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CHARLESTON.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 18G5.
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Plantation Culture?Jtcftro Tenantry and
Farming.
In a recent number wo gave our reasons for bo
lioving that plantation culture Would bo abandon
ed in this State, and that the farming system
would become established in its stead. Some of
cur readers, we fear, aro disinclined to the rcault,
and some question the process. They question
whether negroes can be brought together into a
community of farmers; or, if so, whether thoy ever
be efficient and to bo relied on lor routs and duties
of a well regulated community of tenants. Por
h.ajiH not. It is to be questioned whether they
are, in fact, competent to the offices of self-gov
ernment. That is the very question to be tried.
But if they have not the force of character to make
good tenants, havo they the force to become good
-operatives on our estates? Does the ono require a
higher ordor of enterprise and talent than tho
ether ? We doubt if there bo not error, or if men
havo thought maturely about this matter. There
aro but three forces sufficient to bold men toJhe
severities of plantation' life?the force of BluvWy,
of starvation, and of contract. By tho first they
havo been held to them in these Southern States, the
West Inches, and Brazil; by the second in India,
China, and Egypt; and by the last, we believe, no
Where yet upon the earth. We Jo not say it can
not bo done or may not, but we do say that the
disciplino must bo rigorous, tho service severe,
and that the people who will voluntarily euter into
euch discipline, perform such service, and stand
to the requisition of such a life, under the mere
provisions of a contract to do so, must have a
penao of obligation and a force of character by no
means common. There may be some?Germans
and Scotch, perhaps?people more than commonly
sensible of law?who might enter into such con
tracts, if thcro woro sufficient inducements, and
perform them; but they will not bo entered into
and performed by people indolent or inert; any
thing would be preferable. And it may well hap
pen that negroes may be amply sufficient for the
humble serge of activity and character required
hy a tenant farmer, without the sterner qualities
necessary to austa;n him, of his own volition, to
tho hardest life in the world.
It is not contended he will not enter on such un
dertaking ; that if proprietors persist in the plan
tation system, a largo proportion of tho colored
population will not talco employment. They can
have no option : they must have employment of
eomc kind ; and if tlito bo the only ono offered, they
must of necessity accept it, but with the liberty of
action, of performing atrictly tho contract, or of
taking the consequences. It is to be feared thtry will
too often tako the cons?quences?that every hour
in the day, .every day in the week, to constant and
efficient labor, will be too much for their sense of
convenience or of obligation. Such labor is the
necessary condition of successful plaining opera
tions ; it is doubtful whether the negro can ever
Voluntarily perform it.
But may he not bo competent to the leas degree
of character and enterprise required by farm cul
ture? In that there may be the necessity of times
for hard labor, but it is not necessary it should be
. so unstained. Thcro wiU be intervals of relaxation;
frequent changes from one thing to another; the
entertainment resulting from the growth and de
velopment of tho matters he may have in hand.
The varied wants of Ii?b pigs, poultry, stock, corn,
cotton, and potatoes, may induce him to the labors
accessary to supply them, without his being prick
ed to activity by a hoiiso of logal obligation. This
is at least probable. In this way he may become a
worthy tenant on CBtatOB. The present occupants
may become communities of tenants. Customs,
prescriptions, and copy-hold rights, may become
established. They may well produce enough for
support and an excess for rent. The proprietor
may be at hand to secure his income, preserve or
der, and exercise an intelligent supervision over
-the affairs, external and internal, of tho commu
nity. He may promote the prospects of success
hy a judicious use of the capital required by the
common intorost. What ho shall receive will be so
much clear, without tile risk for investment that
. may never pay. If the experiment succeed?if such
tenantry sh.ill be competent to the task?his invest
ment will be safe, his interest permanent; if it
?hall increase and extend, his interest will advance.
The community may become a village or a trading
town; pursuits may become varied; tenants may
-acquire property; they may be in condition to pur
chase the farms they have cultivated- -to bid and
compete for timber ways and water privileges;
thoir wants may givo value to many conditions of
the estate now unconsidcrcd; and it is quite pos
sible, therefore, that this system may result in
permanent prosperity to proprietors, very much
heyoud anything they have yet had reason to hopo
for.
All, of courue, as we have said, depends upon the
?cgro's capacity for .self-direction. We will not
posll?very assort 'that be has such capacity : we
apeak in no spirit of innovation : we would not
urge our follow-citizcns to abandon modes of life
nufficii;iitiy safe and satisfactory for. any fields of
experiment howover attractive, upon which, of ne
cesBity, some clement of contingency must enter
with them. But wo speak to them now in no such
condition. Wo are on solid, ground no longer, but
at sea, and a sea untried?unknown to us at least ;
with tho possibility pf broakors all around, and
etunned and bewildered by tho blow that, set us
adrift. In suoh. condition he is not necessarily a
reckless speculator who proposes wo should calm
ourselves, should look the prospect fairly in the
. lace, should study the situation, and not under
blind impulse- set to struggling back to tho port
of our departure, without the reasonable hope that
wo will thoro find tho atate remaining whioh ren
dered it a port of safety. Under such clieuniHtan
ces it is not required of us that the course we sug
gest Khali ho perfectly right'or successful. It is
enough that it shall he .the best possible ; enough,
?rven, that it shall be better than any other con
tended for. This much, wo think, must bo concc
I ded to that under consideration. It gives us more
assurance than any other of being within the capa
city of our colored population ; it gives i him, at
. -once, a home and objects of interest and opportu
. ?dty for outoipriao, and tho development of hie
> -ecciifl na turo in perfect : accordarico with tho into
vests of proprietors ; and, as the negro here* is n
./great fact, and a fact that must be acted on?as our
every interest is dependent on his well-being?as,
. , la fact, however we may feel'upon the subject, oui
present fortunes aftd, perhaps, our ; fatoe,; are in
'As?lubly linked-together.^-that of.itself would
?XmaUtnto a motivo to the experiment, if not sc
*ftMrcly oonstatent>ith tho intercuts of propripton
. m it would aecm to be,. . ,
Tho Cable. ?
Tho news from tho cable is more cheering than
it has been for somo daya paat. By telegrams
from Hoart'a Content, which w? publish in to-day'a
iasuo, wo learn that a schooner namod the First
Fntit, has arrived at Harbor Graco, which, on
August 6, at 4 o'clock in tho morning, aaw the
Great Eastern and tho Terrible. Two hours lator
ahe Baw a beacon buoy, with a flag upon it, mark
ed Great Eastern, No. 5. From tho Captain of tho
Terrible tho information was obtained that the
cabio parted on the 2d of AugUHt. If tho dispatch
which we publish be true, it is dated 15th, and we
publish ono to the Augusta Constitutionalist, dated
lGth, which saya the Great Eastern baa not been
heard of?the finding of thia buoy is a hopeful
aign. Had the parting of tho cable boon sudden
and unexpected, it would inevitably have aunk and
been lost pnat redemption. The probability acema
to be that cither from atreae of weather or from
some accident to tho Great Eastern, the cable was
deliberately cut, a buoy being first attached '.o
ahow it? position. If the ship and cable parted
company in consequence of a gale, tho buoy may
havo been found; tho cable epliccd, and tho Bhip
have resumed her voyage again when tho gale
abated. That the ship was disabled, seems hardly
probable, aa that would have been reported by tho
Terrible, which was looking for tho buoy while the
Great Eastern was in sight. It eho had mot with
any accident, it could only havo bcon temporarily
and easily repaired. As tho ships wore only about
aix hundred miles from the coast, wo shall proba
bly havo conclusive intelligence within a fow days.
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Restoration.
ALLEGED TROUBLE IN THE CARINET?TRIAL OF JEFF.
DAVIS?THE WRIT OF UAI1EAH CORPUS.
Washington, August 15.?Publications havo re
cently. Iia.?" made of reports, speculations and in
foroii >*' "it ?liffercnccs of opinion between the
Prosi* d hi? Cabinet with regard to tho poli
cy pT?^. ?, be pursued in restoring the Southern
States to their former relations to the Union, and
particularly involving the ?inostion of negro suf
frage in tho work of reestablishing the civil gov
ernment, the military measuroa to secure which
have already been taken through the agency of
the Provisional Governors. The proceedings are
Btrictly private, and it is not known that any of tho
members are in the habit of improperly revealing
them. Therefore the publications professing to
give reporta of what takes placo in the Cabinet
council aro, to say the least, untrustworthy.
But it may be said with confidence, as an answer
to many of th?? speculations, that there is not now,
nor is it believed that there will be, any substantial
or material difi?renos between the President and
hia Cabinet with regard to tho restoration of the
Southern States. One of tho reasons for this as
sertion ia the fact that all tho proclamations ap
pointing tho Provisional Governors aro precisely
in tho same words, founded on th? Tennessee ar
rangement, ami maturely considered by the Presi
I dent and approved by the Cabinet, showing a care
l fully considers?! plan, the amnesty proclamation
being in accord with that document. The Presi
dent, it is known from tho representation of hia
intim?t?? friends, ia determined to pursue substan
tially the reconstruction programme thus laid
down, having reasonable Br?denos from the South
that it will he successful. Many of the accounts
from that section are exaggerated, and misrepre
sent tho truo condition of public opinion.
As the result of careful inquiry it is believed
that there is an ?iriwillingncsd on tho part of a por
tion of the Cabinet to have Jefferson David tried
for treaeon; while there is reason for asserting
that the President is persistent in having him
brought before a civil tribunal. Chief Justice
Chase ia expected to arrive here in the course of a
days for consultation with the President as to the
time, the manner and tho place which shall be
?lesignated. The ablest counsel in the United
States arc also being consulted upon the aubject.
There is a fixed ?loterniination on the part of the
Executive that there 6hall be an immediate and
fair trial by a Jury of tho country for high treason.
It may in addition to this bo confidently assorted
that the President has determined as soon as
practicable t?i withdraw the orders suspending the
privileges of the writ of habeas corpus, and to dia
penso with military courts.? [Tribune Wash. Cor.
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The Cholera.
EFFORTS TO STAT THE PESTTLEN(JE?FEARS OF A
" BLACK PLAQUE."
The Bremen's-advices furnish dates from Cairo,
Egypt, to tho 17th of July. A commission had
been sont out to .stop the pilgrims now on their
journey from Mecca to Egypt by land at some
marches tho othor side of Suez. Should there be
any appearance of cholera among thorn, they will
bo detained at a safe distance from Suez until the
disease leaves their camp. The great cholera
which devastated Europe in 1832-3 broke out in
July, which would correspond with the period of
the return of tho pilgrims in those years. The
course of the disease at Jeddah is spoken of as
most heart-rending. People wore stricken down in
the streets, whero, as strangers, they lay and por
ished by hundreds for want of assistance. Mr.
Ouvert, the British consul there, ia reported to
have exerted .himself heroically during the fatal
visitation. By the latest nccoruits the uisoaso had
ceased at Jeddah, but it was very severo at Suakin.
From Constantinople wo learn that a panic has
consequently seized the more wealthy, who havo
flod from the infected oity to establish themaelvos
on tho shore of the Bosphorus and the Isle of the
Princes. In aomn parts of Stamboul this panic,
baa attained such dimensions that, according to a
correspondent of tho Indepondance, it is poBBiblo
to walk through whole streets and see no one save
perhaps one or two poor persons, whose means
will not permit them to emigrate.
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The "War in Soath America.
Additional Details of the Navai. Victory of
the Brazilians?D?vastation op-the Province
of Corrientes by the Paraguayans, ?fco.
[By Ute China, at Halifax.]
Maila are received with additional details of the
great naval victory of the Brazilian over the Para
guayan squadron. Both sides exhibited groat he
roism, and the slaughter is described as terrific.
The battle ocourrod threerleagues below tho oity of
Corrientee, and lasted from, .nine o'clock in the
morning till six in the evening; Tho Paraguayan
fleot, consiq^ing of eight steamers and b?x giin
.boata, mounting eightyypoundors, and also a bat
tery of forty rifled cannoh? was almost annihilated.
Tho Brazilian force was" nine' gunboats, and their
Iobs three hundred mon,: including nineteen offi
cers.. ... . ;, .. , .??
Tho main army .of the Brazilians, soventoon
thousand strong, was encamped ori tho banks of
the Uruguay, in pritrerios: and on .the confines of
the Brazilian .territory another, wing of fourteen
thousand men was stationed.
The condition of the Brazilian army was unsat
isfactory. The typhus afad dysentery were making
eadravagee; '.,' ' ;: . .
A'hody of two thousand Paraguayans desolated
tho Province of Corrientes. They afterwards burst
into Bio Orando, ??wept the banks bf tho Parana,
and were'mareWcg\through-the province.
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A planter in the -parish.of Stv Charles, says the
New Orleans Times, who considor?' himself fully
posted on cotton statistics,' Bays that there never
wi?H over four hundred thousand bales of, cotton
raised in anyone season west of the|Mississippi
ttiid fhe K16' Orando >b,?u' FJrby Smith surren
dered, and that for'?y.ttjtonsa?d bales wUl he added
by this year's crop. /..Of 'the old.crop a great deal
has already been'caiTied to'market, and the new
crop, as well as the old, will be entirely cleared out
of tho country bef?te the first of March next. With
Unlimited Sl?ok'fS^liBndand the crop prospect
how before us, ,o^'^respondent:thinks sixty or
seventy cents pe^p^and will bo tho pro vailing prie?
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Booth Carolina Society.
Wo continuo, from our is>?uo of yesterday, a short
history of thia Association f
In 1751, the General Aastmbly passed an Act to
incorporate tho Socioty, by 'ho name ni tho South
Carolina Society, which waa confirmed ou the 20th
Decomber, 1752.
On tho 5th of April, 1743, we find the genoral
atook amounting to ?2360 12s. Gd. currency. But
on the 28th of AprU, 1770, it had rapidly increased
to tho sum of ?52,686 la. Id. currency, notwith
standing tho Socioty had been in th'o constant
habit of schooling and clothing from ten to twenty
poor children, for eighteen years preceding, be
sides supporting decayed members, their widows
and children. Tho Society, exercising the same
charitable nets, found theif stock still increasing,
not oniy from tho usual contributions, but from
the benevolence of uorac of their own body, and
othcrB, who, with a generosity that does them the
highest honor, gave several large sums to then
funds, bo that on the anniversary of 1777 their
capital ".mounted to ?72,530 11a. 7d. currency.
From the year 1773 to 1779, the number of poor
childrou constantly clothed and educated by their
bounty, amounted, one year with another, to
twenty-fivo and sometimes to thirty, independent
of tho maintenance of several of the widows of
members and their children.
In tho courao of tho American Revolution their
capital was, from obvious causes, so very consider
ably diminished, as to oblige tho Society, on the
28th of March, 1780, with infinite rogrot, to dis
charge tho children from their school.
From thia period to the year 1786 the Socioty
was barely able to afford assistance to those who
were moro immediately entitled to it; but a worthy
inhabitant of Charlestowu dying in tho year 1781,
bequeathed to the Society ?5000 sterling "for the
use of the poor of Charlestoicn ;" which, with other
bequests, donations, and depositB, determined
them to resume, and extend their former plan of
clothing and educating children of tho poor; ac
cordingly, with a portion of tho interest of the
monoy, in November, 1786, sixteen wero received
on the bounty; and the number was afterwards in
creased to thirty-six.
In tho year 1791 the Legislature of tho State, on
the petition of the Society, extended their uhartor.
so far as to enable them to hold a real and personal
estate to tho amount of ?2000 sterling per annum,
above respiscs, and also authorized them to bind
out as apprentices such children as should be
educated at their expense.
On the first of January, 1799, it was proposed,
and finally agreed, that a lot should be purchased,
and a building erected for a school, with adjoining
apartments for tho residence of a tutor, over
which should bo constructed n spacious and ele
gant hall, with other convenient rooms, for the
accommodation of the Society: it was also agreed
to continue to clothe and educate the children
then on tho bounty; but when tho building should
be fitted for the reception of the school, tho plan
of education should be extended, by electing, in
place of each child, as it attained tho age limited
for its education, two others, who, if unconnected
with the institution, should bo educated, but not
clothed. Thus was tho school increased to seven
ty-two, being double its formier number (indepen
dent of the children of members), with no other
additional expense than the employment of an
assistant teacher.
From the foundation of the Socioty to the 2d Oc
tober, 1827, a period of moro than ninety-one
yoars, thirty-four necessitous members, and one
hundred and three destitute widows, have received
an annual support, by quarterly payments, which
are always made in advance. Within this interval
education has been afforded to eleven hundred
and seventy children, of whom eight hundred and '
fifty-one were unconnected with the institution; !
37-1 were children of members, many of whom have
been clothed as well as educated. There were, in !
October, 1842, on the bounty of tho Society, two
superannuated members, twenty-six indigent
widows, and fourteen orphans who wero pupila of
the academies, then recently instituted by tue So
ciety, and on the anniversary, in 1852, there wero
on the bounty ono indigent member, two indigent
daughters of members, who being cripples cannot I
support themselves; forty-seven indigent widows; J
thirteen orphan children of deceased mombers
educated by the Society. Tho expense of the pre- j
sent yoar, 1852, being ?8.082, payable quarterly.
Northern Political Conventions.
While President Johnson, through th? Provis-1
lonal Governors, is endeavoring to quietly yet ]
effectually readjust the machinery of the resnr-ct-1
ive State governments-in tho South, the politicians j
in the Northern States are holding their conven
tions and quarreling over the platforms which
they shall erect for their candidates to stand upon. !
The policy of the President is. in most instances,
working harmoniously, and bringing about the de
sired results: but the politicians in the North are
not all so fortunate in their schemes here. The
radical wing of the Republican party, which set
out under Chief Justice Chase in a bold movemen t
not only to control the President and the reorgani
zation of the Southern Stairs, but also the polities
of the North, are. being sadly defeated in almost
every instance. They nave been unabio to swerve
the 1 resident from his fixed policy, and in all the
conventions yet held they have" only found two
which would give their radical resolves even the
respect of consideration, and only ono that would
in the least endorse them.
The Republicans of Ohio led off in holding their
State Convention. It convened just at the time
when the agitation in regard to negro suffrage was
at its height, and when it was generally supposed
tho radicals had sufficient strength to direct the
action of the party ia many of the States. But tho
returned veterans obtained* control of that gather- I
ing, and kept the radicals in the background.
They secured their own platform and nominated
one of their own leaders for Governor. The Jaco
bine then clung to tho nominee?General Cox?de
claring that he waa sound on their creed, and was
all the platform they desired. But he soon came
out and. repudiated them, and in a clear and logi
cally prepared lotter proved that their doctrines
wero unteuablo and their dogmas a more bundle of
heresies. Vermont was tho next Stato to hold its
convention, and there the doctrines of the
Chaao faction wore passed over in silence. That
Stato has always been considered ono of .the
most radical in the Union, and was never
known to give tho Democrats sufficient show to
furnish evidence that there were any such beings
in the State. The policy of Mr. Johnson was tho
roughly endorsed, and the pooplo of the State
pledged to its support in its execution. The Re
publicans of New Jersey wore the next to hold
their State Convention, and there, after extraordi
nary efforts, resolutions wero introducod contain
ing a long rigmarole about the equality of the red
men. black men and white men, declaring that th?
blacks of the South wero entitled to vote. But no
perBon but the mover or these resolutions took tho
trouble to advocate them. Tho result waa that
thoy wore unceremoniously kicked under the table,
not receiving as many votes as there were resolu
tions, while, on tho other hand, tho Convention
was almost a unit in endorsing, m the most em
phatic manner, tho courao of the President.
The failure in these three States was not very en
couraging to the Chase party, and indications woro
everywhere manifest or their backing down in the
principal central States. Just at this stage a black
star appeared in the eastern horizon. The Repub
licans in tho Stato of Mainn came to the relief of
the Jacobins, and endorsed the social equality of
rac?s and negro suffrage, but woro compelled to sn
gar-?oat it-over with the pretence of endorsing the
fiolicy of the'President. This action has furnished
he Radic?is a small ray of hope,.but will hardly
amount to anything practically. Tho Republicans
of Pennsylvania hold their convention at Harris
burg this week. The politicians of the party are
deeply-interested in the struggle between Governor
Cur tin and Ex-Socretary Cameron for the senator
ship, whioh will, no doubt, override all other quea
tiona. There is, however, but little indication that
the radical doct 'nee will fare any better there than
they did in Ohio and New Jersey, which bordor on
that State. :... . i
The endorsement of tho pacification policy of the
President may be considered as certain. This uni
versal courao of the Northern conventions, and the
general disposition of the dominant party here not
to force upon the Southern States a class of voters
not|admitted to .tho pririlegoof tho.franchise at
home, will strengthen tho Southern people and en
courage, them to work moro earnestly for tho suc
cessor the adjustment programme of Mr. Johnson.
It also- in a measure checkmates the radicals and
strikes a so vor o blow at their power and influence.
Now let tho constitutional convontiona which ?ro
about to assembl? in the Southern States admit
the blacks to.tho privilego of voting by adopting
some such provision as now exist? in tnis State?
that is, allowing all thoso to vote who have taxable
property to the amount of two hundred and fifty
doliare--or an educational restriction, like that of
Maeaaclroaotta, and tho radicals will bo poworleaa
either in Congress or elsewhere, i With this basis
they will not dare to raleo their hand or oppoao the
admittance qf the Southorn representatives. On
the other hand, the wholo moral ihfluonoo of the
North will'be exercised in their behslfj reunion,
peaoo, prosperity, and the harmony of the whole
country will follow, and the nation rejoice.over tho
final doaih and'bttrial of radtyalbjm,-?ifeui.Tor*
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sXsT STATEMENT OK ACTING MA8TKP F. M. MON
T?IS, LAXE COMMANDING U. 8. OOMBOAT PO
TOMSKA. U. 8. N.?On n?y roturn to thin city from
Washington, by rcquent of many (rienda, I respectfully
placo before the public my reasous f?r leaving .the oily
so suddenly on tho 3d instant.
From the reports tnudc by ? few returning persons re
lative to my proceeding? on Cooper Ulwr. while In com
mond of the U. 8. steamer I'otomska, to Lieut. Comman
der BAimETT, ho was induced to prefer charges against
mo. By permission of Rcar-Ad?ir?l Radpurd. t pro
ceeded to Washington to have the Investigation before
tho Honorable Secretary of Navy. After remaining in
the city for a w?ck, 1 had the honor to receive the an
nexed letter and to be houorably acquitted, and I re
spectfully bog to place before the public and to cali their
attention to ho bane an act of Injustice.
At tho evacuation of Charleston, I bad Vho honor to
command the U. 8. steamer I'aomska, an<i was tht firnt
gunboat inside the harbor. A few days afterwards, In I
accordance with orders, I reported for duty to the army,
and reuiuined on Cooper River until April 2S, when I re
ceived scaled orders and sailed for the Oulf.
While on duty with the I'oionska on Cooper River, j
niyBcbf and crew were constantly employed night and I
day in removing the deserted women and childreu to I
this city; giving aid and assistance to persons in need;
keeping the uogroes at work and on the plantations:
preventing destruction of property and putting down
unruly and in subordinate persons; sending to town
abandoned provisions to feed the starving and destitute:
providing medical aid and comforts for those in need;
and wherever it was needed, rations were issued from
tho l'otomska; officers and men fcent miles a ?ay from ray
command on errands of mercy, and in one instance were
ambushed and cap turcd.
I am sorry to say. our services have been forgotten
since peace; and a few ungrateful persons, returning
again to their homes, have Bought to reflect discredit on
our good deeds.
As the commanding officer of the I'otomska, I feel, in
justice to the ship's crew and myself, that this letter
aVould be placed in public print. W? have all fought in
defence of our country's cause, and feel proud In being I
able to receive from her the honorable discharge, which |
is a .sailor's pride, and which will be placed before our
children's childreu as a memorial forever.
For our services we ask no remuneration; but we ob
ject to part with the honors we have gamed la the past
four years.
I deem it proper to say that I hold certificates and re
ceipts for all abandoned grain, and furniture, 4c, re
moved from Cooper River, also my orders for so doing ;
and I again repeat, in justice to myself and crew, that
wo are willing and able to meet any charges that may
ever bo brought against us, that may tend to lessen tho
respect and confidence of our government and superior
officers.
1 have the honor to be, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
F. M. MONTELL,
Acting Master U. 8. Navy.
Late Commanding ?. S. Steamer I'otonuka.
Navy Department. (
Washinoton, August 14, 18G3. t
8m: From the evidence presented, the Department is
satisfied that tho charges preferred against you by Lieut.
Commander Edwaud Barrett were made by him upon
reports which have since been shown to be unreliable,
aud are without foundation in fact. No further proceed
ings will therefore be had.
At your request, you aro hereby granted three (:!)
months leave of absence from tilts date, at the expiration
of which leave you will so report by letter to this De
partment. You will at all times keep the Department
advised of your address.
Very respectfully, G. WELLES,
Secretary of the Navy.
Acting Master F. M. Montkll, late commanding U. S.
8. I'otomika, off Charleston, 8. C. *
.S3-WE A RE AUTHORIZED TO STATE THAT MR.
HENRY T. PEAKE is no candidate for the Convention.
August 22 1
OS- DR. J. P. CHAZAL HAS RESUMED THE PRAC
TICE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. Office and resi
dence. No. 0 Society-street. ?stu3* August 18
tny UNION TICKET.?THE FOLLOWING GENTLE
MEN are submitted as candidates for election as mem
bers of the Convention, being those who recognize the
existing state of political affairs, and will use every effort
to restore the State to her proper position in the Federal
Union:
1. D. L. McKAY.
2. GEO. S. BRYAN.
3. Hon. A. O. MACKEY.
4. JAS. B. CAMPBELL.
C. R. W. 8EYMOUR.
C. M. P. O'CONNOR.
7. Col. A. O. ANDREWS.
8. DAN. HORLBECK.
0. F. A. SAWYER.
10. G. W. DINGLE.
11. GEO. W. WILLIAMS.
12. JNO. HEART.
13. H. W. SCHRODER.
14. DAVID BARROW.
15. BERNARD O'NEILL.
IG. Rev. JOS. B. SEABROOK.
. IT. C. R. BREW8TER.
18. H. JUDGE MOORE.
19. R. H. THARIN.
20. GEO. S. HAOKER. August 15
HEADQUARTERS, FIRST SUB-DISTRICT, )
Military District or Charleston, [
Charleston, S. O, August 21,18?5. )
(SrEciAL Obdsbs, No. 11G.]
IV. MB. J. P. ROGERS IS HEREBi APPOINTED
MARIN? SURVEYOR FOR THE PORT OF CHARLES
TON.
By order of Brevet Brigod-or-General W. T. Bennett,
Commanding Post.
GEO. 8. BURGER,
First Lieutenant 54th New York V. Vols.,
August 22 .3 A. A. A. General.
HBADQUARTER8 FIRST SUB-DISTRICT,
Military District op Charles
Charleston, 8- O, August 20,
[Gknerai. Orders, No. 72.)
I. CAPT. CHARLE8 G. CHIPMAN. 54TH MASSA
CHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, is hereby relieved from the
duties as Acting Assistant Adjutant-General of the PoBt
and First 8ub-DUtrict of the Military District of
Charleston, and will rejoin his Regiment, which la to
muster out.
II. First Lieutenant G. S. BURGER, 54th Now York
Volunteers, having been assigned to duty at this Post by
order from District Headquarters, is hereby announced
as Acting Assistant Adjutant-General of the Post and
First Sub-District, and will be obeyed and respected ac
cordingly; W. T. BENNETT,
Brevet Brigadier-General,
Commanding Post and First Sub-District.
Official: 0. S. Buhoeu, First Lieutenant 54th Now York
Volunteers and A- A. A. Gen. 3 _August 22
HEADQUARTERS. FIRST 8DB-DI8TRI0T, 1
. ( Military District or Charleston,
Charleston, August 18, 1800.
(Special Orders, No. 113.]
V. THE FOLLOWING NAMED PERSON8 ARE HEREf
BY appointed Pilot Commissioners of thia Port, and will
mhie?lately enter upon their duties as such : Captain
JOHN FERG?80N, Captain CECIL 0. NEIL. Mr. F. P.
EI.FORD. Mr. JAMES H. TAYLOR, Mr. JAMES R.
PRINGLE.
By order of Brevet Brigadier-General W. T. Bennett,
Commanding First Sub-District.
CHARLES G. CHIPMAN,
Captain 64th Maas. Vola, and A. A.A.O.
AugustSl ; I in
ICT, )
JCSTON, J
20, 1305. )
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HBADQ?AEtEB8, FIRST SOB-DISTRICT,
Military District op Ciiarlkh-iw
Csablkston, S. 0., August 17, I860.
(Special Orders, No. 112.]
L: CAPTAIN W. W. STEPHENSON. 1MU? H. Y. VOL8-.
Is announced as Post Treasurer.
Captain ROBERT R. VEWELL, 64U? Moss. Vols., will
tqrn over to Captain, SXKPHBNBON all funds and re
cords pertaining to' the Past Treasurer's Office, taking
his receipt) for the same. . <
By order of Drovet Brigadier-General W. T. Btowrrr,
Commanding First Bab-Diatric?.
,! ' r':- CHARLES O. CHTPMAN,
. Oaptaln 64th Ijaasechvuwtts Volunteers, A. A. A. 0.
AWfUSt'a\ : V. 9
\ ; ih::-l i i ..; . ; . .- f II.
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T H E A.T R Id .
Wer;tivortli-*<rrc?, bot*?V?-?? ICtng and
?Icrting-atreet?.>
T o-nTg h t,
LAVAT KR,
SINGING,
PAT>1>Y MILES,
I. J. O'SULLIVAN AH PADDY.
Ahmikmov. ? tUwrvn ??'?it??, ir, cents] I'urquetto, CO
ceuU: Colored, M renta; Colored Remira?, 78 cents.
Doom onra *t 7!j p. si. To eommeuctj at 8W p. M.
Aut?UMt 12
DISSOLUTION.
THE FIRM OP L. D. MO WH Y ft CO. WAH DIH
BOLVKD oa Um 1st tuBtant by tin- d?-:ith o? Mr.
EDWARD S. MOWIIY. Either of Ci?! underx?i;ncd will
UM the name of the 'inn in liaiiiilatioii of its bI?uLth
L. D. MOWHY, i 0
W. b. ftlOWBY, J fi,,rv,viuG Copartner?..
COPARTNERSHIP.
rpiIK UNDERSIGNED WILL CONTINUE T17E PAC-?
1 TOHAOE AND GENERAL COMMISSION BUSI
NESS in thia ?ity, under tU? Hljli; or MOWHY ft CO.
They are prepared to maku SHIPMENTS OF COTTON*
and othor PRODUCE to Liverpool or New York, and.
will make liberal advance? on eouHi{-uiiieotH.
I,. D. HOWRY.
AuyuHt l'.i HtuthS W. 8. MOWHY.
NOTICE.
THE FIRM OP COaOROVE k FARUALLEY WA*
dissolved on the HtU February, 18W, by muuoi
coiiHont. JAMES COSO ROVE.
AUgOHt 21 3* A. FARHALLEY.
WANTED, JA RESPECTABLE WEIITK
WOMAN, to do general hoimo work in a picotant
village In the country, flagea and ?t permam-nt liorow
may be t?is;ured by Hueh a on<*. Apply at Charleston
Hotel tor two davn, between the hour? of twelve and
two. 2* August 21
"\TrANTED, A RESPECTABLE WHITE
VV WOMAN as Cook and Housekeeper. To one hav
liK Rood recommendations, good wages and i>ermanent
emmoynunt will be given. Aildrcus, for three days, to
A. H. C, Daily News office._3 Align?t 18_
-lirANTED TO BUY, A FIRST ?I.ASS
V T BUOOY HORSE, from (j to 9 years old, good si?*
and style, warranted sound In every respect. Apply to
Mr. KEGLER, No. 2?5 King-street, corner of DeaulAm
strc^t. between 10 A?W.. and 2 P. M.
August 18
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
SUP'T'S OFFICE, NORTHEASTERN R. R.,)
Cii.uiLttSTON, August 21, 1RC>5. (
UNTIL THE FIRST OK SEPTEMBER NEXT. THE
PASSENGER TRAIN will leave hero on Mondays.
Wednesdays and. Fridays, at 5 A. M., and arrive on
Tuesdays, Thursdays ana Saturday, at 11 P. M. On and
after the 1st of September, a DAILY TRAIN will be run.
In consccqueucQ of some nee?;ss3ry alterations which
are being made at the Santoe River, no Freight will bo
rcccivod for or removed from the Stations beyond the
River until Friday, the 2.VA instan/. Frolght will bo
taken for and from Stations on this side of the River a?
usual. S. S. SOLOMONS,
August 22 4 Engineer and Superintendent.
NOTICE TO TRAVELERS.
ON AND AFTER FRIDAY. AUGUST 18, DALLY
TRAINS FOR PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT will
be run over the Wilmiugton and Manchester Railroad,
between Wilmington and Kin?;villc. These Trains will
connect with Trains on the Northeastern Railroad, Che
raw and Darlington Railroad, nud Wilmington and Wel
don Railroad. There is daily communication North.
from Wilmington by rail.
There is daily communication by Stages to Columbia,
connecting with theaeTrains. HENRY M. DRANE,
August 21 12 General Syrierin tondent
" ?ob"chabter7~
Excursions Around Charleston Harbor.
THE FINE FAST STEAMER ROCKLAND, GEORGE
W. BEAUFORT Commander, having a handsome,
saloon and splendid accommodations.
Apply to ARCHIBALD GETTY ft CO..
August 17 Nos. 12C and 128 Meeting-street
C. E. CHICHESTER,
Real Estate Broker,
NO. 18 BROAD-STREET, CHARLESTON.
AGENT FOR THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF
REAL E8TATE In any of tho Southern State?.
ALSO AOENT FOR THE SALE. RENTING, . RE
PAIRING, &c., OF CITY PROPERTY. Augnat 22
PHILIP H. KEGLErT
BACKER,
AND COLLECTION AGENT,
No. 255 KING-STREET.
GOLD AND SILVER
BOUGHT AND SOLD;
AND EXCHANGE,
AMOUNTS TO SUIT PURCHASERS
FOR. SALE ON ?. ? . ?
NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA,
and . _...' ;' ...
'BOST O 1ST. ;
AGENT FOR AYER3. MARTIN ft CO., ATTORNEYS
andCouncellorflat Law, and Pro s ecu tora of Claims
against tho Government, Washington, D..O. >
August 19
BOUGHT ANO SOl^D.
Drafts on New York, Boston and Philadelphia,
AT
P. H. KEGL??VS
HANKING OFFICE, No. 255 KING-8TBKE?,
August 18 Comer of BtauJAIn.
GOLD AND SILVil?.
HE HIGHEST PREMIUM PAID FOR GOLD AND
SILVER, at " -"M '
No. 255 KING-^TIlEET.
August 14_. ' .,,
"BRITISH COMMERCIAL
life Insurance Company?
UNITED WITH Fj H . .,'t
British Kation Life Iusurance Co?npanr,
LONDON. , >' '
THESE UNITED COMPANIES HAVE PAD} TO?
Policy Holders, Claim* and Bonus, upwardt of $6,260,000.
PoU<aesonI~tfowmj>eiBiroedbyuB.' ' > f
GEO. W. VTCLLIAMB at* CO., A go Uta.
F. M. ROBERTSON, U. D.. Examlnlm; Physician,
N. R?Cill ?t out O?ico and get a Title- Book of ad
vico and information concerning Lifo ?neuranoo. >
August is' tulbslO " O. W. W. at CO.
T
H. M. JAMES &BBO?,
W R A P> IN G P a??R
IHK 4 B^YXR'STBKETJi ' .''..
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