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r VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1078. CHARLESTON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY ll, 1869._SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM BY TELEGRAPH. THE STATE CAPITAL. LEGISLATIVE PBOCBEDINGS-ADJOURNMENT PBO POSED ON THE FOURTH OP MARCH. {SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO DAILY NEWS.] COLUMBLA, February 23.-IN THE SENATE, the bill to renew the charter of the Charleston An? cient Artillery S>--icty w.:s pass;J, its title ohauged to au act, ami ordered to bo enrolled. Tee following received- a th ircLxeadin;; and waro sent to thc House : lhe bill to regulate the distillation ol' liquors; the bill io incorpo? rate the Watcrec and North Carolina Railroad Coin pa ny; tho bi.l to tartiier am ead the act incorporating tho University of South Caro? lina. Allen introduced a bill to incorporate tho Charleston Loan Company. Arnim introduoed a bill to recharter tho bridgo across the Savannah River at Hamburg. The bill to pr?vido lien on buildings and lands to parties furnishing labor r.ud materials tnercoa, also the bill to recharter the Young? iera Ferry, wero read the second time and or? dered to bo ensrrossed. Hayne introduced a resolution to adjourn sine dt'eon the fourth of March. Ordered for consideration to-morrow. IN THE HOUSE, the Senate r?solution to ad? journ sine die waa tabled. The following were introduced ; By Dennis - Abill to incorporate tho Chaiseston Loan Com? pany; by Stober-A bill to amend an act in? corporating tho Village of Marios. Fen ter pres2n:ed a memorial of the citizpns of Cheraw in f ivor of granting aid to the Chatham Railroad Company. Thc lollotviujr wcro poi'?ol and sent to tho Senate: A bill to incorp?rate Carmel Church, Pickens Counly; a bill to renew the charter of the Ferry across thc Congaree River. Abill to provide for the revision and consoli? dation of the Statute Law of the^State was read a second time, and ordered to bo en? grossed. "_ ?ONGEESSIONAL. FEEZDKEN'S BUIIEAU- MEXICAN F BEE POETS TH3 SENATE BEFU?^?3 TO OONCCB IN THC HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT EEOBGANZZATION OF THE JUDICIABY. WASHINGTON, Febniary 23.-IN THE SENATE, Wilson, from lhe Military Committee, reported favorably on the bdl continuing the education and collection departments of tho Freedmen n Bureau, and general frooimm's hospitals, including those at Richmond and New Or? leans. "*The Financo CoTimittee reported abill re? mitting the duiies oa college and library appa? ratus. The Secretary of tho Treasury was request? ed to communicate information relative to thc freo port system of Mexico and the frauds con? nected therewith. Tho Sena'.o refused to concur in the House amendments to the saaVagc amendment, and asked a committee of conf?re nee. The bill authorizing the Western Union Tel? egraph Company to import cables free, was passed. The bill to reorganize the judiciary was pass? ed. It prjvides fera chierjustice and eight associato justices-3ix to form a quorum-and for nine circuit judges. Tbe bill amending the Civil Rights bill was passed. The bill imposing penalties for hclding office contrary to the Fourteenth amendment was discussed until recess. IN TUL HOUSE, the Copper Tariff bill was pass? ed over the veto by a voto of 115 to 5G. Tho bill was passed forbidding tho State eourts in tho City of New York.. 1 tho supe? rior court of the city, from naturalizing for? eigners. Several confereuco committees wcro ap? pointed. WASHINGTON, y OEN2BAL BUCENEB-OB ANT'S CABINET. WASHINGTON, February 23.-Revenue to-day $171,000. General Bcckncr is hero. Tho recusant Witnesses, Bell and Reave, have beca remanded to tho custody of tho surgcant-at-arms, to await the pleasure of tho committee. Graut declared publicly to-day that no mili? tary or naval o&ror would bc iu hu Cabinet. Notwithstanding the increase in thc colored registration, tho cozens' ticket wns elected in Georgetown. &PAJLKS EJIOM TUE HUIES. Thero Las been a two days' ?LOW sioiui ct Buftilo, Now York. Tho Louriana Lrgitlature has authorized tho sale oi $990.000 of levco bonds. Tho press oi Lifcbon aln ost unanimously condemn the movement tor tho UL. iou of Spaiu and Poitcgal. The Fourth National Bank of Phihdelpbii has closed. The deposits amounted to $500, 009. The failui o is attributed to the defalca? tion of thc cashier. The steamboat Persia, frcm New Orleans to Louisville, was oi;agged on the Mississippi on Saturday, and a great part of her cargo lost. Passengers and baggage saved. Al London letter says : " Wales having struok work for a higher salary, a:id being now Junketting with his wife in Eg> pt, pursued by Cook's tourist ;:ud a small army of correspon? dents of London papers it looks as if h:a ro^al mamma hid determined to show iliac she cati dispense with bim, and carry cu t?c buoiuo: i in tho old orthodox manner-in ?bbli bope West End tra le.-io.k8 arc pr paring tobe do lighten. Young Arthur, too, has, so to speak, boon pressed into ewvic* ; he ?3 g.>i? g to bold tb.ee levees ia March, m S'. J ?mes' Palace: apropos ol wuie'n young ^-nileoiau I tras told a curious circuiust?i) ?j by a kbow.ng man about town, whoprofcs8cd io have pcrcoualkuo "lodge about it. Tim Prince, thin. ?3 cot ooh so pro digioosly interested ft :>ii that bapyons to bim as to obtain nhotograplis, engravings, htire graphs or sketches o? every locality bj visi:3, English or Commentai, ua'?c or p?ralo, for preservation in a huge aloum, but also pos? sesses a similar volume filled with uiautuorublo portraits of himself, from his earlies; buyhood upwards. There are hundreds o f photographs, in all sons of costumes, ?o:nj in chaxaotor, :.a Henry YUL Charles II, and atloast ono in thc atiiro of Adam beturo the Fall-only a3 tho subject is represented as lean.n-rovei h:* bath, i'ou ou'.y soo tho UDpor ha ? of tim to conven? tional uo'.ions of propriety are not outraged. It is^undorsiood that Mic Queen keeps tho aparl ja:nts of the lalo Pri.ioe Albort in exicMy tho same condition that 'hey were ni at his death clippers and dressing-gowa already, as if he jaight como back to them any day." 1 THE CHARLESTON 3?ERCURY. Thc Proprietor Bids Kare well toits Sub? scribers. Thc following farewell address from tho Pro? prietor of tho Charleston Mercury has boon printed ia thc form cf a circular, and is DOW in process of distribution arnon;; tho late subscribers to that journal : A Far? well to tho Subscribers of tlic Charleston Mercury. After the suspension of the Mercury, a few weeks finco, expectations were lormcd of tts renewed issuo. with larder capacity for useful? ness It is proper to no;ify the subscribers ol' thc paper tba': tbe-o expectation* have proved abortive, in order that they may iura to other sources l'or inform thoa and instruction as to the events an I tra-.snctions of tho day. The proprietor, bavinr exhausted ali resources, would now take leave of the subscribers to the Meicary. That communion which :i daily press has so lou? cstauIi3hod is about to bc severed; and at parting, oui" lrionds will par? don us fer offering a few last reflections upon the condition and prospects of the bomb. Both sections of the United Slates have equally failed in obtaining tho avowed objects of the*war. . The South sought independence; the North the c.intinnanco of tho Uuion of the Constitution. The Union, di-soived by seces? sion, is uot restored. Ic 110 iouuer exiets, but has perished with tho constitution which es? tablish d il; and a consolidated despotism, w tuout any TJtnon of States, constitutes the government of the country. But a few weeks since, the S'afo ol'O' Cgon Bent resolutions to tho Bemale cf tho United States, requsstina her scuators to resign their seats, bocauso they had voted for unconstitu? tional measures. On thc prest n ation of these resolutions, tho Sen.ttc parsed a resolu'ion re? fusing to receive them, and ordering them to bo returned lo tho Seato of Oregou, as "scan? dal JUS and import:n-nt." Under thc o?d g->v crument, existing before thc war, senators were considered to bo ambassadorial represen? tatives. Whe i instructed by the States, they usua ly obeyed or resigned. And even when senators infused to obev the ins'ructions ot then Stages, no ono. however wild in his con? solidation, ever questioned tho rigat ol' a S ate? to oxpress and send up tn the Senate its opin? ions cone-mug the constitutionality of laws, or to instr ct ns senators. The right cf the people to request anything of their re prese u tives, or to arraign bel'no Congres* any law passed by Congress as unconstitutional, to this day has not beeu questioned or denied. Why then is thia right now d.nicd lo a State ? Simply because, uudor the new. ??ovorumcui, lhere is no such thing as a State. Wc havo lived under a complex government, and there is but one stride from liberty to despotism. Strike out the Slatt s. and assume fur the Gen? eral Government the reserved rights guaran? teed to them through thc constitution, cud thc whole 8v m of government established by tho consti.ution is gone. It leaves a "cap?t morluum" of despotism, which no bravery ot word*?, no hvnocii;-.v of languavo, whether used in Mexico or at Washington, can disguise. Thc revolutionists ot the new government in .the Senate thoroughly unJor^iand this, and covet tho powers they usuro. Hoiice they deny that thc Legislature of a State hus auytbiug to do, either with thc senators or with the laws they may pass. Hie Sut. s are nothing moto, under the ne>v government, than convenient circles for local legislation; but possessed ci no political power. CP cour-o, if thcro are no States there eau ho no Union ol' Stat s. That 13 gone with thc old 'gjver mient. and there is now nolhiog but a centralizo J. constilutionless despotism of a majority in Congress, ruling Hie United States by secret cauc?seos, where thc Sen ito-Ls pr.iclicatly auuiUitated as un in? dependent le^'isbtne or political power, and all l espou-ibility to thc people is merited' a party. Tho grand professed object of the war, thcr?foro, on the part of the Noribcru poo do, has not been obtauic.l. It has been defeated by tho very means used to obtain it. And what have thev gained by war but despotism aud debt, and tax B-and North aud South soe.h- : ing craters ot hate ? We kuow well that all tho?e results arc de? nied by the revo uttonists, who havo compassed them. According to their vocabulary, they havj "saved the ?ife ol the nation." The na? tion ! That wor was contained iu Mr. Ban dol; h's scheme of a constitution, submitted to tho august c.iuvetnion which puned tho Con? stitution of tho United States, and it was str.ckon out in a dozen places. Tho framers of that ero -.t instrument flailv repudiated lha proposition to make the Um.ed states a "Nation;" and tho-States never entertained it. So for as foreign afl'.ira and foreign uatiors wcie eoncerued. they were to be a n/ttion; but ?n ihcir inUrual a?'iirs, and with respect to each other, they were to be a Confederacy of Sutes, united ou tho terms ol the constitucional compact, and exercising in common, through the General Government, tho powers thorcin granted and asrreed upnu. But what does this historic feet maller wi ll men who aspiro iiot only to manufacturo words, but conantuiions? Tho lifo of a free pe ?plo is embodied io their fundamental law W'ithiu tho sacred form of their constitution aro incarnated the vital elements of all tiieir flbemcs. Lite his been foully a id feloniously takou out of tho Constitution of tuc United States. As existing at the comnienc mont of tho war. it is a thing of the past, and a now government clothed in the habiliments of the djad-a yhastivcounierfeit-a mockery on free govert.ment-stand* 1:1 its s cad. The rcvolutio d-ia denv, too. thai they havo set up a despotism uvor thc Uni.ed Stulos. They are flaunting lov rs of ?ijer:v ! Aro they uot a V'Ci'.oa for universal suffrage? TLIB they afl':ct to think is tho pain J criterion of ali republican goverumema. On this account, thoy are now arraignui;: thc consiittuijus of tlie Stale ; which ilo not tolerate n:-gro mif frage, :snn r publican m th ir form of gov cr?ment. Yet tuc only gteat union which nas practiced universal suffrage, that wc kn >v,-oi. is Franc ; and lhere it has created too 1 nule? ri ul despotism of Napoleon the third. Winr. universal tuflV.ige can have todo willi the let; il a d constitutions] limitations on power, which alune c:;u co;:s:itu:c freedom ill tiovernniculs. it is difficult to perceive. Swelling the 'multi? tudes to volo or to nil';, does not make liberty. In iholiyht if common a-jnse, il is inconceiv? able how a despotism is !e-s a despotism be? cause imposed ny many rather than by alow, or by one mau. Liberty is not a boon enjoyed at the will of ono man, or at tho option jf a ma? jority of tho poop. 0. And the hardi n of in? justice and oppression is just as heavy wheth? er imposed by ono tyrant ut headquarters, or by lpn Jiaut and irresponsible uumtors scat? tered in different sections of a vast country. \? bat does it signify to tho people of Oregon, or of South Carolina, if they tit o ruled abo lutclv. wu ithor it be by a majority in Congress (electedby uo matter wiiat kind of suilr.ii:o. who aro totally irresponsible to them), or by a Goner.il Grant? Is no: the despotism the saino? Wh-1 is despotism but irre.spo.isib c power? What is freo eorcrnnicut, but:.'OT ernment locally guard d from tho exercise of uininii ed power ? What is liberty, but tho p. ope ruing their s flairs through their own ugouts or represent attvcj cltoscu by them oui resp maible u> them ? The fea rers of ?ho Con-iii ut ion of tl.O Ud'cd Slates perf c:!y un?-r ino i thc-o plaits and suople principles and therefore giauted by its pr si'?na. pow tr-* to i ne General Gov. . '.nico it OJ ?b is'.ied only over s ch iutu rastel r.s w rc comm a to ali peet ions olikt. leaving ?o?a! interests t ? the con? trol ot thc r tate G vemmfnts. J ii i protection . giius abuse or oppression, ia :l.o < x ircisa of tue powers cranial, was found in lucir v.rry nature-comm m and goai ral-which > 0 idered it iuiposfiblfl for ai y soc! on or interest tu op? press other sections or ia crests without oisiii iarly efl ciinr itself. Local and sectional mat tors worn ui-i'o the B?'.eroaud bevon I tho reach uf tb Gencr-d G >vo niuo .:. II nco all tho iiinitalioi.8 ia thu Cca ;tiluii in of thc Uni? te 1 Stales. i'i:o .'yiug h\ ijomsv cf systcmit caiiy dirregardiwg these limitations, in which alone free go vern 11 c it exists and then to pro? fess tl? Vi(t::m to lib orly, in a 2 al tor um. er? st! suffrage, is a voiding to tho u-.ual course of dsspouc usurpation. L >ng after tho libor lics of Borne hal withered under tho ruo of her imperial mastci a, I>1I? was called a repub? lic. All the toms of her freo constitution it'ra complied with. Consuls wero elected; Tribunes wera appjintsd. Tharo was ?sel? as:; and t<> bo a Bo .,an citizon was to bo '.freo bora.'' Yo' a Ne.o und a Caligula dom? inated ju her capital, and ravaged a .d plun iiere.l in.tho most approvoJ mylo cf despotic rccoastruci oa. i.o? do tn? revolutionists admit that they lian af. Tiisy a-o a Christian people, sud havo acted upou tho most ctiUghtcnod princi? ples of Chriaiia.iity. It in trnf, that Atril* aud Kenshis-Knan hardly practiced moro barbar? ism than hey cmiiiif tue ia:u war. Ii- is; rue, alyo, thuv by the act o? both branches of.Coa gress, tbey invited our cessation of liostili upon erotmds which they have perridio ienored. And sinco tho war closed, how I: their loving kindness and generosity t lavished upon our people ! Stevens and ] 1er have been tho gracious apostles and gr almoners of their tender mercies, aud ch ties ! If thc Evil Ono himself had boen in b ly shape on earth, directing tho counseli thc North, his spirit could not more fligrai have ?proud ovor tho South its baleful and liguant influence The most deadly cnem.\ the South to all political association with North could not havo devised a cotirso bel cilculated to accomplish bis purpose of eternal soparaiiou. thou that pursued by North through its Radical majority. Thep cy ot emancipating slaves was a violent mc ure wnich Napoleon Idoclimd in Russia.wh the slaves wore of tho Caucasaiao race; but endeavor by military despotism to turu soci I upside down in tho South. and to put tho t savage negro over tho civilized Caucasi may not be forgotten or rorgiveu. It will sit alone in history as tho filly of a madness bu insr with hate at its white heat. And wo to believe that the radicalized North love 1 people or the South, very, very dearly 1 Tho people of tho South recognize fully 1 fact that thousands of Northern moa lit been faithful to tho c institution made by ( fathers. They know that thousands aro c< genial in sympathy, and cordial in feeli; They honor them tor thoir politico. They ; ciprbcate their friendly disposition. But thc cotis.ituto a subordinate minority of tue D< plo of tho North, overridden and impotent prevent the political slavery and material ri which have b-en imposed upou tho South. T radical clo i.ont largely predominates, and m coutrols thc policy and represents tho tone a temper of thc North. And bet.veeu this rai cal element and tho Sont hern peoplo the seems to bc ar? irreconcilable repugnance. Thc truth is, lhere is an iacontriuity I tween I hese two peuples from their wry nature Their difference has been attributed to vario causes. Some have n?irmcd that it avis from thc different stocks of population fro which Ihcy spriw.r-Puritan and Caralie S iiac ascribe it to climate. Otncrs to thc d hering pursuits o? indas.ry-tao ono bcii an agricultural, tho other a mercantile, uaul cal und manufacturing people. Others, agai to tho institution of slavery. Mr. Burke a signed to this last source tho higher spirit liberty which netnated ihr>. people ol tho Som in tho war ot 70. Whether f oin ono, or from s ? f theso causes combined, tho fact th it thc are of dissimilar characteristics docs nut aim of doubt. Tho oao people is cautious an ret.cent; tho other frank and opea in commun ..ation. Thc ono is penurious; tho other frei iu tho ute of money. Tho ono canst even comprehend the meaning of thc wm honor; tho other vittles it beyond li.i Both have been great in their pursuits ol' ii aus try. The one has pushed tho arts < commerce and navigation to extreme eft cieney; thc other has auranced in agrien ture," surpassing all nations iu tho sit pies cultivated, and rendering timm th most important to tho world. Tho one love gregjriousuess, and dues everything by asse ciation; lhe other cultivates pnvnev rind in d'viduahty, and acts wiih difficulty wl<] others. Tho ono is sceptical, prying, officious harsh, dogmatic, aggrcs.biro, auJ fm 1 of nov eltics, misnamed progress; tho other ia mor genial and more tolerant, disirusta chingi and reverences tho past. Tiic one looks up i Government as an instrument ot aggrandise meut, to mako inuuev rn- to rule others; tn other regards 't as simply an instrument o prolc:tiou, for securing justice and lea/hu? fa all under its authority tue privilege of bookin! their own happiness in their own way. Is i possible that two peoples ol' such difieren characteristics and antagonistic vieira can liv? voluntarily together under tho same tree gov ern mont? Thero are pers ms, however, both in tin Sooth and in tho North, who, in spite of thi antagonism in chai ac ter is tics, and thc hut existit.g between the two ao'-noas of thc Untrod States, and tho overthrow of tho Con sti.ution --n? tho Union it established, still Lope for a chance which will reatoro tho cou Btitcion to iis former fficiuuey. If this car be accomplished, of caurao thc South will b: eontcnt. She lue never sought or required nay thing more than Hie Conu'.iiution, and thc Union it establishes. But is Ibis reversal pre? bable? is it possible? It cannot oe denied that tho hope of such ti chango is contrary to all the experience of his? tory. A free government is the most difficult ot all governments to maintain, and ouco de? stroyed has not been resurrected. But thc world advances; and there may be two ele? ments of conservati sm aud restoration winch dill not exist in ancient republics-CtwuttanVi and lite J'ress. Nor is the argument withoni loree, that the terrible evils which have follow? ed the overilnow ol tho constitution, prove thc necessity of its rc-eotiblishmcut. But then il appear.* ta us that those persons do not com? prehend thc mamen lum of thc chango which has pushed tho new government m lo power, It was not the work o? yesterday. It had itt origin iu tho beginning of ibo* government, i'ro.u tho first act ol' usurpation (tho assump? tion of the payment ot the debts of thc .St dca) to lhe last fi.no up cf consoli? dation, in the indignity pul upen uro goa m tho Sonare, taero has i.eca in tho North a steady ellar! to centralize aud des? potice t lie government. Muir, doubtless, aro blinded ill this ours.1 bv able so 'hi-iri.-s; h t the real causes which nave produced the war on'ho constitution fr.nn in ouiinmceincnt, aro the lust nf sec.ional ambition, and lhe lust of sectional av n ice. Aud io th ;se strong LMS si'ins. a constant stimulus h is been implied, by social vanity and a prevalent envy of Sont bern social life. Tho vi.lieut opposition and s.rife which usurpation to promote theso oi<j cts caused, did not arrest the com so of consolida? tion. Coaiprotnifo alter camprom?sa took place, to prevent revolutionary colli io i. Bul i bey were m ide by iii - consolidaltauisrs. only lodern 'ins tor further demands and cucroach* iiicuns; and agi n ::;.J again lhe limitations of the constitution wer? ovcr?ornc and trampled down, un ii al last a sectional President wan eke e-1 on see. ional issus. The fact wa-; con? clusive ol tho dowala!] ol' tue c n stiiuf ion. ex? pressly made with ihc view <>f preventing MICI is..nes". l'he war waa ?tn legitimate, inevitable irui:;aud the tinkling of President . iecohrVind Mr. seward's bells could not awaken lae life? less spirit of tho Constitution. Peace brought hopes ot itsrcsus?iiatio:>; hui the Ibu! insolence ot despotism stdi stalks over the land. A' thongh boldly challenged and faitbfn ly ex? posed hythe itreat party of the constitution, tho Democratic party, it triumphed m the lato Preside Hal election. It alan ?a now buttress? ed around by two enormous bulwarks of i es polism-a vubt congeries ot national banka, aud a huge nano al debt. It has the capitalists ol tho country hound to its fortunes; and the protective tariffs, national railroads, profuse and profligate expenditures, and hugo stand? ing annies, minister to its power. Can such a despotism, congenial with the spirit or tho majority of :?.c Northern people, and sought bv them for eighty years, now supported by such appliances, bo sot asi .c by rotuna? We think not. What entuso Ilion is loft for thc Southern country V Wo lake ii for granted ?hat thc pto;;!: of Ibo South aro a freo people, ic reeling ona in cha acte.. A freu p opie in iheir eo'o.n.il s f tlementa-a freo pcop e thtoagh a seven ?ear.-,' war, wringn g ihn r iuds pu i nco and liberties ho ii Urcat l;rii ni:-a free p u;>!..-. during ti ie lung struggle fur :??c constitution they have oucouiitoic'd wiih tho North-a freo pr.oplo, amidst all ilia ..carnage, de*o!atou a^d bar* hirisai id the lite w.tr-they ar?"?? fro penp.o still although c inqu:*ro I, ch ..fi.. Ihrou li m s- j m:'.!.*agciii nt of ibeir r-i?iirs by their otra pira? tical loaders-moro uv fraud thu . force on ti;e par of laen enemies mid it ia theT fixed, set tled d?terminai i m iu l<? frc? in the lime tu conic. Oi course, no free >wonlo caa vo.ua lariiy live m..i r tho cxistiug despotism cu ihroued at Washington and loree upou tliem by the sword. 'J'li'ev w h boar ii oxacllvaa they boar dis.-asc and ? ej;t?lonee and stu UH, wh.cb they cami t avert. But the dav which brings, theta Ibo power to cast it off will be the day ol tncir ciel i vci anec. Wo know that our enemies arc disposed al pus -nt lo lauuh al our power. 'I hov uaro gat in the South three or four millions of negiocs w .om tiny ilcem i ot nt, by Ibo terrors oi tue-ir barbarism to koop us in subuiusinu. Yera milli arv turee, which with ono hundred and forty thousand enlisted negro men, during twa years of war. fought in such stylo :.s io got hui fifteen bundie.1 s'aiu ia b&tt'.c, is not hkc-lv to doter any r ica o white mci fruin vm dica?iig their nb rlic?. But tl>e negro rcrves a purpose forSouiberu independence far gl oat? er iban Ins uutubo a or presence tr-h* ngaiiist ir. He i i now a sis .ding monitor ol Northern nure. Ilfl is the livina ; j mbnl id Radical greed | ami taoioot :::cn. The avarice of Northern j diallers lilia i'ro~i h.s native shores a n) cn akiYed him tu Southern men. A perfidious I despotism has emancipated him, and attet to usc hun to rulo us. Thore is DO grout] forgetfulness-no possibility of foreTvei with theso black, m >?i g memorials o' wrongs, polluting our sight, crossing u all the wilks cf life, and vaunting t crasquonco as the tools of our tyra Nor is the South a Bmall country Ireland, incapable of expansion, or Poland, but little larger thin South C Ima. Her territory covers au area larger t Great lintam, Frauen and Germany com ed, and can hold one hundred million peoplo as easily as tho ten milhoas who : occupy it. With n thirt- yoars, judging past progression, we may be thiriy milln And we are united together os ottier pei are not united, Prosperity otton divides; the pressure of a common suffering wi togctjor. Never has any peoplo oxperion such a ruin of property at thc bandi of other peoplo as we havj experienced at hauds of the North.- Not only have wo all capital vested ia slavos, wi h a con ponding loss or depreciation in all other ki ol' property, but the little winch was left ns has been haired down by every spci of oppression. No free peop'.p bas ever b insulted and outraged by so mein and vul a despotiem-a doanotiara ot vagra it wi mon. and ignorant, filthy negroes. The bli of thc Southern people has commingled a hundred common battle-fields. Oar fal dead lie buried together. Wo stand prou isolated among tho peoples of tho wor with no hope for liberty ami indopendei but in ourselves. Secessionists and i Unionists-frontier Slates and Gulf State spontaneously, without effort on their p.i will find their sympathies gather together the groat destiny winch awaits (hom. Sot Carolina is hardly moro intense y Soutboi sitting amidst the rums of war, IhanKontucl covered all o . er with Northern contumely a burning with tho moniory ot her tiampled aud spurned neutrality. Tho effort on t part oiouc peope lo quoll tho spirit of libel or independence in another pe iple invarial vitalizes and inlcnsitios it. To becomo c slaved is generally a condition self-imposed acquiesced in. as the Northern Uadira's t noiv doing. But in tho South, tho Bad'Cal \ Hey of despotism produces only alienation a detestation and a sterner aspiration for libr. ty. Unconsciously and unintentionally lb, ure breeding in the South tho elements or a thonty. and rearing up the future contralle of this continent uuder tho beneficent sway toa ly freo governments; whilst they, wi their mo.kenes of freedom an 1 real despotism will go down in contentions, separations ai blood. They have no v tal eic nents or cob sion amomrstthem, buf. the disjointed, mc* gruous and bulky do-poti-m, whoso pow they ore striving ?? erect into everlasting on nipotouco. Nor is th'- ra'liealizjl Nirtti as po ve-rful i ibo radica', vanly inspires thom to suppos Ibo North is nowa dividcdpioplc. and divid? unou thc irreal cssontial principian of thc government. A maj irity mav be (as w.- b lievo thuin to be) ?ucapablo of appreciating free go raniment, iieuco they will sappo tho new desp tism erected over them. Bi ?Lire is a great body ot thc public who do ui dor-stand the revolution which has been mangi ruted m I heir DO vern mont and arc resllo under its despotism. They fought in tho la war merely to prevent separatiou.'and with t! purpose of only forcing the people of tl Soathero States to participate lu the free go eminent established by tho Constitution ot tl United Slates. Tucv find themselves betrayc and mastered by thc coniolid ttioniats, froi whose baleful tc'nt.uiew the South sougnt ei cape. Thc\ hive losi, tho constitution. Thc have lost tho Umon it establish id. an.I are. Ix come the slaves of a consolidated despotism. Thc peoplo of tho North are again divide between ibo tax-pavers and tho dobi-owncrs an bondholders ot thc United Siatos. Tho nu government is in f etan arbitrary aristoerac of capitalists. Tho taxes and dubia whic drive thc peoplo ol Home to seek refuge in Mor Sacar against tho Patricians, were nothing t the hurd ns which u w weigh upon tho peopl of tho Uuited S^alc*. How exacting ?3 ihi aristocracy may plainly be seen; they asset in Congress, it bas been determined by th Jato Providential olcciiou that ono bill.?u si hundred millions ot money, burrowed in dc prcciatod papsr currency o'tho U.ntod Statct and pavablo in this currency on tho fae? of th act uuihorizing tho luau, shall bo paid 1 specio At lins moment tho currency is som twenty-five or ?ix per cont, bolow tao value c specie. Will not this unjust pretension lea directly to a repudiation ot the debt by toe tun payas-the- people? Nothing can piovcu such a resul but a resumption of speci payments, which sliall make tho pape currency oqii il to specie. Bat, in the cou Union of t he banks und finances of tho Unite States, is this possible? Mid, if it is possible eau anything prevent tho financial and com mereial convulsions such a resumption mus produce ? As onerous, however, as the debi c ihc Uni ted States now is, (being lue heavies in proportion to property now pressing 00 an people in the world,) it constitutes by no moan tho whole ioad tho revolutionists intend to pu upon them. With tho Badicals a beary ballas of debt is a policy, lo ?tea ly and uphold tnei despotism. As soon as thc present burden i acquiesced in by tho people, they intend tba the United States Government shall as .niuo th payment ul all tho deb s coutracUiJ bv tin Sates or local municipalities th ougliout tb North during thc recent war. Tho late Thad deus Stevens estimated theso debts to b 1 vcr nearly equal to the debi proper of the Unite! Stat s With this programme m prospect, i is well to judge whether M?esu expedients 0 oppression and consolidation by the araiocrae of money wi be patiently endued bv .ti.i people of thcNonh? Totfstrongthen ilu-ir des po.ism. tbov have adopt i a system of hound L.i.; expansion ot loin lory. 1'iie.v have ex tende l the dom 1 ina ol' ?lie U.ote.l Slates li lbj Nor." pole, and cow .- reis lu ?rasp ihi Equator, 'ihU robey, nuder thu system a: vocatcd by the Sou-li. was wise. VVliilst ti.< Consum ion ul tho Un.ted States existed.ex? pansion was a itourcu ot strength. With Un Ueucral U ?vornmeat, IhniiuJ m ita powers tc thc general hv.crcSls of ail 1 bo Stales of tin Union, causes of c infest between tiie sect ?um wore eluoi..at d. But. in .er the ?ut need diing sysU'ui ufiiic now sovurniucut, expan? sion is iii? vilabie dissolution. Congres.?, willi arbitrary powers of legislation (winch is now the Uuverumout of ibo United State?), can bc nothing else but a confused conglomcratioa of sec.ions and interests, struggling each to usc tho government for ita own profit and ambi? tion. N > s eiiou can promote ?ti, own inter? ests, except at the jexpeuse of other yeeiious; lor governments havo no roso a reos of their owu, und a warfare of States and sections is the oreauia.itiou. Thus will arise discontents and contentions, winch, ov. ruo vast a country, will naturally produce scparutioa and lnd-epeii deuce in ils several parts. Expansion mav do in Bu-sia; but thc people ol the United States arc no: Kassians. Over such a people as those of thc Uuittd Stales, nud in a despotic mob ocraey, expansion is not strength, but ir.sk ncsa and dis-solution. Having tims briefly sketched tho political condition ot the Untied S;a:es, and tiie re? sources of the North au i of Ibu S ni h wvconio lo ibo question-what shall Ins thu future poli? cy ot the people of the South ? If t ho Ooe.su: u'ion "t :!>-i United States, with Ihe Union it i'Stab hdied can be restored, wo :i ty 'o thc peop 0 ot tb . S mill, let us support the Uuio 1 and "n.s Luiistt?u:i< n While ni ax RI.CUI.U.I Willi ibo |?e .:. o ol lao North,.wo uhou il ? ithtullT Birugglo to make nutt io keep the C vmaicat ?-.: lbj O'J tied Slut s a face g reramoui. Bu., m o r in Igmenl,ll?Ligovernmoii ?sal? ?n-si Impel st .? ?ts.Hjiic. S > very fvCb e arc me pr.-..ab ?.l!,si?r?T-:s.i ..n i remsieiuin iv. i hat they c??n*;ifely c/ius?iuie no elcuieiit "l oar lu me policy. What then shall wo do? Wc answer, U;ol? 10 u fniurv o; in-'c.i -nduiic 1 ; seek . armony in th . Sou;a .or ibo y .-k-j of titi South. O. co i l o lioarl ni tito tooth taruu.b oui these fror la .d.s v.as with thu Mor;li. Moi f T money (for ivosuaghl not to us > ibo Un oe io promote pecuniary ?uteresi), bu fur the sake t' liberty a aiustfor. i;;u na-iioj a, end ?ur the i-ake of Un- j.aj.. in which they were osso ciatod in our s magics f-r independence and lor that "sawed honor" wft!e.i our f-ihcra pledged to Hunt III our common ?"iee anthon of iliUepeudblicc We luvc-l thc Union esubhshed be; we -ti ns. Bent by their usurpations, ii bas been liat'.iy cul asunder by tho sw. ni. lt now ?o:mi l hu iftog'ed ? bloody ? Uanda of a de o-eiifii'. hostile despotism. Ibat this dc pol? ista will work on? its own di solu!iou KC luve not a doubt. Tho peep!"' ot the SouthernStaleo will \o- bi it gtcal ai.d f.eej>cop!o. In Ilia p u teiilous changea a>-d events loom? ing up before us tho Charleston Mercury will uo moro bo benni. Ii3 roict-, winch tor fifty yon rs has i.-n:.g:ed III the eouu<els of the Itn por.lleei Som li, is bus oed. Um ?oil it bo dead? li. s it ; ctrocaied nu hi-.li pniic pied of liberty. \I? cb. rn some warm-iivmg bo;rt, ohail no:, bo foigoticn? Hns it counselled 210 policy of Btern resistance to wrong-of a brave defian of tyranny-of a deathless effort for indepen ence-with a spirit undaunted and an bon untarnished for the 8outh-a policy whi< shall yot survive and triumph? For lon? year amidst trying circumstances and weighty r 8ponsibilihe3,1 have struggled tl trust fait! fully) for my endangered country. Apparent I have failed-mv couuiry has faded 1 But : thc wise Providence of God, failure oft? proves tho greatest b'essing, and seeming su cess eventuates in failure. Tho Saviour < mon was crucified, and his cnomies in the o: ultatiuu of their suooess, cried out, "His bio i bo on us and on eur children,'' Amidst tb afflictions and desolations in this our land, havo faith to believe in tho futuro indepoiic ence and prosperity of the South. I talio m place among her ruined children-better s than to be tuc proudest and most honored < her successful enemies-and I watt, hopim praying, expecting the bright coming of ht final delivercncp. R. B RHETT. Jr., Proprietor Charleston Mercury. Appended to tho above circular ia the foll?n int? selection from tho newspaper notices c of the discontinuance of the Mercury : Comments of the Press. [From thi Charles on Courier. ] THE CHARLESTON M'iBCORr. It is with regret that wo aunounco tho eua i pension of this valued journal of the South For a long senes of years it bas b.?on a wei como visitor to many hearts in our Southon laud, and an able advocate of the sause of con stilulional right. In all of its principles it wai tearless and sincere. Although differing witl it, at times, during its long ca ecr, yet we can not but feel that ic was over airm iced by bul one conviction, and that a desiro for what ii firmly behoved to bo truth and justice, Uudc: the ptounotorship of Colonel R. B. Rhett, Jr. & Brother, ita editorials ha vit been able ant comprehensivo. It has been ono ot tho house ho.d insulations of eur city and State, anc as sac i tl wi'l be missodat mauy a fi ros i do ant home. Tho relations between our late cotemporarv and ourselves were ot' the most kindly charac? ter. Not o ily tho com nutitty in which it wat published but the whole South, will rogan With sa 1 i ess thc disappearance ot' our eo tem? porary fro ? the jourualis u ot tho lund. No newspaper m tho South can hvo on sub? scriptions. 1 hoy but holp to pay the expenses. Ic is ihc advertising patronage that gives sue cess or failure to a daily jour.,al. And a suffi? ciency of this, notwithstanding tho Mercury's large subscription lists, it did not receive Hence its suspension. [ 'iom the Charleston Daily Nows.l S?SPCNSrO.V OF THE MEUC?BT. Our co temporary, the Charleston Mercury, has not bo issued since Monday la' i We have no iutorinaliou us to whether its Kublicatiou wal bo res juted; but if not, there will bc I lt soino natural regret at tho discontiuuiuce of a journal winoh has had so evojtful a career, and has so long bein connected with thc ni ne aud history of our city. [From tho Charleston Daily Nows.) TUE DEMISE OF THE Mi'. EC URI". The Columbia correspondent ol' tho Nsw York Times -.vho is understood tob3 Air. Jas. Wood Davids n-writes to that papor as fol? lows, in regard to thc suspension of the Charleston Mercury : Oao ol tho most significant signs of thc times, auf in tho main ono of the most hope? ful, is in tho suspension of the Charleston Mer? cury-f ir many years tho exponent of the ex? trem .sta in South Carolina. Dy extremists, I mean those politicians who persist in applying tho obsolete standards of a dead past to the questions ot a new and progressive present, mose who puah conservatism to ita vicious ex? treme of stagnant dogmatism; those Bourh us whom no experience can teach. For many years -twenty or moro, I believe-this organ of a now past regime has held sway in thia State, and wielded alargo influence throughout the South. During tho war it still survived, was still s retained, fighting though it alwava was over some paat iaauo. Siuco tho war it raised the 6ame standard, and naved it persistently, but with diminishing power, for its c tuse waa dying out gradually, and ita day waa dynnr out, .-cw thoughts possessed our people, and new issues arose; but this Nestor of au ante-penult general ion still spoko with enthusiasm of tra? ditions that had well-nigh passed from tho memories of to-day-this dying Sr John still "aabbled of green fields." Tho significance of this suspension of the Mercury ia. that ita cai.se hes in the m iribund condition in which it H party now ia. The hopefuluoss ot the oc? currence lies ia thc asauranco that this death ot i fleto conservatism means life lo the incom? ing party of progress and action. Our South? ern people are gain* to work-are throwing to the doga tho theories of tho Bombona who have ruledpublic opinion fir so m my years with such an non h iud. There ni.iy bo d inger in thia new tendency, but I am recording facts, not demonstrating truths. [Krona thc Neiv York Herald.] THE DSVOOSACZ BBXAXIXO UP. All over tho laud there aro signs that tho Democracy ia breaking up. Ono by one, the organs of tho Pendleton, or Southern Rights Democracy, are silenced. Tho Char.cston Mer? cury, without a premonitory aigu, lias sudden? ly given up tho ghost. It baa caved m and fallen t? pieces, like Wo .dell Holmes' famous "ono horao shay." I ho L .uisvillo Journal had airead)'caved in. Tue deniiso ot the Journal may havo been hastened by tho high tax ou Bourbon; but a? tito editor uf tho Mercury drinks nothing but waler, no such conj ci urn is udintasiolo as tu ibo la-e of that newspaper. I lin Democracy ia mauifcsily breaking up . all over th'* lan . ?Fro n tic Washington Rcpublleau.] TUL: BUEAKISU LT. I: is easy to predict tb J breaking up of par? ties, but ii ia JU: allays certain that the s.^ns which portend a downfall o par; ins w ll ho tvi. ni-Bseil in actual ro i liz i lion. We must con? fess, however, t 'ac too indications aro very sarong thai t..o Democracy arc bro diing up. Several D in .crate papers liavo given up the giioar. Among them wo may name tao Cbarlealon Mercury and lim Lauisvillo Jour? nal. Others will have to follow. We think Ichabod is written upju the door-posts of the Democratic nany. [fi om thc Nev York Tribune.J We see it announced that tho Charleston Mercury has snape dod publica.ion. There could scarcely be a moro suggestive fact. T he Mercury has always been the organ ol' thc aria t>.crac< ol' thu South, and has alwavs represen - catho extreme sentiment of Southern alave driving uggrund.z.'inciit. Dolore thc war it was the earnest enemy of tho Uuiou. During the war it championed lhe harshest mensures; and si.iee peace it baa been the implacable loo of every liouo.-t attempt at reconstruction. Iv ii i ed hy a member of tho noted family ot llheit, itimsfuiiv represented overy principle i f which tho Ubetts have no long been intrepid and consistent advocates. Lia suspension, ilion fore, indicates thar the "aristocr-tcv" is dead; that thu 'That Families" of tho South eau no lunger .-uprorc an organ; aul that aa a politics! fact their empire is past. We ure u-.ir rj f?r Mr. Rhett, and for the susponsiuu o? ins eiitcrpris ; bul lhe death ol tue Charil s on Me cur- ia a Mire *ign of tho dissolution ot al that rcniuiiit) ol' tho pr.nl and excludive elisa ihat dwell fir to mair veal's in Sonni Carolina, and mig..ci over ibe whole repub.ic. [i'ro r F ? r..'.} 'a Plillidt lob!;* ?rcs; ] Tho Charl sion Muren y h ?s airead) ce:.^?'J publica liol!, "let Us Have Peine." [ rota tba Wilu>iugi>/a, N. c., Journal.] We regret io h'urn in the .?nsiwnsioa ol' (ins :'blu a d vd lind j'urn.il. Ko papsrlns been marc id -miiied willi ihe biston- oi'S 'Urh C >r< - lina an I lb?' whola couotrv lb ai i iu Ci.arl. L IOII Mercury, :'n I its ab-x'tao will bc felt in many h ?u-i Uo'di. Always ?dniir ns tne ab H ty. f?ai :?? a -i ess sud fincerily vatb which it ad vacated and ileluud d ?ts r r nelpie*, we Jiave ir. nu .-al.y dil)? red lr m it linriug tho war ami sin e. Wu siiiccrelv regret the necessity which comis?is it.s tup lisiotl, and feel I hat bu few pa pei s would he un much uu>scd. cither :u tko sanctum or among ils friends and patrons. [From tue Augusta, Ga.. ConsUtunonauSt.] NEWSTAPSB CHAXOBS. In common with thous nils in the South, we deeply regret ihe suspeiiaioi. of tho Charleston Mercury, and trust wu sha'I havo tho pleasure of o:i?e mon? welcoming it to our sanctum, re? newed, revived, immortal. [inna the l!unt?v,.ie, Ala,. Democrat.] THE CHABLESTOS MEHCUEY. Wo deeply rc;.ret. to leira that ;hta ablo ami consistent expon nc of Stiaoa Riehls and tho ti'ue principles of cmaslitu'luonllibcrty andnu daanttd del. udcrof Sauiheru irecdomand CiV ihsation baa suspende;!, 'ibo South canno: afford to loge toe services 01 BO uevoioa, aoie and efficient a friend. [From ike Atlanta Constitution.] SUSPENSION OF AN OLD A STD VALUED J'VOB KAL. Tue Charleston Mercury, ono of the oldo st and ablest journals in tho South, we regret to leam, bas been forced to BUS pend publication. With ono of its eistor cotemporaries, the Charleston Courier, we unite our regrets at ibis occurrence. [From tho Georgetown (P. C.) limes.] THE CHARLESTON HEBOCBX. We do not know that we have ever felt moro deoi ly disappointed than we were bylhe re? ceipt ol thenews that this time-honored, faith? ful servant of our State, has suspended publi? cation. We bave always regarded the Mercury as decidedly one or the ablest papers in tne South, and wo teel lost without it, accustomed as we have always been to defer to its opinions and to appreciate its oold and vigorous edito? rials. We sincerely hopo it will Boon be rosur rnctod, improved and enlarged, and that it is only a temporary absence from our list of ex? changes. [From the Darlington, S. C., Democrat.] THE CHABLESTON M EEC DE Y. Wo regret that this planet bas dump peared from the political beavens. We hope it is a mere oclipse, aud that tbe "Mercury" is not to bo numbered among the "lost stars." We wdl sadly miss ber bright faoe. To ber we have long looked in stormy weather, when thc skies were darkened and the sea was rough. To lier bo given, as we do, all credit for hon? esty and fearlessness in times when "thrift might follow fawning." 1'he Mercury bas longbcon the Alpha Polaris to m my, in affairs of State, in these latitudes. "Vynoistira" bas varied, and is varying, f he Mercury never has, and we never supposed she would, or ?ould. If thc Republicanism of "thc Fathers" sh mid ever bs resurrected on this continent, it will be on the basis ot the principles erf the Meran y whoa clau in white, having the palm, she will reappear as the Omega Polaris. [From tbe Sumter, S. C , Wneh niu.] THE OHABLE9T0M M2B03BY. The announcement that the Mercury may resume will be received with gratification by ah who respect and honor the name and char? acter of South Carolina- all who esteem o o ar acter nd principio beyond place and p under -all who feel that there is a future tor our peoplo of respectability aud honor, and that there are rights which belong to freemen still wort'i contend?.ig for. The Mercury, tor many years, occupied a position and wield d au ?nfluon e, such BB no paper of toe Sonto hus over attained. To the Sou' h it has been a source of strength and diieouragemout, and a dreaded opponent of tho South cm oppressor and enemy of constitu? tional liberty. As a newspaper and visitant of tholirodide.it has held high position-the chastity ot its oolumus ooing such as to bj uu off.-naive aliuo ta tho most delicate sensibility or uncontaminated morals. Wo hopo soon to BIO its pleasant and wel? come face a?ain, brighter from its temporary absence. [From the Chesterfield, S. C., Democrat.] THE KEBOTBY. Wc have missed this sterling representativo of tho o>d Carolina from our sanctum. We aro truly paine I lo think that tho Mer? cury-a name a -s mimed with the past of our bol?ved l'a.m itto Stute, and with the men of intellectual renown who m .do it always the organ ot tho goo I and true carolinians -may ocaso'to occupy its wonted placo among tho j .urna!? ol' tue South. If patron ige will pre? vent such a result, lob the citizens of South Carolina ospeciallv toma to its support. It would be a sad e- m nuutary upon their consis? tency of pnuciplo. and their fidelity to thoir friends, if they should not. But we hope the suspension is merely temporary. [From the Marion Croiccnt ] THE CHABCESTON HER0?BT. The suspension of this high-toned journal and true exponent of Southern principles, (as they shou.d bo.) has ocoasioaid universal re? crut to tho citizens of Charleston. I he influence of the Caarlcston Mercury is wide-spread, not omy in tu ; ouch, bat tn tbo North, and. at this juncture ot our country's trials, wa could bandy spato an advocate so fearloss audiudcpond . I. Tho Mercury has r a paper of great pow? er aud infiuuiiun in t State, in fact in thc South, it has had ' mos; able men as its editors, and many of toe editorials of the pa? per have been master-pioces of composition, enforeing the political principles of whicn it was tho champion with unequalled ability. Those principles were such as are now over? thrown by "the will of the nation"-State rig its, strict constru lion ot tbo constitution and economy in tho administration ot the gov? ernment. lt is to bo hoped that tbe time is not distant when thc Mercury will again resume publica? tion. [From tue Oraugcburg News ] TUL CU A BLES TON 2113 BOOBY . We regret lo announco that this veteran journal ima suspended publication. Tho cxpo ueut. for a lung scries of tears, of tho political sentiments of tho old Stato li.guts pa: ty of South Carolina, aud in our darker ?lays of Jato a tearless adv?cale of thu causo of oui' oppress? ed ?iud downtrodden people, its utterances Lave a ways struck a responsivo chord in tho popular Hean : and tts masterly editorials have been as household words at inauy a fireside, whero patriot si ros have taught thou'children to lovo the old Palmetto Slate. A new regime has been esiablished, sadly in contrast with our happy a.id prosperous past. The serf of yesterday, mid tho uuprmcipocl advent u ur from abroad, h ive usurped the places, Wu eli great and good nico once occu? pied io their owu a ul their country's ho or. J he iicrcirry. iver in .sun.winy with all that was good and non e ni our -stare hus shared in its adversity, il .v.is once i entilicd with iis glory, and has boctim-J a part of that historic p.is., wheu "U tro'ma fud." Bou Piatt relates, thai a d s'inguish^d member of Con rcf-s called on P.Ooident Lin? eo ti one uight soon after hisfirst inauguration ?ind lound him Immersed in a pile of papers concerning a postoffico in a MH.I1! tuwu in O.iio. "iliad lo see you sit down," ho cried. ..Here's ii little offic . I ha e filled and unfilled a dozen times." .Can I bo of any set vic J to yon. Slr. President?" "On. I gue ?a no ; tact is I had just made up my mind to give it to tho fellow whose papers weigh i ho mes*. That's as good a way as am -so here goss." The papers wera weighed, and the lucky applicant ?laving the heaviest tot ol' loo tcap received thc appointment. jg o w A lt li DALY , GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, Ko. 82 Warrcn-strcct, NEW YORK. PER'OMAL ATTEM I ?es oivii.N TO mi: TR CtT-sE of all kinds oi Milt ll Kl r-? Boots, -'n es. Hate, ? a a indlrusu , m d atiawfloodi u ipcc?a ty. Cons gnm*n*!> of all I: ni- of s tania Articles and jjcua a. l'rudu c .-(> iedid. i nm i iviu-. UM guarauiee-l. t'DWARD DALY, Lav cf. harWkn, <. fi rr? i.'v frica Currents tem n-e.- bj pi st. January .'J PSO_Burna ?f, iii .-.j r? it ii y 0 , CROKER, AUCTIONEER A IT'J COMMIS? SION 2O11CHA }?T. -ALU- Ol'Br AL EST* it*, r- lO.iiTs. Bor-fr)*, ax. CUtU ! Ili^ AND Pi K-0*AI. l'?OPhi'.?Y AITE?.*I>:-:D KO. Ko. 3 7 BEOAD-STBltur, OUADLS-Ti H, %. 0. BEFEES2M2K8. non. HT'XRY BUJ*T, W. J. M.*GRATB, E?a." .3oncralJA.Ml-SC'JN.S--It,T.-lt. WA?-.IMO. Lia. nctaWr yyiLMS fi CH (SU LU. FACIOBS, COMMISSION tIEBCHAKXS *S I sniPPiSG AOB:>'T.?, CVTLl. ATTFNUTO Till PUT.C?ArHi ' AL'S A*: .HTPMEST ito Veroni and Don; eft ir Portel o? 'OTTON. lar-j?, r.DJiKi?rt *T-'O SAV*L aaop<i> AT!.AN.1, le '."OAK? CPAtlarteu. <?. .. ....... A. X C? :;>0.l ll. Oaouor ?? wnw EXCURSIONS AKOUND THE HARBOR. . THE FINE, FAST S AILING AND COM FOR I \ BLY appointed Yacht ELEANOR swill resume her trip? to hiato -ic pointe in .the harbor, and will le iv? Government Wh irf doily at len A. M. and Xhree P. M. Foi Pamge apply to J HOMai YOU JO, December 18 3mo Oapteia. oa board. FOUBHSTON. THC PAIKEr STEVMSHTJ? AL? LIANCE, TILLOKN Matter, wiU hare 'dispatch, after arrival, for tb? abor? . port. For engagements apply to ? H. F. BAKER st CO., February 23 2 No. 2 ) Cum ?.orland-etreot. FAST Flt K Kit IT lilNtfi TO AND FROM BALTIMORE, PBILiDEL. PHIA, WASHINGTON 01TY. WTLMIS?TON, DEL., CTNUINNA TI, OHIO, ST. LOOK. MO.. AND OTHER N 0 EX FI VT E 3 TERN 0TTIE9.-' LE AYING EACH PORT 1VERY 5TH DAT. FALCON.JESSI D HOE .ET. Gomm JU ier. Si-.A GULL.N. P. DViTOX. Coa moder. MARYLAND.J. V. JOHNSOS-, Comnunder. Xvfr'^sswi THE FAVORITE AN? BUTTI ?Z?W&EB Steamship FALCON, Ju? D. HOB <?WBSmWT ?ET Comminder. will ?il for Bolti more ou IH?MBAT. '2 ich Instant, st 9 o'olocK P. M., troua Pier No 1. Onion Wharves. I be SEA GULL, captain Dunox, will follow on 2d March. For Freight orpaaaatre, apply to COURTENAY fe IBKNHOLM, Fobraary 22_4-_Oiuoi Wharvec, FUR M KW VOHH. REGULAX LINEBVERY TB Uli 3D AY. PASSAGE REUl'tED TO 313. . na tBE SIDEWHEEL STEAMSHIP 'MAGNOLIA, CaptainCBOWBLL,wffl "lear. V.DdorBOmt'iW-Jarl OUTHUBS IDAT, February 26th, at 4 o'clock P. M. February 12_BAVKNEL fe no.. Atente. FOR PHI L.-A UK LP ?HA . -THE STEAMSHIP PRoMATHK. t'-L US, Oap oin A. ?. Ona*, will lear? V North Atlantic Wuarf tor PLnladel ? nhia on IUSSBAY -iFrxosoos, Fab? ruary 23 at -. o'clock insurance can bj obtained on this steamer at S per ? tnt For Freight apply to JOHN 4 THEO. G8TTY, February 22 2 North Atlantic Wharf. FOR LIVKKPUWL. CHARLESTON AND LIVERPOOL STBAM3HIP LUNE. THE FIR -T-CLASS IRON SCREW Steam-hip GOLDEN H.-RN, R. J. DLACKLI.N Master, having one-half . ber cargo eng ice J sad going en board, will meet witti disc itcu for the above part to s iii oo or aoout the 2Uth ins ant. For Freight engagement? apply to Feoruary 1)_ ROBT. MITRE fe 00. Tit AV KL, t-.tts P ISSI S*i tu -IOU G ri CHARLESTON EN ROO CB IO FLORIDA, AIKEN f/r-fi?s? Aud other placei?, ?Uould not fa: * ft? T*? to '?y *n tneir supplie? of PB0VI8 - ^WlmfiC* I0N!*. CLAREIS. CHAMPAGNES ^^IT^LI CORDIALS, BRANDIES, WEIS KIES, WINKS. CANN l i) MEATS, SOUPS, fe?. Patea of Wild Game. Deviled Entremets, Haas, T?rke , Lobster, etc., for Luncbeoai, ;??<:wiche?, Iravelei-8' lUpast. ic. ft?roend for a catalogue. WM. S. CORWIN fe CO., No. 278 Einn-ftrent. Between Wentworth and Bcaafain, Charleston, S. 0. Branch of No. SOO Broi l way, corner JOtb street, New York. Oct?bar28 PACIFIC MAH. tfTEAfaU*HJP CUBtPV'? THBODGH Uti? TO CALIFORNIA. CHJJNA AND JAP AH. F HEIGHT AND PASSAGE AT -GR'SAT Lt RM DUC ED RATES I - '-Kn-r> MbA.Mt.Us OF THE ABOTB %!&&&?S Une leave Pier Ne. 42, North River, ^%?M>3$& ?oot of Canal-street. New York, s .:ivr31*r?HL. 12 o'cloik uoon, of the Itt, Ith, lfltfc and 34.th ol every month texcept when these date? loll on Sunday, chen the .saturday preceding). Depariure of 1st and itch oonuect at Panama with steamers tor sooth Paclnc and Conten Ameritas ports, 'those ol 1st touch at Manzanillo. Departure of 8th ot each month connecte witt the new steam Uno from Panania to Australis and New Zealand. hteamship GREAT REPUBLIC leaves Jan Fros. Cisco les Cnii;? a jd Japaa April 3. 1869. No California steamers touch at Havana, but gc direct from New York to AspinwalL One hundred pounds baggage free to aach adah, Medicine aad attendance free. For Pussage tickets or further information appJ? at the COMPANY'S TTC BET OFFICE, oa th? wharf, loot Of Canal-ecroot, Not th Blver, New York. Mareil 1?_lyr_F. Bj KASY, Agent FOK EDISTO. ROCRVrrXF, ENTERPRISE, HU t"'HIXSON AND FENWICK ISLANDS AND WM: LANDINGS. - jti/P*!?, THE SiEAMER PT. HELENA, ???JSE3ICaptain JAM.-* G. RUMLBT. will re o-i-e Freight I ms DAT an 1 leave I O-MUBBOW MOBK iNoai2 o'clock, and Edisto .-AITTRDAT .VI OB SUS O at 2 o'clock. For Freight or Passage apply oa bo ird or lo JOHN U MU UR vY, Mar :et Wharf. The Steamer leaves again MONDAY MoBsnsa at 3 o'clock,Mid E.listo s itu? day at'J o'eloca P. M. February 24_1? ! NLA.MO UHU'I'K. THROUGH TICKE rs TO FLORIDA. CHARLEMOS AND.SIVA.NNAH ol ?Ail PACKET LINK, VIA EDI'S Cu, Bi?AU?Oltl ANL- HILTON Ht AD, CONN?CTI'O WITH 7 HE ATLANTIC A Nu GULF RAILROAD AND CONNECTIONS FOR ALL POINTS IN ?. FLORIDA. - Trfi*~,U*>K TKK HAK, PAST STEAMER ^S?EStm PILOT BOY captara rm PECS, will leave charleston i'n Mo PAT aud. i itbnsiuY MOBS ucosai vigiu o'clocii u tunning, will taits ivan cab IUE-DA? MoMtlNOS ht ie lit u'clok, a?J FllIDAY A rr EUS ios ut i wo o'clock, toj I'Mg U Kduto on iuuusu.iT trip from charte toa, at mord? A. M., und leiving Loisco at Niue A. M , bATOUDA?*. en re luru trip. i he sleamor will touch a? Chi o'm'a, each way everv iwo ?eeks, couiueeucin? MT iii tr;? of Febru? ary IMh. For Freight or Passage applv to JOHN l-ERGO-'ON, February 16 Accomm da: ?on IVbarf. FUN I'ALAI'KA. ? . VIA b.lVAt.NAH, FI-1<NAND1>A AND JA.'ASON VII I. E. atf""***, THE F1R5T-CA8S '.: '1 24 l? S K ?sS?EES?C DICI AU OR. Captain L. M. COXBTTKB, ^ ll sail from Charleston evei 'luuiiay ?'?/.nw, ot Eight O'CM ck, lor 'lie above points. Hie fl'?t-ciasH >tcamer i?iT? t->' <1, Captam Wx. .NiOELir, will i ail from Charleston ovcry Satur day Kenning, a. tie lit o'clock, tor uhove poiuts. i onn-ciiu.: with tb- Onfroi ?ailro.i ) ut -iva mah for Mobile and Ne i Orleans and with the f lorida Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at which point steamers concoct with New Orleans, Mobile, Ve H naco a. Key West and H . vana. I li rouen Hills La Jiu,; given for FroLtht to Mobile, I'cnsacoia und New Orleans. ?ofA steamers connecting wth H S. Hart's steam? ers Uclimatia nnJ Griffin fir Siloer Springs a*J Lakts, Gri?ii Euttts, Harris and Durham. An irrt?? '. " Jfaule \<n the abort Uuocit uot removed at <uu?d' wfl be rtorod at ris? and "-xpi use o? ow- em. lor Freight or Passige encage JIOI t, apply to J. I? - li-.. i? et o ., : seats,' -OU'lj r.??mi. . wharf. N. V.-No extra chirge for AIo.iij acd stiterooms. No vern bar 21 rjOtiJIKH Ai MACJSETII, BI o. 30 Broad-street, eh ai le-ton, h. C., I150KEEE, AUCTION ITU-. KEAL?STAIS A:O> GKNEJCAIJ COU.H SSIU3 AGJ5WT& Will atHen I to T.enliu : c-ul CoT?63?tr!,<f r* ?eats [u-chaso and sa o ol' bloc ?ts, ?OI? Gold, biiver ???.? i'eal LstaiC. ALSO io the Purehaeo of Good? ^nd su-^ic1 fee portel tn :hc couii.ryu?v>!i rea-n? bo .-uas. GzonoE L HOLMES.Vu-;s..yo :n . * CIRTH. Ja. urvl _ lyr jp EI. T it y. H nv ii r..i. No. 1 BBOAD-STUiiST, CUABLE-TO-V. H C , 11INEB, S?lPPElt AXD rEALEii IN SoutSi Caroliita MatiTC L'une FHospIiate? Ja ours ll Sino* G , ll . HUPPII6K, FACTO?, AKD CiiYSISStOV MBROHANT, ACC01T1IOD.A11OH WHABJ? Chhrleeioii, a. o. . P. GASSHES HAS ELL. ?moa ?gpteu*^ ?l