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earthquake in the island of Samoa has caused great destrnotion to property and life. ? . ?..? - :?? ;??(.??. Calcutta, ? Februar J 4?An earth? quake occurred at the city of Lobooo, in the territory of Soiude, attended by a ' dreadful deatrnotion of human life and a vast amount of property. Over 5,000 lives were lost by this disaster, which overtook the olty bo suddenly that no escape waa possible. A great part of the oity is in rains. The shock extended over a large track of. country, being dis? tinctly felt at towns several miles dis? tant. The inhabitants of Lebees, after the first convulsion was over, seized their movables and fled to the moun? tains. Houses tottered and fell in ruins, blocking the Streets and killing men and animals. Max>hxx>, February 4.?The postmen are on a Strike, thus delaying the de? livery of lotters. London, February 4.?A true bill has been found in the Central Criminal Court of this oity against Mr. Hubert Bowles, charging him with misdemeanors in connection with certain securities de? posited in the Parisian backing house of Bowles Bros. & Co. The-trial is ex? pected to take place at an early day. The proprietors of several oolleries in the South of Wales, who have announced their intention, to import Chinamen from California, to take the place of the men on a strike, have received anonymous letters, threatening them with assassina? tion should they carry out their designs. The weather daring the past few days has been intensely cold, and over 100 persons have been - frozen to death in England during that time. American Malter?. Savannah, Febraary 4.?The steam? ship Montgomery, hence for New York, was towed into Tybee this morning, with a broken, shaft.. I Philadelphia, Febraary 4:?The boiler, of Wood Brothers' rolling mills exploded to-day. The fragments en? tered the Albion Print Works, 300 feet distant, killing.two boys. Total killed, nine.', ? ,r:.'u Frfranu^o, February 4.?Seven per? sons were killed at the American Iron? works explosion.--The nail feedersrweTe' on a strike; otherwise, tho loss'would have been greater. Poirtf Deposit, Md., Febraary 4.?The ice gorge continues. No signs of a rise on the river, but we live in dread. Bain fell yesterday,- and the we at her.is warm. Despatches from Harrison rg, Chiokies, Columbia and Williamsport, state that the Sasqaebanna is not rising, and that the ice has not commenced moving. Cottage Plaoe, January 29,1873.?, Deak Judq? Hobt: I am so muoh dis? tressed by the report of - yesterday's pro? ceedings at White Plains, that I mast withdraw from a contest which o or op? ponents are determined shall be waged over my father's grave, for not even to carry out his lust wishes can I permit a memory whioh is infinitely dear to me to be desecrated- With best thanks to yourself, Mr. Nelson and Mr. Ohoate, for the very kind efforts whioh yon have, all made in behalf of myself and sister,1 I remain, with mast reapeot, very truly yours. IDA F. GREELEY. I join in the sentiments of this letter. GABBIELLE GREELEY. Buffalo, February 4.?John Gaffney, nnder sentence of death for the murder of Fahay, made a fall confession of mur? der last night. One Farrell, now a con? vict in the State prison, handed bim a revolver with whioh to commit the deed. Savannah, Ga., February 4.?Job Johnston won the first race in 2.19; Par lee won the second, in 2.39; Frank Hampton Won the third?both heats 1.51. i Augusta, February L?-The corner-1 stone of the Aiken, S. 0., Lyceum and Musio Hall was laid to-day with im? posing ceremonies. Philadelphia, February 4?John H. Selwyn, stage manager of the Chestnut Street Theatre, is dead. Washington, Febraary 4.?No testi? mony in Louisiana affairs to-day. The Committee of Ways and Means will re? port in favor of permits to onload vessels nt night. Mr. Hardgrove, formerly of Nelson County, Va., to-day attempted to kill himself, his wife aud the youngest of four children. He was insane from pecuniary troubles, induced by the war. The mother and ohild will probably re? cover. Hardgrova's ohances are very slim. In the House, the bill granting Mrs. Wood, daughter of Zaohary Taylor, $50 per month passed; commenoing when her husband died. Tho evidence before the Credit Mobiliar Committeo was ordered to be printed. Tho evidence affecting members of the Senate was ro - ferred to that body. Pensions occupied tho day. The Senate discussed tho resumption of specie payment. Probabilities?For New England and the Middle States, rising barometer, somewhat lower temperature, Weeterly to Southerly winds and very generally clear weather. For the Sonth Atlantic and Gulf States, East of Mississippi, Westerly to Northerly winds and olear and blearing weather. From Tennessee to Ohio and lower Miobigan, North? westerly and Westerly winds and gone rally clear weather. From Missouri to Minnesota and Lakes Superior and Miohigan, Westerly to Southerly winds and generally olear weather. New York, Febraary 4.?Tho sohoon er Eolipse, henoe for Savannah, return? ed, having collided with the schooner Mary Stookam, from Charleston, whioh bus arrived here. Both considerably damaged*. ^ *? ? An Arkansas widow has insoribed on the head-atones of Are departed lords, "Wo will meet in heaven, husband dear." If so the resulting matrimonial embarrassment will be worse than that of the Sadduoee brothers. I rinnnolai and VomnirtUl. L Columbia, S. O..T?ebTuTaVy14^aIes of cotton to-day 130. balsa?middling SS*. . , ? ? ' t. - ^?in ^ London, February 4?Noon.?G?nsole 92%92%. 5? 91. . Pabis, February 4.?Rentes 54f. 65o. . Livasrooii, February 4?3 P. M.? I Cotton quiet and heavy?upland* BJ? 10,^; Orleans 10%? 1U^; sales 8,000; speculation and export, 1,000. j liverpool, February 4.?Evening? Cotton closed heavy; sales inolude 5,000 bales American; shipped from Savannah j and Charleston, deliverable this month, I 9%; shipped from Savannah and Charles-1 ton, February andMaroh, 913-16. Yarns and fabrics doll but not lower. New York, February 4?Noon.?Stooks heavy. Gold heavy, at 12%. Money 1 firm, at 7. Exobange?lobg , U%; short | 10%. Governments and States doll, bot heavy. Cotton dull and nominal; sales 124 bales?uplands 21%; Orleans 21%. Floor steady. Wheat firm, for prime. Corn quiet and steady. Pork quiet? mess 14.25. Lard?steam 8%(g)8 5.16. Freights firm. 7 P. M.?Sales of futures 12,200 bales, as follows: February 205-16@207-16; Maroh 20%@20%; April 20 13-16@20 15-16; May 21 1-16@21%; June 21%@ 219-16. Cotton dull; Bales 580 bales, at 21%@21%. Flour unchanged. Whis? key steady. Wheat a shado firmer and wanted; winter very firm. Corn less active and scarcely so firm. Pork and beef unchanged. Lard weak, at 8%@ 81 ,>. Freights quiet. Money 7 to gold. Sterling 9^@9>^. Gold 13^@13%. Governments steady. States dull. St. Louts, February 4.?Flour firm, in fair demand and unchanged. Corn dull and lower?No. 2, mixed, 31@32, at East St. Louis, on track; 34%(g)35 in elevator. Whiskey dull, at 80, Pork quiet, at 13.00 on spot. Bacon in fair demand for futures?5% for first half of April; 7% tor May; clear 1%. buyers in March. Lard saleable at 7%; held at 7%(&l%. \ Cincinnati, February 4.?Flour steady. Corn steady, at 41(2)42. Provisions dull aud weak. Pork nominally 12.75@13.00. Lard dull and declining, at 7.37%@7.50 for steam; 8.00 for kettle. Bacon easier, at 5%@7%. Whiskey steady, at 88. Louisville, Fobruary4.?Flour strong and unchanged. Corn firm, at 42. Pork ?13-00. Bacon euny, at 5%@8%. Sugar oured hams 12@12%; pluin 12(ojl2%. Lard-9(a)9% for choice leaf. Whiskey firm, at 88@89. \ Charleston, February 4.?Cotton dull and nominal?ordinary 17%@18%; mid? dling 19%; receipts 1,947 bales; sales 20Q; stock 43.628. Memphis, February 4.?Cotton dull? middling 21; receipts 1,445 bales; ship ments 3,866; stock 31,375. PiixijadELii'iiia, February 4.?Cotton dull?middling 21%. Boston, February 4.?Cotton quiet? middling 21%; receipts 266 bales; salos 400; stock 7,000. Savannah, February 4.?Cotton dull, ?good ordinary 18%> low middling 19%; middling 19%; receipts 3,270 bales; sales 707; stock 68,055. Wilmington, February 4.?Cotton quiet?middling 19%; receipts 204 bales; stock 2,885. Norfolk, February 4.?Cotton steady ?low middling 19%(a)19%; receipts 3,073 bales; sales 450; stock 15,093. New Orleans, February 4,?Cotton iu light demand and prices easier?mid? dling 19%@19%; receipts 9,380 bales; sales 4,200; stock 211,696. Galveston, February 4.?Cotton quiet and weak?ordinary 16; good ordinary 17@17%; receipts 3,078 bales; sales 500; stock 69,997. I Auousta, February 4.?Cotton easier ?middling 19; receipts 861 bales; sales 551. i Baltimore, February 4.?Cotton quiet I ?middling 20%; receipts 588 bales; sales 460; stock 10,646. Mobile, Febraary 4?Cotton dull! and nominal?good ordinary 18; low middling 18%; middling 19>?; receipts 1693 bales; sales 300; stock 53,378. No story of heathen mythology (says a writer in Appletou's Journal,) which tells of the transformation of human or 1 oelestial beings into plants or tree?, is so beautiful as that one in whioh tho North American Indians give tho origin of1 their maize, which is, in substance, that a beautiful girl, pursued by a river god, ; took refuge among the reeds, twining them about her to hide herself, npon I whioh her Blender form was changed into a graceful stalk, her teeth into milk white kernels, and her lovely floating hair into silk; and, in place of reeds and maiden, there stood only a tall, bending stalk of Indian corn; so that, ever after, in the rustle.of a waving corn field, the red man conld hear the stirring of a company of timid girls. The Appeal tells of a Momphis lady who wrote to a New York matrimonial agent for a husband. The agent trans? ferred the letter to a crusty old baohelor, who, in replying to it, accidentally sub? stituted for his own photograph that of a pet orang-ontang. The lady answered: "There is oertaiuly not mach personal beauty about you, but yon appear to have an honest, manly face. I accept." The Terro Hante minister who sur? prised a female parishioner in the not of leaving a covered basket at his door on j Now Year's eve, and admonished the wo? man of the torrid future in store for ne natural mothers, did not havo that fat turkey for his New Year's dinner. "When the Yendome colamn is re? stored," said a Frenchman to a German, "we mean to pnt a Frenoh soldier on the top." "Right," said the German, I "that is a place of safety." Rev. George Gilflllan, ol Dundee, Scotland, recently married fifteen oonples in ten hours... A good day's work in tho "matter o' money." Not to be behind the ago, time has thrown aside the hour glass and scythe and now uses a mowing machine and watch. UTATK LKUrt^VT?nK. ' 1 1 Tuesday, February a, 1873. SENATE. The Senate at 12 M., and waa opened with prayer by lie v. B. B. Babbitt. The Oommittee on Printing, to whom waa reforred tho House resolution to confirm the present contract, reported,' recommending the same to be confirmed. Laid over for further consideration. . Mr. Corwi-r introduced a bill to alter and amend Section 45, Chapter 25. Title 6. of the Statutes, relative to disquali? fying persons from holding office, ftaid over. Mr. Nash?Bill to grant the use of a oertain lot of land in this oity to Pal? metto Lodge, I. O. O. F., under curtain conditions, being the same bill that was introduoed at the laut session. Laid over. Senator Naeh stated, for the informa? tion of tho Seuato, that there were many claims before the committee that cannot be considered, because they have not been properly sworn to under a refla? tion of the Senate, and that sevoral of these claims were for printing. A bill to refer to the qualified voters of Barnwell County the location of the County scat, County dfibjcrs and tho place of holding the votes of said Coun? ty, whioh has consumed much time and debate heretofore, wbb up for a third Heading, and its consideratiou postponed for one day. The joint resolution to allow tho heirs of James Phillipe, in Darlington County, to redeem certain forfeited lands, was passed finally, and sent to the House of Representatives; us were ulso the follow? ing, viz.: Joint resolution to allow J. J. Roaoh, of Kershaw County, to redeem certain forfeited laud*; bill to prevent the obstruction of harbors and naviga? ble streams in this State by the discharge therein of ballast of stone, dirt and other heavy materials; bill to authorize the County Commissioners of certain Coun? ties to levy aud collect au additional tax for certain purposes; bill to incorporate the Charleston Coastwise Transportation Company; bill to authorize and empower the County Commissioners of Abbeville County to open and establish a public road from William Hunter's to R. H. McCuslan's, in said County; bill to amend Sections 19 and 33 of Chapter 8, Title 6, of an Act for revising and con? solidating the General Stututes relating to tho boundaries botweeu York and Lancaster Counties. The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of calendar bdls for a second rending, which occupied the re? mainder of the day, with the exception of the consideration of certain claims, viz: The favorable roports of the Com? mittee on Claims on the following were adopted, viz: Favorably on the account of Joel Keisler; favorably ou the account of Jacob B. Magill, of Chester County; unfavorably on the acoonnt of John Sweeny, of Orangeburg; favorably on the account of Charles Smalls, of Coile ton County; unfavorably on the account of Howie & Allen; favorably ou House report of the Committee on Claims on the aooount of D. O'Neil; favorably on the House report of the Committee on Claims ou the account of Leonidas Lowry. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The House was opened with prayer oy Rev. E. J. Adams, Chaplain. The Judiciary Committee, by Mr. Moetzo, Chairman, roported favorably the following: To punish persons for ob? taining money, olo., under false pre? tenses; to punish persons selling intoxi? cating liquors to minors. Unfavorably, bill to abolish the office of Recorder of Charleston; unfavorably, to allow extra compensation to Judge Greene; the con? sideration of a bill to increase the sala? ries of Justices of the Supreme Court and the Circuit Courts was recommeuded to be postponed. Tho Committee on Claims reported certain accounts; made tho special order for tho Gth instant. Tho claim of Mr. D. Huden, based upou certificates issued heretofore for school services roudcred; ordered to be paid. Mr. Rivers, Chairman of tho Commit too ou Military, reported a bill to incor? porate oertaiu military companies favor? ably. The Senato bills reported abovo as passed aud sent to the House wore re? ceived and referred to their appropriate committees. Tho House bill, as amended by the Se? nate, to incorporate the village of Fort Mills, York County, striking out the term of years that the charter shall re? main in force, was concurred in, uud the bill ordered to bo enrolled. Tho claims reported passed by the Se? nate were referred to tho House Com? mittee on Claims. The bill to incorporate tho Charleston Coastwise Transportation Company, as returned from the Senate amended, to make every person liable to be President the owner of twenty-five shares, and other amendments, was ordered to be enrolled with the amendments concurred in. A message was received from tho So nato, that tho enacting clause had been strioken out of a bill to amend tho char? ter of tho town of Chestor; also, a con? current resolution asking tho Senators and members in Oongress to repair the Citadel in Charleston and place it in tho same condition as when the troops oc? cupied it. Concnrred in. Tho Houso then proceeded to tho con? sideration of the oalendar bills. A drunkard, on being told that the earth is round, and turns on its axis all the time, said: "I believe that, for I've never been able to stand on the darned thing." The Swedes have got a new way of ex? ecuting criminals, one which does the business in eleven seconds. The man who invented tho machinery is after a patent. A man who fell into the lake at Buf? falo, the other day, says that it was a new Erie in his life, as well as an un? pleasant one. . j v l *. > r Iumors of Advertising.?Ad? vertisers'are adepts in a nbigoity. A lady advertises ber desire to obtain a husband "with a Roman nose, having strong religions -tendencies." "A spin? aler particularly fond of children" in? forms, the public that she "wishes for two or three, having nono of her own.' Somebody wants "a young man to look j after a horse of the Methodist persua? sion;" a draper desires to meet with an assistant who would "take an active and energetic interest in a small first class trade, and in a quiet family;" and a Boston chemi?t advertises "the gentle? man who left his stomach for analysis1 will please call and get it, together with the result." Slipshod English is not, howevor, confined to tho advertising co? lumns, or we should not read of the shooting of a wild cat "by a little boy five feet eight inches loug;" or of a pro? cession which was "very fine and nearly two miles in length, us was also the prayer of Mr. Perry, the chaplain;" nor1 should bo ranch scandalized to note the fact, recently stated in some journal, that "a self-made man arrived in Cali? fornia twenty years ago with only one shirt to his back, and sinoe then has' contrived, by close application to busi? ness, to accumulate over 810,000.000.' An English theatrical paper, after an? nouncing a forth-coming benefit per foruiuuce, went on: "Of course, every one will be there, und for the edification of those who aro absent, a full report I will be found in our next paper." The following advertisements are oolleotod from Irish papers: "One pound reward. Lost, a cameo brooch, representing Venns and Adonis, on the Dramoondra Road, about 10 o'clock on Tuesday even? ing." Advertisement of a wine mer? chant: "The advertiser, having mado an advantageous purchase, offers for sale, on very low terms, about six dozen of prime port wine, lately the property of a gentleman forty years of age, full in the body, and with a high bouquet." The two following emanated from a well known livery stable keeper: "To be sold cheap, a sleudid gray horse, calculated for a charger, or would carry a lady with a switch tail." "To bo sold cheap, a| mail phuvon, tho property of a gentle man with a moveablu head, as good as uew." "Ten shillings, reward. Lost, by a gentleman, a white torrier dog, ex? cept tbo bead, which is black. To be) brought to," &c. To these Irish adver? tisements may bo nddod an English one, which was the subjeot of a humorous article in tho Saturday Review, some four or five years since: "To be sold, an Erard grand piano, tho property of lady, about to travel iu a walnut wocdl case with oirved legs.*' [Price Current, London. A Washington despatch of Thursday last says: "Mr. Col fax sent a lawyer to the Credit Mobiliar Committee, this morning, to conduct his case. The Hon. Robert S. Halo, of Now York, an ex member of Congress and a member elcot of tbo next House, announced that ho appeared as the counsel of the Vice President, and that ho expected in s few days to prove that Mr. Colfux received tho $1,200 deposited in the First Na? tional Bauk of Washington, on June 22, 1S6S, from some other source than from Oakes Ames. Somo days would be ne? cessary, be explained, to give Mr. Colfax time to look over his papers, and to get somo evidence .from New York. Mr. Colfax's account, as entered on the bank register, shows that be deposited in the year 18C8 nearly $10,000-a fact that is! strangely inconsistent with bis stntomont that be is a poor man, with no income beside bis salary, and that be could not possibly have received so large an amount as $1,200 from any source without re? membering it." A noble young man in Indianapolis recently determined to abandon tho use >f tobaoco. Ho was told that iced drinks would diminish his hunkering for the weod. So on the first day he drank three gallons of iced water, and still feel? ing a desire to smoke, ho added two quurts of cold buttermilk. Ho went to bed with tho cheerful conviction that he hail conquered bis craving, and so he hud. The next day he did not desire to smoke at all, for tho simpio reason that he was dead. Tho iced wutcr, tho iced buttermilk, the abandonment of his oigar, and two dootors who were called in consultation, proved to bo too much for tbo noblo young man. Siiarp, if True.?At a tolegraph office, early one morning, tho young gentleman operator, after repeated calls for a yojng 1 lady operator iu another office, at last gets a response, and thou "click, click, click, click," (fortissimo,) ho telegraphs buck vehemently: "I havo been trying to catch you for tho last half hour!' In a moment, tho following spicy reply comes tripping back to him over the ] wires from tho telegraphic maiden: "That's nothing! Thoro is a young man hero who has beou trying to do tho sumo thing for the last two years, and ho hasn't oaught mo yet!" Tho mysterious namo of tho "mou key wrench" was taken from its invent? or, Mr. Monkey, who still lives in New Jersoy. The late Mr. Cranston, of Newport, has left $75,000 for the benefit of per? sons of indigentility who are "too proud to beg and too honest to steal." The most striking difference between a fool and a looking-glass is, that the fool speaks without reflecting, and tho looking-glass reflects without speaking. A newly married couple, oged respect? ively fifteen and thirteen, have latoly gene to housekeeping in Westerly, R. I. Louis Bois, a Canadian farmer, has just baptized bis thirtieth child. Twen? ty-six are living, and nil "Bois." Rcocntly, in Kuoxville, a Mr. Atkins was married to Miss Atkins, by the Rev. Mr. Atkins. A Texas ranger oleared $1,600 last year ou scalp bounties. Bawboai> J&exM&'jffifSm*\. gossip aboat the rival railway schemes in Mexi? co is flavored with genuine Americanism. It is. gravely asserted that the represent? atives of one of tbe oontettiog com? panies lost ?300,000 while playing "poker" with a party of Mexican Con? gressmen, and that they immediately after got the scheme through their Oon? gress. The inference is that the loss at cards was a triok to cover the transfer of a bribe, and that the game ''wasn't on the square." Investigating oommittees are not in vogue in Mexioo. Death op Judge Bo bebt A. AiiMEN.? I Death has again invaded the ranks of] our prominont and universally esteemed citizens, and borne away Judge Bobert Anderson Allen, who died at his resi? dence in this oity, on Sunday afternoon last, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. Judgo Allen was a native of Bichmond County, and was for several terms] honored with the confidence of his fel? low-citizens in being chosen to represent] them in the State Legislature. [Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, The Springfield. Record hears of a bill for "one cradle, 815," whioh was made oat against a Senator by a Nashville fur? niture house, and awkwardly sent to his wife. His next letter from her contained this: "To my certain knowledge, we have had no use for snob an article for thirteen years in our family?aud I don't know that I seriously object to the pur? chase, if you have any use for it; aud the only fault I can. find is, that it is more costly than that you furnished to rock my children in." 1 Do not Jews write poetry? The editor of the Jewish Messenger informs us, that "during all the years of his editorship,, perhaps not more than a dozen original poems havo been sent to him from con-1 tributors of the Jewish faith, and during the past year he did not receive a single] poetical effusion for insertion. Happy] Jewish Messenger! O that Christian folk would hang their harps upon tho wil? lows, after the same excellent Hebrew ] fashion! Highway Bodubbt,?We learned yes? terday, that one day last week, while Mr. William Wilson, tbe postmaster at Mooresville, Iredell County, waa riding in the country near Columbia, S. O, he was assaulted, knocked from his horse and robbed of 9200 in money. Mr. Wil? son arrived in Charlotte yesterday, und was taken to his home on the Statesville train. These are the facts as we heard them yesterday.?Charlotte Observer. How to Tell a. House's Age.?The following is said to be a sure test of a horse's age: After a horse is nine years old a wrinkle comes over his eyelid, at the upper corner of the lower lid, and every year thereafter he has ono well defined wrinklo for eaoh year of his over nine. If, for instance, a horse has throe ] wrinkles, he is twelve. Add the number of wrinkles to nine aud yon will always get his age. One man at least has been found who can appreciate a mother-in-law. He ] lives iu Newport, and having becomaa] widower some time ago, haa married the ] woman who held to him that relation, ordinarily regarded as ono of natural hostility. How many men could be found il this wide republic willing to marry their mothers-in-law? American oysters, relaid and fattened in English bod*, are advertised in Lon don papers to be sold at one shilling a dozen, "delivered free on rail for any ] part of the kingdom, with an oyster knife and receipts for oooking in the de? licious ways known in America, added gratis." Tho patron of a cheap eating houue, who complained that they gave only one potato with his meat, whereas they formerly gave him two, was mortified by ] tho waiter's explanation that tho last lot of potatoes they purobased was so bad that no gentleman could eat more than ono of them. A young lady has just been fined $200 in Chicago for calling her lov.er into tho kitchen and throwing some boiling lye upou him. This mode of giving the lyo direct was highly resented by tho lover, who conoluded that the warmth of the muiden's affection waa too much for him, and had her arrested. A distinguished olergyman in Boston performed the marriage ceremony, and tho couple walked away without bestow? ing any fee. But the bride turned aud said, "We aro very much obliged to you, sir, and I hope oue of these days wo sL Ml bo able to retaliate." A bill passed the Senate, on Thursday, to provide for the care and preservation of the United States cemetery near the city of Mexico. That cemetery holds the remains of tho United States soldiers killed in tho attack upon the Mexican capital. Two journalists, one at Baltimore and the other at Chicago, have discovered that orime is regulated by tho thermom? eter; that cold weather freezos up tho original sin of humanity. What a dole? fully moral timo they must be having up North about now. A cow owned by a blacksmith in Al? fred, N. Y., was recently butchered, and her stomach was found to oontain four pounds of horso-shoo nails and a largo quantity of old iron. Iron being good for the blood, of coarse she was a healthy cow. Vesuvius has been brightening up during the lust few days, and slight eruptions have occurred. No damage has been done, but tho inhabitants at the base of the volcano are very muoh alarmed. Forty-four missionaries of different religions denominations arrived at Bom? bay, India, iu one vessel, a short time since. The sailors report an agreeable voyage, after u few squalls. Among the saddest episodes in the late storm iu Minnesota, aooording to a Western paper, was the freezing of the hands, nose, forehead, everything ex? cept the oheek, of a life iusuranco agont. i ? i rrrc .ri .ft .-5' Qu Siiurdiy last, at Alston, Eobert Barns .fall through the Greenville Bail road bildg$ and was drowned. On the - earn* day; at Sheltou, on the Spartan burg and Union Railroad, Charles Ogles by, in attempting to get on the train, made J a mis-step, and, falling, was dragged to the trestle beyond the sta? tion, when be fell through, a distance of forty feet, striking a pieae of timber be? low, canning death ^n about an hoar. A Bkillfal Nimrod, of Wheatland, Mo., saw a rabbit ran into'a hollow log, and took it into his head to crawl after it. When he had got inside, the log began to roll down bill. On arriving at the bottom he was oonciderably braised, and didn't oatoh the rabbit after all. Fortune plays strange freaks. A To? ledo editor wont through the war with? out a scratch, bat stack the shears in his eye the other day. Wickedness brings its own retribution. He probably never etole anything while in the army. A young man in San Francisco found an old deaoon he knew "booking the tiger" in a gambling hell. "What," he exclaimed, "deaoon, yon here?" "Tea,'1 was the reply; VI am bound to break, down this evil institution." Acquitted.?A, W. Petigrew, of Anderson County, who was on trial fpr tbe alleged orime of homicide?killing his brother, about Christmas?was ac? quitted at the term of the court ending last week. '*? At North Bridge water, Massachusetts, last week, a man who was blearing the snow off a five-story warehouse, slipped - and fell, feet foremost, into a snow bank below, escaping with a severe shake and - - a few bruises. It is suggested that in view of the. complexion assumed by the Credit Mo bilier investigation, the chaplain of the ' Senate, next Sabbath, preach from the text: "And they all with one consent be? gan to make exouae." Mash and milk festivals are held in . Iowa to pay pff church debts: .' Whiskey is introduced into tbe mash by wicked youths, and stingy old hacks get liberal . and pay off the whole debt out of .their own pockets. The Chicago Post bets that Sergeant; Bates can't carry an Orange flag through the old Fourth Ward in New York on the 12th of July, without insult or mo? lestation. The French census enumerates 31,586 more married men than married woman. How is this? Do that number of Fienoh wives keep duplicate husbands? .or -are the men widowers? A monkey that had seen good society lately got into a bar-room of the steamer Orient, and after getting savagely drunk I drove all the inmates oat by barling empty.bottles at'them. -'Isviivt A very, disastrous fire occurred , at Wadesboro, N. 0., about daylight BTon- ' day morning, by which five stores and ' the poet office were burned. Hotel keepers are people we have to ??po> up with." "The lore olaas?scholars." Auction fialoc^. Vacant Lot. BY SEIBELS & FZELL. Wo will sell, THIS MORNING at 10 o'clock, One acre vacant LOT, on the North-west corner of the 'intersection of Blossom and Bull. Terms mado known at sale. Feh5 Diamonds, Etc. D. C.PEIXOTTO & SONS, Auctioneers. WE will boil st auction a large and valuablo stock of GENUINE DIAMONDS, flue GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, GOLD CHAINS, fins GOLD JEWELRY, OPERA and FIELD GLASSES, oto., etc. The abova stock of strictly first class goods, from a wull-known establishment on Broad? way, New York, will be sold at auotion, with? out reserve, commencing on TUESDAY, February 1, at 10 A. M., 3 and 7 P. M., and to be continued until all the stock is disposed of at our auction room. Sale poaitive.without reterve. i>. O. PEltfUTTO A SONS. Auctioneers. Real Estate. BY 8EIBELS & EZBLL, Real Estate Auctioneers. ON WEDNESDAY, 5th February, at 10 o'clock, in front of tbe Court House, we will offer for sale, on reasonable terms, That desirable family RESIDENCE, lately occupied by L. F. Hopson, Esq., on the cor? ner of Taylor and Harden streetB. The lot contains one sore, with the following build-* ings: The dwelling, which is comparatively new, built in the Gothio cottage style of architecture, contains eeven rooms and closets, kitchen, two rooms attached to the dwelling by a covered platform, stables and oarriage house, all in good repair; a well of pure, good wator. This property should com? mand the attention of parties in pursuit of a pleasant and dosirable home. Purchaser to pay for papers. Feb 2 8 Rich land Lodge, No. 39, A. F. H. XV A REGULAR. Communication of this Lodge will be held THIS (Wednesday) /V\ EVENING, iu Masonic Hall, at 7 o'clock. By order of the W. M. Fob_51_B. I. BOONE, Seoretary. Plow Steel, Iron and Flow Monldi. AFULL SUPPLY of best imported PLOW STEEL, Bweeds fron end Plow Moulds, on hand and for sale low, by_. ? ?_.v JFob 5 JOHN AONEW & HON. Pumps! Pumps! ! Pumps!!! WE have last been apporntod AGENTS for I1LA ICH LEY'S CUCUMBER WOOD PUMPS, ant table for wells of all depths. They are simple. dmUbl? and xoonomiou., fur? nishing pure water to the owners at much less expense Chun accompanies the use of Ihe oily water. Two of thoso Pumps havo been put in use in the oitv this present week, and are Bub iect to the inspection of thoeo interested. For sale by _JOHN AGNEW A BON. Musical. ,?.,. I rinr H- A. OLLEVEB, Professor of HSqWSl|MuHicftl Composition andthoLaw |T#"! "of Harmony, will give instruction on any instrument desired. Musical Compo? sition a specialty. . ... The above named can be found at the MusioStoreof W H. LyBrand A Son. ttfVEUKWOKs?W. H. LyBrand, Columbia^. C; C. G. Jaoger, Eeq., Nowberry, 8. C. Keb 5 ? +3m<\