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VI.-NUMBER 772.J CHARLESTON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1868. [EIGHTEEN CENTS A WEEK LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Uar European Dispatches. [PER ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.] THE QUEEN OF SPAIN 8E0T AT-ABYSSINIAN AD? VICES-LATEST FOREIGN MARKETS. LONDON, February 7.-Late advices from Abyssinia are discouraging, and forbid the hopo of a successful move this season. LISBON, February 7.-A party on the road Bide fired at the King and Queen, but inflicted no damage. The guard returned the fire, kill? ing and wounding several of tho assailants. LTVEBPOOL, Febiuary 6-Evenin?.-Cotton very active, and closed buoyant ; Uplands in port, 7Ja8d.; to arrive. 7$a7i ; sales 20,000 bales. LTVEBPOOL, February 7-Noon-Cotton active; sales 15,000 bales; prices the same ; salas of ?he week, 105,000 bales ; for spsculation, 9000 ; ex? ports, 18,000 bales. Stock on hand, 340,0c0 bales, whereof ISM,000 are American. Corn 42s. 9d. Others unchanged. LrvEBPooi,,. February 7-2 P. M_Cotton activo and higher ; Uplands Sd.; Orleans 8jd. Lard 54s. Tallow 42s. 3d. LONDON, February 7-Noon_Consola 93}a 93$ ; Bonds 71ia71i. PABIS, February 7.-The bullion in the Bank of France has increased twenty-one million of francs. Bourse firm. Rentes higher. Our Havana Dispatches. [BY CUBA TELEGRAPH.] HAVANA, February 7-In the storm at the harbor of Vera Cruz, on the 29th, the steamer Nightingale foundered, and seven were drown? ed, the officers being saved. The bark Bien? ville, from New Orleans, went ashore and proved a total wreck. All hands and part ol the cargo were saved. Oar Washington Dispatches. PRESENTATION OF MISISTEB THORNTON-IMPOR? TANT REPOST OF THE RAILROAD COMMITTEE_ THE SUFREME COURT-THE GRANT-?TANTON IMBROGLIO-MR. DICKENS TN WASHINGTON, ETC WASHINGTON, February 7.-Minister Thorn ton was presented to-day. Ho delivered a speech that waa complimentary and cordial, without containing any pointed allusions to the pending question. The impeachment gossip is renewed, and the question is becoming serious. Mr. Dickens visited the President. The Southern Railroad Committee have re? ported that the amount expended on the Jroad while held is $45,000,000, exclusive of labor. The value of the property sold to tho various roads was $7,000,000, of which amount $5,250, 000 was unpaid on the 1st January. The re? port takes the ground that tho government ob? tained a clear title to the roads, and that their restoration by the President WBB illegal and in? valid. The committee, in conclusion, ask the adoption of the following : Resolved, That the Committee on the Judi? ciary bo instructed to report a resolution de? claring in substance that no claim shall bo en? tertained by any officer or department of the government in favor of any railroad or com? pany m the late rebellious States, or in favor of any such State, f; r use of such road or roll? ing stock, or other railroad property, or pas? sage of troops to the government, or mails, for any portion of thc time during tho great rubi 1 lion. or prior to the restoration of any such road to the original owners After the cessation j of hostilities. Resolved, That tho Committoe on tho Ju- I di ci a ry are hereby instructed to report a jo: ut resolution requiring strict accountability frrm all railroads in the late rebel States, and tnat they be compelled to liquidate their indebted? ness upon the terms now granted without con? sideration or recognition in tho least degreo of any claims for usa or damages by occupation of the United States, to the end that payments shah be euforced according to existing bonds, or in default thereof the government shall ex? ercise its legal right of possession and dis? posal. There was a meeting of the Cabinet, Messrs. Mcculloch and Stanton being absent. In the Supreme Court the argument expurte McArdie was concluded, and the decision held over. Messrs. Bingham and Boutwell, are a Bub committee of the Reconstruction Committee on tho legality of the President's forbidding Grant to obey Stanton. The Customs for the week ending on the 30th were $2,000,000. The Revenue to-day $249,000. Tho Postoffice Department has ordered a transmission of the mails to and from New Or? leans via Louisville. Congressional Keports. THE TENURE OF OFFICE BILL. WASHINGTON, February 7.-IN THE SENATE the general business was unimportant. Tho Supplemental Tenure-of-OfficeJ?ill was passed. It provides that ten days after its passage no general or special agont of tho President, de? partments, bureaus, or their brauches, unless authorized by statutes specifying their duty and compensation, shall be appointed, commis aione?, employed, or continued in office, ox cept five special agents of the State depart? ment, Revenuo Agents, or Inspectors of Inter? nal Revenue, authorized by the acts of March 3d, 1863, June 13th, 1884, and March 3d, 18G5, or any other goueral or special agent commis? sioned or compensated by law; and in ten days from the passage the Presidont ?ball appoint and the Senate confirm their successors. The President may appoint, with the consent of the Senate, twenty-five general or special agents of the Treasury Department. The Secretary may appoint twenty-five detectives in the old man? ner. The Postmaster-General may appoint certauWoate agents and twenty-five special agents, The bill authorizing the construction of a Dridg-o over the Mississippi, at La Ciosse, was passed. Ihe Sona?c^then want into executive session and adjourned. IN THE HOUSE, several members made per sonal explanations, when they went into a committee of the whole on the appropriation bill. A proposition authorizing tho Secretary of War to replace tho capitol police by a de? tachment of soldiers was ruled out of order. A stormy discussion took placo, when tho Hcuse, without action, adjourned. The Reconstruction Conventions. VIRGINIA. RICHMOND, February 7.-In the convention a substitute for the section in the ordinance on tho executive making the Secretary of Stato, the Troasurer'a and Auditor's officos to be filled by popular vote was defeated by 54 to 3?. A sec? tion was then adopted allowing tho legislature io fill these offices. A. NORTH CAROLINA. BBETOH, February 7.-The convention adopted to-day the report in favor of applying to Congress for the removal of the disabilities of all who favor and support the Congressional reconstruction policy. The resolutions of Mr. Durham, making ne? groes or persons unable to read or writo ineli? gible to the office of Governor or otlior Execu? tive officos, wera promptly voted down by tho majority. GEORGIA. ATLANTA, Fobruary 7.-In the convention, the report of the committee on the Executive 1 Deoartmcnt was adopted without amend? ments, it fixes tho term of office at four years, and requires ten years residence in the State as a qualification. The first section of the franchise committees report, was adopted ; a motion to strike out six and insert twelve montho residenco in the State as a qualification was lost ; thirty days residence in the country as a qualification was passed. MISSISSIPPI. JACKSON, Fobruary 7.-The committee ap? pointed to request Gen. Gillern to issue an order to prohibit sales by all officers and trus? tees except for wages on plantations and me? chanics labor, submitted a letter from head? quarters declining to comply with the request. A supplemental report from the committee on destitution was adopted, appropriating the poll tax ol '67 as a temporary relief. A resolution that the per diem of members should cease after iorty-five days session, was tabled. FLORIDA. TALLAHASSEE, February 7.-The Minority Convention are still in secret session, and hav? ing adopted a constitution, are awaiting in? structions from Goneral Meade before adjourn? ing. The majority refuse to recognize the acts ot tbe minority, or admit British subjeots or non-residents to seats in tho convention. The majority consists of four negroes and twenty one whites, all eligible. The minority numbers twenty-one, of which there is one a colored British subject, three non-residents, and the balance are negroes. The President of the Convention, and the Chairman of the Commit? tee of Eligibility and Elections, are included in the minority. The President rules that for? eigners und non-residents are eligible to seats, and refuses an appeal from his decision with? out a two-thirds vote, which enables the minor? ity to govern the constitution. A Smash at Memphis. MEMPHIS, February 7.-The fa-jure of Gayo sa's Savings Bank has been announced*. This bank was the depository of the working people, and a party went after the cashier with a rope, but failed to find him. Another officer was shot at. Asylum Burnt. ROCHESTEB, N. Y., February 7.-The Insane Asylum was burnt, and four females lost their fives. Market Kt ports. NEW YOEE, February 7-Noon.-Flour 5al0c lower. Wheat drooping. Coin a shade lower. Bye quiet. Oats dull and heavy. Mess Pork ?22 37*. LardlS|al44. Cotton firmor at 19?a I9|. Freights quiet. Turpentine advancing; uOaGl. Rosin in good demand. Sterling 9j. Gold42j. Old bonds lljallj. Virginia, now, ?. Tennessee, ex coupons, 64; new, 60\. EVENING.-Cotton auoyant, ?aje higher; sales 5,600 bales, at 19$a20c. Flour, rather more doing at a decline ; State $8 75a$10 75; Southern $10a$15. Wheat la?c. lower. Corn Western mixed $125a$127; Southern White 51 21a$l 27$. Oates heavy at 83?. Mess Pork lull; New $22 50; Old $2150. Lard steady. Groceries firm and quiet. Turpentine 60a60?. Rosin $3a$7. Freights a shade firmer ; on cot ion 7-16ai. Governments closed steady. Gold ictivo and buoyant during the day, but closed it 42">. BAETOIOEE, February 7.-Cotton very firm, it 19jc. Flour quiet and steady. Wheat firm md uucfaanf^d. Vv>n il?-..w.r ( 17-A OU rellow; white, $115al 18. Oats steady, at 71a foe Rye dull, at $155. Provisions firm; shoulders in bulk 9ic CINCINNATI, Fobruary 7.-Breadstuffs dull tud unchanged. Mesa Pork $2175a$22. Shoul lers 10$ ; Clear Sides 12?. Lard held out of market at 14c. AUGUSTA, Fobruary 7.-Cotton advanced ja ?c.; sales 1200 balos; receipts 900 bales; Mid? dlings 18al84c. MOBILE, February 7.-The sales to-day were 1200 bales ; the market closed firm ; Middlings 184- Receipts, 1567 bales ; sales of tho week, 15,400; receipts, 12,093; exports, 12,003 ; ex? ports foreign, 5821; coastwise, 7182; stock, 71,213 bales. NEW ORLEANS, February 7.-Cotton active ; sales to-day 8500 bales ; Middlings 18al3?. Re? ceipts, 3397 ; exports, 5129 ; sales of tho weok, 29,3U0. Receipts, 31,292 ; exports coastwise, 9878 ; foreign, 8664 ; stock, 100,003 bales. WILMINGTON, February 7.-Turpentine ad? vanced 2c; steady at 55c. Rosins, lower grades in demand; strained and No. 2 $2 20. Cotton buoyant; Middlings 17jc. Tar active, $2 20. THE TAX ON NATIONAL BANKS.-Tho follow in g is the text of tbe bill originally introduced by representative Blaino, of Maine, in regard to taxing shares of national banks. It passed both branches of Congress preciBoly as Mr. Blaine drafted it. It now goes to tho Presi dent for his approval, and there seems to be no doubt that be will sign it : Be it enacted <tc, That the words "place where the bank is located and not elsewhere," in section 41 of the act to provide a national currency, ai.proved June 3,1864, shall be con? strued and held to mean the State within which the bank is located, and the Leg i ab ture of ouch State may determine and direct the man? ner and place ?f taxing all the shares of national batiks located within said State subject to tho roBtriction that tho taxation shall nut be at a greater rate than is assessed upon other money? ed capital in the hands of individual citizens of such State. And provided alway*, That the shares of any national bank owned by non? residents of any State shall be taxed in the city or town where said bank is located and not elsewhere. THE FLEE AT LATBOBE.~BDENING OF SAINT XAVIER'S ACADEMY.-The Pittsburg Post gives the following particulars of the buming of St. Xavier's Academy, near Latrobe, Pa., on Saturday afternoon : All of tho pupils were got out of the build? ing m safety, with their clothing, Tho garde? ner, janitor and groom were tho only men within call. The sisters, after taking all neces? sary caro of the pupils-numbering about ono hundred-performed wonders in saving musi? cal instruments, valuable furniture, the mar? ble altar of tho chapel and ornaments. The sisters lost their own wardrobe in their eager desire to care tor and protect the young ladies from all possible injury or loss. Some of the neighbors quickly caine to tho aid of the sis? ters, and, in the shortest possible time assist? ance arrived from Latrobe, but nothing could bo done to save tho buildings. Tue Academv of St. Xavier's was in cbargo of the Sisters of Mercv. lt was established in 1848, at Mt. St. Vincent, near Latrobe, but in 1852 was removed to Mt. St. Xavier. On this location a large convent and school building, three stories high, bas been erected. Thc beautiful chapel adjoining it, and forming a part of the general plau. had only been com? pleted last la!l. Tho school budding was ono of tho most complete in the country; it had beou fitted up in mode-n style and was a model establishment in all its details. Tho Sisters havo been adding to its educational ad? vantages for the past twelve years. There were in the school building ten or twelve pianos, three or four harps, a library, valuable paiutings, scientific apparatus, etc. Tho chapel, completed last tall, was a beautiful edifice. It had stained gliss windows, and contained valuable works of painting and statuary. The marble altar was saved, but the organ and other accessories were destroy? ed. Ihe IOSB on the chapel, wo arc informed, will amount ta over twenty thousand dollars. The loss is estimated variously, but will reach undoubtedly, to botweefl $100,000 and $200,000. The insurance will not cover more than one third of tho loss. THE CONVENTION. CONVENTION HELD BT AUTHORITY OF THE RECONSTRUCTION LAWS OF CONGRESS, TO FRAME A STAT bi CONSTITUTION FUR SOOTH CAROLINA. Tho proceedings of tho convention yester? day were varied by speeches of a character somewhat different from those usually uttered upon tho floor. Below we publish tho remarks of Dr. A. G. Mackey, the President, upou tho right of juries in libe1, tases to decide as to the law and faots, the spouch bains made in Committee of the Whole. It will be obsorvod that hereafter the bod v will assemble afc hilf-past 10 A. M., and at the rate of progress wliich marked the proceedings yesterday, its labors will soon be accomplished. The 'pay" process will be resumed this P. M. Bills receivable at 55 ! PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONTENTION. TWENTIETH DAY. The convention assembled at 12 M. Prayer jy Rev-Harris. Leave of absence was granted L. Boozer, so hat he might attend to his duties as District Fudge of Lexington. F. J. Moses moved that the President be re juca ted to take such stops as may he necessary X) correct the inaccuracies in the journal hom lay to day. Agreed to. After discussion and attempted amendment he rep,ire of the Committee ou Rules and Re rulations. axing the hours of session hereafter >etwcen half-past 10 A. M., and half-past 2 P HY, wag adopted. On motion of R. C. DeLirgo, tho convention ?solved itself into Committeo of thu WhoJo (J, ?. Rut.and in tho chair), and took up for cou adoration the unfinished busiueas of yes ter lay, being the 9lh section ol the Bill of Rights vhich reads as follows: SEC. 9. In pnsecutions for the publication >f papers investigating the official conduct of ifficers or men m public capacity, or.when tho natter published is proper for public informa ion, the truth thoreof may be given in evi< lenee; and that in all indictments for libel, the ury stall havo tho right to determine the law md th ) tact i under the direction of tho couit C. C. Bowen made a Btrong speech m favor of he section as it roads, and quoted largely rom legal decisions in sup., ort. ot' the proposi? on. Tho following extract from an opinion )y Judge Story, in tho case of tho United States os. Battis, ropoited in 2d Sumner, p ?40, will afford an idea of tho general line of argument o. the speaker: "Before I proceed,'' said thc Judgo, "to the nerita of tins case, I wish to say a few wordB ipoua point suggested by tho argument o/the earned counsel for the prisoner upon which I lave had a decided opinion during tho whoioof ny piofessionaJ lito, lt is that, in criminal :ases, and especially in capital cases, juries hall ;,nd.no tho law as well as tho fact, sly pinion is that junes are no more judges of the nw in capital or other criminal cases tbau they xe in any civil case tried upon a general issue, n cac i of these cases their verdict is necessa? ry based upon thc law and fact and includes loth. lu each they must necessarily decide he la iv as well as thc la ct. In each they havo be physical pow cr to disrogard the law as laid [own by the court; but I deny that in any caso, ivil or criminal, they nave a moral right to de ?de tio law according to their own notions or ileasvre. On tho contrary, I hold it tu be be most sacred constitutional right of every larty accused of Clime tnut thc jury should re pond as to the fact and ropo, t as to the law. t is tho duty ot Uio court to iustruct tho jury s to iholaw. Ii is the duty of tho jury to iOi jw the law laid down by tao court." Mr. Boweu also showed that what was known s Mi. Fox's libol act, passed by tho Kng.ish 'arlis.mont, only proposed to give to tho jury hat was proposed in the 'Jth section, and that : luui iwsn LiuveunxairaL-inj" . ly*???-*""?.*'"? ?ie constitution!! of the United States. J. fe. Cruig, ol' OoUcton, moved that Soction bo etrickeu ou: m Wo. SPEECH OF DE. A. O. MACKEY. Mr. Chairman: I have waled to sec whether uy othor gentleman desired to address tho ouvi ntion; aud, presuming that all navo cx ressed themselves who wish to do so, I take his cccasion to say a few words upon the Bttb :et under consideration. I bolleve this section to be the most impor int one coutuincd iu the Bill of Rights; and rheD I find a gentleman like tho delegate from :olleton. iu thc middle of tho nineteenth eon ury, just after we have passed through tho .lost gigantic revolution the world h..s seen, nd upou this floor, more than one hall of thu ecuoants of which havo boen liberated from , state of bondage and invested with tho rights f freemen-whou I seo a geuttcniau ul intelli? gence risc here aud oller a rcsulu?ou to strike mt f. section that perpetuates the groat p.ilia lium of our liberties, I must confess my as orunhmout and raise my voice hi condeuina ?OD: for it is a proposition to carrv us back igaia to the decisions of tho Star Chamber of lld; to the days when judges joined with op? pressive eoveruments, uudput their heels upou ho leeks of tue pope; a propusiuou that wo mall abandon all that wu have gained iu the var through which our country has passed, ind submit ourselves not to tho decision ot JUT peers, but to iLe decision of judges who, 'rora timo immemorial, with but low excep? tons, havo always boon arrayed upon thu sido jf tyranny and oppression. [Appiause.] I boldly proclaim that fact, and declare, further, thai if you trust your lives and liberties in tho aar.ds of the judges of any couutry, your lib? erties are forever gone. [Applause.] > eed I call your attention to a period, not more than bali ? century ago, when) under the corrupt administration of John Adams, tho Ali'iu and Sedition laws were passed and tho Judges of tho supremo Court became tho willing tools of that tyrant, and inflicted tho?e la? s upon tho people?" Need I ca il your atteu ttoa to the more recent time when the Supremo Court, under the administration of that niau, Chief Juetico Taney, whose name has bocneni balmod in eternal infamy, declared that "black men had uo rights which whito mon were bound to respect? ' Nood I cnii your attention to the pr?tent time, when it is a subject of an? ticipation, that the Supreme Court of the Uni? ted Slates will endeavor to destroy all thoiruits of the Victories thiou.h which we have passed? Sir, I do not intend to arguo this question as a lawyer. I thank God that in the investiga? tion of this subject I am no lawyer, because I am thus five from tho technical prejudieo3 of tho profanion learned by lawyers in the schools, and which imbue them with reverence for a judge, which 1 confess, I do not possess, unless he oe houtist and upright us jud .re aud man. I wish to investigate this question in tie light of philosophy and statesmanship. Now, what was tho origin of the system by which the court was mudo thc judge of tho law in hud cases ? It is tho opinion of very eminent jurists-among ti.em. of Thomas Coop?, than whom none belter knew tho sub? ject mider discussn u, because he was himself a victim-that the c minion law iu England iu libel eases gave to the jury Ihe right to decide tue law as weil as the lact; aud I waa yester? day astonished to h ar my friend from Sum 12r (F. J. Moses, Jr. i, a mau who has sat at lae feet ol' Gamaliel, declare that it was nu abominable thing oven to suppose that a j ory should bo tlis judges ot ino law. Why, there is no court in which the jury do not de? cide tho law in all cases where the law and facts are complicated. If a mau is indicted lor murder, do tho jury contine themselves to tho simple fact that he haB committed a homi? cide, and leavo it to thc Judgo to decide whether the killing amounted to manslaughter, just'fi ublo homicide, cr murder? By no means. They declare the grade of tho atnie, or find him not juiity, according to then; version ol' tue law ind knowledge ot the lac s. Law and fact ero taken together. The facts aro investigated and tho law applied. It ia true that thc judge-and it is proper he should do so-un? dertakes to give tho jury directions and ad? vice. Being learned tn tho law, ho can state authorities and precedents to them, and re? commend them to bo gaven ed by his instruc? tions: but in many cases juries, like other peo? ple when advice is offered, give a verdict in thc very teeth ot advice, and no eue w ll uudcrtaku to sav that such a verdict, though contrary to the opinion of the judge, is illegal. Ii" a jury has acquitted a man. he will bo di.-charged, notwithstanding thc judge may think bini le? gally guilty. If they find him guilty, ho may bang, notwithstanding tho judgo may bolierc him t'o bo lcRally innocent. Now it is only iu casts of libel that tho ques? tion has been ?looted whether juries should bo judges pf law as well as of fact. Why was that ? As I said beforo it has been sr by ominent jurists that the common England gaye juries power to judge of and fact ; but in tbe reign of Henry V] iniquitous body-the Star Chamber wai hshed in which the right of the jury wa from tho people and men were tried by of state oflioers, and they instituted tl trine t bat in cases of libel the jtidge wa judge ot' the law, and the jury to be thc only of the facts. This condition of th.ii istcd for a long period of time and the sulfured oppression until at last in tho seond year of tho reign of George ITT. C James Pox introduced a bill in Parlii (which the gentleman from Charleston Bowon| has described LS being incorpon the section beforo you), the provisions of were to tho effect that the jury shall judges of the law as well as of the fact, has boen tho consequence?.. Why the-J of England who we always aspirarfts for r have in the very face of tms bill of ll continually endeavored to tread upoi rights of juries and decide the law j t numerous cases, especially in ciaos of they have declared to the jury-all you hi do is to ascertain the tact of publication ; we will decide .whether it was malicioui truthful, or detrimental to the peace, whether it is libel or not. Such ts still doctrine in the English courts; but than to God it ie nott the doctrine of Ame courts. [Applause.] One of the most important cases, mbseq to tho one quoted by the delegate 'rom t leston, (C. C Bowen.) occurred iuthe Ci Now York, in the year 1732, when Joun I Zinger, a poor hunter, having published i ral articlos, in which thc unjuit and iniqui conduct of the provincial governor- was nouueed, he was by order of the iouucil i an "information '-another abominable of tyranny-piosecuted for libel. Party tics ran high ; the officers in power, the gc nor, tho judges, and all his officials were nipt, and the people groaned under the do tiaui. Sumo of the lawyers of Now lork un took to defend Mr. Zingar, and, it is in dunce of the baseness of the court, that t names wcro stricken? from the iola, and d?tendant was compelled to.send n Puila phiafor legal aid. Le secured the service a Mr. Hamilton, who then made that arguix which caused Governor Morris to say that that trial, tho germ of the tree of liberty planted, which sprouted and bore its fruit 1770. It was on that occasion that tie jin declared that tho jury were only jud?eg of f jct and not of the law. [Mr. Mackey hero quoted from tb report the case the opinion of the Chef Just th?ieon.] Such, continued tho speaker, is th> decisi to winch your judges will como, if ou str out this sec.iori. And what did Mr Hamid roply ? "I kuotv the jury may do s?, but I bkewiso know they may do otherwise 1 ku they have a right, beyond all dispute to deci both tho law aud fact, and where ?ey do i doubt the law they ought to do. so" And pervaded tho jury to be of his mild, and, spi'e ol the attempts of a corni >t judge a corrupt a torncy-gouoral, the jury brought ? verdict of 'not guilty," which wis recoiv with tuo enthusiastic plaudits of th? people. Some years alter that, in 18 .5, another ca jccurrcd-tho c.tse of the people va. Cross wc ?ho waa indic.ed for libel against Thom Jefferson, President of tho United States. :hut case tho jury were directed t h.tt they we ? find a verd.ci accordiug to tue facts, and :uke thu law from tho judge. They did so, ai n consequence au appeal was taken. Two o >f four ot thc judges decided that the ju hereto bo judges ot the law; the remainn wo decided that they wcro not to bo judges .ie law. In consuquonco of thore hoing . -.qi.ni diviaion, the appeal was not sustain-' iud Cresswell was punished. This lcd ^e egislature of New Yode, at its next seasio. Q jasa a JAW which waa utmost a copy of t.', , )f Mi-. Fox in Parliament-, and tho law Ulcl1 .he gentleman from Collo ton now prorT t0 itriku oui from tho Bill or. Rights.0111*10: mentlv it was made a feature ol' the.u.euaed loiistitiiliuu of tho State, and au s^ " now villains. In that case the groat Aloxande-*?1^110? j,d lt t.- a ftinmibir ?omrniTwf? iri tVf0 uou who louKlit moot c^rncexiy td eloquout y tor thia 'measure, bore tho arno narnu, hough not rolatod-in that co, I repeat, Llexaudcr Hamilton made *h?' git argument vhich shouid su&tuiu thia ninlhection. Ho aid down thib principle: '.In all casca ot prosecution": libel, the 'onrt may malmet and adviao io jury, but mall have no authority to reqe or direct vhat verdict they shall give; thoiolo matter ti issue, wita all tho circumstses of false ?ood intout, motive or deaig ?oiug within ho right of the jury to docide m after hear ug tho cvidouco of the court." Ucutleiiiuu of tho ?.onvoutior. have little nore to say; but i do not wisto seo this imoudmeut passed by a sinall vt I am told t is probable that tho motin? strike out ivill not prevail; I trust it will nifor I anon ld certainly bo sony to ace the iveution of South carolina, ono lialf of whoaembcrsare non who havo just been libertill'rom bend? igo and from the heel of tho opssor, going jack to tho old times ot tho Sturamber, and ' declaring that the liberties of Ibejplo shall I loueud uo longer upon tho deon of then ' peerw-the juriej of the countrmpauneiled I* under the lairoat regula'ions of -and that J they aro willing to throw themse, body and ? soul, into tho powor of a iudge.tt may be wielded with sway alu ost unlmu The his- Q tory of the world shows that on occasions, wh??n tho government has been ressive, the * judioiary have leaned on tho sbf tho gov? ernment und gout against tho po. tt Mr. Madison, a profound stanau, years M ago observed tuat if th ; libortiethia couu- h try aro over to bo endangered ?uld not bo ti from tho oncrc.ichniou.u of thttccutivo or in Legislativo Departments, but a tue en- m croachmonta ol' the Judiciary. Uj A judge, by tho very cnaract'bia omeo, tn and ino duties he has to perfora disposed te to claim lor himself powers arercgatives di that ought not to belong to hiilVuen buch mi a judge linds hims?lt on tho one support- th ed by an oppressive uud tyraal govern- dr ment, ana on tho other oppos?y a people eic who demand that ho shall not uso tue un- a just privileges which he c.tiima.is indigna- tin tiou at tho assumptions of the lo, and his foi willingness to submit to the cotions of tue tai ''powera that bo,'? he beeouiteir willing is < tool; and in no better way can lpress tuan no under tho law of libel, when >rmatious" i being lodged against individuar writing political articles, they aro tnodto be pun- i0] lahed, and he teaches hia victhat ' 'ruth I is not to bc sind when thc hurts thu ail kiug." Seri Now, suppose vou strike tmuse from ?*r your Bill bf Rights -and I (Ira romantic ",, picture. What ta thc effect. Dolomn de cibion-the question beiug befoi-you de clare that juries aro uot tho juof kw, but *r?, simply of tact. You establish aedont and x,0" i ule f.r tho government of you?es which, % at somo time in the not far diatiture. thoy . , will Lo roady to employ for theoso of op- "Hf pressing you. Perhaps mcinL' this cou- ?!~ vention may bc victima. PerlDnic one of you now sealed upon this fljorjo purpose lJl ol' framing n constitution that ?rot ct thu ?_~~ rights ot all, univ vote for slril-'.t tLis sec- } " 1 lion which declares that juries ot judges "f.m of thc law in cases ol'libel. In ourse of a , V? lew year i, owing to the corrupt' time and w , tho mfluoucea ol btise mon, auofcrty com? fj**. ; into power-a p.u-ty which t1- that tho ?T" shveucraey nave been ruined lng robbed ,J? ' ot the bones, blood and uiusuhineu l?ont j!T whom they have coined tiicinies: bU|.- rf0* pose that one ot rou ti^'d that Ire bocin- p.? tiing to bo made which affect tvileges of ?,emo colored men, and, to ?hov yolignation, I ,f * you publish au article denounao infamy ,B; of such a proceeding; tho Attoeueral has n lhl you indicted for libel; thc ja a good Tr.?.?l Democrat-and when I say thay all that, wJ.r? 1 in my opinion, ia bad ol'him; jl brought ?necc up; und your attorney denium you shall nve.m huvo a right to provo to thc that thc *7*j. acts of tho legislature establiaich a law BI1j!Jt] with reference to lories were "jntamoue, 3?{* op reasive p.ml tvranuical-WI bo your ?lt? u position? Tho judge willalo, sir! cur0p You yourself, borne yoars aJdcd that that jui-y bhoultl have no dis? or Judg? ment up'ou that subject. You laced tho rod in my hands, und I intemlstiseyou. You lia v? said to that jury. '>tyia sim- -TL ply to find tho fact whether yum author buildir. of thc puhlication; wlie i tho/ono that, Market I will determine whether it is' not, and m'? on if it be libel you shall go to and there -Sal you will deplore in the duikiiL-Dathsonie attende dungeon the fiCt that you truiidge and in Eon gave him tue power to deenn your erty ?it liberty. meoUa In conclusion, I would say, f vo bat a estate c single objection to the sectioiands. I was sol preter to sec tho words "'u indirection I - On ot the court" atricken out. ?vail in I ion So but few of the constitutions of the United States. There are eleven States which say nothing upon the subject, and there are twenty three whioh have decided that the jury shall be judges of the law and fact. After a few additional remarks, Mr. Mackey offered the folio wing resolution: Rcsolvtd, That the committee of the whole now rise and report that they have had the ninth section under consideration, and recom? mend that the words "have the right to deter? mine tho law ana facts under the direction of tiie court" be stricken out. and these words be inserted, "the jury shall be judgos of the law md tact." The resolution was agreed to, the committee rose, reported progress, aud the convention idopted its report. With but sight amendments, most o/ them rerbal in character, the convention then ja^Bed sections ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen Gurteen, fifteen, sixteen and seventeen, and ho hour of 8 having arrived, adjourned to ueot this morning at bait-past 10 o'clock. Things in AV ti sh In Rt o n. HTS PRESIDENT AND GEANT-HOW THE C0EBE8 PONDENCE WAS RECEIVED-INTEBESTING SOE NE Hf THE HOUSE-STANTON AND THB M'ABDLE CASE-THE PEES ID ii NT AND THE CONSTITU? TION-THE ALABAMA CLAIMS-RECONSTRUC? TION. The Washington correspondent of theBalti ?ore Sun, under date of the 4th instant, rritea: Sii/ce the reinstatement of Mr. Stanton, the 'reside, t has persistently refused to hold any I j flicial communication with him, and of th ie L e complains bitterly to his friends in Ccn rosa. and, in compliance with his ropoatcd to citations, tho Military Committees of the two touaes are jointly cmieavoriiii? to periectsome icaauro which will n storo to tho War Mtniater portion at least of i o absoluto power which 0 has f ir years wie ded. ibo lutcicBting and exciting feature of con? fessional proceeding to-dav was ti o presou Ltiun to tho House bf thu correspondence be veeu General Grant and President Johnson in .gard to tho reinstatement of Mr. Stanton, id the retiring of General Grant uom the j ? ar office, as has boen alleged, io violation of is express agreement with the President. 1 bu correspondence was called for by a reac? tion of the Houso yesterday, and the Secre ry of Wur was requested to furnish it. Why s should have beon c iliod upon to do so, when ) waa not interested as a correspondent, ie a , lostion for those in the tull secret to deter- 3 ine. J' Aa soon aa tho Speaker preBentod it to thc bi ouse aJ other business was suspended, the A nlier consdo.atiuu of tho pending bill was 8t mtponecLjoid the reading of the letters waa dered. Taut some rioh developments were tpected wis indicated before a word waa rea *, ; tho uuisnal quiet into which tue members 7 ? onco ?etircd. The buzz of conversation as inatiotly hushed, and amid a silence no- M ceablo-m account of its rarity the clerk com- rtl encei' tho. introductory letter o? Secrotary , amtr-i. in which ho 6aid ho had had no com unjatiou either through" or with tte Preei- 118 }ut nineo hia reinstatomont by tho Senate. ~ ad followed the spicy coiroapondonco be? t-en thu Prebido.it and tho Gouerai-ui-Chief. Sp: len Grant's letters wcro road tho republicans _ ilod and rubbed their hands with a aatisued , Mr. T.iad. Stevuua sat in Mr. Van \Vyck'a t, near the clerk, and ho and Mr. E. B. tin ohburuo, aa thu soutencea of the General-iu- rat iel were read, indicated that they felt, if ur, y did not say, "Now, you have him foul." D" ; then carno tho President's version of the ie matter, and the mention by him of the asa of Cabinet officers as witnesses in his alf and as minority for bia atatemonte ited a sensation. for fter one of General Grant's lcttors had been DU 1 there waa a alight manifestation ol' ap- wJl iso, which was promptly checked by the iker; and when tho lcttur of tho Prosidont mw J wed, and the Rep?blica ns looked a lillie of 1 ia, Mr. Eldridge, from kia beat, taunted lio' n with tho remark, "Why don'c you laugh j, T General Grant, however, had tho last _ for bia reply to t?o Piusident's laat com i ?cat icu was dated only yesterday, tue day n which the resolution of iuquiry was oflei- 0AS and tho question naturally arises whether T whole thing WB8 not got up as it waa for kim purpose ol giving General Grant's views to the country und before thc Presidont d havu au opportunity to reply. After tho lng the cuiruBLOnduiice waa rofurrcd to 0< Committee on Reconstruction. - ie iasuo ia now plainly mado up botweon 4 Pruaidcnt and thu Goner.;l-in-Chicf, and "?_. e ia a direct question ol veracity botweon 1, and each ia equally positivo that he is jct aud that his opponent is mistaken. TZBi ?aauo ia direct and plain. General Giant in n positively that ho did not say and do Fe : thc Pieaidout ia equally positivo in aay- _ ie (Grant) did aay aud do, aud I ho quea- a to bo doleranuod ia who gives tho correct :on of the whoie interesting transaction. ?or 1 o Gcueral Grant rolioa entirely upon his oi te assertions, tho President backa his witu Sam i, and gives the Cabinet oflicors, who, ho tlon Will testify lo thu eurrectueas of what he rien', a. It ia expected that some further rich lopmoutB and spicy correspondence will 86 v thia matter, TNPJ e Washington correspondent of the Haiti- w< Gazotte, under dato of the 4th inataut, 080 3 : neve B astuteness of Mr. Stanton was thought ' 1 plainly obaot vah?o in tho new phase the 'dio caso lias aasumod at the inataoce of 8ttUal pecial uttorneys, Measra. Trumbull and ry, iee. Raining tuc queetion ol junadiction, term independent form, was doubtless the me<j? cunning way of disposing of tho cauBe w technical points. Rut, after all, it ia ;ht a very gre*', blunder baa been commit- arter Tho quejiiou cornea up on a motion to forth .?e the eaao for want of jurisdiction. A every iiy of the Court ia nocoasary te sustain pain, motion-if tho Court ahab1 be equally L, ;d the motion fails. Accomplished spe- n leadens afliriu, oa tho other hand, that if FuJ a to tho jurisdiction had bceu entered, bottlt raostion coming up under a demurrer, Be i ?dgoa wouid have been sufficient to aud 1 io views of tho War Department. This " . ;emed a very important matter aa things tand. the oi i Washington correspondent of the Now 8ol< fost, under dato of tho 9d inst., writes : omy 5 cply toaquostion by your correspondent, ivhai couiao ho would tako in caso tho 8 .' leiuacd to tako auy uction on tho nomi- 8treet i mado m place o? Mr. Rollins, end laid it i table, tue President aaid he should prob- Ana lien bo compel? .d to make a direct re ot Rollins, although this would bo in tg ivcntion of thc lonurc-oi-oflioo law, and gioom undoubtedly cauae a now agitation of , ipeachmeut question. voiuni aaid i bo time had arrived whoa he was l0M 0 lonipeded to ignore the constitution it- threat * au sot of Congress clearly uneonatitu- reign and it was not his purposo to hesitate, SPBO go impeachment be threatened. , jgard to tho statements made as com iiu bim, on tho settlement of the Ala- at mc :laim-i at once, or forcing Great Brittan arrest ar, tho President said they were uu- Ufo an ?zed ; and until ho saw what authority evie? 1 toriitou, the now English minister, was . . with by his government on thia quea- " i would be impolitio in him (tho Presi- dru8"8i .0 make aucii statcmcnta, involving as Addree id questions of the highest and gravest MEDIC ance. Tho new minister would be pre- YOBK to him on Tuesday, ho aaid, and after -- is done his policy could be more clearly ^ President denounced bitterly the new n-ro01 itruction bill now before Congress, but In tis sarcastic smile said it would bo only in In piar akiug Ibo power now in the hands of 80(t ru litary despots, excepting General Han- , ho had provea himsol? true to tho con- T , a, and placing it in tho handa of ono but e 8 y despot, who could rule the nation a ore severity than any sovereign in all the OL' . valuabl any Lat Airairs in thc Stn ? c. appear. _ combin 3 dwelling house, bani, and other out- pa8,ed crs of Mr. Thomas Chatham, ot Now also bet , Abbeville District, were destroyed by complo: iVodnuaday, the 2'Jth ult. draws ? ; day at Abbeville on Monda; was well same, a tl. The l auner s vs thc pommianioner ?uoui,i . ty and Sheriff disposed ot somo prop fair prices. Among tho salea may be 51>8?nt :od tue house and lot belonging to the hy f Dr. John Logan, in Greenwood, which i by thc commissioner for $1435. Monday ot last weok, aaya tho ?arun?^ the oni utherner. a mulfttt<? ;aili>g himsoli | Marci Brown, addressed a crowd of negroes in front of the courthouse, and was very abusive to? wards the President of the U iited States, while making his harangue, and the people of the South generally. The remarks of the speaker were BO well calculated to produce a riot, that the commanding officer of the post silenced bim and dispersed the crowd. /mural Hilttt. &?g~ Tlie Relatives, Fi leeds and Ac? quaintances of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. BENSON, and GEO, A. LOCKE and family, are invited toattrad the tune ral Services of the former, at St John's Chapel, at Jour o'clock, This Afternoon, 8th instant, without further invitation. Februarr S $peri?l lotices. MS- CITADEL SQUARE CHURCH.-THE regular Sunday and Week-day Services of this Church may be expected wi bout iurther notice. The Rev. Bishop WIGHTMAN will preach To-Morroui Morning at 10 K o'clock, and the Bev. 0. C. BIT? TING Lt Night, at 7? o'clock. 1 February 8 ?. ST. LAWRENCE CATHOLIC (MAG? NOLIA) CEMETERY.-The ceiemony of laving the torner-etone of the Mortuary Chapel of St Agatha, it the St. Lawrence Cemetery, having been poet, poned on account of the ino'emancy of the weather, rill take place on To-Morrout (Sandr.y) Afternoon, at I o'clock. 1 February 8 tS- ORPHAN HOUSE CHAPEL.-T H E KEV. E. T. WINKLES, T>. li., of the First and rVentworth-Blreet Baptist Chun hes, will perform DI dne Service in this Chapel 1 b-Morrow Afternoon, ith instant, at SK o'clock. 1 February 8 tS* REV. JOHN L. Gi BARDE AU, D.D., dil prAch in the Hall of the Marion Fire Engine louse, Cannon-street, on To-Uorronn Evening, com aoncing at 7 P. M. 1* February 8 tS- NOTICE-TO-DAY 18 APPOINTED s Sentence Day, and for the call of the Contingent locket and all other mattera tertainlng to the Bas? ions. By order of the Court. J. W. BROWNFIELD, February 8 1 CG. S. and CF. tS- NEW YOEE AND CHARLESTON TE A M s HIP LINE.-Consignees per steamship AMES A?GEB, from York, an notified of her cargo sing this day discharged at Adger*s South Wharf, ll goods remaining on the dook at lunset will be ored at Consignees risk and etpense. JaMBJ ADGEH & CO., February 8 1 Agents. tS- SPECIAL NOTICE.-IP THE DRAY AN who received a SETTER PUPPZ on Hayne reef, at the Charleston Hotel Gate, on Wednesday ii inst., will return him to >ald Hotel, he will be nd?omely rewarded. 8 February 8 tS* BATCHELORS H.LLB DYE.-THIS lendid Hau* Dye ls the bait In the world; tho ly true and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, itantanoous; no disappoinaient; no ridiculous ts; remedies tbs ill effects ot bad dyes; invigo ea and leaves the hair soft and beautiful black or >wn. Sold by all Druggists ind Perfumera; and >perly applied at Batchelors Wig Factory, No. IC ad-street, New York. 1;T January 14 9QTNEW MARRIAGE GUIDE.-AN ESSAY Young Mon. on Physiologic 1 Errors, Anuses and eases, incident to Youth ind Early Manhood, Ich creato impediment) to M ABBIAGE, with sure una of rahel. Sent in sealed letter envelopes free ?bargo. Address Dr. J. bRlXLIN HOUGHTON, ff ard Ass- elation, Philadelpl do, Pa. ?unary 31 Zmoe ta- ROYAL HAVANA LC-TTJ3RY.-PRIZES iliED AND INFOBMATIOI? EU SH IS KED. he highest ratee paid for DOUBLOONS and all ls oi GOLD AND SILVER. TAYLOB I; CO., Bankers, No. 10 Wah street, :tobor ll? lyr New York. W TRY THEM.-MANY PERSON? 3 within this summer expel lenced the benefits to erived from tho use of PAS SHIN'S HEPATIC Brr !. Wo would recommend i hem to all who stand oed of a tome. ir sale by all Druggists, I October 6 .rMRS.WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP .'hilcrcu Teething, greatly ? icditates the process et hing, by Battening the gama, reducing all ur? ination-will allay AXXFAUI and spasmodic ac and ia SURE TO REO Ul, ATE THE BOWELS, md upon lt, mothers, it will give rest to your? ie, and BELIEF AND ? EALTH TO YOUR ANTS. i have put up and sold this article for years, and tay in confidence and truth of it what we have r been able to Bay of any other medicine-Never t failed in a single instance to effect a ou re, when ly used. Novar did we know an instance of dis [action by any one who us id it. On the contra? di are delighted with its oj erndon, and speak in s of commcndaUon of its magical effects and cal virtues. Bpoak in this matter "WHAT WE DO KNOW," years of experience, and fledge our reputation ie fulfillment of what we hire declare. In almost instance where the infant is Buffering from md exhaustion, relief will bo found in fifteen or ty minutes after the syrup is ad ministered, il direcdons for using ldh accompany each ?ure and call for "MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP, - ig tho fae simile of "Cr ms & PERKINS" on itside wrapper. All o the: tt are base i mitait on e. ) by Druggists throughcut the world. Price, ts cents per bottle, ces-No. 216 Fulton-atree , New York; No. 206 Holborn, London, Englnnd; No. 441 St. Paul. , Montreal, Canada, DOWTE li MOISE, Agents, nat 27 tuths6mo Charleston. S. 0. ?NERVOUS DEBI LITY, WITH ITS y attendants, low spirits, depression, in ary am:talons, loss of ?enea, spermatorrhesa, f power, dizzy head, l iss of memory, and used impotence and im 1 ?ellity, find a sore cure m HU MPH RE VS HOMEOPATHIC F1C No. TWENTY-EIGET. Composed ol the aluable mild and potent curatives, they strike e the root of fha mattet, tone np thc avstem, the discharges, and impt rt vigor and energy, id vitality, to the entire man. They havt thousands of caaes. Prit o '.IS per package of tes and vial, or $1 per single box. Sold by ats and sent by mall on receipt ot pnce, ll HUMPHREY'S SPECIFIC HOMEOPATHIC 3ENB COMPANY, No. 66 } PRUADWAY, NEW September 19 A YOUNG LADY RETURNING TO ia try home, after a sojourn of a few months city, was hardly rocogiized by her friends, e ol a coarse, rustic, flu ihed face, sho had a by con ploxion of alu oat marble smooth ,nd instead twenty-thri e she really appeared utcon. Upon inquiry as to the cause or BO I change, sho plait ly told them that she used ttCAo^iAN BALM, an considered it an in e acquisition to any la ly's toilet, By its usc lyorGentlemon can improve their personal mee an hundredfold. It is simple lu its anon, as Nature horsell is simple, yet unsur In tts efficacy in drav-in? impurities from, idug, cleansing gnd bv ratifying the skin and IXE. By ita direct ai rion on the cuticle lt rom itali Ita impurities, kindly healing the nd leaving the surface as Nature Intended it be-clear, soft, smooth and beautiful, Price by Mall or Expr?s?, o a r<?-.elpt of an order, W. L. CLARI * CO., Chemists, No. 8 West Fayette-st .-eit, Syracuse, N. Y. y American Agents for the sale of the same. iSO Special notices. ??THE FOLLOWING NAMES ABE"8U0 (JESTED aa Directora of the . South. Carolina ?U* road Company: STOCEBOLDEB.' ' W. J. MAGRATH. F. J. PELZER. G. W. WILLIAMS. L. D. DsSADSSUEE. * a. COBIA. . J NO. HANCEHL. > .. I H. H. DELEON. J. S. GIBBES. - G. A. Th EN HOLM. A. J. WEHE.. L. J. PATTERSON. B. H. B'CEi C. T. MITCHELL. A. S EM O ND S. , W. A. COURTENAY. February 7 4 --i:-'?-' SS- A CARD.-WHAT IS TARRANTS EF? FERVESCENT SELTZER APERIENT and whit sn Its effects? These are 'qui ti o us walch the pres American public has a right to ask, and it has also i right to expect a candid and satisfactory reply. Tb preparation is a mild and gent?o saline catharina, si terativo and tonic and is most rai-efully 'prepared ti tho form cf a snow white powder, containing1 all tnt wonderful medical properties of. the fa f-famed Self ier Springs of Germany. ,; ; - . :. . Of ita effects wa would ai y thai those who ha vt tested, the prep?rate, n aro the best julg'oa, ant' the) declare over their own signal aroa, that the' prepara? tion wQl pFomptly relieve indigestion. Regulate tht flow of the h ile. Caro every specie of headache. Tranquilize the nervous system. ' Refresh ar.d-in vig?rate the weak. Mitigate the pangs of Rh>roma tism. Neutralize acid in the stomach. Cleanse and tone the.bowels. Assist tho failing appetite. . Cnn tho boort num. ,i . '. ;o ~ : . If yon ore a sufferer givo this rem ody ono triUL and lt will convince you of tho at ove facts. .-x Sold by all DrU2gisbL, . . T A K It ANT ' S CO. , - . - Sole Proprietors, NSW ?orlv >B January 38 . 28. Smos t?- TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION. NBWABK, LICEE-O COUNTY, OHIO, August 19,. t"67. - Messrs. HOSXSTTEB & -ACTH : GritU-ktn ?"y wife having received so much benefit tro j'your bitters, I deena it my duty to give testimony ii their avor. About one and a half years since she had a ory severe attack of Dysentery, or Bloody Flux, chick hfjfme chronic, and continued for the above ?ried of time, baffling the most skilful physicians a the country. We fleshy became discouraged, and ave up all hope of her recovery, when,, by oc-ldent, ly attention was colled to your most valuable Bu? ?rs by Messrs. Collins it Thurston. Druggists,band' ig mo one of your Almanacs. Finding them lecum lended tor Bloody Flax, I bought one bottii,-and jmmencod gibing according to directions; and' sf oro one-U'iird of the bottle had teen taken the was itirely cureJ, and enjoys perfectly good hetltb at tis time. Most respeetiuUy yours, W. D. NUT]'EB. BRANCH VILLE, ALA., March ll, 1867. essrt, Hottetter de Smith, Pittsburg, Pa.: DEAS Sins-I am hardly able to express mi' prati de lor the benefit 1 have derived from the uss of iur STOMACH BITTERa. I hovo been afflicted .th Liver Complaint and Dj epepsii foi moro thad '0 years, from which 1 aub. red no h. tl In. My lysicians failed to give me permanent reden I bo? rne melancholy and unhappy ; my constituti itt was uch broken d o wu by us. ng mercury, A ccidn o tally leting with one ol your Almanacs, lt induced me procure a low botdes ot your Udlers, whici afford.. mo very great rel.e. ; aud U is my.tincare cpialcn it they wi.i soon effect a permanent cure. I was enounced uncurable, and my recovery Uirough, ax Bitters will bo little ?hort ol a miracle. My ighbors express aurprisu ac" see'ng me so much proved in health, und look upon my rapid re rery os wondenuL Grateiully yours, BOuERT F. NEW1C0N, ' ?ebrnoryS '6 FUR UVEltPUUL. THE FINE SHIP "NARRAGANSETT." T. A. li AMI.: y ?laster, liavU.g i large part ol her cargo engaged, will tu YB dis- - - potch.. ? < _ j 'or -e reignt engagementa, apply to Captain on rd, or to PATXERoUN" & SiO^K, 'ebruary ? 4 couth Atlantic Wharf. VKSSELS W.iATKU. ?- ?' ^rv GOOD RATES AND QUiCK DISPATCH 22?""** GIVbN. Applj to . CT? RIuLLV. ii CREIGHTON. t?T?m SMpplng and Commission Merchant?, muary 25 _Nos. 143 and Ho.Eant Bay. : THE YACHT ELEAAOR --- ? IS NOW PREPARED TO CONYE1" PAS? av SENGElts to all points ol interest around A V^the harbor. To leave Government E'ouk st =???10 o'cioek, A. M., and 3 P. UL, visiting Fort lier and Morris Island. )r Pleasure or Maroon Par les arrangements will ande with CAPTAIN on boord. nuory 28 tutu: mea VEW YUK Iv A.-..U I'll.lKLLyil'.V STEAMSHIP IJNE.-rOR NEW YOBS; " THE ULEGANT SIDE WHEEL ' STEAMSHIP MANHAlIsN, M..f s. WUOEUULL Coromandel, will I ave Auger's South Whart, tor tbs " eport on Saturday, Sdiinstant, at 4. o'o.ooic P.. precise! v. tr Freight or Passage, apply to JAMES ADGEB it co.. Corner East Bs; and Adjei'e south Wharf. b roary 7_2 _Pp stairs. H It tl ton TICK. KI'S TU FLU Kl u.V. CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH 'STEAM-"*' ,0E?1 LINE.-SEMI-WEEELY VIA hi AV-. FORT AND BILTON iflSAL-WEFXLY '' VIA BL?FFTON. -fi"rf7' . r \M ER PILOT BOY.Capt W. T. MoNxxx?. vMER FANNIE.Capt F. PICK ONE OF THE AB07B 8TEAM SgjggQ EEs wiU leave Charleston every tan ?no Thursday Night at 12 o'clock; and 1 anab cv.rv Wednesday and Satura^y Morn at 7 o'clock, to t.'bing at Blue ton on Mer.- . trip from Charle; - , and Wednesday, trip from mab. Way Freight, also Blufften Wharfage, must be Aid. . Freight or Passace, apply to JOSE t'Lliii LSU.N , AeuomuodstioD Wa art, mary 16_ FOK PALATKA, FLOK.JDA, ' ' ' ; HAVANNAH, Fi- RN ANDINA. JACKSONVILLE, D ALL LANDINGS ON 1HE ST. JOHN'S HEB. rlT-'w STEAMERS DFTATOB AND rt'TiT?? i M v POINT, will leave Charleston Tuesday and Friday Earnings, at 9 o'ck<cx, ove places, and Sava nah every Wednesday and " 'day, ai 3 o'c.ock P. M. imo: DICTAI UH, Capt L. M. CoxzTZxa, sails ay Evening. mer CITY POINT, Capt 8. Arrota, soils Fri' O' Jj. Freight or Passage apply on board or st office J. D. ALEEN A Cu., Agents, nary 3 sou.b Atlantic Wharf. AV HB Ali Y i BEST POLITICAL AND STATISTICAL MANUAL PUBLISHED. TEE DEMO OB A TIC ALMASAO For 1868. AMOSO IRE CONTESTS WILL BB FOUND : TORY OF THE SAN DOMINGO MASSACRE, unterpai t of which is about being entcted in otheru > tates. 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