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The Uniyersity of Virginia
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THE FOLLOWING DEPARTAIENT

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THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS,
4 SCHOOL OF LATIN. q. School OF Greek.
~ g.. School OF Modern Languagee. 4.
School Of Moral Philosophy. Is. School of
Eistory and English Literatdre. G. School OF
chemistry. 2. School Of Natural Philosophy.
.. school OF Mathematics.. o. School OF Com
mon and Statute LAW. 10 School OF Consti-
tutio9ai and Civil Law and Equity. IL. School
OF Physiology and Surgery. Il. School of
: Anatomy and Matoria Medica. lS School OF
Medicine and Obstetrics: ID School of An
Industrial and Agricultural Chemistry. 16.
SCHOOL OF Natural History and Agriculture
tProfessor. to bo elected.) b5- Provision
made for classes in Mineralogy and Geoloou,
1teoreo, Political Economy, Practical Physics,
Med!cat Jurtsprudence and Sdnskrit.
diplomas and CERTIFICATES Of Proficiency arc
given IN the separate schools.
Bachelor OF Letters. 2. Bachelor of Sciences.
.. Master of Arts. 4. Doctor OF Medicine.
9; Bachelor of Law. 6. Civil Engineer. 2.
Mining Engineer. q '''''.D, -
The expenses of tho student, exclusive of
eek cooks. clothing and pocket fnone,), am ount
to from 1866 to 1895 per session OF nine
monthsi OF which sums 1920 to $3.50 arc paw
1ble on admission. Session opens October /.
For catalogues. address -
). CHARLES 8. VENABLE,
~ Chairman OF Faculty..
Y. O., University Of Va. July 2S mth9
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CLOTHING HOUSE
CHILD.s 8 WILEY,
't'@ oAuh;HEa, 3. C..

WE have marked down all OF our. large
.,', w at, stock OF READY-MADE CLOTHING to
roach 81 ali that Wish good pi'Ge So@es Ttn
made IN the latest style and BY the BEST nal
ssf ss1l IN Hew York We arc tho only house that
i ostn A. linen drawers at $3.50. We arc the
Calcutta Suits, warranted genuine. An in.
sPectlon OF our largo stock will settlo .tho
mind OF any ono that money is made by bny.
lag lag from us. Thlrty-two inoh Sole Leather
Trunks. only a few left. at 500 June %
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as35G Aetsgza ag 3 2x Afa b sng4Rpss-- 4 4kps-. a
trio pkilosopher Who has bdfd tie So. pfaS
na!ty.ofa hrs criminal atteH4nt to- ed.
1ghteM mankind. 4. R0l .Bome 'exteht he
dld enI9hten 1 that abstraction, but not
az he intended. to do. He had some
theory or other in regard to the use Of
his parachutes, which he absnrdly con.
nsoteH with pyroteclnics, and So, oi,
the, 9Th Of July, shortly, after. dusk, he
clandestineIy erected in his own yard
huge sky-rocket, at the head of which
was aHa}ehed his parachute in snch way
that while the rocket was seeking the
moon it would remain closed, bit whei,
Its upward flight ccRsed it would theo.
retically open like 'anumbrella, and thus
waft him safely to 1.-The ground. he
attached himself to the lower. end of the
stick w;:a .he. fuse turned away from
him In such' o way that the 'fire from the
rocket would notiiniure him. Then he
blazea away. and went whizzing through
the AIT, dangling and bobbing ,as he
sped, with Gre, fastening itself upon
hIt,-aomewiiat like the pale' martyr
in the 'shirt of fire" Iflhis parachute
eyer! openetlhe did not know it, for Ore.
septly thoee who beheld the iwondrcus
engine saw. it turn sharply in mid,air
and fall. The poor fool was found
burned and mangled not fur from his
own philosophy shop. 'i.ir 7
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FIRE TNSURAM NICE.
George Higgins Agency,
Established In Columbia, s. O., A! D. 1s4o.

THE following companies have compIied
4 with the laws Of tho State of'south caro-.
INA; n and q have been duly licensed By the Comp
Columbis, for the hepresentyear, representing
CAPITAL OF OVER sao. o.0oo. 900.
Connecticut 0'Not.lt' ~
don. ,--. t'4!' " don don'
:, Unicn Fire Insurance Combapy. Of San
Frantiscp California. - oAn
yorh rh'en'x Fire Insurance Company. Of Now
! II .,ptGsn, G Fire lnauranco Company, OF Hart
!. Manhattan Fire Insurance Companv OF Nov
1orn: org: GEONGE HUGGlNb, gent.
Oiiice ut MIR. Duties new bookstore. oppo.
nite the Columbia Hotel. NAV 90 i8mp
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DIR. D. L. BOOZER.

Gun and Blasting Powder.
a FULL supply of tho ccicbrat OIL Dupont's
IA GUN AND BLASTING PONDER. In kcrs
and cannisttra. is now offered to mcrchaufs
and consumers at the lowest market rates. hv
Tho Undersigned. who are sole agents for Tia
manufacturers at this place,
hay 25 JOHN AGNEW & SON.
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call early, to be convinced OF the above fact
at dOODMAN'S CLOTHING BAZAAR.
June 1S Main etreet.
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from the lowest to the highest, and VIC feel
confident that all those fayoring us with an
order from distance will be pleaeed and
satisfied that
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MEDICAL.
THE BRIDAL CHAMBER

FssAYs FOR YOUNG MEN. on great 60
A1 cial evils and abuses, which Interfere
WITH MAHRIAdE, with sure means OF relief for
the erring and unfortunate, diseased and de-
plhtated., Sent in scaled letter envelopes.
iree OF charge Address HOWARD SANIrA..
~ AID ASSOCIATION, No. 2 South Ninth
street, Philadelphia. Pa. NAV 21 3mo
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'3 Spring Water Ice.
MY Ice Machine is now in complete order.
IXI' and can furnish ICE to city and coun.
try. This Ice s frozen at a low temperature
and will melt 9ory littlo by transportation.
Price. one dollar per ons hundred pounds:
less quantity, ono and n half cents per pound.
Sunday open from to 10 A. NJ.
Jnly2 r. q. 9EEGERS.
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RECIPE FOR Cold ToMAro CArsrp.
The following recipe, furnished to the
i!ancaster Ledger, :is highly recommended
and worthy Of trial:
lake half d peck Of ripe tomatoes;
haif o. gallon" of apple vinegar; one tea
CUP OF salt; one tea CUP of mustard
seed, ground fine; one tea cup of horse
rad!sh; four pods Of red pepper; three
table spoohs.fnl. OF black pepper: one
hand full OF celery seed. Let ali. the in
gredients be tout fine and mixed cold.
P1t the catsnp Immediately into bottles.
which should be corked and sealed ee.
ourely. IT will be ready for use in few
days. but Will improve by age.
atA lii 49, = o So
The Honolulu Aduersiser. is aesponsi.
PIE for the statements that harpoon was
!ound in a-.recently captured whale in
the Arctic seas, on thb Western side of
Enc aonEnent; that xYas known to q iship
az that time cruising inlthe same seas on
1ti'' the opposite side OF the continent. The
!suPposltion' is that the fish passed from
-oneopen' sea to another. uia the pole /;
aud he mast hnve found open; water, for
M9alee' must occasionally come to the
e! !surfaee and bloY. /,
one OF the churches has sent out eight
3emale missionaries this year. This is
kind and considerate,f. We have LONG
6aep ofs the opinion that if the Feejee
Islanders prefer o roasted missionary of
TINS KIND to the old fashioned sort, their
preferences ought TO be gratlffed.
a Western woman has invented
Esprit; bride Photographic. lin which the
ba4elh!ffaL bachelors physiognomy is sur-
rounded BY. the maids who would not be
averse' to becoming his bride. i''.'
s The female population Of Edinburgh
exceeds the male in nearly $4,000. Not
much trouble formen to getwives there.
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/. Red Ash Coaf.-.Bl5 Per Ton,
r ALI prepared to furnish the aboyo CoAI,
4 IN aiIapfities ,ftom ,pne to atty tons, at 81,
Rsr 5a.rs tsn Sae ag,iysasd ho e.; the eity
A.. Halmer's. Ton 2,0oD'i D'ibs. T, j, HARPER. 81
Jhhe2 81. N imn.
Wilmington journal., 1871-01-13
Pew Rentlns atpIymouth .bur,,

The annual renting of pews at auction
in plymouth Church, Brooklyn, took place
last evening, and the bidding was qnite
spirited. There was large attendance
present, and there was of course quite
little strife to secure the choice seats at the
most favorable terms, but the auctioneer
seldom brought down the hammer while
there was any chance of getting another
bid on seat. All the seats were disposed
of except the chairs, and the church will
be opened to-day in order to give those
who may desire them. an opportunity to
purchase. On Saturday night the church
will be opened to give members who will
not require an entire pew an opportunity
to dispose of as many sittings as they can
spare.
The following are among the prices paid
for some of the choice seats: n. @. Bowen,
$46Q; H. B. Chafin, $500; Joseph How
ard, Jr., $315; John p. Howard, 1910 ::
Mr.. Sage, $3.50; M. 8. Beach. 1926; Ste,
phen B. White, 1926; R: O. White, $500;
Jas. Freeland, $500; j. p. Carroll, s3lO;
A. Storrs. $500; G. Swift, $40: Fl. q
Bowen, $305.-N. Y Times
Wilmington journal., 1871-01-13
Trade I'm 1871,

The New York Tribune has been sum
ming up the gains of the last year, and
gives as q result that sc we are increasing
in wealth and productive capacity at rate
unparalleled by any other country, wheth-
er of the Old or New World"
It finds that our population increased at
least one million during 1870, but one
fourth of this increase is the result of i'm
migration, leaving the remaining three
fourths to be accounted for by the excess
of births over deaths.
Our agriculture was very productive,
and it's gains over 1869 in value were very
considerable. The gold and silver returns
of the mines were over sixty millions, and
in the same period numerous new mines
were opened. but they will not in many
instances show notable results until this
present year.
A scarce of general congratulation is the
adproach of our national currency to gold
value; while in 1869 it was 20 per cent
below, it is cow scarcely above 10 per
cent. and there is no reason why during
1871 it should reach the standard Of coin.
A remarkable feature of the year just
closed was the construction of over 10000
miles of railroad in the United States, at a
cost of not less than $500, 10000 Our
cities have also increased the number of
their buildings 100, 900, and it is not unfair
TO suppose the country outside of the
cities have erected quito as many.
In June, 1869, the reported balance of
trade against us was $75, 900, while in
June, 1870, it was only little over $685.
000 O0O
Wilmington journal., 1871-01-13
Sen A3Or vance,

Ex-Governor VANCE, Senator elect from
this State, is now in Washington asking
for q removal of his political disabilities,
with view of his admission to his scat i'll
the Senate. The reports of his chances are
conflicting. Well informed newspaper
correspondents differ in regard to the mat
ter. While some say that there is not the
slightest probability Of the removal of his
disabilities, and that there is much and
strong feeling in opposition, still the gen
orally accurate correspondent of the Baltl-
more tS,,,S says that bill for the relief of
Senator VANCE will probably pass at an
early day, as several Republican Senators
and quite number of prominent Radical
members of the South have said they
would vote for it. including two or three
from New England
In the meantime General Abbott is
making an effort to hold on to the posi-
ton, through palpable 1alsehood, hop
ing to make up for the want of truth and
force in his claim, by the bitter partisan.
ship of the Senate. His present claim is
altogether as honorable as the tenure by
which he holds his present term.
Wilmington journal., 1871-01-13
Reasons for a Convention.
ELECTIVE JUDICIARY.

BY the terms of the present Constitution
all judicial officers from the Chief Justice
down are elective by the popular vote.
The inevitable result of this feature is
to render the judiciary partisan in it's feel
ings and in its decisions. To our mind
nothing can be moro disastrous to liberty
and to the rights of the citizen than this
necessary consequence of the elective sys-
tenn. The effect of this innovation has al
ready been felt to the injury of good gov
ernment-to the detriment of public in
terests, and TO the temporary overthrow Of
civil liberty. The iniquitous attempt of
Governor Holden to inaugurate civil war,
es means to perpetnate waning Radical
power in this State, was based on the par
tisan action OF partisan Judge, who de-
clined to hold his courts-falsely alleging
as the reason for his refusal that his life
would be jeopardized by going into Ger
tain counties, whereas it was we'll known
that the Radical Sheriffs of those counties
had never experienced any difficulty in
serving process and making arrests, and
that the people were entirely submissive
to the law.
So, also, nothing can be more at vari-
ance with the high duties of a judicial of
fcer than the conduct of our partisan
Chief Justice, who officially suggested to
the Governor to act on the tyrant's plea
"that the safety of the State is law high
er than the Constitution by which
many innocent citizens were arrested with
Wilmington journal., 1871-01-13
SambO and Congress.

That irrepressible negro, James Il.
Harris, OF Raleigh, contests the seat of Hon.
Sion H. ROGERS in the next Congress.
The only claim the fellow has is that he is
"loyal and black The fact that he re-
ceived minority of votes seems to be a
secondary consideration in theso contests.
Indeed, we do not think such Insignificant
facts are regarded at all. We do not see
why hhese 81 loyal bucks" give themselves
the trouble to go to the expense of being
candidates before the public. Both could
be saved by applying directly to Congress.
Indeed, Abbott is attempting this very
game.
Wilmington journal., 1871-01-13
TROUBLES IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
An ExCOnfsderALe Soldier BrutnIIy Muir
dcrcd-The Town of Union FIrcd-Intense
Excitement Etc

An Ex-COnfsderaIe Soldier BrutaIIy Muir
dcrcd-The Town of Union FIrcd-Intens.
Excitement, Etc
We learn from the Columbia Phoenix.
that on Saturday night last, the 31st ult.,
while Mr.. Mat. Stevens, peaceabJe man,
who lost an arm in the Confederate SER
vice. was on his way 10 Union with load
of goods in his wagon, among other things
a barrel OF whisky, he was halted by par
ty of militia, numbering about twenty
five, under command of Captain Walker
and demand made upon him for whisky
Stevens gave them bottle-fnll, which was
imme ediately consumed, and he was ordered
! to give them more. This he declined stat
ing that the liquor belonged to other par
ties. They then threatened to take it,
when Stevens told them it would be at
their peril. The answer was q volIey of
| bullets, which killed him instantly. A
white man, named Robertson, was in com :
| pany with Stevens, but succeeded in max
! ing his escape.
On Sunday the body of the poor dray
man was found about two hundred yards
from the road, and underneath the body
were two breech. loading cartridges-the
same as used by the Governors militia
Warrants were issued and fifteen colored
men were errested on suspicion.
Sunday night acting Deputy Sheriff
Ddulel Will d pObbe, Weub 10 u
house to arrest q party of four, but they
| were denied admission. The inmates were
informed that Smith had warrant for
their arrest, and they must surrender.
The parties inside Immediately firing, and
Mr.. Smith was severely wounded. Find
ing that harsh measures were about being
resorted to, the inmates surrendered.
While in jail. one of the militia made
full confession and statement of the case
charging Captain Walker and his militia
with the whole affair. Walker attempted
to escape, but was overhauled about TWEEN
ty miles from UEion, as he was getting on
railroad train. He refused toagive him
self up at first, but when told that there
was warrant for his arrest and he must
go back, he gave in.
There is intense excitement in Union,
and on Monday night, As we learn, the
| town was fired in four places, but no
damage was done.
A prominent colored man, named Bates,
who ia now in Columbia-with the inten-
ton, 'ae he declares; of laying the whole
] matter before the Governor-also charges
Walker with tho crime, and declares also
}. that he knows who fired the first shot.
. If the arms are to be used for numbering
funoffending whites, the sooner the militia
are deprived of them the better.
Wilmington journal., 1871-01-13
Desperate Fight with Burginrs-A Rob
ber MortaIIy wounded by AccompIIces.

ber mOrtalIy Wounded by Accomplfces.
In Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday
morning at o'clock, burglars were dis
covered in the coffee mills of Arbuckle
Bros, at Nos: 10 and 20 Water street, by
Angus Mccullough, the private watchman.
He quietly left the house and gave lnfor-
nation to the police. In few minutes
three officers arrived, but finding that the
burglars were six in number, two OF them
went in search of further aid, leaving off
Ger McCarty to watch the thieves. Before
they returned the burglars perceived Nc
Carly and rushed out in a body, discharg-
ing their revolvers at him. The police
officer returned their fire, and felled ono
of them, named John Irwin, to the
ground with the butt of his pistol.
The confederates of the PROSTATE bur-
glar paused in their fight and re-
peatedly fired at McCarty, who, un-
able to take the offensive, shielded
himself behind the body of Irwin, whom
he raised in his arms for that purpose.
At this critical juncture McCarty's friends
returned with assistance and the ruthans,
with the exception of Irwin, took to Tight
The latter was taken to the York street
police station, where he was found to have
been mortalIy wounded in the neck by
bullet fred by one of his companions.
When informed of this, Irwin consented
to confess, and revealed TO District Attor-
ney Morris the names of his associates and
their antecedents. His confession was
startling. One of his "paIs" is, he says
the murderer Of ship captain; another is
the man whom, it is said, the late Super
intendent Jourdan suspected to be the
murderer of Benjamin Nathan, and the re-
naming three are notorious desperadoes,
who have all served different terms of i'm
prisonment at Sing Sing. Chief of Police
Campbell and superintendent Kelson
have had long and important consulta-
ton together, and many experienced de-
tectives have been detailed to aid the
Brooklyn police in their search for the
rufians.
Wilmington journal., 1871-01-13
WenIIh OF EnpIand

The London correspondent Of the New
York Commercial and Financial Chronicle
writing under date OF December 10th, says
that money is so abundant in that city that
a reduction of the Bank rate of discount
to two per cent is talked of in some quar-
ters. 1t is astonishing that. with the vast
absorption of English capital in the few
years by loans, joint stock companies and
numerous other heavy outlays, there
should be such q plethora of money still
in banking and com mercial circles as to
bring down its value to SO low a figure. In
New York interest ranges from five to seven
per cent. in the daily open market, whilst
in London, it can be had readily in any
amounts. at less than three. Surely, with
such immense and continual accumula-
tiors of wealth, the trade of England, both
foreign and domestic, must be on -four
ishing scale
Wilmington journal., 1871-01-13
Revenue Statistics.

The Internal Revenue Bureau furnishes
the following interesting statistics: There
are registered in the country 696 grain
distiIleries, having capacity for using
1876, ,238 bushels of grain per day, yielding
67O, ,984 gallons of spirits. There are IL
molasses distilleries, with consumptive
capacity of 25,345 gallons of molasses
daily. yielding 23,023 gallons of spirits.
The quantity of foreign and domestic
spirits in bond November 10Th. 1870, was
9,018, ,024 gallons. and the quantity out oi
bond, as per reports of assessors on the
same day, was &c. 584, 539 making
the total quantity of distilled spirits in the
United States November 18th, 1870
As, ,6Q2, 564 gallons.
Wilmington journal., 1871-01-13

after cold weather sets in. We hear that
planters in the Mississippi bottoms are
giving one half for the other to cotton
pickers,' and yet the cotton is wasting and
running in the fields.
We reached Memphis on the Mississip-
pi at II o'clock, the third day OF our trav.
eli and reserve our impressions OF this young
giant of the West for our next letter.
December 3Oth, 1870.
Wilmington journal., 1871-01-13

ING then about six times more than 1t ls
now. we had a government that cost about
$3.50, 900 year-and good part of this
was devoted to the education OF the poor.
Now our taxes for public purposes mot in
Guiding educationaD is in round numbers
as follows
State taxes s., lo0'0oo
OOuntY taxes. '.' - -'''''
Township taxes a.......... .....'.....'' ''''0O0
,rot.1 +.xes .,................ 81. SOC, 900
and the interest on the State debt still un-
paid.
This, then, is the cost of our splendid
Government Can we afford to pay this
sum annually Can We continue to do
go and ever hope to better our pecuniary
condition ? Shall we at once return to
our inexpensive system as it existed prior
to the war i? We can only do so by means
of a Convention. Shall we have one
Wilmington journal., 1871-01-13

A gentleman perhaps an insurance stock
holder and directory was riding down
Broadway one afternoon with his little son,
who, observing the array of ornamental
signs of insurance companies along that
thoroughfare, and being of an inquiring
panies, my son, thoughtfully answered the
old gentleman, are gotten up as asylums
for retired merchants"
Wilmington journal., 1871-01-13

The Secretary of the Treasury has au-
thorized the assistant Treasurer at New
York to sell million Of coin on each
Thursday of the present month, and to
purchase two millions of bonds on the first
and third Wednesday, making total sale
of four millions of coin and a purchase OF
six Millions Of bonds during the month
Wilmington journal., 1871-01-13

*While the fight WAS raging on the afternoon
Of the 18th, the writer suggested to Gen. Lee
that we make new line in rear of the line thFn
held, and when the fight was going on, Zig line
to throw out the salient and TO connect tLo faces
soma tour or five hundred yards to the left and
right OF salient and this was done; and at, or 8
little before day. line WAS retired 10 this ne Y
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-25
Insects as Musicians.

We frequently hear people speak OF the
singing of crickets and grasshoppers.
These insects are very noisy, it is true,
but they are not vOcalists; they are instru-
mental performers. Each one is furnished
with sort of violin, upon which 1t plays
without any instruction. In the crickets,
a portion or rib of each wing is furnished
with teeth, which serves as the bow, and
a hard, smooth rib answers for the strings
of the fiddle. The insect rubs one wing
over the other, and then reVerses the
movement, and by the scraping of these
two parts together the sound Is produced.
The grasshOppers manage somewhat dlt-
ferently. The long hind legs are the nd
dle-bows. The inner surface of the broad
upper part of these legs is furnished with
over eighty small, lancet shaped, elastic
teeth, and these the insect scrapes against
the sharp ribs upon the wing cover-or
outer wing-frst one and then the other.
The losdest instrumental performer among
our insects is the Kstydid. In still night
the constantly repeated katy did -she-dld
may be heard for the distance OF quarter
of a mile The kstydid produces its note
by means of its wings, which are pecu-
liarly fitted for the purpose. In each wing
cover there is a little tambourine formed
of thin, transparent membrane, or SKIN,
stretched in q strong, half oval frame.
the wing-covers are open and shut, these
little tambOuIines rub against one another
and produce the sounds which give the in
sect its name. These notes are supposed
to be useful to the insects in enabling them
to find their mates. From the constancy
with which some of them keep up the
sounds, we think that they must be pleased
with their own music Boys just learning
to whistle make noise that, whatever it
may be to others, seems very pleasing to
themselves, and they keep it up for their
own qualification. 1t may be that insects
do the same.-Americdn Ag'ieUIturSSt.