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Telegraphic?Foreign New?. London, April 20.?The Mark Lane Express, in its wookly review, says of wheat, that there have been largor ar rivalx, and in bettor condition, without the market boing shakon, although heavi? ness yet remains. Rome markets note better prices, but not sufficient to influ? ence London quotations, which are almost at the bottom. London, April 21.? At tho Epsom Spring meeting, to-day, the great metro? politan stakes were won by Hampton. Tho Duchess of Sutherland and tho Duke and Duchess of St. Albans wore present to-day at tho revival services in tho Haymarket, conducted by Muody and Saukey. It ia rumored that. Bismarck has ad? dressed a note to Luxemberg similar to those sent to'Belginm. Telegraphic?American News. Washington, April 20.?An invc-^tiga , tion of the condition of winter wheat by I ! the statistical division of the Department I I of Agriculture represents tho crop, as a I i whole, much below that of last year in | (April. The Northern belt was generally protected by a covering of snow, leaving the roots intact, though the tops might be brown and lifeless in places. Between tho 3tith and 40th parallels of latitude the protection was lea* uniform, and tho continuous freezings and thawings in March were destructive in more exposed situations and injurious, generally, in a greater or less degree. The injury is greatest in those portions of Indiana, Il? linois, Missouri and Kansas in which drought prevented early planting and adequate root development before the coming of winter. In the area South of the 36th parallel wheat is uninjured by frost ana vigorous, oven luxuriant in some districts. The advantage of drill? ing over broad-casting is in all sections unanimously assertod. In California tho early .sown is an as? sured success: that put in late is less vi l gorous and fears aro entertained that prevailing North winds and absence of tho later rains may greatly reduce the yield of the loss advanced portion of the crop. There is an apparent increase of k about seven per cent, in the area of win? ter wheat, amounting in round numbers to 1,500,000 acres, though that portion of I the winter wheat killed and to be rc-1 * planted in other crops may be equal in j the West to the enlargement of the planted area. This increase is small in the Middle States, considerable in Illi? nois and Missouri and proportionately largest in the Gulf States ana in Kansas, reaching thirty per cent in the South? west ^v In view of the retirement of General Spinner from the office of Treasurer on the 1st of July, it has been determined to assess upon the several national banks at* the expense of redeeming and assorting r their notes of the National Bank Re? ft demotion Agency on the 1st of May, in r atend of the 1st of July, as originally in? tended. It is stated in the Treasurer's, last annual report it has beon decided, upon consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, that the expenses for ex? press charges shall be apportioned in proportion to tho amount of the notes of oaoh bonk redeemed, while the expenses of assortment' will be apportioned in proportion to the number of notes re? deemed for each bonk. This distinction is made for the reason that tho express charges aro bused upon tho amounts transported, while the labor and expense of assortment are in direct proportion to the number of notes handled. It will j probably bo some weeks after tho 1st proximo before the apportionment of the expenses will be completed. The average charge will not exceed one-quarter of one per cent, upon the amount redeemed and assorted, but tho assessment upon oaoh bank will vary from the (average, according to the' denominations of its notes. If the average denominations aro greater.than the general average, tho ex? penses will bo less than the average, and vice versa. Omaha, April 21.?All East bound I trains that have been dele.yed at Rock Springs for tho past few days started East this afternoon. West bound trains that have been laying at Rawlings, havo j started . West for Green Rivor. Tele? graphic Communication has been inter j ruptod since 2 o'clock by a storm. No I thing further known of tho situation; i the water, however, is falling and every? thing looks well. Cleveland, April 21.?Nearly all the poaches aro killed; apples suffered:! wheat uninjured. Louisville, Ky., April 21.?Reports \ from all parts of the State show great j damage to fruit and tobacco plants; other crops suffered triflingly. Chicago, April 21.?At the billiard tournament, last night, Liverman beat L Honig 200 to 131; Gallagher beat Miller f 200 to <J0, and lthines beat McAfee 200 to r l55 , New Yoke, April 21.?The treasurer of I Booth's Theatre was arrested, last even? ing, on a warrant issued from Commis? sioner Davenport, based on the affidavit of a colored man named Smith, that he and his lady were refused seats in tho j parquette of the theatre. The treasurer j was bailed till to-day. The nail operatives of Wheeling, West Virginia, have struck. Count Marefoschi, Mgr. Gromitti and Dr, Ubaldi, papal envoys, left for Balti? more, this morning, and will sojourn with Archbishop Bayley tiU that prelate comes to New York to confer the beretta on Cardinal MoCloskey. The extensive oil cloth factory at Elizabeth, N. J., belonging to the East? ern Manufacturing Company, was burned this morning; loss $100,000; insurance $25,000. A Cam den and Am boy Railroad train struck a carriage; one of the inmates killed and another is dying, i An order for the re-arrest of Tweed, I under $3,000,000 bail, has been placed " in the hands of the warden of the peni? tentiary. Should the decision of the Court of Appeals favor Tweed, he will be > taken to Ludlow Streei Jail to await tho further action of the courts. NnwOausAKS, April 21.?The impeach? ment of Auditor | Clinton passed the IIouho, 73 to 21. The Senate la in Ex I ecutive session. | \ Chicago, April 2L-r~In the billiard tournament, last night, Parker beat Hoa; Burieigh beat Shaw and Carter beat Maggioli. - Washington, April 21.?Postmaster General Jewell returned to Washington this morning. He states positively that the report that the President has re? quested Secretary Delano to resign is not1 true. Oov. Jewell was in the railroad | car with the President and Mr. Delano, when the published statement referred to was brought to their attention, and his assertion is based upon what was then said by the parties directly con? cerned. Probabilities?For the South Atlantic and Gulf States and Tonnessee, generally cloudy weather and areas of rain, with North-east to South-east winds, lower temperature and higher barometer. New York, April 21.?It is said three men, in cleaning out a cesspool at Stuten Island, came upon between $20,000 and $30,000 in gold coin. It seems the pre? mises were formerly owned by a city bank cashier, who proved a defaulter to the amount of $100,000. Judge Blntchford rendered his deci? sion in tho case of Charles A. Dana, ar? rested upon attachment issued out of the Supremo Court of the District of Colum? bia by United States, Marshal Fisko. Judge* Blatchford discharged Mr. Dana from tho custody of the Marshal of this District, in a very lengthy opinion. Cincinnati, April 21.?Reports from GO Ohio and 31 Indiana towns indicate a complete failure of poaches -apples j slightly injured ; 21 towns report wheat uninjured, 22 report half crop and 12 j report no crop. Reports from 20 towns in Western Pennsylvania indicate half crop wheat and fruit. Reports from Michigan indicate great damage to wheat and destruction ot peaches, but apples promise well. Rains may improve tho | peach crop. New Orleans, April 21.?Gov. Kellogg to-day sent a special message to both houses of tho General Assembly, calling] attention to tho fact that the time for which the Assembly was convened is rapidly drawing to a close, and earnestly urging the passage of a bill for the re? lief of the city of New Orleans, and re? commending an amendment to tho fund? ing law. His message closes as follows: "Permit me to Hav that it is expected of yon, under existing circumstances, that tho great interests of the State and city shall receive the preference in your pro? ceedings over tho advancement of party ends, and that onr financial condition renders it very undesirable that the term of this session should be extended, nor can it bo with justice to the tax-payers or tho creditors of the State. Marshal Packard telegraphed Hon. Wm. P. Frye, M. C, Ltcwiston, Me.: The Democrats unseated four Republi? can members to-day; telegraph me whether, in your opinion, by tho agree? ment signed, the Democrats were to dis? turb more of the members of the House except those mentioned in the award to go out. To which Mr. Frye replied: By the agreement and award, the status of your Legislature was to remain as we left it. The Democrats violate their good faith and plighted honor in their out? rageous attempt to change it. Charleston, April 21.?Arrived Steamship Champion, New York; schoon? er James II. Moore, Philadelphia. Yesterday's Market Reports. New York?Noon.- Money 3. Gobi 14}. Exchange?long 4.871; short 4.00.1. Government;! active and ? little lower. Cotton dull; sales 710- uplands 10}; Or? leans 16}, Futures opened weak: May 16 1-16(?\161; June 16}?16 7-16; July 16 0-16(Sjl6?; August 16j@> 1613-10. Pork heavy 22.20022.25. Lard firm - steam 10J. 7 P. M.?Money easy?3A(m4. Ex? change strong?4.?71. Gold~i4}(a>14A. Governments dull but steady. Shites quiet and nominal. Cotton dull; sales ?02, at 16g(S>16?. Southern flour quiet and unchanged--common to fair extra 5.05(5.5.65; good to choico 5.70(5)8.25. Wheat a shade firmer?1.25(5)1.29. Corn lie. lower?92(5)93. Coffee firm ? lOJfo) 1?.1 gold Rio. Sugar quiet and scarcely so firm?S 1-16(5)8*. Molasses tirm. Pork firmer ?22.25 new mess. Lard easier?prime steam 16J. Whiskey steady -1.14). Freights to Liverpool heavy and lower?cotton steam 7-32. Cotton net receipts 207; gross 1,056. Futures closed quiet; sales 44,900: April 161(5) 16 5-32; May 16 5-32(5,16 3-10; June 16 7-16; July 10 21-32(^16 11-10; August 1613-16; September 16 21-32; October 16 3-16(5.16 7-32: November 16 1-32C? 1? 1-16;" December 16 1-16(5*10 3-32; ?January 16 7-32(2)16 5-16. Baltimore. Flour quiet and stoady. Wheat firmer ; Eastern brands unchanged. Corn firmer? Southern whito87(5i89; yel? low 87(5)88; Western mixed ?s. Provi? sions quiet and easier, but not quotably lower. Lard?refined 16(5)101. Collen firm and unchanged. Whiskey- small [sales 1.14.i@ 1.15. Sugar lOlfVAlOL Cot? ton quiet "and steady ?middling 10 j; low middling 15{; good ordinary 15J; gros.-, receipts 07; exports coastwise 240; sales i 1S7; spinners 75; stock 14,061. Sr. Louis.?Flour firm; low and me? dium grades still in light supply and wanted- superfine winter 4.75(/?\5.00. Corn dull and declining?No. 2 mixed 71(0)72}. Whiskey 1.13. Pork firm -held 22.50. Bacon strong shoulders 92(5)91; clear rib 13(0)13}; clear 135(5)131. Lard higher -refined 151. MouiLE. ?Cotton quiet - middling 15.1: low middling 15; good ordinary 14A; net receipts 107; exports Great Britain 2,222; coastwise 66; sales 1,000; stock 23,673. Charleston.?Cotton quiet?middling 16; net receipts 193; exports constwiso 514; sales 500; stock 1,7G2. Savannah.?Cotton quiet?middling 151; net receipts 623; exports coastwise 320; sales 1,221: stock 36,630. | Philadelphia.?Cotton dull -middling 161; low middling 16; good ordinary 15}; net receipts 161; gross 474. j Wilmington.?Cotton quiet?middling [ 151; low middling 15; good ordinary 14); net receipts 151; exports coaatmine 675; sales 15; stock 2,194. Chicago.?Flour quiet and unchanged. Corn buoyant and unsettled?No. 2 mixed 71@71J. Pork opened firm but closed dull?21.87$. Lard an advance asked but none established; sales 1,565. Whiskoy in fair demand?1.12). Galveston.?Holiday; net receipts 738; exports coastwise 710; stock 51,604. Boston.?-Cotton quiet?middling 168; not receipts 109; gross 109; sales 30; stock 14,570. < Auoubta.?Cotton dull?middling 15); net reoeipts 115; sales 1,879. Louisville.?Flour unchanged. Corn rm?74(5)76. Provisions strong. Pork 22.50(5)23.00. Bacon?shoulders 9|; clear rib and clear 12.90(a) 13.25. Prime lard steam 18); tierce 1?(W)1GJ. Whiskey 1.12. Bagging quiet and firm?13(5)131. paw Orleans. ?? Cotton . quiet?mid? dling 15}; net receipts 830; gross 866; ex? ports Great Britain 3,000; sales 3,795; stock 148,174. Nobtolk.?Cotton quiet? -middling 13^;1 net receipts 607; exports coastwise 500; sales 150; stock 4,807. Memphis.?Cotton dnll and nominally easy and demand fair -middling 151; net receipts 183; shipments 178; salos 1,050; stock 34,602. j London.?Erie 27A. Street rate 3J, which is J below hank. Paris.?Rentes 64f. 25c. Liverpool?3 P. M. -Cotton dull and easier?middling uplands 7R(?>8; mid? dling Orleans 8j; to arrive 1-10 cheaper; basis middling uplands, nothing below good ordinary, deliverable April, 71; nothing below low middling, deliverable April, May or June, 7 ltVlC@7j: sales 12,000, including 1,600 American; specu? lation and export 3,000. Golden Words from the Great Show? man.--Mr. P. T. Iturnum, the showman, was inaugurated as Mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., on the 12th instant, linn deli? vered a short address. Concluding, he said: "It is painful to the industrious and moral portions of our people to see so many loungers about the streets, and such a multitude whose highest aspira? tions seem to be. to waste their time in idleness or at base ball, billiards, Ac. No person needs to be unemployed who is not over-fastidious about the kind of occupation. There are too many soft hands (and heads') waiting for light work and heavy pay. Hotter work for half a loaf than beg or steal a whole one. Mo? ther earth is always near by and ready to respond . to reasonable drafts on her never-failing treasury. A patch of pota? toes raised 'on shares' is preferable to a poulticed pate earnod in a whiskey scrim? mage. Some modern Micawbcra stand with folded hands waiting for tho panic to pass, as the foolish man waited for tho river to run dry and allow him to walk over. The soil is the foundation of Ame? rican prosperity. When multitudes of our consumers become producers; when fashion toadies economy, instead of ex? pending for a gaudy dress what would comfortably clothe the family; when peo? ple learn to walk until they can afford to ride; when tho poor man ceases to ex? pend more for tobacco than for bread; when those who complain of panic learn that *we cannot eat our cake and keep it;' that a siovo will not hold water; that we must rely on our own exertions, and earn before we expend, then will panics cease and prosperity return. While we should by no means unreasonably re? strict healthy recreation, wo should re? member that 'time is money,' that idle? ness leads to immoral habits, and that the peace, prosperity and character of a city depend in the intelligence, integrity, industry and frugality of its inhabitants." How a Woman Fousd the Heart ok tiik President.?There is one family that will never forget our President, despito these tendencies of political parties or partisans. The story we give was fur? nished us by ono who knows its truth, and as it has never got into print, we narrate it as evincing the fact that Gen. Grant has got a heart, at all events. The wife of a defaulting officer called upon President Grant, last December, to im? plore the release of her husband from the Albany penitentiary. She told the Pre? sident that, crushing as the sorrow was to herself, she would try to bear it, but that every morning, without an excep? tion, since her husband's incarceration, her fonr little children had come to h'*r with the tearful inquirv: "Will dear papa come home to-day?'1 "This plea of my children will, I know, ere long drive me into insanity. And now," :;aid hIio, "my little ones have varied their agoniz? ing questioning with a pathos that is maddening, too: "Won t pa come home VhrlntmasT'" "Madam, I will consult the Attorney-General, and do whatever I can for your husband, with his ap? proval." "I know that will all be use? less," said the grief-stricken wife; "his decision m ill only be adverse, and I may as well go home and tell my children at once that their papa can't come home, and give up m despair.' "Wait a mo? rn out," said the President, and sitting down, he hastily penned a note to Attor i ney-General Williams, and nervously handing it to her, Raid: "Go and teil your children that their pup* *!n:ii com ? Christluis:" The I'niUd Statt i Army an / Savy J >.-r )uil announces the adoption into the American service of the t? lemeter an ' invention of a well known Belgian of? ficer, Captain De lioulenge, for measur? ing distunes by the velocity of sound. The principle on which the telemeter i< constructed, has long been known and applied! The advantage offered by the new instrument, is the exactitudf of its measurements, which, according to th> American paper, would in tho bands of a trained observer be perfect. As it is. the telemeter is said to he sufficiently correct in tho hands of most officers, after a little practice, to give the exact range of an enemy the moment the Hash and report of his guns are seen and heard. "The use of the telemeter." says the Army and Navy Journal, "in the bands of every of? ficer in a long lino will tend to enc rago coolness. It will then become an object to reserve your own flro and provoke that of tho enemy at long rangea, so as to get the advantage of knowing his dis? tance and concealing your own. Onco his range is ascertained, and tho sights properly elevuted, n brisk fire opened along the whole line will prevent tho enemy from using his own telemeters to any usoful purpoxe, from the confusion I of flashes and reports becoming lo.st in i one another." There were clergymen who kissed be? fore Beecher was born. Said the Rev. Sydney Smith: "Wo are in favorof a cer? tain amount of shyness when a kiss is proposed, but it should not be too long; and when the fair one gives it, let it bo administered with warmth and energy; lot thero be soul in it. If she close ier eyes, and sighs immediately of tor it, the effect is greater. She should bo caroful not to slobbor a kiss, but givo it ns a humming-bird runs his bill into a honey? suckle?deep,' bat delicate. There is much virtue in a "kiss when well deli? vered. We have the memory of one we received in onr youth which lasted us forty years, and we believe it will bo one of the lost things we shall think of when j we die." I Anna Dickinson To-Nioht.? "Full of sublime tend -mess and eloquence. , [.Veto York Tribune. SuasrrnuiNO Gold for Silvf.r.-- Step? aro being taken by several of the State-, and kingdoms of"Europo to effect an ex? tensive substitution of gold for silver in current use as a circulating medium. There has been recently issued in Ger? many 1,114,000,000 marks in gold coin, and a still greater amount is to be put in circulation. A mark is equivalent to about 21 cents. Belgium is putting out gold coin at the rate of 50,000,000 francs annually. In Holland, $130,000.000 gold coin is needed, and France imported last year 431,001,000 francs worth of gold more than she exported. Of course, such movements will materially affect the re? lative market value of gold and silvt r in the markets of the world. Illicit Whiskey Tu ins.- A corres? pondent writes to the Picken Srntinel, I informing that journal that the traffic in I illicit whiskey is alarmingly on the in - 'crease; that peddlers carry the stuff I around in open wagons on the public ; roads and into plantations, and not only ; sell it for money, but trade it off for corn and other merchandise. The writer asks I whose business it is to stop it, and why a United States Commissioner or Deputy Marshal is not sent into the country to Sut an end to a traffic that is not only efrauding the Government, but bring? ing desolation into the neighborhood j where it is sold for consumption. : Here is aft iut-rosting third-term item: I The Wushingbui correspondent of the .Springfield Republican writes: "A friend j of mine, a r.agacious politician, had a long tulk with Judge Davis, of the Su I preme Court, a day or two since, and in ! the course of the conversation that clcar ' headed man expressed the opinion that General Grant not only wished 'a third term,' but that he would got the nomina? tion next yar from his party. This shows that it cannot be the 'mere moon? shine' of somo of the Republican papers. , for Judge Davis is a keen observer, and this is his deliberate judgment." Tons or Silver Coin. ? During a single i day last week eight-and-a-half tons of! fine silver bars were shipped t-> Phila? delphia from the new assay office. The quantity stated in tons sounds enorm >us, but when the value is given at only $300,000, the fact seems scarcely worthy | of remark. A ton of standard gold is j worth $542,000, bnt of silver the trilling i sum of $35,000. It is surmised that the j design is to use this silver in the re? demption of the ten cent fractional cur? rency, as the first step toward specie Payment, when the condition of the ederul treasury warrant*. The Intendant und Wardens of Dar? lington for the ensuing year were chosen on Monday, the 19th inst. Thcro was no contest among parties. Tho Republicans nominated a ticket composed of Conserv? atives and members of their own party. Citizens not in formal nomination were also supported, and two of theso were elected. The Council will bo as follows: Intendant --Goo. W. Dargan. Wardens ?J. 8. Floyd, J. J. Ward, J. F. Early and Sam. Marshall, colored. These of? ficers will give satisfaction t'j the' entire community. A Now York paper credits ex-Speak- r Blaine with having said) last fall, "that ! the Beocher scandal had cost the llepub-1 I lican party its supremacy; that loo much j progress was the trouble with the parly. \ I We hail progressed through the negro 'and mule him a citizen; we had pro-] grossed through the Suites and made; j them into provinces; and now thi.s infer, j I ual scandal business threatens to exhibit | ' Republican chiefs in the rol: of progress- i ing clear through the family circle, ' und [that the people would not stand it. j Lizzie Lindward, aged twenty, resid? ing in Ntvv York, while waiting for a ear j , in Chatham street, hist .Monday evening. | in company with a lady and gentleman. ! j was confronted by Jacob Stoiidermun, a ! ? rejected lover, who presented a seven I shooter, und shot her in tho temple. She was taken home in a dying condi? tion. Stondermun was arrested, and. | i when asked about the matter, ho replied I j in broken English, "I shoots for love," \ but would say nothing more. I The scene at the railroad depot in Now i York a few days sine.- was not a very pleasant thing for :i citizen of the 1'iiitod I States to contemplate: The President. ! Yiee-President and sewnd members of the Cabinet waiting .it elm i ntranco of a r.ulwav station while the gate-keeper is 1 appealed to to permit them to ride on tho ! ears without paying their passage. Tie ' President's evident lo>s ,.f temper at the official's eIhep nee to orders, but a b.l< < thn sh:tmef:iln - -> of th ?* speeta de. Wuai.es ?<.-:? the North Carolin? ('?<\:,r. r'ridm morning a largo whale : w.n kille 1 an d km led at Hoop l'ol>.\ on Itoguc beach, uud the following n ? n two other-, were wounded at Whale [Creek, near Cape Lookout, one of which | is now on the beach and the other will : ? probably be captured when the weather . moderates. The two whales on the beach will yield from SO to 1011 barrels of oil to tho lucky nu n who captured them. [ Wilmington Journal, \llh ins'. Burned to Death. A shocking ocei-j dentocenrrod near MoBean, Ga., la>t 1'ri I day night. A colored man named Oscar i Bream shut up his ho.wo. a small shanty, land biking his wife with him, wont visit? ing in tho neighborhood, leaving their two children, one aged eight and the other eleven years, in the building. During thoir absence the houso caught 1 fire aud wns consumed. Both children ? were burned to death, and their bones j were afterwards found among the ashes. J St. Louis coroners often meet with ob ' Btaclos. When one of them, the other ! day, wanted to open the skull of a boy I who was supposed to have been fright ; onod to death, "the sorrowing parents j rose in thoir grief, and swore to protect I the body of their child from the scalpel, j The father appeared with a butcher ! knife, the mother seized a hatchet, a sis I ter drew a mop, and a brother showed : up with half a brick, while all the neigh : borhood bristled with pitchforks." It is expensive to maintain Cardinals. The English Catholics are now heavily I taxing themselves to surround Cardinal I Manning with appropriate splendors, the ', Duke of Norfolk heading the suhsorip 1 tion list with $5,000. In New York, Gar I dinal MoCloskey's friends have presented j him with a magnificent carriage, and : other rich paraphernalia will be neces ? sary to secure a proper maintenance of the new office. Anna Dk'kinson To-Nionr.- "Sh ? has a soul of fire."' A>tr York- Sun. A fire at No. 92 Clinton street, New York, quickly spread to Noh. 90, 94 and 06; all live-story buildings, owned by B. Weldiek. and occupied by firms in* the cabinet business. A. Horsier, a scroll sawyer, loses $00,000; 1). Weldiek, furni? ture manufacturer, loses $70,000; Dip pel A Smith, pianos, $10,000; David Ed? wards, frames, $12,000. The total loss exceeds $100,1)1)0. The tire occurred on the 20th. The Bcecher case has now occupied sixty-nine actual working days, examined ixty-two witnesses, put 21?'? documents i;i evident";, :-.nd had six adjournments. Another week should close the testimony, unless Mrs. Til ton is to be examined and cross-examined after the fashion of her husband and Mr. Bcecher, in which easel the dog days nut the verdict may come together. A prize fight between Jack Kelley, of Brooklyn, and Dan. Towers, of New York, took place at Sheep's Head Bay, on the 20th. They fought for $250 a side. Kelley won in two rounds. The fight was desperately contested, both principals being badly punished. The tight lasted one hour and twenty-one minutes. Powers was carried away in? sensible from the ring. Since Mr. Bcecher told how Sam. Wil kerson sat up in bed in his rod flannel night-shirt, and swore nntil everything in the room was blue, there has been a talk in New York of getting up a joint stock company for utilizing Sam.'s pro- | fanity, by putting it up in six-ounce | packages, and selling it for a cheap sub? stitute for iudigo. Killed is Bed r.v a Snow Sum:. The bodies of three miners Patterson Mar? tin. Christopher Johnson und Patrick Morgan -were dug out of a snow slide in Cherokee gulch, four miles from Georgetown, Colorado, yesterday. They had been dead several days, and were found in their bed, indicating that the slide took place in the night. I It is asserted that the Government of i ucials of British India and the contract? ors they employed, disbursed the heavy appropriations for feeding a famished population of ignorant natives without stealing a penny. The statement is al? most incredible to the progressive Ame? rican mind. Such has been the increase of business by the change of gauge on the Rich? mond and Atlanta Air-Line Railroad, that it has been found necessary to im? mediately add 100 freight cars* to the rolling stock. The Tredegar Works, at Richmond, Ya., is now filling an order for forty of these cars. Constable James A. Jarrct, of Spartan burg, captured, the other day, a whiskey wagon, which was recaptured and taken away from his house by four countrymen on Friday night, amidst the barking of dogs, the firing of pistols, the cursing of men and the rattling of dry bones. We smiled the other day -we could not help it as we heard a sister of one of our colored churches, while soundly rating a coal black brother, mention, among otlu r things, that he was a ? whibd sepulture, full of white,men's bones!" /tmcrfcus Republican. I We knew it. We could not be mis j taken. When the Mayor of Chicago I "swore, by the eternal (tod, he would I never meet a rebel soldier at a re-union," i we at once set him down as either a thief or a bomb-proof. Recent revelations show that he was both. ! At an election held in the town of Bam Lborg, S. (_'., for officers for the ensuing [year, the following gentlemen were una I niniously elected: Intendant ('apt. J. S. I Bamberg; Wardens?Dr. J. A. Wright, S. J. Ihwtzog, W. F. Patrick. Andrew C. Dibbh. j The body of young Burk, one of the un fortunat ? party drowned by the sinking of. the yacht Ella Anna, was found off Cummins Point buoy, by J. Brown and C. Norman, colored fishermen. In the game of base lull at Savannah, tia.. a few days since, one of the players had his leg broken, and the nose of an? other was broken bv a swift speeding ball. Two colored men have been tried in Darlingt >n for murder, and s< ntenced to be hun<; on June 18, next: their names are Kell? McDonald and Oliver Spencer. SoYnc desp r.ido in Colorado dropped a r.tt through the sky-light, and the wo? man's ri^lit-. convention adjourned with? out waiting for a motion. K v. A. G. Stacy, of the Methodist Kpiscopil Chutvh. South, formerly of this state, died at Austin, Texas, on the ftii instant. There wer ? 21 deaths in Charleston for the week ending the 17th?whites "<; co? lored \ Baltimore exchange heads an item, ??Spring horribly sprung." Ass\ Dickinson To-Night. Stats at th.iWhcelt r House. Tie r- are j newspapers published ::i P.;ris at the present time, i Anna Dickinson To-Night. "Full of ; great thoughts, pathos and beauty." i Beeehcr now takes a daily ride on the . ragged edge. Smokers' Festival, j Smokers' Festival. I Smokers' Festival, j Smokers' Festival. Smokers' Festival. ! Smokers' Festival. a Kerosene! Kerosene!! K BARRELS pure white standard OU KEROSENE, just received and ; for sale at 19c. per gallon by the barrel, 1 and 2()c. per gallon at retail. Kerosent \ delivered, free of drayage, in any pnrt oj Uhecltyby JOHN AGNEW & SON. _ ! NEW BOOKS At It. L. Bryan's Bookstore. G\ EORGE IV, His Life and His Court? r $i.25. Scientific London, by Beeker- $1.75. I Science and Religion, by Dr?per? $1.75. Farrar s Life of Christ?$2.50. I The Shadowed Home, by Bickersteth? '$1.50. Conquering and to Conquer, bj ! Schonberg Cotta Family?$1.25. Vernes 1 Journey to the North Pole?$L50. Ralph j Wilton h Weird, by author of Wooing O't.? $1.25. The Science of Law, bj i Amos?$1.75. Also, a variety of new English Novels, 1 paper covers, by Mrs. Olyphant, Far ' geon, author of "Castle," Mrs. Braddon, i Wilkie Collins and others. April 22 gga_-ixu Auction Sales. Foreclosure of Mortgage. I>. C. PKIXOTTO& SON, A?r? I)DRSUANT to tlic powers of sulc con? tained in a mortgage from C. V. Ant? werp to H. P. DeGroaf, and assigned by II. P. DeOraaf to K. Pollard, dated July 0, 1872, I will sell, on the FIRST MON? DAY IN MAY next, before the Court House, in the city of Columbia, S. C, at 101 o'clock, the following desirable Real Estate, to wit: Lot No. 1?All that piece or parcel of LAND in the city of Columbia, situated on the East side of Main street, botween Washington and Lady streets, measuring and fronting on MainHtreettwenty-seven (27) feet, more or less, .uid running back two hundred and eight feet, more or less; bounded on the North by estate of S. Doatwright; on the South by Lot No. 2; on the East by J. D. Uateman* also, Lot No. 2, of the same dimensions as Lot No. 1: bounded on the North by Lot No. 1; on the South by A. Palmer; on the East by J. D. Datcman. Tehms- One-seventh cash; balance in six yearly installments, secured by bond and mortgage, with interest at eight per cent, per annum. Purchasers to pay for papers. All taxes, both State and city, nave been paid in full to date on the above property. E. POLLARD. April 13 * 13 10 18 22 25 28 M2 Seal Under Power to Satisfy Mort? gagee. I). C. PE1XOTTO & SON, A'rs. BY virtue of the power of attorney, endorsed upon the mortgage of Thos. J. LuMotte, to the Citizens' Savings Rank, of South Carolina, empowering the undersigned to sell the premises mortgaged, I will sell, on the FIRST [MONDAY IN MAY NEXT, at the usual hour, before the Court House, in Colum? bia, the following described Lots of Land, all situate in the city of Columbia and Richland County: 1. LOT OF LAND, containing thrse fonrths of an acre, bounded North by lot formerly of J. L. Heard; on the East by Ilarnwell street; on the South by lot of Darre; and West by lota of A. C. I task ell and Cooper. To be divided and sold in two separate lots. 2. LOT OF LAND, containing ono acre; bounded North by lot of Augustus I Cooper; East by lot of A. Traeger; South 1 by Wheat street: and West by Assembly ! street. To be divided and sold in two separate lots of half an acre each. Terms of sale -Cash. JOHN FISHER, Trustee in Bankruptcy. April N wlm3 Interest Allowed. TnE Mechanics' and Farmers' Build? ing and Loan Association, of Rich j land, is now receiving deposit* of $1.00 and upwards, und allowing interest at, i the rate of 0 pet cent per annum on all amounts over $10.00, which remain 30 j days or longer. Deposits received by i T. H. Gibbes, Treasurer, at the Central National Bank, R. D. SENN, April 22 X President. Acacia Lodge, No. 94, A. F. M. A THE REGULAR Communica ./*?tn)ii of this Lodge will be held T^yC at Masonio Hall, THIS (Thurs ' ~ x dav) EVENING, at 8 o'clock. Bv order ot the W. M. F. M DRENNAN, ? April 22 1 Secretary. SHOW FESTIVAL. IT is our intention to handle exclu? sively our own brands of CIGARS, and in order to close out all odd brands in stock, we will hold a "Smokers' Fes? tival" for a few days. Ye smokists, call and take part. Such an opportunity will never otter again. PERRY A SLAWSON, April 22 Cigar and Tobacco Store. Final Discharge. NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN AGNEW, administrator of the estate of James S. McMahon, deceased, has ap? plied to Hon. B. I. Boone, Judge of Pro? bate in and for the County of Richland, for a final discharge as such administra? tor. It is ordered that the 21st day of May. A. D. 1875, bo fixed for hearing of petition and a final settlement of said estate. B. I. BOONE. Judge of Probate, Richland Conntv. I Apnl_22_J12_ Final Discharge, i \TOTICE is hereby given that JOHN ' 1^1 AGNEW, executor of the estate of ? Daniel R. Howell, deceased, has applied to Hon. B. I. Boone, Judge of Probate, in and for the County of Richland, for a final discharge as executor. It is ordered that the 21st day of May. A. I). 1875, be fixed for hearin? petition, and a final settlement of said estate. B. I. BOONE, Judge of Probate, Richland County. April 22 _^_ff2 rpHRASHERS, HORSE POWERS, EN JL GINES, FAN MILLS, GRAIN CRADLES, REAPERS, Ac., Ac., at ma? nufacturers' price. Send for catalogue to L?RICK A LOWRANCE, April 22 _Columbia 8. C. 4Rich and Eifle 0 ub. ATTEND a meeting of your Club, THIS (Thursday) EVEN? ING, at 6 o'clock. The usual weekly drill will take place im? mediately after the meeting, and members are requested to ?come equipped as the by-laws directs. WINTHROP WILLIAMS. April Ml Secretary. THRASHERS, HORSE POWERS. EN? GINES, FAN MILLS, GRAIN CRADLES,-REAPERS, Ae., Ac., at ma? nufacturers' price. Send for catalogue to LOBIOK * LOWRANCE, April 22 Columbia, S. C. Smokers' Festival.