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COLUMBIA. S C. Tubs lay lifiorninsr, December 31.1872.] .' The licBlalatlvo Future. , The General Assembly will reconvene one week from to-day. Sooh of its members as give study and thought to their legislative duties have had a good long time for reflection, and for arrange? ment in their minds of the matter and information pertinent to them. Those who easily reaped at the Senatorial elec? tion have had the opportunity and* the temptation to spend just as freely. Light come, light go. Whoever carried home plums to put in their Christmas pie wore, no 'doubt, duly edified in the eating, but | it may admit of a doubt whether they can truthfully say, with little Jack Hor? ner, - "He put in his thumb and took out a plum, And said,- what a good boy am I." We hope that the Legislature, when J it meets again, will go earnestly to work, ' and pass suob bills upon its calendar as the publio interests have indicated to bo necessary and salutary, and use like de? spatch in throwing overboard those which cannot Btand the test of scrutiny when measured by the same standard. We have had tho satisfaction of approv? ing oertain measures now before it. Their intrinsic merits nro suoh as to in duoe their early adoption. Besides those, there were introduced beforo the recess two bills in reference to County matters which we think aro good, and may have useful effect. The more checks tho bet? ter, provided they be duly applied. One of the bills to whioh we allude was in? troduced by Senator Hayne, of Aikon. It is to make the office of County Trea? surer eleotive. "It provides that there shall bo elected by the qualified voters of the several Counties in the State, at the next gene? ral emotion of State and County officers, a County Treasurer for eaoh County, who shall hold his office for the term of -years, and shall perform such duties as now are, or may hereafter be, re Saired by law. The bill also provides ist the Treasurers shall give bonds for the faithful disoharge of their duties." The other, introdooed by Bepresenta* tive Thomas, of Colleton, is even more important. It is entitled: "A bill to regulate the disbursement I . of the. publio moneys in the several Counties of this State, and provides that1 it.shall be the duty of the County Audi? tor In every County, in addition to the duties now imposed npon him, and with ' out any additional compensation, to audit all bills, checks, accounts and claims of the County Commissioners and County Treasurer of his Connty once in every three months, and that a record of I sueh accounts shall be kept in the Audi? tor's office. Immediately npon the pas? sage of the bill, the Auditors shall pro? ceed to ascertain the amount of oat-! standing claims against the Connty and prooeed to register them. The Clerks of the Courts of the various Counties shall then receive and consider all claims ? against his County presented to them, . and shall approve suoh as are correct, and upon his approval they aro to be paid. Any persou dissatisfied with the finding of the Clerk npon his claim, may prefer a petition to the Court of Common Pleas, whioh shall refer the case to a jury, whoso determination Shall be final The bill also provides that, no money received under tho tax' levy of oue fiioal year shall be paid oat on any claim whioh accrued th any pre? vious fiscal year, unless there is at the time in the treasury a surplus of money over and above what may bo necessary to meet all the alaimi upon the treasury arising in the current fiscal year. The County Auditor is required to make quarterly returns- tr> the Comptroller General of so much of h;s report as per? tains to the interest of the State, to make quarterly returns of all claims and disbursements pertaining to the County to tho Coart of Common Picas therein, whioh returns shall bo laid bofore the grand jury, who shall present the same to the publio during the term of the said court. The ponalty for any viola? tion of the provisions of the bill is fixed at $500 for oaoh and every offence, and dismissal from office." The Legislature, whon it re assembles, will find something to do, and a great deal more to let alone. The Comp? troller's report and accompanying docu? ments will then be placed in their hands. They will have all the light it can give them, whether to guide or to teaoh them what to shun. The administration of Governor Moses, so far, has boen in? active, not to say remiss. If it expects to suooeed, let it grapplo boldly with its work. It has a character to make, and it has pledges to redeem. If it bo juBt, moderate, tolerant and fair?if it bo dirooted by intelligence, integrity and patriotism?if it seek no longer to de? stroy and oorrapt, but to build up, to harmonize and purify?it will moot with no opposition from fhe conservative element. If it but do good, its partisan nature and oharacter will not detract from its merits. \T?men havo rights in Iowa, if they are wivt?. The other day, an Iowa woman recovered a valuable homestead from the Jiqaoi dealer at whose bar her husband had ruined himself, and now another wife has obtained $5,000 da? mages from a man who killed her bus baud daring a quarrel. The Haw York Trltouae. An attempt was made, a tew days since, to secure the New York Tribune to tbe interests of the Administration, or perhaps, it would be more fair to say, that interested parties wished,'in order to subserve their own purposes, to bring it again into the Administration fold, and to its old position of organ and leader in the Radical Republican party. It was thought that this eould be done by engaging the services of Vice-Presi? dent Colfax aa chief editor; and Mr. Oolfax himself seems to have shared the delusion of his friends, that be could got along Bafely in Mr. Greeley's big edito rial boots. After some coquetting be? tween him and the holders of a con? trolling interest in the Tribune stook, bought up for the purpose we have named, it was seen that a more figure? head like Mr. Colfax would not do. The scheme was hardly airod, bofore it was found that it would not work weii. Mr. Colfax presides creditably enongh over the Senate; he ean make neat namby-pamby speeches; he can smilo a ghastly smile in Beason and out of sea? son; but he could not bo safely entrusted with so difficult and responsible a posi? tion as the one he covoted. Because he once printed, or edited, a weekly oouutry newspaper, it did not follow that ho oould acceptably fill so largo a place as Mr. Greeley's on the Tribnne. Tho brain was lacking; the knowledge, tbe culture, tho experience and the tuot were all felt not to be in him. So, Mr. Orton, who hud bought tho shares, wob glad to get out of the difficulty by re? selling to Mr. Whitelaw Reid. This gentleman is woll and favorably known to tho country as Mr. Greeley's lieute? nant, and as tbe sharer of his views in regard to reoonoiliatiou, peaco uud re? union, and as a capable, industrious, conscientious and growing newspaper manager and writer. His success iu re acquiring control over tfie Tribune, nfter having sold bis shares and left it, has been tho subject of congratulation among newspaper experts all over tbe country, as the triumph of legitimate journalism over charlatanism und figure? head-ism. Mr. Reid has a manly pride in his profession, as well ss undoubted capacity and high qualifications for its duties. In an interesting article in the Tribune, to whioh ho has now returned as editor, ho oxplains his relations to the journal and to parties, aud defines the uses to which he meaus to put it. A oouple of i'xtraots will place these iu a sufficiently clear light. Ho says: "It is now proper to state, thut us tho result of certain intrigues aud outside efforts to gain control of the paper and wrest it from tho purpose to which our late chief devoted it, some changes havo taken place in tbe proprietorship, and n large majority of the stock is to-day per? manently eon contra ted in the hands of Mr. Greeley's chosen editorial associates ?men whom he trained for tlm particular duty, to whom he entrusted tbo manage? ment of his journal in the gravest emer? gencies, whom he honored with tbo con? fidence of his thoughts and wishes, aud whose purpose it now ia to couliuuo the work from whioh he was so suddenly oalled away. Their ambition is to make the Tribune of the future what Horace Greeley would have made it, if God had spared him?a frank and fearless news? paper, devoted to tho best interests of the whole country. "In taking up the nufinishe.l task whioh foil from his bauds a few weeks ago, we happily have tho men whom ho brought around him, tbe facilities which ho accumulated, and meaus so ample that when, a few days since, over half a million of dollars was paid for tho bare ooutrol of the paper, wo, knowing tho worth of what Mr. Greeloy had built up, bid higher and bought it back. Hence? forth, there is no prico whatever with which any stranger can buy it?it is be? yond reach. So fortified, we purpose continuing our old battlo against injus? tice and igaoranoe. nnder tho same Re? publican banner which Horace Greeloy upheld so stoutly and so long, aud on tbo same polioy of candid independence which it was one of bis latest acts to re? affirm over his own signature in theso co? lumns. Naturally, wo shall prefor to support, as far as possiblo, an Adminis? tration which professes the party namo. Suoh an Administration will receive from ub a frank and cordial approval of every aotion performed in accordance with its and our principles. But tho Tribune is nobody's official advocate It bus no excuses to offer for the Louisiana crime; it denounces the Credit Mobiliar scandal, and abhors tho degradation of the civil service. Whon Republicsn leaders aro guilty of oppression, fraud, bribery, or any otbor species of wrong or folly, we shall not spare them bocauso tboy are Republicans. No party sympathies aro strong enough to overcome our indepen? dence or muzzle our honest utterance." Iu tho chapter of fatal casualties which closed the last woek, tho fall of a church floor at Williamsport, Pounsylvuuia, will be noted as tragical und pathetic in tho misery whioh it entailed A Christmas gathering of happy parent? aud cuildron was suddenly precipitated into a yawn? ing chasm. Fourteen wcro killed ont right and forty or fityy wero wounded; somo of them fatally. Christmas day, 1872, will long be ic tnembored in New York and throughout tho Northern States as ouoof the coldest Christmas days within the memory of the oldest inhabitants. Succinctly Stated. ?The. New York Herald doeBnot exaggerate the nutter when it declare* that "anoh corruption and anarehy as exist now in the South are not only injurious to that section, not only check its progress and material I interests, and, therefore, prove damaging ] to the business interests of the North, bat they are iufeotions, and mast in the end demoralize tho whole republic. It is, in faot, a long step toward centraliza? tion, despotism and military rule. It is the way in wbioh all nations havo marched, the liberties and institutions of which have been subverted or over? turned." The New Orleans Times, suppressed lust Friday, by tho order of tho judicial tyrant, Durell, appeared Sunday as The Times. At tho head of the editorial co? lumns, it flies this device: "Born Satur? day, December 21, at 1 o'clock P. M.; Healthy aud Doing Well." It exposes tho ooraupt means employed to destroy it, stating that tho amount claimed iu tho bankruptcy proceedings was only $1,500, and that no demand had beeu mado for its payment. Tho paper is worth probably fifty times tho insignifi? cant Bum on which bankrupt proceedings are instituted. Tho paper is defiant, und says: "The Times tied waits for no man?not even Judge Durell." The Ravages of the Fibe Fiend.?A fearful fire broke out last night, about 7 o'clock, in the brick building ou the South-east corner of Market and Second streets, by which ?30,000 worth of pro porty was destroyed. It originated iu the store occupied by MesBrs. Capps & Douglas, as a butcher shop, or in tbo ono adjoiuing, occupied by Mr.Gilltcuu, as a grocery, both on Market street, but a portion of the corner building, aud is supposed to havo been caused by an over-boated stove. Both places had been closed for tho night, aud when tho firo was first discovered, the smoke was scon bursting from the roof and tho crevices of tho doors. Tho fire quickly commu? nicated to the main building on tho cor? ner, occupied on the first floor by dipt. Jarnos B. Huggius, as a grocery, aud abovo by Drs. Freeman ?fe Baldwin, den? tists. From this building, tho flames rapidly oommunicalod to tho brick build? ing on the South, occupied by Messrs. H. Finkon and ?. H. M?hr, groceries, on the first floor, and as residences above, and to tho wooden dwelling ou tho Eist sido, owned and occupied by Mrs. E. H. Lord; and soon afterwards, stretching still farther South, tho largo four-story brick building, owned by Mrs. W. H. Marks and occupied by bor, was iu flames. At these two points, the tiro was stayed.? Wilmington Journal, 2?th. A Cumberland, Teun., paper gives some account of William Crutchtiold, familiarly known as "Bill Crutcbficld," who was elocted to Congress by the Re? publicans from tho Third District of that Slate at tho late eleotious. This new member is a "character," aud promises, h:iih the paper in question, to boa re? production of David Crockett. Iu 1861, it is alleged, he distinguished himself by drawing a revolver ou Mr. Jefferson Davis, while that gentleman was making a political speech ut Clmttuuoogu. Hus most apparent peculiarities, according to this chronicler, are that ho is ugly, that he in us brave, personally, as the sword of Bayard, and that he is a person of much good and quick common sense?a most excellcut uttributo iu a Congress? man. "He is as plain ns nu old shoo," says the paper iu question, and, "al? though u muu of largo means, ho dresses as a laboring mechanic or farmor. Ho is warm and liberal-hearted, full of good humor?is the central figure of the social group," aud, moreover, iu goiug to Congress, "ho means business" for his constituents. Mr. Crutchtiold will doubtless make his mark in Congress? not, however, out of a fellow-ruoinber, it is to bo hoped. It is stated that President Grant favors tho extinguishment ot tho Territory of Wyoming, aud tho partition of its aroa among tho surround tug Territories. Tho population of this tcrap, which was formed iuto a Territory by Act of July 25, 1863, out of portions of Utah, Da? kota and Idaho, is but 0,118, of whom only 1,805 are women, which accounts, doubtless, for tho famous Wyoming jury and office laws, intended to attract all female searchers for their rights to this favored spot. For four years, tho groat trans-continental railroad hus been in operation across Wyoming; bnt despite this groat advantage and tho women laws I just mentioned, population has not in I creased. The railroads seem only ser? viceable in carrying people away, aud tho emigrants, if any, attracted by the wo? men laws, appear to havo boon of an iu fecund kind. The Orleans (Now York) Republican says: "An aunt of Horace Oreeloy, Mrs. Dwiuoll, is now living in tho town of Gainea. Some years ago Mr. Grecley was to delivor tho address at the Couuty fair, and he, being anxious that his relative's family should hear his remarks, proceeded to his aunt's farm, and, pull? ing off his coat, helped to husk a lot of corn, at whioh all tho hands on tho pre? mises woro working. The neighbors, also, joined with tho distinguished editor, nnd that corn was husked iu time to allow all hands to attend tho fair and hear Mr. Grooloy's nddroBB." It is to bo feared that Barnnm's gorilla poiishod amid tho ftamos of his innsoum. If bo, it is out of the power of tho Louisiana Legislature to invest him with Senatorial honors, and the in? telligent members will have to find the best substitute they can. "? Tub Swamp Anoe?S,?Ooe by one the band of Bobeaon County ontlnws have dwindled down until there is now but one left of the entire formidable gang. For some time past, Andrew Strong and 'Stephen Lowrey have escaped tbe ven geanoe of tbe law, and have reigned un? molested over Sonflletowo, but at length the former has been killed, and Stephen Lowrey is tho only one left of tbo entire gang. At Eureka, a small station on the Wilmington, Oharlotto and Rutherford Railroad, in the heart of the Soufiletown region, aud about eighty miles from tho city, thcro was a considerable Christmas gathering of the olans of tho outlaws on Thursday. Stevo Lowrey was absent, but Andrew Strong was there with a number of his friends. About 2 o'clock of that day, whilo a number of negroes wcro in a store at tbo station, ono of them stole a number of locks and se? creted thorn in his pockot. Ho was charged with tho theft by a young mau by tbo name of William Wilson, a clerk in tho store, but ho denied having taken them. Mr. Wilson then put his hand iu tho man's coat pocket, and drew forth the locks. Tbo orowd soon afterwards left tho store. About au hour after this, Andrew Stroog, who had evidently been driuking, came into tho storo and or? dered Mr. Wilson to leave the County, swearing that if ho did not, ho would kill him. After saying this, the outlaw turned to leave tho store, and as bo did so Wilsou raised a double-barreled guu that was at bund, und discharged ono barrel at tbe outlaw, planting eighteen buck-shot iu his neck aud head. Strong fell with scarcely a groau, und expired at ouco. Tbo fall of tho outlaw ut once spread consternation and dismay throughout the group of hie dusky followers, but no attempt was mado to interfere with Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson and a number of other gentlemen hastily placed tbo body in a wagon and conveyed it to Lumber tou, arriving at that town about 2 o'clock A. M. The body was ut onoa surren? dered to Sheriff McMillan, aud was yes? terday fully ioentitied, whereupon the Sheriif paid over to the fortunate young man ?1,000, tho reward offered by the County for each of tho outlaws, dead or alive. Besides this, there is 83,000 to be paid by tbe State, as tho reward of? fered by tho Governor, under authority of the Legislature, which can bo ob tuiued on application. [ Wilmington Journal, 28/A. A St. Potersburg despatch, dated Do comber 23, says that the dolos, a St. Petersburg newspaper, has information that the British Miuister hns notified Prince GortschukoiT that if the Russian troops penetrate tho conntries between Kbiva and Afghanistan, Englaud will bo compelled to interfere in support of Afghan independence. There is proba? bly no other foundation for tho report than the fact that tho Russians aro steadily marching toward the frontiers of British India, and that the Imperial Ca biuet desiro to find out, by iudireot means, what notion England will fed iu dined to tako when her control over Hiu dostan is seriously threatened. A glance at tho map shows that Rus? sia, in tho past thirty years, has over? run and annexed a hugo territory ljiug between her old boundaries and tho Punjaub. In 1801, Toorkistan and Anloata wore captured; in the next year, Tauhkund, ono of tho largest towns iu Central Asia, shared tho same fate. The conquered district, was incorporated into tho Russian dominions under the name of Toorkistan. In 180(5, Bokhara was taken iu hand, and, later on, tho capital of tho country fell into the possession of tho Russians without u blow being struck. Bokhara has a population of 2,000,000, and Kliokand has an area of 120,000 squaro miles. Kbiva, npon which the Czar has designs, bus an area of 160,000 square miles. Tho rapid advance of Russia has, for years, caused England serious uneasi? ness. Afghanistan alone stunds us a barrier between tho British aud tho Mus? covite, and ns soon ns the latter are firmly seated on tho Oxus, it will be eusy to find an excuse for fresh aggres? sions. The British have no hold upon the affections of their Mohamodau sub? jects, as they know, but it is hard to seo how an effective resistance can bo mado when Russia moves in earnest. England has no allies. Tarkoy cannot help her. Tho aggrandizement of Russia in Central Asia does not disturb Germany or Aus? tria, and Franco think.-) more of her lout provinces than of a war in tho East. Russia plays her cards well. And it is not certain that her conquest of Central Asia will uot bo more of a boon than u bane to tho Asiatics whom she may bring under her yoke. Tho mesquito gum of Texas possesses all the qualities of gum Arabic. It is beginuing to booome n commodity of I export; largo quantities have been ] gathered and shipped this season. This is a wonderful tree. It bus beon de? monstrated tbat it is tho very host hedg? ing plant, and certainly surpasses all othor timber for fire wood; and for fence posts, it is only second to tho boh d'arc. It is of a very rapid growth. Vast forests of it nro now growing on our Western prairies, where a fow years ugo not a sprig wus to be seen. A French surgeon has now inserted successfully into tho skull of bis dogs watch crystals, through which ho cau obsorvo tho processes of tbo canine's brain during sleep, iudigostion, when influenced by rage or other emotion, and in its normal - movements. Tho pack seem to show no aversion to having an eye set on thoir inmost thoughts, nor to contributiog to science through their sky-lights, and tbe savan expects to show, as clear as crystal, that the theory that blood tends to tbe head iu sleep is an error. A switch engine in LuFayette, Indiana, was blown to atoms on tbo 20th, und tho engineer, D. MoNary, killed. Tho houses in the vicinity wore badly injured. ZZsOoaX Items. Oiti Matte as.?The price of single copies of the Phoihtx is. five cents. The latest styles wedding and visiting cards and envelopes, tastily printed, can be obtained at the Phoznix offioe. Old newspapers for sale at Pucenix uflice, nt fifty cents a hundred. The Supreme Court convenes on Thursday morniog, at 10 o'clock. John A. Welles, the policeman who was arrested for obtaining goods under false, pretences, was committed to jail, Thursday, by Trial Justice S. E. Strat toD, in default of $500 bail, to await trial at tho coming February term of the Court of General Sessions. Tho Camden passenger train mot with an accident, on Saturday last, about three miles from Claromont, by which the locomotive was turned completely over. The engineer, Mr. P. Miles, had his leg broken and was otherwise in? jured; Mr. C. A. DeSausBure, the ngent ut this place, (who was on the locomo? tive,) was also severely hurt. No other material damage. A colored man, living on Arsenal Hill, hud tho misfortune to set fire to his bed, ou Suuday last; but, fortunately, no se? rious conflagration occurred. An aged colored woman, the fortunate possessor of an extra heavy mattress, whioh she always protested she could not lift, be? came frightened, and traveled half a square with this necessary appendago to a bed on her shoulders. It is absolutely necessary that some? thing should bo done relative to the water supply of the city. For several days, the necessary fluid has been i bly scarce. A card from the oily au? thorities, iu another column, notifies water consumers of tho enforcement of tho ordinance ou that subject. Our informant erred in giving the names of Counties composing the seve? ral iutcrnal revenue divisions of the Third Collection District us recently con solidatcd, reported in tho Phozxix, of Sunday. The following is the correct list: Second Division, J. H. Dennis? The Counties of Spartanburg, Newberry, Laurent?, York and Union; office at New berry. Third Division, John O. White liei??Tue Counties of Abbeville, An? derson, Pickens, Ooonee and Greenville; office at Anderson. First Division, G. A. Darling?The Counties of Richland, Lexington, Edge?old, Fairfleld and Chester; office at Columbia. Bishop Quintard, who was expected here ou Saturday, did not arrive, in con? sequence of tho heavy snow storm. It is expected, however, that he will reach hero on Thursday, nccompunied by Gen. J. B. Kershaw, and will officiate on Sun? day next, in Trinity Church. Tho weather moderated materially, yesterday, and but little sloot is now visi? ble. Mr. Harper, while delivering some freight in Assembly street, yesterday, run iuto and demolished a one-horse wagon with his team. Mr. H. immedi? ately proffered to the injured teamster prompt reparation. Mr. Stokes* stock of fancy boxes aud articles suitable for New Year presents is extensive, and embraces many things new to this seotion. We have been requested to state that Col. Palmer, President of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, trans? ported, free of cost, the wood generous? ly donatod by Mr. R. C. Shiver to tho poor of the city. In addition to tho gentlemen previously referred to, Mr. C. Hamberg furnished two teams, and tho delivery was going on rapidly all day yesterday. A great many destitute in? dividuals, white as well as colored, have been ana aro being relieved. Affecting scenes wore witnessed iu tho neighbor? hood of tho distributing depot yester? day?persons poorly clad and nearly frozen personally handing in applica? tions. "He that giveth to tho poor londcth to the Lord," saith the Scrip? tures. Mtij. Moighan is iu receipt of a supply of over-shoes. City Clerk Barnum calls upon business men to pay up their licenses, as the term expires on tho Gth January. New Yeur's Day wUl, doubtless, be kept up as a general holiday. Several of our banks publish notifications to those having notes falling duo to attend to them to-day. "Condensed tragedy" describes tho tologrnphio despatches of the past fow days. So many concurring casualties it is seldom tho sad bnsiness of a nowspa por to chronicle. Aud as if death ou his pale horso weio not distressful enough, terrible snow storms come driving on to freeze the life out of "Old Chris" and stop tho wheels of out-door business. - Call this cold? Pshaw I Let anybody who thinks so, warm himself up by read? ing the weather reports from "out West." Thermometer 42 degrees below ' zero out Milwaukio-way and still on the sink! ' Tna Cal Waonbb TBxmpa.*?.Tao re? ception accorded bappy Oal Wagner and bia talented corps of coadjutors, lost evening, at the Academy of Mnsio, par? took more of an ovation than anything else From the initial to tbe final per? formance, the andienoe, a very numerous one, composed in part of ladies, was kept in continuous roars of laughter. Tbe gathering in the gallery was im? mense, and enjoyod the varied presenta? tions immeasurably. It may safely be said tbat this is tbo most complete, in every particular, troupe of the kind, that has visited us in years. Tbey sing with true melody and with considerable effect. Their rendering of some familiar airs was really tbe souroe of ns little pleasure to tbe more appreciative portion of the audience. The performers do nothing even in their less artistio sketches to offend the most captions mind. The troupe gives a performance this evening, at tbe same hour as on last,, with an en? tirely new bill, as tbey do nightly. Thus speaks tbe Charleston Courier. This troopo will appear in Irwin's Hall, on Thursday aud Friday evenings next. Mail Aiuungkuests,?The Northern mail opens 6.30 A. M. and 3.00 P. M.; closes 8 P. M. and 11.00 A. M. Charles? ton day mail opens 6.15 P. M.; oIobob 6 A. M ; ntght opens 7.00 A. 21.; elosee 6.15 P. M. Greenville opons 6.a5 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Western opens 6.30 A. M. and 12.30 P. M.; oloses 8 and 1 P. M. Wilmington opens 3.30 P. M.: closes 10.30 A. M. On Sunday the office ia open from 3 to 4 P. M. List of New Advertisements. R. Joyner?Stolen. Charles Barnum?Water Notice. A. G. Brenizer?Bank Notice. E. F. Hei?To Rent. Mrs. Middleton?School Notice. J. Meighan?Over-shoes. Convocation Colnmbia Chapter. W. B. Guliok?Bank Notice. Charles Barunm?Business Licenses. J. H. Kohler?Notice. Tho Indian Girl Cigar Store. Rivers Wright?Plantation for Sale. Tenntsoj* an Imitator.?A writer in Notes and Queries has unearthed some versos by one of tbo old-time poets, Michael Drayton, which are strikingly like Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade. ' Tbe snbjeot is the "Battle of Agiuooart,"some of the stanzas running as follows: "Faire stood tbe wind for France, When we our sayles advance, Nor now to provo our chance Longer will tarry; But patting to the mayne, At Kaux, tbo month of Seyne, Witb all his martiall tray no Landed Ring Harry. "Thoy now to fight are gone, Armour on armour shone, Dramme now to drumme did grooe, To hear was wonder; That with the oryes tbey make, Tbe vory earth did shake, Trumpet to trnmpet spake, Thunder to thunder. "Upon St. Crispin's day Fought was this noble fray, Whioh fame did not delay To England carry; O, when shall English men, With such acts fill a pen, Or England breed againe Such a King Harry?" The movement and idea here given aro so similar to those of Mr. Tennyson's poem as to render it probable tbat they served us its model. If not, we have a curious case of duplicated invention. < ? -o The Avenir National, a Paris journal, recalls in a bit of gossip tbo recollection of the Zocave Jaoob, wbo a few years ago set all Paris agog with his self claimed supernatural curative powers. Jacob, it will be remembered, by some peculiar process of magnetism, wrought wonderful cures upon paralytic and bed? ridden subjects, aud at one time his fame was co-extensivo in France with that of Napoleon himself. Ho dwolt in a halo of success and prospered bravoly. But times have changed with tbo Zouave Jacob, and, although he_still practices his art of laying on of bands, bo does so in an obscure and unheroic way, ant1 after a fashion in marked contrast with that of former days. Probably most per? sons who have heard or read of him have imagined that he died in some German prison, went down in some useless charge upon a battle field of the late war, or fell, torch in band, witb tbe Communo in Paris. Bat, no. He still lives, but in mean.lodgings in the Rue Ramporreau, wbero, although daily consulted by a clientelle of sufferers, bo ekes out a live? lihood by making bats. His supernatu? ral powers appear to havo brought no fortune to him. On Tuesday night, a yonng girl, who was grossly insulted by a ruffian on a Third avenue (New York) car, was pro? tected and avenged, not by a fellow-pas? senger or by tho conductor, but by the honest, courageous driver. The latter enw tbat tbe scoundrel was annoying tho girl, and that the conductor had not noticed tbe affair. He promptly sloppod his car, thrushed the villain, threw him into tbe sfreot, aud, calling a policeman, gave him into custody. The national capital is suddenly furnishing tho country with the accu? mulating horrors of many murders. Within a fow mouths there have been fourteen instances of this crime in Washington, and the three hangings which havo taken place do not seem to have abated tho moral disease, if such it bo. A St. Louis paper soys: "Half adozrn murderers aro in this city, awaiting the the tedious formality of'acquittal." Margticrito Bellanger, of cdoriforous reputation iu Loais Napoleon's court, is dead in Paris.