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Slate News. The Catholic Church of A ikon, which was destroyed by the March tornado, is shortly to be rebuilt. The wife of Prince Howcll, colored of Suinter gave birth, a few nights ago, to thrco children, all alive. 'Mr. ?7. W. Simpson, of Laurens, an ex-clerk of the court, died at his resi dence in that county on the IOth inst. The. steeple of Uic Baptist Church at Walhalla was struck by lightning one day last week, and slightly injur ed. The Greenville papers are ngain agitating the expediency of building tho Greenville and Cumberland Gap Kstlroad. A hail ?tor.n in Darlington County on the* 6th iust. A hail storm severely damaged the crops in the P'llnietto section. The crops in Fairficld County are generally reported good. Large crops of wheat, and oats were planted, and the yield is elegant. The Port Royal and Savannah and Charleston Railroad owe Beaufort County $8,871.31 for taxes for the past and present fiscal years. The Manning Baptist Church has reecLtly been presented with a hand some organ by one of its most effi cient, devout nod zealous members. With a population of25,000 inhabi tants, Greenville County has sent to the Penitentiary since 1870only forty one convicts?thirty-two negroes and nine whites. The largest Sunday school in Aikcn County is that of Town Creel" Baptist Church. The number of regular at tending scholars exceeds one hundred and twenty-five. The Rev. Wiley Rottes, a Baptist minister of Lancaster County, died suddenly at [he residence ofhissbh-iri law, on last Wednesday mornino; aged about severity year.--. The Lancaster Ledger learns that numerous indictments will he given out at the next term of the court against those persons who have been buying corn and cotton ::t night. The remains of Kero Springs, a colored man, who disappeared one year ago, were found, a skeleton in Beech creek, Suinter county, on the 5 th instant. ^^^^^Tta^nr^y^ raised to pay tho current expenses of the present fiscal year. Oil Saturday last, between 12 and I o'clock, Leonidas McNcel, a while man, was nhot in the yard of his resi dence near ."Mr Conn el Is vi lie, in York I County, by a negro named Fred, j Jones. ? On Friday the l?th instant, a white man, by the name of Richard Tuin bleiop, of Colleton, w:is drowned ?while crossing Jackson bo ro ferry with n fiat load of cattle. il.a hotly lias | not ycl been found. Col. ?Iantes MoGutchcri, of King-, alree, ^ot bis gin house and steam mill Kuril od up Iaat wool:, lie had also a quantity of fencing and some turpen tine boxris burned. The cu-m'e was a .^*rk fr<Mii the origin*. A child three yours of age, a son of Patrick Porter, residing on Dean Swamp, about, four miles from Aiken, was killed on Saturday last by eating c.-.net titrated lyc the previous evening. W. W. Ward, ex-sheriff of Wil liamsburg County, was tried last week for official misconduct. The jury Ii laden to ngrce upon a verdict?the I first micfrial that has ever occurred in j Will?sim?burg County. Le? is Dent, colored; who was <?? :i- i l Tjctcd of the murdcrofBob llaicher, at the May term of the Court of Gen? j oral Sessions for Aiken County, lias ! been granted a hearing in the Supreme J Court of the State. Tho Barnwell-Biackvillo war still rages. The clerk of court and county commissioners have, moved to Black vllie. The sheriff and county treasurer still remain at Biirnwcll. "Why not have two county scats ami peace ? In view of the low state, of the county finances, a* well as the small amount of brisiitCKs for the court, Judge Malter will be petitioned to dispense with the Session Court lor Colleton County, which is to meet on the 21st instant. The grand jury of Williamsburg County have presented Trial Justice L. Jacobs, (the Daniel who issued a warrant and tried a man recently for assault, and btittciy com mi ted mi a goose,) and Henry Kvaris; for ofHcial misconduct. Tho Wiiiiamsburg Republican asks with pathetic, earnestness, "Does Un cle Sam intend ihut railroad mono polies, paid for transporting the mails, shall carry them lor their own con venience, or for the accommodation ol tho public?" We pause, tl'c. Tho Anderson Conservator says: Tho harvest ?cnson has begun in ear nest, and the yield in wheat promises to hi almost equal to that of last year. The oat and.other crops will fall short. The clover crop, which has a*ready been harvested, was very line. Willie Ncls'.n, the grandson of Mr. Lewis C'adeu, of Charleston, acciden tal N shot himself with a double bar rel shot gun'in Shoppard street, a few door.} from Kutledge street. When he wrs found the entire upper portion of the head was blown U> atoms. Lewis Dent, who committed mur der upon another negro near Grnnite villc some time ago, was tried at Aik en this week, and the jury, composed of eight negroes aud four white men, brought in*a verdict, of wilful murder, lie was immediately sentenced by Judge Malier to bang on the ?th of July". issciaT kvKiiY satckoay moknixg by tjiis OKAXCKUUna NKWH COMPANY. THAI) C. AMIHIAVS. KditnrTJ ?.J. UKtU HOblVKH^f Itusiness MlitnigiVr. "SATO it E> A V, Juno j j). 187^ In a NutrShell. The News & Courier answers "Scott's letter" in three words: "Uni ted States Senate." Where Are We Drifting? When murderers, thieves, and con victed foloi'.s, arc allowed to testify and become willing wifness<s against those who have, always borne a good name, to screen themselves* from j punishment, or a mitigation of that punishment, and arc just ified and up held by men professing the Christian religion, to .satisfy, perhaps, prejudice and a feeling ol' unhallowed enmity or vengeance for some supposed injury, we may well ask, where are we drifting? "When a man can lie ar raigned for siipp sed crime, his char acter blasted, his family and children disgraced and crushed to the earth, all by the simple ?ay-ao of (a person who has no moral perception ol' hon or or integrity, ami who would just as K?>on swear to a lie :istho^^^j||^j^k ill n\f>wju> j.\* Jc vu "?n**eTinnseiJ irom punishment, or to drag down with him those who ho may have once had association with, who, having found out his venality have discarded him from their friendship, or to vent his spite, he becomes a willing witness to testify to lies of the must damning nature, well may we exclaim, Croat God, whore will this thing end ? Who is sail: ? Are we surrounded by those who will swear to a lie not only to screen themselves from the just rigor of a violated law, but will for ii few dollars, blast ones character, no matter how pure? And have we those in our midst, who, against their own consciences, and a cert ?in know ledge of theso facts, arc ready and willing to lend a listening ear, ami j tiyen aid, to assist in perpetrating such a diabolical outrage? Wo pause for a reply. Let this thing continue a while longer, and a whit* man's chance for justice in this Stale will be like liynm's potatoes "few and tar be tween." We have an affidavit in our possession now, the publication of which would ruin a fine reputation, and forever blast the good name and character of a gentleman of 'hi? county, who stands high in the esti mation of Iiis friends and the public. \\ c know it is a jic. But yet it is sworn to before a Trial Justice, and duly executed, by a person who, is considered by the law to be a com petent witness in any of our courts of justice. Joseph Crews, a Kcpicscniittivc from Lnurens County in the lower house of the General Assembly, is to day within tin pale of n prison, on, no doubt in our mind, the evidence of a similar affidavit, while 0. O. Bowen, the sheriff of Charleston County is up on trial for bis lifo, on the bare affidavit of a confessed murderer and villain. Well may we ask, where are we drifting ? We don't, believe either of these men, no matter what, their faults or foibles nut}* be, guilty of what they are, or noon will be, arraigned for, and a vorilict of guilty by an incompetent jury, a jury composed mostly oftlio.se who have no moral perception of a violated oath, will not make us be lieve 1 hon) guilty either, for we have conic to the conclusion, where there is no moral perception, a lie will be as pregnant as the truth, and an oath violated with ease and impunity, whenever necessity, enmity or gain becomes the motor. XIX 0KNT??Y. A Hundred years ngo?and now. TUE MYSTERIOUS MOTION. a TUIP TO TJIK MOON, PERHAPS. j ltKSUl.TB OF InTKU.KCI'UAIi and Physical Laiiok. Reader let us draw aside tho cur tain which hangs between the past and the present, a lid look back a hundred years and roc the results of . intellectual and physical labor, dur ing tho time. One hundred years i ngo, wine aud water were the only elements of nature used in the service ; of man. Steam had not been yoked to the wheel and bsver, sun painting had not been suggested, electricity was a hidden power, chemistry and ghology were faintly developed, educa tion was advancing slowly, shedding its light only on the favored few. Since the dawn of our liberty, science has raised her torch :>n hign; The sun, no longer a mere clock in the heavens, yields its pencil to the artist; electricity strikes with its lightning tho most- resistant compound, and they soften and 'low at its touch; metals are plated without fire; the telegraph girdles the earth with flume; chemistry decomposes earth, air and wat'-r, showing the nature of minerals, of acids, of alkalies, of gases, and how to use them in the trades and arts; geology interprets the history of the earth, which ia written upon tables of.-Lone, botany classi fied tho plants and flowers, and as tronomy informs us regarding the stars in the heavens. It numbers, measures, weighs nod analyzes the stars, atnl reveals the fact that the centrifugal ami certripetal forces are the team with which God drives on the Universe in the star-paved track of space forever. Science has made the earth teem with vigorous vegeta tion, it has made us familiar with the circulation of the blood, it has taught u3 how to ward off disease and pro mote health and longevity. Itillumi nntes work and shows us plainly that the highest, and noblest tuskY, what ever it may he, lifts ti the?oftiyst [an<i_pwrc^^^ff hiV^' lotn2J4*triie^frna1 culture. \\Mi.on the old world looks at the new, through the eyes ot its rep resent a ti yes, it will see with aston ished vision what miracles of mechan ism have he n performed by the youngest child in the family of na tions. N??w here comes a Mr. Keelcy, and knocks the coiurous and weighty Stettin engine with all its fixtures into useless old iron. Hear what is said of this new motive power: Pmj.AnKi.riiiA, June 7.?"Within thirty days you will see it train of twenty Pullman cars drawn from Philadelphia to .New York without steam, electricityt hot air or any Other known motive power." The speaker's tone was one of pro found conviction, and thcru were no symptoms of insanity i? his face. I had known him lor a long time as a man who attended to his business, paid his debts, was opposed to the Third term, and gave other evidences of sa ? ity. "Well, what is to haul the train?" I asked incredulously. "The wonderful new motor," he replied; "a little machine that needs only a small (supply of water and air. About a bucketful of wider will bo enough to run i: to New York." ??And the fuel ?" "There is no fuel?absolutely nothing but the water, the air, and tho little machine. The inventor's name, is John \V. Keelcy, and lie calls his invention the I'lveelcy Motor." it is owned by a stock company composed chiefly of Now York and Philadelphia capi talists, who have paid in v. working capital of about $150,000 and hold stock of ihe nominal par value of $1, 000,000. They value this stock at fabulous prices. The original sociales of Mr. Keelcy, who are all members of the present company, arc James S. Vainull, John Still/, ('has. I>. Collier, J. W. Soli nek ers, hid Wil liam Bockel, of iliis city, and Charles IS. Till, of Mbrristown, N.J. The apparatus that generates the power is culled a "mulliplii-ator," and is com posed of a number of iron chambers of cylindrical form, connect** by pipes J and fitted with certain eoc);s md val- t yes. Tho machine upon whiok ex-peri- i incuts have been conduct ?.J during the past eight months is abotr. thirty- j six inches high, tweiity-foiir 1 pig*, and thirteen wide, and it.-, cylinders will i hold about six gallons of wttei. A { small brass pipe, with an orifice one- | quarfor of tin inch in diauiettr, leads ; from it to a strong wroiiglit-pin res- I eryoii six inches in dianiUcr and three feet long, where the pi wer is stored, and whence it i- foil toil beam I engine through a still smaller pipe. The process of generating the power consists- in forcing air into tho upper chamber of the multiplicator, and ai'tcrwa"d letting water run in from a hydrant until the receptacles arc hear* ly filled. In tho experiments recently made, the inventor has used his own lungs for an air pump, blowing through a tube for a few seconds, then turning a cock to shut off the Mir, con necting the tube with tbe hydrant and opening the cock until .sufficient water runs in. Within two minutes after this operation is performed the cocks on the tubes connecting tbe up-j per with the lower cylinders arc turn oil, and the power is ready for use. j This little machine exerts through tbe j small tube, one-eighth of an inch in diameter, a pressure, varying from 'J, ()()() to 15,01)0 pounds to the sou re inch, at the will of the operator. The powt?r is accurately measured by a force register. Wheu applied to tho engine it runs as rapidly as it ispru -cut to permit, the supply of power always being kept below its full capacity. Very thorough tests have been made by those interested in probing the mystery, t<? see if there was not some trick of concealed chemical to generate gas. The miiitiplicator has been suspended from the rafters oft he building and air blown through it. aud it lots been Hooded repeatedly with water to dissolve any chemical compound it might holt! concodlcd. i immediately alter these tests the now* j er has been generated, Lust fall ah elaborate scries (;f.experiments were] conducted by (Miief'Ehginccr R?ther ford, oi the United States Navy; J. Snowdon Hell, a mechanical engineer: Win. 1 Jockel, mechanician, and GhaS. 13. (Jollier, a lawyer of this city, and I the results were, printed in a pnniph- j let. for (ho private information of the j stockholders. Beside the air and water tests they examined the escape from the valves, and found it to be a "vaporic or gaseous production," w ith out smell or taste, and with no ex plosive or inflammable properties j when exposed to a ilrtme. When a i piece of muslin cloth was bold over the escape on icicle of the shape Of a thimble was rapidly formed; The investigators also tasted the water which bad boon used in the m?ltijilicil* for, and discovered no unusual flavor or odor, and took the machine to pieces without Unding any rcsidiuin. What, then, is tliis strange power, capable of doing the work of steam without heat? The inventor talks about the multiplied power of hydrau lic columns held in suspension, but gives no further exph nation ul" the manner by which a pros.-v.jre ol twenty six pounds to the inch, which lue Schily kill water has in tile hydrant, is increased to 15,000 pounds by mere ly passing through his iron cylinder.1?; It is his secret, he says, anil b.c. will revOal it as soon as his patents in thi?? or.njjj_rv and lv ?-i/oj.'.Uvod .t.v ?.-'uod. ' One (U* the principal owners of the in vention accounts for tho range force on the supposition that ibe machine separates water into its ultimate atoms, and changes their cohesive force into one of strong repulsion. .It is a singu lar peculiarity id' the foroc.that when it i.- diminished much below a pics- j sure of 1,200 Pounds to the square ! inch, it extinguishes itself, lading out j and leaving no sign. Mr: lyeelcy is j now engaged on a ivw and larger mullipliciilor, the ]>.irts of which have boon made in different machine shop8 to preserve the secret of its coiutruc tion. It is almost ready for use. Lot me add that the stock is not for sale, and that, all the inventor asks of the public is that it will let him alone until In; conipltttcs the.new nuiliiplica lor be is now making and is ready to exhibit it. And yet, the Zenith has not been reached, the half has not been told; the wonders of nature are lending to science, however, miraculous concep tion, oi wisdom, and the opening of tho XXth century may inaugurate pack et and passenger ships navigating the air. When one here at nine, will de cline an invitation to dine iti Now York at two by reason of an engage ment to nup with Sue. at her country residence on the noon at eight. We rise, sir, s past nine, and reach New York at two, precisely. No ? langer, sir. Through in four and one half hours, and you see gliding over your head, a segnr shaped machine, a huge pro|)ellcr with twenty or thirty cars attached to it,all suspend*, cd by balloons, and driven by t-ii/mr, the new motive power. S'I.'(.)CK 1 1 < >1,1> Of the Orangebiug Agricultural and Me cbanical As.-oriutiou are hereby notified lhat there will be a meeting ot the Associa tion on Thursday morning July 1st, next, at 11 o'clock; for tho purpose of fi.\ing the Number of Shares of Stock. A full mel t ing is requeMed. Votes by proxy must be in writing. Meeting will be held at the Fair Building. lit Order ol the Hoard of Directors. MKK K0MN\SO?( |une 10 'Jr Secivtarv and Treasurer. For Sale. .*. Sniig little 110USK and LOT in the Town of Onuigebmg-~c;ui be treated for at private rale until 1st Monday in July?will i ben be olio red at public outcry, and sold to the higluel bidder, IVopertj1 obliged to be sold. Apply !o thai) r. AN7>iur\vs, a gl. juriv 13 of BEY GOODS ESTABLISHMENT? 3HE LARGEST. ASSORTMENT?and at ways to maintain it in \)r\ Goods llatj, Clothing, Shoes, Ac. THfc MOST 1 AS UI ON ABL XT Y L KS? V.'hilii we will ahvayn huva "plain and medium Stylen" for those who prefer thehi, y.;t w? will aim to he up with tile hiffh~ oat fashion with a large portion of our dloclc. The I ?OlVOSt l^l'ioes?None can buy goods Cheaper than tltia House. None w a tell the l>n-i n o.--* eloper. None do a*'large a hu-i ne-s in our line. How ran anv one then sell an cheap? \Ve coiir fidentl? believe our Price* ?r?/ re.tllv Lower than anv whvr? else." Tin.? YS.ir At t eriioii?Our Skit** men will not hurry a ciotoiiur . 1_. i.lions.' H^IK^h^gWtn^nWi^rWt1 ~ >uit, ami tliiniak'e an exi'hniiuo aece**ary*; neither will wV r<cll an article tl at when examined at home will prove unK?isfuctory. ITiVrtTlOV-^ur New Brich Kdaldixli Ibhtmmt and Show* rooms i- a model 01" con venu nee :;:.d c-ni fori, beiitjg pronounced by every Ijixjy to Ijc the Largest (if it* lind in ihts Statu. W? ihi?t e<?rdially invite a generous puldic Ii? pars judgment on our ta.-te and rkilk hy a person a I inspection'of ihe prumi'ca and Mock Our Iii. min f.\r und iie.tr are fi-wirvd that Everything that patient drt^rm ined effort can do will a I Way t b.r don.-: to keep our ?oiUe at lllo head of :he trade. Lois of NKVV STYLES in .UMME FOR Ladies, SvJecial iN"otice.?A new lot of the Celebrated DIAMOND Per K1 feet fit SHIRTS arrived SHOES. T. KOUN it BROTHER. T. KOIIN & BROTHER. T. KOH.N & BROTHER.