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' TeleKrapnit-iror^tcn Affair.. Paria, May lO.-^The. moderates ob? ject to an impersonal ssptinnato be? cause it woold bo equivalent to a_je coguitioo of the republic. 'lbs extreme Bight are determined to op-; 8ose Goulard or any other chief of tho linistry whose platform embraces the adoption of constitutional bills. Gou? lard, finding no euro support in the Loft Centre or Bight, is therefore com? pelled to rely mainly upon the mino? rity in tho Assembly. It is expeoted the Ministry will be completed to-night, with, , Goulard, Deoazes, Magno and Bodetat the bead of the principal de? partments; Pabis, May 20 ?Prinoe Metternich's .seconds refuse to allow the duel with Oonnt Montebello to take place. Pabis, May 20.?Duke DeOharles has not challenged Paul DeOassagnao. It i8 reported that the Loft and ex? treme Right will demand a dissolution of the Assembly. Madrid, May 20.?In a sevore skir? mish near Bilbao, the Oarlists wore re? pulsed,. 100 BspubUoans were killed and wounded, and thirty Carl ist s captured. Geneva, May 20.?Three American students Were drowned in Like Gene? va. . ? Xoloamunic?Ames lean MiiUcn. New Orleans, May 20.?A jury has ' been completed in the United States Oonrt for the trial of the Grant Parish prisoners. The trial will occupy a week or more. Dentson, .Texas, May 20.?Tbe wheat orop is out of danger, and will bo tbe largest ever raised in Northern Texas. It will be ready for market by tho 1st of 'Jane.- Cotton looks finely. Trains are arriving crowded with im? migrants. GiMOTNNATij. May 20.?The three story house, aomer of Central and Perry Avenue foil. Three persons were dangerously hurt, and a child and servant killed. Njrw YoBit, May 20.?A large public meeting of tho societies of the Metro? politan Catholic Total Abstinence Union was held this evening, in Cooper Institute, Rev. J. II. MoGean, Presi? dent. Resolutions were adopted that the- crusading excitement, legislative experiments and political agitation of? fered poor hope for the completeness or permanency of reform; the only thorough prohibition being self-pro? hibition among consumers, enforced by individual consciences, as schooled by God's church. St. Paul, Maw., May 20 ?The ground is alive with grasshoppers in Southern Minnesota. SroiNQFiBLD, Mass , May 20.? Twenty of the missing have been dug from the ruins of the buildings, and it said twenty-five are known to be still in the. debris. A committee of the Legislature will find that the specifi? cations were not fulfilled by the con? tractors in the construction of the re? servoir. $50.000 have been contri? buted for tbe relief of tho victims of the flood. It appears that the walls of ' the reservoir were required to be built three feet below the ground. The contractors based them ou the sur? face, making the calamity a mere question of time. The contractors will be banged if caught. The empty reservoir exposes the villainy prac? ticed by tho contractors. The bodies fonnd yesterday were nude and muoh disfigured. It will .require a week to find all. . Poor people are earning money by 'searching for models and by a brass derrick erected to lift safes from the streams, moat of which are intact. They were all looked at an early hour of the flood. The streams are being diverted from their natural channels to save tbe spoils of the flood. Washington. May 20.?The House passed a resolution to adjourn on the 22d of June. Fires are raging through tho woods on Long Island since Friday. It is estimated that from 10,000 to 15,000 acres of timber land have boon barned over,,consuming a large quantity of cut wood, several buildings und miles of fences. The total loss thus fur is roughly estimated at $200,000. Nhw Haven, Conn., May 23.?Win. W. Eaton, straight Democrat, has been elected to the United States ?Se? nate, Chicago, May 20.?A voto was reached to-day iu the Presbyteriun ; Cooucil, enguged in houriug tho here? by trial, und resulted iu the triumph and vindication of tho accused. The vote stood 15 for and 45 against con? viction. Philadelphia, May 20.?At a meet? ing of tho ceutenuiul commission, it was reported . that 84,500,000 wore subscribed, and $8,750,U00 wore ru f quired to complete the plans of the commission, who deolare, that without Government aid, it will be impossible to make the celebration creditable. Boston, May 20.?The Conference Committee of tho Board of Trade and Commercial Exohange adopted resolu? tions requesting railroads to reduce the rates to prevent the withdrawal of the Canard steamers from this port. Macon, May 20 ?Tho Georgia Press Association, after two days of profita? ble session, adjourned. J. H. Estell, 1 of the Savannah Morning News, wao j unanimously re-elected President. New York, May 20.--From tbe Times editorial: "It is only because the courage of Governor Moses oozed out of him with marvelons rapidity, j that the reoent scenes in Arkansas are not to be repeated in South Caroliua. Having been indicted for grand lar? ceny, Moses called oat bis militia to I protect him from arrest; but no sooner had his soldiers been posted about the State House, than he thought better of tbe matter, and surrendered himself to the Sheriff. It will be seen that this was a very different affair from that in Arkansas, and it was in all respeots more disgraceful. Moses oould not l pjelfetia thut be was in any way *e*# iW public interest. He was simply defying tho laws ho bad sworn to execute, iu order to protect his own person from arrest. . It is, about time these Southern Governors, actual and imaginary, ceased to disgrace the country in the manner they have been doing of late." Wabhinqton, May 20.?Tbe Judi? ciary Gommittee, by six to four, have agreed to report to the House artioles of impeachment against Judge Durell, District Jndge of Louisiana, The vole in the committee on the artioles stood: Butler, Poland, Wilson, White, El dridge and Potter for, and Ward, Tro maiu, Frye and Oesna against. On a vote iu the Busteed case, the commit? tee was equally divided. Jewell was absent when the votes wero taken. Tbe Gommittee on Patents will report ad? versely on an extension of the Tanner car brake patent. Reception drosses, without bonnets, are to be worn at tbe wedding to-mor? row. The marriage license reads: Al? gernon Charles Frederick Sartoris. of Warsash House, Litchfield Hants, Eng? land, and Ellen Wreusball Graut, of Washington. The House Banking and Currency Committee are considering the Seuate finance bill. It erases the clause re quiring banks to retain one-fourth of their ooin receipts, and makes the amount of greenbacks retirablo forty instead of twenty-five per cent. The Senate Committee on Claims reported adversely on the House joint resolution directing tho Commissioner of Claims to send to Congress, without delay, the claims decided prior to April 1, 1874; also, adversely ou tbe bill introduced by Mr. West, to pro? vide for the settlement of olaimi of loyal persons against tbe United States, acoruing during the lute rebellion, and for other purposes. Both bills were indefinitely postponed. The Civil Rights Bill was argued to adjournment. The House resolution to adjourn on June 22 wan adopted, by 143 to 60. The post office appropriation bill was discussed all day, and an amendment adopted making the agricultural roport free of postage. Pink Bluff, May 20.?Murphy, who has been exoiting negroes, hue been jailed. Farther trouble is uoappre bended. Telegraphic?Commercial Re purls. Columbia, May 19.?Sales of cotton 65 bales?middliug 10^; market firm. London, May 20.?Street rate 7-16 below bauk. New fives 94^. Paris, May 20.?Routes 6tff. 57^0. . Liverpool, May 20?Noon.?Co?on a shade easier?uplands 81 .C; Orleans 8%; sales 10,000, inoludiog 2.000 for speculation and export; sales of up? lands, nothing below good ordinary, deliverable in May or June, 8 7 16; nothing below low middling, delivera? ble in Juno or July, 8,'^; Orleans, nothing below low middling, delivera? ble iu June or July, 8 9 16; sules of shipments of new crop, ou basis of middliug upland, sale*, include 5.700 American. Liverpool, May 20?Eveniug.? Cotton?sales of uplands, nothing below good ordinary, deliverable in June or July, 8 7-16; deliverable in July or August, 8 9-16; sales of Or? leans, nothing below low middliug, shipped in April, 8 11-16. New York, May 20?Noon.?Cotton doll; sales 852?uplands 1834'; Orleans 19jsj\ Futures opened: May 17 1316; June 17?^($17 15-16; July 18^@ 18 7-16; August 18%($18 11-16; Sep? tember 18185-16; November 179-16. Flour dull. Wheat quiet aud steady. Corn quiet. Pork boavy, at 17.90@ 18.00. Lard firm?steam 111 n. Freights firm. Stocks dull. Money 3. Gold 12'b-. Exchange?long 4.88)i; Bbort 4 91 }.X. Governruents steady. State bonds quiet, and nominal. 7 P. M.?Cotton dull; sales 1)21, at 18^@19i8- Flour steady. Wboat opened lc. better, with rnoderato do maud, but closed quiet, with advance { lost?1.60 for choice winter red West? ern. Corn a shudo firmer, with fair i export demand. CoJTen unsettled and dull?Rio ordiu iry 17 ? .<. Cotton?net receipts 251; gross ;i,i)17. Futures closed barely ?teudy; sales 35,800:1 May 17 2J:;^; June' 17 23 32; July 18 5-16. 18 11-32; August 18-Vj, 18 21-32; Se ptember IS1.;, IS 9-32. Monoy easy, ut 2(70. Sterling dull, at -l..SS'._.. Gold dud nnd firm, at > 12',.f?/12!.,. Governments dull but steady. States quiet and nominal. Louisville, May 20.?Fiour an changed. Uoru quiet and uuchunged, j at 84(?fS6. Provisions quiet. Pork I 18.25. Bacon?7.1U' for bboulderr; 10;.. i for clear rib; 10;V for clear. Sugar oured hams 13,'J; plain 12,V*. Lud? 12 for tioroo; 12!-,' for keg. Whiskey 94. Sr. Louis, May 20.?Flour tirm, with good demand for low aud me? dium grades; some sules higher?su? perfine winter 4 50(ui5.00; extra 5 00(<r} 5.50; double extra ?.7?($6.25. Curu steady?No. 2 mixed 68>g(?i69 on traok; white mixed 68@71, closing at inside prioe. Whiskey lowor, at 96. Pork firm and advanoing?18.50 for cash and order lots. Bacon highor?7%@ 1% for ?boniders; 10^?10j?^ for dear rib; 10%@10% for dear; shoulders 8 in July; clear sides 10%, buyer in May. , Lard nominally higher. Cincinnati, May 20.? Floor dull and unohanged. Corn steady, at 70@74. Pork firm, at 17.65 for city; 17.50 for country; special brands jobbing, at 18.00. Lard strong?11 for steam; 11>? for kettle. Bulk meats firm? 6>? for shoulders on spot; 7^ for buyer in July; clear rib 9J? on spot; 9)4 for boyor in Jnly; olear Q%@d%. Baoon steady?7J$@7# for shoulders; 10 for olear rib; 10>? for olear. Whis? key firm, at 04, Baltimore, May 20.?Cotton heavy aud quiet?low middling 18. Floor and wheat dull and unohanged. Corn strong and buoyant?white Somborn Western quiet?old 81}?(a)85; new 84. Provisions strong, with an advancing tendency. Mess pork soaroe and firm, at 18.00. Bacon?-ahonldero 7%; clear rib aides 10)?. Sugar-cured bams 14@15. Laid-arm and scarce, at 10% (5)11. Western batter?choioe 30@31; lair to good 23@2S. Coffee. un obanged. Whiskoy?small sales, at ?9@1.00. tingar firm and unchanged. Mobil?, May 20.?Cotton dull and tending down?middling 17)4; low middliug lC'.j'; good ordinary 15 1 .<; net receipts 52; exports coabtwise 1,080; sales 100; stock 21,016. Philadelphia, M*y 20?Cotton quiet?middling 18%; good ordinary 10,v?; ordinary 15; net receipts 308; gross 402. Boston, May 20.?Cotton dull?mid? dling 19@19}?; gross receipts 110; ealoB 200; stock U.5UU. Augusta, May 20.?Cottou dull? middliug 17^; net receipts 251; sales 84. New Ob'-vanS, May 20.?Cotton demuud belter for low middliug and abovo?middliug 18; low middliug 17; good ordinary 15^; ordinary 13^; UHt receipts 1,670; gross 1,850; sales 0,000; stock 75,649. Galveston, May 20.?Cotton dull ? guod ordiunry 16; middliug 17%; net reoeipts 306; sales 100; slock 16,093. Memphis, May 20.?Cotton quiet aud easier?low middling 17; receipts 511; shipments 1,740; stock 28.6U9. Savannah, May 2 0?Cotton very dull?middling 17*b; net reoeipts 2ti5; gross 265; sales 81; stock 20,430. Baltimore, May 20.?Cotton quiet ?middliug 181*; low middliug 18; gross reoeipts 138; exports coastwise 91; sales 269; spinners 40; stock 9,509. Norfolk, May 20.?Cotton easier? low middling 17,'w; cot receipts 463; exports coastwise 663; sales 150; stock 4,170. Charleston, May 20.?Cottou quiet and easy?middling 17)?; net receipts 214; sales 250; stock 13,503. Something Wobth Thinking About. ? "Take," Buid Henry Ward Beeober, "any community of two or three thou? sand people. They will build a church holding five hundred people, and it will accommodate all that want to go to it, because in the man it fulls into tho habit of takiug tbe best families. Averugo tho churches of New York and Brooklyn, and I think it cau be shown thai the aristocratic or prosper? ous element takes possession of the churches, aud that the great needy classes, or tho poor, if they go to thorn at all, do not go to them us a home, because the churches do not satisfy their wants and cravings. The churches are not as democratic us they are in Eu? rope. They are, largely, institutions for tho mutual iosurauce of prosper? ous families." Perhaps here is tho secret of what tbe pulpit frequently laments us tbe feeble influence of the church upon the world, especially with regard to the mitigation of its crimes aud follies, und it naturally follows that very much of tbe spirit of hete? rodoxy may be traceable to tho desire and ambition of earnest, thoughtful men to Und obnnneis through which the instrumentalities of Christianity may bo exerted for greater benefit to h u m a n i ty.?Baltimore A merican. Tub Moses Bankrupicy Case.?Ia the United States Court, Tuesday, on motion of H. W. Bice, Esq., counsel for the petitioners, (Messrs. Mouteith A Bauskett, of Columbia,) for tho in? voluntary bankruptcy of Franklin J. Moses, Jr., Governor of South Caro? lina, it was ordered, no objection being made by tho respondent on return day, (yesterday,) that the petition bj dis? missed upon payment of tho costs. Two orders wore drawn by the counsel for the petitioners to effect this result. The first one had a clausa providing for the withdrawal of tbe papers filed iu bankruptcy from the custody of tho court, but Judge Bryau utruck that out and granted tho .second order, substantially recited above. It i* ver> singular that ouu of the petitioner.-*, Mr. Moateitll, should ba employed to i tiefend the Governor in the Oraugu- | burg breach of trust aud larceny cine; and, further, that h-j has been in his. sei vice fur so tue Jim ? as I. is attorney. j The petition in bankruptcy hud usus-| piei >us appearauoe, und it ia whispered i that it was gottau up for a purpose foreign to that i>f putting h:^ Jix.v! ieuey in bankruptcy. ? -* An Amriucan Piloiumage.?Satur? day, i fow Kornau Catholics were to have sailed on the steamer Boreiro; | from New York for Havre, Lourdes and tho Eternal City. They go to visit the Pope und "Our Lidy of Lourdes," to each of whom they bear magnificent gifts from tho faithful on this bide of tho water. This i9 tbe first pilgrimage from tbe old to tho new world. It marks un era iu tho religious history of America. A dramatic version of Hawthorno's "Scarlet Letter" is drawing crowds at tho Ambigu in Paris. The soone being laid in Massachusetts, the stage is of course covered with tropiuai piauts. A few palm trees indicate the environs of Boston, oud if a cotton plantation could have been added to the back? ground with a tiger or two and a boa constrictor, the illusion would havo been complete. John H. Smyth, ooloierl, Cashier of the Farmers' Savings Bunk of Wil? mington, received through the mail, the other day, a letter telling him that he would bo killed so soon as an op? portunity prosented itself, and advis? ing bim to leave tbe city. F lyth is a candidate for political hone . and has many enemies. Mr. D. G. Murphy, of the Globe Hotel, Augusta, died ou Mouday. He was an old hotel man. ?Hp wili?^ m?t|,B?KPOBT TP? ClVlXi Pjo^jBri* r^eoator Browniow bas written a long political address to tbe people of Tennessee, in response to oertain resolutions passed by the Nash? ville Convention of colored men, charging him with betraying the inte? rests of that race. These ure the preg? nant paragraphs of the address: I have done all these things for the colored race, without owing my elec? tion to it or having thu remotest idea of ever being a candidate for its votes or support. I have acted from a sense of duty und because of a siucere and j unselfish desire to ameliorate its condi ' tion, I do not refer to my services to I tho colored people by wuy of apology for my opposition to raised sahools. ! My position on this question is tho re? sult of mature deliberation. It has the 1 approval of my judgment und con? science, and sooner than apologize for j it or recede from it I would see every political organization iu the land "go the way of Ward's ducks," and every politician buried without hopo of re? surrection. So far from betraying the colored people or violating any pledgee to them, as insolently and falsely charged by delegates in this Nashville Conven? tion, who seem to have reversed Tuocy's decision and proclaimed, in substance, that a white mau has no rights which a negro is bound to re? spect, I havo, since attaining power as i Qoveruor and Senator, done far more for the colored race than I was ever 'committed or pledged to do, aud more I than they had a right to demand in 1 view of the issues of tho canvass upon which I wont into office. And now, because ? adhere to prin? ciples of practical utility, instead of running wild after abstractions, I urn dououueed as recreant to duty and pledges. If the members of the late colored convention can afford to pre? sent to tho world such evidences of [ bane ingratitude to myself, who have done more for them than any other Teuncsseeau, ? cuu well afford to be indifferent to their abuse and despise tbeir threats. It will uot injure mo, nor doos it afford me any solicitude, except in eo far as the bad blood en? gendered between thu races by such conduct and such a spirit 119 character? ized the proceedings of that conven? tion will tend to their injury, tho de? struction of the common school system and the detriment of society aud good government. True, it may be said, the republican party iu Tennessee cannot get along without the support of the colored voters. To this I reply, if it had not been for the Republican party, there would be no colored voters. Second, the Republican party cm get along without the colored voters as well us the colored voters can get aloug with? out the Republican party. And third, the 25.000 white Republican voters of East Tennessee have resolved to get ulong without the colored voters sooner than submit to this sum of vil? lainies und quintessence of abomina? tion, known as the "co-education of the races." My only hope for the future pros? perity of the colored people of Tennes? see consists iu the belief that the muss of them will repudiate the abominable programme so insolently put forth at Nashville. Let them remember that they now have, in separate schools, equal educatiouat facilities with the whites. Let them remember that tbe taxes with which these schools ure sup? ported are contributed almost exclu? sively by tho wbito people of tho State ?that tho money does not come from thu Federal Oovernment ut Washing? ton. Let them remember that thou? sands of the property-holders of tho State, of the political party to which they are in opposition, have aided iu establishing our present school system, nnj without the .support of this class, iu co operation with their white poli? tical nssooiucs, it C mid UOt have boCU I e.stubh.shed. Lot them tihso remember that i: i uot n que.-tion as to whether we will I have mixed schools, hut win ther we .shall have iiuy syst tun ? public ;t. struciioii iit ad. For it i- not iu the power forty C ?ugrt/Sut* ; > establish this mixed school sy.ttciu iu Fentu usee. If the <.'.v:l Right - tfiil should pas* without thu inixi.il holund feiiiur ' being ptrickcu out, the wh do .?chool | fabric i1. ToijuessCe *.!! ill ou.tu full fti the mud, us it will dt .ervo tu .! ? I Then the expenses of the education ol their children, if they uro educated ut all. will be borne by tin involves, and no: by thu white people, us thuv now ure. " W. ?. I3KO WNL?W. Chin use Funekal is Chicago.? Chicago bad its first Chinese funeral lust week. From the following de? scription from the Times it would seem that not even Chicago's influences can shake John from thu ohservuuce of tbe customs of his mother country: - A large number of square pieces of paper, with holes punched iu them, und bearing hieroglyphics, were then scattered iu the co?iu, ufter which tbe undertaker placed the corpse in, which was sprinkled over with these papers, and then covered with a wbito cloth and a red oue. More papers were scattered over these; after which tho lid was put on and screwed down. Tbe undertaker and his assistants then lifted the coffin from its trestles and ohuuged its position from foot to head three times, the audience looking on with great solemnity. Then the bed? ding last used by the deceased was rolled up aud tied, aud five potatoes ranged along the top of it, the middle one being stack full of tapers. AfUr several holes had been burnt iu this beddiug, an expressman took charge of it aud preceded the procession to the grave. The SnfatriAS WBDDYw^' ?T Bfides vAiiH.?Thirty years ago, there ?w bora to Mr. and Mrs. John Noatrond, then living at Esperance, Sobeharie, a fair faced child. Acting on the sug? gestion of the old family pbyeioian, the' child was dressed in girl s clothes, al? though whether this was appropriate or not, wu9 a matter of-some donbt to the perplexed parents. The little one was named Ada. Wheu Ada was about j two years old, her parents moved to this country, settling then, or soon afterwards, close by the old Pine Ta? vern, on tbe Oswego stage road, and about one mile from Blossvule. As tbe yearB passed, AJa grew strong and rather tall; she wore her hair long; but as she reached maturity, an umistaka ble beard began to show itself on ber face, und ber voice became quite mas online. She also manifested a decided and unusual lovo for other girls, while eh? seemed to care but little for tho company or udmiratiou of the sterner sex. Five years ago, she went to Cleve? land, Ohio, and secured a position as a domestic ut u boarding-bouse, and beforo she left there, her masculine appearance was so notioeable that she was arrested, charged with being a mau dressed in woman's clothes; nor was she able to prove this uutrne; bat fortunately tbe proprietor of the board? ing ho a bo was also a physician, and had prescribed for her shortly before that. Hearing of the ease, ho secured her release. Ada also worked for Simon I-mbell, of Westmoreland, doing muob out-door work. Indeed, her father, who docs not look at all ailing, physically, nays she can chop about us much as he can, and that Bhe is "man enough to handle lots of the boys who are talking so much." About two years ago, Ada bought of one of tbe Messrs. beurles the old William Sykee farm, to the Pine Tavern. The house had been burned, and Ada, who has worked there since, went to live there. June is not alto? gether as placid as the sweet summer time, and he does not live at all times barmouionsly with his family, Some? time BiucehtB boh died, and Boon Jone married his son's widow. The yonnger June left a daughter Lottie, who is well spoken of by those who knew her. By this wedding Lottie found herself the step-daughter of ber grand-father, the grand-daughter of ber mother, and generally unable to establish the exact degree of consanguinity of her rela? tives with any degree of satisfaction. Other reasons combined to make her life und borne nut altogether plea? sant. When Ada went to live ut tbe June house she soon formed quite an attach? ment for Lottie, then ubout fifteen years of age, and us this attachment ripened, she became more impatient at tbo disguise of her dress. Indeed ; she bad frequently before this up? braided ber parents for dressing her in girl's clothes, insisting that ehe bad no business to wear them. The love betweeu Ada and Lottie reached its culmination on Tuesday, April 2. On the evening of that day, a well-dressed young* man, who gave his name as Ed? ward Nostraud, with a blushing and beautiful maiden, who was Lottie June, called at tbe residence of J. W. Simpson, of Taberg, where they were made oue flesh. This step had beeu decided upon at least a year before, we are told. Edward Nostraud, who is now ruising quite a beard, is t. irty years of ugo. Tne charming Mrs. Nm truud is seventeen. They live at what is known as Weaver's, about two miles from Blossvule, and soem to be happy. This is all we know about it. [tlome(N. P.J Herald. Advice to Coruespondets.?The Athens Walchman reproduces the fol? lowing suggestions to correspondents, which are full of sense aud worthy of publicity: Write plainly. Not to do so is to make an item almost valueless, and sometimes worse (hau useless. If you write :?. "back" baud, learu to do it with the left hand, that the com po.iitor ut iv hot have to stretch bis mv It to th ? 1 ft to a dangerous extent :<> c t tii ? ruu of ti word Dou'i underline every adjective in the sentence, si 1 ter the .style of a 1 uv yerV brief. Li \<..i have over studied punctua? tion at pnuetnut. ; lint :'i you have hot, let it s-ild''; If you hav? n to m ike a capi? tal J, vnto i; below und hot du the i: in*. li .John .Smi:!i or Wiiliiim McFuden has purchased a piece ol property of Ht'/.ekiab Hobbtetop 'for 81,001), say so, if you desire to see the notice in print. There is no rccasion to nay, "Oar highly respected and honored citizen, John Smith, who, for the last ten years, has been selliug milk at ton cents u quart, thereby realizing a mag? nificent profit, has purchased from bis neighbor, Mr. JLIeZi-kiuh Hobbletop, a most estimable citizen and , honorable vender of gurden sa-s and sich, that beautifully located pieoo of property known as 'Fool's Folly Plot,' and in that most salubrious location intends erecting a house tbereou." Self-praise is no recommendation, neither does it pay the printer, but it does disgust him. Dot your i's, cross your t's, point your n's and make them distinct from the rounded u. Use ink. Lead peno I writing over? strains the eye of the compositor when deciphering it, and also causes him to indulge in "cuss words." Be sure to spell names correotly. A man wants his name given rightly or not at all. Pond's Extract.?Moo and womou will suffer from a severe headache, when ten minutes spent bathing the head with tbe Extract would afford re? lief. M20t8ijl The Gas Man ?WHrt ^if*tef.---r You are a householder. 'Ni>t w^hijaf' to go up id e chariot of fire as a mar? tyr to the Baal of kerosene, yoa use gas. The gas man knows it. Yoa may live at home the whole year round, and bnrn a gas light in every room, and all night at that; or your family may go on a visit, and etay away for; three months, while you board at a hotel, and leaving the bouse as dark and empty as tbe city treasury; or ypu may, in much disgust, quit burning gas, aud fall back on coal oil and candles; it makes no difference to tbe gas man. Every two or three months a man, with a lantern and a book, and other things, sepulchrally pounds on your back door. If any one is in, and opens it, ho enters, no matter who is there or what is being done, and thunders down the cellar stairs with hia lantern lighted. He goes to the gas meter in the cellar, opens the thing, and stares into it with an air of intenso anxiety, followed by an ex? pression of the profoundeat wisdom. He knows the meter lies, and be knows he lies when he says it don't lie. He fools with it, and puts some figures in his book. He don't know how muoh gas you have burned, and no? body else could tell by the meter, bat ho guesses how much yoa ought to burn, and obeys his orders about ?'piling it on pretty heavy." If you object to the summary invasion of' your premises, he says be must obey orders. Then, after taking a survey of your potato pile and other artioles of provender, and slightly pitying you if your larder is a poor one, and envy? ing you if it isn't?for the gas kings don't over-pay him?be departs, and in about a week you get a gas bill that makes your wife mad, and makes you swear and say yoa won't pay it. Bat you will pay it, and the gas man knows it, and he don't care if tbe air he has pumped into the pipes does rush out and extinguish five oat of every six matches whenever you try to tight it, as it often does. The Untutored Negbo in His Na I ttve Wilds.?The whole of my expe? rience in Central Africa says that the negroes, not yet spoiled by contact with the slave-trade, are distinguished for friendliness and good, sound sense. Some oan be gnilty of great wicked? ness, and seem to think little about it; others perform actions as unmistaka? bly good with no great self-com? placency; and if one catalogued all the good deeds or all the bad ones be came across, be might thick the men extremely good or extremely bad, in? stead of calling them, like ourselves, I curious compounds of good and evik Iu oue poiut, they are remarkable? they aro honest. Even among the cannibal Manyuerca, a slave-trader at Bumbure and I had to send oar goats and fowls up to the Manyaema village, to prevent their being stolen by my friend's own slaves. Another wide? spread trait of character is a trusting disposition. The Central African tribes are the antipodes to some of the North American Indians, and very un? like many of their own coantrymen who have come into contact with Mohammedans and Portuguese and Dutch Christians. Tbey at once per? ceive the superiority of the strangers in power of mischief, and readily listeu to and ponder over friendly ad? vice. After the cruel massacre of Nyaugue?whioh I unfortunately wit? nessed?fourteen ohiefs, whose vil? lages had been destroyed and many of them killed, fled to my boose and begged me to make peace for them with the Arabs, and then come over to their side of the river Loalaba, divide their country anew and point out where each should build a new village aud cultivate other plantations. The peace was easily made, for the Arabs bad no excuse for their senseless mar ders, and each blamed tho others for the guilt.?Dr. Livingstone's Leiter to 1 James Gordon Dennett. What Does It Mean ?Six hundred guns for militia came to tho depot at this place last week. This thing of arming the colored militia just before elections is an uuwisu policy. What men will do when armed is well known to tbe people (d this State. There is ; no earthly use for an urmed militia in South Carolina, und if thu colored troops would stick to tho plow aud let thu muskets alone, they would add more to their owu prosperity und do the S:ate immense good. Captains of compunies iu the 11th Uegiuaeut National Guurd, State tf South Carolina, uro to report to head? quarters, ut this place, ou the first Monday in June next. There's "some thin' a buzzin'," but these little spur til of patriotism came too late for the Cuban war. The gallant militiamen may have force iu controlling the ap? proaching elections?only this and uothiug more.?Abbeville Medium. A Palestine exploring expedition is organizing in the North. Who Wants? tdf\ Ann PBBT seasoned L?M lUU.UUU BEB for sale-l, 1* and 2 iuoU i'LANK, WEATItEit-U?AliUlN? and FLOOJUNO. Apply to E. Stknuoube. A lot in his yard now. JOSIAH HALTIWANGEB. May 21_lmo* 1,000 FIE OBS OBO GRAIN AND CORD EDGE RIB? BON, in ?II colors, from No. 0 to 60, openod TDI8 DAY, and selling at TWENTY-FIYB CENTS A YARD, at tho GRAND CENTRAL DRY GOODS ESTABLISHMENT of May 21 3 WM. D. LOVE A 00.