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ANTIOCH,

Antioch, which was recently partiallv
destroyed by an earthquake, is a CITY OF
Syria, situated in the northern part of that
country, fity-seven miles west of Aleppo.
ON the west bank of the liver Crontes.
about twenty miles above its mouth Its
population ia estimated at about 10000
and the city is surrounded bv an ancient
wall OF from twenty TO seventy feet IN hight
ms wall encloses an area ofuIeyen ground
several miles in circum ference. much of
which Is now taken up by gardens. The
houses are built mostly OF slight or fragile
materials, and differ widely from other
Oriental cities in having sloping instead of
nat roofs. Ii has about dozen mosques.
but IN tins singular town, where the desir-
nation OF Christian was given 10 the low.
ers OF Jesus Christ and where Paul preach
ell SO many famous sermons, there is
not nj present single Christian Church.
Baths and bazasrs of the eastern tyne are
very numerous, and there are manuiacto-
ries OF coarse pottery, cotton stuffs aud
leather, but the culture Of silk is the chief
branch of industry About ten million
drachms of silk were the annual average
/ produce of silk of the district in 1850, 1851
and 1852. The annual export of the gross
amount was about seven million drachms.
D
goats wool, yellow berries and sailed cells.
The city walls, ruined acqueduct, bridges
aud portion Of pavement are the sole re-
naming vestiges OF ancient magr ircence
Antioch was embeli-hed and named by Sc
leucus Nicator, before Christ POI. and
though it suffered severely by successive
earthquakes, IT maintained its importance
until captured by the Saracens, 10 A. ID.
OBS. ! t. ancient population during its most
/ fourishing period was estimated at 400
90 souls. Chrysostom computed the popu-
lauon N his time at 100000, more than
onehalf of whom we're Christians.
| Antioch was the capital of n Christian
| Principally from 1893 to 1863. since which
time it has steadily declined. Some ruins
about eight miles southwestward on the
south bank Of the Orontes mark the site of
the celebrated grove OF Daphne and Tenn.
/ pie Of Apollo.
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KISS OR FIGHT.

An exchange tells a story Of country
party thus
a stalwart young rustic, who was known
As a formidable operator in "free fight,
had just married a blooming and bcauti-
iul country girl, Only sixteen wears OF age,
and the twain were at party where a
number OF Young folks of both sexes were
enjoying themselves in the good (?) old
fashioned pawn PLAYING stvle. Every girl
in the room was called out and kissed ex-
cept Mrs. B, the beautiful bride afore.
said, and although there was not Young
ster present who was not diving to taste
her lips, they were restrained by the pres
ence OF her herculean husband. who stood
regarding the party with look of sullen
dissatisfaction They mistook the cause
of his anger, however, for suddenly rolling
up his sleeves he stepped into the middle
OF the room, and, in tone Of voice that at
once secured marked attention, said
Gentlemen, have been noticing how
things has been working here Tor some
tlme-snd amt halt satisfied. ! don't
want to raise fuss, but
whats the matter, John?' inquired
half dozen voices What do you mean?
Have we done anything to hurt your feel
ings?
YES, You have; all Of you have hur; my
teelings-and I've got just this 70 say about
It: Heres every gal in the room been
kissed mighty nigh dozen times apiece.
and there's my wife who ] consider as
likely as any of EN-, has not had single
one tonight and just tell you now, it
che don get as many kisses the talence of
the time as any gal in the room, the man
that sights her has got me to Fl .ht-thats
all; Now 60 ahead with your playsl
II Mrs B-was sighted during the
balance the evening, We did not know it.
As Tor ourselves, we know that John had
no fault to find with us individually, for
any neglect on our part.
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The Great rrunkItn.

The lronton Journal Of the 22d ult. had
the following;
From late Rich mond Dispatch we see
that the Chesapeake and Ohio X. r.. 90.
are about building immense piers at Pow
haitian, their eastern terminus, for the pur.
pose OF accommodating the large traffic
that Is expected to follow the completion OF
the road. The Dispatch says:
The wharves are to consis, Mt present
OF two piers running about 200 feet into thu
river, with space between them Of about
1000 feet These piers are to be about
lou ieet wide, thus afIordng room for three
or more vessels to receive and DISCHARGE
their eargoes on the same pier at the same
time
The cars will run out on the piers, and.
by asystem of switches, can be run along,
side Of vessels lying on either side. This
will afford the greatest possible facility 10
shippers, and VIII thus insure prompt dis.
patch to all going over the road"
Everthing in connection with this road
points conclusively to its future as M
great trunk line, aud the managers seem 10
fully understand it,
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Thc Dntc 81 Chri,t,s crucifi1ion.

distinguished German scholar. Herr
kgIu, 300 % recently published work. con.
s.dors That bee has settled the true date Of
The crucIfXIon. lie shows that there was
% total eclipse Of the moon concom,fant
with The earthquake which occurred when
Julius Caesar was assas-inated ON the 18TH
OF March, u &. a. lie has also clicfiI..
ted tine Jewish calendar 10 a. D. 81. ard
the result Of bis researches confirm the
facts recorded by the Evanrel-ts. Of the
wonderful physical events That accompan.
led the crucHixi0n. His astronomical cal.
c1.auons also show that ON the 9th of
April, s. b 3D.. there was total eciip.c
of TIE sun. accompanied, in an probability
hr the earthquake spoken of by Matthew
THIS mode oi reckoning is verified hy an
other calculation. made by calculating
backward from the great total eclipse oi
ISIS. which also gives Apr. 9th AZ the
date Of the new moon, A. D. 81 As the
vernal equinox of the year feil on March
23th' and the jews ate their Easter lamb
and celebrated their Feast OF the Passover
on the following new moon. DO is clear chat
April 9th was identified with Nissan 10 of
the jewish calendar which moreover. wa.
ON Friday, The day of preparation for the
sabbath, and this agrees with the Hebrew
laimud, so that astronomy. archn9lorv.
traditional and Biblical history seem io
unite in fixing THE date of the crucifxion
at April 6, A. j. 81
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DISTRICT CoNvHNrI1Ns.-lt will he seen
that the Democratic Congressional Con.
vention has been called to meet at Charles
ton June 10Th. Ii might be well TO have
our judicial and Senatorial conventions at
the same time and place The call issued
by our jackson county friends, for Judi.
cial Convention in Ripley on June 2Oth.
does not meet with approval here. As the
Congressional Convention will meet here
on the day above named, the convenience
OF All the parties concerned would be con.
suited 10y holding, not only the Judicial,
but the Senatorial Convention here on the
same day Charleston Courier
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The Boston Travellers poet has not
unused in vain on the situation, and adds
to the general fund the following effort:
DE-. Watts on ne Cincinnati Nominos.
How doth the busy Horace G.
Improve each shining hour;
And look for Office every day,
In every party's power.
How skillfully he builds his sells,
How neat he spreads the soap;
And when pig iron does not avil
Takes free-trade as his hope.
The Cincinnati Conyeniion met in the
interests ofail the cardinal virtues-hone-ty.
morality, chastity, male and female purity.
And 10 before adjournment they were &C.
cusing one another OF bargain intrigue.
corruption, swndIing, selling out and other
Grant peculiarities l--LOuisUiUe Ledger.
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SALT FOR THE TaROAT.-ln these days
when diseases OF the throat are so univer.
sally prevalent and 80 many cases fatal,
We feel It our duty to say a word in behalf
oil simple, and what has been with ~ a
most effective preventive, il not positive
cure of sore throat, For many wears past.
indeed we may say duringthe whole of a
life of ovel forty years, we have been sub.
ject to sore throat, and more particularly
to dry hacking cough, which wac not
only distressing to ourselves, but TO our
friends and those with whom we were
brought into bus ness contact Last fall
we were induced 20 try what virtue there
was in common salt We commenced by
using 1t three times a dav. morning. noon
and night We dissolved a large table
spoonful OF pure table salt in about half n
small tumb.cr full OF water. With this we
%argled the throat most thoroughly. lust
before meal time The result has been
that during the entire winter we were not
only free from the usual coughs and colds
TO which. ~ far ne our memory extends
we have always been subject. hut the drv
hacking cough has entirely disappeared -
We attribute these satl siactory results sole
ly to The use of the salt gareic a1d do most
cordially recommend trial Of 10 90 those
Of our readers Who are subject 10 disease of
the throat Mary persons who have new
er tried The salt gargle have the IMPRESSION
that 1t is unpleasant. Such is not the case
'n the contrary, it j. pleasant. aud after a
lew days. use, no person who love- nice.
clean mouth, and % hrstrate sharpencr of
the appetite, will abandon it, FarDer
pd GvdWr
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TIE icon MARKEr.

In the history of the iron trade. the
market has never been in such a condition
ms II u at the present time With the fur.
naces Of this country in full operation. ard
the importations az heavy as the limited
supply Of foreign countries will permit. il
has been impossible to furnish the quaint.
ty required for use in this country. In
consequence Of this great scarcity the
price has been largely increased. and We
are seriously threatened with an iron fam
inc. Within the past few years there ha.
been an enormous increase in the con-
sumption, and the increase in production
has not kept pace with IT, The demand
will be permanent and charging year bv
wear, and 10 those persons in our State
who own iron lands we suggest that q
thorough examination be made. and ID
found Do sufficient quantities 10 Justify
working. Immediately establish furnaces
Since January lst, No ! pig iron has al.
vancei from $50 10 So Der ton. and the
Indications are that 10 will reach a HIGHER
standard.-Noyse'He (Kg) Ba7lhn
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Moral reflection Of the Massachusetts,
delegates TO Cincinnati, suggested by the
New England piimer
''In Ad1ins' fall,
We sinied all.'>
Echo-From Horace White, Of Chi
cago
''In Trrnbull's murder,
We sinied furder."
Chorus-By the entire convention.
In Greeley's rise.
We sinnsd likewise"
The Huntington ARGUS begs leave to
add
In Grants nomination
Comes deep damnatiou.
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scnatorirIand judicial convention,

Wnfnsts. There F. np Democratic AVID Con-
ser,aute Executive Committee in the senate
ri1l bi'rirt composed of the counties of
Wayne, la1oI, Lincoln, Boone. Logon, wy.
oming. Mercer and Mcdowell to- make % reeu.
lar call f1r "a Senatorial Convention. and We.
the undcf-igued. believing that ono should De-
held. .ugge.t tlata Senatorial Convention Doc
heli at Logan Court House ON ODE 2]i day of
june next, aud that the Democrats and Com
tcrrativcs OF said district hold meeting in
their counties and appoint delegates t1 said
Convention to nominate candidates To- rerre-
sent said district Boo the State Senate, ani fo
take into consideration the prapriety ct nomi.
mating candidate for the Judgoship Of ibo
Sold counties. and fte county of RalcitF which
win eompo,e che 'ib Judicial Circuit under tbc
new Constitution.
o.. W. fRRGUsoS. Wayne Co.
q. b. KLINE, Cnholl 60.
IHos THorNnrHq CabeU CO.
Wv. PetScr, Raleigh Co.
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DIR. G.. II. uOFFETT

Respectfully offers his professional services m
the citizens Of Huntington and vicinity. With
an experience Of TWENTY -sEvEN YEARS in the
practice Of medicine. he hopes 20 merit a share
of public patronage.
Special a'teahen girsN 10 Disease. Of Fcasi-.
oance on Third Avenue, between 9,h aud ION
streets, over Russell & Millcr's Store. nltf
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a C1tomD man in Winchester named
Coleman, received a letter from his former
mistress, who resides iu Kentucky. stating
uat She had 500 acres OF land which she
wished 20 divide among Der four former
slaves and requesting Dim 70 come and
get his portion.
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Thackeray's life which Mr.. Reed reveals lor
the first time. Thackeray seems to have
liked America 80 much that he wanted TO
settle here for few years at least. "The
secretaryship OF our legation at Washing
..ton was vacant the other day. and
"instantly asked for it; but, In the very
"kindest letter, Lord Clarendon showed
chow the petition was impossible. First,
"the place was given away; next, it would
"not be fair to appoint out OF the service.
"But the first was an excellent reason, not
ga doubt OF it. So, if ever come. as l
"hope and trust to do this time next year.
"it must be in my own coat and not tne
"oueen's." But though he liked his Amerl-
can cousins 30 we'll, Thackeray concealed
some OF their little peculiarlties OF manner
neither from himself nor from bis cores
pondent: "The European continent sWarms
"with your people. They are not all as
"polished as Chesterfield. I wish some OF
"them spoke French a little better ga"
five OF them at supper at Basle the other
"night with their knives down their throats.
sit was awful My daughter saw it, and
"was obliged to say: MY dear, your great
".great. grandmother, one OF the finest
.ladies of the old school I ever saw,
.salways applied cold steel to her wittles.
aIt's no crime to eat with knife
"eWhich is all very well-but wish i've OF
.tbem at a time wouldn't Again, he
says: "You (Amerlcans) are more tender
..hearted, romantic, sentimental, than we
..are. keep back some OF the truth; but.
.the great point to try and ding into the
sears Of the great, stupid, virtue-proud Eng
slish public is that there are folks as good as
..they in America. That's where Mrs. Stoves
.sbook has done harm, by inflaming us with
Gan idea OF our own superior virtue in free
sing our blacks, whereas you keep yours"
There are many other passages which we
should like to reproduce. The letters are
charming, and they are lii ied together by
narrative written with warm affection and in
excellent taste.
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gloomy color; the furniture, which arrived
to-day, is from Egypt, and Is exceedingly
grotesque In appearance and mysterious IN
style; nothing like It has ever before appeared
In Saratoga The gentleman announces that
he will not enter the ballroom this summer,
but will entertain his friends In his rooms-in
an elegant and costly manner, of course-no
leylty. He Is to drive four-in-hano; MS
groom and coachman are to be attirea III
mourning, and monrning lap robes, IKE lune-
raj pals, are to be spread over the seats ol MS
carriages, which will be painted ID heep'ns
with the habiliments of woe. FOE tlese o."
h,ems of sackcloth and ashes he pays nVe hun-
49,, dollars ner week. shoddy society calls
th;, .el,,l devotion and speaks OF him as
.oncb GOOD son. but so odd and eccentric;
while common.sense people are unkind enough
20 call him snob, and one of the most outre
L.
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The Position OF Judge Orr.

We print to-day highly important letter
from Anderson, in which the special cores
pondent OF THE NEWS sets forth the present
opinions of Judge James L. Orr upon the
condition and political future OF the STATE.
With sinewy force Judge Orr detcflbes the
robberies which the Riag have Committed
and exposes the hollowness OF tn preten-
sions of those leaders Of his party who are
now fighting for the mastery during the
..one years good stealing" which remains.
A more severe arraignmentof South Carolina
Radicalism has never been framed than that
which now falls from the lips OF the ablest
man in it's ranks. The statements which
Judge Orr makes upon this point the people
know to be true, but their determination TO
hold aloof from Republicanism will not pre-
vent them from seconding any set OF men
who may nominate candidates for whom
decent citizens can consistently vote When
Republicanism in South Carolina ls made
respectable, when it is stripped OF the para
sites which corrupt Its tissues and make
it hideous TO see, it will be time enough 10
invite the white citizens OF South Carolina to
enter the Radical fold. And, bad as things
are, we firmly believe that two years more OF
Scott's rule would be less hurtiul to the tax
PAYERS than to the Republican party. The
reelection OF Scott, or the election OF any
like man, might cost the State four million
dollars, but it would cost the Republican
party it's very existence. Yet We feel that
we are not going too far in saying that, as
the whites adhere to their determination not
to make party nominations this fall, a Pc
publican candidate like Judge Melton or Mr..
C. Davis Melton or Judge Graham would
receive the votes of at least fifty-eight thou
sand of the sixty Thousand white voters in the
State.
1t will be neticed that Judge Orr explains
away the most Objectionable points in the
defence OF nepotfsm and gift-taking, which
he delivered in Columbia upon his return
E.n... -philainlni.i--1ls---+t -"
ever the political differences between this
paper and Judge On, it is far from. our
desire to do him any injustice. I'VE, there
fore, have given him an ample opportunity OF
formally defining his attitude towards politi-
cal parties in the State.
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New Books.

CIPER SAUCE. a Volume of Chit-Chat about
Men, Women and Things. BY Fanny Fern.
New York: G. ". Carleton co.
This is q bright lively book; New England
Ish, of course, but brimful Of womanly good
sense. One of tho most pleasing things about
Mrs. Parton is her devotion to children, whose
excellent champion she is. There are seventy
one chapters in the book; most. OF them are
thoughtfully and carefully written, and all are
sharp and smart.
ANGELINA GUsHINGroN's THOUGHTS ON MEN
AND THINGS. By Angelina GushlnSton. New
York: G. W. Carleton & Co.
This book Is warmly praised by the magnates
of the London press, and it will hardly be less
popular In America than In England. The
author shoots folly as 1t flies, and disposes OF
Croquet, Rltuallsm, Bishops and Doing Pen
ance in a summary and satisfactory manner.
AS specimen Of Miss Gushington's styler we
quote her description of the new pastoral
staff:
.The staff was divided into fonr lengths, for
tho sake of convenience In packing up, the
several parts screwed into another, and the
novelty of the design consisted 10 the tact that,
with the exception OF Cne neau Ol Lhe sIau VI
crook, which was solid, the separate parts
were hollow, 80 that the staff, when liked
together, formed series of compartments,
one above the other, and my suggestion was
thann- ontInaIaia shnilih ho -niilinad
and so fitted mp that the dear bishop might
carry small but necessary articles In them
when he went journey through wild coun-
try. where he would tind 1t inconvenient to
lake much luggage. One division
held a get of i've circular cakes of shaving
soap in the ecclesiastical colors, 10 be used
respectively according u the seasons, razor,
strop and shaving brush; another q tooth
brush, clean neck cloth and box of pulmonic
waters; and the third q small bottle exactly
fitted to the cavity, containing some Of the old
est and finest French Cognac that money could
purchase"
The London Examiner hits the exact charac.
ter of The book in saying of It: 'The conveying
.'of shrewd sense under the dainty mask of
"young lady's aftctation Of being a little goose
s'is pleasant notion, and s cleverly done, with
"a real sense of humor."
Both of the above mentioned books are
bound in cloth. and are for sale at Holiness
Book House. Price 81 so each.
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~NOTICE. GREENVILLE a N [
OOI,UMBIA RAILROD COMPANY.

~NOTICE. = GREENVILLE a N D
COLUMBIA RAILROD COMPANY.
The State, ex Relstlone the Attorney. General
Plaintiff, vs.. the Greenvllle and Columbia Rail
road Company, Defendant.
JAMES @. GIBBEs, JAMES K. PRINGLE and
others, plaintiffs, vs.. the Greenville and Colum.
bls Railroad Company and others, Defendants
The undersigned nsving BY order OF his Honor
Samuel ". Melton, Circuit Judge OF the Fifth
Circuit, dated June 18th, 1872 been appointed Ref
cree on the above stated cases to ascertain and
report, among other things, the amount OF In
deutedness Of the Greenvle and Columbia Rail
road Company, with authority by advertisement
to require all creditors to establish their respec-
tive demands before him
Notice Is hereby given to all and singular the
creditors of the said Greenville and Columbia
Railroad Company, whether holding SSdds OF the
FIRST mortgage, bonds or certificates OF Indebted
ness guaranteed by the state, bonds or ceraf-
Gates OF Indebtedness OF the second mortgage,
non.mortgaged bonds or claims of any other
character, t, present and establish their respec-
tive claims before the undersigned as Referee, at
bis office in Columbia, South Carolina, on or be-
fore the 1st day OF october next. at which time
his report on such claims Will be made up and
submitted to the Court in the said cases.
JOHN s. GREEN, Hferee.
Columbia 8. O., June 10, 1872. jun27.12thll
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%IN COMMON PLEAS-BEAUFORT
ooUNTY.-Ex parte BAILEY i COMPANY in re
R. J. DAvANT, Commissioner, va. the Trustees OF
the College Of Beaufort-Pursuant to the order OF
the Hon. U. B. FARMER, Judge, in the above stated
case. notice Is hereby given to all and singular
the Judgment Creditors Of WILLIAM q. WlGG
that said Court has limited and allowed ninety
days from the date OF This order In which said
Creditors may prove their claims before the under
signed, Receiver at bis office, In the Courthouse,
at Beaufort, b. G. JUDD,
O. O. P. Receiver.
Beaufort g. O., June II, 1872 jun22.60