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The Sander* Abduction Case.
MONTREAL, October 21.-In the Sanders
kidnapping case, the jury was again locked
np. but cooJd not agree- Tbe cotirt charged
the jury that the honor of thc country aad
thc sacred principles of a free asylum for
strangers, private as well as public honor,
conscience and everything, calli! on the
jury for a fair verdict in accordance with
the facts. His Honor held that there was
no consent given by Mr. Sanders to the
conspiracy, and finally concluded by
charging*directly against the prisoners.
There is little chance of the jury agreeing.
The Toronto Leader has an article on tho
expected Fenian invasion, and calls upon
the Government to take the arms from the
volunteers, lest thc Fenians should got
them; establish patiols on the frontiers,
and inaugurate a passport system. A
fearful state of alarm exists there.
A raid upon the Canadian Banks by the
Fenians ia expected.
Thc Metcalf Cotton Case.
NASHVILLE, October 25.-The facts and
documents m the Metcalf (garnishee) c5t
ton case at Augusta, Ga., which will there
be published, contradicts the representa?
tions made by the special Washington
despatch to the New York Ti rue*, lt is
claimed that the action of the War Depart?
ment was based wholly on a legal construc?
tion of jurisdiction, not on any charges of
wrong-doing. The question ot jrudscuction
is still an open one, and the assertion that
the courts were opening in Georgia ia un?
true, for the Governor's proclamation open?
ing them was not issued until seventy-five
days after the date of tho cotton order. |
Metcalf was the rebel cotton agent at !
Augusta. The question now being dis- j
cussed is, whether the cotton is not the
property of the United States. Instead of j
the cotton ordered to be sold for 1300,000,
it would have brought $1,700,000. It is now
worth $3,000,000. Herschel V. Johnson, !
Judge Stevens, of Georgia, and W. C. Pat- i
terson, of Philadelphia, are counsel for tho
garnishee.
A man named Paine, who has for several
ycara been the cashier in thc Quartermas?
ter's Department, was arrested yesterday,
while en rout? for Europe, charged with
defalcations to the Government. He was
released on bail. The case will be investi?
gated by the military authorities.
Tbc Shenandoah Heard From.
PHILADELPHIA, October 2S.-San Fran?
cisco dates from Honolulu to the 30th of
September have been received. The Hono?
lulu Advertiser publishes a list of ninety
five whalers, comprising the Arctic fleet,
(nearly all arc American. ) Thirty-three of
these have been burned or bonded by the
Shenandoah, and sixty-two remained to be
heard from.
The Federal war steamer Saranac sailed
from Honolulu on the 17th of September
for Marquesas Islands, owing to a rumor
that a lot of coal had been landed at Fon
tyca fur the Shenandoah.
From Washington.
WASHEVOTOS, October 24.-President
Johnson received despatches from Sr. Louis
to-day. from Nathan Ramsey, stating that
the Missouri State Convention, to sustain
the President, is a glorious success.
The Department of State is in receipt of
despatches from the Consul of tho United
States at La Rochelle, in which the progress j
ol the cholera at that place is : Guiled to in
substance as follows: "The cl ra seems
to follow the railroad from !>... .-seines cia
Aile.- and Nines towards Bordeaux."
An interview between the President and
the Secretary of War, Secretary Welles and
Gen. Grant, yesterday, gave rise to a ridi?
culous rumor that our relations with Eng?
land were about to assume a hostile atti?
tude-, and that all our naval vessels were
immediately to be put in commission.
The Cabmet session to-day was quite
protracted, all of the members being pre?
sent. It is quite probable that the English
question was under consideration. Mr.
Seward was at the White House some time
before the Caoinet meeting.
It is now rumored that Mr. Cushing will
supersede Mr. Adams as Minister to Eng?
land, anei that Mr. Adams will return and
become Secretary of State. Thia change,
for geographical reasons, will involve other
important changes in tho Cabinet.
The rumor published to-day about the
trial of Jeff. Davis is sufficiently stamped
as false by the declaration that it ia to
take place before thc United States Supremo
Court at Richmond. It is well known that
the Supreme Court does not even have ori?
ginal jurisdiction incases of treason.
Affairs in Georgia.
MILLEDGEVILLE, October 20.-Major
General Steedman, commanding this de?
partment, and General Wilson, command?
ing the district, are both in town. They
are in civilians' clothes, and appear without
any display. In fact, there is scarcely any
evidence o*f the town, being under martial
restriction; certainly none is exercised
over thc convention. On his way here
General Steedman addressed thc leading
negroes of an adjoining county, am? disa?
bused them of the impression that has
somewhat obtained, that land was to be
divided among them after Christmas. He
urged upon them industry, and that thc
blacks remain in employ of their oki mas?
ters.
AUGUSAT, GEOUGLV, October 27.- In the
Georgia Convention to-day, Mr. Anderson,
of Chatham, offered a resolution that a
committee of five be appointed to memori?
alize the President to release Jefferson
Davis. Joshu Hill moved an indefinite
postponement, which, was voted down. A
motion to table was also voted down. The
resolution was then altered so as to include
all State prisoners, and adopted by a heavy
majority. The ordinance repealing the or?
dinance of secession was then ad >pted.
The resolutions of thc secession convention
incompatible with the civil and military
laws and tho authority of thc Unite t States
wc ve also repealed. An ordinance to re?
district thc State was adopted. It provide s
for seven districts. A State election was
ordered on thc l?th ot Novembe r for Go
vcrnen. Congressmen and Assemblymen.
At thc i afternoon session, tin Convention
refused to revive thc State election ordi
nance by a vote of 2Si to 5.
MILLEDI F.VILLE, October 28.- The morn
,,x,t session of the Convention to-day WM
unimportant. In the afternoon an ordi
nance declaring the war debt void was re?
ferred to a committee.
Two articles of tho cow constitution were
reported, and the first article adopted.
The twentieth section of thc same abolishes
slavery, with a proviso that acouieece"ce ir?
me emancipation pol icy shall be no estop?
pel to future claim for compensation.
There is a strong feeling against repudia?
tion.
It is thought that Joe Brown will run
for Gorenor.
Lowe anti Important from Mexico.
WASHINGTON, October 23.-The solution
of tho Mexican question will bc ono of
the niost important, and among thc first
matters that will claim the attention of
Congress, now soon to assemble. Some
authentic intelligence bas just been re?
ceived herc from that unhappy country ;
and although it is not of a startling, it is
nf an important nature, since it will no
doubt constitute the basis upon which the
President and the members ef Congress
will act, in their decision of the matter.
This news confirms all the statements in
my recent letters, in relation to the absolute
downfall and extinction of the Mexican
Republic. It will bo remembered, too, that
the term of office for which President
Juarez was elected expire? on th> 30th of
November. No pretence, even, of electing
a successor, has been made ; and it seems
to be by no means improbable that this
fact, and the events which have led to sueh
a state of things, taken in connection with
the other facts mentioned below, may in?
duce our Government, however unwilling?
ly, to bow to the stern logic of events, to
follow tb? course that we havo always
hitherto pursued, and to recognize the only
existing na facto Government in Mexico.
Your readers will remember that some
week ago, Juarez, driven from one portion
to another, had brought up at last, at ?1
Paso, the jumping-off place, and that when
the probability of his being compelled to
take flight into the United States was sug?
gested, the imputation was vehemently
denied, and even drew forth a letter from
Juarez. In that letter, dated at El Paso,
August 17, he said:
Fatoni, Corona and Villegra are opciat
ing upon Durango, Puebuta, in the State
of Guanajuato; Artesga, R?guler, Salazar,
and RivalPalacio, in thc State of Michoa
can ; Alvarez, upon Iquala and Cuerne
vaca ; Garcia, who bas replaced General
Diaz, in the States of Vera Cruz, Oajaca,
Chiapas and Tobasco ; and Escovedo, Man?
dez, Cartina and Aguiorre, in the States of
San Luis, Taniaidipas, Nuevo Leon and
Coalraila ; while General? Rosales, Rubio,
Pesquierra and Garcia Morales are ?perat
ing in the States of Sonora and Sinaloa.
All these chiefs arc of the opinion that
the time for attacking the enemy with suc?
cess has arrived, for the reason of his weak?
ness through the large distances over which
his Unes are extended.
MAJ. GEN. JOHN C. BRECKINWPOE. -The
Louisville Journal says: We see it stated
that the whole of Jeri'. Davis' Cabinet has
been pareoued. Is that tho fact? If it is,
is not John C. Breckinridgc, who was in thc
Cabinet at the evacuation ot Richmond,
one of the pardoned?
Il Mr. Breckinridgc is tu t pardoned, and
if he wishes to be. we hope that ho will be.
Wc know nc reason why he should not be.
No charge, so far as" we can karn, lies
against bini that does not li'' equally
against all who were in rebellion. No one
has ever accused him or' inhumanity to
prisoners, or of anything inconsistent with
the moot Knightly courtesy anti cldvalry.
To pardon such offenders as our Govern?
ment bas pardoned ami yet to keep Mr.
Breckinridgc- in exile, it he is willing to
como under thc prescribed obligations, is
an unreasonable and unjust discrimination,
according to our opinion. We do not know
what Mr. B. will or will not swear or promise,
but we would lay our life that he will do
whatever lie says he will do. And none
can doubt that, as a loyal citizen, ho would
b.e a portion of the intellectual wealth of
Kentucky and of thc nation.
THE CHOLEUA AT BROOKLYN.-It is stated
that the Asiatic cholera has made its ap?
pearance in Brooklyn. It is wise not to bo
overhasty iu accepting this report as posi?
tively indicating the presence of the terri?
ble pestilence in our midst ; but it is also
wise to take warning, nd, iu view of thc
possibility of so immediate a danger, to
insist upon the introduction of the most
thorough sanitary measures. If the cholera
is in Brooklyn, New York cannot hope to
escapo its fearful visitation. After the de?
vastation, the havo?, the sorrow of the civil
war that bas wasted our country, it would
be dreadful to meet at the threshold of
peace another scourge even more destruc?
tive and pitiless, to afflict us with another
period of horrors. Le i no pains be spared
to pr?vido against such a calamity by the
most complete and rigid sanitary regula?
tions, that if the hideous visitor must come,
ta stay may bc- brief and its victims few.
i {.Vi >r. Vor'- .Vi"c>.
A NEW IMMIGRATION.-The official an?
nouncement of tie.- War Dedartment, that
persons who have been liable-to the draft
during the war, and lin ve left the country
rather than serve m the ranks of the
national army, may return without any
tear that the pains and penalties of deser?
tion will ht imposed, will undoubtedly
result iii an immense immigration from
Canada and Europe. Thousands of young
mi n who could not afford or were not in?
clined to pay tho money demanded for
substitutes, betook themselv< s to the other
hemisphere, or sneaked oft' to Canada.
Tin y will now return in force, s< cured
against all liabitity to answer the charge
of desertion. We fear that Canada will be
almost depopulated, by this sudden emi?
gration; for the hegira to that country was
something immense during the perilous
? lays when the draft officials were turning
the eventful wheel which consigned men
to the roll of honor.--Vcr Tori Herald.
Advices from Matamora?, to the 21st
inst., say that thc city had neither capitu?
lated or surrendered' though closely be?
sieged. It is reported that Cortinas had
I deserted from the Liberals, in consequence
j of his being refused permission to make an
i assault.
i Mr. Corgi Francis Train apologized to
the Fenian Congre.--, at Philadelphia, on
I Wednesday, for "the misfortune of having
j been born in Massachusetts.'
Progress of Conciliation.
It must be exceedingly annoving
in fact, very unpleasant, and ail that
kind of thing-to the loyal leaguers
and other patriots o? the New lang?
land persuasion, to witness the pro?
gress that is making in the work of
conciliation. Every day there is al?
ways something to show that it is not
the intention of President Johnson to
take their advice in anything; and
the way he has of treating the people
of the South, has roused the ire of the
radicals to a terrible degree. Thai
he should not confiscate thc property
of "rebels;" that he should not hand
over that property to the radicals;
that he should persist in pardoning
"traitors" by the wholesale ; that he
should not take Ben. Butler and Wil?
son, and Sumner and Thad. Stevens,
and others of that "ilk" to his bosom,
is all fearful to contemplate; bat that
he should go on contumaciously in his
iniquitous proceedings from day to
day, obstinately refusing to accept
their counsels, to give them any more
Sublic plunder, to put the whole
outh in their possession to do with
as they please, shows such a degree of
criminality that they never can and
never will forgive him; and, for the
President's own sake, we hope they
never will.
It is said that the cavalier way in
which these patriots are treated when
they visit the White House, is enough
to try the patience of Job himself ;
and that they indulge in expressions
which are not allowed by the laws of
morality or a decent respect for the
opinions of mankind. The idea of
keeping the men who handled the late
President as they pleased, and who
ruled the Government, dancing at?
tendance at the Executive mansion,
day after day, is outrageous ; and it
should hardly surprise any one to
learn that the redoubtable Butler and
the irascible Wilson would rouse np
New England from oue cud to the
other in a whirlwind of indignation.
Of all the unpleasant things in thia
world, there is nothing more unplea?
sant to the nature of a Butler or a Wil?
son than to be snubbed, or to be treat?
ed with indifference. That they, thc
Yankees of the Yankees, the radicals
of the radicals, should be ignored by
Andrew Johnson, a Southern man, ii
past endurance. This is adding insult
to injury. Is it not enough that they
should be deprived of the Southerr
plantations ? I* it not enough that
the Southern people should be allow?
ed to continue in the possession oj
their property ? Is it not enough thal
disappointment should displace thc
hopes of loyal expectations ? But we
shall not pursue a subject so unplea?
sant to loyal minds any further. We
merely desired to call attention to :
few more indications of the policy ol
President Johnson.
And first among the .'indications'
is the announcement that from five tc
seven hundred pardons are grantee'
every day, and that, to expedite tin
work, a fae simile of the President'!
signature has been engraved for th<
purpose of printing what was befori
written. That looks like business, am
we hope before long to announce tba
the President, finding this does no
keep pace with his generous, magna
nimous desire, has determined ti
issue a general amnesty. We ma;
state, however, that such a measure i
reported to be in contemplation, an<
it is our own opinion that it will b
promulgated in a few weeks.
The next "sign" of the "good tim
coming" is the order in reference t
confiscation, which has a practice
illustration in the following interesl
ing item, which we lind in the Ne\
Orleans Delta, of the 21st ult. :
"By a special order from thc Wa
Department, a large portion of th
property of our well known fellow
citizen, Dr. W. N. Mercer, has bee
restored to him. The property cor
sists ot* the square, with the improve
ments thereon, bounded by liobii
Race, Front and Peter streets. It :
now in thc possession of Mr. Conway
of the Freedman's Bureau, and th
latter is ordered to give it up to th
proper owner by the 1st of Octob<
next. Our citizens will learn wit
great pleasure of this act of justic
ou the part of the General Goviii
ment, and rejoice in the good forti;i
of our vener. ble and respected town
mau."
One of the most distressing fe;
tures ol President Johnson's polic;
regarded from an Abolition point <
view, is thc mustering ont of tl
colored troops, which, we are inforn
ed by paragraphs in tho daily paper
is proceeding with great rapidit*
Thc following item ol' news from 01
of the daily papers affords gratifyir
evidence ou this very importa:
matter :
"The First, Second and Twent;
third regiments of colored troop
which, have been on duty ir the D
partaient of the South and in Texa
are on their way to Washington to be
mustered ont of the service. They
are expected soon to arrive. Other
colored regiments will undoubtedly
be recalled shortly from the South, as
the work of reducing the volunteer
military force goes on. It seems to
be the policy of the War Department
to relieve the people of the late re?
bellious region as fast as possible from
the distasteful presence of darkey
guards."
So the work goes on, and before
Congress assembles it will find that its
occupation in the policy of restoring
the Union is gone. President John?
son, with great consideration for that
august assemblage, bas taken an im?
mense amount of labor off its hands ;
he will have reduced the army to a
peace footing, diminished the taxes o
the laboring classes, put an end to
such unconstitutional measures as the
confiscation law, restored every citi?
zen to his rights, and left it nothing
to do but to admit the Representatives
from the South. For this they should
be duly grateful; but should they on
the contrary manifest any dissatisfac?
tion at his course, they will find out
that their opposition will be de?
nounced by the people as factions, if
not seditious, and that they had better
submit to the logic of accomplished
facts.-iV. T. Metropolitan Record.
War Debt.
The determination of the President
to hold as disloyal the people of any
State that shall recognize the debt
contracted for the prosecution of the j
war, has'inpsired much feeling. The
evidence of those debts are not held j
by the parties most active iu the pro?
secution of the war, but have passed
to the hands of those having fimds
for investment, and of those, the
largest class, perhaps, are the widows
and orphans of the State. In the set?
tlement of estates, administrators and
guardians are allowed to make such
investments; they naturally sought
thcra from the feeling they were safe.
Of these, also, another large class are
the mercantile men and others who
owe debts abroad, and who were
forced, from the existence of the war,
to hold their funds iu such form as to
meet them when tho war should be
over. Both classes are entirely meri?
torious. Distributees of estates, gen?
erally unfitted to provide for them?
selves, have nothing else to depend
on, and debtors, with this last stay
stricken from them, must fall before
their foreign creditors, nor then will
be able to discharge their obligations,
but must grovel under them for the
balance of their lives.
It is to be regretted, also, wc think,
for the reason that the paramount
want of our people now is capital to
begin their operations. Everything
-the existence of our people-now
depends ttpon the start of business,
and this capital is necessary to a start.
And so important is it, that it were
almost enough to justify the State in
a voluntary appropriation of so much
to the uses ol' her citizens. We could
better pay that sum at some future
time than bc without it now.
We are pleased to believe that in
this State the evil will be less felt titan
in many otk ers. We have the recol
j lection of but two amounts of any
consequence issued during the war
the one was of 8400,000 in 1S61, and
another of about ?1,200,00u in 18G2
and 1863. These sums are large, but
less than were those issued by other
States, and it may be possible for the
Stato to compensate the loss by issu?
ing bonds for the payment of the
current expenses of thc State Govern?
ment without taxation. But this will
alleviate our wants, but will not avert
the evil. The capital will be lost, and
individuals will necessarily suffer ;
the State will find her credit impaired,
and, under every aspect, wo would
deprecate presistence in the policy.
[Charleston News.
A DOMESTIC BLESSE?C*.-Among th?'
inventions at tho American Institute,
New York, is an ingenious arrange?
ment by which buttons may be at?
tached to any garment without the
use of needle or thread. Bachelors
and women with irritable husbands
should make a mern.
THE ISSCBOECTIOS IN JAMAICA.-We see
by the late news from Jamaica that the
negroes were in insurrection in tho Eastern
part of that island, and taut a British
steamer filled with troops was sent there?
to quell the outbreak. Wc imagine that
this "insurrection" will be lound to amount
simply toa strike for higher wages. The
blacks have nothing to rebel against except
thc oppression, of their employers. The
Government which liberated them, we are
bound to assume, does not impose upon
them oppressive lawe against which they
would be forced to rebel. It is quite pos?
sible, however, that tho philanthropists,
who have obtained the free labor of the
negroes for their own advantage, have ex?
tended their philanthropy to reducing tin
prices of labor bel >w a point which the
blacks arc not disposed to go, and hence
the "insurrection."-Rfetr York Herald.
Commodore John S. Missroon, United
States Navy, Ordnance Officer at the
Charlestown*Navy Yard, Mass., died on tho
23d inst. He was a native of South Caro
,,"Tjfi ?r^re-I the serrice in 1824.
COMMERCIAL.
MOBILE, October 28.--The sales of cotton
i this market to-day amounted to 850
bales. Middling cotton 54c. per pound.
The market firm.
NEW ORLEANS, October 28.-Cotton quiet;
1,750 bales were sold to-day. Middling
Orleans 56c. per pound. Flour firm; super
$9.50 per bbl. Lard 39c. per pound. The
freight on cotton to Liverpool is ljd. per
pound. Gold 51@31$.
Auotion Salei
Groceries, <te.
BY JAMES GKIGIBBES.
C. F. HARRISON, Aucnowxra.
WILL be sold, THIS (Thursday) MORN?
ING, at 10 o'clock, in Bull street, near
Camden, (next residence of Captain J. C.
Green, )
Cut, Loaf and Brown Sugars.
Young Hyson Tea, Black Tea.
Olive Oil, Soda, Tobacco, Cigars.
Crackers, Soap, Candles.
Brandy, Whiskey, Claret, Ac. Nov 2 1
Fur-n?iim, Piano, Crockery, Buggies, <tc.
By A. R. Phillips.
ON FRIDAY MORNING next, at 10 o'clock,
I will sell, at my Auction Room. Bedell's
building,
A variety of FURNITURE, BUGGIES,
Ac, consisting in part of :
Bureaus, Wardrobes, Presses.
Sideboards, Book-case, Sofas.
Mahogany and Cane-seat Chairs.
Wood-seat Chairs, Bedsteads.
Dining, Breakfast and Card Tables.
Bed-steps, Mattresses, Feather Beds.
1 6-octave Piano-Nunn A Clarke's.
ALSO,
A handsome assortment of China and
Granite Crockery? and a large assortment
of Kitchen L'tensds.
2 Side Saddles, 1 Wheelbarrow.
1 Smith's Bellows, Ac.
A1SO,
1 Double Buggy.
1 Single Buggy and Harness.
N. B.-Unliuiited articles received until
8 o'clock on morning Of sale. Nov 1
The friends of Dr. A. N. TALLEY nomi?
nate him as a candidate for Mayor at the
ensuing election in April next. Nov 2 *
Estrayed or Stolen,
FROM the subscriber, at Colum ?
bia, S. C., on Saturdav, the 2bth
inst., one black MARE MULE. A
?liberal reward will be paid for the
delivery of the mule at the Suivcir House,
or at mv plantation near Kingsville.
Nov 2jf_S_JOSEPH BATES.
ETE. JACKSON,
DRUGGIST & APOTHEGABY,
"BedLell's Row.
FINE assortment of PERFUMERY
and FANCY ARTICLES. Nov li
A
CONFEDERATE BAPTIST.
THE publication of thia WEEKLY RELI?
GIOUS l'APER will bo resumed in
JANUARY NEXT. The names of sub?
scribers may be sent to thc proprietor, at
Columbia, S. C. Payment will not be re?
quired until after the issue of the first
number, G. T. MAQON.
U?r Pape rs throughout the Stu ie will
confer a favor by extending this notice
sov 2_
Just Received
BY
HMM & WARLEY.
FINE TRTSH LINEN.
SCOTCH DIAPER.
HUCKABACK TOWELLING.
WOMEN'S HOSE.
MEN'S HOSE.
Balmoral Hoop Skirts.
Suspcneler*.
Fancy Buttons, :'<>r elrcases.
I'erfumerv, Ac.
Nov 2 1 " HANAHAN A WALLEY.
PICKLED and FRENCH SALMON.
SCOTCH HERRINGS.
Kit MACKEREL, SCALED HERRINGS.
No. 1 HERRINGS. For sale bv
Nov2 1 HANAHAN & WARLEY
MUSIC AND DAY SCHOOL.
MISS s. G. HUNTT will rc
:eive a limited number < if pu
dls, in Music and tin English
?ranches, at her res; leuce its
'the College Campus, next to the
_Peist Oft? e. Nov 2_1*
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Confectionary,
BAKERY AND FANCY ARTICLES ! !
THE subscriber, thankful to his friends
and thc public tor thu very liberal pa?
tronage heretofore bestowed, solicits a con?
tinuance of the same. He is manufacturing
daily a superior article of ASSORTED
CANDY, BREAD and CAKES ol every de?
scription, sueh as Ronnel, Fruit. Sponge,
Queen, Rock, Jumbles, Lady Fingers,
sbewsbury, Plum, Jelly, Meringues, Ginger
Snaps, Cocoa-nut Drops, Sugar Biscuit
Ginger-bread, Washington, Ginger-nuts,
Ac. Cakes iecel anet ornamented to arder.
Dessert Dishes prepared at short notice.
Candies, of my own manufacture, wholesale
and retail.
FRESH BREAD and ROLLS every even?
ing, at 5 o'clock; PIES and PUFF PASTE
TARTS every morning. J. MCKENZIE.
Cn Plain strett, next eloor to the corner
of Gatts street, in the immediate vicinity
of the Shiver House and the Columbia
Phcenix Office, Columbia, s. C. Nov 2