Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.i! J* .a1- ?.^ U??M!L! ssestax RQ&'T, A. TH?MP80N, Editor. E. At Thompson, W. H. Holcombe, E. Young, .^PIlOl'UtKTOUS. THUMS.-Ono Dollar and Twcnty-ttvo Conti for six months, in advaneo. Provision also taken in paly ttl ont, ai tito markot rates. ?'.'J" A Ivortismnonts inserted at SI por square for thc first inisortipn, and 60 coats fur each subse ction! insertion, cash or provision. JP'c?yO hit nary Notices exceeding five lines, Trill? utos of ttespeet, Communications of a personal character, an l Announcements .of Candidates, will be chirged for as advertisements. "8S?y* Job Printing excepted with neatness and dospateh, for cash or provision. ? B??y~ Ne'cossity compels us lo adhere strictly to tho requirement of cash payment. ?LULL' ?'?JJ.l_?LLl?'"r,l'->t1'" ._Jjjfel.II_L- -, -Li-J_1 PICKKNS C. m, S. C.: 8aturday Morning, June 10, 1806. Jt-Sy* Thc weather has been wann this week. On Wednesday, thc thermometer stood nt 92, inn" cool plaoo." KW Thero were sales of 20,000 bales of cotton, in New York, on thc 12th, at 40 to 42. Gold, 43^ _ KW Thc Postmaster, nt this place, lias on hand n supply of postage stamps, and stamped envelopes of a superior quality. JCS?" About five million dollars in specie was shipped to Europe last wcok. KW The Governor has offered a reward for Ilium ?ALLAN, charged with tho murder of EDWARD MILLIGAN, in Charleston. Thc lat ter has voluntarily surrendered himself to the authentic Mf?r WM, J. ttlVERS, Stato Agent forthat purpose, requests persons having information to send him the name, rank, and date of death of all Confederate soldiers. The object is to have a complete record made. J6<sf Tho Southern Baptist Convention, on thc 81st ult., proceeded to consider tho claims of the Greenville Theological Seminary to support. After listcningtoscvcralgood speech es, 810,000 were subscribed I - i pi Celebration The members of Walhalla Chapter and l?lue Ridge Lodge intond celebrating St. John's day at Walhalla, on Saturday thc 23d instant, lt is expected that .esses will bo delivered by dov. OKU and Mr. AnrnUR. Tho Ladios invite the public to ba present, tho same day, to assist in raising means for Ed ucational purposes. A Hot Supper and dance, wo learn, will close, this part of thc proceedings. Ho I for Walhalla on the 23d ? A Good Supply. Mr. B. E. O'KKLI.Y sends US "specimens of his bread," in the shape of the largest beets, turnips, onions, peas and beans, that we have seen in' many a day. Th oj' were not only large, but well tasted and wholesome. ?Our friend is fortunate to have such a fine variety of "bread" on hand, thot.e hard times." He will accept our thanks for his very acceptable favor. A Stringent Order. Thc Post oflico authorities havo instructed their subordinates in this section not to per mit ?ny one, who has uot taken " thc oath," to open tho mails. This course has closed up, . for the present, most of the offices in thc Dis trict. Wc hope that arrangements will be made, so that tho offices will bc open again soon. Tho mail carriers have kindly under taken to dclivor our paper, until this ugly wrinkle is smoothed into proper shnpe nnd consistency. A Sad Occurrence. Wc learn that, on thc 5th instant, a terri ble storm passed over the village of Bamberg, in this State, blowing over a school.house, and burying in its ruins seven of the scholars. A number of other persons were moro or less in jured. Truly, this a sad occurrence JC?* Wc see in the papers " how to detect counterfeit Notes." This information may bc worth something in other sections, but wc have precious little usc for it hero I KW Tho Prosidont has issued a proclama tion'that for tho purposo of maintaining thc public and national'honor, bc warns all good citizens ' from aiding or abetting tho unlawful expeditions of evil disposed persons against a nation with which this Government is at . peano. And authorizes all magistrnt.es nnd other officers of tho United States to exert tboir authority to defeat unlawful proceedings, and bring tho offenders to justice. jt5T A gentleman living in Auburn, Me., last year raised $1,900 worth of garden plants nnd vegetables on about one acre of land, and this year ho will, if ordinarily successful, got $3,000 worth from tho samo land. Ho docs this by husbanding timo, sunshino and soil, and by understanding thoroughly tho business in hand. Trial of Jofierson Davis. .Tho F?deral Court mot in. Richmond, on thc 5th instant. J ?j PUK UN'D>:K\VOOI> presiv ?lcd. Tho counsel'for President DAVIS in bistcd that his trial should commciico at ouoo, but it was overruled by tho Judge. It wai given out by "His Honor," that thc trial i would take placo in October next, and that Ohiof Justice CHASE would preside on tho , occasion. President DAVIS' counsel are CilAS. O'CON Hon, W. R. REED, J. T. BRAUY, O. W. RltOWN, 10. A VAN SlCKLK, Ti II. KDSON,. und CIIAULKS (J noss Judge Nelson's Decision. We surrender a considerable portion of our space on tho first pago to tho decision of Judge NELSON, in tho case of .TAMKS HA C?AN, of this State--who was tried, found guilty, nndsetitonccd to imprisonment for Uf?. Th?' Judge dbclnrcs military commissions to bo unconstitutional'; and' their decisions void. Thus wc have the Executive and Judiciary of thc country with us. Congress is our only ene my iu tho government, and wc hopo tosco it swept away by a more liberal ".nd enlightened public opinion. A Noble Work! . Tho attention of the ladies is specially di rected to thc touching appeal of Mrs. W. H. MAdPART/AND) of Richmond, Va. A society has been organized in that city for the purpose of protecting tho graves of thc gallant Confed erate dead, and'erecting a monument to tbeir memory. This is a noble work, and wo trust . our people will engage in the cause witb /.cal and earnestness. Mr.!. MACTAKLAND'S appeal will be found on thc fourth pago. The Senate Schema. Thc Somite of tho United States bas reject ed thc reconstruction scheine of tho joint committee of tho two houses of Congress, and adopted tho following by a vote of 33 to tl S ?Jiesqloed, hythe Sonate and House of Rep resentatives of thc United Stales of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both Houses concurring,) That thc following arti cles bc proposed by tho Legislatures of the several States ns an amendment to the Con stitution of thc United States, which, when ratified by th ree-fourths of said Legislatures, shall bc valid as part of the Constitution, namely : Sec. 1. All persons born in tho United States and subject to-thc jurisdiction thereof, arc citizens of the United States and of thc States wherein they reside. No State shall make oV enforce any law which .shall nbr-idgo the nrivilegos or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of lifo, liberty or property, without tine process of law ; nor deny to air. person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Sec. 2.- Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States which may be inclu ded within tho Union, according to their re spective numbers, counting tho whole humber of persons in each State, excluding Indians 'UOt taxed. Hut whenever in any Stato the ?lective franchise shall be denied to any por tion of its male inhabitants, being citizens of the United States, not less than twenty-one years of age, or in any way ?bridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation in such State shall be reduced in tho proportion which thc num ber of such male citizens shall bear to tho, whole number of male citizens not less than twenty-one years of age in such State. Sec. 8. No person shall be a Senator or Representativo in ( 'engross, or elector of. Pres ident and Vice-Pr?sident, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who,'having previously taken an oath ns a member of Congress, or a? an olliecr of .thc United States, or ns a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial olliecr of any Stato, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion againsl ? thc same, or given aid and comfort to the ene mies thereof. Rut Congress niny, by a vote of two-thirds of each. House, removosuch dis ability. Seed. The obligations i lin United States incurred in suppressing insurrection, or in dc fence of the Union, or for payment of bonn tics or pensions thereto, shall remain inviolate Sec. 5. Neither thc United Stiles nor nnj State shall assume or pay any debt or obliga s ti' ti incurred in aid of insurrection or rebel lion against, tho United State*, or any clain for compensation for tho loss or cmnncipatioi of any slave; but all such debts, obligation: , and claims shall bo forever held illegal mu void. Sec. G. Tho Congress shall have power t< enforce hy appropriate legislation the provis ions of this article. If tho House of Representatives should con cur In this mensuro, it is not believed tba tho Southern States will accept it. It has tin effect desired, however, in keeping us out o Congress. The Daily Sooth Carolinian' This journal comes to us, from Columbia greatly enlarged and ?inproved in every rc spect. It is also tho ohoapest paper in th Slate, nnd cditod with spirit and ability. Ii1 Cl. DE FONTAINE, Editor and proprietor. . Terms: 8,0.00 ajear; $3.00 for six. months or 50 cents per month. Mo?fe of tho Fenians. Tho Fenian laid on Canada has well-nigh " played out." I Pres/ident ROBERTS and Gen. SWEENEY havo'been arrested by tho United States autboritics, and hold to-bail to respect tho neutrality laws of tho country. Other ar resta are beitig.innde by tho government; which has showu a commendable determination to provont a war with Great Britain. Tho Fe nians are returning to their homes-sadder, and wo trust, wiser men. An Important Decision. Wo mnko'this synopsis of a decision made by Judge CLAYTON, of tho sixth .Judicial Dis trict of Mississippi, which is fully reported in tho " Charleston News " of tho 2211 ult., upon u matter of importance to the public. Wc would give tito case na published in tho " News" wore it not. too lengthy for our col umnfh The caso was about as follows : On tho 27th of January, 18G1, thc di fondant. J. W. Perkins, sold to the complainants, Duke & Cado, twenty* thousand pounds of lint cotton for tho sum (fi 87,000, which was paid thc defendant/ nt' thc time in Confederate States Treasury Notes. The defendant was to deliv er the same whoo afterwards required. Thc defendant having failed to deliver thc cotton ns stipulated) n hill was instituted to enforce thc contract. *TliQ defendant made defence upon thc grounds, that the act of secession of tho Statoof Mississippi being in violation of tho Constitution of tho United States,.np gov ernment was created by the Conf.:dci"icy which could perform any binding net, and that thc Treasury Notos to be used, was a nullify, nod formed no legal consideration to make a con tract binding, that a contract founded onsuo.li a consideration could not be enforced. Judge Clayton held;: that tho States continued al their power and functions of Government which tlicy possessed before thc war, and poa sessed the right of raising thc tncsns to con duct tho ' waV, thc manner of raising sud means was' at their own discretion, and as ? necessary tm?'?>? v/.<>n-<-could issue these Notes having acquired belligerent rights, and viola ted no law in'issuing them, and consequently they wcro.no-nullity. Ile showed that tin United States recognized their validity it claiming the'potton and other property of thi Confederate States, iii thc hands of its citizen at the time of the surrender of the annies which had b?cn purchased with such note* Ile argued that, these notes were tho currcne of tho-country hy. common assent of the pee plc, and regarded transact ions in which the wcie used, ns legal and binding. In his ai gumoilt against thc third ground used in th defence, " That thc said Notes were used t carry on a rebellion against thc Govornmor of the United Stat03, could raise no consider; tion upon which a legal and binding contrat could bo created," he says thc Confedera! States, nan belligerent nation, was vested wit tho power to conduct the war, as the civil wo had su?pended thc Constitution in thc belli? event States, and that the tue of said Notes i thc ordinary trade otthe country was legit mate and a valu dilo consideration, mid gn\ validity to all fair contracts in which tin were used. The Judge granted tho prayer of thc Bil and ordered that a decree bo entered for tl delivery of thc cotton to complainants in a cordanco with tho contract, and in case tl cotton could hot bc had, for thc value of i and tho defendant pay thc co;;t3 of thc suit. We would like to give thc argument in fu sustaining this decision. It is au able at learned argument, mid clearly shows the v lidity of fair contracts in which Confedera Treasury Notes formed a part of the const oration. Walhalla Female Academy. Tho exercises of this School were comincne on Monday last, under the caro of Mr. W. 1 HINDS, a classical and experienced teach. Wo bespeak for this institution n full mcasu of success. ^ IVSf JAMBS KAOAN, roloascd by Jud NELSON o habr?s corpus, has been arrest again by thc military. ??y* Union Springs, Alabama, must be nice placo for an editor. 'I \ editor of I "Times," published at that plaoe, acknov edges tho rode j pt of a batch of Canada pape from a lady, some turnips from another, plate of " good things" from a third, and carriage ride tendered by the same lady-(i agino an editor in a oarriago I)--a box of pi from a gentleman, and " cold drinks " frc another. Who wouldn't liko to publish a j per at such a place I WASHINGTON, Juno 5.-Tho Senate cc firmed, ns Collecter of Customs, Albert ] moro of Mobile, Ala j Joshua Hill, Savant Ga. Tho published .statement give? tho pub debt, less thc Cash in tho Treasury, nt 82,01 288,000. Decrenso of 810,000,000 in Mi Thc cash in Treasury is stated at nenrlv 810 000,000. j i>.'>.'. :J1', mamas timm :1 .tm. MERE MENTION. Minute guns wore tired in Charleston, by order ot tho War Department, in bonor of thc memory of ...General Scott.--Probst, the murderer, saya-he ought to die eight deaths, because ho killed that number of human be ings.-Yellow fovoV prevail? at Vera Cruz, -? " Dictionary of Congross " has been prepared by one Lanmau.---The. Chicago pcoplo, as an offset to tho trichina) trouble, say that Westphalia hogs aro fatted on snakes, and to this they owe their famous rich flavor. -A lady, playfully condemning the wear ing of whiskers and moustaches, declared, "lt is one of the fnshjonsvl invariably set my face against."-Minnesota will export, this sea son ten million bushels of wheat. Two years ago she raised nono Whatever.-Illinois has thc best cattle trade of any State, in.thc Union. -A genuine-African presides in (he Mem phis Freedmen's Rurcau'Oourt.-Now York last, year imported dry goods to tho amount of $1.1'5t04??8r4V--More than twenty thous and Jews' have boen converted during the past century.-Tho President has granted 101 ?liminai pariions-tile number of politi cal pardons is 12,5181.-020 Coolies wore burhetl lo death on an I talian ship, which they seton fire duringa revolt.-Dr. John G. Williams, of Edgcfield, committed suicide on the 4 th instant.-A one-annod soldier in iowa cuts two and'a half oords of Wood per day.-A man should not think too m tic ll to apprehend, nor talk too much to lulen. Steam omnibuses are to be established in Par is.--A hide of cotton is conveyed front Co lumbia to Nttw York for $0,00; froig' . Recently, 225 car loads of cattle and hogs passed through Cleveland, Ohio, for thc Fust cm market.-\ negro has sued thc Balti more and Ohio Railroad Company for refusing to sell hi ii a first class ticket.-A negro, 115.years old, l?'vo*.in Danville, Va. Heins buried fifteen1 musters.;-Ruston has wealth enough to give $2,000 to every man, woman and child, of its population-Miss Uoald, ol' London, has given ?25,000 to the fund of the. English Wesleyan Missionary Society. In Scotland, 210 criminals were whipped last year.-'-Snow fell in Maryland on the 4th inst.-False eye lashes are announced. BC/T* JOHN TOWNSKND, of Edisto Island, S. C., the man who gave the Confederacy %10'),000 in gold in 1801, has not. boen more I successful in keeping his recently hired (jor man laborers than bc was iu retaining his slaves. He says : " They cost mc thirty-five dollars each to bring them to Charleston from New York. I. fed 'them far bettor than ever I thought of feeding my hands, even gave \ them cottee and sourkrout, when what, should they do but demand butter for their bread, and milk for their coffee, and thc next thing I thc wintle crowd left me." ?fjy~ The liisr exhibit of the Comptroller of ! the Currency shows that there arc one thous and six hundred and fifty national banks, with an aggregate circulation amounting to $270.510,510, which is scoured by bonds held ' by tho United Slates Treasury, estimated at 8324,3?4,ff&Q. The tptal capital is $414, 921,479. ^ Jt??r An entire Jewish habitation, dating two centuries back of thc Christian Era, is said to have been excavated in Syria/ The discoverers claim to have discovered in the dwelling, the five books of Moses, tho Psalms of David, and other Hebrew books. Thc Governor of Virginia has donc u sensible thing. He has appointed a " Board of Immigration," under an Act of tho Legis? future, to promote i ni in igra (ion into the Stale. Thc board has met and organized. It has no funds, but it is going to Work without them, "It's a good sign in thc Old Dominion, of vig or, pluck and hope. Never say die is the right motto. CURIOUS ARMENIAN REMEDY FOR CAN CER.-Thc following account of this remedy is from an Ediuburg newspaper in the year 1802 : " While I was at Smyrna," says thc communicator, u there was n girl ufllicted with a cancer in her lips, and thc gum . was also affected, Thc Muropean physicians consulted on the means to bo taken,, and agreed that they saw no other method but to cut it out, and tho girl had already submitted herself to that dcoision. By an accident of that nature which men cannot always nccountfor, an old American onmo to them just in timo to-pre vent tho application of tho knife. " Do noth ing," said tho Armenian, <( I will cure her." And) when ho had pledged himself strongly, thc physicians consented. Ile procured a copper vessel, newly tinned in the inside-nu essential circumstance.-and, having poured into it a oeVtnin quantity of olive oil, ho made it boil over n small fire, sufficient- to koop It gently agitated ; and so, for -threo times in twenty-four hours. With thisr tho oil re solved itself to tho consistenoo of an ointment, and, by constantly rubbing tho part n fleeted, ho outed hor in fourteen days; nothing elso was done. Tho physioiurs supposed, that the oil roceived its virtue from tho tin, and, tluiitt was communicated by tho long. ?boiRng over thc fire." ' JUiLiL-_J..,L^_LLl-i^-'.J.-l. B - -! ' 'III' \J,4>- - The Blue Ridge Railroad. At a meeting of tho Directors of tho ?B??e Ridge Railroad Company, held iu tho city ?f Charleston a few days since)rjjPys tho " S^u?h Carolinian," the following gentlomen wer? ap pointed a oounnittee to visit Cinoinprtti, and oilier Western cities rftlativo to tho completion of tho connection between Charleston and Cincinnati : JOHN T SLOAN, President. Oo.M MITTKK.- Mrssrs. G. A. TKENHOI.M, Ksq., HENRY GOUUDIN, Esq., HON. ED? WARD FROST, C. M. FUKMAN. Esq., R. M. JOHNSTON, E>ip, HON. H. F PK RH Y. J. P. IttiF.l), Esq?,. Tho above is thc beginning of what is des tined in timo to become ono of tho grandest enterprises of t he ago.- The connection of tho Groat West Withtl}0 Southern Atlautio Sea board, is u subject that has long engaged tho attention of thc far-seeing mon of the coun try; and now that tb promises to become ah established fact, too much cannot be said, or .lone to achieve thc object promptly and well. The com mor?la. 1 Influences of thc projected lino, are too immense to bo nllTorctuld. A res orvoivof wealth will bo oponed, of whose un developed riohness, wo have no conception. Not Jo speak of tho mineral wealth and'mat) u'fuoturingpqwerpf the States through which tin! road will course, thc products of tho great prairie land;of the Wost, and thc trade of ?ts cities will flbw ulong the now channel to find in outlet in: our midst. Tho iiiilltoncns upon Columbia alone, is-enough to excite the hap piest anticipations. By ronsoiiiof our cen tral position, nnd our climate,.this city will heeoiuo thogro'it warehouse of thc West Flour, bacon and grain will bo stored hereby millions of weight, in preference to.Charleston. rho merchants of two hemispheres, with their capital will pother herc ns in a depot of ex change. We sh'illirlistributo to tho world - Columbia markets will bc (ploted, and Colum bia men- will become millionnrics. Tho oity will expand to metropolitan dimensions, and we'shall enjoy in thc largest degree n prosper ity which now may seem a drouin. Thc men whp.<? names aro written above; and their colleagues in Cincinnati, have for years been active in tht.ir c?f?rts-to accomplish tho work. Tho hope is ?Imnat? realized. Only two million more of capital will connect An derson C. II., and Knoxville, Tenn. From Knoxville to Cincinnati, the arrangements uro already completo. The-Greenville Railroad forming-as it will', an.important link in this chain, will ccomc ono of tho most vaiunblc corporations in tho country, and altogether a now lil'I.'onium of wealth' and'enterprise will dawn upon our now unfortunate and down trodden State?, Later From Europe NKW YORK, JunoO.-Advices of the 27th via Queenstown, statothat warlike preparations still continue, and confirm previous statements j that tho three neutral powers have addressed a note to liorlin,. Vienna) Floronco, ?nd Frankfort, in inviting a conference. It is be lieved that all will assent; but tho reply of Austria has not been received. Kossuth i.s acting in concert with the Italian* and endeavoring to excite Hungarian Revolu tion. - Reporta arc current nt Prneno that Prus sian troops are advanoing on the frontier. Tho Taris Bourse closed buoyant. Lord Cowley has been munitioned from Par is to Loudon for consultation. Th? expected Congress of Powers will as semble tho 5th or 10th of J.uno. Thc Times says the result of thc conferenco will in no evant a fleet'the position of England. It is stated thal- ibo Russian and Italian treaty, names tho 28th of May for tho com mencement of hostilities.. Entrenchments near Vienna have been commenced. lUis^roportod that the Italian patriots have appeared on the frontier of Galfaro and tnken away half tho bridge on thc Italian side of tho river. Garibaldi \* reported to have left Caprorn for the Adriatia coast. The Spanish Foreign Minister referred in the Corfce/.to remarks made io thc English par liament about tho bombardment of Valparai so, ,ond said that Spain would continuo to not .vigorously if the SouOh American Republic continued1 thc wai?.. Financial and commercial affairs in Eng- % land show prent doprcssion still. Tho pres sure for in obey indicates that tho erisis is not yet over. Thc -?'Times" suggests tho issue of interest bearing credit notes to relieve the pressure. Among ibo late suspensions arc W. II. Con brough (&Co., American ootton dealers. Their liabilities uro ?150,000. N.f.w You ic, Juno 12.-Ry the news of thc Scotia it is fully confirmed that Austria, Prussia, Italy and tho German Diet will!bo represented in thc conference by their minis ters. Tho time'of meeting hus not yet been fixed, but Lord Clarendon, Gert-zo, Bismark, and Lamaroidra had officially announced they would shortly arrive i iv Paria. It is stated that Napoleon will presido with Drouyu do riluyes as thc second plenipotentiary. There arc rumora of an understanding, if not an al liance, between Anstrin and Russia to support tho treaties of 1815. It is positively affirmed that .Austria hart declined to ?ntortaitt tho v proposition f?r tho cession of Venetia and has made oven- Holstein to the Germanic confed eration. Tho- u London Times," in view of this no tion by Austria, regards peace aa Ijopbless, and while it is possible that all savon of tho powers may not bo represented in conference tho bolligortinta will preparo for wari ir * . ?Ji ? i ' - ' . . ..: ?.: i' x . > x , A womaVi 'weighing only seventeen poiu&Js. ls exbibitingjn Dunville.