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PUBLISUKD KVEUr WEDNESDAY MOBBING BT DUEISOE, KEE8E ft CO. TER.tIS OF SUBSCRIPTION. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Thc ADVERTISER is publinhod regularly ev ery WKDXBSDAY MORSIRG, at THREE DOLLARS l>er *:.nu;o : ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CTS. >t Months; SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS fur Three Munt ll*-a'ioiiy? in advance. A': papers discontinued nt thc expiration ot the time for which they hare heen paid. RATES OF ADVERTISING. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Advertisement* will be in&rted at the rafe o' ON'? DOLLAR ?nd FIFTY CENTS por Square (10 Minion lim-s LT I?.-.?.) fur the tir?t insrriiuD. and 0 >"E DOLLAR fur ?-ach nih?equont insertion 5(f~A liberal ilhenun* will be made to those wi.?hin? to advertise by the year. A .n >oncing Candidates $5,00. in advance. i rom Washington. [Special Dispatch to Charleston Courier.] WASHINGTON, Muy 17. 18G6 General Beauregard sailed Cur Europe in th?: steam ship Scotia yesterday. O'Scial reports cu'ifirm the exceeding fee ble ness of Jefferson Davis, lt is reported that his indictment has bven drawn undei the Act ol Congrevi ol July 17, 18?2. to pun ish treason. The Act fixes the punishment * of any person convicted of rebellion at im prisonment not exceeding ten years, and H fine not exceeding tea thousand dallara. It is said this Act repeals all previous provisions for the pumsi.meut of treason. General Grant, iu a letter urging the in crease of the army, says that a small military forc? is required m the States hereiotort rebellion*, and it cauuot be foreseen that the force wilt not be rrquired for sometime t? cotae. lie hopes that this force will not be neees-nry to enforce Iaw? j but differences ol seoiinv-'iit engendered by tho war renders the presence of the military necesary to give a feeling of security to the people. He thinks all peaceably disposed classes'"bf Southern peop'e .will concur with this view. . The Seuaio to-day passed the West Point Appropriation Bill. It contai os a provision prohibiting the appointment of any cadet who served in the army or uar'y of the Southern Confederacy. The Consolar and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill also passod. The House resumed the consideration ol the Tax Bid. It also received a lotter from General Grant, recommending an i-.iciease oi ?he regular army for the purpose of itipplying tho placo of those aow going out of service. ' "WA?HI.VI;TO.V, May li:, 18CG. The New York UerahV* comsoondent accompanying Generals Steadman and Fuller ton, writes as follows : " The Commissioners fourni the Vi eedmeu's Bureau in South Caroline a disturbing and fomenting discord. Accounts from the Sea Islands represent the perpetration ol all kinds ni iratids and rascalties under the >hadow ot the Bureau. The lands alloted ?under Sher- i tann's order are uuivcrsalty left u:ie-iUi vated. The negroes won't 'abor except under the? alternativo of starvation., Affairs latterly, "iowevor, are improving. The great draw back* in South Carolina are lack of capital and too much of tue Freedmen's Bureau." ' In the House, tc-Qay, the judiciary Com mittee decided that the evidence adouccd to impl?cate Davis in thc assassination is" utterly unreliable, and the charge is, therefore, dropped. Tlio Bill for holding the Federal Court in Richmond next June for the trial of JI \ Da vis, passed both Houses, and only lacks now the President's approval. In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Sumner -..re sented the p?tition of sundry colored citizen*, asking that the second clause of the pending constitutional amendment be stricken out and one substituted for it declaring that no Congressmen from the South be- allowed to sit in the Hou3e of Representatives who is not chosen by at least half the loyal men, without regard to color. ' He aU-o presented a petition for thc trial of Jefferson Davis by a Court alnrlial. In con ncction with this ho said that the trial of j Davis at Richmond, at the preseut time, would ; be one of those great comedies which would hereafter excito the derision of the world Tho petition was referred to the Committee on the Military Affairs. Tho bus!ne."3 of the House to day was mainl? confined to the consideration of the Tax Bill. The New York Times says : In tho S?nate to-day Mr. Stewart, of Ne vada, offered a substitute for his former propo sition of universal amnesty for universal suffrage. The amended Bill provides for im- I partial suffrage, to which the States lately in rebellion are required to give their assent ae a condition to their return to the Union. It excludes from office tho President and Vice Presidout of the late so-called Confederacy, members of the Thirty-sixth Congress and and hoads of Departments who went into the rebellion, and a-so those who were cruel to Union prisoners. On complying with these terms the States mentioned are to bc admitted and universal amnesty declared. Veto Message ofthe President. WASHINGTON, May 15.-The President re turned to the Senate, to-day, the bill for the admission of Colorado as a State, with his objections, which are mcrelv on grounds of iasufficient population. The President remarks i i the course of his message, that if Lhe infor mation submitted in connection witli this bill is reliable, Colorado, instead of ircreasitig. has declined in population. In his concluding remarks, the President says it is a common interest of all the States -a3 well those represented as those unreprc " seated-that the integrity andharmony of the I Union should be restored as completely as possible, so that all those who are expected to bear the bardens of the Federal Govern ment shall be consulted concerning the ad mission of the new States, and that in thc meantime no new States sholl be premature ly and unnecessarily admitted to a pirticbia tion in the po'itical power which the Federal Government wields-not for the benefit of any iodividual State or section, but for the common safety, welfare and happiness of the whole country. The Hague fission--tien. Sickles Ac cepts. WASHINGTON, May IC, 18G6. General Sickles has reconsidered his de clension of the Hague Mission, and will ac cept it. The Senate will undoubtedly* swrtaiu the Colorado veto. A ca cus of Republican Sen ators having ascertained that they cannot muster a two-thirds vote for tho constitutional amendment proposed by the Reconstruction Committee, have postponed further action un til nexc week. General Stoneman's rep1$t to General GrKnt blames the negroes as the cause of the . Memphis riots. REBEL DEAD.-It is suggested by a R:cb mond paper that the "crater farm," where the celebrated mine was exploded beforp Petei8burg, July 30th, 1864, be selected for a Southern cemetery, and that provisions for this purpose be made by the different 8ooth- | ern 8tates. The proprietor of the place says I that the estate ii so encumbered with Cm? < ff ()mu> d'ici tbst it ic imponible to eoUi? fate the soil without disturbing th?irremain*. - tyiCK Wosg.-A shoemaker io thia tosrn, J: tri;?? a bet, to ?ay, that he could cut and * maka a pair vf shoes for a customer withia , three Boars, pei to woik and finished hie , job, Baying tmeatada minutes to spare. The ? ?.hoes ?rflf ??itly made afld tfell finished,--" Goldsboro News, SST The ?alt*4 tom?i Marsha! si Wi! alington j li cMid sot find ? coup? teat maa, ia that < itj, who j I tacata Monte's***! toasty, jr The Constitutionality of the Stay-Law* In the Court of Errors, which reassembled .ti yesterday morning, the c- inclusion of the ?oort on the cases previously heard was an icunCed by the Chief Justic J, in the order uelow, which we publish eiit re : . The State vs.'''John E.-.Cartw. Sheriff; George Scharlock vs. ?. M. River *-/?' the Court of Errors, Columbia, May, 1866. ' These causes- we e heard together. After consideration'of the arg?m? nt, the Court is of opinion that so much of tin Acts of the Leg islature of lc*6l and 18G5 as uterdicts the ser vice or execution of any mesv~e or final piocess of any of the Courts of this State for thecol lecticnormoney is in conflict vith the article of the Constitution orthe United States, which pro dibits a State from passing nny law irapair in2 th obligation cf contn-cts, and that the aid provisions are conseque ntly inoperative ind void. lt is, therefore, ordered ar d adjudged that in the case first above stateu the order of the Circuit Court be reversed, aid that the rule .i-jai?st the Sheriff be mads absolute ; and thai, in the second case, thi order of th-; Cir nit .lu-i;:e. setting aside t'.e service id tho writ, be rescinded. BBNJ. F. DUNKIN C. J. D. L. WARD LAW. THOMAS W. GLOVER, R. MUNRO, J. P. CARROLL, j F. J. Y OSES. JOHN A.INGLIS, T. N. DAWKINS, HENRY D. tiESESNE, WM. D. JOHNSON. I dissent. (Sig..ed.) A. P. ALDRICH. May 14, 1866. A true copy : John Watie->, CLrk Court >f Errors. TH E ADVERT] S?TRT J AMES T. BACON, EDITOS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 18GG. Js&~ Every Indy who bub ->xuniiuud Mr. 1!. C. BR TAS'S DOW dres.j goods, pronounce, them per ferfly beautiful, and at the m<*t moderate Ugurei. (i i soon, before the prettiest patterns aro selected" Suc a IvertUeineaL Death of Two Old and Respected Citizens. On Wednesday or Thursday of the pMt week, Mr. MARSH u. STKAUHAJ?, a very highly respected und well known citizen of oiir District, ?ged about seventy years, departed thi? life at his r?si dence near Duntonsvillo. And on Thursday night, 17th inst.., Mr. GKORCE MILLER, another worthy and well known citizen, n-ficling cear Pleasant Lsoe, rotirod tn rest in apparent good health, and was fonnd, nest mor ning, dead iii his bcd. ?bo b tier gt-n lema II b.:d attained the advanced age of :iiocty year.*. If loDg lives of honest iuuustry, and a quiet ?ad conscientious discharge of nil domestic, social and neighborly du Mes, can fit tuon for enjoyment in the next world, then 'hese venerable men have made a happy exchange. Particular Notice to Tax Payers. We hiv? bern requeslod hy TJupL BUNJ. ROPKR, Tax Collector for thi.* Distrif', to announce thal he his received instructions from thc Treasury Dupurtmeut of the Stale, no: to re?oive any U. .S. CurrcDcy but Legal Tender not^? in piyiuuul of Taxes. Billi on tho-Xatiooal Bunk j will not he taken. Tax payer.-1 will d-> well to bear thbt in mind. Press Convention We noticed recently that a convention of thc country newspaper publishers of Tenneco wuro lihiiut to ensemble for the parpoM of establishing fair nod uniform rates of chniges?f-jr advertising, and a union for their general interest. A move ment of asimilar character v.e think extremely nec.-ssary with the Pr.-ss of Socth Carolina, and w, would heartily go into nny equitable arrunge meut that WvulJ hriny about : oise regular rate.j of advertising for the govcri-.mont o' the Press of the State. Brethren, what say yon ? Col. Carey W. Styles. Tho maoy warm personal riends of this gen tleman, for long years a bigh'y esteemed citizen of this Village and District, will be ploased to learn tba" he is still in tho and of the living, and is at this time edi-ing me Quitman (Ca.) Banner. As in former days, he still wields a pol ished and an able pen, and writes with vigor and vim on all subjocts that come up for contidcration. From his salutatory to the rend erl of the Banner we cull the following extract: ' "The views I held before tl e war atid sustained .luring tho struggle, have ody undergone that ?bango which the change in our. institutions and political relations m-ide unavoidable. After the surrender ? prneocded to ' harmonizo" in thc bett way possible, and by tho fort o of circumstances have boen loyalized and "reconstructed." Great facts have been accomplished, old systems have oven scattered to tho winds ; nd new ones L ive tieen instilu.e-1 : Cherished tb wries of a century's growth have been dispelled bsforo tho whirlwind of war, and the principles o: our fathers have been swallowed up in thc mao] drum of fanaticism. Having acquiesced in tho ros alt of thc conflict, we are compelled to recognize tho changes evolved io the new order of things; and every considera tion of duty and policy demands ?he employment of the wisest counsol?, and most coergotic efforts to rcolaira our shuttered fortifies, end restore tho country to its former groatnos ; und prospority. I ?hall be as moderate and conservative as tho ?a tare of circu?as Unces and my una impulses will admit." The Banner ?3 published a' Quitman, Qa., ct only $3.00 per annum. A Convincing Statement. The statement that GRAY, MVLLARKY A Co., Augusta, Ga., aro kings arnon,; merchant*. They have a kingly establishment, a kingly stock Of goods, a kingly variety; and they do everything in a kingly style, as moy be icou by looking nt their kiugly new advertisement olsowhere in (wo were on thc point of saying 'u!l over) our issue of this week. More Goods at Cost. Messrs. llunsos, PARKS <fc ROBERTSON,at Park's Store, are closing ont then- en tiro stock of splen did goods at cost for cash. 1 ut a pin hero, and when you want goods atyourtwn prioos, try theso gentlemen. Thc Grnniteville Fnetory. It is a s jurco of real pleasure to note the impor tant additions that are now being mado to the Graniicville Factory. Col. QUKQO, the indefati gable President of the Cou:pun r, has just returned from England with a very extensivo stock of building Material and machinery for said Factory, which wbon put in running operation, will be ono of the most complete institutions of thc kind in tho country. We congratulais tho Company on the succesH that has hithorto attended their enor gy and enterprifc, and hope with an increase of power and machinery that tl eir proCts will be enhanced an hundred fold. In tho Savunnah A'cir? of the 16tb, we lind the ollowing : ARRIVAL OP SUPPLIES FOR rue GRANITBVILLE FACTORY.-The brig Winfield,,which arrived bo low on Sunday last, /rom Live ?p??l, has on board over 680 casos of the Snest quality of machinery, in addition to a large quantity of building mate rial, intended for the Graoitevido iMinui'acturing Company, located at Granitevi.lo/s. C. Arrange ments have been mado, we leant, witutho Central railroad to have the eutire cargo transported to it? destination without a change of oars, thereby preventing the necessity of removing the maobi nery, Ac, from ono car to unolher, whioh w'il be a great saving in oxpeuse as wdl as in damage to the material. The new factor jr, when in Opera tion, will b7the llnost and one of tho largestmills In the rioutb. The amount of duties paid upon the rargo wa* $17,000. , * .? -?.?-* A {few Store in au O d Locality. WBI?H7, Moi?r ? Co. ot .. Mobley V Who, wa cr bred in ?dgoSold, Bot i not know where 1 Moblcy'i " if 1 And ?boro aft but few, wa ira ?irje/ ?bo do cot A]*O ino* Ute popular and tralghtfofward gpfltlejaen c%nefu>.l. ?"s their urertisemcn: in another colona. Thora are only two St Uer in thc CD ion rbore the negro ii allowed to vi te wl:hoat proper? f qualiflcA'ioo. They are Virmoot and N?w j i bupshire, tko former of whh-l lyu eighty negro ot?-?, and tho Utter ouo acadi td ead ninety. ^vrr . i ?ogro I j Unconstitutionality of the Stay Law. The great exc?teme toi thodiy in S<.uth Caro-' lina is ;ho d?claration by che Court nf Appeals gf ! the vncoiiH'itulionu i uf the JStity Lmv. Tho Cuurt of Errors, composed of thc Chancellors aii'd. Judges of the State, at its reoent srfings in Co lumbia, delivered an opinion, d?c'aring the Act commonly known as the " SUy Law" to be in conflict wiih ibo Constitutional prohibition against.) any State law impairing the obligation of con tracts. Judge ALOKICH ?HS th? 'inly dissenting mem ber of the Court. J miga A drich, it will be rnmom bored, delivered un opinion in Charleston some months ago, sustaining' tho constitutionality of j 1 the Act; and it ie cnn that his opinion has not as yet boen changed, not even by the unanimous voice to the contrary of his Brethren of the Bench. The effect of the recent decision of the Court of Errors will be to remit the country t" thc legal and equitable, remedies and processes in force be fore, the war. And whilst we gladly hail "any re turn to tho venerable law.? of the past, and above all to the wisc and b?n?ficient protection of tho old Common Law, whoso invaluable aegis ba? been so long Lost to us, we sincerely trust that ft tho quality of mercy is not strumed ;" and that no rash anil uncharitable hand will fasten itself j upon the collar of tho helpless nebtor, ready to fling him into prison, until he shall have paid tho uttermost farthing. 'Twore idlo to say that tho consequences of tho declared unconstitutionality of the lute Act aro not very much to.be dreaded. What, for instance, will become of the saving clause of the said Act in regard to che Satuto of Limitations? If in deed the Act be declared to be unconstitutional wi toto, the majority of choses in action in ate at tho timo of its passage, will bo barred by the Statut'!; and tho Stato will suffer an unconsciona ble revulsion in tbat regard. Wo are anticipating, however, inasmuch as wo have not as yet seen a copy of the opinion of tho Court, nor do we doubt it, that some saving clause in regard to the.-e difficulties, will appear, either in said opinion, or in tho futuro action of our State Legislature; which body, it seems to us, for divers reasons, must bo shortly convened. Ic faot it would be something like heresy to question tho healthy efficacy of the decision of a body so versed in log:?I lore, and ?o famed for judicial intellect and integrity. But still, there must necessarily bo very great apprehension on the part of (he public, as to the course which will now be adopted by Creditors. Heal estate, as a*general thing, is all that is loft us from the wreok oooaslonod by tho late disas trous wor. ?be first-judgment creditor will have a lion upon the land; and hence a general scram ble, it is apprehended, will be the result* Credi tors, generally speaking, oro very similar to their great prototype in the New Testament, and in tho endeavor to ?ci ure the first lien upon tho properly of their Debtors, will, in all probability, enter the lists with the motto, " crxtreinuia occu pe! scabies." P. .3.-Since writing the abuvo, and ju it be fore going to press, wc ascertain that tho opinion lelivered by the Court docs not interfere with that portion of thc Stay Law suspending tho bar of the Statute of Limitations. Tyro Frightful Skeletons Appear at the Feast of thc Freedmen's Iiareau. AiiJ verily they uro making tim Grui lurvo? of the revelers tremble! Shaking and quaking and gnashing of tooth is now going on in tho Freed men's Buroau ! Hundreds of its worthy and phi lanthropic employees arc now calling upon the. rocks and mountains to fall upon them and hide them from the avenging faoes of tho diro skele tons. Tbvso disturbers of the holy revels of tho Freedmen's Bureau arc Genii. Stccdman and Ful lerton, who hiivo Loco sent out by President Johnson to investigate tho operations of thc said, nstitution in the Southern States. They'have nvcstlgutcd in Virginia and North Carolina, ard hivo stretched f?rtil their fearful hands, and re lentlessly stripped off tho "shceps* clothing" from the recking limbs of " ravening wolref." Two or three days ago they wcro in Savannah, whero they accumulated much " slr cop/* clothing." They wore expected tn Augusta on SunrJeylait. We hear that they will soon be in Kdgeficld. All ulong their route will undoubtedly be found great heaps of "shecps' clothing." Thoy cannot possi bly cirry their booty. They will be forced to cast it down here and tlisro by thc wayside Ex oept certain large and handsome raits which they aro sending on to Washington as specimens. Whiskey .Unst Come. No doubt about that fact. Under any -or all circumstances, tchitkey inuit come. As our readers already know, theltociprocity T/euty between the United States and Canad?, expired two months ago. Tho Yankees got niffod with the Cat diana for harboring "rebels" ?tc, Ac, ?tc, and tho Yniikee Congress refused lo ronew tho treaty Already thero is trouble brewing on this account. So great is thc probability of a conflict of authori ty between Canadian and Now England fishofmcn, that the United States Govornmcut hos huon obligod to order a fljing squadron to the British North American coast to look after its New Eng land cod-Gsbers, and, if necessnry, protect them, Auotacr consequence of thc abrogation of tho treaty is the enforcement of a high tariff of dutios on all importations from Canada into theUuitod States. And this, in turn, has brought about the must extensive smuggling all ?dong thc frontier. Among other smuggling devices in operation, is said lo bc a line of pipes laid across the St. Law rence river, through which smugglora pump whis key from Canada into tho United States. Thi story would scarcely be believed were it not vouched for by the Commissioner of Customs. Ho says it is literally true. Wondor if it won' be smuggled from Europo to America ono of iheso day?, by means of tho Sub-Marino Telegraph ! " You Ain't Good Lookiing, and You Can't Come In," As Prcsidont Jonssox has just said to tho weak and puny Territory of Colorado. This will be no disappointenont, however, to tho people of Colora do, who, in reality, do not won : to come in ; but a terrible blow to tho Radicals, who had laid hold of tho poor Territory with tooth and nail, and were bent upon luggiug her iuto the Union head and heels. All to strengthen themselves by three or four moro votes in Congress. But tho Presi dent has votocd the bi'l for tho admission o? Colo rado as a State, and tho Radicals CRnnot override the voto. So there the matter ends; and a most satisfactory eud it is! Arrival bf the Great Head Centre of Fcnianism. Some ten days ogo, STCPHKK8, groat Ilead Centro of Fcnianism, the wily Irishman whom Queen Flctoria's dungeons could not hold, nor Queen Victoria's police nab, arrivod in New York. Tho Fenian leaders in thu country, UH well as tho Fenian raasRcsfhave bowod tho knoo to bim, and be is now busy, according to newspaper reports, in rescuing the " Irish Republic'' from itschronio stato of wild bewilderment. Well may ho come ; for Fcnianism in America needs arousing; its normal stato on this side of the water seems to bo "masterly inactivity;" since its lamentable failure on the New Brunswick border, it has sim mered down, and almost gone ou t. Stephens w is tb hold a inonstor mass meeting at Jones' Wood, New York, on Tuosduy tho 15th inst. ; the details of which meeting have not yat reached us. ?JSt" Thaddeus Storons, the leader of the Re. publican party, its foremost representative man, and tho exponent of its best intell:gence, got up in ibrUouie of Representatives n few days ego nod tali he wu? credibly informed tbnt, with free tabor, cotton could be produced for one cent a pound, ?&" A Washington letter writer tells a droll story ai the President, by which lt would appear that ho WM enured the other day, whim tho bar. '.er accidentally tweaked the nose a littlo too Jard. " Pardon me." said thc bsxLvr, very natu- , ^ ^ailj. " 1'iit y-iirr Gindi ii? aly ooat pocket and mil out ono," rejoined the Chief Magistrate, j f] 1 and 111 fill st ferr when ycnVo dswo." j to "rrival of Santa Anna-An Important Mission. General Santa Anna, pf Mexico, arrived et ilizabcthport, N. J., on Saturday, by the stoamer feprg'tt, from St. Thomas. I's accompanied y several South Americans. The Now York SF' -5 'ont sayii : It ls understood that'ihe obji ct of the Genero 1 avisiting the. Un i ted'S rates is to unite hi? efforts ri?h those of thc Li beta! party ot Mexico in ex loiling M?xiiniliuu fr?nrfhat conntry. lu a few lays he will issu* a manifesto to tho public, ox dnininj: hi? previous condun in relation to ALxi :an affairs, and expressing: tho objects bf his ftt ur? course. Gener?banla Anna will once moro, t is announced, rick hi? fortune rod person in hc lalf of Mexico. II? declares (but he ii not seek og for power, but will pince hiuixnlf under the cadership of President Juarez. General Sunt? \nna will romain at-Elizabethpnrt for several lay?, when he will come to New York. . It is un derstood that a public meeting "ill soon b'oT held it Cooper Instituto, at which he^wiil bo present. The Cheater' Standard. This large and-enjerta in in >: weekly j?urna', published nt Chest?r? 8.7(3., by Mr, GEO. PITHEU, and edited with ability by W. TL BABCOCK, Esq., has?recently been enlarged and improved; nnd bears evidencos of prosperity which must be gratifying to its proprietor. We with it contin ued succe.'s. ff?r Tho New York. Citizen tells O'Mahoney, Roberts, Killian, Sweeny, ?fcc, tho following plain truths : " We tell the leaders of tho Fenian move ment they must act promptly at hazard of their livos, or bo pilloried in a ludiorous infnmy. The generous tVith of the Irish raco ha? placed vaFt sums of money at their oommnnd on this si of the Atlantic, while scores upon scores of tho finost hearts in Iroland now throb and fret within Eng lish penitentiaries and prison ships for acts un dertaken on the faith of aid in men and money to be received from this quarter, conventions must stop, eloquent addresses must stop, and all such capturing of flags. Not anothor dollar should anywhere be given to the causo tiutil some evidence is furnished that the leaders mean busi ness. Let them eithor disband ut '.nco or gire us some tasto of their quality." Freedman's Bureau. Gen. Sf OTT, Assistant Commissioner, of tho Freedman's Bureau for thi.-* Depariuiont, has is. sued au order forbidding any agent.of that buronu to charge a fee for approving any contract be twe'en Ibo frocdmen and their employers. All contracts heretofore made and approved by^ thom are to hold good and be enforced. Stirring np the Agents. News from Washington says : " Indications are that South Carolina will prove almost as fruitful of disclosures concerning the fraudulent opera tions of the Freedmen's Bureau as either of the States reported upon. .Private information re ceived from that quartor. states that Brigadier General Ely is running five plantations; two of them, bo states,' are on Government account, for whioh a rental of fivo thousand dollars ls paid, without direct authority from the Government. Tho other throo farms, Gen. Ely claims, are being worked by freedmen for thoir own bcneSt; but it has been ascertained that government rations are furnished, them. Gen. Steedman was to leave Charleston on tho 13th instant to open an investi gation among tho sea islands. Souio startling facts are oxpectod." . Judge Stickney, ono of tbo Direct Tax Commissioners for the State of Florida, has deci ded that all the tux sulos of the property at Fer nandina and St. Augustine, out of which some of tho officials ninde what thoy beliovcd to be a "big thing," are null and void for want of conformity to tho law. The original owners, therofore, come again into possession. ?$H~ Tho Great Morganza and Grand Levocs above have given way, and all Southern Louisi ana is floodod. Tbirtoen parishes ara now over-, (lowed, and the peoplo are very indignant at the inefficiency of tho Levee Commisioners. Thc destruction of proporty will bo incalculable. ??f An exchange says Richmond is recon structing muchly. A correspondit of tho Balti more American, wrltin?-from tho bojroic city, say? the families stfll "Og tho " Bonnie Blue Flag,'? "Wear thc Clroy," und talk of thc "stern states man," as " Proidc.nl Davis," and prate of their rights under the Constitution and thc old flag. ?$f~ In compliance with instructions from the President of the United Statos, Raphael Sommes is not permitted to hold or oxorciso the function of Judge of the Probate Court of Mobile County, or any other civil or political oflico of trust, whilo he remains unpardoned by the President. ??B~ It is understood that Chief Justice Chaso has consented to preside over a Court at Rich mond for tho trial of Mr. Davis on condition that ibo President will issue a proclamation, which ii said to be already prepared, abrogating martial law so far as the United States District Court of Virginia is concerned, which tho Presi dent is perfeotly willing to do. ?5?- We learn from Mr. Heyward, tho agent of thc South Carolina Railroad, (says thc Augusta Baili/ Pi ts*,) that the wine press of Mr. Chas. Benson, in Aiken, S. C., was burned to tbjp ground on Thursday night. The house was wholly, and the stock partially, iosnred. Tho fire was, without doubt, the work of an incendiary. ^St7- Tho New Yerk Herald ? r tho 15th, says: " The body of Preston King, laie Collector of the Port, who, it will be remembered, committed sui cide io November last by jumping off a Hoboken ferry boat into the river, wa* discovered at five o'clock yesterday morning drifting in through the gap of tho Atlantio dock, Brooklyn, by officer Kenny. Thc remains wero fully identified by l?verai gentlemen connected with the Custom nouso as being those of Mr. King, and the arti cle? fi.und in tho pockets of bis clothing estab lishes tho identity beyond a doubt. TORKADO 7K BEAUFORT DISTRICT, S. C. The Mercantile Index, of Savannah gives an account of a fearful tornado which swept over an ont lying portion of Beaufort known ?s Saxton's village, on tho 4th inst: The village consister] of fifty bouse*, forty five of which were totally destroyed. Some of the houses were carried a distance of three miles with their inmates in them. Many of the freed people were killed and wounded men, women and children. Near the village was a pond, into which several were blown and drowned. All the furniture, trunks, chests, bed clothing, wearing apparel and green backs of these unfortune creatures were car ried away. From the. succeeding Saturday to Monday the remaining freed peoplo were engaged in searching for and burying the dead. Trocs were also up-rootcd and blown a great distance. Saxton's village is situated about ono mile back of the city of Beaufort. It is also reported that a large dwelling house of Mr. Benj. Capers, of Lady's Island, was blown down and the trees on tho enclo sure uprooted. We give the aoovo facts, says the Index, as slated by "reliable freedman,"-whether quite so fearful a disaster occurred we proba bly will uot be ablo to ascertain. ?-* -? - MRS. ROBERT TOOMBR.-This lady passed through Montgomery on Saturday Wtst on the way to Atlanta, Ga. She came directly from t Havana, at Which place she left Mr. Toombs. He is in excellent health and spirts, enduring m exile with much fortitude. His .advice 0 the yonng men of the South ia that they .emnin In the South, which ho still considers 1 country much preferable to Brazil, Mexico, )P Cuba, and, by patient endurance and ac ive industry, rebnild upon the surest of foon- . lations their own shattered fortunes and that \ >f their natire land_Mail. RATIONS FOP THE DESTITUTE.-It is ste ed in a despatch to Governor Patton, that ho War Department Las ordorcd that sup- 1 Hos be immediately sent- to Alabama, auf- c icicnt to reJicTe tbo entire destitute popula- j ion. Tho Newberry Herald announces that tlc iieatonant "ommanding ot that post has ireeted the destitute white and black in that .immunity, to report to him and tbeitr.wnuts 'ill be snppljed. The Winniburn Kemi contains a request iat the destitute in that District will report lg ? Uaptain Vaia, cotupsaw&tjt ?f that pat. j 1 How MANY ARE TO BE Hum,-In tie eaate, day before yesterday, Mr. Doolittle wisted that Mr.' Nve, of Nevada, should xy how many rebels he wanted hung. ' 'Mr. Nye-Enough to make treason odious, f you will give rae a piece of paper. I will ut.down. their names. / ^Mr. Doolittle-The Senator need not spe-: ify.'them, but give the round-numbers. Mr. Nye-Five or six. I would have hang d Jeff. Davis, r.o mai ter how he was tried, tcfore the graud'armies of Grant and Sher man when they were mustered out in this ily; but now if is best to try him by a court ?f law, I suppose. . Mr. Doolittle-Such an act l y thc Presi Ipnt of the United State?, to hung Jeff Davis vitkout tri il, would have been deemed nnrder hy all the civilized Governments of die wrrld. HYMENEAL. MARRIKO, on the 17th of May, w. J. READY Esq , to M?S EMMA DANIEL, all of Edgcficld. MAr?itiKU, at tho brides father's residence, r.n 17th inst-, by Rev. D. D. Bronson, Mr. JOSEPH A. REYNOLDS and Miss SARAU JOSEPHINA. Jaughtor of M.?j- JAMBS A. TALDLUT, all of this District- - .OBITUARY."" In Memoriam. Mr?. SUE W., wifo of jfeepfi JAMES N; LIP SCOMB, and eldest duughtcrof lion. P. W. PICKENS, died at tho residence of her husband, in Newberry District, S. C., on Tuesday morning, the 13th of March, 1S?6, ia thc 3Sth year of her ago. i "Thc chord, the harp's full chord is hush'd, The voice bath-died away, Whence music, like swoet waters, gush'd But yesterday." Thc -abject of this tribute had boen a member of thc Baptist Cbnrch Seventeen years. Amid the vicissitudes of life, its joys and sorrows, its duties and trials, as well as in her last sickness, she gave her constant and decidod testimony to the worth of the Christian religion. Its " exceed ing rich aud precious promises " proved her so lace, as its teachings bad been her guido. Uer sprightliness and vigor of mind, unitod with gentleness of spirit, and attractive grace of person and maimers, made devoted friends of all who knew hor well, while her benevolence of heart, and (.'onerous charities secured tho grateful attachment of tho distressed and needy who found sympathy and help at ber hands. WbHo a largo circle of kindred and friends will long mourn bor loss, this loss will be most deeply felt in the onco happy home, whereshe ministered with such graceful hospitality, and tender devo tion to the happiness of hor guests, and ber family. " Thc house-hold chain is broken," "The place where joy and music met, is hush'd through day and Light" ?f??, " Thoy weep, and it is well ! For tears bo?t earth's partings," And yet, amid these tears, tho bereaved heart is soothed with tho sweet assurance that the loved ono bas gained that "shore of better promise," beyond tho reach of sin, of suffering and of sorrow. "And thou, 0 Heaven, keep, koop what thou hast . taken, And-with our treasure, keep our hearts on high : Tho spirit meek, and yet by pain unshaken, Thofaith, tho loro, thc lofty constancy Guide us when theso aro with our sister flown, Thoy were of Thee, and thou hast claimed thine own." A FRIEND. DIED of Small Pox, at his mothet's residence in this Village, on the evening of the 28th April last, Mr. WILLIAM W. WHITE, in the 34th year of his age, Ic the midst of his manhood, surrounded by many warm friends won to him by his honora ble deportment and gontlotnanly bearing through life,-in tho borne of his childhood and maturer yoars,-and undor tho tendor care of a loved and loving mother, and sistors true and kind, this worthy and esteemed young gentleman has past, od, alas ! how soon, from earth to the unknown realities beyond the gravo ;-from the social cir cle of mother, sister i and friends, to the home of the blessed in Heaven. Mr. WHITE exhibited in a striking degree all tho trails of tho good citizen, the moral and up right man, and the pure and high-toned patriot. In our late contest with the Fcdoral Government nono moro readily or gallantly battled in the cause of thc South. And for four long years, whorever danger lod or duty required, there he was found with his armor on, prepared for the contest. In all the relations of civil life he was equally true to his every duty, and discharged with proradtness ano fidelity the varied positions assigned him. lu bis death the prop and stay of an aged mother has been suddenly cot down,. Joaving a disconsolate househcld to lamont tho demise of a cherished son and brother. This sorely afflicted family however should find much consolation in the reflection that their loved ono bas, through Death, gained a priceless boon-an abode forever in that hotter world on high, where sin, nor sor row, nor death, can iver como. Rest thee, noble spirit in thy silent tomb. In heaven wc hopo to rieot thee again. * * ? COMMERCIAL. At;cL'STA, Muy IP, I860 COTTON.-Mark it very lively, with a goo 1 domand, but light offering stock. Prices havo advanced two cent.] sinco yesterday. Sales to day-Middling, 29c. j Strict Middling, 29, and Good Middling 40. UOLD.-Gold in demand at 129; Brokers buy in;; at 128. SILVER-Uuchangod. Reward ! STOLEN from the Subscriber's Stable, op the _ night of tho 16th inst., ONE FINE GRAY HORSE, six years old last Spring, rather above medium size, in good ordor, slightly hipped in left hip. Also, at the samc'time, ONE FINE GRAY MARE, teven years last Spring, medium siie, is a good match in color and full sister to tho above mentioned horse. I will pty a Reward of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the delivery of said horses to mo. And I will furthor pay a Reward of TWO HUN DRED DOLLARS for the apprehension and lodgement in jail, of the thief or thieves, with ovidenco to convie^ Any information concerning the above men tic nod horses, addressed to me at Lott's P. 0.,. Eclgcficld District, will be highly appreciated. WM. MERCHANT. May 22 3t 21 Bacon ! 2500 POUNDS FINE COUNTRY CURED BACON, for sale cheap by J. R. CARWILE, ? CO. May 22 tf 21 Corn, Bacon, Flour CORN, BACON, FLOUR, AND ALL KINDS OF GRAIN, ALWAYS ON HAND, AND FOR SALE LOW BY ?. A. WILLIAMS & CO., 259 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. May 15_2m 20 Itch ! Itch ! Itch ! ITCH CURED IN HALF AN HOUR. Cali on TEAGUE ? CARWILE. May 23 tf 21 D Just Received, RAKE'S PLANTATION BITTERS; RUSS' ST. DOMINGO BITTERS; GREEN'S OXYGENATED BITTERNS, For sale low by TEAGUE A CARWILE. May 23 tf 21 Just Received, ^PADDING'S PREPARED GLUE; LEONERD'S LIQUID GLUE, ?or repairing broken furniture'. TEAGUE A CARWILE. May 23 tf 31 Just Received, ftNE CASE GENUINE CONGRESS WATER, \J For sale by TEAGUE A CARWILE. May 23 tf 21 NOTICE TO BRIDIE BUILDERS. ?nrrlLL bo let t > the lowest bidder tho Bridge FT on tho Scott's Ferry Road, on Steven's 'reek noar Garrett'? old Mill, on Saturday the 7ch uly next. Length of Bridge, three bundrod ?nd ix ty fuet. Any ono desiring information can onsnlt G. W. Nixon cr Lee. Holton, Commis ioners. fP^ LEMUEL CORLEY, Chair. Board. Mny 23 ;'?t 21' Cigars and Tobacco F TILS rory hast q no li ty ea sand by j a ?. *. CARWILE A ca T TO A?I! and Everybody PURCHASING DRY GOODS, WILL FIND IT TO THEIR INTEREST TO CALL AT 228 BROAD STREET, ATJGTJSTA, GE ORGIA, WHERE THEY WILL FIND One of the Largest ! MOST COMPLETE AND ELEGANT STOCKS OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ' DRY GOOBS IN THE SOUTH. H AVING a buyer in the marketa at all times, BUYING EXCLUSIVELY FROM IM PORTERS and MANUFACTURERS FOR CASH, wo feel confidont in assuring the public that we ?in offer them E GREATEST BARGAINS 03P" ?OPlXiES S3ESAS02V. OUR STOCK OF CONSISTS OF THIS LATEST AND MOST RECHERCHE STYLES IN Rich Colored SILKS Bountiful Foulard SILKS Heavy Black Lyons SILK Hoavy Black Gros SILK Black SILKS, without Lustra Heavy Black Glace SILKS Broche Grenadine BAREGES Black Twisted Silk GRENADINE Broche Grenadine BAREGES, with Shawls to match Broche Pine Apple CLOTHS Plain Leno CLOTHS Sftipcd and Plaid MOZAMBIQUES Figured MOZAMBIQUES Plain Colors Crape MARETZ Black Iron BAREGES, colored figures Double Width White BAREGE Double Width Black BAREGE Black ALPACAS and Mohair Lustres . Black CANTON CLOTHS White ALPACA Lupin's best Black BOMBAZINES Black CHALLIES and Crape MARETZ Beautiful Colored CHALLIES French Organdie M?SLINS French Organdie ROBES Printed JACONETS Printed LAWN Plain French LAWNS Plain and Figured LAWNS Plain French CAMBRICS Plain and Figured PERCALES Mourning MUSLIMS and LAWNS, &c, ic. OTJR STOCK OF COVERINGS CANNOT BE SURPASSED. WE HAVE Fine Pusher Lace CIRCULARS Lace POINTS and MANTILLAS White Lace ROTONDES Colored Lace SHAWLS Black Grenadine SHAWLS Fine Lama Wool SHAWLS Mozambique SHAWLS Colored Barege SHAWLS Elegant Silk BASQUES and SACQUES. IN HOUSE FUENISHING GOODS WE CAN SUPPL ? THE LARGEST ORDERS. AT THE LOWEST FIGURES, HAVING BEEN BOUGHT WITH GREAT CARE AT THE LATE PANIC PRICES. WE HAVE 9 4,104, 114 Cotton SHEETINGS 104 Brown Cotton SHEETING3 104 Linen SHEETINGS 54 Pillow Case COTTONS 54 Pillow Case LINEN 10-4, 124 Manchester TOILET QUILTS 104, 12 Lancaster QUILTS 104, 124 Marseilles QUILTS 8 4, 104 White Table DAMASK Extra Fino Durna.*!; NAPKINS Damask D'OYLIES Huck and Crash TOWELS Fine Damask TOWELS Fi ne Damask Bordered TOWELS Fine Colored Bord red Huck TOWELS Russia DIAPER Bird's Eye DIAPER Cotton DIAPER ! Mosquito* NETTINGS 74, 84 Brown Linen Table DAMASK 104,12 4 White Damask TABLE CLOTHS | TICKINGS, Sec., &c, ic. 54 Brown Liuen TABLE CLOTHS IN GENTLEMEN'S WEAR, WE HAVE White Linen DRILL Fine French BROAD CLOTHS Fine French CASSIMERES Fine French DOE SKIN3 Fine Fancy CASSIMERES Cuban TWEEDS. Black Drap DE'TE Brown Linen DRILLS Brown Linen DUCKS White Linen DUCK Fancy Linen DRILLS Fine DUCK COATING Soft Finish GRASS LINENS Spanish LINENS and HOLLANDS G AMBRO ONS and COTTONADES Heavy Farmers DRILL. A VERY HEAVY STOCK OF #s WHITE GOODS--CHEAP, CONSISTING IN PART OF Victoria LAWNS Plaid Swiss MUSLINS Striped Swiss MUSLINS Checked CAMBRICS Dotted Swiss MUSLINS Figured Swiss MUSLINS French MOUSSELAINE Nainsook MUSLINS MULL MUSLINS 5-s Soft Finish CAMBRICS . ALWAYS ON HAND A FULL ?TOCK OF AMERICAN & ENGLISH PRINTS, Bishop LAWNS Jackonet MUSLIN'S 4 Swiss MUSLINS Fine BRILLIANTS India TwilhL?NG CLOTH French PERCALE, for Skirting Irish LINENS, Richardson and other best brands New York Milla WAMASUTTA Semper Idem LONSDALE LONG CLOTHS Marlboro CHECKS and STRIPES Furniture PRINTS CHAMBRYS and GINGHAMS Apron CHECKS and Hickory STRIPES IN LACES AND EMBROIDERIES WE HAVE Fine Jaconet EDGINGS and INSERTLNGS THREAD LACES Jaconet BANDS and FLOUNCING Swisa EDGINGS Sheer Linen HANDKERCHIEFS Swiss INSERTINGS Hem Stitch HANDKERCHIEFS Smyrna EDGINGS Linen EDGINGS. A FINE STOCK OF English Hosiery, Parasols, Lace Mitts, Notions, <fcc.y ?fcc. COUNTRY MERCHANTS VILL FIND ?T TO THEIR INTEREST TO GIVE US ACALL BEFOREPUROHASING. GRAY.MULLAKK? & CO. Maj 22 Im 21