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Tuesday Morning-, Joly 18,1866. j ?ichefd ?eadon. j ' ' Th? Charleston correspondent of the New York Herald contains, amidst much personal matter, the following paragraph: ;,v **Mr. ^Jregg ?informe me that Richard Yeadon, Esq., the celebrated laudator of the lamented Everett, and author of a reward of $10,000 for Butler's head, is living in abject poverty at Aiken, S. C. He has taken the oath, and hat repented of tlie act, which he says reo? the most foolish of Ms life-done tr? a moment of delusion." Where the grammar of a writer is so loose, we need not concern ourselves too closely about the value of his fttcts. The reader will see? from this paragraph that Mr. Yeadon has reached the climax of insanity. He has scarcely taken the oath, before he repents of the act. which, he says, "Tas the most foolish of his life clone in a moment of delusion." * If the United States Provost Marshal attaches any importance lo this statement, he will probably proceed to the instant arrest of the deluded man, so quickly repentant of his delusion. It is just possible, however, that the correspondent of the Herald meant to tell us that Yeadon repented of the extravagant offer which he made of $10,000 for the head of Butler. If But Jer's heart were to accompany the head, the bargain would prove fatal to thc pur? chaser. Decidedly, Y"eadon was insane when he made the absurd publication; ? and, as all his friends know, he lias done a thousand such absurd things, in and out of print, under the influence of insanity. Such was his mad apostrophe to Edward Everett; such his purchase of a million of stocks one morning, when he hud to bor? row the money to pay for them; ana such have been-but why enumerate? All Mr. YTeadon s friends-and he hos many, ond deserves, in spite of all his eccentricities, to have many-have been for ten years made conscious, by his extravagances- 1 that he labored under a mental malady of the most remarkable kind; and they waived all exceptions to his conduct, and tolerated frequent rudeness, and bore pa? tiently with intemperate assault, ia consi? deration of this malady. The people of the whole city-nay. State--were more or less fully aware of this malady, which, after enduring in one form, of erluse and enthusiasm almost amounting to madness, suddenly, in the twinkof an eye, changed to its opposite, and become a sullen, apa? thetic melancholy, in which condition his nearest friends would not have been at all surprised at bis suicide. Bating the painful and sometimes offensive exhibi? tions of his malady, in its extreme effects, Mr. Yeadon has always been esteemed as a pure, good, kind-hearted man-doing generous offices for numerous friends and relatives, and liberally dispensing his wealth, at once, in all charitable objects of merit, and in all social enterprises which promised benefit to his cit}'. His hallucinations, however extravagant, were usually harmless, and though frequently painfully annoying to his very best friends, were yet forgiven by those who were least so-as proof ol an erring condition of brain, or blood, or both. In his calmer moments, Mr. Yeadon is sensible o' his disease and of its dangers, and, after con? sulting with seme of the best physicians in this country in regard to it, he, at their advice, visited Europe, that he might ob? tain the diagnosis of the great physicians of Europe. We are very sorry to see it stated, on ' such good authority HB that of Mr. Gregg, that Mr. Yeadon hos lost his fortune. We can hardly persuade ourselves that the report can be true of the abject poverty of his condition. We take for granted that, in his case, as in that of most of the wealthy lowlanders and midlanders of South Carolina, their fortunes are a wreck; but, in the case of h property so magnifi? cent and various as that of Mr. Yeadon, there must surely be enough recovered from the wreck for a moderate support of himself and most interesting family for the rest of his life. Whatever the faults, weaknesses, or eccentricities, of Richard Yeadon, his life has been honorable, his intellect is able, his energies are wonder? ful, his industry not less so, and his whole career has been marked by virtues which the least sympathizing of his fellow-citi? zens have acknowledged. We should be very, very sorry to believe this report of his pecuniary condition. Rev. E. A. Bolles has been appointed Bible Agent for this State and Georgia. , COTTON.-ThyLondon correspondent o? the New York Ihnes *ays that the East was in a fever of> speculation upon cottony when the,war ended. The price of cotton fell one half upon Lee's surrender. Grant's batteries rained min on Bombay.. Eng? land's design to monopolize the production and manufacture of cotton has been frus-. trated. The correspondent remarks: Before the war, England paid ?38,000, OOO a year for cotton, of Which ?24,000, 000 went to the United States. Now for a half supply she pays nearly double the I amonnt-say ?60,000,000. China, Japan and India, from which so much was ex* peeled, are practical failures. The best they can do is to supply limited quantities of an inferior article at double the price. Egypt does a little better, but not enough. If labor can be re-organized in the ?South, so as to produce cotton in former quanti? ties and at former prices, America may again have the monopoly aud supply the world; or by laying a heavy export duty on the raw material, may have a monopoly of the manufacture. Colton was created to clothe the world-negroes were created to raise cotton-the country that has the best soil for raising cotton, the most ne? groes to raise it, and the best skill and machinery to manufacture it, can clothe the world, and make it commercially tri? butary to pay for it. With proper manage? ment, England and France, iu ten years, can be placed farther in the back-ground by this means than by any war, however successful." The steamship ?orro Castle, from Ha? vana on the 1st inst., arrived in New York on the 6tb. Her only news of particular interest is that from Mexico, which repre? sents the progress of events there to be highly favorable to the imperialists. It is claimed that they are steadily advanc? ing in nearly every portion of the country, defeating and scattering the republican troops and securing possession of the prin? cipal important town?. iNow that Presi? dent Juarez, as reported, has been forced to flee from Chihuahua, his capital, the imperial officers are sanguine of soon cap? turing him or compelling him to leave his country. Maximilian has directed his Minister of Public Instruction to see that a system of education for the youth of the country shall be immediately established. He says this is a matter in which the clergy of Mexico have hitherto, unfortu? nately, taken little er no part; but here? after they will have to give attention to it. The anniversary of the landing on Mexican soil of the Emperor and Empress was duly celebrated in a number of towns by balls, illuminations and other ceremo? nies. A TERRIBLE DEATH.-Col. J. II. McClan nahan, late editor of the Memphis Appeal, J has met with a terrible accident, which j resulted in his death. On the morning of Juna 29, he was fouid in the alley in the j rear of the Gayoso House, Memphis. He had some time during the night fallen from the window of his room in the third story of the hotel, and was horribly mangled by the fall. Both arms and both legs were broken, the latter near the knees, his chin crushed, and he was otherwise badly bruised. He was conscious when disco? vered, and, in the intensity of his agony begged them to kill him and put an end to his sufferings. Ho died shortly after. Col. McClannahan was for many years editor of the Memphis Appeal, and accompanied, that paper in its migratory tour through the various Southern States during the late war. The Herald's Yera Cruz correspondent mentions a rumor that the cession to France of the Northern Mexican States of Sonora, Sinoloa and Durango, so long talked of, would finally be consummated in a decree to he issued by Maximilian, about the 1st instant. The Emperor was still on his tour in the interior, and the Empress had left the capital to meet him. They were both well received by the peo? ple wherever they went. Over 1,000 fresh "French soldiers for Maximilian had arrived in Vera Cruz, and passed into the interior, and more were to come. The number of emigrants who arrived in New York from Europe last-week was 5,500, and estimating the value nf each , one to the capital of the country at j $1,600, the week's emigration is worth $8,250,000. The average of money, specie, brought by emigrants this year has been $60 per head, so that the 6,500 emigrants of last week added $330,000 in coin to our stock of specie. Before a month, most of them will be at work, earning wages and producing wealth, paying taxes in the way of taxed goods, and thereby helping to support tho Government and pay the in? terest on the debt. The World's Washington special says the Secretary of the Treasury has pro duced reliable estimates of the cotton West of the Missis'iippi. The figures sub. rcitted to him add about a million bales. Partial returns of the quantity of cotton East of the Mississippi have been received, which estimate that somewhat exceeding a million bales have been made. The Sec? retary is confident of the effect from the exchanges of great value represented by this cotton, which will aid his efforts to restore the currency to a sound basis. FINANCIAL.-Mr. Smith asked in a crowd what the present high price of meat was owing to. "A considerable part of it," responded Mr. F -, "is owing to your butcher-for it is two months since you have paid me anything." PROB MILK CHANUK.- The New York Mercury, of the 3d, publish es a Washing? ton despatch stating that Secretary Stan? ton will leave the cabinet on the 15th, and mentions Preston King as bis probable successor, which will make it necessary for Secretary Seward to retire. The Tri? bune takes occasion to say he long since notified President Johnson of his wish to be relieved of his official duties at the earliest day consistent with the demands of the public service. The thorough bred stallion Don Juan, I ridden by Gen. Custer at the grand review I at Washington in May, is said to have been taken by him for his own use without I compensation. His owner is said to have I afforded undoubted proofs of loyalty, whereupon Secretary Stanton gave an order for the rendition of the animal. He was valued at $9,000. Like action was taken lately in the case of a pair of matched mares, for a year in possession of ; Major Britton, Paymaster's Department. . BEAUTIFUL COMPARISON.-In fan imagin? ary conversation betwe?n Petrarch anjd Boccaccio, from the pen of Walter Savage Landor, there is the fallowing passage. "The damps of autumn sink into the ' leaves, and prepare them for the necessity of the fall; and thus insensibly are we, as years close round us, detached from our tenacity of life by the genial pressure of recorded sorrows." The New Yerk city dog pouud at the foot of Twenty-fifth street, East River, waa opened for the season on the 12th ult., and during the three weeks ending on Monday, 3d, there had been received into it 2,210 dogs, found astray and unmuzzled on the streets. Of these 2,144 were killed, only 66 being reclaimed by their owners. The Toulon experiments with a new infernal machine were referred to in the French Chambers on the 15th, and de1 structive powers of a very high order were claimed for the invention, but were partially discredited by the Minister of Marine. Electricity is said to be the principal agency employed. The object of the Spanish plot recently discovered at Valentia is asserted to have keen the overthrow of the Bourbon dy? nasty in Spain and the union of Spain with Portugal. The name of Gen. Prim, now iu Franee, is mixed up with the scheme. The annual produce of gold in Oregon has been steadily increasing during the last five years. One account makes the shipments from Oregon last year at* from six to eight millions of dollars. Other estimates place it as high "as twelve mil? lions. TUE MITSCOGKK RAILROAD.-The Flint River Bridge, on the Mustogee (Ga.) Rail? road, is completed, and but one small bridge now remains to be finished to make the connection perfect between Macon and Columbus. The trains will be running through in a few day?. Presentations are getting common. The captain of a canal boat "out V- est" baa just been presented with a service-of five years in the penitentiary, in consideration of the distinguished ability with which he plundered a passenger and then kicked him overboard. The Herald1* special says Sterling Price, the rebel Missouri general, will probably go to Mexico and engage in silver mining with his brother-in-law and others, who are extensively interested by tbs purchase of valuable mines in that country*. The Herald's London correspondit re? cently visited the Great Eastern and saw despatches sent through the whole length of the cable. DeSauty, who managed the old cable, comes out on the Great Eastern as chief electrician of the expedition. TUE STONEWALL.-The Spanish Govern? ment proposes issuing orders to the Cap? tain General of Cuba.to deliver to the United States the insurgent ram Stone? wall, now at Havana. Lord Palmerston, it is stated, will retire from public life as soon as the pending appeal to the country is fin ?shed. His in? creasing infirmities and failing health are the reasons alleged for his retirement. ? petition is circulating through Minne? sota, to the next Legislature, in favor of woman's suffrage. One of the reasons stated for it is, that it would tend to im? part a refining influence in our politics. The Tribune's special says reporta have been rife of a feeling of disaffection among the troops formerly of the army of the Potomac, which threatens to create a dis turbance unless averted by necessary mea? sures. Secretary Welles has issued an order reducing the navy from a war to a peace establishment. He think; this will reduce the navy from 65,000 men to 12,000 or 15,000. A petition from the Italian press to Pre? sident Johnson, begging him to accord a general amnesty to all the rebels, without distinction, is published in the Count Ca? vour, a Turin newspaper. Rear Admiral Dupont has bequeathed $175,000, the amonnt of his prize money, to establish a new asylum in Washington for the orphans of soldier! and sailors. Clement C. Clay has been allowed, under guard, to emerge from his dungeon and take the air for half aa hour. His health suffers frem confinement. . Bushwhacking is still continued, as a profitable exercise, in the upper parts of the State of Alabama, especially between Tuscurnbia ?nd Tuscaloosa. Local Itoma. . EXCHANGE BANK.-At a meeting of tb? Board of Directors, held yesterday morn? ing, the resignation of Alex, Laughlin, 1 ?sq., was accepted, and Henry E. Scott, Esq., was unanimously elected Cashier. MEM.-Prentice (Louisville Journal) says: "Never buy goods of thone who don't advertise. They sell so little that they have to sell dear." FRESH STOCKS.-We call the reader's attention to the large and various stock just advertised by Mr. Melvin M. Cohen. It will be seen from hts advertisement that he must have canvassed Charleston thoroughly, and indirectly. New York, for the accumulation of so large a variety. He announces his purpose to sell cheaply, in order, volii subito, to turn over quickly; and he is wise. A swift penny is better than a slow shilling. Monday dawned upon us with quite an autumnal aspect. The winds were quite Septemberish, free and lively, with just enough of Northing in them to reconcile us to the thickness of Con federate igrey trousers. But we capnot hope for this temperature long. The weather is unset? tled; the skies are still turbid, and alto? gether the season is as capricious as a pretty damsel who has been spoiled by a crowd of dull lovers in her train-insolent to all the masculine gender because of the sorry specimens she happens to know. The following is a list of letters at the office of Zealy, Scott <fc Bruns: John Agnew, James Adams, (2.) John Alexander, G S Bower. John Crawford, T W Dawson, Henry W Dicks, John English, H W Fielden, J S Fairlev, A Huguenin, Mrs L E Myers, Mrs C B Park, Miss A C Park, F W Pape. C P Pelham, Mrs J Ring gold, W LTurner, Mrs L II Rives, Mother Superior. Miss T Stocker, Miss Annie Wil? liams, W II Walker, T C Veal, Peter Pe? terson, Mrs J H Ancrum. TrtE LAST SPLURGE OF A REBEL SYMPATHIZER.-Mr. Roebuck, M. P., addressed a turbulent meeting of his constituents at Sheffield on the 9th ult., and made the following allusion to American affairs: I say I am as opposed to slavery as you-[hear, hear]-hut there are many ways of fretting rid of slavery. One is to get rici of the slave. That is being done at the present moment. They are dying bv hundreds of thou? sands. ['Where?'"and 'Np.'] I then said, and I say now, that the best way of emancipating the slaves was to do it gradually and carefully; to fit them for freedom, and by that means not to incur the horrible guilt of killing many millions of your fellow men. [Laugh? ter.] That is all I need say about America. ['How about recognizing the South?'] I am quite sure that if the South had been recognized great good would have been done. [Cheers.] In the first place, the arrogant, the everbearing, and great republic o? America would have been split in two-[cheers and a hiss]-and for the safety of Europe that is required. ['No.'] You have not played out the play yet, my good fellow. [Laughter.] By-and-by you will see what will be the result, and I say that my policy was a wise policy. It was not ac? cepted by the great council of the nation; and what did I do? When I found that the .House of Commons was resolved not to acknowledge the South, I held roy tongue about the matter. [Cheers, and a cry of' Good.'] I have never mixed in a debate about America eince. I felt that in that great assembly every word' peals throughout the world, and that every word I utter, insignificant as I may be, will sound as a trumpet to all mano kind. I did not speak; I accepted th? decision of the House of Commons; I thought-I think it wrong, and I hope my country may not find that I was right. [Cheers.] The Government is rapidly returning to their homes in the South the rebel prison? ers of war, and all of them, excepting those who prefer remaining at the North, will soon be back in their native States. The steamers Salvor and Idaho, together canying 900 liberated rebel soldiers from Newport's News and Point Lookout, des? tined for Chahleston, Savannah and Mo? bile, passed Fortress Monroe on the 3d instant. Altogether 42,800 recently impri? soned rebel soldiers have been discharged under the recent War Department orders for that purpose. The deaths by the war are estimated at half a million in round numbers. Perhaps another half a million will represent those who are maimed or diseased fer Hf?. Safeguards for Pardon. ' ? The following circular letter of th? Attorney-General is issued to the several Provisional Governors of the Southern States: After consultation rtith the Presi? dent, I desire to call your attention to, and ask your co-operation, in cases arising under the proclamation of am? nesty and pardon of May 29. "While the administration desire? to make the operation of that instrument as gene? ral as possible, it is obvious that great dangers are to be apprehended from a loose or indiscriminate exercise of clemency. In order, therefore, to protect your State and the General Government from the evils resulting from such use of the President's pardoning power, I desire to refer to you hereafter, the applications for pardon, made io pursuance of that proclamation, by citizens of your State, in relation to which this de? partment lacks ir formation, and to ask from you a report in each case as to the propriety of granting the clemency iuvoked. The special points on which information ie desired are: First, is thc -petitioner, from such information as you can -obtain, like-y to he a peaceful and useful citizen in the - future? Second, have any proceedings been instituted against his property under the confiscation act? Third, is any property ? belonging to him now in possession of the United States authorities as abandoned properly or otherwise? In cases where reference is made to you, all the papers on file in this office will be sent to you for your informa ?on, and it is earnestly desired that you will give them a prompt and careful attention, and return them with your repot:. The President desired these cases referred to you for two objects: First, to do away as far as may he possible with any risk of granting pardons to disloyal or other wise improper persons, and especially to such persons as from previous con? duct and character are n?t to be trust? ed with the control of that class which has been happily converted, by rebel? lion and war, from slavery to freedom, thand to which e Government looks in the not far distant future for sup? port, and from intelligent and loyal citizens. Second, the President de? sires to strengthen your banda in the reorganization of society in your State by every means constitutionally belonging to him. To you primarily, he. looks for the support of law and order in your State, and/or the insti? tution of such measures as will, at the earliest day possible, place her in pro? per relations with the Federal Union, and thus restore her- to all the bless? ings of a Government which we proudly think to be as strong as it is merciful. The United States District Attorneys are instructed to render such assistance as may be necessary in the matter. A NEW ORGANIZATION OF PARTIES. From the violent, threatening course of the leading Northern abolition radicals in reference to negro suffrage, we look, during the coming long ses? sions of the new Congress, for a spht in the Republican party, and the organization of a new administration party, from the moderate men of all parties. The war democracy of the North are ready, and the steadfast loyalists and honestly repenting rebels of the South are ready for this move? ment. It is a combination which, if rightly started, will be apt to control the affairs of this country for the next 5fty years; but to be homogeneous and successful, all those old Southern se? cession fire eater? must be shut out, ind all such Northern democratic beretics and disorganizes as the Val landighams, the Seymours, the Woods, :he Brookses, and all their tribe of pestilent copperbeds. In this move? ment for the future, let Southern ?ebel fire eaters, Northern copperhead eaders and abolition fanaties, all be packed off to Coventry, and we shall lave a new national eemocratic or? ganization that will control the next Presidncy.-New York Herald. James T. Andrew, of Montgomery, has >een sentenced by a military commission o ten years confinement in Fort Picken*, florida, for killing a negro A lar .re nura )er of negroes are ajso despatched to th? tame dungeon, sentenced to a similar lurette, a