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PAMS, ?$S^ art ?i*. stotenoes ol the .nhirderere ^Lthe ' penal ta i^u,,^;4^h^ihfe?^to p orri FranooirV for Ufo; La tem It ia believed Urevcy, President ot tue Assembly, Viii beoieoted Vice-Pr?sident , It is reported tb at duri DR the orieis caused by tho four oi Thiers witbdraw iog, tho agents of . the Imperialists cir* opiated among the offloers ol the army, and sought to ascertain their disposition toward tho empire, and : whether there was any feeling liv favor of ' restoration. AliBXAironiAj EGYPT, January . 23. 1 Tho steamer Nada ] encountered a heavy , -wave, sweeping the deck from stem to stern, drowning thirty-five natives. MADBI?, January 28.-The Cortes met- Herrira,.tbe ministerial candidate, . defeated fdr President, w>ioh wili ? probably lead to ministerial changes. " TJOKDO?, January ^.-^-The African mail steam packet MacGregor was . wrecked. The passengers, crew and specie wcro saved. i The elaina of the Tiohborne claimant are weakening. ?100 Tichborne bonds have declined to ?18. Ataerleam lDteliiecnce. . SAP PitAHOTSOO, January 23.-The dis? cussion in .the .Chamber of Commerce shows a strong-disposition to gire direot ;.'aid to the Atlantic 1 andi Pacific Road, in order to Hooure uuiutorruptod comuiuui aation at all seasons. OOli'' Washington, editor of tlie Ex . abirwjf?'-is rep?rted dying. ,. The wheat orop hvestimated at 12,000, 000" sacks-worth 821,000,000 on the ground. . . GHBYJENNB, January 23.-The Union Pacifia Road ia blockaded Westward to 1 an unknown extent, .rt u NEW 'YORK, January 23.-The police raided on three Broadway conoert sa? loons. , * : il Lieet was directed to inform the com? mittee exactly how the profits of the ge? neral order business were invested. Hopworth has oommenoed the orga? nization of - an ; orthodox congregation, with 250 families. A. 'Herald special, dated Matamoros, - tho 15th, says Travino left Saltillo to at / ta?k Sab Loni?. Gen. C?rrelos, com? manding the Government cavalry, was defeated by Gen. Martinez. C?rrelas retreated to San Louis. Two-thirds of his forbes were lost. It it calculated Tre . vino con- concentra to 6,000 against San ' 'Lo?is. 'The Russian fleet has sailed for Pen? sacola. OMAHA, January 23.-A quorum was obtained in .the Legislatur?, which passed a resolution declaring the gnber . natorial chair vacant, and providing for y the election of a Governor by joint ses? sion. The arrest of the ohief Clerk of tho House was ordered, but the Clerk Was released on habeas corpus. At the close, either. House laoked a quorum, and the Governor will ref oso to acknow? ledge the. Ant, ousting him. CHICAGO, January 23,--Alderman Glade, ooevicted of bribery, Was sen? tenced to $100 fine, costs of sait, and six months' imprisonment. WASHINGTON, January 23.-In tho Se . nate, petitions wera presented for Ham . ner's civil rights bill and a -repeal of the dnty on Bait, pig iron and coal. The Judiciary Committee repeated the Hpuse apportionment, bill, with amendments, andmrge early action. ' 'WASHINGTON, January 23- Even in g, Emory telegraphs. tho Secretary of War that everything is quiet in New Orleans. Coll'Leonard, a staff officer of Gov. Wartnoath, is here. The Louisiana Committee expect to be absent three Weeks. The apportionment bill, as passed by the House, provides for 283 members. The amendments proposed by the Se? nate Judiciary Committee propose to keep the number as at present, with a ratio of representation at 147. Divided . by this ratio, the States would have 276; bat the fall number of Representatives ?3 toi be made up by the addition of se? venteen Representatives from those States having the largest fractions over one-half the ratio. In these seventeen States are included Tennessee, Mary? land, North Carolina, West Virginia, Louisiana and Georgia. In the Senate, the entire day was oc? cupied with amnesty, without progress. The House went into committee of tho whole on appropriations. Garfield discassed the finuuues generally. < The President bas withdrawn the nomination of Willard Warner, to be Collector of Customs at Mobile. Probabilities-Tba barometer will con? tinuo rising during the nigbt East of the Mississippi Valley, and extending East? ward to the Atlantic ooast, with falling temperature. North-westerly to North? erly winds and clearing weather will pre? vail very generally during to-night and on Wednesday, excepting possibly over the lake region. The pressure will di? minish over the North-west daring tbe night, extending its inflaenoe on Wednes? day to the Ohio Valley and Lake Huron; the winds baoking to Westerly and Southerly, with increased cloudiness. ANNAPOLIS, January 23.-The jury re? tired at 2 o'clock. Shortly alter retiring, they sent a request for chairs, whioh WOB granted. A reoess was taken to await the action of the jury. The Jadge didn't oharge the jory. ST. LOUIS, January 23.-Ia the session of the Israelite order of B'nai B'nerith, yesterday, resolutions wore offered by J. Wolff, of Cincinnati, and signed by every member of tho convention, depre? cating, in strong termB, tho introduction of ologieol matters into tho Constitution of tho United Staten, or thc interference, in auy manner, with the unlimited exer? cise of the right of religious liberty in America. Njrw Yo BK. January 23.-Th? olty loan ?9\tot ^fWfWis?ri.oi.II?l?M, has . ?***'oV- the I General Session!) Will bring in forty ot .fifty indictments against prominent ex officials, for frauds, aggregating fifteen wUt?^dollera. -"'.' OHAB?^SXOM, Bv ;CT., January 23. Forty-nine of the. Ku Klux prisoners, recently oonvioted and sentenced at Oo lumbia, roa'oQo? here to-day, under a. strong guard of United States troops.' Twenty-four were put aboard the steamer Charleston, whioh sailed for New York this afternoon. They are to be im? prisoned at'Albany. The rest are con? fined in Charleston jail. BOSTON, January 28.-The Board of Trade petitioned for weekly mail honoe tb Liverpool and Loudon. Financial and Commercial. COLUMBIA, 8. 0., January 28.-Sales Lol cotton, to-day, 150 bales- middling 20o. LONDON, January 28-Noon.-Consola 192%. Bonds 92>?. PASIS, January 23.- Rentes 56f. 40o. LIVERPOOL, January 23- 3 P. M.-Cot? ton opened quiet and is now dall-up? lands -dO^; Orleans 10%; sales 10,QUO bale?; Speculation and export 8,000. " IirvJEBFobii, January 23-Evening. Cotton closed doll-uplands 10-56; Or? leans 10}?. Yarns ana' fabrics quiet and firm. ' , .< HAVANA, January 23.-Sugar activo Ad firm. NEW Yonx, January 23-Noon. Sales of futures, last evening, 2,150 bales, us follows: February, 2115-16, 21%; March 22)?, 22 9-16; April 22%, 22 13 16; June. 23, 28}?. Stocks heavy. Guvctluuvut? duli but ?teadj. Money easy? at 6(al7.:. Gold steady, nt 8%. Ex? change-long 9,-?; abort 9%. Flour dull .and d?qllnlfig. WJheat qrriet and heavy. vOort^ doll, and declining. Perk steady-Wes*' 1487@14.oO. Lord quite steady, at 9X@9 9-16- Cotton quiet uplands 22j?; Orleans 22%; sales 800 bales. Freights steady. 7 P. M.-Money activo, at 6(2)7. Some savings banks are fortifying themselves, causing a scarcity of onrrenoy on Wall street. Sterling dull, at 9^?9^. Gold 8%@9. Governments oloaed doll, at ??e. lower. 62s 10)6. States strong and ute arty. Teonossees 67%; new 67}^. Virginias 50; new 52. Louisianas 55; new 50; levees 60; 8s 70. Alabamas 90; 5s 60. Georgias 70; 7s 85. North Ca? rolinas 32; new 15. South Carolinas 50; new 27J?- Cotton steady; sales 2.110 bales - uplands 22??;. Orleans 22%. Flour dall and drooping-oomaloo to fair extra (3.75@7,35; good to choice 7.30 @9 50. Whiskey steady, at 92. Wheat heavy and lower-winter red Western 1.5S@1.63. Corp a shade easier, ut 70? ? 71 >?. Pork 14.37@14.60. Beef steady. Lard barely steady. Freights dull. Sales of futures to-day, 7*300 bales, as follows: January 21%, 211816; Febru? ary 21?; I 21%, 2113 16, 2115 16; March 22^.22 7-16. 22Ja, 22 9-16; April 22%, 22 13-16; M?y 2-K. 22#; June 23, 28>?, 2215-16. j . Ci N o I N N ATI , Jannary 23.-Floor lower - family 6.80@7.O0. Pork-holders anxions, at 13.00; 14.00 asked. Lard quiet. Shoulders 6J?; sides 7J?@7%. Whiskey stiff, at 88. 1 LOUISVILLE, January 23.-Bagging un? changed. Flour fir rn-extra family 6.50. Corn quiet. Pork 13.50. Bacon aotive abd firm-shooldare 6J? ; sides 7)?(g>7%. Lard firm, nt 9@10. Whiskey 88. SAVANNAS, January 23.-Cotton firm but in light demand-middling 21; re? ceipts 6,062 bales; sales 1,500; stook 82,859. O H AH L HST o N , January 23.-Cotton quiet-middling21; receipts2,269 bales; sales 100; stock 35.841. No&KOiiK, Jaonary 23.-Cotton qniet -low middling 20@20??; receipts 1,505 bales; stock 4,618. MOBILE, January 23 -Cotton quiet middling 20%; receipts 1,020 bales; sales 500; stook 64,242, BOSTON, January 23.-Cotton qniet middling 22%; receipts 1,750 bules; sales 500; stock 9,000. Nsw OKLEANH, January 23.-Cotton quiet-middling21@21%; receipts 3,312 bales; sales 5,500; stook 195,004. BALTIMORE, January 23.-Cotton quiet and steady-middling 21%; receipts 620 bales; sales 410; stook 3,287. AUGUSTA, January 23.-Cotton dnll middling 20}?; receipts 300 bales; sales 450. GALVESTON, January 23.-Cotton quiet -good ordinary 19%; receipts 2,110 bales; salea 500: ?took 18,662. WILMINGTON, January 23.-Cotton firm-middling 20%; receipts 83 bales; sales 80; stock 4,724. His HEAD'S LEV?I?.-The Carolinian, of North Carolina, gives the following as a negro member's speech on paying the State debt in the Legislature, the other day: "Gentlemen, how ia wo goin* to pay dis thing? Don't the members say wo uro bankrupt? How ken a bankrupt pay a debt? Say! I Bay this: I say that every mun in this chamber, and outside of it, ia a counterfeit/" General Grant is in trouble again. The severe frosts of the late cold spell have exposed the worthlessness of the Seneca stone more thoroughly than any other influence. It was full of water, and the sharp frost had split it into fragments aa thoroughly ns it gunpowder bad been used. At the new State De? partment building and other public works in Washington, tho blocks have literally fallon to pieces. There aro signs of a breaking Up ju the ranks of the lie publicans in Fruuou. Tho Domocrucy of Gumbotta is too mihi to suit the extreme tendencies of tin-day. The great firms throughout England are, one by one, yielding to the demands ol' tue workmeu for a reduction in the hourn of labor to fifty-four per week. ,Ct Eloquence. int) on th? 15th, wbJl?rtbo\Tierwp^t6l/Bernen ne pro? ceeding td ?Ire ,tha antecedente and aubae quenta of Rob art, whose surname ia Scott, the irrepressible liyas rose to a pint of order. The Speaker said : "The gentleman will otate bia point of ord<jr." The gentleman pro? ceeded tb ?tate, tboBly: "Mr. Speaker,! con tend tbat no member* of thia HOUBO, nor ol the Hobeo pf BepreaentatlTB? of any 8taU in the American, Union, (here was_ whore the oone at ion carno in,) hms' the right 'upon the floor ot tho Honso to a?aall the Governor ol tho State, either in regard to bia private repu? tation, on-r-r-r his public reputation, air." At thia point, the sensation on :the floor of tho House waa so great that the ba? lance of the gentleman's statement of hia "pint of order waa lost to this writer, who had a position In the gallery. Rut at the oloBOof the gentleman's remarks, the Speaker ruled that nit point waa no point at aU "point no point"-and Rowen prooeeded to ventilate the "moral uakedoeas" of his Ex? cellency. ARGUS. AV ti I cn Mast We Believe) Tho organ of the ring, in ita iaauo of Mon? day, undor the beading of "The Presa on the Kn Klux," gives two extracts from ita North? ern exchanges-one from Harper's Weekly, the other from tho New Jersey National Standard. Harper, with all bia bitter preju? dices against the white people of the South, saya: "There ia ovidonce that tho better por? tion of the 'Southern people diacountenanoe tho outrages committed by the Ku Klux banda." Tina every man of iutolligonce koowa to be the true state of the. case; and yet the unscrupulous aheot that trios to up? hold the carpet-hag plunderers of thia State in tboir acts of rascality and rogaory, stickies at nothing that may tend to induce the im? pression abroad that the "bolter portion of the Southern white people" have been the in? stigators ot the violent deeds of tho Ku Klux. The second oxtraut published by tho truth loving organ o' tba riug shows that in ita fla? gitious designs against the "better portion" of our peoplo, it bas a worthy coadjutor in the National Standard, wbiub," despite its name; ia doing all it o;m tu foster and perpo iuate beotionabhato. That sheet nays," aa oo i od by itt echo baye: "U wu a shown that the numberless and nameless outragos were not committed by tbe 'wnite trash,' but were un? der the sanction of mun of intelligence and high standing in society." Somo ouo lie* un? dor a mistake. Who 1B it? Ia it tbat "Jour? nal ot Civilization," or is it the National Stan? dard? lue Standard asserts that it was "by a ae? ries of adroit operations, on tho part of Go? vernment officials," that "tho fall Mtont of their murderous proceedings has been brought to light." Why haa it boen the case Ui.it, with all the shrewdness of these adroit oftioiale, they have been enabled, oven after gaiuing admiaaiou into "ono or more of these bands," to connect io email a number ot men making any pretensions to decency and re? spectability with those "murderous proceod iuga?" Gue would have thought, from the ominous hiuta of the organ boro, for montha paat, that thero was eoarcely a white man in the State wbo waa not a Ku" Klux; and that,1 when the mine should be sprung, it would en* gulph everyman of any prominence or intelli? gence in the State. Well, the mine baa been Honing: the net which baabsen woven at snob a vast expenditure of adroitness and skill, baa been cast ; it has been drawn to the ahore, and behold tho array of fish that it haa brought out in ita meshes. - For the moat p\rt, inatoad of the men of intelligence, of standing and influence, it ha? brought to Bhore a parcel of the poorest, scaliest, moat insigui (leant flab that could have boen flahed up, bad these 'adroit officials gone to work expressly to oatoh jost snob a lot. Lot persons at a dis? tance, who wiab tOiknow what kind of a baal the Ku Klux oatobera have made, road the re? marks of Judge Bond, which were prepared in his retirement, and read from bia manu? script to the oonfeasing Ku Klux just before be prooeeded to pass sentence on them. Those who will examine will And that his Ho? nor reproached thom for their want ot sensi? bility in reference to proceedings affecting their manhood and their honor. The fania of the eaae all go to ehow tbat Earner speaks truly w hen Ire says: "Thero ia evidence that the better portion of the Southern people dis oountonaace the outrages committed bv tho Ku Klux banda;" and that the efforts so strenuously and so persistently put fi rth by the organ of the corrupt ring, now lording it ever - prostrate and nelpluas people, and so freely seconded by its coadjutors abroad, are the offspring of a malignant and fiendish do termination to blast, so far aa in them lies, the fair famo of those whoso noble bearing, under their accumulated misfortunes, only serves to inspire them with a more intense hatred of a people whose noble qualities they envy, but have uot tho manliness to imitato. ARGUS. AN KXTHAOHDINAHY 1*] it it AND.--A num? ber of lawyers who bave been retained by the Erie Directory, left thia city last evening for Albany. Theie was an im? probable rumor afloat to the effect tbat the object of their visit is to make ar? rangements for the passing of a bill through the Legislature which shall in the same way influence the seleotion of the jury who will bo impaneled to try tbe prisoner Stokes. It is affirmed that Mr. Jay Gould baa himself placed $250,000 in the hands of those lawyers to farther the end in view.-New York Times. The number of persons who perished in the Chicago fire is estimated to have been at least 500. Over 100 bodies have been recovered, nearly all of which have been identified, and the work of dearing away the rnins is still far from comple? tion. Letters of inquiry for missing friends are pouring into the city from all quarters, and the publication of these bas been the means of tracing many wbo were supposed to be lost. "Suicide in tho second degree" is what they call it in Kansas wbon a woman bangs herself and tho rope breaks. Seed Potatoes. 1 BARRELS of tho following brands IOU Irish Potatoes, specially selected for planting: EA lt LY ROSE, - EARLY GOODRICH, PINK EY ri, P li AC lt BLOW, JACKSON Wi'lTE. For salo at P. CANTWELL'S, Jan 24 t_ Main stn ot. Choice Potatoes! Choice Potatoes!! BRESEE'S PEERLESS NO. ? ami EARLY li OSE P 0 TA TOES. WITHOUT exception, BRESEE'S PEER? LESS and EARLY ROSE aro tho best seedlings for main crop. No better poluto oaii bo planted. I havo a line Int selected drat with regard to aizo and quality- For fa'o by E. H. ll El NI IBU, Jan 24 Drnggiat. TH? MIBSJONABT BKOOBD (RKPOBHOAW) OK ?OT. Boor*-Hu PA*xx,-,Th? prwent Anuioa ona are that there will be a rory great oh ange in the sentiments of the people before another campaign ouana-. The bickering's and dbwenalona whtoh . have been orsat?drby iso loading white Radicals iu the Repnblioau party-th? otter disregard of party rule a and organization whioh they have exhibited whoo colored men have happened, to be at the head of the organization, by bolting any nomina? tions at conventions held under tnoir guid? ance-baa oonvinoed the colored men that there ia no more oonfldenco to be placed in them than in the Reformera, if-really as much. The course pursued by them in the distribution of ofiicea baa oonvinoed the co? lored mon that it is only thoae whioh are ot littlo value, and paya very amati livinga, that are thrown to tho colored mun among Repub? licans, while %U the paying placea are reserved to themselves. Theae facts have boen im prestod upoa thoir minda by observation of tba wealth of those for whom thoy have worked to elevate, and, on the other band, the abject poverty of thoae who did the voting and the fighting for their elevation. Not a hame baa boen secured to any of thoBO poor men, through those, politicians who claimed their votes. Thousands of promisee were made, while not ono has been Kept. To-day, the negro in tho country is no botter off by any ?eta of thoso demagogues wbo c*H on them when election timo cuines on, but never sees them after, till election time comes again. We would ask thoae thousands of colored voters on John's, Jamos, Ediato and Wad m ala w islands, what havo your great fricada done for you since fhey wero elected? Where aro your day-schools established by thom? Where are the homesteads secured to you by any one of them? Aro you not, to? day, aa dependent bu your owu labor tor a living aa over you waru? There ie no interest mani fus ted in yon but to get your votes, and then you are forgotten by these men. We re? joice that there is a chango in the sentiments or tho people, and (hey aro beginning to ace their own interest* and work for themselves. Too long they have boon tho stepplog-stonea on which those bnd Dieu have climbed into place and power. We observo that a great chango has taken ?ilacc, and that thorn arc new Organizations ormedin thia city and in the country, for a mutual effort to secure good and honest mou in the coming election. The young men aro awakening to their own interests, liitelli gonce ia now organizing, aud when it ia pro? perly organized, with numbera at tts com? mand, there ia nothing that can withstand its power. Lot every young man ally himself with this now movement of the intelligent mon of thia city. 'A.- must have an organiza' tion in thia city 2,000 atrong, and a liku num? ber in tho country, and with propor direction we will bu able to direct tba politics uf thia County and state, and elect each moa BB the good of tbu community shall demand. Or gauizc against corruption and fraud, not only in Governor Scott and Parker, but we havo il away down in County, city and lower depart incuts of tho Government. Wo havo got to watch tho couria, tho County Commissioners, thc Trial Justices, road contractors, detec? tives, constables. Behool Gommiaaioners and every department whare public servants are employed. To do this, the peoplo must be organized and keep a surveillance over their public servants. They aro men, and as it seems to be considered that tho public ia to be plundered any way, they are not part iou! ar about a few oenta .ovorplua. Let tue people keep a sharp l??k out for thom, and we will soon have an honost, economical Govern? ment, i THE FINANCIAL COSDITION or THE COCXTUY. | At thu annual meeting of the Boston Board J of Trade, last week, a report was received from tho committee appointed to report on Senator Sumner's hill regarding specie pay? ment. They collate annie suggestive facta and figures. On tho first nf January, 1862, the date of the auapenaluu of specie pay menta, tho ourrcnoy of the United Staten In active circulation waa ? ?GG 492 927. Tho re? port reviews the commercial delirium, with its petroleum and other ventures, stock and gold gambling, defalcations, forgerice, and breaches of trust. For all this, "the real culprit," aaya tho report, "a false measure uf value ie still at large." ' After the oloae ot tho war. October 1, 1SG5, the active circulation of tue currencv waa $1.222,203,931. Tho report i net ud ea in theae amounts the aggregate of bank deposits, which, it says, "being, by moans of checks, the moat actively circulating form of bank currency, should, of oourau, be included." Between 18G1 and 18G8 the active circulation of the country had doublud. The average of I bank circulation, not including deposita at j stated times, hail been as follows: From 1825 to 1832, 8 yeara.. .$4 74 per capita. From 1837 to 1838, 2 years... 8 35 por capita. From 1846 io 1847, 2 years ... 5 08 pur capita, j From 185-1 to 1857, 4 y oar?... 7.30 por capita, j From 1858 to 1860, 3 yeara... C 08 por capita. Comparo the averages of legal tender and bank circulation aiuce the war: In 1865.$28.91 per capita. | IQ 1867 .21 00 per capita. In 1869. 18 32 per capita. In 1871. 17.80 per capita. The returns of tho national banka indicato a rapid oxpanaionof bank credit. During tlie past year the deposits have increased by tho enormous sum of $109,000,1101). mid tho bank loans during the samo time $106 000,000. In the judgment of the committee, no good reason can be given to ahow that the country han uae for doublo the amount of currency circulating in 1862. f ho population baa in- | creased about one-third, and it ia not oaay to | see why tho currency slum id increase in great- | er ratio. If it bo said (they argue) that tho business and wealth of thu country baa large? ly iacroaaed, thu reply ia that the country novar bad a more prosperous docade than from 1850 to 1860, while thc amount of bank I circulation diminished from $6 69 per head, in 1853. to $6 52 per bend in 1860. In England tho bank Act of 1844 provided against any in? crease of paper circulation, excepting againat an equal amount nf specie in bank. Hinco that timo tho wealth and trado of Great Bri? tain havo enormously increased, yet thero ia no lack of currency. The committee then examine the principles of Mr. Sumner's scheme foi returning to apo cie payments by the substitution of intorest bearing notes for greenbacks, which, it is sup? posed, would gradually bo withdrawn from circulation, which the committee approve aa a o u ti d -Charieston AV IDS. TEMPERANCE CELEBRATION. Anniversary of Columbia Divinion Nu. O, S. or T. The firat anniversary cf thW Division wil ho celobratod TO-MORROW [Thursday] ! EVENING, January 25, 1872. The Division will moot at their Ball, at 7 o'clock precisely, and will march to tho Baptist Church, whero '< an Address will bo delivered by Rev. J. T. Bmultzer. Tho public ia respectfully invited to attend. At tho conclusion of tho Address, tho procession will ho roformed, when Ibo Division will repair to their Hall and partake of Suppor. Members can procuro Tickets to the Supper from either of thc undersigned. JOHN A. ELKINS, JAMKS T. LY BRAND, C. I). STANLEY, JOHN F. BUTPIIEN, Jan 24 2 JAMES F. TROY. Prime White Com, in Sacks, at Pri? vate Sale. BY JACOB I, KY IK. BUSHELS PRIME, in lots to suit OvM' purchasers. Apply aa above. Jan 24 2 Incidents lia tb* Life of Jimti Flak, Jr. .- tm th? pjfat??H ??tiiil?Br>fairtrjfy ofiteyex. there war o m ?ny remarkable chapter?. It rtould ho ?trange, indeed, were it not eu; for no man oan rieo iii ? Tow years from compa? rative ina ignifl can ce to greafc wp al th and wide oolebrity without the performance of acte bearing the ?tamp of genius. The story of the elder Botbacnild's Journey from Brossais to London, after h ? -had been aBsured of the overthrow of N apo Icon At Wa? terloo, aud of his immonso and suodas^al speculations there in consequence, ie wall known. But James Fink, Jr., conceived an?J execrated an equally brilliant stroke at the oloae of our war of the rebellion, the particu? lars of which, we think, have never yet been published. With that aagaoity which distin? guished him iu all bis career, Fisk, saw tbat when, on tho 2d of April, 1865, (Jen. Leo waa driven from Petersburg, his e?rrendor could not be far distant. , He immediately went to Boston, consulted with some of bia flnanoial friends and made them partnera in his s?beme. Thia waa to f;et the newe of the surrender of Lee and col apse of the Confederacy for nee on Chango in London in advance of the maU. It will be re? membered that the Atlantic cable waa not then laid. A small, swift steamer, formerly a blockade runner, was purchased, fitted out and aent to Halifax in baBaat. Neither the captain nor officers of tho steamor knew ber destination. Tho seor et of her mission was solely confided to an agent of Fisk's, who was the only passenger on board. Steam was kept up day and night, and everything was iu readiness for a start across the Atlantic. Days went by, and a till the ?teamer lay quietly in the harbor of Halifax, awaiting the expeot od meaaage from Fisk. At length it oame. If Jamea Fisk, Jr., had tried bia beat he oould not have indited a shorter despatch. It waa dated at Boston, signed Fisk, and contained but one word-"gol'' The blockade runner atarted for Queenstown immediately, and got ibero two Caye ahead pf tho mail steamer. Tho agent speeded across Ireland to London and commenced his operations. Before twen? ty-four hour? elapsed ho sold "short" (that ia, sold what bj hau got,) $5,000,000 in(Coufodo rate bonds. Hu had ordure from Fisk to sell aa loug as he could get buyer?, but waa re? strained by a partnur of ono ot tho Beaton men. who waa cursed with prudence. Bat thu operation nun pretty euccossiul, the "syndi? cate" divided between $3,000,000 and $4,UC0, 0U0, tho proceeds of the "spuculatiou." Thia waa a litt for James Fink, Jr., which waa very welcome. . Another incident in bia career illustrates his fertility of resource when closely cornered ny a powerful opponent. Vanderbilt ,ha? grown jealous of Fisk, and determined to crush bim. Thu readiest way to do that, he thought,'would Oe by destroying tho business ol thu iSrie ilailroad. With this und in view, he issued an order lowering the ratea ou I treight from Chicago, and asked Elie to do line wise. Fisk aasuntod. and cattle were con? sequently brongnt from the Wes! in great I numbera and at small cost. By special agree? ment', the ratea on Vanderbilt's lino aud on Fiak'a were made uniform. Atter a few weeks, however, Vanderbilt showud his hand. Civ-1 mg the Erio officers short notice, ho broke [ faith with Fisk, and announced that for twenty days the freight on the Central Bail road for cattle from Chicago woola bo $1.50 | per head, matead of $4. ii? expected to crush Erie by this move, but ho reckoned without Fiak. The latter made no alteration lo the rate on the Erie Bead, but quietly di? rected his agent in thu Wuat to purchase 40,000 head ot cattle and aeud them by Van? derbilt's route. The cattle were soon pur- I chased, and Fisk had tho pleasure of seeing Vanderbilt carrying Ireight for him for leas than the coat ot running the trains. Uf course, the Commodore soon grew tired of fighting against such odds, and the rates wure again raiaod to those of the Erie. Fisk cleared $100,000 by thia transaction, direct from the Central. Bul thia waa not the fall extent of tho damage dono tho Commodore. When the Central was blocked with Flak's I IU.Ooo bead of eudlo, thu Erie waa open and | I carrying other freight at ita own rates. I Fiak appuarud to bo utterly reckless in bis j oonduct towards bia opponents, but it waa only in appearance. Hu waa really sharper than tho best of his legal adviser?. When the groat Erio litigation waa at ita height, it waa stated tbat the Erie ofiicerawere "water mg" the stock of the road-that ia, issuing extra certificates ot utock to au unlimited ex? tent . Thu Vanderbilt interest in the suit ob? tained an inj unction from Judge Balcomb, restraining mu President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer ol the Erie Ballway Company from signing the certificates of stock which were roany for iaauance. This was a damper on tho hopes of Fisk and bis colleagues, hut the cunning Vico-l'resideut soon discovered a way of deliverance. Fiak got his counsel to get out a legal document which would havo the onect ut compelling bim (Fiak) and the other officors of the road to do their duty. And he directed lt to be i done, and it waa done in thia manner: Appli? cation waa made to Judge (Ulbert, in Brook? lyn, on behalf of the directors of the Erie Ballway Company, for an order restraining tho officors of the company from refusing to do their duty. Judge Gilburt issued tho or? der. It waa something new ia law, and was called a "mandatory injunction." Armed i with this document, some of the directors went to tho officers of thu road, and demand? ed that they immediately sign the certificates 1 of stock which were prepared. Jay Gould, Jamea Fiak and the other officers were thoa forced to do their "duty," as required by law. Before the Vanderbilt people realized the ait- I uation and got out another injunction, $10,- I UOO.OuO of certificates of stock were signed and issued. But the bright side of tho character of tho deceased ie moro pleasant to dwell on, espe? cially at thia timo. Bia open-handed genero? sity when our citizens wore sending relief to Chioago will not aoon bo forgotten. He drove two of bia boat carriage horses, with two others, to bia relief wagon, through the atreeta, and collected from tho people a large quantity ot stores, which ho sent by apecial train to* the suffering city of the Wost. Thia relief waa timely and prevented great suffer? ing. It ia now said that hu was most chari? table to the poor, and tbat, too, without os? tentation; that ho was generous and kind of hoart. These things should bo remembered j by thoao who are ready to caat on bis bier the stones of wrathful condemnation. Boor, murdered Jim Fiakl ho was popular, as was \ demonstrated tho day ot tho Alexia recop tiou. when he waa cheered from ono end of Broadway to the other, and many will to-day t sympathize with hia relatives, androgrotthat [ Hie greatest character of our city and of our I day waa not reserved for a better fato. [ Eew York Herald. Wanted, AFEW SHARES Columbia Oas Company STOCK. Apply to D. O AM UKI Id-. Jan 24 1? Gold and Silver BOUGHT and sold, at THE CITIZENS' SAVINGS BANK. MAFES' Nil SUPER-PHOSPH rn K o i a ES T s rr EH- r ROSMA TE M (ICMPOSED of BONES, Potash. Pliosnhati J Matter, ami Sulphuric Acid. No Salt, Hall Al? orhent of any kind used. Factory oponed i practical experience, Introduced in 1852. Pa j permanent improvement lo tho soil. Tua* i mo i favor on ov?ry variety of crop and soil, even di j time, pavablo November 1, 1872. ! Jan 24 tJmo General Agonts for South ( ^.uLotioss. Ski Al o ap. -j IL nu i ii<ii^??iwL?^*?it?ii?ii?M>y?>>iM???fmijwriii?\. By D. 0. PEIXOTTp * BOH, Auctioneer?. "O? vlriha ol ? power of attorney, to me Ok Jj reeled, twirl sell si pabilo auction, OB MONDAY, Ibo Mth instant, nt th? Exchange House, st 10 o'olook. Alt tb? STOCK IK TRADE and FORM TURK of the Exchange Honee, oonaiating of Chaira, Tablea, Cutlery, Orookery, Olaasware, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Kitchen Utensils, miscellaneous artloles. JanU W. S. MONTEITH. Attorney in faet. Sale of King's Mountain Railroad. Theodore p.'Wagner and Aabnry Coward, . 'Trusteos, va. the King's Mount ain Railroad Company. Foredo?ura of Mortgage. V . . By H. H. DoLKOS, IN pnrsQanoe of the terms of a Mortgage oxeoutad. by the King's Mountain Rail? road Compaay, on the 15th day of March, ieee, and by virtue of the powers therein granted, we will ?ell, at publio auction, at Charleston, 8. C., an WEDNESDAY, March 20,1871, at ll o'clock. af corner East Bay and Broad s treots, 1 *. The entire RAILROAD of the said Compa? ny, including the bed and superstructures ot* said Boad, the materials used, lu construe- . tion, the stations, station-house depots, store-houses, work-sbupa, machinery and fix? tures thereon, and all the engines and rolling stock, together with all the rights, privil?ges and easement belonging or appertaining to said Railroad Company. Terms cash; purohaaera to pay for papers and stamps. THEODOBE D. WAGNER, A8BUBY COWARD, * Jan ll_Trust?es. Sale 8partanburg and Union Railroad. The 8tato of South Carolin a, plaintiff, against the Spartanburg and Union Railroad Com Inany and other?, oreditora, defendants. N obedience .to an order dated 15th day ol . November, 1871, passed by the Hon. Jamos M. Rutland, Judge of the 4th Circuit, of the State of South Carolina, the undersigned will soil, on tho FIRST MON DA Y i n February, 1872, at Uuionville, in tho County of Union, in the State of Booth ' Carolina, before the Court Houao door, between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and S o'cloek io th? afternoon, at public eatery, to- tho highest bidder, the whole of the SPARTANBURQ AND UNION RAILROAD, including the Road-bed, Bight of Way, Grading, Bridges, Masonry and Super structure, hug ano situate in the Counties of Fairfield, Union and Spartanburg; all the stock subscribed for in the Spartanburg and Union Railroad Company ; tho ch artered rights and privileges thereof; the railroad enikes, chairs and equipments, and all the property owned by said company, as incident or neces? sary for Its business, on the following terms, to wit: Twenty-five thousand (125.000) dol? lars caah, and the balance in three equal semi-annual instalments, with interest on each instalment from the day of aale, to be secured by thc bond of the purchaser, with a mortgage of the entire property sold. The purchaser will also be reauired to pay for all stamps and papers. If the highest bidder should fail to pay at once the twenty-five tbonaand ($25,000) dol? lars aforesaid in cash, the property hereinbe? fore advertised will immediately he offered, at the time and place above mentioned, upon the turma already stated, for re-aale. r JAMES M. BAXTER, ' TH0MA8 B. JETER, ^NOVEMBER 28,1871._Referee?. Portrait? Painted in Oil FROM lifo, or from tho smallest picture. Photographs Colored in &U stylos". Also) Lessons given in Drawing and Painting. Apply at Bryan A McCarty's bookstore, or at the residence of Prof. WM. H. ORCHARD, isomer of Laurel -and Henderson streets. Jan 23 3mo $00,000 to Loan, ON GOOD COLLATERAL. Applv at Jan 23 CITIZENS* 8AVINOS*BANK. To Rent, MA STABLE and CARRIAGE HOUSE, conveniently located. Apply at this office. Jan 23 S WM. H. ORCHARD, Prefeaaorof Muais anddeoler in Piano Fortes. APPLY at his ro sid on co, corner of Laurel aud Henderson streets, or at the book? store of Daffie A Chapman. Piano Forte?, Organs and Melodeons Tuned and Repaired._Jan 23 gmo Burns Anniversary Meeting, WILL take place on THURSDAY EVENING, the 25th instant, at 8 o'clock. Tickets to tho Hopper may he obtained at J. A A. Oliver's, E. Hope's, R.<& W. C. 8waf field's. Geo. Symmers' and John McKenzie's. By order of Exeoutive Committee. ' W. K. GREENFIELD, Jan 23 3 Secretary. Foreign Drafts, FOR Bale at New York rates, at THE CITIZENS' SAVINGS BANK. Money to Lend, ON marketable collaterals, at TH E CITIZENS' SAVINGS BANK. Mutilated Currency HT at a moderate discount, at THE CITIZENS' 8AVINGS BANK. B FRESH STOCK. _ , LADIES* DOUBLE-SOLED GAITKR8. Ladien' and Misses' OVER W **slfcaSHGbrt. toadies' ?nd Gente' FOOT-HOLDS. Ladies* and Genta' CORK SOLES. Genta* WATER-PROOF BOOTS. Gents' Woolen OVER-SHOES. Genta' Black and Colored OVER-GAITERS. Childrou'a WINTER SHOES. Jan 21_J. MEIGHAN. Hew York Exchange BOUGHT and sold, at THE CITIZENS' SAVINGS BANK. Jan 20 _. Just Received, ALARGE number of fino KENTUCKY MULE8, which may be aoen at Charles Logan's Stables, corner Senate and Assembly streets. W. S. A J. M. TALBOT. Jan 13_. Copartnership-Fisher & Silliman. IHAVE this day aesociated with me, in the Drug and Apothecary business, Mr. L. T. SILLIMAN, a graduate of Philadelphia Col? lege of Pharmacy. The name and etyleof th* firm will bo FISHER & SILLIMAN. W. C. FISHER. JAMUAHY 16,1872._Jan 20 7ROGENIZBD ATE OF LIME. A A* UFA OTU PSD IN TU IS CO UNTP, T. c Guano, Concentrated Animal Ammoniacal t Cake, Nitro Cake. Plaster, nor Adulterant or for inspection at all times Nineteen years of tented December 29 1800 Quick ?dion and nv ol hundreds of well kn> wu planters in its ir inc extreiuu adverse seasons. ilO o-inh-150 KINSMAN .* UOWKLL, Jarolina, No. 128 East Bay, Charleston, S. C.