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MAD RIO, May 21.--Later despatches
from Biscay report that the Carlie ts' or?
ganization in the province, baa been
completely annihilated. 5,000 insur?
gents surrendered to the loyal forces on
Sunday last. Order is now restored
thronghont the entire province.
FABIS, May 21.-Charles Francis
Adams has departed for Geneva.
MADBID, May 21.-Bickies is here.
American Intelligence.
NEW YORE, May 21.-Tho bosses have
generally concede*! to the eight hours,
and the Strike is virtually over.
10,000 immigrants landed at Castle
Garden yesterday.
The Herald's special commission to
look after Dr. Livingstone is within
twenty day?' march of him. He was
well at last advices.
PHILADELPHIA, May 21.-The Board
of Trade passed resolutions approving
tho supplemental treaty.
HALIFAX, May 21.-The brig Hunts?
man went ashore off Cape Charles, jua
bridor. Of the crew, seventeen only
out of sixty-two were saved.
WASHINGTON, May 21.-In the Senate,
the Contamination discussion and pro?
longation of 'the suspension of the
liabeas corpus was continued. . Alcorn
made a scathing onslaught on Ames
impuning his voracity, citizenship and
other qualities whioh a representative of
Mississippi should have.
Nsw YORK, May 21.-Many of the
carpenters who made a successful strike
for eight hours now faVor a new ?trike
for Si.
$506,000 in gold goes to-morrow.
Maxwell's knitting mill, at Amster?
dam, was burned to-day.
The eleotibn of Bishops in the Gene?
ral Methodist Assembly is progressing
by ballot. It is a tedious affair. Dr.
Blocer said, thirty years ago, at the elec?
tion of Bishops, there had- been ballot
stuffing. He hoped if suoh a thing was
discovered here, the vote would be taken
over again. An Indiana delegate de?
manded that the laity and olergy vote
separately for Bishops. The motion for
a separate* vote waa lost, amid tremen?
dous oheeriDg. A delegate called atten?
tion to the demonstrations of the audi?
ence, and moved that the galleries be
?cleared. [Hisses from the galleries.]
Bishop Ames asked the polioe, if any
were present, to clear the galleries.
During the absence of the tellers, the
Book Oonoern was discussed farther.
Only three Bishops were elected-W. L.
Harris, of Central Ohio; B. S. Foster,
of New York; Thomas Boreman, of
Iowa. Those lacking a majority were
Peek, Wiley, Foss, Eddy, Merrill, Ha?
ven, Heed, Newman, Waldron, Fowler,
Gary, Cummings, Oobbey and Hill.
- There were other scattering votes.
LATER.-Wiley and Merrill were elect?
ed Bishops. The remaining three will
be elected to-morrow.
WASHINGTON, May 21.-In the House,
the conference report upon refunding
epirit taxes when destroyed was passed.
The oonferenoe report giving a double
subsidy to the Pacific mail passed,
amended so that the steamers shall be
entirely of Amerioan construction. An
amendment requiring the New York and
Panama steamship line to be main?
tained was adopted. The House is in
session to-night upon foreign affairs.
The Senate waa oooupied by the Ku
Hlnx extension all day. Carpenter,
from the Committee on the Judiciary,
reported, without amendment, a bill to
amend the bankruptcy Aet, by substi?
tuting 1871 for 1864 in the first proviso
of the fourteenth seotion; also, with
amend incuts, Trumbull's bili amendato?
ry of Seotion 33 of the bankruptcy Act.
Mr. Alcorn, in hie speech to day, said:
"Northern men have become, since the
var, oitizena bona fide ot Mississippi,
taking stook in the sympathy and inte?
rests of our people. These are amongst
?the elite of the Republican party. Others
have come into the State, sojourners so
long as they hold office. Their tenure
of office will end as it began-with re?
pulsions of raoe. Like thieves who set
fire to houses, they have oome to inflame
in order to steal. My colleague, repre?
senting nothing in Mississippi, save
these agente of hate, stands here as a
etnmbliug-blook to repose and concord.
He knowB no restraint of the representa?
tive. He is not a citizen of the State;
he has never contributed a dollar to her
taxes; he is not identified with her by
even technical residence. He blackens
her character by misrepresentation. Six
murders at Meridian he tortures into
ten; the murders of negroes in the State
he distends into hundreds; eighteen
murders on the record for three months,
ho exaggerates into sixty-three.
"The forty-five assassinations whioh he
thus commits in the presenoe of the
Senate concur with the misrepresenta?
tions by whioh the carpet-bag incendia?
ries sopght to shape the En Klux bill to
their designs of vindictiveness and hate.
A Union soldier, identified with ns by
residence, oitizenship and interest, Gov.
Powers declared, six months ago, be his
previous testimony what it may, that the
condition of Mississippi was peace, end
he still confronts the assertion of my
colleague when stating in this letter,
that so late as the 15th of May, peaoe
reigned throughout all her borders."
150 recruits have been ordered to Gal?
veston for the cavalry.
Cabinet. meeting unimportant. The
Attorney-General and Secretary of the
Interior absent.
A phonographic copy of the stolen
Buel papers is in existence; they will be
reproduced.
Nomination-Ooneul nt Bio Grande,
E. O. Sammes, of Fiorida.
Probabilities-Falling barometer, with
Southerly to Easterly winds, cloudy and
threatening weather, and very probably
rain, will prevail on Wednesday from the
Western Gulf States North-eastward
over the Ohio Valley, and North and
West of the latter, and possibly extend
to Lake Erie. Clear and pleasant weather
will prevail over New England, the East
era and Southern portions of the Middle
States and the Sooth Atlantio States.
RICHMOND, VA., May 21.-In the Pres?
byterian General Assembly, to-day, the
resolution, introduced by Colonel Pres?
ton, of Virginia, inquiring into the ex?
pediency of preparing a liturgioal rervioe
for congregational worship, was rejected,
by 105 to 5.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., May 21.-Part of
the construction platform of the Catawba
River bridge, on the Air-Line Railroad,
fell to-day, killing Thomas MayB, of
Th o m as vi Ho, N. C., and badly crippling
five others.
Financial an ? Commercial.
LONDON, May 21-Noon.-Consols
93hi. Bonds 00.
PARIS, May 21.- Rentes 05f. 10c.
LIVERPOOL, May 21-Noon.-No cot?
ton market to-day.
NEW YORK, May 21-Noon.-Cotton
quiet and steady; sales 140 bales-up?
lands 2 i J 4 ; Orleans 24%. Flour steady.
Wheat quiet and unohaugod. Corn dull.
Pork quiet-moss 13.87@13.00. Lard
dull-steam 9J?@9%. Freights quiet.
Stocks steady. Gold firm, at 13%.
Money easy, at 0. Exchange-long
0%; short 10%. Governments steady.
State bonds firm and quiet.
7 P. M.-Money |easy, at 5@6. Ster?
ling steady.} Gold 13%@13%. Govern?
ments advanced %o. Southerns steady.
Sales of futures to-day 8,400 baleB, as
follows: Moy 23%, 23%; Jane 23%, 24;
July 24 3-16, 24%; August 23 15-16, 24;
September 22, 22 1-16; October 20 5-16,
20%; November 10 0-16. Cotton sales
to-day 400 bales-uplands 24%; Orleans
24%. Flour quiet and unchanged.
Whiskey 80% ; New Orleans 80. Wheat
-spring scarce; winter unchanged.
Corn more active and firm, at 72%@74;
Southern yellow 73%. Pork irregular,
dosing heavy, at 13.87@14 00. Beef
quiet. Lard heavy, at 8%(fi)9%. Freights i
firmer.
BALTIMORE, May 21.-Flour quiet and
steady. Wheat firm and unchanged.
Corn firmer-white 77@78; yellow 73;
Western scarce, at 73. Provisions quiet
and firm. Whiskey 90.
CINCINNATI, Mav 21.-Flour un?
changed-family 8.80@0.10. Corn ad?
vanced, at 55. Pork, lard and bacon
unchanged.
AUGUSTA, May 21.-Cotton quiet
middling 22%; receipts 80 bole?; sales
135.
BOSTON, May 21.-Cotton quiet-mid?
dling 24.%@24%; receipts 1,125 bales;
sales 150; stook 14,500.
MOBILE, May 21.-Cotton dull-mid?
dling 22V&; receipts 80 bales; sales 100;
stock 14,847.
NEW ORLEANS, May 21.-Cotton quiet
-middling 23; receipts 200 bales; sales
1,500; stook 77,163.
CHARLESTON, May 21.-Cotton steady
-middling 22%; receipts 170bales; sales
200; stock 11,664.
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AN EXTRA SESSION.-We are glad to
know (says the Beaufort Republican, of
the 16th instant) that Senator Smalls re?
fuses to be a party to the last thieving
sohomo started in Colamb?a, in the call
for an extra session of the Legislature.
He knows that there is nothing known
now of the financial condition of the
State, whioh was unknown at any time
from the beginning to the end of the
late session of the General Assembly.
What do the movers in this iniquity
want? Do they want more pay certifi?
cates? Or do they want another "rake" j
on the validating bill? We should think
that one session a year was enough for
men, some of whom have orders to the
amount of $5,000 for legislative ex?
penses, earned by members of their
families, as clerks, porters, solicitors and
short baud reporters. These are the
members, too, who want to impeach
Parker. They want to lead a "Reform
party." We first tell them that they
must first pluok the beam from their own
eyes, before complaining of the mote in
anothers'. The people ara determined
upon reform, but they will commence at
the foundation of all expense-tho Legis?
lature
Tns PRESBYTERIANS.-Tho General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church is
now in session at Detroit, with nearly
600 delegates present. In November,
1869, it was proposed to raise, in honor
of the re-union of the Old and New
School Presbyterian Churohes, a memo?
rial fand of S5.000.000. In the succeed?
ing two years the proposal was carried
into execution, and the wholo amount
collected exceeded this original demand
by S2.202.523-or being, in all, for home
and foreign objects, $7,202,523. There
were added to this ohuroh during the
past year an unusually large number of
communicants-27,770 on examination,
22,178 on certificates, making. in all
49,048. There are connected with this
denomination 4,346 ministers, 4,616
churches, 455,378 communicants.
NORTHERN VISITORS TO FLORIDA.-The
Jacksonville (Fla.) union says that never
before has that oity had suoh an influx
of Northern visitors as during the patt
season, and estimates that their numbers
during the past six months have roached
15,000. The register of one hotel shows
for that term 3,842 names. That is only
one out of thirteen hotels and boarding
houses in the oity..
Lowell, Mass., has a pretty feminine
druggist whose soda water fountain is
exhausted a dozen times a day by the
copious libations of the foaming fluid in?
dulged in by the young men doing busi?
ness in the vicinity.
Female blacksmiths abound in Staf?
fordshire, England, and the hammer, be
it never so heavy, is wielded by their
brawny arms with such force that an
anvil scarcely lasts the least muscular
Vuloan-ers a week.
There are 117 steamboats at the bot?
tom of the Arkansas River. It is be?
lieved that they only carry dead-heads
as passengers.
Mr. Bryant was surprised to learn in
Mexico that.throe girls to one boy is the
ratio of births in that country.
Graphic Account or ttl? Recent Erop
tlon ot Vr.u?lm.
The following letter from the HOD. B.
Odell Denoan, of Newberry, now United
States Consul at Naples, giving his im
pressions of the recent eruption at Vo?
eu vi us, will be read with interest:
UNITED STATES CONSULATE,
NAPLES, April 28, 1872.
To THE EDITOR OP THE OHABLESTON
NEWS: I seud you a paper with some ac?
count of the terrible eruption of Vesu?
vius, of which you will have beard so
much before yon receive this. I would
write you some account of it, only I am
too basy jost now, and know you will
see notion enough of its horrors in the
papere. It will take rank aa one of'the
most violent eruptions for centuries.
The damage done is tremendous, and
when we consider that the greatest vio?
lence did not last moro than eighteen 01
twenty hours, wo are horrified at what
Would have been the destruction had ii
continued, as is usual, two, three or foul
days. The scene during Friday anc
Friday night, 26:h instant, waB grand
horrible beyond conception, much les
description. Think of a mountain ove:
-1,000 feet high, like one solid mass o
lava-of the immense volumes of smok
forced np in a direct line to moro thai
five times the height of the mountain
of immene red-hot stones, large enougl
to be distinctly visible from our win
dows, twelve and fifteen miles distant
thrown to the height of 1,000 to 2,00
feet; of u continuous roar like that c
heavy thunder; and you may form
faint idea of what was the grandeur c
the scene. Within the brief space c
eighteen hours tho lava ran farther tba
at any eruption this century, or tba
any probably since 1631. There ht
probably been no eruption morosudde
or violent in its first outbreak, and nevi
waa the lava known to flow so rapidl;
We could watch its movement distinct!
from oar houso. The cause of the grei
loss of life was that the mountain bo
been very brilliant the night of the 24tl
though not alarming, and this had a
tracted hundreds up the mountain, i
the expectation of seeing from nearer
similar show the night of the 25t1
Towards 4 o'clock iu the morning tl
i terrible explosion took place, without
moment's warning. Eye witnesses si
the whole side of the cone seemed
open, and many were overwhelmed wi
the mass of stones and red-hot lava,
soalded to death with the boiling wat
thrown out. The number of the de
cannot yet be known. Many are mil
in g who may probably yet return,
think not over thirty are known to
dead. I think no American has be
lost, for a wonder, as there were ma
up the mountain early that night.
B. O. DUNCAN.
A correspondent of the Loudon Tt
graph, writing from Naples, on the 2C
of April, says:
Our volcanic neighbor has not oi
been unusually boisterous this time, It
it has excelled itself in treachery. 1
overwhelming of Herculaneum, if nc
myth, may have been sensational in
day, but in tragic horror it must hi
fallen behind some of the heart-rend:
scenes which we have been obliged
witness during the past week. Bef
the storm, there was a calm-an exq
site calm-for which the destro
decked himself in his most transcend
beauty. For several nights before
new craters burst, the mountain was
enchanting in its robe of flame that '.
pies could not think of going to b
Hour after hour, until the return of ?
light, one and all of ns lingered in
streets, or by the shore of the t
drinking in the glory of a Vesuv
transfiguration. Few who witnessei
will ever forget the first of these i
tnrnal displays. When darkness fell
the night of the 23d, the great c
seemed suddonly to festoon itself \
wreaths of fire. From its summit, tl
craters were playing simult?neos
Continuous clouds of luminous sm
ascended in the star-lit sky. On t
wings, they bore solid masses of soo
which, after rising to a considerable
tance, either fell back into the crate
were thrown over the side of the <
into streams of lava whioh were flo;
down the mountain. The moon, i
jealous of its terrestrial rival, shone
such brilliancy as only Southern bea
are favored with. The three craters <
lated it in tho steadiness of their ill
nation. From hour to hour, the s
maintained an unchanging grane
until toward son-rise, when it efl
itself almost as abruptly as it had
pearod. It was past 3 o'clock bef
could turn my back on Vesuvius,
wend my way homeward,- thinking
trustfully of the probable sequel,
night, tho cone did not fulfil our i
anticipations. Two of the three ct
failed to take part in the salanian
speotacle, but the third belched
flashed and smoked with a triple en
The ecori to which it ejeoted were
liarly interesting and varied in s
Some looked like stones of vast
others were star-shaped, and othe
they ascended, exploded into milli?
fiery fragments. The discharge of
whioh on the first night bad boen i
I noticeable, now assumed a pron
part in the drama. It was vomited
with such energy a? to carry it abo
lips of tho ooue and throw it som
tance down the slope. There it qi
divided itself into two streams:
made its way ir\ one di roo ti on to wa
observatory, and in another into t
Atrio del Cavallo, whioh, by aid
reinforcement, resumed its mei
course toward Ottojano.
On the third night, the spectac
further diminished in brillianc
those who were not absorbed in i
calar enjoyment could discern i
tions of inoreascd voloanio energy
immense tongues of flamo, thou g
had lost some of their dazzling I
ness, shot higher up than before
lava and scoriro were also carrie
greater height. The former was
lu larger volume, whioh ulti
showed its increase in the acce
flow c! the lava streams. The subterra?
nean thunder, whioh early in the week
had made itself heard bat dimly, like
the Bound of heavy artillery at many
miles' distance, now grew more audible,
and appeared to be approaching nearer
the oity. All through this ill-fated
night, the premonitions of a catastrophe
followed bard npon each other. Yet of
what did happen, no one could have the
slightest warning. It was au incident
unprecedented in the treacherous, capri?
cious history of Vesuvius. The sympa?
thetic sky was full of omens. Its crystal
clearness had departed, and in place of
it, fleecy olouds were driving across the
heavens. From a thousand-tinted efful?
gence, they declined into dullness, then
into a heavy, threatening darkness.
Moon and stars paled- their lights ere
they were veiled by the haze which
overspread the sky. But the surface of
the bay continued smooth and glassy,
unruffled by even a Bummer breeze. As
the shadows of smoke aud flame cast
upon it from the mountain became more
sombre, it partook of their reflected
gloom. Otherwise, it was apparently
unconscious of the Titanio struggle
which was rending the bowels of tho
earth beneath and around it.
As day was dawning, a fearful horror
occurred on tho side of tho mountain
next the oity. Of late years, access to
Vesuvius has been greatly facilitated by
the short railway which skirts the bay
and connects Naples with Castelamare,
a town ut the opposite corner. This
faces the mountain throughout its whole
distance, and in its vicinity will bo
found most of the villages whose names
always obtrude themselves during thc
progress of an eruption. Ono of these,
Resina, is a favorite point for making
tho ascent from. It is not far from Pro?
fessor Palmieri's observatory, and it en?
joys the more exciting distinction ol
lying in the linn of a great ourrent ol
lava. Thousands of visitors have as?
cended tho hill nightly from Resina,
driving up as far as the observatory, and
then walking to tho bed of last ycar'f
lava. On Friday morning, many such
excursion parties were assembled direct?
ly under tho cono. They bad begun tc
disperse with the first indications of sur?
prise, but hundreds still lingered on thc
spot. Without a single movement tc
warn thom, the earth opened under foot,
and the dead lava which they bad beet
treading upon as a curiosity turned agair.
to molten fire. Those who were not en
gulfed in the chasm us it burst forth, at
tempted to flee for their lives. Happily,
the fleet and sure of foot were many
They reached safety; but woe to whoeve:
fell by the way! The earth they fell 01
was already at lui nuce heat, aud fresl
waves of lava overtook them ere the]
could rise again. A few were miracu
lously delivered by the noble efforts 01
the part of the strong-nerved men in tin
company. Dragging them iu haste to
ward the observatory, their deliverer
placed them on the carriages which wer
waiting there, and accommodation wa
provided for them at Rosina. I hav
been told by a friend, who was at tb
very edge of the chasm when it burs
open, that the effect on the imsginatioi
was as though the wholo mountain ha
begun to move from its basis. As h
fled, he felt as if the mountain was fol
lowing him, and not until be had rece
vered his senses at Resina could he oor.
vince himself that what ho had seen wu
only a partial eruption of the crae
which overlies tho hidden fires of Vesu
vius.
An acconnt which has been furnishe
to a Neapolitan journal affirms that thei
were two simultaneous openings, an
that fliimes, bursting out from both, ei
veloped in a circle of fire all who wei
within reach. A carriage which hat
pened to be inside this circle was buri
up in an instant, as if it had bee
spirited away. Shortly before tho eru]
tion a lady was seen in it, but of her n<
thing whatever hus been heard sinc<
The burns inflicted were of a peculiar!
painful character, even when they lookt:
Blight. The patients, on reaching th
hospitals, were immediately envelope
in wool. Notwithstanding the care wit
which they have been dressed, and tl
skill with which they are nursed, the
caunot move without enduring agon;
which compels them to scream.
Throughout Friday consternate
reigned in Naples. The first touch
peril had prepared all minds to expo
tho worst. Vesuvius gave, in varioi
ways, sufficient occasion for iucreast
alarm. The booming and thc nimbin
of the underground artillery bounded
close us if it were beneath our feet. Ti
flow of lava hud increased, and tv
enormous streams wore rolliug towa
tho sea, as if thoy would sweep awi
half a dozen villages in their cour;
Windows rattled, and the stronge
i houses trembled to their fouudatioi
The smoke rising from tho orator w
now mingled with volumes of snlpb
rous vapor, and blackened by the asl
it carried in its furious ascent. Tut
was far more danger in the noonie t.U
in tho lava, for they were confined to
channel. Scattering themselves wh
ever the prevailing winds oarried them
whioh was, happily, not in tho direoti
of Naples-they beoame fire-brands
the destruction of houses, vinoyar
forests, and every form of combusti
property.
On Friday night, Naples was a deg
lower in its descent toward abjeot teir
The Bourse had been closed all d
No ono attempted to think of any th
but the awful noises under foot, and
conflagration which was spread
among the villages lying at the m ero j
the voloano. Poor San Sebastiano i
nearly reduced to ashes, and its 1,!
inhabitants had to Beek refuge nea
the coast, whither lava and the as
were fast following them. After nig
fall, when the voloanio and the artifi
fires got mingled together in a Pluton
landscape, it wus thought in Naples t
all the towns bordering on the ba
Portici, Resina, Torre del Oreco, i
Torre del TAnnnnciata-were in flai
together. The apprehension was fo
nately overdrawn. What deceived TJS
wau the glare of no less than nine craters,
all smoking simultaneously.
This morning we had our last and
worst alarm, but it was of short dura?
tion. A change of wind brought the
clouds of smoke and ashes drifting across
the city. After a few hours' anxious ex?
perience, in whioh we had presentiments
of the fate of Pompeii, the wind merci?
fully chopped round to its former direc?
tion, and the salamandrino fog passed
on to seaward. While I have been writ?
ing, a further improvement has occurred.
The sky is now comparatively olear, for
Vesuvius has begun to consume his owu
smoke-at least, he has rolled himself
up in it, and his mighty head is for the
moment invisible. The current of lava
has also checked itself, and there is a
partial subsidence of the devil's tattoo
which has been going on below.
HAT SMASHINO FBOLIO.-When busi?
ness is dull on the Nev York Stock Ex?
change, the brokers enliven the monoto?
ny by smashing each other's hats. It is
a general war, in which no one is exempt,
and nobody dares to resent the damage
done to his head covering, except by at?
tempting to retaliate in kind. On Fri?
day there was one of those periodical
raids. To visitors the nnusnal specta?
cle was presented of the shonld-be dig?
nified money dealers of our greatest
commercial and monetary -"?ntre caper?
ing about and squabbling ,.^e u legion
of babboons in praiseworthy endeavors
to spoil a score or so of hats. Amid
hoots and yells that would disgrace an
average hyena muss meeting, the brokers
cuffed the hate from each other's heads,
and sent them flying about the room
without regard to the gesticulations of
the chairman in his vain attempts to
bring the body to order. They jumped
and screeched to their hearts' content,
each delighting in his neighbor's dis?
comfiture; until the spirit of frolic died
out, and then resuming the romains of
their jammed and crushed head cover?
ings, the day's meeting was adjourned.
CowAnDiN's WHITE HAT.-Mr. James
A. Gowardin, the editor of the well-con?
ducted and popular journal, the Rich?
mond Dispatch, on the nomination made
at Cincinnati by the Liberal party, tele?
graphed Mr. Horace Greeley as follows:
"Allow a printer editor, two years
older than yourself, to congratulate you
upon your nomination. You and I have
differed widely, but we can meet cordial?
ly upon the platform of amnesty and
justice in support of the dignity, peace,
honor and glory of our country. The
South supports you cheerfully."
Boston antiquarians have discovered a
new object of veneration, which was ac?
quired by the annexation of Dorchester
to that city. It is the town clock of the
latter place, a venerable time-piece that
bas been ticking for over a century in
the old town-hall. It stood there before
Dorchester Heights were fortified against
the British, and has regulated the time
for three or four generations of people.
The New York Evening Post reports
that "in conversation with a Republican
Congressman from Ohio, a day or two
ago, President Grant said that in case of
his re-election he intended to make a
general ohacge of office-holders through?
out the country." In other words,
Grant believes in his own perpetual re?
election, but thinks the one term rule is
good for all other office-holders.
We thought so. The popular Nation?
al air of "Yankee Doodle," is of Irish
origin. The fact has recently been de?
veloped by Jubilee Gilmore, who, in a
late correspondence with Sir R. P. atcw
art, of Dublin, is assured by that gentle?
man that it is identical with an old Irish
air, entitled "Let Erin remember the
days of old."
One evening in company, during con?
versation, a gentleman quoted the ex?
pression that "Man proposes and God
disposes." "Yes," said a maiden pre?
sent, "a man proposed to me once, and
I said no, and have never seen him
since, so I thought somebody had dis?
posed of him."
Bad prelates should take warning from
the fate of three Bulgarian bishops who
were recently excommunicated by the
Greek patriarch. One has fallen down
and broken his arm, another has gore
mad, and the third, who was dying at
the time the sentence was pronounced,
became carbonized in his coffin.
Ia IT TRUE?-We Bee it repeattc1,
without contradiction, that iu order
that Miss Nellie Grant's governess
might travel with her in Europe without
expense to the President, the latter had
her appointed to a $1,200 clerkship pre?
vious to her departure.
A chemist announces his ability and
readiness to convert the remains of any
dear departed at once into a powder,
which may be used to dry up ink in
writing. Droll idea to bo able to dredge
away a mother-in-law in daily corres?
pondence.
A hundred years ago the great Frede?
rick of Prussia was performing those
grand exploits whioh have made him im?
mortal in military annals, and with his
little army was sustaining a single-hand?
ed contest with Russia, Austria and
France, the three great powers of Eu?
rope combined.
A man who was delivering an address
at Lawrence, a few evenings since, acci?
dentally stepped from the platform on
whioh he stood and fell some distanoe to I
the ground, bat striking on his feet, con?
tinued, uudisconoerted, "to oomo down
to the level of my audience."
The Harvard Advocate gives the fol?
lowing from a reoent recitation in meta?
physics: Professor-Whioh is the most
delicate of the senses? Senior-Tho
sense of touch. Professor-Give an ex?
ample. Senior-My chum can feel his
moustache, but no ono can seo it.
Placard for a smoking oar: "I! pas?
sengers expect-to-rate as gentlemen,
I they must not expectorate upon the
[floor."
Funeral Invitation.
The f rienda and acquaint acc?s of BOT J. K.
Kendeshsll and family are invited to attend
the funeral services of their child, WILLIE,
THIS MORNING, at 10 o'clock, at the Baptist
Church,
Aiiotlon Balee.
Notice to Capitalists.
Sile of City of Columbia Seven p?r cent. Bonds.
Omca Cm TBXABUBT,
COLUMBIA. 8. C., April 30, 1872.
PURSUANT to ?nt h or i ty delegated by the
following resolution, adopted by the City
Council, March 20,1872,1 will tell at public
auction, on WEDNESDAY, May 15,1872, TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOL?
LARS (?250,(l00) CITY OF COLUMBIA
SEVEN PER CENTUM TWENTY YEARS
BONDS:
"Resolved. That the City Treasurer be in?
structed to advertise for sale, before the
Court House in the city of Columbia, on the
15th day of May next, the bonds of the city of
Columbia, authorized to bo i saned by the eaid
city, under the Act of the General Assembly
jubt adjournod; that the advertisement be
ftublished in ono newspaper in the city of Co?
rnubia, ono in the city of Charleston and two
newspapers in the city of New York, at least
thirty days before the day of eale; that the
bonds to be sold ba signed, as prescribed by
the said Act, on the day of sale, or aa soon
thereafter as practicable, and delivered to the
purchaser as soon as the purchase money haa
been paid and the bonds registered; and that
the proceeds of sale be applied at riot Iv in con?
formity with the said Act, and in ?o other
way."
Said bonds will bo of the denominations of
$250, $500 and $1,000; the proceeds of the sala
to be used for the erection of the new City
Hall, new Market, and other public improve?
ments.
The right ia reserved to dispose of a part et
the said bonds in lots or tn whole, aa the
Mayor and Treasurer may determine,
Any further information desired can be ob?
tained by addressing WM. J. ETTER,
City Treasury, Columbia, 8. C.
49- This Bale is postponed until WEDNES?
DAY, June 19, at same place.
May 21 WM. J. ETTEB, City Treas'r.
In the District Court of the United
States for the District of South Caro?
lina.
In re Laurena Railroad Company, Bankrupt_
In Bankruptcy.
IN obedience to an order in the above
Btatod case, dated tho 5th day of April,
1872, I will re-sell to the highest bidder, at
public outcry, at the risk of the Greenville
and Columbia Railroad Company, the Lau?
rens Railroad, at Columbia, South Carolina,
in front of the Columbia Hotel, at 12 o'clock,
Meridian, on the twentieth (20th) day of
JUNE, 1872, free from all liens andinoum
brances. including the track and road-bed,
iron, rails, chairs, spikes, timbers, bridges,
culverts, machine shops, water tanks, station
houses, and all locomotives, cars and ma?
chinery, and all and singular the property and
assets, real and personal, of every kind and
description whatever, of the Laurens Rail?
road Company, together with all the rights,
privileges, franchises and easements, law?
fully held, used or enjoyed by the Laurena
Railroad Company, on the following terms,
to wit: Sixty-four thousand two hundred and
twenty-two ($64,222.81) dollars eighty-four
cents must be paid within thirty (30; days
after the day of sale; and the payment of the
balance of the purchase money within twelve
months from the day of eale, with interest
thereon at seven per cent, per annum from
that day, must be secured by the bond of the
purchaser, and a mortgage of the entiro pro?
perty sold.
The bidder will be required to deposit with
the assign?e, beforo his bil ia accepted,
twenty thousand dollars, to secure compli?
ance with the terms of sale herein sot forth,
and upon failure to deposit that sum, the pro?
perty will at once be re-offered for sale.
JAMES M. BAXTER, Assignee.
ear The Charleston ?Vete* and Charleston
Courier will copy until day of sale and for?
ward biM toasaigaee._May 17
Strayed or Stolen,
Mg. mm , A LARGE black and white Brah
Cflftgy ma BULL, late tho property of Mr.
Yr^K&Charlea Logan. A reward of $20
at&sfaJ -m be paid for recovering the ani?
mal, by CARLOS J. STOLBRAND,
May 22 0_Columbia, 3. C.
Irish Potatoes.
IHAVE for sala t?n barrels OLD IR?SS
POTATOES, suitable for planting. As thc
early crop at this point is almost a failure
parties would do well to secure some ot thu
lot for a fall crop. P. CANTWELL.
May 22 _t_
?BK Company will attend thei
gS^?- EJfeyJregulnr monthly meeting
By order. mVltjf F?SU1THEN,
_Mayj?21_Secretary.
Hampton Hay.
IAM prepared to furnish any amount c
HAY, delivered on the plaoe, at $1.00 pe
100, or $1.60 delivered in the city. The hay i
cut on tho plantation known as Hampton'!
fivo miles below the city, and is fresh and c
thc finest qualitv.1 Parties oan leave ordei
atE HopeV foi J.M.MORGAN.
May 3_Imo
Spiced Beef, &o.
4H ALF BARRELS Hart A Hensley's Rolle
SPICED BEEF, delicate and highly iii
vored, and muon superior .to Fulton Mark?
Beef.
1 dozen SMOKED BEEF TONGUES, for ea
at reduced prices.
10 tubs uew May BUTTER, just rocoiv<
and for sale low by JOHN AGNEW A SON.
Native Wines.
ONE cask Concord,
One cask Scappernong,
Puro Grape Wine.
ALSO,
Ono hogshead Rhine Wine,
One hogshead Claret Wine,
Will bo sold very low, by the gallon
dozen. On draught thia day. ?. HOPE
Agricultural Implements, &c.
?_ THRE8HER8, HOB
<^N. POWERS, Portable Engin
^Vfifc. ?Fan Mills. Grain Cradl
_^dfl^^^Z?8mut Machines, all of I
fiSfflSBMBBHEmoat improved patenta a
best terms.
Garden Plows and Cultivators.
2 lu Dixon Steel Sweeps, better and chea]
than the Farmer can make them himself.
May ll_L?RICK A LOWRANCE
2,000 lb?. HAMS, -
a2.000 bushels COHN, '
20,000 lbs. BACON, at prices t
i?ot every inducement-of other rn
kets. LOBIOK ft LOWRANCI
"It Has NO Equal!"
Stanley's Cough Syru
FOR Cough?, Colds, Consumption, Cr
and airpnlmonary affections. For i
only at HEINITSH'S Drug Stor
Peas and Beans-Bargains.
BEANS, Peas and Corn, the balance of
stock on hand, will be sold by the qu
oint and half pint, at cost, to dose ont.
April 16 % E. H. HE1N1TSH, Drugg-.i