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It . ' I II ?I' ? The Daily JSTews. WEDNE8DAY MORNING. MAY 9, 18GG. I'rimi 1'nrl?. EBNEBT BENAN'S NEY/ BOOK-A HXN0P81B-HI8 NEXT VOLUME-THE ATTACKS OF HIS CBITIC8-AN ARA BIC COHMENTAliy-THE TBSPABATION FOB THE WORK. / [From Correspondence of New York Tribune.] PABIB, April 17.-Tbo eecond book of Ronan'? .'Histoiro des Origines du ChrtBtianiamo" was pub lished last Saturday. It iaontitlcd "Lee Apotres" (Tho Apostles). It begins with the coming of the mourning Jewish women to tho empty tomb in tbo garden by Golgotho, on the 4th of April, 33, and goce on to tho solemn moment, twelvoyoars later, wbon Paul and Barimbae aro sotting out from the numerous church, first called Christian, at Anti ooh, to convert tho world. Tho principal thomos of tho firBt portion of tho work aro tho Resurrec tion of Jesus, his appearanco to the diBciplea,antl tho formation in their souls of the belief in tho Resurrection, tho iufluonco of the Holy Spirit, the Gift of Tongues, and tbo Power of tho Church treated, with the fullest recognition of thoir pecu liar importance, as problems and facts of hiatory and human nature, of Which the solution and ex planation aro sought by purely scientific mothods. Noxt follows an account of the Church at Jerusa lem, its first trials and conquests, and its social or rather socialistic conatitution. Tbis loada to a most interesting study of the state of Bociety in that timo and cduntrv, the correlation of it to the church, ahd tbo modifying influences of each on the other. For instance, the elevation of woman hy the ohuroh aud the beneficent power of the church through woman; the oenobitio tendenoy as it wero in Jewish society, and ita development by the church. We are then shown the rapid pro jgress of Christianity through Syria te Aut-iocb, I where the new religion first distinctive y acpara . " , ted from Judaism and took tho name of Chris tian :-Anlioch, its second metropolis, destined to supplant Jerusalem, ond pregnant mother of all ? . Foreign Missions. . Hore Ronan interrupts tho narration to roviow the missionary field, that ?B, nearly the whole Ro man Empiro-tho political, social, moral, intellec tual and religious state of the countries "where Jewish proselytism had opened, aB it wero, the lumea that Christian preaching was to fec?ndate." In the composition and coloring of tbis admirable sketch-the chief objection to which is that the hundred pages ho allowa for it aro too narrow a canvass-tho artiat displays his various talents at their best-the erudition accumulated by thirty years' study of books, personal observation of an cient sites and modern matters in all the coun tries spoken of, a pott's imagination enriched and sobered by thia acquirement, a great human sym pathy and charity, scientific method, graco of style. Tho volume closes aa follows : "Rut it ie time to return to the three mission ariea-Paul, Barnabas, John Mark-whom we left at the moment, whero thoy are going out ol' Au tioch by tho gato that loads to Solencia. In my third book I shall attempt to follow the traces of theso bearers of good tidings, by land and sea, in calm and ttorm, through good and evil days. I am eager lo uarrato this incomparable epopee, to depict those interminable routes through Asia and Europe, along which they sowed tho seed of the Gosppl-thoao ways llicy traversed so often in such diversity of circumstances. The great Chris tian Odyseey ia about to begin. Already the apostolic barque sproaks ita BA?B; tho wind is swelling and only aepivos to boar upon ita wingB the words of Joaua." And who, indeed, more fit to tell the story of theso wanderer?, lo which their singleness of high purposes leada epio unity, than Ernest Renan, who, with bia singlo purpose of Booking trutb, bae seen by the scholar's lamp and by sunlight with tho traveller's o.vo tho eifks and the mannera of the many men Paul saw ? For it is not more by his book learned familiarity with the language and literatnro of the Semitic and Greek and Roman Dooples, than by hiB personal acquaint ance with thoir descendants, still occupying the ancient sites and inheriting much of the ancient manners and customs, as well as the race-type, the intimate nature of their ancotttrys, that he ', will revivo iu hie next volume. "Si. "nu!," "yu? life and times" of the Apostle of the Gentiles. Whatever may be thought of Benin's principles of criticism, of thoir application in this book to tbo Acts and certain of Paul's Epistles a? to the JGoanjl, in his Viede Jesus, and bia heretical con '<slnswnB, the most orthodox of us should recog joize, may safely admire and might profit by cer tain of his qualitiea aa historian and pentleman. His graphio description. 0f the material magnifi cence, and beauty, and social corruption of the great City of Auttuch, ia a maBterpieco of histori cal restoration. His survey of the state of tho Roman Empire, referred to above, is a large in stance of a similar kind, solid with erudition, brilliant with imagination, alive with sympathy. If, in the philosophical part, bo shocks cherished as sociations and sacred beliefs, he does so without intention. He attacks no person or faith for the love of combat. If he hits you or yours, it is in pass ing on what he believe? ia the way to truth. Re f arding Christ only as man, bnt as the only man, e never degrades him, aa some learned doctors do not hesitate to degrade the sacred person of their trinity to an anthropomorphized partisan of their quarrels. Not only does he not provoke, but he quiet'y declines to be provoked, tocontroveray. The remarkable introduction te I^es\Apolres cou taina, arnot g other things, what may be styled Kenan'? pbilohophico-religious confession of faith. The beat abused of any writing man in the l*Bt three years, he refers to tho numerous, generally abusive, often violent attacks, made on him iu his book, not angrily, not contemptuoualy. not pity ing oven, but with a genial philosophical consider ateness, and, so to spoak, unctuous bonhommie. As my elbow friend Buncle saya, " that part of the introduction roads as if Fenelon and Ren. Frank lin had employed Charles Lamb to revise Henry James' original report of their views of the caso." Montion was made in this correspondence, two years ago, of a little "Bibliography of publica tions relativo to tho book of Mr. Ronan, Vie de Jesus, from July, 18G:i, to Juco, 1804," that con tains 211 titles. That the numbor has considera bly increased since, you may well suppose. Some among them, Uko Prepense s Life of Christ, and the Abbe Michon'aLife of Jeaus, with a now trans lation of the four gospels, and learned commen tary, are w rth perusal or consultation. Bat there is one critique on that work, not yet published, that might be better worth printing and reading than most we bave been oppressed with. Albert Wolfe telle us of its existence in the coarse of an entertaining, scrappy biographical article on Re nan, published here iu a recent number of tbo Ev?nement newspaper. Wben Renan waa iu tho East, toward the close Of 1861, he came to Damascus, where he received the hospitality of the ex-Algorine Emir, Abd-el JKader. The conversation, carried on in Arabic, ran for a whUo from thia to that, till the defend ant of tho Prophet interrupted with: "But let na say a word of you and yonr 'Life o? Jesus.' " "Havo you road it, then ?'r aaked Ronan, some thing surprised. Abd-ei-Kader ordered the vol ume to be brought, aud opening its pages, said : "Yes," Sir; I have not only read, but aunotated it." It was daring a previous voyage in Syria that he lost his sister, a trim guardian angel, whom, with so much reason, he loved so much. She was of the quite niporior order of good women, both on the moral and intellectual side-his cola borer and sympathizer in tho work that he dedi cated to her memory. She died of a fever pecu liar to the country, from a simultaneous attack of which he barely escaped with life. That bit ter ie?serienoo of the East, also, he turned to ing?nions explanatory and poetio uses in bis ac count of tbo conversion of St. Paul. It is well enough to mention, in proof of the author's painstaking fidelity to his work, that the purpose oF Writing the "History of tho Origin and Early Growth of Christianity" was conceived more than eight years ago; that though all his Btudies up to that timo were a general preparation, he de voted five yean of special Htu ty to the completion of the first volume; that al tor this second volume, Les Apotres, was blocked and mainly written out, Renan mado a second voyage to Greece and the East for facts and local inspiration complementary to its fulfillment, and has revised and amended it, pago by page, for still iho last past eight months thal it baa been going through the press. ????? AN ANECDOTE OF MACAULAY IN INDIA -When ever tho subject of ecr.plural fortuno telling carno up in Lord Macaulay'? presence, ho waa crotty sure to relate an anecdote of bia sojourn in India. He arrived ouo night, late and tired, at the honan of tho chaplain of a somewhat unfrequented district, and desired te got to bod as soon as pos sible Rut his boat waa not going to throw away the raro opportunity of eliciting eomo valuable information from a guest of such rare ability and scholarship, "air. Macaulay," said be, "I posi tively cannot lot you retiro till you stato your opinion aa to tho Number of the Boast." "I was driven inte a corner," said tbo statesman rather than theologian, "and I answered on the spot, 'I havo no doubt as to what waa foreshadowed by the mystical number-the British House of Com mons 1 Tbo members elected - C58 -the three clerks at the table, the eergeant-at-arms and the deputy-sergeant, the librarian and the two door keepers, making GGG,' and I rushed to my ctfuch.' The World of Rogue?. Tho following view of tho world of rogues, as soon in France, is very curiouB, and bringo for ward aoiiio novel suggestions. It is strange, in deed, for iastanco, that almost tho samo number of villaine and rogn?e ovory yoar should ma ko themsolvos amonablo to the law: STATISTICS Or OHIMK IN FttANCE. In Franco tho courts of justico tako cognizance, ono year with another, of 207,500 crimen o? every kind, and thoro is an exceedingly slight variation in tho numbora preaontcd by any two years, either with reference to the gross total, or IO that of either of tho great divisions-crimes against property, and crimes against tho person-or tho Htibdiviuions: 175.C00 attompts on proporty, and :>1,900 against tbo person, aro yoarly made, and coiietimio Bloodily at tlio?e llguros. from year to vcar, with very slight deviation??. Each class em braces ?ixteen divisions, and tho proportion of the accused to tho entire population it? between 1 to every 4000 and 1 to ?very 5000. To raiso our wonder higher still, tho returns of tho annual murderers remain at nearly tho same figures every year, oran of tbo instruments by which thuy aro respectively achieved. Thoro is a wonderful similarity in tho other catogorios of orimo, oven in their predisposing causes and other circumstances, and the amount of money scoured for tho "Rogues' Dudgot" during overy twelvo months. Togothor with tho fright and annoyance givon to tho honest atid virtuous portion of tbo Fronen people by knaves and villains, nod tbo amount of property they extract from them, they cost tho state twouty milliono of franca por aunum (say ?i00,( U0), for supporting thom in confinement and bringiug thom to justice. Tho long and multitu dinous array of state unmokoopcra, custom liouso officers, pollco commissaries, prefects of depart ments, mavora of communes, justices of tho fioftco, magistrates, altornevagooeralaud par licu ar, gaolers, sheriffs, ?Ve., &c, is so awfnl to con template, that wo turn our oye? from the bead-roll, wondering where Jacques Bonhomme can find a frano to boy broad and wine and garlic for his family and himself, after providing; for the mnin tooanco of all the?.e guardians of tho lives and properties of the bOncst portion of the Communi ty, and being pillagod by beggars and thieves to the tune of two hundred millions and upwards. Two hundred thousand offenders are annually nat under look and key in France, und out of this number fifty Buffer the extremo penalty of tho law. Many escape their deserved punishment by that ingredient in French criminal procedures known as "extenuating circumstances, by which juries can relax tho deserved penalties. The retired in spector linds groati r fault- with this privilege, and shows tho superior advantage of tho English aya Urn, whore tho foreman merely recommend? to mercy. For it would appear that in many cases thoeo circumstances presented by tho French ju ries as extenuating oflcu belong to tho opposite or aggravating data. DUNS OF TUE AXCIF.NT THIEVES. Thoro existed in Franco in tho middle ages, and even to the days of LVJttia XIV., an association ol' malefactors known by tua genetic title of ?ritajiifs, from 'I'm, a tribute, probably because they paid none, hut rather extorted it from tho society which had the misfortune to be contemporary with them. In Paris they collected into dens, called at first tours, then cours, then by way of amplification Cours des Miserabtes. All those who extorted money fr<->ni tho charitable in the course of the day by exhibiting decayed or ulcerated members, became healthy and brisk at their nightly reunions in tho Cours as if by miracle; heneo the audition to tbo name. The chief resort of tho community waa situated near Porto St. Denis, and it was at the risk of wounds, and some times death, that the police of the day ventured into thia or tho otbor retreats of the society. These worthies had a supremo chief, a social or ganization, nnd a peculiar language, but never entered a church for devotional purposes, wore never married ia presence of A clergyman, nor ever presented a child to receive baptism. Edicts of the most severe character wero put in force against them from time to time from, the middle of the fourteenth century. Fient the bea iutf impoeter waa confined for fryar days, and re galedwith brea*? una water: for continuing his ovii li'?ua was put in the pillory, and for persis tence after this ceremony ho waa branded with a hot iron and banished. Still the community held together to the number of about 40,000. and lived under their Grand Coere and their Belf-imposed law?. Since the first revolution the knavish chief and bia laws have lost their prestige, and gone is the occupation of degraded priests and scholars, tho high officers, called "gentlemen of the short sword", fecisBora tor cutting purses out of the girdles), who gave instruct iona in the art of pre paring plaster? to produce sores, and salves to neal them, and taught argot, aud other useful sciences. THE DISOUISEB. Hore Is a pioture of the residence ano hopeful occupation of a worthy of thia class: "when I had the inspection of the prisons of Paris, there lived in a dark old house, Hue licau i rellim, near the Arseual, an ingenious Jew, whose profession was to chango a ragged rogue into a respectable man, not for long, however; the change would be too irksome to ibu thief. "The transformation was efi?ctc<l for thirty sous (say 14d.) per day. With this object in view, ho Ki-pt up a wardrobe embracing every cutogory and specialty. At every nail in his maguziu hung -used aud damaged mure or leas-a whole social condition. Hero waa the cojtumo of a magis trate, of a priest, of a. banker; in a corner the uniform of au officer on half pay; near it the dress of ti mau of letters; farther off tint of a member Of the Government. "There waa one inconvenience about his eos tumos ; they did not lit. Not being made to order, they wore too tight for this, too loose for that cus tomer. Ho had taken measure by somo beggar who m ?. neither very etout nor very thin, neither too ebor, nor too tall, uenoo some troublesome alteration?, ->flV~te-' Hy the patrons of the shop as well aa circuuisianoos \ ?.rmitted. "The ragged rascal arrived, deposited his SO sons, selected the costume needed for the day, and descended the stairs a respectable man. Next day he returned and resumed his rage. Never waa the Changeur's confidence in the honor of his thievish customers abused. THE WOLF, TUE DOO, AND TBE GAZELLE. "In inspecting the prisons of tbe department ot the Var, 1 found throe curions types. Une WHS that of a man-wolf, very meagre, with small di verse-colored eyes, hia jaws furnished with long projecting dog-teeth, and seeming affected by convulsive Jerks. His gestures were ID accordance. His hands snatched at his food, instead of taking it iu the ordinary way. He had been accused of murdering a child in a wood, and then burning the body. "Near him eat, or rather crouched, another figure with a largo and long nose, receding fore head and ohio, mild eyea, shaded by long crispy ??eke, two of winch descending at eaoh aide of his face, gaV?? ?9 the whole tho contour of a spaniel's hoad, fie WA? ac?tlsO? <?.' ??ninJicity in tho mur der of the wood with the man-Wolf, from whom ne received sometimes bread, someUm'c? ft cudgell ing, while assisting him in faggot-cutting. Who o I expressed my surprise that he should have as sisted in such a deed, be asked innocently, 'VVhat could I do? He alwaya made me follow him like a dog.' Here the moral conformation thoroughly reepondod to tti'e phyeicial. "At ono ?ido I remarked a young creature with a email head, the long and grisly ears ot which spread sideways and upwards, announcing mild ties? and timidity, and well setting off the delicate and gentle countenance; Bind indeed the natural disposition of this yoUngmrisoner waa that of the gazelle or greyhound," ttf?OCQ. A book on criminality in Frauc? would bo an in complete affair if lacking the presence of the great thief-taker, Viduoq, the Vautrin of Hono? , de Balzac, Thia man %<*,? endowed with a dor J^ of ourage bordering on temerity, and with ??T^ era of combiiiatidh and logic of tho higher toJ^j0] j -mod to dexterity 'and great corporeal ?troi^i/tli H?? was at tho Batoo time disorcot ant\ disposed t gabbie, UM I? oils If til HB brave, and O'? M, Coi tatt pher says, ''hird all tho quilrio? of his vi'^ea nr. all tha vfc?B'o? his qualities," a phrase .of who? signification we aro not in possession. His tv m rapid and abrupt imivomenta (in ar.puaranct wiro'frequently pre-arranged and on.1.cubit ed i the manner or tbo impromptues of-our *famoi wits. Vulgar in language nnd Lonely of ??peet, 1 was possessed of a nubtlo apiri',, au d of much fee in?. His heart was as good ? ? hi/, manners wei brusque. He united in his own diapo.*ition e: tromu gtnorouity, self-deui ?L ?parsimony, spit and revengeful feelings. H? * ro netta! wore alwai given in au embroidered an n iPiAgiriletnbnt styl He was not co?tent with ex Jug-iiiAtugtlio thiove he woul.1 extinguish tho p ji??0 *.""? w?lh thei] As to hi? person, ho bon ?. r)n a -8hort rouacuu ",,Cuaf a.V,Uti10S?L wlt - * largo' crop of hal slightly tingod with y. ,Uow. 'His'foreh??d .wi large bia no?a flat, bl? rttti^lh stfMfe, and Incline to?mle. Hia greenn ^ ^t0ll Wo roand, am? ?Dd piorolng; bia ar m$ ,Uort*a?d toi-mfoaled b norvoua and hairy b AnA.t -Bottom Wa? li?aY* in unger ho roared, and his laugh was such as ia falsely attributed to poor horses ungilted with riaiblo muscles. Though active in habits, ho was subject to per spiratioBP, and the oftteo of M. lo Crosnior, chief ol' first division of polico, was fumigated as Boon as ho passed out. One day in 1837, M. Foasati, ono of the first phrenologists of Europe, wits requested by tho ad vocate, M. Charles Ledru, to examino a skull, without being made acquainted with its antocod outs when full of living intelligence After attentively handling and examining it, M. Fossa ti declared that bo had never met anythiug similar. Ho pointed out to tho company the largo forehead, tho admirable proportions of the hoad; and tin? waa tho reeult of bia observations, word for word, IIB addressed to M. Charles Learn : .There aro in the inconnu presented to mo three distinct beings-a lion, a diplomatist, aud a Sister o< Charity 1" A perfectly correct guess. .a. //enlunlim. AN "lUlSH STEW"-ItUMOHF.D INSANITY OF o'jIAHO NET -THE AllMYAI. OF HTErilKNS- THE MOBTEIUXO OF THE OI.ANH-THE BOllERTa' l'AUTY-KILLIAN ON TRIAL AT UNION feQUAUE-COMMITTEES FKOM ALL TUK COUNTRY CIRCLES IN THE CITY. Tho affairs of the O'Mahonoy branch of tho Fo nian Brotherhood aro bccomiug more and moro deranged. Tho circles aro discontented, and openly demand an explanation; tho subalterns aro in a state of mutiny; the tiuews of war aro with hold; the prophecies relative te tho arrival of Ste phens have not been fulfilled, and. greatest of all ovila, it is rumored that tho great chieftain, who was to have lod tho Irixh Republican army from Now York to Dublin, and dictate terms to the Queen of England from the balla of Buckingham palace, is in a state of mind bordering on insanity. The Union Square headquarters are almost de serted, and the officials at that establishment are anything but courteous or polite. Tho fact is, O'Mahonoy expocts to bo disturbed in hia occupa tion of the mansion, and baa made preparations for a vigorous defence. Killian is reported to have sinister dcBignaon the Head Contre, and his (Killian's) movements are closely watched by a lew devoted admirera, who still beliovo in tho go niua of O'Mahonoy. The disaffected muster in largo numbers each evening on the sidewalks in front of the Moffat mansion, and it is aaserted that some of tho moro discontented circles havo detailed a guard of a dozon men, who aro relieved at regular intervale, to watch tho hcadquartera. Extonaivo prepara tions have been made for tho arrival of Stephens, which appears to bo as far off ?a ever. The circlea have been told to hold themselves in readiness to turn out at a moment's notioo to g'vo tho Presi dent of tho Irish Republic a reception befitting ono of bia exalted position and iufluonco. Tho Feuinu Fuir his closed, tim receipts by no means equaling the expectations of tho enthusiastic sis tors. Many of the circle?, in violation of the orders from Union Square, have resolved to send no more money to that quarter until an investigation shall have been held, and the object of tho late move on Canada, the on so of its failure, and other mattera thoroughly exposed. In consequence of tbeao and other precautionary measures, tho re ceipts havo sensibly diminished, and tho salo of tho bouda has altogether fallon away. Letters of indignation c .nie in from all parla el tho country, and tho lives of the actors in tho Eist port farce aro in imminent'danger. Killian ia generally ob noxious to tho rank and filo, and O'Mahonoy ia re garded as hair crazed. Nothing but tho immedi ate arrival of Stcpheus and the reorganization of the Brotherhood can save it from total dismem berment. The Roberts party report favorably and promise action iu a few weeks at farthest. Mr. B. D. Killian has been on trial before the Council ot 'l'en for the last two days at Union Square. Tho proceedings are kept strictly private. It ia stated that Killian has called O'Mauoney a "liar," to which the latter retorted in equally po lite and nnstateamanlike phraseology. Killian will prove, it is said, more than a match for bia judge", and it ia expected that he will bailie all attempts to provo bis HprfiJy ju the Eaatport business. A few months ago a gentleman tnado O'Mahoney a prenent of a 1000 sabres, promit-ing 500 more io a short time. A few days ago bo called at Union Square and offered 600 more, when tbia distin guished Head Centre replied tbac "he did not want them now." Cimniitieoa from nr-tiW all the Circles in the country aro in town, and the indignation in Fenian circlea is alarmingly on tin? increase. N. Y. Tribune, of the SA. ... Studying Politics Untier Difficulties. Au old farmer in the interior of Ohio writes te the Cincinnati Commercial, among other readable matters, the following, which ia too good to be lost, and too truo to be forgotten : One day, some time agn, John had been to the station for mo and brought home a paper that wae filled with a great many speeches that had beer made about a bill tliH our President had seen fit to disapprove of. Well, I took the paper to m> corner, and, although, it was all ia very erna! print and tried my eyea very much, I read iteverj hit. My good wifu got tired of my forever aittin^ thore, pouring over those long .'borationa." ai ehe termed thom, and said that I would dowell te be reading my Rible moro, and such production! leas. "Wiro," said I, "the kiugdom of boavei ian't in any particular danger just now, but mj country is." After that she said nothing mort about it to me. Rut the more I read in that paper tho mon bothered I became. I read a long apcecb by Mr Henry Ruecher, who seems to know so l?ucl about every thing but divinity, and I liked it be causo be supported our President, and our Presi dent, I thought, muat bo in a very trying poBitioi now-a-daya. Then I was upset by Mr. Phillips, who wen into Mr. R. like I have seen little boys attack bor nets' neatB in tho winter timo. '"If such mel differ," aaid I, "who will decid" V I hail alwayi before thought these two would agro? though th< earth split. Then I turned over tho leaf wrong and com mencedon the latter part of somebody else' speech. I liked it so much that I read on and oi until I finished it. "Surely," eaid I to myself "surely we have got one good and trnemanii the land." The tone of the speech reminded m< of the good old-fashioned "farewell address" o Oeueral Washington, and I thanked Qod and tool courage. Then I hunted up the beginning of the speech and could not believe my eyes when I saw Alex H. Stephens' name to it. I thought it must bi Tbaddous Stevena, as bo was " Union," thougl the composition was very much unliko the style o the gentleman from Pennsylvania. " wife," said I, " look hore ; my glasses are i little dim-ia that Alex. H. ?" "Alex, H.,"aaid she. " Not Thaddeua," said ?. !? Not Thaddeue," said she, "Is tho last namo spoVu with a .T.' or with i ?ph?'" "Pb)" said ?he, "and what are VoO.^din rebel speeches for, I'd Uko to VmoW?, uo'sth Wilco President of the Confederacy^ an'j ought t bo hanging t;> a so.ir apple # froo Instead of bobj loose and making bon?.:.,jnt?." [My wife ies'litt'^'riehiiioiis about names an titles, but is a thor juchiirovng Union woman, an hateB rebels wit'j a per loot hatred. She vu chairman of an, iiw.society during the war, at many a timo I' TtJ ^fced up in the night and tout bor still sit*?n ^y tn0 ?fyjng flre, knitting socj for the po ^ ?$($f.a who were "a-lying out on ti SJ?,T 4& with nothing but tboir knapscats ai p0m, JIW to cover them."] , . . ,?/ jtlk I found that tho specoh waa addressed l . .4 ?Sroorgia toglslature, and I know that "That I af?rakl novqr.ta?ke the trouble to tell erring peop itodwto go.'right, though ho is great ou a buen * t?heWi when1'ttoey go wrong. o!-*-^. '.j CoN?xicr "BETWEEN THK MILITARY AND CIV V AuTHOBiTi?a.-Judge Ballard, of tho U. S. Di . triot Court at Louiavillo, Kentuckv, issued an t 0 dor ton Tunraday last for the arrest of General '- C. Davis, the now military commandant of Ke d tu&y, 'fcr interfering with tho course or pub l? Justice ti disobeying a writ of habeas corpus in t ?* Oase of Henderson. General Davis roaiatod t >) oxectftten of the order, which ia made returnal II itfMay. Attachment? were also issued agau is Gopecala George II. Thomas, R. W. Johnson, a General W. D. Whlpplo, Provost Marshal of T. 10 ';UO(?iee, returnable at the next rogular tor: '- Separate attachments havo boon ordered to bo .o 'mad against General 8. O. Davis and Lieutens l~- C?'.ont'I W. H. Cooper for resisting the Unit .o Stttos Marshal in tho discbargo of his duty. T '? Marshal has notified President Johnson of t 9? condition of affairs: ._ lv POBTBJnTS AT THE PABIB EXPOSITION.- A'P< ir -trait gaMery is to bo formed on an extensivo sei r, ?during the Paris exhibition of 1867. A buildi is 'ter tho reception of portraits will bo erected in t d Champ s Elysees, and the colebritloa whose 111 11 noseoB are to form the gallery will be grouped i y ?jordini r to the ages they illustrated, and'lh t'j jcor tra) \fj? will be classed hy con turlee. MARKED DOWN. TAKINU ISTO CONSIDERATION TILE depression ia the prices or MERCHANDISE, and believing that the only true mercantile .Viiy of doing' liiislness is to meet the market regardless of cost, we lutve decided to mark our Stock dowa to such prices that there can be no question in regard to the fact that we are determined to meet the market. Oar FINE CLOTHING is of oar omi manufacture, the workmanship of which we warrant in every particular. Annexed will be found a list of some lending articles, with former and present price?: Former Prttnt Prices. Prices. BLACK DRE9B FROOKB.$16 ?40 BLACK DRESS FItOOKS. 40 86 BLACK DRES8 FROCK8. 35 30 BLACK DRESS FKOCK8. 30 26 BLACK DRES3 FROCKS. 20 17 BLVOKDRESi FROCKS. 15 13 BLACK DRESS FROCKS. 12 10 FRENCH OA8SIMERK B?8IXESS COATS 33 28 FRENCH CASSIMERE BU8INESS COATS 30 26 FRENCH OASSIMKRE BUSINESS COATS 83 27 FRENCH OASSIMERE LINED 8ACK. 30 25 FRENCH CASSIMERE LINED SACK. 28 li FRENCH CA8SIMERE LINED SACK. 23 20 H ARRIS CASSIMERE LINED SACK. 23 19 FANCY CASSIMERE LINED SACK. 28 19 FIN E BLUE MELTON LINED SACK. 23 l8 FINE MIXED MELTON LINED SACK... 17 15 FINE BLDEFLANNEL LINED SACK.... 17 16 LIGHT MIXED LINED BACK. l8 16 FRENCH COATING SKELETON SACK.. 90 16 FRENCH COATING SKELETON SACK.. 16 14 FRENCH COATING SKELETON SACK.. IS 13 FINE DARK SILK MIXED SKELETON BAOK. 17 14 BROWN MIXED CASSIMERE SKELETON SACK.. II 11 BROWN MIXED CASSIMERE SKELETON SACK. W 6 BLUE FLANNEL SKELETON SACK. 12 10 LIGHT MIXED CASSIMERE SKELETON SACK. 17 14 LIGHT MIXED CASSIMERE SKELETON BACK. 10 9 LIGHT MIXED OASSIMERE SKELETON SACK. 7 6 BLACK QUKEN'S CLOTH SKELETON SACK. 7 6 BLACK QUEEN'S CLOTH BKELETON SACK. 6 6 BLACK DOESE1N PANTS. 15 13 BLACK DOESKIN PANTS. 13 10 BLACK DOESKIN PANTS. 10 9 BLACK DOESKIN PANTS. 8 6 FRENCH FANCY CASSIMERE PANTS... 14 12 SILK MIXED OASSIMERE PANT8. 12 10 SILK MIXED CA8SIMEUE PANTS. 10 8 FINE BLUE FLANNEL PANTS. 8 7 BROWN MIXED OASSIMERE PANTS_ 9 8 BROWN MIXED OASSIMEBE PANTA_ 7 6 LIGHT SUMMER CASSIMERE PANTS.. 13 11 LIGHT SUMMER OASSIMERE PANTS.. 12 10 LIGHT CHECK CAS8IMERE PANTS. 6 5 FANCY SILK VESTS. 6 5 BLACK CLOTH VESTS. 5 4 OHHCK OASSIMERE VE9TS. 4 3 BROWN MIXED CASSIMERE VESTS.... 0 5 BROWN MIXED CASSIMERE VESTS.... 0 4 COTTONaVDE PAKTS??.?....,.. 3.60 3 COTTONADE PANTS. 8 X60 COTTONADE PANTS. X6? 3 We are receiving by Steamer every week new and desirable U001>S, adapted to the seosoB, which we shall Bell at car responding LOW PEIOIS. Prices marked In rplain figures ripon ever] article, fron which no devia tion is mad?. atsa A COMPLETE ?SSORTMEN1 OF (iMTLEME'N'S PINE ?BRNISIIIKG 600DSL HAC0LLAB, WILLIiHS & P?RKE1 r 270 KING-STREET, ?ORK?R HASEL-ST. CHARLESTON, S. O?. Apea 38 lmo SPECIAL NOTICES. JW MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY, an Esssy of Warning and Instruction for Young Men. Also, Diseases and Abases which proatrato tho vital powers, with sure moana o? relief. Sent ireo of thargo in sealed letter envelopos. Address, Dr. J. HK1LL1M HOUGHTON, Howard Association, Philadelphia, Pa. April 17_ 3mo. to- COLGATE'S HONEY SOAP_THIS CELE BRATED Toilet Soap, in auch universal demand, s made from the choicest materials, is ?alld and emollient ia Its naturo, fragrantly scented, and extremely toenonclul in itn action apon tho ekln. For isle by all Druggists and Fancy Goods Doalors. Tobruary 7 lyr ??-ARTIFICIAL EYES.-ARTIFICIAL HU MAN EYES made to order and inserted hy Dr?. F. BAUOD and P. GOUGELMANN (formorly employed by KOISSONNKAO, of Parle), No. 699 Ilroadway, Now York. April 1?_lyr .W AWAY WITH SPECTACLES-OLD EYEr made new, wltheut Spectacles, Doctor or Medicine, Pamphlet mailed free on receipt of ton oenta. Addroti a. B. FOOTE, M. D., No. 1180 Broadway, New York. November 9 JeW HILL'S HAIR DYE-FIFTY OENT8 BLAOK OB BBOWN_Instantaneous In effeot, reliable for natural appearance, beanty of color and durability ; alaO the oheapeit and best In nie. Depot, No. CO Julia street, corner of William street. New york, and sold by Druggists and Caney doods Stores everywhere, November 29_Brno ta- T. B. BYNNER, IMPORTER AND DEAL EH IN WATCHES end JEWEL BY ; Agency for the AMEUIOAN WATCH ; also, every variety of SWISS and ENGLISH WATCHES, at the lowest market prices, No. 189 Broadway, New York-established twonty years. Trade Price jblats sent on application. January 19 fmwfimo ?IT BAl'UUELUB'l. H MU DKM-TUH ORIGINAL and beat In the world I The only true and perfect BAIE DYE. Harmless, RoUsblo and Instontanoona. Produces immediately a splendid Black or natural Brown, with out injuring tho hair or skin. Remedie? tho ill effects o bad dyes. Bold by all Druggist?. Tho gonuino is signed WILLIAM A. BATCHELOR. Also, REGENERATING EXTRACT OF MILLEFLECBB, For restoring and Beautifying the Huir. OHARLES BATCHELOR. New York. AUaTUBt 17 _lvr SO" SPECIAL NOTICE_"GREATOAKS FROM little acorns grow." The worst dlsoaaes known to the oman race spring from causes so small as to almost efy detection. Tho volumes of scientific lore that lill u the tables and shelves of the medical fraternity only go to prove and elaborate these facts. Then guard youraolvos wb.Uo yoe may. Tho smallest pimple on the skin Ia a te li-talo and indicator of dlseaso; It may fade and die away from the surface of tbe body, but it will reach tho vitals, porn spa, at last, and death be the result and final close. MAGGIEL'S BILI0C8 DYSPEPTIC, and DIABRHEA PILLS cure where all others fail. Willie, for Burns, Scalds, Chilblains, Cuts and all abrasions of the skin, MAGGIFL'B Halve lain fallible. Bold by J. MAGGIEL, No. 43 Fulton-street, New York, and all Druggists, at 29 oenta per bos. September 26 lyr "A .-.?nllo was on her Up-health waa lu her look, strength waa In her step, and in her hands-PLANTA TION Brims." S. T..-1860-X A few bottles of PLANTATION BITTXBS Will euro Nervous Headache ! .. Cold Extremities and Feverish Lips. " hour btomach and Fetid Breath. '? Flatulency and Indigestion. ** Nervous Affections. " Excessive Fatigue and Short Breath. " Pain over the Eyes. " Mental Despondency. " ProstraUon; Great Weakness. " Sallow Complexion, Weak Bowels, As. Which are the evidenoes of LIVER COMPLAINT AND DYSPEPSIA. It Is estimated that seven-tenths of all adult ailment? proceed from a deceased and torpid liver. The biliary secretions of the liver overflowing Into the stomach poi son ths entire system and exhibit the above symptoms. Aftor long research, we are able to present the most lema'ksble cure for these horrid rjlghtm.ro diseases, the world has ever produced. Within one year over six hundred and forty thoussnd persons have taken tho PLANTATION BITTE as, and not an instance of complaint has come to our knowledge I It ia a ni"st effortusl tomo and agreeable stimulant, suited to all condition? of life. The reports Hint it relio? upon mineral subarsnees for ita acMv? properties, aro wholly fase. For the eatis lactionof tho p>-.)b'lc, and that patienta msy consult tbclr physician?, wo append a li-.t of its components. CALISAYA bans.-Celebrated for over two hundred years in the treatment of Fever and Ague, Dispepsia Weakness, etc It waa Introduced Into Europe hy tua Count? SB, wif.i of the Viceroy oi Ptru. lu 1C10, and afterwards sold by tho Jesuits for the enormout price oj its oton weight in silver, under the name of Jesuit's Pow ders, and waa niuVly made public by Louis XVI King; of France. Humboldt makes enpeclal r? ferenco to its febrifuge qualities during his South American travel?, CABCAIULLA HAIIK -Fir (!l?rrt.tni, eulie and discafes of the stomaob and ho? ela. DANDELION-For inflammation of the loins and drop sical affections. CHAMOMILK FLOWEI?B- For enfeebled digestion. LAVENDER FLOWEBS-aromatic, stimulautauU tonto highly invigorating in nervous debility. WINTKBOBEKN-For tcrofula. ihcum&tiem, etc. ANISE-An aromatic carminativo; creating flesh, muscle and railk; much u&ed by mothers nursing. Also, clove-butts, orange, carraway, coriander, snale root, etc. S. T.-1860.-X. Another wond.ifol ingredient, of great use among the BpsnlsH ladies if South America, imparting beaut; to the complexion and brilliancy to the mind, ia jet un known to the commerce of the world, and we withhold Its name for the present. IMPORTANT CERTIFICATES. RocHEBTXB, N. Y i December 28, 18S1. Messrs. P. H. DUAKE A Co.-I have been a great suf ferer from Dyspepsia for three or fonr years, sed liad t< abandon my profession. About three months a?o ] tried the Plantation Bitters, and to my great joy I au now nearly a well mast. I have recommended them li several oases, snd, ss far as I know, always with signa boneflt. I ara, roi pectfully yours, Be?. 3. B. OATHORN. PHIL?DKLPBIA, lOih Month, 17th Day, 1865. IlBRPkOTK? FniitNn:-My daughter has been mud benefltted by the use of thy Plantation Bitters. Xhoi wilt send me two bottles more. Thy friend, ASA CUBBIH. SYlEaAIAH HOUSat, CHICAGO, IU.,1 February 11.186?. f MISSBB. V. fc. Dfcakic ft Co.:-Please send tia?noth( twelve cases of your Plantation Bitters. As * tnoralrj appetizer, they ?ippear to have superseded ??Verythln else, and are'Jrfloetfy esteemed. Your*, ?0 , GA?E k WAITE. Arrangeaabfits are now completed to supply any di mond for '"this article, which baa net btreixforo bee possible. The rmbllc may rest aisured that In DO case will ti perfect!?/ pura standard of the PtAWTATloN JJITTXUH I departed from. Every bottle bears the facsimile of ot signature on a steel plate engraving, or \t cannot he ga time. Any"person pretending to sell FLANTATIOM Brrrr.Ba i bulk or by the gallon, is a swindler and imposter. Bett a\ of refilled bottles. See that our Private Stamp is OMI TILATED oiicr every cork. Sold by all Druggists, Grocer* and Dealers through oi 'the country. P. H. DRAKE & CO., New York. April M fmwlyr ' ' - ? - SPRIitG Mil ?1ER (MS THE BUB80R?BEB, HAVING JUST BETURNE from the North, takes this method of iuform? the publio that be is receiving a lull assortment OLOTH8. CA8S8IMKRE9, COATINGS AND VESTING of the best foreign and domestio manufacture, adept? to Spring and Summer wear. . . These goods having been purohssed recently, and very low figures, versons wishing anything In my lb will find it to their advantage to give me a call, as I ha? the most experienced workmen, and am prepared I make them up In the very best stjle st Edgerton Bit-hards' old stand, No. 82 Dread-street. Mareh M J. S. PHILLIPS. TUB BAHNWKI.I. HENTINEL. rE PUBLICATION OF THIS PAPER, WHICH OI FIOE wai" deetroyod In February Is st by the Feder anny, has been resumed. It Is the only paper publish) In that Urge and populous District, and to merchants at business tuan possesses advantages seldom met with. Term? for ad vertlalng, f 1 per square of twelve lines, i lea*, tor each Inaortion. Babscrlption to paper, $8 p iinpnra. Addrci? 8HTJ0K ft PERRY, SUN. IB Proprietors. SI WM V SDIIMIIUS < Uli AN Tilt. HDMI'lIREYS' HOSKKOIMTHIC SPECIFICS HAVE PROVED, FROM THE MOST AMPLE EXPE RIENCE, an enllrosucco???: Simple-Prompt- Effl cl?nt and Reliable. They aro tbo only liudicincs pvr-a fectly adapted to popular IIB?-SO slmplo that mla'at'oB* cannot be ma?*c lu uni ni; thom; KO bartulo'? nu to be Irco from danger, and so offlcli-ut a* to bo alivays relia bio. Th.y bavo raised tim bl|{b?>Ht coiiiiucniliitiou from all, and will always render ??tlM?aetion. Con is. 1, enres Frvi-r?, Cotigr-Htion. Inllniiiiiia'lo?iB.. 25 No Worms Worm-Fever, Wortu-Coic. . 25 frying Colic, or Icetalbg of In lautB. 25 " 4, " Diarrhoea of Children or .?.?Milt?. " B, .? Dyttmtery, Griping. Bilious Colic... 25 ." 0, ?. Chole ii Morhii?, Nau.is?, Vomit log. 25 .. 7, " Coiiglm, Colds, I'r.-.iicbltm. 25 " H, " IV ?ii i o If; in, loothacho, Fsrcarbo.. '25 " 9, " II euilnrlicH, Sick Hi alache. Vertigo?. 25 " 1?, " l>>-h]ii pulu. UillouB Stomach. 25 " li, " Suppressed, or Painful Period? .... 25 " 12, " Wliltc?, too proiriBO porlodH. 25 " 13, .. Croup, Cough, Difficult Breallnrif?.. 25 " 14, " Suit Kin .um, ]?> H pela?, Eruption?. 26 " 16, " Rheumatism, Rheumatic Pains... 26 " 16, ?' Fever and Ague, Chill Fever, Agues. 60 " 17, " Pilen, Blind or Hlecding. 00 '. l8, .? Upihulmy, and Scro or Weak Eye?. SO " 19, ?? Catarrh, Acuto or Chronic, Influ enza . M> " 20, .. Whooping Coughs Violent Coughs 60 " 2i, " Asthma, Oppr?>?scd Breathing. 50 " 22, .. Ear Discharge?, Impaired Hear ing. " 23, .. Scrofula, Enlarged Glands, Swell ing?. " 24, .' General Dobillty, Physical Weakness 50 " 25, " Drayn and Scanty Secretion?. 60 " [26, " Sen sickness, Sickness from Rid ing. 60 " 27, " Kidney Disease, Gravel. 60 .' 28, .' ??crvou? Debility, Seminal EmiB slons. Involuntary I tsebargen.LOO " 29, " Sore Mouth, Cantor. 60 " 30, " Urinary Incontinence, Wotting Bed. 60 .. 31, " Painful Period?, oven with PpasniB. 60 " 32, " Sufferings ??Chango of Lf<>.1.00 "J 83, ?. KplK'pity, c'pasiua, 6t. VitiiH' Pnncc.1.00 " 34. " Dipt her?a, Ulcerated Sore Troat- 60 FAMILY CASES. 36 crain, morocco case nod bonk.$10 00 20 largo vials, in morocco, and book. 0.00 20 largo vials, plain cago, and book. 600 16boios (NOB. I to l61, and book. 3.00 VKTEHIlVAltV SPJCCIFIOS. Mahoiany cases. 10 VI.I1B.$10.00 Singlo via s, wl.h directions. 1.00 ajar-Thcso remedie??, by the, ca*o or single box. aro seut to any part of Ihn country, by Mall cr Lxj leas, free of charge, on receipt of tim ) rico Adriro?s nUMPHREYS' SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHIC MK.UIC1NE COMPANY, Office and Depot No. 51.2 Broa?lway, New Y??rk. Pr. Ili.'Mi'iiHI--.?S is consulted dally at hi? office, per sonally cr by letter, as above, for ali forms of dlseaao. KING& CklSSIDEY, Aprill? mwf?mo Gmo Oharl ston, S. O. HAGAITS MAGNOLIA BALM. THIS IS THE KOST DELIGHTFUL AND EXTRA. ORDINARY article ever discovered. It change? the Bun-bnrnt face and hands to a pearly satin textura of ravishing beauty, imparting the marble parity o youth, and the distingue appearance BO inviting In the city belle of fashion. 11 removes tan, freckles, pimple? and roughness from tbo skin, leaving the complexion fresh, transparent and smooth. It containa no materia nJuriouB to the ?kin. Patronized hy Actresses and Opera Singer?. It Is what every lady should have, gold everywhere. Retal 1 price 60 cent?. Prepared by W. E. HAGAN, Troy, N. Y. Addie?? aU ordera to DUMAS BARNES A CO., October 80 xawflyr Kew Tori*? AG?A de MAGNOLIA. " A'TOILET DELIGHT I THE LADIES' TBEAfiOBt? and gontluinan't? boonl The "sweetest thing'?, and largest quantity. Manufactured from the ric* Bonthern Magnolia. Used for bathing the face ?ad per ^ son, to render the ?kin ?oft and fresh, to prevent c aJ, lions, to perfume clothing, Ao. It overcomes the unpleasant odo: Of perspiration. It removes redness, tan, olotones, Ax* It cures nervous headachy md allays Inflammation. It coola, ?often?, and ?vius delicacy to the akin. It yield? a subdued, and lasting perfume. It core? mosquito hites and ?tings of insect?. It contain? no material Injurious to the akin. Patronized by Adressas and Opera Singer?. It is what every lady ahonld have. Sold everywhere. Try the Magnolia Water once, and you will ase no other Co logne. Perfumery, or Toilet Water afterwards. DEMAS BARNES A CO. Props. Exclusiva Agents, N. y October SO mwf lyr G. W. AIMAR, OHBMIS AND DRTJQGrlST,. Cerner King and ^auderhorst-streets. March 6 Brno THE ASTONISHING SUCCESS WHICH HAS AT TEND ID this invaluable medicine provea It the r.noBt perfect remedy ever discovered. No language can convey an adequate idea of tho immediate and almost mlraculoas change which it ooosaion? to the dtblUtated and ?battered system. In fact,, it Blanda unrivalled a? ?j remedy for the perfect core of Plabete?, Impotenoy, Los? of MuBcnUr Energy,. Physical Prostration, Indigestion, Non-r?tention or Inconsistency of Urine, Irritation, Inflammation or Ulc?ration of tho Bladder and Kidneys; Diseases of the Prostrate Gland) . Stone in the Bladder, Calou'ua, Gravel, or' Brickduat Deposit, And ?11 Ulura?T or Affection? of the Bladder and Kid? noys, and Dropsical Swelling? existing in Mtu, Women, or Children. FUR THOSE DIRKA8E8 PECULIAR TO FEMALES CONSTITUTION WA'l Eil ISA SOVEREIGN REMEDY. These irregularities are the cause of frequently tecnl?. rln? disease, and through aeglrct the ?ecd? of more, gr?ve and dangerous maladie?, ?re the i emit; and a? I month alter month passes without an effort being made to assist nature, the ?llfficulty become? chronlo, the na lient gradually lost a her appetite, tbo bowel? ?re con stipated, night ? w, ata com? on, and consumption final. ly ends her career. ^^ For sale by all Druggists. Fri?e$1. W. H. GREG* A CO.. Proprietor?. MOKOAN A ALLEN. Genera] Agent?, No. 46 cliff street, New Yor?. April U MORGAN BROS., CHARLESTON, AGENTS?