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THE DAILY JTEWS. Lugest ClrcnlatloK.-TUE DAILY SEWS, BEING TBE NEWSPAPER OFFICIALLY RE? COGNIZED AS HAYING IRE LARGEST CIR? CULATION IN THE CITY OF CIIAELFSTON, PUBLISHES THE LIST OF LETTERS REMAIN? ING IN THE POSTOFFICE AT THE END OF EACH WEEK, ACCORDING TO THE PROVIS? IONS OF THE NEW POSTOFFICE LAW. LOCAL MATTERS. . A UCTIONSALES THIS DA F. WILLIAM MCKAY will sell at 10 o'clock, at his salejboom, Meeting-street, hats, clothing, 4c, "J. A- ENSLOW & Co. will MlUt ll o'clock, on Cen Sl wbaif, a lot of d ni a.-od hay. G. MCBRIDE SMITH will sell at 10 o'clock, at his salesroom, Broad-street, horses, vehicles, kc. MEETINGS THIS DAY. Eaplo Fire Company, at 8 P. M. Howard Lodge, at S P. M. JOB PBXKTISO AT THE NEWS OFFICE. -For the accommod?t on of our friends and tho public, we bave just established, in connection with our husineBs, a Job Printing Office, where we are now prepared to execute all kinds of job printing with -cheapness, accuracy and dispatch. This department of our office is in charge of accomplished and con scientious practical printers, and our friends who favor us with their orders may rely upon their punc? tual and careful execution. THE DAILY XEWS PBICE CURRENT AXD COM? MERCIAL CIRCULAR V. ill be ready for dolivery at our coCaUmg room at mm o'clock this morning. Single copies five cents. Orders for ten copies and over .will be flied at the rate of two and a half cents per copy. PUBLIC MARKETS.-The markets will be open to-day until 9 A. M. THE UNITED STATES COUBT.-This court was adjourned yesterday until Monday next, at thc usual hour of opening. MAGISTRATE APPOINTED.-Major Abram Jones has been sprouted by Governor Scott a ma? gistrate for Edge?e?d Dis'rict. PERSONAL.-Tho Hon. Thurlow Weed is at the Charleston Hotel; H. L. Bridgman, Esq., of tho Springfield (Miss.) Republican, and Captain Georgo Adams, of the Augusta Constitutionalist, at tba Pavi? lion Hotel A Erv EB THIEF. -A white man by the name jf Sawyer, while lying off the plantation of Mr. Wil? liams Middleton, Ashley River, ha his schocner, a few days ago, went up to the maiden of the planta? tion and robbed it of a large lot of fine jap?nica plants and car.H-Q tb^m aboard bis vessel, andas soon os thc theft was discovered Mr. Middleton se? cured the services ot Officers Roed and Gray, who boarded the v?3sel yestcrdoy sud recovered the liants. Sawyer ha i bceu committed. THE PEAK BELL Brooms.'-The inclemency of the weather prevented there being as large an au? dience at tbe Hibernian Hall last cvei in pr, as on a previous oaca-ion, to litten to the sweet music of the b ells and enjoy tbe varied and Irghly interesting entertainment of the Peak and Berger families. The fafcial de! inp at i Lriis of Sol Smith Russell are a decided specialty of tho programme, and keep the risibili? ties of the au uience always astir. There has not been an amu.-emcnt in our city for along season which has given su:h general satisfaction* on the score of ge nnir o merit, as the combined vocal, in? strumental and general performances furnished by this celebrated combination. CLUBS AND STABS.-The following cases were disposed cf yesterday by the Mayor: Sam Middleton, colored, for attempting toiob lady on nuueoge^streuu sent to tue tious? ot cor rcctiou for thirty days. F. Brant, white. Intoxicated and disorderly on Eat Bay. Fined $2. Margaret Campbell, colored, for larceny of a silvsr watch and clothing frcm the residence of Mr. Fitts. Held for further examination. Yesterday, about 10 o'clock, a thief ent-.-red the store of Mr. Co my, No. ll Market-street, by raising the bar of tho door, and succeeded in carrying off a lot of clothing. Mr. Coney was absent at church at the time._ THE UNITED STATES Co ?BT, MASCH 25 HON. GEO. S. BETAS, PRESTDDJQ.-Jacob Meyer was finally discharged in bankruptcy. The bill for foreclosure in the matter of Toes. S. Waring, bank rupt, and answers thereto, were referred to Regis? trar Carpenter for report The report of the Regis? trar on the petition of Esther Herron to establish Hen in the matter of Robert A. Herron was read and confirmed, and the lien establiahed. It was or? dered that all lion creditors establish claim before Registrar Claweon beiore tbe 20th April, and show cuse why the real estate of G. B. Pearson, bank? rupt, should not be sold free from incumbrances. Lien against L. C. Chappell was established on re? port of the Registrar. The case of B. R. Harvin for final discharge in bankruptcy was referred to the Registrar, and final hearing set down for the 26th April. W. J. J. Lei rage was finally discharged in bankruptcy. The e asigne ea of W. J. Carter, bank rupt, was ordered to sell the real and personal estate of the ba ak rup: in May next, and to call for proof of claims before that time. The amended schedule of SamL B. Flowers was filed. Th e petition of A. A. Gilbert to enter ce lien against S. R. Flowers was refelled to the Registrar. Tbe report of the Regis? trar on the petition of Jonas Prewton to establish lien of mortgage and for sale of land tn the matter of A. W. T. Simmons waa confirmed, and the mort? gage ordered foreclosed, and sale by the assignee ordered. EMIGRATION TO CALIFORNIA.-A large num? ber of South Carolinians, discouraged by th? appear? ance of things in this State, by their Jo;sos from the war, and especially by their disfranchisement under . the Reconstruction acts, have left and are leaving their native State to seek their fortunes anew on the Pacific coast. With the subjects of their discontent removed from their sight, wi.h the necessity of hard work upon them, on the fertile lands and among the prc sot rous people of California, their energies and abilities will have freer scope and greater stimulus than ot home, and they will doubtless achieve iu a greater or less degree thai good fortube which they s?ck. j he samo freed om from repining, thc same en? ergy and hard work, would, however, enable thom to overcome the difficulties which now surround us ai borne, and to a.hiove on their native soil and amorg friends and relatives a degree of succe-s ten? fold more productive ot enjoyment than the best of fortune in a strango lanu. To comman l thc same spirit and energetic industry among the dc? ors of our fallen foi tunes as ia a new country, ic qaircs of course no small d grce of philosophy. That philosophy, wc believe, is possessed by most of our people, and in icu or at most twenty years, whsn the great Southern Pacific Railroad | has its costera terminus in Cbcrlestou, our friends who have gone to the other end ot the linc ??1 have little to boast of that w-.- w.d not enjay at this. Among the more recent emigramU to the West from this Sta'e we notice the naaies o: three ex Confederate officers and their families, amounting in all to eighteen persons, who will sail ou the Cahfoi'iiaiteamer from New York to-morrow. The officers alluded to arc: 1st. Lieutenant-Colonel John G. Pressley, ol the Eutaw Regiment, who served with distinction at Seceseionville, Battery Wagner and Petersburg, at which last place he was desperately wounded. Before the war he was for a long time a member of the ?State Legislature from Williamsburg Dis'.rict, and he was also a member or the Secession Convention from the same district. He resided at Kingstree and was a prominent mem? ber ot the bar at tbat 7 lace. 2?. Colonel James F. Pres3ley, of the Tenth South Carolina Inf mtry, bet? ter kr.own as Manigault's Regiment, in cemmand of which he was severely wounde.l at Stone Mountain. Before the war he was a urmjer of the State Senate j%om Williamsburg District, In California be ex? pects to p'ant, and practice medicine. 3d. Captain Dwight Burr, who was also a Conlederate officer from this State. THE CHARLESTON ELECTION. Proceedings Under the Writ of lino Warranto. PIKs T DAV. Tho hearing of the ai pimienta iu the matter of the writ of quo warranto sued out by Gilbert Pillsbury a ud others, against the Acting Mayor nut Aldermen of Charleston, was begun ye?terday in the Circuit Court before Judge Carpenter. The first question which arose was as to the quo warran lo, alleged by the counsel for the Mayor and Aldermen to be pending in the Supreme Court. Ibo counsellor Mr. Pillsbury admitted that no order of discontinuance was made by the court, and contend? ed that tho discontinuance by the relators, in open court, was sufficient without an order. 1 he counsel on th e other fide contended that without moho J made and order of court, tl ere could bc no valid discontinuance. Mr. Corbin, counsel for Mr. Pillsbury and the claimants, read an argument in reply to the pleas of the Acthg Miyor and Aldeimcn. He argued that thc whole case resolved itself into two questions: 1. Whether Gilbert Pillsbury and otbers received thc 1 at goat number of vote? for Mayor and Aldermen of Charleston. 2. Whether the act to confirm and malte valid the election was indeed a law. Ihe first point WAS admitted, when it was acknowledged that the Ac ting Beard ot Aldermen did declare lbs election, which at-Jlrst they refused to do, so that Pillsbury and others were brought within the section of the State Constitution, which declares that in an election the persons receiving the largest number of votes s ball be elected. Ihen ceased the tenure of the Act? ing Mayor and Aldermen, and because thsy refused to go ont, the Legislature passed tba validating act. Any defect that there might have been was made goo d by that act. That act was a proper exercise of the legislative power. 1 he powers of a corpcration are not in the nature of a contra, t, and no contract was violated by it. lt was not retrospective, but pr ospective. In conc/usien, he said that it was a thing unprecedented in this Stale or tbe United S tatos, for thc Acting Mayor and Aldermen to con? tinue in office in face of that law, and that their usuryed pewer had produced none but peaceful re? sults, we must thank God and the remarkable for? bearance of this people. Mr. Barker opened tho argument for the Acting Mayor and Aldermen, denying the piopoaltion that the Legislature had the right to destroy the charter of tbe city, to abrogate thc privdeges of the p. opie, or to diminish in any way those sacre? 1 rights which are guaranteed and sustained alike by the Constitu? tion of this State and of the United States, and by the fundamental principles which are the basis of all civil law. Ho denied 'bat the Legislature could, without previously repealing the charter, thrust in its baud and touch ono of the franchises which arc the property of tbe corporation and corporators. Mr. harker read tbe sections of the Constitution of the State which supportod his view, that thc Legisla turo had not the right tc abrogate the charter of thc city, and argued tbat it the claimants could get posses? sion of tho offices of Mayor and Aldermen, th-.irexer cbeof power would te illegal and au usurpation. Alter showing what was understood by the wird" offi-e and franchise, he contended that al? though under the otiginal charter there might have been co contract between tbe corporation end thc Legislature, there bad been amendments and extensions of power which m kc tho charter as it .stands a contract which cannot bc violated. The city bad been authorized to contract a debt, to issue bonds had become a corporator of corporations outside ol' thc State; it had mad ~ con? tracts y'. W its creditors, and its right of retaining it.i corporate si ope for the protection of its creditors and for its own interest, for suciugaed being sued, tho Legislature could not abroga1 e. Tho corpora? tion and corporators were bound by these contracts, the very machinery was provided for enforcing hem, and could the Legislature step in and amend ind destroy without impairing the obligation of a contract? Giving a city the power to enter into .nch conti acts, puts it in the position of a private corporation, and it is no longer within the power of no Legislature to meddle with or indi' gc upon ile ?bartered rights and privilege?. It would be a mon t rous tyranny to toke away the corporate franchises rb ile tho property of the corporators still remain d bound under the acts of incorporatirn. But r?M if tx.- -T.... ts* ...-a vc &C{/OAJ0U, >.uu,u ,e gi slature still do what they pb aged ? Uuder the c onstiturion of the State and of tbe United States j he ci tlzens of Charleston bad the undoubted right f choosing their Mayor. Only the Mayor chosen c >y them, and no other, can be Mayor, and he must i e elected under tbe law previously existing. Now, a be ?.Validating act" declares in the preamble that he election was not according to law; it was, there- ti ore, to moke valid and legal what was invalid and Ilegal ; it was, in reality, an act to deprive the ci tj of t he right of self-government, to deprive the people s if the right of choosing their officers under pie-ex- r a ting laws, to which they were entitled under the c ?onstitution. Ihe Mayor and Aldermen who were not chosen by the people accoidicg to law could not c >e made Mayor und Aid' rmen by one act of the Leg- , slat ure, for it wis one of the vested rights of the i citizens to have only the Mayor and Aldermen whom . hey bad elected. If there was any defect in tho itle by Which the Acting Mayor and Aldermen loudened to hold office until their duly elected t nc cessors came, it was made gcod by the "Val- < dating act" which was directed to them and re- ( ognized them in their official capacities. Admit- p mg, however, but only for argument, that thc Le- 1 : isl ature has the right to repeal the cha?t, it can- 1 not, without repealing the charter, deprive ihe elli- v :ens of their right to AU their offices with persons f tul y elected. To take beck the charter of a public s cr potation it must be expressly taken back, and no s ne privilege or right of any citizen under such c harter can be taken away without such repeal, lt v an not be done by a special act in favor of Pillsbury o r any other individual. The citizens have the right 1 o have their Mayor elected according to law, unle? 1 0 much of tbe charter is repealed, and no Legisla- a ure can take up and thrust in a man not so elected, i: ?ven if Mayor Clark were to resign, the vacancy in h be office would be as great an obstacle in thc way of d Pillsbury as if Mr. Clark had been duly elected. Be- b move Mr. Clark, tbe defacto officer, and tbe of- o ice is vacant, and the vacancy niu-t be filled t ij an officer elected ac Ording to law. Even if o Mayor Clark is ousted, the vacant offi e will prc- ii ec itself and thc franchises of the citiz?ns against g ny intrusion by any persons not duly elected, a "here is no duly elected pcr?en to fill thc vacancy, o nd there must bea new electicn. Tho charter says v io, ibo constitution lays so, thc Foutteentb amend- t] uent to the United states Constitution says so ! b Great sensation and low murmurs among thc color- ' d peo;, le.) Mr. Barker then showed tue alleged in- a :orrectness of tho resumption by counsel on the o ither side, that Pillsbury was admi ted by tho Act- ii ng Board of Aldermen to have been elected with c is associ?tes. All that the claimants wauled when i hoy wed bet?re the bu; rome Court was to have a tl leclaration upon which they might found their ap ilicationfor tbe wi it of quo u-arrcnto. is -cou as ne de claratiou was made they go before ihe Legi - G alu: o end obtain on act which is to settle a private tr outro.'etsy, "?b:ih is ipse facto void sud uuconsti- b utioual. If thc art has auy loree at all it ii a lcels r dive j udaruent agaiust Mr. ( lark, depriving him of 1 is previous right, of his verdict of ouster ly a jury, vi nd dei"riving tbe corporation ol its rij;bl to have his r, 1 gbt tried by jury. Ibis principle, if carried out, r rould bo subversive o? our personal ?iud orporatc E igbts; an luvnsion by the Legislature of the fane- w ion ot thc judiciary as- wellas ot the riyh:s of ?ho U itzem , > Mr. Miles followed cu the fame side, reading, in Ii he fi) st plaie, a cateluliy j reparcd statement of thc .bole facts of tbe case. He reminded the court that v ne branch of tho grounds t.pou which the election e ad been contested, viz: Ihe bad votes which bli a cen cast, ? mounting to more than the lnjoruies t< laimed by Fill-bury and his associates, had Lever IV cen touched. TLe quei-tion had not been waivpd, (j cd bo and his colleagues were always ready and V nsiousto try it when the tribunal to bear it could be I mud. Indeed, there bad betn no judicial decision ? pon any part of ihe case bejoud that given by tbe A oard of Aldermen. In thc Supreme Court, the ques- J on of validity was not at issue, and the claimants g lid they only wanted to moko a case before the V ourts and would "fight it out on that linc." But I .hen the declaration was made Mr. <?orbiu, counsel d >r the claimants and senator from Charleston, intro- G need a bill in t he Legislature to seat them. Why ? E lecauso arguments could ba introduced in the Leg- vt ilature which could not be introducer! in the court- J ouse, becauFe authorities were cited and facts sta- B 3d that the other ?ide had no opportunity to con- a! rovert, because-as Mr. Corbin said-there was no w rompt remedy in the court?,and he wanted at once C to drive ou', or smoke out the Acting Board of Al? dermen. And yet Mr. CorNn is no further advanced than if he hid gone to thc courts al ouce 1 he act of the Lesislature does uot touch the validity of tho votes, and the question is, whether that act gives the election to Pillsbury and his Aldermen, whether the election was valid or invalid, and whether or not they received the larc est number ot legal votes. 'J h's would bc inconsistent with and repugnant to the city charier and a violation of the constitution ol' the ?- tate and thc Uuited States. Ihe bill violates the charter of the city; it is a vio? lation, not au amendment, modification or repeal. The citizens have the riuht to elect a Mayor and Al? dermen, and yet the act gives those offices to certain specified persons. Tbe charter is not repealed. It is recognized by thc ordinances of the convention, and by tbo municipal elections act, and the act to quiet rights under military orders requires ihem to hold office until iheir successors are duly elected and qualified. Admit that the charter may be modi? fied or repealed, tod it cannot bc done without the thirty days'nc tice required by the charter. Tho first election bill, which wa? Vfttoed, s,ave this no? tice, but the others do not. The Acting Mayor and Aldermen are actually in possession, and the ques? tion whether the claimants wero duly elected and qualified can only be determined by the courts. 'J he act is a violation of - common right. The pr^auble upon which it is based is 1 ot in accordance with the facts. It is a garbling, a twisting of the truth, r Ulsbury and his Aldermen were declared to have received the largest number of votes, but this can never be made to mean "duly elected." It is also no law, because it deprives the defacto officers of their rights under a charter which is not ropealed, and because it imposes a punishment or penalty. Under the form of an action,it attempts to puoish them and deprive them of their property "without the j udgment of their peers or the law of the land," which is nut the declaration oft tie constitution but ot Magna Charta. It is also inconsistent with, and and repugnant to itself, in declaring valid what it admite to be invalid. These are violations ol common rights, and in themselves male the act voiii and of no effect. The "Validating act," moreover, is special or class legislation. Its repeal ol military orders and the penalty fer non-vacating office on demand arc not universal in their application, but are confined to the Acting Mayor and Aldermen. It subjects them to restrictions not imposed upon any other porsons, it enacts special penalties, it gives Mr. Pillsbury a eauseot action against Mr. Clark, it is retroactive and prospective in its operation, it despoils thc Act i mr Mayor and Aldermen of theiroffices-theirprop perty-and their franchises, without the judgment of their peers;and, for all these reason', it is unconsti? tutional and void. Thc question cf thc legality of the election is clearly judicial, and thc case is made up and pending in thc Supremo Court, for auihori ties in thc state show that a case cannot be discon? tinued except by on order of court. Thc caso is Btill pendine, and the city cannot be cut off from its right to a judicial di cisi?n byan act of the Legisla? ture. No act declaring that to bc legal which is be f ore thc court as being illegal can bc a law at ail. A law cannot be made to deny to certain persons thc benefit of the genr ral law in particular cases. Thc Legislature bas ne light to determine the facts af? fecting the rights of individuals, and wheuthcygo beyond their province their acts aro void. It being 4 o'eto'k, Judge Cai penter adjourned the furl her hearin,' of the case to Monday next, at 10 A, M., when Mr. Miles will close his cogent and able irgumenl. _ GOOD FRIDAY, will bc appropriately observed in thc Catholic and E] iscopal Churches. In the rormcr, tc-dav, there is no mass and tho al ar is utriprcd ol all its ornaments. Tb-1 ceremony ot un veil ng thc cross is perfoimeil by thc parish priest, who uncovers a small portiouot tho cross at a time, and chants "Ecce lignum c uds," the assistants an iweriug " Fl'Ctuamus genua" After thc cross has been entirely i ncovered, the faithful approach and re ve rently ki6s thc bead and feet of the crucifix. iVheu this portion of tho ceremony is ended the host is placed in thc tabernacle and the priest per? ones the concluding portion of tbe mas". In tbe evemng there is generally a sermon on thc Passion, ?Dd the hymn " Stabat Hater" is chanted by thc hoir._ riEPonTEBs URUSIBS.-ino churches, ?pia opal and Catholic, were very tastefully decorated .esterday. The ? lamination of the students of the Charleston lolloge was completed yesterday. The lower market preseuts a very inviting appear nce, burdened with tropical fruit. The public examination of the Si _:h School will ike place on Monday. The man clim) ing the telegraph poles to attach ho wire for the new office in Broad-street, caused ome sensation j esterday amoag those who had lever seen the like before, and attracted quito a rowd. It is rumored that a well known legal gentleman, >f this city will soon receive a remembrance from one ot tbe companies attached to tbs Fire Depart? ment of the City of Charleston-in all probability he viii be canid._ THE AUGUSTA FIREMEN D?L?GATION.-Cap aiu George Adams and Dr. D. 8. Wright, of the Georgia independent Fire Company, reached the :ity yesterday, and are at tbe Pavilion Hotel. They ireceded the delegation, consisting of Messrs. C. ft Dodge, ?. Hatchor, C. Hollings worth, D. Plumb and lieutenant George McLaughlin, and perhaps others, rho will arrivo in thc city to-day, to take charge of he new steamer, the Georgia, wbich will arrive on the tcamship Charleston. The Georgia bas a beautiful ignal bent at her bead, on the front of which is the oat of arms of the St .tc; on tho rear glass is the rord "Georgia." highly embellished; on each side f the glass the words 'li corgi* A. I.F.Company, st Division." She bas two name plates on her 'oiler, wita the engine engraved on them. She has , straight boiler, with lt>8 copper flues, 1# by 22 aches, with an t-x'ension smoko pipe. The boiler as a jacket nf silver plated metal. Her steam cylin er is 9 inch bore and 9 in -h stroke. The boiler as 150 feet of service copper flues, the fire passing n the inside of them. All of ber iron work is highly tolisbed. Her wheels hive metallic bubs, the fiont nee arc 4 fi feet, and thc bind wheels 5,li feet. She 5 painted an ivcry black and striped with old, altogether making a handbome appear ncc. She is rated as third-class. No doubt ur firemen, with their characteristic hospitality, rill give the delegation a reception worthy of heir reputation, aud take core of them while ere. It is expected that tho new steamer for the ?Eagles" will be on the same steamship. She'has "ready b--en described in THE ?SEWS. The arrival : theso nev apparrruses will doubtless create a stir i thc department, which is already infused with onjdderablo vim on thc sut-.i-.-ct of Lhs forthcoming anule, which wi l, we learn, bc one of the grandest lat bas occurred here in years. HOTEL ARRIVALS, MARCH23.-Pavilion Iio!t'!. ?co Adam. D S Wright, Georgia Fire Company, Au tutu; M Jack, Peuusylvania; J F Malloy. Conway oro'; J McMillan, Barnwell: J C llcCu'lman, J H arrott, Dar inst on; F I) clarkson, South Carolina; ! W sherwood and son, Eri", N Y-, E ll Mason and rife, Chicago; J S Berkn^ht, Flori la; G Do k, Har is burg, Pa; AF Englebert, Pennsylvania; J Har? ington, Newton, Mass; W II Bell, Owwego, N Y; lt iecle-r, W S Juhnson, AV s Johnson, Jr, J M Wood? ard, New Turk; H L Bridgeman, Springfield, Mass: t P Kine laud, E D loHcxedon, New Turk; F A [orlon, Gilhsonville: W W Fowler. Bell lt njers; O [ Whitfield, O I cal, Williamsburg. Charlatan Hotel.-J C lt. cse, Georgi i; J II W Ste? ens, Lancaster; E N Plowdeu, E R I lowden, Ciar udon; Lndjard Hull, New York; W H Gaylord, Ohio; ICartright, Pennsylvania; \V J Walker, Wash tag? on, D i'; J Orth, Norfolk; B S Newbold aud wife, liss Newbold, Pennsylvania; T Weed and daughter, leorgo H Andrews. Aiken; A D Logan, New York; i'iliiam Dodd and wife, Miss Ella Dodd, New Jersey; [ O Bloodwood, New York; G S Osborne and wife, 'iorence Usborne, New Jersej ; W McMastcr, Miss C IcUaster, Cincinnati; J S R Thompson, Yorkvillc; P Brand, Auinista; E V Hark, New York; T J Bo -n, Cincinnati; It A Bi-hard3 aud family, Miss k'iiite, Boston; Miss Yan Doren, New York; ?aac McKim and wife, W (3 Remington, J H Glien ary, Baltimore; J B Gunn, C V Rcoves, F Dreypel, r Greer and daughter, W Hcntzell and wife, Miss lentzell, J Wodiuyton, J W Woodward, D Wads orth and wifo, H P Kingsland,.E De Berxedon, W Johnson and son, New York; H G Eastman, OJ lansoom. Poughkeepsie; H L Budgman, Springfield, [ass; J Bippell and wife, Liverpool; J Barrett and ife. Miss Barrett, city ; J N Casonova, Cardenas, nba. EMPLOYMENT WANTED.-Fivo stout, hearty Germane applied for lodgings at the guardh: use yes? terday evening. They are able, willing an I tv.-n anxious to work, on a farm or in any othpr capacity. A good opportunity is here odored for iarmcr3 or planters in need of white labor. WITHDRAWAL OF MR. MACKEY.-Mr. CorbiD moved yestetday, and it wa3 ordered, that the name of T. J. Mackey-claiming to be Alderman elect from Ward No. 3-one of thc relators in the quo warrant*) case now pending, be Btricken irom the record of the cause. We are informed that Mr. Mackey's ob? ject is to bring his case, which involves Ihe question at issuo, directly before the Supreme Court, which sits on the 6th April, thereby ovoidiug the delay that would follow should Judge Carpenlcr decido agains' tho petitioners or reserve his decision uutil ar;er the Supreme Court has met. BUSINESS NOTICES. MB. ANDREW M. MOBELAND line an important idvcrtisement in another column. GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS!-Le1, the bells ring; let the canoon l e fired; 1-t us all rejoice I Whoop, whoop, burrah I hurrah! The Legislature bas adjourned ?ne die (siii'd and died.) Oh! what ? saving to tho State-S18C0 per day. Letall.wlth sut distinction of color, meet atSteele's "Hat Hall," No. 313 King-street, and rejoice over the beautiful aew style felt and 6traw hats. INSIDE VIEWS OF NEW YOBS_Mr. Edward Winslow Martin, a lifelong resident of New York, ?.bo has had the best opportunities of observing all the phases of life in that city, has published a volum? inous and interest!! g work, descriptivo of New York md ita inhabitants, called "Ihe Secrets of the Great City," which is illustrated with thirty floe engrav? ings, and sold for the low price of 52 75. Mr, It. C. Starr is the age j t for Charleston. JRillincrp ?nobs. Cfc SPRING OPENING-7 MRS. M. J. ZERNOW RESPECTFULLY invites the attention of customers and thc ladies in general to a j large and varied as? sortment of MILLI? NERY GOODS, including DRESS TRIMMINGS, ind Madame DEMO RES I'a PAPER PATTERNS. DRESS MAKING attended to aa usual. -Yo . 3 0 4 KIN G-8 T R E E T. March 25 JHiSttUOttCOUS. PIANO FORTES^ MUSIC, Sc G . RECEIVED CY LATE IMPORTATIONS, A choice assortment of PIANO FORTES, at ?trictly Octorv prices; warranted for five years Uso, eight oitTereut styles of Cabinet Organs and de'odco is, i f the bort makers. Purchasers about selecting an instrument aro in? cited to call and ex minc thc supply ot excellent nstrumeuts now offered for salo. In addition to the tbove, the undersigned begs to call attention to bis. ine stock of Music il Instruments and Musical Mer ibandue, ot thc bert quality foreign and American. A large and varied collection of Mime Books, with ate ai'd fashionable Sheet Murtc on hand, and re ?eived as soon as published. Boosey A Co.'s popular standard of correct and heap Music Publications, from easy to the most lifiV ult, to suit all tastes. Catalogues free on op ilication. PIANO FORTES kept for Hire. PIANO FORTES and other Musical Instruments uned, repaired, token tn oxchanga and bought. xix^i^xv L" ?xxL<?orijiiva. ' tl K V E il KING AND BE.U'F.U.V, US- ENTR/lNOE THIRD DOOR FROM KING. March 23 tuf Imo THE ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS OFTHd General Assembly OF SOUTH CAROLINA. PASS ED AT THE SPECIAL SESSION OF 1868, Dgotuer with tho STATE CONSTITUTION and 1ILITARY LAWS RE ENACTED. For sale by DENNY & PERRY, Printers and Stationer , No, 163 Meeting-stroet, March 15 mwf6 .KM AND PARIS EXPOSITIONS. PRIZE MEDALS 1 THE GEORGE A. CLARK'S O. IN". T . SIX COKU, SOKT FINISH SPOOL COTTON. This favorite Thread beins Six Cord lo No. ), purely Soft Finish, id recommended for ito reit superiority for Haml and Machine Sew FOR SALE BY THE Principal Wholesale and Het.iil Dry Goods and Notion Deniers. February 27 :)mo ? M i? o li Tic K s U K TEAS. WINES. BRANDIES, "Lc, And T alora in CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES WM. S. CORWIN li CU. ?3-Qooda delivered to all parts of the City. October 21 p T . ll U JU P M R K Y S i tl'oKER, AUCTIONEER AND COMMIS? SION 'MERCHANT. ALES OF REAL ESTATE, STOCKS, BOND?, SE? CURITIES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ATTENDED TO. No. ?7 BROAD-STREET, CHARLESTON, S. 0. RH F Kim NC ?3. Hon. HENRY BUIST, W. J. MAGRATH, Esa. eneral JAMES CONNSR, T. R. WARING, Esq, October JnwaHie. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. Orarauizid in 1859. Ail Policies iniii-Korfeitable. Kali L.oan Taken. No Notes Required. LAST CA*rH DIVIDEND 50 (F?Fi?) PER CENT. Statement. . Policies in force.$25,000,000 I Assets. 1,500,000 Annual loc?me. S00.000 ? Losses Faid. 500.000 ! Officers. W. H. PECKHAM. President. H. V. GARAGAN, Secretary. L. Mo ADAM, Actuary. G. A. FtTDICKAR. Superintendent. Directors. Hon. JOHN A. Dix, New York. E. V. EAUOHWOOT, Firm E. V. Haufrhwout 4 Hon. JAMES HABPEB, Firm Harp;r & Bros., Co. ex-May or Kew York. Wat. WILKENB, Firm W. Silkens & Co. JOHN J. CRANG, Presidont Dank Itapublic. J?LICH H. PI:ATT, Morcbant. WK. T. HOOKER, Wall-street. rta. \V. WRIOIIT, Morchant. WM. M. VERMILYE. Banker ?Vormily? & Co.) CHAH. J. STARR, Merchant. CHAS. G. ROOKWOOD. Ua3tiier Newark Baukint? WILLIAM ALLEN, Morchaut. . Company. GEO. yy. CU?LER, Banker, Palmyra, N. Y. Hon. GEORGE OPDYKE ex-Mayor ot .Vow York. GEO. T. [JOPE. President Continental Fire In MINOT C. MOROAN, Banker. I suranco Company. THOMAS BIONET, Firm Thomas Rigney tc Co. I JonN H. SHERWOOD,' Park Place. BENJ. B. SHERMAN, Treasurer Now York Steam | WALTON H. * \CKHAM, Corner 5th Avenue and ?URar Refiuun? Co.npany. I Twcnty-thtra-street. AABON ARNOLD, Firm of Arnold, Constable & Co. | EDWARD ti. WRIGHT, Newark, K. J. RICHARD H. DOWNE, Wetmore & Bowrie, Law- i GEO. W. FARLEE, Counsellor. vars. ! W. L. Coo.swr.LL, Mercbaut. GEORGE KEIM, General-A sent for South Carolina. Or. T. B.EK8ISTJKMNA, Examining Physician. R. ISSERTEL, GENERAL AGENT FOR CHARLESTON, January 12 Gmo Dis office So. i >~> King-Street, Charleston, S. V. /erti'jeri. THE "CAROLINA FEHTILIZKH " IS MADE FROM THE PHOSPHATES OF South Carolina, and is pronounced by various chemists one ol the best Manures known, only infer or to Peruvian Ouauo in it- FERTILIZING PROPERTIES. These 1:H"SPHA1ES ore the remains of extinct land and sea animals, aud possess qualities of the greatest value lo ibo agriculturist. Wo ancex thc analysis of Professor SHEPARD : 'LAHOBATORT or THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF Sotrrn CAROLINA. Anahsis of a sample of CAROLINA FERTILIZER, personally sclccled: MoMuro expelled nt 212 dog. F. Organic Matter, with some water of combination expelled at a low red beat.lo.ou Fixed Ingredients.^-'jj Phosphoric Acid-Soluble*.Y.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.if.96.'.'.!'.'.. . .FquiValent to U.ST Soiublo Ihosphate ot Lime. aiou.liuR.?.AF..xi.j-i..,.-> tm t..i. *--?-w?ihoncL 13.13 24.75 Phosphate ot Lime. Sulphuric Acid.11.01.Eouivalent to 23.66 Sulphate of Lime. Sulphate of Potash.". 80 Sulphate of 8oda.w. 3.50 Sand <.1J-?0 On the strength ot these results, I am glad to certify to the superiority of tho CAROLINA JFLRTl LIZER, examined. C. ?. SHEPARD, Ja." *S- We will furnish this excellent FERTILIZER lo Plantors and othors ot $GG per ton of 2001 lbs. o-mo. w. wiXjLi^nvwcis & co., FACTORS February 2G fmwlmo Shirts une /nrnisljing OJoobs. THE"" Proprietor of tho Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods Emporium, Meeting-street, near Market, do9irous of bringing the famous STAR Shirts into general use, and believing that it is only necessary for gentlemen to wear these SHIRTS once to be well pleased with them, will hereafter of? fer them to bis customers AND thc pnblic generally at cost prices. His Block ot Meek lies, Scarfs and COLLARS will also bo sold at such pricoj as to defy competi? tion, and if satisfaction ls not GIVEN bo will return the money. His charges arc so rea? sonable as alOiOst to make buyers belierc the articles are given AWAY O Ho is prepared to mik) Shirts to order with the utmost dispatch; and his arscrtnieot of rcady-aadc (.hirts is so full that buyers can be titled at a mo? ment's notice. F cr prcoi of thc.-e statements call AT SCOTT'S * tar Mrirt mid Furnishing Goods Emporium, Meeting-street, nearly opposite Market If nil. January 1 limos ijrji??i? pitiers. 1*2? "Sr* PANKNfN'S HEPATIC BiiTERS, THEY CURE DYSPEPSIA, AND ALL DISEASES OP TnE STOMACH AND LI7ER. TUET ARE RECOMMENDED DT TUE MEDICAL FACTJLTY. HEGEMAN & CO., AGENTS, NEW TORE. Manufactured by C. F.P?MMN, CHEMIST AND APOTEMAS?, CHARLESTON-, S. C. 99*For Bal? by Druggists EvoryicIiere.~&. Februaiy 15 mwflyr Juilbinj ^Joltriali, Cte._ STEAM SASH, BLIND AND DOOR FACTORY. L. E. CORDRAY & CO., Jvo. 2 PR1 TC HARD-STREET, OPPOSITE J. F. TAYLOR k CO'S MACHINE SHOPS. SASHES, GLAZED AND UNGLAZED, always OQ hand PANEL DOORS, HOT HOUSE SASHES, MOULDINGS, kc, mado up at abort no? tice, and at the lowest terms. L. E. CORDRAY.C. A. TROUCHE Marci) '23 3mo JJOLMKS ?li MACBETH. No. 3 G II io ail-street', Charleston, S. C., BROKERS, AUCTIONEERS, REAL ESTATE AND G KM-:.: AL CU M MISSION AGENTS. Will ntltend to Renting and Collecting of Rents and purchase and si:o ol' Stocks, DouJs, Gold, iilver and Heal Estate. ALSO, To thc Purchase of Goods and Supplies for parties in the country noon rcasou ible terms. Or.oiiOE L. HOLMES.ALEXANDER MACBETH, .latin T?' 1 lyr tTS Ska OFFICE No. 275 KING, OPPOSITE BASEL-STREET. Jannary27 3mo DENTIST. R00M3 AT HIS RESIDENCE. NORTHWEST COR NER OF MEETING AND SOCIETY STREETS. November 20 fmwGinos CHARLESTON DEISTT-?a-X. DEPOT NO. 275 KING-STREET, GOLD AND TIN FOIL, AMALGAMS. MINEE AL TEETH, Steel Goods, and every article used by the Dentist. 2mo Januar; 27 Ruction Salts. Horses, Vehicles and Furniture, consisting of Bedstead-, Bedding, Chairs, Tables, Crock' erg, ?rc, at Auction. BY G. MCBRIDE SMITH. 5 TBIS DAT, at 10 o'clock, athis salesroom, Nf, 31 Broad-street, A1SO, BILLIABD TABLES, Hardware, Ac . 0 March 26_ .. . 25 Dozen Mens', Bogs' and Youths 'Matu WM. McKAY, Will sell IBIS DAT (Friday), 26th in?tant, at No. 135 Meeting-street, at io o'clock, without reserve, HATS, CLOTHING, Notions, Tob?ceo, Groceries, Potatoes, Bureaus, Mattresses, lables, Crockery, Ad, March 26 Damaged Hay, on Account of Undtrwrittrt and all Concerned. BY ? A. ENSLOW & CO< ; THIS MORNING, the 26th instant, at ll o'clock) will bo sold, on Central Wharf, for account of thu Underwriters and all concerned, 160 bales DAMAGED HAY, damaged os the very* age of importation on board Schooner-, . -. Marah 26_l_. - g Damaged Sugar-For account of whom it may concern, by order of the Spanish Consul. BY J. A. ENSLOW & CO., ? ; Auctioneers. On TUESDAY next, 30th instant; will be s Did at n o'clock, at the New Customhouse, 63 (sixty-'three) boxes Good to Choice GBOOZsflf ' BUG AB. Damaged on hoard the Spanish brig Fl Lewis Montes Master, which pitt Int? this in distress whilst on her Intended voyage- i Havana towards Santander, and sold by order of Uta Spanish Consul, for the benefit of whom il may eon. cern._hutu March 36 Grocery Sugars and yew Grap Molasses, W. Y. LEITCH & E. 8. BRUNS, Auctioneer?, We will sell by auction, TO-MOEBOW, 37th inst,, at ll o'clock, at Accommodation Wharf, CARGO per schooner Mary A. Hon, from Matanzas, ? fi follows: : 48 hhds. San S?bastian \ Good, 12 hbds. Confianza 1 Choice and 50 hhds. Recurso f Extra 75 boxes Dos Felices j GROCERY SUGARS ? ' 69 hhds. choice new crop Muscovado Molasses 6 tes. choice new crop Muscovado Molasses 89 bhds. new crop Clayed Molasses . 14 tea. new crop Clayed Molasses RISLEY A CREIGHTON, . Importers, Accommodation Wharf. March 26_ New Crop Porto Rico Sugar and Mol a tics. BY STREET BROTHERS & CO? TO-MORROW, the 27th instant, at 13 o'clock s?, will be soldat auction on Brown & Co.'a South Wharf, THE CARGO OF THE SCHOONER RANGER*, FROM MAYAGUEZ, P. E., ?j CONSISTING or: 81 hhds. ) Choice New Crop Porto Elad 220 bbls. f SUGAR. . \ . 40 Puncheons ch o icc New Crop Porto Bled Molasses, equal In quality to New Or? leans. , Conditions ol Sale-Sums under $500 cash; $000 to $1000, fifteen days; $1000 and upwards, thirty days for approved Indorsed notes._ March 28, Lot Fine Mules, One Blooded Stallion, One Mare and Yearling Colt. : BY HOLMES & MACBETH, Auctioneers* Will bo sold TO-MORROW. 27th March, at ll o'clock, at Mr. P. Wosfs stables, Queen-street be? tween Friend and Mazyck, A fine lot MULES and HORSES; some of the) Mules aro unbroke. Thc above are sold to close out a concern. Terms ca^h. _!_March 26 Under Foreclosure of Mortgoge from -- to .-. BY A. c. MCGILLIVRAY, Auctioneer. Will be sold, on North Commere'al Wharf, on TO? MORROW, tho 27th instant, at ll o'clock A. M., The sloop JULIA DEAN, together with her Mast. Bowsprit. Yards, Salli, Ridging, Asohors. Ca? bles, Boats, Tackle, Furniture, Apparel and Appur? tenances of whatsoever kind. E. W. M. MACKEY, March 26_Agent for Mortgagees. Valuable Plantation at Auction. , 1 BY ALONZO J. WHITE & SON, .Brokers, Auctioneers and Real Batst? Agenta.' ?n? luiuc of .-a ordx^r nf gale, to m e. directed br tba Hon. Gorges. Bryan, .udtgoof the United State? Court for the District of South Carolina, I will of? ter for ?ale, at Public Auction, at th? Old Poetofflce, foot of Broad-street, Charleston, a C., on IPE3 DAY, the 13th of April. 1869. at ll .o'clock A? M., All that PLANTATION OR TRACT OF LAND, known as Sea Side, containing 1158 acres, more or lesa, and bounded on the north by lands cf Mr. Mo Cants, on the east by lands of Mr. Corbett, on tba west by land of Mr. Yenning, and OL the south bj the Sound, as per plat and survey made by Robert K_ Payne, Esq. Said Land being In Christ Church Pa? rish, County of Charlestoj. The above Pl?ntanos to be sold is subject to a lease to ose Wm. Hock ady for a period of five yean, commencing on tba first November, 1867, and ending on the first Novem? ber, 1872. Annual rent $300 to accrue to purchaser from day of isle. i j Conditions-One-half cash; balance payable in twa equal successive annual ina taimen ts, with interest at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum, payable semi-an? nually, secured by bond er bonds of tho pur? chaser and mortgage of Plantation*. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. LAWRENCE W. CHE AR, St March 22 mwflOtul Assignee Theodore Stoney, ASSIGNEE'S SALE AT WALTERBORO,* SOUTH CAROLINA. By virtue of an order to me directed by the Hon, * George S. Bryan, Judge of United States District Court for South Carolina, wfll be sold at public outcry at Walterboro', 8. C., on sales-day next, being MONDAY, the 5th day of April, 1869. All that BODY OR TRACT OF LAND, situated in St Bartholomew's Pariah, CoUVton County, -8. O., on the sooth side ot Ediato River, and on the heart waters of island Creek and Red Bank Creek. Butthnf and bounding to the noitbon lands now or lats of John E. Meister A Co., Peter W. Renta and Eldred Spell; to tlie south on lands of i. M. Ray sor, Jame?? J. Jennings and John if. Meister k Co ; east on land i of the "Saw Mill Company," now or Ute ot John E. Meister k Co., and west on Lands of Lewis EL Llader, containing-acres. . i ?." Terms-One-half cash ; balance in one year, secur? ed by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay assigne* for necessary papers and stamps. J B. BIStfELL, ' March 12 fmB Assignee of Hutaon Lee. ftuttionttty pripotr galts.; Two Story Dwelling and Brick Outbuildings, situate on the south side of Tradd-street, the third door west from King street; being sold for division, will sell low for cash. BY WILBUR & SON. At Private Sale ME hTING-STREET BUILDING LOT, formerly on which stood Charleston Savings Bank. Lot 28 feet 7 inches by if a feet in depth. Apply to No. 69 BRO A D-d IKE ET, for full par?cu. lars. ___6_March 24 Real Estate. BY G. MCBRIDE SMITH, No 31 Broad-street, South side, near State-street. At Private i ale FIBSrCL\S? SEA ISLAND COTTON PLANTA? TIONS Valuable Rico Plantation?! Valuable Upland plantations and Farms Extensive aid Valuable Mnnuf ictories, Mill Sites and Delightful mummer Residences in various' parts of the South. Aiao, HOUSES AND BUILDING LOTS of all sizes, prie and descriptions in every part of the city. January 25 mwlSmo .jg D AV A lt I> DALY, UENEBAX COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 83 Warren street, NEW YOKE. PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE PUR? CHASE cn all kinds ot MERCHANDISE. Boots? Shoes. Hats, Ca s and Trunk*, trna Straw Goods a. specially. Consignments of all kinds of Staple Articles and general Produce solicited. Prompt re turua guaran teed. EDWARD DALY, Late of Charleston, S. O. Semi-Weekly Price Currents sent free by post. January 2d D*o Cmos QEORGK S. Il ACKER'S STEAM PLANING KIEL, DOOR, SASH, BLIND AND BOA* FACTOR?', a KING, OPPOdlTE CANNON STREET. M ANUF A CT DRB9 A!?D KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND. DRESSED LUMBER of every descrip? tion. Doors, Sashes, Blinds, Mouldings and Trim? mings. AU work guaranteed, and at Northern prices. Boxes for packing o? liquors manufactured oed constantly on hand, at his FACTORY AND WABEROOMS, King, opposite Cannon street, on Lise City Ballway. m nf Imo SAO Marchi