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COLUMBIA. Thursday Having, August 15,1867. Our observation of tho reports in -om-Southern exchanges justify us in saying that tho prospects for even a moderato crop are diminishing. The seasons have been unfavorable, and it now can bo calculated, within a reasonable proximity, what tho yield . will Joe. So far os we can learn, that . yield wiii full short of an average, even oivtho limited breadth of ground planted. -Tho stock on Sand is very low, . and tho quality inferior. It is stated that .the amount on hand and on ship? board is less than 100,000 bales, and that probably not lesB than 25,000 AM?CS of that on shipboard is bound for foreign ports. Tho amount, thorofore, really available for Ameri? can ?consumption, will probably not exceed 75,000 bales, and most of this is of inferior grades. Thia, taken in connection with the prospect of a di? minished snpply and the lateness of the season, is considerably disturb? ing tho calculations of American spinners and manufacturers. It requires about 15,000 bales per week to supply American spindles, and from this dato until tho new crop begins to come freely into market, say nine weeks, 135,000 bales will bo required. It has been shown above .that not over 75,000 bales can be thrown on the markets-and it is - doubtful even if this amount will bo offered, many parties preferring to hold on for better prices-so that thero will be 00,000 bales deficiency, even for the supply required by home . manufacturers. This may, to a great . extent, account for tho Now England i mills stopping or running short timo, and shows the sagacity of thoso East .orn capitalists-lords of the spindle .and loom. What our Southern plant? ers may choose to do with their coming orops, or tho stock on hand, wo do not know; wo give tho above .facts and figures for their considera? tion, with thc inference drawn there? from, that thore can scarcely bo any declino in the price of tho staple. ?General Grunt in thc Cabinet. General Grant's letter, addressed . to Stinton, the ex-Secretary of War, publishod in our telegraph column yesterday, is proof cleur as Holy Writ that he has thrown himself into -tho arm." of thc President's policj'. Ile says: "In notifying you of my acceptance;" in other words, he re? cognizes not the tenure of office bill, but the President's nomination. He accepts that nomination, and is now a member of the Cabinet. As a raom -ber of tho Cabinet, ho expresses to Stanton his appreciation of "the zeal, firmness oud ability with which he bas discharged the duties of Sec? retary of War." In other words, Grant says to Stanton: "You are out; I um in; thank you!" This is ono ol* the signs of tho times, which, in the Presidential race, is bound to tell for Grant as thc next numinco of a great conservativo Union party. If tho North will concedo to tho wealth and intelligence of the South the pri? vilege of voting for Grant, under cer? tain considerations, we will elect him. Meanwhile, wc wait on further de? velopments. Public opinion is like ii shuttle-cock-always shifting. AlUlliSTED.-Charles E. Hooks, charged with robbing n United Sentes officer of $10,000 in greenbacks, Go? vernment property, while tho oillcial was in one of tho hotels of Charles ion, has been arrested at tho North, and brought back to Charleston for trial. - jVTr. Wm. Spires, of EdgC?cld, has rcaigued tho office of sheriff of that District. His successor lins not yet been named by Gen. Sickles. TETS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WORDS AiAt> ACTS.-^Thq(|e Who took the tr?uble/-to scan the votes of Seuator "Wilson- during tho last Congress, would hardly recognize th? following passago as a possible ?manation from him; yet it is a veritable part of a speech delivered by bim at Saratoga. Speaking of tho people of the South, he Haid : They aro more severely conquered than I dreamed of. I tell you here to-night, that the peuple of tbat sec? tion of the country put into tho con? test all they bad of blood and trea? sure, and they wore defeated-utterly annihilated-their powers gone. No man who loves bis country and his fellow-men, and who regards those States as part of the country, and tho people ac part of his countrymen, can witness the condition of that sec? tion without having his heart soften? ed and stirred within him. For my? self, whilo I spoke to them plaiu words, I desired to speak to them in kindness, and in thirty-two speeches I made iu that section of the country, to various kinds of audiences, I never received a hiss, whisper, or an un? kind word. * * * * For myself, I want no more punish? ments than havo already been inflict? ed on these men. They have suffered, and havo been disappointed more than auy body of men in the history of tho world. THE COMING REVULSION.-Tho fol? lowing significant paragraph is taken from an editorial in tho New York World: The joy of the Republicans ut tho prospect of securing the whole negro voto shows how insecure they consi? der their ascendancy iu the North. If they could hold what they have in the Northern States, it would be of no consequence to them whether the South elected Republicans or Demo? crats. The States they coutrol nt present elect a majority of both houses of Congress, and eau elect the Presi? dent. But they seo that slight changes in the North, changes much smaller than often occur from year to year, would shako their power to its founda? tion. The change, for example, of about G,000 votes in each, would give the Democrats tho two great States of New York and Pennsylvania, with their fifty-nine electoral votes; and taking fifty-nine from one side and adding them to the other, would make a difference of 118 in thc result. Al? though tho Northern Democrats have but a few members of Congress, they I form' nearly half of the Northern j people. This is why the Republicans ? attach such supremo importance to J tho uegro vote. But tho oegro vote cannot save their party from impend? ing overthrow. The North, in the hands of the Democrats, as well as the North in the bauds of the Repub? licans, is strong enough to coutrol the j Government; and the disordera and disgusts which will flow from negro j rule in tho South will bo the chief ? means of gainiug for us the votes we j lack to make the Demo "-atic party a majority. MOKE COOLIES.-It would seem that John Chinaman will sooner or 1 later drive, the African from the fields of Southern industry, aud force him J to seek a precarious e xi ateneo among ! his friends of a higher latitude. A . Havana correspondent notices the . arrival of four more cargoes of coolies, j comprising altogether 1,082 of those I yellow-skinned "apprentices." This i was the importation of a single week, i boing nt tho rate of 50,000 a year. Tho ships employed were all sailing under the Spanish colors. These coolies aro shipped direct to I Havana, from whence numbers of j them are finding their way to tho ' Southern portions of tho United States. GERRIT SMITH.-Mr. Gerrit Smith, of Now York, a lifo-long Abolitionist, in a recent letter, expressed tho fol? lowing sentiment: "Great is my fear that this de? manding of too much for the blacks, ; as conditions of 'reconstruction' and terms of peace between tho North and South, will not only injuriously affect their spirit und character, but I will in tho end leave them in posses? sion of less rights, less property, less advantages, than would havo boen cheerfully conceded to moro mode? rate demands for them." Tho doctrine of human equality is like, said Bounycreddlc, unto af?? male canine with a litter. Why? Be ! cause it ia a dog-ma. Once again i may Douglas Jerrold bo quoted as a sage, for, says he, "dogmatism is puppyism grown to maturity. I' i I I lllfll I - F. G. DrfFontnine, Esq., Private Secretary to GOT. rjPfrr, will accept our thanks for various items of in? formation; attainable only through the Executive Office. I ( -"'->.--'?. . '*%. TEA S?X TO RA??K.-A haudsomo silver-plated ten set, belonging to an unmarried man, is offered for raffle. The articlos eau bo seen at the Pita? WM? office. Fifty chances, at Si per chance. CAPTURED.-Belton Cline, (ono of the murderers of Alex. Walker,) who broke jail in Chester, has been cap? tured in Mississippi, and is probably now on his way to Chester, for trial. Cline confesses that he was also con? nected with the murder ot Mr. Lem. Lane, of Newberry. To ont FELLOW-CITIZENS.-We do not know that there is any necessity for penuiug this article; but, at least, it can do no harm, and may he pro? ductive of some good. We will wit? ness to-day a new experiment in j political affairs-the initiation of a new class of enfranchised citizens into the first process of exercising their rights ns freemen and ns mem? bers of the political body which here? after will frame our laws as well ns form the constitution upon which these laws will be bused. Such an event must necessarily produce some excitement among those whom it moro directly affects, if it were only from the novelty of their position; I but we trust that nothing beyond this natural. ebullition of feeling will be manifested. Twelve days-six each to thc two voting precincts-is allowed for regis? tration in this city; thus affording ample time and opportunity for all to register without crowding or confu? sion. The registrars will doubtless have every possible arrangement made to preserve order in the mode of registering, and it should be tho aim of every good citizen to avoid Auy conduct and everything that would contribute to it, which might tend to obstruct them in the discharge of their duties. If the proper spirit prevails-if the act of registration be considered a high duty appcrtuining to citizenship, divested of political or partisan prejudices-then nil, the new and tho old class of voters, will discharge it os becomes a law-abiding community, and thus contribute to the public peace and order. We j hope and believe this will be thc . case, ar.3 that we will not have tc chronicle the first symptom of dis ; order. GOLD-OCR MINERAL RESOURCES. j R. Weam, Esq., exhibited to us, tin i other day, a magnificent specimen o: j ore, which wus found on the land o j Mrs. Wilson, of Abbeville District j The specimen was quartz and flint , with sulphur and pyrites, coated witl i scoria or pumice, which contains fret gold abundantly, and is apparently very rich in the precious metal. Mrs Wilson's land is, we believe, nbou seven miles South-west of the villng* ! of Abbeville, and lies on the sanii : belt with the famous Dorn mine. There can be no doubt but the in dications, judging from this speci men, will eventually lead to rici veins of the precious metal. Herc i j an opportunity for Northern eapitu and business capacity to invest, wit' the certainty of a rich return. Nc only in the section of the Stato re ferred to, but in some of the Nord eastern Districts also, fire embedde ; minos of wealth, needing only capiti und labor to develop them. Whe will that propitious timo come, v.hei our State will be prepared to wolcom both to the great work of retrievin lier shattered fortunes, by siinpl causing tho earth to yield its tret sures? Lot all tho ends we aim at b tho hastening of that day. . . . w? MftU . .. ...... . TlpT CASE*?? O?XKLES RA^fTMFyg ARTJMDWBN ImLY.-aTheso young meit having plea?"gu?ty" to the charge of ^assault spd bittery'* on Wm. J. Arrastrorig and J. Q. Thompson, have been sentenced by a Military Com? mission "to be imprisoned for six months in such place as thc Major General Commanding tbe Second Mi? litary District may direct." Fort Macon, North Carolina, hus been de? signated as the place of confinement. Wo cannot but regret this tenn i na? tion of an unfortunate affair. Two iutoxicated men, without provoca? tion, assault two persons in a bar? room, on a Sabbath evening. They aro too drunk even to recognize the parties, and fight simply because they have an opportunity. Drunken meu generally do so. They have their coats off before Armstrong or Thomp? son show themselves, and the bar? keeper had tried in vain to make them leave the premises. The affray lasts three or four minutes only, and when it terminates a magistrate is sent for, under whose warrant the assailants are arrested. Armstrong declares in his affidavit, that the assailants were drunk, and with bis companion Thompson acquiesces in tho sugges? tion that the civil authorities shall dispose of the matter, and award the required punishment. Before mid? night. Radcliffe and Daly being in custody, are bailed out, and bound over for trial. The magistrate, Mr. J. T. Zealy, recogui/.ing the fact that the persons assailed are here in a represeutativc capacity, increases the amouut of the bail bond; but they are, nevertheless, under tho laws of the State, released from confinement. At this, Armstrong aud Thompson are dissatisfied, aud the next moruiug appeal to Gen. Burton, Commandant of the Post, who re-arrests tho par? ties. MenuwhileThompson, who, during tho affray acted iu a cowardly man uer, by ruuniug away from his friend Armstroug, who was making a brave fist fight, sends abroad sensation de? spatches, in which the circumstances are entirely falsified, and himself cre? ated a martyr. These despatches reach the ear of Gen. Sickles, and he orders the removal of tho young men to Charleston, aud likewise, without a hearing, tho removal of Magistrate Zealy. ; Radciinu and Daly send to Arm? strong and Thompson au apology, in which they confess their intoxication, and disclaim every thing like preme? ditation or malice aforethought. The citizens also hold a meeting, deplore the event, and urge upon the military authorities that tho civil law shall be permitted to viudicate the communi? ty. Thompson is now in his clement, and as a newspaper correspondent sends his thuuder far and wide. Fail? ing to achieve a cheap notoriety even among his intelligent colored com? peers, ho seeks to become the hero of a bar-room brawl. He succeeds. Who is this Thompson? A letter from a citizen of Washington, now before us, answers the inquiry: "Ho has gono South as a volunteer scribbler for newspapers. Tho gen? tlemen of tho daily press there give him a wide berth, Somo timo ago, he went iuto a bar-room and called for drinks for himself and friends, and not having the "needful," ho wanted the poor Gormau bar-tender to credit him, which he refused to do; whereupon Thompson threw a heavy tumbler at tho bar-keeper, striking him in the mouth and cutting him severely. T. was arrested and put under bonds to keep tho poaco for ono year, in the sum of $300. Ho has sent some ridiculous tolcgrama-to the Press Agent here, about the fight, which the latter throw out of the window into Pennsylvania avenue." So much for Thompson. As stated above, the young men, Radcliffe and Daly, aro paying the penalty of their indiscretion by a long imprisonment, and we regret to see that the military authorities acer npany the General 'Orders-by rt lecture oil the subject of "rows" generally, ?nwiirranted by the circumstances, and which is cal? culated to reflect upon the good sense and quiet of the entire community. Such phrases as "malignant spirit" "political intolerance"-"cruel vio? lence"-"mobs and massncres" "hateful instrnmeuts of despotism" when used iu connection with a re? buke to an innocent people, are not calculated to maintain those kind feelings which ought to exist towards tho "powers that bo," and are not necessitated by the enormity of the offence. So for from defending, we entirely repudiate and cont?mn the action of Radcliffe and Daly; so do all of our citizens, without exception; and it is one of the unfortunate signs of the times, that tho military authorities should seize upon a drunken brawl as tho occasion for an exhibition of ?what we are forced to consider unjust and uncalled-for prejudices against au entire people. A few weeks since, one citi/.en was killed by another. The military au? thorities paid no attention to the matter. They evidently lmd confi? dence iu tho administration of the civil law. Occurrences of a similar nature throughout tho State are like? wise loft for the action of the civil authorities, and we cannot under? stand why, in tho present?jnstauee. two half-insensible, lj^noVerazed men, because they happen to have met in a bar-room two persons from the North, aud there assaulted them with their flsix, should bo punished by a long and severe imprisonment in a fort. . APPOINTMENTS BY THE GOVERNOR. - R. H. Wardlaw, Esq., has been ap? pointed District Judge of Abbeville, vice A. C. Haskell, elected a professor in the South Carolina University. A. N. Dozier and C. C. Smith, Esqs., have been appointed magis? trates for Marion District. Edwin R. Cunningham and Capt. W. M. "Wilson have been appointed magistrates for Edgeiield District the former for the town of Hamburg, and the latter to fill a vacancy in the Horse Creek Board of Commissioners. Wm. F. Lett, Esq., Commissioner of Deeds for South Carolinain New York. George E. Hazlehurst, Esq., No? tary Public for Charleston. PUBLIC DONATIONS.-The last in? stalment of corn and bacon contri? buted by tho Maryland Legislature for the relief of the poor in South Carolina, recently arrived in Charles? ton, consigned* to Messrs. James Adgor & Co., and under the direction of the Governor, has been distri? buted in those portions of the State where suffering still exists. About 15,000 bushels corn and 40,000 pounds bacon have thus, by the generosity of the noble Marylanders, been applied in this State alone to relieve the pre? vailing distress. Reports Are made to the Executive Department by the various gentlemen appointed to dis# tribute these supplies, and show the existence of a degree of destitution that is appalling. In many of the Districts, 100 bushels of corn have been distributed among 400 and 500 families. The instructions boiug to ; make no distinction in race, and to , select, as far as possible, tho young, the aged and infirm, who have not \ tho ability of earning their daily i bread. More than half of this corn has boen distributed among the co? lored people. N*;w AJ>vK..u-r.AU.vrs.-Attention ia vail ed ib tl?o follir.viti;,'advertisements, whicL ' aro published this morning for Ino tirs; lime Miss Elmore-School for Young bailie.-. Childs, Johnson ?fe Palmor-Employm':. P. A. Schneider-Cigars and Tobacco. DufUo & Chapman -German Books. - .**.??- - _ A lino lot of Desrable Goods have jnsl j been opened by Mr. It. C. Shiver, who util! j adheres to his popular principle of gdod : articles for little money. Read bia adver 1 tiscnient, and then examine the goods.