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Paris, July 7. ?The train bearing tbe
Bhah of rersia aud ?ue entered Pusr?j
station at 6 30 this morning) where tbe
distinguished visitor was received by'
President MaoMahon and Duke de Bro
glie. At the Arch of Triumph, the "Shah
was met by the Prefect of the Seine and
municipal councillors. M. Vac Train
made an address of welcome, to which
the Bhah briefly replied. Sia Moj^sty
was then escorted to the Palais bourbon,
where ho was received by M. Buffet, Pre?
sident of the Assembly. Tbe crowds of
spectators were immense, and tbe Shah
had a warm popular, reception.
Bayonne, July 8.?Don Carlos has or?
dered tbo arrest of the Cure of Santa
Oruz. ?
Paris, July 8.?In the duel between
M. Rano, Communist, and DcCaasaiguao,
the famous duelist and editor, both were
wounded?Oassaigoao seriously.
London, July 8.?E'guteeu Norwe?
gians, belougiug to the German Arotio
Navigation Company's service, who were
lost on Spitzenbergen, were found dead
by the party whioh went to their relief.
OnAKiiESTON.July 8.?Arrived?Steam?
ship Ashland, Philadelphia; barque Filie
de l'Air, Liverpool.
Hartford. July 8.?Sixty-two defend?
ants iu the Credit Mobilier suits have
entered personal appearances iu the
United Statas Distriot Court before Judge
Shipman. They moved that the bill be
dismissed, as regards them, on the
ground of want of jurisdiction of the
court?the defendants residing in tho
Southern Distriot of New York. The
motion to dismiss will be argued at the
September term of the oourt. Eighty
seven, other defendants appeared by
counsel.
Jacksonville, III , July 8.?12}?
inches of water full between 12 aud ?
o'olook this momiDg. Bridges were
swept. Great damage to crops. Many
bridges and culverts wero washed. Spring
wheat is flat on tbe ground. Winter
wheat, whioh was being harvested, is
sprouting in the flooded low lands and
damaged on tho high lands.
Baltimore; July- ~8 ?Two cbildreu,
aged four and nine years, were drowned
while bathing.
New Yo?k, Jaly.S.^-rTbe Herald spe
cial anuonnoes the perfect.health of Sir
Samuel and Lady Baker.
Cincinnati, July 8.?There has been a
heavy rain throughout the region of the
recent Btorms, covering a portion of
Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, aud further
West. Crop reports are gloomy.
Atohison, Kansas, July 8.?Tbe Mis?
souri River is higher thau ever before
. known.
Nashville, July 8.?Seven cholera
deaths on Sunday. None Monday.
At. the Dexter Park, Sensation won
the $4,000 stake; American Girl won
the first heat?time 2 29, 2.26.^, 2 25 ?4',
2.28.
New York, July 8.?The agent of the
? Inmau liue telegraphed the agents at
Halifax to do everything possible, re?
gardless of expense, for the passengers
of the wrooked steamer Washington.
The baggage and spare stores were safely
landed with tbe passengers aud crew.
She carried no mail.
Walworth is still in the Tombs, but it
is thought he will be removed to Sing
Sing to day.
Philadelphia, July 8.?David Brown
died at the hospital, this morning, from
a gun-shot wound inflicted by Durham
Wilson,' a few hours previoas. Both
men are. colored. The difficulty arose
from the jealousy of Wilson at Brown's
attention to his wife. Wilson escaped.
Lb?isviLLE, July 8.?Tbe third draw?
ing of the Kentucky. Library Lottery
commenced at 9 o'clock, this morning.
It wa-i announced that all the tickets had
been sold.
Boston, July 8.?Theamali sloop Ma?
rietta! was found oapeized. Four were
drowned. ? -
Halifax, July 8.?Details of the
wreok of the City of Washington: She
left Liverpool 24sh Jona; saw neither
ami or stars during the .passage; impos?
sible to mako observations; when she
struck, Saturday, P. M., objects could
not be seen three yards ahead; she was
going nine knots when stranded; perfect
oider prevailed; 28 cabin and 481 steer?
age passengers were safely lauded by tbo
ship's boats and small craft, attracted by
tho steamer's guns; sea calm; distance to
mainland half a mile; vessel's escape
from total destruction, with all on board,
Providential.
New York, July 8.?Iu Southern
bonds, the only transaction at the
Board was tho sale of 3500 of old Ten
nessoes, at 80>?. Inquiry for the bonds
of old railroads and lines recently com?
pleted, or about to be, aud which pro?
mise a profitable business. Old bouds
are firmly hold at high prices.
Cincinnati, July 8.?The following ac?
counts of damages to crops and buildings
aud estimated losses by the recent rains
have been reoeived here: In Ohio,
through Fayetto County, the wheat and
corn havo been seriously damaged, many
trees uprooted and one barn demolished;
loss estimated at $3,000, outside of crops.
In Washington County, crops were con?
siderably beaten down, aud the extent of
the loss cauuot bo made, reports not be?
ing sufficiently fuH. Iu Bollmout County,
several acres of timber were destroyed;
for miles around, nearly all the feuces
were blown down, admitting stock into
tho green fields; wheat and corn were
also flattened out. In Morrow County,
in tho vioinity of Cardington, on Thurs?
day and Friday, the storm leveled fences,
aud many valuable orohards were rained.
Iu Franklin County, the loss is estimated
at from 850,000 to 8100,000. The bot?
tom lands wero covered wfth water, de?
stroying the crops. Part of tho canal in
the town of Winchester is under water,
compelling some of tho firms to stop bu?
siness. Iu the Southern portion of Liok
iug County, crops of all kinds are badly
damaged. The Nawark,. Somerset aud
Slrasville Road suffered severely; twen-1
tj-flv? wilts of track were wasted
oni,"' nuvj BcTriral bridges destroyed.
Iu Clio ton Oonnty, the grain iu shook
and that standing iu the field wire alike
.prostxiJedij?sk'og <t neoessary to raise
the greater portion of it by hand. In
tho Southern portion of Greene County,
tbe wheat crop* have suffered; the esti?
mated lose is from 15 to 20 per cent. In
Other portions of the County, the loss is
considerably lighter. The weather is
still showery, and unless it clears up
soon, the ?heat crop, which is dead
ripe, will be greatly injured. In Mus
kingum County, Z ineaville, Washington,
Perry, Wayne and Kuox townships suf?
fered grca| lose; the damage to growing
crops is not le*B than $10,000; besides
heavy loss of timber. In the Southern
part of Butter County, the rain did da?
mage to the crops; a largo lot of tim?
ber was also blown down. Iu
Starke Couity, the damage was great.
In Union Gounty, tho wheat crop was
damaged throughout, especially along
oreeks, whero whole fields wero de?
stroyed. Iu Packiway County, the
crops destroyed and washed away up
proximate SiOO.000. To this may bo
added Brown County, noir Oirclcville,
$25,000. In Athens "County, at Nelsou
ville, Hooking River overflowed, iuuudat
ing the lower part of the town. A large
number of families were compelled to
leave their houses and contents, and fly
fof life, so sadden and unexpected did
the flood come. Crops iu bottom lauds
are a total loss. .The dauiago to the
crops, it is estimated, will reach 810,000.
A great number of -families, living along
the river in the vicinity of Athens, were
compelled to move to higher grouud.
The Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad
track was covered with wuter too deep to
allow the passage of trains. Iu Fairfield
County, the loss of public and private
Sroperty is estimated at over $500,000.
[any low farms were ?wept of every?
thing but buildings. The Uockiug
Canal cannot be repaired, having fifteen
large breaks within a distance of twenty
five miles. The Bremen Canal is six
feet nuder water. Ou the morning of
the 4th instant, four bridges on the Cin?
cinnati and Mcskiugum nud Cincinnati
and Hooking Valley Riilroada were
wrecked. The Hocking Canal nud -iver
were made one by the numerous breaks
in the North rant part of Indiana.
Severe losses are reported in Union
County. Crops are damaged ten to
fifteen per cent, iu Ripley County; wheat
suffered badly. Iu Decatur County, the
wheat will yield but one-fourth of a crop.
In Shelby County, two thirds of the
wheat is lost. In Dearborn Couuty, the
loss of orops will bo far up in the thou?
sands; the Hunvi report comes from Fay
ette County. Corn will yield throe
fourths of u crop.
Washington, July S.?A despatch re?
ceived at the State Department from
Hon. Daniel ?. Sickles, United States
Minister to Spain, encloses additional
customs regulations promulgated by tho
Spanish Government for the peninsula.
The decree is dated Juue 5; aud will be
enforaed against all vessels coming from
the Atlantic ports of the United States
after the expiration of three months after
the date of publication; and four mouths
after that date for all vessels coming
from the Paci?o ports. Minister Sickles,
in his despatch, says it is observed that
this decree, although containing provi?
sions tending to embarrass the legitimate
commerce of the ports of the peninsula,
recognizes and admits the several princi?
ples contended for in my correspondence
with this Government concerning the
relations of Cuba. Gnly one manifest is
required instead of three. If the mani?
fest agree with the bill of lading, tho
fine incurred for the only infraction of
the regulation in describing a consign?
ment is imposed ou the consignees of
goods, and not on the vessel; and Spa?
nish consuls are prohibited from certi?
fying manifests whioh are not properly
made out. They are besides required
to note a mistake aud amendments, aud
to report to tbo custom authorities of
the port to whsch the vessel is bound all
manifests they certify.
Probabilities?Go Wednesday, for the
Gulf States, South-west aud North-west
winds, with local rains on the Eislern
Gulf and Florida ooasts. For tho South
Atlantic States, South-west winds,
cloudy weather aud occasional rain, fol?
lowed iu the afternoon by North-west
winds and clearing weather. For the
Middle States, continuing rain duriug
Tuesday night, followed by North-west
winds and clear weather for Wednesday.
Cincinnati, July 8.?No oholera deaths
since 3 o'clock, yesterday.
Norfolk, July 8.?Put in for repairs
tho steamer Gulf Stream, from Balti?
more for New Orleans. Tho Gulf
Stream collided, eatly this morning, off
the mouth of the Potomac, with an un?
known steamer. Tho latter lost her
bowsprit and jib. The steamer lost part
of her boom and had tho chains of the
fore-top inast and fore-rigging carried
away.
Louisville, Jaly 8.?Iu tho lottery,
21,7Ci drew =520,000; 10.550.drow S5.00I):
38,743 drew $10,000; 5,630 drew S??.OOU;
20,893 drew $100,000.
financial aud t ommiMclal.
London, July 8?Noon.?Tho weather
is favorable to crops. Consols 92?s(u)
92%. 1040s 00?*.
LrVBBPOOZi, Juiy 8?3 P. M.?Cotton
dull and tending down?uplauds 83|(?>
BJi; Orleans 9@9J?; sales 10,000 bales;
speculation aud export 2,000; Savannah
aud Charleston, August delivery, 8 9-lOj
July delivery, 8}8'.
Liverpool, July 8?Evening.?Cottou
?sales iuoludo 000 American. Yarns
and fabrics quiet and unchanged.
Nitw Youic, July 8-?Noou.?Stocks
dull. Gold very firm, at 15%. Money
easy, at 4t(aS. Exohaugo?long 9; short
10. Governments quiet and firm. State
bonds dull but firm. Cotton dull and
nominal; sales 62 bales?middling 21.
Futures quiet and easy; July 20 7-16?
20}4; August 20?^; Soptomber 18?4'(g>18
13-ld. Fiour dull aud unchanged. Wheat
quiet and heavy. Corn steady. Pork
qniet and firm?new mesa 17.03. Laid
quiet and unchanged. Freights firm.
7 P. M.-?Cotton ?net-receipts 1,078
baton; grosa 2,337; futures olosod quiet;
tales 4,600, as follows: July 20 7-10; Au?
gust 20 1-16(^20^; September 18 9-10;
Ootober 1715 10@ 18; November 1711-16;
December 17%. Cotton dull and no?
minal; sales 503?middliug 21. Flour
quiet. Whiskey iu fair request, at 91] j
(a>92. Wheat closed a trifle firmer. Corn
aotive and a shade firmer. Pork firmer
and unsettled?new 17.25? 17.50. Lard
stronger. Freights steady. Money very
easy, ut 3(n?4 Sterling higher for prime
bankers. Governments quiet uud firmer.
Gold steady. States very quiet; Tennes?
see.} strong.
St. Louis, July 8.?Flour firm, with
limited jobbing domaud. Coro in fair
dem .ud and firm?No. 2 mixed 30. Pork
in fair deniaud aud firm, at 16.25@16.60.
Due on stiff; business restricted by the
high prices asked?shoulders 8}?; olear
rib sides 9?4'(ti>10; clear sides 9'4@9Ja;
generally bold at 10; olear sides neld at
10. Whiskey firm, at 88.
Louisville, July 8.?Fiour iu fa:r
-ibmand and uuohunged. Coru iu good
demand, at 50(<fl58, sacked. Pork 10 50.
Bacon firmer?shoulders 8)4{?>8l?; sides
10??@10l?, Packed. Lird? tierces 9;.<;
keg* 10>?; .-t'am 8,'4\
Norfolk, July 3.?Cottou?estimated
net receipts 500 bulos; stock 4,649.
New Orleans, July 8.?(Jottou de?
mand light?ordinary 12l4; good ordi?
nary 15)?; low middling 17/e! middliug
18;^: net receipts 519 bales; gross 565;
sales 250; last evening 200; stock 46,975.
Philadelphia, July 8.?Cotton quiet
?middliug 21.
Augusta, July 8 ?Cottoo quiet?mid?
dling 18)4; receipts 88 bales; sales 139.
Galveston. July 8 ?Cotton dull and
nominal?good ordinary 15j-4; net re?
ceipts 34 bales; exports coastwise 23;
Bales 50; stock 17,742.
I Mobile, July 8.?Cotton dull?mid?
dling 18>^; not receipts "143 bales; ex?
ports coastwise 150; sales 200; stock
13,744. !
I Wilmington, July 8.?Cotton quiet?
middling 18l?; net receipts 2 bales; sales
23; stock 1,503.
Memphis, July 8.?Cotton firmer and
in good demand?low middliug 17^@
18; receipts 41 bales; shipments 1,021;
stook 12,092.
Charleston, July 8.?Cotton steady?
middling 18^@19; low middling 18.^?
18}i; good ordinary 17; ordinary 14(rct
15; net receipts 319 bales; gross 391;
sales 300; stook 8,437.
Baltimore, July 8.?Cotton dull?
middling 20,'^; gross receipts 92 bales;
exports coastwise S4; sales 215; stock
4,505.
Savannah, July 8.?Cotton dull?
middling 21; net receipts 36 bales; gro >s
129; saies 200; stock 10,000.
Hotel Arrivals, July 8.? Wheeler
House?W A Graham, Augusta; Dr At
kisaon, Atlanta; B H Hand, Charlotte;T
S Clarkson, Charlotte; M F Maloney.
Blackville; Wm E E*rle, Greenville; W
R Cathoart, city; M Lee and daughter,
W A Bradley, Augusta; C D Melton,
city; Wm H Goardeauand lady, Sumter;
M C Mooltou, Texas; J J Lee, Abbe?
ville.
Columbia Hold?C F Shoemaker, Pa;
J D Gardner. Jr, N C; S C Gilbert, Mrs
J Andrews, Charleston; E H Brooks, Ga;
John Agnew, Jr, city; J T Ford, H G
Mazyck, C P Gardner, Charleston; E M
Boy kin, A J Boy kin, Camden; Mrs M E
Rock. Stannton. Va; J H Stelling, 8 O;
John T Keen, N C; J M Soigler, Qi C
R R.
Hendrix Ho ?-?S A Woodruff, N C;
M H Gibson, Fairfield; Rev J J Griffiths,
Aiken; R C Magill, Augusta; Mrs T Sin?
gleton, Maoon; Mrs M Huff, Savannah;
Miss Alioe Lamar, Augusta; W Baily, N
C; E W Washburn, Charleston; RF Wil?
liamson, Darlington; A P Phifer, Va; S
E Caughman, S C; H A Gibson, Fair
field.
Suicide of a Romantic Convict.?The
convict, Henry Austin, alias Montcrief
Waddama, who committed suicide hist
Tuesday, in the penitentiary at Trenton,
is reported to have had n romantic his?
tory. His real namo is said to have been
Wuldams, and he came from a wealthy
North of England family. Ho graduated
at Eaton, aud ho afterwards, in conse?
quence of somo offenco against tho laws,
committed at Leeds, was nrrosted, but
through family infiuooce, he was induced
to leave England. He oamo to this
country, reaching New York in 1862. He
thou commenced a career as bounty
jumper, at which he amassed some 810,
000. Afterwards, he paid a brief visit to
England, and returning to tho United
States, entered upon the avocation of
horso thief, which he successfully carried
00 until June, 1872, when ho was ar?
rested hero with two horses that he had
stolen, and for which ofi'euco he was
serving out a five years' sentence at
Trenton wheu ho took his life. It is
thought that up to tho time of hi^ arrest,
he hud stolen about 100 horses. The
cause that Jed to his suicide waa not with?
out its tingo of romance. Whon ho re?
turned from England, as noted above, he
brought back with him a handsome and
accomplished wife, who faithfully fol?
lowed his evil fortunes. At ono time sho
suffered a six months' imprisonment iu
tho Middlesex County jail, iu this Stato,
for attempting to smuggle iu to him,
1 while he was iu jail, a number of small
j files, saws, Arc, for tho purpose of aiding
him to escape. For all these years sho
has been faithful aud devoted as a wife,
but recently no learned that sho had
ceased to be so. The convict became de?
spondent, uud last Tuesday ended his
career by severing his arteries with a
butcher's knife.
1 \Trenton (N. J.) Sentinel.
The editor of tho San Fraucisco Chro?
nicle, after stating that he has "no desire
j to engage iu n personal controversy,"
proceeds to characterize the editor of a
j rival newspaper as "a drunken and
cowurdly idiot, who disgraces jonrual
I ism."
Thh Fall op Khiva.?There seems to
be no sufficisut reason any longer to
doubt the fall of Khiva. Indued, the
expedition was ao admirably plauned, so
fully equipped aud provided against dis?
aster, that it was scarcely possible in the
nature ?f things that it should not suc?
ceed. No less than five or six columns,
each sufficiently strong to defeat the
forces of the Kban, btarting from as
many different^oints, made success cer?
tain from the beginning. It was scarcely
possible that two or three should not
reach the Amu, aud about the same time.
Each, iu its advance, served as a flank?
ing column for the other, and each pre?
vented co-operative movement on the
part of the> enemy. The Turcomans,
assailed iu all quarters at once, found
themselves under the necessity of pro?
viding each for his own safety, 'either by
timely submission or removal. Too co?
lumns converged, and Khiva, assailed by
vastly superior forces on every 6ide, fell.
Since the capture of Khiva, the Czar, it
is said, has again given England the
most uuequivocal assurance, that so soon
as the Khan is auQloientiy humbled,
Russian occupation of the Khanate shall
cease. Should tho voluntary pledge of
Count Schouvaloff, reiterated now by the
Czar, be kept in good faith, it will iu all
probability prevent Central Asian com?
plications tetweeu Russia und England
for some time to come. Bat it is not in
the nature of things that au aggrasuive
power like Russia should not look for?
ward to tho ultimate ubsorption, not
only of Khiva, but of all the interjacent
territory to tbe upper Oxus and tbe At
treck. The last government map of
Central Asia, prepared by Russian geo?
graphers and made from actual surveys
by Russian officers, carries the Southoru
frontier of Russian Turkestan from the
Caspian Eastward along the Attreck, and
still further East extends the bouudary
along the ridge of the Thian Shan
Mountains, so as to include Khokand.
Russians are already familiar with tbe
idea, tbat all this, if not now an integral
part of Russian territory, soon will bo.
It is equally certain that pablio opinion
in Engluud, and especially in India, will
force such pressure npou the Govern?
ment of tho day, however pacific, that it
caunot quietly look ou aud see tho Mus?
covite advance to the Persian and Aff
ghsu frontier, without protest und pos?
sibly collision. The Shah is fully alive
to tbe danger that menaces his domi?
nions, aud is already taking measures to
secure the aid of Westeru allies against
his dreaded neighbor. Sbere Ali has al?
ready secured the copcratiou of England
in defining bis boundaries ou tbe Gxus
aud ou tho Seistau frontier. In High
Tartary, Ytrkand and Kashgar, tbu In?
dia Office has already entered the lists
with Russia in diplomacy, at the earnest
1 solicitation of the Aluligh Gbazee. All
i these indications show mutual distrust in
the prosent, while they point to armed
interventijn iu tho future. Should
Rassia evacuate, her work will, unless
she reduce Khiva to a nominal depend?
ency, like Khokand and Bokhara, be to
do over again at no distant day, for the
experience of all European powers iu
dealing with native Asiatic princes is,
tbat with them a policy is not under?
stood which relinquishes a couqaest
when once made. England in India, the
Dutch in Sumatra and Java, as well as
Rassia herself, furnish abundant illus?
trations. Whether she formally aunex
or leave nominally independent, Russian
influence will henceforth bo paramouut
in the Khanate of Khiva.
[Louiscille Gourier-Journtil.
The Fiiench Fiuhtiso Editor.?The
Tribune thinks it is greatly to be regret?
ted, if the news is true, that M. Kane,
tho Deputy from Lyons in the French
Assembly, has permitted himself to be
goaded into a duel with Paul Grauier,
{de Cassaguac.) The latter is a profes?
sional bravo, who has devoted a great
portiou of bis life to practice with the
sword and pistol, for the purpose of
fighting duels. He has tho vilest tougue
and tbe bitterest peu iu Paris, and when
a rnui is tired of being sluudt-red aud
abused by him, ho shoots or runs him
through. He challenged Yermorel, who
was half blind aud never handled a
weapon in bis life, and, when ho de?
clined, spnt iu his face ou the Boule?
vard, aud wrote au account of the ex?
ploit lor his owu paper. For euch i
achievements as this, ho was given tlioj
Legion of Honor by tho Emperor, and
has been distinguished ever since by a
currish faithfulness to the Imperial fa?
mily. There nre people who think the
habit of dueling makes men circumspect
!iu their manners. But the contrary is
truo. Tiiis Casaagnac. wd?o is the lead?
ing duelist of France, is the most foul
mouthed journalist iu Paris. M. Race
will follow bad advice, if he sets his life
against one so worthless.
A i'ofso Mcr.DEHEi; ?A little colored
(lend, six years old, near Yieksburg,
Miss., jealous of the attentions bestowed
upon bis baby brother, a few days, ago,
picked up a largo stone, and standing
over the cradle, dropped the stoue seve-1
nd times on tho baby's head, battering
tbe skull fearfully, and producing death
ou the instant. Tho young murderer,
conscious that ho had done wrong, drew
the dead body from the cradle, dragged
it to the woods, aud Becrctcd it among
the bushes. Returning to jomu of his
play-mates, he told them "1 beeve 1
tilled Dohuuy," und brought them to
tho place of concealment, where the
little luuoocnt lay, presenting a most
ghastly appearance. Tho parents, of
course, wire half distracted, but the
little fellow talks over tho mutter with
the air of one who had performed a gal?
lant iked.
A Tit ao ie a l Close to a IIonbv moon.
? Mrs. Wesley Shelly committed suicide
in Grauitevillo, on Monday, the 7th, by
shooting herself through tho head. Hor
maiden name was Blum, and she bad
been married less than a mouth. Do?
mestic uuhappiuess was the cause of the
rash act.
A wretched story is going the rounds
of the squalor and misery of the females
of Vienna. It is said nearly al! the hard
labor performed iu the oity is done by
the women. Even the rough work of
mixing mortar and carrying the hod to
tho brick-layer devolves principally upon
women. They have no home, but sleep
about the buildings on the shavings, and
make tboir meals in the baker shops ou
the coarsest fare. They earn about
twenty-eight oents per day wages. A
fentfal tale of demoralization of course is
the sequel of all this. In the hospital
provided for those puor females, ouly
about one-sixteenth of the births are le?
gitimate children.
They have rather a rapid way of living
and dying in Atlanta. Dr. Miller, of
Atlanta, who was in Memphis while tbe
cholera prevailed there, narrates a
sprightly incident. At 7 o'clock a mau |
went to market and bought his break?
fast, went home, cooked it, and was eat?
ing it, when he was taken with cholera.
He 6ent for Dr. Miller, who visited him
at 9 o'clock, prescribed and told him be
would be back in an hour. At a quarter
past 10 he returned. 'The man was not
ouly doad, but had been buried, aud the
room swept and garnished for another
occupant. What could Dr. Miller have
giveu him?
Tbe Shah of Persia, now ou a visit to
Europe, ooufers gifts iu a truly Oriental
style of munificence. He Was particu?
larly liberal to tho imperial servants both
at Potsdam and Berlin, bestowing the
sum of 31,090 in cash, besides gold
watches, shawls, brooohes and the like,
iu abundinoe. The Emperor got a very
costly gold snuff box, set with diamonds;
the Empress a necklace of rioh brilliants;
while minor dignitaries received the
Grand Gross of the Order of the Sun
and Lion. How welcome this free-band?
ed Shah would be made in Washington.
A storm of unusual severity passed
over the Wilmington, Columbia and Au?
gusta Railroad on tbe evening of the 4th,
at about 8 o'clock. Tho postmaster at
Mayesville states that several barns and
other outbuildings were blown down
in that neighborhood, and he was fear?
ful serious damage bad been done at a
distance from the station. Trees and
fences were prostrated on both Bides of
the railroad for a considerable distauoe
beyond Mayesville station.
Tho New York Journal of Commerce
thinks it a good sign to see both parties
at the West?Republicans as well as
Democrats?coming out against corrup?
tion, without reference to party lines or
party conditions. When parties thus
begin to make a sanitary inspection of
their own households, the tendency is
worthy of the warmest encouragement,
und even small begiuuiugs cau be ac?
corded praise.
The carelessness of American work?
men is a common subject of censure, but
tbeir brethren in England don't appear
to have much the advantage of them.
The late disastrous conflagration' of Alex?
andria Palace was caused by a metul
worker leaving a brazier of lighted coals
on the roof while he went to his dinner.
The fire at Canterbury Cathedral aud tbe
burning of Warwick Castle were oaused
by carelessness cf like character.
It is delightful to read that iu Sand?
wich, N. H., on June 19, there was a
nuowdrift three feet deep in a pasture.
White honeysuckle blossoms near it, and
tho abundant foliage of trees bends
above it. On the Southern slope of
Black Mount.au, too, there is a snow?
drift which has resisted all the sou aud
rain of May aud June.
Secretary Robeson is building some
830,000 stables at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, and tho New York Sun wants to
kuow what he is building them for. We
don't kuow, as wo are not iu Admiral
Robeson's confidence; but wo presume
he is building them for the acaorznioda
tion of the horse-marines.
A colored boy, at Smyrna, in Cartoret
County, N. C, went out into the field to
work with his hoe, and failed to put iu
au appearance at tho usual hour. He
was bent after, and when found was
dead, with a rattlesnako coiled around
his body, the snake still biting him.
Parson Brownlow is still abusing peo?
ple through the newspapers. He will
never learu to grow old graoefnlly, it
would seem. Aud as for dying, whether
gracefully or otherwise, ho is evidently
determined never to gratify the public in
that way either.
A skeleton has recently beou found in
Italy that is said to be 100,000 years old,
and it looks no more liko the skeletou of
an ope than that of Shakspeare or Lord
Bacou. Get thee to a nunnery, Dar?
win.
"Bill Arp" has returned from New
York, where he has finished full und
complete arrangements for his new book.
It will be out iu a very few days. Matt
O'Brieu has devoted all hid genius of
illustration to this work.
Stoko3, Simmons and King, the New
York murderers, will, it is supposed, es?
cape the death penalty through the new
law requiring proof of deliberate intent
to kill for conviction of murder iu the
first dt'grce.
! A colored woman, namad Milly Swain,
was found dead, under the track of tho
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad, near Hilton's Bridge, ou Mon?
day. She came to her death from na?
tural causes.
The salary of the Governor of Nebras
I ka is ostensibly 31,000 per uunum, but
"pickings and stealings" enable it to
1 reach 310,000.
1 There will be an olectiou for sheriff cf
Marlboro County on Saturday, the lGth
of Aiignst. Tho Republican convention
meets on the 2d.
A silver miue?said to be a perfect El
Dorado?aas been discovered in Murray
i County. Sj saj-s tho Atlanta Harold.
It is reported that C. W. Warren has
been arrested in oue of tbe Northern
! eiti :i for forgery au 1 is now iu jail.
6un?Strohe.?The New York iTerald,
of lharsday, baa an article on "The
Cause and Prevention nf Kan-stroke." in
which it says that this sadden and terri?
ble malady is direotly traceable to a ra?
pid rise of temperature in tbe body
when perspiration Is checked by excre?
tions of the skin, from nnoleauliness,
over dress, close confinement, or more
usually, if not always, by tbe accompa?
nying accumulation of moisture in the
air after rapid evaporation. As there
have been several cases of sun-stroke, of
more or less severity, iu this city and
vicinity lately, it would be well for all to
act on the. suggestions implied in this
paragraph.
We notioed some days since that a
quantity of corn was found hot and bad?
ly damaged in Chicago. The fact
created a panio among oorn holders and
buyers, and tbe market value of 4,000,
000 bushels fell at once eleven cents a
bushel iu that city. A large quantity on
its way to New York and other markets
shared the same fate; so that the known
loss was 81,100,000. It turned out that
only ono bin was "hot" at all, and the
loss on tbat was thirty dollars; panic did
the rest.
The Death Manch of the Scourge.?
Greenville, Chattanooga and Memphis,
Tenn., are badly affected with the
scourge, cholera. It b i also appeared
in Dultou, Ga., and Huntsville, Ala.,
and many persons have loft. The Louis?
ville papers squarely uoknowledge that
the man with the black valise has ar?
rived. The disease prevails at Franklin,
Frankfort, Bowling Green and all along
the Louisville and Nashville Bailroad.
Mexico is one of tbe ungrateful repub?
lics. She has voted 850,000 for a monu?
ment to the Ute President Juarez. The
national flag is to be run up every time
his birth-day comes round, and each of
his daughters has br?n voted a pension
of $3,000 while single, and 81,500 after
marriage. The best biographer of Jua?
rez will be rewarded with $2,000.
A correspondent of the London Times
writes in favor of Jamaica as a resort for *
consumptive patients. He says: *'I feel'
sure that in time Jamaica will not only
be recommended strongly by the medi?
cal faculty, but will become one of the
most favorite health resorts among Eng?
lishmen."
A colored society iu Talbotton, Ga.,
is called the Devoted Brothers. They
meet in the cool of the evening ence a
week, and tbe meetings invariably end
with an attempt on the part of some of
the more prominent members to smash
oach other's eyes oat.
Browned.?A white lad, about eleven
or twelve years old, son of the late Jas.
H. Mitchell, of Wilmington, N. G., was
drowned Monday evening about G
o'clock.
A sister of Colonel Moaby, of Confe?
derate fame, has just been appointed a
clerk in the dead-letter division of the
Post Office Department, ?
Georgetown and! Aiken, South Caro?
lina, have been made money order offices.
Sicily Lemon Sugar
MAKES instantaneous Lemonade, is su?
perior to Lemons, coats less, and la
handier for use. For aale by
July 9_JOHN AGNEW A SON.
Columbia Chapter, Ho. 5, R. A. X.
A Stated Convocation of the above
Chapter will bo held in the Masonic
Hall, THIS (Wednesday)EVENIKO, at
,_9 o'clock. Bv order:
July 91_QEO. W. PAUK KB, Sec'y.
Bichland Lodge, No. 39, A. F. K.
A An Extra Communication of this
'?fV'Lodge wili be held THIS (Wednesday)
/\^, EVENIKO. in Masonic Hall, at 8
o'clock. 1 he E. A. Degree will be oonferred.
By order of the W. M.
Julv 9 1 lt. I. BOONE, Secretary.
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Special Notice.
AT a meeting of the Board of Health, held
on tho 8tb inst., the following resolution
was adopted, and ordered to be published:
Resolved, Tbat hereafter, tbe Chief of Police
be instruct ed to seise all tish brought by rail?
road to this city for sale. By order of the
Hoard. THOS. P. WALKER,
July 0 1 Clerk of Board.
*S~ L'i'i'>n- Herablcopy.
Tax Notice
HEREBY notify the tax-payers of Rich
land Conntv tbat I ?ball bo at my oflice
from 9 o'clock A. M. to 2 o'olook P. M., from*
the 1st of July to August 20, lb73, to receive,
returns from eaoh and all persons liable to
tax on real estate aBd personal property foj
taxation of 1873; also,?11 taxable polls are re?
quired to make return under tho amended
Aet ot tho General Assembly, approvod 20trr
Fobruarv, 1673, to onforce the payment of
, the poll lax, and iu default of tho payment o~
i this tax shall bo subject to a penalty of dou*
' bio the amount of their poll tax and required:
to work upon tho highway or roads. Any onaa,
who shall refuse to conform to tbe require?
ment* of this Act or obeytho directions of.
the County Commissioners, shall be consi?
dered guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on con%.
vietiou thereof, bo imprisoned for tbe same
in tho County j ail for a term not less than ten,
days.
Tho Act of the General Assembly provides
for tbe re aasossnient of real estate, and to'
correct tho records of the County Auditor's
ofri'Jo of errors, if any exist, and to furnish a
correct and complete return of all taxable,
property in Rickland Connty.
The law also requiros the* Connty Auditor
to ? sso-s all parties who fail to make a return
of tltbir real and personal property within tho
time above noted, with aponalty of 5J per
cent, on both. ?
Tho la-.v in this particular will bo rigidly
enforced, except in casos of nickuess or ab?
sence from the (lounty, and all returns wfTT
be received and assessments made in accord*
ance with law, at the Auditor's oflico, in Co?
lumbia, 8. 0. A. L. SOLOMON, A. R. C^-.
Oflice Richardson street, Parker Block,
Sic.ml floor. Room No. 2_July
Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia.
Tivmiyflrit Session, l8T3-*74.
iittfini Sept. 3 ami Closes June 17.
COURSE OP STUDY as high as
tbat of any college in Virginia.
l.itcrary Sociotios of first rank.
Extensive Libraries, Reading
Room. Cabinet and Laboratory.
Looatlon unsurpassed in America.
Tho abundance or tho Koanoko Valley ron?
dure the exp?jue<?a very moderate. For ses?
sion of ten mouths, (including board, tuition,
fu^l. lights, waabing, Ac ,, about $200.
Students from nineteen States aud forrito
rios.
aw For caW! .c,nos aoJ further informa
: tiou, address
ui\ d r diitle, d. d., President.
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