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StVftHllf It THE iBBEVILLE PRESS AIED Mill, Abbeville S, C., November 155, 1869. ?jjt iprcss. ABBXIVVZiXj]]), S. c Friday, November 12,1869. Death of George Peabody. This eminent banker, and rcnowt od benefactor of two hemispheres died at his residonco in London, o tin- 4th inst. The followingsumniar; of tin; prominent events of bis lift vV?" extract from the Charleston News -1 ii 1793, when George Pcahod; v\-?is born ui Dunvers, Massachusetts Washington, with u)l liis honors thiol upon him, wore the official robe a President of tho new-born llcpublk Ilia boyhood was uneventful; but ii the war of 1802 he rhw actire servie aa a volunteer. Stcadinons, patient* and integrity enabled him to mov< flur-.ly upward, and in 183/, when h established himself in Hnghiud ho wa alrcaoy known i*s u capable and sue I'pssfiil nu?rr*lmiil. Mmiv - ? ?'J transactions on the part of the State of the American Union were enirnsl cd to Mr. I'eabody, and in revolution ary .58-48 he largely contributed t< the restoration of the erudit of tin State of Maryland. ' The public generosity of Mr. Pea body first showed itself at the Inter national Exhibition of 1S51, when, a his own cost, he arranged and decora ted the department allotted to tin United State*. When the Franlclii .Exploring Expedition was tilted oul :n 1852, lie contributed largely to itt expense. The heart c.f the sobei merchant yearned to bin native town and at n cost of be ereetoc at Dun bury /.lie institute whid bears bis name. To Maryland In gave 8(1(10,000 ; and the maguificeni buil'litig in 1 be MiMiutneuLal City known :s8 tb" Pua'nudy Institute, is ai enduring nioiniiineiit of bis reuo\i'n. ' Tim measure of bis useful ii(,\s> Heetued full, wjien, seventeen years ago, be retired from commercial hie, fliis enabled him to carry out a longcherished plan of erecting comfortabio and convenient lodging bouses for the working clasflcs. Air. Pea body, for this purpose, jrave the City of London one and a half million dollars, and now in every quarter of titk Great City there rieo up majestic buildings, bearing witness hourly Uj tho wisdom SIM \VI?1I jih IiivIJi it}* of a great bcncfpctor of his rate. When the war with tho Confederate Htat.es came to an untimely end, iir Poabody g^ve ?2.4Q0,00 1'or the aid o! the common school education in the South. This fund will, in ?injc, \yprL incalculable and permanent good,? This old city has especial cause to renumber his name. * But for the -abody lu id, the. public schools oi Charleston wuld have been closed foi at least a season. Tbo fame of tho unostcntutiou? merchant spread from polo to pole Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, thanked hi in iii an autograph letter for hif in.inifieoni gift to the poor of London Iliiji'iKifs. stars or titlen vrcro not to hit ta-ii-, iiud Mr. l*t?ubody was presentee with a portrait of the Queen, paintcc for him by her express command, And in iii? own country ho was nc Joss honored. The G'oiyjress of the United States, in 18G7, passed a for pial vote, thanking him for his giflti to tho people. The Edgefield Advertiser thus spcaki of our friond Mr. W. A. liatnxay. \V< t iM? - nearuiy endorse tuc expression, aut hope that our friends fropi Ab.l>ovill< will call on bim when they visit Au gusta. No Old Stock.?And that's quit* a consideration when one want's t< placo himself inside of a new suit o clothing; and Mr. W. A. Ramsey, o Augusta, is the mau who has jus opened a magnifk-ient stock of Ready Hade Clothing, with not a garment o "old stock" in the House Go to Ram say's if you wish to be decked in tlx tip of the fashi<nl>! and ;in goods tha are warranted in ftwy.particular Mr R. is an honest, 8t*aiuforwai<d n^er 9hant?and wity^ptaeaa all wboroaj favor him with lb?*' paJAQuagc. An< there too may Jjfund Mir. John Ly on, an old Edgc^uULman^ and an goot ajudgoof fine -Clothing as .any ionai living. Don't ffiil to give hjin end Mr Ramsey a call v^hen ^ou qo tq Au^us ta. pr?tai hi ?rrrrr'j, ? ;:' >>M'in? P?t Mf Cny. n IwHU'iful young ta<lji of Quincy, Illiuoie, dulibt-ratrlv her&ef in the Misaijajppi, nt il}Hj(pJji|e, yr Thursday. She Ufi? Unit did nof commit rnicide for nor for love, but because *'hII her friend* were ro ynie*," ?"d "thi? is a. cofd,"dreary 'ifafld 0 lira io." Mluui Lij rj) tr*v Obituary. "COMETH UP AS A FLOWER.'-' r. Tho angels have another sister in = their midst; SALLIE MARGARET, youngest daughter of Dr. W. C. Xor3 wood, of Cokesbory, S. C., died October 20, 18G9. During her severe ijlness she exhibited many lovely traits of character, , | togother with the more spiritual graces 1 ^ ' of the cljildUkc Christian. Her protracted sufferings extorted moans, bat no murmur. No word es' caped her lips expressing distrust of God, or opposition to llis will. She | | sufiuiod meekly, believing that the I l>ivino Father is "too wise to err, too ^ good to bo unkind." " Pray," she * said repeatedly to her sister, f pvay to ! God to let me live for those 1 love, i n ! and to glorify him by a Christian lilc, '< ^ if it is 11 in will; if not, to m:ike me re: signed and happy in Lli.s I ivc.'" There was imieh around h-. r to L< i make iife here vc-rv suwt. llavin4 . h i - " : i complete I her cdiieation i*t !>.illii:i<n I she hurried home last .) .1 ii>- t<? oresI ent at tin: death I?i*?I of her fa>i:et. s i That father lives, and on tin* d.".! her liurial. kissel her eoM ;iivw. .>.{ding aili-'u to his darling ehild. with the words: "dutiful and In-loved l; 1 daughter." An elder sister was to her both mot her and sister. Oh how eon- | slantly, tenderly*, she nursed the suf- I f.-ring one. And there wa* one who j loved her with all the strength ol' a ' true manly heart, and \ylio had won J her love. Alter u long engagement ?.?!' | more than u 3 ear, they lelt that their i nuptials would unitJ "twosouls? without j ^ 1 a single thought two hearts that beat as 1 I ?? rm t V"*-' iiic join oi uet<?i.>er. was tue l' day appointed for tl?e marriage of; Mi>-> .Norwood to l)r. Jam-** F. Furmaii. That day found hor extremely t ill of typhoid lover. Death, the mcsMunger of our Lord, touched the frail human r5-?'.vcr, so loving and beloved, ami she ceased to > eufT:r, and hr>/mi i > /ir*. When dying | lilie strove In i-ouiiort her father, sav- i I ~ j j iiii; how raueh better it was Hi have |( | children with the aiigi-ltiiii lleavet), j I thrill li j: ir /?i? rtwidn Trusting iu Jcsiih she was willing to die. l' Male through suiter- , big,'" she is as she bejievps she would | be, "with the angels now"?110 shad- ] o\v dusks the radiance of that brow | whi- h. having parsed the pearly gatc6, , is jvitlj tlje ungils now. Tier form glows 'ncath the jasper light, and soft her seraph feet are treading, with ec- , static bliss, the gleaming golden street?with tlfO angels now". ' Jler mortal-part" as a bride, sleeps with the orango blossoms in her hair; her bridal roses; the garlands which ' - ill.. i ? ' tt!ivi-uoii ivvinca lor ner grave. At Ihftt grave, love weeps, and hope pointing to Heaven. wa>ts for "tlhe voice of th : arch-angel and the trump of Uod." "In the midst cf lifo we ' aro death," and in (Le midst qf death, [ ye nra in Ifc. May God pjty the ' stricken ones and prepare them for a ' re-union in the world where all is | light. \V. T. C. 1 j Statp Taxes in Ghf.bnvillk.?The whole I | miiion*it colluded in Qr?-onville Count j tliH I j year it>, according (<> the nui^innit futuifch ed ..^42,142.80 ^ Of iliis hiii*'lint diem lits been hsiiil i.vn?t.QUu 1> ? > j 1,74 3 00 ; j Jury Tn;kt* ?. Shi?? Wiiii*^, ifc-. tr:ui-|?orit <: |ir>s nern. Min?iu*it jmd in Ci ituiy (Jomi mi?inii^r- 8.803 .'JO T??l?l LJi-'rii'l Kxji?*tirH* 10.,046 30 j j TiHiiMiiii'tfl i" s'hi?* r>?-;i8 ir ...31 o1j6 \ '} 1*42 142 80 j[ T'I** 0-.i\ i?y Au'liior iiM? it-iii'iV(??J (>,ii nf the Smie Fund. in wl-in ion. $500, w^ilcli I* Hot I'llHrgl'll ill (III- Dl-lllfl HOl'IIUIII, : 3 Tl?? collection in ii'il )>l ii ?% ill i . | txke luiir or fiv? I >?it'tiwl ilu l nx more to I * ' f COin|il**l?* ii, whic'i ruts lip llie lux oil (iie?-ii f villH County l?> pretty near ($50,000) fHl\ j ^ \hou?Ri)d dollars, j \J?uUrpri*e. -| Tubt Won't Goto the South.?The 3 New York Journal of C'tnmerre com tj-|?Uin? ihHt radifal C >n^reB-m?n nre per' ! fi-ctlv willing to cto*s the eo"tiuentf travel - ' throajjh N"W Koghmri, voi nge -to Sinj 7 Doraii^o, or yo to t?e uttcrnn*! part* of 1, the exriU M? public ?X|>eH?e, hut they wilt * i not. VMr tjie hv-u'h, wh^rtMhoy w- ttli see ^ IW'1!. Xhcv.OHiu ?>"** how litt|?? iti*?y fcnow fcjuf .the o?d ?re public ?ent?mei?t j tU^?\ .The Ji>urnnl p?e*'i.a'e* He ro'tirt .pl?it?t< upon recent retiisn' of the Su'i ^/oiiiniiUee <>!}' Eicirlinns to gj* lu, &uub p-trolina tw|il iovcMigale cerl tin election*. ' - ? J A clergyman of Sandusky, Ohio, at the bed of a sick, man said to |! hiftiy uHave you made your peace ,'jwith the Lo'rd?" to which tht^iyk I frtan innocently replied;don't , I : know that I ever hati any ctyfliculity w.ttklioa.? ..t. . jUA ai f,U*s vur-j r'" Gold and Cotton. The movements of gold during ill past month arc i*igi}ilieanl?perhap wo should pay the movements o green hacks, as gold, bcjng the roeoy nixed standard of value, ia presume' to remain stationary. Jn finy even tho operatives of tlie gold marke have been such as to awaken publi attention and suggest a state of aj fairs to which the country lias Ion; been a stranger. Tho gradual an ttteady dceline, amounting to nearl twelve per cent, for the period speeded, and under the opo.ation of cause that hid fair to be permanent, indi fates, in our judgment, thai I t ho emerg iug from |ier financial difficulties, am slowly, though certainly approachin: the era of speck' payments. Withon some wreicheil blundering on t Is f 1 .*..11.. | r 11 i i <;i iillW VJMTUll IJ I tint IlOtly should rop-al thn JjOjjji Tender Act, or tin- Supreme Court di dure il mi'-ou^iitulio:ial?a result tha is confidently anticipated hy manywe shall not he surprised to s o t ii much ? : lieuh-d ccnharks at par Ik fury I lio foi?lii)i'!iv: im-iil. of allot ho tiviii ^:ich is cvrtainl; tiit.* tendency ..M'.-.irs at. *.hc preset) lay, and ;!* Mr. iloutwell would ?ui! to let <*> his larnu accumulations <j gold iu I he < Jo\ eminent vault*, or ^ood iirujiorijou of it, it would haste t lie day of' (k'liwiMiKT from the blight inn eftocts of a depreciated currency Aim! what dot's the phintcr see i all this? There is much complaint ( tho det-linu of colton, and sonv- fei disheartened hy tho present conditio of tlio market ; hut i? (lie ?lot-lint', o iiineii of' it, real or only apparent When j*old was l.'JS, cotton hmuuh thirty cents; now that >I I is 12(? cotton is quoted at 'weii(y-four am one-fourth. Make t ho calculation um it will \?c found that eotfon has d< clincd loss than two cents per pound By roll-re11co to the Liverpool quotsi tions, it will he seen that the (leelin there is hardly appreciable. I?t?ii?i^ sti] over twelve pence per pound. It. wil thus l)c soon that those who sell thei cotton at present prices arc not sul milting In the heavy losses they siq po-?e. a :? 'i i?> i ii?-r*u iiruiiii.v.N (ii1 question if t!>r? planter Is ?l! * |>o.<cil to gamble on tlio chances, won It it not be qniu* as wise to h<>hl greeri haeks as cotton with tne cxpeelatioi pf its appreciation in vainc? Tli former have tiic advantage of beiiij inexpensive ? they require 110 cost c storage, insurance, or commission* while tl;eir rise in value is quite a probable, if not more no, than that o cotton. n^TT~rr>r-~ O *4- T J! vuvuimji <i3 (Ui jjiceuuiury. Gcvcrimr Scott lists made the burn ing of one or two country stores ii Sumter County tlie occasion of a char aetcri:-tic proclamation. Jle dwells a lengtlnqn the enormity of th j outrage and denounces tlio u*o of the tore] with a vigor and earnestness tha eecrns passing strange, coming f?-oru ai official who ql ready, in tlie brief peri od of liis administration, lmx Mirnoi loose upon the community, more roh lioi'R, incendiaries and cut-throats thai were ever before puid<>ncd by all th Governors that have figured in th history of South Carolina. And lest perchance, these precious graduates the penitentiary, whose help I In political hope* of our ambitious Gov ernor aii'l his mot Ivy crow so largelj depend, might innocently iinagim that f ?i.nfi ?l' ibe t harp words use< were meant for l/nm, I Lie lb] low in; saving clause i.?? dexterously interlard otf between the* faUilicatiou:. an< threats wbi' b make up.the burden o the proclamation. "If those who pretend to poscess th wealth, the intelligence, and the mor ality oK the community, resort to i (the toreii) under the pretence of on forcing law, or punishing- dwhonosty they must not bo surprised if other* not so favored, * martin-; under ^ son** of injustice and wrojig, by which perhaps, they havo been defrauded o the hard earned proceeds o? tlieir k bor, and their families deprived of fond clothing and shelter, .(and such case are not unfrequent,) should resort ti tho samo summary process for .re dress." This is the language of tho man t whoso keeping Radicalism has entrust ed tho peace and prosperity of Soutl Carolina.?Vhvrlealon News. - -? G??nprid B. F BusK wliilo comin from W**hin^ton ?d a png-e*r, roblw? of hi# nnMi?y. overcoat sad undercoat <lu riim n Imlr Ht Pliilutlelpln*, Ph. He \'of iirweti a <<oai of the negro porter pn th tmin, ttod. nfier reHcliing n t.1orfr-ln>u*f*, rail oil enough money to buy new gnrineril *IK| JIKK'tfClltt l h?''Uo*llN)' on rtft VfMliilj bout. U? Ut *!?ont'$7O0 lit >nohe?-ani 13,000 oi #4.000 ?a check* anddralu.? iUis ? J-? 1 Gt! THE COUNSEL OF ROME. c Interesting Details. ,f The {JSeumcntal Council will open on tin? 81 it .Decern bi?i\ felo duv nf tli<> , . . I J j Immaculate conception, Nina bun t j (.IretJ bi>hops, archbishops or patriarch Lieach accompanied by a theologian, c I will join the Pope attended by a hunf. j di'cd theologians, fifty curd in a Is and ,r | eighteen generals of religious orders (1 ?these last each attended by two y i theologians. The eeremonies will j j.' b.'gin b}- a mass in music, wherein the s 1 be>t tenors, baritones and basses oi' i- I Italy will participate. P. j The French Secretary of State has j 1 issued a circular in which he states ; ,, that while the government, would have I L a right to participate in the debates I dI the Council, it might be outvoted, | f and therefore, it will not bo directly | j represented. Existing laws, confideuce in the wisdom of the Jloly See t. and the intelligence and patriotism of! . ; the French bishops. Still, art nothing u which concerns the Catholic world .. can be indiltVrcui to France, the Ihnp pcror does not intend to separate him y self from the grand questions which j 1. may be submitted, and ho will use liis ! iulhicnce to counsel moderation. > ,{ But lie will use only the regular inin-j :l isiur. and not send a special c inbassa- j u dor, who might compromise the gov-' i. eivimnt. lb-sides. it isadded.il np-' -t pears a special envoy is not expected , i, by th 1' has given no in-j ,f viiatu.n. I j The lia!ia;i (iovcrnment has issued j n ! a circular authorizing its bishops to1 .. ' attend the Council, but at the same i v lime expressly declaring, that faithful t t to its piinciples of religious freedom, J j ji will suiiniit to no resolution which may trench upon the laws and rights [ il [ oi' the kingdom. .. j A .W'w York letter to the Philadel-1 I l l>hia Ijedtfer savs : "The citv nresa I j will be liberally represented sit liio! 0 | (Kt.*uiiK'iitiil Council. Two of thei II J niost experienced journalists, one fro in I II ; u morning ami tin: oilier Irom nn j , j evening pa per, will leave by the; i packet of Wednesday next. The pro ! fcssional ''interviewers." are also on i the wing, some of iliein, with charac- i o teristic enterprise, designing to "kill i tl:o b!r?> wiiti one stone," by Owing | ,| th.j Suez Canal/ ys well as tho J?o- j i. mish Council. Not a few of the j i, Catholic clergy wlm have ^ono from! 0 here wield clever pens, and it is quite ? likely that the letters which they ,j- have promised to write for publication, hers will be anions the best." >, o rt or * A Maonificrnt IIovsk op Wonsiijp.?The New York JIvrald contains a very full description of the new Jewish house of worship, built corner Fifth Avenue and Forty-third street, - New York, known a*'"Temple Emanuu El." It blends in unconscious bar-. inony fix u liferent orders of arehitce- j t Tore?Saeaseni, Byr.untinc, Mo- i reetjue, Arabesque. Gothic and Nor-j li man. The interior decorations avo t finer ami moro costly than of any j n Christian Church iu the land. The! i- //m?A/doses its artielo with the fol- j 1 lowing: i. In ten pews front the pulpit sit. cv- j n cry Sablmth fen millionaires, and , e from that point, hack aggregate of" o millions more is represented. Did ,, there ever f>it together, since the! f days that the fair and regiil ruler- of i u Sheba was escorted by tlie gorgeous I , retinue of t )?o court of Solomon to ( ir tllO lemnle of that, mnnnrcli nmlii- ! t? lion, such :i galaxy of worldly wealth j 1 and it might bo ventured, such a gal-; r axyof beauty <ind refinement? The' roof of the temple is flat and cut into j I squares by the Lransverso arches. A ! f good deal of elaborate polychromo ' painting fills in the spaces. The best, o ! tune to observe the many beauties in -J this field of decoration is at night,! t with tlio ai.U furnished from tho full . radiance c*t the many blazing candc f lahra. Tho figures are brought out i, in huppu-r lvlief and show with a o lustre liier.i by daylight, i, Altogether the leinploof JSmanu-El, if. is a tea Lure in. itM'lf, and has uo pir-1 ir. allol. Its exterior is an <*xperimont,' |} in ayuhi texture oftentimes before ath t'uuped, but only in the instance real 0 ; ized ^ a success.. Its interior decora-! s- tion, wi.tUoui, bying quite so great a noveltj*, has bo iriiinyj points of origi 0 nality that it fafrly divides tho palm L. of interest with tho architectural de1 sign. It may toe added, In conclusion, that the first peW sold realized tho enormous sum 6f $9,500. > , L*. . :*> i.: ' - .? gr ?<??-; * 1 -V { ' " So.?J<?^h .Killing* nfry* M "TlinrHVl<V|? i.f peo|>1* in |b'* worl?f wlip ' * covflt misfortune, junt 'for the liuury. jif ? grunting.' J t u n ' ' .v ' i -.ul v if. la. flit' Illinois corrvetery, jis.v a < j tombstone bearing only this simple . but touching epitaph, "Gfcon? l?p."l .7/ A CURIOUS TRADE. How People are Guarded against Pick- i pockets in London. ' 1 Wc, ourselves, sayr the London t News, are willing to confens tli.it we 3 never I card of " The Anti-Piek- ' pockets' Society," which it appear- 1 is pretty well established aiuong ns, 1 until ive read oi it lasi week in an or- I tide in cur contemporary's columns, from the pen of a contributor described as ,f Lc Chronitjuer." This writer tells how, on the day before, he was decendir.g the charming road leading from Highbury Barn to the station of the North London, situated at the extremity of Uper street, when his attention was directed to a gentleman walking before him followed by a well dressed young man, whose movements appeared suspicious.? Shortly afterwards the well dressed ^ young man, watching his opportunity, slipped his hand into the pocket of j the gentlemen and drew forth a handkerchief. ^ I was, continued the chronicler, on the point.of crying "stop thief,"' whon t *i.~ ' wv-?vi ? vu iiiiiu inu j i/iuiij man uiup- , pod the gentleman, and politely re- , turned to liim the article which he I had just before abstracted. At the same time the pickpocket unbuttoned j his coat, and revealed upon bin bl'east: som- tiling remarkable, for the gentle-j m:?n burst into a lit of laughter, took ! his handkerchief, slipped a few pence into the band of the young man, and departed, laughing still more. I was puzzled. At the sight ol me the young picupocKct siacKcncrt nis pace, i lie evidently reckoned upon trying on ine tlie same operation as upon his previouo victim : l'or he pretended to he plucking some flowers along tho way. until I had passed him, when ho quickened his step. A moment afler , I felt his hand lifting the tail of iny overcoat, and 1 seized him by the arm, " Jiuscul! " 1 exclaimed, " I saw you coming." The robber was probably sixteen or seventeen years of ago, and hud a face i'ull of intelligence and mischief. " I see how it is,'1 he replied, laughing; "you Haw me take the gentleman's handkerchief; but I ai? not a piekno^l'pct, 1 uaouic ^uii." " I should like to know, then, what you are." "What I am? You had better seo lor 3'ourself." So saying ho opened his coat again and on his M - VV? 1 VU a Ji UllV ?> UiL'l Ui plato bearing tho words painted in biack letters, Anti-Pickpockets' Society. u Anti-Pickpockets Society," I exclaimed in astonishment, '-what on earth is that?" "Jit is very simple, sir. We follow a gentleruon or a ladj-, whom we strip of a handkerchief or some other article. Then wo present them with their property, pointing out how GUKV it. would Imvo t\r>nn in rob them.. In this way the}' learn to! be 011 tbei.v guards against real pick-! pockets." "And what do you gain! by all this? " " People generally give us a few yenee to- recompense us for our honesty." "A singular trade, yours." " Que vohz rottx, Monsieur. J uiiv; must livv. AHU Willi 1110 9 C j words my j-oung friend left me to purhuo an old' gentleman .who was approaching behind us. Wine Makino.?A discovery in r&- , lation to fermentation.- one applj'ing equally to eider and other liquids ? , lias been made in. California, which, according to accounts given, will be of the greatest impovtance' to witie- | makers of this country,. By the oc dinary process .of fermentation it takes many months to- complete tho process, and then the wine? has to ' Htand one or more yoars. to. uipen, eub- ' ject all tho time to various accidents 1 and diseases. In the usual method tho contact of tho air is at tho surfaco < nf f lift 1 inIIlrl 111 fhn irnl nn ?-nB)r rwr?l?r -.n- "* ] by tho new process, which lias been , patented, air is at integrals forced , through tho liquid from a perforated tube placed at the bottom of the vea- j pel. It is claimed that the whole process of frrmeutation, without any second working, can be completed in , about five daj's, and that in from two , to four weeks after fermentation has ceased, the wine or cider will be cloar and ripe, and not liable to undergo any further change. In the Democratic procfeatrioti in Kew York, Wednesday night, the 1 Sixth ward carried a magnificent banner, on whioh. was inscribed, f'Our National Disturbers-^-Pnst, Present and Future,", represented as follows: The first by a man and brotltqr of the colored persuasion ; 4 the second fey a sharp, vinegnrvisaged woman, typicalof the woruau's sights woman of the riod ; and thp third by a ChinainUnj e (he diaturbor of the fatfaroi * \ '*! x. ,a:?ii v 4 ' 1 - 3 # a little giiil bur mo io d'a~k. ?Yesterday morning, on the p'ar.taion of Air. Hubert Butler, ab<"-ut foe: nilcH fr< m Hamburg, S. C., * iiiost leartretiding occurrence trun^pircd ;n lie buruiug of a little g??l. ?b'-ut six rears of a^e, daughter of Ar. Totnytin*, residing on the pieii !? ?. TL& lartieularn of this sad occurriti.c* uru ive learn ; Air. Toni|?!fins u-u Vojn home. and I i .*** h* Iwoiiims hi uf*. i '> j-,. . * o LVorJc, !i: in t. ... i. J?? houwt*. J>.;r11ti?)' at?:en{'i, '.b?> .-hildreu, by w??nv jih-umc, h.tti ' niated fii c to H.jjnf cut ion or other omb.iatible n> uteri ..1 i:j the house, A'iiieb caught tbe building, ami ?io? jnveloped it in flames. When tho. notber'd attention was attracted, tho i0UH0 was burning rapidly. Sho 'uwhed franticallj' to the rescue of her children, two of wliom she Bucceeded n extricating without injury but tho third, a little girl about six years of igo was so badly burnod as to cause ;ier death yesterday afternoon. The building and conte... vore entirely conNumed, which, in akdition to Iho terrible calamity of tbe horrible rato of the little child, falU with particular weight upon the unfortunate family, who have thuB beeu deprived of everything they posseBB. Mr. Robert Butlur kindly tame to the city and made arrangements to relieve the immediate necessities of Mr. Tompkins and his family. We would suggest to our charitably disposed citizens that this family merit their consideration and benevolence.?Constitutionalist,! tk. Tom Thumb and troupe have gone to Hong Kong. The Stat* F?ir, at Richmond, which b?? closed, distributed $8 000 in premiums. An entir# family were f*uffoc?Ud to dMth in a fire which lately occurred id New York city. Fanny Fern having said that "men of the present day are fast," Prentico replies that "they have tn be to catch the women," The Dinmatian rebels ore giving much trouble to tbe Austrian troops, but suem to be gradually coming to grief. l'amguHvHii advice* mdicata that Lopez ia atrongly poated, and is capa* blc of prolonging the struggle indefinitely. Th? negro militia ??? rr?* ''rjr * excitement ii? R*'i-jrl< N. . ' r.?k>?? ihrexiM and 'fnnt:w A wMbiov isi-onsi lereci iupvi:.f >t >ht. p*opi* *. ? provoked altnoM p??t r-in nixriw Ttie women ?>f Sotitli C?roi:n? *trr? L'Otly invied t.? oiu'm in Uim rrecdor of & tnoiiilinmiL hi iiiein-'rp of ih? ConW^rtl# (lead. The iui i*:ive will b? ru.'e ;u C>IuiiiImm, dining (lie jireSt-ui week During the last 6acal year, the gow ornment haa disposed of batweec i?. .. ^ .1 H ? If?"- - - ... igui uiiu uvu minions or dollars' worth of land under the hom*jMtead and other laws. Electoral meetings in Paris are unattended with di*ord?r, and in so instance bo far has the intorfvrtme# of the polico been required on nu.ch occasions. The English gunboat Tbistlo, while on her trial trip off 8h?*rn?ft?, on Thursday last, exploded bar boiler* f.Mli *? ?? ?? -- J' Killing ieu itiiu uevwreiy wuanaugeight men. "A lover of Jesna^ ?ent to tfeoTreasury Department, on Friday, forty hooks of gold leaf he had atolei* from it.. Another repentant shinerscut back a dollar gold piece. A party of priests returning from % land tenure meeting in Ireland, a day or two ago, were attacked, by pertom lying in. wait and brutally beaten*. One has since died of his injaries. An extensive- gang or counterfeitars, regularly organised for the pnrpose of' naano&cturing and selling counterfeit tobacco stamps, seenritie* and money, baa. been captured in New York, Many parties iu good standing ii> thao city and in Virginia and . ' North Carolma ate compromised. The siege of Jaemel, Qayti, by Salnave's forces hoe been raised, and tha -! troops ware at last accounts marching. against the revolutionary forces under Brice, who had already captured Mir* ngoanen The revolutionists in SW Domingo remain in active neav Anna.. 1 ' A minor of the sale of Bt. Domingo- "'<< te> the United States if gaining strength there. * The New Orleans Times sayst "Many of ibe German emigrants bat recently arrived by the steamtr direet in this city have already found eiv> ployrjient , We noticed yesterday a batch of thirty or forty who weva ,,e getting ready to go to sugar plant*- ' tio'ns. They irere a flnej faalMooWiojf set of h\en, and aire'the kind of peo? pie ih?i fe?nth wants to'swell her po??;1 ,,J ': ; ulatioro ami dovelop bet material * ? r seturo**" tiouvf J'r- . .a !.?! ; #'.x. i '?'<Mw ? r