table over the others. If a J s hummer has been successful in securing n ; ? eeny, an I brings him up to get the benefit I 1 x this superiority, lie is rewarded with nn-;^ relic smiles and speaking eyes, that would j e be some extenuation if he were to commit ; ven a more cruel deed. It is open every j ti wetting from X until 10 o'clock. The mi-1 i lj neious assemblage lias reached its height ' , , ? | li it 9 o'clock, when the bttzy hum issuing |(| loni its open windows can be heard at a 1 H iislanee of two blocks off. Kacli evening t< he llall is enlivened by lliissendeu's unsur- j ' rassed String Hand. What on earth is;'1 I a here that tends more to elevate one's j, bought- from all gross and cntlhly matter j ti o a higher sphere than really good music ? i A flint of this band is not the meaningless [ 11 dash of operatic music, which excites no, Jtliei emotions than feelings of adiuirnlioii 'j or the execution of a difficult piece, but1 h loats away into soft and thrilli.g strains,!0 whose sweet cadences fairly entrance the j SMll. aild ilisetisihlv lnsd nnA inl<% i'io t-..iU " v - """ ",v ",,,u j ?f romance. It does not require this stimuli*, though, to bring about such a s ate cf< 5 'eolings amid the galaxy of beauty with ' tvliich one in surrounded. Last Friday right was tho crowning point, when the :rowd was immense. The carriages lined ' (l Meeting street from Cumberland to Queen j greet. The amount that will be realized | must certainly be very large, and of which j | I will try and inform you in my next. Yours, S. I c ( Cn sklkston, May 26th, 1S57. |11 Considerable commotion is being prodoc-i * ed lierc just now in consequence of the ex-1 ( pectation of tbo visitors from Memphis and , t Na-shville, and preparations for their reccp- j * lion. Tho warm and true hearted welcome,! 1 ami more than getrerous treatment of our own del.-gate*, when on their visit to the r former place, could not but otherwise than elicit a similar extension of Iioiioir and civilities at our hands. The Fire Engine i Companies from IkuIi places are among the I _ #. . visitor*, and will be taken care of by their brethren of the spout in the city, who gen . eiully know how to execute thin branch of their business in a handsome style. Hut < the most attractive feature in tliia visit will 1 be the ladies, the great beauties of western * Tennessee, in whose praises our susceptible | knights of the smoke stack liavo strung' > their harps. Time will show whether it be i I a ruse to excite the ambition of the Queen c City belles, or a fact beyond dispute. As '" there are to belady visitors, of course our t ladies arc interested in extending a welcome; ? and affairs of this kind, which ate so foitu ? mite as to meet their approval and secure ' their assistance, invariably passes off with an | eclat that could never be hoped of attain- c ment by the hardier portion of humnnity. < A giand ball is to he given in tlie fn??titntc, -' I lull, which, with tha rich festoons and racefu! garlands that ndorned it during the ,'r< sir last week, is to remain-at it is. Liberal ofl rrangementa are in progress and everyliing will doubtless transpire in such a way c|,; s not to be objected to by tlio most fu&tidi- toe us. The fair of the Young Men's Christian or" SOU Vssociation was all that could have been nticipnted. It was attended by throngs j ?r eight evenings, which showed nodiminuion to the last. A great many things >ero left over thongli. and sold at nuction R;|R n the two last evening.-'. The amount re- cov lized has not ye*, been reported, but of En oursc will nearly approach the marvellous. Qol. Wood's Museum of Living Wonders,! j as been open for tlio last two weeks. Such |,|0 collection is generally visiied more from uriosity than from any delight experienced ,J i) beholding Midi monstrosities of nature, 'j'j ( )no of its principal wonders is a woman of oarse, masculine features, the lower poili m f whose face is covered with as black and J ;lossy a beard as was ever stroked by the t?v innd of an exquisito. Another, though not j." he least, is a woman of gigantic proporiion, S. aid to be eight feet high, and for whom J no hundred and seventy live yards of ma- ,t*" * , 'a" eiial are required for a dress, both of which vil re of course slightly erroneous, but more specially the latter, which is a very lengthy ^ xaggeiatio.t. A little sprite, about thirty* ^ jur inches high, the mother of three chil ( Iren, and gifted with a ready wit and re- tins lOrtec, which would sit quite gracefully on |,,r nc of mote pretending form, rivets the gaze f admirers of ihe wonderful. A little boy lireo years old has a beard encircling bis hecks, lie is a son of the bearded woman, j the rhich may account for the precocious i dir prouts,; All tboughts arising in sympathy I ',:w or their isolated condition, were quickly dis- jc >ellod on witnessing with what perfect gus- i o a trio of braiuly cocktaila was received , ?t| ,nd secreted beneath their silken bocdices. ! c o. I Uf aii.?44 Ion," the Washington correslondciit of'lie Ibiliiniore Sun, says : The Government has taken a decided ourse in regard to Utah affairs. Since the ^ lespatcli was received from Major McCul* ^3 otigh, declining the office of Governor of that erritory, it has been offered to a gentlenan in Indiana, a friend of Gov. HrighlV, s 1 have learned, who indicated him as a uitable iiihii for the crisis. The military force for Utah will concen* rate and take a p??iiioii upon the govern* J I.VIII Iiwiniiun, IUI l| limes soil l II ot till' I Wl alt Lnko Valley, ami a wail orders and j ^ vent*. T It is suggested that Governor Young lias _1 akcn measures to resist the federal auiliori- I ies, and to increase his large military force f()P( y an alliance with hostile Indians. When j ic shall l?c superseded as Governor, his au- ? liority will lie parahzed in tlie Teiritorv, J nd he initst either leave it or ho subjected ! rl' > prosecution for his llagitous acts. If he JLold his ground, he must make o|?en war, j *1 1 nd that is said to he his intontiou. buses have been so long tolerated that he j i? , as gathered undue contidence in his posi- j aim ion, which may soon be diminished after I ?'?1 lie government shall take a decided standi ' t op|M??iliou to him. j ,^jv (IllOWTII OK SoMK Sol TIIKHN ClilKS AND | 'owxs.?l>y the census of 1850, the popu- { |> ition of Memphis was over 8,000 ; it is now : stimatcd to he over '20,000. That of Nashville in 1850, over 10,000;! ow estimated at over 20,000. That of Iluntsville estimated at 8.000. : In 1855, the census of Atlanta gave over j ,000. Some of its residents now estimate ; much larger. In 1850. the census cf Charleston was | vcr 43,000: iis population is now estimat- i d by a compiler of its last Directory at > ear CO OOO . ^ ^ ja Tkuki 11l.k Leap.? From ilie Niagara Falls j >azelte, we learn that on Saturday evening j iiM, a Mis. Flvnn, whose husband is a latorcr at that place, jumped over the bank if the. Niagara river, a short distanco below he outlet of the canals. To every appearnice she struck in the top of a tree, after a | ail of about 100 feet, and fell from there to tin lie bottom. When she ieft home she kissid Iter children, bid them good-bye, and old them to inform Mr. Flynn that he would lin ee her no more. She was ohseived to go j *ci owards the bank of the ri?er, and was seen | oon after taking the fentful leap. She was lonsidcrably bnti^od and scratched but wnj " tot seriously hurt. Let kot tut Utortr 11 a \ n Know What re? ht Ls:rr Lortii.?On no occasion do peo- c**' ?lo seem more prone to commit hluuders itan at a wedding. The following incident ictually happened not manv limn* *in/-? ! > bU buVfif:"" ' hni In the midst of a crowd of witnesses, (lie cm ilergvinnn hud just completed the interest >??< ng ceremony which bind*, in the sweet nilrer bond* of wedlock, two willing hearts, md stretched forth hi* hands to implore the |,ei dossing* of Heaven on the union. At thin ^ mint, the groomsman seeing the open lands of the reverend gentleman stretched cm >ut, supposed it was the signal for hiiri to j tld ur rentier the wedding foe, which, like nil j Ca vending fees, was burning the pocket. Ac sordingly, just as the clergyman closed his iycs in prayer, he felt tho pressure of two weal gold dollars upon tlio palm of his f?r ight hand. Hie good man hesitated, ap trv railed at the ludierounneM of liia situation. rut eooDy deposited lis; money in his pock- w it, still extending hit left hand, ami protected with the devotional ceremony. [ Pfttrnlurp Krjrrrsa. f;r w j i asHggBasasi . i Yuu dinner table at the late railroad fatal in Memphis wm nearly three-quarters i rnile long, and had on it 6,009 plates 1 dishes, 2,600 pounds of buef and mat* i, 76 linmi, 00 pigs, 126 turkeys, 400 ckens, 180 beef tongues, 10 bble. pot** ?, 18 baskets salad, 12 barrels ice water, D pounds cake, besides raisins, almonds, nges, Ac, Some 16,000 or 20,000 paris partook of the dinner. I'kofkssor Kmmon8, in his recent report tile Legislature of North Carolina, menus tlie discovery in the sedimentary rocka Montgomery county, in that Si ate, offbs, of nu age anterior to any previous,disci ie* of irncea of animal life. Professor inroiiK contends, therefore, that, so far as estigations have resulted in discoveries, it part of the country was the scene of i first manifestation of thai great princiCait. II akiktknk's Sword.? This I>eny , il gift from the lit it i?l* Queen, to Captr^y irtsti'lie, is valued at $7,&)0. T r X' M I."1 v vr? A T > i. a in uii uirvli. klAUKIttl)?On Tuesday evening, 21st ApriT, Mr. Ktickney, nt the Episcopal church, rioti, Alabama, Col. W. AuuCSifs Townea, of M-nvillo, S. 0., and Mis* Fannik. daughter of II. Sen well, Em]., of Marion Alnlminn. dARltlF.D?On the 2fitl? inst., by Rev. F.. T_ i*t, Mr. plrasavt Maykikld to Miss Sarak k, daughter of Mr. 11. Orogan, nil of Greeu!e District. not her Remarkable Cure of Scrofula. sratsta, Oarolixk Co., Vn., Murelt, 1884. **r*. liinnctt ?? liecr*t Richmond: IrNTt.KMr*?Your Carter's Spanish Mixture > performed a remarkable cure in the person n s-rvant man, afflicted with Scrofula in the y worst form. So bad had lie become, that eyes wore entirely closed, and had been so more than a year! As a last resort, a* eveiling else hn.l failed, it was resolved to try 1 Mixture. We administered it according to oet ions, and, wonderful to say, a perfect cure i been effected. I am satisfied that no medi e equals "Carter's Spanish Mixture " as a pucr of the blood. It is creating quite an cxmitnt here, and sells very rapidly. Send anicr lot by Railroad. Yours truly, It. S. IIUOADliuS. For sale hv E KnfTCtt. Agent, Greenville. May 28 * 3 lit* . A. F. M. Recovery Lodgo, No. 31. THE Regular Communication of tliis Lodge, for June, has been post | toned until >>ati.ki>ay Evr.ni.xo, juxk Tnr. i'.tii. The in hers will govern themselves accordingly. Jy order of the W.\ M.*. W. R. JONES, Stcrctari/. May 28 3 2 L *2* Attention, J, / JL/BUTLKR GUARDS! TtIK Members of the company '\f ly^k are requested to attend the Iteg.t j! Til "Inr } onthly Meeting, ou Tue?/l ' I ''"-v evening next, 2d June. A 1 f* J'V1* full attendaneo is requested, s? ^4 business of importance will bo bce the coriis. Jlv order, day 28-1. I* WILLIAMS, See. A Troas. Brand Cutting. MIE sttbstriliers respeetfullv inform the citizens of this place, that they enn be found the "Goodlctt Mouse " for four days, where v will be ready to furnish Cotton Planters, lore, Shipping and Wholesale Merchants with t<-r Hrnnds tlinn can be cut in the State. Our rill l'lilt?l for inurHn.s ?* ,P * - ? <>|i ciunung nrc narriimsuperior to nny that have over Wen offered thin community. If our work docs not prove we represent it, we a?k no pay, Call mid e us a trial. d *8-1. LAMPIIEAItT <ir ELLISON. GAD! READ!! BEAD!!! IT WILL TAKK VOU HUT A KKW MISUTK8, AM) MAY SAVK VOU MANY Y-ARS or SUFFERING ! arter's Spanish Mixture! THE GREAT JHJMFIER OF THE BLUOOl ,e Best Alterative Ever Yet Discovered! Phyeieian* prescribe it, and every one that uses it i? a teal kitty advertisement. ,Y# Medicine ever yet offered to the American public ha* gained *neh popular it 1/ in to short a time a* \TITER'S SPANISH MIXTURE! It will Cure any cate of Scrofula. It uill Cure any cate of Rheumatitm. It will Cure any cate of Syphilit. It will Cure any case of Salt Rheum. It will Cure any cate of Neuralyia. It will Cure any case of Feveraud Ayue, any Disease* arising from an impure state of s Blood. SCROFULOUS READER! I' cured the twice of the Hon. lohn Minor >tt?, a member of CoiigrcM from Viruinia. of rofuU, the skill of the best Physicians, lli of New York and I'liiiadelidiia, litd been e'l in vnin ; and it will core yeu, render, if ii are no RHEUMATIC READER t It cured D. Burritt, Ksq., of t'inoinnati, of lenmatism of 4 yours standing, after nil other uedies lind failed. We linve hundrcde of sucN -tiftcnbt. Call on the Agent and get Book d Circular, and rend for yourself the many re* irknhle and astonishing cures it has made. SYPHILITIC READER The celebrated* I)r. Butcher writes us that he d two of the most severe and long standing les of Syohilis that would yield to none of the ml remedies, but he cured one esse with six, d tlio other with nine bottles of CARTElfB *A N/Sf/ MIXTURE. We have known it m! in over a Toousaxd casta, and have yet to ar of a failure in any ease. K SHAKING THOUSANDS READ 1 Aeu* ako Fevks.?Do not bake Quinine, Merry, or any such noxious Drugs, but try atone* s great Alterative and Pnriflor or feho Blood; rttr't Spanish Mixture will eure any and every le of Ague and Fever. We have nqver yet own ii ioimi. And for nil Dineoees arising from n? Uura to of the Wood, no rood "wine linn over yet been ind to Unve so good ?n offset. If y<m nro *ick, r it nl oner; do oot delny; time is preoloas, rt lu alth the greatest of oil blessings, without licit oil else is valueless. so.?^''jSVJL DR. WM. 8. BKRR8 & CO^ riuifitiKTOitn, Bichmtrrui, * J And for sole by K KUUTCH, lJTWggiK, Agc*V eJovWle C. VI , C. S Mnylf^V