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... VOLUME YI.-NUMBER 739.3t CHARLESTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1868. [EIGHTEEN CENTS A WEEK. BY TELEGKAPH. Oar European Dispatches. [BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.] LONDON, April H.-Noon.-Coyote 93.j. Bonds 72;. LIVERPOOL, April 14-Noon.-Cotton firm at yesterday's advance. Sales 12,000. Uplands 124; Orleans 124. Breadatnffs nrm. Corn 40s. 6d. Provisions quiet. Sugar nrm and Ligner. Evening-Cotton firm, and, under an un? favorable trade report, quite active. Sales 12,000 bales. Uplands 12?a 12* d.; Orleans 124a 12jd. Com 40s. 3d. Sar Washington Dispatches. SERGEANT BATES TN THE CAPITAL-HOW EE WAS RECEIVED-THE PRESIDENT WELCOMES HEH CONGRESS SNOBS HIM-RADICAL RESPECT FOB THE OLD FLAG-SHERMAN BEFORE THE MANA? GERS OF IMPEACHMENT. WASHINGTON, April li.-Sergeant Bates ar? rived here at 1 o'clock to-day, and met with an enthusiastic1 reception. In consequence of tho illness of Mr. Stan? bert, the Impeachment Court adjourned until 12 o'clock to-moxrow, with but two dissenting voices. The adjournment will add eclat to the reception of Sergeant Bates. It ?6 arrar N that he is to unfurl his flag, at 2 P. y the dome of the capitol. ^ fi LATER.-Sergeant Bates crossed the Los g Bridge this forenoon, and was welcomed to the capital by Mr. Eldridge, member of Congress from Wisconsin. Though the weather was un? favorable there was an immense gathering. Sergeant Bates wore the jacket and pants pre? sented him in South Carolina, and ia in excel? lent health. He was escorted to the White House, where the President met him at the threshold, Baying, "All that I want to do is to welcome you and your flag." After being enter? tained at the White House he proceeded to toe Metropolitan Hotel, where quarters had been provided for him. Thence he proceeded to the Capitol, where be failed to gain admission. Leaving tho Capitol be went to the Washing? ton monument, where Mr. Perrin, of Tennes? see, made a speech, saying that had Bates car lied a negro on his shoulders from Vicksburg, Congress would have allowed him to place the negro above the Goddess of Liberty which sur? mounts the dome of the Capitol. The authorities at the capitol are shifting the responsibility of having denied admission to Bates. The departments will be closed to-morrow in honor of the unveiling of Lincoln's statue. General Sherman was before the impeach? ment managers to-day, who, having power to examine witnesses under oath without the re? straints of court rules, elicited all the facts not yet known to the public. Affairs in Virginia. RICHMOND, April 14.-In the convention to? day an article was adopted, providing that any amendment to the constitution shall fust be adopted by the legislature and then referred to the succeeding legislature, which may refer it to the people for their ratification. A conven? tion shall be held every t wenty years. An arti- | de was also adopted, declaring that all citi? zens possess equal civil and political rights and public privileges. The resolution to ad? journ to-day was rescinded. Republican nominations are being made all over the State. General Schofield tooday appointed William M. Berkley Mayor of Alexandria, and a full tei of city officers for that place. He has also sp pointed a new City Council for Fredericksbiirg. Politics in North Carolina. WILMINGTON, April 14.-The largest Conser? vative meeting of the campaign was held at '.he theatre this evening. The building was crowd? ed from the pit to the dome. Able and tc ling speeches were delivered, and the utmost en? thusiasm prevailed. The presence of te vcr al United States officers was nailed with applause. Marine Reporta. BOSTON, April 14.-The steamship Zodiac, of the regular line between Savannah and Bo- cn, was Sumed to the water's edge this morning. There was no cargo aboard. NEW YORK, April 14.-The steamship Mo neka has arrived from Cb ar letton. Market Report?. NEW YORK, April ll-Noon.-Gold 38?. Ex? change 9;. Cotton quiet and steady at ??Wc. for middling. EVENING.-Cotton closed steady; 6ales 2600 bales at 31}c. Flour unchanged. Wheat :ia2c. better. Com dull ; Southern yellow $1 26. Lard 17al7$c. Groceries quiet. Turpentine 65a66c. Gold38?. Sterling 9J. BALTTMOBE, April 14.-Cotton firm at 31c. Flour very firm; market favors seller. Wheat very firm. Cora with tair demand; white il 10 al 12; yellow $113. Oats dull at 86c. Pork finn at $28. Bacon firm; ribbed sides 36|c; clear ribbed sides l7iaT7|c; shoulders 144a lije. Hf Tna I9a21c. Lard held at 18c. WILMINGTON, April 14.-Turpentine finn at 584c. Rosin active and advanced; strained $2 50; No. 2 $2 55. Cotton advanced; middling 30c. Tar $210. ST. LOUTS, April 14.-Floui heavy; superfine $7 50a8 50. Corn 88a90c. Pork $27. Bacon finner; shoulders 134c; clear sides 17al7jc Lard 174c. AUGUSTA, April li-Cotton quiet but firm; sales 220 bales; receipts 120 bales; middling 304c. t SAVANNAH, April li-Cotton nrm and ad? vancing; middling 31c; sale3 1242 bales; re? ceipts 6C3 bales; exports to Liverpool 3203 bales. MOBILE, April 14.-Cotton sales 400 bales; market quiet but firm. Middlings 32 ctn. Re? ceipts 130 bales. Beceipts since Friday 1G98, against 5049 the same time last week. Exports same time-foreign S240; coastwise 783. WOMEN AND DRESS.-Alphonse Karr writes of the ladieB less poetically that Michalet; both seem to understand the sex pretty well, but their experience may have been different. Karr says: Lu a woman's life, everything leads io a nrw I dress; every circumstance is marked af e. it-w dress, and the dress is the most important part. A girl is going to be married-a dress. For a moment her heart is filled with love, thoughts of an entirely new existence, and of a long separation from her parents. Everything disappears before the ail absorbing question o? the wedding dress. A relation dies. The grief of the ladies is violent; but it is soon checked, for the mourning has to be thought of. What are the people wearing? What is the most fashionable mode of testifying one's sonow? It is necessary to go to the linen draper's, to the dress makers, to the milliner's, and in a little while they are so thoroughly occupied that there is quite an end to lamentations, un? less, however, the dress doesn't happen to fit, or the bonnet to be too much or loo little off the head. But if the dress ie made of some new material, if the bonnet is becoming, then they experience an involuntary glow-they are triumphant, they are very happy. POLITICS IS THE STATE. BEAGLE "SOT A MAB TTS-HE IS BADLY S CA BED, EFT T/NHUBT-AITA IB S D? SIAELBOBOUGH AND DARLINGTON-THE BALL STILL BOLLING OX. CHESTER. Our correspondent writes ns under date of the 11th inst., as follows: A short paragraph in your issue of the 8th has a6ton>' 13d the good citizens of this un? usually quiet town in no small degree. It is headed "Disturbance in Chester." Your in? formant has therein asserted that one J. L. Neagle, of York, was prevented by certain vio? lent demonstrations from delivering an oration on the great principles involved in the new constitution. It is the first intimation we have had of such an intention on his part. There was no gathering of the colored population to welcome him, and not the slightest symptom of any attempt to get up a public meeting. His excited imagination, and a known pro? pensity of his brotherhood for martyrdom, must have suggested the material for your paragraph. It is true that upon his landing from the cars, an individual of very pronounced opinions informed him that he was a very dirty scoundrel, and perhaps even used stronger language; but this was merely a private con? ference, and as Neagle made no reply to this assertion, it ia taken for granted that its truth was admitted. Your prophecy that certain Radical orators would make a descent upon us proved to be true. It is evident that these propagators of the new light must have been in dread of certain supposed irate Chesterians-perhaps of that funeral body known as the Ku-Klux-for their arrival was preceded ? day by that of a compa? ny of the eighth infantry. This advance guard were summoned here by reliable information that we were in a very insurrectionary condi? tion-so much so that the private soldiers said they expected to go to fighting as soon as they were landed from the cars. "What must have been the surprise of this formidable host when we were all found in a state of most pro? found tranquillity! We may add to the above, that the informa? tion which prompted the penning of the para? graph referred to, was sent to the city by Neagle himself, and probably for no other reason than to create alarm and secure a de? gree of newspaper notoriety, which he could not acquire by what passes for brains. MARLBOROUGH. A Radical public meeting has been held at Bennettsville. A considerable number of blacks were present, who were addressed by J. W. Maxwell and Samuel Dixon, colored, and by B. F. Whittemore. The latter made a calm, tem? perate speech, confined himself strictly to par? ty issues, and refrained from employing the style of invective so usual with Radical speak? ers. It appears to be generally conceded that the Republicans will carry tho district. DARLINGTON. On the 11th instant a large meeting was held at Florence, for the organization of a Demo? cratic club, of which G. S. Williamson, Esq., was appointed president, and Colonel A. H. Waring and Dr. Edmund Porcher, vice-presi? dents. The meeting was eloquently addressed by Chancellor Inglis. The resolutions adopted are expressive of the same principles which have been asserted by other Democratic or? ganizations and published in THE NEWS. A BALTI?IOREAN"S LUPBESSIONS OF CHABLES TON-THE CACSE OF EDUCATION-AN ELO? QUENT APPEAL.-The large-hearted editor of the Baltimore Gazette writing from Charleston under date of April 4, says: If the kind contributors in Baltimore to the parochial schools in this city could see for themselves the happy progress of the work they haveso largely helped to inaugurate, their hearts would be great? ly gladdened. By invitation of the Rev. A. roomer Porter, to whose zeal and energy ' these schools owe their origin, I visited tho one which he opened in January last, and to which he especially devotes himself. Four hundred little children were being educated there, many, or perhaps most of whom would have grown np m ignorance but for his exer? tions. It was pitiful to see these children marching from the church to the schoolhouse, singing their morning hymn of praise, while the bare feet of some and the patched and tat? tered garments of others showed how little of this world's goods they had to be thankful for and how necessary to their future well-being was ihe help extended to them by your people. Adjoining the school-building is a home for boys from the interior of the State whose parents have been ruined by the war. It hae now over forty inmates, most of them bearing the names of the worthiest and most distin? guished citizens of South Carolina. These boys are not only educated, but are supported and clothed also. Everything about the estab? lishment, though very plain, was in perfect order and scrupulously clean. Mr. Porter has certainlyt made the most of his limited means, and has done wonders within the brief space of ten or twelve weeks. The neceseitv of ex? tending these schoolo in the South, and of do? ing it at once, is painfully felt. Numbers of boys between the ageB ot ten and fifteen years are fearfully backward in their education, and then- parents are unable to do more than clothe and feed them. In a few years more it will be too late to remedy their deficiencies, and they will pass into society 6o ignorant aa to be unfitted for the higher professions, and carry? ing with them a bitter feeling of mortification. Ia the much-taxed charity of Baltimore ex? hausted? Let us hope not. Our brethren here have borne the brunt of a noble struggle and have been discomntted They are free? men no longer, and it is with difficulty that many of them can earn by the sweat of their brows the bread which the conquered alwavs eat in bitterness. They bear these trials with heroic patience, but it must be an agonizing thought to many of them that their children mav grow up so illiterate that they must inevi? tably take, when they advance in life, far lower stations than they would otherwise occupy. Judging by what little I saw of a lar?e negro school, the" black children are, through one acency or another, being verv well car?d for. The children of our own race look appealingly to their friends in the North for aid. Ihe crisis is an all-important one. Baltimore, open-handed as she has been, can doubtless spare a little more out of ber abundance, and that little contributed to this charity will be productive of incalculable good. Over forty applications for admission to the school are now pending, and many more will be soon pre? sented. But want of means to support the children prevents their reception, and they still plead to be taught, and many of them to be clothed and fed. The good deeds of Balti? more are not forgotten here. Cnn sae not add one more to tho generous and sympathising acta wh;.ii have Liado her. name already a househ'. Id word among this people ? . NEGBO F.VLE.-The following is a pic? ture drawn by a Northern P.adical newspaper ot the negro rule in St. Domingo, arter they have had fifty years of experience as rulers of about the ? irest Bpot of earth : The latest news from St. Domingo is that the country is m anarchy, and the prisons are tull. Of course there must be some sort of governing force in existence to keep the pri? sons full; but this is -probably about the full extent of its powers. It is painful to see Buch a rich and charming part of the world given up to ruin and savagery. It is grievous to see the control of such a country in the hands of such a people. But we see no help for it. And we mav rest satisfied that if there be any lower depths of human degradation than that which tfiey bave reached, it will not require them many years to sink to it. If the popula? tion would resort to cannibalism, and devour each other out of existence, it would probably be the best thing that could happen. GLIMPSES OF THE GREAT TRIAL TP. AITS OF THE MEN WHO CONDUCT THE CASE. [Correspondence of the Boston Advertiser.] WASHINGTON, April 7_Thc most prominent feature in the impeachment trial, which strikes the habitual attendant upon its eessions, after the sensation of novelty has worn away, is the leadership which bas fallen to General Butler. To those who remember the incidents of his entrance into Congress only a year ago, when his apparent arrogance and disposition to push himself forward received a decided and em? phatic snub from the majority in the Republi? can caucus; and to those who remember that much more recently, when impeachment was decided on in February, he had no place OD the committee to prepare the articles, and that the additional articles which he recommended were promptly rejected by the House upon an almost contemptuous hint from Mr. Bingham; to those who know how his avowed and per? sistent hostility to General Grant and his unfortunate financial manifestoes have caused him to be regarded with disfavor by the lead? ing men of his party here; this is especially remarkable and almost incomprehensible. For in the trial of the impeachment pre? ferred by the House ot Representatives against Andre-* Johnson. General Butler is the man of the hour. He not only opened the case; he has managed the case since it has been opened. The managers chosen by the House ara seven in number; they differ from the other mem? bers of the House mainly in being exemplary in their attendance at the trial. The sergeant at-arms gives them a special announcement as they enter; and the eonorous voice of Mr. For? ney, as he reads the journal, informs the as? sembly that "Mr. Bingham, Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, Mr. Butler, Mr. Boutwell, Mr. Logan, Mr. James F. Wilson and Mr. Thomas Wil? hams entered and took the seats assigned them." But here the part taken by six out of the seven, so far as the Senate or the pub? lic in the gallery can see, substantially ends. Mr. Butler calle for the witnesses, Mr. Butler examines the witnesses, Mr. Butler ex? plains the purpose of testimony, Mr. Butler answers the objections of the counsel on the other side, Mr. Butler supplies the amusing retorts which enliven the occaeion, Mr. Butler bullies the Chief Justice, Mr. Butler announces that the case is closed. The President's coun? sel-whether? Mr. Evarte, Mi*. Curtis or Mr. Stanbery is speaking-say "we;" Mr. Butler says "I." If Mr. Butler has not finished his oysters when the fifteen minutes' recess is over, the case waits for bim; if he is ready the trial proceeds, whether half the senator's are in their places or not. In short, so far as ap? pears to the looker on from day to day, it is the people of the United States proceeding against an oflending President through Benja? min F. Butler, their spokeeman and prose? cuting officer. BUTLER'S TB AITS. When thus much is understood, it is easy for those who are familiar with General But? ler's traits to imagine many of the aspects of the trial in which be has made himself the central figure. He ia remarkable for positive? ness and aggressive disposition, for readiness in an emergency and never-failing resource; for an endurance and animation which know no fatigue, and for that quality which, for the lack ot a gentler name, I must call impudence. He is not remarkable for grace, for fairness, or for any amenity or courtesy of manner in pub? lic life. Hence his relation with those he con? siders opponents is that of unmistakable, open, unrelenting war. He never loses an opportu? nity to dre a shot at the President's counsel, at the President himself (which he commonly styles "Andrew Johnson" with no ornamental title), at Chief Justice Chase, whom he se? lects as an especial target, or at Mr. Reverdy Johnson, whom he has singled out from among the senators for a sharp thrust when? ever the occasion serves. I have tele? graphed yon some samples of his method of treating Mr. Chase. I recall one or two Btill more marked instances of his course with the counsel on the other side. When the direct examination of Colonel Moore' Mr. Johnson's private secretary, was com? pleted, Mr. Butler turned to the inspection of some papen upon his table. Colonel Mooro patiently waited on the stand. "Are you through with the witness?" inquired courtlv Mr. Stanbery at length. "When I am through with the witness," sharply retorted the honor? able manager, "I will let you know;" and then after a silent pause of abont ten seconds, " I am nov through with tho witness." "So are wo," said Mr. Stanbery-but the premeditated terseness of his dismiss:'. 1 lost all effect in tho sensation caused by the unpremeditated rough? ness of the gentleman from Massachusetts. During the examination of oue of thc reporters as to the Cleveland speech, Mr. Butler inquired. "Was there a bandving of epithets back and forth between the President and the crowd ?" "We object to that sort of queaton," said Mr. Evatts, "the witness can state what was said." Mr. Butler repeated his question with emphasis. "We object that that is not a proper question," persisted Mr. Evatts; "the witness is askr'd whether there was a bandying of epithets. Nobody knows what a bandying means, nobody knows what epithets means. The witness can only testify aa to what waB said." " I withdraw the question for a moment," said Mr. Butler. "Now, sir, (to the witness), do you know what bandving means?" There being Borne sign of further objection, Mr. Butler sharply continued, "I am simply askinc vou to explain a word the Presi? dent's counsel do not understand." Again, this morning, the reports ot the Cleveland speech of the President having been received tvs evidence, in spite of a good deal of remon? strance from Mr. Evatts, Mr. Butler introduced proof of a newspaper report of the St. Louis speech, and at ita conclusion said, "I propose to offer ?his paper as evidence, if there is no objection, and, also, if there is objection." There is more in the manner of these inci? dental displays than in the words: but those of youl- readers who have seen Mr. Butler in a criminal court can supply the manner from their own imaginations, with the assurance that none of the sharp points are polished off in the present trial on account of the magni? tude of the occasion. Whether such little corruscations are anything for the people of the loyal States to be proud of in the conduct of their case against their Chief Magistrate, it is not for me to say. I but strive to mirror the scene as it exists ?ts faithfully as I can. I have hinted that Mr. Butler is lacking in grace. Fortunately he is uot sensitive nor bash? ful and does not mind the deficiency very much. Yesterday a heavy bound file of the Chronicle newspaper was brought into court, in the course of the examination as to one of the President's speeches Hierein reported. Mr. Butler set the huge volume slanting deskwise on a chair. Searching for a passage in the speech, during a momentary lull in the pro? ceedings, he stooped into the open pages in such angular fashion that his head, arms and shoulders were entirelv hidden from view. I should need to call in the aid of a special art? ist to give vou the precise attitude; but it was something like a huge bumble-bee working his way into a gigantic flower; and the effect was so comical that a ripple of laughter ran all round the galleries, and even made itself man? ifest on the floor of the chamber. The inno? cent object of the merriment popped up pres? ently to see what the chuckling was all about; and not at all disconcerted .'when the discovery was made, removed the book to a flat table*, where the droll position was avoided. THE COUNSEL FOR THE PRESIDENT. It ie generally acknowledged that Mr. John? son has done wisely for once, in the selection of hiB representatives in this greit ordeal of his official career. The hst ls smaller in num? ber than that of the managers on the other side, but the division of labor, as apparent in the proceedings in the courtroom, is more equal. The working member of the prosecu? tion, as I have written you, is Mr. Butler- the working members on the other side are three, Messrs. Stanbery, Curtis and Evatts-while Mr. Nelson evidently has a part to perform, which includes the steady taking of notes in long hand, during each day's proceedings, as if the sneers of Mr. Evatts at the accuracy of reporters were all in good faith, and the labors of the stenographers of the Globe close by, and of the bard-worked youth of the same profes? sion at tho President's own table, were quite unworthy of trust. STANBERT. Mr. Stanbery has the place of honor at the head of the table, and is evidently, in fact as well as in theory, the leader of Mr. Johnson's defence. He is a tall gentleman; not actually so slender in figure as he is madt 1*0 look bj his habit of buttoning his coat tghtly about him like an arm? chaplain, and'by his high black stock. He* is exceedingly graceful in manner, with the peculiar digninel suavity of the gentleman of tue old school, aid a certain air of sweet simplicity about him vhich gives both point and probability to a eory current in social circles. This is to the (fleet that a note addressed to his Bon, requeuing bim to I join a party to learn the "Gernan,' fell by some mistake into the hands of tie elder Mr. Stanberv, who answered very politely with an expression of gratitude for the reqiest and of regret that his professional engagements a6 Attorney General would prevent nisattempting just now the acquirement of a new language. Vet Mr. Stanbery can be both sharp and stern when the ?cession calls for it; and a^ter a close studvof'lris bearing io the Senate chamber, one is led to give more credit thaa would at first glance be accorded to the etttement of those familiar with his home reputation-that his strong point is not unlike General Butler's own, in the faculty of prompt retort and tbe power of making witnesses miserable. With any one else than Mr. Butler to oppose him, I think it quite likely that Mr. Stanbery would shine in these respects daring the impeach ment trial; but ready as Mr. Stander? is, Mr. Butler is BO much more ready, ant into the bargain more audacious and (if txactly the proper word may be excused) mor? brutal, in an encounter of wits, that little is kit for Mr. Stanbery but to sit astonished at tie fusillade of his antagonist. An instance octura to me which, though it does not cover all I have said, will shed a little light in ibis connection. Mr. Butler proposed to introduce Mr.' Johnson's letter to Mr. Mcculloch, written last August, announcing Mr. Stanton's suspension in com? pliance witn tho Tenure-of-office law,-"show? ing," said the honorable manager with empha? sis, "the entire falsehood of the respondent's claim that he suspended the secretary under the constitution and without recognizing tbe validity of the law." Mr. Stabberyj took the letter and examined it. "We have bo objec? tion to the evidence," said he, "We see no falsehood there, no inconsistency." But the last word was not to be with him, 'The false? hood," said Mr. Butler, pointedly, "'is not in the letter; it is in the answer "-patting the point much more clearly than it would have rested had Mr. Stanbery said nothing about it. It remains to be said only that the President's chief legal adviser is a good speaker, though not by any means an orator, with a voice at once clear, flexible and tender; and that his final argument in this, the greatest case of his life, will be welljworth listening to, whether thc auditor's sympathies lean to his side or to the other. HOS. E. E. CUBT1B. Judge Curtis sits next at the President's ta? ble, and by his assignment to open the case may be understood to rank second in the list of counsel. He is so well known to your read? ers that I may be pardoned for abstaining from any personal description of him, beyond what may be implied in the remark that he is the object of much close inspection from the gal? leries by newcomers in Washington, because he is said to bear a suggestive resemblance in general appearance ana build to bis client, the invisible centre of the whole trial. He has taken comparatively small part in the duties incident to the production of the case by the managers; but in what be has said has carried great weight from a certain flavor of honestv and fairness in his manner of putting things'. It is as when Mr. Choate, aware of the preju? dices of those whom he addressed, argued a case before a jury cf exceedingly practical far? mers, and was pronounced by one of them "no great shakes of a speaker, but a might? honest, straightforward man." This quality. I suspect, caused the selection of Mr. Cartis to present to the Senate on Saturday the request for a delay for preparation; and this, with the un? expected moderation of the petition, secured the success of the effort, when an argument for a week's time, uttered with the plausible smoothness of his associates, would have re? sulted in a refusal to grant more than a sin gie day. WM. ii. EVA HTS. -;'?-., I come to Mr. Evarts, whose engagement must be considered the mester-stroke of tLe President's defenco thus far. His appearance must at first glance be a surprise to every one acquainted, with his fame as a lawyer, not "that one small head could cairy all he'knew," but that so slender a frame could have sus? tained the toils and studies which his life must have known. A very wisp of humanity, so frail and alight that it seems as though the next breeze must blow him away, one thinks of him inevitably as the victim of some wasting disease, until the voice from his thin lips, clear and finn and bell-like, assures the hearer that there is vigor behind the sound contradicting the evidence of the eye. Alexander H. Stephens is the only man recently in public hie with whom phy? sically he can be compared; though there is something about him which suggests the tradi? tions of John Bandolph, of Roanoke. Mr. Evarts is the perfection of a cross-examiner, having a rare felicity of stating a question tersely and plainly, and at the same time a subtle -persuasiveness which almost compels the witness to answer as he wishes. He did not lead the half dozen reporters whom he cate? chized to declare that stenography was vague, untrustworthy and' more likely to misinterpret a speaker than to do him justice-but it was only because these gent'emen were unexcep? tionally clear-headed, self-possessed, and thor? oughly confident of their art. With as many carpenters I am sure he would, if he wished, have obtained the admission that the houses of their construction would be very apt to tumble over in case of a high wind. While every inch a gentleman, and never forgetting that 'he is such, Mr. Evarts is better fitted toitope with the minor fencing of the other aide fban is his chief; he encounters General Butler with entire coolness and a slight tinge of scorn, quite un? like the amazement with which Mr. Stanbery meets his guerrilla warfare, and sometimes even gets the better of him a little. The editor of the Cleveland Leader, it will be remembered, testified that he had been aided by a subordi? nate reporter named Johnson in making up his report. Some time after, and when most peo? ple had forgotten thai point in the testimony, Hr. Butler was asking the witness as to the colloquy between the excited l'resident and the crowd below the balcony: "State what the crowd said and what John (on said"-said he with habitual bluntness. "The honorable manager should state wheth? er he means the President or whom else, when Le says "Johnson,"' said Mr. Evarts. "There is no other Johnson in this case, I believe," retorted Mr. Butler. "The witness has just testified that one Johnson assisted bim in making up his notes,'' said Mr. Evarts. "Ah"-returned Mr. Butler, evidently recog? nizing the hit-"Ven- well, I mean 'Andrew Johnson, last aforesaid." He recovered himself quickly, of course, but 1 thins he appreciated the wit if not the force of the rebuke as it was administered; and I noticed that he adhered to "Mr." or some other title in referring to the President during the rest of the day. GBOESBECE AND NELSON. The other two members of the President's counsel have attended regularly through the trial, but have said not a word thus far, and cannot be considered as entitled to special de? scription. Mr. Groesbeck is a tall man, who ?auld be called slender but that he sits beside Xr. Evarts, and appears stout in contrast. He il dominated os to his personal presen;ebya prodigious nose of thc acquiline type, and there il a slight excess in the urbanity of his man? ner, which hints at Mr. Turvevdr.ip. Mr. Nel? son completes the catalogue, and is apparent It the oldest on the list. His hair is nearly gray, he is lame, and stoops as ?he writes and ls bo walks. He fills an unimportant pince at the counsel board, which he occupies as an old friend of the President's early political life in Tennessee, and is not likely to be beard from in tbe trial. ajar NEW MARRIAGE GUIDE.-AN ESSAY for Young Men, on Physiological Errors, Abuses and Diseases, incident to Youth and Early Manhood, vhich create impediments to MABRIAGE, with sure means oi relief. Sent in Eealed letter envelopes free .f charge. Address Dr. J. SELLLLN HOUGHTON, Howard Asscciation, Philadelphia, Pa. January 31 3mos *T BATCHELOR S HALB DYE.-THIS splendid Han? Dye is the best in the world; the oily true and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, instantaneous; no disappointment; no ridiculous Unte; remedies the ill effects ol bad dyes; invigo rttes and leaves the hair soft and beautiful black or brown. Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers; an properly applied at Batchelors Wig Factory, No Bond-street, New York. lyr January /uneral Hotire. ?49?The Relatives. Friends and Ac quaintanci s of tie. late Mr. and Mrs. R. W. ROPER are invited to attend the Funeral Services of the lat? ter This Horning, at Ten o'clock, at St Philip's Church, without further invitition. April 15_ ?bitnanj. BUDD.-Died, at 5 o'clock in the morning of the 4th of Apiil. Mrs. CAROLINE POOLE BUDD, wife of Captain THOMAS S. BUDD, ut the age of sixty-eight years, one month and nine days. "Precious in the sight of t ie Lord is the death of His saints !" Tribute of Respect. At a meeting of the Erna Fire Engine Company, held on t:e evening of the 14th instant, the follow? ing Preamble and Resolutions were unanimously adopted : We cou.e together this evening in sorrow and i sadness. A judicious counsellor, a long tried and constant xiend, a zealous and efficient fireman, one unintenr. i tangly identified with the growth and prosperit f of the ".Etna"-who had rendered to her j his full contribution of willing service hi every grade, and won her highest honors-our associate and fel? low-member lor twenty-five years-such an one gone!-and we naturally seek, at this our first gathering since the afflictive dispensation, to poor out our i xiefs, each with his neighbor, and to com? mingle our sorrows with the other organizations i public tsefulness, in conjoint mourning over our common bereavement In th? death of our late ex-president, SAMUEL GlLMAl : COURTENAY, the .Etna Fire Engine Com? pany experiences all the sensibility of a personal afflic?or. Ties which associations of over a quarter of a cent ury had rendered strong and tender, have been -rc ddenly snapped, and a deep conviction now Impress !8 us' of how valuable and useful had been his com r-jiion with us, and how serious and heavy is the lr sa v e have sustained. Ee it therefore, Retah eu. That in the death of ex-President SAMUEL GILMAN Codi TUN AT, tb i 8 Company mourns the re? moval of a long tried and faithful friend, a loved and honoree associate, and a bright exemplar of an un? selfish, worthy fireman. Resoh ed. That a blank page in our Minute Book be dedica ti d to his memory, and that at our next parade our banner be draped, and we wear the usual badge of mourning in attestation of our esteem and con? sid?r?t! m for the deceased. Resol >td, That the Secretary be requested to trans? mit a c> 'py of these proceedings to tho family of our deceased associate, with an expression of our sym? pathy i i their sad bereavement. Resol'ed, Tuat these proceedings be published in the daily papeie of the city. Frc m the Minut?e. F. C. LYNCH, Secretary. Special Satires. ?3- N O T I C E.-THE ASSIGNEE OF M ACE.' rr fi BAKER will, within ten days from this late, oiler for sale a large stock of FURNITURE, :onsistng in part of : Mahogany and Walnut Tea, Dining and Extension Tables, Centre and Card fables, Sideboards, Hat Racks, Desks, Wardrobes, >ets of Cottage Furniture in every style, Bedsteads, tvashstinds, Towel Rocks, Bureaus. Sofas, Lounges, i large lot of Chairs and Bocking Chairs, fncluding ?very utyle, some very fine; Looking-Qlasses; also, i great variety of Children's Carriages, i:c; in fact ?very article to be found in a first-clase Furniture iVarehouse. Dated Charleston, April 13,16G8. WILLIAM ?. HABILE, Assignee. April 13 3 ?.OFFICE OF THE CITY ASSESSOR, ilTY HALL, APBIL 2, 1808.-This Office will con- | inue t ptn for the receipt of returns for CAPITA nos TAXES, until 'Wednesday, the 15th of April in Jurive, from 0 A. M. unul 2 P. M. Bj' order of the Mayor. W. N. HUGHES, April 2 13 City Assessor. JO-YARMOUTH BLOATERS, SCALED 3ERI1NG, CODFISH, SWEET OLDER, (on draught); Davis' Diamond and Clark's HAMS, Prime GOSHEN BUTTER, Allsops, Muir fi Sons, Jeffrey's Bass PALE ILE, London PORTER. Elton's BUTTES CRACK SB?, GINGER SNAPS, MILK and CREAM BIS? CUIT:}. A fresh supply of above received this week, WM. S. COBWIN fi CO., Mai ch 31_;_No. 275 King-street. ?.TEAS, TEAS, COFFEES, COFFEES. Lt WM. S. COBWIN fi CO., No. 275 Kiug-street, will >e foxnd ? foll supply of TEAS and COFFEES that are [ood md pure. We parch and grind JAVA COFFEE md vraxrant it pure and unadulterated. A trial ol ?ur TEAS and COFFEES will convince the consumer hat our goods are as represented. WM. S. COBWIN fi CO., March 31_No. 275 King-slreet. Jter THE WIFE OF A CELEBBATED IOU.i HERN GENERAL writes as follows: "I have ised the preparation for the hair called PALMETTO I AI I BEN EWER for the past year, and consider it ,11 tl at is claimed for it, and even more, for lt has riven me a luxurious growth of hair, and has changed ny lair (which was very gray) to the color and J eat ty of youth. I would recommend all my fr?nds o tr flt For sale bv DOWIE fi MOISE, Wholesale Agents, A] 'ill 8 wfml2 Charleston. A J-?NBIVALLED.-NOTHING THAT HAS iver been known or heard of as a tonic adds so auch to the resistant power of the human system, md ar circumstances unfavorable to health, as HOS CEITER'S STOMACH BITTERS. If you wouldes :api the mtermittenr. fevers, fits of indigestion, bil out attacks and bowel complaints, of which cold ind damp ar. the frequent causes, use the BITTERS is a PROTECTIVE MEDICINE. This ls the wisest :ou-se; but, if already an invalid, try the prepara ?JL as a RESTORATIVE. In either case lull re? lance may be placed upon ttl efficacy. There is no mystery about the causes of its euc :ess. It is tue only stomachic and alterative in vhich are combined the grand requisites of a mild, iure and un vi tia ted vegetable stimulant, with the meet eelectj in of tonic, anti-b?ioue, anti-scorbutic, iperien: and depurarive herbs, plants, roots and larks that have ever oeen intermixed in a medicinal j:>paraiion. The Bitters have this distinctive qua"! ty, which is lot shared, it is believed, by any tonic, tincture or rxtract in the world. It docs not excite the pulse, bough it infuses a wonderful degree of vigor into he nervous system, and strengthens and sustains he whole pb rei cal organization. California and Australia have emphatically endors ?d it as the ?INER?'S MEDICINE par tzceltcace, md in Spanish America and all the tropical climates, ?. if considered the only reliable antidote to epidemic evers. The already immense and still increasing con lUinption of HOsTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS, jacked by many of the mest influential physicians hroughout the country, should convince the most ikeptical that it is worthy the confidence and appro? bation of ell. 6 April 9 as- i'HE GREAT PRESERVER OF 3EALTH. - TARRAN I'S EFFERVESCENT SELT JER APERIENT can always be relied upon as a jleasant, mild, speedy and positive cure in all cases )f Costiveness, Dyspepsia, Heartburn, Sick Head tche, Indigefction, Sour Stomach, Liver Compaint. 3ilJousnese, Flctulency, Fullness of Elood, and all aflamatory Complaints where a gentle cooling ca hartic is required; so says the Chemist, so says the Physician, so says the great American Public of the Nineteenth Century. Heed ye them, and be not without a bottle in the louse. Before life ls imperilled, deal judiciously rith the symptoms ; remember that the slight internal liscrd?rs of to-day may become an obstinate inenra jle disease to-morrow. Manufactured only by the sole proprietors, TAR? RANT 4 CO., Wholesale Druggists, No. 278 Green vicb and No. 300 Warren streets New York. Sold ty all Dr .if rists. 3mo February 22 _S|i<ri?l togcb._ 49> THE BAFFLE FOB THE STOVES AT Messrs. CAMEBOK, BAHSXET & Co's., for tie benefit of a charitable institution, will take place at their store, corner of Meeting and Wentworth streets, on next Saturday, the 18th inst., at ll o'clock A. M. A few more chances left untaken. April 15 . , _i ?9- MESSRS. EDITORS-PLEASE AN? NOUNCE JOHN T. MILLIGAN, Esq., as a candidate for the Mayoralty as the ensuing election, and Oblige MANY FRIENDS, April 13_mwf ts- MESSRS. EDITORS DAILY NEWS: You will please nominate B. S. DURYEA for Mayor, and oblige MANY NATIVE AND ADOPTED CITIZENS. April 14_ ta- ALL BILLS AGAINST SCHOONER ELIZA, and Sloop ZULICA, must be rendered in on or before Saturday, 16th, or they will be debarred payment. THOMAS YOUNG. April .'4_g tBT MESSRS. EDITORS:-PLEASE AN? NOUNCE as a candidate for STATE SENATOR from this County, Major E. F. O'BBIEN, a true and brave soldier, who battled in the field for the Union and the Constitution; we now put him forward as a champion for -he constitutional rights of the whole people. A high-minded, practical gentleman, of en? larged views, we name him as the fit advocate for justice to all men. ? As faithfully as he fought in the field, win he fight in the Senate for the good of bis adopted State; and native and adopted citizens, of every complexion of color or politics, should unite upon him, as the op? ponent of bigotry and ignorance. ELECTORS OF CHARLESTON COUNTY. April 14_3 ?^CITIZENS OF ST. JOHN'S BERKELEY PARISH can pay taxes as follows: At Strawberry Ferry, April 30th, 21st and 22d, 186S; at Biggin Church, April 23d, 21th and 25th, 1868; at Plneopolis, April 27th and 28th; at Calamus' Pond, April 29th and 30th; ai The Barrows, May 1st and 2d, 1868. Un? paid taxes cf 18CC mutt be settled at once. A. C. RICHMOND, Tax Collector, St John's Berkeley Parish. April 13_6 mwf fl J?-NOTICE.-THE BUSINESS OF THE late SAMUEL G. COURTENAY will be continued for the present at No. 9 Broad-street, where persons Indebted to hts Estate will mile payment, and where claims, properly attested, may be. presented for payment. GEORGIANNA A. COURTENAY, April 9_Qnallfield Executrix. tar OFFICE CHARLESTON GAS-LIGHT COMPANY, APBIL, 7,1868.-The Board of Directors having declared a Dividend of FIFTY CENTS PEB SHARE on the Capital Stock of thia Company, the ?ame will be paid to Stockholders on and ofter ifonday, 13th inst Books for transfer are closed from this date until the 13th inst W. J. HERIOT, April 8 Secretary and Treasurer. IO- NOTICE.-ON A FINAL ADJUSTMENT af ?he affairs of the late co-partnership of CRAIG, TUOHEY k CO., it was agreed that all the outstand? ing debts due the Concern should be paid to the subscriber, who is alone authorized to receipt for the mme. AU persons indebted to said Concern, by note or Jtherwise, wiU make payment to JOHN TOOMEY, 86 East Bay, April 8_Corner Adger's South Wharf. ta- WHEATON'S OINTMENT WILL CURE the Itch. WHEATON'S OINTMENT will cure Salt Rheum. WHEATON'S OINTMENT cures Old Sores. WHEATON'S OINTMENT cures all Diseases of the Skin. Price 50 cents; by mail 60 cents. All druggists iel! it WEEKS k POTTER, Eoston, Proprietors. Septsmterie S8mwfly SS- LADIES BEING CONFINED SHOULD lever be without COMSffOCK'S RATIONAL FOOD. !t prevents constipation, gives strength and great iou ri sb meat to both mother and child, being digest ;d and assimilated with the least possible labor of j he stomach, and is a substitute for healthy breast-1 nUk If needed for the child. Physicians give very ittle or no medicine where this food is used. Ask ?our physician about it GEORGE WELLS COMSTOCK, No. 67 Cortlandt-street, New York. For sale by DOWIE 4 MOISE, April 8 wfml2 Agents, Chorleson, g. C. ta* A YOUNG LADY RETURNING TO ter country home, after a sojourn of a few months n thc city, wu hardly recogzizeo by her friends, n place ot a coarse, rustic, flushed face, she had a oft ruby con plexion of almost marble smooth less, and Instead twenty-three she really appeared mt eighteen. Upon inquiry BS to the cause of so preat a change, she plainly told them that she used be C1BCA&SIAN BALM, and considered it an in? valuable acquisition to any lady's toilet. By its use my Lady or Gentlemen can improve their personal ippearance an hundredfold. It is simple in its combination, as Nature herself is simple, yet una ur mased m its efficacy m drawing impurities from, Uso healing, cleansing and beautifying the skin and :omplexion. By its direct action on the cuticle it Iraws from it all its impurities, kindly healing the ?ame, and leaving the surface as Nature Intended it ihould be-clear, soft, smooth and beautiful, trice SI, sent by Mail or Express, on receipt of an order, >y W. L. CLARK li CO., Chemists, So. 3 West Fayette-street, Syracuse, N. Y. [he only American Agents for the sale of the same. March 30 lyr SO- NOTICE.-FOR THE ACCOMMODATION :f Correspondents, an authorized Postoffice messen? ger, will, until lurther notice, be found daily (except Sundays) at the hours given below, at the office of the Jtty Railroad, corner of East Bay and Broad Streets, ?receive and convey to the Postofllce letters and pa? iera 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 Malls-Columbia nd Greenville, from 3 P. M., to 4P. IL For the South Carolina Railroad Malls-Augusta md Western, from 5 P. M., to 6P. IL For the Early Morning Mails-from 7 P. M. to 8 ?. M. STANLEY G. TROTT, P. M. March 16 ta* NERVOUS DEBILITY, WITH ITS rloomy attendants, low spirits, depression, in robintary emissions, loss of semen, spermatorrhoea, oes of power, dizzy head, loss of memory, and hreatened impotence and imbecility, And a sove >eign cure in HUMPHREY'S HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC No. TWENTY-EIGHT. Composed of the nest valuable mild and potent curatives, they strike it once the root of the matter, tone up the system, irrest the discharges, and impart vigor and energy, ife and vitality, to the entire man. They nave mred thousands of coses. Price $5 per package of dz boxes and vial, or 31 per single box. Sold by Iruggista, and sent by mail on receipt of price, address HUMPHREY'S SPECIFIC HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE COMPANY, No. 562 BROADWAY, NEW x*OBR> September 19 ta- IN EQUITY.-CHARLESTON-WE8 COTT VB. WESCOTT.-Under the Decree filed in this case on the 10th January, lb63, the creditors of the late G. W. WESCOTT are called upon to come in md pruve their demands before the undersigned on OT before the First of July, 1868, or be debarred from all benefit of the decree to he made in this case. JAMES TUPPER. February 18 tu20 Swing. ~VESBE1^ WANTED, i-. VESSELS WANTED, TO LOAD WITH ?fOa^ Lumber for Northern ports. Inqnl re of nWSl? GEO. A. LOCKE k CO., ?ffS No. S4 East Bay. Aprfllll_eJ!_ THE YACHT ELEANOR, r-u. 18 NOW PREPARED TOS CONVEY PAS? MO 8ENGEES to all points of jnteaesi around ? AjT^the harbor. To l?ate OWrnment D ode at 3Sa?io o'clock, A. IL, and 3 P. IL, visiting Fort Sumter and Morris bland. .' Arrangements for passage, or charter, made at the establishment, MEETING-STREET, one door south of Mills House. April* j _ _-_ NEW TURK AJLD CHARLESTON ' STEAMSHIP LINE. . _ FOR NEW YORK. ?tl -F.Ttttm THE SPLENDID SIDE WHEEL STEAMSHIP MANHATTAN, M. S ^M^fr1 WOODHULL, Commander, will Ieavo ?SSfi??nWAdger's Sooth Wharf on Thursday, the I6i h instant, at One o'clock P, M. MS" The steamers of this line insure at three-quar? ter per cent Mg" The ride wheel steamship -CHAMPION wffl follow on Saturday, the 18th instant, at Five o' clock P.M. > For Freight or Passage, having elegant Cabin ac? commodations, apply to j . ? JAMES ADGER A CO.. (Up Stairs), , Corner Adger-s Wharf and East Bay. April 13_ ! FOR NEW; YORK. PEOPLE'S MALL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. ?f.rr3M? THE STEAMSHIP E. B. S/X^?lt?l. SOUDER, Captain LIBBT, wfD ?e^m?<Aj^ leave North Atlantic Wharf on illili I HT f l Friday. April 17. at 3 o'clock P. M. JOHN A TREO^OEXTY. Agent*,?,: * April 1?_ Norm Atlantic Wharf. . FORNEWYORKV REGULAR LIVE STEAMERS. ? r fUmi THE STEAMSHIP SARAGOSSA, s&m0Y?l Captain M. B. CBOWELL, will Jeave ?^^fL^?Y^Vanderhorst's Wharf, on Saturday, =3tffl??iO?^Aprfl26,18^'a+^cr'clock. .-' ~~ For Freight and Passage, apply tc . Y7 April U_ RAVENED A CO.. Agents. , PA JIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMP Y'S THSOUOH LIKE TO CALTFOBNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN." FREIGHT AND PA?SAGE AX GREATLY RE \ DOGED SATES I A^yfJ^iM STEAMERS OF THE ABOVE /T^tWi^L "he leave Pier No. 42, North River, c^K^JXW^ foot of Carial-atreet New York-, t* OSES. 12 o'clock noon, of the 1st. 9th, 16th/ and 24th of every month (except when these dates-, fall on Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). . Departure of 1st and 21st connect at Panam* with steamers for South Pacific and Central American., porta. Those of lat touch at Manzanillo. Departure of Lt th of each month connects with 1 the new steam line from Panama to Australia and New Zealand. _ \ Steamship GREAT REPUBLIC leaves Eau Fran- ' claco, for China and Japan, June 3. > No California steamers touch at Havana, but go ' < direct from New York to AapinwaH. One hundred pounds baggage free to each adult... Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets or further information apply at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the wharf; ? . foot of Canal-street, North Elver, New York. March 14 lyr F. R. BABY, Agent STEAM TO LIVERPOOL. CALLING AT QUEENSTOWN. J&fc&mgL THE INMAN LINE, SAILING y^jMff^S. SEMI-WEEKLY, carrying the U. ?<2???g|? B.-Malls, consisting of tho following* CITY OP PARIS, CITY OF BALTIMORE, CITY OF WASHINGTON, CITY OF BOSTON, Sailing aviiry Saiu rda y and every alternate Monday, at 1 P.M., from Pier No. 46 North River, New York, t ? 1 RATES OF PASSAGE, BX THE ]<A}X BTF.AHT.BS HlTT.TttQ ?VZBT 8ATCEDAY. Payab le in Gold. Payable in Currency. i 1st Cabin............?100 Steerage..$30 1st Cutta to London*; ntXT Steerage to London... SS 1st Olbin to Paris....US Steerage to Paris.45. < Paisage by the Monday ste u?era-First Cabin $90?. gold; Steerage $30; payable in-U. 8. curr*ncy. Rates oiuasBago from New York to Halifax; Cabin. S20, Steerage, $10; payable in gold. Passengers also forwarded to' Havre, Hamburg,. , Bremen, Ac, at moderate rates. Steerage paasaae from Liverpool and Queenstown, ?40 currency. Tickets can be bought here by pei- . sons sending for their friends. For further Information apply at the Company? r offices. JOHN G. DALE, Agent, No. 15 Broadway, New York. February 20 :_ j_6mo FOR GEORGETOWN, S. C. TOUCHING AT SOUTH ISLAND, KFJTHFTELD' , AND WAVERLY MILLS. _ .?ff-h. TEE STEAMER ''EMILIE," CAPT. ?HEHaBi iT?' DAVIS, w?l receive freight Titi* Day and To-Morroio, at South Commercial Wharf?. - - and leave as above on Friday Morning, 17 th Inst, at 7 o'clod:. Returning w?l leave Georgetown on Monday Mont' ing, 20th Instant, at 6 o'clock. All Freight must be prepaid. No Freight received alter sunset -J For Freight or Passage apply to S HACKELFORD A KELLY, Agents, No. 1 Boyce's Wharf. S. S. FRASER, Agent, Georgetown, S. a April 15_2_ FOR GEORGETOWN, CHERAW, GARDNER'S BLUFF, AND ALL INTER? MEDIATE LANDINGS ON THE PEE DEE RIVER. _ -?T^w THE FINE LIGHT DRAFT STEAM mrj?g?ggS?EB PLANTER, Capt. C. CAHBOLL, is now receiving Freight for the above points, and. will leave To-Night, 15th instant' ' AU Freight to be prepaid on the wharf. No Freight received after sunset Fer Freight or passage, apply to JOHN FERGUSON, Accommodation Whait. April 15_ THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA, BY CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH STEAM PACKET LINE, VIA BEAUFORT, HILTON HEAD AND BLUFFTON. - --flT-?w THE STEAMER "PILOT BOY," jH? -mmJZ Captain W. T. UCNELTX, will leave chanelen every Monday flight, at 12 o'clock, and Savannah every Thursday Morning, at 7 o'clock. All Way Freight, also Blanton Wharfage, must be - pre-t>aid. For Freight or Passage, apply to JOHN FERGUSON, Accommodation Wharf. March 3_ FOR PALATKA, FLORIDA, VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA, JACKS ON VILLE,. .AND ALL LANDINGS ON THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER. _ .^fr-^lfc, STEAMERS DICTATOR AND I-fiStSSCCITY POINT, win leave Charleston ever.7 Tuetday and Friday Evenings, at 9 o'clock, for above \ laces, and Savannah every Wednesday and Saturday, at 3 o'clock P. M. Steamer DICTATOR, Capt. L. M. COXXTTEB, sans Tuesday Evening. Steamer CITY POINT, Capt S. ADKLSS, salle Fri? day Evenir g. Returning, the DICTATOR will leave Savannah every Saturday Morning, at 7 o'clock. For Freight or Passage apply on board or at office of J. D. AIKEN A CO., Agenta, - , January 3 South Atlantic Wharf. PREVENTION IS BETTER THAIS CUBE. DR. RICOIUD'S Celebrated Preventive Lotion. APPROVED AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDED . by the FRENCH Ml ID IC AL FACUL1Y aa the only safe and Infallible, anud?te against infection from Special Diseases. This invaluable preparation is suited for either sex, and has proved, from ample experience, the most efficient and reliable Preven? tive ever discovered, thus effecting a desideratum long sought for in the Medical World. Il used ac cording to directions every possibility of danger may be avoided; a single application will radically neutralize the venereal virus, expel all impurities from the absorbent vessels, and render contamina? tion Impossible. Be wise in timo, and at a very small . ? outlay, save hours ol untold bodily and mental tor? ments. This most reliable specific, so universally adopt- - ed in the Old World, la now offered for sale for tbs - first time in America by P. A DUPORT A CO only authorized Agents for the United States. *' ' Price $3 per bot de. Large bottle, double size, $5. The usual discount to the trade. Sent se? curely packed, on receipt of prise, to any address with directions and pamphlet by ad dressing to F. A DUPORT A CO., Sole Agents for Dr. Ricord*? P. L.. May 23 lyr No. 12 Gold Street New Y?rk. THE SUMTER BEWS, DARE A OSTEEN, Proprietors. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, AT SUMTER, a. C Subscription $4.00 par annum. To Clubs of tom 13.00 per annum. Advertisements inserted co bberal terms? .ie-?ruber?