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yore ia ?? ADhlrii LONDON, February 23.-Capt. Et bony, of the ship City of Halifax, from Charleston for Liverpool, which waa stranded in Garnarvan, being not blame? less, bia certificate has boen temporarily withdrawn. American lntvllistcn??. INDIANAPOLIS, February 23.-The dele? gates to the National Convention were instructed to vote for Grant and Colfax. COLUMBUS, February 23.-The Labor Convention nominated David H. Davis, of Illinois, for President, and Joel Par? ker, of New Jersey, for Vioe-Proaident. The Prohibition Convention nomi? nated James Block, of Pennsylvania, for President, and John Bussel, of Michi? gan, for Vioe-President. JEFFERSON CITY, February 23.-The Convention expresses confidence in Grant, but pledges tho party to the nominee of the Philadelphia Convention. NEW YORK, February 23.-The show windows of Hr. Johnson, Grand Master of the American Protestant Association, were ama bed by unknown persons. WASHINGTON, February 23.-Gran? ville's note has been receivod. Fish is preparing an answer, which will be sub? mitted to the Cabinet to-day. SAVANNAH, GA., February 23.-Tho Georgia Agricultural Society has con? vener. SOU delegates aro present. It will be in set: sion three days. WASHINGTON, February 28.-In the Senate, Hamlin, from tho Post Office Committee, reported a bill for steamers between New Orleans and Mexioan ports. OAIOAQO, February 23.-The first San Franoisco passengers for twenty-eight days arrived here to-day. They do nonnoe the management of the road. BALTIMORE, February 23.-It is charged that Bev. Dr. L. D. Huston, formerly pastor bf St. Paul's Episcopal Ohuroh, reoently of Trinity Chnroh, acted licen? tiously toward several Sunday school teaohers. Huston has left the eity. J. Deau Smith, a prominent lawyer, is dead. NEW YORK, February 23-Evoning. The emigrant swindler, Moore, was sen? tenced to five yearn at hard labor. The evidence of quarantine swindlers accumulates. It is stated New York loses 600,000 hogsheads of sogar on ac? count of quarantine exactions. South American advices report a BO vero gale at Valparaiso. A broken axle killed twelve railroad. passengers at Labonno. The American editors of the Peruvian National have boen released, but the paper is suppressed. The cochi? neal crop of Guatamala is short. Cn?oiNNATi, February 28 -The pas? senger train, due at Covington at noon, went through the bridge nt Eliaton, Ky. Twenty-six passengers, moro or less, "were hurt. Some are reported killed. No details. WASHINGTON, February 23-Evening. George Frances Adams, with Secretary Fish, visited the President. The Cabinet lasted two and a half hours. No answer to England yet adopted. The contents of these com? munications are regarded confidential in exeontive quarters. Speculations upon their contenu are untrustworthy. In the,Senate, Spencer introduced a bill continuing land grants to the Selma, Borne and Dalton Railroad. Trumbull introduced a bill abolishing stook gam? bling. A bill forbidding corporations issuing notes or bills was passed. It is aimed against Southern railroads, which Sherman said were issuing two and four dollar notes. The sales of arms was re? sumed-Trumbull, Morton and Nye oc? cupying the day. Adjourned to Monday. The Houso considered the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. Voor hees opposed the appropriation for Con? sul to Havana, characterizing Spain as a brutal and bloody power, against which the Cuban people were revolting, sup? ported by the sympathy of the people of the United States. Voorhees favored the recognition of Cuban independence, saying there was not a foot of soil sub? ject to Spanish bayonets. He said the Spanish authorities had treated the American name and authority with sovereign and unmitigated contempt, and while Pern had acknowledged the absolute independence of Cuba, and her belligerent rights had boon acknowledged by Chili, the United States of Colombia, Bolivia, and even by poor disordered Mexico, the United States was the only power, recognizing free institutions, iu all the Western world who had no kind word to say to the struggling peoplu of that doomed island. This, the strong? est, tho freest country, with nil its boast? ed power, hearing the dogs of war rend? ing the flush and orushing the bones of their victims, was silent. Garfield op? posed the discussion. Banks promised the Houso that the matter would soon come up in a shapo npon whioh a vote could be reached. A bill paesod, with amendments, raising Russia toa first and Japan to a second class mission, and re? ducing Central America to ono Minister, at Nicaragua. Probabilities-An area of low barome? ter will probably move Eastward over Indiana and Michigan, to the lower lakes, on Saturday, preceded by brisk South-west winds-extending Friday night Eastward to New York and Ken? tucky, with increasing cloudiness and possibly light rain. Increasing South? erly winds with rain will prevail on the Gulf coast on Saturday, and South-east winds and oloudy weather will prevail from Georgia to Massachusetts. A looal severe storm ia indicated for San Francisco. THE OUTLAWS.-Governor Caldwell, of North Carolina, has issued his pro? clamation in accordance with tho Act of tho General Assembly, offering a re? ward of S10.000 for Henry Berry Lowrey and $5,000 for each of his flvo confederates, dead or alive. This is in addition to tho rewards already offered for tho capture or killing of tho outlaws. Financial ?nd Cemmsrclnl. . COLUMBIA, S. 0., February 22.-Siiloa of oettoD, to-day, 65 balea-middling 21%c LONDON, February 23-Noon.-Con? sola 92%. Bonds 91 %. PAULS February 23.- Ben tea 56 f. 37o. Specie inoreased 1,250,000 francs. LIVERPOOL, February 23-8 P. M - Cotton opened quiet and is now dall uplands 11%(&11%; Orleans 11%; sales to day 12,000 bale*; of tba -ssh 07,000; exports 6,000; speculation 20,000; atook 566,000, whereof American is 208,000; reoeipts 109,000, whereof American ia 78,000; actual export 8,000; Btook afloat 400,000, whereof American ia 160,000. LIVERPOOL, February 23- Evening. Cotton closed dull-uplands 11,%@ 11%; Orleans 11%; uearly due from New Orleans ll 916; shipping at New Or? leans 11%. Manchester advioes less favorable. NEW YOBS, February 23-Noon. Stocks duli. Gold firm, at 10%. Money easy, at 6. Governments dull but steady. Exchauge-long 9%; short 10%. Flour dull and deolining. Wheat dull and heavy. Oom a shade lower and dall. Pork dall-new mess ll. 12@14.15. Lard heavy, at 9%@9^?(. Cotton doll-up? lands 23; Orloaua '?3%; sales 330 balea. Freights firm, i 7 P. M.-Cotton quiet; sales 1,024 bales - uplands 22%; Orleans 23 Flour qaiet and unobanged. Whiskey unsettled, at 91J?@92. Whoat qaiet and dull-winter red Western 1.65? 1.69. Corn heavy and lower, at 70@7L Rice steady, at 8@8%. Pork active, at 14.20@14.25. Lard heavy, at 9%(5}9%. Freights dull-oottou, steam ??o. ?jales of futures 12.350 halos, as follows: Fe? bruary 22%; March 28%, 23%; April 23%; May 23%, 23 7-16; Joue 23??. Money activo, ourreucy to gold. Quid 10%@11. - Sterling steady, at 9%. Go? vernments strong. Southerns generally ?toady. CINCINNATI, February 23.-Pork no? minal-13.25 asked. Lard-9% asked. Bacon dull aud drooping-shouldurs 5 4-5, cash. Whiskey 86. ?T. Louis, February 23.-Whiskey steady, at 86. Pork 13.00. Bacon quiet and unohaaged. Lard 8%. LOUISVILLE, February 23.-Provisions in fair demand, on orders. Pork 13.25. Shoulders 6)?. Whiskey 86. SAVANNAH, February 23.-Cotton buyers . and sellers apart, and demand good-middling 22; reoeipts 1,282 bales; sales 300; stock 66,049; receipts of the week 8,204; saleB 11,500. MOBILE, February 23.-Cotton dull uud nominal-middling 22; reoeipts 940 bales; sales 300; Btook 64,381; receipts of the week 7,009; sales 12,000. CHARLESTON, February 23.-Cottou quint-middling 22@22>?; room pt- 861 bales; sales 300; stook 24,374; reoeipts of the week 4,918; sales 8,000. Nsw ORLEANS, February 23.-Cotton quiet-middling 22%; reoeipts 2,611 bales; sales 4,500; stook 233,851; receipts of tho week 36,587; Bales 48,000. BOSTON, February 23.-Cotton dull middling 23j^; receipts 265 halos; sales 200; Btock 8,000; receipts of the week 4,701; sales 1,550. PHILADELPHIA, February 23.-Cotton quiet-middling 23>?; receipts 2,510 bules. WILMINGTON, February 23.-Cottou firm-meddling 22^4 ; receipts 197 bales; sales 16; stock 4.U?7; receipts of the week 1,414; sales 194. BALTIMORE, February 23.-Cotton quiet and woak-middling 22>?@22%; receipts 167 bales; sales 55; stock 6,117; receipts of the week 2,596; sales 1,014. NORFOLK, February 23.-Cotton dull low middling 21 >j ; receipts 960 bales; sales 50; stock 4,3*18; receipts of the week 6,697; sales 400. GALVESTON, February 23.-Cottou steady-good oidinory 20@20>?; re? oeipts 674 bales; sales 5,000; stook 47, 438; receipts of the week 3,886; sales 8,900. ATJQUSTA, February 23.-Cotton dull middling 21,'-.{; receipts 711 bales; salos 525; stock 17,290; receipts of the week 2.68G; sales 2,683. WHOL.UHAL.H I* 111 CK a UUliltfCNT. CORBEOTED WEEKLT nY TUE HOARD OK TRADE. APPLES, ~y~bu.2 VOUCH nu in\oV?a3Es,Ouoa,35<??5o BAOOINO.18?23 NewOr?'na 72?i)0 HALE ROPE, Ma.22?24 Sugar li'ao.. (iOfti'JO JN.Y.orWusiWtb 7?10: NAILS, y Keg? 50?? 00 BOTTER,Nortn. 28@40? ONIONS., y hus_2 00 Couutry, y lb.2??25? OiL,Koroaono,g35?45 BACON, llama. 12?18| Machinery. .7G?1 U0 Sidos, y lb..84?(10l SPECIE, Gold ?10? Shoulders.... 7?8i? Silver. ?108 CANDLES, Snerra40?50 POTAT'S, Ivisl 50?2 00 Adamantine tb 18@20j Sweet, hus 75?lU0 OorroN YARNIUO?! 7? BICE, Carolina lb 7?*J COTTON, Stet M ,...22,SuoT,tybag. 2 75? 3 bo Middliug.21J1 SALT, Livorp.200?2 10 Low Midl'g.21 SOAP, y\h,.7??10 Oood Ordny,.20;SniUTs, Alcohol,gl500 Ordinary .18 Brandy . .4 00?12 CO CHEESE, K.D.lb. 18?25| Oin.1 60@G 00 Factory.20?22 Bum.1 G0?7 00 CoKEEE,Rio,$lb2G?28? Whiekoy.. .185?G 00 Laguayra_2G@28 SUOAR, CrnaAP14&?16 Java.33i?35 Brown.11J?13 FLOUR.Co. 8 00@1200 STARCH, y Ib... 8i?U) Northern. 800?11 60 TEA,Oreen JM00?250 GRAIN, Corn 1 05?110 Black.1 00?1 10 Wheat_2 00@2 50 TOBACCO, Chw.60?l 00 Oats.1)5(3100 Smoking,lb.,50?1 00 PeaB.1 25@1 50 VINEOAR, Wino,.50?G0 HAY, North, Wowt.2 50 French.?100 HinES.Dry, $M2J@1?! WINE, Cham.l25?28 CO Oroon.@8 Port, tgigal300@5 80 LAnn, y lb.12? 15 Sherry_ 2 75?7 00 LIME. W bbl. 2 2502 40 Madofr a... S Odian 00 DEATH OF AN OLD CHARLESTON MER? CHANT.-IotelligoDce was received in the' city yesterday o' tho death nt Anderson Court Houae, at six o'clock in the morn? ing, of Mr. John H. Sohroiner, who, prior to tho war, did bnsinesB here for upwards of thirty-five years. He was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1794;) consequently was seventy-eight years old at the time of his demise. As soon as he had permanently established him solf in the oountry, he startod the pro? duce business, which he conducted extonsively, until advancing ago admon? ished him to rest from those cares that invested it. He found a quiet home iu tho district in which his death occurred, and was respected by all who knew him. [ Charleston Cu ur ter. For whitening tho hands-Honesty. LIGHT BEHIND TH? CLOUD.-No peo? ple, perhaps, in the whole history of civilization were ever more suddenly overwhelmed with sorrows than were onr Southern people at the close of the late war between the two great aeotiona of the Union. There was hardly a household in the Confederacy on which tho shadow of death had not unexpect? edly fallen-scarcely a family in which there was not a member missiug. And these loved and lost wera not the aged, gathered to the grave as the ripened grein is gathered in the garner-not the infirm who were summoned from earth because their earthly days were out; they wore the young, the robust, the buoyant, the pillars of the house-the lusty, trusty youth, the stalwart men in the morning of manhood, npon whom fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers of tender years, reposed in hope, in confidence, in affection, and in pride. And, added to all the anguish of ago? nizing grief arising from this deep, bit? ter and sacred source of sorrow, oar people were prostrated in a moment from plonty to poverty. Everybody was J sad; almost all of ua were despondent; and it was reasonable, it waa natural, it was inevitable that wo should be so. Seven years havo passed since thon, and although the Southern people uro still far from having retrievod their fortuues, they have mauaged to live, and right rapidly they are moving forward to health and Btreugth, prosperity und hap? piness again. We have cause to con? gratulate one another; we have reason to hope on and toil on. And, beyond I all, above all, we onght to fool grateful to God for our deliverauoo from thc ab? solute want that threatened us. The impoverishment of the South hus fallen with speoial hardship upon tho old peuple, and apparently upou the younger children who are deprived of the means of obtaining such educational advantages as their parents desired for them; but may it not be better for the! rising generation, after ail, that they have to work more with their muscio aud less with their minda than they would ii they had tho fortunes of their fathers to sustain them? It is popularly supposed that bead-work is easier than hand jwork; but this is an empty illusion. There are some people, too, who think it is moro respectable to live by mental thau manual labor. Such individuals aro as incapable of the one as they are too lazy for the other. Their heads are soft, their hearts are hard, und thu bone aud sinew that God gave them that they mig lit work, are useless to th em s el vos and to the communities they encumber with their indolence. Collegesaud high schools are excellent institutions, mid education to the highest degree is desi? rable. But because a mau is highly educated, it does not follow that he has more practical sense than ho who oun only read and write correctly. Our pub? lic schools afford Buffloiout facilities for education to unable any boy who has brains and energy and pluck to learn enough to enter the arena of life, even with a ooarso shirt on, au the peer of tho proudest aud an equal competitor fur fame and fortune. What the South needs now is nut drawing-room gontlemen and parlor knights, but stout, sterling, wide-awake, enterprising men, to revivo her indus? tries and develop her resources. Shu needs in peace such men as she had in war. Old men who accumulated wealth before the war, and lost it in that terri? ble ?struggle, should not mourn that they have no fortune to leuve their chil? dren, for it is often better, far better, for a youth to start in life dependent npon himself. He who learns to swim, with life-preservers to support him, will be in much more danger of sinking, if he falls overboard, than if ho hud boen a swimmer from tho first, on the Btrength of his fearlessness and his faith in him? self. Let UB not Weep, therefore, be? cause we can't send our children to the high sohools and colleges, and leave them money enough when wo dio to enable them to live without labor. It is good for them to work. The necessities of the times, all over the world, require work. Aud in the development of the true manhood of the rising generation, wo ace ut least n little light behind the cloud.-Norfolk Journal. A BLONDE BEAUTY STAIIVHS TO DEATH -BURLESQUE ENDINO IN POYEHTY. About four years ugo, there emigrated to this country from London a rather pretty burlesque actress of medium standing in the metropolitan theatres. She was imported to sing and dunce in tho pseudo Alhambra Palace, known to tho faithful devotees of burlesque as Tammany. Her name was Moggie Des? mond, nnd she was the wife of one Geo. Beckett, a singor and dancor also. This George Beckett is the brother of Harry Beckett, tho well known burlesque come? dian, at present traveling with tho com? pany of Miss Lydia Thompson. After the premature decease of Tammany. Maggie Desmond was thrown out of an engagement for some time. Her lina bind deserted her, and she succeeded in obtaining a divorce from him. Then she returned to the stage. But the ap? petite for b?rlese, ' ?? was sated. There was hardly any room for tho girl, nnd Bbe commenced tc live fast-lifo and opportunity slipping past her. She fair? ly galloped. The tragedy of her life was soon over. Last woek, tho curtain fell not in a blaze of red tire, as Fisk's melo? drama ended. There was no large audi? ence to applaud or disapprove. Sho died of starvation, in a garret on Bleecker street, with unappeased hunger gnawing her vitals nnd the retrospeot of a ruined lifo to look back upon. When fabe was dead, somebody threw a rag over her stark body till tho charity ot' her follow-cruftsmou buriod her. Bur? lesque is conclusively uot ull laughter. California sheep carry their own pas? tures on their bucks. Tho ile coes aro very long and dirty, grass seeds got among thc wool, and when tho fall rains come, they gcrminnto. A PHANTOM THAIN.-The Oolambia Courant is responsible for the following: The "debil am ont on a big rampage" along the line of the Pennsylvania Bail road. He ia seen at various places along the road, and in different shapes. One night last week, after the Philadelphia expresa train left the station, his Satanic majesty got on the engine with Solomon Hofmaster. He looked around for a mo? ment, then taking the poker from tho fireman, he opened the fire door and stirred the fire, nt tho same time stick? ing bia feet in. He then sat down, stretching out his immense legs, and, bringing his tail around, ho laid it be? tween the cloven hoofs. Sometimes wings oonld be seen about his shoulders. He was very particular about tho fire; sometimes he would put his head in the fire-box and look around, then put in bis tail, stirring the fire at a rapid rate. By this time he had got warmed up, and so had the engineer and fireman, who were nearly scared to death. The en? gine was making about tkirty-?vo miles an hour, when the. devil pieked np the oil can and went out and oiled the loco? motive in all its parts. He then return? ed and requested the engineer to slack up and let him off at Bridgo No. 5; but Mr. Hofmaster told him he might get off the same way he got on. Theengino was then runuing at a fearful rate of speed, and Mr. Dovil stepped to one side and disappeared. Wu learn since that a phantom train was seen in the viciuity of tho Oap. Some nights ugo David Wuyno, engineer of 477, had stopped for some purpose, when a train was hoard approaching ata rapid rate. Knowing there was no train duo at that hour, schedules wore ex? amined carefully, but the stranger could not be made out. At length it came thundering around the curve with au immense head-light and other equip? ments. The conductor, (H. Bell,) eugi uei r, fireman nud brakesman all saw and heard the traiu coming. Tho flagman, John K. Kewell, immediately wont back with a light and placed signal caps upon tho rails. The phantom traiu came, making the usual noise and lightiug up the whole track with its huge, lurid giare, when in a twinkling the whole thing disappeared. Some say it was old Amos Clemson's train, tho notorious leader of tho Oap gang, who died several years ago, und that be was aboard swing? ing a red light furiously. Juhu Filbert, engiuoer of the Lancas? ter train, informs us that when approach? ing Pequoa bridge, some nights ago, ho saw tho devil on the cow-catcher of his engine. He was running at the rate of thirty miles au hour. He quickly shut off the steam and slackeued np, but could not Bee anything moro of the strange object. These stories are crout iug a great deal of comment among railroad mon. We give thom ns told to ns, and leave the readers to draw their1 own conclusions. A balloon ascent unprecedentedly sa? tisfactory is reported from Vincennes, France. Duriug the siego of Paris, one M. Dupuy de Lome received from the Government of National Defence au offer of $20,00i) for a balloon which he undertook to furnish, but it was not finished prior to thu capitulation of Paris. About throo weeks ago, when all wus complete, he made an ascent with thirteen men, and tho result seems to havo proved to demonstration tho per? fection of his method of guiding. The balloon is said to have obeyed the helm with the utmost alacrity, and to have progressed readily in tho toeth of the wind. If this goes on, railway and steam packet stockholders must prepare for a fall. Loudon and Paris will be? come a three days' journey from New York when the wind favors. ORIGIN OP OCR INDIANS.-The quea tion as to the origin of the North Ame? rican Indians is revived by thc fact of a Japanese junk having gone ashore in Alaski, with three live natives on board. Twenty-threo of the crew had perished from hunger. Forty years ago, it is said, a Chinese vessel, with living men on board, drifted ashore at tho mouth of the Columbia River. As tho junks at present in use by Eastern nations aro no improvement on those of 1,1)00 years ago, it is quite possible that long before Columbus sighted Salvador, natives of China and Japan had been drifted to tho shores of America. Miss Maggio Cunningham, of Terre Haute, Indiana, determined to take ad? vantage of tho privilege supposed to be? long to leap year, and invited lier friends to her wedding bofore she consulted the young man whoso namo she had con? cluded to tako. Tho wedding party pro? ceeded to the residence of the gentle youth aud found him iu bcd; but he, recognizing tho situation, gathered his raiment about him nud silently stole away. The rest of the girls aro | discouraged. A person having been mentioned who had been notoriously unfortunate in his first marriage relation, and yet had soon afterwards married again, Johnson waa asked if it was not rash to embark anew in an adventuro which ho had already found to he so disastrous. "No," said the philosopher, elovatiug his hand, and his countenance glowing with enthu? siasm, "it was tho triumph of hopo over experience." In Davonport, Iowa, the other day, n woman, for "inn," robod horself iu ghostly apparel, and went grouuiug into tho room of a friend. Tho sc red woman shrieked and fell on tho floor in spasms. Tho Boaror thou became tho soared, aud she collapsed in a swoon, and their frionds had a lively timo for awhile to keep their souls and bodies together. | A music doaler has in his window a | sentimental song, thus marked: "Thou hiiht loved mo and left me, for twenty five cents." This is certainly tho cheapest kind of a divorce, and louves no necessity for going to Chicago. DIAMONDS.-The report, by cable, that j two diamonds have been fonnd in Sooth | Afrioa weighing 1,000 carats each, evi? dently passed through the hands of some | descendant of Baron Munchausen be? tween the Gape of Qood Hope and this I city. The ..Koh-i-noor," oven when it j first became the property of the British crown, weighed only 186 carats. Thal "Regent," which glittered in ^Napoleon Bonaparte's sword ot state, weighed be? fore outting 410 carats. The "Star of the South" weighed, in ita rongh state, 264 carats. A diamond in Borneo, be? longing to tho Sultan of Matan, weighs 367 carats. The weight of the "Orloff ' diamond, purchased by Catherine, of Bossia, is 105 carats. The "Austrian" gem weighs only 189 carats. When we compare the weight of the two stones reported by cable with tho weight of these most celebrated gems of the world, the apparent extravagance of the story is inoroased. It is possible, of course, that the aoconnt is trne, and that a pair of gems have been found whioh will eclipse in size all their illustrious prede? cessors. The old rule of estimating the value- of a porfeot diamond "ia the rough" is to multiply the square of ita weight in carato by two, the reanlt being ito value in pounds sterling. This mle has varied at different times, and the value of diamonds hus always been arbi-1 trary and uncertain. The old rule, how? ever, is tho one now adopted in South Africo. The square of 1,000 is 1,000, 000. Each of thu diamonds reported would therefore bo worth ?2,000,000, or | about $10,000,000. . J Although, us a principio, the value of gems increases more rapidly than their) weight, in thu case of exceptionally large stones tho rulo has never been fol I lowed, for there is no regular market for them, and the owners are obliged to con tout themselves with what they can got from very wealthy persons or from go? vernments. Tho "Regent" was sold in 1743, after cutting, wheo it weighed 13G carats, for $075,000. The Empress Ca? tharine paid a Greek merchant for the "Orloff" 8450,000, besides an annuity of $20,000 and a title of nobility. The Austrian diamond, which is not of pure water, being of a beautiful lemon color, is valued at $500,000. The King of Por? tugal bas an immense so-called diamond, which, if real, would be worth, under I the rule, $28.000,000, and it must have been nearly twico as heavy before cut? ting as that uow reported. The doubt of its genuineness ia so serious, how? ever, that it hardly ranks among the ce? lebrities of its kind. The heaviest dia? mond ever found in tho Uuitcd States weighed less than twenty-four carats. Let any oue exumine a burglar'3 kit of | tools ut a police station, coming from some receut capture, aud ho will be I amazed at the skill they eviuce in their manufacture. No jeweler'* outfit can I exceed thom in h nish. As to material, you will find they aro made of only the most approved qualities of steel; as to tneehauism, they are masterpieces of in? genuity. Firstly, they are constrncted so as to accomplish the greatest amount of work with the smallest outlay of power; aud, secondly, to do their busi? ness in the most noiseless way. A very pretty tool wo saw some time ngo. It was a triple auger. One turn of the handle set three bits revolving, cutting three holes, one-half an inoh in diameter eaob, und about a quarter of an inch apart. lu five minutes, yon could cut out au oak panel, two inches thick, with it. Tnen there was a clever ar? rangement ubout it, which held the panel toward the operator, so that it could not fall ont ward and make a clat? ter. Another pretty thing was a double spring saw, for cutting throngh iron. To each end was attached a rnbber pad containing oil, whioh not only deadened tho sound, but at every movement acted as a self-lubricator. Onoe a hole drilled through an iron shutter, and the saw in, it would cut like a hot kuife through butter, aud as to an inoh bolt, it would have boen liku a parsnip. A telegram has been received in New York, from Mobile, stating that an ab? rupt termination has been put to the brilliant racing career of Helmbold, the famous racer, by the giving wuy of the middle tendon in ono of the fore-legs of tho animal. There sterns in this matter to bu a somewhat curious coincidence between tho fatality that nlllicts the racer and the rumored reverses that have overtakeu his human namesake. Mom: DISQUIET FOB JOUN BUM*-The men employed in two of tho largest breweries in England have struck work. What! uo more beer! "'alf-aud-'alf" cut oil? Worse than tho Alabama claims. Misfortunes never como singly. Funeral Invitation. The fronds, relatives and acquaintances cf GREGORY KELLEY and family aro re? spectfully invited to attend ids funeral at his residence, opposite tho Oil Works, at ll o'clock, THIH MORNING. j MARRIED" ~ I At tho residence of tho bride's fattie^ in tins citv, on thu evening Ot Wednesday, Fe? bruary 21, 1872, by the Kev. Mr. Henry Steel, Mr. El)WAUU M. NATHAN, of Charlotte. North Carolina, to LEAH C., only daughter I of D. C. and Caroline Peixotto. **- Charlotte (North Carolina) Ohmrter I copy and forward bill to this ofnee. To Rent, TWO ROOMS, on Assembly street, near Tm lor, ono equat e from Stain. Fob 2 i 3? Washer and Ironer Wanted. AGOOD WASHER and IUONER is wanted, to take the washing of a family. Apply to Lawvcr DUNBAR, on Sumter, near Rich? land street. _Feb 24 2 Columbia Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M. auM&ug A CALLED Convocation of Cul inn WJCS?^ Chapter, No. 5. lt. A. M., will be ??5findd in Masonic Hall, Tills. KYEN """^?"ING, at 7 o'clock. Tho M. .F.. M. and R A. Degrees will bo conferred. By order of the M. E. U.V. JOHN MORRISON, Fob 24 1 Secretary. THE O BEAT TOWMB OF GERMANT.-The resolta of the late census, so far as they are already known,'seem to point even more than the preceding ones to the rapid growth of great towns in Germany. During tho War of Liberation, Berlin, wbioh had then 197,000 inb abitante, was the only town in Prussia with a popula? tion of more than 100,000. Berlin has now 828,000 inhabitants, and besides the capital Prussia bas ten cities with a population of 100,000 in round nnmbers or upwards. They are: Breslau, 200, 000; Elberf eld-Barmen, 160,000; Co? logne, 180,000; Eonigberg, 112,000; Magdeburg, with its suburbs Nenstadt, Sudenburg and Buckau, 110,000; Hano? ver, 105,000; Frankfort-on-Main, with Bockenheim and Borbheim, 101,000; Dantzio, 100,000; Stettin, 97,000, and Altona, 95,000. In the rest of Germany there are four cities wbioh have a popu? lo Lion exceeding 100,000, viz: Ham? burgh, 210,000; Muniob, 190,000; Dres? den, 177,000, and LeipBic, 107,000; while four have nearly reached that figure, viz: Stuttgard, 92,000; Nurem? berg, 87,000; Bremen, 60,000, and Strasbnrgh, 80,050. Besides the above montiooed cities, Prussia contains seven? teen towns with more than 30,000 in? habitants, wbioh, according to the' new regulations, will, thorefore, each form au independent administrative circle. Among these are Aix-la-Cbapelle, 80,000; Dusseldorf, 80,000; Crefeld, 70.000; Essen, 45,000; Duisburg, 30,000; Wies? baden, 32,000; Cassel, 44,000; Halle, 52,000; Erfurt, 32,000; Posen, 60,000; Elbing, 30,000; Frankfort-ou-Order, 44,000; Potsdam, 42,000; Dortmund, 44,000, and G?rlitz, 46,000. From the above it appears that Prussia contains twenty-six cities which enjoy independ? ent administrative rights in the fullest measure, and wbioh togother include nearly 3,000,000 inhabitants, or about one-eighth of the entire population of the Kingdom. Dr. Leiber has a now Btory of Wash ' ington, coming to him from France I throngh Laboulaye. Jefferson one day I visited Washington, and fnil as Jeffer - I BOO was of b'rench views and ideas of i politics and everything else, he zealously attacked the system of two Houses of Congress. General Washington replied that Jefferson was much better informed than himself upon such topics, but that ho himself would adhere to the experi? ence of English and American history. "You, yourself," said the General, .have proved the excellence of two Houses this very moment." "I?" said Jefferson; "how ?B that?" "You have," replied the heroio sage, "poured'your hot tea from the oap into the saucer to cool it. It is the same thing we desire of the two Houses." A goutleman waa one day asked by a friend how he kept himself from being involved in quarrels. Ho answered, "By letting the angry person have all tho quarrel to himself." A grazier in Sumpter County, Kansas, hos 51,001 bead of cattle. Auction Salcf . Sale of King's Mountain Railroad. Theodore D. Wagnor and Aebury Coward. Trustees, rs. the King's Mountain Kail rona Company.-Foreclosure of Mortgage. By II. II. DcLiEON. IN pursuance of the terms of a Mortgage executed hy the King's Mountain Hail road Company, on the 15th day of March, l?CG, and hy virtne of tba powers therein granted, wo will sell, at public auction, at Charleston, S. C., on WEDNESDAY, March 20, 1871, at ll o'clock, at corner East Day and Broad streets. The entire BAILBOAD of the said Compa? ny, including tho bod and superstructures of said Hoad, the materials used in const mo? tion, tho stations, station-house depots, store-houses, work-shops, machinery ana fix? tures thereon, and all the enginoa ?nd rolling stock, together with all tho rights, privileges and casement belonging or appertaining to said Railroad Company. Terms cash; purchasers to pay for papers and atatupB. THEODORE D. WAGNER, A8R?RY COWARD, Jan 14 _ _Trustees^ Watches, Diamonds, Etc. JUST received a full lino of Ladies' )aud Gents' GOLD WATCHES, Dia? mond Rings, Tins, in various utvles, Bracelets, Chains, etc I am going to sell the goods. WILLIAM GLAZE. Fob 21 Imo Guns. OF the best English makers, Breech and Muzzle Loading; Parlor RIFLES, Rall and Shot rCartridges for Parlor Rillcs. Feb 24 Imo_WM. GLAZE. Fishing Tackle. ^MABRKIK. JUST opening a full assort K8S5S9tnout of FISHING TACKLE, consisting of everything in this line. Feb 24 Imo WM. GLAZE. OM OWN Kl BWS! 200 dozen just received. NEW AND EXaUISITE SHADES FOB THE STREET AND EVENING. Two Buttons, $1.50 Single " 1.00 At R. C. SHIVER & CO.'S. IN HOSIERY! At R. C. SHIVER & CO.'S Feb ?-1