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LiBD&N, August 28.-Tue- steamship
Perseverance went ashore daringa fog at
the entraaoe of the harbor of Oporto,
and became a total loss. Thirty persons
were drowned.
BOMB, August 28.-Cardinal Angelo
?Quaglia died suddenly to day. He wes
seventy years old.
imcvUan Statten.
CHARLESTON, August 28 -Arrived
steamships Mauhattau, New York; Gulf
Stream, ?Philadelphia; Sea Gull, Balti?
more.
WASHINGTON, August 28.-The Attor
ney-Geuerul has deoided that all tob?ceo
stored ia bonded warehouses and with?
drawn for salo or consumption before the
1st of July, 1872, is sabjeot to the laxes
prescribed by the Aot of July, 1868; and
thal all tobacco in bonded warehouses on
said 1st of July, withdrawn after that
?date for the sime purposes, is subject to
the tax prescribed in the Aot of June,
1872.
The New Orleans Custom House and
Pinohbaok factions have fused on Kel?
logg for Governor and Piuohback for
Congressman at large. The Demoorats,
Liberals and Beformers are ooosultiog.
Grant haB returned from New York.
EVANSVILLE, IND., August 28.-An in?
cendiary firent Mount Carmel. 111., de?
stroyed eight business houses, including
the Register printing office. Loss
-$25,000.
WHEELING, August 28.-Partial re?
turns reduce Jacobs' majority to 4.800,
and against the Constitution 120. It is
-conceded that the balanoe of the State
will ratify the' Constitution, but cannot
overcome Jacobs' majority. The propo?
sition to preveut negroes holding oliice
is undoubtedly defeated.
LYNN, August 28.-Banks addressed a
.crowded Greeley and Brown meeting
here. He was frequently applauded.
Nsw YORE, .August 28.-Woodhull &
Olaflm pleaded poverty in a suit for debt.
They bwore they did not own a dollar's
worth of property.'
Henry Clews figures os Treasurer upon
the Executive Committee of tbe Repub?
lican State Committee of New York.
Mayor Yu va, of Jeddo, sails to-day for
.Europe. He was feted by Mayor Hall,
yesterday.
?9,000 worth of revenue tobacco
stamps, stolen at Cleveland, Ohio, some
time since, were found iu this oily by
detectives.
A Jamestown, Dakota Territory, de?
spatch stat es that the Government troops
surrounded that town yesterday, seized
and destroyed all liquors in the place,
and imprisoned half a dozen whiskey
dealers.
POETIIAND, AnguBt 20.-At a mass
-convention of tba Union soldiers ol
Maine, General Soldo ri Conner presided,
and Barnside, Wilson, /Butler, and GeU,
Harlan, of Kentucky, were among tlu
?orators.
CARLISLE, PA., August 28.-The nevi
trial of. Dr. Paul Schoeppe, for the mur
der of ?Miss Steiu.ecks, three years since
-commenced this morning. Much diffi
.onlty in 'procuring a jury is anticipated
WASHINGTON, August 28-Evening.
The Cabinet meats to-morrow. Bout
well and Robeson ors absent.
Warrante for the pardon of David Col
lins, Wm. Teal, Amos Owen and Wm
Scragg, who were convicted under tb?
Ku Klux law, and'are now in the Alban?
Penitentiary; are prepared, and will bi
signed before' the. President return
North. . .
Probabilities-Easterly to Souther!;
winds, olbndy weather and areas of rail
on Thursday for tho Middle States, am
will extend over New England on Thun
day evening. Cloudy weat her and area
of rain for the South Atlantic State
generally. Clear weather from the Gen
tral Gulf to Tennessee! Rising baromi
ter, Northerly to Westerly winds au
clear weather for the Nor th-weat, an
will extend Eastward to Lake Michiga
and Indi??a by Thursday morning, an
over Kentucky, Ohio and Western, Lak
Erie by Thursday ^vening.. V
PROVIDENCE, R;?I.f August 28.-In tb
United -States "District . Court, to-dft]
Judge Knowles lad judged the Cuban wi"
vessel, the'schooner Pioneer* forfeited t
the.United States, and ordered a warral
of sale.
PITTSBURG, August' 28.-A con ve nt io
of Democratic soldiers and sailors, o|
posed to.tbe Pittsburg Convention, mi
at noon. It was called to order by Gel
Mulholland, who stated the object of tl
meeting. Gan. Wm. M. MoCandla
waa selected as President, and made ?
address, which was received with a]
plause. He stated that the Oonventic
was preliminary to a oall for a Oonvei
tion to be held in Philadelphia, to ent<
a protest opposed to the Pittsburg Coi
vention, and suggested.an organizatic
throughout the Stats by Counties, ai
the selection of an executive oommitte
CHICAGO, August 28.-A large mee
ing of soldiers and sailors selected s
venty delegates for Pittsburg. Logi
heads the list.
CLEVELAND, August 28.-A boiler
the rolling mill of Brown, Broanell
Co., in Youngstown, Ohio, explode
this morning, and the fireman, nam
Gnralty, was instantly 'killed. A lar
piece of the boiler .fell in.the honse
Wm. Quingley, and instantly killed Mi
Quingley and child, and fatally injur
Mr. Quingley.
ST. Louis, August 28.-Some da
ago, two desperadoes, named Modella
and Wright, got into a quarrel at Haj
City, Kansas, in which Wright v
killed and MoOlell&nd badly wound?
Mcclelland was placed in jail, a
chained to a past with Pony Donovan
noted horse thiof. On the second ni?
after the murder, a band of citizens
sited the jail, and killed both Mod
land and Donovan.
Forty-eight fatal oases of sun-strc
and twice that number of prostrations
heat occurred in this'oily within I
week past.
NEW YORK, August 28.-Wm. Sa?
ders, oolored, was arrested to-day in N
I ll' . ? ?'
Jersey, at Commuuipaw Ferry. On bim
were found $3,500 in United States bills
and Maryland bonds. He is supposed to
be one of the perpetrators of tbe Mary?
land bond robbery. A despatch received
from Baltimore says Saunders ia wanted
for other crimes.
BOSTON, August 28 -The Prohibitory
Oonveution voted 40 to 33 against the
nomination of a State ticket.
Financial ?nj Commercial.
LONDON, August 28-Noon.-Consols
92% EneH advanced ??c.-quoted at 40.
FRANKFORT, August 28.-Bonds 96%.
PARIS, August 28.-Ben tes 55 f. 52o.
LIVERPOOL, August 28-3 P. M.-Cot?
ton linn -uplands 9%(a>10; Orleans 10% ;
tales 12.000 bales; speculation and ex?
port 3,000.
LIVERPOOL, August 28-Evening.
Cotton dosed unchanged.
NEW YORK. August 28-Noon.-Stocks
steady. Oold firm, at 12%. Money
Arm, at 4. Exe h au go--long 8%; short
9%. Governments quiet. State bonds
dall. Cotton lower; sales 744 bales
uplands 21%; Orleans 22%. Flour quiet
and firm. VVheat firm. Corn steady.
Pork dull, at 14 00@14 10. Lard quiet
-steam 8>?@9%. Freights dull.
7 P. M.-Money easy, at 4@5. Ster?
ling dull, at 8%. Gold 13J?@13%.
Governments steudy and prices a frac?
tion better. States very dull. New
South Carolinas off }?o. Sales of fu?
tures to-day 25.150 bales: August 20,
20%; September 19 9-16, 1915 16; Octo?
ber 18%, 19; November 18^,18^; De
cember 18516, 18>.<; January 18 7-16,
18 9 16; February 18%, 181116. Cot?
ton steady; sales 1,948 bales-uplande
21%; Orleans 22%. Flour a shade linnet
aud more doing-common to fair extra
7.10@9.35; good to ohoioe 9.40@11.75.
Whiskey quiet, at 93. Wheat- sprinp
2@3o. higher; winter quiet and firm
new amber Tennessee 1.70. Corn a shad?
easier and moderately aotive. Bice dull,
at8>?@9%. Pork steady. Beef quiet.
Lard uuouunged. Freights a Bhade
firmer.
LOUISVILLE, August 28.-Tobacco firn
and unchanged; sales 149 hogsheads
Flour in fair demand and steady-extn
family 6.00@0.25 Corn 56@58. Pro
visions easier. Pork held . at 14.00
Bacon in fair demand-shoulders 8; clea:
rib sides 10%@11; clear sides 11@11>?
packed. Lard-tierce 9%@9^i; ke|
1U%@10>?; order lots %o. higher
Whiskey tb-rn, at 90.
ST. LOUIS, August 28.-Flour quip
and weak. Corn unchanged-No. 2
mixed, 35. Whiskey dull, at 89@9U
Pork quiet and steady-order lots 14.7
@15 00. Bacon firmer and better fo
clear sides of jobbing and order lots
shoulders 8%; clear rib sides ll; clea
sides ll%@ll)<j. Lard unchanged.
CINCINNATI, August 28.-Flour steadj
at6.75@7.00. Corn steady, at 45@lt
Pork nominally 13 75@14.U0. Lard i
fair demand and holders firmer-ketti
8%; steam nominally 8%; summersah
able at 8%; held at 8&?. Bacon in fai
demand aud Arm; stock light-sales <
shoulders at 7%; sides 10>?@11. Whii
key in fair demand and higher, at 90.
GALVESTON, August 28. - Oottc
strong-good ordinary 17@17%;reoeip
579 bales; sales 163; stock 4,186.
. BALTIMORE, August 28.-Flour stead;
fairly aotive. Wheat firmer and pria
unchanged. Corn dull- and nomina
Oats firm-Southern 40@42. Bye quie
Provisions quiet and unchanged. W hi
key steady, at 83)?. Cotton quiet-mi)
diing. 21%; receipts 26 bales; sales 6
stock 685.
SAVANNAH, August 28.- Cotton bett
and;holders more willing to sell-mi
diing li?; receipts 208 bales; sales 12
stock 618.
BOSTON, August 28.-Cotton quiet ai
strong-middling 22>?; receipts42 bah
sales 150; stock 8,U00.
NEW ORLEANS, August 28.- Coit<
Arm-middling SO??@209?; receipts 1
bale?; na?ea 206; stock 0,940.
, PHILADELPHIA, August 28.- Co tb
quiet-middling 22. . .
CHARLESTON, . August 28.-- Gott
dull-middling 19 >? ; "receipt?' 31 ba>
sales 50; stook 3,169.
NORFOLK, August 28.-Cotton quiet
low middling 20;stook 254.
AUGUSTA, August 28.-Cotton noe
nal-^middling \\y?f? @ 10;i receipts ',
bales; sales 5$.. ? ( ,
^ ? ?
How BOTH ENGLISH' , AND AMERIGO
ABE HOODirtNkBb:-The London TV?
takes exception io"that portion of t
Queen's speech which says that the ?
deration of the arbitrators was "entir
consistent with the views which 11
nounoed to yon at the opening of 1
session." The lime? says:
"This declaration is certainly not
consistent with the position taken up
our Government lost February, but i
a straining of language to describo it
'entirely consistent'with it. The mat
is, however, settled, and we would i
willingly refer to it again, had not
language of the royal speeoh boen
muoh like the self-congratulations of
American Cabinet. When the at
trators intervened with their fam
declaration, Mr. Fish boasted that
result was precisely that for wbioh
bad been all along striving, and tba
was for the purpose of obtaining sue
decision that the indirect claims
been inserted in tho American oi
This boast deceived no one even in
United States; and we sorry the !
guage in the speech from the thr
should offer any exonse for Mr. Fi
vain professions of satisfaction."
The Mobile Register Bays that
newsboys of Selma amuse themaelvei
jumping over tho cutting-bar of area
and the other day one of them left
of his foot on ono of the blade guard
Just two white voters in Faaq
County, Va., have declared for Gr
and one of thom is a noted carpet
ger, and the other has been in the 1
tic asylum.
Tho Biohmond Neies says there a
present between eight and nine hun
Virginia penitentiary convicts, mai
whom are hired out.
WHAT ABE DREAMS?-Deeply buried
beneath its opaque aud sluggish veil of
flesh, the soul carries on its multifarious
operations without cessation. Dreaming
is when by some cause a part of the veil
is lifted or a momentary perforation
made in the mask, so that a glimpse of
the interior activities shines through,
and fastens a clew on the outer world for
waking recollection to Beize. Hazlitt
eloquently asserts this theory in his
Round Table. It is now the popular
theory propounded by most writers on
the subject. But it isa hypothesis more
recondite than is warranted by the fuete.
No proof has yet been advanced, reach"
ing to so remote a conclusion. That
bodies throw off ghosts which assail the
soul and produce perceptions, is a pue?
rile though interesting device of the
early groping of speculation. That
guardian angels and tempting devils
mould our sleeping fantasies, is a fig me ut
of superstition. That the mind never
rests from its labors, is a metaphysical
conceit unsustained by adequate autho?
rity. We are, therefore, to reject these
three theories of dreaming, and seek
some simpler statement more in oonso
nanoe with nature and reason.
Though there is ample evidence to de?
monstrate that we frequently dream
without retaining any remembrance of
the dream, it by no means follows that
wo never sleep without dreamiug. And,
indeed, on all physiological grounds, the
probabilities seem irr?sistible that in a
healthy and perfect Bleep the mind ?B
without the slightest touch or glimmer
of a dream. A beries of images or per?
ceptions may be oaused in us by outward
influences, producing sensations, by in?
ward operations, summing up ideas, or
by. the two conjoined, constituting a
more complex mental action. Wbeu
awake, we spontaneously discriminate
between these two with distinctness, aud
have power in a degree to order them at
our will. But when we are asleep, we
know no diff?rence between external in?
fluences aud internal operations; then
our experience is entirely at the meroy
of fortuitous onuses and the law of asso?
ciation.
In our sleep, one faculty or sense may
aot alone, but in our waking state they
act, us it were, simultaneously, correct?
ing or confirming each other. In
dreaming, the mind, for the most part,
furnishes its own material; iu wakeful?
ness, nature conjointly furnishes it. !
There the action is recollection and ar?
rangement; here it is perception and
assimilation. When the sleep is com?
plete, we do not dream at all. When
the senses are closed, but the mind par?
tially wakes, we dream, but retain no
memory of it. When our sleep is so
superficial or disturbed that it is accom?
panied by sensations, however fragmen?
tary or vaguo, traces of these sensations
left on tbs brain suggest the associated
dream to us when we awake, or perhaps
long afterwards. Such is the most ra?
tional account as it bas been developed
of late by several authors.
{Dublin University Magazine.
The London Spectator, disgusted, per?
haps, with the non-arrival of the comet,
has since published a sensation article,
assarting that there is something wrong
with\ the sun. It says it has "magne?
sium in its ohromatoBphere;" hints in a
vague manner at that luminary being
extinguished soddenly, or increasing its
combustion until it fries every living
thing on the eat th's surface. The Spec?
tator's article, like all those of similar
purport, has been very extensively oo
ni?ri miii po BS Bien ted upon, but ss yet
does not seem to have received endorse?
ment from any high scientific authority.
As far back as the history of mankind
runneth, the world has never been en?
tirely free from alarmists,, eager to mea?
sure with their little rod of knowledge
alt the mysteries of the universe. The
science of astronomy is as yet only in its
infancy, and its theories are so constant?
ly hoing changed, through tue influence
of pew. developments, . that j wo] cannot
accept the views of even the most' cele?
brated savane in other than a speculative
?ight, subject, to eui tain conditions. It
a ?ot ; probable, therefore, that (he sun
has spy thing wrongahout.it to-day more
than it had the afternoon it shone on
Joshua, and that it will keep its place
and appointed purpose in the heavens
long after scores of generations as wise
aa the Spectator's astronomer will have
passed away with the vanishing ages.
A LITTLE BOY STABS HIMSELF TO THE
HEART.-The following accident took
place on Sunday last, at the residence of
a Mr. Hiokman, five miles South of
Strawberry Plains, resulting in the death
of a son of Mr. Overby, a bright and in?
telligent little fellow, about seven years
of age. Mr. Overby had been absent on
a visit to Illinois, and had recently re?
turned home, and with several others
was at Mr. Hickman's house, when one
of the men gave the child his pocket
pen-knife to peel a peach with. Filled
with joy at his new-found treasure, he
was perhaps a little oareless, and fell,
when tho knife-blade penetrated his
breast to the heart, killing him instantly.
[Knoxville (Tenn. J Chronicle, Aug. 20.
A man out West says ho moved so
many times during one year, (hut when?
ever a covered wagon stopped st tho
gate, his chickens would fall on their
backs aud hold up their feet, in order to
bo thrown in.
That Mexican revolution is said to be
over. Well, it may be, but it is like the
prickly heat on a young baby, euro to
break out again just when it is not ex?
pected.
The Golden Age says: "Tho air is a
hot poultice. The breezes blow from au
oven. Icebergs are myths, und 1 Green?
land's icy mountains' tho vision of a
lunatic."
SUICIDE.-Nancy Drake, au old wo?
man, sixty years of age, committed sui
oide, at Abbeville, on tho night of th
18th, by jumping into a well; cause, iusa
ni ty.
ProccedUyta or Council.
V?HJNCIL CHAMBER,
COLUMBIA; B. C.. Aug. 27, 1872.
Council met at 7.80 P. M. Present
Hie Honor the Mayor; Ahl or mon Car?
penter, Lowndes, Thompson, Mitchell,
Carroll, Wilder, Griffin and Cooper.
Absent-Aldermen H?ge, Yonng, Carr
and Williams. Minutes of previous
meeting were read and approved.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
Communication from Wm. Jeffers, of
Pawtucket, R. I., was received, and, on
motion, was received as information, and
Clerk was ordered to answor the same.
The following was received:
To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen of
the city of Columbia, S C.
GENTS: Having some time since pre?
mised a most worthy young man to aid
him in putting up a one-story small
brick store on a retired lot in the upper
part of the city, and will be 100 feet from
any other building, and with the view of
making it cost as low as possible, I would
respectfully ask the consent of your
honorable body to cover the roof with
shingles. Location, corner Richardson
and Lumber street*. Very respectfully,
WM. MoGUINNIS.
On motion of Alderman Carroll, same
was laid on the table, as permission for
such request could not be granted with?
out violating an ordinance.
A communication was reoeived from
C. Hamberg, preferring charges against
Policeman Greenwood.
On motion of Alderman Thompson,
the parties were ordered to bo summon?
ed before Council at next regular meet?
ing for investigation and trial.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
The Committee of Ways aud Means,
to whom was referred the petition of thc
Columbia Oil Company, praying for re
duction of assessment, reported same
back, with recommendation that assess?
ment be rednced to 810,000.
Ou motion of Aldermuu Thompson
same was agreed to.
Petition of Rowland Keenan, asking
reduotion of license, referred to oamt
committee, was reported back, recom
meuding that same be granted.
On motion of Alderman Lowndes
same was agreed to.
Also, reported back petition of E. J
Scott & Son, asking for reduotion iu ta:
assessment, with recommendation tha
same be uot granted.
On motion by Aldermuu Thompson
the recommendation of the Committe
was adopted.
The Committee ou Accounts reporte
b Us and recommended payment: Dren
nan & Popo, $19.05, Alms House; Dren
usu & Pupe, $21.90, John Alexander
$12.00, Hospital; W. Glaze, $1.00, Job
Alexander, $12 00, Clock Department
P. B. Nowell, $5 60. Wm. Sloaue, $1.3 5C
Market; A. Richardson, $11.35, Polio
Department; Peixotto & Sop, SH) 2-1
Street Department; W. Steiglit?, $L0.0(
John A. Jackson, $12.95, Guava Housi
J. E. Dont, $10.00, B. JV Griffir
$508 94, Alms House; W.' : J. Daffi?
$9.35, contingent; John Alexandei
$15.00; Joseph Crews, $416.50; Chai
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
$0.75; C. W. Simmons, $18.70j Mi
Epstin, $136.00; A. Palmer,. $147 (M
Water Works; J. J. Goodwyn, $15,01
examination pauper lunatics.
The Committee on Water Works n
oommendedjthe following:.
That the water pipe on Biobardsc
street, in rear of the State House, t
taken up, end a larger pipe be pi
down, for two squares; and that the pip
taken up be used for Sumter stree
which won passed to be done at la
meeting of Counoil. There is, at pr
sent, no protection to property belo
the State House, tis the pipe is tc
small to supply any of the fire engines
Motion by Alderman Griffin, that r
commendation of the Committee I
adopted, and that the Chairman of tl
Committee be empowered to have tl
work done at once. Agreed to.
The Committee on Licenses, to who
was referred the petition of A. Cooper
Co.. for tavern lioeuse, reported eau
back, recommending that same be gran
ed. Beport adopted.
The Committee on Market report?
back report of Clerk of Market, for Ju
and July, as found correct.
RESOLUTIONS.
His Honor the Mayor offered tho f<
lowing:
Resolved, That the City Clerk furni
the Counoil with a list of the returns
all the merchants in the city who retu
over $20,000. I offer this resolution <
the ground that there are some mi
chants in the citv who have return
$50,000 and $60,000 aa the amount
business they do. I have beeu inform
by one derk in one of the establii
ments, that ho has himself sold over t
amount returned, and there are seve
clerks in the same house.
Ou motion of Alderman Thonipsc
same was adopted.
The following communication ?
read:
COLUMBIA, B.C., August22, 1872,
To Hon. John Alexander, Mayor, and
honorable Board oj Aldermen of
city of Columbia.
GENTLEMEN: I have tho honor to not
you that we shall this day be prepared
test the water works, built by us um
tho contract with the oity. When I
proper tests shall have been made,
invitation will be extended to al) tho c
authorities to visit und inspeot the wot
I um, V?Ty respectfully, your obedi
servant,
SAMUEL A. PEARCE, JR.,
Agent Columbia Water Power Cc
A motion by Alderman Thomps
that some bo received HS informati
was adopted.
The Special Committeo on New RJ
ket made the following report:
Tho Special Committee on now C
Hall and Market, to whom was refer
tho petition of Messrs. Smith Sc Simi
contractors for building now marl
asking a further sum of $1,200, as roi
aeration for losses sustained by dost
Hon of said building while in procos
c.instruction, have had tho same ut
consideration, and, after a full investi?
gation, have come to the following con?
clusion :
1. There seems to be a disposition on
the part of both the architect and tho
contractors to shift the responsibility for
the fall of the building from their shoul?
ders, of one to the other. Whatever the
prime causes for the fall may have been,
whether it was from a defect in the plan,
or a neglect on the part of the builders
to comply with tbe drawings, plaus ned
specifications, as furnished by the arohi
! tect, ono thing is certain, and that is,
j that the city will gain nothing by trying
to fix the blame npon either party.
2. Your committee does not deem it a
part of its duty to disotiBs the question
us to whether this new market building
was desired by the citizens, or whether
it was a wiso expenditure of public funds
wrung from au already depleted Treasu?
ry. The question now is, what shall be
done in order to make the best of a bad
bargain, duing justice to all, and injus?
tice to none? Your oommittee canuot.
I however, permit this occasion to pass
I without expressing the opinion, that if
the question were left to the citizens as
I to whether there should be another mar?
ket, it would be deoided overwhelmingly
! in the negative.
3. At the first meeting of the commit?
tee, several parties appeared, in response
to request, and gave snob testimony as
they deemed proper. At a subsequent
meeting, and after builders, contractors,
architects and iron founders bed tho?
roughly examined the debris of the
building, snob testimony was adduced us
I satisfied the oommittee that the petition
of the contractors, Messrs. Smith & Si?
mons, ought not to be granted. The
testimony and the estimates of various
builders and contractors is so clear upon
this point, that yonr oommittee would
feel compelled to recommend that the
petition be not granted, without any
farther examination; bot the estimates
of the architect, Mr. Lee, sent to the
committee but a day or two after the
meeting, at which the testimony of other
gentlemen was taken, fully oonfirms
them in the opinion that the contractors
have already been paid the full velue of
all the materials and work furnished to
tbe city for the new market house, and
at extremely liberal prices.
The testimony taken by the commit?
tee, together with tho lotter and esti
mates of the architect, Mr. A. Y. Lee,
aud the detailed statement of Messrs.
Smith & Simons, contractors, are sub?
mitted herewith.
The contractors' statement throws no
additional light upon the matter, but has
the appearance rather of attempting to
make np a case which has no foundation
in either justice or equity. Yonr oom?
mittee, th or of one, recommend that tho
City Attorney be instructed to prepare
the necessary legal papers, relieving,the
contractors, Mesare. Smith Sc Simooo,
without further romunejation, from nil
obligation to construct tho new market
. house- tho city toking posseasiop of; tho
materials and debris now o? the groptfd,
but -assuming no farther responsibility
for payment of any bills now outstand?
ing, either for labor or materials nasd in
oouBtruction of said market house.
. L. CASS OABPANTER,
C. M. WILDER,
Special Committee new City Hall and
I Market.
Motion, by Alderman Wilder, that the
' report be amended so as to pay to. con?
tractors Smith & Simons the sum of
$620, in addition to what has already
been paid. Adopted.
By Alderman Cooper-That Bulb
Tucker be allowed to put np a house on
Wayne street, subject to removal at any
time, whoa ordered by City Council.
Adopted.
Application was received from J. L.
L?rick for tavern license. Referred to
Committee on Lioenses.
Alderman Cooper stated that the pre?
sent contractor to supply lumber to the
city had failed to comply with terms of
contract, and that they were in need of
lumber to build crossings, bridges, ko.
Motion by Alderman Griffin-That
Alderman Cooper, Chairman Committee
on Streets, be empowered to boy what
lumber is necessary, at not ovor $1.50 for
100 feet. Adopted.
The following bills were received and
referred to Committee on Accounts:
Baily Union, $125, printing account; J.
Agnew * Son, $30 22. Street Depart?
ment; E. D. Gilmore, $23 22, City Park;
Cooper & Taylor, $221.67, Street De?
partment; Cooper & Taylor, $21.20,
Guard House.
On motion by Alderman Mitchell,
Council adjourned.
CHAS. BABNUM, City Clerk.
There are a number of words in the
English language each of which contains
all the five regular vowels, but it would
puzzle almost any one to think of more
than one or two at short notice. The
following muy be given as examples:
Education, reputation, regulation, emu?
lation, perturbation, mensuration, repu?
diation. Besides these there are several
words each containing all the vowels, in?
cluding the "y." Of these we may men?
tion revolutionary, elocutionary and un?
questionably. The word indivisibility
may be quoted as a peculiar word, for it
coutuius tbe letter "i" six times. Mis?
sissippi and Tennessee are each spelled
with four different letters of the alpha?
bet, although one contains eleven letters
and the other niue. Schnapps, a word
of one syllable and eight letters, contains
but one vowol. There are no words in
the Eoglish language of more that eight
syllables, and of thone containing that
number vu may mention incomprehen?
sibility.
Mosby now announces bis intention of
supporting Blanton Dunoau's candidate
for President, whenever ho is produced.
Ho soon got tired of Grant, and now pro?
poses to come back by easy stages.
DKATH OP AN Aa RD WOMAN.-The
Abingdon Virginian says tbatJano Hall,
aged 113 years, died iu that place, a few
days since. Sho was born in 1750.
DEATH OE CITIZENS IN THE SIEOE OF
PARIS.-A pu per iu the British Medical
Journal, by Dr. Henry Sueur, gives the
figures of mortality in Paris during the
siege with a completeness not hitherto
reached. Aocording to his computation,
the loss of life to the civil population
was over CO,OOO. He asserts that 300,000
Parisians left the city bofore the invest
ment, aud that 190,000 troops and 170,
000 refugees entered it, BO that the aggre?
gate of population was considerably in?
creased. Taking, then, the death rate
for the four years preceding the siege,
and for the tweuty-eight weeks of Biege in
the uezt succeeding year, he finds the
excess of deaths to be 52,303. The
greatest number of deaths was of men
between fifteen and twenty-five, this
being the class most actively engaged in
the publio service, aud the least number
was of men between the ages of forty
and sixty, these being less engaged in
public service, and having, perhaps,
both means and disposition to take bet?
ter care of themselves. Besides the
inevitable buffering from privation and
exposure iu military service, the popula?
tion had lo cou tond with an unusual pre?
valence of sundi pox, bronchitis, pneu?
monia, typhoid fever, diarrhoea and
dysentery.
An Indiana editor lays down his shears
for a few minutes to write a double
leaded editorial, in which he plaintively
remarks: "We are the recipient of half a
peck of nice onions, two water-melons
and a bottle of ginger beer from one of
our subscribers. The gifts were like the
shadow of a rock in a weary land. We
are glad some oue remembered us in the
midst of our labors and cares, and
evinced that remembrance in so delicate
a manner. We dote on unions and love
melons dearly ; and so long os the fra?
grance of the former and the gripes of
the latter linger abont us, we shall hold
the kind donor in affectionate remem?
brance. These little aots inspire us to
renewed exertions, but our subscription
price will remain the same."
Too MUCH WHISKEY FOR THE SNAKE.
They tell "hard" snake stories in Ken?
tucky. Tl*ia is the latest: A man in
Butler County got very drunk on a quart
of whiskey, and lay in the woodB all
night. The next morning a dead rattle?
snake was fonnd about three feet from
him, wbich had evidently bitten the
drunken man three several times during
the night, aa shown by the impression of
the teeth in the flesh. The bites did no
further injury than lo cause a slight
swelling and inflamation, which soon
passed away, bot the mean whiskey in
the man's system was too much for the
snake, and he is supposed to have died
immediately after inflicting the wounds.
It is announced, we see, that the
Secretary of the United States Treasury,
Mr. Bontwellj will be unable to attend,
personally, to tho duties of: his d?part?
aient till after the.Presidential election.
Cause-his time arid attention are wholly
occupied ' in ^..traveling and making
speeches in ftvpe-r af Grant's re-election 1
I What would "Washington or Jefferson
: have thought oi\a Cabinet officer who
j would gi?e suoh<a. reason for neglecting
? the pablio dntie^ ho was paid;to perform?
I MpitTXFCT: AND B EFL, KN 18 H.-The ad?
vice gi von .to Abraham-the father of
the faithfql-t-lojQ^ centuries ngo, is not
wboHy lost upon the fathers and mo
thora* of " this 'day! A colored woman of
this place gave birth, on last Wednesday
night, to three girl children.
I Abbeville Medium.
A fellow lately returned front the
plains of Kansas, tells of fields so large
that in breaking prairie they get ont of
sight of home, and in cloudy days ara
obliged to oarry a mariner's compass on
the plough to navigate her properly.
Fonr melons were raised in Hanover
County, Va., this season, the average
weight of which was 180 pounds. They
were of thc "Joe Johnston" variety, and
were sent to New York.
STABBING.-Solomon Emanuel stabbed
Evans Gibson, last Saturday, at the plan?
tation of Mr. Nathan S. Gibson. Both
colored. The stab considered fatal. Solo?
mon eloped. Two vetea less.
[Mtfrion Star.
Quotion Aaloa^
Bicon Sides, Shoulders, Butter, Flour.
BY D. C. PEIX0TT0 & SON.
THIS (Thursday) MOllNINO, 29th inst., at
half-past 9 o'olook, at our Auction Room, we
will sell, without reserve,
3,000 lbs. prime 0. Ti. D. 8. 8IDE8.
2.0MU lbs. Olear Smoked Sides.
1,500 lbs. "Dolly Varden" Shoulders.
500 lbs. Family Smoked Beef.
7 li r kin a choice j ol low "Orange County"
Butter, fresh from the dairy, and warranted.
Whole, half and quarter barrels new Macke?
rel.
White-wine Vinegar, Crackers, Ac
Conditions casji._Aug 29
Hortes, Wagon and Harness.
BY D. C. PEIX0TT0 fk SON.
ON MONDAY HORNING, the 2d of Septem?
ber next, in front of the Court House, at 10
o'clock, wo will sell,
2 Young HOUSES,
1 Fino Wagon,
4 SetB of Harness.
? ^Conditions ossjh._Aug 29
Prime Yellow Goshen Batter.
pr r\ TIN PAILS, hermetically sealed, con
, ?JVJ taming ten pounds each, and pot np
I expressly for family use. May be had on ap?
plication at my Auction Room, at a low price
for cash. JACOB LEVIN,
Auotion and Commission Merchant.
? og 2!) __;_L.
Public Notice.
HAVING purchased from William M. Fino,
Esq., nie entire stock o? wines and
liquors, billiard tabb's, and whole stook of
supplies for a ro?taurant, now found at bi?
late plaoe of hubineas in tho "Bronnen House,"
on Ktobardaon street, near tho State Houso,
his former patrons and the publio generally
are informed that that establishment will
hereafter ho conducted, with every attention
to customers, by Mr. Fino, as my Agent.
Aug 29 6 QEO. JL BROWN. Proprietor.
Bellin? Otu at and Below Cost
MY entire stock, cousisting of DIAMONDS,
WATCHES, Chains, Jewelry, Silver
war?, Plated Waro, Clocks.
Aug 10 ISAAC SULZBACHER.