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COLUMBIA. S. C. Wednesday Alor nmg, June 19, 1872."' Politics lu Georgia. We are watching with considerably in? terest the political developments in onr sister State across tho Savannah. There seems to be a greater division among the Domocruts of that State with regard to a coalition with tho Liberal Republi? cans than in any of .the other Southern sisterhood. lu Kentucky, u low strug? gling seeds of thc old Bourbon oloniont crops out hero und there, affording moro of n muse meut thiiu of alarm te thu moro numerous advocates of Greeley and re? union. The irreconcilables in Georgia cannot bo treated so lightly, though wo buliuve that they, too, will liud themselves iu a woful minority when tho State Conven? tion muets. Tho twoStophoiiscs, ranting Robby Tooaib?, tiad others of their day and way of thinking, uro still respected and ostosined, aa their gallant servi.cu to their Stale eutilka thom to bc, but they have ceased to lead public opinion. They still have influence, but it ia far more prescribed than ia days of yore. The results of the war have brought about a new condition of affairs, in which these mou aro not fitted to tako a prominent or leadiug part. They are wedded to tho past, to old ideas, dead issues, anti worn-out theories. This is atrikingly manifest in tho writings of Alex. Stephens, a great mau, doubtless, in his day, but he cannot forgot his day. Ho thinks the thoughts of a past tleoac?e, and seems entirely blind to tho questions which now combinations now compel the people to decide. But this is not the case with thc ma? jority of Gaorgians. 'I'hey are au active, energetic, wide-awake and progressive people-notably so. They were tho first to relieve their State from the toils of Radical reconstruction and ro-estnblish their government upon a ho: Uhf ul basis. Who did this? Not Stephens or Toombs, or ultra Democrats of tboir stripe. They had no baud in it until tho work was ended and Georgia was free. It was the conservative men, the young Democracy of the State, who did the work and de? serve the glory. They now control tho State, and are leading her on to new lifo and progress. They will not tako a bnck truck now, but, bringing to bear that same youthful sagacity and activity in national affairs which they have exhi? bited in extricating their own State, will give a hearty support to Greeley and Brown, and beat Grant as they did Bul? lock. . Toombs may talk of hatred to tho General Government, but temperate and sensible men know that genuine reconci? liation with the North is what the South most needs just now. We are in tho Union and should be of the Union. Pa? triotism and policy alike point to this as the trae course. It is true that we have not much as yet to kindle our love for tbe Union, but we may have if we will only act in such a way as to invite or accept concessions. The Liberal Republicana hold out to us the band of genuine re union, and the only one which bas been extended ns since the war. We would be fools to re? ject it. There bas been too much impa? tience and hoi, blood on tbe part of tho South, and too many Bob Tobmbses to represent her-too much Radical revenge and cold distrust on tho part of the North, und too many Butlers and Mor? tons to lead, her. Honest, big-hearted old Horace Greeley opens tho door to a mutual understanding, and his election will inaug?rate an era of .concord and good feeling such as was never known, evon in the boasted days of lang syne. <-?.??? THE CANADA OUTRAGE.-The outrage committed by Jos. G. Hester and another United Stutes detective, in kidnapping Dr. Brattan in Canada, is exciting much interest in England, and tho matter will be brought to the attention of the United States authorities. The Canada papers say that Dr. Bratton was con? veyed, while under tho influence ol chloroform administered by Hester, to Detroit, Michigan, whero a warrant wae prooared for his arrest. Dr. Bratton was formerly from Charlotte, N. C., where he has relatives now residing. The offence committed by Hester and his colleague is a heinous one, and thc English Government, it is said, will not only demand the surrender of Dr. Brat ton, bat also of tho two detectives whe committed the outrage on English soil. ? ?? A yoong man by the name of Gill killed a young lady, Miss Hatchings, ii Leak County, Miss., the other day. Tb? cause of this act was said to bo th? young lady's refusal to marry Gill, wlu was a devoted suitor to her hand. Gil made his escape and has not'y ot beei apprehended. A. T. Stewart thinks-heigh-ho 1 tba he will retire. Let him look ont nov that he is in earnest. Saying that cos Colfax something. The Bond-holdors' Meeting. AUGUSTA, GA., JUDO 15, 1872.. Mn. EDITOR: I om favored with a printed nofcioo of a meeting of tho hold? ers of tho non-mortgaged, Stato gua- ] ranteol, and second mortgage booda of l tho Greenville and Columbia Railroad I Compauy, callod to be held in Columbia < on the 19th iust. But I am without any intimation, in the notice, of what is pro- I posed to be done; nor cm I very easily I see what can bo done nt such a meeting, | whore interests dissimilar, perhaps autu gou.'etio, ure to bu represented. As- i surodly tliero oan bo no commou basis established for all. ( I hnvo before mo tho report of the President uud Directors nt present in I charge of the railroad. I observo in tho iiuuncial stutemeut a recognized issuo of - > Bccond mortgage bond?, to tho extent . Only of $97,000. But tho entire amouut I of that class, viz: $1,500,000, or nearly i tho entire amount, is represented out of the I hands of the company, and of course in I tho humid of somebody. Now, at the i m oe ti ny to which I am invited, uro those securities to bo classed with mine? to bo recoguized as of equal obligation on tho I part of tho railroad company? and outi tlod in tho proooediugs of that meeting to a voice of equal, perhaps superior, I potency? Mont unquestionably no/ und I if not, what commou ground is it nessi- l bio to establish? I have read tho report, Mr. Editor, j with much attention - I would udd sur? prise, if anything could surprise ono in i these times. I compruhoud perfectly I how tho present directors found, and t may for some time lind, it impossible to < continue payments of interest. Au ex- I Unlisted treasury aud it small business I do not readily furnish menus to meet immense pressing cash obligations. I i believe the resolution not to attempt to pay interest, not only absolutely necessary, but eminently judicious. Tho Green? ville Railroad is not tho first or only railroud which bas passed its interest for i ono or two or more terms. (It would i have been greatly moro to our benefit if i Mr. Hammett's administration bad never * attempted it. What has boen tho re- I suit? We have it now!) It is not au 1 exhibition of insolvency to suspend pay? ? ment of interest, particularly iu such a j case as this, when tho fiuances ure mud- i died up, and time is needed to tell what the Company's lawful debts are. I am I satisfied, Mr. Editor, with my bonds. 1 I am satisfied with the present mannge- 1 ment, and what I infer to be their policy; ' and I will wait on them as long as I can 1 bo in reason asked, uud not risk, per- < haps, a large per centage of my property, : by rushing into hasty measures, with i allies whose claims are, in all probabili? ty, unequal to mine. A STATE GUARANTY; BOND HOLDER. I When Fred. Douglass made his spoeob I to the negro convention in New Orleans, he was very severe upon the persecution ho met with in traveling at the South. By this term he characterized his exclu? sion from hotel tables, sleeping cars, etc., seeing in it the "old links of slave? ry." It would now appear that many of these old links exist in his old home, and we are consequently ju st i lied in recom? mending him to wash a little of bis soiled linen in that locality. A fow nights since bis house burned donn at Rochester, New York, and we are told by a local paper that he vainly applied to ten hotels for a night's lodging, and was finally ob? liged to rouso the family of a personal friend to find a resting place. It would, therefore, appear that tho South is by no means exceptional in its ideas of ouste, although he labored hard while here to instill a contrary impression. THU LABOR STRIKE IN NEW YORK .-A correspondent of tho Charleston News writes from Gotham as follows: The labor strikers are not going to achieve tho great triumph they antici? pated. The "eight hours' demonstra? tion" on Monday was a failure. Instead of 30,000 men in line, there were less thuu 3,000. Many trades refused to joiu tho procession at the last moment. Yes? terday the cause wus still further demo? ralized by the caving in of the employees of Singer's sowing machine factory, over l,50? in number. These men returned to ten hours labor, their old boure, and abandoned tho exaction of twenty per cent, advance in wages, after having stayed away from work one week. They adopted a set of resolutions humiliating themselves in tho dust, which, doubt? less, was tho prico of their omployers' forgiveness. Tho present strike will provo ouly a partial victory. Somo of tho strikers havo succeeded ; others still hold out; but many have returned to work minus a couple of weeks' wages. The sympathy of the community is usu? ally with tho working-men, but the vio lonco which has characterized the pre? sent movement bas deprived it of much of the outside moral support which is necessary to its success. Still the great question is by no means settled. The working men surrender beoause their ammunition bas given out, but they sur? render sullenly, and with a determina? tion to renew the war at tho earliest op? portunity. HORSE MURDER.-On Sunday after? noon, at a pump on Market street, Au? gusta, two horses met to Blake their thirst, indulging for a brief period in a little by-play of biting eaoh other. Finally, one of them kicked up bis heels and threw them with such force against the head of the other as to oause death in a few minutes. Baron Aufesa, the founder of tho Na remburg museum, was recently kicked to> death by two Gorman professors, at the opening of tho University of Stras? burg. The German savana mistook him for a Frenchman. Special Meeting of City Connell. COUNCIL CH AMII ER, COLUMBIA, S. C., Jane 18, 1872. Co a ii oil ni ot nt 5.30 P. M. Present-Hin Honor Mayor Alexander; lldermen Mitchell, H?ge, Lowndes, Harrell, Wilder, Carr, Williams and Coopor. Absout-Carpenter, Young and J ri Hie. Tho Mayor frt ited that he had called {?bis meeting for the purpose of hearing tho report of tho special committee ap? pointed on tho communication of W. K. liuchniuu, in behalf of tho Ladies' Monu? mental Association. Alderman H?ge, Chairman of tho Dommitteo, reported ns follows: Unsolved, That his Honor tho Mayor be authorized to sell to tho Lidies* Monumental Association tho lot or parcel ?)l land specified in tho^etitiuu of W. K. Bach mau for tho sum of S?UO. provided that tho city has the right to Hell ?aid lot; .iud that the City Attorney be instructed to make an examination, anti report lo tho City Council at its next regular] meeting. By Alderman Carroll: Resolved, That report of Committee be adopted. Carried. The Mayor staled that hu WUK in? formed by thu Chief <?f Pollen that hu [iud received verbal instructions from the Board of Health to remove from Davis' alley tho filling that had boon j placed there by order of City Cou neil. Alderman Cooper, Chairman of Com mitton o-; Streets, stated that ho waa in iormod that property-holders would lay i piro in Davis' alley, for tho purpose ol carrying oil' the waler there, and recom? mended that no action bu taken by the Council in the case ut present. Adopted. Ou motion of Alderman Hope, Conn - ! lil adjourned. CHAS. BAUN UM, j City Clerk. - - . -. Tine BOLL ol' Ll ONO?.-Tho Radicals, ivhen Greeley was first nominated, com? menced n furious war upou him for sign? ing Mr. Davis' bond. But this little ^iimo was suddenly blocked by making j L?erret Smith another ono of Mr. Davis' boudsmen, a delegate lo tho Grant Con? vention at Philadelphia. Mr. Greeley, iud all who signed tho bond, deserve Hjreafc credit, for it wii3 ii manly, au?! ut the same time an unpopular act. Mr. Davis had been kept in prison without trial, contrary to tho principles of civi? lized justice. For any passing abuse, tho bondsmou are now compensated. The people talk of making Horace Gree? ley President of tho United States, and Gerrut Smith received quite an ovation From tho lladicul Convention iii Phila? delphia. It may bo interesting to eeo who joined them in their now fumons bail-bond. These aro the names of all the sureties: Horace Greeley, New York; Gerret Smith, New York; Augustus Schell, New York; Aristides Welch, Phi? ladelphia; Cornelius Vanderbilt, New York; W. H. McFarland, Richmond; R. Barton Haxall, Richmond; Isaac Daren port. Bich tao ml; Abraham Warwick, Richmond; Gustavus A. Myers, Rich mond; Wm. M. Crump, Richmond; Jan. LyouR, Richmond; John A. Meredith, Richmond; Wm. H. Lyons, Richmond; John Minor Botts, Virginia; Thomas W. Doswell, Virgiuia; James Thotnus, Jr., Richmond; Horace F. Clark, New York; Benjamin Wood, Now York. SHOOKIKO RAFE.-A horrid crime waa committed iu Pulaski County, Georgia, last Thursday morning, on the person of Mrs. Charitnn Lovett, hy a nogro man about twenty-one years old, formerly owned by Mr. Joe Philips, residing ten milos below Hawkiusvillo. On Thurs? day morning, this villain went to the house of Mr. Lovett, and finding Mrs L. there alone, her husband being on a distant part of tho plantation, produced ? huge knife, which ho had just sharp? ened for tho purpose, and seizing Mrs. L. with great violence, swore he would cut her throat if Alie made thu least noise or resistance. Having accomplished his purpose, ho fled, but tho alarm being givou, he was pursued by some thirty men during thu day, and captured and lodged in Pulaski County jail. There was great excitement over tho affair throughout, tho County-the victim be? ing of a highly esteemed and influential family. A RICH COFFIN.-Tho burial casket iu which the remains of the lato James Gordon Bennett were encased was made in Rochester, New York, and was nearly square in simpe, and constructed of a peculiar wood, which lasts for many years. Tho sido panels wore covered with costly Lyons silk velvet, and the eight handles were, of a now dusigu, made expressly for tho occasion. Tho lid, which consisted of two panels of French orystul plato glass, covered, when required, by two black silk velvet caps, was hung on silver hinges and fastened with two silver locks. The catire casket was mounted in a massive framework of silver moulding of chaste design, bolted and made fast iu such manner that it cannot fall apart. Tho inside was up? holstered and decorated in whito silk, satin and Venetian lace. LAROR STRIKE.-The "strikes" of laborers which havo reoently ocourred so frequently North and East, appear to bo spreading toward the South. Yesterday, tho hands employed on the Port Royal Railroad, betweou Augusta and tho Sa? vannah River, struck for higher wages, and marched into Augusta. The labor? ers give as their reason for striking, not because an increase of wages was de? manded or refused, but because Captain Herndon was removed and ca aptaiu put in his placo who required of them n larger day's work than they had been in the habit of performing. Walter, a flvo-year-old, wits surprised at breakfast- hy the presence of a diminu? tivo ogg, sorved for his special delecta? tion. Ho thus accounted for tho egg's smallness: "Mamma, I think the chicken was loaming to lay.; FORNE?'S FORECAST-THE WEATHER? COCK OE THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS WHIRL INO TOWARDS CINCINNATI.-A. Now York correspondent writes u lottor to tho Lou? isville Courier-Journal, which wo oopy, hesd lines and all, ns un opiuiou upon the political situation ia Philadelphia and the State: I don't know what you think of the ?reat Colonel Forney, ot tho "Two ?oily Papers;" but I kuow that you must understand that be is a shurp poli? tical weuther-oouk, as well us a good fel? low personally, a splendid diuuor-feoder, a grand relator of stories, a voluble uia chiue-writcr, and a man, in short, who plasters over everybody-Greeley and (Inuit, Sumner und ljogun, the Lord uud tho Devil-and who is sure lo bo in, if possible, on tho last quarter-stretch, with tho wi u u i ll g side. Well, you see how it ir-; thc great Colo? nel ?H iu distress, lt looks ?is it" Ito was trying, in his primrose way, to blow up Ibu Grunt machine tn Pennsylvania, lie is "regretting" that Pennsylvania must bo lost in October unless thu organiza? tion is changed-unless Hart ran !t is withdrawn. This uueans mischief, of course. In other words, it menus that Forney iii preparing tither to quit the tirant ship, or else to give such strong windward tokens as will not bo over? looked by hoir-,t Horace wbeu iho slouched hut ami white coat shall walk the quarter-deck, axe in hand, lo lop <>IV all bud growths on tho political tree. (Those figures ure mixed, but Iel it go.) Tho withdrawal ol Hurtrauft must burst Pennsylvania malters quite as surely as it' tho said Hurtrauft romain on the truck. Now is not thu ti mu tu swap burses. Forney, it see ms, is advising the sumo course in Pennsylvania (and tor tho same object) that Grant & Co. advise fur tho Ballimore Convention i. e , a change of front. Wouderful, this military ern! How it iufects civilians willi "llmk movements" and "ftrntogyl" Now, this fact is a very significant one, ! because Forney is equal to Pepys in the diary way. You eau ul wu ys seo a good deal which is behind the scenes by watch? ing "Cul." Forney. Up to the tuno when King Grant attended Forney's celebrated stag party in Philadelphia, t Forney was rebellious, lie disliked the i Grant admiuistratiou at the outset. Ho felt it little snubbed and neglected, But hu gathered sumo buck-bone from the Philadelphia eollectotship. .Still that, you kuow, was an appointment far below Foi ney's aspirations. To bo honest about it, Col. Forney would have made nu acceptable Postmaster-General. Hu always swallowed Grunt a good deal af Pistol atc tho leek. When, therefore, we see Forney - who, only u few years ago, hud quito u sensa? tional reconciliation with the venerable Cameron-now, as he dies, pitching iutc him [et tu, Brute.' bini who is Gruut'i corner-stone, Grant's club, with whicl ho struck dowu Sumner) - how shall wt account for tho milk iu the cocoanut' What is the philosophy, learned Tbuban of Forney's assault-berco assault-ot the white-haired Grant Cameron, whicl appears to-day? The trick is a shrewd one. Foruey ii a cuuuiug fellow, after all, und it's verj bard to cheat bim iu the game ot purtj politics. Is Grant defeated-ab, if Foruey hm not stirred up the October muss in Penn sylvania bow would it have been thoro Is Grunt elected? who goes louder fo Graut than does tho Colonel? POPUI.AU ERRORS.-To think that thi moro a mau cats the futter uud strouge ho will become. To believe that th moro hours children study tho faste they leam. To conclude that, if oxer eise is good, tho moro violent it is, tb more good is done. To imagino tba every hour taken from sleep is uu hou gained. To act on the presumptioi that tho smallest room in the house i large enough to sleep iu. To iniagin that whatever remedy causes ono to fut immediately better is good for tho sys tem, without regard to more ulterior el feels. To eat without an appetite; or ti continue after it has been satisfied, mere ly to gratify tho tiiHte. To eat a heart supper for the pleasure experienced dui tug thu brief time it is passing down th throat, nt tho expense of a whole nigh of disturbed sleep, and weary waking i thu morning. Tho Puducah Kentuckian tells thif "lu one of our neighboring towus, on eveniug receutly, somo Good Templa posted up u notice calling for a raeetiu at one of the churches iu the place, fe the purpose of organizing a lodge c Good Templars. lu a few minutes afte tho notico had been put up, thu suloo keeper stuck up, immediately under i tho following offset notice: "Attention 1 Free drinks to-night at ull the saloons i town. No lodge was formed thero tht night." Fancy a constructive debato going o all summer in the oilioial record of Coi gress! Yet it turns out that three pri lifJo debaters iu tho House have actual] obtained leavo to write and print the unborn speeches in The Globe. Messri Beck, Dawes and Kerr uro tho gladiatoi who aro to monsuro strength on th finances, and thoy are to do their best i the ponderous columns of The Glob This sort of replication is novel; bu once open to fuoile penmen, it muy 1 projeoted infinitely over space. James Parker, ono of the victims ( the recent explosion of a railroad engic boiler at .Sanderson, Fla., bad been kit napped in his infancy and carried I Lake City, where he fell into tho hand of an old lady who roared him. Ho wc preparing to visit bis supposed home i Now Jersey, and his trip on thu ros whon he was killed, was to have been h last previous to his departure. It will only tako Si,019.912 to kee tho Btreets of New York in proper coi dition tho coming yenr. Bacchus soils beer and Mr. Plugg is tobacconist on Pennsylvania avenue, i Washington. Xj o o ?cv 1 Items. CITT MATTERS.-Thu price of single copies of tho PHUJNIX is five oents. The sal? of tho new city bonds takes placo to day. Those who havo money to invest, eau find nothing better or moro safe. Rev. Wm. Marlin reports having col? lected Si,GOO during his recent trip to the North, toward tho construction of tho Washington Street Church, North? east comer of Marion und Washington Btreots. The building will far surpass the old structure in grandeur and extent; but before it eau be completed, n con? siderable amount must yet be raised. Tho gas couipauy havo commenced thu usu of coal in thu manufacturo of gas. It is hoped that tho company will find it advantageous after a practical test of tho new material, lo still farther reduce tho price to consumers. The bankrupt salo of tho Laurens Railroad taken place to-morrow, at 12 o'clock. Full particulars will bo found in the advertisement. The. Messrs. LyBrund have the very latest in t'.;u music lim -Ibo "Dolly Vardeu Polka/' lt is clungeable and very lively. To tho committee of tue Fjtiphradiau Society of thc South Carolina Uuiverni ty, are wc indebted for a card of invita? tion to their bixty-sixtli anniversary osdo bration, on tho 27lh instant. Mr. John P. Arthur, of Columbia, is tho valedic? tory orator. A. Pope, Esq , General Ticket Agent of tho Wilmington, Columbia ami Au ' gusta Railroad, bas furnished us with circulars and rates for round trip ticket? I ?lil that road to various points North, including the principal Canadian cities. Then; are tifh; /icc different routes. Thc tickets will bo on salo at their o?ico in Columbia by tho 20th instant, und will be good until the 1st of November Tourists can have no better opportunity than is here presented. The circulan eau hu seen at this oilice. Gov. Scott has appointed Captain A. Michaela a Pilot Commissioner foi Charleston, and J. A. Schr?ck a Tria Justice for Kershaw County, vice J. W. DePass, removed. We havo been requested to state tha Right Rev. Bishop W. B. W. Howe wil deliver a sermon in the Episcopn Church, (Trinity,) this evening, at o'clock. Tho "Committee,"of Wofford College Spartuuburg, S. C., have presented u with an invitation to be present at thei "reception," at Society Halls, on tin evening of the 2Gtb. Thu Radical mass meeting in Charles tou, on thu night of thu 17ib, to endors Judge Willard, was not a success, eitbe us to speakers or numbers. Several prc minent individuals whoso names wer recorded, did not put in au appearance. PIIOJNIXIANA.-This being the goble: nge, pictures are hung in fashionabl dwellings by silver or gold wire, tho old fashioned scarlet cord and tassel bavin gone completely out of style. Many people spend so much timo i criticising and finding fault with others that thoy lose sight of the fact that the are growing old without amounting to c accomplishing much of anything. Only what wo have wrought iuto ou character during lifo can we take awa with us. Do with trials as men do with ne hats, put thurn ou and wear them unt they become easy. SI,250 made the ancient "talent." ] takes some talent to ranko SI,250 now-i days. Beecher says a sermon, like a probi must follow the wound into all its intr cate passages. Nothing is too minni for tho surgeon or for the physician; ni thing should bo too common or too f am liar for the preacher. Tho best counter sign-"No trust." Do your business promptly, and bot not a business man with long visits. To make a thin man look fat, call afb him, and he will then look ronnd. What requires more philosophy tbs taking things as they come? Partir with things as they go. "Never be oritical upon the ladies, was tho maxim of an Irish peer, remarl obie for his homage to the BOX; "tl only way that a true gentleman ever a tempts to look at the faults of a pr?t woman, is to shut his eyes." Mrs. Kane, of Baltimore, set out write a list of the wrongs of women, b found so many of them that she w driven to tho conclusion that worn? sufler a wrong in being born at all. Th disposes of the wholo question in a nt sholl. Tho Marquis of Camden, who has ju died a poor man in England, voluntan surrendered a SGO.OOO yearly sineour because he considered it n fraud np< tho nation. Grant's family carno fro Scotland, and wore in no way related the Marquis. Ou?t AGENTS IN CHARLESTON.-The advertising agency of Messrs, Walker, Evans '& Cogswell, represented by Ros? well T. Logan, Esq., ?B the only author? ized agency for tbis paper iu Charleston. MAU? ARRANGEMENTS.-Th? Northern mail opens at 2.30 P. M.; closes 12.CO A. M. Charleston duy mail opens 4.30 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 7.00 A. M.; closes 6.15 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Western opens and closes 1.30 P. M. Wilmington opens 2.30 P. M.: closes 11.30 A. M. On Sunday ollice open from 3 to 4 P. M. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meeting Richland Lodge. Parado Independent Fire Company. . Part of a House to Rent. Cantrell's-Goshen Putter. HOTIU. AuittVALS, June IS, 1872.-Nicker*-: //oiuve-J M Jones, Charlotte; li W Iteyuolds, Wis: \V W i! Clough, llaltiuiore; J P Ito td, ls i Whittier, Anderson; Gen W Conner, J F Townsend, W (J Wardlaw, wifo uud two chil dren, .? hhuville; J W Shacktaford, Oa. (Jolumbia lloiet-E G Francis, WT Garv, Edgotioul; D JQuiglov, (J li Northrop, W H Evatts, E T Burdell, E T Burdell, Jr, RF KvHn?>. Uh arl CH ton; lt T Hucsid, Baltimore; WIiIFuiok, NY; V Itibn,Winnsboro; F A Connor, Uokesbnry; J M Baxter, Newberry; F J Moses, Augusta; J F Oreen, Pendleton: J B Simpson, Audereuii; A Crawford, Jr, JobnT Sloan, Jr, M L Kinard, city. How AMERICANS TRAVEL.-Tho follow? ing is taken from tho private letter of a Ciueiunnticui abroad: Wo left Monday morning by the Mt. Cenis Tunnel, with watches all in baud. There was a dis? pute whether it took twenty-seven or twenty-eight minute.?. It was lghted every mile; but justus we entered we had begun conversation with a party from H. They amused meso much that I forgot to thiuk how long tho tunnel was going to be. This party sailed in u ship by way of Fay al to Lisbon, but did not go ashore. Some one said there was nothing to see. Stopped ut Gibraltar, but did not laud there, for nn English? man who had spent three months there fold them it wus a dull place. Came to Leghorn. Did not go to Rome for fear of a fever. The nicturo galleries iu Flo reuee were in such a muddle that they could not tell ooo picture from another. Indeed, traveling was n bore. There was no country like America, and the lady had but one pleasant idea onnect ed with Europe, and that was shopping. Siio was going to buy "lots of things" in Paris, and her mind was taken up with the size of the trunks required for the purchases. To DRIVE RATS AWAY WITHOUT POI? SON.-This is followed chiefly in Paris by men who make it a special business. They take a deep tub with wuter on the bottom, and u little elevation in the middle like an island, on which is only place for just one rat to sit ou. The top is covered ana has a large balanced valve, opening downward; on the mid? dle of this valve a piece of fried pork or cheese is Axed, and when n rat walks on it to got the cheese, the valve goes down, drops tho rat in tho water, and moves back in position. A road is made from a rut bole to tho top of the tub, by means of a piece of boaid rubbed with cheese, so as to make tho walk attrac? tive for the rats. In the course of a single night, some ten or twenty, or even more rats may go down, nud if the island was not there they would be found most all alive in thc morning quietly swimming round; but tho provision of the little island, saves tho trouble of killing them, because their egotistic in? stinct of self-preservation causes them to fight for the exclusive possession of the i-lund, ou which, in tho morning, tho strongest rat is found iu solitary pos? session; all the others being killed and drowned around bim. Two practical jokers in a Virginia town, who were left in charge of numer? ous babies on a social occasion, while the mammas enjoyed a dance, changed the clothes of the little darlings, and ar? rayed ench one in strange habiliments. The mothers, after an hour or so of de? votion to Terpisehorean delights, took their baby vestments and the dear little forms therein contained, and retired to their respective and once happy homes. On preparing the little ones for the crib, sexes bud changed-girls were boys nod boys were girls-and with one universal yell tho outraged matornals set out on a baby hunt. At last account almost all hud succeeded in recovering the lost heirs; but tho wags keep out of tho way of those matrons as muoh os possible. Pride has many victims in all ranks of human society. A colored woman died recently in Allegheny City, Pa., from the effects of white lend with which she was in the habit of painting herself in an attempt to abolish the distinction of race. She poisoned herself in the same causo with the Louisville lady who ru? ined her health by having her face ena? meled. Neither attained her object, and both "died os the fool diet h." Two aged citizens of St. Louis, Mo., have never missed paying an afternoon visit to a beer garden in that oity for twenty-nine years. They always ap? pear at about the samo hour, sit at the same table, drink the same quantity of beer, and play the same number of games at dominoes without variation, day after day throughout the year. A wealthy banker in one of the West side avenues has gone to some expense in having a ooat-of-arms invented and emblazoned for bim. Ho ha* adopted a loaf for bis crest, which some of his neighbors are wicked enough to oall bis crust. This is probably to show that he bas risen and is woll bred. A man out West, who was lately struck dumb by lightning, likened bis sensa? tions to th oso produced by his father-in law's boot. The striking was in tho same place.