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COLUMBIA. S. C. Saturday Ri or mn er, October 26,1872. For President of the United States. UOllACE QREKLBT. of New York. For Vice-President B. O KATZ II KOW IV, of Miaiouri. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.-Slate at Large-JM. P. O'Connor, of Charleston; W. H. Wallace, of Union; S. A. Pearoe, of Bichland. First District-W. W. Walker, of Georgetown. Second District-Johnson Hagood, of Barnwell. Third District-Simeon Fair, of New? bery. Fourth District-W. B. Bobertson, of Fairfield. Thc Coarse to be Commended. Wo were highly gratified to BOO from the report of Counoil proceedings, pub? lished by us yesterday, that the city authorities were so consid?rate and fair minded as to repeal their resolution of a former date, instructing the City Attor? ney to prosecute the suit against the State Agricultural and Mechanical So? ciety for the possession of the fair grounds. It is a matter of very grave oonoorn to tho city of Columbia, aud also to the oitizens of the up country, that our annual State Fair should be held here. Tho Fair is a Bource of very con? siderable profit to Columbia, and our central position and great railroad faci? lities make this the most eligiblo point in the State at which to hold it. The enterprising oitizens of Charleston, ap? preciating the many advantages incident to a large gathering of the kind, have been striving very earnestly for several years to have the Fair removed to thoir oity. They are prepared to offer large inducements to effect their purpose. This is all right, of course, for Churles tonians, and their zeal and activity in looking after the interests of their oity is praiseworthy. What we desire to ex? cite is something of the same spirit among our own oitizens, and particu? larly the members of the City Council who have the matter peculiarly in their power. We can see no reason why the matter in controversy may not be set? tled amicably, and without prejudice to the grave interests involved. From the communication of Gen. Hagood to the City Council, and their commendable action thereon, we are pleased to believe that all parlies are disposed to do the sensible thing, and not sacrifice material and substantial interests to mere cant and prejudice. It is to be lamented that any question at all has been raised on the subject, for it will inevitably prove injurious; but from the accommodating disposition shown on both sides, we an? ticipate the most satisfactory results. THU PiiOT THICKENING-GEORGIANS BEWABE.-From the most authentio scalawag und carpet-bag sources we learn that there is truth in the rumor that we are to be honored by the presence in our midst of Gen. Grunt's present-as we were recently with that of his late legal adviser-Attorney-General Williams. What he comes for may be guessed, partly from the warnings and the proofs of the custom house and carpet-bag plot which the Republican has laid before our people before and since the election; and the accumulating evidences of the sumo fixed purpose on the part of our paternal Administration, and most fraternal Go? vernment ollioials here, as well os from the significant hints of the Northern press, which has long since detected the infamous purposes of the Washington ring against us. The New York Evening Express says: "The reconstruction of Georgia is threatened by the Grant press on many sides, which only moans this: "The packing of a State Legislature by Acts of Congress, whioh will adopt the Bollock Wall street bonds. "It is to stop this sort of interference by tho Federal Government, in the inte? rest of carpet-baggers and the bond? holders out of the ?States, that tho elec? tion of Greeley becomes indispensable for the publiopeaoe and public security." Possibly some light may be thrown on the objects of Mr. Williams' mission, be? yond his exhorting "the faithful," white, black and mixed, td "vole early and vote often," in November, on tho Philadel? phia plan, by the subjoined significant threat from "Grant's own," the New York 7unes, of Saturday. The despatch from Atlanta referred to is a long one, full of fabrications of "the old willow pattern." The Times says: "In our special despatoh from Atlanta, Ga., will be found some additional in? stances of tho kind of 'reconciliation' which was practieed at tho recent State election. The party whioh made at Bal? timore a pretence of accepting all the constitutional amendments, showed at the Georgia eleotion that their idea of negro suffrage was to stand over gangs of colored voters and threaten 'to ont tboir hearts out/ unless they voted the Demo? cratic ticket. Is the Federal Govern? ment to be invited to stand quietly by and see ontrages like this repeated on the 5th day of November?" {Savannah Republican, lld. ? . ? INCENDIARY.-Wo regret to learn that the dwelling house of the late Hon. Charles M. Forman, at Fish Island, Orange Grove, near St. Augustine, in Florida, was destroyed by fire on the night of the 17th instant. A Jutllciul Flrebrand-Jnitie Thoi. J. Nuckcy'i Charge to the Grant! Jury of Cheater. October Ml, 1874. GENTLEMEN OF TUE GBAJ?D JURY: At tba commencement of the present term, which was begun on the first Monduy of September, and tbonco adjourned to this day, I obarged and admonished you gene? rally upon your powers, your duties and responsibilities. I then took occasion to refer to the causes that led tho Govern? ment of tho United States to interveue with its military and judicial power for the proteotiou of American citizens in this State in the freo exercise of their unquestionable civic rights. I need say nothing further to vindicate that inter? vention. It was timely, meroiful and just. I shall now charge you specially upon tho matters to which it is your bounden daty to immediately give your most dili? gent attention. Gentlemen of the grand jury, you are watchmen, stationed to survey the whole country, and by your notion to oheok and bring to merited punishment, all who duro to invade any right of person or property. You are the eye of the law. Nay, moro, you are the right arm of the law. You can bar or unbar the gates of justice. If you fail, theu all the agencies that the law provides for the proteotiou of society must also fail, and the court itself is made the paralyzed spectator of the triumph of crime. I Bhall now point your attention to evet ts which transpired in this Gouuty about eighteen mouths ago; and which demanded, but never reoeived, the con? sideration of this court; and which be? ing in their nature theu exclusively wiihin the jurisdiction of the State, have not been acted on by the Federal courts. lu the month of March, 1871, a number of citizens of the State were slain by a fire of musketry and pistols on the public highway in this County. They were slain in an armed collision between two organized forces, and some were slaughtered, it is currently alleged and generally believed, while flying for their lives from the scene of co n fi iot. The bodies of several citizens, who were thus slain, lay for some time unburied, and the blood of some of them may yet bo seen sprinkled on the rails of fences that skirt the road-Bide. The court is bound to take judicial notice of these terrible fnots-for they have passed into the his? tory of the times; and justice, which has long slumbered here, should awake and requite with condign punishment, the guilty doers of those deeds of blood. No inquest was evor held upou the dead bodies of the men who thus died violeut deaths. Tho County, it is true, was without a corouer; tho law, there? fore, devolved the duty upon the nearest magistrate, bot ho criminally failed to perform it. That no inquest waa held ia such a caye is not the least startling and significant fact connected with the event of which I spouk. At or about the same period, public officers in the Coun? ty, duly elected and qualified pursuant tu law, were threatened with death or great bodily harm, unless they resigned their offices, in obedience to the orders of a baud of unknown conspirators, who made their lawless demands in written communications, which bore various ghastly symbols of terror, and in public notices, which the conspirators, unre? strained by the fear of the law, and un? abashed by manly shame, nailed upon the door of this court house, as if to insult and defy public justice io her chosen temple. Gentlemen of the grand jury, this also was a great crime. It was a crime which, in its very nature, strikes at the exist ouoo of government itself. If bold, bad men eau thus work their will, then the foundations of organized society must soon be upheaved. The citizen elected to public office represents in his official sphere the sovereignty and will of the people, and by the people alone eau he be justly deprived of tho franchise with which be is invested. If he violates the trust reposed in him, either by malfea? sance or misfeasance, by committing or omittiug an act which the law prohibits or enjoins, he must be held responsible ia tho courts established by tho people to remedy all public and private wrongs. These remedies were uot ovoked to cor? rect real or supposed evil; but officers were compelled by these deadly mouaces tu surrender their commissions, bearing the broad seal of tho Stato. This was the law of the strong hand. The court cannot bo silent, nor unconcerned, or inactive, kuowing these things; for thoy aro known to all men. No, gentlemen of tho grand jury, better would it bo, thau for this court to sanction or toler? ate such mimes as these, that tho solid walls of the building iu which wo uow sit should crumble around us and bury judge un J jury in their ruine 1 Justice would theu, indeed, be silent; but it would bo a silence without shame; and the good citizen, and tho weak and the oppressed, might yet hopo to seo her temple oreoted again, and hear her voice raised, and behold hor powerful arm hared iu defence of right. It will bo! your instant duty, gentlemen of tho grand jury, to muke a most rigid inqui? sition into these matters, and to bring to swift punishment those audacious vio? lators of the laws of the land. In per? forming this duty, to which yon are bound by your solemn oaths, you will exhaust, if necessary, all tho resources that tho law places at your disposal. This court stands ready to aid yon with all its power; and I now appeal to you to do your duty with tho spirit of men who can be neither subdued by fear nor bent by favor. DEATH OF REV. STILES MELLIOIIAMP. We learn with deep sorrow the demise at Orangeburg, South Carolina, of this venerable servant of Christ. He is affectionately remembered by many, to whom as Adjunct Professor of Lan? guages in the College of Charleston, he, iu days long gone by, made pleasant the ways of knowledge, and gave an impress which has endured, of his kindly, win? ning and loveable nature. . SPANISH INDISCRETION.-Hardly bas Dr. Houard returned tn tho United y titee, with tho Bears of Spuuish fetters upon his limbs, when another American citizen hikes hm vacant pince in a Cuban jail. The reported circumstances in the case of Mr. A. Boyd Henderson mai li this offence us even more liugrnnt thun the former. While, as prima faci? evi? dence, Dr. Huuurd's long residence und business connections in (Juba gave color to the claim that he was a subject of the King of Spuiu, there is nothing alleged concerning Mr. Henderson to j.istify hie arrest by ?Spanish authority. Tho gen? tleman, so far from being a Spanish sub? ject, bas never before set foot on tho soil of Spuiu or its colonies. Ho is an American citizen, traveling iu (Juba for his own health und that of his wife, where, upou n charge, amounting only to u senseless suspicion, of having com? municated with sympathizers with the Cubau insurrection, he has been arrested by the Spanish authorities and thrown into prison. This is, in brief, the story that comes from Cuba to illustrate still further the practical workings of the foreign policy of the Grant Administra? tion now on trial. Dr. Houard was re? leased, not in justice to the demauds of a Government co-ordinate with that which committed the offence of bis ar? rest, but as nu act of royal clemency on the part of King Amadeas, a special fa? vor tossed with undisguised indifference to a nation whioh Spain considers her? self in no way bound to respect. And, as if to enforce tho lesson, tho same power hastens to chain up another Ame? rican citizen, with as little regard as be? fore for the rights of the United States. Tho mysterious influence in the Stute Department, which bas made itself felt in ull our relations with Spain under the Grant Administration to the humiliation of tho oountry, will doubtless be exerted to smooth over this outrage, us it has so many others, with especial care for the feelings of the Spanish Government. With the popular sentiment strongly in favor of extending a moral support to the Cuban patriots, Mr. Fish bas not only withheld every expression of sym? pathy from those straggling for liberty, but has discriminated in favor of Spain on every opportunity. When tho free? dom, tho property and evon the lives of Amerioan citizens have been taken, tho State Department has assumed the posi? tion of counsel for the Spanish Govern? ment, and has stoutly opposed all efforts to obtain redress, until, as in the case of Dr. Houard, au indiguaut publie com? pelled tardy action. Tho natural result is seen in the contempt with which Ame? rican authority is treated in Cuba, of which the imprisonment of Mr. Hender? son is an illustration. Even with his abject subserviency to Spain, in thc matter of the Cuban insurrection, Mr. Fish has not succeeded in avoiding en? tanglement. A war cloud is gathering, aud a second Geneva Conference it talked of, to estimate tho amount ol damages inflicted upou Spain by thc Government that has for yearn humbled itself to do the behest of the Dons. In? competence and pasilauimity have dis? tinguished the whole course of this Ad ministration in its relations with Spain, until wo And no safety for American citi? zens upon Spanish soil, where there if no respect for their Government. Yet, with the memory of the pride und se curity of citizenship under Marcy ant: tho honorable position of the Americnt flag under a Democratic Government this Administration has the effrontery tc demand praise for its conduct of foreigz affairs, and to embody in its platform th? declaration that tho rights of Americant shall be maintained abroad. [Boston Post, 21s/. # ? ? Tho Churlotte Observer, in referring to tho address of Col. D. Wyatt Aiken on Thursday last, says: Tho address was filled with practica advice to our planters, and with state ments of facts and causes which hr.v kept tho South poor for so many years and at the same time pointed out th remedies for our grievances. Mr. Aikei strongly urged*, oonccrt of action arnon; our farmers, and the formation of club or agricultural societies. Ho strougl; endorsed u society known as the grange and stated this society was of a natioua oharuoter, and only for the farming inte rest, none others than farmers being al lowed to become members. Mr. Aikei paid a handsome tributo to the oncrg and industry of our women, and mon tioned us a tact, that in all his travel* this summer, over the greater portion o South and a part of North Carolina, h had failed to lind one single idlo woman while ho saw many idle and discontente men sitting on their fences whittlin sticks or congregated at tho cross-road store, wishing they could sell out and g to some other places where money coul be made easier. In this connection, h said that he hud, since the war, travele over the "great" South-west, but had yt to find a country endowod with so man and various qualifications to make a ma happy and contented. He concluded b advising our farmers to go to work t improve their farms, beautify and ador the "old homestead," and to raiso lei cotton and tobacco and more small grail The address lasted moro than an hou: and was listened to with marked attei tiou by the large assemblage. Mrs. O'Leary, of Chicago, who owne tho oow that set the Are, is to hnvo benefit ball, tickets one dollar, in 001 sideration of the vast improvemen made in tho oity during tho past year. M UKO icu IN ST. ANDREW'S PARISH. Honry Manigault was killed at Yerdier plantation, in the above parish, on la Sunday, by Solomon Lyons, anoth< colored mau. A jealous North Carolinian of ninot, six was lately arrested on the oharge < causing the death of his wife, elevt years younger. A Kentucky Sabbath school bas co tributed enough money to build a chun in China. A BID FOU BAYONETS -Wo have con? stantly stated om* IM Imf that tho Und ?cal Buhciuo for tho South waa fraud, finU; failing thut, force;. Their programme WUB to stir up men hostility to thut ux tout that, patient und long-suffering us tho whites hud been, their forbearance would ut lust givo way. Tho first occa? sion was to bo seized, und tho pren tend? ed offending Stuto was to bo bound in gyves otico tuon?, mid then prodded to the polls with Grant's bayonets. Uow tho trick was tu bu worked wc have seen here, in our own State, arid notably in Georgia. In both States tho Radar -"Played it Ou Horace and me, iu a way I doHinao." But tho forbearance of tho whites of tho South was a moro constant quality than her Radical oppressors believed; and its stern continuance had grounds in a nobler aud higher hopo than they could comprehend. Trusting to tlio truth and common-sense of tho honest men of tho North, they have, with ono accord, ro solved to bear any and all inflictions of tyranny, devilry and meanuess, lather than by one hasty aot to jeopardy their novel possibility for just und honest go? vernment. So tho 'Small game, ho did not understand,n was not worked by the heathen Ulyes. Tho whiten of theSouth have stood contumely und insult now, as they have stood robbery and oppression for years. They have held themselves ready to defend themselves, if need bo; but they have passed immy and strong ?provocations by that, in the North, would have set the cities all ablaze. There bas been during this campaign, there is to-day, no excuse for forcing martial law upon our peoplo. Even the Grautites regretfully own this, as a Washington special to the Missouri lie publican thus st ii ten: WASHINGTON, October 17.-It is un? derstood that a portion of tho adminis? tration committee here had a conference with the President, to-day, in which they ut?ked of him to issue a proclama? tion warning the voters in the Southern States from creating any disturbanco on election day. The committee urged the importance of the above scheme, but the President informed them that it was in expediont and unnecessary. The al? leged gross Ka Klux outrages were then recited, but tho President still refused, kuowing by the advice of counsel that it was outside of his prerogative. The President, however, stated that if any troulile took placo iu tho South, ho would ask in his message to Congress that a searching investigation be made. Tho committee huvo arranged to have even this bit of information published aud sent broadcast over the North, but not allowing it to bo sent South, hoping to keep tho voters there in ignorance and to profit by tho dropping nystem wheu they aro defeated fairly. Wo ndviso our contemporaries every? where to give these committee gentle? men the free advertisement they do not desire. And we point them also to the fact that this despatch has its sting in its tail. Wo must watch this "dropping" gamo closely. We must be careful not only to avoid all violence on election day, in every town und in every precinct of the South, but we must also guard, by well and clearly proven records, against all possible charges of fraud, in? timidation aud tho other points by which alone tho "dropping" game can be made to win. Forewarned ia forearmed; and if we aro careful on these minor points, there will bo no possible excuse for counting out the vote of a single precinct. [Mobile Register. From present appearances, his Serene Majesty the Emperor of Abyssinia would seem to be approaching the end of his reign. Tho impending conflict between that monarch and the Khedive of Egypt eau havo but one probable result, and the weaker and more barb irons nation must, as usual, go to tho wall. Tho military prospecting tour now being un? dertaken by tho Khedive's ordors has naturally irritated tho Emperor's temper, aud tho refusal of the commander of tho invadors to depart wheoco ho carno leaves tho Abyssinian monarch but ono re? source, namely, war. This is evidently just what the Viceroy expected and de? sired. It is now some years ago that Sir Samuel Baker explored tho tracts lying to tho South-west of Egypt, nud re? turned, bringing glowing reports of the eotton-produciug powei of that region. Sir Samuel eventually entered tho ser vico of the Khedive, whoso imagination portrayed millions of bales of cotton and much enlargement of tho vico-royal trea? sure as tho result of an "uunexutiou" of Abyssinia. Tho warlike expedition of Commander Muu/.tuger Boy is, doubt? less, duo to tho stimulating statements of tho ex-English explorer, and in com? mon course of time tho whole valley of tho Nile will probably become tributary to Egypt. Tho Emperor of Abyssinia bas no force to competo with tho well trained and well officered soldiers of tho Khedive, and its 5,OUl),0U0 of inhabit? ants havo sadly degenerated since the halcyon days of tho Queuu of Shoba. FIUES.- Ono night last week, the gin houso of Mr. J. C. Dunbar was con? sumed, together with about ton bales of cottou. Causo of fire, wo leam, was tho overturning of u burning caudle in a quantity of loose cotton. Ou Sunday night, ono Jessa Covington, colored, lost everything ho had of clothes, furniture, &c, by the burning of his houso, on the plantation of Mr. Robert Barrow. Also, on Major Z. A. Drake's plantation, ono day last week, a dwelling house was con? sumed, and two colored children perished in tho Hames.-Marlboro Times. Tho cotton crop in Laurens County ?B better than was anticipated one month ago; it is now thought that there will bo an average yield. If tho present fine weather continuos two weeks will finish the pioking. English railroad companies prosecute persons who jump from trains while in motion. Eiooal Itomra. OIT? MATTBHS.-The price of single copies of tho PHOENIX ?B live couts. Old uowspupers for sale at PIIONIX oflice, ut lift y cents u hundred. Tho publishers of thc Southern Musical Journal, (monthlj*, SI per yenr,) not con? tent with publishing tho cheapest, hand? somest aud best musical sheet in the United States, are now offering to 6eud it ou trial to thoso not nlrcady .subscrib? ers threo months free, upon receipt of B?X cents for tho postw-ge. One dollar's worth of music is givon in each number, and by accepting this remarkable offer, music to tho value of S3 eau be had for only B?X cents. We heartily congratu? late the publishers, Messrs. Ludden & Bates, of Savannah, Ga., on the success hitherto attending their efforts, and pre? dict for tho future an abundant snppoit, with enlarged subscription list. All tho ladies interested in the Monu? ment Bazaar aro requested to meet this (Saturday) morning, at Miss Elmore's hobool room, at ll o'clock. Yoting ladies willing to servo nt small round tables are particularly requested to bo present. At the annual meeting of the Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance, held on Wednesday and Thursday last in this city, tho following officers were elected to servo during the ensuing year: A. M. Kennedy, Grand Worthy Patri? arch; G. Y. Patrick, Grand Worthy As? sociate; Oliver Howitt, Grand Scribe; W. B. Timmons, Grand Treasurer; Bev. J. C. Miller, Grand Chaplain; A. C. Dib? ble, Grand Conductor; D. H. Crosland, Grand Sentinel. The next meeting will be held at Newberry, on the fourth Wednesday in April, 1873, at 3 P. M. After two or three days of unpleasant weather, "Old Sol" shone out, yester? day, in "brilliant array." Mr. A. Stork puts forth an announce? ment, this morning, which his friends understand tho meaning of. Tho concert for the benefit of the Young Men's Christian Association will take place on tho 31st. We will then have the pleasure of hearing some ex? cellent manie. Pine taient from Edge field will take part. Remember, next Thursday ^night. Over 13,000 people visited Old John Robinson's monagerio und circus al Raleigh, N. C., last Thursday. Soveral ladies were carried out fainting. Snoh c gathering was never before seen undo canvas nt that place. PHONIXIANA.-A new danger threaten! society. An eminent French chemist announces that many of tho new even ing Bilks aro colored with pierato of lead, and are, therefore, liable to a tremen dous explosion nt any moment. In tba: event, "Up in a balloon" will bo revived If you want to know whother a tree ii hollow or not, axe it. "Wanted-By a hearty boy of four teen, a situation in an eating house. Ht understands tho business." That is t suggestive advertisement. Wedding cards this winter will bi smaller and plainer than of late. Th days of pink cards, gilt lettering ant sprawling monograms have departed. James Robinson, tho great bare-b?Ci rider, and his mammoth circus am trained animal exposition aro taking th people by storm. Oar exchanges ar loud in praise of this wonderful eirene led by the great and only James Rcbic son, the acknowledged "champion bare back equestrian of tho world," who as rider never had an equal. Many attemr. but always meet with failure to imitai him. Prank Pastor, the world renowne somersault equestrian; young Eugont tho wonderful baby boy equestrian, onl three years of age; Master Clarenci whom everybody knows; M'llo Lou if Bosholl, tho Parisiau equestrienne, i her journey to tho clouds, blindfoldec Shappeo and Whitney, tho ariel king tho mysterious Davenport Brothers; th world renowned Gregorios; tho LeCla family; George Graham; William Go mon; Billy Burke and Charley King, tl funniest of all clowns; together with full and complete troupe of riders, lea] ors, tumblers, trapeze performers, hoi zontal bar artists, wiro walkers, juggler and rope dancers, making in all tl largest and most talented company i arenio performers before tho publi This mammoth show will be in Colui bia on Monday, October 28. THE GREELEY AND BEOWN MEETING:. Agroeably to the call advertised by Cap John McKenzie, yesterday, a mooth was held in Hibernian Hall last nigt for the purpose of organizing a Oreel and Brown Club. Tho number in t tondanoe was not vary large, but a gre many oitizens sent in their names, ai tho Club list already reaches nearly hundred. On Tuesday evening na; another meeting will be held for I eleotion of offioers, &o. Several pron nent gentlemen will address the meetii in behalf of Or?ele" and Brown and c tional reconciliation. The singular difference in Bolar time between tho Eastern and Western hemis? pheres was strikingly illustrated on Tuesday, tho 22d instant. A despatch dated "Melbourne, Ootober 22"-(Mel? bourne is a city in Australia)-was pub? lished in the New York and London morning papers o? October 22-the same day. Tba cabio telegram was received in New York ubout midnight on the 21st, a day ahead of its date in Melbourne. This illustrates, too, the wonders of telegraphic and newspaper euterprise, in this country, tho despatch being received and published in the New York morning papers ou the very dale of its date, al? though it came from the other side of the world, thousands upon thousands of milts away, so that the readers of the city papers, Tuesday muming, apparent? ly read about the event which bad hap? pened in Australia several hours ia ad? vance of its actual occurrence. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meeting Typographical Union. C. F. Jackson-Look at This. A. Stork-Restaurant. R. O. Shiver & Co.-Wanted. D. C. Peixotto Sc Sons-Auction. P. Cantwell-Hay and Oats. HOTEL ARRIVALS, October 25,-Kickereon House-R H Hrawley, Chester; J W Embry, Kentucky; L O Clifford, Charleston; W C Coughnom, Baltimore; J Jones, Newberry; J H Harrison, Anderson; Mrs H 0 Pride, ?isa Hinckle, Bock Hill; M J Jones, Columbus; D M Ward and wife, Newberry; J W Atkinson, J F Finger, N C; J B Thompson, Abbeville; J K Chatham, Greenville. t'otumoia Hotel-W C Fergue.Md: W Falet and Indy, U B A; Miss J M Quhcre, Union; 8 T Collins, Marion; B C Gilbert, 8 P B R; PU Matthews, Ex- Co; F H Sommera, N Y; N W Polk, Pa; Mrs O M Sadler, child and servant, Mr and Mrs T D Gillespie, S Gillespie, T Gil? lespie, 8 0; C 8 Jones, Jl F Bynum, N C; W H Evans, Ga. A CALIFORNIA JUDGE'S DILEMMA.-A lawyer of Vallejo, whom, not to mention any names, we will call Judge C., got into a very amusing predicament yester? day. A woman, whose husband had been sentenced for misdemeanor to a term in the County jail, appeared in one of our courts with three small children at her heels, and begged his Honor to have her better half released, urging that she was destitute, and knew not how to feed her children or herself while he was in prison. The oourt assured the woman of its inability to help her in tho matter, and referred her to Judge C., who was present. As the latter per? son had seoured her husband's convic? tion, the woman thongbt that he could also procure his pardon, and was, there? fore, much confounded when he, too, told her that thing couldn't bo accom? plished. "Well," she ejaculated, half despairingly, half resigned, "if you won't do that, you'll havo to keep these young ones until his time is ont, for Pve got nothing to feed 'em ou." The judge thought tho matter a good joke until he started to leave tho office, when the wo? man told her little blessings to "go along with tho gentleman, children." The lit? tle cherubs were obedient, nnd followed their newly constituted father with as mach affection as if they had been part of his own bono and flesh. The judge was in a dilemma; the children stack like burrs, and no way offered of getting rid of them. He finally effected a com? promise by offering the woman a sack of flour in consideration* of her "calling her children off," and again assuming guard? ianship.- Vallejo (Cal.) Chronicle. THE CONSCIENCE FOND AND UNCLAIM? ED BOND INTEREST.-Gen. Spinner is busy on his report. Among other good things it will contain is tho following: The conscience fund has been in? creased during the year in various sums aggregating 82,977.40. This fund has swelled to the sum of $129,124.77. These contributions have been made by per? sons who havo not only acknowledged their indebtedness, but have been willing to pay tho Government what they owed it. On tho other hand, the United States is indebted to individuals on various accounts, principally for un? claimed interest on bonds. The Govern? ment should set an example of honesty to the people. Tho withholding of an honest indebtedness is as dishonest and more mean than an absolute r?futai to pay. It is, therefore, recommended that Ibero 6holl bo prepared and pub? lished after tho close of every fiecal year a list of all unclaimed balances due from the Government that have remained on the books of tho departments for two years or more, said list to state names to whom moneys aro duo and the amount due to each individual. The indefatigable Mrs. Gaines suddeu lylre-appears in her old arena, and again brings before our City Connoil a propo? sal to compromise her large claim on the oity, bused on judgments against the un? fortunate people who purchased from the city property whioh the United States Court has deeided belonged to Daniel Clark's heirs. It looks very much as if Mrs. Gaines bad tbe oity in n corner on this point. If this be so, and the lady puts hor demand at a reasonable figure, it would prove a tremendous re? lief to all Mrs, Gaines* friends and this whole community if she could effect a reasonable settlement and compromise thereof.-New Orleans Times. An English couple were lately regis? tered at a Chicago hotel. The husband Blands eight feet high and weighs 485 pounds, and his wife ia two inches shorter. A philanthropic Yankee has invented a lifeboat which, if thrown into the water wrong side up, will immediately right itself, and, if filled with water, will bail itself out. An aged Indiana man lately married his son's step-daughter. He won't take any "sass" from his father-in-law.