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ag- INFECTION IN THE AIR.-EX

@- INFECTION IN THE AIR.-EA-
PERIMENTAL chemists have repeatedly ana
alyzed the air at unhealthy seasons in the hope
Of ofde,ectng the invisible virus which produces cpl
demic disease. They have not yet discovered it,
and scarcely any two Of them agree as TO lts ma
ture. This Is Of little consequence. 1t Is sulll-
clent to know that this poisonous principle exists,
and that safeguard against It's lnsidlous lnnu-
ence has been provided. In the spring anu early
summer, when fever and ague, remlttent leVer'
and other periodical diseases OF tnat class are
prevalent, it Is only necessary to fortiiJ the sys
tenn with course OF Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
to escape them. If the precautlon mas been neg
lpcted which 1t never ought to be In any district
liable to such vIsitations, and If the paroxysms OF
malarious fever have actually commenced, they
NAV always be checked and broken up by a
course of that powerful vegetable tonic and atera.
tive. Quinine was once considered the only speci-
1c for chills and fevers; but it Is now generally
admitted that this nauseous alkaloid Is q danger
Gus medicine, and that its secondary effects are
more TO be dreaded than any form OF 1nterml-
tent fever. 1t is simply atremendous astringent.
1t does not touch the disordered liver, or regu-
late the bowels, or In any way improve the COL
ditIon OF the animal fluids. Hostetter's bittefs'
on the other hand, in addition to being oetter
and safer tonic than any preparation Of qalnine'
has balsamic effect upon the whole system. 1t
Is apericnt and antibIlloas as well as directly in
ygorating, and purihes the secretions as we'll as
regulates the secretive organs. 1t stimulates the
appetite, strengthens the stomach, soothes the
nerves, promotes healthful perspiratlon, and in
duces quiet sleep. As stoma0hlc 1t has no rival
Cases OF Indigestion that no other tonic seems Ca
pable Of aevlatlng are cured In few weeks by
its regular use. aprEs
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funeral Notlres.

@ THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND
Acquaintance OF Mrs. SAIAH sTEENsoN, and
Of her daughter, Miss Mary steenson, and OF Mr..
and Mrs. ". H. Moore, and the members Of the
Methodist Church, are respectfully invited to at
tend the Funeral Services Of the former at Trini-
ty Church, THIS AFTERNOON, at S O'Clock, without
further invitation. apr23
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@r PEOPLES BANK OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.-The Annual Election for THIRTEEN
DIRECTORS Of this Bank, will be held at the
Banking House, No. 20 Broad street, on MONDAY,
May Cd, between the hours OF 10 A. NJ. and 2P. N
JAMES d. BETS,
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If French horses could appreciate the stua-
tion, they would no longer abide with people
who, in adniring the points of that useful anu
patient friend or mau look upon him with tne
used to giOat over h.caught missionary.
report to the French Minister Of Instruction
shows that since lSCG. when the first horse-nesli
mart was opened, 70 The end OF 1S6S no less !laa
5476 pranc!ng steeds were ruthlessv slaughtered
20 supply Ire demand Of The Partisan hippopha
pis.s
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Marr,eb.

CARPENTER -ToNEs.-At spartanburg Court
house, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. v. A.
Sharpe, Mr.. K. J. CARPENTER to Miss MARY T..
TONES, OF Rutherford, n. G.
MCBEE-WEATHERS-At Spartan burg Court
house, on the 10th instant Mr. GEORGE McBEE to
Miss MARTHA WEATHERS.
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APPS stu

@- $sOO.-WANTED, AN ACTIVE
man in each County in the States, to travel and
take orders by sample for TEA, coFFEE and
SPICES. To suitable men we will give salary
OF 5000 to $1,000 year, above travelling and
other expenses, and o reasonable commission on
sales.
Immediate applications are solicited from pro-
per parties. References exchanged. Apply TO-,
or address Immediately,
]. PACKER 4 CO.,
continental Mills"
apr2S4 No. 3sI Bowery, New York.
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THE .FRFEDMEN,S BUREAU.

The Bureau to be Revived-More Taxes
for the North-Reconstructio Fail
ure to Organize Common Schools
Negro Universities at the Public E1-
pense, &c.
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ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIE NEws.l

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIE NEws.l
COLUMBIA, April %.
The Supreme Court to-day refused to grant
the motion for the discharge OF Friday Nixon,
and remanded the prisoner to the custody OF the
sheriff Of Charleston.
Governor Scott, In Fifteenth amendment
speech last night, advocated woman suffrage.
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@- AWAY WITH UNCOMFORTABLE
TRUssEs.-Comfo and Cure for the Ruptured.
Sent postpaid on receipt OF 10 cents. Address
DR.. E. B. FooTE No. 1a0 Lexington avenue, New
yorp dec15
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5perial Notires.

@THE PLANTERS AND MECHAN-
ICs' BANK OF SOUTH CARoLINA.-The Annual
Election for THIRTEEN DIRECTORS of this Bank
Will be held at the Banking House on MONDAY.
the cd May. Poll will be open from II o'clock A.
n. to O'Clock P. NJ. W. E. HASKELL,
apr23 smwm4 Cashier.
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@- THE STATE OF SOUTH CARROLL
MA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON-COURT OF
COMMON PLEAS.-JAMES ". SPRAUGE, TRUS.
TEE OF MARIA A. WOODRUFF, PLAINTIFF,
AGAINST JAMES s. WOODRUFF, DEFENDANT
Copy Summons.-To the Defendant JAMES S.
WOODRUFF: You are hereby summoned and re-
quIred to answer the complaint In this action,
which Ia fled in the office OF the Clerk OF Common
Pleas, for the said County, and to serve copy
OF your answer to the said complaint on the SUBJ
scribers at their Office. No. II Broad street,
Charleston, s. c., within twenty days after the
service hereof, exclusive OF the day OF such ser.
vice; and II you fail to answerthe complaint with
In tile time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action
will apply to the Court for the relief demanded
In the complaint. BUST & BUST,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
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lF PROPOSALS ARE INVITED TO
furnish the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Com.
pany 20, 900 Telegraph Poles Of durable TIMBER de-
llverable on or before the nrst day Of June, 1870
on tile line OF the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad. or any navigable stream In North Caro-
lima, South Carolinaor Georgia. Said Poles to be
as follows: rs feet in length, inches In diameter
at the top, squared at both ends; bark, limbs and
knots all removed, with surface left smooth and
clean. Parties desiring to supply the whole, or
any part of the above will address with full name
aud Postoflce address, JOHN B. LAFITTE,
apr23 s1tu4 No. 20 Broad Street.
@ CARD.-CHARLESTON, APRIL Is,
1s7o.-To the Edi.sr OF the Nelos: Sir-A re-
cent local item in your, paper headed IA
Cuban Girl set at Liberty" Is entirely false
as regards the statements In the girls
petition. She was formerly slave Of Mr.
Fernando Osma, but her freedom was given her
In 1860, properly signed by the Spanish Authort-
Ties, and said document was read by Magistrate
T. ]. Mackey, who said IL was satisfactory. Flora
osnn is not half sister Of Miss Rita 0sma,
daughter OF Mr.. Fernando Osmal but was born a
slave at their place. and Is child OF man who
was living with them. Miss Rita osma had nc
intention OF sending said Flora TO her mother ia
Cubs, but threatened her In consequence Of hel
bad conduct.
In Justice to the lady, the other papers who
have published the statement will please Insert
the above. FRIEND.
anr13
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@ AWAY WITH SPECTACLES.-olD
Eyes made new, easily, without doctor OF meu,-
cines. Sent postpaid on receipt Of 10 cents. Au'
dress DR.: E. B. FoOTE, No. l2o Lexington avenue
New York.
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Take notice that the Summons, OF which the
foregoing is copy, and also the complaint in
this action, was duly flied in the office Of the
Clerk Of the Court OF Common Pleas for the Coun-
ty Of Charleston, and State OF South Carolina, on
the sixteenth day Of March, 1870.
BUST l. BUST,
mchle Sc PLAINTIFFS Attorneys.
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w FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.-DI-
VINE Service will be held In this Church, To NOR.
ROW at half-past 10 A. n. and half past P. NJ,
by tile Rev. L. u. SHUCK, Pastor apr23
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@ SPECIAL NOTICE.-BOOKS FOR
Subscription to the Stock OF the ENTERPRISE
RAILROAD COMPANY Of Charleston will be
opened on and after THIS DAY, the 23d instant, at
the ONCE OF Messrs. WHIpPER, ELLIOTT l. AL
LEN, No. q1 Broad street, where the undersigned
may be found daily between the hours OF 10 A. II.
and2P.M. VIM MCKINLAY,
mcho3 wsonths Treasurer.
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M~ GERMAN SOCIETY OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.-Emigrantss seeking employment can
obtain information concerning the same from
Captain b. HARMS, Agent Of this Society, whose
office for the present is at No. so East Bay.
Parties wishing to employ Emigrants can consult
the Agent daily. ONCE hours from IL to o'clock
JOHN CAMPSEN,
otu praaidnnt
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@-SORGHUM WORKS AND REIN
ERY-The Works recently put up for the illustra-
tion Of the process Of manufacturing syrup and
sugar from sorghum, and refining, will be In ope-
ration THIS DAY, from II O'Clock A. NJ. to 2
O'Clock p NJ, and will be continued from day to
day. AL persons interested are invited to wit
ness 1t. FRANCIS G. CART, Agent,
apr20 No. SO East Bay.
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@ OFFICE SECRETARY AND
TREASURER MOUNT PLEASANT AND SULLI-
VANS ISLAND FERRY COMPANY, No. BROAD
STREET, APRIL q, 1s7o-This Company having
been duly organized by the election OF Officers
and Directors, SHARES CAN BE PURCHASED at
No. Broad street. HUTS0N LEE,
apr2l6 Secretary and Treasurer.
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@ DIVINE SERVICE WILL BE CON-
QUOTED in the Orphans Chapel, on SABBATH AT.
TERNooN. at 4 O'Clock, by the Rev. JOHN L.
GIRARDEAU, D. D. apr23
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~ SECON PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.-The Rev. W. s. PLUMER, D. D., Of
Columbia, S. O., will preach in this Church To-
MORROW MORNING, at half.past 10 O'Clock, and at
NIGHT at O'Clock. The public are respectfully
invited. aprs3
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@- NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

@ NOTICE TO CUNTKACIURS.-
Sealed proposals for completing the Breast Dam
ut Langley, S. c., Gormery known as Kalmia
MIlls,) about eight miles from Augusta, on the
South Carolina Railroad, will be received until
MAY 1st. Specifications can be seen at the ONCE
OF Messrs. J. SIBLEY & SONS Augusta, Ca, or
upon the premises at Langley, S. c. The Com
pany reserve the right to reject any or oil bids.
VIM G. SIBLEY, President
anr14 limo Langley Manufacturing Co.
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COLUMBIA.
THE SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO
RELEASE NIXON.

Governor Scott Makes New Bid for
Favor.
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5perial Notlres.

w SAINT LUKE's CHURCH.-DI-
VINE Service will be held in this Church on SUN.
DAY MORNING, at half-past 10 O'Clock apr2S
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@- STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF CHARLESToN-IN THE COMMON
PLEAS.-P. 7. SOUTHERN VS.. THE TRADES
MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A BODY CoRPo-
RATE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY.-SUMMoNs FOR MONEY DE.
MAND. COMPLAINT NOT SERVED.-To the
Trades Manufacturing Company, body corpo-
rate under the laws Of the State Of New Jersey
Defendants in this action: You are hereby
summoned and required to answer the complaint
In this action, which is filed in the ONCE Of the
Clerk Of the Court Of Common Pleas for the said
County, and to serve copy Of your answer on
the subscribers, at their Office, no. Al Broad
street, Charleston, South Carolina, within twenty
days after the service OF this summons on you,
exclusive Of the day OF service.
Hyou fail to answer this complaint within the
time aforesaid the plantlr will take judgment
against you for the sum OF one thousand seven
hundred and thirty-four s9.10O dollars, with in
terest at the rate Of seven per cent. per annum
from the eighteenth day Of January, one thou
sand eighteen hundred and seventy, and costs.
Dated Charleston, s. c., March 1s, 1870.
BUST BUST, Plaintiffs Attorneys,
No. Al Broad street, Charleston, s. C.
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~ UNITARIAN CHURCH.-DIvINE
Service will be held In this Church Tomorrow
MORNING, at half-past 10 O'Clock, and in the EVE
MING, at quarter before o'clock, the Rev. R. P.
CUTLER officiating. Strangers ere cordially in.
yited to attend.
Subject for the Evening Discourse: "The Judg-
ment Seat Of Christ" apr2S
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INLAND ALL THE WAY.

INLAND ALL THE WAY.
The Steamer "ARGo,n Captain D. .1@&
Boyle, will receive Freight Ut Ac-
commodation Wharf, on MONDAY, 2stn instant,
and leave as above on TUESDAY, the 2ota instant
m WEDNESDAY. oTth instant at / O'Clock F. N.
For Passage or Freight. apply on board or 10
Ava " DOUGLAS NISBET, Agent, a
Accommodation Wharf.
N. B. Freight and Wharfage payable mere.
anr2a l...---,
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Dated 18th March, 1870.

10 James s. Woodr1tr, DEFENDANT:
Take notice, that the Summons in this action,
OF which the foregoing Is copy, was fled in the
office OF the Clerk OF the said Court Of Common
Pleas at Charleston, in the County Of Charleston,
in said State, on the seventeenth day Of March,
1870. BUST BUST,
mch1e Sc Plaintiffs Attorneys.
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ma- THE GREAT TONIC APPETIZER
AND DIGESTIVE REGULATOR.-Among the
many preparations that have as yet been offered
to the American public as Medicinal Cordial, in
tended to strengthen and fortify the system, none
has been so universally adopted as Natures great
Vegetable Tonic and Regulator, "LIPPMAN'S
GREAT GERMAN BtTTERS.n apr19 tuths3
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@g-BETHEL NJ. E. CHURCH, SOUTH.
Divine Service will be held TOMORROW MORNING
at half-past 10 O'Clock, by the Rev. T. E. WANNA
MAKER; and In the AFTERNOON, at O'Clock, the
Anniversary Exercises Of the Sunday School,
when speeches will be dellved by several scholars.
Seats free. apr23 IL
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TXCURsTON TO PHOSPHATE WORKS.
~ ASHLEY RIVER,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1870.
The Steamer SAMSON Captain s,sE@A
John Finn win ns1Ses leaUe S tSe %ossSs
uu.o ing ar Chsolm's Landing and West Point MIL,
Mn5ng and returning, leaving upper landing on re-
stnrn at haf.past 4, and to arrive at City about
dusk.
TulLy will be in attendance to furnish refresh
mentS as before.
Should the weather prove unfavorable on WEp'
SEspAY, the first fne day following.
HENRY CARD, Agent,
apr22 Accommodation Wnar-
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sg SPRING STREET CHURCH.-DI.

g SPRING STREET CHURCH.-DI-
VINE SERVICE may be expected providence
permitting) every day during the following week,
at 4 o'clock In the afternoon, and at O'Clock In
the evening. Service TOMORROW, at halfpast 10
o'clock in the morning, at O'Clock in the after.
noon, and at O'Clock in the evening. Bishop
wIGHTMAN will preach at the evening service.
anr2a.1
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TRAVELLERS PASSING THROUGH

IdooiN0 1Hs0oNN-
CHARLESTON EN- ROUTE TO FLORIDA
AND AIKEN,
And other places, should lay In their &&
supplies OF Clarets, Champsgnes, Cor. SA8n6G
diais, Brandies, Whlskies Wines, Canned; soups
and Meats, American and English Biscuits, DC.
villed Ham, Tongue, Lobster, Durham Smoking
Tobacco and Imported Segars.
WIN. s. CORWIN Il Co.,,
No. 276 King street, opposite Aasel,
Branch Of No. 900 Broadway, corner goth street.
New York. beptzo
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ToR GEoRGRToWN, S. G.

The Steamer scEMILIE," Captain = .sEsA
P. G. Lewis, will receive Freight xSssfc11IkE -
To-Day at South Commercial Wharf, and leave
as above on MONDAY MORNING, the 25th instant,
at o'clock. Returning. will leave Keithfeld Mlii
at daylight on THURSDAY MORNING, the 2Sth III
To accommodate members Of the Agricui niii dIi
Mechanical and Immigrant Convention, sue s,ont MT
leave here again on SATURDAY, the Sotn
and return on MONDAY, the I'd OF May.
For engagements, apply to pr1ry
onroo, Boyce's Wharf.
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T1oR BEAUFORT, VIA EDlsTo, RooKs
VILE AND PACIFIC LANDING

esss s;srHSs %s:s sl.SE II .s sG5 5ss S.gs9 gs4ss
ton for above places every TUESDAY MORNING, at
O'Clock.
Returning, the PILOT BOY will leave Beaufort
early WEDNESDAY MORNING, touching at all the
above named Landings on her route to
Charleston. larsst ~. J. D. AIKEN q GO. =
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VESSELS SUPPLIED WITH CABIN AND
MESS STORES ON SHORT NOTICE.
nACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPY'S
THROUGH LINE Tc
CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN.
FARES GREATLY REDUCE

Steamers OF the above line leave Pier E*
No. AZ, North River, foot OF Canal street, Sa1l801
New York, at IL O'Clock noon, Of the 9th and
21st OF every month except when these dates IaV
on Sunday, then the Saturday precedGg.l
with steamers for South Pacific and Central Amer
ican ports Those Of sth touch at Mnnzaniao.
Steamship CHINA leaves San Francisco for
Japan and China April /, 1870. '''''f -1.t'
10 California steemers touch As Havana, but 60
direct from New York to Aspinwall
One hundred pounds baggage free to each adult.
Medicine and attendance free. =
ply at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, Oh the
wharf, foot Of Canal-street, North River, New
York. +. h BABY, Agent
morch12 -.sTtst ii,7+.s.
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FLESH,
And are complaining
OF headache nausea, and, may be, something
more,
Tried all the tonics, then give up, eXclalming
,Tis all IN vain, this life Is but bore!
And to your friends are constantly disciaiming
Nothing will do me any good, I'm sure''-
a help is near, hear it, poor mortal "crit'ers,"
Prolong your lives by taking solomon's Bitters.
apr1e tuths3
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na-A GRAND EPOCH IN SCIENCE

@-A GRAND EPOCH IN SCIENCE
From the time wlien in 1884, DR.. RUGGE discov-
cred ..Carbolic Acldn and It's extraordinary medi-
col effects, nothing in the history of Medicine has
euualed it. Largely used by the French physi'
clans In treatment Of consumptive and scrofu'
lous diseases, it was introduced by the Court Phy-
sician Of Berlin, MAX ERNST HENRY, into Prus-
sa, and from thence to the United States. No.
thing else Of the present day can equal HEN
RY,s SOLUTION OR C.iRB0LIC CONSTITUTION
RENOyATOR. Patients get better arter only one
dose has been taken, and we cordially recommend
IT to the pubic.-TEditor argus jan17 Tyr
n- IF YOU WANT STRAW, MANILr
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@- IF YOU WANT STRAW, MANur
LA and ell kinds of WRAPPING PAPERS, go to
EDWARD PERRY, No. l55 Meeting street, oppo.
site Charleston Hotel, Charleston, S. c.
deo1I GmOS
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FoR SAVANNAH, QNLAND ROUTE.
: VIA PACIFIC LANDING AND BEAUFORT.

The steamer PILOT BOY, CaptainC. d.
Carroll White, will leave Charles. 3
ton every THURSDAY MORNING, at O'CLOCK, ZOE
above places.
The PILOT BOY will leave Savannah every
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, at 8 O'Clock, touching at
Beaufort and Pacific Landing, and connecting
at Charleston With SATURDAYS Steamships for
New York
The PILOT BOY will touch at Bulbs Island
Wharf every fortnight going to and returning
from Savannah. ]. D. AIKEN d GO.
APPS
, 1870-05-05
The blossom Rock Explosion.

or fine results of this explosion the s.n
Francisco Bulletin Of April q speaks as fol-
lows.
plosion OF Blossom Rock Was an nnquAuneu
F Fnrcess, Colonel Won Schmidt, with the assist
snce Of some government engineers, has mado
survey Of the former position Of the roSk, ioe
thc nurposo Of definitely asceTtainlng the e1-
lent tho destruction caused BY ths blast on
Saturday last, and from him We have obtatnea
important facts As regards the heIghe OF sns
Trfcr- it'is stated that the apex OF the central
column. rs found By actual t1iangnlation made
IN WIitelnll boat, about twelve hundred or
fhir+aan hundred feet from the rock, Was
fnnnd tn be two hundred and Twenty-Five feet,
as nearly as could be calculated. The columns
rose in The air, in the shape OF roun4 or oD-
tuae.pointed tunsatsa ebnbIa e9hs, sg Thls column
tas neag1v three hundred feet in diameter a.
nciut soino eighty feet above the sn1lase e
Of the bay. Its base WIS ahfonaea y
another pntburst of water, which rose 70
the height Of fun eighty feet s1l aroma
the central ahaf ard rolled !; 1ts nooa At the
surface OF the buy. High above the npheatea
uass. rocks Of large size. debris Of the lnteilo1
Vo,ks. and great quantity OF earthly matter,
were thrown and scattered far and wide Tue
survey made by Colonel Won Schmidt sho~s
that the rock itself was utterly demolished, and
thrown in all directions, and the ssoundinga gaTe
tmtty-eight feet Of water over its site At ipss
TIDE. N excayating the rock, 500 cubic yards
q, fock we're hoisted through the AbAft and
dumped into the hay, and the pile Of loose
foc6 Ans crested tc.ched nearly to tho sur
face Of the water Over this the soun1ings
gave eighteen feet Of water, showing that the
tide has made great havoc with this debris IN
two daya. In 4 week the depth of water
called for by the contract wilt be found all
about the site Of the rock There are otheI
aeriouH obstacles TO safe navigation in our
ha1bor which should be made to follow the
| esamE!e Of Blossom Rock.