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HHSlKr jr*loro?d, and ku ^^^ PH%, H? had tin*, a ry interMtiag bo. w? kaow will be I^B^^MBWPPL.. ?. ^HBH|^HP!ob h ?all?d to ike change in !Mflwa|BHj|3^n|^Pr. J. W. Nobwood'* office.-? wBpIP^* - - awd OnliWi Batlroid-rrM. idont's Report. H. P. Hammrt, President of th? Greenville dad Colombia railroad, baa prepared his Annual Report, and it la published to tha Phmnix of the Mth April. It Is a wry lear statement of tha eooditlon and affairs of tha Road. Notwithstanding tha heavy debt, there te reasoa to hope that tha Road will, upon tha return *f better erope and i?ore prosperous times, whieh la reasonably to bO expected before tha end of this year, again be able to meet tha interest on the Bond% and ultimately to make soma return td the Stockholders. There are aonJ* creditors of the Road, who may ruthlessly desire to press the Company to the wall, and force a sale of the ooneern, to the ruin alike of Stockholders and Bondholders, and the immense damage to the whole peopI#%f the State. The State is a heavy endorser end large Stockholder, and must loose heavily by any aaoriSee of the Road. We think the designs ef certain parties against tha Greenville and Columbia Railroad, will yet be disappointed. The State and people interested, will hard, ly be foolish enough te permit the needless destruction of so great an interest, and ought anrely to prevent any scheme which consults mere selfishness at the expense of those who have labored long in fsith and hope for the common good as well m for their own interest and welfare. Wa expect to publish the Report hereafter, it was received too late for this week. The Garrison. We learn that the Garrieon at this place will leave Greenville some time during this week, removing to Anderson Court House, the Post Headquarters of the Districts of Anderson, Pickens and Greenville. In the discharge of their duties, we have heard ot no complaint, but, on the contrary, much satisfaction expressed as to their deportment. May Party. Wc understand that the young ladies of the Female College gave a party, in anticl. pation of the first of May, on Saturday last, in the lawn of Dr. Davis, near the De" pot. They had a very pleasant time, we leara, the young ladiee and young gentle, men enjoying themselves linndsomely, and in their gambols upon the hill aide found re-creation and glee. A table bountifully spread, heavily laden with nice things and good, was placed at the disposal of the guests, about the Meri dian, for which their exercise gave them zest. The Brass Band enlived the occasion with music. It ia a great pleasure to aee enjoyment, and our citizens should endeavor to increase rather than diminish occasions of this kind ; as, when the glories of childhood and youth have departed, its blissful visions can never more re-visit the souk May Day with the Colored People. The first of May was observed ae a day of recreation by the children of the colored echool in Greenville. Thev formed ? ?r?. cession in the morning at their school house, which ia situated on Laurens Street, near Oge mile from the Qo^rt House, and marched down Falls Street and thence up Main to the Camp of the Garrison, near the Spring in the rear of the Female College, where they spent the day. We were pleased to see that they were kindly accompanied byMr. J. M. Allkn, together with the ladies who are now teaching the colored school, The procession was quite a lenghty one. and altogether orderly, some carrying boquels of flowery presenting a very good appenrence. In the afternoon, the procession returned, inarching down by the Court House, headed by a band of music, several of their number having acquired some skill in the ose of musical instruments. At night, they had a supper and a dance in one of the rooms of the building formerly known as the Guodlett House, enjoying themselves very well, so we learn from some of them of whom we made enquiry. Bi-Oovernor Brown's Speech. Ex-Gov. Brown, of Georgia, delivered a speech at Augusta, on the 27th, on the situation, which was lengthy, and overwhelming in its argument in favor oi accepting the situation, and was quite worthy of him. "We did either go out of the Union," says he, "and the Government has a right to denl with us as a conquered people ; or el?e we did not secede, and we were rebels^ and liable to be dealt, with aa rebels." Ilia view, are already well known throughout the coon try, The X*and We Love. This very interesting monthly, with its title page and general typography greatly improved, has been received for the month of May. Its general contents are of excellent interest, and embraces unpublished reports of battles during the Confederacy.? The " Haversack" is always, full, whieh is never left unread. " Memorial Flowers," by Faxnv Downing, of North Carolina, is exeeodingly beautiful, a poem, in fifteen verses, in which flowery memorials are entwined around the memories of Jackson, Polk, Johnson and a number of others. Thn Charleston papers report a fire whieh occurred there on Sunday morning, destroying property to the amount of $100,000. It originated on corner of East Bay and LYrdee street. TBI S The Baits* (Man or QmmI Tb* Order* ef Oe*?r*l Snmr dlsallow1*1 InprlMBBMt for debt, tad tUyhfotrtain suite, suspending negro debt*, Ac., have boo* generally reoeived rory graelously by the Pre**, and ?no*t approvingly by tho good people of the Stat*. If th* Proaa, generally, of tit* State, had manifested tho least ooaoern to mitigate (he harsh and bar baron* laws of arrest and imprisonment I for debt, and ear see tl* advoeatad a koai. to*d ttwiption. it would hntbtww provided by the Legislator*. The** wholesome, humane, and moat wise and just measures, ought to have long since boon the law of the State of South Carolina. We are sorry that It needed the strong arm of military power to set them up. Wo think they will henoeforth remain by the support of the people. The people were, in fast, always ready to sustain sueh measures, but the poblle leaders and the Press, under old and antiquated notions, and prejudices, have obstinately adhered to laws that tha most thriving and eollghtsoed States of the continent of America hare long since abolished. An indispensable step further must be taken, by the State, in the direction pointed ont by Geo. Sicrtse' Orders, whieb look to providing for families. The property of the wife must be protected by legislation, hereafter, from the debta or oontracts of the husband, unless by her consent. Mors than nine-tenths of the people, wo believe, are already in favor of suoh a measure. And husbands should no longer be liable for debts contracted by the wife before mar. I t?ge. | ? < > TBIP OVER THE BL0E RIDGE Last week found us on the other eide of the blue mountains. Our route from Green ills was through Fickens, by Eastatoe and Jacossee Valley. All the way from Greeu" ville to the foot of the mountain, there appears to be very little difference in the forwardness of vegetation, or in farming operations. Everywhere the farmers ecetn active and industrious. Fences have been repared, ground broken up, and corn planted. We were beyond the cotton growing ?v^icn. None is raised for market in the upper part of Pickens. wheat crop, cobx and provisions. Every* here the wheat prospect is, thus unusually good, both on tikis and the other aide of the mountains, and as far as we could hear in Tennossee. We were in a County of North Carolina adjoining that State. Corn and provisions are plenty in the upper part of Pickens, and still more so beyond the mountains. At Webster, the County seat of Jackson County, corn sells at <6 cents per bushel. We heard some persons say that there were neighborhoods in the County where corn was worth only fifty cents. JoCAStKK. This is the name of a creek, ill the upper edge of Pickena, aud also of the valley through which it runs. The valley is n.ir row, aud runs between lofty mountains.? The laud is productive, but Mot of the first order of bottom. Jocaseee Creek is a t lib utary of Keowee. At the foot of the mountain the White Water unites with it. The stream is clear as crystal and very pure, and is used for drinking, by those living near its banks, the same as spring or well water. We staid a night at Mr. Daniel Wuituirk's, who livei on the bank, in forty feet of the water's edge. There is no bluff. The nenrncsH of the sources of the stream, and its swift current, prevent very high water, although the ordinary currei t is greater than Ueedy River, at this season, when it is flush. Jocassee is a beautiful name, we suppose of Cherokee Indian origin. Many of their names terminate in te: n.? Keowee, Tuckaiegee, Tennessee, and oilier*. The Indians of the more southern ports of North America, especially, spoke a beautiful and euphonious language. We remember, when a school-boy, that we were struck with the similarity in the sound of many Indian names to the Greek. No other people in tho world spoke a language so sinii lar in pronunciation, and differing wholly, perhaps, in other particulars Toe Indian always pronounced every syllable distinctly, but emphasized strongly the last. Jocassec has always been consiJer?<l a romantic place. Its remoteness, its wild scenery, and crystal stream. There is owe nccomp inyment ip the lovely picture, that reminds one of the fact that the place per tains to mortal existence, whore " Each pleasure hath its poiseu too, And every sweet, a snare." In the deep gorges and gl >omy hollows of the mountains, whence flows the stream, the mysterious milk sick poison is lurking, and it is said there have been, at rare it* tervals, fatal effects from it. Governor Fhank Suit, formerly of Pickens, and who. some of our readers will remember, (he died Governor of Nebraska Territory,) once lived a*year or two in Jocassec, but we suppose its solitude was too trying for himself and family. whits water falls. The'Whi^ Water flows from the summit of the BludQlidge, and unites with the Jacossee immediately at the abrapt termiaation of the mountain. It well deserves the name of While. There are a series of falls tumbling from immense heights, and the water is so broken and derated in the fall, as to look like the "drivee snow." We endeavored to find out the Indian name fur the creek, but could not. Doubtless the White Water is a mere translation of the original Cherokee. The White Side Mountain rlsee grandly above the eurronnding range, on the west of White Water falle. This mountain ie conspicuous in elevation, even from Green! ville. CASMU's TALLCT. After ascending the mountain on tha road whieh starts up immediately in the fork of the White Water and Joeasaee, and ruus between those streams to the North Carolina line, passing tha first summit " '1' ?8TMg8j range, the traveller enter* Cathle^yValley. J Here he find* a great deal of beautiful t*> j i ble land, and In tama pfeoea ha might fanay there ware no greaS mouotaioa near, whilat ha (a on the Tory bank of the buga range. On tha Ud April, the foreet treea atill had a wintry appearance, no buda or leave* to be aeen. Tha peach treea had not . yat ahed their bleo*. Applet aot bloomed oat, hot juet eanimenoed. The climate la aool here, the year round, aad tha aeaeoa almoet too abort for reliable i a rope of aorn ;l?ut rya, oala and buckwheat, I Iriii cabbage*, 4 a-, dourleh to perfection. The herds grass is fine, growing luxuriantly on tho hills, an well as on the i meadow. Tho range for oattle and hog* is excellent, and there ia no milk-sick up i hero. It aaeaM to ahna the light, and i* i only found In the deep ehaded glen or i mountain ride. 1 The apple flourishe* to .perfeetloa In all i the mountain region. It la a great plaee to I produce perfect garden ceeda, and the grow < ing of eabbage for aeed ia extensively prao. 1 ticed and very profitable. A young man 1 informed me that he sold about four quarts of I cabbage aeed, down in this State, by the spoonful, which amounted to fifty dollar*; ' and that hia father, tome years, had raised I a bushel ot cabbage seed. They are care* i ful after the sprout comes out of the cab* bsge, to remove the decaying leaves to pre- i vent the scalding effects of the rotting pro- i cess in the head. The seed stalk thus grows * off healthy and fruitful. The name of this val.e.v (it is moro prop 1 crly a mountain flat range, and no real valley) we at firat fancied to be cither ot Indian origin, or that it wns so called niter some distinguished personage in old tra&tionnl times; perhaps some wood nymph, in the shape of a remarkable Indian girl, or w-hile maiden of the early settlements, and , we supposed the name might be spslt likethe fragrant Cassia. We were In regard to it of " imagination all compact," never dreaming that the serene upper valley could be less poetical than the lower. We had to tumble down to prose, at last, when the Iruth came out. It seems that Cashier's Valley is so called from an old hoise that was once turned out to grass, up there, by his Pickens owner, one McKisNkt; thnt in the fall lie could not be found, but his own I er afterwards discovered his bones, and n? the horse was nsined Casnier, said McKixxtv dubbed the County by the same title; and bis bo'ee is destined to the innnortn'ity of Beatimphatus. TllK roNtL/TIOX. There is much good population itt Cosh* ier's Volley. The country is very healthful, and sonic of the people living theic ore at laiiiiug to grvnt age. We met, in the road, an old gentleman named Zachart, to whom, he being un acquaintance of our travelling com}>*iiion, we were introduced, and upon inquiring lcnrncd tliut he was from one of the old counties of the State but ha 1 liv/d for the last thirty year* in Cashier's Valley. He is eighty eight years old, married a wife sixty -six years ago, who is still living in I good health like himself. The couple have taised lourteon children, and have now tin merotta descendants, most of them inhabit ing the sime tcgion. The old gentleman is sprightly and intelligent.' lie curri-d a shot bag and gun, which he could still use with effect He might very well pass for n hale man of a. vcuty; he bus no appearance of being actually superanunted. We marvelled at meeting so stout a gentleman nt his age; but passing on we that night met an ether, Mr. Robkht NohtoX, who is sti'l ac live and jolly nt the age of hina'yl lie informed us that Ills wife wit* still living in good health, and was seven years younger lt..? 1.1 >? ?!? ---? v.iuu main, itipy nave t?een mnrrh?dj< some sixty or more years. Truly, tire looks like a verification of the f.tol affirmed I.y Kuropean eeieutific observers, that the average age of man is increasing in these latter years, and is now, perhaps, ten years greater than it was in the days of the I'sulinisi ' David. Oen. Hampton has a summer.house building in Ca?liicr'e Valley, nnd they are ex peeling him this summer. As is the case everywhere else where he is personally known, we found that he is exceedingly pop ular, lie has, previous to the war, spent more or less of several summer seasons in Cashier's Valley. We fouud also that this had been a result for several families from ^oulh Carolina. The Tuckoseegeo River takes its rigs there. We were told there were no fish in it above the fails, till a few years ago Gen. Hampton carried a bucket of live ones and placed them in the stieam for seed ; they have rapidly multiplied, so that uow the fisherman is well rewarded who fishos above tlx fulls, ss well at below. During the war, although the population (tibpfillv wfl? ftwlorltr s.sl f- * .J , ...V* litiiii I 111 l?* HiW, there were some marauders who robbed houses, and one of the finest in the country that of Col. Taiu>b, of Columbia, was burned down. wkb8ter.?judos 11ermm a v. Webster is the County 8eat of Jackson County, North Carolina, and was the ultima tUul? of our travel over the mountains. It is a small village, soma fifteen years of age, had commenced thriving before the war, but has not made auy progress of late. It is prettily situated on the right bank of the Tuckasegee River, which is there a considerable stream, and a tributary of the Tennessee. The water of the river is perfectly olear, from its source onward. Web ster is about 80 or 86 miles from Greenvilla, lire ordinary route by Joeassee. It ia said thera is a nearer route through Transylvania, making it not more than seventy mile#. They have a Court House and Jail, but no ehnrohes as yet built in the vilisge. Their effort to build was suspendsd by the war. Methodism sppears to be the dominant religion in Jackson County. The Baptist, howsver, ha*# eonsidsrsble strength there. We heard nn excellent sermon en Sunday light, from ftbT uperanuated Methodist preacher, rflM Judge Mbbbixa* was holding tho Bup^l rtor Court st Webster, on Monday, and we beard his eharge to tho Grand Jury; and wo never heard a more comprehensive and sble one. It reminds as of Judge CVNaafc, whoa oa the Circuit many yearn ago, bnt was a more thorough elucidation of criminal law, and explanation of the duties of i Grand Jury, and the importance of their discharging them faithfully, then we ever beard addressed toe panel. The manner of Judge MnuiuK in Court much resembles (he late talented end distinguished Judge Wrrnaan of this State. Quick, penetrating sod acourate, la hie discriminations, his mind flashes through a subject like lightning, and displays it to the listeners vividly. Judge MaamuAv is, for a professional nan, young; baa been only a abort time on the Beneh ; but unlea* Congreeaiooally pardoned, the State of North Carolina rauet loae bia aervicea. Ha vai a member of the Legislature before the war. We hare no fare, however, that eueh valuable men na fudge MmiVAN will remain diafranchiaed rery long. The honeet people, without diet Li notion ol party, will insi.'t on restoring to lueh official capacity. The members of the Bar whom we met, impressed ua very favorably. Col. Davidson, IIknbv, Coleman, the Solicitor, Lovi, Col. Cocat, formerly of Tenneaaee, but now of Ashville, N. C., and others, viaiting the Court. Mr. Cannon ia the only resilient lawyer, at present, of Jackson County. We understood that Lovk, known ae Dr. Lovx, (having been formerly a practicing physician,) will shortly settle at Webster. Several noble men, lawyers of the Western Counties of North Carolina, poriahcJ in the war. The lawyers keep their seats whilst examining a witness. In nearly every other particular tbo manner of conducting business in the Supremo Courts of Nortb Carolina, is liko that in this State. The Judge preserves good order and decorum very strictly. rnuiT^ut-TriiE. Jackson County, generally, is well adapted (ur fruit, and many of the mountain situations arc said to be well adapted to tbo grape. Mr. Robkrt Hoitkrs, a very intelligent and energetic gciitk-iuun of tbe County, lias established a nursery five or six miles south of Webster, mul will, by another season, be prepared to | furnish choice fruit trees, and grapo vines, | mid cutting#, not only to hi# own immediate section, but to our aide of the mountains also, lie cerluinly desc.ves every encouragement. A nORXKtt nATTLK flNAKR. We dill not see it with our own eyes, but got tho history of the ercntura, and there can be no doubt that such a thing was found a few years since, in the mountain* of Jackson. A simple country man had obserred the snake, for u ycur or two, every suuiuior, in a certain quarter. It was so extraordinary thai he would not bill it. At lust he caught it alive, and took it about to several places on exhibition. lie was of a very superstitious nature, and after keeping the snake a short time, his conscicuce troubled him with the idea that it was one of Qod's creatures that he had no right to mdko a show of for mouey, and he ac* tunlly carried it back to its oid haunt and turned it looso ; and for Might we know it may now he roaming its native hills and hollows. Tho two horns aro described as quite sharp, and of considerable length, on either side of thu head. It bad a full supply of rattles also. What a speculation for BAnxrii, lius been lost ! tlKER, rilKASAXTS AND SOLVES. Wc saw sevorul mountain I'hcasnuts; they are quite plenty in the largo mountains. Deer have greatly increased since the War ; wo saw two little children carrying a piece of venison " f<> ijrumlfuther, that tlicir father had killed two bucks that morning." Wolves have become more numerous since the war, aa well ns deer, and are invading some settlements near the mountains that tbey had not troubled before in many years. The hunters wore away iu mo army, una tbcro were few loft to disturb the wild animals for four years. a suxiut school. Beyond the Blue Ridge, near llie centre of Jackson, wc had the pleasure pf attending n Sunday school, lately gotten up by o worthy youug man, named Bioiiam. It is nn independent school, in whicli Methodist, Baptist, and all others unite. Wc were never more impressed with the excellency ot the Sunday school system than on this occasion, It was delightful to see so many line children, of both sexes assembled to sing, and learn the Bible; who, otherwise, would hove been idly, unprofitably, Sod, perhaps, mischievously employed. It is ft glorious system, a blessing both to tesohers and taught. No wonder that its special j champions become more and more ceslou* in snch e. cause. It is a great field for doing good, extensive, eternal. We bad svidence at this school that " Kind words never die." We beard them eing a hymn eommenclng with those words, and on examining, discovered that it was contained iu a little Sunday-school hymn book which many of the scholars had, an] the took was one prepared by our worthy towns man, Col. O. J. Ei>oep, so distinguished for his able advocacy of the 6tonday-ichool oauae, and his wonderful siicc^M as a Superintendent of the Baptist Sunday-school in G reonville Here was hia little work scattered among the hills of this rrtoote region, | doing God service, inspiring the hearts of grown persons and children with songs of prslse, and doubtless oooduoing to the building up and aostaining this very school. me. p. d. PAVtn. We dislike to close this imperfeet sketch of matters seen and heard on oar trip, without returning-our acknowledgments to this gentleman nod his amiable and accompli abed lady, for the eoTcral hospitable and pleaaant dayr we spent at their res^ence. Mr. Da viae is an Englishman, a self taught, well-informed gentleman, who possesses a considerable interest in the farming and mineral lands of Jackson. and her wind, are talking M The awn among the blue bills whisper aweet thiogn bene8HreM^H| Sine# Adam walked in Eden, have held ooaveree together. fortvtr. Not like the South and her t^K log banner; not like the dear soldiers no? oar laded hope*. Immortal aa the Ood that made them, tbeae weird companion a dwell and apeak together, from the dawn to the twilight of time. But la the ard near T Haa the Seventh Aogel prepared himaelf to eound that tramp whieh shall awaken the sleeping riomi of all living? Whethor it it at the door now, or far away in Ood'e impenetrable future, may we be ready when the matter cometh. We hare had wretched weather tince my ! 1 a at epietfe wae penned. When I wrote, I thought apring had almoet come. The her- ; I aid flower* told of her approaeh. The vij oleta and verbena in the woods, and white ' flower* in the gardens. But, alaal for the hopea of earth. An ioe norther, fraught with aleet and cold, enme pouring ita chill 1 , breath over oar devoted heade; and lo 1 the flower* vanished. The green tree*, what very little bad appeared, died out.? Gardena and young crops, all doing finely before that, left no vistage of their former goodly estate. Farmers and gardeners went to planting again, and everybody waa dieappointed badly. Ah I this Texas weather, a* an old woman criticizing iny character at home onee said, it is too curious, (meaning unaccountable];) you can't depend on it. It Is whimsical as a woman's or widower's fnnoiea. And to uie one of Mrs. Bedolts' expression*, " Yon can't calculate on it, And 'lia'ut worth while to try." These northers come from the Rocky Mountains, aud are the most unplsassnt things you ever met. Generally, they up at night or in the early morning, and are nearly always unwelcome visitors. They don't know what moderation means. It is freeze, freeze, freeze, all the time ; sometimes one day, sometimes two> sometimes a week. Sueh are northers, proper, I assure you ; little or no raining . a dark cloud in the North; a roaring sound find tli? 44 I>l*lls-i ^ - - - 9 ?? * ...nokiuvo mo upun you. Oh ! these cold, horrid things ! I don't like the oliinate of this region mack, but Texas is a large country, and they say (I mean the old settlers) that there is every climate nu-1 soil out here. I am glad we are out west, for it is easier to live than at home. Anybody that will work can get along. It one thing does not do. another will; and you can support a family easily if you manage right. First, land is good ; cattle abundant; game like, wise. Secondly, chickens thrive ; gardens generally (not this year though) are early and good. I might go on thirdly, fourthly, fifthly and a xthly, but aa such discourses are usually dry and uninteresting, I will add only this head : the fruit of the present season is a perfect nullity, all gone. But genera:ly, / am told, figs, peaches, plutns and pea**, grow to great perfection her*. iVhile at Nacodoches, during Christmas week, 1 saw a pie at a dinner party, made of dried peaches, the nicest and sweetest fruit I nearly ever eat, with custard pocred over it, highly seasoned, snd baked together. I mention thin, thinking some of the Greenville house-keepers might like to try it. I never met it before. The cold weather must be over, or else the wild geese are badly fooled. It is considered a sign here, when they fly North, that mild seasons are actling in. I don't have much faith in the sign, but they have been passing in flocks all day, and I Iteard them a little while ngs. n i A ?? < - - - - u> j iu\c 10 an - enquiring Irieods." 8. T. Bswahe or Parte Strife.?It it evident that there are emissaries or agent* nt work in tbi<* and other South* ern States, whose object is to stir up > rtrife between the two races at the South. Now and then, there may be found a Southern-born man among these missionaries of mischief, but such cases are exceptional, as the greater number are not to the manor born, are not identified with the interests of either the white or colored Southerner, and have no higher ends to serve, besides the division they aim to create, than self aggrandizement or elevation to of fice. The interests of both races, whether political or material, here at the South are identicnl. United, tbey will prosper ; divided, both will suffer. [Phoenix. - i --+ ? ? Til* ObANITKVIM.* MANffACTXRlXO COUpast.?Th* Augusta J'reti lias reeeived the officer*' report* of thi* company, mad* to* called meeting of the stockholders, oo the 18th instant. The Preu My*: Mr. Oregg review* in detail the operation* of lh* company since 1846, whoa it wai organized, and more eepeelally during and aince the war. lie allude* to th* inipreaaion which th* public derived, that large profit* were mad* daring the war, atate* that, after charging to profit and <o** the burnt cotton, and everything that eoold not be made available, ha found the eapl tel deficit $321,600?the result of the war. ! During the last nineteen month#, that dafloit hna been made up, and a dividend of $86,000 ha* been paid, leaving a bslanoe to th# credit of profit and los^ on the 1 at of January iMt, of $1,800. Since th? war, a large quantity of new machinery ha* be*n purchased in Knglan#, which is declared to be infinitely euperiar to any of American manufacture, and th# mill Is now making 98,000 yard* of cloth p*r week, and, when it i* in full operatic*, will make 120,000. d?ndtSS9S9nBi^^BBHH9i Hat* vary abort pant* ara man's legs. af?yftweTEjgBHH^BMB^WJ^BMB ad with an eye glass, a cane and a pair of rtorM of Binnarck, yoar New York 1867 is com piste. '^{SaUn^^H CtlANOKS of WAa.?The fcStlS^ doubts thai there will be a war between ' q^lBB France and Prussia. There is no eoun? try in Europe to which war, and, shore all, a war of eren moderate length, such as a war with Franoe would be sure to he would prove so burdensome as to Prussia, because in none would so little of the fighting l>e done by professional soldiers, and ao much by men drawn auddenly from all the trades and professions. Other nations hire to figbt; in Pruseia the whole community may be said to lay down its tools and go'to the field; and no etateeman wbo hae to arrest the social machine whenever he mobilizes the army, would over think of doing so with the recklessuees or alacrity with which the Emperor Napo-* leon or the Austrian Kaiser pours hie forcee into foreign territory to fight for a province or an idea. Prussia, though one of the most warlike of the great European States, hashed a more peaces ful history than any of them. In feet, from the foundation of the monarchy to the present day, a period of 150 years, including the reign of great Frederick and the wars of the French revolution, she has enjoyed 125 years of peace. Infant Olam Qvotion Book, designod i for young children, by Rev L. 11. Shuck. A Brikf Catkcihsm of Bislb Duct kink, by Rev. James P. Boycs, D. D. Tux Child's Question Book on thk room GosrsLS, by Rer. B. Manly, jr.,' IX. D.? . 1 a ?r* i. The above little Catechisms are all from the " Sunday school Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Greenville, 8. C."? They seem to be well adapted to the end for which they have been prepared. Hie Baptists have been very fortunate in the eUetlon of men to manage their affairs at Greenville. They are men of zeal and energy, of learning and piety, and witbal of liberal minds and large hearts; Baptists, of course, but not of that class of CnYlsttaus who believe that no man will get to Heaven who eannot pronounce their SkihkobtJk. Their institution/, literary and theological, and their Publication Board, ought to exert a powerful influence on their denomination in the South.?Jhx fwbyirri**. Tut RtcnwoMD Baza as.?The success attending the opening of the Hollywood Cemetery Bazaar, in Richmond, for improving and preserving the ccmetory of the Confederate dead, was quite e^ual to the expectations of its most sanguine friends. All the Southern States are represented by tables, and the quantity of goods and the beauty of tbe decorations of sach gave evidence alike of the industry and taste of the fair managers The Richmond papers, of Friday, speaking of the previous day, say the bazaar was crowded from 12 m. until the hour of elosiag at night The 2'imet ays, of ths South Carolina table: Mrs. Spotswood Welford and ir Coulter (''aboil, in charge of th?8outh Carolina table, acknowledge contribution* of a number ol large boxes of- fancy articles, sent from South Carolina, and several fancy articles from Mrs. Qilmore, of Liverpool, England.?Columbia Phanitc. i Arrest or Mr. Stephen Calhoun Smith.?*We regret to announce that, on yesterday, Mr. Stephen Calhoun Smith, a resident of this city, was arrested for cutting the United States flag on Saturday last. We have no sympathy for the act, which we consider without ex-* cuse, hut we are aorry for the man, whom we knsw as a soldier of Company !(., 2d South Carolina Cavalry, Hampton's Brigade, who distinguished himself by his gallant oonduct at the battle of Gettysburg. [ Char let Ion Mercury. Suits aoainst tiix Postmasters.? Some hundred and fifty suits have al ready been instituted in tbe United States District Court* in thh oily against postmaster* and their bondsmett in different portion* of tbe State, and attachment* bare been issued for money* due the United Statee at tbe lime of the secession of tbe State of Virginia. These attachments have been pTatced in the .bands of the marshal to be served. We learn that there ere about four hundred postmasters who are Alleged to be defaulter#, . , [Ruhmond Exa/xiner. Advkbttsixo.?'The LoolvvUla Jattmml, in s 1st* number, bears tfca following testis'"' ny to the advantages sf advertising : r, e here been carrying ao the Loui?*tlle Jour . nal between thirly>sLit and Wkbrty-see'en years. During all this* dsne #i have Known no wsn of builr^a In ths etty to fall who advertise* liberally. And we have know* no i?e to suoeeed in a07 considerable. If e?en id a respectable degree, who dldtoVadverliss liberally r t ( ^ Is it Hot?Is Used Centre Stephens a Spy t While Stephens wee In this country, there were frtqosnt Intlmetlone that he was in the service of the BrMsb t?orernmsnt as e spy. New, a Barfs letter U the a;: with his w and brother inU*. lie 00m plains of poverty, y*t Irks mote* to pay for long rides in haeka end ma net saeret {; visits to ths English Embassy. w