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Telegraphic?Foreign News. London, Jnly 17.?A meeting yeater day resolved to open a public subscrip? tion for the orection of a statue to Lord Byron in some oonspiouous placo in London. Mr. Disraeli presided. Speech- | es in favor of tho projoot wore made by Earl Marlbury, Earl Stanhopo and G. A. Sula. Gen. AVilson stated, in bohalf of tho Americans, that they olaimed a share in Byron, and the right to contribute to the niomorial. Ho was suro his country? men would gladly furnish at least a quarter of tho $10,000, tho estimated cost. Tho Prussian naval authorities explain tho prosonoo of a Prussian vessel oft* Jut? land. She was tuking soundings previ? ous to towing a drodgo to Wilhelmshaven. Ministor Sononok has gono to Sweden and Norway for two months. Col. Hoff? man remains in charge of tho legation. ?BMADniD, July 17.?The Carlists, under Perula, are retreating upon tho Amerze nni Mountains toward Estella, pursued by Gens. Quosada, Tollo and Leina. London, July 17.?A special despatch from Borlin to the Pall Mall Gazette, says tho Gorman Government has ordered that declarations of submission by Ca? tholic clergymen to the now laws shall bo kept strictly secret?tho purpose be? ing to secure them from persecution by tho Ultramontanns. Count Von Arnim has arrived at Carls? bad. His health is in a precarious con-1 dition. Havana, July 1-1, via Kew West, July 17.?Tho Spanish man-of-war Churrnca I chased a British schoonor into a harbor of Hayti. Tho Haytian authorities found a contraband cargo on hor. Tho British Consul, it's reported, is making an ex- 1 animation. Tho Cuban insurgents have captured two forts near Baracoa, together with their garrison. Hamilton, July 17.?Tho trustees of St. Andrew's Church hero have been em- I powered by the congregation to look out for Rev. Burnett, thoir pastor, who has Tofused to ontorthe United Church along with thorn. Tobonto, July 17.?A storm occurred in this section. At Bellovillo, a man and boy were killed. At Harriston, a steam planing mill and cabinet factory were struck and burned. ToIocraDhic?Amorican News. Montgomery. July 16.?Tho Alabama 1 coal operators have met and resolved to offer to ship-owners in tho Liverpool and Now Orleans trade, and certain rail? roads, extra inducements to use Alabama coal. A committee was appointed to correspond with them on the subject. Washington, July 16.?Notwithstand? ing certain statements of nowspapors, thero are no recont developments of a diplomatic character concerning tho af? fairs of Cuba,and nothing whatever to give tho least color of truth to tho rumor that England and Germany are co-operating I with tho ?United States in pressing upon tho Spanish Government the policy of abandoning her West India provinces, with a view oither to their ? division among tho three powers named, or their organization into a republic under tho protectorate, express ?r implied, of tho said powers. Tho knowledge of such co-operation, it is said in Washington official circles, is oon?nod exclusively to I private parties and to tho press that gavo it publicity. Nor has Great Britain or Germany - ever hinted at the co-opera? tion of the throe powers for tho purpose 1 mentioned. On tho contrary, Great Britain and Germany have been re? markably careful not to offend the senti? ment of the United States, having on re? peated occasions declared its indexible adherence to tho Munroo doctrine, and both Great Britain and Germany having officially said they will respect it. It will bo recollected that in 1800 our Go? vernment offered its good offices to Spain for tho purpose of bringing to n close tho civil war in Cuba, on certain designated bases. Theso Spain dcolinod to accept, but offered bases of its own, which were declined by the United States, as incom? patible with any practicable negotiation. In withdrawing the offor, Spain was in? formed that it would again ne tondcrod whenever it oonld tend to a settlement, upon a just and honorablo basis, of tho unhappy contest that was devastating Cuba, and so injuriously affecting tho United States and Spain. Since that time, no similar overture has been mado by tho United States, nor has Spain inti? mated that tho ropetition of tho offer would be agreeable. It has been ascer? tained, confidentially and otherwise, that tho opinion of leading men. in Spain is that every day tho bond that unites Cuba with Spain becomes weaker, and that tho soparntion of tho island from the mother country is merely the work of time, in? dependently of any action which may bo taken by tho Spanish Government. There is now no probability that Spain will take any action, apart from arms, for tho pacification of Cuba. Meantime our Government is passive on tho ques? tion, and awaits events. New Yobk, July 17.?A curious case, involving the constitutionality of tho amended postage law, has beon brought in the United States Circuit Court for this district A gentleman offers a book for mail transmission to Philadelphia from this city, postage at tho old rates being affixed, being refused, applies for a mandamus to compel the postmaster to roceive tho package. Tho argument of tho applicant is that tho sundry oivil ap? propriation bills, into which an amend? ment incroasing the rate on third class mail was inserted, was not tho bill rais? ing revenue; that amendment did pro? vide ways and means for raising revenno; that the Senate has no constitutional au? thority to provide measures for that pur? pose, that being tho sole prerogative of the House; ana tho postal amendmont having originated with tho Senate, and S[rafted on the bill, which was not one or revenue purposes, is unconstitu? tional. (.').# The American riflomon began shoot? ing at Wimbledon to-day. In con^o quence of a rain, the match for the Ame? rican oup was postponed nntil Wednes? day next The first contest for the St Leger sweep-stakes, 200 yards each, tho competitor bad seven shots, and tho possible score is 35. Several hundred competitors of the Americans. Fulton has already scorod 35; Gildersleve 34; Yale 33; Canfleld 31; and Daking 27. The shooting is still in progress. If Fulton's score is equalled, the mutch will be shot off next week. Beaveb, UTAn, July 17.?Deputy Mar? shal Cross has arrived herewith P. Klin gen Smith. Cross has been after him since Juno 25, and found him in San Bornardino County, California, when he found Smith was willing to como to givo all the testimony in his possession re? garding tho Mountain Meadow affair. or. liuui?. t?uiy xi.?xno K*ami jury presentod thirty more indictments against parties connected with the whis? key ring; names withheld. Baltimore, July 17.?A suit has been brought in tho name of the Governor and other officers, who composo the Board of Public Works, against the American, for I libel. Tho American published an arti , clo reflecting on tho action of tho board in the award of tho contract ior tho erec? tion of the house of correction. Chicago, July 17.?A balloon, with Prof. Donaldson and a reporter of the Evening Journal, wore seen thirty miles North, with tho basket dipping water. A schooner turned to help tho balloon, which re-ascended and moved North? ward. Watertown, N. Y., July 17.?Jane Miiligan, aged nineteen, was killed by lightning at Cape Vincent Boston, July 17.?Fred. Floyd, chief clerk of the Liquor License Commission, has been arrested for forgery, in obtain? ing licenses. Thoro was a terrific rain storm in this vicinity, last night. Omaha, July 17.?Tho Herald's letter from Red Cloud agency, dated 0th inBt, states that a strong, well-armed and equipped body of Unicapa Sioux are on tho war path, in the Black Hills, with tho avowed determination to cover the country with horso hoof-tracks. From Indian sources, it is learned that they have had two encounters with white men?miners?and killed seven in one and three in another party. Washington, July 17.?A telegram re? ceived at the Novy Department, yester? day, from Key West, reports two deaths but no new cases of fever. Tho post office regulations have been modified so that custom house officers may examino foreign letters suspected of containing articles liablo to duty. The suspected lotter shall be held; the person to whom it is addressed will be notified and the letter opened by him in presence of the custom house officer. Despatches from various authorities deny the presence of yellow fever at Norfolk. Capt 8. T. Cushing succeeds- Col. C. L. Kilburn as Commissary of Subsist? ence for the Department of tho South. Secretary Beiknnp and party left for the West to-day. Probabilities?For the South Atlantic and Gulf States, Tennessee and Ohio Valley, rising or stationary barometer, South-west to South-east winds and con? tinued warm, clear or partly cloudy weather will provail, with probably rain areas. Chicago, July 17.?Lewis Schultz1? furniture factory, on Milwankio Avenue, was burned, with a largo amount of sea? soned lumber and other stock; loss SGO.000. Yesterday's Market Reoorts. . New York?Noon.?Money 1J. Gold 14L Exchange?long 4.87J; short 4.001. Governments active and lower. State bonds quiet and steady?South Caroli? nes' little lower. Cotton steady; sales ?103?uplands 15J; Orleans 154. Futures steadior: July nominally 14J; August 14 29-32; September 14S?14 21.32; Oc tobor 14 9-32014 11-32; November 141? 14 6-32; Deconiber 14J@14 3-32. Wheat dull and l?2c. lower. Pork quiet? 20.25. Lard steady?steam 13}. 7 P. M.?Specio shipments to-day $816,000. Tho bank statement show's loans decreased $1,250,000; specie in? creased $27,000; legal tenders increased $3,375,000; doposits increased $500,000; reserve increased $3,000. Cotton receipts 33. Futures closed steady; sales 14,600: July 14 29-32?14 15-16; August 14 15-16 ?14 31-32; September 14 21-32?14 11-16; October 14 5-16; November 14 3-16; De? cember 14 3-16; January 14 5-16? 14 11-32; February 1417-32; March 14 23-32?14}; April 14 15-16?14 31-32; May 15J@15o-32;Junel5 5-16?15 11-32. Monoy easy?14?2. Sterling quiet? 4.87J. Gold weak?14$@14L Govern? ments active and lower?now 5s 17$. States quiot and steady. Cotton steady; sales 198, at 15J@154. Flour less active and unchanged. Wheat irregular and unsettled, closing with little moro tone, and lc. declino?1.33@1.38. Corn J?lc. higher and fair domand?81@85. t Pork firmer?now 20.50. Lard firm?13} prime steam. Freights a shade firmer? steam grain 74, ?8. Baltimore.?Cotton quiet?middling 15; low middling 14|; good ordinary 14; gross receipts 30; exports coastwise 45; sales 70. Oats quiet but firm?Southern new 65@68. Provisions quiet and steady. Mess pork 21.00. Bulk meats nominal?shoulders 9; clear ribl2?12Jt. Bacon quiet and stoady?shoulders 9 j? 10; dear rib 131. Hams 14?14$. Lard steady?refined 14}. Coffee quiet and firm?ordinary to prime Rio cargoes 17V ?193; jobbing 17} ?20}. Whiskoy Bteady?1.21?1.22. Sugar firm?10S. Cincinnati.?Flour quiet and firm. Wheat scarce?1.30. Corn quiot and firm?71?73. Pork quiet and firm? 19.75. Lard nominal?steam 13V. Bulk moats firmor and hold higher- shoulders 8}; clear rib llf; clear 11 $?11$. Bacon ?uietand firm?shoulders 91; clear rib 2J(^12Sj clear 13. Whiskey quiet and St. Louis.?Wheat dull and lower? 1.3001.30$. Corn dull and lower mixed Gl. Pork higher?jobbing lots ! 20.50. Bulk meats neglected?shoulders 8}; clear rib 112; cleur 11$. Bacon de? mand good and full prices?Bhoulders 9; clear rib 12|; clear 13. Whiskey lower and inactive?1.17. Boston.?Cotton quiet?middling 151,; low middling 14$ ; good ordinary 14; net receipts 2; grosB 42. Memphis.?Cotton quiet and lower to sell?middling 14$; net receipt? 40; ship? ments 574; sales 350. Augusta.?Cotton dull and nominal? middling 14$; low middling 14; good ordinary 13$; net receipts 10; sales 100. Galveston.?Cotton demand fair, at 111; low middling 13$; good ordinary 12$; net receipts 31; gross 33; exports Great Britain 1.325; coastwise 1; sales 403. Wilmington.?Cotton unchanged? middling 14$; low middling 14?; good ordinary 13. " , Louisyitxe.?Corn 73075. Pork 20.50. Bulk shoulders 8|; clear rib 11$; clear ] 121. Bacon?shoulders 91; clear rib 12$; clear sides 13$; hams f3(a. 13J. Lard ?tiorce 14J(?}14:{; keg 15L Whiskey 1.1(5. Bagging 13$014. New Orleans.?Cotton nominal?mid? dling 15; low middling 14; good ordinary 12}; exports coastwise 17. Savannah.?Cotton dull and nominal? middling 14; low middling 13>'; good or? dinary 13$; net receipts 20; sales 87. Mobile. ?Cot ton unchanged?m i d - dling 14jj; low middling 14J; good ordi? nary 13$; net receipts 20. Norfolk.?Cotton weak?middling 14}; net receipts 08; exports coastwise 85 ; stock 1,207. Philadelphia.?Cotton quiet?mid? dling 15$; low middling 14$; good ordi? nary 14J; receipts 10. Chicago.?Flour quiet. Wheat active and lower?1.071? 1.1'S. Corn buoyant but unsettled?6U?071A. Pork demand fair and advanced--19.50^.19.70. Lard 13.25013.40. Bulk meat's?shoulders 8$; clear rih lljj; clear 11}. Whiskey quiet and unchanged. Chicago, July 17.?Nothing has been heard of the balloon, which left hero Thursday night. It is generally sup? posed it has been Swept into the lake by a terrific storm. The failure of T. J. Daley A Co., tea merchants, is announced; liabilities sup? posed to include no large amounts. Charleston.?Cotton more steady? middling H}; low middling 14$; good ordinary 13$; net receipts 50; gross 101; sales 100. Liverpool?3 P. M.?Cotton quiet and unchanged?middling uplands 7; mid? dling Orleans 7$; sides 6,000, including 3,600 American; speculation and export 2,000; basis middling uplands, nothing below low middling, deliverable August or September, 6$; to arrive 4, dearer; basis middling uplands, nothing below good ordinary, deliverable July or Au? gust, 6$; nothing below low middling, deliverable August or September, 6 15-16; October 7 1-10; basis middling Orleans, nothing below low middling, deliverable July, 7; shipments new crop, basis mid? dling uplands, nothing below low mid? dling, 7 3-16. The Sunday-school children of the country have again been called upon to provide funds for the purpose of prose? cuting tho work on the Washington mo? nument. The Monument Association, recognizing the fact that the 100th year of American independence is approach? ing, begin to realize that the sorry and forlorn appearance of tho unfinished | shaft is derogatory to American honor. The condition of the monument is dis? graceful, but the Sunday-school children should not be called upon to bear the burden. Congress, instead of making an appropriation to the Philadelphia centennial, should have given tho amount to the Washington Monument Association, and by hurrying up the work, the original design might be car? ried out, fully and completely, by next July. A Shocking Mucder.?A Raleigh (N. C.) despatch says: "A most inhuman murder that was committed in this County in March last bos just come to light. Scott Partin, a white man, cut his wife's throat, then cut her head off, thon cut the flesh off her bones and at? tempted to burn her body up, but did not succeed. Then be "murdered his little boy, a child eight months old, in the samo manner, and buried the two bodies in a marsh, whore they were found last wock by infuriated neighbors. Gov. Brogden has offered $400 reward for him. Circumstances show that Pur tin's father and one of bis brothers were accessory to tho murder. An exchange produces the startling proposition that this earth of ours, even if fertilized and cultivated in the most thorough manner, is capable of sustain not more than 100 times as many inhabi? tants as it now contains?that with that number reached, will come famine and starvation. This is indeed a fearful thought to us poor fellows whose supply of provisions is short and who have little or no money to buy more. The Washington Capital tells us that tho Washington monument, near that city, is guarded by a man and a dog. You would naturally suppose that this in done to koop that splendid manifestation of love and reverence of the American pco plo from being stolen by so mo prowling favor of tho grand and the beautiful in art, but it isn't. It is done simply to keep mischievous boys from chipping tho blocks of stone. A woman who attended an amateur theatrical performance in Pittsburgh was "astonished almost beyond measuro at the exhibition of shriveled limbs, bandy legs and knock knees" of the male trage? dians. "The physical degeneracy of the men of our day has seldom been so fully displayed in public," she says. An election will be held on the 24th of next month for the office of ? Sheriff of Fnirficld, to fill the uriexpired term of L. W. Duvoll, whoso resignation was accepted at the last term of tho court. There are several prominent candidates in the held, and we have no doubt that the contest for the office will bo pretty hot. A Teleoiufh Office in tue Clouds.? Tho Western Union Telegraph is com? pleting a tower of fifty feet in height on the crest of the lofty Highlands of Nover sink. The operators, who are to have the most powerful glasses, will be able to distinguish steamers and other known I vessels twenty miles out. An Indiana wife-murderer writes to the judge who sentenced him to impri? sonment for life: "I intend to live a Christian life and hope to meet my be? loved wife in that bett er land of promise, where there will be no trials only at the bar of our blessed Saviour." There is such a thing, after all, as keening too cool this hot weather. A Richmond, Va., negro discovered this fact when he died from pleurisy, the other day, after having contracted that malady by sleeping in a hammock in an ice-house on a hot night, not long since. The cotton congress, recently in ses? sion at ltaleigh, made a sensible recom? mendation to planters: To raise their own provisions. It is now well demon? strated that no planter can buy his corn and meat and keep out' of the hands of the sheriff. A young girl named Giles, residing at Mill Creek Station, near Pottsvillc, Pa., who has been subject to epileptic fits for several years, while washing a floor re? cently had an attack, falling forward with her head in a pail of water, and before discovered she was drowned. Robert Schute, the Brooklyn mnn who was shot by a burglar, lost month, and has just had his right out eye taken to get at the ball, finds that he can now see a groat deal better than he used to with his left eye, which has long been near? sighted. Mr. Ezokiel Alexander, an old and much esteemed citizen of Mecklenburg County. N. C., residing near Hunters ville, fell dead, on Thursday afternoon, at -1 o'clock, while engaged in threshing wheat. Under the regime of President Grant there has been one economy. In the bills of previous Presidents there was a regu? lar yearly salary of "$250 for books for the library cif the Executive Mansion." Under Grant that salary disappears. They don't want any books. Things aro very unequal in this world. While that Austrian nobody, Hoyosprin zenstcin, is made Minister to the United States and* covered with honors, poor Mr. Storoskemodrachofskey is shut up in a station-house at New Haven. In a Fourth of July procession at Bos? ton, Gen. Butler wok represented by on individual of "corporosity, strabismus, and baldness," carrying an immense tin spoon. Thus is the Essex statesman in? sulted on his native heath. The imnicnse cannon now being con? structed at Woolwich, England, will cost the British Government fully $2,500,000. Such a cannon costs more than an Ame? rican college; but then it may bo ex? pected to scud forth more ponderous material. Two of the largest manufacturing firms in Pittsburg have purchased one of the large gas wells in Butler County, Pa., and propose to demonstrate the practica? bility of bringing the gas to that city without tho loss of inflammable power. The distance is about eighteen miles. Another ovation was tendered to Mr. Beecher, at hisPeekskill County seat, on Monday evening, by the people of that village. Peekskill is very "loyal" to Beecher, and the best hotel in the town has been named by courtesy the "Beech? er Rouse." A Gallatin lawyer, who once thought about committing suicide himself, says: "The suicide is an audacious criminal who, with an utter contempt for earthly justice, carries his case to a higher court." A Nashville minister has been making improper advances to a young lady, and a meeting of the church officials suspend? ed him from the ministry untilrho meeting of conference. Ho should have been suspended from a treo. A young man got into trouble at a spiritualist woman's seance. Ho caught hold of a "materialized" child introduced by the performers, and it proved to be a rag baby. For his interference he wont away with a bloody nose. When a Peruvian editor writes a truthful littlo paragraph about one of the Peruvian great men, the authorities capture, him and make him swallow the {taper in which tho paragraph appears. Io is then taken out and shot. "Folks can't be too keerful nowadays wdiat they let their children eat," said an old lady, as her eye fell upon the heading of a newspaper article?"Littlo Emmahne's Diary." "That clock, stranger," said a Michi? gan farmer, "was tho best kindofaclock up to six months ago when my daughter began to hove beaux, and now the blamed thing is always two hours slow." The evangelists, Moody and Sankey, refused compensation for their services in London. They have held at London, in eleven months, 285 meetings, attend? ed by 2,170,000 people. When a man in Syria has tho hydro? phobia, they keep him in a dark room awhile, and then drop him from an emi? nence into the sea. The authorities are silent as to what becomoB of Fido. The old flag of Orr's Rifles, which was in the Public Library at Atlanta, has been returned by Cant Herbst, its faithful : guardian, to Col. Miller, of that regi | inent. W. H. Craft, of Albany, N. Y., walked 300 miles in ninety-eight hours, last week, but they had to cowhide him and beat drums to keep him from going to sleep on the track. A nice amusement, that. The South Carolina llailroad gives notice that members of the Hampton Legion who are about to attend the ap? proaching re-union will bo passed from any point on that road to Columbia and return for one fwre. It is estimated that, for the past six weeks, there has been, in the Southern States, an average weekly death from lightning of seven persons. Nevada papers say that propositions of marriage out there are written on postal cards, and the answer comes by return mail: "Come on with your preacher." The Third Georgia (Confederate) "Re? giment is going to Norfolk on the -1th of August, to havo a good time and to see their old camping ground. The first bale of the new crop of cotton arrived in New Orleans twenty-seven days earlier than the first bale of last year. The hair from a ladies' braid should never be worn on the lapel of a gentle? man's coat, unless the parties are engaged. Old lady?"Is this a smoking car? riage?" Fellow (inside)?"No, marm; if you want to smoke you must go higher * up." Can you tell me when it is that a black? smith raises a row in the alphabet? It is when he makes a poke r and shove I. Ninety-nine years ago the Fourth of July was invented. The fire-cracker at? tachment was added subsequently. The part of the theatre that we call olympus is in Paris called paradise? because they eat apples. The fight for the scat in Congress be? tween Joseph Rainey and Samuel Lee still drags its weary length along. Mrs. Elizabeth Rook, Miss Margaret Boyd and Mr. F. W. Gay lord, of Lau rens, died last week. A new post office, called Enoree, has been established in Laurens County, with John Lanford as postmaster. An aged employeo of the Devereux Brothers died from the effects of heat, near Charleston, on the 10th. In what do Colorado bugs and hum? bugs resemble each other? Their food is green. The average personal wealth through t out the whole United States, including the territories, is ?775. Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. Funeral Invitation. The friends and acquaintances of Mr. THOS. D. DAVIS, Mrs. J. A. Jacobs and Mr. and Mrs. John Green, are invited to meet the remains of the former, at Nea gle's Bridge, THIS MOBNING, at 91 o'clock. -?.TLXot;i<p>xx Sales. Real Estate. By H. & S. BEARD, Auct'rs. The Columbia Building and Loan Asso? ciation, of Columbia, iS. C, against E. W. Wheeler. BY virtue of power t-> mo given as President of the Columbia Building and Loan Association, of Columbia, S. C, by the above-named E. W. Wheeler, of the city of Columbia, S. C, by his deed, signed, sealed and delivered, to sell the property hereinafter described, and for him, and in his name, to execute and deliver proper titles to tho purchaser or purchasers of said property, I hereby I give notice that on MONDAY, the 2d day of August next, I will sell, at public auction, in the city of Columbis, S. C, before the Court House, to tho highest bidder, for cash, All that TRACT OF LAND, lying within tho city of Columbia, S. C., con? taining twenty-five (25) acres, more or less; bounded North by tho load new or formerly of Mrs. Tines, lots of E. W. Wheeler and D. B. DeSaussiure; East by Laurens street; South by Lower Bound? ary street, and West by tract lately of Mrs. McCord; twenty-one acres; being a portion of the land conveyed to E. W. Wheeler by John B. Yates, September 27th, 1809, and lour acres being the lots convoyed to E. W. Wheeler by P. F. Frazeo, Sheriff, January 3, 1870. July 8 GEO. L. DIAL, President. The above property was transferred to R. H. Cain February 18, 1873, subject to agove mortgage. _. _ m_ Water-Melons. AFEW nice, cool Augusta MELONS, _ at the ICE HOUSE, TO-DAY. 1 Closing at 7. Columbia, S. C, July 17, 1875. ON and after TO-MORROW, (Monday,) July 19, 1875, the Grand Central Dry Goods Establishment will close at 7 o'clock during the hot weather, except Saturday evenings. July 18 1 WM. D. LOVE & CO. Columbia Lodge, Ho. 108, A. F. M. ? THE Regular Communication of ~J%- this Lodge will be held TO-MOR 7\^ROW (Monday) EVENING, at 8 o'clock, in Masonic Hall. By order of the W. M. Z. P. MOSES, July 18_,_Secrotary. Interect Allowed. THE Mechanics' and Farmers' Build? ing and Loan Association, of Rich land, is now receiving deposits of $1.00 and upwards, and allowing interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum on all amounts over $10.00, which remain 30 days or longer. Deposits received by T. H. Gibbes, Treasurer, at the Central National Bank, R. D. SENN, April 22 t President.