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Foreign A?Trtlru.
MADRID, August 25.-The first returns
of preliminary eleotions for members of
the Cortes indicate the following results:
Tho Ministerialists baye been victorious
in twenty-seven of the chief towns and
151 distriots, and the Republicans in ten
chief towns and fourteen distriots. Nine
distriots and six towns are equally di?
vided between the two parties. The
Conservatives have carried Lograno.
The Federal Republicans issued a mani?
festo on tho morning of the eleotion,
urging voters of their party to rally at
the polls and fight tho battle against the
Monarohy in eaoh election district,.and
pat forth all their strength to rout its
supporters in Europe. It declares it will
await results which will strengthen the
causo of Democracy throughout tho con?
tinent.
BOMBAY, Tuesday morning, August
27, via London, Monday, August 26.
The cholera has appeared ia the valley
of Cashmere, and is reported to be
raging with great violence.
LONDON, I August 20.-The reinforce?
ments for Belfast have been recalled, ae
the trouble is over.
GENEVA, August 26.-The Alabama
claims arbitration court reassembled at
half-past 12, this afternoon, and after a
session of threo hours duration, ad?
journed to meet again on Thursday, at
noon. The session was, as usual, held
with dosed doors. Only the five arbi?
trators wero present. The absence ol
counsel and agents of England and Ame
rica, indicates a conclusion to oonsidei
the general questions, and that the fina!
work of the board has been reached.
MADRID, August 26.-Additional re
turns from the provinces*of election foi
members of tho Cortes have been re
coi ved. They show that two-thirds o
the successful candidates are member
of the Government party. The Radi
cals support the Government.
American Mattera.
WASHINGTON, August 25.-The aggre
gate number of claims presented to th
Southern Claims Commission thus far i
16,000, ranging from $12 to $350,000
and averaging $25,000 eaoh. The com
mission have ?aally reported on 58
oases, in which $1,600,000 were daimed
About 250 of them were rejected, prinoi
pally for absence of proofs of loyalty
and for the remaining 330 cases, Cou
gress, on the recommendation of th
Commission, appropriated $350,000, th
money having since been paid, with th
exception of $15,000, which was stoppe
through the reports of special agouti
who were employed after the genet al re
port of tho Commissioners had bee
made to Congress, and who discovers
reasons for withholding this amount i
three or four cases from Virginia. Tb
Commissioners, three in number, ai
now absent from Washington, and ha\
under examination 500 claims apieoi
upon whioh they will report at tho
next meeting, iu October next, when, i
addition, 500 other cases will also be d
. cidod. The Commission will, acoorc
ing to the terms of the law creating i
expire on the 3d of March next, and s:
years will be consumed in transaotir.
the business now on hand. Under tl
burean system, such aa prevails in tl
departments, fifty years would be r
quired for this purpose. The rapidi
of transacting the business of the Cot
mission is. unprecedented, there beii
one ohief clerk and only four assistant
The expedition is principally due to tl
fact that bat few formalities are o
?served, and voluminous books dispens
with. The expenses to claimants a
small. There are no office fees,'exce
for toking testimony, and the lo wi
oharge is made for claims under $1,00(
Information has been received tl
agents in the South are oolleoting olaii
of persons whose property was destroy
to faoilitate military operations, b
who cannot prove loyalty, owing
their giving aid and comfort to the Cc
federates. These agents are acting up
the supposition that Congress will u
maiely dispense with the loyalty olau
The aggregate of snob claims is aires
iarge. . .
CHAMPAIGN, MICH., August 25.- 1
steam flouring mills and elevator^of a
Finch and agricultural implement fae
ry, with those of James McAllister, o
six two-story frame dwellings, and t
coal yards, were destroyed by fire
night; loss $100,000. j
NASHVILLE, August 25,-There wa
toroh-light procession and a large mc
ing in honor of Andrew Johnson. ]
solutions were adopted declaring Jot
son the favorite for Congressman
large. In answer to calls, Mr. Johni
appeared and spoke at oonsidera
length, announcing himself a oandidi
and stating that he would stump
State, and invite opposition to all
Convention nominees.
NEW YORK, August 25.-The weat
is cool and vory pleasant.
LATER.-The fire, this morning,'
in the United States bonded wareho
of Charles Zuest, No. 8 Washing
street. The loss, whioh will fall pm
pally onjthe. importers of liquor,
amount to fully $250,000. The origil
the fire was accidental,
A Kentucky despatch from Lonis\
states that Blanton Duncan says he nc
had a olaim of $52,000 against the
vomment, nor a claim for a dollar,
if he had, it could not be collected
he was not pardoned as a rebel until
tober, 1866.
Rev. Hugh S. Brown, a noted Bar
preaoher of Liverpool, arrived hen
the steamer Spain, this morning,
preaohed to an immense audience
Hanson Place Baptist Church, Brook
this evening.
WHEELING, August 26.-Thirty-tl
Counties give Jacobs a majority of 6,
The result upon the Constitntioi
doubtful.
NEW YORK, August 26.-The bor
warehouse, No. 8 Washington stree
burning.
PHILADELPHIA, August 26.-Alder
McMullec, who bolds the stakes,
not give them up until Mace aud O'Bald
win fight.
FORT PLAINE, August 20.-A thunder?
bolt knocked a buggy and horse from
tbe tow-path into the canal. Tbe two
occupants of the buggy were drowned.
NEW YORK, August 20.-The Herald
says, editorially, it is reported on good
authority that Mr. Charles O'Oonor has
addressed a letter to the Louisville Con?
vention of straight-outs, prohibiting the
use of his name by them for the Presi?
dential or any other office. Mr. O'Conor
states that tho feo simple of the world
would not ioduco him to accept the
nomination. The Sun says that Charles
O'Conor, in an interview with James
MeKenna, who asked him if ho would
beoome the candidate of the Denioc-ats
and Liberals for Governor of tho State,
said he did not seek the nomination, bat
if nominated, would accept.
Probabilities-Clear weather will pro?
bably continue on Tuesday over tho
Southern States, East of the Mississippi.
Areas of cloud and rain for tho Middle
States, especially over the Northern por?
tion during to-night, followed by winds
veering to Westerly and North-westerly,
and clearing weather on Tuesday. South?
easterly to South-westerly winds, cloudy
weather and areas of rain for New Eng?
land-the winds veering Westerly, with
clearing weather. Probably, during
Tuesday, rising barometer and winds
veering to Westerly and Northerly,
Noath-west of the Ohio Valley, on Tues?
day.
BANG on, August 26.-Mary Deoales,
Mother Superior of St. Xavier Convent,
is dead.
ST. LOUIS, August 26.-Seven small
fires occurred to-day. Four firemen
were prostrated by tho heat. The ther?
mometer ranged from 90 to 98.
CHARLESTON, August 20.-Arrived
Steamship South Carolina, New York.
NEW HAVEN, August 26.-Lawyer
Ralph Ingersoll is dead; ngod eighty
four. He was Minister to Kassia under
President Polk.
ST. LOUIS, August 26.-There were
eight deaths, yesterday, from the heat,
whioh is unabated.
MEMPHIS, August 26.-There were
four fatal sun-strokes yesterday.
OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT OF NEGROES IN
SAVANNAH.-Wo are again called upon to
chronicle aots of violence on the part of
a portion of our colored population,
which calls loudly for the interposition
of the strong arm of thc law. Should
these outrages be continued upon harm?
less and inoffensive citizens standing
peaceably on their stoops or passing
quietly along the street, serious cons??
quences may be the result.
Last evening the Lincoln Guards, a
oolored organization, numbering several
hundred, formed at their rendezvous, in
the Eastern part of the city, and, pre?
ceded by a drum and fife, passed dowu
Bay street, oreating no little excitement
by yelling and by other noisy demon?
strations. On reaohing a point between
Habersham and Price, on Bay street,
Mr. P. M. Dunn, who, with several
other persons, was standing on his stoop,
was struck on the head with a large
stone, oauaing an ugly wound. Imme?
diately after the missile was thrown, the
crowd began to cheer, and continued in
this boisterous spirit along Bay street.
They proceeded along Bay and through
West Broad street, to the corner of
Minis, where a halt waB made, and most
disgraceful and unlawful acts were com?
mitted.
Shortly after their halt, while Bev. J.
G. Daroy and Mr. J. W. Brinkerhoff,
accompanied by several ladies, returning
from attendance on a series of meetings
at tho West Baptist Ohuroh, corner of
Gaston and West Broad streets, were
passing by on their way home, the orowd
began to curso and make soon threaten?
ing demonstrations, that the reverend
gentleman thought it best to go into a
store near by. They bad no sooner en?
tered than a shower of stones was thrown
against the building, breaking every
glass in the establishment. One of tho
missiles strack Mr. Darcy on the left leg,
knocking him down. Immediately after
throwing the stones, tho crowd began to
oheer and,hurrah.
The shop-keeper got a revolver and
was about to defend his premise?, bat
was prevented hythe ladies, and luckily,
for there is no doubt but that every oc?
cupant in the store would have been
killed, as the crowd had transformed
itself into an ungovernable mob. While
the store was being briok-batted, the
dwellings on the .opposite side of the
street were sharing the same fate. Oar
oity authorities are no doubt sufficiently
informed as to the motives of these un?
lawful and disgraceful acts, and we trust
will at on oe adopt such measures as will
prevent a repetition. There is no doabt
that tho ontrages perpetrated last night
were matured some days since, for wo
learn that it was currently reportod
among the colored people who take pert
in Bach proceedings, that a row had been
set down for a previous occasion, hat the
Guards could not muster a sufficient
number of their side-walk followers who
were willing to do active service.
[Savannah Republican, 2-ith.
The national debt of England amounts
to $3,874,805,385, the annual interest on
whioh, three per cent., would be $116,
529,160. The highest point this debt
has ever reaohed was at the conclusion
of the wars growing ont of the Frenoh
revolution and the fall of Napoleon. At
that time, it reaohed $4,000,000,000.
The creditors of the English Govern?
ment are for the most part residents of
the conntry, and consequently the taxa?
tion required to pay the interest on her
debt goes back again on her people
without any exhaustion of national
wealth.
A comical sentence- occurs in the pro?
gramme of a oonoert lately given by M.
Gounard in London, the eighth number
being thus described: "Song-'She
Wandered Down the Mountain Side,'
accompanied by the composer."
Financial uno ( uinmcn lui.
NEW YonK, August 2G-Noon.-Stocks
strong. Gold heavy, at 12%. Money
quiet, at 3. Exchange-long 9; short
9$j. Governments very weak. State
bonds dull. Cotton quiot; sales 1,269
baleB-uplands 22; Orleand*22j-,2. Flour
steady. Wheat a shade firmer. Cern
quiet and firm. Fork steady-mees
14.25@14.30. Lard quiet-steam 8)?@
9%. Freights steady.
7 P. M.-Money 4($6. Sterling higher
-9. Gold 12%-the decline assisted by
the failure of Henry Redmond. Go?
vernments closed dull. Now South Ca?
rolinas )?c. lower; other States dull but
steady. Cotton quiet and Arm; sales
1.800 bales-uplauds 22; Orloaua 22)?.
Flour quiet and unchanged. Whiskey
firmer, at 92|?. Wheat firm aud moro
doing for export and homo-winter red
Western 1.48@1.63; new winter red
Westorn 1.50(^1.63; new red Southern
1.65. Corn iu good speculative and
Irado demand, at a slight advance. Pork
heavy, at 14.15@14.25. Freights mode?
rately active. Sales of cotton for future
delivery 2,900 huies, as follows: Septem?
ber 20J?, 20 >?; October 19 3 16, 19,>.i;
November 18%; December 18>.<; Janu?
ary 18%; February 18%.
ST. Louis, August 26.-Flour. un?
changed aud bnsiness small. Corn dull
-No. 2, mixed, 34^@35. Whiskey
declining-89@90. Pork quiet and
steady, at 14.59. Bacon irregular-clear
rib sides and clear Bides ll; order lots
shoulders 8J?; clear rib sides ll; clear
Bides 11^. Lard unohanged.
PHILADELPHIA, August 26.-Cotton
firm and tending up-middling 22,k?.
BOSTON, August 26.-Cotton quiet and
firm-middling 22>.;@22%; receipts 305
bales; exports 35; saios 250; stock 8,500.
NEW ORLEANS, AngUBt 26.-Cotton
in good demand-middling 20@20j?; re?
ceipts 573bale8; exports203; stock G.GG9;
sales 140.
SAVANNAH, August 26.-Cotton quiet
middliug 19J.?; receipts 101 bales; ex?
ports 221; sales 65; stock 479.
MEMPHIS, August 26.-Cotton firm for
good grados; others nominal-middling
21??@21??; receipts 38 bales; exports
205; stock 2,244.
LOUISVILLE, August 26.-Tobacoo un?
changed; sales 60 hogsheads. Flour
quiet and steady. Corn firm, at 56@58,
shelled sacked from store. Pork steady,
at 14, cash; 14.50 on orders. Bacon
active and firm-shoulders 8; clear rib
sides 103.i(aill; clear sides 11??@11>?.
Packed lard in fuir demand and firm
tierce 9?4@9}.<; kegs 10??@10>?; order
lotB held J40. higher. Whiskey firm
asking 90.
AUGUSTA, August 26.-Cotton dull
middling 19; receipts 27 bales; sales 47.
BALTIMORE, August 26.-Cotton firm
middliug 22; receipts 18 bales; sales 42,
of which 30 were sold Saturday evening;
stock 548. Flour quiet. Wheat steady.
Corn-white 68; yellow 62?64. Oats
Southern 39@41. Bye firmer, at 75.
Provisions quiet and unohanged. Whis?
key nominal, at 93@93>?.
CINCINNATI, August 26.-Flour and
corn steady. Pork 13.75. Lard un?
changed-winter nominal; kettle 8%;
steam 8>?- Bacon in good demand
shoulders 7%; clear rib sides 10)^; clear
sides ll. Whiskey steady, at 84.
GALVESTON, August 26.-Cotton nomi?
nal-good ordinary 17@17.J4'; receipts
939; exports 672; stock 3,106.
MoniLE, August 26.-Cotton nominal;
receipts 43 bales; exports 13; stock 810.
CHARLESTON, August 26.-Cotton
quiet-middling 19%@20; reooipts 105;
exports 1,460; stock 3,080.
WILMINGTON, August 26. -Cotton quiot
-middling 20?.i; sales 7; stock 217.
NORFOLK, August 26.-Cotton qniet
low middling 20; receipts 152; exports
53; stock 338.
LONDON, August 26-Noon.-Weather
wet and unfavorable. Consols 92%.
Bonds 92>?.
PARIS, August 26.-Bentes 55f. 35o.
LIVERPOOL, August 26-3 P. M.-Cot?
ton opened and continues quiet and
steady-uplauds 9%@10; Orleans 10^.
LIVERPOOL, August 26-Evening.
Cotton closed unchanged.
A BEVOLTING CRIME EXPIATED.-At
Mayville, N. Y., last Friday, Charles
Marlow was hanged in the jail, for tho
murder of Wm. Bach man, at Jamestown,
August 16, 1871. The crime was one of
tho most revolting ever committed iu
Western New York. Bachman, a
stranger, of whose antecedents nothing
is known, made his appearance in James?
town, and professed to have large
amounts of money in his possession.
Two days later, Marlow enticed him into
his browery, shot him, and then burned
the body of his viotim in the brewery
furnace. Marlow persistently denied his
guilt until the night before his death,
when he made a confessson to the effeot
that he administered strychnine to Bach?
man in beer, and when it commenced
operating on him, struck him on the
head with a hammer in the cellar. He
then burned the body in the brewery
furnace.
A RASCAL ON THE RAMPAGE IN TENNES?
SEE.-A man known as Simonton, in
Knoxville, four years ago, bat who now
rejoices in the name of Price, and olaim
ing to have been a member of the South
Carolina Legislature for the past eight?
een months, and on his way to visit his
mother in Memphis, is victimizing the
landlords and others of Tennessee
towns. He has operated in Bristol,
Jonesboro and Knoxville. He is armed
with letters purporting to ba from tba
Bishops and other distinguished persons
of the Episcopal Church in Sooth Caro?
lina, and claims to have been run from
his home by the Ku Klux persecutions.
He is described as a large man, with
rather fleshy looking face, and rather
dark-complected.
A new dish is grape loaves fried in an
egg batter. It is called a French dish
and is importod from Lake Mabopao.
Wo can't think of anything that would
be more delicious than fried grape leaves
unless it is a circus poster on toast.
A Philosopher, Blatant unit Rampant.
Wo regret to observo tbiit Mr. Alger?
non Cburles Swinburne, poet, of Lon?
don, baa just been lettiug nome very
H H vago nun ns und adjectives loose against
Mrs. Harriet Beecher ?Stowe, sometimes
known as tbo autboressof "Uncle Tom's
Cabin," and late of Hartford, Conn.,
but now, wo believe, winning horticul?
tural distinction by tho profitable cul?
ture of oranges in the Stale of Florida.
Incensed by the freedom of Mrs. Stowe's
too adventurous attack on tho memory
of Lord Byron, the classical poet of "the
fleshly school" in England docs not
scruple to launch at her head tho most
cacophonous mal?dictions, nu il leaves us
to infer that even worse allegation
might bo fetched against her, if Tooko'f
Puutheon were diligently consulted. As
it is, in apparent ignoruuee of hor pre?
sent geographical habitat aud of hoi
mild addiction to the pacific worship ol
Pomona, Mr. Swinburne actually calli
her "a blatant Bassarid of Boston;" ant
U3 if this contumelious aud popularly
appreciated opithet would not suffice, tin
insatiate archer spends another of hil
poisoned arrows and entitles her "a ram
pant Monad of Massachusetts."
It must bo confessed that Mr. Swiu
burne throws his classical similitudes a
the head of Mrs. Stowe with great poin
and directueus, while tho felicity of hi
allusions iu thus comparing a Puritai
blue-stocking to a priestess of Bacchus
must be apparent to the most ordin?r,
minds. But as a master of the profoun
and solid stylo of objurgation, Mr. Swic
burne is nothiDg compared with
"learned Thebau" whom we happen t
have among us in thu city of New York
Wo refer to Dr. Lieber, who, we believe
wus once an instructor iu what tho ouphi
istio Mr. Swinburne would call "the ai
of natation," but who, having now abai
doned bis swimming-school, professes I
deliver lectures on constitutional histor
ami public law in Columbia College. W
do not know tho purport of the Profe
sor's exercitatious when ho speaks fro
his stool to the ingenuous youth who e
nt tho feet of their political Gamalie
but if his academic prelections are an;
thing like as muddy nod incoherent!
his published political letters, the tru
tees of that excellent iustitution cann
too speedily take efficient measures f
tho protection of their pupils from tl
weak aud washy flood of such a politic
vitnperator, tho tempests of whoso te
pot imitate thc vivacity of a small mt
volcano.
It seems that tho nomination of SJ
Greeley has proved too much for t
Doctor's equanimity, uotwithstaudi
the. sereno atmosphere of constitutioi
history aud public law in which he
presumed to dwell. Accordingly ho L
rushed into print with n very irate letl
agaiust Mr. Greeley, and as the result
that gcutleman's election, he predicts
whole Iliad of woes and au Odyssey
"renewed civil bloodshed staring us
the face!" It will bo seen that, as t
metaphors of Mr. Swinburne are nothi
if not classical, so those of Dr. Liel
are nothing if not decidedly mixed. *?
fully realize bow imprudent it is on c
part to affright our readers with )
"gorgons, hydras and chimeras dil
which the Professor knows so well h
to evoke from the vasty deop of "con
tutional history and public law;" nor
we without some misgivings as to
effect which such dreadful out-givii
may have on the now promising pol
cal prospects of Mr. Greeley. But
faithful journalists, holding the mil
up to nature, so na to show "scorn
own image" as well as "virtue her c
feature," wo could not withhold fi
JUT readers this unique specimen of
litioal discussion, which, alike by
style and its contents, presents the c
raeter of the writer in a most allui
light ns a political philosopher, who
might be expeoted, has learned from
protracted vigils to speak with u bec
ing serenity of judgment and modi
tiou of phrase on all that pertains to
litics-tho subject of his academic c!
and the theme of his published writii
In order to do justice to thc pbilosop
we cite the mo&t distinctivo part oi
letter, as follows:
"Even the nomination of Mr. Grec
and especially tho peculiar mothoi
tho nomination at Cincinnati, seem
me a deplorable faot in the annals of
country; and tho baltimore ratifies
is Uko concubinage between Hepubli
ism aud Democracy, taking these wc
of oourso, in their party meanings. S
this. The Democrats do not surre
to tho Republicans; on the contrary,
Greeley and his followers surrende
the Democracy. Elections, liko bal
can rarely bo spoken of with certt
before they are fought; but this I k
Should Mr. Greuloy bo elected I
dent of the United States, we shall
in him a fur, far worse President
wo had in Mr. buchanan. Is it
oponly avowed by secessionists,
declare themselves Greeley men,
'the lost cause' will then stand uuce
a fair chance? That pitiful Stato r
doctrine-none can know it botter I
inmost fibro than myself-will vii
again. It destroyed the noble com
wealth of the Netherlands, it brongl
republib to tho brink of ruin, s
would unavoidably bring upon us, i
that President, disloyal disorder,
probably sanguinary confusion,
financial ruin, that could not bo ave
Nothing will be too extravagant 1
prebend from a combination sn
must take pince under so weak ai
so reckless a man. Repudiation,
sioning the rebel soldier?, perhaf.
suming tho Southern debt. Whj
The glorification of the Kentucky
lutions-though, if I recollect righ
Greeley calls thom in one of his
rank treason-and renewed oivil 1
Bhed stare us in the faoe. Nowhe
amiable fictions more out of plac?
in statosmanshipt and a friend of
whoso name is widely known in
hemispheres, would bo obliged, f
this oountry really be visited wit!
emotion, not indeed to shake those
which foully brought him to the
of death, for they aro bones in tbe
grave, bnt to shake hands with those
who warmly applauded, and doubtless
still apnluud, the cowardly and savage
act."
Wo think onr readers will concur with
us in the opinion that this elegant extract |
illustrates the very sauer kraut ot politi?
cal composition, and is as much remark?
able for the jadicious melange of its in?
gredients as for the exquisite aroma of
its literary flavor. It is difficult to ac?
count for such a violent eructation of
political flatulence from the month of n
"professor of constitutional history and
of publia law," except on the suspicion
that ho has swallowed the wind-bags of
YEOIUS along with a whole cyclopaedia of
political jargon. For let our readers
observo this curious specimen of litorary
conglomerate, and let thom nicely an?
alyze the logical coherence of its consti?
tuent parts: Nominating Mr. Greeley;'
its peculiar method; the Baltimore rati?
fication; Democratic and Republican!
concubinage; no surrender of Democrats!
to Republicans; no telling about elec?
tions till they aro over; what Lieber I
"knows about" one election before it is I
over; President Greeley worse, far, far]
worse than President Buchanan; seces?
sionists declaring for Greeley and "the
lost cause;" pitiful State rights doctrine;
Netherlands; unavoidable "disloyal dis?
order and probable sanguinary con?
fusion" under Greeley; financial ruin
unavoidable, too; nothing too extrava?
gant to apprehend under Greeley, (com- '
mon sense and decorum in professors of
constitutional history and publio law ex?
cepted;) repudiation; pensioning the
rebel soldiers; assuming Sonthorn debt,
perhaps-why not?-Kentucky resolu?
tions glorified, though Greeley counts
them "rank treason;" civil "bloodshed
staring us in th* face" (monstrousI);
amicable features out of place in states?
manship; cloudy compilation of Mr.
Sumner as Lieber's friends, "widely
known in both hemispheres;" misfor?
tune of being obliged to shake hands
with one's ancient foes; happy thought
that the hands of ono foe man aro "bones
in the grave."
This political philosopher, amid all
bia raviugs, invokes maledictions only
on his political opponents. So fell is
hiii political hatred that he shrinks
aghast from the thought of clasping
bunds across the bloody chasm; and ho
complacently recalls the fact, that hard
as it must be for Mr. Sumner to forgive
any at the South who ever wronged him
in word and thought, that Senator is at1
least spared the trial of taking the bauds
that were raised in violence against bim
in the Senate Chamber? Those Lauds,
says tho political ghoul, are "boues in
the grave."
It is easy to believe that the man who
thus erects the standard of party on the
grave of a fallen political adversary, and
who expects others to share in his mor?
bid resentments, would not deem it less
than a loyal duty and a pions privilege to
spit on the ashes of that dead son of his,
who, as we have been told, gave to the
Southern rebellion something which, we
fear, it was never in the heart of his
father to give to any'cause-the homage
of an unselfish and a manly devotion.
Happy for that son that his hands, too,
are now "bones in the grave;" for if they
were still warmed by the pnlsos of a
living heart, they might grope in vain to
find the answering pressure of a father's
cordial grasp. Dr. Lieber makes it evi?
dent, by his style of political discussion,
that ho has as little respeot for the in?
stincts of affection and the sacred chari?
ties of domestio life as for the decencies
and amenities of candid debate. Pro?
fessing to be a political philosopher, he '
fads into a recklessness of statement and
a looseness of partisan libel whioh would
disgrace the veriest Roderiok Random of
the political hustings; while it certainly
does not add to his repute, either as
man or as a political adviser, that in a
day of national reconciliation, he prefers
to sit apart from his fellow-citizens, as if
he could find a congenial atmosphere
only in that Third Circle of Dante's
"Inferno,"
-where pours
One heavy, cursed, cold, relentless rain.
[New JTork World.
TUE GEHMAN FLEET.-Tho Borsemei
tung, of Berlin, considers that the Ger?
man fleet is now being developed with
such rapidity and success, that it will
soon be oapable of providing for all pos-1
sible requirements withont making too1
large demands on the publio treasury.
The iron-clad fleet of tho Baltic, whioh,
according to the memorandum laid be?
fore tho Gorman Parliament by the Ad?
miralty, is to consist of eight frigates
and one or two corvettes, will not com?
mand that sea, but it will suffice, when
supported by the fortifications which are !
now in progress at Wilhemshaven and on
tho German coast, to make it very
dangerous for a hostile fleet to attempt a |
blockade. The most important feature,
however, of the new soborno ip, thinks
tho Borsenzeitung, the proposed con-1
strnotion of light corvettes of tho Alaba- !
ma olass, four of whioh are already being
built, and seven more of which are to be
begun shortly. Tt is clear, says the I
writer, that if a single Alabama could
give so much trouble to the whole of the
American fleet, and paralyze the Ameri?
can trade, ten or twelve snob, vessels,
each armed with ten cast stael gnus, di?
rected to all points of the oompass, and
at the rate af six knots an hour, must do
immense damage to an enemy.
Thjsre is a limit beyond whioh Sab
bath-keoping apparently ceases to be
virtue, and this limit has been found in
Florida, in the oaso of the apothecaries,
who, from religious or other motives,
have taken to dosing their shops on Sun?
day; whereforo the good people who
have hitherto been urging legislation to
shut up all other sorts of places of busi?
ness on the first day of the week, now
propose a speoial Aot of the Legislature
forcing druggists to disregard the Sab?
bath and work on all the seven days !
alike.
Frederick Douglass is the tub thrown
at last, after mucb importunity, to the
African whale. Fred, has been placed at
the very head of the Grant electoral
ticket in New York. It eeems to ns
strange that Fred., who really has moro
brains than half their white leaders,
should not have been honored with bet?
ter placea at the political feasts of the
great party of equal rights to which he
has been invited before this late day.
To all the feasts, social, etc., he has not
been invited. So Mr. Sumner says.
Tho French navy for 1873 will consist
of 94 armed vessels, of which 8 are iron
plated. Of the entire number, 62 will
be held in reserve, and will not be placed
in commission. The total of marines
and sailors will be 28,431. This is a
large reduction, as the French fleet now
consists of 101 armed vessels, of which 7
are iron-clads. In the time of the em?
pire, immediately preceding the Ger?
man war, the French navy numbered 167
vessels, and the effective force of the
crews amounted to 38,000 men.
The Parisian journals are not slow to
express opinions very decidedly adverse
to the claims of Mr. Stanley. The whole
history they regard as a colossal hoax.
Tho letters purporting to have come
from the veteran explorer's own pen, they
denounce as rank forgeries. Livingstone
himself they believe to be dead, and on
that condition only do they think it pro?
bable that Mr. Stanley would have
braved detection and ventured to do
what he has done.
And now the condition of riot and
bloodshed in Belfast has roached to such
a height that many families are desert?
ing the city. Every one is expressing
the greatest indignation at the rioters.
Incendiaries aro still at work, and the
losses of property owners are enormous.
The magistrates, acknowledging their
impotence, have unanimously petitioned
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to place
the city under the operation of the peace
preservation act.
From South Africa we learn that the
yield of diamonds at the Gape of Good
Hope mines continues exceedingly re?
munerative, the precious stones being
found in large numbers. Dishonesty
was increasing also; robberies of the
gems being frequent. An American was
convioted of plundering the mails, and
received a severe sentence.
GEK. E. P. ALEXANDER.-The Colum?
bus Sun states that Col. Salisbury, it has
been pretty well settled, will be cucceed
ed as President of the Savannah and
Memphis Bailroad by Gen. E. P. Alex?
ander. Col. Salisbury is to be the Presi?
dent of the Mechanics* and Planters'
Bank, soon to be opened in Columbus.
SAD ACCIDENT.-A child of Mi. H.
Baumgarten, about eighteen months old,
while playing in a tub of water, yester?
day morning, unnotioed by its nurse ?
lost its balanoe, fell head foremost into
the water and was drowned.
[Charlotte Observer.
An historical French lady, so old as to
forget she had ever belonged to history,
has just died, in the 102d year of her age?
Madame Ulrich de Beauge et de Mel?
gue!, "dame d'honneur" to alarie An?
toinette.
A difiloulty ocourred at Bikersville,
near Charleston, on Saturday last, be?
tween two oolored men, named john
Johnson and Simon Gale, when the for?
mer received two mortal wounds from a
pistol in the hands of the latter.
Dan. Bioe was recently arrested and
fined at Lansing, Mich., for assaulting a
boy whom he had engaged to ride his
trick mule, but who rode it too success?
fully to please him.
The longest bridge in Gormany is
shortly to be built across tbe Rhine at
Wesel. It will be 6,390 feet long. The
width of the river at that point is 1,280
feet.
A young lady at Long Branch receives
a new dress daily from New York, and
yet does not half cover herself when in
full dress.
Judah Benjamin has received a "pa?
tent of precedence," at the London bar,
and now takes rank next atter Mr. Her?
schell, Q. C.
Bufas D. Connelly, of Terre Haute,
married his eleventh wife recently
Rafas is of a domestic turn of mind.
Mrs. Alice Carter, of Nashville, aget
fifteen years, hos petitioned for a divorc:
from Samuel Carter.
Mr. Dutch worth, of Iowa, has beei
delivered of an aotive lizard, swallowei
in the Sooth daring the war.
Of the eleven German newspapers ii
Pennsylvania, only one supports Hart
ranft, and only two support Grant.
Sixty-fonr Republican papers whic
supported Grant in 1868 now advocat
the election of Greeley.
Germany lost jost 183,078 officers ac
men in the late war with France.
I? ??icm-iMiiiBMi mi in mmn r m m
Auction Sales.
llama, Shoulders, D. S. Meat, Ac.
BY D. C. PEIXOTTO & SON.
THIS (Tuehday) MORNING, 27th instant,
half-past 9 o'clock, at our auction room
we will sell,
3,000 lbs. SMOKED SHOULDERS,
1,000 lbs. Smoked Reef,
3 tierces "J. 8. Taylor's" oelebrated Hau
CO bbls. Family Flour,
5 Arkins .'Orange Count}, N. X.," Batter,
15 boxes Dairy Catting Cheese,
800 gallons White Wine Vinegar,
Whole, half and quarter barrels new Ma?
erel.
Cartoons Fancy Crackers, Brooms, Ac, I
Conditions cash._Aug 2'
LeRoy F. Youmans, Attorney at La
COLUMBIA, S. ?.
OFFICE Law Bange, Bauskett's buildi
up stairs,
Yomnans & Sheppard.
Attorney? at Law, Edgefiela, S. O.
LEH. F. YOUMANtt. JNU C. SHEFPAI
Aug 27_6m
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First take the Blood and Liver Pill*, to w
off the bile and purify the blood; three
four will bo sufficient. Thea take a tat
spoonful or nEINITSH'S CHILL CUBE.'
has been tried; we know it. '