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_COLTJMBIA^ Saturday Morning, April 28, 1886. Work to bf Dour. Wo dwelt nt. some length, yester? day morning, upon our peculiar po? sition at the close of the war, and the efforts that were being made in thc work of recuperation. "We publish, this morning, the article from tue New York Herald to which we ad? verted yesterday. Of course, as our readers will observe, the whole logic and reasoning of that paper are at fault . There is neither ill temper nor foolish conduct indulged in by any of our citizew. We are at peace now. The work now to be done by the peo? ple of the South is not that of poli? tics. The advice of the Herald is entirely gratuitous. The Southern people are as true, loyal and generous as they ever were, though not exnc-tly able to carry out the generosity and native character demanded by their former opponents. -.^-^There is an amusing paragraph in the HerakVs article, that *he majority of the people North aro disposed to be "forgiving." The Southern peo? ple have nothing to be "forgiven'' for-it is an offensive and opprobious expletive as regards the people of the South. It is idle, however, to com? ment at length upon the Herahrs article. Our editorials, for many months past, are the best comment? ary and the truest indices of om opinion. REDUCTION OF FAKE TO NEW YORK. The traveliug public will be gratifi?e] to learn that the "People's Line" ol steamships, of which Messrs. Willis & Chisolm are the agents, have re? duced the fare from Charleston tc New York to $30. We ure also in? formed it is the intention of the com? pany to make a reduction in thc prices of freight at an early day. GERMAN NORTH POLE EXP?DITION. From the Berlin correspondent ol the Cincinnati Gazelle, we learn thal the Germans, having built two suit able steam corvettes-Meteor ancl Drache-have projected a North Polt expedition. The plan which wi I" probably be adopted is one indicated by>Dr. Peterman, the Chief of th? P^rthe Geographical Institute nt Go thal. This proposes to sail directly ["*"' for Spitzenburg, where large minc of good coal are to be found, anc I having renewed the supply, sat I thence directly for the North Pol< itself. The success of the enterprist promises both commercial and seien tifie advantages. The revival of th? German whale fishery, opening up i mine of wealth in the richest, mos - r- ^rcp^tentftnif-to*ltt!!^jp"?ar?Sees in J exbauftibie ivory strata of the world formed by the preservation, for gene - rations, of the bones and gigantic teeth of mammoth elephants, in suov " and ice, and tho establishment of ai insular theory with respect to Green land, are the chief subjects of th expedition. Dr. Petermun, hrwinj instituted a comparison of all existinj data respecting land and water aronm the North Pole, formed the opinio that Greenland ?3 an immense island stretching to Behring Straits an capping the American continent. By order of Gen. Thomas, Ishat Henderson was arrested in Louisville Ky., on the 2-tth, by Gen. Davit commanding that department, an sent to Gen. Thomas' headquarter! A writ of habeas corpus in favor c Henderson, from United States Di; trict Judge Ballard, was served o Gen. Davis, who, in accordance wit Thomas' instructions, refused to obe it, Henderson still remains in cu: tody of a United States officer. PARDONS.-Forty-six persons froi -Sooth Carolina, seven from Lauisiar and one from Georgia we re pardont by the President on the 24th, a fe of whom under the first and twelftl but the larger portion under tl thirteenth exception of the annies1 proclamation. The first exceptic refers to those who held oftioe und the pretended Confederate Gover ment, the twelfth to persons in mi tary, naval or civil confinement L custody, under bonds, or detain P for offences of any kind, either 1 fore or after conviction, and t ?-?.. thirteenth \Q all persons who voln tarily participated in the rebelli and the estimated value of wh< taxable property is over ?*20,000. \ INCONSISTFNCT. -Tho Governmeu opposition to the Monroe doctrine New Orleans. EIo??tirwit Tri tonto to Mr. Oavt*. I The Fond du Dae (Wis.) Press, RU j able and - distinguished conservativo j journal, ^pays the following tribute to the illustrious statesman and uncom- j plaining prisoner at Fortress Mon- j roe, and' makes a demand for his re- i lease on the purest grounds of reason, j T* says: . j We have always regarded it ns a fixed fact Mint sooner or hiter Jeffer? son Davis would be released, without being brought to trial, unless, iudeed, his captors succeeded iu their evident design to murder him, by tho RIOW torture of rigorous confinement to which he has been subjected. It would be impossible to convict him ns a traitor before any court, except, indeed, a military commis? sion, compose?! of such creatures ns i the meu who pronounced the death sentence upon Mrs. Surratt, whose memories will be execrated through all coming time. Not only did Jefferson Davis com? mit no act of treason, but we believe that first, last and always, his nets were governed by motives of the purest and most disinterested patriot? ism. He betrayed no sacred trust, he made no effort to elevate himself t<? positions of honor and power, like n selfish aspiring politician; but of all the brilliant array of Southern talent, eloquence and genius assembled in the Senate chain LK r at Washington, ho was the acknow ledged leader and j superior of all. When tin? people of j the State he represented called upon him, as their Representative, to with? draw from Congress, o promptly responded; and of all tue Southern members who bowed their haughty farewell to the Senate, he made the most polished and courtly adieu. At the time the Government of thc Confederacy was formed, hi;* vast ex? perience uno unequaled a'vi'Jti - us u statesman made him emphatically th? political leader of the South, while his pleasing address and his intellect? ual superiority over all the other distinguished men of the South mad? him the i?lol of the Southern people. He accepted the position of President, not with any design of building nj for himself a splendid fortune and enduring fame, but because he was chosen to fill that position by the unanimous voice of eight millions ol people, and because he deemed it his sacred duty as a patriot to remain true to the South in ber hour of peril. How far he erre?l in making this final decision, which cast his fortune.' with those of the Southern people, ii is idle now to inquire; to-day, as i traitor, though ho is branded, w< houor and respect him, while we de sp iso such vile, base creatures ai Botts and Brownlow, and can trub believe that Washington was not mon admired ami beloved by the patriot: of the Revolution than Jeffersor Davis is by the Southern people to day. History fails to poi;:t us ni example of more entire unanimity we search thc records in vain to fine I an instance surpassing the love ant devotedness they have exhibited fo: him. It is the very superiority of Jeffer son Davis which has caused all hi persecution and sum-ring. The Abo lition fiends well know that he was ni ordinary man, whose splendid geniu was so long the brightest star iu th Senate-they know it was no weak common mortal who, for four years controlled the destinies of eight mil lions of people, p.ml tlmy fear th influence which his giant intellect am matchless eloquence would exert ii moulding the future destiny of Ame? rica. Knowing that it is impossibl to convict him of treason, they hop LO dispose ?'f bini by the slow tortur of confinement ami privation. But time and ntllictiv;:i has fa'lec to bow his lofty spirit -insults, chain and dungeons can never wholly ?lt .-troy that superiority, eloquence au genius with which (.tod lias endowe' lum. To-day, emaciated with lon mouths of confinement in a drear fortress, guarded by bayonets an surrounded by Yankee spies and it formers, we recognize the same cain stately, superior being who figure so grandly in the recent terrible drt maof American history-who emslie the Northern Senators by a humilia ing consciousness of their own infer ority, when he made his high-tone adieu to the Senate. For Jefferson Davis, we ask n I Executive clemency, for ho has con I mitted no treason. For him we iu ! plore no pardon, for ho is no traito I all wo ask, al' wo desire, is that I shall receive a fair, impartial trio and his guilt or innocence be decide by a jury of Iiis own countrymej But this, ?>f all things, his enemi< aro detenu:ne-il he shall not have for they know in this event he won come forth with no stain upon h character-no tarnish upon his bono We are fortunate in having a shu extract of the speech of Mr. Dav when leaving the Senate, and, ?nco nection with the above, we append as it is of extreme though melancho interest at present : But we have proclaimed our iml pendence. This is done with no h< tility or desire to injure any secti' of tho country, nor even for our pee niary benefit, but solely from t high and solid motives of deicadi 1 anti pro tee to," tiu. rights we inhorit? and transmitting them unshorn our posterity. I know that I feel i hostility to your Senators here, a i am sure there is not one of you, wh ever may have been the sharp disc ??ori Itetween n*, t? frhom ? cannot now say, in fte preache? of my God,. I wish -*eLL Aral r.nn.'n is thc feeling, I ?tin suie, *ii*5 people J nartressnt lmv? towards those yon represent. I tlK*refor?*tce?-? but express their de? sire-when I >ny I hope, and they hope, for those peaceful relations with you (though we must part) that may be mutually beneficial to ns in the future. There will bo peace, if yon so will it; and you may bring disaster upon the whole country if you thus will hsive it. Aud if yon will have it thus, we invoke the God of our fathers, who delivered them from the paw of tho lion, to protect ns from the ra j vages of the bear; and thus putting our trust in God, and our firm hearts and strong arms, we will vindicate and defend tho rights wo claim. Tn j the course of my long career, I have met with a great variety of men her*-, ' and there have been pointa of colli j sion between us. Whatever of of I fence I have given, which lias not been redressed, lain willing to say ti Senators in this hour of parting, 1 offer yon my apology for anything 1 j may have done; aud 1 go release?: j from obligation, reruem'tiering no in jury I have received, and having dis ! charged what I deem the duty of i 1 man, offer tho only reparation in uv I power for any injury I have ever in ' flicted. AfTntr* in Kraue?-. ? We take tho following intorestiu; ! extracts from .lohn Mitchell's las I lette.) to the New York Netrs: PARIS, April ('?. 1S60. The Baron Saillard hus returned t Paris, after having accomplished hi mission to Mexico. The Moniteur hp \ announced, officially, "th:it in const quenco of communications whic I have been exchanged between M 'Darno, French Minister in Moxie? ? Marshal Bazaine and the Mexica i Government, the Emperor has d< 1 eided that the French troop, are t i evacuate Mexico in three detach men t i the tirst detachment is to take its di I parture iu November, 18G6; the si ; coud in March, 18C7; and the thu? in November of the same year." Tl ' Moniteur adds, that some addition: i financial arrangements have bec ; concluded, which alter or modify t! financial .settlement contained in tl j treaty of M i ra m ar, and which ai ! intended to crush new guarantees f< . the claims of the French Goveruniei ! and citizens. ?So, in little less th: ! eighteen months, if no new comp] j cations arise, the last French soldi' '. shall have quitted the soil of M?-xic ! The French, in general, seem pleas? with the announcement that there I at least to be au end to the Mexici j expedition. 'Flu* Debuts, indee. : most venomous of all the oppositi? papers of Franc?', linds in tho a nouueemei.it a subject of discouteu lt would have thc army recalled once, ibis very month, and won j leave Maximilian and th?' French hoi j ors of Mexican bonds, and all othe I who aro concerned, to get out of t affair as best they can. lt think < t term of eighteen mouths too lon ? expresses the great.-: apprehensio ! that probably circumstances may ari j within th?s.- eighteen months to <. gage the interests or the honor [Franco still further, and in fact i '? definitely; and points out that t I official announcement ?loes not c I clure that the actual treaty has be made, binding the French Govei meut to bring off its troops, but ol ] that, iu consequence of certain "co : municatious," the Enqx-n r has coi t > that decision. So that, say:; t l)ebnts. be may change his decisi according to events... The ollie journal only mentions what arc . present intentions. In all this, there is the bad fan of the inveterate Orleanist fa<-tii Th?; circumstances which this joan ; thinks may arise, and which it eli' to foresee, are nothing elsi: than an tack upon Maximilian's Empire by t Americans, impatient of the ?-igiit? months' delay; and its language n be interpreted ns an invitation, orp ! vocation, to the United States j make such an attack, by way of 1 ! tening, as it were, tho retirement I the remaining French troops. Distrust these Orleanist s und tl ' organs, lt seems bard to say ?>f ? j party of Frenchmen, but it is imj I sible to help believing that they gard the Mexican question and e\ other question of the foreign pol j of France, not from a French, ' from an Orleanist point of view. < 1 to involve thc Imperial Govern m in some unpopular war. in hope.? ! hurling the present dynasty ti power, and bringing back those e\ from England. Everything com to prove tin; Emperor's real aux ! to have done with Mexico at the e: cst possible moment consistent \ bis engagements; and my bein that the evacuation of that com will be regularly und effectually complished in the specified time. ? vided France be not driven to wall by American aggression, wi of. t trust, tlier?' is now no cha I In fact, those who know both Au ca and France, well kn<> thal n between the two colt li f lies WOuli ? equally unpopular in both, lt vt i j be ruinous also to great political - social interests throughout thew? ' ; and 1 will frankly avow that one ? ? reason why I cannot endure , : thought of' it is, that it would ? > mously aggrandize the wealth ) powers of England, and reduce I laml to despair for another half -1 I believe I huve said sometbit s /-'jj._?""H mm all thia bef?te, but the enormous in? terests lt ptake will excuse me for dwelling upon it again, in a corres? pondence intended for American readers. In the meantime, it neoms really true that Austria is bestirring herself a little with a view of sustaining her Mexican Emperor. The telegraphic nows received from Vienna, oa the 3d, contains, anions other things, this: "According to a publication made by thc War Department, the enrollment of troops for Mexico will take place each year, from three months to three months, from 1866 to 1870 inclusive." So that the said enrollments aro now actually in pro? gress: and tho Austrian Government may hope to be able,, as the French soldiers; are withdrawn, to supply their places with Croats, Hungarians and Bohemians. Bo it so. Franco once well ont. of it, let tho Croats i come! But Austria is likely to have use for all her Croats nearer home, and that I soon. Affairs between that power ! and Prussia have come to a point ! which seems to admit of no other j solution than battle. Since the cir 1 cular of M. de Bismark, calling on j the smaller German powers to choose j their party, and the diplomatic note ; of the Austrian Count Karolyi, Mi I nister at Berlin, protesting against the armament of Prussia, and declar ; inp that Austria means no war, and will not make any attack, but will ' insist upon the eleventh article, and ; not yield an inch, there has been no ? other official correspondence; but thc Government organs on each side are ? < tgerly proving-in P flin, that Ans ! tria was the beginning of this war ? in Vienna, that Prussia w:is. The\ seem on both sides to be conscious thai war must come, and are onlj I anxious to shift off the responsibility, j each upon the other. Each denief ', that it is makiug any military prepa ration; and all mankind knows that both are doing so on a vast seale They are not biting their thumbs a' one another; but they are "biting their thumbs, sir.'" They rcsembh Moliere\s Don Juan when he wai . challenged by his wile's brother "Heaven forbid tliat I should tigh with yon-but I will be walking pre sently in that lonely hmo which lead , to tho great convent, and if yoi attack mc, we shall set;." Tn tin meantime, the summons of Prussii , to tin- smaller German powers i j generally but coldly received. Lit tl j Hesse-Darmstadt bas just replie? j that she, Hesse-Darmstadt, (with he I 11,000 men orso.) will, in ease of i war. take part against that po we which fust disturbs the peace of Ger many. Others have given ti si mila answer; others, still, say they hold t< the strict execution of article elevei , in the matter of thc Elbe Duehies that is to say, they side with Austria These things mi-dit make M. de Bi> mark reflect a little, if he wen- n<> such a headstrong and imperious cha racter. England." too, according t : her usnal custom, is trying to devis a sort of indirect and covert intel fereucci. Queen Victoria has sen ; the Duke of Coburg to sound th Germau Courts, ami try to find som basis of conciliation. But nobody i Germany minds England. Pu MU- Keeling iii tile Souili-A rt vi? to lin Southerner*. The people of the South are chatin a good deal under the suffering, hi . miliation and disabilities their rebe ! lion has brought on them. We hoi this from immy and reliable sourc< of information, and we regret to hoi it. because the exhibition of ill ten per or hatred to the people of tl North will do them harm. Nnrsii their prejudices and foolishly snee ing at r>r turning their backs ? ' "Yankees," i.-, not only childish, b ruinous and dangerous to themselvc Nothing can or will bo used so effet ively against them by the radicals this section of the country. Tl whole question of restoration to tin former status in the Union turns iq* the disposition they manifest town their conquerors-toward those whose hands their destiny lies. Th are, in a certain sense, in a state probation, to see how they willi have. How important it is, thc that they shonld consider the com lion they are in. and should not gi their enemies arguments for coerci tin m and excluding their represen ti\os from Con,"ress. We do not give credit to the repo of radi.-al emissaries, disappoint speculators, ortho.se crazy negro w shippers who have only one idea. . to public feeling in the South. ^ are aware that there is :i great deal misrepresentation and false eolori by snell people; for they are eitl j incapable of forming correct views 1 have party purposes to serve and 1 feelings to gratify. Nor do we tin : the prejudice, ill temper or .fool conduct spoken of exists everywlu or that it hus reached the better : mon; intelligent part of the conn ni ty. Still it does exist, is coi gious, and. wo fear, is in creas nuder tin- radical measures of a 1 tile Congress. No unprejudiced, sensible per . ai the North expects a bravo high-minded people like those of South to kiss the rod that has pun ed them to crouch like slaves oi i < assume the mask of hypocrisy. ? should despise them if they wen ? do so. We respect them for t I manliness, and wish to see their s< und dignity of manhood preser The sensible people of the Ne too, can make some allowance [ t their depression and irritation f view of what they have lost and snf fered, and the ordeal they are pass? ing through. But they must not for? get that the North bas some reason, also, to feel sore at their conduct in forcing the issue of war. The hun? dreds of thousands of lives lost, the maimed about oar streets, thc enor? mous debt we have to bear and the shock that hus been given to the Go? vernment, are things to feel sore about. Thbso who spent so much blood aud treasure on this side for the integrity, unity and grandeur of the Government, were certainly ani? mated by motives as elevated as those which actuated the men who fought for a separate existence. The latter were rebels at first, and the results of the war placed them, as such, at thc mercy of their conqueror?. These aro facts that ought not to be lost sight of, and should make the South? erners more patient under the suffer? ings they may endure or the disabili? ties they may labor under. If they have reason to complain that every? thing has not gone on as smoothly as they desired, they should remember that it is only a year since actual hos? tilities ceased, and that much has been done ni?ee then in relieving thom from the penalties they incur? red and in bringing them on the way to restoration. Congress is acting unwisely, perhaps, in not promptly closing up tba war by admittingtheii representatives, and thus bealing the wounds that have been made anti bringing about a better state of feel iug. It would be true statesmanship to do so. Tlie harmony and welfare of the country ought to be considered before sectional feeling or party pur poses; but if this i.s not the case at present, the South ought to rcmair patient till time and a better state o: thing.-, bring the remedy. What an .i few months or a few years in th? life of a nation? The majority of the people Nortl are disposed to be forgiving and gen erous, and want to live in harmon; with those of the South, as in forme days. The President, with his larg heart and broad, statesman-like views is doing all he can to restore them t union and friendship with their fel low-citizena of this section. Th question, then, tor them to considel is whether they will sustain the cl forts of the President nod thei friends here by manifesting a prope spirit, or strengthen those of thei enemies hy their misconduct. 1 the feverish state of public sentimer. at the North, it would not take muc to alienate very many of their friend from them should they show a bittei irreeonsilable, sectional feeling. W give them friendly warning not t provoke tho conservative people c the North against them. We advif them to frown doun the mischievot old huukcti press that begins to ref its bead again. "Firing the Soutl ?un heart" now against '"Yankees can do no good, but will do an in meuse amount of injury to the Sont] All these lire-eating editors should 1 squelched at once. They are dange otis tire-lirands. The fate of tl Southern people is indissolubly fixe with the fate of the people of tl North. That is settled beyond ? peradventure, however much the G vern nient may become modified t changed. Is it not madness, thei to nurse hatred or ill feeding? W say, therefore, to the sensible, co: serva ti ve people of the South, frov down these blustering demagogue shallow, tire-brand editors, and sil women who turn up their noses at . backs on the "Yankees." We a not liv nature a separate people. V I are front the same stock, speak t I same language, have the same natui ; and if we manifest a proper elispo j tiem on both sides to heal up t i wounds of thc- war, we shall in tir i become aiore united than ever. \ : trust this may be so. But, in t meantime, and to this end, it is < i peciahy necessary that the Southe , people should subdue their prejudic ; and cultivate an amicable feeli ! towards their fellow-citizens of t i North.- New Fork Herald, 23'/. TUE VICTIMS OF BLOODY MONDAI THB WHITES.-Wc learn that Willi Mosely, Jr., still lies iu a very eriti condition, that slight, hopes are f for his recovery. He must ht been very cruelly maltreated. Jo ! Whitehurst is improving, and it j believed will recover. William M eer. a negro, who was shot and sb : bed on Taylor's lane on Monday nig ! is very low indeed, and lies insensi to all around him. The general i i pression is that it is impossible j bira to live. There are several otb of whom we have heard, wounded I or after the riot, of whose condit ' we have been unable to learn n intelligence. -Norfolk Day Book. Tm. Ni:?.KOKS. -John Payne, a voted servant to us during the v amia boy of unexceptional charac was knocked down and bailly bea >u ('hinch street on Monday nh and only escaped with his life. Ht then, we have Moss Bennett, kil William Mercer, both stabbed shot; and John Payne badly bea These we know of-others are rep ed injured, but keep retired for of l>emg brought before the court [Norfolk Old Dominio, There ure, says the Nashville zelte, two coloree! saviugs banks in city one called tho "National" the other the '"Bureau." We un stand that the latter is doing n the larger business, but mod; withholds all reports. If reports ! the only tbiugs withheld, there wi j nothing to complain of. Iiooal Item?. Mortgages *ttd Conveyance? of Beal E* tate for salo at this office. By reference to our advertising columns, it will be seen that Mr. N. Ki. Pariter bas opened a hotel ?rn tl>e European yilan in Charleston. Inquire for thc "American." THE BCKNINO ?ir Couwm*. -Atfint? r esting account of thc "Kack und Destru?*, tion of tho City of Columbi*, rt. C..' h?r just been issued, in pamphlet form, from thc Ptuenir- steam power prest?. Ordoi* can be filled to any extent. BOOK AND JOB PB I N TI so. -Tho PUuehfr office is now fully ?npplied with cards, colored and white pupcr, colored iuk, wood typo, etc., ami is now in oem ditton to exe? cute all manner of hook and joh printing in tho shortest possible time, (live ns a call. NKW Ai>vERTir>KMENTS. -Attention is call? ed to th?* following advertisements, which are published this morning for the tirat time: American Hotel, Charleston,^. i\ L?rick S? Xunauiaker-Lumber. Change of Schedule on Charlotte Road. M. L. Ki nani-Window Shades. Card of Thanks to J. G. Gibbes. J. C. Jackson-Cows for Sale. J. B. Nowell-Vigilant Fire Company. TKH SILK SPIJ>E? OF SOFTH CABO LINA.-Dr. B. G. Wilder, late surgeon of the 55th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, gave thc first of four lectures upon the above subject in Boston, Tuesday evening. The Jotir gives the following brief but interest? ing synopsis: The first of this species of spider was discovered by tho lecturer on the North end of Folly Island, in Charles? ton Harbor, while in camp there in August. 18(53. He wound from its body in one hour and a quarter 150 yards of yellow silk. The next year another officer wound from thirty spiders 3,484 yards, or nearly two miles of silk. A single thread of this was strong enough to sustain a weight of from 54 to 107 grains. lu 1865, I Dr. Wilder showed his specimen to ! Prof. Agassiz, and others, to whom I the species was new. Returning to ? Charleston he resumed his re-searches, j and nfter a variety of adventures and : disappointment, succeeded in getting n number of the spiders. In the ! course of the season these all died, from lack of knowledge as to their habits, mode of living, kc. From the eggs deposited, however, many others were produced. It is the habit i of the stronger to devour the weaker, so that out of several thousand, only a few hundred were raised. The fact, ! however, was clearly demonstrated I that they could be raised and live through a Northern winter. In the 1 succeeding lectures, the method of I securing the silk, and other facts in I regard to this interesting discovery j will bo given. Specimens of the silk I were exhibited, winch was of a golden Sollow and a silver white, and as bril ant as the metals in appearance. * ADMIRAL, SEMMES.-The Mobile Times, of the 21st, says in reference to the above distinguished gentle? man : The return of Admiral R. Semmes to his home has filled with joy a large circle of friends, aud with gratitude towards the President all those who cherish what is great and noble. We hail the pleasure of spending au evening with the brave sailor, aud to hear from his own month the relation of his release as well as the views of the President on his political status, and we can assure his friends*, those who do not believe that Republics should always bo ungrateful, that the election of Admiral Semmes to the responsible office of Probate Judge has the President's full approval, and that nothing should be allowed to influence or oppose it on such ground? less apprehensions. The valiant struggle, made a few days ago, by the friends of General Johnston to elect him to a responsible office, fully proves that there is a right spirit in the land, and although unsuccessful, it establishes the .Tact, that many hearts still beat, which canuot remain cold when certain glorious names are pronounced. When the history of the late war shall have been written by an impar? tial hand, the proudest and most glorious incident of it will be found in the pages recording the unequal contest between tho Kearsage and the Alabama. Shall Admiral Semmes, just escaped from the very jaws of death, through the daring and humanity of an ; Englishman, find less devotion among his own compatriots? ' St. Louis advices of Saturday say ! that the rise in the Mississippi since ? yesterday exceeds six feet, and is still 1 advancing at thc same rate. Mer j chants wlio are in the habit of making j a store-house of the levee, were kept ! busy Friday, moving their freight ? piles from the encroaching water. ! The flood in the Missouri River continues, and that stream is now ono foot higher than nt any time last year. All the mountain boats have been compelled to lay np, finding it impos- ? sible to make any headway against the current. The streams are mouing : full of logs, which are very destructive to the wheels of boats. The annual June rise, which is yet to come from ' the mountains, will probably cause a i regular overflow along the river and I inflict considerable damage.