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Foreign Affair*. ST. PETERSBURG, August 7.-A de? spatch from Visohoa Norgrod otates that a great conflagration is now raging in that city. The fire broke out in that quarter of the place where the annual fair is being held, and haB already de? stroyed a great quantity of valuable gooda. LONDON, August 7.-There ia some ex? citement throughout Ireland over the report that gold has been discovered near tho town of KinBal. American Mattera. CHARLESTON, August 7.-Arrived steamships James Adger, New York; Falcon, Baltimore; J. W. Everman, Phi? ladelphia; schooner David Nichols, New York. BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, AnguBt G. Oapt. King, the largest stock owner in Texas, was attacked, six miles from his ranche, by a band of eight Mexicans. A German named Specht was killed. King and the others escaped. The Mex? icans fled when their fire was retnrned. It ia believed these men were sent to murder King, to prevent him from ap? pearing before the depredations commis? sioners at Brownsville. The commis? sioners expresa astonishment at the crimes and outrages tho Mexicans have perpetrated on the people of Texas, aa shown by the testimony taken. FORTRESS MONROE, Angust 7.-The United States frigate Worcester, flying the broad flag of Bear Admiral S*. P. Lee, commanding the North Atlaotio squadron, arrived here, last night, from Key West. AU well on board. She will remain in the Roads until joined by Ad * mirai Green, who succeeds Admiral Lee in command. CHICAGO, August 7.-Gen. John F. Farnsworth declares for Greeley. NEW YORK, Augost 7.-Special de? spatches from Baleigh to the Timea say Caldwell is elected Governor of North Carolina by 1,000 majority. There are as yet eight Counties to be heard from. The Herald'a Baleigh despatch ol ai m s that the latest returns elect Merrimon, by 761 majority, according to the Demo? cratic count, bat adds that it is absolute? ly impossible to decide until the official vote iain. The Tribune says the returns which it has this morning give Caldwell a majori? ty of 406, but it is not disposed to give up the State on the present showing. The Spotted Tail and Sioux party leave this city ou Saturday for St. Louis. The Tribune says the grand jury, yes? terday, presented an indictment against L. Jenkins Jennings, of the Times, for libel of Gen. Kilpatrick. WASHINGTON, August 7.-Settle tele? graphs Grant*-this morning, that North Carolina has elected the Republican tioket by from 1,000 to 1,500 majority. KNOXVILLE, August 8.-Ex-President Andrew Johnson arrived to-day, and took rooms at the Lamar House. By in? vitation of the Democrats and Liberals, he will address the people on Saturday, the 10th instant, at 10 o'olook, on the -questions of the canvass. WILMINGTON, Angust 7. -Unparalleled frauds have been discovered in this elec? tion. At one precinct in Brunswick County, an official vote was annonnoed of ninety-three majority for Caldwell. On investigation, it appears that there were so many irregularities and frauds . that the whole vote of the township is thrown ont. This gives Merrimon a majority of three in Brunswick. There are also other frauds, whioh will give Merrimon a great advantage on the of? ficial count. The Conservatives still consider the chances even, without cal? culating the gigantic frauds. WASHINGTON, August 7-Evening. In accordance with the letter from Mr. Gerritt Smitb to the President, asking for the release of certain Ku Klux pri? soners, now confined in the Albany pen? itentiary, the Attorney-General, to whom the President referred the letter, has re? quested Coi. Whiteley, chief of the Go? vernment detective corps, to visit the institution where the prisoners are con? fined, and make a complete investigation into the condition ">f the Ku Klux pri? soners, reporting al' facts to the depart? ment. Probabilities-Falling bnrometer in the North-west and Upper Mississippi and on the upper lakes, with Southerly windd and cloudy weather, and occasion? al rains, extending North-eastward over Miohigan and to the lower lakes. Partly cloudy weather, with possibly occasional rain, in the Ohio Valley, and Eastward over the Middle States; but clear weather in New England. Southerly and East? erly winds on the South Atlantic, with cloudy weather and rain areas on Thurs? day. Variable Southerly and Northerly winds and clear weather will prevail on the Gulf till the afternoon. RALEIGH, N. C., August 7.-The offi? cial and positive returns aro pretty well in, all the Western Counties having been heard from, exoept Ashe and Yanoy. Caldwell is elected by about 1,000 majority. The increased vote will amount to some 800 or 1,000. The De? mocrats claim that there have been great frauds, and it is thought the mat? ter will be contested. The Radicals will jubilee to-morrow night. The excite? ment has subsided, and the Democrats receive the news of defeat quietly. THE DEVIL VS. F. J. MOSES, JR. Some men speak rather harshly, but to the point. Hear what a friend of ours remarked upon the gubernatorial con? test, a few days since. When speaking of the candidates, their fitness and pro? bable suooees, he made this character? istic remark: "I'd rather vote for the old devil himself, with his forked tail, oloven feet, Bpouting hell-fire, for Go? vernor, than for Franklin J. Moses, Jr. [Abbeville Medium. Willie Weikert, a son of Mr. J. R. Weikert, of Spartanburg, wae severoly injured by a kiok from a mule, one day last week. The wound is npou the head, and although a very painful one, is not likely to prove fatal. Kinmn-lal ?n<i Cnmrnnrolal. LONDON, August 7-Noon.-Consols Bonds 91%. PARIS, August 7.-Rentes 55f. 42o. LIVERPOOL, Aognat 7-3 P. M.-Cot? ton opened firm and is now strong-up? lands 9J4; OrleanB 10)?; sales 15,000 bales; speculation and export 3,000. LIVERPOOL, August 6-Evening.-Cot? ton strong-uplands 9J-?@10; Orleans 10^. NEW YORK, August 7-Noon.-Stocks strong. Gold quiet, at 15%. Money easy, at 4. Exchange-long 9; short 9J?- Governments strong and steady. State bonds dull but firm. Cottou quiet -uplands 21%; Orleans 22; sules 770 bales. Flour a shade firmer. Wheat quiet but very firm. Corn dull. Pork steady, at 13 60@13.G5. Lard steady and quiet-steam 8J6@8%. Freights firm. 7 P. M.-Exports of specie to-day $200,000. Sales of futures to-dav 6.550 bales: Angust 20}^; September 2?1.i. 21; Ootober 19,'^, 19 1116; November 19^, 19 3-16; December 18%, 19; January 18%, 19, old form of contract. Cottou weak; sales 1,467 bales-uplands 21%; Orleans 22. Flour quiet but firmer common to fair extra 7.30(3)9.50; good to choice 9 55. Whiskey 93)?. Wheat 1(5) 2u. better and in very limited supply winter red Western 1.70(5)1.76. Corn heavy, closing lo. lower. Rice 8)^(2)9. Pork steudy. Lard firm, at 8}?(aj9%. Freight* very firm. Money 3. sterling unsettled. Gold 15>?@15%. Govern? ments ein uni very dull. States dull but very firm-new North Carolinas off slightly. LOUISVILLE, August 7.-Tobacco firm and active; sales 105 hogsheads. Flour steady-extra family 6 50. Com-choice white, shelled and eaoked, 60. Pork steady, at 13.25@13.50. Bacon firm and in good demand-olear rib 9; shoul? ders, asking 6%; sides, asking 9jg for clear ribs; Sjfaid?i'z for clear pucked. Lard steady, at 9%@10%; order lots %o. higher. Whiskey firm, at 90. ST. LOUIS, August 7.-Flour firm - extra winter 5.0O@5.75. Corn droopiug -No. 2, mixed, in elevator, nominally 33; on track 35@36. Whiskey steady, at 92. Pork-no sales. Bacon stiffer, at 6% for Shoulders; sides \)}?(a?M Lard dull and unchanged. CINCINNATI, August 7.-Flour active old 8.00@8.25; new 7.00@7.50. Corn dall and drooping, at 45. Pork dull aud nominal-city 13.50; regular 13.25? 13.50. Lard dull and nominal, nt 7%(oj 8%. Bacon steady-shoulders 6%; clear rib, buyers at 8%; held at 8%; clear sides 9,'X . Whiskey firm, at 90. BALTIMORE, August 7.-Flour firm and unchanged. Wheat steady and firm-white choice 1.75@1.80. Corn firmer for Southern-white Southern 70(5)72; yellow Southern 64@65; mixed Western weak, at 62)?@63. Oats firm Southern 40(5)42; mixed 45(5)46; white 46. Rye quiet and unchanged. Provi? sions very strong and unchanged, with an advanoining tendency. Western butter quiet. Whiskey firm and stock scarce, ut 94@94}?. Cotton dull-mid? dling 21%; receipts 4 bales; sales 95; stock 1,097. CHARLESTON, August 7.-Cotton quiet -middling nomiuul; stock 4,477 bales. WILMINGTON, August 7.-Cotton firm -middling 20!,,'; sales 9 bales; stock 310. SAVANNAH, August 7.-Cottou quiet and in light demand-middling 20; re? ceipts 6 bales; sales 65; stock 1,388. NORFOLK, August 7.-Cotton-mid? dling 20; receipts 5 bales; stock 376. BOSTON, August 7.-Cotton steady middling 23; receipts 41 bales; sales 200; stock 8,000. PHILADELPHIA, August 7.-Cotton firm-middling 21%(5)22. AUGUSTA, August 7.-Cotton quiet low middling 19; receipts 18 bales; Bales 18. NEW ORLEANS, August 7.-Cottou no? minal-middling 19%(5>19j<; reoeiptB 68 bales; sales 112; stouE 7,510. GALVESTON, August 7.-Cottou nomi? nal-good ordiuary 19^@20; receipts 82 bales; utock 491. STILL ANOTHER SLATE.-A well-attend? ed meeting of the "Progressive Repub? licana" was held at Howard's Hall, lust Monday evening, with M. R. Duluuy presiding, and J. B. Mushiugton, Jr., Secretary, at which the following ticket was put in nomination: For Governor, A. J. Willard; for Lieutenant-Governor, J. Bruce Howard, colored; for Secretary of State, E. J. Adams, colored; for At? tor ney-General, C. D. Melton; for Adjn taut and Inspector-General, J. N- Hay no, colored; for State Treasurer, P. L. Car? dozo, colored; for Comptroller-General, R. Tomi in sou; for Superintendent of Education, M. A. Warren, oolored. [ Charleston News. A letter has been received in Charles? ton from Mr. J. A. Alpers, who disap? peared quite suddenly some time in No? vember lust. He is now in Cincinnati in good health. His family have left Charleston to join him. Tho letter gives no explanation of his abrupt departure, but promises one at some future time. A despatch from Suez, reports that 2,000 Egyptians aro advancing on Abys? sinia, with a view to conquest. The Emperor Kansai is marching to meet them, but it is thought his defeat is cer? tain, and that Magdala will eventually fall into the hands of tho invaders. The Correspondencia (newspaper) do- ! dares there is no truth in the reports whioh have obtained circulation in Eu? rope that the Spanish Government has sont agents abroad to raise funds for treasury purposes. The oharred bodies of five victims of the great forest fires in Miohigan last fall have just been discovered in Huron County. November 26 is to be celebrated by the Presbyterians as the three hundredth anniversary of the formatiou of the first Presbytery in England. Mr. Edwin J. Porter, of Kingstrce, died on the 29th ult. Letter from the Comptroller-General. Comptroller-General Neagle has writ? ten the following letter to Governor Scott, regarding the status of tho South Carolina bonds: OFFIOK OF COMPTROLLER-GENEUAIJ, COLUMBIA, S. C., Au gum 3. 1372. To Iiis Exceliency Hobert K. Scott, Go? vernor. DEAR SIR: Within the past few months, I have received a lurge number of letters (rom persons bolding State of South Carolina boude, anxiously inquiring when the interest is to be paid, or il there in nny danger of any part of the debt being repudiated; und, more espe? cially, wbat does the present administra tion intend doing witb the new bonds. I, therefore, address this communion tion to you, in wbich I purpose to em body my views on the subject of inquiry in such a mauuer as to furnish anuuswe: to these letters, as far as I am competeu to answer them; but under existing laws you are the only one iu this State win can give a forcible answer t^ iuquirie on the subject of its finance?, aa all law passed since you were mude Goveruo have withdrawn the duties of the Comp troller from tbut department, and mad the Auditor of State the officer whos duty it is to execute the laws; who als is your upppoiutee, aud whom you ca remove at will. This being the case, I feel certain thu I am correct in saying that you alon can answer these questions forcibly Now, the tiret thing to inquire, is us t the duty of the Executive Departmet towards creditors of the State, and i that duty is not performed, who is ri sponbible for the failure? The first dut ot' the Executive Department, then, is l execute the laws; therefore, au thu Gem ral Assembly of South Carolina did, in i I legal capacity, levy a taxsofhoient to pu I interest on the bonded debt of the Sta i in every Act authorizing the issue < said bonds or stocks, in strict conform? j with section 7, urticle 9, (puge 21,) i thu Constitution, where the followit occurs as a condition of every Act auth rizing the creation of a debt: "At every such law shall levy a tux uunuull sufficient to pay the annual interest such debt." The first Act passed uuder your a ministration authorizing the issue bonds is au Act entitled "Au Act to a tborize a loan to redeem tho obligatio known us the bills receivable of t! Stute of South Carolina." Section G Buid Act, (No. 13,) page 17, Acts of Sp cial Session, 18G8, says that un uunu tax, in addition to all other tuxes, sh. be levied upon the property of thu Seal sufficient to pay tbe interest on the lo hereinbefore authorized, ut the tim when Buch interest shall full due. No sir, this language is emphatic, and us 1 ns the legislative department of the G vernmeut ts concerned, they have d charged their duty and fulfilled the : qviretnents of the Constitution. Tl Act also authorized you, as Governor the State, to negotiate the said lot (Seo. 1.) Though the Financial Ag? and the Treasurer's report of 31st Oe ber, 1871, shows that these bouds wi issued and sold by the Financial Ag* of the State in accordance with luw, ti yet the Auditor of State fails to eufo this part of the Act, which is impe tive, the Constitution and Act both during that it bhall be done; althou when these bonds were being offered the market, these clauses in the Act t the Constitution were both parad? d the strongest evidence of the valut tbe security. If you will oontinue the investigati yon will find the very noxt statute, '. 14, page 18, authorizes you to ra through the Fiuuuuiui Agent, one i lion of dollars of money in cou bonds, and not only authorizes the 1 of a tiufiicieut tax to pay tho interest the bonds, but declares that it shall levied, in very strong terms. Sectio provides "that au annual tax, in ai non to ull other taxes, shull be le1 upon tue property of the State, suiliu to pay the interest on the loan bereit fore authorized, ut the times when s interest shull full due." Almost c other provision of this Act gives executive otlieer discretionary pon except thut just quoted, which is mai tory; aud it this luau hus been ian theu the holders thereof have a c title to their iuterest. But insten their getting it, we see every other vision of this Act executed, except one which the Act itself declares : be enforced. I think I have gone enough into detuils to establish the that it is clearly the duty of thc Aui of State to levy and collect u sullii tax to pay the interest ou the pi debt; but for your owu satisfactu will refer you to page 182, Act No. Section G, pago 275, Act No. 18?, tion 5, Acts 1868-G9, and page 335 No. 278, Section 1, Acts 18G9-7D, w other Acts of Assembly authorizing issue of bouds make tbe sumo prov aa quoted iu tho Acts cited ubove; i believe that every ono of the said received your oftlciul approval, and mutter of fact, every bond issued i cordanco therewith received your o signature. The abovo statements being while tho Auditor of State fails tc and collect this tax, you ure ceri standing in tho way of parties obtu their voBted rights, unless you de the execution of tho law, and th more all doubts as to the legality e Acts themselves and the bonds issi accordance therewith. But if ther remained any doubts as to tho inte O? tho General Assembly on the SI , of paying the interest on the \ debt, all those doubts could be ai removed by reference to the A 1871-72, pago 278, No. 215, whio! only enacts the constitutional pro in reference to the new bonds i since its adoption, but goes still fa and declares all bonds and stocl aud new, enumerated in the State surer'a report of Ootober 31, 1871, and just obligations against the aud Section 4 of tbia Act says: "Tho section of eacb of tbo Aots under whioh aaid bonds purport to be issued, which provides for un anuual tax to pay the in? terest, is hereby declared to be a pnrt of this Aot, and an auuual tax io addition to all others mimed shall be levied upon the property of the State, sufficient to pay the iuterest on the bonds named in or provided for ny this Act, until the priuoipal of suid bonds BIIRII become due; such pay mont to be mude in United States currency only." This Act wua intended to remove all doubts us to the validity of bonds issued at nay time by the State, whioh werecoi tai ned in the Treasurer's report of Octo? ber 21, 1871, and to fully comply with the constitutional provisions io reference to the payment of the interest, Raid most emphatically that the tax skull be levied. The amount of the debt is hero fixod; auy citizen or officer can take bis pencil and see what his portion of interest tax is, und tell the gross amount required. Now, sir, I claim that every provisioo hus beeu made for the levy aod collec? tion of said tax, and that the Auditor of State should be instructed by you to exe? cute the law, and place the necessary funds in the Treasury to meet this inte? rest without delay. It is but just, per? haps, to the State Auditor for me to say that I have no knowledge of hid views on this subject, but my convictions on thu point are so strong, that I am free to suy that if the Oeneral Assembly had seen Qt to have imposed these duties upon this office at un earlier period than the 1st of November, 1872, I should have proceeded tu enforce tho law with tht least possible delay. As I have had but little to do with th? issuing of the bonds, uud even hud bu little knowledge of the transactions o the Financial Board, from October 18G9, to October, 1871, I might, witt propriety, have remained silent on thii subject, but I feel it my doty to do al in my power, while I remain ia office, ti have the State meet her just obligations These past due coupons and bouds ar considered as such, and I so accep them, and feel that every citizen wouh rathei bear his part of the burden of th taxos, than have this crying shame upoi the ?State. This administration is held up to th seora and contempt of the country evor. day, on uccount of the financial eliffioul ties into which it Las allowed itself to b forced, and in many respects it deserve censure, and one of the principal cause of nil of this trouble has arisen from a attempt to run the State Government o borrowed capital; and now, when th whole credit of tho State is broken, w staud here without money, the bone worthless, confidence destroyed, and n one making tho least effort to relievo lt embarrassment, which could be done i less than tweuty-four boure by tl: prompt aotion of yourself, in forcing tl Stato Auditor to collect the tax for tl payment of the interest co the publ debt. I think it is incumbent ou tl Oovernor of the State to see that lb part of the law is executed. I consider your action in approvit the lust oamed Act as tho strongest ei dence that you could give in favor of tl validity of this debt, j Now, sir, there ia ODO other consider I tioo which I desire to present to yo mind, aud tbut is, that au Act of the I gislature, which met your approval, i quired all insurance companies dei business io the State to invest largely the booda of the State, and under ttl Aot there have been placed in this oil 81,000,000 of State stocks and boo? It seems to me that there is a doul obligation OD tho part of the State these companies, us they are connect largely with the mercantile and bauki interests of the country. I do thi that this consideration should move y to ut once proceed in a direction tl seems so clearly pointed out by ye duty. If repudiation of tho interest the State debt is to tike place. I am ai ious that others should do it, and not I present administration. If tho opposition party in this Si wero placed in power to-morrow, tl would make hot haste to pay every ol gatiuu of ?South Carolina, aud wo soon place her credit abure suspici Tho Executive Department bus all power that they could have, and why act? Thu debt of tho Stato is a little 1 than $10,000,000, the aunuul int?r?t iittlu less than 81,000,000, aud thu Si is abundantly able to pay. Now, havu this tax levied, uud allow thu i pie thu chance to meet their obligath They pay their taxes as promptly and well as it is possible for auy people tho world to do uuder their difficult and I fuel suru that they aro more t williug to do it. Of course, the parti press will say ugly thiogs aad blow hi but aa old veteran of au hundred bal should uot quake before thu blank si of tho politician. They havu adv tho people agaiust paying their ta wheo they were madder than they DOW, but their advice weet uuhuei aud they aro sorry and ashamed they over acted so badly. I regret necessity of levying so heavy au ami of taxes us will bu required, but a of the abuses of the past eau be vented iu thu future by tho Legisla making speedie levies for the vat purposes of thu Government, and 1 ing only tho amount necessary for specific object; then it will be impos for any power to divert them from I proper channels. Had this been i j in tho past, much trouble would been avoided; aud if sufficient taxe? beeu levied to defray the expenst the State, even if they were un ncc rily extravagant and heavy, it ? have loft tho State debt at ubout half of what it is now. Bat we hav present and tho future to deul with the past; and I propose now and aflor to lend my political influent, any I have, to tho construction State Government that will proi enforce the laws. Aud now, sir, in conclusion, nllo to express the hopo that you will < der the importance of thie subject, und at once have tho laws executed. With au apology for thia intrusion, and very great respect, I have tbe honor to sub? scribe nivHelf, very respectfully, your obedient Hcrvuut, J. L. NEAGLE, Comptroller-General. The Boston Sunday Couriersays: "We beg to suggest to Mr. Matt Morgan, the talented caricaturist of Frank Leslie's 'illustrated newspaper'-whose bits at Grant and the Administration have been as artistic and effective as Mr. NaBt's bur? lesque of Mr. Greeley's person and pe? culiarities bas been vapid and insulting -that a fruitful field for some further efforts of his pencil can be found in Mr. Hunt well's speeches to the North Caro? lina negroes on the national finances and political economy in general. His andi enees have been mainly blacks, with s sprinkling of white office-holders, and the spectacle of the Secretary of th< Treasury standing up solemnly before auch an auditory, and gravely discussing the weighty questions of the taxes, th? revenue and the publio debt, is a mos diverting one. Boutwell and his finan ces strongly remind ns of the old Sootcb man and his metaphysics: 'When th mann that talks dinoa ken what he talk aboot, and the mann that is talked t dinna ken what ho hears-that's meta physics!' " A Venetian chemist does the seien tili in thc murder of two loving people af te the most approved fashion. He invite a friend and his inamorata to visit hi laboratory, in order, as he told them, t receive a present. When there, h talked of electricity, and interested thei both in bis conversation. Then tho wanted a shock-it just suited him t give it; in faot, was part of his plan. H put one pole of a Humkerf apparatus bi tween the girl's fingers, the other int the lover's bands, and joined the cu rents. In five minutes they were deni while the chemist murderer very oooll reported an "accident" to the police. THE ALLEGED DIAMOND DISOOVERIE Trustworthy persons at Denver, eta that the diamonds and other preoioi stones exhibited in San Francisco, we: brought from some point South of th place aud taken through there to Si Francisco. It is said that they we found somewhere near the Northern Iii of New Mexico and Arizona. In co Urination of this story personB in Si Francisco are telegraphing to thc friends in Denver asking how far frc Denver are the diamond fields, but seems impossible to give the desired i formation. A Gcrmun paper of Chicago, has "straw" purporting to be direct frc beaven. The apostles took a vote on t Presidential candidate at their last su per, whioh r suited in eleven for Groel and one for Grant-Judas Iscariot cc stitutiog the minority. One by one the prominent men w think that Greeley's election will kill I financial prosperity of the country, ( being heard of. The last one is 3 Collins, pension agent at Wasbingti His defalcation is nearly $100,UOO. [Missouri Republican Horace Greeley was born on Mont last at Decatur. His father is still li vi and is an ex-alderman. Horace ia no for his bald-headedness and other bav and what he knows about farming is c fined strictly to the summer managem of milk. - Chicago Times. We read of a son of Edward Butled of South Carolina-one of the signen the Declaration of Independence-v is said to be still alive in Illinois, at age of 103. He was a boy of Bevon yt when the bell of liberty rang in Philai phiu. The New York Independent was i ized at Worcester for covering the cir hoops through whioh the perforo were to leap. Not the first time it covered up "rings."-lioslon Post. Tho United States signal service shortly place an observer upon the s mit o? Pike's Peak, 14,000 feet above level, and more than twice the altit of Mount Washington. A telegraph to thc ciummit is iu contemplation. The new Paris Opera House, not much more thun half finished, has sc cost thu snug little sum of $8,000, It is estimated that nearly 05,000 mure will be required to complete it The mother uf tho Worrell sit turned every diamond presented to daughters into harli cash, and purch property on Bay Bulge, L. I., wbicl quadrupled in value. Niagara Falls has been s tor ima bridal parties of late, and their Bc and Juliet exhibitions in publio disgusted bachelors aud driven old n almost crazy. A Cincinnati butcher tied up daughter by the hanlin, so that her just touched the ground, and Hineured her feet with molasses to at flics. A woman living in Polk County C., has declared a dividend of seven dren in two years. Pretty good in mont for tho "old mao." Mr. Wm. Janes accidentally 1 himself, on the 29th ult., in Spartan County, by the dischargo of a shot Tho Greeley electoral ticket for fornin is composed of an equal nu of Democrats and Republicans. Gen. Banks has offored his servil speaker for the campaign, to the Ni al Liberal Republican Committee. The Bight Hon. Lord Hatherley, Chancellor, has resigned in conseq of failing eyo-sigbt. That part of the North Carol i ui coast kuown as Middle Sound has changed to Greeuvile. Peanut oil is now used for packii din os. Geo. N. Saunders is talking libel New York Times. A ninety-six-year-old lady in W ton, N. Ci, has six new teeth. Greeley's interpreter, who is employed to "set op" Horace's manuscript io the Tribune office, refuses to vote for his boss, and triumphantly holds his posi? tion, because it would take s 3ven years to break another compositor in to fill his place.-Si. Louis Globe. Oar Savannah exchanges bring ac coo ats of a heavy and protracted rain Rtorm in that city on Monday morning, by which streets and cellars were flooded. Freshets in the Garonne and other rivers in the South of Franco have caused great destruction of property. HOTEL ARRIVALS, August 7,1872.-Columbia Hotel-3 A Hoyt, wife and three children. Miss R Webb, Anderson; M Trust. W Dudley, Charleston; G G (Stephens^ Summerville; W B McDaniel and wife. Aiken: T H Groaby, Balti? more; T J Goodwyn and wife, Fort Motto; Kirs W E Earle, two children and servant, J E Beattie, Greenville; W H McMair, Cheraw. Nickerson House-J Norton, Br, Cheater; W Graig, Bath; J A Sadler. Charlotte; G L Bart? lett, oity; D A Todd, Miss; Mrs rt J Bowe, Angosta; J S Q Richardson, wife and servant, Miss Logan. Bnmter; A 8 Buford, Richmond; A O Laughlin, Anderson; J H Speck and lady. Mi BB C 8 Welle, Newberry; J R Chatham, He? lena; J Ferguson, Greenville; Mrs Bryce and two ohildren, Alias L Bryce, Miss M Bryce, Richland. Aeacia Lodge, Ko. 94, A. F. M. A AN EXTRA Communication of this "v-f^fLodge will be held in Masonic Hall, /V\TH18 (Thursday) EVENING, at 8 o'clock, The E. A. Degree will be conferred. By order of the W. M. Aug 8 1 F. M. DRENNAN, Ja.. Sec'y. SPECIAL BARGAINS SILK PARASOLS, "Ij^XTRA FINE FANS, LACE EMBROID? ERED HANDKERCHIEFS, Lace Collars and Coffs, fine White Cambric and Lawns, Wide Ribbons, Table Damask and Doilies and Fino OasBimeres, at C. F. JACKSON'S. Aug 8_ Fresh Goods JUST ARRIVED ! ^^TK have just opened an assortment of beautiful PRINTS, Bleached and Domestic Goods, received yesterday. Also, a full line of Men's Wear, comprising a choice selection of CASSIMERES and JEANS. Prices low for cash. PORTEE & SITELE: Aug 7 J. I. With a view of realise i ing money, and also to make room for the opening of a LARGE AND VARIED STOCK In the fall, has decided upon offering his pre? sent stock, from this date until the 1st ol next September, AT COST FOR CASH, A CHANCE FOE ALL! GREAT BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS, AT W.JD. LOVEficCO.'SI T?N anticipation of removing in September to our hirge and commodious NEW 8TORE, in the Wheeler Building, corner of Main and Plain Htreets, wo will close out our present stock at unprecedenttd LOW PRICES. Bargains in all classes of Goods. W. D. LOVE A 00. W. D. LOVE, ? B. B. McUnsF.nT. f._July 14 New Line. Vc^ir^??. THE undersigned have put on ??5?3S0tthe,ine between Walhalla, ?.?., ana Hie eua of the track of tho Air-Line Rail? road, in Georgia, first class GUACHES and GOOD TEAMS. Tri-weekly trips will be made, with close connections. THOMPSON A STEELE. WALHALLA, S. C., July 20, 1872. AuRUBt 3 113 North Carolina Hay. 7ff BALES good N. 0. HAY, for sale ow O by HOPE A GYLES.