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?gggg^^?T-.- ' - *"**" -? ? . Foreign A?Talra. PARIS, September 23.-At tho recep? tion given by M. Thiers, in tho palace of Elysees, to-day, Count Orloff, Kassian Minister to Frunce, said that the Czar would not havo gone to any meeting, tho object of whioh was hostility to France. Count Orloff further said, that the Czar had ordered him to formally state this fact to Thiers. The French Govern? ment to-day paid to Germany 57,000,000 francs-completing the fifth half milliard of the war indemnity. LONDON, September 24.-Tho ad? vance in the price of coal has caused an i ncreaso in the expenses of running tho Lancashire Cotton Mills to such au ex? tent that it has boon deoided to reduce tho number of hours of labor in them, while tho present high prioo is main? tained. PARIS, September 24.-Gen. Manteuf fel, oommander of German troops now in France, and tho French authorities, have agreed that tho evacuation of thc departments of Marne and Haute-Marue shall oommenco on the 15th of October. American Mattera. CHARLESTON, September 24.-Arrived -steamships Manhattan, New York Gulf Stream, Philadelphia. NEW YORK, September 24.-Meta beal the Vision and Gracie twenty milei windward and buck. Curtin acoepts the Liberal nomination for delegate at largo for the Pennsylvauii Constitutional Convention. He declaret unequivocally for Buckalow, and wil meet the Presidential issue when tin proper time comes before the people, ii accordance with his settled oonviotion. Mrs. Mary Francis Wade sues ex Mayor Kalbflesoh for $150,000, fo breaoh of promise. INDIANAPOLIS, September 24 -Hon Daniel WVVoorhees introduced Greele; to his audieuce here. Greeley announce) as the watchword of the present canvass reconciliation and purification. He sail the country, to-day, is confronted wit) tho deathly peril of corruption-tho can cer is eating into her vitals, whereof tb essence is purohused legislation, bribe publio servants and betrayal of highee trusts. MILWAUKEE, September 21.-The hen viest rain known poured from midnigb to noon. The lightning killed four pei sons; the country is flooded and mau structures burned. LOUISVILLE, KY., September 24.-? negro boree thief was haoged by dit guised men, near Orleans, Indiana. WASHINGTON, September 24.-Grat leaves Long Branoh on Wedoesday speuds Thursday in Philadelphia, an reaohos here Friday night. The agents bf the Cu bunn hav9 applie to the Attorney-Goneral to re-open tl oase of the Cuban war vessel Pionco Williams says nothing can be done. NEW YORK, September 24-Eveninf At a meeting of the Committee i Seventy, held to-day, it was decidod I continue the committees as at preset constituted. No general plan of cac paigu for the coming elections wi adopted, but it was the general opinic of the members present that the que tion of the national canvass should n be allowed to interfere with local po! oies. Thos. Cunningham, who was chargi with defrauding the State of Mississipi by means of forged warrants, was es mined to-day, and remanded to priai until Friday, when a number of lee points which have arisen will be d cussed. The President arrived in this city frc Long Branoh to-day, and after visiti the Republican headquarters, started 1 Washington this afternoon. PROVIDENCE, September 24.-T United States Marshal sold the Cub vessel Pioneer for ?4,800. WASHINGTON, September 24.-T President and family return on Friday Probabilities-For Now England,* Wednesday, South oaaterly and South ly winda and cloudy weather, with ri by or on Wednesday night; for tho M die States, South-easterly and Southe winds, cloudy weather and rain; for I South Atlantic States, Easterly to Sou erly winds, cloudy weather and ri areas; for tho Gulf States, Southerly Westerly winds and partly oloudy w ther; for tho North-west, rising baroi ter, Northerly and Westerly winds t cloaring weather, and will extend Et ward over Missouri, Illinois and Li Michigan by Wednesday morning, ( over Michigan and Indiana by Wedi day afternoon. The low barometer o Wisconsin will probably move Noi eastward into Canada. Brisk and v brisk Southerly winds for Lakes Hui Erie and Michigan to-night and for L Ontario on Wednesday. Kinn.acial and Commercial. COLUMBIA, S. C., September 24. -9 of ootton, to-day, 52 bales-midd! 16o. LONDON, September 24-Nooi Consols 92^. 5a 89??. The weathe tempestuous and some shipping has b damaged. FRANKFORT, September 24.-Bo 89K. LIVERPOOL, September 24-3 P. 1 Cotton opened quiet and is now stead uplands 9%?9%; Orleans 9%; spec tion and export 3,000 bales; sales ] Orleans for September 9%. LIVERPOOL, September 24-Even Cotton unchanged-sales bf midd Orleans for October , and Novembe 9)?. Yarns and fabrics dull, wit downward tendenoy. NEW YORK, September 24-Noo Cotton steady-uplands 18^; Orl 19>u; salea 165 bales. Flour more ste Wheat dull and heavy. Corn a si firmer. Pork quiet, at 14.05@1< Freights firm. Stocks firm. ( Bteady, at 13%. Money er.jy, a Exchange-long 7%; shorts. Got ments firm but dull. Stato binda ste 7 P. M.-Ootton-not reoeipts tc 136 bales; gross 4,118. Sales of fol to-day 17,900 bales: September 1 18J?; October 171516,lStfj Novoi 18, 18 3-16; December 18 3 16, 18%; Jauuurv 18 11-16, 18 1316; February 19}?, 19%; March 19%, 19 15-16; April 20)1, 20^. Cotton stoady; eales 3.G40 bales-uplands 18%;Orleans 19}?. Flour quiet and unchanged. Whiskey heavy, at92. Wheat heavy; spring l(a)2o. lower -winter red Westeru 1.62@1.73. Corn a shade better and iu fair export and home demand. Rice steady. Pork heavy, at 14.00@14.10. Lard heavy, at 8^@ 9%. Freights a shado tinner. Money easy, ranging at 3@7. Sterling inactiver, at7%?7%. Gold 133/@13%. Govern? ments steady. States very quiet. BALTIMORE, September 24.-Flour dull and in favor of buvers. Wheat steady. Corn dull-white 68@70; yellow G4@66. Oats firm. Provisions advancing. Mess pork 15.00@15.25. Shoulders 8%. Whiskey firm. Cotton dull-middling 18)4; receipts 224 bales; sales to-day 470; last evening 290; stock 1,640. CINCINNATI, September 24.-Fionr in fair demand, at 7.50(5*7.65. Coru 70@" 72. Pork 13.75. Lard steady. Bacon -shoulders 7%; clear rib sides llj^j olear sides held at '12, with emull sules; hams, Hugar-oured, firm, at 17(5.13. Whiskey firm, at 90. ST. LOUIF, September 24.-Bagging stoady, ut 15@10. Flour steady. Corn No. 2, mixed, 40@41. Whiskey firm, at 91. Pork firm, ut 14 50. Bacon firm -shoulders 8,14 ; sides ll?.[(d)11. Lard -summer 8}^(5)8^4. LOUISVILLE, September 24.-Flour steady-extra family 6.50(?;7.00. Corn steady, at 50@52. Pork 13.75. Bacon firmer-shoulders 8; clear rib sides llj?; clear sides 12. Lard-tierce firm, at 9?.(; keg advauced to 11J4 'or *"onnd lots; order lots }?c. higher. Whiskey 1 firm, at 90. AUGUSTA, September 24.-Cotton dull 1 -middling 16}-.<; receipts GOS bales; sales 601. BOSTON, September 24.-Cotton dnll middling 19; receipts 2,325 bales; sales 200; stock 5,000. SAVANNAH, September 24.-Cotton firm and in good demand-middling 17)B@17J4; low middling 16; receipts 4,931 bales; eales 2,000; stock 15,540. MOBILE, September 24.-Cotton firm -low middliug 17 }?; middling 18(5?"18i.?; receipts 1,031 bales; sales 700; stock 4,394. GALVESTON, September 24.-Cotton qniet and weak-good ordinary 15h<(5) l?jli; receipts 1,029 bales; sales 000; stock 12,413. NEW ORLEANS, September 24.-Cotton in good demand-good ordinary I7J4; low middling 17%; middling lS.'n'; re? ceipts 4,954 bales; sales 2,200; stock 32.708. NORFOLK, September 24 -Colton dull -low middliug 17^; receipts 758 bales; sales 30; stock 1,971. CHARLESTON, September 24.-Cotton firm-ordinary 15@15}?; good ordiuary 16@10??; low middling middliug 16%@16%; receipts 2,291 bales; Hales 500; stock 13,358. WILMINGTON, September 24.-Cotton quiet-middling nominally 16%; re? ceipts 492 bales; sales 10; stock 46. PHILADELPHIA, September 24.-Cotton quiet-middling 18%. The 40,000 Russians who propose to emigrate and settle in Nebraska are what are called Memnonites, their religious faith being something between the Bap? tist and Quaker. They went from Prus? sia to Russia in tho time of Queen Ca? tharine, and DOW, under the present Czar, they are obliged to join the milita? ry service or leave the country. Ten years time was given thom to make up their minds what to do, whether to bear arms or to emigrato. Some of the allot-' ted time has passed, and they huve de? termined to emigrate and try their for? tunes iu the new world, where the air of liberty eau be breathed by all. They are to leave by installments, uud according to age. They tell hard stories about M. ThierB as a family man. Ila never had any? thing to do with bis father and mother. She always said ho was the vilest dog undrowued. He, though worth $600, 000, never gavo them a cent, had nothing whatsoever to do with them. They vege? tated on $240 a year each. His sister had a'sign stating that "Madame -, Bister of M. Thiers, ex-President of the Council of Ministers, has here a table d'hotel." M. Thiers ordered the police to removo the obnoxious sign. So much for being a sister of the French Presi? dent. Wilmington has a curiosity in the ahapo of a dog that sucks a oow. The discovory was made in this wise: A gen? tleman who owned a good milker, was muoh astonished to find that his cow had suddenly gone dry. He endeavored to ascertain the cause, but failod, and waa j nat on the point of concluding a trade with a butcher, when it was dis? covered that a favorite dog made a con? stant companion of the oow, not only following her about daring the day and sleeping with her at night, bat suoking her, aa would a calf. A young Down-east Benedict; has just made the diaoovery that he has married a loft-handed woman. All his buttons are sewed on tho wrong aide. He ma? nages tp get along aa far DB tho rest of the garni on ts are .concerned, but when he dona a olean shirt he has* to lay down on his back, abd lash his right hand to the bod-post. He is afraid he will have to nao shoestrings. Times are rather hard in Danbury. It is no unusual thing to seo five boys file up to a Peruvian beer fountain, while the oldest calls for a* glass of the fluid, and drinks it down amid the subdued silence of the four others, who then pa? tiently follow him ont again. Fortuoato ia the boy who has had an invitation to one of those entertainments. A thrifty young man procured a mar? riage license a few days ago with the con? dition that if ho failed to get his girl ho waa to be refunded half the feo on re? turning the document. IMMENSE WHEAT FARMS.-Everything seems to be on a grand scale iu Califor? nia. Tho big trees havo for some time been classed with the wonders of tho world. Now they are, according to the San Francisco Bulletin, rivaled by tho vast wheat farms. That journal declares that thero are three wheat farms in the San Joaquin Valley, with areas respec? tively of 3G.O0O, 23,000, and 17,000acres. On the largest of these farms the wheat crop thia year, isroported to be equal to an average of forty bushels to the acre, the yield running up on Borne parts of the farm to sixty bushels. The product of thisl farm for the present year, is 1,440,000 bushels. Tho boundary on one side of this farm is about tvevouteen miles long. At the season of ploughing, I ten four-horse teams were attached to ten gang-ploughs, each gang having four ploughs-or forty horses, with as many ploughs wera started at the same time, thc teams following in closo suc? cession. Lunch or dinner was served at a midway station, and supper at the ter? minus of the field, seventeen miles dis-1 taut from tho starting point. Tho teams returned on tho following day. The wheat in tho immense field was cut with twenty of tho largest reapers, and, wo believe, has now all been thrashed and j put in the sacks. It would require over i forty ships of medium size to transport \ the wheat raised OD this farm to a fo? reign market. Even tho sacks required would make a taree hole in tho surplus money of most farmers. We havo not the figures touching the product of tho other two farms; but presume that the j average is uot much below that of the first. There are thousands of tons o? wheat which cannot be taken ont of the valley this season, and must remain over as dead capital, or, what is nearly as un? desirable, will only command advances at heavy rates of interest. Says a correspondent of tho London Telegraph: "The glories of Biarritz, I find, have departed. When, before her marriage, the Empress Eugenie used to visit it, the place was au obscure village frequented by Spaniards and by the citizens of Bayonne, who came to have u dip in the sen. The Empress made it tho most fashionable watering-place in France. She built herself a chateau, carno herself every year with her hus? band, and drevr in her train half the fashionables of Europe. With ber de? parture, however, its sun has set. Tho fashionable world fins gone elsewhere. The hotels aro still moderately full, but they aro filled with Spaniards at d people from the neighborhood. A great board before most of the villaB announces that they are to be sold, and those which are not to bo sold are to let." ACUTENESS OF TUE "HEATHEN CHINEE." The Sun Francisco Bulletin states that a manufacturer of bird cages and other ware in that city, a short time since, thought to enlarge his rovenue by sub? stituting Chinese cheap labor for the white workmen be had ia his employ. The Mongols did well enough at ono dollar a day, for a short time, until they mastered the business, when the whole party resigned aud set up for themselves, and are now "bearing" the bird cage market at a fearful rate. Tho author of this enlargement of their aphere of en? terprise is prone to believe "we are ruinad by Chinese cheap labor." - THE WIFE.-When proapeots are clouded by tho dark shadows of anguish, aud the world seems, in a moment of wretched forgetfulness, like a barren de? sert, what bliss in the thought that there is ono being who will sympathize with j our sorrow, and cheer ns with the ten? derest affection! When those wo set up as idols in the temple of friendship and esteem, shall basely desert tho post of ? honor and integrity, is it not happiness to have ono whu looks fondly as ever on our fortune, und loves with a purity and nnd warmth uuknown to the most sacred friendship! An instunce of rare honesty, and sbow iug bow a dog may desire to pay his bourd bill, recently occurred in Fitch? burg, Mass. A lady saw a dog frequent? ly about ber house picking np odd. bits which bad beeu thrown ont, and ono day .she called him in and fed him. Tho next day, he came back, and aB shu opened the door he walked in and placed an egg on the floor, when he was again fed. Tho following day, he brought an? other egg to pay for his dinner; and ou the fourth day, bo brought the old hen herself, who, it seems, had failed to fur? nish tho required egg. Tho discovery of a new "Mammoth Care," in Boone County, Kentuoky, is reported, and is causing much excite? ment. Tho local papers say that the neighborhood bas been the resort of pio-nics for years; and yet, until July 16, it has remained entirely unknown. The cave, so far as explored, is said to be more than two miles long, and con? tains singlo Chamber? no less than 100 feet in length by forty foot in width and twenty in height. We understand that Mr. Boozer has been compelled to declino the appoint? ment us Chief Supervisor of Elections, on account of sickness, Judge Bond has recommended the appointment of United States Commissioner S. T. rai? nier in his place. HOMICIDE.-A difficulty oocurred near Gladden's Grove, Saturday, between George Moore and Nod Gladden, both colored, which resulted in tho death of tho latter at the hands of tho former. [ Winnsboro News. Not satisfied with bare-faced displays at the exposition in Louisville, they have actually uncovered their "celebrated Magnolia hams." A Torre H?uto woman's puppy swal? lowed a diamond ring. Thu jewel being a valuable one thu considerate little animal was quite cut up. Rosenzweig, who killed Alico Bowlsby with drugs, hus bocome excessively pious. SLEEP THE BEST STIMULANT.-Tho pulpit, the bench, tho bar, tho forum, havo contributed their logions of victims to drunken habits. Tba beautiful wo? man, tho sweet singer, the conversation? alist, tho periodical writer, have filled, but too often, the drunkard's grave. Now that the press lins become suoh a great power in the laud, when the maga? zine mut t come out on a certain day and the daily newspapers at a tixod hour, nothing waits, everything must give way to the inexorublo call for copy, uud, sick or woll, disposed or indisposed, asleep or awake, the copy must come. Tho writer must compose his article, whether he he feels like it or not, and if ho is not in the vein of writing ho muBt whip himself up to it by tba stimulus of drink. Some of tho greatest writers of tho couutry have confessed to the practice, on urgent occasions, of taking a sip of brandy at tho end of every pago or even oftener. It may have escaped the geno ral roader's notice that moro men have died young who have boen con? nected with tho New York press with? in ten years, and that, too, from intem? perance, thau in all the other education? al callings put together-young men whose talents have beeu of the first or? der, and gavo promise of a lifo ol use? fulness, houor aud eminence. Tho host possible thing for a man to do, when he feels too tired to perform a task or too weak to carry it through, is to go to bed and sleep a woek, if ho can. This is only the true recuperation of braiu power, the only actual renewal of brain force. Because, during sleep, the brain is in a sense of rest, in a condition to ro c?ivo and appropriate particles of nutri? ment from tho blood which takes tho place of those which have been con? sumed in previous labor, since the very act of thinking consumes, burns up solid particles, ns every turu of the wheel or screw of the steamer is tho result of tho consumption by lire of tho fuel in the fur? nace. The supply of consumed brain Bub stauce cnn only bo had from tho nutri? ment particles in the blood which were obtained from food eaton previously, and the brain is so constituted that lt c m best receive and appropriate to itself j those nutriment particles during tho state of rost, of quiet and of stillness in sleep. Mere stimulants supply uothiug in themselves; they only goad the braiu, i force; it to a greater consumption of its substance, until that substauca has been so fully exhausted that thorn is not power enough left to receive a supply, just as men are so near death by thirster starvation that there is uot powor euough left to swallow anything, and all is over. Tho incapacity of the braiu for re? ceiving recuperative particles sometimes comos ou with tho rapidity of a stroke of lightning, and then tho mau becomes mad iu uu iustant, loses sense, and is an idiot. It was under circumstances of this very sort, in the middle of a sen teuce of great oratorical power, one of the most eminont minds of the ago for? got his ideas, pressed his hand upon his forehead, and after a moment's silence s dd, "God, as with a sponge, bas blotted ont my mind." Be assured, readers, "There is rest for tho weary" only in early aod abundant sleep, and wise and happy are they who havo firmness enough to roaolvo that "By God's help I will seek it in no other way." [Hull's Journal of Health. Mr. Edward K. Winship, tho only survivor of ten friends who registered a vow on the 10th of Soptember, 1802, at a dinner at their boarding house, iu New York, that they would meet, if alive, ton years precisely from that date, at the same place, and tako dinner, partook of a solitary meal, Tuesday evening. Four of the party were killed during tho war, aud tho remainder have siuce died. Tho tablo was set the same as on tho occasion of tho first gathering, tho ouly survivor going through the eourso with no one near him save a eiuijle attendant. There were no speeches and no toasts. Victoria Woodhull seems to be a fit subject for a lunatic asylum. At a Spi? ritualists' convention in B.iston, Wednes? day, sho accused Henry Ward Beecher, S. S. Jones and tho editor of a Boston paper with adultery. Uer language was most foul and iudecent. Not wishing to muss up tho premises, burglars at Mt. Vi9iou, N. Y., removed from a store a safe weighing 1,500 pounds, aud "blowcd" it in rear of a ohurch. Their teudcr thoughtfulness was rewarded with $1,200 ia bonds and $300 in ourrency. One rainy Sunday, a number of strangers crowded into Surrey Chapel for sholter; whereupon, the eccentric Rowland Hill said: "Some people are blamed for making religion a olouk, but I do not think those are much bettor who make it au umbrella." "Josh, I say, I was going down the street, the other day, and seed a tree bark!" "Golly, Sam., I soed it hollow!" "I seed the samo one leavo!" "Did it take UH trunk with it?" "Oh, it loft that for board!" A person who came upon a scientific treatise in tho "Velooity of Light," soys he oan uuderstand now how it is that bis gas bill rans up so rapidly. "Ef do white folks bo ns dark as dat out dar," said a negro who was guzing at some Japaneso in California, "I wonder what is do colour ob do black folks?" A negro thus philosophizes and reasons with tho white world: "All men aro made of clay; and, Uko a meerschaum pipo, aro more valuable when highly co? lored." A largo dry goods firm in New York did business last week amounting to $3,000,000. A young colored goutlomau has en? tered tho Theological Seminary in New Haven. A political refugee, it is said, swam from Calais to Dover seventy years ugo. In Chicago lately a man was tzied and convicted of murder iu twenty miuutcs. NEW COAL BEDS.-If tho ooal beds of tho earth should over become exhausted, it is possiblo that these BOO recs of supply may be replaced by new beds rising from the bottom of tho seas. Indeed, some? thing of the kind is now actually occur? ring. The island of Newfoundland, which contains 57,000 square miles, and has a population of 100.U0U, is joiued by banks or shoals much larger than the island itself. It is on these banks that tho cod fisheries are so extensively pur? sued. The Grand Bank is GOO miles long by 300 miles broad. Now it has been conclusively shown that the whole ielaud is rising from the sea, and in the course of time may be expected to join the bunks, whioh are also rising. Great seams of cou], whioh are pronounced in? exhaustible, havo been discovered in Newfoundland, and there is no roason to doubt that those seams also extend under tho banks. So it appears that in ono case, at laust, coal beds are now coming to the surfaco from the depths of the ocean, and it is not improbable that similar forties may be producing similar results in other parts of the world. A HcMonous MISTAKE.-If thieves and burglars are gifted with a perception of the humorous, they mnst have been immensely amused at the mistake of two private wutchmen in Brooklyn, N. Y., tho other night. Each mistook tho other for a burglar, und they, therefore, engaged in a rough and tumble fight, until ono of them escaped from bis an? tagonist, and Becking refuge in a station house, informod the sergeant that ho hud been beaten by a burglar. The of? ficer despatched in search of the supposed burglar found the other private watch? man bathed in blood, but full of tri? umph over his discomfiture, of his oppo? nent. It is difficult to imagine any? thing which would moro powerfully ap? peal to the burglar's sense of humor than the mutual pouuding of one another on tho part of zealous watchmen. With a viow, therefore, to interfere with burglari? ous joy??, and to preservo the integrity of watchmen's heads, it would be wise to furnish private watchmen with somo sort of badge by which they would be able to recognize one auotber. Heavens! Let all ladies who wear de? ceitful locks read what the British Medi? cal Journal tells us about false hair. There is a M. Lindeman who has given his mind to this subject, and who an? nounces that every huir in a false pluit ends with "a nodosity;" each nodosity contains fifty "psorosperms;" and each psorosperm throws off minute spheres which become "psoudo-navicelhe." Bat this is by no means the end of a bad matter. The psoudo-navicelhe in a ball room containing fifty ladies, all with the spurious tendrils, amount to 15,000,000, which, when inhaled, make their way into thc circulation and bring on cardiac affections! This is too bad; bat then doesn't real hair sometimes produce car? diac affections? The London Times, in connection with the recent attempt to swim across the English Channel, says: "Tradition af? firms that some seventy years ago, three men convicted of a political offence, to escape punishment, swam from Calais to Dover. Ono was drowned, the other two landed on the beach, one in an utter state of exhaustion, from which he died; the third recovered and lived in the town for several years." The distance across the channel from Dover to Calais is abont twenty-two miles, bot the curront would probably nearly double the dis? tance for a swimmer. Death is not a laughing matter, but \ even those who found the body ol a young Frenchman must have smiled wheu they found in his pocket a note saying: "My name is-; Iliad not tho least intention of committing suicide. I merely went into tho sea for a bath." How did he know bo was dead when he wrote the noto? This was master Johnny's conundrum: "What is that which has two legs, u belly and no bead?" After posing tho entire family and tho neighbor who had dropped in, Johnny said it was "a pair of pantaloons." Tho poor little fellow was immediately put to bed, with mus? tard drafts on his feet and a wet towel about his head. "How far ia it to Cub Creek?" asked a traveler of a Dutoh woman at a toll gate in Canada. "Only shoost a little vaya." "Is it four, six, eight, or ten miles?" im? patiently asked the fretful traveler. "Yas, I dinks it is," serenely replied tho unmoved go to-keeper. Bismarck, says a Borlin Jenkins, smokes daily niue twsnty-oent cigars, and drinks about four dollars' worth of beer and wine. His tailor's bill annual? ly amounts, on au average, to $600; and he pays bia servants, in the aggregate, about $2,100 a year. A wealthy bnt miserly old man, dining in the city one day, with his son, at u restaurant, whispered in his ear, "Tom, you must eat for to-day and to-morrow." "Ob, yes," retorted the half starved lad, "but I ha'n't eaten for yesterday and the day before, yet, father!" A FAILUBE.-Dolly Varden, though popular as a name, has proved very un? profitable to manufacturers and dealers in dress goods, many of whom have been driven to the verge of bankruptcy by investing iu large stocks of this class. Blanton Duncan has started tho True Democrat, in Louisville, with the picture of a rooster as a figure head, and the le? gend, "Neither Grant nor Groeloy can scare this chicken." A dub of Boston ladies aro hard at work endeavoring to obtain tho passage of a city ordinance providiug that all tobacco chewers shall be muzzled when on the street. \ An Alabama paper published the fol? lowing notice: Married, at Flintstone, by the Kev. Mr. Windstone, Mr. Nehemiah Sandstone and Miss Welhelmina Eggle Htone, both of Limestone. Newport, It. I., in 1711, received o grant for seven years, of funds derived from tho importatiou of slave.?, for the purpose of paviDg some of its prinoipal streets. The fund was created by a duty of fifteen dollars on each slave imported. A story is told of a Davenport boy who, two years ago, was given ten cents, which he invested in matches and sold at retail, and re-invested the proceeds in trade, and to-day is worth $1,150, all made in legitimate trade from tuut ten cents. An Irish geutleman hearing it said that tho Chapter coffee room was the oldest coffee house in London, inter? posed, "I beg your pardon; tho Chapter coffee house WOB the oldest coffee house in London, but it is not so now, for an older one hos been set up." The following composition has been turned out by a Now York scholar aged nine years: "A boy without a father is a norphan, without a mother a double norpban, but is oftenest without a grand? father or a grand-mother, and then he is an nor phau i st." A new kind of rice, with large grains -"as large aa a melon seed, and not un? like that in its creamy white color"-is being used in Boston, eays a journal of that city, lt is imported from the East . Indies. A wife of a month committed suicide in London last month, by driving a needle into her heart. AU this because her husband foand fault because his mutton was over-cooked. A French fashion writer says: "Almost every year, fashion adds another button to the ladies* kid gloves. They will reach to tho elbow shortly, as in the days of our grand-mothers." A lady at a watering-place hotel is re? ported to have complained because they charged her twenty-five cents for wash? ing a collar which originally cost fifteen cents. Women are said to be angels just two months-a month before marriage and for thirty days after death. New Orleans is in a dilemma. She is at present entirely out of political aspi? rants. Nine divorced huBbauds are in one business bouse in New York, ttvo of whom are members of the firm. Tho Madison, Iud., jail bas four mur? derers, three of whom ure uuder twenty oue years. On an average, eighty new pieces of music are published in London every day. The church of St. Isaac, at Moscow, is*' tho riohest in tbe world. A New Hampshire family has lost sovun members by suicide. Auction Salos. Furniture Sale. BY D. C. PEIX0TT0 & BON. THIS (Wednesday) MORNING, at 10 o'clock, at our Auction Store, we wiU sell, without reserve, Sundry articles of well-kept FURNITURE, consisting of Walnut Bedutead, Walnut Mar? ble-Top Bureau, Walnut-Top Wash-stand, Walnut Hat-Raok, Walnut-Top Centre Table, Green Rep Parlor Chairs, Green Rep Arm? chair and Sofa, Mattresses, Looking-Glass, j fine Oil Painting!, Crockery, two fine Brussels Carpets,littlo used, one large Cooking Bange, in good order, Mahogany Chairs, Ac. ALSO, After Furniture Bale, Bacon SidoB, Shoul? ders, Hame, Smoked Beef, Extra Goshen But? ter, Fat Backs, Strips, Mackerel, Ac.. Ac. Conditions cash. _Sept 25 1 City of Columbia 7 Per Cent. Bonds OFFICE CITY TREASURY, COLUMBIA, S. C., September 23, 1872. PURSUANT to authority delegated by re eolution, adopted by the City Connell, I will sell, at public, auction, on WEDNESDAY, October 2, 1872, ono hundred and fifty thou? sand CITY OF COLUMBIA SEVEN PER CENTUM TWENTY YEAR BONDS. Said Bonds will bc of the denominations of $250, f 500 and i 1,000; tho proceeds of the sale to be ueed for tho erection of the new City Hall, now Market, and other public. Improvements. Tho ri?bt is reserved to dispose of a part of tho said Bonds in lots or in wholo, as tho Mayor and Treasurer may determine Any further information desired can bo obtained by addressing CHAS. BARNUM, Sept 24 Oily Treasurer. Colombia. 8. C._ .Building and Loan Association Stock. FOR SALE, TEN SHARES Capital Build? ing and Loan Association Stock. Apply at I'mnxix o nico._Sopt 25 3 School Notice. MRS. PECK will resume tho ex? ercises ol her SCHOOL on TUES? DAY, 1st October. Sept 25 ws2 Bonds for Sale. THE Gharldtto, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company will Boll $100,000 of its FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum, at 80 and accrued interest on 100-making the in? vestor nearly 9 psr cent, per annum, in addi? tion to tbs discount. Apply to M. P. Pegram, caHhior First National Bank, Charlotte, 0. Bouknight, Troaeuror, or ' Sspt 25 WM. JOHNSTON, President. BELL SCHNAPPS, Distilled by tho Proprietors, AT SCHIEDAM, IN HOLLAND. AN INVIGORATING TONIC AXD MEDICINAL BEVERAGE. Warranted porfeotly pure, and fteo from ali deleterious substances. It ia distilled from BABLEY of tho lineal quality, and the AROMA? TIC JONIPEB BEBRY OF ITALT and designod expressly for cases of Dyspepsia or Indiges? tion, Dropsy, Gout, Rheumatism, General Debility, Catarrh of the Bladder, Pains in the Back and Stomaoh, and all diseases of the Urinary Organs. It giveB great relief in Asthma, Oravel and Calculi in the Bladder, strengthens and invigorates tho system, and is a certain preventative and euro of that dreadful scourge, FEVER AND AC.UK. CAUTION 1 Ask for "HUDSON G.WOLFE'S BELL SCHNAITS." For sale by all respectable Grocers and Apo? thecaries. HUDSON G. WOLFE A CO., Sole Importers. Office, 18 South William streot.Ncw York. Sept 10 Smo