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?thb austrian legislature, ao , ao. Bsble*, November 5.?Iq tha- elec? tiona which have just taken plaos for daprities to the Prussian Diet, the Lib-' eraUtfpSq t>eh)y seats. London, November 5.?Madrid de? spatches -report that the Bpabish Go' 2MirieriVhae]?dvice8.^from, Manilla cf capture. by.i*Spanish warLanier, in those waters, of two Gerroau mer? chantmen, .having on board, as part of their cargo, 2,000 rifles, intended to be sold to ' Malay pirates Tbe news has croatod an esoitod foeliog iu Govern? ment oiroles at Madrid; Vienna, November. 5.?The sessions of the Beichstrath .werel, obehed this morning by Biuperor-Fraubia Joseph in person. Tho'Emperor's speech was pa - oiQo in its roferenoa to foreign powers. It oontnins no other matter of general interest. 1 j. \,t ^ Tclc(rrap?tt>? Aliierlran Ulattun. election RETURNS?democratic YiCTO bies?thb . TTJRF?destructive fire and dobs OF life?yellow fever rh forts ? n?k3e8 departing homeward ?boss tweed's trial?continued railroad blockade ?death of a r-BOMiNENT srvnrs? fbham candi? dates fob office?wood market? - mills on reduced time?the IMP It I ' boned editor, ao., ao. Richmond,. November 4?Mid-night. Beturns from nineteen out of twenty one precincts in this city show the first estimates as to ' the Conservative ma? jority to be largely behind. The official returns from these precincts give Kem? per over 1,750 majority. The remain? ing two precincts will cot reduce these figures more than 200. Grant carried this city by 212 majority. Norfolk gives a Conservative gain of over 800, aud a similar gaiu of 400 is'reported for Pe? tersburg. Danvtlle, November 4.? Staun ton, Winchester and other cities gives addi? tional Conservative- gains. Partial re? turns from thirty Qonnties indicate that the State has gone Conservative by a large inorense over Walker's majority in 1869, whieby was over 18,000. New York, November 5.?Tho Times says the returns, although incomplete, indicate aprobable defeat of the Repub? lican State ticket by a small majority. Ira' Now York, city and County, the De? mocratic candidates for the judiciary, the Damouratio Sheriff, City Clerk and Ootonerp are'bl?bted. '.'Three Democratic and ouO Republican State Senator are elbotea'iro'm "this city, while eleven De moorats and six Ropublican members of the Assembly are elected. A vacancy iu the Board of Aldermen is filled by a Democrat. Be turns, from country dis? tricts, sho^the eleotion ' of sixteen Re? publican Senators and the probable election of three more, out of thirty-two State Senators, with sixty-live Republi? can Assemblymen sure, and probably eight,or ten more, out of 128. The \}rorhl bus a flag at the head of its columns. It estimates the Demo? cratic majority in this State at not less than 15,000, and in this city at 35,000. In Brooklyn, five Democratic aud four Republican Assemblymen are eleoted. The vote in Jersey City shows a gain of three Democrats from that oity to the Assembly. A Kansas City special to the Times says both parties in that State claim a majority in the House, and the indica? tions are that the result is very oIob?\ A Milwaukee despatch to the Times says the returns from one-tbird of Wis? consin indicate the eleotiou of the Democratic ticket. The Democrats have gained eight votes in the Legislature. The Times says: "Taking a general view of affairs, wo cannot congratulate the Republican.-: of New York upon the results of yeBterday. The Republicans cannot elect their ticket without voting for it; and, next yea/, we may have good nominations without delusive Democratic alliances." The Tribune says: "Tho State Senate stands fifteen Republicans, tifteen oppo? sition and two doubtful; aud the Assem? bly, seventy-two Republicans to fifty six Democrats." A Kansas City despatch to tbo Tribune. says the opposition oarried the State, and the anti-monopoly Legislature is chosen. The World claims fifteen Democrats and seventeen Republicans to tbe Se? nate;1 sixty-five Republicans and sixty throe Demoorats to the Assembly. Newark, N. J., November 5.?The Republicans have twelve majority on joint ballot. Harrisburq, Pa., November 5.?B. Zi Bingerly's State Printing and Mate Journal ofiiao, five stories high, is in flames) and will be entirely destroyed. The operatives barely esoaped with their lives. Several lives are reported lost. Lochiel Hotel is in great danger. . 'LatWr-?Singerly ? printing house was ontirely destroyed. From 250 to 800 persons were employed in the upper stoned.! \There were stairways in tha rear, but so rapid was the fire that many had to leap from the second story. The walls fell to the ground. Nothing was saved of the contents. The last three days' proceedings of the Constitutional Convention, extra copies of the conven? tion proceedings, and 1,000 volumes be? longing iu the State Library were all burned, The presses and machinery are a total loss. The State Journal office, in the same building, waB also destroyed. Singerly's loss is 8100,000; no insurance. The fire spread to tffree frame buildings. Several stables and the Loohiel House were somewhat damaged. A falling wall struck a brick house on the oppo? site side of the stroet, damaging it seri> ously. Baltimore, November 5.?Be turns from vurious parts of the State are scat? tering, and come in very slowly. The Demoorats oa-ry Baltimore County by about. 000 majority; Carroll County, Democratic majority about 4.00; in Caro? line County, Williams, Republican, is elected to the House of Delegates; the gemeierte ml?t\ M?m ul tlehuH Hw the Republicans carry Charles Ooooty by a email majority, on legislative nnd County ticket?; Frederick County eleots the Republican tiokot, except sheriff, by from 100 to 500 majority; Woolfbrd.s majority in Howard County ia 51; tho Republicans claim to have elected one member,of the House of Delegates in this County; the Demouratio majority in Kent Cottuty on the State ticket is 160; Valent, Republican, aud Seth, Indepen? dent, are eleoted to tbe House of Deto? nates; the remainder of the ticket is Democratic..-. Memphis, November 5.?The nurses who were iu the employ of the Odd Fel? lows were escorted to. the depot this morning, oo their. ; departure to their homes, iu New Orleans, by the Odd Fellows and tho Knights of PythiuB. Members cf the press were in the pro? cession. Nearly the entire membership of both organizations participated. The Oity -Council meets this after? noon, when the case of Ceoalla will be investigated, for alleged forging of re? quisitions on the Citizens'Relief Com? mittee. Washington, November 5.?Mujor General Dela?eld is dead. Probabilities?For the South Atlantic States, Northeasterly winds, falling temperature, cloudy weather, nd rain near the coast. Boston, November 5.?Washburu's plurality isv 12.0(H). Thu Democrats have eleven Senators and vixty Assem? blymen. San Francisco, November 4.?The Eastern racers True Blue, Wheatkigh and Weathercock arrived to-uigbt, in splendid condition. They go into trainiug for tbe $'20,000 race, to come off on the 15th. KnoxvUiLE, Tknn., Novembers.?The block in freight business on the East j'^nnessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail? road, caused by the employees quitting work, rather than submit to a reduction of twenty per cent, iu their wages, con? tinues. No freight has been moved for five days. Tbe merohauls are shipping by express. All efforts thus far to mn diato have failed. Tbe mail traius are running regularly. This eveuiug, Con? gressman Thorutou meets tho employ? ees, und will endeavor to effect an ad? justment. The company remains firm. No disturbance. Richmond, Ya., November 5.?Full I County returns come iu slowly. Those that have been received, as oompared with the vote for Walker aud Wells, show the following gains aud losses: Conservative gams, so far, 4,445; losses, 1,132. From the incomplete returns, there will bo but little change. Iu the Legislature there is about a two-thirds Couservative majority on joiut ballot. Right Rev. John Early, D.D., Bishop of the M. E. Church, South, died to? day, at Lynohburg, aged eighty-eight. Cairo, III., November 5.?Mrs. P. A. Taylor has a plurality of 352 in thia oity, and is probably elected School Su? perintendent; though tbe C uty vote, which is stroug for Mrs. brown, will make the race a close cue. Tho male candidates received but a small vote. Boston, Mass*., November 5.?The wool market is very quiet and little business doing, as buyers and sellers are disinclined to do anything in the pre? sent disarrangement of the money mar? ket and depression iu manufacturing districts; but, notwithstanding the mo? netary pressure, the wool markets ap? pear to be in a stroDg couditiou, and there is very little wool on thu market that could be purchased, even for ready cash, at very low figures. We quote Ohio aud Pennsylvania medium, extra aud double extra at 43@51o. On aud after Monday next, thu East? ern Railroad will reduce the hours of labor twenty per ce'ut., uud make a cor? responding reduction iu pay at their shops iu this city. The following Lowell mills are run? ning ou three-quaiter time: Merriuiuc, Hamilton, Appleton, Lowell, Middlesex, Fremont, SilUblk, Lawrence, Booth aud Massachusetts. Theke mills employ about 12,000 bauds. Detroit, November 5.?Comstock, Democrat, is elected to Congress from the Fifth District, by 200 mujority. St. Louis, November 5.?Sterling Price & Co. have made an assignment. New York, Novembers.?Iu this city, eleven Tammany and one Apollo Hall Democrat, and six Republicans are elected to the^As.iombly, uud four Tam? many Democrats aud one Republican elected to the Senate. Returns from tho State indicate the election of seven? teen Democrats and Ufteeu .Republicans to the Senate. Four districts are in doubt, whioh may alter the result. Tho Evening Express makes the State Senate fifteen Republicans and fifteen Demoorats, with two districts iu doubt. When the case of Wm. M. Tweed was called in the Court oi Oyor and Termi? ner, to-day, his counsel handed Judge Davis a paper, whioh was understood to be .a protest against that Judge's pre? siding at the trial. Judgo Davis cha? racterized tho contents of the paper and the time of presenting it as extraordi? nary, and adjourned court till ho could consult with bis Associate Justices of this District. Judge Fanober, to-day, after hearing arguments in Shanks' habeas corpus Case, rendered a decision. He holds that the first commitment under which Shanks was held, in Kings County, was illegal, being for an indefinite period, while the statute, whioh is above the oourt that issued the order, limits the punishment to thirty days. The second commitment, which was executed the day after Shanks' imprisoment, can? not legalize an existing imprison? ment. The Brooklyn Oourt com mitcCdnt declares it adjudged him guilty of criminal contempt, bat tbey cannot first imprison a man and then adjudge him guilty. Being an ex post facto paper, the socoud commitment he regards aa of no validity, and tbe first HHwnwHtawrti .tt?bu petitioner' mww Columbia, a 8. r $r ?November 6.? Sales Of cotton y eater day, 73 bales ? middling 12(AV2^. London, Novembor 5.?Noon:?Wet weather. Disquietude in the markets. American securities declined. ! Paris, November 5.?Rentes 57f. Liverpool, November 5?Noon.? Ootton steadier?uplands 8%; Orleans 9; sales 12,000 bales; speculation and export 2,000; sales uf uplands, oa tbe ; basis of good ordiuary, snipped iu No? vember and December, ??%; ditto, iu December and Junuury, 8 3-16; sales in? clude 7,200 bales of American. Liverpool, November 5?Eveuiog.? Ootton?good ordinary, to be delivered in Deoember, 8 3-1G; uplands, on a basis of good ordiuary, shipped in December and January, ,_mi j New Yoke, November 5?Noon.? I Gold opened ut 1%?now 1%, Stocks quiet aud ?dT from opening. Money, 7 bid. Exchange?long 6>^; short 8. Goverumeuta dull und a little off. State bonds dull. Cotton weak; sales 532 bales?uplands 14?b; Orleans 14%; fQ* tures opened as follows: November 13J.j, 13*0; December 13 11-16, 13%; January 18%, 14 1 32; February 14'^; March 14 ?-i?; April 15. Flour dull und heavy. Wheat quiet aud heavy. Corn dull and slightly iu buyers' fuvor. Pork quiet and firm?new 15 00. Lard firm ?steam 7,l^(?(7 15 10. Freights lirui. 7 P. M.?Cottou?uet receipts 1,437 j bales; gross 10,39(1; futures closed weak; sales 25,050 bales, as follows: November 13%, 13 7-16; December 13??, 13 17-32; January 135?, 13 21-32; Februurv 14; March 14#, 14^; April Utf, 14J8. Cottou weak; salea 1,008 balos, at 14,'4 (t^Hj.j. Flour dull aud in buyer*.' tavor ?common to fair extra 6.20@6.05; good to eboico 7.00@11.00. Whiskey lower, at 00 ?\j(!/,9l. Wheat 1(o,2j. lower; scarcity <?l tre.ight room and diffi? culty of ue?tng sterling has nearly driven Shippers from the market?wiu ter red Westeru 1.43. Corn closed heavy aud declining?Westeru yellow 01(g)62. Sugar lower and active at a decline. Rice dull and unchanged. Pork dull?new 15.00. Lard weuk, ut 7}'4. Freights lirin. Mouey easy, ut 7 gold to a commission. Sterling dull, at 3. Gold 7($7,1(j. Governments dull and lower. Status nominal. St. Louis, Norumbur 5.?Flour dull aud lower; business small?superfine winter 3 25(u 1 U?. Corn dull uud easy ?35 for No. 2 mixed, ut East side, on track; 36;?4(a)37 iu elevator. Whiskey steady, at 00. Pork dull, at 13.00(o) 13.50. 13 icon dull. Lurd lower?07-8 {?j7 for now steam. Cincinnati, November 5.?Flour dull and lower, ut 6 5u\?.-0.73. Corn dull aud unchanged. Pork?new mess 12.00; no old here. Lard?kettle 7^4; steam G3^. Bacon?shoulders 6; clear rib 6; clear sides 6'4. Whiskey easier, ut 85. ? Louisville, November 5. ? flour quiet. Corn iu moderate demand, for snelled and saoked. Provisions quiet. Pork 13.50(rr>M.0O. Bacon?shoulders 0J.C; dear rib uj?(u}G;??; clear sides 7, packed. Lard?tierce ?/X; keg 9. Whis? key quiet, at 37. Memphis, November 5. ? Cottou quiet ?low middling 13;1b; receipts 1,016 bales; shipments 1,081; vtock 23,565. Augusta, November 5.?Cotton dull aud drooping?aiiddliug 13}X; receipts 2,000 bales; sales 1,000. Charleston, November 5.?Cotton lower?middling 14; low middling 13;,4'; strict good ordiuary 13/4; uet receipts 2,507 bales; gross 2,600; exports to Great Britain 1,786; coastwise 1,871; sales 1,000; stock 31,661. Wilmington, November 5.?Cottou quiet?middliug 13; net receipts 313 bales; exports coastwise 217; sales 60; stock 2,208. Norfolk,,November 5. ?Cotton lower ? low middling 13; net receipts 2,606 bales; exports coastwise 3,033; sales 600; stock 7,571. Baltimore, November 5.?Cotton dull aud nominal?middling 14; low mid? dliug 13,'4; strict good ordiuary 127c: net receipt? 10 bales; gross 2,041; ex? ports coastwise 110; sales 136; stock 0,167. Philadelphia, November 5.?Cottou dull?middling 14/.J; net receipts 13 bales; gross liu5. Savannah, November 5.?Cottou heavy?middling 14; not reoeipts 8,364 bales; exports tu Great Britain 1,700; ooastwiso 2,081; sales 1,593; stock 67,230. New Orleans, November 5.?Cotton active aud linn?middling 15; low mid? dling 14; strict good ordinary 13J^(r^l4; uet receipts C.317 bales; gross 7,157; exports to tbe continent 4,219; sales 4,000; stock 73,820. Galvkston, November 5.?Cotton demand ligbt?good ordinary 12;*4; or? dinary 11>45 net receipts 1,229 bales; exports coastwise 111; sales 250; stock 20,714. Boston, Novomber 5.?Cotton dull and lower?middliug 15; net receipts 378 bales; gross 3,411; sales 100; stock 6,000. Mou.le, November 5. ? Cotton weak; middliug 13-}4(a)ll; low middling 13%; strict good ordinary 13; net receipts 911 bales; exports coastwise 771; sales 1,200; stuck 10,083. Iu tbo United States- District Cuurt, j Tuesday, before Jadge Bryau, reports on liens and for sale of property to satisfy them wore made and confirmed iu tho cases of Thomas Palmer, A. T. Black, Elius Yenning, John R, Sebas nan, Samuel Anderson and S. P. Hut ton. The petition of W. J. Gulp, for final discharge in bankruptcy, was read and referred. People who look fur the iudex to a dictionary may be well termed inquisi? tive. A justice of the peace ut Kansas City puts it: "Now let the gaul darned jade wiuce." Among .the. victims of tbe, fever, at ShVeveport, wife' AI fieri Saville; oue of the beat known and moat accomplished telegraph operators ia tho country, and attached to the command of Oen. John H. Morgan during tbe late war. the story of whose practical uud profitable jokes on the. Federals enlivened tbe gloomy annuls of those times. His feats on the enemy's wires, throwing large forces of Federal cavalry off the soeut, directing them to the light and left, upouing their lines fur tbe dashing Morguu to sweep through iu quest of men aud horse?, ?>>???? among tbe most ro mautiu incideuts of the war. Few have forgotten how, early iu the game, he took possession of the wires between Nashville and u body of Federals oper? ating iu Southern Kentucky, giving peremtory orders not lo send auy more troops, but plenty of provisions and 'ammunition, and how an old friend, then iu charge nt Nashville, detecting the peculiar touch or fiugi ring of the bogus operator, flushed buck to him this good humored answer: "Get out, Sa ville, or I'll send the cavalry after you." Saville volunteered his services at Shrevoport after every resideut operator hud been strickeu down, aud died at his post.?Macon ( (fa J Messenger, Ia tub Human Race Deocnekating PhysicallyV? A few years ago, at the Egliutou tournament in England, it ap? peared that tho famous knights of three and four centuries ago, raubt have been smaller evon than the Englishman of to? day, for it was impossible to put on their armor. Aud uow come vital statis tics to prove that w<j aro more hardy and longer-lived thau our fathers. Tbe statistics kept at Goueva since 15G?, show that the average term of life has been steadily lengthening. At that time the average was only tweolj'-two years; it is now forty. In the fourteenth century the averago niortuiily iu Paris was oue in sixteen; the rate has beeu reduced in our day to one iu thirty-two. Iu England, less than two centuries ago, the mortality was oue iu thirty-three; now oue iu forty-two. Tbe laws of lifo are better understood; the comforts of lifo more widely distributed, and habits of living improved. A correspondent, writing from Mem? phis, sayt: "Some of tbe streets here aro positively deserted, aud tho eoho of my footsteps seem to make tho terrible silence more apparent. Every door aud window is closed, and the uecupauts of the houses have either fallen victims to the fever, or fled from tbe city. I uow aud theu catch a momentary glimpse of a 'Howard' hurrying away on some errand of mercy, but iu some districts I can walk for squares without meeting a soul. The 'Howards' are doiug noble servico, and when tho danger is passed, there will be many a tale to tell of heroes and heroines who have sacrificed their lives in the performance of their self-imposed duties, aud with calm for titude have gone to their death, un? heralded by fame, their only requiom, 'the tribute of a sigh.' " A French manufacturing chemist, oue M. Jougle*, claims to have made a dis? covery that will, if succcMiful, almost rival iu the magnitude of thu cousa qnences to flow trom it, the iuveulion of the steam engine. This is no lot-s than a method ol making of sugar by com biuing tbo const it lieu t atoms of carbon, oxjgeu aud hydrogen. The inventor saja that sugar made by this process will not cot-t more than fifty cents per 1U0 weight, and it is reported that he basso far succeeded iu convincing prac? tical mou of thj v?lna of th-: discovery, j that a company of manufacturers have j purchased it from him for thu very modest sum of ?210,?U?. A member of tho Missouri Legjsln-1 tare, whose reputation was considerably below "pur" absented himself lor awhile, and then his death was an? nounced. Thereupon, the Legislature passed the usual ies4duti.n1> id condo? lence, some ol thu wily member's bit forest enomit s euiogiisod their "depart? ed friend's exalted character and high ruor.il worth." and the next day be re? appeared in his .-eat with the resolu? tions and eii.-g.es ut-ut.y pasted in his memoruuilum book, as a receipt iu full I for the. past, and a letter of credit for thu future. Lt seems Prince llissi, anecessor of I King Theodore, of Abyssinia, has beeu m iking bad use of bis English educa? tion. He lias justified tbo great things expected of him by taking captive a rival Prince and bringing tbe urta of civilization to bear upon him. Tbe captive's ears wero stuffed full of gnu cotton, und bis royal head was blown to utoms. Killed.?Ned Foxwortb, colored, of Mariou, was killed, last Saturday, while patting a sleeper under u barn. By some mismanagement, ho was caught under tho burn and crubhed to death. Massachusetts is practicing for tho gradual revival of itu almost forgotten custom. A baby has actually boon reared there to thu weight of nearly two pounds, Prosideut Gruut has beeu appointed orator for tbo next meeting of the Army of tho Teunessec. Subject, "What 1 know about the shrinkage of values." Au ingeniousKcutuukiau bus iuvcutod a wheelbarrow iu which a man can truudle himself home at night if neces? sary with jut troubling his friends. Tbo rebuilding of tlio various monu? ments :.u Parin, destroyed by the Com muuif.ts, is goiug 011 rapidly, and soon not n wreck will bo left behind. 'J.'?? times must be sadly out of joint v, neu it is announced that "the New Haven Clock Works cau run ouly eight hours a day." A married woman, named Catheiiue McGowau, died iu Augusta Monday evening, from the effects of intemper? ance. - Fatatj Raieboad- Aootdbut??-Tei?i graph Operator Killex?.?George N. Doft, a telegraph operator, about eight? een years of age, who resided with his step father, Thop. Kildufi, 29 Stirling street, \?us killed shortly after 0 o'clock yesterday morning, at LaFayette Sta? tion, neur the South end of the Balti? more and Potomac Railroad tunnel, by being run over by the cure. Doft was employed by tho railroad company as a telegraph operator at the South end of the tunnel, aud hud gotten on tbe fast line for Washington ut Galvert Station witb a view of proceeding to his work as telegraph operator at Westeru Mary? land Junctiou. lie was standing on the front platform of the first passenger car, aud before tbe cars had stopped ut tbe station be attempted to jump from the train. Losing his footing, he was thrown under tbe second passenger car, which, with the car in the rear, passed over him, mashing his body almost ont of shape, oud nearly severing his head from the trunk. Tbe wheols passed aoross hia body from the hip on one side to the shoulder on the other side, spirting the blood upon the platform and tearing out the en trails which were gathered up separately.?Baltimore Sim. Calcraft, the English Jack Ketch, has hanged nearly all the murderers sen? tenced to death in Great Britain since 1829. Tho adjuster of hempen cravats for forty-four years might be supposed to have disagreeable recollections, but Calcraft has none. "I never killed ary body," pays"he, "it's their own weight that does it." Biis pastor says that ho is n particularly mild aud inoffensive man, u pattern husband aud father, and juo of the most earnest aud regular worshipers in his cburch. Professor James Allen, a veterau ioronaut of Providence, R. I., has nearly completed arrangements with -ome persons in Sau Francisco for a ti aiia-contiuentnl balloon which will have a capacity of 200,(100 feet. He will rnnku the attempt about the lot of Mav, 1871. A blazing aerolite lately fell at Marys viile, California, with such force as to bury itself eight foot in the eartb. When dug up it was hot euough to set fire to tho cart in which it was hauled away, and tho astonished inhabitants con? cluded that the devils had been playing a game of sky-ball. A Missouri girl, ou her wedding day, sold her piano and bought a sewing ma-' chice and material enough for a suit for her husband and herself, aud at ouce .-et to work making them up. Her hus? band blowed it. Iu twu weeks her four biHters were all married. Homicide ?Primus Wbceler, a colored man, was killed, last Friday, by Solo- j mou MfRee, a colored lad, about fifteen years of ago. The reucoutre occurred in tbo neighborhood of Gaddy'a Mill*-, Murion County. A silk blanket for a fashionable poodle in New York city costs sixteen dollars, und more than 3 ),000 laboring meu aud women tbrowu out of employ? ment iu that city. The fact that tho old Greeks used to laugh over the same good jokes tbat we do, leads Dr. Hopkins to remark that "Irish bulls wore once calves iu Greece." Tbo United States deputy marshals captured S75.000 in counterfeit $2.50 gold pieces from a dealer iu tbe metal, iu Chatham County, N. O, last week. Augusta hails with delight the iuau guratiou of a steam laundry. Tbe news? paper men cau now ullord to wear raf? fled shirts. Tho Boston Globe claims to know that Justice Swayue is Gen. Grant's person? al preference for tbe Supreme Conrt vacancy. A New York bill-poster Uns beeu fiued forty dollars for posting on a feuce where there was ti sign of warning. Captain W. W. Davies has been ap? pointed Suporinteudeut of the Spartan burg und Union Railroad. (T?BKrBii?-AoqM>Mwtiv Three'-wroTcd. children ? of. Isham <?Qalhoan, r were harped to death ohjhe plantation of Colonel James Edward Calhoun, last week. The father was boating cotton to AogusU, and the'pother had gone to m?h' She' built a Are to keep the chil? dren warm, and in some' unknown way the cabin was burned, < The a tables of the tenant were consumed, together with bis coru apd five bales of cotton? his work for the year. [Abbeville Medium. The stables, crib and ether outbuild? ings on the premises of Mr. Marshall Jordan, nenr Greenwood, together with his whole crop, except that whioh was in store at the latter place, was burnt on Mouduy night last. On Saturday morning, the 1st icat., Wesley, a Newberry -barber, was found dead in bis bed. He had been nnwell for several days. The coroner's jury rendered the verdict, "Died of conges? tion." MARRIED, On the morning of the 4th inst., at the re? sidence of the bride's father, by Itev. B. L. Harper. Mr. FRANK P. BEARD, of the Ker shaw Gazette, to Miss MOLL IE ?., eldest daughter of Captain John J. NoIbou. All of Kershaw. No cards. ik.u.ctIon Sal??. Furniture. BY JACOB LEVIN. THIS (Thursday) MORNING, at 10 o'crock, weather permitting, I will sell, atmy Store, A general variety of FURNITURE, belong? ing to a respectable family declining house? keeping, amoug which arc: Black Walnut Hair-Seat Chairs, Cano-Scat and Windsor Chairs, Mahogany Sofas and Divans, Centre Tables, Mahogany French Bedsteads, Cot? tage Bedsteads, one Marble-Top fine Oak Sideboard, Extension Table, Wardrobes, Mattresses, Carpels, Cooking Stoves, Ac, whh a vaiiuty of articles usefal to families. Hale uosilive, without reserve, for cash. No* 6 __ For Rent! rpiIE H.VLL and ROOMS over John Htise'B JL Confectionery, Plain street. Nov 6 13 Entries For State Fair. Tl IE Secretary's Office on tho Fair Grounds will bo opened on FRIDAY MORNING, the 7th instant, at 8 o'clock. Entries from Co? lumbia and vicinity will be closed on SATUR? DAY EVENING. Eutries from a distance closed positively on MONDAY EVENING. Parties will govern themselves accordingly. 1 Mr. J. H. CRAWFORD will be on the grounds to receive aii articles and assign them to po? sitions. M. O. BUTLER, Secretary. Nov 6_2_ FRANKLIN HOUSEj C-fmer Bridge and Gates Streets. . rrUIE uudsr?igned bega to announce to hia J_ old patrons and friends, that he has re? opened his H AMPLE ROOM and RESTAU? RANT, and is prepared to serve, at all hours, FISH, GAME and OYSTEUS, in all styles; togother with every delicacy that the Charleston and Columbia markets afford. NoTG__ 0. R. FRANKLIN. |?u^ before the Company. By order of tho President. Nov 0 1 OHAS. H. PRINCE. Secretary. 10 Timothy Hay. TONS CHOICE TIMOTHY HAY. for sale low by_ _HOPE & GYLES. South Carolina Legislature HAVE a problem before them that will re? quire mach deliberation to solve. The "Indian Girl" has a stock of CIGARS that will require much smoklDgto turn intdashes; hut as she has Deter mined to Abolish the Principle of being merely the controlling . element in tho retail trado, but intends to ! supply wholesale; also, the present stock 1 will iiimppcar as rapidly as do thoae flvo cent Cigar*.. The aotion of the United States Supreme Court, In deciding that bills of the Bmk of the State mast bo received for taxes, will not moro surprise tax payers than the enormous stock of Cigars displayed duriag Fair Week at this mammoth Cigar Store. Nov C PRICE LIST OF GROCERIES. A FI'.EHH cargo ot those choico CRACKERS. had such au direct from the p?r pound. New BEEF TONGUES, Now BUCKWHEAT, Just received and for sale at SOLOMON'S' UNPRECEDENTED RUSH ! TUE unprecedented rush of Cash Customers dur? ing the past three weeks, has enabled mo tu make i a furthor reduction of prices. I believe in Small I Troths and Quick Returns. BACON?Shoulders, 9 cents per pound. Bacon?Clear Rib, free of bono, 10} and 11 cent u per pound. Bacon?Clear Smoked, 12} cents pur pound. HAMS, 12} ccntu per pound; New Sugar-Cured, 15 conts per pound. BUTTER?Choice Gothen 35 cents r" pound; Gil -Edge, fluent, 15 Centn per pound. CHEESE; Finest Family, 25conts per pound. MACKEREL, Extra iieadless Meus, 15 cents. FLOUR, New Family, $10 per barrel, flour, New Extra, #11 per barrel. MOLASSES, 40 cents per gallon, new crop. SYRUPS from 70 cont? to 00 cents per gallon. Now OrloaiiH SUGAR, 11 tenis vor pound. Domcrnra Sugar, 12 cent a per pnuud. B and Extra ? Sugar, 12} oentu per puuud. A Hugiir, 1.; cents per puuud. Crashed Sugar; 13 cents per pound. COFFEE, Hid. 25 cents per pound. Java Coffee, 8SJ cent a pur pound. Parched Coffee, 35 cents per pound. Blank TEA, fumed tor its rich llavor, $1 per pound. Green Tea, New und Choice, $1.25 per pound. Fresh Orc-und MEAL, f 1 per buvhol. Fresh Ground GRIST, $1 per bushol. Fine WIIlSKlESj drawn Iroiu original packacoe, 51 f.O to M \ er gallon. MA full liuo of all other goods on hand and prices at eorrfeponding ratfa. By fair dealing, choice goods and ?niull proiits and attention to onr customers, j?fe hope to merit a continnancc or the large patronage with which we have been favored. Coli-mma, October 20, 1873. HARDY SOLOMON. Oct 30