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VOLUME VIL-NUMBER 1093. CIIAKLESTON, S. C., MONDAY MORNING, MAHCH 1, 1869. SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM BY TELEGRAPH. THU STATE CAPITAL. THE LEGISLATURE PREPAHING TO CLOSE UP ITS BU8INEB3 -THE SENATE AGRE*BS TO ADJOURN MARCH FOURTH-GENERAL uEGIBLATIVE BUSI? NESS- THE OSABLESTON ELECTION BILL-THE HOUSE MAKES ASSURANCE DOUBLY SURE. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO BAILY HEWS.] COLUMBIA, February 25.-THE SENATE con? curred in the House resolution, tbat no bills or resolutions of a per .ri anent character bo in troduoed after the 1st of March. The bill to incorporate the South Carolina Building Association, No. 2, was passed and sent to tho House. The title to tho Uni varsity bili v/as cha ng od to an aol, and ordered to be enrolled. Tho resolution to adjourn sine die on the 4th' of March was adopted, and sent to the House for concurrence. Tho following bills received a second reading and wore orderod to be engrossed : ? bill to , charter Cherry's Ferry over tho Seneca River; a bill to authorize th J City Council of Charles? ton to levy certain taxes; a bill amendatory of an act lo regulate the manner of disbursing funds by certain officers; a bill to establish a public ferry in York County; a bill from tba House to regulate the agencies of insurancd' companies not incorporated in South Caro? lina. THE HOUSE proceedings were unimportant. Hollitnan introduced a bill to presoribo tho mode of electing clerks of court, judges of probate and sheriffs. The certification bill was passed and sent to the Renato. Tho House reconsidered" its action in pass? ing the Charleston Election bill last Friday to a third reading and took another vote on its passage, in consequ?nee ol a question raise 1 as to the presence of a quorum on the former vote. The vote on tho passage to-day stood yeas 72, nays 19 ; the previous vote was yeas 50, nays ll-two less than a constitutional ma? jority. . CONGRESSIONAL,. THE CLOSING DAYS OF THE SESSION-THE SUF? FRAGE AMEND M ENT AT LAST ADOPTED-CUF? FES FAILS TO GET THE BIGHT TO HOLD OFFICE. WASHINGTON, February 25.-IN THE SENATE, . t?ho bill was passed repealing the act requiring the General of the Army to have bis headquar? ters in Washington, and the President to issue all orders through bim. IN THE HOUSE, the bill authorizing nickel couts was passed. ' Tho Finanee Committee's report on the Con? sular bill was considered. It provide'? a com? mission at small salaries. Butler advocated the report warmly, but it was defeated by a vote of forty-five to one hundred and two. A now conference ?vas asked on tho Suffrage amend? ment; and it was moved that the Houso recede from its amendment and agree to the Senate proposition, which was adopted, yeas one hun? dred and forty-three, nays thirty-three. The following is tho resolution: "The right of th? oit'zens of the United. States to voto shall not be,deniedj>r_ abridged, by. the United Stares; or j any State, on acoount of race, color or previ? ous condition of servitude." The consideration of the Legislative Appro? priation bill was continued to the recess. Tho Senate bill relieving manufacturers of naval machinery for the government from tax? ation was passed. The joint resolution, providing that Congress shall.meet at three o'clock, instead of noon, on the 1th of March, was passed. The Army appropriation bill was considered to tho reoess. Osborn introduced a bill granting landa in Florida for tho construction of a road from Pensacola to Louisville. VIRGINIA. RICHMOND, February 25.-In the case of JJames Grant, on trial for lulling H. Rives Pol? lard, several hundred citizens having been questioned and only two found who had not formed an opinion, the sheriff was directed to summon citizens from Alexandria and Norfolk. In tho Cirouit Court to-day, a enamor was granted Joseph Finnegan and otbor citizens of Georgia and Florida to build telegraph lines through and in Virginia, the capital stock not to exoeed a million and a half. FIRES IN JV JE HT ORLEANS. NEW ORLEANS, February 25.-Two heavy fires occurred last night, destroying a planing mill on Rampart-slreet and seven dwelling houses on Uionville-street. Insurance $30,000; loss twice us much. EUROPE. SPAIN-RESIGNATION OF THE PROVISION AL GOV ERNMENT-SERRANO ENTRUSTED WITH FULL EXECUTIVE POWER BY THE CORTES-NEW. GOV? ERNOR-GENE ?AXi FOR CUBA. MADRID, February 23.-In the Constituent Cortes, yesterday, Serrano, Prime Minister, officially announced the resignation o? the Provisional Government. General Prim, in an address assured tho House that the late dynasty would never reascend the throne. Topete, Minister of Marine, asked the House to pass an aot of indemnity for the navy, for its acts during tho recent revolution. The House passed a vote of thanks to the retiring provisional government, although th? Repub? lican members opposed it with unanimity/ The House also, by a large vote, entrusted Mar? shal Serrano with full executive powers for the time being, and granted him authority to foins ?new ministry. General Caballero de Roda is to succeed Dulce as Governor-General of Cuba. The press of this city almost unanimously condemn the movement for a union of Spain and Portugal under tho old nano of Iberia, which has been recently contemplated. CUBAN AFFAIRS RESIGNATION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSUL GENERAL- PROGRESS OF THE GOVERNMENT TROOPS-OUTRAGES OF THE INSURGENTS-IN? TERRUPTION OF ALL WORK ON THE SUGAR PLANTATIONS. HAVANA, February 25.-The resignation of tho Unite.i ?tatOM Consul-General has been ac? cepted. Commandant Kennell, a Cuban com? manding tho Sixth Regiment of Volunteers, has been superseded. A transport from Spain has arrived with tlx hundred chasseurs. Attention has boen called to the law which makes peo? ple who have been residents here for five years subjects of Spain. After capturing -La Guana ja, an expedition left to raise th? seige of Puerto Principo. The men were well armed and equipped, and a se? vere engagement was expected. Advices from Santa Cruz report that (ho in? surgents had attacked Guzabal, taking provi? sions and a numb, r of horses. - Advices from Santiago de Cnba report that of eighty plantations in that district, only ten were grinding cane. There are neither labor? ara or eattle in that valley. A dispatch from Manzanilla .reporta that a large body of insurgents had attacked a con? voy at Yara. Th? reports of tho result aro oonftadiotory and unsatisfactory. O Ult TKIP TO MO BILK. MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN PRESS. Tbl? Journey Down-Georgi* Polities Tied Reception- Ilign Jinks sod Jun litt)ln?-\ Visit to St. Elmo-Tho Prospects of tiae Good City ?nd Mer People, <dce. AIKEN, 8. C., February 25,18C9-Tbe South? ern Press Assooiatlon has mot and adjourned. Tou have not published itspioceedings, nor do I propose to sond thom to you in full; but I may say horo that the Association ia now on a firm foot mg, and promises to be productive of great benefit to the whole press )f the South. At the present time the Southern newspa? pers-oxoluding the presses of Virginia ana Louisiana-pay to the soolety known as the Now York Associated Pres3 about fifty thou? sand dollars per annum fdr telegraphic uewa. This amount of money pays tho cost of mend? ing the dispatches, pays tho salaries sf the ?agenta of tho Associated Press throughout tho South, sud leaves a profit to the New York As? sociation, which asaooiation obtains from tho South free of cost, its agents being, paid by thc contributions of our press, that Southern political, commercial and miscellaneous news which the North cannot do without. There is no reoiprooity in tho existing arrangement! All the advantages are on the side of the New York Associated Proas, and it was high time that the Southern Prosa Association, which representa the public presses of tho Caro? linas, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Mis? sissippi, should take some Bteps to obtain tho control of its own money, to remedy the flagrant abuses whioh pow exist, and to prove. that tho newspapers of B?X Southern States shall no longer be made tho shuttlecocks of tho press cauous in New York. The Southern Press Association has made a good beginning. It had a reputation iu the convention just held in Mobile whioh entitled it to a respectful hearing, and before many months are over THE NEWS, in common with every other paper in tho South which receives telegraphic news, will "feel tho happy consequences of the deter? mination of the Southern Press Association to . bo independent as fir as practicable, and to sacuro that equitable treatment wbich has always boen its due. Efforts will of course bo made by interested persons to pooh I poohl tho whole project from Alpha to Omega, but I say to you frankly, that if our presses continue to stand together as they do now, the New York Association must make the concessions whioh we demand, or else do without the snug Bum which wo now pay into its treasury. For tho present, however, I will allow the Press Association to take care of itself, and give you a brief sketch of our trip to Mobile, and tho manner of our treatment in that beau? tiful and thriving city. On my way down I travelled in company with Major Engelhard, tho editor of that sound Democratic daily, the Wilmington Journal; Mr. Tames, assistant editor cf the Wilmington Post; Mr. James B. Randall, the managing editor of the Augusta .Constitutionalist-a paper to which Georgia owes a ?tobi of grail ?indo wni?h she cannot easily pay-and Mr. Patrick Walsh, assistant editor of tho Augusta Chronicle, a live and pushing journal. This formed our whole party until we reach Atlanta, but at that point and at other points along the route we were joined by other representatives of the press. Among whom I may name Major Steele, of the Atlanta Intelligencer, the Nestor of the Southern Press (so dubbed by an enthusiastic editor at an ear? ly hour in the morning) ; Major Thompson, of the Savannah News, well known as the author ul Major Jones' Courtship and Travels; Colonel Lamar, of the Columbus San, President of the Southern Press Association, and one of the boldest and most trenchant journalists in Geor? gia, and Mr. Reese, of the Macon Journal and Messenger, accompanied by bis young and channing wife. ?, The press party was treated with great cour? tesy by Captain Moore, of the South Carolina Railroad, Captain Smith, of the Georgia Rail? road, and Captain W. G. Herndon, of the At? lanta and West Point Bailroad. The journey was marked* by no special inci lent, but it was refreshing to hear the manner in wbich the Georgians whom we met in the cars, gentle and simple, spoke of the political situation in their State. Our sistor State has thrown down the gauntlet. She has written the doom of Radicalism on the gates of the capitol, and, como what may, will not turn her face from the shining goal of right and consti? tutional freedom. The political creed of Geor? gia is plain and conoise. It is this : "Full protection to the colored people in their rights of person and property. Persistent md untiriug opposition to that equality with tho whites whioh the negro has been en? couraged to claim." The Georgians, aS well as I can gather, judge overy question from tho white point of view. They are tbe champions of tho white race, and will brook' 30 suoh thing as negroes in offloe or negroes in the sooiul cirole. They seem determined to nuke no compromise, and dare Congress to do ts worst. So mueh tor the politics of the most lourishing ??tate of the South. MOBILE. It was about mid-day on Tuesday, the 16th nat ant, when we reached Mobile. Tbe weather vas cold and drizzling, and oar comfortable marters at the Battle House, still one of ho boat hotels in the South, were welooms to mr weary crow. Ia the course of an hour or ?wo we were called on by Colonel John Forsyth ind T. Cooper DeLeoA, Esq., of the Mobile Re? gister, and Captain Eggleston and Mr. Ma fuire, of the Mobile Tribune. These gent?o non gave us a hearty welcome, and to them is lue muoh of the pleasure whioh we received luring our stay. I will not attempt to tell you all that we saw hud heard. Toa mast be satisfied With the salient ovents. The delegate, to tho Press Convention, as loon as they arrived, received the entree of tbe V?anassas aud St. Jamos* Ciaba, and on Tues lay evening enjoyed the hospitalities of pri? mate oitizens. On Wednesday norning the Convention was notified that all tho carriages ted hacks at one of the most famous livery stables m the otty (Haydon's, I believe) would >e at tbe disposal of the members daring their day in Mobile, and at the same time Super in endent Van Horn, of tbe WesternUnion Tele? graph Company, gave notice that the mem* ser* could haye the free use of the wires for communicating with their friends. Both pri? vileges wore speedily m ado Use of. . Carriage loads of happy newspaper mea wen? soon bowl? ine; about the oity, while th? "d.h." dispatches solaced the anxiety of the "gudo wives" at nome. Tbe Convention met and organised at 12 o'clock, and wheo the usual committees hod keen appointed, adjourned to tho following lay. Tho meeting's of the association wore held in the upper hall of the fine building occu? pied by the Mobile Boord of Trade. Zn the lower room, which is the public room of he board, all the leading papers are flied for reference, prices of stocks and the differ- ? eat staples are - posted as they are received, and the merchants find all the general infor? mation necessary for conducting their busi? ness. Why cannot our Charleston Chamber of Commerce or Board of Trade, or both of them, have such rooms? It would not cost muoh more than the usual annual dinner, and would be far more useful. On Monday the members of the convention were invited to lunch with the Board of Trade, and a right royal lunch it was, and at night they attended a special performance at the Mobile Theatre, a fine building, weil equipped with all dramatic paraphernalia. In the after? noon tho membois of the press inspected tho steamers of tho fire department of Mobile. There are five steam engines in the depart 'm?nt, ?i?l drawn by horses, and it was evident that the companies were thoroughly organized and ready for any emergency. An invitation to visit the Chickaeaboguo Paper Mills was de? clined on account of the press, of convention business. At night-, however, after the theatre, . tho convention assembled in the handsomo rooms of the Manassas Club, whero thoy were received by the President,. Colonel D. E. Huger, and by tho members of the club. Tho supper was a sumptuous one, fine wines flowed liku water, and nothing was wanting to mako tbQ members of the press desire that they might be eternal delegates to an eternal press convention with an eternal ban,pict at tho gay Manassas Club. After the feast some short and pointed speeches wero made by meaabers of the club and members of the convention. Of all tho speeches tho refrain seemed to be: "The South for tho Southerner." DOWN THE KABBQB. On Friday morning the convention went aboard the steamer Annie, and steamed down the bay. The invitation was given by tho Board of Trado, but Captain Murphy, of tho Annie, promptly offered (otho party tho gra? tuitous uso of his fleet little vessel. A number of ladies were aboard whom tho gontlemen bf the press did their best to entertain. Tho brass band of tho Fire Department played throughout the trip, and by tho time that the Annie reached the shipping in the lower har? bor tho party was as bright and as gay as cour? tesy and kindness could make them. The Altear, a steel ship, was visited by the excur? sionists, one enthusiastic visitor proposing that tho whole party should at onco take a trip to Liverpool, or the Isles of the Blest, amid the four thousand bales of cotton which the Altear stowed away. This motion was unhap? pily negatived, and with three cheers the party turned homeward. Then came tho luncheon, the grand harmony of tho day, to which the laugh of fair women, the clunk of knife and foik, and the crack of the sudden cork formed a fit and fitful accompaniment. The trip came to an end, more sorrow to it, and at night there was more work in the cou vont ion, more jun kettihg and more harmless mirth. ON THE TRACK. On Saturday morning the press party, with delegations from the Board of Trade and the Jockey Club, started from the hotel in car? riages and drove down to the Magnolia Baoo Courte. Tho road wits feuioolh and even; the teams were good; on the left was the placid bay; on the right were handsome private resi? dences and gardens of pubiio resort; overhead were the limbs of the dark magnolias arching the picturesque road; ou every side the eye was lilied with tho flowing tints of tho blooming flowers; the whole atmosphere was laden with perfume I Twas a glorious sight to see. Then came we to tho Jockey Club building, whence we were trotted out to see the horses breezed. The Magnolia track is probably the finest in the South. It is level as a dis, never exceed? ingly heavy, and the trainers recognize it SB the ono plaoe where their Btablss may winter well and prepare for the wuk of the season. Among the fine horses which we saw were the following: Bayonet, of the Lexington and Yorkshire stock, who won the prize in the late State post stake at the Metarie Course. He was accompanied by several other horses, be? longing to Captain Moore's stable. In Captain Oottrill's stable wore the Jennie Cottrill, two year old, Mollie Ingersoll and Puss Brodnax all of the Daniel Boone family. Thon follow? ed the chestnut, James A. Conolly, of Pen nock's stable, the son of Yandal by a Var grave dam. Conolly was victorious at Ford? ham and elsewhere, and in his company was a colossus filly of the same stable. There was also Moore's Privateer of the Lightning stock and his half-brother Stonewall Jackson, the first out of Edith and the other of Hennie Farrow. There wore in all about thirty-five horses, all in fine order and galloping by in a way that gave promise of many and many a victory. After the breezing the party adjourn? ed to the Magnolia Hotel in charge of Captain William H. Williamson. A substantial yet ielicate breakfast was at once bei ved up, and the party after gathering flowers in a neigh? boring garden of jap?nicas and roses rode back to town. OT. ELMO. In the evening I had the pleasure of calling m Mrs. Wilson, (Miss Augusta J. Evans) the iu thor of Beniah, Macar?a and St. Elmo. Mrs. Wilson is a tall slender lady, with brown hair, ? pale face, a rather long nose and small eyes. ELer forehead is high and her expression somewhat grave, bnt when she smiles her jountenanoe lights np wondrously and becomes ilmost beautiful. Mrs. Wilson is now copying. ?he manuscripts of a new novel, for which she is said to have been offered $15,000 by aa eater prising yoang New Yorker, The name of th? new novel is cot known, and I have some curi jaity to Bee a work written in the middle of such a racket as that made by rooster, ohioken ind guinea fowl in Mrs. Wilson's beautiful lome. THC LAST DAX. On Sunday some or the members of the Con? fution were entertained by their friends, and it night a dinner was given to the patty at the ?attie House, by the proprietor, Captain Cod? roy, now known to the press as Godfrey cte Bouillon. soon-Bra. Ob Monday morning there was another pi-i? rate entertainment, and the members of tho Convention, with the exoeption of those who iad accept cd the invitation to visit tho Gr?a? ient City, bade good-bye to Mobile. And this cood-bye was a hard word to say. We hud icon reooived, not as strangers, hp* as friends. ?Ve had been entertained with a highly hospi Able and delicate oonrtesy, whose like we may lever know again. Mobile hod attached us to ts fortunes with bonds stronger than looks of iron. We had made friends whom re shall oheriab m long SB we breathe the ?roath of Ufe, And it waa as muoh as the noet stoical could do to say good-bye and saintain even a show of resignation. Bat the sst shake of the hand was given, the steamer last off her lin ats ?hera was a faint oheer from 'all hearts! and tao men who,had, treated aa so lobly turned away to their homes, and we to >ray most heat lily for the future of kindly nobile. And of this success ibero ean be little loubt. Her women are generous, beautiful Ad true; graceful OS the fawn, sweet M th? summer rose, and frosh as the star of morn? ing. Her mea are warm-hearted, staunch in every friendship, and have besides a keen mercantile perception which enables them to seize tho golden opportunity and bring fortune to their feet. There ia as much integrity and enterprise in the men-hunt H and business man as l boro is parity and sprightliness in their wives and daughters; and with men who are bravo and wAmen who aro chaste and fair, Mobile need fear naught, whether in tho race for individual, honor or lasting mercantile fame. And with her she carries the good wishes and God-ape d of tho presses of the South. They will wa .ch over and aid her; and now and henceforth- Mobile will find no better champions in her battle for financial life than those who luivo^born her guests, and who feel that they caa never do enough to show their appreciation of the priceless kindness ot* ber people. I will send you to-morrow a condensed re? port of the proceedings of the conven .von. D. EEOM THE STATS CAPITAL. Tile Sont H Curo ll na Universityo Dis? tinction ot Color-The Savannah ami Charleston Railroad-^ ii umnibni Railroad Kill. *** _ r [FROM 0UB OWN OOIlBESrONDEN'f. } COLUMBIA, S. C., February 24, 48C9.--The University bill will now become a law. Asl predicted in a former letter, the House refused to concur in tho amendment of the taunto to bave the Board of Trustees appointed by the Governor, instead of being elected bj the General Assembly, as agreed upon" in the House. Senator Nash, in favoring tho motion, said a groat deal of fooling had bcea creat? ed against the Governor on account of his ap? pointments, and ho therefore desired to rid his Excellency of tho heavy responsibility of appointing directors of tho University. Ho ?ow considered it a University of tlnrpeople. The bill provides there shall bo no dis auction Dn account of color, and ho wanted men on that board whose nerves would not bo ?hocked it tho idea of admitting a colored student into the University. On the question of agreeing to tho^wotion af (Senator Cain, of Charleston, that tho Sen a to recede from its amendment, Senator Wright, >f Beaufort, (Republican), and Senator Reid, if Anderson, (Democrat), askod to havo their lames recorded on tho journal as voting in the negative. Tho bill from tho Senate to enable Mic Sa /annan and Charleston Railroad Com-, .my to :omploto their road came up in the Hou?e, mi? ler special order, for a second reading? Un ortuuately, somo of its warmest friends wero ibsent, and tho combination aga. L st it triumphed. This combination is in th?- into r ;st of audaer railroad measure, and i>M sup sorters are endeavoring to force the friends of die Savannah and Charleston Road into a U'nnd scheme, or, as it is termed, an "Omni 3us Railroad bill," providing, for tho enrlorse nent by tho State of bonds to tho amViint of bree or moro millions of dollars for -ju-tain railroadonteroriBes- inclu?!iug. ?ma<m,- feeneVo, ho celebrated Chatham. So far they have not lucoeeded, and it is to be hoped, for the credit >f the State, as well as of the Republican par ?y, that they will not. It is to be hoped that the General Assembly viii do something for Charleston. It is well mown to every member that the Savannah ind Charleston Railroad is a matter of vital in? terest, not only to tho City of Charleston, but ;o the whole country round about and adjaoont :o th? seaboard. By the passage of the bill the members will earn the gratitude, not only of be business men, citizens and tax-payers, ivho have sent np their memorials, but also of ill other classes of people, including planters ind laborers. On the question cl agreeing to tho passage jf soction one tc a third reading, the voto was, reas twenty-one, nays forty-one. On motion rf DoLarge, the further consideration of the jill was postponed and made the special order tor Saturday nett at two P. M. IN TUE SENATE, the favorable reporto from ho House of the Medioel Committee of that jody on the accounts of F. L. Parker, M. D., ind F. Peyre Porober, M. D., were referred to he Committee on Claims. Dickson presented the memorial bf the City Council of Charleston relative to rebuilding the inrnt districts of ?he City of Charleston. Tbe nomorial was read, and, on motion of Mr. Jill ion, referred to tbe Committee on the Judi iiary, with leave to report by bill oroihor ,vise, and the memorial also ordered to be printed. Dickson presented tho annual statement of be Alms Houso of the City of Charleston. Referred to the Committee on Finance. A lengthy discussion, participated in by jy Messrs. Whipper, DeLarge, George Lee and Slliott, took place on tho amendment of the Senate to the University bill, when tho ques ion being taken, on tho motion ot Sasportas hat a message be sen!; to the Senate,informing hat body that the House do not concur, tho reas and nays were called, and resulted, yeas ti, nays 27. A bill to provide for the enlistment of an ,rmed foroe for th? purpose of guarding and ;coping safe tho convicta in the South Caron? ia Penitentiary, was taken np and received its econd reading. A discussion ensued, partici? pated in by Messrs. DeLarge, Bosemon, Den? is and Elliott, pending which, Fer ?tor moved bat the House do adjourn. On this the yeas nd nays were called, and are as follows : Yeas 5, naya 12. A I J 'AI US IN THU STATE. Lexington. F. W. Derrick has been appointed a magia rato for Lexington County. , s H ?M The County Commissioners of Sumter have n der ta ken tho repair ot the bridges ia that ounty. Sedgefield. Jesse Morrell, colored, convicted of highwny Dbberv, at Ecigefleld Court, and sentonoed to wo years' imprisonment, WAS pardoned by the lovernor, upon the opinion by tbe Judge that ue verdict was anjost aud not sustained by Ixe evidence. Clarendon. Mr. Evans Mathis, nour the Santee River, in llarendon, killed five wild turkeys at one shot, few days since. . Tbe Press is agitating for a railroad to coll? ect Manning either with tho Wilmington and lanoheeter Railroad, er with the Northeastern lailroad. Newberry. ,. Mr. Sarnl. ft. Chapman, a promising young u mber of the Newberry bar, died on the 21st astnnt. The locomotive and express ear of the down assenger train of the Greenville and Coln ol? ia Railroad ran off the track, on Tuesday, ear Pom aria, and ene of the Bremen was lightly Roa'ded. A train was sent se t ap rom Columbia, and brought tbe passengers irough. ? i o-a*^o>oo~o? . -As an ov: dence otto? dot ermin at ion of the eeroes to attend the inauguration ball, ono of tem, a Washington scavenger bas bet $100 tat he will be prescn?and has put np .the tonoy. If rome action is not taken about tho miter in time a row may happen. PERN ON A ly GOSS II'. -Bliss and Masterman, the two Americans imprisoned by Lopefc in Paraguay, hare arriv? ed in Mew York. -General Grant is said to receive letters and pamphlets addressed to him on financial and other subjec'.s to the amount of six hun? dred pounds daily. -Among tho Mormons, at Willi imsburg, N. Y., is an old one of sixty years, who has eleven wives, the youngest being only thirteen yea? old, and already a mother. -Bladensburg, the famous duelling ground near Baltimore, was again msed for that pur? pose last Wednesday. A judge and an ex-rebel fought with pistols, the lattor being woun? ded. -It is said that General Grant has not yet commenced tho preparation of his inaugural address. Those best qualified to judge are of the opinion that but little timo will be required to Write his address, as it will bo unusually brief, and directly to tb* point. -Despite the protest of Bishop Whitehouse, or the Diocese, Bishop OH m min gs, of Ken? tucky, preached in Chicago, Illinois, on Sun? day. Bishop Whitehouse is High Church, and Bishop Cummings Low Clair m. The latter in hisdiscourso Sunday evening donounced Ritu? alism. -General Grant, in declining to rilo with President Johnson during the inauguration oeremonios, is following tho example of John Quincy Adams, who declined to rido with his successor, Andrew Jackson, on account of the Miss Eaton scandal. JacKson rodo to the cap? itol alone. -A well-known Californian Irishman, named James M. Quinn, has turned out to be an Irish earl. Tho papers, proving bis right to his title and his estate, were presorved for many years by an old negressin Charleston. . Quinn is about to sail with a lawyer tu claim his heri? tage. He will be tho JEa 1 of Dunraven. -In the House, ^Monday, a motion to in? crease the salary o?r the President to forty thousand dollars waBM-ejcctod. Butler, in op? posing it, said that (hoPresident w?s not? fur? nished with "a freV house, fueljLlight, ser? vants, ?fee. Ho was furbished with free music, and free peoplo to listen to tho music." -Tho National Theatre, in Washington, was used on Sunday night for religious purposes, and an English preacher, named Sharman, pre? sided, lu the course of bis remarks, he allu? ded to Pr?sident Johnson as "the man who had his trunks packed for Tennessee," and a portion of tho audienoe hissed. He then in? dulged in a strong denunciation of the Presi? dent's abnio of the pardoning power in Demp? sey's case, whereupon half ot tho audience ros? to finir feot and hissed him and then depar? ted. -The Philadelphia Press tells what the biembers of tho present Cabinet propose to do a.'ter the 4th of March. Seward is still ambi? tious, and will undertake a new role as tourist and navigator. Mcculloch will migrate with btu family to New York. Randall will remain in Washington and practice law. Welles will go home-Washington lifo, bein? _ too ?expon. sive. Browning is inclined to remain in Wash? ington ; Evarts, if he leaves the Cabinot, will return to New York, of course, and Schofield wdl be subject to orders as rn army officer. HINTS ON AGRICULTURE. OUEASING WAGON?. Few people are aware that they do wagons and carriages more injury by greasing too plentifully than in any other way. A well-made wheel will endure common wear from ten to twt n( y-tlvo years if caro is taken to use the right kind and proper amount of grease; but if this matter is not attended to they will be used up in five or six years. Lard should never be used on a wagon, for it will penetrate the hubs and work its way out around the ten? ons of the spokes, and spoil tho wheel. Tal? low is tho best lubricator for wood axletrees, and castor oil for iron. Just grease enough should be applied to the spindle of a wagon to give it a light coating: this is better than more, for the surplus put OH will work out at th? ends, and bj forced by the shoulder-bands and nut-washer into the hub around the out? side of the boxes. To oil an vron axletree, first wipe the spindle clean with a ?loth wet with spirits of turpentine, and then apply a few drops of caator oil near tho shoulder and end. One teaspoonful is sufficient for the whole. For journals on winch there is heavy pressure it is a good plan to mix with the oil some lamp-black or common soot. Powd red plumbago or black lead is also em ployed for the ?arno purpose. ECONOMY IN F ?EDI SO CHICKENS. Those who kee? chickens know very well that if all the teed that is given to them bas to be purohased, tbe profit arising from keeping them is very small. It is truo that at oertaiu seasons of tho year the necessities ot the farm and garden require that they should be shut up, and of course fed almost wholly ont of band; and during winter, although they may bo allowed to range, yet the amount of feed whiob they can pick up is but small. Aud yet our experience leads 'us to believe that the ehicf advantage arising from keeping chickens hos in their acting as save-alls. We bave, therefore, adopted oertain rules which are in ? measure based up n thia idea, and we find tbat just so far as we dopart from them just so much do we loso. Our first mle is to keep as few chicken? as possible during winter and the timo wheu they must be shut np: or, if wo have a number on hand, thoy are mostly small, requiring little feed and not being very destructive. With the exception ot a few old favorite hens kept for breeding, we keep but few bens ?ver winter. During early summer, all the old hens in the country lay freely, and eggs are cheap. Early spring pullets commence laying ear y in the fall, ana furnish a good supply of eggs when price s are high. By the middle of October we proceed to fat ton our chickens, .and this we accomplish with ont cooping .them up ; but we do not commit the common error of giving our bous a "warm breakfast." Many of our ohioken-keeping friends do this, and tbe consequence is that the chickens satiate thems dvts, and go off to sun themselves in the shelter of some quiet bank. Our system is to give them a good, hearty meal of some easily-digested and easily pioked-up teed just before they go to roost tor the night. This enables them to resist the oold botter; the food is digested while tho birds aro at rest, and they wake up in the morning strong sud hungry, and eager for forage. They then go to work just as if they had to depend upon their own exertions for a living, [n this way they pick up enough to live OP, while all the food that we give them is so muon oxtra and goes to make fat. Somo wiseacres may objeot to giving animals i hour< y meal just before sending thom to bod it would be easy ta fill a column with argu? ments in favor of the praotioo, but it is un atoessary. Lodk at that plump little quail that has gone to roost in the shelter ot a heap af brush. Ho is fat and slot k, and his health md strength are most exec!lent, as >oa will likely fini if you try your hand at capturing aim; and yet ho goes to bed every night with ids crop literally stufft d with grain. All wild mimais that we know am thiner of go to bed with full stomachs, and we never find that w* evil oonsequenoos ' result. Whoever knew i hon with a fit of dyspepsia? We feed Ul our obiokens in this way. We have no lesire to fatten some to the exclusion of th? rest. We never and that liberal feeding inter eres with the laying ot young birds and ohiek >ns that outer upon whiter in good condition hov require less food, and oom? out better in iprbg than those that are stinted. Moreover, ve must acknowledge that although we have leard glowing accounts of the practico, and lave orien tried it, we never could moko it pay o fatten chiekons in close coops. ?' SS-K8SAY?* *OB YOUNG MEN.-ON TOE Errare and ? buses incident to Youth aud Early Man Mod. Wita the haman? view of treatment and <-ure, ?mt ty mail t- ot ?barg?. address HOW ABD us OoiATioN, Box V, BhJMetytde. Pa, January SW tau? J?arriei?. J?CKSO?T-DKFONTAINK_O? Tuts?V.y, 23? Fcbr laiy. ut St John'* English Lutheran Church, in thia slty. by K?T. W. W. HIOXS, D. D.. W. HADLEY JACKSON, U. 8. N., and Miaa JOSEPHINE DEF.,N T*INE. JACKSON-TRfSTAH.-OB Saturday. February 13th, at St. Loira Church, New Orleana, by the Reverend Father PSBCB, THOMAS JACKSON, of C burles ton, U. C., to A3 rp. A. Titi STAB, of thc former city. YATES-BYERS.-On the cronin? of the 25th instant, by BOT. WM. B. YATES, JOSEPH YATES, M. V., to Mies ANNIE C. P., only daughter of the late Cantata JOHN BYEBS. all of Charleston, S. C. ferial lotices. W MERCHANTS' LINE_CONSIGNEES per Bcheomar MARIAN GAO IC are hereby p.otiUed that she is THU DAT discharging cargo at Adger/'s North Wharf. All goods not taken away before ann. set w ll be atorad at their risk and expense, c ?ai: as will positively ?ot be admitted after goods are re? moved irom wharf. WM. ROACH A CO., Agenta, Corner Adger's South Wharf and East Bay. February 2G 1 JWCON81(*>EES PER STEAM8HIP SEA GULL, from Baltimore, are hereby notified that she ls THIS DAT discharging cargo at Pier No. 1, Union Wharves. All Good* not taken away at sunset, will remain on wharf at Consignees' risk. MORDECAI Sc CO., February 20 1 Agents. ^CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP CHARLESTON, from New York, are notified that she is discharging ?argo at Adger's Wharf Gtoods remaining on the wharf at sunset will be stored at expense and risk of owners . JAMES ADGER A CO., February 2? l Agenta. SB-SOU l'H CAROLINA LOAN AN? TRUST JuMP A NY.-Tba Directors of this Comrany having mthorlzed the increase of tho CAPITAL STOCK, parties wishing to subscribo can do so by applying \t the Southwestern Railroad Bank, or at the office rf H. H. DELEON, NO. 21 Broad-street. February 28 GEO. 8 CAMERON, President. BB" INFORMATION OF DONALD KERR, ? Scotchman, aged twenty seven, who is supposed to have visited Charleston as a mariner in 18*5, is de ?ired at thc BRI!ISH CONSULATE, February 26 1* No. 54 Broad-street. SST NOTICE.-OFFICE OF THE CITY ASSESSOR, CITY HALL, CHARLES ION, FEB? RUARY 25, 1869.-Notice ls hereby given that this >fflce will remain open every day from the hours of Kino A. M. to Two P. M. (Sunday excepted) until the FIRST PAT OF MABOH NEXT, for the receipt of Tax Returns on REAL ESTATE, BONDS, MORT? GAGES, JUDGMENES, and other investments of whatever character. All defaulters will be dealt with as the Ordinance lireets. W. N. HUGHES, City Assessor. February 26 3 SW" ESTATE NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS having demands acainst the Katata of JOHN UbCULLERH, decaaaed, will present their claims, Mtested, within the time proscribed by law, and those indebted to said Estate will maka payment to CAROLINE MoCULLBBS, Qualified Executrix. Oakley,Northeastern Railroad, s.e. i ottary 2S_ ,, IB* *s?> KorioH,- ,M,t. -i>^a-cu?n TI?.VAHU claims against steamer PLATO will render in their bills an or before tho rcasT DAT or MAROU, or they ?rill ba debarred payment. JNO. H. MU RB AY, February 35 4 Market Wharf. SST UNION BANK, SOUrH CAROLINA, CHAXXBSTOK, February 23, 1860-The annual elec tion for DIRECTORS of thia Bank will bo held on WEDNESDAY, 10th Marah proximo, at the office of the Bank, on East Bay-street. H. ?. A'.EX ANDES, Cashier. February 24 wf2tuths4 MOTS. S. MARTIN (LATE GRUBER A MARTIE), will be pleased \o asa his friends and eua tornera at WM. ti. CORWIN * CO., No. 270 King street, bot woe? Wentworth and Beaufaln. ?*rTHE SEEDS OF SICKNESS.-BARON Munchausen talla a story of a poat-boy's horn, which had a number of wicked tunes blown into it one frosty night, but made me response. Neverthe? less, when lt was hung before a hot fire, th? tunes, whian had been frozen in, thawed out, to the amazement of all pres-ut. Just so the human sys? tem, subjected to injurious influences during the winter, sometimes give no token of the effect they have produced upon lt, until the moist atmosphere of spring develops their fruit. Many spring diseases are the result of winter imprudences, and great and esp 'oialcuo should be t*ken of the system in the cold season, so that it may be in a sound and vigor? ous condition when the malarious fogs of March and April make their appearance. To thi* end. strength? en tb? stomach and the general organization at this season with HOSTETTfeR'S BITTERS. Take this pleasant vegetable antidote in advance of the upris? ing of the mephitio mists and vapors, which pro? duce chills and fever, and other miasmatic diseases. Remember that lt 1* a preventive medicine-as pow oriul to protect aa to restore. Tho stomach is apt to be overtaxed at this time of the year. It ia a period devoted to dinner and supper parties, and luxurious li vin : generally. Feasting and late horns weaken the cU go ti ve organs and disorder the liver. '1 he of ieot of the Bitter? is to invigorate- tho one and regu? late the other. Ihore is no month ia th? twelve when a tonio and alto ative is more generally need than in this, aud lhere is no preparation rf that na? ture PO thoroughly salubrious, so bracing, and so antlrely free from usdue exciting properties as this celebrated vegetable cordial. February 2* DAG 6 BB-THE EXTENT TO WHICH LUE ADUL? TERATION of Liquors ia carried on in this coun? try makes it tba duty of the .purchaser io investi? gate ma merita of the article offered for sale. It is a ireh known fact that many of the Brandies, Wines, kc, ar? manufacttired from drench Extract?, Essen? tial Oils and Alcohol, whian is poisonous, thereby lansing many injurious effects. The pnblio ia justly suspicious of nearly every ihtng put up far sala under the name of Liquors, and he trade bas been brought into disrepute, and in irder to insan to tooee who desire a Pur? Article, lt a only necessary for us to say that wa Import Direct ill Brandies, Winos and Gins, and warrant them par eodypure as originally imported. AU Bottled Liquors bearing the ?bels of W. 9. 30RWIN A CO., can be relied upon as being pure. SB-Purchasers should no io? that th? Paper Cap iver the cork is not broken. We p ty for Bottles that tave our labels ou, One Dollar per dosen, whan ro UTfc ed._ SB" ERRORS OF YOUTH.-A GKNTLE I AN who aulferod for yearn from Nervous Dobillty, 'rematare Decay, and all tho effects of you hf al in Iscretlon, will, for the sake ot suffering humanity, end free to all who need lt, (he receipt and 'tiree lons tor making th? simple remedy by which he wes ar ed. Sufferers wishing to profit by the advert?s, r's experience, tau da so by ad?r?V?lncr? hi perieot on?doiica, JOHN 0. OGDfN, Na. 43 Cedar-?treek, New York. February a_ _8moa SST THE CELEBRATED W. S. 0. CLUB IOUSB GIN, pur?, soft ?nd unequalled-w ?. COR FIN k 00., Bola Agaa ts. Medlo*! maa af tba high it standing acknowledge that Gin, ia l's pura uta ?a, ss gmt medical properties. Wa therefore ?lase 1? CLUB HOUSB GIN bsiar? tho pubHo with the re*teat eenfldeaee. ?nd atora part?cula-Iv ta those Ita ass lt medirla*]ly, ** art artiste that only va* iiirae to ba known to be properly appreciate A SB" ?1 80 par bottle. ?10 par oas? _r SB-AM, ARTICLES SOlJO FROM THE itobhshmeat ol WM. B. OOBWIM * CO , Na. 373 ! ug-airee*. between Wentworth ead Beaut*!*, are I toe FIRST QU ALI IY. They aatt ie good? bat what ta ha warrantes ss PUILE AND GENUINE. Thia ta ttesUbilehedfkot. _ ? Siping._ _ FURNKW foHK-NURCIlANTS LIKE, ^ 'I UK REGULAR PACKET SCHOONER JbCf. MA HI AN ti A GK, SHRI-PAHU Master, having ^J^yfta portion cargo sngaged, wm bo promptly .^?"""?despatcliocl lor above purl, February21_WILLIAM ROACH & CO. KXCURSIONS AKOVKD TUB IIAKUOR. THE FINK. FAST RAILING AND COM FO Iff ABLY appointed Yacht ELEANOR .will resume her trips to historic points in .tho harbor, and will loivo Government Wharf daily at Ten A. M. and Three P. M. For Passage apply to 1 HOM AS YOUNG, December 18 3m? Captain, on board. VOR uns nn. TUE PACKI- T STEAMSHIP AL g Ll ANCE, TIMB?N Muster, will have "dispatch, aitor arrival, for the above _ port. For engagements, apply to H. F. BAKER ?c CO., February 26 No. 20 Cumberland-street. FOR NEW YORK.. REGULAR LIN??VERY THURSDAY, PASSAGE IMO lilt IOU TO $13. THE STEAMSHIP SARAGOSSA, ^?ir**'*'^?- Captain RYDER, will leave Vtnder -i&VffliWJuC horst's Whan on THUBBDAY, March i ^J&?Q??S&h&K.- 4th, at - o'clock. February 26_RAVEN EL & CO., Agents. NEW ?U?(U AND CHA ULES ION STEAMSHIP LINE. FOR HEW TORE ?^-Oi TBK SPLENDID 8IDEWHEEL .v$W#&2 STEAMSHIP CHAMPION, LOOK ^?iii?i^S-^a WOOD' Commander, wll leave Adg -.^?RHteB?flt- er'B Wharf on SATURDAY, tho 27th instant, at 4 o'clock P. M. Freight Bills Lading given to Boston and Provi? dence, R. I. 49r Insurance can be obtaiued on these steamers at % per cent. For Freight or Passage, having splendid cabin accommodations, apply to JAMES AUGER *OO.. Agents. SIS' The steamship CHARLESTON will follow on WEDNESDAY, the 3d instaut, at 9 o'clock A. M. February 26 1 FAST FHKIUIIT LIN Bi TO AND FHOM BALTIMORE, PHILADEL? PHIA, WASHINGTON CITY, WILMINGTON, DEL., CINCINNATI, OHIO. ST. LOUIS, MO., AN D OTHER NORTHWESTERN CI TIES. LEAVING EACH POUT EVERY 5rn DAY. FALCON.JESSE D HOB~EY. Commander. StA GULL.N. P. UUITON. Commander. MARYLAND.J. V. JOHNSON, Commander. THE FAVORITE AND 8WIF1 8 team ubi p*> KA. GULL, N. P. Dtrr ' TON Comm mdsr. will sail for Balti . more ou TUESDAY, 2d March, at 9 o'clock A. M., from Pier No 1, Union Wharves. I be MARYLAND, Captain JOHNEOM, Will follow on 6th March. For Freight or passage, apply to COURTENAY k TRENHOLM, February 26 3 Union Wharves. TRAVKLKRS PASSING THltUPOH CHARLESTON EN BO UTE TO FLORIDA. AIKEN r-.^p-.c,,^.^ And other places, should not fal y^v^'i? to lay tn their supplies of PROVIS? IONS, CLARETS. CHAMPAGNES, COHOI ALS, BRANDIES, WHI KIES, WINES, CANNED MEATS, SOUPS, Ac. Pates of Wild Game, Deviled Entremets, Han., Turkev, Lobster, etc.. for Luncheons, ?sadWiehes, Travelers' Repast, ko. ffS(T*Send for a catalogue. WM. 8. CORWIN k CO., No. 275 King-street, Between Wentworth and Bea main, Charleston, 8. C. Branch of No. OOO Broadway, corner aotb street, Nsw York. Octobor28 PACIFIC JUA 11- K'iy?A*l*f**P COttPy'S. ^.'s-iMtoutm atm-JKT^^-'T*'" CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. FREIGHT AND PASSAGE AT OREATLT Rt DUC ED RATES I STEAMERS OF THE ASOVR line leave Pier No. 42, North River, foot of Canal-street, New York, a 12 o'clock noon, of the 1st, 9th, 16th and 24th of every month (except when these dates faU eu Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of 1st and 24th connect at Panama with steamers for South Pacific and Central Auct- rican ports. Those of 1st touch at Manzanillo. Departure of 9th of each month connects with the now steam line from Panama to Aua tralla and New Zealand. Steamship GREAT REPUBLIC leaves San Fran? cisco fer China and Japan April 8, 1869. No California steamers touon at Havana, but go direct from New York to AspinwalL One hundred pounds baggage ?ree to each adult. Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets or further information appia at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the whait foot of Canal-street, North River, Now York. March 14_lyr_F. B. BABY, Agent. IN LARI? KOUT IC. THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA. CHA BLES IO ?i AND SAVANNAH STEAM PACKET LINE. VIA E0ISTO, BEAUFORT AND HILTON HEAD, OONHEOTISrO WITH THE ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD AND CONNECTIONS FOR ALL POINTS IN FLORIDA. f - ?nTT-'lt. THE KINE, FAST STE AM BR BanSjamPC PILOT BOY. Captain FENN PECK., will leave Charleston on MONDAY and 1 HU BSD AY MOEN isas at Eight o'clock Returning, will leave savannah TUESDAY Montreras at bight o'clock, and FMDAY A F I KU NOON at Two o'clock, touching at Kdisto on THonsDAY trip from Charleston, at Eleven A. M., and leaving Euisto at Nine A. M , ?SATURDAYS, DU ra turn trip. The steamer will touch at Chisolm's, eaoh way, everv two weeks, commencing with trip of Febru? ary 18tb. For Freight or Passage applv to JOHN FERGUSON, February 10 Accommadation Wharf. FUN PALATKAi KhOttlUA, VIA SAVANNAH, Ff KN A NUU. A AND JACKSON VILLE. " THE FIR.*T-0A8S STEAMER j?v^JaaaC.DICTATOR. Captain L. M. COXETTEB, will sail from Charleston ever, luetaay Evening, at Eight o'clock, tor the above points. The first-class Steamer CITY POINT, Captain WK. T. MONKLIV, will i ail from Charleston every Safur? ia? Evening, ai Eight o'clock, for above points. connecting with the Central Railroad at .savannah for Mobile and Neu Orleans, and with tue Florida Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at whioh point steamers connect with New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola. Key Wem and Havana. Through Bills Ladiug given for Enright to Mobile, Pensacola and New Orleans. Both tteamers connecting with H. S. Hart'? steam irs Oclaxsaha and Griffin for Silver Springs and Lakes, Griffin, Eustu, Harris and Durham. y All freight o 'yable on the wharf. Goods not removed at sunset will bs stored at risk ?nd expense of owners. For Freight or Passage ongagemert, apply to J. D. AIKEN A Co., Agent?, Mouth Atlantic Wharf. N. B.-No extra charge for Meals and Staterooms, November lil R9TTO CONSUMPTIVES.-THE ADVER? TISER, having been restored to health na a few reeks by a very simple remedy, after having suffered teveral years with a severs lung affection, and that tread disease Consumption, is anxious to maka mown to his fellow-sufferers the means of cure. To all who acaire it. ha will sand a copy of the pra tcnption u?ed (free of charge), with tua directions br preparing and using the samo, which they will Ind a su -* cure for Consumption, Asthma, linmobi? lis, bo. Thu object of the advert! er ia sending the re^cr p ion ls to benefit the afflicted, and spread In urination which he conceives to no Invaluable: and ie hopes ovory sufferer will try his remedy, aa it will ont them nothing and may prove a blessing. Parties wishing the prescription will please ad Tess Hov. ) DWARD A. WIEfcON, Williamsburg, Ringa County, New York. February 8_8mos uar WE ARE CONSTANTLY RECEIVING ?ru Ahe Moyune Districts of Onion the on ot nest bops of GREEN AND BLACK TRAS of new ? easons, 'blob are unrivalled for their strength tnd delioaoy i flavor. We warrant our TKnS to bo pure and un alliterated, and to gi?s general satisfytion. As wa rs constantly tn receipt of larg? eargoss of Teas, ?re re enabled to offer to tba publie the Anent ohops at pries that many dealers offer Inferior Tan at. A ?Uland eompartson will at ?nae prove tia n RP ser? ?n, and it only remains for has publie te lodge for temselves. WM. H. CORWIN A co., _Ne, SrT6 Rlngwi'reaa ?>- BATCHELOR* il ALI; DTE. ---THIS riendid Hair Dye la the heat in the ?rid; the ?ly. true and perlest Dys; harmless, reliable, .tantaneeus; no disappointment; no ridiculous ?rta; remedies abs Uleffeeea of bad dyas; lavi^o iteB ma leaves nae hair soft and Wutifa) black or sawn. Hold by all Druguiats and P? rf un ?rn; andi ropectv applied at Batchatte*? Wig Factory. No oad-stxeet, New1 York, * lyr January 3