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THE DAILY NEWS. Endurance. I How ranch the heart may ben-, and yet not break! How much the flesh may Burlar and not die 1 I cuesti?n ranch if any pain or ache . of sam or body brings our end more nigh ; Death chooses his own tims ; tin that is sworn Jja.^^qr be borne. We srtrfttkanil ihnrtder-st the surgeon's knife Each nerve recoiling from the cruel steel, "Whose edge seem? searching for the quivering hie ; Yet to oar sense the bitter pangs reveal That sall, ?^^ifh the trembling flesh be torn, Trna, also, can be borne. We ase ?sorrow rising in our way, And try to flee from the approaching iii : "We seek some small escape-we weep and prey -B?i when tho blow rails, then our hearts are et?l; I Not that the pain ls of its sharpest shorn But ?b<nTr it can be borne. "We wind oni hfe about another life-. We hold it closer," dearer titan our own Anon lt iain ts and fella in deathly ? trif e, j 1 Xeaihig Tts stunned, ano* sfrrtckftn, and alone But ah! we do not di with those we mourE- I . This also can be bone. j Behold, we live through all things-famine, thirst, j Pereavement, pain ; a? grief and mu cry, AB woe and sorrow 5 Ufa inflicts its worst On soul and body-but we cannot die, Timighwebe^ and-tired, and faint, and worn ; j - - Lo ! a? things can be borne ! I FROCK EDIN GS OF CITY COUNCIL. Freeent-The Mav or, and Aldermen Baven el, Gerdts, BmaU, O'Neill, Willis^- Steinmeyer, j Olney,' Oakes, Honour, Marshall, Euston, Wttktsn, Coegrove-and Pringlev- tj : .^jw Tho minutes of the last meeting were read A communication was ' read from Winiam C. Bee, Esq.,.Chairman of tho Ojmmia?ionera of the. Orphan Souse, calling attention to the tanditioa of the edifice as needing extensive repairs.. Befezred to:the Committee on Public Buildings, Grounds, Ac . -j The oetirion of Michael Stcran in relation to the moving of his tannery beyond tbs city lAnritBTtiSO petitions of sundry citizensin rela tion^ioereto^wer?^ referreoTto the Board of Health.' . The petition ?f tbe G ly' Physicians for relief was referred to the Committee on Belief. The petition of John C. Whaley, administra? tor of John Ferguson for renewal of lost cer? tifica tea of city stock. Granted. The petition of Courtenay & Trenholm, and others engaged in business near Concord street, between Hasel and Pmcknev streets, . eaJhng attention to the condition of the former I street and itt approaches, was referred to the Committee on Streets. A communication from John 8 Byan, calling attention to the condition of that part of the Public Square on the west side of Bu?edge etreet, fronting cm Calhoun-stree I, was referred to the Committee on Public Grounds. A copinranication from Hon. W. D. Porter, (Sty Attorney, enclosing a report of two cases touching city taxes, in which the decision of Judge Moses was adverse to the a ty, and ask ran nv instructions in the matter, was read. Alderman Baven el moved that Mr. Porter be authorized to proceed to Columbia to argue the cases. Carried. A communication from L.W. Spratt, Esq., solicitor for Mrs. Mary Cooper, relative to cer? tain property in Queen-street, was read and referred to tie Committee on Eelief. The following communication from the Com? missioners or the Alms Housei relative to a re? port emanating from a committee of the City j council, in regard to the man; gement of the institution, ana tendering the resignation of the majority of the Board, woe read: AUB Sousa, CHASXKSTO*, May 5,1868. To thc Honorable the City Council: QtSSnxm-k? a in?eting of'the Board of ? Ccmmieaionexs of the "Poor, held on the 29th ultimoy the annexed report was un anim o os Iv adopted, and I was instructed to furnish you with a objsj.1 ?r < verjjjespeciMIy, ??, ? ? ^ JOHN L. DAWSON/ " Chairman C. P. , BEPOBT. j The Commissioners of the Alma House have : seen, with astoniwhmmit^-raport, ?naaatang i from a cxmamittee of the City Council fand : Sib uah ed in the plodings-of meeting April i ) in regavd to the management of this insti? tuid cn. \ ? There are statements in that report which, , ! tee of th?tbc^,'vrho^^wonnV?^ , would have taken the trouble to collect infer- 1 mation from some proper Bource in regard to i the matter submitted to them; hut a plain < statement of facta wiB, we feel assured, dispel the uncalled far and implied cremore made by this committee. Vibe Board were made a wire hy the public i print? that the Mayor had suggested thats committee be appointed hy Council to "exam ?L? ?iG i?s condition of tho Alms House.'' At this they were extremely surprised, for only a week or two before the Mayor (after a visit paid , to. the institution without any notice' to the hoard of bis intention) had requested the 1 commissioners to meet him at his office, then 1 the whole management of the institution was J explained to him, and the difficulties attending ; the keening of the house in the condition in , whioh they were Mry a ware i t shb aid bo' main- , tamed, the first and most essential requisite being the want of means. He appeared to nn- < derstand our position of d?pendance on Conn- i efl, and oeemed perfectly satisfied with one ex- .< clanationa, and the suggestion was made bv | Bim that we should apply to Council for an ap propriation to meet the wants of the ins ti tu- ; tion. To carry ont this measure, the matter | was referred forthwith to the van ons commit- : tees of the hoard; who, after matare examina ' tion, reported that the sum or $1500 waa reqni- -5 site, and an application made therefor, and in- < stead af heine granted, as we had reason to ' believe it would, behold, it was postponed from ?; meeting to meeting of Council, until at last this committee of three wte appointed. \ And what baa been their course of action?. . Instead of informing tbvBTard or their ap- . rKimtmentoriis^abjeei;^ cour? tesy would dictate!, they visit the institution ' without the presence of any member of the 1 Board, who could explain the details of the j workings of the large charities dispensed in behalf of the city, and with tho scant informa- , tion derived from the officials of the house, , they compile a report, filled with errors and in- j acCTir&ciee, agauns t the co m m issi o n ers-n o t tit ? Kid officiais pf Council, not individuals who 1 ve acceptettplade for ambition or interest, 1 but for the humble purposo of doing what,itheV j considered some good to the distressed and un- ' * fortonatfl,who might be thrown on the cold ; ch anty of the city ; and this duty they have en deavored faithfully and conscientiously to per-. : form to the best of their .abilities,, notwith- : standing the sneer that this work''was ''left to he parforffled ' by- those -who live'near the house,"" :; The Board,, in the disbursing of- th?, city ? fundj, have ever been mindful oi the depress- ' ed condition of the city finances, and they' ' have "been kept in mind of this fact by the ad- i monition in private ofsJdermen to keep within bounds, as toe^eity had nofands.^t is stiU : distinctly witf?n'tfae jecollectian rf the Board with what difficulty an appropriation-was pro? cured tournais' even.such necessary repairs to the house a.s to fender it either a safe or a ? ^fe^jbnhi^w^refer toj? flw of the charges - made py?na obmmittoe, ; . - Ab regards ' the .difference in the quality of bread given to the inmates'and oat-door pen maners, there is.norie"whatsoever, further than in the shape ?fv the loaves and lbs manner of bakmg.^One io ioSked.in.panB, and'thatfor the house orr^he heartb".':-- The price paid the con? tractor is 'Sfhe'-BamaT ?nd. the quality of-flour alike. If there^ is ?matter in which the com? missioners ha ve .been partionlar, it iain regard to the quality ciriihsfciread furnished, and the Board .may recolleottnaforrseveral occasions, the contractor has been admonished in ref ?r? enoste some falling off in quality, but he hits > always given us satisfactory reasons to explain any discrepancy on this point. The master has positive instructions to examine daily the bread-when received, and should it prove bad to reject it and procure a supply elsewhere at - the expense of the contractor. Tbe same rule applies to the butcher. A custom has always prevailed to have a loaf of bread placed on the table of the commissioners at every meeting for inspection. " " Io reference to the bedding and clothing, no appropriation has been asked" from Council since the war to meet oar * ail ts ra ?iis depart ? ment, in consequence of tbe'fremic??y ex? pressed opinion ol aldermen^ta^^oeeafitii' of jetienchrnenr. Tho b?dc??ng MM b^en"3n usefor many years, is 'co'nseo^^pjtff?s^^r^ ed and stained, but neither filthy. nca^ t,nnfit' for ase." - ", fi&^gjfi .; As to the charge of children being:kept in '.? the house, had the committee coriinited^ome ' member of tho Board, they might'haveieaxnt that^vionsLto the visit of.thei cornpiltteoTor. or ev?m their appointment, application had : been made to the Commission era of the Orphan 1 House for the reception-of all th? children: some of them have since been accepted, and j other? rejected; only those being received into < the Orphan House who came within the.rules ( of that institution, which require a domicil of i oneyear in the city previous to an application i for admission; the others had to be retain- 1 i ed in the house, simply because the Board could not cast them out into the streets. Over the physician attending the house the Board have no control; he ia elected by Coun? cil and his duties defined by that body or the City Registrar. This much we can say, that Dr. Prioleau, the present incumbent, has ever been found attentive in the discharge of his duties, making daily visits, and at times, twice a day, or, when sent for, at any time during the day or night. Although no regular hour was appointed for visiting, yet it was under? stood that he would be at the Alms House about ll o'clock A. M.. daily, lt was never the intention of Council to make this house a hospi? tal, hence any case of a grievous character was immediately transferred to the Boper Hospital. Tn conclusion the Board feel that great in? justice has. been done them by this report of the Commit tee, and the hasty action of Council in adopting it, without a nearing from the Commissioners, and in self-respect to them? selves they cannot consent to hold the position they now occupy, as almoners of the city chan? ty, when their actions have been so unjustifia? bly condemned by a committee of their body, and acquiesced in by them, and the only alter? native is to tender to Council their resignation as a Board; be it, therefore, Besotted, That a copy of this report be sign? ed by the Commissioners of the Alms House, and forwarded by the chairman to the City Council at their next meeting. ! JOHN L. DAWSON, Chairman. P. J. BABBOT, Chairman pro tem. H. W. DESA?SSUEE, Secretary. T. D. BASON. JOS. DAWSON. . JOHN M. GREER. W. GEO. GIBBS. E. H. LOCKE. ' P. J. TELZER. 1 THOS. J. KNAUFE. - 8. O. BBOWN, JL D. Alderman Marshall, who made the report at the last meeting, stated.that it was not the in? tention of the committee to be discourteous, and regretted exceedingly that the co ureo pur? sued by the board, ant.'moved that the com? munication be received and the resignation s be accepted. Carried.'. Communication from Commissioners of Or ?han House, inviting Council to participate in ie annual maroon of the. children and inmates of the Orphan House, Friday, 8th instant. Ac? cepted.*-- '\ Application of A. Brookbanks, for permission to open bis soda water and cream establish? ment on Sundays. Not granted. Letter from W. B. Kingman, Eaq.j Prmdpsl; bf High School, calling attention to the con? dition of the' school building, ?rc. Referred to Committee on Public Buildings, Grounds, ftc. : i. yUEPOBTB OT GUT' OFFICEBS, ftC. The following; reports of the City Engineer and Col E.R. White were referred to the Com? mittee on Streets : Omca Cm tai Crm. EWMINEEK. ) j ? OTT. HALL, CBABLESTON, May 5,1863. j Alderman B Wdlis, Chairman Committee on Public ! Institutions and Grounds. _ ; MAB'Sm: I nave the abhor to report the folio wine; aa the coat of enclosing the' Butle?ge-strcet Park or Common with a fence like that used tor the Hamp? stead Mall, and also the cost of curb of wood and sidewalk of asphaltant around the same, which, to? gether with Hie cost of the embanked and rev?tement wall to the same, tobe fanned with the material taken from the pond, will amount to the sum of nmetee? hundred and forty (HMO) dollars. : All of which ls very respectfully snbmitted. '< ' - LO DIM J. BABBOT, city Engineer. K' V>0> '?'?ri. _?:*:<+. M . , Omen Cm CIVIL EXOIKEEB. 1 CITY HALL. ..CSAaixssp*. 8, C., May 0,1868. j To the Honot?bt?theMayor^ ,-. <>?j,' ?fr . and Aldermen of Charleston: ! I have the honor to sub rc it the accompanying re? port and man of the proposed projection of Bast Bay street (rom the new castonfobuse to Laurens-street, and ii en ce through 'Washington-street, to Chapel street,made by Colonel E."B. White, engioeex. in chargaffihsflrojy?y ibelnyasslgaed tottat.poS^onV by me, wifo foe-approval of - bis Honor the Mayor >. I The vieira taken. on foe straightening ,and widen? ing ol the present street, and the streng argumenta clearly presented by comparisons in favor of the new street, together with .foe well' detailed map showing the extent of each separate lot creased by foe new street, deserve the earnest cons ?de; arion ol your honorJJjfreoody in foy or of adoption ofttepro poaadworkf-:^ : . The eastern Hite of foe new. street projected from 3odety4tcee$ through to the eon th east corner of Cal houn-atreet and Washlngton-s.reet, leading to the Northeastern Bailroad a tatton, ia to acceptable, as the result of foe survey shows, that it needs no argu? ment, and ls respectfully recommended for your idop?on, - II am pjeasea that, through the great zeil and Li .ere<t of ourworthy Mayor for the development of ^internal Improvement,! tamable totufoir, at fois ate date, before your honorable T?dy,-the survey of his street, which was strongly recommended and ?nomitt?d for the important reasons given in my re jori of November 'la*t ' From' extensive examina? do na then made by me, and tram its 'importancein i commercial point of view, I earnestly recommend sd the entire matter for foe adoption of Couti cd. {The estimates bf foe post of properties taken ia by the new street, or the chine t B of foe present street, ts shown by foe map, could not be obtained in con? s?quence of foe limited time in preparing foe work, but will be presented fully In foe course of this week. - ATI of which ia re pfctfulty submitted. "t LOUIS J. BABBOT, City Engine tr, ! Uri -. '.. ; CHABLXixos, S. 0H May 1,1868. J. B?rbot, EtiSCity CimTBriaineer: '" hs:: In conJorjUtry with instructions received from ; Honor foe Mayo,: of Charleston and .yourself, I lt this report, accompanied by ; map, explaining ect which has engaged foe epeckl attention of ifs Honor foe Mayor-th? providing foe city of Charleston wi tb an ample mercantile thorongaiare tar the transaction of businea?, parallel and conve oient to tte wharfage on Cooper Biv<r. To efT^ctlhfo purpose, and to give the City of Charles? ton such a thoroughfare sa every important com? mercial (-apart Bhouldhave, I have been instructed to make aa instrumental ,ex?mination,of two routes,.! namely: of East Bay-street in order to determino if | Lt can be advantageous widened in each manner 14 to accomplish the desired end,* and second, to as sertato whether a new street cannot be opened to , the east, so as to' afforcT a -more direct and better f route. East Bay-street, from Southern winn ves to foe Harket fdlflls all the requisite s'for a commercial thoroughfare, being near to and parallel with foe wharture;. direct m ita course, and about seventy feet width,' except perhaps at Broad street, where foe passage ls contracted to something less than forty feet, hy foe projection westward of foe old Exchange building, to that Ea?t Bay-street between Southern wharves and Market-street, may bc adopted without change. Prom Market to.Calhoun-atreat, foe course of East Bay-sreet is deviens. Between Market and Hasel-? tre et its wldfoxrequently varies, chiefly from forty to thir ^y.three and twenty-seven feet; from Easel to Ca! aoutt-Btreet te. an average width of fifty Let, except ?t,sodety.str?et, where lt expands to sixty-iour and aighty-fooe feet, and at Laurens-atreet, where it be? comes contracte J to forty-two feet. Prac t ?cally speak? ing. East Bay-street, from Market to ilalhoun-street, ian not be straightened ; and if adopted for mercan, hie purposes, must be received with its pr?sent sin beside j, .and can only in part be widenrd to seventy lett, which I consider to bethe width desirable lor foe purpose in view. *:;.. It Bait Bay-street, from Market to Calhoun-? tree t, should; be determined upon hs foe mercantile tho? roughfare, il should, at even very considerable cost, be opened to foe desired width of seventy feet, so Ear as ls prac ti cabio; far lt ls to be hoped the oppor? tunities' now afforded by destructive fi:es, which have desolated thia part of the city, will never again be offered. Ii it sha1! be determined to widen East Bay-street for the purpose in view, I propose foe fol? lowing location as the bert, m consideration of al circumstances, which has appeared to me; and have laid it down upon the map by broken red linea: Departing fron foe western line of tte new Custon: - bouse lot with a deflection ot teven degrees weit, fol? low foe present general direction ol hast Bay-street with a width of seventy feet to Pritchard-etreet; thence by another deflection wast of thirteen de? grees and seventy feet width toHasel-street; thence, oh account of buildings too expensive for removal, retain East Ba.\ -street nearly as lt now ts, with width varying from fifty to sixty feet as far as Laurens street; and thence with sn average wid>h of fifty feet to Calhoun street, retain East Bay-street as it n w existe. The extreme contraction to forty-two feet at the intersection of Laurens with East Bay street te a very objectionable feature to this route, and cannot be remedied except by incurr?an very great expense in foe removal of A. J. White's resi? dence, or the icm oval ot equally valuable residences diagonally opposite. The accompanying map shows the amount of pri? vate land which this location would occupy. In ad? dition would be required the removal of foe old fish market; Mr. E. Bud's two-story brick store, and thc shed north thereof, at corner of Market and East Bay sheets, tiouth of Hasel-street would be re? quired foe removal of Duncan's wooden building, Claussen's two-, tory resid-nce, the eugine bouse, city property, and foe three-story brick residence ol Mr. Wegner, on the east side, and of Trenholm's two-story brick residence on the west side of East Bay-street. At ninety feet south frfm Hasel-street, East Bay street 1? only thirty-two feet ten inches wide, and must be opened, as will appear by refer? ence to foe map. I have expressed upon the accompanying map, by a brown tint and full red lines, foe result of my ex? amination for anothtr route more convenient to the wharves, more direct in its course, and more ample than the route by East Bay-street, from Market to Calhonn-6treet - The lity map shows that Washlngton-st'eet, from Calhoun to Society street, if prolonged with a very alight deflection, would connect with Ea6t Bay-street at the New Customhouse lot, and a thoroughfare nearly straight thereby would be obtained from Southern what ves, at foe Battery, to Ca h oun-street. Prom Calhoun street Warningtos-street continues northward, with a deviation of a few degrees west, to foe Northeastern Bailroad Depot, in Chapel-street. The details pf the "Washington-street route" are as follows : As has been stated for the "East Bay route," depart from the western line of the Now Customhouse lot, by a deflection of seven degrees west, with a width of seventy feet, and pursue the ;eae< al direction of East Bay-street to foe north line ot Hard Allay. Thence by a deflection eastward of t?n degree s. proceed with foe same width to Society itreet continued, and there connect with Washing an-street, meeting it at an angle of intersec abn of foret ?nd tbree-quarter degrees. The le vi a ions from a straight line are made chiefly to avoid Wagner's steam cotton prc BJ ia too costly for removal; aleo to cover thc East Bay- street, and thereby aa much -as avoid expense in purchase of private la adopting this route a thoroughfare would be seventy feet width from Southern wharves ty-street; fifty teet width from Society to street, ind sixty feet width from Cain ou Chapel-street depot, giving to Charleston at street of ample dimensions from the extrei ern to the extreme southern wharves or the < Cooper River. It would be advisable to hie width of Waahington-itreet, between Soc Laurens streets, to seventy feet, by taking h of marsh upon the eaat and ten feet of vact land upon the west, Prom Lanretuwstrei ward the width of W'aahington-street cannot ont be increased on account of numerous t on both sides, the removal of which would great expense. [Soe note appended at end ol By referencs tb the accompanying nun it seen that the location ef thia route will, tb P street, occupy nearly the entire present widt Bay-street, and also a strip of private land ea of, varying in width from twenty-five tc five and forty-five feet, and lrom thi will run entirely through private p Nearly the whole area of land covered new street is vacant, the buildings havii destroyed by fire or the land no ihtvin built upon. So that, exclusive o the i ol Ltnd, the expense would not be great Th inge which would require removal are the market, the two-story orick stare at north eas of Market and Past Bay streets, owned by and the shed adjoining to the north, owned h of Gen. Pinckney; part of an old two story 1 wooden buildings on south side of Hmsel-etrei ertv of T. D. Wagner; Dna can's two-story workshop and steam engine; a brick office ruins, and an oki three-story wooden bnildinj south side of Society-street continued, pro; Mr. Bennett Excepting Mr. Bub's brick st buildings are of an inferior class, and of ama'. The map shows the names of owners of props dimensions of the land required. In viewing both the "East Bay" and "Wsao street" routes, I w?l remark, as before state Southern wharves to New Customhouse. Et street without alteration, ni common to both and they both pursue the same course th enc vicinity of Pritchard-atrcet, at which point I verge. I w?l compare them as follows: Thc Bay route" ls devious in itc course, and long the " Washington-street route." Prom Ht Wentworth street, the "East Bay route" is fi wide, and from Wentworth-at reel to : will be nearly sixty feet bi width; * the "Washington-street route" from Ha Society-street is seventy f?t width. The "Wi ton-street route" is nearer and more conven the wharves than the "East Bay route.'' ? vate property to be purchased I judge will be . as expensive by the "East Bay route'' as "Washington-street route." The extteme ot ton in width of East Baj-street at the lntersec Laurens-street, is a capital defect ir. the "Ea route," which does not exist in the "Washi street route."- Bf removing business whict pendent on the transit of dreys and wagons .^Washington-street route," would improve thc Of the many private dwenings on East Bay-sin tween Hasel and Calhoun streets, would lu prc value of ali the property hi Waahington-etree build up from Lauren e-stre rt, eoathward, a ne thriving street in a part of the city now desolat In great measure valueless. In view of all these considerations, I am com ed to expi?es a preference for the "Washn street route." In conformity with instructions received frc Mayor, I cabed upon a broker of reputation a quested him to make a statement of the va private property which would be needed, has. reported, to me-that the actual coat ot property needed he will sot be abl state at the next meeting of Council. I however, pleased to say, th at some of the own land whom he bad approached, bi view of the importance oi the enterprise, and the addi: value it wouM give to ihe remaiader of thou particular property, raid they would be willi ylel i their land without charge. The broker rc mends that for a iuR estimate of cost of the pro; In question, a commission be appointed as pro' for under act of the Leg:aUture. Permit me to say that I have nude every enc prepare this report and map at the earliest poe date. I beg leave to express my thanks for the ities afforded by the City En -ineer, and to the y gentlemen of my parry, who, by their seal and I bgence, have enabled me to bring the work t early close. Sensible as I am of the vast import of toe enterprise contemplated by this report, ai the bearing lt must have upon the future wella Charleston, I have approached the question car ly, and am happy that having been previously, c time since, engaged upon rec eran cdssance of t route?, I waa prepared to treat the subject with tainty and expedition. ' I have, air, the honor to b* Your very obedient servant, ED (VD B. WHITE, Engineer in chart Nom-If Washington-street could be increase width to seventy feet from Chapel to Socioty-st continued, I conceive the best mode of dom would be is shown by tho black dotted lines on n a? follows : Widen Washlnffton.srreet between Cl eland1 alhoun-street ten fest to the west; bctw Calhoun and Society-street, iwenty fee; to ih? e and so adjust the location of the new street thu shall d?bouche at society-street, continued ten more to th? eist than as shown by accompany mar. E. B. WHITE, Engineer bl ca-.rc The following report of the Engin aer of operating exp mses from 21st March to 9 April, waa received as information : 0FUHATX50 EXPENSES OF THE EXOBTSE&'B DEPi MEST PBOlf 2l?T M AUCH TO 30TH APBZL LS'CLUER 8 treet Work Embracing pay rolls of laborers, kc.81,781 Composition Pavement .' Pay rolls, material, kc... S9( Tidal Drain Pay rolls, material, ?c...LCM Sidewalks Pay rolls, material, kc.'. 1,181 Street Paving- . . Pay rous, material, kc. ;<x South-street Drainage . Balance of contract. 200 TTUhkWork Continuation of South-street through lots j south of same to Nassau-street grat? ings, cse.... 271 "Public Cemetery" Fencing and whitewashing.i. :. 112 Trunks and curbs Material and pay rout..1.1-J6 MlsceRsneous Drawing boards, partition, Ac, erabrao - lng portion of survey East Bay, &c.. 117 Battery Work ' Railinge, nabs and pay rous. 133 'Hampstead Mah* Contract and extra work. 466 E. and O.E. 87,914 CHARLESTON, S. C., May, 1668. Tue following report of the Enginoerw referred to the Committee cn the Arteeii Well : OFFICE Cm CIVIL ENODTKEB, ) CHARLESTON, 8. C., May 5, 1868. J To the Honorable the Mayor and Coitnod of Charleston: . The subject of utilizing the water from tl Artesian Well, as proposed by his Honor tl Mayor, ot several meetings of Oonnc?, induct me to give some thought to the matter, and respectfully propose to your honorable boc that a portion of the lot at the corner of Wea worth-street and Meeting-street be appropria ed tor the purpose of establishing a lountai for the distributing of the water bj means < coolers, m rear of which establishment a pai terre be cor s true ted, and again in rear of tba bath rooma. with entrance from Meeting an Wentworth streets for ladies and gentlemet All of such improvements in form of building t be made by the city, and the place so prepare to be leased for a term of years to the big hes bidder. . . All of which I respectfully ask to be refer red to the Committee on the Artesian Well Plans of same will be prepared for same whei needed. I have the honor to be, Your obedient servant, LOUIS J. BABBOT. The following report of the Board of Heal tl was received as information, and ordered to bi published: OFFICE OF BOXED OF HEALTH, 1 CHARLESTON. S. C., May 6,1868. j To Oui Honorable the Mayor and Aldermen of Charleston, S. C GENTLEMEN:-At a special meeting of the Boord o Health, held on the 4th Instant thu resolution of Al dermau Whilden, In reference to soap and candli fsctoiies, tanneries, *c, and the petition of sundry citizens, relative to the exiatins: ordinance regulating slaughter p ne, which were ?eferred to this Boara were duly considered by the same, and the Boa rc hav ?_ instructed me to communicate, that it is th opioion of the Board of Health, ofter frequent!; visiting and carefully ins ecting aU the slaughter pens, soap and candle factories, tannoues, Ac, since the hst meeting of your honorable body, that the mane fae ture of soap, and storing of salted hides and tanning of the same, v.-itbin the corporate limits oi the city is prejudicial to the public health ; and also, for similar reasons, that the city ?laughter pens should be moved to a point situated at the southern extremity of the public cemetery grounds, and built over a coneiderabl. running stream, known as Gads? den's Creek, hy which tho offal and s'ons can be thoroughly and effectually washed away i t each eb? bing and flowiDg of the tide-water, and that ali other slaughter pens vhould be located at the above named point, or at such a piace as will ralbi the conditions above indicated, and that they should all be tho? roughly cleansed after each slaughtering of cattle, Ac, and be subject to regular inspection of th i City Registrar, and that a heavy penalty be imposed tor any violation or neglect of these important regula? tions; but Inasmuch ' as the present Council will not be able to inaugurate and carry out ihr necessary measures to enforce the foregoing suggestions of the Board, they would therefore recommend, in refer? ence to the soap and candle factories, tanneries, .vc., that they be allowed to remain in their present localities,' provided that those engaged in the euri oe of hides be required to remove their vats to the ex? treme rear of their premises, keeping the same m good order and condition, subject to the inspection of the health officer of the cit?, and the proprietors subject to penalties for neglect or violation of such necessary regulations as he may prescribe; and io reference to slaughter pens, that so much of the ordinance regulating toe same as require their re? moval beyond the corpora1 e limits of the eily, be re? pealed, as it ie impracticable, uu er the circum? stances; and the Board would recommend that for tho present and because ot the above mentioned reasons, the slaughter pens be allowed io remain in their present localities, au i required to be thorough? ly cleaned alee; each slaughtering of cattle, Ac, aid subject to the inspection of the City Begistn that the proprietors be liable to heavy penall neglect or violation of euch necessary regnla? mav be prescribed by him. Very respectfully, GEO. B. PEI ZEB, M. 1 City Begis Beport of the City Sheriff for April, showing $9,243 19 paid into City Treasury formation. BEPOBTS OF COMMITTEES. Alderman Gerdts, from the Comrnitti Streets, made the following report, wbic adopted: The Committee on Streets, to whom w; ferrod the petition of Messrs. P. J. Co Wm. Ufferhardt, Jno. O'Mara, and othen leave to report that the petitioners cons the owners of seven lois ont of nine on Q street, between King and Meeting, who d( themselves ready and willing to cede si portion of their lands to the city as may 1 quired to widen said street, against a fa: ned compensation, and ai the widening oi section wou'd not only be a local imp ment, but add considerably to the val King and Meeting-street property, the mittee therefore recommend that Queen-e be widened on the north side, between and Meeting streets, according to a plat d by Mr. Branch in April, 1662, and that th holders be properly compensated as soi they build np on the new line. H. GERDTS, Z. B. OAKES. JACOB SMALL. JAMES B. PBINGI j Alderman Willis made the following re which was laid over under the 18th Bole, moved that the memorial be published: j j CHABLESTOjf, 8. C., May 5, li The committee to whom was referred the pe i of san dry residents of the western part of the asking the attention o' Council to its presen! ditton, and praying that lt be Improved, respec report that they examined the square in qaei and ascertained that, for a small cost, the Who] be handsomely and substantially fenced in, and ly laid off with good ten feet pavements, and b< fled with trees, the floodgate repaired or improve leis than two thousand dollar?; which will Int ! all the work that ia necessary to flt it as it at be, besides giving the entire fence a good co whitewash. I We respectfully recommend that an amount fl clent be appropriated, not to exceed two thou doRaxs, to do the work, and that? estimates be ai tised tor, to allow, the work to "bc commence once, to give the citizens, at ss early a day as sible, the use ot the square as a place of resc an improved condition. It is one thousand forty feet from the engine house to Broad-e tree:, hundred and sixty feet from Rutledge to L; street, seven hundred and ex ty. two feet from Strohecker'a property to Broad street, abd two . dr ed and thirty-five feet from Mrs. S frolic deer's perry to the end of the engine house. I **" ' " E. WILLIS, Chairmi . E. W. MARSHALL. JAMES COSGROVE. H. GERDTS. To the Honorable Mayor -and Aldermen by thea, rate name of the City Council of Charleston,; The memorial and petition of the undenUgne sidents of Ward No. 4, living iu the neighborhot the pubUo square or common west of Ru tie street, between Broad and Beaufain - streets, res] fully shows: . '.' That on the 12th day of April, A D 1788, full hundred years ago, In and by an act duly ratifie the Provisional Assembly of nouth Carolina, lt enacted th at all the vacant marah land lying on i ido e of Broad-stree t, continued west from near Fr lin, on the east side of the Ashley River, "shall ever her* titer be reserved and kept for the use common for Charlestown." 1 'jud any grant that may be obtained tor the sa or any part thereof, ls hereby declared to be a lately null and void." The apace thus dedicated for perpetuil public was bounded north by Beauiain-street and Corni Creek; east by the high lands near the lines no Franklin and Savage streets, and to the south west by Ashley Elver. In 1783 the city was incorporated, and the ' Council thereupon taking possession of thin other public property, irom time to . time sold conveyed for private use large portion! of it. salesanoney went toto the rdty treasury without speeUI application to the improvement cf what main ed. The City Council Tore quite regardless of the d cation and use attached to their possession and ti This continued until 1803; when some of your j sent memorialists and other citizens brought tl bill of complaint In the Court of Chancery aga: the City Council, charging among other things foregoing lacts and praying relief thereon, wh< upon the following was tie judgment of the coi which waa duly entered of record : STATE or SOUTH CABOLTNA, CHABLXSTOS DISTBIC In Equity. James B. Campbell, George Buist, et al., vs. The C Council of Charleston-Decree. - The b?t and answer in this case having been re it is ordered and decreed that so much of the c marsh land st th i west end of Broad street as J between Rutledge street on the east, Beaufldn-stre and lands of the estate of Strohecker on the nor Lynch-streeton the west, and liroad-srree: ont south, be and the same is hereby dedicated and apart as a common for the * City of Charleston, s that the same be forever hereafter reserved and k< as a common for the use of. the inhabitants ol i said city; provided that nothing heroin shah be hi to affect or inferiere with any existing lease orle i of the said land. And it is further ordered and decreed, that the : junction already issued against the City Council relation to the deposit or city offal at and near t west end of Broad-street be aid the same is here continued of force until the first day of Decent next, and that' either party have leave to apply i any further order st the foot of this decree. And lt ts further ordered that the rule issn against tho City Council in this case be discharge (Signed) F. H. WARDLAW. lUed July 15,1853. And your meuorialists farther show that soi thereafter the residents in the neighborhood, by vi notary contributions, eau- cd to be ' constructed ai paid for, a flood gate under L> nch-strect, which h since been kept in repair and restored by thc Ci Council; that thereby an agreeable a.d healthy she of water was substituted for the previous unseen! and offensive mud flats; that the City Council al caused the same to be enclosed by a suitable rene anZ constructed proper wants on the margin; tb during the war the fence disappeared, and the wall are now dilapidated and broken up. Tour memorialists think it right and just th some portion of the funds, and the a.-cum ula tic thereof for many years, which have gone into tl city treasury from the unauthorized sal- of tl larger part of the lands dedicated a cen tm y ago t the providence and forethought of the men of th day to the health and beauty of Charleston, sha now be applied to the improve men. jf what remain They co not doubt they could obtain this by a application for that purpose at the foot of the irreg? ing decree, which by its terms they are permitted i make. But they prefer to appeal to thejudgmei and jus tic ? of the City Council. And they, therefore, pray your honorable body t take the whole matter bato your consideration, an that you will cause tobe made such improvemen upon aid about the siid common as, being foun necessary or desirable, win also be consistent wit justice and a wise considerate pu oh c economy. And your petitioners will ever pray, and so forth Mgne J : James B. Campbell, J. H. Schulte, Georg Buist, A. Fogarue, James Robb, Daniel Miler, J. V Gray, R. 8. Bruns, A J.. Karton, T. F. Brodie, J?b. H. bteinmeyer,' Wm. H. Mauldio, Thomas O'Briei Alexander H. Brown, fi. F. Simmons, J. W. Stefi moyer, M. E Lopez, B. W. Marshall, Geo. Dowii James H. layl?r, G. W. WiQiaiLS, L. J. Groning, i C. 'i rumbo, Isaac Brown, Joan Ferguson, P. T. Wa! ker, L. T. Potter, Wm. L. King. Geo. A. Treohohr Jr., John H. Simons, H. Leidiug, Wm. Halton Smitl E. Buchet, Jas. s. Murdoch, W. Doulas, W. Y. Leitet J. H. Wilson, John F. Roberts, John F. W. Wal tai Octavius Wilkie, W. D. Porter. W. H, ?rrith. H eur C.ark. Job Dawson, F. W. Rennekcr. J. & Schirmei F. J. Dawson, Jumes Bancroft, Jr., C. H. West, Jr, A. Calder, Henry Cobla, Clartn:o Levy, H. Z. Lau rey, G. Foina, R. M. Alexander, C. J. Laurey, Jc seph Wilier, H. H. DeLeon, H. M. Tovey, H. B Williams, B. M. Heriot. J. W. Fisher, John P. Sien E. Montague Grimke, L. J. Burger. J. Bennett Lan noan. Charles A. Lang' lek, John H. Lopez, M. W St Arnaud. Henry Bollman. Alderman Honor made the following report whioh was adopted: The Committee on Retrenchment and Belief to whom was referred th a application of Mr. E Bull , for payment of an alleged claim agains the Commissioners of the Market, respectfully report : That from the information we can ob' tain, it appears a contract was entered into ic the year 1853, between the Commissioners ol the Markets and Mr. Bull, fer a pump to be used in the market ; that there was to be paid to Mr. Bull for said pump two hundred and seventy-six dol?ais on the completion of his contract ; that there was paid io bim the sum of two hundred dollars, which he alleges was in part payment, but which the board affirm was intended tu be payment in full, in conse? quence of a failure, on the part of Mr. Bull, tc complete tho contract. On two occasions, re? cently, Mr. Bull has applied to the City Coun? cil for payment of this alleged balance, which applications were referred io the Commission? ers of the Markets, who reported adversely thereon. The Boord of Commissioners consists of thirteen gentlemen, chosen by Cauncil to manage the affairs of tho markets ; to them properly belongs the adjustment of all claims, aud in the judgment of y JUT c.mimittee, it would be manifestly improper for Council to interfere, more especially after a lapse of fif? teen years, during thirteen of which no claim seems to have Seen made by the applicant. The committee, therefore, ask to be "discharged from the farther consideration of tho subject. JOHN H. HONOUR. . Z. B. OAKES. E. M. BUTLER. [The balance of the proceedings will be pub? lished on Monday, j Consignees per Sooth Carolina Kail road. May 8. 86 tales Cotton, 133 bales Yarn, 2105 sacks Grain, 136 bbls Naval Stores, 1 car Lumber, and lear Cat? tle. To G W Wilhams 4 Co, Graeser, Lee, Smith a Co, Bavenel A Co. Wardlaw A Carew. E H Rodgers A Co. Gildsmith & Son, Geo E Pritchett, E Welling, Chisolm Bros, E Lowndes, Willis A Ohisolm, JAW H Armstrong, L D DeSoussure. Mowry A Co, H F Baker & Co, Wagener, Heath A Mon sees, W Roach, Courtenay A Trenholm, J N Tidemann A Co. West ir Jones, J N Robson, H Bulwinkle A Co, and Railroad agent J (Commercial. Exports. BOSTON-Per sehr C E Raymond-174 bales Upland Cotton, 235 bois Turpentine, 84 loose Hides, 70 bales Bags, 60 boxes Claret, 253 tons Iron, and 4 Packages. Thr Charleston. Cotton Market. OFFICE OF THE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS, 1 CHAKLZSTO.V, Friday Evening. May 8, 'CS. j The market opened dull, and the transactions I were at declining rates, good ordinary selling at 29c. I and strict middling at 31c. ? lb., but factors, in most instances, were unwilling to accept these prices, and the market closed too unsettled for quotations to be given; sales 158 bales- say 22 at 28, 95 at 29, and 41 at 3L Markets by Telegraph. FOREIGN MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, May 8-Noon.-Cotton steady; prices the same. Sales ol the week 48,000 bales; exports 7000; speculation 6000; stock 542,000, whereof 342, 000 bales are American. Breads tuffs and others un? changed. Two P. M.-Cotton dull and heavy; sales 7000 bales; prices the fame. Afloat for England 413,000 bales, whereof 96,000 are American. Com 39s. Flour 36s. 6d. Lard firm. Fork and sugar quiet. Tallow 44s 9d. Evening.-Cotton closed heavy and Kd lower; up Isnds on the spot and afloat 12j?d; Orleans 12>id. Sales 6000 bales. Manchester advices unfavorable. Fabrics and yarna heavy and lower. Turpentine 36* Sd. pian, May 7.-The bunion in the Bank of France has Increased 14.000,000 francs. DOMESTIC MARKETS. Nxw TOBE, May 8-Noon.-Flour 5sl0c lower. Wheat la2c lower. Corn la2c better. Bye 3a5c bet? ter. Pork declining; mess $28 70. Lard drooping; 19al9J?c, Cotton quiet at 32c. Freights steady. Turpentine declining at 69a60c. Rosin unchanged, .Gold 39H- SterUng lOtf. Old bonds 8f?; new?. Virginia 6's. 50J?. Tennessee, ex-coupons, 68; new 67. Evening,-Cotton duh and drooping; salas 2000 balee at 32c., but some sales reported at 31 y,c. Flour active and irregular; Southern $10 to $14 75. Wheat lc. lower, but active. Corn steady; Southern yellow $127; straw color $122. New mess pork $28 65; old mesa $27 65. Lard heavy at 18%al9>?c. Groceries quiet and finn. Turpentine 56a80c. Rosin $3 20a7. Freights firmer. Gold strong at 39Jf:i39Ji. Govern? ments in good demand'. BAUM OBX, May a-Cotton dull at 31&aS3. Flour more active but uncbanged. Wheat dufl; Maryland SSaS'lO. Corn active; white SI 15aU7; yellow $125. I Oats87a90. Bice dull at $2. Provisions quiet and unchanged. ^ . . CINCINNATI, May 8.-Flour dull and unchanged. Oom declined to $190. Mesa Pork declined to $2S. I Bacon duR; shoulders 14; clear "aides 17X- Lard :dullatl9. . WILMINGTON, May 8.-Spirita turpentine weak at 47.' Resins dull; strained$2 20; No. 1 84-50; pal* $6 a$7; window glass $8. Cotton dull and nominal; middling 30. Tar firmer at $2 70. AUGUSTA, May 8.-Cotton market dull. Sales 112 bales. ' Beeelpls 75 bales. Middling uplands 29^c. SAVANNAH, May 8.-Cotton flat and no sales; mid dun; nominal at 81. Receipt? 899 bales. Nsw ORLEANS, May 8.-Cotton dull and tending down. Middlings 3034*31. Salea 800 batee. Re. ceipta 1266 bales. Exporta CT60 bales. ? Exported yesterday, not reported, 6162 bales.' Sales of the week 7400 hales. Receipts 4918 bales. , Exports, foreign, 12,871 bales. Coastwise 668 bales. Stock 41,970 bales. 5 <? ?SS 3 a<5 g. 5 5 A?5 <5 * 5* CO ? M ? . ? . ?! f6 if il S S s s O O m J? M fi H ? * VT g ? ? ? ? lill ic X p p, ? ? s i S S es x - S il t ? Wilmington Market. WILMJNGTON. May 6_TrmrarrwE-Has fur the declined 25 cents on soli, with sales ol 155 bbls at $4 50 for virgin. $3 60 for yellow dip, and $2 25 for bard per 280 pounds. t* POTTS TURPENTINE.-Sates of 50 bbls at 61 & eta, 218 do at 62 cents, and 12 do at 52% cants per gallon. Roars.-Market quiet, and Eales of only 438 bbls at $2 35 tor strained, 3 25a$4 for No. 1, and $5 50a$C for pale, as in quality. TAB.-87 obis changed bands at $2 70 pei bbl. TIMBER.-Two rafts sold at 85 tor inferior and 312 per M tor extra miU. Baltimore Market. BALTIMORE, May 5.-COTTON-Receipts to-day 75 bales irom Norfolk and 3 (rom Bichmond. Mar? ket was entirely tree of transactions, but we heard ot some Utile inquiry; holders maintain much firmness, and we continue to quote, though nominal, low mid? dling 31a81>?c, and middling upland S2aS2??o. COFFEE-The market was exceodin-ly quiet to-day and closed without any transactions; prices are nomi naUy unchanged. FLOUE-The market is heivy for spring wheat grades; sales reported were 100 bbls choice extra at SH 62; 100 do do at $12. We note some inquiry for medium grades ol city mills shipping extra, watch are held steady at $12 00 ? bbl-quotations are un? changed, though in some respects nominal ut the ab? sence of sales. GRAIN-Offerings of Southern wheat, particularly red, werj larger than for several previous days; de maud good and fuil prices obtained; Western spring was dull and offered at lower prices. Receipts re? ported wero composed of 500 bushels white and 5G40 bushels red; sales include 300 bushels choice Marv land white at $3 30; of red 17U0 bushels choice Ma y land at $310; 2000 bushels prime do at '3 05; 100 bushels choice Virginia Valley at S315; 1250 bu-hels medium grades Maryland at $2 90a3; 860 bushels common to lair at S2 40a2 SO; lOCObushels No 1 spring S2 50-at dose S2 45 was offered, and supposed ac? cepted lor another lot. Com-offerings to-da- 3800 bushels wtite and 2500bushels yellow; aarket firmer for white, owing to the Ught receipts; we report sale1- aa follows: 375 bushels prime dry white at 8114; 728 bushels good do at SI 13; 1160 bushels lair do at $1 liai li; 1200 bushels ont of condition at SI 08il 09-only sales of jellow reported were 100 bu-hels at SI 25; 900 do at SI 24; 200 bushels West ern mixed, damp, at SI 05. Oats-2150 bushels re? ceived ; no demand for Western, 700 bushels South? ern brought 8Ca88c per busheL Bye-no sales re? ported. MOLASSES-We report sales to-dav of 234 punchns Tr.nidad Island, cargo of Ida May, for the trade and 488 hhds, 62 tes ond 9 bbls C?rdena-, cargo of bric Valeria, for hollins, b >th on private term i. We hear of no change in quotations. PROVISIONS-Our market continues to mle relative? ly bilow the West, and no particular activity the past day or two, except in tho ?Uing of orders tor bacon which are coming in more freely ; holders mannest great confidence, and are not offering their stocks. The only lot of bulk meats offered to-day was eome cloar rib sides held at 17c. Bacon is generali? high? er; orders are now nih d at 13??al5c for shoulders 17c for rib, ?nd 18c for clear rib sides; a lot of the' latter taken by the trad6 at 17#c; of hams we note a sale of 20 tes Lane's at 22j*c; we quote as to quality and brand at 21>?a22>?c. Mess porkis held at $30 ? bbl. Lorn is firm at 20c ft, lor Western, some holders asking higher. SUGAR-Our market was very quiet to-d3y, and closed without any transactions to report; the stock, however, is small, an I prices steadily mamtained' and for refining grades held stiffer. New York Market. MONE? MARKET. The New York Journal of Commerce, of Wednes day, May C, Bays: Thore ls no important change in the general con? dition of the money market, from the growing case noted during the last few days. The euoply ot eapi tal for temporary use is fully equal to ihe wonts of borrowers, and call loans are easily obtained upon the beBt securities at 6 $ ct, with exceptional trans? actions on miscellaneous collaterals at 7 $ ct strict ly first-class business paper ls taken outside tte banks at 7a8 9 ct 9 annum dip count PRODUCE MARKET. HEW YORK, May 5.-BBEADBTCFFS_The mar ket for 8tate. and Western flour is irregular and un Bottled, and prices declined five to ten cents. The Ea: ts are 8300 bbls at SS 65a9 20 tor superfine State $9 7Salo IS for common extra State; $io 20a 10 30 ior good to choice do; S10 40al0 80 for fancy do; $8 65a9 20. for superfine Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, ?tc, and 19 70al0 26 for extra do; $10 30al0 80 for choice extra do, including uhip ping brands of round hoop Ohio at $10 OOalO 30, and trade brands of do at $10 40al4 00; good to cfcoxe white wheat extras $12 00al3 SO; st Louis at Silal'j 60 for common to fair extra, and $12 60a 16 for good to choice, closing rather more steadily. We quote: Superfine State, $8 65*9 20; extra State. $9 75ul0 30; super Western, $8 65a920; extra West? ern, $9 70al0 25; ex tr J Ohio round hoop $10 OOalO 30; do trade, 10 40aH; extra Geneset, -a-; extra St Louis, ll OOalO 00. SOOTHERS FLOUT-ls in limited request, and prices are a shade easier. Sales were made of 360 bbls at $10 i OalO 90 for fair extra, and $10 95al4 80 for good to choice do. CALIFORNIA FLOTO-The market is moderately active but at lower figures. The sales are 700 sacks at $12al3 75. COBS-The market is fairly ac live mainly for home use and speculation at an advance of one cent. We notice sa.cs of 86.000 bethels nt tl I5al 17 lor new Western mixed afloat; $L IS for high mixed nearly yellow; $1 ital 17 for old Western mixed afloat and in store; $1 20 tor Southern yellow, and $114 Tor kiln dried. COTTON-Th ere is hut little doing to-day. The con? tinued dullness has weakened the market a little, notwithstanding the small offerings. The sales are 1612 bales, including 1047 to spinners and 466 to speculators. We quote : Upland & Florida. Mobile. N. Orleans. Texas Ordinary.29J? 29J* 30 SO* Good Ordinary..SO* 30X 31 31}4 - Low Middling. .31M 31 \ 32 32>? Middling.32)?a33 32J?aS3.^ 33&33M 33}4'a383? COFFEE-The market for nlo.is quiet,but prices are steadily held. We do not learn of any ?alea of mo ment There is no change in the other kinds. Messrs. Wm. Scott & Sons make the stock of Rio in Kew Or? leans to be 8000 bags, in Galveston to be 600 bags, in Baltimore to be 34,000 bags, tn Philadelphia to be 6300 bags, in New Tork to be 69,877 bags. We quote cargoes in gold, in bond: ordinary 9a9^c, lair 10X* lO&c, good ll??all>?c, prime 12al2<?c extreme range for lota 9al3c. The st jck of the other kinds is 565 hags Java, 30,034 mats do, 408 bags Singapore, 4623 bags Ceylon, 12,993 bags Maracaibo, 4281 bags Laguayra, 617 hags Jamaica, 214 bags Costa Rica, 1062 bags Mexican, 225 ba s Angostura, and 290 bags 8avanifia. We quote in gold, duty paid: Java (gov? ernment bags) 23a24c, Java, 30,034 grass mats, 23a 24c, Singapore 18a20c, Ceylon 18a20c, Maracaibo 16a 18c, Laguayra. 16al7c, Jamaica 15al6c, St Domingo 14>-al6c, Manilla 16al8c, Mexican 16al9c, Angostura 16a? 7c, Sa vanilla 16al 8c. GUNNIES-Cloth is very firm; 50 bales were sold at 28c; bags are held at lS^aie^e; other sales are ru? mored. HAT-There is no decided change to quote m the market; sales are making at 80^850 for shipping, and $1 lBal 42 for retail qualities. Straw-is firmly held at 90a95o for long rye, 76c for short do. MOLASSES-There ia a moderate business doing ai former rates. We notice bales of 200 hhds Muscova? do on private terms, and last evening 250 hhds ai 49c NAVAL STORES-Crude turpentine-We note the sale of 100 bbls at K 26. Spirit? turpentine ls a Utile more steadily held; we quote at 65c, with salea of 7t bbls at this price, and 60 bbls, New Tork order, on private temp Rosins arevery ?lull; prices are weak; wo quote sales of 100 bbl? black, on dock, at SS 20; 200 bbls good strained at $3 35; 600 bbls do at $3 40 218 bbls No 1 and pale at $4 60a5 20; strained com mon is quoted at $3 80; good strained, $3 36*3 40; Nc 2, $3 50*3 75; No l, $4a5. Tar is more in tbe sellers favor; the sales ire 400 bbls Washington, at $2 87% 150 bbls do at $3, and 50 bbls Wilmington at $8 63& PBOVTSIONE- fort-The market is quiet, and prices are a shade meter. We notice sales of 290C bbls at $29*29 37 for new Western mess, cash regu lar way, dosing at $29 25 regular; $28*38 50 for '66i '67 mess; $2350*24 26 for prime and extra prim?, and $26a25 75 for prime meas. The afternoon mar? ket ls very quiet, and prices are easier. We quot? mess at $2912, cash, and $2918 regular way. BEET-There is a moderate Jobbing trade at firme; rates. Sales were made of 270 bbls at $16a20 60 foi plain Western meas, and $20 50*24 75 for extra do. BEET HAMS-Th ere ls a limited inquiry at aboui former rates. MIDDLES-The market is firm but inactive. CUT MEATS-The market is firm. Sales were made of 120 pkga*t 18c for hams in sweet pickle. SsiOKfD MEATS-The stock ls small and prices an firmly held. We notice sales of 173 tes at 20*21 K< for smoked hams. LARD-1 he market ls quiet, but holders are de manding firmer prices. Sales were made of 650 tel and bbls at 19*1 J53 for No 1 to kettle rendered city 19J?al9Kc for Ko 1 Western; 19J{c for steam render ed and kettie dried do, aadl9^a20c for kettle render ed do. BUTT?E-The receipts of State butter continue tc be good, and with liberal arrivals ot lots of good quality from the west, prices are deibning. Thc local trade purchase enough to supply imm?diat* wants at40*44c for We*tem and 44sitie for State. Rici-The inquiry for East India ia Improving, and stronger prices are current The sales are 200X ba?s Rangoon at 9%al0XC currency, and i&i%c. gold in bond. Carolina is rather quiet; 100 tes sold at Hallie. SUOAB-There ls sn active demand for raw foi speculation and refining ani an advance of %obti been established. We quote fair to good al Hallie, and No 12 box at MJfc The sales are 2700 hhds at loralie tor Cuba and 174s boxes Havana at lo^a 14 % c. Benn ed meet with fair sale, but at prices 1* voring the purchasers. We quote soft yellow at 143? al?tfc ; soft white at 16Xal6X.. and- crashed, pow. ed and granulated at 16&al6X.. . . dorine Him ^ Port of* Charleston. May 9. Arrived Yesterday.. Sch? Ann ? Peas, West Point MUX 120 bbls Rice To Roper & Stoney and Thurston k Holmes.. Cleared Yesterday. Sehr C E Raymond, Higgins, Boston-M Goldsmith & Son. - Sailed Yesterday. Steamer City Point, Adkins, Palatka, via Jackson, ville, Fernandina and Savannah. From this Port. Steamship Champion, Lockwood, New York, May 5. Steamship Vicksburg, Burton, Providence, May 6. Sehr H J Kayna ond, Ellsworth, New York, May 5. Kehr J M Brooman, DouglaB, Philadelphia, May 4. Behr E H Naylor, Naylor, Philadelphia, May 5. Memoranda^ The sehr Maria Pierson, Grant, from Georgetown, 8 C, arrived at New Tork, May 4. The schrs Susan Wright, Mount, and Maria Lunt, Tracy, both from Georgetown, S O, arrived st Nevi Tork, May 5. LIST OF VKS8EL8 UP, CLEARED AND SAILED FOR TEIS PORI FOREIGN. LIVERPOOL. The Eastham, Leach, sailed.March 21 BREMENHAVEN. The Dorothea, Plambeck, sailed.March 1 DOMESTIC. BOSTON. Sehr B N Hawkins, Wyatt, cleared.April 1? Sehr Laura Bridgman, Hart, cleared.April SC SEW TOBE. Sehr Maria Pierson, Grant, up.April ? behr NeUie Burgess Burgess, up..April 2C Sehr E H Atwood, Huggins, cleared.April 2* behr Amelia G Ireland, Townsend, up.May S PHILADELPHIA. Sehr Hannah Little, Godfrey, cleared.April 2? BALTIMORE. Steamship Sea Gull, Dutton, up.May * PBOVIDENCE. Sehr Intrepid, Bunker, saUed.April 2? NEW ORLEANS. Sehr George H Pierce, Farrow, np.ApiU 3 NOTICE. OFFICE OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ) CHARLESTON, S. C., May 1st, 1868. ( TTE FOLLOWING DIRECTORY OF THE Health Department is published for the informa t'on of ail concerned: HEALTH DISTRICTS. HEALTH DISTRICT NO. 1-Bounded on the north by south side of Calhoun-street, cn the east by Cooper River, on the sou h by south Battery, on the westby east side of Meeting-street, embracing Wards Nos. 1 and 3; in charge of Dr. Joseph Tates. Office and Dispensary No. 16 Market-street, opposite State. Residence No. 13 Church-street HEALTH DISTRICT NO. 2.-Bounded on the north by sooth side of Calhoun-street, on the east by west side of Meeting-street, on the south by South Bat? tery, and on the west by Ashley River, embracing Wards Nos. 2 and 4; In charge of Dr. S. Cbatbum Brown. Office and Dispensary No. 70 Wentworth street, near St. Phihp-street. Residence corner ol George and Anson streets. HEALTH DISTRICT NO. 3.-Bounded on the north [ by City Boundary, on the east b> Cooper Biver, on the south by north siiio of Calhoun-street, and on the west by east eide of King-street, embracing Wards Nos. 5 and 7; in charge of Dr. J. Ford Prio leau. Office and Dispensary on the southeast corner of St. PhUip and Warren streets. Residence, Ecau fain-street, opposite Mazyck-street HEALTH DISTRICT NO. 4.-Bounded on the north by City Boundary, on the east by west side of Eing street, on tbe south by north side of Calhoun-street, and on the west by Ashley River, embracing Waras Nos. 6 and 8; io charge of Dr. J. Somers Buist Oi ?ce and Dispensary on the southeast corner of St. Philip and Warren streets. Residence, Ko. 105 Meeting-street OFFICE HOURS. At aU the Dispensaries from 9 to 10 o'clock A. M. and irom 5 to 6 o'clock P. M., daily. AU patients who are able wUl be required mat? tend at these Dispensaries during the hours speci? fied, and at the Dispensary ol the District in which they reside. HOSPITALS. City Hospita], Mazyck-etreet, nn Mazyck-street, between Magazine-street and Queen, west side, in charge of Dr. F. Peyre Porcher. City Hospital. Hampstead, on the corner of Cooper and Bay streets, in charge of Dr. 8.1. Lockwood. SmaU Pox Hospital, at Public Cemetery, in charge of Dr. F. Peyre Porcher. Office ot He il th Department, corner ot' Calhoun street and Rutledge Avenue. GEORGE S. PELZER, M. D., City Registrar, In charge of Health Department. May 1 10 Brags, (?t)rn?ali, (Ste. S A R S A P A R IL L I A X TTS POWERFUL CTJEATIYE ASSOCIATES PECT ABED TOB EB A NETTLY D?SCOVXBED PBOCEEE FOB EXTEACTINO THE CUBATXVE PKOPEBTXrS TBOM VEOEIABLE SUBSTANCES, EN? TEES DTTO THE COKPOSmON or DB. E A D W A Y'S BENOV ATINO R E 8 O L V E N j . A KEW PRINCIPLE DISCOVEEEJV Ono Bottle of Resolvent ls Better Than*. Ten Large Bottles of the Advertised Sarsaparillas, or Direct Diuretic Km edies. ?i,.' i :ii Zo '.sou': yii .. .r^ZjiJ. fi ..'. PjKTsiciAjrB wonder at the I extraordinary power of? BADWAY'S RENOVATING BKSOLVENT rn^mrb?ff, the worst torra s of Scrofoloue, Syphncdd, Chronic Skin Diseases, md"its marvelous w>w?rtoresolTlnir calculons concretions, affording t makji&?tti Tt?h>f in? con sequent euro of Diseases of the Kidney, Bladder Liver, Longs, P?ncreas, Spleen, lui rapid influence - in the core of Diabetes, lhcontnence or scanty, tux- - Did, albuminous, cloudy urine ; ita almost Instant ef? ficacy in stopping itching and painful discharge of - urine, audits singular power in airing discharges from the Uterus and Urethra, L?ucorrhcea, Bloody Urine, and other unhealthy and weakening dis? charges;-and inquire wherein the SABS .APABU? LLAN used in the Kenova?ng Besolvent differs from-? ordinary Sarsaparillas ! SaniparOflan ls the only principle in Sarsaparilla that possesses curai re properties; all other parts of the root are inert ?id ' useless. One ounce of the extract obtained under - Dr. Bsd way's u ew process for extracting the curativev propertlea from vegotable substances, contains more - of tne true principle of cure than twenty prrrmdi of ' ' SARS AP.ABLLLHN w only one of the ingredienU that forms this truly wonderful medicirier and it to' the only com pm sating- remedy that cornmunl ca tra? its purifying, cleansiD? and remvlgoratb-ig MH> - ties through tte BLOOD, SWEAT. TJBTLNE, and other secretions, securing a h arm on toes functional - action of every depraved organ and gland lu the sys- - tem. If the blood ls corrupt, the Besolvent wffl make it pure; If the Lungs are ulcerated and ?ore, secreting thick, phlegm and. prurehmt matter, the Besolvent will loosen this deposit and repair the wasting rang with sound and healthy material, -rf ' the Skin ia covered with pimples, spots, puatulee,.. eores, ulcers, Ab.,.the Besolvent will quicily remors - these annoyances. If mercury is deposited in the bones and baa Accumulated mibe system, the 'Be- '. solvent will drive it out. If the Throat ft jjoaetdaj Glands are ulcerated, the Resolvent will cure these " signs of .aa early waste. Direct remedies, poseeet- -' lng only exclusive properties, are hurtful as they. ? increase the functional secretions of on- organ, by " ' suspending the constituent secretions of other* ; hence, a compensating remedy like the Eesolvent la? the only means of a permanent cure. BEAK LS MIND THAT EVEBY DHOP OFHSOOD^ impregnated with the Bcaolvent and absorbed to - supply the waste of the body, will make pure, sound--, and healthy flesh and fl tir?. The first dose that is * - taken commences its work of trariflcation and in- '. creasing tb . appetite and flesh. A BE MAB E/A BLE CUBE! ; v-1' t7$* *5 . * V ?>T . A -.. - '"? : . J5?J < i ir.'.' ; - i Jct ti .. Vt- - : " ??fl }.* - - SOSES ON TSE TONGUE, ULCERS IN TEE THROAT, SORE GUMS, SORE MOUTH, SOSES IN TEE NOSE, ABOUND THE.ETES, otc.,' If recently exhibited, a tew bottle? will cure, ir chronic, or through the effects of Mercury, Potas- - slum, corrosive Sublimate, from six to one dozen - bottles may be required te make a permanent cur?. R. . B. , B? ? i '-.-i'm : ...l?. .. *?..? A 6BEAT SENSATION Y-k GOOD SEN8A- . TI0N1 . PAIN OUREB IN AN INSTANT! ? In 1847 the great grand principle of stopping the - most excruciating pain In an instant, without tm- - ploying such dangerous agents as Chloroform, - Opium, Morphine, A contine, Ether, Ac, waa first - made known in BADWAY'S BEADY BELIEF. This remedy accomplished thia wonderfol and de- ? lightfnl desideratum in all cases of external and ma? ternal pain. In an instant lt afforded relief, the moment it was ?pplied to thc parts ot the body where inflammatiou1 or pain existed-it at once rei - lie ved the patient of the most violent and excrpciat- - lng pongs and throbs ol pain, and imparted the ile- - ,, lighiful sensation of ease and comfort. Every kind of pain, whether Rheumatism, Neu? ralgia, 'toothache. Pol s in the Chest, bide. Lungs. - Stomach, Bowels, Kluoeys, Spine, Legs. Arms, Peet, one application wu sufficient to kill and extern ina te the pain. . . . Taken intcrtuiHy, twenty drops to a teaspoonful would cure, and will cure, Asiatic Cholera, Fever ~ and Ague, Chills and Fever, Bilious colic, Inflam- - ma ti on of the Bowels, Cramps, t-paams, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and every pain that may exist in the In- - side of man, woman or child; this was BADWAY'S READY RELIEF of 1847, and it is RADWAY'3 BE- ' LIEF, greatly improved, tn 1868. We then started it in ita mission of relieving the - infirm, pam-staioken. sick, distressed and crippled oi aR nations thro turnout the world, and now to-day ' ' it is used, patronized and revered as a household necessity, in the palaces of SuPsns, Emperors, Ksimos, Kings, High Priests, Nobles, as well as in . the cottages of the laboring claases of every nation >. on the face of thc earth. CONGESTION OF THE LUNGS CUBED IN > THIRTY MLNUTE8? ; Important to Know how to Use "Rad way's Ready Relief" in Acute and Dangerous Attacks! HY OWN CASE. On Saturday night, the 19th, I was violently seized with Congestion of the Luugs. For a few days pre? vious I felt a duh pain over my lett lung, with occasional couaths, bul being actively engaged, paid no attention to it When seized, the pam was so - piercing, cu etina: and excruciating, that every breath drawn was like a red hot kn ile carting my lung. Be? ing absent f:om home, I sent out for three bottles ol RADWAY'S RELIEF, applied the entire lot to my lungs, back, shoulders, Ac, and in a few moments got up counter-irritation. Respirations were easy, and, as the skin became reddened, aR pain ceased. - In half an hour I was free from pain, and all signe - of Congestion, Inflammation, Ac, gone. This is an important cure. It is weR that every one should know how to use this remedy in severe attacks. The same rule holds good in cases of Inflammation of the Loins, Bowels, Kidneys and Stomach. Apply ' the BELIfcF tceely; soak the skin with iL It wfll i instantly secure the withdrawal of th? Inflammation, to the surface, and persons now suffering may, in XHIBTY MINUTES, be free from pain. CHRONIC INFLAMMATION. In cases where inflammation has existed fer a length cf time, in addition to the RELIEF, take six ot KADWAY'? PILLS. Powder them. In half an hour, in most cases, they will operate. If not, re- - peat the dose. In one or two hours at the farthest th?y will operate, ond the patient soon get weU. In Bilious, Typhoid, Fever and Ague, this treatment ie ' sure to cure. Let it be tried. JOHN BADWAY, M. D. jjS-Dr. BADWAY'S REMEDIES are sold by Drug? gists and Storekeepers everywhere. Get the New Style, with India Rubber Cork. BOWIE & MOISE, AGENTS, Charleston, S. C. May 2 DAO 6moe -