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1IB I llvivace, Two- bollars tat thi expiration of six months, .War at Ahend of the year. tqqintlnucdr4nti1 ' all nercarages S ia'the option of the Pnprietor. etiments itnserted at SF.vLINTY WperaWuar, (12 lines or lean,) for t0.101. ialf that sum fur each suisequenlt bf insertions to h marked sertatnents or they will bo piublished o.be discontinued, and charged NF 1) OLLAR per square for a single or 4on -Quarterly and Monthly Advertise wIll, charged the same as a single in. on. and emi-monthly the vamte as new ouve 5t1 m ii New York. rektrict the followintg from the ead itfSaturday last: eries of mehmceholv disasters eurrd in our city yesterday. Abot n'eVock in the morning lire broke p in a bakery in the Second aveinue. 1hf the journeymen in the estab is pentwasburned to death; a fffni - 1 n'.ithaWiding were compelled to son6by leaping from a fourth-story H, d ow, ni the performance of which tzrdous feat a woman was instantly lll.d.-4uet as the steamer New Yoldwas about departing for Alba. ny; at:stievin o'clock, one of her boiler fluesm'olapsed, eamsing thu death of a.ppersins, and <readfully sea;Iding k oothers. In the afternuoon a hail to , accompanied by lightning and lent .wind, passeI over the 11pper of tie city, during which at new s rame dwelling, in process ion Forty-third street, .?tear the Crystal Palace, was blown ownburying eight or teln workmen .V ;iiid the-runs, three of whom1 Were out lifeless. Seven others were -iously wounded. To congpde, a nan lost his life by the fail of another ilding in Forty-third street, near the ,orth river, a man was struck dead by l 'flash of lightning, and a child of Mr. ohn Oberhuber was scalded to death; naking a total of fourteen persons 'k1led and as many others badly in jured. (-Ysterday aft ernoon, between 5 and clock, our ity was visited by one 1_.j0f' the most tremendons hail--trms thakwo ever cemember to ha,ve SULn. Th6ewind, that during the early part of the day had been from the northeast .ddbilyveered round to the north Q! anid again changed to the east, prin with it a heavy thunder ' start.s The most peenliai euome n was. tho.suddun hurricane, uand tt.v std.ndotoUf hail, ihr tha w o Unineaning a tulrni o &l'aribu i'. -bybut of pieces of ice, which came Its Ittering down upon the roofs of the ,houseslike ashower of brickbats. EnAtordi ary as It may appear, this '11s the;nearest rdsemblance that can be ai4i to the nqisu that the storm pro S ud; but,: singular anongh, this phe nameinon was very local, riot extend u y tg.for the whole city, for in some ~ f'pans the flall of hail had become mUod ~ified into rain, probably having melted m~j is passage to the earth. rI n order that ouir readers may not supc us of exaggeration, we have a.'ippended two instances of what. this ' 4'hail-stormn was: .s J The :shipyard of Mr. Thocs. Collyer, ptthe dry- dock, was covered with ~ rregularly shaped pieces of ice, or ~l rgwelusters of hailstones. Several thm-were measured, one of whieb nywas 1.2 inebes in circumaference, an *'other 7 inches, and a third me~asured * 3 ui~ites long and 2 inches thick. a.The inhabitants of a honse in War erly place were startted by a solid body falling in the front yard. and on ~ proceedingr there found a numbter of piecels of ice, which appeared to have .been-originally oane piece broken by ~'.V.s~the faill. When together they would vei n about two pounids. The garden at the -back of the .house had also a large num~ber of pieces of ice scattered 6 . over'it, and a skylight at .the .top of ~UKthe house was sumashed by the .hail 'ihe noise of the falling hail on the Crystal 'Palace was trem endotus-thne Sdole cti as an .immiense drum. Duig a storm a most disastrous (accident occurred up town, by which threg persons lost their lives, and sev en othere were severely intjured, some - of whon it .is expected wijll not recov e$ r. The scene of the aecident was in ~ Forty-third street, between Fith and ;~~s ixth avenues, at a newly erceted ~*Aframe building opposite Latting's Oh. Kservatory, wvhiebu belongs to D)r. S. P'. $.Townsend, and was nrot entirely com-. (~ leted. It is opposite the Crystal P'al J .ace. During the stormn this building, $ ~vhioh wvas two stories bigh and roo fed nwas Qverttuned instantaneously by ~~Z hehuiricane that blew ablout Iive Sclock, and. levelled in a mioment to e gtoned. At the tuime that the aic aiebsare there were six men em pipyed on the ground floor in plas *; ering the walla,.three of them as plas X4ters, o of whom was the boss, amed William Mc42rachcen, and who wskilled with two thesm There ~wre three other labo retrs on this floour. Onthe upper Inoor there werae other br~.orkmen emploeyed in fitting the pipes n- other similar work, the building being intended, we believe, for a sa oon, an nadition to these there Swsa large number of people whlo hado ~ sough~t temporary shelter w hern the tomcame on. So sudden was thue ~acident that no time was given for iescape, the whole building beinig pros tiaed without even the shatdow of -Presieai T~E it is sta t-e~ed a in thye joymlent; a.t present, of ~.~gerd }c&tilan aocI ~far from being Gt o Zeindj vitl.-k beE tiiten expeelled~be yoor adovn have only to step intb -the I Mdse. euin . Tho Franco-Swiss laly, there exhitbiting is IS all that; is clai'med for her. Si is o nioderate size, rather mas eulinue looking--owing mnh to her beard -- dressea in good taste, displays a bust expels all doubt as to her sex, and wears a fine, glossy black bartd,'extending from the outer corner of her eyes down her checks and under and over her chin. Her back, betweenl the shoulders, shows an unusual hairi iness. She has a fair and fresh coin plesion, and is altogether de'idedly agreeable; speaking Swiss, French and Englii fluently. Her husband and father accompany her. Site has giv en birth to two children, one of them deceased, the other, five miontlhs old, living idand already showing the basis of a fbrmidable beard. Site has a sis. ter, now itt Londoui we believe, who exhibits the sate singularity. Her fither is rather siootifced than other wise. The bearded lady is certainly ia very great (uriosity and a puzzling question for physiologists. She ias no objection to visiters taking hold of her whihkprs to test their qualitv. She is decidedly one of the hair-y.toe-s racy.-N Y. Mirror. A Wmin; Opriios.-Ve learn from the Rioebester Advertiser, thtat a wkig appears in the columns of the Newark E.agle, who says ie wrote ntitch and slpke more against Franklin Pierce while a candidate for the Presidenev; bit Since the ohject of his assiatilts had bmen installed into the White Ilouse, lie has visited hilln, and has ch:mged his opinion entirely. Inl proof of which the writer says: "No man win pass an hour with him, without being impressed with the conviction that, Frank Piecee is a Man of imarked traits f eharacter -sga(cious and discrimnting-quick to perceive aIn' pi'4rIpt to) let; always ready to listen to advice-hut, posses sed of a stronr will and firmin mid. There is a pefliar expressimin about. his eyes, indi.a1 yive of' the Character of' (the mantit as deve!oped since his int :gutrationt. It is that-so to speak-of a person who hutuws li iseilf t Ithorongh ly, and w hAiat is of eqlil iIpor tanev, kito'~ms thow by w . Iii ll! is sit t't'm til dd. Ile wbe a ]rt to iveJrrechI Franlk Pie:ee, ultst bk-e eauiv' inl th .rn Fonilr TitI A L.-ExCIo SCENE. -Cinciniati, fJul, Ist.-In Court to day, dmring the ul: X*l of Kissane amd v-oli' tI.rry W ra. It. John1 s m e ,> .; . a wi;e-s fu'r the d- :. i.-.......pn Kissante yes tedtay an1d o:. lie was abe to prove his whe-:ab..- -s on the 14th, and correct the iiisl.ke nade by tie witnesses flo the prosecution. Pre viously, he had nit seen Kissane for some time, but, ott readitig the re. port in the papers, the idea occurred to him of rakinig the stand anId proving an aIbi. Johntsoni was foirimetly of the firtm of Lot, Pu'tgh & Co., for' whom Kissatie was conideqlntiadl eerk. After .Johnisonx had testiliied, the Prot'secuttinmg Attorney hantded him1 a fotrged cheek, di awni by Ki-ssane ini De cemuber la-t, anid also giving~ him one of' thle f'orged checks. .lohntsont said lie kit w Ki.-sane's haiidwriting ats well as hi~s own, lie then compl[ared the checks, anid as heC dlid so, an expression of' terror camne uipon his coiuntenace, antd witht a convu'ilsive moemntie threw both checks upon the table, exclaiminrg, "Tha't check is in Kissante's hanzdwriiting-reait (God!"' Jlohnson then fell back wiith a convunlsive expression, and~ waIs assisted to a chtairt. The effect was stuntnin g upon41 the j udge, jutrors, law. yetrs and spectators. 'The casec will pro~babhly go to~ the jitry to itight. SrAuMIE oF 'rjiE CAttNi-v.--Th le Cainet, is on thte eve ofl a stampedeme. 'lThe Seeretary of ,the Ititerior hazs alreadly left Watshingutoni. Mir. Cuishinii is to be atL thle Co tmne neen tl I larv~tard on the ~20th iinst. Colon'iel Davis is goinig to visit, New Eng land, also., ini the cour ise ofi a e days. Mri. Marey', we learn, is co~in ing heire to attend th iiJopeniting of' the Ctrystal Palace. a111l perha~ps I ry anid mtatniphulati the dliscontt-etted. Post mtastcer General (alit pbell will pro' bably accoiitpaniy htim. WVe ha~rve Dobihil itt.s to inahe of1 iuself' d urig the dlogdla', s. Air. GU thrie is so busy guard ing the mone'y chest that. lie will scarcely lbe abde to get away. The couIJItry is evidently mot itn dan getr, andm thle Cabidnet, we Itist, will thereforec have a goo~d t inite ofit-e York JleraldJ. 111(n as I~o un unent.--'l'he lIet' ister, lie lIIighm-chturchi E-'.isiopal l. per' pub lished int Ph'iladelphia, ini me. 'i''rce to the hit e tenn Di iaI ioe'sat Conven'itiont of' l'ennsylIvania, makes the Ifoh.inig nieknowhedgemientt: "lit the late Contveni tin thtere was the saie dis3ti-et <iiarcaiti4, oif par-lt the haotingshowe 'that t noner icail strenigth ofi thatt sectin of' chiurchmieu knw a~~i~ s 'o-chiurchl' was coinsidera.bly ini(cased, bo th in the clerical and lay votes, Lceyonrd tirii force in ihr'taer Con ventionis The sttrgtht of numberts was with ihern, anid they 'ontr(lled thei electis."' Tv hr.- O . n;.lerstanrd several thir~ , ; 'd cortn :nI euing it for immrag.e, arnd planrtinzg a wonutd cr'op. TIhtis we thinlk an exce-llettt ideat. Cotri planted so as to get into the roastintg ear be fore frost, it' cut at the grond anld stacked w~ill mnaturte wall, and aflord a largo tim-onntt of foriage. This is pr'ae tisedl in ~lie Northern Slates every year,.andtlthere is no reason it hlould ntt bo hiee.-C~Aera aeiee, low9gifCa, biIlty' oftwarin' Etroe -a'l fi, tt nations largelin debI cyni ldly - ford to indulge in: "War, if it-thke plae, .woud pr o bably involve Greit Iritain, Russia, Austria, Turkey and France. In all these countries taxation has been' pressed as finr as the people can bear it. Everywhere the complaint of over-taxation is so loud and gen eral that the sovereigns must 'pause ere they feed public discontent by increasing the public debts. We have seen wihut Great 13ritain owes; the annual interest on this debt amounts to ?2S,000,000, or inore than halIf the while revenue of the realm. The other leading States are thus indebted: Russia C.122,170,000; Austria X183, '100,000; Turkey 6.6660,700; France .221,70,000. None of these States, eveept Great Britain, could obtain a loaU of any atmnount-certainly not .a war loan-upon anything like reasonable terms. Atustria, Russia, Russia and Turkey have lately failed in their respective efforts to borrow money. ,Nor can France have bet ter success. No moley, no war. Tile indebte'dness of the great European States renders theii praetically 'bnund over to keep the peace.' EL.IGION AMIONG THE SLAVEs --Mr Brook, editor of the New .York Ex press, in one of his letters from Geor gia, mentions the following facts: "Ii Savannah, in three Baptist churches and one Methodist, there are 2,990 colored per,8 one-half of' whom are slaves. The pastor of one of the Baptist cliirhes is a slave, and the other two are free colored persons. These churches contribute liberally for foreign antd domestic Inissions, f r home poor, &c. At the Georgia Bap tist. Association, held in Wari en coui ty last Selpternber, five slave preachers were present, aid voted upon all ques tions presented for comnsideration. Ii South Caroliin there are more than f'orty thiusand slaves who are church nieinbers; and in the entire South the Baptist anld methodist churches already have 2-1,000 slave iimeinhers." FIAuKLus.-G Ieoi'ge Banerofit, in a lecture hel 're the New York flistoiic al Society, pays an eloquet tribute to the philosopheir: -Not half of Franl~in's mlerit,; have beenl told. IHe v:a, the true fi'her of the Ameri enn Uahn. It was he witho went forth to hLiy thfeimilatioin of' that great de sign at Allb-iy, and in New York lie lifted up his voice. J Ie re amtiong us he app''eaeid as the a postle 1-f the Un ion. It wazs Franklin whi suggested the Congris of 1771; aid but for his wisdomn, and the coifidence that wislom inspired, it is a matter ordoubt whether that Congress would have taken cfeeet. It wias Franklin who suggested the bond of the. Union wvich binds these Stites, from. Florida. to Maine. Franklin was the greatest diplomatist of the eighteenth century. lie nevei' spoke a word too soon1; he never spoke a wvoi'd too inue' ; he nev er Etiled to speak the tight, word at the right season.' ouri readers tee whtt ani ext enit thle ce-e ieis of So uthernt inst itutuins go ini their ziadniess. we ventutre to staine our columnlhts withI thle folIlowing horrid lain guage, which was itsed lby one of' the orators at atn Abolitiotn gathiering in Boistoni recen.it ly. No powe'r of' words can p'roperly characterize such disgust mug anid outr'ageous profantity: .\lt'. lhetury C. WX'right commenced lby say ing that lie was atheist to any thiing which'h sancttioneed slavery. wot~uld putt miy hecel upo n an~y govern. iment, whiceh satietieed slavery'. It Goed sainctionied slave ry I wouhl I put my heel upon huim. (I hisses and ap plause-"'oidcr" fri' n the ebiair-hiss es and hm tghteri ftrom1 the gal lery.) Yes, I would refuse to obey such it God; I wouLld it such a Ood uiponi the autct ion block, at. ' sell him like a beast. (llisses.) i'. \Vright pro' 2eedced to say that lie was ani atheist to anty G od that. sanctined slavery'; lie wonuhe sp end his meoney antd his Ilif'e to er~elthriow such a God an~d sucha goeverinen ctt. 'Thle thty' is past whien wet shold loock to attr iites or' ti tles. I Ie had tio respect fir the namen of God iin lie muouth of a warrior a slave hoelderl, or' a i'iumsetl let'. Cotrt t -:s~t~' 'ro A 't Elic.ss-Thec f'ollowintgAmier'icans hadl the honor ary' degree D.. C. L. coniferred ulponi themu at tbe r'eentit itnstallation of' thle Ear'l of' Derb y as ('hancel lor' of' the Untiverisity of'( Oxird: T1he Ion. o. seph 'in gei'sell, 'Minuisteri of thle Ui. ted States; thle hlou. Alazrtin uiin l i-. r'en, foi'merly v I'resident of' the Uti t'd St'j~es: the l iight R.l GeUorge Je. lie saphiat Mouintaini, Bi shopi of Qitebee; the liighc t'e.Charles l'et it Mleaine, JBishop~ of' Ohio; the .H on. MrI~. Jius tice Illalibur~tn. ExerIris i:j r Rietmmrou'1ts.--Joehni I reeniumh a coleeds utat, 'ir the List six years a residet, of' Indtianiapo fis, Indianai, was arrested a f'ew day ao oni t he aflida it of Pl'Ieasat Elling ton, tel Ketuctlky', as a fugLitive slv and ~ beloenginig to :himi. The arrest causiSed imuch 'xci temnt, and lie trial lhadi not, been co ncluided at lie last. ae'eeun-ts. it is thoutght a duel will grow out, of the affair be tweetn the Hion. Wim. J. Biown, ex muember' of Conugress, .aitnd one~ of' the cousel, in conistequec'ie of' soe r'eimarks of the lattLer. Mir. Brown ap pe:ared itn court. and asked to make a personmd explanation, which the court r'efoed. ijf- The citizens of New-Orleans tendered Mi'. SOULs a pu~blic dinner previous to his departure f'romn that ci hy ut it was declined on considdra hons of delicncy and ro-metyn Tam d letter envelopes whilh Ia egjgst beepentoit f'o distri butior ftsong tIle ilading post offices of the Union, are, as yet, but a single size, of the:three cent denoimimtion. A bust of Washington, embossed and encir eled by a brick:re'd back of ground, oe Cupies the appropriate corner. Above and below the lignre are the words signifying the value of the snamp. These envelopes are sold at the post office for three dollars and twenty cents per hundred, the twenty extra centi fbr the envelopes. which is less than plain envelopes of* equal quality conlk be bought for. The post office does not sell less than a hundred. Retail ers outside of the post oflice will proba bly expect to make a handsome profit The back of' the eivelopes is gummed ready fur sealing. There ii also Mr Nesbitts advertisement on the back for which (as is pointedly observed bj the Journal of Commerce) there is mc charge. With that paper, we doub the propriety of deforming the nation's envelopes in ibis.- way, and are stir prised that the postmaster genera should permit it. Dr. Brandeth woul< furnish the envelopes gratis, barring the stamp, for the privilege of printing a small advertisement lpoll them. TIlE 8UMTEl BINNE11. J. RICHARDSON LOGAN, EDITOR TUESDAY, JULY 12. 1853. COTTON IMARK ET. Charleston, July 11, 1853. The market during the past week ha: been dIll, and inatietive, but on Satur day revived and sales were effecte< at an advance of a 1-4 of a cent. W now quote extreme prices at fron 8 to 11 1-2 cents. 7 i ur thanks are due to D. B I )rnow, Esgr., for-an abstract of th< "seventh census." ID a g u e re o t y p e s. WILL.MAN, who still holds out li sign, next. door to'this oflicts is deter mined to give the citizens of Sun.te one more (haRnce of having their 'Pio shadowed.- His ai hertisenent say lie will reinain-one xcek longer. Stagec Connectima.~ In consequen-e of the change inni by order of the Postnaster general i the sehtodule of tipiie on the South Car olina Rail, Road;the stitges now- rur Ining between the e-rmini of the. Wil nngton .rait nake the on idwith tha mai trasins ont both entds complete, thu~ doing away with forever, the ar nioyanfce and delay of the Sea Rlout between Charleston and WVil ming ton. This will be good news to large travellisng commfunlity. S. C. IRail Road--Chanuge o Jiouri. It will be seens by ain advertisueei says the Columsibia 1'anner thtat frot and after the 10th inist. the passer getr t rain will leave for Charleston a 4 1 2 A. M., in consetpuence of' an or' der f'romt the Post-Master General t< Conneet withs the WVilmtington an. Manchsester Road. We also learn thla the hour of statrting from Charlestoni chantged( to 7 A. MI. Int consequencee of this ar rangemsen thte WV. & M. Train of' Csars f'ror the jutnctions arrives in Siunter-vill st quarter. past 3 P. M. and leave inI th Intornting at ten minutes of' 4 o'cloed Copartnearshiip. WV: take pleasure in calling publi afttention to the notice inl our pape this week of a copartnershlip formned b~ Mlessrs. Ross-n & Wanneiss, for dOin Charleston. Mr.~ Wa~nn:s, ha~s hee for a number of years Editor and P~r prietor of t-he Camssden Joiurnasl, an no0w has aslso the mnalgement of- th Temp/ljerance A1dezie. It the conites of these pap~ers lhe hass shown aptituld for* buineiiss, antd wvill dubtle5ss mak ai good mierchanst. We wish both1 get tlemtent success in thteir unsdertaking. W~e would also c-all attention to .tl carsid of Messrs. .SA.,L. C. Dc ss & CC Aunni'rary Add ress. WVE are Lindebt~ed to the talente, Aut hocr, C~l A. G. fMEni, for copy of Ihis address5 dlivere&d befor the Sout hern Central Agr-icult~u ral St eiety atX Maons Ga., ins Utbe.r- 1.8M Col. SLmuMJ is unt ilig ini hiselr to prod uce .anl improv.J~emnent systers of Agrioultur-e itn the Soutsheurn State: towar-ds wich hse hass already don msuch, and the oration beforeo us, prove his mind well sto)red with uiseful faceta all of' which Ite turt-ns to good accouni S:N.s.-T1he negro girl, Ros< belonging to Col. B. II. Brown, wat on Saturday last found guilty of th mustrder of the child of' Mr. .Jame Kirkland, was noticced ia our las number, and is sentenced to be hun on Friday, 2d September next. B1arntwell Sentinel. ren e i1 . our plantei 1 b aij .orn for the stiplyor 4 ie qutes. tion Is aready d6 eussed where can it be bought cheapest' W- e pre not prepared just npio answer thiis.query, but as a remedy against purchising at all, we would suggest that a meeting of all interested be called, and a com binled effort made to put down the ne. gra-trading, so prevalent in tour midst and which we confidently believe robs the planter of as much grain as the dry weather. Bliss Brennan. WE learn from the Chester Stand ard, that this native mocking bird sung to a large, and delighted audience in that place on the evening of the 4th instant. We know a number of ad mirers of Miss BEmNAN's music in Sumter, who would gladly seize apon an opportunity to hear her, and if she will pay this town a visit in her ram bles, we promise on the part of the in habitants a warin welcome for her, and a respectable audience. Clarement Troop. At atn election held on Saturday the 9th inst. to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Captain Jonx T. GREEN, elected Major, the follow ing vote was taken by which it will be seen, that Licut. R. C. WiVnn is duly elected Captain. VOTE. Total. R. C.. WEUB, 17 F. MyERs, 9-20. Death of Dr. Ciuwpinan. Dr. NATHAIEL CHAPMAN one of the most celebrated physicians in the U S. died at his residence in Philadelphia last week, at the advanced age of 74 years. Col. Orr. This gentlemnan is a great favorite rf opurs and we like to notice his move. i ments. The Anderson Gazette speak. - ing of the Masonic celebration at Ab r beville C. II., on the 17th iltirio, says of Col. Onn's speech on that occasion : s "llon J. L. Orr, arose and delivered, what we rogarded, the best speech of his hde. llis audiene. were per fectly delightd, 11aml we feel well assured, tha: tLis vtey h ha dono fo ,r Masonry in Abbevilie, than any thing which has preceded it. Disconaned. The Post Ollice a't Proigence n this Disrtfighas.boeerr. . 'ymedn Tine Soutucrna Agricaulturlat. sThe July aumber of this truly v'al uable journal is before us, and is as we thought of all the others, better thani -the last, and beautifully illustrated. Why don't every planter subscribe to it ? Terms only one dollar a year ; SIt. M. SToxe~s at Laurensville, S. C., is thme Proprietor. 'We have read the t number before ns with great interest i and think we have received informna. -tion, which is worth more than ten t- times the subscription price. Tine souttau Carolisian. Messrs. Joiissox & Cavis the able t conductors of this paper gamve notice in thaeir issque of~ Saturday that from and after yesterday their connection with the Carolinian would cease. We can not regret too deeply the withdrawal of too such gentlemen froum the edito' riali fraternity and send our b~est wishes ter their future success. They thus take leave of their brethren. Our brethren oif the press have our e warmest thanks for their oft repeated mnani icstamtions of friendly and fraternal r feelings towards us. T1hie press of Car oliia is condsacd by genatlemecn, warmi hearted, courteous, and kind; and, on inivoluntarily retireing from the corps, we tender to them our most earnest wishes for their prosperity and hapi ness. I Whether or not either of us shall be a connected in the conduct ofanothecr t jIoural~ in the State we cannot now say; but wherever our' lot may be east, we will not soon torget the term of our e connection with the readers of the Car: - olinian, or the frequent kinadnesses we .. have received froma mtany of its friends and supporters; and in penning these p~arting words, we embody also the de -termination to forgt~ andh forgive all that we nmay haive considered unkind ness .towards us. Aidieu. JoinsTroN & C-AVIS. C&JIAw ANn) D)Ant.iNGON R~Arr. I ROA.-WeC are gratified to be able to annonnee that the section of this road, between D)arlington C. IT., and the teriu inuson the Wilmington and Man. chester Road, was on the th inst., let, out f or grading, ke. TIhe entire con tract. was let to some three or four of a our wealthiest and most, energetic citi s zens, wvho have had great experience in similar work on the Wilmington and - Mancehester liail Road, and who, we 'are assured, will speedily accomplish the job as soon as the crops are laid by. 'So that we mnamy reasonably expect to Scelebrate the next 4th .July,'by a grand e experimental trip and barh aene. s Flag. The sale of F anny Yern's new book Shas thus far exceeded that of Uneld Tomn's Cabin. Tea thousand copies - wero Mod the firat week .of its inssue -p Oie burg, aboutsixteen ini rSer. ville,W wiuchiv'Idir 'rcJipelyweL ed thoPassenger Crl, dutdid .4e3inuy to human lile. Several eows were sleepPing non the -Track, andthe cars. ran over them unperceived, wh.b,. of course, threw them o(Y the Truck, and resulted as above -tated.-Black Rer Watchmln. The cars ran unperceived over sev. eral cows! Of course they ran off the Track; it was enough to make them. A Lnmd of Plenty. WE clip the following paragraphis from the Ancient City, published at St.: Augustiie Fla. In these piping times of drought and scarcity. It would seem that Florida is the land of Promise. EP WATER MELo.S and Muskmel ons are in abundance-we have eaten Watermelons from our gardens live weeks since. Figs are ripening rapid ly, in a few days we will have abund aice of that delicious fridt. .Beef is sold at out markets at three cents per. pound, and four cents for choice peices,-iu is said that it equals in quality, the beef sold in Charleston and Savannah for tel and sixteen cents per po.und. The heat in Boston, New-York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore during last week was so inte:nse-soletillcs as high as 98*-that many deaths fi'om coup de soleil daily. occurred. GUAU-ATES AT WsT PINPNT. Among the list of graduates at West Ioint recently published by our North. eri exchanges, we find those of Ben jamin Allston and Alfred E. Latimer, of this State. The entire number of graduates was fifty two.. GaEAT IlAMNs.-Oi Mrndnv ist the long and distressing drought was brought to an end. A heavy rain, ap parently of wide extent, iel, and re. leived the parched - arth and decavina vegeatiol. This was sueereded bL another and even mo're greater oli Po ring of the clouds on Tuesday-ae comipaied by thunder, lightning and wimd. Many trees and limbs were blown down,. We have roich hope that these rains will revive the prospects of corn, and that, with i'derate rains hereafter, a tolerable crop at least will he made. Ilho prospect was s. gloomy that with. in a few days corn ruse here from t5 Cents to $1 25 a bushel. - As there is a great deal.of last year's corn on hard. we suppose' the chianged appearanti will Ubrmg the ice downgain -Du.DV re.AM,- 4", 'strkby~11 Cing and set on fire; bnu. w~tlouit *mud" damage. A- telegraph post and a tree. were also struck. .Feyesillc Oljseruer. PAY -rO Po~a~S-h fol. lowing is fixed upon 'as the commis-. sionis of P'ostmaxsters after the first of Aprail last: On a stum not exceeding $00 Ona sum between $100) and .*100 - 40 do* On a sum between $1000 and $2400 35 do A bove $2400 - -. - . 1 do When the mail arrives regularly between six P. M.- and live A. MI. 60 per centt. is allowed for the first aunid red dollars. Postmasters wvhose compensation doies not exceed $500 a quarter, are allowed one cent for every lree letter, and two.millis for every liewspaper not cha rgeable w-th postage. GaMXnLNG.-The St.. Louis corres. poindett of lie Savan nab Georgian furni lhes the item below, illustrative of the terrible fascination of gambling: lie says that "a singular mod of bet tmng is resorted to on Sundays, on the western waters, on which days there is no card playing allowed. "The gamn hlers sit arouznd a table, each having before him a lump of loaf sugar; a stake is put up b~y the players, uand lie upon whose lump a fly lijhts first, wins the 'pile.' Tlhey also' make side bets among themselves upon this imapor. tent event. The excitement often waxes high, ats the fly hovers over and around thte sweet morsels un decided upon which to feast." TuosE EsvELOss.-In pursuance oif oflicial orders, received from the city of WXashington by George F. Nesbitt, Esq1., a large quantity of' the United States pre-paid envelopes were shipped from New York on Thursday, by Adams & Co's Express, to the postmasters of the principal ei ties' in the Southern andl Western sections of the Uniitedl States. "KMethodist Female (Uklge-Glori ous~ News!" Under this caption thlR ( rolina Spartan mlenitions that the conmmittee has located the Female College at Spartanburg-anid that its junior Edi tor had' beeni "prescnted last night with a little responsibility," which lie pledges to transfer to it. INUYTO TilE CROi's.--The Dani ville (Va.) Rlegister of' Saturday rep resents the crops of' tobacceo and oat-s in that region as hiav'ing been most seriously injured by the drought. At. no time, for rnany years, it says, has( tile prospect for these crops been moro gloomy and disc.ui-aging. NEwsPA PER OniANo5s.--Cao d.~ ey. mour, ir is said,is now the sode owner of the New Orleans "Bunlltin,'having. purchased .AV Ho.Jdge~ half for $22, 00Visli hias pure sxedir li s qw ertle epn is$0 e,\uj. -grd te-yeit r ~ rIO idol giantatidi' lte the munarist Europenn - it.ches/ weigb?35 ---- is under 21yeas i~s SThe postigin - a .11nhw beingissued*5q ed upoN is *3.20 per .u three cents each for the a~ and twetwyteents per hal id dollars paer thousand-fii thN 4-:s Ati-Deteed tluon has been formzed in 1i d The inenmbers , hledgb - agaimst eating atiy meat wt mnote than eight-centsh b' An ekamiatcn .of Spring,,recently exicut'e3 der ul'two women at, - proved that his body ' t buried at all, oi af te' tiously removed. The n'othing but a lug of w n _i clothing. OBITUA~~ The late amiable consort of I MrNL-T died at their residencenear 1iule, S. C., on the first da y of. th-iI7&'a" of Billinus Congestive Fever, ansri54 illness, in the 28th year of her aP Mrs. IIXLLZTT Was the younge of the late WLLJAX and MAV -Au ter District, S. C. Ata men der n hs her devoted parents placed in thae North Carolina, whre phe ret education, which blended with n tmurel ness of dispositi on and, depor;me, her in an cmincnt degree aVrner I society in which she moved. At an early period of her .liehe veloped in her an ardent dey jdct of a living Faith in One coirnow Saviour. Soon after her marri e profescin of her Fait and u the Bethel Baprit:h fession which she highly adore liv'ed, both in her private, and pu li ment. The po.ition wh Ic she had an cminence from which he as tfnlg deseend, to hold furtler intercd unsu.l'tantial scene ofer-ptypl'ires light of her example there wa which was the evident result ofI tu11 fervour of affection, that givesI l she just, a improving into periect d That excellency.ofdicpositin for hl MELI.rrr was distinguished ahohldii I garded as a trivial attalamenk. 'JVIOM important rank in the list of acee.i a " rare thing to find in the geseral teniper o ligious professors ever the essential equanimity which slamld 'be a promini, ;7 ture in all The subject of thta nb i I- ' sas in an ermient dete alle andw quiet ii-ieg w'Iih Ppi&athhesi.Mo had an indiiy of arle her predominant sense ..f all. tho r is the christian life. - The last moutnits of tis distingu~haJ tin were such as her previon~siisywuA , havte induced us to anticipategJust b !a9 . ~ parture she was by he -agio~ 4(Mr ~ husband asked her what he shuld dor hi which site replied:: nothing ;ant de '~ Y wihe he felt as happy a l gg~ ~ :ws 4 marked to the writer of this noib pfrt lady who n d'oubt had the. best p s' . and Ihope. ' "That she had 'dini' aTriti There bas iba dustiel a ralsi. The Lonsi~e whose lass must btir~aa sides sir dear litte edrean pondter when saile Nseil y age dapei.' enee a loss never, nsa nevet, to be' earth. But have strong the ce nceitjjeg loss is her eternal gain. Besidet all this there Is one othey' douht fel. as deeply afflicted as 4 stuch a sad calamity ; that onesis an onlP er and the only one of the family now4 ZY that once happy household. 'A evoih ago thai fond s on und brother ws inexpressib Ie sorrowfully over-the e6k ~ ~ ~ his kind iather, as he thus rtogd and'sadlf emphasis-the writer was de pl#hf "My Dear Mother," ~ "Ifow frail the tie that biujd deared friend on earth, - flow of ten u'eiered by the hand de~ None but Jesus Chris can eurea.uJ * Heart." Truly may it be said in the ecafj 4e,~ man of God, "Bless ed are the deid ~ebde the Lord." .CoMn ?tti'1 ' 3j? Watchman please copy."i-~ LAST CRAN ji WV. A. WVELLMAN, i ese t ly announce to the [Ldies an G;t of Sumozerville .ntst vticinity tbaL t opened Rooms at the ahove ho would be happy to waiton allA feel disposod to tunprove thig~nifo y~ to obtain one of Ia Uurpuqasdran ture%ae it many be the last- that inanyr~ you may haive to obtain one of those irf~ ua ble momtehntocs. Pictures taike1s ll or cloudy woath~er at thodo lut pric, P Dollars.. A good asseortmeunt of fancy ae~~ lockets on hand. ' 4tI Copartnershi o~~ rlIE~ tuulernigndihae e FACJT)ORAGE AN D) 'C6M4 S8 ltUSlNL1:ss, itn rtiity nl CThttresl dler thme namte of RS Proutce cmi 4igo~tdte ts l 4 ,totmal nttettyms gt n*a nt Our O -Q utt 1. he openW'l