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I eOWpi^ 8; - ?h "V i y - \ \ ya q \> rv rr Wednes -ay '?Lorninx. March 20". 1872. Th? City Hall Contract Rcuclnded. Wo loam that tho oootraot made by Ibo Couuoil with Mr. Allan to build the City Hall for the sum of $188,000, has been rescinded. The oontrsot has been awarded to Mr. Clark Waring for the ?aaa of 986,600, who bias or will enter Into a bp.nd in the penal sum of $60,000 for the>faithfal-performance of his agreer ment, with P. W. Wing? John Agoow, John D. Caldwell and W. O. Bwaffleld as BU re ti CB. The Council have time tamed a complete somersault, and ao ?opted, with bad grace though it be, tho very proposition whioh they utterly repudiated a few weeks ago. They pro fess now to be actuated solely by the advice of the committee of the Board of . Trade, whioh is very considerate and* wise in thom. The pity is that they bave not oftener deferred to the Wishes and suggestions of that body. By the arrangement with Mr. Waring, the city is saved the difference between $158,000 and $86,600, or 051,500. Thia is a con? siderable gain, and shows what may be done by prompt and energetio aotion on the part of honest citizens io thwart the schemes of oorrnpt officials. The same line of conduct pursued against the .State officials, who, instead of attempt? ing to steal thousands, have actually stolen millions, would, we sincerely be? lieve, result in similar benefits to the goooplo. We have still, though, been trrolctCjd several thousand dollars in this Gi^y Sall contract. A sop had to be thrown to Mr. Allen, to get him out of tthe way. Mr. Waring proposes to credit the ?city with $7,000 for work alreudy dono .on the ball. The work is not considered to be worth over $5,000, at the highest, so that there are $2,000 lost here-Mr. Waring, of coarse, haviag increased his bid proportionally. Bat there has been actually paid Mr. Allen $12,500 already, for the work he has done; so that really 87,500 of oity fonds have been soak. This, though damning to the City Council, is money not ill spent, if this City Hall business. haB opened the eyes of the colored people to the wrongs and swindles whioh are being perpetrated ander the cloak of Republicanism. This, we believe, hos beea the case, to a great extent. The old Co oneil, with, a few exceptions, have been utterly ignored in the new nominations, and we trust, be? fore election day, to por eua de them to ignore some of the equally bad men who have Becu red their nomination. There is every reason to fear that Carpenter and his skin-white confreres will assume the samo role that their predecessors fol? lowed, and the oity cannot afford the ?experiment. There is a warm feeling manifested, on the part of the colored people, to give their white fellow-oiti zens, as they term it, "a showing, In order to produce good feeling and se? paro honesty and eoouomy in the city government." It is encouraging to seo this, and if our whito people will only throw off their lethargy and respond cordially to the kind sympathies of the other ?co, good men will be elected and the city saved. God himself only knows the wonderful and hidden power of voli? tion. Earnestness, zeal and unremit? ting perseverance put forth in a good causo will work wonders. Croaking, doubtful, slothful citizens, who will do nothing, on the grouud, as they say, that they hope fornothiag, are almost as oosarable as tho scoundrels tbat rob us. ? ? ? * TrrE AMNESTY FAIIOE.-A little farce is played iu tho House of Representatives evory week. Refusing to gruut a gene? ral amnesty, they pass, once in seven days regularly, a "disability bill," by which the persons named in it aro re? lieved of ail disabilities as citizens aris? ing from acts during the rebellion. In making up this periodical bill, overy member hands in whatever lists he chooses, and none of the names are read. They insist on only one provision-it is understood that if the name of Jefferson Davis appears in any list presented, the engrossing clerk shall strike it out. EXTENSIVE SMUGGLING SCHEME.--It is stated in New York that Government officers have discovered an extensive soborno of smuggling silks, laces, gloves, ka., whioh have been bought iu Europe, sent to Halifax, and thenco to St. Ste? phens, New Braaswick, and smuggled across at Calais, reaching Boston, New York and Chicago in large quantities. It is alleged that a Mr. Howard, in Halifax, with Montreal partios, have thus smug? gled several hundred thousands of dol? lars' worth the past year. TUET WANT PAY.-Tho noble, philan? thropic and self-saorifluiug women of the North, who volunteered to nurse tho sick soldiers during the war, now como for? ward with a petition to Congress to pay thom for their work of patriotism and lovel A bill has been agreed upon to al? low thom $20 per month while so en? gaged. What would a Southern lady, who cl ai mod pay for un ruing Con federn to 'Soldiers, be thought of by her country? women? lisVel th? weit im* portant Aota passed at the last session of the Legislature: An Aot to^ mor^effectually provide for the recording of aft conveyances ol real estate. .< ' fl. Krc An Aot to amar?a Seotion 279/ of the oodeof preopdur?! (' \. ? H An Aot.to regulate, tho gran Ung .of di? vorces. An Aot to empower the Judges of the Probate Court in their, respective ?onu ties to issue executions. An Act to regulate the manufacture and. 6^ ,of i ppm merool (t?tiUa?rs in the State ^jfca&QMPiiplk j .????*? - -- An Act to authorise Clerks of Court? of Common Pleas to ta kp testimony in certain oases. An Act to provide the manner for ob? taining the right of way where the lands are surrounded by other landa. An Aot to authorizu aliens to hold pro? perty. An Aot conferring upon the County Commissioners certain powers in relatiou to the license and sale of intoxicating liquors. An Aot to amend sundry sections of the codo of prooeduro relating to tho Cirouit Courts. An Aot to amend an Act to secure ad? vances for agricultural purposes. An Act to amend an Act providing for general elections, and tho manner of conducting the same, An Aot legalising certain marriages, and for other purposes theruiu men? tioned. An Act for the bettor protection of useful animals. An Aot to empower fathers to legitima? tize certain children by last will and testament. An Act to amend au Aot providiog for the assessment and taxation of property, passed September 15, 1858, and all Acts amendatory thereto. Au Act -to omeud an Act to revile, simplify and abridge the rules, practice, pleadings and forms of the courts of the State. An Act to alter and amend an Act to revise, simplify and abridge the rules, practice, pleadings and forms of courts of this State (2.) An Act to provide for a uniform system of school records. An Act to amend an Aot for the better protection of migratory fish. An Act to amend an Act to provide for the construction and repair of public highways. An Act to amend the law in relation to the license and registration of phar? maceutists, apothecaries and druggists, and to regulate the vending of drugs and poisons. An Act for the relief of the widows and orphans of persons killed because of their political opinions. An Act to regulate the issuing of ohecks to laborers upon plantations or elsewhere. Au Act to reduoe all Acts and parts of Aots to determine and perpetuate the homestead into one Act, and to amend tho same. An Aot relating to tho Financial Agont of the State of South Carolina, in the oity of New York. An Aot to provide for a general license law. An Act to approve, adopt and make of force, the general statutes of the State of South Carolina, prepared nuder the direction and by the authority of thc General Assembly. Joint resolution to provide for the re? publication of certain statutes of this State, and journals of tbe General As? sembly thereof. In noticing the head-dresses ata re? cent party in Paris, a corres pcm dont writes that "ono handspmo person en? tered with ber hair piled so high and in such disorder that she brought to our mind tbe negresses in tho mountains iu Cuba, who carry ptirso, needles, pius, thimble, scissors and jack-knife siui?ed in their wool. Another lind her hair so tightly drawn over a cushion that she seemed in imminent danger of falling over backward. What will tho next fa? shion be, I wonder? Ono gentleman hud bis hair cut across the forehead, like the princes of old." GOING BACK ON SAMBO.-Tho editor of the Jacksonville Union, who waa rivontly appointed postmaster at that place, taunts his unsuccessful competitor with the fact that tho greut body of the Higu? era of bis petition were negroes. That's just liku these carpet-buggers. Tho ne? gro is a wonderfully nice man when they want office, but oucu in office, they turn up their noses ut tho very night of a black man. Tho Rome (Ga.) Courier, of tho 11th, bas a paragraph commencing with these linea: "Yesterday was one of those pretty ppriug babies that lie so lovingly in tho lap of old winter, und promises HO brightly to Moon grow into blooming summer." The writer is evidently af ilicted; but sulphate of magnesia, three times a week, with sassafras tea for sup? per, will doubtless set him all right. DEATH OF AN EDITOR -The Mobile Register, of Thursday, comes to us in mourning for the death of Col. Churlos Forsyth, commercial editor of tbut paper, and son of the editor-in-chief. Col. Forsyth, we learn, died suddenly from an "injury" received, but no par? ticulars ure givon. He Was Superintend? ent of tho Mobile Cotton Exchange, and during tho war commanded the 3d Ala? bama. VALUABLE PRESENT FROM MR. Conco RAN.-We learu, says the Lynchburg News, that W. W. Corcoran, Esq , of Washington, has purchased tho "How? ard Librury" of 3,G00 volumes, and pre? sented it to the Washington uud L-o University. It is tho most valuable classical collection in tho State of Vir? ginia. Many of tho provincial capitals of China have populations ranging from 5??.000 to 1,000,000. ? MODH?I?.' -V?HHOMHIOUT-One.-.O? the chief inoidents of Mr. Wilkie Col? lins* well-known novel. The Womah in }Vhite, is tho assassination in Loudon of afc Italian heTugoo, Count Fosco, bj ?der7 of a eobrot society of which he waa a member. To moat readers the obi8ode most; nave seemed improbable, ir not absolutely incredible. Yet, with? in a few weeks, if we are to accept with unquestioning faith a queer story pub? lished in tho London papers, Mr. Col lion* bold invention hos been literally realized. A man well known in com meroin) ooralea.hadsuddenly disappeared,, leaving behind him a letter purporting tu lia? been written ou -tho of btu execution by a secret .somety to, wLimb be hnd.belouged,. and whose orders he had io come way disobeyed. Accompanying this was a missive, supposed to coma from his judgOB, announcing thu fulfill? ment of tho sentence. Certaiuly there is hero a most promising sousatiou, and ono tb ut ought to stir in tho average British public, already profoundly agi? tated by Alabama claims und rumors bf Fenian uprising, a very lively emotion. More in detail, the circumstances of this curious story are these: Messra. W. Blews & ?Son, manufacturera of gas ohaudeliors at Loudon and Birmingham, Btate on thu 18lh of January last, they received a letter, dated tho 12ih, from their agent at Moscow, Mr. L. lt. Bauer, announcing bis immediate de? parture for England to consult his em? ployers on business. He wrote again from Kiga on the 14th of the samo month, from Builin twice on tho 20tb, uud from Hamburg on the 221. On the 25th hu reached Loudon, uud telegraphed tu tho Messrs. Blews that he would leave fur Birmingham on the 10.20 train. ?Subse? quently they received a telegram stating that Mr. Bauer , hud missed this train, but wuuld leave at 3 in the afternoon. This is tho last that bas boen seeu or hoard of him except tho letter mentioned above, which is dated January 27th, aud announced his impending death. It is uddresaed to his employer, and is per? mitted to bo written, it says, "by special grace." It hints darkly ut somu crimi? nal act which the writer was bound to perform by his obligations to the secret order whiuh be had joined "in a sad error" o( youth and inexperience. Dis? obedience subjected bim to death, aud this bitter alternative lie had chosen rather than "do things against which his soul revolted." His luggage, ho had added, bad been destroyed, and the in closure, referred to from his executioners stated thal for their own safety, certain papers of tho firm in Bauer's keeping had beou also burut. This uwo-iuspir ing doaiiment was signed, "A Sufficient Number." Accepting implicitly what is here re? lated for fact, we have certaiuly all that tlie most ardent lover of mystery could desire. This brief correspondence, con? tains all the elements of a first-class sen? sation, out of which a brisk imagination muy weave a must thrilling aud compli? cated romance, bristling with daggers and evil-minded masks, with seoret mid? night tribunals, with shadowy conspira? tors and delightfully unintelligible warn? ings, with love, and revolution, and mur? der, in their most attractive phases. Unhappily, however, there is one weak point iu the plot, which, for the sake of our romantic readers, wo almost hesitate to divulge! Mr. Bauer's mental poise has never been of the soundest. He had been once completely deranged; aud it is quite aa likely that this extraordinary correspondence is the result of a second aberration UB that the rule of the Car? bonari flourishes in England. Again, there may have been u method in Mr. Bauer's madness whiuh mudo a sudden disHppearauco expedient. Yet, under? neath all its apparent wildness and extravagance, there still remains in tho story a grain-a mustard seed cull it -of possibility, oud we hopo to see it re? ceive tbe thorough investigation for which a portion of tho London press im? peratival? calls.-New York Times. MEXICO.-Thu New York Journal of Commer?a saja: "It will bo high timo for the Government to undertake to pro? tect Mexico-preparatory to unm-xing her-after it has shown thu capacity to protect tho Uuited States. \Vo need I protection, just now, very badly, not aloue against Indians aud the Lowrey gaug aud ether rovers, white, black and coppery, but against the official thieves scattered nil over the couutry, who are robbing tho people worse than ouy horseback raiders. Mexico is suffering sumo. Shu bas moro organized fighting goiug ou in her territory than we have. But she is used tu it, aud seems tu like it. Revolution?, like earthquakes, are her chronic condition, and aru'none of our funeral' su long as ?he dues not med? dle with us. * * * All tho official peculators in this country would liku to divert jmblio atteulion fora ?hilo fiom their misdeeds tu those of Mexico; und a proteotorato of that country, raiding new questions as it wuuld aud involving au armed occupation of Mexico, would please them very much, becauso it. would turu people's oyo* far Southward from the frauds going on hero." In tho Uuited States Court, at Charles? ton, oo Saturday last, tho order of tho 26th of February last, for tho sale at auction of a large amount of real estate involved in tho caso of the United States vs. John Frazer & Co. el al., was modi? tied nm) the Aale suspended until thu further order of the court. FOUND DEAD.-An inquest was hold, yesterday, in tho case of tho colored man, Jorry Aiken, who was found dead iu NuHMau street, Sunday night, and tho verdict rendered was that ho came to his death from excessive driuk aud ex? posure.- Charleston Courier. Tug llAiiKian AND AUOUSTA AIR-LINK RAILROAD -lulormuliou hus been re? ceived at railroad headquarters, in Ibis city, that the bill granting a charter lu thu above named railroad has passed the Georgia Legi&luturo.-Raleigh News. EKOO?*A?DBM IH KBNTUOX?.-A moak strang* and thrilling romanoe in real life has jost culminated in thia County, and we hasten to lay ita details before our readers. It appears that a "short time previous to the/breaking out of the re? bellion, a young married man named Eldridge Millar,' with his Wife and two very ?mall children, emigrated front Gal? loway County to Arkansan. -'When ?he war came on, he eulisted in the Confede? rate army, and soon after was taken pri? soner ia notion and a?n? tp a.'Ohiaug? ?iriaon. After remaining confined there or AO me time, he waa released,, po, oou ditldn that he'shOold enlist- togbWent aml4ighi-thoIndians. He had not been in tho West long before he was taken oaptivo by tito red skins. After u long and weary captivity of yearn, ho at length made his escape and returned to Arkansas. Meunwhile, his wife, sup poxiug him to bu deud, had left there and joined her relatives in Henry Coun? ty, Tennensee; and l/ere, after searching for her in vuin in Arkansas, the long-lost husband came some two weekB ago in quest of her and his children. He found her living at Crossland, in this County, but no louger belonging to him. A mau named Wm. Schr?der, a widower with nine children, and f:rmerly u Culloway count ian, had become enamored of her in Arkansas, nud, following her to Ten? nessee, had finally prevailed upon Ina- to murry nud remove with him io this County. Fiudiug her again married, ho dui not seek to induce her to return to him, but mendy laid claim to his chil? dren. These were refused him, and hu instituted suit to recover them. The oise was to have had a hearing on Mon? day lust, but on tho Sunday previous, at the woman's instance, lhere was a pri? vate interview between her and hor first husbnud, which resulted in their doping together, luaviug Schr?der iu the lurch, and going, it is supposed, back to Ar? kansas. Sokruder docs uot seem to take his los? very greatly to heart, but say? his wife was perfectly right in going off with her lir.it husbaud if she loved him best.-Murray (Ky.) Gazette. SNOWSHOE THOMPSON AGAIN-lin BEATS THE OVERLAND TRAIN.-In no? ticing thu arrival of celebrities at Wash? ington, the correspondent of the San Domingo Bulletin refers to a remarkable feat perforinud by ono well known in California: Tho most notable of tho recent ar? rivals, aud the avant courier of all, is J. A. Thompson, well kuown in California and Nevada as "Snow-shooThompson," who used to carry Ibo mails on snow? shoes over tho Sierras, aud hus a claim uow pending iu Congress for that Her vico. He left Keno on the 17th of Janu? ary, and three days afterwards, the traiu got stuck in a drift thirty-five miles West of Laramie, in spite of tho efforts of four locomotives to pull through, pre? ceded by a Sunday's work of shoveling by all bands. On Monday morning, tho wind was blowing and tho snow still drifting; so Thompson, with one fellow paaseuger, Rufus Turner, of Idaho, set on foot and walked to Laramie, where they overtook a train that was also stuck in the snow a short distance from (he village. At this point, Turner con? cluded that he wanted no more pedes? trian exercise, with the thermometer down to 15, 20 and 30 degrees below zero. But Thompson pushed on alone, and walked in two days fifty-six milos further, to Cheyenne, spending the night at Buford Station, near tho sum? mit of the Kooky Mountains. At Clu yenne, ho found a truiu just start? ing, and came through to the Missouri River, tho first mau direct from tho Pu? nido coast for about two weeks, aud un? doubtedly thu first that over beat the iron horse ou HO long a stretch. Ho says he found very little snow anywhere except in tho "cuta," which, it seems from his description, are njt ordinary railway cuttings, but purely temporary features of thu road in winter, caused by tho banking up of suow thrown oil tho track at the sides, which, gatheriug ac? cretions by tho action of thu wiud blowing tho successive fulls of tho snow from ten to twenty feet high on each tide, between which tho suow subsequently balls and is packed down hard, with no means of throwing it off. SHAMEFUL.-It is very evident that tho administration officials are-to use homely Euglish-doing soma very tall lying in their testimony before tho Sale of-Arms Committee. The chief ord? nance officer sells Si.500,000 worth to an individual ut ono time, und was pro fouudly ignorant of tho purchaser's being an agent of tho French Govern? ment, when everybody else knew it be? sides himself, lt is not denied, how? ever, that tho cartridges woro manufac? tured by tho Government, and, with tue arms, delivered when tho receiver was kuown to bu such agent. It appears, further, that tho arms Bold to French agents were taken to tho piers from which the French steamers sailed from New York, though at the same timo ono of thu Government officials declared that he did not know that the parties who purchased wero agents of Franco, or that the arms were to be shipped on French vessels there. What a precious set of know-nothings those Government officials arel Whatever may be the de? cision of tho committee, the publio judgment is already made up in this arms matter, and it is that the admini? stration has been proved guilty of every nhargo alleged in tho resolution of Mr. Sumuer. A Gorman in New York, bunt on nelf oxtinotion, applied io an apothecary for arsunic, but thu druggist suspected his purpoHO, and gavo him powdered chalk. Thu Gorman wont home, ?wallowed tho dosi', and then yelled lustily for assist nuco. Ho vas relieved after ono emetic and two stomach pumps. A laud slide on tho l'an lr? Railroad in Brazil, South America, buried tho road so that it will take two mouths to olear it again. MAIL ABBA??GE?KHTB.-Tho Northam mail opens at 8.00 P. M.; oloses 7.15, A. M. Charleston day mall opo^s 4.00 P. M. ; oloses 6 00 A. M. Charleston bight mail opens 6.80 A. M.; olotes6.00 P. M. Gr eon ville mall opens 6.45 P. M. ; oloses 6.00 'A. if. Western mai) opens 9.00 A. M.; oloses 1.80 P. M. On Sunday office open (rom 3 to 4 P. M. OITT MATTERS.-The price of single oopios of the PHCOJIIX IB .Qvo.cents. ? We have been requested to state that u mooting of tho citizen? of Ward 4, ir? respective of porty or color, will be held ot McAllister's building, Upper Bound? ary street, this evening, a'. 8 o'clock. All citizens ure carne liy invoked io be pro bent. The old arm of J. II. k M. Ii. Kinard has been dissolved, the senior member of tho ooncern continuing the business. The stock ia being replenished, and in a short time will be completo in every re? spect. Mr. M. L. Kinard contemplates commencing business ou his own hook. Peter B. Glass, E-q., has been ap? pointed ad interim Iaternal Revenue Collector for this District. Reuse & Thompson, tho Plain street barbers, havu changed their bass, and removed to tho old stund of Haynes worth & Carroll, near Heise's confec? tionery. They ure both full}* compe? tent to give you a good sbavo or sham? poo. . Mr. J. Wallace Airiger, (of Charles? ton.) general Southern agent of tho Eclectic Magazine, Now York, paid ns a short visit, yesterday. He is quartered at the Columbia Hotel. Mr. Johu P. Arthur was electod Vale? dictory Orator of the Eu ph rad ian So? ciety of the Uuiversity at its last meet? ing. Ho is a member of tho law class and will deliver his oration in June, during commencement week. DEATH IN ABBEVILLE.-Wo rogret to learn of tbe death of that estimable citizen, Dr. Isaac Branch, at his homo iu Abbeville. He died, we are informed, about 3 o'clock, yesterday morning, after au illness of but a few days. The Doctor was a native of Vermont, but for years a resident of Abbeville. His activity and business energy, his kindly heart and high integrity of character, won him the admiration and warm esteem of a host of friends. Ho hts been in feeble health for a long while, in consequence of his advanced years. He was upwards of seventy years of ugo at the time of his death. He was a con? sistent Christian. The trial of Mr. W. ?T'Aiken7for the alleged murdor of Mr. John A. Clark, is now progressing in Winnsboro. Mr. Clark was killed in a personal rencontre by Mr. Aiken, sometime last sprit g. The fact of Mr. Clark being a Republi? can official, invests the trial with some additional interest. Mr. Chamberlain conducts the prosecution; Colonel Rion, General Butler and Mr. McCauta appear for Mr. Aiken. Tho defendant is a young gentleman of high social stand? ing, and favorably known throughout the State. His friends are confident ol bia full acquittal, upon tho ground that the homicida was committed in self-de? fence. APPOINTMENTS.-Tho Governor has appointed John Marlin, of York County, a Trial Justice, vice- Gaffney; Fre derick A. Booker, Commissioner ol Deeds, resident at Kalamazoo, Mich. Gustave Staovcu, Notary Public, Edible Isluud; M. H. Ferguson, Deputy Sur? veyor of Spartauburg County; H. C, Corwin, Auditor of Newberry County. Tho following aro the Trustees of tb? "State Agricultural College and Meeba nica' Institute," located at Oruugebnrg Messrs. A. J. Willard, Columbia; J. J, Wright, Beaufort; John Wilson, Ander son; W. D. Harris, Columbia; Gilben Pillsbury, Charleston; Benjamin Byar, Orangeburg; R. J. Donaldson, Cheraw C. M. Wilder, Columbi J; H. W. Dan can, Spartauburg. A number of merchants from Abbe ville-George White, of White Bros.. G. McD. Miller, of Miller & Robertson Wm. Hill, of White, Hill & Cunning ham, T. P. Quarks, of Quarles & Perrin ond Wm. A. Hill-cunno down yesterday to make some settlement with the hiter nal revenue officers, with regard to a lo of tobacco wbich was seized in their re spectivo establishments, some tinv since, for alleged violation of the rove nue lews. They a? gentlemen of th highest standing, and it is to bo hope? they will have a happy deliverance fron this potty annoyauoo. It seems that ii opening thoir boxes of tobacco, the; had not been caromi to preserve tho re venuo stump iutaot, as the law require* A detective of the Government ponucei upon them and seized tho tobacco which they aro now BcekiDg to recover Tobacco merohnnts should be careful t keep their stamps ull right. M 49m Omi- Vmvvwm' ?'jwrin'e i orowded, lae* Dight, again.? Good-ior-Notbing," afforded an ?dp\d 'of' am?wment.' "Hsrrj* t?qu. , ^o **?pad? ciap?e" wai a Won? der! ol performance. The "Prima Donna of a Night" was an amusing little har? ietts7. The italian lesson Waa easily, leariicd. To-night is the lost puff' auoe for this season, but we sine hope that Columbia will bo j honored with another and mor? lengthy visit from < thjft . real ly talented - troupe artists. . '. ; ! . 1 PHOBNEUANA.-''Few die, and none resign," is "the truth, the whole truth, And tioHiinIT liyt ?I??? truth " abotit the nation's office-holders. The New York Herald grows witty enough to call "Gould a plnckod Jay/' Yet the impression is that he "feathered his neat" well beforo the plucking was done. It is said that a good-looking young, lady of Covington killed twenty-one fleas at one sitting. She is certainly en? titled to rank a? a celebrated flea-botom ist. The latest conundrum out is, ""Why should a' merchant go so often for money that is coming to him?" A poet calls Schurz the "sword of truth," the "poiriord to bant," the "rapier to fraud," and "foil to the BWord Jof power." Quite pointed com plimepts. . He who thinks better of his neighbors than (hey deserve cannot be ft bud mau for tile standard hy which his judgment is formed is the goodness of his owi heart. Money is a great lever in the affairs of man; so great a loaver that some of us oas never keep it. A man is in no danger as long as ha talks love; but when he writes it, he is impaling himself on his own pot-hooka most effectually. Humility is a grace that adorns and beautifies every other grace; without it, tba most splendid natural and acquired acquisitions lose their charm. A man in love is a man who wishes to be more amiable and agreeable than he can be, and this is the reason why almost all men in love are ridiculous. If a man lose his breath, he shouldn't ron for it; he will catch it quicker by standing still. Would you bo surprised to learn that the man who stole the judge's coal shortly afterward appeared in a law-suit? THE MHETINO AT CAB DUNA HALL. There was a large and encouraging at? tendance of the citizens of Ward 2, at Carolina Hall, last evening. The hall was well crowded. Mr. W. K. Green? field wan called to the chair, and Mr. S. O. Peixotto was requested to act as Secretary. The Chairman, in a few terse remarks, stated the object of fte meeting to be to secure the nomination of good men os Aldermen of the Ward, without regard to politics or race, j On motion of Mr. T. J. LaMotte, tho Republican nomination of C. M. Wilder and Cap. Carroll was accepted as the nomination of the meeting, and a com? mittee of five were appointed to select a nominee in the piad.'?' Mr. Hogo. Tho Chair appointed upon the committee Messrs. T. J. LaMotte, D. C. Peixotto, C. F. Jannoy, (white,) and Messrs. Christopher Hayuesworth and William lioose, (colored.) Tho c6mmitteo nomi? nated Mr. John Agnew, who was then declared the nominee of tho meeting. A committee of five, to bo known ns the working committee, was appointed to act with fcimilur committees from tho other Wards, and muko a nomination for Mayor, and call a public meeting of tho citizens of tho entire city, if it be deemed proper. * Uer tho business was ended, Mr. C. F. Jauney made an admirable' address, directed maiuly to tho colored oitizens present. He claimed that he fully rep? resented the feelings and sentiments of the young men of the city, and, in a great part, of tho State also, whon he declared that the young men were deter? mined to oaBt aside, as memories of the musty past, the fogy platforms and ideas that hud direoted the movements of the wu5** noople since tue wur; that, with a full acknowledgment of tho equal rights and i 'ivileges of the colored people, they proposed to join hands with them, and work shoulder to shoulder with them iu the redemption of a common country. Mr. Jauney struck the key note for the young men of the State, aud the enthusiastic applause with whian his remit k* were received-showed that he struck u responsive ohord in the hearts of his oolored hearers. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Acts of tho General Assembly. Mrs. Oates-Irwin's Hall. Foand- A Bunch of Keys. John Alexander-Proclamation. Mooting Acacia Lodgo.