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American Matters. CHARLESTON, July 10.-Arrived Steamships James Adger, New York; Virginia, Philadelphia; schooner Hattie E. Sampson, Boston. NEW ORLEANS, July 10.-Tbe Demo? cratic Reform State Central Committee have united upon Governor John Mo Enery and Lieutenaat-Governor B. F. Jonas. MATAMORAS, Joly 10.-Tbe revolu? tionists ure in force some distance from Monterey. It is believed both are await? ing negotiations at tbe city of Mexico for a surrender of the revolutionists. CINCINNATI, July 10.-Two of the men implicated in Miss Secor's death were banged. Tho youngest one was released upon an appeal to the lady's brother. NEW YORK, July 10.-Greeley and Brown interviewed each other yesterday. Four men charged with robbing a wealthy ladv in Utoreoht, Holland, on the 24th ult., of money and valuables, worth $250,000, were arrested here. WASHINGTON, July 10.-Alluding to a caricature in Harper's Weekly, under lined, "When the rebellious traitors are overwhelmed in the field, and scattered like leaves before an angry wind, it must not be to return to poaceful and con? tented homes; tboy must find poverty at their firesides, and see privation in the anxious eyes of mothers and the rags on their ohildren," the Tribune says: "We deem it only necessary to say that not a word of this pretended extract is found in the Tribune of that dato, and no suoh words were ever written by Mr. Greeley. We leave the public to judge the moral quality of the act committed by the Messrs. Harper." BALTTMOBB, July 10 -The Opera House delegates generally were io their seats by 10 o'clock. A second brass | band, located in the upper gallery, en tertained the audience with various airs, cf wbioh "Dixie," "My Maryland," and "lanfcee Doo J le" were equally ap? plauded. A quarter after 10, Chairman Doolittle announced that the hour to which the Convention adjourned had ar? rived, and called the Convention to order. He called upon the Rev. Dr. Leyburn, of Baltimore, who addressed the Throne of Grace. The Chair an? nounced, for the convenience of mem? bers of the Convention of the press, that every person rising to make a motion or speak, shall announce his name and State. i Cabel, of Arkansas, asked seats, by courtesy, for rive delegates from Arkan? sas in excess of their regular number. Granted. Barr, of Cincinnati, announced that the Oommitttee on Resolutions was ready to report. He came to the plat? form, and, ut his request, Reading Clerk Perrin read the report, recommending the adoption of the resolutions already adopted by the Liberal Republican Con? vention of Cincinnati. (Cheers.) In order that there should be no misappre? hension os to these resolutions, Burr called for their rending in full to the Convention, which was done; each plank in the platform being received with ap? plause; the one term plauk especially. A call for three cheers ut the close elioited a partial response. Barr explained that the resolutions were the Cincinnati platform exactly nothing added, nothing excluded. This platform was adopted in committee by all the States, except Delaware, Missis? sippi, Georgia and Oregon. He moved the adoption of the report, aud moved the previous question. Bayard, of Delaware, inquired whe? ther the previous question, another name for gag law, had become the law of the Democratic Convention, without notico to the delegates? The Chair said the Convention had adopted the rules of the House of Rep? resentatives; so the motion of Burr was in order, and not open to debate. Various gentlemen appealed fora with? drawal of the motion, in order to allow u short debato. Burr said he felt compelled to decline. A scone of great confusion here ensued, amid calls of "Question!" "Debatel" &o. On the motion to sustain the previous question, a cali of the States was ordered, and being taken, resulted: Yeas, 553; nays, 176. Hoffman, in casting the united vote of New York in the affirmative, said some of the delegates, himself among the number, were opposed to the previous question. Hancock, of Ohio, denied tbe right of his delegation to cast the vote as a unit, and asked to have his vote recorded "No." The Chair announced that Borr, of Conneotiont, was now 'entitled to one hour to debate the resolutions; also, that the gentleman from Delaware, Bayard, appealed for ten min?tes. Barr ac? ceded to thia request, as Bayard is* a member of the Committee on Resolu? tions. Bayard took the platform and ?aid: While there waa no disposition to carp at and oppose men because of former politioal opinions, he hoped the great Demooratio organization woold be al? lowed to have an independent expr?s sion of its own honest sentiments. Why take, ont and dried, the resolutions of another organization? Why have the opi? nions of <uther meu, not chosen by ns, foroed down onr throats, as oar expres? sion? It is proposed here that we shall go before the country for the first time without our own independent expression of principles. It is not just or wise to ask ns to go into this campaign tinder the clothing of a minority. (Calls of "Timel" "Time!") The Chair announced that Burr, out of respect for the minority, consented to give Bayard ten minutes more. Another Conneotiont delegate objected to any man's occupying the time of the Convention in this way. (Applause, and hisses.) The Chair called for order, and re? minded the delegates that this is a deli? berative assemblage, and urged a respect ----------- fal hearing of any one who occupied tito floor, whether tbey approved his senti? ments or not. t Bayard finally retrained, and arguing the neaessity for some expression of opi? nion upon the question of the exercise of Federal military power, under color of legislation, to enforce the fourteenth and fifteenth constitutional amendments, he said if the Convention failed in this, there would be serious disappointment. In conclusion, he entered his protest against the ponding motion to adopt tho report ns a whole, and asked a separate vote on tho severul distinct propositions pending. O'Connor, of South Carolina, re? gretted tbere should have been any dif? ference of opinion hore. All other issues should be merged in the Bingle one oi defeating the re election of the preseut national Administration. He said thc Reconstruction Acts und tho thirteenth, fourteenth aud fifteenth constitutional amendments had been accepted. Public opinion was higher than government! and superior to uuy declarations by con veutions. (Applause.) There was no? thing left as an issue now but to eave tin nation from destruction by corruption He reviewed und criticised tho foreigi policy of tho Administration, and ur&e< a union of the whole nation to defeat th* unhallowed purposes and shiftless polic; of the present Government. Au allu sion to the prospective election of Grce ley was received with great applause As to tho fifteenth amendmeut, he wooli be the lost man to attempt to wrest f roi the 4,000,000 feedmen the right of sui frage. (Great applause.) Yeas on ordering the previous quet tion upon the adoption of the report c the Committee ou Resolutions-Ah bama, 10; Arkansas, 2; Delaware, ( Florida, 2; Georgia, 21; Louisiana, 1( Maryland, 2; Missouri. 4; Nevada, I New Jersey, 18; Oregon, 6; Pennsy vania, 21; South Carolina, ll; Texas, li Virginia, 22; West Virginia, 20. Nays Delaware, 6; Florida, 2; Georgia, lt Mississippi, 9; Missouri 2; New Jersn; 9; Oregon 6; Pennsylvania 7; Weat Vi ginia, 2. The following is the result of the bu lot: Greeley, 086; Bayard, 15; Blacl 21; Groesbeck, 2. Pennsylvania vot< two blanks. Judge Regan, of Texas, followed, ai said: It waa supposed among his peop that the Democratic party could euccei at this election with a distiuct Dem oratio nomination; therefore, they hi come here to unite with their brethn from the whole eouutry in efi'ectiug sui an arrangement as will unite the Dem eruts with ull houest opponents of t Administration. It was wisdom, thei fore, to take the Cincinnati platfori Why refuse to accept the situation, a make the best of it? Burksdale, of Mississippi, asked if was admissible to take u separate vi on each resolution. The Chair answered no, as the pre ous question had been ordered. Burksdale-Then I ask the unanime consent of the Convention to a divisi of the vote. (Cries cf "Nor) McRae, of Tennessee, made fran efforts to obtain the floor, and was lin ly recognized by the Chair. He p ceeded with au excited protest agaii the cutting off of debate. (Cries of "I dowel" "Call the roll!" "Call the roll The roll of States was called on 1 main question, of the adoption of 1 platform, which resulted us folio' Yeas 662; nays 70. At the close of the calls, when Dt ware voted "no," there wore loud hiss The Chair appealed to tho Convent to treat with respect the vote of any ti every State. A delegate said the ( turbunce was in the galleries. Before the vote was announced, j mission was asked by the chuirmau the Alabama delegation to make au planation of tho chungo which ho sired to make iu the record of Alaban vote. Objection being made, tho Cl ruled that, while Alabama had the ri to chauge her vote, he could not plain it. Subsequently, unanimous cons being accorded, Shorter, of Alaba took two minutes to explain that tl were in the pending resolutions si statements rather than deolamationi principles, which some of his delega could not endorse without explana and without stultification. Having this, he changed Alabama's vote iron ayes and 8 noes to 20 ayes. (Cheers Hoffman, of New York, presented petition of 15,000 Germans of the of New York, relative to a nominatio candidate for President. It was sec the desk, when it was read by the Se tary. It recommends the nominatio Greeley and Brown, and expresses belief that they will receive the he support of the Germans, regardles past party affiliation, as the best norn lions that oan be made. (Cheers.) Ray, of Indiana, offered an am ment, providing that on the cullin each State, its Chairman shall state its delegation votes, and his stater alone shall be taken. The amendi was accepted and the resolution ado viva voce. Snowhook, of Illinois, presented name of Horace Greeley as the Di oratio oandidate for President. (Che The roll was thoo called on the Presi tial nomination. Each vote for Gr< was received with cheers. Tho b resulted in Greeley's nomination. ( ley, 686; JaB. A..Bayard, 15; J. S. B 21; Groesbeck, i. When Hoffman rose to cast the of New York, her delegation was gri with three oheers. Order being rest? Hoffman disputed Missouri's prc to give Greeley the (argent majori ?my State in the Union, and said York's majority would be larger Missouri's total vote. Healsoexpr his regret thai there had been any sion of the vote here. He kuew who did not vote for Horace Gr were acting conscientiously, but I Hired to appeal to them. New Yor Democratic State. It had more 400,000 Democratic voten, and when these woro ready to sacrifice personal preferences and prejudices on the altar of the country, he hoped their brethren elsewhere would do the same. (Great cheers.) After the Chair bad announced the re? sult of the ballot, Wallace, of Pennsyl? vania, took tho platform, aud was re? ceived with cheers. He said in obedi? ence to the decision ut publia sentiment in his State, their delegutiou bad cast a part of their voto against thc gentleman. By tho usages und cu itoms of the Demo? cratic party, ho wus uuw its nominee for the Presidenoy. They would yield to the decision, aud accept the result which tho greut high court of appeal of the party had decreed. In conclusion, by the instructions of his delegation, lie moved that the nomination be made unanimous. (Wild cheers. Music, "Battle-Cry of Freedom," followed bv "Hail to the Chief.") When tho music ceased, a scene was lowered nt the reur of tho stage, pre? senting u view of the White House, which was greeted with applause. Order beiug restored, the motion of Wallace, that thu nomination bu mude unani? mous, was put aud curried, with ono or two dissents ouly. On tho nomination of Vice-President, on motion of Chalmers, of Mississippi, the nomination was made unanimous. Bouck, of Wisconsin, offered a resolu? tion uppointiug a committee of oue from each State, to bu named by tho respect? ive delegations, to apprise the candi? dates of their uomiuatiou. P-tyne, of Ohio, moved to amend by adding the Presideut of the Convention, to be chairmun. Agreed to. On motiou of Heatou, of Ohio, a re? solution wus adopted, that on the ad? journment the Convention would, with music, escort the Missouri delegation to their quarters. A resolution was adopted leaving the place of the next National Convention to be decided by the National Commit? tee. Also, a resolution of thanks to John T. Ford, to Frederick Paine, and to Baltimore, for courtesies. Also, thanks to Doolittle for the able and im? partial manner in which he presided over the Convention. Thayer, of New York, made a few re? marks eulogistic of Greeley. The Cbairmau returned thanks for the kind expressions toward bim, und in? voked the bloseiug of Providence upou tho efforts o? the Conveutiou. Brown was nominated by a vote of 713. Stevenson, of Kentucky, received 6; blank, 13. The blauks were Florida, 2; New Jersey, 9; West Virginia, 2. Delaware voted for Stevenson. BALTIMORE, July 10-Eveuing.-The bolters' Convention udopted an address to the Americuu people, und after issuing a call for u National Democratic Convention, to meet iu Louisville, Ky., September 3, adjourned sine die. The I officers of the Convention were: Presi? dent, Samuel J. Buyurd, of New Jersey. Vioe-Presidents, E. F. Stokes, of South Carolina; James Sweeny, of Pennsylva? nia; Eliza Keser, of Texas, and Jesse Miller, of West Virginia. Secretaries, James Sherwood, of Connecticut, and S. J. Clute, of New York. The female suffragists ure disappoint- : ed. They declare their intention to work for tho Philadelphia nominees. i Augustus Schell was eleoted Chairman of the National Executive Committee. i WASHINGTON, July 10--Evening.- i The caterpillar has appeared in many : Couuties in Alabama, causing depres? sion among the planters. A Loudon letter says Stanley did not , tell all he knew. Livingstone is mar- , ried to au Africau Princess, and does not , care to return. , Probabilities-Cluudy weather with , areas of rain and Easterly wiuds will pre- | vail on Thursday over the Gulf States. , Easterly to Southerly winds und partly , cloudy weather for the South Atlantic j States. WesLerly winds aud clearing j weather for tho Middle States. Hising , barometer and Northerly tu Westerly , winds North-west of the Ohio Valley. , The .Ueveuue Commissioner decides ( thut a person who has u fixed place of , business in a car, as, for instance, ut u , stand in a Pullman cur, or in a steam- , boat, to which persons may go and pro- ? cure cigars, ?fcc, iusteud of being sought , out in various parts of the train or boat, ( und suiioited to purchase, is a dealer in tobacco, and not a peddler. LOWELL, MASS., July 10.-John H. Worlund, for many years editor of tho Lowell Courier, is dead; aged sixty-five. NEW ORLEANS, July 10.-A salute was fired in honor of Greeley and Brown's nomination. There will bo a ratification meeting at LaFayette square to-night. MOBILE, July 10.-DeLeon, tho ma? naging editor of the Register, says, to? morrow, their paper puts Greeley and Brown at tho head of its column. ATLANTA, July 10.-The nomination of Greeley gives very geueral satisfaction here. WILMINGTON, N. C., July 10.-The nomination of Greeley and Brown by the Baltimore Convention gives universal satisfaction among the conservatives and Democrats here. The State canvass is progressing amid unusual excitement, both parties making tremendous efforts. Secretaries Boutwell and Delano will make two speeches each for the Repub? licans, within the next two weeks. The Conservatives have a grand mass meet? ing at Weldon, on the 12th, aud ut Raleigh, on tho lGth. Carl Schurz, Frank Blair, Thurman, and other dis? tinguished speakers, are expected. The most extensive preparations have been made, and a large gathering of the peo? ple from all portions of the State looked for, at both points. Nearly evory Coun? ty is being thoroughly canvassed, and in some of them the candidates are making two speeches per day. The election takes place August 1, and it is thought the lust week of the canvass will be the most exciting ever witnessed in the Stuto. A great composer-Sleep. Fl naur. lu. I an.? Commercial. LONDON, July lu- Noon.-Consols 92%. Bonds 01'^. LIVERPOOL,, July 10-3 P. M.-Cotton opened fiat and is now heavy-uplands 10%; Orleans 11>?; sale* 8*000 buleB; speculation aud export 2,000. LIVERPOOL, July 10-Eveuiug.-Cot? ton closed unchanged. NEW YORK, July 10-Noon.-Stocks dull. Money eusy, ut 3. Cold steady, ut 13??. Exchange-long 9%; short 1?J-?. Government!! dull but iiteady. State bonds steady. Cottou nomiuul; sales 182 bales-uplauds 2-4; Orleans 24^4- Flour dull and undi taged. Wheat quiet aud scarcely so firm. Corn dull and unchanged. Pork quiet, at 13.40(?> 13.45. Lard dull-steam 9^(V?9J.j. Freights firm. 7 P.M.-Cotton nominal; eales 220 bales-uplands 24; Orleans 24^. Flour unchanged. Whiskey active, at 92. Wheat holders anxious-winter red Western 1.55@1.58. Corn in limited supply and steady. Rice 9@9>?. Pork firmer, at 13.456^13 05. Lurd lower and active, at 8}?(aj9%. Freights very firm. Sales of futures to-day 20,250 bales, as follows: July 22}^; August 22%, 23 1-10; September 21, 21J.?; October 19%, 20; November Vj}{t 19,%; December 18%. 19. Money 3(&4. Sterling dull but steady. Gold 13 % (7?14. Governments closed ut }?o. advance. New South Ca? rolinas .'go. better; Teunessees firm; others dull. ST. LOUIS, July 10.-Flour steady, with moderate demand for standard brands-family 8 00@9.25. Corn firm No. 2 mixed 38,'?($39. Whiskey steady, at 87. Pork dull-offered at 12.00, with? out buyers. Bulk meats firm-clear rib ??ides 7. Bacon active and in good de? mand-shoulders 0; sides 8@8>.j . CINCINNATI, July 10.-Flour"in good demand, nt 7.0U@7.25. Corn iu fair demand and firm, at 49@50. Pork steady-regular 12.00; city 14.50 bid Lard dull aud nominal-summer 7?{@ 7%; steam 8%; kettle 8?.?@8%. Bacon iu good demand-shoulders 5%; clear rib 7J?; shoulders 5%; clear rib 7%; clear sideB 8. Whiskey in fair demand and advanced, at 85. BALTIMORE. July 10.-Flour dull and holders anxious. Wheat firm. Corn dull-white 80; mixed Western 02. Oats and rye dall. Provisions active and strong. Whiskey nominal, at 92. Cot? tou dull and heavy-middling 24J4'; re ceipts 7 bales; eales 121; stock 800. CHARLESTON, July 10.-Cutton dull middling uouiiual; receipts 210 bales; stock 0,780. AUGUSTA, July 10.-Cotton dull and nominal-muldliug 22)?@2224? receipts 5 bales; sales 20. PHILADELPHIA. July 10.-Colton dull -middling 2i}?. NORFOLK, July 10.-Cotton dull-low middling 22*?i; receipts 15 bales; stock 529. BOSTON, July 10.-Cotton dull and drooping-middling 24^; receipts 239 huies; sales 200; stock 10,1)00. WILMINGTON, July 10.-Cotton quiet -middling 24; stock 73 balea. MOBILE, July 10.-Cotton dull and nominal-middling 22,'.?; receipts 7 hales; stock 2,050. GALVESTON, July 10.-Cotton nomi nal-good ordinary 20)^; stock 035 bales. SAVANNAH, July lu.-Cotton-mid Bing 23^'; sales 5 bales; stock 1.230. NEW ORLEANS, July 10.-Cotton dull &nd nothing doing-middling entirely nominal, nt 23?23.I4'; receipts 5i bales; jales 25; stock 17,798. A WONDERFUL ESCAPE.-Ouo of the most amuziug instances of escape from sudden and apparently inevitable death occurred a few nights ago on the Hud? son Uiver Railroad. A mau named Jas. Carter, of Bughsouvillc, was walking up tho road on the down track by night, ibout a mile South of the New Hamburg station. On his back he carried a trunk. Suddenly a train hove in sight, thunder? ing down the track wu which Carter was walking. It was au extra freight train, iud moving very fast. To seo tho red njlnre and to hear the crashing advance yt tho eugine was tho work of one mo? ment; in tho next Carter had leaped for safety upon thu other track. But it was stumbling from Scylla upon Charybdis. The startled mun could not hear, for the roar of the freight train, a now enemy ihat was close upon him. As he jumped ?poti the up truck, the Pacific express jame hurling along upon it at his back, 'tinning forty miles au hour. The en? gineer saw Curter, shut off steam, and whistled "dowu brakes." But it was ,oo late. The speed of the locomotive vas hardly slackened when it struck the >oor fellow, and he and his trunk were lung twenty feet into the air. Hotel keepers at Long Branch have lecided to charge their servants for all bey break, destroy or injure. This will nuke Clnfiiu's soldiers more careful iu lerviug guests ut dinner. It being found recently at a Minne iota trial of a saloon keeper, thut two hirds of the jury were saloon keepers, he District Attorney thought he hud Hitter withdraw tho suit. Bathing is just about commencing at he Branch, Newport and Cape Muy. leretofore tho ladies hove beeu rather imid, aud the water has been awfully ?old. A robust countryman meeting a phy ician, ran to hide behind a wall; being iskiid tho cause, ho replied: "It is so ong since I have been sick, that I am churned to look a physician in the face." Flora ftlcFlimsey has commenced driv ng her pouy pbtetoD at the Branch, rhioh this year has whito silk canopies o protect her dainty little head from he rays of the snu. Ooo seventh of the State of Arkansas ms been sold for taxes. John Morrissey vus ?&tfk000 out by .longfellow's victory. ?? Work on the Camden Tree bridge is leurly done. Rich music-a million-air. ks INDIGNANT EDITOB ON AMERICAN j NONSENSE.-The facility with whioh titled snobbery imposes upon the ave? rage A' ler.can mind is suggestive of nu plea8UL'. reflections. Not in any coun? try of the world is such genuine homage paid the European aristocracy as lt never fails to receive from Americans, notwithstanding our boasted republican simplicity. The pregnant hinges of no European knee crooks half so graciously tas our own-whenever the insignia of heraldry loom iu sight. With us a coat of -arras comes nearer consecrating crime than tho acquitting verdict of a dozen juries. It is absurd to pretend to deny it. Houesty compels us to admit that, Hpite of ourselves, we feel it, ourse it-yet cannot shake it off. Like any other silly superstition, it is difficult to get rid of. No man believes in ghosts oh, no, of course nott Who does-iu the day-time? We have no respect whatever for royalty-at a distance; bul wheu the glitter of tbe tinsel actually flashes upon our startled vision-whei the pomp of heraldry and the pride o: power come in personal contact witt our poor democratic senses-there's thi mb; this is the "respect" which make the "calamity" of suoh loDg lifel Wi may boast there is nothing in a name that the mau's the man for a' that and a that! That the gowd is but the guinea' stamp I That all men are, and of rigb ought to be, free and equal-and yet tb very next minute the presence of M Lord will absolutely knock enougl Fourth of July out of us to set up score of small republics withal! In th lauguage of the poet, "Why is thoBO things thuh?" It surpasseth ns, indeed, to tell! Tb Qnothi Seauton of the Greeks bas nev? compassed the psychological parade which underlies the reverence of tb cleur Western grit for Eastern chai We may fathom the passions, the preji dices, the impulses, the motives < human nature, when our inquiry directed otherwhere than to the invest gation of this peculiar idiosyncraoy; bi before this we must lay down all o metaphysical lore, baffled at the ve outset. The Lord Gordon humbug has jn been exposed in New York city-wood how long before we shall have anoth of the same sort? This Scotch nub mau, so-called, Uko a prophet, was n thing in his own country. In New Ya he was everything. The Erie monopc got on its knees to do him honor, a free passes were crammed iuto the ha of bis vulet over all the roads in t cou ut ry. Would bis Lordship do Co modore Vanderbilt the honor to acct a ride in his palatial curs? Would 1 High Mightiness repose his precie limbs upon tho plush sofa of some n lionaire, the while his lovely daught Mites Sophronia Aram i uta, held his lort head? Would my Lord Gordon lei the impress of bis rosy lips upon t tiukling goblets of Fifth Avenuedledi iu New York? He would. He did. came, saw and conquered. Lord Gurdon bad but two rules uf tion-short and simple. The first \ to get all he oould; the second to ki all he got. He needed not to paste tb in his bat. Jay Gould, Jim Fisk, B Tweed, and even the great Tom S( himself, bcoame but the puppets of Lordship's will. Stocks and bonds i banks and bankers were at his comma and if bis vaulting ambition had fiually overleaped itself, he might e now have New York city, with the < tom house to buot, iu the capuci pockets of his pantaloons. But alas! iu au evil hour, the dn vanished. Arrested like a democr mortal and thrown iutu jail for swi ling and "acting Lord without the tit he proves tu have beeu all ulong notl but common clay. For the fiftieth t iu her uot very short life, Miss Sop! uia Aruiuiuta has fished for a Lord caught a loafer. Determined nevei wed with sluggish blood, she still p upon the parent stem, the envy of tl who cannot reach her, the foot-ba those who can. How often are tender sensibilities of our darling men to be thus trifled with and sh frittered away? The "coming mau here-the coming woman is come gone-when shall our weary eyes be in real truth the coming Lord? full, we faint, we fail, weary of watc and waiting. With fear and trembling we pr that our next blooded visitor will humbug also-and that Miss S. A, be deceived again. This explodin the royal humbug carries about as i practical warning with it as the expb of a kerosene oil eau. The last on always just gone to pieces-the nex be non-explosive. Well-we shall i [New Albany Ledg It is unfortunately trne, that a Ci Judge, not residing or holding coi the Third or Fourth Circuits, has ti up to be a defaulter to the United ? Government in the sum of several Baud dollars. This is not and cann a secret matter, or one that ci hushed up any longer, since the Gc meut bas taken or is about to take sures to indemnify itself for the de tion; which is a subject of public riety in this community. We have heard what explanation the Jud question gives of the oiroumstuooeE his account with Government fa balance, but that it does not bala undeniable. We presume that legt tlemeu will investigate the case thoi ly and develop the faots.-Sumter m m - A Missouri legislator clinched at ment against dogs the other di swearing that the monly expone lupporting 21,000,000 dogs in the 1 states would buy 1,314,000,000 wi cocktails every year. At Long Branch, on Tuesday, ( Wilkes bet ex-Collector Thomas M $10,000 that Greeley would beat < Mr. Murphy admitted that it w Iiis own money. Was it pot Ulysses himself? How TO POT ON A COSSET.-At thia juncture the coroner desired to show to tbe jury the conree taken by the ball, nod for thia purpose produced the corset worn by Mrs. Buekbart at the time of the tragedy. "You see," said he-and here be drew tho corset around his waist, with tbe laces in front-"the ball must bave gone in here from bebind. No, that can't be, either, for the doctor says the ball went in in front. Confound it. I've got it on wrong. Ahl this way." Hero the coroner put the corset on up? side down. "Now you see," pointing to the hole in tho garment, which rested directly over tho hip. "the ball must have gone in here. No, that can't be, either, for-" Here Mr. Mather, the handsomest man on the jury, broke in: "Dr. Stillman," said be, "you've got that corset on wrong." Here Dr. Stillman blushed like a puppy. "Well," said he, "I've been married twice, and I ought to know bow to rig a corset." "Yes," said Mr. Ma? ther, "but you don't. Yon had it right in the first place. The strings go in front, aud the ladies clasp them together in the back. Don't yon know? I think I ought to; I have been married. If you doubt it, look here, (pointing to the fullness in the top.) How do yon sup? pose that's going to be filled up unless you pat it on as I Buggest?" "That," said Dr. Stillman, "why that goes over the hips." "No, it don't," said Mr. Mather, "that fullness goes somewhere else-this way," and here Mr. Mather in? dicated where he thought ?the tallness ought to go. At this a pale-faced yoong man with a voice like a robin, and anote book under his arm, said he thought ladies always clasped their corsets on the side. The pale-faced young man said this very in? nocently, as if he wished to convey the impression that he knew nothing what? ever of the matter. The jury laughed the pale-faced young man to scorn, and one of them intimated that he thought the young man was not half BO green abont women's dress os he tried to ap? pear. The young man was a reporter, and it is therefore probable that his knowledge was fully as limited as was apparent from his suggestion, the jury? man to the oontrary notwithstanding. Here another juryman discovered that Dr. Stillman had the corset on bottom side np. "Doctor," said he, "put it on the other way." Then the doctor pat it on in reverse order, with the lace in front. This brought the bullet holes directly over the tails of his coat. "I don't think," said Mr. Mather, "that the bullet went in there, Doctor." "No, I don't think it did," was the reply. "Confound it, it's mighty funny -six married men in thia room, and not one that knows how to pot on a woman's corset." TOOMDSTO BESENT BROWN'S CAED. The correspondent of the Savannah Ad verUser, writing from Atlanta, under date of July 7, says: I understand that a despatch was re? ceived from Gen. Toomba yesterday, an? nouncing that he was just recovering from an attack of illness, and that he would bo in Atlanta in a few days to settle accounts with Joe Brown. Meantime Joe is said to have his "back up" in ter? rible earnest. An acqnaintance of his told me this evening that Joe means fight, and that if Bob wants a "skrim mage" hs will be promptly accommod?t? ed. In a duel Joe would have decided advantages. He is as slender as a bean stalk, while Toombs is inclined to the proportions of Falstaff, .though unlike Falstaff, there is plenty of fight in him. Considering the disparity in size be? tween the two, I would suggest that the proposition once made by a humorous duelist be udopted: Let the size of Joe be chalked on Toombs, and agree that all the bullets which strike outside the ii?ti k shall count for nothing. Seriously, however, there does appear to be some? thing on the tapis in this matter. During tho prevalence of a terrible thunder-storm, on tho evening of the 5th inst., the lightning struck five trees and ono boase, within the limits of Sumter. There was fortunately, no loss of life, though one colored child was severely stunned. What a dull world this mast be, sure enough, when the Alabama claims are finally settled. For seven years they have furnished the material for thought, argument and passion, to two of the greatest nations on the globe. On last Thursday, the 4th inst., Em? peror Sessions, colored, captain of a ila*, was suddenly oroBhed, mangled and instantly killed whilst loading his flat with naval stores at Board landing. [florry News, The Chicago Tribune, of Joly 4, pub? lished the declaration of independence as a Greeley oampaign document. An Ohio judge distributed his money among his children, died poor, and his wife is now in the poor house. Joe Corburn lost so mooh on Bassett that Jem Maee had to boy him a return ticket. Quotion Sales?. To Close a Consignment. BY JACOB LEVIN. ON TO-MOIIROW (Friday) MOBN1NO, at 10 o'clock, 1 will sell, before my store, without reserve: 500 lb?, canvassed HAMS, a OOO lbs. smoked Shoulders. 1,000 iba. dr? -Med Shoulders. 800 lbs. dry salted Sides. 10 tubs floe Leaf Lard. 20 boxes Herrings. Sundry articles._Joly ll To Consumers o? Gae. COLUMBIA QAS-LIGHT COMPANY, COLUMBIA, b. C., July ll, 1872. YOUR bills for month of Jane are now due. If "paid within five days from the anuve dato, at my office, yon will be allowed five per cent, discount. If not paid within ten days, the Meter will be removed from your premises. JACOB LEVIN, Secretary and Treasurer Qa? Company. July ll 2