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COLUMBIA, S. C. Thursday Morning, Jnly 30, 1874. THirty-ftlX to One?Taxation with ft Vengeance. A merchant of this oity, who pays a heavy tax, and ia keenly alive to the subject of assessments and the actual amount of taxation, was on a visit, not long since, to New York oity. He learnt from friends there of whom he inquired, that assessments made of property for purposes of taxation, were far below its actaal valae. In some cases mentioned to him, they reached ?not more than the half or ono-third of the price the property would bring if put on the merket. Stopping on his tetarn in Philadelphia, he made simi? lar inquiries, and ascertained a ?isi!!-r ?tat? of f aota to exist in that oity. A real estate properly-holder, also of this oity, who has been made to Wince ?ander the lash of severe taxation, has 'waited upon as with some statements which are instructive and our ions. He . cal'a onr attention to tha smallndss bf *tha tax levied in Ohio for the year 1873, it being only 8)? mills, one mill of which is levied for common sebools, Aud is returned to the Oounties in pro? portion to their school ohildren. This portion of the tax is ob purely local in ] its nse aB the levies made by the local < authorities. The rate, then, for State i ipnvpoeee is 2j? mills, and that is an .] inoroaso of eix-tenths of a mill on the I dollar for the .current year. JRoal . .estate property is appraised for pur- ] ?poses of taxation at not more than i one-third its value, and not more than < one-qaarter of the personal property t is listed for taxation at all, and that at : .a .rate far below its value. Theee lot- ; *ler statements we get from tho Cinoin- i uati Enquirer, in a notice of the State 1 Auditor's report. t In fttjis State, under the Oonstitn- ] Hon. allipKOpnr.ty is subject to taxation t in proportion'to its value, andjwo may i ho eure that of late years, the valnrf- I tion has never fallen .below it. iih t Mach .generous usage m**vail?;?f plac- j ing 'it at one third the r value, as pre- '. ?aller-in'Ohio. The3 auditors, on the f contrary, have been'directed to "lay it t oa thiok." The habit has been in- i dulged in by theoa and tho Board of j JSqualiaation to pot property np to { Abe highest figure it oould be made to ] roear. Theover aeeessrfienta last year | were oamplained of :a? over life State, ' and iR some Corintiajs )ed to such a i determined attitude of the people as made the State Government moderate its demands. In Marlon, in oonee- ' qoeuoe of the exorbitant assessments j made by the tax ofBoers end the com- < plaittte of the aggrieved tax-payers, 1 rthe Legis!iture was compelled to re- 1 ^rert to the assessment of the year , 1872 for that County. But the citi? zen of Mar on were more fortunate in i this respect than the iax-payer* of the 1 ?Stato generally. The real estate pro- ! rperty owner of Columbia, to whom we -have allnded, owns two squares in this oity, which he wonld gladly aell at ' ?500 each. But while they attract no . purchasers at that price, they are j valued by the State, for tit purposes, at 91,000 each. The tax being fifteen mills, onr friend'e tat last year was 915 ,| <m -sauh block.' Let us see what he would have to pay on this property in ! Ohio. The -etna! value heisg 9500 fox the block, wonld afford the sum of 4164.66 to be taxed, end the tar e! '1% mills on this sum would amount to forty-ono cents. Fifteen dollars in South Carolina and forty-one cents in Qhio, or thirty-six times more heie Chan therel The.valoation for taxing purposes ia six times greater, and the sax itself is six times greater in the one State than in the other. These are facts, strange aod incredulous as they may seem. The diversion of the tax funds to other than legitimate uses has some? times led to the remark that suoh mis? appropriation is worse than the tax ' itself. Radical writers and speakers improve npon this, and say that, after all, the tax is not so very heavy. Tho Whittemore delegation made thin statement to the Judiciary Committee of OongresB and to. the Pr?sident, and insisted npon it that the evils com? plained of in South Carolina were mostly imaginary. Now that reform is so profusely promised, what is easier than to eay that the tax ia rather mode? rate, and that it shall be misapplied no more? Bat neither statement can be oredited. What will produce greater honesty in tho disbursement of the publio funds hereafter, than has boen shown heretofore? Every effect mast have its cause. The promised effect has none to rest on except tho fears of those who are in power that they shall lose it. And as to tho intolerable eeverity of the tax, we lot tho faots we havo given tell their own talo. And dow we would like to know why we pay on oar 8110,000,000 as muoh money into the State Treasury to sup? port our sticking, one-horse concern of a government, and to keep onr ofli* oials in fine clothea, jewelry, horsep, furniture, wines, tfcc, &c, as tho peo? ple of the great Stato of Ohio pay upon their $5,300,000,000? Why do we do it? It cannot be said that it is be? cause we enjoy it, nor because theBo people whom wo thus pamper are modeld of virtue and paragons of pub? lic usefulness, and worthy, as Socrates said he was, to be supported at public expense in the Prytaneum. We don't admiro them, we don't lovo them, and we fiud them neither useful uor orna? mental. And yet they bestride us like a Colossus. They ride us whither they will, like'another Old Man of the Sea. Quo usque tandem? Bnmble-B?e-Iiin. We have had a fine time with the bumble-bees, They came buzzing about our ears in a great but impotent rage from our newly-fledged contem? porary's oolumnB, yeaterday morning. Really, we didn't mean onr "fearful bnrst of indignation and wrath" {vide Union-Herald) altogether for the one Bolt head on wbioh it took effect. A little typographical error caused this 3i version. We are sorry that it hurt io. It was delivered in tho most placid good humor and was meant for .he whole "invincible organization." is to our own sufferings from the pel ets of the ofliciul organ, we havo to ?eport- that we are pretty well, thuok p-on, aud quite sure to recover. In inswer to tho inquiry, why "tho Pike Its. don't writo us vigorously against VIoses as it used to," it must be borne n mind that Apollo does not always lend the bow. And we havo a new tttraotion. Oar attentions incline to \Lv. Chamberlain, and we cast occa lional aheeps' eyes towards CoDgreas aan Elliott. Onr feelings are more airly divided and nnder better control bad our neighbor's. A virtuous news laper, liko_u virtuous woman, as Mrs. Tilton says, should instantly check an ibsorbing love. That is the danger of he U.-Fl.; it is too exclusively devoted low to Mr. Chamberlain, as a short vhileago it was too exclusively devoted o Mr. Moses. We love 'em all alike, finally, will tho much-edited organ end as the loan of its microscope? fVe want to And "the argumenta" vhich it hints we can't answer. United States Distiuot Couiit, ?harleston, JotiY 28? Judge Bryan presiding.?It was ordered, in the pe? tition of Heribert A: Son, for a mooting >f creditors, in the matter of Adolph tfimitz a: Co., bankrupts, that a meet ng of the oreditors he held at the jflioo of J. N. Nathans, G9 Broad {treat, on the 20th of August next. The following is a list of the grand ind petit and pleas inrors drawn before fudge Bryan and United States Mar? shal Wallace, yesterday, to serve for the Ootober Term of the District Donrt: Grand Jury ?Adam Finley, Charles? ton; Carolina Thomas, Branchville; W. A. Coartenay, Charleston; M. Pol? litzer, Beaufort; W. Sanders, Charles? ton; William Ravenel, Charleston; Robert Peel, Timmonsville; Andrew Wines, Society Hill; Peter Powell, Grahamville; Benjamin B. S. Fraser, Charleston; J. Q. Steadman, Aikon; D. O'Neill, Charleston; Walter Steele, ?harleaton; Franklin Tal herd, Beau? fort; Lewis Oartlege, Hamborg; An? thony Gran ville, Darlington; Christian Oaldwell, St. Matthew's; Jamea M. Urofut, Beaufort. Petit and Pleas Jurors?G. H. Lin stedt, R. M. Alexander, Charleaton; Alexander Coultry, Oolnnabia; Josiah Elmore, George Curtis, Hilton Head; J. F. Early, Darlington; Peter Gibbs, Beaufort; J. W. Carmalt, Charleston; James E. McGregor, William Sim? mons, Beaufort; Cie-tar Holmes, Or? angeburg; J. D. Geddings, J. J. Burko, Charleston; L. Duncan, Wal terboro; C. E. Sorun, J. M. Quash, Charleston; L. LiteH, Lexington; ? Piohsloy, Hamburg; Frank B. John? son, St. Matthew's; John O'Mara, Charleston; E. Molver, Darlington; Motte A. Pringle, Charleston; S. S. Smith, Summerville; E. M. Moroland, H. H. Williams, Charleston; Samuel Haguenin, Hilton Head; S. N. Brown, Charleston; Joseph Cohen, Beaufort; J. LI. Albers, William Roach, Charles? ton Sad.?The body of n beautiful I young girl, about sixteen years of age, was found floating in the Mississippi River, a few daya ago. The Picayune says she wore a rioh black delaine over-dreBS, with white spots, black silk under-skirt, and embroidered skirts, petticoats and ohemise. On her breast was a heavy sot cameo breast-pic, while on the third fingor of her loft hand was a heavy gold ring, without any mark or initial. Around her neck was a rioh looe collar. Hor auburn hair was very long and beauti? ful, and hang in two plaits way down her buck, reaching almost to her knees, just like a Marguerite. There were no marks about her person by which sho could be identified. Mrs. Martha Stroble, of Spartan* burg, died last week. 13AHBABITIE3 OF SPANISH WABFABE.? The barbarities of the Spanish contest are shocking all the civilized nations of the world. Spuin, moro nearly than any other nation oalliug itself enlight? ened, approaches in its domeatio con? flicts the cruelties of savage warfare. Ferocity and revenge, seem to be pecu? liar and ineradicable traits of Spanish character. The genius, dignity and undoubted horoism of Spaiu are marred and disfigured by the sanguinary and brutal dispositiou of its people. Tho military excesses committed under Philip II and the Duke of Alva hnve been repeated iu tho oivil war now raging iu Spaiu. Tho inhumanity of the Carlists is conspicuous. Iu all Captured planes, it is charged, they suck and burn bousee, with people iu thein. After some successful engage? ments, tbey kill thu Republican pri? soners taken; ou other occa&ious, they shoot one out of ten. Somo of their exploits remiud us of the Apaches The Prefect of Cuenoa, which they took the other day, sayu that thirty foor bodies of Republicans were found there so horribly mutilated as to be unrecognizable. The war ou the Carl ist side will boou he one of extermina? tion. "No quarter" will be the rule, and the other side are not Spaniards if they do not agree to it. The other nations of Europe seem dispoeed to step in on suitable provooation and aid in crashing out these mediaeval batchers. The North German Gazette says: "Germany, in behalf of out? raged European oivilization, will seek and find means to teaoh the Curliste that the murder of a captured Gertaan shall not remain unpunished." At any moment tho Carlists muy enrage Eng? land by tho butchery of one or more id her oitizens caught straying among tb? linen, bat innocent of any hostile in? tentions. In their mad cureer, the Carlists respect no fl.ig, and it. is luck, and not discretion, that bun kept them, so far from embroilment with England. If the North German Gazette speaks tho official voice, the threat we quote i? not un empty one. The Republican Government bus issued one uew order, I prohibiting the shooting of prisoners in retaliation for Carliot atrocities, which will, if enforced, greatly increase Europuau sympathy for tho Repub? lican cause. Mankind iu general cure very little about quarrels of parties for the possession of power; but wo live in a merciful uge, and the sentiment of hnmanity oanuot bo outraged by any party with impuuity. The mis? fortune is that this healthy sentiment is sometimes mudu a pretext to cover a sinister policy. Germany .has lately ordered her fleet to cruise iu Spauisn waters, and to remind Fruuce of the constant violations of her border, by which tho Curlists are supplied with men, money aud munitions of, war. Whether this is from a higher motive than usually enters into her policy, or to plaoe a Hobenzollern on the throne, remains to be seen. "The American Ttahborne ease," as the $40,000.000 coal land law-suit of Turnbull os. Purdeo, in Pennsylvania, is termed, has at last been settled in favor of the defendants. The question at stake was the title to several thousand acres of rieb coal lands in Luzerne County. The last Turnbull in whom the title rested was James, father of the claimant; bat he, ignorant, of the value of the land, neglected to pay his tax98, and the property was sold at Treasurer's sale. Subsequently, it passed into the bands of Otis Pardee and other great capitalists. The father of the plaintiff died while the latter was a child and left him in oharge of a divorced mother. Yonng Turnbo.ll soon went to sea and traces of him were lost, tboogh his mother made efforts, in 1852, to have his claim as rightful owner of this land substan? tiated. For twenty years she and others diligently sought for him, but not until 1372 did he reach Philadel phia. His life had been full of adven? ture. He was the only survivor of eight in a nine days' float upon the sea in iin opea boat. He then went to Central America, and afterward to California. Leaving California, he went to Mexico, engaging in the con? struction of a canal at Mozitlan. While there ho was robbed several times, aud was onoo left for dead, with tweivo daggors sticking iu him, by a gang of Mexicans, who robbed him. On tho way from California to Mexico, ho was the victim of a steamboat ex? plosion, in which over a hundred wore killed, ho being one of a very few who escaped. Ho was several times ship? wrecked, but lived to answer thu sum mooH to come homo and provu his claim to immense wealth. Ho worked faithfully in his cause, but takes his groat defeat philosophically. Charming is that faculty of tho hu? man mind which ouables ouo to drop into poetry, like Mr. Wegg, upon any occasion, no matter how prosaic, which throws a soft light jDf romance around broad and oheese, and irradiates the common-place soal with bounty. Such is the faculty possessed by a nobio poet of Chicago, who was recently informed that Madame Nilsson had thoughtfully bulit a shelter for her cows on hor land at Peoria. Miudlu' of the catastrophe which led to the de? struction of his native city, he imme? diately burst into this wild and beau? tiful frenzy of verse: "Christine, Christine, thy milking do the morn and eve betweou, and not by tho dim, religions light of the fitful kerosene. For tho cow may plnuge, and the lamp explode, and the firu fiend ride the gale, and shriek tho knell of the burning town in the glow of tho mol? ten pail!" _ The Walworth parricido has been seizod upon by Dumas, Jr., and worked into a play for the entertainment of tho people of Paris. The sewers of Paris deserve to rack among the wonders of the world. They are traversed through a great portion of their extent by railways, aud are as free from nnpleasunt odor an tho streets above them. Passage throngh the re? maining portion is effected by means of boats. Along theso maguificeut sewers aro carried the wires of the telegraph, as well us the pneumatio tubes fur tho transmission of packages by atmospheric pressure. The stream of water passing throngh tho main sewer is so swift that not u hit of any? thing is soon floating along. They uro kept free from any largo amount of sewage deposit by moans of peculiarly constructed barges, oaoh of which dot n the work of 100 men. Tho smaller ones are kept clean by baud, 630 mou being employed for tho purpose, whoso tenure of life, after they Huter the sewers, rarely exceeds fifteen years. It in by Mich a perfect system of sewage (hat PnriB has earned tho envmbm title of txung the cleanest city in tbo world. All the solid matter is utilized aud made to pay a revenue lo the city, largely exceeding the interest on the original cost of the sewers. Ken en ok'a Sea Wbei> Tonic.?In the atmosphere experienced here during the summer mouths, the lethargy pro? duced by the heat takes away tbe de? sire for wholesome food, and frequent perspirations reduce bodily energy, particularly those suffering from the effeuts of debilitating diseases. In order to keep a natural healthful ac? tivity of the system, we muot resort to artificial means. For this- purpose, Suhunck'ti Sea Weed Tonic is very effectual. A few doses will srt ate an appetite i:?*j<1 givo fresh vigor to tbe euervated body. For dyspepsia, it is in valuable. Matty emineut physietan havn doubted whether dyspepsia can be permanently cured by the drugs which are generally employed for that purpose. The Sen Weed Tonte, iu its nature, in totally difVereut from such drugs. It eon tains no corrosiv.* mine rala or acids?ia fact, it us.sists the re? gular operations of nature, and sup? plies h?r der&ienoies. Tbe Touiu, in its nature, so ran eh resembles tbe gus tric juice, (hut it ia utmost identical with that fluid. The gastric voice is the natural solvent which, in a healthy condition of the body, causes the food to be digested; aud when this juice is not excreted iu sufficient) quan? tities, indigestion, with all its distress? ing symptoms, follows. Tbe Sea Weed Tonic performs tho doty of tho gaHtric iiiici* when the latter ia dokoient. Sohenok's Sea Weed Tonio is nold by all druggiatB. July SM13 A few days ago, mention was made of tbe discovery in Arizona of remains of ancient towns apparently destroyed by fire, and evidently onoe occupied by a race of people mach more ad? vanced in civilization than Indians or Mexicans. A similar discovery baa be.on made in 2iew Mexico by Captain W. C. Manning, an officer in General Cook's command, during the campaign against the Apaches, last year. lie found not only the ruins of ancient cities, but a race of men which holds itself aloof from the Indian and Mexi? can races. One of the inhabited towns haa dwellings for 4,000 people, although the population has dwindled to 1,800. In langnage, dress, customs and appearanoe, the people resemble the Chinese. They were visited 840 years ago by a Jesuit priest, and there seems to have been no change in their habits, language or dresa since that time. The women are held in high respect, and thoir duties are confined to the household. The government is a conservative republic, and the mora? lity of the people is irreproachable, so far as is known to foreigner?. What wonld a great portion of the nations of tbe earth do without par? ticular plants and fruits? Take away the potato from the Irish cabin, and starvation oomes. Famine already has its bold on Bengal, on account of a failure of the rice crop. The bread fruit is to West Iudia both food and olothiog; Heaven sends it and causes it to grow, and the lazy natives ask nothing further. And yot all these yield to the despised bamboo. We go fishing with these poles; the Chinese eat them. The uses to which it is put render it a national benefaction. Houses, boats, screens and water wheels aro made of it, together with fences, ropos, furniture, huts, umbrel? las, all varieties of weapons, lamp wicks, pencils, brushos, pens, aque? ducts, aud a thousand other things of daily use. We might almost say that were tho bamboo to perish suddenly from off tho earth, the wholo Chineso empiro would collapse. An amusing iucident occurred on a train iu New York State recently. A nowly-married couple entered tho car and took a sent. Tho hnsband, want? ing to snioko, left his wife and wont into tho smoking car. Tho brido be? gan to doze, and while she slept, a stranger entered the oar, and as it was crowded, quietly took a neat beside tho young wife. Shortly eho begau to nod, and doubtless imagining that her husband was still in the seat, gently reolined toward the stranger, and soon her head loudly nested on his breast. At this juncture, the husband retnrued. Ho stood in mute astonishment iu tho juialo until tho lady awoke, aud, realiz? ing tho situation, drew baok in aroazo tnent, sn tinned with blushes. Stranger explained, hnsband was satisfied, aud wifo tried hard to appear nuoonoornod. A political moeting, consisting of about 20 whites and 125 colored, was hold iu Spartauburg, on tho 21st. j Leading Uadic.il officials were present and discussed tho situation. All pro ^ fussed themselves iu favor of "unload !ing." City Matters.?Snbsoribe for the Pekekix. . The weather was a little more sea sonable, yesterday?that is, warm, j Pleasant raius, however. There is bot one way to obtain busi? ness?publicity; but one way of guin iug pnblicity?advertising. The sixty duys' grucu will soou be out, so we may reasonably expect a J decision from the Judges in a few days. "Have courage enough to own that you are poor," says an exchuoge. We haven't got cheek enough to deny it. Mr. Batemau has redueed the sost of bis natural ice. The oontest will be between Mother Nature and Madame Art. Job printing of every kind, from a miuiaturo visiting oard to a four-sheet poster, turned out, at short notice, : from Phcbnix oflioe. Try us. Mr. A. O. Langeion, of the Ander? son Conservator, is in the city, and will cull on our merchants to-day, with referenoe to advertising in that paper. Mr. R. O'Neale, Jr., has exhibited to im a genuine cotton caterpillar?not the boll-worm, but the regular de? stroyer of the fleecy article. Look out for them, planters. We learn that Mr. C. F. Jackson opened, yesterday, a fine assortment of extra largo faus, blank aud fancy; also, fau chains, ?ud a most beautiful stock of belie. ? The etriker of the City Hall bell must h-vvo been on a "strike," Wednes? day uight, or rather Thursday morn? ing, us that hour-recorder did not strike oace from 12 until 6. A special passenger train will be run over the Greenville aud Columbia Bail road,' from Columbia to Alstou, on Suuduy, the 1st of August, to uccoui modute vieitors to tho camp meeting at White Hull Fare SI. The foliowiug additional officials have beou elected for the Bichland Rifle Club: Surgeon, A. N. Talley, M. D.; Solicitor, Col. A. C. Ha&kell; Chap? lain, Rev. J. H. Brysou; Steward, T. M. Pollock. Mr. N. W. Trump, agent of the Wheeler ,St Wilson Sewing Machine Company, is deairone of employing four good men. Referenaes will be required. The office is in the Colum? bia Hotel building. An np-countfy subscriber, in for? warding his subscription, says: "Find enclosed, unless grabbed by some of the thieving party in power, 82 50, to renew my subscription." The money, fortunately, came through safely. BultsAi Muhdeh.?The following despatch was received at tbe Executive Oftlco, last night: Andeuhon C. H., July 29, 1874. Gov. F. J. Mosnsc A German immi? grant, named Heury Ziger, murdered a yonng lady, named Mary C. Tucker, in this Connty, last night, by shooting her in the head with a pistol. Use your utmost endeavors to have him oaplnred, as he has escaped. The murder occurred near Savannah River, and near the Abbeville line. Oiler a large reward lor hie arresL He is about flvo feet four inches high; twenty-four years old; sandy hair; light-oolored moustache; fair com? plexion, considerably tanned; soar over right or left eye; bow-legged; quick spoken; feminine voice; speaks broken English; weighs about 110 pounds; had on light suit, black stripe down seam of prate. It was a cold? blooded and most brutal mnrder. JOHN R. GOCH RAN. Thb Mattison Cabs.?A. Mattison, the Deputy United States Marshal who killed John Davis, several days ago, was brought to Colombia, yesterday, and lodged in jail. It is understood that there is to bo a change of juris? diction, (as provided by United States revenue laws,) and ho will be carried before Unised States Judge George S. Bryan. Col. Baxter, of Newberry, represents tho prisoner. He was to have been carried to Charleston, but as Judge Bryan expects to be in Green? ville shortly, Mattison may go before I him there. Judge Montgomery Moses put his bail at 815,000. Tue Sroim.?Tho heavy storm and extensive rain-full, yesterday after? noon, did a considerable amount of damage in this city, and it is feared I that it was disastrous in tho country, Sovurul streot bridges were washed up; j tho excavation for the now insurance bnilding looked like a miniature pond; tho extra wall to support tho iron grat [ iug in front of tho new City Hall gave way from the exoeesive wash; cellars I in various parts of the city were filled with water, while any number of leaks were discovered iu what wore supposed to he tight roofs. The locomotive of tho Greenville passenger train was thrown from the track, by the accu? mulation of sand at the crossing of Blauding street; no serious injury, fortunately. From appearances, tbe j storm extended ? good many miles. The German Scr?etzbn-Verein.? Our Scotch fellow citizens have their BaruB Club; the sous of old Eriu cele? brate the birth-day of St. Patrick; while John Bull must keep up English custom by partaking of roast beef and pinm-pudding on tbe natal day of bis widowed Queen. Our German resi? dents keep up the festivities of the fatherland with great zest and earnest? ness, and Schuetzan-VereinB are highly popular among them. A society of this nature was formed in this city, several weeks ago, and John C. See? gers, E-tcj , elected President, and Mr. B. Koenig, Secretary. Last night, their hall (on Maiu street, two doors above the Phoenix office,) was dedi? cated. The inclement weather pre? vented many from attending; bot, not? withstanding, there was a very fair turn-out of the aotive and passive members. At 8 o'olock, there was a business meeting, at which about forty members were initiated?making 1?7 in alii The hall was tastily trimmed with evergreens, while several .monster flags were suspended against tbe walla. In the centre of the hall, was a beauti? ful red Bilk banner, inscribed "Co? lumbia Schuetzeh-Verein?Einigkeit macht Stark 1" a present from Mr. S-. Rosenberg, of the Charleston society; while another banner, bearing tbe well-kn wn inscription, "Wellkom meu, Sjhuetzeu Broedder," adorned the North side of the room. Prof. Buchar, with bis skillful musician?, discoursed appropriate airs?"The Watch on tho Rhine," etc A cold collation, with liberal quantities of beer, (no liquors.) kept the crowd occupied until a late hour. A num? ber of the members, after the repast, gave vent to their joyous spirits in a display of tbeir vocal powers. Somebody told us the other day that if yon will put a little syrup and water in a bowl and set the bowl on your table, with a small piece of wood ex? tending from the table to the rim of the bowl, to serve as a sort of bridge, you can catch all the roaches in the neighborhood in a single night. We tried it The roaches went to the syrup und water by companies, bat- - talion8 and brigades, bat when you, gave them a small scare they, shot up the side of I their b?wl faste* than a lightning express train can travel^ an. up-grade of three feet to a m\le. A more diabolical fraud upon a confiding^ and unprotected orphan was never perpetrated. Pbcsntxian*.?Triala era moral bal? last that often prevent onr capsizing. Nothing comes home sa much to a man as an unsettled bill. Shadows are like false friends. They follow yon only in sunshine. A perfeotly natural man is generally, a perfeotly honeBt one. Two sorts of men do not reflect?the terrified and the rash man. Great places are great burdens; dis? tinguished conditions in life exact great servitude. ' Lost op Nirw Advertisements. I J. D. Bateman?Ice. Meeting Riohland Rifle Club. Meeting Chicora Tribe. Hotel. Arrivals, July 29, 1874.? Hendrix House?8 ? Oorley, Lexing? ton; T F Wesson, N Y; T W Ball, Md; M Cooper, St. Louis; JH Brown, Charleston; H P Tarrant, Ga; ESpen? cer, Miss Annie Spencer, Ly nob burg; D M Hauokel, Charleston; W H Haynas, Md. Wheeler House?H M Cottingham, Ga; J H MoDevitt, F A Belanger, Edgefleld; B P Barron, Manning; P H Ellis, JE Matthews, Ey; P Duffle, Charleston; A Pope, N C; H H Adams, P R Paul, USA; JL Little, city. Columbia Hotel?L Jacobs, Kinge tree; E H Brooks, oity; J F Newman, J D Stoney, T D Gillespie, S C; Wm Munro, Union; J Stuart Land, Green? ville; J N Smith, 8 O; J M Seigier, G & 0 R R; D Muloy, Cheraw; F Mur? phy, Rev O F Gregory, Charleston; J C Bedell, W H Evans, J E Thames, Charleston; A O L?ngsten, Anderson; j J H Baxter, Newberry; J H MoCon nell, Andorson; A L Roumillettt Charleston. There are in France cities of 15,000 inhabitants which have not one single physician; there are cities of 20,000 inhabitants which have not but one physician, and he is not a graduate of a medical school. There are always posted in the arcade of the Pari a medi? cal school the names of fifteen or twen? ty towns or villages whioh have no physician and wish {one. Lille is a city with n population of 200,000 souls; it contains only forty-three pbysioians. Roubaix is a oity of 76,000 souls; it contains only eight physicians. The Riohmond Whig is defining its position on the subjeot of settlers. It Bays: "If they come to rear their chil? dren and bury their dead here, then they become Virginians, and we have a right at all times to oall upon them as such to guard what is left of Virginia. Adopted citizens like those aro as dis? tinct from the carpet-baggers and more political udventure? as the musbroon is unlike tho toadstool, or the salt? water terrapin differs from tho mill pond 'skill-pot' "