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. . . ? ??? [Special to the Phoenix.] MASS naBTIRC A.T CHARLOTTE. CHAIILOTTE, JT. G., Joly 25.-Senator Garl Schurz, Hon. M. P. O'Connor, of Sooth Carolina, Governor Walker, of Virginia, and Governor Graham, of North Carolina, will speak at the mass meeting, at Charlotte, on Monday, the 29th instant. There will be a special train from Cheater, S. C., to Charlotte, N. C. Foreign Affair?. PARIS, July 25.-Three Commaniats, oonvioted of participation io the massa? cre of hostages in Roe Haxo, were shot at Satory, to-day. Ooe of the con? demned, when brought to the plaoe of ezeootion, shouted, "A bas la Com? mune/" The other two cried, "Vive la Commune!" MADIBD, Joly 25.-Amadeus was, en? thusiastically received at Saotandu. The town was gaily decorated. The King visits other towns. ST. PETERSBOBQ, July 23.-An official decree bas been published dismissing Oataoazy from the Russian diplomatic service. His pamphlet waa published without the knowledge or consent of tin Imperial Government. Amor le an Blatters. * CHARLESTON, July 25.-Arrived-sehr J. H. Stickling, Baltimore. NEW YORK, July 25.-The shops of th< Erie Road, in Jersey City, were burnec last night; loss $500,000; insurance $400.000. A fireman was killed by thc falling walls. 500 persons are out of em ployment. The buildings covered ai entire acre. No snob fire had ever be' fore been witnessed in Jersey City Besides engineer McCarthy, of the fin department, who met a horrid death fron the falling walls and fire, Charles Nagh Stoker, of the same ongine, was als< crushed, bot escaped with a broken leg One man, a machinist, entered the build ings, near the commencement, for tools It is feared he perished. The fire lastet two hours. It is estimated it destroyer! property amonnting to $1,500,000. Al the property, excepting the tools, wen insured. A significant fact connect?e with the fire is, that at the late strike, al the Jersey City men were notified tba they would not be again employed. Thi threat was carried out. The employee; were from New York. The flames il lumined the shipping in the river a Paterson, and extended to the New Yorl side for a great distance. The seen around the fire was one of exoitemen and bewilderment. The mechanics am their wives were rushing to aod fro, giv ing expression to regrets at the loss o their tools, and prospective idleness. Th entire premises covered five or six acree Upwards of 1,100 hands had been em ployed. There is no iostanoe on raoor of destruction so sudden aud oomplett The machinery can only be sold for ol iron. The 1 rib une publishes a notice that ns the Times has a reporter who conceal bis calling, in order to make notes c private conversations with Mr. Greeley' Saturday visitors at Ch up ?aqua, Mi Greeley will not entertain after th: week. The Frenoh band wiil not return ont ?ugnst 10. Grant passed for Long Branch tb morning. MATAHOBAS, ?I oiy Sib.-Two despatch* from General Booba report the death < Juarez, from apoplexy. Leerdo ? Tiioda succeeds. INDIANAPOLIS, July 25. -rho Dem ?rata nominated Cravens, of Madison, Liberal Republican, for Governor. NEW YORK, Joly 25.-The Govert ment sold $1.000,000 in gold, at 14 4 100 to 14 60-100. The loss by the burning of the Cath lio Female Protectory, ar Westobeste this morning, is about $150,500. It w an educational home for vagrant ai criminal Catholic children, presided ov by the Sisters of Charity, and i I.s d struotion leaves some 500 ohildren hom less. All the ohildren were rescu< without accident. The West Philadelphia took SS75.0 in speoie. PHILADELPHIA, July 25.-The From band was reoeived to-day bj the Fren and several Trish societies. Allison & Go.'a oar works in Wt Philadelphia, were partially burned I day; loss $200,000. ROCHESTER, July 25.-Love & Graf planing mill, with several adjoining < tablishments, were burned to-day. T firemen made a desperate fight with t fire in the lumber yards. HAVANA, July 25.--Gen. Rignelc telegraphs a report of an engagement the Government troops with the nil teen remaining members of the Fam expedition. Ten of the fillibuaters wc killed and four captured, wbo were sc sequently exeouted. The five who oaped are likely to die of hunger. Se' ral stands of arms and flags were ot tnred. Importations of Chinamen contint Two vessels arrived last week. Captain Alfan has captured Angust? Ag?ero, the revolutionary Paymast General. Gov. Zabalgu returns to Spain on 80th instant. The Diario oondemns the Lone Times* article, reoommendiog the sale Cuba. WASHINGTON, July 25.-Joe Keeg the negro minstrel player, recently n< dentally shot during a performance, d to day. The total gold coinage at the brai mint at San Francisco daring the i flsoal year was nearly $18,000,000; sil coinage $955,000. Probabilities-Tho areas of rain < cloud will extend, with Southerly Easterly winds, falling barometer t inoreased temperature, from the Io lakes Southward to the Ohio Valley, i thence Eastward over the Middle S ti by Friday. Partly cloudy weather, v Qqiitherly winda on the South Atlantic j and Quit coast. Olear weather in New England till Friday. Clearing weather in the North-west, on the upper lakes and on the Mississippi Valley, with South and North-westerly winda. Financial ?n J Commercial. LONDON, July 25-Noon.-Consols | I 92y?. Bonds steady. ? PARIS. July 25.-Rentes 5?f. 22o. LIVERPOOL, July 25-3 P. M.-Cotton flat aud irregular-uplands 9%(aj9%; Orleans 10@10??; sales 10,000 bales; speculation and export 3,000. LIVERPOOL, July 25-Evening.-Cot-1 ton oloBed flat and irregular-uplands 9%\ Orleans 10; sales reaohed 15,000 bales. NEW YORK, July 25-Noon.-Cotton I weak-middling uplands 22; Orleans | 22.14; sales 300 bales. Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat quiet and firm. Corn dull and scarcely so firm. Pork steady, at 13 75@13.87. Lard steady new steam 8@8^; old 9%<d?i?. Freights steady. Stocks dull but steady. Gold steady, at 14>?. Money easy, at 3. Ex ohange-long 9@9%; short 10.%. Go? vernments dull but steady. Stute bonds dull and quiet. 7 P. M.-Cotton quiet; sales 505 bale?, at 22@22%. Flour rather aotiver, with? out material obange. Whiskey quiet and unohaoged. Wheat a shade firmer and closed quiet-winter red Western 1.58@ 1 .GI. Corn closed firm, in fair export home demand. Rice firm, at 8%@9 Pork firmer, at 13.80@14.00. Lard aotiver, at 8@9>?. Freights firmer. Sales of futures to-day 20,500 bales; August 21, 21??, 20 9-16; September 21,202B"; Ootober 19??. 19%; November 19, 18%; December 18%, 18%. Money easy, ut 2@4. Sterling steady. Gold 14>.j@14^. Governments steady und strong. State bonds dull; new South Carolinas off y2o. CINCINNATI, "july 25.-Flour 7.75@ 8 00. Pork 14.00. Shoulders 6>? ; clear sides 8%. ST. LOUIS, Julv 25.-Corn advanced-| No. 2, mixed, 38>?@39. Whiskey scaroe, at 90. Pork higher-small lots at 13 50 j @14.00. Bacon stiff-shoulders 6>?;l clear sides 9. Lard dull and unchanged. LOUISVILLE, July 25.-Flour-family extra 6 25. Corn steady-shelled, sacked, 62. Pork, in round lots, 13 25@L3.50. Shoulders 6%; dear sides 9. Pucked lard 9%@10>?. Whiskey 90. GALVESTON, July 25.-Cotton nominal -good ordinary 19)?@20; stock 315 bales. SAVANNAH, July 25.-Cotton quiet and firm-middling 21; receipts 28U bales; sales 110; stock 1,092. BOSTON, July 25.-Cotton dnll-mid diing 22@22JB' ; reoeipts 518 balea; ?alen 100; Bt?ok 9.500. PHILADELPHIA, July 25.-Cotton dull middling 22@22}?. NEW ORLEANS, July 25.-Cotton dull and nominal-low middling 29%,@,2\.\ reoeipts 5 bales; stock 8,661. CHARLESTON. July 24.-Cotton dull middling 20; receipts 37 bales; sales I 200; stock 5,802. NORFOLK, July 25.-Cotton' dull low middling 20@20>?; receipts 157 bales; stock 607. WILMINGTON, July 25.-Cotton quiet -middling 20%; stock 633 bales. BALTIMORE, July 25.-Flour and wheat quiet and steady. Corn-white 75@77; others nominally unohanged. Oats quiet-new Southern 35@40. Rye 60@7O. Provisions very strong. MOBS pork 14.25. Bacon active, with an ad? vancing tendency-shoulders 7. Lard dull. Whiskey scarce, at 94%. Cotton dull-middling 22%; stock 1,132 bales. AUGUSTA, July 25.-Cotton nominal middling 20; receipts 154 bales; sales 21. GRANT OPPOSED TO FILLING THE CHASM. Boutwell blurted ont the Administration policy in his foolish North Carolina speech. The bloody chasm made by alienation of the sections is not to be closed by reconciliation. It is not the interest, of the war party that it .should be. Thoy want, to fill it with Southern white martyrs. They want to keep it I open as the best way to prolong their ! power. As 'a remarkable coincidence, we noto that while Boutwell, of Massa? chusetts, was oppoaiug the filling up the "ohasm," Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, one of the ablest and most decorous of the supporters of Grant, was asserting in Connecticut that the safety of the repub? lic demads the continued oppression of lite South. So we have cleanly before us the main features of Grant's policy. RADICAL ADVANTAGE IN THE NORTH ! CAROLINA ELECTION.-There is one thing oonnected with the election in North Carolina, on the 1st of August, that must | be borne in mind. Under the present infamous State Constitution, made by the bayonets, the Governor has the ap? pointment of the boards of registers and the judges of elections throughout the State. This opens the door to any amount of frauds in tho election. The present Governor, whose name is Cald? well, succeeded to the office after the impeachment of Holden by the Legisla? ture. He is a Grant man, and will pack the election boards with his creatures in his own interest. In order to succeed, the Democrats and Liberal, Republicans! must do it over hostile and corrupt boards. Beau Brnmel bad a friend, a clergy? man, who sometimes dined with him. Brumel used to say that you could al? ways tell whether there was going to be j champagne by the way the olergyman ankcd the blessing. If the glasses indi? cated only claret or sherry, he would ? say: "For what we are about to receive," Seo., butif they betokened champagne, he would shut his eyes and commence with "Bountiful Jehovah." The blacks and mulattoes of Jackson? ville, Florida, have declared war with each other. The mulattoes Lave organ? ized a society to whioh the highly oolored | are not admitted. Heneo the trouble. It is said that a twine string tied tight aronnd the front leg of a balky horse will cure him. i ?pcteU of Hon. T. A^Htndrleka. INDIANAPOLIS, Joly 21.-Tho Academy of Music waa paoked, Iasf*evouing, to hear the Hon. T. A. Hendrioka' opening speech of tho campaign. Mr. Hendricks spoke as follows: MY FELLOW-CITIZENB: TO yon of the Domoorutio party I have something first to say. This meeting is an approval and ratification of the action of your Nation? al Convection, at Baltimore, in the adoption of the Cincinnati ticket and platform. I need not speak at any length of the influences nod considera? tions wbioh brought about that result. A large body of the Republican party, in some of the States, and finally at the National Mass Convention at Cincinnati, resolved that they could no longer sup? port that party, under its present ma? nagement, and proposed co-operation with all those who seek to restore purity to the public service everywhere and pa? triotism to the national councils, iu tbe place of a blind and exacting devotion to party. Through the councils of oar party, State and national, we have ac? cepted and agreed to that proposition, and now we stand, side by side, upon terms of entire politio.tl equality with mon whom we have heretofore opposed. We stand by them and with them for G common object, which we know to bc high and honorable, aud worthy of om best eudeavors. To all Liberal Ropubli cans und Democrats I say we stand to gether in the endeavor to relieve out country from the influence and contro of cliques, combinations and rings formed to promote ambition and gain We stund together to free our legislutioi from thu pernicious influences uf eau cuses und secret conclaves, where part] advantages and nuances ure considered rather than the public good. And ii this contest we will etaud together a true und honorable meu, oar watch won and battle-cry being "just laws and pub lio virtue." I believe we will aobiev< victory, and, iu November, the shout o a glad people will be: "The Ooustitutloi and laws are restored." Some may no go with OH, whose departure we will re gret; but, since tbe decision at Cincin nati and Baltimore, there are but twi sides to the contest. Of necessity w must be of tbe movement for reform o aid to continue Gun. Grant and bis eur roondings iu power. If some leave us we can only bow oar heads in regret, know they will not rejoice in thu leudei ship they follow. The candidates proposed for our sin port are not unknown to the countrj From a humble position, Mr. Greele bas placed himself in the front rank, : not ut tbe bead, of one of tho great prc feauions. His incorruptible iutegrity i conceded by his bitterest opponent! and that is tbe best possible guaraott for an honest administration, and it i also a guarantee that he will, if electee faithfully redeom tbe pledges made b his aotbority to the people. His pri dent and economical views of public ac ministration give assurance of a safe an thrifty management of the Eieouth office. But we are asked, can Democra vote for him after be has io abased the; for thirty years? Why, they ha\ abused him quite as maoh. I belier that, account has been bulanoed, nod vt favor general amnesty. I am personal acquainted with Gov. Brown, of Mi aouri, the nominee for Vioe-Presiden f served with him in the Senate. I bas fine talents, good acquirements, at is very earnest in the support of what 1 believed right and expedient. I belie' bis administration in Missouri has bet without reproach, and that harmony ai fraternity now prevail in the Stat whereas all was discord aud strife whi he came into office. He and Senat Sohurz, and their political associate have forever buried the evil passio wbioh ambitious men had kept alive perpetuate their power. What they c aumplished iu Missouri, good men desi to see in all the States. Mr. Hendricks then rehearsed t points set forth in the Cincinnati ph form, and said they correctly and fu expressed the nen timon ts and wishes the people; and that upon this deda! tion of principles and policy all coi meet und harmooize without bumiliati or dishonor. He considered it folly longer resist a recognition of the cont tutional amendments. The legislat and executive departments bave < dared their adoption, and according the spirit of Chief Justice Taney's de sion in tho Rhode Island case, the ju oiary cannot review the decision of t political departments opon a politi question. But in recognizing this suit, he did not propose to approve excuso the proceedings whereby it \ attempted to declare the amendme ratified by the Indiana Legislature wi ont the presence of a constitutional g rantoe. That could not be allowed become a precedent to be followed the future. He asked tbat the rest ti o ns imposed opon legislative action tbe State Constitution should be y Horved. Mr. Greeley bad agreed "t HU fe, fair and honorable adjustment the tariff question. It is tho peop business, and tho President should attempt to control it by the veto po or the uso of his patronage. The Sta without supervision, are to regulate tl iuternal policy, and through their Ia courts and officers, are to make safe Beoore all rights cf person, roputati property and estate. Tho writ of hu\ corpus is jealously to be upheld, and citizen is to enjoy the largest Ubi consistent with public order. AU n rejoioe that these ancient principle! government and sentiments of our ? pie are once' more to inspire our I and animate the public polioy. Senator Morton would find that people understood what civil servie* form meant. The assertion that Gen Grant bad done more than all the Pi dents in the direction of improvem in the civil service was bard upoc predecessors. Everybody know that sivil service was never BO demorali out it could not be otherwise whe the heads of the Government abac their posts, and seek pleasure in fashion and dissipation. Measures of reform in Congress were called attacks upon the Administration, and opposed as such. A change was necessary to secure re? form. Mr. Hendricks spoke of the at? tempts to defend and justify the nepo? tism of the President, and referred to the elder Adams, who offended in two instances, when public opinion compelled him to refuse all applications. Perhaps it was just to General Grant to suppose 1 he was not informed of the praotice of his predecessors and of public sentiment. If disapproved now, the practice would not become a corrupting precedent. He reviewed the praotice of taking large presents as one tending to blind the eye, pervert the judgment, and hurt the public sorvico. General Grant said, "Lot us have peace," and he was elected upon the faith that the assurance would be made good. The people longed for conciliation and fraternity, but he has not allowed it. The evil passions of people had been so aroused that partisan supremacy might be maintained. The worst governments in the world have been maintained in many of the South? ern States. Gigantic frauds have been permitted there, crushing people and prostrating business by heavy taxes. We want good governments and pros-j perity in all the States uud harmony between all factions. This is our natural relation, and dist urti un ce is a crime. He hud no faith in tchemes aud pions for u resumption of specie payments. It would bo brought about in accordance with tho laws of trade aud commerce, by oar increased production of the grout staples which commaud tho foreign mar? ket, so that wo shall sell more than we buy abroad, aud the tendency of gold bo toward our shores. Then resumption would be easy and natural. Tho policy of this Administration is hostile to an early resumption of speoio payments and hurtful to our important future inte? rests. Our debt being made a foreign one, every six mouths the gold leaves the country to pay the interest. Great ef? forts should have been made to nego? tiate the new loan at home, so that tho interc.it would remain in the country und pass iuto the channels of commerce. Gov. Morton has claimed that the He publican party bad reduced taxation, re? pealed all internal taxes, (except on whiskey and tobacco,) aud was paying tho national debt at the rate of 8100, OOO.OOU yearly; that thia was due to the introduction of economy aud retrench? ment into every department of the Go? vernment, and by an houest and faithful collection of the reveuue. This state? ment the speaker claimed was within about S83.000.000 of being oorreot. In respect to the reduction of taxes, two years ugo, the impression sought to be made was that Geu. Grant, by economy, was able to pay the debt, although tho taxes were so reduced. Ho compared the financial statements of the Govern? ment with those of Mr. Johnson, and showed that there hud been no increase of tax collections. Enormous sums had been received from other sources, aud a much larger reduction of the debt might have been made, had economy prevailed in the publio service. Hb styled tue Philadelphia platform au appeal to the credulity of the people, and a criticism and satire upon Grant's administration. It declares that it is demoralizing to regard subordinate posi? tions as reward for mere party zeal, und, adopting tho statement of the Cincin? nati Convention on reform, declares that honesty, efficiency and fidelity are essen? tial qualifications for office. It declares hostility to further grants of publio lands to corporations, after giving away tho most desirublo parts thereof. Gen. (Irant should have been spared this blow, in view of the fact that on the day ho signed the bill giving 37,000.000 of acres to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, he illustrated his economy and zeal for tho publio interest by vetoing Judge Hol? man's bill for paying a private in tho 3d Iudianu Regiment of Cavalry for one or two horses ho had lost in the war. Mr. Hendricks closed with a review of his past record, answering tho charges of Senator Morton, in reference to his course in the United States Senate, and pledging himself, if elected, to labor for all useful reforms in the State, and to labor for tho general welfare. The particulars of a very fuuny affair, which occurred not n thousand miles from Aiken, at a barbecue, the other day, have just come to hand. During the day, a pic nic pauly assembled there, and were enjoying themselves with the good things provided, when a young man and lady of the party thought they would take a stroll all by themselves to an adjoining lot. They did so, but were suddenly aroused from their musings by old Taurus, who chanced to be in angry mood, and not in condition to entertain the loving pair. He accordingly went for them, and they went for a tree; ar? riving at that, the frightened couple met an obstacle little looked for. Who should go np the tree first, was the ques? tion. The young lady would not, and! the yoong gallant could see noway to mend the matter than for both to olimb at once, and so they did-one up either side of the tree until they were out of harm's way. This strategic move so pleased the bull, that it is said he aban? doned the charge, laid down ou the grass and nearly exploded with laughter. [Aiken Evening Journal. Tho Philadelphia Press says that it hus beeu openly proclaimed on the streets of that city, that a certain candi? date on the Republican State ticket shall have "BO much majority-in plain worin, hu shall be counted in." A prominent ebony politician of Cin? cinnati, reports that he recently called on tho President and found him "taking things coolly." That is to say, we pre? sume, he found the President taking his old Bourbon with plenty of ice in it. A woman in Jacksonville, Fla., has shipped 1,500 alligator hides to Boston within tho past five mouths. SOUTHERN CROSS BROTHERHOOD -This is the oame of a new society wbioh bas been originated at Biohmond, Ya., by tbe organization of "Lee Camp, No. 1. The society is composed alone of those who were Confederate soldiers, and who maintained unblemished reputations throughout. Its objeot is to perpetrate the memory and heroism of those who fell in battle, to aid the families of tbe dead, and "to try to preserve the truth and purity of history." This society is now engaged in gather? ing the remains of Confederate soldiers from tbe battle-field of Gettysburg, and from other battle fields, where they are being desecrated and scattered about as if they wore no more than tbe bones of dumb aoimals. The society proposes o collect these remains and decently inter them in Hollywood Cemetery, near Richmond, when their graves will be oared for and receive, each spring, the tribute of fijwers which is the emblem of the consecration of man's devotion tc those who died io battle. There are, it is estimated, about 1.00C of those dead still remaining npon the field of Gettysborg. Moans are needed to effect their removal, and "Lee Camp, No. 1, Southern Cross Brotherhood,' asks aid of the Sooth in furtherance o! tbe patriotic purpose Large or smal contributions will be gratefully received und applied faithfully to the purpose: mentioned. Communications npon th? subject may be addressed, W. C. Car rington, Richmond, Virginia. - ^ . ? - Tnc NEGRO VOTE.-At the beginninc of the campaign the negro vote was gen erally conceded to Grant. All who knov the powerful influence exerted by th secret oath-bound leagues in the Soutl over tho minds of the freedmen, uni that these leagues are manipulated b; tbe rascally white scalawags and carpet bagger office-holders in the interest o the present corrupt administration, wer willing to admit that Greeley wouh have no cbanoe to divide the bleak vot with Grant. But there are two indien lions which have just appeared that tb first calculations wore incorreot. Th first is based on the heavy receipt of lei tera by the Liberal Republican Commit lee, written by negroes, deolariog thei preference for Mr. Greeley. It is sai that nearly twenty per cent, of the peal of ratification letters sent to thu commi teo are from negroes expressing thet sentiments. When it is remembere bow few of the adult negroes can writi this feature of tbe canvass would seei to show that Mr. Greeley's candidate bas made a solid impression among thi class. Tbe other indication is the att tude of Mr. Sumner. Although he hi not yet entered tbe arena openly fe Greeley, it is known that be is dispose to do so shortly, and that he will n< permit bis inaction to us dst the re-ele lion of Grant in the slightest degree, bo takes tbe stump for Greeley, ai goes through the Sooth addressing tl negroes, be can destroy the influence ? the leagues and swing over enough i his black admirers to make even Soul Carolina sure for reform. [New York Sunday News. The Chicago Tribune says of the i ported purchase of Confederate archive "Whatever these doooments may b they can disolose nothing BO dangero as the paying of $75,000 out of tho Tr* snry for them, without any appropr: tion by Congress for that purpose. K Bontwell committed an impeachable i fence when he paid Jay Cooke, Hen Clews, and their confederates, calli themselves the "Syndioate," 91,000,0 for negotiating the lat.fy loan in violati of the terms of tbe law. If Andr Johnson bad done anything half as < liant nod reckless as this, he would ht been removed from office in the moi of April, 1868. If Mr. Boutwell 1 now paid an additional sam out of t Treasury to procure campaign materi (which we think he is quite capable do ng,) he will have a serious rockoni with the next Congress." ^ ? ? Lucy A. and Louise S. Wilcox, dani ters of Wm. Wilcox, of Worcest Mass., and Mrs. Edmunds, daughter N. Wood, of Millbury, were drowned Singleton Pond, at Millbury, on Frii afternoon. Tho Misses Wilcox w aged respectively eighteen and sixte aud Mrs. Edmunds twenty-three yei The three young women left the bo together, telling no one where they w going, and it is presumed while bath in the pond one of the number got youd her depth, and tbat the ott peribhed in attempting to rescue her. Mr. A. T. Stewart, of New York, i his check for $25,000 to Hon. Et Allen on Saturday last, and anthori i him to draw for $75,000 more, if ne sary, to aid in the election of Grei and Brown. I Mrs. Martha McCall, an esteemed 1 and the mother oj Mrs. Governor Pe died at her residence, on Avenue str on Monday night last, having been for a considerable time. [Greenville Enlerpris Two sisters have eloped from Bei Prussia, with a young man whom I are both in love with, and whom I both intend to marry when they n Salt Lake, which is their destination To jump into the bias of grain eh ors and be sucked down the spout, style of suicido developing out V wbioh laughs at probes and stom pumps. A fungos, whioh grows on the cal ous rocks of Florida, is said to po narcotic properties, and to be use the natives to some extent as a sn tate for tobacco. A Kansas Radical editor, whet heard of Greeley's nomination, sensibly gave up his paper, got mar aud went to work in his father-in saw-mill. Tho Texas Pacific Railway is t< 1,515 miles iu length. For 250 mil iH to be an air-line, and in a stret 815 there will be but six bridges. Thin important fact is stated bj the New York Grocer. Tho individual al? luded - to is undoubtedly George W. Childs, of the Philadelphia Ledger: "It is rumored in the street that a dis? tinguished Philadelphia banker and news? paper man is negotiating for a New York paper, which stands among the most in? fluential. The sum offered for the build? ings, pressen, paper, and good-will of the oonoern is simply fabulous. The wealth and daring of the negotiator make the matter a probability, and, if the parties are in earnest, the sale will be consum? mated. If so, a very marvelous change will take place in one of the leading New York j our o ala." Matheo Minafao, the last survivor among those who aro snit! to have origi? nated the Sicilian feud in this city-a ?feud which has lasted at least fifteen years, and has been celebrated by aa many homicides-died on Monday, of congestion of the brain, athis reeidenoe, on Royal street, near Ursuli nea. The deceased was tho same individual of whom it was said, after the last Sicilian affair, "There is still one who must die!'* And it was fortunate that he should die a natural death, for so far as he is con? cerned, the vendetta is at an end, and in all probability also the extraordinary scenes which the feud has too often presented will never reour. So mote it be.-New Orleans Picayune. The landlords of Saratoga have pro? duced their annual advertising sensation, and this year it is a very touching one. It is all about a love match of last season, rudely broken off by the parents of the beautiful young lady, who was forced to marry a wicked millionaire. The latter treated her badly, and abe returned this year to Saratoga to die of a broken heart. Tableau-Funeral procession-discarded young lover catches a glance of it, falls down in a fit-dies. Sympathetic tear. Union beyond skies. Curtain falls. There is no longer any doubt about the devil being loose, since the establish? ment of a newspaper at Florence, Italy, called *'Satana." It is published in the interests of the Internationals, and every? thing about it is in harmony with its title. Its writers sign themselves "Plu? to," "Cain," "The Devil's Familiar," "The Devil's Postman," "Beelzebub," etc. It is ably edited, and is so daring in its attacks, so shocking in its lan? guage, as to have leaped at onoe to popu? larity in the way of a large circulation. A New York clergyman, having for? gotten his notes the other Sunday, apo? logized to his congregation by "saying that he wonld have to depend upon the Lord, that morning, for what he might say, but in the afternoon he would como better prepared. A youth, of Franklin, Ohio, calculates that during the past five years he bas walked 13,250 miles in visiting the maiden upon whom his affections are centred. The modern Faro bas found its Red Sea in San Francisco, in the shape of a black-eyed girl who wins $1,000 nightly, and has broken several banks in the city. The Quaker City lost 310 children from oholera-infantum last week-the largest rate the city has ever known from that canso. The St. Louis city attorney lately had to pay a fine of fifty dollars for coming late to court, and ten dollars more for not sitting down when told to. Felix G. DeFontaine, Esq., the grace? ful writer and accomplished journalist, is now oonneoted with the New York Evening Telegram as its managing editor. One Missouri editor says of another that "his ears will do for awnings to a ten-story wholesale hog-paoking estab? lishment." "He snores and she has to hunch him," is leading to a divorce in high life, at Waterville. Me., says the Mail. Auction Sales. Eesirable Real Estate for Sale. BY D. C. PE1X0TT0 & SON. ON the first MONDAY in August, we will sell three eligible LO 18, on easy term?, viz: Nos. 1 and 2, fronting 26 feet each on Rioh ardson street, between Blanding and Lanrel streets, 100 feetdeop. No. S, in rear of Nos. 1 and 2, fronting 52 feet on Assembly street, aud running baolc , 218 feet. Terms made known at sale. J. W. PARKER, July 25 Real Estate Broker. Notice. THE Singer Machine OfSoe wiU open and close during the summer months as fol? lows: Open 7.30 A. M ; clone 2 P. M Open 4.30 P. M.; close 7 P. M. W. J. WAY, Agent. July 26_3_ A Bargain for Somebody. THE snbsoriber offers for sale one six-horse power STEAM ENGINE, in good order; ono forty-saw Star OIN, new, and one Davis PRES8. for $700 oaeh. Joly 26 3_RICHARD TOZER. H. L. EMERY & SON'S UNIVERSAL COTTON OINS and CON? DENSERS. For sale by July 266_R. TOZER, Agent. GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO., i Wholesale Grocers, CHAItLtESTON, 8. C., OKFEB for sale |p proved paper, 1,000 rolls heavy domostio BAGGING, 100 bales Ounny BAOOINO, 10,000 bundles COTTON TIE8, 500 bags Rio, Java and Laguayra COF? FEE, 400 barrels refined BUG AU. 25 hogsheads Damevara 8UOAR, 15 hogsheads Porto Rico .SUGAR, 200 hogsheads reboilod MOLASSES, 1 COO kegs, assorted. NAILS, 600 boxes Adoantine CANDLES, 1,000 sacks SALT, 100 hogsheads G. II. and Dry Salt Bacon RIDES, 100 barrels Lear LARD, 600 barr?le FLOUR-Family, Extra and Super, Orange Rino POWDER, SHOT, LEAD* STARCH, SOAPS, 4o. July 2G ftu 2mo 4