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k -- .T?ASHX?<??K, GCvu?er .2.- The L official statement of the public debt I shows a decrease of twelve and a hall I millions since the 31st of August. Jk The Treasury Department has given ? notice that it will give, in exchange fi ' for certificates of indebtedness, com mk pound interest notes and Treasury fi notes to the extent of $60, OOO, OOO/ six fi per cent, five-twenty year bonds, at fi three per cent, premium. That is to WK say, one hundred-do?lars of bonds for BS each hundred and three in certificates V jvad notes. W Secretary McCullough, of the Trea ? suzy, stated to-day that it does not enter into his present calculations to put another loan upon the market. Advance in P*per. B JSTOK, Sept. 29.-Printing paper has risen materially within the past week or two. Prices to-day are 19 to 20 cents per sound, and it is difficult . to get an order taken at all. Dealers say there is a scarcity of stock, and that water is short at the mills. Letter paper is quoted at 50 cents, and fine fiat paper at 40 to ASL% cents. X?ate?t from Europe. Nsrw TOKE, October 1.-The steam . er Allemania, from Southampton September 20th, has arrived. The cattle plague is increasing in England, and the London cow houses ? are being decimated. (The Army and Nary Gaztitcrepeats the statement that Donald McCay, ol Boston, is in close communication with the Admirality on the subject oi torpedoes, as the authorities intern" laying torpedoes in the various chan? nels leading into the harbors. The Times says that the informatior upon which the seizure of the "Iris! People" was made, was derived fron "Washington. Accounts from the manufacturing districts of France are favorable. Thc vintage had commenced, and ar abundant crop was certain. Lord Russell's letter to the Englist agent abroad censures the Germar powers, and says that "force alone if the power which has been consulted and recognized. Violence and con quest are the only basis upon which Austria and Prussia have established a connection. England deeply de plores' the disregard manifested foi the public regret and the legitimate claims of the people to be heard wher the question effects their destiny. " Russia officially declares that sin will maintain a non-intervention policy in the Schleswig-Holstein ques tion. The Liverpool Albion says that Mi Benjamin, ex Confederate Secretar of State, intends to join the Englisi bar. FARTHER POINT, October 2.- Th steamship Belgian, from Liverpool oi the 21st, passed here this afternoon The arrest of Fenians continued to b made in Ireland. The Liverpool cotton market wa excited, and prices were bj to % higher on the week for Americar with sales of 188,000 bales. The sale Friday amounted to 20,000 bales closing with still an upward tendency .Vif?Ira in Texas. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 27.-Hon David G. Burnett has arrived her from Texas, en rouie to Washingtoi with a large petition praying for th pardon of Jefferson Davis. Galveston was visited by the mo.1 terrific storm ever witnessed, on tl 13th instant. Several houses wei blown down and others moved fro: their foundation. Trees and fenc* were also prostrated in every dire tion. No lives, fortunately, we lost. The town of Osage, on tl Sabine. River, also felt the effects the storm. Houses were blown dov in various parts of the place, and tl fragments of one fell upon its tenant mortally wounding one person ai bruising several others. Other a counts of the storm from difiere: portions of the State are fearful. San Antonio advices say that Go Merritt ie actively engaged in sendii ' large detachments of cavalry to hu down the Indians and jayhawkei and otherwise protect the frontier. The Houston Telegraph says th there is hardly any complaint again tho proceeding of the military office in the State, or interference with, opposition to, the civil appointmer of Governor Hamilton, whose a ministration of affairs is giving m versal satisfaction. Governor Hamilton recently c livered an important address, whi is everywhere regarded as very ct ciliatory in its character, as it loo i \ to the heading of old political wounds, while it {is still uncompromisingly Union in tts sentiments. ? letter from Texas says that the destruction of cotton by the army worm is really alarming. In many districts not more than a fourth Or a third of the crop will be gathered. Tiie Wir? Trial-Sobpansi for G?x?. ' Lee, Howell Cobl? ?ad others. WASHINGTON, September 30.-Tho trial of Wira is expected to last for several weeks longer. The examina? tion of witnesses for the defence pro? ceeds slowly, apparently with a view to establish the fact that Wirz was sick and absent from Andersonville when many of the alleged atrocities were committed; that he was not re? sponsible for the vaccination which resulted so disastrously; that he never maltreated anybody, nor acted wilfully and maliciously; and that, although the rules of the prison were stringent, and there was a lack of physical comforts, the "old Dutch Captain," as his counsel calls him, was not responsible to the extent con? tained in the charges-in a word, that the evidence for the Government will not justify his conviction. A subpoena for Gen. Robert E. Lee was sent off this morning, and it is expected that he will arrive here in the middle of next week. Geu. Howell Cobb, and lex-Governor Brown, of Georgia, Gen. Joe John? ston, and Col. Robert Ould, are also summoned to appear as witnesses foi the defence. It is understood the last named will testify in relation tc the question of the exchange of pri? soners, and is expected to show thal it was not the fault of the Rebel Gov? ernment that it was not sooner ef? fected. At the examination to-day, Capt. Wright, ex-quartermaster at Ander? sonville, testified that he succeeder R. B. Winder at that post; that th? tents of his regiment were taken foi prison hospital purposes; that it wa.? impossible to procure lumber, anc that lie had never heard of furloughi being granted Confederate soldier! because they shot Union prisoners Judge Hall, of Georgia, a witness fo: the prosecution, was called for tin defence, and testified that Wirz ha< applied to him to prosecute som< persons who had been appropriatinf, provisions, &c, intended for tin i prisoners, but he was unable to dis j'cover the culprits. ">ogs, he said j were commonly us in Georgia fo ' tracking felons, vio^iteis of the law and runaway slaves; but by the law of the State no one could be pursue* ? by vicious or savage dogs. Col i Chipman objected to this, and resent ? ed it as an insult to the army to h av ' Union soldiers classed with felons ' The Court then adjourned till Mon j day. ____ Diplomatic Correspondence. j WASHINGTON, September 29.-Th j third volume of the Diplomatic Coi i respondence which aecoinpaniad th j President's Message at the second sei. j sion of the late Congress, has jus \ been issued from the Governmer J Printing Bureau. It is a volume c j six hundred pages. Much of its ii ! terest has been lost by the delay ( I publication. The correspondence wit j France commences as far back ? I November, 1863, and is on the sui j jects of equipments of belligerent-ve seisin neutral ports, affairs in Mexic I cases of the Rappahannock, Georg j and Florida, the iron-clads at Birkei I head, the military situation, rumor? ' reports of intervention, &c. j It appears from one of the mar j letters written by Mr. Dayton to M Seward, and dated December, 186 that the British Government inform) Mr. Drouyn de L'huys, that an Am rican vessel had been taken by ? Confederates ap a prize, and sold an Englishman; that after this si had been re-taken by one of our ov J ships, and that, therefore, Mr. Sewa had refused to recognize the Briti title, coming as it did through a Co federate source. The English Government thei upon resolved that it would not ] cognize the right of the United Sta! Government to make prizes of Co federate vessels, and it submitted t pi'oposition to the French Govei ment, with the view to adjust a dec ration to that effect The Fren Minister replied that he did kn what course his Government wot take in such au event, and he did i wish to auticipab \ Secretary Se wai in a letter to Mr. Dayton, ?aid wa? very tb an Kf il that the Free Government hud declined the pro] sition, that the insurgent* hud nc made a lawful prize, and never If fully condemned a vessel; and he 1 zarded little in saying that nnctei circumstances was the Goveriimi of the United Stetes likely to recog? nize any captare or any condemnation they might make or procure. In a letter to Mr. Dayton, the Secretary, of State said he -was autho? rized to approve of his renewed re? monstrances to the French Govern? ment, concerning the prosecution of -the work on the rams which were being built in French ports, and the hospitalities extended to the Florida and the Bappahannock; and he added, for all the losses and damages which the Government and citizens sustain? ed by the depredations of the vessels in question, the United States, as they believe, justly hold the Govern? ment of the countries which they have proceeded responsible, whenever they nave been duly forewarned, and have omitted proper measures to pre? vent the departure of said hoBtile ex? pedition. Mr. Dayton, in a letter dated March. 1864, informed Mr. Seward that M. Drouyn de L'huys assured him that France would not take Texas as ? gift, even if it were accompanied with a handsome doceur; besides that, she does not want it, and would not have it. The volume also contains despatches ' from our Minister in Russit. the Ne? therlands, China and Japan, and re? plies thereto from the Secretary of State, all showing remarkable watch? fulness and activity in the protection j of our many interests abroa?. Big Puff for Kansai. WYANDOTTE, August 27, 1865. Kansas is really a magnificent State, and one of vast capabilities. My recent trip high up on the hne of the Union Pacific Railway, has <onvinced j me of this. Let me here relate a 1 fact In 1860, an Irish ionian-a widow-whose only meanslconsisted j of $400 in money, and st me half dozen children, took 160 acr?s of the I Government land. Since then, she has increased this, ! by assistance of her childrtn, until I herself and children now o*n 1,200 t acres, all paid for. This y?r she sold her butter, made last yvar, for $900. She has recently sdd the balance of her last year's cor*i crop, 1.200 bushels, for $2.50 per >ushel, which is $3,100. Last week sie sold 22 head of oxen for $75 each, for $1,650. She sold her bacos. and hams for some $500. So tuft the produce of the farm, over and above keeping' the family, has beer over $6,000. She has now on haj d 1G0 head o? cattle of all sizes; for 28 of which sue refused $50 each. S\e has i 20 firkins butter in the cellar, which j average 120 lbs. each, and whick she ! says she will get 75 cents per pound ! for, by taking it to some of the United States posts higher up. She ! has, also, hogs in abundance, ani 05 ; acres growing corn, which will pro- ' duce SO bushels to tlie acre. Now this seems like exaggeration, : but it is literally true. ! IMPORTANT CASE-THE RIGHTS OF I NEGBOES rs INDIANA.-The following I we copy from the Lafayette Courier: | An action was recently brought ? against Moses Hanger, a well known ' farmer of this county, on the change I of giving employment to a negro, in ? violation of the law, based upon the ? 13th article of the Constitutum, j which prohibits the emigration of negroes to the State after the 31st :>f October,. 1851. The penalty is a tine of not le? ; than $10 nor more vhan $500. The negro is also subject to prosecution, but in thiscase.the action was brought against tlie white man alone. The j complaint was riled before a civil magistrate at Clark's Hill, but was tried by a change of venue before Esquire Winship, at Stockwell. Tue case was prosecuted in behalf of the State by ex-Mayor Ward, of this city", and defended by a brevet lawyer, named Rei nh art. The facts being true as alleged in the complaint, Squire Winship ren? dered a decision for the State, on tile strict letter of the law, and assess? ed a fine of $10 and costs. j The case will go to the Supreme Court of the United States on ap? peal, and, from the issues involved, is destined to figure in the jurispru? dence of the country, along with tho Drcd Scott and other decisions in which tho natural and inalienable rights of man have been called in question. Fir^t, we heard of a cattle plague, then came the hog cholera, and now we learn that a fatal disease has pre? vailed for some short time past among poultry in tho environs of Paris, to such ail extent that some persons have lost, ail their fowls in thc course cf a day or two. A strict supervision ha?, in consequence, been e.-. irciscd iu the markets, to prevent poultry .JO dying from being oil".-rod for sala THE PUBLIC DEBT.-The following careful and elaborate statement of the public debt and national finances has been made by a gentleman of Wash? ington. It mil be read with interest, being a full exhibit of the expendi? tures of the Government in carrying on the late great war for the mainte? nance of the Union: The public debt before the war was $90,867,828. On the first of July last it was $2,757,263,275. The re? ceipts of the Government during the war, exclusive of loans, &c, were 8738,740,781. It is estimated, how? ever, that before the war balance can be fairly struck, the national debt will swell up to $3,000,000,000, and that the actual amount expended in I suppressing the rebellion was about $3,350,000,000, or an average of about $838,000,000 a year. The expendi I tures of the first year of the war : were about $475,000,000; in the se? cond, $679,000,000: in the third. $916,000,000; in the fourth, $1,215, 000,000. The total expenditure of the Navy Department during the four vears of the war was about $350,000,000, and that of the War Department about j $2,650,000,000, of which the Quarter I masters Department alone expended ? about $1,400,000,000. The interest on the public debt on September 1st, was $138,000,000. Supposing the principal to be in? creased to $3,000,000,000, the interest j will be say $154,000,000. It is esti? mated that the annual expenses of j the War Department for the future, 1 supposing the effective strength of : j the army to be about 125,000 men, ! will be full $100, OOO,000; the expenses of the Navy Department $25,000,000, j and for the civil service, including pensions, &c, $61,000,000-making the aggregate amount of expendihires required $341,000,000. LEARNING A TRADE.-It was a wise law of the ancient Jews, that the sons of even their wealthiest men should be obhged to serve an apprenticeship to some useful Occupation; so that, in case of reverse of fortune, they might1 have something to "fall backupon." The same law prill exists in Turkey, whero every man, rich or poor, even the Sultan himself, must learn a trade. How fortunate would it be now, had it been a law in this coun? try. "Would to God I had a trade!" is the cry of thousands of returning soldiers, North and South, who find themselves ruined in pocket, with no immediate prospect of gaining a live? lihood. It should teach parents that, whatever else they may give their sons, they should give them a good trade. DICKENS AND WILKIE COLLEN'S.-A contemporary, remarking upon "Our Mutual Friend" and "Armadale," speaks as follows: "Dickens is be? coming'savagely stem os he grows old, probably because the world will not grow better in ?pire of all his efforts to improve it. Wilkie Collins is not so stern as his friend,.perhaps, for the reason that he i=; much the younger man. The Post Office Department has is? sued an order that all parties found carrying letters outside of the mad, except in stamped envelopes, will be arrested and dealt with according to law. Horse stealing prevails to such un extent in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Delaware, that the Government has taken measures to capture the thieves. Nearly a dozen have been already apprehended. The freedmen of North Carolina met in convention at Raleigh, on Fri? day, to take steps to demand the ad I mission of negroes as witnesses and jurymen in courts of lav/ and to claim i the right of suffr?tge. \ Jefferson Davis hits been removed ? from bis casemate to quarters assigned j him in Carroll Hall. I Paul Morphy is preparing his I chess-book in New York. Public Meeting. A MEETING ?f thc citizens of Columbia will bo held THIS (Saturday) MORNING, at 10 o'clock, in the hall over th? store o' James G. Gibbes, to receive the report of the. Committee un Proposed Market. Ry order of tl c Mayor. . Oct 7 1 To the Candidates for the General Assem? bly. GENTLSKI?N: The voters ol' this District, hoing impressed with the importance of legislation to be enacted at the next Gene? ral Assembly, feel ii. their duty to propound the following queries to yon: 1st. Aro you opposed to repudiation? 2d. What arc your views in rofereuce to the stay law and the settlement of con? tract? entered into during the war? Upon yonr answer to these '{uestionf tho issue of the election v. ill depend. Oct 7 1 MANY VOTE HS. South Carolina-Richland .District. Catherine Franck ve. H. F. Franck and C. H. Franck.-Bill for Sale of Heal Eetate. IN pursuance of tho order ot the Conrt of Eunitv in the above case. I will sell, on the FIRST MONDAT in November next, before the Court House, at 10 a. m.", The lot of LAND used by the late H. C. Franck s - a store, fronting on Rich ards ou street, and bounded as follows: North bj a lot formerly owned by Thomas Campbell, afterwards by H. C. Franck, now T. S. liick eraon, South by a lot which formerly be? longed to Robert E. Russell, East by a lot which formerly belonged to Dr. Fitch, now T; S. Nickerson. On the North is an alley? way, 9 feet 6 inches wide and 99 feet S inches :Teep, "to be kept open forever as an alley? way hi common for owners of adjacent lots." The lot ie one-fourth of a'i acre, and fronts 54 feet 3 inches on Richardson street. TERMS.-One-third casi. Balance on a credit of one and two years, interest an- . nuallj, until the whole "debt be paid; se eureu bv bend, wish mortgage of the pre ? raises. D. B. DESAUSSUR?. Oct 7 $13 j DBDeSAUSSuS ATTORNEY AT LAW COMMtSS?Os?lS EQUITY. Office in rear of thc Court House Oct 7 _Imo* Old Corn for Sale Low1. CORNER BarnweU and Blanding streets, opposite Charlotte Depot. Oct 7 1* Saddle Hone fer Sale. _ A FINE SADDLE HOT. SE for a ale-warranted sound. Apply to JflWi HCTSON LEE A CO. M Tl* oct 7 i Ten Dollars Reward. STRAYED, on Wednesday last, from Dr. Parker'? reaideace, oppo ... .fc^eite the Asylum, a SORREL MAKE, 16 h inds high, star in tho forehead ana one hind foot white; shod on front feet only. Th a.bove reward will be paid for her delivcrr te HUTSON LEE. Oct 7 " 2* PAA LBS. FRESH GOSHEN BUTTER, Ow\J just received at C. S. JENKINS', Assembly street, West side, Oct 7 1 One door North of Market st. BACON &L?R30. 1AAA LBS. FAMILY LEAF LARD. .UUU 500 lbs. WESTERN BACON, just received at C. S. JENKINS', Assembly street, West side, Oct 7 1 One door North of Market st. HERRINGS, Pickled and Smoked? ff. Ti " 13(by half barrel, kit and box. HUwUI 'SCRUBBING BRUSHES, with ! SHHHE and without handlos. COCOA, PRUNES, CITRON. RAISINS. YEAST POWDER. FLAVORING EXTRA( TS. SWEET OIL, CASTOR OIL. 1 KEROSENE OIL. ALL. ROFE, NAILS, &c. AND Ar. excellent and warrantee! genuine arti? cle of SPANISH SEGARS. For sale bv Oct. 7 J* RICHARD) :ALDW Kl L. SHOES ! -or, JUST recoivi.:. ai the corner Of Boll FBI and-Camden streets, a carefully se Klectcd assortment of SHOES, for men, women and children; Sewed and India Rub? ber Water-proof BROGANS, BALMORALS and CONGRESS BOOTS, Glove, Buff, Mo i rocco and Calf Skin BOOTEES. Ac., and I for sale bv RICHARD CALDWELL. I (Jct 7 1* OHM SPA?TANBURG C. H., S. C.. OCT. 1, *fi5. jn_ THE exercises of this School, ?$3? distioritiniied for some time, are ^jP^i^Tuiti ?:i and board, tin? ner month. .. . ? .. .". . ? . '$80 00 Payable in current funds, 'ii months iu ! advance. For farther information, address I the subscriber. WILLIAM IRWIN, Oct 7 4.5 Principal. ? THE ST?3SCRIBER .^Jg-T-"!. THANKFUL fer ps.?t ^^aSgir" patronajic. would inform?e r^ 3gZapSsi?."i nits frb-ndsaud the pub- Vir liebhat he has enlarged hie shop, and ie prepared to do any kind of work as Black? smith, Horse-shoer and Locksmith. HENRY SKIPPER* Asscmblv street, naar Camden st.. Oct 4 6* ' Oppogite Catholic Church. SPECK & POtOCKt ! General Commission Merchants, DEAl.EUS IN j GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, &C. ! Plain sired, 2d door from A*,cTnb?ur Sept 7 COLUMBIA, S. C. New Flour. -| A BBLS. EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR, ll / G half bbl?. No. 1 MACKEREL. 10 Wie No. 1 MACKEREL. Just received and for sale b? Oct 5 ;? J. G. GIBBES.