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?-i-- ? - - - - - - ? ? - - - -?- --- - --i i mt * ' "'" ? ?? ? i ? ? ???? ? ? " 1 VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1059. CHARLESTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1869. FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK BY TELEGRAPH. I'll 11 STATE CAPITAL. l^?i?SLATTVE PROCEEDINGS-BOARD OF TRADE MEMORIAL-SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD VS. COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DAILY NEWi.] COLUMBIA, January 19.-IN THE no CSE, Sas v portas introduced a bill providing for the enu? meration of tho inhabitants of each county. Neaglo introduced a bill to establish a board of commissioners of public lauds. Thc rest of tbe day was consumed in tho dis? cussion of thc lill to establish a new judicial circuit, and tho bili to amend thc criminal law. IN THE SENATE. Wright introduced :i bill to provont persons committed ou a charge of murder from being bailed; also a bill io am end the law in relation to arson. F.aincy, from the Finance Committee, re? ported unfavorably on tho bill to increase tbo salaries of tho Justices of tho ?Supreme Court and Circuit Judges. Corbin prosontcd a memorial from tbe Board ofTradoof Charleston relative to the Savan? nah and Chariest DU Railroad. It was referred to the Committee on Railroads. Wright, from tho Judiciary Committee, re? pined favorably on the IIouso resolution, to unite in joint assembly and elect a President and twelve Directors of the Bank ol the State, on tho 27th instant. In executivo session, tho Scnato refused to confirm thc appointments of L. F. Wall, W. S. Lance and J. N. Gregg as Assessors for Charles ton County. The act to cstabliah a State Orphan Asylum was ratified and sent to the Governor. lu thc case of the South Carolina Railroad vs. the Columbia and Augusta Raihoad, Messrs. llemmingor and Melton spoke for the defend? ants, aud General Conner for tho complain? ants. Mr. Magrath will follow to-morrow. In tho Supreme Court, Messrs. Hayna and Campbell both arguod for tho defendants, and they will bo followed by Mr. Corbin to-morrow. Tho arguments of Messrs. Hayne and Camp? bell, with so no slight exceptions, were tho same as those previously mado beforo Jastic e Willard. _______ EUItOPE. THE CONFERENCE AGREEMEN NAPOLEON'S SPEECH FROM THE TH BONE. PA ms, January 19.-The conference on tbe Eastern question recommends Grecco to accept BO much of tho Xmkish ultimatum aa relates to Cretan affiiirs, and to refer tho case of the affair at Syra to tho decision of the courts, and promises that arkey will withdraw tho last point of her ultimatum teaching the obser? vance of international law. The Sultan bas instructed his ambassador to ejgn the agreement of the conference, and it is thought that Greece will accept its torms. There has bsen a sharp earthquake at Cal? cutta. Napoleon, speaking from tho throne, con? gratulated the members of the Corps L?gislatif on the strength and harmony of tho nation, which was now ready to meet all evonts, her army and navy resource* beine complete. Ho favored discussion, provided it did not touch , the constitution, which, he said, was above { debate. He congratulates the powers on the ( result of the conference, an i concludes as fol lows: "Ail governments are hable to error. Fortune declines to smile on all enterprises, bnt the country knows that there is no thought ( or act of mine which is not given to the glory . of France.'' MONARCHY PEET AILS IN SPAIN. MADRID, January 19.-The election returns show unmistakably an overwhelming majority of the people in favor of monarchy. The , Strength of the Republicans in the new Cortos will be only about one hundred. OPPOSITION TO THE ALABAMA TREATY. LONDON, January 19.-The Pall Mall Gazette hopes that Parliament will not ratify the Ala? bama treaty if the question of the recognition of the Confederates as belligerents is to be \ reopened. WASHING TON. THE VIRGINIA COMMITTEE POSTPONE THE RICH- ' ^MOND CONVENTION-THE MISSISSIPPI t OMMTT- 1 TEE VISIT GRANT-GRANT AND THE COLORED ' CONVENTION. WASHINGTON, January 19.-The Virgin!?, com? mittee have passed a resolution postponing - the Richmond convention from February 10 to Mar ch 17, for fear that Congress would not act ' in time to allow the people to consider the pro? position and select delegates as early as < he dav first appointed. The committee will remain in full session during the present week. Yester? day's interview with Grant loads the Virginians to think that Grant is tbe most available friend of the movement in Washington. Tho Mississippi Committee visited Grant to? day, requesting his aid in obtaining immediate admission. G.int replied that the Reconstruc? tion Committee had framed a bill in accord? ance with their views, and expressed the hope that these matters would be settled beforo the commencement of his administration. The committee from the Colored National Convention called on Grant, who, replying to the address, said: "I thank the convention of which yon are the representatives for the con? fidence they have expressed, and I hope sin? cerely that the colored people of the nation may veceive every protection which tho laws give to them. They shall have my efforts to secure such protection. Tbey should prove by their acts, their advancement, prosperity, and obedience to the laws, that they arc wor? thy of tbe privileges the government has bes? towed upon them, and by their future conduct provo themselves deserving of all they now claim." Grant's interview with the Mississippi Radi? cal delegation is vaiiously reported He ap? pears to have expressed a desire for tho early admission of Mississippi, and that Southern constitutions should bo made to conform to the Reconstruction acts; also said that bo would enforce the laws. It is not known whether Gran: alluded to Bingham's bili or to another which tho committee is preparing. Bingham's bill, in addition to thc points tolegiaphed last night, provides that the Leeislatnres shall meet within twenty days of tho passage of the act, upon proclamation thereof by the Governor. Ko person prohibited by the Fourteenth amend? ment shall hold office until their political dis? abilities are removed. The Radical committee are in high spirits to-day. i Carl Shurz has been elected from Missouri, Fenton from New York, Hamlin from Maine. Nine senators and ton members of tho Indiana Legislature bolted the caucus nomination for United States Senator. The Senate, in executive session, only con? firmed an Oregon postmaster. The balance of the session was given to treaties, but there ?as no action. S It is understood that the Senate Judiciary Committee will report on Virginia affairs to morrow. There is good reason to believe that ihe report will be favorable to the wishes of the Virginia Conference Committee. CONGRESSIONAL. GEORGIA-PACIFIC BA ILROAD-COMMON CARRIERS. WASHINGTON, January 19.-IN THE SENATE the memorial of the colored citizens of Georgia wa s presented stating that at present they aro under State laws conflicting with thc Recon? struction acts. Another Pacific Railroad bill was introduced by Abbott. Thayer introduced a joint resolution propos? ing a constitutional amindrnent for universal manhood suffrage. McDonald introduced a bill to complete and perfect r ti hoads between tbe Pacific and At? lantic Oceans. Ti?e consideration of thc Copper bill was re? sumed. An amendment makiug tho tariff on blue vitriol five cents per pound was adopted, and tho bill passed. After a sbort executive session tho Senate adjourned. IN THE HOUSE, the usual number ol petitions wore presented. Commissioner Wells' report was ordered to be printed. Tbe substitute for tho Senate bill regulating judicial proceeding was passed. It transfers to thc Federal courts all suits aga;'n--t common carriers fir tho loss of property caused by tbe late war. The bill subsidizing thc Denver Railroad provoked a long discussion, and without ac? tion thc House adjourned. Sr A ICES FROM TUE WIRES. Resolutions were offered in the Georgi.! Legislature yesterday pledging the State to support Grant, but meeting with opposition, wore withdrawn. Thc Special Committee on the Eligibility of Nogroes in tho G orgia Legislature made an unfavorable report yesterday and were dis? charged. General Sweeny and his command returned to Augusta yesterday from Ogecchce. No moro trouble anticipated. THE BANE OF TUE STATE. Proceedings in thc 'Supreme Court. [FB0M O?B SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. ] COLOMBIA, S. C., January 17.-Thc Supremo Court met this morning at 10 A. M. Present, the Cbicf Justice and Associate. Justices Hogo and Carpenter. Tbc reading of tho record in tho case of tho Bank of the Stato ex relatione Attorney-Gen? eral vs. the Presidout and Directors of thc Bank or the State, was completed and argu? ment commenced. Mr. Corbin, of counsel for tho relators, read tho brief of tho plaintiffs, setting forth tho grounds on which they asked a reversal of tho decision of Justico Willard. Mr. HJTI.% of coan8elfor tbe defendants, call? ed the locution of tho bench to the fact that a ralo of the court imperatively requires that counsel should be famished with tho points and authorities relied upon, at least two days before the hearing. trw*! ITIIA arowkarAfl IA 1?*- 1-ln-J - tirely; they had seen these authorities for tho Irst time within the preceding hour. Under these circumstances, he would leave it to thc :ourt whether they should be required to pro seed at once. The Chief Justice said that such being tho sase, the court would stand adjourned until to? morrow, at 10 o'clock A. M., when counsel for defendants would be heard. FROM THE STATE ?AFITAL. THE COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD CASE - THE STATE POLICE BILL-THE FORT ROYAL RAILROAD-OTHER BILLS. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] COLUMBIA, S. C., January 18,1869.-The case of the South Carolina Railroad va. the Colum? bia and Angosta Railroad, came up before lodge Booz ?r to-day, on a motion to dissolve the injunction granted by Judge Willard. Messrs. C. G. Memminger and Melton appear? ed for the motion, and Messrs. A. G. Magrath and James Conner against. Tho defendants claim that tbey have complied with the law passed at the special'session of 18C8, requiring them to have the damages asscBsed, havo paid into court the amount ot $110 assessed by tho jury at Edgefield, aud thoreforo ask a dissolu? tion of tho injunction granted against them by Judge Willard for non-compliance with tho law. The papers were all read to-day, including, in cidentally, the proceedings and verdict of the Edgefield jury. Thc argument will com nonco to-morrow. . LN THE SENATE to-day thc bill to incroase the salaries of the Supreme ant. Circuit Court Judges, was referred to tho Financo Commit? tee. Tbe judges who aro in tbe city, it is ex? pected, will appear before the committee to? morrow, to give tho reasons why this measure should pass the General Assembly. The bill to amend an act entitled "An act to establish a Stale Police," passed its second reading, will be read a thud time to-morrow and bo sent to the House of Representatives. It will no doubt pass that body without debate. Tho bill gives the Governor the power to in? crease tho force at his discretion and to levy a special tax on tho county where an extra force is Ly him considered necessary for the preser? vation of the peace. Bose, from tbe Committee on Elections, to whom was referred the petition of C. B. Frank? lin to validate the election of the Town of Clinton, S. C., reported back the same, with a recommendation that the petition be laid on the table. Ordered for consideration to? morrow. Wright gave notice of a bill to amend the law rola ting to arson; also, a bill to define grand and petit larceny; also, a bill to pro? hibit persons being admitted to bail who aro charged with and committed .for tho crime of murder. Abill to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate tho Village of Kingstree," was agreed to and ordered to bo engrossed for a third reading. A bill to aid ia the construction of tho Pori Royal Railroad; also, a bill to charter tho Mill? chester and Augusta Railroad, wero road by their titles and referred to thu Couiniitteo on Railroads. A bili to authorize Courts of Arbitration was referred to tho Committee on tbs Ju? diciary. Tbe" reports o? thc special committee recom? mending the removal ot political disabilities of J. S. Linder, J. W. A. Harkness, Dr. C. M. Riv? ers, John Wilson, J. J. Halferd, G. W. H. Legg, R. C. Poolo. T. J. Lamotte, W. P. Gill and Thomas 0. Dawson, were agreed to and sent to the House of Representatives for con? currence. A bill from the Hoose lo incorporate the Citizens' Savings Bink was made the specir.l order tor one P. M. to-morrow. The resolution to adjourn sine die February five was tabled. A jomt resolution authorizing the Governor to employ an armed force to preserve tue peace was '-ead by its title and relerred to the Com? mittee on thc Military. IN THE HOUSE, Sagportas, from the Commit? tee on Engrossed Acts, reported as duly and correctly engrossed for a third reading a bill to alter and amend an act entitled ' An act to close tho operations of tho Bank of the State of South Carolina." : The bill was read tho third ':rae. passed, and ordered to be sent to the Se..?te. Jaeobs presente J. thc petition of Robert Hawthorne, of Fair-field County, for tho re? moval of his political disabilities. Referred to the Committtee on Removal of Political Disa? bilities. Bishop introduced a bill to define divorce and alimony in this State. Read the first time, nnd reforred to thc Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Stoeber introduced a bi l for tho pro? tection of the cotton crop of planters and farmers in this State. Read a first time, and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Sasporta8 crave notice of a bill to provide for tue enumeration of inhabitants in each county in this State, agreoablo to Section 2, Articlo IV of tho Constitulion. Drifflo introduced tho following resolution which, on motion of C. D. Hayne, was referred to thc Commilteo on Mays and Means: licsomcd, That his Excellency the Governor be and ho is hereby requested to inform this House if he has carried out instructions con? tained m section 2 of an act entitled "An act to close tho operations of the Bani; of the State of South Carolina." A Seuato bill relative to sales o'property un? der decrees cf Courts of Equity ?ind Circuit Courts, was indefinitely postponed. At 2 P. M., the House adjourned. THE SEA ISLANDS. 1 ho Profits of Sea Island Planters-Thc Causes of Three Years' Pailu rc-Fortu? nate Cotton Planters-Sea Islands will Pay. [FT.OJI A C0EBESPOSDEXT.] CHARLESTON-, January 18, 1809.-lu submit? ting thc enclosed estimates, I have faithfully and carefully stated exponaos and probable results. 1 have had foll experience in operating with ' freo labor," and thc hko experience, and great success in cultivating sea island cotton beforo tho war. 1 raado in one season, ft\in extra fine cotton, $112 to the acre, clear of a penses. In another, I made one hundred and fifty pounds round, of this cotton, to my whole crop ot over eighty acres. This was previous to the war, and hence the amounts are ex? pressed in gold. Since the war, with free la? bor aud sweeps, I have made of the same cot? ton, in tho adverse season of ?C7, $100 per acre. It will be seen that ray estimates take into account ovcry contingency. It is fair to say, howevor, that such soasous as those of '67 and '68 have been unkuown on oui- coast in a pe? riod of fifty years. They are beyond all calcu? lation and proc?dent, being as destmctivo ns an earthquake, without exciting tho sympathy and indulgence lor tho unhappy victims which an extraordinary convulsion of nature natu? rally docs. Wo have suffered moro fro a thc seasons than tho caterpillar, the extraordinary Hood retard? ing the crops in their growth so as to rendar thc destruction of tho worm four-fold, besides tho groat and serious injury arising from tho jeasone alon;', which would have cut off thc props one-half or more, if not a single worm liad made its appearance. And tho wet sea? sons have doubtless contributed much in pro lacing tho caterpillar. I know that planters savo high hopes excited by tho luxurious ap? pearance of a late crop. This, in nearly all :ases, is delusive-utterly so. Old planters ased to Bay, in looking at a lato c; op of prom? ise, ''it is a splendid crop; but it is late, and ate crops always look double.'' Hence the doa entertained of very fine crops in sorao lections, just beforo thc appearance of tho cat arpaau ar mc sca.-u.iJ olitvu- uocii our nia.a rouble, we may, with reason, hope to escapo rom these extraordinary visitations. Now, what arc the facts ? A friend and neighbor planted a half aero ?xtra cotton in the past season. The patch vas manured with stable mauuro and "cooi xisl," listed with the hoe, "banked" with the loe, and attended in a thorough and hand lome man nor according to tho best standard >f slave labor. Not a bindo of grass was to be leen throughout. The land was strong yel ow soil, near to an arm of tho sea. The natch escaped the caterpillar entirely, and, in t fair season, should have made at least one anndred and fifty pounds per acre. Yet the field was but at tho rate of twenty-four pouuds per acre. Thc same was tho case, to a niodi aed degree, in a like patch of my own in 18G7. Oa, the contrary in the season of I860-with as only a fair one-I sent to market over sixty pounds to the acre from a small field planted 'rom the 10th to the 16th of May. Thia field ?vas ravaged by the caterpillar before I had a pod picked, and was gathered by day laborers ivithout any one in chargo, business of more pressing importance demanding my whole lime. I presume, under thc circumstances, it must have actually produced one hundred pounds per acre, notwithstanding caterpillars. In the same season of 1866 a planter in my jommunity, thou?h his crop was Bwept by ;a ter pi liars, made over ono hundred and thir? ty-three bales of three hundred pounds to eighty hands. Another, undsr hko circum? stances, made thirty-eight bales to twenty-fivo hands. Another, forty bales to one hundred ind twenty acres. Another, th ii ty bales to ninety acres, and so on through tho com? munty wherovor tho crop received anything like reasonable attention. Why was it that noney was lost ? The answer is plain. There ?vere cxtraord ?nary and exorbitant expenses to neet in tho restoration of our ruinod homes md wasted fields. Stock had to bo bought at sxorbitant rates. Labor to be seduced into vork by exorbitant wages. Everything to be lone anew, and everything costing tour prices. Lhe cia B of seed, which at that time could done bc obtained, was inferior as well as un? productive. Our planters necessarily began atc and came to market lalo, with all this ext? raordinary cost of production on their backs ind to bo liquidated at once. They mot tho florida planters as usual in market with as rood, if not better, cotton than theirs, and a :rop the very best that had ever bcon made n Florida. The buy JIB kuow this advantage. iud used it with a vengeance, running cottoa lown from $1 40 per pound to forty ceata at ,hc lowest ligure. Notwithstanding this, with tho average price obtained, if the wages and cxpenscy lad rated uo higher than those of the past ?oason. remunerative results would have been reached. So that thc only practicable season rujoyed since the return of our planton to the ??ast. had they escaped tho extraordinary cost )f production, no longer existing, would liavo ocen a decided EUCCOSS, notwithstanding cater? pillar, and with a fair article of cotton would aavo been successful with caterpillar and ex? penses. So, too, if they had escaped caterpil? lar, they would have reached success, not ivithstauding tho high cost of production and inferior quality of cotton. I know what I state and can prove by thc fig ares. My experience wan au ta mo in reposing perfect confidence in tho statements I make. The crop of I860 was followed by thc seasons pf '67 and '68, on both of which years wo were Hooded with rain and had no spring at all, whilst the crops were ravaged by caterpillar. To make cotton crops or any other under ?ircumstauces so utterly variant with all pre? vious experience, was to moke oui' daily talc Df brick without atraw. It is easy to repeat the catchword that thei'e never was money in long cotton: and to use tbe ran1 phrase that it is "played ont." It is hard to prove either one or tho other. I will say this much in reply: that there have been more fortunes made from long cotton than from anything else in any equal area in the State, if | not the South. In the early period of cotton planting, we may mention among those who accumulated large fortunes Captain William Seabrook, John David JIurgeon, Captain Wil? liam Popo, James Kirk, Edward Means, Samuel Reid, Joseph EJin.cs, Sr. At a later period ws have amongst those who made fortunes or highly remunerative crops, Joseph J. Pope, Joseph D. Edings, Kinsey Durden, Solomon Legate, Ephraim Seabrook, Sr., John Town? send, Jenkins Mikcil, William E. Baynard, Na? thaniel Crowell, W. G. Raynard, John J. T. Pope, Joseph Whaloy, Edward Wha.oy.Ephraira Baynard, Sr., William Seabrook, Jr., Jenkins Townsend, James Legare, Joseph Hazel, Cap? tain Edward Barnwell, Thomas Fuller, William Edings, Rev. Stephen Elliott, William Fripp. John E. Fripp. Whilst some of these getitlc mo.i were men of large wealth, reaching a mil? lion, others, tboush not rich, were very and habitually successful. This state of things continued up to thc very happening of thc war; sea island planting being highly remunerative and lands improv? ing in intrinsic and markot value, rating from twenty dollars to ono hundred dollars per acre, as on Edisto. The race of planters was not deteriorating, for wo find among tho younger representatives such men as Buriell Sanders, of St. Bartholomew, who tnado seventy bush? els of corn to tho awe and two to three bales cotton to thc hand. Wo find on Edi&to such men as Owens Edward, Fu'ler Edward and Joeoph Seabrook, Theodore Becket, John Jen? kins, Edward Baynard. In the vicinity. Jamos LaRoche, Benj. Bailey. In St. Helena Pariah we find William B. Means, William Cuthbert, Stephen Elliott, Edward Means. In St. Luke'. Joseph J. Stoney, Janies B. Seabrook, J. C:owoll, M. J. Kirk, E. M. Seabrook, Jno. W. R. Pope, who among others wero all planters of great euc1"'-:-, and rapidly accumulating fortunes, some of them being already men of wealth. James Island afforded thc distinguished planters, W. B. Seabrook, Joseph Hinsteen. Ephraim Clark. St. John's Berkeley affords such names as Peter Gaillard, Francis Peyro, Walter Peyrc Willinm Sinclair, Thos. W. Porc'ucr, Samuel Porch or, among others. Thcro is a statement that long cotton plant? ers were always in debt to their factors. Tho answer is, they wero among tho soundost cus? tomers. In sonic instances this indebtedness meant extravagance in living, prevalent along tho coast. In many it meant enterprise and turiit. In many it was utterly untrue. In comparatively few did it mean "going behind hand." It was only necessary to pass through the country just beforo tho war to soo the most unmistakable indications of wealth and prosperity. The people lived in aflluonce and ologance, and but for tho war, from which they suffered moro than any other part of tho coun? try, they would now have boasted of tho finest and most improved catates in tho South, with millions to spiro, instead of bogging for a lit? tle assistance to recuperate their brokon for? tunes. The Status of the Pendln?; Suits-The Cases that have been Adjudicated, and the Amounts Allowed-The unsatisfied Claimants have yet to.Prove. [FB01I OTJH SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] WASHINGTON, January 16.-A. recent article in THE NEWS censures, in rather sweeping terms, tho dilatory character of the proceed? ings in the Court of Claims, and intimates, in a manner more candi 1 than complimentary, that the functionaries of that august tribunal have shown themselves distinguished profi? cients in the noble art of "How Not to Do lt." A glanco at the record, however, proves that whatever may have been tho shortcomings of the court in respect to speedy action, Charles? ton has scant cause of complaint on that acoro, as compared with other cities. In a report recently transmitted to Congress by the chief dork of the Court of Claims I find a statement of the judgments rendcrod dur? ing tho year ending December 7, 1868, with tho amounts involved, tho names ot the parties in whose favor judgment was rendered, and a brief synopsis of th o naturo of tho claims in each case. In this hst Charleston figures very prominently, the number of her successful claims being nearly if not quite one-half of the whole number allowed. Thcao claims, 1 am told, have long since been pai 1. As tho parti? culars in regard to these cases havo never been published, I have transcribed tho uamss of thc parties, with thc amount and di'te of | judgment in each of thc Charleston cases. I may add that tho dates given aro all included io the year 1868, and that the subject matter of all tho claims waa "cotton captured by United States forces." The followiug is the list : NAMES. Henry West. L. T. Potter and Eliza Potter, bis wile. James T. carroll. James Rudolph. Jame* Armstrong. Thos. Keuoy and Kate Evuny Salina Wilkinson. William T. Oliver. Houry G. Thomas. BCD j. Kells. Bartholomew Foley. Theo. Kessler. John H. tiru ver. Rebecca Ficken, adm'r'x... Timothy daffy. Angelo !>milk. John II. Br?ning. smith Howe. Edwjrd Reynold;1. Ko 1er ck lurnea. Sarah Watta. i h oma* Aiken. Eliza Hilborn. Lliu* (?ardvu. ll l>. A h re.; 8. George Shrewsbury. James B. McLlhosc. Ernest Walijin. Fred. W. C;autrBcu. John Mejia ..on. Wm. McKay. Enoch C. Huucoc,;. ? ivia S. Edmond*. Teresa Igoc. Maltha t. street. Joseph M F. Dereel. 't homas Cole. AMOUNT. DATE $1262 G3 3.CC5 2fl 202 62 626 01 7,088 04 368 90 m 00 262 4U nu 20 4,64'2 48 2H.84G 48 MG 00 ll.i.TG 00 G.9C3 GO 4.329 60 393 CO 1.9G8 00 1,014 OJ 3.93C t? 8.418 9G 1,393 6b 39:1 GU 918 10 0,'279 00 1.330 SJ 3,07? Gd 3.07? 02 2,bSG 40 D ism is-ed. 1.049 CO Diimis-eti 4,19 i 411 1.019 GO 7.084 GO 1.9-1 12 2G2 40 202 41) Juno 16 Jane 16 June 16 June 16 Juno 16 June 16 Jan 13 Jan 13 Jan 13 Jan 13 Jan 13 Jan 27 Jan 27 Mar 23 Mar 23 Mar 23 Mar 23 Mar 23 Mar 23 Mar 23 Mar 23 Mur 23 Var au Mur ito Mar 3tl Mar 30 Mar 39 Mar 30 Mur 30 Mar 30 Mar 30 Mar 30 Mar 30 April G viiril 13 M?y l Mav 4 I have mado inquiry with regard to tho cause of delay in tbs Charle-jtoti cases, which are atiil pending. Tho hitch, it seems, is owing to a new condition which Congress has seen fit to interpose boiore the claimont can hope to have bia claim allowed. A late enact? ment contains a provision that thc applicant for redress in a cotton case moat establish by evidence not only his own undoubted ' loyal? ty," but tbe fact that his residence within the Confederate lines was "not voluntary." It ie on this new point that the court ia now bear? ing testimony. There is, of course, room for a wide latitude of construction as to what would or would not constitute "a voluntary resi? dence " in the ey of ibo law ; but, as I heard a shrewd old counsellor remark, " alter some of the cases of ' loyalty ' that have been estab 1 e'iod, everything else will be comparatively easy of proof"; and there ie a reasonaoie pros peet that before many weeks all, or nearly all, of the still unsatisfied claimants will be glad dened with a favorable judgment, and speedily thereafter hare tbe opportunity to pocket the "denmition cash." R, THIS YE Alt'S EEOBAEZE SXTPELY OF COTTON. [From Messrs. Fmith, Edwards A Co.'s Manchester Circular.] We will briefly glance at tho prospects of the cotton trade for the coming year, and, for tho sake of comparison, advert to the statistical outturn of tho past year. From ir, it appears th-it the total import into Great B: ilain was 3,CC0,000 bales, against 3,500.000 bales, or an increase of 160,000 bales; bat as thia was duo wholly to Brazil bales, wuich weigh about 150 pounds, tha real increase in quantity over the previous year is trifling. 'Ihe deliveries to the trade for tho year reach 2.802 000 bales, against 2,552.000 bales last year, being an increase of 250,000 bales; but this is also almost entirely in Brazils, so that the real increase of consump? tion is only equal in weight to about 100 OOO American, or 2,000 bales per week. The export Tor tho year ia 915,000 balo?, against 1,015,000 bales, or a decrease of 100.000 bales. Tho to? tal deliveries of tho year lor trade and export agttresatc 3,717,000 bales, against an import of 3,600,000 bales, causing a reduction of stock in Liverpool and London of 57,000 ba!o3, aa com? pared with the previous year; but wo believe tho trade hold a somewhat larger supply at their mills. It appears from the above that supply and d maud have beon very nicely ad? justed during the past year, and wo open tho new year with vory BmaUrcacrvos ol stock, say 497,000 balea in tho two porte, as compared with 554.000 bales last year. What aro thp prospects of supply far the coming ye ir? Wo tum firat to America, and fiud, as usual, considerable diversity of opin? ion-catimates ranging from 2,500,000 to 2,750, 000 bales. We think the crop will be nearer tho first than tho second of theso figures, and lean towards 2,60o,000 bales, including all the overland corrections. Lut wo believo that American spinners will require 100 000 bales more than the previous season, and therefore we assumo that, praotically, thc same quantity will be shipped to Europe as last year, but wu believe a much larger proportion will go direct ] to the continent, and so much the less to Eng? land. This, however, is but a matter of socon- '? dary importance, as oar export business will I bo diminished in a corresponding ratio, and ' very little American cotton will bo sent from I England to thc continent during the coming I soiieon. We wou.d point out hero tho proba- < biiity of a much larger amount of new cotton i boing received at tho back end of this year '? than of tho past one; for we expect the Bext American crop will Do much larger than tho present one. . Witk regard to India wo have no reason te anticipate any change of importance. Tho ' oio s at the Bombay side are believed to be 1 a beut as largo as tho previous year, and cur- : rent prices will draw them rapidly to this ? country. Egypt and Turkey have made good crops, and some increase on last year ia expected perhaps 50.000 bales. Brazil seems rapidly to increase its prodnc- ' lion, and a further large addition ia expected 1 this year-it seems not unreasonable to as- 1 sume an extra of 200,000 bains. This general survey would indicato roughly an additional supply of 250,000 small bales te Europo, exclusivo of any extra quantity of the , next American crop. Thia, it must bo allow? ed, is but a poor increase, and will only allow a ' small development m the consumption-say ! about 57,000 bales per wcok for Great Britain, ' and a comparative addition on the coutinent, ' and that increase only in email bales. It ap- 1 pears, therefore, that spinners have another ' anxious and perplexing year before them, and 1 have now room to anticipate low prices for the ! raw material. At the same time tho prospect : beforo them is not one of famine, only of ' scarcity, and there aro various countervailing ' "..lu th?'lli?,Onir?iifhJv).v^^w tn hp Rfntfifl. . tical position of the staple will probably ex- ' bibi t the opposite tendency to wkat it did last year. During tho first quarter of 1868 the off- 1 take from this port reached tho enormous 1 amount of 80,000 halos per week, against an j import of 66,000 bales per week, and this re- ' duced the stock (after allowing for corrections) 1 from 447,000 bales at the end of the year to 1 312,000 on 2d April; bat this year we do not 1 anticipate that tho offtake will exceed 65,000 .' bales per weok, while tho import will probably 1 exceed last year, and may reach 75,009 bales per week, and therefore our stock will proba- . bly increase and may stand at 400,000 halos by lal April. Fuither, one great cause of the ex? citement in the spring of last year was tho ex- ' tremely small shipmonts from India appearing on the water; but wo behove that tbe crop will be exported more rapidly from India this year. The price in Bombay is now250r., against 140r. last year, and the consequence is that the new crop is n ow boing hurried down to port. Last year at this time business in India waa paralyzed; wo therefor o expect by the month of April to see a much larger quantity of In? dian cotton on tho. water than last year, and altogether a considerably groater visible sup? ply of cotton, and this cannot fail to have a moderating effect upon prices. But the most important consideration of all ?3 the chance or a large Amecrican crop next season. We attach great weight to this point. The planting community of the South is reap? ing enormous profits from the present crop, probably an average of at least eight cents or Sd. per pound, for we beliove the present crop does not cost on an average over 15 cents per pound. Therefore, wo feel sure that they will go into plantiug with ex'raordinary energy for tho coming seaaon, and we believe the breadth of land sown will be 25 to 50 per cent, larger than last year. Tho knowledge of thia cannot fail to iufluoncc our market aome months hence, and it will havo a deterring effect upon mer? chants m Manchester who ship to distant mar? kets. We pronounco no opinion as to tho pos? sible yield ol tho next crop; that will depend mainly upon the available amount of labor, but wo may bo sure that every effort will bo niado to grow the largest amount of cotton, and ahould tho season prove fine wo may safely say that a hoavy increase is on the cards. For these various reasons we conaider the present price of cotton quite high enough, aud ive do not see much ground for anticipating an upward tendency of pi ices in the spring months. Nor, on the other hand, do we see much room for decline, and a rango of 10J. to lld. for American cotton seems to bo faicty justified. Of coarse, if the American crop falls stiort of tho figure we have named, tho posi? tion is stronger, pro tanto; and if it exceeds it, vice, versa; supply ?md demand are too nieely balanced to allow of any di s turbin co without u sharp effect on puces. lu conclusion, wu would remark on tho dif? ference in tho relative position of American and Indian cotton. If thc former d?chues ?d. to ld. in thc spring months, Surat cotton should still hold its ground, for thc stock will bo almost exhausted beforo the new crop ar? rives; but it American cotton maintains pro scut prices, S-rat must creep upwards $J. to ld. per pound, for tho needful readjustment of consumption will not take plaoa without this readjust munt of tho rolativc price. In all cot? ton oper.i tiona for some time to como Swats appear, theiefure, to bo thc safer article to dual in. A VFAIES IN OEOEOIA. Thc Atlanta Era says of thc Georgia Legis? lature: '.In selecting their aeata, tho members of the Se?alo blended without respect to party. Democrats and Republicans commingled with a spirit of friendliness that argued a pleasant state of a flairs. A M.'inion missionary was in Columbus last week, but c'earoJ out for want of funds. buperintendaot Hurlbut has paid $25,000 into the treasury, the earnings cf the State road for December. lu Monrua County thc talk is that about one third of tho cotton crop rf that county was m the hands of planters on tho first day of Janu? ary, and in some of the Georgia counties one half was still m planter?' bauds. Thc general average throughout Georgia was believed to bo about a third. In Columbus there are about ton thousand people. Tho adjacent villages, which ought to be embraced in tho corporation, as the resi? dents derive their livelihood herc, will swell the number tn fowtecn thousand. Thc negro population has been decreased in the last twelve months. There is nothing now froti the Ogeechee country. The troops still remain there, to pre? serve order, and wa'ch for "prayor meetings." None of the ringleaders of the trouble bave been found, and it is reported tbat Solomon Farley, tho great Mogul of the Oge?chee, is hiding away in Savannah. Letters have been received in Washington by a Southwestern member ot Congress, detailing outrages in the State of Tennessee, lt is said that two loyal men were killed in Franklin County on the day of the election, and another taken from jail and 4mng in the courtyard. Nobody knows who committed these acts. A letter from Shelby vi ile, dated January ll, says in a recent tight the Ku-Klux were badly whip? ped, but they threaten to come a thousand strong from Lincoln and Marshall Counties. They were about thirty in number, mounted on horseback. They drove to the public square, blowing whistles and yelling like de? mons. Th?y then moved down the Mat freos boro' pike, and as they approached near Dun? lap's they wore fired into, and six of them Wfro wounded. Just after tho Ku-KInx ran off, and during the excitement, a barn was set on fire. Another letter says if tho Ku-KJux organization shall not be puppressed loyal men cannot live in Tennesseo, and the writer adds: "If in this State, w:th a loyal element and a Brownlow as Governor, you are not safe, what would you look for in the other rebel States ? We have no security for life or pro? perty, and no exercise of liberty. These are facts, and Congress must do something to protect loyal citizens or thoy will be murdered by the thousand." A letter from Aspin Hill, Tennessee, says there has scarcely been a night for six months that tho Ku-Klux havo not gone somewhere in the neighborhood and taken out and bung, or shot, or whipped some ono, either white or black, and have succeeded in causing such a state of terror, that all the blacks and every white Republican scarcely dare speak of them, who say they always punish men for talking, and the citizens ali wink at it fi om fear. But the loyal men are armod, aud are, according to these letters, determined to assert their rightd. Letters have been received by other membors of Congress, showing the fear exist? ing in the Southwest from the Eu-Elux move? ments, and appealing for a remedy to prevent future disturbances. A lotter has been received by tho Commis? sioner of Internal Bovenue, from an officer of the department ia Tullahoma County, Ten? nessee, giving an account of outrages perpe? trated up.>n revenue officers in that section for I ertonning their duty. Ho states that a fow nights since he was taken from his bed by a party of masked desperadoes, who threatened to blow his brains out if ho attempted to en? force the revenue law. They then fired a num? ber of shots at his house, but released him after exacting a promise that he wonld not at? tempt to enforce tho law. The matter has beon referred to th? United States Attorney af Tennessee, with instructions to request the assistance of a military forco to aid the reve oue officers to perform their duty. A ROTHSCHILD'S WEALTH.-The wealth lef by the late Baron James de Rothschild is something fabulous. It overpowers the ima? gination. No sultan, cr caliph, or emperor, real or fabled, approached him in the extent of his opulence. Tho "wealth of Ormus or of Ind" pales before it. Tho late baron made the following disposition of his fortuno : He left to bia wife, Betty, ?8,000,009, the Chateau Fer? nere, whose art ealleries are estimated at above ?8,000,000, and his house in the Bue Laf 0.1 te, at Paris; to bis second son, Gustavus, bo pavo ?8,000,000; to his third son, Edmund, ?6,000,000; aud to his grandson, tho son of the lato Solomon Rothschild, ?2,000,000. This is pretty well in itself, but it does not exhaust tho vast heaps left by the modern Croesus. The largest plum has fallen to the lot of his aldest son, Alphonsus, who comes in for a trifle of ?20,000,000. This colossal fortune-and per? haps those legacies do not exhaust the amount -roaches the sum total of ?44,800,000. It may give some idea of what this means to mention that it would nearly pay the interest m tho national debt for two years, and is con? siderably more than half the income of Groat Britain. Verily the deceased baron must, like Midas, have possessed the faculty of turning 3 very thing he touched into gold. reigns througnout. ?aris. '?'ktti-dtetw tAAOi birds of song-has taken ho: il ght northward, to fill her long annonnoed engagement at the ?ourt of the Czar. There was a regular scene in the house when Pa .ti sang for the last time. 9he was recalled wit i a furore never surpassed avon in a French th : ure. The entire audience rose, cheered and waved bats and handker? chiefs, while tho musicians "laid down the fiddle and the bow," and following the popular enthusiasm, shouted and threw their arms about as wildly as any portion of Ihe audience. Madame Patti was almost buried in the mass of bouquets thrown to her. It is said that she was actually moved to tears-real genuine tears-by this ovation. Prq (?Ms, (Ste. MILLS & GIBB, IMPORTERS, No. 412 Broadway, New York, INVITE THE ATTENTION OF'SODrTIERN MER? CHANTS to their splendid stock of LACES AND LACE GOODS EMBROIDERIES WHITE GOODS ? LINENS L. C. HANDKERCHIEFS DAMASKS NAPKINS, &c., Sec. AU imported direct from the Manufacturers, and offered to the trade at the LOWEST PRICES and most FAVORABLE TERMS. January 19_ BAO_imo GREAT ATTRACTION AT FUKCHGOTT & BROS. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRY GOODS STORE? CORNER KING AND CALHOUN STREETS WE BEO 1U INFORM THE LADIES AND OUR Customers in general, that we bav.i just re? ceived (lu addit'on to our usual stock of DOMESTIC and FANCY liOjlSi, anew supply suitable fer the present season. CONSISTING or: CLOAKS, DRY GOODS, POPLINS, Ac, at reduced prices Heavy Balmoral Skirts atS112 Very choice article Mack Silk SI 80, worth 32 SO Ladies' super Meriuo Vesta ouly $1 A lot ol fine Piano Covers which will bc Bold lcaa tbau cost, ir J dozen Ii OOP SKIRTS, 60 to 60o. A lot ol PliotOipMpu Albums, 75 cents Otteiiheimer's celebrated French CORSET, SI 00 add upward A full and complete assortment of German and Eng? lish HOSIfcK?, from l->; up A Cai a-sortment of Ladies' and Children's Silk, Ber? lin clo.h and Lisle GLOVES, elegant desi ma. ALSO, A good selection ol BLANKETS, COMFORTS, QUILTS FLANNELS, CASSIMERES TABLE DAMASKS, &C., At the lowest figures. Wc would also notify our patrons that w" have ar raneed a separate deportment m our Store exclu? sively for BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, TRUNKS, Ac. 83- ENTRANCE ON CALBOON-STREET. Ft" It CHG'. ITT & BROS., December U No. ?37 EING-STHEET. tao FOR BOSTON-DESPATCH UVE. THEFIBsT-CEASR PACKET SCHOONER C. E. RAYMOND, BlCKHHGi Master, having t two-thirds canto encaged and going on ' boord, wanta 150 to 300 biles Cotton to nil up and sail promptly. January 20 wthaS WILLIAM BOACH k CO. FOR BOSTON. . THE FINE SCHOONER SARAH CUL LEN, ConsoN Master, having two-thirds ot . her cargo ready to go on board, will be dls I patched for the above port. Fer Frei?ht of 200 lalee Cotton, or its equivalent in bulk, apply to H COURTENAY A TRENHOLM, January 20_1_Onion Wharves. FOR BOSTO.V. . THE FINE SCHOONER ANNIE B. ^ GLOVi R will load for the above port. For Freight engagements a-ply to X. TUPFKB tz KON8, JatuarylO_Brown'? Wharf. ' FOR PHILADELPHIA-KAI PIRK Liff BL > THE 8CHOONER SURPRISE, SYMME8 Maste-. having nearly all her cargo engaged, i will sail in a few days, for engagements ?applj to H. F. BAKER A CO., Japnary 14_No. 20 Cumberland-street. FOR LIVERPOOL. THE FIRST CLASS DANISH BARK ?KAMMA FONDER, KEOGH Master, having Fpart of cargo engaged, will hivedisptach. ? For Freight en-jugements applv to ' WILLIS A CblwOLM, January 8 Imo North Atlantio Wharf. FOR LIVERPOOL. THE NEW AND STRICTLY Al SPAN? ISH SHIP "PEDRO PLANDOUT," A?ON . -"i.B^GUAI' Master, having large part of her - cargo engaged and going on board, will load with dlapatch. For farther Freight engagements apply to w. p. HALL January 8 15 Brown A Cb.'s Wharf. FOR LIVERPOOL!. THE FINE AMERICAN SHIP "AME ^ LIA, Tuns. Bon EHAM Master, ia now ready )for cargo, and being ot small capacity will * have dispatch. For engagements apply to PATTERSON A STOOK, January 5_Sonth Atlantic Wharf. FOR LIVERPOOL. THE Al CLIPPER BARK LIZZIE H., * Brat NO, Master, having about two-thirds ?of her cargo encased and going on board,, ?will have dispatch for the above port. For freight engagements, apply to January 8_STRUT BHOTBBBA A CO. FOR LIVERPOOL. THE FIRST CLASS BRITISH BABQD * W. G. PUTNAM, RICKARD Master, ha vin ?a large part of her cargo engaged, will loa .with dispatch. For balance height engagements, apply to WILLIS A CHISOLM, December 21_North Atlantic Wharf. EXCURSION AROUND THE HARBOR. THE EAST 8AILING YACHT MAGGIE MITCHELL, having been thoroughly refit? ted, ls now prepared to take names to all points of interest ia and around the Har? bor of Charleston, on reasonable tora?. For passage apply at No 81 EAST B AY, cr to the Captain on boord at Boyce's Wharf. January 19 6* EXCURSIONS AROUND THE H ARBOR . THE FINE, FAST SAILING AND OOH 'FOHTABLY appointed yacht ELEANOR swill resume her trips to historic points 1 ?the harbor, and will leave Governmen Wharf daily at Ten A. M. and Three P. M. For Passage, apply to THOMAS YOUNG, December 18 3mo Captain, on Board. FOR PHILADELPHIA. THE STEAMSHIP PEO M ETHE- . 'US, A. B. GRAT Master, will leave 'Atlantic Wharf tor abovt port on ?THTJB?DAY, 21st instant, at ll A. M. For Freight engagements-apply to jimnrj-ro- r,...... FOR LIVERPOOL. THE FIRST-CLASS IRON STEAM? SHIP STAT IR A, capacity 1300 bales cotton, ROBBST T. WAT Command r er, ls now receiving Freight,, and wm sail on 20th instant For freight engagements, apply? January 16_WALO. BEE A CO. DIRECT STEAM COIUMU S1CATION BE? TWEEN CHARLESTON AND LIVERPOOL. CHARLESTON AND LIVERPOOL STEAMSHIP LINE THE FIRST CLASS AND POP? 1 LAR Iron Steamship "GOLDEN "HORN," HAUET 0. MCBEATH Com ?mander, ls now on her passage to this port from Liverpool direct, and ls expected to arrive on or about the 16th instant, to sail hence for Liverpool on flrat February. For Freight or Paasage apply to ROBERT MURE A CO.1 January H_Boyce's Wharf. FOR NEW YORK. REG ULAR LINE EVERY THTJRSDA TV PASSAGE REDUCED TO $15. THE STEAMSHIP SARAGOSSA. 'Captain C. RTDEB, willleavr Vander ' horst's Wharf on THUBS?AY, Jan ?uary niet, at Twelve o'clock M. January 16_RAYEN EL A CO.. Agenta. TRA V E LL, te RS PASSING THROUGH CHARLESTON EN ROD rE TO FLORI DA. AIKEN And other places, should not fal to lay in their supplies or PROVIS - IONS, CLAREIS, CHAMPAGNES CORDIALS. BRANDIES, WHIS KIES, WINES. CANNED MEATS, SOUPS, Ac. Pates of Wild Game and Devilled Ham for Sand Wiehes and Luncheons. ?9~Send for a catalogue. WM. S. CORWIN A CO., No. 276 Kmg-itroet, Between Wentworth and Beanfaln, Charleston, S. 0. Branch of No. 900 Broadway, corner 28th street, New York._Ootobar>8 FOR BRUNSWICK, GA f - ?TT^b. THE STEAMER "DICTATOR," ?^33H5C Captain CHAULES WILILY, will toa :h ?u??TTpointevery Weinaday, leaving savannah a Nino A. M., and on her return trip will toaoh there on Saturday Afternoon, arriving back at Savannah on Sunday Morning. J. D. AIKEN A 00., November 24_ Agenta. FOR PA LATH A, FLORIDA. VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA AND JAOKSON VILLE. THE FIRST-CASS STEAM EB _DICTATOR, Captain CHAS. WnxET, will sall tram Charleston ever; Tuesday Scening, at Eight o'clock, tor the above points. The first-class Steamer CITY POINT, Captain Wit T. MCNELTY, will tad from Charleston every Satur? day Evening, ai Eight o'clock, tor above pointa. Conn?cung with the Central Railroad at savannah for Mobile and Ne?'Orleans, and with the Florida Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keyo. st which point steamers connect with New Orleans, Mobile, Peueaco'a. Key West and H.vana. Thronuh Bills Lading given for Freight to Mobile, Pensacola and New Orleans. Boih steamers connecting with H. S. Hart's steam? ers Oclawaha and Griffin fir Situer Springs and Lakes, Griffin, Eustis, Harris and Durham. All avie i't i- 'Vahle on the wharf. Goods not removed at sunset will be stored at risk and expense of owners. For Freight or Passage eojragorac-i t, apply to J. D. AIKEN A: CO., agents, <*ourh Atlantic Wharf. N. R.-No extra charge for MeilJ aud staterooms . Steamer City Point will ton.-h at St. Mary's, Ga o. going and returning each week. November 21 INLAND ROUTE. THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA. CHARLESION AND SAVANNAH s I'D AM PACKET LINE, VIA EDISTO, BEAU! OR I" ANC HILTON HEAD, COJTNECTIN'O WITH THE ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD AND CONNECTIONS FOR ALL POINTS IN FLORIDA. _ ?-Tr^w TBE FINE, FAST STEAMER fcgSaSC PILOT BOY. Captain FEKU PECK, will leave Charleston on MONDAT and 1 HUHSDAT MOEN moa al Eight o'clock. Returning, will leave .-avannah TUESDAY Moiwruoa a* Mailt o'elo'k, and FBIDAY AFraasooN at Two o'clock, touching at hdisto on THUHSOAT trip from Charle?lon, at Eleven A. M., and leaving Existo at Niue A. M , SATUBDATB, on re? turn trip. Ibo steamer will touch at Blutfton and Chholm's. each way. crcrv two weeks, commencing with trip ot January ?1st For Freight or Passage applv to JOeIN FERGUSON, January 11 ,.,. Accommodation WhcrC I