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losiKKVMcy ?Q;-4A Reutet? kd?gf am says ? there>4a< Wo truth >iaf.the" reported capture- Of Kbivs; j -Th?Sffty *?jt easiness at 8t. Petersburg odiio^oYnTO: a lack of news from tbo JihWan expedi? tion, x .Two .expeditions bavo boen .de? tained by snow. The rendezvous wae several hundred milee dielaqt from the halt. Tho bait occurred u m?'atb alter the time specified fqr.oonoontratioo. Despatches from Paris represent the Assembly as stormy. The members of the Bight openly declared thoir doairo ts overthrow Thiora. i.j"- -1 ' St. PjrrEBSBURQ, May 20.?The Such of Persia is at Moscow. - An immense concourse enthusiastically welcomed him. The statement tfrat three wives accompany him-is untrue, VKBSaXnnftaY? M*y 20.?Buffet waa re elected by 869, to 280 oast for H?rtel. This vote indicates th? auccew of the interpellation Introduoed by the o*hfe? satives. Ii y Anasrlsak ntotters. Washington, May 80.?The ground u[ on whioh Baron Leder er, umpire of the American and Spanish Commission, decided against DerojVs claim for da? mages in Cuba, was that the declaration of intoution to become a citizen did not place him Within the treaty. New YObk>, May 20.?The Tammany Sooiety elected Abrsm S. Hewett Grand Saohem. h . 7,852 immigrants lauded - at - Castle Gardes yesterday. ' \}- ; ? Garoier challenges Daly for the cham? pionship and tbe billiard cue. A fight Sa progressing at Sbomoohin, over 1,000 sores of anthracite coal, lauds, valued at $20,000,000. Three houses were burned by one. party, and retalia? tion is threatened. O. H. Wheeler, of New York, represents'ono side: the Bs?ding Railroad the other. '\'.' The Times publishes a ramor that tbe stockholders of the Paoiflo Mail Com? pany are about applying for a receiver, on the ground that the funds of ibe oompany have been squandered. Gideon Welles will reply to Adams' eulogy upon So ward?showing that Lin? coln wanted'13 ay ton, but Adams secured the St. James mission through the argent appeals of Seward. St. Louis, May 20.?The hail and wind proBtrated obimueys and broke windows, and incalculably*damaged gar? dens and orchards. San Francisco, May 20.?Tho steam? ship Nebraska has arrived .from New Zealand. The-orew of-the British ship Alsager scuttled add sunk her at sea; all hands escaped in boats. Three of the crew were brought in iron* to Auckland for trial. Work on the Southern Pacific Rail? road, is progressing steadily, and it is now us far South aa Deer Greek. - - Toledo, May 20.?This ufternooD, at 4 o'clock, the grain elevator known as the Wabash elevator No. 2. took fire and was'totally destroyed..' There was in store 125,000 bushels of oats and 90,000 bushels ol corn. The building was worth about $100,000, with a capacity of 300.000 bushels. Washington, May 20.?Tho Russian mission has been tendered to Governor Jewell, of Connecticut, j '.,'] Surgeon Charles Syter has been ordered to the department of the South. Gen. Sherman leaves to-night for Can by's friherah ' Fish and Djlaua were absent from to? day's Cabinet. Only ten of the twenty Collectors have filed bonds. In these Districts, the As? sessors retain their positions until the 1st of June, to whioh time the bonds havo been given. The Assessors were relieved' to-day. Probabilities?For tbe Gulf, South Atlantic States , and Tennessee, Booth easterly and South-westerly winds, high temperature, cloudy weather and rain, clearing to-morrow. Senator Wiadom, Chairman of the Seiest Committee on Transportation, has returned tto Washington, and is now engaged in* working up the several statistics, and making arrangements for perfeoting the programme of tbe com? mittee A general meeting will be held here, in August or September, when it will be determined how far the visits of tbe members of tho committee shall ex? tend. Senator Windom will first visit certain localities, including Philadelphia, New York, Albany, Boston, Buffalo and Montreal, to ascertain the best sources of commercial and transit information, so that the other members may have starting points for more particular in? quiry. A letter was received to-day from tbe committee of the New York Legisla? ture, saying it would afford tbem plea? sure to meet the Senate committeo, at whatever time might bo named, to con? sider aud exchange views on tbe subjects of investigation. Tbo business of the commit Leo thus far bas progressed satis? factorily, and much valuable information from all sources has boen accumulated. A St. Louis special from Austin, Texas, says tbo grasshoppers in that sec? tion are devastating vegetables. They are moving Northward, and threaten Missouri, Illinois, Kansas and Nebraska. Baltimore, May 20.?The Presbyte? rian Assembly convenes in the First Presbyterian Church, at St. Louis, next year. The oonfeienoe finally decided to par? ticipate in ibe centennial. Tbe matter of the conflicting olsims of the two churches at Jacksonville, Fla., oame op, and was explained by Dr. Reynolds. Resolutions were adopted directing the Board on Obaroh Erection to appropriate $1,000 to re-imburse the ohuroh at Jack? sonville, and allowing their ohuroh au? thorities to make an appeal to tbe North? ern eharohes to the extent of $5,00", E. O. Graves, Chief Clerk of the United States Treasurer's office, and other gentlemen, composing the Examin? ing Board of the Treasury, kept in con? nection with, the oivil service, have re? turned from their trips to Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, offioe in the respective cuatom houses iu 4080 oitiea. ./.*uf?i/.j ?? r r?* Atlanta, May-20*-?Governor Smith ilobmod ? tho ? oonventlou. I Governor Thomas, of Iowa, is temporary chair man.?1 ,t ? i n ? v? ? The convention waa permanently orga? nized by tbo' election of Gov. J. 0, Brown, of Tennessee, as President;. E. G. Richards, of Alabama, E. H. James, of Tenneeaee, H. W. Walter, of Miesis sippi, Josiah Quiooy, of Massachusetts, Thorn** Taylor, of South Oarolina, John Martin, of Kentucky,'0. 0. Carpenter, of Iowa, J. L. Mdrenead, of North Caro? lina, O. Si Carrington, of Virginia, Gov. Woodson, of Missouri, and F.I*. Villi pegue, of Florida, Vioe-Presidents. Thirteen States are represented. Over 900 delegates are present The conven? tion adopted a resolution that cheap transportation was the only subject for disouaalon. A commit too to prepare business was appointed, of whioh Gov. Smith, of Georgia, was made Chairman. A number of resolutions were referred to that committee. The convention ad* jonrned until to-morrow morning. Gov. Hendrioks, of Indiana, will arrive to? night. General Gordon will address the convention to-night. The city is full of visitors. There is great enthusiasm. The convention will make an excursion to .Oolntabus, Brunswick, Savannah and Augusta, leaving on the morning of the 22d. N ,; j ? . i New Yobs, May 20,? Hawly'a oil cloth factory,' in .Brooklyn, was burned to-day. Sitnpsou's Japau factory, in Brooklyn, was also burned. The Ores are attributed to discharged workmen. I The jury iu tho George Francis Train ease, for indecent publications, returned a verdict of not guilty, on oooouut of insanity. Dr. Cross testified that this insanity continues, und Train must be asylumed. Train replied, exoitedly, "I protest against tho proceedings here. II have been five months in jail without [being granted a trial." Then address jing Judge Davis, he said, "Before I leave here, I move your impeachment, in the name of the people." Judge Davis ordered him to sit down. An order was made out to send Traiu to tbe State Lun&tio Asylum. Yesterday, at Albany, on motion of Mr. Ii. Tremain, the oass of Stokes was ordered by the Court of Appeals to be heard Monday, the 20th. Financial und Commercial. London, May 20?Noon.?Consols 93J<C. Fives 88%. Livanpooii, May 20?3 P. M.?Cotton opened quiet and is now dull but un? changed?uplands 8%; Orleans 9J^; sales 10,000 bales; speculation 2,000; Savan? nah and Charleston, May delivery, 8%. LrvEBTOOL, May 20?Evening.?Got? ten dosed unchanged; sales of American 6,000; from Savannah and Charleston, April and May shipments, 8%; May de? livery, 8 $?; July and August delivery, 811-16. ', New Yobk, May 20?Noon.?Cotton .weak and irregular; sales 38 i bales?up? lands 19>?; Orleans 19%; sales for fu? ture delivery: May 18^(^18 7-16; Jaly 18 9-16; AagoBt 18X. 18 7-16. Flour Saiet and very firm. Wheat aud corn ull and nominally nnchacged. Pork dull and nominal. Lard dull and heavy ?Western 9%. Freights arm. Stocks dull. Gold steady, at 17%. Money steady, at 6@7. Exohange?long 9; short 10. Governments dull but steady. State bonds quiet. ? 7 P. M.?Cotton?net receipts 795 bales; gross 795; Bales for export to-day 49; last evening 119; sales of futures 7,200, as follows: May 18%; Juno 18%; July 18 9-16, 18%, 18%. Cotton dull; sales 628 bales?uplands 19,%; Orleans 19%. Flonr activer and unchanged. Whiskey 94%. Wheat heavy and l@2o. lower; holders anxious?white Indiana 2 25. Corn heavy and lower?old West? ern mixed afloat 6C^@6C%. Coffee doll. Sugar JjjC lower. Rico steady, at 7%@8??. Pork dull, at 17.50?17.75. Lard u trifle easier. Navals dull and heavy. Tallow steady. Freights firm. Money closed'at Sterling weaker, at 8%. Gold 17%. Governments dull. States quiet and nominal. St. Louis, May 20.?Flour dull and unchanged, with fair demand. Corn dull, lower and unsettled?No 2, mixed, 37%, on track; 89 in elevator. Pork dull aud unchanged. Bacon very dull? shoulders 7%; clear rib aides OjJ; clear sides 9%, cash lots of oity packed. Lard duil and unchanged. Whiskey steady, at 90. LouisvriiLE, May 20.?Floor dull and steady. Corn in demand, at 50@5G%, sacked. Provisions easy. Pork 17.50. Bacon?shoulders 7%; dear rib sides 9%; clear eidoB 9%(q)10. Lard?tiercos 9%@9%; kegs 10J?; small orders ^fc. higher. Whiskey steady, at 88.? Cincinnati, May 20.?Flour quiet, at 7.75. Corn steady, at 50. Pork nomi? nally 17.00, but nothing doing. Lard dnll and nominal?steam held at 8%; ketllo held at 9; sales of country kettle at 8%. Bacon quiet?shoulders dear rib sides 9%; clear sides 9J{{. Whis? key Bteady, at 88. Boston, May 20.?Cotton quiet?mid? dling 19%; gross receipts 308; salos 250; stook 11,000. Wilmtnqton, May 20.?Cotton quiet? middling 18; net receipts 22 bales; ox ports coastwise 80; stock 3,968. Nobfolx, May 20.?Cotton dull and little doing?low middling 17%; net re? ceipts 1,115 baloe; exports ooastwise 1,002; sales 100; stock 7,805. Savannah, May 20.?Cotton dull middling 18%; net receipts 4.61 bales; exports ooastwise 310; salos 359; stook 29.124. Galveston, May 20.?Cotton quiet? ' good ordinary 14; net receipts 49 bales; exports to Great Britain 925; sales 600; stock 40.319. .Mobile, .May 20.?Cotton dull?mid? dling 11}4; not receipts 19; exports ooastwise 161; Bales 500; stook 29,418. Charleston, May 20.?Cotton dull middling 17%@17%; low middling 17@ 22 654. Balttmobs, May 20.? Cotton middling 19; groia receipts 93 bales; ex? ports ooastwise 65; sales 1-40; etock 0,260. Memphis, May 20.?Cotton dull sod unchanged; receipts 613 bales; ship? mente863; stook 82,908. : Augusta, May 20.?C >Uou steady middling 17}?; receipts ?5 bales; sales 2,308. New Orleans, May 20.?Cotton, quiet ?middling 18K; net receipts ,1,020 bales; gross 1,218; exports to the copti nent 3,100; sales 600; stock 118,288. Mcetlag of the Board of Health. Omca Bo Abo or Health, Columbia, May 19, 1878. A special meeting of the Board was held this afternoon, st 6 o'clock. Pre? sent?Messrs. Levin, Williams, Walker. I Goldsmith, Boozer, Brannon, Mima and , Collins. The Chairman stated that he bad re? ceived an official communication from bia Honor the Mayor, informing him j and through him to the Board, that their servioes would be required until their j successors shall have been elected. Ba 1 oeived at information. The Clerk was ordered to report tbe I absent members to tbe City Council. The following preamble>nd resolution were adopted: Wboreas serious complaints have been made to members of thia Board, and also to tbe City Council, of tbe filthy water now being furnished to tbe citizens by tbe Columbia Water Power Company, tboroby causing mnih sickness among thosi who are forced to use it; therefore. Resolved, That a Committee of Four from the Board to examine tbe works of I said company and tbe various springs I and other water courses supplying their main receiving reservoir, be appointed. Comnittee?Messrs. J. N. Boozer, M. Goldsmith, H. Mims and Jervy Williams. On motion, the Chairman of the Board was added, and made Chairman of the Committee. The drain leading from tbe rear of the Wheeler House, from Plain to Sumter street; also the drain from the Hendrix House, down Taylor street, were reported as nuisances, and it was ordered that the Clerk of the Board report the same to Council to act upon. The sinks and low yards in Hurley ville were seriously complained of. Re? ferred to Mr. Thos. P. Walker and a member of tbe Board to report upon. The following resolution was unani? mously adopted: Resolved, That this Board brings it to the oognizanoe of the City Gonnoil that the portion of the city lying on Marion, Sumter, Richardson, .Assembly and Gates streets, in the lower part of the city, suffer from the malaria arising from tbe stagnant water from ponds and I swumpssuffered tocolleot within the city I limits, and respectfully recommend that Council will take proper steps to abate the oause. A nnmber of minor nuisances were re? ported and referred to tbe members of the various wards. The Clerk was authorized to give notice to the citizens that on and after Monday next the Board will prooeed to visit tho premises of the citizens in the different wards. The Board then adjourned, subject to tbe call of tbe Chairman. THOS. P. WALKER, Aoting Clerk. Special Holing of City Council. Council Chamber. Columbia, S. C, May HO. 1873. Meeting oalled at 7.80 P. M. Present -His Honor the Mayor; Aldermen Car? penter, Thompson, Lowndes, Mitchell, Carroll, Hogo, Young, Williams and Cooper. Absent?Aldermen Carr and Griffin. The Mayor stated, that he had oalled Counoil together for the purpose of pay? ing their respects to the city's guests, to wit: The Union Star Fire Engine Com? pany, of Charleston, tbe Yellow Jackets, of Charlotte, N. O, and the delegates of various other fire companies in Charles? ton. He further stated, that ho bad ex? tended to them a wolcomo and the hos? pitalities of the oity, and asked Council to join him and give oxprossion to their views iu paying respects to them. Speeches of welcome were tendered to the officers and delegates by tbe follow? ing parties: Aldermen Lowndes, Car pou? ter, Thompson, H?ge, Carroll, Mitchell, Young, Williams, and also by ex-Alder? man Wilder and H. Uayne, Secretary of State. After which, tbo Major stated, that some refreshments bad beeu provided, aud asked Council to adjouru, to partake of tbo same. A pleasant hour was then passed, and toabts and general fun and frolic. CUAS. BARNUM, City Clerk. Amoug the lost arts is that of the ond loss burning lamp. It is said that iu tbo time of Edward YI, a lamp was disco? vered in the grave of Constantino, at York, whioh bad been burning siuco bis burial to that time, a period of 1,200 years. Also, in the grave of Tullia, daughter of Cioero, was found a burning lamp whioh was lighted at her death, 1,550 years before. It wont out as soon as daylight was admitted. Yet it is certainly a olever device of the ancients to invent a lamp whioh would illuminate, through all tim??, the home of their dead. An exchange says that an old citizen of Randolph visited Ashboro, N. C., last week, for the first time since 1861. He looked around wildly, saying he did not know any one except B. F. Hoover. Ho lived eight miles from Ashboro; did not know who the President was, nor tbe Governor; has never boon outside of Randolph County; know tbe father of A. M. Difiee, and said be had beard that tbe young man was now provost judge. He had heard of the war, but did not know muoh about it. peou?ur interest just now: ?**?General Sherman, we hope, knows hia ipind. In 1837, ju?t after the Chey? enne war bail been concluded, at a ooat of $30,000,000, ho wrote an official report, eaying that, if tho Indians were to be ( dealt with by a policy of war, they ought I to bo under the War Department of the Interior.. Now he scums to have been frightened out of his wita by tho murder of Gen. Oanby by a little band of half I oivjiized and half-breed marauders, and | j'Vaya that tho War Department should ' oontrol the Indian management; bat in sluts that officers 'most be sheltered against the howl of saoh as followed Major Baker after the Piegau attaok, as lao General Ouster after his attaok on Black Kettle's Oamp.' 'Sheltered,'in? deed I Has General Sherman forgotten how be denounced these attacks, and bow a Congressional committee did the same? Caoby'a murder waa innocence itself in comparison. Take the Piegan case. A white trader quarreled with his Indian wife's relatives and was shot in tbe melee. We have heard of sach things among white folks. Gen. Baker was sent to avenge the white man's death. The tribe was suffering terribly from small-pox. By mistake, General Baker struok the small-pox hospital in ' tead of the main enoampment of the tribe, whioh was twelve milea away, and massacred the small-pox patients?men women and children?and thaix attend? ants. Wo wero all horrified aj^gj^erhaps bowled,' cud against such a 'howl' Gen. Sherman to day wants future General linkers 'aheltered.' Tbe Black Kettle difficulty was begun by the shooting of an Indian chief uodor a flag of truce. Gen. Sherman said of it in I860: 'It scarcely has a parallel iu the records of Indian barbarity.' The Indians were encamped uuder the direotion of our of? ficers and supposed themselves protected by our flag. They were scalped, women were ripped open, children were clubbed and their brains beaten out, and their bodies bo horribly mutilated that the committee would not print part of the testimony. Aud it is such Gen. Guatars whom Gen. Sherman then condemned, bat would now 'shelter.' We appeal from Sherman mad to Sherman sober." Proposal to End the Modoo War.? Oue of the happiest incidents connected with the visit of the Board of Rogen ta of Mount Vernon to that place, on Wednes? day last, was the interview between a young and gallant ox Confederate cavalry officer, who had won his first distinction as an Indian fighter, and Miss Nellie Grant. The ex-Confederate having ac? cidentally met an old friend among the lady visitors, was introduced by her to ber daughter, and also, and to his great surprise, when he heard her name, to her daughter's friend, the daughter of tho President; but, being as oourteous as he is brave, he strove to render him? self agreeable to his distinguished ao q-iaiatance, aud by bis affability and genial Southern manners, was so success? ful, that iu a short time, the reserve of new acquaintanceship was worn off, and they were talking together as familiarly as if they had known oaoh other for years. On their return, he was particu? larly attentive, pointing out to her from the deok of the ateamer tbe several ob? jects of interest along the banks of the Potomac, aud narrating the legends at? tached to them, and, as the boat neared this city, he expressed his regret at not boing able to osoort her to her home, saying he would certainly beg that ho? nor, were it not that ho must meot a near and dear rolative, ou invalid lady, who was expected to arrive there that evening. Then, taking the hand she proffered him as he rose to leave her, he Slid with a smile, "Please boar my re girdj to tho President, and be kind euough to tell him, that if he'll only fur? nish tbo necessary rations and transpor? tation, I'll take a squadron of the Black Horse Cavalry, and promise to end the Modoc war aud make him a present of Captain Jack, dressed in General Canby's uuiform, within thirty days," and, liftiog his hat, bowed himself towards tho com? panion-way, down which ho disappeared, she having laughingly remarked, as he bada her udieu, "Well, sir, I must say, you are the most impudent mau I ever met."?Alexandria Gazette. A pleasant Parisian gentleman named Decroire, who appears to have been wholly given tip to the delights of sci euoe, recently prepared a banquet for bis fellow-soii ntistp, which, judging fiom the bill of fare, could not have been of n peculiarly appetizing character. Tho meats that ho furnished consisted of tbo floih of horses whioh had died of tho glanders, of cows which had perished from rinderpest, ami of a donkey just dead from hydrophobia. It was, em? phatically, a "test" bauquot, and proved tbe devotion of its partakers to the cause of science, us it was tbo intention to de? monstrate to tbo world that the flesh of animals was not affected ns human food by the worst diseases, but that tho cooU iog effectually purges it from all infec? tious matter. Undoubtedly M. Dccroiro is a very estimable gontleman in private life, but wo should hardly liko to trust ourselves iu u hoarding house of bis keeping. During tho past week tho polico of New York city mado 1,775 arrests aud 3,050 homeless persons wero provided witb lodgings at the various polico stations. For tho same period the Bu? reau of Records registered 561 deaths, {330 births, and 183 marriages. Tboro woro 16 fires, involving a loss of $20,360, which is covered by insurance aggregat? ing $51,500. About thirty horses were burned to death iu Clark McDonald's stablos, For? tieth street, Now York, on tho night of tho 17th. What an ass tho follow must havobeen who made a donkey engine aud expected to get horse power out of itl Tot Bhmm at ram UagMSLwmSjtB&a* tiny of tbe negro in tbe United States is written, Hie race grows io'ldleness and unproductiveness1 each year as the- old plantation negroes, fndQ?triou% by habit, are removed by death.. It is notorious that the freedmau'a children. do not equal their parent's work. "It is notori? ous that they are not prolific. Tbe per oentage of mulattoes increases continu? ally, and mulattoes, as a sort of hybrid, are at once unfeound and of weak and unhealthy constitutions, particularly sub? ject to strumous affections and to diseases of the lungs. Pneumonia is a very fre? quent and fatal disease among them. Meantime, while so iarge a per oeniage of the negroes goes to the oities and towns, there is a secular movement of tbe whole race, alow but sure, toward the' more tropical parts of our oountry. This movement is no> developed ih the figures in the ninth census, beouusV. there has not been time yet for the disturbing in? fluences of the war to subside, ? -Thus no one. can doubt for a moment that it is due to abnormal circumstances that the negro population of Kansas should have increased 2,628.55 per Cent., in the last ten years; that of lews 489.01 per*e*si,; and that of Illinois 277.06 par cent. Tt is also palpably abnormal for Florida to have gained 40.29 per cent., Tennessee 13.89 per cent, and Texas 88.57 per cent. Nevertheless, the census reveals to us the beginning of the drift, showing also whioh way it has set. The average gain of tbe country has been 9.21 per oent. But Delaware has only i gained 5.40 per cent., Maryland only 2.49 per cent.; Kentucky has lost 5.91 per oent., Missouri has lost 0.36 per oent., and Vir? ginia has lost 6.57 per cent., while Ala? bama has gained 8.62 percent., Arkan? sas 9.81 per cent., Georgia 17.06 per oent. The tenth census will show tbe drift conclusively established, and tho next generation will not have passed away before the habitat of our negroes? barring a few nnbappy barbers and white-washers and washer-women still about our cities, aud possibly a Radical member or two of Congress?will be bounded by the same isothermal lines that bound the habitat of tbe alligator. In the b warnps and bayous of the regions bordering on the Golf, wherever there is dry saud enough for a sweet potato patch and water enough to float a dug? out, the last remnants of the race, whioh coBt this nation 850,000 Uvea, $4,000, 000,000 of treasure and the best half of our Oonstitution, will still flouriah run wild for oonturies.?New York World. Whatever may be the consequences growing ont of the passage of stringent liquor laws in soveral of the States where they exist, it is quite understood that the legal fraternity have had as yet no cause for complaints. Law-suits are every? where increasing, and the questions in? volved are of sufficient importance to require the best legal talent procurable. In Iowa, tho druggists are battling man? fully for their rights, whioh have been invaded and restricted in the matter ol sales of the ardent for medicinal pur? poses. It is believed that it will occasion no little difficulty to adjust the power ol the law to the expediency of its execu? tion, and the struggle will possess more than a local interest. Iiis stated, among other Iowa oases, that not long-ago. a Mr. Tbeis bought of a firm a pint of whiskey, on the representation that his wife was very ill and needed that amount of good liquor. Whether his story waa correct or not, does not appear; but tbe spirits were appropriated long before the buyer reached home, and he doubtless did society a service by falling from bis wagon and breaking bis neck. Mrs. Theis has oatimated bis loss at $10,000, and brought suit against the venders of aloobol, "in oases of sickness," for that amount. Allowing that tbe firm did not use "due diligence" in ascertaining the truth of tbe man's statements, there are objections on commercial grounds to tbe allowance of such exoessive damages for a man who, by the nature of tho circum? stances, was doing the best thing for bis wife when ho precipitated her widow? hood. As Aminadab Sleek would doubt loss say, jadgment in tbo widow's favor would encourage every worthless follow to impose upon innocent druggists, aud then break bis neok. It would be the most effective kind of life insurance for his family, whatever the apothecaries might think about it. Not a Bad Bargain After All ? "Two small rocky islands in tbo Behr? ing Sea," says tho London (Hobe, "will soon bavo paid back to tbe Uuiced State* Treasury the whole sum expended npon tho purchase of Alaska. When tho ces? sion of this territory was granted by Bassin, people smiled at the bargain mado by tbo Americans. It was aeseitod that Yaukeo shrewdness had deserted Mr. Soward in tbo matter. Ho knew hotter, and did not buy with his eyes shut. St. Paul's und St. George's Is? lands, bolonging to tho Aleutian chain, have since been leased to tbo Alaska Commercial Company for seal-fishing at u yearly rental of $55,000. A tax of nearly tbreo dollars on each, far seal skiu taken and shipped from the islands is also imposed. As 100,000 skins are exported yearly now to San Francisco and Now York, n fruitful eouroo of ro venue is obtained from these two barren rocks. This territorial enterprise of the United States is therefore a great sue cos1}, and will probably help to develop tbe idea so rapidly growing in Amerioa, that colonial possessions are useful from many national points of view." Saturday was flogging day in New Castle, Del., when two white and four colored rogues rooeivod twenty lashes eaob. Granville Hudson stood in tbe pillory an boar for cutting his wife's throat, it being part of bis sentence. * James Gordon Bennett, when he gots back from Europe, is going to introduco lady reporters into the. Herald establish? ment, to add gush and brilliancy to the oolumns of the paper. Tho net profit of the Herald last year was over $400,000. In ?MM?M BMP MBB BjaMI i Montevideo. Uruguay, beet is ? dollar a glass, according to ex-G?nBul B?r|r?ui, but Eben Sheep may be nad.for' only ten ecuts apiece; That is cheap for sheep; but if a stronger found himself in that. city, with only. severjty-frye cents ?fri his pocket, and .was thirsty, and the Monte? video water didn't 6'groo with, him, it wouldn't help his easel' much 'if sheep were only ten cents a dozen. He oonld buy a oow for fifty cents, however, if milk would serve his purpose. If there are a good many arts and in? ventions sold, there is no lack of new ones, to judge from the advertisement of a patent broker in the interior, who offers "the cheapest and beat farm fenoe ever built," "a new gas lamp that oosts only half a cent an hoar," "a horse rake that has no equal," *'a new glass cutter that beato the diamond," "a grata bar that doesn't born out," and, finally, "a toy engine that every boy should have for instruction." v. The oitizona of Birmingham, Ala.', have presented to the founder of their city, Ool. James B. Powell, a magnificent knife, made at Birmingham, England, j It is composed of gold ?um Au*??m>, sil? ver from Pera, pearl from Africa, arid steel from the mountains of Alabama. It was designed by a French artist, and made by an English workman. It. ie thonght to be the handsomest knife ever manufactured. ?*?: A firm in New Hampshire has been building a novel class of locomotive for the wooden track railways in the lumber regions of Georgia. They are only six tons in weight, aud have very large cy? linders for so light machines. The ca? pacity for carryiDg)water and fuel is very great, the whole forming a very unique and serviceable machine, one of them being able to do the work of thirty mules easily. Iu Galloway, large craigs Are met with having ancient writings on them. One on the farm of Knockleby has, out deep on the upper side, "Lift me up, aud I'll tell you more." A number of people gathered to this craig, and suc? ceeded in lifting it up, in hopes of being well repaid; but, instead of finding any gold, they found written on it, "Lay me down as I was before." Governor Davis, of Texas, Republi? can, and the Legislature, Democrat, have oome to an agreement for a general election in October, everybody to go ont of office, in order that new terms may begin at an even date. There is a new apportionment, and voting is all to be done in one day at precinct polls, in? stead of running through four br five dayB at the County seats. Capital punishment has not yet been abolished in the Cincinnati schools. - A boy baa just died from the effects of a tap on the head administered by a teach? er of the singularly unbalanced name of Christian Bapp; and, going to the other extreme, another boy ha? had his leg broken by bia preceptor in an assault with intont to thrash, ^ . >_ Maj. P..H. Bonn, a prominent Savan? nah merchant, in the sixty-fifth year of his age, died on Saturday morning. He was a native of Beaufort, S. C, and had resided in Savannah for forty years. .. lO Diamond Hams. TIEBCES DAVIS' DIAMOND HAMS, jaet received and for sale by^ May 31 4 JOHN AONKW A SON. Colnmbia Lodge, Ho. 106, A. F. M. ja AN Extra Communication of this LodKo will be held THIS EVENING, in Masonic Ball, at 8 o'clock. The /^^\E. A. Degree will be conferred. By order of the W. M. Ma; 21 1 L. CARR, Secretary. HO WEZ, HYATT & CO., Wholesale Dealers in Boots and Shoes, mOim NOS. 90, 92 and 91 Grand street, a few f f i doors West of Broadway. New York. Alt ' M?rders attended to faithfully and with despatch. W. Z McGHEE, of South- Caro? lina, ia connected with this houae. May 21 tlmo Notice, OFFICE BOARD OF HEALTH, Columbia, May 20 1873. 11.HE oitizons At Columbia are hereby noti . tied that on and after MONDAY next, the Board of Health will visit and make a rigid inspection of each and every premises in the different Wards of the city. By order of the Board. TBOS. P. WALKER, May 21 4_Acting Clerk. Meal! Meall FRESH BOLTED CORN MEAL, Juat re? ceived aud f r eale at One Dollar per Bushel, by JOI1N AGNEW A SON. May 20_6__ Table Claret, A VERY choice article of TABLE CLARET, i\_ at a low price, will be on draught, on WEDNESDAY. Parties having engaged, and those wishing to get, will pleaso Bend in their orders promptly. H. M. OIBSON. ? _May 20 -_2_ Self-Sealing Glass and Earthen Jars, FOP. PRESERVING FBUIT3 and VEGE? TABLES, of the most Improved kinds, at Factory prices, at May 18 3 STANLEY'S OR IN k HAUL. Wanted. 2i^\(T%Ci CORDSOAK WOOD.deUveyed ?\J\J\J at any point on the Charlotte. Columbia an4 August a Railroad. Inquire of O. HAMBERG, May 16 G _At Charlotte Depot. Sweet Potatoes. S)K BUSHELS YAM POTATOES, in line <J?J order. For aale by May 10 'HOPE A OYLES. Wanted, 1 fin T0Na 0ABT TR0N. ?t GOLDSMITH 1UU? KIND'S Foundry, for which the higheat market price will be paid. May 8,1m 100 Western Hay. BALES TIMOTHY HAY, for sale low for cash. HOPE & GYLES. TO PLANTERS. . pr f\f\ DIXON STEEL COTTON SWEEPS. O\J\J 100 Twiatera and Shovels. 10 Dow-Law Cotton Pianlera, from factory. 100 pair Trace Ohaina. 40 dozen Plow Hames. Which wo offer at popular prices. Apr 25_L?RICK A LOWBANOE. May Butter. CHOICE MAY BUTTEB, just received and for sale, by JOHN aUNEW A BON.