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Foreign Affairs.
MADRID, Aagast 24.-There are ap?
prehensions of fnrther risings in tho
provinoes bordering on France. The
Government is preparing.
LONDON, Aogust 23.-Private de?
spatches report that the Belfast riots
have been renewed, with several bloody
oonfliots.
MADRID, Aognst 24.-It is now known
that the Government has received in?
formation of an organized plan for in?
surrection in the disaffected provinoes in
the North. The time fixed by the revo?
lutionists for the uprising is the 28th.
The French Government has been in?
formed of the plans of the conspirators,
and requested to use precautions to pre?
vent tbem receiving aid from Frauoe.
It is believed tho approaching election
for the Cortes will result in the choioe of
a large majority of members favorable to
tho Government. Tho indications at
present are that not more thau'lOO Re?
publicans will be elected. The Carliste,
as in the previous eleotion for the Cortes,
will abstain from voting.
LONDON, AugUBt 24.-Several EogliBl
railway companies contemplate abolish?
ing the uso of oloso carriages on theil
roads'and adopting the style used in thc
United States.
Rubonstein, the pianist, arrived hen
this morning, en route for America.
PARIS, Augusb 24.-The Band of th<
Garde Republican gave a oonoert ii
Havre, last evening,, for the benefit o
Alsatians who have left their nativi
country, in oonseqnence of its occupa
tion by the Germans. A nnmber o
Alsatian girls, dressed in mourning, nm
carrying the French national colors
teok np the collection from the audience
The greatest enthusiasm was manifested
and a large sum of money obtained.
GENEVA, August 24.-Colonel Edwari
Favre entertained the members of th
tribunal of arbitration at a lunch, thi
afternoon, at his magnificent country re
sidence, on the border of the Lake G
Geneva.
American Mutters.
MARYSVILLE, MO., August 21.-A
atrocious ra uni er was brought to light
yesterday, by the arrest of a man name
Osborne, at Clermont, a small tow
twelve miles North-west of this city. ]
appears Osborne was traveling with
team and covered wagon, and stoppe
for some purpose, when some men wer
attracted to the wagon by the steno
proceeding from it. Upon examinin
the wagon five dead bodies were fount
Osborne confessed, at the end of a rop<
that the murders were oommitted by on
Williams, near Holton, Kansas, and tin
he (Osborne) was employed to take tb
bodies away. He oonfessed that he ha
traveled with this load five days. It
inferred that they were a party of mo'
ers, consisting of a Mr. Oms, his wi!
and two ohildren, and a young ma
named Dickinson, who is supposed toi
a brother of Mrs. Oms. Sheriff Wrs
has just returned here and says th
though he saw the prisoner at Olermon
the people wonld not give him up. It
thought that Osborne will be execuU
by the people, who have him in oharge
ST. LOUIS, AugUBt 21.-Tho Bemocr
lias a speoial from Olney, 111., whi(
says that on Saturday last, two me
named Jefferson White and Hen
Houltz, had some words while workii
at a threshing-machine, near that plac
White went to his house, a quarter of
mile distant, got his gun, returned, ai
ehot Houltz in the abdomen, just as 1
was mounting his horse to leave t
plaoe. Houltz died in a few momen
Houltz's wife was so terribly shoaked
the event, that she gave prematnre bir
to dead twins on Monday morniog, a
died herself on Monday night. Wh
gave himself np on Saturday evenii
Intense excitement prevailed in t
neighborhood on Sunday and Month
and about 1 o'clock on Tuesday mornii
a large orowd of men broke open t
jail, took White out, and hanged bim
a tree in the court house yard.
NEW YORK, August 24.-It is thouj
Gen. Slooum will bethe candidate of I
Demoorats for Governor. The Trib\
says Comptroller Conolly has not bf
further than fifty miles from New Yo
and most of the time in Westches
County; that he will turn State's e
dence, and his testimony will absolut
convict Tweed and twenty other ri
officials, whose names have not, so J
boen published. He will first appear
testify against the voucher thieves, uni
Attornoy-General Barlow's instrnotio
Thomas H. Durgee, aged forty,
wealthy English, Amerioan and wb<
sale laos importer, attempted suio
four times yesterday. Ho first rai
needle in his throat, then rushed t
drug store, and seizing a bottle marl
"poison," swallowed the contents, tl
stabbed himself with a pen-knife, i
when seized and rescued for the tb
time, ho broke away, and plnngei
butoher-knife into his breast, whioh
probably provo a fatal wound. He i
fered from delirium tremens.
A Martinsburg despatch states 1
enough is known of the West Yirg
election to show that the Oonstitntio
defeated and Jacobs elected.
Both O'Baldwin and Mace, the pi
fighters, olaim the stakes.
WASHINGTON, August 24.-Two i
were brought from Carter County tc
Louis, charged with assisting at a w
ping, but were discharged by the Uo
States Commissioner. The affair is i
political, and therefore the Ku Klux
inoperative.
A despatoh from Wheeling says i
tering returns from fourteen Com
favor the eleotion of Jacobs and th<
feat cf the Constitution.
A mixed freight and passenger 1
on the Chioago and Dubuque Road,
thrown from the traok by malicioi
placed obstructions. Two persons
killed and four probably fatally hurl
The lightning, in Duohess Coe
New York, killed one person, paral
another, and burned a house.
A sheriffs posse from Browns
Texas, surrounded four marauders, three
of whom escaped to Mexico, and were
huDg by the sheriffs confederates on the
other side. The fourth was shot by the
I e'jorifT.
HAVANA, August 24.-Adviaes Bay the
insurgents are massing all of their forces
to make a fresh movement on the Cerioo
villas. Havana is overrun with scoun?
drels of every description. Constant
murders and robberies are committed.
The police are seemingly powerless.
ST. LOUIS, August 24.-Over twenty
sun-strokes have ocourred in the last
three days, mostly fatal. Tho mercury
for the past week stood at from 95 to 100.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., AuguBt24.-Henry
Tilghman, Henry Johnson and Henry
Thomas, negroes, were arrested yester?
day, charged with committing a burglary
at the house of Job Angeli, iu North
Providence, on Monday night, when
Mrs. Angeli was shot and her daughter
severely beaten, and were arraigned this
morning. They all plead guilty, and
have boen committed to jail, to await
the action of tho grand jury.
WASHIEGTON, August 24-Evening.
Boutwell returns tho 1st of September.
Currency V balance in the Treasury
$4,250,000, which is unusually low.
The Attorney-General decides that
under existing laws, tho Postmaster
General has no authority to spend money
for the postal cards, whioh Congress au?
thorized, but for whioh no appropriation
was made. The introduction of the
postal card system must await further
action by Congress.
Probabilities-Fresh to brisk South?
easterly to South-westerly winds, and
areas of cloud and rain for Sunday,
from Kentucky to the lower lake region
and the upper lakes. Sooth-easterly and
Southerly winds, with increasing cloudi?
ness, from New England to Virginia.
South-easterly to South-westerly winds
aud areas of olond aud ruin for the
South Atlantic States. Partly cloudy
weather from Tennessee to the Gulf,
with possibly areas of rain along the
coast. An area of low barometer is ap?
parently advancing Eastward towards
Iowa and Minnesota.
BUFFALO, August 24.-Judge Sanford
E. Church, in a letter to Hon. William
Williams, positively declines tho candi?
dacy for Governor.
NEW YORK, August 24-Evening.
Rumor is current this afternoon that
Deputy Sheriff Jarvis was to make au
important arrest to-night.
Information was received here from
Troy, to-day, of tho arrest of aman sup?
posed to bo Steinar, the absconding
agent of the Garde Republican Band.
The Irish Band had another split, and
seven of tbebandmen, with their leader,
Thomas D. Richardson, sailed for Europe
to-day. Some members go to Canada
and two remain in this city.
THE ANTIOCH EARTHQUAKE.-A letter
From Beyrout gives some statistics of the
work of the earthquake at Antiooh in
April last. Before the shock, there were
3,003 dwelling houses in the city. Of1
thoBe, 1,960 were rained, and 894 so
iamaged as to be uninhabitable, leaving
auly 149 in good condition. There were,
?esides, 1,331 other buildings-shops,
mosquea, cafes, factories, &0. Of these,
diere are left bat 349 shops, one mosque
ind one soap factory; so that of the
1,334 buildings of all kinds, only 500 are
left. The population was about 17,000,
->f whom 500 were killed and an equal
aumbor wounded. In Ludia, there ?rere
2,150 houses rained, and more than 300
persons were killed aud wounded. The
iraount contributed toward rebuilding
ihe city ia only about $4,500, whioh will
a ot go very far; but the Government has,
intil the present time, refused to allow
people to rebuild at all. The wintor is
iooked forward to with great anxiety.
MEXICO LOOKING UP.-The New York
Tribune has a letter from a correspond?
ant in Mexico, reiterating the favorable
iccounts of the prospects of thal coun?
try contained in recent telegrams. Senor
Lerdo de Trejada, as already noted, sig?
nalized his accession to the temporary
Presidency by a wise proclamation of
imuesty, which baa also been as wisely
icoepted by all the influential chiefs of
revolutionary movements. The an?
nouncement is also made that the people
ire tired of war- it was reasonable to
lappose they might have heen long ugo
-and disposed to concentrate their ef
'orta upon a government which shall
'epresent tho interests of tho whole
jountry. Tho correspondent confidently
tsserts that the eleotion of Senor Lerdo
s the best means for securing this desir?
able end. How long, however, if wo
udgo by the past, are Mexioans likely
o continuo in any such peaceful mood?
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GRANT'S OPINION OF THE GOVERNMENT
)F SOUTH CAROLINA.-The Washington
chronicle (Grant's organ) reflects the
treat gift-taker's opinion of the Govorn
nent of South Carolina, as follows:
SOUTH CAROLINA.-The Republicans of
his State owe it to themselves to bring
o condign punishment those who have
rifled with the prosperity and credit of |
he State. Its affairs are a hopeless
noddle to those who are beyond its I
imita. It is easy to be Boen that there
ias been gross mismanagement, incom?
petency and frand. Who are the wrong
loora, is better known there than here.
SVith anon men as Judge Orr leading the
[Republicana, thoy ought to be able to
nmg the State into a better oondition.
Mr. Walker, (colored,) who was legally
shoked to death in Georgia on the 24th <
)f Joly, oheered hia poor old mother, *
Tho was standing at the foot of the gal- J
ows, by informing her if she did not <
'mend her ways, abe would go to h-1 '?
i howling." This high-toned son then <
lignified his willingness to be an angel, 1
ind was let down through the Boor.
A dying Irishman, asked by his con
essor if be was ready to renounce the1
levil and all his works, replied: "Don't |
isk me that; I'm going to a strange
iountry, and I don't intend to make my
telf enemies."
Financial ?nil Commercial.
COLUMBIA, S. C., August 24.-About
12 balea of new cotton have been sold in
onr market duriug tbe past week-mid?
dling 18.
LONDON, August 24-Noon.-Consols
97%. Bonds 92J?.
LIVERPOOL, August 24-Evening.
Cotton opened and closed quiet and
steady-uplands 9%@10; Orleans 10%;
sales 8,000 bales; speculation and export
1,500; Bombay shipments since last re?
port 20,000.
NEW YonK, August 24-Noon.-Stocks
dull. Qold heavy, at 13. Money firm,
at 5. Exchange-long 8%; short 9J?.
Governments dull but steady. State
bonds quiet. Cotton quiet and un?
changed-uplands 22. flour quiet and
steady. Wheat quiet and firm. Corn,
steady. Pork stuady, ut 14 25. Lard'
Bteady-steam 8j.^@9,I?. Freights un?
changed.
7 P. M.-Bank statement-Loans de?
crease $3,375,0U0; specie decrease $1,
125,000; legul tender decrease $1,500,000 ;
deposits decrease $9,250,000. Cotton
quiet and firm; sales 1,385 bales-up
lauds 22; Orleans 22,'?. Flour and
wheat quiet and steady. Corn a shade
easier. Pork quiot und firm. Lard
8}4@9j*jj. Groceries quiet und Bteady. I
Freights quiet. Sales of futures 3,000
bales, as follows: September 20%@l
20 516; Ootobor 19 3-16(a>19 5-1G; No?
vember 18 3-1G; December 18 9-1G; Ja?
nuary 18%-under old form of coutraot.
Mouey 4. Sterling dull. Gold 12^
@12%. Governments dull and weak.
?Status quiet. New South Carolinas '?c.
lower.
BALTIMORE, August 24.-Cotton firm
-middling 22; receipts 19 halos; sales
137; stock 535. Flour dull and un?
changed. Wheat firm-choice white
1.65(^1.67; yellow 1.64@1.65. Rye
steady, at 75(a)80. Oats steady, at 39(d)
41. Provisions in fair demand, and un?
changed. Wbiakey 93@93)?.
CINCINNATI, August 24.-Flour steady,
at 6.65@6.67. Corn steady, at 46(a}47.
Pork demand light and holders firm
nominally 14.00. Lard in fair demand
and firm-kettle held at 8J8; steam 8).i;
offerings light; summer firm, at 8!u.
Bacon in good demand-shoulders 7%;
rib Bides 10>?@l?78; clear sides 11??.
Whiskey steady, ut b9.
ST. LOUIS, August 24.-Flour steady
winter extra 5.75(a)6.25. Corn dull and
declining-No. 2 35).<@36. Whiskey
dull, at 90. Pork steady, ut 14.50. Ba?
con firm for shoulders; easier for sides
shoulders 8%; olear rib sides ll; cleur
sides 11.%. Lard unchanged.
LOUISVILLE, August 24.-Tobaoco un?
changed; sales 63 hogsheads. Flour in
fair demand and steady-extra family
6.00(36.25. Corn firm-mixed 56; white
58, sacked. Provisions in fair demand
and unchanged. Mesa pork 14.00, cash.
Bacon-shoulders 8; clear rib sides 10%
@11; clear sides 11%@11??, packed.
Lard- tierce 9%($9>?; keg 1?%@10)?;
order lotB %c. higher. Whiskey quiet
and Bteady, ut 89.
WILMINGTON, August 24. -Cotton quiet
-middling 20>?; sales 22 bales; stuck
217.
SAVANNAH, August 24.-Tho Georgia
Press Association will meet at Atlanta,
Thursday, September 5.
NEW ORLEANS, August 24.-Cotton
quiet and nominal-low middling 19%
(.?'19;^ ; receipts 36 bales; sales 223; stock
6" 321.
NORFOLK, August 24.-Cotton quiet
low middling 20; receipts 76 baleB; stock
239.
BOSTON, August 24.-Cotton active
middling 22%@28; receipts 73 bales;
Bales 400; stock 8,000.
CHARLESTON, August 24.-Cotton
steady-middling 19%@20; receipts 28
bales; sales 100; stock 3,640.
GALVESTON, August 24.-Cotton quiet
-good ordinary 17@17%; receipts 146
bales; stock 2,839.
SAVANNAH, August 2-1.-Cotton quiet
-middling 19|.i; receipts 1 bale; eales
55; stock 599.
AUGUSTA, August 24.-Cotton quiet
middling 19; receipts 28 bales; sales 23.
In a portion of Siberia, where the in?
habitants live chiefly on salmon, which
every third or fourth year fail to appear,
the Government has established a fish
savings bank, with a capital of 300,000
dried fish. Into this buuk, every male
iuhabitant is compelled to pay annually
Doe-tonth of all the fish he catches as
long as the season remains good; but
when there is a failure of the salmon,
?nd starvation impends, every depositor
is entitled to borrow from the bank
enough for his regular supplies, on con?
dition of a ropayment next yeA.
Two womou lately entered a Pennsyl?
vania bar-room, where their husbands
were enjoying their needle-gun cock?
tails, and mnde the scone quite enjoyable
for a few minutes. Tbeybroko tumblers,
upset tables, rammed their fists through
the bottom of a tin pitcher, throw a cat
into tho cider barrel, and put kerosene
in the whiskey. After which, they took
their husbands by the nose and led them
iiome. Such is to be tho result of tho
nxteenth amendment.
A FLORIDA HORROR.-Mrs. Smith, of
Gainesville, Fla., whilo sitting up with a
sick neighbor, was shot through the hoad
jy an assassin and instantly killed. The
nek woman and Mrs. Smith were found
lead the next morning. It is supposed
;hat Mrs. Smith was killod by mistake,
IB another woman, Miss Blew, had been
mot at tho same night.
Dr. William Cloud, of Bookhamville,
Chester County, died on Wednesday last,
ind wa3 buried in this place yesterday.
Ho was quite advanced in years, being
nghty-Bix at the time of his death.
Though not residing in this County, Dr.
Jloud was well known in this communi?
ty, having atone time a large oirole of
'elations in our midst.- Winnsboro News.
Tho marriage of two dwarfs took placo
it Springfield, Ohio, lately. The bride?
groom stands throe foot ten inches high,
iud the bride noarly an inch tailor.
Chicago divoroo market is UJW Veiy
ictive. Ten a day is tho report.
Jcrr?r?oniiin ?nd Jacksonian Drmo
cracy-"Straight-Out" Democracy of
South Carolina.
"Pursuant to tue call of the Chairman
! nf the Democratio party of South Curo
lina, the Democratio Convention met in
the city of Columbia, at 8 o'clock P. M.,
Friday, August 23, 1872. After prayer
by one of tho members, the Convention
was called to order by the Hon. Edward
F. Stokes, member of tho Executive
Committee of the D?mocratie party of
the United Stales, and Chairman of the
State Committee, aud on his motion
Mr. James Wardlaw Covor was elected
temporary Chairman, and Mr. W. T.
Wilkins was elected Secretary.
The Chairman, on taking tho chair,
stated the objeot of couveniug tho party
at this time, and made u most patriotic
appeal to tho Conventiou to stand by
the ancient principles of thc party, du
Bouncing tho Baltimore Opera House
Convention, it? platform and its candi?
dates.
A committee was appointed on perma?
nent organization, and ufter a shorl
while, reported as permauent officers ol
tho Conventiou: President, .Mr. James
Wardlaw Covor; Secretary, Mr. T. Wil
kin?, who wero unanimously elected.
Tho President, after thanking tb<
Convention for the honor conferred
made an eloquent speech, advocating
the thorough organization of the Demo
eratic party of tho Stute and the appoint
ment of delegates to the Louisville Con
vention.
On motion, a Committee on Besoin
tiona and Platform was appointed, witl
Mr. Stokes as Chair mun. The Commit
tee brought in and reported the follow
ing platform, and recommended that i
bo adopted by the Convention as tin
platform of the Democratio party o
South Carolina:
Resolved, That South Carolina, as on
of the thirteen original States of tb
American Union, is a peer and an equi
of each of tko thirty-seven Staten uo<
composing tho Republic of tho Unite
States, aud, as such, should aud ougb
to enjoy all tie rights reserved end gun
ranteed by and under the Constitutio
of a commoD country.
Resolved, That the Union establishe
by the Constitution is a union of Statt
thereby uuited, and is incapuble of o:
istsuco without tbe Statos as its constiti
eut integral parts; that thc indestructi
bility of the States of their rights au
of their equality with each other, ia a
indispensable part of this political fly
tem, and therefore tho perpetuation <
tho Union io its iutegrity depends upc
tho preservation of tho States in the
political integrity; the Government i
the Uuited States being a Federal R
public, and not a consolidation of tl
whole people into ono homogeneous n
tion.
Resolved, That tho right of local Sta
government with tho subjection of tl
military to the civil authority, and tl
security of the privilege of the writ
habeas corpus in time of peace, with tl
power to enforce tho rights aud promo
tho well-being of its inhabitants by su<
means as the judgmont of its own peor
may proscribe, are resorved, secured ai
guaranteed, under the Constitution
the United States; to the several Stat
of the Union; aud that, too, not subje
to any solemn constitutional obligati
upon the part of the Federal Govet
ment of any kind whatever; but, on t
contrary, the Federal Government
under a solemn constitutional obligati
not to interfere in these matters in a
way; and when it does so, it become.1
usurper of power, an oppressive tyrai
and an enemy to the liberties of t
country.
Resolved, That the perpetuation of t
Union and the maintenanco of the C
vernment, as both were established
the Constitution, nnd as both under I
Constitution have beon expounded
the foregoing resolutions in conform
with the teachings of Jefferson, Madit
and Jackson, have ever been held
cardinal doctrines of the Domocrc
party; and they aro now reiterated w
increased correctness, uuder the sole
conviction that tho only Bare hope
the preservation of liberty rests in bri
ing back tho administration of the <
vernment to these principles, and in i
cuing it from the hands of thoso wb
admitted usurpations and revolution
measures now threaten tho entire o\
throw of tlie WIIOIG fabric of our t-ysl
of free institutions aud tho ereotioi
their atoad of a consolidated empire.
Resolved, That in the approach
election, the Democratic party of So
Carolina invites overybody to oo-opoi
with them in a zealous determinatioi
chango the present usurping and cort
administration, by placing in power l
who are true to tho principles of coi
tutional government, and to a fait
and economical administration of pu
affairs.
Tho platform of principles, os ou
died iu the foregoing resolutions,
unanimously adopted by the Con
tion, and tho samo committee chat
with the business of reporting the na
of delegates to the Louisville Domooi
Convention, suggested tho following
which waa adopted: Edward F. Stu
James Wardlaw Covor, Col. Jame!
Rion, Capt. William H. Stack, A
McDavid, A. J. Vandegrift, John
Oxuer, J. R. LambBon, John D. Mo
ley, Adina Berloy, Capt. John J. St
W. T. Wilkins, P. 1). Cureton, T
Napper.
Resolved, That tho delegates appoi
be empowered to appoint their
alernates.
On motion, it was fnrthor
Resolved, That this Convention rei
mend to the Louisville Convention
name of tho distinguished statesman
patriot, Hon. Charles O'Conor, foi
nomination for Preaident, and for 1
Presidout Hon. Samuel J. Bayard.
Resolved, That tho President of
Convention appoint a committee of
to oonBtituto the Executive Comm
of the Democratic party of South <
lina, one of whom shall bo nam<
Chairman, who bhall bo empower!
nominate- electors for the Presidential
election, and to protect every interest of
the party.
The President appointed the following
gentlemen as the Committee: Edward F.
Stokes, Chairman; John D. MoCarley,
William H. Stack, T. D. Napper, J. K.
Lambson.
On motion, the Convention adjourned.
W. T. WILKINS, Secretary.
WHERE THE PARALLEL FAILS.-Tho
shameless style in whioh onr black-faced
or black-hearted public men are traffick?
ing for the honors of the oommouwealth
reminds a classical correspondent of the
Abbeville Press of the days when the of
lico of Emperor of the Roman Empire
was put up to the highest bidder at pub?
lic auction. Julianus purchased it for
tho prico of 5,000 draohmH to each
member of the Pnctorian Guard. He
paid the price, but lost his head and of?
fice in sixty days! Tho thing was so
shockingly monstrous that even the de?
generate Romans roso in mass against
tho' creature of their own corruption.
But J uliamie paid his own money; where?
as the modern monsters first betray the
people by robbing the publio coffers,
with or without the forms of law, and,
with tho people's money, buy tho peo?
ple's offices nguiu to enable them to .re?
new their robberies. Imperial Rome
must yield the palm for rascality to Co?
lumbia and her Radical ring.
[Charleston jWetcs.
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FEMALE CLOWNS.-The advocates of
woman's rights have won a victory in
England. The time-honored relation of
circus clown has heretofore belonged ex?
clusively to the male sex. It is true
that of late years the down bas been
guilty of the weakness of being ashamed
of bis professional title, and has ambi?
tiously styled himself a "Shakspearean
jester" or a "classical humorist." Never?
theless he has never shown any disposi?
tion to abandon the ring, and no one
faucied that bo could be drawn out of it.
Now, however, it seems that at least one
woman has succeeded in dethroning the
masculine clown of an English circus. A
"renowned lady jester" now wears tue
motley in an English traveling circus,
und goes through the traditional busi?
ness of the profession. After this no
business or profession can hope to bold
ont against the intrusive ambition of the
strong-willed advocates of their sex's
rights.
A MAN 103 YEARS OLD COMMITS SUI?
CIDE.-It is quito astonishing to find a
man 103 years old bunging himself, as
Wm. George did at Rochester, 111., last
week; for since death at any vate must
be close at hand, the trouble of a rope,
of finding a place of suspension, and ad
justiug the baiter, seemed to be hardly
worth the taking. On the other hand,
it may reooncile us to being cut oil un?
timely at eighty or so, to know that
when a man gets into the hundreds he
doesn't find life particularly pleasant.
Still, if we have any reader who is 103
years old, we advise him to be patient.
What little is left of bis mortal coil will
shuttle itself off soon enough.
PATENT CANNON.-Mr. Marshall Wood,
of Greenbrier County, West Va., has re?
ceived a patent, assigned to himself and
Mr. Thomas Mathews, of Lewisburg, for
the invention of the "machine gun,"
which with its eight barrels discharges
180 shots per minute. It is worked by a
lever, and being self-loading, the dis?
charges are oontiunous, and it is so con?
structed as to furnish perfect protection
to the operator or gunner from the balls
of the adversary.
Speaking of the dances at Saratoga,
Miss Grundy, says that the "Boston" has
taken the place of everything else al?
most,and in round dances the style of
holding the lady has altered slightly, be?
ing now about as affectionate as possi?
ble. Tho lady sticks her nose into the
gentleman's coat sleeve where it joins at
tho shoulder, and he rests his cheek
against her fair bair, foi ling tho pulse of
ber right wrist while she euaircles bis
neck with her arm.
Milwuukuo papers contain the mar?
riage notice of Henry Block and Amanda
Board. We do not often lumber np this
column with matrimonial records, and
wooden do so now except for tho pecu?
liar names of the contracting parties.
This couple, haviug tired of living single,
after a brief courtship, callod in the ser?
vices of a clerical joiner, and one Mil?
waukee housohold nore rafter rejoists in
A B^ock head.
Tho famous race horse, Lexington,
died August 0, at tho Woodburn Stud
Farm, Ky., the seat of his owner,. A. J.
Alexander. Although only twenty-two
years old, he kad been blind for some
years past, but his physical powers con?
tinued unimpaired until within a short
timo of his death.
A severe test of patriotism and loyalty
to Frauoe has been placed upon the
ladies of Alsace and Lorraine, who have
boen informed by tho German Govern?
ment that tho lovers and brothers of such
of thom as are most violent in their de?
monstrations of hostility to Germany
will be seleoted to serve in the German
army after October 1st.
Tho Japanese bark Fu Ru Nasu, which
is expected daily at the port of Sau Fran?
sisco, from Hong Kong, will bo the first
Japanese merchant vessel that has ever
been known in American waters. She
is of 1,300 tons burden and brings an as?
sorted cargo of Chinese merchandise.
Ague, says the New York World, with
its attendant fever, ia prevalent in the
ip-town Eastern districts of the city.
Quinine is at a premium in tho drug
itoros there, and people are kept awake
i>y the bark of tho wild calisaya.
While Mrs. Chester Morgan, of Gains
rille, Ga., wus roturning home, a tree
foll upon her and injured her so severe
y that she died in u few hours.
The Graut headquarters in New York
ire known as the office-holders' rendez
rous.
DEATH OP A VENERABLE NON.-We re?
gret to aEoouoee the death, at the Sooth
Presentation Convent, Cork, on Sunday,
of a venerable non, in the person of M.
Catherine England, sister of the late
Bight Bev. Dr. England, Bishop of
Charleston, nnd of the late Rsv. Thomas
England, P. P., Pansage WeBt, County
Cork. This venerable lady was in the
eighty-sixth year of her age, and in tho
fifty eighth year of her religious profes?
sion.-Cork Examiner.
The notorious bruisers, Mace and
O'Baldwin, met at Colliers, West Virgi?
nia, on the 21st, drove their stakes down,
pul np their ropes, and after a long al?
tercation regarding the selection of a
referee, kept up till darkness camedown,
proceeded to pall up the stakes, tako
down the ropes again, and march oil.
Tho crowd meanwhile stormed and
cursed, and sot out with the pugilists at
laBt for Steubenville, Ohio, where tho
fight ?B expected to occar.
Enter young sprig at a florist's: "How
much for the lilies of the valley?" "A
dollar and-a-half a sprig." "Too much."
"Well," blandly replies the vender of ex?
otics, "if you would have the lilies of
the valley, you must pay the vally of the
lilies." The yoong man bows and takes
his leaf.
A lady at Bridgeport, Conn., remain?
ed too long on a train to kiss a friend,
and trying to get off after it had started,
was thrown violently on her face, "li
ever I kiss anybody again I" said she,
vengefully, as she arose; "any woman, at
least," she thoughtfully added.
In deference to leap year the women
of Viroqua, Wis., conduoted the Fourth
of Joly celebration. The marshal of the
day, orator, reader of the Declaration of
Independence-all-all were lovely wo?
men, while the brave men looked on and
admired.
A Solomonian parent in Michigan
having rather spoiled a rod than spared
the child, the dutiful little boy laid wait
for him with a shot-gnu and gave him
another sort of a charge to keep; and of
such is the kingdom of Heaven.
If Blanton Duncan were to get 3100,
000 libel damages from the Chioago Tri?
bune, and the same amount from each of
half a dozen other newspapers, that
would make $700,000.
A man was recently, drowned at New
burg, N. Y., and the jury rendered a
verdict that the "deceased came to his
death by being found in the Hudson
River."
They don't raise boys right in Minne?
sota. The other day, little Jimmy Potts
put nearly a pint of buckshot into his
father, and then ran away from the
funeral.
A Detroit gentleman, 105 years old, has
lately been troubled with a failing in his
eye-sight, and his doctor thinks it's the
result of smoking to excess for the last
ninety years or so.
A traveling correspondent, writing
from the banks of Killarney, assures his
readers that the fascinating and fatal
glance of Miss Catharine Kearney was
not hereditary.
The punishment of breaking on the
wheel was executed apon two murderers
recently in Servia, the only country
where it is now practiced.
Auction Salei?.
Furniture.
BY JACOB LEVIN.
ON TUESDAY MORNING next, at 10 o'clock,
I will sell, at mv store,
A general variety of HOUSEHOLD FURNI?
TURE; particulars of which will bs given oa
the morning of sale._ Ang 23
Myrtle Lodge No. 3, KTof P.
THE regular convocation of this
Lodge will be held TO-MORROW
Monday) EVENING, at 8 o'clock, at
Masonic Hall. By ordor.
L. M. HOLLAND.
Aug 23 1 Recording Scribe.
49-The Page and Knight Degrees will bo
conferred.
Phoenix Hook and Ladder Company.
ATTEND a regular meeting of vour Com?
pany TO-MORROW (Monday) EVEN?
ING, at 8 o'clock. A punctual attendance is
desired. By order.
Aug 25 1_D. GOODMAN. Secretary.
Notice.
THERE will be a meeting of the Executive
Committoo of the South Carolina Club, at
Columbia, September 25, at 8 o'clook P. M.
WADE HAMPTON, JR., Pres't.
_ V/. C. FISUEU, Sec'y._Aug 25 m l
Wanted.
AFIRST CLASS LAUNDRESS to go into
the country, and capable of doing tho
washing and ironing in a family of six or
eight. Wages $11 per month and "fouud."
Must bring no children. References required.
Apply at the drug store of
Ang 25 4_FISHERJk KILLI MAN.
For Sale.
FIFTEEN SHARES Columbia Building and
Loan Stuck. Apply to
A. G. BRENIZER,
At Central National Bank.
?a- Union copy. Aug 25 2
Odd Fellows' Academy.
vTftv THE undersigned take pleasure
-irrfum-}N ann?uncing tu their patrons
*S?awBBBapd friends, and to the public KCQ
^??MHrTjgF-"" that thio institution will be
JS^T. re-opened on tho FIRST MONDAY
^T in September next.
The course of ?tudies is thorough and prac?
tical, including all tho br tumbea of a liberal
Eaglish and Classical education; to which is
added, in the more advanced classes, a course
of Book-keeping. No pains will bo spared to
(rive entire satisfaction. Terms, from >3 to
?5 por month. No deductions made, except
In eise of protracted sickness.
J. J. McCANTS,
Am^25U_R. H. CLARKSON.
Change of Location.
WE have secured the lease ot the new
store, now nearly finished, between
Weam k Hix's art gallery and the stoic of
Messrs. Uopson & Sntphen, into whioh we pro?
pino to move with a new and fresh stock of
Koorta on the 1st of OCTOBER. We desire to
alose np our books with our old business, ?nd
to that end will cease to extend any further
aredit after the 1st day of September. Par?
doe whom wo havo hitherto accommodated
will pleaso come forward and settle, at least
before the 15th of September, as we intond to
lo only a cash business thereafter. We offer
.bo remaining stock wo have on hand at
zreatly reduced l?ricos. Great bargains can
JO bau, for wo are determined to stock our
a ow atoro with only now goode.
Lug 25 3 PORTER & 3TZELE.