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VOL. I....NO. 77. CHARLESTON, S. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 18G5. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BY TELEGRAPH. - ? - Gov. Jenkins, of Georgia, Inaugurated. J MK WASHINOTO.-V COKOHKSS. AI't'OlifTMRNT OF THE SEN ATE COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER THE CONDITION OF THE SOUTH. AOOF.VTANOB OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND MENT BY OREGON. Now Yovl*. Market. -iOTTON FIFTY 0 B N T 8 . GOLD 46 T? n a tio;;i ration of the <ii?v*rrnoo rf ?blrovgia. -UL-KO-KT-U-B, Docombcr I..-?Governor ,Tex Kixs w.\i inaugurated boro at noon to-day. In bin aililr?'.<n to tho Legislature ho Bays thoro will here after bo no coullicl butwoou tho Constitution of tlio Onib-d States anil tlio Constitution of Crooi'giu, and that tho lawn of tho United SUlo_ will be su preme. Ho paid a handaomo tributo lo tlio good OO-nAnot of tho negroes during tho war, and Hays thoy ?mat bo thoroughly protected in person and property, und have tho right to onlor tho Courts. Thoy aro tho beat working class, and their lato otviK r.-i Iho beat oniployora in tlio world. Ho rc viowvd ?-ho condition of the StaU*. institutions, ivnd ?aya Ui?\t oven tho liglit taxos will bo burdenaomo, but, hopoa by a syatom of good management that tho neoote may not suffer. At tlio close of the -ftdilrO-M Froviaional Governor Johnson hauded tho great ycn\ of Georgia to Governor Jknkins, who too_ tho oath, and was thon doclarid by the Pre sident of tho Sonato tho constitutional Governor of Georgia. Tlio Proceedings tit Wa.hingtoii. "Washington, Docombor 14.?In tho United States Sonnt? this morning, Mr. Footb oflTorod tho usual raaolutiona of reapoct on tho doath of tho late Sen ator Ou-J-Uhb, of Vermont, and Mirerai othor Se?alera joinod in paying a tributo of ro_poct to the memory of tho doooaBod. The following aro tho Committco appointed by the 11? ?use to tako into consideration the condition of the so-called Confederate Statoa : Moasra. Wasii BUiiNi:, MonuELL, Onion, Binohaj-, Conoki.ino, BoUTWXLL, BiiOW and ltoonna. The Houbo resolved that all papera which may bo ot?ered upon the condition of tho ao-callod Confederacy, bo roforrod without debato. No members shall bo admitted from any Stato or Btata? until Congress shall declare such Statoa, or either of them, entitled to reproaonta tion. Several oulogies woro dolivorod on tho doath of Senator Co-I.amkr. Official information recoivod at tho Stato Depart ment announced that Orcgou has ratified the Constitutional Amondmont. Lateat froiu Now York. Nkw iobb, Deoembor 14.?Cotton firm. Salos four thousand halos, at 50 cents por pound. Naval St?"?r?*K ?miot. Gold 46. The Sinking Fand. XTH OHI?IN AND ADOPTION OF TnE SYSTEM?ITS Al* PI-CATION TO THE PAYMENT OF TUE NATIONAL nEllT, KTC. A decidedly interesting paper, hoaxing tho above title, was road by its author, Hon. F. A. Conkxino, before, the Geographical and Statistical Society of New York, in session in Clinton llall. In tho ab aonoe of tho President, Mr. AuomnAi.n R?sbelt., the Vice-Prcsident, occupied tbo cliair, aud intro duced tho orator of tho ovoning to a select and highly appreciative assemblage. Mr. Conkling profacod bis treatment of the sub ject bv remarks on national debts in goneral. He considered it to bo tho duty of every patriotic citi zen to compress tho burden within its narrowest Umita, and pr?vido for its immediate removal, as each generation bad sufficient labor to moot its own omergoncioB. Moroovcr, it being tho wish of ovory proporty-holdor to leave his heirs an unen cumbered catato, each generation should pay the debts by it incurred. Having alludod to tho financial theories of tho French encyclopaedists, Didorot, Condorcot and othora, tho epoakor advortod to tlio national debt of tiio United States. Ho acornod tho assortion to tbo oRbct that it was a blessing, and statod that tho people had resolved, by tho next Presidential oioction, to road a lesson to those financiers who had sought to reduce Buch a theory to a practice. Having glanced at tho financial condition of the country in the past, lie proceedod to review tho origin and adoption of tho sinking fund system, which had been first proposed by Earl Stanhope ami suh-cqnontlv carried out by Sir Robert Wal polo. lie considered that tho adoption '.if that system would bo tho host means by which to ox tuiguinh a national dobt, which ho considered tho great, nt curse that could rest upon a laud. If any exumplo were required, continued Mr. Conkling*, tbo right of England, whoso rich men aro the richest and wIiobo paupers aro the poorest, and who is gradually losing rank among nations, would furnish sufficient proof of tho torriblo ef foct;? of a constantly increasing national debt. The sgMmkor then traced tho progress of tho ad herence to tho sinking fund systom in this coun try, ami urged its immediato adoption. In con clu-ioji, ho atatcd that, assuming that tho sum to tal of the public dobt would roach ?ho amount of throe thousand three hundred million dollars, tho following propositions wore incontrovertible : Thirty-three millions of dol?an, annually invest ed and improved at tho rat? of six per cent., would extinguish tho dobt in thirty-three aud one-third years. Sixty-Mix millions, annually invosted and improv ed in tlio samo manner, would achieve a liko roHult in a little lesa than twunty-fivo yoara. Ninety-nine millions, annually invested and im proved as above, would bo productivo of similar ?fleet.; :?i abi'Ut eighteen ami thrco-fourthyoara. Thus, then, was tbo sinking system vindicated t>y nlain facts and figuro?. Mr. <'?inkling's remarks, to which a few linea Cannot do jiritieo, woro batoned to with marked nti.?l??ii throughout. At the conclusion of his n?dicH-, Hon. C. P. Daly moved that tho manu script ?>o dopositod in tho archivos of tho society, ?nd a copy tncroof handed to a committoo for pub lioati'."; which suggestion was adopted. A flor an announcement to tho o?'cct that an ad dress on "Cotton" would bo delivered before tho organization by Edward k. Atkinson, Esq., or Ilos ton, an Thursday ovoning next, an adjournment was had. Porcl-gu Intervention. Tho oracular Gnolhesvauloii hau evor boon held ?no of tho pit l.iotst piece? of wisdom handed down to us by antiquity. In a liberal English transla tiou, these two Greek words aro represented by tho homely proverb, "Mind your own business." Bat, like many other wteo saw* mid ancient in stanccs, ?l is no longer considered binding by nor enlightened modern?. Tho maxim now boouis to bo, uovor iniud your own affairs, bat bo ?uro to pry Into your noighbom'. Wo woru loroiUy M ruck with this, minio time ago, when wo saw :i long lot tCT Of advice to tho people of the United State's, by John Stuart Mill, M. P., tho renowned Kng lish publicist, ?mil learned writer of heavy, un readable books. That Sir. Mill should f.woi* his ignorant transatlantic cousins with the light of Ida wisdom, and suggest roforms and improve ments in our national polity, Is perfectly natural, when \vi- coii^idi r that Kttgland no longer art" >r?l , any scope for bis labors. Unliku Am::; vxoeii, ho needs no: wwp hceaus*! Hi *ro ate no in ?ru worlds for him to c.i;.?m t. America is a lino missionary field, anil wlien Mr. Slminki. shall have carried his twciily-iive bill*", and this Coutinont too shall lit* ?it tho{jreat Roformer's foot, then Aethiopia (proper) will stretch out bor hand, and we hope her Majes ty's Government will appoint Mr. Mill envoy ex traordinary to iho Court of Timbvotoo; and wo greatly err, if tho learned gontloman will not find work sufficient in that promising held to occupy him the remainder of his natural life. Not content with this high English authority, the "Loyal Publication Society" next saddles us With a long letter, written in first-rate Parisian French, by Monsieur DE ?aspauin, and addressed to the President of the. United ?State?; and not boing quite sure that his Excellency studied his Ollendorlf in Greenville, Tenu., the ?Society con siderately gets a Miss M.miy L. Booth to translata iho document into plain English, and places a copy of it on tho desk of every Congressman and Senator. We have, not seen this letter, hut from a synop sis of it in one of our New York French cotempo raries, tho "Messager Franco-Am?ricain," we learn that it contains a "profound discussion of tho problema of tho day on this sido of the Atlantic.*1 "Tho work of Mr. Lincolh," says M. de Gaspauin to Mr. Johnson, "was war, and the abolition of slavery. This ho gloriously accomplished. Your work, no less glorioiiB, is tho reorganization of tho country, and the proclamation of the rights be longing to tho frocd negroes." Mr. Jounson, no doubt, is highly delighted to learn further, that tho wisdom aud firmness of his administration, thus far, had tho Bincere admiration of his French advisor. He says that "the authority of tho Presi dent is greater tliau that of the Queen of Eng land; but mill, if tho fate of the. country depend ed upon tho acts of a single man, tho people of tho United States would not ho a froo people. Tho will of tho President, therefore*, is subordinate to that of Congress; and it is important that the Congress that carried on tho war should be the same that now arranges tho terms of poace. Re bellion and slavery wero one and tho samo thing; aud rebellion, therefore, must have no hand in regulating tho destinies of Blavcry." AU this is very clear to this French lecturor; so, also, that tho very first stop Congress must take, is to declaro universal suffrage. But now arrises a serious difficulty in his mind. Ho BayB : "Qu'est-ce que le Congres ? C'est le peuple represente ?" "What is Congress ? Tho representatives of tho people. Tho assembly at Washington has no other power, oxcopt what it holds from the people. Whatever it does or ordains, is in the name of the people. How, therefore can it im pose on the South a law which is objected to even at tho North?" Our loarned French logician merits some little credit for this much candor? tho more, as ho attempts no answer to this knotty, question. Tho political status of tho South at this momont ia not over-pleasant to contemplate, with Messrs. Stevenb, Sumneb, Wade, Wilson, Ac., armed cap-a-pie with resolutions, bills and speeches, all tondiug in tho samo direction ; but to see moddhv somo foreigners volunteering their advice, and heap gratuitous insult upon our dovotcd head, is a little too much for our over-taxod'pationco. Aro there no grievances in England V What of-t-ho iu como tax, tho poor rates, tho opprosacd minors of Cornwall, and tho down-trodden, half-starved Lan cashire factory hands ? What of China and India, tho Ionian Islands and Affghnnistan? And what of Ireland ? Of course, all is well over there. Un til Mr. Mills' letter camo over tho seas in junrcli of a proper field for his philanthropy, wo id no idea of tho happy condition of everything English ?did not know that universal suflVago was part of the English Constitution. The samo might he ohjected to Monsieur de QasPABUI, only he could give a much hotter ox cuflo for his lotter. He might say, true, wo have a groat ninny grievances in this happy empire, but as liberty of tho press is not one of tho Napoleonic ideas, I prefer to be discret, and hurl my thunder bolts across tho sen, whore they will be a I least harmless to mo. Queens and literary women aro very seldom bande?me, but there are somo exceptions to the general rule : Tho Empress of Austria is one of the most beautiful of European princesses, and famed for her kindness of temper, notwithstand ing her rather haughty hearing. She is tall, slon dor, graceful, with a very white skin, a good deal of color, large, limpid blue eyes, and nn amazing head of light hair, which she wears in eight mas sive braids, wound round and round her head, forming a magniiicont diadem of hair, suchas very few women could match from thoir own resources. She is also said to ho highly accomplished. She speaks all tho principal tongues of Europe, and is particularly fond of tho English language, which she speaks as perfectly as though it were her na tivo dialect. Sho is an excellent musician, paints and draws extremely well, and is one of tho bold est and most skillful horsewomen of Austria. She possesses a stud of very valuahlo horses, and a pack of splendid hounds ; and sho is said to take tho warmest interest in the racing and hunting of all Europe, and to know by heart tho namos otf tho heroes Of tho turf, bipod and quadruped, of alt tho countries of Enropo. Congressional Proceeding?. \YASlltlKiTON, December 12.?In the Beiiato to day, ?Sir. Davis, of Kentucky, offered n resolution' which was referred to tho Judiciary Committee, declaring that whore-.'? there is no longer i* hellion iti tho limits <>f lbs United States, therefore tho privilege of tho wril <>f habeas corpus is restored in every Slat?*. The Senate resumed tho consideration of the House icsulntion providing for tho appointment of a joint comiu?ttco of lifteen io inquire into the eomlition of tin* State-? which formed the so-called Confederacy, and report whether they ur any of them am entitled to be represented in either House of Congress. Tin* rc.uihitii.il was innnndod mid passed?reas -11, nays 11. The Senate then adhiurned. In ih?! House tho Speaker submitted a oommn nication from the C'??vi*rni>r of Vi?*f-?i'i:t eiicloning an Act of the General Vsseiul-i^V* ? <<*'4"" of the re peal nftli?* A?*t giving the cnip ^V.'-'h'*- l.egi.-d.i tuiv <>f Virginia tor th ?nim?f} *VC'"V-'c* new S:?t?.* of West Virginia. I.'i'leired to theJudici-iy C| " ' *. lt:ivniiiml prese?* ! t?..-,. . .V iitial: oi' tin* .il..-1-s elect from TV. ?-.-^ '-'< i*. Stevens llbjculod, sfiyiruB the Stato of '?' :i!ii*SMe?; was not known to t'-', ;; -'*.so. The Speaker overruled the o?.?].'.*;- vu. Mr. Raymond said there were many facts cou neeled with Tonnossou. past and procout, which cummciidcil its case to tlio early consiilcration of the House. .Several gentlemen wanted the Tonncsaeo mom hers at onco admitted, lauding tbein for their patriotism during I he war. The House referred their crodetitials to tin* joint committee of fifteen on the condition of tho late Confed?rale States. Yeas ?1*2.1; nays?12. A resolution was passed, inviting the members elect from Tennessee to occupy seats in the Hall <>f Representatives, ponding th?* decision of their ease The House then adjourned. {From the New Vork Times of December 11.) TUB rotflAJV Ill-OTltl-KIIOOD. DNEXP-90TBD EXPLOSION IN' THK CABINET ANO Sl?NATE. Ai.i.Koi.n r.NoKMot's rsAona nv the officers of the onoaxnuTtoN. It is manifestly all up with the junta which styles itself the Senate of the Fenian Iirotherhooil. The brothron in high places, having accumulated a vast fund, amounting, it i*? said, to more than $1,000,000 now in tho treasury, have fallen to fight ing over tho distribution <if the money and the management of tho Fenian movement in America. We have it from high authority that the Presi dent of the. Irish Republic in America and Head Centre of tho Fenian Brotherhood broadly charges that some of his brethren of tho Cabinet have been concerned in stupendous frauds upon the treasury, and that to these frauds the origin of the secession movement in the Brotherhood may he traced. On the other hand, the ten "malcon tents" who have given so much trouble to the dwellers in the Union-sqnaro palace, allege that of these lavish contributions Which the frugal and industrious Irish servant girls in the United States have contributed with the expectation of liberat ing their native isle, no insignificant share has been squandered if not embezzled by tho salaried officials who utter their edicts from the headipiar tera o? the Fenian President in New York. In view of this alleged malfeasance, the illustrious Ten, styling themselves the Senate of the Fenian Brotherhood, TOOK TIMK BY THE KOHE-OCIC, last week, and, assembling us a Senate and or ganizing in ohedionco to tho provisions of the Constitution which was adopted by tlio Congress of the Brotherhood, in Philadelphia, in October hint, proceeded to draw up bills of indictment against Col. John O'Mahoney, tho President, and Mr. Bernard Doran Killian, Secretary of the Trea sury. The charges against O'Mahoiicy are: "Vio lation of oath, in declining to communicate with tho -onate upon affairs of tho Fenian Brother hood; refusing to enable tho standing Finance Committco of the Senate to obtain from the Secre tary of the Treasury the books and accounts which the latter had denied them for inspection; having placed in official positions and t-alaricd several persona whom the Senate rejected when presented for confirmation, and other persons also with salaries who bad not been submitted for con firmation; having himself usurped tho position of agent of tho Irish Republic, to which a salary of twelve hundred dollars a vear ?b attached, and after being peromptorily rejected for that po sition by the Souato, having, in defiance of tho Senate notification, duly served upon him, issued bonds with his own nanie aB such agent in print, while the constitution requires them to he signed by a confirmed agent of tho 1. II.; having uncon stitutionally refused to lodgo in the hands of tho general treasurer, as herctoforo, the greater por tion of tho money received for society purposes sinco tho Philadelphia Congress; having refused, from timo to timo, to lay communications from the I. It. authorities before tho Presidontof the Senate, as required by tho constitution, and having road said communications in open meetings at No. 811 Broadway, mentioning the proper name of the C. !.. off. R., and thus endangering his safoty; having wastefully expended a largo amount of money by paying an immense rent, eighteen months in advaneo, for a mansion on Union Square, aud lodging auothor large sum for tho same period to provide against dam ages to the said building, thus depriving the Fenian Brotherhood f?ir a year and a half of tho use of money which is seriously needed for Irish revolutionary purposes; having aidod tho Secre tary of the Treasury hi malfoaaanco; having arbi trarily menaced the f. ecrctary of War, and threat ened "to remove him if he should report to or com municato with tho Senate on business of his department; having calumniated, by writing and otherwise, the C. E of the I. R.; having made in flammatory addresses to meeting- of Fenians in this city, inciting them t?> violence against the Senate of the Fenian Brotherhood, and to viola tion and overthrow of the constitution in other re ga??s; having impeded the progress of the legiti mate business of the as-iuciation in refusing to the Secretary of War tho money appropriated by the Senat" lor his department, such appropriation having been approved by himself. Copies of those charges, and copies of charges against Secretary Killian, were sent to Messrs. OMahoitoy and Killian, but tho gentlemen omit ted to uotioo them, and tho ten Senators on Sat urday, therefore, proceeded to the trial, and, having found tlio accused guilty, formally deposed them from office, and then one of their own num ber, Mil. W. It. HO-KllTS, WAS 0JIOSBM l'tUlSIDEXT. It is stated that Mr. Roberts, in accepting tho office, stipulated that n > salary should be attached to it. Tho ten Senators, having installed their President, adopted tho following OFFICIAI. ClltCCI.Alt, which, with accompanying resolutions, is to he sent to the various branches of the Fenian or ganization throughout the United States and in the Canadas: - MENAT- CiiAMin.il, Fenian 1)iiotiii:uiiooi>, ) New Youk, Decembor 7, 1805. J To the Members of the Fenian Iirotherhooil: Hhotuebh?However painful t u accompanying roso lut i on may bo (the bond resolutions already published in tlio Herald), we, yrnir rapt?tiatatlw, had but ono alternativ?) beforo us?to submit lu slloiicu lo tho ruin of our causo und tho robbery of * too-coutiding people, or to lay beforo,you tbo truth, and trust to your virtu, ami patriotiam to savo Ireland and ,<*r name from the con tempt of tbo world. Tbo President, disregarding that contilitufion which ho bos sworn to you to support, remua to acknow ledge tho authority of tbo Senate, your chosen represen tatives. In ? fow day? you will bo In puanuwlon of an ofttclal statement of every fa t; until then, lot It sufUi'O to say that tho Herrotary of War, a tried and exp?rience?! sol dier, whoso ability and gallantry have stood tho test of eighteen years, ha? Ix-in Impeded hi (he iiorlsotlon of his plans fi?r UntDedMo action by tin imbecility ana tho dishonesty i?r men in wh?m wo li.nl, uu fortunately, r?: uiseil our ?on rulenco. The Secrctary of Ihe Trca--ury refines nil iiivff.ii;.-?tioii of his books, u'c ara pruveutcil from inquiring into 11??? aspoiKlltura uf those money?, which yon had oontrihutcd to further iho ruase of ymir country. An am? nut of money bad been appropriate??) lo the war Department; but, when a portion ivas ?alle-1 for, to buy arms un?'? um (erial Of war, (lie iii?ui,>- was refliswl, although it Waa staled that "small sukhhiIh would be |*lvun bi meei ? iir rent i-xp?ii*i-s." Ami yet Ih-n* wer?. tumis Wherewith r. palaee was llirctl, ? ? . lit. .11 months' rent imUl in ??Ivan?.--. a lai*,;- ?uni d |MMittt| in the hands ?it Ihn ?witvr as ne. inirity Rir immk?I.Ic damages lu his pt-cini??-*, an.I l??-k?i I up in hi? ?lauds until 1807, Sumptuous steeping rouitia have 1) :! Ulli l up, a;u| elegant im leinte |HI!Vllase<1 lor HKVctal thon-mml dnll-ars nwiri), for Urn tui-tmiiuodutiou nit merely ?.i the m ii-iiiuei-v neies-aiv t:i nur govern in-ill, leil nl*o r?>r Ihn il irf a crowd of u e,e>-<, lllld, in minis cases, ev-n ?liu;,.-r. m m linilgcrH-oil, whose names have ii.-v.T liccii presented lu vuur Senate ror confirma Ibin. We shall a!; yira In lonk ?it farts?to listen to the truth. We.-i-k ?if you t?i support thai iitwwlt-oseamnt-int iiien-, t..||?. ?lit-.-. ( i..ii of military affairs \va hail, d toy all el you asa phiilg that httSllH?W was nantit, slid (hat We ? ? re un ion;'.--1 i remain liuiciiva while our brethren at hem- w-,<- lyin ; in ?? Urltish diiugoun, awaiting their HllUIIll mis It?tile HCiBt)].1. All I'eiiiit'.ine-si.f lllitncys ford c purposes of Ihe l'V nlaii **ro horhootl should bo mail?tndraft? payable to the uni? : ot the Treasurer, Patrick U'lt-.iurkc, and he directed to I'.u?. No. .-.in l'.nioiiiec, New \?\k. An a eoniil . < ) Hi?, am.nuil ?if money forward-d by each fir flu, since the date of the Philadelphia Con-ires-?, should In M-nt by the Treasurer ?r iho Circle to Iho addrosa ?1 the Treasurer ?u New York, as above. Tho ramea f those member* who have paid tt- -ihi-.i call" shnuhl also be seul im, in order tlritsaeh incMlbers mav re ceive tho bonds therefor, when properly stanod ami issued. We remain, Ill-others, you s in f atemity, .lA.MKS (?lUl.ONS, Philadelphia, Pen?. P. 1IANNON, Louisville, Ivy. J. W. I-'ITZUHU.U.li, uin?onati, Ohio. - W. SULLIVAN. TilVm. Uhlo, P. O'itOliltKI-:, New V.irU Litv. WILLIAM rLLMlN.i, Tr..v. N. V. EDWAKli L. OAHY, New York City. PATIUCK J. nU.tul.V2-t, New YorkCilv. MK:iIAt:r. S(:\NLAN, Ohl-ai-i. 111. W. R. ROBKRT8, Now York City, Members ?r the HeuatO of the Ketilan llrolhcrlmod. vugsidbxt ?tous o'xasoxbt, while the trial was in progress, was not idly -smok ing his choice Havana at tho palatial mansion of the Cabinet in Union rhiuare; on the contrary, bo was in (may correspondence with the members of tlielatf Philadelphia 0.ingress, preparing for the reassembling of that body in this cily on the 2d of January next, and for the expulsion,'by that body, of tho ten Senators whose names are'attached to tho foregoing address. Colonel O'Malioiiey and his party of ins, or tho enteprising gentlemen who are transacting business in the name of nn Irish Republic, at Union Square, distinctly charge that one of the ten malcontent Senators recently loaned ilSO.OOO of tho Fenian Brotherhood's fonda, and thnt the Brotherhood have neither security for this large sum of money nor any positive proof that they shall ever again see the color of a dollar thai is ?aid so to have been loaned. They further more accuse tho Senator of having speculated in gold and thus irretrievably sunk $17,01)0 of the Fenians' money: and they add that the delinquent ?Senator now refuses to surrender the Brother hood's hooks to Mr. B. Doran Killian, the only Secretary of the Treasury that is recognized at Union t-Jqnare. Against another of tho disaffected ten Senators ?the editor of a weekly paper of some celebrity? having been sent with ?toOU to Ireland as the aecretlitcd agont of the American Ijjcuian Brother hood, with instructions to disseminate among Irishmen information concerning Iho movement here, seems not to have fullilled his mission; and it is alleged that ho lost tho ?500 and his letter of instructions?the Identical letter which is said to have put England's detective policemen on trail of James Stevens, the Head Centre of Feiiiani.ini in Ireland. Another count in the indictment against the (en malcontents is that they have employed a reporter who is attached to a morning journal, and arc pay ing him a princely salary to write in their interest and in opposition to the American Fenian Presi dent, and Cabinet, and to this circumstance they attribute the whirl which was editorially made by, a newspaper on Saturday morning. These alleged facts are to bo used in the Con gress by President O'.Malmney ,t Co. against the ten Senators who have presumed to beard that otlieial hi his lair, and O'Mahoiiev thinks, wilh the proofs that are in the hands of the Cabinet, a seal of infamy may he stamped upon the brows of Iho ten, and their ignominious expulsion from Fenian circles may he effected. The Cabinet more than hint that tho agent whom they dispatched to Ireland to propagate Feuianism, und apeak encouraging words' to the Fenians there, sold out to tho British Govern ment, and was bribed to disclose to English de tective officers the Fenian Brotherhood's plan?, und that liis disclosures led to tho apprehension of Stevens, and tho suppression of the Fenian nowanapor organ, Tho Fe-opio. This charge also is to be sustained, if possible, before the Congress in January next, and the inquiry is to he pressed as to how*much British gold the alleged apostato pocketed. Tho Cabinet will also arraign tho ton malcontent Senators for circulating subscription Iiapers, and promising to utter bonds of the Irish tepublic without authority, and for collecting $(18,000 from Irish men and women in the rural districts, not a dollar of which, ?ay the Cabinet, lias been deposited in the general treasury. At the Congress, it is said, tho ten accused Sen ators will a9k under whose authority the Unkm tsquaro people have begged upward of $1,000,000 from their fellow-countrymen, and to what uses they intend to apply this gigantic fund. They will"want to know wlio authorized the leasing of the President's headquarters, at a rent of $ld,U(HI for eighteen months, and who bade Ihcm pledge $5000 to keep the mansion in repair, nnd why they agreed to expend foOOt) more in tilling the house With luxurious furniture? The ten will likewise ask what, during the late war, were the affiliations of the present Secretary of the Fenian Treasury, and whether he was the rebel Gen. Price's friend and himself nn active rebel. And the American people, in turn, may ask whether the Fenian scheme, from beginning tu end, is not lli?< most audacious imposition that was evor perpetrated upon an intelligent people. --?-?>- ?_^_?_ Mu. C. II. Wood writes to the Pharmaceutical Journal : "A very curious toy is now being sold in Paris uiulei* the name, of 'Pharaoh's Serpent.' As this toy really const it .titea an interesting chem ical experiment, perhaps ?sit account of it may prove interesting to your reader*? It consista of a little cone of tin foil, containing a while, powder, about an [noil in height, and resembling a paslil'e. This cone is to ho lighted at its apex, when there Immediately begins issuing from it a thick sor pcnt-liko coil, which continues twisting and in creasing in length to an alnuiot incredible extent. Tho quantity ?>f matter thus produced is truly marvellous, ?spoeiallv as the cod which so exude? is solid, and mav bo handled, although, of course, it is extremely light and somewhat fragile. Hav ing a little of thn white powder with which the cones aro Idled placed at my disposal by a friend. I submitted it to unalysis, and round it to cumdst ; of Hidpho-eyanido of mercury. This salt, when j heated to a'temporatnre below redaos*, itiulergturn | decomposition, swelling or growing in size in a most remarkable manner, and producing a mix-' ture of mellen (a compound of carbon and nitro geni, with a little sulphide of mercury. The re sulting mass often assumes a most fantastic shape, and is suflieiontly coherent to retain it? form. 1: , pr?senta a vellow color en the exterior, but is Mack j within. The 'serpent' shape, of course, results from tho salt being burnt in a cono of tin foil. | Both the niercurous and mercuric oulpho-e.anides docomposo In the same manner; but the mercuric salt, containing more iiulpho-cyanogon, seems ca- I p.ible of furnishing a larger quantity n| mell?n, and is th.: one used in the French scrpcita." Something ivortii Knowing. ) Proas the Boston .'?.?', December 4.) 'XTwj wonderful BUeeoss and almost incredible. prol/tttiihiness of the File imimifucliire in thia coun try is known only t.. I he lucky holder* or stock in the l.*\v.i,inp;..ii|,.- wliiiill inj.iv a sort ?if monopoly III flu* IniMiicas. in l;ii-i. verv few people uncon nectedwith mcchaitUr.l branches of iiidttsliy can possibly form any estimate ef th?* extent t?> which liles are need, and urlmt an Impnrttiut item this ariido forms bull? in th. lisls of iimnufa-lnr-H and importation--. It may In: ;i piece ?I "mtii.-ling in form ilion testate thai no less (bun from *M mil) ?UO tu >.-(,()<ni,(*on worlli of files ui*?.* annually im? poi-icd into tin United Stales, und from $3,M]?,MQ . .i;,uii.i,(!:m n.H'th annual!-,* mnnufactmed Inn*, nudyel tbisi tipply, us large as il may appear, iIimi? mu oxco-d, ami indeed often falls to satisfy tho do le.'.ml. Th. waul, of skilled lahm- in this branch of indiiH ry. i*.i!li hfi'o und in I'.ui-'! ', is so great thai it mxes tin- utmost energies of the inaniifac liuers t supply the constantly itHTi a-in;; demanda ?<f !! ? Irmin, and also tonds tu continually en h::ii.-i* thocnsl ?if production. It should bestated here thai in ordinary machino shop-? ii requires a I'd?* of I ho very bunt uinke und quality to last a guild workman one single day, and hut. few liles, in fuel, last so lung. It may ho added that some ?>f the large iron works, as well as the govern lin ni un) railroad machine-shops, use from r-.VMiii:) to SlOO.UUn worth of liles each per innum. mis will explain Ibu enormous consumption of lile.*?, and suhi< ii nily aimwurs the inquiry, what Itecomns uf them nil ? The system of recruiting liles is- practiced I some extent. Rut here again the want of skilled labor is encountered, and oc cusi'itis tliti Haine dilliculty a:i in th?* primary man ufacture -the same process having to be pursued in recruiting as iu making a new lito; aud tho high price charged, together with the fact that I ho liles are lessened in weight and i lie temper ?if tin steel destroyed, renders the process by no mean* si? economical as it would at iirst appear. While the Whipplo I'ile Company, of Providence, pursue:? the noiseless tenor of its way, ami divides qiliotly among its stockholders sixty or eighty per cent, per annum from its profits on the manufacturo of liles, another company, in New York -ill?! llussoll File Company?is doing as neat a thing for tho fortunate who hold its shares, by recruiting und roinaiiufucturing the tons of worn-out ami usoless wlo.1 which, otherwise, would he thrown aside tia "scrap" ste?:l. Uy a proceas exclusively iu the possession of the company, part ly patented ami partly secret,v>ld filos aro renewed, ami made in all respects ctptal to new, in a very few minutes and at comparatively trilling ex pense. Ah many as eight hundred dozen liles have been renovated in a single day by this pro ce.-is, and with a force of only fifty nien. This statement would seem incredible if it wore not vouched for by trustworthy men who have wit nessed the operations of tlio company. Whether this procesa he a profitable one or not, mav easily be inferred from the fact that, after only tfirco or four mouths' work, I ho company has paid the noat littlo dividend of ten per cent, on its capitnl, be sides retaining on hand a surplus suliicient to guarantee a dividend of twice ten per cent, in March, when Ihc next quarterly dividend will ho payable. Thoio certainly would appear to bo some virtue iu old files, if their renovation can be made to pay as well as is indicated by the success of the Russell Tile Company. Tho results of its secret process reminds one* of tho rejuvenating machine which, out of such poor materials as an octogenarian, could make a vigorous young man. and have stock enough left to make a small dog! -? ? ? The joint resolution introduced hy Hon. John A. Biughiim, in the House on Wednesday last, which provides for three amendments of tho Constitu tion, docs not on its face indicate tho purpose of Mr. Dingham in proposing the amendments, nor the necessity which suggests them. Tho object of tho first amendment, which provides for tho repeal of the fifth paragraph of the ninth section of the first a: tide of the Constitution, to wit: "No lax or duty shall ho laid on articles exported from any State," is to enable Congress, by an export duly, Ui compel the European Powers to pay tri bnte upon our productions which thoy must buy, such as cotton, tobacco, ?fcc, and thereby relievo so that extent our own people from tho burdens of taxation. The second amendment proposed declared thai ' no part of any debt or debts contracted in aid ef tho late rebellion, or which may hereafter be con tracted in aid of uny rebellion against the United States, shall ever ho assumed or paid by tho Uni ted States, nor shall any Stato assume or pay any part thereof." This amendment is intended to make repudiation of our war dobt impossible by making it unconstitutional to pay anything for re bellion, either by United States or Stato appro priation. This "being done, no party. North or South, can ever open the question for tho ratifica tion of such an amendment. It is an implied de claration that both tho States and tho nation hold all their resources exclusively to pay the debt of tho Union contracted in its defence. Its ratification will be. an express and solemu condemnation, by all tho people of all the Slides, of treason and 'secession. Tho third and lust amendment declares that the Congress shall have power to make all laws necessary und proper to scoure to all persons, without distinction, in every State of tho Union, eipiul protection in their rights of life, liberty and property. This is intended to .secure equal personal, not political, rights to all persons, without distinction, in every State which is a part of the Republic. It is a healing measure, and a measure of security 1er the future against the calamities aud crimes of the past. - ? ? II? linbolil'-? Highly Coii-eiitri-trtl Con? piiunil Fluid Extract Unt-Iin. Is a Certain and Safo Remedy, pleasant In laatn and odor, mnl iinintidiato in its notion in nil MatMlMia of tlio Madder and Kidneys, Gravel, Dropsy, l'uiinlo Com plaints, Organic Weakness, Obstruction of Trim*, imdall Diseases ?if the Crin.iry Organs, iu every f.irui. whether existing In male or female, and no matter of how Inn? standing. I'or .Mcli.al l'r?ipcrt?L>- ?.f BUCHU, s?e M-p? nsatory of the Clllted Stall!*. se?- Professor Dxwer's valuable wcrka on Ina Practice Bee ratnarka mudo by the late ? .-l.-br.il? ?1 l>r. 1'nvhica. Philadelphia. Bee remark* mail? by i>r. Kriuutn M. I>.?\. em, a ?*i*l cbrutvd t*_> Mclaii mid .Meml??i* ?>f th.? Unyal College of Surgi?os, Ireland, and p iblMlcd IN the Tran -actions of the King and Queen'? Journal. Se* M.dicti-Clilrui/.'i. :d It? vi-w, piihli-bed by l?r.s.i.v Mis Tit?.vi:iiM. lVllow of Boyal i:olli*K??<.f Surgcns. See iiu?l of tbo lat" Stamlar.l Works ?>f Meilioi.i.?. Physician* please notice?/ Make no s>.cr>-t of ? /? . - Mtnt*. _ UelmboMV Concentrated Compound Fluid Exlran or llucliii is ?-?imposed of buchii. e.iihebR, mid jumper l'ir rleM, prepared in vnenu by II. V. HF.l.MUOI.P. and s..|?t at lil. Dm? ami (Jbomlcnl tt'arehouvo. Ko. Mil lirsul way, X. V. X'ATinf.'s rriiMTtiiE?>f the month in lar preferable to 4IIJ- that art can supply. Therefor?*, kwp your l??-lli i-lelil? ami in KUIld repair wilh that toilet ,'fiu, .-"uigruiit Stizodnnt. llriisb them daily with this delicious VOJpt table preparation, and they will not be likely t?> erimi hie or decay. };l CllllSigtll-l't |M_* SoiilH < lll'OlllIU Illllll ?>.??!, Dicviiilifi- 13 nuil 1-1. .'.!?? lia!? - Cnttnii, (" boxea Tnbaeeo, l-'iiriiftiiro and Mi?- "? ibillniaun Urea, VF II aiiUland, .1 I? Brown, t; v. r.-;?i>. a* F Colcuck, (I FfCMb?rgar, u \V Wilii-mis k Co, It .Mum-,- Co, II I, Jt-ir?*rs A: Co, Jennings, Ttioin lin.-?iii k Co, II Cabla k Co. Olbhea ft Co. Hyatt. Mclilir ne.> k Co. II Wind. TKtenhoUHe ft Co. \V O lie?, k to, (! 1. liiiille.iume, Bran* ?V l??*e, K II Holders k Co, UfMSWr ft Smith, J s Olbbo?, Il T Paakn. W U Hutes u c?->, (? \ Keuffor, CahUI .** Co, Hav-iiel ft Co, Le. ft Speuiarr, J M Caklw-ll .v H??:is. .lohn Knurr .t Co, (? Il k .1 O M?n? M He4? a Inaraham, Warctaw ft Caraw, K bjlv. M?.v.rj' t. c?., A Lilly.