The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 15, 1871, Image 2

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Tuesday Horning, August 15,1871. RuMoruii? Eun?rEAN AXILJASOE. --It is hardly oonooivable that. the rumore of proposed or suspected alliance between Franco and Russin ns against Austria and Prussia, or any other Europoau powere, are based apon adj Bolid foundation. There aro many circumstances at presen t involved in the mist of European poli $r tics; ho doubt,' which wonld fender such an alliance not improbable; bot tho atti tudeof the Czar towards the Emperor William, for the past twelve months,.hue . been -so palpably partial, that any posi? tion .involving, hostility woulti, at this time/' be astounding. It is difficult to f atb oin . the.- jj woy H .. of 'the J great, and pr i ucea are pro V?rbi?lly riot tobe trusted ; ' * but tho Bpqck of ? war which tho correa ^ pbn den ts have josi. discovered ia a Very npoohryphal atom, to say tho uiuat of it. "Gp VERNOR" BOTIJEB.-It ia., stated that while Goo. Butler is snpported for G^veryof of ' Massachusetts by.only two . of the leading Republican -jouruala, ?nd d?aOu. bocel by ito oat R of. thqrn, ho hos a considerable-follow fog of what'aro called "?dds and ends," otherwise Jkuow'n as theMfeprese^^^ Tbjbegin with, Ihough^ coming lato into tho;liopublican party,'he ia now what,is considered*.^ an- advanced Republican, bfeltig as fat iii ?fh^ftoHt'of that party aa '* ho Waa of thoD'omocra.oy when he voted iii'th'o Charleston Convention sixty-one ti mo* for Jefferson vDAf fe/ Tn the next .'.'? piaC?i he appears da >a representativo ot to# {fish Catholics j arid Fenian?, insist* i Og) that the Orangomen Bbonld not'hu.ve buer^ allowed to parado In Now ^ork, sind ais o'r going in for a'"vigoroua foroigrj pbHcy" toward England. He, thirdly, expects the support of Radical tempe rahoo' mqh on tho ground that ho was th? auVhois otiho llrat^ prohibitory iaw: i a Mass??hoaolt?, though tho fact is no urged that he is said to havo taken a fe< - of S300 :.f or drafting . it ! . Gou. ! Bu tie was also, ono of tho -eur liest adv oca toa o tho' reduction bf tho boura of labor it the mills, even when ho knew that h arrayed .himself thereby . against th wealthy manufacturers, and thus th lahoe> movement is roliod on for h i rr Tho woman soffrage party also receive tho light ,of bia countenance .' 'I bav como to-tho Conclusion," says Gen. Bu! 1er, "?hut tho Constitution of the Uuite States hoe'graiited' the right1 of suffrag ? to..women, aa against all State laws wha ever:*' 11 The ''constitution of: Maasacht Batts requires a majority of votes to olei a Govoruor, and if Butlor ia defeated i r tho Republican Convention, and ati ruu9, the election might he. thrown .ihl th?'L?gie??turo. The Republican majt rity last . year was "only ?borAtiB,OOO, an Butler's capacity of directing favorin glaucus so man y different : ways ought I assure him double that number. '.tfiix--:-.. Tju^r^^^A^n^^Th? .flowing from. tho New York <Nationi '? 'W?'hnd'arr impression, which we ca - not now justify by. reference to the pr ?r per sources, that" one effect of the Ta Payera' Convention -in'South Garolii waa to extort from the State.Treasure Mr. Niles G. Parker, A promise of hear co-operation with.a committee which tl Convention proposed to But to work hi* booka, in order to discover the tra or falaeb?od of theirregu)aritiesobargi - against lum ?nd the L?gislature conjoin v ; . ly^^We did not, for" our I part, belie that.Parker would do anything of tl ., kind, nny moro than we expect Hall ai Coppplly to make a clean breast of when they offer to do so, Ia fact, the appears in tho -Charleston, papers a lett from him'to Mr. E. J. Scott, ch air mi of the Conven lion's committee, who, seems? had; applied to a Legislative coi n^^tee, regularly employed in examinii the Treasury accounts, for permission join thom, and; had. got the, cold shoi deifc, ?Not taught Jay this rebuff, heh tuen sought Mr.Parker's approval of - independent . examination, assisted 1 oompetent business mon of Columbia, [t be. solee ted by tl- o. President o i the h Convention. AI?.- Parker considers tl "unparalleled presumption;" says if t L?gislative Committee had conseja ted Mr/ Scott's application, he, inarki would havo offered no obstacle; moi over,. two previous committees of t ; Legislature, acting according to atatu had examined- the Tr?osur?r'? aoooui fo^|^86^70v /dha."- found j evefytbi Blight',,and ho leaves it to be infer? th?: prese nt oommitteo maybe trusted whitewash ' aa* well ns ita predecesao F?n>lly?; foi ^grasifc ? Mr.;. 8cottVrerip . wo?lfl.he to open the door to all aorta inveau^atoTa. and Ilma "tho office wot bo subjected to a great annoyance, a its business seriously retarded." I ~P?^k?r'8;f?n^ In the ability and strict / togrtty -pf members of, the Legislature so. ;great that Mr.'- Scott need ban ' :j Uovbl?fhimself to- point ont their ut disfiaaliStation for the task pt, o.yorha ing Accounts, and the worthlessness any conclusion nt which they may p tend tfchave arrived. ' . ^ . *..:..??.. TV. \ .. ^ --.^, : ... Forney.epmplains that the South " . bola''aro hot "tho lambs they were lieyed lo be. by the North/' This, minda ns. of tho little boy who sa "Mammy, make John behave li i m si every time I hit him with thia hame he^bjpUererrr-i'yjJc7<iu)vjr Exchange. 'l?^^?^?^p?Mt^^i a'oy^e'f?tf ?vre db- daily, read the paper? from all sections of the country-North, South, Eaat.ands We?t-r-*od,if dposnot be? come . uaGdoatod with the tdokening li?t of orim?8, of a)S sorta-and ' of ijhe still more Biokeuing-details, ho ha? ft Bloater stomach for tho horrible titan we have. Tho Northern preea pnrtioularlji seems to* revel in just that sort of thing. It not only moat go into the whole minutia?, but carries tho joke still farther-they describe tbo prisoners to a hair, what kind ol clothes they wear, their com? plexion, color , of their eyes, hair, bear? ing in^court, &o,;Jb.qt..ol8p,. ns if these wore not enough, and to keep, the publia mind cm prisoners whoso oases would be .entirely forgotten, they interview them. Taterview I Is not that thing being run in tho ground? It was bud enough to I interview politicians, and publish their j sayings to the world, for politicians are I generally considered gentlemen, but to i titer view a felon 1 Heaven help usl Hau tim human heart grown so despe? rately wicked and the haman mind BO utterly depraved, that nothing less thau the reading of crimo, with all its har? rowing details, will satisfy its cravings? Or has the love of money BO rooted it? self in tho minds of thcBO nowspapor men that they must foster crime for the sake of the chink that it may put in 'their pockets? Money makes the marc go, and .these-take "thin reprob?n si bio method of replenishing their already overstocked, exchequer. ' Look, for in stance,, at tho," illustrated I papers pub? lished?ri New' York pi ty, Vfe remember being iii Now York at the time Mrs. dur? rat t was hung, and tho illustrated papers had .a large piotur? representing -her and her fellow-sufferers hot only an tho drop, but also with tho rope aronnd theil necks'and the oap drawn over their fuaes waiting for tho drop to fall. Later still, within the past, few .months, a man wat hung, abd. those same.papers, had to o dot not only how he looked and what he said, but.a picture pf him, too, with thc noose aroqud his neck. Last Friday, another 'mian waa hung, in Ke w York foi wife murder', and next week; \r? shal have the same revolting exhibition pa raded before the public oye. Look also, at the New York Herald sending i reporter all the way to California to in farview Laura Fair, the lotter describ? nj I.her looks and what sha said, spread ou in full in the columns of that deleotabl sheet'for th'? ?dification bf its nunieron readers! Look, too, at the case bf Mrs Wharton, in Baltimore, at whose doo the papers are laying all the crimes poe sible to conceive of, how she poisono* Qeneral Ketcham, and at the same tim a young gentleman of Baltimore uude her roof; how she borrowed money an then poisoned the parties Rho bor rowe it from to get rid of their importunity for re-payment; they even go furthei and so strenuously charged that she po soned her son, who has been dead fe years, that the remains of that son wei at last exhumed, and the stomach take ont for analyzation iu order to satis! these Gravers after money in this woman blood.; In fact, some of these pape have, gone BO far in their denn muutie: of this unfortunate woman that, coi science stricken, one of them took it ti back and apologized to its readers ft the injustice it had done her. Now v charge that this sort of dealing with ci minais..vitiates the public taste, fami iarizes the people to, and is ono of tl grand fomenters of, crime. It du harm "in another way. Every newsp per possesses some influence with tl publio, and instead of merely stain that a crime has been committed, wi the name or uamos of the parties a rested charged with the commission it, and waiting for the law to take i course, they must, forsooth, forestall tl courts of tho country and condemn tl parties to tho pun iah mont they thii they deserve. Juries, courts and judy are of no use, for in the estimation these wise-aores, their judgment mu prevail. This is all wrong. Thia is su posed to bea country of law, and t newspapers ore certainly not the n pointed administrators of it, and hen their... silence would prove more udvu tago?us to the country and moro bene cial to the prisoner than their eben jargou is.-Savannah Republican. GAMUIJINC? AGAINST DEATH.-Jose Messner was executed in the jail yard Rochester County, on the afternoon the 11th, for the murder of his wife 1868. He died with scarcely a strugg He made a fall confession of gui Messner nnd his wife lived on bad tern frequently quarreling, owing to the i temperance of Messner. In ono of the quarrels at th air shanty, near Penile on the 13th of April, 1868, Messr attacked hor with a large stick and a with a mallet, and beat her brains o He was convioted and sentenced to bung on the dth of March, 1869. It alleged a. betting ring was formet], w took his case in hand to gumble- on 1 fate, andghroogh their exertions he v respited nil Deaember 10. At this tin it was supposed..to. be certain he wot be hung, and tho officials interested at a large number of ticket? of admissi at two dollars eaah to the persons ai ions to witness the scene. The gambl made their bots, however, and thou the man was brought upon the gallon j they got him oft again on a writ of el? and stay of proceedings. He was tr ? again ' and convicted, and to-day I melancholy farce was ended. Ff om- Wyoming:-"Recently als ru 'ried ladles aqd as many gentlemen w ompauulled upon a murder case, anti beca mo necessary to look them np night.' Three of tho husbandsstorn and raved af tho jadgo, and a half do: qhfldreh made the court house ring w 'their orics. The uproar continued ni tho jary was placed under look and ko Fivo couples were recently married one house in Maine. Three of tho c tracting parties w?ro children of ' ooo ii pants of tho mun sion, and six w members of the household. I spent a night with some friends on tho top of Vesuvius, freezing on ono aide i*ud broiling on the. other. We kept ourselves awake by tho atnusomont of dodging th? failing atones. - About one in ten minutes', the old mountain gave a ab iver, thon a burst, like 40,000 muffled cannon, if eyer there wag, euch a thing.' At eaoh burst, a olond of black smoko in tba shane of au invertod hay-stack, and about thirteen times tho size of the Galt House, was driven into tho air, followed by a mass of livid flame, that lighted tho country for leagues around. Then, boys, Jook out for stone?. Millions nf tons are tftrown hundreds of feet iuto the air, most of them fulling back iuto tho crater, but many, varying iu tuzo from a pigeon's egg to a tobacco hogs? head, lund outside, und you must dori go -generally easy enough, ns they aro of a white heat, nud show us plain as rockot stars. They tumble down tho steep cone, biasing and steaming iu thu snow, the big ones breaking iuto fragments and flying like a bursting shell. Now, boys, is the time, ten minutes' interval. We rush up to tho very edge of tho abyss and look down to eeo further par? ticulars-see "Dante's Iuferno"-but you tpoil your boote; I did. You tinge your mouetucho; I did; and you wish you were safe out of it; I did. You turn away sneezing, us if you hud accidentally iguited a box of locofoeus under your UUHU; for a moment all is dark, and then the long twinkling rows of gas lumps in tho streets of Naples seem to spring out of tho ground under your foot, though miles away; then you soo the lights iu tho little towns about 'he base of. the mou u tai ns in ull save one, and that ono tho largest. Pompeii j-with its great old temple, magnificent theatres, closu-built streets aud vast arena, is dark; the grim, skeletons, lying in their ashen boda, alono keep vigil there; their eyeless sockets need - no. light. - Cor. Louisville Courier-Journal. According to the German Correspon? dent the Government of Germany has decided that railway rolling stock is nut to be considered fuir prize of war; and the carriages taken from the French are accordingly to be returned as soon as possible. No government baa, however, given in its adhesion to this view of the ouse, and the question therefore remains open. 10,000 railway carriages in all are said to have been captured by the Ger? man troops, und some were taken in ac? tual battle. It is stated, in a German paper, that Prussia has entered into ne? gotiations with Austria and Bavaria in order to concert measures in common for dealing with pending religious ques? tions, especially thoBO arming out of the promulgation of the infallibility dogma. Complimentary letters, including a good understanding on tho subject, are said to have passed between Priuco Bismarck and Count Beust. ' And here we have an Indian Iliad, so ' pathetic, yet grave, that it deserves to bo enshrined in history by the side of Wiuklereid's devotion, "?tnnding Buf? falo," chief of tho Sauteo Sioux, had pledged his royal word with the whites to remain at peuce. When he was visit? ed by a warlike branch of the same tribe, who wished to attack the Gros-Ventres, for three full duys ho restated their im? portunities. At tho end of that time, being taunted by his own braves with cowardice, he consented to go-but only to die. He accordingly gavo away hie property, bade adieu tu all, Bet out upon tho war path, aud at the first charge, dashed on to his death. Even the sol? diers on the froutier, albeit not much given to Indian adoration, are loud in appreciation of the gallantry and no? bility displayed by the self-murtyred chief, who certainly deserves to grnco an epic. A GLUTTON'S WAOER.-For a wager, a man, several days since, ate forty hurd boiled eggs, and drunk on top of it ono gallon of luger, nt n sitting. Ho is quite a small mau, aud it is a matter of won? derment that ho has such a stowing ca? pacity; but we presume that it is ou the same order as that of the hog-which empties of its contents of slops a tub larger than iteolf.-Mobile Register. A meeting was held in Aiken, on Sat? urday last, for tho purpose of consider? ing the location and erection of the pub? lic buildings for tho" new County. A stormy discussion ensued, when tinnily it was decided to adjourn-subject to the cull of tho Chairman of the Commission? ers. Although there are yet mon in arms against the royal authority in Cuba, tho Spanish Government has decreed an Aot of universal amnesty. In the United States, though not a gun has been fired against the Federal authority for six years, there is no general pardon yet. Republican morey is harder than Spanish hate. On Tuesday last, Willie Blersch, the seven year old son of Ernest Blersch, who keeps a tan-yard in Cincinnati, waa torn to pieces and. devoured by thirteen ferocious dogs, which had been kept on the premises as watch dogs. Tho neigh? bors, who were attracted by the clamor, killed the animals. Deeply were wo affected on reading the other day of a young lady who, being told that her lover had been suddenly killed, cried: "Oh, that splendid gold watch of hist Give me that-give me something to remember him by!" Touching simplicity 1 SPunoBON AGAIN.-Having been of? fered $10,000 in gold, by submarino ca? ble, to writs a Lifo of Christ, Spurgeon, the great English preacher, has tele? graphed back that as good a Lifo of Christ as could be written would bo found in the Now Testament. Here's a marriage for you: "Marriod, at Flintstone, by the Kev. Mr. Wind stone, Mr. Nehemiah Whetstono and Miss Wilhelmina Sandstone, both of Limestone." 'SOMETHING ?BOtrx Tiarri" ^W?y do some .people's teeth come oat more readily tbao others? The reasons for thia oro probably many. About" the middle of the last cou tury, Peier Kulm, a Swede, visited.'America, and wrote sensibly about what he saw. Ho .ob? served a freqnont loss of teeth among settlers from Europe, especially, women. After discussing and rejecting many modes of explanation, he attributed it to hot toa and other hot beverages; and came to a goneral conclusion that "hot feeders lose their teeth more readily than cold feeders." Mr. Catlin, who some year? ago had an interesting exhibition of fudtau scenery, drosses, weapons, io., noticed that North American lu dines have better teeth than tho whites. He ncoonuts for the difference in this nt l ange way-that the reds keep the mouth shut, whereas the whites keep it open. Thu tooth, he says, require mois? ture to keep their surfaces in good work? ing order; when the mouth is open, tho mucous membrane has a tendency to dry up, tho teeth loso their needed supply of moisture, and thence come discolora? tion, toothache, tic doloureux, decay, looseness and eventual lose of teeth. Mr. Catliu scolds thu human race gene? rally for being less sensible than thu' brutes in this respect, aud the white race especially in comparison with tho red. Wo keep our mouths opon far too much; tho Indian warrior sleeps, bouts aud smiles with his mouth shut, and respires through tho nostrils. Amoug tho virtues attributed by him to closed lips, oue ?is excellent - when you aro uugry, keep your mouth shut. [Chambers' Journal. THE EFFECT UPON WORKING MEN.-A prominent Charleston contractor informs us that he has moro than doubled his force of mechanics sud laborers siuce the day of tho muuicipal election. The increased number-of whom two-thirds aro colored men-are required to execute contracts which were given out aa soon ns tho election of Greneru! Wagoner and the Conservative ticket was officially de? clared. Thia fact is an indication of the in? creased prosperity which all clashes will enjoy when tho new government is fairly uuder way. Already the city is throb? bing with a life and activity which Au? gust heats and falling quotations for cot? ton cannot overcome [Charleston News. TORT HOY AL RAILWAY.-Mr. Gage, the engineer of this road, has informed thc Beaufort Kepublicun that work hus been commenced in tho vicinity of Yemasseo, aud that fifty men aro preparing it for use. 300 tons of rails have been pur? chased in New York, and will shortly bo en route for Battery Point. Tho "ehuirs" have been ordered from Bich mond, and will shortly arrive. 700 tons of ruils, contracted for by tho old regime, were to have sailed from Europo by tho 21st of June, but, as yet, no tidings have been heard of tho vessel. DROWNED.-Clara Talbot and Henri? etta Barnwell, young women, colored, (says the Beaufort Republican, of tho 10th instant,) who were coming across Broad River, on Sunday afternoon, in u small bout, were drowned, by tho filling aud swamping of tho boat. Tho father aud brother of Henrietta were with them, and could swim, but, notwithstanding all their efforts, the unfortunate girls, although twico brought up and placed within reach of tho boat's gunwale, sunk in deep water. Thu Carolina Era, (Raleigh. N. C.,) of tho 10th instant, states that a while in? fant was left in the possession of Maria Lout, colored, by its unnatural parents, on or about tho 15th day of July, by n gentleman and lady who called and en? gaged a room at her honse, where tho child was born. The lady gave her name as Annie Thompson, add stated that shu was from Coln m ina, S. C., and was on her way to New York, aud would eull for tho infant in ten days. MUNICIPAL ELECTION.-The followiug persons were elected nt the Beuufort election: Intendant- R. S. Bennett. Town Wardens-Messrs. P. E. Ezekiel, F. Talbird, Josiah Jackson, W. H. Duuuomuu, II. Yon Harton and Cato Perry. On Saturday last, a bear, weighing be? tween DUO und COU pounds, was killed by Mr. Sebron Hay and his two sons, about live miles from Aiken, on the Edgctield road. Mr. D. is well known iu this sec? tion as an old hunter. \Barnwell Journal. At Bay St. Louis, Charles Reyer beat one small boy near to death, and out an? other until all bia intestines protruded, because be believed they had tormented his Bon. Tho wounded boy died tho samo ovening. - Tho continuance of wot weather gives rise to considerable apprehensions re? specting tho harvest in Ireland. Tho potato blight is reported to have ap? peared in Kilkenny. A Freuohman namod Gobiu, n patient at St. Luke's Hospital, New York, par? tially swallowed artificial teeth while eating, and strangled before succor ar? rived. A lady in Halifax County, Va., who, year before last, gave birth to throe boys at one time, gave birth, week before last, to four boys. All were doing well at lust aooounts. MURDER.- Mr.? John Joiner, of Dooly County, Ga.,' waa murdered on Thursday night last, at his residence in that Coun? ty, by a man named A. C. Dovereaux. Tho murderer escaped. SUICIDE.-On last Wednesday morn? ing, Mr. A. N. Snel/ion, of Washington, Gu., who has been suffering from mental derangement for some time past, com? mitted suicide by taking strychnine. A Boston physioian says that four young girls, full of intelligence and pro? mise, havo been killed outright by tho severity of tho tasks imposed upon them in a high school in that vicinity. TEd o ? Wi X t e Ttl m m PHCBNIXIANA.-The price of single copies of the Pu CEN rx i? Q ve conta. * -Silver's patent - elostto broom is the latest novelty, j A neat b?ndle 'and a bunch of broom corn aro the necessary articles. When one broom weare out, another can bo prepared in a short time. The brooms can bc aceu at Morris' News Room, on Wushington street, and all information given by Mr. W. S. Stratton. Young JadieB suffering from a pain in the side moy relieve it by wearing a sash". As an evidence of what oan be done whiUt people aro crying out "hard times," we learn that Mr. R. F. Miller, City Missionary, hus BO far succeeded in his visits to our oitizens to aid him in building chapels for the poor, as to con tompiate commencing the first ono in a few weeks. Let contributions bo made to this most worthy object by all, and Boon the poor will feel thnt "men careth for my sunl." He will gladly receive any amount sent him. Our merchants, and others wishing tc prepare fur tho full business, will please take notice that the PIIONIX ofQce if supplied with all uecesHary material foi as haudsomo cards, bill heads, posters, circulars, aud other printing tbut maybe desired, us any office iu tho city. G iv? us a call and tust our work. Tho centennial anniversary of tb? birth of Scotland's great author oocun to-day. It will bo celebrated in a quie manner by a party of his fellow-coantry men, ut Mr. McKenzie's*;! saloon, thi ovening. During tbe last few days we have beci having real April weather-two or Ihre' showers a day. "The more the merrier.' Nilsson aud the senior proprietor a tho Exchange House are alike. Why Beoause one sings for pay, the other i a Paysiuger. The Broad River Bridge is now unde cover. A capital move. Tho band of tho Eighteenth Reg ment, uneler the leadership of Professe Backhart, eliscourscH most excellant mt sic every afternoon, about half-post o'clock, during dress parade andiguai mounting. Crowds of persons are reg? larly in attendance. The Firemen Danel also perform in front of Mecar LyBrands' store, one evening in eac week. Alderman Thompson's (oolorei Band performed in Sidney Park yoste day afternoon. Tho day for the distribution of tl Derby Farm property has been positiv ly fixed for November 30. Some of the domestic evils of druu euncss are houses without windows, go dens without fences, fields without ti age, barns without roofs, children wit out clothing, principles, morals or ma ners. A humorous writer in an exchan says that advertising goods is "jest li suorin' or taking a crying baby church. If you sleep in churah a don't snore, how is folks on the ba seals to know you are lhere?" And regard to the baby, folks would uo\ know you conld raise one if, when nm takes him to church, ho didn't let steam. But when he yells out good a stioug, everybody, parson anel all, f mighty good. They look at him a say to thcmsolvos, 'Fine baby that, hokey! a regular rhiuoser cow, by gui Tho more tho people know it, and I moro they know it, tho more they thi about it!" The thermometer stood ns follows, tho Pollock House, yesterday: 7 A. 1 7C; 12 M., 82; 2 P. M., 83; 7 P.. M., 7 Mr. C. F. Jackson has specimens chignons of tho different grades deen essential by folio wer i o?. lush ion. 1 first is as largo as an ordinary fist, 1 next two fists, aud so on until tl arrivo at tho half peck sizo. ? Last October, Hearth and Home pas; into tho hands ot Messrs. Orange Ji ?fc Co., of 245 Broadway, New York, well known publishers of the Ameri Agriculturist. Tho marked imprc monts then expected to appear in Bec and Home have been realized, and i now one of the choicest illustrated jc nala anywhere issued for the fan circle-adapted to both the juvenile i adult people, and meeting the spe wants of tho house-keepers. Bosie it supplies very useful chapters for garden and farm, and an import nows sheet. Specimen copies can doi less bo obtained of the publish Terms only 83 a year. Single numl eight cents. Hearth and Home American Agriculturist together $ year. 'Ta, why ilo they plant gans they grow and have loaves?" "No, son, but Uko plants they shoot, and t others elo tho leaving." "John Rodgers' nine children and on tho breast, Wero but nlno na I make,M8ftid Ha "There wero ten, as I figure it up," f his guest, "Or there would not bnvo been on carry 1" SKEIOU? AccipE?fr.-r-A. .colored brick? layer, employed on a now building bei og erected at the depot of tho Cbc? lotte, Col umhin and Angosta Kui I road, became giddy and foti from the scaffold, yester? day, striking upon tho palings of tho en? closure-one of which entered bis back and another breaking off in his head. Ho is considered fatally injured. MAIII ABBAKQEMIWTS.--Th? Northern mail ope UH at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; closes COO A. M. Charleston night mail opens C.30 A. M.; closes G.00 P. M. Green ville mail opens 0.45 P. M.; doses COO A. M. Western mail opens 9.00 A. M. ; olo&es 1.80 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P, MV WHAT GABBIE SAYS ABOUT IT.-"Car? gie" writes to say that it is impossible I for her to ho a sensible girl, because the I men won't permit her to be so. If upon a moonlight night ehe wishes to talk about the stare, tlie male idiots about her compare the stars with her eyes. Il she speaks of a rosa as possessing a beautiful hue, they say her cheek rivals it. Should she venture to call attention to tho melody of tho night-bird's song, these monkey-men tell her that her voice is sweeter music. In view", of this state of affairs, "Carno" asks as how she can be anything else than a fool. The Southern Presbyterian Review, for July, is before os. The following are the contents: Testimony .and? Faith;' Pastors and Evangelists vs. Hfated Sup? plies; The Religious Pnnoi^Ie'the'.Life of the Notion-by Ju^ge/Wm. Archer Cueke, Monticello, Ela. ; The Presbyte? rian Re-union, North; What is Truth? by the Rev. J. S'Grasty, D. D;/8tieiby ville, Ky. ; Inauguration of the Rev. Dr. Wilaon; Critical Notices. , The grand, jury of Sonoma, California, recommend in a recent report that, "for tho safety and comfort of bald-headed men, the loose plastering bo removed from the ceiling,' or that the sheriff be instructed to furnish parties having busi? ness in .the: court with pillows or suita? ble shields to cover heads with." "Paddy, my boy,"said a gentleman to a fellow whom ho observed fishing away ut a deep pool, '-'that must ber a favorite stream for trout." "Faith, and euro it must be that same, for' I have been standing here this three hours,'and not one of 'em will come out of iv.". Tho colored ton of Atlanta, Ga., when they want to gat up a "awarry," station a band of music' at the door; also, a crier, with the overpowering invitation: "Only twenty-five cents, gemmen, and' fourteen watermillions to divide among the awgencel" Swinburne, in a recent burst of enthu? siasm about the good, gay poet, ia re? ported to have said that Walt'Whitman is tho only maa alive he would really enjoy getting drunk with-the same re? mark which Byron made concerning Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd. At Dampoor, in Frauoo, a.servant girl who went to feed a pack of hounds waa, set npon by the dogs and eaten. It was the first warm meal . they had eaten in a week. It wa? a "Dampoor way of ex? pressing affection for the girl. John Randolph'was once, on a race? course, solicited to bet by a ctracger, who said, "Smith here will hold the stakes." "JuBtso," replied the descend? ant of Pocahontas, "bat who'll hold Smith?" . An Irishman, npon seeing a squirrel shot from a tree, said, "Faith, and that's n waste of ponder. The fall itself would have killed tho squirrel." A Wheeling man who hung himself, did so because he was too shiftless to keep clean. His last words were, "Clean mo up, aud pat a boiled shirt on me." Many of the new houses being buill in New York have the window-panes ol delicate rose-colored . glass instead oi plain white. HoTEr. Amur ALS, August ld.-Columb? Hotel-J. Browne, Ky.; J. C. Foster Ala.; W. C. Cross well, S. G.; T. A. Jot fords, Richland; J. O. B. Lowry, R. W Sanders, Barnwell; Mr. G. W. Hutsoi and wife, La.; G. W. Bomar, Charles ton; T. R. Robertson, Winnaboio; E W. Mercer, Ohio. Ntakerson House-H. J. Thomas, La. J. H. Rion, Winnsboro; J. R, Fant, J Mayrant, L. Stark, J. A. Selby, Dr MoAvoy, Mila Butler, Miss Anderson, S C.; J. H. Gay, Rock Hill; 8. C. DePase Memphis; J. H. Sc h ri nor, Jr., J. B Patrick, Charleston. LIST OF NSW AOVXBTISBUENTS. J. Duncan's Bona-Sauces. Agnew k Son-Schiedam Schnapps. Meeting Independent Fire Co. Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient. Shiver cfc Co.-To Close. OFFIOIAL RXrrut HuMBBns ChsrleBioDjChar tsblJ Association, for benefit Froo School fun. ?rUvri.E Cutas Ho.1Qi..^2Iorning-August 1 78-3^-42-38 7&-77-13T6G G-Gl-23-15 Witness our hands.at Charleston, this 141 August, 1871.. . FENN PECK. a ' , JAMES aiLLFLAND, A 05118t 15 Sworn Co m ru i BB io nora. I Mn. P. P. ToAta'a Nsw OFFICE ANO SAM I ROOMS.-We are hippy to Inform our rcadci that their old aoqaaiutance, Mr. P. P. Toal while continuing his manufactory of door sashes, blind?, etc, on Horlbook's whar Charleston, 8. O., has opened n handson ofHoe^and fcxtenaivir Bales I rooms at. No, ! Kayne street, where they,will And lt moi cobvenion t to call on him when they visit tl city. Tho salee rooms-.extend to No. : Flnoknoy Btreet; where- there is another c trance. Bond and ?ot a new anti extend? prico li?t of latest styles, otc. Soo advert?s m?at. July ll Imo i