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Telesrapli.
Sin York. Market.
NKW YOUK, May ll.-Cotton firm at 34(55
35 cent?. Gold 29 i.
Mobile market.
MOBILE, May H.-Salea of cotton to-day
1,200 hale? of middling?, at 326433; sales
for the week 3,950 bales, Receipts for tho
week 3,045 hales, against 3,114 for hist
week. Exporta for the woek i),019. Stock,
in market, 43,808. Stock unsold, 35,000.
Indictment of Mr. Davis.
NORFOLK, May ll.-Judge Underwood I
want North last night, taking with him a j
copy of the indictment against Jeff. Davis.
Late yesterday afternoon the Grand
Jury of the United States Circuit Court in
Bennion here brought in a true bill against
Jeff. Davin for treason, anil adjourned
untU the first Tuesday in June, to nect in
Richmond.
-? ? ?
Probat Execution.
PHILADELPHIA, May 9.-The death war?
rant for tho execution of Antoine Probst
on Friday, the 8th of June, was received by
the sheriff this morning. The prisoner
received the announcement quietly, seem?
ing entirely unmoved. He had previously
told his confessor that he believed death
was the only expiation for his crime and
ho v/as willing to suffer.
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, May ll.-The Senate passed
the postal appropriation bill, after striking
out the amendment heretofore adopted
preventing parties appointed to office
during the recess from recovering any pay
until confirmed by the Senate. Before the
passage of the bill, Mr. Cowan made a
speech, declaring those who interposed to
prevent tho Southern States from being
represented were disuniouists, ami that
opposition to restoration was superinduced
hy fear of losing political power.
Gen. Sickles has been confirmed as Mi?
nister to the Hague.
Later Foreign IV cw H.
The steamer China has arrived at Hali?
fax, bringing Liverpool dates to the 29th
ult. We extract the following items of in?
telligence:
The reform bill bas passed the House ot
Commons by a majority of five.
The papers generally regard the vote on
the second reading of the reform hill aa a
Government victory only in name, but in
reality a defeat. Then" are various specu?
lations as to the course the Ministers will
adopt.
The Tintes says: As Government com?
menced the session with au estimated
working majority of sixty, the hare ma?
jority of five is, in fact, a vote of censure;
and no administration will henceforth hope
to persuade the House of dominons to con?
sider the reform proposals without laying
the entire scheme before it.
The Morning Herald says: lt is obvious
the bill is lost, but whether Government
will abide by its pledge and fall with its
Lill, we aro to learn on Monday.
Thc Morning J'ost says: There can heno
doubt, although the Ministry have gained
a nominal victory, thev have, in truth, sus?
tained fatal defeat. Nothing remains for
them but to resign.
The Star thinks the small majority bodes
ill for the early and tranquil settlement of
the reform question, and looks for new de
lavs and fresh difficulties and confusion.
The scene in the House during the divi?
sion is described as one of unparalleled
excitement. The cheering was taken up
in tho galleries in spite of all rules and
orders.
Vienna despatches assert that Austria,
in her latest note to Prussia, declares her
readiness to tako tho initiation in demo?
bilizing her troops.
The Memphis A vaktnche, in speak?
ing of the constant Northern denim
ciation of Mr. Calhoun, says thus
forcibly:
' 'Malice forever dogs the heels of
greatness, and calumny Ls its shadow.
We are not, therefore, surprised to
see party ghouls and hyenas howling
over the grave of John C. Calhoun
a man who has made such a grand
chapter for history. Mr. Calhoun
was the compeer of Clay and Web
ster. His private character was spot?
less; and while the names of Clay
and Webster are cherished as the
brightest stars in the galaxy of fame,
it is singular that a continual stream
of abuse, falsehood and malignity
should be vomited upon the noblest,
loftiest, greatest son the nation has
over producid. We intend to vindi
cate the memory of this illustrious
statesman, whether the assault comes
from Northern radicals or from mis?
creants of the South, vile enough to
echo every word of abuse, no matter
how stupid and foul, every lie, no
matter how potent in malignity."
Immediately after the bombard?
ment of Valparaiso, the English
Minister was requested to vacate the
premises occupied by him, and no
one will rent him another house. His
name was also stricken from the list
bf members of the "Club de la
Uniou."
Only two lives were lost and eight
persons wounded during the bom?
bardment, lol Government stores,
containing upwards of $K,000,000
worth of foreign merchandize, were
destroyed. The bulk of the loss will
fall on foreigners.
The battle-field of Franklin, Ten
ressee, where Hood's men fell by the
h unbred and were buried, has been
retted by the proprietor to freedmen,
ant is about to be given to tho plow.
Ev\ry Southern State has its repre?
sentatives on"? this field, and their
friends are endeavoring to secure
means to remove the hollies before
the traces of the graves are trampled
out.
The Manchester (New Hampshire)
Mirror says that farm laborers ara
plenty this year, and farmers can
find all the men they want at from
fifteen to twenty dollars per month.
It has not been so for five years past.
From Washington.
The House lias been engaged to?
day full blast*upon the Reconstruc?
tion Committee's amendments to the
Constitution-reeling off the talk in
thirty-minute speeches. The on?
slaughts made upon the third section
by Messrs. Blaine and Garfield indi?
cates a mutiny in the radical camp
against the dictum of King Thad. It
is understood that this is but the be?
ginning of the defection, and from
present ?appearances the reconstruc?
tion platform will have three-qnarters
of its planks knocked out ere it leaves
the House.
Mr. Blaine contended in regard to
this amendment, (which debars the
late rebels from voting for four years, )
that it was an act of bad faith to dis?
franchise those to whom civil rights
had been granted by tho amnesty.
Mr. Garfield held that there was no
propriety in disfranchising the rebels
for a specific term of years.
I Washington Star, r)th.
A movement is on foot here which,
if successful, will break up tho prac?
tice of making national banks the
depositaries of Government funds,
and confine these depositaries to theil
more legitimate localities, viz: tin
sub-treasuries, custom houses ant
mints. It is contended that there ii
no reason whatever why banks shonlc
bc selected to take charge of th?
Treasury funds, when there are ( lo
verment institutions in all the lead
ing cities adapted to that purpose
and in which, with proper precau
tions, such a thing as loss would b
impossible, lt is understood that :
bill looking to a change like thu on
above mentioned will be proposed ii
tho Banking Committee at an earl
day.
At a previous session of Congress
the publication of the military his
tory of the rebellion was ordered. I
undertaking to give effect to thu
enactment, the War Department hu
begun on a scale which would ri
quire the expenditure of not lei
than a million of dollars, a wagoi
load of manuscript having airead
been furnished.
Among the persons on the door ?
the House to-day wasFayette McMu
len, of Virginia, a member of tl:
rebel Congress, and at one time
member of the United States Coi
gress. This is the first instance i
which any rebel official has present?
himself in either hull <d' Congre
during the session. Special Des/inf,
to Philadelphia Ledger, 7th.
Nearly all the claimants of tl
cotton seized by thc Government
Savannah have commenced suits
the United States District Court'
New York, against. Simeon Drape
cotton agent, for the recovery of tl
value of the cotton. The suits um
ber 122, and a strong array of eon
sel hus been retained by the plaintif
among w hom are Janies T. Brady, A
M. Evarts and others of equal abilit
[Washington Cor. .V. Y. Times, 8th
irish journals state that it is cale
lated that within one week last mon
upwards of 4,000 persons left f
America, via Queenstown, two-thir
of whom are of the middle and fan
ing class. The Irish farmers, it w
be remembered, were complaini
last year of the want of male a
female, laborers to gather in thc hi
vest; but if tho emigration contim
at the present rub', (to put it do'
at the lowest figure,) 1,500 a wet
the Irish papers say they will c
tainly have more cause to comph
this year, as those leaving now i
mostly of that class. About COO p
senge rs were waiting in Qneensto
ti) getaway by steamers.
GEN. EWELL.--Among the farm
in this city tm Menday Last, wo w
glad to meet this gentleman, so <
tinguished as a soldier, who is no\
resident of "Old Maury,'' and
going largely into stock farming. 'J
General has a magnificent farm
entering upon his new life with
accustomed energy and /.eal, and
hope and predict for him great s
cess. He appears in excellent hot
and cheerful spirits.
[Ma-wry County ( Tenn.) Herat*
They have a radical uewspapei
Richmond from which the North
radical journals evidently take gi
delight to quote. Etjseems, in reg
to its editor, that "he was origin
a Methodist priest, then a slave-h
er, then a negro-driver, next a w
key seller, and now editor of arno
newspaper." He can descend
lower.
It is stated in Washington that
gotiations are on foot for the ]
chase, by leading American cap
ists, of nearly the entire of Lc
California from thc "Mexican Re]
lie, for the purpose of develo]
tho rich mineral resources of 1
country. ( Ker a million dollars 1
been advanced to the Mexican M
ter in aid of the project.
Mrs. Davis is still at fortress l\
roe. No limit is placed upon
length of her visit, but she is rest
ed in her conversations with her
band to the hours between rev
and sun-set.
Gen. Buger gives Gen. Ro
Ransom permission to resume his
tics as Marshal of Wil ming tot
which Ruger some time ago ki
relieved "Bob."
The Roman Catholic Orphan
lum at Troy, New York, was bu
on Saturday, having been lire?
one of the inmates.
There is a great flood in the U
Mississippi. The lower part of
buque is entirely under waler.
Measures are shortly to be inaugu?
rated by the Government to effect the
removal from Roanoke Island of a
large portion of its negro population,
and scatter them over the districts of
North Carolina, from whence they
originally came. If this determiua
i lion and action are to bo likcwiso
adopted in reference to other locali
? ties similarly oppressed by an undue
i preponderance of color, tho most
wholesome consequences will result
to both blacks and whites. Thc ne?
groes are eminently gregarious, and
this feature in their character has
been strikingly illustrated wherover
islands and peninsulas, with conti?
guous water courses, furnish them
easy subsistence from tish and oys?
ters, without the exercise of steady
labor.
It is to be regretted that Mr. ('al?
vin Pepper should have defeated the
very laudable efforts of the Govern?
ment officials about Old Point to
open up the everglades of Florida to
the enterprise of "Afric's dusky
sons" who now throng every portion
of the peninsula -except the corii
fiolds. But Pepper did not want te
lose his practice, and was un williup
to givo up his clients. We have nevei
heard whether he has extricated him
self from the little difficulty in whicL
Generals Miles and Terry got him 01
not.
The "scattering process" should b<
liberally exercised by tim Govern
ment wherever the negroes are to?
thick, either in town or country. Tc
thin them out will reduce idleness
immorality and crime. And mun
than that, it will reduce disease; fo:
should the cholera leap into any o
these negro pens, this summer, thi
destruction of the poor black shoe]
w ill be appalling. They are dimin
ishing in numbers rapidly enougl
now, without the aid of a great cpi
demie as a stimulus to perdition.
The magnitude of the burden whiel
the nation has taken on its shoulder
in these "wards," is becoming ever
day more alarmingly apparent. Th
dead weight which lucie Sam me
carries, in his national debt and freeil
men, is enough to crush any gen th
man of less vigor and buoyancy. Bu
we are engaged in tho grand exper
ment of showing the world how har
it is to kill this nation, and if we d
not ilie during the exhibition, w
shall crown ourselves with mucheefa
I Richmond Times.
GREELEY <>N THE RIGHT OK SECEI
SION. - Every now and then Greeli
brings out an old blunderbuss that 1
keeps in his office and lires a "sece
sion gun." His contemporaries i
the city of New York are constant
charging that he once said Soul
Carolina had a right to secede fro
the Union. This unceasing repitilb
of a damaging charge causes < i reel?
to strike once in a while. \s soon
he has said his say, he lapses into h
lenee, anil, like a clock, waits till tl
machinery which his confreres ke<
in motion winds him up to the stri
ing point once more. We can't i
collect how often Gi'eeley has e
plained away this charge, but we <
know that each explanation has 1?
him just where he was before
made it. The substance of lus i
planation is. that while the ?S/?/e
South Carolina li as no right 11 > sccet
the people of South Carolina have tl
right or else the Declaration of 1
dependence is an unmeaning colli
tion of "glittering generalities." ?
he always takes caiv to add thu
majority of her people (meaning,
course, to includethe negroes,) nf
were in favor of exercising tin- rig
and therefore he was justifiable a
consistent in sustaining the war in:
upon the refractory minority by I
General Government. Here is
last secession gun:
"We hold with Jefferson and i
Continental Congress; and il tl
were right, and their fuudamei
assumption justified the D?clar?t
of Independence which they ha:
thereon, wo cannot see why a hu
number of people inhabiting
Southern States (a far larger a
than that of the Old Thirteen ) h
not the natural, indefeasible righi
'alter or abolish' a lorin of govt
ment which they deem prejndicia
their rights and safety, and to in
tute a new Government, laying
foundation on such principles, ;
organizing its powers in such fora
to them shall seem most likely to el
their safety and happiness.
I Richmond Dispatci
m ? ?
MEXICO. A Washington lettet
the ?ld says:
1 have seen letters from Paris, v
ten by persons there whose positi
enable them to speak hy ae'hoi
which say that the report mac tc to
Emperor Napoleon by liaron ;?
hard, upon his return from Mex
in relation to affairs in that conn
was eminently satisfactory. Ri
Sailiiard described the vast iinpr
nients which are being made in .\J
co, and represented the Governn
of Maximilian as working to tin
tire satisfaction of the Mexiean
pie; of the stability of the Gov
ment after the withdrawal of
French, he has not the least do
Maximilian already has 10,0111) ]\!
can volunteers in his army, comm
ed by French officers.
Major V. Wynne, formerly
Forest's stall", has become a candi
for Solicitor in Sumner County, '
nessec.
Henry Marsh, a State street br
in Boston, has absconded after sw
ling parties there, to the nmoun
$10,000.
0
English. Itcform Hill.
The reform, bill submitted by tho
Russell-Gladstone ministry to Parlia?
ment has at lust scoured the enthu?
siastic support of tho English masses,
and crowds of excited men now
throng thc entrance of the House of
Commons, and cheer the*1 friends of
that measure and hiss its opponents,
after the fashion of "reform mobs" of
by-gone days. The new reform bill is,
however, a trumpery affair, as it is
merely an extension of the right pf
franchise to persons with a property
qualification income of seven pounds
per annum, and will uot add more
than 160,000 voters to the present
number of English suffragans. 1'or
this timid, half-way concession to the
clamor of the masses for an extension
of the franchise, the English people
would not cart; a farthing, had not
the landed aristocracy played into the
hands of tin; friends of reform by a
most violent opposition to tin: mea?
sure. That for which, had it been
unopposed, the masses would have
cared nothing, they now regard as a
priceless boon, and Gladstone lilah
himself suddenly thc recipient of all
those popular honors which used fi
be heaped npon O'Connell ami
Wilkes.
Thc American press, in view of tin
sudden outburst ot* british enthu
siasm over the reform bill, seem to re
gard the proposed extension of th?
right of suffrage as likely to product
a radical change in the whole eharac
ter of Parliament, and of English pc?
litical life.
As ol ie of the Insults of the triumpl
of the reform bill, they claim for th.
Progressive party, to which brigit
and Mills are a prodigious increase o
power. Tory squires and land-own
ors, they argue, must now malo- wa
for manufacturers, merchants, am
democratic self-made men. Neithe
the friends nor flic opponents of th
proposed extension of the franchis
seeiu to entertain sucli opinions of it
results; neither do they fear that th
extension of the right of suffrage wi
bo followed by separation ol' Churc
ami State, destruct ion ol' entail, alu
lition of law of primogeniture*, fae i I
ties for the transfer of real est atti an
extension ol' the principle of fr?
trad.'.
The despotic power of th?; lam
owners and capitalist-, does not fe:
tho accession of 150,000 operativ,
and t.-liants to the list of voters. Tl
iron has entered the souls of the I
boring classes too de.-ply for them
turn upon their masters. They ha
been, we fear, "hereditary boin!
men" too long to venture upon ai
radical change iu the establish?
onler ol' things iu England.
The English masses are I hoi*? ?ugh
understood In the ineii who draft,
the reform bill. They know that t
I democratic sentiments and disco
tent of the disfranchised Engli
operatives eau be cured by thu pi
posed extension ol' the franchis
They are simply going forth anio
the scowling, discontented labori
classes to reeruit 150.000 support?
of the land-owners and capitalist -.
An American writer, in a leadi
English journal, very ably conten?
"Forget the prodigious ?lilVi*relict!
all the characteristic . ireuinstaiices
the two countries theil" social a
1 political traditions, their proscript
usages, their moral ntniosphc
While in this country all is shtfti
and changing, in England all is il\
and almost immutable, lu this coi
try a measureless extent of nnowi
or abandone.I territory forbid- t
attachment toan ancestral home a
weakens the course of hereditary
socintions. Perhaps not ??ne fain
in a hundred belonging to the Nor
ern States ha - lived on the pro pc
which was owned by its grandsi
Not one American artisan or ->n
farmer has known what it is to
horn nuder the shadow of an unei
family mansion and to feel an her?
tar\ interest in its inmates. '!
people who occupy old mansions
Vermoni, Connecticut or New.1er.?
know very little of the men win. b
them ami gave iiam?*s to them;
small proprietors or mechanics in
neighborhood know still Less. Tl:
is no family history, no tradition
associati ni, i xc. pt in th?* South
States, which links the name of
wealthy American family with tin
forests'and fortunes? of his Count;
District. Thol'e is nothing ill
position as a proprietor to inthit
the votes or politics of his poor n<
boi s. They ar.' Republicans or
nioerats, as the eas,- may be, mana
ami moulded by the local Ltepuhli
Or Democrat caucus, ipiite hide*
den thy of him.
In a country w lier?' the fee sin
of land is as cheap as a least-hold
b rest is in langland, there is m. I;
lord's influence. The voters f<>
the guidance of politicians, and
politician's trade is iud one of
most respectable, lt must, ?ml
be a wild sort of reform which tr
fers to England tlie peeuliaritit
American elections, or annihilate
influence of the landed aristoci
lt is barely possible that b\ dis)
chising all the counties and s
boroughs, and enfranchising all <
pants of all houses iu bondon
the great centres of man tl fact U
industry, an approximation inigh
made to tin- American standard.
lt is quite possible that the
reform bill may substitute liere
there a wealthy merchant, mani
tnrer or contractor for a squire
baronet. lint the mosl obscqi
toadies am! Hunkies"**d' the u>>l
are these very men. Ex peri
shows that ii seat in Parliament
lilies the most radical disposit
Self-made manufacturers and mer?
chants lose much of their one-sided?
ness by contact with squires and em?
bryo pears, and their liberalism may
bc warranted not to degenerate into
republicanism. Tn fact, the soil and
the atmosphere of England have too
anti-democratic a flavor to admit of
the "Americanizing process." So
long as there are large land-owners
with local influence, great manufac?
turers and merchants, with numerous
dependents and local connections,
and a middle class with much to lose
so long will the ranks of Parliament
be mainly recruited from nion who
have little sympathy with republican,
and still loss sympathy with socialist
theories. No facilitation of the pur?
chase of land will add one acre to the
purchaseable land of England; and
as for robbing one class to enrich
another, that is as odious to the poor
as to the rich. The infusion of new
blood into the constituencies will
doubtless have some influence on fu?
ture Parliaments, but the influence
will probably be neither so sudden
nor so sweeping as our American eon
temporaries expect. -Richmond Times.
Tin- Salisbury North State learns
that a riot took pace at Morganton a
few days ago, which resulted in the
United States Regular Troops sta?
tioned there driving some returned
negro soldiers from the town. The
negroes, who went off with General
Stoneman at the time of his raid into
Western North Carolina, and joined
the Federal army, itseems, have been
mustered ont of service recently and
have just returned to their old homes
with lofty notions of their rights.
They showed some insolen."e. it is
s:iid. at other places, but at Morgan
ton it was resented by the soldiers,
who drove the negroes off.
? .
The strike of the ship carpenters,
joiners and caulkers, of New York
and vicinity, which was inaugurated
live Weeks ago. to put into force the
eight hour system of labor, still con?
tinues, with very little prospect of a
satisfactory understanding between
the maehanies and their employers.
< OM SI l-l IC* ! Al, AM? l'l\A\tlAL.
I . .
CHARLESTON, May ll. The price of cot?
ton 'lunn;; the past week has been re
I markably well sustained ni tbi> market,
and on Saturda> last, owing to the light
I stock, bo?tiers succeeded in getting an im?
provement ol about Iceni per pound on
! th.- betti class of cotton, which advance
has since been kept up. The sales of the
? w< el; amount to about 1.200 bale.*, with re?
ceipts of J..;?..: bales. The market closed
\' r\ lniii yesterday, and those wishing the
better class ni cotton had topav full prices.
1 We quote:
( hdinarv ... . 24?26
i Low Middling . . <&28
1 Middling. .. 20(330
Strict Middling @31
i iood Middling 32($
Tin o eeipts '.(' Sea Isl.nul cotton are ex
tr? nu ly light, and there being no sales we
.i re without rpi? >t at ions.
e.M roS si tTEMKN'T.
I N. / ./. Cp d
Steel, .?!! hand Sept. I, 1865 .. :;:'.J 1,610
Ueceipts from Sept. I, I8(i ., to
Ma> -\ lsr.f. . - 4,668 81,622
lb ci ?pts from Mav :i t.. Ma\
I 9, isf.6. " '.. ll? 2,353
f?tal receipt.- 5,040 85,585
i
EXPORTS.
Exerts. >". /"./. ?'pU
Exports from Sept. *
I. 1865, t.. Mav
:t. lsr.6. .1.578 78.308
From Ma\ I to
Max IO, I8i;r. _>si; i.eir,
Total i sports 4,864-79.923
On hand and shipboard 176 5,062
The reci ipis and stock of rice are very
light, with prices without alteration. Clean
Carolina selling at Iltf?l2c. per lb.
The receipts of naval simes amount to
617 barrels rosin and turpentine.
The rosin, .-.insisting of pale and No. 1.
Spii it - ! urpeitt ?ne, as thev i un, at 80c. per
gallon.
Th. arrivals of North Uiver hay continue
large, and wc learn of sales of about 800
bales ?it -I.V. per bun.b. d. 200 bal. s do. at
$1.511 p. r hundred.
The receipts of corn since our hist have
amounted to some 20,000 bushels, but in
consequence of buyers holding mit tm-a
il. cline, the transactions have been limit?
ed. We quote sl.io'-iSI.15 per bushel
Weight, W il bout bags.
dal ?. are ?II full supply with only a limit
ed inquiry. We quote 6(V{?65e. per bushel.
Flour has been in only limited demand.
Sn|" rs have sold during the week at is.37
f<??s.5o, and extras at S9.50@$9.75.
The supply of har.m for seine tim.- hav?
ing been limited, the stock on hand has
been getting light, which bas imparted a
firm feeling t i the market. Wc hear of
sales at l?c.fh I7*c, with an upward ten?
dency.
Tl.dy transaction of the week in salt
that we have learned was an auction sule
of 600 sacks Liverpool, at 51.12?@S1.17?
per sack.
(?old is dull the brokers buying al --!7
and selling at 28.
Li. i itpooi., April ">.'. Sai. s of cotton to
da\ ...ooo hales, including I.OOOto specu?
lators and ? xporters. Market dull and
-li-JitU derlii .ng. Middling uplands about
.1 f>i I ?tl. breads tuffs dull. Provis ons
flat!
LOM'ON, April 2s. Consols close at 86^
'-'.si,,. United States fivc-twonties, 69J(??
7i?.'..
BALTIMORE, May !.. Flour buoyant
high grades advanced 50c. Wheat nrm.
('..in steadv, selling at 8Oe.f<0.S5e. Oats
dull, at 56c."
NIA V'OCK, May 9. Flour has advanced
20c.
AlWSTA, Mav III. Some sales of good
middling cotton" wen1 made to-day at 2*.ic.
The demand was a little more active, hut
prices remain thc same as on yesterday,
ranging from 26tV.29c. for middling to good
middling. Gold market quiet. Brokers
buying at 26 and selling at t'^7 ami lJs.
SIIII? NEWS.
li Hil' OF CHARLESTON, MAY 10.
ARK:VED YESTERD .V.
Steamship Cumberland, tteed, Baltimore,
british bug I lone Star, tint is, Liverpool.
' WEM' TO si A VESTERDAV.
Steamship Fmily B. Souder, Sew V'ork.
Sehr.I. B. Clayton, Philadelphia.
Sehr Time, Geoghegan, Baltimore.
SAILED FOR CHARLESTON.
Steamship Kalorama, Baltimore.
MK. BANCHO* r AND EARI, RUSSELL.
It -will be remembered that Mr. Ban?
croft's allusion to England, in Iiis
commemorative oration, in February
last, on President Lincoln's death,
called forth a good deal of comment.
lt so touched, it seems, the sensitive?
ness of Earl Russell that he wrote Mr.
Adams a letter, pleading not guilty of
Mr. Bancroft's impeachment of him?
self. ' The letter was sent, by his re?
quest, to Mr. Bancroft, who replied,
quoting Earl Russell's letters and the
speech referred to by him in justifi?
cation of the assertions of the oration.
The sum and substance of the corres?
pondence is that Mr. Bancroft assert?
ed that at tho commencement of the
late civil war the British Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs made haste
to send word through the palaces of
Europe that the great Republic was
in its agony; that the Republie was no
more; that a head-stone was all that
remained due by the lawful nations to
"thc late Union.'' Earl Russell, in
his reply, says: "Soon after the nows
of the. resistance in arms of the South?
ern States to the Government of the
Union arrived in this country, a mem?
ber of the House of Commons stated
in his place that the bubble of Repub?
licanism had burst. I replied, in the
same debate, that the bubble of Re?
publicanism hud not burst, and that
if tho curse of slavery still hung about
j the United States, it was England
that had made them the gift of the
poisoned garment which was now
their torment, lu fact, I have never
had any doubt that whether tho
United States consented to separation
or pursued the war tv) extremity, the
great Western Republic would re?
main, happily for the world, a power?
ful and independent Republic."
'G<>vEUN>rENT STOCK.-The United
States Government owns 8200,OOO
worth of stock in the Dismal Swam])
Canal. 8400,000 in the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal, 81,000,000 in
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and
8300,000 in the Alexandria Canal
Companies.
Auction Sales,
Commissioner's Sale.
RICHLAND-IN EQUITY.
LEVIN A- PKIXOTTO, Auctioneers.
David Jacobs vs. M. Goodwin. Adm's, Kate
Goodwin ft al.
IN pursuance of the order <>f the Court
m the above stated ease, I will sell, be?
fore the Court House at Columbia, on tho
FIRST MONDAY in .Tun..- next, all that lot
of LAND, with the buildings thereon, in
the city of Columbia, containing one-half
aere, more or less, situated on Richland
street, and bounded on the North by J. C.
Dial's lot, East by Dr. Cuthbert. South by
Richland street and West by a lot of Celia
Mane or Hen. Delane.
Terms of sale cash. Purchasers to pay
for papers.
D. ii. DESAUSSURE. C. E. R. D.
May S *9
SUPERIOR MOUNTAIN RUTTER at
50 cents per pound, to supply our re
t iii customers. For sale by
HARDY "SOLOMON,
Assemblv street, near New Market.
May 12
Peas! Peas! !
~f\ BUSHELS CONY PEAS.
.JV/ 20 bushels TABLE PEAS.
Just received and for sale bv
T. J. GIBSON,
Corner North Old Citv Hotel.
May 12 ii
Ul I" A Y PPf
NOW opening a superior lot of impor?
ted FRENCH BON-BONS, among
which are some specialties in that line not
before in thin market-together wah a se?
lect assortment, viz: Glazed Fruits, Chry?
ta?zed Brochette, Decorated Paste, Portu?
guese Almonds, Raspberry Rails, Cream
Dates, Nougat. Cordial Vegetable.-*, Choco?
late Creams, Jt-llv Cakes, Fancy Cream
Drops, Imitation Fruits in Cream. Jenny
Lino Dragees, Chocolate Almonds, Ac.,
.tc. at MCKENZIES CANDY MANUFAC?
TORY. Plain street, below the Shiver
House. May 12 6
IT RECEIVE?,
PER EXPRESS,
VJfrALNUT CRACKERS.
W Lemon. Egg and butter BISCUITS.
Fkncv, Pic-Nic and Mdk BISCUITS.
Maryland Refined SUGAR.
LO Ohls. C. Sugar.
Barrels Crushed Sugar.
Powdered Sugar.
SWEITZER CHEESE.
500 pounds HOLD DUST SMOKING
TOBACCO.
LorrilandT. Leaf Tobacco.
HUSH POTATOES.
LEMONS.
No. I MACKEREL
PICKLED GHERKINS by th. dozon.
Sugar-Cured HAMS.
Clear Sides BACON.
10 boxes Extra Cheese.
lo Bags RIO COFFEE.
Adamantine and Sperm CANDLES.
May 12 ' J. C. SEEGERS.
THE COKCERT
Monday Evening, May 14,
AT THK
HALL OF A TCKERSON'SHOTEL.
I>RICE of admission: Single tickets. $2:
two tickets, ii; Tour tickets, ?j. Tick?
ets to he had at the stores of Messrs. Muller
A- Senn, R. Bryce, C. H. Miot, Shiver A
beckham, Tolleson A .binney, J. McKen?
zie. J. Heise, the book-stores, and at tho
office of Nick?sou's Hotel.
?-The Ticket office on the night of the
Concert will bo at the side entrance of the
It is requested bv the Managars of the
Concert that as far as possible tickets will
be bought at tho various depositaries.
Mav 12 1