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OHARLESTON. S. O., SATURDAY* MORNING, MAY 1Q. I860.
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Congressional News.
WASHINGTON, May 11.-The Senate has passed
tlo Appropriation Bill, after striking out Uio
a Mattaent heretofore adopted, preventing par
ti is from, receiving any pay until confirmed by
ti e Sonate before the passage of the Bill.
Senator COWAN niado a speech, dedaring that
ti oao who interposed to prevent tho Southern
S ates from boing represented wero dieun'onisfs,
ad that opposition to restoration waasuporin
diced by fear of losing pol i tie ?vi power., .* / .
i Con. Blekle? Confirmed.
frV?sniNQTON-, May 11.-GOn. 8IOKI.ES has been
cdnfirmed as Minis ter to tho Haguo.
T . . ."ni' '*- ..'
Indictment of Jefferson Davis. '
NOBFOI-, May 11-Judge UNUEIIWOO? went
Nit-th last nicht,.taking with him the, indiotment
aj atiitit JEFFEBSON DAVIS. .
NOBFOLK, May li.-tato yesterday afternoon,
_e grand jury of the United S ta to? Circuit Court
in/session, brought in a trae bill against JEFFKU
HOf DAVIS for treason, and adjourned until the
?ikt Tuesday in Juno, to moot in Biohmond.
I Ifew York Market.
??RW YOHK, May 11-Cotton firm at S4o. to 35c
p.rlb. Gold 291.
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Mobile Market.
-oniLE, May 11_Sales to-day 1200 bales; Mii?
? ding at S2o. to 33o. per lb. Sales ot the week 3950
biles. ReoeiptB of the week 3045 against 3114 the
pi o vio ua week. Exporta of the week 9019. Stock
_ 800. Stock unsold 36,000.
X___-T__< 'NEWS.
From Sont- America.
NEW YOBK, May 9.-Panama advices state that
th? news from South America is unimportant.
Matters remained perfectly quiet at Valparaiso
sillico tho bombardment. All the Spanish fleet,
with one exception, bad sailed for Northern ports.
Tue Danish Consul-Gcnoral sont a note to the
Spanish Admiral, saying that his Government
would hold Spain responsible for the damage done
toDanibh property m Valparaiso. Tho Admiral
refused to receive the note.
Immediately after tho bombardment of Val
paraiso, the English minister was roquosted to
vat-to tho premmes occupied by him, and no "one
will rent him another house. His name was also
stricken from the list of luombers of the "Club do
Ia Union."
Only two..lives wore lost and eisULpersons
woui clod during the bombardment. Cue hundred
and fifty-6no! government'Biores, containing- ?up
wards of $8,000.000" worth of foreign merchandise,
were destroyed. The bulk of the loss will fall on
foreigners. .
At Callao preparations were actively making for
the reception of tho Spanish fleet by the erections
of fortifications.
Probst Hxcoulton? |
Pnn.ADEi.pnrA, May 9.-Tho death warrant for
the execution of Antoine Probst on Friday, tbe
8th of Juno,, was received by the sheriff this
morning., ?The priaonor received tho announce
ment quietly, seeming entirely unmoved: Ho had
previously told" his oonfeBSor that he believed
dei.; h was the only expiation for hip crime, and hu
waa willing to aunor? ,
Tin Cholura In Nf>. VorU. '.**!
? NEW YOBS, May 9.-The Health Officer reports
four new cases of ?holera, but no deaths, in the
Hospital ship sinoo last report.
Tlie Jackson Railroad-A Tornado.
NEW OBLEANS, May 8 - Qen. Beaurcgard and
W. Adams bave gone to Europe to negotiate
Jackson Railroad bonds. President Johnson has
modified their paroles BO that they can go and re
turn.
A tornado, accompanied by hail, has passed over
Louisiana and Arkansas, destroying crops.
The cotton seed replanted is all bad, and plant
ers are in-despair.
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Prpsliylcrlan. Assemblies in St. _oula
V, ;'* Condition of I lie City. .. ?i'T
HT. LoT-iH, May 8 -ID addition to'the'*eliglbua
convention called by Dr. Brcckinridge, of Ken
tucky, which will meet here on the 17th instant,
the Presbyterian Oenoral Asee?-blies, of 1 both tho
Old and New School, will converjo here on the 17th
instant. Ono thousand delegates aro expected to
be in attendance. Ample provision has benn made!
?lbr all that cn ne. AH the railroads in the State,
two or three Mississippi packet companies, and
?several of the main railroad lines to the East, have
agreed to convey the dclogatoa at half price.
. The health and sanitary condition of St. Louiej
v?a never better than at the present time. ? .
From California. ,* >'il'l |
SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.-The steamer Sierra!
Nevada has arrived from Portland, Oregon, bnug-i
_g $67.000 in treasure.. Two hundred packages'
of the finest oolong tea sold yesterday at 55 cents'
per pound, 30 days' credit,
-at?- Market*.
NEW YORK, May 10.-Flour lias a?-Hu rd 10 to 20 cti.
"Wheat declined 3 to 6 cents.. Com firm at 80 to 83 cts,
Btef stesd;/. Pork fl-ru at $30 io to tal p?r bbL Lara
heavy st 19 to 20y c'eut?; . Whiskey dull. Cotton firm
at-to 85. At auoUonUOQ bales fNew Orleans sold st
21 y to 32y centa per pound. 8ugar s-.eady. Nava?
IJtore? dall. Gold 110% *',r
BALTIMORE, May 0.- Flour buoyant. Bl?h grades
advanced 50 cents. ' Whait firm. Corn steady-white
84 to 85 cents; yellow 8" couts. Oats dull at 66 centsj
Provisions asiive. bug- firm. Ooffoe dull. Wh_kejf
ateady. 1
Cn io Ano. May 8.-Flour active and advanced lOeJ
Wheat active and advanced 7 to 10c; Bales at $1 63 to
1 66 for No l. and $119 to f 1 34 for No 2, closing unset
tled at outside figures. Corn dull at 49yo tot No 1, and
-45c for No 3. ' Oats Arm at 31 to 31*4*0. Provisions firm
li ess Pork $80. Freights quiet; corn 9 "io for Bunalr
oDis Flour, 82,000 bush Wbeat, C8.0W bush Corn.'kna
38,000 boah Oats. . .,., ?:?,.? .,... V* "M
MILWAUKEE, May 0.-Flour. Arm. 1 .Wheat advanced
10 cents, closing lirai at $1 84 for No. 1. Boeelpts?
101,400 bushels Wheat; 18,000 bushels Oar?. Shipments
-300 bbls. Fleur and 19,000 bushels .Wheat. ,b , j I "
Bt. Louis, May 8 -Cotton firm at 81 to 83o. Flour
., firm at full prlcoa. Wheat firm; prime' fall advanced to
. $2.3533.50. Corn declined 2 cents; rales at C5 to 1U.
patseaslQi*; sale? at 42 to 45o. Pork _-banged. Ba
ton-Sales clear sides at 18o; shoulder* 18c' Lard-Sales'
4131 to 32c. Whiskey iteady at $218. . ??.*'?. "'
OiMonwATi, .Hay 8.-Flour-35o higher and unset
tled ?bolder* disposed not to sell. Wheat-Held 60
high - , but the advance was not fully establish?-, and
the market fqr both flour and wheat must be rega>ded
.s unsettlod. Corn steady at 69 cents for mixed m ele
vator, and 69 to 70o In ssoks. , Oats Armor, 43 to 450/
? je 78 to 83o Wolskey H?* at $9 33, duty paid. Pro
-dons-Mess pork oold at 8O0 in forenoon, but closed
'dall; lard sold at 33c; bulk meats In good demand?t
11X to 14XO. Go-138>4V - .
LocnJVifj,B, Hay 8.- Tobacco?^flales 66 hhds Leaf to
bacco a\f?? rates, lncladlng Vi rkftfe ot 80t**>$!. 1? lour
Baperffue $8-, extra family $n^obro-_ii?Jd In bulk
?Wo. Oat? 47o. Pork-Msis Pork $80; Baoon, 8hould
?ders 13)io; Ole.r Sides I8X0. WhUksy-Baw $3 33.T
Mil ?^fOBr-VH?, May ft-Cotton Is ?Upressod; aalcs ?CO
-'.-..*4^*',.w ?^'?".?'?W^ rtnr dais
3498 ajatnst 6078 bales last week; t_portV 3965, ?took
157,319 bales. F.oux baa advanced BOO. Corn 7?Ko
' ]<twtr- K?.tk ?8!.76 ?_ '*.*.?. :c*rd KX?- Sterling ex.
chango 189. Cold 1*9. , ? ^^ ,.
1-uoaXiBt?, May 8,-Flour linn, without on'otahie
doll, with a dedinIn a tendsuoyj fiaros"of yellow at I lo,
OaU firm: holdsra demand an adranee. fetrolcom.
LITKRATURE..
Tua Oniorn ?? rar. LATE WAK. By George Lunt. D.
Appleton k Co. : New York. 186?.
The author profaces the work by an allusion to
tho long controversy, somotimos activo, thon sub
dued, but novoraotually at r??l? between tho Nor lb
and the South. Ho regards " slavery, in the popul
lar aonee, as much tho causo of tho wir, as pro
perty ia tho cause of robbory;" but, as wo havo
not yot reached absolute rosults from tho emanci
pation of slavery, inuoh of the volumo rolatea to
a period some time pan*. Ho, trace a the anti
elavory movement irr the North to the. State of
PonnBylvania, whioh established a gradual eman
cipation for the alavoB within its own limits in
1780-not operating, however, with full effect until
near fifty years afterwards. This ho regards aa
the commencement of that, spirit of sectionalism
whioh subsequently led to econca of unparalleled
excitement in tho halla' of Congress, and Dually
culminated'in such disastrous consequences. The
bill reported for the admission of Missouri on an
equal footing' with the other S ta ton, and the
amendment offered providing against the further
iritroduotion of slavery, he also regards as one of
tho questions in whioh tho seeds of national dis
sension were sown. From that time, however,
the topio Of slavery, in moat of its aapeota, ceased
for a aterios of years to excite any particular in
terest in the popular mind. ? ?, .
In 1838 the Legislature of the State of Vermont
paseod oertain resolutions for the consideration of
Congress in favor of the abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia. These resolutions wore
strenuously opposed by Mr.' PnBSTon, of South
Carolina, and in the debates whioh ensued the
House was converted - into an aron a for a battle
royal on the subject of slavery. The author then
traces some of the minor causea which led to a
disturbance of the foundations of the Government,
and then adverts to the project for the annexation
of Texaa. While there is no doubt that it waa
conceived (as the author asserts) "for the pur
pose of strengthening the political power of the
South," he should have borne in mind that there
had beon a constant' accession of Free States
to the Union, and the balance of power was rapid
ly passing into the hands of an Abolition party?
Tho minds of Southern Representatives were kept
in a state of nervous agitation, continually dreading
a Northern majority which would attack their
rights and institutions. ' . '.??
I In 18?4 the Legislature of Massachusetts sent io
their Representatives in Congress a resolution to
the effect "that tho project, for tho annexation of
Texas, unless arrobted on the threshold, might
te.id- to drive..thfise.states into.? dissolution ofjl?e
Union!" > ? . .. -. ,", ..
, Whilo we have no doubt that theso resolutions
were held as a monaco to prevent the.consum
mation of the object, still, in later days, such an
action would hardly fail to incur the imputation
of disloyalty ; and it affords, perhaps, one of the
most emphatio examples of tho assertion of "State
Bights." Atter the admission of both Texas and
California into'tho Union, there w?ro' sixteen Free
States and fifteen ?layo^ States, computing Dela
ware amongst the jenter,', which, was/merely norhi
naljy in that category. ^.TJ??? ueeeb^arilyaccaro?
a majority, of Sonatora from the Free States, and,'
upon most questions involving any, teat, of
opinions; the. Delaware -Senators acted in unison
with the Northern members. The preponderance
with the North gradually increased, until a great
disparity was the result. This certainly was not
a very encouraging prospect for our people, at a
timo when tho ill-onioned cry of the "Slave Tower'
was raised, and which was mado the instrument
of exciting such fanciful dread at'tho North. The
author here provea conclusively that it \yas elmply'
a party cry, raised, against, tho alliance betwoen
lovers of the Union jp both, eoot ion?.
It was about this time that Mr. SEWARD made
an allusion to the "Irrepressible conlliet between
freedom and slavery," as the guiding and deter-1
mined principle of his party-that is to say, a con
flict between North and South, whioh was certainly
regarded by the lattor section as a desperato
threat of tho struggle to come. And the author
timely adds, "that even such a conflict, if 'irre-'
pressible,' might still haye been kept within due,
bounds, aa it had boen for nearly seventy years,
but for the resolute purposecf a dominant party;"
and it cannot be denied that that party, co'mpoaod
of a factious set of'men.-wotil? Willingly lead it-i
self to any. oause of agitation that' promised suc
cess at homo. ' A great por lion of the work ia then
du vutod to, the several Compromises, of which the
qncutipn of slavery was,thoj element; and tho sup
position is . plausible, that 'liad the Oi din ance of
1787 bec a rigidly adhered; to, futuro national trou
b l?B might have been obiiated. Tho Compromise;
Of 1830 Wast in' on important sense, calculated to
maintain peace; but it- wa8 Violated ill-spirit by
continuous'' aggrofl'siono from tho North. 'A de*
mina was" next made "for the repeal of the Fngi
tiff slftye'laW of '?8M,''rfeoIarIng,. ''tnit slavery waa*
a ?jin agsainst God apd, man, and that "humanity
and patriotism alike demand its abolition."
This was a decided blow aimed at the inetitu
tioh of tho Solith, and although tho resolution,
received littlo attontlon at that tinio, if ' was re?
viv'ed with'tho Kanuao and Nebraska quealiou. The
author hore asserts (and wo freoly coincido with
bim) "that bivil war to ?he.United States Regari
in Kansas." Tho bombardmont of Fort Suniter
may havo boon tho firsi,act of War. which power}
'folly oxcitediho Northern im agination, but tho first
gun waa fired ?n the Territory of Ka'uaaa-tho
?Qcond In the raid of JpnN CHOWN. A detailed ac
count of' tho Kansas troubles- aro thon g i von, and
the.other causes of diaoprd whioh oo-opcrated with
this duo f??om time to time to produce a doep-aoat
ed ali?nation of feeling between the sections, and
led them to con tempi atb the dreadful arbitrament
'ol' civil war. Tho "Hulper" Dook next appeaioa?,
with such paeaa'go? as "No7 c?-operation with
Slave-holders in poll tied; no fellowship in religion;
no affiliation in socio ty-for the Republican party
piust give tho doath-blow to Hlavory.". ? work BO
intomperato and ferocious waa ciroulutcd, with a
commendatory certificate of sixty-eight membqrs
?of Congre UP, which waa, certainly calculated to
oxorebso any thing but a salutary influonco towards
promoting the causo of tho Union. ? '
The National Demoo.-atio Convpnt ion, which mot
at Charleston in 1860, carno together with no very
harmoniouo ?spirit. . Mr. DOUGLAS, the prominent
candidato, placed himself upon the Cincinnati
platfonu and Dred Scott decision; but, after a
gre at doal of <lUpu t ft Uqu x uga rd Ing the admis a ion
of delegates with antagoniste credentials, and a
very^WArm oontrovarey on the Presidential nomi
no'o, ^t'ho Wain body of tho Southern delegates.
?WiarowV '?pi? Republican Convention then met
at Chicago, wnl.c?a r?aulte'd in '?io nomination of Hr.
W>??- ? ,..':'.' C1 ,'.".?;.?
Li??.?COLN and his Bubsequont olection, rogarded
by our pooplo as a noto of challenge. Tho pro
ceedings of the Chicago Oonvontion are admitted
by tho author to havo boon .'equivalent to a pro
clamation of absolutely hOBtilo purposes against
the South." It was not technically a declaration
of war, becauBO it proposed only to uao the
pacifia ?oroo of superior ' numbers in ordor to do
prlve tho minority of, its rights under the Consti
tution. Tho right of secession-is not discussed by
the author, hiAfltCprt'e being confined exclusively
to1 an illustration ot tho positive causos of tho
war. Just boforo tho sccoaslon movemont, the
proeont Prosideht^or tho United ?States declared in
a speech, that "there aro two parties inexistence,"
who wanted a dissolution of tho Union. Slavery
and a Southern Confederacy, ia tho hobby. Sum
ner wants to break up the Government, arid so do
the Abolitioiiisle .generally. ,, They hold that if
slavery survives, the tinton canhot'oiiduVo. ? Seces
sionists argue that if tho Union continues slavery
is lost. Abolitionists want n?'oohipromiao, but
they regard peaceable s'ec?sil'bri. dt 'a J humbug.
Abolition ia dissolution ; dissolution is BOCDO
eion." From this laconic address may
be summed np "? tho entire causo of the
terrible, sanguinary, and protracted strug
gle through which' wo havo just 'pass
ed.. The author dwells at length on-the pro
positions of the reaco'Conference in 1861, which
was evidently a sound basis, for the settlement of
the controversy. On the 3d March a final dispo
sition was made of the question, and a termina
tion put to those lingering hopes which might
have been entertained of an amicable adjustment.
As we havo before stated, the author avers his
objeot in writing this volume to bo only the pur
pose of tracing the direct and indirect causes of the
war,,without any pains boing taken to exhibit the
sentiments of determined soccssioniots before or
after these causes had accumulated and become
tho oasis of their action. Except for tbeao causes,
he save, " the promoters of secession would have
had no ground of action, and could have mado no
Hiich appeal to the people of the South na to enlist
thom in,a transaction so momentous as robollion
against the. Government ;" nor could they, have
persuaded them that their rights and interests
demanded of thom the perils and sacrifice's neces
sarily involved in euch an attempt. "
But now that the'war is over, tho author makes
two very important inquiries : .,, ,, j.
What is to ho tho permanent loss or gain to the
country by reason of tho war; and^what, obstacles,
if any, aro in the way of its permanent restora
tiou to,the state before th? war,? He Bays: '.'The,
supoi ior power of the'United StatCB having been
vindicated by the final r?duit of the struggle, the
submission of tho South is necessarily equivalent
to an abandonment of. all further purpose of re
si stance.'' "This posture of affairs among a kin
dred people of sister States ought surely tobe
sufficient, for why should thoro bo a 'tribe lacking
in Inraol?" j Since that eubm?Bsion," Whether vol
untary or involuntary, ia complete, Uio speediest
possible restoration of the Southern States is for
the inter?s,?- .of the whole country; for so long, he
MBorta.'-.VJ?f Ue .Condition/ of the 8tatee'remain
unequal, the stronger uootioii ocuup??s ' lh?"aU?
tude of a despot, the .weaker that of a vassal, and
it would bo a ?trange commentary upon the war,
if in liberating negroes Its 'effoot should ho to re
duce white mon to bondage."
- Coming, from an eminent lawyer of Massachu
setts, we accept it as tho moat favorable work to
ward the South we have perused sinoe the termi
tion, of hostilities, Its analysis 1B singularly in
tereating, while its resoaroh of historical records
exhibits a most valuable oxamplo of compression
and precision. It ia written ia ah:easy, graceful,
flowing styio, free from thoso authoritativo cor
ruaoatione wliioh aro always repudiated by pure
and true-hearted writers, the works of some of;
the most profound of whom are characterized by
thq simplicity of language in which they havo
horne witness to 'truth J It is a work which?we
can cheerfully commend to the peoplo of the
South, ,'yfh?r? it desorves, and wher?s, we trust, it,
will receive, immense circulation.
It can be purchased at the bookstore oft Mr.
JOHN RUSSELL.
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National Hank Ma hage nient.
The ' failure 'of thej ??erohant-* National
Bank of Washington seems to have aroused)
tho' publio'ito'ah;.investigation into?the cpndition:
of -NVWa. -TBMKt. u g?nerall/. ' Trie?** following:
editor!,- , from, tho Baltimore tiun,- ot the 8tb,<
is full or reason, and coming from soable'?nd ro
1 fable *> comm?jrcial journal, we gladly give placa
^Ajj-v.? y t. ?j..?. i***., i. (,./ QWd ". ? i*. |
,X7^f (?ttolB^tt ^biohj bap 'Jfo^ax drawn to, tho
imperfections of tho' National Bank systom by the
recent disastrous failure of the Merchants' Na-i
tional Bank at Washington will not, perhaps, be1
without its compensating advantages to the pub?
lib. ' Hereto--rp, .. in" view of. the hpHpfcoa under
wiilch they were r_e?i?d'? arid tho solMlaUeriug
influences by which, they, waro surrounded and
governed, it soonied e car eely to avail aught to
question anything in regard to national, banka.'
Th?y ?vero to bo esteemed aa perfect in'tlio na
ture of a s?benlo of national finance, but aa ex
perience is the beat teaoher of all, that delusion
will noir probably bo moasurably dispelled.- .Wo
liavo more thau 'ont-' indicated that if the na
tional bank By-em' Vas to be ?permanently couf
tinned, there was neoeseity to adapt it more pro*
peily to a, normal condition of tho country by
curtailment of the great powors and privileges
conferred opon the banka, during tho abnormal
condition of war; Bnfc iu tho unquestioning opirit
which has boon lactiouely imposed in regard to
the system, oven the presoht provisions of law,
instituted professedly to Becure safoty, have beep
groouly dieiogardod. The Philadelphia Ledger calls
attention to nomo points in the law for governing
national nankin g associations, which present a
wido contrast with the evident mode of manage
ment of the affaira of the recently defunct insti
tution, and as the oonduot in this case may possi
bly afford a type of that in others, here j and
thero, it is .well to look into the matter.
" Sootion 29 of tho not of Juno 3d, 1801, provides
that the total liabilities to any national banking
association, of any porson or firm, for money bor
rowed, .' shall at no timo or.cood ono-touth of the
capital'?took of euch'association actually paid in."
This provision of law restricted the Mor chants'
Bank? whoso capital was but $200,000, from lend
ing to any person moro than ?20,000 ; yet it seeds
that Mr. BATOS, of thjo city, of'bit finn, was l_->
ni3hed tnth not only ono-tonth of tho capital of
tho Bank, but with soma half a,' million, it is re-'
ported, which. Ia moro , than . tloriblo the optiro
?mo _ii o{ tfc'e c?pltftl. _TO1\_8? i the gbfyernmrtnl,
?yali ! ic / .
too, which used tho Dank as a depository, fully to
the like amount. Such boing tho case, it is im
portant to refer to sootion 53 of tho samo act,
which declares that if tho directors shall violate
or knowingly permit any of its oflicore or agents
to violate the act referred to, tho charter bhall be
forfeited, and every such director shall bo hold
liable in bia pon-onal and individual capacity for
all damages which any other person sustains iu
consequence of such violation. This liability is in
adtlition to that imposod on thom as shareholders,
to an amount of double tho par vah?o of their stock.
Director?? and stockholders in national banking
associations should thercforo take caro to under
stand tho nature of tlrCao obligations imposod on
them by law, and they should soo that it will hot
do for them to fall into tho pernicious habit of
handing over the management of their associa
tions, in blind confidence, to ouo or two persons,
whether thoy bo officers or directors.
''If one of thoBQ banks, in the city ot Washing
ton, immediately in view of tho Treasury D?part
mont, dares io violate tho law in snob an open,
and flagrant manner, how many moro such are
there, which being at a distance, are acting in tho
samo way, under tho presumption of impunity ?
Hence, probably, there should be an instant and
rigid examination of them all. The properly con
ducted establishments will not object to this, and
those conducted in any other way should of course
ho investigated, whether they objeot to it or
not. ....
"So much as to the present law. But instead of
the national banks having pnblic money on deposit,
thore should bo a new law on that subjeot. It ia
well suggested that the better way would be to
return to the system inaugurated by law in 1816,
to koop funds of disbursing'officers in the Troaeu
ry, using tho assistant treasuries and established
depositories in the cities, only to be drawn out
upon a check to pay some debt due by the Govern
ment, or for immediate use. In this way the
fonds of the Government could not be run off for
private speculation, as they may he when de
posited with banks over whoso managers direct
control cannot be exeroiaod. The National Intel
ligencer says that the Government will tal?o all
that it linds of the assets of the Merchants' Bank
and como upon stockholders for their liabilities
under the 12th section of the act establishing the
national bank system; but that will probably not
better the matter much, and ceitainly not correct
tho erroneous principio by which ? these deposits
aro made. The money of the Treasury is safeBt
in the Treasury; and as the institutions afford no
adequate security except for their circulation, it
is to bo hoped that Congress will not only see to
ibis reform in tho law, but take measures also to
moro effectually protect' flepotitor? among the
people, small shareholders, and others crediting
tho banks."- . . >.'.. ,
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By Last Night's Mail.
Our dates from the North by last night's Mail and
?Express aro to the 9th : _,. M.
I I-BOCEEUINOS IN OONQBKSS ON THE 8TH.
? In the Senate ..the * Boneo joint 'resolution
in relation to the attempted assassination
of -the Emperor of Russia was passed. Mr.
Chandler, from the Committee on Commerce, re
ported a joint resolution directing tho Secretaries
of War and the Navy to unite in establishing a
uniform system of quarantine in the ports of the
United Kates. The expiration of the morning
hour postponed further consideration until tno
next day. Tho joint resolution to exclude crude
petroleum from tho internal tax was taken up and
passed. Consideration of the Poetofflce Appro
priation Bill waa resumed, the pending motion
being on Mr. Trumbull's amendment relative to
appointments to office. Mr. Trum bull offered a
substitute for the above amendment, which was
discussed by soveral members, but no action'.fas
reached.
In the House, Mr. Waahburne, of Illinoi-j, offor
ed a resolution which was adopted, directing the
Committee on Banking to oxamine into all the
facts and circumstances connected with the recent
failure of the Merchants' National Bank at Wash
ington. Xhe House then proceoded tp the con
sideration of tho special order, being tho joint
resolution reported by the Reconstruction Com
mittee, proposing an amendment to the Constitu
tion of the United States. The debate was opon
ed by Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, In support of
the Joint resolution, and continued by several
other members. At the evening aossion the Tax
Bill was taken up. The first section, imposing a
tax of five cents per pound on cotton, waa adopted.
The following newB paragraphs are from the
Washington correspondence of the New York
Times, dated 8th : .?...??.?..
THE BEOOHBTBTJOTIOS" DEBATE. *' ' ' "
The great debate on the Reconstruction Report
oponed in the House to-day i in e. prompt and vigo
rous manner. It was the first thing in order after
the Chaplain's prayer, and ?an effort by Mr. Gar
field'to Baye the consideration of tWraatterpost
poned until the Revenue Bill was disposed of, waa
voted down ori' a oall of the yeas aud nays by 51
against 82, so the House resolved to go on, and
Mr. Stevens opened in a carefully proparod speech,
supporting the report strongly, though it was not!
io all respects what he could wish. He was as)
sarcastic as usual toward "the man at the other;
end of the avenue," and then turned and flaggo
lated bia political compatriot, Sumner, ratber Be-:
verely. Mr. Blaine (Union) followed briefly .striking
the first blow against the disfranchising section or
the amendment, by showing that it would bo'
an act of bad faith to all those who had been par-,
doned by Presidents Lincoln and Johnaon in their
amnesty proclamations, issued m purauauoo .of
the Aot of Congress of 'July. 1868, which would in
clude all tho participants in the rebellion except
those of? (Be exceptad . classes, /ave. Stevens at
onoe gave his oase away by admitting that all thus)
pardoned would not bo| affected by the disfran
chlsement; but Judge Bingham suggested that i
this amendment, as a part of the organic law,'
swept away all provisions, of acta in conflict with!
it. Whether it was go'od - policy to do that was
another thing. Mr. Finok (Dem.) then followed
in a half-hour written speech of the usual Demo-?1 ?
crati.0 argumonte, .when Goa Garfield/took tho
floor in opposition to tho eeotlon, and sahl that, nu
it stood, it waa no penalty and no punishment. He
would disfranchise rob?la forover or not at all. Mr.
Thayer (Rep.) made an eloquent speeoh on tho
same Bide, approving heartily of the whole plan ex
cept the third section. Mr. Beyer then took up tho
Democratic thread of argument, and was followed
by Judge Ke?ls-y,'whose 'oratorical rapier mado
eomo brilliant thrusts in a rouning debate with
bia Domocratio oolieaguo. Mr. Kelley favored
tbo plan as reported from tho committee, though
not In Juat stich ship? aa bo, wanted ?. / General
Sobenok then spoke^dlrqctinj; his chief ?rgt;moni)
against the third a?ot?ou, approving all the reet.
Mr. Green Olav Smith closed tho debate for the
day in a apeeon of diffuse opposition to the whole
scheme, interspersed with moro or leas interrup
tion. The result of the debate Ja .highly import
ant, in showing a strong opposition to tho disfran
chising section and a hearty approval of all tho
reat. It really looka as though tho section lu
question would be atriokon out, and the others
agreed upon by u full two-thirds vote. This, with
aa fast aa they ratify the amendments which will ,
undoubtedly prevail, will ensure the unanimous
.9P.P?Xk Vf. the Republican majority,in .the Hones',
1HDIAH AFFAIRS-AaUUVAZ. OF COL. WTNXOOP, , j
QW> ^>V^i?ot5P $m& to W9 to?tjr>to.day1:
oait ft ,*-..,/. I
from tho West, whore ho has succeedod io effecting
atroatywith tho warliko Indians of the Plains,
through which security iu insured to both the
settlors and tho emigrants to and in the West.
Hie Covington ruaesacro inconsed tho various
tnbos and thoy assumed a warlike attitude. Col.
Wynkoop, formerly of tho First Colorado Cavalry,
was, by the urgent roquost of both tho whites
r.nd tho Indians, retained in tho Borvice of tho
War Department for tho especial purpose of
offecting a peaceful soluti m of the troubles on tho
Plains, and in this lino of duty, directed to roport
to tho Department of the Interior. Uudor instruc
tions, the Colonel loft Washington Doo. l8, 1865,
and energetically pushed forward toward tbo Far
West. March 1, 18G0, ho convened tho scattered
Indian tribesjon Blull]Creek, south of tho Arkansas
River,ei/>hty milea from Laerned,and effected their
full indorsement of a treatv promising to seourothe
most beneficial resulta under its terina. The set
tlers and the emigrants will be amply protected in
all their rights, and no apprehension need be felt
of further Indian outbreaks. After obtaining theso
concessions, the Colono), under ordora, started
back to Washington to report that which ho had
efrocted. bringing with bim a young white woman
who had boon for years an unwilling Indian oap
tive. In the performance of bia arduous duties,
the Colonel has travelled thousands of milos,endur
ed every hardship.and encountering manydacgers.
He has mingled freely with the, moat warliko
Indian tribes, and secured from them all treaties of
peace and amity. Great credit is duo bim for the
admirable manner in whioh he bas carried out his
instructions and for the results he has achieved,
Erpmising as they do to render life and property,
oth ou the plaina and en rout??, more seouro than
ever before. Col. Wynkoop baa received the cor
dial indorsement of the Government authorities,
and naturally reoeived a warm and cordial wel
come from bis numerous friends. He,will remain
in Waahington till the War and Interior Depart
ments baVo aoted upon his able and satisfactory
report.
THE FBESIDENT'S ?VPPOINTlNO POWEB.
The debate in the Senate thia afternoon upon
tho amendment to the Poatoflloo Appropriation
Bill, restricting the President in the appointing
power, was more lively than any of the pre
vious debates on that subject. The matter will
again come up to-morrow, when a final vote will
be taken, and doubtless the amendment will be
rejected. Should this be the reault, we shall pro
bably bear no moro of the propoaition this ses
sion, aa it ia evident that a majority of the Senate
is opposed to meddling further with tho Presi
dent's right to romove and appoint officers upon
what he deems just and proper causo.
Ol'IXION COKCFJININO BANKEUS.
In a letter addressed to the Secretary of tho
Treasury, the Attorney-General gives his opinion
that under tho statues ol' internal revenue, and
the recent decisions of the Supreme Court in
"/'-pkers' and bankers' oaBes," that bankers who
r?gotiato salea not only of stocks belonging to
fSomselves, but also of stocks belonging to others,
are denominable "bankers doing business as
brokers," and are liablo respectively to pay the
prescribed duties upon the amount of such eales.
A broker and a banker doing business as a broker,
stand on precisely the aame footing in'the atatutc.
We clip tho subjoined from t??e World's Wash
ington correspondence, of same dato : )
TUE APPOINTING POW?B. . ' '
: The debato in the Senato to-day, on thb pro
position to prohibit any officer from receiving any
Hillary who is appointed bv the President during
the recess of tho Senate, showed quite clearly that
it ia losing .strength, and when a vote ia taken it
will most, probably be defeated. Senutor. Doolittle,
during the debato, mado an elaborate defence of
the. President, and scared the Radicals thoroughly.
CABINET ?JCETINQ-STANTON. !
j The Cabinet had an "unusually protracted'ses
sion to-day, during which it is behoved that the
rocont publication of the views of tho Cabinet on
.be restoration was again discussed. The Radi
cals still profess faith in Stanton.
THE TRIAL OF DAVIS.
. The Star, this morning, asserts with great posi
tivoness, that the Government is making prepara
tions for the. speedy trial of Jeff. Davis. .
IMPENDING. VETOES.
A good many members of Congress wore quite
confident to-night that the President has decided
to veto the Colorado bill, and the amendatory 'ha
beas corpus act;
i THE OHOLEBA IN NEW YORK.
At the meeting of the Metropolitan Board of
Health, yesterday, a communication was received,
through Dr. Swinburne, from ?the Norfolk BWaru
of Health, inquiring whether- we have cholora,
and whether, aleo, tho rumor is well founded that
tho Board has prohibited the introduction here of
vegetablea from Norfolk. The Board instructed
Presidont Schultz to reply that cholora ia not pre
valent here, and that there has boon no lesiula
tion concerning tho introduction of fresh vegeta
bles fro DI Som horn norte. Notice was given the
Board that Judge Barnard has grantod an in
junction restraining the Board from further ac
tion against the sido walk utanda at Washington
Market. Roport was made against Uko stands at
Fulton Market, aud it was ordered that they be
cleared away. Street Commissioner Cornell ap
peared and protested against tho use.of the bar
racks at the Five Points for hospital'purposes.,
- M A Mil I KI?. . 'it ..I
In this city, on the 3d lout., by Bev. W. B. W. Hows,
BIO H ARD A." BRITTON and MARGARET A. O KART,
itep-daughior of tho lato WILLIAM IT., JF.NNJ.MIS, sil o?
Charleston, H. o. ", Iii, r? ? ?..vi ??' . !?*.
In Camden, On I Thursday. M?iy 9. by Bev."Mr. Brat
MOSS. Mr? I. HBYMAN, of Chester, to Mrs, ?.:P. HYAM?, <
nee BAUM, of Camden. ?:? <\ ,.. -, \? .
'J'I I.'I f II" I ?J. I i.... Ill-, I.J. ?IMBSg
..i!H; . if rrl .:-, -.a. OBLTUA1LY. I tua mi )\ ?. t..;
?HID, Msy, tfth; 1800/''?OTaTOTA OATHBRIN'E
FHKITA3, eec?t?d'aau^hter of AMTOHIO 8. and Muir 0.
1BXITAS. .71 , -,-,.. !
?IV The Relatives, Kr lends fand A equal nt
kn??s of Mr", and Mrs. Al B; F?EITAB are rcRpoctfnlly lu.
V t?Jd,io,attend the Funeral Services of tbplr dango t*r,
FklifOlA, at'flt. Joseph's Gliuxc'h, This Morning', it Nino
.'oTciock'. "'.'... ri . :??;"".' ,i. A '[','[ ""May, ia' .j
' j?a-(The Uclatlves, ?it?! Friend?, of Mrs.
CATHARINE LADBU?E are invited to attend her Fune
ral Borvice,?, at ber la'e residence in Hampstead, This
Morning, at Ten o'clock. .. . ..'.'? ?... .
May13- ? '" ??'.'". i'! tl?l
' IN 1)1 to MO III AM " . j
JOHN 8. ;jpAt.M?B, Captain Company K. 16th B0?i-?
mont 8. 0." V.,'who waa Billed In the battlo near At-I
Unta, on the 23th of ?uly. 1864/ . ', ?. ' ' ? ?.i\
'Re hrfil'hot yt completed bia 29tu jo?r, but his llfej
brief as It was, hsd not been wasted and spent without
purr ose or usefulness, and he bas left behind him n
character and name; willoh none whQkuew Lim, "will
willingly let die *,'. i , .. , . .,.1
Barly in the late struggle for Southorn IndependenopJ
he volunteered for tho war, and with Major (then. Cap
tata) J OLIOS W. Foncnsn, raised a company, -whicb,
through' the toilsome and bloody campaigns of Ken
tucky and Tenuesaoe, vindicated its determination "to
dare all and do all" for Bight and "the Fatherland." A
.hatteras, remnant OLly retained to thtlr homes.
Its first Captain dosed his career on the disastrous.
field c f "Misalonsry Ridge," and Its second stained with
his Len t's blood the red soil or Atlanta. Rut among ita;
few survivors, brave men who nevtr blonchod lritho
hour of battle, before the cannon't* mouth, grow pal
and ead when they recall tbo early doom of their jon>n
leader and friend, their companion and guide. In dan
ger ne led them, in suffering and privation ho stood bo
sids thi'm, and their sorrow is a groat volume of evil
dence to his character as an officer, I Is worth aa a man,
Dot it waa not In the camp, respectad by his follow
officers aud beloved by his mon, that he was best known
and amHooiilcil. The ?meero foaling of renard aad es?
teem that he won abroad, was Intensified in his borne,
and ho wss'evcr there an objeot of the fondest hopes
and strongest affections. The stay and .prop of his
Eartnt'a declining years, a tender hdeband and lovin*
rother, lila death alone .could fathom and show how
deep and earnest wore the. fee inga which cluatored
amend him ; and a sorrow that Will not be comforted, a
grief that m*y not be assnagod, most tell the story of
fits wort? and their loss.
j "Timolmt the impression stronger mates,
j AA s'rcaftis their channels ileepor wear.".
? law days sluco his remains wero brought by ?'pious
batatas," and given a final resting place .at *t?gn<
the Soil he lovod to well, and fie fn whom so _
rich h\)pes and heart affections were garnered up, w<
Sere await the final trump that shall rouse the patrio!
Idler from Ms last Bleep. . (?HW"i . . ' < 0.
' i : ? >.'.: i% luftjtio ji> o '?.. :*'<' .'?. I ?
?t'l
SPEOLAJi NOTICES.
J-TOKPHAN HOUSE CHAI ?EL.-THE BEV.
W. O. DANA, D. D" if tho Cootral rrosbyterlan
Church, will perform Divino rcrvlco in this Chapel To
Morrow Afternoon, ISthlnst., at half past Four o'clock
May 2_ x
HOT FIRST AND WENTWORTH STREET
BAPriST CHURCHES.- The unlicd Bervicos of theso
Churches will take placo To-Morrow Morning, In th.
Chapel of the Charleston College, and in tlio Afternoon
at tho First Baptist Church, Church Btrcct. Tho Rev,
Ei T. WINKLER. D.D., having accepte? tho pastoral
chargo of the United Churches, will olTlcialo st Morning
Service at half-past Ten o'clock. Altcrnoon BTVICO at
Flye. Scats free._ May \%
to- NOTICE.-CONSIGNEES PERKCHOONEB
EVERGLADE are hereby notified that she is This Ray
discharging oargo st. Boyce k Co.'s Whsri. AU gooda
remaining on the wharf alter S o'clock p. M., will be ?
stored at the expense and risk of owners.
May 13_1 , WHITE k PAINE, Agents.
J9STE8TATE OWEN DUFFY AND BRIDGET
DU rFY.- AB persons having any demands against said
Estates, will render the same (attosted), within timo
prescribed by law: and those Indebted to said Estate.
wlU make payment to ? FRANCIS DUFFY,
?lay ia _ S3_Qualified AomlpUtrator.
MB- WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, MERCHANTS
of King street, agree to olose our storos eve- y Saturday
Afternoon at 7 o'clock (dnrlng the hot weather), from
Saturday, the 13th of May, to 1st of October, 1806:
FOSABTIE k STILLMAN,
Agents.
8TOLL, WEBB k CO.
3. B. BEAD ft CO.
8. FBIBOUBO, OAHM k
CO.
WM. O. WHILDEN k CO.
JAMES B. BEITH.
JAMES E. 8PEAB.
A. H. HAYDEN.
HABT ?s CO.
w. MCCOMB A CO.
T. KELL,.
McLOY ? RICE
UFFEBHARDT, CAMP8EK
ft CO.
BI88ELL BROTBER8.
EPS TIN & ZEMANiKl.
I. HYMAN ft CO.
E. SCOTT A CO.
LOUIS COHEN.
MELCHER8 A MOLLER.
HOFFMAN, BRAD HAM k CO.
MayU _fl s
tO- CONSIGNEES OF GOODS PER SOHR.
CLARA, from Philadelphia, are hereby notlfl- that ano
is disoharging at Boyoe's Wharf. AB Gooda cot taken
taken away by five o'clock will be stored st their ex
panse and risk. T. 8. k T. O. BUDD,
May 10_3_Boyce's Wharf.
j-HT OFFICE CHARLESTON GAS LIGHT COM
PANY- CHAUT-srON, May 10, 186C-Tho Adjoumod
Meeting of tho Stockholders of this Company will ho
bela on Monday, iitli inst?, at 12 o'clock (II,) at tho
Hall of the Insurance and Trust Company, No. 8 Broad
street. . ' W. J. HERIOT, ;
?May 10 '_i ? 4_Secretary and Treasurer.
I JSt-aT-EXEGUTOR'S NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS
having demands against tho Estato of Br. HENRY B.
FROST, dec-Bed, aro requested to band thom In,
properly attested ; and those indebted to said Estate to
make payment to cither of tho undersigned.
' HENRY FROST, M. P.,
J. F. M. GKDDINGS, M. D., ,
[ May 6_1*_Qualified Eicoutors.
j sar ESTATE REBECCA L. D. FRAZER, DE
CEASED.-1-AH persons having any demands against said
Estate M 111 render the same, attested, within time pre- -
scribed by law, and all those, indebted will make pay- '
ment to MOSES WHITERIDGE, !
May S . , . S8 Qualified Executor.
r~BW BOINE8T & BURKE RECEIVE THB *
latest Now. York DJ_LI_S over j ' aftornootv. Price 10
cents. : ' etuth_April 31
MW OFFICF. CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH
BAILBOAD COMPANY, MABCH 13, 1866.-At a meet*,
ing of the. Board o? DI roc to ra, held this da y, tho fol
lowing resolution waa adopted :
; Resolved, "That the President do canse the report oT
the meeting of creditors to be published In the newspa
pers, and that ho, by pnbllo notice, reqnest all bond
creditors, of the Company to send to tho a "rotary a
statement of the Bonds they hold, number, date and
amount, accompanied by an acknowledgment of their.
concurrence In the recommendation adopted at tho
mooting of the bondholders; and that they may bo able
to decide understand-gly, the President de publish
therewith a full and plain exposition of the condition
and prospecta of the Hoad, and the plan submitted to
th olroholco."
In accordance with the above resolution the holders
of unendorsed bonds are hereby respectfully request-I
to forward'to the Socrotary of the Charleston and Savan
nah Railroad Company, as early as practicable, a stats?
nient of the Bonds In their possession, with number,
date, and amount, together with an acknowledgment
of their concurrence In recommendation adopted at thm
mooting ot the bondholders.
It L. SINGLETARY, President.
The Havannah National Republican please copy.
March IS_
I *_? A MODERN MIRACLE I-FROM OLD AND
young, from rich and poor, from high-born and lowly?
comes tho universal voice of praise for . ? ,
HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN IIAIR RENEWER.
. It is a perfect and miraculous article. Cures baldoesa.
Makes \uix grow. A bettor dreeeIng than any "oil" or
"jpomatu-.." Softens brash, dry and wiry bair into?
Beautiful Silkon Treases. But, above au, the great
wonder la the' rapidity with which it restores GRAY
St^IB" T9 J-_ ORIGINAL COLOR.
' Uso " a fow timos, and . > ?
,? J-*" ?IPRESTO/CHANGE!
the whitest and wot-looking hair resumes ita youthfa
beauty.. It doos not.dyo the hair, but strikes it the root?
and fills It with new life and coloring matter.
It will hot take a long, disagreeable trial to prove tha
truth of ithls matter. Tbe first application will dogoods
you will see the NATURAL COLOR returning ere?
day, and; "" . . . ' !- ^^ l?i*?WT
I. VU BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. . ? -,,,
the old. gray, discolored appearano-. of the hair will by?
?rone, giving place to lustrous, shining, and boatitlful
locks. . 11 ? :>_'' j
Ask for Hall's SloUlan Hair Beoower; no other artic
le at all like it In effect. You will find it
DHEAP TO BUY, PLEASANT TO TRY,
'.i i'*.' add SUBE TO DO YOU GOOD. ..,;
Thoro aro. many lmitatlons. Be sure you procuro U*<V
genuine, manufactured only by
It. P. HALL ft CO.. Nashua, N. H.
For sale by au. dru.'igista Wholesale Oy
KINO <k OA8SIDKY,
March 3 oiyr ' Charleston.
1 ' ?? I. ?' - 1- ; ; . 1
Dr. Franklin and the South Caro
lina Planter. ....''
A friend relates tons that tho Summer before the war.
tt the house of a hospltablo South Carolinian planter.
10 was up one morning with the sun and was about to
<inturo forth on a morning walk, when ho waa checked
>y tho planter at the door.
"You, cannot pass, Sir. Too early."
1'Tooearly! Why, my dear Colonel, what says Dr.
*i-DkMn'rr*
" 'Early to fred and early to rise will make a man.
leajtby and wealthy and wise.' "
"Very fine, air; bat all a fallacy. Early rising and tht>
nhalatlon, upon an empty stomach, of the morning
oalarlavof this country, North and South, have been.
ho, death of thousands-the death of thousands, air?
roto the time of Captain John Smith to this day. Wait
IB after breakfast, fortify your stomach with a cup of
101 coff-, and then, the noxious vapors of the night
oing exhaled by tho ann, we will tako a morning
ida."
. _at, m'y dear Colona], I am alwsys fortifled with tv
rin?>gU4.strfHOax?-**Ju?."J OELEBBATED 8XOMAOR
UTTERS." ,
"Ah, then, sir, you may B tick to Dr. Franklin. Hoi
rttor'itgtmtatOharleaton supplies me, and I ara ax
-aot?ig a box ton-ay with niy wagon. Those Bitters, I
_d. aro a sure protect! va against all the fevers i-r ault log
Ppm malaria. Doctor Franklin holds good. sir. ov6_ la
is swamps of South Carolina, if fortifled with .HosUt
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