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COLUMBIA. Wednesday Morning-, Aug. 9j 1865. The New York Times, of thc 28th ultimo, devotes a column of editorial comments to the snbject of ibo "Mu? tual respect between North and j South." It says it is a noteworthy fact, that there lias not been a time in this generation when the language of the North and South toward each other has been so respectful and con? siderate as since tho close of the war. This cessation of thc Iaiuraase of acrimonious bitterness, between i the two sections is attributed by tiie Times chiefly to "tia1 mutual ; respect generated by the war." It i says "the old Northern notion that 1 the South had degenerated into a race of domineering, pusillanimous ?bins- j terers and braggarts, and the old Southern notion thal the North had lost every ejpment of manhood in the passion for gain, and would submit to anything rather than light, haw both been thoroughly annihilated. The tug of war for four years has shown the md stuft of men on both sides of Mason's and Dixon's-has proved that there is no essential difFcrence^&r .cou? rage or fortitude, or any of the high qualities which nuke ufjt tho real {stamina of a people. It has been brought home to the sonso of every person in the land,-.that the dwellers in (ho North and the dwellers in the South have tho same blood, and that no finer exists, it would be morally impossible that a struggle maintained with such (.embie" tenacity should fail to infuse respect into tho soul of each adversary, or that such respect should cease and its hot passions pass away." The Timi ? attributes this effect in part, also, to "the removal oj the old root of bitterness-shivery." GOLD INTEREST.- Tue Nashville Daily B,ress a.'d Timi? says: "The annual interest on the pal ?lie debt that is payable in gold, amounts to fifty eight millions of dollars. The receipts from customs, in gold, ki New York, during " the fiscal year just ended, reached eighty-six millions-thus showing that the Government has hud a sari dus of gold over its wants to meet the interest. The receipts from customs during the present year will undoubtedly be much greater. The average djitypaid upon thc imports of last year was forty-four per cont." BLIND TOM.-The interesting case, which for some weeks bas been pro? gressing in the Courts ?it Cincinnati, has at length terminated. A decision in favor of (he defendant, Gen. Be? thune, was rendered, and ?Hind Tom ,is to remain with his former owner and natural protector. TEXAS.-The Calveston correspond? ent of the Times says there is a reign of terror in the interior of Texas. murders ?md robberies prevailing to a terrible extent. He denies the report that Kirby Smith and Magruder en? tered into cptton speculations. They both had to borrow money to go to Mexico with. Thc Queen of Spuili has grunted tn a Spanish-Franco Company, the right fccP??y down a submarine cable from thc island ot' Cuba to Porto Rico, and from Porto Rico to Saint Thomas, thc eo:lst of the United States, the isfhmus of Pim.:tua. and "Mexico. That com? pany is to submit to the Spanish Go? vernment a plan of tim lines along which the cable will be established, thc cable and apparatus to be used iu the operation, as well as t?a? rules mir regulation . of the telegraphic service. The Government will reserve to itseli the right to modify or approve tht aforesaid plans, decide as to the re? spective rights of the company and o: the State, and determine whether o] not the telegraphic hues will be trev tri public adjudication. The mail ear containing the South ern mail was precipitated into tin North Uiver, ou Saturday morning by the carelessness ot some of th< railro.d employees. The mail was sifter considerable trouble, recovered bul in ?i very dut,ip condition. The Largest Ham Afloat Tho iron-clad ram Dunderherg was launched at Now York on Saturday. We? cop y from thc Krpress tho foi! >\v ing description of this remarkable vessel : The. Donderberg is- an iron-clad fri? gate ram of 7,000 tons displacement, and was constructed especially for sea? going purposes. She has two engines of 5,000*aefchal horse-power, and her contract! calls for a speed of fifteen knob; per hour, ordinary steaming. Her armament will consist of four 15 inch Rodmaus, and from twelve to fourteen. 11-iv.ch Dahlgren guns. It is not withiu the limits of an ordinary newspaper article to give such a de? tailed description of this vessel as her i magnitude and importance would seem to demand, but we will endeavor briefly to give some of the main fea tuivs of this great and powerful ship. ?The prineipid dimoiisipns of the hull ? ave as follows: Length, ."ISO feet ? i inches; beam, 72 foid lOinches; depth [ of hold, 22 feet 7 inches: heiglut of i casemate inside, 7 Conti) inches: length of ram bow, 50 feet, lier dealt, when ready for sea, will bc 21 feet. Her displacement is 7,000 tons. Register? ed tonuage, 5,000 tons. Hey iron ar.nor v?ill weigh about 1,00!) fons, j She lins six main and two donkey i boders; tho main boilers are 13 feet j deep? 1" fee! ti inches i:i hf right, and 21 feet 5 inches trout, and together j weigh about -l'ai tous. The boiler .surface Ls "30,000 feet; the grate surface ' l,2t)0 feet. The condensing surface is j 12,000 square feet. The engines are horizontal back action condensing, i with two ?-100-iuch cylinders and 45 j inch strike of piston. The propeller j is 21 feet in diameter, and lias a vary I ing pitch of from 27 to 30 feet, and i weighs 34,580 pounds. The coal bunkers will accommodate l.OtH) tons rof coal, suilicicnt for ten to fifteen days" steaming. The Dunderbcrg was built hy W. II. Webb, Es(j., under the general supervision of Rear Admiral F. II. Gregory, IT. S. N. The engines werf built by doini Roach ?fe Son. afc tho iEtaia Iron Works, foot of Rivington street, in this city, ?nd are a model oi beauly and si rongth. They have boo!) I pronounced by a Roard of Naval En J giuoers. who hive ree ".illy inspecte! i them by special ord -rs of i V Nuv. ! Department, to be thc best pairo J engines in the country. Mr. K.ustu: : \V. Smith is the-? ^i'ait.ing ae.d super ; intending engine -i" u the part of Mr j Web!), Mr. Thomas Td uti ?m behalf <> I the /Etna [ron Works. Chief En : gineer YY. W. W. Wood. U. S. N. as .isisted by Assistant Engineer W. K ! Pierce, have rendered valuable servie* I in perfecting these engines, and b> gether these distinguished engineer i Ita ve produced a pair of eugi lies wilie: ! have no rival in this country ar th j present day. I The Dundei'borg is the abridgtuen of Mr. Webb's ideas, which were pic p:?red before iii-' monitors made (hoi advent among tin- na e.:! vessels. ?Thi great ship combines all the experience skid and mechanical ingenuity of th distinguished naval architect who I'm nished the General Admiral to th Russian navy, the Re d Italia and th Re lion Luigi di Portugallo to th Italian navy, and tho little Harrie Lane to our own service. The plan <: the Dunderherg is now and novel, an thc results promised by Air. Web will nia!;e her the greatest sea-go: it. iron-clad ram afloat. Her floor is tja i and her sides angular, and her lin? are such that, she must be 'a iy easy ' its -awav so easy, in fact, that, in ii probability, she. will be able to li? tter guns whim other"vessels would 1 rocking fearfully. The casemate! which surmomits tl hull is pierced for twenty-one gun and is a marve! of strength and room ness. It? Sides slope inward at a angle of 35 degrees, suliioicnt, it i believed, to i^ed shot with ? ase a; certainty. Ws sides are over thn feet ia thickness, covered over wit slates of hammered iron, nine fe . long, twenty-eight inches wide ai ? four and a half inches ia thickucs These slabs are fastened to the lvo< . work by means of heavy screw boll ; then' being no nuts or bolt heads i , side to be Hying around in actio i killing or wounding men. I The peculiar construction of t? hull makes her, as it were, two vessel t' che space bet varen the inner and t ? outer ship being used as coal bunkoi - and at tho same time serving as ; f additioiial*protcctioii to the outhit ; boilers and, in fact, the ship propi ? Ono. enormous keel and six keelsa strengthen the ship fore and aft, a aid in sustaining the great weight - the armored* casemate and batte: : j Ihilklteads, dividing the ship ni s , tioiis, gi\?- additional streng; i a . i guarantee safety in event of stn. idu , collision or running down by an an , gomst, i The ram ?H a part of thc ship its?. o c-n-ajT WIH?HI ?Mii3iLiitBBM|-inriiiiir n?M.?i*i and is not bolted pr fastened on as is usually tue case, bnt is an extensi?n of tile bow, which for OTCT fifty foot is a stiliil, firm mass ot' limber. This" is covered over with a heavy wrought Ir-on armor, a nd forms a beak terrible to look at by an, enemy against whom it is directed.^ Driven at a high raU? of speed, this fiinnitlable instruinsnt would pierce through tho stroag2.st i known sai-? in existeucc. Great caro has bren taken to fur .?ah ! fclie O??'.-.TS and men with coniniodioas | and well-ventilated fjuart-'rs. Every appliance which shill cad oxporionr-?o i eau ?lieferte, lias been in mit 'stod in | carrying <>ut this ??art of her construe- I tioa'. arid viten the vessel is completed, I slie vail I?'* nnoiju&llod in ibis ivspeet. j The Captain's cabin is to be situated in the after parto" tho casemate, and j the other oititvrs viii have anit'l^c- | coniuioda fions 014 the a -xt." deck oe- j low. Four large bh>v.*u\s will furnish 1 a full and fret? ein alatiou of air when | in action. Th . armor on the sale of j the vessel is 3'.j inches thick, and | placed on vertically in slabs from 12 to 15 feet in length, and 3 feet wide, screw bolted. The pilot-house is of iron, placod upon the forward part of tho casemate, and is sis feet in ?liana?- | ter. seven ft .vt high and ten inches in j thickness, and is pierced with L?-?oj> holes eonimanding a \ icw of thc entire I horizon. Tho propeller and two rudders arr ] rotaeted hy a shell which extends out aft, firmly braoou .nd secured t.i tlc stern and sides. She has ftne rudder en ninon to all shins, and a spare one located above and forward of the hugo propeller, so that in case thc? m?dn ono is da.? a a-vd, the sparc one eau bo instantly put in use. The PundcrhtTg is brig-rigged, and provitleil with . large' anchors and cumins, and a new windlass of great pow; r and speed. 'kite machinery of this ship reflects '?^...at credit no-m Messrs. John Lloaeh jfc Son, the builders, and we may bo proud of them as Americans. They show to th?- york! that we are not de? pendent noon any nation for large I engine work. AV?- have given above tilt: prir.'-ipal diuiensions of the boilers ? mid engines. The cylinders are placed I .on tho starboard side of tin? sin]), side j bv side. The condenser is one of I Allons patent. 10 feet wide, 2H foot j baie:, and ? feet d?vp. The engine? i will mak" !??> re.volutions per minute, i with 25 poe.: ii ts oi ste i n. The pron'?kr's shaft is II? feet in , length, and IS inches in diamet'T, and I rests on bair main journals. The air. ; circulating and condensing pumn:-: ! work iadopeudentlv. ! T?nt frosh water, for drinking and 1 enllitarv purposes, is made bv on . of j Non sa, ? dy's distilling apparatus, a ol I is captibk? of furnishing 2. ?.''..) gallons ! of cold frosh water daily. Th" boilers j and engines cost over a hal? .nilli.>:: of ! .h.liars. DisTTmnANCT's.-On Sand.'y aftor : noon, fe:ir soldi;of the 54th Mass : i chusetts were arrested and brought to j the police ollie.", ch ir rod wi lit break? ing into ?1 house on Vernon sta.--: and ! boating the lady occupant, Mrs. M. A. (burgle. Thev also threatem-1 to take j the life ?>!' a gentleman who interfered, i ft ai ?peal's that the soldiers first a k ; ed shelter from the raitt, cud wer?' ad 'i nutted uut.il 1 he si: . ... - 1; was over. The ! faintly yere t afc-' e; tiki e.. r at tho tim j and the soldiers ? \\-:? ??. ir.g a de.dre ! for something to eat. 1 v were given i such as was Laen in tim house. ;i [n return for this kindness and for . some fancied injury or insult after ; leaving, they comm. ?need breaking in ' i the ?loor, and one of tho partv seizing ' ; hold <>f tho brolien panel, beat Mrs. j Gurgle over tho heath knocking her scie,'. less, a ml a !'ti'rv* ? i is commenced ? ! to demolish tin; furniture. They vere ? j stopped in their proceedings by tjie 1 arrival of the gmt rd, i?> whom, after ; soai?? dil'tieulty, they surr.-ndered. i Their eases will ? come before thc ' Provost .Marshal this morning. 1 On Saturday morning, private Thos. M Kewark? of tin? 47th Pennsylvania. ' i while 011 police duty al ?.he corner of . J Calhoun and Mooting streets, was ? .struck in tho head by a brickbat, > J thrown by a colored man, and severe - ly injured. Private Kowark at thc . time was endeavoring t<> arresl snit? colored men who were carrying clubs, :> and had been creating sonic disturb . j ance on Citadel Green. The oll'endei '? was arrested and committed to jail. > I ( 'hurl a/on Courier. Tie Tfur/ht^a special says the mimi .. cipa election at Fnalerickshnrg, Va. s resulted in success to tho bitteres' 1 I secessionists, lt*ia understood tim .f I Mosby int.'inls to iv.turu.and beeom. . I a candidate for Congress in hisdistrict ---~r d The Missor.r'i papers teem witl j, "outrages" 01 :U1 kinds, perpetrate, i in various parts of tho State. Law lessn?iss and violence are the order o f. ! thc day. The Fashions. As. a relief from the monotony of commercial reading matter, to the col? lection of which we have to devote most of our time, and to which most of our space is dedicated, WP have de? termined, at times, to publish such, articles and notices on fashions as we may deem of interest. We ate too ardent an admirer of good looks and that which enhances beauty-dress-to yield to the ideas oi ol? fogyism, and throw aside, aa unworthy of an editor's notice, the fermions of the day. riere aro the latest fashions in Paris: Skirts cf gray colored or black taf? fetas ware elegantly looped up over either clack cr bright colored under skirts, while the paletots nearly tight fitting to the fijrure, were trimmed with the shade cf th? petticoat, and profusely ornamented in several cases with steel beads and eccentric buttons of enormous size. Black tulle bon? net?, spangled with silver cr steel, were the order of thc day. But the continuance of the "neal- has already discarded these, and made way for whit tulle, mauve tulle, and paille de riz bonnets. These- arc trimmed in a variety ot ways, but almost all have a tight 'knot with ends o? tulle at the back cr a sort of floating veil of the , same material, which produces a very . i pretty effect. A var?en o? new mate- j ? i ?als have come out for the- Spring anti j I Summer, amid which gauzes do Cham- ? I berry retain their favor for evening j ? costumes. Muslins are made up with | scarfs of the same, and even with! shawls trimmed with. lace. Thc. dresses ure mad-; immensely j full ct the bottom, but narrow over ' ULO h.ps. are much It-zs trimmed ai the ? lower part; and sher: ^Bfcts, with j basque j or coat tails, are rabie than j ever worn, with either silk or ?..ney j material There never was, in fact, j a season when so lunch latitude waa j left to individual taste and fancy, so thai: fancy managed to create some- ] thine- now and eccentric The same ' thin." may bo appia.il to thc style of I dre sir.-- tin.-hap:, which is fantastic | as well sis varied., But. ag a rule, thc ? back hair is beginning to be worn J higher on thc head: and if thc- chignon is stiil worn it is narrower, and does not fall on the shoulders. Curls, however, are mere in laver, and th-; I quantity of ail-o hair added to the I human head ? ; pe'.'j'ectly marvellous an 1 shameless, thia is such un ac j knowiedged fact that there is no con? cealment on rh-- sulvjcoi,. We have I mu arrived ai we. ring parti-colored I v'ti-jibut se.eli .i thing would not : surprise me, die. the. fashion itiLxcduce j it. Steel spangle.! not'., with ste? 1 j combs, or pins, ure. vcr;." mach worn, ; nod have a pretty effect in the h:#r. j Many yean: a ...?.>, a most magnificent j building w .-. . looted at the corn v of j -afth Avi nue und Forty-fourth street, ?by Towio-e.id, ' the great sarsaparilla i tuan, which has shv*'> that time been known as the hands Land costliest private residence i i New Vork. It waa; o:i - ol' tho .'sights" which stran? gers, (specially Southerners, never failed :.> examine and admire. It continued a private chapel in the Oothi" style of ar: id lecture, a music room, bowling abey, and in fact qye ry!liing that ingenuity could devise or j p.ninev procure. What will your rond evs-saywhen 1 tell them that Stewart (the dry goods ?nan: purchased the house, and immediately ? occupied it? No! [inproved on it? No! but pulled it .Iowa, levelled it to its foundation, till no! a brick w^s left standing. The great morehan! prince ?lid not relish tile idea of taking at .second hand winn . the sarsaparilla man had so long been proprietor of, bul on the site of the old building is raising a palana! man? sion, compared with which the other was a rudely shaped kitchen. The material is white maible. The style of architecture will J?-,on the first story Corinthia?, on tho ac, .uni and third a mixture of the Ionic with the former. The entire cost of the build? ing will probably not fall far short of one million and a half dolla rt!. . " " [Cor. C/itO'lesfo/t Courier. , Tin: CHICAGO Laue Tr\-:;r.T, - The . mammoth crib which is to be the lake terminus of this tttimel, has just been . sunk about two miles from the shore, . from which distance the water to supply the city will be taken. Thc tunnel can soon be operated from both ends, which will farther the progress - of the work now about sevciiteeu . feet per day. The distance out in the t lake timi the workmen have reached t is 3,20(3 feet. Its cost wfll not be less 1 than two million-? of dollars; thougr . less than one-iourth the sum was tn'. original estimate. 1 I Mrs. Ross, the wife cf the Ho:: - John Ross, Chief of the Cheroket f Nation, ched at har residence in Phila delphia en Thursday, Local Items. Wc are indebted t.o Mr. .1. \V. Ward, of tho Orangeburg and Coiarabia Express imc, fui a copj- or tho Charleston Courier, of the 7th. A Goot> PAPER.-Persons wishing to sub? scribe to either a pood business cr family paper, would do weil to notice the advi r;is. ment of the New Vor'.; ??". ir*, publish* <i in another column. Messrs. Zeal'.-. Scott a li: ai:.-; advertise butter and lard at <i't cents a pound, .nid bacon at SO. It'their other j.-iod- .re at comparatively low rates, their c-tf.bliali nient may emphatically b" teri:.ed the "cheap storv.'' T~ CotuMEiA GAS COMPANY. -- ". i.i^ com? pany, wc arc pleased to state, have g?? . to work with a will to repair the damage done 11 their workn, and we are inf..?-ne d by the Secretary that, although much is tobe done, they expect z~> supply thc city with gas ey the 1st of October. They deserve great credit for their energy. The attention of ti.-, stockholders is called to a notice in au . itiier column. We have just rtce.red from* the publish? ers, T. E. Peterson .fe Brothers. Philadel? phia, a complete, unabridged and graphic account o? the trial, conviction and execu? tion ot the assassins rrjd conspirators, at Washington, for thc murder of President "Lin?ela. It is a verbatim report, of the t : i iimony cf all tho witnesses examined in tho ivied ? tr;-], wirti thc argument ol' Rev? ray ?iehuson on the jurisdiction of the comm?s ai.-ai. and all tho arguments of counsel-sn both aides, with the closing iirgiuu?'nr' of Hcu. John A.. Bingham, Special judge A.t voeai--. as v,-..',1 aa tko verdie! of the military commission a:sd tia- President's approval of thc saan . wirti bia olVieiai order forth? exe? cution and full particulars ia relation to tho < i-id. rn;., d'?ni thc time "of their having ta. ir svnteuci s of condemnation reiol to them by Maj. (Ira. liane? cl, outil thc mo? ment nf xii' ir ? .o ....nt ion. wiin .-... nea ??u tb." scaffold, . L.-.-, with a sk.-fch of ike ??ie ? fall .afor.5, and portraits and illmitra .i::-;.- id the pr % -ii?::! person, and to the mnrderaml the trial, i of interest not, tobe found ; irk of tho kind published. i?i pr ear>.d un Ibo spot by rreat?'?ud .v.d reporters PhilajlehiUia'Daily Inquirer, for this i. i*rie< '..!':;.' cunts a copy, ?.- a tiiier ilene, hound in cloth. />.:. I bo sent five nt" postage, ..-ceipt of the price by the t ii< th .'.c. nerf r.-lat etc., ""ll ti if >;? anv othi Ike who)- ! thc saoenil of Ul edition in < Sl.f<n. Cop tu ai!; pla? puhli . ?mrs. NEV: il! . !: ic. rarrist: I Uowiaj ;lb:n adv .-ri A ?.?'st t: .:.! 'omi m : :i .<. Ye*! ii i... li in ? uianil At:ou.!'.:i is called ' s-.-int-r.ts, which are ne this morling: ; - .-Vs.ie.-: memt. i ? )r.'.. iv: Ne. .). "lLsid.-;m?." -Bonds WatdeiJ. a C-.>tuiauaicauon. SicSe. P ?at ot The ?j:*eo.t iiili-ov.'tiit-rs aro be.irin iiing to co] '. atti what ..pm.itily o: .". c.ton they .viii receive from rho 'Cut' M\ St.de and thc ora-.-. Opi? nions aro far from being utia:iimons cn the suhjv't. Some believe tli.it even ir the :i.ant itv received from Americabe JV large, that sent. lr.on ol her ?marter: will be sufficient for the consumption, md that the pri?e .viii be moderate. Others calculate tliat al: tho cotton .-ni io Europe for some vc ara t<> ? cainwill not be sufficient for the consnmpi >n. They saythateven at present thc United States have not much to di ;.-"'' el", and lt is merecer very naeertaii whether the Soutliern planters ?-a:i l ld the means, or whe? ther tim nee, )< ; now emancipated will ar.sist in the cultivation of tho land. There ; a regular demand for cotton at Hate, and prices are linn. Sor.TTi-iF.KN ijriX'iiEvrs.- AU the re? straints awd Jseonrug.'inents of fac? tious malice tum ol keep down the irrepressible lilieii ts of Southern pro? ductions. Orme"tenth of this month the port ?d' Nj.' Orleans shipped two thousand live juidred bales ot cotton, and on tie' ijy following two t!io ? sand two hunrocl bales! Here i-, in two day.;, an addition to the vea!, resources of I . public credit to tho arnot at of sbor .seven hundred thou? sand dollars' i gold! An enlightened liberality in -a lin g with l he social and poiiti.'-id inditiou of the South would bring .t frt?nl thad abundant region sacii inmenso volumes of wealth thai i a w ry short time the people, who iv suffer here from the drawbacks ot . degraded circulating medium, won enjoy once more tho prosperity ass dated with hard, cur? rency.-New- >rk Daily 27eia-. "Perpetual otion" has at length ? been invente*: A correspondent of i the Scientific American, at Nelson, 5 2Tevr Zealand cys the inventor hr. a had a clock or dy ~o;r.~ in hi? h ono? for thc last J : sen month? without . being rouchel and there * . -. ms no s reason why it tould not cent into ns - long as thc nr .'hil v LU \ c r. A fast, j ag-? th;3!