The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, May 15, 1866, Image 1

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VOLUME II....N0. 303.] OHiLRLESTON, S. O., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 15. 1866. [PRICE FIVE CiTNTS BY TELEGRAPH. Later front Europe. NEW YOHK, May 14.-Livorpool datos to tho 4th inst, have reached hore. Sales of Cotton for tho ?wooli forty-nine thousand (49,000) bales, and has declined ono-and-a-half penco (ljd.) closing dull. U. 8. 5-20'a G9J. Consols 8Gj to8C?. Oflicora of tho Bteamor City of Davis roport that the cholera broke out on the steamer Helvetia, botwoou Liverpool anil Queenstown, and they put back to Liverpool. The British Fire Into a Party of Americans, EAST-POUT, (MAINE), May 14.-Acting Admiral Roaos has just loft horo on the steamer De Soto to demand an explanation from tho commander of tho English at Andrews iu regard to the firing into a ploasuro boat off Robuston with a party of Amoricaus on board, which occurred on Saturday. Co nft-resalois.nl "Vows. "WASHINGTON, May 14.-The United 8 tates Son ate has been principally engaged upon the bill to pre veut smuggling ou tho Northern frontier, ?which provides for a rigid Byatem of search and examination of all vessels plying between the United States and foroiga countries. The HOUBO of Repiosontatives adopted a reso lution instructing the Judiciary Committee to in quire into the oxpedieney of so altering the exist ing law as to adopt the tonare ot office at the pleasure of the appointing power-to make it sub jeot ouly to the condition of good bohavior. Tuan. STEVENS introduced a resolution for the appointment of a committee of three members of the Houso, to investigate the Memphis riots passed. Mr. CUASDLEII, of New York, offered a resolu tion, endorsing President JOHNSON for having, by hia veto power, protected the people of tho coun try from the acts of wicked, malignant and mis chievous mon. Tho IIouso refused to entertain the resolution. Mr. SOUKKCK. then offered a resolution of censare againBt CUANDLEII for insult offered to tho HOUBO by the introduction of his resolution, which, after a brief address from Mr. CHAXDLBB in vindication of his course, was agreed to by yeas 72, nays 50. Internal Revenue Assessor ?Tor Georgia.. WASHINGTON, May 14.-Tho Sonate to-dav con firmed JOHN ROWLES, ot Augusta, as Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Third District of Geor gia. New York Market. NEW YOBS, May 14.-Cotton firm at 34 to 35o. per pound. Gold 30]. LATE NEWS. Radical Demonstration In St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, May 11-The Radical meeting last night in commemoration of tho capture of Camp Jackson five years ago, was one of the largest and most enthnsiastio gatherings ever assembled in this city. Speeches were made from three stands. Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, Governor Fletcher, Secretary of Stato Rodman, Charles Drake, and several other distinguished persons were among the speakers. Resolutions were adopted indorsing i he position of Congress, re quiring guarantees for the fnturo in tho udmission of Representatives from the South, approving au amendment to our State Constitution that can more perfectly guarantee the citizen in the en joyment of civil and religioua Uberty, and con cluding as follows: Eighth-That we hold it to be the dnty of Con gress not to adjourn before the fourth of March, 1867, unless the reconstruction of the Union has been settled before that time, in the sense of the principles laid down in the Declaration of Inde pendence. From Kew Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, May 11.-The release of Dr. Gwin is doubtful. He hesitates to take the oath, and says he never intended to violate his allegi ance. The peoplo are very indignant at the breaking of the now crevasses. The Mississippi is flowing through them in floods. From San Francisco. SAN FBANCISCO, May 10.-The steamer Constitu tion sailed to-day for Panama with $398,418 in treasure, of which $285,346 are for New York. Thore was sold yesterday 650,000 pounds of sugar, refining grado at 8Jc. Reports indioato that the orop of cereals will exceed that of any former year. Tho contracta giving the sole agency of the New Almaden, New India, and Lake Quicksilver mines to one firm has caused an advance in the price of .quicksilver to 65c for export, and 75c for looalcon sumption. Tho steamer Oregon, from Victoria, arrived, bringing $12,300 in treasure. HlaoU Soldiers ?Tor New Mexico. TOPERA, Kansas, May 10-The One Hundred and Twenty-fifth colored regiment, Colonel Dun can, passed through hore to-day, en route to Fort Union, New Mexico, accompanied by a train of ?one hundred and fifteen wagons. Many of the offi cers bave their families with them. batt Matrices?? NRVT ODXZANS, May 11.-Cotton atiffer; salea 3500 bales; low middling Si to 83o : receipts 1325 balea: week's receipts 6709 balea against 18,888 halo, last week; week's export? 8233 bales; stock 151,309 balsa. Gold 130. Sterling exchange 141. Kew York exchange y, premium. Freights to New York nominal at $2 per bale; to Liver pool 9-1? to fid. Flour-.Superfluo $10 35. Corn Mixed 83 to B5o. Gold-130; Sterling 41. PIJILAIIXLVHIA, May 11.-Petroleum firm at 10 Vi to 27c IT crudo ; 42 to 42 Vic tor rod nod in bond, ant S8 to 62c for refined free. Flour firm; Western extra $10 to {11 SO. Wheat firm ; good and prime red at f 2 65 to 2 Tu; white at $3 80 to |8. Corn-yellow at 81 to 83. Provisions tending upward; mota pork $81. Whiakey dud; Pennsylvania S3 25; Oblo $2 27. Ort-ciMNA-rr. Msy 11- Flour unsettled and prices norn* inal; holdera re?ase to rosko concessions. Wheit sold fro'ji ".0 to 16o lower; for Ko. 1 new spring $210, and old winter red 13 60 to 92 70. Corn unchanged; for No. 1 In elevator 68 to 60c. data unchanged; for No. 1, 46 to 47o in elevator. Rye firm at 80 to 85c. Whiskey dull at $2 23 in bond, and $2 20 dutv paid. Provisions ac tive, anda large business was done lu mess pork at $31 ; .bulk mea?s at 13 and 1 io for ?boulders and side?, and 17 for olear sides; bacon in good domand at Ki'.'o, and ldvic for shoulders and sidos, and lo Vi to 18& for clear ?Ides. Lard dull at 22o. Gold 1 IB Vi. CUIOAOO, May 11.-Klour dull. Wheat unsettled and Irregular; No 1 declined 2 to So; No 2 declined 6 to 10o; eales ot No 1 at $1 68 to 174, cloning at $1 C9), ; No 3 ranged from $1 16 to 120. Corn declined lo, closing atendy at 61 Ko for No 1. Oats dall and deoUned 1 to i >,c; eales at si Vi to 32c for No 1. High wines inactive. Mess porn advanced 60o, closing firm. Frolghts firm but quiet; 10o on cor u to Buffalo. Receipts-3,000 bbls. flour, 28,000 bustiels wheat, 82,000 bushels oom, and 34,000 bushels oats. Shipments-7500 bbls flour, 40,000 bushels wheat, 34.000 bushels corn, and 85,000 bushels oats. MILWAUKEE, Msy 11-Flour dull and tending down ward. Wheat firm at .$186 for No. 1. Corn quitt?t coo for No>. 1. Oats firm st 37c. Freights-lOo on corn to Buffalo, Itecelpta-1700 bb's flour, 68,000 bushols wheat. Uhlpmenta-3000 bbls flour, 115,000 bushols wboat. ST. LOUIS, May 10-Flour firm at $9 SO to $11 for ?double extra, and $13 36 for ohoioe. Wheat stiff at $3 10 to $3 80 for common to fair fall; $2 40 to $3 60 for good primo, and $3 75 to $8 for choice. Oom firmer; salea at .64 to 73o. Oata firm at 42 to 45o. Bacon advanced to 18)io; ' lear sides held at lOoat tho eloae. Mess pork held at $80 60 to $31. Whiskey advanced to $2 19. The Now York Tribuno was started on a capital .of $1000, borrowed txvoney. . . ? . : -. tei ilt?i ? ifMl?. ,. M :? Nn.tlonn.1 Hunk? as Government Depoal torles. As greatly affecting tho pnblio interest, wo pub lish, and will continuo to do so, whatover may be intoroBting in regard to the national bank management of the country. Tho following article, from tho Baltimore Sun, a journal rccog nizod throughout tho land as a most moderate and truthful conservative commercial paper, we Bitbjoin, on "National Banks au Govornmont De positories" : "Tho resolution adopted by tho House of Representatives on Tuesday, directing tho Oommlttoo on Banking and Currency to in quiro into the circumstancos of tho failuro of tho Merchants' National Bank of Washington, and othor national banks, recently, also directs the Committoo to consider as to what farther legis lation is necessary in relation to that olass of banks, used as Qovernment depositories, to pro tect tho public intereats. Whether this shall ro ault in that most doairable thing, a change of the law so as to break up the practico of making national banks the depositories of the publio funda, remains to be seen. We are glad to see, however, a very gen oral expression in intelli gent journals-those capable of considering financial and other practical questions without reference to stupid partisanship-in favor of auoh an amendment of the law. To confine the deposit of Oovernment moneys, whether passed to the credit of disbursing officers or not, to the Bub-Treasuries, custom bouses, ?ko., in the cities, Booma the safest and most legitimate mode. Why the banks should bo aoleoted to take ohargo of the pnblio funds, when there are Qovornment in stitutions in all the leading oitioa adapted to the purpose, it would be difficult to divine-unlesa it be with the view of fostering speculation and stimulating prices, by furnishing the banks with additional large oapital to loan to tho varions elaeses of 'operators for a rise.' But it appears that under this Bystem the Oovernment haa aotually been mafic to pay interest on its own money. The Philadelphia Ledger relates, on good authority, that this curious feature in modern finance was workod in this way: A national bauk in New York city, the name of which could be given, got Itself designated a 'depository,' and procured a depoBit of $300,000 of publio monoy. The transfer was made by a chook on tho united States Assistant Treasurer at New York. The check was then deposited by tbo bank as its own money, and to ita own oredit, in the Treasury of the United States, at 5 per centum interest-and thus, inRtoad of tho bauk paying in terest to the Government, the Government^vas made to pay interest to its own debtor, tho bank. This financial aohiovement ia peculiar to tho 'designa ted depository' system. How often the dodge waa resorted to, it will be for the House Commit tee to inquire into and oxpoae, aa well sa to what extent the Government money baa been used through these institutions, all over tho country, for speculations in tho nocoastries of life, in fancy stocks, and even in elevating the gold premium by furnishing funds to gamblers with which to buy and carry gold. That able Republican paper, the New York Post, is among those that desire the immediato action of Congress on the subject. It says that if the banks established under tho au thority of the Government cannot be trusted with money on deposit, tho officers of the Government, should be put under a rigorous prohibition against making any deposits of the public money with those institutions. It seems, from this example of the Merchants' National Bank, that they are not eafe custodians of tho public funds. It is fortunato that they are not needed for this purpose. In the vaults of the Assistant Treaaurera of tho United States these funda may bo placed ia perfect aafety." JEFFERSON DAVIS INDICTED. Opening of United States Court at Norfolk. The Grand Jury Indict Jefferson Davis for Treason. BALTIMORE, May 11.-Yestcrdiy, Jefferson Davie was indicted for treason by the Grand Jury of the United States District Court, now in BOBB?OD at Norfolk, and the trial of the prisoner, it ia sup posed, will take place in Juno. Dr. Bigolow, of Alexandria, ono of tho members of tho Grand Jury, who reached Baltimore thia morning, says the a tut emeu t that Mr. J. O ?ling ham, the Foreman of the Grand Jury, declined serving as a member thereof, after bearing tho opening charge of Judge Underwood, is incorrect. Mr. Gilingham had nevor served on a jury before, and ?imply requested to be exoused from acting as Foreman, stating aa bia roason that be was afraid he was incompetent to fill the position. He made no objoction whatever to serving aa a mem ber of the Jury. SECOND DISPATCH. NOBFOLK, VA., May 11.-Late yesterday after noon the Graod Jury of the United States Circuit Court, in session in thia city, brought in a true bill against Jefferson Davie for treason, and ad journed until the first Tnosday in June, to meet In Bichmond. L_n NOBFOLK, VA , May 11.-Judge Underwood went North last night. He has a copy of tho bill of in dictment against Jefferson Davis. Tbe United State? District Court Com* menees Its Session at Norfolk-Iinportu.ut and Inte ?-riling Charge of Judge Under wood to the Grand Jury. The United States District Court met on Tues day last at Norfolk, Va., Judgo Underwood pre siding. Tho following gentlemen wore sworn in as Grand Jnrors : J. B. Bigolow, Alexandria; Isaac Snowden, Fairfax; John T. Taylor, Alexandria; J. Gilliniiham, Fairfax; George O. Harris, K. Hodg kin, L. D. Harmon, O. W. Nowland, Alexandria; F. Dacordy, George W. Singleton, JohnT. Daniels, John H. Boram, William G. Wobber, C. L. Colo, W. T. Harrison, Norfolk; William N. Tinsley, Wil liam Foy, Burnham Wardell, T. Eudlev.jr., Burn ham Davis, Bichmond; Charles H. Whitehurst, Norfolk. After the Grand Jury waa sworn in Judge Un derwood delivered the following charge : Gentlemen of the Grand Jury: The ah Boneo of tho Chief Justice imposes upon me tho duty of submitting to you some consider ations for your direction. To the last Grand Jury assembled in thia city my viewB in rolation to tho great crime of treason against the Government of the United States were fully presented, and were also BO extensively published aa not to re quire repetition. But the liability of persona who were then sub ject to the parole agreed upon by tho command ers of tho armlea whioh had been contending in daily conflict, was at that time an unadjudicatod and embarrassed question. Happily, however, the universal concurrence of judicial and logal authorities with tho opinion given by the Court upon that oocasion, haa relieved na of all doubt upon the subject. We are also, from tho changed condition of the country, aa the smoke of battle is clearing away, moro free to aet in the administration of civil Jus tit*?*. Except in special eases tho writ of habeas corpus is restored, and the restraint? of tho pa role having been remorad by the proclamation of peace, it becomes our duty to proceed in the in ... i - - * . vcatigation and punishment of sonio of tim crimes whioh havo boon committed against our laws. The omission of the last Grand Jury to find in dictments against thoso who muy ho considorcd tho principal criminals and greatest offenders against tho national sovereignty, who wore, in fact, tho most prominent in punition at tho timo thoy deserted thoir places in the Rennte of tho Unit ml Staten, and became loaders of the rebellion, has boon misunderstood, and tho President has intormod the Court that ho is unwilling to advise proceedings against such subordinates us Wins, while their superiors and moro guilty loader* are not brought to justice This Court entirely agrees with tho President iu bia oftcn-ropcated declara tion, that treason is tho greatest of crimes and ought to bo signally punished, and that it id cow ardly to punish the'subordinate mid comparative ly insignificant, and allow tho principals to escape Wo also concur in the opinion that tho leaders in tho late rebellion may be. treated either as traitor* or public onomies, as they.wcro undoubtedly both by lim laws of nations. It is duo, however, to tho late Grand Jury to say that their omission to find indictments against the greater criminals, when presenting thoBO o? inferior position and prominence, was caused by the knowledge that tho leaders had neon previoUBIV indicted in Washington, and the Jury was unwilling to seem vindictive, or to do any act not dom-iidod by the s tornea t and clearest duty. Sinoe that timo tho Attornoy General baa published his opinion that Washington is not the pronor placo of trial, but that tho trial should be m Virginia, where the actual offences had been committed. We thoreforo submit the matter to your consideration. Much complaint has been inado by our fellow citizens of the North, of the tardiness of our crimi nal proseoutions. We tbiuk it better, io imitation of the great and good martyred Lincoln, and in imitation of the Great Bulor of tbo Univnrso, whoBO judgments and retributions are slow but snre, that weahould approach this great quostion of tho punishment of the terrible and unprovoked rebellion with all possible deliberation, discrimi nation, caution and clemency, so that no unneces sary blood shall bo added to the torrents that have already soaked the aoil of our devoted State. Those at the North who assail us seem to for get our peculiar circumstances. That education whioh ia almost uuiversal with them is hero con fined within very narrow limits; that the masses of the people with na who cannot road are neces sarily depondont on the educated few for thoir opinions and conduct; and hence the necessity of greater care and discrimination in ascertaining guilt and inflicting punishment. It may bo said that ignorance is not an excuso for crime in a freo government; but tho truth is, Virginia has never had a really, freo government, nor could freedom exist for any class whero nearly half the people were held io abject slavery. By an irrepoalable law of nature, whenever wo fastou one end of the chain upou a fellow-being, the other and heavier ond is linked around our selves, corroding our bodies, until the iron enters our very souls. We insist, therefore, that the masses of our pcoplo were BO profoundly igno rant of tho condition of public aff.irs, and so mis led and deceived by tue intensely selfish and wicked aristocracy, as not to bo morally reBoonsi ble for their participation in the late rebellion, and that it would be adding cruolty to injustice to hold them BO. To convince tho most skeptical on this subject, let us look at tho condition and history of the First Congress! mai District in this State. That district contains more than four times the territo ry of tho rich, prosperous, enlightened, happy, liber y-and-Pfjuality-loving State of Rhode Island; once the soat of learning and of boasted Virginia hospitality, tho birth-place of four Presidents of the United Staten, embracing the site of the first English settlement in America, tho City of James town, which, now moro fallon than Tyro or Sidon, or Sodom or Gomorrah, has not enough of ruins oven left for bats to tilt or owls to hoot in. In tho nineteen counties of that district, thero is not now, as its Bepresentative in. Congress thirty years ago boaatea, a single newspaper pub lished, and so lum? has tho school-master been abroad, that?probably n***ro than thren-fourthe of its native-grown men and women can neither read nor write. Blinde Island, with its half million acres, has nearly donblo the population,'ten times the wealth, enterprise and education, and con tributes to the national Treasury moro than twenty timca the amount of that district, with ita moro than two millions of fertile acres lying ou both sides of tho Chesapeake Bay, and on the great rivers James, York, Bappahannock, and Po tomac, having the greatest o-imraercial, oyster, and fishing capabilities of almost any district in the United States. What a forcible illustration of the truth that justice, equity, industry and vir tue, or as the Biblo says, "Godliness id profitable for tho life that now is as well as that which is to come. That righteousnoss exalteth a nation, but sill is a roprojch to any pcoplo." We would not object to the sentiment of the old and eccentric member of Congress from the First District if he only referred to those treasonable newspapers which havo advocated rebellion, for they nave indeed been a curse to us all, bringing fire and sword, desolation and death, not only upon Bichmond, but upon every extremity of tho State. If we earnestly consider the origin aud inquire into tho causo of our calamities; if wo ask why have our i ivers, like ancient Nile, ran blood ? why nine wc, like the Egyptians, been overwhelmed in a Bed Boa, while we were trying to prevent our selves from eeoapin*: to a land of freedom? why have our first-born been cut down by tons of thousands until the voice of mourniug and lamen tation fills tho land as it once did the land of Pharaoh ? why havo wo Buffered so many plagues as once visited the proud and stubborn oppressors of the old Israelites? wo shall find tho answers to be, because, in the language of reason and philos ophy, wo have made war upon tho rights of human nature. Or. in the language of the old Hebrews, because we nave oppressed the poor, and because the God of the poor is determined to write with His own hand His abhorrence of slavery and op pression all over our land in characters so legible that neither we nor onr children's children can ever mistake His mind and will in coming genera tions. To our shame and disgrace it must be admitted that, so far as we are advised, every one of the numer?os conflicts of races whioh have occurred in this State during the past years/has been tho wanton and unprovoked work of wicked white men upon poor, quiet, unoffending and, in most oases, unarmed and unresisting colored people. Why should we murder, rob or interrupt them, barn their school-houses and churoh.ee, insult and at tack the toachers who, in the cause of improve ment and elevation and Christian oharity, have come to us from the ever-friendly North in the samo spirit that brought them in 1855 to this de voted city, when the scourge of yellow fever was here in its wrath? Lot us not forgot that thon, as now, it was to the North and its generous people that we had to look in our want for aid and assistance. - Unless a stop is put to such violence and out Tatjo upon the freedraen, we can nevor expeot re lief from the presonce of Northern bayonets, and admission to the rights and privilege-* of the Fed eral Union, but we shall become the by-word and scorn of the wbole civilized world. Wo shall be considered barbarians, and bo justly excluded from the sympathies of-all Christian mon. It is jour duty, gentlemen of the Jury, to soe to it tbst a people who were loyal and true to the nation's flag iu tho timo of trial and dangor shall be pro tected against the persecution of thoso who, fresh from the scenes of tro/.LOU and rebellion?}- aro pur suing their victims with most infernal hate, for no apparent reason exoept thoir fidelity and devotion to the country. We fully appreciate the magnitude and difficulty of tho task set before you; the monstrous wrong with which you are called to grapplo, like the giant hydra, still lifts some of its many heads, whioh yon mnat strike down, or they will continue to disturb the publio tranquihty. It would bo childish to expoct that so groat an iniquity could be extirpated in a single year, or even in a singlo generation. It should bo remembered that it had invaded every source of public, private, so cial, and domest?o life. Not only did it control the pnblio press and all -political partios in thia I State, but, with rare exceptions, it spoke from all our pulpit?, perverting the gospel of human brothernood into the gospel of hacia-. ehaUlc hood, and of the absolute submission of a i part to ("ho hut anil avarico of tho rest of hu man kind. Our religious tcachors had forgot ton to preach the wrong of withholding tho biro of labor, trad ing in the bodies and souls of our follow uit-n, of scparatim* husband? and wives, parents and chil dren, and sending them to a returnless distance from each other, and from tho homos of their liv iiiK and tho graves of thoir dead; and had become, with nomo worthy and glorious exceptions, pan dt-rers and apologists of tim lust and violence of the master, who, lo return for their services, wore willing to feed ti ?-m on tho fat ot tho land. Our legislators, instead of following tho Christian law requiring much when) much is given, aud pro portioning accountability to the gifts and talents of nature, had intablishcd the reverso enact nieutu, punishing tbo ignorant and uneducated, whom ft wits mailo a crime to onlighteu, with death for many offencos, ?biota, whon committed by the educated and privileged, wore eatistlcd with fino or imprisonment. Our courts of jiiblico had proclaimed tho in famous doctrine that dusky men had no rights which white men were bound to respect; and into this very temple or law a pious woman had boen dragged as a criminal for an act which might) al most invito an archangel to come down from the niant-ion?? of tho blest-fur toaching tho poor chil dren of oppression and of licensed wrong to road the llitilt? and tho laws made not to govern them, but to crush out of them every fooling of hu manity. And worst of all and most to be deplored, waa tbo prostitution of our homos, the very heart sod seat of domestic purity, the poisoning of which is fatal to all moral vitality and death- to public and private happiness. The subjection of the women of one complexion to the wild fury of unbridled licentiousness, and, as a consequence, denying to the womeu of our own complexion the holy rites of marriage, or making, in thousands of cases, those rites as much a .mickery as a conscious traitor's oath, were proclaimed on every planta tion in the bleached faces of the children ot the slave women, bleached by tbe blood of the first families, until hardly half our births were of law ful wedlock, and until it would seem that mascu lino virtue must bo nearly extinct in tbe proud circles of the chivalrio aristocracy of the But?. Your duties under these circumstances, are both difficult and dangerous, for yon are called upon to oppose tho worst passions of very des perate men, who will make vigorous efforts to verify their often repeated prodictions that freo dom would bring rum and oxtcrminitiou upou the colored people, and it is possible that you may meet with violence for a faithful discharge of your duties, as one of tho last Grand Jury has al ready done. But better, a thoua<tnd times better, to fall by tho hand of the assassin, as Lincoln and Dixon hftvo fallon, or die under the mockery of pretended forms of law, as our Saviour did, in the causo of freedom and humanity, than to shrink like cowards from our public trust*?, in order to drag out a few more years of ignoble lite boforo filling uuhouored graves. The laws of Congress, which will guido your action, are iustinct with equitv, and are ample, if fearlessly administered, to cheon and humbio the moat d?liant, differing essentially in this rocpect from tbo laws of our State Legislature, whioh, like those of an ancient hoathun nation, seem "like cobwebs made lo catch tho weak, but to permit the strong to break through them." Yours is the rough pioneer work of removing the great obstruction of crime and violence from our midd, so that education, intellectual, moral and rolie ious. education very different in kind and degree from the past, may oomn to oure the evils under which wo suffer. ?Micro there is so much vice to be reclaimed, ig norance to beeulightened, and misery to be allevi ated, we bono the teacher and tbo missionary will como, and tb?at a culturo and refinement will vet bo seen approaching that which now bless? s Mas sachusetts and Now England; and that the time may be hastened when our people shall feel and act like brethren of the same blood, children of the same Almighty Bonofactor, who permits all alike to range the same earth, breathe the same air, bask in tho same sunshine, and dwell undor the samo -celestial canopy, thus teaching our duty and inviting our imitation. When joining in efforts for mutual aid, we shall forget the torrible past and the gloomy present; the bitter fruits of ages of violenoo and oppres sion on our side, and of misery, ignorance and degradation on the other. 8ince the adjournment of the last Grand Jury, the attention of the Oourt has been particularly called to our disloyal Press, by the hignoat military authority in the country, with a view to the punishment of its treason and excitement rf rebellion. While concurring entirely with the Lieutenant General, and the distinguished soldier and accom plished lawyer who commands the Department of Virginia, in tho propriety of abating by military power such papers during the supromaoy of mar tial law, aud recognizing the distinction between liberty and licontiousuess, after mature reflection, ive doubt tho policy of suppressing by the Courts papers treasonable as any even in this --tate. Aside from au unwillingness to limit the free dom of the press, it is submitted that the cause of good government may gain moro by tho expo sure of treasonable designs through the most dis loyal press than it would by puuishment and sup pression. By restraiut the disease would not be cured, but would only becomo concealed, and more dangerous by concealment. The vanity, egotism and heartlessness of our disloyal editors can, with their limited circulation, do littlo harm except to themselves and tbeir frieuds. Their attacks upon good men only dis play their own malignity, and greatly endear those they assail to the hearts and sympathies of the true friends of freedom and the country. It :s not intended to urge these views, and they are submitted with great diffidence sinoe they Beem to conflict with such eminent patriotism and high authority. Your attention is called to the laws against counterfeiting and passing the counterfeit cur rency of the United States ; and also to violations of the revenue and postal laws of the United States, with the hope that you will be troubled with few cases under them, and after a short ses sion be permitted to return to your homes, con scious of a faithful discharge of your important duties. After the Judge cono'uded the charge, J. Gil lingham, Foreman of the Jury, aroso, and after making a few remarks explanatory of bis calling, "as a man of peaee and good-will to all men," he rospeotfully requested the Judge to excuse him from serving apon the Jury, as ne felt himself to tally incompetent to handle the tools spoken of in the charge. "He did not know bow to use them." The Judge held the request under advisement. ??. Proceeding? In Congress on tbe lltli. In the Senate the joint resolution of the House to provide for carrying into immediate effect tho Bill for the bettor organization of tho l'..y Depart ment of the Navy was passed. Mr. Chandler callod np the resolution to prevent the introduc tion of cholera into the United States, which was discussed by Messrs. Humnor, Morrill and John son, until tho expiration of the morning hour. Hie Postoffioe Appropriation Bill was then taken up, the ponding question being on Mr. Trnmbull's amendment, providing that no compensation bo paid to any Assistant Postmaster until his ap pointment is confirmed by the Senate, unless commissioned to fill a vacancy occasioned by doath, resignation or expiration of office during tho recess of the Senate. Tho Senate was ad dressed by Mr. Howard and Mr. Cowan. The vote being reached the amondmont was disagreed to; yeas lu, nays 23. The Bill WAB then passed. . ? ? a ? A MAOON exobange says : "We are sorry to learn that the long continued wet weather has had a very bad effect on tbe wheat crops of this section. Many tils utera are complaining that tbeir wheat has already takon tbo rust, and they fear that this important crop will be eerloaHly dam aged, ii not wholly destroyed. We hope that tbeir apprehensioneQwill not be realized, as thousands of onr pooplo must suffer if the wheat crop fails, In the meantime, let farmers look well after their .Kirn crops, and see to it that sufficient broad shall be matlo, if all other crops fail." J- ?*>.? , ?? The Fronch exhibition building in the Champ de Mars is progressing rapidly. The great palais de L'lndustrlo will bo oompleted by the mouth of July, whela exhibitor? will bo able to commence operational.. ? lill, I fil A It It I ED, On the 8tb of May, by the Itov. K T. WAM-H, at the residence of tim bride's father, near "MgelleM O. H., JENNIE M., daughter o? tho Hon. F. W. PICKKN?, to K. MITOUFLL WHALfcY. all of this 8Ute. * On Wednesday evening, tho Oth inat., at ?If? ro?idence of the brid??'? undo, by the Itov. J. O. C-JOAN. LAU HENCE A. DUVAL to PRIbCILLA E. POINGI?NO**., both of this City. * OUTOABT. DIED, on the 14th lust, of Whooping Gough, SUSAN, youngest daughter of the late Dr. THEODORE T. and IjAiiniET P. Gounwn, of St. John's Berkley, aged three ycara ami six months. a-i' Tho llolativcsaml Friends of Mr?. HAnnii-T P. GommIN are lu vi ted to attend the Funeral Servlcoat tho rcalilcnco of hor brother, PKTU O. GAILLAIILV N?n I? Church stroet, at Eleven o'c'ock This Forenoon. May 15_ JB_- Tl?e Relative?, Friend? and Acquaint ances of Mr. and Mrs. DONOVAN aro respectfully invii ed to attend tho Funeral of tho latter, from her late residence, southeast cormr of Queen and Stato strcoU, This Afternoon, at Throe o'clock precisely. M?y 15 . URN MIlUL & UNill ANNOUNCE TO THEIB FRIENDS AND THE PUB LIO that they bave eatabllahod themselve?as APOTHE CARIES and DRUGGISTS at Uio NORTHWEST COR NER OF EINBAND MABK IST 8TBEBTS? Thoir stock baa been carefally selected by one of the finn, in per son, and obtained chiefly from SOH.EFFLBN A BBOS., and Dr. E. B. SQUIBB, Manufacturer of Specialties. They offer a choleo variety of PERFUMERY, FANOY ABTIOLES, and FRENCH PROPBIETABTB_MEDIES. Special attention will bo paid to the PUTTSING UP OF PBESOBIPTIONS ; efficient olork? htwlag been -cured ; and one of the firm will al ?rays be In-attend ance. Dru. RAOUL & LYNAH wUlialsoattend? to their Professional duties from thia Stcro. _ay A For the Army, for the Navy, and for Every One. The world Is BO inundated now with modioit-s of every description whioh are warranted aures for every known and unknown, ap?eles of disease, that tho sufferer finds It almost impossible to distinguish between good and bad. Boma of theso wondoiiu1 fluida profesa to cure every complaint known to tho Materia Medica. In speaking of HOSTETTEII'S BITTEns, we refer to a prepara tion which limita Itself to one department of the body the stomach-tho Irregularities and disorders of which it not only claims to cure, but does. Its reputation has become world-wide, and from the Pacific to the Atlantic, in both beni-pherea, and in evi ry latitude and zone, It is known and employed aa a icinodl-1 ?gont Persons who have been repeatedly deceived, perhaps, cannot bo convinced that Hoatetter'a Bitters will eflect sure, rapid, and permanent cures But tilla assertion ia confirmed by testimonial letters from, the most dis tinguished mon In the country. All who have occa used these Bitters keep them now by their eldo as a safeguard, believing that ".in ounce of prevention is bet ter than a pound of cure." The digestive organa which have been violated and prostrated by excesalve or Irregular Indulgence of appe tite, will be restored to their normal condition by tho uae of this wonderful medicine.-Boston traveller. May U_6 Wonderful but True ! MADAME REMINGTON. THE WORLD RENOWNED Astrologtst and Somnambulistic Clairvoyant, while In a clairvoyant state, deUneates the very features of the por son you are to marry, and by the aid of an Instrument of intense power, known as the Paychomotrope, guar antees to prodnce a periect and life-like picture of the future husband or wife of the applicant, wltb dato of marriage, occupation, leading traits of character, &c. Thia Is no imposition, as testimonials without number can* assert By stating pi ice of birth, age, disposition, color of eyes and hair, and enclosing fifty cents, and stamped envelope addressed to yourself, you will re ceive the picture by return mall, together wltb desired Information. Address in confidence, Midamo GERTRUDE REM INGTON, P. O. Box 2?7, West Troy, N. Y. May 8 _tuths3mo "MRS. WINSLOW, An experienced Norse and Female Physician, Present? to the attention of Mothers her Soothing Syrup, FOB CHILDREN TEETHING, "V_ch greatly facilit?t- tho process of Teething, bj softening the gums, reducing all inflammations, w11) allay ALL PAIN and spasmodic action, and Is SURE TO REGULATE THE BOWELS. Depend upon It, mothers, It will give rest to joureelvea, and Relief and Health to Your infauts, We have put up and sold this ortiolo for over thlrtj years, and can say in confidence and truth of It what an have never been ablo to say of ?-> othor modleine NEVER HAS IT FAILED IN A SINGLE ?NSTANOS 70 EFFECT A CURE, when timely used? Never did ** e know of an lnstanc? of dissatisfaction by any ona wLO need it On the oonlrary, all ara delighted with its ope rations, and speak In terms of oommendatlon of Iti magical effects and medical virtuos. We speak In thb matter "what we do know," after thirty years' expa rlenoe, and PLEDGE OURSELVES FOR THB FULFIL MEST OF WHAT WE HEBE DECLARE In simon every instance where the infant is adfferlng from paix and exhaustion, reliof will bs found in fifteen or twent? minutes after the syrup Is administered. Full directions for using will accompany eaoh bottle None genuine unless the foo simile of OUBTIS A PER. KINS, New York, Is on the outside wrapper. Sold by all druggiats throughout the world. Price only 33 Cents per Bottle. For sale by KING & CASSIDEY, February M_fimo_Charleston AT GIFT ENTERPRI8E81 ! I-TO ANY ONE acquainted with the enormous profits made from tho sale of WATOHE8. JEWELBY AND FANO? GOODS Ken era Hy, It cannot be dented that Gift Enterprises can be honorably conducted, giving to buyers the full ?ortli of their money, and at the same timo affordln? the seller a fair prout, A firm long in trade and moat renp'c'obly connected, have resolved to offer their entire ?took for sale on tho popular plan of one price por artlole, con ducting tho concern (which Is duly llcouied according to lawi on the mott lair and liberal baals, ao that evory one patronising carnot fall to obtain fal.y the worth of the money invested, while one In a certain number will have a hundred-fold return. That they may not be ac cused of deception, they prop?- sending a sample worth $3 with circular tree, to any one who may wtab to teat the legitim soy of the concern. Tims you see It coats you nothing to make the trial, while It may bring you a handsome present; try it I Send your address to Box 6768, PoBtoT.co, New York city._6?_May 14 AT ALL PERSONS HAVING DEMANDS again?t the Estate of the late WM. H. __4J_< will present them properly attested and those Indebted will make payment to EDWARD StBBING, May li m3 . v. A___istrator. i \ SPECIAL NOTICES. O*- BOAHD OF MANAOERH, CITY ELEC TION.-Tbo members of this Hoard aro requested to moot at the City Hall, TAU Afternoon, at C o'clock, on business c< nnected with tho proUst. A punctual nttc-udanco la rcf-uef-tod. _^I?? H_2_J.NQ. U MILLEU, Cli?ktrinan. ?-COLLEGE LECTUI.ES.-PK? S 11) E NT MIDDLRTON will Lo-turo in tho Chapel of ttta Cottage of Charleston, This Evening, at 8 o'clock. Subject-"Political Morals. " 1 May l,r, ?ya- Ml?8. E. O. RUSSELL WILL I IE A It OF something to hor advantago by callinR at thia ofBoa be tween the hours of 10 and 12 M. 1? ?ste*, 15 * BW AT A MEETINO OB' TIlEEAC?TaE PIKE ENOINE COMPANY, hold at tho Engine Hone, tho foi* lowing Resolution waa unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the thanks of thin company ho tender ed to the Hon. Wa Al ?IN and J K. HOUIHSON, Ken. for rtirt-shmeuti furnished at the fin? in Elizabeth at. JOHN HEEbEMANN, May 16 _1* -? Secretary E 1.' E. Co. ?W THE OFFICEB8 AND MEMBEliS OF THE ASHLEY (?oiored? PIBE COMPANY, No. 9, ?turn their sincere thanks to Mr. ?IAMES BOBEX-TBON for refresh ments furnished them at the fire in Elizabeth street, on tH.8 morning ot the 14th 1* May 15. **| .B-NOTIOE TO CONSIGNEES-Colij 8IGNEE8 per schooner 8. H. CADY, Irom Daltlmoro, ara- notified that ?ho will commonce discharging cargo This Day, at Brown's South Wharf. Gooda romainlng on the Wharf at sum sot-- will be- stored at the risk an<l ex pense of owncra. BTREET BBOTHEB8 fe CO. May 15_1 BW NOTICE l8 HEREBY GIVEN THAT, IN THREE-MONTHS after date, application will be made to tho Belief Loan Association for renewal of Certificate of Stock No. 188 in the name of JOHN J. LAVAR, the ori ginal baring been lost. ANN C. LAKAR, May 1* _lmo8'_Administratrix. ?S-CON8IGNEE3 PER STEAMSHIP BIONEKA, irom Now York, aro hereby notiiloil that she 1? T'Ait Day discharging her cargo-atV Atlantic Wharf. All Goods ro mslnlng on tho Wharf at sunset will bo ?torcd at risk and expense of owners. A. GETTY k CO , May 14 2 Manggtag Owners and Consignees. BW TAKE PAR riCULAR NOTICE.-1? OLD SLIP. NEW YORK, 8th MAY. 1806.-To tho Consignees of the MATTIE E. TABOR, Oapt ARNOLD, bound from Philadelphia to Charleston, and all whom it may con cern : I, GsonoK DAVIS, of 10 Old Slip, Merchant of tho City and State of Now York, hereby givo you uotico not to pay over any money or moneys dalmo?! to bo duo, or due and payable, to tbo said Capt. AKNCLD, arising from, the freight of tho said Schooner "MATTIE E TABOR" said moneys or money being my property until her re turn to Now York, and completion of Charter Party, da'.od March :)0th, 1866. And ehould you part wlUi auch money or moneys in defiance i't t'iU notice, I shall hold you each, and evory ono, hablo in damages to me. I hold vessel ti fullfil her said Charter Party, dated as above, Maroh 30tb, 18CC. May 14_4_Q DAVIS. ?W-BOINEST & BURKE RECEIVE THE latest New York DAILIES ovory afternoon. Price 10 centa. atutU April 31 J?-NOTICE-ALL PERSONS HAVING ANY de nanda against tbe estato of the late LAURENCE M. KEITT will present them, proporly attested, on or before the 1st of July next, to Messrs. MOWlUp? k CO., North A Han Ho Wharf. B. 8. K.E1T r, April 80_ftuia_Administratrix. ?- ESTATE NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAV ING claims against the lato CHAULES L. TUEN HOLM will present the same properly attested, and persons In debted will make payment to GEOBOE A. TRENHOLU, Jr., Fraser'? Wharf. PORTIA A. TRENHOLM, Msy 8 tu3 Administratrix. OW FINAL NOTICE_ALL PERSONS HAV ING any demands against tlio Estate of the lato WIL LIAM DOOLEY will prevent them, duly attested, on or before the 25ta Instant, or they will he debarred pay ment; and any oue indebted to him will make payment to me by that time. JOHN E. BOWERS, Ma; 8 tu3 Qualified Executor. ??NOTICE. -|THREE MONTHS AFTER date, application will bo made to the 1 lmoro Mutual In surance Company for renewal of Certificate No. 133, for 10 8haros in said Company-said Gi rtiflcato having been destroyed or lost by the uro in Columbia. March 6 tu3mo_CHAS- P. 8BIERB. BW EXECUTOR'S NOTICE-ALL PERSONS having claims against the Estate of Mrs. REBECCA D. PINCKNEY, will present them, proporly ntte8ted;and those indebted will mako payment to ARTHUR P. LINING, Attorney at Law, No. 49 Broad-street, 8. J. MACWOOD, Qnalifled Execntor. April g_1\ 30-may 8,15. 85 OW NOTICE.- NINETY DAYS AFTERDATE application will be mado to tho City Council of Charles ton for renewals of CERTIFICATE OF SIX PEE CENT. S1 OCK, sUndlng in the name C. MAITLAND JOYE, to wit : Issue of 1857, No. 765, poriod 61, for three thou sand one hundred and fifty dollars ($3150) ; Issue of 1857. period 06, for eighteen hundred dollars ($1800)-tho original being either lost or mislaid. April 13_ap!3 ?.-JOmylS.VSlJelG &30Jyll ffl-W NOTICE.-NINETY DAYS AFTERDATE, I shall make application to the City Council of Charlea, ton for renewal of Scrip of City Six par Cent. Stock, No. 203, dated July 21st, 1867, for $17,500. Al BO, to tho Charleston Gas Light Company, for renewal of Scrips Nos. 868 for five shares, 1209 for ono share, 408 for two sharer, and 081 for two shares-the original Certificates being either lost or mislaid. G. POZNANSKI. March 15_mhl5;apl,15;myl.l6*Jet OW NOTICE l8 HEREBY GIVEN THAT? ninety days alter date I will apply to tho City Council of Charleston, for renewal of Certificates of City 6 pax cent. Stock, tho originals being destroyed by fire. Tho following are the amounis : No. 1048, poriod GO, for $5080, in the nomo of SOLOUOH LEO ABB. No. 662. for $36.30, issue of October, 1853. No. 1860, period 38, for $110, issue ol 18*7. No. 1867, period 44, for $630, Issuo of 1867. No. 1868, period 01, for $ 00. Issuo of 1867. No. 181,9, p. rio?! 71, for $180, Issue of 1857, in tha name of SOLOMON E. LEOAKK. 80LOMON LEGARE, March 20 mh20,30;ap 16,30;my 15,31000,18? BW HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAH* RBNEWER BENEWS TUE HAIR. HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR RE NEWER Restores gray hair to the original OOIOT. HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR BE NEWER Proventa the hair from tailing oft. HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN IIATR RE NEWER Makes the hair soft and glossy. HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR RE NEWER Doea not stain the (kin. HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR BE NE WER Ia? proved itself the beat preparation for the hair oner presented to the publia. Price $1. For salo by all drugglsta. Wholesale by KING & 0ASSIDET, March l8 tsljrr* Cl-uri^Um.