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COLUMBIA. Tuesday Moraine:, Jau. 29, 1S67. The United States Senate. We extract the following paragraph from the January number of The Land We Lore: "A friend once related to the writer of this, au incident which occurred in the United States Sonate, when there were statesmen in the then dig? nified body of men. air. Calhoun was making one of his close, compact, logical arguments, when he discov sr- j ed, by the Speaker's eye, that be was not understood. Seeing tho saine i look of vacancy on the countenances ? of other Senators, ho turned and ad? dressed himself to Mr. Webster. An answering gleam of intelligence from the face of the great 'expound? er' showed him that he was followed. He would occasionally stop until a nod from Mr. Webster assured him that all was comprehended. Thus the communing contiuued fur nearly an hour between these mighty minds, no one elso comprehending tho sub? ject under discussion. It was a strange and impressive scen^-, and none like it may ever bo expected to be witnessed in tho same locality again." These Mere thc palmy days of tliG Republic-the days when giant intel? lects and men of sound principles ruled in the councils of the country; but, alas! how fallen and degenerate has that once illustrious body become. No statesmanship, no integrity, no honor now graces thc upper chamber of Congress. In our earlier days the watchword of the people in every section, when troubles threatened and danger appeared immiaent, was "look to the Senate." All this has passed away, and the chairs of that onco illustrious body of statesmen and patriots are filled by grovelling politicians, unworthy of any position whatever in the direction of public affairs. The polished blackguardism ol Sumner has taken the place of the patriotic eloquence and masterly j statesmanship of Webster, und the ] scats once filled by Southern states? men are kept vacant by a pack of demagogues who fear to see thom occupied by those who would uphold and defend the Constitution and thc Government against their rude as? saults upon both. Well may the good and true of the land mourn over such degeneracy. - - Sew Eagland-yow und Thru. There was a convention hold at : Hartford in 1811, iii which the New ; England Statis were fully represent- j ed. The preamble to thc Massachu? setts resolutions introduced into that body, anti which was adopted by it. \ reads as follows: "The Kovereigaty reserved to thc J States waa reserved to protect the citizens from acts of violence eom mittcd by the United States, as well us for purposes of domestic regula? tion. Wc spurn the idea that tho free, sovereign and independent State J of Massachusetts is reduced to amere ? municipal corporation, without power to proicct its people or to defend them from oppression, from what? ever quarter it comes. Wherever the nation;:! compact is violated, and the citizens of this Statt oppressed by cruel and unauthorized enactments, this Legislature is bound to interpose its power, and to wrest from the op? pressor i tr victim. This is the spirit o? our Union." Although thc above named assem? blage was not very patriotic in its motives and designs, yet the adoption of the sentiments contained in the above preamble, show that at least the members entertained just ideas concerning State rights. Where, to-day, stands thia same Massachusetts, and what aro thc sen? timents of the more degenerate de? scendants of degenerate sires? She leads thc v?ui in the bold attempt to wipe out ten "free, sovereign and in? dependent" Slates, and to reduce them into mere municipal corpora? tions. The national compact, in. th J estimation of the men of tho pres nt day from that State, is but "a cove? nant with hell," and because the Southern people, in their respective State Governments, "interposed the power" that they had a right to in? terpose, they must bc reduced to (he position of mere occupants of a con? quered territory. As au exchange very pointedly remarks, Massachu? setts was no match for tho cross be? tween thc Puritan and Yankee. -- -o . - OXE IMPOSITION* STOPPE?.-Plant? ers and employers will be pleased to learn that General Howard positively forbids any charge being made by officcrs of the Bureau for approving contracts. Tims one unjust soureo of filling ?lucers' pockets; is stayed for the present. Finance and Currency. Under thc above heading the New York Tribune has some pertinent re? marks which we present to our read? ers that they may see for themselves tho evidences of the financial storm which is now brewing. That paper says: "As tc the prospectivo action of Congress on finance and currency, our guess may prove quite erro neou8;but it is our impression that tin sum total of the doings of this session will be just about nothing at all. "Wc judge that there is a major? ity in tho House who would be grati? fied if farther inflation and debase? ment could be covered by any decent pretest; we trust that there is no ma jorityr iu either House ready to vent? ure upon it without a pretext. The Senate, we hope, would not vote to inflate whether with or without a pre? text, but it has not yet broken ground for prompt resumption; and does not allow us to forget that it originated the provision of last session whereby the Secretary of thc Treasury was forbidden to make good the Govern? ment's greenback promises to pay. Until fmthcr developments, we shall presumo that proximity of the 4th of March and the urgency of other business will preclude decisive action on tho currency at this session. Meantime, Secretary Mcculloch will go on with his regular withdra'.val and destruction of greenbacks at the rate of $4,01)0,000 per month. That is not much, but it is better than no? thing. "As to the various projects w hich look to the wholesale withdrawal of thc notes of our national banks and their replacement by greenbacks, we regard them all with complacency, if not with positive favor; but wc insist that resumption shall be thc fi "st step. Let us have no more sys terna ic national falsehood. When our green? backs were first authorized and issued, it was with a distinct understanding that they should be convertible into interest-bearing bonds, at the option of thc holder, and that they should bc redeemed in coin at the earliest possible day. They were issued as a gigautic forced loan, in satisfaction ol our imperiled Union's urgent, impe? rious needs. The expedient scarcely differed little in principle from, bul j was au improvement upon, that de? basement of the coinage so familial to the despot ic rulers of thc middle ages. Its justification is found ii: thc national peril wherein it origi nated, and which it powerfully aided to overcome. Bnt, though a wear\ army may be marched fiv; miles fur thor oa the stimulus of a gill of whis key per mau, it by no means follow, that its efficiency would be incrcaset I by keeping it drunk evermore. It v. I high time that we began to taper off J for, though getting sober is a less de j licious experience than that of get ting il rn uk, it is decidedly mort wholesome, and the lapso of timi renders it indispensable. "When the greenbacks were firs issued, they were tacitly regarded a? promises to pay so soon as we could so soon, at least, as the stress of wa: should have passed away. Now tba wc have peace and are ?laying off tin national debt rather thau incurring it, let us resume payment; at al events let ns not multiply falsehood which have not even the doubtfu merit of deceiving. Only let tin Treasury resume payment in coin and then, if there be an equitabl mode of replacing our bank note cur rencyby greenbacks, we havr. not th least objection." SotrniEKx RAILKO.VDS.-A table which is published, shows that th Southern railroads owo tho Unite? States Government ?=0,570,000 fo rolling stock and material sold fe them after the close of tho war. Th Boston Advertiser says: It will be observed that, at the dat of this report, July 1, IStiG, but liv of the forty-seven companies thcreh named had paid their indebtedness On that d i.y, there fell due the sim of $875,000, of which, as has bee: ascertained from other sources, bnt ? very small percentage was paid. Ove S 1,000,000 fell due on tho 1st of th present month, of which, also, but small amount was paid. The aggie gate duo from t he various com pan ie is about the same now as it was las July, the payments by a few of thee barely covering the interest:? fallin, due from others. fortunately, our South Carolin railroads only seem to oweabout S?24, 000. Tho largest debt is that of th Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad $1,5GO,000; and thc smallest that c the Mitscogee Railroad, S5,'20>). DEOWMED.-We regret to learn thr, a young man by the name of Walk? said to lie. a son of that well-know and much esteemed citizen, Joh Walker, Esq., of Cross Auchoi Spartan burg District, was drowued i? attempting to cross Reedy Ri vol at Fishdam Ford, near Joel's Bridgt ia this District, on Monday last From accounts, tho young man wu unacquainted with tho lord, an entered the river too high, und thu rode his horse off tho bank int twelve feet water. Being taken una wares, hu must have lost his balance and fell off the horse and was drowned Tho horse made his escape. [ Laurentiuse ilk I Ii ral I. -- ?? a The court hon.so of Mitchell Conn ty, Georgia, was destroyed by hr last week. RUSSIAN RULE IN POI-AND.-By pe? rusing tbe following articlo from the Berlin correspondence of the London limes, of December 31, the reader can very well understand why it is that tho Czar of all the Russias is so popular with tho radical party of the j United States, and why that party in Cougross passed that distinguished officer a resolution of thanks: I "In tho meantime, Russia is deal? ing with her own Poles according to j 1. .r wont. On the 10th of November, j u Dracouio sentence was pronounced I at Irkutsk upon tho PoKs.ii exiles who had taken ap arms egaiust the authorities and attempted to tight their way to China and Japan. Seven of their number, ascertained to be ring-leaders; wero shot. Of 191 others who took part in several skir? mishes, every tenth man is to be shot, and the rest subjected to 100 lashes of the knout. If there should bo any survivors after this terrible execution, they will bo .sent to the mines for life. A third category, comprising ninety-two persons, will be put to hard labor; a fourth, of 133 persons, placed under strict super? vision ; and the rest-260 in number though acquitted of direct participa? tion in tho mutiny, deprived of the privilegeo| locating themselves where they please. That a number have effected their escupe appears from the Russian Government applying to the Chinese authorities to keep a sharp lookout for Polish fugitives wander? ing about the country. The cost of suppressing the rebellion is computed at 39,000 roubles-a large sum in Siberia-justifying the inference that a good deal of trouble, was occa? sioned." A TOUCHING PICTURE.-Tho New York World draws tho. following pic? ture of the charitable out-pourings of the Massachusetts Samaritans, who are so deeply concerned at tho suffer? ings of the rebellious Greeks: "Gen. Butler, for example, blub? bering at the accounts of the cruel behavior of a Pacha in Candia, runs up to tho platform from which Mr. Phillips is setting forth the sufferings of tho Greeks, and flings down a dozen albata spoons taken hy him as being pure silver from au obstinately rebellious lady's cupboard in New Orleans. Gen. Banks, scandalized at the confiscation nf several drums of figs by a Turkish Admiral, oilers two bushels of damaged Red River cotton and a bottle of Portland elixir. Kx-Gollector Goodrich, of Boston and Berkshire, sends a pack? age of counterfeit currency, put off upon him in liquidation of fines from a corrupt importer, who has subsequently emigrated to Australia. An eminent Unitarian clergyman, who gave his son to the country a simple second lieutenant and got him back a full major-general, hands over to the valiant defenders of Arkadi a set ol' coral children's bcHs and a da? maged piano, obtained in the nursery of a malignant Carolina aristocrat. We hope that the good work may go bravely on. And when all that eau bo collected has been collected, we devoutly trust that Mr. Wendell Phillips, Gen. Butler, Gen. Banks and Charles Sumner maybe appoint? ed a committee to take the New Rug land contribution out to Candia, with instructions to romain in the E.."^t until they shall have reconstructed, not Crete alone, but all Hellas and Asia Minor, together with Mesopota? mia and ?Syria, into the exact likeness of the ancient and fish-like common? wealth of Massachusetts.'' NORTH CVIIOLINA.-Thc Union lie i i.i</,'r .s the title of a new radical sheet just started at Greensboro, N. C. In his salutatory, tho editor says : "We, of course, advocate) the prin? ciples of tho amendment, 'only moro so;' but the members of the Southern Legislatures would have been some? thing more or less than man had thej adopted it. It is very much like ask? ing a limn who is io be hung to ad? just tho noose himself, to savo tho hangman the trouble. We cannot see anything so strikingly 'noble' in tlie course of the Southern Legisla? tures in rejecting it; but it was natu? ral and sensible, and we can't blame them for it. In fact, they would have branded themselves the veriest fools extant if they had dune other? wise. They very properly refused tc bc culprit and hangman i?>Ui, and al the same time. Wo never expected them to do otherwise, and can't sec how any sensible man could." Finn.-The alarm of fire in Ward S, between 12 and 1 o'clock Saturday night, was caused by the binning oi a two-story frame buildiug on But ledge Avenue, corner of Mount street, nearly opposite Shepherd. Tiie building, which was entirely consumed, was owned and occupied by Mr. P. Cleary, ami insured foi $1,200. Mr. Cleary and family were asleep on tho breaking out of the tin?, and were aroused by an oilicer <d tho guard, who first discovered the (lames. They had barely time to make their e-cape. In addition, tn his loss of fu rn i UM re, &c, $300 in greenbacks were consumed. The lire is attributed to incendiarism. [ Charleston Courier. Advices from tho Plains say that large bodies of Indians are moving Southwards. Old fighters predict war from this cite ?hm >tuuco. RIOT AT FERNANDINA.-Oar city, on Monday last, was a scene of riot-1 ing and lawlessness unknown before in its history, and came near result? ing in the most serious cons?quences. Wo mentioned, in last week's issue, that the Sheriff, in attempting to execute a writ of ejectment, was forcibly resisted and thrust out of the house he was endeavoring to take possession of. On Monday, he summoned to his aid a number of the citizens to serve as a poss . in exe? cuting his writ, and again Paul -''rip pen, and others of like radical pro? clivities, armed some forty or fifty negroes, and, hoisting thc United States Hag ayer tko building in dis? pute, plueed thurn in it, determining to resist tho law. This being the state of the case, and tho Sheriff's force but few in numbers, it was deemed prudent, in order to avoid bloodshed, to postpone action until advice could bu had with thc proper authorities tn the best course to bo pursued. Thus the affair stood until evening, when J. T. Frisbie, the marshal of the city, entered the store of Mr. J. Golding, a peaceable citizen, and behaving in a rude and unbecoming manner, was ordered to leave, and upon his refusal to do so, was forced out and tho door shut. Frisbie then gave orders to a lot of negroes ho had at his bidding to break the doors and sack the build? ing, which w?s attempted, the doors being cut in with axes, und had not Mayor Riddell, Mr. 13. B. Andrews, Gen. Finnegan and several other gen? tlemen, interfered promptly, it cer? tainly would have ended in the most serious consequences. This is a sim? ple statement of the facts in the ease, and we may wei1 ask the question, have we civil law or not? If so, are these things to go unpunished? There are, unfortunately, three or four vile men in our community 'liv? ing by duping and defrauding the poor negro and peshing them for? ward in all their dirty work. So long as these wretches are allowed to remain here, wo may expect disturb? ances and troubles. All the insolence and insubordination of negroes here come from the teachings and bane? ful influence of these trilling mee. [Fernandina {Fla.) Courier, Jan. li?. TlvIBTJTE FROM AN Ol l'ONENT.-Thc New York Tribune, commenting on tho rejection of the constitutional amendment by thc Southern States, says : "In a singh? instance only -that of Texas- -has this rejection been couch? ed in indecorous or insulting terms. Usually, the manner lias been unex? ceptionable, if not even courteous." After stating that the reason assign? ed is a refusal to "punish their lead? ers for doing work they had assigned them," the Tribune conquest "This rejection, then-or rather, this reason for such rejection-has n manly aspect that appeals to every generous mind. But, whether yon agree in this view or not, the fac? remains. There are fourteen State; that will Tiot ratify the amendment and it cnn only be carried over theil heads by ignoring them in the court and assuming that three-fourths o: the State.--, at present represented ii Congress will suffice to ratify it That assumption, however, will cer tainly be controverted in the Supremi Court and probably overruled. Afte our recent experience, this is thurocl to be avoided." -? ? - THE SAINTS.- Like all sinners win see the end of their days approach iug, tho Nashville Press and Time grows religious in its conversation: "Ijct us do our duty and God, win protects his saints on earth, as ii Heaven, will bless us with an abid iug Christian victory." By "saints on earth" our Nash ville cotemporary means, of course the radicals-which is a pretty hcav; joke on thc saints in thc other place Thc Norfolk Journal, making :r appeal in behalf of tho poor of tba city, says: What makes it worse, is, that very great portion of this desolatio; exists in the families of those wh have died on the. battle-field. Oil remember the. orphans of thoa whose fathers' bones lie. bleaching o every field from M.massas to Appc mattox Court House, and let ne these poor children suffer from eel e.nd hunger. William Hartly, living near Wi! mington, North Carolina, drove off dozen robbers, who recently sui rounded his house and ordered him t remain within while they robbed hi meat house. Being willing to sav his bacon, he loaded his guns an sallied forth, received their iiro an returned it, and then retreated int thc house to load again. Ho ker up these tactics till ho drove ol! th party and saved his meat, and wa but slightly wouuded. Lieut. H. H. Adams, who was r( ported among the killed of the tran: Mississippi Department, and ha been mourned as dee.! by his famil for years, returned on Christmas D i to Iiis home in St. Charles Couuty Missouri. Ile ?md been absent cigli yerra, five of which he had served i the Confederate army. Wo learn that a corporal and fon privates, attached to the gariison ? Anderson C. H., and who were o duty ut tho Government stable; made a raid on the horses and carrie off live. Mr. Crosby has purchased tli Crosby Opera House from W. J Lee, who won it, for $200,000. FIFTEEN THOU ?AND WORKMEN IDLE. Our readers will be prepared, from the statistics which we have already given them, to hear that, according 1 to the v i tc of a New York paper, 1 there ari OOO men in tho United Slates out of steady work, in some one way or another, com e^tcd with ship-building'. This particular in? dustry was at one time in a most nou? rishing condition in tlie United States, giving employment to a large number of artisans and mechanics, and adding to the national wealth. Why is it depressed now? Simplv because, by the operation of tiie un? natural laws of protection, thc build? ers are not enabled to get the mate? rials which enter into th?1 manu facture ol' ships at their market price. Thc customs duty on iron has been raised so high for the benefit of a small class of iron-masters in Pennsylva? nia, that those who are compelled to use iron have to pay for it a much greater price than they could get it for elsewhere. And so with other articles. Tho iron-masters are "pro? tected" that the ship-builders and thc thousands of families depending upon ship-building should starve; that tile railroads should be so burdened with high-priced rails and machinery that they must charge ruinous freights on the farmers' products. This is always the way in which protection, as it is called, works. A particular kind of industry appears to flourish, but at the cost of some other, or all other, forms of industry. With coal and iron at their very doors, there it. no reason why the Pennsylvania iron men should demand protection; or, in other words, should ask to rob the whole community for their benefit. They ought; with the advantage in their favor of Atlantic freight, insur? ance and other charges, to be able to compete witli foreign nations in the man nf air tine of iron. We have no doubt tiny could, for their profits now are enormous, the whole capital invested often being made, in a single year. Tho result of protecting the iron-masters is tho enhancement of the price of iron, and this enhance? ment forces other people to charge high prices for articles they make into which iron enters; or failing to get this increased price, tho industry fails to the gionnd. This is always the way in which "protection" works The United States will never get on tho right commercial track until they drop the protective system which now hampers the country's progress so frightfully.-Toronto Leader. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ADOPTS ITS BARBER AS A CORPORA? TOR.-The attention of the reader is especially invited to the fact that when, on Friday, a bill was going through to incorporate thc Washing? ton Transportation and Coal Compa? ny, Mr. Wentworth "moved to strike oat tho name of Charles Knapp, Treasurer of the Johnson Committee, and te? substituto for it the name of Johu J. Johnson, the colored barber of the House, who was well known to ail the members, and who was a man of capital and respectability." Tho amendment was adopted by the House. Mr. Knapp is a large gun-making foundry-man, formerly of Pittsburg, Pa., now living in Washington, during the winter, and as a manu? facturer of thc heaviest species of cannon, he reudered the most useful service to his country during the war. The colored barber of the House is a very respectable mulatto, that shaves, curls and kinks the members of Con? gress. Comment upon a proceeding like this is unnecessary, save to add that the House cared nothing for tho cor? porator, but simply desired to insult white men. Its white door-keepers, messengers, ?fcc, could not thus "have been made corporators of, while n negro, only because ho is a negro, is thus petted, and placed in preference to them! What is also remarkable in this, is, that while tho Democratic member; of the House let all this pass in si lenee, because they desire the conn try to see what the House really is no radical member of the. House dareel to raise his voico agaiust it, se triumphant is the negro. [Nein York Exvrcss. ? - -- PORK.- Tho price of pork ought tc recede, for tho Western hog supply of the present season, down to Jan iv arv 12, is announced to be 551,535 hogs shipped, packed and butchered ay compared with 453.457 for tlu same period last year-an increase ol nearly lu), OOO hogs. A young lady at Berlin committee suicide recently because her betroth' ed was among the kille 1 at Sadowa, She was playing on? of Beethoven's senatos on the piano, when she sud? denly left the instrument, opened the window of thu room, and dashed herself on thc pavement below. Tho treasurer of the city of Atlanta is under a cloud. A number of councilmen publish a card, warning their fellow-citizens that he has tnadi an improper use of tho city funds, and the iVcio Era of that city is loud in its demands for a speedy investi? gation of tho circumstances. Mr. Wa'lbrookc, of Shclbyville, Tenn., is tho inventor of a newly patented contrivance for switching rai hay trains off tho track when dan? ger is ahead at the distance o?a quat L ?r of a mile. The papers aro full of cases of fahr burning produced by explosions oi soal oil lamps. Local X"to:?2r*?.3f5 B ABO Ams.- Mr. Mcndo!, on Main street ias really a fino assortment <>f mer shandize, which bc propos?e to sell low. [ic doo's not discount St ito money. Gun READINO BOOM.-Our friends ar<: nvited t<> visit thc Vluenix reading room, ?vhere they will find on file papers and ?lenodicals {'rom every section of the Union, rhe building is open day and night. AUCTIONSALE. Attention is direcled to the salo which taker? place thia morning at tlie mart of Mr. W. T. Walti r, on Assembly strei t. The list, besides th" furniture, embraces a largo variety of articles for consumption and household use. HISTORICAL. -The future historian will bc anxious to Khan thc mi st correct in? formation concerning the desolating march of Sherman; and especially will bo look for a truthful record of .the sack and de? struction "f Columbia. The only true and full statement of the terrible events of tho night of the 17th February, 1SG.">, will bo found in the pamphlet issued from this office. We have been re.?nested to state that thc pews of the Marion Siro t Methodist Church willi).' routed on Wednesday, the 30th of January, at 4 o'clock I'. M. Pew holders, and persons desiring to rent pewa, are invited to atti ie1. A committee ap? pointed by the IJ.>: 1 of Stewards, will be at the church to ceive all applications and to give to applicants all desired infor? mation. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, AI te itiou is call? ed to the following advertisements, which Art published this morning !'->r th" first, i ?me: T. Wibbelt-Bread and Cakes. Apply at this Office- -Bay Board. Edward Sill -Mountain J'-utter. Mrs. Learmont- Evergreens and Hoses. Jacob Bull -Citation Paul U. Chappell. Tire BLUE BIDGIS RAILROAD.-It will be interesting to our readers to learn that there is a probability that that portion of the Road in Tennes? see will be placed under contract in a short time. When the charter was obtained, the State of Tennessee sub? scribed $10,000 per mile, with $100, 000 for the bridge at Knoxville; amounting, in the aggregate, to $000,000. During the last session of the Legislature of Tennesso, $300, 000 was given by thc State, in addi? tion to her former subscription. Besides, Blount County also made a liberal subscription, which is now available. The authority is good for saying that operations will be commenced at Knoxville, at an early day, for tho completion of tho Road in Tennes? see-a distance of fifty miles. And that it is confidently believed that the means will be obtained, ere long, to complete the whole Road. [ Pickens Cuuricr. KENTUCKY.-The New York Herald has the following item: Tho Kentucky L'-gisiatnre is still balloting for United States Se? nator, with little hope of coming to a decision. There are seventy-five conservative and radical Union men in the body, but they refuse to com? promise side issues, and will proba? bly, by such action, insure tho elec? tion of an original secessionist. Sixty-six votes are necessary to n choice. COTTON AND COUN.-The prevailing opinion among the Southern planters is, that they will make moro money by reducing the area planted in cot? ton, as compared with the number of t? hands employed, and devoting more acres to corn. An experienced plant? er says they will make more cotton as well as corn. Official Florida letters says that the Indians of the Everglades have de? termined tj keep the negroes as ; 'aves. They deny the jurisdiction c i tho laws. Trouble is apprehend? ed. Negroes aro colonizing on St. John's River. Gen. Ely has arrived from South Carolina with 800 emi? grants. MAIUUAC.E ot' TUE "Azri:c Cit IL DREN."-Thu human monstrosities known here some years ago as tho "Aztec Children," have recently been inhibited in England. The London papers ?vport that they were married in that city, on the 7th instant. Mr. L. A. Osborne, a highly re? spected Christian gentleman, died suddenly of over exertion and ex? posure, " at tho residence of Wm. Hunter, Esq., at Walhalla, on Satur? day night tho 10th inst. Of tho "Spalding Grays," which left Griffin, Ga., at the beginning of thc war, loOstroug, only .eleven could be mustered last week to assist at tho re interment of a gallaut comrade. The library of Luigi Manini, last Doge of Venice, is to be sold at Leipse this month. The library con? tains '2.33S works, many of them of great historical value. The return of gross sales made by the auctioneers of the city of New Orleans for the quarter ending De? cember 31st amounted to $ ?/701,001. 1)7. Nicholas Longworth is tho richest man in Cincinnati, his property being valued for taxation at $''J,O0J, 1)00. A West, rn p.?ner says if Brownlow had not posessed a strong constitu? tion he would have "cussed" himself to death long ago. Despatches state that tho Cretan ivar is ended, aud that volunteers have gone bael; to Greece.