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VOLUME IV.NO. 534. CHARLESTON, S. C., TUESDAY MORNING, M>Y 7, 1867. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TELEGRAPHIC. Our Cable Dlspatciice. PARTS, July 20.-Napoleon continuos lo purchase horses for the army. The military workshops aro overtasked. LONDON, July 20.-The Tories in tho House of Lords sustain the Derby Beform Bill. Earl Grav opposes ic. LIVERPOOL. July 20-Noon. -Cotton firm and un? changed; sales 15,000 bales, ?readstu?s quiet. Corn 35s. 9d. Turkish Cruelties In Crete. WASHINGTON, July 21.-Latest official accounts received at the Greek Legation givo a terrible re? port of Turkish cruelties in Crete. The Cretan's inflicted severe punishments on ono of Omar Pasha's t>pies. Omar, in retaliation, crucified a Grecian priest, in order, say tho dispatches, to sa? tiate his revenge, and cast odium on the Christian religion, from which Omar apostatized, having himself teen born a Christian. Ho next besioged a cavern, in which Greek women and children had taken refuge, closing the mouth, and leaving them to die of starvation. Dispatches stato that thc Turkish Government decline to yield to tho remonstrance* of tho Eu? ropean powers regarding Omer Pasha's conduct. European News by Steamer. NEW YOBS, July 21.-The European steamers bring- the news that the Queen of Prussia had ar? rived at Paris. Earl Derby, in the House of Lords, announcing the execution of Maximilian, said he shared in thc feelings of all their lordships in regard to this un? necessary, cruel and barbarous murder, which must have excited sorrow in every country-a murder purely gratuitous, which, far from pro? ducing any beneficial effects, would only add to the miseries of Mexico. He declined stating thc intentions of his Government. Lord Stratford, of Redcliffe, said that he would press the resolution on the subject. In the Corps L?gislatif M. Thier said that thc Mexican expedition had been without good results to France, and the prestige of her greatness wa? lost in America and compromised iu Europe. Jules Favre said the French troops should havo brought Maximilian away, and thus eave France from the stain of blood which will rest upon her. In the Senate M. Rougher Baid tho French did everything they could to induce Maximilian to come sway. Two thousand Belgian volunteers arrived in England in six steamers. Turkey claims that nearly all tho District of Sphokia have yi Ided. The Owl says no intervention of European powers will occur in consequence of the execution of Maximilian. > The steamer Nebraska ran down a fishing boat anchored ten miles off Cork harbor. Of a crew of seven, five were lost. C >ngressional. WASHINGTON, July 20.-SENATE.-There was an irregular di cussion regarding adjournment, in which the President was denounced aa contuma? cious, and Mr. Chandler said there was a sort of hybrid concera in tho Senato called conservative Republicanism. Mr. Fassenden took further remarks of Mr. Chandler as personal, and said he had but one thins; to say : The Senator from Michigan says what is not true. Mr. Chandler hurled back Mr. Fessendon'a con? tempt with scorn, when the amiable controversy was interrupted by a motion to go into Executive session. , The Senate adopted the report of the Committee of Conference, and adjourned to the 21st of No? vember. 11 r I i HOUSE.-A resolution, ordering. 3500 copies of tbs report on the physios and hydrography of tho Mississippi river was passed. . The bill carrying into effect the Venezuela Con? vention was passen. - . -- The Indian bill as 'passed by the Senate was amended and passed. The Judiciary Cfcramittee was authorized to send for persons and papers on the question whether Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware have repub? lican constitutions. The preamble and resolution ordering tho Ser geant-et-Arms to bring Lafayette C. Baker before the bar of the House for contempt in refusing to appear before the Judiciary Committee, was passed. A resolution ore or inp the. Judiciary Committee to report the evidence taken in the impeachment case, was passed-57 to 43. This resolution was applauded by the impeach? ers. The Conference Committee reported an adjourn? ment from 4 o'clock to the 21st of November, which was agreed to-yeas, 61; nays, 46. Mr. Wilson was about reporting evidence, on im? peachment, when the Speaker's hammer fell. Adjourned. Washington. News. WASHINGTON, July 20.-A Surratt Jaw? being taken with A violent attack of cholera morbus the Court took a recess. JA is considered certain Congress will adjourn this afternoon. Gen. John A. McClernand, of Illinois, has been nominated to the Mexican mission. Otterburg is to be Secretary of Legation. It is stated that the Cabinet, except Stanton, ap? proved the President's message. Some passsgss were stricken ont during its consideration in the Cabinet. John L. Goddard. Grand Master of the Penn? sylvania Masons, is dead. The Pos toffioe Department bas ordered contract s for mail transportation from Brashear, Louisiana, br Sabine Pass, Texas. Beaumont and Liberty to Hons ton and back six times a week by steamboat and railroad, on a schedule of twenty-four hours, route three hundred and five miles long. The President nominated Horace Greeley for the Austrian mission, but objection being made under the rule of tue Senate, that nominations cannot be considered the same day of nomination, it goes over. The Senate took no action on Caprons' nomina? tion to the Commissionership of Agriculture. John Nether land, of Texas, was confirmed as Min? ister to Bolivia ; John A. McClernand as Minister, . and Otterborg as Secretary of Legation to Mexico, were rejected; Edward Balline;er was confirmed Postmaster at Gonzales, Texas ; D. Rumley was confirmed Collector of Customs at Wilmington, . North Carolina. The following were rejected : Hugh T. Waddell, Receiver of Public Monies, Natohitoohes ; Alexander L. Field, Receiver of Public Monies at New Orleans. August Bissell, a physician, from New York, tes? tifies that he was in Elmira on the 14th of April, and flaw Barratt there ; witness had a suit with the Erie R*ilrf^ Company ; he suspected Surratt was a detective employed by the Railroad Company to watch witness ; noticed him closely. > Recess. -, * The sick juror was brought into Court on a lounge. Mr. Bisse''H cross-examination was quite lengthy. The Court took a recess to six o'clock, and ad? journed to Monday, when the defence can examine an expected witness. Internal revenue to-day, $693,000; for the week $8,280,000. "General Howard has issued orders to his subor-. dinates regarding employees. Preference must be Sven to such as have been loyal. All n:ust take e iron-clad. The excitement in the House to-day was very great; the impeachers, taking advantage of a thin House, oirned their point of ordering evidence to be reported and printed; but Wilson, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, who has strongly oppos? ed the movement, trifled over the matter until the Speaker's hammer fell for adjournment, thus again defeating them. From Richmond. RICHMOND, July 20.-Thc Justices of tho Hust? ings Court will meet on Monday to consider a let? ter from Gen. Schofield which was Bent to the Re? corder to-day. The case of Hovey (referred to in tho lotter, ) is that of the teacher of freedmen, who was assault? ed by Hotze. The other cases mentioned aro those of persons charged with exhibiting faro. General Schofield's letter says : "It is represented that the records of the court of Hustings for six months show that the highest penalty imposed in the most aggravated case of assault and battery was $150, while in ordinary cases the penally was a merely nominal fine and costs; that in the case c ? Hotze for an aggravated case of Hovey for an assault upon the brother of Hotze, the same court thought proper to add to the fine of $150 imposed by the jury, thirty days imprisonment in the coun? ty jai); and that in the case of William Suellines, William A. Duke and others, above referred to, the Commonwealth's Attorney was permitted to enter a node proaequi, and the prisoners wero dis? charged upon the ground, as stated in substance by the counsel for the defence, that where parties were born north of an imaginary line the judg? ment of the Court was set aside, and also that our Courts were now intended solely for the trial of Confederates. The action of the Court of Hust? ings in these three cases seems to require explana? tion. The above statement is referred to you, as one of the Justices of that Court, for any explana? tion yon may wish to make. Very reepectfully, your obedient servant, 8. F. CHALFIN, A. A. Gen. From Texas. GALVESTON, July 20.-Headquarters aro over? whelmed with reports of outrages. In tho Red River country colored men daru not accept the appointment of registers on account of being threatened with death. Judge Litemer, a promi? nent Texan, has resigned his appointment in the Bureau, as he is afraid of his lite. The chief out? law is named Gnest. The colored pooplo fleo to the woods on his approach. He shot a frced woman, took out of ncr womb a living child, and exhibited it in drunken glee in a bar-room. He was arrested, but esciped [sterling.] Ti*e Robin? son County colored church was assaulted, and two men and one woman were killed. Captain Ran? dall, a Bureau Agent, has raised a hundred freed? men and arrested two ringleaders. From Wilmington. WILMINGTON. July 20-Northern orators are on the increase. A colored female lectures to-morrow sight. Maurine Newa WILMINGTON, July 29.-Sailed-the Junes A. Gary. . . N*w YOBX, July 20.-The Ans?rian ship arrived from Antwerp, had seventeen deaths en route, and was tent to quarantine. j Doi. .tic Markets. ft . N DISPATCH. NEW YOBK, Julvio.-Stocks strone; Money firm; Gold 139J; '02 Coupons Ulf; Tennessco Sixes, ex Coupons, ?8; now issuo 664; North Carolina Sixes, new issue, 56. Flour dull; common grades droop? ing. Wheat shade firmer. Corn la2c. lower. Pork sttadv at $22.95u23. Lard quiet. Whiskey dull. Colton quiet ?nd sloady; Middling Un?anos 26?a 27c. Turpentine quio- at 58c. Rosin Bteady. EVENING DISPATCH. Cotton firmer; sales 2990 bales; Middling Up? lands L>oAa27c. rlour dull; Stato $7all 25; South? ern $<) ?0al7. Whoat 3a5c better. Corn dull. Pork uteadv. Others unchanged. WIXMINOTON. July 20.-Cotton nominal at 23c. Spirits Turpentine firm at 52c. Rosin steady at $2 75a5 75; one lot of extra pale sold at $8. MOBILE, July 20.-Cotton quiet: sales 100 bales; Low Middling 22c; receipts 17 bales. NEW OKLEANS, Julv 20.-Cotton firm; sales 1000 bales; low middling, "211; receipts, 740 bales; et ports, 7320 halos; L?ui lana Sugar-fair, 131; primo, 141; strictly primo, 15; stock very small. No molasses; nominally 48a52. Flour-stock light ; doublo extra, $1175; choice. $18 50al9. Com? stock light and firm; yellow and mixed, ll 25al 35; white, $140al 15. Oats firm, vory light stock Si 05. Pork quiot at $24 95a25. Bacon in good jobbing demand; shoulders, 18; rib, 14; clear, l?j. Lard quoted: tiorco, 18?; kegs, 14. Gold, 139j. Sturline 51J54. NOW Yora sight, $aj premium. SAVANNAH, July 20_Cotton active and in good demand-advancing: sales 210 bales; middling, 24$ a25; rccoipts none. MISSSAGE OF 'IHK PRESIDENT. Veto of tne Supplementary Military Re? construction Bill. To the House of Iiepresenlatives of the Unded l?tales : I return herewith the bill entitled "An act sup idemcutary to cn act entitled 'An act to pr?vido or tho more efficient government of the rebel States,'" passed on tho secoud day of March, 1867, and tho act supplementary thereto, passed on tho twenty-third day of March, 1867, and will state as? briefly as r ossible some of the reasons which prevent me from giving it my approval. This is one of a series of measures passed by Congress during the last four months on the sub? ject of reconstruction. The message returning tho act of tho second of March lost states at length my objections to the passage of that measure. Thoy appl* equally well to the bill now before me, and I am content merely to refer to them and to reiterate my conviction that they are sound and unanswerable. 'ibero aro some points peculiar to this bill which I will proceed at once to consider. Tho first section proposes to declare "tho truo intent and meaning," in somo particulars, of the two prior acts upon this subject. It is declared that the intent of these acta was First, that the existing governments m the ton "rebol States were not legal State governments," and second, "that thereafter said governments, if continued, were to be continued subject in all re? spects to the military commanders of tho respec? tivo districts, and to tho paramount authority of Congress." Congress may by a declaratory act fix upon a prior act a construction altogether at variance with its apparent meaning, and from thc time at least when such construction is fixed tho original act will be construed to mean exactly what it is stated to mean by the declaratory statute. There will be, then, from the timo this bill may bec mae a law, no doubt-no question-as to tho relation in which the "existing governments" in those States, called in tho original act "tho provisional governments," stand toward the military authorities. As these relations stood before tho declaratory act, these '"governments," it is true, were made subject to absolute military authority in many important re? spects, but not in all, the languago of the act be? ing "subject to tho military authority of the United States, as- hereinafter prescribed." By the sixth section of the original act these governments were mado, "in all respects, subject to the paramount authority of the I'm ted States." Now, by this declaratory act it appears that Congress did not, by tho original act, intend to limit the military authority to any particulars or subjects therein " presented," but meant to make it nnivorsal. Thus over all these ten States this military government is now declared to have un? limited authority. It is no longer coffined to the preservation of tho public peace, the administration of criminal law, the registration of voters, and the superintendence of elections, but "in all respects" it i.< asserted to bo paramount to tho existing civil governments. It ia impossiblo to conceive any state of society more intolerable than this, and yot it is to this condition that twelve millions of American citizens are reduced by tho Congress of the United States. Over ever}- foot of tho immense territory occupied bv theso American citizens, the Constitution of the United States is theoretically in full operation. It binds all the people there, and should protect thom, yet they are denied every one of its sacred guar? antees. Ot what avail will it be to any one of these South? ern people, when seized by a file of soldiers, to ask for the causo of arrest, or for the production of tho warrant? Ol wha avail to ask fur tho privilege of bail when in militai y custody, which kuows no Buch thing as bail? Of what avail to demand a trial by jury, process for witnesses, a copy tor tho indictu ent, the privilege of counsel, or that great? er privilege, the writ of habeas corpus? The veto of the original act of the 2d of March was based on two distinct grounds -tho interfer? ence ot Congress in mattera strictly appertaining to the re-.erved powers of the States and the es? tablishment of military tribunals for the trial of citizens in times ol' peaoe. The impartial reader of tnat message will understand that all it con? tains with respect to military despotism and mar? tial law bas reference especially to tho fearful power conferred on tho district commanders to displaco the criminal courts and assume jurisdic? tion to try and to punish by milita ry boards) that, potentially, the suspension uf habeas corpus was martial law and military despotism. The act now before me not only declares that the intent was to confer such military authority, but alBO to confer un bimi ted military authority over all the other courts of 'he Stato and ov.r all the offices of the Stat', legislative, exjeutivo and judicial. Not content with the general grant of power, Congress, in the second section of the bill, speci- : nosily gives to each military commander the pow? er "to suspend or remove from office, or from tho i pertormance of official duties and the exercise of ? official powers, any officer or person holding or exurcismg, or professing to hold and exercise any : civil or military offico or duty m such district, un? der any power, election, appointment, or authority i derived Lom, or granted by, or claimed under any so-called State or the government thereof, or any municipal or other division thereof." A power that hitherto all the departments of tho Federal Government, acting in coucort org sepa? rately, have not dared to exercise is hero attempt? ed to bj conferred on a subordinate military offi? cer. To him, as a military officer of the Federal Government, is given the power, supported by .* a sufficient military force," to remov e every civil officer of the btate, What next? The division commander wno has thus deposed a civil officer is to fill the vacancy by the detail of an officer or soldier of the army, or by the appointment of " some other porson," Tms military appointee, whether an officer, a soldier, or "some other person," is to perform the duties of such officer or person so suspended or removed. In other words an officer or soldier of the army is thus transformed into a civil officer. He may be a governor, a legislator, or a judge, However unfit ne may deem himself tor such civil duties, he m ust obey the order. Tho officer of the army must, if "detailed," go upon the supremo bench of tho Stato with tue uame 'prompt obe? dience as if he were detailed to go upon a court martial. The soldier, if detailed to act as a justice of the peace, must obey as quickly as if he wero detailed for picket duty. What is tho character of such a m iii t arv civil officer? Th s bill declaros that ho shall perform the duties ot the -i vii office to which ho is detailod. It is clear, however, that he does not lose his posi? tion in Hie military service. He is still au officer or soldier of the army; he is billi subject to tho rules and regulations "which govern it, and must yield due deference, respect and obedience to? ward his superiors. The clear intent of this sec? tion is that the officer or soldier detailed to fill a civil office, must exocute his duties according (o tho laws of the State, If ho is appointed a Governor of a State-he is to execute the duticB as provided by tho laws of that Stato, and for the time being hid inilitary charac? ter is to be auspouded in his now civU capacity, if hj is appointed a Stato treasurer he must at once assume the custody and disbursennnt of the funds of tho State, and must perform those dutios pre? cisely according to the liiwa of tho State ; for he is entrusted with no other official duty or other official power. Holding the ofiico of treasurer and eutruated with fuuds, it happens that he is re? quired by the Stato laws to entjr into bond with security and to toko an oath of office, yet from the beginning of the bul to the end there is no pro? vision for and bond or oath of office or mr any sin? gle qualification re mired under the State law, such as residence, citizenship, or anything else. The only oatu is that provided for in the nintu section, by tho terms of which every one detailed "to take and to subscribe the oath of offico prescribed by law for officers of tho United States." Thus an officer of tho army of the United States, detailed to fill a civil office in one of these States, gives no official b' nd and takes no official oath for tho per? tormance of his new duties as a civil officer o| tho State ; ho only takes tho same oath whiob he had already taken as a military officer of the United States. He is, ut least a military olDccr perform? ing civil duties, and tho authority under which he acts is Federal authority o dy, a?d the itiovitable result is that the Federal Government, by the agency of it.- own sworn officers. iu effect, assumes tho civil government ol' the States. A singular contradiction is apparent herc. Con? gress declares these local State governments to bo illegal governments, and then provides that these ill?gal governments shall be carried on by Federal officers, who aro to perform the very duties im? posed on its own officers by thia illegal Stato au? thority. Jt certainly would be a novel tpectaele if Congress should attempt to carry on a legal ^t.ntc government by thc agency of ita own officered it is yet move ouango th it Congress attempts to sus? tain and carry on au illegal Btutc government by the Bame i ederal agency. In this connection I must call attention to tho 10th and 11th sections of the bill, which provide that none of the officers or appointees of these military commmders. "snail be bound in his ac: tion r>y any opinion ot any ci 'il officer of the Vin? ter! States,".' and that all the provisions of the ac* -'-'snail be continued literally to tho end, that all the intents thereof may be fully and perfectly carried out." It seems Congress supposed that this bill might require "construction, and they fix, therefore, the rule to be applied. But where is the construction to come from ? Certainly no one can be moro in want of instruction than a soldier or an officer of the army detailod for a civil Borvice, with the du? ties of which, perhaps tho most important in a State, is altogether unfamiliar. This bill says he shall not bo bound in his action by tho opinion of any civil officer of tho United States. The duties of the office aro altogether civil; but when ho asks for an opinion be can only ask tho opinion of another military officer, who, perhaps, understands as little of his duties as he does himself; and as to his ' action," he is answer? able to the military authority, and to the military authority alone. Strictly no opinion of any civil officer, other than a Judgo, has a binding force. But these military appointees would not be bound oven by a judicialopinion. They iniiht vory well say, even w.ien their action is in conflict with the Supreme Court of the United Statofi, "that Court is composed of civil officers of the United States, and we arc not bound to conform our action to any opinion of any such authority." Tho bill and thc acts to which it is supplemen? tary are all founded upon tho assumption that the ten communities aro not States, and that their ex? isting governments aro not legal. Throughout the legislation upon this subject they aro called "rebel States," and in this particular bill they aro denominated "so-called States," and the voice of illogalit i is declared to pervade all of them. The obhga ionB of consistency bind thc legislativo body as well a, tho individuals who comixise it. It is now too ' late to say that theso ten political com? munities ore not States of this Union. l^claiations to thc contrary, made in these their acts, are contradicted again * and again by thc re? peated acts of legislation enacted by Congress from the year 1801 to tho year 1867. During that Iioriod, while thoso States were in active rebel? i?n, and alter that reoollion was brought to a close, they have been again and again recognized os States of the Union. Representation has been apportioned to them as Stato?. They have been divided into judicial districts for the holding of district and circuit courts of the United States, as Stat.s of tho Union eau only be distributed. The lost act on this subject was passed July 23, 1866, by which every ono of theso ten States was arranged into districts and oircuits. They have been called upon by Congress to net through their Legislatures upon at least .wo amendments to tho Constitution of tho United Slates. As States they bave ratified one amendment, which required the vote of twenty-sevon States of tue thirty-six then composing thc Union. When tho requisito twent\-seven votes wore given in favor ot that amendment-BO von of which votes were given by seven of these States-it was proclaimed to bo a part of the Constitution of the United States, and slavery was declared not longer to exist in the United States or any place subject to their juris? diction. If these seven States were not legal States of the Union, it follows as tho inevitable consequence that in some of the States slavery vet exists. It does not exist in these seven States, for they have abolished it also in their own State Constitutions ; but Kentucky not having done so, it would still remain in that State. But, in truth, if this assumption that these States have no legal State Governments be true, then the abolition of slavery by theso illegal governments binds no one, for Congress now denies to theso States the power to abolish slavery by denving to them tho power to elect a legal Slate Legislature, or to frame a constitution for any purpose, even for such a purpose as tho abolition of slavery. As to tho otber consti I ut ional amendment having reference to suffrage, it happens that these States have not accepted it. Thc consequence is thut it has never been proclaimed or understood, evon by Congress, to be apart of the Constitution of the United States. The Senato of the United States bas repeatedly given its sanction to tho appoint? ment of judges, district attorneys and marshals for evory ono of these States ; and yet if thoy are not legal States not ono of these judges is author? ized to hold a court So, too, both Houses of Con sloss havcpasBsd appropriation bills to pay all these judges, attorneys and officers ot the United States for ?xercising thoir functions in these StatcB, Again, in the machinery of the internal revenue laws all of these States aro districted not as "Territories' but as "States." So much for continuous legislative recognition. Tho instances cited, however, fall saort of all that might be enumerated. Executive recognition, as is well known, has been frequent ana unwavering. Tho some may bo said as to tho j adicial recognition, through the Supremo Court of tho United States. That august tribunal, from first to last, in the administration of its duties tn bane and upon the circuit, has never failed to recognize those ten communities as legal States of tho Union. Tho cases depending in that court upon appeal and writ of error from these States, w ,en tho rebellion began, have not been dismissed upon any idea of tho cessation of jurisdiction. They were carefully continued from term to term until the rebellion was entirely sub? dued and peace rc-cst abd ah od, and they were call? ed for argument and consideration as if no insur? rection had intervened. New cases, occurring since thc rebellion, have como from theso States bolor ! that court by writ of error and appeal, and even by original suit, where only a State can bring such a suit. These cases are entertained by tb at tribunal in tho exorcise of its ack; owledged juris? diction, win ob could not attach to them if thoy had come from any political body other than a State of the Union. Finally, in the allotment of their circuits, made by the Judges at the Decem? ber term, 1865, overy one of these States is put on the samo footing of legality with all the other States of tho Union, Virginia and North Caro? lina, being a part of tho Fourth Circuitparo allot? ted to the Chief Justice. South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississiopi and Florida, constituted tho Fifth Circuit, and waa allotted to the late Mr. Justice Wayne. Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas, aro allotted \Q tho Sixth Judicial Circuit, as to wmoh there is a vacancy on the bench. The Chief Justice, in tho exercise of his circuit duties, has recently held a circuit Court in the State of North Carolina. If Not th Carolina is not a State of this Union, tho Chief Justice had no authority to bpld a court there, and overy order, judgment and decree rendered by him in that court ?vere coram non judice and void. Another ground on which these reconstruction icts aro attempted to be sustained is tbiai That these ten Sutes aro conquered territory'; that tho constitutional. relation in which they stood as ?tato? towards"the Federal Government prior to tho rebellion has given placo to a now relation; that this territory is a conquered oountry, and their citizens a conquered people; and thai in thia now relation Congress can govern them by military power A title by conquest stands on clear eround. It is a new title acquirod by war. It applies only to territory, for goods or moveable things regularly captured in war aro called "booty," or if taken by individual soldiers "plunder." Thpro is not a f.i?it of land in anv one of thoso ten Statea which tho United Stales holds by con? quest, Bavo only such land as did not belong to either of these States or to any individual owner, I mean such lands as did belong to tho pre? tended Government called tho Confederate States. Tb ese lands wo may claim to hold by conquest. Aa tb all other land or territory, whether belonging to t e State or to individuals, the Federal Govern? ment bas now no more title or right to it than it had before the rebellion. Over our forts, arsenals, navy yards, custom bouses and other Federal prop orto situate \n theso 8tatcB wo now hold, not by ibo tit e of conquest, but by our old title, acquired by purcliaso or condemnation for public use with compensation to former owners. Wo have not conquered those placos, but have simply "rODos* sessed" them. If we require moro aites for fortB, cuBtom houses or Other public use, we must ac? quire the title to them by purchase or appropria? tion in tho regular mode. At thia moment the United States, in the acquisition ol' sites for na? tional cemeteries in thoso States, scqulros title in the same way. Tho Federal OQur-ts eit in oourt houses owned or leased hy the Unite I States, not in tho poqrt houses of tho States. The United States pays each of these States for the use of its jails. Finally, the United Stales levios its direct laxes and its internal rovonuo upon tho property in those StutOB, including tho productions, or tho lands within their territorial limits-not by way of levy and Amtribution in the character of a con? queror, but in the regular way of taxation, under the samo laws which apply to all the other States of the Union. From tir.it to last, during tho rebellion and since, the title of each of these States to tho lands and public buildings owned by them ha* never hocy. chaim bod, and not a foot of it has over been acquired by the United States evon under a title by confiscation, and not a foot of it haB ever boan taxed under Federal law. In conclusion I mu?t respectfully ask tho atten? tion of Concresa to tho consideration or one moro question arising under this bill, lt vests in tho military commander, subject only to the approval of tho General of tho army of the United States, an un?niited power to remove from office any civil or military officer in each of these ten States, and tho further power, subject to tho same approval, to deti.il or appoint any military officer or soldier of tho United 8tat63*to pei foina duties of the officer so removed, and to fill ail the vacancies oc? casioned in those States by death, resignation or otherwise. Tue military appointco thus required to perform the didied of'a civil officer accordipg to the laws Of tho State, and as such required to take an oath, is, for tho time being, a civil officer. What is bis character? Is ho a ci.il officer of tho State or a civil officer of the United States ? If he ie a civil officer of tho 8tatc, whero ia the Federal power, under our Constitution, whioh authorizes his ap? pointment by any Federal officer ? If. ho.'. ever, he ia to ho considered a civil officer of the United States, as his appoiulmeut and oath would seem to indicate, whero is the authority for his appoint? ment vested by tho Constitution ? Tho power of appointment of all officers of ti.e United States, civil or military, whore not provided for in the Constitution, is vested in the President by and with tho advioo 'and consent of thc Senato, with this exception-that Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the Preside-it alone, in the courts of kw, or in the heads o Departments. But this bill, if these are to bo considered inferior officers ?vitbin the meaning of the Constitution,, docd not provide for their appointment hy the PreaicUnt alone, or thc courts of Itvw, or by the hoads of departments, but voota tho appointment in ono subordinate executive officer. So that if we put this question and fix tho character of the a ilitarv appointee either way, this providion of the bill is equally op posed to the Constitution. Take the ca*e of a soldier or officer ?.ppoir?ed to perform tho office of Judge in ono of ihoso States, and ao such te administer tho proper laws of the State, Whore is the authority to be found in tho Coribtitutlo.i for vesting in a military or an execu? tive officer a rict jud.cial functions to be exeicised under State law? It has been again .ami again de? cided by the Supreme Court of tho United States that acts of Congress vhioh have attempted to vest executive powers in the judicial courts, or judgCB of tho United States, arc not warranted by the Constitution, If Congress cannot clothe a judge with ruerolv executive duties, how can thoy clotho an officer or soldier of the army with judicial duties over cit? izens of the United States who are not in tho mili? tary or naval service? So too, it has boen repeat? edly decided that Congress cannot require u stato officer, executive or judicial, to perform any duty enjoined upon him oy a law of tho United State?. How, thon, can Congress confer power upon an executive officer of tho United ?tatos to perform such duties in a State? If Congress could not vest in a judge of one of these States any judicial au? thority under the United Stales, by direct enact mont. how can it accomplish the same thing indi? rectly, by romoving tho State Judge and putting an officer of the United States in his place? To mo these considerations are conclusive of the unconstitutionality of this part of tho bill now beforo mo, and I earnestly commend their consid? eration to tho deliberate judgment of Congress. Within a period loss than a year the legislation of Congress has attempted to strip the Executive Department of tho Government of some of its essential powcrB, The Constitution and tho oath provided in it devolve upon the President tho power and the duty to seo that tho lavs are faith? fully executed. The Constitution, in ordor to carry out this power, gives billillie choice of tho agents, and makes them subject to his control and supervision. But in tho oxeeuli?n of these laws the constitutional obligation upon thc President romains, but the power to exorcise that constitu? tional duty is effectually taken away. The military commandor is. as to tho power of appointment, made to toke the place of tho President, and t.ic General of tho army the place of tho Senate, and any attempt on the part ol the 1 'resident to as? sert his own constitutional power may, under prc tonco of law, bo met by official insubordination. It is to be feared that these military officers, look? ing to tho authority givon by these li vs, rather than to tho letter of tho Constitution, wi jj recog? nize no authority but tho commando!- ol tuc dis tri t and tho General of tho army. If there were no other objection than this to this proposed legislation, it would be sufficient. While I hold tho chief executive authority of the United States, whilo the obligation rests upon mo to see that all tho laws aro faithfully executed, I can never wittingly surrondor that trust, or the powor given for its execution. I can never givo my asBent to bo ruado respon? sible for the faithful exocution of laws and at the same time surrender that trust and the powors which accompany it to any other executive officer, high or low, or to any number of executive officers. If this Executive truBt, vested by tho Constitu? tion in the Prcsidont, is to be taken from him and vested in a subordinate officer, the responsibility will bo with Congress in clothing the subordinate with unconstitutional power, and with the officer who assumes its exorcise. 'Ibis interference with the constitutional authority of the Executive department is an evil tba} viii inevitably sap the foundations of our federal system, but it is not tho worst evil of this legislation. It is a great public wrong to take from the President powors conferred upon him alone by the Constitution, but the wrong is moro flagrant and more dangerous when tho powers so taken from tho President aro conferred upon subordinate executive officers, and especially upon military officers. Over neony one third of tho States of the Union military power, regulated by no fixed law, ru es supreme. Each ono of tboBO Uvo district commanders, though not chosen by tho people or responsible to them, exercises at this hour more executive pow? er, military and civil, than the people have ever been willing to confer upon the head of tho Execu-^ tive Departmont, though chosen by and responsi? ble to themselves, The remedy must como from the people themselves. Th ey know, what it is, and how it is to be applied. At the present time they eau not,-according to tho Constitution, repeal these laws; thoy cannot remove or control this despo? tism. The remedy, nevertheless, is in theil* hands; it is to be found in the ballot, and is a suro 1 one, if not controlled by fi and, overawed by arbi? trary power, or from apathy un their part too long delayed. With abiding confidence in their patriotism, wisdom and integrity, lam still hope? ful of tho future, and that m tho end tho rod of despotism will be broken, tho armed rule of power, be lifted from tho nocks of tho people, and the principles of a violated Constitution preserved. AN Dit KW JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 19,1867. A COBBXSPONDENT of the Liberte writes that tho denunciation of tho death penalty against the au? thors of tho clandestine political journals in Spain has had no othoi effect than to increase their viru? lence and their popularity. They are read and quoted in all circles. A remarkable featnro of the present crisis is that the attacks of tho writers and public feeling are not, as formerly, diiectcd against the ministry alone. No one could be hated moro thoroughly than N ARWEZ, but the Qucon shares largely in his unpopularity, and tho lust number of tho Rel?mpago con tai:, jd an attack upon her, which ono can hardly bMiove the pro? duct of a Spanish pen. It is announced that the King of Prussia in? tends to pay a visit in August to tho castle of Hohenzollern, near Horchingen, which has been tho seat bf his family for more than a thousand years. Tho castle, during tho early part of tho century, was a very romantic ruin, but about ten years ago it was restored and furnished through? out in the style ot tho m kl dio ages. Cui ioualy onough, King WILLIAM has never seen it. TALL GRASS.-Ono of our citizens brought into our office thia week-for exhibition-we presume, not having anything better to show us-several stalks, of the longest crab-grass that has been pro? duced, perhaps, by any one in our knowledge; th uv measuring about six feet in length. Wo do not know tho motive that induced, the gentleman to make this exhibition, but if any ono can beat it a small premium will bo awarded to him. Send on your specimens gentlemen, thoro's onough of you that can compete.- Darlington Southerner. OLD ESTABLISHED DRUG ST?11K E. H. KELLERS & CO., I. VU: i'll i \ m DUK\ WHOLESALE AM RETAIL DR?, No. 131 MEETING STREET, Third door above Market HAVE LATELY RECEIVED LARGE ADDITIONS lb their usual stock of puro and frosh DRUGS MEDICINES DYE STUFFS EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN FANCY GOODS FINE SOAPS TOILET POWDER 3 POMADES COSMETICS COMB 3 BRUSHES EXTRACTS, 4 c. Comprising invoices from tho most reputable manu? facturers. Oa hand, all tho principal PROPRIETARY MEDICINES, Including Preparations of AYER, JAYNE. HALL, CHEV? ALIER, DAVIS, WRIGHT, HOLLOWAY, ic. tlso. i largo assortment of SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS TRUSSES SADDLE BAGS MEDICINE CHESTS GLASS METAL AND GUTTA PERCHA GOODS GLASSWARE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Great attention is paid to thc importation and seleo tion of PURE AND FRESH DRUGS, and none other are ollowed to go out of the Establish? ment _ * -i PRESCRIPTIONS compounded with accuracy, and tho public can depend on the utmost reliability in the execution of orders. E.H.KELLERS,M.D.. Il MER,il?. March 9 _ THE ORANGEBURG NEWS. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. Al Orangeburg, S. C. Terms S2 per annum, in ad vance. Ouringthe spring and fall seasons extra copies of the OnANOEUUiio MEWS will bc circulated for tho bcueiit ol our advertising patrons. Contract Advertisements inserted on thc most libera) forms. Address SAMUEL DIBBLE, Editor Orauccbnr?? Newa, February 25 Orangeburg. H The Bennettsville "Journal" IS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING AT Bcuuettsvillc, S. C., in tho eastern portion of thc Suito, by ?TUBBS A LITTLE, Proprieturs, and oflVrs superior inducements to Merchants and all others ?ho wish to extend their business hi this section ot' tue Pee Dee couutry. Wo respcct.uhy eoucit the patronage of our Charleston friends. Terms-?3 pe. ai num, invariably in advance. Adver? tisements inserted at very reasonable rates. July 8 THE SUMTER WATCHMAN IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. AT SUM TEH, H. C., by GILBERT ii FLOW. i.S, Proprietor? at FOUR DOLLARS per auuum, hiv triably in advance Advortixenicuts inserted at usual rates. Every style ol Job Printing executed in UIP. style and greatest dispatch, oej.-,; moei ?tl MARRIED. Mr.y 6th, 1867, by Rev. E. J. MEYNAKDO, ROBERT W. LEAK and Mrs. ELIZA ADDISON BROWN, all of this cl tv. OBITUARY. DIED, 20th inst, MART FRANCIS, infant daughter of CUAJILES F. and MAKE ANN HEBBELS. ? July 22 DI F.D. July 1st, at Liverpool, England. C ip tal i ED MU N D GARDNER, only aurvi lng son of the lato JAMES GABDNER, Esq.. bayview Whttcabby, County Antrim, Ireland, aged 31 years. 1* DIED, suddenly, July 21st 18C7, ISABEL MARY, aged 15 years and 3 month, youngest daughter of JAMES M. and AKNE F. CALDWELL. SS~ Their Relatives and Friends aie invited to attend the Funeral Services at the Second Presbyterian Church, This Afternoon, at Six o'clock. 1 July 22 ;:jvl lie Friends ami Acquaintances ot Mr. and Mrs. J. H. LINSEDETNK, sro respectfully invited to attend the funeral services of their Infant son, FRANZ JOHANN WILHELM, from the residence No. 85 King street, TA w Afternoon, at Four o'clock. July 22 1 S P E G?1TT? TICES." SS- N O TIC E.-ALL PERSONS INDEBTED to tho Estate of JAMES HAYES, deceased, will please make payment to Messrs. BREWSTER A SPRATT, At? torneys at Law, No. 98 Broad street, and claims against the Estate may bc presented, properly attested, to then*. CATHARINE HAYES, July 22 m3 Administratrix, *?T STATE OFSOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLES? TON DISTRICT.-IN EQUITY.-WILLIAM COLE vs ISABELLA SIMONS et al.-BILL FOR PARTITION. rt appearing to my satisfaction that OWEN CHAT? TERS. SARAH MCKINLAY and ELIZA LES2SNE, three of tho D?tendants In this case are absent from, and re? side N'-vond the limits of this State. On motion of J. H. NATHANS, Esq.. orderod that the said Defendants do appoar and plead, answer or demur to this bill within lorty day* from thc publication of this order, or an order to toke the bill pro confesso, wlR bo granted and entered against them. JAS. L. GANTT, Office of Register in Equity, R. E. C. D. 28th June, 1867. June 29 A July 22 Juno 29 93- A YOUNG LADY RETURNING TO HER country home, after a sojourn of a few months in the city, was hardly recognized by her friends. Di place o a coarse, rustic, flushed face, she had a soft raby com plexion of almost marble smoothness, and Instead o. tw n ty. three she really appeared but eighteen. Upon in? quiry as to tho cause of so great a change, she plainly told them that she used the CIRCA--IAN BALM, and considered it ao invaluablo acquisi {{on to any lady's toilet By its use any Lady or Gen tl ?ta en can improve their per? sonal appearance an hundred fold. It is simple in its combination, as Nature herself ls simple yet unsurpass? ed in its efficacy in drawing impurities from, also heal? ing, cleansing and beautifying the akin and complexi?n. By its direct teflon on the cuticle it draws from it all its impurities, kindly healing the same, and leaving the sur? face as Nature intended it should bc-clear, soft smooth and beautiful, l'rice $1, sent by Mail or Express, on re? ceipt of an order, by W. L. CLARK A CO., Chemists, No. 3 West Fayette Street Syracuse, N. Y. Thc only American Agents for tho sale of the same. Marou 30 ly JOS-ERRORS OF YOUTH.-A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from Nervous Dobdlty, Pre? mature Decay, and all the effects of youthful indiscre? tion, will, for the sake of suffering humanity, send tree, to -ll who need it tho receipt and directions for making tho himple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers wis1? g to profit by tho advertiser's experience, can do so by addressing, l \ perfect confidence, JOHN B. OGDEN, April 22 3mos* No 12 Cedar street. Now York. SST THE GRAVEST MALADIES OF YOUTH AND EARLY MANHOOD.-HOWARD ASSOCIATIO-i ESSAYS, on tho Physiology of tho Passions, and the Errors, Abusos and Disoasos peculiar to the first ago o> man, with Reports on new methods of treatment em? ployed m this Institution. Sent in soiled letter en? velopes, freo of charge. Addroaa Dr. J. S KILLIN HOUGHTON, Howard Association, Philadelphia, Pa. May 20 3mo KsT ARTIFICIAL E Y ES.-ARTIFICIAL HU? MAN EYES mado to order and inserted .by-, Drs. F. UAUCU uud P. GOUGLEMANN (formerly employed by ROIBSONNEAU, of Paris), No. 599 Broadway, New York. AprU 14 Irr ONE PRICE :o: WE ARE OFFERING OUR STOCK OF SUMMER CLOTHING, comprising LINENS, FLANNELS AND LIGHT WEIGHT WOOLLEN, at prices which cannot r:il to satisfy all who aro seeking to buy GOOD GOODS CHEAP. Thc largor part of our Stock wo manufacture in our own workshops, which we warrant in every respect. Wo give below somo of our leading prices : LINEN SACKS at.$2, 3, 4 and 6 LINEN PANTS at.$1 25, 1 50 and 3 LINEN VESTS at. $1 50 and 2 CHECK CASSIMERE SU.TS, SACK, PANTS AND VEST.$0 GREY FLANNEL SUITS, SACK, PANT8 AND VEST..$7 CHECK LINEN SUITS, SACK, PANT'S AND VEST....$8 CHECK MARSEILLES SUITS, SACK, PANTS AND VEST.?9 WHITE LINEN AND DUCK SUITS.$11 to 20 BLACK ALPACA SACKS. $2 50 to 0 LIGHT WEIGHT CASSIMERE SUITS, in fancy mix tures, and solid colors, and BLACK DRESS SUITS all our own make, at very low prices. FURNISHING GOODS, adapted to the season WAITE SHIRTS, four quilitios.S2 50, 3, and MACOLLAR, WILLIAMS 4 PARKER No. 270 KING STREET, CORNER OP KASEL, CHARLESTON S. C. Juno 13_imo THE mmm EXPRESS mw. Office No. Ul Meeting ;:?, t. CONNECTIONS WITH AL.'. Railroads Throughout THE UNITED STATES. Every attention given to the sale Transmission ol' Freight, Money, and Valuables. WILL CALL FOR AND DELIVER FREIGHT TO ANY POINT IN THE CITY FREE OF CHARGE. II. B. PLANT, President, April 10 augusta. Ga, THE AIKEN PRESS, IT IS PROPOSED TO PUBLISH IN THE TOWN Ol Aiken, S. C., a Weekly piper under the above title, to bo devoted to Ocucrai intelligence-Political, Com? mercial, Social, Literary, and iteiigious-with a Dcpan meut of Agriculture, including tho Field, tho orcLar. tho Vineyard, and tho Oatdcn. A News Summary, t< contain a digest ol' thc Important events of the wool will occupy a p tion ot the paper, and particular atteu don will bu giveii to the uusettled question of Labor, 0/ best adapted to our new condition, and the aeveiopmen Of tho resources of the country in Manufactures, Agri culture, Fruit-raiaiuH, and Viue-growiug. Terms-S3 u year, in advance. H. W. RAVENEL, Editor W. D. KIRKLAND, Publishor. January 21 _SHIPPING,_ NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP LINE. FOR XEW YORK, THE NEW AND ELEGANT SDDEWHEEL STEAM8HIT MANHATTAN, WOODHULL, COMMANDER. TT7TLL LEAVE FROM AUGER'S SOUTH WHARtt fT on Saturday, the 27th inst, r.t 3o'clock P. M. SGT AU outward Freight engagement? must be made at the office of COURTENAY ft TREN HOLM, No. 4? East Bay. SYS* For Poa BOCO and all matters connected with the Inward business of tho Ships, apply to STREEI BROTU ERS ft CO., No. 74 East Bay. STREET BROTHERS ft CO., I . COURTENAY ft TRENHOLM, A8ent! July 22_ FOR NORTH EDISTO AND ROC? VILLE. THE STEAMER ST. HELENA, CAPT. JAS. G. RUMLEY, WJXL LEAVE AS ABOVE FROM ATLANTIC WHARF, on To-Morrow Morning, the 33d Inst, at 9 o'clock. Returning will leavo Edisto Wednetday at 8 o'clock A. M. Freight received This Day, and be prepaid. For Freight or Passage apply on board, or. to JNO. H. MURRAY, Market Wharf. July 32 1 SPECIAL NOTICES. ts* ELMORE MUTUAL INSURANCE COM? PANY.-FINAL DIVIDEND TS LIQUIDATION. CHARLESTON, JULY 17. 1867.-A final Dividend of ONE DOLLAR AND FORTY CENTS per Share will be paid to the Stockholders from this date until the 15th day of Au? gust next, on which day the Dividend Books and Office of the Company will be closed. Stockholders are required to produce their Certificates of Stock, in order that the same may be cancelled. By order of the Board. , JOSEPH WHJXDEN, July 17 wi th m Sec'ry and Treas'r. JO-STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLES? TON DISTRICT-.CLERK'S OFFICE C. G. S. AND C. P. -PUBLIC NO?TCE.-I, J. W. BROWNFIELD. Clerk of said Court, in pursuance of tho Act of the Legislature, in such case made and provided, do hereby give public no? tice that an ELECTION FOR SHERIFF OF CHARLES? TON DISTRICT will be held on Monday, the 6th of August next, at all the usual places of election through? out the said District Witness my hone", at Charleston, the 26th June, 1867.. J. W. BROWNFIELD, C. G. 8. and C. P. June 28 ?"OFFICE OF THE CITY REGISTRAR. CHAR: EST ON, July 13th, 1967.-As tho Civil Authori? ties have instituted active measures to improve and per? fect the sanitary condition of tho city, the Registrar would earnestly invite tho prompt and zealous co-opera? tion of the citizens in enforcing the same. They are particularly requested to observe and re? port alt nuisances or any condition of premises prejudi? cial to the public health. " Complaint Books " are deposited at tho Lower and Upper Wards Guard Houses for this purpose, for the accommodation of the public GEORGE S. PELZER, M. D., July 13 IS OityRogtBtrar. jar NOTICE T ) MARLNEhS.-C A P T AI NS AND PILOTS wishing to anchor their vessel in Ashley River, are requested not to do so anywhere within direct range of the heads ot tho SAVANNAH RAILROAD WHARVES, on the Charleston and St Andrew's side cf the Ashley River; by which precaution, contact with the Submarine Telegraph Cabi* wfll be avoided. S. C. TURNER, H. M. Harbor Master's Office, Charleston, February 0, 1866. Fobruary 7 ta* BATCHELORS HAIR DYJ5.-THL9 SPLENDID HAIR DYE is the beet In the world. The only true and perfect Dye-harmless, reliable, instan? taneous. No disappointment No ridiculous unta. Natural Black or Brown. Remedies the ill effects of Bad Dyes. Invigorates the hair, leaving it soft and beautiful The genuine is signed William A. Batchelor. All others are mere Imitations, and should bo avoided. Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers. Factory, No. 81 Barcley street New York. ta* BEWARE OF A COUNTERFEIT. December io lyr JO-WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE E M. WHITING, Esq., aa a candidate for Sheriff of Charleston (Judicial) District at tho next election. September 10 "COSTAB'S" PREPARATIONS. ESTABLISHED EIGHTEEN YEARS. Laboratory, No. IO Crosby street, New York. 3000 Boxes, Bottles and Flasks manufactured daily. SOLD BY ALL DRUOGIS1S EVERYWHERE .. COSTAR'S " SALES DEPOT, No. 484 BROADWAY, NRW YORK, Where $1, S3 to 16 sizes are put up for Pam liles, Stores Ships, Boats, Public Institutions, ftc, ftc. It is truly wonderful the confidence that is now had In evory form of Preparations that comes from " Costar's " Establishment. "COSTAR'S" EXTERMINATORS-For Rata, Mice, Roaches, Ants, ftc, ftc "Only infallible remedy known." "Not dangerous to thn human family." "Rats come out of their .holes to die," ?sc " OObTAB' i " BED-BUG EXTERMINATOR-A liquid, put up in bottles, and nc er known to tail. "COSTAR'S" ELECTRIC POWDER-For Moths in Furs and Woollens, is invaluable. Nothing can exceed it for power and efficacy. Doslroys instantly all Insects on Plants, Fowls, Animais, Ac. " COSTAR'S" BUCKTHORN SALVE-For Cuts, Burns, Wounds, Bruises, Broken Breasts, Sore Nipples, Piles in all forms, Old Sores, Ulcer.', and all kinds of cutaneous affections. No family should be without it. It exceeds in efficacy all other Salves in use. "COTTAR'S" CORN SOLVENT-For Corns, Bunions, Warts, ftc. " COSTAR'S" BITTER SWEET AND ORANGE BLOS S MS-Beautifies the Complexion, by giving to the skin a 80R and beautiful freshness, ind ls incomparably be? yond anything now in usc. Ladies of taste and position regard it as an essential to thu toilet An unprecedented sale is 'ts best recommendation. One bottle is always followed by more. Try it to know. " C03TAR'S " BISHOP PILLS-A universal Dinner Pill (sugar-coated), and of extraordinary efficacy for Cos? tiveness, all forms of Indigestion, Nervous and Sick Headache. A Pill that is now rapidly superseding all others. " COSTAR'S" COUGH REMEDY-For Coughs, Colds. Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Croup, Whooping Cough, Asth? ma, and all forms of Bronchial, and Diseases of the Throat and Lungs. A .dress UV.NH V R. COSTAR, No. 482 BROADWAY, N. Y. DOWIE & MOISE, WI IO LIO SALK AGENTS, No. 151 Meeting street, opposite Charleston Hotel. Jun? 17 AMERICAN LEAD PENCIL COMPANY. NEW YORK. Factor}', Hudson City, N. J.^ WHOLESALE SALES ROOM NO. 34 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK. ALL STYLES AND GRADES OF LEAL-PENCIL of superior quality aro manufactured and offered at fan* terms to the Trade. The public are in vi ted to givo the AMERICAN LEAD PENCIL tho prc lercncc. THE PENCILS ARE TO BE HAD AT ALL THE PRINCIPAL STATIONERS AND N iilON DEALERS. ASK FOR THE "AMERICAN LEAD PENCIL. " TESTIMONIA!. SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL, ENUUTEEMNO DhPAJtTMEyT, YALE (.'OLLEOI:, November Iii, lbC6. I have always recommended the Faber Pol; grade Lead Pencils aa thc only pencils fitted for both ornamen? tal and mathematical drawing; but after a thorough trial of the American Polygrade Lead Pencils, man utaelured by the American Lead Pencil Company, New York. I lind them superior to any pencil in use, even to the Faber or the old English Cumberland Lead Pencil, being a superior pencil for sketching, ornamental and mechanical drawing, and all the ordinary uses of a lead pencil. These pencils arc very finely graded and have a very smooth lead; even the sottest pencils hold the point well, they are all that can be desired in a pencil It gives me great pleasure to be ablo to assure Americans that they will no long-r be compcUed to depend upon Germany or un v other foreign market for pencils. ?-OFT8 BAIL, Professor of Drawing, ftc. ALL rnyciLS AUE STAMPED: ts- "AMERICAN LEAD PENCIL CO. N. Y." None genuiic without t ic exact name of the firm look to it. Ouio December 13 SHIPPING._ FOR LIVERPOOL_THE F IM; fast sailing Bri ri nh Bark J. CUMMINGS, Capt? 'Wa Hookway, having a large portion of ha ?cargo engaged, will meet with dispatch for thc above port. For Freight engagements, apply to ROBT MUHE k CO., July 17_(5_Boyce A Co.'a Wharf. FOR COOPER RIVER-THE FAST ' sailing sloop JULIA DEAN will leave Marshall's s wharf, on the 1st and 16th ol July, and continue .until further notice, for all points on Western branch or Cooper River, and Eastern branch to Boone? i's Ferry. Trading ls strictly prohibited. For Freight engagements, apply to Master on board, or to EBAUGH k M ALLON EE, Horlbeck's Whan. N. B.-All Freights must be prepaid. Juue 22 Imo EXCURSION AROUND THE HARBOR. A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEAR VIEW OF FORT SUMTER, FORT >IOTJL TRIE, AND OTHER POINTS OF INTER? EST. FANNIE, CAPTAIN PECK, WILL LEAVE ACCOMMODATION WHARF ON Tuesday Afternoon, 23d, instant, at C o'clock. Re? turning at 8 o'clock. A fine Band cf Music has boen engaged. Fare-60 cents. Deck-25 conte. Saloon and Upper Deck reserved for White persona. July 98_ j NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON People's Mail Steamship Company. 8ATLIN(J DATS.WEDNESDAY-, THE STEAMSHIP IM! O N E 1? A , CAPTAIN MARSHMAN, , WILL LEAVE SCUTE. ATLANTIC . Wharf Thursday, July 26, at- o'clock. 4 Line composed of b team er? "MO ? NEK A" and "EMILY B. SOUDER." JOHN k THEO. GETTY, _Julyl|>_._No. 48 Eaat Bay. FOR NORTH AND SOUTH EDISTO, ROCKVILLE AND WAT LANDINGS. THE STEAMER MORGAN, CAPT. JOS. F. TORRENT, WILL LEAVE BOYCE'S WHARF ON THURS? DAY, July 26th, at 10 o'clock A. H. For Freight engagements, apply on board or to ROPER A STONEY, Vaudcrhorst Wharf. ? July ii_._ s-. , FOR ROCKVILLE AND EDISTO THE STEAMER W- "W- FRAZIER, CAPT. D. BOYLE, IS NOW RECEIVING FREIGHT AT NORTH AT? LANTIC WHARF; and will leave on Tuesday Morn? ing, tho 23d inst, at 9 A. M. Returning, will leave Ecisto on Wednesday, the 24th inst, at 8 o'clock A. M. For freight or Passage, apply on board, or to JNO. k THEO. GETTY, Agents. July 23_1_No. 48 East Bay. FOR GEORGETOWN, S. C, TOUCHING AT SOUTH ISLAND AND WA? VERLY MILLS. THF FINE STEAMER E ?V? I LI E. CAPT. ISAAC DAVIS, TI7TLL LEAVE BOYCE'S WHARF AS ABOVE ON TV Monday Night, tho 22d inst, at 10 o'clock, return? ing, will leave Georgetown, on Wednesday Morning, the 24th in-tant at 8 o'clock. No freight received after sunset. For freight or passage, apply to SHACKELFORD k KELLY, July 22_1_No. 1 Boyce's Wharf. FOR SAVANNAH. THE STEAMER CITY POINT, 1100 TONS BURTHEN, * OAP!. 8. ADKINS, ses-*Urx> WILL LEAVE MIDDLE ATLANTIC /f?sQ?r&L WHARF, every TUESDA Y MIGHT, at ??ffijifflltf "ine o'clock, for that port. -??tJr^ikJSSf'm, . For freight or passage apply on board or to the office of RA VEN EL k CO., Agenta. July 12_ FOR PALATKA, FERNANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, AND ALL THE LAND? INGS ON THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER, VIA SAVANNA xl, GEO. THE NEW ANO SPLENDID STEAMSHIP CITY POINT, (1100 Tons Burthen) CAPTAIN 8. ADKINS, A^K--. WILL LEAVE MIDDLE ATLANTIC yff?ijBXS WHARF, every TUESDAY NIGHT, at ??rhfuM/i? I o'clock, for the above places, connect - ^e3?.iiig with the Georgia Central Railroad at Savannah, for Macon, Mobile and New Orleans. All Freight must be paid here by shippers. For Freight or Passage, apply on board or at the office of RAVEN EL k CO., July 12_Agenta. NEW YORK AND BREMEN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. THE FTRST-CLASS U. S. MAIL STEAMSHIPS ATLANTIC. I NOP TH KRN LIGHT. BALTIC. I WEiTERN METROPOLIS. Leave Pier No. 46, N. R., Nev/ York, every second Sot' ur day, from June IS. FOR SOTTHAMPTON AND BREMEN, taking passengers to Southampton, London, Havre an 1 Bremen, at the followiig rates, payable in gold or I ts equivalent ia currency: First Cabin, $110; Second Cabin, $65; Steerage, $?4. ] Tom Bremen, Southampton aad Havre to New Yolk. I'lrst Cabin, $110; Second Cabin, $76; Steerage, $43. EXCURSION TICKETS OUT AND HOME-First Cabin, $210; Second Cabin, $130; Steerage, $70. BAILING DATS THOU NEW YORK ANO BBEMEN : June 15 and 29 I July 13 and 27 I August 10 and 21 Sept 7 aud 21 | Oct 5 and 19 | Nov. 2 and IC For Freight or Passage apply to ISAAC TAYLOR, President, February 27_ly_No 40 Broadway. N. Y. TUKUUbUTlUKETS?OFLORIDJ, B Y CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH STEAM PACKET LINE, - TRI-WEEKLV. VIA BEAUFORT AND HILTON HEAD. WEEKLY, VIA BLUFFTON. STEAMER PILOT BOY....CAPT. W. T. MCNELTY. STEAMER FANNIE..CAPT. F. PECK. ONE OF THE ABOVE STEAMERS WILL L -AYE charl-^KI and Savannah every Monday, Wednes? day and Friday Mornings, at 7 o'clock. Touching at Bluffton on Monday, trip from Charleston, and Wednee? da!/, trip from Savannah. Freight received daily irom 9 A. M. to G P. M., and stored Iree of charge. All Way Freight, also Bluffton Wharfage, must be pre? paid. For freight or passage, apply to JOHN FERGUSON, Accommodation Wharf, Charleston. CLAGHORN k CUNNINGHAMS. Agents, Savannah, Ga. FULLER k LEE, Agents, Beaufort, S. C. N. 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