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COLUMBIA. Thursday Morning, Dec. 20, 1866. A Joelie Iou? Step. Under this head, tho New York Times notices, -with favor, the resolu? tion offered in the House of Repre? sentatives in Congress, directing the Reconstruction Committee to inquire into the expediency of proposing a joint resolution declaratory of tho purposes of Congress to admit the Southern States on thc ratification by them of the Constitutional amend? ment, and tho establishment of a re? publican form of Government. The resolution of inquiry was adopted by tho House. This is ouo step forward, aud, of course, thc peo? ple of these excluded States must watch with interest thc report of the committee setting forth the result of their inquiries. We will then see the ground we staud on, aud the condi? tions required of ns by the dominant party. That report-will furthermore prove thc auimus of the radicals, and whether they ever intern! that the South will ever have her right of representation restored, or whether they aro. determined to keep us in a state of subjugation raider Territorial rulers, appointed by ^them or some official of their creed. This is what the people of the South now want to know-upon what terms they will be restored to a participation in thc Government, which they have sworn to maintain and defend, aud to the support of which, impoverished as they are, they freely contribute. Let us distinctly aud authoritatively know what is re? quired of us-what further conces? sions aro demauded-and, therefore, give us the satisfaction of knowing what is to bo our condition under thc rule' of radicalism, so long as that may continue to bo omnipotent in the councils of the nation. This is the honest plain-dealing t hat should govern the majority in Con? gress in dealing with those who are now in their power. Such a course would, for a time at least, settle the difficulty one way or the other. No matter what the conditions may be which they demand, let them ema? nate from the party leaders in an au? thoritative form. By Agreeing to a joint resolution, whether the adop? tion of the Constitutional amendment by the Southern States would entitle them to representation, or whether they are determined to exact still more stringent requirements, there would be no longer doubt and uncer? tainty. Whatever th-* requirements may be-however exacting-the peo? ple of the South aro powerless to re? sist them, if enforced. They can only submit. If the terms can be accepted, they will bo received cheer? fully and ia good faith, as were tho requirements of the Executive. If the Southern people should deem it impossible or dishonorable to accept what may be offered, still they will submit, without participating ia their own degradation, and bow to tho will of God und to tho Constitution and laws of the country. The Richmond Enquirer charge? Judge Underwood, of Virginia, with issuing judgment of confiscatiou against the fee simple of'the property of a Virginian, in order to obtain the residence he now occupies, and then, by under-hand practices, obtaining the house at a great deal less than its real value. The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives having just decided that the foo sim? ple of condemned property is nol forfeited under the confiscation law. Judge Underwood, it is charged, sei about bolstering up his title with cer? tain judgments, Arc., under an attach? ment process. A recent decision o\ the Circuit Court of Alexandria ha: declared these proceedings invalit and null, and the property will reven to its legal owners. -? ? ? ? A VALUABLE BOOK.-In the Unheil States Senate, Thursday, Mr. How< offered the following resolution which was referred to the Committei on Printing : Resolved, That the clork prepar< for publication a volume containing tho colonial charters and various St ab Constitutions of euch State of th United States, together with al amendments thereto, at any time ii force, arranging thc same in chrono logical order for each State; and tba -thousand copies thereof be pro vided for thc use of thc Senate. <-?? > The great English brewers av about to raise the price of their pal ale just ten per cent. Strathern Railroads. The radicals in Congress leave no stone unturned to bring the adminis? tration of President Johnson under censnre. Some timo ago, a corres? pondent of the New York Tribune, who had been nosing about one of the departments in Washington, al? leged that the President had sacri? ficed tho interests of the Treasury in favor of Southern railroad companies. Since tho meetiug of Congress, the matter has again been agitated, and a resolution has been passed, appoint? ing a committee to investigate thc mode and times of the transfer of the railroads to their owners. Tho cor? respondent of thc Cincinnati Com? mercial writes : "Under an order from President Johnson, all these roads, with rolling stock, track, bridges and entire mate? rial, were turned over to their origi? nal owners, and payment ordered to be received in bonds giveu by the company, to pay in monthly instal? ments. These fell duo and were not paid, whereupon the Quartermaster General proceeded to institute suit against the various companies for the amount of their indebtedness. The j President, on learning, this directed that thc snit be given up; and so to this day the notes of these corpora? tions romain unsettled. Not only is this true, but they are rendering claims against the Government for the usc of their roads and rolling stock, and are even bringing in bills for freight upon every pound of mili? tary material carried by the Govern? ment over these roads during-the war. and so much per day for thc use of all captured cars and locomo? tives." We understood at the time when the necessities of the Government re? quired no further transportation, it was found to be a losing busi? ness to manage the railroads, and that it was at the instance of the War Department they were turned over to* thc companies. Thc counter-claims of the railroad corporations for com? pensation for services, will, more than probable, outweigh and over? balance any claims of the Govern? ment. STATE OF TRADE.-The markets show a considerable revival of busi? ness, particularly in g "?ods which are recognized as necessities. December is not usually au active mouth in wholesale business. Merchants like to balance their accounts on tho 1st of January with small stocks of goods. Under these circumstances business may now be called brisk. The past week shows largo sales of coffee, sugar, molasses, and rice. Early in the week there was a large business done ia hides and leather. In the past tinco days "the trade" have taken about 10,000 barrels of flour, and would probably have taken more but for the speculative advance that has takea place. Articles that can possibly be dispensed with do not show so much activity. The point we would make is, that prices of leading staples have beeu very dull a long time; stocks in the hands of dealers are small; prices of goods have declined relatively more than gold; consequently, if gold should decline in January to 130 under the payments from the United States Treasury, no further decline in merchandize need bo expected. There is much more likelihood of a material rise, if gold remains steady. Dealers and manufacturers have been "holding off" for prices to "touch bottom." There are abundant indi? cations that we are on "hard pan" for the next six months' business, and returning confidence and activity, of which we have noticed the dawning, may bo expected to bc developed in ! all branches of trade. [Xeic York World, 15lk. TH7: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. - The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald, writing under date of the 14th inst., says: Senator Wade made the important declaration, to-day that the Constitu? tional amendment would be thrust upon the South by force of arms, ' provided if, after waiting a reasona 1 ble time, the Southern States, through their Legislatures, did not adopt it for themselves. Inquiries aro being instituted as to whether the South ! would resent this action. GEN". SHERMAN' AND TUE CUBANS. Whilst in Havana, recently, it is an? nounced that Gen. Sherman visited tho American Consul's office, and seeing a large map of Cuba, mounted a chair and began studying it. This caused thc Cubans who saw him to exchange significant looks and ges? tures, and to whisper to each other, whilst they all came to the conclusion that Gen. Sherman, who was merely looking at the route to Matanzas, in reality was picking out a good place for tho descent of a fillibustering party, who "would annex C .ba to his great country. A Washington despatch states that Mr. Ashley has offered a resolution intended to impeach the President. It will be followed by another setting forth charges and specifications. j A company is about ri coting a mag I nificent h^tel in Cincinnati. Th* Agc or Jl< np..rt and Hadicn.il?m. Hume was not only thc boldest, but tho ablest and moat ingenious reasoner of modern times. If he be? lieved lis own speculative reasoning, he vas less of tho philosopher than any sane man who ever lived, except, perhaps, his compeer, Bishop Berke? ley; less of a philosopher, because he excluded all faith or belief not found? ed on reason. The result was, that he and the Bishop, by the most unan? swerable ratiocination, demonstrated j that there is no material world, no earth, no moon, no sun, no stars, no bodily existence. Employing reason untrammeled and unrestricted by faith, they very logically reduced all existence, the universe itself, to a parcel of vagrant, undefinable, in? comprehensible ideas. Nobody ever did, nor from tho nature of our being, ever possibly can, believe in the con? clusions at which they so logically arrived: for belief in our own physic? al existence, and of au extraneous ma? terial world, is intuitive, instinctive, necessitous, and was never doubted for a moment by either Hume or Berkeley, any more than by th'e rest of mankind. It is no objection whatever tv) be? lief in the existence of a material world that such belief is contrary to reason. Hume would tell us so it' he j were living. Xor can it be any ob [ jection to belief in miracles, that such faith or belief is contrary to reason. Hume having demonstrated that rea j son is an utterly deceptive, false and fallacious guide in thc pursuit of j truth, has thereby amply refuted his reasoning, to show that all miracles are incredible. Grant that lui has I shown that miracles are contrary to I reason, lie has not thereby advanced au inch in proving that they arc un? true or unworthy of belief, and more than he has induced doubt of the ex? istence of a material world, by de t monstratiog that such a world is unreasonable, and therefore false. We do not write this essay to prove the truth of the Christian miracles; that has often been done by abler pens than ours. Our object is to show tile danger of relying too much j on reason in the pursuit of truth. To reason is a part of our moral and intellectual labor; but our reasoning, our .-.peculations, our theories, should j always bo limited and restricted in some degree by faith, authority, pre I c?dent, prescription, ex}>erieiice and j common .sense. Reason not thus j limited, balanced and counterpoised, : always leads to false, and often to daugerous, conclusions. Whatever is purely and only reasonable, is false. To arrive at correct practical conclu? sions, we must combine faith with reason. But reason restricted by faith ceases to be mere reason. We therefore repeat what we have often before maintained, "that whatevei is reasonable is false." All the sages and philosophers, from the days ol Socrates and Solomon to those oi Hume, had seen, felt and lament?e that reason would not conduct te truth. Hume has demonstrated bj the "reluci? ad absurdum" what othei philosophers only saw and felt. Faith aud reason are the two greai antinomes that, by* their opposing and concurring forces, control am govern the moral world. Excess o either is noxious and dangerous. Bu we live in the age of reason, of boh and rash speculation. Every bloodj revolution in Christendom, as well ii Church as in State, for the last thre< hundred years, has been brough about by following the too often do ceptive guide of reason. And reasoi now, except in tho South, is every where busily at work in undermining and upsetting all laws, Governments faiths and institutions, with no visi hie results, except the shedding o blood, and the rapid and vast increasi of pauperism. The banner of faith went dowi when tho South was conquered, ant we expect, ere long, we shall have ; Reign of Terror and a Goddess o Reason throughout Christendom. [DeBoui's Review. j STAGNATION OF BUSINESS.-Our ad vices from every direction, East West, North and South, speak o dull trade and stagnation in business It could not, of course, be otherwise with the industry and labor of one half of the country paralyzed by radi cal legislation, and with that part; still in power, threatening the enact mont of measures yet more aggressiv and destructive. Sooner or later, th country will have a heavy account ti settle with the leaders of that party In this connection, the Baltimor Gazelle says: "Tho ruin of one section will re-ac upon the other, and the despotisn which throttles one portion of th country will not long hesitate toseiz tho throats of th? other. When th disastrous day arrives, on which i shall bo finally determined that th South is to be remitted to the stat of a subjugated province, and go verned accordingly, Mr. McCullocl need trouble himself little about hi first four propositions. The curren ey will soon depreciate and defy an; effort to curtail it. Oppressivo bm thens will increase, which will not b lightened by any revised tariffs tim the sagacity of statesmen can frame and no new bonds will be wanted ii Europe. Upon the rehabilitation c the Southern States, and of thc Con stitution, tho destinies of thccomitr depend. Until this is accomplished discussion on other points maj* wit safety be adjourned.'' Corruption in Washington. '"Mack," tho correspondent of tho ? Cincinnati Commercial, writes from Washington : "Writing a week ago about the welcome banquet to Congress, I stated that, at the bottom of the whole affair were a lot of lobbyists who had embarked in tho enterprise from the belief that the best way to approach the halls of legislation was through the stomachs of members and Sena? tors. Since that time I have heard of a rase in point that will do to re? late by way of confirmation of what I have said on the subject. Some sort of a soldiers' and sailors' league, or union, or society-I forget the ex act designation-played a conspicu? ous part in the "welcome."* Ic is one j of the many organizations of the) kind throughout the country that have stolen the livery pf loyalty to j serve the selfish purposes of a few men who are smart enough to cou- j trol them and make use of them. Tliey have been ma?le use of to cover gigantic swindles under the name of! "Soldiers' and Sailors' t'ift Eater-j prises.*' which, with any other title. | would have, sent their managers to the penitentiary, and every conceiva ble species of rascality aud demagog? uery has been practiced under their pretended patronage. But to the case for which ? wrote this paragraph. Three days after the "welcome" banquet, a person con? nected with one ot* the soldiers' aud sailor.-.' societies, who had taken a prominent part in getting up thc free dinner, called upon a gentleman who ? has a claim to the amount of several ? hundred thousand dollars before Con- j gress, and made a proposition to him ! that for a certain sum, he would on- j gineer the b'll safely through both j Houses. "Oh," said the other, ''1 j don't think I'll need any assistance; my claim is all rigid, and when it is examined I don't think there will be] any opposition to it." The matter j was discussed between the two, until finally the "welcomer," seeing his chances for a fee dwindle very low. said to the claimant that if he didn't pay him live hundred dollars (I think ? that was the sum demanded,) he would report him through the socie? ty to which ho belonged to the pro? minent republicans of Cougress as a man who had opposed the war, been disloyal, and voted the democratic ticket. "And," said he, "if we do that, your -'aim won't be worth a cent." I have learned nothing fur? ther, and can't say whether the threat was successful in securing the asked for-black-mail. I have the^ story from the claimant himself, and give it to the public to show that all is not the gold of pure patriotism that glit I ters with the name of "soldiers' and I sailors' " society. Here in Washing? ton, at least, such organizations are controlled by men who never were in the army, and are used for such pur? poses as I have indicated. How it is elsewhere, I can't say. THE DECLINE IN GOLD.-We clip I tho following from the National Intel? ligencer of the 15th inst: Gold still tends downward. It stands at thirty-seven and a fraction, but it is thought that it will go low? er. There is less demand for gold for the payment of duties, as the ex? ports of cotton and other products are considerable. But the chief cause for the decline of gold is the uncertainty of the le? gislation of Congress upon subjects which will affect its price. The bill before tho Committee of Ways and Means, providing for the sale of two millions of gold in tho open market every Monday morning, till the surplus in the Treasury shall bo reduced to forty-threo millions, hangs fire. There is some doubt whether it will be reported in that shape. Tho prospect of its pasasge tends to make gold temporarily low? er; but it may be doubtd whether, in practical effect, the measure would long depress the gold market. - THE "SO-CALLED" NEW STATES. I A Richmond paper says : _<el raska and Colorado, two terri? tories lying out West, and who aro no mote entitled to bo States of thc American Union than several large Counties that might be named, aro going to be admitted in order to gain four more radical Senators. Neither in numbers nor in the character of their population, are they entitled to rank as States. It shows to what a point we have come, wheu thirty or forty thousand adventurers can as? semble together in a gulch of the Rocky Mountains and wield a politi? cal power in the American Senate, denied to the million and a quarter of bona fide inhabitants of Virginia Virginia who gave away tho territory that has made greater States than Colorado and Nebraska can become in a century. PRESIDENT JOHNSON RENOMINATED. ! The Pittsburg Republic, of December 12, hoists thc name of Andrew John? son for President in 18GS. The friends of President Johnson, in Pennsyl? vania, seem to be perfecting their arrangements for a complete organiza? tion throughout the State, for tho next Presidential campaign. SENSATION.-Members of the Cabi ? net aver, in private conversation, I that in the councils lately held at the j White House, the effects of a foreign I war, and the means of nicetiug it. I were discussed. The discussion grew out of the iii faith manifested by tho ?prend? Emperor. Proceedings of City Council. COUNCIL CHAMBER, COLUMBIA, December 18, 1866. Present: His Honor the "Mayor; fe Aldermen Fisher, Geiger, Hitchcock, McDonald, Radcliffe, Taylor, Walter 01 and Weam. . h The minutes of the last meeting i? were read and confirmed. b A memorial, signed by numerous merchants of this city, disapproving j of a greater increase of the circula- ii tiou of the city currency than ia ne- ? cessarv for the redemption of the ; i1 IT present issue, was read before doun-j eil. and received as information. Au account was presented by B. ? " Mordecai, for cash paid for provi-1 * sions for the Relict' Committee of ji! Columbia, in May, 1SG5, principal S ami interest amounting to $2?5.2l, j,v payable in . gold. Referred t-> the 1 Committee on Accounts, fur examina? tion, f. The following accounts were, pre- c sented and referred: J. C. Dial, against t he Water Works, ,x Stroi t Department, Market Depart- j ment and Guard House Department; I , P. B. Glass, against thc Clerk's office * and Guard House; and Wm. Sloane, j " against the Street Department. Applications were received from j ] W. B. Lawson, for tavern license, ; , and from J. Bahlman, ha- renewal of license. Referred to the Committee ! ( on Licenses. j r Tho report of the Chief of Police : ? was received and hied as information. , A communication wasreceived from * the City Clerk, requesting that Couu- '. eil would, as soon as practicable, es? tablish the rates o: retail licenses for 3 the ensuing year. Alderman Walter ottered the fol- ^ lowing resolution : j Resolved, That the communication i , ot the City Clerk be referred to the , Committee of Ways and Mean?, with i the request thar*they take tho matter ^ into immediate consideration, and report to a called meeting ol' Council. Adopted. The Committee on Accounts sub- ] mitted a report recommending that 1 the following accounts be paid: - Lunatic Asylum, for pauper luna- 1 tics, 8217.87; G. G. Newton, against 1 the Market and Clerk's office, 88.20; < M. A. McAllister, against the Water < Works, 81U. Also, that 8:37.50 of < the account of John Alexander ec Co., 1 and 83 of the account of T. C. Veal, ] City Surveyor, be paid. ? Tho Committee reported unt'avora- ] hiv upon a bill for 877.-10, presented by the Columbia Gas Company, for j damages sustained in tho blowing up , of the Market steeple. m i The above report was received and t adopted. T The Committee on tho Market rc- j ported tho monthly report of thc , Clerk of tho Market, for November, , as being correct. Report concurred in. The Committee on Licenses re- 1 ported favorably upon the applica- 1 tion of M. D. Arledge for tavern li- ( cense to retail spirituous liquors. Report received and adopted. < The following resolutions were offered hud adopted: By Alderman McKenzie Resolved, That the City Clerk be instructed to advertise in thc city paper for proposals to furnish 200 cords of good, long-leaf pine wood, for the Use of the Water Works; the wood to be corded in tire yard, to the satisfaction of tho Superintendent. Bids for the above to bo left with the City Clerk on or before the next regu? lar meeting of Council, Council re? serving the right to divide the con? tract into two or more parts. By Aldermen McKenzie, ? Resolved, That the Superintendent t of the Water Works be instructed to j canvass the city, for the purpose of making out a correct register of the ] names of those citizens who uso the ? water, the number in family, and all ' other particulars regarding the use of ! t said water. For each day that his I ] services ure thus required, he shall | s have the assistance of one of the t police. t By Alderman McDonald, i Resolved, That the election for four i ? i additional policemen, heretofore or- j c 1 de-red, be postponed until further j ? 1 notice. ( By Alderman Radcliffe, i Resolved. That the Mayor and City 1 Clerk bo authorized and empowered to prepare new city bills to the amount of ten thousand (810,000) i dollars, and that no new bills be issued 1 until they have been regularly mini- o bered, registered and accepted by the i Committee of Ways and Means, when ( they shall be turned over to thc City i Clerk for issue. c Chief of Police Green was charged c with intoxication. h On motion of Alderman Walter, it I was C Resolved, That tho Chief of Police be fined 820 for violation of '/Ordi? nance for the regulation of tho police force of this city." 1< The Council proceeded to ballot j I for ono assistant policeman, to nil a j rj vacancy, which resulted is thc eiec-: ? tion of S. Strickland to that office. ) d On motion. Council adjourned. I n J. S. McMAHON, City Clerk, j 1, - rj Prentice says, in tho Louisville j L Journal, Mr. Story, of the Chicago j s Times, asks what injury "impartial j p. suffrage" could do in the South. We ; a know, but we shall not tell him-we ? won't tell a Story. The Governor of Georgia has ve- o toed the stay law. ! i Local Items. Tho Phoenix office ia on Main street, a m doora above Taylor i or Camden street. We have been requested by tho Managers F tho Charity Fair to return their thanks > J. C. Jam.ey, Esq., for tho nae of his all; to tho Columbia Gas Company, for gbt; And to all other persons who conti i uted in any Tray to the affair. cn iv READrso ROOM.-Members of thc legislature aad tho citizens generally, are ivited to visit the Plfxriix reading room, here they will ?bul on file papers and enodicala from every section (,f the Union, he building is open day and night. Lesen.-"Mr. McG-uInnis, of tho Colum ia Restaurant, is keeping up with the pirit" of the age, in the way of capital melros. Yeaterday, there were dncks and ecee, coeked in best style: and to-day ?ild turkey ami wild duck.-;. What do yo"; hink of that? DisTitiBUTE IT.-"We know of no greater ivorthe members of the Legislature coull '.nfer upon their constituents, than by resenting them wita a copy of tho Sack nd Destruction pf Columbia, published at he Phvcnir office, and written by a dis ingnfched author, who wi'a_.-.1 tho cenes he writes about. RE-OKGANIZI:>"O.-The old Independent "ire Company, winch was in service, and lobly performed its arduous duties, for bout thirty years prior to the dostrnc e-organized, Tuesday evening, and elected he following officers: President, J. J. .lackey; Vice-Prc-sidcnti J. C. Sutphcn: iecretary, G. T. Eerg; Treasurer. E. F. lopson; 1st Director, E. W. Wing; 2d. J. lussung; Sd, R. Tozer: 4th. .7. V.". Smith. MASONIC CEKEMOXIES.- For ncarlv r>. ear, a number of our "citizens, who had ormed an association under thc title of 'Columbia Lodge," have been illustrating he principles of Masonry, under dispel. tatton. At the last meeting of the Grand Lodge of the State i-f South Carolina, they v?.re granted a charter, and last night thc jeautiful ceremony of dedicating the Lodge vas performed in the Rapt ist Church, under Erection of Grand Master James E. Orr. "LU eloquent and highly instructive address vas delivered by.Jas. D. Tr adc well, Esq., vhich was listened to with marked atten? tion by the large auditory. The following jfficers wtre then installed: W. M., J. Men lel; S. W., M. Goldsmith; J. W., J. Sulz jacher; T., L. riser; S., I. Suizbacher; 8. D., J. Driessen; J. D., S. Massman; Stew? ards, L. Leon and J. Levin; Tyler, A. Do? oroo. After tho conclusion of the services ia ..he church, the members of tho Lodge, ?nth a host of invited guest = ; repaired to .he "Central House," where a magnificent ?upper had been provided. Ampi? justice vas done to tho bountiful supply of edi? bles-song and sentiment ruled tho hour, indall parties appeared in the besthuiuor. Hay tho Masons long continue in their present prosperous condition, and bo en ibled, as of yore, to practice those princi? ples which their venerable aad venerated arder inculcates. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. .?. Attention is caii .d to the following advertisements, which ire published this morning for the lirat '.me: Columbia Restaurant-Excelsior Lunch. Major Walton-Norfolk Oysters. E. A. G. D. Hope-Bacon, Raisins, .Vc. Calnan k Ereuder-Presents for Ch'mas. Jacob Levin-Lost Certificate. Meeting Stockholders Gas Company. A. M. Smith-Plantation for Sale. Geo. Schofield-Store to Rent. Meeting of Columbia Chapter. J. it T. R. Agnew--Adjustable Brace. Fisher &, Heinitah-Voice from Abroad. Meeting Managera Industrial Associat'u. J. S. McMahon-To Wood Contractors. REPORTED ROBBERIES IN" TUE TREA iur.Y DEPARTMENT.-The Washington ;orrespondent of the Philadelphia Cress writes: "It is said that a series of forgeries, uerpetrated by a clerk iu tho Third Auditor's office, have beeu discovered. Che person implicated has, in some en or twelve cases, endorsed as 'O. EL' disallowed claims, and the claims 10 endorsed have boon passed. He hen forged powers of attorney for ;he same to a firm in this city, who 11 cw the money. Most of tho claims trc what is known as 'horse claims," .ailing for S150 to $200. each, and the tmount of the forgeries, as far as as :ertained, is about 82,000. The noney, we hear, has been refunded >y relatives of the guilty person.1' RELEASED.-We learn that Messrs. V. D. Nunnallv, Thomas Nail. C. S. bright, C. S. "Stark, W. T. Brown ind Li. S. Bloodworth, who were ar? rested a few days since in Griffin, Ja., under a warrant issued by Com nissioner A. W. Stone, for a violation if the civil rights bill, at tho instance >f one J. C. Swayze, have been re eased, having giving bonds to appear icfore tho United States Circuit ,'ourt at Atlanta. [SavannaJi Republican. Tho mail steamer Adelaide, which 3ft Norfolk on Friday evening for >altimore, with passengers, .vc., ran pon the wreck of the old rebel ram lerrimac, lying sunk three miles .own Elizabeth River. It was a clear aoonlight night. The tide being DW, she stuck fast, sustaining da? llages to her bow that caused her te aak badly. The steamer Georgiana hortly came alongside, taking off the >ass:mgors, and arrived in Baltimore bout noon Saturday. There arc cellar residences "in New fork which at high tide arc half full if water. The children are sometimes mprisoned by thc Hood.