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LoitDON, April 17.?A painful rumor comes from Alexandria,- Egypt, that Sir Samuel Baker and his wife, Lady Baker, have been murdored in the interior of Africa, bj the natives of that country. Sir Samuel Baker, aooompanied by his wife, took an Egyptian expedition, and Went in search of Livingstone, and the supposition is that the most of them were killed. A number of severe thunderstorms oc? curred, yesterday, in Wales. Crops were injured, and several persons were atruok by lightning and killed. The ' weather throughout England, to-day, is ' fair and favorable to crops, Madrid, April 17.?The rumor of a ministerial crisis is denied. Rome, April 17.?No improvement in the Pope's condition. Amitlcin Matter*. Charleston, April 17.?Arrived? Schooner Charles Morford, New York. Omaha, April 17.?The storm covered a strip 800 miles wide. It was the worst evor known. .The track will be cleared to-day. 8,000 passengers have been de? layed by the storm.. Halifax, April 17. ? A letter says Eng? land will spend ?500,000 sterling on the fortifications ot Halifax. Washington, April 17.?William B. Donaldson, ihe oldest negro minstrel and Clown in the United States, is dead. Frankfort, Ky., April 17.?Advioes from Henry County report that three of the Ka Klax, wounded in the recent ad? venture, have, died of their wounds.: PoTiOTiMdJ, April 17.?Wm. Grant, proprietor of the Plank Ridge Colliery, and Walter Gibbs, inside boss, were killed by falling coal, while examining whether a new slope was safe for the workmen. Two laborers were injured by the falling slope, Nashville, April 17.? William Henry Smith, agent of the Western Associated Press at Nashville, and an old journalist ot this city, died this morning, after a protracted illness. New Orleans, April 17.?It is under? stood that 100 Metropolitans, armed as infaatry, and a battery of two Napoleons, left the city for the interior?it is sup ? posed for Col fax; the Federal authorities having refused troops, after repeated ap? plications. Washington, April 17.?The President has appointed A. Foulds postmaster at Cincinnati. The Government has ordered the of? ficer in oharge of Vancouver's Arsenal to issue 500 breach-loaders to the citizens for their defenoe. Probabilities?The area of low baro? meter in Ohio and Illinois will extend on Friday over the lower lakes; that over New Jersey will move North-eastward toward Oape Odd. The barometer will continue to fall in the North-west, with Southerly winds and rising temperature. For the Southern States, rising tempera? ture, partly Cloudy and dear weather. New York, April 17.?Captain Gard? ner and the crew of the E. O. Bodman, lost on the Isle of Pines,'arrived here. Jay Gould has been summoned before the grand jury to testify regarding usury. A gas striker has been sentenced to the penitentiary for assault. The Government sold $1,500,000 io gold to-day. Financial and Commercial. London, April 17?Noon.?Consols 93).<. 6s 90, ex-coupon. Paris, April 17.?Rentes 55f. 92o. Liverpool, April 17?Noon.?Cotton opened quiot and steady?uplands 9^'; Orleans 9y??9%', sales 10,000 bales; speculation and export 2,000; Savannah or Charleston, delivered in April, 9. Liverpool, April 17?Evening.r? Cot? ton closed dull?uplands-9^?9>^; Or? leans 9)6; sales of American 5,000 bales. New York, April 17?Noon.?Cotton weak and irregular; sales 825 bales?up? lands ld%; Orleans 19%. Flour quiet and a shade easier. Wheat dull. Corn firm and quiet. Folk very firm?now 18.00. Lard very firm?Western steam 9@9 1-16. Freights quiet aud easier. Stocks dull. Money firm, at Goldl7>?.. Exchange?long 1%\ short 8}fj. Governments dull bat steady. State bonds very heavy. 7 P. M.?Sales of futures 11,600 bales: April 18 5-16, 18^; May 18 7-16, 18 9 16; June 18^, 18 15-16; July 18 15-16, 19 116. Cotton dull; sales 920 bales?uplands 19J?; Orleans 19%. Flour quiot and heavy?common to fair extra 6.00(3)8.16; good to choice 8 20? 12.25. Whiskey steady. Wheat dosed ?extra ohoioe white Western 2 20. Corn a shade firmer, with fair business? Southern and Western yellow 66@66>?; white 72. Bloe in good demand, at 8@ Pork firmer, at 18.25@18.37. Lard firmer, at 9 1-16. Freights easy. Money, after a hard day, closed at 6@7. Gold 17>?@172?\ Governments neglected but firm and steady. States heavy, with lit? tle business. Prime sterling sold as low as G?4, but when money eased, advanced to 7. Louisville, April 17.?FJour un? changed. Corn firmer?mixed 50; white 52?both delivered to the depot on or? ders, Backed. Provisions strong, with an advanoing tendency. Pork held at 17.50 for round lots. Bacon advanced? shoulders 7^(3)7 j?; dear rib sides Oft? 9%\ clear sides 9^@9%. Lird?tiorces 8^@9;kegs9^@l0;steam8^. Whis? key steady, at 86. Cincinnati, April 17.? Flour firm, in improved demand, at 7.60@7.65. Corn steady, at 40(2)41. Provisions strong and active. Pork quiot, at 17.00. Lard firm, with light offerings?steam 8J?; kettle 8#. Baoou firmly held, at 7j? for shoulders; 9,?4@9J? for aides, with good demand. Whiskey steady, at 85. St. Louis, April 17.?Flour quiet and unchanged. Coro active aud higher? No. 2, mixed, 34, at East St. Louis, on traok; sacked. Whiskey quiet, at 8S@87. Pork firm, at 17.00, up country, oash. Baoon aotivo and firm? shoulders 8^(oJ8% in August; 8%@8% in September; clear rib sides 10 in July, ap^ooantxj;.10^. in litf half, of July; clear aides vkih May; 10^ in Job?; 11 in-August. Lard higher?steam 8}4 on ?pot. . MoorxiH, April 17.? Cotton quiet and demand moderate?middling 18j^; re? ceipts 186 bftlea; sales 700;.atook 36,877. Nsw Orleans, April 17.?Cotton steady and in fair demand?ordinary 12%; good ordinary 15%; low middling 17%; middliogl8%; receipts9,822 bales; sale:; 1,600; stock 178,100. [There were no other quotations of ootton received.] -? A recent trial at Sban Ting shows tbat a Chinese Jndge is nearly as sentimental as the average French juryman who finds ''extenuating circumstances''for the aats of the worst oriminals. The assassin of a high official, murdered twelve years ago, gave himself np to the authorities, and when placed on trial avowed bin not in these words: "The man," he said, "whom I assassinated, caused, twelve years ago, the death of my father by giv? ing false testimony against him. Since the day my father was beheaded, I have followed everywhere, step by step, the perjurer whom I had_sworn to kill. If all that time I delayed taking revenge, it was because, in the event of my being oondemned for murder, there would be no one to render funeral honors to 'my mother, for I was her only son. She died three months ago, and I have killed my father's murderer. It I have delayed surrendering myself, it was becanae I had important affairs to arrauge." The Jndge did not reproach this candid cri? minal with taking the law into his own hands; but, much to the satisfaction of the spectators, set him free for "having shown great filial attachment." Tbb Annual Pio-nic of tue Wahuinu ton Rifle Clob -r-The annual pio-uia of tho Washington Rifle Olub took place yesterday. The olub assembled at their ball, in King street, at 8 o'clock, and Oapt. Qeorgo H. Walter, the former captain of tho old Washington Artillery, presented to the members of the rifle olub the colors of its parent, tho artillery company. Capt. Wulter made a stir? ring speech, sketching tho history of the artillery company, aud assuring the olub of bis confidence that be was entrusting the flag to worthy hands. President T. G. Horsey received the flag, and made a suitable reply. The flag was given to the Washington Artillery Company in 1811, by the lady friends of the members. It is made of silk, with white, red and blue bars, the motto of the company on one side, and its name and a palmetto tree on the other. It is* attached to a staff ten feet long, surmounted by a gild? ed ball. Sergeant Koy took the flag in oharge. ? Charlesion News. Washington City.?The noble system of improvements that the corporate go? vernment of Waehingtou City is vigor? ously oarryiog out, exceeds io boldness and wisdom that io progress in any other ] city in the Union. It is expensive, in? deed; but it will, doubtless, pay richly, and will prove to bu a most lucrative in? vestment. Washington will become one of the most magnificent cities iu the Union. Independent of its attractions as being the capital of tho nation aud the depositary of innumerable things that both mterest and instruct the stranger, it will be admirable for its fine and well graded streets, its elegant buildings, and its ornamental grouuiis. It will be the best gtaded of all tho cities of tho Union that have any hills, aud will bo, there? fore, one of tho most delightful to travel through. # PoncnASE of a European City.?Au immense real estate purchase, similar to that of S.imana Bay, has just been con? cluded in Europo. The city of Purge, situated on the Adriatic, half-way be? tween Corfu and the Greek mainland, with its territory, double harbor, fort and 1,000 inhabitants, has been sold to Christaki Zograpbas, a Qreek banker, for the sum of 210,000 piasters. This individual is a singular illustration of the way iu whioh some people gain influence and fortune. By birth nu Albanian, Zo? grapbas was originally a butcher, who rose by his own energy and intelligence to the position of a Rothschild. Like all hisco-reiigionists of tho Greek ortho? dox faith, ho puts his wealth to excellent use. Ha not only contributes hundreds to every new school or church, but bus a large number of young mon educated at Athens and elsewhere, at his own ex? pense A Faithfoij Pastor.?-On Sunday last, Bev. Mr. L. Mailer gave a resume of his labors during the twenty-five years ho has been minister of the German con? gregation. The following is a con? densed history during this time: Ho has christened 2,650 children, 1,283 boys, and 1,267 girls; and confirmed 622 chil? dren, 251 boys and 268 girls; 911 couples have been married, and 2,297 persons buried, namely, 383 married men, 161 married women, 612 unmarried mon, 121 unmarried women, 689 boys and 526 girls. Daring tbe twenty-five years ho has made about 10,000 visits to tho sick of tho congregation, and preaohed at least 10,000 times, having preached al? most every Sunday twice, aud also at every christening, wedding and burial. [Charleston News. - #?? ? A man from Leon County was arrest? ed and fined in Bryan City, Texas, for carrying concealed weapons, who had upon his person when searched two six shooters, one derringer, n pair of brass knuckles, thrco "tons" and a pair of "sevens," (a poker "fall,") together with one of tho largest knives the editor of the Bryan Appeal ever saw, and seven or eight morphine powders. In exten? uation of this extraordinary outfit, he plea lei ignoranoo of tho laws aud fashions of civilized sooiety, and was re? leased by paying a minimum fine. A noble Connecticut pa'riot of 1812 declines to draw his pension, for foar of "impoverishing the Government." Whebjb th? M?hst Goaa.? A Wash? ington oorresrioudeot describes a party recently given in that city by; Mr. and and Mra. Stewart. Stewart is a Senator from Nevada, and four years ago was a poor man. He is a man of no professional* eminence, and has in no honest way come into possession of wealth since that tima. Yet at this party or ball, given in a prominent public hall, there was a dis? play of wealth that Ores ins might have envied. Bead it, honest working-men and farmers, who, by the hardest toil, barely keep yourselves and families in comfort, and yet opt of whose bard earn? ings every dollar of this man's wealth oamo. as well as every dollar whioh Con? gressmen vote themselves or is stolen through the oporalions of the lobby. Money does not grow on trees or drop from the skies. It is the produot of labor, and every man who.labors contri? butes his share to support the extrava? gance hero described: A platform crossed tbo further end of the hall, on whioh were five draped j arches, on the pilasters and ases of whioh were baskets of exotios and pots of costly flowers. A speoial train from tho South?charges paid by Huntingtons I new Chesapeake and Ohio Road?brought a quantity, of palm leaves, whioh were draped between the arches. Surmount? ing the centre arcli was the coat of arms ot Novada, with tho motto altered so as to read, "All from our country." An entire aviary of mocking-birds, paroquets and birds of Paradise, were imported by Garrison's steamers from the Westlndiea and hung about the hall in decorated cages?obarges paid by cervices in ex? pectancy to tho Brazilian subsidy and Samana Bay Company schemes. Neba'd band furnished tbo musio, at a coat of five shares of Emma, limited. Mrs. Stewart?except the decollete?was attired in the costliest crimson satin train, with white laoo flounces and over? dress, that Worth's Paris establishment could furnish, or the Alaska For Seal Company pay for. Tho decollete was dressed principally in Lubin'a powder and rubies ? though not she same rubies that George Roberts gave tbe Senator from Nevada for engineering through tho clause in the miuiog bill allowing diamond fields to be patented.- Miss Stewart, to quote JenkinB, "wan lovely in gros grain salmon bilk; over dress of tulle, embroidered in colors, und pearl jewels." But tho Senator himself was the centre of attraction, aud the splendid toilets of the ladies paled into common fabrics before the rainbow raiment with which the eyes of fancy invested his stal? wart form. His boots?adle? and upper leather? were composed of Georgia State bonds, whioh the defaulting Georgia Governor, Rufus B. Bullock, filched from the State Treasury and distributed among the working members of the Senate Re? construction Committee of the forty first Congress, in order to secure a pro per aud speedy admission ot tbat State under proper auspices. (Your readers will remember how Stewart wotked night and day for the Bullock adminis? tration bill. I His pantaloons were cut from loan certificates once given to Sharon and Ralston for advances on the Amador Mino und canceled by legal ser? vices in tho matter of combatting the Sutro Tunut-1 and amending the mineral laud law. His vest was a work of art. On tbo left bido was embroidered a map of the oity of Duluth, the lots set apdit to him by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, for services on the Senate Railroad Committee in the winter of 18?8, being designated by frosted silver (lags. On tbe right side was traeod the route of tho Texas Pacific,,with a repre? sentation of a train of cars loaded with first mortgage bonds rushing into the opeo vest pocket. Blocks of malachite of the shape of Preeido lots served as buttons to this beautiful vest, whose lapels were of Alaska seal skin. Tbo embroidered shirt front of the S - uator was geuerally admired. In the prospective could be seen San Fruuciseo, with grass-grown wharves, wbilo in the foro-grouud loomed a water-bouud city of stately warehouses,on tho site of what once was Goat Island, and ou every fourth building on the island appeared the placard, "For rent; apply to Wrn. M. Stewart, Attorney Ceutrut PuciGo Railroad Company, San Francisoo." The Senator's coat was cut alter the fashion of Elijah's mantle. On the collar tho letters W. M. S. appeared above the half effaced words John Con ness?tho body of tho gurment was com? posed of Central Pacific first mortgage bonds. One of tho tails of the cout was shorter thau tho other?said to have been Cut to meet tho cxigcuciis of his last Senatorial election. Seriously, was not this entire Stewart reception, brilliant ns it wus, a defiaut mockery of tho aroused public sentiment whioh is everywhere awaking from its long sleep to summon its corrupt stew? ards to a reckoning? Here is a man whoso pay and mileage as Senator for two years would bo required to meet tho expenses of his Thursday night recep? tion, and who, four years ago, wus so poor tbat ho met his ordinary expenses with difficulty, and to-day ho is lavish in tho disbursement of wealth ho has neither inherited nor acquired by any procosB that will bear the sun-light. He is not a profound lawyer; he is not a groat statesman; his homely assaults on his mother tougue exhibit tbe fact ho is not a great student. Ho i?, however, a man cf untiring energy, great disregard of public opinion, and utterly without conscience; and so ho thrives, and proba? bly will continuo to thrive, so longns tho Central Pacific is willing to re purchase his scat for him and his rotten borough 1 constituency arebaso enough to sell. [New Haven Register. pKOiarAur,b Pkdkhthi.vnism.?Thomas Godfrey, of Ddoatur, III., has obtained a verdict of $10,000 against the Illinois Central Railroad Company, for personal < injuries ho received last fall, by being struck by nu engine of the company, > while walking on the track. A Day's Work in Oalveston, ? A hor? rible B?mmarj Of ono day's brutal and bloody work la Galveston, Texas, illus? trative of the insecurity of life in the Lone Star 8tate, comes to as in a Gal yveaton paper of the 8th. The first item ocouxa on Tuesday, and forms a fit pre? luded the terrible aqd unprovoked as sault^ on the day folio wing. We quote: Sunday night, three men got into an altercation^ about a horse and buggy, whioh McKay had loaned two of them. Tbe dlsputeVJ>ecame so violent that McKay lost hl^ temper, and turning upon Clarko, who was nearest, beat him in a most horrible manner over tho head witb a loaded whip. He then paid hia attentions to Bergh, whom he hurt se? verely. Clarko was taken to the hospi? tal, where bis wounds wore dressed. He was in a terrible condition, and was a mass of blood from bead to foot. The second is tho cass of two men getting into a dispute over a shirt, whon ono stepped behind the other and drove a largo, rusty knife into his back, pene? trating the left lung, from which he will probably die. The third and most la? mentable occurrence, and which exoited the revengeful feelings of the inhabit? ants so powerfully that a furore of ex? citement was created, and threats of Lynobiug the madman were freely in? dulged. One Helms, arriving in the oity, took lodgings at the Chicago House. After alarming the inmates, he walked oat Sunday night, went into the market, and out one man under the arm, without auy warning; left the market house, and stabbed another in tbo baok; then broke into a run, and meeting a gray-headed man, cut him iu tho baok as he was run niug; stabbed a man named Barns a lit? tle further on; returned, and passing through a party of four, walked between ouu und the wall and stabbed him; bis comrades iuformed an officer named Fergusou, who, in endeavoring to arrest the dangerous ruffian, was stabbed in the breast, kuooked down and stabbed twice while down, from which wounds he subsequently died. Two men coming to bis aid, ouo of thorn had his coat drawn over his arms, aud before he knew it, the knife was buried in bis back. This ends tho series of crimes, and the only possible explanation of it seems to be that the desperado was re? covering from an attack of mania a potu. An Old Hero.?Many persons in town have seen Prince Morse, an old colored man, who limps about the streets on his way to and from work. He is eighty-six years old, and has a history, whioh, for true grit and patriotism, others, who occupy higher social posi? tions, might well envy. During his life, Priuce has belonged to seven masters. He shipped as a sailor on board the Saucy Jack, a privateer, at Charleston, in 1812, and for years followed a seafar? ing life. In au engagement with a Bri? tish ship betweon Charleston and George? town, the fight was so serious that tbc bulwarks wero shot to pieoes, and Priuoo had his thigh broken. Ho carries hia wound with him in his old ago. After peace was made, Priuco went on a voy? age in tho Katrina, commanded by Capt. Brown, loaded with rice and cotton. Just ns the ship was about to laud at Bordeaux, in Frauce, it ran aground, and was lost entirely. After this, he shipped, as a regular sailor, on board a schooner, aud made several voyages to Mutauzus and to Havana. During the late war, Prince did not fall short of his former record, but was faithful uud true to bis section uutil the end. Since the surrender, he has gone on io his humble sphere?a poor but honest man, content with what little hu can make. Prince baa had a rough time of it iu this "vale of tears." Battered aud scarred in tbe wars, with eighty nix years ou bis shoul? ders, without a friend in tue "wide, wivlo world," tbe mau who stood by the '-.??? ars aud stripes" iu tho "times that tried men's souls," has but few of the comforts aud none of the luxuries of life tu soothe his declining years Poor as ho is, he is too liouest to steal, nnd has too much of the lire of tho heroic days of old to beg or be dependent upon tho County. He dosurves well of hi? country, aud merits the consideration of every brave mau. Ho now lives iu Fort l'ickuns, aud stands high with bis neigh? bor s. ?Abbevilia Meilium. Pleading Guilty to a Minor Or fun02.?They have a curious way of ovading the extremo penalty of tbo law iu New York, by pleading guilty of man? slaughter iu the second degree. Josiah Morgnu killed his wifu with a bucket, and was arraigned before Judge Brady for murder ou Tuesday. Tbo oouusel for the.prisoner entered a plea of man? slaughter in the second degree, aud stated as palliating circumstances that tho womau was" old?lifty-thrce?and ad? dicted to driuk, while the prisoner was under twuuty, and that the killing with the bucket was ovideuco that there was no premeditated malice. The plea and tho palliations were accepted by the Commonwealth'? Attorney, aud tho pri? soner was sentenced to six years aud six months' imprisonment in Sing-Sing. Young men with old wives in Now York who prefer six years and six mouths in Sing-Sing to seven y. ars with thorn, will likely go and do likewise. Destructive Fire at Timmonsvii.lk Tho dwelling house, smoke house aud other out-houses of Mr. C. B. Hicks, a prominent rncrchaut aud distiller, of Timuionsvillo, wero destroyed by fire on Tuesday night. Mr. Hicks lost all his furniture and clothing?nothing at all being saved from the buildings de? stroyed. The loss is estimated at not loss than $2,000, upon which there was an insurance of $750. ?The pistol as a plaything for protly prattlers iu the nursery has caused an? other surgical case in Trenton, Ohio, whore n little buy, aged eleven, shot Iuh cousin, aged six, with whom bo wae "playing robber," with a navy revolver considerately left where tbe children could amuse themselves with it. Mubt bb Related.?-Sota e time ego, I says the Book Hill Lantern, a goutlommi \ bad a monkey. A colored individual j went to See it. After surveying it for some time, be vxpresscd his opinion thosly: "Dgbo nlggera 'boat here tries to make out dis thing is no kin to dem. Look at dat mouf, dat bead and dem eyes. *Gway, nigger, if dat monkey ain't no 'lation to yon, I'se no nigger I *tall. I dan give it ap 'fore I seed it. Ha! hal hal jus like dese ole Souf '?liner niggers." Tbo question of clearing the outlet of the Mississippi continues to agitate the people of New Orleans. It is now pro? posed to cut a canal through a clay bot? tom and thus get access to the ocean. The great river, draining 750,000 square miles of the riohest land in the world, must of necessity discharge large quanti? ties of mud into tho shallow water of -the Gulf, and eventually choke, unless new means are found by.whioh it may reaeh the ocean;. The question is a very im? portant one, and requires the attention of tbe Government. Costly Candlesticks.?Trinity Pa? rish. New York, expended upwards of 81,500 for flowers |to decorate the mo? ther oh u roh and .her various oh a pels on Easter Sunday. At Trinity one of the most interesting incident* of tbe Easter oolebration was the display, for the first time, of two golden candlesticks, eaoh eight feet in height, with branches for fifty-seven lights each, presented by John Jacob Astor, Esq. They cost 81,000 each. The New York Herald la publishing a prodigious amount of double-leaded de? spatches and terrido bead-lines in behalf of one of its correspondents, Mr. O'Kel )y, who appears to have fallen into the hands of the Spanish soldiers in Cuba. I It could settle the diffioulty in a very little time if it would send Stanley to find him. There is nobody living better fitted to put a mare's nest in a process of in- Cuba (ion. [Louisville Courier-Journal. An immense waterfall has just been discovered in British Guiana. There appears, in fact, to be a eeries of cats-1 racts on tbo MasBaruni Biver, near Bo-1 raima Mountain. From this mountain four distinct waterfalls plunge, 2,000 feet ia given as the height of the mural preci? pice over whioh the water falls, and* the Bight, with the rays of the setting sun shining full upon this immense sheet of water, ia said to be magnificent. "A Methodist preacher in Vermont named Hough has been suspended a year for breaoh of promise." Decidedly rough On the Bev'rend Hough; But, though it is toogb, . 1 Ia it rough enough? Miss Amanda Vanoil, a school teacher in Indiana, has made 870,000 by invest? ing her salary in United States bonds, and now thero is a manifest disposition among the impecunious youth in Indi-1 itua to invest Miss Amanda Vanoil with tho United Stat03 bonds of matrimony. Ouo of the Georgia papers reports that on tho 1st of November last, Mr. Crawford Nally left Paalding County, that State, for Arkansas, with a family of twenty-one persons, aud that since tbat date, every one of them has died of small-pox. A member of the House of Commons, I .speaking of the large sum realized from tho tax on liquors, und that it was evi? dent drunkards were the sheet-anchors of the British Constitution. As topers are often "half seas over" and "three sheets in tho wind," as well as "sheet anchors," they may be called a nauti cal set. Quint, the lawyer who defended Liura Fair, is wonderfully sharp. It is upon record in the journals of the California Senate that ho once obtained 150 votes, in a little County precinct whero only seven persons resided. Quint would be a valuable man for the IVidical party in this country. It is said there is nothing new under tho sun, but at Pompeii there is a fac? simile of Sims' speculum, and in Nineveh Layard found a bushel of magnifying glasses. Thero is probably a Heroulane um Herald and it, no doubt, contained advertising dodges and dead-head ad? vertisements. An old colored woman walked forty miles to Natchez, Miss., to get ber re? cently deceased husband's bounty mo? ney. When sho presented tbe docu? ments, they were found to be tho dead man's registration papers. A Rochester woman married to a second husband recently said to him: "Oh, how happy poor Charles would be if ho were still alive, to Bee himself re? placed by a man as agreeable as yon arc!" During the last thirty-two years?from 1S-41 to 1872?counting only steamships used for trans-Atlantic voyages between the Uuitod States, England and tho coutiueut, forty-four chips havo been lost. The (fleet of newly aroused religious einotious in a Minnesota oonvert was to induce him to beat his wife almost to death, on the ground that sho was bin desb, and oonscquently ought to bo mor? tified. Wo regret to learn of tho death of the Rev. Charles Wilson, at tho ago of seventy-l wo, which occurred on Monday evening last. Ho has been preaching in our County fur some time past. [ Orangeburg Heirs. A Missouri beldam sans moroi recently burned oil her lover's whiskers, because their color did not match that of her best dress. Colfax with his virtuous hands folded before his heart., is asking the people of the Eleventh Indiana District to send him baek to Congress. An Iudixnu parson lately delivered a sermon in rhyme. St. run', Miuu., has a rival in St. Peter. Tue famous pilgrimage tu Meto?, which is always a cause of anxiety to the European Governments, has been per? formed this year, ander the moat re-as? suring conditions. Thanks to the in? telligent zeal of the sanitary commission, composed of French, English and Otto? man doctors, no oases of cholera have occurred among the visitors to the holy oity, the number of whom is said to have exoeeded 150,000. Even the integrity of George Wash? ington, the "Father of this Country," is now questioned. Northern papers have a story that a gentleman residing in the vicinity of Bandy Hill, N. Y., holds a note against Gen. Washington for $1,500, given for supplies during tbe American revolution. On the note there ia an endoraement for about one-half the amount, and it is alleged that the balance was never paid. Oob ft bw Town Ccrtmcnv ?On Mon? day last, occurred our annual municipal election. Our-citizens, white and co? lored, wisely combined in support of one and the samo ticket?a ticket npon which both parties and botr* n??ee are represented,, The result of the olectiou was as follower Intendant?O. F. Gheat ham. Wardens?D. L. Turner, Hubert > Green, A. A. Olieby, George Simkins. [Edgefield Advertiser. Death op Capt. ?avit J. Hick.?By a letter received at this place, we learn that Capt. Davit J. Jtioedied at his home in Drew County, Arkensss; on the 4th inat., from erysipelas. Capt. Bibe was a native of Yorkville, and resided in this County until tbe year 2&G0, when he re? moved to Arkansas. At the time of his death he was about fifty-one years old. [ YorkvUte Enquirer. Heavy frost on Sunday morning last, and another, not quite so heavy, on Mon? day morning. The damage to gardens, however, is by no means so great as might have been expected. And so of the fruit. The fruit proapeot, though, ia not good. So little ootton is up that the frost had but little scope in this respect. \Edgefield Advertiser. A Connecticut mother learned of her daughter's contemplated elopement, and on the night appointed for the -flight, she pot aome laudanum in the girl'a tea. The latter fell asleep and did not wake op until next morning, and in the mean? time Borneo got tired of waiting and went home disgusted. He goes with another girl now. Mr. W. W. Corcoran has sold 200 acrea of land, near Washington city, to the Government, as an addition to the Soldiers' Home, for the sum of $375,009. Ho will devote the money to an endow? ment to tbe "Louise Home," a-pharity created by him for impoverished ladies who are unable to support themselves. A Monster Steamship.?The steam? ship City of Chester, just launched at Glasgow for the Liverpool, New York and Philadelphia line, is, after the Great Eastern, the largest merohant steamer in the world. Her dimensions are: Length, 45S feet; breadth, 44 feet; depth, ex? treme, 38.8 feet. A slight shock of earthquake, felt in Borne, Italy, on the evening of the 12th of Mar*ob, set the bells ringing, and caused glasses and similar small articles to dance a spontaneous fandango, but did uo damage beyond scaring the peo? ple of tho Eternal City. AMe Lost A .Z LIj pereous JTro warned against trading for a NOTEffor *200, on )I\Central Na tional Bank, ofven by Pope? Eras., as pay ment has bean stopped. / April 18 1 Wanted, ADRUG CLERK, quite competent, a young tiagbr man. ?oar.l. -and room furnished by ? ejnoluyer. ifcd^treHH, stating: aijo, number v/am' experience, ami amount wad toil per month by Inp^oaV / DB. ?/ff. HMILLEE, Breugnton'sucTBaberebtfn streets, April 18 V _ Havaunab, Ga. T '?rOtt( OFFICE llOABto OF HEAlrTH, (Coi-UMirY, Aprj*<l7,1873. SPECIAL meeting of Viu^finanl will bo Tiamber, THIS a?- &#a??]vw*ijra* w v. t^ii, OD bU?inOdH of vital interestas to tlioJrealtr\of the city. By order <rf tho Ct f xtUOS. rS.WALKEB, April 181 / AoliPff Clork. MILLINERY. 3UUir"tt.-d3. BEED/has opened mfio assortment of LaMies' and Children's DRK88ES, UNDER? WEAR, 11 AlIt of ajfl descriptions, Bazaar J?a4terua, etc., all of which fc v/rli be sold al redwood prioos. The public Inf general are mvlueu to call and sea for themselves. Mrs. Roed was awarded tho highest premiums for Millinery at State Fairs of 1871 and 1372._April 18 3mo Excursion Tickets. Souru Carolina kailroat* Company, Comjmiiia, Hf C, April 18.1873. EXCURSION T10K?T8 will be sold to par tics desiring ty attend the Charleston SchulzeufoBt. balo/m Tickets will begin on SATURDAY. Apr/ 10, and continue until THURSDAY. April 24, good to return until May 3. H. B. PICKE S3, April 13 0 General Ticket Agent. _ Notice. BEING charged with tho enforcement of the following Ordinance, relating to ??the duties of the City Surveyor,'1 (concern? ing which doe notice has boen given by tho City Clerk,) reading thus: "lie it further ordained, That hareafter any person about to build any bouse on any new silo, fronting or bounding on any of tbe streets of the city of Columbia shall bo ro quired to have tho same located, and tho boundaries tho roof, adjoining *qcb otreet or streets. ?te<\ by the Cuy Surveyor, who ehsU bo entitled to receive the sum of $5 for cash let so located. And in cat-o any person shall eroct anv house as aforesaid, without having tho samo located by the City Surveyor as aforesaid, euch person shall besnbjcot to a penalty of $45 for caoh and every offence." I hereby notify all parties' concorned to re? port their uamo's and locations of lots, either at mv.of?co or fcu-O. nation, City Surveyor, at the ofBeft of Setbola k Ezoll. The coudiiions attached to tho Ordinance will bo strictly required, and the penalty or non-oomphance to its terms bo rigidly enforced and without the.slighttst delay. " J. A. JAOKhON, ApilJ l? Chi? t of. Fqlteo,