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BERLE*, Augiist 13.-'The treaty of
alliance, bolweern Prussia afid'^ie
German Governments with which she
is on tenas of friendship, had -been
signedby sev?ra?l and*will bo by others
in a few days. .'
Pa?tra, August 13.-Tho ConstUu
i i onad says, while- France has the
right to compensation from Prussia,
her ?ru? TOteie?k* is not in insignifi?
cant territorial . aggrandizement, but
to aidin the organization of 'Germany
: for* th? interest** of Germans.
It is stated tbakthe>Go vcranieut of
the (TJnlt?t} States has* preferred
claims against certain ' persons- 'in
France,-who have disposed of public
' property belonging to the Southern
Confederation.
'//.BjWi?os, August .13 -W. Bates,
iron niaster of Funstadfc, has failed;
liabilities -?500,000.
'}. Pj?ns. August 15-Noon.--It is re?
ported, .to-day,. on good au th o ri ty,
'that' the yi-?htth Government Ti?s
.abandone.i-tito idea of extending the
frontier forFranoe by the annexation
of. certain. German prwvifrces on'the
Kaine. " ' - - 1
LONDON, August 15-P. M.-The
following despatch has been received :
BERLIN. August 15-P. M.-A"
Council of State is holding sittings in
this capital, and engaged in the con?
sideration of the question'of there
annexation of the States of Southern
Germany to the German Confedera
-tl?n.
XtOiNnoN, August 15-Noon.-Con
.sols are quoted at 883?; for money,
87%.
"LiVERPooij, August 15-P. M.
The. cotton market is firm- and prices
rather higher. The sales to-day were
13,000 bales. Middling uplaud is
quoted at 13%d, The breadstuff's
market is firm.
The Philadelphia. Convention.
PpHiADELPHTA, ?TtgUSt 15-N?OU.
The Convention was called to order
afnoou. The wigwam was crowded
with delegates sud spectators. A
large number ot ladies were present.
General Dix was in the chair. Mr.
Blair, from the Committee on Organ?
ization announced Mr. Doolittle for
President, which was received with
great applause.
LATER. --The Committee on. Cre?
dentials reported in favor of the ad?
mission of General Crosby's Maine
delegation. The letter of Valhtndi
gham met with great applause. After
stating that the Ohio delegation had
passed resolutions endorsing bim as
duly elected a delegate, his patriotism
and fitness to represent his constitu?
ents, and declaring their readiness to
stand by him in the assertion of his
rights as a delegate, should ho deem
it proper to present himself to the
Convention, he says, yielding my
own deliberate conviction of duty
and -right to the almost unanimous
opinion and desire of .friends whose
wisdom and soundness of judguaenfcr'
aud sincerity and purity of motirt?sx
may not question, to "the end that
there sholl be no pretext even from
any quarter for any controverted
quest.iou Or disturbing element in tho
Convention to mar its "harmony or
hinder in any way tho results to the
cause of the Constitution and Union,
the public liberty which shall follow
from its declarations and its action, I
hereby withdraw from the Ohio De?
mocratic delegation, aud decline
taking my seat in the Convention. I
am profoundly conscious that the
sanctity aud magnitude of the inte?
rests involved in the present political
canvass in the United States are too
immense not to demand a sacrifice of
every personal consideration in a
struggle upon the issue of which de- -
pends, as I solemnly believe, the pre?
sent peace and ultimately the exist?
ence of a free republican Government
on this continent. In conclusion, he
trusts the proceedings will be harmo?
nious, the action wise, and that the
results will be crowned with triumph.
The following despatch was re?
ceived from the Presideut:
WASHINGTON, August 13.-To Hon.
?. H. Browning and Hon. A. W. Ran?
dall, Convention, Philadelphia:I thank
you for your cheering and encourag?
ing despatch. The finger of Provi?
dence is unerring, and will guide you
safely through. The people must be
trusted, aud the conntry will be re?
stored. My faith is unshaken as to
the-ultimate success.
(Signed.) ANDREW JOHNSON.
The Convention adjourned until
to-morrow, at 10 o'clock, when the
Committee on Resolutions will report.
Senator Cowan 'is Chairman.
Market Report?.
NEW ORLEANS, August 14.-Cotton
sales 850 bales; low middlings 32@33.
Receipts of the four days 10,004 bales.
Exports 5,348. Bank sterling 60.
New York exchange J?? discbunt.
Gold 47
NEW YORK, August 15-Noon.
Cotton dull; sales small; middlings
34@30, and barely supported. Gold
50%. Exchange nominal, at 108.
7 P. M.-Gold 151%. Cotton
steady ; sales of 500 bales, at 34(7i)36
for middling. Flour firmer for South?
ern; sales of 850 barrels, at $9.7o(a\
15. Wheat l@2c. better; sales of
158,000 bushels. Pork firmer; sales
of 8,600 barrels, at $32.43 for' mess.
Lard dull, at 18%@21.
MOBILE, August 15.-Cotton sales
to-day 250 bales.* Market lower. Low
middling 26@27; middling 2S>.
' V?evvV lieras.
NEW O?LEANH, August 14.-The
oJfuuh-m deaths .for the twenty-four
hours ending this morning, twenty
eight. .. ..
The Times has Mat am oras advioes
of tho 11th, which say the French
evacuated Monterey on the 28th ult.,
spiking their cannon and destroying
their ammunition. The Liberals oc?
cupied Tampico on the 1st. The
French wore reduced to tho last ex?
tremity. There *is no "hope of rein?
forcements.
NEW YORK, Augrrst-15..?-The Bava?
ria has just arrived. There were five
deaths from cholera on .tho passage.
She is detained at quarantine, having
four cases on board.
. Tho cholera is rapidly decreasing
in Philadelphia.
.A Notional Convention of the sol?
diers of the North and South is ar?
ranged to take. place in September,
at Cincinnati. The leading officers
of the Union and Confederate armies
are active in this work. It will be a
movement co-Operativo with tho
Union Convention.
NEW YORK, August 15.-By tho
steamer Liberty, from Havana, later
Mexican advices have been received.
The report that the Emperor had re?
formed . lus .Ministry is confirmed.
lu a lotter to the President of the old
Ministry, thanking him for his ser?
vices, Maximilian explains that the
change is made to secure unity and
the pacification of the country, and
says it is in harmony with tho mis?
sion of the Empress, and demon?
strates that tho Government acts in
-accord with its glorious allies. He
then appeals for harmony of action
arnon},' thc people to sustain him.
Foreigners have been authorized to
arnram?proteet themselves when the
police give, insufficient aid. Guerillas
overrun the country, committing
many depredations.
WASHTBTOTON, August 15.- Very few
pardons uro applied for, and such
only granted by the President as como
under tho $20,000 clause.
Maj. Eldridge, on the Htni? of Maj.
Gen. O. O. Howard, Commissioner
Freedmen's Bureau, has made a re?
port to the latter officer bf his per?
sonal observations of tho workings of
that institution in the States of Ala?
bama and Georgia. He reports that
more rations are being issued to tho
people of these States than is at all
necessary, and recommends its dis?
continuance.
REFORM ON BOTH SIDES OE THE
WATr.it.-It is an old und true saving,
that, "extremes meet," and the force
of this adage is strikingly illustrated
at tho ??resent time alike in Great
Britain and in the United States. In
tlie former country there exists nu
aristocracy, the most wealthy and in
fltiQnti:tl in Europe, which strives to
control the people irrespective of any
popular interests, heedless of any
arguments save those which affect
its o wu prosperity or existence. But
the people have at last grown weary
of this state of things, and Hie great
question of reform, which for many
years has been the political shuttle?
cock with which public men have
amused themselves, has now become
the tost issue of the day, the issue on
which Governments will stand or fall,
the measure on which tho people are
determined.
In our country, also, we have in
this year of our Lord, I860, an aris?
tocracy, not of birth, like that of
England, not of talent and worth,
as should be the case in a republic,
but of mere political chance. This
aristocracy is nominally the enemy
of oppression and thc friend of the
people; but it is in reality- despotism
itself-and, what renders it all the
more dangerous-despotism in dis?
guise; and its pride is that most per?
nicious to mankind and revolting to
Heaven, "the pride which apes hu?
mility. "
Thc only difference between the
pld aristocracy of England and tho
new regime of America, is that the
former is feudal, and the latter radi?
cal-one dates from William the
Conqueror and the other from John
Brown-but however unlike in name
or dato, they assimilate closely in their
nature. Both desire power at all
hazards, and neither cares a rush?
light for the people.
[New York News.
Our American cousins agaiu claim
all tito credit for successfully laying
the Atlantic cable. They claimed all
tho credit in 1858, when it was
thought the attempt of that year had
been crowned with success; but the
moment it was ascertained that the
activo current had ceased to dow
through tho submerged cable, they
turned upon John Bull, and laid tho
failure to his charge, as they have
very gen erously laid all failures. They
have patiently waited for ultimate
success, and now that it has come,
they lay greedy hands upon it. Well,
we can have no objection whatever to
allow their claim, provided they
grant that the Great Eastern is Eng?
lish built, English owned, and Bug
lish manned; that the cable is Eng?
lish owned, and English made, and
English laid. If they will only admit
so much, we shall freely allow them
the pleasure of crowing over their
success. - Ottawa {Canada) Citizen.
Old Romeo, one of Dan Rice's ele?
phants, broke loose, nt Buffalo, lately,
and, getting into a well-stocked kitch?
en ?irden, began to gobble up vege?
tables. Wbon he was re-taken, it was
found that he had left very little gar
Lieu.
Tho Senate passed a bill ?t the late i
session, creating a sinking fund for
the extinction of the publio debt,
-which provided that no gold should
bo sold by the Treasury, except the
surplus over fifty millions, and that
it then should be sold in open mar?
ket. This was not acted upon in the
House; but tho gold provision was
understood to accord with the views
of the majority of both Houses, espe?
cially as the sales of gold preceding
the panic in tho London monej mar?
ket were generally condemned by the
anti-Administration papers and poli?
ticians. The bill was intended to re?
verse the policy of Secretary Mccul?
loch, which was to keep gold at the
level of about 30 per cent. Had he
not soid gold freely,- it would have
risen in price from 30 to 80 or a 100;
and, besides that, the pressure upon
American cotton bonds in England
would have been so great as to compel
them to stop payment of the bills
drawn upon them against the ship?
ment of cotton. Wide-spread bank?
ruptcy in New York would havo been
the consequence.
But Congress and the anti-Admi?
nistration bankers decided that gold
must be hoarded, or at least must uot
be sold at such time, and in such
manner, and at such rates as would
best promote the interests of com?
merce, demoralize gold-funding and
speculation, and repress the tendency
existing towards increasing prices of
all the necessaries of life.
The Treasury has of late made no
sales of gold, but the Secretary is
free to pursue his own policy upon
that subject, which will, no doubt, be
very wise and prudent. He may sell
gold if it accumulates to that extent
that will causo scarcity and enhance
prices; and he may sell it either in
op?n market, or, as heretofore,
through a banker.
It seems that, in this state of
things, a number of bankers and
traders in New York, ombracing many
of the trading firms connected with
foreign trade, prefer the former policy j
of Mr. McCnll?ch to that which
Congress would have dictated to him,
and have petitioned him to sell sur?
plus gold once a week. They make
the following representation, to wit:
According to general belief, in
which we participate, the sole ground
for imposing duties upon imports
payable in goid, was to pr?vido for
the payment of the interest on the
debt, and was not intended to con?
vert the Treasury into a savings bank
for the hoarding of gold coin, thus
contributing to impede the legitimate
course of business, and to reduce all
commercial transactions to the basis
of speculations in gold, as is the case
at present. We, therefore, further
respectfully submit to your consid?
eration, as the most effectual means of
chocking inordinate speculation,
whether it would not be advisable to
sell all your surplus gold at least
once a week. We consider the rate
of premium a matter of secondary
importance. Gold at 150 means
practically tho repudiation of all
debts, public aud private, to the j
extent of one-third of their wlule
amount, and we do not deem it essen?
tial to the dignity or well-being of the
Covernment to benefit to any great
exteut by that fact.
Tho idea that gold should be re?
tained and hoarded by the Govern?
ment, as a means for prohibiting tho
resumption of specie payment, is
pressed in some quarters. This sug?
gestion arises from opposition to the
ouly practicable mode of returning
to a specie standard, which is by a
reduction of the paper currency.
[National Intelligencer.
A copper queen is better than no
queen; and if tho collapse of the
watering-place season without a sen?
sation left "Jenkins" almost in n
mood for suicide, the arrival of the
Queen Dowager of the Sandwich Is?
lands in New York has given him new
life and spirits. It is true that she
is "colored," but then the Caucasian
type and color are passing out of
fashion, and this excellent woman
comes just in time for the ovations of
tho opponents of the white man's
convention, which is soon to Lo held
in Philadelphia. It is true that the
Polynesians aro not negroes- 'nit they
have the look of tho genuine article,
and "Emily, Queen of the Sandwich
Islands," will do well enough until
tho King of Dahomey comps over to
reign over his loyal subjects.
[Richmond Times.
OFF WITH THF.II- HEADS.-Tho
Prcsideut yesterday appointed Calvin
E. Pratt, of Brooklyn, collector of
internal revenue for tho third district
of New York, in place of Mr. Bowen,
publisher of the New York Indepen?
dent, one of tho most intolerant and
bigoted of tho radical sheets. Mr.
Bowen and his friends in vain urged
that the proprietor of thc paper
should not bo held responsible for
the seutimonts of tho editor. This
little bit of sophistical refinement of
argument was fully appreciated by
tho President, who, by way of show?
ing his estimate of it, straightway
appointed Mr. Pratt. Henry M.
Johnson has beeu appointed as col?
lector of tho eighteenth district of
Ohio-the Cleveland district-in
place of Parsons, ono of the most un?
scrupulous villifiers of tho President
in the State of Ohio.
Gen. T. J. Wood, commanding
Department of tho Mississippi, has
issued an order appointing Assistant
Commissioners of tho Freedmen's
Bureau for every County in tho State.
AWAITTXO A D?LUOE.-Supersti?
tion, nay? a paper of Presto?, Eng?
land, is not eradicated in Accrington
and Church. A report that some old
woman, at Blackburn had prophesied
tho world would be destroyed by a
'/.flood of graters" on Monday last,
obtained wide circulation. The know?
ing ones laughed at tho idea, but
there wero hundreds of women, old
and yoong, who spent an anxious
Sunday, and were very devout, pre?
paring for the "last great day." At
church, an old woman who keeps a
small shop, was so impressed with
the truthfulness of the prophecy, that
sho actually ? removed her furniture
and skop goods to tho highest hill
near church, and remained there till
Monday morning, when she came
back, looking somewhat disappoint?
ed that the flood had not drowned all
her neighbors.
AN INFAMOUS SENTIMENT.-In a
speech at Springfield Illinois, a few
days ago, Gen. Logan said:
' 'Thcro was but one way to treat
with rebels. Tako thc torch iu ono
hand and the sword in the other, and
march to the music of thc Union,
with the flag unfurled, and sweep
over their territory. He had no sym?
pathy for the leading traitors, no
commiseration for them. He could
forget no man who had lost his life,
and who had been maimed iu this
war for the Union, and he could for?
give no mau who had fought against
it. If elected to Congress, he would
carly out what he had said. Ki
could not forgive che South."
THE WAT TO FIGHT CHOLERA. -Tho ;
i Cincinnati Commercial says the dis- ;
case is almost certainly susceptible of !
relief in its earliest stage. The way !
to fight cholera is to give instant at- I
tention to premonitory diarrhoea, j
Tho treatment of tho premonitory ?
is simple enough-only be prompt, j
Get a speeitic for the diarrhoea from j
your family physician, and keep it
always at tho elbow. A physician ;
should bi> summoned at once, in case ,
of threatening symptoms, but tho j
time spent in going for him is always I
precious. Repose, also, is :ts essen- j
tial to overcome looseness of tho
I bowels as medicine. Take caro of
I the diarrhoea.
The Commissioner of Internal Re?
venu^ has written the following re?
specting the tax upon unction sales:
"Prior to the date of the late. Act
of July 13, 18G0, it was held that
sales made by auctioneers, for judi?
cial or executive officers, or for execu?
tors and administrators, were liable
to a tax in the same manner ns sales
made for other persons. The law
has been amended, and it is now held
that tho sales of auctioneers made
for or on account of the persons or
officers above specified are not liable
to tax since August 1, instant, tho
time when the above Act takes effect."
COTTON.-In an elaborate estimate
in the New York Times, tho yield is
put down at nearly one-half of that
of 1860, except in Tennessee und
Florida, the last being 100,000 bales,
against 65,000 in I860, and in the
former 125,000 bales, against 996,404
in 1860. by this calculation, flip es?
timate makes out. a yield of 2,640,000,
against 5,185,'.?25 bales in I860. All
accounts that reach us from all quar?
ters accord in thc fact that the land
planted will fall considerably short of
a full yield, while all know that the
extent of ground planted is not one
half of that tilled in 1860.
A. II. Stuart wisely remarks, in his
recent address before the University
of Virginia, speaking ot" the large
landed estates of Virginia: All this
must now pass away. Large estates
must be sub divided and sold. A
hardy race of yeomanry will then till
the soil with their own strong arms,
will supplant the large landed pro?
prietors. Land will be improved in
productiveness and value, and the !
wealth of the country will be aug
mented. Thrift and economy will be !
substituted for the lavish expenditure
and wasteful profusion of the ancient j
proprietors.
Thc Petersburg Express says: lt is !
reported that the freedmen of Amelia
County, Virginia, held a meeting in
that County a dav or two since, and
resolved to work no more for the
whites; also, that they would counte?
nance no negro who did. Wo do not
kuow the canst! of this action. If
the intelligence is true, we witness
but another widening of the breach I
between the two races. What if the
whites refuse to rent their lands to
the freedmen-tho}' will either be
compelled to emigrate or starve.
THE NEW ISOBTH CAROLINA CON?
STITUTION. -Chief Justice Ruffin, of
the Supreme Court of North Caro?
lina, has decided against the lato "so
called" State Convention and the
Constitution "supposed" tobe framed
by it. lie says:
"I consider that there is no Consti?
tution, because your Convention was
not a legitimate Convention, and had
no power to make a Constitution for
us, cu to alter that which we Lad and
have. '
Major-General John M. Palmer, nt
his own request, has been relieved
from duty as President of the Gene?
ral Court Martial in Raleigh. The
court remains in session, and will
soon proceed to the trial of Lieut.
Boens, A. A. Q. M., charged with
misconduct ns an accounting officer,
which ease has been sent to Raleigh
for trial from Charleston, S. C.
THE GRAIN CROP.-Tins New York
Express says that the indications are
that the cereal crops cf the West and
the Middle States, soon about to bc,
if not already in good part, harvest?
ed, will be the most abundant on
record. That is the substance of tho
reports, which are coming- in to us
from all quarters. With but a limited
demand for exportation, we do not
see how lower prices can be avoided
a contingency which consumers now
compelled to pay 814 and 815 per
barrel for flour in .th? sea-board mar?
kets must contemplate with delight.
TRUE TO THE LAST. TA letter from
ex-Gov. Harris, published in the
Fayetteville Observer, says: "I hope
and expect to make myself comfort?
able here ere long, and expect to live
and die in Mexico. I have nothjug
to regret in the pa.st, except the blun?
ders which lost us our independence. I
My own course was taken from astern
sonso of duty, aud long and sober re?
flection confirms and stregthens me
in the correctness of the opinions on
which I acted.
The Atlantic cable enterprise is
represented by three capitals, each
of .?000.000. "The shares in the first j
are .?1,000 each, and sold, lately, iu j
London, under the promise of the
new venture, for from ?250 to ?300.
Next, is a preferred 8 per cent, capi- ?
tal, in shares of ?5 each, that have
been in demand, of late, at ?3 15s. j
The third capital, or that which is j
undertaking the new experiment, is
in ?10 shares, which are at a small j
discount.
The 81 counterfeit bill which was
issued some time ago, and held back"
after a few of them were put in cir?
culation, is being now circulated, mid
the public should be on their guard
against them. The note is tolerably j
well done, but will not bear a critical |
examination. It will be seeu that the
shading on the left side of the face
of Mr. Chase is too heavy, and that
the whole head is rather roughly exe?
cuted.
The accounts as to tho state of the.
crops, received from all parts of Ire?
land, are of the most favorable cha?
racter. Cereals are well spokeu of,
potatoes promise to afford an abun?
dant yield, while there is little men?
tion of any appearance of disease,
and the crops generally are in a for?
ward state. The intense heat expe?
rienced in Dublin for some time past
is also generally prevalent throughout
the country.
Straw trimmings are among the
newest things iu fashion, as applied
to dresses. Straw fringes, enriched
with small jet or silver beads, are
used to simulate tunics upon silk
dresses, taking the place, in fact% of
the goat's hair fringe. It is also used
to trim low-necked bodies, and in
the narrow widths as a border for
tulle veils.
JOY oo wrrn THEM. - -The New York
Tribune says that within three days
after tho riot at New Orleans, thou?
sands of "Unionists" left - that city.
A good riddance. If they had gone
a twelvemonth ago, and all such fel?
lows as Horace Greeley, Sumner and
Stevens had been hung about tho
same time, there would have been no
disturbance at New Orleans at all.
lt is stated eui high authority that
(?en. Grant lias requested Secretary
Stanton to furnish for publication oU
of Sheridan's despatches in refer?
ence to tho New Orleans riots, in
order to set at rest the various und
contradictory reports concerning
them, as well as to place Gen. Sheri?
dan correctly before the country in
the matter.
The Rochester Advertiser, a Re?
publican paper, says: Hon. Thaddeus
Stevens, it is skited, will remain at
his iron works, iu Adams County, !
Pa., several weeks for recuperation, j
We suggest that he bo re-rolled.
His "continuous rail" was a failure .
in (.'.ingress.
For the greater convenience and j
security, boxes, about the width and ;
depth of au ordinary letter, have j
been introduced by the Post Office
Department for the conveyance of!
letters upon all through routes. This ;
will insure more ?peed in the assort- |
ment and delivery of mail matter.
V money hunter being about to ?
marry a fortune, a frieud asked him ;
how long the honey moon would lost, j
"Don't tell mo of the honey moon," j
ho replied; "it is the harvest moon
with me."
Josh Billing; . ays: "I have heard i
ii great deal sed about 'broken hearts,' ;
ind there may be a few of them; but
mi experience iz, that, next to tho ?
gizzard, the heart iz the tnffest piece ;
;>f meat in the whole critter."
The Boston Tran$crij>lis now print- !
.d ou paper imported from England,
[t is a significant comment ou the '
manufacturers in this country, that
paper can bo imported nt a saving to_j
consumers.
A piece of property in St. Paul,
Min., formerly owned by Captain
Muftit, of the Florida, and confiscated
hy the United States Government,
was sold, on Thursday, for 83,000.
From a return just presented to
Parliament, it appears that there are
fifty towns in Ireland, with a popula
tion of 2,000 each, which are unrep
resented in Parliament.
A gentleman, walking with two ?
ladies, stepped on a hogshead hoop, |
that flew np and struck him iu tho j
face. "Good gracions!" said he, j
' which of you dropped that?"
Blessed is tho bald-headed mau, !
for his wife cannot pull his hair.
A few weeks since, ft Southern
young man of wealth, visiting Boston
on business, was taken sick ct his
hotel, and, during his sickness* wa
devotedly nursed by an Irish girl of
i remarkable beauty. Last Saturday.
' the young man married his nurse, in
Charlestown, Mass. The groom i
twenty-four, "the bride not yet twenfcj.
George Elliott, (Miss Evans,) after
seeing her last book, "Felix Holt,"
out of press, took the mdhey she
received fdr it, $20,000, aud* went
abroad, to avoid reading disagreeable
notices of it.
A German, employed in a pottery
at Evansville, Ind., recently fell heir
to $1,075,000, left him by a relative
in Germany. He is suki to deplore
this wicked favor of fortune, prefer?
ring to remain an humble potter.
The following copy of a written
notice appears in ii Western paper
"Lost or strade from tho subscriber,
a sheep all over white, one leg was
black and half his body. All persons
shall reseve five doi s to bring him.
He was a she goat."
At Columbus, Mississippi, on tlx
18th, Eveline, a freedwoman, was
bound over for trial in $1,000. It wa s
proved that she put poison in medi?
cine to destroy some member of Mr.
ll. E. Moore's family.
Mr. Davis' counsel are preparing
a denial bf the Into report of tho
Judieary Committee of the House,
involving Davis in complicity with
the plot to assassinate tho late Presi?
dent Lincoln and his cabinet.
Au experimental suspension pas
songer railway is to be erected in
Greenwich street, New York. It is
intended to be introduced on Broad?
way, as a means of relieving that
over-crowded thoroughfare.
1,000 acres of excellent land haw
been purchased and laid out, about
130 miles below St. Louis, for an in?
dustrial orphan agricultural farm
school. It abounds with fruit, tim?
ber and coal.
The New York World states that a
combination of capitalists in Nev
York have bought $(5,000,000 in gold,
and intend to buy more, in order to
run up the price when there is a fa?
vorable opportunity.
J. Daly Burke, a returned Con?
federate officer, while sitting on his
piazza, at Baton Bonge, a few days
ago, was shot in tho heart by sc mo
unseen assassin. A negro has lu en
arrested on suspicion.
San Francisco has made a compro?
miso with its prostitutes. All but
100 are to leave town. This may
serious1}- affect the population of the
city.
The postmaster at Washington, D.
C., it is understood, is to be removed,
and one of the editors of the Na?
tional 1' itelliyencer will bc appointed in
his placo.
The Houston (Texas) Tubijraph
says that 500 mechanics are needed
in that city; and, next winter, 1,000
more can obtain profitable einplo}
ment.
The Memphis Post says: "We are
greatly in need of al1 kinds of labor?
ing men. The high pri?e paid for
the merest plodder is an index of the
scarcity of labor."
Blessed is tho man who giveth
' many and costly presents to the
young ladies, for great shall bo his
rewards-in a horn.
A very- rich gold vein has been dis?
covered in Nevada County, Jalifor
nia, by a man who was digging a
cellar.
Atchison City, Kansas, tho esti?
mated tax value of whoso property is
$2,000,000, does not own a single
school house.
John Hunter, tho owner of the race
horse, Kentucky, won $53,000, on
Wednesday last, at Saratoga.
HOTEL D'AFRIQUE.-A hotel, for
tho especial accommodation of freed?
men, is in operation, iu (.'berry
street, Nashville.
Prentice says tiiat the spending ff
so many millions upon tho freedmen
in the form of rations isn't rational.
Blessed is tho man who hath no
brains, but brass in abundance, for
he shall be the ladies' fatonte.
Seven milk dealers were arrested in
New York recently, for adding water
to their milk.
The Arabs relieve pt.-rsons suffer -
iug from sun-stroke by pouring salt
water int.) the sufferer's ears.
To Rent,
ANEAT COTTAGE, on Main street,
containing eight roi.nis, formerly oc
crpied by Major W. D. Peck. Possession
given on next Tuosdav. Apply to Mrs.
neiley or \Y. D. beck, at E. A ?: I>. Hope's
Store". August 1G 3
LOST;
ON tho 13th inst., between the Collers
Campus and Col. Harris' office, au old
DEED OF CONVEYANCE from Elias Har?
per to J. C. O'H anion. Tho finder will
please deliver tbs same to Col. Harris oi
myself. T- J- "AWLS
Aug 1G_J-.
By Cxpress!
-| /\ BOXES CHEESE.
JLU AND
20 doz. rORTER.
AuglG JOHN C. SEEGERS & CO.
The Thorough-bved Stallion,
cifrar-, BOURBON, by imp. "Glencoe,"
^W^out of old Col. Wade Hampton's
?M ??! favorite mare, "Fleur-de-lis," w??'.
eland in Columbia during tho Vail Season
of lstlt',. Tho horse can bo found at Lo?
gan's Brick Stable, corner Assembly anU
Senate stroets.
Tr.ajfs.-$25, in specie, or its ?quivalent
iu greenbacks at the tim? of payment, t)
to Groom. Cash on first servite
Aug 16 ?