Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?-??? American Malter?. NEW YORK, August 3i.-Arrivod steamer Booth Carolina, Charleston. CHARLESTON, Aogust 81.-Arrived Sobooner Li. S. Davis, New York. CINCINNATI, August 31.-The City Council has passed n resolution inviting Greeley and Grant. to visit tho .^posi? tion September 3. . ' TITUSVILLE, PA., August 31.-A plan has been matured to prevent new oil de? velopments' for six mo nth a. Nearly all the producers will sign a pledgo to take measures to enhance prices. PROVIDENCE, K.l.,-August 31.-The schooner A. H. Beiden brought into Newport, this afternoon, the bodies of a maa and woman pioked up between Watoh Hill and Point Judith, who were evidently passengers by tho Metis. The bodies were buoyed up by life-preservers. Tho man is believed to be Emil Stampe, a fresco artist of Newark, N. J. The woman is about thirty years of age; had ona night dress, and wore a soal riDg marked "N." MOBILE, August 30.-Ward meetiuga were held in every ward of tho city to? night, and were more numerously at? tended than for years. The utmost har? mony prevailed, and a complete coalition between all parties favoring the election of Greeley and Brown and a State ticket was scoured. Liberal Republicans were seat to the County Convention and tc the CJUtnd Convention on the same footing as Democrats. Uuauimity auc good humor were uninterrupted, one working campaign clubs were formed Mr the' second and other words. It is tin ovideut desire on ?ll hands to secure thi best representativ? men. , NBA? ORLEANS, August 30.-A Brual meeting of outers was held this evening who elected delegates to Louisville. , Nc one of prominence participated. ALEXANDRIA, VA.j August 31.-A Bpe ?cial despatch to the Gazette Bays tba Clark, the seducer of Miss Fowell, wa shot, this morning, at Brentsville, by i brother of the young lady. ?lark wa mortally wounded .and it is supposed hi ' is dead by this time. Fewell shot bin through the bars of the jail. NEW YORK, August 31.-Dr. Charle W. Solden huB been arrested on a ch arg of abortion. Additional details of the Metis disaste confirm last night's details. No South ern Dames are among the list of lost o saved. The Nettie Gushing, of ond fror Th o mason, Me., for New York, arrivei at New London, yesterday morning, au stated she was ruo into by the propelle Metis, of the Providence aud New Yor line, and lost the bow-sprit and heu gear, night-head and all forward geai He sang oat to tho captain of the stearne to "stand by" him, as he thought he wt sinking; but tho steamer continued o her ooaree. After clearing the wreck, b made for New London, but could ne mako it, and came to anchor off Goshe Beef, West of. New London light. J the.time of the collision it was blowin a gale from the South-east, and it wi thick and rainy. He was steering We by South, through the race, with Litt Gall Island five miles distant, nearir Wost by South. The following ie another acoouo Towards mid-night, it blew nearly gale, white pitohy darkness prevailed The passengers had long since retin to rest, and with the exception that tl vessel was rolling somewhat, owing the roughness of the sea, nothing c curred to mar the progress of the tri Shortly after 3 o'clock, a sohoooer ho insight, about four miles West Soot west of Watch Hill light, and not mo than fire miles from shore. It was this time ruining hard, and aa it appeal tho weather was eomowhat think. Sa denly, and without a word-without sound of warning-the schooner, heav: . laden with lime, ran' into the steam forty feet abaft tho stern, on tile pt - side, and squared- away on her po deck. A drtll thud was felt all over t steamer. Tho men ' aha1 women w( aroused from their, slumber, and GOO less frightened than the rest, rushed deck, half dressed; and rhode for the pi house, to learn the ca usu of what seen] a. collision. Tho captain had airca made inquiries from the engineers, a tbe oheeriDg cry of "all right!" nt oi allayed all the alarm of the terr stricken orowd. Some returned to th berths; but others, not satisfied with 1 announcement, or perhaps uneasy as tbe result, remained on hurricane de Fifteen minntes later, and the dea knell wont raging through the vesi that the Metis was leaking badly and news spread like wild-fire. Stato-ro doors were thrown open and the p sengers scrambled to the npper deck, be farthest from the water. It wa fearful scene. Deok hands rushed and down, warning passengers to li to their life-preservers, for the Metis going down. There were some whom e the first shook had not awakened, who, now that the shrieking and hi mering had begun, quickly jumped fe to the terrible realizing of their pc Down gradually deeper went the vee nntil her bulwarks were under wa and the waves oamo sweeping over deok. Nearly every soul on board tr|0d to reach the npper deok-si succeeded, while some failed and v lost; others plunged into the nea, were washed far away. A rush made for the boats, whioh were prom lowered, and amid the wildest ahri the terrified passengers made despe exertions to orowd into them. Metis had now sunk below her gua and several persons had jost run from their berths, only to meet a ti ble fate. Tho main deck was pat with huge bales of ootton, and as I began to float about, many of tho sengers got hemmed in and were ei drowned or or imbed to death; bnt scenes above were traly appall Death stared every one in the faae. the entire nnmber of souls, only s fifty-three remained on the hurri t_ dook-the olbers had disappeared ia the darkness. Meanwhile, Captain Burton and tho officers were behaviug with commendable coolness, and in compli? ance with orders, all hands were pro? vided with life-preservers. At length tho deck upon whioh stood the terrified people parted from the hull, owing, doubtless, to the groat pressure of the cotton bales, and in a few minutes tho Metis sank to rise no more-leaving the floating deok, with its huddled crowd, to th? mercy of tbe waves. Tho colli? sion bad taken place at exactly twenty minutes to 4 o'clock, and about three quarters of an hour elapsed from that time to the complete separation of the deck from the hull of the steamer. It is ; impossible to give any idea of what en? sued. Bewildered and shuddering at the surroundings, many at once jumped off the floating deck and were drowned. Women clung to their children, resolved that they should perish with them. Owing to tho darkness, they could not make out where they were, and the awful feeling prevailed that the deck was drifting out to sea. It was, indeed, a night of horrors. At length morning dawned, and tho shore of Watch Hill was discerned, but the wind had not abated much, and although by this time those on deck had made themselves somewhat secure, fears were entertained lest the heavy sea then running would sweep tbem off. Nearer and nearer tbe floating remnant of the vessel ap? proached the shore, and finally struck bottom. This was the signal note, and in half a dozen seconds the nearly ex hausted and perishing passenger! plunged into the surf, to trust ten?ate The deok soon ofter went to pieces, une many seized hold of tbe debris and were swept ashore alive. In one instance, i lady, with her two children-one undo each arm-was carried safely througl the surf. Human beings struggled ic all directioue. Some were struck lr floating timbers, and swept sunselos high upon tbe beach. Others, uuabl any longer to hold out, succumbed, bu were finally washed ashore in a dyiui condition. 9 P. M.-But few additional portion lars hove reached this city, to-day, con corning the sinking of the steamer Motin off Watch Hill. The stories about th disaster are very conflicting. Th steamer Narragansett arrived at this cit at 9 o'clock, this morning, bringing eev< ral passengers and three of the dec hands of the Metis. Some interostin details were obtained from the offioei of the Narragansett. There is littl doubt, apparently, that so fur os tb collision is concerned, tho blame lit with the schoouer. The fact that eL struck the steamer fairly amidBbi] proves conclusively, in the opinion < the officers of the Narragansett, that st was Bailing her wrong oourse. They bi lieve that the schooner, after strikic the steamer and burying her bowsprit i her side, slewed around and widened tl rent, allowing the sea to rush in in gre; volume. There appears to be son doubt whether the schooner Nett Cashing, now at New Loudon, ia tl boat that did the damage. One of h crow, it is stated, deolares that tl steamer with which the Cashing caa into collision was a white one, with sh wheels. Some persons believe that tl Metis Rank the sohooner that struck he and that the Gushing wos in oollisii with another steamer. The first ollie of the Narragansett believes that tl number of persons lost does not excei forty-five. He Bays that innnmerat schooners are oruising around the soe of the disaster, and that macy perso thought to be drowned have beon pick up. ' He was told that several men a women had been rescued by small vi sels; bat the saddest thing of all was the saloon of the Narragansett, whe sot o young women, poorly but nea1 dressed, weeping silently, near the sj where the dead body of her hi band lay. She was asleep when t collision ooourred, but was awaken suddenly by tho shock, and told 1 husband to got up and see what \ the matter. He did so, aud soon turned, saying that the captain hod ti him there wos no donger. Ho got ii bed again, but his wife oould not nie and was soon again alarmed by the sou of many feet running to and fro. A t ment later, the steward-a brave m of whom all spoke well-rushed into stato-room and told them to put on 1 preservers, as the ship was sinking. T was a terrible shook, bat they haste) to obey the order. The two childrer the young couple lay asleep-one a ba six weeks old, the other a boy of tb) The father took the biggest child in orms; the mother dung to her info and the two struggled to tho deck. '. saloon wau knee-deep in water by i time, and io less than five minutes-j sibly, the poor woman has no very e? idea of tho lapse of time-man and \ were in the water. The waves ran bi and soon husband and wifo wero sv< asunder. The former lost his streng relaxed his hold on the ohild, and t were drowned. The mother held bobe above the hungry waters nntil strength, too, was exhaasted, and tb wove larger than the rest dashed it f her arms, and ehe aaw it sink slow) the depths below. Jnst as she wai hflueted, and after the life-preserver slipped from beneath her arms, the ? oasin carno np, and she was reoallei life-whioh, for the i present at leas bitter indeed. "I have my hust here," sb o said, "but they oan never my babies in so large a sea." The ] woman goes to Philadelphia this a noon, where her parents live, and w her husband will be buried. A Herald special, doted London, guBt 20, says the following letter, t ther with a magnificent snuff-box, with brilliants, will be received by Stanley: FOBIORN OFFICB, August 27.-8: have great satisfaction in couveyio ?ou, by command of the Queen, lajesty'a high appreciation of the dence and zeal whioh you have displ in opening communication with Dr. Li- I vingstone, und reliuving her Majesty from tho anxioty which, iu common with her subjects, she had felt io regard to the fate of that distinguished traveler. The Queen desires me to express her thanks for the service you have thus ren? dered, together with ber Majesty's con? gratulations for your having so success? fully carried out the mission you fear? lessly undertook. Her Majesty also de? sires meto request your acceptance of tho motuorial.whiou accompanies the let? ter. lam, sir, your most obedient hum? ble servant, (Bigned) GRANVILLE. Probabilities-Northerly and North? westerly winds, dim in force, and clear weather for the New England and Mid? dle States on Sunday; Northerly and North-easterly winds, and partly cloudy weather, for the South Atlantic States. Winds veering to Easterly and South? erly, with generally clear weather from Kentucky to the Gulf; Easterly to South? erly winds, and generally clear weather, from the Ohio Valley to Michigan and Eastern Wisconsin; diminishing pressure and increasing Southerly winds and cloudiness from Missouri and Kansas to Lake Superior and Minnesota. A Pittsburg special says the Western Iron and Nail Association hold a meet? ing there yesterday, the result of whioh was a decision to raise the price of iron and nails. The price will be advanced four dollars on previous rates und nails twenty-five cents a keg. WATCH Hmo, August 81.-Many phy? sicians are here, doing ull they can for thu sufferers. Seventy-five or moro of escaped passengers are lying at the Watch Hill House, and receiving every attention. Thus far, eighty-five have reported themselves, and tho rest ure supposed to be lost. Many of those saved will die. HAVANA, August 30, VIA KEY WEST, FLA., August 31.-Capt. Jefferson Mau? ry, of the steamship Bienville, arrived hero this morning, from Nassau, and re? ports the buming of the Bienville at sea. Thu steamship Bienville left New York on the 10th of August for Aepinwall. Wheu in latitude 25 deg. 12 min., longi? tude 74 deg. 15 min., ut 3.45 A. M., on tho 15th inst., fire was discovered among the cargo. Steam and water were imme? diately turned ou, but the steam pump, after a few revolutions, broke down aud could not be worked. Capt. Maury then ordored the hatches battened dowu hoping to smother the firo, and at the same time the fire extinguishers were used between decks and steam kept on. The fire gained, however, rapidly, and ut 6 o'clock Capt. Maury, fearing aa explo? sion from powder stored in the hold, if he remaiued by the ship any longer, or? dered the six boats launched, and the passengers and orew begau to embark. At 7.30, Capt. Maury was forced to leave tbe ship-being the last one on board. One of the boats were capsized after leaving the ship, and from seven to ten of its inmates, including two women, were drowned. After sun-rise, a fresh breeze sprang up, and the capsized boat was righted and bailed out and reached Out Island in safety. The other boats, except one, reached Eleuthea Island distance 150 miles from the scene of the disaster. The missing bout has not been heard from, but ?B supposed was picked up by a passing vessel, as an empty boat was seen adrift near Eleuthea Island, with a life preserver in it. One of the boats, in attempting to land at Eleuthea Island, was capsized and nine wero drowned, iuolnding Mrs. Bander and her three children. At 1.30 P. M., the Bien? ville exploded and immediately sunk. Wben fire was first discovered, it was supposed to be in the fore-hold, where a largo quantity of powder was stored; bat it proved to be between decks, over the boilers and among the cargo. The passengers aud crew lost all their bag? gage and saved nothing except the clothes they hud on. Capt. Maury reports that the people of Nassau treated the ship? wrecked kindly, and ministered to their wauts. Vice-Consul Saunders has cared for the seamen. Anna Brahan, one of thy rescued, became insane and was left at Eleuthea, because she could not be fouud when the party left for Nassau. Tho steamer Anim and schooner Dandy were despatched by the American Consul to search for the missing boat. Out of 127 persons on board the Bienville, thirty-four are unaccounted for, includ? ing niue lost at Eleuthea. The bodies of six persons were recovered and buried at Jamos Poiut. The schooner William McGee took thirty-four of the survivors, on the 24th, to Baltimore. A subsorip tiou was started in Nassau for the aid of the sufferers. j DALLAS, TEXAS, August 31.-A de? structive fire occurred here Thursday night; loss estimated at $80,000-sup? posed inceudiary. OSWBOO, August 31.-Allen & Bur chard's morocco factory and store-house were burned last night; loss $50,000; in? surance $45,000. A gale of unusual severity for this season of tho year has prevailed hero since Thursday; several lake schooners have been lost. A party of red men put up in St. Louis the other night. The Democrat ' reporter says: "Having taken possession of their rooms, the Indians proceeded to corral their carpet-bags between a horse shoo of chairs; they then kindled camp fires in the wash-basins, put out scouts (none but Americans were on guard last night) in the corridors to prevent sur? prise by enemies and reporters, wrapped the drapery of their couches around them, and squatted down io amuse them? selves by smoking the calumet of peace, saying 'Ugh,' burning each other at the stake, and other athletic games. The Democrat reporter did not see them go to sleep, as when they lay down tho key? hole didn't rake their encampment. Ac? cordingly, he pat on his boots heels first, so as to misleud pursuit, and escapad." Fourteen five aent lodging houses are a feature of Brooklyn. Kinnnrlni and Commercial. NEW YOBK, August 31-Noou.-Ex? change-long 8%; short ?>?. Stocks batter than on cull. Gold steady, at 12%. Governments dull but stonily. State bonds easy, at 4 per cent. Money quiet, ot 4. Cotton firm-middling up? lands 22; Orleans 22}?; salue 1,151 bules. Flour und wheat quiet aud unchanged. Corn firm. Pork quiet, at 14 10@14.15. Lard unohacged-steam #li@V}a. Freights quiet. ??,7 P. M.-The bank statement shows loans hare decreased $3,625,000; specie decreased,. $1,875,000; legal teuders de oreosed 91,500,000; deposits decreased $7,375,000. Monev CUBV, at 3@5. Ster? ling nominal. Gold 1*2%@12??. Gc vernments steatly and closed quiet. States steady-Teunessees firm, the re? mainder quiet. Cotton firm; sales 1,141 bales-uplands 22; Orleans 22?.<. Flour inactive but firm. Spring wheat inac? tive, but lo. higher. Corn a shade firmer. Pork firmer, ot 14.05@15.00. Lard firm. Freights steady. Sales of cotton for fu? ture delivery 11,900 bales, as follows: September 20>?, 20;^; October 19?,;, 19%; Novomber 19J?, 19 >?; Decomber 19 3-16, 19)?; January 19 11-16, 20; February 20, 20^. LOUISVILLE, August 31.-Tobacco un? changed; sales 35 hogsheads. Flour in fair demand and 6rm, at 6.00@6.75. Corn steady-mixed and ohoice white I. 56@1.58. Pork quiet nnd oteady, ot 13.75@14.00. Bocou in fair demand; sales 260 casks-shoulders 7@7^B '? clear rib sides 10@10??; clear sides ll^f, packed. Lard firm; sales 200 tierces, ut 9M-generally held 9'.i; kegs lOj.i for prime loaf; order lots ??0. bigber. Whis? key firm, ut 90. ST. Louts, August 31.-Flour un? changed, with a good business for familj nod uboice brands. Corn unchanged No. 2, mixed, 30(^35. Whiskey dull, at 90. Pork unchanged-jobbing salus ut 14.75. Bacon firm-shoulders 8J?; Bidet II. Lard unohanged. WILMINGTON, August 31.-Cotton tiru -middling 20; eales 2 buloR; stock 203. MEMPHIS, August 31.-Cotton firm middling 21>?@21%; receipt? 27 bales shipments 231; stook 1,686. PHILADELPHIA, August 31.-Cottoi quiet-middling 22^. CHARLESTON, August 31.-Cottoi firmer-middling 19>2 ? receipts 85 bales exports 10S; stock 2,802; sales 100. UoftTON, August 31.-Cotton strong middling 22>?; stock 7.000 bales; re ceipts 187; sales 500. BALTIMORE, August 31.-Cotton fire -middling 22; ?tock 460 bales NEW ORLEANS, August iii:-Pork dui -mess 14.50. Cotton firm-middlin 20??; receipts 1295 bales; exports 43C sales 335; stook 6,559. AUGUSTA, August 31.-Cotton firm an in good demand-middling 19,'<i ? receipt 101 beles; sales 125. SAVANNAH, August 31.-Cotton qu? aud offerings light-middling 19>?; r< ceipts 170 boles; exports 829; sales 31( stook 685. GALVESTON, August 31.-Cotton acth -good ordinary 17?<; receipts 144 balei ?ales 250; etock 5,25~9. MODILE, August 31.-Nothing doin in eotton-middling nominal; receip 17 bales; stock 08. LONDON, August 31-Noon.-Conso 92%; new fiveB 89%. FUANKFOHT, August 31.-62s 96>?. LiVEHPOOL, August 80-3 P. M.-Co ton opened quiet and steady and dost firm-uplandsjlO; Orleans 10?4 ; sal 12,000 bales; speculotion and expo 3,000. Bombay shipments Binoe last r port to the 30th, 1,000 bales. \VIUU,1CS,\I.K FlllUlUS UUKltifitVl'. OOaaEOTED WEEKLY BY TDK IlOAItU OK THAD! APPLES, #bu.l"iiiK<fil bi), ?ioLAssKY,cuou,45(t? HAOUINO.18023: Now Url'us 72<?? BALE ItoPE, Mo. 22(02* Sugar ll'so.. 35C(r N.Y.orYVoa'$Jlb 7010 NAILS,~#KegU l)(Uij,7 BUTTKK,North. 35r?40 ONIONS, y bu 20002 Couirtry, y tb.20025' OiL.Keroaeno, 350 BACON, ll ?.ms. 17020! Machinery.. 75^1 Sideu, y lb. .10012 SPECIE, Uuid <u)i Shoulders.80'J' ?Silver. (,$1 CANDLES,Sperm 10<Vc5?! POTAT'S, Iris2 0002 Adaman tiu?t tb nddltl! Sweet, hus 2 UO03 COTTON YAUN1(!O01 75 HICK, Carolina Iii ?di COTTON, Stet M ,.. .23, SnoT,$bag. 27503 Middliug.22J, SALT, Liverp.l MUM Low Midl'g,.22 SUAI?,-ylb,.04 Oood Ordny.21J' SPHIITS, Alcohol,gil Ordinary.21 Bruiuly . .4 OO0iv CHEESE, LLD.lb. 17035 Uni.1 ?O0( factory.10021), Hum.1 liu07 COFFEE, Kio, ^ll/i?'<?./<, Whiskoy... 1350( Laguayra_23030 SUOAO, Cru*AP.15(? Java.83035? brown.HJiV FLOUK.CO. 80001100 STAUCU, y Ib... bit] Northeru.800012 Ol); TEA,Green lbl 000! OHAIN. Corn 1 0001 IO: lilaek,_1 0001 Whoat... .2 000 2 501 TOBACCO, Chw.4301 Oats.75091., Smoking,lb..500: Poa?.1 2101 50 ViNEQAii, \Viiie,..ri0fi HAY, North, 2 2502 50 French.0 UioKH.Dry, fcvlbl30l7' WINE,Cham....29C Oreon.@&! Port, "fcigal30(K<?? LM\v,"U\b.11?014' Shorrv.... 2500 LIME, y bbl.2 2502 40, Madeira.. .2 500' There is a limit beyond which S bath-keeping apparently censos to bi virtue, and this limit has been found Florida, in the caso of the apothecari who, from religious or other motit have taken to closing their shops ou S day; whereforo the good people v have hitherto been urging legislation shut np all other sorts of places of bi ness on the first duy of tho week, r propose a special Act of the Legislat forcing druggists to disregard tbe S bath and work on all tho seveu d alike. The noble manner iu whioh some r oondnot themselves in tho hour of dau was illustrated recently in a panic wt ooonrred on an East River steam caused by an oooident to the machici One mon snatched a life-proserver fi the hands of a woman, aud encased own manly chest with it, while auot provided himself with six life-proserv and was in the act of putting them on, one over another, when he forced to deliver live of them io wou Richard B. Heath, a young mon ot seventeen years of ago, living at ( Greek, in this County, killed atones! with an ordinary single barrel shot-f two very fine bucks. This is oertai the best shot we ever heard of. [Neicbei'n Journal of Commerc ? SUPERSTITION.-S om o queer ctrat?me cume into play cu tho occasion of Nils? son's murringo. After the wedding breakfast, as M. and M'aie Rouzaud stepped from the' door, a cupful of dry rice was showered dowu on their heads from n window above, and as the car? riage drove off all the old foot coverings about the place wero thrown after it. One enthusiastic gentleman threw a broom on top of the carriage, and the crowd shouted themselves into a very hot aud hoarse condition. When the bridal party reached tho hotel the brido sang, at the request of ber friends, some of the songs she had learned in this country, accompanying herself upon tho banjo, which was presented to her while in New York. .? _.. - Tho o?debt carp in tho world is doid. It had attained the ripe age of 375 year?, and belonged to the proprietor of a rich catato in Chantilly. It would have gone on, like Tennyson's brook, forever and forever, hud it uot lost its temper and engaged in a furious fight with a juve? nile pike, who ingloriously 3lew the his? toric fish. y.aine husbands come a oruel dodge on their faithful, if too talkative, wives. One tells his wife he is going to Au ea uauquatansogowmongotongo fishing, and in his absence has his friends call at thc house and inquire Iiis whereabouts Wheu he returns, the poor woman ii exhausted, and doesn't speak again for t month. Too Moen.-Rector's daughter "Well, Dennis, how are you getting on' How do you like your new master?' Deuuis-"Faith, Miss, I dunnol" R-o tor'e daughter-"He's a vory kind am excellent mau; you can't do too mucl for bimi" Dennis-"An'shute, Miss,! don't mano tot" SPURGEON COMISO.-It is said that th Rev. Mr. Spurgeon will visit Brooklyi in the autumn as the guest of Dr. Tal mage, and will probably preach for hie in tho Tabernacle. That would be a event in curront religious history whic would cause an excitement similar t that whioh attended the visit of Dr. Nev, mau Hall to this country. THE CATERFIIIIJAUS IN FLORIDA.-Mi P. B. H. Dudley, a successful aud exp< rtenoed planter, writes from Arche: Aluchua County, one of the finest sc island cotton regions of East Floridi tbut the caterpillars havo brought terrib havoc in tho cottou fields, so that t doubts whether half u crop will be mad FRATRICIDE.-We are informed th; Kailey Crain stubbed and killed Ins br ther, Frank Crain, ru the upper portie of Greenville County, on ?aturduy, tl 17th inst. The.difficulty.seems to ha1 originated about some pigs, belongil to Earley, getting into a corn patch Frank.-Pickens Sentinel. A New Orleans gentleman, writii from Montreal, says: "Thorb are ve few Americans at our hotel; those wi are here, I. think, are all Yankees, foi take notice that when they leave t dining-room they are always ohewi something, as if they couldn't spare t time to finish eating at the table." A NICE SPECIMEN.-Policeman Aik was arrested in New York on Tuesd morning, while in the act of oommitti a burglary on bis beat. He confessed seventeen burglaries within a f months. Another officer was arrested an accomplice. BURNT BV LIGHTNING.-On Friday ls during a storm, the stable and sto house of J. Q. Dickerson, in Kan av, County, W. Va., was burned by lig ning, with farming implements s other contents to the amount of $2,50 A burglar in Atlanta, on Tuest nicht, stole tho boots, watch and art oial teeth of Mr. J. C. Dunlap. M teeth were cot missed until Mr. Dun attempted to take his accustomed bite toast ut breakfast. RISE IN SALT AT LIVERPOOL.-A ti gram from Liverpool states that ow to tho scarcity of coal, tho suit ma facturera there had stopped work, wi action on their part had caused an vance in the price of over fifty per o< At the camp-meeting at Martha's V yard tho thieves aro said to bo very vont in their devotions, and some of enthusiastic brethren think the pro of conversion somewhat expensive. THE OLDEST INHABITANT.-All mourns the loss of its oldest inhabit at the age of 1051 .< years. Diana Mi was her name, and Africa her nat As a matter of course, she WUK on ? mate terms with General Washing und the personal friend of LaFayett An Iowa editor has a lotter fro subscriber, who writes: "I don't y your paper any longer:" The et says, this is to be regretted, as had arranged to make tbe paper a six mehes longer in a fow weeks. A Connecticut paper says: "If accord?on artist who BO assidue practices 'Shoo Fly,' and other cl musio, opposite tbis office, will call a American consul's house, Honoluh will be liberally rewarded." A Tennessee paper, abandoning oredit system, soys: "The profit i subscriber is so small that we count ford to oredit for the subscri] money." A oonoeited young parson once "This morning I proached to a co: gation of asses 1" "I thought of t retorted a lady, "when you called your beloved brethren." An Ohio boy has walked 13,000 already to see his girl, and isn't through yet. Miss Everett, ou aristocratic y woman, of Columbus, Ohio, is publ as having eloped with a worthless n An Alabama mon and woman, ei eight and seventy-eight years old, recently joined for life. Oliver Twist, a stone-mason s chester, hos played the Dickens wil anatomy by tumbling from a scoffo BROKE HER NECK FROM A SWINO.-A young girl, about seventeen years of age, the duugbter of a farmer named Jami? son, near St. Joseph, Missouri, was leisurely reclining in a swing, when she slipped from her seat to the ground. The fall was only about five feet, but the girl fell head foremost, and her neok was dislocated, causing instant death. Gen. FurnBworth tells a good story of a business talk he once had with the President. He wantod light upon a passuge in a recent message, but tho President was UH much in tba dark as ho was. "I don't know," said he, ..Morton put it in." The Scandinavians of Chicago, wea ried with being claimed as being a unit for Grant, thought they would put a stop to the assumption. So they had an enthusiastic convention, and pledged themselves in favor of Greeley. It was a sufficient answer. NOT BAU.-A picture of the times represents a fashionable gentleman say? iog to a belle, "Pray, excuse me, Miss, but your face is so familiar that I believe we must have met before." She replies: "And yours, too, to me; indeed, I think we were once engaged." A man oat West says he moved so many times during ono year, that when? ever a covered wagon stopped at the gate, his chiokons would fall on their backs and hold up their feet, in order to be thrown in. That Mexican revolution is said to bo over. Well, it may be, but it is like the prickly heat ou a young baby, sure to break out again just when it is not ex? pected. A country girl near Louisville has learned how to utilize her father. When her "fellow" rides out to Bee ber, she makes the "old man" keep the flies off the horse during tho visit. There is a young phemale phool at Newpttwt who weare nine diamond rings on one finger. Grace Greenwood calls riding astrad? dle "the way women used to rido in tho high heroic days." Funeral Invitation. Tho frieuds and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. B. V. QriQln aro respectfully iuvited to attoud thu funeral services of their infant daughter, GERTRUDE, at their reeidence, omer of Sumter aud Divine streets, THIS MORNING, at 9 o'clock. Hones, Wagon and Harness. BY D. C. PEIXOTTO & SON. ON MONDAY MORNING, tho 2d of Septjm bor ntxt"ih front of the Court House, nt ID o'clock, wc will Hell, 2 Young "HORSES, 1 Fins Wagon. 4 Sets of Harness. . OoodltlpUs casa. Aug 29 j Notice. AREGULAR MEETING or tho Board of Health will bo hold in tho City Counoil Chamber, bn TO-MORROW (Monday) Ai TEBNOON. at 5 o'clock. A punctual attend. .nee is requested. By order. Bcpt 11 T. P. WALKER. Acting Clerk. Citizens' Savings Bank of S. C. ALL 8 AVISO S DEP08ITS mad o in thia Bank ou or before tho 5th day of each I calendar month will bear interest forthat month as It 'deposited on tho 1st instant. J. O. B. SMITH, Sept 1 5 Assistant Cashier. Columbia Building and Loan Associa'n. THE regular monthly meeting of the Co? lumbia Building and Loan Association will bo held in Temperance Hall, TO-MOR BQW (Monday) EVENING, at 8 o'clock. By order ? F the President. Sept ll A. G. BREN1ZER. Seoretary. J. r. CARBOIILI. CHAHLKS P. JASMEV. CARROLL & J ANNE Y, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, COLUMBIA, S. C. Sept 1 Oflice on Law Bange. Imo Just Received. Nl?W EXTBA MESS MACKEREL, New Picklod Salmon, New Smoked Beef, New Smoked Tongues, New S. C. Shoulders, New Cheese. For salo bv Sept ! HARDY SOLOMON. For Sale, APLAN TATION in Sumter County, known a? ttio Bradford Springs Placo. It con? tains 753 acres of laud, litteen miles from Sumter C. H. and about the same distance from Camden. For particulars and terms, applv to Messrs BLANDING ? RICHARD? SON, Attorneys at Law, Sumter C. H. Hcpt 1_ A Valuable Tract of Land For Sale. THE subscriber oilers for sale bis PLANTA? TION, near Abboville Court House, part of it within the corporate limits of the town. It contains 350 sores of land, seventy-?vo of which is good creek bottom. Cn it is a com? fortable Dwelling House, Gin House, and all necessary out-buildings; also, a Vineyard of Scuppornoug Grapes of seven acres, in full hearing, with a Stone House, Cellar, and all appliances for making wino, and a fine collec? tion of Fruit Trees. R. h. BOWIE, Sept 1 _Abbeville C. H., 8. C. RICHARD TOZER, COLUMBIA, s. c., Agont for H. L. EMERY & SONS, Proprietors of tho ALBANY AGRICULTURAL WORKS, ALBANY, JV. r. SEE tho new (25th) edition of tho Aunual Cataloguo and Price Lists for 1872 of thu Universal Cotton Gin and Condonser Attach? ment, HORACE L. EMERY'S PATENTS. Thia Gin will make a greater out-turn, and run lighter at tbs same time; will pick the send entirely and uniformly olean, aud make a greater jield of lint from the seed cotton, by twenty to thirty pounds for each bale ginned; will mako a cleaner, brighter and absolutely homogeneous sample, thoroughly muted and free from neps, than any other gin in uso. Will not olor.bridgo or break the I roll, nor generate dre from any causo when in operation. Can bo readily and efficiently ma? naged by any ordinarily good band on tho plantation. Maybe instantly removed from place to place, and used within or without buildings, and without the loss of a fibre of lint, and without the interruption ot. either process of ginning or packing, even if within the tamo room or building, or inconvenience to the hands iu attendance. Address as above to avoid delays. N. B.-Catalogues and Price Lists sent free, on receipt of a postage stamp. Sept 1 6 .