The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, May 21, 1866, Image 1

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. A " J VOLUME II....N0. 207.I CHARLESTON. S. O., MONDAY MORNINO. MAY 21. 186G. [PRICE PrVP. *~i-. vrr. BY TELEGRAPH. ??.-1 Con^r.'a.slotaHl !Yi\r*. WASHINGTON, May ViJ.-Tlicro waa nothing dom in CoiiRrcBB jcterday beyond tho anual routine apoc'ch-mabiiig; reconstruction being tho principa topic of diecuneion. Immense Johnson :?I<<tLng In Plkil mit ljilii?, PitiLADELPiili,' B?nV 19 -There wan an i m?nense Joia?rKON iiiootitiir at tho Academy of Music to night. Senator* DOQLITTI.E and COWAN address-od the audience;1 tho latear named among Hie sup", portera of tho Presidont Generala GnANT, SUEU JIAN, Secretaries SP.WAIU?, STANTON, WELLES, and other members, Milich announcement produ?od immenao cheering. Ijhcro waa great enthuuia?pi. / -j-FH---i- I l .lai^aiTE' ISTEWS. -i - NctTS from New Orlcnns. NEW OBLEAI?S, May lG.-~Sunator Gwyn fias ar rived. Ho wai released on'-.parolo without tdthor. conditions. Ho refused to tako the oath or to leave the country. Ile. is visiting his friends to day. The trial of Ganbors' murderers ia pro gressing. Thors is a greift crowd-and much ex citement. * ' Wi?mor, of Virginia, is the favorite oandidato for Bishop to-day. The steamer Circes, from Havana, 12th, is at quarantine. Late dates from Cuba say that Gen. Dulco has returned from the Isle of Pines, and was proparing io leave via New York. His successor had already left Spain. Tho fiscal budget for tho yoars 1865 an 1 18G6 exceeds for duties alone thirteen mil lions, a great.advance ovor any provious year. General Toomba left Havana for Euf ope on tho 10th. The sugar crop for this year is estimated at half a million boxes. Freights wcro doll. The stock of sugar in Havana ia heavy. The Epiaco . pal Convention at this city (New Orleans) has or ganizod. Tho port quamutine establishment has eon turned over to the State authorities. The Mechanics' and Agricultural Fair for the Mississippi Valley opens November 20. Exhibit ors are solicited from/ the whole country. A large amount of monoy has been raised, and the grounds are to bo handsomely adorned. ' Xiouioianiaud pro poso to bring back ex-Go vernor Allen's remains from Mexico. News from Mexico, Honduras, ?Sec. - i^^^w!^^*^!!^ 'tt^hi^iflssfirtijl left Mexico for Cuernavnc.? on tho 1st inet. Smith's pjan fur draining the Valley of Mexico lias been acceplod and a dooroo issued. The Imperialista have reoccupied the Pacific coast, and tho "umpire" is unusually quiet. ' British Hondnras advices to the 10th ?nat. have, been received. Tho Colony was healthy and pros perous. Drainiog and agricultural improvements on a largo.acaluwoi o progressing,/. Brownsville adiicea state thafr-'Ejrooborlo, with ,-2,000 men, waa iii the, neighborhood of China, pre . -pan?g fur Ali advance on' Monterey. ' _^, ". iif'il.h''?ir aJrlTei-sidn Vnvi?. ?t KEW YOBK, May l8.-A letter from FortrosB Monroe to the New York Herald says thorn ia no doubt of tho fact that .the health of, Jefferson Davia is rapidly failing, and adds :._... Slowly, but Mindy, he has boen breaking down. He cannot walk but a short distance now without , stopping to take rent. Recently his appetite hat? quite sLMisibly-failed. His preteniaturully palo and emaciated appearance, and- s'.ow, tottering walk ahow clearly ona greatly, if hot irrevocably, . imT paired in health. At length the ollicer?' begin to note these growing changes, and have serious apprehonsions that ho miy dio a prisoner in their, hands. From all I oan learn, Secretary Mcculloch went away impressed with the ?arno idea. - ' Confirmation of tia? Hopnrt-rvinot j'-iiimr Federal Soldiers JJIaiderod. ' SAN FEANCIBCO, M ?y 14.-A letter from Charles - Hamilton, dated Williams'Fork, Arizona, April 30, seems to confirm the massacre at Fort Goodwin. He statoB that the. massacre occurred ten days provious, and that of two companies of regulars, Third battalion. Fourteenth regiment, consisting of one bundled tu'jn, only seven escapod. Tho remainder were murdered and sralpod. Tho Apaches reaped a rich harvest, carrying ol? arms, ammunition, commissary stores. <?c. A number . of eupposcd friendly Indians wqiu admitted into ? f the fort, and surprised the garrison. A tribe, culb ?1 tho Iinolapos, had murdered one man, and eoniniilte.il other outrages, in the vicini ty of Williams' Fork? Lieutenant ?ervautee, Company A, with twonty aix men, attacked tho ApucheB, forty miles east of Camp Lincoln, about March 24, killing twenty two, wounding flvo, and capturing two. The samo party waa planning an attack upon the largo rauohes. Conflicting. R>p?rU- Tim Story of tbe Mas sacre Denied? SAN FBANCISOO. May 16.-Dispatchoa recoived at the military headquarter*, from General Mason, dated April SO, says that tho report of .tho massacre at Fort Goodwin H without foundation. Advices received at the military'headquarters . -from Arizona,.?tato that the xgcent murder of Hunfa Yuma, Chief of tho_iIu?!api tribe, by a party of whites, ia'.re veng? -for ?y'ltpurdor com mitted by vagrant Indiana, ia tho causo of the Uk s log-up or nr?nibv tim Hualapi tribo"against tiio " wJtStes in C-jfara?^valley. "....:. : {jW . , , . , AHOTHCaV ?KrORT.' ' , 1. SAH FBANcrtoo, May ?15.- The military authori ??? ties? hare infoihntiota from General Mason, dated April 25, who says nothing about the massaore'at Fort Goodwin. A letter, with a late date, from Yuma, discredits the report. . II ia noir said here that, the Fourteenth regiment coula not have reached Fort Gibson before. April 39... . - ... y For Enrope-llenry Shipment of Specie. NEW YOBK, M?y.l6>-The steamer Kcotia flailed at noon for Liverpool, taking $3,000,000 in.%pecie. The steamer bangaroo also sailed to-day, taking out $375,000 in specie. < l?tate f.Inrlu ta. Haw YnnK, MUT IB.-Flour declined 10 to lSo; sooth ern, S10 60 to IS It. Wheat declined 2 to So; corn, 1 to 2o. Beef steady: Pork and lard finn. Whiskey doll. Cotton firm; sales, 1800 balea at B6o. Hu gar. and naval .tores quiet (ima, ISO. . ; UALTIMUUB. Miy l8-Flour and wheat quiet. Corn Arm; white, 86c; yellow, ??3c. Oats advancing; sales at ?33 to Olo. ftos-ltoui steady. Oolloo dull; demand light. ... . 1 CHICAGO, May 17.-Flour dull and declined li>@25c: | the demand Is entirely tor local Irado. Wheat opened panicky at a deolino of 10o, with sales at $1.05. subso- | quontly rallying to 11.02? 1.63, and closing hnsettlod at ?1 C2@l.r>a>,. Ojru steady st 40.'i<?3Slo, aojd dosing at. outside prion. Oila steady at lMV?@a1i?o. , HJghwlnos, aomlnal. Freights ate *dy. Itecelpis-00 0 Thuin. FJ??ur, 32,000 bushels Wheat, 128,000 bushels C >rn, * 1,000 bush-, els Oats Hlilpmaints-6000 bbls Flour. 18,0l?0 bushels Wheat, 013,000 bu-Uole Cuni, V0,0J0 bushels Osts, . NRwOnLEkNs May 16.-COTTON-Sales 1,200 baloa; low midd linga 32 lo Hie; to-day's receipts ,1.133 bales. Oold 130).. Sterling exchange 112. New York bank checks Ji premium. Hie rest of the market is unal tered. . MAT 17.-OOTTOH-Sales 2,700 bals: today's receipts IOS bales Low Middling. 33 to 31c; Middling. 86 to 37e. Oold IHO.'?; Sterling ay,; francs 3,96'.'. New york Bank aho'ks Xc prom|um. Freights'on cotton to Kew York Ko; to. Live.pool !id^>,'d; to Ha ?TO 1^0. < CiNciNKATf. May 17.-Flour nominal. Wheat 20c lower. Provision?\ower, Mess Pork J30 CO. 1 ard un changed. Whiskey dull) eales at $2 23, lu bond.. Oold, . ST. LOUIS. May 11.-t?ottoh bell abbve the views of buyers. Flour and Wheat Una btit unchaiiHtvL Corn betUr at 68o to tia. Oats' unchanged. Pork.. Bacon and Whluley unchanged. . A funny thing is told about Bl. Forcfcer, the late famous Parisian author-ticket dealer. ' Ho always bad flye pockets made in. bia coat, in which ne used to keep five different qualities of.segara. Iio , offered.a eegur; to ovory author he met, giving to the more important the costlier weed, and inaig ' nincaut'the cheapest. His only embarrassment waa that when he meta fir et-rato and a fifth-rate author together which quality to offer them I Cholera. ? To the Editor of the Daily News : SIB- That tho public may not bo .niblet*, I again ' desire to say a lew words on tho subject of ) "theiiaca" ?B ueod by rayeolf in tho pamphlot on i cholcm. I "Galen," in bia- first articlo, asserts tliat tliiH term is '"obsolete," and ia not contained in "ouy modern Pharmacopcoi* of rospeclability;" that it is not uaod hy physicians in this country or in ? TSuropo ila tho oflicinal synonym of molassos, and labors hard to show that I havo used it incorrect ly. To provo that I havo not dono so, I havo citpd .tho authority of t_o Uuited State? Dispensatory, a standard authority that is to bo found on the counter of every druggist and apothocary ia tho country; with which . authorjty every intelligent physician accords, and by w".ich jovory druggist ia expected Und required to be governed. I also cited the authority of ^Professor ?^ITKIN andjothers to oatablish tho samo faot. Now, what authority docs "Qalon" bring to provo not only that I am wrong, but that the United States Dispensatory is also wrong; aud that it- should bo ignored, as well im tbo authority of Amur- and other?, hut tho ipsc dixit. of thrco Charleston druggists, viz.: ECKEL, PANHNIN and POIN? Credat Judccus ! Tho "naivete" of these gentlemen in publishing thoir own ignorance would bo amusing, wero it not for tho fact that they aro often employod to com pound prescriptions, containing artioloa which, though useful If properly dispensed, aro moro or leaa poisonous when given in over-dos-. They aro, however, deserving of the gratitudo of this cpmmuuity for thoir franknosa in publishing their own names, for surely no sano person would send a prescription to a druggist to be compounded, who would sot up his opinion against tho United Statea Dispensatory, and dispense an Electuary of Opium, where only molasses was ordered. If "Galen" would follow the example of ?bese drug gists, and give his real namo to tho public, ho would also bo entitled to a abare of* the publio gratitude. I will add one or two quotations- from welt known authors on the subject of ammonia and ohorodyne, and thon-I have djno with "Qalon.'' _ AMMOt-rA.-With roforeuco| to the uao jf tn~fj* article in cholera, I quote from a work by TIIOM iA3 AJtDEi-ON, M. D., ami Fellow of tho Royal Col lege of. Surgeons, Edinburgh, Tloalth Oflicor and Medikal- Inspector,'etc., edition-?? 18G6. In a feportma?o to thoColouial Secretary, datod Sep tember 18th,. 183i, bo writes: "Under Divine Pro vidence, I havo discovered a romedy for pestilen tial cholera-- curtain and effective when adminis tered in tbo outset of the disease, and ofton suc cessful aa a curative moana even in ita advanced stages. This remedy is ammonia." * He further aaya: "In our oxperienoe, gathorod up to the present time (l8.-), in tho treatment of upwards*of one thousand casos in o very stage, seen in the oourae of bouse .ta house visits by myself, I am enabled to affirm .confidently that thi^ ippooifjo, wlucji. Iooiisider it to ?ho, ii as per fect and reliable in tho treatmont of cholera a? quinine is'ae a febrifuge in intermittent fever." Again, after speaking of the gonoral treatment in -ho-early at?ig08,bo says: "But if rice-water btooln-.bogin, I abandon all preparations contaii iing opium and trust to ammonia aa the sheet an chor of hope." CULOnonvNE.-A recent writer on cholera, Dr. JOHNSON of London, a Fellow of tho Royal Society, etc., differs viry materially with "Galon" aa to the danger of giving Cnlorodytio. Ill ia in favor of the purgative troatuient in cholera-givca cas tor oil, oslo mel, etc., and thinks that the purg ing and and vomiting ought NOT tobo checked. He admits that CUloroJyuo ?rill prevent cr mips,but complains that it will also check the vom?tint* and purging, arid thereby, according to hia notions, rotard the enro ; aid .peaking or tho clergyman's wife in Parir?, who give it with so much success, ho saya, "Jf this Udy wi/l, step from hor sphere to play^t doctoring, ?liloroilyno ia much eafor iii her ha*-dH iban Opium." Verily, doctors will disagree I . TH03. 81a, JI D. Medical Director's Quice, "ay 19th. -. - . ? ? The Confederate Dead. Would that I had amore delicate.peu and could command inorrronncd language, while I'prosumo to address the Ladios.that aro engaged in so noble and aUoh a hallowed enterprise > aa that of com memorating the names and decorating tho graves of our gallant solders ?who lost their lives in de fending -what i hoy conscient ously beliovcd their rights arid tho honor of our common country! It was, o?r. Editor, with no ordinary feeling that I I,rea<l tll? proceedings of a meeting of the Ladies, .held a few days since at the Mills Houae, to or ganize an association for this purpose. How con vinced was I that wo still had among ua many 8 An Ann, REBECCAS, MABYB and MARTHAS-and I feel aaaured that I am not alono when I say tbe boart was'pulargcd With gratitude, and the? mind absorbed iii contemplating tho t't-uo patriotism and philanthropy of those derotod mothers, wives and aiatei-a, . t v ? . , . , . " ' _ . ~ I road thq two follqwlng resolutions with singu lar emotion and suprome admiration : F< Hatolcell. That this A?nocii.tllo bo'O-lod "Tho Ladies' Association of Oh?: locton to Com mom o rato the Confederate Doad." . licsolncd, That this'Association viait the graves of the Con fedora trj Dead on' the IGUi Juno-the a.iiiivei'sfti-y of'tho battl'o of SocosBionvillc. ' Bnt tho question presents itsolf to my mind How will tl*oy comm?mora to tho nain ?a and deco rate the graves of the gallant departed aoldicr, ?' VV-jll they do as they have reaolvod te do, visit the gronndon thomomorablo day mentioned, rooiodel tho mounds over thom,plant the jostrnmino or wood bino, and ?trow thom with roaoa and'laurols? Will they romo vc remains and co gravo their namoaun-' on marble? Ia that//??object?, ^f so, ii ja truly eomo ovidouco of our lovo. to tboir momory ; but ah I thia ia.porishablo-r-it onda with oartli. Thorofore even this devotion ia too small. We must, iirpt_? oflurt? to honor, (hoir names, riso higher ati?? por'-! form more noble deeds and holier duties. Wo must decprato tho gravea with flowers that will not fade nor periah~no; not witt Urne. Wo should mito their names, on tablets made- or material which will be more enduring than rriarblo. To .do Illili wo muat hunt up tho dead among the living, and remove that-devoted wife (who, though now a widow, was once the aiToctionato companion of his Uto) trota the haunt H of toa m* and miserj/ plac?, her beyond the pale of distress. Do wo really wish, ?to commemotato tho dead* devoted bravea, by'building an iuipcriahaulo monument to their names? . Thoa lot ne search ont tho darling little Bono and danghtcra who were as diamonds, in their oyes arid idols to their hearts, bnt who are now destitute orphans. s _. i Let usbiiri'ouud thoso widows and orphans with our cure-feed, clothe and educate thom--eu thal tiny may tacoma learned mon and womon ??1 uociory. Think von no!? respected ladle?*, that by BO doing-thus oaring for tho boreen ti widow and orphan-your decoration of the gravo will Lo more full of balm than all tho Ho.vers ol' the gardens ? t-houlil you wish to build a uiouiiiuu.it to tho gal lant- d(-ad, educate theil- som?, ui?l them in the cultivation of tlid mind, until thoy nindi he CM. HOUl- in tho counsels of the nation, or CMTJIS standing on tjio watch-toTcr betweon tho living and Iho dead I ? {. Ah! ?ii?thitika if (ho spirits of tho departe 1 could (.and perhaps thoy, may), wituc-j? this-your caro for his widowed wifo and orphan children - his Bmilos on you would he moro lovely, and hbii o brighter than all tbo " lilies of the field." .,, '.>?. rniLo-r.EDON. .IiKTTEll li*itOMTI?_ COU.VTItY. WALTEUIIOIIO', Mayl7tli, lStll?. Messrs. Editors .--Fooling satisfied that you en tort.iiu a profound interest ?or the negro in gener al, lind tho town of Waltorboro' in particular, I take tho liberty of giving you and your numerous readers aomo information regarding tho impor tant events transpiring in this section of the world, and with and hope (hat it may bo tbo moans of preventing, to soiuo extent, similar oc ou.rroncoB in olhor sections. I therefore bog to make you the medium of passing him nr mud. This great lillie town, has been selected i>y acci dent, and a designing rascal, aa tho scene of a most startling event, which, while it provoked an irreaiatibio laugh from tho whito population (with one melancholy exception, by tho by), caused a mighty upheaving among the colored folks. In fact, tho latter individ?ala bave had an awful fall ; thoir pillar of granite, upon which thoy havo been leaning with auch cont'd in g trust, has popped off abort, and dropped them in a most humiliating posit'on, the irritation of which is by no moana diminished by tho discovery that in stead of beim?, as tboy fondly believed, reallv sup ported by the af.ir^said pillar,thoy themsolvos were playing tho part of Atlas, arid intheir fond dovo t?f\TT>f?tfRb(iL,{??__vo wei>* to-P-rt-tos a polish which thoy havo s-oo ih-QV-__ia work not Pa id for. But you shall havo tho s.tory7*-**_ Bomp three mouths sin?o a whito inw.'_*'**" * hailing from the great Stato of civilizition, Pen*-*. sylvania, presonted himsolf to tho citizens of this onlighVenod placo: 'The White portion, with that instinct and abhorrence of roptilca whim a mer ciful Providence, has bestowed,, could lind nothing congenial about bim; but being /rom that land from which, not'ung but go.od enn como to tho negro, ho took with the colored people amazing ly. Tho' reciprocity' of feeling waa decidedly marked on his part, and ho at once established liiinseTf na a guido-post, to point thom tho way to oducatiou, college, and civilization in general. His devotion to tho. improvement of the African was unceasing, even to tbo consumption of those boura of t hu twenty-four usually given by moat pi. o plo to rest, but by'liim devoted to assisting eomo of his frieuds of tho most ebony dye in the dis intorestod labor'of 'sustaining tho weight of (Voir blankois-magnanimously declaring hewasabovo such trilles as notions and nose, but other.* shrewdly suspected he waa not abovo saving ex penses at any cost, Ho claimed to bo a discharged soldier in soaroh of honorable employment, and' was said to bo re ?Og--M as such by the Freedmon's Bureau. After a week's sojourn he conceived the idea that ho was particularly suited to the labor of inclining the colored twigs and.teaching their young ideas intellectual gunnery, at much so per twig, cash in advance, and at onco sot himself to it. Among tho twigs presenting themselves for itic'iuition wero sonio pretty stont saplings J and whether this pro ftucod tho after-lhought, Or his plans had been previously matured, he determined hu twiga should do iii' tho cotton-bush what ho was doing for tho twigs-Only with a slight difference io. the procosa and prouts. Therefore, after a half hour of most severe intellectual application oach morn ing, during which ho wooli declaro thoy wore making'most'rapid prngross, ho would adjourn them to asaombio in tho field near his house, whero he at nuco cainmonoed extensivo farming operations, with the cotton bales in tho perspec tive. , Hid tho,.follow possessed as much stability as ?ihrowdneea, he might' "have made a'capital thing o? it, -w/rh, his labor, .necessities, and luxuri?s costing him nothing: fur tho negroes in theil1 (blind/ credulity would haye gone on boing fooled by him to tho ond of tho year, and he had up wards of ono --hundred scholars (one hundred); but he eooms to have been a vacillating genius, and concluding he wis-wasting his sweetness, de termined to make a bold striko for a raise, aftd chango tho climate. Ho immediately, therefore, sot himsolf to Work to borrow, all tho money he could from white and black, and in any amounts, and by any moana possible. He, moreover, con verted some furnlture.loaned him by a good, ami?. - bio old oitizon (Vhoao preriftses, by'tho by, he w%* renting, and,of courao.neglected to sottle for) into oasb, and on the morning after pay day in his school,;wont out tp'tako tho air upon a horse bo longing to ono of bia lavin; disciples, and from eomo singular abstraction of miad continued on tho Charleston road until bo reached that city. Ho rolieved tbo monotouy of hia rido by a little ?ucidunt quite characteristic of his rascality and tua gullibility of the poon deluded people ho Bet, himself to improve. Thinking that two horace would sell for moro money than one, he rodo np to a house with a plausiblo talo about his wagon bogging, and wanting a horse to pull it ont. Boing al Yankee, 'ho. was of course not denied, and ho soon had another horse bearing bim company, to tho city. ? ' (Thore, to top the climax of his villainy,.he mot 1 a forniorjSlava of his!?jniablb oh! landlord of this place,'and With' some false Hie from this negro's w'rJ and nias tor, succoodod in getting his watch au'l somo money. Tho noxt morning ho turned np missing, having roalizod from tho horses and all sources a vory comfortalilo sutu, and will go else where to repeat tho samo' operation, . Yon may roadily boliovo the operation will not be repeated horo in a hurry, and that Yankco Bchoolmootoru, aro not yu ?demand, though this particular follow N very ruu?li; and I doubt if it would be conducive to bia health, to return apoodily. - - - j . - '* Theso incidents, I /am. afraid,. are of too fre quent occurrence, and, of course, tend vastly to tho o*-il_ation ef the poor ?negro, who, between the rascality of such representatives of Yahk?o dora and their prejndioas of their former* 'master Ihri)i,%'li Blamier, know not which way to turn, and will lp tempted to tho Jamaica experiment of tak ing <irc <?r themselves. But you eau draw your own (i-iluct ionn; I only wanted to give you and tho pulsll Iii" fasts an they occurre I. Tld Dorn cr ??pa through thin HOC?OH aro very good,but I do? not t hi uk there ii near Al much (?tanti*, as foruierly. ?ho colton crop in larger this jpar in doniJiariHOn with corn, but it looks at this tin.? very uni'i'omlsiiig, airl hmst prove a elim yield. Tlie seed v?n defective and Irin como up wraddiedlv, and tito incisant rains and damp* bavoi: rafted much of it to die. Many have planted the t*uie fields twice, and uomo three times, nnd haveiiow but a meagre stand. This condition of thitijjs together with tho recent tax of five cents a potiid on cotton, hivo niido our planters vi-ry desppuding, and simio quito reckless, reeling it is folly, to kick against ti.o prick-1. The negroes liiiy.ibi'cu behaving very well, but now tho ann is heo?nlog hot, they are very much disposed to atanl upon their civil rights, and at gao Iho ques tion a.-? to what constitutes r. logitimato day'? work Tho oousiant rains havo mado the grass veryUixuriant, and there ia no time to argue now. I amuot sanguino about nny of tho crops, and havo very little fuith in tho system of labor for planting purposes. Thoy cannot be depended upouat a push. But timo will prove all things. COLLETON DISTRICT. Tlie Aa-llficlial lalinl> Commission. Alte- a session of nearly two weokB, during whiehlhey examined tho artificial HinbB of nearly thirty different makers, tho Richmond Medical Journil Artllicial Limb Commission closed their sessioi on Tuesday night at half-past twelve o'clock, after taking the voto ou tho dillereut limbs md making np their judgment. Tho work ol' the Commission is, however, not yet concluded, as theil- official report ia yot to be prepared. This will bo a moat valuable and interesting paptr, and wa look for it with moro than common caver nosa. It will bo given to tho public cortainly on a:?rao day this week. In anticipation of this report tho public will feel i curiosity to know to what makers tko Com mission havo given tho preferonco. Wo havo no otlicial statement on tho subject, but can g;vo the main facts. As to tho boftfc artificial log. Iho Com mission were equally divid? d bolweou Sclpho, of Now York, and lily, of Rochester, New York. But wo may remark that, as Helpho sells bia legs for Bcventy-flvu ?lollara, whilo Bly asks ono hundred and fifty dollars for h.s, tho decision of the Com mission virtually gives the market to ?Sell?bo. No one will pay. ono hundred and fifty dollars for a log when they can. got one for, half tho money, .'ii b tho CommIft*i?jn believes to bo equally good. .^Vi*|Tt"aWl5^?>r Palmer, of Now York, was aword ?.?l ?i.? L?.-!!v!Yvil?ee. The single arm of Griunpll ?, r,Tf. jSvfh??? exhibited; but to tho was voted the uestiW.^, who havo au Na^a,/!7 ^^^^\m???ptli and Main agency id this cdy, corner ?TMlHsNB^ ?rtidcial streets, wore given the first place for llftsa^i^TSJ, Hubatitntes ia oatoa where both urms ni II niniiitt?sa. ted. . The claims to superiority of a number of other makers were decided upon, aud as they will douht lods be treated'of in tlio forthcoming report,, it ia unnecessary for us to mention them boro. Wo may btato hero that wo have been reminded by Mesara. Wells ?t Co., of CbarlottcsvUle, of an error in a previous paragraph in relation to this Commission. We stated that these gentlemen had no one before tho Commission who waa woar ing one of these legs. There was a gontloman be fore tbo Commission who had boen wqariug one of tho logs for- A length of time, and who clearly demonstrated its' great oaae and usefulnesa. Richmond Times, May 17. i? TnE LIABILITY or GOVERNMENT FOB THK NA TIONAL BANK CUIUIKNCY.-Unitod States Treasurer riNNKii on tho 16th addrosBed the following let ter, concerning national banka, to the Cashier of tho Merchants' National Bank, at Memphis, TonnetBeo: You auk, to what estent is tho Government lia ble for tho n domptiou of the notes of tho national banks. I answer tti tbo foil nominal faco valuo of every noto iasm-d by the Comptroller of the .Cur rency io a bank, and by tho banka-put into circu lation. You ask, should tbo bank deposita, with the United States Treasurer, to secure the circu lating notes with the banks depositing them, be inadinuato to tho rodcmi>t:on i f the nous of the bank, hy reason of the decline of the securities deposited, is the Government bound to redf-om tim notes at par? The forty-seventh section of the National Currency Act not only giv- u tho right to forfrit all tbo securities held, but for any defi ciency tiio Government has a Drat and rermaneut lion upon all tho assets of a defaulting bunk. T* thcreforo answer this question affirmatively. You ask again, could tbo aosolute failure of a national b ink impair tbo value of tho circulating notes of the bank making such failure* I anBwor no; on tho contrary, tho notes of a national bank that has failodaro rather botter than those of a bank in good standing, if away from tbo business marts or c nnmorcial centres of the country, for tno ro.ieon that tbo Trcosurcr of tho United States becomes tho cae-ier of auch defaulting bauk, and will, through: his assistants and ali other Government officers,. redeem such circula tion. Y ii ask, fourth, aro the notes of the Uni ted'States Treasury, beyond tie fa t of i heir being legal tenders, a greater securit ' o the hold ers t-ian the. currency of the na .nal banka? The. .United Slates .legal-t?nder no te a afford no greater security-to the holder than the note's of national banks. The only real difforenco botween the two is tu t the latter are only a logal tender from and to the Government, tho fermer are such legal tender from and to all parties, whether mu nicipalities, corporation's or individuals. ., , . . --'-f~+?-- ji ...:?. A.v ANOMILY IK BOOK .PUBUSBINO.-The Now York World aays ... , - Now that tho tax lawn ara before Congress, we hope that some attention will be paid to the book trade. * At present our laws discriminate so much against the manufacturo of books in this country that our publishers, to an extent not generally known, aro getting their now publications printed in England. The lato publications of the.Messrs Appleton? aro manufactured for them in London by Eyro & Spottiswoode, and other English houses. Moasrs. Lippinoott &? Oo., of Philadelphia, pat ionizo English 'booksellers largely, taking Wbolo editions'of popular books, such as tho Globo odition of "Kbalro0pon.ro ;" tho "Golden Treasury^ series of Messrs., Macmillan & Co.; Fielder's "World Bcforo Che Flood ;" and l'rofossor Owen's "Comparative " Anatomy and Physiology of tho Vertebrate An?mala ;'.' together with most of tho cheap English editions of. the English novelists. Messrs. Roberts Brothers, of {'eaton, havo about one-half their publications manufactured in Eng land, the' most recent instances being Combe's "Tour of Dr. Synliax," Butler's "Hudibras," and Miss Jean Iogolow'e "dtorios for Childron." Mr. W. J. Widdleton and Messrs." Lovpoldt ?t Holt ore also manufacturing theirs in England. . ? . ? ? ? A Frondi workman has just oomp'.otod, for the Duko of Wellington, a watch of n ivol and peculiar construction, the idea of which was conceived1 by the Dnke himself, who is well known to' bo of an impatient temper, and cannot pass half au hour in any one's society without foiling an irresistible inclination to look' at his watch. Now, it is exceedingly impolite, particularly In England, to draw forth a watch in presenco of la dios, and the Duke has bit npon au ingenious plan to.ascertain the hour without any one present being the wiser for it. The watoh manufactured'for bim is a silent repeater. It is provided with a spring, upon touching which .a ?.mall hammer ??sue*, from tho oase and strikes the hour in the palm of the per son's hand who holds it. The Doko will merely need to slip his hand carelessly into his pocket touoh the spring, and he ia immediately informed of tho time of day. -1 . i i a ? ? ii--* The Rev. Dr. Stanley, Billop of Honolulu, saya that the rosult of the teaching of tho Amoriran Board cf.Missions there has rendered tbe natives ten times wora? than'tW wcronndor tu? heathen eyatoao. ? ..? .?.. ? OH ITU A It Y. DIKD, yesterday, Mr. I'UILII* COHEN, in tho 87ih year of lim ago. e_* Mil Ki It-nil-? and A? <|iiulii( nu? t :S, nuil tlm-c of his ullin, JOHN' J., Dr. P. MELVIN, and A. I'.. COHKM, aro invited to attend -Lia Flint-mi, This After noon, at li.ilf p:i??t Elvo o'ctock, from tho Hillier Hourn-, No. 281 Klug street. May 21 I I l'.n, at tho rcslilniico of his son, .T ?MUH O. LACOSTK on Sunday ivi'iiio?*, tho 211th itmtaut, capt. A. X. J LACOSTE, In tho Hixty-fcevutith year of hi8 ??o. Vu' III? Itt-littlvalM, Friend-* itml At-.] nu lui ?ness, and those of his funnly, ure requested to ulti-iul hU Funeral Btrvicos, at,No (52 USmil Strnot, This After noon, at Fou*' o'cloo'c. * Muy 21 o>r Tin- r-rii IUIK itmi lid-tivc?of nil-. .1. M. FETEH-IE?I and Family, aro roupo-fully requested to ottond (he Eunnrat of their only son, JAMKS, at their re.Id?neo, No. 10 Nasgau-stroet. This 'Afternoon?at Five o'clock. * ' . M?y 21 A CARD. FRIDAT, May l8, 1860. Cap?. T. J. Lockwood, Commander Steamer Kate: DK AH. Bin: Wo, the un dor-1 ?jual pan songera, do cor dially and choorfully tOBtlfy, in our judgment,, tho Kate for neatness, comfort, aad table arrangement?, Is un equalled by any st-mor on tho ronto, and for gontle* manly deportment and poltto attention we heartily and highly commend you and tho purser to tho couAdcucc and (jood-will ol tho travelling public. Very respect fully, yonre, kc, O. F. REED, U. 8. A. G. W. ADAMS. Boston, Mass. O. It. FISH, Philadelphia. It. O. GILCHRIST, for self and lady, Charleston 8. O. Mrs A. W. INOEBSOLL, Honiton, Bia. Mrs. P. W. INOEIUOLL, Bangor, Me. Mr. W. 8.,THOMPSON, Jacksonville, F_. T. TOMF8ON, Jacksonville, Flo. May 21 1 The World's OpiniOD of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Touching tbo Blttqrs this grana fact Is olear, Tbelr fame fills all tbo Western lit-"sphere, Known in all lands, waahod by ita oceans twain. Health, hope, and v gor follow Id thtir train. AVOID COUNTERFEITS. HO&TETTKR S BIT J ERO shore the common fato Of, al" thlogs good-IrapoaU-rs iiiiltato. ? Of those bo ?are-discreetly use your eyea, From honest-houses purchase your supplies OACTIO**. ? .. , ., * . .? THE aOVliRB-NTISDODBK-HT. La order to guard against dangerous impositions, tho public Are requested to fak e -pedal not? of tbo beauti _*ol engraved proprlolarj stamp, through whl h tho Gov ^Vnt of the United States ofllclally anthentlcatcet ernii"r-*fc^-%H03TE?*TER'3 B?TTER8. This shield everr botUe*oT*i?^^la8Iit 0_" ^ .proprlflW" an_ M,8 thrown by tie Go?-MB_ ., , , ,, , ?... . __ 1?? . . r^*f___. ?8 P"1**" a -nspiduously pnbllo for tbelf Joint prol-1?i\' ., ",". ,"," across tho L'?*.*. ' ?jud i?v<w ihoW"-l?'!?P?a,"B{(?^^ can net fall to strike tbo eye of the moBt casual observer, Nothing that purport? to bo Hostettex'a Sitters can be genuine unless the stamp is there. ? < It is alto proper to state that the Bitters are sold ex clusively In glass, and never under any clrcumsUuces by the gallon or the barrel. Impostors and Imitators are abroad, and the only, safeguard the pnbllo has again et thom is 10 Ree that the Bitters tboy buy bear the engrav ed label and note of-Messrs. Hostutter k Smith, and the stamp above mentioned.' . G May- 21 SPECIAL NOTICES. J*_-8TATE OF SOUTH' CAItOLINA. CHUtLESTON DI8TRI0T.-BY OEOROE BOI8T, Esq. Ordinary.-Whereas, ALGEKNON 8. HULL, of Charloston, Merchant Tailor, n.a. lo ault to ruo to grant him Letton, of Administration, with, the Will annexed, of . tbo Kst? - and Effects of SAMUEL J. HLLL, late of Charleston, Merchant : These are, therefore, to cite and' ?dinon-h all and singular the kindred and creditors of tho sahl SAMUEt J. HUM., do-ased, tbat they he and appear before me, in the Court of Ordinary to bo held at Charleston, on tho 28th day of May, 1860, after publicathn hereof, at 11 o'clock lu the foronoon, to show ciase, if any they have, why the said Administration, with tho will -uexed, should not be granted. Given nnder my hoed,- this 12th day of May, Anno Domini 1806. OEORGE BU?BT, May 14 m2 ' Jildgo of Probate?. ??STATE OF SOUTH ?AB?LIN<)_' CHARLESTON D STRICT.-B> GEORGCBUIST, Esn.. Ordinary.-Whore- SAMUELS. TURNER, of.C"mrl ten, railroad omployoo, made suit to ino to graut him Letters of Administration, ds'bonis nan, of tho astute and effects of ALEXANDER B_DIE, latear Charles on, mechanic : These ato therefore to cito and admonish all aud singular tho kindred and creditor? of the said A_:_. A KUI-n FDOIE, deceased, that they bo and appear before me In the Court of Ordinary, to bo held at charl, Bton ( on 28th day of May, 1866, after publication hereof, at li o'clock in the forenoon, to' show cat_o. If any they have,' why the said administration de bonis non, should not bo granted. Given uiid6r my hand, this twelfth day of May, A. D, I860. GEORGE BUIST, May 14 m3 . .- ,? Judge of Probate?. j8Sr3TATB OF SOUTH CAROLINA, C-ApLESTON DISTRICT.-By GEORGE BUIST, Esq.. Ordinary.- Whereas, E MONTAGUE GRIMEE, of Charleston, Ace untant, made ault' to me to grant bim Letters ol Administration be bon is tion? with will an. rio-fed, of the Estate and Kir, nts of THOMA8 NAPIER, late of Charleston, Morchant: These are,, therefore, 'to cito and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of tho said THOMAS NAPi**n,.dccea8ed, that thoy bo and appear btforo mo, In tbo Court of Ordinary, to be held at Charleston, on 28th day of Mn.\, 1-6, alter publication hcroof, at ii o'clock in tbo forenoon, to show OSOSS, If any they havo, why the auld, Administra-ton should not be granted. Given under my bawd, this twelfth day of May, Anno .Domonl 1866. QEORGE BUI?ST, May 14 m7 , . Judge of Probates.' jflrSTATB-Or BOUT H CAROLINA OHAHLESTON DI3TBIOT.-Hy GEORGE BUIrjT, Esq:, Ordinary.- Wbei-eas. E MONTAGUE G1IIMKE, of Chir'lebton, Accountant, tnado suit to mo to grant bim Let tors of Administration, with will annexed, of the Estate and Effects of REBEKaH NAPItH, lato of Oharlchton, widow: Thoie are, therefore to clttvand ad roonlBh all and Binguier tho kindred and creditors of tho said REDI KAU NAI-IE?. deceased, that they ho and ap pear before mo, In the Court of Ordinary, to be hold at Charleston on Oath day.of May, 1860. after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show causo, if any thoy have, why tbo said Administration, with will annexed, should not be granted. Given under my hand this, 1?^> day of May, Anno Domini, 18C?. GEORGE BUIST, ila, u ' m7_? Judge of Probate? JO- FINAL NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAV ING claims against the Eetate of the late THOMAS O. PORCHES, of St. John's Berkley, ?/ill present them on pr before the 1st ??uno nett to either of tue undersigned, or to HENRY S KAU HOOK, Altonie.y-at-Ls. ., 60 Broad threat. otherwise they will b?? debarred payment. V " , i.iioB^B^ri^^^^' _ay I -' J- . . 1 : . t__8 . v --? -a-? au ..^ A "J. SPECIAL NOTICEsT CHIEF' QOARTKUMASTKU'N OFMTM" ,~~ DEI'AIlTMkNr ??. SOUTH UAIIOUKA. CliAiit.Ksio.v. H. fj., May li? ino j TWO HUNDRED AND riTtt DOLLARSWILLU PAID hy the uiiderrigm-.l t?. any person wUo wm rta. liver to hliu tlio OFFICIAL RECORDS UY lNrER MKN'iS OF THE UNION PHISONLiu AT FLORENCE. 8- c? 0. W. 1IloMAS, ?g 2L_nruv. Lient.-Co), and Chief Q. M. ?a- STATE TAX OFFICE, PI KB PROOF DDILOINO.-Tbli efflcd UstUl openfur the rcW-.pt oC tho ?TATE TAX, and will OOLtlnns oj>un until the Cth day if Juno, prox. inclusive. FLEETWOOD I.ANNEAU, May 21 Tax CoTcfetor St. Phillp and M. Michael. aw NOTICE IS I1EUEBY GIVEN THAT ninety dayH after dato I shall apply to the City Council of Charleston to renew the following stamou Ceitlucate* of STOCK, w hlch has beon lo*t, viz : Cei tlflcate of City of Charleston 6 per cont. block of the issue of 1867, Period 34, No. COI, dated April 22, 1858, for $11,010 te RICHARD H. LOWNDES. ItICnAKD U. LOWNDES. Charleston, May 21st, 18CG. May 21_m21, j 10. 21, jy 10, 21 ?a* NOTICE 13 HEHEBY Q1YEN THAT NINE TY DAYS alter dato I ?ball apply to the proper author! ties to renow the following named CERTIFICA TFS OF STOCK, which Iiavo been IOBI, viz: Certificate No. MM, date} 11th February, I860, for 30 Shares Southwestern Railroad au I IJink, to Richard H. Lowndes. - Certlflcato No. WO, dated Slot March, I860, for 30 Shares South Carolina Railroad, to Richard II. Lowndes. Certificate No. 41, dated 13th February, 1860, for r> Shares North Eastern Railroad, to Richard 12. Lowndes. May 21 Je21Jy21 RICHARD H. LOWNDES. aw ESTIMATES FOR REFAIRS~WANTED_ Sealed Estimates for repairing tho French bark "Ange Gardien," of Nantes, ConsTANcr, BOYN Master, agree ably to the rccoinmendstions contained in the report of purveys of the Port Wardens (which can be seen at our office), will be- received at the French Consulate, corner of Lynch snd Montague streets, uoUl 12 o'clock Monday, 21st hist., at which timo they will bo opened. J. A. ENSLQW k CO., Consignees, 'May ID 2 _No. 126 East Bay. aw THE LADIES OF TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH intend holding a FAIR, in aid of its funds.at Hibornlnu Hall on WEDNESDAY EVENING. May 23. The following gentlemen, members of tho congregation, aro requested to act as a Comixltteo of Arrangements : ? WM. WALTON 8M1TH, QZOBOS W. WILLIAMS, LEONARD CHAP?N, WILEY T. BURGE, L O.?. M H KEL. '. W. J. MlIDLIaV?ON, It. W. .BUTLEK, W. If. SMITH, . , ' H. O. ?TOLL, EDWIN PLATT. JAN. COPE-", O. A 0BAXasaBL , a A. ?ELSON, DR. H. -BaJBtV- - " W. W. PEMBERTON, LR. 3. R. MOOD. B. COS?8TOOK BQTTS, W. H. JEFF, - t\ O. DjtFOMTAINE, ii. W CROSS. DR. T. 8. HEMMINGWAY, 0. W. WARREN, - ) Wat. BL we,?Ev Capt T. J. LoClfrWOO L. T. POTTER, W. B. MOORE. G. CHAMBERLAIN, O. B. MARTIN, W. B. MORRIS. LaWRKNOE (STEIN, G.. fcENRT WH?ELEB, - SL?OT ay 16 -WOJ?' ... aw ALL PERSONS n??ltijWtfz. U\ N D S agitn-t ?ho ?Estate of the late ffM. Jl\ MILLER will present them properly attested and thoie lndabted wjll ?-.. make i>aymentto . EDWARD HERRING. s. .May 14 m3. Administrator. SW EXECUTOR'S NOTICE-ALL PERSONS - finviiig demanda against tho Estate of ROBERT F. GILES, deceased, aro requested to hand them In pro perly attosted ; and those Indebted to said Estate, to roako payment to the undersigned. May I-f Bjj F. BACKUS. Qnallfled Executor. aw MEDICAL COLLKGEOF THE STATE OF 80UTH CAROLINA-Tho Hoard of Trustees and Fa culty will proceed, on tho 20th of June next, to fill by election the Chair of MATERIA MEDICA, raado vacant by' the death of Professor HF.NRV ti. FBOHT. ' May 7 ' mowl EDWARD FRr:i r Pr-feident. O-NOTICE.-ALL CLAIMS AGA?NST TUE late CHARLES HEYWARD, deceased, runst bo render ed, duly attested; and all persons indebted ti the samo aro r. (?ucBteiRo . mako payment to W. C. REE v Co. l E. B. 1IEYWARD, May 7 ' m3 Executor. . ?W S TA TE OF 8 OUT II C A R O LI N A. CHARLESTON DISTRICT.-By GEORGE BUIST, Esq., Ordinary.-Whereas, PHILIP E. POR HER, of Berk ley DUtrlct, Planter, made HU It to mo to grunt him Letters ,of Administration of tho Estate and Effects of SELINA M. PORCHER, l.ito of Charleston, Spinster: These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all and sin gular the-kindred and creditors of tbo said SELINA M, PoBCiiEft, doceasod, that they bo and appear before me, in the Co.urt of Ordinary, to be held at Charles ton, on ?io. 1th.day of Juno, 18CG. After publica tion hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration shoiild.not be granted. .Given under my hand, this nineteenth day of May, Anno Domini 1600. GEORGE BUIST, g Mayal "... m2 _Judge of Probatea , ?WIN EQUrry-CHARLE8TON DISTRICT BILL FOR AQOOUNT AND, PARTITION-JOHR DALY vs.- HARRIET D. DALY. Adm., and ANN DALY. It appearing to my satisfaction that tbo Defendant, ANN DALY, Is abf tint from tbo State, ab that tho asnal prdcesfl'of tbo Court cannot bo served upon her, it Is ordered, pn motion of Mr. PH1LLIP8, Solicitor of tha PlaiiititT, that the said ANN DALY do answer, plead or demur to the above bill within three mouths from Uta publication of this order, or tho samo Will be taken pro confetto against the said Defendant. .. , JAMES L. GAI^TT, B. E. O. V. i February 21 . . lamo3* as-a??a-aass??a?a??sak-a??ssasa??as^^ CHIEF QUARTERMASTERS OFFICE, ) ''. " . ' DEPAKTMENT SOUTH CanouNA. J . Uharli-sto . H. O.. May 16, 1868. ) SEALFD PROPOSAL-? WILL Bri RECEIVED AT THIS Otilo? until M bVlock. M. ou- Tuesday, tho Cth day of Jim?-, 18GI1, ni wlit.li tloto they ?ill Lo ?pone 1, for furoiahing tim Quorterm?-'ir'?? Dejior ment In this City with OAK. AN ? PINE WOOD, until January 1st, I8?7. . Deliveries to be m,?du <>? South Commercial Wharf, a such ti i es, ii- ?I lu BUM ijuiititiiiiis, na niay bo required by the Depot Qosrt? rinasfiT. ' The quantity r< quired monthly will probably bo sbou Ono Hundred Cords if0.ik, and Ono Hundred and Filly Cords of Pino. i ? ..?. Bidders will state Ihe prleo por cord of tho kind O Wood ?hat they propone to furiiieh. , ? Two goid surette* in the MUH of One Thousand Do lars eneli, to be named lu the bid. Will bo roquired for the tunlifnl i>< rfoititikiii-i- of the contract. Bbts deemed unreas mabie will be rejected. Proposals m a KI be addressed to t\lin iiLderslgned, and marked, "Proposals for FurnUhiag-WooU." C. W. THOMAS, . Brevet Lient Col, and Chief Quartermaster, _May Vi_?_._l8 BD18IO ANO ASslilaKV VAN AL, VUill>*ANV . OFFICEEDISTO & ASHLEY CANAL COMPANY,I CiiAiiiJ-j-reiN, ti. O,, March 1?, 1800. I BY ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE, PASSED AT IT? last sesalon, the EDISTO AND AriHLEY GANAI. COMPANY received permission to increase their capita from One Hundred 'Thousand ($100,000, Dollars tbTlirea Hundred Thousand ($300,000) Dollar?, In Shares of On? Hundred ($100) Dollars o?clu The public are hereby informed that the books, for subscription to tho additional Stock, w'll be open from 0 A. M. to 2 P. M. dally, at the omeo of Messrs. JOHN: 8. RIGGS k CO., corner Broad-street and East Bay. Tha Stock subscribed for to be paid for by a monthly instal ment'of of Flvo (SB) Donars on aach and every Hbnx*. . ~ . . ?f. RAVKNEL MACBETH, Beoretrry and Treasurer. P. 8. "Carolina Times" oopy and send bul to Ulla offloe. - ..,,-.--... March 10 .