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COLUMBI^. Saturday Morning, Sept. 29,1866. American Cotton. Liverpool and Manchester, as all know, are the best customers for the grout olupi? y>? Wu- Sou Ul. ?11 luci, our exports to England make tho measure of our trade with that and other foreign countries. England baa tried, by attempting tho produc? tion of cotton in some of her Eastern possessions, to become independent of the Southern States, but thus far has failed. There are still, however, persons who insist that the produc? tion of cotton, other than American, has become so exteusive, and of such excellent quality, duriug our late war, that the cotton manufacturers of England used as much of the foreign grown staple as of ours. The New York Mercantile Journal, in noticing these assertions, calls attention to the facts and figures taken from the Agricultural Depart? ment. That report draws a compari? son between the amount of raw cot? ton imported from the United States into Great Britain, during four months in 1865, and the four corres? ponding months of the present year. It exceeds the quantity imported from India by almost 100 per cent., and nearly equals tho totals from all other localities. The amount is equiv? alent to 508,026 bales, of 400 lbs. each. The report adds, very justly, that half a million of bales in foin months, valued at $70,000,000, wonk' be respectable figures in the palmiea days of cotton shipping from tin ports of the United States. In connection with the foregoing we notice that Neil Brothers, in i recent circular, estimate 800,000 bale: as the quantity required for consump tion in the Uuited States; 1,300,001 bales for England, and the remainde of the crop for Continental Europe But they suv, in their circular, tua by the cotton interest thero und ii New York, it is claimed that 1,200, 000 are required for tho supply o this country. The demand will b greatly increased in the Norther States, and a larger quantity of col ton will be retained in the South fo consumption. The crop will not b larger than is requisite for the want of the world, and it will doubtles command a price remunerativo t produce?s, notwithstanding the in -quitons tax imposed. The most amusing idea in tues calculations is, that the manufa< turers and importers of the Nort calculate upon a new and extensiv market in the South for dry goods in consequence of the abolition ( slavery. They argue that, althoug the slaveholders can no longer pu chase and consume as liberally i heretofore, the freedmen are to t consumers, and will, as such, moi than supply the place of their form? masters. On the whole, the Southern plan ere, in our opinion, have the rulii price of the staple in their own hand So long as they havo their bales their gin-houses, they can control tl price, and nothing but sheer necessi should induce them to part wi them, until they can realize a val? approaching, in the aggregate, tl value of former croos. TAX ON COTTON.-Hereafter, sa the Baltimore Sun, the internal rev nue tax on cotton will be included th'i price when sold. For instanc good middlings, which was quote last week, at twenty-eight cents, w henceforth be quoted with the tax three cents per pound added, vi thirty-one cents, if the price shon not vary. Of course, the produc or owner of the cotton will p:iy tl tax, etc. In future, the Southern i ports of the market will be in accor ance with this state of affairs, as the present custom in Savannah at Charleston. WHAT OF IT?-We fully believe tl the wiser and stronger "Southerne mean to stay in and rubi tho Unie [ Tribune. Well, what of it? The Union w ruled for more than sixty years Southern men and Southern polk Who will say that it was not rul better and more economically th under the rule and ruin policy of t sectional agitators who now conti it? BURYING THEM.-At last advil the citizens of Evansville, India were burying their silver spoons $ other valuables. Beast Butler vii that place in a few days. : Sotitli Carolina Conference. Wo regret to lotira that the Metho? dist Conference, of this State,- will lose some of its oldest und ablest ministers. We seo it stated that the Rev. Hugh A. C. Walker, one of the oldest and best beloved members of the Conference, is to bc transferred to tho Kentucky Conference. Mr. Walker, as presiding elder, pastor and missionary, was well known throughout the bounds of tho Confer? ence as a zealous and faithful minis? ter. We regret his loss to the State. Rev. J. W. Wightman w ill als-.) be transferred to Kentucky. Although comparatively a young preacher, ho has already won his way to favor by his talents and oaruestness in the call ing which he has selected. Another well known member of this Conference-Rev. Dr. Charles Taylor-has leff us, to take charge of the Bourbon Female College, in Ken? tucky. The institution has already beeil opened with a large number of pupils. Our friends throughout the State will remember Dr. Taylor as the missionary to China. Ho went to that field of labor when quito a youngman, and within a few mouths after his marriage with a yoting lady of Camden, tho daughter of a formen distinguished member of thc Confer? ence. Ho remained in China live years, and was highly successful ir his mission. I We deeply regret the loss of s< j many of our faithful working men ii: I the ministry of a church which, ii ! her colored missions in this Statt', : has been of tho greatest benefit ti , the race, who, since their emanci ; pation, have marjy of thom fors?tkei ! thc old paths, and gone after nov lights. Our sister State Kentucky ! has been a great gainer, in receiving ! these true and good men in her mi j nistry. THE CASE OF MR. DAVIS. -Tin Charleston Courier, of Friday, says i "From ii private letter which wi ? have received from the estimable wife of the distinguished prisoner a Fortress Monroe, wo learn with inex pressible regret that his health con tinues to decline, and that the peon niary circumstances of his family ur. becoming very embarrassing. No thing is kuown to Mrs. Davis of tin probable future of her husband, am wo confess to .seo little encourage mont to hope for his early release. I is now rendered quite probable tim his trial for treason will never tal? place, and there is but little dan ge to fear from tho 'assassination charges after the Conover exposure which have boen recently mad< Meanwhile, tho prisoner is dyin from confinement, and his family ar brought ito the verj'e of starvation whilst the Government declines t restore liim to liberty and refuses t try him. YALE COLLEGE. -The New Yor World pays its compliments to th above institution, once patronized \\ Southerners, as follows: Tho officiousness of tho Preside! and several of the faculty of Yal College,- in urgently inviting tl: Torch-and-Turpentine troupe to spca in New Haven upon the politics < the day, suggests tho natural inqnii whether that venerable institution designed to give the young mon wi: are its patrons what is called a liber education, or.whether it intends 1 inculcate, along with "small Lat i and less Greek," a large amount < tho peculiar radicalism of New Eu? laud? Is it a college or a radio political machino? In past year Yale College owed much of its pro; perity to Southern patronage, boasts among ita alumni Callion and hundreds of distinguished Sotitl ern men who have attained the higl est positions in the country. Rest' ration and peace, with tho renewal i fraternal relations between tho Nort and South, promised to bring om moro hundreds of Southern .stud t to Old Tale. Do the faculty of Ya deliberately propose to drive sui students away? And does Preside] Woolsey consider Jack Hamiltoi who, on the 17th day of Juno, 186 was arrested in company with foi dissolute females in a house of pro titution in Washington, a prop? model to present to the young mi of Yule? NATIONAL EXPRESS COMPANY. Tl New York Herald says: "On Saturday List, ut Iii.dinton Va., tho directors of the Nation Express and Transportation Coi pany, of which Gen. Joseph E. Joh ston is President, made an assig mont to Messrs. Kelly A- Blair of i its property and effects, for thc ben lit of creditors and others." Always pegging away at the Co stitntion-Henry Wilson. [ Boston Post: The point : the above joke is ti Wilson was raised a shoemaker. Ex-Governor Letcher has public thanked General Grant for retnrni the cannon, icc, to the cadets of t Virginia Military Institute. Political Huckstering. Tho following is from an article in the Now York Z?mes, of Tuesday: "It is very evident that the public mind dread? the renewed ascendancy ' of tho Democratic party moro than it does tho continued exclusion of the Southern States'. While it regarda the latter aa a temporary inconvenience, involving no importan*, or lasting consequences, it looks upon tbo former as fud of permanent peril to tho I country. Perhaps, too, a sentiment of jua- ' tice has quite as much to do with this feel? ing as-any distinct foreboding of speedie evils. What thc Democratic party would do, if fully reinstated in power-by what definite action it would damage the future of the nation-those who dread it most m???ht not he able to way. But there ia no difficulty whatever in feeling that thy party which opposed the Government during the witr, ought not to as?umo control of it. when the war is over. The instinct of the country is, that those who stood by it i during its time of perilsbould have charge ! of it* lortnnos when tho danger hay passed. '"This sentiment underlies the resolute I resistance of the people to tho struggle of j the Democratic party for a renewal of i power. All other issues aro overlooked, i Nobody stops to discuss questions of eon I Btitutional law, or to canvass thc chances I of another war. The right of represent a I lion tho scope of the power conferred upon Congress-the effect of hostile legis? lation upon public sentiment in tho South? ern Slates--.these and other subjects of I gravo importance are dismissed, as baying ? nothing to do with thc imm?diat, issue* j to he first decided. They are ?postponed to some more convenient season. Th? i North feels conscious of its power to crush ? opposition and to insist upon such mea? sures as it deems essential to the public, j ; (rood. "While we believe the great body of the j I people desire the speedy restoration of ? peace and harmony to thc Union, they are | ! not inclined to purchase this at the cost of | j restoring the Democratic party to power. I Tin y will trust the work of restoration to I the Union party, and to none other. They I Sud it much easier to check the excesses j and rebuke tho fanatical passions of its : extreme and reckless men, than to infuse . into the Democratic organization the spirit j : ol progress, of reform, and o* political ; I liberty which the emergencies of the times : demand. They lind that party still tilled] 1 with all the narrow and ?dineralprejudices j I which marked its action before tho war. Tho sann- hatred of the colored race-tho same unwillingness to extend aud broaden ? I the basis of our freu institutions -th same attachment to cast.; and arbitrary distinc ; tions in the distribution of political power -the same clamor for the largest license] to vice a; 1 immorality, and the same lack , i of sympathy with all efforts to elevate the i degraded and to improve the condition of [ tho ignorant and the down-trodden mem ! hers of our republican society, marks its action now a* before the great tempest | winch, in sweeping away hiunan slavery. ? has destroyed thc great bulwark of all the j injustice and all the inequality by which j cur free institutions were- formed and ? marred. The people will not trust that j party with thc re-organization of our poli? tical society. They dread its influence on national affairs. They dread, especially, ? the alliance il will form with whatever re- | mains ol the influences o?' slavery in the i .Southern States. And they mean to avert this danger hy excluding the Democratic | party from power.'* . JUST So.-A radical paper. . rintedj at the capital of the Hoosier State, j says: "Just as certain as the cap- ? perheads elect enough members of j Congress to give them a majority, by I uniting with the Sour h. the tost oath will ho kicked aside; every disquali? fied rebel who may be sent from the seceded States will be sworn in, and the Congress so organized will he re? cognized by the President." R DRI NK AS TO TKE L?EOS.-Robert Wilson wns brought before Justice j Milliken, last Saturday, charged with < intoxication. He pleaded 'half guilty,' | stating that he could drink a good j deal, and be perfectly sensible. His head always remainea clear, but Iiis I knees went off too fie. ly, and he be- ' came drunk below his hips. Tho ollie.'l* found him on a dour; step, at an early hour in the morn-1 ing. Leaning back a little, he was! striking at his logs, and was abusing thom in the fiercest manner for their base and contemptible conduct. "I have lived with you for nearly thirty years; [ have fed and clothed yon; I have got you good and nice pantaloons, and comfortable drawers. And now, at this hour of the night, when it is wet, and I want to go home, yon go hack on me, and leave mo in this place. Now, aren't you ashamed of yourselves-a pretty pair that yon are. From this time on. Fm going to treat you differently. T be? lieve I'll begin now, confound yon yon shall have a wetting."' With that, ho began to take off his pantaloons, but tho.scandalized officer arrested him. Ho was tined ?$. and departed, murmuring vengeance against his extremities. I Chicago Republican. -< ? ? > - -. Coon FOB GREELEY.-Tho follow ingstory, about the philosopher in tho white hat and unclean linen, is going tho rounds of tho papers: During a recent performance ol' "The Black Crook" at Niblo's, an unmannerly fellow took a standing place directly in front of Hon. I ?..race Greeley. Tho mild philosopher, a^ tho story goos, patted the intruder ?n tho shoulder with his white hat. and gently said: "If anything entertain? ing occurs on tho stage, will you please describe it, to me? for yon see, my dear sir, that at pr? ?.ont I must totally depend upon your kindness." . ( i KN . SANFORD.--This well-known gentleman, who has the credit, such as it is, of raising the New York niili from 3,000 to 20,000 men, has boon dismissed by the radical Gover? nor. The alleged cause of the re? moval of Gen. Sanford was the mili? tary reception he was instrumental itt giving President ?Johnson a few weeks since, by ordering tho First Division to parado when tho Chief Magistrate entered tho city. fiaa for liiss 1h.ui Nothing. There is at present to lie seen, at 1G Newton street, High Holborn, an extraordinarily simple contrivance, by which it is shown that gas-light, about the cost of which, nud griev? ances connected with which, so much has lately been said, can be manufac? tured for positively less than nothing. The discoverer of this latest <gas manufacturing improvement is Mr. Russell, a gentleman well known in the world of ingenuity as a patentee of several remarkably useful and pub? licly beneficial inventions. If Mr. Russell's new gus -possesses half the advantage? he claims for it, und ^hich he certainly seems to prove pretty clearly at his temporary works in Newton street, it will produce a revo? lution in our present means of pro? ducing artificial light of an extensive character. Visitors to the temporary works ?it Newton street will find that Mr. Russtdl eau provo to them that he is able ti) extract ga? from vegeta? ble! substances, which, up to the lire sent, have been treated os utterly useless, and which, better still, aftei producing the gos, become matter ol convertible value; so that the? mort of tho new gas one manufactures and consumes, the greater advantage il will be to him pecuniarily, if this bo s<?, it only remain.1?for us to com? to the happy conclusion that we cai light our houses with gus for less thar nothing. Added to thfs startling agreeubb peculiarity, Mr. Russell claim? ' , hit new light much superiority lu : variety.of ways, over the gas at prc sent in general use. Among then is its free dom from offensive smell its cleanliness, in throwing off los carbon in the form of smoke an? soot; its innocuous qualities, beinj perfectly free from sulphur; the eas with which it can be adapted for do m estie purposes, by the rapidity am absence of complication in the gene ration of the gas, the only thing nt cossu ry to enable a private family t make their own gas without burniu more coal than is necessary for thei ordinary cooking operations, bein one of Mr.. Russell's geometric: ranges -not a very expensive article and its illuminating power, whicl besides being a pure, wince, pleasar light, is said to be three times great? than the coal gas distributed to th public. The appliances necessary fe the manufacture of this wonderfi cheap gas aro remarkable for the: simplicity and cheapness. The pr? tl notion of the gas by Mr. Russell process seems to be plain and effectua enough. The* only secret which M Russell kraps to himself is the exa? nature of the? refuse matter by whic he is enabled to produce such bri liant results. This part of the disci very will, of course, remain the pr< perty of the patentee.-landan Sta WOXDERFCI. WATERFALL.- The P cijic Churchman, a California papo publishes the following reniarkab description : "Thc Yosemite Uiver piting through u rupture of two haul, gian like cliffs, 1,600 feet at o bonn Rainbows arc evet spanning t. cataract, as the rare colored spr: ascends, or is driven by the winds. The river is about thirty feet wie! and in one place, is precipitated e>v immense boulders into a basi:i rocks of several acres area, i'r< which it is ilriven over a led,, in the \allcy below, in a perpendicul fall of 0(>0 feet. At another poi of this cataract, the water rusl over mi inclined plaue of a third o mile I.(Ki-4 feet-making the cut fall of li.liol feet." Niagara-we write it for thc sa of contrast -in its whole descei measures lti-i feet. Having hoare! a number ?>f ollie-e and others who participated pren nently in the campaigns West of t Mispssippi, describe minutely t Southern armies' movements in tin battle's. skirmishes ami march having, besides, perused the Sou ern official reports of most of tin affairs, as thc battle of Galveston, Sabine Pass, of Pea Ridge-; a having, of late, read, with equal tention, the minute descriptions the same events, given by Rev. ? Abbott anti others, in Harper's 2\ Monthly Magazine, we are compel to conclude that both sieles whip] the other side; that neither s ever was whipped ; and. consequent that the wars they describe were t entirely distinct ti^'urs, and ti place in di li?rent age?, :?d in dit! ent continents. Only a ''hilaelelp lawyer could draw any ot lier e elusion. -New Orleans Picayune. EIETCHN 1 >AY.-The number of en that have passed through thc Sheri hands since the spring terni, incl ing every class of suits, footed S1 li? on Saturday night. Of thos large numb r have since been sett] The return does in>' far exceed t :>f previous years, and, i:i the 1 pliage of u venerable patriot in l State, we believe that, "if tho i linn of debtors and creditors not agita* .1 by the Legislature, i would have met cadi other on liv terms." The number of confess] nf judgment recorded since last ti imou.iN to 120. of which mimi sixteen only are in thc process ju fiction, being for sums under S I Yorkrille Rnquirei - -. ? There are eight monitors "laid it New Orleans., each armed with fifteen inch guns, and all guardei in imposing army of seventy men. VALUABLE TAKLE LEGS.-A young Binn -went from New York city to the "West, where he ?commenced business on his own account, and married. His friends in that oity were interested in his welfare, and when a merchant was about to journey to the place where the young man was located, he was requested to visit tho emigrant, and ascertain how ho lived, and what sort of a woman he had chosen, his prospects, etc. Accordingly the New Yorker ascertained the residence of hi3 young friend and called upon him quite early in the morning. He found him in a small, neat cottage and just taking his breakfast. The introduction of tho Now Yorker to his wife was quiet, off-hand and uncere? monious, and ho was requested to bc seated and partake of tho morning moa!. The young wife had prepared tho steak, biscuit and coffee with hej own hands, and for atable, hud use i a kueading-bonrd over which a nap kin was spread, and the "board' plaood on her lap. Tho Now Yorke] declined a seat at the table, and tole his Now York friends ns to how his young friend was living, he dt?cribet the style ns "magnificent!" and if ht wore the owner of tho young ruan'i furniture ho would not take 610,(XX for tho logs of his table. EMIGRATION TO LiiiERiA.-The Na timmi Intelligencer, of the 24th inst, says: We understand that tho Ame rican Colonization Society has pur ! chased the shin Golcondos 1,016 tons and intend Jto lit her up to carry omi grants to Liberia. She is expectei to sail from (marleston, S. C., on th 1st of November. Upwards of 1,00 fri edmon have applied to the Soeiet for a passage this fall. Many other are getting ready to embark nes spring. j FRENCH OFPICEI? FKECUTEL).-Ir i telligence has been received in Wast I ington that a son of tho late Marqui ' do Montholou, French Minister, a j officer of tho Imperial Guard of th i French anny in Mexico, has bee captured and shot by tho Mexica Liberals. Delaware has hitherto had nodail paper. The want is to be supplie by the appearance of tho Wihningtc Daily Commercial, to be edited by E M. Jenkins, a well-known journal!: of Eastern Pennsylvania. The Con merdai wMl bo radical. Stephens, tho CentraiX)rgauizer i the Fenians, is receiving large acce sion s to his ranks in men, mono arms ?and ammunition every da; Tho arms aro immediately shipped i mysterious packages to Ireland. [New York Herald. It appears from carefully prepare statistics, that in time of ponce Euroj keeps in arms nearly -?, OOO, OOO of ine: at an annual cost of over -1,000,OOO 000 of francs, or considerably u wards of 0600,000,000. It is stated that, during the pn fortnight, the sum of $110,000 w received from manufacturers ai traders, in Washington, who hi omitted to take out license in aecor ance with tho revenue law. CAN IT BE SO?-Forney's Chroni says: "But if, as tho Herald deolan and the Timex indicates, the Pro dent is about to retrace his steps, . have no wish to press the matter inconsistency further." A grand daughter of Count de I Casas, the companion of Napolec at St. Helena, is about to bo niarri to Daron Michels, a young diplorn ist, and a grand-son of an old servi of tho empire. Tho inhabitants of Padua, in Ita who for eighty years abstained volt tardy from visiting the theatres, a protest against Austrian dominatii rushed in crowds at the opening the National Theatre. An Irishman being in ;. chm where the collection apparati sembled an election box, on its bei handed to him, whispered in 1 carrier's ear that he was not natui ?zed and could not vote. John Penniman, a well-known B ton printer, died on Monday, at age- of sixty years. The Truv ' s; that he cast the first composition r er ever made ju this country. Brigham Young, the groat Morn High Priest, recently delivered a s mon to his followers, in which exhibited a bowie-knife, and deda it to be his law for the future. A piano-forte has boon construe in Paris, having tho strings repla by pruning-forks. Tho now inst mont has great power and sweetni The Hartford Times says that barns for miles around that city stuffed with tobacco, worth moro tl S 1.000,000. People perform the greater pari the voyage of life before taking their ballast; hence so many si wrecks. The greatest commercial city of world, London, sends ont no m and has no postal delivery on S day. Hot water satisfieth not the thi angry words mond ni? broken c and saucers. Don't have too many friends, who can't count his friends, o count upon thom. '3'ho toa used by the inhabitant Turkestan is dug from the ruin.' lost cities. They are vandyking Indies' dre in Puris. Tho Lord only knows v that is. Xiooal Items. The attention of persons desirous of in? vesting in real estate is invited to the largo sale advertised hy D. B. DeSaussure, Esq. An important change has been made in thc terms of payment. MAIL AsaAyofcjt&a'it?.-Until further no? tice, thc mails will open and close as fol? lows: Northern mail opens 11$ a.m.; closes 12$ . m. Charleston and Western mail open?* p. m.; closes 94 a. m. Greenville mail opens 54 p. m.; closes 8 p. ni. THE BUBHTNO OF COLUMIUA. - An rut. r estinsc account ot the "Sack and Destruc? tion or the City of Columbia, S. C.," Im* just been issued, pamphlet Tomi, froto the Phfmix power press. Order? fited to any extent. Price 50 cents. Copi?e can be I obtained at this office and tho bookstores. SoMKTHINO WE ALL OCOIIT TO K??OW. j The Treasury Department will not rocog ? ni/.c of full vallie, torn greenbacks. If alty part of a bill is lost, a discount is made in proportion to the missing portfbn. Take an example : One-fourth of a $5 greenback is torn off, the value of the note is bntf 7.i A $50 greenback, in the same couditi n, b worth $37.56. Thc names of thc signers may be legibly written upon thc face of a bill, but that will not avail anything if a portion of the note is lout. Would the note or "promise to pay" of a private citizen depreciate for the same reason? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. -Attention i* eall 1 ed to thc following advertisements, which I aro published this morning for thy limt I time: Browne A Schirmer-Cera, Oats, flour. Mrs. Jas. Clendining-Boarders. I Ijcvin Sc Peixotto-building Lots, j S. T. Mc.Caughriu & Co.-Groceries, Ac. Foreign Labor. ? The Richmond Timex publishes the fol j lowing brief communication from the pcs j of a German, who, as an officer in Pickett's I Division, ser veil gallantly under tue Con? federate banner during the lat?? war: PLEASANT GROVE, LTNENBCBG Co., YA., September 7, 186*. I MR. EDITOR: I notice there ie a great effort being made to introduce German I laborers into this State for agricultural purposes. Allow me to make a few.sug? gestions, to which I would specially call thc farmer's attention, as their adoption will be necessary ere they can induce these laborers to remain With them any length of time. I make these suggestions not only becauso I am myself a German and know my countrymen's likes and dislikes. but also" because I have already conversed with some of these laborers, who were again returning to the city, not liking the country, for thc following reasons: First. They could not labor and eat corn? bread; and, second, they were lodged in cabins where rain, wind and weather had as free access as it they were sheltered by a mere shed, lt will be hard to persuade any of my countrymen to remain on such conditions. Few, but Southern farmers, are fond of corn-bread; a foreigner will scarcely ever eat it if he can ?lo bettor; ho can never leam to love it. A laborer for wages finds bis greatest enjoyment at his meals; and whilst he is not choice ill bis food, bread, above all things, he wants to his liking. Germans are particularly fond of rye bread; allow these laborers to"culti? vate enough rye t?? do them for bread during the year, and one great obstacle will have been overcome in reconciling them to the country. As to shelter, they must have cabins whero they ara secure from bad weather, for no matter how poor Germans may have been, they were always used to comfortable shelter "when resting from labor. There is another item to which I would call your attention. The Germans are a socia? ble people, fond of society; this is the case with ?ll classes, each clasfl moving in its own sphere. 1 would, therefore, advise to send .?s many as possible to one section not sending them all over the State in small squads-so they can have occasional intercourse with each" other. If there are only a few to themselves, they soon will become weary of the country and go where they can hud greater sociability; foras yet the prejudice is t??o great towards foreign? ers to expect much social intercourse be? tween them and the natives. Thc Situation. Thc following remarks on political affairs are from tho Richmond Times: The patriotic labors of the late "Na? tional Convention," which met in Philadel? phia, have, wc fear, been attended with no good results. A truce was patched up be? tween the Northern Democracy ana tho moderate Republicans, but it was tempo? rary, hollow and insecure, and has been followed by open hostilities between the late allies." The pledges to support the President's policy of reconstruction, which were given by Raymond and Weed as the accredited representatives of the conserva-" tivo Republicans, have already been broken. The Maine and Vermont elections utterly demoralized the author of the address of thc Philadelphia Convention, and, in imi? tation of Saturn, he is devouring hie own offspring. Indeed, tho coalition of North? ern parties, from which such happy results were anticipated, has fallen to pieces, and those wiio were, six weeks ago, moat vociferous in advocating the policy of the President, are now deserting it, and advo? cating the adoption of the Cougressional amendment. The New York Herald, Times and 1'ust have already -gone over, bag and baggage, to the enemy, and thousands of time-serving demagogues are in motion, or busily packing up and preparing to go over. A defeat to the conservatives, in Pennsylvania, would give the finishing blow to th?> conservative parry. The Herald and tho Times now boldly affirm that the President will very soon succumb to the teachings of tho late Northern elections, and issue a proclamation advising tho Southern States to adopt tho constitutional amendment, which he bas devoted so much time in opposing. These demonstrations havo greatly alarmed the radicals, who fear that ti_e adoption of the amendment will strip them of all pretexts for further sectional legis? lation. As they are ill-omened birds that delight only in stormy weather, r.i-:;y of them have alrcadv boldly proclaimed that even if the Southern States shall abase themselves to the earth and adopt the amendment, they shall not profit by their humility and dirt-eating. Tho leadmg organ of that party now declare? that "no h ading Republican in Congress means to admit the ten Waiting .States simply on the adoption of tho constitutional amend? ment, until tho rebel States consent to com? back upon the basis of equal political rights to all loyal citizens." If, therefore, there is any Southern man who believes that the adoption of the amendment will bring peace and restoration, he is very mach mistaken.