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COLUMBIA. Thnraday MoniingjJUg 'g-t-186 New "Vorlt Paper?. We are indebted to the kind attel tions^of Mr. Edward Hope for copi? of the New York Herald and Time of the 10th inst, from both of whie extracts will be fourni in this day Phoenix. Mr. Hope is welcome back, though we regret to percen that the dissipations of 'New Ypr have somewhat told on his persoi * He docs not exhibit tho same degre of elasticity which he had acquired i tho purer atmosphere bf Coluinbi?i but we have no doubt that it few day at home will renovate his frame an restore the colors to Iiis cheeks. Of the great cable, the Herald say? "Additional discouraging news i: reference to the Atlantic telograp] cable has reached, us. The sehoonei First.Fruit, which arrived at Harbo Grace, Newf?mndlan?l, on Monday o this week, communicated with th steamship Great Kastern and her eon sort, the Terrible, on th*- 6th inst The cable parted on the 2?l inst, at t point about six hundred miles froD the Newfoundland coast, 'a^id a beaeoi buoy had b?en anchored where jt wa last seen. Up to the 6th inst., tb telegraphic, fleet was still in the vici . nity, with hopes of hoing able t< recover the cable, renew the connec? tion* and continue the work of laying but it does not appear that full conn dence of success was entertained." There is a money pani?: in Wal street. President Johnson has com menced the work of decapitating officials who have busied thoniselvei in political opposition. Another terrible railroad accident, on tho Hbusatonic Railroad, kill??; ten persons' outright and mortally wounded seventeen more. A new opera house is projected iu New York. . IMrd's theatre, at Washington, is being converted into a depository foi * the archives of the late Southern Con. ri . iederacy. It is decided to try President Davis by a regular jury--so the TTeratdUAh us-but wc doubt if he will be tried at all. Thc time for any vindictive prosecution has gone by. There is *no en?I to the catalogue of crim^, as reported in thc Northern papers. New moiles of iniquity seem to be invented daily. Tremendous forgeries on well knbwn firms in New York, involving the loss of millions, have been dis? covered. Edward Ketchuni, the s?>n of Morris Ketchuni, was th? dextrous .operator. Ketchnmisnota bad name for such a genius. The directive catch ems are after him. He has made '. # oif with a bushel of greenbacks, to .say nothing of solid met^s. We gi ve up our paper to-day to a great variety of selections from North . ern papers, wh?eh the reader will find of interest or importance. . A planter from the parish of St. Charles, who considers himself fully posted on tho cotton statistics, in? forms the New Orleans Times that there never were over 400,000 bales of e. itton raised any season west of the l?is?ssippi. He thinks that there v.TO nearly 31)0,000 bales between the Mississippi and the Rio Grande when Kirby Smith surrendered, and that 40,000 bales will b?* added by this year's crop. Of tim old crop a great deal has already been hurried to mar? ket, and the new crop as well as the old wdl be entirely cleared out of the country before the 1st of March next. With the limited stock on hand and the crdp prospects now before us, he thiuks sixty or seventy cents per pound will be the prevailing-price in January next. PARDONS.-The applications of many ci tizeos of Richmond has been ap? proved by the Attorney-General, but tue instances in whim tho pardons have boen actually signed'and deli? vered are rare. We know of but three weli-authenticated casos. Thefe^ire so-u . noisy politicians who go about bragj?ing that Vtnay have their pardons "rn their pocket*," but implicit cre .deuce is '?ot giveu to their statements. . [Richmond Republic, lifh. A ' Tornado. Last "Weclnesdaj evening, the close of a day m?morable in Chicago for its extreme and unprecedented darkness and rain, the city was visited by a fu-, rious tornado of wind, the moat terri? ble and devastating ever know? in tho West. The track of the whirlwind? was Westward, and it spared nothing in its course. Commencing about a mile and a lndf West of Notre Dame University, which is situated about a,, mile from the city, it passed Westward^ spending its fury, as near as can be ascertained, about ten miles \Vost of South Bend,' in a straight line. . The track of the tornado was over two hundred yards wide. It swept through <, the busincssoeenb'e of the place, de? molishing or seriously damaging near? ly every building and structtrre in its course. The roofs and chimneys of substan? tial edifices were swept away like straw, and many frame buildings were totally destroyed. Trees, shrtfAbery, fences and out-houses wen; torn to atoms, and swept away before the gate, on the wings of the wind. Nothing in the course of the enraged elements was saved. The solid waHs of brick blocks seemed to offer no more resistance to it than the barns and temporary struc? tures. Wherever a grove or piece of woods lay in the route of the tempes*!., the stalwart oaks and maples wem prostrated like saplings in the hands of a giant, leaving a road as eveji as if cut by the woodman's axe. From Notre Dame University, to the* East of which the vhirl'wind com? menced, the grourffl ..s gradually slop? ing toward Jim town proper. There are very few, if any. buildings of note from there* to the city, the highway leading through the fine groves ami well-cultivated farm lands which mostly belong to the college. This was fortunate, ns the fury of the gale was probably spent in pasfsng over this portion of its route. road from the Notre Dame crosses the St. Joseph Uiver some distance from the business portion of the place. At tho head of the long list of losses by the furious gale, stands tho bridge over the St. joseph River, which was a massive structure, 3()0 feet in length, spanning the river like an immense culvert from shore ?o- shore. The bridge was wide enough for te^ms "to pass each other with ease, lt wa/; a covered structure, the original " cost boing upwards of $24,000. This im? mense work was swept away like a . rope of sand, its different sections and ruins being plunged iuto tho swollen river. The loss of this bridge is almost a fatal blow to South Rend, as it is the only one leading from the depot to the University, which commences its fall term in*a few days. The many hundred pupils and their baggage will have to be conveyed across the ri ver in an improvised ferry-boat. Notre Dame willtfonsequently suffer greatly from its isolation from the city and the depot. This bridge was a iii;w struc? ture, and built with great care as to strength. When it was swept away a man and boy were, crossing. They clung to tin-timbers, and were rescued after the whirlwind had passed, with but slight injury. Their escape from death was truly miraculous. . The court house, which .stands near tho centre of the village, was about the first building struck by the blast. This is a large brick structure, sur? rounded by tall .roes. . Its massive roof was hf ted and hurled into the adjoining grounds in an instant? The hiige trees fell to the ground, their trunks twisted oft lila; saplings. The roof itself was greatly damaged, so much so that an entirely new one must be built to replace it with. The rain powred down in torrents, damag? ing and nearly spoiling a? the fourni? ture in the building. The largo fcrick buildings in course of erection to supply the places of those destroyed by the tire, were leveled to tue ground. The soli 1 walls offered but little resistance to the fearful wind. Thousands of dol? lars worth of brick lie scattered where the new edifices were growing into life. Hundreds of private resi fences shared the same fate. One cd' the principal churches ol' South Rend was unroofed, and its shades greatly dam? aged, while the interior was wet al? most beyond repair. All the princi? pal stores, mills and offices wore mi roofed, and more or less damaged. The galo, lasted but a moment, yet the whole plaoe was transformed from a beautiful and quiet town to a ruined city and intensely excited inhabitants? Women rushed to and fro in the drenching win that followed; men conversed in hurried and bewildered accents among the ruins and debris. The wildest confusion followed. Per? sonal effects were scattered far and wide, while hats and bonnets could not be found at all. The strange visi? tation, as if a judgment from Heaven, astonished all. It was'some hours, in fact not until Thursday morning, that the eitiitens ascertained the immense damage they had suffered. r?lm entity loss and ihtmage in tho city is estimated nt $200,000. This iuelnScs public buildings and private residence. Tho damage to trees, ^shrubbery and plants cannot be esti ' mated ii/ dollars and cents, for they can only be replaced by the slow pro? cess of nature. Many years must elapse before they are seen growing again in the beauty aud lnxurianc? that was-the pride of the people of South Bond. Tho extent of the loss to farmers and others outside of tho corporation, cannot lie estimated, but it must be very heavy. Crops, fences, i barns, orchards, houses, &c., were swept ?away-before the terrible hurri? cane. Farther reports will soon be received. . , Fortunately, and as if by direct in? terference of Divine powvr, tue beau? tiful grounds und buildings of Notre Dame University wore not injured, tho tornado passing only across one corner of the farm. Thus is saved to South Bend its pride n_d glory, and the institution that luis added infinite? ly toward its .past growth and pros? perity. It seems spured to act the future element of progress in the res? toration of the town. It is sincerely to be hoped that the loss of the bridge over the St. Joseph 'River will not de? tract from its prosperity during the term about opening. i [Chicago Times, llth. LIBSK._ ESTIMATES.-An .evening pnper contains au article on "the na? tional'debt," taking ground thut wne i we provide for thu interest (about $140,000,000 per annum.) and add ten millions to the yearly t._ for liquida? tion-, tile sum will he sijfficie_t to ex? tinguish tile debt. It add? tr? this sensible view the following: "Then, whore are wc V The esti? mate of ?ill other expenses o/ the gov? ernment fur thu year ending June 80, ISO ). Ls under fifty millions of dollars. .We thus arriv? ut the comfortable conclusion that a total revenue of two hundred millions a year would be our entire burden if we should keep the debt where it is? With tho present rates of taxes, the estimate of receipts for the year ending June 80, 1HC>(*>, is throe hundred and ninety-six millions of dollars. We might, therefore, this day cut down our taxes just one-half, and go on our way rejoicing. On the whole, we feel safe inj assuming that we shall settle at a yearly taxation not one dollar above two hundred millions. That is the measure of thc entire bur? den." This wiU be news to the authorities at Washington, and for that matter to the whole American people! Fifty millions of dollarsv in a depreciated currency, to maintain an army of ut least 50,000 men, with all the trans? portation, building of fortifications, kc, in the South at the close of such a destructive war. No sensible person estimates the expenditures for the Navy Department this year at much less than fifty millions-our t-otempo rory's estimate for all purposes. Te those must be.added the largely in creased amounts required for the civil list otad pen-ions-at least fifty mil lions ^niore. If thc military depart nient alone does not cost a full hun dred millions, in 1865-6, Ave shall b< agreeably disappointed. "The esti mate fer the year ending June 3!) 1806, under fifty nfUlions!" Weshonlt like to see the government official win has presented such a statement. .Tin conclusion adopted by our cotempo rary would indeed be "comfortable,1 if it were not "lame and impotent" t< thc extent of probably $150,000,000 and possibly S100,00i1,000 more. Ii the course of two or three years tin wants of the General Government ma1 not exceed 3300,000,000, perhaps evei a little loss; but that cannot be doa< in thisyearof grace. Tlieexhortatioi to "eut down the taxes" is excellent as soon as it can bT; shown that th country can be governed for any thin) like the aggregate guessed ut.^ [yew Yo*L Tinws. CENSUS STATISTICS or HV^ASSACHE SETTS MANUFACTORIES.-Tb.i (Jaunt; of Middlesex, Mass., Ls reported by th hist census <o have 078 manufactories with m invet>tnd<aipitalof.$2(>,940,527 L'hcse estabiistiment-. pay far tile ma i t " i:ii they consume $23,285,304,.an employ 14,628 females and 22,10 mules, for which they pay $10,065,16c Tue value, of the annual product thu secured is estimated at $44,610,77? Duke's County, same State, has 1 manufactories, ?rfth a capital of $310 360. The cost of material used is est unsted at $420,082, aud the annni ' value 4>i products held at $561,561 "The establishments gtvo employmei to 211 hands at a cost of $33,70'. Tho first limned county exhibits tl; . largest, and the latter the smallei manufacturing interests of the fou teen counties into which the State divided. . ? ?_. _ _ _ "t^mmmmmmammmmmmmaal^mt H i ' gapt-g GEN. B. E. LEE.-We have already announced that Gen. E. E. Lee had bean offered the presidency of Wash? ington College, Lexington, Va. Ju?ge John Brochen?)orongh, one of the visitors of tho college, was sent to inform him of his election, and at our latest advices from Lexington had not returned. It is, therefore, not known whether Gen. Lee will accept the position; but in the absence of ]x>si tive information on the subject, wc arc iuclined to think that h ?.will- not. He has recently expressed the inten? tion of leasing a grazing farm in Al? bemarle, and residing upon it with his family. During the past week, he and Mrs. Lee ' have been on a visit to Bremo, the plantation of Gen. Philip St. George Cooke, fifteen or twenty miles above Cartersville. and was met there by Judge Brockenborough. Washington College is. next to Wil? liam and Mary, the oldest institution of learning iu Virginia, and is the Alma Mater of some of the most j prominent citizens of the State. It, before the war. stood next to the Uni-1 vers?ty in the high qualifie.^ion exact ed fryni applicants tor its degrees. It ? was originally an academy; was libe-.! rally endowed by Gen. Washington I daring his life-time, and was shortly I after chartered as a college. In 182^, j it was furthex endowed with $100,000 j by Mr. John Robinson, a wealthy : James River planter. Unless its f unds ! were lost by bad investments during; the war, the oolleprc should now bc- in j a flourishing financial condition. : [Richmond Rej/ttbtic, Ul h. Tuv. TELEGRAPH G?XE.-We have ! hoped almost against hope that, some good fortune would ultimately bring through the great Atlantic cable. ' That hope is gone. Wo haye new* direct from the fleet as late as the Otra 4nstant, by an arrival at Heart's C?-n teut, (name of mockery !) whereby we learn that the signals to Valentia failed. I All that coidd be dono, as our news j indicates, was to fix a buoy as nearly | as possible to tho placo whore tl ie fatal break occurred. It is almost ? ridiculous to think of searching in the ? wide waste of tho Atlantic in fifteen ' thousand feet of water, for a cable but j the thickness of one's thumb, and we I may as well make up our minds that i thc: second great and expensive ex? periment is a complete failure. The public have boon gradually prepared for this announcement, yet it will bel felt everywhere as a disappointment,, not alone to the projectors and their interested friends, but to the jvorld j and monking at largo. [ .V"/r Vor/.- Krpress. | THE ANGLO-SAXON ELEMENT.-We ' talk at random a great deal about the j Anglo-Saxon race. Look at the mimes in the list of our Aiiieri?-ahk*coinruan ders-in-chief, from the first, commis sioned by Washington, in 1701. down j to the present tifcic Hore we have Gen. "Arthur St. Clair, a Scotch Celt; Anthony Wayne, un Iradi Colt;.J amos Wilkinson,?Saxon or Gothic; Henry Dearborn, a Welsh Celt; Jacob Brown; a Welsh Celt; Alexander McComb, an Irish Celt;'Winfield Scott, Scotch; George B. McClellan. Scotch; H. W. Ha 1 -ck, Saxons; U. S. Grant, Scotch. Thus we have eight out ol the tim commanders-in-chief bf our armies during the-hist Hovvuty-fivo yours, whose origin is no moro Anglo-Saxon titan i tis Tartar. 9 Look ?it the Celtic, names, moreover, thaf stand in thc toro iront of the late war: Grant, .Monde, Shorid-n, McPherson, Gill more, Anderson, Terry, (Welsh,) Sherman, (Welsh.) Thomas, (Welsh,) McClellan. It is a matter, perhaps, of minor consequence tvhethor our great martial heroes have mort' Celtic than?itxon blood in their veins or the reverse, so long as they were all true Americans, hat it is not out of place to lot tlie Celt have a fair show, iu a field of human exertion, where he is so clearly entitled to pre-eminence. [Xeir York Time*. A sp .eui telegraphic despatch to th?* Augusta ConslitutioiudisL, dated Pt ters burg, loth, says: The first railroad through train sine?' the Kith ?d' last August came into Petersburg Friday afternoon. Railroad communication between Petersburg. Raleigh, Washington and points South, is now completed. The Petersburg R.rpress-sayH there is constant trouble between the sol diers, white eitiztms and negroes. Tlie planters are sending into Pe? tersburg a large amount of cotton. Sales made at 37 ?rents. The Petersburg anti Weldon Rail? road will bo open in a day or two. * The captain of a vessel in New Lon? don has a hive of bees which ?-?viue on the vessel at City Point, Virginia, in May lost. WThen hi port the bees go ashore for food; when at sea he feeds them on rich molasses. 2-ocal Item?. To luetue insertion, advertisers aro re? quested to hand in'their notices bzfero 4 o clocit p. ni. .-.-tx . .? ? In tile paragraph pubHuhod yesterday, giving thc names' OT* the gentlemen elset?d Dircctprs of the King's Mountain I?a:iro%i Company, the name Of F. D?' Fanning should have been Frederick Fanning. HATS AND CAPS AT OLO Pnicss.-Seo thc .dvcrtiVomen', in this morning's "issue, of Messrs. Williams A Covert, of bats and caps at.old prices. Merchants ?nd others visit? ing Charleston should give them a call. NKW AnvKRTisEMENTS.-Attention is called to the following advertisements, which ara published for th* first time this morning: Laurel Street-Horse and liugsy for salo. Williams A Covert-Hata and Caps. . George Chisohu-To TniveL*rs. J. (J. Gibbes-Fresh Groceries. Regular Communication A?acia Lodge. P. 'Cantwell-Cotton. -Salt. "? " - Country Butter. '? '* -Sugar Cured Hams. '" -Gunny Hagging, Ac. 1'. F. Cuttino--Sole Leather. :- g?? Qc*-? VICTORIA'S ADVICE TO THE JAMAICA LABOREES.--A petition com? plaining of distress in a- particular community having been forwarded by a political agitator to Queen Victoria, the Quean, thiough Mr. Cardwell. r<? iurned the. following characteristic repl;, ; "I request (writes Mr. Cardwell) thai you will inform the petitioners thi?t their petition has been laid be? fore the Queen, and that I have re? ceived her Majesty's cnuiniaud to in? form them that the prosperity of the" laboring classes, as well as of all.other classes, depends, in Jamaica, as in other counties, upon their working U>r wages, not uncertainly or capriciously, but steadily and continuously, at the times when their labor is wanted, and for so loir.' ; s it is winded; .md that if they should u.-.i- tit. industry. r.nd thereby render the plantations pi? dnctive, ?hey would enable the plant? ers to*pity tiiem higher wages for the. same iio\ vs ul v.oik tb; :; are ree? i\<-,l by the best field laborers in ti.-;, coun? try (England); and as the cost of the necessaries oi li.o is mi.eli less in .?;i maica than it is here, they wotdd he enabled, by adding prudence lo indus? try, to lay by au ample provision for seasons of drought' and dtart'i; anil they may be assured Chat it is from their own industry mid product-, in availing themselves <>f the ?neans of prospering thai are before them, and not from any such sch< m . as have been suggested to them, that they must look for an improvement in their condition; ami that her Majesty w.li regard with interest n-id satisfaction their advancement through their own merits and effort-*." AFFAIRS IV LYNTHIUTJO, YA. Gradually the city is returning to its accustomed stati s, and falling into its whiloiue ways aud imbits. Uiniiness' is reviving, and the streets' wear un aetive und animated appearance.' Our old merchants irre resuming their pur? suits, and faces as "familiar as house? hold words" are reappearing behind the counter*. The notes of the tobac? co horn-musical to every Lynch burg? er's our-are heard again sounding through streets and alleys. The iron horse is again careering along our rail? roads, and waking tin* echoes of hill and valley hy his hoarse voici. Tho telegraph is Hashing with electric speed its messages to all parts of the country, (his lights are once more making bright our homes. Packet and freight boats ar? gliding gracefully ulong th? ennui, as of yore-i.e., before Sheri? dan "washed the bottom out." Civil authority has been restored; the city fathers have returned to their paternal labors; the courts have resumed their sway, and his Honor the Mayor has mounted his throne of justice. These are some of the evidences of returning older, pro?, TASS and i nterprise to the city, x'hey are encouraging. Weare hopeful of "better times when the debris: of war shall have been brushed away, and the ways of .Vahn, delightful peace" fully*re-established. [ 1 'iryiiii(t)), A uguat 12. Gen. Edward Johnson. Lite of the Confederate anny, is now in Rich? mond, purchasing stock, farming uten? sil*?, Ac.', preparatory tb engaging in planting on his farm in Chesterfield. Gen. Harry T. Hays and Gop. Daniel Adams have returned to New Orleans. Maj. Cen. Diilme?}' H. Maury adver? tises tharne will open a classical ?W'C mathematical school in Fredericks burg! OBITUARY, " Died, at Oakland Plantation, near F"Wi> Motte, on the 14th inst.?.after an illness ;of~ five days, EMMA, wife of Dr. Albert- 8. Taber, aged twenty-six years?