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0sTf10N or THE Z I1YBHts Al aT1sst,u > :
i.sPuDLIoANs1Twel gentlemen. who
style themselysa tha Liberal Republioant
IExe9utive Copmitteep pf st. Louis, pub.
lisi an address ID hifch theyi 81 1iaiiiI IthS
OCCASION OF the eexistenoe Of the commit.
tee and the position, Of the movement in
Which they are engaged. after whioh
tneJ sum up tho position and policy of
form: ''e p'Ass-,
=. 4 Democratic ba!!o..box: aous,;.v
OF citizenship rs established by tho con.
stitutional amendments, and amnesty for
all past political offences.
=. Supremacy Of constitutional govern.
ment; that tho executive shall not in.
wade the Legislative, nor that either OF the
two shall usurp the province OF the Judi
ciary. y =
3. We condemn President Grants
course in committing acts of war on a
neighboring republic as violative Of the
Constitution, which vests the wnr-mak-
ing power in Congress
T. we are opposed to all enactments
whereby it is put within the discretion
OF the President to declare martial law
and suspend the right of personal liberty,
even in condition Of actual war, MS
violative OF tho Constitution in substi.
tntlng tho will Of the President in the
plnce Of the law of the land.
s. We are opposed to any tariff which
is intended to foster any one or other
class of industry, aud thus tax one man
or cinss for the benefit of another; and
maintain that Ill taxes should be levi ed
with the sole intent to secure the needed
revenue with the least possible burden
to the people OF tho whole country
t. Believing that the time has come
when the condition of our country war
rants the resumption Of specie payment,
we favor the speedy return TO the basis
OF gold and silver currency; aud we de-
precate any effort to compel the present
generation to pay the principal of the
debt incurred for the preservation of our
Union, believing that, as future genera
t!ons, as well as tho present, will derive
the benefits. they should bear a proper
tionate share of the same.
z. Reform in the appointments in the
civil service. That personal qualifica-
tion and intrinsic merit shall be the
standard, and not Executive favoritism.
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/ American Intolligence.

- ECHARLEsToN, April 19.-Arrivel
steamships Leopard, Boston; Champion
New York: Maryland, Baltimore. :
f9 " WASHINGTON, April 19.-The Republi.
4 can Congressional Executive Committee
: met this morning and appointed the fol.
lowing resident committee to attend n
business during the recess: Senator Hor,
z LAM Representative Platt, Henry d
Cook, Fred Douglas andJ. nj. Edmnnds
& The Senate, tonight, adopted the Kn
:, :, Aio1, conference report, by 80 to 16, and
'iasK0d anew committee on the deficiency
Dill: The Democrats, in caucus tn.
6 night, adopted an address to the Ameri.
can people, which will be issued to.noor.
q row. 4i,l5ifiE i'. a MI - 7'-'l
y WARRINGTON, April 19.-J. II. Hooker
irecently from Mississippi, suicided at
st. Louis. XII 81 ~ ft.I.'' -
Ihe Senate to-day Immediately went
INTO executive session. The Honse 10
oisccssing the :Ku Kiux bill. No pros,
,geos OF Adjournment to-day. The de-.
lnciency' appropriation bill still hangs in
1; inc committee iof conference.
'7a ane aouse non-concurred in the renort
o. tne conference Committee on the Kn
AUX Diih III. new Conference Commit.
tee mas been appointed. The Senate
shdopted tie New coIiferanoa ronost oopa'o 40
sths def ciepoY {. approximation Roth III
Il housos ore fini session to.n;aht viii, 1t ~,
tptndarstandipE that tf1sy viii "m "d;onno ,no
ssIIpaaily. ~ La the confusion, it is i'm posi-
4 f PIE 20 obtain the exact features OF either
b. !1e; ;A9; Klstnx or deficiency bills. :.
ft Fltpsss 's'aal new dehclenoy appropriation Con-
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Portland, Me-, can boast OF one smart
woman if no more. In order to save
her husbands taking the poor debtors
oath, he being in jail on q debt in favor
OF an illicit liquor dealer, she visited the
saloon where she purchased and drank
glass Of whiskey. After, she had paid
for the liquor she demanded, with CON
siderable fire. the release OF her hus
baAd. and the crest-fallen dealer did so as
an alternative to q liquor. seizure and
prosecution.
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a fellow got permission to leave o bag
OF potatoes in New York grocery over
night. and when the grocer went home q
burglar got out OF that bag and helped
himself to the pennies and SCRIP. ~.
More than 200 murders have been
committed within ten years in single
County OF Nevada, and only two m1r.
derers have been hanged. 71
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TO DE CONTINUED.

A Chinese lanndryman at Kansas City
has got IN editor there, who is baohe-
lor. down On him. The editor had his
washing returned. to him as follows:
"They sent home with our washing yes
terday thing that braches of in two
ways little below the top, like rail
road junction, and has puckered frilIs
edged with letting on each end Of the
divide. We don't know what it is, and
wc'ro poor, frieDdless man, with only
our virtue, and none but villains would
seek to ipjure that."
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TIE NARRowEsr GAUGE YET, YoR FOE A
RAILROAD. "A new style Of railways will
shortly come before the public ID Eng
land under the title OF the Pennier ,sys-
tenn. A single row OF. piles carries q
continuous girder, on which the train
runs, the carriages hanging down on
each side to within q short distance of
the ground. The carriages are so
arranged that inequality Of weight on
one side to the extent OF ton will not
nhect the action. The small quantity OF
land required, cheapness of construction.
and speed. are advantages claimed
for it. @ r.pi,: t,5iIl,y.. .,i3i.,,l
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mrs. Aneas. OF Cleveland, hnd more
oed D9gs than she had room for, so She
soaked the bedstoad in benzine. One Of
tue PED. bugs struck something hard and
struck tire, igniting the ben2ine. bnrn.
ing the house, and killing every bug on
the premises. She snys she can recom. :.
mend benzine for moving buildings.
'What death would you prefer to d;e7"
asked one person Of another. "I don',
exactly know. Ishonld like to trV aeven
or eight before deciding the pointyi
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Somebody advertises for agents to sell
Il work entitled "Hymencal Instructor. f"
a contemporary adds: "The best hyme-
neal instructor We know OF is a young
widow. What she don't know there is
NO use in learning
Indigo. bonnd dry on the wound, is a
sure cure for rattlesnnke. bites, scorpion
md md bee stings. etc says Mormon who
hns tried it.
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Auct1en sales.
Under ,1rite,.s' Sale.
BY JACOB LEVIN.

will cell, at the store OF Monteith & Field,
ing, on Assembly street, near tie Market.
The entire S.OCK OF GOODS damaged by
the recent fire, consisting Of a general VARIETY
OF Family Grocerios, Canned Goods. Fine
Liquors, .kc., most of which are but sliehtjy
damaged: Sale positive. Terms caah.
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A citizen Of Kentucky being unex-
pectedly called upon to address Sunday
school, rose to his feet in some. confr.
sion. and after some desperate. bnt vain
efforts to say something appropriate,
hoarsely murmured, "Dear children.
never fool with powder" .lL.
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PocKet.Rnnk Lost

A RED Morocco PoCKET-BOOK, contain
"A ing about $50 in money, and several
valuablo ", papers, WAS lost Tuesday afternoon.
The papers are useless to any person but tho
owner. A suitable reward will be paid for the
Pockot- Book if left ut tho rnRN11 Office,
April 20 80 t',--f>>''' q n
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!. AFRAID OF F1LLIBusTERs. The Austria.
nan people seem to have been hoaxetl
with reports of fillibustering expeditions
OF designs on their country from the
people OF the United States, and de.
spatch from Melbourne, March 2B. saws
That all the colonies are fortifying their
ports to prepare for q descent Of tb;s
kind. - 'n''
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S. C. Monument Association

OWING to unayoidable circumstances the
~ contemplated Bazaar for the benefit Of
tho South Carolina Monument Association
has boon postponed until the fall. Due notice
of tho time appointed will he cont to the Dis
trict Managers. ~ <,g (, u = 90, g4 VI
copy and send biIla 70: the Association.
BY order Of the President. @1..sf
April 90 i | MRS. J. 3. PREsTON.
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=, HoTsn AnnryA1s. April l9.-Mieker-
son House--T. W: White, wife and three
children, Reedyille; iE. 8. Hayes and
daughter, Lexington; A. Moore, Syrn-
onse; T. F. Riley, Greenwood; IT. r.
Kline, Chester; A. - iHaltewanger. New
berry; NJ: Drucker, Charleston; IA. @.
Jones. Lonisburg; O., A. Markeswell,
New York; Geo. @. Robinson. Augusta;
J. B. Seigler. saluda; w. M drier,
Atlanta; Mrs. Giles Patterson, Mics
Katie Gage, Chester: Fred. D.. Bush,
Due West; Samuel J. st. John, Ma
riana. ssa'Hita- ~. sftSYs,. 'sli li}t.ffS
Columbia Hotel VIM: Wade, Augusta;
W. Dudley. ,G.,A. Douglass. s. G.. MIR.
and Mrs: Throndike. Boston; Miss Edgar,
q: ". Livingston and wife, New York;
81. b: Warming,S. O.; Mrs. R. A. Bare
and child. Miss J. E. Spann, Leosville;
". e.. Deal. Texas; j. A.. Greene,
orangeburg; ]: Wyman, Fort Mote; b.
4. Bradley, Charleston; q. r.. White,
Newberry; 8. Walsh; J. I B. e Sloan,
Charleston; J. B. Hubbard, city. - i. I
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Dancing School.

m MONS. BERGER. Artist In Danding,
6 has the honor Of ,informing tho ladies
CaE2A and gentlemen Of Columbia that be. will
open DANCING SCHOOL here 90 the
Gath inst. Every one will be ytaughtt 10 walk,
move, dance gracefully and properly; Beat
references given. For par,iculars And ,eisen.
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om fses GSss
ati6n1t the Sisters Of Mercy Of Charles
ton t9 8I2, 900, Atrikea. .ogt the SlEbse ar :
pointing an attorney to represent the
Government before the Southern claims
com mission, md strikes ont tbs clause
inofeasing the COR pensation OF Census
Marshals. Sherman 8 amendment is the
ohief point Of contention between the
two houses on the Kn Kiux bill. Thirty
Republicans voted with the Democrats
in the deleat 0f the con ference report on
the Ku Klnx bill: There were tifty ab.
aentees. The House adopted the confer.
ence report on the deficiency appropria-
ton. Tho session now only hangs on the
Kn' Klnx, bill. It is understood that the
Senate will recede from Sherman's
amendment. ,5t
sfConfrmations Brown, OF Arkansas.
Governor Jof IDAHO; Garland, Attorney
OF Western Texas; Postmistress Candri,
at Aiken, s. O.; Postmasters, Frazier,
Charlotte. n. O.; Markham, Madison.
Ga. Bond. Macon, Ga.
Probabilities-It is probable that the
storm will move North eastward, and
that the winds will abate on the lower
lakes. Clear and partially cloudy wea-
ther is probable for Thursday on the
South Atlantic and Gulf coast
Boston, April 19.-Wm. H. Emerson,
piano manufacturer, is dead.
CHARLESTON, April 10. Arrived
bark OILERS, New York. Sailod-stcam-
er Georgia. New York; schooners j. B.
Marshall and M. r. Somers, Philadel-
phia.i
New YoRK, April 10. Specie ship
nients to-day over 81, 500, ,0O0.
The Telegram gives currency to ru-
NOR Of the failnre of Won Saur & Co,
on contracts for 1000. 600 in gold.
Chevalier Rangabe and Miss Gerolt
were married, this afternoon, by the
chaplain OF the Russian and Greek Lee
cations, Mt the Crock Chapel
Grant gees to St. Louis for week.
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The recent detection Of Senator Trum-
bull from the Republican ranks, upon
the Ku Klux bill, is more mourned over
than the secession Of either Schurz or
Sumner. Mr.. Trumbull has the reputa-
tion of being more conscientious than
most OF his fellow-Senutors, and Yields
an influence accordingly. He is, moro
over, known to be among the most far
seeing and polite statesmen of the day.
and the bold, defiant position lie has
taken in defence Of the Southern pooplc.
and ir behalf of general pence policy.
is supposed to be indicative Of marked
change of sentiment among the people
he represents. The natural identity of
commercial interest between the West
and South has always been considered
by the Radicals source Of danger, until
the present time negatived by minority
representation at Washington. The
next hpportionment will 90 fara towar.-
eaualizing the respective strength of J.. !,
West and East, when a re evolution
against the thraldom in which the for
mer is now held by the latter will be
imminent. In view of this crisis. de-
fection, 30 marked and important as that
OF Mr.. Trumbull, is not without sionifi
cance, and deadly Significance at that, ma
far as Radical rule is concerned. It is
generally admitted that the hedge be-
tween Democracy and Mr. Trumbull's
Republicanism ia one of tile narrowest,
and ns a'general tendency toward conser-
vatism is now being manifested through
ont the country, he is likely to be
brought into uncomfortable prominence
for the schemes now meditated. When
such men, whose high standing and de-
voted loyalty gave color to the advocacy
OF many questionable measures, with
draws from further association, it is
plain intimation that the extremes medi-
tated are not only generally distasteful
to very large class of citizens, bnt that
they will not be tolerated. Deprived of
this power. the tiger loses its teeth.
Unless means and ways are speedily de-
vised to head the broken brench now so
rapidly widening, even the bindest Of
the Radicals must foresee destruction as
inevitable.
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Fresh Burnt Brick.

WE haye for sale q quantity or good
ready for drawing on Tuesday next, on rea-
sonable terms. Inquire OF MANSON VIII.
LIAMS. ANDERSON THREWITS & Co. At
Judge Green's old Brick Yard. Anr;i an q
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Ladies and Children'e Oreeea.

- 0113fQ1 1016bB66s
rI1HE undersigned has lust opened another
\ lot Of those beautiful plain and fancy
DRESSES AND SUITS for Ladies' and Chi.
aren. They have been generally admired.
MRS. A. MCCORMICK,
April ~ Nearly opposite Kinardh
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/. MANUFACTURING NAILS. An Engllsh
inventor has taken out patent fora
new method of making nails From his
specification. we learn that the method
is substantially rs follows: The inventor
forms fat bars or strips Of wrought iron
IN the ordinary way, and by the nse of
ordinary machinery. While the bars or
strips 80 formed is still hot, he passes it
between pair of shaping rolls. !. One of
those rolls is plain cylinder. and the
other roll has the general figure Of oy-
Under, with series OF incline or steps
made on its cylindrical surface, the said
moline or steps OF the roll having such q
conformation that the bar rolled between
It and the plain cylinder roll has in. long
itudinal section the figure OF q series of
headless nails joined together shank to
point, While still hot, the shaped bar
or strip is slit into nail rods BY q, series
OF circular slitters. the whole bar being
simultaneously slit up by the said slit
ters into nail rods. These nail rods
when cold are fed into q heading ma.
chine, by which the nails are headed and
cut of from the nail rod. The heading
and cutting off machine which he en-
pioys differs in no essential respect from
other machines commonly used for head
ing and cutting off nails. .gti@
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see III, such and SO many proper pcrsous
TO act as Marshnls or Cunstubles of th,
SAID town, rs the sail Town Council may
drem necessary and expclicni, for lie
preservation OF the peace, good order
ana police thereof, which persons SO up.
pointed, shall, within the corporate
limits OF sail town. have the powers,
privileges and enolutnents, mud be sub
lect to nil the obligations, penalties aud
regulations provided by law for the Office
oi Constable, and shall he liable to be
removed ut the pleasure Of said Council;
and tue said Town Council shall l,ave
power to establish. or to authorize the
establishment OF the market house, in
sad town. And the said Town Council
shall have full power and authority, un-
ger their corporate seul, to make all such
rules, by l1Ws and ordinances, respecting
tho streets. roads. market house und tho
business thereof, aud the pulice system
OF the snid town, rs shall appear to them
neces mry and proper for the security,
welfnre and convenience, and for pre-
serving health, order and good govern
ment within the same; and the said
iown Council may impose fines for Of
fences against these bylaws and ordi-
nances. and appropriate the snmo TO the
public mse Of said town; and tho said
Council shall have the samo power which
magistrates now have, to compel the at.
tendance Of witnesses, and require them
to give evidence upon the triul before
them OF any person for violation Of
any Of these laws or ordinances; but
no fine above the sum Of twenty dollars
shall be collected by the Town Council,
except by suit in the Court of Common
Pleas: -And propided, also. That no inc
shall exceed fifty dollars, and. also, that
nothing herein contained shall autllurizo
the said Council to make my y.laws or
ordinances inconsistent with ar repug.
nant to the laws OF this State, and oil tho
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29
A SOU1HERN SATIRIST.

Grave and elevated SATIRE in which. what
ever may be the indignation displayed, there
is no trace of personal prejudice or of disap-
pointed spleen, is not only a legitimate, but,
in certain conditions of society, necessary
form of literature. A stoical and yet vche-
mcnt satrist like Juvcnal implies an almost
hopeless condition of public and private affairs !;
and it may be fairly considered D testimony,
if not to American excellence, at least 10 our
tolerable mediocrity, that while in almost every
other department Of icttars We have achieved
sometimes remarkable and Frequently respect
able success, we have, thus far, produced 10
great satirist, for we cannot reckon the genial
Lowell, sharp as he sometimes Ia, among such
writer's. Satnp may sometimes scod, but it
does not follow that mere scolding ia satire
itself and be who. in the avowed effort to re.
form his neighbors disregards alike the laws
Of good temper and of good taste, makes an
exhibition of his own dcdciences moro woful
than that which he has undertaken to make
Of. the ioihles and faults Of his fellows.
."In The Southern Rcriew (pnblisl,vl iu st.
Louis. Mol and in the October number thereof,
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

the earth the Grand Lama of o dccaying yet
still potent faith.
These considerations must appeal to every
intelligent mind. The Mysteries into which II
was once fashionable to fall at the mention OF
Jeff. Davis have become grimacc and hypocrl-
sy. He ia no more guilty than thousands OF
others. and was not 40 effective disnnlon'st
as Lee or Stonewall jackson. Every oincer III
tho Union Army who went over TO the nc
bellion as much deserves to suffer as he docs
and for identical reasons. There is no sense
in making fish of one and flesh of the Others
And it would bc unwisc t"makc discrlu'in".
tion where there is no essential difference IN'
one job &c made Of A@ne-!:y, and q. ?f:'f:fs
for further agitntion about 1t be banshcd for
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29
COMMERCIAL DECLINE.

There are certain facts other than those we
present in another column, regarding the loss
Of O,lr commerce, which We desire to commend
to the attention of our merchants and ship
pers Mt this time when everything is ripe for
reform.
From the completion Of the Erie Canal, the
first of the great Western feeders of this city,
down to 1860, the growth of Now-York in
trade, wealth, and population had been at the
most rapid rate known. In 1854 tho metropolis
possessed S3 per cent of the entire Western
trade. For the ten years previous the tunnage
of tho Erie Canal increased 100 per cent that
of tho Ncw-YOrk Central Railroad for five
wears previous to 1858 was ut the rate of 112
Der cent and the tunnage of the port for the
decade of 1S50-G0 increased at the rate Of 134
per cent. The increase of the population for the
same decade had been at the rate Of G9 per cent,
thus keeping pace with the growth OF trade.
Here was exhibited a rapid Increase in every
element which constitutes prosperity. For the
next decade, hOwever-the infamous Tammany
decade Of fraud and ruin, as it will come to
be known the commercial decline has been Mt
more rapid pace than the marvellous increase
which we have noted. The Grain trade was
reduced from IS per cent of that of the whole
small lake cities. The tunnago of the Ere
Canal fell of over $4,000 tuns; that of the Cen
tra increased only 18 3-5 per cent from 1864 to
1868, instead of at the rate of lie per cent for
the five years previous. There was no diver
sion Of trade from the canal to the railways,
but an actual loss. The shipping tunnage of
the port for 1868 was $4,000 tuns less than in
1866, and the total decrease Of tunnage entered
and cleared from 1869 to 1870 was 02G, ,1G4 tuns.
This falling off was equivalent to the whole
tunnage twenty years ago. The increase Of
population from 1860 to 1870 was only 1873 per
cent, against 60 per cent during the previous
decade.
Moreover, il can be established, by figures
which cannot he questioned that the loss of
trade by New-YOrk was in exact proportion to
the combined gain Of the rival ports of Balti-
more, Philadelphia, and Boston. This is true
not only of the change in tho Western business,
but also of the wool, sugar, and coffee trades,
in which there has been falling off in this
city corresponding with the increase in the
rival ports named
These facts ought not to leave it necessary
for us to point out their evident moral to
thinking business men. They know why and
how and by whom this decline of our COM
mercc has been brought about They know
that they have tho facts and figures and evil
dence which will compel reform of the cor
rupt administration of this port. They know
who are the thieves of the Custom House,
quarantine, and wharves. Is it any longer
needful to urge upon them that it is their duty,
as we'll as their safety. to force the issue with
these corrupt officials and drive them to tho
vall9 A..
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29
Nem'21ork Daily Gribasa.r.
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 90. 1871.


Col. Rossel and several other Communists were
executed at Versailles yesterday. 60 The condition OF
the Prince Of Wales Is improving - Eight medl"ai
students have been shot In Havana. - The popular
excitement continues In brussels, and the resignation of
the Mi,istry is expected ==== The cholera has dis
appeared at Halifax.
The bill for the repeal Of the Woman Suffrage act has
pa,scd both branches OF the Wyoming Icgisdtu ture.
The cold was particularly severe III Maine yesterday,
and canal navigation In other States is greatly OBJ
structed by lee Brigham Young's trial has been
postponed until Monday. =-- Al last accounts the
Utah SNOW storm still raging. The sale Of the
Ioosac tunnel TO Com Vanderbilt Is agitating business
circles in Boston,
The Grand Duke reviewed Fire Brigade and attended
the naval ball In Brooklyn - ExCODtroller Connolly
Is sill confined at the NewIOrk Hotel having obtained
only thrcc-iourlh3 Of the $1OoOO0o bail required -
The Committee OF Seventy demand the resignation Of
Mayor Hail. Judge Bedford refuses TO quash the
indictment against Hagerty and Bauch, the alleged
voucher thieves. - Alderman Stewart Of Brooklyn
was shot and dangerously wounded i'll liquor saloon
- Gold. no.. Ill, lloi