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MadbtdV December 20.? TLe Ministers
of Finance, Public Works and Colonies
bare retired. Eobogary has been ap?
pointed Minister of Finance; Bacerra, of
Pablio Works, and Mocqaera, of Colo?
nies. The sitting of the Cortes, yester?
day, was suspended in oonseqnenoe of
the crisis. . -..
London, Deoember 20.?Tho late
heavy storms have swollen the streams
throughout England to a great height,
and several of them have overflowed.
Windsor and Eaton are flooded. The
river Trent and its affluents, the Loard
and D*went, have ovetflowed their
banks, submerging a large portion of
the country in Leicester and No ti ogham, j
In some sections of those Counties, only
the tops of trees and hedges are visible.
Heavy landslides have bccurred near
Dover, and railway communication with
that town is .intercepted. The town of
Retorborough, in Northampton Oonnty,
is flooded, and many residente are com?
pelled to take refuge from the water in
the nppor stories of their dwellings..
A despatch from Liverpool says 449
persons, including passengers and sail?
ors, have perished oy marine disasters
during tho past ten days. Thirty per?
sons were lost by the sinking of the ship
Matohless, off Northumberland County.
Pahis, Deoember 20.?It is probable
some of the bridges crossing the Seine
in this city Will be swept away by the
flwd.
Naples, Deoember 20.?A gate of un?
precedented violeffoe swept over Naples
yesterday. Muoh damage was done to
property in the oity and shipping in the
bay.
American PlHItera.
Tanna Haute, Deoember 20.?The ma?
chine shops of the Evansville and Terre
Haute Railroad were burned to-day.
Washington, Deoember 20.?De?
spatches from New York, St. Louis and
Chicago report violent snow storms.
The Louisiana Committee had a con'-:
saltation with the Supreme Court thia
morning.' .
? Grant is gone to Ooviogton, Ky. He
returns Tuesday.
After the Supreme Court adjourned
to-day, ex-Judge Campbell and others,
of the sub committee of the Louisiana
delegation, had a conference with the
Judges of the court, and gave reasons
why they desired Associate Justjoe Brad?
ley: to proceed .to Now Orleans to review
the judioial proceedings Of Judge Durell.
Judge Bradley, instead;oL^oijQgJhithBX .
on his own volition, preferred a that the
request to dp so should oome from his
colleagues, who took the matter' under
advisement. The oommittee had a brief
private meeting, and ore now Visiting
the House- of Representatives, upon
Blaine's invitation. . . . i. .
New. York, December 20.?The settle?
ment by Jay Gould with the Erie -Com?
pany w?9; thei main topic of conversation
throughout the oity last night It is
everywhere regarded-as a grand triumph
for Erie. The proposal for a settlement
was communicated in a letter by Jay
Gould, addressed .to. President Watson,
of the Erie Railroad, on Deoember 17.
He stated that sinoe his resignation of
the Presidency, he had been prepared to
make conveyance to the company of the
property belonging to it, which he held
in his name; but to which, he says, he
never made any claim. During his ad?
ministration, he made various purchases
of property for the company with money
of his own, the benefit of whioh accrued
to the road. Upon the construction
placed by Mr. Watson upon his accounts,
he was charged with all the moneys, and
hence he believed the properties in ques?
tion belonged to him; und if they were
now transferred, he should beoredited
with their valuo. Owing to the state in
which he was compelled to leave his ac?
counts on withdrawal from the company,
and the Iosb of tho account book, some
things remained unexplained. The va?
rious pieces of real estate in dispute,
therefore, he proposed to convey to the
company, and in addition the Grand
Opera House and adjacent properties,
owned by himself and Fisk, "I do this,"
he says, "for tho sake of peace." Mr.
Watson thereupon replied, that he con?
sidered thia a fair offer, and would at
once lay the subject before a speoial com?
mittee. Gould yesterday made the fol?
lowing statement to a reporter: "Since
the Erie war, my objeot has been to ob?
tain a series of roads under practically
one management, from Now York to San
Francisco, and in this way obtain a fair
share of all traffic on the intervening
route and that whioh accrues at cither
terminus." Gould's objeot seems now to
be to enhance the price of Eric stock, to
the end that he may be measurably reim?
bursed.
Washington, Deoember 20.?Tho Su?
preme Court had an informal consulta?
tion after the visit of the Louisiana dele?
gation. The conclusion was that Judge
Bradley could exercise his discretion
aboat going to New Orleans.
Tho Louisiana committee, at their
meeting this afternoon, agreed to issue
an address to tho people of the United
States, setting forth the law and the faots
in tho case, now disturbing that State,
and to petition Congress for relief, when
its session shall be resumed immediately
after tho holidays. Tho oommittee ad?
journed to meet in New York Monday
next. The committee have been invited
by prominent mon of all parties to visit
New York, and lay tho whole matter be?
fore the people. This afternoon, the
oommittee wont to tho Capitol and paid
their respects to Speaker Blaine, in his
reception room.
Congress unimportant. Adjourned to
Gth proximo. A motion to relieve of
political disabilities certain Georgians,
inoluding Jovorson and Underwood, was
fillibustered over in the Senate
Probabilities?For Now England and
tho Middle States, fresh and occasionally
brisk Northerly to Westerly winds, clear
and clearing weather and lower tempera?
ture. For the South Atlantio States,
North westerly to North-oasterly winds
ancf\jtearlng^uT*partIy oloudy weatber,
with lower temperature. For the Gulf
States* Nprtherly to'.IjaBteriy winds, and
generally cleh'r weather.' for Kentucky
and Tennessee, eleUr weather. From
the Ohio Valley to Lake Erie, the upper
lakes aud the North-west generally, clear
and cold weather, and North-westerly to
South-westerly winds.
-New Yobk, December 20.?The execu?
tive committees of the oil dealers and re?
finers have agreed upon now prices,
which; will be announced Monday. .
The beer brewers have formed an or?
ganization against an increase of tax.
The real estate and securities tracafer
red by Jay Gould to the Erie Railroad
Company were formally surrendered to?
day, in usual legal form.
An unknown throo-masted schooner is
aahore near Great Egg Harbor.
Montgomery, December 20.?The
House permanently organized to day by
the election of L. E. ParsonB aa Speaker,
Robert Barber, Clerk, R. W hi taker,
colored, Door-keeper, W. V. Turner,
Assistant Clerk, all Republicans. The
disposition to retract former action ia no
longer visible. AH seema to be harmo-I
nious. In- the eleotion for door-keeper!
more votes were cast than members pre?
sent; both candidates Republicans. The
Ssnate did nothing.
grinanulal idj ConuatrciRi.
Columbia, S. C, Deoembor 20.?Soles
of ootton to-day 82 bales?middling
18%e.
London, December 20?Noon.?Con?
sols 91%@9i%. 5s 89%. Eries47*?.
2 P. M.?Eries 47%, with immense
transactions.
3 P. M.?Eries 48%.
Paris, December 20.?Specie decreased
500,000f.
LrvERPOOii, Deoomber 20?3 P. M.?
Ootton opened steady?uplands 10%@
10%; Orleans 10,%@10%; sales to-day
12,000 bales; of the week 113,000; ex?
port 9,000; speculation 31,000; stock
330,000, of whioh American is 46,000;
receipts 46,000, of . which American is
19,000; actual export 4,000; afloat 224,
000, of whioh American is 141,000.
Liverpool, Deoember 20?Evening.?
Ootton closed unchanged. Yarns and
fabrioa at Manchester tending up.
New Yore, December 20?Noon.?
Stocks strong. Gold heavy, at 11 %.
Money tight, at %o. inletOBt. Exchange
?long 9; short luj^. Governments dull
and heavy. Stato bonds dull but steady.
Cotton dull; sales 394 bales?uplands
20%; Orleans20%. Flour dull. Wheat
unouanged. Com dnll?old Western
mixed 60@GG%. Pork dull and un?
changed?new 14.00; old 13.25. L-ird
Weak?Western steam 7%. Freights
quiet". LT'..... .
7 P. M.?Money stringent, at %c.
uommission. Storting higher; lead rug
banks 9% for 60 days. Gold 11%@
11%. Governments .closed firm but
steady. ' f '.ates very dull. Cotton?not
receipts 617 bales; gross 3,761. Sales of
futures 7,400 bales, as follows: Decem?
ber 19%@19 3-10; January 19%@19^;
February 19%; Maroh , 19%?19 13-10;
April 20@20 1-16; May 20%@20.%.
Ootton quiet; sales 1,030 bales?uplands
20%; Orleans 20%. Flour dull and un
sbanged. Whiskey decidedly lower, at
97%. Winter wheat soaroe and firm?
winter red Western 1.65@1.S0. Corn
steady and favors buyers. Rice quiet.
Pork a shade easier and nominal, at
13.75@14.00. Lard weak. Freights
rather easy.
Comparative ootton statement?Total
net reooipts at all ports for the week
116,286 bales; same timo last year 120,
601; total for the yoar 1,521,906; last
year 1,258,511. Exports for the week
75,615; same time last year 70,785; total
for the year 743,086; last year 646,664.
Stock at all United States ports 5,257,
B50; fast year 428,546; at interior townB
B7.878; last year 71,580; at Liverpool
380,000; lust year 488,000. American
ootton afloat lor Great Britain 141,000;
last yoar 190,000.
Cincinnati, Decembor20.?Floor firm.
Corn steady. Pork a shade lower, at
11.75. Lard steady. Shoulders in good
demand; sides easier; clear rib 7%; clear
8. Whiskey 88@89.
New Orleans, December 20.?Cotton
easier?good ordinary 18@18%; low
middling 18%; middling 19%@19%; re?
ceipts 11,287 bales; sales 4,500; stock
172,321; wockly receipts 39,361; sales
31.000.
Mortle, Deocmbcr 20.?Cotton, quiot
and easier?good ordinary 18; low mid?
dling 18%; middling 19%; receipts 1,311
bales; sales 490; stock 42,143; weekly
receipts 1,398; sales 1,000.
Charleston, December 20.?Ootton
quiet; receipts 2,723 bales; sales 500;
stock 42,231.
Augusta, December 20.?Cotton in
moderate demand; receipts 1,562 bales;
saleB 1,421.
Savannah, Decombor 20.?Ootton
qaiet aud firm?ordinary 17%; good
ordinary 17%; low middling 18%; mid?
dling 18%($19%; reoeipts 5,696 bales;
Bales 1,683; stock 8,469; weekly receipts
25,763; sales 14,439.
Great fears uro entertained for tho
safety of a Swedish expedition, sent out
under tho direction of Professor Nor
deuskiold, the well-known Arctic ex?
plorer, with tho view of spending tho
winter at Spitzbergen, and discovering
from that starting point the open Polar
Sea.
Accidental Drdwnino.?Yesterday
afternoon, tho dead body of a negro man,
supposed to be John Walton, was found
in the Savannah Rivor, above Mill street.
The body was reooverod and an inquest
hold by the coronor, the jury returning
a verdict of accidental drowning.
\Augusta Chronicle.
On Dit.-?It was rumored yesterday
that tho Central Railroad Company was
buying up a largo amount of the stock
of tho South Carolina Railroad, with a
viow to obtaining a controlling interest
in the latter road.
[Augusta Constitutionalist.
Men blush less for their crimes than
for their weakness aud vanity.
" ' ?""*"'STM'*' LKUWL'ATVie.'C:"-"""-"**
Friday, JJUfcEaiueu 3Q. 1872.
. SENATE.
The Sedate met at 12 M., President
Qleavos in tho Ohair. Prayor by Bev.
A. W. Oumminga. ?
After the- transition of Borne unim?
portant business, the Senate attended in
the Hoase for the purpose of electing a
Judge for the Eighth Circuit.
Mr. Whittemove moved that the joint
assembly now dissolve, stating that the
House resolution receding from the reso?
lution to go into joint assembly had not
reached the Senate in time to be finally
acted upon, although they bad debated
upon it until the hour had arrived, and
.he was of the opinion that the Senate
was in favor of postponing the eleotion.
After considerable discussion, it was de?
cided to postpone the election.
Upon their return, tho Speaker of the
House attended and the following joint
resolutions and bills were ratified: Joint
resolutions to allow Mrs. Harriet E.
Randolph torodeem oertain lands in Dar?
lington County; for the payment of
printing claims; Aots to make appropria?
tions for the pay of one-third of the per
diem and mileage of the members and
other officers and attaohees; to authorize
the Comptroller-General and County
Commissioners to levy oertain taxes; to
repeal the general license law.
The Senate then went into exeoutive
session, after whioh thoy took a recess
until the 7th of January, 1873.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met at 12 M., Speaker Dee
in the Choir. Prayer by Rev. E. J.
Adams.
Mr. Meetze, from Committee on Judi?
ciary, reported back a bill to establish a
now judioial and eleotion County from
portions of the Counties of Beaufort and
Barnwoll, to be knowu as 1- acoln Coun?
ty, accompanied by a substitute entitled
"A bill to establish a new judicial and
election County from a portiou of the
Count} of Beaufort, to bo known as
Lincoln County."
Messages wore received from tho Se?
nate, concurring in tho Houae curtail?
ment of the Senate amendment to the
tax levy bill; also concurring in the
House amendment relative to payment
of salaries of employees, etc.
The Senate then joined tho Houae in
a ballot for a Judge for the Eighth Judi?
oial Cirouit, to fill vacanoy caused by
resigualiou of Hon. J. L. Orr.
T?o Committee on Contingent Ac?
counts recommended the payment of
the claims of Howie & Alien and others.
So ordered.
Mr. Bosemon, from Committee on Eu
rolled Acts, reported that they presented
to the Governor, for his approval, this
day, at 1 P. M., the following: Acts au?
thorizing and directing the Comptroller
General and County Commissioners to
levy certain taxes; to repeal an Aot enti?
tled "An Act to provide for a general
license law;" joiut resolution to make
appropriations for printing ordered by
General Assembly ofl870-'71,-1871-'72.
j Mr. S. B. Thompson introduced a re?
solution, whioh was adopted, that when
this Houso adjourns it stand adjourned
until January 7, 1878, at 7 o'clock P. M.
Mr. Bridges introduced a bill to
change tho namo of Frog Level to that
of Prosperity.
Mr. Holland introduced a bill to incor?
porate the Graut und Wilson National
Guards, of Greenland, Aiken County.
Mr. Coohran introduced a resolution,
that the Clerks of both Houses report
the amount of incidental expenses in?
curred this session, but tho hour of ad?
journment having arrived, tho Speaker
declared the House adjourned until
Tueoday, January 7, 1873, at 7 P. M.
A Volunteer for Vivisection.?Mr.
Carlylo and other pessimists havo la?
mented the fate of tho well-born and
wealthy youth of oar time "doomed to
go mainly to the devil for absolute want
of a career." Such a want is felt by a
young man in Cincinnati, who is neither
wealthy nor well-born, and who pro?
poses to meet it by going?possibly to
the devil ultimately, but immediately
to tho doctors. To them bo thus ap?
peals:
"Personal?Wanted.?Tho under?
signed, a healthy young man, unable to
prooure other omploymout at whioh ho
oan make an honest living, desires to in?
form professors of medicine and surgery
that he will sumbit himself to experi?
mental operations of almoat any descrip?
tion for reasonable compensation. Ad?
dress Vivisection, box 2,815."
A would-bo author was advised to try
tho effeot of one of his compositions on
the folks at homo without confessing its
authorship. His mother fell asleep, his
sister groaned, his brother asked him to
shut up, as thoy had had quite enough
of shower of words without wit, and at
last his wifo tapped him upon tho shoul?
der, with the sweetest possible "Wou't
that do?" He has seen how it was him?
self, buriod his portfolio, recovered his
digestion, and has beou n happy man
ever sinco. ?
Tbo race of patriarchs is not yet ex?
tinct, if a New York papor can bo relied
on. It is said that William Edwards, of
Jay, having lived alone in tho world for
ninety-five years, has conoluded to try
matrimony, and took a wifo the other
day, a young lady of seventy. Mr. Ed?
wards lias quite a remarkable history.
Ho was ono of Washington's soldiers,
and was twico wounded at Waterloo, yet
be is very hearty and apparently well.
A New Trick*of Pickpockets.?Re?
cently at a trial of considerable interest
in Rome, where tbo court room was
crowded, tbo pickpocket let looso a
trained bird, which sailed around the
head.-) of the audienco, attracting their
attention, giviug ample time for tho
pickpockets to relieve tho pockets of tho
audience.
A negro, nt tho risk of his own life,
laid a rail on a Georgia railroad recently,
just in tirao to *avo from destruction a
train of Masonic excursionists. A well
filled purso rewarded him.
L'Independence pelge, <>f'?h6 20tb u)t.,
give* the following acoonnt of an awful
tragedy/Vhiah. lately happened.in Brus?
sels: .s...
Mr. Edmund F. was a half-pay captt. in
of cavalry, who left bis Dative town of
Chfltteaa-Ohinon about four years ago,
?o order to*accept n position as manager
of an iron foundry in the vicinity of
Brussels. In the year 1812, at the age
of twenty-four, be was sons-lieutenant
of a regiment of dragoons garrisoned at
Lille. There, ho seduced the daughter
Of a respectable merchant, and aban?
doned ber to her shame. The poor girl
soon found herself in a condition which
rendered exposure unavoidable. In
order to conceal hor fault, she fled from
her father's house aud was seen no more.
Last week, Oaptain F. visited, in the
company of n few friends, one of the
most frequented beer gardens in Brus?
sels. While there, engaged in a game
of cards, a quarrel aroso between one of
his friends and a young officer of the
rifle oorps. Oaptain F. took the part of
his friend. High words followed and
insults. The upshot was that Captain
F. challenged the young officer to tight
a duel with pistols. They met .on the
following day, and Oaptain F. killed bis
adversary by sending a bullet into his
heart. This was on Friday morning.
Captain F. now hurried home, iu order
to prepare for escape to Frauoe. Last
Sunday, after having settled all his af?
fairs, he packed bis valise and was abont
to leave, when a woman in black pre?
sented herself at the door. Her face
was covered with a thick veil, and she
appeared greatly agitated, her body
trembling all over. Captain F., highly
surprised, and something like troubled
with a gloomy foreboding, asked her
into the reception room. Scarcely had
be pronounced the first word when the
unknown lady in black drew up her veil
in a sudden, convulsive manner, and
showed him a face pale as death and
ejes full of anger aud tears. At the
sight of that face the captain retreated
u step and uttered a cry of horror and
astonishment. In that woman in tears
and dressed in black, with faded features
and hair all gray, ho reooguizsd bis vie
tim of thirty years ago?tho daughter of
the Lillo merchant.
"Wretohl" she exclaimed, advancing
upon him all pale aud threatening; "ac?
cursed being 1 villain I murderer 1 It i?
not enough to have dishonored a woman
?to have basely abandoned herl xou
had to kill her child, to.assassinate your
own sou! And such crimes should go
unpunished 1 The most monstrous of
misdeeds should leave you in possession
of the name of honest man I No, mise?
rable destroyer of so many innocent
beings, you shall perish by tho bauds of
your victim."
Scarcely.had she spoken these words
when she drew forth a rovolver from
under her cloak, fired twice and blew the
captain's brains 'out. ; She then fired a
third' and fatal shot at herself. . Hearincr
the sound of three shots the servants
and noighbors came running in, very
much frightened. A fearful sight pre?
sented itself to them?two bodies lying
side by side on tho door and weltering
in blood. The body of Captaiu F. gave
no sign of life; that of his former viotim
was breathing yet, and by dint of exer?
tions revived, for a few hours only. She
was taken to the nearest hospital, where
she expired in the middle of the follow?
ing night, after having answered an in?
terrogatory and tho facts wo have re?
lated.
What is a Common Centre??At a
bauquot given in St. Louis to the mem
hers of the National Commercial Con?
vention, reoontly in session iu that city,
tbe last regular toast being "Our Com?
mon Country and its Controlling Cen?
tres," Mr. E. H. James, a delegate from
Tennessee, was called on to respond.
The Missouri Democrat, in reporting his
remarks, says he made an eloquent and
powerful speech, spioed with patriotic
sentiments and poetical and humorous
allusions. As a.fair epacimen of tho hu?
morous portion of his remarks, we copy
the followiug from tho report of tho De?
mocrat:
This was the common country of all
who chose lo inuko it their homo; tho
Irishman, tho German, tho Polo, tho
African, the Chinaman?all claimed this
as their common country. It is a com?
mon idea that the Mississippi is the Fa?
ther of Waters, but the fact is, tho
waters aro tho father of the Mississippi.
It starts as a little rill, runs by Judge
Miller's bridge up the river, and receives
Missouri, which makes ib the father of
waters. In regard to the controlling
centres, Cincinnati claims to bo Bomo.
St. Louis, iu spite of L. U. llcavis, nits
liko a hen on a thousand eggs in tho
centre of tho Mississippi Valloy. Well
might Benton say, "There is the East,
there is India." She is as calm in su?
premacy as a Christian sitting content?
edly bohind four aooel Colman would
havo us believe tbo agriculturalist is
j some pumpkins, and so he is. Iu an?
cient times, beforo tho art of printing
and tho invention of tho telegraph and
[steam, we had our great orators?Clay,
Webster, Sco. Now, they tell us, the.se
m m havo died, und there is no control?
ling oontre loft. They went to Washing?
ton, left their wives at home, und printed
their speeches, aud mado tho peoplo be?
lieve they were domi-gods. There aro a
thousand greater men than Clay, Cal?
horn! nud Webster. Ho would nut give
ouo Whituej', the inventor of tbe cotton
gin, for a hundred such men. Franklin
etolo tho fiery steed from tho thunder?
bolt, aud drove him as you drive oxen
during tho prcvnleuoo of tbo epizootic.
What is a common oeutre? It is tho
honest and freo press that enlightens tho
world. Mr. James concluded his eulogy
of the press by saying ho did not run u
newspaper. ?
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A young gentleman of twenty five re?
cently married a lady of forty-two iu
Minnesota, and now suis for a divorce,
because she "chastises" him.
Washington: despatch to tbo New York
Herald states that Robert 0. Yoang, a
Hu Kim prisoner, who has been par?
doned by the President, .erf I veil in that
city from the Albany penitentiary, on
Saturday, in a dying condition. He was
on his way home to Youngsvllle, Alaba?
ma. He was interviewed in the cloak?
room of the Honse of Representatives,
where he was attempting to sleep. The
reporter says:
He appeared to sleep in death. Hie
face had a leaden, ghastly look, with
wrinkles deeply and rigidly vet, as if void
of senso and motion. My companion
touohed him lightly. He raised his
head slowly and cast a languid look to?
ward me. It seemed to me the look of a
galvanized corpse. He was dressed in a
suit of homespun. His face was thin
and ashy, with a three weeks' beard upon
it; bia eyes were sunken in, and thin
gray hairs straggled down upon his fore?
head. Ho was asked whether ho was
treated kindly in prison. He answered:
"All the officers troated me kindly,
except one overseer, who was harah to
me. When I was too feeble to work I
had to remain in my cell, whioh was
very cold. I sometimes asked him to
let me go to the stova in the corridor to
warm myself, but he refused. 'Don't
bo hard on an old man,' I would say,
but still ho wouldn't let me go out. "i
was confined in the same cell with my
son Ringgold, who is still there. He
has to work in tho shoo shop from day?
light till evening; but he has been in
good health; never missed a day in the
sbop. If it had not been for him I
should have been dead long before this.
He took good caro of mc."
Tho dying man gaTe the following
history of his caae:
"It was all the work of a man named
Barnes. He is a lawyer. He hated me,
and wanted to have me put out of tho
way. For this purpose ho wont to John
D. Yoang, a Ku Klux prisoner, now in
the Albany penitentiary, but no relation
of mine, and asked him to turn State's
evidence against mo, but John refused.
.The next day he was arrested and tried,
and, like me, sentonoed to ten years.
This man Barnes was a United States
Commissioner, and had unlimited power
in my County. He was on tho grand
jury which found an indiotment against
me. They wanted to convict somebody,
and thoy selected me and my son, Ring
gold T. Young. There aro now six Ku
Klux prisoners in the Albany peniten?
tiary?three from Tallapoosa and three
from Randolph County. Oue of them?
Charles Howard?is a perfect idiot; an?
other, named Blanks, is a boy."
A Terre Hautk Horror.?Last night
a gentleman want into a barber-shop,
and, being in a great hurry, took a seat
in the first chair that was vacant without
noticing who the barber was. The
sloucby and uncertain way in which the
lather was applied caused him to take a
more careful look at the operator. The
look was not assuring. There was a
wildness about hia eyes and a heaviness
in his brentbing that was not pleasant to
contemplate. The lathering process oo
oupiod an unreasonably long time. Then
tho barber sharpened bis razor nervously
and in winding up cut bis hand, drawing
blood, which be endeavored to conceal.
Then ho took one swipe at the anxious
face before him. The gentleman in tbo
chair cast his eyes upward when the
razor was raised again. The barber held
tho razor in his clinched hand, about a
foot above his head; bis eyes were fixed
aud glassy, and there was a sickening
kind of foam on bis blue lips. One leap,
aud the gentleman was ten feet from that
chair, aud at the very instant he moved
the glittering razor came down savagely
ou the very spot where bis head had
been, and tho barber fell down in a fit.
The frightened gentleman will indulge in
no more shaving at a barber-shop after
this. ? Terre Haute Express, Dec. 0.
-# *>?
A Melancholy Confession.?The New
York Herald says: "Murder ia tho
fashion of the day in Now York. Hu?
miliating as the confession is, truth com?
pels it. Life is held cheaper here to?
day than it has ever before been, even in
the most lawless localities of the West or
South. Jack Reynolds was a prophet.
His execution only gave tho seeming lie
to his assertion, 'Hanging.is played out,' I
which has, siuce his death, become lite- !
ral truth. Our city prison is thronged
with murderers. Thoir lives are safer
than those of tbo average citizen in the
streets. Were it once egain established
that speedy aud sure hanging would be
the fate of every murderer, from that
momeut murder would become a rare
crime. Tc bring back this assurance is
tho sacred duty, as it is tho urgent inte?
rest, of overy citizen."
We learn that tho gin-bouso of Mrs.
M. Long near Jonesvillo, Union County,
together wsth twenty bales of cotton,
was destroyed by an accidental fire on
the 5lb inst. A negro man smoking a
pipo droppod a spark in his basket of
cotton and then emptied it into tho
house. Total loss about 82,600.
[Chester Reporter.
The Now Orleans Picayune romarks:
"IF wo aro not living under tho reign of
law, we can at least bo assurei of living
under tho reign of proclamations tem?
pered with the bayonet, und seasoned
with an infusion of Galling guns."
Death of Philemon Huff, Esq ?Tbo I
many friends of this gentleman will re
gret'to learn of bis death, which oc?
curred at his residence, somo twelve or
fourteen miles from Greenville, on Mon?
day last, lGth inst.
Mr. J. P. F. Camp has become the
editor of tho Now Era, a Republican
nowspapor, published in Spartunburg.
A new Republican paper i3 about to bo
started iu Greenville.
Miss Margaret Barkley, an -.atimablo
resident of Fairfield, died on Sundoy
i last, at the age of seventy-seven.
\ The National 13 ink of Greenville is in
! lull operation.
"--TkirOtfrims.^nSl^Bmah learlia
that }he todllftvf8| Stepfcott 'Lowrey and
Andrew Strong, attended a social party
in Scoffletown one night last week, and
?were the. objouca ci marked attention,
particularly of the dusky fair of that re?
gion.? Wilmington Star.
O
Cook Wanted.
"NE who ia accustomed to prepare oysters,
\J eto.,for a aaloon. Host oome well re
comraended. Inquire at this office. Deo 21 '
Christmas Arrivals.
T gjj. JUST io, and for sale, Fine, Fat,
?M^DrossedTUBKEYS. Chickens.Game.
1 -U aggc. Alao, FBUITB of ah kind.
Ueo it 1_E. B. DAVIS A CO.
To Bent.
A COTTAGE conveniently looated.
Torme reasonable. For particulars in
qaire at this Omca._"., ... Deo 312
HOLIDAY GIFTS.
THE anbaoriber will open this day, Monday
and Tuesday, a great variety of USEFUL
AND OB NAMEN TAL GOODS, imported ex?
pressly for the approaching holidays.
Doo 21 3 _WM. B. 8TANLEY.
Hone Hadish.
BOOTS and grated, in bottlea;
S?ur Kraut, Pickled Pig's Feet,
1 Northern Bologna Sanasage, Turk?
ish Prunes, Piokie* of all sorts,
1 Raisins. Nu to, and afnU aaaortment
of Crackers; Apples of many varie?
ties, Golery Roota, and all the vegetables of
the season always on band, and for sala
cheap. Also, a fall stock of FIREWORKS
and TOTS for the holidays, by
MBS. CHRISTINA HOFFMAN,
Dec 21_ _Asacnibly street.
. Cock Fighting.
MB. CHAPPELL will .arrive to?
day, with a number of COCKS, and
(several otber gentlemen will be on
band. Fighting will be renewed on
Monday, and continued during the
Christmas holidays.
P. H. JOYNER,
Deo 21 Proprietor Exchange Cock-pit.
King's Mountain Military School,
YORKVILl.E, S. C.
THE first session of the school
year, 1873.. will begin FEBBUARY
|1, and ond JUNE SO. Terms: For
{School Expenees. i. e.. Board,
'Tuition, Fuel, Lighta, Waehing,
Stationery, Ac, $135 per session,
payable in advance.
For Circulars. addrosB . ?
Dec 21 tig Cot.. A. OOWABD. Principal.
Sunday's Smoking.
On SATURDAY " EVENING"; an Imported
Cigar will be given by the "INDIAN GIBL"
to every one buying ONE DOLLAR'S WOBTH.
N. B. Any one-wanting a box of CIGARS
can hero tiud th$ greatest variety.of brands
and prices to select from._Dec 21
Male Teacher Wanted,
TO take charge of the Bonnettsville Male
and Female Academy, situated in Ben
ncttsvihe, Marlboro County, South Carolina.
Tho.eoholaatic year la divided into two see
siona 6t twenty weeks oacn?the nrar^com
mcccing on the second Monday of January
and the second on the second Monday of July
in each year. The terms per Beasion are as
follows:
Lower Branchen of an English Educa?
tion.u'.fl2 00
Higher Branches of an English Educa?
tion, Languages and Higher Mathe?
matics . 10 00
The school generally pays from $1,000 to
$1,500 per annum: ie situated in a pleasant
and healthy locality, and ia convenient to
churches. Board can bo obtained at $15 to
820 per month.
Suitable references required. Apply to
either of the undersigned. Acting Board of
Trustees. J. H. HUDSON,
P. L. BBEEDEN,
D. W. MOOBE,
J. L. BBEEDEN,
Dec 21 tf_K. LIVINGSTON.
Valuable Pharmaceutical Freparati: ns
fob SALE BY
EDWARD H.HEINITSHi
ESTABLISHED
Colombia, S. C; 1811,
dealer ix
CHOICE DfttJGrS,
PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS
AND
Family Medicines.
BROMIDES CALCIUM, Sodinai,
)immoniam, Bromidos Potassium,
Morphia, Cadmium, Iodides,Quiuia,
Chlor, Propylamia, lodoform. Bon
dalt'a Pepsin, Wino of Beef, Vimim
Cibi et Ferri Cum Cinchonia, Wine
of Beef, Iron and Barka, Pare Tasteless Cod
Liver Oil, Elixirs of Bark, lepsin. Bismuth,
Elixirs of Oenllan, Wild Cherry, Iron, Beef
and Whiskey, Valor Ammonia, Beef and
Brandy, Uypophospbites, (Churchill's ) Acid
Phosphate, (Horsford's.) Life Food and
Nerve Force.
Proprietary preparations of recognized
worth.
Q?oen's Delight Compound takes the place
of Sarsaparille, a valuable alterative.
Blood and Liver Pills, an alterative Pill, an
unti-dyepoptio and' dinnor Pill, mild yet
effectual in ita action, nicely sugar-coated. A
desirable family medicine, worthy the atten?
tion of Physicians. Dec 21 i
BELL SCHNAPPS;
Distilled by the Proprietors,
AT SCHIEDAM, IS HOLLAND.
AN INVIGORATING TONIC
AXD MEDICINAL BEVERAGE.
Warranted porfootly pure, and fieo from all
doloterioua substances. It is distilled from
Barley of tho finest quality, and thoAROuj.
tic Juniper Berky or Italy and designed
erpressly for cases of Dyspepsia or Indiges?
tion, Dropsy, Gout, Rheumatism, General
Dobility, Catarrh of tho Bladder, Paina in the
Back ami Stomacb, and all diseases of tho
Uriuary Organs. It givos great rolief in
Asthma, Oravel and Calculi in the Bladder,
strengthens and iuvigoralos the system, and
is a cortaio prevontativo and cure of that
drc-adful acourgo, Fever and Ague.
CAUTION I Ark for "IIvdso* G. Wolfe's
?r.ll ScnxArPS."
For sals by all respectable Grocers and Apo
thooari?a.
HUDSON G. WOLFE i CO., Sole Importers.
Otlice, 18 South William strtct.New York.
Sept 27 3ino