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SUCCESS OF THE NEW LOAN.
THE WHOLE AMOUNT OFFERED
T4REN UP IN Il SINGLE D.IT.
Thiers's SaIary-Thornton Member OF
the Queens Privy CounciI-The
Cholera at Konissberg-Shipw

PARIS, August 22.
The budget committee fixes Thiers's salary
at half million francs, exclusive of ordinary
expenses.
IG the Assembly to-day stormy discussion
was aroused by irreligious expressions used by
some deputies in their speeches.
At the distribution Of prizes In school at
Lyons, N. Jules Simon, who was present,
made speech, in which he declared he should
ever uphold the principles of morality. =
LONDON, August %.
The introduction of seventy-fve millions OF
dollars of the United States FIVE per cent.
loan to-day, by Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co.,
was moneyed success, the subscription ex-
ceedlng In single day the whole amount
offered The continental subscriptions are re-
ported large The books will be closed to-
morrow Instead of Thursday, as advertised.S
The Times says that further French loans
will be required before the City of Paris is re-
stored to the condition 1t was in before the
war.
The meeting between the Emperors of Prus-
sla and Austria has been postponed.
Thornton, recently minister at Washington,
has gone to Balmoral to take the oath as
member Of the Queens Prlvy Council.
The Prince Of Wales, from Hong Kong for
Siam, foundered at sea. Fifty Of those on
board were lost.
BERLIN, August %.
The cholera is steadily increasing at Konigs-
berg, and has appeared at Dantzig. There are
no cases In Sllesia or South Prussia.
The carpenters of this city have struck for
an increase of 25 per cent in wages, and re-
ducton Of days labor to nine hours and
halt.
VERSAILLES, August 90.
A tax Of twenty francs per kilogram of paper
is substituted for the newspaper stamp duty.
There is a reported compromise made re-
garding Thiers's tenue OF office. He receives
the title OF president, and holds during the ex-
lstence of the present Assembly.
ROME, August %.
The government is taking the most strin-
gent measures against the cholera.
MUNICH, August %.
new ministry has been formed, with He
quemanberg as president.
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ABOUT POEr CHARGES.
Outrageous E1tortton ut New York.

The eXactions upon commerce at the port Of
New York, it Is asserted, are enormous, and
the eXLravagant fees charged are excused on
the ground that the persons holding office IN
the quarantine and harbormaster's depart.
ments are obliged to pay heavily for their ap-
political funds. This state. of atfairs has not
always existed. and, in fact, has grown up
within the past fifteen years. Thus. In 1856.
the commissioners appointed by the New
York Legislature TO lay out the lines
of the harbor of New York City, made
9 comparison Of the port charges at
Havre and New York, and 1t was shown then
that the charges at New York we're less than
those at any of the ports named. An exami-
nation, however, at the present time, taking
the figures from actual occurrences, shows,
it is asserted, that the exactlons In the
port of New York are very much greater
than at any other port IN the world where
statistics have been collected. Thus at Lon
don the charges of entering and clearing,
including all expenses, for ship of 99l tons,
amounts to little less than $1,000. At
Liverpool the charges OF entrance and clear
ance on ship of 1000 tons amount to s1050.
At Antwerp, all the charges both way, for
ship OF 2O7 tons, amount to sl62, and at Am
200 tons only reaches the sum OF 500. At
Hayre the entire charges on vessel of 120
tons amount to sl20, and at the Mediterranean
ports the expenses Of entry and clearance
amount from ten to seventy-fve cents per ton
ofthe vessels measurement. AT the port of
New York the charges are enormous, and
recent ease of the actual expenses of bark of
6s9 tons which arrived at that port from Cuba,
with cargo of HOO hogsheads and 300 boxes
OF sugar, win show how importers ore treated.
The Items are as follows: Inward pllotage,
ss5 So; health officers fees, sl4 so; iumi-
eating, $40; stevedore, for discharging, s595;
fghterage, 1925; cooperage, 5000; surveying
matches, S.; towing from quarantine, $50; en-
try fee at customhouse, IS so; harbormaster's
fee, $40 81; United States Hospital fee, SIG soi
State Hospital fee, $50; wharfage tor fifty days,
ding, $3.50, and outward pilotage, $50 10; ma
king total OF s22l5 66. In addition to these
charges for one voyage, the tonnage dues,
payable once year, amounts to s206 10. In
another cese Of q vessel arrived from Cuba,
the health officers bill for lightering, steve
dores' labor, cooperage, permit, tumigatlon
and towage amounted to sl265, while the en-
tire freight was only s2l75. More than one
half OF tie freight was, therefore, paid to the
health officer.
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THE WEATHER THIS D-IY.

WASHINGTON, August %.
Light local storms are probable for tonight
in Illinois and westward, and an area of low ba-
rometer, with threatening weather, will be de.
veloped over the lower lakes. Rising barome-
ter, with easterly winds, will probably contin-
ne on the Middle Atlantic coast. Cloudy and
threatening weather will probably continue on
Wednesday in the South Atlantic States, with
increasing coudiness south and westward to
Texas, and severe storm on the Georgia
coast.
Yesterday's Weather Reports OF the
Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 p. NJ,
Local Time.
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THE CORE.IN FAILURE

WASHINGTON, August %.
Full details of the Corean affair is published
in the Herald. The caption OF its article is
ga Great Victory. but q Great Fizzle." The
Tribune says '.I', have failed in securing
the avowed object y. the expedition, and the
whole affair Ia worse than useless unless the
force under the orders of Admiral Rodgers is
Immediately quadrupled ard be is ordered to
reduce the country
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THINGS IN NEW YORK.
Hurricane at sea-verdict OF the Coro-
ner's Jury In the Starbuck Explosion
Yacht Race.
NEW YnRx Ar,n,,st %

The steamship Victor, from New Orleans for
New York, encountered hurricane on the
18th of August. of Jupiter Inlet. Her cabin
was filled with water, and the cargo shifted.
There vas also much water IN the bilge.
The verdict in the coroner's jury In the case
OF the tug Starbuck charges the engineer and
Government Inspector Stratton with man
slaughter. Warrants are out for both.
The Madgle won the challenge cup, and the
Sadie the prize for sloops at the Newport, K.
l., regatta.
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Hors.-The weather report dated 7.47 O'Clock,
this morning. wilt be posted In the rooms Of the
Chamber OF Commerce at 10 O'Clock A. M.. and,
together with the weather chart, may toy the
courtesy OF the Chamber) be examined oy sup
masters at any time during the day.
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The young men at the watering places
have discarded white vests. The young ladles
use 30 much oil on their hair that vest s
only good for one evening on the piazza.
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THE COTTON WORM AT YORK.
MONTGOMERY, August %.

MONTGOMERY, August z2
Reports from the richest cotton fields of
Alabama and Mississippi say that the army
worm has appeared In larger numbers than
ever before. The boil worm is also reported
in many counties.
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SARATOGA RACES.

SARATOGA, August az
Duffy won the steeple chase. VesuEIuS threw
his rider. Midway won the second race, time
1.4S. Joe Daniels won the third, time 1.sS;
Abdel Kader won the fourth.
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ljniIhing Matcrial.
Agr,enlture, Gortirulturs,. &r.
T ANDRETH's WARRANTED SEEDS

T ANDRETH'S WARRANTED SEEDS.
We have on hand our full suppr-df TuRSrp
and other Seeds, all OF which we will warrant as
Fresh and Genuine.
No other Seeds but those grown by LANDRETH
are sold OF this establishment. Seeds put up IN
dozens to suit country trade, at Philadelphia
prices. All orders promptly attended TO.
Large Yellow PurpleTop RUTA BAGA, Large
White Globe, Large Norfolk. Yellow Aberdeen,
Dale's Hybrid. Amber Globe Stven.Top. Red Top,
Early Flat Dutch, and all the varieties OF Cab
bages.
RIveted.back SCYTHES, BAY Rakes, Tinware,
Wood and Willowware House Furnishing Goois,
Agricultural and Horticultural Implements
BLUM IL MILLER,
Proprletors OF Laudreth,s Gid Established Agrl'
cultural aouse, No. 1853 King street. Sign
Plough. anR9-w1m0
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oTANDARD TEXT BOOKS.

GTANDARD TEXT BOOKS.
By Professor ASAyGRAY,
or Harvard Unvessity;-
Author OF "How Plants Grow, y .School and Field
Book OF Botany,n "Manual OF Botany" "Struc-
tural and Systematic Botany" &C., &c.
"Botany should be taught In every school, and
these Volumes should be the Text. Books. ."-FrQE.
J. S. Ddrls, UntuerSttu or Virginia.
The publishers beg to call the attention OF those
about forming classes In Botany to the well known
works BY Professor Gray. Having been carefully
revised, they present the latest and most accurase
principles and developments OF the science, and
il is sufficient Endorsement OF them 70 state tnat
rhey are used In almost every noted college, HigR
School and Seminary In the country. and are rec
ommended over other series BY ntne'tenths OF the
leading Professors and Botanical Teaehers IN the
United States.
No author has yet approached Professor Gray II
the rare art Of making purely sctentidcs theories
and dry details popular and interesting. From
his charming elementary work "HoW Plants
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one simple, concise and yet exhaustive method Of
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Descriptive Circulars giving full ttses and prt-
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IviscN, BLAKEMAN, TAYLOR 4 co,
Publishers,
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Druss, Gbemlrals, &r.
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SOOTHING CORDIAL

This is the best Medicine for Infants and young
Children ever offered to the public. 1t Is carefully
prepared from the best Drugs, accord ng to pre-.
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teethlng. and recommends Itself for the cure OF
Diarrhea, Dysentery, Collie, Gripping In the
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NO NOD YIN E,


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w AsnINGTON, July 13.

Postal Money Orders for En-
rope.-The duplicate originals of
Convention, establishing an ex-
change of postal money orders be.
tween the United States and En-.
gland, has just been received. 1t
has been executed on the part of
England, and now awaits the sig-
nature of. the Postmaster.Gen G eneral
and the President. Each order is
limited to ten pounds sterling
when issued in England, and fifty
dollars when issued in the United
States. Mr.. Mcdonald, the super
intendent Of the money order sys.
tenn, who concluded this Conven.
tion, has gone to Berlin tor SIM
liar Convention between the Uni.
ted States and Germany.
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a THRIvING CoMMUNrrY.-This
pleasant little village, on the South
Carolina Railroad, eight miles
from Augusta, is named after Mr..
Langley, one of the largest stock.
holders in the Langley Cotton
Mills, which gre located here
Though it is but a few months
since the works of this company
were completed, they are now in
successful operation, giving EN-.
pleyment to abont 1875 persons
The quality Of homespun manufac.
tured will compare favora5ly with
the same kind of goods made by
any other factory MOI tn or South.
Good wages are given, and the
operatives seem contented and hap
py. Langley has population now
Of nearly 500 persons.
Aiken Journal.
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1neefnee anO the 1mpfopesnt Of the state ano eonr
GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY &C. 1871

TIE Bible is read of Sunday
in all the thirty thousand pnlpits
of the land. In all the temples of
Cbristendom is its voice lifted up
week by week. The sun never
sets on its cleaning page. 1t goes
equally to the cottage of the plain
man and the palace of the king
1t is woven into the literature of
the scholar and colors the talk of
the street. The bark of the mer.
chant cannot sail the seas without
it-no ship of war goes to the con.
fiict, but the Bible is there. 1t
enters mems closets, mingles in ali
the grief and cheerfulness of life.
The effianced maiden prays God
in Scripture for strength in her
new duties; men are married bv
Scripture. The Bible attends them
in their sickness (; when the fever
of the world is on them, the aching
head finds softer pillow lifts leaves
lie underneath. The mariner es
Gaping from shipwreck, clutches
this first Of his treasures and keeps
it sacred to God. 1t goes with the
podler in his crowded pace, cheers
him at eventide when he sits down
dusty and fatigueo, and brightens
the freshness of his morning face.
1t blesses us when we are born,
gives names to half Christendom,
rejnices with us, has sympathy
with our mourning, tempers grief
to finer issues. 1t is the better
part of our sermons. 1t lifts man
above himself ; our best of uttered
prayers are in its storicd speech,
wherewith our fathers and the
patriarchs prayed, The timid
man, abont awakening from his
dream of life; looks through this
glass of Scripture, and his eyes
grow bright; he does not fear to
stand alone, to tread the way, un-
known and distant, to take the
Death Angel by the hand and bid
farewell to wife, and babes, and
home. Men rest on this their
dearest hopess
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Had Him There.

A Jersey tavern keeper, who
had become more celebrated for
the length of his bills than the
abundance Of his people, met
with razor as sharp as himself
not long since. A Yankee hap.
pening to pass through that bar
barous region, stopped at this
mans hotel and ordered dinner
When he came to pay the bill, he
was astonished to find it stretched
out to the round sum of ak dol
lars. This rather startled the
Yankee, and he demanded to
know what he had eaten that such
a bill could be charged. The
landlord replied:
The bill will slow you"
On consulting it he found there
in charged several kinds of wines
and extras.
Well, look here, l didn't have
none OF your wines-there was
mono of that ere stuff brought on
for me, and l won't pay the bill"
20, we never wait for orders
here-we know our business" re.
piled the landlord; the wine
was on the table, and you could
drink it or not-that was your
business"
The Yankee saw that there was
no use in quarreling about the
matter so, with a mutt. red VOW
OF vengence, he paid the bill.
Three months after that, cur
Eastern friend again made his ap
pearance at the hotel, and called
for q dinner for himself and friend.
When he sat down to the table he
laid a twenty dollar bill at the
side of lis plate, and ordered all
the delicacies be could think of,
and all the wines he could stom
ach. While eating his dinner, he
called the attention of the land.
lord to the bill, as to whether it
was genuine or not. The landlord
looked at it-replied that it was,
aud handed it back. AS soon as
they had finished their dinner and
cracked an extra bottle of cham
pagne, the Yankee put the money
i'll his pocket, walked out of the
house and jumped into his wagon.
" Halo ! here you've not paid
your BILL" said the landlord.
THAT'S your own fault" said
the Yankee; II never wait to
have a bill presented to me--the
money lay on the table, and you
should have taken it or not, inst
as you told me about the wine
three months ago yesterday"
The landlord swore to some ex.
tent as the Yankees horse, "kick-
ing up the dust" along the road,
grew small by degrees and beau
tifully less.