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23\3T Telegrapli.
Cubic Dc?pn(rhei.
LoKftOji, January 17-Evening, -lt in
reported from tue eoutincnt that a d'*spc
rato plot lias? been disco vereil to aesassi
natc the Pascha of Egypt. The plot in?
cluded the subversion of the Government
and investing the reina of Government in
tho hands of Salim Pascha, who is said tu
bo at the head of the movement. Tho
conspiracy wan happily discovered fend
frustrated".
LOKDOK, January li? Noon.- Thc morn
ins; journals, lo-duy, make mention of a
rumor of thu great powers bavin - r< solved
to urge the .Sublime Porte to call a confer?
ence to take tho vexed Eastern .?jn?stion
into consideration.
PARIS. January IS. Tho banquet cx
tended by Americans in this city to Ben-?
nett, jr., occurred last evening. Mr. Kings?
land, son of tho former Vice-Commodore
of tho Nen- York Yacht Glob, presided.
(Jon. Dix, thc Am; rican Minister, and rep?
resentatives of foreign legations, were
present, lt wan a grand affair. AL the
hall at the Tuileries, on Wednesday even?
ing, thc Emperor and Empress personally
congratulated Bennett on iii? victory.
Congressional.
\YA8HLS(;TON, January IS. In the Se?
nat", a coiuat?nication from Gov. Brarn
b'tt, of Kentucky,'was read, announcing
tie' rejection of thc amendment. If w?s
laid on tlie tabb-.
Tile, tenure ot office bid was taken up.
.Sumuer, under lieeuso of thc vote reported
yesterday, proceeded to denounce the Pre?
sident bitterly, lteverdy Johnson made a
point that Surnm r was disqualifying hhu
self from acting in a judiciary capacity,
should tiie President como before the Se?
nate. In connection with the report that
("ewan would bc Secretary of War, Howe
said he would oppoEO Stanton's removal.
Mr. Buckalow said th.it report,was gremud
ICBS. The bill passed by 29to 9. lt excepta
Gabinet oflic?ra and Judges of the Supreme
Com-!. Other officers shall be appointed
as at present, ami hold until successors arc
appointed in like manner. The President
may suspend for misconduct or inability,
appointing temporarily suitable persons.
Thc President shall furnish the Senate
evidence on which the suspension is based.
If the suspension is confirmed, a new apv
pointna nt to Ix- made; otherwise, thc sus?
pended officer resumes his functions. Tin
President may fill vacancies from death Ol
resignation, to hold until tho terminatior
or thc next session. Acceptance of office
removal from o Oleo, and signing, sealing
and countersigning commissions centran
to thc p. ovia ion 3 of tho bill, are d?clar?e'
high misdemeanors, punishable by fun
and imprisonment not exceeding $l0",0e0oi
five years.
In tho House, a resolution was adoptee
forbidding the Commissioner of Agncul
turo from purchasing and distributing
native seeds.
The Banking Committee reported a bil
authorizing the issue of non-interest bear
ing notes for the extinguishment of tie
national debt.
New? Item*.
WASHINGTON, January 18.-The censen
atory qi the President's mansion wa
burned to-day. The ari ?val of thc engin
saved tho other buildings. It is estimate
that tho plants cannot be replaced short c
?500,000. The furniture in the mansio
was damaged by thc smoke. An attach
of the White House ii insensible from ove
exertion at tbs fire.
Gen. F. D. Sewell has been orde red t
North Carolina, to report on the apprei
ticing practices of the courts. Go verne
Wortli will appoint a commissioner to ai
with Sewell. Tho commission will ropo
simultaneously te> Gen. Howard and tl
North Carolina Legislature.
Bradley Johnson, of Uichmond, former
Confederate General, has been admitted
practice in the Supreme Court, under tl
rulo abolishing the te-st oath.
NEW YORK, January 18.- John Ci. Grap
a lawyer, has been arrested, charged wi
forgery in obtaining back pay of doceas'
soldiers.
The steamer Ellen S. Terry, running
Newbern, is on lire al the wharf. Mai
vessels are dangerously closfc. Gieut c
citemont among the firemen.
LATER. -The fire on board the Ellen
Terry is subdued. The damage is not .
great as expected, owing to the fact of ti
hull having iron water-tight and fire-pro
compartments. The 1<>SS is partially i
sured.
Tho. Tribune's Washington special sa
the Ways and Means Committee is mu
k divided on the tax gold bil!. They agre
th ut tho gold should be sold, in open mi
kct, but have not decided upon the arnon
or manner e>f selling. They have doti
ruined to confer with Secretary McCullo
and Commissioner Wells before acti
with thc tax bill as to thc reduction ask
for thc Southern Stat03.
The Republican Association, io Washir.
ton, is engaged in procuring evidence 1
tho impeachment of tho President. Tb
have adopted a bill for reconstructs
which provides that tho appointing pow
shall bo vested in the President and Sen:
of tho United States. Tho Provisioi
Government is to bc composed of ono P.
visional Governor and thirteen loyal ci
Kens, in each State, as a legislative pow
Thc Governor shall bc chosen from lev
citizens over twenty-five years of agc, a
who did not sign any secession ordinanc
and who have not held oflice of any ki
meier tho Confederate Government; tl
the legislative council and Governor tl
. ch cted shall have absolute < ontrol of t
Governments of tho non-rcconstruct
States, and have power to pass all laws
proper subjects for legislation. AH la'
acts, fee., of legislative bodies and ofii
sinoo the adoption of tho secession Ol
nances aro abrogated. Tiio Provisio
Government ?-.hall i-xist until a consti
tional convention of loyalists, elected wi
eut distinction cd' color as to voters,
eluding only leading rebels, shall ador.
Republican Constitution acceptable- to C
gross. Tho right of appeal is to bo gi:
litigants from judgments rendercdin coi
finco secession.
It is said the English mission i.-; LO
tendered to David Dudley Field.
BOSTON, J.anuary 18.-Tho schoo
Julia Ann, from Baltimore; for Boston
supposed to have been lost, with all ha
on board, as papera have been picked
on Nantucket Beach belonging to her.
GLOUCESTER, MAIS., January 18.
schooner is reported ashore at Kc
Cove, and two of the cn w frozen to do;
and oth< rs badly frozen.
MEMPHIS, January is. Thopackct ri
Valley .struck tho wreck of thc gun-l
Ji ll'. Thompson to-day, and stink in a
minutes in fortyfeet of water. There v
sixty lives bvst, including thirteen of a
rnilv named Roberts. Most of tho ci
pass angers wore saved. Tue register
lost. The Platte Valley was a packet
tween Memphis and Vicksburg, and val
ut $10,009. Sho wan loaded to lier gm?
A young lady is charged with 1
iug said that if a cart \ \eel has i
fellers, it's a pity a pretty girl
her can't have ono.
- The Or???. Commoner at Home.
If Thaddeus Stevens is a power in
the Houso of Representatives ot
Washington, his influence at the
capital of Pennsylvania, seems to be
of a less formidable character. It
appears that in the Republican caucus
at Harrisburg, he only received seven
votes for the tho nomination for
Senator. The following despatch to
the National Intelligencer explains:
HARKISBUKO, Jan. 10.-The lie
publican caucus met this evening.
Speaker Hall was chosen chairman.
The caucus remained in session only
half an 'nour. No speeches were
made. Simon Cameron was nomi?
nated for Senator on thc iirst ballot.
Tho vote was as follows: Cameron,
forty-six; Curtin, twenty-three; Ste?
vens, seven; Grow, five. All the He
publican members were present ex?
cept Lancaster County Senators. The
nomination was made unanimous,
when tho caucus adjourned.
Commenting ou thi3 result thc In?
telligencer, saj-s;
It occurs to ns that if ever men
came to Washington chop-fallen,
humiliated, mortified and distressed, I
the whilom dictator of the House,
and meretricious confrere, who is
the- editor and proprietor of "two
newspapers, both daily," Sundays
.included, must be those men. Mr.
Cameron, who was in private life, j
was not a "great commoner,'' had
not the gift of oratory, occupied no
"bad eminence" through the trick of
the partisan pen, had not urged, wo
believe, the policy of renewing war
upon thc South by an "army, in
three columns, to burn, kill, and
possess the land," had not incited a
mob in Philadelphia to slaughter the
peaceful delegates to a National Con?
vention, had not intrigued to foment"
treason and insurrection against the
authorities of a State, was neverthe?
less doomed to eudure assaults from
Washington, of those who, habitu?
ated by the insolence and diohitorhd
ness of office, thought to crush him
by concerted efforts. How utterly
barren were tho results of the
"pompous prologue to the swelling
theme!" Mr. Stevens repaired in
"pride of power and place" to Harris?
burg. He was followed by tho
editor of the Chronicle, for both of
whom, it was announced by telegraph,
suites of parlors had been put in
suitable state of preparation for the
arrival of men who supposed them?
selves so capable of ridiug the whirl?
wind and directing the storm. Their
levers could move the world of radi?
calism. Tliey came, saw, and were
demolished. Scarce a sign is left of
them. We cannot see how either !
can hold np their heads among the
political characters at thc capital, to
whom they have essayed to give the
nod. What a "lame and impotent
conclusion!" But seven votes in
the Republican caucus for the "great
commoner," hacked by the editor
and proprietor of -two neAvspapers,
both daily," Sundays included! Wc
extend our sympathies ta our woe
befallen brother of the press, and
advise in good faith that he shall not
ngaiii venture into deep water.
RULES OE THR ROAD.-There are
\ many "rules of the road" of which
passengers oftentimes appear quite
i ignorant. The following should be
I remembered, based as they ere on
\ legal decisions: Applicants for tick
"ets on railroads, who do not offer the
! exact amor.nt of change, can be eject?
ed from the cars. Conductors are not
! obliged t make change. "Good for
this day only" on a ticket amounts to
nothing. A ticket is good until used.
Those who lose their tickets must
purchase others, ortho conductor has
a right to put them off his train.
Transgressing the rules of the compa?
ny is sufficient reason for ejection
from the cars. All reasonable de?
mands to show tickets must? not be
resisted, and proper decorum in the
cars is obligatory upon passengers.
No person has a right to more seats
than lie has paid for. Tho leaving of
any article in a seat while the owner
is absent entitle? him to his seat on
his return.
DUEEI/B?G EV Mis.sis.siri-i.-The
Vicksburg Heraid says the innocent
amusement of duelling is about to
como to grief in that part of Mis?
sissippi. It says several gentlemen,
who have been engaged in this inno?
cent amusement, have been indicted
by the grand jury and bound over in
the sum of Si,OOO, to answer for the
offence against the peace and dignity
of the State of Mississippi.
COMW?SUCIAL? AKB r'iriAA'CI
CHARLESTON, January 18. -Cotton mar?
ket firm, with sales for the week of about
1,800 bales, at 32@33i. bice Oj c. North
Uiver hay $1.60@1.7?. Corn $1.21? 1.35.
Oats 75?87c. Flour $]'2?18 per barrel.
Bacon 12.|@llc. Liverpool salt $2.50 per
sack.
NEW YORK, January 18 Noon. -Money
7 per cent. Exchange-sixty days
sight 10jJ. Cold very strong at :57.?. Flour
dull and drooping. Wheat dull and heavy.
Corn a shade tinner. Pork firmer; new
I mess $21.12@$22.27; old mess Lard
timi; barrels 12.?@13L Cotton steady, at
35c. for middling uplands.
7 P. M. Cotton brm and active, with
Hales of 2,200 bales -middling uplands 35.
flour active and unchanged. Wlieat quiet
and unchanged. Corn tinner mixed West?
ern $1.17.V. Geld weaker at close of mar?
ket, and left on at 36].
LIVERPOOL, January 18 Noon.- -Broker's
circular reports eales of cotton tor week
ending last evening at 42,000 balea. There
has been a decline of ?d. per pound on
prices during tho week. Tho market to?
day opened dull, with prospective dav's
safe of 8,000 hales-middling uplands Mid.;
middling Orleans 15|d.
- LONDON, January IS-Noon.-United
States bouda 72b Consols ao|(^yi.
?Tile Fenian? und Greek Klre.
Th? London Lancet soys the * 'Greek
fire" of the Fenians is no myth. It
is a solution of phosphorus in bisul?
phide of carbon. The peculiar pro?
perties of thc former are well known,
while those of the latter, as being a
comparatively recent chemical prepa?
ration, are not generally understood.
The bisulphide of carbon is a highly
inflammable liquid, colorless and
almost transparent, giving off fumes
of sulphurous acid when burned.
It volatilizes very rapidly at ordinary
temperature, and when its vapor is
mixed with air, and a light applied,
it inflames with a slight explosion.
Its vapor is poisonous. Thc phos?
phorous dissolves readily in the bisul?
phide of carbon, if the temperature
of the latter is slightly raised.
A few weeks ago, tho Liverpool de?
tectives seized, as they were being re?
moved from a house in that town,
three boxes, each containing fifteen
jars or cans of phosphorus. In each
jar were twenty sticks of phosphorus,
each stick being six inches long and
two inches in circumference. Several
bottles of tlie compound of phospho?
rus and bisulphide of carbon have
also been seized, as well as some bot?
tles of the latter, without tho phos?
phorus dissolvcdin it. These bottles
were all of thc same size and shape,
wore quito full, and held about three
pints; had short necks and small
mouths, and were made of green
glass, probably having been manu?
factured for the purpose, as their
sijupe was somewhat peculiar. Seve?
ral experiments have been made at
different times to test the properties
of tho compound. On one occasion,
one of the bottles was thrown against
th*> centre of a high wall. . A loud ex?
plosion followed* and the concussion
.and exposure of the fluid by the bot?
tle breaking were sufficient to ignite
its contents, and a flaming fluid
streamed down the wall, evolving
de., ie fumes of au irritating, poison?
ous nature. A stream of water from
a large hose, which had previously
been pia- ed in readiness, was imme?
diately directed against it, but some
gallons of water had to be pouret
! upon tho wall before the flame was
extinguished ; and even some hour;
I afterward, when the day was darken
I ing, a glimmering light was observ?e
on tho wall where the fluid had been
doubtless given off by thc phospho
rus which had remained adherent, 8(
highly charged with that subsfanci
was the fluid. It was further f?unc
that tho compound ignites most ra
pidly when used in small quantities
spread over a large surface, am
freely exposed; therefore, when prv.r
ed upon cotton, tow, and similar mn
teriuls, it ignited instauUvneously.
A NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL COU
VKNTTON.-Tho Hon. C. L. Vallar
digham has recently published a
able letter on the situation, in whic
he makes the following sensible BUJ.
gestion: Ought we not forthwith t
begin to agitate for a convention c
all tho States, to meet and adj u:
upon the basis of the fundament;
principles of the old Constitution an
the Uuion, the new and momentoi
questions, and the altered conditio
of things, arising out of the late wai
And if the . "bargain" which 01
fathers made for the sake of sccuriu
a Union and Federal Government ;
all, is to bo set aside under pretenc
of establishing exact justice an
equity, and Stales are to bc dealt wit
as the mere creatures of tho Fcder
will and pleasure, and divided, co:
solidated and moulded to suit ll
fashion of the hour and the inter?s
of those, who can secure and hold tl
power, is it not a good time now
demand that tho gross iniquity of tl
present Senatorial representath
should give way to "equality befo
the law," and that in ie-settiing tl
great question of suffrage upon t!
theory of "impartiality," 3,000,0
of "Yankees" shall no longer be pc
milted to vote twelve Senators, wh:
3,000,000 of "Buckeyes" are gi
ciously allowed to vote but tu
Would New England, think vnu, s
the point?
Amoc?? the other defences ol Eu
land is a volunteer staff corps, form
of railway officials, which is so ti:
roughly organized that it undertake
"in a space ot' thirty hours, to ph'
in any given spot 100,000 trooj
00,00.) horses amblOO guns;" and i
only that, but "to collect in twen
four hours 80,000 'navies'for tho c<
straction of fortifications and iii
works." The defensive army of Ei
land numbers 00,000 regular troo]
120,000 militia and 150,000 voil
leers.
Go-. Andrew says that the Mas
chusc-tts Commissioners for thc Pa
Exhibition have been requested
send over a Massachusetts sehe
house, with teacher, scholars, fur
tare, Sec., in order that visitors n
seo our educational system in act
operation. The Governor thinks t.
it will bc impracticable to com
with the request.
Petter send tho whole Stale :i
make it a present to the Emperor.
The Congressional delegation fr
Texas has visited the President, ?
complained that Gen. Kiddo, of
Freedmen's Bureau in that State,
issued an order annulling a Stale
relative to contracts with the fie
men. The President examined
\ law, and issued an order request
Gen. Howard to have the order s
pending the local law rescinded.
Niblo's Garden will cease to
used as a theatre after the 1st
May next.
VALUE OP THB POTTNI> STEKIJNO rr*
CURRENCY.-Tho Journal of Com
merce gives the following as a speci?
men of a class of communications re?
ceived almost daily, which, with the
answer to it, wc transfer to our co?
lumns for thc benefit of like in?
quirers:
NEW YOUR, December 21, 1860.
Editor Journal of Commerce.
Sin: In this morning's Journal,
you quote gold as opening at 136^
At this rate, what amount in currency
would bo required to purcliasoa draft
of ono pound sterling? i wish yon
would print some simple rule, where?
by a novice could tell ut any time the
actual value of a pound sterling in
dollars and cents. I would also like
to know tho meaning of the quota?
tion, "Sterling bills are offered by
leading drawers at lOUjJ for sixty
days on Ijondon, and llO^f for short
sight." Asking pardon for troubling
von, 1 am, &c.,
ANXIOUS INQUIRER.
It is difficult to explain thc seeming
mysteries of foreign'exchange to oin?
who is wholly uninitiated, but we will
I venture a few words in reply to the
j above. A sterling bill isa draft pay?
able in English pounds, shillings and
penoe, called "sterling money." A
sixty days bill is payable (with grac<")
sixty days from sight; bids wen; for?
merly payable on presentation ; but
tho custom of grauting three days'
grace after sight came into general
usc in England, and tims "short
sight" is used to designate those bills
legally payable three days after pre?
sentation. The rate (10-n^) for sixty
days' bills, describes the price at
which tho drawer undertakes to pay
n pound sterling f-.) thc holder in
Loudon, sixty-three days after pre?
sentation thre for acceptance. It is
not 10S>J? on thc actual value of tho
pound in the Federal money, but on
a certain conventional rate-$1.4-1.4.
Thus $1.14.4 x 109}/, equal to$4.8G.G,
(omitting fractions) Tho latter is
tho value to bo paid in gold hero for
each pound sterling of the bill of ex?
change. Now, $4.80.6 x 130?? equal
$0.01.8, which is the value in paper
currency of the pound at the rates
given. Tho rule, therefore, is ob?
vious: Multiply $4.44.4 by tho quoted
rato of exchange; that will give the
cost here of ono pouud of exchange
in gold. Then multiply this product
by tho quotation of gold ; that will
produce the cost of the pound in
paper money. This is a vcry simple
process, and ono which, it is proba
ble, every reader will be able to un
t derstand.
? AN APPEAL OF GREEK WOMEN TC
I TUE WOMEN OK AMERICA.-An appea
signed by the women of the G reel
island of Synv to the ladies of thi:
country has boen received, asking
help for tho refugees from Crete
The appeal closes thus:
"In tho Island of Syra, inhabit?e
by tho victims that escaped tho dis
asters of our holy .struggle in 1821
as well as in other parts of Greece
thousands of Cretan families havi
taken refuge, bogging for food ant
clothes aud an asylum. Wo hav
opened our houses to them and ou
arms, and have done all in our powc
to provide thom some comforts. Bu
nevertheless, scarcely yet counting
thirty-six years of political lifo, am
having had our houses and cities t
build,wo have not sufficient resource
to render effectual aid io such of on
brothers as have sought an asylum i
Greece. Hence our duty toward
our unfortunate compatriots compel
ns to implore your assistance, and w
are convinced, when we recall thc afi
sistances which your compatriot
afforded us in 1S21, that our voie
will bo hoard by tho noble-hear te
ladies of the United Slates, and tbs
you will hold out a succoring han
to our brothers, exiled from thei
country and the prey of uumerite
I misfortunes. The Greeks of bot
I sexes will all bo eternally grateful t
I you, thc descendants of Wasbingtp
I and Franklin -tho founders of yoi
I Republic."
j . . _ -i? m ? - -
i POLITICAL JUDGES.-In two in
i portant decisions which have recent
been pronounced by the Snpren
Court of the United Slates, the fas
has been made painfully apparel
that a portion of tiio members of th
august tribunal aro controlled by p
litical considerations rather than b>
sense of justice.
Prior to his elevation to tho hij
oflice which he now holds, Chief Ju
tice Chase was tho most radical ai
unscrupulous partisan ia tho Nortl
ern States. Some of his predecease
on tho bench were equally violent
politicians before they were cloth?
with the ermine, but speedily L
came conservative, aud administer?
justice with strict impartiality. Th:
however, is not the case with Jud:
Chase, who, upon every question
importance, seems able to enlist
formidable minority of tho Coi:
upon the side of tho radical part
Looking to this condition of thiut
and the agc of the several members
tho Court, wo cannot expect tl:
body to bo very long a break-wal
against tho violence of our enomi<
[ liichmond Times.
No STAMPS ON STATE PAPERS.
Wo are informed by Maj. J.
Burnes, our Comptroller-Gemr
that the law does not req ure tl
revenue stamps shall be placed
uot03, receipts, orders, A J., when
the State is a party.
[Atlanta Intelligencer.
If a man has a great idea of hi
self it is certain to bo the only ic
ho ever will have.
COHBECTIOK.-The two paragraphs
j following are clipped from the Balti?
more Transcript:
"We are requested to give notice
that the Charles Sumner who shot
himself through the head with a
pistol, shortly before ll o'clock Sun?
day night, in New York city, is not
the Charles Sumner more generally
known as United States Senator
from Massachusetts. The friends of
this Charles Sumner were very much
alarmed on reading tho account of
*he suicide in the New fork papers.
This was caused from tho fact that
their Charles Sumner had been labor?
ing for many years under a serious
aberration of the mind. The origi?
nal disease under widen Sumner
labors is generally known by the
vulgar name of "nigger on the
brain." Some say that this is a life?
long disease with this Sumner; others
that being very fond of African so?
ciety when young, and mingling in it
a great deal, he was induced to imi?
tate some of the customs that prevail
therein. Whichever of theso ver?
sions is the correct one, it is quite
certain that Sumner has not yet blown
hi.-, brains ont. We shall certainly
be the first to inform our readers
when this ( vent occurs.
Wc have also to announce ;is pre?
mature the other report that Thad?
deus Stevens died in Washington, on
Sunday, of a chronic disease with
which he is afflicted. This is well
known to be '"an enlargement of thc
I Spleen." To suck an extent lias this
derangement proceeded in one direc?
tion, that the heai't has been entirely
pushed out of its place, and in the
other tie. organs of compassion
spoken of in the Scriptures have been
so seriously interfered with that their
functions have been almost destroyed.
Stevens will certainly die. Wo have
prepared his obituary notice in this
office at great trouble and expense.
This was mainly caused by the un?
willingness of the people living in
his neighborhood to furnish the ne?
cessary information, the majority of
them avering that he was "possessed
of an evil spirit," and that, after his
death, it would return to plague
them. It was astonishing to find
how general was this belief.
BADLY FOOLED.--The freed people
of that portion of Amherst lying
within a circuit of five or six miles
from the bridge, were badly fooled on
Saturday. It seemed that they were
ordered by some officer of the Bureau
to repair to the bridge on the day
named, to hear, as they understood,
a big speech or something of the
kind from some one of their especial
guardians. This they worein nowise
to omit, under the penalty, as neveral
of them have told us, of a fine of $12.
They flocked to tho spot designated
in immense numbers-men, women
and children-and instead of hearing
a speech, or being interested in any
other way, each one was simply pre?
sented with an Abolition tract, called
the "Freedman," printed in Boston
in 1S(M. The disappointment and
disgust of the negroes was and is very
great at this treatment, and the Bu?
reau has, in consequence, lost much
of its whilom popularity with those
ignorant and deluded people.
[Lynclibnrg Neics.
AK EASY WAY TO PAY THE DEBTS
OE THE Souriirmx STATES.-Bennett's
Herald says:
Tho fact must not be forgotten
that in absorbing a foreign State we
absorb its obligations. Tho rebel
States, as members of the Union,
j each in ils State capacity before the
war, liad incurred a heavy bill of
State debts, ranging from ten to forty
or fifty millions, more or less, for
each State. Those debts by each of
! Ibo States concerned are now held as
binding upon them, and if we act con?
sistently with the grand issue of the
war, that the rebel States with their
subjugation ceased to exist as States,
wo must at least assume thc debts
which they owed down to the hour
! of their secession from thc United
States. The rights, powers, and
obligations of a conqueror go to?
gether.
ATTEMPT TO SUBSIDIZE THE PKESS.
An atrocious attempt, says the Cleve?
land Plaindcaler. was made to levy
black mail on a reporter of that
paper at the municipal court. Thc
counsel for a chap who had been
brought up for selling on Sunday,
told tho reporter to suppress his
client's name and call around at said
chap's plaee and get a cigar. The
reporter was incorruptible. He re
I plied in an outburst of virtuous in
1 diguation: "What! attempt to muz
j zlo the press with a ci^ar? I never
smoke. If you will make it a ton or
two of coal i may come down."
The Philadelphia mint is producing
about 2,000.000 pieces of tho now
five per month.
SHIP fc y. WK.
PORT OK CHARLESTON. JAN. 18.
M.U:\ ED VBSTKUDAY.
brig Jose A. Deveraux, Philadelphia,
brig John Peirce, tit rout, Matanzas.
Sehr. Eliza frances, Sawyer, baltimore.
.Sehr. Azelda ?L bama, Mclndoe, liait.
WENT TO SKA YKSTETWA??
Brig J. Baker, Thompson, Philadelphia,
j Sehr. Chas. Dennis, Hughes, New fork.
Funeral Invitation.
The friends and acquaintances o? Mr.
and lifts. A. Tolleson, and of their sen,
J. A. TOLLESON, are invited to attend thu
funeral services oi tho latter, at tho Wash?
ington Stree ti hapol, TH tS AFTERNOON,
at 3 o'clock.
''TEMPER OF THE SOUTH."-We
clip this paragraph from thc New
York Express:
"Wo read every day about all tho.
leading journals published in the
States recently in rebellion, and,
with the exception of one, of but
comparatively little influence, in Vir?
ginia, tho tono that pervades them is
that of quiet submission to whatever
may be in store for them, save only
and except dishonor. If thc Jacobins
expect them to submit to that, then
the sooner they go to work and re?
organize the army and navy, tho bet?
ter-for physical force will bo indis?
pensable t<> make thom "submit."
People who like to pay tares, and
aro admirers of an enforced con?
sumption, will contemplate thc pros?
pect with feelings of unalloved dc
fight."
? ? ? ?- --
TUE ATTRITION or GREENBACKS.
We recently republished, from an
English paper, an article stating that
upon the coin circulation of Great
Britain tho annual loss from attrition
is $100,000-an amount of money the
people of that country annually pay
for the privilege of using the current
coins of tho realm. Upon this state?
ment, thc New York Journal of Com?
merce comments, that Americans are
not troubled in this way, ' for the
substance which greenbacks lose from
attrition is not worth more than seven ?
cents a pound, and the loss is not ap- .
preciable."
CATHOLIC Bisiior.s IN TUE UNITED"
STATES.-The Catholic Mirror cor-*
reets the statement in tho cabio
despatch some days since relative to
tho increase and number of bishops
of that church in the United Statc3.
Instead of eighteen bishops to be in?
creased to twenty-two, there are
already forty-eight in the United
States, with a prospective addition of
at least fourteen others.
No INDICTMENTS AGAINST TITE NEW
ORLEANS RIOTERS.- Tho United States
Grand Jury have failed to lind any
indictment against any persons con?
cerned in the July riots. P. H. Mor?
gan, United States District Attorney,
when the jury was empanelled, de?
clined to apply tho test oath to tho
jurors.
Modesty depends upon good mna
nners, happiness on security, good
society on good education, wisdom
on experience; and for thc sarety or
protection of a country, a tried-man
is often moro valuable than a re?
nowned warrior.
Axiotion Sales.
W. T. WALTER
WILL Kell at his mart, THIS HORNING,
at 10 o'clock,
Bureaus, Hair-seat Chairs, Safe-s, Secre?
tary, Tables, Crockery, Washstands, Pot
ware, Cook Stove, Shoes, Neatsfoot OH,
Ac. Also, barrels Lard and Pickled Her?
rings. Jan 19 1
ESTATE SALE.
BY CONSENT of heirs, wo will eel!, ak
PUBLIC AUCTION, thc following
property of tho Estate of John Bates, de?
ceased, on TUESDAY, tho 29th instant, at
ll o'clock a. ra.: At the Poa Ridge Planta?
tion, all the Household and Kitchen Fur?
niture, a large lot of Hogs, Cactle, Sheep,
and a lino Buggy and Harness.
And, on the day following, at the White
cotton Plantation, a large lot of Hogs and
Cattle, and alargo quantity of fino Potatoes.
TERMS OK SALE.-All sums under $100,
ca6h; for sums above $100, notes, with ap?
proved security, at twelve months from
dato, with interest annuallv.
JOSE i'll BATES,
JOHN S. BATES,
Jan 1.1 12 Executors.
TO RENT,
QIX COMFORTABLE ROOMS, in :.anita,
0 with garden and other conveniences.
Rent reasonable. Apply to
Jan 19 13 W."s. MONTEITH.
Fine Northern Cabbage.
JUST received, one erato of splendid
NORTHERN CABBAGE, and for salo
bv WM. McGUINNIS.
"Jan 10 _S_
HERRINGS! HERRINGS! !
i)AA BOXES HERRINGS, just received
?\J\J and for salo at 60c. per hos bv .
Jan 19 J. A ?. ii. AGNEW.
POLLOCK HOUSE.
finn H following will be served lin for
X LUNCH. THIS DAY. nt ll '-clock':
Okr . Soup,
Hog's-hi ad Cheese,
Koree Meat Balls,
('(dd Slaugh and >i'.c dishes.
Jun KJ 1 T. M. POLLOCK.
THE subscriber would respectfully
ytSSja inform bis friends and customers
that he has rem ed to his new store,
-on Main street, two doors South of
tho Court House, who1 e is now opening a
largo stock of COOKING STOVES,
RANGES, Parlor and Office STOVES, FUR?
NACES, Plain, Japanned, Stamped and
Planished TIN-WARE, LEAD PIPE, Ac.,
! which will be sold at wholesale and retail.
Tho above is thc largest and best selec?
tion of Stoves, Ac., e ver brought to this
market. A. PALMER.
Jan 19 __ 7
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
THE ladies, gentlemen and young pee*
plc of Columbia, who may bj in want
of "SOMETHING TO WEAR," arc respect?
fully and earnestly invited by tho ladies of
j tho Industrial Association to call at. thoir
1 Work-room, in tho Femalo Academypand
i examine the art ?(des which they have now
j ready for sale. Some ono will always bo
i found ready to exhibit thc ready-made gar?
ments anti to receive orders from thoao
! who may wish to have work done neatly
j and promptly. -
Tho object of tho A--s:;. iation is io fur?
nish constant employment to those who,
having boon impoverished by the war, now
depend on tlio needle for daily bread.
Loi s not such an object commend itself to
t tho hearts nf our Citizens? Or must tho
I anxious applicants for work be told that
\ our people prefer Nordic rn-made gannon to,
; md that mero is, therefore, no moro work
fer them? Shall it be said that such an
Association ;is thia cannot be uu-itftined in
the capital ol South Carolina? Jan 19