The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, June 21, 1872, Image 3

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? ? .? Foreign Affaira. LONDON, June 20.-The regatta at Henly, OD the Thames, took ' placa to? day. In the contest for the diamond challenge BCUUB, the first heat was won by Goldie, of the Cambridge boat club; the second heat by E. Smith, of the Ata? lanta boat club, of New York, who de? feated Ohillingwortb, of the Wiokinham olub, by ODO loogth. Smith was euthu siastioally cheered by the spectators for his victory over tho Chilling worth. The decisive heat will be contested to-motrow by Smith and Goldie. Amcilukn Matters. WASHINGTON, Jane 20.-State conven? tions were held yesterday in a number of States. The Maryland delegatioD is a unit for the Cincinnati platform and candi? dates. In Alabama, the convention was the largest ever held; the feeling was largely in favor of the Cincinnati can? didates, but a straight State and Congres? sional ticket. In Minnesota, there ?B every indication of the endorsement of Greeley aad Brown. PennHylvsuia, it is conceded at Democratic headquarters, will send delegates to the Baltimore COD veotiou to vote for Greeley. ID Loui? siana, there is no- promise of a fusion of the Republican wings. Kellogg will be a candidate for Governor of the Grant faction, and Pinchbaok of j the other wing. lu Arkansas, all the Counties represented show Greeley and Brown will be undoubtedly endorsed. The Liberal Republican Convention reaf? firmed the Cincinnati platform and can? didates. The Texas Convention recog? nizes tho Cincinnati movement as com? mendable at reform, but tabled a motioD to instr hot delegates to Baltimore to vote for Greeley and Brown, by a large; ma? jority. A Geneva special says the result ol Wednesday's sitting of the board ol arbitration is of the most favorable character, and it is confidently believed that whoa the tribunal- meets again on the 26th, success will be assured. It it believed considerable progress hos been mode in the solution of the question. The mechanics aad laborers of Long Island City struck, yesterday, for thc eight hour syst?m and an increase ot wages of from six to tea oents an hour. It is denied that the Erie employees ir. Jersey have struck. Considerable excitement prevails ai Middletown, Orange County, New York over the death of a young lady-Misi Butler-from small-pox. She contracte! the disease while attending a patien afilio ted with it, and was forced to re move to a roiood building, ia the oat skirts of the town, where it seemB Bht had no medical attendance, and waa lef to die, and her body mutilated by aoi mais, which had free access to the build ing. The authorities paid a maa to at toad the girl, but it ?B Dot known whe ther he did ea or not. Immense numbers of seventeen-yea locusta have appeared on Long Island. The great mail which left New Yor' last Dight, was last heard from at Grey1 Ferry. The railroad offioials withhol details of the detention. S AK FRANCISCO, Juna 20.-The Dome eratic State Convention adopted a reac lutioq endorsing the Cincinnati plal form; recommend action which wi aeoure co-operation and defeat Gran! but leave their delegates to Baltimoi uninstructed aa to candidates. TORONTO, CANADA, Juno 20.-Pbob Campbell was banged to-day for tb murder of her husband. She was con posed. Her neok was broken and st died instantly. ROCHESTER, N. Y., JUDO 20.-Tl members of the Southern press arriv? here this afternoon, and were receive by the Mayor and a committee of tl local press. They visited Monet Ho] and other points about the city, and a quartered at the Osborne House as goes of -the oity. There will be a sapper the Osborae House to-night, which w be enjoyable, and a pleasant ro union the press North aad South. CINCINNATI, Jaae 20.-The Unib States Coart to-day, ia the case of tl Government against Fowler, Hill & W Hams, gave a verdiot for the plaintiff f $300,000-beiog the amount of the t aad penalty Bued for as frauduloni withheld from the Government by t defeadaats, when distilling spirits. T case against David G ibsen, ono of t defendants, was dismissed. MATAMORAS, Jaae 20.-It is report oa erodible authority that the revo 4 onary chiefs, finding themselves unal permanently to hold Monterey, have pi posed terms of surrender. PHILADELPHIA, Jaae 20.-The da meetings of strikers have boon ai pended, in consequence of the slim tendance. Adjourned to Sunday evi ing, wheo a mass meeting occurs. Nsw YORK, J ace 20--Evening.-Jud Iagraham, in Stokes' trial, to-day, ? cided in favor of the Distriot Attorn having private counsel to aid him. Ft jurors have been obtained. The oonfereoce is held at the Fi Avenue Hotel, ead is private. 150 di gates are present. Nsw HAVEN, Jaae 20.-The delega to Baltimore are organized, though i pledged. The delegates are uoaoimi ijr Greeley. KINGSTON, JAMAICA, JUDO 15, HAVANA, Juno 21.-A German fi arrived at this port to-day. The ot mander reports that the fleet bc barded Port-au-Prince several hoi and boarded aad oaptared the Hay! fleet. These acts were oommitted consequence of tho Haytieo Govt meat having refused to pay the indi nity due German merchants of Ha for interfering with their comme aad levying forced loaos duriDg there latioo. The Haytieo Government j the German commander $15,000 OD count of the claim. The fleet t withdrew. Fear is eotertaioed for safety of the oable steanier Dacia, thing has been heard of her stace 1 25. WASHINGTON, Jaae 20- Eveohn The Quartermaster-General transmitted to Oomptroller Brodhead for his deci? sion a claim from a' pardoned Confede? rate, for military supplies furnished in 1860. It was claimed by the applicant that by recent deoisions of the Supreme Oourt a pardon or amnesty reinstates a Confederate claimant in. his right to re? cover for property forfeited to or confis? cated by the United States Government; that suoh an Act of pardoe is not merely prospective, not only restoring a man personally to future credit, but return? ing to him or reimbursing him for goods, effects or credits heretofore for? feited, or confiscated, as the property of a public enemy. Tbe Oomptroller is of the opinion that such was not a fair de? duction from tbe deoisions of tbe Su? preme Oourt; and wbile deferring to the judgment of that tribunal, he states there were two existing grounds on whioh olaims of this character must at present be rejected by accounting and disbursing officers. He, tborefore, ad? vised tho Quartermaster-General that this class of claims oannot be paid, until, lirst, Congress shall have made an ap? propriation for that purpose, and, se-, corni, ur-til Congross shall have repealed or modified tbe provision in tho joint re? solution of March 2, 1867, which makes it unlawful for any officer of the United States Government to pay any account, claim or demand of thin character. Probabilities-Clear and partially oloudy weather will prevail very general? ly on Friday from the Mississippi to the Atlantic, with possibly ureas of rain along the South Atlantic coast and over the Northern. portion of New England. Light to fresh Northerly to Westerly winds North-west of the Ohio Valley; light to fresh Southerly to Westerly over the New England and Middle States. RICHMOND, VA., June 20.-Tbe bodies of 718 Confederate soldiers, disinterred at Gettysburg recently and brought here, wero interred in Hollywood Cemetery this evening, amid moBt impressive and solemn funeral ceremonies. Tbe pro? cession was two miles long, consisting of the First Virginia Regiment, tho Rich? mond Howitzers, a detachment of police, and sixteen wagons, with boxes contain? ing the dead, followed by several ex Confederate commanders, headed by General Geo. E. Piokett, to whose divi? sion the dead belonged, and, next, the Society of the Southern Cross Brother? hood. The rear was brought up by a line of carriages a milo long. Tbe streets along the line of the procession were draped in mourning, tho stores closed, and business generally suspended. An immense conoourse of spectators lined the streets-the whole being regarded the most imposing spectacle since the close of the war. W. R. Qaarles was elected cashier of the Planters' National Bank, to-day, vice J. C. Davis, deceased. M o NTH EAL, Jone 20.-Baooroft & Sharpe's livery stable was burned to? day, with thirty-five horses. ST. PADL, MINN., June 20.-The Con? vention adopted resolutions that the Cincinnati platform, as explained by Greeley, expresses true Democratic ideas upon every living politioal issue, and that they heartily endorse the same, and the nominees of that Convention. A NEW DEPARTURE.-A report has reaohed us, to tbe effect that Judge T. J. Mackey is soon to take the stomp in this State, in the advooaoy of the repu? diation of the last issue of State bonds. We are willing to wish the Judge all suc? cess in this new departure. There is scarcely a single man in the State BO idiotio as to believe that the large num? ber of bonds, issued by tbe Financial Board, during the past eighteen months, were issued under strict authority of law, and repudiation is the only way to get rid of an enormous debt saddled upon us illegally. - Winnsboro News. The people of Beaufort are in high spirits over tho prospects of an early completion of the Port Royal Railroad. It is very certain that there is now no land for sale in or near that city, all hav? ing recently been purchased by Northern speculators. It is commonly reported there tbat the Southern Security Com? pany (better known as Tom Scott's com? pany) bas obtained a controlling interest in tbe road, and aidod by the influence of Judge King, of the Georgia Road, in? tend to influence a large amount of cot? ton from Alabama and Mississippi, as I far as Vicksburg, over thin route. A MEETING AFTER SIXTY YEARS SEPA BATION.-At the recent Missouri editori? al convention, Capt. Elihu H. Shephard, of St. Louis, and N. W. Mack, Sr., of Booneviile, met for the first time since they parted on the banks of the St. Law? rence in 1813. They were both in Al? bany in 1807; both took part at the battle of Obrisler's Farm on the St. Law? rence, in 1813, both saw Fulton run his first steamboat, and witnessed the Ameri? can army leave Canada. REMOVAL OP THE CUSTOMS OFFICIALS. These officials bave removed from the new Custom House, East Bay, to the old post office building, tho upper por? tion having recently been put in con? venient order to receive them. The In? ternal Revenue Collector and assistant will remove there elso. The former is already established there. [Charleston Courier. Bewailing tho impossibility of electing any other oandidate, the Richmond En? quirer gives up the third ticket project, and says: "It is too late now, however, to recede. The issue is made, and it is Greeley or nothing. We must concen? trate the entire Demooratio vote upon him, and elect him. We oan do it, and achieve a Demooratio victory.". The Raleigh (N. O.) Era says that on last Saturday evening, a respectable yonng lady, while returning to her borne from Salisbury, near wbioh place she re Bided, was met by a white man blacked, and brutally outraged. Suspicion rests upon tho guilty party, but no arrests Lave been made. Financial ?nt* Commercial. LONDON, Jane 20-Noon.-Discount has been roduoed >?o. ; it is now 3 per cent. Consols 92 J-.<. Bonds 91. FRANKFORT, Juue 20.- Bonds 96>?. PARIS, Juno 20.- Beates Gif. 40o. IiiVJBRFOOii, Ja oe 20-8 P. M.-Cotton opened quiet and steady-uplands 11>4 @U%; Orleans 11%. j LONDON, Jaue 20-Evening.-Balboa j iaoreased ?750,000. 1 LIVERPOOL, Juno 20-Evening.-Cot-I ton dosed unchanged. NEW YORK, Jane 20-Noon.-Stocks ?steady. Gold heavy, at 13>s. Moaey ousy, at 4. Exchange-long 9%; short lOj^. Governments steady. State bonds steady; Tenneasees firm. Cotton steady; sales 1,193 bales-uplands 20?4 ; Orleuus ?2G)?. Flour doll and heavy. Wheat 3uiot and unohanged. Corn dull nnd eolining. Pork quiet, at 13 30(2)13 45. Lard quiet-steam 9^(a>9 7-10. Freights firm. 7 P. M.-Money 4@G, closing firmer. Sterling 9>?@9*?. Gold 13>^@13^1 Goverumeuts olosod quiet, with trifling fluctuations. Tennessees strong and in good demand; uew South Carolinas heavy; market closed steady, but very quiet. Cotton steady; Eales 1,699 bales -uplands 26>?; Orleans 26}$'. Flour heavy and lower-common to fair extra 7.60@9.80; good to ohoioe 9.85(?jl3.00. Whiskey 89, and closed stiff. Wheat 2@3o. lower; holders anxious-winter red Western 1.79@1.85. Cora in fair borne export request, and prices un? ohanged. Rioo 9(aj9,L4. Pork heavy, at 13.30. Beef quiet. Lard dull and un? changed. Freights firmer. LOUISVILLE, June 20.-Flour dull and lower-extra family offered at 6.75. Corn dull-mixed and white shelled, sacked, G3@C5, delivered. Provisions quiet and unchanged. Pork 12.00.. Ba? con-shoulders 5J?i ; olear rib 1%\ clear sides 7 iu'. -Packed lard 9@10. Whiskey 84. CINCINNATI, Juno 20.-Flour dull and lower-family 7.75 @ 8.00. Corn dull and declined, at '50@51. Pork quiet and unchanged-regular 13.00.* Lard advance asked, but none established winter 824'(a)9. Bac >u steady-shoul? ders 5%; dear rib 7}.?', olear sides 1%. Whiskey ia fair demand and advanced, at 85. BALTIMORE, Jane 20.-Cotton firm middling 26; receipts 109 bales; sales 95; stock 1,250. Flour dull aad nomi nal. Wheat dull-Pennsylvania 1.90@ 2 05. Cora doll-white 77@78; yellow 67. Oats qaiet, at 50. Provisions quiet aad firm. Lard 9. Whiskey 88>.<. NEW ORLEANS, Juno 20.-Cotton nc minal-middliDg 2i?4'; receipts 37 bales; sales 700; stock 28,111. CHARLESTON, Jane 20.-Cotton dull middliog nominal; no price given; re? ceipts 69 bales; stock 4,760. GALVESTON, Juno 20.-Cotton-good ordinary 2OJ4; receipts 59 bales; stock 2,671. PHILADELPHIA, Joue 20.-Cotton qaiet -middliDg 2614. NORFOLK, Jane 20.-Cotton quiet low middling 2-?}-?; receipts 295 bales; stock 2,155. BOSTON, Juae 20.-Cottoa Bteady middling 26),'; receipts 99 bales; sales 350; stook 11,000. SAVANNAH, JUDO 20.-Cottoa dull and DOthiog doing-middliog 24; receipt! 71 bales; stook 3,638. AUGUSTA, Juno 20.-Cottoa aomiaal middliog 24}?; receipts 6 bales; sales 125. WILMINGTON, JUDO 20,-Cottoa firm middliog 24}?; sales 40 bales; stock 1,303. MOBILE, June 20.-Cotton qaiet aad unchanged-middliDg 2i1.?; receipts 4 bales; sales 100; stook 3,289. A COURAGEOUS YOUNG LADY.-Some few days si nco Mies E. C., aa estimable yoong lady, residing Dear Loretto, while taking ODO of her favorite strolls through a quiet little meadaw, indulging ber romantic Datare by admiring and culling the first flowers of tho season, and feast? ing upoa the beauties of spriag geuo rally, WOB suddenly aroused from thc pleasant and absorbing occupation by the attack of a rabid dog. Unfortu? nately, her secluded locality rendered aid from any source impossible. Pos? sessing, however, au extraordinary amount of self-possession, instead of giving vent to her inclinations in screams and cries, as matty of her sex would have done auder such circumstances, Bhe deliberately seized her formidable adversary by the throat, at the same time looking, bat ia vaia, for a weapon of some kind. After holding him fast a few minutes, her presence of miad growing more acate from this trying di? lemma, Bhe closed her tiny hood, aad with the dofeaoo of nature she pummel? led the cur so furiously over his bead that he succeeded ia liberating himself from her grasp, and fled from the scene of notion with the rapidity of a rein? deer, leaving Miss C. to exult over her prowess, thus rescued, as it were, from the very jaws of death. The dog has Biace died from veii marked symptoms of rabies, although some are pleased to attribute his demise to congestion of the brain, caused by the concussion re? ceived at the hands of Miss C. I Tappahannock Index. A yoimg couple who had boen holding a cozy lele-a-teie ia a retired aioove at a party ia Nashville, were somewhat abashed, OD emerging into the party, to fiad that aroaad the youag mao's Deck there was the pri?t of two arms in chalk and diamond dust, oo his shoulder a quantity of gold powder, and other equally unaccountable phenomena ob? servable elsewhere. Ia a case recently tried at Walhalla, Judge Orrdeoided that the State lien for taxes attaches to each lot, parcel or tract of land, aad that tho State cannot there? fore sell ono parcel of lund of a delin? quent, tax-payer, for taxes that might have accrued on another belonging to the same person. Douglas Jerrold said, "Eve ate the .apple that she might indulge ia dress." At tho Grunt ratification meetiDg in 1868, th ero were four speakers; st tho Greeley ratification meetiDg in 1872, there were nearly forty. At the Grant ratification meeting in 1868, the hall of the Cooper Institute wa? not full, and there were no apeakors at outside stands; at the Greeley ratification meeting in 1372, the hall was densely packed, there were four outside stands, and the whole square between Clinton and Plimpton Halls, and the Cooper Union and the Bible Honse was crowded. But the most curious fact remains to be men? tioned. Of tho four speakers at the Grant ratification mooting of 1868, barely one is a Graut mon in 1872, and he holds a email office in Virginia under the Administration; tho other three are outspoken sod enthusiastic supporters of Greeley and Brown. Dn. BRATTON RELEASED ON BAIL.-In obedience to an order from Judge B ry a: Dr. J. Rufus Brutton was released from jail, on Wednesday evening of lost week, on giving bond in the Bum of 812,000 for bis appearance before tbo special term j of the United States Circuit Court, which meets at Columbia on tho first Monday in August next. The bond was taken by United States Commissioner Poinier, with'the following persons as sureties: John T. Lowry, W. A. Moore, J. H. Adams, W. B. Stuelu, P. B. Darwin, S. R. Moore, A. I. Barron, R. F. Clark, T. M. Whitaker, T. M. Dobson, James B. Allison. R. J. Latta and J. M. Lowry. [ Yorkoille Enquirer. THE SAOOATU IN NEW YORK.-Tho Times says: Sunday, in this city, still maintains its bad pro-emiuenue as a day of drunken? ness and of the crimes and offences that come from drunkenness. The list for yesterday is terribly loug, and includes every variety of stand-up and knock? down fight, shooting, stabbing, wife beating and street rowdyism. Most ot these crimes are attributable to the looseness of the excise law and tho negli? gent woy in whioh it is enforced. The streots of New York on Sunday 'night are in a condition alarming to peaceful citizens and disgraceful to tbo aatbori ties. REGISTRATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA BONDS.-The New York Herald, of Mon? day, the 17tb inst., says: A notice in oar advertising columns calls upon holders of South Carolina bonds and coupons to present the same for registration at the office of the Com? mercial Warehouse Company in this city, in compliance with the law of the last Legislature, which validated the Stats debt, and provided for its registra? tion as a preliminary to the resumption of interest payment. THE REMEDY.-The New York Com? mercial Advertiser, commenting on the ' steady outflow of travelers to Europa this season, sympathizes with the hotel keepers of American watering-places and summer resorts on the loss of so many customers as is implied by these depart? ures. The Advertiser consolingly says: "Let our landlords quench the preten? sions of the impudent hotel dorks, and reduce the rate of fare, and then, maybe, 900 Americans will not go to Europe on a single Saturday. THE OHIO WHIRLWIND.-A despatch from Cincinnati, giving some details of I i the extraordinary violence and power of the whirlwind which visited Logan County, Ohio, on Saturday evening, the 8th inst., notes the remarkable fact that "after leaving DeGruff, it passed several settlements, und finally roso from the earth, and was seeu for miles, carrying in ito funnel shaped form timber, rails and debris, which it bad gathered in its destructivo march." GEORGIA STATE BONDS.-A circular j from the authorities of the Statu of I Georgia is in circulation in New York, as I we learn from tho Herald, ol thu 17th I instant, regretting tho inability of tho Slate to redeem thu bouds fulling due this year, aud offers the bond-holders the alternativo of coutinued payment of the interest as heretofore, or the conver I sion of the bouds into tho new soven per cents, authorized by the Legislature. RUSTICATING ON ROOFS.-The people of New York must have beon suffering from beat on Sunday, tho lGth inst., as tim Herald states Mint four persons fell from the roofs of their dwelling?, and were severely hurt. RE-UNITED.-An old colored man and his wife, originally from Maryland, and who bad been separated and had not seen each other for thirty years, met and were re-united lust week, in York Coun? ty, Pa. Each thought tho other looked old. A North Carolina paper says if old I Tod Caldwell keeps on pardoning at tbo rate he has indulged in since his nomi? nation for re-election, by the close of the] ! canvass tho cells of the penitentiary will ibe empty. Old Tod will thereby in I orease bis political strength. We aro pained to record the death of | Mr. F. M. Morgan, which occurred at bis residence, in this County, on Tues j day morning last. He was an honest man, ? faithful Mason and upright citi ' zen.-Anderson Intelligencer. A blind man at Fort Wayne, Iud., was I recently married to a blind woman, in the pres?nos of tbree blind persons. Tho question is, woro there any witness? es? A Boston woman claims to have road, last year, fifty metaphysical and scienti? fic works, as many more of history and belles lettres, besides 500 novels, plays and poems. Romeo was a self-made elephant. He carno to this country without a dollar in bis trunk, took Greeley's advice, wont Wost, and died last week, worth $10.000. Newly-married daughter-"How long does the honeymoon last, mamma?" Praotioal parent-"Until you ask your husband for somo money, my dear." How THE DEAGON GOT CAUGHT.-We have no hesitancy in stating that among tko able-bodied male adults of this city tho very common beverage known as "soda water," and wbioh is dealt out so unsparingly at every corner during the heated term, is considered, to use their own language, a "thia drink." But as this ingenious mixture of wind and water ie termed "thin," strong liquors, such as whiskies, are altogether too "thiok" for a steady warm weather drink, and BO the imbiber who must "moisten bis flues" with some liquid re? freshment seeks a pleasant combination of tho two ?lusses of drink, which forms a happy combination that exhilarates, yet is uot intoxicating. It is customary among these bibulous go-betweens to enter a drug store, call for soda water, name their syrup, at the same time giv? ing a wink to the dispenser of "slush," who takes the goblet, in which he places thc syrup, then stoops down beneuth the counter or retires to a back room, where, by some mysterious chemical change, tho contents are colored darkly, and the soda is then let in upon the mixture, which is handed to the customer with a wink from tho clerk. So much for the process; now for the sequel. Saturday, a venerable gentleman from the country, who is a respectable ch a roh deacoo, a Justice of the Peace-, a mem? ber of the "Band of Hope," and a Good Templar in his native village, came to this city to trado a little in dry goods aiid purchase such agricultural imple? ments as he needed to plant and culti? vate his spring crops. The deacon is strictly temperate, and. never looks upon tho wine when it is rod -any more than ho does when it is any other color. Unfortunately, oar old friend had suf? fered from ?pthalmia in his early days, which left him with an optical'peculiarity which caused his left upper eye-lid to drop every few seconds, and, to those not familiar with his infirmity, gave him tho appearance of wiaklag inrationally. The "deno" is passionately fond of soda-wator aud saoh light beverages. He loves to feel the gaseous compound coursing down his throat, aad creating intern al commotions aad typhoons, that, however endurable by older persons, throw babes into agony, and require prompt doses of peppermint; so Satur? day, after he had bought a few shovels, plows, aad a Dolly Varden for his wife, he thought he would fill np with soda? water and drive on toward home. He entered a drag store, iaqaired tho price of the desired refreshment, thea deposit? ed bis sorip aad awaited his mixture. "What syrup do you want?" said the urbaoe clerk, os he mopped off the mar? ble couuter with the same towel he used a moment before to remove tho honest sweat from his brow. "Obi give me sossaparilly; that is aboat as healthy as anything, I guess." (Here the deacon's eye-lid weat back OD him and dropped quickly.) "AU right," replied the fountain tender, as he disappeared below the counter and came up a moment later with tbe drinking glass containing about three fingers of "saesaparilly," to which be added the other ingredients, aad banded it to the deacon. The latter drained the contents to the very dregs, thea brushed the froth from bis mouth, smacked his lips, sad said: "That syrup is a leetle stronger than they generally make it, bat my blood is oat of order, aad I guess I'll take another glass;" at the same time his eye-lid flattered mean? ingly as before. Tho dose was repeated, aud the soda? water bibber left the shop. About half an hour later he entered another esta? blishment where a sign ann JU need "Soda and Mineral Water on Draught." It was noticed the deacou walked as if be hud the string-halt as he eatered the door, aud his spectacles wore upside down on his nose. He called for '?Con? gress water" at that place, saying he "did not feel quite right, aud was afraid he hud used too much BJ rup in his soda? water at tho other store, or else ho was bilious." His optical weakness exhibited itself as be spoke, aad returning the wink, tho clerk retired to a dark closet, then returning, Ulled up tho gluss with plain "Congress," and gavo it to our now "tigktuully slight" frieud, who swallowed it without a murmur. How mauy "sodas" tho deacon stored away before he left the city, we are unable to say, bat he was found late in the day, asleep in his wagoo, with a plow point for A pillow, and several yards of Dolly Yardea calico gracefully draped ubout his persea for a covering, He re? vived sufficiently to inform a stranger that he had beea "drugged," sad a sub? sequent visit to the localities where be bad takea soda water developed tbe fact that bis unfortunate habit of winking a defeot ovor which be bad no coatrol was the cause ot all his trouble. The soda water dispensers supposed him to be "ooo of the boys," and every time his eye lid dropped, took the hint. The deacon escaped the "jim-jams," bat says hereafter he will wear a blinder over that eye when he purchases sommer drinks, or else write his order on a elato. [Cleveland Leader. COSTLY BEAL ESTATE.-The Times printing company, of St. Louis, has pur? chased the property on the North-west ooruor of Fifth sad Olive streets, aad will sooo ereot a floe building thereon. Tho price was $100,000, equal to $3,572 per foot, the highest on record. The same property was bought for $16,000, fourteea years ago. Jobo T. Sohenek, colorpd, a radical politician of Charlotte, N. C., oae of the Aldermen of that city aad tho United States mail ngoat ou the Atlaatio aad Tennessee Railroad, was arrested and committed to jail ia Statesville, ou Sun? day lust, ou tho charge of recoiviog stolen tobacco. An economical individual at Searcy, Arkansas, is reducing the soieuoe of living to a simple system, and has kept himself for thirty-five days on a light diet of morphine and whiskey. \ The Dead Sea being without an oT let, evaporation ia the only escape of tri water ponring into it by the river Jor\ dap and some other streams. Eaoh\ brings into that extraordinary reservoir, \ wbioh is a depression in the earth's ernst \ 1,300 feet below the water level of the Mediterranean, an immense mass of materials which must at last fill it np, whon 'the Jordan will then rnn on be? yond and find an outlet to the sea, if the world remains in its present phyoioal form long enongh. The Jordan wafts down ninety onbio yards of water every second. Eaoh day, it carries in six and a half bushels of salt, liberated from rocks, on its passage, in each ninety cobie yards. Therefore, that dreadfully salt, bitter reservoir has nearly roached the point of saturation. - When no more salt can be dissolved, then it will accu? mulate on the irregular bottom till it reaches quite near the present surface. IU future will have quite as much inte? rest for coming agos os its past history. Ia a San Francisco court, a Mrs. Za blowski asked to be divoroed from her husband, basing ber petition upon his habitual uso of opium, which incapaci? tated bim for business and the support of bis family. The bill was brought under the statute allowing divorce for intemperance; but tho court ruled that the immoderate use of opium is not in? temperance within the meaning of the statute. Perhaps not; but Judge Dwi nelle need not have supported hia ruling by Baying that a contrary decision would lead to divorces "for intemperance in eating or any ordinary habits of life." If a divorce should be granted on. ac? count of dram-drinking, it should equally be granted for opium-chewing. Eating too mach has nothing' to do with the matter. . . "Say, Jack, can you tell us what's the best thing to hold two pieces of rope to? gether?" "I guess knot." iLuotlon Salee. Tobacco and Flour, BY B. C. PELXOTTO & SON. THIS (Friday) MORNING, at half-past 9 o'olook, at our auction atore, we will sell, witbout reserve, 25 boxes fine chewing TOBACCO. 60 barrels extra family FLOUB. 5,000 fino HEGAUS, of various brands. Terms cash._Jone 21 Furniture Sale. BY B. C. PEIX0TT0 & SON. THIS (Friday) MORNING, at 10 o'clock, at our auction room, we will Bell, without re? serve, sundry articles of FURNITURE, consisting of: BEDSTEADS, Mattresses, Sofa, Carpet?, Dining Table, Iron Bedsteads, Glass and Crockery-Ware. Terms cash. June 21_ woticoto Capitalists. Sale of City of Columbia Seven percent. Bonds, . OFFICE Cm TBSAB?BY,. Coi-uMiuA, 8. O., Jua? 19, 1872, PURSUANT to authority delegated by re? solution, adopted by the City Council, I will sell at public auction, on WEDNESDAY. July 17, 1872, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAB8 CITY OF COLUM? BIA SK YEN PER CENTUM TWENTY YEARS BONDS. Bald bonds will be of the denomi? nations of $250,1500 and $1.000; tba prooeeda of the aale to be used for tho erection of the new City Hall, new .Market, and other pabilo improvements. The right is reserved to dispose of a park of the said bonda in lota or in whole, aa the Mayor and Treasurer may determine. Any further information desired ean be ob? tained by addressing OHAS. BARNUM, Jane 20_City Treasury. Columbia, B. C. ['.COPI."] Executive Department, STATE TBEASUBY OFFICE. COLUMBIA, 8. C., June 19,1872. RECEIVED ol W. L. SIMMONS, ESQ., Attorney and Agent of the Charleston Joint Stook Company, of the State of South Carolina, (or the benefit of the State Orphan Asylum, "Two Thousand Dollars," being the first annual instalment required under pro? visions of the Act of incorporation, passed March 5,1872. (Signed) N. G. PABKEB, Treasurer State South Carolina. THE CHARLESTON JOINT STOCK COMPANY OK SOV I'll CAROLINA BEING FULLY ORGANIZED, 18 NOW Prepared for Business? MAW OFFICE: Na. 133 Meeting Strm. W. L. SIMMONS, Jane 21 12 Manager and Oeneral Agent. NOTICE. Greenville and Colombia Railroad Company. The State, ex relations the Attorney-General, plaintiff, vs. the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, defendant. James G. Gibbes, JameB B. Pringle as?! others, plaintiffs, ts. the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company and others, defendants, i fTlHB undersigned having, by order of hie i JLf Honor Samuel W. Melton, Circuit Judge or the Fifth Circuit, dated June 18, 1873. I been appointed Beferoe on the above stated oaeoe, to assertain and report, among other i things, the amount of indebtsduess of the I Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, with authority by advertisement to require all creditors to establish their respective de? mands before him: Notice is hereby given to all and singular the creditors of tho said Greenville and Co? lumbia Railroad Company, whether holdh g bonda of the firet mortgage, bonds or certifi? cates of indebtedness guaranteed by the State, bonda or certificates of indebtedness of the eeoond mortgage, non-mortgage bonds, or claims of any other obaraoter, to present and establish their respective claims before tbo undersigned, an Befereo, at bis office in Columbia, South Carolina, on or before the first day of October next, at whioh time his report on such claims will be made up and submitted to tho Court In tho said oates. ~ JOHN 8. QBEEN, Referee*. COLUMBIA, S. C., June 19,1872. June 21 ||12wl2.