The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, July 08, 1868, Image 4

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[f7onrmt8i? /rom .FVT?? /tyf. ?apeal? of at least 40 cents per day each, - tom whatever to the State for tais hear tore. The accompanying paper, snarked "E," lite convicts in prison on the let day of Jan were: Whites 29, colored 168. total 187. "between that date and the 30th of Ap rfl: colored 83 ; escaped prisoner recap tor d 1 ; Making a grand total of 280. Of this numb Dees discharged by the expiration of their SI have bees pardoned by the Governor; 4 sndiescaptd. Bomainingin prison ont April, 1863, 232. . By order cf Gen. Canby, the sum of $661 ly. was appropriated, subject to the draft c ?nor, for the support of the penitential carrying on the work. This sum has been regularly drawn, ? bave been entirely sufficient for all purpos ibo fact that the draftR were paid In bills l and the discount at which they have bea not only entailed a considerable loss, but h sassed tho operations o? the institution, in : reducing the monthly allowance mach, be The appropriation hereafter should at 1 - 96600 permonth In currency; and if the a convicts is much increased, it may be nei enlarge the appropriation to $7500 per mon Fail plans and specifications of the bud been submitted by the engineer and arch ? are on nie in the office of this U? portman completed, the- institution wfll aocommoc one per-on in each cell, 680" convicts; witt cell, 1060 convicts, which would not be an nient number, as, the cells aro larger than most ol the peni tient iario s of the North and The water power furnished by the cana ready proved valuable in transporting gnu the quarry, one mile and a quarter dista: foot of Penitentiary Hill; and also in suppl tire power for driving cars np the incline whereby stone, sand and other building ma delivered in the yard at the .ppot at wbicl quired. A machine shop has Just been c on the bank of tho canal, the machinery of w be driven by water power.- When the ou ' are completed, this building may be inderi] ' tended and every species of mechanical an . facturing industry operated therein, at litt . expanse to the State, The act of the Legislature authorizing tl - Uehmentof the pern tentiary, bas vested th tive with almost unlimited discretionary with reference to the general management o sti ration. He is authorized to appoint sud and guards as in his judgment the service quire, to rilow them such compensation and such rules and regulations for the govern the prison as may be necessary. You will fin the papers transmitted the rules and reg A which I have adopted. These rules look to i trejtrr errt of th? convict, but at the same th rr" ia bun bard labor. If helas been obediei ?al; a-id has deserved the commendation of tb intend eut, one-twelfth . f his term of impris ii deducted and ht is cet free. In often convict sentenced to twelve months irourisor discharged at the end of eleven months", prov conduct during that period has not been a sn complaint. This large discretionary power with wh Governor ls invested I recommend should 1 tinned. If, with the-little experience wh people of this State have bad with reierenc ?rirutions ot' this sort, it is attempted by leg . to provide for the management, gcvernme discipline of the penitentiary in all of its dets statutes passed for such a purpose will be fi be irxomplete, insufficient, and requiring c< .amendment... On the other hand, the discret! lided to the Governor will attach to him a persona and official responsibility in the i nrpervlcicn of. the institution than would casa if the Legislative Department itself at entire control To secure efficient and rebUble guards t penitentiary, however,- rt is desirable that should be passed authorizing their enlistmc sot less thin one year, on such conditions Legislitm-e may prescribe, It wfll give the ( of the institution a more efficient control over than is now practicable, and. avoid the fri changes cleaning under the present Erstem. y - per penalties should be affixed for neglect of desertion, and for ah escapes cf-ns.ners, " iary or negligent." Eon? htwrhould likewise be enacted afli rigorous penalty upon all convicts who es ca pi . the penitentiary o.- from the guards. The ml scribed upon the ?abject by me provides that, the recapture of an escaped convict, he snail quired to remata in custody at har d labor for national tune equal to tae original sentence, or some less penalty may very wise."? be in< rated in the law. There may exist some dont - ?- far thia rule established alone by the Execntivi V be enforced by the courts. AU doubt, however . be removed by the legislation herein sugg Whatever penalty is imposed should be prese by the law. and the Superintendent, with tb V ! ixovai of the Governor, authorized to enron . without requiring the convict to be tried and v eted before a criminal court. . . I have felt it to be due to the character andr? cbs of Major.Le?, engineer, architect and sui a tendent, to transmit to yon the record of the mission appointed by General Canby to invesi ?jJii? official conduct. The investie arion was opt MIG public, and was eearchuijW Tte report o mt Abscission is a most satisf-ctory and concl ?pa?on of the course pursued by Major Lee ?lt him before the State as an officer emin Bad for the discharge of the varied and rei M Milka.devolved upon bun in his threi 9 ftrgennmbetof convicts in the penfxeni BW PWP-? greater number of prisoners in the ?Hrtie amount of crime existing in the State : PMbhr?ajjer than, formerly. The majority of i MK far larceny, upon every species of Droperty, ?pa rigid enforcement of the criminal law of the mw jud tte adminisrration of speedy and exemj punishment upon offenders, aro tue only meant which thia growing evil can be arrested. .THE XSXaTIO ASTX.UM. The report of tho-Eegents of the Lunatic Asyl covering tho reports of Dr. J. W. Parker, the ra in tendent and pSyacLm, and ot John Wanes, I the treasurer, is herewith communicated for j "information.-" v The report of Dr. Parker shows that at thee \ m en cement of the year the number of patients ' " rae hundred.and forty-two; eighty-five were iee ed during tte year, making a total of two bund . and twenty-seven. Of-this number forty-one 1 died, or have beon.diaclarged, leaving' now in r ~~>r Ins:itution one ?mndred and eighty-seven p&tiec one hundred uxL twenty-six of these are paap and sixty-oap are paying their own expenses, males there are eighty-eight; of females ninety-ni Tte affairs of tho institution have been a dmr iered with great abihty, medically, financially i - ? hidnstrially. The long experience of tte Sup? tendent in treating diseases of tho mind quail him. pre^mtaen?y for .tte discharge of tte imp tant-and.delicate duties of that, position t and c?m^.-xkyoxablywith that wMch bas^hararta United States. - I invoke for lt your favorable cl liwitf bocbserved f*-- . _ . _\_tl hereafter <*~- ' -<*?1JS' Parker suggests tl ' -; .J-* iota hi the. peni emluy. and prison . JU iali who may manifest symptoms of insani - *ahall not be transferred from those piares to ' asylum; at is now provided by law; urging, tsar .sri, ttat-tte 'parient? in the asylum object to 1 practice; and that lt Introduces a bad class of mi who frequently STtoceed, by imposture, in deceivJ the'authorities a.upoicted by law to determine i question of their insamty.5 One prisoner, under st tence of neath, was sent to tte asyhyn. after a ca fol and miento tavesttgation or his casa by a boai consisting of two eminent surgeons of the City Charleston and a magistrate. These gentlemen ; ported that he was unquestionably insane; bad be so lor a considerable time; and that it would be ti safe to allow tim to go at large. He was, then, fa . ordereJ to tte Asylum. Subsequently, he effect bis escape, and tte Superintendent ik. impress with tte conviction that his insanity was feigned, convict in tte Penitentiary was also examined bj similar board, and for th? same reaton sent tot Asylum. In a few weeks, he, too, mide tis oscar It Js possible that tte cunning of theso ponies e abled them to deceive tte legar examiners appoint to decide upon the mental condition of those w! .are alleged to be non compos mentis; but in bo xases every precaution was taken to guard aga-h imposition. Whether, therefore, persons feign i sanity or not for tte purpo.-e of escaping from t: hanjs of justice, lt does not affect tte suggestiv made by tte Superintendent that criminal lunati should not be sent to the Asylum, and I carnot co .cor ta the views presented by that officer. Tba insac e hospitals ot tte country have been pr rided by tte public to insure proper treatment ai attention tot every person in tte community wi may be afflicted with that most deplorable ol mal dies-insanity. Superintendents, physiciansmurs. and attendants, tte regimen, exercise and em pl o menta of the patientsyare all in-ended to contri bu to the reUefjjf^bBTsufferer. It is a matter of litt oonseque*tjewhether the patient be of blah or lo degree,-whether ho comes from sn exalted, tumbi ^jjTeven disgraced circle; the same general treatmei and experience arc necessary for all. lp tte Pea tanuary no faci'iUes exist nor can they exist with! that institution, and much less in tte jails, for tl proper treatment of prisoners bereft ot reason, ia true, that is each there are cells ol sn fueler strength and means to prevent tte lunatic from do In violence to himself or to otter?; bat when subjects to such harsh treatment, without the attendant ic -finances to be found in a well regulated Aeylun looking to tte benefit of tte patient tte maladv : rather increased than diminished. Humanity, tte , fore, dictates, in a voice which cannot be dj eregan ed, that these persons, however degraded they ma . be, should ba transferred to tte Insane Hospital io proper treatment, even th oust lt may be at tte tc: ard of imposition, or of making their e- cape, lt i natter that one feigning insanity should escape tt pnnishment be deserves, than that those who ar really h???n* should be kept within tte wall; of i pr? on until all hope ls lost of ever restoring a ray o rosace, and for no otter motive than that otter luna tics may object tc* their presence under tte same roo witt themselre3. TBS TjjrrvEEsrrr OF SOUTH GASOLINA. By act of December. 1865, tte South Carolina Col lege was converted into a ttolvershy, and schools es tarnished f0f teaching physical and moral scter.ee. In 1866 the law and medical srhaoto-were cre-ited, and the institution, sines October, IfiCTyhao been in com? plete and success/ol operation, The report of tte Chairman' of. tte Faculty, here witt transmitted, shows that tte whole number of matriculates in tte University, since October, ie 115. The extended course of study which has been intro? duced as a part of tte University system, and tte in? corporation of tte medical and law schools therewith, prom ?se to largely increase tte number of Btudents and tte benefits of tte Institution. The annual ex? penses under tte University plan have been greatly reduced; the appropriation for professors now being but $10.000, while under tte college system the ap appropriations pearly amounted to more than $20, v! *00- " ?be partial' swfr-snpporting character of tho University sobserre? the double purpos* of? ing the expenditure and of Etdtnulttmg more ai ty and energy among the professors io the peri ance of their duties, each one being interested i creasing the numbers in his respective classes, other feature which commends the present ove former system is, that one student from each co of the SUte, to be designated by the delegation tl from, is entitled to attend tue lectures free of ch for tuition, use of library and room r?nt. This great extent, is compensation to the State for th propriation made from the Treasury for the sui: of the institut:on. - I commend the Un ' versify to your patronages the firm belief that it may be built np. as a high of learning for South Carolina, and continue tc fuse knowledge and education among ber ye men Entertaining the conviction that the mingan the races at the lectures of the University will di both hi their efforts to secure an education, and mair the usefulness of the institution, I suggesi propriety and wisdom of appropriating the pre University to the white r..ce, and of establishing other college or university for the colored race, this means a 1 disagreeable collisions and tumult sultiDgfrom association.will be avoided. The Cit: in Charleston ls admirably adapted for trio purl last named, and can be readily transformed int educational institution. It cannot be doubted white as well as colored youth will prosecute t studies with much more profit, separate from < other, than ia an institution where antagonism surely prevail. THE ASYLUM FOE THE EDUCATION' OF TBE DEAF DUMB Aim THX BUND. This institution was reorganized in Novena 1866, and the commissionersr-whose report is h with transmitted-recommend tba Legislature make an appropriation of $8000. if so much migh necessary, tor the education and maintenance of deaf and dumb and the blind, at the Cedar Spri asylum, in Sputanburg District For some rea the Legislature appropriated but $1000 for this ] pose. At the first meeting of the commiteioi til ?rca ft er it was determined to restrict the mun of students, so that the appropriation would sup] the institution until the close of the fiscal year, the 1st of Oclcber, 1667. The school was open very successfully, and to the entire salsfartioi the commissioners ; but on the date referred to, appropriation was exhausted. Two of the three ci commissioners thereupon held a meeting, and de mined to suspend tts farther exercises, not know when tue Legislature would meet, or whether, in c of its meeting, appropriations would be mide to ; expenses that might be contracted over and ab the sum named. On the 1st of October, th ere ic the exercises of the institution ceased, the pu] were sent to their respe clive homes, and the co: of teachers were disbanded. The location is an admirable one. The- buildu ire larg? and commodious, and have been erec at so much cost to the State, that it would be unw to allow them to go to decay. I am not prepared recommend an appropriation for reopening the stitution during the present or succeeding year view of the great embarrassment surrounding : people of the Stat? ? but autnoriiy should be gran by the Legislature to the Governor to rent or lo: the buildings for two years, or more, so that he nt avail himself of any opportunity that may present self of securing a tenant who will protect the pre ises and keep them in necessary repair until t finances ot the State shall justify the reprganizati of the institution. S. EMIGRATION. The General Assembly, by act approved 20th December, I860, created a Bureau of Emixratk and appropriated the ram of $10,000 from (he Cc tangent Fund of the Executive Department, to expended under the direction of the Governor. Jo! a. Wagener, Esq., w.s appointed commissioner i the 161 h of February, 1867, at a salary of 31500, organize a bureau at 'he earliest practicable dal which ho promptly p.-Jct ed ed todo. On the 6th April, Mr. W. J. Feriov was appointed the agent i Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Schleswig and Holste! aad?lr. F. Melcher was appointed the agent for Ge many. Both soon after sailed and entered upon t performance of their duties. The silary ot each w $1500 per annum. -. A publication containing much valuable Inform rion as to the resources and prospects of South Cai lina was prepared by Mr. Wagener, and has bei translated into several European languages. Son emigrants have been sent forward by these agents i ready, and others are expected to arrive during tl coarse of the present summer. Every citizen of tl State having lands for sale has been invited to lu nish the location and description of the same to M Wagener, who enters lt in a book. Be has airead collected quite sn amount of information upon th subject, and is prepared to indicate to emigran coming here and desiring to settle permanently, th location and qualities bf land most likely to suit the tastes and inclinations. The great difficulty which is encountered in seen mg emigrants directly to our own coast arises froi the fact that very few vessels are trading directly bi tween the ports of Europe and Charl*-ton. Whe the financial condition of the St tte shall have mat? rially improved it may be found wise to establish line of steamers to ply between Charleston and th .ports of Germany, Ireland and Northern Europe, an thereby facilitate the transportation.of the emigrant directly to our own ports?_"Wten landed in Northen ports great exertions are made to retain them h th? Northern States or to carry them to the Wesl The greatest want of South Carolina at present i population. Our territory contains more squat miles than the entire New England States combine (excepting the State of Maine), and one or more of ou districts ls larger than the otate of Rhode Island The soil is "abundantly capable ol' subsisting ?h times the present population ; and with th;- number thus increased, all ot the resources of th- State-og riculturil, mechanical and manufacturing-would b rapidly developed, Many of the citizens of tb Northern and Eastern States are alreidy turnini their attention to tbe south as a home; and a rordis invitation and hearty'welcome should be extended t< those who desire to make actnal settlements upo: our SOIL European and Northern Baigi anon ough to be encouraged by all available means within thi command of the General Assembly end ot the people at large. ARTIFICIAL LEOS FOR CITIZENS OF TBE STATE. By act of December, 1666, the General Assembly directed that the Governor should furnish all citizen: of the c tate, who lost their legs daring the war in th? service of the country, with artificial legs, and ap propria ted the .sum of S20.0C J to poy for the same, and carry out the provisions of thc act. Proposals were invited, by public udveriisements, from patentees who were engage! in the manufacture of artificial legs, and a numbe; presented themselves, with their specimens, in March, 1667. I appointed a Board of Surgeons, consisting of Dr?. Tulley, Gibbes and Taylor, to . whom all specimen? were retened at that time, and they reported in favor of the limb in? vented and manufactured by Dr. Douglas Bly, ol New Tori'. Tfc? cmrtract was closed with him to supply the army and ravy pattern, pursuant to the proviilons of ibo above act, at $74 65 each j parlies Who desired the ba!lan<I-ifocke$ limb-which w*? periCT-being, alloted tte privilege of the same at ?150, by paying the' difference I erween that sum and. the contract price, to wit : $75 3?. . The contract stipulated that Di\ Dry should be paid lit United States currency; but his accounts, j tirns tar, have been paid iu bills receivable, the seve? ra! drafts drawn from the treasurer showing an. out? lay of S35,007 TS in these funds, ibis amount hes enabled ulm to realize only the contract price in United States currency. With th~-view of having the work faithfully execut? ed, I appcmited Dr. George E. Trescott an inspect ng surgeon of the limbs when completed, and required his certificate that each 3e^ was furnished in a work? man-like manner, and properly and satisiactorily fitted to the stump of the patient. For this service he received $2 for each legineperjied. Under the con? tract, thus lar, there have been furnished by Dr. Ely one hundred and seventy-six legs (and one extra leg and arm, at a cost of $200, authorized by a joint resolu? tion of the General Assembly, to be presented to July Holllday, a colored man of Sumter District,who josi an arm and leg in Fort Sumter during the siege). There-remains only twenty or thirty limbs to be sup? plied under this appropriation. It is proper to add that Dr. Bly has faithfully complied with his con? trae', and that the legs furnished by him have been substantial and given very general satisfaction. THE NEW STATS HOUSE. The General Assembly, at the December session, 1866, made an appropriation of $12 000 to place' a 1 temporary tin roof o ver the ne w State House building, having become satisfied that the unprotected walls and arches of the structure were being materially in? jured by exposure to the weather. Proposals were invited for plan- and specifications, and although va? rious designs were presented looking to the construc? tion of a roof imposing in appearance, the limited appropriation made compelled me to ado; t the plan submitted by Messrs. Kay A Hewe.son, architects, of* Columbia, 'f. e contract was then given to the low? est bidder, who stipulated to do the work for $12,Ssl. The commissions paid to the architects, who were required by the Legislature to superintend the under? taking, amounted to $629 05- so that the entire cost of the roof was $13,210 U5. The deficiency in the ap? propriation was made up by an order from General Conby, authorizing an additional sum to be drawn Lom the treasury. By the terms of the contract the builder was to be paid in United States currency, and-the payment in bills receivable will explain the excess of dra ts over and above the contract price. The architect certified that the work bad been done accoi?in? to the plans and specification". On t-e 29th of May, a destructive tornado passed over part of the city, and carried away a portion oi the rooi. It will require some $3000 to repair the damages. I is recommended that an appropriation be made to fit np a sufficient portion of the building to accom? modate the Legislature, its officers; committees, the Court ol Appeals, and officers M the Executive De? partment. The edifice is very nearly fire-proof, and it is cf the greatest importance that the archives and records of the State which were not destroyed by the fire of February, 1865, and the lavages generally of the war, should be preeerved. The rents that will be lumually requ red to pay for the use of buildings to accommodate the several departments of the State government will soon exceed tne amount necessary to put the State House ia sufficient repair for the same purpose. . There is no probability that the completion of the building, according to tie original designs, will take place lor years. Very much ol the elegant marble and granite work which had "oeon finished, and wis lying under the sheds waiting lo be lilied to its place, was destroyed by fire or wantonly broken into fragments during t ue occupation of Columbia by the army of General Sherman. It is estimated, by the former architect, that not less than.$8th.,('00 worth of finished work was thus ruthlessly tu ned. To com? plete the structure ia the mumer originally de? signed will cost about $2,000,000, and the impover? ished condition of the State should certainly admon? ish those who have authority to levy taxes, of the impolicy of taking any steps whatever towards a re? sumption of the permanent work upon the building. The arrangement suggested is temporary, but it will, for many, years, subserve all the purposes for which it may be needed. HES EDEN CE OF THE GOVERNOR The new Constitution fixes Columbia as the Capital of the State, and requires the Governor to reside : here. Under the former Cons'iruiion, an appropria- i b'on of $800 was annually mad?, doubtless to bouse rent of the Executive during the se the Legislature-it being the custom of the i ors of tbe State to reside at their respective except on this occasion. In most of the States, Executive m ansio: been erected and furnished for die use ol gov and the clause referred to in the new Cons renders it necessary that ?orne provision of t should be made in thia State. Either the st the appropriation for house rent should be II ty increased, or a residence should be provii furnished for the Governor. The latter com be adopted at a comparatively small cost Tt owns a large, commodious and handsomely i building, situated upon Arsenal HUI-a ] which commands a picturesque view of the cl the valleys of the Congaree, Broad and Rivers ' : many miles; s beautiful grove is ii of the iioaee; the out-buildings are conven?s ample, and the adjacent grounds, embracin eigbt acres, will lurnish sufficient space f dens, tc. I recommend that this edifice be set apart Executive Mansion oi ?'?outh Carolina, and t app opriation be made to enclose the premi furnish the house, and to make such changes b.- necessary to adapt it to the use of the Gov THE SrRVEYOr.-GENEr.AL. The public lands owned by the State have ; since been granted to individuals, and the t now prevailing of regranting the same land and over again can only have the effect of ina litigation among the citizens. I, therefore, recommend that the laws au h< the grant of lands in this State be repealed, the proper functions of the Surveyor-General State have ceased, except the issuing of cc sions to deputy surveyors lu the. different dil and the making out and certifying copies of and pia's recorded in his office. These duri very well be perfoimed by the Secretary of Sla the office abolished. All of the records and on file should be transferred to the office of ti retary oi State, and the latter officer be amt by law to discharge the duties incident there! charge the fees authorized by law for hts servi In this connection I coll the attention of the ral Assembly to the fact that the present fee b: adopted many years ago, and that all the fees r revision, and some oi them material reductioi THE CRIMINAL LAW. The codi?cation of the criminal law of the S very necessary, not so much for the pu.pose daring additional or defining existing offed for the purpose of prescribing some ui scheme ot punishment adopted to the v crimes and misdemeanors. Quite a number fences are punishable by death, which, since t tablishment of the Penitentiary, might be pul by imprisonment, at hard labor, in that instit Murder, arson, and one or two other crimes1 greatest gravity ore exceptions; but there is no that the incarceration within the walls of a fui s on will be an adequate punishment lor crir esser magnitude. A general codification of the laws of the State, civil and criminal, supei by lawyers of ability, would prove a great tie to the people, and at least place the statutor within reich of every intelligent man in the ! This will be a work 01 time, but it cannot be ceeded with at too early a day. SHEBtFFS. lhere is an evil which bas grown to such m tude within the last two years that some reme absolutely necessary. The number of escapes of oners from thc various Jail's of the State, duria j period, has been nearly four hundred. There: due partly to the insecurity of the buildings partly to the neglect of the sheriff's and jailors ni them in charge, ihe Commissioners of T Buildings should be required, by more stringent than now exist, to keep these prisons in a secure anion ; and as to the liability of sheriffs, the ex eucb of the 1 as t demonstrates that all the legisli heretolore adopted to enforce the perlormsm their duty has been without avail. Ko sh?rif been convicted, to my knowledge, of official mis Suet in South Carolina for thirty years; and many who have held the position have certainly 1 guilty of misfeasance and malfeasance m office. ts desired to secure from these officials an effie performance of duty, authority should be confe apon the Governor, when complaint is made to 1 md be is satisfied of its justice, to remove encl faulting officer by proclamation, and order a election to supply the vacancy. If action is post] ia until courts present and Juries convict, the will never be corrected. LANDS SOLD 70S TAXES. The failure of parties to par the taxes levied u them by the acts of 1865 and 1866 has caused qui large number of executions to be placed in the fin of the sheriffs of the respective districts. In se localities combinations were formed, so that w land was offered for sale by the sheriff no bid made, and the State was t'aereby defeated-althoi ihese parties had sufficient property to satisfy ;iecutions-in realizing tee amount of taxes d Io obviate this difficulty, General Canby issued G ?ral Orders Ko. 63 (April 8, 1868). directing that land should be sold by the sheriff for the tern seven years; that he should bid for it himself uBOuct bf taxes and costs, including costs of c tuting, stamping and recording the cited, for the I it the State; th it il no nicher bid- was offered, property should be knocked dowh to the sheriff 1 :cmveyed by thc sheriff to the State for the tern .even years aforesaid. The sheriff was required have the deed recorded in the office of the Clerk of: Court of the district in which the land was situa forthwith, aud within two weeks thereafter transl the original deed to the treasurer, wno was rcqu?i to enteran abstract of the deed and the amount of 1 ronsideration. Where ipoQ the deed was to bc fi md recorded in the office oi the Secretary of >ta l he Governor was authorized, after the expiration thirty days from the receipt of the de d by the tre urer and until otherwise provided by law, to rent 1 land for the period of one year; provided that if 1 tax-payer should within thirty days pay to the tre mer the whole amount of taxes and costs, includi :he recording and twenty-five per cent, upon su full amount, then the deed should be cancelled ; wi i further proviso, tkt if the same should not paid within thirty days, then the onner of the prc .Tty should be allowed torede?m the same within c .?car after the date of its sale; by paying the whole the tax and costs, together with fifty per cent 011 uuount additional; aud If net redeemed within 0 rear from the day of sale, then tb.* Legislature w luthorized to "dcte mine by law the conditions up EV hi 'ii the same may be redeemed by the.ioma er ow it during thc remaining term of the seven 5 cars : ivhich it was sold." . Tinder ibis o:der of Geheral Canby sales have ba reported and deeds filed with the treasurer of fo Tacts of land in Greenville District and fifteen trac a Colleto- District. Others will, perhaps, bo flii luring the present and succeeding month. You't lennon is, theretore, called to the order and to the a ion which has a ready taken place, and which mt lereafter take place under it. to the end that the nc :asary legislation contemplated by the order moy I mooted, JUSTE?. The duty will be devolved upon you of provldii jy statute foi the selection of suitable persons to a is grand and petit Jurors in the various courts of tb state. For more than fifty years in South Carolii he requisite for placing the name of a citizen upc the Jury list from which JurorB were to be drawn w? he payment thc preceding year of a tax of or ahoy me dollar. In if 3d the jnry law was amended, s that every pewon who WJB entitlei by thc CoDstlti lion of the State to vote tor members of the Legisli ture, "and who sh ill have pa'd the year precedin he sitting of a court, at which a nev Jury list shs bf made, a tax of any amount whatever lor proper! held ia his own right," was liable to serve as a gran md petit juror. The military orders which huv been issued ia this district require every tax payer' name to be placed in the Jury box, from whicn th jurors are to be drawn, and when drawn the judge 1 Invested, with the power ol setting aside any numbc of the panel for want of mental or moral firness t perlorm the duties. When thc importance of composing these bodies c per-on s of intelligence is remembered, too much car cannot be taken m guarding ingress into the jury bo by such standards ot qualification and character a will protect it from all suspicion of incompetency 0 corruption. The dcirest right of a citizen ls often tunes decided by the jury. Life, li berty and prop? ty is in thc keeping of these persons, and if there b a lack of understand ?nc, a natural in ?bi i i ty to com prebend and weigh evidence, to unravel the p?nurie and m's-oncopiione of wirre ses, ani a want or ?du cation sufficient to c omprebend the law of the casi as expounded by the Judge, the most fearful roDse quer.ces may result to the citizen. The ?tandan should be two-fold-predicUed upon inteliigenci and integrity. At all times, a sufficient number 0 persons moy be lound in every District of the State who will correspond with the high standard tha maybe adopted by ?ou; and the confidence which, intelligen'-e in the jnry-b x will inspire among thc population, in the administration of public Justice and the settlement of controversies between private citizen--, will go a gre.t ways towards implantinf respect and reverence for tbe judicature of the cou .try. Heretofore, it was not deemed necessary to provide by law for purging the jury, either through the Jucj hs* or by <he Judge m un the bench; but lt is a sys tem which has beeu practiced for many years.in the adjoining States. There, a man too ignorant tb com? prehend the eau; es likely to come before a jury, or t:o corrupt, d-praved or dishonest to render a" Just verdie:, is set aside by thc Judge under this general au hority, which allows no one to be empanneled who doe j net f tlfi: the requirements of integrity and intelligence. In some of the States, the tax hate are revised by the County Courts, and the most worthy and intelligent citizens are selected, and their names are placed ia the jury-box, from which the panels are drawn. In other of the States, a jury beard h s been created, and consi-ts of the District officer?, to wit: the Clerk, Sheriff, Judce ol Probate and Tax collector. These officers being elected by the peo? ple, are r re'urned to have such general knowledge of every tax-payer, as will enable them to select iroin the hst proper persons, whose names are to be piaced in the jury-box I, therefore, recommend that a similar jury hoard be organized in thi* State from the Listrict officc-rp, who, from the list of tax-payers, may proceed to so? le.-t persons whose met.tal qualifications and moral character fit them ?or this delicate and responsible duty ; and that only the names of such persons be placed in the jury-cox, with farther authority to tho Judge, that if by accident or otherwise, persons ore drawn who do notmett these requirements, to strike their names from the pan?l and no: allow them ;o be Bwo n. TABOOS*. I communicate to you herewith a statement cf the pardons granted by Vue, and 0: the rearons therefor, in conformity to the Constitution of 1865. This re? port embraces pardons and commutations g'ante-J sicce the 1st ol rc-.-einber, 18C6. Ihe list is a long one, but in every este where the Executive clemency has been interposed, it has boen upon the conviction that there was merit in the application. Ic execu? ting the criminal law, I have tried to temper justice tvith mercy. AN AQBICULTT/JIAL ADD MECHANICAL ?OL7_E<?E. The Congie;s of the TJnited States, by AC: ct July I, 1862, donated pttblio ?a.ds :o the severa; States md Territories which mav provide "Oolleces ?or the benefit of ajrricnlture and the mechanic arte." Thi Act donated 30,000 acres for eacn Senator and Rep resentative in Congreas, and its benefits could bi claimed by the States respectively, at any time wit bit two yea-6 from tue date of its approval. On the 23< of July, 1866, Congress passed a second Act, U amend the 5th Section of the first Act, so as to es tend the time within which applies ion could bi made tbree years longer. Hence, uni ess farther es tended, the benefits under these two Acts will bi barred in July, 1669. The General Assembly o: South Carolina passet sn Act, whifh was approved December 1?, 1866, ac cepting the donation under the said Act of Congress and assenting to the provisions and conditions oi which the said grant of land was made, binding ber self likewise to the faithful performance of all thi stipulations therein contained. The General Assembly, at the same session, by at Act approved 19th December, 1866, provided that thi fund arising from the sale of the land scrip-ISO.OCt acres, assmmlog that the State was entitled to font Representatives and two senstors-should be invest ed in the name of the Trustees of the University of South Carolina, and be devoted to the ?endow .meut, supporf and maintenance of a college ot school, in the University of South Carolina, when the leading objects shall be, without excluding othei scientific and classical studies, and including mill tary tactics (this is the language also ol the Act o Congress), to teach such branches ot learning as art related to agricultural and mechanic arts, in the man nermost approved by modem science and expe i lenee " By ihe 2d Section of the Act, the Trustees of th< University .were directed as soon aa practicable te organize the said agricultural and mechanical schoo in die University, and to make by-laws for its gov eminent. They were also empowered "to make suet alterations in the buildings of the University as ma; be requisite, and as soon as the funds shall be trans, ferred to. them, they shall appoint such additions! professors as the income of the fund will permit." By virtue of authority conferred upon me by th? resolution passed at the extra session in September, 1866,. I appointed on agent to go to Washington, whe carried s certified copy of thi act with him, and filed .the same with the Secretary of the Interior. Bis additional duty, while in Washington, was to procure -the issue of the scrip to which the State was entitled at the earliest practicable day. He proceeded thither, and was engaged in bis labor, when the Congress ol the UniteJ States, by a joint resolution, approved March 29, 1867, declared that "the further issue oi delivery of such scrip to any of the States lately in rebellion against the Unite 1 States, except the State of Tennessee, or the acceptance ol' such scrip, or ol any heretofore issued by the registers or receivers, or any of the land ?nices of the said States, ore here? by prohibited, until the same are fully restored lo their rights as Slates by Congress." The acceptance of the Constitution of Sou h Caro? lina and the authorization by Congress of represen? tation, it is presumed, operates as a repeal of this joint resolution ; and the State will, therefore, be en? titled to 180,000.acres of land ior the purpoie afore? said, if only four Representatives are admitted. If, however, six are admitted, then the amount will be 240,000 acres. It is important that immediate steps shah be taken to secure thc benefit of this munifi? cent donation. In my annual message to the Legislature, in De? cember, 1866, l8tated that: "In eome of the North? ern States, the hind thus raised has been used in establishing schools for teaching the branches re? quired by the Act of Congress, in existing colleges and Universities; and if this policy should commend itself it tc^yonr approval, the agricultural and me? chanical features of the collette may be engrafted on the University of South Carolina, and save ihe State all expense for lands and buildings required to be rurnlshed by it. The buildings of tho University are commodious enough to accommodate all stu? dents who may desire to matriculate, and thc lands adjacent to and owned by the College, will furnish sufficient land tor sn experimental farm." By the origina} Act of Congress, making the dona? tion, all the expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of moneys which may be received from the sale of th'.- lands, shall be pa d by the States to which they may belong, so that the entire proceeds of the sale shall be applied, without any diminution whatever, to the purposes named. lt is further provided by section 4, that the pro ceeds of the sal?: of ihe scrip sholl bc invested in stocks of tho United 6tates, or of the State, or some other safe stock, yielding not less than five per cent, noon the par value ot said stocks; and the money so invested shall constitute a perpetual fund, the Inter fat of which sash be inviolably appropriated by each State to the endowment support and maintain snce of the college or s .hool for the purpose afore? said. Section 5, in enumerating' the conditions upon which the grant ia made, provides that ten per cent cf the amount received may be expended tor the purchase of land fr sites or experimental farms, when a-.thorized by the Legislature; bat that "no portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied directly or indirectly, under anv pretence whatever, for the purchase, erection, preservation or repair of any bul ding or buildings." The col? lege li to be erected within two years. The University buildings, under the control of the State, would furnish ample accommodations for new schools, which may be introduced by virtue of the pro vi-ions of this Act of Congress; and it is very important that the "AgriculturaNCollege" should be connected with that institution, or established in some other building now owned by tho State, where? by tho expense of erecting a structure for the pur? pose aforesaid may be saved to the State, in its pre? sent embarrassed condition.' H0MECJ?1.U3 SEtlEF. The provision of the new Constitution which secures a homeeteid to each htad of a family not exceeding io value one thousand dollars, together with the products thereof, ?nd also Ove hundred dol? lars' worth of other porsonal property, is a wise and humane measure, and should induce your early attention in the passage of an act directing the man? ner in which the details may be carried out The gr at advantage of this measure is, that while it identifies every citizen with thc soil and nourishes his love of state and country, it is hkewise an in? ducement to the laborer to save his earnings and invest them in a permanent resideuce, whero his wife and children may have shelter and protection. Equally sagacious is the provision which secures to thi married woman herpioperty held at the time of marriage, "or which she may afterwards acquire by gift, grant, inheritance, devise or otherwise." In moat of thc states of the Union this low bas long prevailed, and doubtless lt would have been incor? porated among the statutes cf South Carolina had not its necessity been obviate 1 by the moro incon? venient and cumbrous method of conveying such property for the benefit of married women in trust, whereby they were secured In their property free from the debts and control of the husband. This feature of the nsw Constitution, however, is more simple and comprehensive, and while it may be obie .'ltd that both lt and the homestead exemp? tion will have the tendency to affect cred't, there con leno question that If such bc the result it will operite beneficially upon society. Nothing, per? haps, has so much clogged the prosperity of persons engaged in agricultural pursuits in tho South for many years past os the unlimited credit resorted to by those who always anticipate the" products of their forms and plantations a year fn advance. If this evil be checked, it will redound greitly to the benefit of aR classes. Some doubts hove been expressed as to the con? stitutionality of tbs provisions of the Homestead law, when applied to debts already existing; but a careful examination of the decisions which hove been made in other States settles the question be? yond peradventure, that the General Assembly bas the authority to apply the exemption ti existing debts, cveu such os may now be in judgment and ex?cution, a? well as to iururo dtbis. In thc case of Morse va. Gould, 1 Eeraen, New York Beports page 281, September. 1651, Judge Deuio, of the Appeal Court, sall : 'T regard the Act of 1842 (extending the existing exemption laws to a team and to certain household effects, as a providion clearly within the competency ol the Legislature, and one which they might lawiully applv to all future proceedings in courts, whether such proceedings should relate to existing or future causes of action." In this case there was au execution against the defendant when the exemption low was passed, and it was held that the law was constitutional even as against the executions which had teen issued pre? vious to that time in one of thc courts of the State of New York. In the abstract made by the reporter of Judge Denio's opinion, lt is held-first, the ac: exempting certain property from levy and sale on execution (statutes 1842, page 193), apphes to judgment and execu'ions on debts contracted before a* well os ofter its passage; second, this oct merely modifies the remedy for enforcing contracts, and neither de? stroys it nor substantially Impairs its efficiency. Therefore, it does not Mn?ict with the provision of the Constitution of the United States forbidding any State to pass a law "impairing the ob'tga?on of con? tracts," and is valid. In the case of Bigelow vs. Pritchard, Judge Put? nam, delivering the opinion of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, suid that the Legislature might Uw fuliy diminish the creditor's remedy to enforce pay? ment, by exempting a p.r; ol tho property of thc debtor from attachment, or munt process, or levy or execution. Judge Woodbury, in the case of the Planters' Bank vs. Sharp, 6 Howard, page 301-330. in deliver? ing the opinion ot the supreme Court of the United States, enumerated laws exempting tools or house? hold goods irani seizure, am mg the examples oi legislaron respecting the remedy which might te constitutionally applied :o existing contra?is. In the case of Rockwell vs. Hubbell, 2 Douglass, 197, Sn reme Court of Mlch'gan, it ?B held ' that property may be exempte J from execution f jr debts contracted before the law ol exemption was enact? ed." Similar decielons will be found in the Suprem : Court? of other States ol the Uiiion. In 3 Persons on Contracts, p. 552, arter a revhw of many of the cases ceci jed in different States, he says: "At the sometime, however, it is admitted thit a State may make partial-exemptions ol prop? erty, os ot furniture, food, apparel, or even a home-. stead." Again, on the same page, he sayE : "It is to be observed that as to the rem dy, there can be no difference between a debt existing bet?re, and one contracted alter the law is mode," kc. The provision, therefore, of the new Constitution, securing a homestead and certain articles of proper? ty for the benefit ot each family, is sanctioned by the highest judicial authority in *New York, Michigan, Massachusetts and other Slate-, as well as by legal writers ot eminent ability; and there is no reason? able doubt that any law which may be pa:Eed by yon to carry into effect thc humane intentions of the homestead exemption, will be sanctioned by the Courts of this State and ot the United States. But even were the question doubtful, under the theory of the Reconstruction Acts, that the late Con? federate States are out of the Union, and beyond the operation ol the Constitution ot the United States, the adoption ot this provision pnor to the admission of South Carolina, would still be strictly valid, on the ground takeu by the Supreme Court of the Unit? ed States-namely, that State laws passed prior to 1733, impairing the obligation of contracts, were valid, iuasmucu as the Constitution had nvt, previ? ous to that time, exercised say restraining influ .nco upon the states. The indebtedness of very many of the best citizens of the State, the destruction cl property, ced the terrerai disasters that hive ensued, rendtr this Homestead Act and its accompanying exemption, indispensable to the peace and happiness ol thous? ands of families within tbe UmitB of South Cai ol;na; and no more g?nerons or acceptable statute can be passed by the General Assembly than that which will at once apply the benefits of this law to all existing as well as lutnre liabilities, whether they be in the nature of judgments, executions or otherwise. Further measures of relief from the pressure of in? debtedness will be required ; and inasmuch as the courts are.to bo reorganized, and new duties to be assigned to the Sheriffs, it would be wise to allow the present crop to be gathered and marketed before claims are permitted to be enferced. I, therefore, recommend that all Sheriffs be pro? hibited from enforcing executions in their offices, upon debts contracted prior to tile first day of May, 1865; and that Judges be likewise restrained, until the first day of March, 18C9, from giving judgments in all such cases. EDrCATION. Under the new Constitution, the office of State Superintendent of Education has been created, and also that of a School Commissioner for each county the Superintendent and Commissioners constituting the State Board of Education. The first named offi? cer bas already been elected, and will doubtless en? ter up :n the discharge of his duties as soon as they are defined by law. A commendable interest is manifested by all class? es ol our people in the establishment of schools; and the desire ls general that larger faciiUies thin hereto? fore shall be furnished for tnis purpose. To devise a scheme adapted to the wants of Sou b Carolina, and applicable alike to city, village or thinly populated country, will require a very full investigation of de? tails, and not a little acquaintance with the various localities of the State. Hence, unless great care is token, no plan adopted is likely to result in benefit at all commensurate with the great expinseto.be en? tailed upon tax-payers. The subject of popular education has long occu? pied the attention of the legislators- of the State, and tor fifty yea? they have been met by the difficulty of reaching the sparsely settled localities or the purely agricultural districts. It has engrossed the attention of the best intellects of the State, and yet out of the cities and larger towns, excepting, perhaps, two or thre e of the district-, the expenditure for education? al purposes heretofore mace has been of compara? tively little service. As early as 1811 the General Assembly of South Ca? rolina provided f?r the establishment of tree schools, allowing one school to each representative, and ap? propriating S300 ter the support of such school. They also au-horized the Commissioners to unite the public fun .s in supporting schools jointly with pri? vate funds or Individual subscriptions. The annual appropriation was 237,500, and was continued with but little modification until 1852, when the amount I was increased to $76,000 per annum, which contin? ued until near the close of the war. These sums, which have been annually expended since 1811, have placed it within the reach of every orphan, and child of indigent parents, to acquire a substantial English education; and if any citizen hos grown up m Igno? rance, it has not been from any default on the part of the authorities of the State, but from the neglect of the parent or child. It must not be supposed that a school system, fashioned upon the basis which prevails In Ne;/ Eng 4and, or of the more densely settled regions of the older Western States, will answer the purpose sought in South Carolina. To save an unnecessary expenditure of j ublic money therefore, it is recom? menced that a system bc thoroughly digested snd matured upon all the information which con be obtain? ed from the experience of the other States of the Union, modified t>y existing circumstances here, and be then submitted to the General Assembly, before appropriations of money bc made for the public schools. The Constitution provides that "there shall be kept open at least six months in each year one or more schools in each school district" Gentlemen of intelligence, who were members of the Convention, believe that the fair construction of tnis section will authorize, when the eyeter- is matured, the estab? lishment of separate schools for the white and colored children of the State. Another section, how? ever, declares that "all the public echools, colleges and universities of this State, supported in whole or in part by the public funds, shall be free and open to all the children and youths of the ttate, without regard to race or color." If it shall be attempted to establish schools where both races are to be taught, no provision being made for their separation, thc whole system will result in a disastrous failure. The prejudices of race, whether Just or unjust, ei st in full force not more in Son.h Carolina than m New England aud the West In the last named localities separate schools are provided for white and colored children, and in a community where these prejudices prevail in so strong a degi ee, how unreasonanle is lt to attempt the organization of mixed schools? It cannot but result In constant feuds and collisions between the children, in which the parents, respectively, will necessarily take up the quarrel, dud entire communities thus bo involved in continual tumult-the consequence of the mis? judged efforts of unwise persons. rt is the more remarkable that such a clause should have been inserted in the Constitution, when no ne? cessity existed for making such a reckless experl meut. It was demanded neither by the colored nor the white race, and, if submitted to their decision, the idea of mixed schools would have been over? whelmingly repudiated by both. If it ie attempt? d to enforce the law in thoso sections of the country where the colored population preponderate the white children will be driven from the schools, and m those sections where tho white population preponder? ate tbe colored children will likewise find it impossi? ble to remain in thc same room. In the n:w relation between the two races there already exist causes enough for bickering and controversy, and the prudence or grown people is taxed toits tension to prevent [disagreeable antagonisms. Bow much less will I such prudence characterize the rela? tion between children of the two rices under the same roof. No greater cruelty could be inflicted by legislation upon the parents of children of the two races, than that which is co on template J by this ob? jectionable feature cf t:.e Constitution. Indeed, the mingling of the two races in the same school room, in the lace of known and uncompromising preju? dices on tho subject seems to have been a wanton and offensive effort to enforce, by law, a social equality which will never be recognized or submit? ted to by the Caucasiau race. I therefore earnestly recommend that, in adopting an educational system, care be token to provide for the white and colored youths separat* places of Instruction. At the some time, in the nome of peice and of the happiness of the people, I protest against this amalgamation. COSCXCSIOS. I have thus presented all the information in my poscssion, with reference to the condition and pros? pects of the State. The accompanying documents will furnish you facts in detail, upon which yon may predicate much of your action during the precut session of thc Legislature. The many changes that have been made by the new Constituti- n, in the organic law of the State, renders a very large amount of now legislation neces? sary to carry thc same into operation; and if the work is well done, your deliberations are likely to be protracted to on extraordinary length. Tho respon? sibilities devolved upon you are of an unusually grave nature. But few of those who have heretofore been engaged in legislating for the State, ore em? braced in your number; and there will necessarily bea want of fiislhariry with the vaiious duties which you may be colled upou to pcrfoim. The lack cf such experience may to o certain ex'ent be com? pensated by a careful examina'ion of ?he ?uestions subm'tte.l to your consideration; but the solemn de? termination on your part to do justice to all thc citi? zens ot the State, to (ho disfranchised as weil cs the enfranchised, to the white os well as to thc colored race, will perhaps bo thc bist compass by which io steer your course as legislators. Most reverently I Invoke the guidance of on Om? niscient God ia all or your deliberations, to the en 1 that the maternal and moral, the physical and intel? lectual, the commercial und industrial int .'rests ot thc State may be made prosperous and successful, and that the .ravages which war has so ruthlessly .ottered may b- speedily obliterated, and the s-tate be permitted once more to enter upon au honorable and progressive career. JAMES L. OBS. ? Commercial. Exports. M.\TANZ\S-Per brig Times-07,7*5 feet Lumber. BALTIMORE-Per steamship Falcon-50 casks Ciay. 2503 bushels Wheat, 15 bushels Peas, 33 bales Yam, 72 bales Bags, 218 bales Cotton, ll bales and hhds Hides, 70 tierces Bice, 3 rolls Leather, 3 boles Wool, 16 hhds and erat? s Bones, 5 hhds Copper and Phosphate, 300 bbls Wcsin. 70,000 feet Lumber, 12 packages. i'J7 crates ard 22 bbls Vegetables, 1020 crates Peaches and Apples, and Sundries. TUc CUarleston Cotton Market. OFFICE OF THE CHARLESTON DA1L? NEW?,) CH.VMXS.TOX, Tuesday Evening, July 7, 'C8. f Sellers arc asking full prices, and. in many in? stance?, are holding midllings at 32c. $ lb.; eales 78 bales-say 13 at 2?J?; 10 at 27; 5 at 26; :???t 23,1-:; 17at 29;4 et 23.^; 3 at 30, and 10 at 31. We qco'.e : LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. Ordinary to Good urJinarr.27 (329 Low Middling.30 @ MiddliLg.31 @31.u .Markets by Telegraph. FOREIGN MAEEZTS. . LOSDON, July 7.-Censo s Vi;?e.S>5; 5 2Ts 73>.?a 73),'. LIVERPOOL, July 7-Koon.-Cotton opens firm with estimated sales ci 11,900 bile?. Eeef hsavy. Lard quiet and steady. Two P. M.-Cotton firmer; sales ?2,000 b3les. Pork dull. Evening_Cotton sales 12,090 bales; Manchester rews better. Sugar heavy. Eomeay shipmente for the werk ending the 3d were 21,000 tales. DOMESTIC 1IA1?EETS. NEW TOBE, July 7-Noon.-Gold open-? at 1?0&. Cition a shade firmer at 23:. Tn.-teutine 42;ia43. Rosin quiet; strained common ?2 cO. "f Evening.-Clotten firmer and more active; 'ales 3900 bales, at 3C-.\ Flour-Superfine State $i.65a 7 10; common to fair extra Southern $3 90aI3 20. Wheat-More doing; new Southern mixed ?2 55; white S2 85. Corn-Westtrn mixed SI 07al 10. Mes3 perk dui!. Lard a shade belter at 37al" "?c. Governments closed steady. 'C2 coupons "?2J?. Tennessee 70,',?'; new 09. North Carolina ai-r 74. .Virginia ?8. BALxruor.E, July 7.-Cotton steady a: 32,:?. Fie nr dull and nominal. Wheat dull ; new red ?2 50. Cern duh; white $112al 15; yellow tl IL Outs du'l. Bye very dull. Pork quiet at $28;??.29. Bocca firm at SM. Lard dull at $17. Virginia registered bonds .oatt, WILMINGTON, July 7.-Spirits turpentine was weaker at 3?a88. Rosin in better Oemand; strained $180, and Ko 2, SI 30, Ko 1, $3 25; pale $?. Tar weak at $2 IS. AUGUSTA, Jul? 7.-The market was dull and irregular; transactions limited; middlings held at 31. BnyerB offer 30J?. Sales 37 bales. Receipte, 10. SAVANNAH, July 7.-Cotton firm but quiet; no sales. Mid: Unga held a'. 32c. Receipts * bale?. MOBILE, July 7.-Ko sales of cotton. Middlings 31e. Erpens 2? bales; receipts 1 bale. KEW OauEANS, July 7.-Cotton finn; middlings 31 y2. Saleii 227 bales; receipts 23 bales. Gold i0%; sterling bank sight 65J?; Kew York fight >i per cent premium. Sugar dull and nominal. Wilmington Market. WILMINGTON, July 6.-TUTU-ENTINE-No chsnge in prices; sales of 367 bbls at $2 60 for virgin and yellow dip and 3160 for hard, per 2S0 lbs. SPIEITS TUBPENTTNE-IS steady ; saleB ef 306 bbls at 38)?a39c per gallon, as to quality of packages. BOSTN-Market dull, and we quote sales of only i3?j bbl? at $1 85 for strained and No 2. TAB-Is dull and prices tend downward; about 68 bbls wero landed to-day, and taken at $2 50 per bbl. COTTON-Sale of 25 bales at 30; per lb for mid? dling. Consignees per Math Carolina Railroad July 7. 19 bales Cotton. 89 boles Yarn, 51 bales Hags, 2118 bushels Grain, 120* boxes fruit, 130 bbls Naval Stores. 4 cars Wood, ?tc. To Hopkins. McPherson & Co, Greaser, Lee, Smith k Co, Ow Williams & Co. thurston k Hohnes, Pelzer, h odgers tCo,IHtW Dewee-, Goldsmith JE Co, Chisolm Bros, J C H Claw sen, Bart k Wirti, Konapaux & Lanneau, Eins m an i-Howell. Welch k Brandes, C L Tites, H W Kins? man, H F Baker k Co, Cowie k Moire, G H Walter k Co, G rollin, F W Clonasen,and Bailroad agent. Consign?e* per Northeastern Railroad, July 7. 117 bbls Naval Stores, 2 bales Cotton, cars Stock, Mdze, kc. ToZ Davis, Seeder k Davis, J Mitchell, A A Gold -raith k Co, Mazyck Bros, C Byan, H W Kinsman, P J Pnraon. and F A Sawyer. Passengers. Fer steamship Falcon, for Baltimore-Mr and Mrs Fitzsimons, J S Ladt on, Mrs E.Hoyme, Mr and Mrs J H Simpson, Mr and Miss. Hamilton, J T Brit? ton, and Dr Becker. Per steamship Manhattan, from Kew York-J.E Semke and lady, B J Touhey, A Schacte, J Brodie, Master Brodle, B J Simpson, J B Taylor and wife, B O'Neill, Miss H W?liams, J B O'Neill, C M Drake, G H Hoppe ck, Master W P O'Neill, Miss Nelli? Brown, ll G Mrcet, Miss Julia Johnson, W Johnson, Miss Mary Smith, M(SB Bosa Drake, J Morrissey, Captain Budds, J Wright, and 13 in steerage. Per steamer St Helena, from Edisto and Rockville Mrs Bailey, Mrs P S Whaley, Miss P. M Whaley, E T Legare, - Wineberg, H Ducker, W E Beeves, c Seele, and 12 on deck. dorine Hms. Port of Charleston. July S. Arrived Yesterday. Steamship Manhattan, Woodhull, New York-left Sund av, AM. Maze. To James Adner & Co, Rail? road Agent, J D Aiken k Co. JE Adger k Co, H Bis? choff 4 Co, D Briggs, W J Yates, D A Amme, T M Brlstoll. W M Bird k Co, W S Corwin k Co, Chis? olm Bros, E R Cowperthwait, J C Cochran, Cameron, Barkley k Co, X M Cater. H Cobla k Co, R G Dunn k Co, Dr C Davegs, Dowie & Moise, D F Fleming k Co, B M Fogartte, Goodrich, Wineman k Co, J Bur karup k Co, C Grovely, Forsyth, McComb k Co,.h H Graber, N A Hunt, J W Harrisson, G H Iagraham k Sos, Jennings, Tbomllnson k Co, H W Kinsman, A Langer, Klinck, Wickenberg & Co, King & Gibbon, W Knobeloch, J H Muller, Mantoue & Co, Muller, Nimitz s Co, J H Murray, W Marscher, J M Martin. J P Merkhardt, B O'Neill, D O'Neill k -on, D Paul k Co, W F P.aulon, Raoul & Lynab, J R Rtad k Co, J Russell. E H Rodgers & Co, P C Schroder.. Street Bros & Co, L Schnell k Co, W Steele, G W Srronb i Co, H Stender, G W Steffens 4 Co, J F Taylor k Co, J B Togni, J H Valiers, S H Wilson, J K M Wohlt-1 mon, Welch k Brandes, Werner fc Ducker, Z .gbaum, Young k Co, Frost k Adger, and others. Steamer St Helena, Boyle, Edisto and Rockville. Potatoes and Mdze. lo J H Murray, S Howe, W C Dukes k Co, C t?cele, J Tourney, Campbell k Hig? gins, W S Corwin & Co, Cobon, Uanckel k Co, J C H Claussen, W Gurney, Roper & Stoney, and others Cleared Yesterday. Steamship Falcon, Horsey, Baltimore-Courtenay t Trenhohn. Brig Times, Ani3bury, Mntanzie-J A Enslow & Co. British sehr Molvina Jane, Gould, St Johns, N B, via Savannah-W P Hall. . Sailed Yesterday. Steamship Falcon, Horsey, Beltimore. ?Steamer Dictator, Willey, PaJatkft, via Jacksonville, Fernandina, and Savannah.'., . -r MST OP VESSELS CP, CLEARED AND SAILED FOR THIS PORT FOREIGN. MATANZAS. Sehr Emmi, Anthony, up.Jnne 0 DOMESTIC. BOSTON. Sehr B N Hawkins, Wyat.', up.June ll Sehr ? G Sylvester, Sylvester, up.June' j SEW TOSS. Scbr Othello, Eldridge, cleared.June :3 ?ehr Jonas Smith, Nichols, cleared.June 21 Sehr Argus Eye, Mavbeni, cleared.?July 2 scbr Liny, Francis. up. July 2 Hero publications. jnUSS?bU>9 BOOK STORE. WEEKLY LIST KEW BOOKS, Ac. . MORTE D'ARTHUR. Sir Themas Malory's Book oi King Arthur, and cf his Nolle Knights o: tie Round Table. With an introduction by Sir Ed. Strathey, Bart. 12 mo. Cloth. SI 75. PA3E. Man; Where, Whence, and Whither, being a G'arre at Man in his Kamral Bistory Relations. By David Pare, LL. D., F. E. S. E., F. G. S., author of Past and Present, Lite ol the Globe, Philosophy ol Geologv, Geology ur Generai Readers, kc, kc 12 mo. ' SI 50. SEWALL. Evenings with tte Bible and Science. 1 vol. ISmo. SI 25. BLEDSOE. The Philosophy cf Mathematics with relerecee to Geometry and the Infinit?sima] Method. Bv Albert Tavlor Bledeoe, A. M. LL. D. 12mo., doth. S2. ^ ' LOGM1?. A Treatise cn Meteorology, with a Col? lection of Meteorological Tables. By Elias Loomis, LL. D.. Professor ol Natural tkilospby and Astrono? my in Yalo Co'lege, and author cf a Course of Mathe? matics. 8vo. $2. OZANAM. History of Civilization in the Filth Century, translated, by permission, from the French ci A. Fred. Ozanam, late Professer of French Litera? ture in the Faculty of Letters at Paris. By A. C. Glyn. B. A. 2 vole., 12mo. *3 50. FRERE. O'.? Deccan Da-s, cr Hindoo Fairy Le ?1 SO. ". VAK BORCKE.-^Memoirs oi the Confederate War for Independence.' By Heres Von Borcke, lately Chief cf Staff to Gen. J. E. B. Smart 1 TO!., with map. $2 75. ?ONGE. The Pupils of St/John tte Divine. By tte author ol The Heir of Hedclyfie, with tour illus? trations by E. Armitage, A. E. A.. London. ?2. . ROGERS. Essavs troni Good Words : Ten Essayp, originally published in "Good Wor2?." Ly Henry Rogers, author of "The Eclipse of Faith," 1 vc!., 12 mo. $175. . , _ M'ME RECAMIER3. 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Leave Upper Terminus Leave Lower Terminit ?t 7.30 A.M., and at inter- at 8 A.M., and at inter? vals of eight (8) minutes vals of eight (8) minutes - during the day till the during the day till 10 P. last trip at 9.30 P.M. M. N.H.-Leave the Battery as follows : On the hour,. and tice Ire (12) minutes of the hour, /rem 8 A.M.,. except at twelve (12) minutes of 9 o'clock, A. M. Every other trip from the old Postoffice until 4.30 P. M. from the Upper Terminus, when all the trips are to the Battery. RUTL EDGE-STREET LINE. Leave Upper Terminus Leave Lower Terminus at 7.30 AM., and at inter- at 8.05 AM., and st inter vals of ten (10) minutes vals of ten (10) minutes during the day till 9.10 during the day rill 10P.M. P.M. - . N.B.-Leave the Battery at fifteen (15) minutes ofter the hour, and thirty-five (35) minute? after the hour,. except at 8.35 A. M. Every othnr trip from the old?. Postoffice until 4.30 P. M. from Upper Terminus, when all the trips are to the Battery. SUNDAY SCHEDULE. KING-STREET LINE, Leave Upper Terminus Leave the Lower Termin? ?t 9 A.M., and at inter- uta at 9.80 AM., and ata vals of nfteen (15) min- Intervals of alteen (15) utes till 7.00 P. M. minutes till 7.3?) P. M. N.B.-All the trips are to the Battery. BUTLEDG E-STBEET LINE. . Leave Upper Terminus | Leave Lower Terminus, at 9 A.M., and at inter-1 ot 9.35 AJI., and at inter-, vals of every twenty (20) vals of every twenty (20). minutes dil 6.45 P.M. | minutes hil 7.30 P.M. N.B.-All the trips are to the Battery. S. W. RAMSAY, May 17_Secretary and Treasurer. fSgi SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. GENERAL 6UPERTN TENDES T'S OFFICE, I CHARLESTON, S. C., March 26,18C8. i ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, MARCH 29TH, I D? PASSENGER TRAINS of the South CaroULB? Railroad will run'as follows : FOR AUGUSTA Leave Charleston.-,.6.3a A. M. Arrive st Augusta.3.30 P. M? Connecting with trains for Montgomery, Memphis, Nashville and New Orleans, via Montgomery an? Grand Junction. FOB COLUMBIA. Leave Charleston.,.<.6.30 A. M. Arrive at Columbia.3.60 P. M. Connecting with Wilmington and Manchester RiiJ road, Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad an# Camden train. . F0B CHARLESTON. Leve Augusta.6.C0 A. M.. Arri?? at Charleston.....3.10 P. M. Leavn Columbia.C 00 A. M. Arrive ttCharlaston.;...3.10P. M. AUGUSTA NIGHT EXPRESS iSUNDAYS EXCEPTED.) Leave Caarleston. .?.7.30 P. M.. Arrive at Augusta.6.45 A. M. Connecting with trains for Memphis, Nashville and New Orleans, ^ia Grand Junction. Leave Augusta..'..'.4.30P. M. Arrive at Charleston.... ".4.00 A. M. COLUMBIA NIGHT EXPRESS. (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED.) Leave Charleston.5.40 P. M. Arrive at Columbia.6.20 A. M. Connecting (sundoys excepted) with Greenv?lB and' Columbia Railroad. .Leave Columbia........'.5,30P. M? Arrive at Charleston..-.6.30 A. In*. SOMMERVILLE TRAIN. iLeave Charleston.....'.3.40 P. If? ' Arrive at Summerville..5.16 P. M. Leave SummerviUe,.?.20 A. M. Arrive at Charleston.8.35 A. M. CAMDEN BRANCH. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Leave Ringville..2,20 P. M. Arrive at Camden.5.Q0 P. M.. Leave Camden.... :.5.10 A. Ia*. Arrive at Eingville......7.40 A. M. (Signed) H. T. PEAKE, April 29 ._General Superintendent. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. CHARLOTTE AND SOUTH CAROLINA RAIL? ROAD COMPANY. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, I COLUMBIA, S. C., March 31, 1868. I ON AND AFTER THIS DATE, THE TRAINS: over this Road will run as follows : Leave Columbia at.4.00 P. M. Arrive at Charlotte at.11.00 P. M. Leave Charlotte at.11.35 P. M.. Arrive at Columbia at.CCU A. M." Passengers taking this route, going NorthV make . close connections at Greensboro', Weldon and Ports month, to uH principal Northern cities. jQjrTlckeni optional from Grernsboro', either via. Danville or Raleigh; and from Portsmouth tither via Bay Line or A nnanit ssic Route. Baggage checked through. Connections made both ways with trains of tte Greenville and Columbia Railroad. CALEB EOCKNIGHT, April 2 Superintendent. - Stoics. 30,000 FRANCS ! ! HERRING'S PATENT CHAMPION SAFES, AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDALS AT WORLD'S'. F.\1B, Loudon ; WORLD'S FAIR, New York > EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, Paris; AND WINSER OF THE WAGER OF 30,000 FRANCS ! ! $6,000 m GOLD), At the recent International Contest in the Paris Ex? hibition. The public are invited to call and examine the re? port ci the Jury on the merits of the great coniest, and see the official award to the Herring's Patter over all cthere. HERRING, FARREL & SHERMAN,. No. 251 Broadway, corner Murray-st, New York. FABRP.EL, HERRING ts CO., 1 HERRING A CO. Philadelphia. J Chicleo. HERRING, FARREL k SHERMAN, New Orleans. Large Stock on hand by JOSEPH WAIKER, Agent, Noe. 3 BROAD AND 109 EAST BAY STREETS. CHARLESTON, S. C. March 3 9mo -rn H. KELLERS it CO., DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES, No. 131 MEETING-STREET, NEAR MARKET FRESH ADDITIONS OF DRUGS, 1IEDICIXES AND CHEMICALS RECEIVED WEEKLY. ^PRESCRIPTIONS PDT UP WITH CARE.-?). January 3 ruths B O O Iv AND JOB PRINTING THE UNDERSIGNED INFORMS HIS FRIENDS - and the Public that he has a large assortment of NEW TYPE MACHINERY, and a ALC stoti o? CARDS, PAPER, kz., direct from manufacturers, and will execute all orders for BOOK AXD JOB PRINTING in a neat manner, and at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. * Having large lents of type, will contract for the publication 0: a Weekly or Monthly on liberal terms. Orders for BOOKBINDING promptly attended tc . at low late?, if left at No. 33 HAYNE-STREET. May 12 JAS- W. MCMILLAN.