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VOLUME VIL-NUMBER 1093. CIIAKLESTON, S. C., MONDAY MORNING, MAHCH 1, 1869. SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM BY TELEGRAPH PRESIDENT GRANT'S EIRST MES? SAGE. 00NGIIE8S INVITED TO LEGISLATE FOB VIBG?HIA AND MISSISSIPPI. WASHINGTON, April 7.-Tho following mess ago from tho Prosidont was roceivod by Con? gress at ? o'clock this afternoon : To the Fenate and House of Representatives : While I am awaro that the time in which Congress proposes now to romain in session is rory brief, and that it is its desire, as far as ie consistent with tho publie interest to avoid en? tering upon tho general businoss of legislation, there ia one subject which concerns so dooply the welfare of tho country, that I doom it my duty to bring it beforo you. I have no doubt that you will concur with mo in tho opin? ion that it is desirablo to restore the States which were engaged in tho rebellion to their proper relations to the govornmont and tb o country, at as early a period ae. tho people of those States shall be found willing to becomo peaceful and orderly communities, and to adopt and maintain such constitutions """anvdjawa as will o<Tcctuilly secure the civil and poutnwJ jricbjfcs of all persona within their borders. The authoYTry orirre^^KWw^^^^ij. which has been vindicated and established by its military power, must undoubtedly bo as? serted for tho absoluto protection of all ns citizens in tho full enjoyment of tho freedom and security which is tho object of a republi? can government.* But whenevor the people of a rebellious State aro ready to enter, i 1 Rood faith, upon tho accomplishment of this object in entire conformity with the constitutional authority of Congress, it is certainly desirablo that all causos of irritation should bp 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 ot the people of Yirginla, which met in Richmond on Tuesday, Decem? ber 3d, 1867, framed a constitution for that State, which was adopted by the cinvention ou tbe 17th of April, 1868, and I desice rospootful ly to call tho attention of Congress to the pro? priety of providing by law for tb? boldmg of an election in that State at some timo during the months of May and Juno next, under the direction of the military commander of the' district, at whioh tho question of the adoption of that constitution shall be submitted to the citizens of the Stato. Aud ii' 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 bo an election for the officers provided under nuca constitu? tion, and that tho constitution, or suoh parts thereof as shall have hoon adopted hy tho peo? ple, bo submitted to Congress on the first Mon? day of December next for its con lideration, so that*if the same is then approved the necessary stops will havo been taken for tho restoration of the State of Virginia to its proper relations to the Union. I am led to make this recommendation from the confident hope and belief that the people of that State are now ready to co-operate with the National Government in bringing it again into such relations to the Union, as it ought, as 800D as possible, to establish and maintain, and to give to all its people those equal rights under the law whioh were, assorted in the Declaration of Independence in the words of one of the moat illustrious of its eons. I desire aleo to ask the consiuoration of Con? gress to tbe question whether there is not just ground for behoving that the constitution framed by a. convention of tbe people of Mississippi for that State, and onoe rejected, might not be again submitted to the people of that State in Uko manner and with the proba? bility of the same result. (Signed) U. 8. GBANT. 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 th? President to appointa commission to report on tho ship Canal across the Isthmus of Darien. The bill reorganizing the Judiciary passed with several amendment?, and goes back to the House. The dis JU a a ion. of tho Deficiency Appropria? tion bill was resumed. An amendment appro? priating fifty thousand dellars for the improve? ment of tho mouth of the Mississippi was lost, and the bill passed. Lt THE Hongs, the Indian Appropriation bill passed, also the bill authorizing the bridging of the. Ohio Riv?r at Paduoah. Tike "Butler-Rice" Georgia bill was intro? duced. Butler moved tho previous question, whioh was not seconded, when a general de? bate ortsued. Bingham made an elaborate constitutional argument in opposition to the bill, when the House adjourned without any action. L WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, April 7.-Tho Senate has passed the 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 lo investigate the Louisiana election during the rojeas. The friends of tho Personal Disability bill have litt lo hopes of their success this session. The negroes of the distriot have petioned for uniform school privileges. EUROPE. TH* H Ht G OF PORTUGAL, REFUSES THE THRONS OF SPAIN. MADRID, April 5.-Informal meetings of members of the majority in the Constituent Cortes haverosuUcd in a resolution lo support ex-King Fernando, of Portugal, for the throne of Spain. The Council of Ministers have also deoided to second the majority of the Cortee in this determination, and a deputation with Don Salus tina de Ola zag? at its head, has gone to Lisbon io invite King Fernando to accept the candidature. MADRID, April 7.-Tho Portuguese Embassy have been Instructed to inform the Spanish Government that Don Fernando positively re fuses the Spanish Crown. IMPRISONMENT VOE DEBT. , . LONDON, April fi.-Jja the House of Com mons the bill for tho abolition of imprison ment tor deH peaced the eecond reading. ' ? ii -. ? ?ft ' .v. THE TURF. THE MATAIBIE It A OES-THIRD DAY. NEW OBLEANS, April 7.-Sweepstakes, mile heats, for two years old, that had never won. Entranco $25, club pur*o $300. First race-Riobard's ohestnut filly-time, 8, 1, 1; Wilson's Jeff Jennings, by Lightning; timo-3, 3, 2 ; Eenner's Doini Monde, by Whalo; timo-1, 2, 8 ; Lipscomb's Air Winn, by Melbourne, 4 ; distanced, 1. Timo, 1:50j; 1:48; 1:52. Second race-Dash of four miles, for all ages -purso $650. Privateer beat Agues Donovan and Alf Winn; latter only running three milcB. Timo-7:594. Third race-Milo heatn; for ell ages - purse $400. Little Mark, 1, 1 ; Betty Bay, 2, 2. Time-1:46$ ; 1:45$. Track and day flue; at? tendance large. STARKS FROM THE WIRES. Tho Georgia wheat crop is doing well. Tho woathor was cold in Savannah yester? day. Tho North Carolina Legislature will probably adjourn on Monday. Wm. Stedman was confirmed, yesterday, as Consul at St. Jago, and Long as Consul at Panama. Josiah Turner, tho editor of the Haleigh {*Toiir>oJ_waB fired at on Tuesday night. No? body hurt. Admiral Hoff has boon ordered to watch the Peruvian monitors as well as the expected ex? pedition from Now Orleans. . At tho great billiard contest in Montreal, , Dion beat Foster the third and deciding match, tho game closing-D:on 1200, and Foster 1115. ' Spanglor and Arnold, the so-called assassi? nation conspirators, who were pardoned by i President Johnson, arrived at Baltimore on the G^ba. FROM THE STATE CAPITA*!^ Meeting of the Supreme Court-in Ina- , portant Order-The A'ews and the State j Official?. [FBOM ?V7B SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] ' COLUMBIA, S. C., April 6.-The Supreme j Court mot to-day, at 12 o'clock, in one of the , buildings of tho University. Chief Justice Moses and Associate Justice Willard were : prosont; Associate Justice Solomon L. H?ge j was absent, and will probably be so the re- ? mainder of this term. The judicial silk has no longer aobarm for him. The docket ef the First Circuit was sounded; io answers wore mado. It will be perempto- i .ily called to-morrow. Tho case of James j Dosgrove vs. R. M. Butler, D. T. Corbin for j appellant, J. Phillips for appellee, will be ar? gued to-morrow. The court issued the follow up interesting order : "Cases on the docset ! involving the validity of contracts for the sole ? if slaves, will be heard on the 21st instant, i md talton up together." This order is subject to exception by counsel interested. ( Tho docket for this term is Jieavy-there i being ono hundred and five cases-and the 1 ;ourt will, probably, be in session for the next \ ,wo months. The 25th instant is set apart for i ho final hearing between the South Carolina | Railroad and the Columbia and Augusta Rail? road. The counsel fer both roads are here, : tod aro hard it work. ' 1 The scathing editorial in yesterday's NEWS J >n H?ge must have had some effect. Chief , Justice Moses ordered the Clerk to have the arder, from which I have made an extract, published in the Courier, and not THE NEWS. His Honor must fear he will be similarly han-' lied. THE NEWS is certainly not a favorite among the State officials. Mr. C. D. Melton has been appointed tem? porary Judge of the Supreme Court, in the jase of Butler vs. Cosgrove, vic* Judge Wil? trud, disqualified. The people o' Columbia are glad to hear that Mr. P. B. Glass Will probably be chief clerk, under C. M. Wilder, the new postmaster. Mr. Glass is a brother of our former postmaster, and he bas tho main qualities for such a posi? tion-politeness and dispatch. HALIFAX. THE ABBEVILLE ENLISTMENTS. State of the District - How the Enlist, menu came About-What O affin did and Said-The Statue Ono. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. ABBEVILLE COUKTHOUSE, April 4, 1869.-A few words will explain the present condition of Ihe district and what has been done in regard to 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 bo tween Reed and H?ge. The Abbeville papers pub? lished ibis testimony and denounced it in such a way that it threw Scott into a transport of passion, as we are informed. He at onoe at? tempted to haye 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 purpose of preserving the peace ! This resolution we have never seen. It has not been published as we are aware. Before, however, we had any idea of the resolution, or know what authority had been given, in ran tho negroes, flocking to a man hero who bad been "a constable" aud is now "a magistrate" by the appointment of Governor Scott. Upon inquiry this man Gunin (as it is said) report? ed that he bad authority* from Governor Scott to raise a company of one hundred men to keep Abbeville 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 him, and he said.ho confessed himself that he thought it would have a had effeot, and he promised to ask Governor Booti to suspend the order. 1 among others urged him to do this. Sinoe lhat time we have not heard any? thing about it. I have understood that G?ttin has declined for the prosent the services of groat numbers of negroes whieh have been offered him. Volunteers afc $15 per month are numerous. The thing soo na to be suspended for the present, but I presume it will be put into operation before another election, to dra? goon the nnoonnnorahl? opposition of thc peo? ple of this country. * .? ? ? . . ? ? . j '# Very truly and sinoerely your friend, -Dr. Petermann, the eminent geographer and ordinator of the first German expedition to the North pole, announces that a second ex? pedition is to leave Bremerhaven in the first week of June, It will consist of two ships, a screw steamer of 120 tons and 80-horse power, and a sailing yacht of 80 tone. The object of this expedition, as of the former one, is io in? vestigate the polar regions along the coast of East Greenland north of the 75th degree of north latitude. It is to bo provided with ? strong scientific staff, and to pass the winter in the Arctio regions, so as to return hy Octo? ber, 1870. THU SOUTH. Thc Address of Colonel William fa. Tren holm, Presldeat of tht. Charleston Board of Trade, on the Occasion of its Third il nniirersary. Tho third anniversary of the Charleston Board of Trade was celebrated last night at the Hibernian Hall, where, at the request of tho Board, an address was delivered by Colo? nel W. L. Trenhohn, whose terra of offlco as President expired yesterday. The hall was filled, and a large number of ladies graced the occasion with thoir presenoe. Upon tho plat? form were the newly elected President, Vice - President, and officers of tho Board of Trade, au i a number of prominent citizens. Atter prayer by the Rov. Pr. Hicks, Colonel Trenhol-n then delivered the following address, which was frequently interrupted by tho hearty applause of his audience : Our native South, the "Land we love," rinds herself in new and unlooked-for times. Hor tranqnil and hapoy past was rudely broken by one of those epochs of which history is full sudden rovulsions in the lifo of a peoplo, whon that which is, terminates, and that which is to be, begins. Suoh moments of transition, of brief revolu? tion, are tho landmarks of great ores; follow? ing one upon another, they are the giant steps by which nations mount to a high destiny; they aro never found upon the smooth descent which loads to degradation; no serrated epochs jar tho peaceful movement of the downward | bound J How short a time ago <1 GS il BOO m that with < gay color J fluttering m a fnvoriner breeze wo j ?ailed out from peace and affluence to daro the ( storms of war. L ko those nnciont heroes, , wi o, seeking Eldorado, found America, wo, t tempest-tossed and defeated, havo been thrown , upon the unknown Bhores of a now world, and j all the hopes in which wo embarked have been , shattered, and now lie stranded before our des- , ponding eyes. , It is not unnatural that our minds should bo < unsettled and our apprehensions excited; old t oracles are silent; precedents cannot be ap- j plied; startling phenomena in government and j society present themselves; wa f?ol wants that . we do not understand and cannot supply; we ire alarmed by portents which we aro not able < to interpret. To obtain a respite from those troubles by , thinking of the past and dreaming ol its res- , toration has been too tempting to be resisted i by all; but it is no longer permitted to us to i indulge in dreams, nor oven to encamp beside , the old wreaks, which wa can never refit. ] We must advance to the exploration of what j lies beforo us, and wo should advance hope- , fully and confidently, tor we stand before the , large opening of a new world,. whose unmeas- , tired resources await our coming. I In our former state wo were often envied by ser tain classes labroad for the tranquillity we , Bnjoyed, but that state was not a healthy one. \ lt was a condition of intellectual and indus- - trial stagnation, in which tho 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 mado our i circumstances easv; we were not indolent, but j our culture gavo diguity to leisure, and when \ we sought occupation it was of a kind that , pleased our taste rather than of a kind com- , mandoe! by utility. lu these characteristics we stood apart.from the rest of the world, and being in other things alienated from other branches of the English- ? speaking family, wo had fallen into a condition of morbid exclusiveness. We were averse to contact with strangers; we looked with suspi- i Dion and dislike upon immigration; we were evcu discouraged hom travelling, and were begin u ng to turn a.vay from current litera ture. Wc had no great questions in soiencc or hu? manity to occupy ?B at home; our conceptions J of government were confined io what existed; our political feeling was upon the side of a strict constitution of written law, a rigid con? servatism of all that was old; our simple faith would brook no scepticism as to the merit of what was established; our declining tastes gave no stimulus to invention; our narrowing enter? prises dispensed with the apiri1', of progress. Well was it for the South that the voioe of war roused her from this fatal lethargy; seek? ing to avert the chance of future change, our own precaution was made by Providence the means of our rescue. By change alone could we have been na ved from decay; by change alone could we have been brought to the threshold of the destiny now opening before us. At the epoch ot the war the South had ful? filled all the possibilities of her peculiar civili? zation; she had reached the culmination of her development; she had accomplished the ends of her existence; she had filled the meas? ure of her destiny. It is no new thing in history for a people to li ve out moro than ono phase ot civilization. The Eenius of Egyptian labor, Grecian art, Roman iw, 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 stato of maturity, that it was becoming over-ripe and tending to decay; hut in 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 ha* not bees in vain. We need not be ashamed of our past; for though the world long ago condemned slavery without understanding it, history will justly record how difficult its duties were and how faithfullly and successfully we discharged them. Half a century before the war, when the slave trade ceased, the South contained less than a million souls of the African raoe; when the war occurred they had increased to upwards of four millions. These four million descendants of savages were more orderly and moral than the same class in any other civil? ized country, and they remain so up to the present moment, not wi tb standing the tempta? tions and privations of the war, the license of sudden freedom and the bad advice of political agitators. They were deeply imbued with the principles of Christianity, insomuoh that sinoe emancipation they have cheerfully devoted their scanty earnings to the building and maintenance of 'churches and the establish? ment of charitable societies; their intellectual powers were stimulated and improved as far as they logically could be in a condition of slavery, and sufficiently developed to furnish a stimulus for continued effort, and to consti? tute the basis of future improvement upon the part of the freedmen themaelves. Slavery was something more than a contriv? ance for consolidating labor with oapital; it was a discipline for both races, a school for the formation of character. As far as slavery and our administration of it are amenable to moral judgment, it must be judged by its influence up m the maturity, and not by its impression upon the pupilage, of those whom God placed under its restraints. .The masters as well as the slaves, the whites as well as the blacks, learned many nonie les? sons in life at this discontinued school. Pro? vidence and forecast for dependents, indul? gence of the weak, and an habitual conscious? ness of responsibility upon the part of those invested with power-tho obligations of honor, the force .pf character, the power of self-reli? ance, the sanctity of individual risrhts, the ele? vation of d'gnity above gain, of worth above wealth, were all characteristics which wo had a right to be proud of, aud which we should still tenaciously cling to. Out sido onr ewn limits, we exercised an in? fluence for good, the effect of winch is con? spicuous all over the United States. While New England was exploring communism and dissipating personal identity and re? sponsibility, the South wa* pA??Actiiig thc ideal of the individual. When the great flood of Democracy at the North had obliterated all venerable landmarks and lovelled all society, the youth elevated still higher her ancient families and historio names to point a contrast which should abash the levellers. When the. West was one human river, rolling ever over new soils and territories, retaining nothlns, preserving nothing, but pursuing all things,' until home meant a camp and companionship was an lneumbrauce, the South rested tran? quilly within her ancient borders, inhabited still her ancestral mansions, and cultivated at? tachment to tho soil, repose and content? ment. It is not necessary to weigh tho value of tho contributions to the now harmonizing national character, which have been made by the differ? ent sections of oar common country. Before the war We stood loo widely opposed in all tho relations ot life for all our various qualities to combine, but now the quick intelleot and fer? tile invention of the East, tho large sims and broad culture of the North, tho restless spirit i n l'boundlese ambition of tho Weit, the con HOI- vat i ve tenacity and intrepid courage of the ?South, will all become interwoven, and form one substantial and well de?ued Amerioau na? tional character. Planted at the opposite polos of human de? velopment, tho North at tho social and the Font h ut the individual, our contrary systems strained the bond of union and would have rent it asunder. One-half century ago the separ? ation would have boen inevitable, but the characteristic of tho present age is unification. Wo have seen all tho ancient principalities of Italy brought together into a singlo nationality; we have seen the great Teutonic Fatherland re? stored to unity and a common destiny ; we hear from afar tho murmur of pan-Solavonio aspirations j wo havo seen the combined power of Europe invoked to keep down a little longer tho unconquerable yearnings of Grecian con? sanguinity. Our late opposing sections, too, have felt the hand of Providence constraining us to draw closer together, lind having in the past boen severally spinning tho web and tho woof, we ore to-day uuitlng them in the firm texture of a common and uniform nationality. At the North government and society have been approximating tho Southern typo ; indi? viduality has boon emancipated from oommou ism, tho rank license ot thought and SDceeh bas been restrained within tho bounds of de? corum, propriety hos become more influential than extravagance, and distinction is no longer conferred by wealth alone. At tho South similar and co: relativo changes have turned the current of our fulure de? velopment towards tho Northern ideal. Hero authority has boen deprived o7 its prerogative, personal distinction is being eclipsed by repre? sentative prominence, expediency shares the influence which used to belong to sentiment alono, reason is more consul!od than usage, Inducement is used rather than compulsion, i-ublic advantage prevails over private preten? sion. All tho clements of character and society which formerly wore bent in one direction are now straining in that which is the opposite, md yet the one as much ns the other will bear as onward in prosperity. When a ship, which jecks her port against an adverse wind, with Ul lier sails aslant, has now tho utmost limit of uer tack and turning sharp athwart her termer 3ourse, hau?3.round lier yards and spreads her canvass tor a changed career, tho seaman's soionco knows that her progress is still on? ward; and so may we, if we look to principles md not appearances, be assured that the South is moving still onward to tbe haven of tier hopes-whether hot p?oaL.poinls north ivardly or southwardly. Much as we may rejoice in the evidence of general progress, we are nevertheless not free From apprehension as to the future of individ? ual interests; we look back upon the crude communism of tho North as wo romomber it in the past, and cling still more fondly to tho pro? tection of our ancient safeguards. This is natural, but it is not altogether justified by reason-we are approaching their civilization ?'rom the opposite side to that at which they snterod it, we are moving to meet them, we are not following in their steps. When once these surreals shall have minglo 1, neither oan flow back to the point of its departure. Apart from reason and interest, many of us we still held back by a sentiment which all must respect, but to which none ought to yield ; our destiny is not our'own to make or mar as we like, but wo must eonform to the requirements of our times and move to the cadeneo of the great march c t tbs world. Tba feudal barons built lofty towers to shield their tenants and their herds in lawless times, but now those empty strongholds st ind in pic? turesque decay upon the bills that look down on the peaceful Rhipe,untenanted by man ar boast, serving no purpose but to adorn the landscape, while on the level plaina below ti thousand humbler dwellings give tho shelter and security of home to a more numerous and a happier people. Bo it is with us. Our castled crags of in? dividualism have become obsolete. , Ho who still abides thero chooses solitude and proud Eenury; those who desoend tJ the vineyards elow will find liberty and prosperity, peace sud companionship. Lot no not imagine that thoy who join this movement are doing any wrong to their an? cestors whose effigies stand iagAhiS nichos of the ancient Walls. Tho institutions, the laws, the manners of the past, subserved their pur? pose and fulfilled their destiny. Ood imposod them, God has changed them. "What is man that he should contend with the Almighty ?" For us it is left only to explore our new cir? cumstances, to discover their resources, and to appropriate their benefits. To this task we must bring courage and pa? tience, minds unfettered by prejudice, and eyes undazzled by authority; we must be in? trepid enough to give offence to ignorance, we must forget to defer to senility, we must learn to respect energy and to make uso of youth. Let the young and the brave lead our van; let tho true and the wise direct onr coun? sels; let the infirm and the timid follow aafely iu the rear. Thus and thus only oan we ad? vance, thus and thus only oan we achieve. With common ends in view, and common objects to attain, our energies must be united, and a common sentiment pervade our minds. It is easy for men to be combined under the constraint of authority. The influence of po? sition, the prestige of fame, place a sceptre in the hands of distinction by whioh unthinking minds are swayed, and indolent dispositions directed. Snob union constitutes the power of empire, it consolidates energy; it represses selfishness. But this is not tue combination we should soek to maintain-our new condi? tion must be a republic, or it will be nothing; no single mind caa solve its varied problems; no single character can prevail against its dif? ficulties. The solid front of voluntary combi? nation, the irresistible movement of intelli? gence freely massed and understanding its aims, are the only for oes that can avail against the obstaoles whioh habit has built up. or whioh ign?ranos Will thrust in the way of true progress. Look abroad upon tho world and contrast the two systems. Seo Asia stagnating and Con? tinental Europe wildly heaving nuder the power of empire, while England has renewed tho glory of her history in the last great triumph she has given to public opinion. The vast globe itself is not too large to be filled with the reverberation of England's mighty shout as the statue of liberty is raised above the ancient seat of unjust privilege and oppressive prero? gative. Govern monta and all social establishments derivo their sanction from their useful? ness; under the common law of mod jru civili? zation each may be summoned to the bar ol the public opinion of the world and put upon tho vindication of its existence. We who hav? learned only lately what it is to have a govern? ment over us, in whioh for the moment we oar take no part, should feel the utmost interest ic tho sovereignty of the great public opinion o civilized mankind. It is the only tribunal tc whioh we oan appeal, the only po .ver strong enough to protect us. The disabilities under whie'i tho South once stood in that high court are now removed; th< world is growing more just to our p ist, and ie warmly drawn to us in sympathy for our cres? ent condition. To-day we stand among thc Other civilized communities of the world wearing the court dress of free labor whici tho ago prescribes, no longer obliged to pleac our right to equality and respect. The present age has brought all mankinc very near together; through tbe rapidity o communication it has multiplied the reciproca ties between distant oommunttiej, and has en? larged the interests which aro iu commoi among widely-spreading popul ? tiona. Human ity has become the prevailing passion of ou: time; the brotherhood of man, whioh < 'hris 'preached eighteen hundred years ago, isonl; now being praonbally accepted by tuc worli whioh crucified Him. But now tho world t heartily iu earnest; Christian charity has bc oome more universal than Christian faith, am labors of love are moro abundant than prayer arid penances. ? , We who appreciate the past history ot th Southern people itnow that in the offices c humanity they wei o entitled to rank with an other community. ^V*? Vnow that tho lloma: discipline of tho plantation was tempered wit! patriarchal benevolence-that subordinate weut baud in hand with familiar intimacy, an that courtesy was shown to age, however hun: ble? and respect acoorded to merit, eve in a slave. The time may come who the world will do us justice in th os things, and we should botuly olaim i of the world, and not stultify our pic and embitter our future by suffjring tb freedmen of the South to bo persuade 1 tht they hate suffered wrongs in tho past or ai likely to bo defrauded of their ri? ht M in tb future. The obligations of honor and human tv in Whioh our childhood was educated sti bind us to the African raoo; thoy have still ll olaim upon us that weakness has upc strength, tba*; ignorance has upon knowiodg that want has upon wealth. Their new rel lions to us have enlarged the aroa of our ooo mott Interests. Before, .wo were materiaily^i terested In their physical and moral woll-beinar only; now wo have a still more important in? terest in their Intellectual improvement. How? ever premature and hazardous we may rightly think tho onfranchisomont ot the negroes, we cannot fail to BCO that it is irrevocable. What ever_dangor there may bo, comes from thoir ignorance, not their malovolonce, and tboir ignorance may be enlightened. Education is not dependent upon schools, nor does it nec? essarily r.^at upon reading and writing-theso aro best, but they aro not essential, and meanwhile until thoso can bo afford? ed, lot us lose no opportunity of advising and encouraging those simple people in the difficulties and perplexities of thoir new responsibilities. We need not foar that the African raco will evor impose ita inferior cul? ture upon tho Caucasian-when wo voluntarily ?.banden thc field, they may waik in and oc? cupy it, if wo should unwisely cxoludo thom from political association with us, and drivo them back upon themselves, they will Und loaders of their own blood or of ours, and will make their influenoo felt; but if wo resumo tho personal influence of the past with thom, re? tain their affection and oontinuo to deserve their confidence, they will not be slow to learn that what is our good is theirs, what brings prosperity to us brings it to them, and that as wo aro able to think better than they, so thoy will do well to liston to our counsel' and sup? port our measures. To gain their confidence, we need not soil our hands with intrigue nor stoop to become sycophants; they have boon studying us all their liven and know when we are in oar ney t; our kindly and sincere purposes towards them will bj moat appreciated when least demonstrative, and our own position is sufficiently assured to make us absolutely freo to approach them frankly, unaffectedly and in tho opou light of day. Such intercourse is not inconsistent with either the past or present relations of tho two races; it is in harmony with the great law of Christian charity, and is plainly pointod out by the most practical common sense. Onco established it can nover bo again interrupted, bocauso it s benefits will be too much apprecia? ted over lo bo resigned. Lat equal juBtico for all be once fairly estab? lished, let mistrust aud suspicion be dispelled, let law bo Boated ahovo politics, and truth and justice preferred before party, and tho future of the South becomes assured. Then may we widen the basis ol our prospority, enlarge the area of our enterprise, multiply the am? pio v mon ts, the interests and the aspirations of our people. Nature has set no limit to our development; tho gonial soil of tho South would nourish a very mucn larger population than that now inhabit? ing iii ; our facilities for manufacture are abund? ant, our mineral resources are almost un? touched, our harbors and rivers are sufficient for all the commerce of the Atlantic We need population and capital-the one will oome if we open our doors ; the other will fol? low if we assuro it of protection. Tho thirteen Southern States, excluding Maryland and Dela? ware, contained in 1860 830,003 square miles and 11,500,000 of inhabitants, which is less than fourteen to the square mile, if all the Suuth were as densely populated as South Carolina, it would contain nearly 24,000, 000 ot inhabitants ; if it were as densely peo? pled as New England, the number would bo 40,000,000 and over. That the population of the South did not progress in the same ratio as that of other parts of thc United States, is no? torious. Our northern frontier, washed by the living tide which has flowed oven up to tho base of the Hocky Mountain:!, hos been almost a barrier to immigration. Between 1850 and 1860 the foreign born population of tho North? ern States increased 2,550,000-that of tho Southern States only 325,000, or as eight to one; yet in 1860 at the South, only one acre in every seven was " improved," while at the North oue in every five was improved, vin Illinois farms* were worth on an average twenty dollars an aero, iu Alabama nine dollars an arro ; yet un? doubtedly at the South the best lands* only in each State were under cultivation. It is trite to say that slavery was the cause of this difference, but few who aro ready with this explanation have considered in what way slavery prevented immigration, T* KQOn outtomory to ascribe it to moral causes, tv* speak of the "Instincts ot freedom," and other supposed sen ti mc-nta' objections; but this is uuphuosophipal and untrue. Immigrants had certainly been taught, by the exporioaoe ot thoso who had tried it, that the South was not the place for them, bat the causes that exclud? ed them wore physical and not mora!; they ware economic and not sentimental. They arose not from any obloquy attaching to labor at the South, but from the fact tuat here stave? ly mobilized the laboring population and en? abled it to be massed together in large force, to be rapidly moved from place to plaoe, and to occupy new and rich soils lust os soon as these became accessible to immigrants. Under ordinary circumstances, the native population of a country is permanently seated; attachment to the soil and the lies of family re? tain it until its density becomes excessive, and emigration is embraced as the alternative ta hopeless poverty. If such conditions had ob? tained at tbe South, or if slavery here had not boen contemporaneous with the extraordin?re facilities for transmigration wbioh the present century has introduced, the original slav? States would probably hive contained to-dai the eleven millions which constitute the South' ern population, and European immigratioi would long since have filled up ai the rest of our present territory. Bu when tba whole intelligence of the Soutt was intent upon diacovermg the best and nob est soils, its whola capital was available foi their acquisition and its whole laboring popa lation ready -to occupy them, tba immigrant found himself at a hopeless disadvantage Alone, and without capital or credit, he came ii competition with the master of many slaves Occupying .tho poorer lands, ho earned los and spent more in living than the slave, fo combina iou augments production and econo miZ3s consumption. The mobility of our laboring population no only oxoluded immigrants from our new terri tory and prematurely diminished the laborin, population of the older States, but in these th slaves besame massed together as the oompc tition of the West came to be more and mor felt. Thus profitable planting required larg capital ; small proprietors were at a disadvax tage. Free labor was too expensive for bot laborer and employer, henea many were forcei to emigrate ; and so extensive was th.s emigre ?on that the oansus of 1860 showed that of tb white persons then living in the United Statei who had been born in Mouth Carolina, 277,0c only remained at home, while 183 OOO wei permanently settled in other States. Nort Carolina retained 681,000 and bad parted wit 272 000. Virginia retained 1,000,000 and ha sent off 400,000 of her native white populatiot The same cause practically prohibited mani factures, because manufactures are more di pendent than agriculture, even, upon Axil of population. Cheapness of living, uniform ty and regularity in the supply of the nobe navios of life, axe conditions which must be i existence in every locality before manufacta ing beoomos possible there. These oonditioi cannot obtain where population is shiftlni nor will oapital consent to permanent inves ment where values fluctuate with the moy? monts of nomadic labor. With the extinction of slavery the South pn sents to immigration an entirely different ai Kiel. Our native population, no longer migri ry, ia already beginning to find the co un ti too large, and to conjecture how immigratic can bc reconciled with conservatism,,-.. Ol foreign-born citizens, fe tv in number, bat ii telhgent and prosperous, are. earnestly and a lively engaged in inviting their oouutrymen t to try their fortunes here, while tho attitud towards immigration assumod by our newl enfranchised classes refino ts infinite ored alike upon their good sense and their p triotism, and entitles them to paxtioipat throughout the future, in the benefits of broad and liberal public policy. Let us everywhere in tue South yield to tb impulse of the times. The great popular mil Ims fastened upon immigration as the fore mo . measure of the day, and its ultimate triumi admits of no question; but in many a priva otrole. in many an ancient coterie, doubts ai apprehensions ara still entertained. Many empty privilege-many a useless custom-t lumbering rubbish which coll jets in old ooi m uni ties-may be borne away upon this vip roos flood. Some venerable and worthy relic too, may bs lost; but it is better to loose t relics of antiquity than to make no bequests Eosterity. The past did its duty and ia dei nt we five upon its works. Let us liko wiso our duty, that our children may in turu Ii upon durs. *.?.*# ? Fling wide your doors to immigration? oom pel them to oome in-not barbarians, ?o beasts of burden, but intelligent, thrifty, li erty-loving men, and healthy, industrious a virtuous women. Welcome all alike, whott they be laborers or capitalists, ?rtica or mord?ante. Establish just laws a watch Jealously over their impartial i ministration; see that labor is assured of **. earnings; (bat property is marte sacred; that wealth in effectually guarded against public and private assault. Lot the inviolability of tho person and tho sanotity of human life re? ceive tho most impressive sanction of our courts; let the public peaco bo naintainod with tho truncheon of tho policeman, and not tho bayonot of tho soldior; lot tho public ex? penditures bo directed to the ends of good government, and no , to tho nourishment of party. Long boforo these things aro all accom? plished, boforo oven we shall all bo of t ho same mind as to tho ir merit, the tide of immigra? tion will bo upon us. Our soil is too accessible and too fertile, and our climate too pleasant and healthful to be passed by fir tho distant and inhospitable regions, which alona now offer public lauris to the immijrrant. Agriculture in tho South presents now great? er inducements to tho farmer than to the plant? er. Science and mechanical invention aro more effective than muscular force. Varied produc? tion is more luorative than the culture of a single staple. The immigrant will find his in? telligence appreciated, his skill available, his thrift profitable; our population will become fixed, living will be cheaper, manufactures will bo possible, trade will become more active and more ramified. Our country towns will grow, our cities will bo multiplied and will be? come moro populous. Occupation and oppor? tunity will bo found for all; native talent and industry will find freer scope and larger re? ward than over before, while new-comers will no longer be feared as rivals, but will be wel? comed as allies. Tho donne populations of the Eastern and Middle States can t-paro us a largo number of immigrants, whose education, entetprise and c ipi tal till bo of vost consequence to our early prosperity. Tho inducements the South holds out to this class aro sufiioient to bring them without other invitation, but tho people of the South owe it to themselves to meet tho first comers in a manly spirit. - It would be un? worthy of us to take a mercenary view of such a question, and hon^o I say nothiug of expe? diency; but it is boooming ia tis, because it is manly and generous, to give a frank and honest weleomo to those who aro personally worthy of it, whether they wore with us or against us in the past. After tho R?volution, tho ?ratricidal passions which had arrayed Whig against Tory was banished from tho heroic breasts of victors and vanquished alike; and we who have so con? spicuous! v imitated tho oourage of our ances? tors, need not be ashamed of emulating their generosity. The advent of strangers, however welcome they may be, cannot fail to have the effect of drawing closer together all the olasses of our native and old adopted population. There is something in old associations which cannot bo entirely expelled from the human breast, and we shall all stand more firmly together when in the presence of those who do not share in the memories of tho past. With ranks recruit? ed, energies refreshed, hopes elated, we of t e South may move forward to the occupation of our future with the assurance which reason ?;ives to those who are provided with the means o command success. In that future tho South will find a destiny which is not yet revealed to us who mast bear the burdens of the march. Intrepid in spirit as the South is. resolute in endeavor and bold in achievement as we have proved ourselves to be, the obstacles which still lie before ns will not be overcome without great effort and great sacrifice; the sacrifice must be indi? vidual, but the effort must be in common. Ho who is conscious of being worthy of leading must be content to take a plaoe in the ranks; he who is ambitious of being first to seale the wall must abide by the wagons if need be; he who loves solitude must be ready to rush into the tl.iokestof tho fray. Thus will per? sonal sacrifice minister to public advantage, and tho common good will grow by common effort. Lot na array ourselves in a panoply of enthusiasm, proof against tho petty darts of pr?judice and affectation, and shoulder to shoulder bear down the barriers of ignorance and obstruction; we need no leaders, but we wiU find repr?8e7??<?tf??? m?n; we need no crown? ed authority, but we will stand,^rr wuuora o? panit* -riuiaa-che ruler ol the world, the arbiter of the destinies of nations. Public opinion is the Melohisidech of our age, receiving tribute from ali mankind, allow? ing empire, or conducting revolution, anoint? ed of God, the King of Peace. Within tho limits of its wide influence no wrong can stand uucondemned, no lie can remain unrebnked, bnt trut i. however homely, is made honor? able-rights, however humble, are exalted to power. There the human miod is free: no antique usage nor obsolete tradition fetters human speeoh, for public opinion can only live in the atmosphere of liberty ; it is the spirit ot truth, the interpreter of revelation-tbe only soi popuii, ?oa; dei. When thought and speeoh are not free from prejudice and fashion, the domi? nation of party or the dictation of caucus, that which calls itself pu olio opinion is a usurper: for if the miad be not free, truth is imprisoned in her own citadel, and her standard still float? ing above the outer wall, becomes the em? blem of successful falsehood. To establish among us forover the true and the right, it is only neoessary that every man should assert absolute independence of thought and speeoh, and accord the same to every other man. ThiB is no easy task; it devolves ?specially upon the young and the bravo, the honest-hearted and the humble-minded, for liberty does not como of pride, bat ot humility; not of strength, but of courage; not of experience, but of aspiration. Upon all sides there is work to be done, err.r to bo exposed, truth to be illustrated. In our courthouses and workshops, upon tile marts of oommeroe, in the fields of agriculture, where ever men are called to labor with the hand or the brain, we need olear heads, strong heart s, steady hands-not to diotate, but to persuade; not to lead, but to enoourge; not tooontrol, but to point ont. Thus, and thus only, will our whole population advanoe in harmony and I vith unity of purpose. A people so moved and j eiog in unison with the gre it prevailing prin o. pie of their times, acquire a momentum in the direction of greatness which is irresistible. The greatness of a people is not measured in modern times by the altitude of one olass above another, but by the common elevation of the whole. Raise high your highest, but leave not the lowly low; let merit bo exalted, let intelli? gence soar among the clouds, bat leave no hu- i man being to straggle alone with the degrada- | tion that drags him still downward; heap no contumely on the head of the hamblest aspi? rant tor honor and position. Thus will ail unity in building up a glorious fut are, where all may dwell in happiness sad honor. Thus will oar pubho greataess be a perpetual Te Deum, for there is a grand harmony in the mingling emotions of a free community. The solemn groundtono of earnest masses, (tte vast swell of pervading enthusiasm, tho whole dia? pason of bnman aspirations, pour their united torrent upward and AU the ear of Heaven with man's great laborare est orars.wbile high above the tumultuous concord rises, pure and clear like the treble of a silver bugle, the dominating idea of the epooh. EASTER CHURCH ELECTIONS. ST. JOHN'S CHUBOH, m GULA ND. Wardens-Da, W. Weston, Mr. Robt. Adams. Vestrymen-J. P. Adams, P. G. Chappell, W. W. White, T. Weston, Colonel W. Adams, Jas. Shoolbreu. ononon or THE ADVENT, MATOCO?. Vestrymen-Colonel W. S. Mullins, Dr, TL *. Price, Colonel R. F. Graham, Captain A. L. Evans, Major A. J. Shaw. War do UH-Dr. D. S. Price, Colonel W. S. Mullins. Delegates to Diocesan Convention-Dr. D. S. Price, Colonel W. S. Mullins. CHRIST O HIT BOH, M AUB ' BLUFF. Delegates to tho Diocesan Convention-Wal? ter Gregg, F. Man devil io Rogers, E. P. Harlleo. -Under-sea tunnels are attracting the atten? tion of English engineers, and in addition to -the projected tunnel under the English Chan? nel, between Dover and Calais, it is now pro? posed to unite Scotland and Deland by a tun? nel, running from a point on the northeast coast of Antrim, Ireland, to Glcnstrona, Soot land, passing through the high rooky penin? sula called the Mall of Can tyro. The total length of the tunnel is estimated at fourtee.i miles throe furlongs. The ground through which it would have to be dug, it is asserted, is exactly suited for tunnelling operations, and the sandstone for lining it can be had in any quantity on the Irish side. It ts proposed to construct the tunnel for a single line only, the extreme depth being twenty-one fset, and the olear width at the level of the rails fifteen feet. Three lines of rails, to accommodate wide and narrow Range carriages, however, are to be laid. The time 'estimated for oom ploting tho tunnel is about six years, and the co it $21 230, 000. To pay a dividend of five per oont. ]the road should earn 1210.per mile per week. POR BOSTON. , THE SCHOONER ANNA. F.. ' GLOVER having balf of her cargo engaged, will load' >with dispatch for th's abovo pori. ? For Freight engagements apply to . X. TOPPER tt SONS, Marsh 31 Brown's Wharf. KAMT i? li. IO I ii kW s .-I Mic, TO AND FROM BALTIMORE, PHILADEL? PHIA, WASHINGTON CITY, WILMINGTON. DEL., CINCINNATI, OHIO, .ST. LOGIS. MO.. AND OTHER NORTH W li S CE BN CITIES. LEAVING EACH PORT EV KB Y STU DAY. FALCON,., .JESSE D. Hon. HY. Commander.. ? Ao?ULL'.N> PT DUI'TON, Commander. MARYLAND.j. v. JOHNSON, Commander. sSdr***?? THB FAVORITE AND SWIFT ^^?#T^Steamship FALCON, J. D. HoBflKT ^^^{?sjiCSi Commander, will nuil for Baltimore r-rJr-?awS?-. on IHUUBDAY, 8th April, at 4 o'clock P. M., from Pier No. 1, Dnlou Wharves. Heavy freights taken nt very low ratos-to Phila? delphia, Rice 50o ; Rosin 30o. For Freight or passage, apply to COURTENAY A TRENHOLM, April 7_2_Union Wharves. NEW YOKE AND CHA 1UB8TON STEAM?HIP LINE. FOR NEW YORK. CABIN OP .A. S S A. OE tBSO_ THE SPLENDID RIDE-WHEEL STEAMSHIPS Ol this Lino will leave Adger's South Wharf, during .the month or April, as follows ; JAMES A DOER-TUESDAY. April 6, at 2 o'clock P M CHAMPION-SATURDAY, April 10. a? 4 o'clock P M CHARLESTON-TUESDAY April 13, at 8 o'clock A M MANHATTAN-V ATURDA Y, April 17, at lOo'c?ook A M JAMES ADOER-'1 UESDAY, April 20, at 19 o'clock M CHAMPION-SATURDAY, April 24, at 1 o'clock P M CHARLESTON-TUESDAY. April 27. at 7 o'olock A M 49" Insurance can bo obtained by these steamers at >? per cent. 49~ An I xtra Charge of $5 will be made to pas? sengers purchasing Tickots on board after sailing. 49- These STEAMSHIPS have handsome and roomy accommodations for passengers, aud their tables are supplied with all the delicados of the New York and Charleston markets. For Freight or Passage, apply to JAMES ADGER A CO., Corner Auger's Wharf and East Bay (Up-stalrs.I April 5_ FURPBibAUELPHIA AX O BOSTON. REG ULAR EVERY THURSDAY. TH E ST E A M S HI I? P E O METHEUS, ' Captain GHAT, will leave North At? lantic Wharf, on THURSDAY, April .8th, at - o'clock. For Freight or Passage apply to JOHN A I UEO. GETTY, April ff North Atlantic Wharf. FOR ?KW YORK. REGULAR LINE EVERY THURSDAY', PASSAGE RUODCEU TO $19. MA THE PIDEWHKhL STEAMSHIP P-v MAGNOLIA, Captain M. B. Cso 'WELL, will le?\o Vanderhorst's .Wharf on THURSDAY, April 8, 1869, at 4 o'clock P. M. April 3_RAVEN EL ft CO.. Agents. FOR. LIVERPOOL. CHARLESTON AND LIVERPOOL STEAMSHIP LINE. THE FIRST CLASS IRON SCREW ; H tea m s hip CAMILLA, HENRY. PEACE Commander, is now ready _?toreceive Freight tor tho above port, to sail on or about io th of April. For Freight engagements, apply to ROBERT MURK & CO., Royce's Wharf. 49- Bisks taken by this vessel at five-eighths Ok) per cent._-;ii.>u _March 2S TKAVKLKRS PASSING T*i$U>UGH CHARLESTON EN ROU TE TO FLORIDA, Auna?. M c..-3. And other places, should not har hgJPg to lay in their supplies of PBOVI8 IONS, CLARETS. CHAMPAGNES, CORDIALS, BB AN DIES, WHIP KIES, WINES. CANNED MEATS, SOUPS, Ac. Pates of Wild" Game, Deviled Entremets. Hana, Turkey, Lobster, etc., for Luncheons, Sandwiches ? Travelers' Repeat, Ao. 49-Send for a catalogue. WM. 8. OOBWIN A CO., No. 27S King-street, Between Wentworth and BeaoJain, Charleston. S. C. Branch of No. 900 Broadway, corner 20th street, New York._Octobera8 PACIFIC HAIL STEAMSHIP COIIPPI THROUGH IOnU TO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. CHANGE OF SAILING DAYS I r. rrnim STEAMERS OF THE ABOVE '$'1?&8fr~Z- lme leavo plor No- w? North Blver, foot of Canal-street. New York, at .^^^ijsfsllft- ia o'clock noon, of the I?t, 11th and 21st of every month (except when these dates fall 'en Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of let and 21st connect at Panama with steamers for South Pacific and Central American ports. Those of 1st touch at Manzanillo. Departure of 11th ot each month connecta with ? the new steam line from Panama to Australia and New Zealand. Steamship J*FAN leaves San Francisco for OMaa and Japan May 4. 1869. No California steamers touch at Havana, but go direct from New York to AspinwaU. One hundred pounds baggage free to each adult. Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets or further information apply at the COMPANY'S TTOKET OFFICE, on the wharf, foot of Canal-street, North Blver, New York. March 12_lyr - F. B. BABY, Agent CH ANOB OP SCHEDULE. INLAND BOUTE-ONLY TWO AND A HALF HOURS AT SEA. THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA. CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH STEAM PACKET LINE. TBE STEAMER PILOT BOY, OAP J TAIN FENN PKOK. will leave Aooom ? ar f every MONDAY and THURSDAY Moan . aros, st 8 o'clock, toaohlng at Beaufort only; returning will leave r>avannab TUESDAY and Fu?ar, at 9 o'olook A. M., making the trip in eleven hours. The steamer FANNIE, Captain ADAIR, win leave Charleston e^ery WEDNESDAY MORKING st 9 o'olook touching at Edi s to, Obtsolm's Land'n?, Beaufort sud Hilton Head; returning, leave Savannah every THURS DAY, at 2 o'olock P. M., touching at the above land? inga. Will touoh at Bluffton on the second WEDNESDAY in every month, going and returning. For Freight or Passage apply to JOHN FERGUSON, April 0_ Accommodation Wharf. FOR PAL.ATKA, FLORIDA, VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA AND JACKSON? VILLE. m THE FTR?.T-CA88 STEAM EB JS^BBBC DICTATOR, Captain WM. T. MoNai.. TY, will sail from Charleston every Tuesday Evening, at Bight o'clock, toi the above points. The first-class Steamer CITS' POINT. Captain Geo. F. MCMILLAN will tail from Charleston every FW? day Evening, ?' Bight o'clock, for above points. Connecting with the Centi-d Bailroad at Savannah for Mobile and Ne v Orleans, .md witta the Florida Bailroad at Fernandina for Cedar' Keys, at which point steamers connect with N AV Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola. Key West and Ht vana. Throui/b Sills Lsdto* given for Freight ti Mobile, Pensacola and New Orleans. Connecting with H. S. Hart's steamers Oclawaha and Grift n for Stiver Springs and Lah ce Griffin, Rus? t?s, Harris and Durham. Ali freight oiyable on the wharf. Goods not removed at sunsot will be stored at rta and expende of owners. For Freight or Passage engagemei t, apply to . J. ?>. AIKEN A Ot)., Agents, South Atlantis Whart N. B.--No extra charge for Meaia ?nd Staterooms. November 21 BXCVBSIUNS ARUV.VD TH* HARBOR. ",_rw THE FINE, FAST SAILING AND OOM FORT A BLI appointed Yacht ELEANOR ?Z^TPtwill resume ber trips to historie pointe la ? ? ?? ?the harbor, 'and win leave Government Wharf daily at Ten a. M. and Three P. M. For Passage apply to '1 BO MAS YOUNG, Decem ier 18 _ Captain, oh board. 1 C. J. SCHbKPEWltELb, N?. 37 LINE-STREET, r BETWEEN SWIG ANC BT. PHILIP. LUMBER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION ANL BUILDING MATERIAL. ^LtM?lu?d PLASTER. ING LATHS. PAINTS. OW.S. GLASSES, HHINGLES^ also GROOVE AND TONGUE BOARDS- Ao., eon* etantly on hand at the loweet market prices. Beptomber l'J? mthsly?