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< ??J?ic Dctpatrhei. BERLIN, Monday, November 26.- Tho Prussian Government intends to have a Consul-General located in New York city. LONDON, November 26-Evening.- Itjis rumored that a Republican organization lias been discovered in Paris. It is said that the Empress Eug?nie and her son will spend Christmas at Rome. The money market is easier. Consols closed at s;i.j for money. Fivo-twenties 70.$. LIVERPOOL, November 20 -Evening.- Tho cotton market is without change. LONDON, November 27-Noon. - Fenian troubles in Ireland have* assumed con? siderable proportions and then; is no doubt that a serions outbrt ak has occurred. Two regiments of national troops were ur? gently ordered to Ireland yesterday even? ing, and transports were being prepared all night last night at Portsmouth. A large detachment of marines went over to Queenstown on the war steamer Plymouth. A gun-boat at Chatham has been ordered to t*ail for Queenstown immediately. Much alarm is felt at Cork and through Ireland generally*. The London Times, of this morning, believes Chief Organizer ste? phens will soon arrive on the scene, if. in deed, he has not already. Tho Globe edi? torially hints a more serious trouble with tho United States is really at tho bottom of the Fenian outbreak. A telegraphic despatch was received yesterday from Washington by thc United "States Minister at Paris. The despatch was very long, occupying many hours in the transmission ami it is believed it ?elates to the Mexican question. The Morning Herald, of to-day, says United States Minister Adams has re? vivad the Alabama case. A Cabinet meet? ing will soon be held, when the case will receive thc consideration which its impor? tance deserves. 1 It is officially announced that the Go W ?rnment has pcrempt orily refused the use of the parks for tlie trade reform demon? strations. LIVERPOOL, November 27. -Cotton mar? ket opens dull but steady;sales to-day will approximate 8.000 l?ales. .Middling uplands at the opening were quoted at 14 Jd. Bread stuffs market without material change. I ONDON, November 'SI Noon. - Money market quiet. Consols fur money opened at 'JO. Five-twenties 704. LONDON. November 'll -Evening.-The ^Morning Herold believes the Government of the United States will endeavor to dc feat the Fenian plots at a proper time. Consols s;C. Five-twenties 70.}. PARIS, November 27.-There aro rumors of a change about to bo made lu the French Cabinet. FLORENCE, November 27.-The Italian Government has determined to scud Ve gezzi on a mission t > Lome. LIVERPOOL, November 27-Evening. The breadstuff's market closed with a down? ward tendency. Tim latest quotations for corn are 40s. Laic inactive. Sew! Items. BOSTON, November 27.-At a caucus for thc nomination of a candidate for Mayor, at Chelsea, last night, Robert W. Morris, a colored man, (lawyer,) received 212 votes, to liSl for R. S.JFrost. WASHINGTON, November 27.-Four color? ed individuals are among the invited guests to the banquet which will bo given to tim radical member- of Congress on Saturday next. Tiley are Fred. Douglass, Robert Purvis, Lev. Highland Garnett and How? ard ll. Lay. At a Cabinet meeting to-day, it is under? stood the President road a portion of Iiis message io He; members; and from what earlie ascertained, it seems be has no in? tention whatever of parting from the policy i heretofore declared. Arrival of tlie Steamer Scotia. *tF.w YORK, November 27.-Tho steaim r i Scotia, from Liverpool on tie- 17th and Queenstown on the 18th, bas arrived. The London Morning Urra,'.7, advocates tho consideration of the pending questions between thc United States and Great Bri- ' tain, even by arbitration, if necessary. Tlie London Timm says her Majesty's Government contemplates empowering a commission to inquire generally into the operation of tho neutrality laws, and to report noon the possibility of amending them so as to tiring them into moro com? plete conformity with internatioaal obliga? tions. This inquiry will not preclude fu? ture steps with regard to the adjustment of the Alabama claims, windi aro still ; under consideration by Cue Government, | and must tie entertained upon their own merits. i Much damage had been done by the i Hoods in Lancashire and York. A subscription f ir th:; sufferers by the I Quebec tiro had been started iii Liverpool. ? The, London li d had reached ?17,000. At tin'sittimr of the Saxon Chamber of I Deputies, at Dresden, 0:1 the 14th, the | State Minister declared, in the most posi- j tive maunor,-that Saxony h .1 concluded ? no alliance with Austria, cit her be fore or I during the war. The Ministe: added, that I Saxony had faithfully observed tlie promise ; to that effect by Baron You Benst. Advices from Paraguay state that the 1 defeat of the allies al ( 'umpaity had caused \ a complete disunion among the leaders of the alliance, (icu. Flores had been in j Montevideo since the 29th of September. | Gen. Mitre had evacuated Curuza and left j with the rest of the anny for Tirgenty. He had refused to avail himself of the i Brazilian transports for the conveyance of i his troops. Marlie I Reports. NEW YORK, November 27-Noon.-Gold .to-. Exchange for 60 days 91; sight 10}. j Money C?7 per cent. Cotton firm-mid? dling uplands 35. Flour dull-sales of j 3.000 barrels; prices unchanged. Wheat j quiet and Western advanced l@2c. Corn j advanced l@2c-sales of 30.000 bushels, i at $1.25@1.26? for Western. Oats dull. 7 1'. M.-Flour opened dull and closed a shade tinner, with' sales of 10.000 bbls. State S8@ll.30. Ohio ?dO.G0W13.4O; West? ern $8(^12.25; Southern "$11.50@16.25. Wheat l(??2c. higher, with sale* of 51;.ooo bushels- N/>. 2 Milwaukio $2.30@2.32J. Corn closed dull and declining, with nales ?d 06,000 bushels-mixed Western $1.20. ^Wtts unchanged-salos of 27,000 bushels. JVBeet heavy. Pork closed firm-mess $22.50; prime 20@20V. Lard firmer. Butter heavy, t'otton firm, but not very active, with sales of 1,000 bales-middling uplands 341@35. Groceries dull. Turpentine 72(^73. Rosin H4.50@10. Gold 42;. BALTIMORE, November 27.-Wheat dull red $2.92t&2 95. Coin steady new crop t>7c.@$1.02. Flour steady -Baltimore high grades scarce. Coffee quiet and unchanged. Sugars firm and in bettor demand. Cot? ton dull-middlings 33i@33.j. NEW OKI.KANS, November 27.-Cotton active and firm-low middlings 32@33. Sil? bar declined (c. Molasses declined 3(<?5e. Provisions dull .and unchanged. Gold active and advanced to 13. CINCINNATI, November 27. -Flour dull superfine $9.5Q@10.50. Mess pork dull, at " dull, at 12@12f Gold 421. ,l@2c. better; sales at $1.72fi? Corn 2c. better; sales at 88. An Immense ?i'i'-nr. NASHVILLE, November 23.- About 4 o'clock on last Tuesday morning, a meteor, lighting up the whole heavens, was. ne?n near Borne, Georgia, moving rapidly South-westwardly, appearing like a tiro ball as large as tho sun. It exploded ap? parently ten miles off, with a tremendous rcpori,, like a forty pound cannon, that shook tho earth and made the windows rattle. _?_-va.c5-t?ox*?L Sales, Cargo Sale of Schooner l'T. Mi J. J scovado Sugars, )>ar \" from Mut '.nz.is. Ey HE??RY GUBIA & CO. j ON FRIDAY, :10th inst., at ll o'clock a. in . alongside schooner "T. J. Frazer," on Accommodation Wharf. Charleston, S. C., will bc sold, HI hhds. "St. Lucia-'prime MUSCOVADO SUGAR. 40 hhds. '"Virginia" fair to good Musco? vado Sugar. 40 boxes "S" fair to good Muscovado Sugar. TEHSIS_Under $1,000, cash; $1,000 or $2,000, 15 days; over $2,000, 30 days: ap? proved endorsed notes. Nov 2S 1 FRESH SUPPLIES 0? LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS AND ii ATP., On hand sud being eonstantlv received GEO. \V. PARKER, Corner Main and Camden sts. Nov -21 2 in rf J fl HE subscriber has just received the JL LARGEST STOCK and GREATEST VARIETY OF PATTERNS of STOVES and RANGES, ever offered in this market ranging in price from $10 to $150, and com? prising the following celebrated patterns: Buck's Patent Improved-having a Tin Warming Oven and Copper Rasar voir for hot water. Buck's Patent Plain. Queen of the South. Shamrock, Delta. California, Jewel. Western Home. Social Parlor Cook. Guide and Rival Range?. AI.So, A small supply of Soap Stone Giittdir*. House-keepers aro invited to call ?ml see for themselves. A.'PALMEK, Corner Washington and Assembly sts. Nov 25 ' ? REGARDLESS OF COST ? ASSEMBLY STREET, ;tween Plain and Washington, >iTer their large and well selected ?tock of JT>i\V broods, 01otllill<2,> 11 ti x'tl wii i*e , G-roceries, TTiii."bx*ellas9 Boots, ?^lioos, Caps, ?fcc, AT AND BELOW DOST. Call Soon and Set for Yourselves. WV J. STJLZBA CHER & CO. Oct 24 2mo NEW GOODS. HALL'S SICILIAN HAIR RENEWER. Pearson's Hair Bejuvenator. Lyon's Kathairon. Larry's Tricopherous. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Jayne's Expectorant. Brown's Bronchial Troches. For sale at Du. C. H. MIOT'S Drug Store. Nov 2:} rugs AND HOSTETTER'S BITTER.'A McLean's Strength'g Cordial, l'anknin's Hepatic Bitter?. Plantation Bitters. Mustang Linimi nt. Perry Davis' Pain Killer. Hoot?and's German Bitters. Radway's Relief. Sandford's Liver Invigorator. White Castile Soap. Cod Liver Oil. Calomel, Alum. Opium, Blue Mas*. Concentrated Lye. Castor Od. Sulphur, Cream of Tartar. Epsom Salts, Magnesia. ' v> hite Mustard Seed. Nutmegs, Maee. Turmeric, Prepared Chalk. Hops, Dover's Powder. English Mustard. Together with a largo a ?ortment of such articles as are generali / kept in first class drug stores. DR. C. H. MIOT, Sept 1 Druggist and Chemist. MESSA?F-?E NO. 1. ~~~ i . EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, COLUMBIA, ?bo OTB CAROLINA, November 27, 1866. Genilenien of the Senate and J Ions,- of Representatives: Your annual assembling rit tlie seat of government has heretofore i been thc occasion o? congr atulation by the Executive, upon the continued happiness, prospei i ty and improvement of the common-! wealth. I .."egret that no su ch greeting can be extended to vor. on the present o. ocasi?n. A\ c i io longer hear the clash of arms, nor tho I tread of hostil.1 armies, and our people have escaped tin; scourge of i that terrible dis, ";lso- which revels in the shocking carnival of death. Whilst the genei 'al healtb luis not been good, the virulence and malignity of diseas, ^ n;ivo bo. en mitigated, and a comparatively small fatality has visited ti_>e sickroom For these blessings, our thanks are due the great Ruit r of jho Universe. In the depths of bumilia tion and contrition, let ^s invo.ko Him to avert the evils that are upon us-to stay the ha Uu of our persecutors, to turn away the wrath, and bring to nought the ct Hinsels of those who would oppress and destroy us, and to restoi'o to us tlie happiness and prosperity of former years. The toil of thc husbandman has brought him a scanty return from bis fields-the grain crop is alarmingly small-the cotton crop in many portions of the State iri? not ?suffice to furnish the means of supplying provisions-our p opulatioasu white and colored, arc ab;.adoning their old bornes an "* country, and are emigrating to strange places, where they can fin d bread. "With the loss of labor, our farms must dilapidate, our fiel dn remain unfilled, our granaries continue empty, and our progress in developing the resources of the State must be arrested. Tho failure o.f the earth to make a generous j return to the toil of the husbandman, causes the goods of the merchant to rest unsold on Iiis shelves-and keeps the tool of the mechanic idle-the learning of thc professional man useless. The political condition of the country-the intolerance of our con-j querors-thc proscription to which we are subjected, by those who should be our loving brothers, and* who wield the destinies of- this great nation-these evils intimidate capital, paralyze enterprise, disorganize labor, ami destroy hope and confidence. The enormous tax on cotton discourages production, and aggravates the financial ^embarrassment of tho people. * Never, therefore, in the history of the State, bas a Legislature assembled under less favorable auspices, to provide for the wants of an impoverished and disheartened constituency. But these extraordinary enibarrassments must be met with wisdom, patience and courage, with energy and hope, and a manly resolve to subdue and overe?me them. We must keep our population here-we must pr?vido for tlieirpresent necessities-we must stimu? late our white population togo earnestly to work, and let them sec that labor is honorable and idleness reprehensible. Entering a new year with this fixed determination, our fields will be better cultivated, and the ivxt harvest time viii find our garners well filled with the produc?s of the soil Thc staple crops will be more abun? dant, and the financial embarrassments of the people will, by conse? quence, be greatly relieved. Let us cherish hope and practice such industry as shall merit the fulfillment of these anticipations. I therefore proceed to make such recommendations as will, in my judgment, promote tho interest of ?ur common constituency. DISTRICT COl'IiTS. The third Article of the Constitution of this State, in thc third paragraph of the first Section, directs thal '"the General Assembly shah, as soon as possible, establish, for each District in thc State, an inferior Court <>r Courts, to be styled 'the District, Court"-the Judge whereof shall bo resident, in the District, while in office; shall be elected by the General Assembly for four years, and shall be re-eligible -which Court shall ha^v jurisdiction of all causes wherein one or both of the parties are persons of color, and of all criminal cases, wherein the accused is a person of color; and tho General Assembly is empowered To extend the jurisdiction of tho said Court to other subjects." It is unfortunate that this clause was inserted in the Constitution. The first paragraph of the Section declares, that "the judicial power shall be vested in such superior and inferior Courts of Law and Equity as the General Assembly shall, from time to time, direct and ?'stablish;" and this is sufficiently comprehensive to authorize the establishment of any inferior Court which the wisdom of the General Assembly maydetewnine, whether it be a Police, District, County or Magistrate's Court. Hore, the largest discretion is given to YOU; and such tribunals may be estab? lished as experience or necessity may dictate; but the clause already quoted require* the General Assembly to "establish District Courts," and these Courts must be continued univilthe Constitution is amended in thc prescribed manner, or the instrument itself will be violated. In order that the largest discretion may bo. allowed thc General Assembly, in devising the best judiciary system to meet our wants in the recently changed? relations of society, I recommend that the present General Assembly provide for an amendment of the Consti? tution, by striking out the third paragraph in the Article aforesaid. The next General Assembly caa consummate the amendment, and then, the Legislature will be loft, with unrestricted discretion, to establish such superior and inferior Courts as, to them, shall seem meet. Whilst this amendment is being consummated, thc District Courts may be put fully into operation, and one year's experience will, probably, decide whether they are adapted to the wants and meet the necessities of the public. If they should be found imprac? ticable, inefficient, or too expensive, they may be abrogated, and some better system may be instituted. We are thrown upon novel times, and all our legislation to meet our new situation is purely experimental. It would not be wise to discard and repeal the legis? lation of each preceding session, because it failed to work smoothly or give entire satisfaction. When deficiencies are discovered, remedy them, by amendment or modification. No human wisdom is equal to tfce task of giving a perfect system of Courts and Laws* when an ancient system must be revolutionized, to correspond with radical changes in social, domestic, industrial and political relations. After one year's fair experiment, it may be found that the District Court is the desideratum. The Act of the last session, "to amend the Act establishing District Courts,1'requires essential and material amend? ments, to reduce its expenses and secure its efficient operation. The boundary of its jurisdiction should be more distinctly defined. The services of a Grand Jury, as part of its machinery, should bo dis? pensed with; the authority conferred on the District Judge, to examine and dismiss frivolous eases, renders the existence of such a body unnecessary. There is a well defined distinction between mis? demeanors and crime. It is only when thc prisoner is charged with crime, that lus is entitled to be tried on presentment found by a Grand Jury. Petty larceny, and other petty felonies, may bc declared, by statute, to be misdemeanors; and" defendants, in all misdemeanors, may be tried without presentment or true bill found by a Grand Jury. The venire for the Petit Jury should be reduced to eighteen. In the District Court, it would be seldom that two pannels would be required; and the Court, on such occasions, co\ild bc employed with other business, not requiring the aid of a Jury. The Jury duty now exacted will be very onerous on the people, ami, as the law stands, it cannot be performed at an expense of less than eighty thousand dollars per annum. Thc modification suggested would reduce thc expenses to one-third of that sum, for both supe? rior and inferior Courts. Tho expense, to the Treasury, of Jurie? might be dispensed with entirely, by taxing a Jury fee in every casf tried. All traverses and invariances should be abrogated in tin District Court; and all indictments, recognizances and other papers in the Superior Court, not disposed of, and in which jurisdiction is given to the District Court, should bc transferred to the District and made valid, as if originally returned to that Court. The Dis? trict Boards should be required to make their annual returns to tin District Judge; und it should bc made the duty of the lat tor to I examine the sanio, ami to enforce tho law against them for misfea? sance, malfeasance, or neglect nf duty. When the District Judge is ? interested in any case, civil or criminal, of which his Court has cognizance, it should 1?' transferred to the Superior Court for trial The Court should be invested with exclusive jurisdiction, in cases I over om hundred dollars, only where the contract, express or implied, ; between the employer and-employee, is for agricultural labor. The lavr i now provides that a prosecutor, who institutes a frivolous or ground? less prosecution, may be adjudged to pay the costs of such prosecu? tion. This is an ample safe-guard against groundless prosecutions' and the law should be so amended, that the party making complaint befox'e a Magistrate should ho granted a warrant, upon his OAVII recognizance, to prosecute, without requiring security. To require security to prosecute, is to deny justice to the poor, tho ignorant, the dependent aivd the friendless. These are the classes that it ia the peculiar province of the law to protect ; those who have wealth and friends, can readily secure the protection of the law. Doubts have arisen whether the Superior Courts of Law can take cognizance ot' any offence committed by a person of color, under tho clause in the third Article of the Constitution, which declates that tho District Court, shall have jurisdiction of all cases in which a person of color is interested, or to which he is a party. Tl ie Civil Rights Act, passed by tlc Congress of i lie United States, which must be re? spected and obeyed until pronounced unconstitutional by t ue Supremo Court of the Unit ed States, gives the person of color the same rights . in all the Courts. State as well as Federal, as arc enjoyed by the white race: and sq long as white persons are triable only in the Superior Courts for felony, the same privilege must be accorded to persons of color, notwithstanding die supposed prohibition in the State Consti? tution, tts the Constitution of the Quited States, and the laws'passod in conformity thereto, is the supreme law of the land. Tf the Civil Rights Act should hereafter be declared unconstitutional by the I Supreme CouH, or should it he repealed by Congress, the question ! under the State Constitution might theil be full of embarrassment. CRIMINA r, LAW. The establishment of a Penitentiary requires material changes in the punishments imposed in the Criminal Taw. Murder, arson and rape, should be punished by death. The numerous catalogue of felonies punishable by death, some with and others without the I benefit of clergy, should be abridged, and confinement at hard labor i in the Penitentiary be substituted, in most cases. The extreme ! penalty attaching to many of these felonies is revolting to humanity, and juries not unfrequently fail to lind real offenders guilty, because the punishment is made, hy its enormity, disproportionate to tho offence. It should be left discretionary with the Judges in tho Superior and District Courts to punish by imprisonment at hard j labor in the Penitentiary, or by whipping, in all cases of larceny. ! Punishment by the lash is so degrading, that it should be imposed j upon the most incorrigible offenders alone. A convict, who serves I out Iiis term of imprisonment in the Penitentiary, even for an infamous offence, may reform ; but one who has been whipped at the public whippingpost, must be overwhelmed with such a sense of shame and degradation, that he cannot command moral courage sufficient to enable him even to make an effort at reformation. I feel it incumbent on me to call your attention, specially, to the gross neglect of duty, on tho part of some of the Sheriffs and .Jailors in this State, in allowing prisoners to escape from their cus tody. Unofficial information has been received at this office, that nearly seventy prisoners have escaped from the jails of this State since their custody was turned over by the military to the civil authorities. Some of these criminals were under sentence of death, and many were charged with the highest crimes against society. Every effort to enforce the Criminal Law, and suppress crime, must ?be unavailing, unless the custodians of prisoners who have been arrested and confined in jail act with more vigilance and ?Helity. The existing law pronounces the most rigorous punishment Against Sheriffs and Jailors for voluntary or negligent escapes, and it is found wholly inadequate to arrest the growing evil. It is difficult to satisfy a Grand Jury that their friend, whom they have aided to elect Sheriff, or his agent, the Jailor, would permit a prisoner to escape-their good will toward the delinquent leading them +o be readily satisfied that the escape resulted from the insecurity of the jail. It is even more difficult to secure the presentment of the Commissioners of Public Buildings for their neglect of duty, in failing to make the jail secure, and hence the public sutler without a remedy. When tx bill of indictment is found, it is traversed, and when the defendant is finally brought to trial, positive proof cannot be offered that the escape was voluntary or negligent, and the defendant is acquitted. The General Assembly, since 183i), has been almost annually . passing laws, to enforce thc performance by Sheriffs of their duty in civil and criminal matters, and the end is as far as when legislation on this subject commenced. There is but one means of effecting a cure for this chronic disease-it is to pro? vide by law for the summary removal of a Sheriff, either through the judicial or executive department of the Government, for willful and persistent neglect of duty, or for misfeasance or malfeasance in exe? cuting his office. Thejaws now provide for the removal of a Sheriff from office, on conviction before a Jury; but it is believed that they have not been enforced in a single case, since 1830. Is it not noto? rious that sonic of these officers should have been removed? Judge Wardlaw has devoted much time in preparing a Bill which will be submitted to you, defining the duties and jurisdiction of District Courts, and embracing the subjects of the domestic rela? tions, and a codification of the criminal law. His long experitneo on the Bench, and his acknowledged ability, will secure a respectful consideration of his labors. C0MMISSI0Ni:US TO TAKE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DEEDS, ,tC.-NOTARIES PUBLIC. The Acts of the General Assembly confer upon tho Governor authority to appoint "Commissioners to take acknowledgment of deeds," in the several States and Territories, "to be used and recorded in this State ;" the. Commissioners to continue in office during his pleasure. Thc duties of these officers, "in taking the acknowledgment or proof of any deed, mortgage, or other convey? ance of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, in this State, or of any contract, letter of attorney, or any other "writing under seal," are very important to the interests of the public, and some rule should be adopted to furnish the means of verifying such certificates with reasonable certainty. This may be attained by requiring every person appointed or to be appointed a Commissioner, ie forward, within ninety days, to the Secretary of State, an implosion of his official seal, on wax and on paper, together with his autograph; and upon his failure to do so, the appointment of each defaulter should be annulled. Notaries Public are, likewise, appointed and commissioned by the Governor, and are invested with grave official duties. Til ; Secre? tary of State alone, can certify the official character of a Notary Public, and he can make no such certificate with safety, unless he chances to know the hand-writing. Every Notary Public, now hold in"- snell commission, or who may hereafter be appointed, should likewise be required to forward to the Secretary of State, an impres? sion of his official seal on wax and paper, with his autograph, within sixty days, or his appointment should be revoked. CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS. Thc last Congressional election in this State was held pursuant to a resolution of the General Assembly, and there is now no provision of law for holding future elections. Although our Representativos last elected, have not been permitted by tho Congress of tho United States to occupy their seats, it is the duty of the General Assembly to provide, by general statute, for the holding of general elections for each succeeding Congress. The convenience of the people would indicate, that theso elections should be ordered biennially, on the day that members of tho General Assembly aro chosen, to wit: Th?