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AN al d Il j; ISL s,st
ort on Il lIis ST f,s t,li
stiies 9th 5Sar 81 bis &c "a S..as
ceased has Ind chill ldten, :.si3;
children, 40 gfeat j. gtisnd clsl 81
great.g great- grant children s
l.15 SsEDwaRD tho
ish giant, said ITO he the large ssiies
$manSin Europe, measures ips i
iscllcs, weighs SO stone, eati
.perPendtcularlS4 10 feet 6 6aihehes and
is under 81 years oiifagei
s The postage qnrelnpe as
acknowledging issued. Iihes t5s ice SfSxs
ed upon is 1920 per hundred. bsij,s
three cents each for the postage siaini5 i, y
and twenty cents per hnndr or twtssi Ass
dollars per thousand for the ens Iopes
s5Y An nAnti-B Beef Ell ina ssocis.
ton has been formed in Phiiadei phia.. si
ihe members rlcdgc2 thenssss IVES
against eating any meat which costs
more than eight cents nyponnd. 4. 4.
An examination. of The ,gravo Of
Spring. recently executed for the SI,,lir
der two women at Philad lphia, has
proved that his body Was 4 eli her stt,
buried at all, or afterwards s,irrepti.s
tlously removed. The coffin contained q
nothing but q log of wood and sones
clothing.
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The South C;,roIiniau.

Messrs. Johnson & CAvIs the able
conductors of this paper gave notice in
their issue of Saturday that from and
after yesterday their connection with
the Cdrolinian would cease. We can.
not regret too deeply the Withdrawal
Of too such gentlemen from the cdito
rial fraternity and send our best wishes
for their future success. They thus
take leave OF their brethren.
Our brethren of the press have our
warmcst thanks for their oft repeated
manifestations offriendly and fratcrnal
feelings towards us. The press of Car
olina is conducted by gentlemen, warm
hearted, courteous, and kind; and, on
imoluntarily retireing from the corps,
We tender to them our most earnest
wishes for their prosperity and Lappi-
ness.
Whether or not either of us shall be
connected in the conduct OF another
journal in the State We cannot now say;
but wherever our lot may be cast, we
will not soon forget the term Of our
connection with the readers of the Car:
Gilman, or the frequent kindnesses we
have received from many Of its friends
and supporters; and in penning these
parting words, we embody also the de-
termination to forget and forgive all
that we may have considered unkind-
ness towards us. 1dieu.
JOHNSTON g. CAyIs.
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I'D aS1scrcO tYncs

W ELLMAN, who still holds out his
sign, next door to this Office is deter
mined to give the citizens of Sumter
one more chance of having their 'Phiz'
shadowed. His advertisement says
he will remain one week longer.
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RELIGION AMONG THE SLAVES Mr..
Brook. editor of the New York Ex.
press, in one Of his letters from Gcor.
gia, mentions the following facts:
"ln Savannah, in three Baptist
churches and one Methodist, there are
1890 colorcd persons, onc-half OF
whom are slaves. The pastor of one
of the Baptist churches is slave, and
the other two arc free colorcd persons.
These churches contribute literally for
foreign and domestic missions, fr
home poor, &c. At the Georgia Bap.
tist Association, held in Warren coun.
ty last September, five slave preachers
were present, and voted upon all ques
tions presented for consideration. In
South Carolina there are more than
forty thousand slaves who are church
members; and in the entire South tho
Baptist and methodist churches alrcad '
have 2G4, 900 slave mcmbcrs.''
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ClarcMlOmt Troop.

At an election held on Saturday the
9th inst. to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Captain JoiS T.
GREEN, elected Major, the follow
ing vote was taken by which it will
be seen, that Lieut.. r. G. WEnn is
duly elected Captain.
VorE. Total.
r. c. WEDB, II
+. MYERs, go.
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COTTON MARK EFT.
Charleston, JulytIl. is

The market during the past week has
been dull, and inactive, but on Satur
day revived and sales were effected
Mt an advance of Id Of n cent. We
now quote extreme prices at from
s to / l ID cents.
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r5y" Our thanks are due to D. B.
DEpow, Esqr., for an abstract of the
Seventh census"
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Death of DIR. Chapman,

DIR. NATHANIEL CIlApMAN one of the
most celebrated physicians in the U
S. died at his residence in Philadelphia
last week, at the advanced age Of "a
wears
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CoMrLlMENT TO AMEnIcANs.-Thc
following Americans had the honor
ary degree ID. G. l.. conferred upon
them at the recent installation of the
Earl OF Derby as Chancellor of the
University of Oxford: The Hon. Jo-
scPh lngcrsoll, Minister of the Uni,
ted States; the Hon. Martin Van Blu.
rem, formerly President of the Uni
ted States: the Right Rev. George Jc-
hosaplat Mountain, Bishop of Quebec;
the Right Rev. Charles Petit Mclvainc,
Bishop of Ohio; the Hon. Mr.. JUS
t!ce IIaliburtOn.
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EXCITEMENT AT rIyDIANApoLIs.-
Freeman, colored man, for the
last las SIX years resident Of Indianapo.
lis, Indiana, WAS arrested q few
days ago on the affidavit Of Pleasant
Ellington, of Kentucky, as fugitive
slave and belonging to him. The
arrest caused much excitement, and
the trial had not been concluded nj
the last accounts. 1t is thought n
duel will grow out Of the affair be-
tween the Hon. VIM. j. Brown, ex-
member of Congress, and one OF
the counsel, in consequence of some
remarks of the latter. Mr.. Brown ap.
peared in court. and asked 10 make a
personal explanation, which the
court refused.
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The Southern AgriculturIst,

The July aumber of this truly val
uablc Journal is before us, andis as we
thought Of all the others. better than
the last, and beautifully illustrsted.-
Why don't every planter Subscribe to
1t? Terms only one dollar q year;
Il. M. Stokes at Laurensvills, S. G., is
the Proprietor. We have read the
number before MS with great interest
and think we have received inforina-
tion, which is worth more than ten
times the subscription price.
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gB@ The citizens of New. Orleans
rendered Mr.. SoULE O public dinner
previous TO his departure from, that ci.
ty, but it was declined on considera-
tons Of delicacy and pfopriety.
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The sale Of Fanny Ferns new book
has thus far exceeded that Of Uncle
Toms Cabin. Ten thousand copies
.S,ere 8oid the first week ofits isssis
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FORGERY TRrA1.-ExcIrISG Scene.
Cincinnati, July lst.-In Court to-
day, during the trial of Kissane and
fm!iay for :orsrry, VIM. II. John
sou Was Gales Is Il witness for the
IL .er"c. ~ aiea upon kissane YES.
tcrday and lolt IN, he was able to
prove his whereabouts on the 18th, and
correct the mis-! Ike made by the
witnesses for the prosecution. Pre-.
viously, he had net seen Kissano fui
some time, but, on reading the re.
port in the papers, the idea occurred t1
him of taking the stand and proving an
alibi. johnson WAS formerly OF
the firm Of Lot, Pugh & Co., for
whom kissanc was confidential clerk
After Johnson had testified, the
Prosecuting Attorney handed him a
forged check, drawn by kiSsanc in De.
cember last, and also giving him
one Of the forged checks. Johnson
said he knrw kissanc's handwriting as
well as his own. He then compared
the checks, and as he did SO. ar
expression Of terror came upon
his countcnacc, and with convulsivc
movement, he threw both checks upon
the table, exclailning, "That check
is in kissane's h;mdwriling-grcut
God!' Johnson then fell back with
q conv'lsive expression, and was
assisted to Il chair. The effect was
stunning upon the judge, jurors, law.
yers and spectators. The case will
probably g" to the jury to night.
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Address.

WE are indebted to the talented
Author, Col. A. G. SUMNER, for a
copy OF his address delivered before
the Southern Central Agricultural So.
cicty at Macon Ga, in October 1862.
Col. SUMNER is uItirug in his Efforts
to produce an Improvement system
OF Agriculture in the Southern States,
towards which he has already done
much, and the oration before us, proves
his mind well stored with useful facts.
all of which he turns to good account.
SENrENcED.-Thc negro girl, Rose,
belonging to Col. B. III. Brown, was
on Saturday last found guilty of the
murder Of the child Of Mr.. James
kirkland, was noticed in our last
number, and is sentenced to be hung
on Friday, ID September next.
BdrnoeI SsnHae2.
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"Methodist Female College-Glori-
Gus News!"
Under this caption the Carolina
Spartan mentions that the committee
has located the Female College at
Spartanburg--and that its junior Edi
tor had been presented last night with
a little responsibility" which he
pledges TO transfer to it.
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Discontinued.

The Post Office at Providence. j
this Distrie::, has been discontinued.
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VRY Ir.-Wc understand several
planErs CONTEMPLATE cutting down
tnei!SAd corn and curing it for forage,
and planting second crop. This we
think an excellent idea. Corn planted
SO as to get into the roasting ear be-
fore frost, if cut ut the ground and
stacked will mature well, and afford a
large amount of forage. This is prac.
tiscd in the Northern States every
year, and there is no reasonit should
not DO llero,,- Cheraio Gazeta,
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TnosE ENvELopEs-In pursuance
OF official orders, received from the
city of Washington by George F.
Nesbitt, Esq, a large quantity of the
United States PREPAID envelopes
were shipped from New York on
Thursday, by Adams Il Co.'S Express,
to the postmasters of the principal ci-
ties in the Southern and Western
sections of the United States.
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INJURY TO THE CRoPs.-The Dan.
vile (Va.) Register Of Saturday rep
rcsents the crops Of tobacco aud oats
in that region as having been most
seriously injured by the drought. AT
no time, for many years,.it says, has
the prospect for these crops been
moro gloomy and Sdisenuiaging. 81
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STAMPEDE OF TIE CABISEr.-Thc
Cabinet is on the eve of stampede.
The Secretary Of the Interior has
already left Washington. Mr.. Gushing
is to be ut the Commencement at
Harvard on the Goth inst. Colonel
Davis is going to visit New Eng,
land, also, i'll tho course Of few
days! Mr.. Marcy, we learn, is con.
ing here to attend the opening of tho
Crystal Palace, and perhaps try and
manipulate the discontentcd. Post.
master General Campbell will pro.
badly accompany him. We have
not heard What disposition Mr.
Dobbn intends to make OF himself
during the dogdays. Mr.. Guthrie is
50 busy guarding the money chest that
he will scarcely be able to get away
The country is evidently not in dan.
ger, anu the Cabinet, we trust, will
therefore have good time ofit.--Ncy
York Hr0ld.
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NEWSPAPER CnANaEs-Gnis Sey.
mour, it's said, is now the sole owner
ofthe New Orleans Bulletin, having
purchased Nv, Il Hodges halffor s222o.-!
coo. y. E Wilson has purchased SAig.
sBullits q.lartero stsse ~ u. pipas siise,
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The heat in Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, and Baltimore during
last week was SO intcase-sometimcs
as high as 9s0-tlrnt many deaths
from coup de soleH daily, occurred.
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When the mail arrives regularly
between six P. NJ and five 4. NJ,
90 per cent. is allowed for the
hrst hundred dollars. Postmasters
whose compensation does not exceed
s300 quarter, are allowed one cent
for every free letter, and two. mills for
every newspaper not chargeable
with postage
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GRADUATES AT WEST PoJsr.-
Among the list of graduates at West
Point recently published by our North
ern exchanges, we find those OF Ben
Jamin Allston and Alfred E. Latimer,
OF this State. The entire number OF
graduates was fiftv two.
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Ex. President TYLER, it is sta
/ .tedsia ip the enjoyment, at present, Of
good s. heaitll, and SIS far from being
stfoapl has been stated, with ip,
seipielt colssuipption,
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FAY TO PosrMAsrERs.-Tha fol-
lowing is fixed upon as the commits.
slons of Postmasters after the FIRST oi
April last:
On sum not exceeding 500
SO per cent.
On sum between 500 and
500 40 do
On.a sum between $1,000 and
S2i00 35 do
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-16
From the Ne,c York Literary World.
Literary Intelligence.

Among the forthcoming publications of George
r. Putnam@& Co., are Layard's new work, com.
prlsing his "Researches at Babylon and Nine
veh, with numerous plates, and uniform with
bis former work. ga New Universal Gazetteer
with the recent Census of the United States, also
those ofGreat Britain and France an entirely new
work. by T. c. Cacott, A. NJ ssAmabel; a Pa
miy History" by Miss E Wormeley: s.Diary OF
Samuel Pepys.'' new revised cabinet edition:
"Notabillties in France and England" by Phila.
rete Chasles: horticultural and other Papers. -
by the late A. J. Downing, uniform with his
Landscape Gardening:" "The Belle of NV Day,
or Lectures of the Past:'' Chew York Daguerre.
otyped, or the City Delineated in it's Various As
Pects:'' also, GA Hand Book of New York, for
Strangers" G. P. Putnam & Co. are also the
authorized publishers of the illustrated Catalogue
OF the Great Exhibition of New York.
u Appleton & Co. have in press "Louis XVII !,
(The Lost Dauphin of France.) His Life, Suffer
lngs, and Death, and the imprisonment of the
Royal Family in the Temple. illustrated, with
Portraits, &C., translated from the French of M.
A. DE Beauchesne."
Gould & Lincoln, Boston, have in press and will
soon Issue the following: "The Captive in Patago-
mia, or Life Among the Giants; Personal Nara
tive, by Benjamin F. Bourne containing illus
trations. This work, by Captain Bourne, who was
taken captive and retained three months by the
Patagonians, gives account of his capture and
final escape; description of this strange people,
of which little or nothing has heretofore been
known; their manners, customs, habits, pursuits,
the country it's soil, productions, SC. It will be
a work of uncommon interest, as well as instrue
ton, to all classes of readers.
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The proceedings of the convention show that
two hundred and twenty-six Wines against
slxty-slx recorded themselves IN favor of the
platform. The Tribune assumes that large
number of them, a number so large as to be suf-
ficient to change the result, were in their hearts
opposed to the platform, and being afraid to
avow their opposition, voted against their con-
victions. We do not believe any such thing.
We are not aware of any mode of arriving at
mems opinions except by their expression of
them by words or votes; and consequently we
are compelled to believe that the convictions of
the tDo hundred and t,ve,lty sac WHIGs in the
convention correspondent with their votes If it
were otherwise, they were guilty of an imposi-
ton upon the party, and dishonored themselves
Now, if the convention of 1852 had the
right to lay down platform for the Vino
party then all such as ''spit" upon that platform
and repudiate it cease to be Wines. A con
formlty or nom conformity with that platform
determines the political position of men. But
the Tribune admits the right of conventions
to lay down platforms of principles. It con-
cedes that right to the WHIG Conventions of
1882 and 1874, and is willing to receive their
| resolutions as tests of party orthodoxy But
what it comedies to the Wires of twenty years
ago it denies to the WH1Gs of the present gen
GRAFTON. We are to be bound, in the Tr;buae's
judgment, to fight on forever under the standard
of 1882; and this sentiment is avowed by a
journal that assumes to be especially progress
ssue. We are to be tied down forever to the
| resolutions of 1882, United States Bank, and
all; or, in other words, the last generation Of
WHIas could bind the present by their resolu-
tons in convention, and the present generation
are incapable Of binding themselves We agree
| to no such doctrine. The convention of 1852
had the same right as the convention of 1882
to set up standard of principles-and those
who abandon that standard become non-con-
forming 'clique," while those who maintain
it represent the orthodoxy of the organization.
How the clique who believe in the Tribune
became separated from the WHIa party we
can explain more correctly than the Tribune
has done. After Congress, under the lead Of
Mr.. CLAY, had passed the measures of Com
| promise, President FILLMORE, in his next
| annual message, recommended general acqui-
escence in them till time and experience should
demonstrate the necessity of change. This
sentiment was very cordially approved by
most Of the Wing journals In the country. Blu,
certain presses in New York in the interest Of
Governor SEWARD took early occasion to assail
MIR. FILLMORE, on the ground that he was
pursuing the policy which they had in the first
instance themselves approved. Governor Sc
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CATERPILLARE.-A correspondent reminds Us
that this is the to destroy the nests of YER
min that SO disfgure our trees Look at almost
every tree in the city, and you will see hanging
from its branches innumerable pendant nests
swinging in the breeze, looking like natural an.
pendagos Of the tree. They are dried leaves wound
into conform shape and CULTIVATED firmly. Open
one of them md you will find thousands of cater
pillars eggs inside; thus protected from the srosts
OF winter ana waiting Tor warm weather TO come
forth and devour the leaves, and finally IN work
destruction to all our shade trees Every good
citzen should feel bound to cut them from trees on
his grounds, for his own sake and the public well
fare.
lnese OBSTRUCTIVE vermin may be easily removed
when the trees getting trimmed, or an indyi-
DUAL with simple or long rod, may be able TO
take or whip them AL off. They look like dead
leaves on the trees, but may be known by their
cocoon form, and by hanging bya flament to the
branches. = Philadelphia Ledger.
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IMPORTANT LEGAL DECISION Value of Tar IT.
Hes.-Judge Drummond, of the United States cir
cult court, gave decision at Springfield, illinois,
on the I'd instant, in the of William j. Turner
aganst Sarah Starr, touching land titles, which is
OF great interest to the country.
The plaintiff claimed the land under the patent
title, regularly deduced from the United States,
Inc defendant claimed by tax title under the
laws OF 1877 and 1929. The land was vacant and
unoccupled. The defendant had no actual pos
session OF it, but claimed it under the aforesaid tax
title, and had paid all the taxes assessed upon for
seven successive years before the commencement
OF the cult, and claimed the protection of the Sc
cond section of the Limitation law of 1882.
The court held that the said law was consiitu-
tiona; that the defendant had brought herself
within its provisions, and that hers was therefore
to be considered the paramount title and judy
ment was accordingly rendered for the defendant.
ST. Louis Netcs
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Californian Matters.


From synopsis of Governor Bgler's message
to the Legislature of California by the San Fran
cisco Wing, we extract as follows:
s'The document is conclusive on one point
namely: that under the present state of affairs,
and with the present management of our State
government, we are surely and rapidly advancing
to condition of irretrievabls bankruptcy. The
startling fact is made to appear that our expendi
lures exceed our receipts nearly $500, 900 per an
mum. Our present civil debt ia shown to be
S 1887 ,2l3 70. The war debt is $771,l90 O5-
making the entire debt of the State So 1859 4O3 49,
Under such an exhibit as this State securities
must decline, and it will require come months of
honest and economical legislation to restore con :
6dence and rebuild our State credit.
'sThe Governor suggests change of the consti
tuition, and the abolition Of the offices of Surveyor
General, Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Superintendent of Public Buildings, and three
Prison Inspectors; to have biennial sessions of the
Legislature, reduction of the pay and mileage
of members. limiting the session to ninety days,
reducing transportation on prisoners, change in
the conduct OF the State Hospital, a reduction of
the salary of the Governor and Supreme Judges,
reduction of judicial districts from eleven to eight
and a reduction of salary of the District Attorney
of San Francisco
The Los Angeles Star says the United States
survey is rapidly progressing, the base line being
already completed seventy miles. 1t will probably
touch the seacoast some four miles north of Los
Angeles. Mr.. Gray is following Col. Washington,
and is surveying range of townships.
The gale which has been felt so severely through
this part OF the country caused considerable da-
mage at San Pedro. The brick warehouse at that
place, owned by B. D. Wilson, esq, was demol-
sned, the sea beating against it having under
mined the foundation. A considerable quantity of
barley, stored in the warehouse, and belonging to
the United States, was damaged. The loss to Mr..
Wilson was 5 500. At Aqua Mansa, one of the
walls of the church tumbled down at the usual
hour for mass. Providentially the priest omitted
mass on that day, and the building was unoccu
MED at the time of the accident.
The arrival of 2. 500 sheep from New Mexico is
noticed in the Star. They owned by party
of French, and will be driven towards San Fran
cisco. Thirty three hundred sheep, sold by order
of the administrator of Damas Lopez, brought an
average of So Is head
About fifty Mormon missionaries had embarked
at San Pedro for San Francisco They will take
their departure hence, some for the Sand wich
lsiands, and others for the East Indies and Austria
liza. This ia new phase in Mormonism, and
shows that these people are gradually extending a
powerful influence on the shores of the Pacific