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TcleRrapUlc? Foreign Affair*. DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD. ?IS THE THAMES? woe3eley RETURNED?- PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, ET0. Berlin, March 20.?The committee of the Reichstag has voted o second time against fixing tbe ordinary strength of the army at -100,000 men. Vienna, March 20.?The Emperor having accopted the resignation of the Hungarian Ministry, has appointed Herr Bitto President of the new Coun? cil of Ministers. London, March 20.?Lord Salisbury, Indian Secretary, has announced a loan or $50,000,000 for India, of which $15, 000,000 are immediately neoessary. The waters of the Thames rose rapid? ly to-day, and overflowed its embank? ments in this city, flooding tbe adjacent streote and warehouses. Putney was lu??uuicu. The report, etarted by tbe Daily Neves, that the Fenian eouviots wili soon bo released, is generally discre? dited. In the House of Commons, to-day, a motion was made that the letter of Chief Justice Cockbnrn, in regard to Mr. Whaley'd commitment for contempt of conrt, be referred to the Committee on Privileges, but, on a suggestion from DTsraeli, it was referred to a select committee. DTsraeli gave notice the Government would ask for the adjourn? ment of tbe House from March 31 to April 13. Ho advised that a session bo held to-morrow, aud tbat next week be devoted to passing bills of supply. He promised that the budget would be ready on tbo 16th of April. On the re? port of the address, Dr. Butt moved an amendment, representing the dissatis? faction of Preland with the present sys? tem of Government, and declaring it the duty of Parliament to consider speedily tho means of removing such discontent. Dr. Butt said the Irish asked for tho management of tbeir local affairs, leaving to Parliament the con? trol of supreme matters. Tho Govern? ment of Ireland was basod on distrust. The people asked the new Prime Minis? ter not for immediate home rnle, but for a complete policy of conciliation. The Mayor of Dublin seconded the amendment. Gladstone argued such a division of legislation as the amendment proposed was impraotioable. There was no authority to determine what af? fairs conld be considered exclusively as Irish. Lord Robert Mentazer, Sir Georgo Bowyer, Mr. Johnston and others supported tho amendment. Sir Michael Beach, Chief Secretary for Ire? land, denied the gravity of the griev? ances. He said each party in Ireland in? terpreted home rale according to its own particular wants. Tbe discussion then closed, and the amendment was re? jected?51 to 114. London, March 21.?Wolseley bas landed. There was an immense crowd in attendance. An extraordinary tide in tbe Thames caused muoh damage along its banks. Sewers burst, floors of houses were forced and several children drowned. A number of houses were flooded, and business on tbe wharves suspended. The fires at Woolwich Arsenal were ex? tinguished, Another rite is appre? hended to-day, and temporary embank? ments have been erected. Telegraphic?American Matters. STEAMER SEIZED?THE NORTH CAROLINA VOLCANO?BUMNER'S SUCCESSOR NOMI? NATED.?DESTRUCTIVE FlRE?BLOCKING the CRUSADERS?fatal a TLROad ACCI? dent?ASSASSINATION-u he SIAMESE TWINS AGAIN?SUSPENSION OF a MASSA? CHUSETTS FBEEPMEN'S AID SOCIETY, eto., Et a. Baltimore, March 20.?The notori? ous filibuster steamer Edgar Stewutt was seized to-day by United States Mar? shal Goldsborougb, by order, it is said, of the Government authorities at Wash? ington. Wilwington, N. C, March 20 ? The following telegram from Marion, tbe County seat of McDowell County, in which Bald Monntain is located, is tbe most reliable information yet received: "The Bald Mountain, in tbe South-west? ern part of McDowell County, was shaken a few days since by volcanic ihroee, and some of the inhabitants in the neighborhood became much excited and alarmed. However, ono of tbe oldest inhabitants says tbe shock was not severer than it wus in 1812." New Orleans, March 21.?Tho Wa chusett, with Commodores Parker and Rogers, is below. All well. Bail was refused in the cases of tbo Grant PariBh prisoners, though a major? ity of tbe jujy were for acquittal. Boston, March 21.?Tbe Democratic caucus nominated B. 11. Curtis, vice Sumucr. St. Louis, March 21.?Tho machine shops of tbe Atlantic aud Paoiiic Rail? way Company were burued to-day, and many valuable patterns were destroyed: three looomotives badly damaged. Loss estimated at $100,000. New York, March 21.?Tbe laborors on tbe Erie Railway at Long Dock, bavc struck. Freights are accumulating. The New York Central, Pennsylvania Central aud Erie Railway Companies have advanced tho prices of tickets to all Western points, and "old rates" again rule. Baltimore, March 20.?Tbo steamer Baltimore, Jfroin Bremen, brought ton of the cfow of tbe Impulse, from Do boy to Liverpool, which was abaudoned at sea. Cleveland, Ohio., March 20.?The Moyor bas issued a proclamation uguiust disorderly assemblages. It will bo ut their owu peril, if tboy attempt to mo? lest citizens iu tbo orderly exercise of tbeir lawful rights, whether in the streets or elsewhere. It is impossible to say what course tbo ladies will uow pursue', as the proclamation applies to them equally an much as to the crowds who foliowod them on tbeir routes. Cincinnati, March 21.?E. Riples, banker aud agent of tbe European steamships, was fatally shot at his resi? dence; the assassin is unknown. Pottsvillh, PA.j , Maroh- 21.? The rope broke white descending the slope; three killed sad seven hurt. ? New YoKK,*Marcb 21.?Two of the stow-aways taken baok to Havana by Captain Dieaken, of the American steam ehip New York, were garroted, and the third imprisoned in Moro Castle. Washington, March 21.?There was a wrangle over District of Columbia matters, a new bridge over the Eastern branch of the Potomac, and an appro? priation of $97,000 to pay school teaohers. The former bill was rejected and the latter passed. Then the Geor? gia contested election case was taken up, bat no vote wob reached. The State Department has a circular from the Intendent-General of Cuba, that on and after April 1, twenty-five por cent, export and import duties must cent.; after August 1, seventy-five per cent.; and after November 1, all gold. Probabilities?For the North-west and upper lakes and thenoe to the lower Missouri and Ohio Valley,rising temper? ature, .Northwesterly wind?,clearing and partly cloudy weather. For tho lower lakes, Westerly winds, slightly lower temperature, higher barometer, and partly cloudy weather. For tho South? ern States, South-westerly and South? easterly wind?, falling burometer, high temperature and increasing cloudiness, with rain the in Western Gulf and Jfcwer Mississippi Valley. For the Middle Statos, South-westerly and North-west? erly winds, rising barometer, slightly lower temperature, and partly cloudy weather. For New England, rising ba? rometer, falling temperature, increasing cloudiness, und occasional rain, in the Northern portion, clearing by Sauday. The rivers will probably rise slightly at Davenport, Keuk.uk, Nashille, Cincinnati and Louisville, and begin to full at Pittsburg. Boston, March 21. ? The New Eng? land Frcedmen's Aid Society has voted to wind up its affairs. Since April, 1S64, tho society has received and ex? pended over $35,000, and has supported seventy teachers among the colored peo? ple of the South. A new organization, to bear the society's namo and continue its work, is probable. Boston, March 21.?Tho work-shops of the Tucker Manufacturing Company, at the penitentiary, were burned to-day; loss ?200,000. The prisoners were at dinner. Selma, March 21.?The Alabama is within two inches of the 1872 flood and is still rising. f'Nashville, Maroh 21.?The Geuerul icket and Passenger Agents Coventiou adjourned, to meet in Louisville on Monday morning. Philadelphia, March 21.*?Two sons of the Siamese Twins are here for the bodies. They disavow any intention to make a speculation by exhibiting the remains. The statement is requested that no money considerations induced them to consent to tho autopsy. Atlanta, Ga., Maroh 21.?After a careful and thorough investigation by Treasury agents Wheeler and McAlpin, the charges reoently preferred ugaiust Collector Holtzclaw, of the Fourth Dis? trict of Georgia, are not snsttiined. TeleBrtiplilc?Commercial Ht-portii. New York, March 21?Noon.?Gold opened at 11JB.?now ll?.i'. Stocks active and lower. Money 3. Exchange ?leug 4.83; short ?1.S3. Governments steady. State bonds quiet. Cotton firm; sales 3,2'JO bales?uplands 10^; Orleans 17. Futures opened: March 15^; April 15 27 32. 15 0-32; May 16 13 32, 16J.<; June 13 31-32, 1G 3-32; July 17 13-32, 17 716. Flour quiet and uuchanged. Wheat steady. Corn a shade firmer. Pork firm?mess lG.121v.' (&1G.25. Lard firm?steam 0 9-16(a9;V Freights heavy. 7 P. M.?The bank statement shows loans increased $125,000; specie de? creased $1,250,000; legal tenders de? creased $1,500,000; deposits decreased $2,. "0,000; decrease iu reserve $2,125, 000. Net receipts cotton 90u bales; gross 3.29S. Futures closed quiot; sales 16,^00: March 15^, 15 13-10; April 15 27-32, 15%; May 1G 13-32, IG 7-1G; June 16 29 32; July 17%, 17 11-32; Aa gUBt 17;<i, 17%. Cotton firm; sales 3,290 bales, at 1G%@17. Flour a shade firmer;?6.30@7.20 for common to fair extra. Wheat l@2o. better und more doing iu export. Corn a shade tiraier? 85?89 for white Western mixed; 89;V. OuTor new yellow Western; S9(?/,9l for old Western mixed; 90 for white West? ern; 0!) for new yellow Southern. Pork dull and heavy, at lG.12,r.j for mess. Lard heavy. Coffee more active Sugar, rice and molasses quiet. Freights? cotton, steam 0-32; grain Money very easy, at 2@3. Sterling dull, at 5. Gold dull, at 11^@11^, Governments strong and steady. State bonds quiet for some. Cincinnati, March 21.?Flour quit t and unchanged. Corn quiet and steady ?mixed 62(rt,63. Pork firm at $15.75 (a>\?.Sl}Z. Lard firm?steam 87B'<a9; kettle 9J^(?>9>4. Bacou firm und scarce ?shoulders 6^4'; clear rib S,Vn9; clear 9K. Whiskoy 01. Locisville, March 21.?Flour firm and a shade lower?superfine 4.00. Corn ?mixed 07; white 70. Provisions firm. Pork 15.75 clear. Bacon?shoulders G^i; clenr rib 9; clear 9V. Lird? ticrco O.'.f; keg 9.l.f. Whiskey 91. Baltimore, Maroh 21.?Cotton firm; gross receipts 134 bales; expotts cast wise 181; sales 1,906. Augusta, March 21.?Cotton steady ?middling 15?j; receipts 919 biles; sales 613. Savannah, March 21.?Cotton firmer and higher?middling 16."net receipts 1,358 balos; sales 789. Modilb, March 21.?Cotton hard aud deurer?middling 1G; low middling IS,1;/; good ordinary .14^; net receipts 714 bales; exports coastwise 2.8G0; sales 1,500. Galveston, March 21.?Cotton?net receipts 873 bales; exports to Great Britaiu 4,831; coastwise 1.S07; sales 2,500. Boston, March 21.?Cotton steady; gross receipts 4,096 bales; exports to Great Britain 75; sales 250., Nev Orleans, Marcb 21.?OoUo? active and firmer?middling. 16 Vg; low middling 15>?; good-ordinary 14; ordi? nary 11%; neb receipts 1,833 bales; gross 2,319; exports to Great Britain 1,232; continent 2,445; coastwise 875; sales 5,000?la6t evening 6.500. Charleston, March 21.? Cotton strong and tending up?middling 15%; low middling 15j?(-; good ordinary net receipts 887 bales; exports to conti? nent 540; sales 800. Mexipkis, Maroh 21.?Cotton strong ?low tuiddliug 14%; receipts 1,383 bales; sbipmentB 890; stock 50,299. Norfolk, Mureh 21.?Net receipts ootton 2,273 bales; exports coastwise 2,510; saies 300. 39).<. Liverpool, Marcb 21?Noon.?Cot? ton buoyant?nplnnds B}?@S^', Or le\ns8j))j; sales 10,000 bales, including 4,000 for speculation and export; to ar? rive JfjO. higher; erden of uplands, no? thing below good ordinary, shipped February, March or April, 8 3 16; deli? verable April or May, 8)6; Mayor June, 8 3-16; nothing below low middling, shipped March or April, 8>4'; delivera? ble April or May, 8 3-1G; sales of Or leaus, nothing below low middling, shipped Marcb or April, 3 7-10; hales include lO.OuO American. Liverpool, Maroh 21?Evening.? Cotton?Males of Orleans, nothing be? low good ordinary, shipped March or April, 8;V _ There is a ratber remarkable bill be foro the New York Legislature for secur? ing pure liquors to consumers iu the city of New York. It prohibit?*, under aevero penalty, the counterfeiting of any liquor, wiue or beer; and tbe seller of auy such counterfeit shall be held to possess guilty knowledge thereof. It provides for a board of liqnor examin? ers, consisting of twenty-seven che? mists, with twenty-four assistants, who shall be assigned to duty iu the various wards, and who, after preparing a sche? dule of tbe exact composition of all pure liquors, shall be empowered to compel all dealers to conform to tbe standard, under peuulty of fine, imprisonment, seizure of liquor and revocation of li? cense. Tbe examiners may enter auy liquor shop at any time, anil begin tbe work of inspection and analysis, aud they shall investigate auy liquor or liquor shop upou being asked to do bo by three complainants. A Poor Reward.?When Mr. Dawes, iu bis late speech in Congress, stated tbat a collector of customs who was honest enough to declare his office to be utterly unnecessary, bad been removed as soon as tbe fact was known at Wash? ington, nud a less scrupulous person ap? pointed to be bis successor, tbe whole story was denied and ridiculed, because , be refused to give tbe name. ' The facts have been discovered. Mr. A. L. Robin? son is tbe name of the collector, and Evaasvillo, Indiana, was his collection district. During last year, the customs receipts at tbat "port" were 65,040.45, aud the cost of collecting this amount was S1.7US.42 more than tbe total re? ceipts, salaries being ?0,743.83 per yeur. Tbo office which Mr. Robinscu bold paid him 83,000, aud from tbe cus? toms collected, it may be judged whe? ther bo bad much labor to perform. Tbe Indian famine, according to our accounts, is shown fo be severe ulmost beyond tbo fears of those who feared tbe most. In Bengal, tho distress is in? creasing, and many thousands of tbe native.; are said to be dependent upon tho Government for fool. Within tbe last ten days, we are told, IUO.0UO per sous iu tbe TirhooL districts alone have mado application for relief. No such sorrow as tbat which bas fallen upon tbo millions of India bas fallen upon any peoplo in modern times. Tbe actual sufieriug is no doubt far beyond our ex? treme calculations. What it amounts to we know uot now, aud perhaps we may never know. The result, however, may seriously affect tbe relations between Great Britain aud Iudia. A suffering people are very liable to blame tbe Go? vernment under which tboy live. Iu his last lecture on tbe Old Testa? ment history, Dr. Stuart Robinson, iu describing the ancient practice of em? balming tho dead, stated tbat, "thus embalmed und encased, tho remains wero placed upright iu the dwelling of the family, and it was not uncommon to keep tho corpse thus standing in tbo parlor or dining ballot' the family dwell? ing for many yours. These mummies were highly valued as heirlooms of the family, aud eveu sometimes pawned for loan3 of money." Tbiuk, says tbe j Courier-Journal, of a frugal nud bust? ling young housewife now-a-days crying out over tbo bauister, "Bridget, dust off grand-pa, and make him look nice; j husband has gone down to negotiate a i loan on him." -.? ? Russian Moauouitcs, 60,000 iu num? ber, offer to buy of tbe United States Government twenty live square miles of land and pay ten per cent. down. 10, OOu will immigrate this year. The Menuonites, or Meuists, ot Somerset County, Pi., bavo been Fettled there many years, and converted the glades iato a garden. They uro peaceful, fru? gal, temperate aud industrious, very o ld iu dross and manners, but models of what a rural population ought to be, and well deserving tho study of philan? thropists, historians and political phi isopbcrs, A corrospoudeut of tho Jewish Mm sengcr is pained at tbo frequent inter? marriages between Cbristaius and Jews, aud thinks such marriages "will destroy Judaism aud mako tbe Mosaic fuitb a thing of shreds and patches." Iu that case tbe faith will certainly be a Mo? saic, says an exchange. Woman's rights seoni to be in a flou? rishing condition, both at homo and abroad. Tbe statement is made that tbe advocates of woman suffrage gained 102 votes in tbe British Honso of Commons at tbe recent elections. They huve now only a mnjority of five to overcome, though it is doubtful whether they will ever be ablo to ooutrol tbo Houso of Lords. In this oonntry, General Grunt bus just made a great concession to the wnmen's lighters by appointing a lady to a very important position in tbo Go? vernment service at Chicago. Doctors' Canes.?It was formerly the practice among physicians to curry a cauo having a hollow bead, tbe top of which was gold, pierced with boles like a pepper box. The top coutained ,u small quantity of aromatic powder, or of sneif, and on entering a bouse or room where a disease supposed to be in? fections prevailed, tbe doctor would strike his eaoe on tho floor to agitate the powder, and then apply it to bis nose: Hence all tbe old prints oi phy? sicians represent them with cauee to their noses. Tbe King of Bavaria, who, as is well known, is very foud of music aud tho ballet, aud a constant attendant at the theatres, met a one-r.rmed soldier iu Munich and entered into conversation with him. Tbe soldier answered ab? ruptly, bat bpologized when bo found whom be was addressing. "How wus it," asked tho monarob, "that you did not know me?" "How could I?" asked the one-armed hero; "you never come to the urmv aud I never go to tho thea? tre." Nearly all tho distinguished men who took part, in the violent political con? tests of 18?0-'?l, twenty-three years ago, are now dead. They were Clay, Webster, Calhouu, Cass, Buchanan, Dougias, Beutou, F?linoro, tieward, Chase, tiumuer, Clayton, Corwin, Bell, Everett uud Dickinson. This demon? strates what au immense and fatal spau in human existence is composed iu two decades of years. \Ya soe hardly u name now that figured in the great con? tests tbat we bad before tbe war. Tue Ladt Doctors.?Quite a formid? able nnmber of young ladies received tbeir diplomas as medical doctors at the commencement of tho Medical College for Womeu. There was a good deal of enthusiastic talk about extending the sphere of woman's usefulness, whieh was very nice and very appropriate. But if ladies are going to take posses? sion of the medical profession, we fear it will become so pleasant to be sick that "no fellah" will want to be well. The Charleston Chronicle says: "Miss JIauora Walsh is tho youug lady to whom tho prize for tbe neatest calico dresB was awarded at tbo calico ball given by the Irish Rifle Club, at tbo Academy of Music, Charleston, ou the uigbt of St. Fatriok's Day, uud Captain A. J. Mims wou tbe prize for tbe hand? somest gentleman." How is that for the chivalry of Cbarlestou?skillful wo? meu, bub beautiful men? The darling creatures! A fellow with a pistol bullet in hi.s left side, one inch above his heart, a six-inch slash ou his head, and a broken leg, crawled into u Bangor, Me., doctor's office "to get fixed up." Lie said "they'd been bavin' some fuu over to a house," but bo declined to desiguate the domicde more particularly; aud possibly they are too well used to these comic eccentricities dowu iu Maine to inquire very closely. The Kingston (Jamale i) Gleaner, of tho 17th, says: "Iu accordance with in? structions received from her Majesty's Government, an inquiry will shortly bu held iu respect to relatives of thoso British subjects who were captured ou board tho steamer Yirgiuius aud shot by order of Gen. Burnel, at Sautiugo de Cuba. It is surmisod ttii-3 inquiry is with a view to securing compensation from tbo Spanish Government." Taking Shad With the Fu*.?Up to a very recent period, it was held as a fixed fact tbat shad conld only be caught by nets or traps, and that it was tbo quintessence of foolishness to at? tempt tbrir capture by hook nnd liue. But this fallacy has been exploded und tbe honor of discovering tbo method of snaring this Pplouded fish with tbo fly, belougs to Thomas Chalmers, of Holy oko, Mass. Atr Fist Bridgeport, Ct, landlady, thinking to pleasantly surprise ouo of her boarders, embodied a gold ring, which be had lost and she bad found, iu a paucake, nud placed tbo production on bis plate at breakfast. His teeth I did not happen to gat entangled in the ornament, aud now it is lost again. Siuoo Sumner's death, Butler bus do termiued to be tbe Mosescf the negroes and lead them to the promised land of u superior equality. Butler will make a fur more crafty and efficient M sea thau Suiuuer?ho will bo Moses, the pawn? broker, sharp iu bargains and intrigue*-. A quarrelsome couple were discussing the subject of epitaphs aud tomb-stone", antUthe husband said: "My dear, what kiud of a stone do you suppose they wi 1 give me when 1 die'."' "Brimstoue, my i love," was tbo affectionate reply. Dr. Armitage ask.*, "Why is it th.it infidelity has no hymns?" Think of that :'. miuute. It is good to sing <>f heaven, but to sing oi uou-existenco, tho pleasures of nowhere?veil, it is lo singable, that is very trua. Pond's Extract.?"The Vegetable Puln Destroyer" never fail to afford re? lief from pain. Try it one*', and nothing could iuduee you to be. without jit. Murli.1',1 ! "lie has left n void that cannot easily ! be filled," ns tho bank director touch jiugly remarked about the absconding cashier. I The origin of tbe word muff, applied to ! a fool, is said to be tbat n muff holds a (woman's hand without squeezing it. The downfall of Spanish dominion iu Cuba is to be expected from the gradual breaking op of everything like financial and commercial credit in the island. Captain-General Jovellar has found it inconvenient to enforce what is fioe tiously called the law for tho part pay? ment of customs duties in gold, and the paper currency of "The Spanish Bank" is becoming more and more worthloss. Iu all this there is nothing surprising except that it did not come sooner. California is a great State, and does things oc a great scale. Hearing that the temperance crnsade was at hand, and that tho women were preparing for prayers and psalm singing in the streets, the Legislature passed a bill making it a misdemeanor to invite any person to drink, or to accept an invitation to drink at any nnblio bar. California is said to have a dry season for half the year. If the Governor signs that bill, it will he dry all the year round. A singular and impressive inoidont occurred nt the First Baptist Church, Atlanta, on Sabbath evening, 8th inst. Tho excellent pastor, Rev. E. W. War? ren, was preaching on the subject of the birth andcraoi?xion of our Saviour. Describing iu vivid words tho awful scene at tho cross, "when tho sun re? fused to shine," by a siugnlar accident tho lights in the church suddenly went out, and the edifice was wrapped iu darkness. Iceland celebrates her millenial this year?871?1874. ' The festival will bo held at Keyjavik, the capital, and will attract the sons of this arctic land from far und near. For this bleak, barren country has a history, nnd a strange and memorable one. It is the most North? ern settlement of white men in the world. Dramatic Hotel- Soene.?Iu tho very latest Chicago elopement the perse? cuted but devoted lover snatched his bride from the enraged parents in the fourteenth story of a fashionable hotel,' and mado good their escape by wildly tossing her palpitating form into the descending elevator just as the old man reached, too late, the empty landing. Too SItjch Military.?Ben. Hill, of Georgia, deprecates tho fact that so many military men have obtained office North nnd South since the war. He says there are enough generals, colonels, majors and captains in Congress to form a respectable army, bat not enough statesmen to make a good oommittee. Tennessee boasts that io|four years of freedoa from carpet-bag rule she has fixed her debt so that the State can and will pay it, has organized a thorough bystem of pnblio education, while busi? ness is thriving, trade brisk, and money plenty, Four years ago tho State was almost as badly off qb]Louisiana. Tho Scientific American cautions peo? ple aguiust the too frequent nso of cam? phor as a medicine. It says the nature of camphor is that of a nervous stimu? lant, similar to.opium or alcohol, and when (iiken in largo doses causes irrita? tion of the nervous system and produces convuli-ions, often fatal in their results. A Siiarf Answer.?A saloon-keeper in one cf the towns where tho woman's whiskey war is raging, mado a centre shot when ho replied to a lady who usknd why ho kept his window glazed and a screen in front af the door, that it was to "hide tho temperance men when they ciime iu for a drink." One peculiarity of the Spaniards is now developed on both continents?that is to cay, nobody gets whipped in their wars. Iu old Spain, Curlists and Re? publicans are both triumphant in every light, and iu Cuba every scrimmage is a victory both to the voluutecis and pa? triots. Miss Ada C. Sweet has been nomi? nated by the President and confirmed by tho Souate to be pension agent at Chicago, vice Blakoly, resigned. She is a daughter of tho lato Gon. B, J. Sweet, i First Bepiity Commissioner of the Inter? nal Revenue. My Bull and Your Ox?Senator Coukling voted against au appropria? tion to iuvestigato District of Columbia martern. Ho was very swift, however, to favor au 880,000 appropriation to i bunt up Ka Klux. Soni?auibnlated is the last word which Western journalists have invented on aocn-iut of the poverty of the English I language. Tho highest mountain iu the United States is "Mount St. Elias," in Alaska. The highest point near us is "Mount j Mitchell," iu North Carolina. Mr. Loyson, formerly colebrated as the eloquent Pero Hyactnthe of Paris, j lately paid a visit to Home, and was ac? companied by his wife und child. When Jones heard that there was a j touch of malice in a certain great ait thor'sxmilt?, he said ho took sugar in ? Iii?. j Mrs. Cook was burned to death in ' the little town of Red Oak, near Atlnu | tu, Iaht Saturday. I When Jones heard of a fair being held ; up-town, he said that she ought to know I cr.ou di to strike out. I The Memphis Avalance calls the Lydia Thompson troup tho "Bleach j haired und fat limbed nymphs." i "The feimelstrotu" is what a Dayton I man calls tho present move moot in favor .1 temperance. Tho firemen's tournament in Charles? ton has been postponed until the litst Monday in May. Mr.T. A. Tobin, a native cf Laur.-r.', d;< d i!i Augusta recently. Wmle Hampton, colored, was hung in I Tuscaloosa, Ala., recently, for rape. Mrs. Christian Quick aud Mrs. Mary j A. Long, of Marlboro, died last week. Strawboilies aro selling in Charleston at 82 ti quart. Tho Hartford Tiir.e.t calls it tho Kuuvy Department. I Now fashion styles are springing up. Auction Sales. Fnrniure. BY P. C.FEIXOTTO & B0N8. TO-MOBROW (Monday) MOBNISO. at 10 o'olock, at our Auction Store, we will sell, A variety of Household FUBNITUBE, con? sisting of Chairs, Tables, Bureaus, Louugea, Looking-glasses, Cooking Stove?, Mattress? es, Extension Tables, Bedsteads, Crockery, Ulass-ware, aud man? useful articles. also, ? Ouu Sevoo-Oetavo Rosewood Piano. Terms caeb._March 22 Referee's Notice. Slate of Smth. Carolina, Oounly of Jlichland. IN UfE COMMON FLEAS. Mary Y. Black and others, Plaintiff.;, vs. the Carolina Life luiurauco Co., Defendant. IN obedience to an order of the Hon. B, B. Carpenter, in the above entitled cause, dated the 23th day or Fobruary, 1874, all the creditors In this State of the eaid Carolina Life Tv'^,Tr2Hnc Ccinpanv, whece chiims arc secured by a deposit of the hnnds of said State with the Comptroller-General thereof, are hereby notified to render in the same, duly attested, or to appear aud prove them, before me, at my office. Law Bange, Colum? bia, 8. C, on or before the 10th day of April, 1371. J. QUTTMlN MAP.8HALL. Special Beferec. Baxter ?t Shibcls, Plaintiffs' Attorneys, Columbia. K. C._March 18 \ EDWARD EGG, Watch-maker and Jeweler, An old rceldent of this city, has returnod, aud is prepared ''o repair Watches and Jewelry "m his usual faithful style. Can he found at the Howo Sewing Machine Agen? cy, nearly opposite Columbia Hotel. Marchs 2_6? Myrtle Lo?ge No, 3, Knights oi Pythias THE Bcgalar Convention of Myrtle iLodgo No. S, Knights of Fythiae, kill bo hold in Odd Fellows' Hall, /rO-MOBBOW (Monday) NIGHT, at 7V o'clock. Candidates will he in attendance at S o'clock. E. 8. BOTJKNTGHT, March 22 1 Koeuor of Becorda and Seal. Greenviiie and Columbia Railroad. I Through Tickets to Charleston MERCHANTS and dealera visiting Charleston for the purpose of purchas? ing goods aro informed, that BOUND TRIP TICKETS, to go and return for single first class fare one way,can be procuredat all the principal Stations on the lino of the Road, on application to the Agents, good to ns tvH.v until tho 1st day of May next. THOMAS DODAMEAD, General Superintendent. J/nrz Norton, General Tickot Agent. March 22 6 Notice?Discount Days. HEREAFTER, the Carolina National Bank will have regular discount days?TUE8? DAY and FBIDAY of each week. All applica? tions for loans must be handed in before, and await action on the said days. March 21 3 C. J. IREDELL, Cashier. New Books at Bryan's Bookstore. EUBOPE Seen Thioogh American Specta? cles?hv Editor of Baltimore American. $1.76. Autobiography and Memoir of Bev. Dr. Guthrie; a verv interesting and amusing vo? lume. $2.00. Pen-Pictures of Europo?by Elizabeth Peake, with Plates. Willow Brook?by tho author of "Wide, Wido World." f 1 23 English Psychology?by Bibot. $1.50. Mr. Alcott's School. (1.50. Yoaterday with Authors?by Fields. $2.00. Tno Conservation of Energy?by Balfonr. $1 50. Dr. Kohbrauach on Physical Measure? ments. 12 50. Helps to a Holy Lent. $1.25. And other new Books. AUo, a variety of new NOVELS, by popular authors, cheap._March 21 To Rent, A COMFORT ARLE COTTAGE, con? taining four Rooms, with Basement for servants, Kitchen, Ac; convenient to the business part cf the city. Apply to WM. WALLACE, March 20 (1_No. 13 Law Range. Rooms to Rent. FOUR largo and convenient BOOMS, up stairs ovtr my store. also, The back STORES in rear of D. Goodman's store. Aoply to JOHN C. DIAL. Marchj7_(j_ Notice. A LL person* having demands against the firm ol J. H. Kinabd & Co., who have not already done so, will please present their claims to me forthwith. W. G. CHILDS, Trustee of Creditors J. H. Einard & Co. March 17_11 THE PORT ROYAL Docks, Warehousing, Trans'n and ?Mft.Vt.fc fcfc*$Wti Ckarlfrm February 13,1874. <:.\i?it.\l. stock %j,0oo,0oo. BOOKS QF SUBSCRIPTION to tho Stock of this Company aro opon in Columbia, a. C, at tint Curoliua National Bank aud at the Central National Bauk. On? per ent. only paid on application, to secure the stock, aud the iirjt regular assessment of twenty per cent, to be paid only whou officially cal'odfor Feb26 Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad. WHE following gentlemen have beer, ap JL pointed by '.ho President of the Colum? bia Board of Trade, by virtue of a resolution adopted at h:i extia meeting, held on the evening of Pith instant, a Committee to so? licit subscriptions of Stock to tho Columbia, Spartanbnrg aud Asheville Railroad, viz: James E.Bla-;k, E. Hope, R. O'Nealo, Jr., J. II. Sawyer, J. B. Wiley, E. SY. Seibels. 10IIN T. SLOAN, Ja . Secret u v and Treasurer Board Trade. ? March IV _ Removal. Mrs. 8. A. SMITH haa removed her D RES S-M AKIN Q ESTABLISHMENT tu tho store of J. 11. Kihsrd, where she will be pleaVod to uicet all her torinor cnttomers, and all others who may tc-ei disposed to i patronize her. Thankful for past favors, ;hc hopes, b" strict attentiou to business, te i merit a continuance cl the same. Spring st-vles will be-opened>. h the loth ol March.' March i_inn. S5.?00 Wanted. ? flhllE above amount is wanted at once, for JL a term ol years, on unencumbered r<.al . -taic, iu thij city. Address X. Pu<knix oflhn*. _MarchS Look After Your Horses. SPRING lime is tho time to give the GER. MAN HORSE POWDERS. For all dia. easos to which tho horse is subject, no better medicine env. be given. Get it onlv at March 5 i HEINITSH'S Drug Store.