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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.]
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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.
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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,