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? 9 ? 9 . . ? , rort^n AfTalr?. Pajus, June 5.? Princa Jerouie Napo? leon has arrived here... His presence causes maoh agitation, in. the lobbios of the National Assembly. Lisbon, Jane 5.?The steamship Cor dillera, from Bio Janeiro, May 17, ar? rived this evening. The yellow fever has entirely disappeared from Bio Ja? neiro and the cities on tho Bio De La Platta. The number of cases in Babaia were also 4?ily growing less.' The insurrection in the.province of Eatre Rivo, Argentine Republic, conti? nues, notwithstanding the vigorous ef? forts Of the Government to crush it. London, Juno 6.?Tho private secre? tary of Emperor Napoleon authorita? tively denies the authenticity of Eugenie'b cppeal io the French people iu favor of the Prince Imperial, published in the Pall Mall Gazelle. The officers of the Spanish army are preparing to pronounce against the re? public, and to summon the old Cortes to re aseomble iu Paris. Paris, June G.?The first reception of President MaoMahou took place this, evening, aud was a brilliant affair. All the members of the Diplomatie Corps, with the exception of Count Von Arnim, the German Ambassador, were present. There was else an attendance of minis? ters, all the Conservative Deputies in the Assembly'i some members of the Left Centre, the Orleans Princes, a number of Generals aud Admirals, other officers Of the. army and navy, and editors of Conservative journals. -BaTONNB, June 6.?The Carliats, under Care of Santa Cruz, captured Iran. They killed some twenty-seven, who, they al? lege, fired on the Carliats, while the vic? tims bore a white flag. Pabis, Jane 6.?Dnke do Broglie, Mi? nister of Foreign Affairs, has addressed a circular to the representatives I "of France abroad, declaring that the differ? ence between the majority of Deputies In tbo Assembly and M. Thiers was hot bn his foreign, but his domestic policy; the fate Cabinet not offering guarantees against revolution in the couutry. The polioy of the new Government, he con? tinues, will be moderate at home and . pacific abroad. All attempts at revolu? tion will be vigorously opposed, without attacking existing institutions. Oabstbadt, June 6.-^-Prince Adelbert, poasin to Emperor Wilhelm, is dead. London, June 6.?A special -despatch from Boston to the London JVetos says Emperor William is in a serious state, and his physicians have advised him not to undertake his contemplated journey to Vienna. The Hague, June 0.?Archbishop Sohaepman, of Utrecht, is bad off. Hornburg, Juue 6.?The dowager of Frederick William III of Prussia, is dead. ? merltan Mutten, Charleston. June6.--Arrived- Steam? ship Mercedita, Boston. ftr. Louis, June 4.?Joseph H. Fore, I who shot aud killed Munson Beach, his brother-in-law, iu August, 1871, and was tried and acquitted, on the ground of emotional insanity, returned hero from Natohez on Monday lost, aud thin after? noon made a murderous assault upon his wife. He accosted her on the street, urging her to iive with him again, which ehe refused to do, until he would stop drinking. After following her some dis? tance, ho again approaohod her, and asked her to shake hands with him as a final farewell. She extended her hand, when be seized it, drew her towards him, pulled a hatchet from, underneath hie clothing, and dealt her three heavy blows on the head. She fell senseless on the pavement. The murderer ran, bat was captured after a short chase. A sur? gical examination revealed three severe gashes on Mrs. Fore's head., one of whioh would doubtless have proved fatal . bat for the thick mass of hair whioh ehe wore. Sue lies in a critioal condition, but may recover. Suffolk, Va., Jane 4.?Jim Brown was-re-arrested last night by Robert R. Smith and Dr. Cropper, of Suffolk, and lodged in jail. He has made a fall con? fession. He says when the family.left for Sunday school he entered the room With a piece of wood in his hand, aud said to Mrs. Jones, "I want money," and with the words felled her to the floor. Mrs. Dozier oried out, "Jim, please don't hit,nie." II? immediately struck her, and continued to strike her until she was dead. He says he had no accomplice, bnt it is now believed that he had. He declares he did the murdor with a lightwood stick, and then pat it in the fire aud burnt it. The stick found was white-oak, and white-oak bark was found in the head of Mrs. Dozier. The jail is strongly guarded to prevent an en? raged publio from lynching him. Austin, Jane 5.?A special says the Legislature adjourned yesterday. The House being four-fifths Democratic and a Conservative majority in the Senate, all the purely Republican measures of the last Legislature have been repealed, notwithstanding the energetic vetoes of the Governor. The Legislature posi? tively refused tp ratify tho Aot of the last Legislature giving a subsidy. of $10,000 per mile on 0,000 miles of the International Railroad. Oregon Militia Headquarters, Lost Rivun Strings, via Ashland, Juno 6.? To Gov. Groves: The Modoo "wer was ended by the Oregon volunteers, at 12 , o'clock, last night, after a hard c??i?h of three days and nights, of the forces under my command. Tho last warrior belonging to Captain Jaok's band has been brought into camp. The captured number five mon, four women and three ohiidrcn. The notorious Black Jim is one of the number. 1 will maroh my command to Linkville to day, aud place the warriors iu irons, to await your Ex? cellency's orders. JOHN E. ROSS, Brig. Gen. Commanding O. S. M. Tho Governor replied as follows: Salem, June 5.?To Gen. John E. Ross, Llnkville: If yon have any of the Lost Ri^er murderers,- etaudipg in. ioted in the Oirouit Court of Jackson County, deliver them 'into the custody of the Sheriff of said Couuty. Deliver all other captives to the commanding officer of the United States forces in Luko Ba? sin. Retnrn the volunteers and muster them out. Assaro your officers and men of my highest appreciation of their bril? liant oooduct. In behalf of tho State, I congratulate yon on your success. L. F. QROVES, Governor of Oregon. New Yopk, June 6.?A special to the World, dated London, says the Govnrn ment has decided to authorize tho Bank ot England to increase its oirculatiou ?6,000,000, under restrictions not yet determined. Leet, Stocking & Co., who had u mo? nopoly of the general order business, have dissolved. Among the successful candidates for admission to West Point, are Flippen and Frederick, of Georgia; Peun and Gatewood, of Virginia: Glenn, White worth and Kir bey, of North Carolina; Haydon, of Texas; Hill, of Mississippi; Stern, of Alabama; Walker, of Florida. Havana, June 6.?Spanish telegrams say that an encounter has taken place in Bears ja Mountain, in which seventy-four insurgents were killed. The Spanish loss was nineteeu killed and forty-two .wounded. raleigh, June 6.?A large orowd had assembled, and Griffioe aud Mordecai were dressed for the soaffold, when a commutation to life imprisonment came. Matamoras, Juno 6.?The complete defeat of Lesada is announced. Albany, June G.?The presiding of? ficers of tho Legislature refuse to Gigo tbo annual supply bill, bolieving that jobs were inserted after the bill left the Committee of Conference. Washington, Juue 6 ?The President is gone. The following is an important deoision by. the Secretary of the Treasury, with reference to claims for cotton seized arter. June 30, 1865. The law directing the Secretary of tbe Treasury to pay the ?net prooeeds of cotton unlawfully seized after June 30, 1865, was approved May 18, 1872, and required that all petitions should be filed within six months there? after, or on or before November 18,1872. Many petitions which had been duly signed, sworn to aud placed in the mail before November 18, did not > reach Washington nutil after that date.' They were, however, sunt to the Scorotary if the Treasury, and recorded as of tbe date when received. In reply to. an inquiry and argument of the point involved, whether iu two important cases so filed the petition would be regarded ?ih filed in time, the Secretary has given the fol? lowing decision: Trbeasury Detartment, Washing? ton, D. O., June 4, 1873.?7b J. Madi? son Cutis, Esq., Attorney of L. D. Hender? son el al., Washington, D. C.?Sir: I have received your letter of May 21th, alt., requesting to be informed whether the claims of L. D. Henderson and Lacy A. Hopkins, filed by yon as attorney, on the 22d day of November, 1872, undor 1 thejprovisions of the Act of May 16,1872, will be considered as filed within the time limited therein, viz: within six months after ? tbe passage of the Act. In answer, I would say tbat, after a care? ful consideration of the subjeot, and of the matters suggested in yonr letter, I am of the opinion that no petition or 'claim, nnder the Act, whioh wob not re? ceived in the Treasury Department on or before the 18th day of November, 1872, cau bo regarded as having been filed within six months after the passage of the Act, and that any snob claim re? ceived in the Department, after Novem? ber 18, cannot be considered by the Secretary of the Treasury. Respectfully, WM. A. RICHARDSON, Secretary of the Treasury. It is the opinion of tbe best informed lawyers here that tbe time for filing peti? tions, both in ootton casos, before the Secretary, and for stores and supplies, before the Commissioners of Southern Claims, will undoubtedly beextended by the next Congress. Tho above decision furnishes a strong argument in favor of snoh extension in the cottou cases, as the six months given by tho statute was manifestly too short a time to enable Southern claimants, exercising all dili? gence and despatch, to file their peti? tions. It is to bo observed that tho Southern Olsiss Ccram'BKion did re-1 ceivo petitions whioh reaobed them after Maroh 3, 1873; provided, they hud been mailed, signed and sworn to before that date whereon the time for filing petitions before them expired. Bat their decisions aro not final, bat are reported to Con? gress. The Secretary being authorized to pay money on his own decision, has decided to follow the more rigid con? struction of the statute His decision is not adverse to tho interests of ootton claimants, Biuce it will involvo aud al? most compel tho farther legislation whioh will be sought. New York, Jnno 6.?Wall Btreet and trade generally extremely dull. Money invested with difficulty; four 1b tho cur? rent rate. Little mercantile paper milk? ing; wanted at seven. No tidings from tho missing stonmcr Cromwell. A committee oi Assistant Aldermen have beon appointed to receive Orr's re? mains. The Sanitary Burean is taking pre? cautions against tho apprehended advent of cholera. j Recorder sentenced a highwayman to twenty years. St. Louis, June 6.?Operations on the Atlantio and Pacific Road are hampered by a strike of the brakosmon. I Washington, June 6.?Probabilities? For the South Atlantio and Galf States and Tennessee, partly cloudy weather and areas of light rain. Tho Polaris people brought here by the Frolio are virtually prisoners nntil Robeson finds out all about them. Jour? nalists are excluded. Tom Wright, of North Carolina, was hanged to-day for murdering a peddler. Baltiaious, June 6.?Iu the United States Circuit Court? this morning, the jury.in the case of Eliz vM. Goss against the New York Mutual Iuwurance Com? pany, to recover a $5,000 life policy, is Bued by dufendant ou the life of plain* tiff's busbaud, returued ?i verdict for the full amount for tho" plaintiff' It was al? leged that W. T. Goas, the husband ol plaintiff, was burned to death" iq his work-shop, near this eityk iu February, 1872, while experimenting to hnd u sub? stitute for India rubber. At the time, tho shop was entirely oon*unied, aud the body of the man tukeu 'from the wt ek, with his limbs and fVoe burnt cff, but chest and head preserved. Go-s had policies ou his life iu the New York Mu? tual Insurance, for 85,000, issued in 1868: in tho Continental Liifp Insurance, for $5,000; lo the Knickerbocker, for $5,000, aud in the Travelers' Iuturanee Company, for $10,000. Payment was refused, ou the ground that the death of Goss had not been proved; that the' bodv found after the ?re, so mutilated, cc .1 not be recognized; that it was not tho body oi Gobs, and there was reason to suppose fraud. Suit was then brought against the Mutual Life Insurance Com? pany, as a test case, and a vordict ren? dered as above. The easy was-ou trial for eight days, before Judge Bond. The plaintiff and defendant were represented by the ablest counsel, aud the other com? panies had counsel present during the trial. A number of medical aud dental expertsw-.ro examined as witnesses. A motion for a new trial was entered. Financial and emnnurcla!. London, Juno 6. ?Noon.?Consols 92. 5s b0)'4. Weather favors crops. 1'ahh, June 6.?Rentes closed at 57f. Speoie increased 2.750,000 francs. Liverpool, June ??3 P. M.?Cotton opened quiet and is now dull and un? changed?uplands 8J-?; Orleans 9>?; sales to-day 10,000 baleB; of the week 11,000; export .5,000; Bpcoalation 3,000; stock 831,000, whereof American is 3G3,000; receipts 53,000, whereof American. iB 22,000; actuul export 7,000; from Savan? nah and Charleston, June delivery, 8 13 16; August and September 9; from New Orleans, June delivery, 3 13 16; stock ofloat 600,0'JO, whereof American is 211,000. Liverpool, June 6?Evening.?Cotton closed dull; Boles of American 6,000 bales; from Savaunah aud Charleston, June delivery, July and August de livery, 8%\ from New Orleans, May shipments, June delivery, 8 1516; August and September delivery, 8 1-16. New York, June G?Noon.?Cotton quiet; sales 839 bales?uplands 19; Or? leans 19%; futures opeued as follows: June 18^; July 19 1 16?19J?; August 19 3 lG(c?.19>?; September 18. Flour dull. Wheat quiet and unchanged. Coru quiet and steady. Pork quiet and firmly held?new mess 16 5Q@i0 62J.j. Lard quiet and weak?Western bteatn 8~B. Freights firm. Stocks dull but stcauy. Gold steady, at 13. Money easy, at 5@6. Exchange?long 9; ?bort 10 Governments quiet. State bonds dull but steady. 7 P. M.?Cotton?net receipts ?161 bales; gross 1,649; sales for export, to? day, 4%; Bales of futures 10,600; market closed as follows: Juue 18??, 18 11-10; July 19 1-16, 19l?; AuRUst 19t8', 19?4'; September 18,'i; Ojtober 17 9-lti, 17 11-16. Cotton quiet aud steady; sales 1,913; prices onohanged. Flour dull aud declining?common to fair extra 6 20@7.90; good to choice 7.95(^11.00. Whibkey easier, at 9IJ4. Wheat lc. bet? ter und holders le98 anxious?winter red Weitern 1.70. Cora l(a2c. better aud activer; speculation fair; export demand declining; freights has a favorable effect ?yellow Western 63@6i. Rice ? q?iet. Pork quiet and a shade ?riner. Lard steady. FreightB quiet aud easier. Money firm, at G. Sterling S78'(Z<.9.l? Gold IS,1!}. Governments higher. States dull. Comparative ootton statement?Net re? ceipts at all United States ports during the week 25,310 bales; same week last year 10,321; total to date 3,123,935; to samo date last year 2,660,041. Exports for tbo week 41,190; same week last year 10,004; totul to date 2,302,005; same date lust year 1,SGI,422. Stock at all Uuited States ports 270.8GG; last year 179,194; at all interior towns, le.is riolrua, 54,639; last year 20,008; at Liver? pool 834.0U0; last year 012,000. Ameri? can ofloat for Great Britain 211,000; hut year 87.000. Cincinnati, June G.?Flour dull, at 7.25@7.75. Corn quiet, at 47. Provi? sions quiet. Pork nominally iG.50(</' 16.75; light offerings. Lard dull; uo offerings. Bacon iu fair demand and steady, at 7 ,'4 for shoulders; 0^@9.}-a for sides. Wniskey steady, at 83. Lochyillij, June G.?F:oar un? changed. Corn unobanged. Provisions quiet. Pork 16.00. Bacon?7;^ for Bhouldera; 9;'a' for clear rib; 9% for clear sides, packed. Lard?tierco 10)?; keg 8/2? Whiskey quiet. Moiiile, June 0.?Cottou quiet and firm?good ordinary 15,'^; low middling 16j?4'; middling 17%j net receipts 94; exports coastwise 106; sales 300; stock 21,425; weekly net receipts 1,270; ex? ports to Great Britain 931; to the conti? nent 3,415; coastwise 1,033; Kalos 3,200. New Orleans. June 6.?Cotton easier ?low middling l?^'C^l?^; middling 18,'?; net rooeipts 1,030; gross 1,030; ex? ports to Great Britain 0,441; coastwise 22; sales 1,200; last evening 800; stock 76,215; weekly net receipts 8,579; groos 8,970; exports to Grout Britain 13,998; to tho continent 5,339; coastwise 9,391; saleB 10,500. Galveston, Juno 6.?Cotton steady? good ordinary 14j4(V^14J.i; net receipts 77 bales; sales 200; stock 34,073; weekly net receipts 1,397; exports to Great Bri? tain 1,474; coaBtwise 507; sales 3,300. Boston, Jane 6.?Cottou quiet?mid? dling 19,3^; net receipts 659 bales; gross 2,457; sales 200; stock 11,000; weekly net receipts 735; gross 3,029; exports to Great Britain 48; Bales 1,275. Wilmington, June 6.?Cotton quiet? middling IS; net reoeipts 10 bales; ex? ports coastwise IS; sales 143; stock 2,962; w?wkly net r?ceiiitb02; exports coastwise 6,54; talcs 235. Memphis, Jana 6 ?Cotton qniet?low middling 17}^; receipts 183 bales; ship? ments 41-4; stuck 23,486; weikly reoeipts 1,840; shipments 4.329; sales 4,000. Charleston, June 6.?Cotton quiet? middling 18; low middling 17^', good ordinary 16*4; net receipts 304 bales; sales 400; stock 12,407; weekly net re? ceipts 1,632; gross 1,704; exports, to Great Britain 2,930; to oontiuent 2,253; coastwise 1,718; sales 1,750. Galveston, June G ?Cotton steady? good ordinary 14,,4@14^.,'; net receipts 127 bales; sales 1,000; stock 34,596. Philadelphia, June 6.?Cotton quiet ?middling 193-j I weekly net receipts 225 bales; gross 1,813. Columbus, June 6.?Cotton quiet? low middling 1C; weekly receipts 183 hales; shipments 847; sales 817; stock 4,172. City Point, June 6 ?Cotton?weekly uet receipts 183 lak>s. Providence, June 6 ?Cotton?weekly receipts 86 bales; pales 3,000; stock2,000. Savannah, Jane 6.?Cotton dull aud heavy?middling 18%; low middling 17?b; good ordinary 15 j^; net receipts 1,147 bale**; exports coastwise 1,183; sales 32; stock 12,592; weekly net re? ceipts 4,190; exports to Great Britain, 4,255; coastwise 4.837; sales 158. Montgomery, June G.?Cotton de? mand good for better grades?low mid? dling 16; weekly reoeipts 54 bales; ship? ments 597; stock 3,608. Norfolk. June 0.?Cotton firm?low middling 17.%; net receipts 571 bales; exports coastwise 417; sales 150; stock 7,087; weekly net receipts 8,517; ex? ports coastwise 4,187: sales 1,065. Baltimore, Juue 6.?Cotton quiet? middling 19; exports coastwise 61 bales; sales 95; stock 4,273; weekly groBS re? ceipts 304; exports coastwise 763; rales 1,271. Augusta, June 6 ?Cotton firm for good grade!-; others nominal?middling 17;,<; receipts 95 bales; shipments 144; stock, in 1872 4,587; in 1873, 7,059; weekly receipts 622; shipments 1,049; siles 1,279; taken by mills 54. Nashville, June 6.?Cotton qniet? low middling 16; weekly receipts 406 bales; shipments 1,032; stock in 1872 2,057; in 1873, 9,417. Surrender of Captain Jack.?Tho bold Indian chief who has given tbe Go? vernment so much trouble of late, has at last succumbed to superior force, and surrendered. Captain Jack and the greater part of bis Modoo band are no longer on the war path. Thus the Mb doo rt bei lion is squelched. It was at first a sorrily managed, 'bungling j >b. The effort* of Canby and Gillem were only attended by loss of life aud signal t'aiiure. But tbo uew General, Davis, seems to hare acted with great firmness and resolution, uud success at last crowned hU exertions. The question now is, what will be done with the cap? tured Modocs? Will they be turned loose, with all their lawless habits, upon the border to coalesce with other discon? certed savages, to the torror aud injury of the settlers? And yet to elay them, after surrender, would horrify the world. To deport thpm, would offend also against a sentiment in tho country which holds up holy hands at the "wrongs of tbe poor Indian." What will Grant do with Mb red elephant? What id to be the fate of Captain Jack? [ Wilmington Star. The shocking disuster at Dixoc, III., where so many lives were lcsl by the breaking down of a britlge under the weight of a crowd of people who had assembled to witness tho ceremony of baptism, was eagerly seized upon by many seculur newspapers to confite tho doctrine of special judgments maintained by the class of religious journals who proic-ssed to see iu the burning of Chi? cago a providential visitation, conse? quent upon the extreme wickedness of that city. Tbe Pittsburg Vniteil Presby? terian, however, refuses to view tho sub? ject in thia light, but, on tho contrary, labors to show that the Dircn tragedy , was a striking ini-tanco ci swift judg ] meut upon an open profanation of the Sabbath. In order to do this, it makes : tho rather bold assumption that the peo? ple on the bridge were not there to wor I ship or witness tho religious rite, but to observe a spectacle, and therefore they j were cot remembering the tl.?y to keep it j holy. I Soothe-/ tells of a Spanish nuu who i escaped from a long confinement iu a I convent, and tbe first thing she inquired for was u lookiug-glasc. Sue \va3 put in tbo convent whon five years old, aud did not look iu a mirror from the time of her entrance until tho time of her escape. Her desiro to see how she looked by consulting a gla^s was natural and cer? tainly very pardoncble. After the colli a had been placed iu tbe ; hearse, a Troy undertaker climbed in to put a pall over it. The driver, not I noticing the undertaker's position, closed the door. As it could not be opened from tho inside, the unfortunate dealer in coffins was obliged to remain ou the coffin until the arrival at the burial gronnd. A little more than a week ago, some demented uowspaper correspondent in Danville, N. H., divulged tho fact that no insurance agent had ever visited that peaceful town, and now no oitizsn can tuko a walk without bending a proces? sion of them. Too nowspapcr editors of Iowa aro compelled to forego their projected ex? cursion on account of the refusal of East tern railway companies to give them free passes; nnu if tins be not onrtailing the liberty of the press, they would like to know what is. Tho young ladies of Louisiaua, Pike County, havo a gymuastio and calisthe uio club, and perform all the boyish ath? letic feats, trapeze performance-? and somersaults. "No gentlemen or men ad? mitted." Tho Beecher scandal is stirring tho society of Brooklyn and New York to its eery depths. Loud culls are made upon Mr. Beecher to explain. Pablio senti? ment seems to demand it, as the names of some of the most prominent ladies in his congregation are involved. Few will not regret tbe faot if it is trno. It is not ofteu that the public is called upon to witness the agonies of such a spirit and tbo degradation of such a mind. It is to be hoped that tbo eloquent orator may explain tbe mystery that now en? velopes, and darkens his character. So? ciety may well tremble at tbe prospect of driving such an intellect to despair; but if it must come, let it come at once. Mr. Beecher caonot longer remain silent. The report is current in New York that Beecher never preaches in Ply south Church without there being at least twenty of his mistresses in the congrega? tion?members'of his nook. And to one of these, a name is openly given. Sbo is Elizabeth Tilton, tbe wife of lie v. Theodore Tilton, a celebrated editor, literary man and new-fangled notion dis? ciple?and a bosom friend of Beecher. The lady is beautiful, pious and intense? ly cultivated. AooOrding ?0 the new school of Woodholl aud Tilton, this sort of thing is all right. But, nevertheless, Mr. Tilton takes it badly?so mnoh so that when he found out the tricks hie wife and old Beecher were playing, he behaved dreadfully?abused the pious lady to such a degree that * he miscarried of a child?Bet Cher's. The child being buried, ho repaired to tbe grave at night, armed with the wedding ring which he had torn from bis wife's finger, cast the ring upon the grave, stomped it in, aud waB otherwise very unruly. And then made a covenant with Beecher to look apon it all as a beautiful and Qod ordained thing, and to live with him in holy brotherly love. Aud so it goes. And so far has it gone, that Beecher is at last obliged to apeak. And now the whole thing is to be sifted and aired. ??? Views or the D?ke DkBroglie.?A Paris correspondent of the New York Herald had an interview some time since when Thiers was President of the French republic, with the Duke dc Broglie, the present Secretary of Foreign Affairs, but then only a member of the Assembly, iu which tbe Duke expressed some signifi? cant views considering tbo present crisis. In answer to the interrogatory on the subject of the prorpects for the republic, tbo Duke said: "For tbe present I must say that everything points to at leas1, a temporary continuation of the republic. The coun? try is not ready for a solution of the qicstion, which cm only be decided by passing through a dangerous crisis. And with tbo partial occupation of French soil by foreign troops, this is not to be thought of lor a moment. Besides the country is tired of discussions and wunte to re/jt, aud tue'present Government, re? publican iu name at least, gives it the repose of which it stands in ueed." Rhode Island still keeps up her dis? crimination against foreign-born citi? zens in tbo matter of exercising tbe right of suffrage, and does not permit them to vote unless thoy possess a cer? tain umount of property in the State. A naturalized citizen of North Providence, whoso property is in Massachusetts, pro? poses to test the constitutionality of the property qualification. A gentleman at Andersonville prac? tices medicine, sells coffins and preaches tbo gospel, lie is trying to procure the position of sexton, when he will put up u 9ign that will read: "Persons killed will bo providod with wooden overcoats, preached over and planted with neatness and despatch by the undersigned. Pa? tronize home industry." Having heard that music had charms, a Chicago bailiff undertook to eoothethe snvugo breast of a refractory juror by hiring two carbonari to harp upon their harps at the jury room door. These lyres were no more provocative of har? mony in the jury than had beeu tbe other professional liars in tho court, and the bailiff bud to sit up all night. Mr. Fred. B. Perkins, iu his clever story of "Scrope," published in Old and Netc, tolls a story of a lawyer who never wrote his name in his law books, and whenever he found a law book iu any of bis friends' offices with no name in it be always carried it off as his own. He bad a valuable library at his death. An aspiring young dramatist is trying to construct ?> play, one of tbe incidents vf which is a flook of real sheep rushing down a declivity to tho stage. His dif? ficulty is how to keep them from getting iuto the orchestra, to which thoy would naturally be attracted by the smell of tbe skin of their kin on the drums. Tho ominous Bird who prophesied long ago that Boston would burn up as soon as it bad a fair opportunity, is out with a card since tho last fire to warn tho , city that its doom will be completed yet, unless it discards wooden Mansard roofs I and adopts his "system of largo and I small engines." Tbo Citizens of Mobile remember a crippled mondioant by the name of Nix? on, who wont about tho city on crutches, his legs wrapped with thick coverings, about a year or so sinoe. Some time ago ho disappeared, and now oomes news I that ho died in Orogon leaving a fortune ! of ubout $000,000. A drunken man emulated the famous exploit of Sam Patch, a few days ago, by leaping from tbe bridgo at Passaio Falls into the cataract, some eighty feet below, lie camo out alive, but sober, aud thoroughly frightened at what be bud done. Teaober?"John, you young scape? grace, come here, and I'll pay you back for yoilr impudence to rr.e yesterday." Pnpil?"I have conscientious soruples against taking back pay of that sort." Trial Justice Grant, of Charleston, and his constable have been arrested?tbe one charged with official misconduct and the other trespass. A Notable Locality.?A oorresppnd ent of the Richmond (Va.) Whip, speak? ing of Stratford, in Westmoreland County, in that Stato, says "Light Horse Harry Loo" was born there; so was Gen. ? R. E. Lee. A few miles off was "Chan tiily," where Richard Henry'Lee and Francis Ligbtfoot Leo were born, and only four or five miles away is "Wake field," where Gen. George Washington was born, and a little later, James Madi son first Baw the light of day at "Port Con way," on the Rappahannock; and still a little later, James Monroe was born on Monroe's creek, close by Strat? ford." The Shah of Persia has selected three of bis wives to accompany him cs his visit to Europe. The monogamio Eu? ropean rnlers must put the best face upon the matter they can, but it is awk? ward, nevertheless. "Mrs. Grnndy," says the Telegraph, "need not shudder with terror if she reads in the fashion? able journals that his Majesty, with a wife on each arm and one behind him, has returned the call of the Archbishop of Canterbury." Fire.?Last night, or* rather this morning about 1.4.0 o'clock, the store of Mr. Johnston was entirely destroyed by fire; nothing whatever was saved. His loss is estimated at about Si,500. Mr. MoNinoh, who had an estabjshment ad? joining, estimates his loss and damage at 31,000. Mr. Johnson was inuBred for 8500.?Charlotte Observer, Glh. A Major Colborne backs himself for ?100 to walk fifteen miles in three hours on the Maidstone rood, in England. He is to carry a brick weighing six and a half pounds in eaoh band, so as hot to touch his sides. The bricks are likely to defeat the Major. One of them in an ordinary man's hat will usually induce him to perform, marvelous pedestrian feats. A Kentucky wagoner finds from bis account books that in thirty years' jour? neying over the turnpike between Mays ville and Lexington he paid $26,000 toll, which, as he justly remarks, told heavi? ly bn his business profits. A veteran of Napoleon's Russian cam? paign, who had survived not only the Shocks of battle but the still more shock? ing name of Guggenheimer for eighty eight years, succumbed to the climate of Boston lost week. Tho Pall Mall Gazette says good-na tnredly: "The Amerioans seem to be hard at work reconstructing their navy, though it is difficult to imagine why they should take 60 mach trouble when future differences can be so easily adjusted by arbitration." Patience Reeves, colored, of Camden, drank too mach, went to bed with a lighted candle near by and was fatally burned. Monday night; the house was with difficulty saved. To remove grease spots from woolen clothes make a thin paste of flour and water, and lay it on the famished place; let it remain till dry, then brush it off with a stiff brush. A good-looking female doctor has set? tled in Charlotte, Mich., and every man in town is taking pills by the quart?at ten cents per pill. Death op an Old Citizen.?Mr. Wm. Glover, one of the oldest oitizens of Augusta, died last Wednesday night, at tho age of eighty years. Pa-son Brownlow says that better men than* Ben. Butler have been hanged. And better preachers than the parson have been maligned. Ten hogsheads of lemonade and three founts of soda water were consumed at a temperance pio-nio in Savannah. Liberal.?A Philadelphia paper is willing that nature should take its course. It generally does. Potatoes. 5BBLS. FINE NEW POTATOES just re? ceived, which I am soiling LOW, to close uut. J. D. BATEMAN, Juno 7 ! _ At tho Columbia Ice House. 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