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P?BLWHED KVEKY WEDNESDAY MORNING Il T DUBI80E, SEESE & CO. TB HA? S OF SUBSCRIPTION. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Tho ADVERTISER ii published rogularl/ev exy WKDXESPAT Moainxe, at THREE DOLLARS per anrnrar; ^QJXteJi?bhA&i and FIFTY CTS. for Six..Month?; SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS for Taree* Moothi^- a'iccn/? in ??ranee. jgg^AlI naper? discontinued at tho expiration of the timo for'^hioh^th?y~li?T^hi??Xpaid. RATES OE ? &mEm-I8lVl&* RAYADLES'N. ADVANCE. Adverti.-omcnt* will be inserted 'Jrfc.tlie rate ?f ONS DOLLAR aad F-?FT?? CENTS per Square (ttl Minion lia??nrdess.^ fur the first insertion, bad O -iE DOLLAR for each *ub?o?]nent infertiou JOSfA liberal di/co.mt wi|l--bo usado to th OJ? wishing to advert?s? by the,, Jteai..., , ? Ann .uncing.Candidat^? ?j,<]t>, in .adv.iuce. C?ngrt*5hiouul New?. WASH rx .Trox, March 12.-S>n'afpr Sher ann, of Ohio, presented lo'the United States Senate, to-d&y, a petition: from a citizen ol Columbia, : S.H3.v?skin'T-,T'V,1"1iV f?r l?fS sustained by:jhavde8"?rue?po..- of- his hou.*. lie read a letter from Cen. Sherman,'allegii g that Columbia wa* Dot ?rtd by Federal au thority, but by order bf'Gen. Wade Ham;.ton. Gen. Sherman state* that -the town was on ftr? wh^jl^-'e^texotL - Tho petition was re ferred to the Committee on Claims. The bill to admit Colorado was discussed. Senator Sumner opposed it, J>ecau?e no provision was made iu t;he Constitution to allow negro auf frage. Io tho United States House of Representa tives a resolution, declaring the inexpediency of tho .sehemo looking to a guarantee by thia. ' Government of* ^lexican - ot" Fenian loan, was not allowed to be introduced. The Raeiprbcity bill was discussed. : 1 MAJ?CH 13.^'?h? United.'State? Semite re ftt?ci'.tp pass a lill (ot'' th? admission o? Colorado.. The Ltju:e, "by a vote of 1?9 against 30. passed tho Senaio bill declarnVjj all perfcdns, wbj.te.or black, born in the 'Utrired Siales,"to bo citizen? ol' the United Stats?, and in pro tect thtjrn, in their civil right? andto roraisk the moans for their' vindication'. Nothing in thia act to be construed so as to ?ffrrt the laws of any State concerning the rfgKts "?t" - MAOCH. H?^-The Senate , tooday passed the Bill-fixing.- the peace establishment of the army. ~ l?.provides.for retaining apropcrtipn at?.nUmber o( ne/ro,regiments. in the Semite, Mr. Davis offered ? rc<soli> tipa that the Joint Committee on.Recon'itruc tiaivought to take th*.testimony of'a reason Able number of persona whose narnia may be .igggea.Udrbj the Souator? and--Representa tives irorn the Southern States:; Mr. Grimes objectcd,-and tbe resolutlen Hos over under the r ule*:.'.. (??The BjH io.increase and fix the', military peace teattiblis.hmaut of tho United Stales was then'diseased. , " O^The House, to-day, was engaged in the con sideration: of thc joiut resolution inakinfi. .aj?ropriation for. tho Paris .exhibition for lS?T. MARCH 15.-The Senate Concurred in the House araendmont, and pa?sod tbo Civil Rights: Bill.;- it await? the signature of .the -President- to become a law. The. H?usocwas engaged in the considera tion of tho Loan Bill. JfiRcn 16th<-^Th? Supreme-Court h?s be fore it caaes involving the constitutionality of Missouri's Wt'oath? . . In th? Senate, Stewart offared resolution* declaring in favor of universal sup?age in re turn for universal amnesty, believiug as negro suffrage ?eema.the main impediment to South? ern. restoration its adoption would insu.-o the admisaio.aof Southern Representatives. . Th? House wai engaged in the considera tion of tho loan bill, which gives the S?crc . ?ary of the Treasury new powers in the man iement of. tb) national finance. -itARCH-;17t?.-rrTho House, last night, de ??9atid:the. Loan ;Bill, by a vote of sixty-four ?ossveauy. This isa condemnation of the financial bolicy of the Secretary of the Treas ury." Th* bill -would give -.him very large powers,.and it. is supposed that it will be ro Tived and .passed. The.t dekat occasioned much extitemeut. From the Correspondence) of thu Courier. Washington Rumors. An-eztraordinary-rumor aro.?e herein po litical ?rdus. OB the 6th, that the. Prc?ident had caused notices to be sent in his name to all Senators, elect from every one of tho eleven excluded Southern States, to apscrublc in "Washington without delay. * T thi<k .the . report ia true. It came to me ' from:no'idle source. It accords with..other well- known, fact?. Some of the S?nator? ?lect, now herc, have been induced to remain at the President's earnest, request... Other*, it wasknown.sovoral days ago, had.boen re quested Ly the President to come on here. 'The Radicals are coquetting with .General ^Grant?'and-the. General, keeps company.with. . - tfaern &> great deal* It is. no secret that the . faction wishes to.p?ico the soldier bofo're'the people, at .once a? its" candidate for the next . -'Preaidtncy. ; .The name of .eo popular a utan i'. is supposed w?i.gite. strength .and back bone to ' the Rao?cftX .eause. It xi beyond ?ic?oaost?on that Graut ia.ambitious to^ie Prc?i ?'dsnt, and iris equally true.that he is lendinj; . *?? ?i?ir O) the whispers of the fawniug Rr.dicul -??rpbli?eia?s arou-nd him; but it is truer still that-if hf put3 his fortunes in their hands he ?"riKttJift-WCrae : beaten. than tb? .favorite herd of-the day, oW Scott, was .in.1852. ^Pa>t9 lUBSSSitviH? J*''*" ts.--T . . P?KSipEXT JotlXSOX. I.VDOUSKD BY IXN?OV "*;''Si?l>Jtia'8.?^On:Jh^ at. ia. large i?ooti?g of. Union aoldiers, held at Oakland, . "?Jleghany.^County, Mary land,, the following ? resolutions were unanimously adopted :l Essolved, That by-no word pr act has An drew-Johnson fbrfciled J1?3 .claim" upon thc confidence of the Upiou-loying .people of th,e. land. Ilia firmnoss.in opposing.' tho. heresy . of .secession will, we"hope,mbe equalled by hi? ??rmaess in-opposing the inshile measures ad vocated by such sectional.ist8 as S?mu?r and Stevens, which can have no other tendency than to alienate the people of th?..country - end revive those, sectional animosities whic? - brought on,-the war. .. Reiolved, ,Tha.t his opposition to negro - -iatfraga.n>?eta .with our entire! approbation, and we pledge ourselves' to support-no man fer any.positionr ?ither-higb or low, who has . -r- favored, doas fayor, br whom.we believe will ever favor negro, suffrage in the District of , .Columbia or. any oth,er portion of th'e'Uiiited ? -States.. . .'. , ." . - ? Ilesolved, That werc-spect and honor Pres identJ'ohnson for thc'gratitudehe has.30 often expressed for thc ' service rendersd by ?he white-9cldier!j* .believing"as_ we do (and as c-.itain Serator.'i do not) that all the honor, :'?ll tb? ?r??it; all tho -substantial -tokens of gr&titudo fihouk. not be given to the negro - soldiers to the exclusion ol', tho white soldiers. _-y ?" -7 - 1 SsnucfioK A?T? Kibuxo o? TUE SKP?CKI?. ! -Tlie* Cbfcai'o "Republican'' contains ibo following dispatchi dated Indianapolis, Indv ifarch ? : " A horrible "tragedy occurred, it* Bedford last, night. It seojis that Prof* J. ii ad ison Evans, in ree?rd to whom there was some scandal a short time h$o, .had" seducod a daughter of D. Berjainifl Newland.. The 'Doctor's'daughter had-been*off ata boatding aehopl, wben her- cortditiob; becamff so appu ient that ?l?e wai Witt n'oto?, whore she con f?asdd all to'her "f?ther: The Doctor took \IuXpis??l and "one1 of his1 dts^octing knivo? . and w'?nO.? Evafl's house. The latter waa j ' not?t PopKr 5?"w*lf?d w?nt-tt? hunt him, .and fpnnd. ?ilte'in^tlre street, where h? ?hot -fea.dowOj Hid" cttfliitd to pieces with tbe *" ^Jtoife.. "XraWw??'?tt?ro?rifeirof ?ho'Christian church, and a man who at ene timo ?ccupied - ii high poa. t?ou, ar.d is well known-as the. au, 8? fchorjjfa;.w dfk eii:-iilo?-'' ?ho 'Pipnccp. Preach ?wonM?an8-'' ^^Jtte^i^?a?. ??JOB ,pcctApiediiia: chair io ti* Nojtf iwjjsterjf Cbris?m ?7r?iy, RELEASE OF HON. S. R. MALLORY.-The following, from the New York News ?f &St urday,jwll convey very gratifyin tionV 1 tap? recei of the^ at Fortf' Iiufa.yet1,e: ;?fre a'r||r becaa.i? a fe?oTs^B?Vyin&:.~h?s been.ft?'liv erecTirom a crueFartd unn^?ss?)'' imprison-' .mcnt, but because in this act of clemency we "find au additional promise of statesmanship und correct sentiment in the Chief Maigff tiate,_upon.whi-se.ac(ion and policy so much depends. Mr. Mallory was the last of the prisoners of State confined at Fort Lafayette. His re [. lease -rcuiowa from .that furtrcss_tho charac I terjatie ofBastjle and tHe flag that floate above, its wills' 'ls "no ' longer" Mfhaied^by the prostit ution*of 1 he1 naliouah?truciurtf-beneath to the at?i dr #. dutiyeon. . Let us accept:this; us an omen of the speedy restoration of rapub li canis m,: tbe downfall of military..dtctntor .ibip^itnd the supremacy of-fche laws. ... THE ADVERTISER. . JAHK T. SACON/HIITOB.' W i>?NE Sli A MAI*. 21,: 1R?G.. Our Clul> Rates. ; Wa-'ai-a m>w. furni?b.iBg, tho ADVERTISER to Clubs at the following ?duOod rutes : Tux Certes OWE .YrAn.......$2?,00" FiFTEKX-Cortcs oss' Yu.vn. 25',0U ? Twajtrr-CD'PIUS OJCB. &'etat.:...:....?..-..-.40,00 ? NojClubs, received for' a'fess period1 than one year,. The outiie Club must bc'sci.t at ono time. J?f3~Auy one sending us. Five New. Subscribers and the .mosey. ($ Li j tborow.ith, wiihroooiv* one copy: gratis. Spring Unfolds Itself at.Kidgeiva.jr.' See the ailrei tisemsnt of Messrs.: \VATKKX A Lov?LApe. Tliey have just rotirrned irptn Chax los'tau with no?r Spring and Summer Goods. Tho Ridgeway Merchants havo ruado flicmselvoi an enviable namb, not only Tor tasto, but for con scientiousness and uioilfivttion. Brynn'.-., Brynn's, Bryan's. Charleston ha* fhowereda thousand vertslbfau tiea upon, tho she! va? and oouiitttri of .Vir. Bit YAN. These..beauties ballia description.. Words full (To;'and acquire pors nial experience. See Yu card.- . fi ..' ? .': A.c k n .QWJ e d g e m e u t. We ?re much indebtad to ?Ir. B.C. BHTAX, Capt. Fp.ti). S.VTTH, JAMES RAINSPOKU, E?q., and a.kinu and thoughtful lady'friend, fer vslinrble late papers. .? - Clmnge in 'Fhe Garrisori!. j Capt'. WUITE, of the ?5tS O'jio Volunters, with his'company, numbering .?ame forty or fifty men, togothor with a detachment of the 5th U. S. Cav alry, has. arrived ia Edgoflold, and taken com mand of the pout. Lieut. EioapasTAFi' is sta tioned at prosant. as fe; some time past, in Ham burg. The small dotaohmopt of Lisut. D'* com pany, under oociraani of Sor?t. FULTON, whfch, during the last two or throo months, has formed the Federal garrir-on in EdgoS??d, Lato al.*o lett this place for Hamburg. /Orders from-thc .Freedman's Bureau. ' .Wo call spocial extention to tho orc'.ors, to be found in another ?oluw?, of Lt. Col. Devereux. A. As?t. 'Commissioner of Frecdmens bureau for Edge.field District Lt.. Col. Dcvercux's Hoad [ iquarterB aro at Hamburg. I :Faet Becoming Yahoos and. Havagcs. : No:' wo take back the. Savage, but wo sliokto the Yaboo. Wo maau all of us-Edgeiield. peo .ple. Becoming Yahoo:i for want o? Mail Facili ties. Is it part of the Radical programme tbfit the South is to bo thus painfully afflicted ? Can't tho Executive. Department of the G^vern^ent restore the postal machinery of tho .South, uran though tho. Congrp?5 of tho Northern, Eastern 'and Western States way nat L? pleased to allow 'us representation? But we ourselves ire not al together without blami) in the matter. We un derstand that the Department'ls offering $>1000 .for tho eonyoyance of the mail, to and fro, be :i<voan this point and Augusta; and that 'ft doo? j aot stipulate hom it shall be oonveyotl. A man may carry it on his-b.ack if he likos. Now, why a man, with a good l-orso nui buggy, cannot make money out of thif, is more than vc can seo. Ho would almost invariably find a passenger to. nil his sparc scat, and i.hc money realized in this way would go far towards paying his exponner. Death of Mr. Buckinaster. We rogrot to annnunco (faysthe Auga'sta'jDniVy Previ, of tho l?tb.) tho dynth of Mr. E. J. Biick maiitor, which ?vent occurrod yestorda}'. Air. Buckmuster was uo old morchaut ef this city, and a respected eit.jtn. His loss will bu deo-ply re gretted by a lurga circle of relativos and friend*.. Photographs, Am bro typ cs, Xe lui u o types. Mes;rs. McNctii, i MOURNB, whs oro no siran gers lo a grcit many of us, have ?rrivod in Edgo field, and offer their cervices to the public as tu Jteraof Phqtogriiphs, Ambrotypes, and ?ll that class of picturei). MOS?T?. MCNKILI. A ?tfoftr.il" are old soldiers,.who, like all other stripped ai.d -starvicg. " reholS;." haye hung up their arm?, and gnneto gcr?tvhiiig f->r a docent and boa cst living ' Wc know them weflyund o&n recommend.theui nt houeit, obliging and truitwottby gentlemen:' Ir. their present business; th?y are un'joubtodly skill ful. " In all tho improvementii which have bcon made ia their linc of art siuoe tho bc gi nt. ir. g of the war, they aro entirely OM conrunt. Thoir pic tures are really, very beautiful; and their prices most ?atisfaetorily reasonable. Thoy copy pic 'tu'rorc-f-deceased parsons, or-old pictures gener ailyjin tho most admirable manner. They hav: a great variety of e'logan't eOrf.i de Heit? for Photograph* ; and various ki'nds""?f iiaw ?nd handsome cases for Ambrolypos and Melaino types.. They-.willrc.eeivo.thoir friends and patrons in thc Odd Fellows,' - A lla?onic Hall." Their further sta'y.ia Edgeficld will probably act extend over a week dr ten :days.' The Spartnubarg JSxpre.tts. ? This well known paper, established, wc. believe, som o ten Or twelve years ag5, has'be'mv revived, and i's now publi?hod every Wediicaday at Spir tanbur^. it is edited by WARKUX DVYRF.; A. M;, atsistod by. a geu'dcmun, fuunu:-and deservedly so-throughout the- Unitod Statei-Wiinfi-oonti -SJIITU D. D.-. These names e?ord thc.ample: t gouran tee that a tone, of ri;'or,truih and scholarr ship 'wiirp'orvade it? columns. Wo congratulate ourself ai we enroll it amtf?g our excbiiugci. Sparta-nburg I'enmlu College. . . We a? extremely happy to sec that this Insti tution, which bas byen for so many year?, a mon ument of usefulness and an honor to.?e State at large, i? to be kept nplff fuH vigor andpopularity'. By refcrring^to our advort?singcofumni', it will be seen that its.Trustoos'have lately sooUred the services.of the most ominont teachoi- In North ?Carolina. ^Wo bopo-and prodict-for t??lnstl-. tution, under thesa now auspices, a Ino-t brilliant and" ftric?ossfnl'career. The Quitmon Banner. . D? any in 'theso*regions -wish. to .get rclikblo'' weeklyIntelligehca froin South^Veatcrn .Georgia '!' If so, the Quit man Bbu H t'r lt tho f.ape* they muft subscribe.to. Quitman is a ilourithin'g little town on thc Railroad rnnniii'g'Westward from Savan nah;, and tho Quitman /{'inner is a flourishing .paper, giving, in most relined and agreeable m .in ner, tho local new.fi of all tho Gulf-coast country. 1 Edited by-Fi R. Fji4)e3, Esqf--$.'1.00 per aimum. Wo Bopo'for?e? it a-nd'r?a"d it every w*ck, i. . ?" ? ^>--, . gSft A n*gro:in Lyuohhurg. 3bser.tpd-.his. wj/O. ^.jrYew-aa^ -3? ycojca," b c eau se sfro 'VrnThe'l jObis-^h i<OU^h''p?favryF is. ^5? jj ? ^*?>rrVst?a" aritf^m?ell?d tolt?ke'>ctrre ?otJflft fe ?wa? i Desecration of our Village Cemetery, vir. hat beon brought to our not ?co that tho^ sreuibs, evorgrocns au il flowcn, which ornament thp-graves. iri'Vour village, i;ouictcty,. aw^buing "-s ?fctbles'sly^^ and wuhayAe-.n '. riqutfteii 'to c?U;'thcNiite:i'ti<jii li thc Town" Coun cil;, and of thr^itirA-u?'gou?ritlJy, to thisjamanta ble fact. AYVg'ay ruthTc*BTj(|r$nt uion\-re'?tiction we aro bf VhVlop?nioo that^'iugVtkssly*; Would j&? a bettcr^wor'j ; for j^gj??ot beti^C/?hat anj?jj;> one lu our Chrisliauv?aud would willingly and' persistently de>-ecrtf?$eveu in tho slightest man ner, the ?ducos where the dead Ho shoping. Wo will say nothiug more on this subject at prcsi-Dt, boping and b'sHevfng that not more than a finale word of reason and remonstrance.is needed to puta complote stop to thc UDbeconiing.proceed Tng of-Tvhicfr-wc-speak*- Parents ?lould glvo young-and tbouuhtle?? cluidxin a very serious charge ta venorato and. respect, to tbc^ uttermost the villsg'o cemetery. .Andall.;roding^and thou?bt-' less froed; people -should bu.warned that watchful' eyes aTeupon. them.. . - -.. ?.? On .The Ijtanijmge.'.' Thc Merchants of our town are.reluming every ;dKy fr?m Charleston .and. >Nuw Yor?? and jagg rsooh their store's Ivill'be Hooded; with beautiful things of the poVch-hln?orn-and tbinjniuRHn;Sort. Tho merchants are on (lib rampage just-'how. Next week wil' come tho tura of thc- ladies. How fearful and delightful will he their Vpriilg-grtods rampageJ And th?u ihiiign" are to bc ra hinch cheaply:. Th? tnecchariti. har'? told as sb out of thoir own mouths ; they have actually eo?ft*??? the fact. But with the decided fall of .thc prorai um ou gold, and'the simultaneous, dedin* ?n .'.Lo. prices of nearly ull' kinds oT-goOd?,* bow could tbej- db.lcij ? The halcyon days of sevenpence' ealiw, [aiid twenty cents muslin, and-sugar at ei?h?.p<mr.ds to the dollar,, arc fa'st'eoming bail: te us... AVo.foel an delighted tit tho idea,' that, if wo could, wo'd fly liko.a bird to'tho uttermost parts of the earth, alighting for a while? on'every tree by tho wsy, ts tall the joyous tale. . , Three Willing. Victims and Six.IIundrcd . -.Eager Candidates. Victims and Candidatos for thohymonial sacri fice ! In the la?t Laurtmsi-Ulf HeraVi -o-ppoarsa dolorous].communication from "throo despondent young mcK," who are raving,''frantic, fosruing'at tho mouth, to get married, but arc too timid and shrinking to ".pop the question" (vile phrase!) Tho marrow .roc?es in their very bones at the idea'of being " kicked" (anothor-yjle phrase I), and they call upon the editors iu piteous tones to Lclp them. Don't you doit, ' .uds McGowan :ind BALL. Don't you help them at all. Better not meddle willi sharp'odgud tools. If any Candidate from Bdgyficld wlsjios to undertake those " three -despondent*,,? or either, ono of them, clio nust addro'S "X, LaureiisvilIo,S. C." While this is the-ead case in La uren.?, thc Che tKi^AttiirtU'er says that there aro, in that Dis trict, (Chesterfield) ?fie, nu nd red moreyoiiugladios th,?n gftntlemej. As regard? this latter ':.i?e, wo unke co cointronts. Indeed, tho fact is too mel ancholy for. words. Wonder what revelation, in this rojpuct, a cousus-of .Fdgefleld Bistriot would niako! t The American Cotton Planter. Evory farme-and planter is, of course, deeply de?iroui of raalcin? .-fil that he possibly c?.n from the Soil ; and to this end, it is natural that nvery farmer sud plunter should feck all intelligent aid and advico towards thc furtherance of hi? agri cultural inierei t. And this Is ns it shotf'.d be ; for if anything can obstruct tho gradual onward march of our country in its new carder, it will ba the neglect and decliuo ot our agricultural industry aud entorpiioT, From no sourco more luarnqd and reliable eau thu intelligent aid and advice bc derived, than from tho American Calton Pl'ivUr, For years before tho war, this-was jnc 'of tho most famous sericultural journals in America. Very lately, it has boen rovivod. It il now published, Semi-Monthfy, at Montgomery, Ala., by Ni B CLOIT, M. D.-thc "sama skillful ?nd ?cioti'i?c j.?t.?! im?? ?Ira umratt inc rtmva ll' in its famous anle-lelluut days. Terms, $3.0.0 per annum, in adv ince. Tho ngriculiural people of the Cotton States should undoubtedly sustain such a journal. Wc hope tbrco?.iiuilHr-laden Jotters will pour in upon ' Dr. CLOUD until ho' :hall be weak in the back with opening thom. The Greenville Papers. Thc Mountaineer bas "put on a whiter fice and enlarged its phylacteries ;" that is, it i's print ed on foi'rer paper than formerly. Its i ni pro vc" mentr is porccptiblo at n glance. . . The EntrrprUe is going to do likewise in a vcr j fhort time ; not only^oiog to grow fairer, but largor. Wo hope they will b?th gain many new and raluablo friends. Mri. .Teh*. .Davi;, accompanied by Mr. Burton N. Ilurrisoa, who was private secretary to. MK Davis, bas arrived at Kew Orleans, from her homo in Georgia, vin Mississippi, and has takon rooms at the St. James Hotel. It is un doratooJ that thc is onlior way to visit her chil dren. XZzT Thc Judge Advocate General, Mr. Josrph Holt, ha? decided'that no authority for the trial of a civilian Ly court-martial' can be 'found iu any.of tbo.articlss of war, tv.?o articles being euactcd sololy for. the government of thc armies of the United States,, und being applicable only to.persons hi tho military-fornico. He considors it strictly legal, however, to try by niililaTy couria civilians formerly in tho service for o?rme? com mitted whilst iu the service. By this decision, tho suproinxoy of [ho- civil, courts, in all-eases, where citizens aro conoerued, is acknowledged, und it would feem that tho days of military trials uf civilians have passed by. So say.-the Phila delphia Ledijer. &8r The house of General H. C. Storey, ten milos below New Orleans, wasontcrodon Februa ry 2.'!,' by a gang of uogro robbers, who rubbed it, beat and maltreated the inmato>,' uhooting one Indy. Several of the-black rascals havo been ap prehended. ? ?Sf Tho Jacksonville fm*$ says that It haV rcceived information that a boat i J soon to bo put on tho royto bctweon that place and Savannah and Charleston, to bo.owned and controlled by colored mon, .and mn for tho aooomuiodation of the colored population. $?f- The Captain General of Cubit, in an offi cial communication, donounces as untrue the statement made by Senator Sum"cr th'at freed per#ons from the Squtb,have boen taken to Cubtf and sold into slavery., . , tSS^" The IndianA Democratic- State Conven tion ha* adl>pted'?'esblntions slrbngly' cndoriiing thc Administration policy, denying tho rght of tocoasion, and pledging'thc support of tho D'jiuo cra?y of thc State tofth? President. ?Si^ Tho rccoipl? from customs at tho^poitof Charleston, S. C., last mon th amounted to ?3,. ?61,6n: * - . ' : , . jE?r* Gov. Jenkins, of Goorgiu, vetoed tho i tay law, on tho ground of u.iuou.-tilutionaliiy. Tko Scnato aftorwnrds passed it over tho veto ly a vote of twenty-soven.to seven. ... ??r1*-Ihn Archbishop bf'Ballimore,- in aroccnt sermon, avowed hiii p'nrpo'so'to witbhold-" absolu tion mid the sacrament" from'aft who indulge jp] tho indblicutu modern dauco uallod "tho uer? man.'^ . ' ES)1* A coutemporary, announcing tho mar riage of an'editor,' Says"1 ho was alwaj-s of the opinion that editors bad just'ts good a right to vtan c tome mau'* dauyliltr as tiny one elsi)'. J??~ Throe young? ladies wt re lately frozen to doath near Chain Lake, Minnesota. Thoy at-j tempted tn return home from i Fingiug school in a suow rtorm ffith an ox team,, and although tbe d?sunco was.only OL e.ar, J u.half miles, they wor'o' out two nights and ono. day. .Four young men ; WUh-thora wero badly, frozen. .. . . . . ] '?' walter:girl rtt a hotel ih ?yraenso, N. X," broke a plute'';ovcij.^hv tfiiad bt^i?S? ot tho bp.ar d er?, tip Sup jay .l?it, for i ffwli^tfglior'' Whll?:| , |j(HMs^ijH^^^i^^^; ',.' ?; : ';. U ?jfla Now Y u??; on: * ty r ? ib> ' ?ol? ivas li quoted ?4 2?4. C jfl . . ; -?. - The Fenians^.on t^ie War-Path ! .inst Saturday was.Stv PaJiieVa Day-sacred jjtho pntrnn ^iiint'??TM?ind. ?tj. that day, rc $d,flie thlegratus^^^c^Ho' 1$l"prth? tho Fouians p, rorc te march ucrojf,'.}ho'Irordur turo take po>??.s. ^ iotf^f/Qaocn Viettrria'K little provincia cf Cana- tj la,'"Csfo^ji Scotia aja^ScW; BruDSwirk. In tho/e ^ airNs'r'a?^ to ostaUisb the Re fublio?.*/ Ir,ehv>i?*>?ni?"foundabasa of operations j( ig|t?^<linsfiS^/Wha?b??^^t they accom- 0 jli^cd all lliis^OjQ Soturu*ay romains to he p cen. Thc Foiiiaos aro undoubtedly going to t.t cuipt something g?ia^^hetis?'hdd ol' them aro aoiicd to hu "hurt" bufure their row is. ov.s , and joliio f?TTOf their loaders will pr?Uah^y-<i0'4e-0.ut' if ^'enormously rich.- ... - b Dy far the largest gothering of the Fenian ? t Brotherhood which has mot in America sinci th? j inception of the ihovomont, was'convened ou fc im lay, March -Itlr, ut' Jones's Wood, an immense , park on the Northern ouCt?rt? of New Yolk City, j Notwithstanding that Archbishop M'Cluskey, t Roman Catholic Prslate of Now- York, had for-, j. bidden any_':iuenib.!:r of his llotk to sUlc.nd this, p grand meeting, upon pain of -.uxooininunicatipui j yet thc T?onlan ?aflloiio Ch-ureUe's.tdiroughout-tLe. city wiro well uigTi acseftedi w?* over one lnin-\| dred tjjo??i?d gent'lemch of Coltish-"origin, Wh*"s&" feet we re .'ut ono, .tiny! on their nat ire bog, tva d?xv?ujtdvit.TouHt.'i Wu^d..,l]n?gi"e one Iiundjre"l i thousand Irishmen, devotedly' atltehud.lo. pot?- s toes, nod with an abiding.-.faull; in .gnoiUwhi.'l??y, swearing . hy Su Patrick,. Hstoning to Col. O'M.v.j honey and his Aids, and hulling.'out.thei.r filthy, lucre forbonds of the ] t ish Republic ! 'JIow.li.vo ly roust h'a\\beeU the sconei';The spoech'cs con sisted "of harrowing pittur's ^of^rhV wrongs' of Ireland nnd urgent 'appeal?; for moro money to' j carry out thc-Feuian designs. And.iaoncy pourcil t inland is still ..pouring in, by hundreds of thou- t sands;. ^ -. . '. '. . -...... ' . , j Another mas-; mooting was to have leen held on- j the 9th nt Coopor Institute id Now York City-; du t fact, muatings aro Being1 hold", day and night,' throughout the North and 'Norlh-We?t. Tho leanor of.tho m??iary eipodition, against C?n'icra'j is Gen!. Sweeny, an' Irish patriot, who did bril liant strvie'e iu tho U. .S.'jirniy, during thc late wsr. Newspaper correspondents from New YW: aver that if not.iutcrferedwitiiby-lb*: U.S. Govern ment, Qenl^Swccny wijl have taken possession of winterer-points m C-anatUvlic: wishes, hy tko hiiddlo of April. In tho meantime, Sicrttary.-' Ssward ha?, wo bolicre, asjurcd'tbe Dritislr -(?ov- j crtraent that tho noutrality laws shall not be ? vhialn'ttd by American Fenians. '..-.'' ( While all .this is.go'mg ou in America, tho Erit i?h-GoTornracnt is fully-alive to ita peril, and is. clearing tho decks for a fight. Unhappy Ireland bas beou placed-under martial law, and its in habitants dbpriveddf the right of-Habta* Corpus. Arrests of Fenian? aro being" made unceasingly, and the trial of Fenian conspirators Jjas become a permanent institution of_ thc laud. The day. may bo st hand whon the chains that | j bind Ireland in tho slavishyoke of. foreign des potisin may bc broken. Wo say foroign despo tism for. So it is, and hag.', been for hundreds ol yosr.'. Wc doubt the success of tho Fenian? most profoundly ; but, although we may havo spo ken Of them in a te?e of raillery, wo do not'f'jr a moment doubt their patriotism and sincerity. 'Tho sprint; which is uow opening upon us will doubl iez dotcrmine the fact .whether Fcufanism is "to be or not to be." - *- . "It?ngs on her Fingers, und Hells on her Toes, "Sho will bare musio wherever she.goos." .-.'Tis not of musi? howover, that weare going to speak ; 'tis of the/^jito??. And when wo think'of* and road of, and soo, tho " brass 'fixing'"' that now overload beaury from her head to har hoeis/we cannot help saying to'o'ursf?f : The time will roon be hero when rings will .bo'worn.in the nose, and ball? on tho toos. .Not that wo. think tho. "vbr?j.?'| fixings" ugly; on. tho; contrary, . wo. think them boauliful. Nor do we decry-thc fashions; to tinker at so unimportant a loak- in the world, i ? -fi -, ^T^-^cT -7iiin UIVI? uimger ous ones, would bo sbeor nonsenso. "Whet tho nose-rings and thc tco-bells come, we hare no doubt their effect will be channing. But le' the fnibions. Tinsel/ of'gold or sllvor, is worn in prot'urion upon almost every' kind of garment. Tinsel ornaments of all shapes, sizes and descriptions ! Upon the hats and bonnets upon the heads, upon th? necks and arms, upon tho bodies and skirts, upon the cloaks, scarf? and mantles, upon the'ribband-and trimmings. Whether it ia warf, upon tho colter ic (? naughty word in plain English) and the eTiaiiiftrit (another) we cannot say ; but .wo' suppose,.lt is. The fash ionable bonnet for tho coming season cajloil " tho Giprey;" it id said' to bo very small and shaped liko a saaicor bent down alittle os the '< sides. The little hats and caps, nov/ so much in vo?uo, are to maintain full sway: 'The inoit ele gant and fashionable 'spring and summer dresses are not to bo comp-jscd tkr??ghout of tho samo material. Thc first, and longest, skirt, and thc high body aud long sleeves aro to bc of a scdid colored material ; while on oyor?kirt and a pna'.? ant (or. very low) body aro to bo of strip*d or figured material to match. Tho. hair, is worn iu 1 streaming curls a la wai?/ull at the back of the h ho&d, and in (hort ELili' carl.- across thc.forehead ;' in fly-uWay frizzes ;' in b?ndeattx, in plaits, in t waterfalls. Nothing in Ho way o? om?ment for j; the hair will bc cdtisidercl-7oo wincA : if is impos sible to put on too mud. ' Narrow fibbons nrc worri around tho throat, fie onds floating "down tho bick, or over the'ihoddur, to tho r'sry'earth : that part which paves araind tho thrnn't ic orrin mt-nted with gi't'^pingles buttons er. pendant.?. And now wc subjoin a pnmgraph. frum a letter nf * Sumter, Now. York correspondent, of tho Cou ric r? ?j dated February 2."tb. : |Vhon hu spunk?- of skirt* d being " shorter than eyer;" ho means shorter J? " front; it is a great desideratum to- have them immensely long behind;artd immensely- short in. front. Ar.d when'ha speaks'of the "bare necks and arms/' he m??nsthit'.hes'o arc tobo faihiona ble"('iorriblc!) in th? d:iy thud: v '. Ti Spring i's almost upo't m, Vitana yet thc la,dios S liare b?t few hints frmy tie millinerrai-.d mnu- j. tu a ra a keri'as-to the sprinpj'a?b inns. ' Tho coming ehanges-that arc herajdsd-aro these :. Skirts . are lo bo "shorter than ever, si tis to exhibit tho now' boot which.is getting ?o'bc the rage in Parie, whilo bni'tf ?ueks and nrns will bc fashionable again. Of late years tieindrcsred style of drcs-' sing bas.not.been pcrm.ttel in- society. But this ? yoar will bring-back,tbs .'?.shiou? of 1812 lu all their pristine ?canlinow. The new walking boot ? for-lidies is a novel-disitu. Tho lower .part is W made to .?in i tn. to a.slippir.and ibu appcr part a pink or white s?fk St?clin?, sOithnftho diiat crea tures while oh prom??alo will have tho appear- *? ane? d.f. wtflkhig in tirer sHppors. On btgb im- lc porial authority.it i* amouneed that green is to a be tho 'fashionable coloifurthe ?pring.. And'now, although TO do apt wirb ta appear ar' a skeleton at thc fcasi which wo-havo spread )c aboyo, for our fair fricne", wo cannot help quoting J| a vorso-from the Old 'It tam cst Vf hieb \c?'.l come Cl into our head. .''Mi.rt'vor, tho-Lord saith, bc- U cause the daughters oiZion arc haughty, and b1 w:>lk with stictfclicd foib nciJcs and wanton oyes, - walkin? and mincing s they go,'thereforo thc . Lord will smite with . scab tho crown of tho head of tho daughters f Zion. In that day tba 'j Lord will take awuy th bravery of .their tinkling ' Q .ruainonts, tbo chK?ns,tnd thc bracelets, and tho U muflier?','the bonnetsrnd the head-bauds, and ?, thoi ear-rings',' tho chstgeablo suits'- pf apparel, at and the" mantles, ?nd'tb'?risping pins, tho gl&s- A\ se?,ind thc litio linen/and' the v?ij.i. Acd*b'o'r di gate? nhail lament, ani'mourn, abd' ibo, being' ? desolate, shall sit upon?io groiind." -;--~- tiftr- t ---7 "(rj?SP Tuc Empress oj Austria has* recently in- jj& trociuced a new fashion, It U to havo a, diamond, representing a dewdrop fixed to a real flower.. A ? ' hhort time since, Her &jesty had in her, hand a ? Douquot of white caincjas, and on --oafh, -in tho ;eitrP, whs a largo'diabnd. ?. ali fig- Tho Ropubli?at ha\'o carribtl Thc Now Te: Llampshiro,State clcelicby about 5,000 njnjority, ?Ol md haye intreasod.theimajority in the Legk-la- ,a' 4ire. Thero.was a Jar jr popular voto thadi last. ^ rtltr- . " . " : ?e pif*-ThO U. S. Sonath as eon firmed tire nomi- ?'fis l?iion of Al Waft d'. Mftiey aa'Calbictoir:. of Cus-' ' &? BBB N .... msmmmmm For thc Advertiser. jpiTOR : IfelS^you tho subitanee^?f the im??^of thc Ilooj^oius A. DAWKINS hjikr^ i-?ip'g- seuUnce T^on'Lorke L. Foulkner and.] 'm. J. [Roberts, c?r?rinol. of-JEIoriQ stoaling afc t?8tT*t;m"bJjt!,e C'ejfoj b?l$yro?:*hst ih^r*ipf e of/igj- ner?ft-.i u tyrcg fc? .>.. -':>:f ; 3jh?? stfi> tw?/?iWBs tried at-;lb'?;yr?sVttj;jeri?: f ?S.'O) preseniles the kUtt.of punishment, and/ ires no di?cr?t;on to thc conrtvxcept thu amount.' . part of the punishment is whipping, aud thtre r a minirnnm-to>.that ; Xhe infifclipn ut which hat eec preveo-ted. in-Charleston bj the military au BorityTpfifnB United States. In our present cor.? ilion, if thc order is fu.<!aincd l>y thc Gavera ient at Washington, tho military will bc superior, o thu civil guvornmcnt I recogniz . nio.t cor elly tho Constitution of the United Slat?*, aud hu laws passed in pursuance thereof, as thesu-. iranio law ol' thc land, and shall u.io ul! of my lersonal and o?ieial influenoo and power to en orco obodioncc thereto. . I consider it doirablo.thr.l ev.a anappcjiraoi e. >f du-s.?rcomor.t between tho Statu and Federal -uth?ri'ies should boay?idod ..?vco-op.?rati<-n and du'c?rtvof a'clion wo chi bo-prothietire'of groat ipncitv? rc?lo'r?ng "Wnfiduntial relation?!. A re ult much To Le desired by evo'r'y lover of law rri'd ?rdcr._ " ' " . , ' The law .is I have raid leavos mo no discretion. [he t-riuie W?S committed previous to tho pa?Bago_ >'f the Atrttof tho last logjslaturo. making it.a f?lri my without-tho Ucn'e?t-.;of clergy, and if I; pass .?u toffee ?? all. p?rt?f itmiist-cdulsistin whipping." if sent?net! is'ffat pas-icd, tho prisoners-will have 0 romuiu in jail nnlndcUnitii period of timo. I herefure consider it helter that tho sentence lo irpnounced, and I will shape it in such way, by loslponing thal pjrt of ittoa'day^ujRcienfly dis sn*, as'toonablo tho Governor to have tho mattor lepided as to how tax th? sontenoos.bhall ba oxa :utcd, ot to remit tho puuishmenr., as ho alone lovsorscs" the power of pardon. ' ? T thereforosen'tence you to ?is months imprison' ueut, each ; ct the expiration of four months to. ?eccive* thirty lashes, and at the end of six moftthi, birly more-." ' , . JUSTICE." To The Public. Having hoard that my. Nephew and Ward, [lieii.'.lUi COLEMAN-, ii minor, iu alleged ta have .-.hon p;rt in'rhbbing tho Driverrof Mr. HA-UUOX }. Mo3KlT, of his m?les.'some tim? about th? 3d >r 4th of this month, I Joel it my duty to make his public announcement that the charge itwith luLfoitnJation. At that time, my Nephew was in \nderson .District, having been sent th.re by mj lelf to enquiroas to tho suitablenass of the female leboerat Williamston, with tho view, of sending iii sister (who ir alto my ward) to that ??hool.' is soon as l hare timo to go for thom, I shall n-ocuro and-publish statomonts of reliable citi on, of Anderson District substantiating the above. WILSON ABNEY. : ; Edg?lield District, 14th March lSf.C. Report of the Grand Jury. .Thc Grand Jury at our recent Spring Sossion if the Court of Common Pleas mada the following ropdrt:'- ... f .' . " * To ilit Ilounr the "Prttidittg JuJf/e-: Thc Grand Jury bog luavo respectfully to submit he following presentments : From actual observation we know that thc road? ind bridges throughout the District aro generally n bad ordor, which we supposo arises from th? listurbod condition of tho .eo.untry sjneo tho be laning of the war, aud the entiro disorganisation >f thu.labor of the District since the emancipa ion of ibo Slaves. Dut as the-wholo community s interested in thc matter wo suggest that the ?bmrai.-'sion?f? bc noiiliod to repair thc roads aud iridgcs in the District at the earliest praoticablu >eriod In' whiih it" can be done without injury to .he farming interest of the country.' ,\ "CninmJttj.o (,r nur boj!v hayo_ visited th'? Poor [louse of the District, and find it .generally kept n good order. One of thc buildings needs some .opairs, which should bc made. We Imo cxaminod the public buildings, and lid'thorn in good-order. Rocpcotfully submitted, FELIX LAKE, FOREMAN. ?tSS"- The firoruou's dcmoustralion in Now Or eans, on.tho .?th inst., was the greatest ever soon a.that city. Thc day passed off. pleasantly, with ho exception cf tho temporary arrest by the nilitary of the band No. 13, for playing the ' Bonnie Dido Flag," and other Soulhorn airs. ?SS" In 1860 tKero .were fourteen thousand nc rrocx iu I ber villa, La. To-day there ls not doe ourth of that number. ?i?r Gan. Die!: Taylor has leased from th? ?tato tho New Canal,- connecting thu upper part f New Orleans with Lnko Pontchartrain, tor 1750,000, payable- in annual installments. ?3^" ^ shoemaker iu Loods, England, uudtr ook lately, for a wager, to eat an uncooked ral-it -fur .'kin and all. He succeeded, but iuimediaie r went into convulsions, which,continued tor an our when he; died. ?ZS?~ It is estimated at Fenian Headquarters bat nearly ono million of men are ready for tho-1 ibcrationof Ireland, upon orders to march. Sev rai thousand are said to havo joinod since Thurs ay last/; ; . .... %j?P An agent of the United- States Govefo leritTs locatod in Wall street, with como fifty lillians of specie at his disposal. Mru?ncver au ttempt h lffa.de to bull tho marke?, he throws a ?rge quantity upon lt| thcroby hearing the price own. The result of thin is thaf g?M spceul?tiu-.. 1 now almost wholly ceased. ?i^T Special Washington despatches sny.tLat onsidernblc comment had. been caused in Cu> rcssional circles over tho speech of Garrutt Da is, made in tho Senate, in which ho said that b? oped a new -Senate, cninpusod of cxclitdrd. buthe'rn men and their Monds* in tho pres.nt' enate, wfiould be cstablL-heG. A letter from an officer at Shreveport, L:. ij a .there is a reign of terror thor?. . STiiv? MiBs Burdett Coutts, of EtJghnd, is so ch sho cannot spor d her income, or even give it rvay, although she is vory ?berall Sho has io nploy sovoral secrataiies to road her boggiug ittors. jr ti- A white man named Slaut, from George urn, Ohio, was in Cinciunaftl, -a few days since,' lokin'g'aftsjT ft daughter who- had run away with negro.' A ??ntr?man from' Texas says it is'not riown what has become of "Senator Wigfall. ; is considered c?ftain' that he has ' not .osse'd the State into Mexico, ahd if iii the ni.le'd States, his locality is secret. Many ?licvo that he is dead.-N". 0. Crescent. Senator Wigfall is neither dead nor in the nited States.-H'oii-ion Telegraph. DISTIKRUISHED AK?IIVAI..-We s?o among ic names ot passengers by the' steamship. voicer City, from New York, that of the on. John Van Buren. This'distinguished iutleman has a national reputation, and we e pleased to notice bia visit to the South. rc have no doubt his reception will bc cor al 8Dd friendly wherever he maj' go. harleston Daily New?, [March Kth. MKXIC'O TO UK TH? NEW IRISH Rt-rimtc. wns stated'in ibo Nev/ York Citizen a lbw eeks since, tbaf shortly tho Irish would have republic ol' their own. Tho other night an a'tor at ?riefcf thc ninny Fenian Circles ia iw York itti'dj that the paper in question rc .red to Mexico ; that Louis' Napoleon wa*', out to"'witlidmw his troops, not- through, j ir bf this Government, but to niakc room r the legions of tb? I*F. B. ; tbat-Maxiiuil s had agreed' tb abdicate on condition of mg proclaimed Prcsid?nt of tho "new rc-i j blicV ;' and that sb soon r/s the republic had , eh procla?rne.'lj letters of marque would'lw.. . u'?a'a.??1nstt:Brivish shlpning: -All'^bisihe. ; ftoV t-rti.1 V'Tirfd-Wtort1. Wli???v?r-truth thcte t"t:-be:iri''it,Tcltf'ccrtuirr that the -raeiiubers. -jj :epItoa mi?SikW$t^M?? J - TUE SECRETARY ?PIVAR--TEe~77at?mr? Intelligencer, which seems to be the, organ ol I the President, and wl'ich certainer, ha?, dita ?big (he last fl-w months, loresHBoyed hisf '-cations of*M-? Stt?ftJhrfq?xthc :e^t'raor?parr jjjancture bailie war;just?Sed bis^cunij&y'ncy :-?creW/?^?"oe sa-n$->rea??iito dod.?JrtBtral?'.thi}. ^mpolic^^-nisJrt?u^M^-" t?r^fr ofp?eace. $3?H expulsion f?j?gpbcCabinetry President .?ohnsou wouId,?J^ca4ffirJi doubt, he hailed .Bv thc country witk'ncafcrylinaniaioua appro bation." MURDER.-Ou Thursday morning la?t, some negroes in a field in Lexington dut., and not Tar from the Court House, hearing an unusual -ncisrvtogtthfci: with thc report of a pistol, rc^i paired to tho ?pot, and there- discovered -*| dead body, which was -afterwards identified by Mr. John" Hair,.of Frog Lovel? thenrou LU way to Columbia, as that of Capt. Chesley Herbert, of thia District, a incut estimable christian gentleman. The body waa veiy . much mutilated,"s.pparenlly (rom blows ir.-J .tlictcil with a club, while .1 ball'fired at th:t ("back of tlie head had parsed out near'the up-, j per lip. 11 appears that on Sunday night, the .Uh, Capt. H. had a horse stolen from him by * negro. On Monday he staried in pursuit, and overtook thc" thief on Tuesday. -'On Thursday morning while oir'his wayback with the negro,'he waa most foully murdered .by liiin. The negro lias been arrested nn;l sent to ColuH?)iaforit?n1;---^ewr^y>S?rali ld th. r-:-, .rr.- rr? - . - ,~~m GOOD REPORTS KROM TUE SK?TSLAXDS.--" General Scott, of the Freedmen's Bureau, ac companied by u few friends and citizens of Charleston, returned yesterday.from- a brief tour of iu*pcction of the Sea Islands. ; Rela tions between the free'dmcn and the former owners of plantations are improving overy day. The former are ontoriiig into contractu, and the prospect is encouraging that every thing will bo shortly ceduced to a harmoni ous and proliublrt system ol' living and labor. -Charleston Courier. * SERIOUS NEWS, IF TRUE.-Serious nows has como from San Francisco.. The Flaghti advices from Fort Mason^New Mexico, stat ing that the Imperial commander at Mada lena, Sonora, with a band of Indian?, had seized a freight train belonging to American citizens, and prohibited further transportation by American citizens. Colonel Lewis, com manding at Fort Lewis, had bee* served with a demand by the Imperial commander for property taken by tho Liberals and ?old to American merchants. The demand was sent t > headquarters. These orders emboldened the Imperialists to invade American soil and murder and plunder inoffensive persons.' Gen erals McDowell ?,nd Mason refuse to*allow Colonel Lewis and bis men to retaliate. In view of the prevalence of small pox iu [different parts of the country, we publish'the following English remedy for this terrible disease : Cuur. FOR SMALL POX.-Give the patient two table spoonsful! oj'a mixture of hop-yeast and water, sweetened with molasses so a3 U, b? palatable,~equal parts of each, throe times aday. Children under twelve years of ag? should tuku two toa-spoousfull threo times a day. Diet-boiled rice and milk, and toast brrad moistened with water, and without but ter. Fat no meat ; give catnip tea as often as the patient is thirsty ; give physic when tfecessary. If thc above treatment is strict ly followed,no marks of small pox will remain. Stanton 13 a patriot. He- consents to re main in office. -Ho becomes a living sacrifice. Ia tbs first placa he was determined to re sigu because tho Pr?sidant would not obt\ bim. The veto afforded him tho opportunity to march oiit with flying color?. But he die not, take it. He tock pity on the country and will remain until he is turned out. Ho'won't lie, though Don Platt ?sys tba?, to his pera nal knowledge, death sat at his ellice desk ibr .ccvcotl mouth*, and bc won't reMgn. His tenacity of life in oflice is wonderful. His official longevity will,equal that of ch? everlasting: Taney, who persisted in outliving Buchanan's ndminsistration. A member of tho Cabinets of Buchanan, Lincoln and John son, Stantonious,still lives, and mores, anti has his being, and has a military gunrd at hi? aonse, and takes bia nourishment regularly'. -Cincinnati Commercial A -gang- of thieving out-throat* visite? the plantation of Dr. Salter, near Fnt.rprwr, Mississippi, on Saturday night,-and aflor shooting three negroes, earned elf all tho money and raina blei they could find on tke place. ' . HYMENEAL. ~ . MARRIED, in Augu;ta, cn Wednesday evening, the 1-llh hi.-:., at t o St. Jame*' lv-sonige, bj the Rov. Mr. Geo. Kramer, Mr. H. M. CLARK, of Augusta, and Miss KM.M A A. KV OX, of. Ham burg, S. C. "COMMERCIAL. AUGUSTA, Marola 16. COTTON.-TJS market continue* utiu.?*lly duli Uud unchanged. . . . tiOLD.-Market improved. The dmnan'4 L?. iL'ucu actiro ut improved prieos. Thu damai d ; could not bo supplied at 132, which was fre?l.r p'?id. Brokers buying af Itt) and selling-ut TS:. SILVER.-Buying at 12? and selling at 13?. -Constitutionalist. CHARLESTON, Mar. IR. Tho roceipti during tho wui>k hara amounted to one bundre/1 and forty-two baj?s of S?ia Inland and tw?nty-two huudred aud fifteen bales of Up 1 AI d Cotton. Tba sn les during tho s?mo period h J vu been about liftoen hundred halos. On Fri lay and Saturday fast, pri?es receded -about two couts per lb in eonsequono* of unfavorable Eura ?piK.? advices, but . sens of. an advanco hariag bean published on Monday, the -declino was in a great measure rsgaincd, tho sales Tuusday being at 3fi@10 cont? per lb for Low to Good Middling Cotton. - -The continued fall in gold and Foreign Exohaugo caused a dceliuo in tho Now York market, .which was responded to here G* Wod li :i;<iay,.by, thc ?tapio receding about one cent per lb. Yoiterdiy there was but little stock offering, and tho op?rations of th? dey extended to' about two hundred halos at tho price's of .this day before. We quote : Middling, 37; Sfcriet Middling, 3S; Good Middling, 29@40. 'RICE.-There hr.vc been r.beut ?,000 bushels of-Rou; ii and 200 bbls. of Clean received durits thc woek. Prices aro .unchanged, say. ll (a; 12 cunts per lb. for Clonu Carolina, and I2? cents per lb. for extra lots. Carolina Rough Ric?is selling at $2@2.50 per hushed for Mill purposes. CORN.-Tho recoipta havo been about ten thousand bushels, and wo are informed of salo; ai ?9 to' 100 per hushel, -measure, for White in large quantities, and 105 in a jobbing way. i .OATS-Are in good.supply, and the article is about CQ to 65 couts per bushel.. . ? . FLOUR.-Tho. supply iduriug tho woek has boen beary, but th?re is a g.?-,d demand, ?nd we are informed of couriderablo sales of Super at $9.00 to 9?; Extra $10.00 to'$11.00, and Mid dling' to" fine at $8.30. Tho coEimou grades aro most ic request. .--'.... BACON.-Thcro has heon a good supply ro' coived since our last, and wc hear of considerable sales.for plantation purposes, at 16@17.cent? per lb for'Hains. GOL!) is dull. Th'e Br'okinf ar? baying at 27.1 aha* soiling at? 30.-Charleston Courier. UNDERWRITER'S AGENCY. TIE Subscriber having bren appointed Agent of the . . T GERMANIA, HAAOVEtt,. NUGARA & REPUBLIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPAOTS Of New York.-tho aggregate Cash. Assetrs of which is NEAR THREE MILLIONS OF DOLc LARS-is. propHred to take risks against loss or ianiago bv Firo on liberal terms. Z. W. CARWILE, Agent;', Feb 13 tf r Wet Nurse Wanted. WANTED 0 young, hoarty and healthy WET' .NURSE-ono with a child not over throe jr four m?Btfi? old. A white woman preferred. Liberal wage* witt bo paid. Wanted iuimodiate y. None but the must indubitably boalthy need, ipply. Apply at this Oflioo. Mar 20_, - - ? .. tf . 12 Bacpxi ! Bacon ! *THE Subscriber fc?a> ?SO?TLI?. Fin? I?A.. % CON for tale! ,.,JOHN CHEATHAM. PunUarrill?\Jlary." .- U U ODS! r ll DOW receiving bi? S tc vi. of it) SIMMER GOODS diroot consiiting of MUSLINS, GINGHAMS, COTTONADES1, ?TRIPES, BROWN AND PLANTER'S LINEN, SHIRTINGS, -..?TO&TOfiSe***..*. LONG CLOTHS, Ladies, Misses and Men's HATS AND BONNETS T ~ Bib?vo?s, Flowers* Wceatlig ?loves, f fiils^ HosSSy? LADIES, JfISS?S.?!3X?? BOOTS AND SHOtS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CROCKERY,;.,;,. '-'??tfu S Ap DIES, B?miis] GnKtTO.?sCBi?N- $ OLES, . - ' With many otho? articles too tcdloun le mention, which will be sold st tho lowest market price for CASH ONLY. ? .tm yns5 ?0. C. BRYAN, Agent. ? a mn The Subscribers are no TC-: . ." ing. their'Stock-of SprixLg -and Summer. DRESS. GOODS. . ALSO, A CHOICB SBLBCTION-OJ1-. rs Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, Pocket*Cnilery* -. ALSO, WHITE WINE -AND. APPLE VINE GAE-As A No. 1, article-u rfl | .V?iaR?N'& LOVELACE. . Ridgeway) Mar 20 St 12 OFFICE Ai ASST. COMJIISSi?KE?, FREEDMEN'S BUREAU FOR EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, S. C.,_ . : - .. * . . .?TiAxiv.Wr-XmiMnWji GENERAL ORDERS, NO. I. ?IN obedience io Special Orders, No. 4, ?aUd . Hot.dqriartors Dint:. Comai>sioa?r, Burran Refugees,. Krotduxn, Ac., for. South Carolina, February 32d, "H68, thu ui'idtwigited- 'Etlumea charge of all matten pertaining t? tho Freed men;* Rureaufvand all duties .connected 4her*wiill ii?E.d'j.?i^^* ::.-i.v. II. All Contracts now in existen??, er*hcr?af tor to bo made, in whick Fruad people aro par? des, are mir: ire J to bo presented at (bis Office for ?xantinatiou and approval/ Without inch appin, ral they are null and- void, and-will not be al lowed. III. MatUrs ia dispute, and oases ?f alleged ibuse, wherein Freed poople-sra jiater.catad, must r.e refervaJ to this O Soe for adjudication, ?sd . 'riet justice will be meted out to all part?as witb iut ptojudioa, foar or favor. The interests of th? Freed psoplo'will ba look ? d after closuly. in order (Lat they may receivl air cowpeniatinn 'for tb.ir labor, kind ?nd hu .nanc treatment, and tWr rights uadi-r tho law. Li ut they on tb? other hand will bo required to .>ebav* in an orderly manner, ind to work indas riously to ?uppo.-t themselves and familier. IV. 2nd Lieut. GEO. P. MCDOUGALL ia an ?louncod as Adjutant ul thc Dwtriot. And' Asst. burgeon TBQS. TURNER, U. S. A., as.Medical Officer, nnd will bare charge nf th? Hospital and bo Sanitary regalatioLf-of the-Frbeil people and destitute Refugee,., . . . . -JOHN DBVSREU.*,' . . Brv^Lt. Culobol Ui.S. A,'; A.' A. Commissioner for Edgofieid Dist. ? Mar 20 ... 4t 1? THE TRUSTEES ar? happy to announce litat they ?ave muntd the iirvices of- ' ' Rev A. W. CUMMINGS, D. D.>. 'nug and farorably.kn^wn to tbaeitiaess ot ?ortth Cir-dina as the Presido*! of the Female Collego at Aahovillo, N. C. His prca? success thor? it a sufficient jfuarautee for his skilful management at Spartanburg. TUE NEXT SESSION will opon MAY Oft, *nd continue Thirty Weeks. The President will lie aided by an abie Corps of Experiencia Teach ers. All WU? p?yatd? ia atrinca, in- apeale, 'pr- ita equivalent. . ?3 ' ' J" jf J . { '/ BOARD ami TUIT?ON pvr Session, ?150,0? , . TUITION to Day Scholar*. 40,00 MU?iCj.includiiH; ute of Instrument. -15,00 The other Ornamental Branchas at'tho usual rat.?.?. Contingent Fee; $2,ott, and Washing 75 et?, po - dozen. (?.ch Hoarder will furnish a Tea-spoon, Drink ing Cup, a lllaiiket, ?* p??r.t'.f Sheels,-'s pair of l'iilow-caso?, her T?ilet and To-neli. SIMPSON BOBO, Prtt?Uht Jinn, d of Trustee?. ?far 21., 2t . , .12 TEXAS* TEXAS'! TEXAS ? : T??E tendency of i m mit ration ia the whole country, North and South, is now towards. Texai. The doiire ia univor>al to know more of this promised land. A newspaper that give? re liable intelligeneo of affairs herc, the condition of tb ? country, ?tc, should be wolcamoto thousand? of people in the elder Stator. Thii tewspapir is TnE HOUSTON TELEGRAPH, Published at Ucr.stuu, Texan, Daily, Tri-Weekly ami Weakly. It it ? large double-shoot, bf, tho saci? ?i/.c'as tho New York Harald! Tribun? and W< rid. Besides tho nows of tho day, it der?tua a large spaeo to Toxae Ic tail i jeno?. ..To Ibis do partment it has over thirty p?id c?u tribu tors, ia ev?ry part of tho Stat?, betiaoa an ezehaug* Hst .unbracing every paper in (ho Slat?. * It ii pub liihod at tho ?u?owing r.itei.; " ] '"?/ PHB TUB. rSS WOTTH. Daily, . $16 t?> $1 st) Tri-Weekly,. 13'80 10? Weekly, & 00 60 1 And fur shorter periods,,in proportion. Mechanirt, farmers, capitalist, railroad and itenmbout men, artists,- teachers, ?tu., come to Texas,- and welcome to terfort?e.fleldr and'goBi al.skies... We have room for twenty nih.?ons, and will not b>.crowded. For the Telegraph, ?ddrei? E. H. COBBING, Publither, Honiton, Texas. R. H: G RIr ns, Bus. Manager. M*r li " . 2l* ? 12 Notice; - A LL persoriaanywisfi indebttd to the Estate of Eh. B. T. DAVIS, deo'd., aro requested to oall ?n.T. IL Clark, Biqr.,vniy..auth'orisjd Afea? and Attorney, and aeftttu. And these having demands against tko said oetate will pl?aso prosent them ta my aforesaid Agent and Attorney properly at tested. - ' NANCY L. DAVIS, sadm'ix. gggj& ... j tf Administrator's, Sale. BK virtue of an order from tho Ordinr.ry I wif) proceed to sell in this Village at the lat* rcsidenco of E.'T. DAVIS, d^e'd., on SATUR DAY, the 21st March, al.1 .bo HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN fUBKLT-tR3S?A;N?)- OTHEB PERSONAL EFFECTS beloaginx. to said de ceased. -' ??-TERMS TJASH. T. H. CLARK, Agent For Mra.4N. L. .Davis, Ad'ix. t?totMik . Sri UK ? Notice.. ALL Persoyit having demands against the Bs. tate of Mr^. HARRIET HERRIN, dee'd., aro requeitcd ti? piNseut the same, properly at tested, by tie first May,- to rm, for payment. And those indebted to tho said Estate.aro raquotted to make immediate payment. ; - - JOH?I-?Ri IlERRIN/Airm'or. Her 31 -.- ... ^t.'.r" 12 Stolen FROM tho SuVicriber, on the Yt th ?tilt, a Ct uadian Bay MARK. She hat black man? and^ tail,,??tar Ut tba ft.r?he?d ; ted is ih&ved on both tides by the ir.dd!c and laddie b?gj. I? a good laddie nag; ?ged so ve a ycart ; medium lix*. . ' " 'A liberal rew*,',.'d?wTll bo^g?y?j fcr^1!!^ recove ry, ai.d any inforir.atien concerning her thank fully ?coeiv.ed. And a special fi ward will he given for the rapture ol! .Hlia tiltrf.-'.v^ _ - * W3?L.'AI>^M.D.