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ii r ; m .!? ii i ii i in , ? a , TelegraptUc?Forelftn AtTalra. OAMBE1TA CHALLENGED?THE RETCHSTAG 0onvokt/3D?DEATH of a post?00N- I SPIRACY PR0SB0TrTION8? fatal illness among. tho 0P3 -?THH WAR in VALENCIA ?FRANCE RESPONSIBLE fob press YIO- I lenoe? oart.tsts WITHDRAWN?dense fog IN london?salb of a paris ta? PES STOPPED, ao., aO. Versailles, January 21.?In tho As sembly, to-day, the Left submitted an interpellation, of the Government re gprding its treatment of the press, wbfoh, after a.violent debate, was laid on the table by a majority of 100. After the close of the sitting of the Asssem bly, Deputy Henjens sent his BeoondB to Gambetta, with a challenge to fight a duel, Berlin, January 21.?The Reichstag has been convoked for^the 5th of Febru ary. ' A. H. Hoffman, of Fallersleben, a po? pular German poet, died to-day; aged seventy-five. London, January 21.?The Govern? ment, has decided to proseouto several persona for conspiracy to ontain a Bri? tish register for the Frenoh bark Mulpi latre, which was destined to convey arms'to the Carlisle in Spain. Private letters from the gold coast re pork that great sickness prevails among the troops of Sir Garnet Wolsley, prov? ing fatal in many oases within a few hours after its attack. Bomb, January 21.?Vieoonnt Vonosta has received from Duke DecazoB a de? spatch warmly expressing the friendly feeling of France towards Italy. Madrid, January 21.?Gen. Domini? ques, at the head of the oentral army, has opened the campaign against tho Oariists in Valenoia. Senor Baroia, late a member of the Oarthagena Junta, has written a letter to his friendr, advis? ing them to abandon Federalism and support the National Government until the Carlist insurrection is suppressed. London, January 22.?The Times publishes the substance of a note from Bismarck, who holds the Frenoh Go? vernment aooonntable for the violence of the Ultramontane press in France. Madrid, January 21.?Tho Carlist forces have withdrawn from Santander. London, January 22.?Parepa-Rosa is seriously ill. There was a dense fog at noon, with no prospect of lifting. Paris, January 22.?The pale- of L' Opinion Nationale has been forbidden. Telegraphic?/Vityrlean Malters. honors to agassis? bex all right? fog in nsw york? fatal railroad disaster?georgian tendered a fo? reign appointment?the louisiana troubles in . washington?foreign? ers heavily taxed in havana?hiss ing a government steamer ?de? nouncing civil bights bill?da? mages to vessels and dridges by floating ice, ao., ao. Washington; January 21.?Informa? tion has been reoeived that the House of Delegates, Grosse Bath, of the Canton of Neufohatfll, resolved, at one of its last meetings, to have a. large piotnre paint? ed of the late Professor Agassiz, the great citizen of two hemispheres, and to have it suspended, when finished, in the sew Council chamber of the oity of Neufchatel, where Agassiz first made his name famous. Washington, January 22.?The State Department has confidential advices of the progress of the King of the Carni? val. Whilo withholding details. Secre? tary Fish authorises the assurance that Box will reach bis favorite oity of New Orleans on the 17th day of February of the present year. New York, January 22.?A dense fog interrupts navigation. New Orleans, January 22.?Tho con? stitutional amendment limiting tho debt and taxation, passed both Houses. * An engine of a freight train on the New Orloans and Jackson Bailroad ex? ploded near' Pass Mancbao, killing the engineer and fireman, and wrecking four cars. The* mail train was delayed two hours. The President, through the Secretury of State, has tendered the Beirut con? sulate to Col. Fisher, of Augusta, Ga. . There is a lull in the Louisiana mat ter. The issue will he approached Mon? day. There is no acoosion to correct the impressions produced by tho de? spatches of the lust two days. Sheldon, Sypher, Harris and Pitkin called on tho President, to-day, remonstrating againBt a new election. Carpenter and Butler also called upon him, for the purpose of consultation over'the features of tho new election bill. An Havana despatch says foreigners will pay their quota of the forced loan of $30,000,000, because their business depends upon its payment. The quota of the same will amount to from $5,000 to $50,000. It is understood that 810, 000 of tho amonnt goes to pay the soldiers. As the United States steamer * Worcester sailed from Havana, with the band playing, a rabble gathered on the wharf and hissed as she passed, dip? ping the flag to Moro Castle and the Spar.iah war vessels. Atl/NTA, Ga., January 22.?Joint re? solutions of the General Assembly con? demnatory of the Civil Bights Bill wore passed. The resolutions affirm, that the effeot of the passage of the bill will be to break up the pnblio school system of Georgia. All appropriations will be withheld by the Legislature should tho bill pass. Washington, January 22.?In the Senate, Spenoer, from the committee, reported favorably on a bill to facilitate the execution of and protection of cer? tain works of improvement at the mouth of tho Mississippi River. He asked for this present consideration, but Clayton, of Arkansas, objeoted, and the bill went over. The House was engaged during tho hour on tbo Conference report on the bill to pay offioial reporters. Report agreed to. Buffalo, N. Y., January 22.?The weather and high water caused the ioe in Buffalo River to move abont 11 o'olook this morning, piling it up in such force against the bridge ovor Ohio street as to carry away that strong struc? ture, and in its course sweeping ten first plass vessels down tne stream, piling I tbem in one mass, against Michigan street bridge. The' bowsprits of the vessels, in their rapid course, carried away tbe lower part of Flympton's ele? vator, inflicted serious damage to the City and Niagara eleuators, and com? pletely demolished the sheds of the New York Central Railroad Company. The loss is estimated at $1,000,000. Damage to Flympton's elevator, $20,000. Michi? gan street bridge still holds the accumu? lated miBF, bat ehoa'd it give way, there is no calculating the damage to vessels and property below. The water is now overflowing the banks and run? ning into the lake through Hamburg Canal. The greatest excitement pre? vails. Washington, January 22.?In the Senate, the Committee on Commerco reported adversely on a bill making Jefferson, Texas, a port of delivery. Mr. Boutweli addressed the Senate on finance. In the Houso, Mr. Sheldon, of Loui? siana, reported a bill to establish bonded I warehouses for the storage of imported rice intended for exportation, wbioh piBsed. The West Virginia election was discussed to adjournment. The contest over the Atlanta postmas tersbip is fierce. Three Republican members of Congress from Georgia visited the President to-day on the sub? ject, The President adheres to Bard's nomination. Col. Fisher is Consul Genend at Bei? rut. Gen. Sheldon was with the Louisiana delegation which visited tbe President to-day, without tuking aoitve part in tbe matter. Geu. Sheldou is of the opiuion there will be no new electioo iu Louisi? ana, Probabilities?For the Southern por? tion of the- Middle States, uud thouce Southward to Florida, generally [air weather and high temperature, with Southerly winds, will prevail during the greater portion of the day. Richmond, Ya., January 22 ?A jury has been obtained and the oase opened in the dueliug affair which occurred last May, in which ouo of the principals wus killed and tho other seriously woanded. The survivor, McCarty, is still suffering from his wound, and moves about on crutches. Much in? terest prevails, both principals being highly connected. The court room is crowded. * Atlanta, Ga., January 22.?The State Grange adjourned to-night. They adopted a resolution recommending the creation of n State Bureau of Agricul? ture. A direct trade company was or? ganized, with a capital stock of $100, 000. Telegraphic?Cummcrclal Ileports. Paris, January 22.?Rentes 5Sf. 25c. t Liverpool, January 22?Noon.?Cot? ton dull and unchanged; sales 10,000 bales, including 2,00u for speculation and export; sales of uplands, nothing below good ordinary, shipped February or March, 8 1-16; ditto, deliverable Feb? ruary or March, 8 15-16; sales of Ame? rican 6,000 bales. Liverpool, Jannary 22?Evening.? Cotton?sales of uplands, nothing be? low good ordinary, deliverable in March or April, 8; sales of Orleans, nothing below good ordinary, shipped in De? cember, SJkj'. . New York. January 22?Noon.? Stocks dull and weak. Money 5. Gold lljtf. Exchange?lung 4 83>?; short 4.87. Governments strong. State bonds strong. Cottou weak and irregular; salt-B 600 bales?uplands l?j-4; Orleans 16%. Futures opened: January 15 9-32, 15 516; Febrnarv 15 13-32, 15 15 32; March 16 1-32, 16^; April 16 7-16, 16%; May 16 15 16, 16 31-32; Juuo 17 5-16; July 17%, 17 11-16. Flour dull. Wheat quiet. Corn steady. Pork heavy?mess 16.00. Lard heavy?steam 9%. Freights steady. 7 P. M.?Money easy, at 5(0,0. Ex? change strong. Gold llj.jiTTill/'u. Go? vernments strong and uotivo. States quiet. Cotton dull; sales 1,635 bales, atl6^?16^8'. Southern flour dull and declining?6 70@7.75 for common to fair extra; 7.8U@11.00 for good to choice. Whiskey quiet at 99)$. Wheat a shade firmer. Corn less firm?83 for old Western mixed, in storo. Pork heavy?now mess 15.75. Beef un? changed. Lard heavy, at 9,',j. Cotton ?net receipts 573 bales; gross 903; fatures closed steady; sales 30,900: January 15j}g, 15 13-32; February 1515 32, 15;*'; Maroh 16 1-16, 16 3-32; April 16 9-16, 16 19 32; May 16 20-32, Hi 15-16; Juno 17 5-16, 17;?b*; July 17 11-16, 173{. ' Cincinnati, January 22.?Flour quiet and unchanged. Corn dull, at 60(ui63. Pork firm, at 15.50@15.75. Lard quiet and firm?steam 8%@9; kettle ,9,'?@ O'.i'. Bacon firm and scarce?shoulders 7#@7)?} clear rib 8^@8%. Whiskey firm, at 95. Louisville, January 22.?Flour and grain unchanged. Provisions qaiotand tirai. Pork quiet and steady, ut 15.25. Baoon?shoulders clear rib 8,'J; cloar 8;.'4'. Lard quiot?tiorce 9,l.<; keg 9^; stoum 9. Whiskey quiet, at 94>?. St. Louis, January 22.?Flour scarce and wanted. Corn a shade better?59 for No. 2 mixed on East track; GO.^do1 in elevator; 61(y}61?? in February. Whiskey unsottled, at 97. Pork steady. Bacon firm?7}? for shoulders; 8^4 for olear rib; 9 for dear. Lard firm, at 8%. Baltimore, January 22.?Cottou dull and nominal?middling 16; low middling strict good ordinary l iJu ; net receipts 253 bales; gross 1,429; exports to Groat Britain 403; coastwise 305; sales 857; spinners 151; stock 15,770. New Orleans, Jaunary 22 ? Cotton quiet?middling 10>?; low middling 14%; strict good ordinary 13^; net re? ceipts 6,580; gross 7,261; exports to Great Britain 586; continent 5,042; Franao 778: ooaitwiee 2,990; sales 2,900; atook 375,840. -_^-?-? Galveston, January 22.?Cotton firm and demaud general?middling 15%; good ordinary 14; net receipt? 2.514 bales; exports conBt wise 150; sales 6,500; atook 112.128. Norfolk, January 22 ?Cotton easy? low middling H%\ net receipt? 8,581 bales; exports to Great Britain 1,014; coastwise 2,200; sales 420; stock 23,875. Boston, January 22.?Cotton quiet? middling 16%; net receipts 171 bales; gross 1,626; exports to Great Britain 613; sales 300; stook 5.000. Auuusta, January 22.?Cotton steady and in fair demand?middling 14% ; re? ceipts 1,415 bales; sales 1,418. Memphis, January 22.?Cotton dull and nominal?low middling 14^4@15; receipts 3,607 balo?; shipments 1,063; stook 67,422 Savannah, January 22 ?Cotton easier ?middling 15;%; net receipts 3,755; exports to Grout Britaiu 3,305; oouti nont 1,036; coastwise 656; sales 851; stock 113,300. Philadelphia, January 22.?Cotton quiet?middling 163s@16^; low mid? dling lo'^; Btriot good ordinary 15,J?; not receipts lS'J; gross 1,310. Charleston, January 22.?Cotton easy?middling ; low middling 14% (t?14Ja; striot good ordioary 14^; net receipts 2,201 bales; exports to France 1,958; coastwise 781; sales 1,300; stock 61,582. i Wilmington, January 22.?Cotton dull?middliug 15^'; net receipts 442 bales; exports coastwise 126; sules 12; stook 3.241. Mobile, January 22.?Cotton quiet middling 15)^@15^; net receipts 3,070 bales; export* coastwise 791; sales 1,000; stook 07,338. _ _ There was Stillness in that Cocrt. When at Opclika we beard an aged man, who hailed from Tnllapoos?, n County rendered famous in old times ay being the home ot "Simon Sugg*," and now knowu as the "banner Democratic County" of Alabama, relate tho follow? ing, which wo will try to give in his language: "It wus, us well us I kin rickolek, at tho full term uf court, in '61, at Dade viite, when (that clever old man, ho is dod and gone,) Bob Dougherty was the jedge and Squiro Joo McDonuld?ns you're from Columbus, mister, you must kuow tho Squire, for he lives down thar iu Bussed now?had biu dis? charged from tho army aud war solici? tor oi tho 'Bloody Ninth,' as tho Cirkit was called. Thero had been a true bill found by tho gruud jury at the spring term of the court ugiu old man Jim Beutfrow, and Jim he wont to the war that summer, thinking, perhaps, the case would be dropped on that account. "Well, while the court were in ses? sion I wont to Squiro McDonald for to try and git him to not pros, the case, and he 'lowed as how it went mitily ugiu his grain fur to prosecute Rcnt frow, and I knowed it, for the Squire was us big-heartod as ho wur free-hand? ed, and was powerfully beliked in Talla poosy; but ho said the law would hev to be carried oat. "Well, I sot dowu by the winder, on the fur side of the court room, and kinder looked out, and just then a wag gin, with a yoke of steers bitched to it, driv up in the squar, sorter in front uv Cap. Young's grocery. Cap. he was a uephew nv old Simon Suggs, you know, and a crowd of fellers come outen the grocery and stood round the waggin, sorter talkin liko to the driver. "Jist then the clerk?it seems to me Jim Phillips, a mighty good follow he wus, wur our clerk; but I disremember now?or elsa it was tho jedge?sung out, 'State of Alabamy agin Jeems Beut? frow;' and the sheriff?I b'liove Alferd ISlaughter was the sheriff then, and he made a good one?holloaed oaten the winder, 'Jeems Routfrow, cum iuto court.' A foller stepped outeu tho crowd by the wuggin, nnd said, loud euough fur every man in tho court to bore him, 'Jeems Rentfrow's ded body is here, cum back from the wars iu this hero cart;' und it was so, too. Th?r wus a stillness thou iu that court house I never kuc wed afore; aud I seed Squiro Mc. drap his bed, und theu wipe his eyes ns he riz, and iu a husky voice sed, ?Noll prosscd by doath;' and so it wur entered on the dockit, I b'lievo. That wur a solemn Rcene, mister, aud ef 1 live 1,000 years I'll never furgit it; and thar wus meuny a inun selling thar that day what felt watery about his oyes, be? sides the solicitor aud me. [Columbus Sim. Tho wife aud four daughters of Mr. T. II. Johnson (who died iu Charles? ton on the 11th inst., und was buried iu Bluokville) have been arrested?the wife iu Bluckvillo and tho daughters in Charleston. Foul play is suspoctod. Carl Schurz has won new honors as a statesman. Iiis spoeb. in the Senate, on the iinunces of the nation, on tho 13th of January, created profound at? tention aud elicited universal commend? ation. A Pennsylvania editor committed the indiscretion of asking: "Are your gas bills bigger this month?" And bis readers said any fool would kuow tho answer to that. There aro 192,625 voters iu Georgia. Of this nr naher, 82,970 aro liublo to ou joy the benefits of tho supplemcutary Civil lights Bill. Chicago boasts of having the heavies', cattle dealers in the world. Oue man bought 197,497 head last year, and paid therefor ?13,1P1.071.11. The Govern of Florida rccommendc that that Stato deal with Littlefleld and othor oarpot-baggcrs us New i'oxk bus dealt with Tweed. Thero are thirty cottou and twelve woolen factories in Georgia, tho former ruuning 101,462 spindles, and the latter 22,814. The German Friendly Sooiety of Charleston celebrated its 103th anni? versary on the 21st. Sciknttfio Peofhets ?If wo uro to believe some of tho learned scientific Americans who lately root iu council in Portland, tbe prospect of tbo denizens of this sublunary world of ours is nut exaotly of tbo most cheering churaoter. Prof. Young, for instance, tells ns that tbe sun is nothiugbut a giguntic spheri? cal mass of gaseous matter, which is constantly being contracted by the gra? dual cooling of its outside circumfer? ence. The central kernel of this huge star will always, acceding to the learned professor, finally b?' crusted over with a thick, impervious -joating, through which noither light nor heat cau possi? bly reach us. The result, as far as wo are concerned, will be total' darkness, intense cold, the eud of animal life, and a return to primeval chaos. Gen. Bar? nard?another scientific seer?compares the oarth to a hollow India rubber ball tilled with moltau lead. The spherical shape of our globe being the result of its rapid rotary motion, any accident, such us tho bursting up of sotao great volcano, tho ehock of u comet or of a moteorio body, would opeu u vent through tbo thiu riud upon which wo ?vo, whereupon the incandescent mat tea would at onco project expiring humanity iuto vacant space. Prof. Walling de? nounces the sun us a spendthrift, who wastes with stupendous folly his inhe? ritance of heut and light, and who, thanks to his prodigal habits, is fast progressing towards that bourno whence no traveler returns?tbo bankruptcy court. Prof. Franklin Hough draws it more mildly, as be only threatens us with the total disappearance of water, owing to the wautou destruction of trees and forests. Prof. LeConte has paid special attention to insects, and warns us that their frightful increase will ulti? mately lead to tbo destruction of the vegetable world, nfter which mau him? self will beoome their prey. Tbe earth will then be a gigantic parish of Plaque* mines, iu which tho mosquito tribe will rule supreme, until some other equally uoxious vermin shall nrise und devour them. Tho ubove cheerful resume of the labors of our American sacans indi? cates that the human race is decidedly i in a tight place. If the sun is to go out like u snu?'ed caudle, and tbo earth to explode like un old steam boiler, we may as well overlook the lesser contin? gencies of vainle^s years and the uni? versal prevalence of vormiu. De mini mis non curat pnetor! This Champion Murderer.?Bob Tur? ner, of Potosi, Wisconsin, has been ar? rested for the murder of bis brother Al? bert, whoso head he ohopped oil' as he was coming out of a mining hole. It transpired after his arrest that he mur? dered a boy, named Nelley, on the 23d of December, nnd he has confessed also to having killed u stranger whom he en? countered in a deep ravine, and ub an? other time a mau who was looking for work. He pretends also to have killed many others. Now that he bus con? fessed, he delights to talk of the many persons be has killed. He gloats over the skill with which ho has concealed their bodies, and declares if they were got together there would bo nearly forty of them. Destructive Fikb in Kingsthee.? Thiu town was visited by another da? maging ?re on the 21st. T iu location was tho same as that of last January, aud nearly all the buildings rebuilt on tbe burnt district have been consumed. The following persons are burnt out: Dr. J. S. Brookinton, small unoccupied building; ?i. Benjamin, large store and about $9,000 worth of goods, insurnnoe ?2,000; W.J. Lee, bar room, liquors, Sec, loss about ?1,500, iusurunco 01,000; and R. F. Maurice & Co., bur room, nine-pin alley, liquors, See., loss esti? mated ut Si,000, no insurance. The French mean to curry out iu Algeria the plan which had been pro? posed by Amciican engineers fur the Colorado waste, lo introduce the waters of tho Mediterranean iuto the desert and form an inland sea. The depres? sion which it is intended to till is about 225 miles in length, and is South of the Atlas chain. It is believed that scu ports might be built, und tribes which now hardly acknowledge the supremacy of the French, bubdueu. I. O. O. F.?The Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of - South Carolina, met iu annual srsnou Wcdncsduy tnomiug, at Odd Follows" Hall, Charleston. Grand Master Stenn, ? of Greenville, was present und presided. After tho lodge had discharged BOme preliminary business it adjourned to meet again in the evening, when the grand officers were elected. FlltB at TlMMONfeVIIAE.?Ou Sunday morning, the ISth iust., ut 2 o'clock, tho now two-story building, belonging to Cupt. W. H. Sykes, of Timmonsvilie, was discovered to be on lire. The villagers rushed to the scene of tho con? flagration and aided iu removing all of the household furniluro, but tho build? ing was soon buruod to the ground. Owon Hines, tho wickedest mau in St. Louis, is dead. He belonged to a respectable family, but led a most dis solute and depraved lifo. Ho left some property, and died owing nobody. A few days ago, at Stonoville, Buck? ingham County, N. C., a drunken mun by the uanio of Dobbin, fell iuto tho lire, and was so badly buruod that he died the next day. Rev. Claudius H. Pritobard, Jr., died at Greonwood, from paralysis, on tho 22.1. He was u respected member of i the Sons of Tempcnnoa and Good Templars. Mr. Stephen A. Hargrove, died very suddenly, at his residence, in the i upper portion of Marion Conuty, on Sa? turday morning, 17th inst. Mr. W. J. Watson's giu-houso, was burned in Marion recently. Tbo loss is estimated at about $1,000. There are 5,807,953 acres of wild lund iu Georgia, valued at $2,497,13". It is said that in China wealthy crimi I nals can always escape punishment by furnishing substitutes, who willingly undergo whatever punishment may be awarded, for a stipulated price, even to the extent of paying the penalty of their lives. . The liquor dealers in Bos 'ton hav* adopted a similar comfortable arrangement to satisfy* the demands of justice, and when summoned for breach; of the prohibitory law, put in appear*! anco by proxy. Uufortunately for thej professional substitutes and their em? ployers, the practice has been suddenly! checked by oueTof the judges, who re? cently fined a man ten dollars, and sen? tenced him to twenty days' imprison? ment, for playing the substitute "dodge. Mayor Eastman, of Poughkeepsie, isaj member of the New York Legislature. He attended the Republican c aucus on Monday evening, and spoke in favor otl Mr. Hustod's nomination for Speaker,' because be would expedite business.! "I come here," said be, "for three dol-j lars a day, when I might make $300( elsewhere," and a voice called out from, the lobbies, "You oan make it here if gou go the right way about it." This was too muoh for good nature, and,! amid the luughter that greeted the sally,; Edstmau sat down and joined heartily: iu tho general hilarity. Mexican Progress.?Tho New Yorkj Herald's special telegram from the Mexican capital, uuder date of tho 15tb| inst., gives an encouraging report of the] condition of affairs in the neighboringj republic. Congress was disposed to en-j courage public works calculated to de? velop tho internal resources and foreign trado of the coantry in a free and ap? parently independent spirit. Peace pre* vails all over the territory?a rare and almost unexampled event in the modern; history of the nation. I Earthquake at San* Francisco and is Mexico.?Two slight shocks of an earth? quake were felt in San Francisao, Mon? day, aud up damage was done; but it will, perhaps, not be long before we hear of more serious Bhakings of the earth's crust from California to Central! America; for along those Western sea? board mountain chains of the continent even u slight shako at any particular point, is upt to bo followed by similar perturbations aloug the whole line. The death of Chung and Eug recall to mind tho frequency with which sur? geons used to importune them to be separated. We once supposed this was because they deemed that it would de? stroy their "show business," but the almost synchronous death of the twine would seem to indicate a vital' connec? tion, although the fear of Eug may have precipitated the catastrophe. Mayor Havemeyer's message, just is? sued, Bhows the debt of New York city to be $106,371,953, an increase since 1871 of 8931,428. Expenditures for maintaining the city government, for 1371, wore not less than $36,262,580; for 1872. they did not exceed S31.500, 000, and for 1873 were about $32,000, 000. Whenever the Empenor William is roported seriously ill, immense crowds collect in front of the palace in Berlin, and await intelligence of his death or recovery. Of ten-times tbey are unruly and keep up a dismal groaning and moaning, until the police and soldiers clear tbem away. This sort of thing mu9t cheer an invalid. The Pope was lately pleased to re? ceive a party of Americans who desired to present some slight tokens of their love und esteem for tho Holy Father. Among the "slight tokens" was a gold casket filled with Eugliuh sovereigns and a cross of solid gold three feet high. Umbrellas for the fashionable young womeu of the period are of navy blue seige silk, with ivory handles cat in the form of a cross. They are not orna? mented in any way with silver or goid, and for that reason are very genteel and "nice looking." A colored watchman, named Henry Stewart, was killed in Lynchbnrg, Ya., on the 20th, while coupling cars. On the 19th, a muu named Gcorgo Calla ban, was murdered near Covington. And o;i the sumo day, two colored cb.il* drcu were burnt to death in Amherst. Oa tho night of tho 5th iust., the mur? derer De Silva effected his escape from the Comity jail at Peasacola, by mean* of a knife with a crook at tho end, fur nished by some one outside, with whicl he removed the mortar between thi bricks. Au unmarried mau died recently, ueur Boston, aged eighty years, a gra? duate of Harvard, with the degree ol "A.B." Ho was a bachelor by diplo? ma, a bachelor by celibacy and Bacho lor by uamo. Grim death at one fell swoop swept off the* whole batch. As n consequence of tho late fog aud d'scnal weather in Paris, thero were .numerous suicides, somo four or fivt being reported every morning. Char coal us the means of self-destruction was, at last accounts, the most popular, Ou Sunday last, the body of an un known girl wus found in the Neust River, in Johnston County, N. C. Then wero no marks of violence upon her person, and the coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning. It is rumored that tbo Commune in this conutry is encouraged to deeds ol violence by subsidies from abroad, and tho ring-leaders ore supported in theii plots by somo of the treasure robbed from the churches of Paris. Major Thomas Lyles and Mr. Joel A. Smith, prominent citizens of Fairfleld, died last week. Also, J. L. Baker, ol York, died last week. A suit is being conducted in Aikerj which involves the titlo to the whole oi the town of Grauiteville. The Marsh i heirs are the claimants. A negro boy, named Jacob Ransom, was run over and killed by a car, in Wilmington, N. C, on the 19th. The Salary Grab?The salary grab aas at last been disposed of. On Wednesday, the Act repealing the Act by which the salaries of Congressmen were raiBed $5,000 per term, received the Executive signature and is now a aw. It was at first supposed that tne President would veto the bill; bat as iia own increased salary was untouched, Lias refused to throw himself into the breach for his friends, and Congressmen will now have to live for three months jn $5,000, their mileage and the very liberal perquisites which they receive. # ? S* A correspondent of the Raleigh Senti? nel, writing from Bertie Connty, men? tions the fact that two citizens of that County, Eason Sherrod and one How? ard, were intoxicated and drowned, one ia water about twelve inches deep, and the other in water not knee deep. Georgia planted 1,027,646 acres of corn last year, against 1,860,559 acres of cotton. Wanted, ? AYOTJXG MAN, to take charge of a GON EECTIONEKYand FRUIT STAND. Er cluaivo control to bo given in the business; therefore, applicants mnnt givs the beat of reference Addroaa "O. K.," Poet Office Box No. 1G7, City._Jan 23 1 Seegers' vs. Cincinnati Beer. THE Cincinnati Gazette makes the asto? nishing announcement that Cincinnati beer ia no longer pure, but adulterated with molaesoa, sogar of starch, fasel oil and the poisonous coichicnm. The Commissioner of Agriculture, in his report for 1865, save that Prof. Mapos, of New York, analyzed the beer from a dozen different breweries, and found all of It adulterated. Co ecu Ins Indiens and nnx vomica entered largely into ita composi? tion. J. O. 8FEGER8 guarantees his beer to be pure and reliable. He does not adulterate it, but brews from the best barley, malt and bops._Jan 23 ARMS AND THE T0OA. ??? Carolina Military Institute, Devoted to the Humanities nnil the Ia. duatrlia. Under (he Influence of Hilt, tary Training, CHARLOTTE, N. C. THE advantages of this Insti? tute, with its departments prepara? tory and collegiate, are presented to ' ie public, it is now in full and vigorous growth, with an increas? ing corps of cadets from tbe Caro? linas and other Southern States, ailording the means of generous equipment. It contains new and original features, and is abreast with tbe times in which we live. An annual encampment, with ita practical exer? cises, near one of the mineral springs of this suction, ia one of the features of tbe Insti? tute, It is also proposed to bave scientific farming, for the benefit of the cadets en? gaged in tbe study of chemistry in ita appli? cation to agriculture. The undersigaed. is ably asnlated. Send for circulars. Address Col. J. P. THOMAS, Jan 23 3_Superintendent. Postponement. L Tuasubeb's Office, Highland Coustt, Columbia, s. 0., January 14.1871. I T_> Y authority of the Comptroller-General, 13 approved by bis Excelionoy the Go? vernor, tbe time for collecting tbe taXQB of 1873, without the penaltv, is extended to the ,5th February, 1874. O H. BALDWIN, 1 Jan 14_Treasurer Rickland County. , j E. E. JACKSON his nzceivED BUIST'S FRESH **a**. ALL KIND?. Jan 22 0 200 Venison Hams. LBS. choice VENISON HAMS. Jan 3 HOPE A GYLES. SO Mess Mackerel. KITTS extra mess MACKEREL, for sale by HOPE A OYLES. GKNUI.VK IMPORTED WINES, BRANDIES, &c SCOTCH WHISKIES, Old Jamaica Ram, Brandies?Otard, Ac, Holland Gin, bheirv wine, Port Wine. Madeira Wine. Also,"a large sti ck oi old Wbiakiea, Hears, Ac Dee 21_ J. 0. SEEGERS BUY ONLY THE GENUINE! Standard Scales! STOCK SCALES, COAL SCALES, HAY SCALES, DAIRY SCALES, COUNTER SCALES. Ac, Ac. ' Scales repaired promptly a nd reasonably. ' For aalo. aleo, LETTER PRES8E8, and the moat perfect ALARM CASH DRAWER! Kites Alarm TillCo.'g. EVERY ASSSSa EVERY m DRAWER Merchant SUOVLD Use rhem.<fc-Wr IR^i Warranted. sold AT Fairbanks' 8cale Warehouses, FAIRBANKS ft CO., 311 BROADWAY; HBW TOBK. IGu Baltimore Street, Baltimore. 53 Camp Street, New Orleans. I A I Uli AMC s <fc KlVisto Masonic Hall. Philadelphia. K.tillUAKKS.BROWX * CO., <! Milk Stroet, Bottom roi.iiAiiD Si t o , Agents. ? ' Anguata, Ga. I for sale by IV. 1>, SENNA SON, Colombia, Ig.O Jau23fm27