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COLUMBIA.
Saturday Homing, Feb. 16, 1867.
Thc Sw ut li Carolina Kailron?! Com?
pany.
The stockholders of this company
arc in session in Charleston, and the
work dono on tho. road since tho last
annual mooting, us shown by the re?
ports of thc officers, is almost incre?
dible. The following summary of
thc work wc take from thc Superin?
tendent's report which v_A find in thc
Charleston Courier: The work done
on the Charleston division was six
milos; hud down thc rails, rebuilt
trestles, seven cottages and two tunks,
at the various turn-outs. On Colum?
bia division, nine miles iron straight?
ened and put down; mile new iron
put on ?Singleton's Hill; 5}? miles re?
built with new rails, and the balance
of the division with the rails from
thc Camden branch; trestles gene?
rally repaired; washes in thc Conga
ree Swamp all piled, and mostly
lilied in; all the buildings absolutely
necessary, with exception of a house
for pump-minder at Stilton's, re?
placed.
The work on thc Hamburg branch j
was 42 miles built with new rails and
32 J with oki ; all the turn-outs and
necessary buildings for hands, tres?
tles, bridges, Sec.; bridge across Sa?
vannah Uiver and weather-boarded
tracks through Augusta.
The work on the Camdon branch,
which has boon suspended for want
of means, lias boon resumed, with a
prospect of its early completion, as
there are only fifteen miles to be re?
built, and the company has already
on hand 10,000 ties and 600 rails.
Wc learn from the Courier that the
policy adopted by tho Board of Di?
rectors in its financial arrangements
has proven an economy of six per
cent, upon the capital stock of the
company, and was carried into exe?
cution without any negotiation of its
bonds. This fact is sustained by the
following succinct statement of the
business of the board for the past
year:
From passengers.?413,072.53
From freight. 877,51<?.79
From mails.. 20,349.20
Incidentals. 1,000.00
$1,312,738.52
EXPENSES.
Current. $697,336.01
Interest, foreign.. 120,006.81
" domestic... 78,674.55
Minor. 2,339.39- -$924,906.80
Net income.$387,821 .CO
Or 0 per cent. on the capital stock.
Thc bond debt of the company
amounts to $3,534,70S.92, of which
$2,212,044.46 is payable in London.
As the foreign bond-holders have ac?
cepted the terms of renewal offered
by thc eonvpauy, tio difficulty is ap?
prehended in the'speedy adjustment
of this portion of the debt. Of the
domestic debt, there remains the
sum of $133,087.50, to represent the
balance of past due bonds and inte?
rest, und much the larger part of this
amount, is in the hands of parties
quite willing to renew.
These reports show that, on the
whole, the financial affairs of tiri;
company and the condition of thc
road are much better than there was
reason to expect, and reflect great
credit ou thc energy of the President
and untiring Superintendent.
THE INDIANS.- TJio New York Tri?
bune, erratic as it is, very truthfully
remarks that the great blunder of our
theorists and law-makers is in treat?
ing ?di Indians alike. To treat the
civilized Indians like the savages is
an outrage and a shame. The former
need no "War Department" more
than white men. Neither do they
.iced agents. Whenever they aro
civilized enough to manage their own
affairs, they can do it infinitely better
tuan any agent can.
SIGNS IN NEW YOKE.-A New York
letter says, in the Bowery, there are
between thirty and forty stores to let,
.retail trade,) at rents materially un?
der present ligures. Many small dry
goods and other dealers are going out
M business altogether, whilo not a
few liquor-dealers, owing to tho ope?
ration of the excise law, are exhibit?
ing to sell out. Persons wishing for
small stores heretofore renting for
$1,500 to $2,500, have no difficulty
in obtaining a reduction.
SMALL. Pox.-The Lancaster Ledger
reports that small pox ?3 prevailing
to a limited extent in the lower por?
tion of that District, and that one
case augmenting there had developed
itself in the village.
Thc Frredmnti"* Relation? to the
Ch ii rr h.
A Northern cotcmporary calls at?
tention to the fact that thc religious
press is having some controversy
over the proper position of the freed?
man to tlie church. The New York j
Observer, in old times, (we have
not seen it since the war.) was a
highly conservative organ of tho
Presbyterian Church, but it has
fallen in with the radical furore, for
it insists on the Southern churches
admitting negroes to the position of
Presbyterian clergymen thc same as
white men. Tho Christian Observer,
of Richmond, has a very sensible
article in reply to the cant of its
Northern namesake, in which it says
it "does not think, there is a negro
on this continent who conies up to
the standard of a clergyman, such as
has been approved of by the church
for more than two hundred years."
It further assures the Observer that
the Southern people arc not yet pre?
pared to change their ecclesiastical
rules to please a set of theorists who
know nothing of lin1 negro character,
and then makes a remark that is
literally true, and cannot be gain
saved by the members of tlie churches
of thc North. It soys:
"The Southern church, laboring
quietly and unobtrusively in her glo?
rious work, has accomplished more,
vastly moro, in thc instruction, ele?
vation and christian iza tion of thc
millions of heathens providentially
committed tu our guidance, than all
tin; foreign missionary societies of
this land, witji their monster cele?
brations, and their mighty flourish,
and their magnificent displays of
numbers and money."
Some time since we noticed that
the worship of the negroes in Missis?
sippi, according to the statements of
the Rev. Mr. Marshall, of that State,
was fast relapsing into barbaric rites.
How much true religion' would suffer
by making pastors and teachers, in?
discriminately, of even the. most in?
telligent of the race, we cannot tell,
but thc experience of a year or two
docs not leave it doubtful as td any
beneficial results from their teach?
ings.
MASONIC.-We see it stated that
upwards of ?40,000 have been sub?
scribed for the purpose of erecting a
new Masonic temple in Brooklyn ; but
as a much larger amount is required,
a committee has been appointed to
visit all of the other lodges and soli?
cit additional subscriptions. All of
thc lodges will respond promptly, and
hand in their don-utions cheerfully
and on the square.
DESTRUCTION OF THE STEAM SHIP
CITY OF BATH.-The above steamer
was destroyed by fire when about five
miles North-west of Hatteras, while
on her voyage to Savannah, on the
10th inst. There were twenty-six
persons on board, twenty-two of
whom were lost, including a gentle?
man, with his wife and an infant.
Four of the crew were saved.
THE SOUTHERN RECONSTRUCTION
PLAN IN NORTH CAROLINA.-The re?
construction niau recently announced
as having been agreed upon by the
Southern Governors, and approved
by the President, has been submit
ted to several Southern Legislatures.
It is telegraphed from Raleigh, how?
ever, that tho North Carolina Legis?
lature has debated it for the last
three days without arriving at a satis?
factory conclusion. The majority of
the members seem to think that it is
a mere rehash of the Constitutional
amendment, and oppose it for that
reason. A vote may be taken this
week.- Ledger.
DEATH or THE "IMMORTAL J. N."
Many of our readers will regret to
learn that tho great philosopher,
statesman, satirist and orator, J. N.
Free, is no more. Here was a terrible
example of the force of a strange
hallucination in reducing power to
weakness, greatness to humility,
grandeur to decay. This hallucina?
tion pursued him to the grave, and
like an inveterate, but powerless
demon, now sits and howls upon its
brink.- Lauderdale Ti tues.
FlRE.--About 7 o'clock last even?
ing, tho sogar manufactory of C.
Madsden, on tlie South side of So?
ciety street, one door Fast of Xing,
was found to Ire on lire. The loss
was very trifling, and is fully covered
by insurance. Tho building sustained
no material injury.
[Charleston Courier, 15lh.
COTTON FACTORY IN ORANGEBURG
DISTRICT.-A meeting was held ai
Orangeburg C. H., on the 9th inst.,
for the purpose of considering the
practicability of establishing a cotton
factory in Orangeburg District. A
committee was appointed to report to
an adjourned meeting.
A. C. Haskell, Esq., has been ap?
pointed by his Excellency Gov. Orr
District Judge for Abbeville, vice
Judge Jones, resigned.
THr Radicals Abroad.
A Mr. McCracken wrote the fol?
lowing lotter, lust full, to President ,
Johnson :
PARIS. HO IEL MAURICE,
October 2:5, 180(3.
Mn. PRESIDENT: I have traveled a
cootl deal in Europe during tho last !
year, aud Lad occasion to see some- i
thing of our Ministers and Consuls I
in various countries.
A large majority of those whom I j
met with were bitterly hostile to von !
and your administration, and ex- j
pressed that hostility in so open and .
offensive a manner as to astonish
American travelers, and to leave a I
very bad impression on Europeans j
who were present. This was particn- ?
larly true of those from the New j
England States, of whom a large ma- ;
jorityof.our foreign representatives
seem lo be composed, and a very in- :
different set they are, individually 1
and collectively.
Mr. Motley, Minister at Vienna, ',
does not pretend to conceal his "dis- '
gust,'" as he styled it elegantly, at
your whole conduct.
Having been appointed exclusively
by Charles Sumner, he applauds him
and his revolutionary doctrines, de?
spises American Democracy, and pro?
claims loudly that an English noble?
man is the model of human perfec?
tion.
There is not in all Europe a more
thorough flunkey or a more un-Ame?
rican functionary. He tells every
traveler that Sumner is entirely jus
titied, and that you have deserted
I your principles in common with Mr.
i Seward, who, he says, is hopelessly
degraded.
At Frankfort, the Consul, Murphy,
who is said to have cleared more than
$100,000 through his office, declared
repeatedly that the threat of his
friend, Zach. Chandler, would be
made good, and ought to be, by your
impeachment, and this is notorious
and public scandal. The fellow him?
self is vulgar, ignorant and unw >r
thy, and is one of Chandler's tools.
Hall, at Madrid, condemned your
course in a malignant manner to va?
rious Americans, and so did Morris,
at Constantinople. Some of my
friends who went to Morocco, bearii
! McMoth, at Tangier, rail violently
j and shamefully against yon, saying
I he was ready to retire from such a
j concern.
I Perry, at Tunis, was equally offen
I sive in his language. There arc
many tubers in the same bout, and it
is time that better men were appoint'
ed-men who at least respect the
! President and the dignity of his
office.
Radicalism, of the worst sort,
makes war on you and your friends
under every pretext, and yet the in?
struments of that faction are blatant
all over Europe in condemnation ol
both. It is a shame and a stigma tc
permit this longer. Massachusetts
seems to monopo ize a lion's share o!
the consulates, and Boston has nc
less than three first missions-Messrs.
Adams, Burlingame and Motley.
Is no other part of our country tc
be considered worthy of notice'
Must General Butler, Phillips am"
Chandler, and the like, engross al
the honors for their satellites? ]
want nothing at your bands of anj
sort; but lit and decent men shoulc
be sent abroad who will not slandei
the Chief Executive and the Govern
mont.
The CoDsnl at Geneva is a commoi
drunkard, and a disgrace to tin
country. When sober, he abuses thc
President in the hearing of every?
body. Respectable .Americans art
very much mortified by the presence
of Kiir?b unworthy persons in place:
of trust and responsibility, and fev
like the tusk of letting the cxperienct
bo known, as I have done. There
are hundreds who know more, bu
prefer to remain silent.
GEO. w. MCCRACKEN,
Of New York.
The radicals in Congress ure highb
indignant with Mr. Seward, the Sec
retary of State, who, on the abov<
representation, called Motley to ac
count for his language and conduct
but who affected to be quite an in
jured mun and resigned. His bro
ther radicals in Congress culled ot
the State Department for informa
tion in this case, and the foregoing i
the reply. Truly our country mus
bo miserably represented abroad b;
the .above men, Minister Kilpatrick
and others of the radical family, wh
got these appointments, not by rea
son of qualification, but throng]
mere partisan influence.
Tuc BEST FLAX FOB KKLII.VING TH
SOUTH.-If tho Northern people, in
stead of raising money to be distri
buted gratuitously in the South
would raise a fund of several million
of dollars to be loaned to Souther]
men who aro willing to sturt munn
factnring enterprises, or wh?> neei
funds to curry on their farms am
cultivate the land, it woul I result ii
a great deal more benefit to the pee
pie generally. What is now \\ toi
in the South is capital-capital wine!
will secure labor for the poore
classes and cnablo them to make
living by industry. Donations con
fer only a temporary benefit, and ur
soon exhausted. A speedy settle
merit of national difficulties, and ;
few millions of dollars properly in
vested, is what is necessary to niak<
thc South prosper and flourish.
[Charlotte (N. C.) Democrat, 12th.
Jack Hamilton*!? Crew.
The New York News tims sum?
marily disposes of the Jack Hamilton ? i
crew, who have been playingtke part . ?
of camp scullions to the radical party ; '<
at Washington:
The strolling mountebanks who
perambulated the North last summer, 1 '
exhibiting themselves as "Southern
loyalists,'' displaying their sores and
begging alms, afterward organized, I '
nuder the patronage of radical Con- i
pressmen, a Southern Republican 1
As.-ociation, which represented no?
body but themselves, and hail no ex- ?
istence outside of Washington. This
nasty machinery has, until lately,
been used by the radicals in their
warfare upon the President, the
South and the Constitution, it being
employed by them to impress the
Northern mind with the belief that
there was in the South :i party
which sympathized with nltra-radi
calism.
This association met at Washing?
ton bist Wednesday evening-"Jack"
Hamilton presiding. Tin; proceed?
ings on that occasion siiow that even
the radical Congressmen have finally
comprehended ti ie ul In- worthlessness
of the association and of the unprin?
cipled political scapegraces who com?
pose it, and have thrown them and
their sores aside. To be sure, the
wie Ich es pretend that Thad. Stevens
and Gen. Butler have not utterly
abandoned them; lint no one will be- ,
lieve this. Stevens and Butler, how- j
ever bad they maybe, are not such
fools as not to know that Jack Hamil- ?
ton. Botts and Huunicutt, and their
dirty followers and their "associa?
tion,' are completely "played out." '
Finding that they h ive been de- !
sorted by their late patrons, the
honorable association now- turn upon !
their benefactors, and rail against
them in choice billingsgate, declar?
ing that tho radical members ol' tho !
present Congress aie "weak-kneed;*' !
that they .'have been derelict in duty
to their friends." mid that they have i
been "bribed by Now York hankers
to sacrifice the country lo Wall
street.". [We may he excused for
making the passing remark that no- I
thing would delight these Southern
loyalists one-half so much as to share
the bribes which they are too insigni?
ficant to deserve.]
Knowing that tiie next Congress is j
composed largely of the same men j
who constitute the present, and they j
cannot hope much from it, the de?
spairing members of the association
call upon the "loyal spirits" of the
whole country io como to the rescue;
to meet in Washington about the -1th
of March, and to instruct Congress
to impeach the President, and give a
few pence to the starving mounte?
banks. Unless the 'doyal spirits" do
this, these political vagabonds fear
that the next Congress "will brand
themselves before the world us a set
j of poltroons and fools forever."
These are evidently the last words
of the "Southern loyalists." When
they first made their appearance at.
the North, we exposed their scum?
like character, ami told the people
that the only claim which these fel?
lows could make to "loyalty" was,
that they had been false to both sides
during the war. Let them depart in
peace.
Fois FREEDMEN.-The negro, Brad?
ley, who has been stirring up strife
among his brethren on thc islands
below Savannah, is thus referred to
hy the Boston correspondent of the
Springfield Republican, under date of
the 31st ultimo:
"Aaron Bradley, the colored law?
yer, from Boston, who has been stir?
ring up mischief among the negroes I
down near Savannah, is well known !
here. He was dismissed florri the
bar several years ago for mal-prac
tice, which consisted in forgery or
some such peccadillo, but under the
veil of time, and the tenderness of
the new bureau for the colored man,
he tried a year or so ago to get rein?
stated, and this time was paton ex?
amination before two prominent
lawyers as to his acquirements. The
result was a ridiculous exhibition of
ignorance and charlantry, which
made an amusing chapter in thu local
law literature, but was fatal to his
professional ambition in this latitude.
And so he naturally took his cheap
wares and his gross impudence to
another market. His stirring up of
strife among his more ignorant and
more honest brethren in the South is
quito in keeping with his previous
character here. Bradley know: just
enough to be a mischief-maker, and
it would be a useful service doubtless
to the negroes and to good monds, to
subject him to a trille ol' old-fashion?
ed plantation discipline."
A resident of Springfield, writing
t"> a friend in this city, (enclosingtko
paper containing thc above.) says,
"Bang the scamp to the first tree."
[Milledgeville Recorder.
PRETTY GOOD.-We clip this from
the Mobile Times:
A New York paper thinks that
whatever sympathy tiny may fool
for the Cretans, tlie United ?States
Government, as a Government, cnn
do* nothing. Not long, they can't.
Unless a quietus is put to Sumner
and Stevens and Butler, the "Go?
vernment*' will soon be in tho pre?
dicament of Sat Lovengood's dog
after swallowing the torpedo-"ox
for tho dog hisself cz a dog," says
Sut, "I never saw any more of him,"
A woman in Chicago, on visiting
her husband's office, discovering long
hairs in his hairbrush, has sued for
?i divorce.
ROBBERY or A BONDED WAREHOUSE '
IN NEW YORK.-Dates of the 12th j
instant from New York state that, !
some time between Saturday night ? 1
md Monday morning, a party of 1
burglars forced an cut raneo into the 1
United States bonded w..rehouse of
Conger & Miller, at the corner of
Water and Clinton streets, from the : 1
roar. The thieves passed through j
the cooperage yard of Mr. Briggs, on | i
South street, and climbing over a
nuantity of hogsheads and barrels j
piled up beside a fence, gained tile ?
tear of the bonded warehouse, and ?
were effectually s< eluded from observ- ;
ation. They first forced open one of j
the area doors, but inside of this i
were piled up a number of hogsheads , :
of sugar, and fliest; the rascals could
not move. They then forced open
another door, at a short distance from
the first mentioned, and entered.
Several cases containing dress goods,
cloths, linens, &c, were ripped open ;
but the thieves finally settled upon
three cases containing silks and satins,
the property of A. T. Stewart & Co.,
and the contents bf these were entire
ly removed, and placed in fifteen or
twenty rice bags, the contents of !
which they had emptied upon the
(loor. Having arrayed themselves in
some new underclothing which they
found in the place, and drank a quan?
ti ty of wine and liquor, the thieves
took their departure with their plun?
der. They also took with them a
quantity of jewelry, the propt rty of
a brother-in-law of Mr. Miller, who
is now ide.cut i;i Europe, and who
had left his furniture and some other
articles on storage in the place. At
f> o'clock, the workmen in the cooper
yard of Mr. Briggs found three bags
filled with silk, arid this has been
identified as a portion 6f that stolen.
The entire amount taken i-- valued at
about ?12,000, and that recovered
(thirteen pieces! at ?2,000. The po?
lice have a cine CO the thieves.
WHO OWNS IT?-A "REBEIJ" ( KVNEIS
WANTED.-A coi-respondent at Shel
byville, Kentucky, writes us concern?
ing a work of art he saw on exhibi?
tion at Wheatland, Clinton County,
Iowa, last October, which was dis?
played as belonging to a person who
served as a Federal officer during the
late war, but which had evidently
been stolen from some Southern
home.
It was not a painting or engraving,
but an exquisite piece of needle?
work, representing Washington, the
"Father of his country," standing
beside his horse, the reins loosely
thrown over one arm. Our corres?
pondent describes it as a most life?
like and perfect piece of work, the
product of skillful and patient fin?
gers, and so faithfully and beautifully
executed that a child at all acquaint?
ed with the popular representations
of Washington, could not fail to re?
cognize it. Thc writer judges, and
not without reason, that it was some?
body's household treasure, perhaps
one day dearly prized in a Southern
home, before the Northern thief cap?
tured or confiscated it. If any cili
zen of the South has been robbed of
such a picture, (and we hope our
Southern exchanges will make men?
tion of those facts,) we hope they
will lose no time in applying to either
M. E. Rogers, or Edwin Carter, both
gentlemen, and residents of Wheat?
land, Iowa, for further information
as to the present whereabouts of the
stolen picture.
[LaCrosse ( Wis.) Democrat.
ANOTHER CASK OF MOB LAW.-The
Danville (Ky.) Advocate, of the 8th,
lhas the following particulars of the
ynching Trowbridge ? few days prc
vious:
On Tuesday night last, between ll
and 12 o'clock, a man named Terry
Trowbridge, confined in jail on
a charge of shooting a negro in
Fer ry ville, August, 1865, was taken
therefrom by a band of "Regulaters"
and hung in the College campus. It
appears that Trowbridge was bailed
at the last August term of the court,
but on Monday last his securities
gave him up for trial and he was
placed in jail. His case was called
last Tuesday morning, andcontinued.
We understand that his home is at
Pottsville, in Washington County,
and that he has a ?wife and ono child,
and was formerly a member of Wool
ford's cavalry. If is charged that he
has boon connected with the band of
desperadoes who have kept that
section of country so long disturbed.
COTTON OPERATIONS.-A Mis Char?
lotta Hough has brought suit against
a Boston firm for money due her
from cotton speculations during the
war. She claims that she was em?
ployed by them during the rebellion
to buy cotton in the Southern States,
and to manipulate late Government
employes, s > as to secure its passage
in safety through thc military lines.
General Butler is one of the counsel
for tho lady, and she states that the
firm in question made $100,000 by
these speculations through her
agency, ?ind now refuse to ''divide.''
There is an excellent chance here for
some of the numerous Congressional
investigating committees perambulat?
ing the country to extend their jour?
neys to tin; (own of Boston.
---?? .
Thc proprietor of a forge, not re?
markable for correctness of language,
but who, by honest industry, had
realized a comfortable independence,
being called upon at a social meeting
fdr a toast, gave "Success toforgcry."
Tilomas S. Lang, of North Vassol
borough, Maine, has refused $40,000
for his famous horse General Knox.
X_i O C5 JL ?tO???. Si ?
SECRETARY OF STATE-It ?ill Lc seen, by
reference to our advertising columns, tbat
Sen. Ellison Capers will assume thc duties
>f Secretary of St ate on the 1st li instant.
i in; READING Boost.-Our friends are
uvited to visit tho Pluxnix reading room,
ivlo rc they will lind on tili- papers and
periodicals from e very section of tho Union.
"Thc building is open day and night.
Gov. Om-.. His Excellency Gov. Orr
?rrived in this city on yesterday. He has
just returned from Charleston, where ho
addressed tb- freedmen on Thursday even?
ing, giving them ar: abundance of good
advice.
FIVE CENTS.-The price t?f ?ingle copi' s
of the Ph<xnix ia fice cents, and purchasers
are requested to pay no more for them -aa
they are furnished to the news-boya at a
rate sufficiently low to warrant their bein;
s..ld at that price.
CoLCMniA VARIETIES.-The talented
young gentlemen who eompose the corpa
pc rforming under the above caption, gave
another pleasant entertainment hist even?
ing at Janney's Hall. .Mr. Denck presided
at the piano und, a.? usual, gave unquali
i'c d satisfaction to the audience. Tho
other portions of the entertainment were
also well received, and tlie mcmbi rs of tho
(.?.mi' my all sustained their paris well.
NE ..? ADVERTISEMENTS. - Attention is caii
ed to the Following advertisements, which
ar:.- published tl; i.- morning for the first
it. A W. CSwaiBeld -Latest St vies Ha*--.
T.. Capers- Important to Lawv?rs.
J>. f.. .Miller - like!?..i, of Sheriff.
DISCHARGE or BRADLEY.-In the
United States District Court yester?
day, argument was h*cd on the writ of
habeas corptts sued out by Col. .Stone.
After argument of tho counsel, his
Honor Judge Erskine said that as the
civil courts were now in full exercise
of their authority, he could see no
reuse m for the detention of Bradley
by the military authorities; that if he
had committed any crime either
against the State or the United
States, he could be arraigned and
punished by them.
[Savannali News and Herald, lilli.
lt is stated that the well-known
house of H. B. Clafflin & Co., New
York, is in a financial difficulty. Last
year this ?rtn returned to the Asses?
sor of Internal Revenue an income
of 82.000,000, but is now brought to
a stand with liabilities of 820,000,000.
The difficulty is to be attributed to
the fact that the market is over?
stocked, while the demand for goods
is very light, and to sales last fall on
credit.
Gen. Santa Anna has turned up
again, like a bad shilling; he has
turned up on Staten Island, with
head uppermost, and 'tis hinted that
in the head there are great schemes
going on which will be made known
ere long, and give us another object
of interest to talk about, besides the
threadbare story of the intended im?
peachment of President Johnson.
Row IN NEW YORK.-There was a
liquor selling riot in New York on
Sunday. An officer who had made
au arrest at a saloon, was attacked
by a mixed crowd of all sexes. The
women held his club while tlie men
beat him. Other policemen coming
to the rescue, a hard battle was
fought.
The Baltimore Gazette says that
the statement which has been exten?
sively circulated that Gen. Robert
E. Lee is now engaged in preparing
a history of tho Army of Northern
Virginia daring the late war, is
known to be wholly unfounded.
Gen. Lee is not writing any work of
this character.
NEW RAILROAD SWITCH.-A new
railroad switch lias been invented.
By a simple arrangement, au electric
current rings a bell continuously
whenever the switch is moved from
connection with the main line, warn?
ing not only the switchman, but ail
within hearing.
A waterfall has been discovered in
California two thousand feet high.
We have plenty of waterfalls in our
?own, over five feet in height, of
enormous volume, but all put to?
gether could not beat that California
wonder.
Philadelphia clergymen "cannot
understand why the rich man who
rides in his carriage on Sunday
should go to Heaven, while- the poor
man who rides in the street ctr should
go to hell."
The gaming fever is almost univer?
sal in Paris; and even Baron do
Rothschildjjvbo never gambled be?
fore, was seized with it recently and
won thirty thousand francs in half
aa hour.
An exchange says; Never let peo?
ple work for you gratis. Two years
ago a man carried a bundle for us,
and we have been lending him twen?
ty-live cents a week ever since.
Tho town of Balize, at thc South?
west Pass, month of the Mississippi
River, was destroyed by fire on the
morning of the "loth. Loss $b0,
000. A largo number of families aro
rendered houseless.
The New Orleans Picayune says
that Carine, the French hilliard play?
er, after nearly two years residence
in this country, has learned two
words of theJSnglish language. They
are ".scratch" and "cocktail."
A Cincinnati pedagogue tried to
make the I leas of a youth shoot by
flogging him so that he couldn't
speak for twenty- four hours.