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VOLUME VI.-NUMBER 817]. CHARLESTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1868. [EIGHTEEN CENTS A WEEK BY TELEGRAPH. Oar European Dispatches. [BT ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.] LIVERPOOL, March 31-Noon_Cotton opens firm and quito active. Prices nnchanged. Es? timated sales 15,000 bales. Breadstuff^ steady. Provisions dull. LTVEBPOOL, March 31-Afternoon.-Cotton active. Sales will reach 20,000 bales. Corn 41s. 9d. Red wheat 14s. 4d. LIVERPOOL, March 31-Evening.-Cotton has been changeable bnt closed firmer at an advance of l-10d. Uplands on the spot and afloat ll jailed. Orleans ll ?all sd.. Manchester finner. Corn active at 42s. Naval stores dull. Others unchanged. Our Washington Dispatches. THE M'CARDLE CASE GONE OVER-A NOBLE VIN? DICATION OF JUSTICE GRIER-HANOOCK AND HIS NEW DEPARTMENT-MS. STANTON AND GENERAL THOMAS--THE PRESIDENT STILL HOPEFUL. WASHINGTON, ' March 31.-In the Supreme Court yesterday Judge Black expressed a de . aire to argue the effect of recent legislation on the McCardle case. During the colloquy Mr. Justice Grier said that he felt called upon to vindicate himself from whatever of obloquy or censure may attach to any one in this matter; that ho thought the failure to decide the Mc? Cardle caso will be considered as an evidence of a design on the part of the court to wait for legislation to relieve them from the performance of an unpleasant duty. He closed bis remarks in these words: " Pudet ho approbrio dici et non potuisse repelte" [lt shames me that so scandalous a thing should be said of this court without the possibility of it being denied.] The Supreme Court to-day formally postpon? ed the argument in the McCardle case until the nest term. General Hancock has tc-day issued an order assuming command of tho Division of tho At? lantic, with his headquarters at Washington. The division embraces the Department of the East, the Department of Washington and tho Department of the Lakes. The managers of impeachment to-day made a tremendous effort, Baying that, should the point go against them, they would feel com? pelled to retire and consult the House. When the decision was announced General Butler said that tho managers desired to retire for consultation. But little evidence was taken. During the trial General Butler volunteered to repeat the evidence of witnesses who were inaudible. To this the defence objected. The vote in private session sustaining Mr. Chase was 31 to 19. In the Supremo Court in the case of Martin vs. Magill, a motion to advance the cause was denied. It was of an appeal from the Circuit Court of Florida in a murder case, and the court suggested a remedy in the shape of an application to the Supreme Court for a habeas corpus and writ of certiorari against the dis? trict court. This case is similar to that of Mc? Cardle. The President's friends seem to be in excel? lent spirits. It has transpired that the Presi? dent changed the blank form s for appointments, BO as to conform to the Tenure of Office bill when that law was passed. General Moorehead characterizes the inter? views between Stanton and General Thomas as being somewhat jocular. There were no hos tito manifestations. Con gre-sion al Proceedings. WASHINGTON, March SI.-THE SENATE was occupied to-day with the usual routine of busi? ness. THE HOUSE adopted the report of the Con? ference Committee on the Tax bill, which now goes to the President for his signature. Politics in Georgia. SAVANNAH, March 31.-At the Conservative* Convention to-day, the Hon. H. S. Fitch was unanimously nominated as representative from the First Congressional District, and W. 8. Thompson, of Savannah, and T. C. Pendleton, of Valdosta, as delegates to the New York Na? tional Democratic Convention, with W. G. Felds, of Quitman, and J. M. Moseby, of Blackshen, os alternates. The greatest har? mony and enthusiasm prevailed. Colonel Fitch accepted the nomination, and made a short but forcible speech. Colonel Harris, of Ware County, delivered an address. AUGUSTA, March 31.-In the Democratic Con? vention of the Fifth Congressional District to? day the action of the Central Executive Com? mittee in recommending Mr. Irwin for Gover? nor was approved. O. A. Lochrano has been nominated by the Democrats- in tho fourth district, and P. W. Alexander in the third. The blacks had a mass meeting in Macon yesterday. A banner displayed in the proces? sion bore the following inscription: "Every man that don't vote the Radical ticket, this is the way we want to do him-hang him by the neck." There was no collision. Virginia Affairs. RICHMOND, YA, March 31.-Collector Mil? ford has issued orders for the detention of all liquor arriving or passing through Richmond until satisfactory evidence can be produced that the taxes have been paid. General Schofield has issued orders that the military commissioners will report without de? lay the names of all elected officers in the State whose terms have expired, in order that if they are not oligible for re-election, suitable persons may bc appointed. Petitions from registered voters were received recommending to office all who are able to take the oath. Louisiana Affairs. NEW ORLEANS, alarcb 31.-Therois great dis? satisfaction regarding the nominations sug? gested by the Democratic Central Committee, and it is probable that they will be modified or withdrawn to-night. The paramount desire is to defeat the con? stitution. Brevet Brigadier-General L. D. Watkins, Colonel of the 20th U. S. Infantry, died sud denly, on Sunday, of congestion of the brain. He was the son-in-law of General Rousseau. No arrests have been made in the case of tho Galveston warehouse fraud. A cotton fraud, involving thirty thousand dollars, has been unearthed, but the person implicated is rusticating in Havana. Marder in Columbus. MACON, March 31.-George Ashburn, a prominent Radical politician, was killed in Columbus last night by parties unknown. Arrest of a Judge. SELMA, ALA., March 31.-Judge Pope, of the Twelfth Circuit, was arrested yesterday at Jacksonville by the military authorities, and confined for failure or refusal to execute the military jury order. Judge Pope was an origi nal and all the time Un;on man. Impeachment Proceedings. WASHINGTON, March 31.-In the Court of J Impeachment to-day tho evidence was pro? ceeded with until Mr. Stanhery made objection. Mr. Chase sustained the managers. Mr. Drake objected to his decision, and Mr. Chase maintained thas he had the right to make pre? liminary decisions, subject to appeal. Mr. Drake then appealed, and the managers were sustained. General Butler said that he was glad the issue arose, when the decision of the Justice was in favor of the managers. The defence took no part in the contest. A motion to retire then prevailed, Mr. Chase voting aye to decide a tie vote. Messrs. Doo? little and Saulfibury being the only Democrats voting nay. .liter three hours' absence, Mr. Chase armour ced the decision ol the court that ha (Mr. Chase) should decide questions of evidence and preliminary questions, sub? ject to appeal to the Senate, and adjourned. Market Reports. NEW YOBK, March 31-Noon.-Gold 138$. Exchange 108$. Money active at 7 per cent Stocks active and improving. Virginias 48 Tennessee, e:t coupons, 67; new 66$. Cotton very firm. Sales 4700 bales. Upland 27 cents. Freights firm. Turpentine 66$a67. Rosin $3 25 for common. EVEN INO.-Cotton a shado firmer. Sales 9000 boles. Middling Uplands 27a27$-mostly at 274-the niirket closing quiet at 274. Flour dull and droo ping for all brands. Wheat duli. Corn 2a3 cents lower. Southern white $117a $120. Pork heavy at $24 95. Lard heavy at 15$al6$. Groceries firm and quiet. Turp?n tine firm at 56a57. Freights firmer-on Cotton by sail 5-16a?; by steam Ja7-16. Old bonds l?9?- Gold 138$. Sterling dull at 109?. BALTIMORE, March 31.-Cotton firm at 27c. Flour and wheat firm. Corn dull; white $115; yellow,? 19. Oats 88a90c. i.ye $1 80. Mess Pork ?rm and quiet. Lard 17c. WILMINGTON, March 31.-Turpentine ad vanced lie; s ales 62k. Rosin firm-strained $2 SO, No. 1, $3 75a$4. Cotton advanced Ac; middlings 25 i. Tar firm at $215. NEW ORLEANS, March 81.-Cotton in good demand, but the market is unsettled. Sales 4000 bales. Middlings nominally at 27a27$c. Receipts 4389. Exports 5957. Sugar fair to fully fair Louisiana 13?c. Molasses, prime fermenting, 62$a65c. Gold 40; Sterling 53a 53$; Commercial bills 50$a52. New York sight $ premium. MOBILE, March 31.-Market closed firm. Mid? dlings 26?a26j. Sales 2500 bales. Receipts 919 bales. CINCINNATI, March 31.-Mess Pork quiet at $24.75. Shouldeis 11$; Clear Sides 15. Lard dull and nominal. ST. Loots, March 31.-Bacon active; Clear Sides 15al54; Shoulders ll j. Lard 16. SAVANNAH, March 31.-Cotton opened firm, and closed -itu an upward tendency; Uplands 26a264; sales 3031. Receipts, 1258. Exports to Liverpool, 4129; coastwise, 98. AUGUSTA, Marth 31_Market active and firmer; Uplands 25$a26. Receipts, 160; sales 1100. POLITICS IN THE STATE. MEETINGS, SPEECHES, RESCLCTWW; ^JVD NOMINATIONS. NOMINATIONS IN DARLINGTON-MOVEMENTS AND OTTJNTEB-MOVKMENTS TN GEOBGETOWN-A FIGHT BREWING IN H?HET.AND DARLINGTON-NOMI? NATIONS IN RICHLAND AND FAIRFIELD- CON? FUSION TN CHESTER. DARLINGTON. At a nominating convention held in Darling? ton on Friday last by delegates from the dif? ferent Union Leagues in the district, the fol? lowing nominations were made : For State Senator-B. F. Whitemore. For Representatives-John Boston, colored; Alfred Rush, colored; G. Holleman. white; Jor? dan Lang, colored. The delegates to the State Convention, with the exception of Mr. Whittemore, says our correspondent, were cast overboard and new men brought forward by the nominating com? mittee. But when they were submitted to the convention for ratification, the friends of Jor? dan Lang, a fermer delegate, rallied to his support, and he was nominated over his op? ponent by a large majority. Tho session was a stormy one, and a good deal of dissatisfac? tion exists against several of the persons nomi? nated. There is an opposition talked of amongst the friends of some of the delegates left out; and if such be the case, there will be an exciting canvass between this and election day. Those nominated to tho House are all members of thc League, and, with the excep? tion of Jordan, are all very common men Thc convention adjourned, with good order an apparent good feeling, to meet on thc 25th] April, to select district officers. Mr. B. S. Josey, a citizen of our village, has been nominated for the Assembly by his Con servativo tiiends; but there is no chance for his election. GEORGETOWN. This district had been perfectly quiet politi? cally, but tho tide has turned, political leagues of every grade aro on the tapis, and the work is being vigorously pushed by both whites and blacks. At a meeting of the Conservativo party, held on Saturday, the following gentlemen were ap? pointed delegates to the Columbia Democratic Convention: Dr. John Foster, Ralph Izard Mid? dleton, and Major Francis Parker. A public meeting of the Conservatives was tc be held on Monday, and addresses were to be delivered by the Hon. B. H. Wilson, Richard DozLr, A. Shaw, and others. On Saturday next a counter mass meeting will bo held by the Republicans, when nomina? tions of State and District officers will be made. R. C. Do Large, J. H. Rainey and W. H. Jones are espected to speak. HORRY. Tho Marion Crescent says : "We learn from a correspondent tn Horry that the people of that district are inclined to vote forgos. H. Rainey, of Georgetown, for Congress, as he has some favorable acquaintances in that sec? tion, and has proved by his courso of liberality in tho late convention that he is the friend of both races, and also to his country. "If Rainey will canvass a little. Mr. Whittemore will prob? ably bc left in thc background." RICHLAND. The following delegates have been appointed to represent this district in the Columbia Con? vention: John S. Preston, William F. DeSaussuro, James G. Gibbes, F. W. McMaster, W. K. Bachman, J. P. Thomas. D. W. Ray, W. W. White, D. H. Trezevant, Thomas Boyne, John Aanew, John Lynch, A. N. Talley, Clark Waring, R. J. Adams, John English, J. G. Lykes, Johu H. Kinsler, Preston Bookter, James Douglas. N. Edmunds, James B. Adger, R. C. Shiver, Richard O'Neale. Sr., A. L. Solo? mon. Thomas Davis, J. D. Pope. A. P. Alex? ander Thomas Taylor, C. A. Bedell. A Republican mass meeting was to be held in Janney's Hall, Columbia, last eveni was to be addressed by speakers from FAIRFIELD. The following delegates have been ap to represent this district in the Colomb Convention. William J. Alston, alternate; Joseph vis, T. W. Woodward, alternate; I. N. T Dr. T. T. Robertson, alternate; A. 8. Dc Baylis E. Elkins, alternate; Henry C. Di CHESTER. The Standard of the 28th urges tho a ment of delegates to the Columbia Conv There is some little confusion, however whero, as it says: "Wo have been informed that a meeti be held at the courthouse sometime dur day, but, as no notice whatever has given, tho public are at a loss to kn hour. We find groups of amazed t standing at different corners as if som of importance was in anticipation. It to us that the right course to call a meei to give proper publicity through the pr that avery citizen of the district may '. fair showing, and participate in the mee so disposed." i-_ AFFAIKS Itt THU INTERIOR [FROM OTJB OWN CORRESPONDENT.] THE DEMOCRACY AT WORK-CANDIDATES NATED-COTTON PROSPECTS-THE COL AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD-THE COURT ( QUIRT IN MAJOR T. B. LEE'S CASE-NE1 8ONI0 HALL TN COLUMBIA-NATIONAL B MANUFACTORIES, AC. COLUMBIA, March 29, 18C8.-Thc politii fairs of the Stato are like cotton-som excited. At the eleventh hour, while the important changes in thc State are about made, the sentinels on the watch-tower beginning to discover that something ou; be done to save the people from the c quences of negro domination. Those counselled apathy, now loudly cry out, \ work I work ! Those who predicted a faih tho Radical party in tho State, now reco? in it an antagonist that calls for the excrc; every muscle. And so, as if animated b? mighty spasm, Democracy has become denly rampant, clubs have sprung into h avery portion of the State, tho people ar ganizing, nominations have been made, although the time is short, it is evident tl persistent effort will be made- to secure Blection of Carolinians and white men tc the legislative, Congressional and execuliv Sccs. Unfortunately for the success of tho m ment, there is thus far no evidence ?oncerted action, and the tendency of th lono has boon to draw boundary 1; JO broad and distinct as to forbid even possibility of success, that is, if as we n ill believe success depends upon substr mg any considerable number from the b majority of 25,000 votes. There are tl sands upon thousands of the people, in tellif md a Uve to the best interests of the St ivho, while as true to the South as steel if the mngnet, nevertheless believe that perse prejudice must for the moment yield to pol ind that to ensure strength in the legislati ?trength in Congress, and consolidation of nasses, moderate and conservative men m De nominated for office. Tho rovorse, howoi ippears to be the policy of Ex-Qov. Perry i ill of his followers. For instance he has p icly nominated for Governor, Gen. Wi lampton ; for Lieut. Governor, Gen. Jan bonnor ; for Secretary of State, Gen. Elii rapers ; for Adjutant and Inspector Genei general M. C. Butler, for Comptroller Genei ^apt. J. L. Leapheart, and for Treasurer, Ma W. Hood. Thoro have also been nominated ;he same party for United States Senators, Gi Tames B. Kershaw, of Kershaw, and Gene Samuel McGowan, of Abbeville. For "v ;imes" this array of military gentlemen woi lave been most pertiment. Even now t icart of every true Southern man leaps at t thought that he may one day be able to : ivaxd the men who bore the battle-flag of t Confederacy through the brunt of tho li sontest; but what sane, sensible person b Heves it possible to elect either of these d languished chieftains to the office namoi What use would there be in going to the pol in troublous times like these, to deposit merely complimentary vote, when the choi Di less objectionable candidates unknown Came would divide the colored vote and sccu the presence of an element in tho legis!atu which would protect tho interests of the Stat md prevent the anarchical tendencies of pu aegro legislation. Experiments seem to demonstrate that- tl Did political leaders have lost tho confidence the masses who used to follow their nod ar beck. Younger rncu have come upon the stag The mcrcantde community, thc working classi md the farmers arc claiming the right \ think and act for themselves, and while yiel< ing not ono jot or tittle of principio, refuse < sacrifice their personal interests and politic! Sistence by planting themselves in direct at ?onism to thc colored race and ignoring the: stence. To illustrate: a meeting was held here o Wednesday last, purporting to bo for tho pul pose of organizing a Democratic club. It wa called chiefly by tho working men, and wn intended to be conservative in sentiment am md action. Tho lawyers had concocted i preamblo and resolutions, which were read am almost unanimously adopted. A few thought ful men like Col. J. P. Thomas, however, sav mischief in tho enthusiastic action of tho meet ing, and after a "sober, second thought," ? committee called upon the editor of the Phceni: and requested that the preamble and r?solu tions should be suppressed, lest their excessive utterances as to the duties of the hour shoult result in harm. The talk now is as to the pro priety of calling another meeting, in which nol the op.nions of individuals, but tho policy oj the community shall be promulgated. The convention caded for the 2d of April, promises to be a success. Thc railroads have agreed to receive half fare. Speaking of railroads, President Hammett, of the Greenville Railroad informs mo that thc excitement in the up country with reference to cotton is equal to tlut in Charleston. One man was brought to the Lunatic Asylum on Friday last, who has gone "clean daft" over his recent speculations. He had made lorty thousand dollars by the risc, and his sudden good for tuue turned tho poor lellow'a brain. Twenty thousand bales wero brought down the road during tho month of February, and there ure probably from five to ten thousand bales yet remaining. Large shipments of manufactured goods are also coming down every week. Tho mills aro in a prosperous condition, and money in tho upp^r districts circulates ireely. Two years moro of suca crops and such prosperity will make the up country districts the richest in the State. The planters are actively pre? paring for the next crop, and cotton will bc planted freely. Large quantities of guano are going into the interior. Tho negroes havo generally contracted and are working well. Nobody csks for advances in Anderson, Abbe ville, Greenville, or Newberry, and there i sufficiency of provisions. While on railroad mattere, I may add, as item of news, that the directors of the.No Carolina Central and Haleigh and Gaston R< have agreed to take $150,000 of the bondi the Columbia and Hamburg Railroad at p and to advance the money, which will ena the directors of the latter company to cc plete the road with dispatch. They hope have it running through to Graniteville by I first of August. The court of inquiry in tbe case of Major B. Lee, superintendent of the penitentiary, still in session. All the evidence thus for i tirely exonerates Major Lee from the charf of cruelty made against him. Every merni of the convention, every officer of the penlti tiary, all persons, in fact, who are supposed know anything about the institution, bc been summoned to testify, but not one instai has yet been adduced which proves that exe sive or undeserved punishment has ever be imposed. The truth is, that the two or thi modes of punishment resorted to in the pei ten tiary are the same as are authorized in t United States army, and by no means so i vere. To-day a corporal named Henderson to have bis head shaved, to be drummed c of the service, and then to be taken to Fe Macon, N. C., and be confined at hard labi with a ball weighing thirty-two ponnds chain around bis leg, for three years. Offence striking an officer while in discharge of 1 duty. In the penitentiary the ball and cha aro worn only a few days, and chiefly by cc victs engaged outside its wooden enclosure. Zepaniah Flatt is tho name of a new jud appointed by military authority in the place Judge A. P. Aldrich. He is os his name inc cates, a Northern man, and a son of the F grim Fathers. Tho Masons of Columbia, on Tuesday, dec cate a new and very bandsomo hall which h just been completed. Tho lower floor is occ pied by the Independent Engine Compan After tho ceremonies a banquet is to celebra the occasion. The new national bank here will go in oporation about tho first of May-capita $100,000. In short, things in Columbia look encouraj ing, many of the citizens being full of pine and enterprise. Childs' Saluda Factory, ju over the river, is turning out twelve hundrt pounds cf yam a day, which brings tho cae at the rato of forty-tour cents a pound. _A. D. W. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC GOSSIP. -Sothcrn contemplates coming to Americ next season. -Flotow, who composed "Martha," ha brought out a new opera, -'Zilda." -The Brignoli Opera Troupo lost sixtee hundred dollars in one week try singing to ur appreciative Fhiladolphians. -A crown of massive gold and a profusio of rings and diamonds have been presented t Mario at St. Petersburg. -Gazzaniga is about to marry a Signo Albite8. lt is to be hoped that the Signor' name is not typical of the singer's wedder life. -The dire, tor's of the New York Academ; of Music want to get Mapleson and his burn ed-out company from London to take penna neut charge. -?'Humpty Dumpty," the new pantomime by Fox, of the Olympic, New York, is th most elaborate ever brought out in this coon try, and its performance is successful -On the occasion of tbe first presentation o Auber'B new opera, "Un Jour de Bjnheur, the composer was sent forby tho Emperor am Empress, and congratulated at th J close o each act." -At the Louisville theatre on the 9th, Edwari Hanlon, tho gymnast, while performing on thc horizontal bars, fell heavily upon the Btage dislocating his shoulder and bruising his beac badly. -The most startling natural effects are saic to bo now produced at Niblo's, New York, bj having colored glass shades over the foot anc top lights. Bed for sun and green for mooi light. -Barnum has presented his impoverishec employees with a check for five hundred dol lars, and offers to lecture for them on condi tion that the receipts be divided pro rata ac cording to tbe salaries formerly received ty the beneficiaries. -The receipts of Bonrcicault from his worki are not less than $50,000 per annum. A fol lower in his footsteps, Mr. Daly, of New Y rk city, is receiving an income nf $10,000 pei annum from "Under the Gaslight," whict has had positive success in a dozen or mon cities. -During the past thirty-three years, fifty? one fires have occurred in London theatres. Eight times the flames trot such headway that the houses were destroyed. The causes or some of these fires were curious : eighteen were caused by gas; four were lighted by stumps ol Agars. I-At the Salt Lake City Theatre the "naked durna" is strictly prohibited, and immoral al lu ions would condemn actor and star forevei to Itter njgloct. If a ballet is needed tbe bal? let girls dare not wear their skirts higher than nj to the ankle. Smoking, tobacco-chewing, SM ;aring aud drunkenness aro punished with ny tant dismissal, and do not occur within thc willis of tho theatre, wnich is a grand structure bl the style of tho Imperial at Moscow, Russia, (rid standing on a large public square. / -The " Grande Duchesse" after a run of one hundred and fifty nights, has beon withdrawn from tho French '? heatrc, New York, and is succeeded by ' ' La Belle Helene." Of thc lat 1er piece tho Tribuuo savs : Tho performance be? longs to a class wbicli wo cannot but regret to seo coming into vogue. Seduction and illicit passion aro not made respectable by the coun? tenance of the Homeric Greeks, and an adul? terer is just as wicked in tunic and buskins aB in a dress-coat and calf-Bkin boots. Tho por? tion of thc legend of Helou which has been selected for the plot of this opera is intrinsically unfit for tho stage. The language docs not improve it. The gross poiuts aro made moro gross ; the text is loaded with indecent innuen? does ; thc action in several places is simply vile ; and the costumes of certain characters arc more lascivious than anything we have yet soon in a respectable theater. Two or three years ago, "La Belle Helene" would not have been tolerated tn New iork. If it become popular now we shall giicve for thc degeneracy of our people. Let it be remembered that this plav is not a satire. It contams no bitterness, and, save an occasional fling at little fashions of the dav, it conveys no reproof. Vice hero is triumphant, and virtue is represented only bv a red-haired idiot. Moral filth is exposed, not that it may be a target tor the shafts of sarcasm, and ridicule, but merely because it is filthy. There aro people who rcvol in this sort of drama, who will crowd tho galleries of the French Theater all the more for reading what wo have written-people who gloat over the literacurc which Southey called the furniture of thc bagnios ; but to such wo do not speak. There aro many respectable ladies and gentle? men, however, who, having enjoyed the fun and vivacity of the '-Grande Duchesae, ' without penetrating its thin crust, of decorum, may bo tempted to seek for similar amusement in " La Belle Helene:" all such we recommend to stay awsv. If we must have Offenbach, in the name ol' decency let her Highness of Gerolstein come back again. -The good people of Antwerp, in Belgium, recently became alarmed at the rapid and mys? terious manner in which their dogs were dis? appearing. These disappearances were go numerous that special efforts were made to unravel the mystery, and the result was the arrest of two peraous who turned out to be dog stealers by profession. They confeasod that during one j ear t.iey stole no fewer than two hundred dogs, tho sains of which, sold to toy maker?, went tor the manufacture of children's drums; the grease made excellent pomade, and the carcasse* were passed through tho sausage making machines. So Antwerp at once be? came incredulous on the sausage question, and Antwerp dogs thereafter held charmed lives. Tbe Great Cantu M a nu lt ou ocr j ta New Orloans. The New Orleans Picayune of Friday last gives the following account of the great rob? bery at tbe Canal Bani in that city of which we have already had brief mention by tele? graph: ? It s ec m 3 that a package of fifty $1000 TJ. S. currency notes had bee: 1 inclosed in an envel? ope to bo sent north ht express. The eealed envelope containing tbs money was in the hands of the exchange clerk, Mr. P. L. Du quesnay, who, placing it on a book before him, turned aronnd for a moment to do some? thing which claimed h ts attention. On tam? ing again, to pick np tbe package, it was gone. He could scarcely believe his senses. There but a moment before hy the envelope, no one had approached the sp< t from within, and the unusually high railin.:, protected by wire ganse, surrounding tho desk, would seem to preclude the possibility of any one having taking it from without ; and yet, in spite of all the money had been tbstracted. The adair seems to be complete y wrapped in mystery, and the police have not as yet obtained the slightest clue which vronld enable them to trace tbe daring thief. The most singular part of the whole circa instance is that though ali tho clerks were pre sent in the bank at the time, not one of then, noticed any one enter or leave the building, ind the exchange clerk himself avers that ne heard no footstep upon the marble floor. It wis proved, however, by actual experiment tba; it was possible fora tall man, ny placing hs foot upon a jutting portion of the lower railing, to reach over and pickup an envelope. None but a very tall man, therefore, and a most expert rogue, could have accomplished tho theft so quickly and noiselessly. Not a papar wai disturbed, and even a branch of the gt? bracket, which must necessarily have been displaced, in order to permit an arm to be thrust between it and the railing, was observed x> be in the usual posi? tion. Taking for grarted, therefore, tho hon? esty of the employees of the bank-and there does not seem to exist the shadow of a suspi? cion against them-the ponce need only trouble themselves looldng up the tall experts of the genus thief. Fcrtanately the bills were all registered and numbered, and this little circumstance may yet lead to the detection of tho robber. The package consisted of fifty $1000 notes-greenbacks-all of the date of March 10th, 1862, ard was numbered as fol? lows. Letter C-No. 8903, 4515, 10,203, 8591, 16,543, 15,211, 7295, 19,131, 19,195, 8059, 5227, 6727. 4017, 4567, 11,403, 28,415, 30,223 25,959, 13,619, 39,343, 40,619 , 23,135, 41,851, 40,059, 28.487, 23.723, 12,147 , 89,307, 12,019, 18,043, 3119, 10,219, 10,015. 5363, 38.747, 31,879, 45, 551, 30,463, 38,339, 16 847, 14,235. 2775, 84,511, S907, 16,732, 41,999, 40,831, 28,323, 37,839, 13, 903. Special Mitts. JO" YARMOUTH BLOATERS, SCALED HEERING, CODFISH, SWEET CIDER, (on draught); Davis' Diamond and Clark's HAMS, Prime GOSHEN BUTTER, Allsops, Mun ?Sons, Jeffrey's Bass PALE ALE, London PORTER Elton's BUTTER CRACK? ERS, GINGER SNAPS, MLLE and CREAM BIS? CUITS. A fresh supply of above received this week, WU. S. CORWIN & CO., March 31 No. 275 King-street .83-TEAS, TEAS, COFFEES, COFFEES. At WM. S. CORWIN St CO., No. 276 King-street, will bo found a fun supply o ! TEAS and COFFEES that are good and pure. We pa rch and grind JAVA COFFEE and warrant it pure aid unadulterated. A trial ol our TEAS and COFF El S will convince the consumer that our goods are as P tpresented. WM. S. CORWIN & CO., March 31 No. 275 King-street. ?5-FTRE DEPARTMENT.-FOB THE better government o' the Fire Department, the Board of Flremasters have formed THREE FIRE DISTRICTS within th > city, which will go into ope? ration on the first of April: DISTRICT NO. l-Wcrds Nos. 1 and 3.-The follow? ing Engines will do m e duty in these Wards-Steam? ers PALMETTO, YOUNG AMERICA, PHONLT, and Hand-engines VIGIL/NT and GERMAN. DISTRICT No. 2- Wirds Nos. 2 and A-Steamers ?TNA, PIONEER; 3and-engincs HOPE, STONE? WALL, and CITY ENGINES Nos. 5 and 7. Meeting-street front Calhoun to South Bay, the dividing linc, East an 1 West DISTRICT NO. 3- Wc rds Nos. 5,6,7 and 8-Steamers WASHINGTON, MAHON; Hand-engines EAGLE, and CITY ENGINES Sos. 8 and 9. Calhoun-street tbe Uvlding line, North and South. HOOK AND LADDER COMPANIES Nos. 1 and 2 will run to all fires. The peal of St Michael's will be discontinued and tho Wards struck. If assistance is ne?ded from any of the other dis? tricts other than waere the fire maybe, the Ward will bo struck requiring the attention of engines in such Ward. If the fire should be an extended one, and tho services of the entire department required, the alarm bells will be struck twolvo times. The members of ill companies aro required to re? pair to their respective engine houses, subject to the rules of their companies. Any company violating tho above regulations will be subjected to a fine of one hundred dollars. By order of the Board of Fire Masters. M. H. NATHAN, March 20 If- Chief Fire Department ?.CITY TAXES.-OFFICE OF THE COT TREASURER-Ur der the Ordinance to Baise Sup? plies for 1868, Tax-payers ore informed that during tho present monti, Taxes on Real Estate must he paid; also, the Ince me tax specified in the first sec? tion. The fifth section reads "Any person or persons, or corpora?ons, failing to pay tho taxes in tba manner and at the times herein? before prescribed, may be double taxed at the option of Council. And it shall bo the duty of the City Treasurer to forth vi th issuo executions against the goods, chattels, ard other property of said persons or corporation*, a id lodge the said executions with the City Sheriff, w ho shall immediately proceed for the collection of tie some, in the manner provided by Ordinaccs for the enforcement of executions." Office hours fro:n 9 A. M. to 2 P. M. S. THOMAS, City Treasurer. SPECIAL NOTICE TO DELINQUENT TAX? PAYERS.-MAJOR'S OF?ICE, CHARLESTON, FEBRUARY 24, 1168.-Tho loHowing notico is here? by published for I he information of all persons con? cerned: Whereas, m?n" of tho tax-payers of the City of j Charleston have i ot met their dues on the 15th mst.; And whereas the zara of thc city, tho property and health, comfort and lives of the people demand a proportionate contribution from each for the general good, it is pro.-laimed that the delinquents must promptly Gome forward, or be proceeded against ac? cording to law. By order of tho Mayor. WM. W. BURNS, Mayor. W. H. SMITH, Clerk of Council. NOTICE.-OFFICE OF CITY TREASURER, CHARLESTON, S. C., 3d January, 1868.-Holders of Coupons of tho Fire Loan Bonds of the City of Charleston, arc notified that those due on the 1st instant will be paid cn presentation at tho First National Bank n this city. S. THOMAS, City Treasurer. March 2 es- BATCEELOR'S HAIR DYE-THIS splendid Hau: Dye is tho best in thc world; the only true and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, Instantaneous; no disappointment; no ridiculous tints; remedie: the iU effects of bad dyes; invigo? rates and leavet the hair soft and beautiful black or brown. Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers; an properly apphel at Batcholor's Wig Factory, No Bond-street Nrw York. lyr January ?-NEW MARRIAGE GUIDE.-AN ESSAY for Young Men, on Physiological Errors, Abuses and Diseases, meit eat to Youth and Early Manhood, which create impedimenta to MARRIAGE, with sure means of relie:. Sent in sealed letter envelopes free of charge. Acdress Dr. J. SEIL LIN HOUGHTON, Howard Association, Philadelphia,Pa. January 31 3mos ssptciu urnas. S6S- AFRICAN METHODIST CHURCH. JOHN EVERETTE, bide thyself. I was in Angosta when yon came there to beg. I gave $2. Ion got $30 in the church. In Trinity you got $40 in bap? tism. I was thee and heard that the collection was a good one. I can prove that April 1_1? P. J. JOHNSON. 49" REMOVAL NOTICE.-WM. MAT THLESSEN has removed his Clothing House from No. 319 Ring-street to No. 291, at the Corner ot Wentworth-street where he is opening an elegant supply of Spring Clothing and Furnishing Goods for Men and Boys, 12 March 28 ?3-N0TICE.-0N AND AFTER SUNDAY, the 29th instant a LINE OF OMNIBUSES will leave the King-street Terminus of the City Raliway for MAGNOLIA every hour from 9 A.M. to 2 P. M., and every hah* hour from 2 P. M. to 6 P. M. On Sundays from 9 AM to 2 P.M. every half hour, and from 2 to 6% P. M. every quarter hour. Fare.Ton Cents. 43"The Omnibuses can be hired by Marooning or Plc-Nlc Parties, upon reasonable terms, upon appli? cation to the proprietors. March 27 g_R GRAHAM & CO. 49"N0TICE.-F0R THE ACCOMMODATION of Correspondents, an authorized Postoifice messen? ger, will, until further notice, be found daily (except Sundays) at the hours given below, at the office of the City Railroad, corner of East Bay and Broad Streets, to receive and convey to the Posiofnce letters and pa? pers intended for the mails, viz : . For the South Carolina Railroad Mails-Augusta, Savannah, and Western, from 8 A. M., to 9 A M. For the South Carolina Railroad Mails-Columbia and Greenville, from 3 P. M., to 4P. M. For the South Carolina Railroad Maus-Augusta and Western, from 1 P. M., to 6 P. M. For the Early Morning Mails-from 7 P. M. to 8 P. M. STANLEY G. TROTT, P. M. March 16 49" P. H. H.-ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH Health, Strength and Vigor. The secret will be re? vealed by investing in a bottle of PAN KN IN'S HE? PATIC BITTERS. For sale by aU Druggists. w ?S- BREAST MTLK.-COMSTOCK'S RA TIONAL FOOD is by analysis the same in its cheml al elements as healthy mother's milk, and is the easi? est of digestion and assimilation of all nourishments for infants, invalids and dyspeptics. Samples to Physicians gratis. Sold by Druggists and Grocers. G. W. COMSTOCK, No. 57 CourUand street, New York. DOWIE & MOI8E, General Southern Agents, March ll wfml2 Charleston, 8. C. 45"IN WASHINGTON, D. C., MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND BOTTLES of the celebrated PALMETTO HAIR RENEWER was sold at retail in December last and the cry ia stul for more. As a Restorer and Dressing it ba? no equal. Try lt once and be convinced. For aale by all Druggists. DOWIE & MOISE, General Agents, Charleston. 8.0. March 9 mwf 13 49- WHEATON'S OINTMENT WILL CURE the Itch. WHEATON'S OINTMENT will cure Salt Rheum. WHEATON'S OINTMENT eurea Old Sores. WHEATON'S OINTMENT cures all Diseases of | the Skin. Price 60 cents; by mail 60 cents. AH druggists seU lt WEEKS & POTTER, Boston, Proprietors. September 16 38m wily 43" NERVOUS DEBILITY, WITH ITS gloomy attendants, low spirits, depression, In? voluntary emissions, loss of semen, spermatorrhoea, loss of power, dizzy head, loss of, memory, and threatened impotence, and imbecility, and a sove? reign cure in HUMPHREY'S HOMEOPATHIC 8PECIF1C No. TWENTY-EIGHT. Composed of the most valuable mild and potent curatives, they strike at once the root of the matter, tone up the system, arrest the discharges, and impart vigor and energy, life and vitality, to the entire man. They have cured thousands of cases. Price $5 per package of alz boxes and vial, or $1 per Bingle box. Sold by druggists, and sent by mail on receipt ol price. Address HUMPHREY'S SPECIFIC HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE COMPANY, No. 662 BROADWAY, NEW YORK- September 19 ~ter A YOUNG LADY RETURNING TO her country home, after a sojourn of a few months in tte city, was hardly recognized by her friends. In place of a coan e, rustic, flushed face, she had a soft ruby con plexion of almost marble smooth? ness, and instead twenty-three she really appeared but eighteen. Upon inquiry aa to the cause of BO great a chango, she plainly told them that she used the CIRCASSIAN BALM, and considered it an in? valuable acquisition to any lady's toilet. By ita use any Lady or Gentlemen can improve their personal appearance an hundredfold. It is simple in its combination, as Nature herself ls simple, yet unsur pasted in ita efficacy in drawing impurities from, also healing, cleansing and beautifying the akin and complexion. By ita direct action on the cuticle it draws from it all ita impurities, kindly healing the same, and leaving the surface as Nature Intended it should be-clear, soft, smooth and beautiful. Price $1, sent by Mail or Express, on receipt of an order, by W. L. CLARK & CO., Chemists, No. 8 Weat Fayette-street Syracuse, N. Y. The only American Agents for the sale of the same. March 30 lyr 435" THE GREAT PRESERVER OF HEALTH. - TARRANI'S EFFERVESCENT SELT? ZER APERIENT can always bo relied upon as a pleasant, mild, speedy and positive cure in all cases of Costiveness, Dyspepsia, Heartburn, Sick Head? ache, Indigestion, Sour Stomach, Liver Complaint. Biliousness, Flatulency, Fullness of Blood, and all Inflama to ry Complaints where a gentle cooling ca? thartic is required; so saya the Chemist, so says the Physician, so says tho great American Public of the.. Nineteenth Century. Heed ye them, and be not without a bottle in the house. Before life is imperilled, deal judiciously with tho symptoms; remember that the sli pb t internal disorders of to-day may become an obstinate incura? ble disease to-morrow. Manufactured only by the sole proprietors, TAR? RANT & CO., Wholesale Druggists, ^No. 378 Green? wich and No. 100 Warren streets New York. Sold by all Druggists. 3mo February 22 TINWARE CHEAP'FOR CASH! PRESSED AND PIECE PANS X PT., PER DOZ? EN, 54c.; 1 pt. 60c. ; 3 pt. 91; 1 qrt 75c.; 2 qrt. 31.22; 3 qrt $1.38; 4 qrt. $1.96; 6 qrt. $2.50; 10 qrt. $3.50. PLK AND DINNER PLATES, 8 in. $6.76; 9 in. $7.25, per gross. FUNNELS-Vials 60c.; Pints 80c; Quarts $1.25; 2 Quarts $2.00; 4 Quarts 83.00, per dozen. WASH BASINS (Pressed, Plain and Japanned) small $2.00; large $3.50, pei dozen. PRESSED OU L LEND LES-am all $3.00; large $4.00, per dozen. At NO. 16 BROAD STREET, ADAMS, DAMON & CO. November 6 _wfm THE HERALD IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT NEWBEBBY C. H., at $3 per annum, and, having a large circu? lation through all ihe upper and lower Districts of the State, affords great advantages to advertisers. Rates for advertising very reasonable-for which apply lo our Agent Mr. T. P. SLIDER, at the Mill House. THOS. F. & R. H. GRENEKER, January 2 Editors and Proprietors. FOB LIVERPOOL. THE Al BBTTIBH SHIP SEDBEB? .fQfr>WrT,r.TAM KNEALE Master, will have d ?OOLP For'Freight engagements, apply to >ATTERSON A STOCK, March 30_Boath Atlantic Wharf, FOR LIVERPOOL. , jrrv THE FIRST-CLASS AMERICAN SO ID^O "GRAHAM'S POLLY." CHARTJW EUBOE JjflfqS* Master. having two-thirds of her cargo < ?W T board, win meet with quick dispatch, i For Freight engagements or Passage, haying sup nor accommodations, apply to PATTERSON 4 STOCK, March 30 South Atlantic Wharf. FOR LIVERPOOL, _rrv_ THE FIRST-CLASS SHIP KAT TROOP, CEOCKKB Master, having portia jjgg^y of her cargo engaged, will be dispatcbo 3ESBK, Fer Freight engagements apply to WILLIS k CHI60LH, March 4 wa Atlantic Wharf. FOR BALTIMORE. i- f-r-iMi THE SWIFT SCREW STEAK y^jfS?f^SRTP 'TALOON," E. C. RIED Con ^fflfiXWm mander, will sail for the above poi nSi3?sU on Saturday Afternoon, 4th Apr?, I 3 O'clock, from Pier No. 1, Union Wharves. Through bills lading signed to Philadelphia, Ba ton, Louisville, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and otht Northern points. For Freight or Passage, apply to COURTENAY k TRENHOLM. April 1_3_Umon Wharves. FOR NEW YORK. PEOPLE'S MATT. STEAMSHIP COMPANY. yt^fr?mm THE STEAMSHIP E. B. 80UI .^WSL. ER, Captain LEBBT, wfll leav North Atlantic Wharf on TJiursdai =2E3SH?3^ April 2, at - o'clock. JOHN k THEO. GE1TY. Agents, Marchai_North Atlantic Wharf. NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON STEAMS HIP LINE.-FOB NEW YORK. ^/ftto-i THE ELEGANT SLUE WHEE! STEAMSHIP " MANHATTAN, ' C?mlSI??Mm^ Captain WOODHULL, will leav< ^e30L Adger'e South Wharf for the abori port on Thursday, 2d April, at 1 o'clock, P. M. For Freight or Passage, apply to JAMES ADGER k CO., Comer East Ray and Adger's South Wharf, March 30_S_Upstairs. FOR NEW YORK. REGULAR LINE STEAMERS. ^vf-?rr* THE STEAMSHIP SARAGOSSA y/Ojt^YZ Captain M. B. CEO WELL, will leave ?^Wjti^fff^'Van?oThont'B Wharf, on Saturday, ==3=S?SS~ April ll, 1868, at - o'clock. For Freight and Passage, apply to March 30_RAYEN EL k CO., Agents. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMP Y'S THROUGH LINE TO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. FREIGHT AND PASSAGE AT GREATLY SE? DUCED RATES! yt^tsmrm SIE AMERS OF THE ABOVE y^TrSwf^, Une leave Pier No. 42, North River, ^^WlrffiCTl ioot of Canal-Btreet, NCJV York, at oJ?=S?S?w* 12 o'clock noon, of the 1st, 11th and 21st of every month (er-~bt when these dates faB on Sunday, then the Sah r ly preceding). Departure of 1st and 21st cooped at Panama with steamers for South Pacific and Central American ports. Those of 1st touch at Manzanilla Departure of 11th of each month connects with the new steam line from Panama to Australia and New Zealand. No California steamers touch at Havana, but go direct from New York to AspinwalL One hundred pounds baggage free to each adult Medicine and ai tendance free. For Passage Tickets or further information apply at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the wharf, foot of Canal-street, North River, New York. March 14 lyr F. R. BABY, Agent STEAM TO LIVERPOOL. CALLING AT QUEENSTOWN. jN^to-jP THE INMAN LTNB, SAILING ?^ateSK*** SEMI-WEEKLY, carrying the U. ??ffifltyffi?^ 8. Mfils, consulting cf the following CITY OF PARIS, CITY OF BALTIMORE, CITY OF WASHINGTON, CITY OF BOSTON, gilling every Saturday and every alternate Monday, at 1 P.M., from Pier Na 45 North River, New Xor*. BATES OF PASSAGE, BT THE MATT. BTEAVJERS ntrr.rnn XVRH? BAXTJHDAT. Payable in Gold. I Payable in Currency. 1st Cabin.$100 Steerage.$30 1st Cabin to London.. 106 Steerage to London... 35 1st Cabin to Paris.... 115 Steerage to Paris.45 Passage by the Monday ste liners-First Cabin 890, gold; Steerage $30; payable in U. S. currency. Raten of passage from New York to Halifax; Cabin. $20, Steerage, $10; payable in gold. Passengers also forwarded to Havre, Hamburg, Bremen, kc, at moderate rates. Steerage pasease from Liverpool and Queenstown, $40 currency. Tickets can be bought here by per? sons sending for their friends. For further information apply at the Company's offices. JOHN G. DALE, Agent, No. 15 Broadway, New York. February 20 6mo INLAND ROUTE TO BEAUFORT, VIA ENTERPRISE, NORTH EDISTO, ROCKVILLE, CHISOLM'S LANDING, kc, r - *iTT^*u. THE FINE STEAMER FANNIE, isgtahiESe Captain FENN PECK, will leave on Thursday, 2d April, at 13 o'clock M. Retarning will leave Beaufort and Chisolm's Fri dav Night, Eockvillo Saturday, 4th, at 12M.,t>orth Edisto at l P. M., Martin's Point and Enterprise at a P.M. Freight received daily, and stored free of charge. For Freight or Passage apply to JOHN FERGUSON, March 31_3 Accommodation Wharf. THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA, BY CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH STEAM PACKET LINE, VIA BEAUFORT, HILTON HEAD AND BLUFFTON. t* .ofT**^ THE STEAMER "PILOT BOY," p^y-T-rT* Captain W. T. MCNELTY, will leave Charleston every Monday Night, at 12 o'clock, and Savannah every Thursday Morning, at 7 o'clock. All Way Freight, also Blanton Wharfage, must be pre-paid. For Freight or Passage, apply to JOHN FERGUSON, Accommodation Wharf. March 3_ FOR PALATKA, FLORIDA, VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA JACKSONVILLE, AND ALL LANDINGS ON THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER. m .JC?C^J* STEAMERS DICTATOR AND -33^ya==?^rrTY POINT, will leave Charleston every 'Tuesday and Friday Evenings, at 9 o'clock, for above places, and Savannah every Wednesday and Saturday, at 3 o'clock P. M. Steamer DICTATOR, Capt. L. M. COXETTEB, sana Tuesday Evening. Steamer CITY POINT, Capt. 8. ADKINS, sails Fri? day Evening. Returning, the DICTATOR wiR leave Savannah every Saturday Morning, at 7 o'clock. For Freight or Passage apply on board or at office of J. D. AIKEN k CO., Agents, Januarys_South Atlantic Wharf. _City ^bofrtisementi. CITY TAXES-MONTHLY RETURNS. OFFICE OF THE CITY ASSESSOR,) CITY HALL, April 1,1868. J "VrmiCE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL CON i.1 CERN i D, that the Mouthly Returns for the month of March oast, in compliance with the Tax Ordinance, ratified on the 28th of January, 1869, must be made on or before the 16th instant TAXES ON TBE FOLLOWING ARE PAYABLE MONTHLY. On all sales of Goods, Wares and Merchandise. On all gross receipts of all Street Railroads. On all g OBS receipts of all Express Companies. On all tales at Auction. On all Carriages and Buggies. On all income derived from the pursuit of any faculty, proies-ion, occupation or employment. On the gross receipts of all Commercial Agencies. On all commissions received by Factors, Commis? sion Merchants, Bankers, Brokers, and others. On all premiums received for or by any Insurance Company, or by agencies ior individuals or com? panies. On all gross receipts of all Gas Companies, and other manufacturing companies located in this city. On every Ho rae'and Mule used cr kept within the city excepting bones or mu.es used in any public licensed carnage, curt dray, or other vehicle. On all li'etail Dealers in all articles whatsoever. On all Huck- tera and Barber Shops. On ail gross rucei ts of Hotels and Public Eating and Bondini? Houses. On all receipts ot Livery Stable keepers. OD the gross receipts of Cotton Presses. On the gross receipts of all Printing Offices, News? papers and Publishing Houses. un all Goo3s sold in the dry by persons not resi? dent by sample or otherwise. On all sales of Horses and Mules brought to the city. On sales of Stocks, Bonds, and other securities. On the gross receipts of Magnetic Telegraph Com? panies. On the gross receipts of all Tavern Keepers and Liquor Dealers. All the defaulters will be dealt with as the ordi? nance directs. W. N. HOGHES, April 1 14 CityiAssessor.