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TCJBJ ?JJBK?H.-A.!* JSC I o Foreign Affair?. LONDON. September 6.-The rinder pest has appeared among the Yorkshire oatt1e> GENEVA, September 6.-xhe board of arbitration met at noon to day, and re? mained ia session until 3.80 o'clock, con? cluding finally all the business requiring deliberation. The court adjourned till Monday, to give time for the draughting, revising and translating of offload copies of judgments rendered. LONDON, September 6.-By the explo? sion of powder mills at Hounslow, to? day, four persons were killed and seve? ral injured. . American Mattera. CHARLESTON, September 6.-Arrived steamship Merced ita, Boston. SYBAOOSB, September 6.-Tho two Conventions adopted harmonious resolu? tions, met in joint session and adjourned aine die. Among the resolutions, are the following: The condition of the country is such as to demand the sacri? fice of past prejudices; the tone of the Administration has been lowered; the civil service has grown corrupt; the military power is too readily resorted to; the bureaus at Washington have become courters of favoritism and jobbery, and the Southern States, under a sytitem ol military repression and diotatiou, have been subjected to robbery and waste, whioh have already imposed upon them nearly $400,000,000 of debt-depressing industry, hindering immigration, ano by destroying their credit, exposing th< country to Bhame and tho contagion ol repudiation. MISHA WAKA, IND., September 6.-Th? business portion of the town was bornee to-day. MANSFIELD, September 6.-? colli sion occurred between an exonrsion ant the regular express trains. Five person were killed and twenty-eight wounded no Southerners in the list, except Beool Harris, of Louisville, Ey., killed. Nnw YORK, September 6.-The Worlt has published ? letter from Mantoi Marble, ridiculing the reports of his de dining health. , The committee to inform O'Oonor o his nomination, will meet him on Tuee day. He stated to a reporter, yesterday that he considered office-seeking one o the evils of the day, and he bad made u] his mind not to go into that business. The Herald, World and Tribune thin! the State ticket a very good one. Th Times is confident it will be badly beater thinks the nomination of Eernan an Depew particularly weak. Father Burke, sent from Rome as tb "Visitor-General of the Dominican ord? in America, lies here at ,the point c death. BALTIMORE, MD., September 6.-Tb sohooner McGee, with three passengei and twenty-seven of the crew of tl steamer Bienville, reuectly burned i aea, arrived at this port this morning. MILWAUKEE, September 6.-A butch) camed Reokert split his wife's bead ope with an axe this forenoon. He WOB a rested. WASHINGTON, September 6. - Ti steamer Kansas arrived at Halifax, fi teen days from Key West. All well. Probabilities-Rising barometer, wit Northerly to Westerly winds and ole? weather, will prevail over. the Nortl west on Saturday, and extend Eastwai over the upper lake region and to tl Ohio Valley by or on Saturday evenin Southerly winds and generally ole weather from the Gulf to Tennessee ai for the South Atlantic States; Sout easterly winds from New England South-westerly over the Middle State with increasing cloudiness, and wi probably areas of rain and brisk Sout arly winds over the lower lake regio The temperature will continue risii over the New England and Middle Stat* Nate YORK, September 6-Evening. John Strothman, last night, beat 1 wife terribly, and ooncluded by smaahi a kerosene lamp on her head, whioh < ploded, burning her fatally. He was i rested. Wm. J.. Aiken, burglar police offio was sentenced to-day os folioWB: For c case of grand larceny, five years in t State prison; another case of grand 1 cony, five years; and for attempted b glory in the first degree, ten years; mt ing twenty years in all. BUFFALO, September 6.-Morris: was hung at noon, for the murder of mother, last Jane. . Financial and Commercial. COLUMBIA, 8. C., September 6 -Sa of ootton to-day 100 bales-midd! 18)60. LONDON, September 6-Noon.-C eols 92%. New 53 89%. Weather vorab le for crops. PARIS, September 6.- Specie decres over 8,000,000 francs. Rentes 55f. E LIVERPOOL, September 6-3 P. M Cotton opened steady and is now qa ie uplands 10%@10}?; Orleans 10)6; si of the week 105,000 bales; export 14,( sp?culation 13,000; stook889,000, wh< of American is 196.000; receipts 36,( whereof American is 7,000; actual ports 10,000; ootton afloat 29,000, wb of American is 8,000. LIVERPOOL, September 6-Evenio) Cotton closed unchanged. Yarns fabrics dall and with a downward denoy. Nsw YORK, September G-Noo Ootton firm-uplands 22??; Orb 22%; sales 822 bales. Floor quiet heavy. Wheat dull and declining. C declining. Pork quiet, at 14.12@14 Lard steady-steam 8%@9%. Frei Arn. Stocka firmer. Money easy 4- Gold steady, at 18%. Exohanj long 8%; short 9%. Governments bot steady. State bonds quiet. 7 P. M.-Ootton firm; sales 2 bales-uplands 22%; Orleans 2 Floor inaotiver and lower-comme 7.60(^9.75; good to ob 9.60@12.25. Whiskey quiet, at 91 91%. Wheat l@2o. lower; ad vant freights checke export; the deolin flour has driven millers out of the ket-winter red Western 1.50@ Gora s shade lower. Rioe steady. Pork dall, at 14.10@14.20. Lard unchanged. Freights firmer. Sale? of fatares to-day 11,600 halos: September 20#, 20%; Oc? tober 19%, 19 13-16; November 19 9 16, 19%; December 19%, 19%; January 20; February 20 ll 16; Maroh 21 1-16, 21%. Money 4@5. Slerliog 8%@8%. Gold 12%@12%. Booda weak and %@ %o. off. States heavy and prioea un? changed. Cus OINK ATI, September 6.-Flour in fair demand and firm, at 7.65@7.85. Oom steady, at 45. Pork nominally 13.50. Lard in fair demand and firm; offerings light-Bummer 8%; kettle 9. Bacon in fair demand and firm-shoul? ders 7%@7%; clear rib sides 10; olear sides loy,. Whiskey in good demand, at 91. LOUISVILLE, September 6.-Tobacco active and firm; sales of 60 hogsheads. Flour active-extra family 6.25(2)7.00. Cora 56@58. Provisions in fair demand and easy. Mess pork 13.75. Baoon shonlders 7%; olear rib sides 10 }?\ olear sides ll, packed. L?rd 9%@10%; or? der lots %o. high?. Whiskey firm, at 91. BALTIMORE, September 6.-Flour quiet. Wheat quiet and firm. Corn white 65@68; yellow 64@65. Oats dull. Provisions quiet and weak. Mess pork 14 75. Whiskey 94%. Ootton firm middling 22; receipts 8 bales; sales 76; stock 486; weekly receipts 231; salea 488. SAVANNAH, September 6.-Ootton active and in good demand-middling 19%; receipts 629 bales; sales 317; stock 1,556; weekly receipts 2,784; sales 1,287. PHILADELPHIA, September 6.-Ootton firm-middling 22%; weekly receipts 710 bales. BOSTON, September 6.-Cotton firm middling 22%@22%; receipts 444 bales; sales 500; stook 7,000; weeklr receipts 1,608; sales 2,800. GALVESTON, September 6.-Cotton firm-good ordinary 17%@17%; receipts 1,533 bales; sales 1.0U0; atook 8,504; weekly receipts 4,647; sales 2,116. WILMINGTON, September 6.-Cotton quiet-middling 19; receipts 92 bales; sales 22; stock 148; weekly receipts 32; sales 48. AUGUSTA, September 6.-Ootton quiet -middling 19%; receipts 317 bales; sales 800; stook 1,225; weekly receipts 985; sales 1,176. NORFOLK, September 6.-Cottou quiet -low middling 19%; receipts 120 bales; sales 25; stock 439; weekly receipts 806; sales 65. MOBILE, September 6.-Cotton-mid? dling 20; receipts204 bales; sales5; stook 1,496; weekly receipts 701; sales 700. NEW ORLEANS, September G.-Cutton firm-middling 21; receipts 976 bales; sales 450; stook 9,983; weekly receipts 4,241; Bales 3,800. CHARLESTON, September 6.-Cotton firm-middling 19)6; receipts 5GS bales; saloa 300; stook 3,497; weekly receipts 1.905; sales 2,200. WHOLESALE PRICES CUltltENT. CORRECTED WEEKLY DY THE BOARD OF TRADE. APPLES,*Jba.l uutujlou lUuLAbULa^uun^j^ju HAUHINU.I?<t?23 NewOrl'ns 72?'J0 BALS HOPE, Ma.22(a)i4 Sugar H'ee.. 33(440 N.Y.orWesWIb 7@10 NAILS,$? Keg6 00?7 50 BUTTER,North. 35@40 ONIONS.^ bu200@240 Country,^ lb.20@25 Om,Kerosene, 35@45 BACON. Hams. 17?20 Machinery..76(^1 00 Sides, ti) tt>.. 10@12 SPECIE, Gold oil Kl Shoulders.8@9? Silver. f<Jl(G CANDLES,Sperm40@5u POTAT'S, Iri*2 00@2 40 Adamantinolf>17@19| Sweet,hus 1 50fri2 UO COTTON YABN1G0@1 75 BICE, Carolina E> ?(s)10 COTTON. StctM, ...20 BuoT.^bag. 275@8 00 Middling.18.J SALT.Livorp.l 90(0200 Low MidPg.1? SOAP, ^tt,.5@10 Good Orduy,_17-i dPiniTs, Alcohol, (,'1600 Ordinary .17 Brandy . .4 00? 12 00 CHEESE, E.D.?. 17@35 Oin.1 60?G 00 ifaotory.10@20 Bum.1 (JO<5?7 00 GoFFEE,Bio,$5b23@25 Whiskey.. .135@6 00 Laguayra... .25@30!"8OQAB, Crua&P.15@16 Java.83@35l Brown.lli@13 FLOOR.Co. 800@1100 STABOH, ^Ib... 8*?IO Northern. 800?12 00 TEA,Qreon ttl 00@260 GRAIN, Corn 1 00@110 Black,.... 10060110 Wheat-2 00@2 50 TOBACCO, Ohw.45@l 00 Oats.75(300 Bmokinp,lb..60@? 00 Peas.1 25@1 50 VINEOAB, Wine,.50@60 BAT, North, 2 25@2 50 French.@1C0 HIDES,Dry, $}ftl8@17 WINE, Cham... .20@31 Green.@b Port, ?gal300@5 00 LAUD, lb.11J@14 8herry.... 250@7 80 LIME, y bbl. 2 25frs2 40 Madeira.. .2 50(37 05 Prof. S. A. King, the aeronaut, ac? companied by Mr. Soheffer, signal ob? server from Washington, made a balloon accent yesterday evening, from Roches? ter, for the United States Signal Service. After ascending 6.000 feet, and taking 156 observations, the travelers landed the balloon safely, twenty minutes pust 6 P. M., about two miles from East Bloomfield. A snake with ten rattles bit a negro woman while plowing in the field in Ma? con County, Ala. When discovered, the woman was dead, her body lying upon the snake, whose fangs were fastened se? curely to her breast. A New York justice told a witness: "Young man, if you speak in that way again, this oourt will forget its dignity and punch you in the snoot." It is now claimed that the architect of the great "Chinese wall" was a woman ; bot a woman wouldn't do anything to keep men ont in that way. Stealing is beooming a science in Lo? ray, Va. A few days Binoe, a negro man sold a gentleman a load of hay and that night stole it baok. A fastidious Alabama boy shot his father because the latter didn't purchase him aa good a pair of boots as he wanted. Here is the heading of one of the Can? ton (Miss.) papers, introducing a sensa? tional article: "A carousal, an epistle, a cowhide, a pistol and a skedaddle." Quean Victoria has given Miss Nellie Grant her portrait set in precious stones. A Vicksburg (Miss.) man shot another through the head, killing him instantly, all for a oow. Blanton Duncan is going to print a new evening paper in Louisville, en? titled the True Democrat. Bev. Mr. Browne, who killed a boy in Cincinnati lately, is said tb be dying. A Western college offors a prize for good manners. - *?WPC-1-. ?. : ANDKRSONVILLB.-The honorable Se? nator Motton, who makes up in spile what he lacks in invention, and conti? nually revamps the tawdy shredB and thread-bare patches of old calumnioe, with the royal purple hues of bis ever fresh and ever-flowing malignity, de? clares that Mr. Greeley must bo defeated because be went bail for Jefferson Davis, for the reason that Jefferson Davis had done things that placed him "outside the pale of humanity." Said Mr. Mor? ton: "When the men of Indiana and of other States, who had been captured upon the field of battle, were languish? ing and dying in rebel prisons-in Cas? tle Thunder, Belle Isle, in the oity of Richmond, in view of the window of the Jefferson Davis mansion, almost within a stone's throw-dying from starvation, perishing from disease, and nakedness, and neglect; suffering tortores and inhu? manities that have not been excelled; that have not been equaled in oivil life; Davis, with a fall knowledge of this, having it in his power to remedy it, turned from them with indifference, and suffered the men of Indiana aud other Stutes to die like rotteu sheep. And they did die, and their bones lie buried ?it Richmond, at Andersonville, and other prison-pens in the South. * * * He was responsible for it; he knew abont it; he could oot help knowing it; and yet, knowing it, and with tho ability to prevent this suffering and this death, he permitted it to go oin and is just at mnoh responsible for the the murder ol those men as if he had taken the knife into his own hands and plunged it inte their bosoms. * * * And yet this it the mau, this the moral monster, whos< like cannot be found in the pages of mo dern history, that Mr. Greeley rashec from New York to Richmond to have tb? privilege of going apon his bondi" Now, without waiting for any one t< riso and explain if this ie a sample o the way the Administration orators pro pose to clasp hands across the blood; chasm, or if such speeches as this are i fair interpretation of what they under stand by letting us have peaoe, we di propose to examine briefly the specif! charges made in this infamous appeal t burnt-out passions. The Senator luys i down (1) that Greeley went out of hi way to go bail for a "moral monster; (2) that Jefferson Davis is a "mort mousier," because he is responsible fe tbe sufferings endured by our prisonei in the South. We are willing to accept the tnsjc premises of this double proposition that he in a "moral monster" who wi responsible for this state of thing: There were two persons responsible fe thesis awful and prolonged suffering: but neither of these two was Jefferso Davis. One of them is a mau who dead and has gone to his account, an whose name is called Edwin M.Stantoi The other is Ulysses S. Grant, Preside! of the United States, and aspirant for second term. This is history, in spite < Dr. Lieber's garbling hands. This history, in spite of B. F. Butler's dear purchased silence. This is history, at it will one day be written and record? and universally known for such, in spi of doctored Confederate records, and all the forays made upon the War D partment arohives by Leet and Badoau The exchange of prisoners ceased tl hour that Grant became General-i Chief. His avowed motive was that I could better afford to fill his army wi green recruits, and let his captured mi lie rotting, than, by an exohunge, repl nish the Confederate ranks with train veterans. It was good policy, porhar but it was policy that murdered our a happy prisoners. The rebels offered a: sort of terms of exchange. They so they bad no bread nor meat for tin owu troops, much less for their aaptivi They agreed to exchange the negroi They submitted to deal with Bat! They consented to waive their claims account of paroled men. They begg for an exchange. They demanded it i meroy's sake and humanity's. Tb cast formality and punctilio to the wi m and only enid: "Your men are dying our hands; for God's sake and for pit sake, help us to relieve them I" But i Stanton feared that the coils of the ai oonda would be relaxed if the hand mercy were permitted to touch one his scaly folds, and the implacable Gn sat and smoked, determined that Ec army should not be reinforced, thou the shrieks of Andersonville and Sa bury mounted to Heaven. It was good policy, and it was pol that won in the end. But it was crt hard policy, aud perhaps deserves to considered the work of a "moral mc ter." It was work that nearly dr kinder-hearted men mad. It made I coln weep, and deepened the melanob lines in that sorrow-furrowed face, racked Horace Greeley's heart till cried aloud "This must be stopped. ' nation is dying-is bleeding to deal It even wakened a suspicious ininti of romorse ia Butler's brazen cheek, caused him, writhing, to publicly nounoe that ho was not pursuing own polioy, but that of his superi But Grant never paused, nor hesita nor faltered, nor turned aside. It cost him 90,000 men to maroh from Bapidan to Petersburg; should he i the siege of that city because 36, more were in danger of starving? ver. "And they did die, and their b< lie buried at Richmond, at Ander ville, and other prison-pens in South." They died, says Mr. Mor that a "moral monster's" polioy m be carried out. So be it-but that ni monster was not Jefferson Davis, w Horace Greeley bailed, but Ulysse; Grant, whom Horace Greeley opposi i Washington Pairi -- FATAL DROWNING ACCIDENT. Tuesday morning, Capt. Antoine Se of the sloop Julia, plying on Co River, fell overboard from the deo his vessel, while opposite Straw! Ferry, and before aid could reach he was drowned, - Charleston News. ? FEARFUL STORY.-Old Hoger Mccor? mack, an eccentric and notorious charac? ter, has just been found dead on his farm, near New Bruaswick, New Jersey, ander extraordinary circumstances. Fif? teen years ago he wus a prosperous ship? ping merchant in Philadelphia, having his country neat neur Now Brunswick, where he went every week, und where bis wife end daughter Alice, a beautiful girl of seventeen, lived. During the summer of 1860, Mrs. MoCormaok died very snddeuly and mysteriously, and soon after Alioe became engaged to a yoong and wealthy merchant, of Phila? delphia. For some inexplicable reason he broke the engagement, uud snddeuly went to South America. A few days after, Alioe was found in hor chamber, with her throat out from eur to ear. Tho tragedy created the greatest sensation at the time, and the house was visited by handreds of people from tho surround? ing districts. Many openly said that the poor girl had been murdered, and pro? posed to have a more rigid examination as to the cause of her death, but the ex? citement dually died away, nud the oc? currence was forgotten. McCormuok seemed bowed down with grief, but came and went for a year or HO, und then almost entirely abandoned his usual resi? dence, whioh was declared to be haunt? ed. Superstitious rustics declared they had aeon, again and again, the ghost of Alice, and had heard screams und awful groans from the unoccupied residence. About tho 1st of July, McOormack and a masculine compuciou returned to the houso with u supply of provisions. A few weeks since McCormick's compa? nion wont away, and McCormack him? self was not seen again by uny of the neighbors, who, wondering what hud become of him, broke into tho house a day or two ago, and discovered to tboir horror, lying at full length upon a cot, tbe body of Mr. Mccormack, partiully decomposed, while portions of the arms aud limbs were found frightfully muti? lated by rats and other vermin. The coroner held an inquest, und huviug found that death hud resulted from na? tural causes, the last of the McCormack family was interred on tho farm. The contents of a box were examined und letters found, signed by Joseph Mallory, Alice's lover, dated Aspinwull, October 15, 1861, addressed to Miss Alice McCor? mack. He wrote that hu hud broken his marriage engagement with her upon the confession of her own parent, who, through remorse, hud divulged that, in case he (Mallory) married bis daughter, he would wed a seduced girl, aud that the cause of her misfortune was her own father. Tbe letter expressed the utmost tenderness for Alice, aud closed by bid? ding ber farewell, us bo never expected to see her or be a happy man again. ORGANIZATION OF TUE BANK.-A meet? ing of citizens of thia County was held ut the town hall, on Saturday, 21st Au? gust, 1872, for the purpose of organizing a national bank, to be located at this place. Stock to the requisite amoant having been subscribed, the articles of association were signed. The Durne of the "Merchants' and Planters' Bank of Union, South Carolina," was adopted as I the name and title of the association, with a cupitul stock of $60,000, and with leave to increase tbe sume to any sam not exceeding $250,000. Tbe bank was then organized by the election of the following Directors: Wm. Munro, B. D. Culp, Joniah Foster, T. B. Jeter, H. L. Goss, A. H. Foster, F. M. Farr, W. C. Harris, Wm. Jeffries. It wus resolved that the entire capital stock be paid in on or before tbe first day of November next. At a meeting of the Directors of the bank, the following officers were elected: President, Wm. Munro; Vice-President, Thomas B. Jeter; Cushier, E. R. Wal? lace. Finance Committee-The Presi? dent, W. C. Harris, H. L. Goss und A. H. Foster.- Union Times. THE MEETING OFTHR EMPERORS.-Tho meeting of the Emperors of Germany, Russia und Austria, nt Berlin, causes a good deul of speculation in the Euro? pean prints. Some aro disposed to look upon it us merely an occasiou of social intercourse and enjoyment, which kings crave as mach as other men, while others assign to it a deep political significance. Some of these consider that it is Bis? marck's answer to the successful French loon, and means that the 5,000,000 of troops at the command of tho three em? perors will be employed to compel France to accept the situation us dictated by tbe terms of peuce with Germany. On the other hand, it is stated that Rus? sia has, by telegraph, disclaimed any purpose unfriendly to France. England has not been invited to take part in the conference, and the King of Italy, though invited, has deolined. It is con? jectured that Victor Emanuel may de? sire not to givo offence to France, which is giving such notable signs of recupera? tion. Whether the republican forms France has adopted may causo appre? hension to the European monarchies, is cot stated. Possibly, judging from past experience, they may expect these to be of brief duration. At the same time they have shown more vitality than waa anticipated, and their permanent estab? lishment would bo a menace to every throne in Europe. The Cathedral of Canterbury, the par? tial burning of whioh was mentioned by cable despatches, was built in 1130. It has been restored and beautified during the present oentury. The celebrated Archbishop, Thomas a Beoket, was as? sassinated before tho high altar in 1170, it ia alleged by minions of Henry II, on account of differences of opinion. The town of Canterbury existed in the time of the Romans. It was the capital of tbe Saxon Kingdom of Kent, and it was here that Augustine baptized Athelbert and 10,000 of bis Saxons. The princi? pal celebrity of the place is derived from its historical associations, and from its being the metropolitan see of all Eng? land, A YOUNO WOMAN DRIVEN MAD DY DE? SERTION-LEAPING INTO THE WHIRLPOOL. Ou Monday, August 19, a yoong lady, dressed in deep black, with a heavy veil over hnr tuce, registered at the Mont E.igto Hotel, Suspension Bridge, SB Miss J. Booth, ?Stmttord, Conneotiout. On her arrival ?ho iuquired if there were any letters or telegrums for her. Re? ceiving a uegutive reply, she sought her room with leura in her eyes, remarking, "Ho eau not have deserted mel" The lady remained ut the bridge until last Suuday eveniug, scarcely able to leave her room, excepting au occasional walk to Whirlpool, where she was noticed by ? the "employer" to sit hour after boar communing with her own thoughts, un? conscious of aught oise. Last Hominy eveniug, aftor being sup? plied with writing materials, she left the hotel and was seen going in the direc? tion of the Whirlpool, since which time there han been no tidings of her, and it is feared that while laboring under some mental uuguish sho threw herself into the river a few rods below the bridge. Their fears were strengthened this morn? ing, when it became known that Dr. Guarios Mathews, of Philadelphia, had picked up nt her favorite resort the fol? lowing lotter, with the Mont Eagle head? ing, supposed to have been written by Miss Booth, although it is without date or signature: "I waited ut tho Mont Eagle anxiously wutohing for your coming, till at length the truth bus duwue- upon me aud un? deceived me. I never ouu stund the ex? posure of my disgrace, uud iu my pre? sent stute of mind I have decided opon tho step, and wish no longer to live. "Your cruel desertion hus driven mo mad. Thrice I have beeu to the river, and the bopo that y>u might yet nome saved me; but now hope has fled, and my brain is on Are. From one whom you hove wronged." Endorsed on the note was: "Will the tinder please address tbe enclosed note to Charles Clark, Stratford, Conn.? A request from one who is but one step from eternity." THE CLOSE OF THE COTTON YEAR - As a matter of interest to oar readers, we publish the following synopsis of the cotton crop report for the year ending Angnst 31, 1872. Tbe cotton year of 1871-72 closed on Saturday, August 31. und the statistics of crop receipts and exports show some marked changes from those of the previous year. The receipts ut all tho sea-ports for the year just closed were 1,285,313 bales less than the previous year, while the exports show a decrease cf 1,205,333 bales. The stock of cotton at all the sea ports is 53,120 bales less than for tue corresponding date last year, and the stocks at the inte? rior towns show a decrease of 6,091 bales. Tho amount of American ootton afloat for Great Britain is 59,000 bales less tban this day last year. The above figures represent clearly the great falling off in the yield of cotton for the year. The total receipt! since September 1, 1871, are 2,724,189 bales, against 4.009, 502 for the corresponding period of the previous year, showing a decrease since September 1, last year, of 1,285,313 bales. The total exports for the ex? pired portion of tbe cotton year are 1,959,432 bales, against 3,461,765 bales last year. The stook at all the porta is 45,920 bales, against 90,040 bales last ?year. The stocks at interior towns are 4,635 bales, against 10,726 bales last year. The stuck of cotton in Liverpool is 891,000 bales, against 561,000 bales last year. The amount of American cot? ton afloat for Great Britain is 8,000 bales, against 67,000 bales last year. The amount of Indian cotton afloat for Europe is 303,000 bales, against 562.000 bales last year.-Augusta Chronicle. # * -' TAKE CARE OF YOUR HORSES.-These extremely sultry days necessarily make tho dailly work of beasts of barden, aud particularly horses, harder than usual. Uso a wet eponge on the heads of the horses and mules; furnish them with a little drinking water as often as practicable when not overheated, and at the same time to cool tho mouth and faco; and, us a further means of refresh? ing the animals, throw water upon the legs and such places as are liable to chafe by perspiration or otherwise; drive slowly, aud loosen the chook rein, or better, disponse with it altogether. The observance of these directions will, we dare Bay, tend greatly to alleviate the suffering of tbe brutes during tho heat? ed term. YOUNO PEOPLE DROWNED.-Last Thursday, aa George Poor, Miss Susie Che8Ber, Miss Mary Frances Courtney, and a lad named Courtney, brother of the last uumed young lady, were coming in a rowboat across Chesapeake Bay from i a vessel near St. George's Island to Point Lookout, tho boat was swamped and all of the party drowned before as? sistance could be rendered them. It may bo stated as a singular circumstance that Miss Chooser, the elder of the two young ladies, bad a presentment for some time before she left Washington that she would be drowned dnring her visit to St. Goorge's Island, and several times mentioned her fears to her friends, even going so far as to make a disposi? tion of her personal effects in case sho never returned. A CHLOROFORM ELOPEMENT. -Mrs. Edder, at Berlin, Ohio, who had been married seven years and lived happily, woke np at 10 o'olock last night, put some chloroform on a sponge, whioh she held to her husband's nose and left it sticking there, while she deaned $200 out of the burean drawer and started for Detroit, where she metan "affinity" that she knew before she was married. Mr. Eider was very angry when he woke np. How should a lady, going buggy rid? ing, dress herself.-Demores?? Monthly. Either by putting them over her head or stepping into them, whichever will koop your sweetheart waiting the short? est time.-Dr. Wood?. BoBtno claims to bc tbe second pert on the Atlantic, and has laid ont for'herself a brilliant futuro. The eighteenth an? nual report of the Boston^ Board of Trade shows that tbe manufacturing in? dustries of Massachusetts, many of them directly tributary to the trade of Boston, are, under the protection of the present higli tariff, rapidly increasing, while, wit li trae foresight, the railroad facilities which attract this interior oommeroe to the sea-board and to Boston as a port of export are being energetically extended. Tho industrial establishments of the whole State are 13,179, and their total annual product is valued at $555,445,000. This, of course, of itself, is an immense advantage to the obief city of so small a State as Massachusetts. In addition to the railroads at present oentreingin Bos? ton, three new and important ones are expected to be completed within the next three years-one North-east to Halifax, another tbrongh the Hooaao Tunnel to Lake Ontario, and a third to the Hudson Uiver and the coal fields. In the city itself, according to the Board of Trade, new freight depots, storehouses sud grain elevators are to be erected, and the utmost liberality is to invite a constantly increasing volume of trade. They uro sanguine, these Boston people; but, whatever may be their faults, they undoubtedly understand business and commercial enterprise. RETURN OF A PRODIGAL.-A telegram to the Richmond Dispatch says: "Wayne Brown, agent of the Southern Express Company at Athens, Tenn., about four years ago, absconded with about $10,000 of the express company's money. He returned to Athens from tbe Sooth a few days since. Brown is in the last stages of consumption, and says he has come home to die." The New York Commercial says: "Ever since H. G. clasped hands with the Secretary of the Navy across a dam chowder at Rye Beach, he has fallen into the habit of bitching his trowsero and spicing his conversation with 'Shiver my timbers!'" We have no doubt that by that clasping of banda H. Q. acquired ubont all the knowledge of naval affairs that Robeson possessed. [Louisville Journal. Mn. O'CONNOR.-The Hon. M. P. O'Connor, who has been urgently re? quested to take part in the Liberal can? vass in the Eastern States, left Charles? ton Thursday evening, and will probably speak in both Boston and New York in the conree of next week. One thing is certain-Mr. O'Connor will do the Gree? ley cause yeoman service, wherever he may be. FIRE.-On Wednesday, the 28th ult., tho turpentine still of Mr. J. W. Holli day. at Galivant's Ferry, together with about 900 barrels of rosin and erode stuff, was consumed by fire. The fire was occasioned by a leak in the still. Mr. Hollidav informs us that the loss will be about $9,000.-Horry News. A Liverpool paper Btates that the Messrs. Rothschild's subscription list to the last French loan amounted to ?110, 000,000 and that of Majsra. Baring Bro? thers & Oo. to ?44,000,000. A member of the House of Commons put his name down on Messrs. Rothschild's list for ?8,000,000. Among the heaviest articles probably ever sent by railroad ware two immense iron paddle shafts recently sent from Bridgewater, Masa, to San Francisco. They were nearly forty feet long, twenty six inches in diameter, and weighed to? gether upwards of seventy-one tons. "I don't miss my oburoh so muou as yon suppose," said a lady to her minister, who hud called upon her during her ill? ness, "for I make Betsy sit at the window as soon as the bell begins to ohime and tell me who are going to church, and whether tbey have got anything new." The statistician of an Eastern news? paper avers that the flies are so good natured this season, that a well-organized one will allow himself to be brushed off one's nose eighty-seven times and not show any temper. Punch's cartoon represents a German trooper, who, on looking at the subscrip? tion to the Freneh loan, exclaims: "You tausend six ondred million bounds! Mein Gott! mein Gott! und dey say ve plondered dem." Some one asked the daughter of a New Yorker, who was about to marry his fourth wife, who was going to perform the ceremony. She replied, "I don't know, but I presume that it will be Dr. Spring. He generally marries father." HORRIBLE.-It is stated that many of the bodies washed ashore from the fated steamer Metis, were robbed of money and jewelry. An old blast which had been put in a rook at Lexington, Ky., twenty-one years ago, recently exploded and killed two men working near. HOMICIDE.-A colored man, named Forman Simon, killed another colored man, named George McFarlane, near Society Hill, on the 17th ultimo. An enthusiastic mooting in the interest of the Little River and Oberaw Rail? road, was held in Bennettsville, on tho 2d instant. A ton of coal Can be dissipated into 10,000 oobio feet of gas. Flaminius Olympics th anea Agrippa Williams sets type in San Francisco. A flying machine is on exhibition at Dubuque. _? Important tor Reference, J. W. & K. Chisholm & Go., Importers and Manufacturers, OFFER to the trade the largest atook of Human and Imitation HAIR GOODS, FANCY ?OODS. JEWELRY, LACE QOOD8, otc. that can he found in Mew York etty. Bend for sample paroel. 447 BROADWAY. Sept 7 _arno Cheap Wrapping Paper. OLD NEWt?PAPERB, suitable for wrapping packages of merchandise, oan be pur? chased at this offico, at 60 cents per hundred.