The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, June 19, 1866, Image 2
Tuesday Morning, Juno 19, 188%.
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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
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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?