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? " ' * ..... . .. . I A ? . Us?0ti VOLUME II....NO. 187.1 CHARLESTON, S. O., FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 97, 1866. [PRICE FIVE GENTS. The Daily ISTews. LABUKST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE. LARGEST CIBC?LATION IN THE CITY. aW THK LIST OF LETTERS ro niaixiixxBr in the Postofl?oe at the end ot eaoh weeli in publiehed officially Ha 'A'JbUrl? DAIiiY NHWB every sTxir <ti?y mornlna. i^BBBBBBaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaBBBaBBBBBBaBBBBBBBBBBBBBaBBBaaBBaMBa BT TELEGRAPH. a. ? LATER FB0M EUROPE. PANIC II THE COTTON MARKET. Das Declined 2d. Per Pounds 'New York, April 25.?Foreign dates to the 12th inat. have been receiver!. I Cotton has declined &d. -with sales of 7000 balea. There is a panic in the market. U. S. 5.20'e, 71.'to 71$. Consols, 80} to 86J. The Auatro-Prussian difficulty continue?critical. On? Day Later. New Yobk, April 26.?Liverpool dates to the 13th inst. have been received. Sales of the week 49,000 biilca, and has declinod 2d. por pound, the market closing with a further Blight decline and downwards. The sales on Friday wete 7000 bales. Stock 600,000 bales. U. S. 5.20'e, 67*} to 67?, ex coupons. Consols, 85{ to ST>,. .' The bullion in the Bank of England has de ' oreaaod ?18,000. Later frtim Europe. New Yobk, April 21_The steamship Southamp ton, with dates to the 11th instant, has arrived at -quarantine. The ship Eliza, for Bremen from New York, was ruu into and anuk off Portland. AU but one perished. The London merokants propose giving Mr. Geobge Peabody a banquet before he loaves for America. The Times' Paris correspondent says that Mar shal Niel, who commands one of the'igreateBt Frenoh military divisions, had an interview with the frenoh Emperor in Paris. It is inferred from these' oirenmata-ficos that if war break? out be tween Prussia add Austria, a corps of observation would bo formed on too Rhine, Marshal Niei, com manding. The Italian ambassador at Berlin, in a dispatch to Turin, announces that war is inevitable. Italy is preparing, in oaae war occura, to attack Austria in Vwag**, j, [. | ?^ ., \se$ffi ( LnrjiPootfApr?ll?The cotton markot dull and v.^ggnlar, owing to the Gorman difficulties -and excessive receipts. A decline of 1 cent per pound has taken place. London, April li.-^-Gonaola 864@86i; 5-20'a 71J? 72?. _ LATE NEWS. i; From Wartlilli?tnn. B?OONSTBUOTION COMMTTTEI! CAN'T AOBEE?BEPOBT POSTPONED?EX-PBE81DENT DAYIS TO BE TBIKD AT KOBTOI.K. Washington, April 24,?The Reconstruction Committee has reconsidered the conclusions re cently reaehed in reference to the admission of the Southern States. They oan't agree upon the report, and havo postponed final action for a week. The House Judiciary Committee is vainly en deavoring to obtain some evidence of the oom Slicit? of Air. Davis with the assassination of Proai ent Lincoln, as a basis for his trial by a military commission. The President, opposing this course, has ordered the Attorney -General to tako prelimi nary steps for his trial at the Federal Court at Norfolk, on the first Monday in May. Unless Con gress interposes, or Chase prevents, the trial will certainly occur. The New TM Bill. WAHHinaroN, April 25.?-The new tax bill in creases the tax on cotton from two to five cents per pound, payable by holders. .CoagrcH. Washington, April 2?.? The .Senate discussed the bill for the admission of the new State, known -as the State of Colorado. In the House of Representatives, the Senate amendments to the Houso Bill relating to the habeas corpus bill, were not concurred in, and a Committee of Conference was appointed thereon. Preparations for the Arraignment of Jef ferson Davis?Tit? Heron .Unction Committee. WAauiKOTON, April 25.--Statements are pub I lished that the Attorney-Qcnera!, under inairuc I tiona of the President, is preparing for the arraign ment of Jefferson Davis before the- United States Circuit Court of Virginia. All there is in the mat ter is the faot that there have been numerous consultations, not only with regard to Davis, but i others, for conduct growing out of eircumetuncoa I connected with the lato war. . The Reconstruction Committee reconsidered f their Saturday's programme heretofore telegraph ed. They variously endeavored to harmonize thoit \ views, and came very near adjourning sine die, a motion to that effoot being made by a Radical member. Order from th.* Secretary of War Relativ? to Soldiers' Graves. , Washinoton, April 25.?Tho Secretary of Wai has issued an order forbidding all persons culti vating land upon which graves of United Statei -.soldiers are located, (rom obliterating or mutil?t ing traces thereof, by ploughing or otherwise. From the RIO Grande. New Oblbanb, April 25.?Rio Orando advices o: Pthe 15th inBt. state that Gen. Mejia had returnee to Matamoras, leaving a portion of his forces wltt Con. Jeaningro, who wao charged with the opera tlons against the Liberals. On his return, Mejit ^ fell into an ambuscade during the night, com mahded by Oanaloz and Cortina, which he pene trated, losing six killed and wounded. The Libo "ral loss is unknown. Mejia brought into Matt ! moras two hundred wagons containing 1500,000 ii coin. Refore Mejla's arrival it was reported tha Cortina cuna within three miles of Matamorai . and hue g two conductors of tho train. It wai also reported that the Liberals procured oighteoi pontoon*, and Were 'orokaing artillery from thi Amorio'an to tho Mexican side. The statement 1 proved false. From New Orleans. '* New Oblsunb, April 23.?Tho parishes of Datoi Rouge,,I?>or ville, and Point Ooupeo are overflowed It is reported that thi Grand Lbyee.nt Morgahsii is broken. flhrcvaport Ctrttou Mftvlcct. Suoevetobt, April 19.?Cotton is dull; foreigi i buyers have left; stock. 1468 bales; receipts small; total shipments sinco the war, 140,000 bale?. From (lalvnton. Qai.vk.ston, Texas, April 22?Gon. Gregory, of the Frcedmeu'u Bureau, has beon dismieacd and ordered to Washington. From California. Bam Fbanoiuoo, April 21.?The Chamber of Com merce havo adopted and tolegraphod the Cali fornia delegation in Congress resolutions request ing, under a ausponeion of tbo rules, the passage of a law makine it a felony to ship or transport nitro-glvccrine within the United BUtoa in American vessels. Tim California, Oregon and Mexican Steamehip Company will inaug?ralo a Une of steamers bo twoen San Francisco and the mouth of the Colo rado River on the 15th of May. The ooronor'a Jury on the inquest held on the bodieB of Samuol Knight and others killed by the late explosion, found that their deaths were caused by the explosion of nitro-glycorino, con tained in a woouon box, whioh arrived on the etoamor Saoramonto on the 5th instant, addreBsod to W. H. Mills. Los Angelos, and that no mark in dicated its ouar&oter. The Jury express the opinion that the shipper is guilty of manslaughter and ehould be prosecuted. They acquit the Pa cido Mail Stoamship Company and Wells, Fargo & Co. of all blame. 8am Francisco, April 22.?A letter from Lopez, Arizona, dated April 13, announoes that Major Miller, of the Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, and fonr meo, were killed while going from Fort Grant to Tucson. After the murder a company of Mari oopaa and Pimos went in pursuit of the Apachos, lulling twonty-flvo and capturiug othors. Major-General Itnseoraus arrived at San Diego March 10. The citizens gave him the freedom of the place, firod one hundred gune, and deliverod an address, to whioh the Genoral responded. San Fbanoisco, April 23?The steamer Goldon Age, from Panama, arrived yesterday, bringing New York dates to April 1; also the opposition atoamor America, San Juan del Sur. The steamer California has arrived from Victo ria, with $110,800 in treasure. Late markets. New Yonir, April 14.?Flour b?a advanced lOoant?. Stato 6 98 to $7 ? Southern 9 70 to $10 2f>. Wheat has advanced l to 3 ccnta. Corn unsettled?sales st 88 to 88 cents per bushel. Boef steady. Pork firm; Mess 2tl 35 to $2(1 87J?. -Lard and Whiskoy dull. Bloe ?julet; Carolina 11X to 13 cents. Sugar steady. Naval a tore s Steady. Qold 2? Y, per cent premium. N*w Yobk, April 35.?Flour advanced 5 to 10 cents; SUte 7 to $8 95; Southern 9 to 9 95 to $10 60. Wheat advanced a to 3 oents. Corn dull at 80 to 87>? coma. Beef firm. Pork heavy. Lard steadr. WhiBkey dull. Cotton dull at 85 to 30 cents. Sugar Arm. Naval Stores quiet Gold 27 co?ta premium. Obioaqo, April 23.?Flour dull. Wheat active and ad vanced 4 to Co; sales at $1 45 to $1 47*4 for No. 1, and 9G>.? to $1 07}, for No. 2. Corn steady at40*>?- to 4Co for No. 1. and ?So for No. 2. Osts quiet at 28 to 29o for No. 1, and 25J4 to 20o for No. 2. Highwlnes nominal at $2 20 to $2 21. Provisions firm; Mess'Pork $25 25 to $25 70. Lt\rd firm st 18K to 18J?o. Receipts?7000 bbls flour. 21,000 bushels wheat, 61,r00 bushels corn, and 18,000 bushels oats. Shipments?3uO0 bbls flour, 10,000 bushels wheat, 35,000 bushels corn, and 1000 bushels oats. Freights steady. Nxw OnLKAfff), April 23.?Conos?Sales 900 bales low middling, 30 to 37c. Groceries?Sugar fair at 14>?o; Molasses nominal. Flour?Euperflno, $8 20. Corn? bcarce at $105. Oats?5tc. Provisions.?Men? Pork: $28 25; Bacon 18>; to iG'i. Hay?28. Qold?124?f. LouiBVTLLX, April 23.?Tobacco?Sales of 04 bluls of leaf common lightings, $3 75; heavy, $4 60@0 25; good lugs, $4@7; common leaf, $0@11. Provisions? Moss Pork $20 60; bacon and shoulders 12c; olear sidos 1C>\?. Flour?Superfine, $7. Corn?Mixed, GOo. Osts, 45c Whisker, $2 32 for raw. . St. Louis, April 23 ?Cotton 32c. Flonr dull and un changed. Wheat active at $t 60 to $1 57 foe club, ana $176 for priva?-?- strlctlv prime'?.;. 40 to $2 70. Corn Uo.:inu>.l 60 to*!2o.-> o?'? liinlior at 42% to ?8c. Pork ad vanced to $20 60 to $27. Bocou?olear nidos. lO.-?c Lard 18>?o. Whiskey $2 20; market firm. Phixadeli'iua, April 23.?Petroleum unchanged.? Flour firm; sales of superfine at $7 to $8: extras $H 25 to $9. Wheat firm: ss'es of red at $2 65 to $2 65; white $2 70 to $3 8*0. Corn quiet; Bales of yellow at 80c. Goffeo dull; sales of Lsguayra at 2lc. gold. Sngar firm; sales of Cuba at 8 Y, to 9>4'o gold. Whlskoj unchanged. CiNcrtiNA?i, April 33.?Flour?-firm but quiet, and prietas ?hoDangod. Superfino $7 60 to $7 76; Extra $8 60 to $9; Family $9 60 to $10; Fancy $10 60 to $12 60. Wheat?Scarce and prices hlghor, No. 1 Bed, $3 30 to $2 25; and No. 1 Old Bed, $2 v5 to $2 40; Oholce ditto $2 60. Corn?lu good demand at 04o to 00o lu bulk, and 0?o to 6So In gi.mil s. Oata?Scarco aud No. 1 are hold at 45o in elevator, and No. 2 at 4lo. Bye?Firm at TOo to 80o. Bsrlay?Quiet at $1 20 to $1 80. Whiskey $2 22. Provisions?Firmer with some speculative feel ing. There was a good demand for Mess Pork at $20 00, and for Lard ?t 18X0. but holder* generally are not dis posed to Boll at these rates, and are not offering. Bulk Meats and Bacon are At o higher; Shoulders lu.^c, and Sides 13.*-?c to 14,??o. Oold 120. BY LAST NIGHT'S MAIL. Our ?atoa by the mail and Southern Express Company, from the North, are to the 24th. The following is a summary of the la tost now's: Proceedings In Congress on the ?934I Id the Senate, yesterday, Mr. Wade introduoed a Bill to repoal tho act to retrocede the County of Alexandria, District of Columbia, to the State of Virginia. Beforrod to the Committee on the Dis trict of Columbia. Mr. Conness offered a resolu tion, whioh WSB adopted, instructing the Commit tee on Commerce to inquire into the expediency of providing against the importation, transporta tion. Bale or manufacture of nitro-glycerioe in the United States. The Bill to regulate commercial and postal communication between the several States was called up by Mr. Chandler aud made the speoial order for Friday. The House Bill to provulo for the better organization of the. Fay Department of the Navy wa s taken up and pasned. The Bill making tho annual approprlatons for the Postofnce Department was called up and discussed at length, the main point of interest boing an amendment prohibiting the payment of salaries to any Assistant Postmasters whose appointment? have not been oonflrmed by the Senate. No action Was taken on the amendments or the Bill. In the House, the resolution offered by Mr. Julian, January 29, in favor of the speedy trial of Jefferson Davis, was taken up. and, after a brief debate, wont over until Monday, A report was received from the Judiciary Committee adverse to the proposition of the President to modify the test oath. Mr. Waehburn reported a joint resolution authorizing Che President to carry luto effect all needed quarantine regulations to guard against the introduction of cholera. The Army BID was next taken up and debated. Mr. Niblaok moved to postpone further consideration of the bill to the first Monday in December next. The motion was not seconded. A message was received from the President conveying information relative tc the evacuation of Mexico by the Frenan troops. TUE TEST OATH. The report of B?presentative Wilson, of Iowa, on the 23d. from the Committee on tho Judiciary. on the Message of the President of the United States, transmitting communications from the Seoretary of the Treasury and Postmaster-Gen oral, suggesting a modification of the bath ol I office prescribed by tho act of Con groas approved July 2,18G2, contains the following : The act prescribing the oath was passed whei the nation was in the midst of a gigantic war waged against it by its own citizens, and Congrosi intended to establish by it a permanent rule o: oublie policy,' which ehould exclude from th< offices of the United States every citizen who hac , voluntarily -abandoned his allegiance to the Go I vernment and joined in tho mad attempt of trai , tors to destroy it. The official positions-whiol many of the leading traitors held under the Go vernment while engaged in orgaubiiug the rebel ? lion? were sources of power without whioh the wa: m could not have been commenced. Thoso position gave the conspirators a resistless influence ove: the people of the Southern States, and supplie? the means for organizing foroes that con verted one-half of the Bepubllo into battle fields, on whioh loyalty and treason con tendea for four years. If every officer o tho Government had proved trne to to his trust the rebellion .could pot have.- ooourred. Thi faet was properly appreciated by Congress and b President Lincoln when the act of July 2,1862. wa placed upon the statute book of the nation. The saw that treason derived all its original strongth from tho official positions of leading traitors. Too baseness of the traitors who had gono from Con gress, from tho Cabinet, and from tho army and navy, to givo charaotcr and organization and power to the rebellion, was fresh in the minds of all who participated in tho enactmont of tho oath of office. The Yulee letter, disclosing the double villainy of the men who conspired against the Government while hotdiog its highoat offices, had boon discovered and placed before tho country but a short time before the passago of thin act of July 2, 1862. That letter did muoh toward convincing every true supporter of the Government of the ne cessity of applying tho test of uninterrupted loyal ty to every public officer. So marked was its ef fects then that tho Committee deem it proper to reproduce it here as an argument in favor of maintaining the policy in the adoption of which it materially aided. Tho Committee undoretand that it is tho doliborato purpose of Congress to maintain tho policy of the act of July 2, 1862, which is to keep the offices of the Government in the hands of loyal men. Treason is not to be made respectable by the robes of office. Placoa of honor, trust, power and profit should he bestowod on tho loyal only. True mon enn be found in tho insurrectionary States to fill all such places, and nono other ehonld be solectod. No law of tho na tion ought to be bo changed as to render any other course possiblo, and in this regard the Com mittee entirely concur in tho bold utterances in ado by President Johnson, both whilo the war was in progress and after actual hostilities had coaaod. The Committee quote the remarks of President Johnson while ho was Military Governor of Tennessee to show that bis declarations are in ontire harmony with tho policy established by the Aot of July 2, 1802; and whon, on tho 28th of April, 1833, ho asserted that it is timo the American peo ple should bo taught to understand that treasou is a crime, not in revenge, not iu anger, but that treason is a crime, and should be esteemed aa such, and punished as such, ho uttered an appeal for the continuance of tho teat oath, of euch force that the committee can not disregard it. and is constrained to aid him in all proper efforts to reaoh bo desirable a result; and the committco is of the opinion that one of the most effeutivo means of making treason odious is to close all official doora against traitors, fill the offices of the Gov ernment with loyal men, put no traitors on guard. This, in the judgment of the committee, will sure ly make treason odious, and tend to produce harmony of action between the legislative and excoutivo branches Of the Government. The com mittee dues not suppose that the President, when he declared if there are but five thousand men in Tennesaee loyal to juatioo these true and faithful men should control tho work of reorganization and reformation, absolutely meant not to be un derstood as fixing a numerical limitation, but rather as announcing a doctrine that loyal men, however few in numbers, should ho the only do* "ai torio h of political power and social influen?a. his must be the true Interpretation of his words, for any other would be inconsistent with his em phatic and oiton repeated denunciation of treason and traitors. Tho committee further quote from President Johnson's speeches in the Senate in March, 1861. In reviewing the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, the committee say the test oath was established by law, end no officor had any more right to dispense with it than ho had to dispenso with any other law. All officers should know that the dispensing power does not exist in this Gov ernment, and that its exerciao is dangerous and "ill not be tolerated. If the act of July 2, 1862, stood in tho way of a propor oxeoution of other laws, to the extent indicated bv the Secretary of tho Treasury, the duty of the President was very plain; it was not to dispense with the law, but to aseomble Congress, and ask for a removal of tho obstacle. Had this been done In the Spring oi 1865, tlie complications now existing in the afiaira of toe nation would, in all probability, have been avoided, for with the views then entertained by the President, relative to the power of Congress ovor tho subjoot of reconstruction, tho Legislative and Executive Department could have worked to gether, with littlo or no frictiou. Instead of calling Congress together, tho Execu tive Department ot the Government elected to dis pon? o with the law of July 2, 1862, and tho Secre tary of the Treasury presented the House with an exuibit of tho officers appointed under his dispen sation. ITS MODIFICATION. Tho Committee, after further argument, say, in conclusion : "If the test oath should be so far modified as to enable an ex-rebel to take it the social influonco whloh now overoomes loyal men would atill push them out of the way and force tbe Government to bestow its offices on the disloyal. Tnfs would not make treason odious, nor would it punish traitors. On the contrary, it would ' in crease the odium whioh now attaches to loyalty in the Southern States, and punish men because of their faithfulness to the Government. A com munity that will not respect an officor of the Unit ed States because he has been sufficiently loyal to the Government to allow of his taking the test oath, does not deserve to have the ad vantages and conveniences of the postal - service extended to it; but does deserve to have the revenue laws enforced against it by the service of auoh officers as the Government may be able to aeoure. There are thousands oi loyal men in the Southern States who can take the teat oath, and to raoh should tbe offlooB in those States be given. Let tbe Gov ment rooognize their claims in this regard, and loyalty ana respect for tbe laws of the United States will soon be strong enough to overcome the moral power which frowns npon every Union man who stood by the flag of tbe Republio throughout the wh< le course of the war. Temporary incon venience should not turn the Government aside from this polloy. The unhappy condition of the Southern States cannot be improved by changing laws whioh may be opposed to the views abd tbe feelings of those citizens who fought for four years to destroy the Government. They must learn that obedience to law is a duty not to be lightly regarded, and that loyalty to tho Govern ment is a virtue which cannot be destroyed by tbe social power of the disloyal. When these endi are secured it may bo expedient to modify the test oath, bnt not until then. The oommittee, there fore, ask to bo discharged from the farther con sideration of the subjeot. VIEWS 07 MB. BOOEBS. Representativo Rogers presented hie views, it which he Bays the honorable Secretaries and tbe President are in a situation to know better the necessities for a modification of such oath thai any other persons. Their honesty, loyalty, and love of country oan not bo justly questioned, and when such high authority recommend tbe paasagt or modification of a law it should have great , wejght, and furnishes to the House good evidence that the oath should be modified. It is but ? amal asking simply to urge the modification of an oatl , unknown to the Constitution, and established ii time of war far the purposes of war, and he (Mr, Rogers) was a little surprised that thoy did nol recommend its entire repeal. The war Is ended , and peace has been proclaimed. The only questioi , that ought to be raised is whether they are loya 1 mon and can take the oath to Bupport the Const! > tution. This is all that ought or reallv can be re ?uired of. them. The most of the people of tb< outhlost their fortunes with the rebellion upon a? L honest conviction that their allegiance to Stati sovereignty was superior to Federal authorl ' ty. Somo hold offices undor the Rebel Gov i ornm?nt as the only means they had for sup i port; somo aided the robellion to avoid conaorip f tion; some were compelled by conscription totaki > up arms in defence of the so-called Conf?d?ral I States. Yet the present oath prevents every om of them from holding un office under tho Federa - Government. In fact, nearly one-half of the peo i pie wore compelled by a despotism to sustain tin - Confederate cause; and as the Federal Govern - mont could not protect them, it has no right t< r complain of persons who were forced to give alle glance to the only organization that could glv. r thorn protection. This test, oath must at som I time, and that not far distant, bo repealed. I - cannot always remain, unless it is the determina - tion of tho people to deprive the present genera - tion in the South of a voice in the affairs of th t nation. That cannot be dono and this country re ., main a republic- The peoplo ' of the South ar s anxious'to participate In the afiaira of the Unioij y and to exclude seven millions from participatif*. s in Federal affairs, by the obligation to take a y oath foroign to the Constitution, and one the T cannot take without false swearing, is despotism puro and eimplo. . CONCLUSION. After further argument tho report concludes as follows : "In view of all tho surrounding circum stances, it does appoar that we should lay our party prejudices aside, elevate ourselves to tho situation ?if affairs and modify tho oath, so far, at least, as is recommended by the Honorable Soo rotai y of tho Troaaury and tho Honorable Post ea aster-Goneral of the United States. It is to bo h oped that our revenues will bo collected, and the means of communication through the Post?nico Department oxtondod all over tho vast domain of our country without tbe necessity of using such measures as will tend to alienate the affections of ono-th?rd our population and establish a despo tism over one-third of our land. For the reasons herein sot forth, it is recom mended that Congress so far modify the test oath that the third oluuso may be. stricken out, and a chineo inserted thorein, to read as f -Hows: "That I have not voluntarily Bought any office whatever under any authority, or protended authority, in hostility to tho Dnitod States." THE TBIAX. OE DAVIS. Tho following is from the epe-oial Washington correspondent of the New York Times, dated 23d: Attorney General Speed has under considera tion tho matter of the trial of Jeff. Davis in the United States Circuit Court of Virginia, which rneots on the first Monday in May, at Norfolk, un less Congress shall, in the meantime, pass a? bill ahnnging the place of holding tho Court to Rich mond. A proposition of this kind is now being urged in the House. It is not settled, however, where Davis will be tried, but whether or not ho shall be tried in the State of Virginia will be de termined upon tho arrival of Chief Justice Ohaae, Who is expected hero this week. If Judgo Chase interposes no objection a charge against Davis for treason wi 1 bo submitted to the United States Graud Jury, to be convened in Norfolk and Rich mond, as bfiforo snggosted. TBIAX8 Or ?EE, WISE AND OTHERS. The Attorney-General has alao been in consul tation with Judgo Underwood with reforonco to tho trials of Wise, Leo and some sixty others who were indicted for* treason in the United States Distriot Court at Norfolk last summer. It is not likely that tbe indictment against General Lee will be prosecuted at the May term, if, indeed, tbe trial shall ever take place. It is proposed to try first of tbe persona indioted at Norfolk, Hunry A. Wise, and in all probability that will be the only oaBe disposed of this eoaaon in Virginia, unless it be determined to try Davis, and in that event no effort will be made to try Wise during the May term. THE B?CON8TBCCTION COMMITTEE. The past few days have been very prolific in predictions of what the Reconstruction Committee were about to report, and many ridiculous state ments have been put forth. Among others it is asserted that Robert Dalo Owen has at last come to the rescue of the Committee, and furnished it with something whioh it could not furnish it self, viz : a plau upon which it could agree. That the Committee will shortly make their final report is true; but nothing is known of the character of that roport, beyond the general features of a con stitutional amendment on representation and the exolusiou of rebels from Federal office, which it is well understood, have been settled upon. . ^ MASONIC VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT. A delegation of Knights Templars of the United States called to pay their respects to the President to-day. . THE C.VPTunED tOtriHBBti GOLD. . ;.).. . The New York World?? spociil, dated 23d, ?ays: it-will be reme moored that after the eurrouder of General Lee tbe military In Georgia captured $100,000 in gold, whioh. was claimed by the Farm ers', the Exchange and the Rank of Virginia at Richmond. Remit investigations of the facts, however, show that a few. weeks before the evacuation of ?iohmond the Legislature of Vir ginia passed a law authorizing the said banks to loan the Confederate Government, upon tbe faith of the State, $300,000 of gold to purchase supplies for Lee's army. Thia sura was placed i>y the re spectivo banks .to the oredit of the Confederate Government, und before the surrender of Lee $GO,000 waa paid, leaving $240,000 belonging to the Confederate Government with those hanks at the time of the evacuation. The Government there fore claims not only the $100,000 captured in Georgia, but also tho $140,000 additional in custo dy of the banks. This is the present condition of the question. The notes of these banks bave been bought up with the expectation that the Govern ment would relinquish its title to the $240,000 of gold. BOBDBB loOVnCKNTS. Gen. Meade has authority to call for all the troops he desires in order to preserve the peace on the Canadian frontier. The Government is said to be in full possession now of all the secreta of the Fenians, including the placea of deposit of all their arms and munitions of war, ana these will be at once seized. Sir Frederick Brace has been promised that the Government will break the whole thing up now without any farther trilling with it, ana with this assurance the British Minis ters is greatly comforted. THE STATUS OF THE BOUTBEBN STATES. It is believed that the President will aoon issue another proclamation in regard to the status of the Southern States, including Texas, and stating explicitly that martial law is at an end and the writ of nabeas corpus restored. M. S. Genebax. Oonfebence.?Tho New Orleans Times of the 21at Bays : The venerable Bishop Andrew, in a very feeling and toucblng address, on Friday, to his brethren of the Methodlat Conference, now sitting in this city, apprised them of his intended departure yesterday, on several offices of private ?ove and professional duty, to the sick and the aged of bia acquaintance,in Raton Bouge and ol so where. And he took the occasion, as a matter of duty, to lay down the Episcopal office, whioh be has held for thirty-four years. He was of the opinion that, after having passed tbe age of seventy years, a man is no longer fit to act as a Bishop. : .. The Conference referred the venerable Bishop's Ero ?or of his r?sign?t ion to-tho Committee on the ?piscopaoy:_- *"_ ? ExcrrrNo News i-bok Utah, if Tbtje.?The Omaha (Neb.) Republican of April 9, in a double leaded editorial, says : We learn to-day by telegraph that tbe greatest excitement prevails among tho Mormons, and a fixed determination on their part to drive out or exterminate all Gentiles. Eight men have recent ly been assassinated, four on yesterday,'while the editor of tho Vedette, with all other Gentiles, bave been notified to quit the country, or faro worse. Placards are posted up in 8alt Lake City, notifying all Gentiles to leave immediately. Wo prediot exciting news from Mormondom, 1 and approbend that tho military will .find ere long that tue seat of war has been transferred from the South to the Land of Prophets. Report bath It that the Fenians in Union Square are about dissolving partnership and going inte liquidation. The Robebts Fonians, however, seem to be in a flourishing state, and it is to that or ganization that tbe Irish look for a solution of the problem whit h has so long vexed them. So sayi the New York Tribune of Monday; from whioh pa* per we also learn that Major-General Killian, ot the Irish army, is on the retreat from Eastport, Ho has arrivod in New York, bringing the entire funds with him, thus leaving hia. late, confreres tc find their way back as best they oan. FINAL NQTI0??.?ALL PERSONS BAY 1NO demanda against the estate of the late ABOHTBALI 11 MCKENZIE, deceased, will render attested statement '" thereof to Messrs SltfONS 4 SIMONS, SoUoitot?,' a< ? their office. No. *i 7 Broad-street, and all persons indent* pt ed thereto will make payment to them or to the un 3er a signed. M. A. 8. MoKENZIB, y April 18 v.-ic Executrix. From onr Travelling Correspondent. NASHVILLE'. NaBuviLLK, Tennessee, April 20.?Tho weary traveller who loavos Augusta on tho ovoning train for Atlanta is more weary still when, feeling like a bottle of well-shaken up soda water, anxious to be uncorked, after tho twelve hours jolting on a rough road, he arrives oarly tho next morning at tho latter point, having passed nothing on tho route worthy of observation, except Berzelia, n pretty little flower garden of a spot, about twenty milos from Augusta, and Stone Mountain, near to Atlanta, more noted for its pioturcBque beauty than for its height. Leaving Atlanta at once for Chattanooga, tho traveller forgets his weariness; for along tho entire route abundant food is offered, both for observation and reflection, inasmuch as thore is not a square foot of the country over which ho passes that has not boon rondered forever his torically famous by the celebrated march of Gen. Shebiian, and tho masterly though ineffectual man uvros of Gen. Johnston, in tho vain attempt to oppose, by strategy, the sweeping ourrent of victory that could not fail to attend the footBteps of a magnificently appointed army, boasting be sides an overwhelming superiority in numbers over the handfull of veterans it swept before it. 800 whore stands KonnestW Mountain, where Johnston made his stubborn defence; farther on wo pass Alatoona Mountain; then Dalton; here Chickamauga, whore Bhauo- and Lonqsthekt de feated Rosencbanz; and hero Missionary Ridge, where Thomas defeated Bbaoo, and where the disasters of tho Confederates began, even before SiiEitMAN took command in this aeotion. At Chickamauga I beheld the grandest eight that my eyos have over witnessed, and stood lost in reve rontial admiration of the Great Creator as I viewed the most sublime sunset that it were possi ble to conceive. Ab I looked front the oar window, in front lay Lookout Mountain, rising grandly in tho distance; on the right of it Missionary Bidge; both of them filled with the graves of brothers killed by brothers' hands; and as I thought of the cruel strife, and then contemplated tho canopy of heaven, dotted with floating clouds, each catching tho reflection of the setting sun, in rays of light exhibiting every hue of tho bow of promise, I could only bow in humiliation at tho conviction of our utter nothingness and ignorance as to tho understanding of the mysteries of the creation. Tour correspondent has nothing to say as to the trip from Chattanooga to Nashville, except that leaving the former placo on the night train, sleeping (uncomfortably) the whole way, and not having the eyes of an owl to soe at night?even had he not shut them in uneasy slumber?he saw nothing till next morning, when he awoke to see ?Nashville. And what do I see in Nashville? Many things. First of all, a busy, bustling, llonriahing city, with a population full fifty per cent, greater than it had before the war. Not a handsome city, yet containing many handsome residences, and one magnificent building whioh is, boyond doubt, ono of the most gorgeously imposing odiflces in Amer ica. Of course, I refer to the cap?tol. It is an immense building, constructed of granite, and, standing on a high elevation, has an appearance of majestic grandeur that cannot be described. Tho Senate chamber is, however, small and com mon-place. I visited it yesterday whilst the Sen ate was in session, and though I heard some eloquent speeches from Senators Thimble and Cahbioan, and Judge Surrn, of Memphis, I was not at all pleased. What displeased me was the contemplation of the entire absence of all senatorial dignity. The honorablo gentlemen Bit with their feet perched high in air on tho tables in front of them, and to all appearance pay not the slightest attention to the Speaker, but pass their t?ne in reading news papers, and aiming at the spit-boxes whioh abound. I have never seen auoh arrangements for expeotorating as are made in the Capitol buildings here?at every fifth step there is a mark to be aimed at, and?sometimes?missed. As regards polities this is a curious place, and one has to be over-cautious in conversai ion, for there is no tolling whether the gentleman with whom you converse may bo a Northern man?a TennoBseo ex-seceaeionist, or a Tennessoo Union man?there Is such a political conglomerate, that a stranger has to keep his weather eyo open; and as to getting Into a personal difficulty here, it is unpleasant?as nine mon out of ten?or nine and a half?in Nashville, wear pistols, and nine pair of inexpressibles out of ton aro made with pistol pockets. Fist fighting is obsolete?weapons aro always used; it is much more! common hero lor a man to wear a pistol than a watch, and the news papers never speak of a man's drawing a pistol, but of his drawing his pistol, as we would say his watch, his waistcoat, his pocket-book, ko. The negroes here are devoting themselves to tho pursuit of knowledge under difficulties. Young ladies and gentlemen, betwoen tho ages of five and fifty-five, attend sohool regalarly in order to le?rn to read their title olear, Ac. The > negro convicts who are at work on the streets wear sassafras candy clothes, and look like black circus clowns. The lion and the lamb havo sat i down together and had a friendly and sociable chat ; the lion is Mr. Wm. 8. Fubay, correspond entof the Cincinnati Gazette (Radical), the lamb was my humble self, correspondent of tho Charleston Daily News (Independent). I have no hesitation in acknowledging that I passed a few most agreeable momonta in convers?t ion with this coi??teoua and talented gentleman. I sur prised him muoh by assuring him that tho kindest , feelings exist in Charleston between thefreedmen and their former owners, and he tickled and and pleased me by volunteering the remark that ho know Tun Daily News as the most entorpri 1 sing journal and the best newspaper in South Caro 1 lina. Governor Brownlow is exceedingly unpopular in this seotion of the Stato. On last Tuesday ' there was a difficulty between his son, General > Brownlow, and Mr. Woodruff, a good writing 1 man and a better fighting man, connected with the Nashville Union. The difficulty occurred at the Capitol, and arose from an artfole that had f appeared in tho Union, showing up the Bbown , lows in a semi-faoetious and semi-vituperative stylo. Bbownlow started to draw "his pistol," when Woodruff drew "his," and gracefully placed ' it in an unpleasant proximity to the fighting par son's non-fighting son's head. The next day Woodruff walked into Bjiowhlow in a still more enthusiastic manner, arid the latter baa swallowed * all, muoh to the disgust of the ontire press and > community, who were anxiously expocting a fight. 1 There are six English papers here and two Ger 1 man. I have been well received by each of them as I have paid my respecte to, and am especially indebted to the cour teny of Mr. A. Bobsbtb, of tho ' Republican Banner. You shall hear from me next from?I am not certain where. BOHEMIAN. MA Ulli i.; o, .^0n????S evening of the 22d April, at the residonco or the brldo's father, by the Kc?. Ai.ax?.?iDrtn W. Hab SHAW., Mr. JOSpH M. ADD180N to Miss ISABELLA. C, oldest daughter of Mr. M. Abu au, oU of this city. * On Tueed?y, the 10th Inst, by the Bev. Ha?ra*-r 8tsi:i.s, Mr. SAMUEL MABCO, of NorUi Carouns. to Mies BEBBOOA HXME8. daughter of tho lato Mr*. BAitAB Pbinox, of Charleston, 8. C. On Thursday oventng, 19th Inst., by Bev w 8 Bow man, MARION L. LAl'Alt to Miss KATE 8 PENNING TON, Of Rlchland Dis riet, 8. V. srannitwr OniTTfAHV. KATE E., wtfeof Wm. H. An' RKWlf> and dan<ht?r of Ju lia O. and the late J. A. Hut-son, of Ht John's Berkley died In Oharloston, 8. O,, April lOtb. itoe, in boretchU eonth year. This sad ovout feU saddoniy on the visor and bloom of youth, hastening Into iha iiame mve a. mother and hor first-born beautiful babo, "Lovely and pleasant in tholr Uves, and in their dratb. tboy wore not dlvldod," Before twelve months had i>ur8o?i from the bridal hour, bo who was so happy on UutfoBtal occa sion followed his young bride, woeplng, to hor grav?**. 8uoh Is life. Her character was unfoiuin); ami winning the love of family and friends, and maturing In tho higher adornments of Christian gracos. Hho bad glvou*. hor heart to God, and was a luembor of tho M. S. Ohnroh. Hor end. though sudden, found hor ready t? depart to bo with tho Lord. Sholeft astnlttun husband, a mother, two brothers, and a largo oirclo of rolatlves and friends, to mourn over her losa, but to cliurlah the hope of reunion in endless joy. y?. SPECIAL NOT?(5?8r~ SE-QITY COUNCIL.?THE MEMBEW30FTHE City Ooimcll aro requested to meet Thit Day, at tho City Hall, at half-past U A. M., for the purpoao ofjolning In the Procession and Annual Inspection ot tho Fir? De partment. By tho Mayor. W. H. 8MITH, April 37_1_Clerk of Oonocil. j?-NOT ICE_ALL FEBBON8 HAVING claims against the estate of NATHANIEL GIBT, Hr., JAS. D. GIBT, and 3. D. and N. GIST, will present them, proporly attested, to the subscriber. W. 0. GIST, Err. and Adm. JonoavlUo P. O.. Union UlaV, 8. 0, Morob 3 ImoB*? BE- NOTICE.?ALL PEB80N8 HAVING AN? domands against tho est?t?? of the late LAURENCE M. KEITT will present them, properly attested, on or before the 1st of July next, to Messrs. MOWBY k CO., North AUantlo -Wharf. 8. 8. KEnT, April 90 ftuia Administratrix. BE- OFHOE 0HABLE8TON AND SAVANNAH BAXLBOAD COMPANY, M ABOH 18, 1800.?At a moot ing of the Board of Dirootor?, held this day, the fol io wing resolution was adopted : Resolved, "That the President do causo tho report of the meeting of exodi tor? to be published In the newspa pers, and that he, by public notice, request all bond creditors of the Company to send to the Secretary a statement of the Bonds they hold, number, date and amount, accompanied by an acknowledgment of their concurronco in the recommendation adopted st the meeting of the bondholders; and that they may be able to decide understandingly, the President do publish therewith a full and plain exposition of the condition and prospects of the Boad, and tho plan submitted to their choice." In accordance with the above resolution the holders of unondorsed bonds are hereby roapoctfully requested to forward to the 13ecretary of the ?Charleston and Savan nah Bailroad Company, as early as practicable, a state? ment of tho Bonds In tholr possession, with number, ' date, and amount, together with an actaaonl-Mimient of their oonourrenoe In recommendation adopted at tho meeting of the bondholders. 11. L HINQLKTABY, President. The Savannah National BopabUcan please copy. March IS CAUTIOl?. TO ?OBWABDING AGENTS AND ALL CONCEBN ED. In conBocjuonco of a scorning misapprehension aa regarda tho law regulating the lnspeotlon of flour anil meal In Oharleiton, I deem It my duty to publish the following Act of Assembly, 1856, section 3d: "That hereafter no flour merely passing through the city of Charleston, from any place In this or any other State, to another port or place out of this State, shall be required to be lnapeoted in the said city of Charleston, Provided such flour be distinctly marked before it comes into tho said city, opon the barrels or bags, with tho name of the place from whence It comes, and the name of the port or place of Its destination, with the words 'la transit,* between tho names of the said two placas." ..... Agreeable to the foregoing, I shall reciulrosll flour not properly marked, to be submitted to me for inspection. EDWD. 0. TlIAiriN, Inspector of Flour and Meal for Charleston, Office No. 107 East Bay, 3d door south of Queen-sL April 21_1_ AN IMMENSE EMIGRATION. An Immense emigration will pour down Into the Southern States with the restoration of peace. Thou sands of Bouthern refugees, from all the towns and cit ies of the North, will return home; thousands of North ern soldiers will move in the same direction, and settle, In the olosest bonds of Union, among their Southern brethren; and, in obedience to the laws of demand ami supply, thousands of Northern farmers, mocbanios and laborers, will swell the mighty volume for the rspeoplisg and rebuilding the waste places of "The Sunny South." In anticipation of this grsnd diversion of the tide of emi gration, and from the increasing demanda upon them, the proprietors or HOSTETTEB'S OELEBRATEU? 8TOMACH BITTEBS are putting up additional thou sands of boxos of their universally popular tonic and al terative. We have the testimony of soldiers, sailors, travellers, trappers, miners, emigrants, refugees, farmers and planters, North and South, "a cloud of witnesses,'' that as a safe and reliable remedial agent, and as a protec tion against all the complaints Incident to exposure, privations, changes of climate, diet, water and habits of life, HOTTETTEB'S BITTEBS, used as directed, aro worth their weight in gold, North or South.?(Commu nicated.] It is also proper to state that tho Blttors are sold ex clusively In glass, and never under any circumstances, by the gallon or the barroh Impostors and iinit&tora aro abroad, and tho only safeguard the public haa agslnst them is to see that the BUters they buy have the engraved label and note of hand of Messrs. Hoatotter 3c Smith, and pur proprietary stamp over the cork of the bottle. 0 April WHISKEY, WINE BRANDY, &0. erf\ BBLS. BUPEBIOB BOURBON WHISKEY O VJ 60 bbls. Magnolia Whiskey Sbhls. Gin 100 Oases bt, Jnl I on Claret 60 eases Champagne, quarts and plats 100 coses Ssuterno Wlno 100 oasos Fine Old Bourbon Whiskey 100 oases Magnolia Whiskey 00 oases Primrose Whiskey, super SO cases Old Bye Whiskey 100 canos Fine Cordial Gin 60 cases Old Q. Brandy 25 caaes Bum, "Bt. Orolx" 600 caaes Ale, "Muir ft Sons," quarts and pints. Just received per steamers and schooners, and for sale low by JNO. KING ft CO., March 6 mwf No. 88 Hasol-stre*?. ALE, ALE. e)f\f\ BBLS. AM8DELL BROS. CELEBRATE? ?l\J\J ALBANY AMBKB OBEAM ALB, receive?! weekly, and fur sals by JNO. KING ft OO. March? aawt Mo. 88 HaaeUteeeA.