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Tuesday Morning, Juno 19, 188%. . _r_ . ; J? r.HuHl"! I-i fcc Partridges." ? O? ?H slanderers, save ns froinvthe ?en or tongue of one of tbi* brood of the other sex. We have now be- j fore us, in one of our exchanges, a letter froui that delectable expounder ol women's rights, Mrs. Swisshelm, written recently to the Chambersburg (Pa.JjA!po**tery, in which she asserts that th?jarominent radicals in Wash? ington" ?tie ia constant receipt of most touching.appeals from the loyalists of the South, whose dwellings are burned ?nd."who are hunted liko partridges by the triumphant rebels." She says, farther, that "these appeals would bc much moro frequent but for the fear of discovery; these suffering loyal people, white and black, are held in mortal fear, like children" -who axe beaten by nurses and threatened by worse if they complain." We are not informed whether thie amiable and vivacious writer knows anything about children on bor own hook ; - ff she does, we venturo to say her^ehildreu have been both beaten and threatened any iinmber of times. Bat the extract we desire tn call at? tention to is the following: . A Congressman who received ono of these appeals from a loyalist in South Carolina, whose dwelling had been burned and he and his family driven to the woods, where they are now skulking, went to Secretary Stanton to ask transportation for outraged people to some pince of safety. Mr. Stanton read the letter carefully, then remarked: "I regret that there is uo law au? thorizing me to interfere. Such ap? peals arc coming up from nil parts of the South. I have no authority to help these people." "And is it so, Mr. Secretary?" in? quired the applicant, "that after spending three thousand millions of money and two hundred thousand lives, the men we have been fighting are triomphant, our friends left to their mercy, and the Government powerless to protect them?" "It is even so!" was the emphatic answer of Edwin M. Stanton. "Then, Mr. Stanton, to what are we coming?" "We are coming to another war!" said the Secretary of War, "and that soon; and it is my consolation, in this view of the case, that the next war will not end, as the last did, in a mock trial for traitors. When oxer men go dozen there, next time, they ic ill try and execute traitors with the bayonet!"' That there may have been applica? tions from this State for transporta? tion for women, children and the destitute lo go North, is doubtless tra?.'but that there aro any "loyal? ists" skulking in the woods in South Carolina, from fear of the late rebels, there is not a man, woman or child in the S t ato but who knows that such an allegation is untrne. Many citizens of Northern birth, seeing the city de? stroyed, left for their old homes, with General Sherman's army; but quite a number of these have since returned and resumed trade nnd business among us, without molestation, or j without any apprehension of beiug | troubled iu any way. Indeed, there ore instances of persons formerly at? tached to the Federal army, who have settled not only in this State, but ? throughout the South, in different | employments and avocations; but we j have never heard of any of them j being treated otherwise than every i other citizen around them. The doings in Tennessee and Mis souri show that tho boot is on the j other leg-that it is the late Confede- I rates who are persecuted in those States. As to the conversation pur- : porting to be held with >'.:. Stanton, ] we can scarcely credit the truth, lt ia one of tho many fabrication' sent on to the North to sustain and justify the course of Stevens and his follow ? ers towards the Southern people, and to keep alive a spirit of sectional hatred and strife, which every good and true citizen must condemn, and endeavor to rebut and crush out the malevolent efforts of these scribblers to keep alive animosity among the people. On the other side of the question, we publish elsewhere an extract from a frank and truthful writer, on tho condition of affairs in the South. When President Lincoln, on the surrender of Sumter, called 75,000 ! men to arms, there was not a shadow ' of statute to justify his demand. Down to the meeting of Congress, he scarcely did a constitutional oct. f Tribune. ll some unfortunate reasoner had talked thus before the martyr became a martyr, the reasoner would have bean mad? a martyr TIM Sew Baute of Hcprt?cnt?t?o<i. , "As our readers - w?l htfve bWrved in the proposed amendment to the. Oont?t?tion, ?ke itco?? *ectiot? is j the most important io. the Southern . States, aa fixing the basis of repre? sentation . lit simply presents to.the South the alternative of "giving suf frago to the freedmen, ov lose one third of th?.* representation in Con gross. The following table show? | precisely how the new basis affects the Sooth. The first column shows the actual representation to which the Sontheim States are entitled; the second to that they would have nuder the conciliatory plan ol the radicals: T'?der the Aetna! number < imnti tat ional of member?. Atnuuduient. Alabama ... 7.4 Arkansan.2..2 Delaware.1. . 1 Florida....1 .i Georgia.,......,7....*. .1 . Louisiana".4.... : .. .2 . Maryland...... . . .6...4 Mississippi .5. :-.2 Miasoun. ... .9. : .. .S North Carolina .8. 6 South Carolina . .. .C. 2 i'enneese?*. . .(j.?. exsfl.. ._4 ...S Virginia .8.? .Total.75. . .,.?0 TL wiU ho seen from the above that in tho aggregate, one-third of the whole representation would be loat, while South Carolina, owing to her representation under tho obi system being cut off, would have only one third left. Of course, tho Southern State*, in? cluding Maryland, will never ratify such a measure as this. Where the elements ol restoration can be found in this plan, we eaunot discover, and wo believe the radicals themselves, who have for months spent theil* time and the people's money in concocting this scheme ol degradation, never dreamed that the Southern people would ever return to Congress on such terms and conditions. Thc Ceremonies of the lOth Jun?-. On Saturday last, the people of Charleston held interesting and im? pressive exorcises in memory of the I Confederate dead, in tho various ce? meteries and grave-yards in and I around Charleston. Tho ladies com j pletely covered tho g&ives with flo tv ; era-those sweet tokens of remeni I bronco and affection. At the Magnolia ! Cemetery, at 5 o'clock p. m.-the i hour appointed-a large assemblage ; had gathered around the .six or seven i hundred graves in thatbnriai-groand. j The Courier says that many of the ladies present were attired in deep ; mourning -the younger members of j the association being drei-sod in white: .'The graves had been previously i cleared and raised with fresh-made ! mounds. In front, a small stug1* for i the speakers and choir had boen j erected and dressed with evergreens, with a frame surmounted by a draped ? palmetto shield, bearing the inscrip- 1 : tion: 'Thongh in mourning, not dis I honored.' At the foot, was a wreath : ! enclosing a lnrnt palmetto tree, willi the inscription underneath, .Rent, j but not broken.' Among others who took an active part and manifest? .1 ; intense interest in the proceedings, j were a number of youths in uniform, red shirts and black pants, members of a juvenile tire company named : after the illustrions Gen. ll. E. Lee A colored man, who had lost a limb fighting for tho Confederate cause at the battle of Sccossionville, was also j present, watching with interest and assisting in tho arrangements nnrl de? corations of the graves." The exercises were opened with prayer by Rev. W. P>. Yates, and tito Rev. J. I?. Girardeau delivered an '? eloquent address.. Two odes-ono j composed by Mrs. C. A. Ball and tho other by Henry Timrod-were sang. An address was then delivered by Rev. \V. S. Bowman; afterwards, an? other ode, composed by Rev. E. T. ; Winkler, was sung by tho choir. The whole celebration was worthy of the occasion, and reflected gre at erodit ou the ladies of Charleston. j The Charleston Courier loams from \ Mr. Cheatham, brother of tho Major General who has been in prison at i Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin, that he left there, in prison, John Crabtree, of *->p?rtanburg, and .T. D. Hart, of Orangeburg District, in this State. Si ?TE BILI?S RECETVABT.IT;. -The Charleston Courier says: We are reliably informed that the whole issue of bills receivable by the State Treasurer, np to tho present time, is only $133,000, and his im? pression is tbnt a large proportion of this sum has already boen redeemed j in payment of taxos he bas now in the hands of the tax collectors. These figures ought to satisfy our readers that the amount of bills receivable issued, and to be issued, will be in ' sufficient to pay the taxes levied by the last legislature, nnd there is no reason why these h?ls should not be taken at par with logal tender notes ia., j 11,, " i J. ii., i fu i i ? j r ! ?Mixoctlrc Fir? I? 5ewb?rry. "'"'woregretio state that a destruc? tive flxo jpocurred in IJfewbe?ry yes? terday, whicl i con stuned about tweuty rive buildings in the business portion ?bf the toTtn. Tho ?ire broke out about 3 o'clock iu tho morning, in tho oki Thespian Hall; which, toge? ther with a quan tity of cotton it con taiued, was entirely destroyed. The I flamea extended in a South-westerly I direction HR far as Oarwile A- Mc I Caughrin's store, destroying every? thing in its track. To the South-east of the hall, in front of the Court j House square, the buildings occupied j by Dr. Pratt, aa a drug store; the i Targe brick building, belonging to ! Mr. Paysingcr-one store occupied ; by.Marshall Ss Brother, another by Rutledge ?- Brother, aud the' third i unoooupied-were destroyed. On the j square, to tho East, the dwelling . owned by F. Montgomery, and oecu pied by -- Miller; frame building i occupied by Mons. Gouin us a dwell , ing and .?toro; the rive adjacent, in elnding the dwelling belonging to the late Dr. Thompson, and occupied i by Dr. Dapray aa a dentistry, an ? other by Kesley, baker, and Boyce, j as a family grocery. were bnrnt. On j tho opposite side of Maiu street, the i dwelling of Dr. Whaley and foin j other buildings oocupied as dwellings aud stores were swept away. On the i square on which the Newberry Hotel j stands, four buildings were consumed, j iucluding the two-story biick store j occupied by R. B. Holman A- Co. I Among those burnt out whose names ; have not been mentioned in proper i order are P. S. Jacobs. A. M. Wicker. , Montgomery A Miller, (giocers. i S. j Montgomery, ?jeweler,) and Thomas F. A- li. H. Greneker, [HeraJcl nows i paper. ) Only a small amount of the i property destroyed was covered by . insurance in the "Home" aud "Un? derwriter's" Companies, of New York. The (ire is thought to have bees the work of un incendiary. The falling of the walls of the store occupied by Marshall & Brother smo? thered the fire somewhat, und thus saved "Moiohorn Bow." which was in great danger. A largo quantity of goods rescued from the burning build? ings was stolen. The fire was finally extinguished about t> o'clock. We I are indebted to J. B. Uarwile, Esq., ! hu- those, particulars. .fen: Dav I?. Tiie Correspondent o? the New York .Vcir.s writes concerning Mr. Davis HS f ni lows. Wo gi vet it for what it is worth, but judging from thc paragraph wc quoted from the NiitiuhiU Rc}>ublicont on Saturday last, we fear he is mistaken : I believe I am safe iu saying that tho President has written the order for the release of Jefferson Davis on parole, and that it will be immediate? ly sent to (ron. Miles. The President announced his intention to do this to the-Cabinet on the 8th iustunt. But he was aware at thc time that there was mi effort being made, not by the counsel of Mr. Davis, but by Horace Greeley and several other influential members of the Republican party, to get the prisoner admitted to bail. He know that this application would be referred by "Judge" Underwood t?> Chief Justice Chase, if, indeed, it would not be made directly to th. latter. Ht) desired ;<? wait, there? fore, to soe what action the Chief Justice would bike in thc matter. But now that the application to ad? mit the prisoner to bail has been re? fused, and now that the triad has been postponed nominally till October, really till December, tho President is not willing to take tho responsibility of keeping Jefferson Davis in prison any longer. It is no scen t to those who are behind the scenes, that there never has been any purpose on the piirt of the radicals who control matters here, or on the part of the Chief Justice, or on the part of tho Attorney-General, to have Mr. Davis tried in tho civil courts. They know too well that the result of such atrial would be a full and honorable ac? quittal. Hence the various obstacles which hmo been thrown in tin) way of a trial ior many months past. Hence tho recent postp* ncmcut ol the trial, under the most flimsy pre? texts, til! October. A special telegram to the Richmond Dispatcli, of Saturday, says: Messrs. O'Couor and Pratt havt gone North. They report that theil last interview with the President was satisfactory. There will bo no chang* in the condition of Mr. Davis for th? present. Governor Orr and his Private See retary arrivod in Charleston on Satur day afternoon. The Governor ha: recently been ill, but is gradually re covering. - Two nephews and a son of Gen Price were among tim Confederate* recently captured at Cordova by th< Mexican guerillas : i .' fm i. '?mgm 111 "?? " " 111 " """1 ' i*. Ileroarfawblc Sprwh. Iu the House of Representatives, on Thursday last, the bill reported by the Reconstruction Committee- hav? ing come hp in (tue order. Mr. Har? ris, of Maryland, made a bold and eloquent speech on tho bill. Wc h?ve not tho full report, but give that of the New York Herald, which gives the gist of his argument. His rc marks -were listened lo with profound attention, tho members gathering i around him ns be proceeded, and many points in his argument made a profound impression on tho audience present : Mr. Harris, (Democrat,) of Mary? land, addressed the House in oppo? sition, He declared that, in principle, he now ctood as he had stood after ! thc u ar was declared ; as he had stood ! in the last Congress, when he received j ita crown of -censure ; aa he bad stood I imprison and before the infernal in? strument of tyranny^-a court-mar ? tia!; and, as he stood ia principle, no would he stand in practice whenever occasion might require. Ho declared himself an Old Lane Democrat, be? lieving in the doctrine of secession, believing that the several States of the Union have the right to separate ?from it, each acting for itself. Ho ! declared Ids belief that abuses and j usurpations bad boen practiced and ? threatened to so great an extent by their associates and partners in this I Governmental compact, that the j Southern States were; justified in going out; and his further belief, I that, by their ordinances of s?ces? sion, they did KO out, and thereby became to this Union foreign States. These convictions he could not change, and ho did not expect they would ever l?e removed. He would, I most assuredly, proclaim them and i stand by them a? long ns a single citi j zen of the Confederate States was in ! chains, or shbjeet t?. penalty for as j sorting them. There was no political ! or personal consideration which could j prompt him ti* such a. desertion. "What, sir," ?-aid he, "1, that believe them right ; [, that would havojoiuec them, ii the soveraign State of Mary ltmd had said so, to desert them now, in their utmost need, when I can, le gitimntely, give them such protectioi as is in my power honestly to give' Xever. The House would readily ?conceive, ho continued, that ho wai adverse to the reconstruction policy of tin- l're.-tdent: and Andrew John sou had been consistent with th? views of thc lat'' President, with lhos? of the Republican party, and with hit own declarations from the time In abandoned the Democratic party. H? concurred, however, tn the Prci dent's vetoes, aird with one para graph in Iiis sp? eeli of the 22d o February -that wherein he pro claimed: '*No taxation without rep resi ntation " Tn his view, theSonth ?.rn seceded States had no right t representatives on this floor, or in tin Senate. Neither had they right b furnish tho country with a Presiden or a Vico-President. He, when lu could not avoid it. acquiesced in tl /?i lo Governments and defacto Pres: dents; but if he < >uld be expected t< cast his vote, at tue next election, fo Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, tl* status of Tennessee herself must b changed completely. She must bead l?itted into the Union l?y Act of Con gross noon her application t<> Iwona a member ?d' it. Hut rio Congressiouii bill for that purpose could reeeiv. his vote, so long as the tost oath ?i graccd thc statute book. He woul< do ail he could to remove it, and re* cm- the ?ioli?' citi/.eus of the Sont! from tin-slavery and degradation i imposed, even though that UH! to continuance of tho dissolution <?f tb Union. I ud> r tlie test oath, ont Southern men. who misrepresent!. th>ar constituencies, would be n.i milt -d. When vice prevails ?iud im pious men hear sway, th. post c honor is a private station. He replied at some length t.< speech made some timo sine?! by Mi Donnelly, of Minnesota. Referrin to the assassination of Mr. Lincoli: he said Mary Stirrat was convicted, ?. course. She was tried by a com martial; her immediate ex?cution wa ordered; sh-.- entreated for four d'iy> to enable her to overcome the shoe! and the better to prepare her soul t meet lu i' God. "Not an hour! thundered forth thc voice from th War Department. "On with the ga lows, the collin and the grave; tl angels of Heaven shall not rejoic over this repentant sinner. " Agen1 of mercy sought the ear of a highe authority, and probably n more me ciful heart; but Preston King was j; uitor that day. and they were exeltu ed. Where is Preston King? Kali answers, where? She was thus ex< outed speedily, and notwithstand.it: application has been made in behn of her broken-hearted daughter f< her remains, thoso remains are sti in the keeping of thc War Depot ment. Pontius Pilate delivered tl body of Jesus b> Joseph of Ari m. thea, but a worse than l'ont ins Pila is here. Let us look now at n Sou tl ern picture: John Brown was aries ed for ft ciime kindred to that ? Booth. He was in the most form manner tried, being allowed evei facility for defence, no special te oath being urged to prevent th.; s?? vices of any advocate; be wns legal and justly convicted to be bung; b tween his conviction und executif, ample time w.ns given him for tl settlement of his worldly affairs, an for tho preparothm of his soul f< eternity. Ai ter ?xecution, his re? mains were placed in a decent coffin, and bonded over to his friends. Re? turning again to the question of t he right of secession, he said that that doctrine was born with, the Constitu? tion; and became a ruling principio of the ruling Democrat ic party, hoing inserted in it? plat form from 1798 to the late war. Mr. Harris, in speaking, took a stund near the main aisle, in front of the Speaker's chair. Tho anxiety to hear his speech was so great that, his voice being weak aud his words in- j audible throughout the hall, mem? bers gathered into the seats and] standing places in his vicinity, where1 they remained throughout the deli- j very of the whole suoech, notwith? standing the thermometer -stood at eighty-six, and that a general distri- j bution of palm leaf fan?? had become necessary. '?? ? At the conclusion of the speech, j Mr. Do Blond, (Democrat,) of Ohio, : rose, and iu the name of the Demo- | eratic party, dissented from the views ! and opinions expressed by Mr. Har ris. The Democratic party did not believe that the Southern States ever were ont of the Union, or ever had tho right to go out of the Union. In ? that it differed both with the gentle- | man from Maryland and the gentle- j mun from Pennsylvania, (Mr. Ste? vens.) I Crops and Freedmen. A correspondent of the Danrens I ville Herald, who has been traveling in the up-country Districts, sends to i that paper the following notes as to I the crops ?nd the working nf the j freedmen : One morning, last week, I took the road leading from "Laurens C. j H. to RabuTi's Creek Chnreh, thir? teen miles from tho Court House; 1 from there I struck for Anderson's ! Store, and there across the country . tn Reedy River, and passed into the neighborhood of Cedar Falls, on the I West side of Reedy River. I spent a , whole day in that section of tko Dis? trict-Greenville-and saw a large ! number of the citizens from both I sides of the river, and up in the sec ; tion watered by some creeks that j empty into Reedy River, not far dis I tant above Cedar Falls. I conversed j freely with them all, and made special inquiries into the matter of crops 1 and the conduct of the freedmen and the general condition of the eonntry. I then passed aeross the river at the ridge above the falls, and ?-ame down on the Eastern aide of the river, until I agaiu came into my old route at Anderson's Store. I found that the farmers were generally disappointed in respect to the wheat crop, as they now think the wheat will be much bettor thsn was anticipated some weeks brick; the rust has not injured it scarcely, but the heavy raius and hard winds have prevented the heads from tilling out to some extent. But ou the land sowed it is thought, by nearly all, there will be from a half toa two-thirds of a full crop. It is thought there will probably bo suf , fieient to supply the country, but ! none for exportation. . The eora crop it is necessary to di? vide in'.o two sections, in order to examine it satisfactorily-into up ? land and bottom corn. On tho up ! land, the corn Ls generally looking \>ell-hos a good, healthy appearance, and i? evidently growing rapidly; j but it is from twenty days to two weeks behiud ordinary years; the late spring and the long continued rains tins spring have operated against it, but tho hot sun of the last few days has improved it materially. The bottom corn is '"nowhere;"] the heav*3- rains k:ivo caused the streams to < iverflow their banks, and have kept them so wet that the corn can't grow, and tim bud worm has cut down the corn so often that some | p rous have planted their bottoms three times, i suv some bottoms I wheie there ?iud nut beena furrow run m them since the corn was! planted, and the corn and weecs were j in a perfect mass on the ground; und the season is now so fur advanced chat it is thought highly impossible t'.nit a crop could be made, on the i bottoms, even if tin- rains should cease. The conclusion is, that there will l>e no corn made to spare, and i? iseveu doubted if there will be enough made to supply tho country. Corn is now worth ^"2 per bushel, and I should not be surprised if :t should be 53 next fall. The cotton crop etxxi be disposed ot iu a few words. It is very small, and a great deal of it is abad stund, owing to old seed and tho wot, cool wea? ther. Some farmers have become so discouraged by the appearance of the cotton that they have plowed it up and planted corn. The oats crop in only tolerable. The oats were badly killed out by the lute frosts, and a g od many fields will not be cut at alK hut will be given up to stock. The freedmen arc generally drung tolerably well, but not working with tin- activity and zeal of former times; but th.- opinion of every one I met in this District is, that they are doing a great deal better since the garrison has hoon removed. They are more contented, anil more willing to lnl>or. and there is a great deal more harmo? ny between tho two classes. It would be much to the advantage of the whole country if those in authority would understand this. Rev. W. H. Milburn, the "Blind Preacher," was ordained as a priest of the Episcopal Church at Burlington. Vt . on Friday kat ~ Xioroal !X?&ox?fc.<9?~. Tb? Cot?? of Equity-tar tb i i Dist ric commences its aitti thin tn >miag; Chan - ct-jlor Cwrbll presiding. Thin in, we be? lieve, the fleet roeotin^ot the Court ip four j or fi?e years. j BOOK AX? "JOB rarsTiTso.-Tho Phatnvt ' often is sjpw fully supplied with o?n??i. ! colored an<t white paper, colored ink, woo J ? type, > tc., and is in condition te execute nil manner of hook aud job printing in the ehorteHt possible tim*. Tut. Jic i s i.NO or ConcMBi?.? - An niter eatiug account ol thc "?Sack and l^o~<-ry^m Mon of tit?? City of Colombia, ti. C.," his Juat been issued, in pamphlet form, frou: the Pine a Lr power pr^ss. Orders mied to any extent! Single copies 50 cont H. PHtovosT COUOT.-The foRowuig oas? vr?-< derided yesterday: 77M? United Statis rs. JjouCsh Mightier, Henrietta (fingleton and Amanda Singleton, freedtromen.-Charge-Riot, Ar On Sun? day last, defendnate went to tho house of a i freedman named Adam Johnson, who re I sidea near the Asylum, where a quarrel i ensued-one of tho females ace us i ncr the other of stealing her husband, Ac. There ! was c?inaideral)le swonring, which ended ia I a fight. The Court found Louisa "?nilty," I and HMitenced her to pay a ?ino of $5; Heu i rietta and Amanda not guilt}-. Tho Court then adjourned until this I morning, at 10 o'clock. I KaLT YOCB CmvxETS.- As doabtlena a i great many dwelling house? will be erected daring the coming mouth? in Columbia, and aa these houses will want chimneys, thc following hint may bo useful: "In building a chimney, put a quantity of walt int? the mortar with which the in ter-cuursea of tho brick are to b? laid. The effect wm be that there wiii never iw any accumulation of soot in that chimney. The philosophy ia thus ?tated: The salt in the portion of 'mortar which is exposed ab eorbd moisture from the atmosphere every damp day. The soot, tbub becoming damp, talia down to the flre-placc. This appears to be an English discovery, lt ia UIMHI with success in Canada." NEW ADvEKTisEMENTS. -Attention ia eall I ed to the following advertisements, which ' are published this morning f>.r the first j time: Applv at thia Otlice-Nurse Watdod. J. i T. R. Aguew-Fresh Groceries. E. J. Scott-A Card. J>. C Higgins-Administrator's Noti?e. I Durbec ,V Walter-Auction Sale. - ! Mrs. A. Keilloy-House to JU-ol. j Columbia Lodge-Regular Sleeting, i C. Hamburg-Cow Teas. j HEAVY DICV GOODS IMTOHTS.-The import and export trade of the conn try just now possesses considerable interest. Though the gain in the im? ports of dry goods upon the last year's figures was not quite as large during last month as in the earlier part of last year, it is, nevertheless, j amply sufficient to attract the atten j tion of the trade. The total entered i at New York, reckoning only the ? foreign gold value, freight and duty unpaid, for the month of May, was : over 7,250,000, against less than i 4.000,000 for the same period of last I year. We are surprised to notice the I slight difference between the amount {landed there and the value thrown I upon the market, the totals being I about even ; whereas, usually, when 1 the goods are crowded into tho port ; so rapidly, a large part of them go i into tlie bonded warehouse. Part of j the increaso of last mouth, of course, is designed to supply some portions of the country which formerly re : ceived stock more directly from the foreign market. The imports for the rive months fron-' the first of January amount to j S62.939.616, against ?19,182 in ; same time last year. Since tue be? ginning of the year, notwithstanding the Iorgo receipts, tho total value landed at New York is only 3,000,900 larger than the amount thrown upon the market. Tho total imports at New York for the first eleven months of each fiscal vear, beginning with Julyl, 1863, are as follows: 1863-4. $78*. 433,263; 1864-5, 044,411.871; 1865-6, SI30,280,590. The above is in thy goods alone. "WhA the imports of general mer? chandize come to be added, the total will be swelled beyond all precedent. A very considerable part of this large amount has been balanced by the in? creased value given to the exports o? cotton; and if the high price of Ulis ? staple can bo maintained, even with the smallest crop that has been pre? dicted, we may not bo required to pity for much of next year's import* in specie. There was a great ftilling off hist week in ?be imports, as com 1 pared with tho weekly returns for a _> lot"; -while past.-Baltimore Sun, HEAVY FATLURE IN NEW YOHK. We regret to annon ace t lie suspension of Messrs. Siu-kett, Belcher ? Co., a j large grocery house. The failure of the concern was caused by Swansboro, a junior partner, appropriating to hiv. own purposes the funds of the C4s^ and also making paper and disposing of it. He even came down on Sun? days, and took drafts out of the let ters in the post office. Mr. Swans boro had entire charge of the financial affairs of tue firm, and the utmost confidence was reposed in him. The concern had lost about 3150.000, so far as ascertained. The defaulting partner has left for parts ? unknown. Tho firm did a large busi? ness, and always enjoyed an excel lent cr.dit. There is considerable sympathy manifested for tho injured partner-. The liabilities ore esti? mated at $400,000, and tho assets good, bud aud indifferent-at SHOO, OOO.-Sew York Repress. Green Clay Smith, of Kentucky, has beon nominated by President Johnson. Governor of I i ? hi?