North Carolina Newspapers

MD7.I or J III WMlim P BID AY. fe.T i i r HAT "28,T.8B9. fTjHglpowixa CoTtbxX'Rpp; We continue to hear of excessive rains, aiteMd" vv-ftn coldand unseasonable weather; iff 'Alabama, in Mississippi, aad alo,ngthfi A0!anti'r6oast, and u. .0..-. , . SxEr j. ' consequently receive ' discouraging accounts aitb' he, condition of.he colto-plauti in those sections. In Tex3$ar$lah4j ie ;thaV;0cnii Hyf the-weather has been favorable 5 DtnrTBrer owrnw" or rne fivers in those States" fcasf '' for some times treat mi - tnnsidnrahlH rifimao-A , aft" yet) hflweTer, tvithont seriods results. But, taken as a ' whole, this ' crop is now; Hit$0uC;4$-iib& very fyaoEkhvard and funprotmsing. JBeplanting? has becomeiiecessafy in some districts, and is going forward as rapidly (as circumstances will permit. ! Crops is South " Carolina.; A letter was received in this city yes terday, says th e Charleston -Courier olHhe 25th instant, by a factorage house, from Peiidle'ton, S. C, dated 22nd instantwhich. says : " Mr. A. lias planted or is planting most of hircotton laud ' ii corn. It seems that we" will never have warm weath er. We had, a frost y ester day morn ing.'1 Mr. Crawford has planted :all his cotton landin corn except twen-ty'-efght'ticres,: after he had ' planted it twice in .eotn. fNp. one has -a stand. 1 planted, ray cotton lands' over on 'Monday, and Tuesday. It seems to die as fast as it comes up." K.'-.. .. ! , : . .. j J Yhe Iron Railway Bridges cross ing the twQ,;branciies: of ;the. Cape Fear near this city, says tie Wil mington, ilbuznaly.r&YV: now completed with the exception of some little painting and laying a permanent ttack accs's each. The WUmingtpn and Weidan Railroad connection is entirely completed; that of the Wil TOington, Charlotte and Jiutherford Railroad will sbon- "be fi nish ed on this side, tha other end being already completed. The work upon the con nection pf the Wilmington and Man cheatf'Rallfoad is progressing and fully two and a half miles of grad ing done. Three or four weeks' time will witness the completion of every thing connected with the bridges. Baltimore as a . Depot for the West'. -Speaking editorially of Southern. and Western railroads the Cincinnati Gazette isays that the tirne is'near at hand when rates , of freight from Cincinnati to . Europe avI beoffered b j way of the Balti more .and Ohio Railroad, and by steahiers' frohi that ' port dii-lect H6. liurope, that will turn to this direc- the nroduce of the middle resrion of the West that has hitherto been di verted to the lake ;and lake shore routes : The antuSlavery Society, says the Vicksburg' Times, notwithstanding negro" slavery is dead and buried, stil kees harping on the theme. Worse than ghoula and . vamprfes, these children of he father of lies, still keep telling , of the atrocities of slavery. Their? .absurd 'fictions are deVoufed'jwith as much-zest as they- ar presented,. , At the AreceuK anni versary 01 -the Qtf-Stivery Bociey irf New York,-a fool ,by the name of SfeebbinSjiassertejdinal, over a thou- sand ftegipft'es had been . murdered in coid bipod last summer, in' a single PSrisft in 'Louisiana and fthe two or thjfee? hundred fools that neaijd him, seamed ibbetiev. lhese lies are neataetiiat begets thenx,; ' gwss as.aunjneniimlpable.?? A sftiall bill has been presented" to the Grovernment , fory telegraphing Seward's instructions to R,e.ver;dy Johnsott-acpie tuaortmci. the Atlan tic Telegraphic Company only want- ing.J$40)06 for rforraing- this act! -.Vf? Y ''Tit--'. .V ' .'.m--.:r. r ".L. : ... 'L 01 Kmg.ness.E .pewara Vas 'allowed cJwap&ateytLn(i as a consequence b& came rathei verbose: ' 'The bilUwas refused payment, but is howbeino: Cidhl!orcaJ: fjby ' ; Aibrhey-Geherall Hoar. 31ie Lynchburg, News -jiotea a sale of lobaccdHn tttaif city at the and sixty four dollars per hundred wcighU This showan , upward., pendency o jthe weed. : 1 SOUTHERNERS WHO WANT" MONARCHY. There are a few people in the South, says the Memphis A valartche, who want a monarchy. The princi pal reason urged is the intolerable condition.. asremei oi.anairs jpora i au dwau--. e rtr r t 1 lupirif ireat iepapiiGaa. h w They.dogpot.see hdW thfey -Cjlh ejgyd,akin t satisjfi&ion that ljbule3' the appear life, liberty and the pursuit of hap piness in a republic controlled by the miserable fellows who have man aged to clutch the machine. Tbey want something better, and they propose to get it by changing these fellows fiom the head of a republic to the hea,d pf a monarchy. There lsJ.tril1SIrJi that we .wonder wh it- never occur- edtous jbetoile. Ilut ye fogoJ-j-Grant, who controls the army and navy, and Congress, which conWblrf everything else, vfill step aside as soon as, th. rputsiders ; who want .. a i monarchy are ready -to. go tp work. Menin.pa,wer-alvry dastich things, ydn kiitjw. So, now that we see how easily it can be done, and what a finetUing iwRik jhe people,, we change our mirVd and go in -for the ." mriaiK''rIinemlii0aisJ.a. ! good thing, f(l;( tiei;efo-e jimpe?iai govemmeii(l"nin8t' ie a gooff "tHin ' ' Some people mfajlsay this Is -Wd j logic. Certainly, but it's a bad . case -God& losic waul dh'l be, worth a cent as abasis r "f mpenalishf: A desire to bury the rancor of po litical feelings says the Roanoke Netfbs;?: inch engage in the more healthy duties of the developmentSL of the many resources of the. country, and in the improvement pf our mor al and, mteriar condition, is being' dally manifested ori every-hand." It ias been discovered that politics alone will neither give ns r bread to -eat nor clothes to wear, nor will it bring about that staterof; general prqsprity hjch Jabor; ,nd. energy1.: alone can produce. .Toward every thing of a political nature the South ern people are becoming indFerent, our honest endeavors to" stay politi cal evils being only met by the bru tal force of a party- which ' with its corrupting influences,hasi3yerthrown every institution which was dear to us in other davs. And now while , we witness, with helpless hands, these things take their ' natu ral course, we were naturally led to urn our thoughts and 'energies to something that will be productive of positive good tous and will give to us that prosperity which our present condition demands. TFhen, Ave say, we ; are' glad to .see this', spirit"' being manifested-let ns ;go to- work in earnest attending to our own indi vidual duties, and- strive by5 honest lator"and matrty-exenions to "bniTd pjur waste places and make bur- selves again a people jpossessing both power and wealth. - In connselling-a putting aside po litical rancor, we dojiot mean that we suouiu renounce our political faTth, or Ibye ay morev the- damna ble heresy of Radicalism that has proven 3uch a';bifcterl Yarse ta ?"he South and her institutions but "bit ter discussion caniiot "be probtactive of good at preSewll tend to de-- teat tne.Qujctevafm, at;fanasnaii henceforth be idiscaf ded ; by.- s. - In doinff so, however; we shall not re fraifffrom speaking'of the - misdeeds and actions of '"the' powers that be. whendver we see fit, as, unbridled by the press,2 there is no telling thex steps which in its madness it may take. ' . y . . We. earnstlylfepe 'thatf with pa tience, and the holding out, jn a good cause,-we may, ere' many days, see our condition so changed thal. we shall forget the evils that are now upon ns, and be again a people with honor .and, pride as .iour guide,. anL aim wnn ine ioui plots that: bow stain our institutions, and Ithe cot ruptions thai now make our public i places cesspools- of-ininify, swept from our sight, and oufStatefrftftd national governments niaae once iagain Jhe prtde of 'a 'Jebple., ,IJni4 ,thenletan8 stay our feelings subdue our curses, aqdvconiPi acceptors of a situation that cannot be remedied; i Littla sFrankfj waritanht he was made pf dust. ,: , As he.sood by the winddr watchuip: the dust as ,the wind was bipg in Ldja ex claimed" seriously rtMa, I "tnought thp 'dhst lppked as thbhgh there was a, ,;-gomg; to pe, . another little .boy, niaae.'' . . . i-,-. ;..t TH3-jyTTTCHMAirS LTJCK. During the winter of 186 business called me to D , a small, obscure villagein the interior of Pennsylvania. 1 It was rather late in the evening when I arrived piere, cod and hungry, for a tr$r as1 had taraveled far that day, ti i Jspo. nder tkatiCas with feelings very near ance of the village inn,; a wwtllr-two-story frame building, which loomed up ; in the darkness before me. A bright Iog-fic vWa4 blazing on the hearth when I entered, before which I was soon comfortably seated, with a glass of "something warm" in ray hand, awaiting 'the preparation of the supper I had ordered. The landlord-of the Beehiver'V (for-wph sort of arfetrow, whose great-- est delight seemed to consist fei making his gu$gts as comfoitable ail p6ssflei Before a small table were' seated three en wnose Pa maieatea mem u farmers. One -of them was a vue-oi uiem was a sinaii, rusj cheeked man, checWafl of fun and good-na-ture; -is his dancing eyes and smiling face sufficiently testified, while his broken English proved him to Wa; Dutchman; ' t ftif,ito'ghpor," he said," "I'SasC pa koin home now, er else mUie goot fror veel pat ap)ut me. Ve'li. drink vonce more, an' ten I to." ' '-. ' ' - ' So saying, he called for some. r more ale ; a?ter drikhig 'Which, -he settled -with the landlord, and took bis .departure. Ever since our 'Fbrtnne-teller' has had an SSieuv-heJiates to be awayL-from home," said the host, turning to tha two men at j.he ta ble . , . ; !. - i "What makes yon call the -man who has just lelt a fortune-teller V I asked the land - ord, income surprise. "It is quite a funny story," replied mine host ; uand if you like, I'll relate it to you after you've had your supper. v I assured him that it would give nie ' gieat pleasure ; and as my supper was now ready, I fell to, doing ample justice to the savory viands of which ft, was -composed. After I had satisfied my hunger, I called for a bwvl of punch, and inviting the landlord and his two companions to assist, I lit my meerschaum, and settled myself to listen to the promised story, which the landlord told as follows : In Ta certain village not a hundred miles from here, there lived a Dutch farmer named Dundrnrah, whose family consisted of his wife, and only son named Carl, who helped his father work the farm. Carl was an in- dastridus, sober young man, who had; reach ed the age -of twenty-one without ftaving once been ten miles away from home; so it is not to be. presumed that his knowledge or expe rience was very extensive. .Carl's invariable custom was to go every evening, Rs soon as his work was' done, and ge Katrina Van Klepper, the daughter of a neighbor, as handsome and buxouY a lass as ever trod shoe-leather. While' he would sit and smoke with the old man, talking about the crops and weather, Katrina would sit de murely by sewmg or knitting, as the case might be. Precisely when the clock struck nine, Carl was expected to leave. But one night, Carl, instead of. leaving at nine as usual, still lingered, much to the sur prise of old Van Klepper, who, after waiting a few minutes without seeing any signs of Tiis leaving, asked him why he'did not leave, as he wished to shut up. ''Pecau8e, neighbor Van- Klepper, I vant to speak a vew worts miLyoUr" answered Carl, rather sheepishly. ."Veil, fery goot! putatvhy ton'tyou pekin den 1" returned the worthy, proceeding to fill his pipe. ' , "Veil, den, neighpor Van Klepper, began Carl, in rather a hesitating manner,' "F loves your taughter Katrina, more as iefer vas, an' she loves me doo; an' as .miile fader's varm an' your varm atjoin, I dinks fatve pet ter marry, so dat ven fader an' you tie, de broberty vill stay in the vamily !" ' "Veil, fery goot, Carl," replied n Klep per,' looking rather blank at being thus sum marily disposed of j "puthow mootdi monish you'kot, eh 1" r Gftrl p'cthis hand in his, pocket, and drew onan old leather-- wallet; and proceeded to count its contents. VJ '; ,'' v " 'I kgt: shust dwo toller an' efendeen shent?," he replied, carefully puling the money back in his pockety """" 0 "DWo tolfer, yod diindering pig vocl ! How de duyvel -toes you dirihat you gaK marry a frow mit only dwti tohar an' sefendeen shents 1 Ven yoh kot dree ' hoontret tollarf an ask you fader may be he kif hinj do yoii, den you kin, marry mit mine kifl fput not von dundering.tay pefbre. And .nbw goot night, an' ton 't gome iere no mort pefore you kit de monish. dome den, put no sooner. Poor Carl had nothing to do but comply and took his departure with a heavy, heart ; for how to get so much money was a problem too difficult of solution for hira. ,; , ... The next .mprnuag Carl looked as wretched anu,w.Qe-begone as a broken-down oil speeu latof. A On "his parents anxiously Hwuiring as to what ailed him, he related what had taken place between him and neighbor Van Klep per. ' i "Neighbor Van Klepper,. s .sbpst right,' responded his father, when he had concluded. "Audi dinks that you pe old enough toko and aate your own vordune. Don't dink dat you kit any ding of me ven I tie, :vor I dink dat I vill hf more afrbxxmtret years yet. Mine fader- kif me noding vpn I-marries, and your fader do de same. I kif you dill to morrow. 4Q stay here, and ven you ton'fr ko den avay, I'll kick you avay." The wretched Carr Vas thunder-stmck at the turn affairs had taken; for in spite idf. bis own and mother's remonstrance, his ,fat&er was inexorable. So with a heavy foreboding heartThe begaiao make preparptions to leave his'home. for Heaven only knows where. kEarly the next moring, Carl was Teady to Jeavtf-hisather gave him his blessing, while liia Anther nn known to his father gave him three dollars out of her own private , 1 e.irintrs besides a loaf of bread and a small inof buttermilk; and thus fltteaout, witli i smaH Lundle swung ati avr hulSou ders: At llafted off vObTieati inis es. g - -'if to-be coscLuuero-SioRiiow;) J V . - ' M . "news stioiaby. ;i-' . iJ locomotrve on the Mount Holly (N. J.) and Burlington Railroad exploded on Fri day last, killing three men instantly and se verely injuring a'autober'bfotifeers.' Mr. M. B,Levy, and old printer, and resi dent of Charleston, died on: MoudajTi larft His age was eighty-one .... ... .tt;mnvr.'x Adwelling Uouse owned by W.T., More, of Cheray, was" drbyb'y fire ori last Tuesday; nigbXTTlie dwelling was inured. At-the -burning of it barb. Wached to the Holyoke Female Seminary, in ,MassachustJTs, tHe young ladies turned out and rendered very efficient help in extinguishing the con flagration. A despatch from the general " ticket agent of the Central Pacific Railroad, received at St. Louis, states that they will not pro rata with, or accept coupons from, any-other rarlroad company. Their fare .will be ten cents per mile in old, which .makes the pas sage from St. Louis to Sacramento $22l.30. A family of garbage pickers in New York have $10,000 iu bank. A gdn is exhibited 4hSan Francisco that fires 500 shots a minute. A Post-office clerk in England : has been arrested for stealing his rival's love letters. According to Clie "Havana Diario, it takes thirtyesght- Spauish armed vessels to watch the uban coast. Hay is $3C l a ton In the" Northern part pf Vermont, and in jsome sections the cattle ale said to be starving. Stt LoAis had a lunatic who imagined him self Shy lock, and who. went about the streets with a huge knife, attacking fancied debt ors, , ' The newspapers are generally complaining of the want of facilities gi,mi -correspondents ai the White House for ubtahting news. As they cannot ascertain the truth, many of them telegraph lies instead. The Boston Transcript says that in the management of servants, housekeepers shoald remember one thing, that unless they show a determination to be mistresses of their own establishments, they will be governed by their hired people. The Pall Mall Gazette reports that recent ly, near London, a gentleman was observed descending a declivity "at ' a fearful K pace, on a.,, velocipede which' had become un controllable. He shouted' ''police," ' v'tue," "stop rue," &c, until fortunately both he and the machine rolled over into the mud. The:jjllow fever has appeared at Key WestT An Indiana town pas twenty two per cent, interest on loaus. The bachelor has to look out for number one, the married man for number two. New York papers say that old bankers there predict that gold will ' soon reach 170. , . - .r Florida 'ladies . divide . .their time between raising oranges anshooting alligators. A democrat of Indianapolis has blacked the boots of a colored barber as the penal ty of a bet on the city election. A two-thirds' majority . of ! the Dominion House of Co:nmons have decided that the salary of the Governor-General shall be 50- 000. . - GEORGIA NEWS. The caterpillar is making havoc in Gads den county. Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island, was in Macon oh Monday. Cotton Stock in Columbus up to the 21st May, 3,792 balesJt ' . ' l '' I . "Fred. Ball has 'been appointed as posttrras- St. Louis corn is selling In Mafcoh at $1.13 by the car load. Tennessee is too hign. The Columbus City-Cojincilps about to pro hibit the use of velodpajaes on the street. ( Col. Isham Fannin, pi Morgan, county, is confirmed as Collector of Internal Jtevenue for the Third Georgia District. The Augusta Chronicle' spreads the rumor thaisBlodgett is to be Governor of Utah Ter ritory, and jvield the sceptre .over the Tdor- mons. - . . . . . 1.. ! j . - ,. Major WilMamsj of Savannah, fwill begin i the suryey,of the Bain bridge, Cuthbert ud vuiiiiu una Acuirnaa hue nrsi 01 j une. . "A' tneeting of tire stockhofderr lHa con and Augusta Railroad, to oust the' pres ent ilflgal board of directors, has teeh decid ed pSohela aod ft&s&is SfMLW 3cherA tliftnekro . Assessor , or th.e ; third District in this State, has, published acard retracting the statement made by him in Northern papers regarding the so-called Ku Klux outrages iGecfgjHo. says he was misinformed,:, - h. - ; Ife were showa yesterday, says the Cutl-. bert Appeal of 'Friday, -& hundred I or more cotton plants, which had- been pronjiseuotBly dratf from different tfelds 'Tri'' diffident por tions ofhe oon'nty, oui of which Jot a dozen could be found .that would hare -Wed to bear fniit. R Upbelieved that nihety rir' cent, of thjajirynln 'd iiTttthir staid will die lout when the present cool and da ip weather gives wayto the warm, dry days ' f Jonei Agents for the Carolina Observer. The following gentlemen are authorized Agents for the Obsbvek in Charlotte : Messrs. Tiddy & Brother, Booksellers. Lwgtf J. Walker, AucUb&at- at jboncQtd lemale College.; fe closing eiercises- tf this -ColIege and f-Professor Hill and Burke's Male Academy, will occur on the 16th and 17th of June nfcxt. The public exercises of the latter will take place at Stockton Hall on Wednesday. The Annual Sermon will be delivered by the-Rev. Wm. B. Pressly on Wednesday night. An Address by Rev. J. H. Smith, of Greensboro, with the Graduation of the Senior Class, will be at 11 o'clock on Thursday. r The examination of the respective Schools will be couducted on the Monday and Tues days prevros. x-A Concert 3ftay be expected ItteMjohx'g Thnrsdat night. The public generally is in"vitedr to attend. c E. F. ROCKWELL. May 21, 1869. ' tWf Stepped id, the other day, to see A. R. esbitt &-Bros Ice Cream Garden, and, by the way, to try some of their produc sion.. We oud a iiandsome canvass stretch ed over ai grassy yard, neatly " floored, with comfortable chairs and elegant tables, and also partook of some delicious ice cream. Upon the, whole, it is tlw place to go ttv while away a pleasant hour. If any of our readers ha vChot seeblt we advise them tago at oace, prepared to see apd try. , ... -I . Harry. McCarthey.who' has recently been"gfving a series of concerts in Rome, Ga., jef t that city on Friday "evening last- for Cali- ftMtiia. . -, i ,' For the Observer. . Cancers Can be Cured. r About the year 1850 Ismail, scab1 made its appearance on my left jaw ; it increased in size very slowly,, for abwut , ten years, and about.1860 it begaq. to grow and became painful. I began to get somewhat alarmed about jt. ,k I called on several physicians, one after another, for five years , some prescribed for it with no good -effect ; others said it w as cancer wart, and recommended cuttiwg out. In 1866 I had it examined by Dr. :H. K. DeArmarid. He said it was cancer warj, and he could take it out without the knife. In twenty days after his first application the affected plug came put,, leaving a vacuum, which was immediately filled with pure fleshy became Smooth -and sound, and remains so yet. Some eight or ten months previous to the time, .it-:; was Hken out, a similar scab but very small at that time, appeared on ray right cheekL ; It made little Jprogress for two yearjs, but about six months suice it got painful, grew fast and became "ofleiisive. I cHed pn aaxdd, experienced, physician who saii it was canqgr, .pd, he recommended that it ?be .cu out by a practical '.sii rgeon. I Went to J)r. DeArmand ; he. said it was cancer, and that he could take it out in the same way he did the other. On the 2d day of May, inst.; fte made the first application, and on the 12th day of the same it was but. At this writing (24th ofttiiets&iie month) my cheek is neat ly as smooth as it ever was. ' My experience. justifies me in recommend ing any person who may be afflicted .with in cipient cancer to apply to Dry H. K. DeAr mand and have them removed before they become constitutional. He is ; practicing medicine in the vicinity of Sharon Church, 8 mites south of Charlotte, N. C. HUGH NICHOLSON. The Democrat and; Weekly News are request ed to give the above an insertion for the in formation of their readers. The Simple Secret. Twenty clerks in a store. Twenty hands in a printing office. Twenty young'men fn a village. All want to get along in the world and all expect to. One of the clerks will rise to be a partner and make a fortune. 1 On of the compositors will own a newspaper and become an Influential, prosperous citizen. One of the villagers will get a handsomefarm and live like a patriarch But which is des tined to be the lucky Individual 1 Lucky 1 There is no luck about & The thins is aa plain as the rule of three, The young fellow who wifl distance his competitors is lie who masters his business, whp never gets in debt, WrTlrt (TQinD fpian)a Vv.; ' . I. . J "" B"ui iiiuuo uj ucaciviiiiteiu, an1 puts nis money m the savings, banX, There are some ways to fortune that TfoiOk shorter than this rusty pld highway. "But the staunch men of the countrvtfae men ; who achieve something realljUrtSiavlg, good fortune, good name, and a XoTd5aVe, aH go this road. Prrfati, of sleeping and dining-room car notorietjC is building ja church car to be at tache td Sunday trains" on thePaciflc-Rail- V " . . X -rt.' ij.'"( .r ' ' "3 The Sulta&4u&poses sending a delegation to America to visi the Pacifijy Railroad, with a view to adoptinjtheAmerican railway system jn Toirkey.".- . ' On Friday -the remains, -of . the renowned Irish orator, Daniel O'Connel, were exhumed 4t Jtioa4-T9-tniterred iq th prefnc!ff eight thousand people. ' Jh Royal ajdkmiJank,at ;lioronto has suspended. , ' '. .' ' " ' . A boy in Brooklyn died of hydrophobia; having -been bitten by a dog six weeks ag The Grand Lodge of OrangeinenJn Ireland have petitiQned;tthe Q.Heen,' against disesU-tablishment- " ' : 1 " " .?fharpasqn3rby Chicago U so bad is said to be because, she has a , population of 250 P. wh.ihrt tier churches only hold 80,000 HOTEL ASBlVAXS-llANSION HOTT i iooj ,W,.CeansConctrdi R P s:., Ge: ion W Pnifj ua; jaiuca nwv, uo; J tt L,ivesar tk, If BbT?riterPWat. iu C L Kamback, W N C R R; Wm Pollock i C RR; J fl GreenUe, J M- Greenlee, D 'i Greenlee McpoweTt-C; A B DavidSOll HbpewelfcT ST 'AlUsoh, E W Grooi, City. 1 Hotel Arrivala Charlotte Hotel. o Matthew $ StfpaU, Proprietors. Mat 27, 1869. C F Smith, NCR R; J M Spratt, S C Burwell, W R BnrweJJ, Mayor C Dowd, Osborne, City; M M Tyler & Lady, N C; A Robinson, S C; S Younts, N C; J D Kerr,s County; W Hea, I J Sloan, Providence; J HutehinsbnrLittleW-ilRuddock, J . CaldwelIrovidence,"N C;"T6hnmA"4Long. C; P J Crowell. U S M"; Wi McLean k Son, Gaston, N C; C F Bisanar, Iron Station; J g King, A WQuinp, NC; BE Dixon, So Ex Co; Isaac Snively, Pittsbnrf, Peon; Receipts per North Carolina Railroad. May 27. 1869. " ( James Hart, McJiLirray, Davis & Co Duels & Hilkfer. J F'Butt, W" J Black, Sten house, McCaulay &o; D H Byerley,' W l Moore. Gray & Co ; A R Nisbet & Bro; C & G; Groot, Kuck & Co; J B - Henderson &, t Co ; M J, W A Graham, Jno Rigler, W Rich, ards & Co; Rock I Mi'g Co.-; Stephens, Phif. er, & Co; Brem, B & Co; C Bouknight, S G : E M Holt & Co 5 JLH McAden, J F gpeck, Wilkes, Lucas j&. Co ; G ; B;J .Barnhart. J A E & Co . H & B Email upI Jas Harty, JL Moore, Gregory & William- -son. A THUNDER SatJAXL. Damage in the City Destruction to Prop erty -fatal Accident in the B arbor a Lady and two Cliildre&rowned.,fcCSq From the Charleston Courier. A thunder storm, quite as sudden as e- vere, burst over our city on . Saturday after noon last, inflicting considerable damage, though lasting less than; twenty minutes. During that space of time the wind blew iu hardest, tearing its way along, our house tops, rending and rivingAS.it went,: and making it self terribly felt in bur harbor.- The metalic roofing of the new Custom House was in great part -rolled up like a scroll and torn away, and the occasional fragments of slate strewn along the pavements indicate very rude usage to sundry: private establishments. In some parts of the city the storm of rain, which was very heavy for the rime it lasted, was accompanied by hail. The residence at the .Northeast comer of Wentworth and Smith-streets had some of the fencinglaRf prostrate by the fall of a tree; tfift AlsT-oiTHduse; at the' West-end of Tradd 8tr!3tv)iad$ porti& bf'ihe fencing blown doivfi, and th broken iimbs of trees could be seen in many sections of the town. But the mosvunfortunata r octwrmice took praceirt'the river wherarthe wl'nd had unre stricted sweep ' and : notwith Wn'diiuz tha threatening appoarance' of th weather for an hour' previous, several boats were caught un prepared for dahger) and m one case leading to atftinfortutfate 'tragedy.' . A Mr. Douglass and family, composed of his wife and three children, together with two colored boat bands, le.t the wharf a short time before the squall in a very substantial and decked boat, bound to Bull's Island, where Mr D., had been enaged to act as as sistant keeper to the light bouse. This boat was struck by the blow below the city, not far from Castle Pirickney.-ami being unpre pared for so heavy a blast, she soon fell on her broad -side,, and filled -with water ; one of the colored men fortunately succeeded in get ting into a small boat, which was towiug astern, and rescued Mr. Douglass and one of the children,, a girl, the other colored hand also keeping himself afloat until taken up; .but "Mrs. Douglass and her two sons, who were'below deck when the accident took place were not seen, after diligent search was made in the vicinity by small boats, and no trace of them had been found up to our last infor mation. This, boat, in her sunken, condition, was taken in tow by the pilot boat Wild Cut, Captain Jones, and takenr to shallow water, where she was anchored on Saturday after noon off the Battery.; A water boat was also cansized Off Sohth Biv: brit -was ft.r wards iuw n (jinct) oi- Biwy tonisoiiu s iuiu. Reports of accidents to other boats wereffree- . t n .b I XV 11. . Ml . i t ..'If f circulated, but we could Ascertain no seri- Ix jl ' 1 Severar &s)mg .boalLin the vertaken bytlfe squnnd cap t harbor w sized, bat toe ccjipans wre rescued by Other small bpatsT - - s in tne city, tne snowennt oi me ram. the roaring and hissing noise of the wind howled around Ihe . bOuse-tops, slammed shiutters, wrenched sign and sign-posts from 'their fast enings, and both, wind and rain with . great vehemence, irapedtng the Worses and anuoy irig the drivers the streetcar. " Near thte intersection of Wentwoxth and fimitbsiisthe'lihe-of. tyel're ' Street Railway was obstructed by the ill of a krge and venembeild: orajrge tree, prhich. stood on the pjene8iiw)ecupie pj Captain F. Lannead. This tree" was fojniidVib yield to the pressure of the wih,'.a jaid its pros trato.ejnn tonight ;tboaa.boaf delight it has eftea-lteen to view its majestic branches and receive fprotidh' fomIts outstrtched limbs. .Tbfc. eight hour question;'?: which has ,f Jbeen agitating all tbe, laborers and mechanics in the goverament employ for some months past, has been tfet-at rest by the President is- I suing a proclamation, ' & tfc'e effect tnatirom ana alter, inis aate no re duction shall be made n the wages paid by the g6vernment - by the day to such laborers, workman and rne ciiahics on account of, such reduction of the hours of labor.