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Foreign \n?in Madrid, July 12.?O'Kelly is at large in Madrid, under British guarantees, ?.Madrid, July 12.?The defeat of the Government troops, under Geh. Cabri netty, by the Oarlists, commanded by Saballas, is attributed to lack of disci? pline in the Bepnblicao 'force. The troops which were captured ? by the iu* surgents, surrendered almost /without firing a shot. Bayonne, July 12.?Adyioea received here from Carlist sources state that the insurgent chieftain Bierro, with a band of GOO men, inoluding fifty-five cavalry, has crossed the river Ebro aud entered old Castile, where ho is organizing risings of Oarlists. There is much agi? tation in Burgon, and many of the inha? bitants of that province are enlisting under the baoner of Don Carlos. Seve? ral bands of Carlists have appeared in tho province of Leon. There are three chiefs in Galioia, oaoh at the head oi an organized foroe. The Minister of War in the Cortes has confirmed the defeat of the Republicans near Bipoll, and the death of Com? mander Cabriuetty; also confirmed re? ports of Internationalist excesses iu Al coy. The Mayor of Alooy, whom the Internationalists assassinated, was a tho? rough Republican, and spent a fortune in the cause. The body was dragged through the streets, the. mob yelling continuously. The collector of taxes was also assassinated, and his ' body treated with the same indignity. Madrid, July 12.?There ia serious trouble in Malaga. Yesterday, while a bull fight was in progress, tho people of the city rose against the municipality, and many excesses occurred. Among the atrocious nets committed was the assassination of several counsellors. The Government has received a telegraphic despatch from the Governor of Malaga, tendering ' his resignation. Lientenant General Sanchez Boegna has received orders to hasten to Navarre, and takes command of the army of the North in person. A report was in circulation this morn? ing that a crisis in the ministry was im? minent, but it was soon pronounced to bo without foundation. The Cabinet is thoroughly united, aud resolved to re? press all disorders. Upon the assembling of the Cortes to-day, Senor Saver, Mi? nister of the Colonies, presented and read a bill applying to the island of Porto Rioo the constitutional clauses of 1869, with reference to individual rights; also applying the same clause to the island of Ouba, with the exception of the territory occupied by the insurgents. Despatches have been sent to the Captain-Geuerol of Cuba, authorizing him to adopt the same extraordinary measures against the insur? rectionists in that island as have been resorted to by the Government for tho suppression of the Carba? insurrection in Spain, f The .abolition of. slavery in Cuba will be realized by special taw. American Matten. Chicago, Jury 11 ?A SL Paul speoial says: Lord Gordon, who was lately robbed of $41,000 in bund.*,' supposed by detectives to have been done over the border, was seized on Thursday, near Fort Garrey, by two officers from Min? neapolis, and brought to disputed terri? tory, near Pembina, when he was res? cued and the officers arrested by a squad of troops from Fort Duffer. It is said Gordon was made drunk and gagged by bis oaptora. The Manitoban authorities also arrested, as accessories tc the kid? napping, Mr. Bentley, a merchant at Fort Garrey; J. C. Burkbank, President of the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insur? ance Company, and George U. Meriam and Lorin Fletoher, of Minneapolis. The three lost named were at Fort Gar? rey on business, owning mills and fine land in the Red River Valley. Subse? quent reports say Mr. Burkbank has esoaped to this side of the line. George A. Braokett, Mayor of Minneapolis, ao oompanled by tue Hoos. S. E. M. Wil? son, Wm. Ooohran and C. M. Loring, went in a special train on Saturday even? ing, to tender ball, and carrying war? rants and documents to secure the body of Gordon. Despatches of last evening say Mayor Brackctt and his lawyers would be arrested cu their arrival to-day by the Manitobans. They arrived there at 4 o'olook this morning. The plan for Gordon's arrest was laid at Minneapolis, where Marshal O. Roberts, of New York, and representatives of the estate of Horace F. Claik, have been for some time. Roberts and Clark gave bonds in $37,000 for Gordon's re-appearance in the suit with Jay Gould. Gordon is also wanted by Now York parties on othor ac? counts * New York, July 12.?Tho Herald spe? cial says the marriage of the Duke of Edinbnrg and Maria, the Czar's only daughter, has beon arranged. The Duke thus forogoos the right of succession to ! the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg, whioh fact - involves important political considera? tions. Washington, July 12.?A special says that a combination has beon formed of whiskey dealers and railroad men, to operate on the next Congress, to repeal certain internal revenue laws deemed inimioal to their interests. It was roported in Brooklyn, last even? ing, that Kate Stoddard, who is still confined in the captain's room at tho police station, had attempted to commit suicide. There is a woman in the room with her, to see she does not carry out her threat; but it is feared even this pre? caution will not he suffioient to save her life, if she is kept continod there muoh longer. Sho was very restless, last evon ing, aftor hearing that the police had captured her trunk, and obtained pos? session of Goodrich's property. Once or twice, sho begged to be loft alono in tho room, but hor request was not granted. Some say that she is already insane, and does not roally know what sho is talking about; others, that she is only feigning insanity, under advice of counsel, who liavo long siuoo been retained to defend her. j Kata 8tod3ar0v> undet arrest for the murder of Goodrich, in Brooklyn, proves to be Minnie "Waith am, of Middlebo rough, Mass., where ber parents are liv? ing. She baa made tbe following state? ment of the marder to the police: She had been living .with "Charlie," as she called the deceased, and was greatly at? tached to him. fie wanted to east her off, but she loved him bo mach that she could not leave him. ? She entreated on her knees tbat he would allow her to re? main, bat he was firm?in fact, brutal in bis treatment of her, and the Thursday before the Friday on-which the body was found, was the day fixed for her to leave bim, he threatening her with all sorts of things if ahe dared to trouble him further. She had remained in tbe house, in De graw street, all the previous eveuing, and in the morning when Goodrich got4 op, she again besought him not to cast her off. Ho was very angry and refused her request, or to hear ber at all. lie then went into the basement at the front ; of tho house, and proceeded to light the j beater which -was located there. Sho . loved the mau so much that she could not leave bim, aud that when she saw him determined to discard her, she worked herself np to murder him. Sho had one of his revolvers in her pocket, not the one which the deteotives found lying at the house beside the corpse, and while Goodrich was stooping down on ono hand and knee in the uct of lighting the heater, she drew the pisiol, and, ex? tending her hand towards him, she said, "Charlie." fie looked up, and she shot him three times. These were the fatal wounds which the post morion examina? tion disclosed. After she committed the murder on Thursday morning, she waited all tbat day aud night in the bouse, watching it. Friday morning, she had occasion to go to New York, und early on that morniog she washed the blood from tbe face of the murdered man with a towel, which she afterward wrung ont, and whioh was also found damp by the police. She fixed the corpse as it was discovered, and when she had done i us, she went over to New York for something or other, and was about to retnrn to the house that Friday evening. She came over Fulton Ferry, and ere she had fairly pat her foot on the street, sho heard the newa boya crying out, "Extra?Marder of Charles Goodrich I" Albany, July 11.?Aaron Bichsrdson, proprietor and manager of the Opera House yas placed on trial in the Court I of Sessions, yesterday afternoon, on an 1 indictment charging him with a miede j meanor, in violating the provisions of I what is kuown as the civil rights bill. I Anna Lawyer, Margaret Payne, John P. I Payne and Michael Mechan, were ex? amined on the part of the people, their evidence mainly going to show that Payne's servant?Lawyer?bad been sent by him, accompanied by bis chil? dren, who are almost white, to the box office of the Opera fious \ and procured scuts down stairs, representing they I were for tho parents of the children, and I that, on Payne presenting the tickets at the door, they were refused admission, and told that there was a place for them I in the gallery. The defence olaimed tbo I tickets were procured by false representa? tions. Mr. R. W. Peckham, Jr., ap? peared for the aooused, and Mr. N. C. I Moak for the people. The case was given to the jury, and about G o'clock in I the evening they eame in, and reporting I they were unable to agree, were dis? charged. They stood ten for acquittal land two for conviction. The two jurors who held out for oonviotion, it is said, have always been noted as abolitionists. New York, July 12.?The steamer Tigrets has passed down the bay and will sail for Disco on Monday. Three houses in Brooklyn were struck by lightning, yesterday, and several j trees were torn to pieces. At Easton Corners, New York, tho lightniDg killed a son of Mr. Handy, seriously injured j two others and set firo to his barn and out-buildings, which were burned. 1 The difficulties between tin sailor 1landlords aud the shippicg commis-! sioners has been settled. It is now stated that there aro four cases of yellow fever on board tho steamer Merida, at qu.irau*.iue, from Ha- j van a. A Havana letter sayn two entire Spa? nish regiments aro iu revolt against the Captain-General, and will not obey his orders. Several Spanish camps in Puerto Principe have been withdrawn, and forts in the Northern pection of tho island uro being abandoned by tho Spa- i niards. A letter from an Indian agent iu Texas states that be expeots somo 1,500 Kickn poo and Poltowatomio Indians and 2,000 LipanB and Messcelloro Indians, will return from Mexico und g? upon the reservations assigned them. San Francisco, July 12.?At Marys ville, a bold-attempt was mado by three men to rob tho bank of Deckor Jewett. Frank Whipple, ono of the robbers, eu tered tho bank and presontcd the pistol at Mr. Jewett's head. Jewett fell down and made bis way to the desk, wnoro Mr. Biogkam, ohiof clerk, wus writing. Whipple loaped over thf counter, fol? lowed by Bingham, who instantly shot Whipple in tho neck. A desperate aud general fight thon ousaed. Several shots were fired, when tho combatants clubbed their pistols. Finally, Wuipple turned to run out of the bank, when Bioghum and Jewett simultaneously fired upon him, with double-barreled shot guns, and he fell mortally wounded, on tho sidewalk. Whipple says he had two con? federates. Toronto, July 12 ?Mrs. Jefi'erson Davis is hero. Lono Branch, July 12.?Duffy won the hurdlo race; timo, 7.27. Tammany threw her rider at tho ninth jump. New York, July 12.?The Post says a break in the cotton corner will occur next week?the oftorts to put up the price having failed. Tho Orange procession here numbered about 8U0, wearing their regulia, with the bauds of the different lodges. No dis? turbance. j Total imports Tor the week 89,432,296, oi which 97j695,158 were "?s ?ier?hss dise, and $1,810,183 for dry goods. Wo. J. Healy, Paymaster of the Navy, is dead. The steamers Celtic apd City of Lon? don took $1,700,000 in specie. The parade of the Loyal Orunge Lodges took place here this morning. Thewprocession was a long one. The members were dressed in new and neat regalias and looked well. A heavy force of policemen was stationed along the ronte, but thns far there has not been the slightest disturbance. Rebecca W. Easlbrooke, n magazine writer, is dead. A committee of tho North Carolina special tax bond-holders have com? menced suits, under charge of Reverdy Johnson. Washington, July 12.?Frank Taylor, an old book seller, is dead, aged sixty. It is stated the defalcation of Horatio Jenkins, formerly Internal Revenue Col? lector of Florida, amounts to about $16,000. The Government will Iobo about ?1,500. Probabilities?Oa Suuday, for the Gulf Spates, Southeily winds, rising tem? perature, falling barometer, cloudy wea? ther and local rains. For the South and Middle Atlantic States, falling barome? ter, rising temperature, South-easterly winds and cloudy weather, followed by iocMi rains on the South Atlantio coast, j Norfolk, July 12. ? A report, based on statements of one W. H. Winn, pur? porting to bo a mate of the vesael, was yesterday telegraphed North and pub I lisbed by local papers, that the schooner H E Thompson, from Baltimore, for Wilmington, had beeu run into and suuk ofl Hatteras, aud that the captain, wife, four children and all hands, excepting the aforesaid Winn, were drowned. The Associated Press agent does not credit tho report, bat believes Winn to be an impostor. Montgomery-Wuite Sulphur Springs, Va., July 13.?A sleeping car on the Eastern bound train of the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad jumped the track near New River bridge, this morning, and rolled over a Btnali em? bankment. A brakoman was killed, the sleeping car conductor had a leg broken, and some half dozen of the pas? sengers were badly hurt, but all escaped serious injury. St. Louis, July 12.?Three persons killed and several hart by the caving in of Parker, Russell & Co.'s fire clay mine. Little Rock, July 12.?The Governor has mustered out all the militia officers in Pope County, and appointed Wm. A. Crawford, formerly Confederate Colonel, Brigadier-General of militia. A new registration has beon ordered iu several Counties. Cincinnati, July 12.?Therejwere five obolera cases yesterday. Iu| Memphis, only threu intermeuts?no cholera. In Nashville, five deaths, all colored?no cholera. In Chattanooga, four deaths, but no cholera. Cu/^RiiESTON, July 10.-Arrived? Steamship South Carolina, New York. Financial and Commercial. Liverpool, July 12?Noon.?Cotton dull and unchanged?uplands 8%; Or? leans 9; sales 10,000 bales; speoalation aud export 1,000; Savannah and Charles? ton, August and September delivery, 8 9-16. The sales include 6,000 Ameri? can. New York, July 12?Noon.?Cotton dull and nominal?middling 20^; fu? tures opened as follows: July 18)4; Au? gust 193?, 19 11-16; September 18 5-16, IS.%. Flour firm aud in fair inquiry. Wheat quiet. Corn a shade firmer? uew Western mixed 56(7?>5S. Pork quiet and weak?new mess 17.25@17.37)y. Lard dull and nominally unchanged. Freights firm. Stocks steady. Gold very quiet, at 15J?. Money easy, at 3@5. Exchange?long 9j.j; short 10j,?. Governments steady bnt quiet. State bonds dull aud steady. 7 P.M.?liank statemout?Loans iu creaso$l,250,000; specie increase $1,065, 000; legal tenders increase $125,000; de? posits increase $3,500,000. Cotton?not receipts 121 baler,; gross 119; futures closed steady; sales 7,500, as follows:, July 20^; August 19 3-16; September IS 3-10; Ootobor 17;V, November 17'.;. Cottou dull and nominal; sales 560? middling 20;\l. Flour inactiver and un? changed. Wn^-at l@2o. better. Corn closed dull; holders anxious. Pork firmer?new 17.37. Lard dull. Groce? ries quiet. Freights firm. Mouey easy, at 'd(u).i. Sterling 9'.... Gold l?JnO? Iii,1?. Governments dull but firm. Slates quiet and nomiual. Cincinnati, July 12.?Flour steady, at G.75(?i7.u0. Corn in fair demaud and firm, at 49(o)50. Pork firm?hold nt 17.00. Lard quiet and firm?kettle 8Jf^@ 8?.{. Bacou strong and iu good demand ?shoulders 8J?; clear rib sides 10; clear sides IOJ4. Whiskey steady, nt 90. Louisvii.ee, July 12.?Flour easy?ex? tra family 5.75. Corn firm, at 58(300. Pork 17.00. Bacon?shoulders 9; olour rib sides and cloar sides 10}J. Lard steady?tierco 9(^9'.;; kegs lOjjj; steam S.'.i- Whiskey steady, nt 89(0,90. AIojule, July 12,?Cotton dull und nomiual?middling 18)?; not receiptsi 123 hales; exports coustwiso 228; sales 100; stock 12,703. Galveston, July 12 ?Cotton steady? good ordinary 11 "'4; not receipts 55 bales; sules 200; stock 18,112. Norfolk, July 12.?Cotton dull?low middling 18}?; net receipts 170 bales; exports coastwise 717; sales 75; stock ?1,710. Augusta, July 12.?Cotton in fair de? mand?middling 18; net receipts 55 bales; sales 191. Memphis, July ?12.? Cottou in fair demand aud offerings light?middling 18} u', receipts 171 bales; shipments 1,219; stock 10,579. Baltimore, July 12.?Cotton dull? 1 middling 20}/,'; net receipts 9 bales; gross 205; export* coastwise 109; sales 101; \ stock -1,617. j New Orleans, July 12?Cotton irre ; gnlar?ordinary 12; good ordinary 15; I low middling 17;^; middling 18%; net I receipts 108 bales; gross 396; exports to Great Britain 255; coastwise 2,147; sales to-day 500; last evening 1,200; stock 44.004. . ' Wilmington, July 12.?Cotton steady ?middling 19; net receipts 21 bales; sales 1; stock 1,001. Savannah, July 12.?Cotton dull uud little doing?middling 1S)4'; net receipts 312 bales; sales 35; stock H.GtU. Charleston, July 12 ?Cotton quiet? 1 middling 19; net .receipts 330 bales; gross 430; exports coastwise 252; sales 100; stock 8,287. Boston*, July 12.?Cotton dull?mid? dling 21: net receipts49 bale.-; cross 110; sules 200; stock 10^000. Philadelphia, July 12.?Cotton quiet 4?middling 21. Tho Salt Like City News Bays tbe question, "Who was tbe man with the iron mask?" has stimulated, perhaps, >ts much interest and research us either of tbe following questions: "Who was Ja nius?" "Who killed Tecamsoh?" "What became of Morgon?" "Where wns," and now, "What shall bo done with, Captuin Jack?" "Who Btrnok Billy Patterson?" and finally, "Where's Billy Bowlegs?" The latter is tho most important ques? tion of the lot. A Western paper puts a trilling rnis uuderstandiug between two brothers-iu law down South in the following plea? sant way: George Ledeu, of Boggy lia iyou, Fla., was lately peculiarly unfortu? nate in a job he undertook. He started I in to kill bis brother-in-law, Capt. Geo. I Parish, aud worked at him for half nn I hour, at the eud uf which timo Parish, i believing (lie mau was in earnest, and I that it was a war to the death, closed up i the unpleasant ness by killing Leden. Cnor Prospects ?A gentleman just retarued from a trip to Columbia, S. 0., reports the crops on the route as looking remarkably well. At Woodgrove, about fourteen miles this side of Columbia, he conversed with Messrs. Jeffries and Adams, two largo farmers of that vici? nity, who stated that they would make better crops generally this year than any previous year since the war. This be found to be the experience of a great many farmers and planters whom ho met. I Wilmington Shir, 12th. The Memphis Appeal tells this: "An inclined bachelor recently bought a wiro rat-trap, and after baiting it with cheese, set it near the hall iu his room. Next morning the cheese was gone, but not a rat trapped. 'Tho succeeding night tho mystified bachelor left bis light burning, aud suw six mice enter the cage aud bring out the cheese to several rats that dared not enter. Since then, he has amused himself for hours watching tho process the rats havo to got the bait." The Norfolk (Va.) Journal says tkero is a mule owned by a woman iu thut city, and driven to market every day, that bus been an inveterate tobacco che wer for many years. Whenever the mule be? comes obstinate, it is only necessary to give him a chew, when he becomes per? fectly kind and gentle. The woman pur? chases tobacco for him regularly, and al? ways keeps it on hand. Killed dt the Senseless Racket.? The Wilmington Commercial says: On West Third street, n baby a few weeks old, died yesterday, from tho shock caused by the noise of powder explosions on the 1th. It had been ill previous to that time, but was recovering. The dreadful noises, continuing throughout Friday, almost thiow it into spasms, and so injured its condition that it died, as stated. Fike?A fire occurred on the premises of Capt. Wm. C. Johnson, five miles above Gillisouville on Cypress Creek, on the 1st iust., by which a large two-story building and several smaller buildings were destroyed. Also about 1.0UU bushels of corn, a lot of fodder, Ac. Loss estimated at $11,000. It is sup? posed to have beeu the world of an in? cendiary. ? Beiiufort K>'p ublican. The editor of the Columbus Enquirer H getting into hot water all arouud. A Pennsylvania^ publishes him as a De? mocratic blackguard and Confederate scoundrel, while an Alabama patriot says he is n Bneaking Puritan und skulking Yankee. The editor's name is Culbuuu. At a meeting of the commissioners of the Spnrtauburg and Union Railroad, held in Charleston, on tho 11th, a com? mittee was appointed to wait upon the directors of the South Carolina Railroad, aud confer with them relative to tho prospects of the contemplated road. Among "pulpit eccentricities" of'the present day, is the preachiug of sermons on tho English pouts, by the Rev. Stop ford A. Brooke, a well-known incumbent of the West Eud of Loudon. Ho be? gin with Shelley, und lias got as far as Keats. It is u'I eg cd that tho following pro? posed statute was introduced into the Connecticut Legislature: "A bill to pre? vent young salmon in Farm River not old euough to bite a hook from biting such book." Not reported. A piece of glass an inch long was tukeu from tbe head of a Rochester man receutiy, iu whose skull it had beou im? bedded for twenty years, He bad com? plained occasionally of a pane in his head. A wicked mau iu Davenport, beiug on I his death'bed, wished to consult some proper person regarding his future state, and Ins friend sent a fire insurance agent to bim. "Pure love is monarch of all difficul? ties. Beautiful and light-footed, like tho ' leopard, it leaps the chasm of separation, i uud crouches delighted at the feet of its own!" dust so. A hail storm of gum camphor has beou lasted by veracious citizens of Jauesville, Wisconsin, aud they can't thiuk what it oamo for.. A boy defines salt as the .stuff that makes potaL.es taste bud wh< u you dou't put any on Dkeams ?An Iowa man, a few days Ri nee. dreamed that be saw hia brother's head severed from hia body without the loss of a drop of blood. Nest day he learned of the removal of that brother from a snag postmastorship. A negro in Coin minis, Qa., dreamed that he found five dollars in u certain place iu a street. He went to the spot next morn iucr, fouud one dollar, aud is blaming tho ghost who told him of it for tukiug the other four. The Blue Ridge Railroad matter was discussed iu Charleston before Judge Bryau, on Saturday, but no conclusion was .arrived at. The court then ad? journed until Monday morning, at 10, o'clock, when argument will be heard upon the question as to whether the Comptroller-General had the right to re? present the State at the meeting of the oreditors on the 27th of June. A gentleman took tho following tele? gram to a telegraph office: "I announce with grief tho death of Uaolo James. Come quickly to read will. I believe we aro his heirs?John Black." The olerk having counted the words, said: "There aro two words too many, sir." "All right; cat off 'with grief.' " Au Alabama, lawyer, defending a mur? derer, spoke for nineteen consecutive hours, aud the jury brought in a verdict of guilty iu seven minutes. They did it to revenge themselves for the torture they had endured. Loquacious at? torneys should limit thoir tongues before they reach the limit of human patience. The Philadelphia Ag<s aptly remarks that a "maiden speech" was once a mere figure of speech for the first effort of a young lawyer or a new Congressman. But now it has become a reality, and the fair sex perplex courts and sturtle audi? ences with their "maiden efforts." A. T. Stewart must feel poor this sea? son. On balancing his books for the past year, it appears that he only made a trifle less than $300 by fining bis cash boys for peeping out of the windows during business hours. A three-year old St. Louis girl thrust her head through the iron pickets of her neighbor's fence the other day, to smell the roses. She was compelled to smell them until some one helped her head out. Mr. Lowe, themronaut, is the proprie? tor of establishments for the manufac? ture of ice by artificial Lowe tempera? ture, at New Orleans, Charleston, Atlan? ta und other Southern cities. Burner has it that in honor of the coming centennial celebration, a new street will be opened in Philadelphia, to be called Peauut street. All the other nuts have been appropriated there. The lead not being nsed by the officers of the City of Washington while steam? ing towards the shoro in a deuse fog, the vessel, with a}l on board, cume near going plumb to destruction. A Cincinnati baby fell thirty-five feet from a baloony to a brick sidewalk, and it didn't hurt him a bit. His mother said his escape from injury was owing to his being so "fat and squashy." Young women should ud longer be de? scribed iu law as spinsters, for they toil not, neither do they spin. It is equully certain that Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of-these. The Chinese have been re-organizing their army, whioh now numbers-. 300,000 ! men, armed with Eufield, Remington and Colt's rifles, with a full complement of rifled artillery. A youth, named John Henry McGin ley, agod thirteen, was drowned while bathing in the river opposite the lower end of the city of Savannah, Wednes? day morning. The St. Louis balloon man has never becu heard from and is supposed to be still wandering around iu space. His keys aud paper collar are held subject to hia order. A negro confined in Morgan County, Ga., jail, under sentence of death, for the crime of murder, attempted to es eapo lust week, but was shot and killed by the sheriff. Colored people aro not permitted to sit at the first table in any of the first class hotels at Saratoga, Practically, therefore, they are not entertained at all at Northern watering places. Punch's notion of nobility is, that a man of birth is commonly one whose re? mote ancestors did something, and his immediate predecessors for many centu? ries nothing at nil. Twenty-eight different kinds of "bit ters" sold in Rhode Island, for "strictly medicinal use,'' are undergoing analysis I by the State chemist, from uu excise j poiut of view. The petitions of Thomas Palmer, of i Yorkville, CIourIi H. Mabray and Jas. j G. Mabray, of Spartanburg, for voluu j Ury bankruptcy, have been referred for I adjudication. "Bitten by an alleged mad-dog," is the mild way in which it is put in Baltimore, I to avoid hurting the dog's feelings, should ho merely bo laboring under a temporary aberration. The very latest oddity in the shape of cur-rings are made of gold arrows, the stick going through the onr, and the head of tho arrow beiDg scrowed on afterwards. An elegant Bible was started at one cent at a recent book auction iu Nor? wich, Connecticut. That kind of litera? ture isn't popular down there. On tho 8th inst., in Beaufort County, Jack Grant, a colored boy, shot hie ! father, Bob Grant, under tho impres? sion that ho was a coon. A Minnesota church has four I*ndiau deacons. The congregation aro very submissive and use oak bark for a hair dye to toughen the scalp. I The material wealth of Abbeville ICouutv aggregates the handsome sum of 3l.7S7,CC5.12. ! In Texas ico costs five cents a \ OUtid hu.d beef c *ds three cents. , Ak Animated Flao ?A -thoroughly Frenoh story reaobes as by privat? letter irom Alsace. The writer says: "Wc bate foaud oat one very nice way of annoy? ing oar oppressors. Very many of the Prussian officers hare little white dogs. We catch theBe little white dogs and color their beads nni shoulders red and the hind quarters blue, leaving a white streak in tue* middle, thus joining the French colors?red, white and blue. Then wo let the little dogs go, and get aronnd and Lear the Prussians swear. It makes them very augry, indeed." A movement in favor cf polyandry has been commenced in Arizona, where cer? tain ladies argue that a woman should bavo us many husbands as she can get, or as may be necessary to her support, aud enable her to sit in Bilk and have greenbacks to spend. Polyandry is neither better nor worse than polygamy. If a man has the right to a plurality of wives, a women has the right to a plu? rality of husbands. A Connecticut cabbage-leaflst?called ' there a tobacconist?bos invented a meerschaum pipe made of boiled pota? toes soaked in acid. With her pipes made of potatoes and her tobacco of cabbage leaves, Connecticut may boast of doing the cheapest smoking in the Union. Several young girls in Athens, Qa., made themselves sick swallowing hearts? ease fiowerer, ander the delusion that whenever they swallowed one of the flowers whole, and then wished, the wish would be gratified. A Ho osier lover sought to secure the object of his affections bjr strategy. He took ber oat for a boat ride, and threat? ened to jump overboard if she didn't consent to marry him. She assisted him in the operation and rowed home alone. What with the drought and the prohi? bitory law, Connecticut flnds it difficult to get anything to drink, and is about to perish in her thirst. Daily in her prayers she cries to Heaven for rain - and to the Legislature for the repeal of the liquor law. A young lady of Darlington, Ind., committed suicide in consequence of the degraded character of her parents. She should have shot them instead. Ex-M. C. Ashley, of Ohio, although not re-elected to Congress, is going into the steel business again. Myrtle Lodge No. 3t EL of P. A HE GU LA It Convention of this iLodgc will be held TO-HOBBOW j-Monday) EVENING, at 7J O'clock, /it Masonic Hall. Candidates will be in attendance at 8$ o'clock. L. M. HOLLAND, K. of B. and B. July 13_' * ? : -1 City Property for Sale. FOB sale on advantageous terms, a .!,..,? most desirable RESIDENCE, pleasantly located in the oity, having large grounds and convenient out-buddings. Titles perfect. Call at once on ANDREW CRAWFORD, JiflylStg _No. 8 Law Bange. ALL KINDS FRESH TURNIP HEB, fb03i Buist's Gardens, Just in at E. E. JACKSON'S, Beliable Seed are Ever Popular. July 11C_._ FRESH ARRIVALS. SMOKED BEEP TONGUES, "Covered," "Extra large," i\ to 6 lbs. each. CHOICE KMOKED BEEF, "Covered," "Small pieces." Julv 10 OEO. HYMMKHH. 50 Sicily Lemon Sugar MAKES instantaneous Lemonade, is su? perior to Lemons, coats less, and is handier for use. For atlo by July 9 _ JOUN AQNEW A SON. Warren Hoe. ANOTHER assortment of there superior UOKS jast received. Those whom we wo wero unable to supply recently can now bava their orders filled. _Jnly 8_JOHN AGNEW A SON, Choice Wines. BASKETS HEIDSICK CHAMPAGNE, 1? cases Sparkling Catawba, 10 caeca "Yix Bara," 10 cases "Bed Seal," 10 case* "Kellcy V Island Wine. Scaski "Harmony Sherry," 2 casks "Amontilado Sherry," 2 casks "lteaoro Madeira." F..r Bale by flOPE tt OYLES. Liquors. I)TIRE OLD COGNAC BR VN'DY, ripe and mellow. Pure old B)* Whiskey. " Bourbon Whiskey, M " Fruit Brandies, Liirht Wines, suitable for summer drink, Ales and Lager, All kiiida of Bitters, For sale cheap, at HARDY 8QLOMON'S. Threshing Machines, AN MILLS, Cotton'Gins, Cotton Presses, Engiuea, Bolting. Smut Maohiues, Porta? ble Milla, Agricultural Implements and Ma? chinery of all kinds, !for a&lc at manufac? turers' prices, by L?RICK A LOWBANCE, June 21_Colombia, B. C. Willianiston Springs. THE undersigned respect? fully informs tho public that he has recently fitted up a _ _ commodious, airy BOARDING HOU815. of twelve spaoions rooms, at this agreeable and healthful resort. He is pre? pared to receive boarders by the week or month, at moderato rates. His table is sup? plied with substantial, healthy food, nicely prepared, and adapted to tho wants of both the healthy and the invalid. The water is well known and highly esteemed for its alter? ative and tonic properties. Prompt attention, well ventilated apartments, a good table, an tgreoable situation, cool mineral water, and facility of reaching it by rail, m?ke William? ston a doligbtful summer rctre\t. Address S.D.DEAL. WillUmston Springs, G. A- O. C. I'.. Julv <; mthG Infanta* Food?,Tu!>t riceivod, fresh IN I FASTS' FOOD, IUI M*. COCOA, ARROW I ROOT. COUS STARCH. Al*?. EXTRACT 'OK VANILLA, LEMON. SHERRY WINE. I BRANDY, PUiiE WHI8KKY. For aale at 111! INI I'MIV Dru? ! >r ? June 13 4 F