The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-06-26

DIvIDENDs-We learn through the Charlesi on
Mercury that on Friday last the Board Of Di
rectofs of the South Carolina Railroad Com.
pany declared Il dividend five per cent on the
earnings of the past six months, being at the
rate of 10 per cent per annum.
We have also learned that the Directors of
Charlotte d :. c. Railrond have declared Di.
vidend Of 81 upon each share in that Road.
PopttATIoN pr CALrfoRSIA.-A careful esti
mate, based ON the latest returns of the local
assessors, make the population of California
O7,O67s of whom 332.3SO are Americans, Co.
900 Indians, 3S,6S7 Chinese, 1000 French l5.-
600 McSicans, 10000 Germans 10000 Irish q
600 English and $4,000 other Foreigners, besides,
1000 colored persons.
CoTToN TO Misunderstanding cotton from
England to the United States mny bc said to be
like sending "coals to Newcastle, but so it is
that East India cotton has been entered us per
Liverpool Customs Bill of Eutry, in April and
May lnsS to the extent Of several hundred
bales, for expectation to New York and Boston.
Lirerpoof Times.
QulrMAS AND DAvrs.-A late Democratic
meeting at fernando, Mississippi, passed the
following resolution.
Resolvcd, That in jefferson Davis and John
A. Quitnnn; We recognize Mississrpfs favoritc
eons and the warrior statesmen of the South,
who stand, like the Roman Gracchi, ever ready
TO snerihce self 10 the good of their country.
The new tariff will go into operation on the
LIST Of July next, and rs it reduces the imports
On nearly every article ofimport. it is expected
that many of these articles will he reduced in
price. The duties imported liquors will he
reduced from loo to 80 per cent, and the bond.
I'd warehouses ut New York are sail to be SO
iuil that no more cargoes can be admitted until
after the lst.
NINSEsorA ELE,TIoS.-Thc st. Paul Pioneer
of the 9th has returns of tile election of seventy
delegates to the Constitutional Convention of
whom fortysiN are Democrats aud thirtythrec
Krpnblcnns. The whole number Of delegates
is one hundred and eight; consequently there
are twcntv-ninc yet to be heard from.
BEAR KrlE En.-On Sunday, the 18th of May.
very large Bear was killed near Chillsville. in
lndkn county. We informed that he
Weighed 365 pounds. IIcwas d.yourinp n bo,,
when discovered, and from his size and nrc it IS
presumed that lie has, in his pilgrimage on
earth appropriated many swine to his especial
benetit-Chariotte D,m,ocrut
THE MASSACRE OF Cor. Cn.npr-Ic,tcrs to
the New Orleans Picayune from the city of
Mexico mention that Mr.. Forsyth has already
opened correspondence with the Mexican atl-
thoritics in relation to the late Wholesale exc.
cution done on Col CratLe and his party of
Americans in Sonora
William Hayward Drayton, ESQ, resident of
Philadelphia has been appointed by his Excel
iency Governor Allston. Commissioner of Deeds
for the State Of South Carolina
The crop of sugar in Porto Rico is million
pounds more this Year than it was in 1856, mo.
Iasses 22oono gallons more, coffee 900, 900
pounds more.
The nun,bcr ofdcnths in New York last week,
was 32f: "A decrease Of 10 compared with the
previous week.
On the lst Of July some thirty or forty clerks
will be discharged from the Pension office
cause, nothing for them to do.