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VOLUME rv. HO. 463._CHARLESTON, S. C., MONDAY MORNING-, FEBRUARY" ll, 1867~ " mjrr* XITTTT* x xujj?jvxxx^jr mu. Our Cable Dispatches. LIVERPOOL, ?March 21-Noon.-Cotton has a downward tendency. Middling Uplands 13; d. ; Middling Orleans lS^d. Sales 5000 bales. Manchester advices aro unfavorable. LONDON. March 21-Noon.-Financial affairs are unchanged. LONDON, March 21-Evening.-Console 914. TT. S. Bonds 74J. LIVERPOOL. .March 21-Evening.-The Cotton market continued dull and heavy. Middling Up? lands 13jcL; Middling Orleans lSjd. Solos 6000 bales. Tallow 44s. 8d. Lard 50s. 9d- Spirits Tur? pentine 37s. Sd. Congressional. WASHINGTON,. March 21_In the Senate the Bill exempting wrapping paper mado from wood and corn stalks from the internal revenue tax was passed. An amendment taxing scrip issued by any National Bank, State municipality or corpora? tion, was adopted. The Bill suspending payment for onlisted slaves was passed, when the Senate went into executive session and afterwards ad? journed. In tho House, a resolution to send evidence to tho Senate, affecting two Senators in connection with the New York Custom House, was passed. The Senators alluded to are supposed to be Messrs. DOOLITTLE and PATTERSON. The House then went into Committee of the "Whole. The Million Belief Bill for tho benefit of the Southern destitute was discussed. BUTLER opposed the Bpi in violent terms, and. the debate took a wide range, and led to some severe remarks between Messrs. BUTLER and BINGHAM. Mr. BINGHAM said he repelled with scorn tho utterances affecting his integrity or honor from any man, whether he . be the herb of Fort Fisher taken, or Fort Fisher not taken. Mr. BINGHAM proceeded in a denunciatory strain amid roars of laughter and some excitement. BTTTLEB rose to reply, but the Committee rose, when BUTLER appealed for ' an opportunity to answer.. Mr. ELDRIDGE hoped that the House would not j bottle np the gentleman" from Massachusetts, j when by unanimous consent he was allowed to go on. BUTLER proceeded,' defending himself for voting for Mr. DAVIS. ; he hopod thereby to save the coun? try. He did what he conld during the war; but the only victim of the gentleman's. (BINGHAM'S) prowess that he (BUTLER) knew of, was an inno? cent woman hanged upon tho scaffold. BUTLER. alludes to Mrs. SURRATT, in whose prosecution BINGHAM was an active manager. The Committee rose, and, without a vote the House adjourned. ? " Washington Novra. WASHINGTON, March 21.-The President -signed tho Bill appropriating fifteen thousand dollars for the relief of the indigent blacks of the District. Th? Southern Candidate Elected. NEWEERN, N. C., March 21.-Maj. JOHN HOGHES, the Southern candidate, ivan elected to the State Senate unanimously. The negroes voted. - Steamer Lost. MONTGOMERY, ALA.,' March 21.-The steamer Coquette was snagged. ..The boat and cargo be? came a total loss. No. lives lost. > Cuba Bank Suspended. HAVANA, March 14-The Bank of Cuba has Sus? pended. . Maryland Appropriation for Hoathoro Poor. BALTIMORE, March 21.-Tho Maryland Senate has appropriated one hundred thousand dollars for the relief of tbs poor of the South. Explosion. SAN FRANCISCO, March 21.-Intelligence from Hong Kong state that' two hundred thousand pounds of powder- hod exploded in that harbor, killing forty persons, destroying several vessels, and Bhaking the town Like an oarthquxike. . Nomination. _. LoumvilXE, (Ex.,) March 2L-The Unioniste of this city have nominated-Col. WM. A. BALLETT for Congress. , Murder in Maryland. BALTIMORE, March 21.-JAS. Toan, of Hillsboro', Caroline County, was found in bed with his throat cut. A large amount of money is missing. :, " Registration. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 21.-The registration is progressing,'the humber of negroes being large? ly in tito majority, the whites taking' but little in? terest. . . Now Torte Market. NEW YORK, March' 2L-Flour firm but quiet. Wheat dull and nominally unchanged. ' Corn quiet and rather heavy. Fork dull and nominal. Now' Mess-sellers at $27 75, buyers at $23 a37?. Lard heavy, in bbls., at lSjalSjc; Whiskey quiet. Cot? ton dull and lower at 31c. per lb. for Middling- Up-' lands. Freights quiet. The Stook market is excited. 5-20.'s of '62 Coupons 109J. Exchange unchanged. Money 7 per cent. Gold-134J. EVENING DISPATCH. NEW YOBS, March 2L-Stocks excited ; Five twenties '62, conpons,'.:'J09i.'.-.Gold 34|. Cotton heavy, and declined $ to 1 cent ; sales 1800 bales at SOJaSl. Flour-State and Western advanced. 5 to'. 10 cents ; Southern Flour firm.-. Corn heavy, and declined 1 to-2c; Mixed' Western $117al 19. Mess Fork firm. ; Groceries quiet. Freights quiet ; by steam, to Liverpool fd. .-Baltimore Market? BALTIMORE,' Mareil 2L-Flour firm. Corn dall and declined 2c to 3c; White, $1 09al 10. Hess Fork $23 7Sa24. Bruk Shoulders, 9jc. Prom tic Fork of Edlito. Foss OF EDISTO, S. C., March Slit, 1867. To the JEcUor of the Daily Hews: .'Straws show which way the wind blows, and coming events oast their shadows ahead." The deplorable stato of irspecuniosity with which our State has been drifting, deeper and deeper, ever since the olose of the war, needs no other proof to sustain the asseveration thanda glance at the sales of real estate in tho interior. The average prise of lands in this S tate, previ? ous to the war, was about ten dollars an acre. Since tho war the average has been reduced about one-third, with an increasing depreciation as time grows older. One tract of three hundred and seventy-five acres in this District'sold,;at .the last sales day, for eleven cents per acre; while another tract, containing a thousand acres, brought the munificent sum-of enough to pay costs, minns one hundred dollars. This was, in? deed, a beneficent holocaust in favor of the legal shrine. These are stubborn facts. And while I do not wish to engender additional feelings of animadver? sion on the part of debtor toward creditor, yet let me add, that these and similar sacrifices have so much disgusted the poor debtor, that many hayo expressed on inclination in favor of universal con? fiscation, by Congoss, as the surest means ot liquidating all debts. A general act of suing has been resorted to in this section, and many subterfuges indulged in to koop property beyond, the pale of tho law/ The spirit of forbearance has vanished, and many are being sold out of house and home to satisfy tho demands of relentless croditcrs. Even those who would pay out, if they were allowed a little time, aro equally a prey to the inoUscriminate litigation. If something is not dono soon to chook the exer? cise of. this unwonted spirit of suing, tho. landed estates of our ?nco prosperous country must pass into the hands of others, wo fear, less capable- of sustaining thom. These forced sacrifices of property are ruinous in the extreme, and convey an idea of tho want of proper legislation on the part of our remiss Legis? lature, ii' -A ' 1 ' . The freedmen in this section aro working very wen. Although they do not manipulate tho facile hand of experience quite as well as they were wont to do in ante-bellum times, yet if the military offi? cers trill only keep hands off, we think we oan wield them to a better account this year than last. Very friendly relations exist between them and the whites, and the charm ol in which - the two races have been obliged to float for the past two years, is quietly assuming oyory day a moro peaceful nature. . . The recent excessive rains have thrown Che farm? ers a litUe backward in the preparation of the soil for planting, the alluvial lands and syrt spots being too boggy to plough. This, however, may bo all for tho best, as many no doubt would have planted prematurely, Uko a few have done whose corn was nipped by the frost. BUBAL. MASS MEETING OF THE COLORED CITIZENS OF CHARLESTON. Ratification of the Platform ol' the Union Republican Party. Speeches from different Colored Divines. ?Sic, ?c., ?Kc. An adjournod meoting of the colored population of this oity was held in one of tho lower rooms of the Military Hall, in Wentworth street, at 8 P. M. yesterday. The room was packed, and many who vs-ero una bio to obtain an entrance, crowded around the windows and doors, eager to hear the proceed? ings. On either side of tho desk, a portion of the room was assigned to tho speakers, reporters, ?nd others. . Neither Generals SICKLES, SCOTT or ROB? INSON were present, and the speakers were exclu? sively from the committee appointed. The following Cornrnitteo of Thirteen had beon appointed at tho last meeting to draft a Platform, which was to be presented: H. J. Moore,_Chairman (white), M. G. Camplin, E. J. A .lams, Peter Miller, J. N. Hame, Jno. B. ttorria, J. D. Price, Beni. Boils. J. P." M. Epping (whvto), B. F. Randolph, R? 0. DeLarge, ?. L. Oardozo, Sam. L. Bennet and W. J. Brodie. The meeting was opened with prover by tho Rev. li. H. Cam. The meeting was then called to order by H. JUDOE MOOSE, the chairman.,,who FUX?A ~i - meeting held two weeks ag.?, the chair was direct? ed to appoint a committee of thirteen to roport a platform of the Union Republican Party of South Carolina. That platform had been nrepared, and would be presented this evening to the citizens of South Carolina for ratification. Tho platform was then rood by the Bev. J. H. Adams. REPOST OF THE COMMITTEE TO DRAPT A PLATTOEM or PBTNCTPLES SOS OBGANXZATION or A UNION BEEOELIOAN X-ABTS EOS SOUTH CABOUNA. "Whereas the founders of this Republic based the same on the self-evident truth "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights ; that among these aro life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," and whereas it is set forth in the " Preambles of the F?deral Constitution of '87," that it tras ordained not by tho several States or inhabitants thereof, but by " tho people of the United States," " in or? der to form a more perfect Union, establish jus? tice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for tho common defence, promote'the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to its foun? ders and their posterity," and Whereas, Congress, by its woll considered and almost unanimous action (which action has had the sanction Of the loyal people of the country) has provided by the Constitutional Amendment pro? posed as. "Article 14," and hythe recent "Becon atruction Bill" for the reorganization of the civil powers of the States lately in rebellion and for tho renewal of their representation in Congress, and Whereas, we recognize in those legislative pro? visions wiso statesmanship as regards thc future, justice tempered with nurcy towards "tho former enemies of the Union, and strong guarantees for tho protection of all loyal citizens, without distinc? tion of race, or color, or previous condition, in the enjoyment of every rights conferred by tho Con? stitution, and Whereas we regard tho great National Republi? can party, nuder the guiding hand of Divino. Providence, as tho savior of our country from the Srite of the late rehollion, for tho destruction of e Union, and as the only party .whose principles can justify us in committing the present'and future interests of the country for safe-keeping. There fore Resolved, L That we give our cordial and entire sanction to tho action of Congress for tho restoration of the Union, and to the wise and just principles of the Republican party. IL That in order to make the labors of all our loyal fellow-citizens more effectua for carrying ont the provisions of Congress, for the restoration ot law and omer in our State, os well, as for tho peace and prosperity of our entire country, we do forman association to be known1 as the "Union Republican Party of South Carolina,". nX That ~e pledge our sacred honor, our fortunes and our lives, to serve our country, to preserve her institutions, and especially to aid her in keep ng inviolate the national faith which has boen- sacredly pledged to the payment of the na? tional debt incurred to save tho Uberties of tho country, and to suppress rebellion, and that the people will not suffer this faith to be violated or im? paired, hut all dabts incurred to support the re? bellion, as they were unlawfully void and of no ob? ligation, shall never he assured by the United' States; nor shall South Carolina be permitted to pay any debt whatever which was contracted to aid tho rebellion in any form. ? . IV. That the nation owes to tho brave men, white and colored bf our army and navy, a debt of tasting gratitude for their heroio services in'de? fence of the Constitution and tho Union ; and that while wo cherish with a tender affection the memo? ries of the fallen, we pledge to their widows and orphans tho nation's care and protection. v. That as republican institutions cannot be pre? served, unless intelligence be generally diffused among all classes, we will demand of our Legisla? ture a uniform system of common schools, which shall be open- to all without distinction 'of race, color, or previous condition-such system to bo support?e!: by a general .tax" upon all kinds of property, ii ??? -, '? Vt That we win favor ??liberal system of public iniprovomenta, such as railroads, canals and other works, arid also such a system of awarding con? tracts for. the same as will give all our fellow-citi? zens an equal and fair chance to share in them. ! VU That we will also insist on such modifica? tion ol the laws of the State as will do away with imprisonment for debt, except for fraud; and im? prisonment, of witnesses, except for wilful absence; and especially to abolish, entirely and forever, the barbarous custom of corporal punishment for crime or any other cause. ' ; VITT. That; as large land monopolies tend only to make rich richer, and poor poorer, and ruinous to the agricultural, commercial and social inter? est J of the State, the Legislature should offer every practicable inducement for the division and sale of unoccupied lands among th 3 poorer classes, and as an encouragement to immigrants to settle in our State. Et- That the law of "ejectment" and "dis-: traiot" should be so modified as to protect equally thc landlord and the tenant. X. That provisions should be made Dor tile ex? emption ortho poor man's homestead. - i XI.' That the interests of the State demand a revision of the entire code of Jaws, and the reor? ganization of the Courts. XTX That the interests not only of the State, hut of the whole country, demand every possible guarantee for th o perpetuity of all the rights con? ferred upon the newly enfranchised portion of our fellow-cozens, and that, in the use of tba sacred right of the elective franchise, we will seek to .ele? vate fco office of trust and honor, only thoso who are truly loyal, honest and capable, irrespective of race, color, or previous condition. X?X That we will not support any candidate for office who will nop openly indorse, advocate and defend the principles adopted by the Union Republican Party. XIV. The consideration of justice and humanity demon&.provision by the.Legislature fortueyro toctlctn, icc; ot jill tba ?aged,"in&rm and 'helpless po?:,'irTesiT?>oH?r>of rato, "color or previous condi? tion. . .' 7 . ' . - . . XV. Belying upon a Divine Providence for wis? dom in our councils, efficianay in action, harmony among ourselves, with ' malice towards none and charity to alVwe pledge-our earnest and ' best ef? forts tor the return of peace and prosperity to all our people - and for an early representation of our beloved State in the Congress of the United States. After reading the Platform, Mr. Adams proceed? ed to.elucidate the' doctrines set forth in Unit in? strument, and to warn his audience from the many orrors thoy might be led to adopt. He told them that these' are revolutionary times. For many years'a contest, terrible , in its nature, has been waged between freedom and slavery, until wo now bohold tho genius of Republican liberty bearing its oBOutcheon on tho capital of all nations, and its banner waving on every continent, Bea and ocean, l'he sacred fire of liberty which has boen pent np in the Italian bosom -or Dearly two centu? ries burst forth, shattering tho trammels that bound the slave. Russia bas given freedom to hix serfs. Candia is straggling for liberty, and Ireland has made a bold stroko to grasp her flag, The little leaven that was planted when this Government was first founded has permeated into every part, and the flag that onoo waved over four millions of slaves, now float- over thirty-five millions of freemen. Thc stripes, which wen once emblematical of chains and slavery, are now a glad sign of Arc eric n liberty. . We owe a great debt of gratitude to , Almighty God, and secondly to Congress, [a trifle less than $3,000,000,00)] for that boon which both white and black now enjoy, and we should thank God that Ho his, in His wisdom, overruled the decrees of men. When this war originated, the most vira, lost Radical never dreamt of doing moro than con? fining slavery within its former limits; but the over ruling hand of Providence brought good out of evil. The resolutions we have adopted vindi? cated universal suffrage, which we orr oy thiB day. Ho advocated this princi ole, first on account of man's freo .volition, having the right and tho power to choose between good and ovil, and to know the' Government which he serves. Ho said ho was in favor of universal suffrage also for another reason : All men might bo bo led to do that which is right or wrong. For ex? ample, during the war those men who then were indnoed to support the cause of right and liberty can now, in the time of peace, vindicate those principles at the ballot box. Universal suffrage was the only boon thal could repay them for tue long Tears of servitude they had endured. It was a grand maxim of Republicanism that rll men were born free and equal, and if this principle is not maintained, then the Republic ceases to exist. The blessings of liberty, Knowledge, wealth, social position, ?io., cannot bo secured unless the rich had some ad? vantage, and the right of suffrage makes the poor man equal to his richer and more fortunate brother, and by the exercise of this suffrage ho has equal chances to acquire Wealth and-all the com? forts connected with it Arter a few more remarks of tho same tendency he put the resolutions be? fore the House, and asked that they be seconded. Mr CABDOZO was then announced. He said that lt was with feeling? of great pleasure that ho rose to second tho resolutions just ottered, and to ten der Ilia hearty support to tho principles advanced in the platform, as tboy would be the guido of his futuro conduct.- A great writer once said that eter? nal vigilance was tho price of liberty. In the pro? sont propitious season, he felt called upon to point out the action necessary to secure the rights lust gained, and transmit them to their posterity. Tho firesont era should cause tho hearts of colored men o swell with gratitude to Congress tor the great boon of freedom, and he called upon them to adopt that platform, which allied them with the Republican party, which had for more than twenty years battled for the rights of free? dom. That privilogo having been at length obtain? ed, it now became them [the audience in Military Hall] to act Uko mon, and secure themselves for all timo to come; for there was groat danger that tho advantage of suffrage would bring temptation, and unless thoy steorod their course wise.y and well, the fro .'dom fought for and obtained at Buch lisle may bo tho very means of their re-enslavement. The danger is that the Southern, whites may cheat them out of thoso advantages. But hore, he said, he felt that ho was treading on delicate ground_ he did so, however, with great charity and kin ci? ??se. He had been treated with great courtesy by the white people since his return to Charleston. Bat this was no question of individual j furling; but is one of the groatcst interest to four millions of people. "Woo bo to that man who would sacrifico his race by selling him? self to tho Southern whites. He alluded again to them. They were eight millions to four of ne? groes; and what claim had they [the whites] to the friendship of tho negro ? Look at their [tho negro s'J past history. What have been tho \ :ausos of trouble for a humber of yeira but slave y 1 Let A?EXANDEBIH. STEPHENS,"late Vico-Presi lent of the Confederacy, answer, when he said. 1 'The cornerstone of our Government is slavery." \ Fhis is the trouble and the cause of that war that las desolated the land, destroyed many sud s'ont , ?hom to an untimely end-many who have laid down ?heir precions lives, fighting to mof?T? uua vause. Vnrl non, nliu DUI ?nu ouuUicrn whites claim to bo :ho negroes' best friend ? "What was Ute cause of trouble in Congress ever since tho close of tho . var ? Simply that their [the. negroes'] Bepubli- ! :an friends have been prevented from obtaining ' vhat 2.0,000 colored- men fought for. Would . bey [the audience at Military "Hall] be wise to- j mite their destinies with those who have suoh a Hack history ? But some'say, why foment toon? jie by. these discussions. They will create lissensions and a war of races, in which one must 1 rield. and that, thoy say, will be the colored. He < laid he did not seek discussion, but brought up ' ho subject merely to comparo their claims with i bose of their [tho negroes'] firm friends at the < \*orth, who had enabled them to meet here ibis light. In tho North there ara two distinct nar? ies-tho Copperheads and Republicans; and the ! Copperheads nave invariably sided with the South ;rn whites. The Republicans of the North, he iontinuod, hod been battling for the rights of the . legro ever since Hr. LINCOLN'S election. It is, herefore, far better to twite with' those who lavo proved their friendship toward them (the , legroes). l'ooii b, he said, are these- who do not. But again, some say, the Southern whites will ' tow act with us; they will bo our friends. Ii so, i et them como on our platform. We will gladly t velcome them all; and let them join in a party bat bas been true and tried. If any of them ad rise you to leave that party, whose record is true, ie ia your enemy, ?i ho were your friend, ho , vould act with you. It is only by that eternal j rigilanco, which is the price of liberty, that we ' (hall bo enabled to retain our rights. I would vam you of another danger. In tho unhappy ?tato of foeling, prevalent among some of the iolored people, I find you divided by a variety of | coting, caused by different degrees of social posi ion, intelligence and education. All this is wrong, fou must ignore it. All should come and vote to? gether, and you should consider any one who votes ?th ycu your friend, oven though it wore satan umsclf. By every principle of gratitude it be-. | loo ves you to act with tho Bop nb li can party. Chink of the noble men who battled for your ights. Do you not owe them a debt? [Cries of 'esl yes!] If you should uso tho right ol' suffrage lnwisoly, those who gave it to. you will take it iway again bet?re the H ta te action takes place. Jae it wisely, and it will bo lasting. Be foolish, and rou will see it snatched away as quickly as you jot it." . > ?? ; He continued in this strain for some time onger, and closed by again reminding bis hearers bat eternal vigilance was the price of liberty. ?Ir. Randolph was then loudly called tor, and ipoke in substance as follows : ''i'ELLOw-CrrrzKNB : It affords me great plea inre to rise and advocate thc adoption of the resol? utions. It was one' of the cardinal doctrines >f our forefathers that all men were born ree and equal; another was that govern nents exist hy tho consent of the governed. Those wo most important principles were planted >y them on American sou. These principles were jorvertod. But God dosignod, that though per rerted, they should triumph in time, and they iavo been preserved through war and blood. 81a rery o xis tod on this continent for two hundred and orty years ; but God has at last swept it away, aa he cloud before the sun ; and to-night we have issembled to adopt a platform m accordance vith the principles of our forefathers. We ire now commencing; a new career, and ihould know the dangers ahead of os, md find out the breakers in the channel. There ire some men who would be our friends-your old nasters, who now stand before you and tell you hey were kind and good to you in the days of | * rour servitude, and advise you to vote their ticket; 'or in voting for them you would bo on the right ride. But there are plans now being made by Congress for the purpose Of breaking this np." He here read an extract from the New "fork World, which he stigmatized as a Copperhead ournal. This extract contained advice both to Southern whites and blacks, urging them to nutual forbearance and conciliation, and pre lioting that the blacks would yield the same.def )ronco to the opinions and judgment of the whites hey did when they were slaves. The speaker, ?owever, does not seem well np in the world of I S'ew York journalism, for he spoke of BEK. WOOD ts the editor of ?be World, He referred to the ipeeob of Beverly Nash in Columbia, and pro jounced him a traitor" to the cause, a cowardly lupe, an enemy to the Union, who, ' Judas like, tad sold himself. They should beware, of bim, ;L c. of Beverly bash], and should all | itand on the platform and support it. "You have 1 ill beard this platform read, and know rom it whether it contains anything unworthy of rou or derogatory to the cause. If these men are mr friends, let them come with us and stand J ?ero, sido by side, cheek hy jowl, and fight for the iberties of this great nation." "As freemen, how be wjse. and do not allow these nen, with sweet words, to tempt you t.> leave the iepublican party. This, is what WADE HAMPTON Lid, when talking to those whom be bad himself inala ved (?) Shall we do this? Never! When! bese men come round to slime ns, and want to wallow us, too, be but watchful, and there wiil be io danger. ' We have come here for the purpose of accepting he principles of this platform. It cannot oe diffi mlt for a man to discover who are bia friends and j pho his enormes. This is the secret of Bepubli- > au liberty. Let ns be wise and thoughtful. Lei mr motto bo. in the language of PATRICK HENEY : ' Give' me liberty or give me death 1 But show hat we love liberty, and the result 1B certain I There were Baverai other speakers, whom time nd space forbid us to report;. There was, also, ome filibustering about points of order, in which he "previous question"" was loudly called for? tuite a la Congress. Some urged: that it was a ! ree meeting, and that everybody had a right to ! nake a speech; but the Chair decided, upon Jbe mint of order being raised,' that only those could is allowed to apeak who had been previously ap-, minted for the purpose. ' The Platform was then .Sered for adoption, and was adopted unanimous- " y and (vi~a) vociferously. .After which,' Mr, De I j jarse arose, and made decidedly the best speech I ] >f the evening. Mr. Bennett, with a view of reconciling the dif eront interests, offered the following r?solution I , vhich was unanimously adopted : H Resolved, That the Committee of Thirteen take ' inch' measures as maj ?earn best, to call a State Convention at such tune and place as the Commit? tee may designate. A motion was afterwards offered and carried that i mass meeting be held at the Citadel Green, at 8 i'clock on Tuesday afternoon next, to be partici jatcdin by citizens of every shade, for the pur joae of publicly ratifying the platform adopted last light. The meeting then adjourned. It was conducted sith great moderation, and the speakers showed a rood acquaintance with parliamentary tactics. The speeches wore greeted with loud applause when my B triking allusions were made, but with this ixception tba audience wore quiet and respectful n their demeanor, and seemed impressed with the doa that they had been collected for a great pur? pose. ATTEMPT AT AESON_On the night of Friday aat, the 16th instant, some unknown person, not laving before bis eyes the terror of the law, and ntent, no doubt, on plunder, attempted to des? troy the law office on Main street (belonging to' Fas. S. G. Richardson, Esq.,) by setting fire to the 9 ima. The darkness and general inclemency cf the night, which confined to their houses the most it our citizens, afforded a most favorable oppor? tunity for the execution of wicked and desperate ?oeds. Fortunately tho fire was discovered before it had made much headway, and by the active ex? ertions of several neighbors, (freedmen as welt as whites,) it was entirely. extinguished without its having done much damage to the bnildiug. The idea of setting fire to a lawyer's office, although an unpleasant one in many respects, is, at the same timo, supremely ridiculous and absurd. They very seldom present any inducements to theft, and the papers they contain are of no use to any one savo the individual owners thereof. f fumier News. WBONO.-A gentleman, who was an eye-witness, informs us that at thc depot in Haleigh; last week, J. H. Switzgood, of Davidson County, who lost a log at "Cold Harbor," and had been to Raleigh to procure an artificial limb, when about to enter a coach on the North CajolmaBA?roacL .waB, by a negro, forbid and told that no "one-legged soldier would bo allowed to rido in that car, and was ordered to another oar among the negroes, when Conductor Bpraggins was appealsdto in that be? half, ho confirmed the ord? given by the negro, and the excuse he rendered was that the coach was newly painted, and might get robbed by tto soldier's leg. We hope that, if this was not the Bret, that it will prove the last refusal of one WHO was a soldier, and been unfortunate, to ride-in any coach be might choose to onter where there are other passengers. The North Carolina Railroad is chiefly owned by the State; the limbless soldiers aro the words of the Stats, and, whither they fought in a cause right or wrong, they ar? en ti tied to und treatment-StatesviUe American. OUR SOUTHERN EXCHANGES ON THE RECONSTRUCTION PLAN! The Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist is among those who still seem to think it wise policy to in? dulge in abuse of such men in tho South as aro disposed to accept tho situation. Its sentiments maybe inferred from the following strictures on Mr. KEVESDT JOHNSON, for the part ho bas recently taken, pending the discussion of the Supplemental Bill: "It mar astonish some folks to learn that Mr. Reverdy Johnson concurred in the opinion of Mr. Morton. He even went a bow shot beyond, and, according to the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette, hinted tho method of compul? sion-i. e., a recognition of any government formed by the minority, if tho whites of the South failed to oct ander the demands of Congress. "This is the mon to whom Cen. Chalmers ad? dressed his letter advocating Southern submission. Chis the man. to whom many apologies have been rendered by Southern journals foi narah language expressed. Wo hove nothing to take back. When i mun delivers himself over for the sake of expedi? ency, tho first false step is the only difficult ono in progressive stultification." The Augusta (Ga.). Chronicle and Sentinel is lopeful, as will be seon from the following extract rom Wednesday's pf.per: iTom our knowledge of the nogro character, ana lis present wholly dependent condition, we enter ~?m no fear as to the course which he will pursue n tho exercise of the elective franchiso, provided the decent white people tako proper and prompt lotion in the matter. Nineteen-twentieths of the )lack voters can be-influenced and controlled by thoso who give them food, lodging and employ nent. It lies now in the power of the white em? ployer to cast as many ballots in our future elec? tions as he may have adult malo negroes in his service. The machinery of Union Leagues and Freedmen Leagues cannot step between the employer and employee, piovided tte former will but exercise he ordinary prudence and foresight in this mat? her, which he brings to bear in the usual transac? tions of life. The negroes have already learned me valuable lesson, and one which they will not loon forget-that the Southern people are their best 'rienda. This feeling has Deen growing and in? tensifying since the 1st of January, 1866, and will .ontinue to increase and strengthen as long as ?heir old masters treat thom kindly and con liderately. The Augusta JPress, we believe, was one of the irst papera in our sister State.that came boldly 'orward in favor of accepting the ultimatum of? fered us, and, in Wednesday's issue, we find the 'ollowing remonstrance : It is unfortunate that those who manifest the in? terest in this subject -which its importance de nands, and make overtures of conciliation to tho reed people, are forthwith denounced as seeking he negro vote. It is unquestionably to tho inter? nat bf the colored people to maintain good rela? tions with the whiles i for they are, and mast for lome time be, dependent upon thom for empioy nent ; so too, too whites aro dependent upon tho lolored people as the chief agents for carrying on >ur industrial pursuits. This mutual identity of ntorest, should beget feelings of kindness be ,ween the races, and tho bast conduct, of the coi? ned people-their faithfulness daring the war, and he friendly spirit they;havo generally evinced lin re emancipation-leave-, no room to doubt that hey will in the future look to their old "mas tere os their best friends. ? . - - We were prompt in acquiescing -in the procla nation announcing their freedom-though it was i violation of the conditions on which wo laid lown our arms-and have enacted just laws seour ng thom civil equality, which have been enforced n * spirit of kindness and sympathy. Our court rooms have borne constant evidence of the borough purpose of all law abiding people to treat hom justly, ;and protect them in the foll onjoy nent of all their rights. And now, though society las not recovered from the shock of their sudden imancipation, when we are called to go ooyond he code of civil rights, and extend them the pri? vileges of auftrage, which some of our own color ire denied, let us still exhibit tho same prudent orboarance and. kindness. They are to vote. Lot is not, by indifference and neglect, leavo them to >o led into the formation of parties hostile to us. ?onvinco thom,as we readily can, that it is to their ntexest to vote with,'.md for those who have been heir neighbors and friends, hi preference to >eing led away bj designing strangers. The Macon, Ga., Journal and Messenger of larch 19, talks " Supremo Court," and quotes a ugroined remonstrance against the action of Con? gress, from the Mobile Register. The Oolumbus (Ga.) Enquirer, of March 19th - tay? : Our opinion is, that esary friend of the existing itate governments, should, if qualified according 0 tile Acts of .Congress, register his name as a 'oter on the military rolls, and when the day of election comes should do all that he can to save That we are permitted to save from violent over hrow. There are many evils that wo may avert 1 vila that will overtake us if we do nothing to avoid hern. . We need only refer to the state of things in Tennessee and Missouri as an illustration. Thora s some chance for . conservatism even in tho irogrammc which we are required to observe om o things not required, which only our own ac? ion can prevent. ' " ' ' The following from the name paper (Columbus inquirer) bears on our present topic: The first meeting called at Cartersville to second jov. Brown's movement did not take any action. Lt the second meeting, held on the 13th instant, fter considerable discusaion upon aome resolut? ions reported By a committee, Judge MUnor of ered the following as a substitute, and it was mauimoualy adopted; .... - . Resolved, That we> obey the mandates1 of .the aw.;' W* Will do what the authorities of tho United (tates require us to do. We are for the Union and he Government, and will abide-its action upon all abjects affecting: our interests'; who tho- it comes rom Congress or the President, our duty is to bey. We love the, Government. of our fathers, nd desire that party differences be buried in ?blivion, . , - Tue Mobile 'Advertiser & Register is hopeful, it teems. Ba its issue of March 6 it says: There are intelligent people who believe that iodisal Congressmen are not getting their eyes ipen to the results of their legislation an hour oo soon, and that ninety days will show that in he passage of the Military Bill, Radicalism reach ?d its point of onlminfftioa^grom which it will rap dly descend to its falL Having nothing to do rith the business we can only'wait And see. The New Orleans Crescent speaks unfavorably of he late Congressional legislation. So does the ilobile Tribune. The Bemopolis (Ala.) New Era takes a common \ tense view of the situation. Tit says : . .If the people meet and send delegates to a con? tention which shall ratify this Sh orman amond ttent, in letter and in spirit; then and in that event ve may or may not be admitted to jrenres?*?*?*"?? n the General,Government, according as the whims if the Congress ?nay decide. If wo fail to do this, lowever degrading we rnay esteem it, then-it wUl ie done for ns, and that right quickly. - There are (hough unconditional Union men ana free negroes n tqe State, of Alabama to frame a -constitution in iocljle quick tinie, in which the military bail would ie the mildest feature. What, then, shall we do 1 frill the people take the pill prescribed, by Con? gress, nauseous though it bo, hoping to outlive its jffeots. or, like poor Tennessee, be turned over into he hand> of a&mily physician, who- will .exhaust rpon the body politic the wholo radical red repub ican dispensatory? Tho Montgomery Advert Uer is one of the best ind most influential papers in Alabama, and in the lays of the Confederacy was remarkable a? one of tho strongest organs in opposition to Mr. DAVIS' administration.. The folle win g very sensible re? marks from ita oolurnns wil be read with interest : THE TIME POB ACOTOS.-Tho public sentiment at Hie North has long been ii favor of the constitu? tional amendment; ss have but utile ground to aope that it is less favorable to the military gov? ernment till, which has mw become a law. Tho peculiar crisis now at hard requires prompt and emited action on the part cd the good people of Ala? bama, else a body of irrespmribie men, opposed to the larger class of their hUow-cilizens, vii] bind them hand ?nd foot. ' Under this law, it is not made the duty of any particular one to call a oonention, but lt is tho duty of the regularly consttnted legal authorities of the State to ace to it, hat the rights of the whole pe opio, and the ia tees t of tile women and children, are not surrendred to the keeping of those who would, if they could, confiscate and proscribe. The Legislatur, is tho proper body at 8resent to act. and to their karly assembling must ie State look for some beasure of relief. It would have been unbecomig to do anything as long as The fate of the mUiury bill was in doubt haste would have looked Iib dishonor and tended to greater injury. All nor know the features of the new plan, and know meeover that it ha? all the force and effect of the liv, and will bo carried out whether we want it or ut. There-are men in Alabami who hail with delight the passage of this law, andrho will do all in their power to use it so as to ii ure and oppress the, people of the State. These ben are about in the proportion of one to five ti pured, bat they trill, unless great popular sontiOnt mandiest itself^or ganizd a government in Alajuna which would be as tyrannical as the one unir which the people of Tennessee now groan. Her, in our State a large class of white people can yob, who by the tyranny of a few men who crept inV power in that State during the war, are exclude, from the polis. Un? der the management of iownlow, 80,000 white ? citizens are disfranchised, ad about 26,000 of his party have ruled the State wa? remorseless hato they conferred the right of aflrage on the blacks, but expressly, prohibit (.vt; thtee-fourths of the whites from voting-they has organized a militia that will strike terror infat?e hearts bf those upon whom they may s?o toper to Wreak then* nuilee. . v:'r< ! . Shall this state of Ulinga hin Alabama ? It will be, unless the good people XLO are really anxious for peace and harmony, andjustioe to all classes and parties, take an lateresin the new order of things and try to make tbe*bost they can out of n bad situation. No State can boast of a code of laws moro just and less discriminating in its opera? tion-no people of a laboring- class have more safe? guards or law thrown aroona thom than the froed mon of Alabara a-no State lias provided moro fully to protect thom in fhoir rights of person and piop orty. They are bound to feol, know and appreciate this ; and no mawkish sentimentality sh oui 1 keep thoso whom they havo known and served from their youth np, from inculcating the fact that their best and truest friends are thoso among whom thoy have always lived1. It is timo now to act upon the great and important questions beforo tho .lountry, and the sooner it is done will bo tho bot? ter for the State. Tho Baily Mississippian lectures tho Clarion and its correspondents for favoring "tho odious amendment." It closos one of its late editorials in tho following appeal : "Wo will not bo so invidious or uncharitable ns to coll in question the motives of men who blindly lean to degradation; but tho public will demand more reason than has yet boon developed to con? vinco them that it is our duty to play the miseru blo part of aiders and abe' tors in elevating our former Blavcs to a position politically superior to the whites of tho country- For heaven's sake, and our own honor, let tho people scorn tho ad vico of these seventh age politicians. Tho Vicksburg, Miss., Herald says : 8hall tho people of Mississippi continue to gov orn Mississippi, or shall we, by inaction, let the State pass into the hands of Badicals and nogroes? This is tho only issue, and one or the other is ss inevitable os fate. There is no half-way ground. Unless the people of the South exert themselves to derive the greatest benoit's from our present est evils. The Daily Clarion, published in Jackson, Miss., is edited by Hon. E. BAUKSBALE, one of the frionds of Mr. JEFJTEBSON DAVIS in tho Confederate Con? gress. It will bo seen, from the following, that ho is ready lo accept the situation, and gives good counsel to his readers : We would not have tho people of tho South de? luded into tho belief that they can adopt any line of policy by which to ward off tho scheme of negro sufn-ago. It is true the second section of tho Con? stitutional Amendment provides that whenever tho right to vote at any oleetion shall be denied to any class of citizens, otc, the basis of representa? tion snail be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens sholl bear to the whole number of male citizens, twenty-one years of age, in that State. But the Sherman Bill de-, cidres that "when th? Constitutions of the (mis? called) rebel States shall provide that the elective franchise shall b s enjoyed by all such persons as have the qualifications here n stated for election of delegates," "said State shall be e. titled to repre? sentation." Now the "qualifications herein pre? scribed" inolude male citizens "twenty-one years old and upwards, of whatever race, color or pre? vious condition." Hence it will be aeon, as a co temporary pungently says, the reoonst'uotion plan is framed with such "ingenuous malignity" that whether wo adopt the Constitutional Amendment, or prefer to live under a military despotis-n with? out representation, we cannot avoid negro suf? frage. The question to be decided is, inasmuch as ne? gro suflrage is inevitable in either case-inasmuch as wo cannot avert it by enduring tho terrors of military rulo and remaining unrepresented with a certain prospect of still greater evils m the future, in the form of wholesale confiscation and disfran? chisement- shall we not go a step further, and bj arl' pting tho Constitutional Amendment, obta:r relief from tho military yoko, rid ourselves of c standing arniv, secure a vote in the election ol President and in the legislativo department of thc Government, and establish peace and quiet undei cirommstancB8 not agreeable, but greatly prof?ra Die to martial law and negro rule, in the present with no other certainty in the future, but a lonj night of gloom and darkness. * * * Ir is doubtful whether any legislative body has bo fore been so insensible to appearances of justict and common decency, as to address such on argu mont to the people for whom they legislate. Th? South can do nothing but act in the matter as ? defenceless man would act in dealing with outlaw; employing a Uko argument. The Columbus (Miss.) Index, of the 10th, con tains a 'long artiole on the situation, conn Bellini ?JmasieTly inactivity." We make tho following es tract from the Columbus (Miss.) Index : Suppose we act, call conventions, and accept a! that is required of us, havo wo auy" assurance, an pledge on the port of Congross, that the sacrifie will be rewarded? the State Governments w organize, the State Constitutions wo frame, tb men we elect to represe,:', us, be they black c white, will be recognized, accepted and admitted We have' not. Tho man among us who says w have is either deluding himself or is trying to d< lude others. No such assurance, no such pledgi can be found in the Military Bill or any o thc measure respecting the South that has been adop ed by Congress. If we act, aa is here suggestec while we have rio guarantee that the law, ord? and system which we wish, yearn and pray for, wi bo restored to us, we will rave tho terrible trat brought home to us that we havo become partie bound by solemn covenant to a movement whic has no other aim or object than the complete di s traction of the constitution and the overthrow < every vestige of personal liberty in the land. . But suppose we take ho action. Will power poi from our hands into the banda of negroes ai Southern loyalists? will we have to meet the te rora af a confiscation bill? This is the way tl question' is put in "Virginia, South carolina ar Georgia. It is best answered by the query : Is not the purpose of Congress, as revealed by di cussion and bills, to take the power from the nant of all who voluntarily aided the "rebellion and place it in the hands ot those who did not It certainly is, and the history of all tte reco B true ti on schemes conclusively proves, that t what we may, we cannot change the purpose of cl Badicals in this respect. The fiat has gone for .j nd to" call' it back would be political death' Badicalibnx, As to confiscation, .that is a conti gency the Bat?calo themselves- are hardly prepar. to meet. .The Virginia pre ss is almost a unit in favor prompt and united action under the Beoonslrt tum Bill. From a number of papers before us ' B elect the following excellent artiole: [From. Vie Richmond Whig of Tuesday.] Tux PRESS AND THE FEOFLE_The press of V ?rinia owes it to the people of Virginia, now tl thora is a prospect or getting ? into .practical re tiona with the Government, to encourage them the effort to adjust'affairs in the only practical rn anni) er-that prescribed by Congress. Wh there was anything, .of free agenoy, anything option allowed between modes of reconstructs the press, at all risks and withont regard to ox sequences, took the high ground that we shot ooo yield or abate any of our rights. So long Congre sionalaction waa made dependent one sonsent, the newspapers, .all urged non-acquii cence, and the people followed that ponoy. So conspicuous was the influence of the pre? bringing about this result, that in Congress, a all through the North, t e Southern press was garded as the dominant and peculiarly. d?alo alement, and was held responsable for the actioi DUT people. Self-constituted or not, the press t the recognized guardian of Southern honor, s Itathfully did it perform that office. BT the pf erred in an over-attained adherence to honor, i people ware the sufferers, and thoir manly rein to accent nrivilna?* *?y- oonseuting to dograd conch tiona pioced them in a high abd impos attitude. . , ? ? Circumstance? havo changed. Withont tb consant tho much-dreaded law has been poss and they have.no choice in regard to obeying They must obey it. The practical question them to decide is 'whether, while submitting, they must, to its harsh requirements, they will avail themselves of its permissive features, ? extract from it all the good which it is capable yielding, lt gives negro suffrage; it also gi whit? suffrage. If the whites choose to vote Virginia, and to take discreet measures to atti the co-operation of th? colored voters, they wil anab'.ed to harmonizo the whole State, with sxoeption of those factious and incendiary ments-that would make a hell of Heaven. They will, by such co-operation, be enablec che very beginning of the new order of thingc avert from this'State an unnecessary connie races, and to establish agreeable relations bein capital and labor. They will thus wie ely meet luties of the hour-duties not the. loss obligat iecause they spring ont of an unwelcome law. icoepting tho sienatian and acting in the mai ndicated, we will be enabled to choose fit mo serve in the Convention, and to make our Coi ;ution. If at the starb we refuse to vote under aw, or voting, repel the co-operation of the ( iervat?ve Union men and ot tho negroes, we it once, by our own act, introduce an anent iiscord into tho?State. There were those who declared that it would Ushonorable for tho Legislature of Virginia to t convention, and there may bo men of the Si itamp who win declare it dishonorable to vot? x> attract the co-operation of all, withont regar tntecedents or color, who can be prevailed apo rote witto ns. There may be some who hold it lonorablo to do anything to restore our Stat be Union, to save our property, to build up nosperity, and to secure the blessings of pe Chore may bo some gloomy and choleric Christ vito hold honor to consist in perpetual discord sternal desolation; in poverty, want, rain; in iriving themselves of real, solid advantage; tickling for thoso that are unattainable. The time has como for ns to move if we wi lot lose the sympathy and good wishes of all regal ?ted minds, and if we would .not sink for mt of sight in a vain attempt to shine in a t arian age as heroes of romance. Our chan s sow that of the Chevalier" Bayard; let us no: shange it for that of the crack-brained Juixotto and go to lighting wind-mills. . A, great responsibility rosta noon the press s easy to gain popuUrity by flattering the ego >f the peopla, and by harping upon the stnni Southern honor and Virginia pride. It s bought, and is an endteas theme for easy lorid declamation, and eocurea popularity ?heap rate. It get? up a reputation for mt ioutnernism, and sounds pleasingly in the ea hone disinterested patriots who are always acing, and of sentimental young people of lexes who live in an ideal world. There ia, we believe, among some people in (ut of the press, an idea that the tune is coi /hen those who accept .the situ?t on and ibemsetvesot ?ho opportunity now offered to he . way for restoration, wOl be looked upc Islip, and will be spewed ont of the poi non th. They are laboring under a debi Xrcuma tances have ohacged and feelings ihange with them. Tho men of PCT^?. cf di tion, of practical sagacity, of moral courage, who seize upon this occasion and improve it-who take tho dismantled commonwealths of the South and pilot them through the stormy orean to the haven of safety and peace, and there relit ar.d re? store thom, will bo tho men who will bo thanked, I honored and rewarded. Your dreamers and croakers, your passivists and , your hair-splitters will be contomnod. If tho fatca shall decree that in addition to ii! 1 our other disas? ters, their foolish counsels shall prevail, and if I thoso commonwealths aro left to be moulded by ] tho dishonest factions of tho Hnnnicutt Btamp, our past and prcsont troubloe vrill bp light com? pared with those that will then como to plague us. We will nave been rninod irretrievably, aud ruined by our own folly. Tho press can do much to avort this calamity, and to our brethren of tho prosa wo appeal to exert their influence in tho right direc? tion. Thev havo maintained tho honor of tho South, let them now aid in rescuing it from ruin. {From the Richmond Dispatch.] THE SCTPLEMENTAI, BILI.. - The telegraphic nows shows that the Supplemental Bill carno near ' eing a law yesterday. Tho Houso passed io with tinco amendments, and tho Senate concurred in two of these. Tho ono rejected is that striking out the clause by which the Sonate so amended tho Billas to require at least half of tho registered voters to ratify the constitution. Tho Houso re? stored its own provision which requires a majority of all tho voters registered. Tho busy-bodies who have been using their efforts tu curtail tho privileges and rights of the geoplo of Virginia have made the impression upon ongress thsx under tho Virginia Codo many legis? lators and judges did not, for somo time before tho war, take tho oath to support tho Constitution of tho United States. Wo published, a day or two ^?MO^t?L%.cjau?C.ia_ihat, Constitution, which reT and if it was omitted in any caso to which the provision applies-which we very much doubt-it ; was ole 'riv a neglect ct duty. Nevertheless, th; House of Boprosontatves, in? fluenced by tho busy-bodies aforesaid, auded a clause to tho oupplouiontal bill depriving all such legislators and judgos as may not have tako.i tho j oath to support the United Statos Constitution of the right to vote or hold offico pondi.ig the mili- ! tory government. Tho Senate adopted the amend? ment, and wo suppose nobody hero fthink? anything of it. This amendment, that about the registered voters noticed above, and ono to punish false swear? ing (against which our own statutes, are quite severo enough), aro the three adopted by tho Houso. The only point at issue betwoeu tho Houses, that as to the number of registered votos necessary to ratify the constitution, we suppose will be piomptly settled. BEATH OF DB. JOHN J. STEELE.-We learn with regret that Dr. John J. Steele, of Black Mingo, in this District, died recently at his residence. He was au old and successful practitioner, and will be gre itly missed in that section of the District. jblinjstree Slar. SPECIAL NOTICES. . OS- ALL DEMANDS AGAINST THE SCHB. RENSHAW, CHASE . master, must be presented at tho Office of tho undersigned (lu duplicate), by 12 o'clock To Morrow, the 23d instant, otherwise thoy will be debarred payment. J. A. ENbLOW & CO., March 22 2 Consignees. ?S-CALVABYBAPTISTCHUBCH: CHARLES^ TON.-The Members (colored) o this Church ware reg? ularly dismissed from the three White Baptist Churches of this City, to form a separate Church. They are wor? shiping for the present at Bonum's Eau, John street, between Mooting and King. They have purchased a lot, and are soliciting contributions to enable them to erect a House of Worship. They are believed to be pious and worthy persons, and thiir object ls respectfully commended to all who have the ability and disposition to aid such enterprises. The following members of the said Church have been author? ized to make collections : CHAULES SSIALLS, THOMAS A DAVIS, EDWARD HA IO, DANTEL D. MOAXPEK, JOHN BEE, and SAMUEL STEWAKD. Charleston, S. C., June 27, 1866. Bev. LUCIUS CUTHBERT, Pastor Citadel Square Church. Bev. E. T. WINKLES, Pastor United Church. STSTOy j Deacons Citadel Square WILLIAM G. WHILDEN, J cnurcn. January 4 fmw3mos <?. 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November 9 JO" SPECIAL .INTEU?GENC?^-WE PRO pOSE to furnish LABORERS of all classes for Farmers, Railroads, Shop, Garden, Store, Hotel or general House? work. .' Persons desiring employment wfH call at Na 5 Cannon osar Ein ? street; and. all. orders for Laborers will bo promptly me,, and sa tl- factory reference given. February 23 . Imo _S. Bj HALL A CO. gar WK ABE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE E. M. WHITING, Esq., as a candidato fur Sheriff ot Charleston (Judicial) District, at the next ?lection. Sep tember IQ '_ OSF ARTIFICIAL KSB0.-AJSTIFICLaX. HU? MAN EXES made to order and inserted by Dra. F. BAUCH and P. GOUGLEMANN (formerly employed by I EoissosxEAT/, of Paris), No. 699 Broadway, New York. April jj_lyr JO- BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE.-THIS SPLENDID HATE DYE ls the beat tn the world. The only, (rue and perfect Dye-harmless, reliable, instan? taneous. No disappointment. No ridiculous tints. Natural Slack or Brown. Remedies the Ul effects of Sad Dyes. : Invigorates the hair, leaving it soft and beautiful. The genuine is signed William A. Batchelor. All others ire mere Imitations, and should be avoided. Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers. Factory, No. 81 Bazeley rtreot, New York. JO? BEWARE OF A COUNTERFEIT. Decamoer IO _lyr ""J?* BEAUTIFUL HAIR.-CHEVALIER'S I UFE FOB^THE HAIR positively restores gray hair to j Ita original color and youthful beauty; Imparts life and strength to tba weakest nair; stops ita falling ont at mee; keeps the head cieanf is unparalleled as a bait irossing. Sold by all Druggists and fashionable hair- j Pressera, and at my office. No. 1128 Broadway, New | fork. SARAH A. CHEVALIER, M D. DOWIE & MOISE, No. 151 Meeting "treet. Opposite Charleston Hotel. January 4 ... 5moe SHIPPIN6. fe .erv FOR LIVERPOOL.-THE Al AMER *Q*?^ICAN SBIP "SOUTHERN BIGHTS," L. B. rSgpX^Roea, Master, having a portion of hor cargo ca sB-SoBgaged; will have f?-r*i"1' for the above pori. For babmeo of freight engageants. ?PP**^ . March 19 tnUbsS* - North Atiantio Wharf, _ FOR HVKRPOOL,-THE 8TBICT JEQa?>LY Al American Ship B. S. KIMBALL, Dear- I ngSl^born Master, having a largo portion of her I wttsmm pargo engaged and going on board, win have tispatob for Sae So ore port. For balance o? Freight engagements, apply to STREET- B ROI HERS h CO., March 13 . No. 71 East Bay. FOB QAATAJSrJSTjgLJri THE STKAMEB "DICTATOR," 3000 TORS BURTHKSr, ' .CAPTAIS I?. K. 003CBTTEB, ??TTLL LE. .VE MIDDLE ATLANlaO WHARF EVER* YV FETDAY NIGHT, at 10 o'clock, for this port. ITurPr-gbtar tmm^ff^?^?^' January'6 South AOairtla Wharf, SHIPPING. Charleston and Savannah Steam Packet liiiic. VIA BEAUFORT AND HILTON HEAD. Steamer PILOT DOY.Captain W. T. MCNELTT. Steamer ELIZA. HANCOX... .Captam J. K. KICIIAHIMON. Steamer FANNIE.Captain D. B. VINCENT. LEAVE ACCOMMODATION WHARF. CHARLES'I ON. ami Charleston Wharf, Savannah, Monday, Wednes? day, Friday and Saturday mornings, at 7 o'clock. Tho PILOT BOY leaves Charleston ovory Friday, and Savannah ovory Saturday. Tho ELIZA HANCOX "loaves Charleston every Wednes? day and Saturday, and Savannah every Monday and fri? day. Tho FANNIE loaves Chi.rleston every Monday, and Savannah every Wednesday, touching at Bluffton going and returning. Freight received dally and n to red tree of charge. Freight to all points except Savannah must be prepaid, No Froight roceivod aftor sunset. For Freight or Passage, apply to FERGUSON ?i HOLMES, Agents, Charleston, S. O. CLAGHORN & CONINGHAM, Agents. Savannah, Ga. N. B.-Tho Steamers of this Line connect at Charleston with Northeastern and South Carolina Railroads, and at Savannah with Central a id Albany and Gulf Railroads und Florida steamers. March 22 CHARLESTON & GEORGETOWN STEAM PACKET UNE. " WEEKLY." TOUCHING AT SOUTH ISLAND, WAVERLY MILLS, AND LANDINGS ON THE WAC CAMAW AND BLACK. RIVERS. THE VERY FA8T STEAMER 'PILOT BO Y," Captain W. T. MCNEXTX. \?/UuL LEAVE ACCOMMODATION WHARF EVERY VV MONDAY MORNING, at 6 >'clo k. Returning, will leave Georgetown cvory WEDNESDAY MORNING, ot 6 o'clock. Freight roceivod daily, and stored free of charge. For Freight or Passage, apply to FERGUSON A HOLMES, Ageni- Charleston, WALLACE & PORTER, Agents, Georgetown. N. B. All Freights must be prepaid. No Frei nt re? ceived after sunset. March 22 FO?? EDISTO, ROCKVILLE, AND WAT LANDINGS. THE STEAMER G-ZEUNT. HOOKEB, CAPTAIN D. BOYLE, "TTTLLL LEAVE ATLANTIC WHARF ON SATUR. VV DAY MORNING, ".3d inst., at Six o'clock. All Freight must be paid on Wharf. For Freight or Passage, apply to CHAS. L. GUTXLEAUME, March 22 1 North Atlantic Wharf. NEW TORR AND CHARLESTON Steamship line. . FOR NEW YORK. CABIN PASSAGE FIFTEEN BOLLABS. THE NEW AND ELEGANT SIDE WHEEL STEAMSHIP CHARLES COLLINS, Commander. WILL LEAVE BROWN & CO.'S SOUTH WHARF on Saturday, 23d inst., at S o'clock. For Freight or Passage, having the most superior accommodations, apply to STREET BROTHERS tc 00., March 18_ NEW YORK STEAMERS. REGULAR U. 8. MAIL LINE OF SIDE-WHEEL STEAMERS. <S?TT-A.K:E:? CITY, W. H. WEST.Commander. SOUTH AMERICA --.Commander ONE OP THE ABOVE MAGNIFICENT SIDE-WHEEL STEAMERS will leave Auger's Wharf every SATUR? DAY for New York. Cabin Fjesage Fifteen Douars. For freight or passage, apply to RAVENED A CO.' QUAKER CI rY, Captain W. H. West, will leave on Saturday, Marah 23d., at S o'clock P. M. March 13 . ._ FOR FLORIDA, VIA SAVANNAH, B R XS N S W I C K, ST MARY'S, FERNANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, AND ALL, THE LANDINGS ON THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER Ad PAR AS PALA TEA. THE PINE STEAMER KA. TB, CAPTAIN T. J. LOCKWOOD. WILL LEAVE NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF OS evil} rre?ncsaay Morning, at 8 o'clock precisely jarPrel-hi received daily and stored free of charge. Per Freight or Passage apply on board, or at the of* nee of JOHN MAHONEY, JB., .8 Eut Bay, November 13_Above Craig, Tnomoy & Co's. FOR PALATKA, FLA., FERNANDINA JACKSONVILLE. AND ALL THE LANDINGS ON THE ST. JOHN'S RIVEE. VIA SAVANNAH, GA., . THE NEW AND SPLENDID STEAUgSHTP " i> i o rr -A. T o???"??* 1000 TONS BURDEN, CAPT JUN LOUIS M. OOXETTER. ON AND AFTER THE 26TH OCTOBER, SHIS PINK SHIP will sail from Hiddle Atlantic Wharf, every Friday Night, ot IO o'clock, for the above places. All freight must be paid here by shippers. Ganga ot egroes w-n bs t ken to the abo e pom ta on the St. John'! River at So each. Chilur-n uno er tan years of age free. Horses and Mules at re need rotes. SS-Country papers advertising "the DICTATOR" will please discontinue their notices and send account to the Agents, Por Freight or Passage apply on board, or to tba agency. 8 nth Atlantic " . ._' JanoaT^S SSW TORS AKT? BREMEN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. THE FIRST-CLASS U. 8. MAIL STEAMSHIP AT1.ANTIC, CHAS. HOVER, Master. Win leora Pier No. ?8, N. R.. on Saturday, April 6, tor Southampton and Bremen, taking passengers to South. ampton. London, Havre and Bremen, aft the iollowic, rotes. csToble in cold or Its equivalent in currency: niMCa4.i11.SUO; Second Cabin. MC; Steerage, $85. From Bremen, Southampton sod Havre to Hew Yoxk, First Cabm, ?110; Second Cabin, 876; Steerage, 848. EXCURSION TICKETS OUT AND HOME-First Oabffi. $210; Second Cabin, 8130; Steerage, ?70. '**.' To t? followed by tbs BALTIC, Capt. A. G. JONE!*, April 20. . . TtTBXSCCft PSPASTD3UBS FB?U XXW TOirjc: Ifay 4. June l. Jone 18, June -.9, Jory 20. "A> ?'' For Freight or Passage apply lo ISAAC TAYLOR, President, February 27 i\ No ?0 Broadway, N. Y. OFFICE OF CHIEF OF DETECTIVES FEBRUARY 1,1S07--Recovered sad now st this nfflee, - yards COTTON GOODS. The owner ls rc incited to como forward and prove property. .'.....> J. ft fi*w>nr?T.T^ . Pohroory 8 Ltaut. In C2iargo.