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VOLUME Vii.-NUMBER 1054. CHARLESTON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1869. FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK BY TELEGRAPH. THE STATE CAPITAL. APPOINTMENTS CONFTnMED-THE MILITARY BILL RECOMMITTED-THE BILL AIDING THE GREEN? VILLE AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD PASSED UNANI? MOUSLY BY THE SENATE. [sr-ECLVL TELEGRAM TO DAILY NEWS.] COLUMBIA, January 13.-THE SENATE in ex? ecutive session to-day confirmed tho nomina? tion of Stoibrand as Superintendent of tuc Penitentiary, and Tomlinson as State Auditor. The bill to organize the militia and thc billi to amend tbe act to establish tho State Polico j were recommitted with amendments by Leslie to the Committee on Military Affairs. lbebill to rec?late the formation of corpo? rations was read tho second time and ordered to bc engrossed for a third reading. The Senate by a unanimous voto indefinitely postponed the House resolution depriving members of their pay during the recess. The bill aiding tho Greenvillo and Columbia Railroad was passed unanimously, and sent to tho House. v THE HOUSE, to-day, elected Byas, colored, Sergeant-at-Arms. Ferriter introduced a bill to provide for licensing peddlers. The House was engaged in discussing the project of making a new county to be called Aiken. WASHINGTON. INDICTMENTS AGAINST MB. DAVIS AND GEN. BRECKENRIDGE QUASHED-DEATH IN THE FEN ATE GALLERY-CAP TD HE OF AN INDIAN VIL? LAGE-DR. MUDD. WASHINGTON, January 13.-A notte prosequi has been entered iu the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the cases of Mr. Davis and General Brecltinridge, under instructions from Attorney-General to enter nolie prosequi in all cases coming within the President's amnesty proclamation. At a long interview between the Virginia Committee and tho Senate Judiciary Commit? tee, the former were requested to reduoe their views to writing for the action of the latl er. An old citizen died in the Senate gallery to? day. The Reconstruction Committee seems to favor the plan of recommitting the Mississippi constitution to the poople, and providing an additional ticket, on which to vote for or against the nullification of the restrictions contained in tho constitution beyond the re? quirements of the Reconstiuction acts. Sherman telegraphs the capture of an Indian village of sixty lodges. 4 A deputation of Marylanders visited the President with a petition for the pirdou of Dr. Mudd, who is confined at the Dry Tortugas. The President referred them to the Attorney General.. CONGRESSIONAL. A TELEGRAPH WITHOUT WIRES-MESSAGES TO BE ? SENT THROUGH THE CLOUDS-REPRESENTATION OP MINORITIES-PAYING SOUTHERN GOVERN? MENT EMPLOYEES WHO CANNOT TAKE THE ' TEST OATH. WASHINGTON, January 13.-IN THE SENATE, . petition was read from Ma'toa Loomis, ask? ing for an appropriation of $50,000 to complete experiments for & telegraph without wires, or a battery usint- clouds instead of wires. Re? ferred to the Committee on Patents. Buckalow introduced a bill amending repre- 1 sentation iu Congress. It provides for tho ' representation of minorities. Referred to a 1 select committee of seven. Abbott introduced a bill aiding a railroad from the Rio Grande to the Pacific. Sawyer in Ire ?need a till for paying govern? ment employee at the South, who, though [ they would not take the iron-clad oath, would take an ordinary oath of allegiance to support the constitution. Referred to the Committee 1 on Finance. The bill to amend the set relating to habeas corpus and to regulate judicial proceedings . was passed by a vote of thirty-two to ten. i AConkling, explaining the bill, said that there were cases arising in the Southern States, par? ticularly in Georgia, where the Northern stockholders in express and steamboat com- : panies were sued for property taken by the public enemy, and the object of tho bill was to enable the defendants to transfer these cuses to thc United States Courts, to the end that they might go to the Supreme Court and have a decision, whither the principle is the same as in the prize cases. This principle they were unable to get any rulimr upen in tho State courts because a carrier, to defend himself, technical? ly must prove that tho loss of tho goods iras occasioned either by the net of tho government or cf trie public enemy, aud in thc caaes that had arisen, tho d?tendants wcro met by in? structions from the judges of tho State Courts which prevented tho jury from giving any de? cision upon ihm point. The case of Sue Murphy was resumed and discussed without action. Thc Senate refused to allow the rotunda to be used for tho inauguration ball. Adjourned. IN THE HOUSE, the discussion on the subject of the protection of Hayti and St. Domingo was resumed. Elliott was seated from Arkansas. A memorial from Texas was presented, ask? ing leave to raise a regiment for protection against the Indians. Butler offered a substitu? e for Banks'Hayti protectorate, providing that tho President ^should extend the protection of the govern? ment over any of tho Antilles that might de? sire it, but report the same to Congress, and not expend SDV money for such protectorate without the cousent of Congross. A loud de? bato ensued, when the bill and amendment were tabled by a voto of 126 to 30. Thc Alaska Territorial bill waa tabled. Ad? journed. EVROFE. VZVSSU. OBJECTS TO VON BE?3T. VIENNA, January ld.-The Post, au official organ, says that Bismarck told the Austrian Minister at Berlin that tbe reteution of Baron Von Bcust i.? offico would provoko serious ac? tion on the part of Prussia. TUE GRECIAN MINISTRY. : PARIS, January 13.-It is stated that RangabO) the present ambassador at Paris from Greece, has b?en recalled to preside over the ministry. AFFAIRS IN CUBA. HAVANA, January 13.-Four hundred persons, mostly cigar makers, attempted to leave tho city yesterday, but were compelled to return home. It is thought that they intended to raise a revolt in Cordtlcna. f Dulce's proclamation releases all political prisoners, terminates all trials for political offences now in progress, and holds out an un? conditional pardon to all the insurgents who lay down tbeir arms within forty days. STARKS ?RON rzri? WIR JES. Tho Virginia State- Agricultural Society waa revived yesterday. The Savannah Morning News publishes a statement o? one of its editors, ned also a card from tbo sheriff, entirely discrediting the report maco by Colonel Williams, and forward? ed by General Sibley to General Grant. Five cars were damaged by tnin miming off Atlantic and Gulf Railioad, noar SavauoaL. No lives loot. Tho Flori ia Seuatc yesterday confirmed ap? pointments made by Governor Recd since hi3 impeachment. Two storn-trboel steamboats Lave boen sunk near ..? cw Orleans io tho last two days. Loss $-i?,0J0 and six lives. About twenty poisons injin-jd. Tho steamship Hear; Chauncey has arrived in New York Iron thc Isthmus with $1.250,000 iu specie. Earthquakes continue in'Chiii and along thc Pacific coatt of South America. Affairs iu Bogota look gloomy. The city is crowded With soldiers. A discovery ol'an extension of the goldmines in Stfnta Rosa is reported. The Sim-ion colton case in New York, involv? ing $1,000,000, has been decided against thc government;. In a prize fight at St. Louis yesterday, Tom Allen whipped Bill Davis in forty-two rounde. The civil war in Japan is considered over. j'ROM THE STATE CAPITAL. The Savannah and Charleston Rail? road- Feeling of the hegisl ata rc-He marks of Mr. Corbin on the Greenville Railroad Bill-Important Bills Intro? duced-General Legislative Business. [FBOM O?B OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] COLOMBIA, S. C., January 12.- The action of tho Senate in unanimously passing the bill ex? tending aid to the Greenville and Columbia Railroad may bo considered a fair indication ot the disposition of the General Assembly to? wards the Savannah and Charleston Railroad. No doubt is entertained of the passage of the bill extending aid to the latter, with, perhaps, some slight amendments. The memorial in tho Charleston papers, so numerously signed, has had a happy effect on the prospects of the Savannah and Charleston Railroad, and the friends of Lho moas>ure are very sanguine of sucoess. Mr. Corbin was in favor of the passage of thc Greonvillo and Columbia Railroad bil! upon the ground that it was but a third con? firmation of a measure passpd upon by former Legislatures. While, however, he was in favor of railroad; enterrprises generally, be liked to seo them individual enterprises, and not the creatures of tho State. The State, he thought, was not adapted to eucb business, and was never intended for it. A State government is orcanized for the proposes of government, and to seo that protection is extended to all-that order is kept throughout tb? State, and that justice and equity aro extended to all parties. The State, he said, is not a trading corpora lion, and he deeply regretted that tho Stats ;iad evor entangled itself in anything of tho kind; but this measure having received tho sanction of two Legislatures, the questiou was whether the present Legislature should have the benefit of what had been done, or give it a third confirmation. Mr. Leslie took a somewhat different view, ind warmly supported tho passage of the bill EIS a matter of public policy. He denied that it waa contrary to public policy for a Stale government to aid in the construction of rail toads. He showed bow the State must event? ually be the gainer by the development of tho resources of the country through which the road ran, and how it was the inevitable ten? dency of the present condition of affaira that lands should bo divided, trade and commerce increase, and the railroads become a principal source of revenue to the State. On motion of S'.vails, thc bill was amended by the addition of tho following section: SECTION 2. To enable the said company to fand the interest due upon their mortgage and Kuara"teed debt fer the six months, to wit: from January lat to July 1st, 1863, the Comptroller-Generai ia authorized and direct? ed to endorso the name and credit of tbe Mate upon the bonds and certificatea of indebted? ness of tbe said company to the amount of fifty thousand dollars, to be applied, in all respecta, in the sa me manner aa ia provided ia the sold act of December 20,1866, for tbe fuudiuR of in torc8t, and the atatutory lien ia Lereby extend? ed to cover the additional sum of fifty thousand dollars herein provided. On tho question of agreeing to the bill, aB amended, Mr. Corbin called for the yea* and nays, which wore ordered, and are as follows: Fe'!?-Messrs. Allen, Barber, Buck, Bicinan, Corbin, Cain, Do?ean, Foster, Greene, Hoyt, Haye.*, Hayna. Jillson. Leslie, Luaucy, Maali, Rainey. Reid, Bose, Rodgers, Snails and Wnn bush-22. Nays-Nen?. The bili, as amended, was therefore unani? mously agreed to, and oidercd to be engrossed lor a third reading. Mr. Corbin introduced the following bills, wliicl rccoivcd their first reading, and were ordered for a second reading and consideration to-morrow: A BILL TO ALTE? AND AMEND THE CBTMINAL LAW. Be it enacted by the Senato and House of Bepresentatives of tho State of South Caroli? na, now met aad sitting iii Oenoral Assembly, and by tho authority of tho tame: SECTION 1. Capital punishment, except in the case of wilful murder, is hereby abolished. SEO. 2. Manslaughter, or tbe unlawful killiug of another without malice, express or implied, shall be pnnisbable by hard labor in tho Peni? tentiary not exceeding thirty years nor less than two years. Sea 3. The crimea of burglary and araon abai! be puniahable by hard labor in the Peni? tentiary not exceeding thirty years nor lea8 than one year. SEC. ?. The benefit of clergy 13 herobv abol? ished. . BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE BENEWAL OF STATE STOCKS AND BONDS LOST On DESTROYED. Be it enacted by tho Senate and House of Repreaeutativea of the State of South Carolin ?, now met and sitting in General Asgambly, and by the authority of thc saiuo : Whenever M oof shall bc exhibited to the satisfaction of tue Treasurer of tho State and Comptroller-General ol tho leas or destruction of any State stocks or oonda 1 sued under tho authority of auy act oi tho General Assembly, it shall lie lawful for the Trcisuier ol tho State, upon reoeiving bond 111 double the amount of said stocks or bonds so alleged to ba lost or destroyed, with enfficient surely, to indemnify thc Stite against any other claim nu account of said Rt ocles or bonds, tt> issuo lo tho person who had lost tho same, or ia whose possession the same was destroyed, or lo their legal rep? resentatives, new bonds or s.ocks, a3 the case may bc, of thc sams value and character with that lost or destroyed : Provided, That no bonds or stocks issued between the twentieth day of December, I860, and tho first day of April, 1865, in behalf ol the late rebellion, in whole or in part, shall be so reissued or re? newed. The petition of Risley & Creighton for tho re? funding of over-paid taxes was referred to the Comptroller-General, with the request that he give Ihe House any information he may have, aud hisviewa in regard to said claim. Concurrent resolutions tor the relief of the debilities of C. B. Jarvis, of Conwavboro', Eily Goddard, of Marion. W. C. Harris,' J. K. Linder. J. J. Linder, Daniel Keels and Eli Cornwell were adopted. A resolution introduced by Mr. Corbin tor adjournment sine die on February ?, was or? dered fer consideration to-mcrrcw, as was the ?'cl?owin;;: Resohcd, That in laying off any county into townships, in all cases in which any township is bounded by any adjacent county line, river, public highway or nover-faiiin? stream of wa? ter, it is inexpedient and unnecessary for tho County Commissioners in such c.iso to ora tiloy Ibo services of a surveyor to lay off such ownship. IN THE HOUSE, Mr. Webb, of the Committee cn Roads, Bridges and Ferries, reportod favor? ably on a bill to prescribe certain rules to be observed in the government of bridges and ferries privileged to charge toll. Mr. Sloan, from the Committee on Agricul? ture, reported unfavorably ona joint resolu? tion Offering two hundred dollars premium for the best original essay on tho culture of cot? ton. Tho resolution was laid on tho table. Whipper, from tho Committee on the Judi? ciary, reported unfavorably on a bill to antbo rizo'the Recorder of Charleston to hold police court, and for uthor purposes. The bill was ordered to lie over for a second reading. C. D. Hayne introduced tho following reso? lution, which was agreed to by a vote of yeas 56, nays 10. Absent and not voting 21: Reso>v d, by the House of Representativos, the Senate concurring. That so much cf the resolution passed at this regular session de? priving the members of their per diem during the recess, bo and tho same is hereby re? scinded. The Speaker laid before thc House the fol? lowing communication : STATE OF SOUTH CABOLTNA. ) HOBBY COUNTY, January 9,1869. \ Mr. Sppaker and Genlleirten of the Bouse of Representatives: I respectfully tender my resignation as a member of tho House of Representatives of South Carolina from Horry County, on account of continued ill health ; said resignation to take effect from the 12th instant. Very respectfully, your obedient servant. .. ... ZADOC BULLOCK. On motion of Smalls, the resignation was ac? cepted. i he following resolution was indefinitely postponed : Resolved, That tho Speaker bc requested to issue, at his earliest convenience, writs of elec? tion tor tho vacant seat of Zadoc Bullock, and all others that may bc now vacant in the Douse Representatives. Mr. Neagle introduced the following, which was adopted : Resolved, That tho resolution adopted on July 24, 18G8, relieving the Committee on Claims from the consideration of claims against the State, bo rescinded, and that tho commit? tee be directed to proceed with all business properly before it. Tne following was adop.ed : Resolved, by tho Houso of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That tho Congress of the United 8tates bo respectfully requested to remove the political disabilities of James F. Greene, of Charleston County. Ransier, from tho Committee on Privi? leges and Elections, submitted the following report : The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was recommitted a bill to regulato and provide for tho pay of Commissioners and Managers of Elections, bog lea YO to roport tbat they have had the same under consideration, a?d recommend the adoption of the ' blowing amendments : Insert iu lieu of tbe word "sixteen," in first lino of Section 1, tho words .'twenty-six;" and after tho wo -d "commissioners," on the third line ot Section 2, insert "shall bo allowed or receive pay for service rendered under the act above named for more than eight days, aud no manager or clerk shall be allowed or receive pay for service sa such unler the said act for more than six days." The consideration of a bill to establish a new judicial and election county, to be known as Aiken County, and to dehne tho limits and boundaries of tho same, was postponed until two P. tl. to-morrow. The enacting clauso of Senato bill to alter and amend an act cntitlod "An act to extend the time for ofheora to qualify," was stricken out. Sasportas introduced tho following resolu? tion, which was adopted: Resolved, That the Committee on Privi? leges and Elections bo requested to rop.irt w:iat legislation is necessary in order to have a speedy election to fill vacancies occasioned by resignation, death or refusal to qualify of persons elected to county offices. The consideration of oill to alter and amend the charter of the Town of Edgefleld was postponed to Tuesday, January 19, at two P. M. A concurrent resolution to prevent the di? vision or severing of territory from any county to form a new county, was mado the special order for Monday next at one P. M. The Speaker laid before the House the re? turns of the election for representative in Beaufort County, to fill the vacancy caused by tho resignation of Mr. George A. Bonnet. Re? ferred to tho Committee ou Privileges and Elections. Tho il?ii ia bill was taken np in the Senato and four additional sections agreed to, whon the special order, being the bill relative to tho Greenville and Columbia Railroad, was called for. AFFAIRS IN TUE STATE Marion. The Court of Sessions for this county com? mences its session ou tho first Monday in February, and tho Court of Common Picas ou thio Wednesday thereafter. * The Star says that a tinner is very much wanted in Marion, and would do well there. The Star isinformod that a white man-de? scription not known-has recently been having meetings of the colored people in different portions of the district, and counselling them 4ot to enter into any contracts willi our farm? ers for the present yonr, and charging each person thus advised one dollar. Migistrato McIntyre's court is so crowded with business, that ho is compelled io hoer cases every day iu thc week, in order to facili? tate and dispose of tho tu-ii.e.-s aa il accumu? lates. Groat Paedes is full io overflowing at this time. The s.vam;j is impassable at Mars Bluff Furry, and persons desiring to cross thc l iver, are compelled to do so by railroad. E. P. Harllcc, Esq., has qualified as magis? trate To: thc Mars Bluff precinct. The Sta.- is informed on reliablo authority that W. A. Hayne, colored, who has recently been appointed magistrate tor this district by Governor Scott, has boon officially perlorming the duties of this important office without heiug qualified. Messrs. Moody & Smith intend to erect a turpentine still near Marion, provided they eau rout a sufficient numoer of trees or con? tract tor a sufficient quuntity of crude turpen? tine to justify tho enterprise. Richland. Tho Columbia Pheonix says: Con6tabloHub? bard informs us that Talbot was surrounded in a swam?>by his deputies, and considering that "discretion was tho bolter part ot valor, "there? fore surrendered. He states, however, that Talbot had determined several weeks ago to exposo thc whole affair, but was prevented by his friends. Tho following letter ii published in fhe Phoenix of yesterday: From political und party influence. General ll. K. Sott wis ele.-ted to tho Chief Magistracy of the S:atc of South Carolina, ?nd therefore a distrust was engen? dered in thc publ c mind, that his administra? tion would be ex porte in character. In this they are mistaken. Governor Scott is no car pot-bagger; it ho wa?, he has tiiro.vn it away and identified himself with thc State-bo'h by interest and adoption-by having invested largely in her real catate and planted himself upon her soil, to share the nood nod iii lo which abo may bo subjected. Ho found thc State involved, and began his administration with a depleted treasury a id void Oi State credit; her bands not recognized abroad, and deemed almost next to worthless at hom-; her bills receivable sluggishly circulating at from forty to sixty per cent, below par, and circum? scribed to localities. Governor Scott soon gave birth lo l?ontidericc abroad, Tho .State bonds are now conspicuous in foreign markets, commanding from sixty-five to sixty-eight eeuts on the dollar, with an upward teiidcncy ; her bills ree-ivablo aro freely circulating. "Last, though not least," lo furl her his pur? pose, was thc masterly scheme of the Execu? tive in disposiug of tho Columbia canal. From that stand-poiut he threw out his i-trategic rope, by which he harpooned thc "golden whale of Rhode Island," "whose oil will soon light up thc streets of Columbia-radiating hope, wealth and prosperity to evcrv quarter of the commonwealth of South Carolina. This, in connection with bia recommendation tu the Legislature now in session, to peroetuate the South Carolina College-that time-honored in? stitution of learning-demonstrates that Gov? ernor Scott is "the right man in the right p'ace.'' "Render unto Ciesar," &c. MUSICAL NOTES. -Taraberlik ia s in Ring again in Paris. -Patti bas sipued operatic engagements up to 1871. -"Tame Cits," tbe late london sensation, is shortly to be brought out in Chicago. -Herve, the composer of "L'Oil Creve," is also his own librettist. -Tauslgand Rubenstein are the two popu? lar pianists of tho day in Berlin. -Ferucci ia the name of a nov/ soprano who is exciting tho opera-goers o? Moscow. -Perotti, a new tenor in Genoa, is highly praised there by a very critical public much disposed to grumbling. -Rossini gave about twenty years ol his lifo to ort, and about forty to thc enjoyment of life. Was he right? -It ia said that tho King of Saxony paya nearly one-fourth of tho civil money to the Dresden Theatre. -Meyerbeer's "Profeta" and Rossini's "Ccn ercntola" have been tbe late attractions at the Pergola Theatre, Florence. -It is said that Kellogg bids fair to be Pat? ti's successor in London, if not in the new Italiens of the French capital. -at Warsaw, on tho occasion of a funeral service in memory of Roseiui, tbe cathedral waa draped in black, and the Slabat Mater was performed. -A society of gentlemen amateurs have lately performed at the Town Hall of Leeds tho "Antigone" of Sophocles with M3ndels sobn's entire music. -Teto Matlei is one of the most prolific and popular composers on the opposite side of the water. He ia known here chiefly by the vocal aria Non e ver. -A sale of rare old violins made by Stradi? varius, Guarnerius and Borgonzi recently took place in Paris, the old ins ti um eut s bringing fabulous prices. -Tho orchestra of the Tammany Alhambra, at New York, will include twenty-six pieces, un? der the leadership of Signor Obcrti, an Italian, who for tho last fifteen years has been a resi? dent of London. -Flotow is in Paris completing his new work, "L'Ombre." M. de St. Georges is the author of tho libretto. The story 1B carried on by four characters only, without the aid of a chorus. -Musicians aro said to bo conceited. They usuahy aro. Even tho great Beethoven had the weakness of vanity, for in one of his let? ters ho writes : "Kings and princes may easi? ly make professors and privy councillors, and bedizzen them with titles and ribbone; but great men-men that stand conspicuous from among tho common herd-they cannot make. That they must leave alone; and when two men liko myself and Goethe meet, wo ought to be held in high esteem." -The Ne,v York "Musical G.izetto" throws out these auggeationa to choirs that wish to sing church music with expression: "Leta choir sing a rune through as they have been in tho habit ot* doini;, with voices full and un? strained. Let them then sing it again inpre? cisely the same way as regards time, pronun? ciation, expression, &o., but diminishing the power twenty-five per cent.; that is, singing with about three-fourths tho usual etrength of j voico, and those who listen will find tbe effect improved at least one-half. In fact, this pro? portion does not adequately expresa the differ? ence, for the distinction is really between bad and good. Whon the power i3 unrestrained, every voice stand out separate and distinct from every other, causing each individual defect to be intensified and exaggerated. When the voices are subdued they are far more Iii:ely to blend and become, as it were, transfused, a process which strongly tends to absorb indivi? dual faults and to creato an agreeable result oven out of unfavorable materials." THE COMISO MAN. Tho Washington correspondent of thc New York Times, writes as follows concerning thc "coming man" and his Cabinet : It is tho universal remark that no ooo can remember a similar time in the history of in? coming administrations, when tho commence? ment of its official functions was so near, and yot so littlo known concerning the personne* of tho new government. Genoral Grant is proving to bo "a remarkable receptacle of in? formation," said a prominent officer tho other day; "he drinks it all in, but vouchsafes never a word in reply to indicate tho decision of bia mind." "Yot,"continued tho same person, who has had much conversation with Geueral Grant, "I have no doubt but that lie has his decision generally made up, and the men for tho Cabinot fixodupon, subject to auch changea as new information and maturer consideration may suggest." The Booree of this ut ter anco is roch as lo give it much freight, but as I can? not reveal it. your readers will have to take iay word for it. Genoral Grant dues not dis> enss names for tho Cibiuct with his oallcrs. With thoso who have a right to talk on tho subject be discusses principles and ideas which should govoru tho selection of tho men. Ho has said, I believe, that in selecting a Cabinot ?JO would bu governed by tho samo considera? tion which governed him in selecting his staff ] and his generals, lo wit : Their entire fitness for the work they had lo perform. A very plain and simple proposition, truly; but ono which, if acted upon, will work a great reform in tl'j government. AEEA fits IN OEOROIA. Augusta papers arc urging the building of a theatre m that city. Tho public schools of Columbus have re? ceived during the past twolvo months throe thousaud dollars from the Peabody Fund. Tho people of Americu3, Georgia, oro taking Btops to build a cotton factory in that flour? ishing littlo city. We learn from tho North Georgia Citizen that tho Dalton Actdomy was burned on cbrislmas night. Tho chaigos on colton from Columbus to Savannah have boen increased to one dollar, and to Now York ono dollar and eighty con ts per hundred pounds. Two men at Buena Vis:a took ab mt twenty five cracks at each other with pioiols on in "a d.iy. Owing to a derangement of nerves, tiic I \ only damage sustaiucd was Lue grazing of an ? elbow and little finger. Thc Hancock Journal says there was a con? siderable amount ot property sold at Sparta on Tuesday las-., the land" ranged from Si 8J to $'i per aero, and other property, generally, brou ht foll l?ricos. Tho Athens B .oner loams that laud sold last Tuesday, in Jaeksou L'ou.iiy, at threo to four dollars lui aere. O.io tract of live hundred acres, with fifty acres of bottom land, sold for a latin over (wo thousand dollars. Mr. B. W. Keaton, a citizen of Early County, and, before the war, a man of large means, committed suicide on the 28lh December, by shooting himself through the head. His great loss of property is allege Ito have induced this r.ish act. Dr. C. T. Cushman accidentally shot him? self iu Columbus, Saturday afternoon. The wound is pain lui, though not serious. He was examining a navy pistol, alono in his room. The ball took effect in tho calf of thc loft log. The Amenais Repnblican states that Genoral Grant has sent Colonel Babcock, of his staff, to Georgia, tor thc purpose of a personal in? vestigation of acts of violence and fraud, said to have been committed during the recout election in the portion of the State kuowu as the "Black Belt." The Macon Tolegraph saya that tho Macon Factory baa the capacity to turn out 5000 yards of cloth pei day. from 2000 pounds of iaw cot? ton. Its purchases of cotl on average $12,000 per mouth. Present capital stock, $130,000. Last year il declaredb dividend of 16 per cent. With a large outlay for new machinery since the war, its dividends have not been less than 10 per cent. Its net earnings amount to about $30,000 every year. Number of operatives em? ployed, 125. Wages Irom $15 to $33 per month, house rent free-thecompany having tenement houser expressly for operatives. SPECIE PAYMENTS. Tho Hon. Thomas Ewing, Seoretary of the Treasury under Presidents Hirrison and Ty? ler, and subsequently Secretary of tho Inte? rior under President Taylor, has addressed a letter to the Finance Committee of l he United Statos Senate on the subject of the resumption of specio payments. After insisting that "wo are not bound in faith or morals to mako tho funds which we pay to the creditor for his principal-bo it what it may, gold or legal-ten? der notes-woi th moro at the time of payment than it was worth when borrowed," Mr. Ewing goes on to argue against immediate specie re? sumption on tho ground that a general provis? ion of this kind would prove a great hardship and injustice to the debtor class, ruin the "productive class,"and drive them into bank? ruptcy. The postponement of resumption by law for two years, and thou making it abso? lute, he thinks, would "produce tho same re? sult in a slightly mitigated degree." Mr. Ewing says : Make the greenbacks payable in gold in two years, and they will be at oace bought up and hoarded by capitalists.. To all who und erstand their value they would bo worth at once as much as gold, loss two years' discount upon them-not quite twelve per cent. Tho debtor class tben instantly suffer a loss of about twenty-two per cent, on six thousand millions of indebtedment-a loss of $1,429,003 taken from the debtor and given to the creditor class, for which it will bc difficult to fiad a reason other than the true kingly sic volo. The same act, wheo it should produce its full effect, would make our national debt, now equivalent to $1,850,000.000 in gold, rise at once in value to $2,500,000 000, making an increased gold in? debtedment of $650,000,000, and it would at once involve the payment of interest on an amonqt of additional debt nearly equal to oar presont greenback currency, adding nearly $18,000,000 to our annual interest. This looks like sinking the ship, and I am afraid of it. It is certainly botter to let the law of trade regu? late tho currency than to hasten measures fraught with such consequences. The object of this proposed most dangerous measures is to remove tho evils of a depreci? ated currency-tho end is good, but not worth the sacrifice it must involve. It would enrich tho capitalist-generally a non-producer. The burden of the war, which almost crushed the nation, has not borne heavily on them. They loaned the United Stages a very large amount of money, each hundred dollars of which rang? ed in value from a littlo less than forty to about eighty dollars, at six dollars a your, iu gold, for every nominal ono hundred-making the aggregate interest on the whole debt, when re- : duced to average value, about twelvo per cent. This debt, if we compouud tho interest, which is the legitimate mode of estimating it, where paid punctually (for tho interest may be at oace reinvested and made to produce interest,) doubles every six years. Thus the purchaser of our five-twentiej who purchased when currency was worth fifty cents on the dollar ? ill, whou they become due, at the end of twenty years, have received some? thing more than four times thc amount of his original investment in interest, and twice its amount in principal-six times the amount of his investment in twenty yoara. Thus long, 1 understand, it is proposed in your committee to lot the present bonds run, and in the mean? time resume specie payment; that the ques- ! tion of specie payments may be put out of the way as a disturbing elotnent before you pro ceo'd to fund the debt. Do this, and there will be no longer a middle course between repu? diation and a condition of tu,ury at which just men will revolt. You put the nation at once in the power of tho creditor ; you can no longer hope to fund at a less rate than B?X per cent, in gold oar present bonds that cost fifty cents in gold for every nominal dollar ; so that in ninety-six years the people will pay on every minion of actual dollars bor? rowed sixteen thousand three hundred and eighty-four million dollars ($16,384,000,000), and on our whole debt nearly one thousand times that sum--an array of numbers which, like the figures represen tm g stellar places, makes the head swim. Tho mind cannot compass it; but being translated into plain intelligible Eng? lish, it signifies national bankruptcy and ruin. '1 he result of this largo accumuiulation of interest in long periods of timi hos given rise to frequent outbreaks of popular feeling against usinera and those suspected of favor? ing them, and nations have enacted laws, and courts have been astute to construct laws, so as to guard against it. Mr. Ewing recommends that tho national debt be paid off in legal-tender notes or in tour per cent, bonds, and insists that the effect of thia would be co cause the issue of very few additional currency notea. SPECULATORS COME TO GBIEF.-Tho hiatory of tho Lind operations of Mr. Frazier, Presi? dent, and H. S. Quackenbnah, Treasurer, of tho American Agricultural and Mineral Lind Company, who havo been arrested and held to bail in Now York, upon charges ot falso repre? sentations regarding three million acres of North CaroUoa lands, is givon at length in the Augusta Constitutionalist. The writer says : Their opcralions havo not been confined to Virginia iv*onc. They were in treaty for enor? mous hodici of lands in North Carolina, and through thc Postmaster at Sav tunah, and other partios in this Seato, th-y hoped lo ob? tain lauded property ou their bonds hero. Ia South Carolina, thc Attornoy-Gencrul, or ono of tho Supreme Court Judgos, Colonel Willard, formerly a United States officer, had promised to aid them, ?md both cx-Guvemor Orr and General Harrison, of South Carolina, had fa? vorably rocoivod their agents, who wore look? ing af.er Blue Itidge Railroad lauds. In Ton? ne iseo they pretended to own thirtv thousand to forty thousand or fifty thousand acres on tho hue of the Nashvi lc and Chattanooga road, lint since tho last disclosures, ic has yet to bo shown that they havo paid out a single cent for Southern lands. Yet, had not another swindle of theirs been practiced upon a gen? tleman of well known integrity and groat firm? ness of character, with an unrelenting peree cution of everything that is moan or dishon? orable, they would, pcrhapa, by their addreaa and ingenuity, have been enabled to carry their projects into oxocutiiu among confiding landholders in tho Stales of Virginia and North Carolina, and probably in other States. COTTON AND RESUMPTION.-It is reported that Mr. Jay Cooke, who has mado au enor? mous fortune ont of tho government by selling its bonds on commission, has laid before the nithoritics at Washington a carefully prepared |)?au for funding tho nttioaal dobt and resum? ?a .specie payments, which it is said lins been received with favor by those who have exam? ined it. The details have not 'jee:i mada pub? ic, but tho Pltiladelpl.il North American [Ridi-a'.) says of this plan: Il contemplates, among other things, such ipolicy towards the Southern States as will linsten thc development of their resources, md pu-, them in a condition to take care of themselves, and contribute their shire toward the common bardens. Uy acceptai;,' in good Taith th J new conditions Oftlfings, it ?viii bc in their power, by the adaption of a liberal policy on the part of tho government, io secure tho advantages of the national banking system ar. thoy have not yet done, and bo in the way o:: putting their groat resources to profitable ac? count. Tho value ot the lOttoa crop this year approximates $100,000,000, and with the pro? ceeds or the rice and tobacco crop added, tho South will have a monied basis equal to any demands that may be made on it. This ole ment. be maintains, must be taken into ac? count in any solution of the financial problem that has a chance of saccoss. A FATHER'S RIGHTS_Thc Supreme Court has decided a case of much interest, the point decided having never before, wo believe, been raised in that court. It came in the form of a petitioo by a father for the cuatody of bia child. In tho ab?enco of the father, who fol low8 the sea, tho mother died, and thc child being of tender age and deatitute, was placed in the care of a respectable family ir. Beverly to bo Drougnt np as meir o wu. nuou uie child was nine years old the lather appeared and endeavored to assert his claims. Judge Hoar refused to grant him tho custody of the child, holding, with the concurrence of tho other judges, that where, by misfortune accident, a father has left his child destitute and dependent upon charity, and the child has been permitted to form new relations in life so deep and strong as to change its whole nature and character, the child should be considered os emancipated by the father, and the father cannot assert his legal right to its custody. [Boslar. Advertiser. Sirring, FUR PHILADELPHIA.-K M PI ll H LINE. THE SCHOONER SURPRISE, SY.MMES Masts--, having nearly all her cargo engaged, i will sall in a few days. For engagements ?appl> to H. F. BAKER & CO., Januar}- L>_No. 20 Cumberland-street. FOR KKW YORK-MERCHANTS' LINE. THE FAST SAILING BRIG ETJBUS, V WILLEY. Master, having a large portion of J ^freight encaged and going on board, wants ?about 160 to 200 balea Cotton and light freight to fill up and soil promptly. January 14 3 WILLIAM ROACH A CO. FOR BOSTON-DESPATCH LINE. THE REGULAR Al PACKET SCHOONER JONAS SMITH, NICHOLS Master, having a i large portion cargo on board, wants 200 or ' 250 balea colton and light freight to fill up and sail promptly. WILLIAM ROACH A CO. January ll FOR LIVERPOOL. THE FIRST CLASS DANISH BARK v KAMMA FONDER, KR DOH Master, having > part of cargo engaged, will have alsptach. For Freight engagements apply to WILLIS A OHISOLM, January 8 Imo North Atlantic Whorl. FOR LIV UK POOL. THE NEW AND STRICTLY Al SPAN? ISH SHIP "PEDRO PLAN"DOLLI," ASTEN ? OUAL Master, having large part of her ?cargo engaged and going on board, will load with dispatch, For further Freight engagement apply to W. P. HALL, January 8 16 Brown A Co. 's Wharf. FOR LIVERPOOL. THE FINE AMERICAN SHIP "AME kLIA, THOO, BOBEHAJC Master, is now ready >for cargo, and being of small capacity will .have dispatch. For engagements apply to PATTERSON A STOCK, January 6_8onth Atlantic Wharf. FOR LIVERPOOL. THE Al CLIPPER BARK LIZZIE H., v S PB uro, Master, having shout two-thirds )of her cargo engaged and going onboard, .will have dispatch for the above port. For freight engagements, apply to Jannary 6_8TRLET BROTHERS A CO. FOR LIVERPOOL. THE FIRST CLASS BRITISH BABQU 'VT. G. PUTNAM, RICKABD Master, bavin )a large part of her cargo engaged, will loa .with dispatch. For balance freight engagements, apply to WILLIS A CHISOLM, December 21_North Atlantic Wharf. EXCURSIONS AROUND THE HARBOR . THE FINE, FAST SAILING AND COM 'FORTABLY appointed yacht ELEANOR kwill resume her: trips to historic points in ?the harbor, and will leave Government Wharf daily at Ten A. M. sud Three P. M. For Passage, opptj to THOMAS YOUNG, December 18 3mo Captain, on Board. PACIFIC Al AIL. STEAMSHIP COMPY'f TH Koran LU>*J TO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. FREIGHT AND PASSAGE AT GREATLY RM DUC ED RATES I vr-rrvc-* STEAMERS OF THE ABOVJ line leave Pier No. 42, North River, foot of Canal-street, New York, 12 o'clock noon, of the 1st. 9 th, 16 tl and 24th of every month (except when these datei fall on Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of let and 21th connect at Panama witt steamers for South Pacific and Central Americsi porte. Those Of 1st touch at Manzanillo. Departure of 9th ol each month connects witt the new steam Une from Panama to Australia ant New Zealand. Steamship JAPAN leaves San Francisco fer Ohl Sa and Japan February 4,1869. No California steamers touch at Havana, hst gr direct from New York to AspinwalL One hundred pounds baggage free to each adnu. Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets or further information a*?.') at the OOMPANY'8 TICKET OFFICE, on the wharf foot of Canal-street, North River, New York. March 14_lyr_F. R. BABY, Agent. HEW ROUTE. REDUCTION IN FREIGHT. THROUGH BILLS OF LADING ' from New Orleans to Charleston, 8. *C, vu Florida Railroad and ALLI .ANCE LINE C. S. Mall Steamships. And steamers CITY POINT and DICTATOR, will be given for tingar, to Charleston, per hhd.$7 5 Sugar, to Charleston, per barrel..16 Molasses, to Charleston, per barrel.2 60 Rice, to New Orleans, por 100 pounds. - Other Freights in proportion to the above. J. D. AIKEN k CO.. Agents. Charleston. F. W. PERKINS k CO.. Agents, No. 20 Uarondclet-street. Now Orleans. A. B. NOYES, Agent, December 15 Imo Fernandina, Fla. TRAVELLERS PASSING THROUGH CHARLESTON EN ROD rE TO FLORIDA, AIKEN /C/r^n And other places, should not fal /ja&?S*r!&SL to lay in their supplies of PROVIS . <J^teWlr* H>NH CLARETS. CHAMPAGNES CORDIALS, BRAN .'ES, WHIS KIES, WINKS, CANNED MEATS, SOUPS, Ac. Pates or Wild Gamo and Devilled Ham for Sand . Wiehes and Luncheons. #S-Send for a catalogue WM. b. CORWIN k CO., No. 275 King-Btrecr, Between Wentworth anil Beautain, Charleston, S. C. Branch of No. 'JO j Broadway, comer 20tb street, New York. October28 FOR CHE'!AW, GEORGETOWN, BUCK'S LOWER MTLL, ON THE WACCAMAW RIVER, AND ALL LANDINGS ON THE PEEDEE RIVER. f MnC^k 'IHE STEAMER PLANTER, CAP r^^'rTm TA C. C. WHITE, is receiving freight at Accommodation Whart and will leave on SATURDAY MOIININQ, the 16tb instar t, at Seven o'clock. Apply to JOHN FERGUSON. January 13 INLAND ROUTE. THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA. CHAULES ION AND SAVANNAH STEAM PACKET LINE. VIA EDISTO, BEACHORP AND HILTON HEAD, CONNECTTSO WITH THE ATLANTIC ANO GULF RAILROAD AND CONNECTIONS FOR ALL POINTS IN FLORIDA. _ -ir*?*, THE FINE, FAs>T STEAMER ?afchttSgS PILOT BOT, Captain FENN PECK, will leave Clioric.-ton rn MONDAY and TBUBSDAX MORN INOS at Eight o'clock. Returning, will leave Savannah TUESDAY MORNINGS at bight o'clock, and F BID A Y AFXEBNOON at Two o'clock, touching at Edisto on THURSDAY trip from Charleston, at ?.leven A. M., and leaving Eoisto at Nino A. M , SATURDAYS, on re? turn trip. The steamer will touch at Bluff.on and Chi -olin's, each way, every two weeks, commencing with trip of January 21st For Freight or Passage apply to JOHN rERGU^ON, January ll Accomm-dation Wharf. FOR BRUNSWICK, GA. , . T-?T^.S TQ1? STEAMER "DICTATOR,1 ?g?S3S Captain CH.VKLES WILLEY, will touch at this jn'iut ever., Welnetday, leaving savannah a Niuo A. AL. and on her return trip will touch there on Satitrdui/ Afternoon, arriving b.tcfc at Savannah on Sunday Morniiig. J. D. AIKEN k CO., November 24 Agents. FOR PALATKA. FLORIDA. VIA bAVANNAH, FERNANDINA AND JA0K30N VILLE. - j^TT?, THE FUteX-OASS STEAMER '^-?^glT DICTATOR, Captain CHAS. V? ILL ET, will sail irom Charleston ever; 'lues-Jay Evening, si Eight o'clock, tor the above points. Tho first-class Steamer CITY POINT, Captain War. T. MCNELTY, will rail from Charleston every Satur? day Evening, at Eight o'clock, tor above points. Connecting with th? Central Railroad at Savannah for Mobile and New Orleans, and with the Florida Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at which point steamers connect with New Orleans, Mobile Pensacola, Key West and Havana. Throuah Bills Lading given for Freight to Mobile, Pensacola and New Orleans. Boin steamers connecting with H. S. Hart's steam? ers Oclawaha and Griffin for Silver Springs and Lakes, Griffin, Eustis, Harris and Durham. All freight piyable on thc wharf. Gooda not removed at sunset will be stored at risl and expense ol'owners. For Freight or Passage encagomcr t, apply to J. D. AIKEN k CO., Agents, South Atlantic Wharf. N. B.-No extra charge for Meals aud Staterooms, Steamer City Point will touch at St. M iry's, Ge o. going and returning each week. November 21 5? DIRECT STEAM COMMUNICATION BK TWEEN CHABLESTON AND LIVERPOOL. CHARLESTON AND LIVERPOOL STEAMSHIP LINE. ?2?saSI THE FDibT CLASH AND POPU E#KiI>iB Iron steamship "GOLDEN ' ^HORN," HABBYC. MCBEATH com _? mander, is now on lier passage to this port from Liverpool direct, and it expected to arrive on or about the 16th instant, to sail hence fer Liverpool on Bret February. Tor Freight or Passage apply to BO BERT MORE & CO. January ll_Boyce's Wharf. FOB LIVERPOOL, THE BBin>H STEAM BB STA ^JTIBA, WAY Master, capacity 1800 bales cotton, du* here this day, wffl t sail on 25th instant . >?.-.=. For freight engagements, including cotton to ar? rive, apply to W. 0. BEE k CO. January ll NEW YORK ANJ9 CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP LINE. FOR NEW T 0 RX THE SPLENDID SIDE WHEEL 'STEAMSHIP CHAMPION, LOCK? WOOD Commander, will leave Ad .ger's Wharf on SATOBSAT, the 16th instant, at 10 o'clock. The steamship CHARLESTON will fellow on TUESDAY, the 19 th instant, at ll o'clock A. M. fg-1 brough Billa of Lading given to Boston and Providence, H. L jay Insurance can be obtained on these steamers at Yu percent For Freight and Passage, having splendid cabin accommoda tiona, apply to JAMES ADQEB *CO., Corner Adger's Wharf and East Bay (Dp Stairs). January 14 tbs2 FOR NEW YORK.. REG ULAR LINE EVER T THUR8DA T. PASSAGE REDUCED TO s)lS. THE SLDEWHEEL STEAMSHIP MAGNOLIA, Capt M. B. CBOWXLL, Commander, will leave Vander horst's Wharf, on FBXDAY MOBS mo, January 15, at half-post 7 o'clock. January 8 BAVEN EL k CO., Agents. ftointg, (flilflj (Eti. CAMERON, BARKLEY & GO., NORTHEAST CORNER Meeting and Cumberland Streets. STEAM ENGINES GRIST MILLS CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, and MACHINERY. January 1 (mo ROOFING TIN. 600 BOXES IC 14x20 ROOFING TtN SOO BOXES LX 14x20 ROOFING TIN 100 BOXES IC 28x20 ROOFING TIN 50 BOXES IX 42x20 ROOFING TIN 25 BOXES LX 12x12 25 BOXES IX 14x20 20 BOXES IX 10x20 20 BOXES LXX 14x20 20 BOXES LtXX 14x20 20 BOXES rxyxx 14x20 P BLOCK TIN, TIN S MA N'S SOLDER, SPEL? TER, k, &c. IN STORE AND TO ARRIVE. CAMERON, BARKLEY Si CO., Northeast corner Meeting and Cum harland streets. January 1_too OILS I OILS! OILS I 1000 GALLONS PURE WINTER LARD OIL 700 GALLONS PURE WINTER No. 1 LARD OIL 500 GALLONS PURE WINTER SPERM OIL 500 GALLONS PURE MASON'S SPERM OIL 500 GALLONS PURE MACHINERY OIL 1000 GALLONS WHITE OAK LUBRICATING OIL SOO GALLONS REFINED NEATSFOOT OIL * 300 GALLONS TANNER'S (STRAITS) OIL. CAMERON, BARKLEY Si CO., Northeart corner Meeting and Cumberland streets. January 1 6mo WHITE LEAD, zinxra, PAINTS, COLORS, TARNISHES, BRUSHES, ?Vc, &c. RAW AND BOILED LINSEED OILS. CAMERON, BARKLEY Si CO., North cast corner Meeting and Cumberland streets. January 1 Brno BAR IRON, SHEET IRON AND STEEL, WROUGHT AND CAST IRON PIPING, STEAM AND MALLEABLE CAST IRON FITTINGS, tor steam and water. CAMERON, BARKLEY Si CO., Northeast corner Meeting and Cumberland streets. January 1 fm o BELTING ! BELTING ! 5000 FEET OAK-TANNED LEATHER BELT? ING 5000 FEET G?ll BELTING, 2, 3, 4, and 5 PLY 250 SIDES PATENT DRESSED LACE LEATHER 300 DOZEN METALLIC-TIPPED BELT LACING 100 BOXES BLAKE'S PATENT BELT STUDS 150 DOZEN TOLLMAN'S BELT HOOKS 750 YARDS GUM PACKING, 1-16 INCH TO ? INCH THICK TUCK'S PACKING, i INCH TO 1J INCH DI? AMETER SOAPSTONE PACKING, i LNCH TO 1? LS CH DIAMETER WHITE AND BROWN JUTE PACKING ITALIAN HEMP PACKING RUDBER AJND LEATHER HOSE MANHOLE AND HANDHOLE GASKETS OF ALL SIZES. CAMERON, BARKLEY St CO., Northeast Corner Mooting and Cumberland streets. January 1 Hmo BRASS_W0KK. STEAM G?AGES, GONGS, GUAGE COCKS STEAM BIBBS AND SIOP COCKS, STEAM WHISTLES GLOBE AND CHECK VALVES, OIL CUPS WATER GUAGES, GLASS GUAGE TUBE8 MERCURY GUAGES.. LOW WATER DETEC? TORS COTTEP. AND BR \SS WIDE. CASIERO.V, BERKLEY St CO., Nort'ceas'. Corner Meeting and Cumberland streets. Jacucry 1 6mo