The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, November 19, 1873, Image 3

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Tcle?rapblc?For?tg? Attn^tm? PRESIDENT MAOMAHON'S MSOBXQX&gXMaV LAB CONDUCT OP A BI?HOP? DX9TOT0 TIYB FIBB ?SPANISH ACTION W THE VIB onrrus affair?bmtjbNOXs op l thb pbxbokhbs kot ex ec ct hi), ao., ao. Havana, November 10.?Tge Fctt^cfe Cuia aaja a oonepUaoy bcc? L-^wSrq vered in Holquiu hod surrounding jurisr diotion for a rising simultaneously with the landing of the Virgin ins ex oodition: The plot .had extensive ramifications throughout the island, and was to be carried into execution the 1st of Novem? ber. Many pursona have already beea arrested, and arrests are daiiy increas? ing. Tho Voz hopes the partiea proved guilty of taking part in the conspiracy will be judged with the utmost severity of the law. . London, November 18.?The Foreign Office has issued a circular that the Go? vern moot reserves its deoision upon questions of the executions already made r.t Santiago, but will hold Spain and all concerned for tho additional executions of British subjects. Paris, November 18 ? MacMahon'a mejeage aaks a prolongation of the pre? sent executive to seven years; deems it his duty to icdioato that gnaranteea otherwise would bo imprudent for him to accept the task; points out tho bad effect of a postponement of the begin? ning of the prolongation till after tho constitutional bills are voted on. He will use the power granted in defenoe of conservative ideas, whioh, he ia con? vinced, are those of the majority of the nation. After the adjournment, the Committee on' Prolongation agreed to seven years, bnt refused to yield other points. Berlin, November 18.?-The Bishop of Nancy has ordered prayers for the recover? of Metz and Strasburg. The German Government has remonstratod to France against the Bishop's aotion. Santiago dk Cuba, November 12.? Isabella Li Oatoliua has arrived, aud will convey the Virginius to Havana. The Authorities ioaist upon treating ber as a pirate. There have been no more executions; but the trials are progress? ing.-. The British man-of-war Niobe is still here. Kingston, November 18.?It is feared that the United ? States steamer, Ada, which left Kingston, with forty officers and men aboard, was lost, with nil hands. Madrid, November. 18.?The Spanish Oabinet are unanimously ia favor of a satisfactory and honorable settlement as to the' Virginius difficulty, but regard the maintenance of tho integrity of Spanish territory as essential. Havana, November 18.?Of the Vir? ginius orew hot executed, four were con? demned to the chain*gang for life, three to eight yours' imprisonment, eight to four years imprisonment, and three set at liberty. S?hd?n, November 18?A cotton near ManoheBter was destroy od -by fire to day ; loss 8500,000: The Daily Telegraph, this morning, has a leading artiole on the Virginius af? fair, in whioh it _says: "Considerations of policy and humanity would lead Eng? land to View favorably the annexation of Ouba to the United States. That the American Government will await the re? assembling of Congress before taking action in the Virginius matter is evi? dence that its policy will not be go? verned by popular olamor. We do not despair of a peaceful solution of the question, in view of the difficulty the United States would experience in re? taining possession of 'Ouba, if annexed. We would advise the Government that the oonntry to acknowledge the bellige? rency of the insurgents, aud ultimately guarantee the independence of the island, should ask in return the aboli? tion of slavery." Tclegraiililr?\iuci l< im .Urn Inn. cuban indignation 1ibetino ?AMEBICAN vessels bbinq pot IN obdeb?beoboit INQ fob thb NAVY, ao , ao. Norfolk, November 16.?The United States steamer Worcester, the flag-ship of the North American squ tdrou, has dropped down from the navy yard to the naval anchorage off Towu Point. She will probubly suit for Cuban waters early on Tuesday, Providence, November 16.?Tho United States steamer Ossipee, with u quantity of torpedoes aboard, Bailed from Newport, to-day, for Hamptou Roads. Boston, November 16.?Tho Frank? lin has been ordered to prepare for sea, aud ib working to-day. New York, Novembor 17.?Tho ac? tivity in the navy yard continues, 250 men were added to the force to-day. Over 1,000 stood at tho gates, hoping for employment. Tho Juuiata is ready for sea. Work on the Spanish iron-olad Aripiles has been suspended. 5,000 Sersons visited tho navy yard yesterday, [o secret is made of the fact, that or? ders have been received from Washing? ton to prepare all the available veaaels in the yard for ?ctive sei vice as seen as possible, and well-informed parties say orders have been isaued to prepare for * sea at once every vessel in the navy. The frigates Minnesota and Colorado, each fifty guns, will be ready for sea within twenty-five days. At tho hotels and clubs, the Cuban difficulty, aud complications almost certain to arise from it, is the universal aubjeot of con? versation . It is generally conceded that unless tho Madrid Government consents to a joint intervention, in order to re? store tranquillity in Cuba aud punish the perpetrators of tho recent outrage, war is inevitable. New Yobk, November 18.?Tho Cu? ban meeting was very enthusiastic. There were repeated cries; of "war!" "war!" Tho meeting resolved that tho people of tho United States look to the great soldier who now presides over our Government-to take the promptest and moat decisive action consistent with the dignity and past precedents of our Go? vern meat. That we adopt the language of Thomas Jefferson, in 1773, when he, se Secretary of State, wro'e to the Spanish representatives In Tegard to the outrage* oomsnitted by the Greek In? dians in the then Spanish territory of Florida a pea American citizens, whioh coneradee:? "Is!- we . cannot otherwise prarail on the Greeks to discontinue their depredations, we will attack them is.fsc?e: *t. S^ste .efceorts in consider oar defence against savage fautohery as a cause of war to her, we must meet her also la tap, with regret, but without feetrifTi ? & .-!?< Mtf". Havana:dates of the 25th stato that Borriel, beforo shooting Cospedee, en? deavored to porsuade him to betray his father, President Geepedee. It is re? ported that Zovla Rosa landed in a lohoonor, with forty others, and was not aboard the Virginias, Two gentle? men and eight ladies, from the steamer New York, just arrived from New York, are euspeeted of being insurgent cor? respondents. The owner of the Bomta lier Express was also arrested; all are confined at headquarters of the police. ?Buffalo, Novombor 18.?Whito & Bradey'b printing establishment was burned, with the adjoining promises; loss $200,000. New York, November 18.?E lwin K. Winsbip, 21 Broad streot, who bought olaims of the Government employees at ten per cent, and received deposits, pay? ing threo per cent, interest, is short about $400,000. Wiuship has disap? peared. The Associated Banks lo-t over $500,000 legal tender reserves. Fobtbess Monroe, November 18.? the Worcester, flag ship of the North Atlantic squadron, pushed the fort for Santiago. fSEL.HA, November 18.?Over forty horses, representing n dozen stables, entered for the racing at tho Selena Ex? position, commencing ou the 25th iust. The preparations indicate tho grandest fair ever hold in Alabama. Wasuinoton, November 18 ?At the Cabinet, meeting, to-day, the Virgiuius massacre was tbo subject of renewed aiscussiou, but uo new facts are known. All the members were present, except? ing Robesou, who is in New York super? intending navy movements. No addi? tional offioiul despatches to (hose already published have been received up to tbis evening. The Navy Department has established recruiting offices at various points! and the'nuvy will be recruited up to its full standard. The Indian delegations who havo been hero for somo time called at the Iuterior Department, to day, for a dual pow? wow, when they received some good ad? vice, and left for home. Probabilities?For Southern StateB, North-westerly winds, falling tempera tare, cloudy weather, generally clearing by Wednesday. Indianapolis, November 18.?Gov. Heudrioks telegraphed yesterday to a committee of Now York Cuban sympa? thizers as follows: "Spain cannot be permitted to maintain authority in Cuba by means which the civilized nations rejeot as atrocious; and in the cause of humanity aud good government, the United States should uow extend their sympathy aud power over that islaud. I thiuk this is the sentiment of tho peo? ple of Indiana." Telegraphic?Commercial Ucpoiit. Columbia, November 19.?Sales of cotton yesterdav 72 bales?middling 13^0. London, November 18.?Consols 92^ <o>95%. Pabis, November 18.?Rentes 57f. 70c. Liverpool, November 18?3 P. M.? Cotton easier but not lower; sales 10,000 bales; speculation and export 2,000; to arrive steady, but no transactions; up? lands, not below good ordinary, shipped November or December, 8 316; sales in? clude 5,400 bales Amcricau. Lverpool, November 18?Evening.? Yarns and fabrics ut Manchester dull, but not quotably lowor. New York, November 18?Noon.? Gold opened ut 9j.<. Cotton quiet; sales 1,293 bales?uplands 15J?; Orleaus 15%. Futures opened: Decembor 14 13 IG; January 14JU, 15 3 1?; March 15 9 1G. Flour ?rm. Wheat l@2o. better. Coin lc. better. Pork quiet and btcady?new 14 50(Vj} 14.75. Lard scarce uud very lirm?steam 7 13-lG(n) 7Ja- Freights firm. Stocks quiet. Gold U/?. Money 0. Exchange?long G3/: short B}?. Governments dull but strong. fStato bonds dull. 7 P. M.?Cotton lirm; sales 2,742 bales, at 15} ?($1.5%. Southern flour lirm?6.25(a)7 uu tor common to fair I extra; 7.05(0*10.50 for good to choice extra. Whiskey lirmcr, ut 04. Wheat 2u. better, with good export?1.4'2@ 1.45 for common wiuter red We .tern. Corn l(rt)2o. better? G7($G7,l..i for prime Western mixed, afloat. Pork steady? new mess 14 50. ' Beef 8^(<^10. Lard openod lower and closed ?rm, at 7%? 1%. Freights lirm. Money active, at 7. Exchange quiet, at 6?4'. Gold 9% @10. Governments dull but strong. States quiet and nominal. Cotton?net t 1,4.4 i,?t..... r.~<xr,~ n OOT. (,,tnMa I CUCI UWJ A, J\^.M mm,mlt*$ , * U L J Z"2 closed weak; sales 12,400 bales, as fol? lows: Deoember 1415-16; January 15 316, 15>?; February 15 9-16; March 15%; April 16^, 16^. Cincinnati, November 18.?Flour firm, at 6.50@6.75. Corn firm?50 for ear and shelled. Pork scarce and want? ed, at 12 50. Lard steady?steam ren? dered kettle IKC&TyZ. Buoon steady; stock ligbt?shoulders G.'^'; clour rib 6>?; dear sides 6^. Whiskey quiet, at 8?. St. Louis, November 18.?Flour dull and unchanged. Corn, offerings ligbl; business small?No. 2 mixed 41, at East side, on track. Whiskey nomi? nally 87. Pork quiot, at 12.50. Lard quiet, at G%@7. Looisville, November 18.? Flour in fair demand aud unchanged. Corn steady, at -68?62. Provisions quiet and unchanged. Whiskey steady, at 86@87. New Orleans, November 18.?Cotton quiet?middling 15j?; strict good ordi? nary 13%; low middliug 14)?; net re? ceipts 5,476 bales; gross 6,004; exports 8i7St^ fiance 8,600; sales 3,000; Btoqk { MtatPHTS, November 18.?CottoQ dull ?middling 14>?; bw middling 13#@ 13%; receipts 1,614 bales; shipments 1,910; stock 25,140. Baltimore, November 18 ?Cotton quiet and firm?middling 14%;? low middling 14??@14>?; strict good ordi? nary 13>?; gross receipts 260; exports oouBtwise 125; sales 550; spinners 250; stook 9,338. Norfolk, November 18.? Cotton quiet and unchanged?low middling 13%; net receipts 1,404 bales; exports ooastwieo 2,068; sales 300; stock 6,741. Charleston, November 18.?Cotton steady?middling 1?}?; low middling 13%@18#; striot good ordinary 13^; net receipts 3,01)7 bales; sales 1,000; etook 43,247. WiXjMinqton, November 18.?Cotton ?middling 14; net receipts 200 bales; sales 206; stock 2,193. Mobile, November 13 ?Cotton quiet; demand moderate?middliug 11 ,'?((?> 14%; low middling 14@14>?; striot good ordiuary 13J?j; net receipts 1,345 bales; exports coastwise 569; sales 600; stock 26,351. Boston, November 18.?Cotton quiet ?middling 15>?; net receipts 124 bales; gross 1,173; sales 200; stock 6,000. Philadelphia, November 18.?Cot? ton firm?middling 15 1X; low middling 14%; strict good ordinary 14J?; not re? ceipts 26 bales; gross 372. Savannah, Novetnber 18.?Cotton quiet and firm?middliug 14J^; net re? ceipts 3,052 bales; exports to Great Britain 2,655; Kales 1,166; stock 94,920. Revolt of the Western Germans ? The municipal election iu Chicago, u week ago, was a very extraordinary affair. It resulted in the iosa of the German vote in Illinois to the Republi? can party. Such bitterne.-s on the part of the press we have seldom heard of, aud the furious attempts at arraying nationalities and creeds against each other wero barbarous and infernal. We will not Btaiu our columns with a repeti? tion of tho disgraceful canvass, but simply state that the patience of the German Republicpns broke down under the aconmulated revilings of their lato political associates, and they declared, through tho Illinois Staats Zeitung, that henceforth they would have nothing more to do with tho American Radio Us. Gradually, the German vote of tho West is being ulienated from tho Grant party, and, with that element alienated, the days of Radicalism are numbered. A singular coincidence recently brought an offender to justice About two years ago, a jastioo of the peace, at New Orleans, obtained possession fraudulently of a considerable sum of money and then disappeared. After traveling about the country, and spend? ing all of his money, he arrived at Cin? cinnati and enlisted under an assumed name in the United States army. He was assigned to a regiment on duty at New Orleans, and was thus Bent buck to the scene of crime, where he was im? mediately recognized and arrested. The New Orleans 7\mes learns that the discounted paper held by the banks of that city, due to date, has never be? fore been more promptly met, in whole or part. Referring to the present crisis the same paper gives the following good advioo to parents: "Husband your ro Rources, and, if possible, your duugh t.r?, also." This is an "off-year." Tho Adminis? tration ring grows fat in off-icn. Its organs hatten on off-nU. The times are perfectly ate ful. There is a great lull tug off iu the Administration vote, and if it does not ojf-er u remedy for the money pressure, the Administration had better pack up ami bu off itself. It was bad eoougb for the Beaton Ad? vertiser to s?y of Wilkio Collins aa u| Idctnrer: "The Iiondou intouatiou is] noticeable in u H-ttteqiug of the vowels." But it ii worse when a Western com? positor made it read, "a flatteuiug of the bowels." After the judge*.i churgo of three hours to tho jury, Stokes wus sentenced to four year's imprisonment. Our only objection to tho wholo thing is that the charge of the judge ami the term of im? prisonment are two nearly of the attmo length'. A story comes from Wbampoa, Chi? uu, that nine damsels of that city, be ing filled with horror at the prospeuts of a married life, fastened themselves together and committed suicide by jumping into tho water.. At a wedding in rural New York, last week, tho groom was in his eighty eighth year and the bride nearly seven? ty-seven. This is. the husband's third wife, while be is the fifth husband of tho lady to whom ho is now united. In nine oases out of ten, whatever it may be called, the ultimate cause of suicide is indigestion, diseased liver, or some other physical derangement. No healthy person over cut his throat be cause things went wrong. A Now York glove store has adopted the Paris custom of having prvtty young girls to fit on gloves purchased by ladies and gentlemen. A modern Sarah, living iu Ritohie County, Va., aged eighty-three, recent? ly presented her husband, aged seventy seven, with an infant sen. The ohief topic everywhere is tho probability of "Uuolo Sum" adding Alisa Cuba to his happy family. The Wilmington, Colambia and Au? gusta Railroad has reduced the pay of its employees ten per cent. New Orleans ia preparing to make the next Mardi Gras Carnival exoeed all its predocosBors in magnificence. The total number of visitors to the Vienna exposition, from the opening to* the dosing, was 7,250,000. Not a patriotio smoker in the land bnt ia in favor of reducing Havana to ashes. i?.1 ?:? i, cm m?..???-i . Tan Smnnp Sxrlvton of a H um ah Banro Found Under an Old Stump in a Swamp.?Fact is sometimes stranger than fiction. . An examplioatiou of this oam? to oar knowledge yesterday. On Friday last, while a eolored man named Adam Nelson was digging np a large lightwaod stamp, in what is known ai xseLaigte'a Swamp, about three miles from the oity, be suddenly perceived in the hote he had dag what was apparent? ly a hnman hand. Although for the moment almost paralyzed by the disco? very, be soon stooped dowa and picked op the thing. His first impression was correct. It was most certainly a human hand, but completely petrified and as hard as adamant. After gazing at the singular affair for a few miuutes, Nolson came to the conclusion that the body to which tho hand belonged must bo buried under tbo resinous roots of tho huge stump. He, therefore, set to work, and in a short time bad the last portion of what was onco a mighty monarch of the forest on tho surface of the ground. Iu the bottom of tbo bolo wuh lying, iu a somewhat cramped position, tho entire body of u man, with tho exception ol tho hand previously found. The whole I Qguro was petrified like tho band, und had the appearance of a stone image. The skull was cleft iu twain nlmost to the neck, aud near by was lying a heavy 6tone hatchet, which had evidently beeu used to do the deadly work. The negro carefully raised the figure from the hole, aud carried it, together with tho baud aud hatchet, to his cabin, near the Savannah Road. He says lie in? tends to sell them to some museum, if the authorities have no objection. The probability is that the body was buried iu the spot where it was found over a century ugo, before the tree which afterwards covered it waa even iu its embryonic stato as an acorn, and gra? dually became petrified by tho notion of some peculiar substance in the soil. There can bo no doubt but that it is the body of an Indian warrior who fell iu battle, and who has thus beeu brought before the eyes of the pale faces long after his companions have mouldered iuto duet. The wild Indinu tribes roamed over this section untrammeled, and engaged iu their cluunish wurs be- < fore tbo advent of the white man, aud tho ashes of their dead repose in tho soil to this duy. Mounds are still Been iu primitive woods not far from this city, und arrow beads and stoue hatehete are yet occasionally found. The instance mentioned above is the first that has come to our knowledge, however, of the finding of a skeleton of a red man in this vicinity.?Augusta Chronicle. Distbbss Among the Tax pateus in Wilmington, N. O.?The Wilmington Star, of Monday, says: "Sheriff Black will leave for Raleigh, to morrow morn? ing, with a petition, numerously signed by our citizens, together with a resolu? tion of the Board of Oonnty Commis? sioners, praying that the General As? sembly, whioh meets on that day, will, ia view of the present unsettled condi? tion of financial affairs, grant some re? lief to oar people by extending the time for selling the property of those whose taxes remain unpaid. To give some idea of the necessity of such relief on the part of the Legislature, we would stute that there are now upwards of 1,000 pieces of property udveitised for sale for delinquent taxes ia this Couuty, representing iu tho aggregate valuation over $1,000,000, which the Sheriff will be compelled to sell unless tho needful actiou shall be taken." Iu the Uuited States District Court, Judge Bryan presiding, the petition of Jacob T. S domous, to establish lieu ou tho estate ot Elijah Pringle, was granted. A similar order was made in tho eise ">f tha iume petitioner against the eat. of Wra. Wade, bankrupt, | The pe in. of David John;on, of Union; juj. S. Eilis, of Marion, aud ' David G. YYullueo, of York, for volun? tary bankruptcy, were referred to the Uegistrars. Wm. Hunter, of 1> unwell, was approved of as an assignee of John II Harley, of Barn well. Pooit South Cakolisa.?A corres? pondent of the New Yoik Sun states I thai boforo the war, the taxable pro? perty of South Carolina was valued ut ! about $-133, 00,001, and tho decrease has been steadily progressing up to the present time; but, mirubile dicht, the taxation in 1S70, was about $2.100,000, yet tho State debt has increased from 86,000,000 to something botween $10, 000,000 und $20,000,000. Gerrit Smith .is out in a long letter, calling for the State? to cease doing the work of education, no is one who, we had supposed, would bo among tha last to take uuoh a position. His pets, tha negroes of tho South, would stand a poor chauc^ for receiviug any educa? tion at all if bis ideas were put into practice. A Tan Yard.?The Commercial caya Home, Oi , can boast of a negro boy who wears a shoe bigger than any other mortal, black or white. The measure? ment is seventeen inches iu length, three and a bull inches across the heel, and five inches across the ball of the foot. An Administration paper, speaking of the recent elections, says that "the vote oust everywhere was light " But it. made the f ices of tbo Admiuisttatinn candidates in Now York, Virgiuiu aud Wisconsin look exceedingly dark. A leading manufactory in Augusta, Me., has beeu compelled to disoburge lud. t t.f iis bauds, for tho reason that it "lias plenty funds ut tho bank, buL can? not draw them." Tho high price of butchers' meat has oreated u great demand for rabbits in Louden, and saupuge-makers incident? ally remark that outs uro getting ro markably scarce. Mayor Cunningham aud his Hoard of Aldermen have beeu installed, iu Charleston. The Womaw Q?kstxon jjs faapflg.? The Legislature of Illinois, last spring, passed an Act that ?Omen should be eli? gible to any office under tho school laws iu that State. At the first election after the law went into operation there were thirty-four female-candidates for official positions in' the educational depart? ments in the various Counties, ten of whom were eleoted. Miss Holett, the young lady who studied law and was re? fused admission to practice in Chicago, tbrce years ago, has been admitted to tbe bar under an Act of tbe Legislature last year, providing that no person should bo debarred from any profession ou account of aex. Miaa Hulett won tbe first case she conducted, before tbe oonrt whioh rejected her professional services. The Richmond (Va.) Dispatch says tho executive committee of the South? ern Historical Society, at a meeting held lust week, hud made arrangements to put forward their important work with vigor and energy. The services of Gen. Wade Hampton have been en? gaged, aud he iutends immediately en? tering upon an active canvass for ex teudiug tho membership of the society and collecting material for its archives. It has also beoo arranged that duriug the coming winter, a series of popular (free) lectures will be given in Rich? mond, upon subjects touching upon Confederate history. A White Girl Elopes With a. Negro. We understand that a youug while girl iu this city eloped with a negro man, a day or two since. Tho girl was em? ployed us a nurse and the negro as a coachman, by one of our citizens. We were iufurmed by one party that the couple had gouo to Hamburg, whore they had been married by a colored justice of tho peace. This was after? wards denied, however, by u parcy who seemed to Ituow something about the matter. There seems to be no doubt about the'elopement. [Augusta Chronicle. Test of a Makriaob Law.?A suit is about to bo brought in Iudiana to test the queatiou whether the statute for ?bidding persons with a visible mixture of negro blood to marry white is or is not iu conflict with the oivil rights law aud recent constitutional amendments. Tbe suit is in bohalf of Hiward Brown, of Indianapolis, oonvicted last spring of marrying a white woman, and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. The result will be looked for with interest, as thoro nro several other States iu which a similar law exists, and some iu which it id enforced. Sale of the United States Gunboat Nevada.?The gunboat Nevuda was sold at auction ut the Brooklyn Navy Yard, on Wednesday. This gunboat cost the Government $1,300.000. She was built with a view to ruu dowu the pirate Alabama, and had capacity only for coal and crew besides her machinery. Tho hull cost $700,000, and the ma? chinery $600,000. Tbe hull brought at auction $25.000, and the machinery brought $ib\000. Deaths.?Mr. Johu B. MoOootl, who resided near McCounellsville, in York County, died from pueumonia on Saturday last, in the sixty-seoond year of his uge. Mr. Johu W. Beard, a na? tive and former citizen of Yorkville, died of yellow fever, in Culvert, Texas?, on the 20th ult., iu the thirty-sixth year of his uge. Sale of Augusta Factory Stock.? Col. C. V. Walker, auctioneer, seid, lust Friday, thirty-two shares of Au? gusta f ictory stock, as follows: 4 shares at $170 per share; 5 shares at $164 pur share; 1 ut $163 50; 7 at $163 per share; 2 at $162.87.'.\ per share; 7*at $162.50 per shine; A at $162.25 per share, und j 2 at $162 per share. i The New York Evening Post, a staunch Republican paper, puts it mildly: "It I will not be denied, we believe, by the most prejudiced adherent of the Re J publican party, that it has failed to come. I up to the requirements of its opportu > uitief." Died at her residence about two milee from Catudeu, on the 5th inst , Mrs. Margaret Whitaker, one of tho old aud ; honored members of tho community. ! On MoUdiy night, the 10th iust., Mrs. j .Martha Dillon, another of the uge<! aud respecJed citizsns of Camden. Grand Muster Johu M. Prince of the Masonic order of Kansas, has decided '?Mint a Master Ma-ou who keeps d drain shop should be suspended or ex? pelled, and a saloon keoptr is not c suitable person for degrees." Iu 1S72, the Fifth Congressional DU trict of Michigan gave Foster (Radical] a tuujority of 8,609. On Tuesday, it elected a Democrat to fill the seat madi vacant by tho death of Foster. This if very good for an "off-year" in politics. Mr. Zephauuiah Smith, of Pickeuf County, has picked this year, 2,62( pounds of seed cotton from a fraction hiss thau oucnnd three-quarter acres ol laud. Barn yard manure was the fer I tilizer used. I Two of tho men engagod in robbing (the Columbia, Ky., bank and murder Iiug tho cashier some time ago, have becu arrested iu Maine aud will be brought to Kentucky for trial. Dm Goods and Groceries.? Tin i New York papers say that the dry goodi land grocery ineu will very soon h?.vr. >; I pi ens it nt time aud a brink trodo. Wt hope m>. Tho courts of Illinois uro reported tt have already over 8,000 divorce eases ot tin ir dockets, with accessions of noa applications at the rate of 29,000 pei annum. Peck, ex-Revenue Colleator of the Second North Carolina District, had been arrested aud bound over for trial, on the chargo o' embezzlement of pub? lic funds. / Alice Vane aud John Templetou arc playing in San Francisco. The New York State Ticket?A Liberal Bhpublioah .Vioropr.?''The ?tone wbloh the builders rejected has become the head of the corner." It ap? pears now that the State ticket elected in tha recent State election is the ticket of the Liberal Republicans, including the Democratic and the Republican candidates solected by the Liberals at the Elmira convention for the snffrages of their party." Lint's big snake had to be killed while performing in Opelika, last Fri? day. When its master attempted to pnt it back in the cage, it became so unruly and dangerous that it was thought ne? cessary to shoot it. It recoived twelvo balls before it died. Marion Heyward, colored, of Charles? ton, was fatally burned by a kerosene fire. Funeral Invitatio*. The relatives, friends and acquaintances of Mr. ELI KILLIAN and family, are re? spectfully invited to attend tha funeral ser? vices of the former, at the Presbyterian Church, on the arrival of the down train cn the Charlotte.. Columbia vnd Augusta Bail road, about half past 2 o'clock, THIS AFTERNOON. To Rent. MTHAT desirable COTTAGE, contain? ing six rooms, corner of Sonate and Henderson streets. Apply to W. H. QIBBE3. _ Not 10 3 Richland Lodge, No. 39. A. F. M. A AN extra Communication of this <t#%rLQdge 00 hold THIS (Wednesday) EVKN1NO, in Masonic nail, at 7, o'clock. The P. C Degree will bo conferred. By order of tho W. M. Nov 19 1_ B. I BO ONE. Secretary. Lost, BETWEEN tho Hendrix House and the Charlotte Depot, a small MEMORAN? DUM JJOOK. By leaving it at the Hendrix Oouao, tho finder will be euitably rewarded. Nov 19_i_ I^ust Be Sold, tubee ucsdreo OVER-COATS, at a fob CASH ONLY. 1.. | 1 Our Stock ? I ? ?? .or '~\ ' CLOTHING JS at?l unimpjiirod, and will be sold low. Our FURNISHING GOODS DEPART? MENT ii still replete with the handsomest and moat atyliau Goods in the city, for wbioh we were awarded a diploma at fhe last Fair. R. & W. C. SWAFFIELD. Nov 19 Auction Sale of Bonds. ON MONDAY, November 24, at 12 o'clook, we will sell, at our office,oa account of whom it may concern, to the highest bidder, M.00U BONDS Greenville and Colombia Rail? road, State gunranteo. Novl lt SBIBELS & EZELL. Brokers. IRWIN 'S HALL. Two Night? ?ml Tl?anlfc*?lvlng Mndnn-. Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 26 and 27. Return of the Supreme Favorites, tho CHAPMAN 8I8TERS! SUP POKED by a powerful Burletque and Cumic Opera C inipany. WEDNESDAY KVr.NING, November 20, the Burloequo Kx'ravagar.e?, DOS UIOVANSI; Or, I Laporciio and the Stone Statue! Tho Rurloeqno will bo replete with now specialties, Songs and Dance?, Banjo 8olos, Cleg Dances, irios, Duels, Donham'a Bell I Hing'Ts and tho wonderful French Troapo i of Cioituclia Dancers. ! TUUUSDAY EVENING, Novtuibtr 27, tho [ latest Now York seutation, entitled LEU AND LOTUS! With ail the oiiginal mucic. specialties, &c, which met with overwhelming success at Niblo'i Garden, New York. General admission fl. Reserved etats $1 23. For salo at Bawls' Mueio Store. Grand MATIN EE, THURSDAY, at 2 P. M., for ladies and children, when will be pre? sented the npictaoular Burlesque, entitled TflE GOLD DEMON. Admission to Matineo 50 cents._Nov 18 tnw4 Notice. S\X THURSDAY, tho 27th instant, the \J Hon. DUDLEY \V. ADAMS, of towa, Master of tho National Grange of the Pa? trons of Husbandry, will addroos the visitors at the Fair ot tho Carolinas, in Chat lotto, N.C Thero will be a grand procession of the Patrons, iu rigalia, on the ooo%sion, and all Patrons from Sonth Carolina are cor? dially invited to unite with us on that festal day." By order: _ v?."s. BATTLE, Master Stato Grange. T. L. Vail. Secretary. _ Nov 13 Notice. Office Gnr.ir'vii.i.n ant* Columbia lt. R., Columbia, tf. c, August 2!) 1878. UN D Ell sresolaiiouol th?? Board of Direc? tors, I ho I otcia et Coupons ol the State Guaranteed Bonds, and of such otber I onds of chin Company ?.?' Rru regularly recorded in tho office of tho Company ; matured botwoen tho l.-t day of Ja.iintrv 1872, and 1st ilay of Julv. 1873, both inclusive, will ho funded in Bends having ton fears to run, as provided for in tho Company's prooosals to the Bond? holder, of date Annu-t 11. 1873. llotdtra of the above obligations are re? quested to send in a statement ol them to this olllco, to facilitate tho exchange which it is dosirod to complete williout delay, and enable tho necessary arrangements to bo made for tho resumption of regular interest payments on 1st January ensuing. W. J. MAGRATH, September 2 tu President.