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r VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1078. CHARLESTON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY ll, 1869._SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM BY TELEGRAPH. PRESIDENT GRANT'S ELRST MES? SAGE. CONGRESS INVITED TO LEGISLATE FOR VIRGINIA AND MISSISSIPPI. WASHINGTON, April 7.-Tue following mess? age from ?he President was received by Con? gress at i o'clock: this afternoon : To the Senate and Souse of Rtj, -ntatives : While I am aware that the time in whiah Congress proposes now to remain in session is very brief, and that it is 'ta desire, as far as is consistent with tho public interest to avoid en? tering upon the general business of legislation, there is one subject which concerns so deeply the' welfare of the country, that I deem it my duty to bring it before yon. I have no doubt that you will concur with me in the opin? ion that it is desirable to reetore the States which were engaged in the rebellion to their proper relations to tho government and tb o country, at as early a period as the people of those States ahall bo found willing to become peacefnl and orderly communities, anal to adopt and maintain such constitutions and laws as will effectually secure the civil and political rights of all persons within their borders. The authority of the United States, which has been vindicated and established hy it j military power, must undoubtedly be as? serted for the absolute protection of all its citizens in the full enjoyment of the freedom and security which is the object of a republi? can government. Bat whenever the people of a rebellious State are ready to enter, i i good faith, upon the accomplishment of this object in entire conformity with the constitutional authority of Congress, it is certainly desirable that all causes of irritation should be removed as promptly as possible, that a more perfect union may be established, and that tho coun? try be restored to peace and prosperity. - The convention of the people of Virginia, which met in Richmond on Tuesday, Decem? ber 3d, 1867, framed a constitution for that State, wbich was adopted by the convention ou the 17th of April, 1868, and I desire respectful? ly to call the attention of Congress to the pro? priety of providing by law for the holding of an election in that Slate at some time during the months of May and June next, under the direction of the military commander of the district, at which the question of the adoption of that constitution shall be submitted to the oitizens of the State. And if this should seem desirable, I would recommend that a separate vote be taken upon such parts as may be thought ex? pedient, and that at the same time, and under the same authority, there shall be au^lection for *t-ho officers provided under such constitu? tion, and that tho constitution, or such parts thereof as shall have been adopted by the peo? ple, be submitted to Congress on the first Mon? day of December next" for its consideration, so that if the same is then approved tho necessary steps will have been taken for thc restoration of the State of Virginia to its proper relations to the Union. i I am led to make Ibis recommendation from 1 the confident hope and belief that the people 1 of that State aro now ready to co-oppratn win, i the National, Government in bringing it again i into such relations to the Union, as it onght, ? as soon aa possible, to establish and maintain, and to give to all its people those equal rights i under the law which were asserted in tbe < Declaration of Independence in the words of one i of the most illustrious of its sons. 1 I desire also to ask the consid?ration of Con? gress to tbe question whether there is not just < ground for believing that the constitution framed by a convention of tbe people of Mississippi for that State, and oooe rejected, might not be again submitted to the people of that State in like manner and with the proba? bility of the same result. (Signed) . U. S. GRANT. Washington, D. C., April7,1869. CONGRESSIONAL. WASHINGTON, April 7.-IN THE SENATE to? day, the Chaplain prayed that the patriotic arms of Cuba might be strengthened, and the Isles of the Sea delivered from their oppres? sors. A bill was introduced punishing counter? feiting trade marks; foreigners to be protected by treaties. A joint resolution was offered authorizing the President to appoint a commission to report* on the Ship Canal across the Isthmus of Darion. The bill reorganizing the Judiciary passed with several amendments, and goes back to the House. The discussion of the DcrScioncy Appropria? tion bill was resumed. An amendment appro? priating fifty thousand dollars for the improve? ment of tbo month bf the Mississippi was lost, and the bill passed. TN THE HOUSE, the Indian Appropriation bill passed, also the bill authorizing the bridging of the Ohio Riv.-r at Padncah. The "Butler-Rice" Georgia .11 was intro? duced. Butler moved.the previous question, which was not seconded, when a general de? bate ensued. Bingham mado an elaborate constitutional argument, in opposition to the bill, when the House adjourned without.aoy action. WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, April 7.-The Senate has passed tbe^Personal Disability bill. The House has passed the Senate bill reviving grants of land to Alabama with some amend? ments; also, a resolution authorizing the Elec? tion Committee io investigate the Louisiaaa election daring the recess. The friends of the Personal Disability bill have little hopes of their success this session. The negroes of the district have petioned for uniform school privileges. EUROPE. THE SING OF PORTUGAL REFUSES THE THRONS OF SPAIN. MADRID, April 5.-Informal meetings of members of the major'ty ji the Constituent Cortes have resulted in a resolution to support ex-King Fernando, of Portugal, for the throno of Bpain. The Council of Ministers have also decided to second the majority of the Cortes in this determination, and a deputatict. -with Don Salustina de Olazaga at its head, has gone to Lisbon to invite King Fernando to accept the candidature:. MADRID, April 7.-The PortugueS^mbossy have been instructed ' to inform the Spanish Government that Don Fernando positively re? fais tho Spanish Crown. " rSTFRISONJIENT FOR DEflT. LON DO.., 'April 5,-^-ln the House of Com? mons the bill for tho abolition of imprison? ment for debt passed the eeeend reading. THE TURF. THE MATAIS IE BA CES-THIRD DAY. NEW ORLEANS, April 7_Sweepstakes, mile heats, for two years old, that had never won. Entrance $25, club pnr->o $300. First race-Richard's chestnut filly-time, 3, 1, 1; Wilson's Jeff Jennings, by Lightning; time-8, 3. 2; Kenner's Demi Monde, by Whale; time-1, 2, 3 ; Lipscomb's Alf Winn, by Melbourne, 4 ; distanced, 1. Time, 1:50?; 1:48; 1:52. Second racu-Dash of four miles, for all ages -purse $650. Privateer beat Agues Donovan and Alf Winn; latter only running three miles. Timo-7:59?. Third race-Mile heats, for all ages-purse $400. Little Mark, 1, I; Betty Bay, 2, 2. Time-1:46| ; 1:454. Track and day fine; at? tendance large. SPARES FR OX THE WIRES. The Georgia wheat crop is doing well. The weather was cold in Savannah yester? day. The North Carolina Legislature will probably adjourn on Monday. Wm. Stedman waa confirmed, yesterday, as Consul at St. Jago, and Long as Coneul at Panama. Josiah Turner, the editor of the Raleigh Sentinel, was fired at on Tuesday night. No? body hurt. Admiral Hoff has been ordered to watch the Peirnvian monitors as well as the expected ex? pedition from New Orleans. At the groat billiard contest in Montreal, Dion beat Foster the third and deciding match, the game closing-D:on 1200, and Foster 1115. Spangler and Arnold, the so-ialled assassi? nation conspirators, who were pardoned by President Johnson, arrived at Baltimore on the Cuba. JFJBOAT THE STATE CAFITAZ. Sleeting of the Supreme Court-.1 n Im? portant Order-The News and the Stat? Officials. [TOOK OUR SPECIAL COB RESPONDENT. ] COLUMBIA, S. C., April 6.-The Supreme Court mot to-day, at 12 o'clock, in one of the buildings of the University. Chief Jnstice Moses and Associate Justice Willard were present; Associate Justice Solomon L. H?ge was absent, and will probably be BO the re? mainder of this term. The judicial silk hes no longer a charm for him. The docket of the First Circuit was sounded; no answers were made. It will be perempto? rily called to morrow. The caso of James Cosgrove vs. R. M. Batler. D. T. Corbin for appellant, J. Phillips for appellee, will bc ar? gued to-moirow. The court issued the follow? ing interesting order : "Cases on the docKet involving the validity of contracts for the salo of slaves, will bo heard on tho 21st instant, and taken up together." This order is subject to exception by counsel interested. The docket for this term is heavy-thero being one hundred and. five cases-and the court win, probably, be in session for the next two months. The 25th instant is set apart for :he final bearing between tho South Carolina ' Railrnnd and tho Pnlrimhi'o ?r>rl Inirnalo Unit. ' -oat!. The counsel fos. both roads are bore, i ind are bard at work. < The scathing editorial in yesterday's NEWS J an H?ge must have had some effect. Chiaf t Justice Moses ordered the Clerk to have tho, i order, from which I have made an extract, J published in the Courier, and not THE NEWS. 1 His Honor must fear he will bo similarly han? dled. THE NEWS TB certainly not a favorite ! among the State officials. Mr. C. D. Melton has been appointed tem- ; por arv Judge of the Supreme Court, in the case of Butler vs. Cosgrove, vic Judge Wil- j lrad, disqualified. The people of Columbia are glad to hear that Mr. P. B. Glass will probably bo chief clerk, under C. M. Wilder, the new postmaster. Mr. Glass is a brother of our former postmaster, and he bas the main qualities for such a posi? tion-p*litencBS and dispatch. HAT.TTAT. THE AUBE VILLE ENLISTMENTS. State ot the District - How the Knlisx. meats came A boat-What Guinn did and Said-The Status Q,uo. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEV78. ABBEVILLE COURTHOUSE, April 4, 18G0.-A few words will explain the present condition of the district and what has been done in regard io the negro militia. All went pretty well here from the time of the election until Governor Scott's testimony was given in the contested election between Reed and H?ge. The Abbeville papers pub? lished this testimony and denounced it in such a way that it throw Scott into a transport of passion, as we are informed. He at once at? tempted to have the writ of habeas corpus sus? pended. In that he failed, but he had a joint resolution passed authorizing him to raise an armed force tor the purposo of preserving the peace 1 This resolution we have never seen. It has not been published as we are aware. Before, however, we bad any idea of the resolution, or knew what authority had been giveu, in ran the negroes, flocking to a man hero who had been "a constable" and is now "a magistrate" by tho appointment of Governor Scott. TJpou inquiry this man Guflln (as it is said) report? ed that he had authority from Governor Scott to raise a company of on? hundred men io keep Abbecitle quiet. It is said that he had enlisted about fifty negroes, (we have never heard of his asking a white man to enlist) when several gentlemen of the village expostulated with bim, and hesaid.he confessed himself that he thought it would have a bad effe ct,' and he promised to ask Governor Scott to suspend Hie order. I among others u-ged him to do ibis. Since that time we baye not heard any? thing about it. I have understood that Guftin has declined' for ' the proeent thc services of great numbers of negroes which have been offered bim. Volunteers at $15 per month are numerous. Tho thing see J.S tobe suspended for the present, but I presume it will bo put into operation before another dec ?on, to dra? goon the unconquerableopposition of the pco p'e of this couutry. ****** Verv trulv and sincerely your triona", ' V -Dr. Petermann, the eminent geographer and orieinator of the first Germar, expedition to the North pole, announces that a second ex? pedition is to leave Bremerhaven m the first week of June It will consist of two shipB, a screw steamer of 120 tons and 30-horse power, and a sailing yacht of 80 tons. Tho object of this expodition, aa of the former one, is to in? vestigate the polar regions along tho coast of East ?reonland north of tho 75t,ii decree of north latitude. It is to be provided with a strong scientific staff, and to piwa the winter in tho Arctic regions, 60 as to roturo by Octo? ber, 1S70. THE SOVTU. Thc Address of Colonel Will-am h. Tren holm. President of the Charleston Board of Trade, on the Occasion of Its Third Anniversary. Tbe third anniversary of tbe Cbarleston Board of Trade was celebrated last night at the Hibernian Hall, where, at the request of the Board, an address was delivered by Colo? nel W. L. Trenbolm, wLose tera of office as President expired yesterday. Tbe dall was filled, and a large number of ladies graced the occasion with their presence. Upon the plat? form were the newly elected President, vice President, and officers of the Board of Trade, and a number of prominent citizens. After prayer by the Rev. Dr. Hicks, Colonel Trenbolm then delivered the following address, which was frequently interrupted by the hearty applause of his audience : Our native South, the "Land we love," finds herself in new and unlooked-for times. Hor tranquil and hapoy past waa rudely broken by one of those epochs of which history is full sudden revulsions in thc life of a people, when that which is, terminates, and that which is to be, begins. Stich moments of tranlition, of brief revolu? tion, are the landmarks of great eras; follow? ing, one apon another, they aro the giant st- ps by which nations mount to a high destiny; they are never found upon the smooth descent which leads to degradation; no serrated epochs jar thc peaceful movement bf thc downward bound I How short a time ago d<>cs it seem that with gav colon flattering in a lavonne breeze wo sailed out from peace and affluence to dare the storms of war. Like those ancient heroes, wlo, seeking Eldorado, found America, we, tempest-tossed and defeated, have been thrown upon the unknown shores of a now world, and all the hopes in which we embarked have been shattered, and now lie stranded before our des? ponding eyes. It is not un nat ural that our minds should be unsettled and our apprehensions excited; old oracles aro silent; precedents cannot be ap? plied; startling phenomena in government and society present themselves; *7o fool wants that we do not understand and cannot supply; we are alarmed by portents which we are not able to interpret. To obtain a respite from these troubles by thinking of tho past and dreaming of its res? toration has been too tempting to bo resisted by all; but it is no longer permitted to ns to indulge in dreams, nor even to encamp beside the old wrecks, which wa can never refit. We moat advance to the exploration of what lies before ns, and we should advance hope: fully and confidently, for we stand before the large opening of a new world, whose unmeas? ured resources await our coming. In our former state ne were often envied by certain classes labroad for the tranquillity wo enjoyed, but that state was nota healthy one. It was a condition of intellectual and indus? trial stagnation, in which the mind rests upon axioms instead of grappling with problems, the scope of aspiration becomes inverted and the circle of enterprise is constantly growing less. Nature and our predecessors made our eircunstances easv; we were not indolent, but Dur culture gave dignity to leisure, and when we sought occup?t ira it was of a kind that pleased our taste rather than of a kind com? manded by utility. La til ese characteristics wo stood apart from the rest of the world, and being in other things alienated from other branches ol tho English speaking family, wo had fallen into a condition )f morbid exclusiveness. We were averse io contact with strangers; wo looked with suspi? r?n and dislike upon immigration; wo wcro ?ven discouraged from travelling, and were leginii ng to ?urn a.vay from currant litem nre. _ ._. nanity to occupy us at home; our coucoptions < )f government were confined to what existed; t mr political feeling was upon the side of a i ithct constitution of written law, a rim J con- j ?et-vatism of all that was old; our simple faith \ ivould brook no scepticism as to the merit of j shat was established; our declining tastes Rave JO stimulus to iuvontioo; oui' narrowing enter- ( irises dispensed with the apiri of progress. j Well was it for the South that tho voice of ivar roused her from this fatal lethargy; seek- | ing to avert the chauee of futnro change, our ( awn precaution was made by Providence the j means of our rescue. By change alone could we have been saved from decay; by change ; alono could wo have been brought to the threshold of the destiny now opening before us. 1 At tho epoch of the war the South bad ful? filled all tho possibilities of her peculiar civili? zation; she had reached tbe culmination of ber development; sho bad accomplished the ends of her existence; she hod filled the meas? ure of her destiny. It is no new thing in history for. a people to live out more than one phase of civilization. The genius of Egyptian labor, Grecian art, Roman law, the honor of Mediaeval chivalry-have each in turn flowered and passed away. It is no reproach to our former state to say that it was a state of maturity, J nat it was becoming over-ripe and tending to decay; but io is a source of congratulation that we have escaped decay, and that we, even in our own time, are able to see that our past has not been in vain. We need not bo ashamed of our past; for though tho world long ago condemned slavery without understanding it, history will justly record how difficult its duties were and how faith fullly and successfully wo discharged them. Half a century before the war, when the slave trade ceased, tho South contained less than a million souls ot the African race; when the war occurred they had increased to upwards of four millions. These four million descendants of savages wore moro ot deriy and moral than the same class in any other civil? ized country, und they romain so up to the presoni moment, notwithstanding thc tempta? tions and privations of the war, tbe license of sadden freedom and tho bad advice of political agitators. They wore deeply imbued with the principles of Christianity, insomuch that since emancipation they have cheerfully davoted their scanty earnings' ti tho building and maintenance of churches and tho establish? ment of charitable societies; their intellectual powers were stimulated and improved as far as they logically could bc in a condition of slavory, and sufficiently developed to furnish a stimulus for continued effort, and to consti? tute tho basis of future improvement upon the < part of the freedmen themselves. Slavory was something moro than a contriv? ance for consolidating labor with capital; it was a discipline for both races, a school for the formation of character. As tar as slavery and our admiuistintiou of it aro amenable to moral judgment, it must bc judged by its influence up JU tbe maturity, aud not by its impression upon the pupilage, of those whom (Jod placed under its restraints. Tho masters as well as the. slaves, tho whites as well as thc blacks, learned many noble les? sons iu lite at this discontinued school. Pro- . vidonce and forecast for dopondcuta. indul? gence of the woak, and au habitual conscious? ness of responsibility upon thc part of those invested with power-tho obligations ot honor, tho forcoof character, thu power ol self-roli anco, the sanctity of individual rights, the de? va 'on of d'gnity above gain, of worth above wealth, were all character ts tics which we had :i right to be proud of, and which we sliould still tenaciously cling io. Outside our own limits, we exercised an in? fluence for good, thc effect of which is con? spicuous all over the Untied States. While Nev Eugland was exploring communism atxi dissipating personal identity und re? sponsibility, tho South was p. i tooting the ide :1 ot' the individual. When thc groat Unod of Democracy at thc North had obliterated ail venerable Iandraarkaand levelled all society, the South elevated still higher her ancien! families and historic namr-s to point a contrast winch Bbould abash tho levellers. When the West was one human river, rolling over over new soils and territories, retaining nothing, preserving nothing, but pursuing all things, until homo meant a camp and companionship was an incumbrauce, the i?outh rusted tran? quilly within her aucicnt borders, inhabited still her ancestral mansions, and cultivated at? tachment to the soil, repose and content? ment. It is not nccc3-ary to woigh tho value ot the I contributions to tho now harmonizing national character, which have been made hy thc differ? ent sect.ons of onr common country, lielorc the war we stood too widely opposed in all tho relations ot lifo for all our various qualities to er.tiibiuc, but now tho quick lutoilcot und fer? tile invon?ion of thc Kast, the large aims and broad cuit ure of the North, tho rostloss spiri: i nl'boundli'ss ambition of the We?t, the cou servative tenacity and intrepid courago oi South, will all become interwoven, and one substantial and well defined America: tional character. Planted at the opposite polos of human velopment, the North at the social cud South ut the individual, our contrary sys strained the bond of union and would hare it asunder. One-half century ago tho si ation would have been inevitable, but characteristic of the present age is unifica Wo Lave seen all the ancient principalit? Italy brought together into a single nations wo have seen the great Teutonic Fatherlan stored to unity and a common destiny hear from afar the murmur of pan-Sclav aspirations ; we have seen the combined pi of Europe invoked to keep down a little loi the unconquerable yearnings of Grecian sanguinity. Our late opposing sections, have felt the hand of Providence constraii us to draw closer together, and having in past been severally spinning the web and woof, we are to-day uniting them in the : texture of a common and uniform uationa At the North government and society I been approximating the Southern type ; i viduality has been emancipated from coom ism, the rank license ot thought and soe bas been restrained within tho bounds of coram, propriety bas become more influ?e than extravagance, and distinction is no Ion conferred by wealth alone. At the South similar and correlative chao have turned tho current of our future velopmoqf towards the Northern ideal. H authority has been deprived" of its prerogat personU distinction is being eclipsed by rep sontative prominence, expediency shares influence which used to belong io sentim alone, reason is more consulted than usa inducement is used rather than oompulsi public advantage prevails over private pr?t sion. All tho clements of character and soci which formerly were bent in one direction i now straining in that which is the opposi and yet tho one as much us thc other will bi us onward in prosperity. When a ship, wh: Becks ber port against an adverse wind, w all her sails aslant, has now the utmost limit her tack and turning sharp athwart her tom course, hauls round her yards and spreads 1 canvass tor a changed caroer, tho seama science knows that her progress is still ( ward; and so may we, if we look to princip! and not appearances, bo assured that t South is moving still onward to tbe haven her hopes-whether her prow points norl wardly or southwardly. Much as we may rejoice in the evidence general progr?s?, we are nevertheless not fi from apprehension aa to the future of indivi nal interests; we look back upon tho cru communism of the North as we remember it the past, and cling- still more fondly to tho pi tection of our ancient safeguards. This natural, but it is not altogether justified reason-we ore approaching their civiueati from tho opposite side to that at which th entered it, we are moving to meet them, wo a not following in their steps. When once the currents shall have mingled, neither can flt back to the point of its departure Apart from reason and interest, many of i are still held back by a sentiment which i must respect,. but to which none ought yield ; our destiny i3 not our own to make mar as we like, bnt we must conform lo tl requirements of our times and move to tl cadence of the great march ct the world. Tho feudal barons built lofty towers to abie their tenants and their herds in lawless time but now those empty strongholds st ind in pi turesquo decay upon the hills that lot down on tho peaceful Khi ne, untenan ted by mx ar beaut, serving no purpose but to adorn tl landscape, while on tho levol plains belo x thousand humbler dwellings give tho shelli ind security of home to a moro numerous ac i happier people. So it is with us. Our castled crags of ii lividual?8in have become obsolete. Ho wh still abides there chooses solitude and prou JOjanry; thoso who descend tj the vineyard iolow will find liberty and prosperity, peac md companionship. - - , Let us not imagine that they who join thi iestors whose effigies Bland in the niones c bc ancient walls. The institutions, the law: :he manners ol' tho past, subserved thoir pm lose and fulfilled their destiny. God impuso ;hcm, God has changed them. "What is ma ;b at lie should contend with tho Almighty ?" For us it is left only to explore our now cit .umstauees, to discover thoir resources, ant to appropriate their benefits. To this task we must bnng courage and pt dence, minds unfettered by prejudice, an eyes undazzlod by authority; we most be ii krepid enough to give offence to. ignorance we must forget to defer to senility, we mue leora to respect energy and to make usc c youth. Let the young and the bravo lead ou van' '.et the true and the wise direct our ooun sela, let the infirm and the timid follow safe! in the rear. Thus and thus only can wc ac vance, thus and thus only can we achieve. With common ends in view, and commo objects to attain, our energies must bo united and a common sentiment pervado our mindi It is easy for men to bo combined under th constraint of authority. The influence of po si'ion, the prestige of fame, place a Bceptre ii the hands of distinction by which unthinkinj minds exe ewr.yed, and indolent disposition directed. Such union constitutes the powe of empire, it consolidates energy; it represse selfishness. But this ia not the combinatioi we should Beek to maintain-our new condi tion must be a republic, or it will he nothing no single mind eau solve its varied problems no single character can prevail against its dil hculties. The solid front of voluntary oombi nation, the in esistiblo movemont of in tell i gen ce freely masaed and understanding iti aims, are the only forces that can avail agains tue obstacles which habit has built up, o which ignorance will thrust in Ibo way of tra progress. Look abroad upon tho world and contras the two s vstems. Seo Asia stagnating and Con tinental Europe wildly heaving under the powe ot empire, while England has renewed tho dor; of her history in the last groat triumph shi has givon to public opinion. The vast g lo bi itself is not too largo to bo lilied with thi reverberation of England's mighty shout ai tho statue of liberty is raised abovo the ancien seat of unjust privil ;ge and- opprossive prero? gative. Governments and all social establishment! derive their sanotion from their useful noss; under tho common law of modern civiii zitiou each may be summoned to tho bar o the public opinion of tho world and put upot thevindicatiou of its oxiatencc. Wewhohavt learned only lately what it is to have a govern men?- over us, in which for the moment wo cat take no part, should feel tho utmost interest ic tho sovereignty of the great public opinion o civilized mankind. It is the only tribunal tc which wo eau appeal, tho only po ver strong enough to protect us. Tho disabilities under whic'i tho South oneo stood in that high court aro now removed; thu werie! is growing moro just to our pnst, and is warmly drawn to us iu sympathy for oar pres? ent coudilion. To-day wo stand among thc othor civilized communities of the world, wearing thc court drees of free labor which thj ago proscribes, no longer obliged to plead our right to equality and respect. 'Tho presont. ago has brought all mankind very near together; through tho rapidity of communication it has multiplied the reciprocal ties between distant communities, and has en? larged thu interests which arc in common among widely-spreading populations. Human? ity Ivs become tue prevailing passion of our time; the brotherhood ol man, which Christ preached eighteen hundred years ago, is only now being practically accepted by tho world winch crucified Him. But now the world ?B heartily in earnest; Christian charity has be? come ?.ore universal than Christian faith, and hbors of love arc moro abundant than prayerd and penances. Wc >vho appreciate thc pest history o? tho Southern people knov that in tho offices of humanity they were entitled to rank with .auy ocher community. WeVnow that tho Liomin discipline of tho* plan taiiou was tempered with patriarchal benevolence-that subordination went bandin hand with familiar intimacy, and thal courtesy was shown to ago, kowevcr hum? ble, and respect accordod to morit, oven in a slave. The time may come when tho world will do us justice in these Ulinga, and wo should boldly claim it of the world, and not stultiry our pist and embitter our futuro by suffering the freedmen ot thc Sont h to bo persuado:! Hutt they have suffered wrongs in tho past or are likely lo bo defrauded of their nqhts in the future. The obligations of honor and humani? ty in which our childhood was educated s;ill bind us to thc African race; tboj have still tho claim upon U3 that weakness has upon streiigtli, tba. ignorance his upou knowledge, that want Las upton wealth. Their new rela? tions to us h ire enlarged the area of our com? mon interest?, Dolore, wo wore materially ?io tereated in their physical and moral well-bei only; POW we have a still more important terest in their Intellectual improvement. Ho ever premature and hazardous we may r iga think tho enfranchisement of the negroes, cannot fail to seo that it ia irrevocable. Wb ever danger there may be, comes from thi ignorance, not their malevolence, and th ignorance may be enlightened. Education not dependent upon schools, nor does it nt e8sarily rest upon reading and writing-the are best, but they are not essential, ai meanwhile until these can be a?o: ed, let us loso no opportunity of advisii and encouraging these simple people the difficulties and perplexities of their nt responsibilities. We need not fear that tl African race will ever impose its inferior ct turo upon the Caucasian-when we voluntan abandon the field, tbey may walk in and o cupy it, if we should unwisely exclude the from political association with ns, and ?ri thom back upon themselves, they will fit leaders of their own blood or of oars, and w mako their influence foll; but if wo resume tl personal influence of the past with them, ri tam their affection and oontinue to deaen their confidence, they will not be slow to lear that what is our good is theirs, what bi inc prosperity to us brings it to them, and that : we are able to think better than they, so thc will do well to listen to our counsel and sn; port our measures. To gain their con fi dene we need not soil onr hands with, intrigue nc stoop to becomo sycophants; they have bee si tidying us all their lives and know when w are in earnest; our kindly aodsincere purpose towards them will bo most apprnniatcd ?he least demonstrative, and our ' own position j sufficiently assured to make us absolutely Ire to approach them frankly, unaffectedly and i tho open light of day. Such intoroourea is not inconsistent wit cither the past or present relations of tho tw races; it is in harmony with tho groat law o Christian charity, and is plainly poiutod ou by the most practical common sense. One established it can never be again intorrAptec because its benofits will bo too much appr?cia ted ever to be resigned. Let equal justice for all bo once fairly est?t Libbed, let mistrust and suspicion be dispelloc let law be Boated above politics, and truth an justice preferred before party, and the fntnr of tbe South becomes assured. -Then may w widen tho basis of our prosperity, enlarg the area of our enterprise, multiply the em plot mon ts, the interests and the aspirations c our people. Nat are has Bet no limit to our development the genial soil of the South would nourish a ver, mucn larger population than that now inhabit mg it ; our facilities for manufacture are abund ant, our mineral res ou roos are almost un touched, our harbors and rivers are eufiioien for all the commerce of the Atlantic. We need population and capital-the one wil oom? if we open our doors ; the other will fol low if we assure it of protection. Tbe tbirteei Southern States, excluding Maryland and Dela ware, contained in 1860 830,009 square mile: and 11,500,000 of inhabitants, which is les than fourteen to the square mile, if all th South were as densely populated ai South Carolina, it would contain nearly 24.000, 000 of inhabitants ; if it were as densely pee pied as New England, the number ? oula bi 40,000,000 and over. That the population o the South did not progress in the same ratio ai that of other parts of tho United States, is no torious. Our uorthern frontier, washed by thi living tide which has flowed even up to thi base of the ti ocky Mountains, bas been almos a burrier to immigration. Between 1850 ant 18G0 the foreign born population of tho North ern States increased 2,550,000-that of th< Southern States only 325,000, or as eight to one yet in 1860 at tho South, only ono acre in even seven ?as " improved," while at tbe North oa< in every five was improved. In Illinois formt were worth on an average twenty dollars ai acre, iu Alabama nine dollars an acre ; yet un doubtedly at the South tho beet lands only in each State were under cultivation. lt ia trite to say that slavery was the cause of thu diiforeneo, but few who aro ready wit! this explanation have considered in what wav slavery prevented immigration. It bas beer Bpeakof 'tliri ' IMBLhatts'tJi ^LgaOM} WVWml* supposed sentimental objections; but this it uuphilosophical and untrue. Immigrants boc certainly been taught, by the experience ol those who had tried it, that the South was nol the place for them, but the causes that exclud? ed thom were physical and not moral; they wore economic and not sentimental. They arose not from any obloquy attaching to laboi at the South, but from tbe fact taat here slave ty mobilized the laboring population and en? abled it to be massed together in large force, to be rapidly moved from place to place, and tc oecupy new and rich Boils just as soon as these became accessible to immigrants. Under ordinary circumstances, the native population of a country is permanently seated: attachment to tho soil and the ties of family re tain it until its density beoomes excessive, and emigration is embraced as the alternative tc hopeless poverty. If such conditions had ob tained at tbo South, or it slavery hero had not been contemporaneous with the extraordinary facilities for transmigration which the present century has in trod aced, tho original slave States wuuld probably have contained to-daj the eleven millions which constitute the South? ern population, and European immigration ffould long since have filled up all the rest of our present territory. Bul when the whole intelligence of the South was intent upon discovering tho best and rich? est soils, its whole capital was available foi their acquisition and its whole laboring popu? lation ready to occupy them, tbe immigrant found himself at a hopeless disadvantage Alone, and without capital or credit, he came ii compotition with the master of many slaves Occupying tho poorer lands, he earned les? and spent moro in living than the slave, foi combina ion augments production and econo? mize consumption. The mobility of our laboring population noi only excluded immigrants from our new terri? tory and prematurely diminished the laboriup population of tho older Statos, but in these thc slaves became massed together as the compe? tition ol tho West came to be more and mon felt. Thus -rofitable planting required large capital ; small proprietors were at a disadvan? tage. Free labor was too expensive for botb laborer and employer, hence many wero forced to emigrate ; and so extensive was th.g emigra tion that thc census of 1860 showed that of the white persons then living in the United States who hud boon born in Bmth Carolina, 277,0CK only remained at home, while 193,000 wert permanently settled in other States. North Carolina retained 631,000 and bad parted witt 272 000. Virginia retained 1,000,000 and hat Bent off 400,000 of her native white population. The same cause practically prohibited manu factures, because manufactures aro moro de pendent than agriculture, even, upon fixitj of population. Cheapness of living, uniformi? ty and regularity in tho supply of thc neces? saries of Ufo, uro conditions which must bo ir existence in every locality before manufactur? ing becomes possible there. These conditions cannot obtain where population is shifting, nor will capital consent to permanent invest? ment where values fluctuate with the move monte of nomadic labor. With the extinction of slavery tho South pre? sents to immigration an entirely different as? pect, um native population, no longer migra? tory, is already bogiuniug to find the country loo 'arge, and to conjecture how immigration can be reconciled with conservatism. Ont foreign-born citizens, fei in number, but in? telligent and prosperous, aro earnestly and ac? tively engaged in inviting thoir countrymen to to try their fortunes hore, whiio the attitudo towards immigration assumed by our newly enfranchised classes reflects infinite credit alike upon their good sense and their pa? triotism, and onti les thom to participate, throughout the future, in tho benefits of a broa : and liberal public policy. Lot us everywhere in thc South yiold to this impulse of the limos. The great popular mind lias fastened upon immigration us the foremost mo i -ure of the day, and its ultimate triumph admits of no question; but in many a private oircto, in many an ancient coterie, doubts and apprehensions aro si ill entertained. Many au empty privilege-many a useless custom-thc lumbering rubbish which eolhets in old com? munities-niuy be boino away upon this vigo? rous flood, Some venerable aud worthy relics, too. may bo lost; but it is better to loose tho relics o? antiquity than to moko no bequests to posterity. The past did its duty and is dead; bu - wo live upon its works. Let us likewise do our duty, that our children may in turn livo upon ours. ****** Fling wide your doors to immigration and compel them to como in-not barbarians, '.o be boasts of burden, but intelligent, thrifty, lib? erty-loving mon, and healthy, industrious and virtuous women. Welcome all alike, whether they bo laborers or capitalists, artisans or merchants. Establish just laws and watch jealously over their impartial ad? ministration; see that labor is assured ot its earnings; that property is made sacred; I wealth is effectually guarded against pu and private assault. Let the inviolabilit tbe person and the sanctity of buman Ufe ceive the most impressive sanction of courts; let the public peace be naiutai with tbe truncheon of the policeman, and thc bayonet of the soldier; let the public penditnres bo directed to the eada of g government, and no1, to the nourishment party. Long before these things are all acct plished, before even we shall all be of tho sa mind as to their merit, the tide of im mis tion will be npon us. Our soil is too accessi and too fertile, and our climate too pleas; and healthful to bo passed by for the disti and inhospitable regions, which alone s offer public lands to the immigrant. Agriculture in the South presents now gre er inducements to the farmer than to the pla or. Science and mechanical invention are mi effective than muscular force. Varied prod tion ia more lucrative than the culture o single staple. The immigrant will find his tfilligoiice appreciated, his skill available, 1 thrift profitable: our population will beco: fixed, living will be cheaper, manufacttu will be possible, trade will become more acti and more ramified. Our country towns v grow, our cities will bo multiplied and will 1 come more populous. Occupation and oppt tunity will be found for all; native taleut a industry will find freer scope and larger i ward than ever before, while new-comers TI no longer be feared as rivals, but will be w. corned as allies. The dense populations of the Eastern ai Middle States can spare us a large number immigrants, whose education, enterprise ai ci pi tal will be of vast consequence to our eai prosperity. The inducements the South hoi out to this class aro sufficient to bring the without other invitation, but the people of tl South owo it to themselves to meet the fte comers in a manly spirit. It would bo u worthy of us to tako a mercenary view of sui a question, and hen:e I say nothing of exp diency;bnt it is becoming ia ns, because it manly and generous, to give a frank and hone welcome to those who aro personally worthy it, whether they were with us or against us the past. After the Bo volution, the fratricidal passioi which had arrayed Whig against Tory w; banished from the heroic breasts of victo and vanquished alike; and we who have so co spicuoual.' imitated tho courage of our ance tors, need not be ashamed of emolating the generosity. The advent of strangers, however welcen they may be, cannot fail to have the effect i drawing closer together all the classes of 01 native and old adopted population. There something in old associations which cannot 1 entirely expelled from the human breast, ax we shall all stand more firmly together whe in the presence of those who do not share i the memories of the past. With ranks recrai od, energies refreshed, hopea elated, we of t South may move forward io the occupation < our future with the assurance which reaso S'ves to those who are provided with the rceax command success. In that future the South will find a destin' which is not yet revealed to us who must bea the burdens of the march. Intrepid in spiri as the South is, resolute in endeavor and no I in achievement as we have proved ourselve to be, the obstad s wbioh still lie before u will not be overcome without great effort an great sacrifice; the sacrifice, must be indi vidual, bat the effort must boin common. H who is conscious of being worthy of leodin must be content to take a place in the rankt he who is ambitions of being first to scale th wall must abide bv the wagons if need be he who loves solitude must be roady to rus! into the tlickestof the fray. Thus will pei sonal sacrifico minister to public advantage and the common good will grow by comme effort. Let us array ourselves in a panoply 0 enthusiasm, proof against tho petty darts 0 prejudice and affectation, and shoulder t shoulder bear down tho barriers of ignoranc and obstruction; we need no leaders, but w will find represcnlalivtmtn; we need no crown ed authority, but we will stand under the fre haataaa crfSaafaBft opinion-the ruler of th Public opinion is tho Me.chisidecn or on agc, receiving tribute from all mankind, allow ing ompiro, or conduoting revolution, anoint ed or God, tho King of Peace. Within th limits of its wide influence no wrong can stain nncondemncd, no lio can remain unrebuked but trut i. however homely, is made honor able-r.ghis, however humble, are exalted ti power. There the human mind is free: no antiqui usage nor obsolete tradition fetters bunni speech, for publio opinion can only live in thi atmosphere of liberty ; it is the spirit ot truth the interpreter of revelation-the only ?0: populi, cox dei. When thought and speech ar not free from prejudice and fashion, the domi. nation of party or the dictation of caucus, tba which calls itself public opinion is a usurper for if tho mind be not free, truth is imprisonei in her own citadel, and ber standard still float ing. above tho outer wall, becomes the em blom of successful falsehood. To establish among us forever the true am the right, it is only necessary that ever, man should assert absolute independenc of thought and speech, and accord tho sam to every other man. This is no eas; task; it devolves especially upon the youni and the bravo, the honest-heat ted am the humble-minded, for liberty does not corni of pride, but ot humility; not of strength, bu of courage; not of experience, but of aspiration Upon all sides there is work to be done, erro to be exposed, truth to be illustrated. In on courthouses and workshops, upon the marts 0 commerce, in the fields of agriculture, where ?wer men are called to labor with the hand 0 the brain, we need clear heads, strong hearts steady hands-not to dictate, but to persuade not to lead, but to encourgejnot to control, bu to point out. Thus, and thus only, will oui whole population alva..cc iu harmony anil vi th unity of purpose. A pooplo so moved ant eing in unison with the gre it prevailing prin 0.plo of their times, acquire a momentum ii the direction of greatness wnichis irresistible The greatness of a people is not measured ii modern times by tho altitude of one class abov another, but by tbe common elevation of thi whole. Baise nigh your highest, but leave no the lowly low; let merit bo exalted, let inteUi geuce soar among tho clouds, but leave no hu man being to struggle alone with the degrada tion that drags him still downward; heap ni contumely on the head of the humblest aspi rant for honor and position. Thus will al unite in building up a glorious future, when all may dwell in happiness and honor. Timi will our public greatness bo a perpotual I? Deum, for there is a grand harmouy in th< mingling emotions of u free community. Th< solemn groundtouo of oarnest masses, the vaal swell of porvading onthusiasni, the whole dia pason ol Human aspirations, pour their umtet torrent upward and fill tho oar of Heaven witl man's great laborare esl orare,whilehigh abovi thc tumultuous coucoid rises, pure and dca like the .reblo of a silver bugle, tbe dominatinj idea of the epoch. EASTER CHURCH ELECTIONS. PT. JOHN'S OHDCCH, RICHLAND. Wardens-Dr. W. Weston, Mr. Robt. Adams Vestrymeu-J. P. Adams, P. G. Chappell. W W. White, T. Weston. Uolouel W. Adams, Jas Shoolbred. CHURCH OF THE ADVENT, MAMON. Vestrymen-Colonel W. S. Mullins, Dr. D. j Prico, Colonel R. P. Graham, Captain A. L Evaus, Major A. J. Shaw. Wardens-Dr. D. S Prico, Coioucl W. S. Mullins. Delegates tc Diocesan Convention-Dr. D. S. Price, Colonel W. S. Mullina. CHBI3T CHURCH, iii RS ' BLUP?. Delegates to the Diocesan Convention-Wal? ter Gregg, F. MaudoviUo Rogers, E. P. Harllee. -Undor-soa tunnels aro attracting tho atten? tion of litiglish engineers, and in addition to tho projected tunnel under the English Chan? nel, betweon Dover and Calais, it ia now pro? posed to unite Scotland and Leland by a tun? nel, running from a point on tho northeast coast of Antrim, Ireland, to Glenstrona, Scot? land, passing through tho high rocky penin? sula called the Mull of Cantvro. The total length of the tunnel ia estimated at fourteen miles three furlongs. Tho grouud through which it would have to be dug, it is asserted, ia exactly suited for tunnelling operations, und tho saadstono for lining it can bc bad iu auy quantity 011 the Irish side. It is proposod :b construet the tunnel for a single lino only, tao extreme depth being twenty-one f :et, and tho clear width at tho level of the rads ?fteen feet. Three lines of rails, to accommodate wide and narrow gango cairiagcs. however, are to ho laid. 'The time estimated for completing Mic tunnel ia about aix y^-rs. and t ho co it $21 233. OtlO. Topsy a dividend ol fivo por cent, j he I road should cain ?2JD per t.ii e per week. FOR BOSTON; , THE SCHOONER ANNA E. GLOVER, having half of lier cargo engaged, will load. ?with dispatch for tho at?vo port. ? For Freight engagements apply to T. TUPPER A 80N8, Marsh 31 Brown's Whare FAST FK El ti UT HMS ' " TO AND FROM BALTIMORE, PBTLADELj.V PHI A, WASHINGTON CITY, WILMINGTON DEL., OINOINNATI, OHIO, ST. LOUIS. MO.. AND OTHER NORTH WE 8 TERN CITIES - LEAVING EACH PORT EYERV. 6TH DAY. ?7< FALCON'.JESSE D. EOL-EZ, Commander;. ' 3 EA GULL.N. P. DUTTON, Commander? HARTLAND..J. V. Jo H.vaos, Commander. THE FAVORITE AND SWIFT 'Steamship FALCON, J. D. HORSEY 'Commander, will ? a!) for Baltimore ?on 1'HuaanAZ, 8th April, at 4 o'clock ?. M., from Pier No. 1, Union Wharves. Heavy freights taken at very low rates-to Ph fla-, lelphia, Rice 50c;Roafn 30o. For Freight or passage, apply to COURTENAY A TEENHOLM", April 7_2_Union Wnarvtf. JEW YORK AND CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP LINE. FOB NEW TORE. 3ABIN PASSAGE $30_ THE SPLENDID SIDE-WHEEL [STEAMSHIPS of this Line will 'leave Adger's South Wharf, during 1 ?the m on tb of April, aa folio wa s . 1.. TAMES A Dir ER-TUESDAY, April 6, at 2 o'clock P M 3HAMPION-SATURDAY, April 10. at 4 o'clock P M CHARLESTON-TUESDAY, April 13, at 8 o'olo?k A M. MANHATTAN-SSATOBDAY, April 17, at 10 o'clock A M TAMES ADQER-TUESDAY, April 20, at 12 o'clock M DHAMPION-SATUJVDAY, April 24. at 4 o'clock-P.M JHARLESTON-TUESDAY. April 27. at 7 o'clock AM ter Insurance can he obtained by these steamers it >? per coat. 49? An J'xtra Charge of SS will be made topae iengere purchasing Tickets on board after silling. 49- These STEAMSHIPS have handsome . and ? roomy accommodations for passengers, and .their tablea are supplied with all tho delicacies of the New: xerk and Charleston markets. For Freight or Passage, apply to JAMES A DOER A CO., Corner Adger's Wharf and East Bay (Up-etaira.) April 5 FOR PHILADELPHIA AK D BOSTON. REG ULAR EVERT THURSDAY. - H THE STEAMSHIP PBOMETHEUB, ' Captain GEAT, will leave North At? 1 lando Wharf, on IHUBSDAX, April. < .8th, at -o'clock. For Freight or Passage apply to JOH N ft 1'HKO. (jETTY, Aprils_North Atlantic Wharf. FOR NEW YOUR. REGULAR LINE EVERT TSURSDAYt PASSAGE REDUCED TO 915. THE 6IDEWBEEL BTEAMSKLP ' MAGNOLIA, Captain M. B. Ono 'WELL, will lea to Vanderherst*. ?? ?Wharl on THURSDAY, April 8, 1869,. it 4 o'clock P. M. Aprils_RAVENED ft CO.. Agenta, FOR LIVERPOOL. .MARLESTON AND LIVERPOOL STEAMSHIP LINE. THE FT R.VT CLASS IRON 80REW [Steamship CAMILLA, HlXBX 'PEACE Commander, is now ready ito receive Freight tor the above port,, to eall on or about 10th of April. . /. For Freight engagements, apply to BO Bli BT MURE ft CO., Boyce's Wharf. . 49- Risks taken by this vessel at five-eighth* [%) per coot. ._March 26 nAnJo{h?r"pRce., JMlLMfr to lay in their supplies of PROVIS IONS, CLARETS, CHAMPAGNES,. CORDIALS, BRANDIES, WHK KIES, WLNh?, CANNED MEATS, 8O0PS, ftc t Pates of Wild Game, Deviled Entremets, Har*, Tukey, Lobster, etc, for Limcheoaa, Sandwiches;i1 Travelers' Repast, Ac. 49-Send for a catalogue. WM. 8. CORWIN A 00., .Nc 275 King-street,. . Between Wentworth and BeaonUn, ? Charleston, S. 0. Branch of No. 900 Broadway, corner 20th street, New York. . - . . OctoberM PACIFIC MAIL, STEAMSHIP COMP TB' THBOUGH LIRii TO CALIFOBNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. CHANGE-1 OF SAILING DATS! STEAMERS Oe* THC ABOVE: Une leave Pier No. 42, North Hirer, foot of Canal street. New York, at _ 12 o'clo-'k noon, of the lot, 11th and 21st of every month (except when theae dates fall on Sunday, then the Saturday oror.edtngi. Departure of lat and 21st connect at Panama wita) steamers for. South Pact tlc and Central American porte Those of let touch at tt*aaanlllo. Departure of 11th or each month connecta with the now steam line from Panama to Australia and ? New Zealand. ? . _ Steamship J' PAN leaves San Francisco for China and Japan May 4. 1869. No California steamers touch at Havana, bat go. direct from New York to Aaplnwatt, ' * One hundred pounds baggage free to each adult Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets or rartber information aypfr at tho OOMPANrS TICKET OFFICE, on the wharf, foot of Canal-atreet, North River, New York. . March 12_lyr_F. R. BABY, Ageat CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. INLAND ROUTE-ONLY TWO AND A HALF HOURS AT SEA. THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA. CHARLESTON AND 8 AV AN NAH STEAM PACKE X. LINE, THF STEAMER PILOT BOY, OAP I 'TATV FEMN Piox, Win leave Aocom' modallon Wharf every MONDAY and T HU US D AT Mom? . maa, at 8 o'clock, touching at H-aa: ort only; returning will leave Savannah TUESDAY and FBXDAYV at 9 o'clock A. M., making the trip lu eievon honra. Tho Steamer FANME, captaiu AOALU. will leave Charleston every WEDNESDAY .\ioimrao at 8 o'ol??k. touching at Ediato, Chisolm's Landm/, Beaufort and Hilton Head ; returning, leav? Savannah every THUBB DAY, at 2 o'clock P. M., luuchiuif at the above land? ings. Will touch at Blufften on the second WEDNESDAY in every month, going and returning. For Freight or Passage apply to JOHN FERGUSON, April 6 Accommadation Wharf. FOR PALATKA, KI.URI?.A, . . VIA SAVANNAH, ?M???i?A ANIT JACKSON VILLE. . ?ffT** THE FIBST-CASS S TEA M EB ?S?ES/SUm*DICTATOR, Captain WM. T. MCNIL TY, will sall irom Charleston ever lot slay Evening, at Eight o'clock, lor the above pointa. Tye first-class Steamer CITY P'.ilM, Captain GEO. F. .oilILLAS will i ail from Charleston every Fri? day Evening, al Eight o'clock, lor aoove points. Connecting with the Central Railroad at Savannah for Mobile and Ne m Orleans, and wt th. tue Florida Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keya.Bt whloh point steamers connect with New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola. Key West and H-vana. Thronen Bills Lading given for Freight to Mobile, Pensacola and New Orleans. Connecting wiiA H. fe*. Hart's tirtmrrs Oclatoaha and Griffin for Silvr Spr.ngt an t Lakee Griffin, Eue? tie, Harrie and Durham AU freight n tyablc un tho wharf. Goods not removed at sunset will be etored at ria and expense of owners. For Freight or Passage eneaaeuict t, apply to* J. D. AIKEN G CX, Agent?, . ?omb Apantle Wharf. N. B.-No extra charge focMei-a and Staterooms. November 21 (Ernir.?ons. EXCURSIONS AKOV.VD TI1K HARBOR. THE FINE*. FAST SAILING AND OOM 'FORTABLZ appointed Tacht ELEANOR, swill resume her trips to historic points in: ?the harli ir. and will leive Government Wiriri daily at Ten A. Hi and Three P. M. For Paseado npply io J HO JA > YOUNG. D<vem JBI- M . auio'n. oa board.' ' C. .7. SCULEPEURUL!., No. 37 LINE-STREET, BETWEEN KING AN I ST. PHJJ.TP, LUMBER OF EV ERV DESCRIPTION ANC BUILDING MATERIAL. 3.1'.il- and PLASTER^ INO L ATHS. PAINTS. OHA GI \ - ES smNGLE? nlso (?ROOVE AND TONGUE Bi;ARDS, Ac., con? stantly on baud ?t the lowest market uric s. Sjplembcr 12 mthslyr