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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