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COLUMBIA. S. C. : Thursday Morning, August 10,1871. Dtmocmtlc Bucccc*. Aa anticipated, the Demporats of Koc tncky havo carried the State el polio DB by a .very large 'majority. And thiB waa accomplished "in apite of the Btrong ef? forts made by the Radical party. The Democratio majority is put at 80,000. According to Senator Morton, this shows Kentucky to bo in a bad way.. By others, however, her oondition will bo regardod quite satisfactory: The French Assembly is still avereo to a transfer of the Ohambor to Paris, nnd it is not surprising tbat the riotous spirit of the mobs of that city Btill inspiro? n fooling of dread and aversion among tho friends of parliamentary government. The Brat necessity of auoh a system is freedom from overshadowing local influ? ence. While Napoleon had at hand a powerful army to obeck uprisings, and while personal government prevailed, Paris was a convenient capital; but. it is a perilous location at periods when auto? cratic power ia not supreme,'and when the notion of the nation is really can' trolled by the decisions of its National Assembly. THE NORTH CABOLINA EI>ZOTXON:-It seems probable from the returns that the oall for a convention to change the Constitution of North Carolina has boen .defeated. The prime object of the friends of the proposed change was to lop off Borne of the abuses permitted under the Republican Constitution, and not, as has been alleged, to interfere with the rights of. the negro. Thc statute which authorized the vote ex pressly- forbids any notion in the pro posed convention opon-subjects embo died in the thirteenth, fourteenth or fif teenth amendments, and also forbid) interference with the rights given to thc negro, i . ? . , 'T - . rr':) ? Bis marok ia now realizing the di fiore not in ease with which a horse oan bo led tc water or-made- to drink. Alsace ant Lorraine are in the peaceable possessio*: of Germany, but the progress of dena tionalizing the inhabitants is admitted even by the j dormans, to be very dis c . oouraging. "The strictest non-intercours is maintained on the part of the poopl with the new officiais, and the antipatb; io everything Gorman in daily growin, in violence. The people in the run distriots actually refnse reparation fo their losses at German hands, and maid tain an attitude as hostile, though uno* ganized, as they did during tho wai Bismarck, however, exhibits the utmoe skill, patienoo and forbearance in deal ing with them, recognizing tho work a one of no easy or rapid performance and herein fully maintains the reputo ti?n he has already acquired as the bet statesman in Europe. NATIONAL CoMM?HCIAIi CONVENTION. A National Commercial Convention wi be held in Baltimore, September 25ti in conformity with a call issued by tb President of the late Southern Commoi oial Convention; which met ot Ciucii: nati in October, 1870. Each iueorp?. rated city is entitled to a delegate in an case, nnd to ono additional for ever 10,000 inhabitants over tho first 10,00( Each Territory is ox pee ted to. send delegate; each State ono for each Cot gressionul District-these are to be af pointed by the respective Governor/ Every incorporated steamboat, railroat * manufacturing and mining company .with each a cash capital of SlOO.OOC and every chamber of commerce an board' of trade may also furnish OD delegate oaoh. Persons of eminence i the arts and sciences and in agrieultui will be offered prominent places in tl Convention. Among the importaut sui jeots to be disoussed are the followinj Railway connection of Virginia citit with the great Wost; central lino i water communication from North t South; development of the gold ar silver mines in the Pacific States ar Territories; enlargement of canals : the United States; continuous inlar wator lino communication West from tl Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ooeni American navigation interests; immuc ty of private property at sea in war tim direct trade between Southern Atlant cities and Europe; river navignt.io flnaneo and taxation; charges on passe ger and freight trafilo by rail and wat linos; improvement of sea-coaat harbot foreign immigration. 2,000 invitatio! have been issued to those entitled to r presentation. DR. DoiiiiiKOEit's LAST.-A oorrespon ont of the New York World sends fro Munich, July 22d, an account of an i |erview with Dr. Dollinger. The farnot professor ie made to say: "Tell tho Am ricans tbat I ara a Catholic still, nt hope to die a Catholic, and that nothir would grieve mo moro than to bo tl causo of a schism in tho church." COOP D'BT?TS.-Thia ia BO essentially a Frenok,.tbiog..tba^. w? bavejuot^at tempted to ?nd a phrase/-for it In Eng? lish, aa thither ^glanffnor AeseWos fec? had a personal.Vor rather national, fceo for. ifci It partakes/ too, atroiigly* of othor French coups, like the coup de soldi-quito un sudden and sharp. The consideration of its oharaoter ?riscs naturally from tho recent statement that the Count de O?arabord proposed to try its efficacy. It means a Budden stroke of State policy, usually intended for tho overthrow of a constitntion or'a dynasty. It is not an ordinary revolution, for the mass of tho people havo little lo do with it. An ambitious man, with or without "rightB," privately gathers his parti Fans, inoculates tho army, counts his chances, and bursts upon tho world with a conn. An ignorant populace is para Ijzed, and ho holds tho reins of power. Of course, the entire secrecy is tho very first element of success. France seems to be in excellent condition for a coup d'etat, as there are several chieftains anxious for supremo power, but they aro watching eaeh other BO closely that secreoy-as in tho case of Chambord cannot bo maintained. Something like this is called in Mexico a pronuncia mento, and the only countries in which suoh things are possible now aro Frnnce, Mexico aud the South American Repub? lics. AFFAIRS IN NEWBERRY.-Our corres? pondent in Newberry informs us that tho election for County Commissioners passed off quietly. Enough is known to declare tho Democrats carried tho day by about 235 majority. A barn on tho premises of Mr. Th os. F. Harman, of Newberry, was destroyed by an incendiary fire, on Friday lust. He lost eleven bogs and a lot of provi? sions. His laborers worked efficiently ie extinguishing the flames. Tho bills of the new bank in Newberry aro about being put in circulation. -;- ? O ? > ITJIJUMINATION OF THE ALPS.-Tbt Augsburg Gazette publishes the follow? ing account of the illumination of the Alps, after the triumphal entry, by t correspondent in Fraunsteiu: "Yeater day's triumphal illumination of tin heights was the grandest, most imposing and most costly that the Bavarian Alpi ever witnessed. It is impossible ever for the ablest pen to attempt to describ? the brilliancy and splendor in which oui mountain heights appeared, and I con sequently confine myself to one romark viz., that from my point of observatioi tho so-called 'Kern' Castle, near Traun stein, where, fifty years ago, the Frond made fine havoc, I counted no less thai ninety-three gigantic bonfires. Nobod; can have any conception of the sacrifie whioh it has cost our Bavarian motin t?ineers to ovinoe so brilliantly their jo; at tho glorious victory and peace; bu who knows what trouble and labor i costs to bani tho required fuel np tbes immense hills?. For instance, up th Hohen Stauffbo, or the steep Keppen wund, to Bausohberg, Hoobgren, o Hoehfolln-all of them measuring 0,00 feet und more in height, or, still highei up the Wutzmann, rising9,300 feetabov the plain. Last night bas borne witness in glaring letters of fire, to distant coin tries that the German Empire is reall aud truly built up firmer than ever b the wir." ? -? A HUGE THINU NIPPED IN THE BUD. Tho Radic?is, not dreaming that tho would be defeated, but, on tho centran sincerely believing that they would b the victors in the recent contest, ha mudo preparations for a monster parad with torches, 1,500' of which woro to b out. i They also wont as far as guttin ready au effigy of their oouquoror, bi: which was nipped in the bud by tb overwhelming defeat which they ha\ been made to Buffer. How much in coi trast with their intentions is tbe condm of tho victors. Although they bad over reason to glorify tho event by a pilbil pageant, they did not do so. "When tb ttadiculs surmised that the Wogent party had au idea of a night paiadi forthwith the Mayor of their election ii vited a conference of leading citizens t ask that it would not occur. Wcro the whore we are now, see what tboy woul have done. When a Radical doon wron it is right, but when otherwise it is monstrous orimo. But things Inn ohuugod. - Charleston Courier. --?.-^ Mita. FAIR'S CASE.-A San Franoise correspondent of the New York //em bas bad a somewhat remarkable inte View recently with Mrs. Fair, tho mu deross of Crittenden, in her cell in U San Francisco jail, This strango womat it seem'B, contested the right of Crittet den to live with bia wife beoauso they di not love one another, and holds to it tin she (tho murderess) and Crittenden wei tho -lawful pair, becaiiBo they did love ot another. Accordingly, in a moment i tomporury insanity, she shot Crittcndoi and now regretted only oue thing_th lie was not present to defend her. HI feels confident of a final reprieve, b canso, as she says, her ease is a politic one, and when she is tried again the: will be a now judge on tho bench. Martin S. Kirby, a citizen of Lownd County, Ga., was arrested on tho alad vit of a party charging him with passii counterfeit Uuitod States securities tho description of National Batik not of various denominations. Other sn peeled parties will soon bo arrested. A fire in Catskill, New York, on ll Otb, destroyed the Catskill House, Pi 'testant Church and Clark's blacksmil shop. Loss over $30,000. Th? Bonlhtrn Claims Commission. Sneoial Commissioner Form?lo imports ;?bo .following' information to guide per? don? * S S Itl tbe preparation and / presentation of claims, I famish; for pobliofltfon, each matter UH is necessary (or their Instruc? tion. Until further notice, I "will soo claimants and attorneye. at tbe State House, in Clerk's office of Supreme Court. Claimants wishing reply by let? ter, will please enclose stamps. The Aot of Congress of Maroh 3, 1871, under which the Commissioners of Claims were appointed, provides that they "Hhall receive, oxamiuo and con? sider the justice and validity of such claims aa shall bo brought before them of those citizens who remained loyal ad? herents to tho oauso aud tbe Govern meut of tho United States during tho war, for stores or supplies takuu or fur? nished duriug the rebellion for tho use bf tho army of the United States, in States proclaimed as in iusurrectiou against tho Uuiied States, inoiudiug Lue use and loss of boats while employed in tho military service of the United Stntes. "Aud the said Commissioners, in con? sidering said claims, shall bo satisfied, from tho testimony of witnesses, under oath, or from other suf?oiout evidence, which shall accompany each claim, taken under such rules aud regulations tm the Commissioners may adopt, of the loyalty and adherence of the claimant to the CHUKO nnd tho Govern nu: ut of the United States, before and ot tho timo of the taking or furnishing of tho property foi which any claim shall be innde, und ol the quantity, quality and value of tin property alleged to have been tuken 01 furnished, and tho time, place aud ma terial circumstances of the taking 01 furnishing of the same. ? * .?? "Said Commissioners shall make re port of their proceedings, aud of eau! claim considered by them, nt the oom inonccment of each session of Congruas to the Speaker of the UOUBO of Itepre seutatives, who sholl lay the same before Congress for consideration; and al claims within this Act, aud nt/t present ed to said Board, shall bo barred, am shall not be entertained by any depart ment of the Government without f urthc authority of Congress." Extracte, from rales aud regulations as follows: "Claimants wboao claims do not es cccd 53,000 may take their testimon before n special Commissioner appointe by this Board, without making applies tion to tho Commissioners at Washing ton, but their petition must have bee duly presented anil filed with tho clerl They may apply in writing to such spi cial Commissioner within the State UK is mest convenient to apply tu. Tb application must state that the clnimai baa duly presented his petition to th Board, at Washington; mast set fort the substance of the petition; must coi tain on account, by items, of the pn perty taken or furnished, thu iten being numbered in succession, and thc total vulao stated at the foot of the a count; and mast state iu tho politic when, where and by whom such proper! wuB taken for tho use of the army. Tb application must specify the Dame? t the witnesses and their residences, i given iu the petition, and whether call? to provo the loyalty of the claimant i tho other fuete. Tho Commissioner wi preserve such application, and will ta] tho depositions of tho witnesses naine lie will allix the application to tho dep sitions, when taken, aud send it with tl depositions to the Clerk. The Commi siounr will notify tho Clerk of tho filii uf tho application, and of the time nt piuco for biking tho tostimouy. * * Every claim must bu stated in a pctitit addressed to the 'Commissioners Claims, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1871, Washington, D. C.;' m na churns prepared in any ether maun will bo received." As the Act of Congress limits tho j risdiction of this Board to "stores ai supplies taken or furnished for the u of the army," no testimony need taken as to charges for rent, for tho n of real estuto, for damages to real esta or fur damages to fields of grass or ??ru iug crops, resulting from the march armies or from military operations, li pasturage, growing crops taken und i tuully used by the army, stunding wo aud timber used for fuel or to build for hospituls, barracks, shelters for soldie or ?tttblcfl, are held to be "supplie! So when buildings aro torn dowu u the materials actually used, the value the miterials is allowed. "The Commissioner will be careful uncertain, whether tho property was . lually used by tho army, was taken I any authority, or was the subject of mi pillage aud ile predation by soldiers." The fees of special Commissioners . to be such as aro now prescribed for t performance of similar duties by Co missioners in Ibo Court of Claim?, v three dollars per day for each day of i tuai attendance, to toko depositions, a twenty cents for each folio of 100 won for taking, certifying and returning t depositions. When there is o oouside bio number of cases in one locality, I Commissioner is expected to go to so convonieut point, there to take testin ny; but if the place be remote, and I cases few, so that he cannot reasoual 'afford to go there for the prescribed fe he should agree with tho claimant, his counsel, upon the must convenu piuco to take the testimouy; and, iu s:i caso, ho may, by previous agroeme receive from tho claimants the amoi of his traveling expenses in going to ii returning from such place. This is bo limited to tho money so actually < pended, and is not to virtually lucre his fees by some general stipulai allowance for traveling expenses. 'J per diem aud feos, in euch cuso condti ed before mo, must be paid ut the ti of taking depositions. I cannot h any interest in tho result of n chum II substituto for its payment. The Ba!oi?h (N. 0 ) Telegram is dc Proceedings of Council. y] BEaDI-AjLMEBTING. ?nuNontf CHAMBER, t COLUMBIA, S,'C., AbgustS,187#\ Council met at;7.30 P/M. TreiicnJ-^ Hia Honor tho Mayor, John Alexander; Aldermen Cooper, Goodwyn, Hayhe, Minort, Mojney, Simon's, Smith and Thompson. Absent-Aldermen Denny, Taylor, Wallnco und Wigg. The minutes of previouH regular and special meetings were read and confirmed. On motion, tho regular call of bnsi ness was suspended, to proceed with trials ponding. Charges against Policeman Miles, (prt - forred by C. Hamberg, Esq.,) of threat? ening to prcveut piaiutifT from building a bouso on bia own property, was read. Alderman Thompson stated that the plaintiff desired to withdraw the charges. Mr. Hamburg, being iu attendance, mudo vorbol request to be allowed to withdraw tho charges beforo Council. [Tho request was gran Led. Charges against Policeman R. Bright, i (preferred by C. Hamberg, Esq.,) that bo I did, without provocation, drug phiiutiLT'H horse and buggy across a certain street, was read. Tho policeman was duly arraigned aud plead not guilty. Witnesses wore examined and, lifter mature deliberation, Policeman Bright was adjudged not guilty, nnd the case dismissed. Charges against P. B. Nowell, City Weigher, (preferred by T. D. Loomis, Esq.,) for fulse weighing and overcharge of same. On July 22, 1871. Mr. Nowell was arraigned and plead not guilty. Witnesses we ru examined and, after maturo deliberation, P. B. Nowell, City Weigher, was adjudged not guilty, and was honorably acquitted. PETITIONS, liTC. Petition of Mr. D. ll. Kully, convicted of retailing liquor without a license, for a new trial. Ou motion of Alderman Moonby, the further consideration of tho petition was indefinitely postponed. Applications of Copeland Sc Bearden, for quart license, and D. Glaze and Jacob Thompson, for tavern license. Referred to Committee on Licenses. Tho following accounts were presented aud referred to tho Committee on Ac? counts: H. Green, Street Department; John Alexander, Water Works and Guard House; Mayrant Sc Howell, Street De? partment; E. D. Gilmore, Sidney Park; Fagan Brothers, Alms House; T. W. Pope, Alms House und Hospital; Coopei Sc Tuylor, Alms House, Hospital, Sireel Department, Guard House, Market ant Sidney Park. REPORTS. Reports of City Treasurer and Clerl of Market for July, 1871, were presented and the former referred to Committei on Ways and M( ans nnd tho lutter tc Committee on Market. Tho following roport of Chief of Po lice was presented und referred to Com mittoo on Guard House aud Police: OFFICE CHIEF OF POLICE, COLUMBIA, August 1, 1871. Monthly report of tho Police Depart ment for tho month of July, ending ot tho 31st, 1871: Tho total number of arrests made dur iug the month of July, for all grades o crime aud offence committed within tb city, is 88, of which G3 were mains am 25 females; 29 were whites and 59 wer colored. Tho following report show tho various grades of crime and offene for which persona wore arrested am dealt with according to law, to wit: Di* orderly conduct 38; vagrancy 3; drivin; ou pavement 1 ; using profane ?angling G; drunk 14; shooting gnu in-city l;keep iug gamiug bouse 1; gambling S; bavin; guano in store, (nuisance,) 1; petit lat cony 1; lim boring ii mau violating law 1 burglary and larceny 1; interfering wit! police in their duties 1; indecent co ?id nc in struct 2; violating Sunday ordiuauc 4; committing rape on child 1; transad iug business without license 1. Th? followiug disposition was made c persons arrested during tho month c July: 7 served their timo oh street ii work, of which they worked 53 days, o lifty cents per day; 52 were discharge by his Honor tho Mayor. Tho following .statement shows th amount of fines collected from prisonoi arrested by tho Police Department fe tho month of July, to wit: Total arnon c assessed, SlU?.50; total amount collect?e S71.??. lu conclusion, I would say that tb city is very quiet at .present, and a groi many less loafers than there were som? timo ago; still them ore some yet tin will have to bo attended to. I deem it but just icu to say that tb police forco have dono their duty fuit! fully uud effectually during the pa: mouth; and tho general health of th force has been good, considering the OJ tremo heat and exposuro incident to tb faithful performance of police duty. JOHN A. JACKSON, Chief of Police. Alderman Minort, from Committco o Siduey Park, submitted tho followin resolutions, which were adopted: Resolved, That tho Mayor bo reques! od to invite tho two city bands and tb Post Band to furnish music in the Cit Park, for the benefit of tho public, enc uvouiog, (except Sunday,) during tb summer aud fall months-the solectio of time of ploying to bo determined b tho band leadors. Resolved, That tbeso resolutions b communicated to tho Commandant f tho Post aud the captains of thu cit bands. Aldorraan Cooper, from Committco o Streets, reported parties encroaching o sidowulk by creel ion of now fences o Blunding, Barnwell, Henderson an Laurel streots. On motion, it was Resolved, That tho Mayor enforce Hi ordinauco relativo to erection of foncei RESOLUTIONS, By Alderman Cooper: Resolved, That the Commitleo o Market be instructed to carefully exam? ine and report at next meeting tho con? dition- of tbe city-fic?le? adjoining tho Market. Adoptod-ij CJ > ? Pl ifBy Alderman 'Mooney: .Resolved, That tbe Obief bf Police bo i instructed to re-arrest D. H. Kelty, and bold him in custody for failure to pay fine adjudged by Counoil-said impri? sonment tcj bo in obedience to sunteuco previously passed by Council. Adopted. By Alderrnnu liny ne: Resolved, That the operation of au or? dinance relutiug to gouts and swine bo suspended until October 1,1871. Adopt? ed. Council received from and receipted to City Treasurer for 81)1.95 oity money, und destroyed same by burning. On motion, Counoil adjourned. WILLIAM J. ETTER. City Clerk. ' CASE OK ATTEMPTED DKOWNINO.-Alex. Williams und Charle? Jones, who beut ?nothor colored man-Nero Hinkler und then threw him in the river, und at? tempted to drown bim, because be did uot ngree with them in politics, were brought before Trial Justice Levy, yes? terday. It was proved that Williams did tho beating and Jones rendered as? sistance iu throwing him overboard. They wore bound over to answer at the Court ol General Sessions. [Charleston Courier. TUE C no LEK A . - In addition to its ravages in Belaud, the cholera is show? ing itself boldly in muuy other coun? tries at present. It hus been severe iu ?St. Petersburg, and is extending South wurdi. lu Moscow it is raging. It has appeared iu KU epidemical form in Te? beran, in Persia, where the ,mortality was ninety a day ut last accounts, and lt is reported to have broken out vio? lently iu Madagascar aud at tho Prouch colony ut Norse. Wonk ON THE CUSTOM HOUSE TO DE RESUMED.-Tho Washington Chronicle says: The contractors for tho marble work on tho custom house at Charleston, ?. C., were notified, ou Saturday, by Score-' tury Boutwell, to resume work upon I that building. Tins portion of work upon the building was suspended on ac? count of the war. The Davenport, Iowa, printers seized a circus and menagerie the other day for uot paying itu bills, and now eaoh editor is the happy owner of aSwineoaphalus, or Giastioutus, or aHippopotatiemise, or an Alaskan Sea Lion. When subscribers rage and a mau comes ia and wants to know "who wrote that urticle," the editor unchains his menagerie, and the iusulted fellow has asuddeu call to "see a man" elsewhere. KILLED nr LIGHTNING.-On Saturday ; afternoon last, during the severe thun? der storm that swept over this section, Capt. Wm. Evana bad ten large bogs killed by lightning. They were all lying under a piuo tree wbiab was stricken, and torn "all tn flinters." [Mttrion Star. HIDING BULLION.-The Bank of Eng-2 laud is stowing away bullion with un? wearying zeal, and the English papers point it out as another evidenco that war is among tho probabilities. There were nearly $140,000 in tho vaults at last ad? vices, and more coming in. An old soldier, who resides near Lou? isville, has regularly recurring quarrels with his wifo. At such times ho takes his tent, a frying pan aud some provi? sions, und camps out until his wife hunts him up aud effects a reoouciliation. A gentleman in Indiana has cleared his house of cock-roaches by scattering about a liberal supply of old-fashioned red wafers. It is supposed that after gorging themselves these cheerful in? sects retire to their holes and stick fast. Mayor Pillsbury has oflieially an? nounced tho election of the Conservative ticket in Charleston-their term of office begiuuiug on the lirst Wednesday iu No? vember. Tho wives of Gcuoral Sherman and Admiral D.ihlgreu, with Miss C. E. Beecher, have started a paper iu Balti? more, in opposition to woman suffrage. It is culled tho Trite Woman. Thero were twenty-seven deaths in Charleston for tho week ending the 5th instant-whites Ave; colored twenty-two. Mr. James Bowers, of Macon, Ga., had his neck broken, on the 5th, by his horso falling upon him. A Kansas hog- recently butchered tho bulcher who went into the pen to kill him. Why is it that nfount Vesuvius never sleeps? Because it is always yawning. OFFICIAL RAFFLE NUMBERS Charleston Charl tahlo Association, for benefit Free Behool fond: RAFFLE CLASS NO. 123.-Morning-August 9. Gl-70-19-24-35-7-58-73-74-21-47 20 Witness our hands, at Charleston, this 9th ! August, 1871. FENN PECK, JAMES Ol LL IL AND, August 10 Sworn Commission ors. GROCERS EVERYWHERE KtEr IT.-Why? Be? cause DOOLEY'S YEAST POWDER has achieved a roputation second to'hono for etrongth, purity, reliability and economy. It produces most olegant, light biscuits, rolls, Ac, and so exact are thu proportions of each ingredient that tho samo results follow eaeb timo. It per? mits no waste of Hour-is convenient to usn. and tho food prepared with it is such that ii can bo oaten and relished by the most sonsh tivo dyspeptic or invalid without fear of indi? gestion. Manufactured by DOOLEY A BRO? THER, (59 New street , New York, and for salo at retail by ull grocers. Aug 8 ?3 Mu. P. P. TOALE'S NEW OFFICE AND SALES ROOMS -Wo aro happy lo inform our readers that their old acquaintance, Mr. P. P. Toalo, while continuing Ida manufactory of doors, sashes, blinds, etc, on llorlbock's wharf, Charleston, H. C., has opened a handsome office and extensivo sales rooms at No. 20 ? lay ne street, wlioro they will find it more convenient to call on. li i ni wbon thoy visit tho city. Tho sales rooraB extend to No. 33 Pinckuoy streut, whore thoro is auothor en? trance. Bond and get a now and extended price list nf latest styles, otc. Boo udvortiso nmlt. July ll Imo $ Ju* <2> o ?a, 1 . X "fco aaa. ? . PHONIXIANA.--TLo price of single copies of the Pn?ENix is five couta.' , Mrs. Yiotoria 0/ Woodhall publishes au address from an imaginary , body, which she styles "The Victoria League," imploring her to become a candidate for the Presidency against Grant. Mrs. Woodhull takes occasion to write aa elaborate letter of acceptance. This is thin. Hard-shell Baptists make tho best lay preachers. Dr. Livingston, the famous Africnn traveler, is becoming intolerable. We forgot how many times he has been dead and dug up again; but here he is now, and bas beeu for tho lust year, within a few Gcoro miles of a European settle? ment on tho sea-coast, obstinately refus? ing to como on and clear up the mystery which haugs over his fate. If he is dead, why does he not let the world kuow it? It is very wrong in a dead man to act so obstinately. Our merchants, and others wishing to prepare for the fall business, will please take notice that the PIKE six office is supplied with all necessary material for us handsome cards, bill heads, posters, circulars, and other printing that maybe desired, ns any omeo in tho city. Give us a oall aud test our. work. Yesterday, about half-past 12 o'clock, lightning struck the parapet of Mr. J. S. McIntosh's brick house, on Main street, below the State House, knocking off a dozen or so bricks, cracking the plattering, and making quite a fissure in the upper part of tho front , wall. Mr. W.. T. Martin was walking in front o? the building at tba time it was struck, and narrowly escaped being straok by the falling bricks. The thermometer at the Pollock House stood ns follows, yesterday: 7 A.. M., 80; 12 M., 84; 2 P. M., 88; 7 P. M., 87. MAIL A un AN O UM EK TH.- Tho Northern mail opens at 8.00 P. M.; closes 7.16 A. M. Oharleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 6.30 A. M.; closes 6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens. 6.45. P. M. ; cl osea 6.00 A. M. Western mail opens 9.00 A. M.; closes 1.30 P. M.' On Sunday office open from 3.to 4 P. -M. ' SHOT His WIFB.-A colored man, named Charles Davis, had a difficulty with his wife, Caroline, yesterday after? noon, and under the excitement, shot her twice with a pistol-once in the leg and the second'time in the body. The wounds are considered dangerous. Da? vis had recently returned from the West, we are informed, and unfavorable re? ports relative to his family affairs caused thc disturbance. Davis was arrested. SOP?EME C??BT DECISIONS, August 9. CH. Hey ward, el al., vs. J. Ashe Hasell, et al. Deeree of Circuit Judge affirmed and appeal dismissed. Opinion by Wil? lard, A. J. Scott, Williams & Co., vs. Joseph Crows. Motion granted and a new trihi ordered. Opinion by Moses, C. J. Tho Stato cr rel. James Robb, et al., trustees, r.s. William Gurney, Troasnrei of Charleston County. Judgment dis missing motion heretofore filed. Opt niou by Moses, C. J. The State ex rel. Theodore D. Wagnei rs. J. Pv. Stoll, Treasurer. Judgment dismissing motion heretofore filed. Opi niou by Moses, C. J. LOVE.-There is nothing on eartl worthy to be compared for a momen with love. No other thing that can give by itself, unalloyed happiness. A love less wife is worthless, though passed ii luxury and crowned with the provides laurels of successful ambition. A Hf well set about with love is blessed though haunted by that restless fat which seems to deny to some men ant women what the world calls success. Ti have boen without a parent's love ii childhood, without the love of brother and sisters; to havo passed youth with out the more romantic lovo which make Heaven of earth; and to live on in ma turity, neither feeling nor inspiring tba strong, enduring love, which makes an burden light, so tbat it benefits the well beloved, is to be poor indeed-so poe that oven the pitying angels have no aim to give them that can do any good. An yet how many know nothing of love, c only understand the word in its ooarsei sense, so tbat ono blushes to have it ul tered iu such presence. How man? moro puro than these, sneer at it as a d( lusion and absurdity, not uuderstandin tbat puro lovo is not a thing of tb senses, but of tho spul; not a flame flickering and flashing over the passior ato time of life, but a soft, Bteady glow lighting it (rom tho cradle to tho grave and ono may oven hope, burning on be youd it, si Deo Heaven itself is love. LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 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