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money' Baltimore;
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dPasey;H.Wy* Cmfe^aymasteV^fMn-j
cMilit t*v Division . of m* Trifft <$u3fr
, Tbi-Yiotoria (totfitfi&t?maw*
ipg;. The; sEeemer. George S. Wright ia
close ashore,-, near the vtflag^ oV'iM
16 tribe of
Kuorgufath Indiana, 'a fierce
savages.'' The Ihdlab^'^ojq^brought: thie
news toVictoria remained five days,-en?
camped on the b?noh, rmt' ?a:w"no signs
of tile boats or people from1 the wreck.
Tho Indians from tho vjllago^who are,
usually very oautioua about sa&u Miasler?,-;
did not como near tho spot. It is now
thought a part or nil of tho crow may be
?prisoners iu the bonds of these suvagen
?tho;worst iu Brjtish Columbia. ? ?
.' A'despatoLii.from: Fort Beuten, Mon?
tana, says a war party of -Piegau Iudiuus
killed Hiram Cook 'and Churles Ran?
dolph, a few-days ago, above' 'Eagle
'Creek, -on. tho Missouri River. The
bodioB of the murdered men were horri?
bly mutilated. , ? ' i.
A,'despatch from Sunko River, .Idaho,
nays tho.'cattle aro dying in large num?
bers,' caused by the severe cold weather.
Orders hate been given for the sol?
dier* to prepare to marah- to the lava
beds, and 800: willritart1 iratnediately.
Tbe commanding offloer is now deter?
mined to accept no terms but an uncon?
ditional surrender. Nothing but fight
will satisfy Captain Jaok.
Boston, March 6.?A fire in Wob urn
Centre; - this : evening; > burned ait or
seven. dwelling houses, | ? store,'.' qqo
church completely^ and another, partial?
ly i Joes \ from 875ijO??. to. $100,000iw>
sored.: The firs oanght frtfm ? kerosenp
lamp, left burning*, in ar photographer's
establishment, . AV.., !4 '"
,Nbw York,, March 7.'--r-The-Military
Republictn ..General Committee, last
night, passed, among-other'tesolutidns,
one disapproving -the otfnftuAt'of tho Ad?
ministration in/Louisiana, matters. ?vae>
' Washington, March . 7r-?-A despatch
dated Headquarter* Peace Commission]
Carbp Fairohilde^aTCUAi.addreaaed to
Oolumbua Dolao.ft, Seorotary, of. Interior,
and signed by A. B. Meachami r says:
"Tho Modoea 1 emphatically.< refect1 all
offers and propositions. ?? They propose
to meet in .full forco. Meaoham and
Applegate,' wIt h six unarmed men, are
in the lava bed. This undoubtedly
means treaobery. We are still willing.to
meet thorn in conference, but hot upon,
theirterrhs. They' have, au accession of
t wo n ty-f o u r' w ar r ip.ra, not Mo docs. We
will send a message.of protection to all
who come out. * The com mission is a
failure.. Instruction^ are coming. Time
is of Vast, importanoo.'. Couriers await."
Riohmono, March .7.?The .General
Assembly has- passed a- bill' for the pay?
ment of four per cent, interest for the
years 1872 and 1873 on the consolidated
bOnds'and on two-thirds of the un?
funded bdnds; for the remaiuiug two per
cent., non-interest' bearing cortifioato?,
payable at tbe pleasure ?f the State, are
to be given. No special provision is
made for matured coupons, but it is cal?
culated that the above amonnts can be
paidj even if half of said coupons reach
the Treasury this year,.in' the way of
taxes. The General Assembly also ap?
pointed a special oommittee of-five to
investigate the charges of mismanage?
ment against the Ladies' Mount Vernon
Association. Tho-charge is, unauthor?
ized npeoulation upon visitors to the
tomb of Washington.
New York, March 7.?Smuggled silks
and kid gloves, valued at $5,000, were
seized to-day on the steamship Frisia.
No arrests. Laees, valued at $2,50J,
were seized on another vessel, last
Wednesday, and a lady passenger ar?
rested. *
Washinoto?, Maroh 7.?-The Senate
ratified the treaty with Mexico for the
continuance of tbe Mexican Mixed Com?
mission for the adjustment of claims.
The action of tho Mexican Government
is yet required. The Life-Saving Sta?
tions, for which $100,000 was appro?
priated, will ba confined to the coast
North of Cape Hattcras.
Meaoham tolographs the Seoretary of
Interior that the mission to the Modocs
is a failure.
Iu the Senate, Newman was re-ap?
pointed Chaplain. Spencer was sworn
iu as Senator for Alabama. West pre?
sented the credentials of Gen. McMillan,
elooted Senator from Louisiana by the
MoEnery Legislature, which wore order?
ed printed.
At the request ol the Chief Signal
Officer of the Army, Prof. Tyndall,
now in Europe, has consented to super?
intend the device and construction of an
eleotrioal instrument to bo used at the
signal stations of the army, for the
making of regular and simultaneous
observations of the electrical conditions
of the atmosphere. It is hoped, from
the immense rapidity with which electric
changes manifest themselves, a system
of eleotrio observation of approaobing
storms, far in advance of any hithorto
had, may be established.
Nominations?S. B. Packard, Marshal
of Louisiana; A. G. Mallory, Marshal
of Western District of Texas; A. M.
Hughes, Attorney of Middle Tennessee;
John M. Qt Parker, Surveyor of Cus?
toms, New Orleans; Aldis, Howell and
Farrls is appointed Soulhern Claims
Commissioners.
Probabilities?Southerly winds and
olondy weather will continue on the
Western Golf ooaat. Increased South?
east winds aud olondy Weather will pre?
vail in the South Atlantic States. North?
east winds will continue in Southern
? Florida.
Trenton, N. J., Maroh 7.?Both
houses-adjourned without final aotion on
the two general railroad bills before
them.
Portsmouth, Va., March 7.?Lewis
Wagoer, the She;***, murderer^ was ax-1
rested at,Boston, iasi2mjibW <>B>e is ex-1
peoted her? on theaoon train. There is
an oxeitad. crowd here, walti?forhtm*,
and. 4he Mayor has proedr^Vsquad of
marines from-the ^proy^rd to guard
him. The dtitetts^^?^^^f^ttHer
are most, horrible.,, #Jj> ^Q?WA who,
oapdd was badly ?rozan. n*< t? I
- ku/rarota, Mafoh -; frightful
ec'erfe ocprred h^ra tut* rAorojag, canted
by. tj^;^^Wqf ? opal Oil A up
lored woiaant employed at< the boarding
bouee bf; Mrs. JDaval,-poured ooat oil in
the stove*td'rraWthfSL'fire^drr/.: Ibstaut
ly^t^^tt.expjprl eo\. $J*e 'unfortunate
woman. envelopediu flamee, rushed into
tbe Btroetr iiterAlly a pillar of fire, the
flames mdfthtirig far above her head.
Her j scream* ."\v bro heard for several
squares. Inashort time,-several hun?
dred persons were, attraoted to the spot.
Several gentlemen threw their over coats
afqand/;heriV'at^empting to quench the
flames, which was not accomplished
iuntil.every pavticle.of clothing, exocpt a
Ismail haudful about her waist, had-been
:cou8umed; the eutire body bdiug horri?
bly roasted.' Her injuries are necessarily
I fatal.
' Financlut and ' oiiimercltii.
London, March 7?Noon.?Cousole
92^@92%. 5a 90%.
1 Paris, Maroh 7.?P.eutea 57f. 15u.
Livebtooii, March 7?3 P. M.?Cotton
opened quiet?upland* 9?4(<sfi/?'> Or?
leans 9,%(o}10; sales to-day 10,000 bales;
of-the week 78,000; export5.000; specu?
lation 5,000; stock 533,000, whereof
American is' 265.000; receipts 137,000,
whereof American ia 116,000; afloat
489,000, whereof American is 278,000.
- LivflRpooii, Maroh 7?Evening.?Cot?
ton closed quiet; shipped from Savannah
or .Charleston, deliverable in Maroh aud
April. 9 9.-16. .Yarns and fabrics at Msn
ohoster quiet;and unchanged.
?New Yo?k, Maroh 7?Noon.?Cotton
lull and easier; salea 8,849 bales?np
ande 20%; Orleans 21&. Flour quiet.
Wheat quiet Sad firm. Corn steady.
Pork-.'firmer??ew 15-87? ??16 00; tbe
atter ' for jobbing lots. Lard firm?
, Western steam.8 9-16. Freights quiet.
Stocks firm. Gold firm, at 15%. Ma?
lay firm, at 1-16 to 1-82 per cent. Ex
Change?long 7%; short 8%. Govern?
ments and States dull but steady.
I 7 P. M.?Sales of futures 11,950 bales,
vs follows: March 19%, 1915-16; April
20>b720%; May-20^, 20%; June 20%.1
j 21; July '21)6, 21%. Money stringency
increasing; ? no immediate prospect of
relief; stock brokers compelled to pay
1-32-to'^ per diem for accommodations.
Gold 15%, and very acUvo. Loans 2 to
5 for carrying. - Governments steady all
day?81s 18>?; 02s 15)4; new 5s
States dull and quiet. Cotton-dull; sales
1,511 bales?uplands 20%; Orleans 21?^.
Southern flour steady?common to fair
extra 6.12@6.25;'good to ohoioe 8.25@
12.75. Whiskey steady, at. 92. Wheat
l?2c. bettor; advance asked, which
oheoks business?1.85@1.90 for red and
'amber'Western; 2.10 for white Western,
^?orn, quiet a: d -.held firmer?61% for
good to choice old Western mixed, iu
store. Pork, firmer?new mess 16.00.
Beef dull?prime mess 9.00@11.76; mess
12.00@13.50. Lard active and firm, at
8>?@815-16 Freights quiet and firm;
room scarce?steam, ootton
. Comparative ootton statement?Net
receipts at all United Stites ports during
the week 80,773; same week last year
49,794; total receipts to date 2.787,357;
to same date last year 2.316,617. Ex?
ports for the week 5,357; same week
last year 67,518; total exports to date
1,601,036; to same date last year 1,349,
321; stook at all United States ports
563,637; last year 511,080. Stock at all
interoir towns 102,803; last year 88,368;
stook at Liverpool 588,000; last year
629,000; stock of American afloat for
Great Britain 205,000; last year 199,000.
Louisville, March 7.?Floor steady.
Corn steady and iu fair demand, at 40@
42. Pork firm, at 15.25@15.50 for
round lots. Baoon aotivo aud held
higher, at 6%@8%. So gar-cored hams
13; plain 12@12>b? packed. Lard?
8M@8% for choice'leaf, in tierces; 9'?
@9% for kegs; 8 for steam; order iota
M(&*4.0' higher. Whiskey steady, at 86.
Cincinnati, Morch 7.?Floor firm.
Corn .firmer, at 41. Provisions quiet;
buyers holding off; concessions have to
be made to sell. Pork nominally 15.00.
Lard dull?steam held at 8; kettle 8%.
Baoon steady, ut Whiskey
weak, at 86.
St. Louis, March 7.?Flour dull and
unchanged; little doing. Corn un?
changed. Whiskey quiet, at 88. Pork
firm. Bacon active and stiff?shoulders
6%@7; dear rib 8K@8%; clear sides
8%(a}9; outside price ou orders. Lard
higher?steam 7%.
Bai/timoiie, March 7.?Cotton dull
aud nominal?middling 20)2; reccipte
585 bales; sales 73; stook 9,997; weekly
receipts 1,945; sales 1,372.
'Mobile, Maroh 7.?Cotton dull?mid
dlin? 19(7^19%; low middling 18%@
; good ordinary 17^@17%; receipts
1,182 bales; sales 600; stock 43,121;
weekly receipts 4,841; sales 5,600.
New Orleans, Maroh 7.?Ootton in
fair demand?middling 19%(?>19%; re?
ceipts 10,980 bales; sales 0,250; Btuck
218,821; woekly receipts 43,038; sales
38,000.
Savannah, March 7.?Cottou dull?
middling 19%; low middling lS '.j; good
ordinary 17%; ordinary 16%; receipts
872 baleB; sales 917; stock 52,178; week?
ly receipts 6,814; buIos 7,337.
Norfolk, March 7.?Cotton steady?
low middling 19)^; recciptu 1,088 bales;
sales 200; stock 7,889; weekly receipts
8,522; sales 1,160.
Wilmington, Maroh 7.?Cotton quiet
?middling 19; reoeipts 158 bales; sales
61; stook 5,104; weekly reoeipts 1,178;
sales 141.
Philadelphia, Maroh 7.?Cotton
quiet?-middling 20%; weekly receipts
8,228 bales.
Charleston, Maroh 7.?(Jotton quiet
?middling 19>?; reoeipts876bales; sales
800; stook 85,174; weekly receipts 6,272;
sales 4,700.
Boston, Maroh 7.?Cotton steady?
sah
?iiddlhig Sst^rtSe^L - - 3 ? .
BOO; stock 8,600; weekly receipt? ?,5
sales 1,400. ~" a3B?l& .
Augusta, March 7.^-Ootton steady; |
demand moderate?middli
ceiptn 447 bales; sales 673;.
weekly receipts 2,765; ahij.
sales 3,886 ""
Galveston, Mar
?good ordinary j
bales; sales 800;'
coipts 7,704; sal
Patting TnEMSBiri
may havo done or left J?t^Oo for'Hie''
people, rnerabera of Gongte**?-in fch,e last I
moments of the session, were not un?
mindful of themselves. For .fear, per?
haps; that they might in>t receive from
their constituents the reward of "good
j aud faithful servants,"<tboy resolved to
.reward themselves. It must be cou-j
fessed thai they have done so hindsntne
>ly. They have veiled thu increase of I
Iheir own salaries with no niggard hanel. j
Under the disinterested l?nd of Geoi'rul
Butler, wu'uj-o motiv'j in ibo-uiatter m?.v
certainly be coftaeaed to b > "Above bus;
picion, the Housu utnoudr-d t he legisla?
tive, executive aud judicial appropria?
tion bill, us it came back from the Se?
nate, so us to give thu President350,000,
Vice-Presideut and Speaker $10,000,.|
j Judges of thu Supreme Oouvt $10,000,
Senators aud Representatives, $G,50G.
In this shape, thu bill went to-a confer?
ence committee of tbe'two Houses, and 1
waa reported bank, making the salary of
Senators and. Representative's ?7,500,
instead of $6,500. * In this form it
passed, with a proviso that, as to the
salaries of Congressmen, it should lake
j effect from March- 4r 1871-; Thus Cou
gross have voted themselves an addition
of $5.000 back pay for the last two years.
Tbe poiut of ord?r that members couldi
not vote upon a bill in whlob tbey were I
personally interested was simply laughed !
I down, and by tbe votes of -men whoso j
terms expired on the 4th of Maroh, 1873,
] and who templed not to make this last
"raid upon thu Treasury," tbe bill was
passed. All of the Maryland delegation
who wore present voted against thu iu
crease. "While thu vote wax being put,
the Speaker (Mr. Biuiur) had tho tact,
upon bis own motion, to amend the bill
so as to inako the inoreaeo of the
Speaker's salary to begin "hereafter,"
instead of from March 4, 1871, thereby
taking himself out of the "ring."
...... _[Baltimore Sun.
Charleston Items ?Mr. I. $. K.
Bennett, Jr., head book-keeper and con?
fidential clerk of Messrs. Edwin Bates
& Co., died at 8 o'clock on Wednesday
morning, of heart disease, aged 'thirty
one.
Piptiu, the negro who is supposed to
have murdered his wife in Christ Church
Parish, on Sunday last, is still at large,
and tbe coroner, yesterday, communi?
cated with the Governor asking that a I
reward be offered for bis arrest.
The fire yesterday morning, at 11
o'clock, was at the two-and-a-half story
frame bouse in Smith .street, West side,
near Vanderhorst, owned and occupied
I by Mr. O. W. Crouoh. It is supposed to
have originated in a defective chimney,
from which the roof ignited, and got
pretty thoroughly in flames before it was
discovered. The furniture was nearly
all saved. The building was insured.
Mr. H. L. Bookman, an ex-assistant
engineer of tbe Pioneer Steam Fire En?
gine Company, of this oity, died in Sa?
vannah, Ga., on Tuesday last, the 4th
iust.
The coroner held an inquest yester?
day, over tho remains of Bioah Smith,
colored, who died iu College streot, at
the advanced ago of ninety years, of
sickness and inlirmity.
It is feared by the farmers upon tho
Neck that their iuteresls have been ma?
terially injured by the oold snap of the
past few days. The greater portion of
the green pea orop was on the eve of
blossoming at the beginning of the cold
spell, aud is, therefore, probably de?
stroyed.
Iu tho case of E. S. Jaffray & Co. vs.
Stoll, Webb & Co., for involuntary bank?
ruptcy, bearing was postponed uutil the
13th ins... at 11 A. M.
Am Line Railroad.?Trains are now
running upon tho Air Lino Railroad
from Charlotte to thirteen milts West of
Spartanburg. The road is nearly nil
graded, and an soon as tho bridges cm
be built the tt-xck will bo laid from seve?
ral points nt tho saruo time, viz: From
Spartanburg West; from Greenville EaBt
and West; from tho Blue Ridge Railroad
East and West, und from Gainesville,
Ga., this way. It is expected that the
j road will bo completed iu June.
Tho Fickens Sentinel states that the I
track of tho Air Line Railway*haa boon
i laid to within a short distance of tho
Pickensville Camp Ground, by Colonel
Ames, tho contractor. At that poiut,
there is a mass of rock which will require
at Icist three or four week" time to re
movo. Then tho track will bo laid nt
once through that Couuty.
Meiuted Punishment.?A few days
since, as ono of the passenger trains of
tho Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad was coming down, and within
twenty-live miles of Wilmington, abriok
bnt was thrown into ono of tho cars,
breaking a window glass aud striking
near tho head of ono of tho paiseugcrs.
Tho coueluotor, seeing tho whole tran?
saction, had tho brakes applied, the
train stopped, and ran back to tho place
whore the brick was thrown. A boy,
who had thrown the missile, was recog?
nized, arrested and placed on the train,
where he was furnished transportation
free of charge, for several miles, and put
off, after a sound thrashing, in a swamp,
and allowed to depart in peace.
The patient soon feels as if he had
taken a new lease of life, and is over?
joyed to find the depressed feeling dissi?
pated, the costive habits oorreoted, and
new streams of health coursing througt1
his veins, by using Simmons' Liver Re?
gulator. M8|3p
- Glyndeu. has not b?en settled a year,
yet they baser actually raised money to
establish a "public library." A hun?
dred dollars' worth 01 books bare al?
ready dome, and fire t on the list is "Tal*
:ray^ge?t?"Abp of Modern 80
oietyV.^ ? Toft is a good thing to have out
here in Glyuden; r.Tbeir "society," con*.
ais?ng;Hs it does, for the most part, of
trappeftb hunters, aaloou-keepers and
Swedish servant girls, is iu great danger.
The place, being Situated in the midst
of a perfectly flat prairio, receives broad?
sides of wind that are fearful from all
Kflfe^ltQhs: 'T^as nearly blown from my
feet iu trying to navigate among tho
buildings?I will not way streets. One
inexperienced nan hardly imagine the
terrib'e foroo of tho wiud that sweeps
over tlies'.i bleak prairies. Glyndeu needs
three seedlings more Ihm si library. Un?
less there in u break wiud provided, li?
brary and all will eotne due moruiug
awuku to find itself ion miles or so
8?>utu-r;t-.i of its present location. That
-would*bn bad tor to\Vn lots, unless they
could 'go diso, aud from tho way the
wind bus blown Intely, it looks as though
they oould.
Iu walking about the happy village of
the plain, butting against the merciless
wind much use madman would ugaiust
a stubborn bard-door, I chanced into tho
office of tho Red River Gazelle, tho next
to the las! paper upon the frontier. This
little journal, hanging upon the verge of
civilization, as it waro, presents a very
oreditaole appearance. The editor, his
wifo and children do all the intellectual
and m'eohanical work..:? The print-shop
is a oozy little Bt root uro of One room,
arid answers for a dwelling as well. Iu
one oorner are the oases, in another the
cooking stove, table and dishes, in an?
other the press, and in the other n bed.
In the. middle-is another stove. It takes
'two stoves to have 'any effect on twenty
square feet of this ollmate.
The editor was not in, but his good
wife and oue of bis children were. The
wife was writing editorials and making
pics, while the ohild kept up tires and
set type. It waa a happy pioture of di?
versified industry. By way of introduc?
tion, I bought a few copies of tho paper
and eat dowu before the fire, on an ink
keg, to thaw oat my fingers.
. "This is rather a cold day," I ob?
served, aud, by-tbo way, this is the mau
Uer I always open conversation np here.
There is uo other way; unless a man says
it ia dreadful cold, and that only applies
when the mercury is forty degrees below
zero or more.
"Oh, I dou't know," she said, as she
?laid down ber manusOript,and*'tOok up a
mince pie, "we have'been thinking it
was quite pleasant. It is a great im?
provement on tho weather we have bad.
You were not here-' last month?" she
coutiuued.
I told her I was not, which accounted
for my being ou baud in tho flesh, as it
were.
"Oh, you wouldn't havo frozen," she
replied, cheerfully, "uuleaa you -bad
been out in our terrible'storm. That
was awful. Human beings oould not
stand it."
"Were auy frozeu here?" I asked.
"Two," she replied. "Bight out
there, (poiutiug out of the first window,
about a hundred yards from the house,) |
we found the body of Mr. Christopher
sou after the storm."
"So near this house?"
"Yes, right there, with houses all
around them. But tho storm was so
blinding, tho air so full of snow, that
a mau could not seo more than ton feet.
Ho had come in that morning with a
load of wood, bringing his two children.
When the storm approached, ho started
back, although begged not to do so,
leaving his childreu. Ho never reached
his home, although ho lived out but a
mile. All we kuow is that his dead body
was found right out there nfter the
storm. Mr. Norris saw an object mov?
ing about ou the show, which ho thought
was a wclf, and blurted out with his guu
to shoot it. Getting closer, he saw it
was a dog, and near it the body of a
frozen man. Tho faithful dog had
stayed with the body of bis master for
four days, through all tho storm, aud had
pawed away tho auow from tho body as
fast as it felt. Tho poor mau had got
lost, and wandered about, uo telling
where, until at last ho died right iu
town, und did not kuow it. Iiis oxen
were fouud itnboddod iu a snow drift,
uothiug but their heads protruding.
They wcro uot dead, but diod afterwards.
Tho ohain was carefully wrapped around
tho yuko. Mr. Chribtopberson had
given them a chance to save themselves
when ho fouud that he was lost.
"Tho other case was that of Mr. James
Berry, who livod six miles of hero. Ho
had entered a farm, and was prepariDg a
homo for his widowed mother, who lives
in Ohio. He lived in u cabin on his
claim with another young man. He was
at a neighbor's house, half a mile away,
grinding his axo, when the uLeuin came.
They begged him to stny, but he laughed
aud said he was not afraid of that
storm. Ho has never boeu seen since,
either dead or alivo. What is fatrauge
about it is, that bis path lay along tho
timbor, where the forco of tho wind was
broken. But hu died, and his body will
likely not bo found till spring. No tell
ing how far ho wandered, or how long
ho lived." I
Iu overy County 1 hoar some dreadful
tale of death by tho storm, although it bus
boen said that only two were frozeu on tho
line of tho Northum Pacific. The storm
was as furious hero as at auy other point,
and those who were exposed to it died.
That is all. Not until spring comes aud
the snow melts, will tho death roll bo
fully made out. And perhaps not then.
I heur of deaths along the stage road
leading into British America. I bear of
them all around. Death rode on the
gale.
f Dr. Redjleld, in Cincinnati Commercial.
A stage line between Lancaster and
Oamden is soon to be established. A
oonvenisnoe long needed.
A Oowiua CoSpajiKtda HHZU&il the !
Warxa House;? 1- saw.tbis morning a
dark" cloud in white chokers moving on
the White Hou^o, and made o na oft*
curious crowd to nee what the demon?
stration meant. I lea ?med from one of
the whito chok?rs tbatifWM a detegalioo
fron the MethodistConference (colored)
now in session her^, going to. pay their
respeets to the President. ^ jWiahiug to
see how colored'respects were tendered,
I entered, with 500 Others, and an iuter
view was improvised in the East room.
Tbe President, austained by a staff of
the sleekest -looking raep 'I^-eyer? S"a,w,
slou?hed'i?tb'ltre room; and a tsll, solemn
boo of Christianized Africa, stepped for?
ward and addressed>bfi Ereellouay. The
colored brother was filled with thankful
nose. He thanked Qod for everything,
but especially for our Chief Magistrate.
The pious delegation evidently thought
our excellent President a precious boou
? i special Providence, as it were. His*
Excellency has imprinted ou his in tut
lectuat uountenanoo a perpetual expres-:
sion of bore. Ou this occasion it deep?
ened into one intense bore, and, with
his heavy doad eyes fixed on the speaker,
ho scorned to be gazing through and far
beyond iuto a dim distance, where, un?
known Cabinet officers may be found,
lie was too full for utterance, at least
nothing could be understood, although I
liave no question but a. handsome re?
sponse will be gotten up and printed to-,
morrow. As we oame out I heard one
whito choker say to another, "I doeB
thank do Lord for His meroy in sparin'
to dis nfilioted oouutry dat good and
great man." My soul was bound in
humble thankfulness, and I said,
??Amen.''- Don Piatt,.in JV. Y. Berald.
Railroad Iron Manufacture?r
Eighteen years ago, (1854,) tne annual
I oonsumption of railway bars in the
United States was 447,658 tone, of which
1339,439 tons were impqrted, and 103,
016 tons only were manufactured here.
I It will be seeu by these figures that of
the total American oonsumption of rail?
way bars at that time, less than one-,
third wus of'American ininufacturu, and
more than two thirds was imported.
Since that time there have been vast
changes., both in the amount cousumed
j und in tho proportions of domestic, and
foreigu manufacture. The figures for
1872, show a consumption of railway
bars in the United States amounting to
1,504,591 tons, of which 975,000 tons
were manufactured in this country,,and
1529,591 tons were imported. ' The old
.conditions are reversed, about two-thirds
of our railway bare being made in our
own country, and about one-third being
of foreign manufacture. ?'^&y>:~ ? .
A Snip.?You nro geser^ily locjt
something very inteutW.^hen it. r
?perhaps you are erowing to yor^
Then your left foot 4hw&-out ttfj
side with a suddenness thai: creates a sick
neu in the family. Ice commoncoa to
form on your spine and perspiration oh
your brow, and your scalp lifts enough
to permit a streak of oold air to pass
undor. The other lags gets out at this
juncture, your head snaps violently to
the front, and there is a faint impression
on your mind that the world is about to
oome to an end with nobody in.charge.
Miles of sidewalk opin out from you like
lightning. Three story buildings jump
over your head in swift suooession. Peo?
ple disappear suddenly and with appal?
ling mystery. Then your eyes close,
your conaciouaness wanes, and your soul
goes out in one expiring quiver, and?
aud you arrive. The bard reality of the
scene is then forced upon you.
Tbo English newspapers mention a
most roprehensible hoax played upon !
tbe Rev. Dr. Gumming. That gentle?
man was to leeture at Folkstone on "Tbe1
Pope aud his work in Eogland," but just
as bo was about to begin, a telegram was
placed in his baud, informing him that
I the Pope had died that morning. The
reverend doctor was too learned not to
I remember tbe "JYiY nisi bonum." He
I bad intended to pitch into tbe Pope,
j after bis accustomed manner; but how
could he, now that tbo poor Pope had
stepped out? So he softened down his
I intended diatribe into a mild comment
on tbo solemn erect. His feelings on
discovery of the hoax, are not described*'
It is Enid that Governor Geary died
from tbo affects of hair-dye, the BUgar of
lead, which is the principal ingredient'
in such nostrums, having poisoued tbo
sculp and affected tbo brain. This fact,
if it is a fact, should rouse the bump of
caution, and those who dj*e should dyo
no more, until they die indeed. J
Alfonso, Priooe of Asturias, son of tbo
ex-Queen Isabolla, must not be con?
founded with Alfonso, or Alouso, sou ot
Don Carlos, who is said to be at the
bead of the Carlists in tbo Basque pro- j
viuces. The daughter of (be Due do
Montpcusier, whom the former is to |
marry, ist he Prince's cousin.
A Clcvelnud lover, while going homo
from tho fair one's fireside, after a do-j
licious evening of sparking, bad his uoso
split by tbo frost (so he said;) but when
the statemeut reached the ears of au-1
other youth who was sweet ou the uaue
girl, ho simply gazed at his fist, smiled,
and said, "frost,-1"
? Tho Baogor (Me.) Whig fays: The
snow-drifts-are so high iu many places
I ou Exchange, Central and Broad streets,
uud|K<-iidui>keag bridge, that a person ou
I ouo sidewalk Ciunot sec more than the
head of another on tbo.opposite side.
I The St. Louis Democrat soys the groat
{ difficulty iu forming auti horse thief as?
sociations in Kansas is tbe difficulty of
finding anybody who is not in tbeeqoine
appropriating business himself.
! Columbus, Ga., is.bereaved of a co?
lored woman aged 116 years. She bad
out her third set of teeth, but had never
nursed George Washington.
If Stokes gets another trial, ho will
perhaps prove that Fisk plotted his own
murder to get Stok*? banged and out of
the way.
W \ wmMM 'AM
A qxf*s?* TMdk.^Qut foreign ex
ohang?'?**' *b^l^ AiMrioan adventur?
es/. gl^3&^ Maria Grain
dorge, has- been arreetod In Paris on the
cb?Tg? pfj dmp-jdenj) (tod , ingenious
swindling, fcjhe appeared well dressed,
and with a very be?dsorao baby in her
arme, at the hoqBOs .of wealthy Paris
ians, asking to see the proprietor. As
soon as aha was admitted to his pre?
sence, she would rash at him, exclaim?
ing, "Traitor.^wretch, villain, have I
(onnd yon at last?" At tho same time
the haudaoioe baby, having been trained
for that purpose, would extend its little
arms toward the astonished gentleman, -
and cry, "Papdi jjparpapflu^. It may bo
imagined that '?papft" preferr?d to give
the swindler money in order to make her
i'eavo the "house. , When .she Was .arrested
ab her residenf?iu^ the tlue Dpvivier,' no
fewer thy a' 'fiey'eu'. "trained babies were
found in'tfie; honBe*^ km, ff;?00 or 10^000
francs, in ;dioue^.''.' ltt'll? tjfaiudufge,
upon being1 ulosefy . prefised' by the ex-,
?amiotrig'hmgistf ale; confer yuV. that her
real name whs Oaks; thatsue was a
native of New York, and that she had
been before-at the St. LVsare prison.
Tho Paris Assizes found her guilty, and
ehe was sunt for seven years to New
Caledonia. ' i '
A IIemikdhr. of Bull Ron t-~The inau?
guration demonstration has one peculiar
feature)?the > military predominates. At
all other inaugurations, the Philadelphia
firemen made the feature; What con?
nection the ? Philadel phia. firemen' had
with inauguration, always puzzled the
will and oonfounded we understanding.
This time, the firemen suocnmb to the
soldiery. We have not only tho ofcdets
from West Point, and. sie 'to .have tho
incipient Jack Tars from Annapolis, bat
all' the independent volunteers able to
pay half fare are. here: in foroo. The
Station Guards and the Washington
Riflemen, and other local organizations,
are all the time welcoming the Bungtowa
Bugles, the Boston BaoktsJls or Noodle
toosy BfawTp-Bbcoters r 's.nd their" fcay,
fancy uniforms r.ewicd me of the eudpy
after noon'when,-on;* ridge "or Bull Run,
I saw broken lines of b^ggy breeches
and;y eljo Span ts .aud awalio w-tails dig-'
appearing in tbo distance as if the devil
was after them.. And sphe was, when I
oome to think of 1t,',^._ Z_'
\Don Pim, intiey York Herald.
A Western exchange-is already look?
ing forward to the day when, there shall
be no more publio lands to steal. The.
time is pot -remote, upleas the lace of
Congressional land grabbers is nearly
run out. There is sn irrepressible con?
flict between tho.pnblio hthda and Qoa
gross, and one p?rty must be short-lived.
?NOTUEB CaNTENlHlilTst?An old CO:
?lored worn an, by the name of Sarah Foy,
said to be 110 years old. died at tho
County poor house'ph,Wednesday. She
professed to have a'dUtinot recollection
of baviog: seeh;b?tli'rW.aeIithgt6? and"
Cornwallis, and used tu reiste' many oo
qurrenoesof thosa days. J ,"t^' { j
! j '[ Wilmington. Journal. ?
An-exchange sayi that February is
sometimes called the German mouth,
bee an so of the many German festivities
held during that.month. It is supposed
by some, however, to be dedicated to*
the Germans on account of there being
a bruary in it.
Mr, Neel, who was wounded in the
stabbing affray at Newberry, last week,
has since died from his wounds. The
other party has. fled.
A disease resembling the defunot
"epizootic," is spreading among the pee*'
pie of Somter; five persons having al?
ready fallen victims to it.
James Laurie, private. Troop G, 7th .
Regiment United States Cavalry, native
of Galaahiels, Scotland, died at New
berry, a few days ago.
<?\ vic3 t lom Salcis..'
Oil 1'aiiUinga, <?c.
BT THOMAS 8TEEN.
THIS [Saturday] EVENING, at 7$ o'clock, at
my Auction Room, will be uold,
A lot uf Oil Paintings aud Maps. Also,- a
lot of Magazines, Paper? and Second-hand
books. _ iMsroh 9
Estate Sale.
Uy SISIUKI.S iStEZKLLa, Auctioneer*.
WILL be uold, before the Court Honse, in
Columbia, MONDAY, March 17,1873, at
the usual hour.
All that PLANTATION, belonging to the
estate of Thomas Davia, known aa the
"Swamp riace," containing 4,01)0 acres, more
or less, situated oi the Congareo River:
twelve miles bolow Columbia, and bounded
by the lands of Lykes. ?peigner, Qilmore and
estate of Beckham. The Bald I'lautation con?
tains a large quantity of first claaa Cotton
and Provision Lands and moat admirably
adapted to raising stock.
ALSO,
The Lot, with improvements thoifon, situ?
ated on tho South-west corner of Mariou and
Laurel streets.
And on WEDNESDAY, 19th March next,
will be s >1J, on the aforesaid Plantation, tho
following pulmonal property:
10 Muhit) and llornca, 130 h??d of Cati's, 50
head id Sheep, 30 Hogs, 1 Steam Engine aud
Cotton Oiu an ! largo lot of Plantation Imple?
ments.
Term* mtde knoTii o-a day of ??ale. Pur
chug' i-? to pav fur papers
C. O. MARSHALL,
Fob 2-1 J. KINHLBK PAV16.
Col ton Seed, Etc.
O ; M l BUSHELS pro itlc and early.nudur
OVH 1 iug COTTON SEED.
1 Cotton Seed Planter.
?1 ^Yfttt^ andethpr Plows, not iijurc.l
by use ,
2>) Loads ?aru-Yar? Manure for sale.
Apply to 0. O.MARTINDA.LE.
At corner of Lurabor and Gates etreets.
M*rch 8 _?tn?*
To Liquor Dealers.
Cbablott'e, N. 0., February 28, 1873.
?H AYING learned that sundry
parties are sollingan inferior
LJyBa quality of CORN WHISKEY in
\ SBLVLWmWttouth Carolina and Georgia,
alflU representing it as my make,
this is to certify that Messrs. W. H. H. Hous?
ton A Co., of thla. city, have* the axclnsire
control of ail my whiskey, and I sell none ex?
cept through them. C. A W. H. MOTZ.
Attest: W. B. PEASSOX, United States
Ganger for Mots'* DlsUUery.
MoD. ARLEDGE.
General TraViliss Afent for VT. C. H. Sfous*
ton A Co. Mar 8 lmo'