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COLTTMBIATHTCr Saturday Morning, June 5,1875. A London despatch throws some more light upon the reoent meeting of;tho Czar of Russia and the Emporor William at Berlin. There is no doubt how 'that Europe was seriously threatened with a terrific struggle, on the ground of Prus? sia's jealousy of France, resembling very much the insane jealousy which ancient Romo hiul for Carthage, and which, in that cuso, ended in the destruction of the latter power. Bismarck is perfectly aware that in a few ? yearn France will havo so strengthened herself that she will bo in a measure impregnable, and, therefore, he was desirous of throwing her back to the situation of 1871, before she had time to gather strength. The French are perfectly well aware of his views on this subject, and the Monitcur (official paper) expressed itself thus not long ago: "The legitimate causes of war are: Tho violation of the fundamental laws of a ?iavo; lOiuiDtu uu|)u.>i.iua, ana, nnsuj, an assault of the foundations on which the order and right of humanity aro known to rest. Every other war is an un? righteous one. And where, indeed, wero the law of nations, if the upprehension simply of a' danger remote would suffice to disturb the peace of the present? And if Germany could bp persuaded that Franco would commit an act of. hostiUty because it had healed, say in ten, fifteen or twenty years, the wounds it received in 1870-71, what security would the other powers have? Germany may Bay, to-mor? row, that, by way of necessity, its own defence calls for the incorporation of tho Dutch harbors. and colonies. Again.it may demand ? Trieste and the Italian Quadrilateral, under the pretense that, by uniting the North Sea with the Adri? atic., it protects its frontiers against in? convenient neighbors, and to recover the historical boundary lines of the old Ro? man empire, js this what they desire:" As atatcd!ih the despatches, the Czar, with an eye to his Asian.; ndvan^ suc? ceeded in cooling the hot blood of'Prus? sia, and war is stayed for the present in Western Europe. Another chance for Sheridan to im? mortalize himself is now presented, this J time among the banditti of New' Hamp? shire. The Legislature met at Concord, amidst the greatest excitement, growing out of tho dispute over certain seats in tho Senate which had been decided in favor of the Democrats, giving them seven out of twelve Senators. After all had been sworn in, the Democrats elected a President?the five Republicans refus? ing to vote. The latter then withdrew from the body, met in another room and organized, with temporary officers, a Se- j nate of their own, and then adjourned. There was no trouble in the House. The excitement in the Capitol reached a high pitch, and all the entrances were guarded by police. Th.bi state of things ought not to be allowed. Let the army proceed to Concord at once. Tnx Cuban Win.?It is quite evident that the patriot rebellion in Cuba is by no means suppressed or in a promising condition for the early occurrence of such a result. Recent reports from Spa? nish sources arc not such as to awaken very great confidence in the success of that Government, while it must be ad? mitted that the Spanish authorities still have a very tight grip upon the rebellion. General Gomez, the commander of the Cuban forces, who has gained marked successes in one portion of the island, has written a letter to the Secretary of War of the patriot Government, in which he states that sinoe the first of the pre-! sent year there havo been captured from the Spanish forces 750 rifles, 98,000 me talic cartridges, 500 machetes, 500 cavalry equipments and 1,000 horses. It is also smtcd from Cuban sources, that there are 10,000 men in Cuba who are ready to join the patriot army, if they could be sup-. plied with arms and ammunition, the want of which has been the main obsta? cle in tho path of the patriots' success. Ono significant fact is mentioned in con? nection with the war, and it is that no parts of Cuba taken by the patriots within the past twelve months have been recaptured by the Government troops. It is stated by the Brooklyn papers that there are more than 4,000 houses va- j cant in that city. Another significant fact is the action of the Brooklyn Board of Estimate last week, in making out the budget of expenses for the next fiscal year. The salary account of school teachers was reduced $20,000; appropria? tion for text-books was reduced $20,000; they struck out $3,000 for repairing pianos in the schools, and $20,000 for public baths, and similar other Items amounting to about $800,005. The fact is, the Plymouth Churoh plague-spot is driving people out of Brooklyn. There may bo a few men who will be benefited by the exodus, however; Bo wen, for in? stance, who says he will be in Plymouth Churoh after Beeoher leaves it He oan use his extra funds in buying np the de sorted Brooklyn homes. Execution or a Your arm, Muedsbxb. At Carrollton, Ga., on Friday last, Elisha Yarbrough, a youth less than sixteen years of age, was hung for the murder of W. H. Smith, in Ootober last Yar-' brough taUed on Smith, who kept a country trtore, and asked for work. He was taken into the house, was asked to join in/ prayer with his host, and then retired with him, both going to one bed. In the middle of thealght the boy arose, and. procuring an axe, split Mr. Smith's skull, and leaving him stunned and dying on the floor, coolly plundered the store, and then locking the door on the outside, put the key In his pookct and left He was pursued And arrested, and for a while implicated two innocent peo? ple in his erime/btit 'finally confessed t'iat he was alone to blame. *" tSi" ,pBraiDisttTysA' C?Nressi?if! ?Tb!e Louisville Courier-Journal thus speaks of the President's letter: Allowing that every word in the Presi? dent's letter to Gen. Harry White is con? clusive and sincere, and attaching no other meaning to what ho says than ap? pears upon the surface, those who sought j to prepare the country against the ap? proach of the third term issuo need go no farther for complete justification of all they have suid on tho subject. Gen. Grant says ho wants a third term no more than he wanted a first term; whiob, fairly interpreted, means that ho would be glad to have u third term if the peo? ple, who, as he argues, have the right and the power to-offer it, should do so. It is too much to nak us to believe that tho original prospect of being elevated to Oho Chief Magistracy, was unwelcome t6 liira, or that his actual elevution cost him any painful sacrifice. When a man deqlarea that ho does not seek a great place, but adds that if elected he will serve in it, the inference is sufficiently plain.. In tho present instance an actual argument favoring a third term is mado, and as this was put forward by tho Pre? sident's immediato friends before and after the South Carolina expression, and accompanied by tho utterance or quali? fication from the President himself, until after the reverse action of the Pennsylvania Convention, we are hot permitted to doubt that he has had the thought in his mind, that ho has con? ceived its realization possible, and that he would have accented it, just as he ac? cepted his second election, as a personal vindication. "I cannot say," he ob? serves, "that I was not pleased ut this," his second election. Nor can anybody wonder that he was, or that, by the same token, a third election would he less pleasing, provided he could be made believe that' the public service called him "to make the sacrifice," the deci? sion as to whether it made the demand resting with himself. All this talk about "sacrifices" is sheer nonsense. Gen. Grant gave up a life office, it is true, to take the Presidency; but, in a republic like ours, and in time of peace, tho command of the army is of subordinate importance and influence. Gen. Scott nought to exchange it for the Presidency during twenty years. Gen. Sherman would be glad to make tho ex? change next year. As to personal com? fort, a man may be quite as uncomforta? ble in the war office as in the Whito House. As to final retirement, the Chief Magistracy affords the better opportunity along with an increase of dignity. Pe? rusing the slip-shod sentences in the President's plaint about his "sacrifices," one can ill resist un impression that ho is somewhat disingenuous. He cer? tainly departs from his characteristic good sense when he supposes that the American people will credit him with genuine weariness of the cares of a sta? tion the highest in tho land?of a station whose duties ho has worn so loosely?of a station whose opportunities he has not slighted?of n station, in short, which has seen his rise from poverty to com? parative wealth, and from which at the end of eight years ho may withdraw, yet young enough to enjov the fruits of about twice, that period of well-paid, and ? by no means exhaustive, public service. It is worso than policy for a man, just turned of fifty, who, fourteen years ago, was taken by the gods out of the depths of n degradation, whose only blessing was its obscurity and rapidly advanced; to tho command of great armies ahef to the head of a great nation ! ?it is preposterous for a man who, in I every situation of life, has taken his for? tune, good as well as bad, with compla? cent coolness, all the while enjoying his creature comforts, his pipe, his horses and his dogs?it is unworthy of Gen. Grant, solid and stolid, hale, hearty and j Well-to-do, having thriftily provided for his family and himself, to set up a j demagogic :cry'about "sacrifices." He i had hotter announce himself out-and out as an aspirant for a third term, or declare that but for the not-to-be-mis? taken popular demonstrations which have come to him, he should bo glad to hold fast to so good a thing to the end of his days. The President's direct reference to the third term discussion is unfortunate. In the first place, though he opens his let? ter by extolling the dignity of his office i as a reason for his prolonged silence, his tardy utterances are less dignified than his taciturnity. He speaks of a third term much as he might speak of n horse race. It is n thing conceivable and possible. It might be a necessary thing. For example, if the sohemo of organizing '{another rebellion" in the South hod' succeeded; if the elections last fall had gone Radical; if the bayonet legislation of the subsequent session of Congress had passed, investing the Pre? sident with martial jurisdiction over the insurrectionary country, and then if the "down-trodden loyal people of the South" had demanded a third term for the only man who could protect them in their property and lives, we supposo that Gen. Grant would have considered the case as one justifying his candidacy, and rendering his election a department of tho public safety and peace. As mat tors stand, with a Democratic House yawning before him, with the whole South at rest behind him, with Williams out of the Cabinet, with his own party clamoring against the thought of a third term, with only*a single State committed thereto, and that South Carolina, the President can afford to remark, "and his language is plain," that he "would not aooept a nomination if it were tendered, unless it should come under such cir? cumstances as to make it an' imperative duty?circumstances not likely to arise." His suggestion that "any man con de? stroy his oneness for the office," may be a side thrust at Gen. Sherman's recent literary performance. But his notion, that "no man oan force his election or even nomination," needs qualifying. In time of war, furnished a specious pre? text and equipped with military power and resources, it is by no means sure that an ambitious President might not, through his array of civil office-holders and his troops and provost-marshals, command the forms of a re nomination, and, thence, by the force of partisan pas? sion and discipline, well supported by bayonets, an election. Tho people, North and South, had four years' expe? rience of the force of Executive pressure, acting upon the unorganized masses of society. Gen. Grants failure to dis? courage the idea of a third term, and his evident leaning to the military view of tho caso, is t? be" regretted. He writes like a soldier, not like a..patriot. His self-consciousness is intense and breaks through all restraint, bo that, instead of such farewell utterances an fell from the lips of Washington and Jackson, we have an egotistic compound of splocn and pride. . A DjtscnirTioN or the Grand Edifice. The new Masonic Temple which "was dedicated in New York on Wednesday, fronte 141 feet on Twenty-third street and extends 91 feet 9 inches on Sixth avenue. The first story in Tuscnn, the second Ionic, the third Corinthian and the fourth composite, above which is uproared a very high mansard for the fifth. The lower Btory is relieved In bands of dark Quincy syenito, the rest of the building being fuoed witTi light blue granite. A central cOlnmniatod pavilion on the Twenty-third street hicade 50 feet in width rises to a.quad? rangular dome above the mansard roof. At ench angle are heavily rusticated pa? vilions 20 feet in width, anil between these retired curtains each 18i feet wide. The Sixth avenue facade is in harmony with this design in reduced proportions. The main cornice is 94 feet above the side-walk, the mansard 30 feet higher, and the apex of the dome is at an alti? tude of 165 feet from the curb level. On either sido of the main entrance on Twenty-third street is a massive pillar of fine bronze, 14 feet in height. Each rests upon a base of polished Scotch granite. Above the "cushion" each fdllar is ornamented with semi-incised otus flowers. Higher up appear the three encircling bands, and nt the top of the reeded column is a cap, in the form of an inverted bell, decorated with papyrus leaves and pomegranates in high relief. In tho basket rusting upon this cap is placed a largo globe. That on tho Easterly pillar is terrestrial, the other celestial. Over the main entrance, rising behind tho pillar just described, is a portico formed of four Tuscan co? lumns supporting an entablature. The only other exterior ornamentation re? quiring remark is the coat of arms of the Grand Lodge, in bronze, which is placed on tho fifth Btory, beneath the dome. The temple under ground is as perfect in all its appliances of necessity and comfort as science, ingenutity and liberality could moke it. The Grand Lodge room is a handsome hall 85 by 92, and capable of seating 1,000 persons. Tho Egyptian and Comiuandory halls are also largo and beautifnlly decorated. An elevator runs through the building and it is fitted with every imaginable convenience that will tend to increase the comfort of the craftsmen. A ItoTAXi Amekicak.?The Emperor! Francis Joseph, of Austria, has become a property-holder on Broadway, New York, under peculiar circumstances. About thirty years ago, Marcus Wiese, of Aus? tria, came to this country and engaged in the fancy goods business in New York, and suooeeded so well that he soon amassed a fortune variously estimated at from $300,000 to $400,000, consisting of real estate on Broadway and United States bonds. He was married in early life, and two daughters was the result of the union. Their home was a happy one until, in an evil hour, the husband and father listened to the song of tho syren. Then the wife and mother sought and obtained a divorce. With her daughters, she returned to Austria in 18C4. The daughters died the same year of their re? turn, and the mother only survived them until 1870. In the meantime, Wiese, ? with his mistress, returned, leaving his property in New York, and resumed his allegiance to the royal family of his na? tive country, in 1874. A few Vpionths afterwards, he was killed by an Austrian soldier on a train of the Moravian Bail road. The soldier was court niartialed and shot Then the Crown set up a claim to the property ho had acquired. Tho mistress of the murdered man contested the claim, but as she could not establish a legitimate marriage, the court decided in favor of Francis Joseph, who is thus elevated to the proud position of an Ame? rican tax-payer. He is now liable to as? sessments for the benefit of the American eaglo, and if he is not prompt in making payments, will get a little insight into the mysteries of pnecipes ugain.st his property. But if at any time Bismarck shall feel it incumbent upon him to de? pose him, Francis Joseph can come to this country and live a free man in a free country, and at the same time have enough property to keep the wolf from the door. The Springfield Union, speaking of the Holyokc disaster, refers to a catas? trophe at Santiago de Chili. South Ame? rica, December 8, 18G2, when, by the sudden conflagration of the cathedral during a crowded service, 2,000 women, maids and matrons, including the very flower of the city, perished horribly, it was at an evening service, when the church was densely crowded. A cuni phono lamp, used in a transparency on the altar, set fire to the hangings,whence the flames spread instantaneously along the olaborato festoons of gauzo and drapery that covered the walls and ceil? ings, among which 20,000 candles and camphene lamps were burning. In a moment, the whole interior was a bon? fire, and a rain of blazing oil and burn? ing cloth fell upon the crowd bolow. Tbo one door of the church opened in? wards and was soon ohoked. In less than a quarter of an hour, 2,000 persons, including very few men, had perished. The Chilian Legislature forbade church illuminations for the future, and ordered a sufficient number of doors to be put into all churches. Napoleon met ono day an old soldier with one arm; he stopped and said to him: *'Whore did you lose your arm?" '?Sire, at Austerlftz," was tho roply. "And .you wero not decorated?" asked the Emperor. "No, siro; I was forgot? ten." "Then," rejoined Napole*n, "hero is my cross for you; I mako you Cheva? lier." "Ah, sire," exclaimed the soldier. "Your Majesty names mo Chevalier be? cause I huve lost one of my arms; what would your Majesty have done if I had lost them both?" "I should have created you officer of the Legion," nnswerod I Napoleon. Thereupon the soldier in? stantly drew his sword and cut off his I remaining arm. Possibly South Carolina is still for the ,third term. If so there need be no weep? ing or wailing in tho region of tha White House,?St. Louis Republican, Dem. Gm? Back fromthb Dead?A Stbaxoe Stobt.?O. B. Baum writes from Harris burg, I1L, on Hay 10, to the Chicago Inttr-Octan: "You porhapu have not for? gotten tho 'loss of the ill-fated steamer Genoral Lyon and the brave men who perished with her at sea, March 30, 1806. Many soldiers lost their lives in 'the burning vessel, while others sought re rage, in the relentless waves and there found a watery grave. Of the many hundreds who were aboard the General Lyon, but twenty-eight wore known to have been saved. They were picked up by the steamer General Sedgwlck, four hours alter the burning of the Lyon. The non-veterans of tho Fifty-sixth Illi? nois Volunteers, 205 in number, were passengers aboard of the General Lyon. Five of those men were saved by the Sedgwlck, and they reported the balance of their comrades as lost. After the lapse of more than ten years, however, one more of the passengers of that ill starred vessel turns up at Guy's Hos Itital, London, England, and writes to iis father near Gnlconda, 111., giving an account of himself. The name of this man of misfortune is Hanson E. Rains. He belonged to Company K, Fifty-sixth Illinois Volunteers. Alter Iiis term of service expired, ho and his comrades were started home for muster out, and were furnished transportation on the steamer General Lyon. Very soon after/ sailing, the vessel encountered a storm oft*Cape Hatten??, and in tho midst of it took tire and was totally destroyed. Hains leaped into the sea, and with Lieut. Butler clung to a cabin door. They drifted upon the billows four days without food or drink, and more dead than alive were picked up by a schooner and left onfnn island, where Butler died anil Bains remained ten years. In March last, he escaped aboard the Bri? tish man-of-war \eugennee, und was taken to London, and, being sick, was [ilaced in Guy's Hospital. Application ias been made to the Secretary of War to have our Minister at London requested by cable to have Rains cared for and funds furni.'.hed him for his return home. The stories of Robinson Crusoe and the hero of '-Foul Play" are probably excelled in interest by the adventures of this gallant soldier, who, after serving his country for more than throe years, and participating in the victories of the army of the West at Corinth, Vieksburg, Mission Ridge, the Atlanta, Savannah and South Carolina campaigns, tied from the deck of a burning ship in mid-ocean to find refuge on the raging sea, and with an endurance scarcely to be credit? ed, resisted death from cold, hunger and thirst, and is at last about to bo restored to his friends, after a captivity of ten years on an island. Surely, truth is stranger than fiction." Recent Memorial Addresses.?The addresses delivered on the occasion of I the late decoration days in the North and portions of the South, exhibited a most fraternal and conciliatory spirit?one 1 worthy to characterize like commemora? tions hereafter, and indicate a rapid ob? literation of those merely offensive issues which partisan newspapers and rabid Eoliticians generally have struggled so ard to perpetuate. Genend Burnside, in his address at Antietam National Cemetery, referred charitably to those whose system of political instruction had led them into opposition to the Go? vernment in the late war, and pertinently asked, "Might we not have been led in the same direction, under like circum? stances?" At the memorial meeting in the Academy of Music, New York, to complete the services of decoration day, General Woodford said: "Does any one seek to recall old prejudices of class and race? He is no friend of the Union. Does any one seek, for sell* or partisan success, to set white against black, or black against white? He is no friend of the Union. Does any one seek to deny to loyal comers in any part of the South full citizenship, complete protection and hearty welcome because such comers wore the Federal blue in other days? He is no friend to tho Union. Does any one seek to taunt loyal subjects of the law nnd keepers of the peaee, because such wore the gray in days of battle? He is no friend of the Union. The land is one." At the Brooklpn decoration day. Rev. W. J. Parkinson, head of a colored school, who had ret-ided eighteen u.onths in the South, said: "If I had the time to-nigh( I could bring to your notice incidents from personal observation that would satisfy even' man, and beyond pemdventure, that they are being healed of their wounds and the scars left by the lute war as rapidly under any .similar cir? cumstances as any on the luce of the earth could be healed. I am able to say that I believe, as a general thing, the people of the Soinli not only want peace und prosperity for themselves, but they really want in their midst the black?he who was their serf for so many years ? to be raised up, as the light of a pure Gospel and a liberal education is bound to raise him." It is to be hoped that the better appre? ciation and understanding of Southern sentiment thus indicated may continue to increase until it becomes universal. A New York letter, of Monday, says: "A groat stir has been made among the foreign importers by the seizure of the store and goods of Philip Schuloff A Co., by the Custom House officers, on account of alleged under-valuation of invoices of crape, ribbons and silks. The ware? houses in Laight street were kept open to-day for the purpose of facilitating the examination of the seized goods and bringing the matter to a conclusion as quickly as possible. This extraordinary haste, it would seem, is not without rea? son. There are several other prominent firms supposed to be implicated, nnd it is tho desire of the customs authorities that they should be proceeded against at once, before opportunity is given tho guilty parties to make way with their goods. All these cases arc understood to be directly or indirectly part of the Law renco operations." "He put it by," said honest Casca, making his report of the scene in the market-place, "but, to my thinking, he was very loath to lay his fingers oft" it." That is what is the matter with President Grant. He is very loath to lay his fingers off it?so loath, indeed, that even tho suggestive rap across the knuckles ad ministerted by tho Pennsylvania Repub? lican Convention doesn't work convic? tion. ? .i*B-.TSea'??rr ?*.',';?-.>wCj ????.ic??'?)-??*-?. >i Umbrellas have always been property, but few who borrow them have ever seemed to think of that faut. That the law had any practical application to their return when borrowed, is a something which never found its way into'the mind of any of those poachers upon, the um? brella rack. An English court, in the interests of long-suffering humanity, has recently stopped in and judicially de? clared that the owner of an umbrella has some rights which the borrower is bound to respect. In the case in point, the | loan of an umbrella to the defendant on a rainy day was proven. Tho borrower | paid about one-third of its alleged value on account. Ia his answer to plaintiff's petition, he admitted borrowing the um? brella ami losing it, but averred that when he bud told plaintiff of the loss, he said: "Oh, never mind; it was not ' up to much, anyway." Hut the plaintiff | was up to a good deal, as the sequel proved, for he pushed the matter until the court announced a decision in which it recognized property in an umbrella, but entered a non-suit ngainHt the plain? tiff, because he was represented by his I father-indaw, A long.Huffcring public can never cease to regret that he did not call in the assistance of his mother-in law, as the suit would then doubtless have been pressed to a successful issue, and the rights of the people fully guar? anteed under the law. Who steals1 Round-About':, purse steals trash; 1 lin borrows his umbrella and does not j t in it, goes to court. A Dkau Delusion.?The theory that] human beings whose strength has been | exhausted by pain and sickness can b< restored by depleting medicines and water gruel, if not absolutely a dead de-1 lusion, is in the last agonies of dissolu? tion. At length it is understood that I strength cannot be purged into a debili? tated frame, though life may easily be purged out of it, and that it is about as I wise to withhold a healthful stimulant from the weak, in the expectation that they will rally without one, as it would be to deprive a lump of oil and expect it to burn the brighter for it. The immense and uniform success which has attended the use of that wonderful combination of a pure stimulant with the finest me? dicinal herbs, known us Hostetter's Sto? mach Bitters, has largely assisted in dis? pelling tho absurd chimera. Frantic at? tempts nre made to revive it, but in vain. When the sick feel that their strength is departing, ami that unless invigorated they must utterly break down, it is in I vain to tender thein feculent slops in the place of genuine restoratives. They may be imposed upon in this way once, but the imposition cannot be repeated. They desire to be refreshed, comforted, braced up, and decline to be griped a second time. Under the operation of the Bitters, on the other hand, all the processes nec< ssary to physical restora? tion go on simultaneously. The system is stimulated and toned, the bowels re gulated. the appetite cultivated, the nerves composed and the condition of the blood improved at one and the same time by a single medicine. Common sense tells us that such a preparation must ho invaluable. June 4 +3'1 Thk Cost of B< iebowed 1'l?mes. ? Jas. Malony and Jas. Wr. Hayward, who were tried and convicted at the late term of the United States District Court, were brought up before JuJge Bryan for sen? tence. James Maloncy, who was con? victed of conspiracy to defraud the United States and for falsely represent? ing a revenue officer, was sentenced to paj- a fine of $500 and to imprisonment in tho Newberry County Jail for eleven months, on the first chnrge; and $1,000 fine and eleven months' imprisonment on the second charge?the latter sen? tence to take effect at the expiration of the fanner. James W. Havward, con [victed of conspiracy to defraud tho United State?, \vns "fined $1,000 and eleven months' imprisonment in the Anderson County Jail. Sheridan has been robbed at his homo, in Chicago, of a diamond vaiued ar $1,000. He suspects a man who entered his house ostensibly to sketch its newly renovated rooms to be the "buinmer" who got the diamond. He finds how hard it is to escape the ??bummer." Ho lost nothing amongst the Southern "ban? dits." but his own character, and that by his own folly and brutality. It was a trifling '.loss. Sheridan is about to be Imarried, but what docs a "bummer" I caro about that? The opportunity to ! steal from him is all the better. It is the j witching time of confidence in every? body and respect for ??bummers." How excessively cruel at .such a time to rob tho man who commanded the greatest lot of thieves and "bummers" that ever lived!?Richmut <l Dispatch. Gambling for enormous stakes is jubt now ut its height at Monaco, and three suicides are said to have taken plane there in as many weeks. At the leading gambling saloon, owned by M. Le Plane, "an American" recently lost ?30,000, while a Russian princess, who is reported to have lost ten times that amount, wont raving mad. Great interest is also at? tached to n Scotch duke, who is repre? sented to have won ?15,000 in something less than half on hour, and as having lost all that and a great deal more before the end of the same day. Some surprise is expressed that tho gambling should be allowed, but if the Prince of Monaco re? ceive^ ?30,000 a year rent for the place, he will think twico before ho disestab? lishes M. Le Blanc. 1% is truly wonderful, the variety and ingenuity of tho conveniences for the desk and* office?pens of varied patterns, inkstands possessing unmberless ad? vantages, letter files, each ono the best, envelopes of size and qualities infinite. It is almost bewildering to enter the large Broad street store of Walker, Evans A Cogswell, in Charleston, and seo the number of these attractions. Here you find tho largest stationery stock South of Baltimore, and you only have two troubles?first, sufficient cash; and, second, tho difficulty in deciding among the many things offered, each equally suitable to your wants. M7t "Dar are," said a sable orator, "two rotuls through thin would. De one am a j broad and a narrow road dat leads to ' perdition, and de udder am a narrow ' and a broad road dat leads to sure de \ struction." "If dat am de case," said a sable hearer, "dis cullard individual takes to de woods." Crrr Mattem.?If you are asked to lond yonr Fhcsitcc, "oi?g**t to the would - be borrower that he had better subscribe. Reading matter oatevery page. Spotted TaiLis now vulgarized into a ?'Variegated Narrative." Young men and maidens fair, use tho ?Queen's Delight. " 8 Tho best blood purifier is Heinitsh's Queen's Delight. 8 Man respires, perspires, aspires, con - spires and expires. The only suits that last longer thau you want are law suits. Creamy white French nainsook will bo used for summer costume. The Queen's Delight, although abused, Is one by ull the sick most used. 8 The pin und cross matter is still veiled in obscurity, "When will the mystery be unraveled? "Unmanned by the loss of her hus? band," is the latest style of indicating a widow's grief. Old typo metal, suitable for many pur? poses about mills, can bo obtained at Piio'Nix office at 25 cents a pound, or 30 cents by the 100 pounds. At the twentieth annual meeting of tho stockholders of Elmwood Cemetery Com, I puny, held yesterday, the following of? ficers were elected for the ensuing year: Those who dread tornadoes?and there are many in this vicinity?had a fright, yesterday, as the strange-colored clouds were blown about considerably in the afternoon. The Hendrix House is well kept; is located conveniently to Main street; and is, altogether, a home-like establishment. Mrs. Wyatt will be pleased to see and accommodate her many friends. The warm weather draws crowds to Mr. McKenzie'? confectioner}* and ice cream establishment, where delicacies nnd cooling beverages of various kinds are obtainable. His freezers are worked by steam. The following is the business done at the money order office of the post office in this city for the month of May, 1875: Orders issned, 425; amount received on same, $7,115.05; fees, $44.75; orders paid,. 635; amount paid, $9,478.35. Cnpt W. H. Casson has raised the premium cabbage?the out-spread leavea arc about five feet in ciroumference, while the hard head in the centre would fill an 8J hat; the weight over eight pounds. One a size smaller furnished a dinner for a family of nine, which the Phoenix claims. The old Richland Volunteer Rifle Club will celebrate, tho 8th of August as their anniversary. This is as it should be. Everybody remembers with plea? sure the old-time celebrations of the 8th?barbecue, target-firing and a high time generally. Many of tho members of the old corps are in the ranks of this club. The report of the Citizens' Committee, published in the Phosnix, yesterday, was the universal subject of comment during the day. Some of the statements show that gross frauds have been com? mitted. A meeting-of citizens of all classes, to take into consideration the whole subject, has been called for Mon? day afternoon next, in Irwin's Hall. Let all attend. "The coin is spurious?nail it down." 1 -?? ? SVPUKMK Cotjbt, Friday, June 4, 1875. The Court met at 10.} A. M. Present Chief Justice Moses and Associate Jus? tices "Wright and Willard. Andrew Winter, respondent, vs. John Alexander et at., appellants. Motion dismissed. Judgment announced orally by Moses, C. J. Mrs. Ann Creighton ct ai, respond? ents, vs. Loftus C. Clifford ct at., appel? lants. Deere? modified and case re? manded to Circuit Court. Opinion read by Moses, C. J. The State, respondent, vs. Jerry Cole man, appellant. New trial ordered. Opinion read by Willard, A. J. G. W. Sullivan, respondent, vs. Wil? liam Heliums, appellant. Motion granted. Order filed yesterday. Opi? nion read by Wright, A J. The State ex rel. Phineas F. Frazee vs. F. L. Cardozo, Stato Treasurer. Rule to show cause, &c. Mr. Elliott was heard for relator. Mr. Pope on tho same side. Mr. Dunbar on the same side. Mr. At? torney-General Melton for respondent At 3 P. M, the Court adjourned until Thursday, July 15, 10 A M. List or New Advebttseicemts . Jones, Davis ABonknights?Dry Goods. Meeting Board of Health. E. J. Scott?Citizens' Meeting. Hotel Arrivals, June 4, 1875.?Hen? drix House?G. M. Harm an, Lexington; W. H Raid, Charleston; A E. Davis, W. J. Horn, Fairfield; T. B. Aughtry, J. W. Lyles, city; J. H. Kaughman, Chester. Mansion House?W. L. Grier, J. W. Riohburg, Doko; W. H. Cater, Charles? ton; T. Watson, Ridge Spring; T. M. Emerson, oity; J. Hafta, Pa.; D. Walker, Wilmington; J. G. Niooll, Baltimore; J. G. Lvkes, Richland; J. P. Boswell, Cam den ;*H. H. Smith; city; L. B. Lee, Wal? halla; J. S. Bowers, Newberry. The following stanza, which we found going the rounds of our exchanges, strikes us as having the true ring about it: ' 'It never pays to fret and growl . j When fortune seems our foe; The better bred will push ahead And strike a braver blow. For luck is work, And those who shirk Should not lament there doom, But yield the play, And clear the way; I That better men have room."