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vnT.?TTVTE X.-NUMBER 2175. CHARLESTON, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1873. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. LOST LOUISIANA. A CLEAR AND CONNECTED STATE MENT OF HER TROUBLES. A Commonwealth Abandoned, to] Ra pine and Ignorance-A Gloomy Pres enc with no Hope Ahead. . NEW ORLEANS, December 26. A brief summary of some of the occur rencea in Louisiana, during the past eight weeks, may Interest readers who have not time to read lengthy details. THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. At the State election on Monday, November 4, there were polled, In Louisiana, about one hhodred and thirty thousand votes, of which toe Greeley fusion, or ami-Radical ticket, re? ceived a majority ol rvbout len thousand. There were elected all the Greeley electors; the entire fusion State ticket, headed by Mc Koery, the fusion candidate at large lor Con? gress; three out of the ti* e district fusion can? didates for Congress, besides a large fusion or conservative majority In both branches of the State Legislature. In the City of New Or? leans tao whole antl-Badical ticket prevailed by majorities averaging about twelve thou? sand votes in a total ot thirty-six thousand, giving Democratic-fusion or Liberal mayor, city administrators, coroners, sheriffs, Judges ot eight district courts, clerks. Justices and constables. Where three or mere candidates were In nomination the fusion ticket may have failed, or may not be now ascertained as elected, but on the general ticket candi? dates were elected by a two-thirds vote where the contest was between two contestante only. THE PLOT BEGUN. In the face of this notorious result, Sena? tor Kellogg, the Administration candidate for Governor, assuming that a large number of negroes had been prevented lrorn registra? tion and soffrage, and pretending to fear that the regular returning officers ot the Slate would cot do Justice to him in their returns, brought ault by prayer in equity before the United States Circuit Court, Judge Durell pre? siding, against Warmoth and others to pre? vent them lrom making the count and return, but to empower others to act as a returning board. The election throughout the Stale bad been the most pacific and orderly that had ever been held, while in the city not an altercation, fight, cr arrest occurred. No complaints had been previously made of fraud or favoritism in registering voters. No prop? erly registered vote was excluded, and gen? eral good feeling prevailed at the polls. The vote was much the largest ever cast In the State, being the first election since the war IrFwbich. the white voters have had an even and fair ohance, and the first managed by bands not bitterly hostile to all conservatives. THE PLOT PROGRESSES. Kellogg's prayer waa beard, the Injunctions granted, able counsel employed by both par? ties to the ault, many affidavits ol real or pre? tended negro voters submitted, many long speeches made and much anxiety felt,*which grew in Intensity day by day. The defence was managed with great ability, and the argu? ment employed by both parties was marked by much learning. Ingenuity and eloquence. Few at first believed that the court could take Jurisdiction, even under the late act ol Con? gress respecting elections, where members of Congress or Presidential electora are to be chosen; but those who knew the temper of the court and the spirit which controls the people who are represented by the adminis? tration, knew that this Radical Judge would mould his decision and rulings to suit those who hate the white people of the South. Their predictions were realized, and their fears were soon changed Into a hideous re? ality. KELLOBO TRIUMPHANT. In effect the prolonged argument by able counsel was little more than a taree. The Judge had evidently resolved before the trial began to grant the prayer of Kellogg. He read a brief paper, prepared by the hand ol another, purporting to be reasons for his de? cision, and concluded with a decree and order, which was nothing more nor less than the wbole ol Kellogg's voluminous petition. He not only decided that the Herron board was the true and rightful returning board, but be accepted as paris o? his decision all the all?? gation? ol the petitioner, and all the carefully enumerated and cunningly invented infer? ences that could be drawn In advance. He virtually put Into the hands ol' Hawkins, Lynch, Longstreet and Herron the power to return as elected any one whom they m'ght ?>refer, forbidding all Interference, and Instat? ing In office those officers and legislators whom they might name. f A DRUNKEN JEFFRIES. Intelligent medical men affirm their belief tht.c Durell was not mentally flt lo Mt upon tho bench any one day during thia long suit, and that, when his Judgment was read, he was visibly under the Influence ol drink. Bat, while notoriously a drunkard, while well known to have been repeatedly Intoxicated during the trial, and while for many hours Just before rendering his judgment alcoholically Insensible, yet I cannot believe that, when with shaking band he blotted his sign-man? ual upon the Infamous decree, hu was Igno? rant ct its contents or unaware of Its sweeping provisions. The ease was invented and the final order was framed under Durell's super? vision, and, although but a third-rate lawyer, he knew enough during brief sober intervals to be aware ot all the force and effect of the miserable document. THE PLOT CONSUMMATED. Thus empowered, the Herron board at once published what they called the returns of the State election of November 4. The true re? turns and ballots were then, and have ever since been, In the.lawful custody ol Governor Warmoth, bnt the ialBe returns have been careiully prepared and tabulated for the emer? gency. The true returns, according to actual ballots, had been complied, tabulated and pub? lished in accordance with an act ol the Gen? eral Assembly passed In February, 1870. This was done as to the newly elected senators and representatives on the 4lh December, In view of the meeting of the Legislature called on the 9th December In special session by the proclamation of Governor Warmoth. The true retorna gave, an ami-Radical majority of more than thirty in the House and B?X in the Senate; tbe Herron board returned a Radical malorlly ' of atout forty In the House and sixteen in the Senate. Marshal Packard occupied the State? house with United Stutes troops, and on Mon? day morning the Herron board's members and uen&tors met and organized, the clerks being forbidden by injunction to cull any other names than those received from that board through the secretary ot State. This was the first result of the Judicial ln ?jjny. In spite of an anti-Radical majoriiy Gloriously exceeding ten thousand ballots, this gigantic scoundrellsm remands the peo? ple ot Louisiana to a Radical dynasty of the worst character, consisting chiefly of defeated candidates. Governor-Warmoth refused to recognize the body and remained away from bia office at the Statehouse rather lhan pass to lt between files of United Statea soldiers standing with fixed bayonets. Alter A BLASPHEMOUS PRETENCE OF PRATER, which was little else than a stump speech, the House prelerred Impeachment against , Governor Warccih-ffr-h/u.haste, Thereupon Plncbback, who was elected president of the Senate after the death of Lleutenant-Gorer nor Dunn, assuming now to be Lieutenant Governor, broke Into the executive office and acted as Governor, and was so recognized by both apurions houses. THE COURTS OVERTUSSED. Next In order, though not second In rascal Itv, was the hasty passage of a bill by which the Seventh and Eighth District Courts of this city were abolished and another new court erected to have the combined Jurisdiction and functions of both, and designated the "Supe? rior Court or.New Orleans." The Judges of all the coorts, Including the two so abolished, elected In November, bad been but recently Installed. Even the Herron returns make the majority of Judge Collens. of ihe Seventh Court, 6796, and tbat of Judge Elmore, of the Eighth Court, 8551. Bol h these Judges were able, learned and popular; but the Radi? cal usurpers wanted a court of their own and a Judge of the Durell school. They wanted a court with authority to grant Injunctions and prohibitions agalnat Conservative officials and a pliant Judge to consider contested elections. Jacob Hawkins, a member of the Herron board, has been appointed judge of ibis "supe? rior" court, and now no Incumbent of office, however elected or appointed, can consider himself safe from some base mandamus or villanous injunction. No contestant against falsehood and fraud can now go elsewhere than to thU abominable tribunal, or expect, when t?ere, anything else lhanlDjuatlce. THE SUMMARY OP YILLANOUS EVENTS. Let tho reader here mark the connection of events. 1. Durell's decree from a Federal court empowering the lalse returning board. 2. The returns of Herron, Lynch, Haw kins and Longstreet, constituting a Radical Legislature out if defeated candidates. 3. The installation of the mulatto Radical ex-Senator Pinchback as acting Governor by the pretended Impeachment of Warmoth. 4. The destruction of two district courts and the erection of tte contested elections, in? junctions and prohibitions court on, their ruins. 5. The appointment cf a member.of the Her? ron Board (Hawkins) to this new dignity and extended power. WHAT IS TO FOLLOW. These damnable fruits have already grown out of i he drunkard's decree, but they are iDHitroiflcant tn comparison with what must io low if that decree is sustained. 1. The ptenrio Legislature will next abolish the city charter, and so make a new one. that the mayor and council will be appointed by the Radical Governor. This will be a renewal ol the trick ot 1870, by which the will ot the people of New Orleans was thwarted. The city debt ls BOW about twenty-five millions, and as the city bears more than thre?-?fths of all the burden of the State Government and Btate debt (forty-two millions,) the rapacity und extravagance of the (coming) Radical city rulers will destroy the last hope of re? deeming the credit ot New Orleans. Ii the ignorant and vlllanous, prejudiced and spite? ful legislators follow out their wicked pro? gramme, the city will be made "'tn kr upi be? yond remedy. 2. The confidence of capitalists In this elly and State will be destroyed by foolish and wicked misgovernment to such a degree thar, uo help can be had from abroad to build a railway connection with Texas, the only means by which tbe elly's waning trade can be revived and sustained. 3. The white people, in despair, will aban don the Slate, il able, or stifler io gloomy despondency If still detained by poverty. 4. The colored people will swarm hither from all quarters, being tempted by the pre dominance which ? rascally order of court has conferred upon their race. This will soon give them a ruling majority In fact as they now claim in form, A half century must pass ere the whites can again claim political equality. 5. But the crowing evil is the precedent thus set. What oppressed and Insulted Louis lana suffers now from this subtle tyranny will be visited upon all the southern States one by one, and afterwards upon all States hostile to the power now ruling. It Is the dagger of the ilbertlclde thrust deep Into the vitals o' the republic. It this tyranny ls sustained the empire ls not many years off. TBE END IS NOT YET. NEW YORK, January 3. Dispatches from New Orleans say that trou ble ls apprehended next Monday. General Emery, the Federal commander, will have lrotn turee to-lour thousand troops at his dis posai. _ JOTTINGS A30?T THE STATE. -Governor Moses has appointed Colonel W. C. Beatty, oi Torkvllle, a notary public. -The Sumter Watchman promises to don a new drees at an early day. -The concert given by the Wiaosboro' Club, on New Tear's Eve, was a Buccess. -The election at Chester for Intendant and wardens will be held Jauuary 12th. -The ladies of Barnwell bad a handsome Christmas tree. -A grand ball and supper was given at Blackville on Friday evening last, at which the Barnwell lolks enjoyed themselves. -The L'ln-house of Mr. J. C. Brown, of Barnwell,~was burned recently. LOBS seven ba es of colton and forty-five bags ot seed. Rev. C. N. Donaldson has accepted the agency of the Furman University ut Green ville. -The eurvlvore of the late Confederate army and navy, at Darlington, propose to form a coun<y association. -The stables ol Gaines Ashley, Esq.,at Aiken were consumed by are on Wednesday night last. Loss seven hundred dollars -The pupils of the Pine Grove Academy, at Rockville, gave a charming entertainment on the 23d ultimo, consisting of suitable plays, tableaux, <fcc. -Judge T.J. Mackey has purchased the hand? some residence of Captain P. Bacor, in Winns boro', and contemplates occupying it a lew months hence. -Dr. H. M. Perry, ot Greenville, bas been unanimously elected a resident physician of the Philadelphia Hospital, and has removed to that city to enter upon his duties. -Mr. A. Mos.4, an aged gentleman who keeps a ?cop In the suburbs of Darlington, ac? cidentally snot himself on Saturday lust in the leg, inflicting a painful, bul not serious wound. -A meetlug was held at Aiken on New Year's day by the Association lor the Promotion of amusenMOia, which wan largely attended nu'.i much Interest was manifested in the pro? ject. A publie ball Is to be erected there in a ouildlng to be But up on Main street. -Mr. W. D. Reeder died In Newberry Coun? ty, December 22d, ol meningitis. Colonel Url tho lost two caildren, a son and a daughter, within the space of two weeks. Miss Lizzie Buller, of Jalapa, died on the 30th of pneumo? nia. -The books ol' the connty treasurer of An? derson can not be gotten ready for receipt of taxes till the lMi Instant, and lt ls sup? posed that under the circumstances the law BB regards the penally will hardly be rigidly en? forced. -A man In Darlington, who wanted to put an enemy into his mouth to steal away his bruins, and also wished to steal the enemy, walked off with some whiskey stolen from Mr. Moss's store In Darlington, but In bis haste tell Into a clay hole and broke bis leg. -Mr. Wash. Ricbbourg, of Columbia, acci? dentally shot himself while handling his fowl? ing piece ou Wednesday. The contents of the barrel were discharged into his left side, im? mediately under the arm, Inflicting a serious wound. -Whilst two little boys, sons of Mr. R. H. Black, who resides near Blairsvllle, In York county, wer.* chrpplng wood, one of them ac? cidentally let the axe tall on the other's hand, severing all four lingers. Thelittle sufferer, who ls but eleven years old, bears his misfor? tune most bravely. -On Thursday night last Simon Anderson, an employee of Captain Whipple's place, near Back Swamp, was lrozen to death while making bis way home In an Intoxicated con? dition lrom a dance, wnere he had been en? joying to a large extent the pleasures or the bottle. -Miss Jennie Patterson, the elocutionist, gave two entertainments in Sumter, on Mon? day and Tuesday evenings. She ls a young lady of refinement and intellectual culture, and a native of Augusta, Ga. On her first appearance in Sumter, she was considerately and gracelully introduced to the audience by E. W. Moise, Esq. -The Chester Reporter says that at the ap proacbtm; term of the Court of Common Pleas uu? General Sessions Judge Mackey will dis? pose of all the cases In mu Sessions, and of such cases in the Common Plea!) as do not re? quire the intervention of a Jury; and that no CitseB ou the civil side ot the court requiring a Jury wilt be taken up unless by consent of the oounsel on both sides. -For county purposes, the levy lo York and Catiwba townships ls lour mills on the dollar-three mills lor general purposes; one half mill for the support of "indigent widows and orphans of persons who have been killed becaudsol' their political opinions;" and one half mfil for township school purposes, making tbe aggregate assessment In these two townships, for State and county purposes, sixteen mills-, or one dollar and sixty cents on the one hundred dollars valuation. -On Christmas day, at Abbeville, Bishop Qulotard, of Tennessee, and General Ker snaw, according Co previous announcement, presented the claim*, of the University of ihe sooth, In a very clear' and impressive manner. It ls proposed to raise '?rom th? ten Southern Slates an endowment af $500,000. The quota of South Carolina will b? $50,000-of this Bum Charleston has already^ subscribed $15,000. Donations of any amount} however small, are solicited-and eit her the; cash paid, or note giren payable with interest at any period within ten years. > THE CITY WATER PROBLEM. IMPORTANT CONFERENCE AT THE CITY HALL. A Practical and Promising Plan for Supplying the City with Vater. ID accordance with an invitation extended by the Mayor to the Charleston Delegation to the General Assembly, the greater portion of that body held a meeting at th? City Hall yes? terday alternoon with th*? City Council and Beveral prominent private ch teens. Captain B. Y. Tupper, president of the Chamber ol Commerce, stated that th? object of the meet? ing was to consider the subject of Introduc? ing water Into the city, and he read the fol? lowing bill which had been prepared by the j City Council: AN ACT TO CHARTER THE "CHARLESTON WATER AND CANAL COM'ANT," IN THE STATE OF SOOTH CAROLIN* 8E0TI0N1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ot Representatives of the State of South Carolira, now met anil sitting in General As? sembly, and ?y authority ot the same: That Tor the purpose ol introducing pure water Into the City ot Charleston, from the Edisto River iu a manner deemed most practicable, of cut? ing a canal at or near Givham's Ferry, to a point on th? Ashley River, at or near "Cypress Plantation," and removing obstructions, deep solDg and straightening the latter, so SB to rendrr lt navigable for the transportation ol the products ot the country, a charier, with ihe rights and prMlges ol' the the Bame, be, ipd ls ner^by, granted to the City Council of 7barleston, their successors in office and as ligDB. ucder the name of the "Charleston Vater and Canal Company ol South Caron? ia." and shall have a corporate existence as a )Ody politic in perpetuity. SEC. 2. That the capital stock of said com )any shall be one million and Ave hundred bousand dollars, In shares of one hundred loila? each, wltn power to Increase the cupi? al, should the wants ol the company require he same, one million dollars; and In order io aise the said capital stock lt shall be lawful or the eald City Council of Charleston, their luccessors In office, or assigns, to negotiate fvlth capitallBlB for such sum or sums ot nooey as may be necessary for carrying on iud completing the public works aioresald, ipon such terms as the majority of the corpo atlon or their assigns may deem most advisa? ble, or to opeu OOOKB of subscription In such Maces and at such times as may be deemed or the best interest of the corporation or heir a-M ??os, the times and places for recel v ng such subscriptions to be determined by a najorily ot the corporators; and should a sub? scription be resorted to for raising the funds itoresaid, and when oue million of dollars ihall have been subscriber!, notice shall be riven to the subscribers of toe lime and place )i meeting tor organization. EEO. 3. That the said City Council of Charles .on, their successors lu office and assigns, ihall have ail the rights and privileges Incl lent to such corporate bodies, and shall be )ermllted to have, bold, purchase and possess ands, and make sale of the same, or any prep T'y acquired by them, and shall have author ty to impose ou barges, rafts, vessels, boats ind floate, such tolls as may be deemed by hem fuir and proper for the use of the eald janal. SEC. i. This corporation shall have water ;orn munica! lon from the Edisto River, at Glv lam's Ferry, to the nearest convenient point )n the Ashley River, or near the point ibereon itoresaid, and from that point down the Astl? ey River, two hundred and fifty feet wide, on >oth sides of the river, one for the pipe-track, ind one lor the tow-path, and may appro? priate any ranrtB on this route necessary to promote the objects of this corporal lon, In the transportation of waler along the banks of the :anal, and a portion of the Ashley River, and Tom thence to the City of Charleston, and to racllltaie also the transportation ol the pre? dicts of the country, such as wood, phos? phates, rice, coitoo, lumber, Ac: provided ,bey shall pay a Just and reasonable com pen? tatl?n for all land appropriated lor said pur? poses, which, ll not agreed upon betweeu the jwnere or legal representatives ot the land, tod the said company, to bi ascertained and letermined, in accordance with the provis ons nf an act of the General Asseinblv, enti? led "An act lo declare the mauuer by which .be lands, or the right of way over the lands )f persons or corporations, may be taken for .he use ot railroads, or oiher internal Im? provements," ratified September 22d, 1868. SEC. 5. That tbe City Council ol Charles? ton, or their assigns, ls hereby charged with be preservation of the canal aforesaid, and he banks ot the Ashley river along which the vater pipes may run, iroin Injury ur nuisance vita the execution of such measures as may ie necessary to preserve aaa Increase the luantlty of waler, and keep lt pure, with the nunagemeni, preservation and repairs ot the lams, gales, aqueducts, reservoirs, mains, lipes, pipe-yard, and property ol every dea :riptlon belonging lo the waler works, and he purehase and laying dowu ot such mains is the City Count li, or a majority ot them, heir successors in office, or assigns, may au horize ; and, also, ihe construction, repairs, md cleansing of all the sewers and under? ground drains, and such new sewers as muy >e adapted for the sewerage ol' the city of Inarleston, the Bald City Council, or their an? tigua, shall be responsible for tue supply of vater, and ihe order and security of all work rom the Edisto river, ai the head ol the ca? lal, and the Ashley river, to the said city, in? klusive ; for the exactness and durability of ne structures which may be erected, and of he dally work to be performed, and for the lufficleocy ot ihe supply in the pipe yard, lo neet every casualty, and for the fidelity, care ind attention of ail persoua employed by the lepartment, lu makiug constructions and re? pairs. SEC. 6. If any person shall wilfully do, or ;ause to be done, any act whereby any work, naterlals, or property whatever, which shall >eerected or used within the City of Charles OD, or elsewhere, by tue said City Council of Charleston, their successors ju office, or as 'Igus, or by any person or'persons acting inder their authority, for the purpose ot pro? mring or keeping tue supply ot water, shall n any manner be Injured, or udall erect or )lace any nuisance un the banks of Hie said sana!, or shall throw anything Into the aque luct, or any reservoir or pipes, such person >r persons, on conviction thereof, shall, be ieemed guilty ol a misdemeanor. SEC. 7. Tne City Council of Charleston, and .heir BucceBSors ID office, may, by ordinance, ^stablish a scale of annual renie, To be called the "regular rents," and apportioned to dif? ferent classes ol buildings in said city, In re? ference to their dimensions, value, exposure to fires, ordinary use, for dwellings, stores, mops, private stables, and other common purposes; number of families, or occupants, Dr consumption of water, as near as may be practicable, and modify, alter, amend, or In? crease such scale from time to time, and ex? tend it to other descriptions of buildings and establishment?. Such "regular rales," when so established, shall be collected from the owners of all such houses respectively, which shall be situated upon.tmv lots adjoining any Btreetor avenue in said city, In which the dis? tributing water-pipes may be laid, and from which they can be supplied with water. Said "regular rente" shall become a charge and lien upon such houses and lots respectively, as herein provided; provided such owners shall subscribe to and become water consumers. SEC. 8. Hotels, factories, stables, and other buildings and establishments which consume an extra quantity ot waler, may, In addition to the regular rents, be charged with ad? ditional renie, to be called "Extra Rents." SEO. 9. The regular annual reats which are not paid before" the first day of January In each year, shall be BUbject to an addltiooal charge ut five per cent., and those rents not paid oeiore the first dav of A Dril In each year shall bo BUbject to an additional charge of ten per cent. SEO. IO. The rules and restrictions for the use of the water, printed on each permit, shall be Dotlce to the water-takers, and shall au? thorize the exaction, and recovery by procesa of law, ot any penalties which the City Council, and ile successors In office, may Im? pose, In addition to cutting off the use ol' the water lor any violation of the rules. The waler rents BO in arrears shall be, and con? tinue to be until paid, a lien upon the prop? erty to which the rent applies, and may be recovered and collected bys<\le of the premi? ses by law, as In tue case ot unpaid taxes In tue City ol CUarleston, and tUls section aUall be primed on such permits. SEO. ll. For the collection of the water rents to be imposed by virtue of this act, it shall lake effect on the first day of October, la the year alter that In which the said City Council ol Charleston shall determine lo carry Its provisions Into effect. SEC. 12. That this act shall be deemed a publio ac1, and aa such shall be judicially noticed in all the courts ol this State. Captain Tupper thea set lorth the advan? tages lo be derived from a canal through the section ol country specified, in the facilities lt would afford lor utilizing the timber and phos? phate rock which abound there. . Dr. E. Geddings followed, showing the hy? gienic advantages that would result to* the city from an abundant supply of pure water. He showed that the water of the Edisto was rendered far purer than common cistern wa? ter by Hs percolation through the sands which lorin the river bed. He also showed that the Edisto ls the natural source of the waler supply o? Charleston. The Mayor explained that he had brought about the meetiDg for the purpose of calling the attention of the d?l?gation to the impor? tance of the subject, and lor asking its mem? bers to Introduce lalo ihe Legislature, and If possible obtain the passage of the bill pre? viously read by C?ptala Tupper. Ciiy Engineer Barbot, at the request of Mr. C. R. Brewster, introduced his maps, showing the location of the route proposed for the canal; the topography of the country, and the depth of excavation necessary to cut through the ridge separating the waters of the Edisto and ashley. Mr. Hurley said he was a member of the Charleston Water Company, which bad ob? tained a charter durlog the session of 1871 and '72. Thia charter gave the company the exclusive right to introduce water luto Charles? ton, from any point within sixty-five miles. Il the City Council would guarantee the com? mencement of work within a specified lime, he would have that charter conveyed to it without any cost. Mr. Brennan opposed receiving the charter offered by Mr. Hurley, and thought lt better lo introduce, with an amendment specifying the lime within which the work would be commenced, the bill that had been drafted by Council. Dr. Bosemon regarded tue plan proposed by Council an excellent one, and promised to support the bill. Mr. R. B. Arlson would not say whether or not he could support the bill, but he thought well of the scheme, and advised Ccuncil not to entertain Mr. Hurley's proposition. Mr. O. R. Levy advised Council to submit the bill to the Legislature, and rely upon the fidelity of the Charleston delegation. This proposition belog Irresistible, was agreed to, whereupon the meeting adjourned. GRANT WAKING UP. Important Order to be Inned-United States Officers Not to Hold State Offices. [Special DUpatch to the New York Times.] WASHINGTON, December 31. The President will shortly Issue an execu? tive order of very great Importance to United States office-holders In every Slate, and which is designed to correct an evil that, lo some States, has become too serious to be longer overlooked. The order In queailon will noilfy all persona holding United States commis? sions that the acceptance or holding ol office under any Stale authority ls Inconsistent with the scope of their official duty, andan Improper Interference with 8"ale concerns. The holding of such office will be deemed tho vooatiou ot thu puBiuuus held by them un? der Federal authority, aod their successors will be appointed. This order will be Issued very early In the new year, and will take ef? fect from and after the itt of March. The Inspiring cause ot lt ls the tact that i . some 8.aies; uotably Louisiana and Florida, L 'ry large pro por'lou ol' the Slate officials 1 members of the Legislature are persons ht lng office by appointment of the Presiden, This fact has given rise lo much of ibe irrita? tion lhal has existed, not only between the different political parties in these State*, but between lac tin us of the Republican party. As the President's power to terminate the official existence of any officer violating ihe order Is absolute, he virtually hos ihe remedy ol ibis matter in his own bands, and proposes to ap? ply it. CRIMES AND CRIMINALS. An Old Lady Hob ned and Murdered. BALTIMORE, January 3. Mrs. Mary Ann Lampley, aged seventy-two years, was murdered last evening during Hie absence of her daughter at the opera. Twelve huudred dollars' worth of Jewelry was stolen. Jail Breaking Extraordinary. AcncitN, N. Y., January 3. About three o'clock yesterday afternoon seven convicts, whose terms of sentence ranged from five to twenty years, escaped from the State prison here by digglog through a wal where a shalt ran through for the pur? pose of turning the machinery In the prison. It ls believed that ihe convicts had assistance from the outside, as they are all supposed to have been provided with citizens' clothes. The escape was projected and conducted by Dan Noble, the perpetrator of the notorious Lord bond robbery. NORTH CAROLINA BONDS. NEW YORK, January 3. The committee on securities ol the Stock Exchange have recommended that North Caroiitia old bonds be divided Into two classes In the dealings or the Exchange. Tnat those with coupons due on January 1, 18G9, be placed upon call, and designated as "North Carolina old bonds to old North Carolloa Ball road Company, coupons on," and that the sec? ond class be those with first maturing seven coupons off, due July, 1872 or October, 1872, and be designated on call as "North Carolina old bonds, to aid North Carolina Railroad Company, coupons off." THE FATE OF THE SANDWICH IS? LANDS. LONDON. January 3. The London Times this morning Bays "lt must conieps that, the Americans will event? ually people the Sandwich Islands, which will thus become a valuable colony between San Francisco, China and Australia." The Times reviews the question of annexation by filibus? tering as heretofore practiced in new coun? tries by great, powere, and doubts the rieht or propriety of any nation laking possession of, the Sandwich Islands lu such manner. SPARKS FROM. THE WIRES. -Rich discoveries ot gold bearing quartz are reported from Silka. -The billiard mutch between Daly and Cyrille Dion ended In a row, and ls declared off. -P. T. Darnum yesterday lost a thousand dollar diamond pin in a New York stage. -Over seventeen hundred Immigrants have arrived at New York since the beginning of the year, maoy or them desi lime Italians. -The epizootle Is railing lu Colorado, pre? venting stage communication between Central City and CeorgetowD. -A London dispatch announces the death of the Earl of Galloway at the age ol seventy two. -The Fertilizing Company's works, ut Alnc worth, III, are burned. Loss one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. -The safe bas been recovered from the ruins of the Filth avenue theatre, and its con? tents lound nuit juted. -The evidence in thenewirlal of Blokes was closed yesterday and the arguments com? menced. The court-rojm was crowded to excess. -The body of second mate Henry B. Bal? lard and lour other bodies, from the wrecked ship Peruvian, were washed ashore on Cape Cou last thursday. -Queenstown, Southampton and Binning, ton dispatches report an unprecedented tem? pest Thursday night, with terrific thunder and lightning. Yesterday morning It waa blowing a gale with sleet and snow. THE PRESIDENT'S LEVEE. BRILLIANT SCENES AT TH? WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION. The Diplomatic Corp?-Splendid Cn? tames-Shall! the Number or Weat Point and Annapolis Cadets be Re? duced 1-The Louisiana Case, ??c. [PROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WASHINGTON, January 1. The custom of paying New Tear's calis was observed generally In this city to-day, al? though tbe weather was threatening, and the walking most disagreeable lrom the thawing o? our recent heavy snow. The streets and avenues, however, presented a very gay and busy appearance on account of the unusual number of carriages and New Year suites ol pedestrian visitors. There was but Utile drunkenness, owing to Ihe iact that most of those receiving had agreed to re? frain from offering their guests beverages stronger than lemonade, coffee or chocolate. The reception o( the President was unusu? ally brilliant. The carpeting In the several drawing-rooms were neatly covered. Each room waa brilliantly illuminated by handsome cut-glass chandeliers, and decorated with nu? merous vases filled with choice flowers from the Congressional and Presidential conserv? atories. Exactly at eleven o'clock: General Grant and wife made their appearance, when the Marine Band struck up "Hall to the Chief," after which the presentations began by the secretary of State presenting the members of the different foreign legations first. They were 6resented In the order of their rank. Biacque ey was the first, bel nc dean of the diplomatic corps, accompanied by his wife and General Mott, whose rank ls second only to the Sultan of Turkey. Their uniforms were dazzling In the extreme. Madame Blacque's rare Jewels and rich black velvet added to her beauty. Sir Edward Thornton and lady, the British minister, the minister from Ecuador, and his young wife, attracted much attention from the elegance of their attire. There waa also pres? ent the representatives of Austria, Peru, italy, Mexico, Brazil, Prussia, Spain, Russia, France, Belgium, Portugal, Japan, Chill and Denmark. The gentlemen were all accompanied by their secretaries and the ladles ot their household, and from the richness and variety of their cos? tumes and decorations presented a most re? splendent appearance. Mrs. Grant aud Miss Nellie were both very richly dressed, and aid? ed in their reception by Miss Lizzie Porter, MIPB Barnen, Mrs. and Miss Fish, and Mrs. Attorney-General WU llama. The Judges ni the United States Supreme Court, senators and represent -ai ves, the gov? ernor of the district and BUII?, Judges of the Court ol Cialms, and the members of the board of public works, were received at half past eleven. At twelve o'clock the officers of the armv and navy appeared In full uniform, the former h'aded by General Sherman and the latter by Admiral Porter, then the heads of bureaus, followed bv the "Associated Soldiers of the War of 1812," and tbe "Oldest In hab?tame' Association of the District of Columbia." All members ol the cabinet and foreign ministers also had their receptions, which were largely attended; In fact the day bas parsed off most cheerfully without an Incident to mar Its pleasures, until at six o'clock P. M. a moat disagreeable sleet began, which may cause accidents to those who have welcomed the new year with stronger liquids 'han those heretofore mentioned. The secretaries ot war and the navy were before the appropriation committee yesterday to give their views relative to the proposed reduction of graduates at West Point and An? napolis, owing lo the anticipated Increase of. cadeiahlps from the additional forty-nine Congressional Districts that will be represent? ed tu ihe next House. General Belknap la opposed to any reduction because West Point does not now furnish a sufficient number of officer-. He stated that lrom lorty to fifty of? ficers are killed annually upon the frontier bv the Indians. Additional reasons are thai, out of ninety cadets who enter West Point, upon an average only about half that number graduate, while many graduatea do not enter tte army at all, but tollow professional pur? suits In civil life In preference to the military 'areer. The class that will graduate next v, called the centennial class, will proba b urn out more officers than any class In pr?, ?ding y ea rs. The secretary of the navy was lu favor of a reduction of graduatea from Aonanolis by Increasing ihe 'term of study from four to six years. The appropriation committee are In favor of lengthening the term to ?six years, and have embodied thia plan In the naval bill, which Mr. Hale, of Maine, has In charge. There la but lillie doubt of Its meeting the approval of Congress. Its application, however, would commence upon those only who enter the Navy Academy next summer and thereafter.7 When Congruas assembles the first thing to be done will be the investigation nf the Lou? isiana difficulty, when the President will be given an opportunity of explaining his singu? lar position In the matter. Tba committee of a hundred citizens who came here have scat? tered tor the present; a portion have gone to New York, e. part lo Chicago, and some to Boston and St. Louis. They will return, how? ever, the latter part of this week, endorsed by the moneyed and business men of the great financial and commercial centr?e lo such an extent as to command a hearing by Congress, which, In its turo, will call Mister Grant to ac? count. A most strenuous effort will also be made to evade the consideration of ihe Credit Mobilier scandal and swindle, while a despe? rate exertion to appropriate the telegraph lines as a postal telegraph will be made, In which these schemers and speculators are earnestly aided by the administration. The people will also be called upon, through their representatives, for an appropriation of H. 000,000 to extend the Improvements and beau? tification ol this city, which has already cost ihe district Itself that amount, In addition to a debt ol $1 250,000. Tnese two last "Jobs" will be a harvest to the "lobby." G. C. W. THE WRETCHED WEATHER. Ice, Fog, River Dlsaters and General Discomfort. CINCINNATI, January 3. The Ice is moving, and la quite rotten. The boatmen are hopeful of a speedy resumption ot navigation. The Ice started at Wheeling to-day, carrying the steamer Carrie Brooke down the river, and at Madison carrying down the General Snell. The Ice in Licking River has Just started. CHICAGO, January 3. The wind la blowing a gale ol seventy miles an hour. NEW YORK, January 3. The heaviest fog Ot the season prevails thia morning on the rivers, and but few of the ferry boats are running. Fully forty thousand people living In Brooklyn and Jersey City have been detained lu consequence. It ls raining heavily and the streets are In a horri? ble condition, being ankle deep In slush. Two ferry boats collided In the East River, but without serious injury, and another ran down a row-boat, drowning an unknown man. THE FUTURE OF THE SOUTH. An Appeal for a Combined Effort for Her Advancement. SAVANNAH, January 3. The committee on direct trade Inauguration, appointed by the Georgia Agricultural Con? vention, of which General John B. Gordon is president, met la thia elly t.o*day, and issued an address, of which the tollo wing is abrief synopsis: The committee invites the Cotton States to meet by delegations In conven? tion at Augusta, Ga., on February 2d; refers to ihe common interests ot the West and South, and asks delegations also from Cincinnati, St. Louis, Louisville, Memphis. &c; notes the Importance ol great through HneB by rall and water for the West, and es? pecially the Atlantlo and Greatweatern, also the necessity ot some combined, organized and sustained effort to make known abroad the advaniages which the South offers, the in? terests of the whole country being Involved In Increased prosperity of the South, as well as In enabli ng the Western larmer to work bis land profitably. Millions ol people In the South and West now pay a tribute to the al? ready enrlohed Eaat. POOR FLORIDA. A Washington dispatch says : A well-known Republican of Washington re? ceived to-night from a prominent Unionist ot the North, out for some years a resident in Florida, a letter depicting a most woelul con? dition of affairs In that State. The writer says that the board of State canvassers "counted In" the Radical candidates by committing the grossest frauds, and have banded over the* State to the most irresponsible and reckless set of rascals the Southern tron?les have pro? duced; that what Is left of State property and credit will be voled away this winter; that Northern capital ls being withdrawn, and the whites are gathering together their means and emigrating to other States; that under the auspices ol a colored emigration society, the blacks of Georgia and the Carolinas aro be? ginning to pour io, and that in a short time they will make a government almost exclu? sively of blacks. A correspondent of the New York Sun, from Alachna, Fla., gives a case of brutality that presents the other side of the Ku-Klux ques? tion, and may have been an Incentive in other similar Instances to the disturbances of which the advocates of the Eu-Elux complain. He says: Io.this town ( Ne wmans vi Ile) resides a feeble old gentleman, now in the seventy-ninth year of his age, John Powers by name, who as early as 1812 enlisted In the army of the United States, fighting all through that war. He was also with Decatur in his expedition against Tripoli, and served In the Creek war under Jackson. Last Saturday week this old gentleman, while attending tome little mat? ters lo town, was assaulted by a stalwart negro, horsewhipped and knocked down. Ur. Powers, through the interference of another negro, who had some respect for his gray hairs, made his escape, followed by aoout thirty of these devils, shouting* "Kill the_ old-, kill bim." Fortunately he gained the house of a friend, where he secured a gun and put to bay the mob. The correspondent mentions otber out rapes of the same character. He continues: One of the most recent of these outrages happened on the day of ?lection at this pre? cinct, and the writer, and hundreds of others, were eyc-wltneBses to what follows. The polls were opened at the usual hour, and when the voting began lt was almost Impossible to keep the negroes from laking complete possession of them. About the middle of the day a col? ored man voted for Greeley and the Conser? vative tit ate ticket, when a disturbance arose, which was kept up nntll late tn the evening, and Anally culminated in a deadly assult on two citizens of the town. One of them (Dr. Jackson) was struck and knocked senseless by a bludgeon of some kind as he was enter? ing his dwelling lo go to his supper, and he now iles in a dangerous condition. A gun was fired at him wbl'e falling, and some forty or fifty shot penetrated ihe door ot the house. About the same lime a young man was also assailed, but having been atrnok a slanting blow on the side of the head, he was only slightly stunned. The only offence that these gentlemen bad committed was that ot voling as they saw proper. . ? O VER TH $8 EA. MADRID, January 3. The municipalities of Havana are raising volunteers to fight roaming bands of Carlisle. The members of the Sagosta ministry wer% absent from the recent reception given by King Amadeas. ROME, January 3. The Pope, on receiving th? Palatine Guard, yesterday, made a brief address, alluding to the persecutions ot the church and declaring that' "the cities of Europe are dancing on perilous ground." -The Wilmington Journal ia commenting apoa the opinions of the North Carolina press la relation to the proposed New York, Norfolk and Charleston Railroad, says : We did feel hurt that leading Conservative papers at the capital remained silent when the welfare of Wilmington and North Carolina was being sacrificed by Henry Clews and others, for the benefit of Norfolk and cities farther North. We can assure our friends of the News that if this road ls built, Wilmington has rua its course. _ _ _ COMMERCIAL NEW H. Th? Charleston Cotton, Rice and Na.-ral Stores Marketa OFFIOI CHARLESTON- NEWS, 1 FRIDAY EVENING, Januarys, 1878.j COTTON.- This artlole displayed an active and strong character, with a good and well supported demand, In which prices advanced a fall Xe fi tb; sales abont 2600 bales, say l at u?, ll at 15\'; 8 at 18X. 4 at ia*, 28 at 16X. 20 at 17,48 at Xiii. 131 at 17X. 2at ii?, 7 at 17X. 23 at\"%, 260 at 18, 230 at 18X? 8 at is;;, 160 at 18X, 180 at 18X. 70 at 18%- 2 at 10,16 at 19,-6, 410 at 19X. 260 at 10H, 89 at lox. 248 at lex, 12 at lox, 26 at 20c ? lb. We quote: LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. Inferior.14X@"X Ordinary to good ordinary.18 ts io Low rulddllug.tOX? Middling.I.iox?iex ht net ni lau i lu g.1?X@ F0TCRB8.-Sales 60 bales, oasis Charleston low middling, June delivery, ac 21 xe. RICK.-There was a mod?raie business tn this grain at firm rat s. Sales about 100 tierces clean Carolina, say 60 tierces at 613-10,18 at 7X, 26 at 7Xe fl lb. We quote : common to fair at 6X07, good 7X@7XC fl fi>. NAVAL STORKS.-The arrivals were 84 bbla spirits turpentine and 666 bbls rosin. The market waa quiet and wltbont transactions of LO te. FREIGHTS.-TO Liverpool, by steam, direct, on uplands,-on sea islands; via New York, Xd on uplands, - on sea islands; by sall Xd on uplands, and Xd on sea Islande. To Havre,- on uplands. Coastwise-wi New York, by steam, Xe on uplands and - on sea Ulanda; $2 fl tierce on rice; soc ? bbl on rosin ; by Ball,-c fi tb en cotton; -c 9 tierce on rlce;60c fl bbl on rosin; $11@12 fl M on lamber; $12^12 60 fl td on timber. To Boat n, by steam ye on uplands and $2 60 fl tierce on rice; by sall, -c ft a on uplands; rosin 70c; resawed stntl ?12? 12 60; timber $ 13313 60; phosphats $6@5 60. To Providence, by sall $10@ll fl ll on boards; -c fl lb on colton; by steam Xe via New York. To Philadelphia, by steam xe on uplands; SI 76 fi cask on rice; 60c fl bbl on rosin; $1 on spirits. Through billa of lading gl?n to Boston, Provi? dence and the New F.ngland cities are regularly lasned. on this route, and dispatch guaranteed. By sall, $8 fl M on boards; $12 on timber; - fi ton on clay; $8 60 on phosphates. To Baltimore, by steam -c fi lb; by sall $808 60 ft Mon boards; -- on timber; $3 60 ft ton at city; $4@ 4,60 ft ton np river on phoapbate rock. Vessels t.re tn demand by onr merchants to take lumber freights from Georgetown. S. O.. Darien and sat il? la River, Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla., to Northern ports, and $10012 ft Hare the ratea on timber and boards. EXCHANGE_Sterling 60 day bills 20X. DOMESTIC EXCHANQE.-The banks purchase alght checks on New York at X per cent, off, and sell at par. QOM)-12X@18X. _ tn ?rn ?ts ty y Telegraph. MONEY MARKETS. LONDON, January 3. Noon.-Consols eixaoix. Fives 8S. Evening.-Honey un securities lower by I* than bank rates. FRANKFORT, January 3. Noon.-Eonds 9&X> PARIS, January s. Noon.-Speoleincreased half million francs. Evening.-Rentes 681860 NEW YORK, January 2. Noon.-Frelghta quiet, siockBdull. UoldheaV} at lix- Money easier at 1 32sM6 per cent, pe pay. Exchange-long ox. short ?ujtj. Govern ments dull and heavy. State bondB doll, bu steady. sven lng-Gold quiet at HXallX- Govern ments quiet all day, closing steady, states dol and nearly nominal. Frelghta quiet and ea*let Money stringent daring the day, ont dropped? the close to Sae. sterling quiet at OX COTTON MARKETS. - LIVERPOOL, January 3. Noon.-Cotton opened Arm; nplandsiexaiox< Orleans lOXd. Later.-cotton active and firmer; npland lOXd, Orleans lOXd. Lates:.-cotton active and Armer; uplands io; aioxd, Orleans loxd; eales 18,000 balei; specu? lation and export 4000. Evening.-cotton closed unchanged; sales is,. v ooo, whereof 8000 are american. Tarns and fabrics tend np. Sales or cotton shipped from Savannah or Charleston November and December at 10 2-1 ad. and from Savannth or Charleston October and November at lo Med. Nsw TORIE, January a. Noon-Cotton firm ; sales 1433 bales; up? lands 2?*?c; Orleans six. Evening.-Cotton firm; uplands 20X; Orlfana 2i>?c; net receipts 369 bales; gross 3.'M; s* - of cotton in tures to-day 17,660 bales, sa follows." January. ?s^a?o; february, 20Xa20ft-16; March. 20X&20 9-16; April, 20J{a21; May, 21X*21 7-16 June, 21 l3-iea2l?i; July, 23. ' BOSTON, January s. Cotton steady: middlings sic; net receipts 2ft bales; cross 1623; exports to Great Britain OS sales MO: BtoctE 6000; weekly net receipts 486: gross 13,803; exports to Great Britain 98; sales 2600. PROVTOKNGB, Jaunarr 3. Cotton Arm; middlings 20Xa2ic; wet Wy receipts 80 bales; Bales 6O00; atoes 12.000. PHILADELPHIA. January 3. Cotton firm; middlings 20Xa2ic; weekly net re? ceipts 201; gross 2690. BALTTMORU, January 3. Cot'on firm; middlings 20Ko; nales ne bales stock 10,183; weekly net recelpis ass; groes ano; exports to Great Britain i047; coastwise 87o; sales 1400. ' Crrr POD;T, January a. Wetkly net receipts 226 bales. Noxrouc, Jannary a. Cotton Arm; low middlings 18X<:; net receipts 2287 halea; gross 228?; exporta coastwise 1830; sales 2?o; stock 11.718?weekly nee receipts 7918: gr,aa 7928; sales UGO. WILMINGTON, January 8. Conon Arro; mlddllnes ;9K;C; nee receipts 107 bal<a; exports c astwlse 378; sales 137; stdck 8098; weekly net receipts 936; exports coa-.twiss 16 6; sales 249. SAVANNAH, Jannary a. Cotton Orm; ordinary 18c, good ordinary 18X, low middling 19, mtddl'ng i9?ic.; net receipts 3686 bales; exports to Great Britain SU07; coast wtae 1606; sales 2466; stock 84,609; weekly net re? ceipts 24,099; exports to Oreat ratall 19,639; Continent 2130; coa-tw?e 7082; sales io,287. AUGUSTA, J aun o ry 8. 1 Cotton firm ar.d in good demand; middlings IBJfc; receipts 1 ?81 bales; sates 1175; stock 1878 19.426; 1873, by actual count, ia. 0; weekly receipts 728?; shipments 6806; sales 6288; sates for export 366 bales. MACON, January 3. Cotton firm; low middlings isxc; net receipts 1946 bales; shipments 1666; stock 1878, ia,t07; 1872, 14,606. COLUMBUS, Jannary 8. Low middlings l8Xc; receipt*! of the week 434 bales; shipments 216?; sales 1838; spinners 367; stock 10,286. NA-HVTLt.K, Jannary 8. Cotton Arm; low mtddllogs isc; receipts of the week 1635 bales; shipments 1906; stock 1378, 6833; 1872, 4491. - MEMPHIS, Jannary 8. Cotton active and higher; midd mg 2ox??>Xo; receipts 1666; shipments 2968; ?toes 1878, 8874; 1872, 23,056; receipts of the wt efc 8886; shipments . 14,390; sales 12,860. MOBILE, January 8. Cotton firm;good ordinary is* c; low midd inga 19X; middlings :o; net ?ecelpti 2971 bales;ex? ports to oreat Britain 8267; coastwise 1072; salts 15C0; stock 41.000; weekly net receipts 17 026; ex? ports to Oreat Britain 7883; coastwise 6069; salts 12 000. Nsw ORLEANS, January 8. Cotton active; good ordinary lIXo; low mid? dlings 19M; middlings 20; net receipts 6384 bales; gross 7176; exports te Great Britein 1800, sales eooo; last evening 4000; stock 167,716; weekly net receipts 26,6oi; gross 3i,8io; exports to Great Britain 16,283; Continent 11,681; cout wise 4881; sales 27,000. GALVESTON. Jannary s. Cotton strong; good ordloary i7Xal7Xo; net receipts 3847 balee; exports coast wise issi; sales 1500; last evening soo; stock i LO?:; weekly receipts 11.691; exports to Great Britain 2941; coastwise 4074; sales 6900. PROVISIONS AND PRODUCE MABXET8, LIVERPOOL, Jannary 8. Noon.-Breadstuffa opened orm. LONDON, Jannary 3. Noon.-Turpentine 43s 6d; common roam ss ed. . Mw YOKE, January 3. Noon.-Floor strong. Wheat qnlet end firm. Com steady. Pork steady, mess $18 2?al3 SO. Lard quiet and steady, steam 1\a?fcc Torpea tine quint at 69c hoaln dull at 83 66 for strained. Evening.-Kloo.' steady. Whiskey 'dall sad lower at 74c Wheat-a limited demand and unchanged. Oom a Bhade firmer and qnlet. Bice Arm at 6a8Xc Pork firmer at $18 6JX. I ard Armer at 7Xa7Xo Naval ?tores duli sad ??let. BALTIMORE, J an u ary?. Floor In good demand sud unchanged. Wheat qulet;obolce'whito$316a22*. Corn quiet; white 63c; yellow 68J?4C Oats dull at4sa?oc Rye 86o to 81 Provisions qnlet; mess pork |J3il3 60; shoulders 6Xa5)<c; rib aides 7X?TXo. Lard ?Xc. Whisky 9?c . _. . WILMINGTON, January 3. Spirits turpentme quiet at 66c Bosln quitt?t 13 io for strained. Crude turpentine steady at88 Tor hard, $4 76 for yellow d p and virgin. Tar * I otiis^iLU, January 3. _ Floor firm, In good demand and unchanged. Provisions in fair demand and steady. Pork 813 Bacon shoulders 6c; clear nb 7j<c; clear sid??ic "packed. Lard, choice 1 af 7Xc; kettle 8Mc Whls key steady at 88c. CINCINNATI, January 8. Corn Arm and unchanged. Pork held firmly at %11 lard quiet; kettle 7Xa7)?o.steam 7*7Xc; sales at 37 oaa7 io per cvr. Bacon sttady; shoal dei s 4X&6C-, clear rib 7*a7Xc; clear sides at TX* 8c Whiskey Arm at 88c. r ?? tT. Louis. Januarys. Flour quiet and unchanged. Com m fair de? mand and Arm; No 2 mixed atc at East st Louis, c n track ; 82>?a88Xo at E at St Lonla in elevator; 84xa36c m at Louis warehouse Whiskey ?oe pork nominal at 31176. Bacon nominal; ciear ribB 7Ka?Xc; clear.sides 7Xa?c Lard nominal at 6Xa7c Weekly Kevltw or tno .Wilmt?ajto? Naval Stores Market. WILMINGTON, January 3. . S PTE rra TURPSNTTNI,-Tbe market during toe past week has been wholly without any distinc? tive feature. Owing to tbe holidays. New York and loreign advices have bsd little slrnlflcMce. and ?uritig the entire week prices have ruled very quiet and steady at 66c, and d' ses lo day nnsbsyjged. The receipts are gradually decreas? ing, and for th? week were 1286 casks against 1397 lor last week. The exporta, r owever, owing . to the scarcity of frMght niora, Mvabeen-^rary lUht, and the stock la withont any Important C BOBIN.-Io resin transactions this week have been limited lu extent, but the market though quiet lu tone has been firm throughout. Strained is t he only quality which has figured of any con? sequence, and even of this grade the tiansac tlons have hardly been of sufficient site to make a market. In the early part of the week UMtS we e eales of 800 barrels strained at a decline of ten cents, but on Monday the market sbowtd - an Improved tone, and buyers pores asedaU Jg tera at an advance corresponding tD the decline. Since Monday the market has been la an entire 5onlSn"isto?, Md unlay closes without traasac II n-?nDB TURPIN TINS--m thia article there has been wmparatively nothing whatever doing. Like all ? articles of produce it has fallen into the drowsicalstite of whlohbss chara?t^ ?ed our market Tor the past month, and has, during the week, shown no animation whatever. The receipts are extrem ly small, and many of oat city distilleries have ceased operation? tor want or crude material. To-day tbe market ?toses quiet and ateady at $3 for hard, and $8 U for yellow dip nod virgin. Sew York Rice Market. Nsw YORK, January 1. The Dally Bulletin aajB: The market ls steady, bat very quiet, and we quote, without sales, carolina at 7Xa8Kc_ New York Naval Stores Harket, Nsw YORK, Jannary 1. The Dally Bulletin says: Receipts today sra t ribla roils, S3bbla eplrlts turpentine and 118 bbls Lr The general market for naval stores inled ' very ?Wo day, Seltner buyers orsellers caring Swate on the eve of the closing year. In BDlrlts turpentine we notice 76, bbl? St68X8; Kned"sm ia without"tlftgS^SS't. th? t/mn tr anything s a trifle Armer, aaies 00 Stoat ?4. m Ane grades 200 bbls No a sold at $3 76. Tarand pitch quiet and unchanged. Interior Cotton markets. BOCK, BILL, January L Prices are about the same as last reported, say I8?c for middling, with hut little doing; sales of the week 490 bales. GBBXNVILLS, Jannary L Cotton ls Belling to-day ai 18c . SPARTANSURO, December 81. r Cotton to selling at nfce. ANDKBSON. January L t Very little cotton has been offered during the past week. Pilcas range to-day from 1?X S tol8c* YoBXvnxt, January L . The transactloDB In cotton nave been.very Ught i during the holidays. We quote nominally ie to 17xc foi extremes. 0BANGIBOT0. january ?. Cotton, middlings 17X w 18c; ?trict middling 18Htol8XC ?xaum DMM 80. ?:?<? to dav unimportant. We quote low mid stained cotton not In demand. MarKeinrmicr If middling and low middling.