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VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1016. CHARLESTON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1869. SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM BY TELEGRAPH. WAS TIING TON. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS-MOSE TROUBLE ABOUT THE TENURE-OF-OFFI0E-CUBA Adi IN CONFIRMATIONS. WASHINGTON, Marco 26.-IN THE HOUSE, th? Commit too on Foreign Aflairs reported a resolution declaring sympathy with the peo? ple of Cuba in their efforts to secure independ? ence and establish a republican Royernuicrit. They also reported the former resolution authorizing tho President to recognize Cuba. Recommitted and ordered tobe printed. The oonsideration of tho Tenuru-of-ottlce bill was resumed, and, after a long and'do mor? alizing debate, the House refused to concur in the Senate amendments, and the bill was sent hack to the Senate as a simple repeal. IN THE SENATE, an effort to take up tho Mem? phis and ?1 Paso Railroad bill failed. Tho bill enforcing the convention with Mexi? co of July 7, 1868, was passed. Adjourned to Monday. Adm ral Hoff reports all quiet in the vicinity of Havana. It has been raining here all day. The Senate has confirmed all tho recent nominations exoept Longstreet and Guuemort, of Louisiana, and Plumb for Havana. It is expeoted that there will be quite a fight in the Senate over the nomination of General Longstreet as surveyor for New Orleans, as several prominent Radical senators have de? termined to defeat him if possible. The De? mocratic senators have, upon consultation to? gether, determined to vote for his confirma? tion. Mr. Lemas, envoy from the insurgents in Cuba, h ?s arrived hero, but no steps have been taken to present him to the Stalte De? partment. Secretary Fish, in ' anticipation of the presentation of Mr. Lanius, called the President's attention to the fact, and it is understood he will not bs received at present. The government is informed that the revolution is not as formidable as sup? posed, and that the Spanish Government is constantly sending troops and munitions of war with the determination to put down the rebellion._ JE UH OPE. DIVISION ON THE IRISH CHURCH BILL-GREAT VICTORY FOB TBE GOVERNMENT. LONDON, March 24-3:30 A. M. -The debate on the bill for the disestablish neut of the Irish Church was resumed in the House of Com? mons to-night. Mr. Spencer H. Walpole, member for Cambridge University, opposed the bill, and the O'Donoghue, mern bor for Tralee, mada a fervid speech in its favor. Mr. Gathorne Hardy followed. He said the strength of the Liberals came only from the majorities at the hustings; it rested on no firmer basis. Mr. Gladstone had pledged him? self and his followers to the destruction of all that was deemed most sacred. The des- i traction of the church was urged by envy 1 and jealousy. The speaker maintained that the church had always fulfilled its mission. 1 Mr. Gladstone then rose to conclude the de? bate. He reviewed the course of the bill and the a*t^?n^#^ ?& rr.jjri* tor and g against itT He declared that a new polioy was necessary for Ireland, and this was the first step demanded by the unanimous voice of the majority. , Mr. Gladstone resumed his seat amid deaf- , ening cheers, and the House divided on the . motion that the bill be read a second time with , the following results; For the motion 368, against the motion 260; majority for the gov- < ernment 118. The announcement of the result was greatly , cheered in the House. The cheers were taken , up by the people in the lobbies, and the news , was thus conveyed to an immense crowd out? side the House, who joined in the applause with the wildest enthusiasm. The House at 3 o'clock in the morning ad? journed over the holidays to the first day of April. SPAIN-NO GOVERNMENT OFFICERS ALLOWED TO SIT TN THE CORTES. MADRID, March 23.-In the Constitutional Cortes a proposition made by Senor Orense to disqualify persons holding effieo in the service of the State from' sitting as representatives in the Assembly was adopted, though strongly opposed by the government. A guard mobile has been organized in An? dalusia to enforoe the conscription and the col? lection oftaxes. THE FRENCH ARMY CONTINGENT- THE CONFER? ENCIE BETWEEN FRANCK AND BELGIUM. PARIS, March 28.-In the Corps L?gislatif, yesterday, tho army contingent for the sup? port of one hundred thousand men, required by the government, waa voted. The session was then adjourned to the 31st inst. Madame la Marq?ese de la vallette, wife of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is dead. French and Bel? gian journals publish the preliminaries ot the proposed Conference between France and Bel? gium to harmonize their mutual commercial interests._ CUBAUf AFFAIRS. DESERTIONS TO THE REBELS-REINFORCEMENTS FROM THE UNITED STATES FOB THE INSUR? GENTS. HAVANA, March 26.-The Governors of Trin? idad and Villa Clara and Colonel Menduma, who commands the troops near Remedios, are accused of disloyalty, Four companies of mo? bilized volunteers have gone over to the enemy. General Letona'* advance guard has been de? feated by the rebels near Cienfuegos. Sev? eral well equipped expeditions from the United States are known to have landed recently. Cuban accounts of the expedition to raise ?*?<4ge of Puerto Principe are unfavorable to the Spaniels. SPARKS jrKoiK THE WIRES. will be no markets in London or Liver? pool uu UL : I >xt Tuesday. Ex-President Johnson was better yesterday and considered out of danger. Judge Sehley, of Savannah, bas decided that negroes are ineligible to oftice in Georgia, There have been several lar ie meetings in Paris; and three persons have been arrested for seditions speeches. A board of arbitration in Savannah yester? day decided a case involving $1,000,000 in fa? vor of the Town of Brunswick. An immense meeting has been held in New York to express sympathy with the Cuban in? surgents. Mayor Hall presided, and Charles A. Dana read resolutions, whioh wore unani? mously adopted, asking the United States Gov? ernment to recognize the insurgent Cubans as belligerents. <. ? -Victor Emanuel, some yearsago, promised to endow twenty poor girls o? KapieS wiih six hundred dollars each on their marriage. The marriages took place, bot the money was not forthcoming, and now, after tho lapse of nine years, the husbands are bringing snits against the King for the money whioh he owe? them. WOODEN BUILDINGS IN TSE CITY AI LETTER EROM MR. CORBIN. TO THE EDI TOH OF THE NEWS. SIB-I notice in your issue of to-day a letter published from ono "J. M. M.," in which he assails me as the enemy of the working mon of Charleston. That I defeated a measure that would "pour two millions of dollars into the lop cf a suffering community /" Attached to this communication is a letter from R. H. Cain, senator from Charleston, in which bo say?!: "Sir. Corbin has manifested a spirit of disregard for tho poor man, and all bis real interests, in such a m inner that I have como to regard him as the enemy of the poor man, only so far as be can make a good thing out of them. It was at his instance that this bill was laid on tho table, and hence lost. So the school bill is lost by his advice, and every other Rood measure looking to the people's in? terests." Now, Mr. Editor, I do not know who this "J. M. M." is, neither do I care; but the promi" .nonce given to bis communication makes it necessary i should notice him. "Two millions of dollars into the lap of a suffering community 1" From whence, pray? The bill referred to provided for the repeal of that portion of the Fire Loan act, ot 1838, which prohibited the building within the City of Charleston "any wooden or framed building, or to cover any building with a roof of com? bustible materials." I opposed the bill, booause I believed it con? trary to the truo interests of the City of Charleston, and the sound policy adopted by the city and State thirty years ago. It is the policy of ill the large Atlantic cities. Tho fires of 1838 and 1861 are sufficient to teach the peo? ple of Charleston, if they can be taught, not to build up the city with wood. Being near the sea, nearly level, is it wiso to make it a mere tinder box on a large scale, eo that if a spark of fire falls all must burn ? I opposed the passage of the bill for these considerations, and without reference to the present usurping Board of Aldermen, although, God knows, I dislike them bad enough. As to lt. H. Cain and his Blandem, I hav* only to say, I know him and bis practices as iv legislator, and his advice to certain members about receiving money, &c, and his violent opposition to the passage of a bill to prevent and punish bribery and corruption, and I deem him too contemptible a character for my no? tice. As to defeating the Educational bill, I did all in my power to pass one, and it did pass the Senate. The House of Bopresentatives adopt? ed and sent to the Senate a substitute, whioh, since I left, a week since, the Senate refused to concur in, and very properly, in my judg? ment. Thus much for the truth of this Boverend Democrat. Seldom present in the Senate himself, he personally .knew or did scarcely anything on any subject of general interest to the community, and he now tums round to slander and vilify those who have tried to do their duty. Give bim rope enough and he will hang himself. .Very ?espeotfully, D. T. COBBIN. Charleston, S. C., March 26,1869. . ~- ~ 1 * '.'. .' . . . -. . OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. The recent editorials of TBS NEWS in an? swer io the. ignorant, injurious and prejudiced statement of the Westminster Review, aro ad? mirable and timely. New England prejudices against the South, and South Carolina more aspecially, have for long years been transplan? ted in English soil, where they have flourished without let or hindrance. The provoking ig? norance of the reviewer may, therefore, be sasily scconnted for, and may, in the judg? ment of charity, be supposed to be not wilful, md, therefore, pardonable. Any information derived from the. "Hub" of the universe or its environs, is always, as a matter of course, ex cathedra. Charleston was the bub of the re? bellion and South Carolina the nest of slaveo crate, who bad tbe hardihood to oontend that constitutions were made to protect minorities, and that the doctrine of the "higher law" which was promulgated by the party of pro? gress-the transcendental, latter-day saints was perfidious and wicked. According to these worthies, the wish may be father to the thought that these sinks of iniquity should be annihil? ated as a righteous retribution for their deeds md doctrines. It will require a long process cf reconstruction to wipe out this reproach, tvhioh this generation will hardly witness. Civilly, socially, politically, religiously, com? mercially, we must be manipulated snd pnt through the mill, before we oas ettmd on the same platform with the wiseacres who are. in their own estimation, fully np with this fast ige of progress backuyards. But I intended bo say that ip NBWS mfcht have gone still further in its enumeration ot the sources of recuperation and wealth embraced within the limits of South Carolina. For instance, she is one of the best watered States in the nation, md it will not be many years before factories ?viii go up and the bum of many thousand spindles be heard along her water courses, fha loom and the anvil will come to the cotton tod tbe iron, and thus thousands of poor fe? males, especially, who cannot now secure a comfortable subsistence, will become useful md prosp?rons. The superior granite within the territory we inhabit might also be men? tioned ss a source of profitable development. A good many years ago, B. F. Hunt, then A hstiiiguished member of the Legislature from Charleston, snd chairman cf the Committee m State House and Grounds, sent to Boston !br granite posts to endose and beautify the pounds, while untold masses of material, squally as good, were resting untouched by tho pickaxe or chisel of the workman, in two ir three miles ot Columbia. Some of it has coen appropriated and csa be seen to advan? tage in tbs magnificent bat unfinished struc? ture wbioh now Stands ss a monument of the rolly or misfortune, or both, of the State. Darlington, S. C., March 24. T. P. L. -The snow sheds of the Central Pacific Rsil rosd extend for a continuous distance of twenty two miles, with a breadth of sixteen feet, snd % height of sixteen feet, not including the pitch ?f the roof. The sides are inolosed, and the ?beda resemble a long tunnel, lighted at the sides through the interstices between the hoards. The building is braced together in i substantial manner, and is bruted to the rocks wherever the road approaches the edges of oliffe. Where snow slides are to be feared, the roof is extended to the waU of rocks, so that the fulling masses shall bo deposited on the other side, down in the ravine. Where Biddings have been laid, the shed is wider than sixteen feet. The entire building covers an area of more than 1,858,550 square feet, or forty-three sores. Over 40,000,000running feet of lamber have boen used ia building, those sheds. i -A Washington correspondent writes ihns of the doings of his colleagues at the national capital : "A correspondent or s reporter is do? ing well if he gets seventy dollars a week; yet what is such pay to the lucky tara ot a vote on some olaim covering millions in tbs House or Senate. A coi respondent say? to the Hon. Lycurgus Sandstone : 'That is S just claim; I have carefully investigated it, sod, more? over, my friend O. is a truly 1 ?yal man and s good fellow.' The Hon. Ly eui gue may or may not think sot but ho knows that s few terse sentences from the pen of the correspondent will give htm a prominence before tho coun? try, and secara, probably, his renomina? tion. So he votes, sud ScratchT>en pockets bis littlo fee that amounts io ton times the pay of his journal. ' -In New York, fashion has just deereed (I at brides mall reside ow* jeir with ihsir jarents. THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION. The Hon. J. P. Heed, Democrat, who was elected to Congress from the Third District, in November last, and whose seat is contested by Justice Hoge,has been taking sworn testimony in Edgefield, with regard to the circumstances wt) ich prevented the holding of an elect ion in that distrust. Every witness testified that there wero no threats of violence, that there would have been a fair ele;tion and that tho Democratic candidate would undoubtedly have been elected. The following sworn statement, mado by gentlemen whoso words even Gover? nor Scott will find it difficult to doubt, is suffi? cient to disprove every charge brought by the Radicals against Edgefield District: That they are residents of Edgefield Village, and resided here at and before the late Con ?ressional election for the Third District; that here was no "combination, conspiracy or agreement" by or between any perBons what? ever, as far as their information and belief ex? tends, for the purpose of preventing an elec? tion on said 3d day of November, 1868, and that there was a general leeling o f anxiety among tho oitizens to have a fair election, and with that view, the said ll. G. M. Dunovant and the said IA. C. Butler state that a proposition was made to the representatives of the Republican party, to arrange so that one party might vote the first six hours of the day and the other the latter six hours. These deponents further stats, uader oath, that a short time previous to tbe said election, thc freedmen hold a largo meeting in the in? terest of the Republican party, iu the publio square at Edgefield Courthouse, and were ad? dressed for hours by their speakers without molestation or hindrance ; that upon ti e same occasion there was a meeting of Central Execu? tive Democratic Club, attended by quite a number of Democratic citizens from the coun? try; that they heard of several other meetings of the freedmen in different parts of the county, with which there wa? not the slightest interference. These deponents further state that the Democracy of the county did aU iu their power to procure an election, and the said M. C. Butler states that, as president of the Central Executive Democratic Club, he was hi ? situation to know the sentiments of the people ; and that they were ; anxious to have every possible preoinob open on the day of election. And these deponents further state it as their belief that if thora had been an election, tbe H<~>n. J. P. Reed, the Democratic candidato, would have received a majority of the votes of the county ; that the Commissioners of Elec? tions were, as these deponents were informed and believed, Republicans in prinoiple, and that their refusal to act was one of the causes why an election was not held; that some weeks prior to the said 3d day of November petitions were sent by citizens in some parts ot the county to Governor Scott, requesting him to recommend to the Legislature the opening of all the voting precincts for the convenience of the people, and if any action was ever taken on said petitions these deponents have had no notice of it. These deponents further Bay that they have heard the testimony of General M. W. Gary and W. P. Durisoe, Sr., Esq., and corroborate the same as substantially true. And these deponents further state that the Hon. J. P. Reed was invited by the Dem? ocratic Club of Edgefield Courthouse to visit the county, and canvass for the clcotion, thereby evincing their intention to go fairly into the election ; that the Hon. J. P. Reed did canvass the county prior to tho election. R. G. M. DUNOVANT. T. W. CAB WILE. C. A. CHBATH&M. M. C. BOTLEB. , THINGS AT HILTON HEAD. A War City Goings to Wreck-Co nil it to i_ o?"tac ?oa't*ii">isUinf eant|i * K-W****ir*mA vav*?^ lace-"Merchant's ?ow" and its Pate -The Hotels and Churches-The ?ov? er rame nt W h ar jr- A Contrast. [FROM AN O COAS ION AL CORRESPONDENT.] HILTON HEAD,-March 22.-Some account of the condition of things at this .place, whioh loomed up so suddenly into importance dur? ing the war and as suddenly relapsed with the close of hostilities into obscurity will, doubt? less, be of interest to the readers of THE NEWS. The principal object of interest to many, Fort Beauregard, afterwards called Fort Welles, has been dismantled and is now a perfect wreck, covered with weeds, its sea wall washed away, and tho work with the land (or sand) around it leased out for farming purposes. The prospect of success to those who plant, however, is rather poor, for every gale blows the sand in banks almost as high as snow banks at the North, and it is with difficulty the produce eau be kept from blowing away with the shifting sand. Merchants' Row, the Broadway of Hilton Head, where once stood the theatre, the bil? liard saloons, bar-rooms, restaurants, and about thirty stores, with plenty of business, is DOW almost deserted. Many of the stores have been taken down and others are dose 3, only four being now kept open. The theatre, hil? liard saloons, bar-rooms and restaurants are all dosed, probably never more to be reopened for tho uses for which they were built. The two hotels, the Port Royal House and Sea Island Hotel, are both closed. The Sea Island Hotel has been taken down and re? moved to Florida, and the Port Royal House has long been dosed to the publio. Its pro? prietor, E. S. Ridell, Esq., with his family, will in a short time return North, when the Port Royal House will be left alone in its glory. The two churches, Catholic and Methodist, are both gone. The Methodist was taken down, and the Catholic blown down by s gale. The splendid wharf built by the government kt an enormous expense, where steamships of the largest class could ooma alongside and lay at all times in perfect safety, and whers numbers of smaller vessels of all descriptions, making quite a fleet, might once have been seen loading sud unloading, staking a scaue of life and activity that could scarcely be sur-J passed by any wharf in New York City, is now deserted. Not more than one vessel in three months, on an average, now finds its way here. The steamboats running between Charleston and Savannah do not stop at this whait, bnt land nt Seabrook, ft place about three miles from here. The wharf has been sold by the government, and is fast going to pieces by decay, the sea worms having eaten most ot the logs on whioh it is built. Its condition is typical of the Town of Hilton Head, soon des? tined to be a thing of the past. B F. fl. TAXABLE PMO/PXBTY IN THE STATE. We take from the State papers the following returns of the value of real and personal estate in the counties named, under the new assess? ment : VOBK. Real property..91,704,821 Personal property.1.809,190 Totsl...,..?8,018,011 FAIR VIEL?. Real proporty.?2,010.385 Personal property.. 997,802 Railroad T. and E. property. 818,218 Total.....1.?,8oo\405 OREEN VII J/B. Real property.I 631.848 Real estate. 799.114 Total.$??462 Exempt and not included in the above : Fairfield.,.*.....$<?5'2?9 Greenville.,.256,945 Total.?945 PISRSONJLL GOSSIP. -Maggie Mitchel), the charming actress, is a mother. -General Hancock, is spoken of as the Democratic candidate'for Presiden^ four years hence. -The "Lanterne,".'at Brussels, speaks of Eugenie as "the wi g ? td mod-ste on tbe French throne." ' a -Miss Loo Hudeon'has boen playing in Lit? tle' Book, and is spoken of by tho local papers as "artless." -A New York paperisays: "Dr. Hayes wish? es to go North again.; No Arctic explorer is really happy until he has failed to come back." -General Henningaen has returned from Cuba. He reports that the insurgents are ablo to bold their position against double the pres? ent odds. -General McClellan has declined the presi-' doney of Union College, New York, ..a aocount of being engaged in other business enterprises of hi<h importance. -Mr. Thornton, the British Minister at Washington, Bays we in this country are in a dreadful condition because the new President is n at a gentleman. So rumor says. -The proprietor of i Georgia paper has dis? covered a new way to make delinquents pay up. He offers to distribute by lot to those ?rho settle their old accounts ten prizes, in? cluding a gold watch, several rifles and guns, md a quantity of silver plate. -Miss Mary Grant, of Bichmond, was mar? ried in that oity on ^thursday last, to a Mr. Ford, of Gooohland County, Virginia. It will be remembered they (were the subjects of the wtiole in tbe Southern Opinion, which result ad in the killing of ios editor, H. Bives Pol? lard. -"Fritz Meyer," the individual who sent President Grant that congratulatory telegram Brom Berlin on the 4th of March, used to be :lerk at the ho neo o. Mesar a. Schlochauor & Do., dealers in lard ..^d hams. He made mo? ney by judicious investments in United States ronds, and occupies now a prominent pos i lion unong the leading speculators of tho Berlin Exchange. -A negro man, sled about eighty years, recently arrived in San Francisco from New fork, for the purpose yt reclaiming and taking jossession of some eight hundred acres of the briner oily, which he claims to own. He says hat he lived where San Francisco now stands lome thirty-five yearn ago, at which time he .eceiveda grant fr? the Mexioan Govern nent for eight hundred sores of the peninsula, jut the sandy and barren character of the soil vas such that he did not value it very highly. Vf ter several years'ves idence he went into Southern Mexico, and! thenoe to the Atlantic States, where he joined Fremont's exploring expedition and returned to California. After he cession of this s'iato to our Government ie claims'to have located a land warrant on he present site of Sa,:? Francisco. It is under* itood that he is well pleased with the improve nents that have beenup ut upon his land during lis absence, and that he is disposed to be ibersl with """^^ lion-A S?tetela of the New - _ini?try, ?fte. - The able London correspondent of the New fork Times writes on the 7th instant as fol OWS! Mr. Gladstone has gained an immense ad? vantage by the masterly manner in which he iai grappled with the task of abolishing the he Irish Church as a State institution, and i very body feels that his plan is f .illy equal to the liffioulties it is intended to meet. In offering t a formal opposition Mr. Disraeli merely eon en ts to become the leader of a forlorn hope, t is part of the suit and service he is bliged to render sn unthankful party. Vhen Mr. Gladstone's Boheme was fully ixplained to the public all intelligent nen must have felt thst it was dee? med to carry the day. Depend upon it Mr. Disraeli is not more foolish than the majority >f mankind. He listened to Mr. Gladstone's itatement, and he must have felt that his last tope of building s strong opposition os the limonsions of his antagonist's was gone. But , meeting of Conservatives was held s few [ays ago at Lord Derby's house to consider rhat had boat be done. Mr. Disraeli, I have ieen told, would give no advice whatever. He et the meeting understand that they had as? ombred to express their own opinions, not to tear his. Mr. Hardy and others strongly sd ised a resolute stand against the ministerial olicy, and this proposition waa carried by ac lamation. Mr. Disraeli then undertook to lesd tis followers to defeat, and BO the meeting troke up. Whet dreary work all this must be for a man >f Mr. Disraeli's genius I He knows perfectly rell that when the people of this country have Leclared themselves decidedly in favor of any aeaaure, it is worse than useless foranypublio fian to oppose their wishes. Tho Irish Church s doomed, and he would probably be heartily ;1 ad to see it ont of the way once for all. Until bat question is struck out of the Parliament ry programme the Conservatives sro bound tana and foot. Bat Mr. Disraeli is compelled o make s speech dead against the tendency of ?ppulsr opinion, and in opposition to the in? viable bast ol events. Wo can imagine the ind of speech it will bo-tull of wit and sar? aann), breathing no word of doubt or despond noy-s courageous, vivid and sparkling peech, worthy of s better fate than tbat of em g offered In s "lost cause." The House rill crowd down lo hear it, and will applaud it earthy, snd the members will quietly go into lobby and vote against the speaker. All this lr. Disraeli knows beforehand. But ls this be first time be bas led au ineffectual sally ight np to the enemy's works, and under the ire of all his guns? No, net by many, and .though the man may fast tho yoke gall him t times,'we may be quite sure that he will ex libit to the world no sign of flinching. THF. mew Kurisrav. Mr. Gladstone's position was never stronger han it is st this moment. Some men placed s ho now is would tremble lest fortune had lone all that she meant to do. and that the ates had darker destinies in store. He baa ealized every ambition, snd his genius hss urned what seemed to be s stumbling block a bis path into a stepping-atone toward urther successes. It is a jost criticism >n his great speech to say that it bsa er ved to recall to the people tbe gifts vhich have made him famous. For two tr tinco years past Mr. Gladstone has uroly naen above the level ol commonplace n his speeches. H?s empty glibness has ?most driven his admirers wild. His elec? tos speeebe-? were among the worst addresses iver delivered by sn eminent man-mere tourings out of words, lull of sound and orv, signifying nothing. All st once he oakes a grand speech, in which a complex >lanvls made so simple thst a little child might inderstand it. Very likely Mr. Gladstone's iolloaguos assisted him to invent or arrange ho details of his policy. Mr. Lowe's ingenu ty may have%eeu of no slight servios to the E?rime Minister. Bat the exposition st least vas Mr. Gladstone's own, and it bas made bis ame brighter than it has ever boen before. His liinistry, too, seem to be working better to? gether. E very night tbe principal members may >e seen on the Iront bench almost to the right isnd of the Speaker. They are. taken alto Sether, a clever-looking set ot men. Mr. right's whits hair sud whiskers mark him out ia apparently the elder of the group, but in ?e ibty he is two vests younger than Mr. Glad? stone, whoso thin gray hst*-the Premier is learlybsld now-slightly disguises hu age. Next to Mr. Bright ma/ usually be seen the slender form of Mr. Cardwell, ons of Peel's iou tenante, and olese beside him is a & uff-looking little man, with long beard, md evidently much the junior of his ooh eaguos. Thia is Mr. Omidots, First Lord of tho Admirttt^abp baw had the luck to become fe) ' isp**7 CabM'jc Minister at tho ago of forty-one. The rod lace and perfectly white eyebrows and hair of Mr. Lowe mark him out from all bis col? leagues. He ordinarily sits next to Mr. Glad? stone, who frequently turns to consult him. Mr. Lowe has made Mr. Gladstone smart be? fore now-hence, p rha-ps, the Premier's re? spect for his opinions. A plain looking coun? try gentleman is Mr. Bruce, the Home Secretary; and his companion, with a Jewish cast of face, is Mr. Goschen, President of tho Poor Law Board. Almost all of these Ministers aro good speakers, eio?pl Mr. Gos -hen, who is heavy and dull, and Mr. Cardwell, who ia drawl? ing and affected. Some of the Under? secretaries are able men, but their Parliament? ary manner would never lead a stranger to think them so. Thus Mr. Grant Duff, whose annual reviews of foreign affairs have made him a "man of mark," addresses the House in a high, shrill tone, with tho true cockney drawl and general abolition of " r's." Year he calls "yoaw,"and rule becomes "wule." But of all the awe-inspiring displays yot heard in the present House the maiden-speech of Mr. Ver? non Harcourt ("Historiens") was the most memorable. Mr. Harcourt is well known in town by a name which cannot be used with? out blasphemy, but which is considered to describe inadequately the ineffable su? periority of his mien and conversation. Mr. Harcourt was not troubled with ner? vousness on rising to address the House of Commons for the first time. I heard his speech, and it sounded as if great Jove him? self had condescended to come down to en? lighten foolish men with his wisdom. The House listened, but a few more speeches in that manner would be fatal to any beginner in Eol?tica] life. There is one thing the House of ommons will uever stand, and that is arro? gance. Any man who presumes to lecture it, or put on grand airs, soon Ands out that he has made an irretrievable mistake. Mr. Ver? non Harcourt is understood to have devoted himself specially to the annihilation of Mr. Disraeli. Perhaps one of these days Mr. Dis? raeli will have a few remarks to make on "Historicus," and then there will be another nickname stamped inefftoeably upon people's minds. Jimmi Notices. POYAS.-Dieri, at Pim'ico Plantation, Cooper River, Friday morning, Murch 26th, Mre. JAMES PO Y A?, aged seventy-seven years. *?- Tbe H el* ti ves and Friends of Mk-, and Mrs. JAMES POYAS, are invited to attend the Funeral of the latter at Magnolia Cemetery, THIS PAT, at Twelve o'clock. . March 27 jgF* The Relatives and Friends or" Mr. and Mrs. Jon DAWSON, are invited to attend the Funeral Services of their Infant Daughter, LAURA, at their residence in Smith-street, at Ten o'clock, THIS MORNING. March 27 Special latfres. JS3-BI8H0P DAVIS WILL ADMINISTER the Rite ot Confirmation and preach at St. Stephen's Church, Anson-street, TO-MOBBOW MORNING. March 27_ mw DIVINE SERVICE WILL BE CON DUGTED in the Orphan's Chapel TO-MOBBOW AF? TERNOON, 28th Instant, at Four o'clock, by the Rev. C. O. PEARSON._1_March 27 SSrST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHUROH. S er vice at half-past Ten o'clock TO-MOBBOW MORN. oro, by Rev. W. W. HICKS, and in the EVENING at Eight o'clock. Strangers will be provided with seato at morning service. Evening service-seats free as usual. March 87_ ?3-UNITARIAN CHURCH.-DIVINE SER? VICE will be held in this Church TO-MOBBQW, in the MORNING st half-past Ten o'clock, and at NIGHT j at half-past Seven o'clock. Services by tho Roy. R. P. CUT LEU. Subj set at night: "Easter and the Resurrection of Christ."_1_March 27 49-CITADEL SQUARE BAPTIST CHURCH. Services on SUNDAY MORNING at Half-past Ten o'clock-In the EVENING at half-past-Seven. Macrb.27_s_ tar OFFICE CHARLESTON GASLIGHT COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. C., MARCH 24, 1809.-A DIVIDEND OF FIFTY CENTS PER SHARE on the Capital Stock of this Company hav? ing been declared by the Directors, the same will be paid on and after MONDAY, 5th proximo. The BOOKS OF TRANSFER will be closed from this dato to 5th proximo. W. J. HERIOT, March 24 Secretary and Treasurer. SSrPORSUANT TO AN ORDER, MADE IN the case of JOSEPH PURCELL, a bankrupt, by the Honorable District Court of the United States, In bankruptcy, tbe undersigned, Assignee in said case, gives notice that there will be a general meeting of j the creditors of said Bankrupt at the office of JU? LIUS 0. CARPENTER, Esq., Registrar of said court, No. 72 Broad-street, Charleston, S. C., at 12 o'clock, M., FRIDAY, April 9th, 1869, to hear the report ol the undersigned, of receipts and payments, and to take such order as is provided for in the 27th Section of the Bankrupt act of 2d March, 1867. E. W. MARSHALL, Assignee of Joseph Purcell, a Bankrupt Charleston, March 24,1869. March27_ stu2apl9 SST CHANGE OF DAY.-THE STEAMER CITY POINT. Captain GBOHOB E. MCMILLAN, will hereafter sail from Charleston for Savannah and the Florida ports, oa F RIDAY 1.VENING, instead of SAT? URDAY, ap heretofore. J, D. AIKEN st CO., Charleston, March 22d, 1869. Agents. March 23 _ tar CHARLES' LONDON CORDIAL GIN, OR PURE LIQUOR OF JUNIPER BERRIES.-This favorite brand ot PURE LONDON CORDIAL OIN bas stood the test ot time, imitation, piracy, high tariffs and unfair competition, and still enjoys a con? stantly Increasing sale; showing that true merit does not always go unappreciated. CHARLES' LONDON CORDIAL OIN Is offered to the public as a perfectly reliable speci? fic lo all cases of Diseased Bladder and Kidneys. It acta directly on these organs, with a directness and speediness, which render it invaluable to persons .offering from Qravel, Diabetes, Inflamad Bladder, scanty and highly-colored urine, and in aU oases where, from whatever cause, a healthful diuretic required. Ladies subject to painful menstruation, can by the usa of CORDIAL OIN a few days previous to and during illness obtain great nala/. In such Instances it should be taken witta sugar and warm water. As a tonio and beverage this OIN ls unequalled, as lt possesses nona of the headache properties to be found ia those poisons, now toe frequently sold un? der th? names of Oin, Brandy. Whiskey, Ato. JOHN F. HENRY, Sole Importer, No. 21 Park Row, New York. For sale in Charleston, South Carolina, by E. H. KELLEB9 Af CO., RAOUL & LYNAH, W. A. SK li I NE, O. W. AIM AR, ED. S. BURNHAM and A. W. kOKEL At CO. Febrnary 23_nao_tuthseowSmos ?a-THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXTRACT from a pt irate letter written by the proprietors of the PLAN I AITON BITIBR8: "We had no conception of the widespread suffer? ing which exists, or of the almost Infallible cures produced by the PLANTATION MTIERS, when ?ve first commenced offering them for e .le. We now And that every house has a weak child, an atUng parent, x debilitated aged member, who needs this Tonio. Our Laboratory has grown from s single roon loan immense building, and-our sales from a few bottles to many hundred dosons per day, and we are glad to know that they have done you so much good.* MAGNOLIA WATSB.-Superior to th? best imported Germ m Cologne, sold at half the prto?. M- roh 28_tnthsS g?r NO CURE I NO PAY I-FORREST'S JUNIPER TAB ls warranted to cure Coughs, Croup, Hoarseness, Sers Throat SplUw? ?? Blood and Lung Diseases. Immediate relief produced. Try U; if not satisfied, ratura the empty boittes and get your money beek. ? Sold wholesale and Retail by the Agent, a W. AIM AR, Druggist, Corner King and Vanderh?rst afreets. dar Price 85 cents, February 27 ' IMO tuth?3moa Special lotirai. MO" CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP SEA GULL, from Baltimore, aro hereby notified that she is THU DAY discharging cargo at Pier No. 1, Union Wharves. All Goods not takon away at sunset, will remain on wharf at Consignees' risk. MORDECAI & CO., March 27_ I , Agents. ?TEE TRYING SEASON.-THE searchlog winds, the cold, drizzling rains, the heavy fogs, and occasional warm and moist days of Msroh, render it , upon the wholo, the most unhealthy month of the year. Its depressing influences are especially unfavorable to invalids, and thousands of persons with feeble constitutione, who have borne the win? ter bravely, break down in tho first month of spring. The variations of temperature and cold east winds are a serious trial to the dyspeptio and bilious, whose symptoms they invariably aggravate. Inter? mittent fever is also rife wherever there is evolvable poison in the water or the soil. To enable the sys? tem to oombat these evils, there is nothing like a good vegetable tonic, and among this class of medi? cines HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS stand supreme. Medical men prescribe it in preference to any of the tonic preparations of the pharmacopoeia. They are aw aro that the ordinary tinctures and ex? tracts are all b sed upon cheap alcohol, which is sur? charged with an acrid essential oil, and absolutely poisonous. They know, on the other hand, that the rectified essence of the finest rye grown in this country is the solo spirituous ingredient of HOS TETTER'S BITTERS, and that the vegetable me? dicinal elements of which it is oomposod are of rare efficacy. Hence, lt has the confidence of physicians, and finds its way into hospitals where no other pro? prietary medicine is sanctioned. A course of the BITTERS is especially recom? mended to persons of delicate habits, of both sexes, at this season. In the fever and ague dlstrlots of the West and South, quinine has been almost univer? sally discarded os a chologogue, and this invaluable antidote to malarious disorders adopted in its stead. A double gain is reprized by the change, for the Bitters, unlike that dangerous alkaloid, are agreeable to the palate, and meir curativo effect ls much more permanent DAG 6 March 27 mr COLLEGE OE CHARLESTON.-THE Annual Commencement of this College will be cele? brated at the Citadel Square Baptist Church, on MONDAY EVENING, 29th instart, at half-past Seven o'clock. Candidates for admission into the Freshman or the Sophomore Class will present themselves in the President's room on MONDAY MOBKINO, at Ten o'clock. F. A. PORCHER, March 27 2 Secretary Faculty. 49-HIGH SCHOOL OP CHARLESTON. The Annual Public Examination of this Sohool will take place on MONDAY, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, 29th, 30th and 81st instant, commencing at Nine o'clock, A. M. Parents and Guardians of pupils and the public generally are respectfully invited to attend. W. R. EINGMAN, A. M., March 23 6 Principal. mr THE CELEBRATED W. 8. C. CLUB HOUSE GIN, pure, soft and unequalled-W. S. COR? WIN A CO., Sole Agents. Medical men of the high? est standing acknowledge that Gin, in its pure state, has great medical properties. We therefore place the CLUB HOUSE GIN before the public with the greatest confidence, and more particularly to those who use lt medicinally, as on article that only re? quires to be known to be properly appreciated. 49" $1 60 per bottle. SIS per case. mi ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD win be given for nroof to conviction of the person er persons who nave committed depredations by injury .done ie marble fences au?l monuments in Magnolia Cemetery. Any person detected in taking a shrub, plant or flower from the grounds, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. EDWARD SEBRING, March 17 ws4 President. 4STIN THE COMMON PLEAS, CHARLES? TON COUNTY-FIRST CIRCUIT*-It ls ordered, that a Special Session of the Court oPCommon Pleas for the First Circuit shall be held at Charleston, on MONDAY, the twenty-sin th doy of March instant; and that the Clerk of the Court shall cause the time and pla;8 for holding the some to be notified for two weeks successively in one or more of the newspapers published in the City of Charleston. (Signed) B. B. CARPENTER. March ll, 1889. A true copy. A. C. RICHMOND, March 12 15 Clerk. JierWE ARE CONSTANTLY RECEIVING from th? Moyune Districts of China the oholcesi chops of GREEN AND BLACK TEAS of new seasons, which are unrivalled for their strength and delicacy flavor. We warrant our TEAS to be pure and un? od . '.crated, and to give general satisfaction. As we are constantly in receipt of large cargoes of Teas, we are enabled to offer te the public the finest chops at a price that, many dealers offer inferior Tea at. A trial and comparison will at once prove this asser? tion, and it only remains for the puelio to judge of themselves: WM. 8. CORWIN 4c CO., No. 276 Kin ar-street BaT-THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE ADUL TEBATION of Liquors is carried on in this coun tey makes it the duty of the purchaser to investi gate the merits of the article offered for sale. It is s well known fact that many of the Brandies, Wines, Ac, are manufactured from French Extracts, Essen? tial Oils and Alcohol, which is poisonous, thereby causing many injurious effects. The public is justly suspicious of nearly every? thing put up fer sale under the name of Liquors, and the trade has been brought into disrepute, and in order to insure to those who desire a Pore Article, it is emly necessary Cor ns to say that we Import Direct all Brandies, Wines and Gins, and warrant them per? fectly pure as originally imported. AU Bottled Liquors bearing the libels of W. 8. CORWIN A 00., can be rahed up?nos being pure. *3-Purehasere should notice that the Paper Oap over the cork ls not broken. We pay for Bottles that nave our labels on, One Dollar per dosen, when re? turned. mr SARATOGA "A" SPRING WATER. Saratoga, in the State of NewYerk, ls one of the saost remarkable mineral reservoirs upon the surface of the globe. Within an area of a mlle in diameter are some thirty mineral springs-no two of them alike. In rene of the waters, Chloride of Sodium predominates; in others. Iodine, Magnolia, Sulphur, Chalybeate, ko. The beneficial effects of some of these waters, as medicinal agents, are known throughout the dviliaed world. Probably ono hun? dred thousand persona visit these Springs annually. Many hundred thonaand bottles of toe water are transported and consumed in the various localities Of the country. The SARATOGA "A*' SPRING WATER ls pro? bably the moat effective mineral water found on either continent. It will he observed that it has ten per cent, greater mineral properties than the cele? brated Congress Spring; four times that of Baden Baden of Austria; five times that of Aix la Chap lie In Prussia; twine that of Vichy in France; nearly three times greeter than the renowned Seltzer of Germany; and equally over tbe Spas of Bath. Eng land, and Kissengen in Bavaria. Tbs r?putation of this water is based upon its effects in diseases of the stomach, liver, bowels, kidneys, and spleen, and sets with wonderful bene? fit in oases of Ohronio Dyspepsia, Constipation, Gravel, Gout, Scrofula, Cutaneous Affections, Gene? ts! Lethargy, Soreness, and Prostration of the sys? tem. Tbs valve of mineral waters bas been prised and acknowledged by medical mea since the earliest o'vlliaation. A celebrated author'ty says: "The vir? tues of mineral waters have been best shown in the treatment oi obscure and chronic diseases," Agent for the Saratoga "A** Spuing Water. JOHN F. HENRY. Mo. 21 Park Row, New York. Sold In Charleston, 8. C., by G. W. AIMAB, W. A. SHRINE, RAO?Y? 4? LYNAS, A. VT. E KKt. k CO. ED. 8. BURNHAM and E. fl. KELLI1 Bs k CO. February 28 , BAO tuoaeowSasca EXCURSION TO FORT SIIM I'ER, BATTED Y WAGNER. MORRH ISLAND, AN? OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST IN TH* HARBOR. r -*iIT^?fc? THE STEAMER ST. HELENA, ?"Erpl^T73 Captain J. Q. I'.UMLEY, will lea va as above XHIB AFIKHNOON, March 27, at 4 o'clock, from Market Wharf, foot of Market etruct, ainl return at sunset. Fare, Round Trip, $1 00. March 27_J.H. MUBRAY, Market Wharf. EXCURSIONS AROUND THE HARBOR. THE FINE, FAST SAILING AND COM? FORTABLY appointed Yacht ELEANOR .will resume her trips to historio points is*, ithe harbor, and will leave Government Wharf daily at Ten A. M. and T hree P. M. For Passage apply to T nOM AS YOUNG, Deosmber 18 Captain, on board. "1 FOR BOSTON-DESPATCH LINK. FIRST TESS KL-ONLY REGULAR LINS. -k TBE FIRST-CLASS SCHOONER Bi N. i?j?t\ HAWKINS, WYATT Master, wanta 15U to 2U1 0?*&balcB Cotton and light freight to ?U up .mel ??"?????leave promptly. March 20 WILLIAM ROACH k CO. FOR NEW YUKKs, REG TTL AB LINE EVER Y THURSDA T. PASSAGE REDUCED TO $19, THE STEAMS fl IP SARAGOSSA, 'Captain C. RTDEB, will leave Yonder, 'horst's Whorl on IHCBSDAX, April ? 1st, 1869. ot half-past 9 o'clock A. ASL March 20_RAVEN KL A- CO.. Agent?. FOR NEW YORK. THE SPLENDID s I DE-WHEEL STEAMSHIP CHAMPION, R. W. Tor K woo? Commander, win sail from Adger's Wharf on SAT?BKAX? the 27th inst., st 4 o'clock P. M. 49" Through Bills of Lading to Providence ansi Boston at reasonable rates. 49" No Bills of Lading signed after sailing o? tb? steamer. 49- Insurance canbe obtained al X per cent, 49* An 1 xtra Charge of $5 made to passengers purchasing Tickets on board alter sailing of ta* steamer. For Freight or Passage, apply to JAME? ADOER A CO.. Corner Adger's Wharf and East Bay (Bp-stairs?. 49* CHARLESTON follows on TVKSDAX. the seth inst, at 8 o'clock A. M. thea_March 2S FOR LIVEHPUOI,, CHARLESTON AND LIVERPOOL STEAMSHLf LINE. THE FIBST CLASS IRON SCREW Steamship CAMILLA, HJMBX PEACE Commander, is now ready , to receive Freight for the above porn to sail on or about 10th of April. For Freight engagements, apply to ROBERT MUBE A CO., Boyce's Whait 49" Risks taken bv this vessel at thxee-croarfterft {fi) per cent._Marok W TRAVELERS PAS!sl.\0 THROWHi CHARLESTON EN BOU IE IO FLORIDA, ALEE St ? And other placen, should not fal '-v? to lay in their supplies of PROVIS! IONS. CLARETS, CHAMPAGNE?, CORDIALS, BRANDIES, WEH KIES, WINES. CANNED MEATS, HO UPS, Ac Pates of Wild Game, Deviled Entremets, Henfi? Turkey, Lobster, eta, for Luncheons, Sandwiches? Travelers' Raps?t, Ac. 49*Send for a catalogue. WM. 8. CORWIN A CO., No. 27? Kint?-street, Between Wentworth and Beaufain, Charleston, 8. O Branch of No. ttOO Broadway, corner 20th storeefi* New York._ Octobers* PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMFY**} THBOUGH LU?lt ro CALIFORNIA. CHINA AND -, iPAN. CHANGE OF SAILING OA YS I m.. BTEAMEBS OF THE ABO VS ^ lille ieuve nwno. U, notU?WiV foot of Canal-street, New York, ak 13 o'clock noon, of Ote 1st, ll th ansi 21st of every month (exeept when these daten fall en Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of 1st and 21st connect at Panama wit? steamers for South Pacific and Central AntezteaM ports. Those of 1st touch at Manzanillo. Departure of 11th of each month connect* the new steam line from Panam s to Australia New Zealand. Steamship JAPAN leaves San Fr ox ct soo {or Ch DJ? and Japan May 4,1869. No California steamers touch at Havana, bot go direct from New York to AspinwalL One hundred pounds baggage tree to each edulA? Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets or farther information anote at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the wiu?? foot of Canal-street, North Hirer, New York. March 18 . lyr_F. B. BABY, Agent. FOR NORTH EDISTO AND ENTER? PRISE. THE Si EA MER ST. HELENA? "Captain JAMES G. BoMutr, will re? oslve Freight THIS DAT and leave MONDAY Montrant at 4 o'clock, and Edisto sams day at 8 e'clock P. ?? For Freight or Passage apply en board or to JOHN H. MURRAY, Market WharC The Steamer leaves again WEDNESOAX MORN IX? st 6 o'clock, and Edisto Fain AT MOBNXNO at 6 o'olock? March 27_ 1? FOR PAUAVKA, FLORIDA, VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA AND JACKSON" VILLE. THE FIBAT-OA88 STEAM BB I DICTATOR, Captain WM. T. M*NXL~ nr. will sail from Charleston every Tuetday Evening, st Bight o'olock, lor the above points. The first-class Steamer OPTE POINT, Captain Gnow P. MeMnxAM will sail from Charleston every Fri? day Evening, at Bight o'clock, for above points. connecting with the Central Railroad at Savanna? for Mobile and New Orleans, and with too Florid? Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at whlo? point steamers connect with New Orleans, Mobile? Pensacola, Key West and Havana. Through Bills Lading given for Enright to Mobil?* Pensacola and New Orleans. Connecting with H. S. Hart'* ?teamer* OciawaSet and Griffin for Silver Springe and Lakee Griffin, J9MS? tit, Harri? and Durham. AU freight payable on the wharf. Goods not removed at sunset will be stored at ri? and expense of owners. For Freight or Passage engagement, apply to J. D. AIKEN k GO., Agente, South Atlantic WharL N. B.-No extra charge for Meals and Stateroom*. November 21_ FOR WRIGHT'S BLUFF, AND ALL LANDINGS OH THE SAN TEE RIVES. THE STEAMER MARION, OAF? ?TAIN J. T. Foam is now receiving kccosttmodatioti Wharf and wiU lea*flr on SATDXDAT NiouT, the 27th ins*. Apply to JOHN FERGUSON March 24_ CHAN QB OF SCHEDULE. INLAND ROUTE-ONLY TWO AND A HAUT HOURS AT SKA. THROUGH TICKSTS TO FLORIDA. CHARLES!? N AN? SAVANNAH STEAM PACKS ST LIN?. THE STEAMBW PILOT BOY, OAP* 'TAIN FEST* PECK, WII leave Accent. modaUon Wharf every MONOAT and ?< niDAi Moms. mo, at 8 o'clock, touching at B aufort only; returning leave r-svannob TUESDAY and SATOBJXAS, st 9 o'olock A. M., makins; the trip in eleven hourn. The steamer FANNI ic, captais A oana. whT leave) Charleston every TanmsDAT MOBimta et 8 o'ol ode touching at Edisto, Chisolm's Landmx and Hfltese Head; returning, leave Savannah every FXXDAX, at ? o'clock P M., touching st the above landings. Will touch at Blnffton on the .second l HUBSDAX itt avery month, going and lemming. For Freight or Passage apply to JOHN FERGUSON, March 18 Accommodation Wharf. ?ario CONSUMPTIVES.--THE ADVEflV TIBER, having been restored to health in a ferr weeks by a very simple remedy, after having sufioto* several years with a sevore lung affection, and th*? dread disease Consumption, is anxious to maka> known to bb fellow-suffer ors toe means of eure?. lo all who desire lt, ne will semi a copy of the prxv senption med (free of charge), with th* direction? for preparing and using the same, which they wOK find a sure cure tor Consumption, Asthma, Bronchi. - tas, Ac. The object of the advertiser in sending th* ' prescript ion ls to benoit the afflicted, and spread fa? form* ii on which he conceives to be in valuable^ ear* be hopes every sufferer will try his remedy.as it wi cost them nothing and may prove a blessing. Parties wishing the prescription wUl please a*\ dress Hot. EDWARD A. WILSON. V.'illiamstmrg, Kings County, Mew York. Februarys_8m os 49- ALL ARTICLES SOLD FROM TUX. establishment of WM. S. CORWIN kt CO., No. 27? Kidg-slreet, between Wentworth and Beaufain, ara? of th ?%I lt ST QUALITY. They sell no goods but whait eau be warmtDtel a? PUBE AND GENUIN?, Tt?sfc* sn established *UJL