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ijit funtljrrii Cnttrprtse. 4-v- -- -u? ~^=? cyiSNVlUE, g. c. WEDNESDAY. HOVEMBER 4. 1868. R&ll-Road from Greenville to AsImvUI*. Vf( are permitted l?y President Ilammett, to puMirh the following Utter addressed to liiin by R C. McCatla, Engineer of tha Cincinatli, Cumberland Gap A Charleston Raili-ond Oompeny. The suggestions which it contains Mem to us important and wisely calculated to promote the Interest of the country and of the whole line of Rail Roads, which would be placed in connexion by an extension of the Road from Greenville to Ashville. As we have repeatedly at trinpted to show, this coooexion, if aoccta* pUsbcd. would be more important and vainable to Charleston than the Unban Gap Road. The scheme nlaeea to eaniiHUMiootioti with East T?nh?M?f, Kintuoky ami Ohio. Just as well u the others, but it does morn, it plaees Charleston in communication with the heart of western No-tli Carotins, and tddu region of eountry iu North Carolina to the trade interest of Charleston, equal to one of the largest New England Slates in area, and probably soon destined to tie equal in population, which the Rabnn Road cannot do. There is oulv HO miles or thereabout to build and the whole Road, with the exception of four or five tnilea, runs throngh an arable country, already Inhabited, whilst the Unban run* through rest distances of barren mountain*, that never can be cultivated. There U no comparison of the advantages of ths Greenville and French Broad route, with that of the Raban to Charleston atvl the whole State, and it is the road that ought to be first built, and ean Ue dona at onp t^ird the sost of the other, even now. Another consideration is, that this route cannot be tap. ped liy Georgia, as the other will certainly be, Ths intsrsst of the South Carolina Road is likiwiee deeply involved in the completion of thia connexion of Green viile and Asheville, for the same reason that Charleston is. The advantages to western North i.ii?* 1?I-L>- - ? j vnv?<>a wuuiu up iu (.-nicuiims, lie li woilia give them Hie beet rout* to Charleston, end the most flourish wg district* of the State, and also place thee* in nearest travoliug communication with Georgia, Alabama, and Souih-weat generally, and would All that eeetion more than ever it was m- ilia summer travelers. This woulJ be capo dally the case so soon as Uie Air Lina Road is completed, but even witlmut that a con. keKiou at Aiken would give North Carolina great advantages from travel. We liope the letter of Mr. MeCalla, will Ix seriously considered, and produce the right sort of action. Col. H. P. IlammetL, PretiJeut Greenville and Columbia Railroad?Dear Sir : I wiite briefly, for want of lime, to suggest the importance of changing our programme<at an early day. I ain convinced that but few of as will live to tec this great improvement cum. pla ted, unless we at onee aet about making w radical change. My plan Is to bold a general meeting ami consolidate the entire line from Cumberland Gap to Greenville, South Carolina. Should that connection l?e adopted, it would give the company more sTengih to absorb your road to Aiken and bu.ld shut link. A new company should be funned, embracing this entire line, and an able working man of financial ability placed at the head of it- )Ie should then < 9 ft vase the whole cottnlr}* Interested, and wuki.li, up the people to renewed and Jeteriniued action. Books should be opened and numerous local meetings be be!:! throughout the entire longlli, c..lioit *ut. scrip'ions from individuals, counties, corpo rations and Stales, jtaynble in cash, labor, material, real estate, Ac., Ac. When organised thus we can appeal successfully In capitalists and until something of the kind is done our efforts will prove of little avail, l'lease think of these views, and ff you can cor-cur, phase consult with vonr people. Reepe et fully, and truly youra, it. C. MuCALLA, Chief Engineer. ? ? WS ? TorniDa and Potatoes. These Most valuable crop* have generally done well tbi* season. The turnip baa not yet completed it* growth. Mr. Wii.mam Goldsmith, of tbi* District, on last Monday lett at our office certainly (be best specimens of tbo Rutn Buga turnip that wo have ever seen, and also a beautiful sample of very iasge Globe turnip*. Mr. Golpsmitii also gave u* some immense Yam potatoes raised by hito, tbo finest that wo have met wi'b. We should be much please-r to receive from Mr. Goldsmith a statement of bis method of cultivating?the turnip especially. Being ono of our best and most intelligent farmers, he could also give valuable hints on many matters of agriculture. Wc are nltvnys gratified to contribute In any way to the promotion of successful farming, and we take it as a peculiar favor of our triends when they remind us of the subject by their generous presents?snmpfe? of the fruits of the earth. We are satisfied that with pains taking and'judicious management our climate and soil will riehly and abundantly reward tbo hnsbandinan. Wo have boon thankfully enjoying Mr. Goldsmith's bounty since it was bestowed. Our Cotton Market Is still a go<?\ ono, the merchants continuing to offer the highost prices. A gentleman told us the other dsy that he had ??rcied a bnle. each to Laurens and Greenville, and that lie had made tbo best sale here. Let this be pnneinhered. We ?pioto, for good article, 20 Register again if tugn to rote for Intendant and Wardens- d. o nptiee. Register if you tako any sort of interest in tho affairs which concern na all in common^ ? +?.*? " .Religious Notice. Iter. Mr, flonnisr of Atlanta, Georgis. will prcarh in tho Methodist Church this etaaing tWrdnpsdny,) pi tho usual Lour of service. jm T ? E 8 1 Tb? Klection at Oruenvllle Opurt Houm. I ? N???r Ml a niorf quiet and ?rderly tl??U thaqy<-?terd?y f Meat of tb?.r?6es wese Uk. ntQi early, lie sort of dtsturbauhe occurred.? a There wefe?18 votes in all taken at this box. 1 H A umjoritjr were negroes, only a few white ^ coninianders of the negro voters, say some C( ,doson, are supposed to have voted Radioal; ^ aomo'of the negroes, a small nambcrt voted 0 Democratic. Ih tbo taaln, it wage clear division between white and black at this box. ( S The vote stood here for Cong esse i -?v 'jj A. S.JWitiAcs, Republican, 441 V. D. Sinrvoe, Democrat, ...iff | bolu'itor. W. n. Psikf, DeuHxjrat....?..._.........341 1 8. D. Ooonntrv, Independent Candidate, 1M The vote fof Rresidpatial ekictors nearly ^ corresponds, it Is thought, with the Cougrosa f vote. b Tbo majority La QreoorUIe District is eon- f fldeotly claimed hy the Democrats, bat as yct> t no sufficient returns have been reoelved to lis I b the mult w? ?:ii -t??- -? ? ... 1?U|T? UVA . WCO?.~ m In Anderson and Pickens, tunny boxes have r Veen heard from, and the Drmoeratic ainjorl- p tica will be overwhelming, the aame nay be q relied for Oconee and Spartanburg. The eloc- ^ tion of W. D. Simpson to Congress, and the defeat of A. 8. W 11.1.ACK, ia inoro than proba. ^ ble. Wo have beard nothing aa yet, from ^ other port* of tho State, except Greenwood in Abbeville, where the Democrats hod obtained r nearly all tbe votes cast. The great contest fur President is over, and 1 wo can next week 'g'-e tbe fbtl result; some P partial telegrnuis from the States, will reach ^ us to night, but too Into fbr publication. t Purchases of Real Estate tn OreenviUo. d Mr. 1j. B. Cli.xr tins bought ono half of tho al vacant lot, (about ono acre,) In front of his c hourc, of Mr. McDrp., at $SOO, and is now ? building a store house on the same, on the ^ Pendleton rond front. j, Mr. 8. S. QlBBS has bought tbe other half J .of tbe lot, fronting bis dwelling, about one u Jkere, f?rj?750, and intends Improving it. ti Rev. W. C. Jo.nks has bought the house and f, lot, bcloMgliig to Mrs. Moisk, situated on the ^ Pendleton road, one aere, for $100#, and intends making it his rcsid?.t?c?. _ u' , , n it Sales on Monday. The Commissioner in Equity, J sues P. Mbonr., Esq.. Mr. P. II. Rii.kt Auctlonoer, made the Billowing sales on Monday Inst t Mouse and lot of Dr. J. W. kari.k. bought * by T. I). DnNAi.nsoa, Esq., for $1,105. ' House and lot-of c. M. McJitxkix, bought " t V W. IV Pricb, Esq.. for ft,(AO. a The Judge of Probate, SamcmlJ. DceTotr, n Esq., sold but one tract of land, belonging to | Estate of Asicl Mamtix, deceased, contain- , ing forty-eight acre*, which brought two Vuu- e dred dollars. |' r All of :bc above sales were cash. t rm WW -1 ? The Carolina Farmer. II We have received the November number of f ihis new mi.I promiaing Journal, published at Wilmington, North Carolina, Wm. II. Finn- ' HARD, Editor A. Proprietor, nt $",00. Thif Journal is well rpokcii of, and highly recom- 1 snenriud by *.bu*c who have looked n>o*t cure- * 'fully into it* ralnable content*. We arc re? ' Joieed to ?eo good Agricultural Journal* flour- ' idling, and would be glad toner them flourish. Il If poaat de, iu eyery State, and rend by every d body. H ' . ? . .1 Presidential Kleotlon Settled. (| Just before going to Pre**, wo r? reived by, ,,j( the Itttrnix, telegram* from many of the y Northern State*, according to wuich (Ik ant'* election way be regarded a* Certain, c k Extract ?I a Letter from Uermany. |, Drip J ruin Ifridtlbr, ff In Ts'lizig?of ^ " the. UK in. ? /?oi7 liiHttl* in (irriMtiny?Ifutr ? Drlay* are /lorn r?h'reiicli J.atlir* yrrat , r Talker*?-(jolnjue ? A (J rnttd Cathedra? 1 600 Year* in li>tifdi<ig~ The T"'" V l^W '' ne,, ate. Lt.irzio, Kjxuoom or Saxoxy. flgnu ast, \ ' Wednc day, Sept. 30, lSUfl. J 1 Drar ? : Voo will remember tliwl] '' this is I lie seme place where J. B. spent J " most o( his iim? in the study of music. It i 1 is a cheaper plnce to live in thct) iK-iilrl , | he?sr. and much better suited to my ehofcn n studio. I determined to see the Rhine!' and its famous scenery before coming direct j ^ to this plnce, as it was not a great deal out i I of the way. I left Heidelberg on Monday " afternoon^ 14'h September, 1 Jo I*. M. for c Fraek'ort, on the Maine River, one of the r oldest and most business.like cities of Ger- ) '' many. I arrived the-e ahout two homa m' before dark, went immediately to a hotel, I I' whose address I bad procured from a young! 0 German fiiend in Heidelberg, aad tben i l' walked around tho pi incipal portions ot P tile fine old City, There were monunrht* j 8 to Onltinilirrg and o'her*, the invent* 1 ? ors of printing, and a fine one to Goethe, " the Shak'peare of Germany. I did not Me) ? j Very well when f left If , but that night I r became pretty sick, and it was not wit It ' ? very pleasant tedious that I sonlrmnttien i '* the likelihood of hcing nick In a strange ^ city where I was not a' qitninled with a " soul. But nyjtt im-ming, though not en-j ^ tirely Well? ! left Frai kfo'l before t for " M ivenee, the Rhine, where I Would de- " , ceiid the r'*- r on a st.-amer The steamef i ' | lelt tier |>ier at Mnyenre a limit 7 in the! l! morning, and after getting som-thing for' b Iii'i hH.i t. 1 remained on dectf under a pa 1 tj ! vili ii enjoying the romantic mattery along! . j the hunk* At Uingen connuenctl the ah. j " rupi moiinUiiion^ channel of ili. Kl.ine j C (Xh either ride. oil nearly ev> ry prominent n I peak were ndii* of nnMrol en?ile*, l**K**ri*)? ' v of course connected willi each. W? |mH j tine wentli r, n. d thu* no Idiidianec i<> the i appieciuion ?>/ Rhine aoenerj. Nearly *11 ^ , the passenger* w?-r* OnrnMti. find this ilm-, i. i remarks, con vera itirfn, *#.1 tb? directions ^ ! end explanations of the polite old Otpia:i\ I though *11 i heard wh* German, yet I did * i not feel * if I wa? 1 rl- iiing to an unknown c j tongue; bit' could understand most all that! n | I heard. 1 mode the acquaintance of a pt> ! lite fiermin, who explained a good den! of i " the rcenety fuller than my ?m<V> hook, g^d., * I made the lime morn agreeable to m?,^j ? ! There if ft, D airict. ? mriienefng some mile* below Mavenee. and extending for 15 miles j down the Rhine raited the* Rhine Gitn, (pro | ' iioivio d gelt ) Which i he m ine-producing " region of the country flic vineyard* eov ; K er?d the hill* in every direodon. The vines ( wvie ?.ot Uige iniu<eu*o branches, but j 11 > ~ * T 18 S R*H na)L ami a? regular Interval# J ipported by niajl mH of wood. "lUok 1 M la tenderly eared for and are t?w? Mgih price". A? i general thing, however, ,hlne wince are not the favorite one# with | revelers, the French end Spnuish being nnsiderod superior. There a consider a-v le acidity and tartaric aci<l in them. In r?W to'try f*ia of lh?L eoperit?r Svlnie t >urohased a bottle, aV dinner, of 'Iloe, bat t annot say that I was entirely pleared with t N<>t only were the hank* of the Itftine' harming for enteral #rtd artificial etegrrjv mt there waa ever present to the mind, houghta of historic aoene#. Now we paaad the place where J otitis Cat tar, QO -/eara iefore the birlh of Chrm, bum his imnua bridge and trvMel the liver. Here e fought Chevlerangpe, Ousiayna Adol ihua, Turenne, Napoleon. Ft out filngen o Cohlens. a distance of four hours, oa the U th? ntnal rAmaolU -V.1 ? ?? ~ wn?ry of the Rhine. Opposite &>hl?ni: ises tlie Oihrellar of Germany?Forlreea of | Ibrenbrelltlein. Il t* hvltl by iIve Prussian , loMtnirent, and is considered Iropregna- | le. I debarked at 4 P. M. from the boat or Draehenfels Peak and Citttlo in Older 0 ascend the renowned eminence to enjoy he extensive view from its summit- A npid walk of a half honr gained the tpp. /here the picturesque ruins of an old caale, built out of solid rock, adorns the lace. The scenery from Drnchenlvls ia eautifully pictured by Byron in Cliilde Inrold, aud my short stay allowed me to nj.?y and appreo ate the same. I hurri-.l own to the pier in order to catch the next learner, but just a* I reached It, with my i arpet sack In hand, the steemer pnsln J olf nd I was left. I had determined to go on > Cologne that night, so I crossed the river 1 a small i>?at to the oppueite.sl.^j^ where look the cars to Bonn, aud about 20 mln- J tes ride brought me to thia plner. My runk waa here and T had determined logo out Bonn to Cologne by tail. But some lung, very unusual for Getronijvlhe train aa delayed several lion re,' aud it was near lidnight before I could get on board. The iteriru I apent in the wailing hall at the talion, where wns a large crowd which ept constantly increasing the longer our etay. A battalion of Praaeian troops had ..I..4 ?- i.t. .i i ? ?vt?, %*? nmn uir can, imjmnTiiv ? gel on, and wearied out a* I wan, ] found tueh in the lit^t crowd to inUrr*'' and mat*. I wae an ewtira etraugei, and I <lo ot think there wu a <wnil who apoke Engird) braidc myaclf, but 1 lid iiqI f el ill at aar, Tlirrs w?-re a fi w French ladiea pi ea lit, and how tl?ry did talk! nothing eotild - train; them?faiigne, ini|iili?nfa, thajain id |?rV?iiiMr? of * large crowd. ???. It w?? II animation And liv?iin*?*. l?n, no niwr inmdrwm nr ?ir.-?! ol|t manner, but full of | pirit nod Tlia Freiieh Mounded I ileiiMnnt to my <him, though I did nwl un? erelnnd n great den I mid. niter nothing lit G?i man. The behavior of the crowd ins d.ffr rent leoin what would liave been lie case in an American a*?e|iihty undir lie Mine eiroiinie'nnn-e No one eeenie I to ronble hitmteif to find out the ean*? ol the etention. There wiim no running to the ' lil'niol n> d ilflignnlil reinoo ' Iranee with th. in about 'lo* delay. 1 In-ar-l ' iithy' P'-iosi k< to the IT of of how nee lleaa! wne we alionld l.e kept waiting *o long, .hen a telegram to I'o'ogne niight eerttre * a train In an Inmre tiTT)'. but there wa, n iib-enceJ?f the American ilia|inriilnu to now tile "why '* of everything, mid to illy < fli"iab when detained. At luet, after tany falee alarm*, a train a?#rly a quarter I a mile in length drawn hy two, large ugine*. made i a appeaiar.ee along side ol lie p*a form thronged with the v <?t. imp*i?ni crowd. When the train came in hfht. another eirctimetauea ,impr-eeed ine I he grenl cent ion and exert ion* made on lie Continent to ptevent accident* For at [ aat half dozen time* Wfore the train eame long *ide did the Railroad official*, with heir lentein? pa**-and repa** hetween ;he ilaifurm and track warning hack the crowd nd making a clear rptce. To enloree their ffortM, the glittering helmota nf eeveral Gen* i _ : - - mu.n w cio *irmir asecoiiipa nv*ug li?r iaitrnad pturili It tt?? too late ? lli?? igllt wlirlt I g-t to Cologne to select u otnfminble scoOtr! class hotel, ?o I had t<> i*ign myself to one of those "gronil " afiir?, wh.itr grnndeur consists in muliitnddty of Heme charged on your bill and ilcea corresponding. Next tr)?rr?i??g I rot ff to view the famous Cathedra', the first ting. I had nut expected 'to bet orer leiiifil, but ni^ mrpriM at the raatAVsa nd mlniirntion of iu magnificence, Wee vei whelming. The Oitiie<lral wee aom lenced in 1218, end le not yet completed, luxes are set iu the interior labeled with e quest for a contribution to the completion f the Cathedral. Oite graceful htrnrvnhiue >wer le finished, and ia a perfect model of* eanty. On everj sidy of the ettlerh.f are >>o in?at gorgeou* sculpturing and carving ro'.liing pictured in the " Arabia* N-ghis'' urpnas, or.perhaps equate in gorgeousnesa lie -exterior and interior of the Cm lie-Ire I n the interior are rent the stained glass'in ' he most perfect development ol that err,! nth it* nneient'perfection, and in Ave wiiiowf' presented by Louis, King of listeria, if modem rivalry. While I was in the inthedral the Itmnieh Ckurtb Hrtiw <om i lenced. A audience of d? I oite* were kneeling in |?ew?, while the \ 'rieet, Willi li in back loth* congregation, J licit before lit* crneiflx, in tin:filing j i a voice, tlie tone* of which were inmnH >1* I* p-rmna ten feet dialant from liiin, nd going on with tlie ridiertloim geidnrc*, roeeing*, Ac., A* , while every few seconds little hell ringing would make him h*ng* hi* attitude. How convenient and [mining to llie conscience it such a religion, ^hivh authorize* the |>rfe*t, ty mean* of iMlea* innimnerie* lo forgiv* all tine, and " earteJiUnche" for the fw'lii*. Xo won r that thi* religion i* *o popular with the tajoriiy of tho civilized worl I. The lionghl tliot Ik** Cathedral, with all iu J splendu#% of fSoUkl lavished *poa it ibt?kig>i d?t?led to M|?fe,p.irp0**a, Was MddMing to rj.y f??)in^ in the ral'lit of hdmfratlon jm it* plplor. Tlw street* of Cologne or* nar row and filtliy, and tiie open sewers, shallow sod rmtrtt; lYitO Whtuii *11 tli* tilnp, Ae? is poured, are in strange condition for the 19|h^cejlury. The*# frr?yolh?r aVpUnt* ?uurcii?f wnicn I WW.' IXMore l?MID|, U| bought ft bottle of gtnuitf* "Jean Mori* Farina Knu daTMotfte," from * MoVft near \ l J / / {-.'i y| - p t left Cologne In "tli? afternoon witli ft through ticktl to t.elpilg, n11<1 after traveling nearly hit night, arrive* here ahimt an hour before day on the I7th iifrftant. From Mrs. Krsstus ffrobks.'of Tf*W YiiH^ I had the address of young S-w Yorker, eon of | one of her frlenda, trntf with tilo help the | day of my irriiral, a?eni?d a coinfurtable room in a convenient part of the eity. I i pay for It alwut'lijMlpefWnfltli in curreto I cy value. It U in the seeOml atory, about aa largo aa L? > ? old uimii in our Uouae, ray Id by 18, and for furniture, hit a niee and very near new article*. A bed. round readinglable, ?avfNO' with n nieeeloth, an enay sprlitg rifla,* toilet t*h|e, with large glitaa above; nice wneh aland with drawer*, and a large wardrobe to hnng up my clotbra in, three cane bottomed chair*, a large aeo retftey having drawers under th* writing folding leaf and entailer one* fir |h?t>er, Ac., nnd with a good stove, this complete* my furniture. 1 have bought, ma ft large niee lump, nnd a* oil is cheap, my light* will co*t but little My breakfast, consisting of two roll*, without butler, coffee, milk and sugar, i* brought to my room every mo^n" ing for about. $-2.60 currency per month. I gel my dinner at a real nice and quirt phu-e. where, by * subscribing" aa it is called, for Id or twenty ttok-te, 1 get each tneal lor about *21 2-3 eta. Greenback*, or which is the a tine thing. $0 60 per month currency value. I go', at this dinner, soup, two kind* of in wit, with potatoes ami " com pots," and bread, butter and cheese?the Oi l-man cheese, which to eat with sutikfic liou you oiust learn. My supper is anywhere i choose, and wlmter?r, generally a cop of coffee, giasa of " b??f " and brand buUvr and eheeav-, or 0omvlinies less. My German lif? has imw really begun. Wilh f>r. Patter's family, I was not thrown so much n)mi myself, now. Iters. I know only two young Americans, very . clevor and pleasant. Tim people from whom I rent my room do not know a word of English, i and Ike same way with I lie gr ot majority of Germans here. The number of KiikII'Ii visitors ami travelers are few, much ! sr ihnn in Uei<h4berg, wtiieh is a great place of fO'tl, 14 " . "I I have engngrd a teacher, German, ?n Sanserifs, and am studying now (hat difficult language. The University opene^on tiie "" mill of October, and ('shall have the privilege of kraitng one of Germany's great rlinndc <1 scholars, Prrtf.' Ciirtbi-, who not only for his le truing and aMIity.Tiut also, Ittr rlmj'lene '. is famed. NeXt Wet k 1 shall call on I lie Pr.-f ??-r. All Americans Arf kindly tnd ro'-.lsully received Isy the Geeniri|is. I.eij-r.lg has a population of VO.itVt, and is siluuteH In a vast plain. The tuarn I-isit of ills- city is surrounded by a circular promenade, wi-le ii:ol shaded hy tree*, with pulilio squares, pa.ka ami garden* ndjn ceiif. Tliis cily was hel l hy the French un tier Napoleon I, when the wt-ll known four days haMle took plaeu in October, IBIS culled by the Germans, the ' Battle ?tf lh,e Nations.*' Napoleon'* army umhered from 1.10,!x)il to I75.<hh? melt, and the Emperor* of A' slria, Kit-sin ami King of Pius-ia had yoo.oun. Z.tMNt cannon thundered against each oilier. On tho decisive day the corps of Saxons in alliance w'lh tho French doseitcd in a body end poured their fire into their late allies This decided the halllq against Napoleon, who comiurnoed to retreat next day. lb-fore his troops had all erwq iiic r.ister riv or? winch fluwn just IxtiiiMih my iirpiow?the bridge wap 1>I i? n up, and 26,(100 French w?rij likrn prisoners, Marshal I'oniutowrki, * brava Pole, |>-riflir.l by >b owning while atterppting It croat lb" river, , Nearly KtO.OOO men were lost by the amdcs id IIii? terrific buttle. I board ,v>-ry near the seeue* that once took plate. One of the gre.it Knit* U rtotv going on in le-ipsitr, thousand* of poople from all put* of K.irope. crowd hero to attend it, and the population, for the time, la dollMedMerchandize, goods and wared of every description are to be ??v* in the booiha and arch-s of tlie etreets. y. * Meanwhile,! show*, amusements, from Urge nirennet and theatres to tlaneiag puppets and the " learned dog " nltrack^rowds of idlers. . TliCse ft a lino theatre in Leipzig; the bedding very large anil handsome. It is routined to the legitimate drama and opera?sensation pieces aro excluded. ' I went the' oilier tri?ht 'to see " Komeo and -fni list" acted* ? Tier# was nothing in word, or gesture iti the slightest ot-jeotiona'do to be seen or In-nrd. Some of filiuk'spcdVu's rhnraer t?r? ili the ptay wero well urtcd, while I saw " passion torn to tatters " most ton uim li in the postioti. six oca between Koiaeo and Juliet. The theatrical arm y and aecompantiirctits > were very line, lint I must get ready to close this letter. Y?ur?, A. S. T. ? - ?w rm>r. j?i5ii?a? iiiiik.?inn gentleman arrived hero on Tuesday from Germany via New York, in the steamer Champion, nwd designs to take up hi* abode in our initial. Prof. Meier, ?? wo have before stated, ia a gentle, m ill of tnlcni and edtiea.ion, a good teacher, ? ready and vcraatile writer, and a |lno speaker?a man who will tie aure to make hia mark a lie hi g enr licrmin felluw-eiltioiia. Mr. M. during our lain druggie uniformly I advocated the canae of the Mouth?'lie having ! beea at that lime the editor and proprietor ol j an induonfiwl paper, tha L'ulcrweser /oiling. > In this a.iuio paper be alao contributed all that ; [ ?m in hia power to induce German imuiigru- ! | lion to our State. | We rcgrot to be compelled to atnte afau that these effort* in our behalf ma le liiui many | cnviniee and finally impeltod him to come here | 1 to the Statu ot hia choice, and cast hi* lot with ns, 80 great is Abolition influence even on j the shores of tho Weser. and so great ia blind, ' ignorant prejudice. We hope tbat Mr. M, ! may never have to regret his eltob e. [C?arlt*lpn ilrrcn y. j ; . -w *= ItS- 8S x Popalwr tttftou ?t Dm **trttg oi JToarro , T1*e Nf? "\ ork fOrr*?p?nd#rt?f the Ail gn?U Conrtilntlnnallat, wridfeg etsdvr dit< if October |ih, My*; V * Whatever may be th>erauH of the elee lion in November?whether it be the en#' ocm of Grnni ?m| Colfa*, vritli a Congrrw to match, or the ehoiee of Seymour ?ni Bllir, witk a ?o euaport them?then ? bna thfig wp^clojly KtejIMtt tliat ill very decided moiinteafiun of mirtftrn opin* ion in favor of Southern whiiea ie going on, h!(? no Where more painty that, if. the Re publican party. There ie growing Up much Miir iiiieii respecting the nature of tli? fcaXter to wiiivb ..nvgro mlfreg* atJtii Sooth hue given hinh. Tiie negroe* ara proVleg thcm-flvea so aggressive and in aol?tit.:ea .load to aid moth-rale counsels. so ready to u?e their euitieiirnl strength foi purpose* which do not come within the range of jiolithal powers, that genuine alarm Mgiiii t<> lie folt. It begin* to he mora fully undevetbod, tint, lliul Southern men. with liahita and education which have become component purls of their nature, cannot and will nyi endure h-'gro domination, nor their attomp'-i to force themselves into fecial equnilly ; nm) lit it l aheonly way in wliloh sanguinary conflicts on ii ho avoid-d,i^jy mm ring lli? negroes that thoy bnvo strained their lolhor, and must It* sontent to recede a little fiow the nlvnnot'l position which they have tMiimrd in the ad mi niat ration of public affair*. U-m-mber, I am drawing the picture of the future in ll? worat aspect, aa in dicaieit by the change of tone In the party whore prospects of nuceeifs sf # now consideroil the trtore pi ntnieinv. in eaae of I'einoc>alio success, how modi brighter the vistaII The ghanger in the tone in dominant He publican circles t* fo| e*1indowt d l>y th? Allaiitiehlontl.ly. Thnt isn very pronounced Uopiilillnaii organ ? nearly lip to th? Sumner riamlard. It haa line publishing for sun.- iiion!ha a eerie* of apkeles rnfHle-l "Til? Man and Brolhei," which deal largely In the characteristics developed by lb? mnnumlttrd slave*. There ailielea profeM to be I h? rword of the experience of an officer of the Krccdm-'n'e Iturran. The ar liolc in the Uolohcr immher detail* inoidenti Mid to hnvo occurred at Greenvllle, 9 C, In thla negro niffiiigc ii f>ankly admitted lo have hrcn choice of evil* that it ii ' full of danger ;** that the emancipation hai improved the condition of but few of the negroes; has benefited the mast of tin wlili ea much more; I hat the negroes are noi at vail likely to lie aide to com|M-te with tli? while* for piM-rminenea in any walk ol life; ami iliiv Uiey remain poor and thrift le-e where even an European peasantry would tie prosperous. This ia felling th? negrophilint, who are principal render* o1 ihe Atlantic, aomc plain limbs. which art likely to cool their ardor to have ihe inyn ipmia a detuigtd. The A'lnnlic aerina als< anxious lo have the people of lha Norlii fullv uiidereien I Ilia iMic*t?:e of feeling n'i the South ; to this a fid it piildfihea an artich entitled Edmund Brook," being I lie no lobiogr.ipby of a house ssrvinu negro wan It is wiiilcn. as I happen lo know, by ai enoipptirhrd la Jy of South Cai olloa, who*' efforts in the walk* of literature data ?ine< the closing of the war. Throe two articlei will do Kouthei n uirn good to read, alUiougl ihe fir-1 contain? much that is diragreeabh in detail. It nt ,v l.a .w.ta.4 at.~ .k.t IV. f??..l lt oration have I?* defend negro -utfrng' ?s ilitri.l>ai?p|ly riglil ; it is merely rt.-uif: an I lie ground uf immediate necessity. Murders North and South. Tho New York Herald of Monday* in at edit- rial on llit* Mt,t>jyct, nflor giving a brio outline of the murders lately commuted in tk< Smith, says : I Ku much lor tho Southern record uf inurdor and wu have not noted the half of it. llu wUnt of the murder record of lite North f? Perhaps if we were to strike n fair halonci there would no* bo tumid so much dilTcrunvi alter oil. The n|i]iarent diAcroucu is thn homicide at iho South is invariably put to llu credit of politics, uu I in exciting tiiucs liki these there is much ii\>ih ?f it by partlsnr newspapers. We am told that in unt siugh county of New liauipsUlra, there are nun i.wnlt'"K trial no less than Avo murderer*.? In our own city, homicides arc almost as nil incrous us the nights in the year. New Kiic land furnishes, .according to the record, noia lj as many murderers in proportion to the popu lotion, as the Southern Aistsi. The utornl of all this is, that while Radicu reconstruction cannot cfcock the progress o oritno in the Southern Slates, hut rather fos ters it. So New England Puritanism cnnnoi Urate the mo.sl condition of its |>eopU ahot'i the use of the knife, the pistol and tho poisoi cup. The cause of tho iurrcaso of murder it the South, is to he traced to the war of race* the inevitable result of Hmlienl policy.' It New England, it belongs to tho war of bat passions, to irrcligion nud intemperance. Nt j.lea of political exasperation can be put ii there, tor everything serene and ploaaant ir New England ; no military governors, no of fensire negro supremacy, for New Englnmi takes care that the negro is kept in his propel placet no disfranchisement of white citiseui exist* tliaro t-> provoke conflict ami keep wcn'i temper up " like quills upon the fretful porcu pino;" nud yet, with all the hideous reports o icurdor and violence in the Southern States siul llioy are, it would appear from receni statements that *o aro.n >t much tatter off n the North than our neighbors hi that wrutcb< cdly misgoverned portion of the country. ??i I Nil The Air-Line E&ilway. Tbia enterprise is ?ltrading great at ten Hot among the people of Virginia, ant) they art beginning to regart) it at the Most promisinj ol all the internal improreinenu proposed loi thft development of the South. The length o the entire line from Atlanta to Charlotte i: about two hundred and laoaty mile* Of this about one hundred ami Ave uiilur are In Uvor gia, about ninety flvo la South '' """'jy, ?nt the remaimlor in N<rr;h Caroling. To" grit! lug waa coiaMMtil at Atlanta before the war Mil mmn twMl/ or thirty uiilca hare bflei graded frona initt point KaUwaril. The pra aont orgatiirWfh.n, to which the franchise* rigbta and property belong, consist* of tw< companioe -)ba uue chartered hy tho I#ogisla lure of Oyorgia, and the other liy the I.egis latorca of North and Sonth Carolina. A. S Bnlord, Ec|., ia the President of both com yanlen. It is projHisod to eoesolidetir the two com pnuics, ami commence i>|icrutioiis at onoo.? Tim Ujiilslnre of Oeoighs, we bare already slated, bea granted a subsidy of $ 17,000 p?i mile to the r ad. As far as this State is concerned, the Air Idoe Road will of course bo a valuable ec<|irt sition to the upper tier of distriets, aero* which it passes, furnish travelling facilities ti the |>?<?|de along the route, and enhance tie value of properly In the vicinity. Rut be fond that, wo do not think it wili bonotlt th State. It will tend to divart trade from Char Icstoit, mid be another feeder to Norfolk. Af tor the Chatham and tbo Air-I.ino Roads ar heilt, unless our tnerrlianU, shifters and rail road iffon are on tho alert, and tube effoetlv measures to counteract tlm,? mA...... '-s..? poi, the roiniiMTPo ?f Clurlcihtn will be re t rioted within narrow limit*. [Chin Ireton Mercury. ? ? .1 ' i A Oinccn Our. to dnitr?Magialry i Carroll'* tnrnjvi, wlilah I through thi oily n >> ?<( Ian <l?J? ?ip>, Inn ml it ir>eo*??ry I impend in Wilhuili. .Several ? ikem arrived bero jeiUrhjr.?Cvt. Cher nix. land, wfrich port tober. This ihlp it lb| ptonMr ot Ilia line to Liver|>onf, is a float elact era pulnp ?t#nm or, built at Hartlepool in IM4. Mmk ot - U I btr cargo baa Urd already rnifiryad, ml alio ? la rnpidly Ailing up. end wIM Kurd M lb# f* 16th iiwtnnt, for Livrrprd'; when lb* will Ce speedily fidlowed bt th? Baipbar** aal ' long aod favorable. knvmi t? lb* EnglUh tr-d-, and who' stilt uao every otfoS to L .aiaka liia Una a mimmi and it ojjy **?4&, lite favorabU aupport of the Southern people to have ? permanent and ultkbla nM > to Southern trade. Ill* necltaaity of Ipmly ! >a?d rapid oownn*uatoat>ad^b*6fy*g -tit* , I Southern porta and Liverpool, by stoans, In i order to faeMitnt* conu??rela|. tranapct on* >i and elra immigration, do much cadnWd in J > lIdaaevtion, * direction thia way, mi A? it* I of the higliot consideration that a gaoj : alenm line ahnnld he enataioad fr<? Urif .r ' I ' port to Liverpool.?CkarUu+t Jfm*. f Tn? Cirtots Parade.?Tba parade of Jpbn Robinson's Circus troupe yt?. , icrilnv waa one of tba street sight#;,, ; wortlt seeing. The boraaa wara One, | the riders numerous and atrlkiaoK dre*?ei, and the array of traveling cages imposing.' The olcpliadt anil cant-'' . I - l_ .b * L ? _ a #^a_ VI UtOK IIIBK piHOttS IB Hl? piOON?pi( free and unoonfined. and attracted universal attention. Qtt lite back of tho ... elephant mk a light structure tniM, , 1 ''nl? M pulpit in shape, but made of a frame wo'k covered with t>ifk and gat?**. ' From thin eastern pulpit nM a hat *pl pea red io be a huge man, t waits or > fourteen feel high, nodding and gertic' nlaling to the attending crowd. This ' was, of course, only a lay figure with a man inside, but many a juvenile want i home firmly convinced that ha had seen the lineal decendenl of Goliath of ' Gatli. The procession in its tout cmj scvtble was pronounced by many to be , the handsomest and most oomplete of i the kind that bad ever appeared on the 1 streets of Charleston. I I Charleston iVrar. Akrkstrd.?James Minor, the color* ' ed Democratic speaker, was a*reete<l , on Saturday last, by Constable Hubbard a , charged with using very slmtirs and ? ihreateuting language to another person 1 of color. Minor was, we understand, remonstrated wiib hv an influential ci. tirun, but would not desist; con?eqi*ent- y? ly h? was arrested and lodged in J ail. i hut was afterwards released. Minor is ' unfortunate; his colored opponents . , here made terrible threats against kirn, , ami visited the depot in large numbers i for several days, but dhl not swooned in overhauling him.?Pheenix, I Somh crusty old bachehw whose habit it is to go to bed with his b?oUon, is responsible for the following ; A.lain lay d<?wn an>J slept?and from ? hi* side?a woman in her magic beamy. ,y I ro*e: denied and charmed. he called # that woman bride, and bis first .i5*. became fna last repose. , ^ i A* an offset to the above, and aeon* *<)laiion to benedict*, we select the rfub-"1 | joined beautiful sentiment : i l)v Qniucy, being asked why there ^ > were more women than men, replied. * " It i* ip conformity with the i?rrt?rge* j uient of na'iire; we ale ays see mote of i heaven than earth.". 'A An editor puffing air tight coffins,4 ' say*: " No pe-son having once tried one of these coffin*. will ever use pity -j I other." It is enough to put one oul of r breath to read each a grave j ike. .1} l reminds us of early journalistic days, ? when a patent medicine inventor, whose ; pills were warranted to cure, at tytort ^ ' range, sent us a (hinting advertisement, i and a grave stone inanufaetarer sent ua r 1 another?both wanting first rate puff*, | ami offoiing to pay in trade. i$etw*e* the two we bad a good ehance for aa j outfit. - ^ p ? ? ? Woodrn Suots are coming into on ' in England and America, but not in f the barbarous uncouth shape ao famtl* , i*r to the peasantry of Continental Its 1 rope. They are now ro*do in bautjeomn hapelv form*, and are said to be comforlable as well as wonderfully di'**bU. The toes, sole* snil KmI. ? , l>ul boili u^etnl and lea.her art u*d ? in ibe superstructure. I . rf Tiik Ilinhop ol Wnrttburg one# ask* , ed a sprightly shepherd boy, 44 What # , I?re J'pu doing hero, my boy I" " T?fd* | J infic?wine.w * !!.?? much do you get V . ' One florin a Wj?k.w w I an) f* , herd ?l?o," eaid the Bishop, 1 h much better salary* " 1 hat rosy JtjU be ; bill then I iioppo?* you bare mora,' > ?*ine under your cue," replied the hoj^ HMf drnr," Mml a fond husband to -> . fm, J-. - . nit wiie, one clay, " where would you go hotil.l I ftil in budnee*!" " Where I alwey# go when I can, love* we* (be f Hii*wer?" Imo (be a m?-hoove f end r m> reaving, (lie lovely wife hfcl bertr!u-h, e* in lh? circling embrace of ber bu?-* : Uod. , M emtio. November t. s Tire provMownl goverment ie a boot ' " reinforcing Cube. Thediy of Havana, # lie* Iwen wnlioriiel to borrow 10,000,-. ' 000 crown* for the completion of thn, * Uel>?) Canal. - '< # Quce* leabki.i.a hed e reign ofei* acily ibirly-Ave yeere. film aucceeded. to the throne September ^ 1881, ehj^ on the ?Hin? <Uv in 18fl8v the re*ole^ t tion reached Madrid, * Tn r llel rmdiylotM Ptnrrh hi Pblliblt j phia bin rboMn M apart lira Ia4k? Mb* ' (iMi'uaciKi ib ItM church. . . / ! ' I r*lr< ;?T f