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. voMSfic Antra? Paris, November 19.?la tbe Assem? bly, yesterday, a motiun was made con sariog Gambetta for inflammatory speeches, and complaining of tbe laxity . of the Government in dealing with in? creasingly audacious Radicals. Thiers dofended the Government, and intimated lhaf. ho _ might appeal to the country. He admitted that Gambetta's speeohes were offeusivo, but claimed that the Go? vernment wus not responsible. Thiers pnt it to a vote. The result was, yeas 2(37; nays 117. Half the Deputies ab? stained from voting.' The probable consequence of the small majority and largo abstention from voting, yesterday, is, that Thiers will demand a second vote of oouildenoo. Madrid, November 19.?Amadous continues to improve. London, Novomber 19.?The dis? missal of eighty mombers of the police for insabordinatiou yesterday caused dissatisfaction among their follows, who made strong manifestations. 200 moro were suspended this afternoon. Iusu ordination has now spread throughout the entire force, and further suspensions are looked for. There ? is great excite? ment in the city over the prospeot of tbe streets being loft unguarded. At 11 o'clock, this morning, not a' policemau was to be seen on the streets. American Halters. Chauleston, Novomber 19.?Arrived ?steamships Gulf Stream, Philadelphia; Maryland, Baltimore; sohoouor Lewis Ehrmau, Baltimore. ? New OkijBans, November 19.?An in? junction has been issued restraining Longstreet, Lynch, Herron and Jacob from acting as members of the election returning board; and upon the affidavit of Gov. Warmotb, the same parties were arrested for violation of the State eleotion laws. They were bailed in $10,000. New Yoke, Novo liber 19.?Schooner Bolle B. Hull, from Virginia, and John B. Myers, hence for Bicbmoud, collided near Barneguto. The Myers was sunk. The crew were saved. The Hull's for? ward works were badly damaged. The Myers hud 125 tons of railroad iron. The report current here, and which may have been telegraphed elsewhere, that St. Louis is in fl ?nies, is untrue. St. Louis November 19._John j. PrVs & Oo.'s pork packing bouse wub burned. Loss roughly stated at $100, 000. Boston, November 19.- A fire occurred in State street. Loss $100,000 to $200, 000. It is thought to be caused by wares brought from the burned district. Counterfeit Union Pacific Railroad bonds are circulating. A Broad street firm paid them upon presentation. The store house of Woodruff Sc Robin? son, Brooklyn, was burned. The grain destroyed was worth $400,000. Total loss, including building, $300,000. Memphis, November 19.?The malady is here, but mild. PottsvtmiK, Pa., November 19.?Buck Shultz. a colored, desperado, was arrested for causing the death of Mrs. Slater, by kicks. The malady is spreading throughout the coal region. Jacksonville, 111 , November 19.? The college belonging to the Methodist Church was burned; loss $50,000; insur? ance $35,000; sixty girls escaped with their wardrobes. This is tbe second time the college bus been burned within nine years. Boston, November 19. The Legisla? ture has bean convened in extra session. The Governor, in bis messugo, hopes that legislation will be confined to the ? matters growing out of the recent cala? mity, and suggests as topics for consi? deration the proposed loan of the credit of tbe city to parties wishing to rebuild, tbe re-chartering of insurance oompa- , nies, and the amendment of the Better? ment Aot and the building laws. Moktg?miskk, Ala, November 19.? Four other Conservatives arrived and enrolled their names at the Capitol, and one Republican, making fifty, which is one less than u quorum. Iu the Sonate, nineteen Senators were present ; two less than a quorum. Both Houses adjourn? ed to morning. The three Conserva? tives of Marongo who were arrested by tbe United States deputy marshal and taken to Mobile, guvo bond in that city, and will arrive hero to-night, and be in their seats to-morrow. This will give the Conservative branch, which moets in tbo legislative rooms nt the Capitol, a quorum of each House. The Republi? cans met at tbo United States Court rooms aud eleoted officers, having en? rolled members from various Counties without certificates. No now develop? ments to-day, but to-morrow will proba? bly forecast the result. Mobile, November 19.?The Conserv? ative delegation from Mareugo County, who were urrosted by the United States Marshal while on their way to Mont? gomery, upon the plea of violation of the Enforcement Act, arrived here this morn? ing, and were carried before United States Commissioner Gillette, who re? leased them upon giving bond in the sum of 83,000 eaoh for their appearance at the next term of the United States Court. They leave for Montgomery to? day. Naw Yobk, Novombor 19?Evening.? ' George Wood, tho alleged prize concert swindler, has been arrested The steamship Columbia, of the Ha? vana line, has been confiscated by tire United States District Court,-.on charges of smuggling oigars. Stokes' trial commences on the second day of December, at the term of Oyer and Terminer Court. Washinoton, November 19.?Jay Cook, E. H. C. Fahnestook and Gov. H. D. Cooke, had a long consultation with Boutwell to-day. Philips, the now Solicitor-General, ar? rives to-morrow. The report of Major MoFarland, engi? neer in charge of tho surveys for a canal route to connect the Tennessee ?5 River with tbe All?utio Ooeon, at or near Savannah,' Qu. fe will be transmitted to Congress, along with tbe report pf tbe Secretary of War.'^The- report iu ex? haustive, and fully establishes the feasi? bility'of tbe project. ? Tbe Colleotor of the First Georgia District is ordered to make a new inves? tigation of the case against the Georgia Riilroad and Banking Company of Au? gusta. Probabilities?Ovor tbe North-west, tbe upper lakes, aud tbeuce to tbe Ohio Valley, Northerly to Westerly winds, oc? casional snow, cold, partly cloudy and clearing weather. In tbo Gulf States, falling barometer, winds becoming West? erly to Northerly, colder aod cloudy weather aud light rain. In the South Atlautiu States, South-westerly winds, veering to-morrow to North-westerly, with partly cloudy weather. Ou the lower lakes, aud theuoe over tho Middle aud ?:isturu States, South-westerly to North-westerly wiuds, cloudy weather and occasional belt* of snow aud rain. I' lr.iLr.; lal U.U.I CiunmerclBl. London, November 19?Noon.?Con? sols 6s 88%. Paris, November 19.?Routes 52f. 55o. Liverpool, November 19?3 P. M.? Cotton opened quiet but steady?up? lands 9%; Orleans 10,!B' (a\ 10; sales 12,000 bales; speculation aud export 3,000. Liverpool, November 19?Evening.? Cotton closed unchanged Yarns and fabrics tending down. .New Yobk, November 19?Noou.? Stocks steady. Money quiet but ?rm, at 1 32@1-16 per cunt, per day. Gold heavy, at 13,'h- Exohuoge?long 8,'.4'; short S'b- Governments dull but steady. State bonds strong but dull. Cottou dull; sides 1.03G bales?uplands l*JJ^ ; Orleans 19^. Flour steady. Wheut very firm. Corn advancing. Pork dull ?mess 15.70 @, 15.95. Lard steady? steam 8)sC^8 9-16. Freights quiet. *7 P. M.?Cotton firm; sales 2,600 bales, at lvU???*- Flour iu fair re? quest and steady. Whiskey lower, at 95 ($96. Wheat held 2@3o. higher, stop? ping business. Corn lc. better, but iu activer. Rico steady, at 7,,b@8,|?. Poik lower, at 15 50@16 00. Lard firm, at 8J8'(?8%. Freights steady. Cottou? net receipts 414 bales; gross 7,043. Sales of futures 9,250 bales: November 19 Vd%; December 18^, 1813-16; Jauuary ioiv in ia 111. ... ... _ -? r. ??? .? -_ jio;^, iu xu, r aurimrv 10 lO-lO, IV, March 19 3 16, 10K; April 19 7-16, 19>.i; May 19^, 1934'. Money 7, gold, to commission. Sterling lower, at 8@8js Gold Vdy^@\Z%. Goveruments closed firm at a fraction decline. States stoady. Baltimore, November 19.?Flour iu improved demand aud favors buyers? superfine 5.25@5.50. Wheat heavy; no choice samples offering. Corn steady. Oats firmer?Southorn 42(3)43. P10vi? sions heavy for round lots. Pork lower ?on snot 16.00; to arrive 15.50. Bacon, lard and whiskey unchanged. Cotton firm?middling 19; receipts 476 bales; sales 197; "took 6.110. Cincinnati, November 19.?Flour very steady. Corn demand light aud holders firm. I'ork quiet, at 13.25. Lard? steam firm, at kettlo quiet, at 7?4'@ 7Jg. Bacon quiet?old shoulders 5)<j; uew dear rib 10; clear sides lO,1^. Whis? key firm, at 89. Auousta, November 19.?Cottou iu good damand?middling 18; receipts l.ii?O bales. Savannah, Novombor 19.?Cotton firm and iu good demand?middling 185-6; receipts 4,182 bales; sales 3,213; stock 65,738. Charleston, .November 19.?Cotton firmer ?middling I8j8@l8.l4; good or? dinary 17?e; ordinary 17($17>4; receipts 2,500 bales; sales 1,500; stock 28,595. New Orleans, November 19.?Cottou firm and little doing?good ordinary 17^o'? middling IB.??; middling 19'^; receipts 5,889 bales; sales 6.30U; Btock 120.147. Galveston, November 19.?Cotton firm?good ordinary 16><; ordiuary 15^; receipts 1,356 bales; sales 1,700; . stock 40,208. Morile, Novembor 19.?Cottou? good ordiuary 17,l-i; low middling 18(?". 18,'^; middling 18^?18^; receipts 2,930 bales; sales 1,500; stock 23,613. There is nothing moro absurd, uut to say ungeutlemanly, than what is called, in college, "hazing." This term is ap pliod to those annoyances which the c'.der students uro in tbo habit of in? flicting upon freshmen. Bet this year, iu Amherst College, "tbo dog" (so to speak) ^'is a lectio ahead," for the eighty-two freshmen bnvo rovorscd tho usual order, aud are "hazing" tbe sixty sophomores without tbo least respoct for their dignity. If there must bo "hoz iug," this 1? tbo kind which we prefer. For tho tough old birds of tbo college to be peeking at tho poor little homo-sick chickens, is neither bravo, polito, nor wise.?New York Tribune. Tbo Titusville Press generously no? tices a catching oaao of Western pro? gress: "A St. Louis man has invouted a peculiar sort of a trap for catohing tape? worms. It is a windlass with steel trap attached, and if you thiuk you have 'got 'em,'you set tho trap in your mouth when you retire for the night. If you feel tho trap spring, seize the crank and wind up your worms." Milledgevillo (Ga.).lodge has seceded from tbo I. O. G. T. Thoy propose fall? ing in with tho movo to consolidate a Georgia order for whites, adapted to the institutional wants of the people, on tbe 30th instant, at Atlanta. The light of tho great conflagration in Boston, on Saturday night, was distinct? ly visible and attraoted tho observation of people resident sixty miles from Bos? ton along tbo Eastern coast, and also soronty miloc in tbe interior country. Borneo Greoloy spent thirty years of his life in making tbe nigger the poli? tical equal of tho white man. He will find by this day's vote that his "colored bradder is a werry ungrateful critter." [Martinsburg Statesman, A recently employed local editor on an Indianapolis pspr.r wm anooyed by a seedy looking fellow who. sat by' tbe stove one oolrl night last- week, nnd I warmed himself. "See here, old fellow," said he, finally, "hadn't you better go home?" The "old fellow" glared at him, hut said nothing. After u few minutes the editor took tho old fellow by the shoulders to lend him out. remarkiug that it was uo plaoe for loafers. "See here, young man," roared tbu old fellow, "you evidently don't know who you're talking to. My name is-, ami I urn huh of the proprietors of this paper." Tho astounded editor plunged headlong into u gimlet hole. ? ? ?- ? A little Datibury hoy run away from school Monday, to go uhestuutiug. Dar? ing the expedition he fell twi'u out of one tree to the imminent danger of breaking his neek, whs licked by one of the other boys whose breath he material? ly lessened by stumbling against his stomach, ran a sliver into his knee aud was bitten violently on the neck by u new kind of bug. When ho got home his father anointed him with the- bos?s end of a billiard cue, und tho next day at school the teacher escorted him twice uround the room by his poorest ear. lie snys that chestnuts are so wormy this year that it dou't puy to go after I hem. . Dean Swift bequeathed n mad house to Ireland because, as an epigram relate.", no country wanted it so much. Accord? ing to the French papers, uu English? man, who recently died at Armentieres, has followed that eccentric divine's ex? ample, by leaving 860,000 for building a lunatic asylum in France. "Tbid pre fcrencH does us much honor," says La Liberte, "aud probably no similar insult has been paid to this country since old Bedlam win built ou the plan of the Tuileries, a fact which greatly irritated the French monarch of that day." Tbe Atlanta Herald says under Federal law, which allows each Stuto 85,000 a year for arms, Georgia is now entitled to 825,000, us she has had none in five years. By the Georgia law these arms are to be distributed to cmmpanics first organized. The gun that the Governor has ordered is called the Springfield rifle musket. It costs twenty-two dollars, tho accoutrements cost three dollars, the outfit for each man thus reaching tweuty Hve dollars. At this rate the amount now duo will ouly equip about six com? panies of iufuutry and two of cavalry. Darwin has beeu snubbed by tho French Academy, which Las rejected his application for'ntlmissiou by a (urge ma? jority. Tho reasous for his rejection wore solely scientific. M. Mirqne said: "Tho author of the Origin of Species and tho Descent of Man has too fur sa? crificed science to renowu, reason aud imagination, to deserve a place iu the front rank of scientists. He has fallen too low?especially in his last work?has too much belittled limsolf, not to be made to expiate it." TvpoauArnTCAr, BnuNDBRa.? Both the dailies iu Montgomery, Ala., RiifT>r from typographical blunders. Iu tho Adver? tiser office the intelligent compositor butchered a piece of fine writing by substituting "intellectual petroleum" for "intellectual pabulum." Tho I. ?. of tho State Journal, in an article "Ap? peal from frauds," set up "apples and orauges" for "alpha and omega," berug evidently not as well posted in classics as on pomology. The situations ure vacant on those papers. . A Colorado num. n fnw rluvo .fcjnno, turned out his two horses, tied together with a rope around the neck of ouch. The next day one of them came home, dragging the head of the other. The last heard of the owner, he wus wander? ing over the prairie, saying he "sup? posed tho d?d animal ivas dead some whore." That is just like some men. They always jump to conclusions with? out waiting for ovidunoo. [St. Louis Democrat. Marietta, Ga., enjoys a glies'. The Journal Hays: "When ho enters the house loud noises uro heard, tho cat is kicked from ouo part of the house to an- j other, tho dog irons ure rapped, the I crockery waro is broken, tallies und I chair* are turned ever, hot biick-butsure | pitched at the servant and hot words at | the wife of the household, und tt demo- j uiuu yell falls upon the children's ears, | "Clear out, dad's come home drunk." A rather ludicrous scene wan exhibit? ed ou tho occasion of a recent fnueral ut i PittsQuld, As the precession was mov-'l ing toward tho cemetery a muu joined the funeral cortege with u young child under bis arm und a pig tinder tho other, tho latter squealiug us only u pig can, and the child following suit to the bust of its ability. Two young Britons laid a wager a?i to which could produce tho fastest spidei, the trial to take place ou platos, euuii spider to havo a plate. Ouo of tho in? sects would hardly stir, while the other ran with great speed. Tho proposer of the bet hud heated his plate and won the wagor. A Pomfret, Connecticut, woman re ceully lost a favorite lieu, aud revenged herself by poisoning the corpso with strychnine, tho result being a dead owl, one of tho largest varieties kuown in New England, with a six-feet spread of wings, a dead fox and a skuuk. There are thirteen shot-guns, with women, at thoir butt ends, prowling uround the Western Slates, looking fur truant husbands and their naughty feminine companions. Thunder from the West may be expected soon. Ancient manuscripts wero written without ncocnts, stops or separation be? tween the words; nor was it until after the ninth ooutnry that copyists begau to loavo spaces between the words. An intoxicated man was detected in an attempt to pick tho pocket of a billiard table. A Terro Haute girl exclaimod, when she saw a Thomas feliuo elovate his buck: "Obi wouldn't bo make a lovely bustlo?" The New French Ahmt ?The entire army consists of twelve completo army corps, including one in Algeriu. Each corps is composed of three infantry di vhii en Breach continuing two brigades of two regiments euch, a battalion of obas senrs on foot, with the requisite engi? neer, cavalry and artillery force. Tho army of Algeria consists of four regi? ments of zouaves, four Algerian regi? ments of tirailleurs, a foroigu regiment, threo infantry regiments and thioe bat? talions of chasseurs, also threo battalions of Afriean light infantry. Tbe entire army numbers 135 regiments of iufuu try, four regiments of zouaves, four regi? ments of tirailleurs, a foreign regiment aud thirty-six battalions of chasseurs. This Same Old Story.?Another bank ousbier has turned up a defaulter to the amount of $15,000. This time it is the New York Gold Exchange Bunk whioh sutlers, uud us it makes good tho loss and lots the offender off scot-free, tho affair, as Mr. Toots would say, is "of no cods8 qnouoo." The defaulting cashier, when confronted by bis President, und asked for au explanation, owned tbe truth, and said: "It's tho same old story., I've been speculating iu stocks, aud that's bow tho money has gone." What a volume of waruiug to tho victims of "tbe stroet" is conveyed in these few words! [New York Herald. Mus Fair Wants That Pistol Auain Laura D. Fair made application, on Sa? turday, to the Clerk of the Fifteenth District Court for the return of tbe pis? tol used in evidence against her in the two murder trials. The geutle oreature became emphatic in her languuge when the weapon was not immediately forth? coming, but it will bo returued to her to? day. The pistol is tho same with whiob Laura killed Mr. Ctitteuden, and she prizes it very highly as a memento. [San Francisco Bulletin, 4th, A delegation of thirty of tho leading Republicans of Pennsylvania, including Simon Cameron, liartrauft, and Mayor Stokely, called'on tbo President to in? duce bim to appoint Mr. Truman as postmaster, contrary to tbo civil service rule*. After hearing their arguments through. General Graut refused tho ap? plication, very much to tho surprise and disgust of bis discomfited Pcnusylvuuiau friends and Miniwrt?-ru - - ? v i? Dkatu from Sudden Alarm.?Tbe Lancaster (Pa ) Express says that Miss Mary E. Grubb, u lady of that city, nged about thirty-three years, was suddenly alarmed by a cry of tire on Friday night. Tho suddenness of tbo alarm, uud the nearness e>f apparent danger, gave her such a shook that, after uttering an ex? clamation, she ?ank down and expired immediately. Salmon in the Delaware. ?Dr. Slack, ono of tho fish commissioners of this State, has received 250,000 salmon eggs for the purpose ot t-tocking tbe Dela? ware. The c?gs were obtained from the Sacrameuto River salmon, aud the doc? tor thinks there is every prospect of tho experiment proving successful. [Bridtjeton (X. J.) Chronicle. Mr. Oreeley is represented as taking comfort from the reflection that the New York Tribune office will uo longer bo "a sort oT F?deral employment agency to get places under Government for those who were indisposed to work for a liv? ing." We congratulate the sage ou this fact, and only iegret that ho ever per miitod the past abuse. The prevalence ot tho opizootic in New York has beou death on aristocratic funerals, aud the snobs aro opposed to kicking the bucket and being buttled to tbo bone-yard by an ox team, and it is fejred if tbe epidemic is not arrested death will reap a very poor harvest of fools this fall in Gotham. Tho Raloigb Era says: Mr. Andrew Smith, who resides some seven miles South of R dei jjju, while on his way home on Tuesduy nignt lust, hud his pocket knife open in his pocket, and uufortu uatuly stumbled und fell, inflicting a severe wound in lilt! abdomen, whioh ro stiltod in his death this moruiug. A rumor prevailed Friday, iu Madrid, that the Central Junta of the Curbst or? ganization were to hold a meeting ou that day b?r thu purpose of discussing tbo lueatia to cany out au insurrection in Catalonia. Bands ot Carlisle are also reported ns committing outrages upon travelers between France and Spain. A young woman has poiaoued herself j in Yieuua, and iu a note which she bail l.dt on a table near tho bed on which she lay, (die hud written: "My IhSt cigar I draws very badly; therefore, 1 am tired of life. Good H'ght." I Mrs. S. M. Smith and her daughter, I Miss Faunie Smith, of Columbus, Ohio, had recently a narrow OHUupo from death at Berlin, Germany, their room becom? ing, bt fore they were aware, full of cur I bonic acid gas from an open coal tiro. M'llo Berdou, a Freuch dress maker, tired of oppression, plunged into the Soino with tho words "We havo uo liberties.'' When she was promptly pulled out, she finished the idea, '?They don't even allow im to drowu ourselves." The transports Gnorriere and G.irouno have arrived nt the French penal colony of New Caledonia, with tho first lots of Communists who have been sontencod to undergo imprisonment there. The Baptist Stato Convontiou for South Carolina is appointed to meet at Darlington Thursday, tho 2lst iustant. Itev. Dr. Winkler in to preach tbo iutro ductory sermon. Miss TenuioClrtfliu is said by reporters to talk 315 words a minuto. That, of course, is; a rough estimate, but its souio whero iu that neighborhood. Tho wife of Ja?k Grant, late Repre? sentative from Polk County in tbo Oregon Legislature, last year shot and trapped 353 squirrels. Thu track of tbo Charleston Eutorpriso Railway is being worked. The iron was laid below Broad street yesterday. Rubies in New Mexico.? Reports re? ceived iu Denver City from Hudta Fe, N. M., state that a ruby was brought in on the 14th inst.. whiob is pronounced by those who claim to be judges to be worth $75,000. It weighs sixteen carats in the rough, and will weigh about twolvo carats when cut. The samo party in reported to bavo had other stones which are considered very valuable, and it is said that the people of Santa Fe aro greatly excited. This mau claimod that ho wus offered $25,0C0 for the ruby mentioned. A Mill Stopped dy Funs. ?Last week a most remarkable stoppage of a mill by eels clogging the wheel occurred at II und ley-'a mill, below Spring Hill, in thiH County. The mill stopped, and the miller, upon searching out tho cause, found the wheel was clogged by eels to the quantity of several bushelH, which hud gotten into it and stopped it from turning. It was cleaned out, aud was clogged several times again during the day. Some of tho eels were two or three feet long.?Slaunton ( Va.) Vindicator. Fiue ik Charlotte.?The oflloe of Dr. Gregory, ou the. corner of Third and Tryon streets, was burned ou Satur? day uight. Owing to tho efficiency of the firo companies, Dr. B ration's house was saved, und the fire did not spread. The building was once the law office of W. J. Alexander, E*q., aud was one bf the old land-marks of Charlotte. [Southern Home. A lady traveling on the Macon and Western Railroad, last week, got into a jower with Harkie, the conductor. "This company," said sbe, "will never get another cent of my money as long as I live." "How will you preveut it?" asked Harkie, falling placidly into the trap. "Why, I'll pay it to you," re? joined the lady, "and then I'm sure they won't get it." There are dark rumors afloat that Harkie intends to resign. On the 11th instant, the gin house of Mrs. Moss, six miles from Washing? ton, Ga., was burned, together with a large quantity of cotton. This is thu second fire on the place within some two months. The barn and stables were burnt a short timo ago, destroying the entire crop of corn and forage, the loss amounting to $1,200. Both fires are believed to have been incendiary. Cotton Bukst.?Seyen or eight bales of cotton were discovered to bo on fire on Sunday last, ou thu platform of the freight depot of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. Fortunately, it was discovered in time to save the de? pot. It is supposed that tbo cotton was tired by some malicious person or per? sons.? Winmboro News. A negro man named Elias Winfrey has been lodged in jail at Macon, Ga., charged with committing a rape upon a little white girl named Flannagan, only twelve years old. There is said to be sufficient proof to convict the villain. This iu tho secoud case of the kind which has occurred in Bibb Couuty in two weeks. Charlotte Cushman, tho famous trage? dienne, has with her u faithful colored servant, named Sally, who has been in her service over thirty years. The close? ness with which this woman follows the fortaues of her renowned mistress is shown iu tho fact that she bus crossed tho Atlantic with Miss Cushman no less than fourteen times. Tub Desecuation of Quebec.?It is reported that Quebeo is about to pull down it? wmnirio throw its citadel into tho river, remove the gates which still picturesquely obstruct its precipitous streets, uud obliterate the last traces of the martial grandeur which mako it to? day one of tho most attractive cities in America. One or two off-hand hangings are greatly needed in Georgia to stop tho gin burning business. The last case is that of Mr. John Graham, of Milton County, whose gin house was set on fire Tuesday, and ten bales of cotton and 500 bushels of wheat barued. Loss over $3,000. The near approach of Thanksgiving D.iy will make the tiding* unwelcome Unit an epidemic has brokeu out among the poultry aud game throughout the country. Iu Pennsylvania it is reported as very severe, and all along tho banks of the Su^quebuuna the poultry ure dying by thousands. Small-Pox is Charlotte.?Two cases wero reported lust week. Messrs, Mur l tin Wolfe and James Wilson, living in (he Eastern suburbs of the town, have bad a mild attack. The disease has not spread, and us the houses are guarded, there is no panic.?Southern Home. Tho following is tbo most startling compositor's "lino to fill out a column" wo have seen for a month: "Does not a young mother's heart leap 4th with joy when she beholds her darling babe's 1st 2 th." Tho Conuectiout agriculturist who, last week, fouud a five dollar gold piece iu tho crop of one of his ohickens, re? marks that for its size it's tbe most pro? fitable crop over produced ou his farm. Tho Washington Star suys: The Capi? tal publishing company have bought out the Patriot printing establishrneut? type, Hoe press and all?and will move at onco into thoir now quarters. Saint Louis had him this time: Name, Ilotchin; occupation, physician; age, 110; cause of death, small-pox. Oldest freemason; no spootacles; eonstaut voter from his youth upwards. "Wife," said a man, looking for his bootjack, "1 have places whero I keep my things, and you ought to know it." "Yes, 1 ought to kuow where you keep your lato hours, but I don't." A letter from Dr. Livingstone, dated at Unyamyombe, on tho 14th of June last, has been rooeived by Mr. Bertram, at Salem, Mass. Mr. Joseph Thornton, of Virginia, is said to have succeeded in establishing his claim to property iu England worth over a million sterling. United States Teoops.?The detach? ment ol Federal artillery which for the past fourteen months has been stationed at this place, leave to-night for the Pacific coast. They go direct from here to Fort MoHenry, near Baltimore, and tboDoe overland to Sun Francisco, Cali? fornia. It iB probable that they will bo stationed in Alaska. The garrison here now coubists of cavalry. [Charlotte Observer. it in probable that Brigadier-Oeneral Cooko, now commanding the Depart? ment of the Lakes, will soon be retired, he being over sixty-two years of age and having been in tho ecrvico forty-five years. Funeral Invitation. Died, on tho ;i) h November, 1872.ROBEET SHAND, infant son nf David B. and Elmanda C. Clayton. The friends and acquaintances are invited to atteud tho fnneral services at Trinity Church, THi? MORNING-, at i? o'clock. bale of Bacon to dote a Boston consignment. BY JACOB LEVIN. TO-MORROW (Thursday) MORNING, at 10 o'clock, I will sell, before my store, without reserve. 5 oarka HMOKED SHOULDERS, 4 hogsheads Smoked Sides, 3 lierce-a oanvaBed Hams, 2 boxes Smoked Bullies, 3 cases Dry Salted Sides. also, Uushen Batter, Flour, No. 1 Suap. Fancy Goods, Farnitqre, Stoves, Ao. Nov 20 Valuable Beat Estate. BY SEIBELS & EZELL. On 3d DEOEMBER, immediately after the salb of the Columbia Hotel, we will sell', to the highest bidder, the following valuable property: Two large brick WAREHOUSES, on Ger vaia street, near the (ireenvi'le and Colombia Railrjad and South Carolina Railroad De? pots, with lota attached. UttVra at private sale will be received by u? previous to day of sale. Nov 14 tbmG Valuable Main Street Property. D. C. PE1X0TT0 & SONS, Auctioneers. WE will sell, before tho Court House in Co? lumbia, C ecember 2, at 10$ o'clock A. M., All that LOT known as a part of Lot No. 1 of tho Uuurt Houee Let, fronting on Richard? son street twenty-six feet, and running back ninety-three feet, bounded North by Lot No. 3, owned by F. Schmidt, East by part of Lot Nu. 2, Month by c. Cantwe?, and West bj Richardson street. Tbiims ? One-half c&eh; balance in alx months. Purchaser to pay for papers. Nov 10_tGDl Two Houses for Sale or Rent. APPLY corner of Ball and Bichland streets. Nov 20_8* Wanted. BOA RD for the winter, in a pleasant family or private boardiDg house, by a gentle? man, wife and one ohild. Please address, stating terms and location, Bemocrat, at this offico._Nov 20 . Lost, ALADY'S FDB CAPE, between mybonae and the Columbia Hotel. The finder will be suitably rewarded by leaving it -t jay Bookstore, opposito the Columbia Hotel. Nov 20 2_W. J. D?PFIE. The Most Nourishing Food for Hones AFFECTED with the prevailing disease is primo BLACK OATS, 150 bags of which can be bad at my Auction Room, cheap for cash. JACOB LEVIN, Nov 20 2 Auctioneer and Com. Mer. Virginia Butter. A (\SMALL-SIZE Kits, put up for family Ljk\J nso, wilt be sold low for cash. Apply at my Auotion Room. JACOB LEVIN. Important Meeting. THE members of the Columbia Board of rade are requested to convene at Hiber? nian Hall, on FRIDAY EVENING, 221 inat., at half-paat 7 o'clock, for the purpose of ad? vancing the interests of our city. The ram iii vn; establishment of a system of COTTON ? and GENERAL WAREHOUSES will be a pro? minent object of the meeting. By order J. H. SAWYER, Seo'y. _Nov 20_; 3 FRESH Family Groceries. 13IOKLED Now York BEEF ROUNDS. Pickled?Salmon Bellies, ? North Carolina Mullet, drc. Smoked?New York Pig llama and Strip/*,. Nova Scotia Salmon, Beef Ton<nes, <kc. Canned?Succotash, Lima Beans, Peas, Salmon, Mackerel, Lobsters, Pours. Peaches, Green-gages, Mas', -ooma, Trufllos, Asparagus PuESKitvKD?Oantou Oin?er, Pears*, Citron, Pine apple . Strawberries, Quin es, blackberries, Raspberries, &C0 Jkllies?Qiiavn and general assortment." 1'uas?Gunpowder, Imperial, Japan, Souchong, and Engliah Breakfast, selected by an expect, and finest in any market. Comics?Mocha, Laguayra*. Rio, O. G. Java, Raw aiul Roasted. also, The Downer Mineral Bircaii Oil, aVvsohito ly safo as a caudle, brilliant aa gwa, and cheap aa kerosene: liayo all tho necessary Burners, Wicks, Chimneys, to fix old lamps. Nov 20 _QKO. sYMMERS. BELL SCHN APPS, Disiillud by the ProprioVaxs, AT SCIIIKOAAI, IN HOLLAND. AN lNVlGORATIHB TONIC AND MEDICINAL BEVERAGE. Warranted perfectly pur*, and fiea from all dolotorioua substances. Jt is distilled frost Barley of the lineal quality, and the Akoma ? tic Junipeb Beery ov Italy and designed expressly for cases el Dyspepsia or Indiges? tion, Dropsy, Gout, Rheumatism, Ooscral Debility, Ca tarrh of tho Bladder,'Paina iu ths Back and Stomach, and all diaoasoo ot the Urinary Organs. It gives groat rollet ia Asthma, Gravol and Calculi in the Bladder, strengthens and invigorates the system, and la a certain prevcutativo and cure of that dreadful aconrgo, Fever and Ao.ce. CAUTION I A?k for "Hvvsoa O. Wolvsw Bell Schnapps." For sale by atf roapoe.lable Qrooora and Ape* tbecaries. HUDSON O. WO^FE & CO., Bole Importer*. I Office, 18 SQt^th Williani street, New York. ' Sept 18 8m?