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Forattfn AfTaira*
LONDON, March 29.-A. coal miue ex
plotiiou killed eight persons, and elevon
were fearfully burned.
MADRID, March 29.-Sickles is expect?
ing to return here next month.
BERLIN, March 29.-Frederick Wil?
liam, of PrusBiu, visits his mother-in
law, Victoria, at Buden, whore Victoria
romuius until after Easter.
A mc vlc.ii ti mivUlgencc.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.-40,000
Sion uds of California butter were shipped
Sast this week.
Au earthquake throughout Nevada,
?'esterduy, WUB severo beyond the reool
ection of the Iudiuns. Not a singlo
brick building or ubode is standing. lu
Irin Couuty tho spriug was stoppud, but
others buvo started. There uro great
fissures iu the earth. The force of tho
earthquake was spent in comparatively
unpopulated districts. Many were burt,
but no lives lost.
CAMAROO, MEXICO, March 20.-Ap
Eareully otlleial advices report Uucha to
o rout?d near Z ?catecas. There is
great rejoicing here and at Monterey.
The Jiiari8ts were utterly routed.
NEW YORK, March 29.-In the Liberal
Rapuulicau Central Committee, ll. J.
Adams presiding, ion Assembly Districts
of tho State were represented. The
committee adopted resolutions opposing
Gram's re-nomination und favoring thu
Cincinnati Couveutiou.
Jupauese Minister Mori denies tho
persecution of Christians in Japan.
Too musicians at Trinity Ch ireh have
struck for higher wuges. Non-society
mon bave been employed.
Two of Jay Gould's friends, who still
rcrnitiu in tho Erie directory, will resign.
Courge ll uv nos, at Sag Hat ber, WHS
tarred, feathered uud rude un a rut!, for
licentiousness.
No Loudon or Liverpool markets to?
day. No market? from Now York. Tho
day was generally observed ns a holiday.
Weather very fine.
It is reported that the steamship City
of Galveston, from New York for Now
Orleans, waa burned. No particular.".
LOUISVILLE, March 29.-General Hum?
phrey Marshall died, to-duy, of pneu?
monia.
Thero was a slight earthquake at Pa
ducub.
A full meeting of tho tobacco board
adopted a resolution endorsing a uniform
tobacco tux.
BOSTON, March 29.-Tho Massachu?
setts ?State Convention, last evening,
choso six delegates to tho National Co?
lored CouventioD, to bo held in Now Or?
leans, April 10.
NEW ORLEANS, March 29.-Tho steam?
er City of Galveston, with a full cargo
of assorted merchandise, bad ber upper
works burned aud the cargo flooded.
Tbe value of the cargo and vessel was
$1-10.000; insured.
NEW YORK, March 29-Evoniug.
Tile Oonditiou of Professur Morse is un?
changed.
Good Friday was generally observed.
The stock boards closed, but bickers on
the side-wulks exchanged several mil?
lions of gold.
PHILADELPHIA, March 29.-Tho Su?
preme Court, to-duy, announced a deci?
sion sustaining Bishop O'Hara in bis
appeal from the findings of tho lower
court, wbiah restored Father Stack to
the pastorate from which ho was sus?
pended by tho Bi?hop.
WASHINGTON, March 29-Evening.
The Secretary of the Navy is organiziug
another inter-Oceauio canal survey to
the isthmus ship canal.
Neither House of Congress in session.
Three investigating committees were
in session-the Arms, Nuvy and District
of Columbia. Nothing startling elicited.
Probabilities-The barometer will con?
tinue falling West of nud throughout
the Mississippi Valley, with Southerly to
Easterly winds and increased cloudiness,
and probubly threatening weather during
to-night, aud gradually extend its iufiu
enuo ou Saturday to tho upper lukes,
over the Ohio Valley and Eastern Gull
States. Partially cloudy but pleasant
weather will prevail from Florida to the
lower lukes, and Eastward to tho Atlan?
tic, with light uud fresh winds. Danger?
ous winds are not anticipated for the
Atlantic aud Gulf coasts.
Daring tho war, a mun named Smith
bad a mule taken from him by the
United States military authorities for
nso in the army. Smith subs?quenlly
died, und bis widow made application
for payment. Peudiug the application
of the widow, the guardian of Smith's
infaut Children intervened, claiming
that payineut should not bo paid to the
widow, but should bo puid to him us
guardian. The guardian's allegation is,
that utter Smith's wifo died, (who wus
the mother of these infant children,)
Smith WUB married again, after which
Smith diml, leaving his widow, (tho ap?
plicant abovo described.) But it is ul
ledgc.d that when Smith married thia
second wife alio had another husband
living, and therefore her murringo to
Smith was void. Tho guardiuu conse?
quently claims the money ou behalf of
tbo minor children of Smith. Tho ap?
plication, says the Washington Chronicle,
is in tho Third Auditor's Cilice, und the
clerks thero ure puzzling themselves
over thc conundrum.
Tho Portland people uro tutking of
Neal Dow for Mayor. Tho Golden Age
says that some of the people of that city
ore HO enamored of cold water that they
would voto for a hydrant could it bo put
in clothes uud made to run.
An Indian aguutsiys that children's
hymus uro very popular among tho Iu?
diuns, and that tho most savage tuvuges
sing them upon tho war-puth. "Now 1
luy mo" must bu very touching with a
war-whoop uccoaipuuia cut.
A jilted lover in Mobile, Ala., stole
tho presents hu hud given tho firkin fair
one while she was being married to hm
successful rival. He is in jail.
Financial and Commercial. "
COLUMBIA, 8. C., Mtuoli 29.-Sates
of oottoo, to-day, 70 baloH- mlddliug 21.
CINCINNATI, March 29.-Flonr and
cum quiet uod ouohungcd. X'oi k lower,
at ll.50@ll 02. Lard firm-kettle 8,L?.
Bacon droopiog-shoulders 5; clear ?idea
7. Whiskey dull, ut 84.
HT. Louis. March 21).-Flour quiet.
Com dull. Pork lower; some sp?cula?
tive demand. Bacon closed lower
shoulders ; olear aidea 7. L nd 8.
MOBILU, Aiureh 29.-Holiday; receipts
of cotton 221 bulen; stock 35.017; re?
ceipts of the week 2 467; Bales 4,300.
NOUFOLK, March 29.-Receipts; of cot
tou 410 bales; stiles 100; stock 3,351; re?
ceipts of the week 3.G?9; sulea CIO.
CHARLESTON, March 29. - Cottou
quiet; receipts 226 bales; stock 20,212;
receipts of tho week 2.G??; sales 2,000.
BOSTON, March 29.-To-day holiday;
no market; receipts of cotton 39 bales;
stiles 50; stock 15,000; receipts of the
week 12.499; sales X.7U0.
SAVANNAH, March 29.-Cottou in fair
demand; receipt? G08 bales; sales 800;
stock Ki 213; rocoipts of tho week 5,281;
sulea 3,900.
NEW OULEANS, March 29.-No price
given for cottou, being n holiday; re?
ceipt? 3,053 bales; ?tuck 151.G94.
BALTIMORE, March 29.-Receipts of
cottou 420 bulen; stock 11.3 ?9; receipts
of the week 40.G95; stock 493,290.
WILMINGTON, Muroh 29.-Cottou
receipts 101 bales; stiles 4G; stock 3,789;
receipts of the week 717; ?ules 5G0.
AUGUSTA, Morok 29.-Cottou quiet
receipts 120 bales; sales 300; stock
15.173; receipts of tho week 1,151; sales
1.577.
V\ UUM'.SA I.K I'll I CU? eHUvr.M.
QOailKOTKIl WK BK LY BY TUB BQAIIU OPTItAHE.
APPLE*. ~aiu?.'i UUttfSUV. Ja01.AaSKB,UUUa,4U U.??
UAOUI.NO,.18.tf.2S NewUn'ua 75 </.il0
SALK HOPE, ala.'Ji'tft?l augur il'ao.. 33&40
N.Y.urWca^db 7ftfUU NAILS, <J aeg5 5l)(uiti ntl
Burrsu,North. 28 j$4U ONIONS..Lim.... .2 nu
Couulry, y tb.20 i/)Z? O?L,Ker?a?uo,g35r(?45
I?AOON. Ham?. 12(fil7| Machinery..7&<fcl Uti
Side?, f lb...8*9] SPECIE; Uoid 18
Sliuuldors_7ttf8j Silver. uj.i Q?
0AHULKSj.Sporiu4U(tfi&t I'OTAT'H, Iricl GO&200
Adamantine ltil7<<SlQ Sweet, bus 7S(/.M0
Corno? ?'A ii s Ititi i?l 7o[ HICK, Carolina IbttftClU
Currun. Stet M ,...22 diiirr,i}/bag. 27S&3Uti
Middling.21i SALT, L.ivorp.2Uiife 2 Ul
Low Midl'g,.21 *OAP, \l\b,.7?<f{10
Cond Ordiiy,.2n UUttlTH, Alcohol^-16 00
Ordinary.18 Urandy ..4 U?&?lVMO
UHKUHK, li.O.lb. 22?i2."? Om .1 G0<&6flU
factory.2<if?25 hum.1 G >(<ci o i
Correa, ltio,??!i>24 <$?G Whiskey... l ;i?r?.G (HI
Laguayra_27 (?29 SUOAU, CruaJtl'144?lG
Java.33 gS3 brown.ll}f??i:j
FLOUU.CO. SCOIjltiUU STAncit, Dil RI.. . U-lGjJll)
Northern.SOiirii 12 a? CEA,Oreen lblOOiU.250
UuAiN.Coru 1 O.Vffll 10! black, . ..1 OIHStfl 1"
Wboat_2 0W{2 5(i| FouACCO, Uhw.GU?] (!0
Oats.SifisOo; Smoking,lb..6dC(i;] du
Pons.... 1 20.il 3D VINKOAII, \Viuc,.50<fttiO
(IAV. Nert n, *Jowt.2&0 French.fyi 1 CO
HICK:!,Dry, $dM2J@lr A'INK, Chain. ?5?-J8 00
Oreen.fro?- Port, 3ttgal30l)('?;a ?ti
LAr.n, $1 lb.12@15 Shorty... 27 ???7 00
buta, V bin.2 2V?2 40 Madeira;. .aonw.KdO
A BIIIRF DiscouitsE UPON HATS
Thonviu J. Bowditch writes to the Troy
Times:
There is con.sid embie character in thc
mau ncr in which a pursou wears a hut.
You sometimes meet n person whose but
has a knowing tip, just the least bit aug,
gestive of the carelous, cheerful dtaposi
tion of the wearer. It seems na if he
has tipped it back so that ult the world
may seo his jolly, good-uatured fuco, uud
understand that ho is at peace with all
tho world. You moot another of n dif?
ferent typo. Ho pulls his hut low down
over his brows and neem? to be con?
tinually taking the measure of his boots.
You feel ut once that is not (lie sort of
man with whom you can exchuuge oou
ildence. Here comes another, und this
kind always wearu "stove-pipe," und set
it evenly upou the summit of thc craui
um, as if an inch to the right or left
would destroy their equilibrium. Be
careful of auch men; put them in baud
boxes, tie thom up tightly, label them
.'first cluas, to be kept in lavender," and
put them carefully nw.:v. Here ifl au
other bat which has sued better days
but is uow ut its worst. Its glory ha
long since departed, und from the worn
amt shabby baud to tho napless crown it
speaks of the days which aro goue. Per
hups tho wearer of that hut was tho life
and soul of our young folk?' parties
the great catch-the model young mun;
but now bo is worse faded ami worn th un
bis shapeless tile. Poor fol to wi "Whis
key did it." Yon meet other hats as dif?
ferent in ahnpu mid quality us thu habits
of tho wearers. Hus which have long
passed Ibu season of their usefulness are
generally looked at with disgust.
Why do men gizo with doubt and sus
piciou upon a shabby bat? Perhaps be?
cause it seems to show that Ibo owner is
going down tho hill of adversity. ll
this is not so, why is it possible for u
mau to pass a worn-out hal without giv?
ing it a kick? I believe there is a ten?
dency in the mind of every human being
to kick i u old hat out of his way when?
ever ho nniy encouuter it on tho bido
wulk. I have seen muu go into (ho mid
die of thu street Himply to kick ono of
these dilapidated objecta. A few years
ugo wo noticed away ahead n mo??tshock?
ing hat, lying top down mir 1 nu (be side
walk. A tull, consequential, dignified
looking peitiou was walking slowly on
before, ami as hu approached thu dilapi?
dated tile bu raised his right leg und gave
it ii vigorous kick, which ought to have
sent it across tho street, and would have
done KO if thu hat hadn't been filled with
paving atones.
Boswell unco asked Johnson if there
was no possible circumstances under
which suicide would bo justifiable.
"No," WUB tho reply. "Well,"said Bos?
well, "suppose a man has beeu guilty of
fraud that he waa certain would bo found
out?" "Why, then," says Johnson,
"in that case let him go to som? coun?
try where he is not known, and not to
tho devil, where ho ia known."
Tho Prussian police have prohibited
the salo ol photographs of Napoleon III
iu his imperial tubes.
The urea of our national domain is
put in round numbers ut 3,000,000 of
square miles.
Sunnier Protesta.
"Senator Sumner appeared before tho
committee. Ho refused to testify, and
asked leave to read a protest, which the
committee granted. Mr. Sumner then
read as follows:
Personal!;, I object to no examina?
tion; willingly would I submit'to tho
most searching scrutiny; not only in tho
present case, but in all my publie lifo.
There is not an aot, letter or conversa?
tion ut any time, which I would eave
from investigation. I make this remark,
because I would not bnve this protect,
open tn tho auapiciou that there is any?
thing I desire to conceal, or any exami?
nation I would avoid. Hut, appearing
before the committee on no invitation,
which is iu tho nature of a nummous, to
teBtify in tho investigation originally
quoted by mo int ) tho salo of arms to
Franco, I um obliged to consider my
duty as u Senator. Person ul inclina?
tions, whatever they may be, cannot bu
my guide. I must do what belongs to n
Senator, under tho circumstances of thu
case. Before answering any questions,
I nm constrained to consider the compe?
tency of the committee which IIIIB sum?
moned me, lt ia of uo lesa importance
what Umso questions muy be. although
there aro ccrtuin obvious limitations to
which I will ulludo at thc outset. Tin
examination of a Senator by a commit
too of the Situate ou a matter outside ol
tho Senate and not connected with bi:
public duties, is suatuiued by prece
dents, ua when Mr. Seward und Mr,
Wi (sou weru examined willi rufercuoe ti
the expedition of John Brown; but unj
examination with regard to his puhlh
conduct, and especially with regard to i
matter which ho hus felt it his duty ti
l?y before tho Senat? in tho discharge o
bis public duties, is of very doubtfII
propriety. In hm public conduct, a Sc
natur nels on hi? responsibility undo
tho Minction of au oath, und the Cons i
tutiou d?chires that for any speech o
debate he tdiull not bu questioned iu un;
other place. Thia prohibition, wliil
not preventing questions of a cortan
character, must limit tho inquiry, bu
the law steps forward with il? own re
qniremeuta, according to which it i
ptain that a Seuutor cannot bc inter rc
guted-Brat, with regard to his cou
fereuces with other Scouters on pilbil
business; und sucoudly, with regard t
witnesses who havo confidentially con
tnuuicuted with him. [Senator Sumnt
thou quotes Grceuleaf on evidence, un
says the rule is equally imperative wit
regard to witnesses who have cout
de Hy communicated with a Scnutu;
Aftv. .^uiu quoting from the sumo at
thorily, he continues us follows]:
I am led to tnaku these remarks au
adduce these authorities because, peru
iug thu testimony of Mr. Schurz, I tin
that ho was interrogated on these vci
mutters, und nineo I, too, am uummone
ns a witness, I desire to put on recot
my setiso of the impropriety of sm
questions. It ia imporiaut (hut th?
should not become a precedent, ami he
nguiu I declare that I have nothing
conceal-nothing that I would not wil
?ugly give to the world uudcr any o
timiuatiou aud cross-examination ; but
im unwilling to aid iu tho overture
L>f u rule of law which stands on u
piosl numble grounds of publie polie
Especially is it 1 ai portant iu the Somit
where, without such protection, a tyru
tiicul majority might deter a miuori
[rom originating nnwelcomo inquirie
L'Vum those preliminary remarks 1 pr
iced to consider tho competency of t
present cum mi;tee. lit quested us
?euutur to appear beforo you, I dec
it my duty to protest ugaiust tho ft
?nation ?iud constitution of tho comm
Leo as contrary to tho unqucstional
requirement'! of pari ?amen I my law, a
[ imk the committee tu receive this pi
test aa my uuswur to their letter of i
vitutiou. I multe this tho moro read
I mea uso iu my speech iu tho Sena
February 28, 1872, I havo act foi
what muvod mo to the inquiry, bei
grounds of Mispiciou which, iu i
judgment, rendered tho most search i
inquiry, by a couiuiitteu friendly to
iiiiry, absolutely necessary. Thc go:
ral parliamentary rulo in the appoi
mciil of apeciul committees requi
that they should bo orguuiz.-d so us
promote tho business or inquiry
which tho oommittue is created. T
requirement is according to obvu
reason, (iud is sustained by parham
t ai y mt i h<M i ti* H. Iii familiar langim
ii proposition is committed to its friei
mid not to its enemies.
lu illustration ot this rule, wo are t
llmt members who buvo epukcu direi
against what ls called "tho body of
bill," menning, of course, tho Mib-da
of tho inquiry, ure not expected tost
on the committee, but should they bi
nominated, to decline. Their prese
un tho committee io not unlike purl
pallon in ?I lr.al by a judge or jiryi
interested in (hu result. Very Utile
(l otion ?-hows how natural is the nih
nu in st ru incut of justice. The frit
of u mensure or thu promoter* of uti
qtitry, though in tho majority, ns n c
mittel', eau do no more than adduce
deuce (hst exists, so that thu busil
cannot, hil (Ter through them, while ll
unfriendly to ii tueubliru ur hostile ti
luquiry may, from lukewarmness ur
-hot ur possible prejudice, fall to
sent thu proper evidence ur rt-coguiz
just value, au that ibu bus.ness
sn lier. lu legislation, plainly, those
believe un inquiry necessary are tho t
prupcr persons tu cuuduct it, .-ind b
so, they aro ?elected by parlintueii
law. This rule may be truced iu
history uf Parliament anterior tu
settlement of utiroouulry. Tho uni
statement was simply that "those ugi
ibu lull should nut bu on the com
lee." Tho menning of ibo rule nm
seen in thu cane." which have occurn
thu House of Commons us far hue
December-I, 1584, in tho reign of Q
U.iz diet li, nu ibu cuni tu it mc ut ot i
relating tu misdemeanors. Tho t
mciitiouH thal it WUH given tu a ec
member, and theu Mllb! "And Mr.
gent linns to bo exempted out ol
committee, because be spoke against tho
body of the bill." In oilier words, u
speech uguinst a measure disqualified tho
ieurued member, eu thur, according to
the expressive words, be was "exempted
ont of the committee."
Mr. Sumner cited several casca to show
that "those against tho bill t lion ld be
no committee." In referring to n bili
nilecting the city of Loudon, which
came up November ll, IGOi. tho ques?
tion was if tho members of London
known to bo against the bill could be of
the committee; and when tho Speaker
put the vote, he said: "All that will have
a muu that hath been against tho body
of tho bill to be n committee, lot them
show their opinions bj saying 'Yea;'"
and no ooo said "Yen." "All that ?ill
uot, say 'No','" au.l all said "No " Par?
liamentary lew up to tho creation ot
o i in tu i I toes always seeks those who euro
for the inquiry, und believe that there ia
occasion for it. Oue against tho inqui?
ry, or believing that there is no occasion
for it, is repudiated by tho rub?, so just
>i wi beuigu, and ulso co valuable with
years. Mr. Jeffaranu adds other words
to his own: "And when any member
who is against tho bill hears himself
named of its committee, he ought to ask
to be excused." Thia is tho language of
your murnini declaring thu duty of a
member abo hours him-elf named of II
committee nu a bill ho is nguiunt. Ol
course, the geueral rule is applicable to
any other matter referred to a commit?
tee. Any one disposed to neglect these
rules will fiud u warning fruin Mr. Jef?
ferson. In his opening chapter, bc
quote* these words from the fa mom
Sp? aker Omdovv: "That I hese form?, ?it
instituted by our uucestors, operated ar
a check uudcoutiol on tho actions of tilt
majority, ami that they wi ro in ninuj
iuHiunces a shelter ami a protection U
the minority ngaiubt tho attempts o
powor." Mr. Ji Helson follow? thia quo
tutiou by declaring tho "forms und rul?i
of proceedings to bo the only wcapoui
by which tho minority can def? lld thom
selves, und by which the weaker part;
can be protected from those irregular!
ties and ubufit'fl which tho forms wen
iutouded to check, aud which tho wan
touncss of poner is but too often upt ti
suggest lo largo sud successful majori
lies." This is tho parliamentary nil
which forbids a person unfriendly to tb
business of the committee from servio)
on Ibo committee; ono of those inhib?
lions by which tho publia business i
promoted, and especially by which th
minority is shielded against the wanton
uesH of powor.
The Congressional Globe mal?es it eas
to apply- what hus benn said to several t
this committee, unless the law, as illili
troted by ancient casca, aud adopted b
Mr. Jefferson, is entirely neglected
Unleps tho rulef-o frequently enumerate
is set. at di fiance tn- treated as a fdiua
tbero are ut loutit three serving on th
committee in violation of pm ?lamentar
law. In undertaking to Herve they wei
undoubtedly oblivious tn tho timi
honored requirement, or did not appn
ciato it? stringency. Not only ever
Senator, but tho whole country, has u
immeasurable interest in tho preaervi
tion of tiiose rules by which what M
Jefferson justly calls "the wanlonueas ?
power" is restrained, nm! ruiuoritie at
protected against majorities. Any shoe
to them, as in the present cane, bo -one
a precedent by which liberty uml ju.-tit
suffer. As a Senator, appealing befe
this committee, I deem it my duty 1
file this protest, iu the sincere hope th
whatever may bo thu result of lim pi
sent inquiry, tho open violation of pu
liaineritiuy luwin the formation aud co
stilutiouof tho committee will not I
permitted to becomo a precedent her
ufter. When law is sacrificed iudivid
ula may, for a moment, triumph, but
is at thc loss of a great sufi gourd for tl
good of all. CHAULES SUM NEU.
Dr. Lieber, writing to tho Census P?
roan, says some things worth remcmbt
mg about a very common error:
"Let me hopo that this barbarism w
not pass over iuto tho census. Oue
my curliest aud best-io in em bo rt d tent?
ers used to call the tautologies in
which wa boys occasionally stumbl
'bacon fried in lard;' but, frankly, I i
member none so repulsive au the 'natl!
born citizen.' It is now, I am sorry
say, universally used by tho law,
rather by tho lawyers; but the expri
sioti is new and must bo e rad icu? ed. .N
ti ve citizens or popuhitiou is all tl
ueed bo said. Voluminous, heavy ls
guage, obscuring by its own verbo.sil
is anything but a bigu of culture, u
ought to bo eschewed in law moro th
in any other brunch. 'Fracture*brok
legs,' or 'tribuhition-giloved souls'
ju-t un elegaut us 'native-born eiu/. 't:
Simplicity is dourness und a sign ol o
turc, and, iu a luugu.-tgo in which
many* parallel words exist derived in
Latin and Saxon as in English, sti
graceless reduplications might bo i
tended without end. Suvigny I
somewhere H very impressive passage
Mm beautiful, because terse timi t ie
Latin of Ibo foremost jurists ot I he ci
law. Let us strive to imitate thom, a
discard tho idea that repetition of t
sort lends eiupha-i->, as those must In
thought, wi o culled George I III Ibo p
claniittion of 1711, sent abroad by i
li ugbrook, 'Tho Hoy al King Ueurj
We lind iu tho K.?man jurists no nu
Ululation ut words, liku stifling pillo
euee so common in Hie English law, t
fur too frequent yet."
- . -?? > ?
A Cleveland saloon-keeper ia tho n
1er of a tame cock-roach, which om
ut bis call and rapers about over
cracker dish, to tho tinkling of ti >-p<
in a champagne ghlVM.
A jilted Ai kansas lover being mi
"cut up" by bia ri jhelum, literally
out his successful rivul with u broad
lust week, mid then went aud axed
lady nguiu.
Twoiity-nino churches have been
stroytul by Ibo lu tho Weilern S!
during February. That ia just Ol
day.
TUB Cn A UPI ON BABB BATJII CI, UH.
Thu pitcher tur tho (summer of 1872 hutt
beet) pructiciug for several weeks outside
nf tho city limits, uud, though Dot feel?
ing well, eau uow throw u regulation
bull with such swiftness that it cannot
ho soeu unless covered with phosphorus;
and often tho friction occasioned by its
passage through the air causes a beut so
great as to burn thu bull to ashes before
it reaches tho catcher, who only finds a
mass of oiuder iu his hand. Tho assist?
ant, or reserve pitcher, has been prac?
ticing but a few weeks, but he cun throw
a bell thtough eighteen inches of oak
plank now; and, if he keeps ou, tho mun
on deck will be compelled to cucuse his
stomach with a monitor turret and other
timor, or suffer tim consequences.
Tho catcher has boon for three weeks
past, engaged iu breaking up pig iron at
thu Newburgh rolling mills, und to still
further tougbuu his bauds, hu allows the
big twenty-ton trip hammer to drop on
thom two hours euch day; they are
about tho size of a wind-null, nud if a
ball get? by him, it will ho by traversing
tho atmosphere of un adjoining County.
Thu reader can gamhlo on this.
Tho fi rut baie niau is trying tho dist
system to steady hts nerves, uud cun let
a Covcrnmeut mule kick him with both
feet nil day in thc nbdomon without
winking, lie will never move bis foot
from u sand-bug unless in tho lino of his
duty, and a runner fur thc drat base may
light on him liku a night hawk ou a
Jime-bug without making him swerve a
hair.
The second baseman has developed
htmsulf muru especially for miscellaneous
and uulivo service. He can stand on his
head, catch a hull with his feet, reverse
his position, aud knock a grasshopper
oil from a mullen stalk ut eighty rods,
niuo times out of ten. There will be no
usc id a runner tryiug to dodge him, for
ho has globe sights on his nose, nnd can
plumb n mau iu the hull or rigging, just
us he chooses.
Tho ?hort stop is probably tho best
mau for this position that cun hu found
this side ot the ?Suez Canal. He iu short
himself, und has lived on pic-crust ull
winter; cati turn thirteen somersaults
without spitting on his hands, aud
catches a ball with equal facility in cither
hand or his teeth. ,
Tho third baseman has been making
saur kraut aud rilling a velocipede ali
winter to develop thu muscles of his
lower limbs, which nro immense, and
give him the appearance of being trou?
bled elephantiasis. But dou't fool your?
self; ho eau rundown a giraffe in threo
nu-jutes, andean bata bull so far that
los oppouuuts never think of chasing
MUMU tho same day they ure hit, but pro?
ced? with a new ball.
Thc three fielders have buen frisking
about in thu couutry ull winter, und
drinking angle-worm oil to give supple?
ness to their limbs. They go ou ull
fours faster than many professionals can
mu, uud ure BO limber that circus men
diu off liku sheep utter seeing them per?
form ouce.
lu fact, wo may well bo proud of our
club for the present year, aud if there is
au nrguuizatiou in tho country th it
thinks it eau competo with them, let
them draw on us ut six mouth*' sight
thiotigh the Uuited Scutes Treasury De?
partment, (or sooner, if they get bight
of us,) staling how many dollars' worth
of confidence they feel in their favorite
club.
Wu do not forget our club manager,
who ?H ull that a father could be to the
boys, uud who does much moru than his
narnu wonld indicate, to make tho season
and itu matches successful. Thc scorer
for tho present your has been selected as
tho champion whittler of tho State. He
has purchased a brand new jack knife,
2,DUD shingles, and will keep bis notches
ou tho double entry plan, thut is, ono
entry for tho other side, aud two cuts
for his own.-Cleveland Leader.
F.vors Fou TUE SINGLE.-A. French
philosopher hus lately brought to light
sumo curious social statistics compiled
from the records of eleven j cars in
France, Belgium and Holland, relative
to thu longevity of married und single
men, which furnish fresh proofs of ihe
danger of liviug. It uppeurs that mar?
ried men, between tho ages of twenty
five and thii ty years, ure fur moro apt to
live than unmarried men, tho ratio of
deaths beiug iu their favor, us four to
ten and-a-half in every 1,000 persons.
Hore is a powerful argument (or curly
mar ri ages if tho law of self-preservation
becomes their advocate; hut u little fur?
ther development of thu iecordd abo XH
that at the same agu widowers die at thc
rato of twenty-two in uvery 1,0U0, being
twice us perishable us their un married
brethren. When thu age advances to
between thirty and thirty-live year? ihe
casu is reversed. Married mcu die at the
ralo of elovcu and single men only live
in every 1,000, thu latter nearly recover?
ing the ground lost ni thu previous sumi
decado. UufortuuutO widowers, how?
ever, ure Killi at a disadvantage, djiiig at
tho rato of nineteen in every 1,000.
These figures open u wide Held lur draw?
ing inferences and moral lessons. Evi?
dently dangers hedge about tho life of
mau, hut mu chief aud most apparent
warning couveyod hy tho facts of I hu
case is tho necessity uf a man's carefully
preserving tho lifo of u wife, if bu luis
ouo, ?ince her lusa increases hy about
four-fcld tho imminence of an cud to his
uwu career.
A gentleman in the vicinity of Phila?
delphia recently lost his wile, and a
young miss of six, who came to tho fa?
nent), said to his lil tie daughter of about
Ibo tumo agc: "Your pa will marry
?gain, won't he?" "O yes," wau tho
reply, "hut Dot until after the funeral."
A broken-hearted widower in Indian
apolis has erected a pion slab over his
nifo's grave, and presented u flue piauo
t i thc girl who was kind to him during
his nfil ellon.
A Wisconsin editor Hpctiks of a wind
I which "just sut ou its Lied logs und
lb .Wied."
A MYSTEBIOUS MURDEH IN BOMB -A
couple of wi'okh sine? the Itulinu police
fished out of tho Tiber tbe body of a
young und beautiful woman, evidently
belonging to one of tbe ii ret families.
An ivory-handled dagger, plunged to the
hilt in the left brennt, was left in tho
wound by the assassin, and under it waa
tattooed in the ukin the terrible word
"vendetta," with the dato "1872." Tbo
victim is supposed to have belonged to
one of tho oldest and noblest families of
the Kornau aristocracy, but the papers
hare not yet ventured to publish the
name. The affair is, of course, for tho
precut, shrouded in mystery.
"THE Ema BALLOON."-The recent
enormous inflation of Erie stock is said
to have been adroitly ongiucered by a
ring, iu which Jay Gould, Dan. Bickies
and General Grant are leuding purtles.
Tho New York World devotes near two
columna to the subject, and says tho
trick by which Jay Gould was claimed to
have beon defeated und ousted from the
Presidency, made him a profit of over
S3,OOO,ODO. What amounts were real?
ized by others in tho plot, or whether bo
shared his vast profits with his confede?
rates, is a matter of conjecture
TUB LESSON OF LIFE.-A worthy
Scotch couple, whon o*kcd how their
sou had broken down so early in life,
guvo the following explanation: "When
wo began life together, we worked bard
und lived upon porridge and such like,
gradually adding to our comforts as our
means improved, until we wero able to
dine off a bit of roast meat, and some?
times a boilt * chickie, (chicken;) but
Jack, our sou, he worked backward, and
began with the chickie first."
A good story is told of a St. Louis
uobby dry goods clerk who attended a
dance in the rural district a few evenings
since. He wore n Cheviot shirt, and
put on a great many airs. He waa some?
what taken down, however, when he
overheard one country lass say to an?
other, "That St. Louis chap slings on a
heap of stylo for a feller that wears a
bed-tick shirt."
Tim PAPAL COUNT AND BELGIUM.
Dtiriug a discussion iu theBelgiuu Chum
ber ou the desirability of retaining a
minister nt the Pupal Court, the belief
wus declared, on behalf of the Govern?
ment, that the minister should be re?
tained "to defend the moral and reli?
gious interests of tho majority of the
Belgian population."
Twenty-five of the girls employed at
tho cotton factory in Nashville, Tenn.,
were recently poisoned with verdigris,
hy drinkiug tea from a powter pot. All
hut three ure now out of danger.
Au honest country parson, who, in the
time of great drought, was desired to
pray for min, answered: "I'll willingly
do it to oblige yon, but it is to no par
pose while the wind iu in this quarter."
Notice to Architects.
OFFICE CITY CLERK,
COLUMBIA, 8. C., March 29,1872.
4 N eleeti n tor au ARCHITECT, to euper
i\_ intend the construction of the new uity
Itali, trill be held at meeting of Council,
Thursday, April 4. 1872, at 4 P. M. The
salary ia$1.COI). Applicants will bandin pe?
titions tu uudertdgiied prior to said date. By
order Council. WM. J. ETI?Ell,
March SO 4 City Clerk,
sar tiouOi Carolinian copy._
"BUFFALOES.
BF.OARDLESS of the fact that the liva In?
dians ot the West and tho Ku Klux of th?
South are in the city, BUFFALOES bava
made their appearance also.
Now is the time for a grand buffalo hunt.
The "Indian Girl" will act as guide.
March SO
Change of Schedule for Camden Train.
Sou ni CA non N A lUii.ROAn COMPANY,
COI UMDIA o; NCY.
ON and after TUESDAY April 2 1872. the
Train from Camden Li Ringville will con?
tinue to run daily, hut between Ringville and
Columbia tri-weekly, Monday?, Wt dues ri ay a
and SaiurdayB.
Leave Camdon at G 15 A. Si .arrive at Ring?
ville at 9 A. M., and at CohiDibia at 10 40 A.
M.
Lnavo Columbia at 1 45 P. M., Ringville 3.4*
P. M , a id arrive at Camden C 25 P. M.
By order. A L. TYLER,
Vicu-I'roiiident.
H. B. PICK F.Ms, General Ticket Agent.
March 80 _._ S_
Honse-Keepcrs' Favorite.
rnfJEbesl. PROOM mado in this country.
1 Matiuiaclutid iu Columbia. S. C. Prie*
$-1 50 per dozen.
Hirst class Northern brooms, at $3 per
dozen. For sale bv
D. 0. PE'XOrro fi SON,
Auction and Commission Merchants.
March 21 . __*?_
N. C. Seed Corn.
HAS bonn selected wit!? caro for thirty
vears. A few bushols for sale bv
March 3 LO KICK Ar. Lt>WtiAWOB._
5,000 Liv8 Indians Just Arrivtd.
rim EY ara pitted against John Seepcr*'
JL 10 ODOR K.V, at tho odds, hut all may
end in samite. GEO. SYMSlEltS.
March 29_ _
Groceries, Wines and Liquors
AFULL SUPPLY of OHOICK FAMILY
GtiOOEtUES, in ?ii their varieties. Beat
brands Champagnes, Vines, Liquors. Ao.,
suitable lor Christmas, on hand and tor sale
lo*, by JOHN AGNEW A SON.
LtJokT?nt for K. KYM
-f f\ f\r\(~\ .sOW in Columbia. To IM
I li /A/UU soon at
March 2* JOHN C. BEEPERS'.
North Carolina Hay.
7- BALES good N. C. HAY, for i>alo low,
Oj?y_ _ E. HOPE.
To Rent,
8?7? A COMMODIOUS DWELLING, on
in Pend luton street, between Main and
|U Slimier, near tho University and tho
State IIoiioo. Poueesaion given immediately.
Applv to W. d. Uu.Nli.U II.
March 26 Wt?