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PABIS, March 8.-The French Minis?
ter at Berlin telegraphs thal Emperor
William has pardoned the French pri?
soners held by the Germana (or civil
offenoaa.
LONDON,V March 8.-The Queen de
?tarts for Germany on the 26lh, and re?
ams on April 16.
LONDON, March 8.-A commission ' of
medical men, appointed to inquire into
O'Connor's sanity, report bim sound of
mind, bat an enthusiastic Fenian. He
said he would have used a loaded pistol,
bat only wanted to frighten the Queen;
as a fatal result would have enthroned
the Prince of Wales, whioh is nndesira- j
ble. He wishes Victoria to be the last :
English monaroh.
American Intelligente.
LomavrLLE, Marah 8.-Benjamin,
John and Spencer Prewitt are jailed
here, awaiting the requisition of the Go?
vernor of Georgia, charged with the
murder of Jas. H. Morris, at Morgan?
town, Ga.
BOSTON, March 8.-The House re?
jected the taking from towns and cities
the right to authorize the sale of malt
liquors, by a vote of 77' to 72.
LXTTT?BROOT, ABK., Marah 8.-County
Jndge - John McPherson, of Benton
County, killt?d p. M. Thompson, in a
personal rencontre, j . ...
Naw YOBRV Marah 7.-Mrs. XJtie
Brooker, sister of Victoria Woodhall,
spoke at Cooper . Institute, to-night,
against free lovo doctrines, sud declared
her belief.. that her. eis tor was insane.
She denounced Theodore Tilton in
etrong language, 'and 1 pronounced his
biography of Victoria a series of slanders
on her family.. ..
:. J?AflHvuojB, March. 8.-Supervisor
Emery, with a detachment of Federal
soldiers; raided Coffee and Lincoln
Counties, Tennessee, and Jaokaod Coun?
ty, Alabama, destroying- nineteen illicit
distilleries, and capturing a large amount
of property and five persons.
BrnrNainET/D, MASS., March 8.-The
owl train hence for New York was thrown
from the track by a brokon rail Twelve
EersonB were injured, inolnding Admiral
?eBohan, of France. Tho mail oar was
burned, with a heavy mail.
ALBANY, N. Y., March8.-The legisla
tive committee will report a bill remov?
ing Mayor Hall.
Robert Duncan, a Well-known phi
lanthropist, is dead.
NEW YOHK, Maroh 8.-Rev. Dr. Abra?
ham B. Carter, of the Twenty-fifth
Street Episcopal Churoh, has brought
snit against one Emma Couoh, who aays
oho ia a school teacher, for attempting
to blackmail him for 9100 a month; she
alleging that ho, although a pastor, and
the father of a family, had been intimate
with ber. A letter, in the highest style
of blackmailing ingenuity, was put in
?vidence yesterday.
Julia Connelly, one of six ohildren
bitten by a rabid dog, in Brooklyn, died
in paroxysms, last night.
? BOSTON, Maroh 8.-The French resi?
dents have appointed a committee of
ladies to raise money to pay the French
war debt.
WABBSNTON, VA , March 8.-In the
Conference, thia morning, the oase of
Rev. Dr. Huston was called np. The
Doctor appeared before the bar, and
made a statement of-the circumstances
under which he left Baltimore. After
much animated debate, a committee of
inquiry was appointed for immediate in
vestigation, which will sit during the sea
Bion of the Oonferenoo. The vote was
three to one for appointing the commit?
tee.
ST. PATJTJ, MINN., Maroh 8.-A foot of
snow fell einoe Thursday. The snow
extends Westward and is still falling.
MAOHIAS, Ma., Marah 8.-The house
bf Captain James Bryant, with himself,
wife and two grand-children, were bumed
to-day. Cause of the fire unknown.
Nnw YOBS, Maroh 8-Evening.-As?
sistant Secretary of the Treasury Ri?
chardson arrived per the steamer China.
The body of a male infant, partially
eaten by dogs, WSB found in a vacant lot.
Garvey testified in Mayor Hall's oatie
that the bill paid Garvey was neither
j nat nor honest.
Ex-Emperor Napoleon cleared $320,
000 by selling his property, at the corner
of Day and Broadway streets, to the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
The steamship City of Washington
has arrived safely at Queenstown.
WASHINGTON, Marah 8-Evening.
Attorney-General Bates, of Utah, has
been notified that his resignation would
be accepted.
The Arras Committee examined Dyer,
Chief of Ordnance, at his house. No
thing new was elioited. The agents at
the different points will be examined, to
unearth the details.
In the Senate, a bill granting the right
of way to the Great Southern Railroad
through Florida was called up, but went
over. Several Senators wished to ex
amine it. The Secretary of the Interior
was questioned regarding white settlers
on Indian lands contrary to treaty stipu?
lations. The Secretary of War was in
terrogated as to what portion of the
river front at New Orleans is oooupied by
the Government, for what purpose and
under what title.
In the House, a bill making Pittsburg
a port of delivery, to whioh goods may
be transported in bond, was passed and
goes to the President. The post office
appropriation bill was taken up. Only
thirteen of the thirty-seven States pay
their postal expenses.
Probabilities-The barometer will con
tinue falling from tho upper lakes to the
Eastern Gulf, and Eastward to the At?
lantic; the lowest moving North-east
wardly ovor Southern Miohigan, and
{?robably over or a little North of the
ower lakes; preceded on its Northern
half by brisk Easterly and North-east?
erly winds, and on its Southern half by
fresh to brisk Easterly to Southerly
winds. The area of snow will extend
during the night from Ohio to New Eng
fend; ?nd-Northwards ,tbe ?vea o? rain
from Tennessee, Kentuoky and Ohio
Eastward to tho middle Atlantic coast.
Olondy and threatening weather, with
Southerly winds, will prevail daring the
night over the South Atlantic States; the
latter veering to Westerly, and North?
westerly by Saturday evening. The ba?
rometer will rise during to-night, with
Westerly to North-westerly winds West
of and throughout the Mississippi val?
ley, and extend Eastward on Saturday
over the upper lake region, the Ohio
valley and the Eastern Golf States, with
clearing weather and falling temperature.
Financial ?ma Commercial.
LONDON, March 8*-Noon.-Consols
92%. Bonds 92%.
PAMS, March 8.-Specie increased
4,000,000 francs.
LIVERPOOL, March 8-3 P. M -Cot?
ton opened quiet and ?B now dull-up?
lands 11%@11%; Orleans 11%; nearly
due from New Orleans 119-16; sales to?
day 10,000 bales; of the week 108,000;
export 8,000; speculation 29,000; atook
629,000, whereof American is 239,000;
receipts 82,000, whereof American ia 36,
000; actual exports 7,000; afloat 481,000,
whereof American is 199,000.
LIVERPOOL, March 8-Eveuing.-Cot?
ton olosed heavy-uplands 11%@11%;
Orleans 11% ; nearly dna from New Or?
leans 11 ju- Manchester advioos lesB fa?
vorable.
Nsw YOBS, Maroh 8-Noon.-StookB
weak. Gold firm, at 10%. Money easy,
at 6@7* Exohange-long 9%; short
10)jj. Governments steady but dull.
Flour dull and deolining. Wheat dull
and nominally lower. Oom dull and
heavy. Pork steady-<>new mess 13.30@
13.37. Lard heavy-steam 9%@9 516.
Cotton easier-uplands 22%; Orleans
23; sales 921 bales. Freights dull.
7 P. M.-Sales of futures to-day 8,700
bales, aa follows: Maroh, 21%, 2115-16;
April, 22%, 22%; May, 22 11-16, 22%;
June, 22%, 23. Cotton dull aud nomi?
nal; sales 2,016 bales-uplands 22%;
Orleans i 23. Flonr lower-superfine
Western 5.90@6.30. Whiskey steady,
at" 90. Wheat depressed-winter rod
Western 1.62@1.68. Oom decidedly
lower, at 69%(a)70. Bice quiet. Pork
dull, and unchanged. Beef activer but
unchanged. Lard a shade easier-kettle
9%. Freights unohanged. Money 7,
ourrenoy. to gold, with .commission in
some instances. Sterling dull, at 9%.
Gold 10%@10%. Governments steady.
TenneBBees firm; new South Carolinas
strong; others steady.
CINOINNATT, i Maroh 8.-Pork weak, at
12.50. Lard et cady-kettle 9. Bacon
steady-sides 7@7%; shoulders 6>?.
Whiskey 84.
?T. Louis, Maroh 8.-Whiskey 85%.
Pork 12.50. Lard dull, at 8%.
LOUISVILLE, March 8.--Bagging firm,
at 16%(?)17. Provisions unohanged.
BALTIMORE, March 8.-Cotton dull and
nominal-middling 22%; receipts 114
bales; sales 110; stock 9,470; receipts of
the week 3,608; sales 1,329.
AUGUSTA, Maroh 8.-Cotton quiet- <
middling 21; receipts 567 bales; sales
400; stock 16,161; reoaipts of tho week
2,092; side a 2,547.
GALVESTON, Maroh 8.-Cotton dull
and lower-good ordinary 20; receipts
752 bales; Bales 300; stock 3.9G3; re?
ceipts of the week 2,740; sales 5,700.
MOBILE, Maroh 8.-Cotton quiet and
weak-middling 21%@21%; receipts
494 bales; sales 5,300; stock 4,978; re?
ceipts of the week 2,493; sales 10,000.
NORFOLK, Maroh 8.-Cotton dull
low middling 21 ; receipts 575 bales; sales .
100; stook 3,630; reoeipts of the week 1
3,887; sales 900.
HAVANNAH, Maroh 8.-Cotton in good i
demand; buyers offer inside figures- ;
middling 21%@21%; reoeipts 843 bales; ,
sales 850; stook 54,591; receipts of the
week 5.456; sales 6,600.
PHILADELPHIA, March. 8.-Cotton
quiet-middling 22%; receipts of tho
week 1,622 bales.
CHARLESTON, Maroh 8.-Cotton dull
middling 22; receipts 656 bales; sales
100; stook 21,522; reoeipts of the week
3,846; sales 3,000.
NEW ORLEANS, March 8.-Cotton dull
and easier-middling 22%; reoeipts
5,213 bales; sales 2.900; stook 206,649;
reoeipts of the week 26,001; salea 10,000.
BOSTON, March 8.-Cotton dull
middling 22%@28; reoeipts 531 bales;
sales 600; st'.ek 8,000; reoeipts of the
week 5,007; sales 2,100.
WILMINGTON, Maroh 8.-Cotton dull
middling 21)?; receipts 137 bales; sales
28; stock 4,228; reoeipts of the week
953; sales 280.
AMNESTY.-The New York Tribune
pitchoQ into Morton and his Radical
followers in tho ?Senate in the following
oharaoteristic way:
We begin to despair of any appeals to
the gentlemen controlling the admini?
stration majority in the Senate, save ap?
peals based on partisan necessities. On
that low plane, therefore, we once more
beg of them a prompt, generous bill of
amnesty. Would it be too much to ask
of Senator Morton, for instanoo, who
was once latitudinarian enough to favor
even Andrew Johnson's way of dealing
with tho South, that he should get above
his crude, passionate prejudico, and give
the party some ghost of a chunco to
carry an occasional Southern State next
fall, by now abandoning the useless and
aggravating proscription of Southern
men, confessedly not the worst of those
we encountered and finally subdued
seven years ago?
A COLD-BLOODED MURDER.-From a
letter received hore, we learn that Mr.
J. Butler Nelson, a former citizen of
this County, and a yonng man of much
promise, was murdered in his own honso,
while usleep in his bed, near Griffin,
Ga., on the 18th January lase. Mr. Nel?
son was a member of Company I, 12th
South Carolina Regiment, and was noted
for his gallantry iu tho late war. Suspi?
cion attaches to a negro mau whom ho
had in his employ.-Lancaster Ledger.
Louis Napoleon has been denied per
mission to sojourn n short timo in Italy.
ABBWB A THRITIT PaoPiiB)?-Aoy one
wno has lit ed abroad and has aeon' how
people in Franc? and Germany-not to
speak of other continental countries
manage on incomes which, to an Amori
can, appear little short of beggary, can?
not bat bo struck with the apparent Ina?
bility of our middle class people to make
a little go a great way. I will venture
to say that ninety-nine out of every hun?
dred American families on limited in?
comes throw away, fritter away, and
mis-spend in buying things that they
oould as well do without, and in paying
exorbitant prices for those things and for
others, as much in one year as wonld
support decently a continental family of
the same size.
In Europe tho English are acknow?
ledged tobe the most extravagant nation,
but Americans may bear off the palm in
that respect from every nation on the
face of the earth. And in the end what
have they to show for their lavish expen?
diture? They have neither the solid
comfort of the English nor the airy ele?
gance of the French in their houses and
dress. I am au American. I say this
premeditatively. I mean it. I hare had
occasion to learn something about what
I am talking of in all the three countries
mentioned.
The grand excuse of our model Ame?
rican for his thriftless doiogs, his reck?
less expenditure, his heud-ovor-heels way
of going at things, is that he "hasn't
time." He never has any time for pains?
taking. He is born in a hurry, educated
in a hurry, is always in a hurry on the
street. In short, lives and dies in a
hurry. He always undertakes to do
abont three times 09 much as he can
possibly get through with-it ia the na?
ture of the animal, and the consequence
is, that usually he does nothing well.
Others have to oome after hi m und finish
up what he has left undone. It is not
want of strength, not want of capacity,
not want of courage, not want of means.
No! thu rook upon which he Bplits is
simply an imagined want of time-or,
rather, an inability to calculate fairly
just how mach time is needed in whioh
to do a certain thing. In this respect,
he is always imagining that he can get
two feet into one boot and split one m??
nate into two. Yet, somehow, he is
usually behind-hand. You'll see him
running after a street-car as if his life
depended on getting into it, althoogh
another ono will be along in lees than
two minutes. And he thinks nothing of
risking a, plunge into tho river in a mad
race after a departing lorry boat, or of
putting his life in danger by springing
aboard a car while it is in motion. All
this because he doesn't want to wait five
or ten minutes longer. Eather than do
this, he risks his life be ve ral times daily.
And you talk of economy to a raco
like thin, to men and women who wonld
rather do anything in the world than
wait und take things easily 1
Economy goes with a luisurely habit
of life. To be economical, time is re?
quired above all other things. And it is
simply because we cannot, or will not,
afford the time that we are not on eco?
nomical people. To rush into the near?
est store npon yonr ronte and buy what
you aro in need of at a cost of one-third
more than if you had gone ont of yonr |
way to get it, is in many oases a saving :
of time, according to our notions; and .
this is the way in which the money goes. ?
We haven't time to hunt np just what
will suit us as to the price and quality.
Wo are at tho meroy of all with whom ;
we deal. They in turn are at the mercy <
of others, and nobody ii benefited.
The results of this chronic state of being !
in a hurry are to be seen every day in ,
high prices and poor wares-bad food ,
and worn-out stomachs-in houses that 1
are put up only to tumble down over 1
onr heads-in terrible railroad and j
steamboat disasters. It is everywhere.
There is no time for this, nor for that, i
nor for the other thingl We worry 1
through life to death, in whioh alone, j
for the first time, we must rest. What j
is the nae of preaching economy to such i
% people? The defeot is in oar national 1
oharaoter and in our way of life. We
ahull never be economical until we have
\ proper idea of tbevalne of time, health
and money, and a better appreciation of
the dignity cf leisure; until we learn to
anderstand that display and luxnry are
aot necessary to happiness, and that the
middle stato in life is often the most do
rirable.-Howard Q lyndon in New York
Evening Mail.
Down in Wilmington, some time ago,
va. old man who was vory feeble was
helped across a crowded street by a youth
jf twenty. A month afterwards the old
man died, and AS an expression of bis
gratitude he left the youth 810,000. And
now no old man's life is safe in Wilming?
ton. All tho young fellows have had
?heir ambition exoitcd, and as soon as
my venerable man appears on tho aide
walk a dozen chapa rush at him, grab
nm by the coat and the collar, and the
sack hair, and try to carry him across
;he street whether ho wants to go or not.
When he gets there, a lot more fasten on
to him and sot him back again, and then
present their oards. Bo the old men in
Wilmington aro having a lively time
low, and they have to tack up the street
whenever they go out for a walk. Thus
:ur very little cash has been evolved, but
di the young men study tho obituary ad?
vertisements carefully, and when they
see the words "at the age of seventy
lix," or "sixty-six," or anywhere in that
neighborhood, they hurry down to the
jffloo of the Register of Wills and poro
iver the last testament of the deceased.
\11 this goos to show how much distress
JUO inconsiderate action will canso. If
:!>at first old man had loftus that $40,000
this foolishness might have been pre?
vented.-Max. Adder.
Lostl strayed! or stolen! the A meri?
no navy, for which tho people paid
$500,000,000 during tho war, and siuce
520,000,000 a year. Tho property has
jone beyond recovery, but u suitable
reward will bo paid for tho detection
?nd conviction of the thievos.
KamaM City, Missouri.
We copy the following interesting letter,
written by an old Sooth Carolinian, from the
Charleston Courier. It is dated Kansas City,
Missouri, February, 1872:
Bo many friends io Sooth Carolina have
written to me making inquirios about thia
section, that it is impossible for me to anawer
each separately. Therefore, I ask permission,
throng h your columns, to make the following
statements:
The population of Kansas City, on the 1st
of January, 1872, waa 38,764. O? thia number
only 8,000 are negroes. The whites are from
every btate in the Union, and from Canada,
England, Ireland, Scotland, * rance, Ger?
many, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The
Southern States most numerously representad
are Keutuoky, Maryland and Yirgima. There
are fewer from South Carolina than any
other. Tho assessed value of all tho pro?
perty, real and personal, in the city, is
912,000,000. But this assessmont ia put at
; from one-third to one-half of tho aotual
m ir lt ot value of property, so that tho actual
valao is between $21,000,000 and $36,000,000.
The aggregate of the sales of merchandize
in the year 1871 was over $27,000,000. In that
year wera built 865 dwellings, and 104 business
houses-in all OOO-at a cost of $2,113.000.
As an illustration of how business here
grow?, take the packing of cattle aud hogs in
UH beginning and now, viz: 1868, of cattle
4,200 nead; of hogs 13,000 head; 1871, of
cattle 45,513 head; of hogs 68,633 hoad.
Thurs are ten banks in aotual operation, and
about thirty wholesale stores, which duplicate
the Chioago aud St. Louis prices. There are
five daily newspapers, among which the
Time? is tho loading Democratic, and the
Journal, the leading Republican paper, both
of which abound from time to time with in?
teresting and important information, relative
lo this city and teotion. And any ono con?
sidering a move to this section conld not do a
wisor or moro profitable aot than to tako and
road one of those, or both, Th? price of both
ls the samo-tho daily is ono dollar poi
month; tbo weekly is seventy-?vo ceuts for
six mouths. There ia a street railway in ope?
ration, running a diatanao of four milos.
There are four other companies chartered,
all aggregating about thirty miles. Ho active
are the various brauches of bosinuBSthat the
usual rate of interest for money, in sume ol
$1,000 or more, is from ?fteen to* twouty pei
cent.-sometimes higher; and in small sume
for short time, it is not onfrequently aa high
aa two per cent, per month.
The railroads having termini hero, and
which run their cars into this oity, oach on itt
own separate track, are eoven. Then there it
one that runs through the city, making
practically two roads by ono company; thcrt
are in addition two others in the course oi
construction, each having thia place as a ter
minus, and oach having its separate track
Resided those eleven that are built and it
course of construction, there are compauioi
already org tiiized to build still three more
which will make fourtoen railroads, eaob bar
lng a separate track, which, in a year or two
will be in running order to and from this city
The drat was only built io 1866. Our papen
enumerate "sixteen difiorent railroads run
ning into this city or terminating hero, oi
providing feeders for this market." I conflu?
my atatementB to roads having oach a sopa
rate track on which its trains run into tin
city. T?oao different railroads furnish to tin
trado aud business of this city live difforen
oouipotiug lines from here to New York
Water transportation is furnished hy th
Memphis River, not only down toth?t"in
laud sea," the Mississippi, bat above hero lo
a distance of 2,000 miles.
For a distance of 100 miles or moro ii
every direction, and in many directions for i
rouen greater distance, the fertility of th
soil oannot be surpassed anywhere in th
United states.
The city is on the vorgo of tho Stato o
Missouri. The corporate limits extend t
tho Stato lino. It has nover had any of th
advantageous aida that attond the capitals <
Slats? and County seats. It nover was eve
a County soat. Yet its trade and busines
havo beou such as have given it a Coui
House, which is the largest and finest in th
State outsido of St. Louis, it having con
1120,000. The city, moreover, is located iu a
rough and broken a aite as can well he ims
gined, much of the city having beeu built o
high hills and deep ravines. Socio of th
bluffs are 200 feet above the bed of tho rivet
A part of tho market square was niado h
(Illing up a raviue thirty or forty foet doei
Duly two squares from the market the root
af thruo-story bouses are hardly as high a
the natural surface of the earth on adjoiuin
unimproved lots. Main street was OBtf
bliahed partly on a hill-side, with a lut
muuntaiu on ono band and a ravine on tb
jthor. Other parts of the street are in tb
bottom of a ravine, lt was at first a genuir.
mountain road, engineered around hills gri
dually to a ravine, and thence down to tl.
boat landing.
Tho general direction of tho Missouri Bivi
la almost duo West to the Western border i
tho State of Missouri, whero it reaches a
albow by turning and running nearly Norl
for a considerable distance. This elbow
familiarly called "Big Bend." And in cons
quenco of thia elbow, this vicinity at au ear
lay assumed importance in tho trado wu
tho lndiaus, whose territory and bunin
jrouuds, even until 1854, comprised all th
raat torritory between the Wostern herder
Missouri aud tho Rocky Mountains. Tho la
fien. Thoa. ll. Beutou predicted a great oi
kt or noar thu "Big Bund." Gen. Frorao
made this bis startiug polut in his explor
lions across tho Rocky Mountains. A Irai
tpraug up at an early day botweon tho Mi
souri River and Santa Fe, Mexico. As tli
trade increased, it kept coming up the riv
to one placo after another, each place io tu
being nearer tho bend. Finally, this tra
Bstabli?hod itself at Westport, a town in tl.
[Jae..non) County, four milos from tho rivi
Nearly all Santa Fe freight was discharged
[tig Bend for Westport, where merchants c
taged in the Santa Fe trado bad their bu
HOBS headquarters. At last some of thc
uegan to think it woola be well to open stu
iowu at the boat landing, and for a cousidi
iblo limo this locality waa only known
Westport Landiug. But when tho iuhal
tauts of the "Big Bond" began to feel th
importance, they aspired to "Kansas Cit;
vftur a river named Kausas that boro flow
oto the Missouri.
A town was laid out iu 18J3, hut no i
jrovomenta of much valno wcro made i
1846. Tho city charter was granted in 18
it which time there wai a populatiou of ah.
>00. In 18C0, tho population had gi own
)ver 4.000, and continued rapidly to incrcc
ill tho war. During the war, thu city i
mly did not grow, but retrograded; and
Hay, 1865, tho population waa only abi
1,000. Then there was not a ainglo r.?lrc
iure-tho nearest railroad point was titi
niles distant. But in January, 18G7, tho i
julation was 15,061; and iu August, 1863,
vas over 25,000.
The advantage gained by Kansas City \
JO enhanced as her railroad system shall
:omo moro fully developed, and her prcs<
inoB become trunks of innumerable branch
iesidoa her present Ave competing linet
Mow York, and her present railroad conn
ion with San Fraucisco, and bor several li
malling Northward, abo will soon havo m
.han ono through connootion, by rail, vi
3alveston. thoa bringing to the trado ot K
isa City the products of tho Gulf coast i
.ho West ludios, and giving tho additional
rantage of water transportation fruin East
:ities to Galveston, leaving only about
.nile? of railway, instead of about 1.5U?, a
aresont.
Tho following aro tho prices of the loni
irticlcs of family consumption, at retail,
tho best quality of each article, vi/: Flour
lack, 100 pounds, fl; hams, sugar-cured,
lound, oightoen cents; beef steak, per pot
twelve to iitleeu Centn: chickens (live) ci
tweuty-llvo to thirty-five- couts; butter,
.lound, twenty-fire to thirty cents; eggs
dozen, twenty to twenty-five oente; baker's
br*ad, delivered daily, persforty loaves, $1;
milk, delivered daily, per pint, five cents; ooft
fee per pound, thirty to thirty-flvo cents; te?
per ponnd, $1.80; kerosene' oil per gallon,
forty cents; gas por 1,000 feet, $4 60; wood per
cord, $5 to $ti; board per week (weekly in ad?
vance, not including lights or fuel,) $8; honae
rent per room, per mouth, $5; servants wages
per month, $8 to $12.
Theroisa great eaarcityof good building
timber. AU need here ls brought from a great
distance; but the best quality of brioks oan
be made anywhere in or near this city. Btone,
for foundations and basements, abounds in
almost every part of the city, and often iu tho
digging ont of foundations and basements
the stone is quarried at band. Lime of the
best quality is manufactured within the cor?
porate limits. Bricks are solidly laid in the
well at $10 per 1,000- A half dozen different
kinda of ornamental atone for fronts, of beau?
tiful varieties and susceptible of high finish,
aro found in abundance cn our different rail?
road lines, and ?oat very little more than
brick.
Them is a liberal system of public schools,
where every child can be sent and taught free
of charge. These schools give a good Eng?
lish education. Ad olaasea of porsons send to
them. The schools are ssven in number, and
located in different parts of the oity, one or
more being iu each ward. Theae buildings
are amongst the best and handsomest in the
city. The number of pupils enrolled in these
schools is over 8,000. Besides theae there are
some institutions founded hy private enter?
prise, that are well patronized, chief amongst
winch is one for young ladiea, under the Pro
sido noy of Bov. A. ?. Stacey, A. H., a distin?
guished Methodist divine, formerly of the
South Carolina Conference.
All denominations are represented here by
public service, most of them by regularly or?
ganized churches. The Southern branches of
the Prosby terian, Methodist and Baptist, each
have large and growing congregations and
churches. The Bev. Mr. Madeira, of the
Southern Presbyterian, and Bev. Dr. Camp?
bell, of the Southern Methodist Church, are
both popular pastors, as well a? able and elo?
quent preachers.
From a residence hore of fourteen months,
embracing Dubalauiially two winters, as well
as one summer, during whioh time I have
made diligent inquiry of physicians and citi?
zens generally, I am convinced that this oity
is as healthy as any place in the United
States, either city or country. Last summer,
(which is said to have been an average one,)
was sometimes intensely hot in the annshine,
but in the shade it would at the aame time be
pleasant, because of the almost constant
breeze. And even in tho hottest days, it often
became delightfully cool, aa soon as the sun
went down. A sultry night is hardly ever
known ia Kansas City. During all laat Bum?
mer, there were only six nights during which
I would have been more comfortable to have
boen cooler. There ia but little need for any
one living hore to need a summer retreat.
But it may not be unlnteroBtipg to state,
that last Bummer, during the month of
August, the Kansas Pacific Bailroad Compa?
ny-from hero to Denver, (Colorado,) (338
miles, and just at Mio baas of the Rocky
Mountains-issued exemeion tickets, to be
good thirty days, for the round trip, for
thirty-five dollars. In winter, the thermo?
meter indioates an intense degree ot cold.
This winter bas boon considerably colder than
last winter, and I am assured by old settlers
that this IB tho severest winter that haa been
hero for twenty-five or thirty years. The
ground has been in a continued hard freeze
from about the 20th of November. Soveral
mornings, the mercury haa been below zero,
and there havo been but few days in all that
lima that there has been any thaw, even
upon the surface and under a noon day sun
and on a perfectly clear dayl Tho coldest
weather here is always tho cloareat. StUl I
doubt very much whether I have felt the cold
hore any moro sensibly than I would have felt
it in any of the upper Districts of ?South Caro?
lina. Thia is accounted for by the great dry?
ness of tho atmosphere here, lt soldom
rains hore in the wiuter. It 1B now the 17th
of February, and all the rain that has fallen
bore since October would not have more than
settled the dnst. And tho greater part
jf January was as dusty as July or August.
Last wiuter, it did not rain any aftor October
lill February. T'ie coolness of the summers
:oire admits of houses being built for winter.
This, with "heaters," (stoves,) gives a com?
fort, even though the mercury may bo at zero,
.rhich is scarcely attainable under tho "fire?
places" and open gr it os of Southern houses
ind two winters' use of ''heaters" baa entire
ly overcome my prejudices, and made me a
3 on vert to their uss. 1
Tho spring and well water in this section is
til, more or lese, impregnated with lime; but
noni persons here have.cisterns, and thus
rot the very best of water. The cistern
.valer ia delightfully cool till June or July, by
.vhich time and before, ico is delivered to
'-undies every morning at IA cents per pound.
Tho construction ut water works has been
jeforo tho public mind for a year or more.
Taxation is about 2J per cunt, on the actual
uarket valuo of property. It is fivo por ceut.
)u tho assessed value; but the asaesBmont ia
jardly ever moro than from one-third to one
lalf of the actual market value, making the
uxation as stated, 'ibis includes btate,
Jonnty and city taxos.
The professions of law and modicine are
:rowdcO. Each has some members of high
'Oputation for professional attainments SB
veli aa for natural ability. Lawyers number
ibout 120, ph} Biciana about 150. There ia a
aw library, whioh is owned jointly by a large
najority of the lawyers, containing a full set
if all tho reports in each Btate in the Union;
his ia iu addition to the individual libraries
if the different members of tho bar. Thore
s also a medical college of two or three years'
growth, which promises success, lt recently
eceived a donation of $20,000. The morcan?
do business in aa muon crowded aa law and
uodicino. No ono without experience need
<xpect tu start here with more pay than $35 1
ir $40 per month-very little more than
. nough to pay for board and washing. They
miai rise early and be up late, and work hard 1
di tho time; and moreover be ready and
villing tu lend a band to anything, without
ilggling about "ooutracts" or "splitting 1
lairs" about "duties." And if a young mau
s not prepared fur thia kind of life, he had
letter not come to Kansas City. But when ho
mee gets a start and shows a capacity and a
'will" to work, his promotion, I think, ia moro
?apid and pay is natter than in ibo older
?Hates. Tho timo for applying for mercantile
situations ia from 15th february to 1st March,
ind from 15th September te 1st October. In
ho mechanical branches, thore are better
. pollings'. Qood brick-layers commandabout
15 por day; carpenters about $3; cabiuot
nakerB about $2.60 per day. There is a vory
iroditablo start for a mechanics' institute
in incorporated society of over 200 members,
villi a library of several hundred volumes of
.Hittable booka.
Our courts meet as regularly aa tho days
ionio. Our juries are not only all white, but
competent. On this point. 1 think Jackson
Jouuty, Missouri, could safely challenge the
thule United ?states. Not even the South
karolina junes, before "roconatrnction," wore
jotter than those of Jackson County, Mo.,
low. Tho two ooutts, Oircnit (civil) and
Criminal, aro presided over by judges both
lido and upright-mou above even too suspi?
cion of weakness or partiality. Judge Saw?
yer, of tho Circuit Court, of whoso presiding
[ havo seen most, is able, loarnod and ready,
iud withal patient and affable. The subordi?
nate officers, as County judges, clerk, sheriff,
usiices of tho peace, Ac, are generally capa?
do and faithful ofiicura.
Tho Major of tho city is a Radical Republi?
can, though the Aldermen elected at tho same
limo were Democrats-the Democrats spliton
the vote for Mayor. In tho municipal olection
inst preceding, v z: lt>70, the Democrats oleot
.d a full ticket. This County (Jackson) is
Democratic; hrs an entire representatiun of
Democrats in tho L?gislature-both Senate
and Home-and ia called th? Bannar County
of the Democracy. The Btato hts not Jost
now any Bach defined Blatas demonstrable by
election reenlta as the city and Oonnty. GOT?
Brown, elected in 1870, is a Republican, while
tba Legislature, eleoted at the lame tim?, ia
sufficiently Demooratio to make ona of their
first aots the election of Frank P. Blair to tho
United States Senate. Bot whatever may be
the future c realization of par tie a in this
State, Mil aoori ia Bore to be governed by ?
broad, comprehensive and statesmanlike
policy-such aa characterises Gov. Brown,
Senator Blair and Senator Schurz. Gov.
Brown ia a liberal Republican, and a worthy
representativa of real '-reconstruction." Bia
administration gives great satisfaction to the
moderate men of all parties.
In conclusion, I would Bay that, after mak?
ing up my mind to emigrate from South Caro?
lina, and before I determined where I would
-zo, I made a tour of observation to this city,
'slut Joseph, Atohinson, Leavenworth, Fort
Scott, Baxter Spring, Topeka, Denver and
Central City. I came then firmly to the con?
clusion that, ot all tho . plac??-bat?Tcen Saint
Louis and the Rocky Mountains, Kanato City
was the place, present and future. I te*tti.
my conclusion by the opinions of all with
whom I conversed on the subject-in railroad
coaches, and at totola, in Missouri and Kan
I aaa, and Colorado-and I found an overwhelm?
ing majority ov these had the same opinion.
And a residence here of fourteen months haa
continually strengthened my conclusion. In
my opinion, in the elementa of material pro?
gress, no locality, even in thia marvelously
"rowing. "Weat," can compare with Kansai
?ty. ^ JAMES FABBOW.
THE GREAT HAIR PRODUCER_Hair Oils
Pomatums and Pomades have had their, day.
They belong to the musty paet. Nobody that
understands tho chemistry of the hair and
the philosophy of its growtb thinks of using
them. Instead of clogging tho poroa of the
scalp with thiok onguents, and tuna obstruct?
ing the insensible perspiration which ia
essential to th? health of the fibres, we how
I tone the surface of tho bead with an invigo?
rating application which penetrates to the
roots of the hair and stimulates them in the
esme way that tho fertilizing agents spread
over the meadows stimulate the grass' roots
and canee the blades to spring up In myriads,
coating tho earth with verdure. The m vi go
rant best adapted io ibis purpose ia LYON'S
KATH AIP.ON. It may well be called the fertili?
zer of the ?lead. To tho barren scalp it com?
municates vegetative power. If the hair ia
dropping out or becoming dry and withered,
it arrestB the process of dilapidation or
blight. The hair thickena and beoomes
glossy and flexible under ita genialonoration,
andas a dressing it is unapproaohea by any
preparation that has yet been laid on the
toilet of Fashion.
49* If you deslro roay cheeks and a com?
plexion fair and free from Pimples and
ll lo tc ti es, purify your blood by the use of Dr,
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It bas no
equal for this parp?se. M 7 43
The death of Kager Beauvoir is an?
nounced at St. Hyacinthe, Canada, at
the age of 132. Living under monar?
chical auspices, he had, fortunately, no
chance of voting for every President
sinoe Washington.
Savannah tried to imitate Chicago a
few nights ago. A kerosene lamp ex?
ploded in a stable, and the prospect
seemed blight for awhile, but the flames
were soon ignobly.extinguished.
WHOLES AI,IS PRICE? CU 11IUC NT.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BT THE BOARD OF TRADE.
APPLES, Wbu.2 ??2ES 00 MoLASSKs,Ouba,40?5O
BAQOINO.18@23 New Orl'ns 72?90
BALE ROPE,Ma.22f??24 SugarU'eo.. 85?i0
N. Y.or Wes?rb 7?10 NAILS, fl kog5 ?0@6 00
BOTTER,North. 584010 ONIONS..# boa_2 00
Country, ^ &.20?25 OiL,Kerosene,g85?45
BAOON. Hams. 12?18 Machinery. .75@1 00
Sides, H Ib..8i@10 SPECIE, Gold QI 08
Should or a.... 7@8J Silver..... (iii 03
CANDLES, Sperm40@60 POTAT'B,Irisl 50Q200
Adamantine lb 18? 20 Sweet, bus 75?ico
COTTON YARN 160? 1 76 BICK, Carolina lb 8@10
COTTON, Stet M ,...22 SHOT, $ibag. 2,75?8 00
Middling.21} SALT,Liverp.200?2>10
Low Midi*g,.21 SOAP, ?tb,.7a@10
Good Ordny,.20 SPIRITS, Aloohol.gl?OO
Ordinary .18 Brandy . .4 00@12 00
CHEESE, E.D.D>. 22@25 Gin.1 G0@6 00
factory.20@25 Rum.1 60?7 00
COFFEE, Rio, WU>25@27 Whiskey.. .1 85?6 00
Laguayra... ,2G?28 SUGAR, OrusAP14i@16
Java.33? 35 Brown.11J?13
FLOUR. Co. 800@1200 STARCH, %) lb... 8??10
Northern.800@12 50 TEA, Greon fbi 00?2 50
GRAIN, Corn 1 05? 1 10 Black,_1 00? 1 10
Wheat-2 00@2 60 TOBACCO, Ohw.60@l 00
Oat.05? 1 00 Sm oking.Ib. .50? 1 00
Poss.1 20@1 30 VINEGAR, Wine,.60?60
HAT, Nor tn, Wowt.2 50 French.?l CO
HIDES,Dry, *0>12$@ll< WINK, Oham.t25@28 00
Green.@8 Port, ?gal 300@5 80
LABD, y rt,.12? 15 Sherry.... 2 75? 7 00
LIME, y bbl. 2 25?2 40 Madeira...800?8 00
Sweet Potato Slips.
1 i\f\ BUSHELS for eeed-YAM8, Spanish
JLUU and Bod. For Bale by
March 9 E. HOPF,
EVERY 3ATUBDAY, extra inducements will
be offered to all who wish to purobaae CI?
GARS for Sunday smoking, at "Indian Girl
Cigar Stnro." _ _March 9 1
OFFICIAL.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
EXECUTIVE DXPABTMENT.
WHEREAS a vac-.ncy now ousts in the
office of Coroner for tho County of
Sumter:
Now, know ye, that I, ROBERT K. SCOTT,
Governor of the State of South Carolina, by
virtue of the power and authority vested in
mo by an Act of tho Goneral Assembly of said
State, entitled "Au Act concerning the office,
duties and liabilities of Coroner," approved
January 27. 1870. do hereby appoint and con?
stitute Myer D. Moses, a Trial Justice of said
County, as Coroner of the said County of
Sumter, to fiil said vacancy and to perform
the duties of said office until the Legislature
shall order an election to fill said vacancy.
In testimony whereof, I havo hereunto
sot my hand, and oaueed tho groat
[BEAL] Heal to bo affixed, at Columbia, this
7th day of March, A. D. 1872, and in
tho ninety-sixth year of the indepen?
dence of the United Statcsof America.
ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor.
F. L. CAUDOZO, Secretary of State.
March 9 I