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4 GENERAL NEWS." ?> - ? Tiie Cotton and Woolen Factory of Grady .& Hawthorne "And Other Factories in Greenville.? j Wc had the pleasure, one flay this I week, of accompanying that enter-! prising a:ul valuable citizen, Jno. W. Grady, to the Factory owned by himself and Mr. TTawthorne, of Abbeville, situated about six and a half miles below Greenville, on Reedy River. The establishment is in fine "working order. It was pleasing to observe so largo a number of contented and good looking, operatives industriously and profitably engaged in the establishment. We found oiir old friends, Col. II. T. Shumate, father of the Sheriff, occupied as the chief business and general superintcjndar.t of the establishment, book keeper, fee., and performing his duties well, as lie has usually hitherto every aury o: ms n.o. In the Factory, there arc one thousand and fifty spindles in running order, twenty-six looms, abo-ut twenty of which are regularly at work, making an average at times of one thousand yards cf osnaburgs daily. The spindles furnish the yarn for this cloth, and a daily surplus besides of fifty or sixty bounches. The Woolen Factory has a carding machine and spinners, and turns out a very excellent article of cloth. It* is the intention of Messrs Grady & Hawthorne to manufacture a fine article of jeans for the fall market. Connected with the establishment is a fine corn and flour mill, and saw mill and small machine shop. , Wc learned from Mr. Grady and that veteran pioneer of cotton factories in this State, and skillful machinist, Mr. John Bates, (who was-in company,) that in the four cotton Xiiitoviw ww-miming in "Greenville; there arc employed about three thous-and sc\ en hundrcdyspindles. Batesvillc is somewhat the largest cotton factory of the District. We onby wish the manufacturing business was increased one hundred folcl 111 Urecn.ville, as it ought to be, and might profitably be increased. But the time for the extension will arrive when things are more settled. There is no better country and climate foi woolen and cotton factories in the world, perhaps, than in Greenville. South Carolina. C!J MCjCvillv JJuLotp/. tou* Perilous Balloon Voyage.?Mr. iladsman has made a curious voyage iu a bailoon from Dublin to a place near Appleby, crossing the Channel at night in a pouring rain, which made the balloon so heavy that it nearly sank into the sea. Mr. Iladsman only kept it up by letting down the grapnel and keeping his hand on the ?.?i-fuA,. 3>y?Li.-'i?>nom,r> ^cr~^ouT(l tell whenever he touched the sea, and throwing out sand whenever he found he was descending. Once, 'when benumbed with cold and fatigue he fell asleep for a few minutes, he dc' 1 -c*i.~ sccnueu ro lVJUl lil si.\ leui vi uie suit. face,' when lie instantly threw out twenty-eight pounds of ballast, which sent him up again to the hieght of a mile, and fortunately for him, above the rain clouds, on which the bright moon cast the flying shadow of the balloon. At last he saw what he thought was a light, and soon after square compartments' that turned out to he fields, and then a town, which turned out to be Appleby. This was at three A. M. lie got the grapnel caught in a wood, and was assisted to pull the balloon into the opening by some young men who were fortunately returning from a late Appleby ball, and who at first fiancied he might be a "vogle;" "Bogles," however, near Appleby, are not so confidently believed in as formerly, and Mr. Ilad&inan was kindly extricated from his uncomfortable position, and breakf i. 1 ,! ? xasrett wun ureal ccluc at x/uiwu, a, village about two miles from Appleby. . London Spectator. ? ? itl * t ITl ? t'M ? A Man-Wolf.?Itev. Dr. Butler, the well known missionary in .India, recently returned to this country. He makes the following statement of .a remarkable case: In 18o9 a British soldier, while bearing a dispatch from one Magistrate to another in the Kingdom of Oude, passed an unfrequented ravine, where he saw a pack of wolves, and a human being evidently one of their company. Immediately turning back he reported the circumstance to the Magistrate for whom he Was traveling." The latter forthwith mustered a number of Coolies and went to the place. The pack of wolves fled a short distance and sought refuge in a sort of cave or den, Beginning to dig, the party soon discovered the feet of the wild man and drawing" him forth, succeeded in binding him and carrying him to town. Dr. Butler has seen him often since, and says lie is evidently a man, and at the ' time of his capture apparently about twenty-four years of age. The captured'creature at first violently resisted the attempt to put clothing, upon him, but after a wh'Hc. ceased to tear the garment. He is now kept by a gentleman in the city of Thabje-Vampore, some eight hundred miles west of Calcutta. "When first takon he was unwilling to eat anything but raw meat, .and has ! never been able to speak or make any ' approximation to a knowledge of the i alphabet. ' If any one looks earnest| ly or sharply at.hiiu, he expresses 1 his annoyance by a half uttered grunt immediately turning away, ar.d setj tling upon his haunches in a corner : of the room, or lies down. lie cats his food off the ground; and although | evidently a human being, is in. habits ' a wolf, with the instincts of thai beast. This is. certainly an anamalous fact in natural history, although it is j said that four similar cages arc knowr j to have occurred in India,- presenting 1 the same general facts. Wolves a ! bound in India, where the inliabi j tauts live wholly in the cities and.vjl | lages; and at the approach cf nigh ! all persons employed in the oper country retire to these clusters o houses or huts, and these roving am ferocious animals find free range. I frequently happens that a wolf stoal into a house and carries off a child So frequently is this the case that ii the schedules furnished for recording the mortality in each place, one col umn is headed, ''Carried off by wolves.1 Dr. Butler's theory of this Strang case is that a she-wolf probably car ried off this person when lie was ai infant, but that before she devoured her prey, the child instinctive! searched for food. Beginning to drar its nourishment, it awoke in the wol i the maternal instinct which led to th i preservation of its life, and thus th r TBoy liveff and grew. ' The proposed union of the Old am 1 New School Presbyterian Cliurche has already been announced. Tb 5 Committee who have agreed upon th " terms of union have, it issaid,amonj ' other things, prescribed that no rul ' or precedent which does not stand up proved by both bodies shall be of an; 5 authority until re-established in th united body, and that judicatories ! ministers and people of the unite< cli oil irnov^ o t net oil vuui cnwu ^uaiu UJI IIWVJ less offensive reference to slavery Thus the Presbyterians of Americ; bid fair "to end a religious ditterenc which has existed* for thirty years A Heartrending Occurrence ?A shocking occurrence transpire" ' near Cincinnati on Sunday, of wliicl the following are the particulars:? Mrs. Branc, whose husband, a wel 1 to-do merchant, is now in Memplii > on a business visit, resides on the sid hill facing the Hamilton and Daytoi Railroad track, near Earnest's sta tion. Sunday morning, as is he usual custom, she took her childrei to visit the residence of her father, : j Mr. Dyers,. Ella, who was totally blind, stumbled through a trap-door iii the floor of the kitchen, 'and fen 11 a large cistern beneath. The mother on seeing this, and having her little son in her arms, without a moment'; thought, jumped through the trap door and into the cisfren, for the pur pose of attempting the rescue of hei daughter. In making the leap it is supposed the unfortunate woma" must have injured herself severely, as slit immediately sank to the bottom, holding, as if with a vise, her little son in her arms. When discovered by Mr. Dyer, the lives of all had fled. Columbia (Pa.) Exchange. Governor Helm, in a recent powerful speech at Louisville, Kentucky, thus "hits the nail on the head :" "I tell yon that the Northern States are refusing to-let the negro vote on'their side of the river. They wish to compel him to remove to the Southern States, where he will be allowed' suffrage. This action is based on the idea that the negro will naturnlltr rrt\ TirV?Via Voa maaf vwiirilamaa Kill J 0V Vf XIVIV 11V A1UO AUVOV pi 1 VIIC^CO^ and-especially if that climate best suits him. They wish, therefore, to ship the negro upon you, because you dare not control him without running the risk of the interference of Federal power." ? Reconstruction Commenced in Alabama.?The Montgomery Advertiser, of Wednesday, contains the list of registers appointed in that State.? The board is composed of three members from each Senatorial District? two white and one colored The Advertiser says: "It is not yet known how long it will be before the registers enter upon the discharge of their duties ; but one thing is very certain, that i't is the duty of every one allowed the privilege to register and qualify for voting when the opportunity is offered. The Reconstruction or Military law is the only way left for us to get back into the Union, and by rejecting it'we only add'to pur calamities," -' \. Af > i\ . Aff il . * ' ,. ? ;j?sj THpeUMAL Thursday May 30, I881~ Completion of the Rail Road. ^ ^ :% < ? v. : <i Saturday last was a joyful dny^for'Cahi oen. It witnessed tho complete reconstruc. i tion of our Rail Road, and that aftcrn.oo wc were greeted With the familiar sound (lie whistle, and the "snort of tire iroh tiorsl' ' in our midst. As anuoubccd in our last." p?scngcrs were .landed in Camden ou tlet evening. On Monday a train of cars lieuvdy laden with the staff of life and other fireijlit j arrived; The hurrying to and fro of trtgj ons, the smiling faces of our pcople-utadjhc j business like appearance gavo evidence fat there is " life in the old town yet,'' and vpth the smiles of providence, upon the labor/ of our husbandmen, we hope soon to see heien- < joying the enviable position sho did of wre. With our abundant water power, eslubjous 5 climate and variety of productions, onlyJap5 ital is rcfjnired to make this one of tbejuost 1 thriving' and prosperous of all our inland 3 towns. This want will be supplied " vcnrs of Abundant harvests, and a r.Ctjrn 01 ' pence and security. - *.' * The Depot is yet to be rebuilt, butAS*thc t walls remain, almost uninjured no/great 1 length of time will elapse before thn tobi is f completed, We understand the intrioris 1 to be remodelled in conformity" witl all the t modern" improvements, thus adding to the 5 comfort, of the officers and c'onvenence pf shippers.. ... fl One alteration is to he made, of. which we rr believe the public will highly approre?that . is the abandonment of the former ticket office " and passenger Depot, and ilB.crccfou, in a: more convenient form near the frpght de6 P0*This restoration of our connexion with the South Carolina Rail Road and (Jie city of Charleston binds this community iialicnably to the interestfof both, and tliej will find us v ever ready to advance- their interests and f promote their genera]! prosperity. ' * . e Rail Road Excursion andP.'c Nic. Mr. H. T. Peake, General Superintendent of the S. C. R. R.,- has placed'n train [} of cars at the disposal of a committee of the ? citizens for an excursion to Middleton on 0 Friday next. Those wishing to fiirnish'supC plies of any kind for the occasion will please gr . send them to the store of Mr. James Joxes, on Thursday evening. h ]Thc train will leave at 8 o'clock, A. M. v Friday. . t> Who is Responsible for African Slavery ? I. As the imputation of this responsibility li upon the people of the South seems to con[. stitute the basis of the appeals now beihgtaadc to array the r~.es in fatal {hostility against a eaclvother, we propose to furnish our readers f Willi. & ltw I Mr. Bancroft of Massachusetts, the historian, estimates that during the century, pre, vious to 1776, "three millions of negroes were imported by the English." j In 1698, 1714, *16, '19, 'ol and '64, South Carolina passed laws imposing duties'upon ^ the importation of negroes, and adopted other regnlations for the avowed purpose of ? suppressing the evil. c Iu 1700 an act was passed prohibiting the ! further importation of slaves, but it was dis* allgwed by the British Government, ".The 1' Governor of South Carolina was rebuked for 1 having assented to if, and a circular letter 1 sent to all the other Governors proliibiting 7 (heir assent to similar nets." Tho trade was . declared to be "beneficial and necessary to 1 (he Mother country." In 1770, the Earl of Dartmouth writing for the British Government said "wo cannot al. low the colonics to check or discourage, in any degree, a traffic so beneficial to the nation." * The following extract from an nrticle in the Charleston Mercury of May 20th,1continties to fasten the responsibility where it belongs: ( " We propose, however, at present! only to ' show the originators of the evil of silvery in l iiouth Carolina, if evil it has been ; ind for this end, we publish below a table carefully prepared from the records of the'eustomhouse in Charleston, in 1820, and laid before the Senate of the United States by the Hon. "William Smith, a Senator from South Carolina, showing the number of African slaves imported from Africa, into Charleston .from the 1st. January, 1804, to the 31st December, 1807, and by whom : British 19,649 French <*1,079 IX AMERICAN VESSELS. Charleston, S. C. . 7,723 Of this number there were be- * * longing to foreigners 5,717 [ 1 Leaving imported bv merchants and planters of S. C. 2,006 ; Bristol, R. I." . 3,9*14 Newport, R. I. 8,488 Providence, R. I. -556 t ' 7,958 Baltimore 750 Savannah 300 Norfolk 287 Warren ' 280 Hartfort, Ct. " 250 Boston, Mass. 200 Philadelphia . 200 New Orleans 100 : / . 89,073 Of the thirty-nine thousand Afrionns imported, during these years into Charleston, the people of South Carolina imported only two thousand and six. The people of Great Britian and New England' have been the most prominent in denouncing us, forhav- 1 ing slaves; yet it appears that Great Britain imported and sold to us, nineteen thousand six hundred, and Rhode Island sovon thousand nine hundred, of the thirty-nine thon- ( sand slaves. Rhode Island, in order that she might see that the auction block, realized 1 the value of her importations, had in Charles- 1 ton eighty-eight of her trusty natives as the > consignees of her cargoos Now, let it be re- { oolleoted, that this was long after the constitution was in full operation in 1789, and just before, the entire prohibition of the African Blave trade took place in 1808, by the terms f of the constitution. When the constitution Q was made, 1787, South Carolina had prohibited the importation of slaves from any quar- * jPr into the States. a / -rV-- ' *' " ^ _ .S a !! vMr. Tbumbp.ll, ~4fcfcgnpervi8or d^flwlRail Road, g^t# .i^f( mg^yW a^rtiecue at the Degot on Saturday, ns a compliment for the. failhfub discharge 6f their wflrk onltherbad, ?5*^ t V " ' '?' '' " / f- #| Vi . # which many of par citizens woye niyned, but on account of the rain, but few were able to attend. The barbecue however,'passed off very -pleasantly, oil present secmed'tp^n-'1 joy it, and much good humor prevailed. in the afternoon, at tin? request. of.llie colored laborers, several short addresses were" made) cottrplimcnting them"for their diligbn'cd'' in the1 performance of their labor, advising thcra to eschew politics, apply themselves zealously to tlw. aociffiiulntion.' of money, to buy homes lor themselves and fumilics-?to train up.their children in habits of industry, economy and morality,*hnd thns prepare thcrti to become useful and honorable members of society. The addresses were: well received, and we hope will have the effect desired kv? flnrnlfprfl' .. .? ' Mr. Eandolph's Speech. The following report of.tlic spcqch .of IVfr. Randolph, to the colored citizens of Cnmdcn, on Monday night .the 20th in at., lias been handed u's for publication. Ho said that emancipation was not confined to the North American continent; that it extends over the world. lie referred to the Hungarians under Kossuth,.to the emancipation of twenty-five million serfs in'&ussin;to that of three million slaves by the Emperor of Brazil; that the spirit of liberty brooded over the nations the world over.? That in.the time of Cnaui.es I, King of E'ngJjfcud, the Puritans fought for the same principles that arc now held "by the Union'liepublican party. That the Cavaliers in vain tried to crush those principles by nn' appeal to arms, but they failed ro do so, arid Cuables became a poor, defeated outcast. He then trnccd what he called tr* remarkable analogy between tho 'defeat of the RoyaHsf Cavaliers and tbnt-of the South: said that Cuarleb 1st was defeated, ari. out cast, hiding monarch ; that he and bis party upheld the same principles of oppression that the South held in the late rebellion; thai the purituns upheld the.same enlightened, righteous sentiments that the North did in the late rebellion; that like the puritans triumphed; that Jefferson Davis was defeated, was caught fleeing from the conquering arms of the Nortl in the-garb-of an old woman. That the puritans planted those very principles on th< eternal rock at Plymouth pthat the Cat At leks.came over from England filled, as'it ap 1 ...Uk !.? winiiainloa . Xf nTvrtrfiQ peui eu, nun mo oauic jninv?jiii.i -'yi" sion; that in 16-:?a Dutch ship brou^h there twenty negro slaves ; that then slavery gradually spread over the South, ^nd thenci 1 over the North; that, however, the air o New England was ton fret for a slave to liv 1 in, and that it. soon died out; that instwoU) having the troublo to extinguish slavery h; legislative enactment, it just kept still and i died out-of its own accord; that in the Nev England States, the Puritan principles o freedom prevailed against all the obstacles but that in the South, where the Cavalieuj settled; slavery flourished like a green baj tree, soon became an institution. That slavery suited their-oppressive ideas; that some sab: that Englandnwas to. blame for the institution of slavery; that England merely countenanced it, barely recognized its existence, and he did not see how any one could sny that England was the '-Mother of Slavery" in this country. Spokaof the cause that led to the war; said that whatever people might .say, slavery was the bone of contention; that the Missouri compromise was grnnted to I *!.? -i.v i-J X ! UlC IjUAClj lililv 5IIU U UI11CU 10 III" trodiicc slavery into tlic territories ; that the North opposed that, and the South said that the territories had a right to say what tliej' would do; that, when the North went into the war, she did-not, he acknowledged, go into it for the purpose of freeing the slaves; that when she said to the South, if you lay down your arms, you shall have your slaves, she had no idea of freeing them. Rut. when she saw thai nothing would satisfy her, she put down her foot and said "thus far shall you go, but no farther," and she crushed out the real essence of the strife, namely,t slavcry.-*Hc then proceeded to ridicule the idea that the Southern men-w^rc friends to them ; that it seemed strange though, that the negro had not ceased to be the boncof contention yet. The North said, I am your friend, and the South ditto. That the South had to show it before they would believe. Lauded the Union Republican principles, the blessed, pure, righteous principles of the Puritans.? lie loved to speak of them as much as the doctrines of Holy Writ, &c.', for both' taught the glory of God and the good of their fellowmen. The principal reason why the Union Republican Party was tho best was because it was the strongest; spoke of the cnnacitv of the negro to1 become educated; that he had beda in a class with sons of M. C's., and full blooded negroes, and to save his life he never couUsee the difference between their accomplishments. Told the negroes that three things were necessary to make them prosper. Education, wealth and economy Advised them t? send their children to school, to be economical, and that bye and bye, wealth would fl*at in upon them, &c., to join the Union Republican Party, and to be true to themselves, and get South Carolina back into the Union. The Cuban Sugar Crop.?The Havana Diario de la Marina says it is calculated that the sugar crop, now nearly in, will not be i nore than three-fourths as large as that of i ast year. Ia some districts the falling off 1 vill be fully one-third. Tho oauso was the ( txcessive drought in the cane-growing season, j ? , It is an astounding fact, that the losses by j ire in thte country, in 1866, were one Jiun- \ 'red million*, against forty-three millions in 1 865, and an average of eighteen millions per f nnunt during the five previous years. u ' V #. r /* 'A ...... . Sfe# fr Funk as Umvee'sity.?We learn ttiot Dr.- ^ has takto charge, .ttmfgi&ri- ^ ly, lbf fhecChair in the Forman^ gjnroralt yy.;j let^yaca^fcy the death of^c laie:laihiented^ i Prdresist^P. C. ?dward^:^%end^iaaB^dre': .? eminently fitted to fill the positi^t&n Dr.'"' ; Manly could not well be found, and we feel confident that his acceptance of the position tbongh=anIy for a tinrt^fcill "give tmirar?' esal satisfaction to the friends of the institu( 7 . v tioh.-f-Grcenville Mountaineer. - ? Education of Southern Girls.?A society lias been formed W^aftTinol-.o upon^l'e follow- * = ing basis:' ' ;r+ *?// ' I The society shall be called''The^ocieiy for the liberal education^ Sontherri'Feififtre < Children," and shall have for its iner.ibcrn'all I I ladies who;will"contribHlc fiTcdol!ijrs per an hum towards its support. " ' ' XT.-The' objcid^EPv tbc' sscysty 'sfinll he the education and yuppqrt of/cihrite^httdrc^ifrtfdi the South; whom the calamities of war hare deprived of other mtftns of (education; and whose families and frieflils shall be willing to entrust: them to the,society to be? cared for, and educated in thc~roligious faith approved j t\-i+ fit Ait* nornntv at* It^UVPslf fldftnils. "J ...v.. . Cliief Justice Chasre has granted a. writ of ] error in tbo case of : the United States vi. \ Joseph Bruin, whose property was confiscated by Judge Underwood and sold during the war. The Writ was grounded on the fol1 lowing reasons; First, the District Court condemned and sold the absolute estate'of the petitioner in and to the property, which judgment was beyond the power of that court toprhdouncc. Second, the condemnation of the property was for treason, of which the party could not be adjudged guilty: except upon the firfding of a jury." Third, the proceedings were in admiralty,when they should have been upon the common law side of the' court, by information and,not by libel. SuEtsc tiis GovEns*^i??xt.?One of the -recent decisions of- the^Wobrt of Claims at Washington is of importance, as settling a principle that the Government must keep the contracts made by its authorized agents, the same as-individuals. A New J'ork firm, during the war, received a telegraphic order from General" Fremont for 5,000 carbines, at $22 each. The order was, filled, and the money for the first half of the lot was paid by the Government.- For the second half, the Government reftisedto pay more than'$11,1 000. This tho firm refhscd to accept, and appealing to. tho.court, they haye been a: ' warded-the. fuH amount of balance due on their claim?$58,000. WjismxcTOXjcXlay- 27.?A telegram has ( been .received at the State Department from New Orleans, dated-May 26, stating: that an r official letter had been received there frojn 0 Juarez, postmarked.- Sah*?l<oui8 Potosi,?.Sla3 f 15, in which it was announced that Queretaro 0 lmjJ fallen that morning nt eight o'clock bj ? nmr nfrriMJ, mill lliHiMiilpiii Y ( Castello and Miramon were prisoners. r Tnov, X. Y., May 21.?Mrs. Jefferson Daf vis and party, consisting -of five persons, including two colored servants, passed through , here to Montreal to-night, onjhe 10 o'clock . train. I learned frpm them that Mr. Davis r Inrnsclf passed through over the same route 1 last night, entirely incognito, not being once recognized or suspected during the wholo trip from New York to Montreal. Klo.NTnEAi#Mny 21.?Jefferson Duvis arrived here this morning, accompanied by three or four gentlemen, and looking very well. Jlis reception was very quiet. . lie drove at once in a covered carriugc to Mrs. Howell's house. His arrival was not generally known for some hours. On the entire trip from New York to this city he kept himself from public observation. A company of negroes, eighteen in number) have left Greensboro', N. C., and underlie direction of a negro barber from Greensboro', are now on their way to Illinois, hi which State they propose to settle. Want of employment. and inability to subsist themselves and families, they assigned us a reason of their emigration. A '-fiistory. of the United States," written by Sen-Ki-Yu, Governor of Fu-Kien, from 1S44 to 1850, and translated from the original Chinese into English, at the U. S. Legation at I'ekin, has been published by our State Department. It is a very curious production. Alabama is taking her stand in the rank of gold-producing States. The Philadelphia mint, the other day assayed and tested gold of a very fine quality, sent from Atauga County, about in the middle of the State.? This is? in direct South-west, range with the gold belt extending through Northern Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. Three Hebrew Rabbis, of Baltimore, it is , announced, have started, in that city, a novel movement. They have adopted the Christian plan of Sunday-school instruction in schools. 1 meeting on the first day of the week. The enterprise is under the auspices of the He- t brew Educational Society of Baltimore. ( Swinging as a Remedy.?Dr. Brown < Sequnrd, an eminent physiologist and physician to one of the Parisian hospitals, recom- j mends the use of the swing as a preventive of nervous attacks, which recur periodically.? In certain cases of hysteria and epilepsy he 1 nas prevented tne coming on of the fit by engaging his patient in violent swinging &t the t first indication of its approach. 1 Female Scpfbage is a subjeot of extensive ^ c discussion in the West, especially in Kansas, ? Missouri and Wisoonsip. In a late number of the St. Louis Pcmocrut there is a long letter c from Henry 8. Foote, of Mississippi, who has ( been engaged by that paper to write a scries E Dflhrticles on "universal suffrage " Mr Foote g jays the question of female suffrage is a grave 0 ind interesting matter, and contends that the u nflucnce of the gentler and purer, acx is , ti vanting to keep our country exempt lY<;ra the lorrors of foreign and domestic war, and O Vom various other evils of an alarming char* icter. b f ;.v: v ,:%,: -. ,-$v', > % :.* v*\, . _ ' ? * -'" * * ? -EjajanAirrB ronBbash.,?Jhe Brazil steam 9h|p Safa/i America sailed from NewTork otf gifc^^for Rio, taking out 270 passengers, ^^fif'^^prNew York aVd'Fenasylvania, who go .Out as immigrants, under ekcoornge-^ ^ inj^St'offered'b/ the Brazilian Government in grants' of land. * ... . ' >' ^ v".'- .* *." * - . " .- It in supposed tbattttrjtMiciary Committee peaehraent .p^occidiagS^^^e^ Jegarjljsl ji* - * growing? more Jfiij scisiomof Congress it) Terxitnpi-obabflj^ "' - * > * J?g? "IT* s " Ijuttcbaxion Faox _Pbasc?.?T&ilst rt1ie* . German and Irish immijijratfto't?'i& United^ States.has b?on very large, *?ad,iaai?ttnricted g i. 'W'v i > ' 'itjcui') r ' general notice, il is estimated that more than1 one million French ! > into the oountry,' and are now settled in vari ous parts,- chiefly m ^ . $ Tlienpopulalign of .Florida-i? 140,.' \iM<shJ^74^ofe:whitiC8,.and62;67yjiiWgi:0M^ - . 'si"' *<$ 1/ - ; -;-" m r r* '-G l7?J ;, 'A'j. -; . ?. V - * > - ' . ...--s.,-.?*?: ?-- > ' - . ... roiii}^^ Mn. Edit6b : Believing tlmtyouand somethe rea^jBors . ' ait.interest in. the Bible work, perfnit , me'to make the> . r By permission a kind "Providence, and at the request of the Rev E-.T/Borsr, Df JDpastor^ I preached- in- the PresbyterianChurch, m^he:^sra/rf^een- * villof S.' ' oil SabbatE mt^'ingv the t 19th May> to^a large congregation.' * Pursuant, to appointment^ ^ ' largo. Bibla meeting inciting, Prote^ ant Episcopalians, Methodist Episoopolinns, Baptists and Presbyterians, toss held in the-Presbyterian Cbtfrirtvinrtfie town of Greenvffle, S^^.^dn'Sabblrffi, the 19th May, at 5 b'ekrckp. in. A? jd ter Addresses by Be v. Ellison Capers, of the 4$feteopal%hurcli, and' Bey. E.^^h A. Bolles, of the Xuth^ii CJhnjr^ithqH Greenville , District Bible re-organized,- as auxiliaty tjo-tho Amenican Bible Society.' *.* ' *&? Board of Managers-r-BeV.~ElQ?. Buis^ D;VB., President;. BeVi Ellison Capers, Vice-President; Dr. F.:iAL' Waiter,^ 8^6rntafcy; 11.. B. ' Cling, ^reister^f Pibfc Patrick, M. M/Gaines,';:3^oa 'v8feea and W. E. Earle. The following resolutions were unan- . iinously adopted hy. this Sqc^jj-y^!..: Jifsolved/That this Society - regards i the Ak^erica^ Bible, Society as a noble \ Christian, institution, calculated.-to do a * f great wor?. in propagating/ the^o$pet . at horn a and abroad, and think it sWuljl , be cherished ;and sustained all oWr&'e -vis Bible Sftcietj .reriirri" tlieir Kbaitieft '**" tlianlcs to this noble institution fori its munificent donation of 500 Bibles -and Testaments,' of various kinds and in beautiful styles of binding,1 for distribution in our bounds, Jiow'ina time wo so much need them, and'th&t.it appreciates it as a token of Christian love and regard- .. . i JResokcd, That we appreciate highly tlie visit of their agent, Bev. E. A. Bolles, and .think him a man'.well calculated to promote the interest .of the g eat Society for which lie labors." . This meeting, so largely attended, was one of much interest, anjd ,jt wai YPTV An Ami vn nn n r* f/% x . -~-j ?iv> ocu tu?j. rm wrens ! denominations of Christians so earnestly engaged in tho great and good Bible work. Benedic:ioii by Eev. Basil Manly, jr., D. D., of the Baptist Church. / . May the blessing of God ever rest upon the clergy and people of the. delightful town of Greenville. Yours truly, ii?- . " E. A. BOLLES, ; Agent American Biblo Society, ' For South Carolina.5 Coi.rn Br a, S. C., May 22, 1867. FOIt THE CAMDEX JOVBXAL. * . Botkix's Cnracii, May 26, 1867. A large and respectable meeting of the freedinen of the vicinity assembled at the Swift Creek Church to-day, "to make arrangements for a school, for the education of their children, "NVash ington Anceum, was called to the cliair^ and J. K. Witheesi>oox Esq., who was present by special invitation, assisted by F. J. Collies, was requested to act as Secretary. "Washington Ancbcx was elected President of the school association, and empowered to appoint a committee to act with him, in carryiug cut the objects of the meeting. The following preamble and resoutions, were presonted by the comniit;ee, appointed for the purpose, and inanimously adopted. "Whereas, knowledge is power, and hat power all men should possess, and vhereas, all of us have not had tha opcortunity of that power which is ecLu? ation, the introduction of Kuph know!-, dge all citizens of a countw nhmiW* w ^ losaess and enjoy. Therefore, wo the. ifcizena directly in the vicinity of Swiffcy keek Church- and the contiguous, leighborhood, do hereby form : our-. elves together for the sincere purpose. f establishing a school* which we deem ecesaary and correct, for the educaion of our children. Therefore be itResolved, That we do hereby form urselves, as a school association. Rcsolod, That this association shall;, e called tho Swift Creek Church as-. A i