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"COLUMBIA. Thursday Morning, April 26,1866. The Kwtlonal JnhiiMn Civil?. We liave already noticed the for? mation of this elnb in Washington city. The association, through it? Chairman, Montgomery "Blair, ha? issued an address to the people o! the United States on the politics' condition of the country. Its lengtr. .prevents its publication in oui columns, but an extract or two wil yjive oar readers au iden of its tenoi und purport. As to the radicals mu their purposes,.it says: ' 'Now, the whole radical party hav< v assumed, as their party principle, th? anti-constitutional doctrine that th? Stages put in abeyance by rebellioui usurpation shall only be recognizec as in the Union when submitting tx terms prescribed by an Act of Con gress. This attains the point a which the Essex junto-the high Hying Federalists of the North would, at the beginning of the Gov ernment, have fixed the power of th General Government. The who! policy of this aristocratic body o politicians has ever been, and is now the consolidation of the supreiu power in the hands of Congress. It legislation is to pervade the State and supplant that of their Legishi tures. They make a full manifesta tion of their design in their Freed man's Bureau bill and their civ: rights biD, by which they undertak to establish a nation of negroe among a nation of whites, and rende 'them independent of the laws an courts of the State iu which the reside, and in contempt of all sen* of justice and humanity, their revc lutionary measures invading th rights of the States, and annullin their municipal laws, by excludin them from their rights in the Unioi aud their representation from tl halls of Congress, and governiu them os England once governed Tri land, refusing to hear her voice i the Imperial Parliament. As Irelan was governed hy laws sent to hi from England, so the eleven Stat of the South, still excluded fro representation in Congress, althou? they have given proof of entire sn' mission to the laws and Constitutio and acquiescence in nil the issues d termined by the war, are govern? hy laws shaped in a caucus, ni passed by a Congress representa another section of the country e elusively." The address thus puts the win; question in a nut-shell. Tho ('ons tution expressly provides that tl President of the United States ai Congressional representatives shall tho voters of each State authoriz by it to elect the members of t popular branch of the Legislatui This right is expressly reserved each State to prevent the consolh tion of all power in the Congress the United States. But it would as profitable to try and teacli an c pliant to read the Latin and Ort tongues as to indoctrinate the ra enls with the principles of the C? stitntion. We extract another paragraph fr this address: "Congress has not yet ventured annul the clause in the Constitu? giving the creation of electors to several States; hut Mr. Sumner, v speaks for the Senate, has asser that tho lato emancipation ame ment to the Constitution warrants concession of suffrage to thc negr< ' and a measure has been introdu into the House of Repr?sentative! deny it to all the white people < qualified by the test oath. But j ther of these expedients need resorted to now. Congress, by eluding from the National Legislat the whole race in the South t fought the battle for our in dei dence, and who contributed lar( in founding what has hitherto b looked upon ns the white man's vemment, established by hiseoun intelligence and labor as his own f hold, and as the inheritance of children, renders any further disfi ehisement superfluous, and his de; dation is completed hy putting negroes upon a higher ground t the white race in other respects; < eating their children at the nuti< expense; feeding, clothing and s tering the hundred thousands reject the tempting wages which vite them to return to employ mei the South; according to them sen tho galleries of the two houses males attired in every variety of tumos, the fenn 'es (at least the Ix looking of them) rustling in silk? is to be hoped not at the expens the Treasury;) the men repaying" applauso the recognition by Sens of their service that saved the cc try, and the women repaying by quets the glances with' which are honored from below. It is sonable, indeed, that they sh occupy positions in the chara fro^i which multitudes of men women of our kindred nre tu away daily." Instead of Freedmen's Bun with their expensive and anno machinery, the address says, it w bo much bet tor and wiser for tho vrrnment to provide homes foi freedmen ou the public domain, wl>ere they might enjoy au _ actual equality among themselves, establish aCJovernnrent for" themselves, under the protection and instruction of <?nr great republic, where .they might at? tain substantial independence, and be stimulated by the highest motives to cultivate the nobler faculties of man. Thc publication and extensive cir? culation of this address, wc trust, will render good service in rousing up the public mind of the North as to thc pnrposes of the radical faction. -?-?>.>- - Cotton. The exports of cotton from New York, for the week ending April 17, amounted to 21,7<>0 bales, valued at 83,f?97,51S, and since September 1, 1865, there have been exported 394, 538 bales, valued at. ?70,-000,000. Thc w hole amount of cotton which the South has given to the commerce of the country is estimated by some of the New York papers ot2,000;000 of bales, which, at ruling rates, amount? ed to something over 83,000,000! This, the New York Herald justly says, is equal to six or seven years' production of the gold mines of Cali? fornia and the other States and Ter? ritories of the Pacific. Cotton is an article of prime necessity, and?not only employs millions of hands ant hundreds of millions of capital, bm takes the place of gold and silver ii the exchanges of the world.. Tlx Herald considers it great good fortuw for the United States to find so mud cotton in the South at the close o the war, and remarks that had Ung land been so fortunate as to discove 8300,000,000 in gold immediate! after her exhausting war with Nape leon, how easily sli'? would hav passed through her tron?les! These figures develop the gren wealth and resources of the Souther States under their former system i j labor; now this system has been ovei turned, the resources of the plantan I interests so sadly crippled that it wi be years (if ever) before they cn send to the marts of the world eve her old supply of cotton, while tl political status of these States is sue that their business confidence is nea ly prostrated. And what for? '1 j gratify tho fanaticism and greed ? I power of a dominant faction in Coi j gress, who ure doing all they ea t : ruin thc country to subserve the I own selfish ends and interesta. We i the Southern. States, in accordant j with the President's policy, reston I to their full and just position in tl j Union, we are confident that a gre ! impetus would be given to the dev j lopnient of their resources and t j resuseifttion of their producing eu? gies in every department, -- - - -- SOUTKKKX DEBTORS.- At ameeti ot the New ?ork Chamber of Co: ? tnercc, last Thursday, the commitl recently appointed to petition t . President to exact from the Southe ( States payment of debts contract at th. North before the war, report I that, in their opinion, no interpu j tion on the part of the Govornmi j is necessary, as the States in questi j seemed willing to pay their law debts without coercion. Tho Cn mittee add: "No one of the States lately in : hellion has shown any disposition i repudiate their liabilities incur) prior to the war. On the contra ! most of them have already ackno ; edged that liability, and many j them have also been engaged in j vising ways and means for paying . the accumulated interest, and \ viding for the future payment of terest and principal.'' The conduct of the individ i citizens of the Southern States is ? ; referred to by the committee as hi t ly honorable. Few, if any, of tl ! have failed to acknowledge ti ' obligations, or to provide for the I turo payment of such portion of t! ' as their reduced assets will allow. THE SOTJTHEBN RELIEF FAIIC. ' lady managers of thc Southern fl? . Fair have commenced the sale of : limbic donations remaining over fi their great exhibition. This en prise will be the means of inerea. the general fund. The soiree of fair took place on Monday nighi the Front Street Theatre, and w grand affair. Mrs. B. C. Howard, President, and Miss Mary E. Fl the Treasurer of the Association. | lish a card of thanks, in which t j acknowledge the receipt of more 1 ' $100,000. j The track-laying for tho UrRt J railroad in Charleston will bo ? meneed in a few weeks. Ho the aident of the road reports to tlie Council. A. JH. H. STUART, ESQ-Vntooria. Greeley Is well pleased to leam that Mr. Stuart is a protectionist. "The war," hf exolaima, "has left states men in Virginia," and "one of them" is ' elected to represent the Staun? ton district in Congress." Then, make your radical friends admit liim to his scut. Greeley adds: "Old Slate! throw off 3*our depen? dence on Now England us well as Old England. Quit buying of both and go to making! There arc the germs of greater Lowells than Lowell in your .Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Petersburg. Protect your industry hy proieotang that of all the States; give a guarantee through politics that this protection ahull be permanent; ?ind moif money will bu sent to you to develop your coal, iron, copper, gold and petroleum, and to set your fulling waters to work, than your wildest dreams ever hoped for. You can make yourself tho richest State in tho American Union by protection. If you will only make war on fice trade as you made war on free labor, you will in a quarter of a century have earned and won the re-baptism of your name, the 'Old Dominion,' and be known in American politics, arts, commerce and wealth us the New Dominion. You have but to sei/.e your destiny." SUSPENSION OK THE SENTENOH OF THE MILITARY COMMISSION. The fol? lowing explains itself so well that we are quite sn rc (?ur readers will be sufficiently informed and delighted without further comment from us: H EA nu/KS? DEPARTMENT OF S. C.. Charleston. S. C., April -J4, ISml. (ieneml Orders So. 32. In obedience to the order of the President of tho United States, th? execution of the sentence of th? Court in the cases of Francis Gainet Stowers, James Crawford K?-ys. Ro? bert Keys and Elisha By rem, pub? lished in General Orders No. 30, eur rout series, is hereby suspended anti tho further order of tl ie President. Dy command of Maj. (b u. D. E. SICKLES. O. H. ll.\KT, Brevet Brig. Gen. mn A. A. G. A CANARD. -We find the following paragraph in one of our exchanges Kieh Southerners are buying nie residences in the fashionable parts o Boston, and are going to live there Over twenty first-class houses then have lately been purchased by South erners, who say they made fortune during the war. and have come Sort] to invest it. We don't believe a word of it "Kieh Southcrm rs" are few ami fa between, <d this time, and if thor wore any, tiny would scarcely seek t make their homes in the so-callei "hub of civilization." lt is very like ly, if any of those migratory fortum makers, hailing from tin- South, h.av settled in Boston, they ur?' natives t tin' manor horn. - - -? -??-? M.V?OR Mex ROI-:. We have airead published the statemeid of the S'c Orleans pupers that Mayor Munro bad cone to Washington to proem a pardon. The obtaining ?>f it seen: to be merely a formal matter. Tb Philadelphia /.. A/ r's Washingto correspondent says that "a pardon : ready for Mayor Munroe when b asks for it. He will receive it pe: son ally in a few ?lays." . ? A terrible disaster occurred at Ai pin wall on tho 2tl inst. There was fearful explosion on the steamer El ropean, destroying the ship and IC feet of the wharf. The cause of tl explosion i-< supposed to be fro: nitro-glycerine oil on board. Aboi fifty persons were killed amor them the captain and officers of tl ship. --, THE CAR-DRIVERS'STRIKE.- Afb a deal of fus-, and a great deal' public speaking and resolving, il ear-drivers'strike hi New York is au end. The drivers have rosunu work at old prices, except on tv lilies, where the new drivers are i fained, and <>n which situations n promised tbe old when vacanci (.eelir. SM VII I L\ t 'i UT -. liri?. I n i he il trihution of thc reward offered f I i< "??li, I >etective Baker's ex j ?ectatio were greatly disappointed, lie . terell :i el.lim lol' S .">">, I M lt t. and V S3,750. The Nashville Union, in sjn'aki: of C?en. Jim Brownlow's attack oi member of the Legislatura nam Williams, accused bim of [licking quarrel with a well-known non-co; batan t, saying. "We admire Jin discret ion: he never challenges a in who he believes will try the virtue cold lead w ith bim. Brownlow til went after the editor. Mr. Woodm but. tlie display ol' a |>i<to! chang his intentions. A new prima donna, M lb* Sb-; made ber debut on the stage in N York, recently. mt Napoleon a.?d I?ruHslj? ---Tin KM ro? pe M a Programme The^ pamphlet recently published in Paris, entitled "Napoleon IU, and Prussia," sketches distinctly the pro? gramme for the reconstruction of Europe, to which we alluded a few flays ago. lt may be tnken as an indication of the purposes of the Emperor of the French, and if it argued strictly the advantages of an alliance between France and Prussia, it would be a deeply significant fact. International flatteries, an entente cordiale between two great powers, is i at any time an ominous fact for the peaee of Europe. Au entente cordiale ' means war. Alliances, such ns this proposed, are the preliminaries of aggression; and are especially a favor? able means with the Emperor Napo? leon for thc accomplishment of a : great purpose. An alliance with England secured the balance against Russia for thc Crimean war; au alli? ance with Victor Emanuel against Austria secured the Emperor's objects in Italy, and the alliance to be made between France timi Prussia will lead to equally momentous events. According to the pamphlet, France is not to take any active pavt in thc 1 war. The Empire is at peace'. The j alliance is to make Prussia sure that ' France will not be against her. and for this little assurance she is willing 1 to cede a "rectification of the French frontier." Could an aUiauce be put before the French people in anymore tempting shape than this, fluttering ! the national vanity, offering territory ! and requiring nothing? As for the advantages to be secured to Prussia, they will excite sympathy rather than objections in the French mind, for j they are based upon detriment to i Austria and the humbling of Haps-J burg. This is the Ley-note of alli- , anec bet ween the two peoples. Here is a point, on which France and l*rus sia can fraternize far mon1 earnestly j than France ever did with any other ? power. To humble Austria is a tra? dition of French history and the po- I litical necessity of Prussia. This appeal to the people is skillfully made, and it' it shall stimulate ti Prussian sentiment throughout France-if the Emperor, who luis already arranged I i the alliance, shall seem tobe forced into il by national necessities, the pamphlet will have accomplished all it was intended to. Must the expressions made here in reference to the Rhenish frontier be 1 accepted as the Emperor's sentiments on that subject? If Europe is to be : shaken by a great war, with the terri- | torial aggrandizement of Prussia for its object, will France, ?is the ally of ; Prussia, bc satisfied withn coal mine? ; No one can believe it. lt is well enough to say to Crerinany just now that France only wants a eoal mine, . and it is also well enough to promise to the French people that they shall j I uot be called upon for war cxpendi * tures. By that means, both will con? sent the more readily to this alliance; ! but by anti by ?.unforeseen" circum- ' stances will ?irise making it necessary to change this simple plan. France may be forced to arru and even to occupy thc Rhine. There is no tell? ing what may happen when war is once begun; and if France does oe cupy the Rhine while Austria and , Prussia are contending for the mas- j teri', then, it' Prussia wins, she -will have enough to leave those provinces , magnanimously to France, while, it I Austria wins, France, i. self-defence, will be compelled to hold the Rhine as a natural frontier and safeguard against the colossus. Thus, whoever triumphs, France will get more than a coal mine, though it is not expo-1 dient for ber to say much about it ut present. j Since Bismark is praised iu Paris ; as tho "Richelieu of I 'russia, " and accredited with having revived the Schleswig-Holstein question "with admirable ability," it cannot be longer doubted that the question of the Duchies is a mero pretext, that it is brought in by Prussia only to give her ti mond foothold for difference ; with her great neighbor, ?iud that war for the aggrandizement of Prus? sia, and the abasement of Austria, is the fixed programma of Bismark and Napoleon. Tf the sentiment of hos? tility to Austria shall run high in France during this ivar, as it proba? bly will, what is to become of the al? liance between Napoleon and that unfortunate member of the Hapsburg family now in Mexico? France, sym? pathizing with Prussia, will hat?' Austria more than ever; can she. then, at snell a time stomach un alli? ance with *he Emperor of Austria's brother, the more especially when this latter alliance may embroil her with the United States? No; and this will be to Napoleon an additional advantage of the Prussian alliance. It furnishes a solution of his difficul? ties in the Mexican muddle. His withdrawal from Mexico will be forced by the necessities of France, and this is a plea that will render precipitate retirement a virtue rather than a hu? miliation.-JVetr York Herald, 21s/. -? - The ex-officers of the United States army, \sho were prisoners of war in 1S61 and 1K62, are about to tender to Bishop Lynch of Charleston. H. C., thc proceeds of ti lecture, to bc de? livered at the Academy of .Music at an early ?lay, for the purpose of re? building the Orphan Asylum of Charleston, which was destroyed by fire in the latter p:irt of 1861. Tho Bishop is said to have been kind to the prisoners, conferring on them many substantial benefits; and the officers tender this as? token of their respect and esteeil) Thr Ken lan?. j Gen. Meade ?tuted, at n public re- j ception in Eastport, yesterday, tu?t he was there simply for the enforce- j ment of the laws. He is expected to go to Calais to-day. . Two companies I of United States regulars had arrived i at that place, and others were expect? ed, a portion of the 1st Artillery and 1 the 12th Infantry at Fort Hamilton being already under orders. The Fenian arrivals are not so nu- j ruerons as they were. Those now in Calais are orderly and quiet. On j Thumlay, a warehouse on Indian Island was barned by a band, sup- ' posed to be Fenians from Eastport. j Another English gun-boat had re- ; ported oft" Indian Island. Col. Wheeler, one of the prisoners at Cornwall, and formerly of the rebel army, became so pugnacious in court, i during his examination, yesterday, j and dwelt so effectively on the fact of j being an American citizen and living under Andrew Johnson's administra- ; tiou, that the Canad' n magistrates unanimously decided to let him go. He is now on his way to New York. Tho other Fenian prisoners were re? manded to await important evidence, j Cornwall despatches via Toronto] are to the effect that the Mayor, who is au Oraugemau, had formed his. court to the exclusion of Catholic magistrates, and that it is thought the prisoners will be severely pun - ? Lshed whether found guilty or not. I A detective, who wormed himself into 1 the confidence of a Cornwall Feniau, : stated on affidavit that the latter told j him that the Mayor would be the first victim when any movement was i made. The people sympathize strong- ? ly with the prisoners. Gen. Killian j is now reported at Portland, leaving ; Sinnott in command of the Fenians j at Eastport.-New For/.- Herald, 21s/. ! REPORTED EXPLOITS OP FENIANS ON THE FRONTIER A HOAX. There is no i 'border war and has Leen nolie; liol j fights occurred at Calais, nor did the j j Fenians capture any English Hag. j ' Then- is no excitement on this side j of tlie. boundary. The presence of a i j few Fenian organizing circles, cou- J pied with the Provisional Confedera- j tion schemes, is the foundation for the sensation, and the special de- j i spatches sent to the New York papers | have been villainously false, and they i have drawn hither many strangers j who come to join in the strife. Gen. Meade, who arrived this morning, will officially explode the bubble. THE PHILADELPHIA MURDERER. The fend Probst has been indicted and arraigned for the murder of the Deering family. It is understood that Probst expresses a willingness to plead guilty to the charge of murder? ing Cornelius Carey. Tin- District Attorney designs, however, to try him upon the bill charging him with the murder of Mr. Deering, which shows the confidence of the Common? wealth's officer in the strength of his case without availing himself of the pretended confession of the mur? derer. From information received from persons who belonged to the same regiment and company as I Probst, it is learned that he was a ? bounty-jumper, who had entered the service several times, and had re? ceived large bounties. It is alleged, also, that he shot his thumb off deli? berately, in order to gain his dis? charge. Among his comrades, his character was anything but good. .V NICK WAY or DISPOSING OF NE OKO CONVICTS.-Yesterday evening, forty-right colored prisoners at the jail, (men and women, boys and girls, contrabands and natives, ) were escort? ed by the police to the Baltimore depot, there to take a train of cars, by way of Parkersburg to Cincinnati, . and thence by water to Lake Provi? dence, Loni: iana, in charge of Mr. C. L. Howe, agent, and an officer r-f the Freedmen's Bureau. These nri Boners are all charged with petty , offences. The District Attorney has entered a nolle ?iron, in each of the above cases, on condition that they would go South, and the court will issue an order for the goods stolen to be turned over to the proper persons by the property clerk. [ Washington Star, 2lst. THE PROCLAMATION. -Tho corres i pondent of the Richmond Dispatch says: "Those who interpret the late peace proclamation of the President to mean j a restoration of thc writ of habeas : corpus are thorougly correct in their , opinions, lt not only means a return to the laws of peace in that respect, but in all others, as the President ; very lately informed a gentleman who was conversing with him on the sub i ject. Tt is further understood that where there is now n military power in any part of the country, that power, ora tribunal based upon its presence, has no . ''rarity whatever ! to try cases arising under civil law. - - - The Hon. George W. .Tones, of Iowa, who had two sons in the Con? federate army, and who was locked ; up in Fortress Lafayette by Mr. Se? ward, gives Forney :i terrible drub? bing in a recent communication to the Washington Union, in which he replies to some of the Chronicles stories about bim. Fifty-three armed negroes, trying to rescue from the Sherill of Jones County, Georgia, a negress charged i with murder, were captured recently by a detachment of the United States I troops at Macon, and lodged in jail. A negro preacher w as at the head of ! the gani?. i ( i_iooal X*texxxis. Mortgages and Conveyance* of Heal ro? tate for n?le at thia office. KKMOVAI..-By reference to our adver? tising column*, it will bc seen that Mr. Bateman, of ice house notoriety, 'ms r> - moved to his old stand. We heard accidentally that "Uncle" is to perre up some excellent- turtle soup for Iii? friends to-day, between |10 a. m. and 12 m. We i>Loi>n*e to call on him. What say yon/ A SK.vKKK Bnow.-All day yesterday, wo had a severe blow from the West, which prostrated a number of I recs and laid low several fences, lt prevented the ladies from promenading or shopping, and those of the other sex who had to face its rough music were blinded by *imoous of aand. April giH-s out very churlishly. Several chimniea and walls were also toppled over; among them a portion of the standing walls of the Branch Bank, demolishing thb pillars of the portico. The chimney of Mr. McKenzie'.-, hake-house was also blown down. (Jo RON UK'S IsyCKSTs. - An inquest wa? held on Tuesday on the body of a frosdmau found in Dent's Pond, a few miles from the city. The verdict of the jury was that the deceased came to his death by acci? dental drowning. Another freedman, who waH in Company with him, is missing, and it is n>>t known whether there was ion! play tn the matter, or whether he shared thc tate of his comrade. Another inquest was held yesterday morning, hy Coroner Walker, on the body of a colored girl, named Cora Lacy, about twelve years old, who was accidentally kill? ed t.y the discharge of a gun in tho hands of a freedman, named Green Washington, who alli gt s that the gun went off at half cock. The verdict of the jury in thia case was itt accordance with the above. -. -.- --J?- - NEW Ai>vKh.Ti.sca?i?jcrs. -Atteutiou is call? ed to the following advertisements, which arc published this morning for the first time: B. T. Bent Mare and Colt Taken Up. Acacia Lodge Key ular Communication. John B. Bateman-leo, Groceries, Ac. J. McKenzie -Ic? Cream Garden. T. P. McCarter-Trunk Notice. WHO CAN B?AR ARMS?-In our local column a statement will be found full of bitter significance. Private gentlemen were stopped and searched for arms on Thursday night. By what right? On whose order? We have repeatedly urged the dis armment of the blacks, and have had more than one melancholy text wherewith to enforce our suggestion. No attention was ever paid to these remonstrances. Bat now, when in? nocent blood has been poured out by the hands of brutal assassins; now, w hen there is danger to white men and women ; now, when this state of affairs occurs, the. whites are dis? armed! We hear nothing of a dis armment of the blacks. They went through the length and breadth of this town, with their procession, without molestation; they did the murders; and now we are to have the means of sci'-defence wTested from us.-Norfolk Virginian. A French journal publishes some facts respecting old winters that were remarkable for their mildness. In 1172, 1280, 1421 and 1527, the trees were in leaf in January, and the birds had begun to build their nests in the branches. In 1538, the gardens were filled with flowers on the 1st of Feb? ruary, and swimming parties were organized iu Varis. "J. N.," the philosopher, does not seem to have a happy time o f it in the South. He was pelted with rot? ten eggs recently, and now some un couscienable wretch has carried off his satchel containing his valuable (?) papers. The New Haven Common Council have been petitioned to abate as a nuisance one of the colored Metho? dist Churches of that city for un? reasonable l)oisteronsness in singing and praying. Cien. Grant and the President aro represented as of one mind upon the subject of a general amnesty, and to this party Secretary Seward may be added. The matter is said to be under advisement. New Hampshire farmers who are owners of the maple tree are pre? paring to make an unusual amount of maple sn gar and maj de molasses. The season promises well for a large busi? ness among the maple orchards. Adelina Patti recently sang a cava? tina from "ll Barbiere de Seviglia," at Rossini's, when the venerable maestro asked by whom it was writ? ten He did not know his own com position. When the sewerage of Paris is complete, the canals will contain not only the water and gas pipes of tho city, but also the telegraph wires of the city companies. The fossil remains of a gigantic bird, estimated to have stood twenty five feet high, have been discovered in some beds of limestone at Nelson, in New Zealand. Millard Fillmore approves President Johnson's policy iu a private letter to him. The Tribune adds that he w as a friend to the South throughout the war. The cholera is creeping along the Western coast of France, and threat ens Spain. A cow belle - a beautiful milli maid