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Paeis, May 12 ?The National As?
sembly met to-day. There was no
message from the President. Buffet,
President of the Assembly, read a let?
ter from M. Pieeon, Deputy from the
Department of the Alpes Mari tin es,
making an explanation in relation to
his speech lately delivered in favor of
separation of tho Department from
Franco and resigning his seat in the
As*embly. The resignation was ac?
cepted. Tho officers of the Bureau
of the Assembly will be elected to-inor
row.
London, May 12.?-In the House of
Lords, to-night. Earl of Caruaroou,
the Secretary of Stute for the Colonial
Department, suid that, in accordance
with the foelings of the oountry, the
Government has decided that it is, im?
possible to abandon its possessiou on
the Gold Coast.
Madiud, May 12.?The Iberia nows
paper says the diffioultiei iu the wuy
of the formation of the Coalition Mi?
nistry are iuBurmouutable.
London, May 13.?The striking
miners at Durham are turbulent.
There is much distress in their fami?
lies.
Tho Princo of Wales, Duke of Edin?
burgh and Prince Arthur will receive
the Czar at Gravoseud at noon to-day,
aud conduct him directly to Windsor.
Bayonne, May 13.?Don Carlos 1ms
revoked tho banishment of the Cure of
Santa Cruz, and rooalled him to Spain.
Madrid, May 13.?It is said the
Internationalists ure becoming trou?
blesome at Alooy, and nn outbreuk is
feared.
London, May 13.?The Ituasiau im?
perial yuoht, with the Czar on board,
went agrouud yesterday, while leaving
Flushing, and was not floated until 11
o'clock this morning. An .immeuse
number of persons have left here for
Gravesend, to welcome hiB Majesty,
and largo crowds, not aware of his
detention, are gathered at tho railway
stations by which the train bearing
him will oome. In this city, digs are
flying at all points. A rumor is cur?
rent, this afternoon, that he will land
at Dover instead of at Gravesend. At
all events, he will reaoh these, shores'
before 6 o'clock this afternoon, which
will be several hours behind the time
fixed in the official programme.
Telegraunlc?American- Aluticra.
Buffalo, March 12.?The search for
missing bodies in the debris of Mo Ar?
thur's building on Main street, whiob
fell yesterday, oontiuuea. Three per?
sons, known to have been in the build?
ing at the time it fell, are still miss?
ing. An extraordinary eoene occurred
when the body of a little girl, Mary
Doyle, was found. Her father lifted it
tenderly, and was proceeding home,
when Coroner Davis attempted to take
the body, for the purpose of holding
an inquest. Feeling ran bo high
against Davis, that it was with difficul?
ty that the Mayor and Chief of Police
could preserve order. .Davis was ulti?
mately driven off by main force. The
wife and son of Prof. Buckham, Prin?
cipal of the State Normal School, were
in one of the wrecked stores. The
mother was recovered with a broken
ankle, and her boy was taken out soon
after, dead.
Extensive forest fires have beeu
raging the past week in the Northerly
part of Erie Connty. Saw milh>. barns,
dwellings, timber, .to., value', at over
$100,000 have been destroyed. The
town of Marietta suffered heavily; fully
half the town was destroyed.
BrNQHAUPTON, May 12.?About 1 30
A. M., to-day, a Are broke out in the
village of Butternut, Osage Couuty,
and destroyed six stores and twenty
one dwellings. Half of the villagw is
in ashes.
Osweoo, May 12.?At midnight, a
fire broke out at Gilbertville, Otsego
County, and destroyed twelve build?
ings, The fire commenced in a new
frame building owned by G. W. Sil
bals. The insurance on the property
was very small.
Lexington, Ky., May 13.?Keen's
Fleona won the half mile dash iu -1'JJJ
seconds; the fusLOst time, by two se?
conds, recorded.
New York, May 13 ?The wife of
Charles O'Connor, theemineut lawyer,
ia dead.
Washington, May 13.?Davis, ol
West Virginia, addressed thu Senate
in favor of paying the claims of loyal
citizens for property destroyed or
taken by Federal troops during the
war.
Savannah, May 13.?The Graud
Commaudery of the Kuights Templar
of Georgia met this morning iu uuuuul
conclave. Owing to tho inclemency of
the weather, there was no public dis?
play.
Little Rock, May 13.?The war
parties had a sharp skirmish yesterday,
with varied results, when the Federals
interfered, and tho mobs returned to
their quarters. Tho Baxterites lost a
horse and a man slightly wounded. It
is reported the Brooksiteo had eight
killed and wounded.
As soon as the skirmish on the out?
skirts yesterday was knowu in tho city,
Colonel Rose gave orders to have it
stopped. Ooe company formed be?
hind the barrioade, forcing Baxter's
line, with loaded gnus, and got ready
to prevent their advance. Another
company, under command of Lieut.
Noble, marohing towards the battle?
field, haltod half way, and an officer
went ahead. Brooks' men were be?
hind tho rifle pits on the side of the
bills, which were thrown up when
Markbam strebt was beiog graded.
The bring had been quite brisk on
both sides. Baxter's forces had been
driven over the opposite hill, betweou
two of the Cairo and Folton Railroad
buildings. The forces were about 300
yards about. Col. Rose was soon seen
riding towards Baxter's lines, whiob
had then moved back towards the dtty.
Lieut. Morrison and Col. Rose both
galloped to different point i, to stop the
firing.' Their efforts were ineffectual,
however, end the firing now became
sharper and near towards the city.
Tue regulars then marched between
theooinbatantfl, but soon came back to
their origiuul position. The firing be
fcweeu tho pickets was now intermit?
tent. Buster sent out iufautry to sup?
port White, aud whon oue block from
tun State House aud pissing ic, they
fired nt the advanced Brooks pickets,
who fired a volley back, wheu the B.ix
torites retreated tu good order. Seve?
ral were seou to fall. The Brooks
forces wero uuder the immediate com
miud of Col. Bnzzo'.eri. Towards
ovuuiijg, King White's command
moved back towards the end of town.
Fighting occurred duriug the afternoon
in the early settled part of the city.
The women aud children were fright?
ened badly. Lieut. Morrison, of the
regulars, was shot at throe times by a
Baxtcritc. Morrison was ou horseback
at the time, aud eudeavoriug to pre?
vent bloodshed. He drew his pistol to
return the fire, but it failed to go off.
Little Hock, May 13.?A quorum
of both houses of tho Legislature is
now iu se>sion. There are fourteen
members in tho Senate and forty-live
iu the House. Both branches are pro?
ceeding with business.
fiosroN, May IU?The Louisiana re?
lief fund has reach?*! $-11.500.
Memphis, Miy 13 ?Tue levee at
Appuson's plantation, opposite Freuu's
Poiut, is broke. The water iu Friar's
l'oiut is three feet deep.
Bevehly, N J., May 13.?Brick
head's woolen mill was burned to-day.I
Washington, May 13.?Riproseutu
tivu Melles!) has been scut to the iu
Sttue asylum.
Toe bill reported by Thurmau, from
the Committee ou Private Liud
Claims, proposes to extend fur two
years, from the first day of Juno next,
tho time allowed by the Act of June 8,
1372, for tho redemption of lauds held
by the Uuited States uuder the seve?
ral Acts levyiug direct tu'ies.
Shermm'a bill to regulate euuiruerco
among the several States aud with
foreigu nations, is a copy of the bill
introduced by John Q Smith, of Ohio,
iu the House of Representatives, March
16, forbidding discrimination iu rail?
road charges, aud compelling railroad
companies to post oouspiouously full
.schedules of their respective tariffs,
etc.
Charleston. May 13.?Arrived?
Steamships Champion, New York;
Ashland, Philadelphia.
Telegraphic?Commercial Reports.
Columbia, May 13.?Sales of cottou
75 bales?middling 16' Je.
London, May 13.?Consols 93j?.'
ErieB 32@32)?.
Liverpool, May 13?Noon.?Cotton
activo and firmer?uplands S}.'.(a>8-?jj';
Orlcuus 8%@8??; sales 1S.???, iu
oludiog 5,000 for speculation and ex?
port; bales of uplands, nothing below
good ordinary, deliverable iu Juue or
July, 8 916; nothing below low mid?
dling, shipped in April or May, 8%;
deliverable in May or June, 8}^; do
liverabla iu June or July, 8 9-16; sales
of Orleaus, nothing below low usid
dliug, deliverable in May, 8%; de?
liverable iu June or July, Sj^; de?
liverable in July or August, 8%J sales
include 8.200 American.
Liverpool, May 13?Evening.?
Cottou?sales of uplands, nothing be?
low good ordinary, deliverable in July
or August, 8 11-16; nothing below low
middling, shipped in May or Juue,
8%; deliverable in May or Juue,
8 9-16; deliverable in Juue or July,
8%; deliverable in July or August,
New York, May 13?Noon.?Gold
opoued at 12,'fo?now 12. Cotton firm;
sales 1,519?uplands Orleans 19.
Futures opened: May lH(cr)18 1 16;
Juuu 18 116@18 7 32; July 18 9-16@
18 1M6; August 18J?(ml8 1516; Sep?
tember 187 1G@18>?; October 18 1-32;
December 17 13-16. Flour und oorn
quiet and heavy. Wheat dull and de?
clining. Pork firm ? moss 17.25. Lard
quiet?steam 10%@1U IMG. Freights
houv}-. Stocks dull. Money o }.-.*. Es
obaugo?long -183; short 4.91. Go?
vernments steady. State bonds dull.
7 I?. M.?Cotton?net receipt-; 393;
gross 1,289. Futures closed steady;!
sales 63,800; May 18 1-32; June
18 3 1(5; July LS#, 18 21 32; August j
IS 15-10; September 18 17 32; October
17 8132; November 17;l4; December!
17:l4. Cotton quiet und firm; sales I
1,725, ut 18*j,'(fjtl9. Southern flour
dull, without decided change. Wheat
lc. lower, with moderate luquiry; re?
ceipts large; holders generally disposed
to realize. Corn opened steady, but
cloned a shade better?82(<ij85,.j for
uew aud old Westeru mixed. Coffee
dull. Lud lower, at lit.1 j(o) 10 9-16.
Whiskey firmer, ut 98. Freights firm?
er. Money easy, at3(/r>L Gold wo ik,
at 12{i_f? 12,'? ? Governments strong and
little doing. States dull aud uomtuul. |
St. Louis, May 13.?Flour firm,
with fair demaud for low medium
grades; superfine whiter 4.25(tt)4.75. j
Corn firm and bouyaut, but closed
quiet-68><(?)69 for No. 2 mixed in
elevator, cash. Whiskey higher, at
1.00. Pork firm.'ut 17.75. Bacon
firm and scarce?7'4 for shoulders; 10
?Kfji for dear rib; 10#@1Q# for
clear.' Lud held out of market.
Cincinnati, May 13.?Flour dull and
unchanged. Corn quiet and steady,
at 72?75. Provisious in good de?
maud. Pork firm, ot 17.50. Lird
fine?summer steam 10, loose; winter
kettle 11,'a. Bacon firm?shoulders
7; oloar rib 9U?Vi't clear 10.'^.
Whiskey quiet, at 95.
Louisville, May 13.?Flour quiet
and uuclmuged. Corn quiet and un?
changed, at 84(7t)86. Provisions quiet.
Pork 17:75. AJaoon?shoulders
dear rib 10; clear P0%. Lird?tierce
nK;kegll%. Whiskey 96.
Baltimore, May 13.?Flour quiet
aud unchanged. Wheat steady. Corn
firm-Southern white 85($88; yellow
83@85. Provisions heavy and quiet.
Mesa pork 17.25 Shoulders 7)?.!
Whiskey firmer, at 99 Cotton firm?
middling ly,1.;'; Ion- middling 17)6;
good ordinary 16.4j'; groan receipts 69;
exports to Great Britain 323; coastwise
115; sales 231; stock 9,915.
New Orleans, May 13.?Cottou ac?
tive?middling low middling
17?e; good ordinary 16; o-dinory 14;
uet receipts 635; gross 751; exports to
Great Britutn 2,101; continent 1,781;
aales 2.500; last evening 3,300.
Galveston, May 13.?Cottou quiet
aud unobangeil?good ordinary 15%;
net receipts 545; Hales 9?0.
Memphis, May 13.?Cotton firm,
with fair demind?low middling 17?
17,l4; receipts 137; shipmouts 037;
stock 30,093.
Charleston, M?y 13.?Cotton
strong?middling 17.14'; low middling
17; good ordiuary lOl.jj uet receipts
5U7; sales C00.
Boston, May 13.?Cottou higher;
middling 18^4*, gros3 receipts 121;
sales 200; stooK 6,000.
Norfolk, May 13.?Cjttou lirm?
low middling 17; net receipts 522; ex?
ports to Great liritaiu SOD; coastwise
57U; sales 270; stock 5,725.
Savannah, May 3 3 ?Cotton firm?
middling 17,'*; not receipts 309; gross
3J9; exports to Great Britain 5,329;
sales 351?.
Mobile, May 13.?Cottou firm ? aiid
d!ing 17 ; low middling 1G/.^; good
ordinary lO; net receipts 96; ixports
coast Aise 31; sales 100; stoek 23,321.
Four of Hie iix officers of the Turk
is:! army, win have been living iu
Providence, 11, I . utteuding the gun
coutracts witii the Providence Tool
Company, have gone to New Haven,
where they h.ivj been appreuticed to a
large uiauufauturt-r to thoroughly learu
the business of m ikiug guns and other
mechanic il work. The Turks are!
youug uit u, wealthy aud influential iu
their couutry. aud very industrious
aud persevering iu their effjrts to tic-;
quire the "Uuited States language." J
Prosperity of Texas.?The revised
returns recently published of a lute
election iu the State of Texas give the
aggregate vote at 153,000; indicating a
population slightly iu excess, of 1,000,-j
000. This is au increase of nearly
200,000 over tho population ouly four
yeats ago, which was placed by thu last
census at 818.579. Tho populatiou in
1860 was 601,000; so that the increase
iu the last four years has been uluiost
equal to that of the previous ten.
Pardoned.?Upon the reoommenda
tiou of many prominent citizens of
Greenville County, the Governor par?
doned Nolaud Sullivan, who was con?
victed of utteriug and publishing a
forged order, at the April, 1874, term
of the Court of General Sessions for
Greenville Couuty, aud souteucei by
Judge T. H. Coolie to twelve mouths'
impri8oumeut in tho penitentiary.
Newark (N. J ) Corporation Ring.
On Friday week, the grand jury of
Newark, N. J., brought iu numerous
indictments against several city officers
for conspiring to defraud tho corpoia
tion of $100,000 by tho presentation of
false certificates for paving streets, &o.
Aldermen, contractors uud two street
commissioners are included iu the in?
dictments.
By the removal from the White Nile
of the "sudd," a mass of vegetation
similar to the lied River raft, steam
navigation has beou opened from the
Mediterranean to the Nyanza lakes.
This render* available, as a base of
future explorations, interior poiuts
hitherto remote, aud accessible ouly by
long journeys with camels, and is a
long t-tep toward completing the map
of Africa.
Au exchange says "a Kansas City
inan paid his mother-in-law's faro
from blngluud aud theu gave her the
best room iu the house." That man is
a true Christiuu, faithfully obeyiug the
commandment: "Love your enemies;
do good to them that hate you and de
spitefully use you."
A mau iu Aua Arbor, Mich., who
was auxious to kuow just how highly
he was prized by his friends, had u
paragraph printed to tho effect, that he
was dead, and sent m irked papers tu
them. They did not oven come to his
funeral, aud his z.'ul for kuowledgu is
checked.
Somebody has suod tho Montreal
Witness lor libel, laying his damages at
$1,000,000. We should feel u little
dnuoyed iu have a judgment for that
: amount rendered against us. it would
j take very nearly half the cash we've
got to satisfy it.
KICKING.?To whip an editor in New
York it costs about livo cents. So
Judge Ualoom decides. But Judge
Luudubuoh rales thu matter at S'JO on
thu Pacific const. In the South, it
usually costs tho fellow who tries to
whip thu editor his life.
The Atlantic cahlo business this sen
sou is exceedingly brisk. Beside the
Ireland und New iliaipshiro cable, re?
ported some days ugo as reudy for
shipment, another cable is now ready
t > be laid between Brazil and Dome
rar? Island.
The Irish Homo Rulers, members of
Parliament, have been black-balled at u
ballot for members or the Reform
Club, London. One received fifty
one, und thu other was favored with
forty-two of the polite hints.
Tho Atlauta Herald says its neigh?
bor, thu Constitution, is in a $25,1)00
slander suit, on acoouut of a report of
a late drunken garrotingffolio between
two distinguished raercl .nts.
The trial of Wiutcrnuute, oharged
with the murder of Seoretary MoCook,
was oommeuced Tuesday.
Deaths in Charleston for the week
ending the 9th inst., 40?whites, 13;
colored, 27.
The Chioagu school toaohor who
asked to have his salary "razed" was
promptly accommodated.
Washehoton Crrr, May 10.
Mit. Editoii: Years ago, it was a
trito saying, that Washington City was
a city of magnificent distances. To?
day, it is a city of magnificent results.
The Governor of the District of Colum?
bia, "Bois" Shepbard, with his Board
of Commissioners of Publio Works, i
has so metamorphosed the city that its
old friends would not now know it.
They have, iudeed, destroyed tho uu
delations of nature in this uneven
city, nnd, by loveliug down hills, have
filled up valleys aud converted acres of
swamp aud marsh lauds iuto habitable
nnd valuable building lots. Is it not
old Horace that sings of the discou
tented inhabitants of Baiio aud accuses
thorn of encroaching upon the confines
of the sea to procure more building
lots? Jus't so have tho Board of Pub?
lic \V0rk3 dono in Washington. Hills
in thu city hundreds of yards away
have beou dug dowu, till tho Btreets
were lowered ten, fifteen aud twenty
feet, und tiie earth carted away to the
Potomac marshes, where Professor
Maury once ad vised the cultivation of
the suu-iljwer to absorb tho miasma
that brought chills aud fever to the
White House ooon pants. Through
these deposits of made earth, uew
streets have bceu projected. Upon
them, new house j have been built,
green swards have been set, the hide?
ous ol 1 canal has been tilted up, its
entire route beautified, nnd to-day
that formerly miasmatic sectiou is the I
most beautiful portion of the city*.
But, you ask, what has bicutno of
the houses that faced those streets
that were filled up and dug down?
They have simply been undermined
aud lowered to a level with the new
street or elevated and a new story
built under them. Large three and
four-story brick honscs are lowered or
elevated or propped up uutil tho cellar j
can be dug out and a story built under I
them, without even cracking the plas?
ter. You ask me, how is this done?
I tell yon the modern Archimedes is
here, aud if he don't prize the Polo
mac out of its ehauuel some day, it
will be a wonder.
Gov. Shepbard und his "ring" huvo
made there miliious by those hercu
leuu labors. How, do you ask? I
need only sny "A" buys a quag of a
few acres for a song The Hoard pro?
jects streets through that quag, and
digs dowu elevations to fill it up. In
a few days or weeks that marsh is
bisected by a street, trees are planted,
curbstones put dowu, tho street
bitumeuized, aud "A's" valuab'e lota
are iu the market, uud sold for hun?
dreds of thousands of dollars. "A"
is u member of tho riug, if not of the
Board. I was shown u lot that cost
but a few huudred dollars. It was
taxed as many hundreds in order to
improve it. The street was lowered
twelve feet and the surroundings beau?
tified at public expense. Iu three
months one half tho lot sold for more
thousands than the prime cost of the
wholi aud the enormous taxes amount?
ed to iu hundreds. Oppressive tuxes
and Uncle Sam's pocket-book sottle all
tho bills. Hence a committee of in?
vestigation (thut barnacle bo well ap?
preciated at tho South) has been ap?
pointed by Congress, aud has been in
daily session, "with power to send for
persons and papers," for months.
Tho consequeuce will be an exonera?
tion of "Boss" Shepbard aud his ring,
and an absorption of thousands of the
public money by tho investigating
committee.
With this bright and shining exam
pie before them, don't you think your
city fathers could bo induced to raise
the bed of the Congaree to a level with
Main street, so as to supply the poor
with cheap and pure water? Possibly
it is too lute to mako the effort, as the
papers hero tell us "Boss" Moses is
bankrupt. Is that so? Yesterday it
was inquired uround, "How is it pos
siblo for Moses to fail if bo stole us
much as thoso Democrats say ho
stole?" "I dou't believe it," says one;
"yon can't believe a Southern uristo
erat," says auother; "things aiu't half
as bad down in South Carolina us
those canting tax-payers would have
us,believe," suys u third, and while
they are nil baying, I say its a pity
Moses failed. He'll get the credit now
of having spent bis all und given it to
tin poor.
To an observant man, there are three
tbiugs in Washington very observable.
L'hc first is a small, thiu-visnged, pale
faced, black-eyed, sharp-nosed, ;hiu
lipped, fair-skinned, rather graceful
personage, that perambulates tue
streets, with black velvet pants <>n, a
velvet sack coat thut buttons dowu iu
front to the end, a bluck velvet hat aud
feathers ou a full heud of black hair,
und u pair of laced gaiters on a small
but smartly flat foot. This personage
is the famous Bloomer, Dr. Mary
Walker, who has hung out her shingle
hero us an "M. D.," while she patiently
waits upou un indisposed Congress to
settle a claim she has for services ren?
dered as au assistant surgeon during
tho war. I think sho would make a
pretty fair fils du regiment.
Here, for the same purpose, quite as
observable, but uot attracting half the
attention aud go-e of tho passer-by as
tho womau doctor, is that second ob?
servable thiug, tho Southern loyalist,
urging hin claim upon Congress for
some sort of injury received or damage
sustained during the war. Perhaps be
lost his cotton by accident, or some?
body stole his mule, or the forces of
one or other of the contending armies
spent a night iu his neighborhood; he
is here with a train load of complaints,
and both reidy aud willing to swear on
all the Bibles in Washington, that ho
has sustained an incalculable loss,
while he was as loyal as any man in
Sherman's army. These meii look sui
generis. I have us many as u dozen
times said to my landlord, "That man
iooks like a scalawag," and invariably
the reply has beeu, bo is from suoli a
Southern State, and has a claim be-,
foro Congress. God help the South
from ever increasing the progress of
snob creatures 1
J3ut the third very observable thing,
and worth both the others, is a street
sweeping machine, which is a simple
but wouderful labor-suving instru?
ment, l will- deeeribe it. Imagine a
common ooltou gin brush increused in
size until it is fourteuu foot long and
three feet iu diameter. Suspend this
huge brut-h, whose bristles are made of
twigs, under an ordinary four-horse
wagon s>" coupled that from the hub of
tho near front wheel it is just fourteen
feet to the hub of tho off hind wheel.
Thu spindle of the brash at the fore
wheel works iu a box or socket, and
the end of thu t-piudio at the hind
wheel is gt ured into cogs, so that, as
the wheel turns, thu brush revolves.
The entire brush is covered with a
box und cloth curtains to the ground,
to prevent dust rising. Just at dark,
the water carts start, we will say, at
thu Capitol and sprinkle Pennsylvania
avenue. Behind these carts come
three of theso sweepers, each drawn
by four horses, moving en cschelon, the
front one sweeping the street for a
space ten feet wide from the centre of
the street; tho stcoud sweeps this
accumulated dirt, with ten feet more,
iuto the track over which the third
will come, aud the third will sweep it
all into the gutter, whence it is tuken
next morning by the scavengers in
their carts. This process continues
all night, and by morning nil the prin?
cipal streetH of'the city have been both
watered aud swept. This looks like
business, and meuns exactly what it
looks like.
I might give yon many more items
of iuterest from this wondrous city,
but presume I have said euough.
Youre, i-o., A FRIEND.
Hotel Aiuuvals, May 13, 1874 ?
Wheeler House?M M Johnson, T C
James, Wilmington; R S Meaamin,
Philadelphia; II II Benuer, TJ S A; J
S Browning, Charleston; WLDePass,
J W DePass, Camden; B Suzenheimer,
Winn8boro; \V A Moore, Lancaster;
W H Brawley, Chester; R E Allison,
Lancaster; T K Stuatt, Baltimore; L
tj Jones, Newberry; W A Bradley,
Augusta.
Hendrix House.?F C Ford, N C;
E L Britt, NY; G A Repass, J F
Campbell, W M Cawley, Virginia; M
A Blaud, Rowe's Pump; W H Wroton,
Charleston; J C Hoffman, B R Hoff
manu, MisB S E Hoffman, Doko; J A
Laval, C T Ligon, city.
Columbia Hotel?J M Seigier, J S
Land, G & C R R; T C Bulow, Fair
held; E Liller, Riohmond; H W D
Cross, Acton; J F Newman, F F
Duffus, Charleston; J O Sheppard,
EdgeQeld; W L Arthur, Jesse Arthur,
Camden ; Dr J Woodraff, D McArledge,
S C; J Levy. N Y; G W Thames, N O;
Johu E Thames, S C; J L Tompkins,
Ga; E C Comington, Alu; J A Gard?
ner. N C; E W Seltzer, N Y; J F
Croraoner, Chicago; T W Detronte,
Michigan; Samuel E Tamplette, Aus?
tin, Texas.
The author of a recent book aboat
Africa tells of a forest of acnaia trees
he passed through. Theso are called
by the natives "soffar," a word signi?
fying a flute. The name is given be?
cause tho acacia trees are pieroed
with circular holes by a small insect,
and the wind, as it plays upon the
[openings, produces flute-like sounds.
In the winter, when the trees are
i stripped of their leaves, and boughs
! white as chalk etretch out like ghosts,
the wind, sighing through the insect
made flutes, fills the whole air with
I toft, melancholy times.
Tho public will not be at all sur?
prised to learn that the editor of the
Washington Republican, which paper
claims to be the special organ of the
President, is concerned in- the ring
frauds of the District of Columbia. He
became a dead-head member of a
Credit Mobilier Puving Company, and
paid for his stock with his dividends,
of course, the Republican has sworn
upon divers occasions that the gar?
ments of the ring were as white as
snow,
Paiidoned.?Wm, Pruitt, who was
convicted on the '2-3th of August, 1873,
iu the Uuited States Court of violating
tho internal revenue laws, and sen?
tenced to eighteen months' imprison?
ment and to pay a tine of 83,000, has
been pardoned by the President, on
the recointncudatiou of the Hons.T. J.
Robertson and A. S. Wallace, they
representing that tho prisoner is iu
very bad health.
Health of Hon. Jeffekson Davi3.
From a private letter from Hon. Jof
fertson Davis, dated London, England,
April 2Sth, we take the following ex?
tract: "I havo improved in health by
the voyage across the Atlantic, und
though yot weak, hope to return soon
and bo eutirely restored to my usual
couditiou."
Wednesday last, the parents of a boy,
five years of nge, living in Davenport,
Iowa, celebrated his birth-day, and
drank his health in pnnoh and other
iutoxioating drinks. They left a cup
of whiskey, and iu the morning the
child arose before tho parents, drank
the whiskey, and died iu a few hours
iu great agony.
Palmetto Lodge, No. 5,1. 0.0. F.
A special Meeting
of this Lodge will
in Ode
_ be held in Odd Fel
Iowa' Hall, THIS (Thursday) EVENING, at
7J o'clock, for the purpose of conferring de?
grees. Applicants for the same are re
i quested to bo punctual in attendance. By
order of tho N. O. JAMES KELLY,
May 14 _Secretary.
"For Sale,
A GOOD MILCH COW AND
CALF. Appiy to _
V7. 8. POPE.
May 14 1
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