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Foreign Affairs,
PABIS, Jane 5.-Marshal .Veillant is
dead; aged eighty-two.
American Slatters.
CHARLESTON, Jane 5-Arrived-steam?
ship Sooth Carolina, New York.
SPRINGFIELD, III., Jane 5.-A Demo
oratio and Liberal Republican Conven?
tion has beon called for the 26th Jaae.
PHILADELPHIA, June 5.-The National
Council of the Union League convened
to-day-340 delegates present-the
largest since 1862. The resolutions rc
?initiate the idea that the mission of the
tepublioau party is dead, and ondorse
the Administration.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 5.-The rumor
that the schooner Ogle has been cap?
tured by the natives of Solomon Islands,
and Captain Bird, late of Massachusetts,
and bia orew massacred, has been fully
confirmed.
WASHINGTON, June 5.-The President
has issued the following proclamation;
Whereas the Act* of Congress, ap?
proved May 22, 1872,' removes all politi?
cal disabilities imposed by the third sec?
tion of tito fourteenth artiole of amend?
ments to the Constitution of the United
States from all persons whomsoever, ex?
cept Senators and Representatives of the
Thirty-sixth ?nd Thirty-seventh Con?
gresses, and officers in the jud" "al, mili?
tary and naval service of the United
States, heads of departments, and fo?
reign ministers pf tho United States.
Ana whereas it is represented to me that
there are now pending in the several
Circuit and District Courts of the United j
States proceedings by qtio warrqnto, nu
dor the fourteenth section of the Aot of
Congress, approved May 31, 1870, to
remove from office certain persons who
aire alleged to hold said offices, in viola?
tion of the provisions of said artiole of
amendment to the Constitution of tho
United States; and also penal prosecu?
tions against Mich persona, under the
fifteenth section of the Aot of Congress
aforesaid: Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S.
Grant, President of the United States,
do hereby direbt all District Attorneys
having obarge of suoh proceedings and
prosecutions, to dismiss and discontinue
the (tame, except as to persons who may
be embraced in the exceptions named iu
the Aot of Congress first above cited.
Matamores advices are conflicting.
Regular reports represent Trevino's force
is completely broken; while specials re?
port great alarm and work upon the for?
tiucations recommenced.
In the Senate, the bill purchasing a
site and erecting public buildings in
Philadelphia, passed. In the House,
omeodmentMo the.bill for the redemp?
tion ?f l&nd?'eold nuder the direct tex
bUl.^^?'d^i^blll granting the right
of woy-sto |ho Now Mexico and Gulf
Railroad, passed. No definite action on
"atiddry appropriation bill." The op?
position to paying Southern mail ser?
vice, argue that ita payment would be
' the entering wedge to pensioning South?
ern soldiers nod paying thoSouthern war
debit ' Wf ' .
N^w; Onx^irs/'June 5.- The commit?
tees^ the Domooratio and Liberal Re?
publican Conventions have a conference
to-day.
PHILADELPHIA, June 6.-The Prw
figures 286 votes (or Colfax, 347 for Wil?
een, 87 sea ttof?OK? . ?Di
8 P. M.-EE-GOV. Clafliu, Of Massa?
chusetts, called ?be Republican Conven?
tion to order, shortly after noon, to?
day, and after a brief speech, ia eu logy
of 'the Republican party, called apop
Rev. Alexander Reed, of Philadelphia,
who deli veered ir prayer. Ex-Mayor Mor?
ton MoMiohaol, of Philadelphia, was
then elected temporary Chairman, and
made an address of thanks for the privi?
lege of presiding even for a short time
over the Convention, and welcoming, as
a Philadelphian, all the delegates to that
oity, and paying the highest tribute to
Graut, saying he was more honest, bet?
ter and truer than any of his detractors.
John Nowlin, of New Jersey, John R.
Hubbard, of West. Virginia, and H. Pot?
ter, of Florida, were elected Secretaries.
Committees on Credentials and Perma?
nent Organization were appointed, and
afterwards Thomas Settle, of North Ca?
rolina, waa unanimously elected Presi?
dent of the Convention. Orr, of South
Carolina, and Henderson, of Missouri,
were his only contenants. Settle took
the ohair and offered brief remarks, and
the Convention then adjourned till 10
o'olook to-morrow. Daring the day
epeeohes were made by Morton, Logan,
Oerritt Smith, Gov. Oglesby, John A.
Gray, (a colored delegate from Arkan?
sas,) and others-all of them in warm
eulogy of Grant, who, it is declarad, will
bs nominated by acclamation. There is
intenso excitement over the Vioo-Presi
deuoy. The friends of Wilson and Col?
fax are both working with the greatest
vim.. On the question of platform, it is
said the only diversity of opinion that
exists is on the tariff.
WILMINGTON, N. G., June 5.-The
Congressional Conservativo Convention
re-nominated Waddell by aoolamatioo,
and while no positive resolutions were
passed for Cincinnati, Greeley ami
Brown were evidently paramount. The
resolutions harshly urge a ohange.
Among them was one that Wo congratu?
late the country upon the favorable pros?
pects of tho utter defeat of military
despotism and official corruption in the
administration of the General Govern?
ment.
NEW YOBK, Juno 5.- In the case of G.
B. Lamar VB. Churlos A. Daua, for false
imprisonment while the latter was As?
sistant Secretary of War, Judge Wood?
ruff refused to remove tho case hack
from the United States Circuit to tho
State Court.
MYSTERIOUS.-Tho body of a strango
white man was discovered about two
weeks ago, lyiug in tho edge of Santee
River Swamp, in Clarendon County. It
wus much decomposed, and tho hands
were eaten away by vultures. There
* wore no papers about tho dead man,
whioh would aid in his identification.
Financial aa* Commarelal.
NEW YORK, Jane 5-Noon.-Cotton
quiet aid Arm; sale* 1,116 balei-mid?
dling 27%. Flour dull and heavy.
Wheat quiot and nominally unohanged.
Corn doll and declining. Pork quiet
mess 13.25. . Lard unchanged-steam
9@9)?. Freights firm. Stocks firmer.
Quid steady, at 14,!.<. Money easy, at 5.
Exobange-long <J%; short 10>$. Go?
vernments strong and steady. State
bonds dull and houvv.
7 P. M.-Cotton" steody; salos 2,622
bales, at -7% for middliug. Southern
Hour duli-good to oboice extra 10 25@
13.00. Whiskey firmer, at 91. Wheat
dull-winter red Western 90@92. Corn
lo. higher-67($70 for Western mixed.
Pork quiet, ot 13.25 for mess. Ex* ra
mess beef 10@12. Lard 8??@9??.
Freights unchanged. Money easy, at
|4?5. Exchange steady, at 9%@9%.
Gold 14,%@14>?. LoanB 2(a)4 for car?
rying. Te?uessees 71^; new 72^.
Virginias 48; now 54. Louisianas 60;
now 55; levee O.? 60,% . Alabama 8s 80;
5.4 60. Georgia 0< 72; 7s 88. North
Carolinas 30.^ ; now-20>?. Sonth Curo
linas 52; new 33. Salus of cotton for
future delivery to-duy 21,850 bales, ns
follows: June 26>?@27; July 27??(?$
27 7-16; August 27>6@27%; September
24;<?@24,3?; October 22@22?? ; Novem?
ber 20%(n)21; December 20>?@20>?.
BOSTON, June 5.-Cotton steady-mid?
dling 27?.^; receipts 129 bales; stiles 300;
atook18,000.
PHILADELPHIA., June 5 -Cotton quiet
and firm-middliug 27,l<?.
BALTIMORE, June 5.-Cotton strong
middling 27>?; receipts 615 bales; sales
390-last evening 131; stock 8,691.
CINCINNATI, June 5.-Oom steady, ut
50@51. Lard and pork unohanged.
Bacon demand light-shoulders firm, at
5 for shoulders; 7 for clear rib; 7'4 for
clear sides. Whiskey dull, at 87.
LOUISVILLE, June 5.-Provisions iu
fair demand on orders; limited inquiry
for round lots; prices unohanged. Lard
steady, ut 9($10. Whiskey dull and
declined to 87.
CHARLESTON, Juno 5.-Ootton firm
middling 2by2\ receipts 36 bales; sales
50; stook 6,458.
AUGUSTA, June 5.-Cottou in fair de?
mand-middling 25^; receipts 31 bales;
sales 459.
SAVANNAH, June 5.-Cotton quiet and
Arm-middliug 25@25^; receipts 153
bales; sales 240; stock 7,520.
WILMINGTON, June 5.-Cotton firm
middling 21; stock 1,559 bales.
MEMPHIS, June 5.-Cotton active, ot
full prices-middling 25)?; receipts 101
bales.
NORFOLK, Juno 5.-Cottou firm-low
middling 25; sales 50 bules; stock 1,503.
MoniLB, June 5.-Cottou quiet and
firm-middling 25; sales 200 bales; stock
8,217.
NEW OftSSAKfl, Jane 5 -Cotton no?
minal-middling 25; receipts 78 bales;
eales 1,700; stock 44,860.
GALVESTON, Jane 5.-Cotton nominal'
-good ordinary 20??; reoeipts 85 bules;!
stock 4,982.
LONDON, June 5-Noon.-Consols
92jfc.
^LIVERPOOL, June 5-3 P. M.-Cotton
opened and continues strong-uplands
\\%<&\\X', Orleans 11%.
LONDON, June 5-5 P. M.-Consols
closed at 92^ for money; 92<?@92% on
account. Bonds 90>?.
LIVERPOOL, June 5-Evening.-Cot?
ton closed strong-uplands ll'-?i Or?
leans \\% (?jil ;" ; Bales 20,000 bales;
speculation and export 6,000.
RAILROAD RDMORS.-It is rumored
here that several very important railroad
changea are shortly to take place. It is
said that that portion of the Hue of the
Oharlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail?
road, between Columbia and Augusta, is
shortly to be detaohed aud anuexed to
tho Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta j
Railroad, which will then have an un?
broken line from this oity to Augusta,
and over which Hon. R. R. Brid gera j
will be coutinned in oharge aa President,
as also of the Wilmington and Weldon
Railroad.
It is also said that Col. Bridgors ic
rapidly completing arrangements for a
through transit, without change of can
from this city to Baltimore, the trip to
be made at a considerably reduced tone
dule of time, and, we suppose, also a re?
duction of fare.
And the third,rumor is to the effect I
that tho through trip to Baltimore is
but an earnest of what we may expect
at no very distant day, when it is con?
templated to run the same cars all of
the way through from this oity to New
York, the trip to be accomplished in
twenty-four hours. If this should be '
done, and if the fare should be reduced
I all along tho route, it will greatly faci?
litate all business operations.
J Wilmington Journal.
THE POBLIO MEBTINO A FAILURE.-The
meeting announced for salesclay, to send
delegates to the State Oonveution, which
meets on the 11th inst., was so thinly at
tended that it was deemed expedient to
take no action. One cause which pre?
vented some from attending was tho
lateness of the hour at which the meet?
ing was called, owing to tbe length of
time oouenmed by the sheriff and tax
j sales. Many others did not attend, aud
we presume they were largely in the ma
I jority, because they shared with us the
feeling expressed two weeks ago io these
I columns, that the call made for a State
Oonveution was ill-advised, and could
result in no good; that we ought to keep
away from Baltimore, and bave nothing |
to do with the Presidential question.
I Carolina Spartan.
Mr. Beunett died io tho absonce of !
his wife, Bon and daughter, who wero in
Europe. There was not one he could
j oall his own, to "return his look of suf?
fering with tho regard of sympathy."
Tho sou nnd daughter are expected to
arrive from Europe during the week; in
the meantime, tho body will bo pro
served in ice, nnd the funeral will take
j place on their arrival."
DABI! D?MOLITION-WOMEN TAKING
THE LAW INTO THKIB OWN HANDS.
Daring tho winter and spring, much ill
feeling bas arisen at Long Swamp, Suf?
folk. Gonn ty, on account of a oertain dam
hnviug been built by a former of that
locality. The laud thereabouts is very
flat, and at best the drainage of the dis?
trict ?B very imperfect. Those who have
done most to fer meut the bad feeling
contend that the building of tho dam has
greatly injured their property on ac?
count of the backing up of the water,
which beforo found un unobstructed
outlet. It is also stated that the locali?
ty, in oousequeuce of the formation of
the cnuatnrul pond, is moro unhealthy.
But whether these were thu true reasons
or not, tho women of thu neighborhood
determined to take the matter into their
own bauds, and ouo day last week, ar?
rangements were mudo to do a big thing.
Just us the gray tingo ou the Eastern
hills bespoke tho dawn of morn, ladies
might have been seeu coming from
nearly overy farm-bouse within a radius
of two miles. Those near the locality of
the obnoxious dura hurriedly proceeded
thitherward, while those at a distance
Blurted iu wagons ami nil kinds of vehi?
cles for what wau to be the scat of war.
Most of the women, from their general
appearance, were maidens. Every ouo
woro u thick veil, closely covering their
features, dresses either short or tucked
up, uud stout bootu with thick soles.
On arriving st the dam, shovels, boes,
picks, crowbars and the utensils so often
used by tho stronger arms of tho men
wore eagerly grasped by from 101) to 150
irate women, aud the work of demolition
actively commenced. As the water com?
menced to pour through thu dam, thc
work of the feminine mobiles was ren?
dered more easy, and by sunrise, ?lOO
acres of water had disappeared. What
course will be pursued by tho owners re?
mains to be seen. The rioters claim
that the unhealthiness of thu locality
since the building of tho dam wus nulli
oient warrant for their summary proceed?
ings.
[Long Island Weekly Review, May 17.
A WONDERFUL GUN.-The Middle?
town (N. Y.) Press gives an account of a
rifle, iu vented by Mr. M.L A. Merriam,
of a most extraordinary character. It
sent a ball through forty-two inches of
solid pine and eight inches of burnlock,
and again through eighteen inches of
solid oak and nineteen inches of solid
pine. An interested spectator was a
lumberman, who furnished the material
for the target, on condition that he
should receive double ptice in case the
experiment failed, but nothing if it
proved a success. He succeeded in los?
ing his lumber. Science bas been proved
to be a gainer, lt might be added thut
Mr. Merriam says he has sent a ball with
bis rifle a distance of over two miles.
Lead balls cannot be used, melting be?
fore they leave the barrel. The missiles
are octagon in iorm, and are made of
composition. The report ia louder tiran
that of an ordinary gun, but the recoil
in not heavy; in fuat, this little cannon
does not "kick."
If such arma had been iu uso during
the war, trees would have been no pro?
tection lo the cowardly officers or pru?
dent pickets. Mr. Merriam ?B also tho
inventor of other valuable improvement?
in mechanical art. He has a patent on
bis gun, .and has refused 8500 for this
single piece. The secret of its power
lies in the peculiarity of the powder- 1
chamber, which ie larger than the bore
of the barrel, which is three-eighths of
an inch. Its leugth is about twuuty-five
inches, and the whole piece is very light.
The halt used was a conioal oue. and
weighed 135 grains; tho powder, Hazard's
electric, and the charge was 210 grains.
The editor remarks that this was done
in the presence of a number of gentle?
men, whoBe names are given, aud that
there was "no cheating."
SNAKE STORY.-Tho Savannah Repub?
lican relates the biggest snake story of
the season. It says that a few days since
a gentleman of that oily having some
business to attend to across the river,
went over for that purpose. While over
there, standing in the marsh, near a pool
of water, he noticed that something was
going on in it that one is not accustomed
to seeing every day, and on investigating
the splatter that was being made io the
water, found that a very large moccasin
and a good-sized catfish were having a
terrible fight. The occurrence was
highly interesting to him, and he got as
near ns possible to see what would be the
end of it. The com b?tants wem fearful?
ly in earnest, aud terribly euergetic iu
their efforts to annihilate each other.
The cattish would make darting passes
at the snake, always using his nus to
stick his antagonist with, and tho snake,
on the other hand, would have to be
equally energetic iu keeping clear of the I
sharp points of the catfish's flus. Thu
moccasin would throw himself into
striking position, aud i trike very fast, in
order to be equal with thu frantic surges
of the catfish. At last, the catfish, in
makiug a pass at the snake, stuck his
sharp tin somewhere in a tender part of
the snake's belly, and tho moccasin in
turn clinched the catfish in the back part
of thu neok. lu this positiou both an?
tagonists ohing to each other until they
were dead-tho poison in both seeming
to be equal. Tho. tight lasted uhout
twenty minutes, including tho last clinch
of the contestants.
PODLIO MEETINO.-lu response to the
call of "Mauy Citizens," a largo con?
course of our puoplu met in thu Court
House yesterday, to take into considera?
tion the present pol i ti cal si t nat ion ot the
country, and to determiuu what part of
the role of honor Hurry should piny in
tho coming drama of thu full campaign,
that will either seal thu destruction of
our country, or place us within thu cir?
cle of thu wand of tho Ootldcss of Li?
berty. Nobly did our people respond,
uud with but onu dissenting voicu adopt?
ed the Cincinnati platform aud endorsed
tho nominees.-norry News.
A YEAHS VJTAII STATISTICS IN LONDON.
Loudon, with a population of 3,500,000,
still grow? rapidly. Tho number of
births last year waa 112,535, against
80,332 deaths. The estimated increase
of population between the middle of
1871 and of 1872 is 48,719; so that the
natural in?rense was supplemented by
about 16,000, representing the excess of
immigration over emigration. The
birth-rate in London in 1871 was equal
to 84.5 per 1,000 persons, being 0.5
below the rate for all England. Tho
birth-rate, says the 7?mes, varies re
markably in different sections of the
population, depending much upon ages,
proportion of tho sexes, conjugal condi?
tions and social position. The death
rate ia London iu 1871 was 24.7 per
1,000, being 2.1 above tho rate for all
England; exclusive of tho deaths from
small-pox, the London death-rato would
have been only 22.3. As it was, tho
rate of mortality was higher than in uny
your since 1866, when' cholera was ?pi?
d?mie. The male death-rate of London
in 1871 was 26 6, while among females
it was only 22 8; at the recent census
there were 113.7 females living in Lon?
don to each 100 males. In 1871 there
were 2,594 deaths from violent causes iu
London, '2,138 of them from negligence
or accident, including909irom fractures
and contusions, amoag which are 208
deaths canoed by horses or vehicles in
tho streets." Among the deaths by negli?
gence or accident are 490 from suffoca?
tion-nearly all cases of infants; there
wera 109 oases of murder or mon
slaughter-nearly all of them oases of
infanticide.
GRETNA GREEN.-The palmy days of
Gretna Green exist only in tradition.
No dashing coach and four, with its ex?
hausted postillions and weary horses,
comos from over the border, carrying the
gay gallant and his ludy love, safe atlast
from the pursuit of the angry father.
And tho lust of its priests bas also de?
parted. Old Simon Lang has just died
at New-ou>tle-ou-Tyue, aud been buried
in Gretna Green Church-yard. For
eighty years, Simon Lang and David
Lang, bis father, officiated as priests,
and helped thu needy captain to secure
the coveted heiress, or the daring ad?
venturess to bind her chains upon ber
duped prey. David, the father, married
Thomas, Lord Erskine, in his old ego,
to his mistress, Miss Sarah Buck, and
netted thereby tho sung little sum uf
8800 as a mun iago fee. In 1827, Simon
Lang succeeded tu bis office, outlived oil
his competitors, and saw the golden
days of old Gretna decline. He conti?
nued tu claim the right tu marry until
the end of his life. About twelve mouths
siuce, be went through probably tho last
marriage ceremony be ever performed, in
complete dishabille, having nothing on
but bis shirt and drawers. The reason of
this unwonted exhibition was that the
parties reached Gretna from Dumfries by
the mid-night train, and, like all foud
lovers, could bruok nu delay. So the
priest was aroused from his slumbers tu
do duty at a moment's notice.
The Dead Sea being without nu out?
let, evapurntion is the only escapo uf the
water puuring into it by the river Jur
dan and some other streams. Each
brings into that extraordinary reservoir,
which is a depiession iu the earth's crust
1,300 feet below thu water level of the
Mediterranean, nn immense mass of
materials which must at last fill it np,
when 'the Jordan will then run on be?
yond and find un outlet to the sea, if the
world remains in its present physical
form long enough. Thu Jordan wafts
duwn ninety cubic yards uf water every
secoud. Each day, it carries in six and
a half bushels of salt, liberated from
rocks, oa its pussage, ia each ninety
cubic yards. Therefore, that dreadfully
salt, bitter reservoir has nearly reached
the point cf saturation. When no more
salt can bu dissolved, then it will accu?
mulate un the irregular bottom till it
reaches quite near the present surface.
Its future will have quite us nindi inte?
rest fur coming ages as its past history.
MERITED DISTINCTION. -The well
known Groton Junction, on tho great
thoroughfare of the Northern lines tu
Boston, bas ceased to bu. With a large
bod increasing population, prund as well
aa prosperous, ita citizens, iu ma-s meet?
ing assembled, have voted tu change the
name of their town to "AYER"-after
oue of the best known men iu America.
Dr. J. C. AYER, of Lowell-and the Le?
gislature of Massachusetts has enacted
that deciaion into law. We commend
their choice, fur not only is tho name
short and distinctive, but Dr. AVER'S
Medicines have made it gratefully kuuwu
to the ends uf the earth. Prubably uu
living man has carried relief tn .such
countless multitudes of the sick us he,
aud this liigh honor, from his neighbors,
tells thu esumutiou iu which be is' held
by those who know him.-Bristol Times.
Attempts at suicide may be expensive;
and nothing can bu moro ridiculous
than fur a mau tu pay the oill out nf his
own pucket for cutting bis uwn throat.
This happened tu an unfortunate fellow
lately, nt Iowa City. Ho, tu muko mat?
ters sure, nut uuly Hovered his wind pipe,
but slashed the arteries uf bis writ ts.
L'lien three doctors took him iu hand
and stitched him up, und insisted upon
his living; and sn live he did, tu receive
from thu high-cost doctors a bill nf
8300. He Said that he wouldn't pay it ;
but tho KUW-buiiCH brought au action
against him, and the judge and jury
said that pay bo must. Tho poor man
will probably refrain from such luxuries
iu future.
Wo tho.ipht BO. Tho popular Nation?
al air of ''Yankee Doodle," is of Irish
origin. The fact hus recently been de?
veloped by Jubilee Gilmore, who, in a
lute our respond elieo with Sir lt. P. Stew?
art, nf Dublin, is UN h u red hy that gentle
mau that it. is identical with an obi ln-.li
air, entitled ''L;:t Erin remember the
I days nf old."
IMPORTANT SEWING MACHINE DECISION. !
An important vordiot-a verdict for
630,848-was returned on Thursday in
t ie Supreme Oourt at Northampton,
Moss., in favor of the Florence Sewing
Machine Company vs. the Grover Sc
Baker, and Wilson, and Singer compa?
nies, tbe trial occupying nine days.
Other oases turning on tbe same ques?
tion are impending between the parties,
involving over $150,000.
A wealthy baker in New York has gone
to some expenso in having n cout-of
arms invented and emblazoned for him.
He has adopted a loaf for his crest,
which some of his neighbors are wicked
enough to call his crust. This is proba?
bly to show that he has risen, and is
well bred.
A telegram frpm Now York soys: "Tho
Board of Aldermun have adopted resolu?
tions mourning tho loss of Mr. James
Gordou Bennott, and deoiding to attend
the funeral in a body, and that flags on
the publio buildings be placed at half
mast on the day of the obsequies..
While in this country, New York and
Boston are agitated ever the adultera?
tion of their milk, Belfast, Ireland, is in
the same condition over ito whiskey,
which, a recent analysis has disclosed, is
adulterated with naptha, cayenne pepper |
and vitriol.
COMETO GRIEF.-At the recent term
of Chatham, N. G., Superior Court,
Judge Tourgee sentenced Rev. Samuel
Perkins and Rev. Essex Harris, Radical
preachers, to the penitentiary for ten
years.
Since our last issue, the following
gentlemen have been released from jail:]
Dr. T. O. Brown, Messrs. J. McM.
Calmos, - Wall, M. C. and E. F. Love?
lace, and (liles Higgins, our colored
marshal.-Nexoberry Herald.
DROWNED.-Thomas, a young boy,
eighteen months old, son of Richard
and Catherine Pfeiffer, Prussians, living |
at Calhoun's Ferry, on Savannah River,
was drowned on the 29th ultimo.
[Abbeville Medium.
It is said that persons affected by the ]
concussion of a stroke of lightning can
be saved in most cases by reactionary !
remedies; such OB tho rapid dashing of
cold water over the victim, and the ap?
plication of friction.
Before a Kansas City police court, last
week, Martha Washington preferred
complaint against her husband, George
Washington, for cruel and inhuman
treatment.
A Western editor's editorial statement:
"We ure living at this momea1' under
absolute despotism," is explained by his
eotemporaries by the fact that be bas
lately been married.
Ou hearing the report that the shock
ing condition of the firemen's hose, re?
sulted in the destruction of a largo
amount of property, a woman sat np all
night darning her husband's stockings.
Mise Ellen L. Fletcher, of Charleston,
N. H., having learned the trade, has
opened a jeweler's shop, and the watches
of all the young men in town are ont of
order in consequence.
! Darwin's "Descent of Man" bas been
translated into the Russian language, to
show the people that by scratching deep
enough they may discover something
even beyond tho Tartar.
The population of Europe at the pre?
sent timo is 340,000,000. It has doubled
within a century. The United States
double? its population every quarter of
a century.
Mr. Sumner is quoted as follows: "If
the campaigu eau be made a personal
one between tbe big letter G and the
little letter G, I am for tbe big G-for
Greeley."
A crusty old bachelor says that love is
a wretched business, consisting of a lit?
tle sighing, a little crying, "dying" and a
deal nf lying.
A colored man named Jim Jacobs,
while asleep ou the railroad track, near
.Seii?H'town, N. C., was run over and
killed by a passing train.
Two murderous viragos aro on trial at
Southwark, England, charged with gar?
roting and gouging out the right eye of
a young woman.
A New Haven lady climbed a lamp post |
to soe the inaugural parade. She wished
to see it in a good light.
During the great flood in Grasshop?
per, Kansas, a few days since, a whole
lumily was swept away and drowned.
The largest orchard in the world is in
California. It contains 426 acres, and
more than 75,000 fruit trees.
There were thirty-nine deaths in Char?
leston for the week ending the 1st
whites eleven; colored twenty-eight.
He who avoids temptation avoids sin.
Elmwood Ct mete ry Company.
TH E Hevantcenth Annual Meeting of the
Stockholders of tho Elmwood Cemetery
c<> m p..nv will be held i'll IB DAY. at 1 o'clock
I'. .M., nt tho ornoo of Dr. J. W. Parker, in
rear of Ur. Miot's Drng Blore.
J. Vf. PARKER, President.
'">ni.\Noo Z BATSS. Roor tarv. Juno C 1_
Columbia Lodge, No. 108, A. P. M.
ja ? AM Extra Commuuioation of this
i ^Yk -Loitze will be held in Ma-onio Hall
"%C-jTTHIS (Thursday) l.VEMNO, at 8
r^fr\o'clock. 'Ihe V. C. Degree will bo
con furred. By order of the W. M.
Juno 6 1_L CARR. R;wetary. _
Hay and Oats.
1 Ai i nALES primo Timothy HAY.
\_\ /V./ 500 Imnhels heavv feeding Oats,
l-'or sal? low ?>v J HIN AON l.W Si. SON.
New Butter and Cheese.
?I /\ TUBS ohoicoMay BUTTER.
J_\ " 10 b >\ s new cutting (.'house.
.lust received and for salo by
Juno fi JOH N .VTNHW ARON.
Sptrkhng Catawba Springs.
ij*M. "^Y 1 HAYB Til 18 DAY ?ak< n
4TT*VK?? charge ol the above spring*,
?'* ? i ? I??MSB a,"l VVI" "u<.n them on mo
W?U??*aS2r 1 :1 i:*?r.\NT. lVwonede
? nona oi (.pending a ft-w months at a water
inn piaea, will lind nowhere in tho South a
moro comfort ib.o resort. Terms rt'at.oiiablo.
J. M. BLAIR,
Formerly of tho Yarborough House,
Juno (J lino' . Haleigh, U.C.
^flL^otion^Salos.
Notice to Capitalists.
Sale of City of Columbia Seven per cent. Bonds.
OFFICE CITY TBEABDIIY,
COLUMBIA, ti. C., April SO, 1872.
PURSUANT to authority delegated by the
following resolution, adopted by the City
Council, March 26.1872, 1 will sell at public
auction, on WEDNESDAY, May 15,1872, TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOL?
LA UH ($230,000) CITY OF COLUMBIA
SK YEN KER CENTUM TWENTY YEARS
BONDS:
"Besolved, That tho City Treasurer bo in?
structed to advertise fur sale, before tho
Court IIouso in tho otty of Columbia, on tho
15th day of May next, tho bonds of the city of
Columbia, authorized to be issued by tho said
oity, nndor the Act of the Qeneral Assembly
just adjourned; that the advertisement be
publishod iu one newspaper in the city of Co?
lumbia, ono in the city ol Charleston and two
io. w.'papci H in tho city ol New York, at least
thirty dave beforo the day of sale; tbat the
bonds to be sold bo signed, aa prescribed by
tho said Aot, on tho day of sale, or as soon
thereafter as practicable, and delivered to the
purchaser as soon as tho purchase money has
been paid and tho bonds registered; and that
tho proceeds of salo he applied Btrietly in con?
formity with tho said Act, and in no other
way."
Haid bonds will bn of tho denominations of
$250, $300 and $1,000; the proceeds of the sale
to be used for the erection of the new City
Hall, now Market, and otber nublio improve?
ments.
Tho right is reserved to dispose of a part ot
the Bairl bonds in lota or in whole, as tbe
Mayor and Treasurer may determino.
Any further information desired can be ob?
tained by addroBbipg WM. J. ETTER,
City Treasury, Columbia, S. C.
ear This salo is postponed until WEDNES?
DAY, June 19, at same place.
May 21 WM. J. ETTER, CityTreas'r.
In the District Court of the United
States for District of South Carolina
In re Lau reno Railroad Company, Bankrupt
In Bankruptcy.
?N obedienoe to an order in tbe above
stated case, dated the 5tb day of April,
72, I will re-Hell to the higheat bidder, at
publia outcry, at tho risk of the Greenville
and Columbia Railroad Company, the Lau?
rens Railroad, at Columbia, South Carolina,
in front of tue Columbia Hotel, at 12 o'clock,
Meridian, on the twentieth (20ih) day of
JUNE, 1872, free from all liena and incam
brances. including the track and road-bod,
iron, rails, chairs, spikes, timbers, bridges,
oalvcrta, machino shops, water tanks, station
houses, and all locomotives, ears and ma?
chinery, and all and singular tue property and
asaets, 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 ana
twenty-two ($64,222 84) dollars eighty-four
coat? must be paul within thirty (80) days
after the day of sale; and the payment ol the
balance of tho purchase money within twelve
months from the day of aale, with interest
thereon at seven per cent, per auburn from
that day, must be secured by tho bond of tbe
purchaser, and a morten go of the entire pro?
perty sold.
Tho bidder will be required to deposit with
the assignee, before his bid is accepted,
twenty thousand dollars, to aeoure compli?
ance with the terms of sale herein set forth,
and upon failure to deposit that ?um, the pro?
perty will at once be re-offered for sale.
_ _ JAMES M. BAXTER. Assignee.
5,000 "Sards White
Pique reduced from 50
to 25 cents.
3,000 Tards White
Pique reduced from $1
to 50 cents?
B. C. Shiver Sc. Co.
State of South Carolina-Abbeville Co.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Jamos N. King, plaintiff, vs. J. Henty Smith,
doing business under the name of J. Henly
Smith A Co., defendant_Copy Summons
for Relief-Complaint not Served.
To the defendant, J. Henly Smith, whose
Christian name ia unknown, to the said
plaintiff, doing business under the name of
J. Henly Smith A Co.
YOU are hereby summoned and required
to answer tho complaint in this action,
winch is filed in tho omeo of the Clerk of Com?
mon Pleas for tho said County, and to servo
a copy of your answer to the said complaint
on tho subscribers, at their ofhco, at Abbe?
ville Court House, within twenty days after
the service hereof, exclusive of tho day of
such service; and if you fail to answer tho
complaint within tho time aforesaid, the
{ilaintiff in this action will apply to the Court
or tho roliof demanded in the complaint.
Dated 23th of March, 1872.
BURT St VANOF,
May 2 thc_Plaintiff's Attorneys.
State of South Carolina-Abbeville Co.
CO UET OF COMMON PLEAS.
Wm. H. Parker, late Commissioner in Equity
and Spacial Referee in estate of J. F. Mar?
sball, deceased, with powor and authority
to ''coll?et assets," A.c., plaintiff, against
Jamos Aug. Cromer, defendant -Copy .Sum
mons. For Relief. Comvlaint not Served.
To the defendant, JAMES Ano, OBOMBB:
YOU are hereby summoned and required
tu answer tho complaint in thia action,
wiiioh ia tiled in tho t-flico of tho Clerk of Com?
mon Ploae for tho Bald County, and to servo a
ropy of your answer to the said oomplaiut on
the subscribers, at their office, Law Range,
Abbeville C. H., within twenty days afttr tho
service hereof, exclusive of tho day of euch
sorvico; and if you fill to answer tho com?
plaint within tho time aforesaid, tho plaintiff
in ti-is action will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in tho complaint.
MoUOWAN Sc PARKER.
Pl>iintin's Attorneys.
Dated Abbevillo, May 3,1872.
To the defendant, J AMES A. CBOMF.B:
Take noi ico, Unit the summons in this case,
of which tho alii-ve. i \ a copy, was flied in tho
office of tho Cork of the Court of Common
Plea-, at Abbeville C. H., in the County of
Abbuvillo, State of South Carolina, on the 3d
Miv, 1872. Mo?OWAN ?V PARKER,
May 9 ihC Plaintiff's Attorneys.