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VOLUME VIL-NUMBER 1093. CIIAKLESTON, S. C., MONDAY MORNING, MAHCH 1, 1869. SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM ?5 ? XKL KUliArH. WASHING TON. MORE NOMINATIONS-THE ANNEXATION OF CAN? ADA-A WAR WITH ENGLAND DEMANDED. WASHINOTON, April 19.-Tho President sent in tho following ricrninatior.G to-day . Edward Bei? nber, colored,A8S08801 Third District, Virginia; William W. Douglass, Assessor First District, Virginia; Robert W. Wisham, Collector Third District, Arkansas; James Mullins, Collector Third District, Tennossee; James S. Fannin, Collector Third District, Georgia; Charles A. Raymond, Collector First District, Virginia; Robert T. Patterson, Collector Eighth Dis? trict, Tennessee; J. N. Jarvis, Collector of Customs, Cherrystone, Virginia; William A. McDonnell, Register Land Office, Huntsville, Ala.; Daniel T. Boynton, Pension Agout, Knox? ville, Tenn. Postmasters-O. H. Blocker, Fay? etteville, N. C.; Edward H. Raed, Jackson ville, Fla.; J. N. Corbert, Sumtor, S. C. Senator Chandler offered a resolution to-day requesting the President to open negotiations for the settlement of the matters in dispute between England and tho United States on the basis of tho surrender of tho British Ameri? can possessions. He mado a long speech on ihe subject. The whole strain was warlike. He said ho hoped for a peaceable settlement on the basis of his resolution, but if England wished war, let it bo "abort, sharp and deci? sive." The 60,000 Michigan veterans alone would look out for the Canadas. Tho resolution was referred to the Commit? tee on Foreign Relations. Senator Ross, of Kansas, asserted in tho Senate that a senator ought to control the postmastershipof his own town; the Senate ac? cepting this doctrine, gave President Grant's nominee only eight votes. Among those dismissed from the Treasury Department is a brother of General Sam Houston, of Texas. Colonel Houston had been employed several years. All parties here seem agreed that the Missis? sippi election should not occur until fall. Among the courir nations to-day are J. J. Martin, of Alabama, as Sixth Auditor of the Treasury; Louis E. Johnson, Marshal for South Carolina; -Jackson, Postmaster of Prince Edward, Va.; J. Holmes Grover, of South Caro Ana, Consul to Ancona; B. O. Duncan, of South Carolina, Consul to Elsinore; Richardson, Col? lector Third District of North Carolina; Bur? row, Collector First District North Carolina; Collins, Collector of Customs, Brunswick, Ga.; Wm. T. Spencer, Collector of Customs, St. Mary's, Ga._ TH JE WAH IN CUBA. A DENIAL OF THE RUMORS OF INTERFERENCE THE REVOLUTION ON THE WANE-A II Ii IV AL OF VOLUNTEERS-MORE .MURDERS. WASHINGTON, April 19.-To-day's Republican has the following : "A member ot Grant's Cabinet authorizes the statement that the President never con? templated calling an extra session of Congress to consider the Cuban question, nor has the government received any official information that an expedition has gone, or is being fitted out in aid of the Cuban revolutionists. Plumb's instructions are not yet prepared, nor has that gentleman given-the slightest grounds for the absurd rumors afloat as to what he intends to do when ho reaches Cuba as United State Consul-General. Farther than that the most recent official information from United States civil and nava' offiers in Cuba, and the adjacent waters, agree on asserting that the revolutionary movement is diminish? ing in importance, and that a compromise may be effected. The sensational rumors recently published are calculated to advance the inter? ests of the Cuban revolution, and were put in circul?t ion by Cubans, who hoped thus to cre? ate capital for their cause. HAVANA, April 17.-The Catalonian volunteers were enthusiastically receiver1. Two negroes, who were spectators of the procession shouted "Viva C?spedes 1" and were instantly killed. SPAHNS ruo M THE WIRES. Reverdy Johnson will make a tonr before he cones home. Minister Motley is expeoted to be at his post by June 1st. The apprentioe ship leaves shortly for a cruise on the Cuban coast. General Canby arrived in Bichmond yester? day, and will assume command to-day. The treasury statement shows $88,000, 080 coin, $19,000,000 coin certificates, and $8, 000,000 in currency on hand. A dispatch to the Tribune says Senator Boss, of Kau s as, beat President Grant on the confirmation of the postmaster for Lawrence. The Augusta Ohroniclo says that Ayres, the Republican member of the Georgia Legisla? ture, was murdered and robbed by a negro who is now in jail. Some surprise is expressed at San Francisco at the indiscriminate change of Federal offi? cers. The removal of J. Ross Brown is uni? versally regretted. The California senators, Casserly and Cole, in open Senate, yesterday, formally denied having authorized the statement that Presi? dent Grant contemplated an extra session of Congress regarding Cuban affairs. -A dentist in Vienna reoently supplied Ma? dam J de B., a lady well known in fashionable circles, with a splendid set of false teeth, worth about two hundred dollars, and waited with exceeding patience for payment. Finding that the lady "made no sign," he applied after three months had elapsed from the date of de? livery, by letter, for the discharge of his ola m. No answer came. A fortnight later he wrote again, in somewhat stronger language, bat received as little notice of bia second as of his first application. Determined to have his money, and to bo even with Madame de B. for her discourtesy, he inserted io a small suburban paper the following advertisement : "A mag? nificent set of self-adjusting enamelled teeth to be sold dirt-oheap. They are daily on view in tho mouth of Madame de B., (foll name) Stadt, Bo and So-street, No. -." Then he out out the slip and enclosed it to the fair default? er in an envelope. Two hours after his bill was paid, and Madame de B. hoped, as the paper in which the advertisement appeared was an insignificant one, that she had heard the last of her bargain; bot the leading jour? nals of Vienna have got hold of the story, and no teeth have made such a sensation since Cadmus' famous crop. -A aurgcon of the British army, who baa been investigating the causes of the great prevalence of heart disease among English soviiere, states that it is due to the mechanical Obstructions to the proper flow of tho blood through the arteries leading from the heart, caused by the restrictions of the clothing and accoutre tnei^a. Alterations in the dress of the English soldiers are therefore advised, the upright collar booked tight around the neck being, especially objectionable. J HOM THE STATE CAPITAL. Thc Frost? ana the Fruits-The New nally Newspaper-Tho Velocipede Ma? nia-Literary-The New State House Miscellaneous Items. [FROM OOH OWN CORRESPONDENT.J COLUi&BIA, April 13.-Tho unreasonably cold weather during tho past week has raised tho cry usual at every cold snap in spring time, that is to say, that all the fruit is destroyed. It is rare that this first ory is not exaggerated. The faots, so far as ascertained, however, go to show that tho damage done to both orchards and gardens is considerable. From Abbeville and from Green ville comos tho opinion that tho destruction of embryo fruits is well nigh thorough ; and certainly the injury in those localities may be put down as serious. Early vegetables have suffered in the same degree. From York County, on the contrary, tvhich is as far north as Greenville, but not so high nor so near the mountains, I hear that very little if any injury has boen done to either fruits or gardens. But, it must be remembered, that a few days moro may show effects that have not appeared yet. THE NEW DAILY. Mr. Pelham's announcement of his intention to resume the publication of tho Guardian newspaper in Columbia has thus far produced a lair interest in this community, but nothing like a sensation. Tho fact is, a new daily may be needed or it may not ; all depends upon what kind ot a daily the new one is to be. Competition is the main valuable result of bringing another into the field ; and this might have its advantages, especially to tho public. The new issue might find this a heavy battle to fight. It remains to be seen what tho Guar? dian proposes to be and to do ; and until we see ? that, it is hard to predict its chances of success* The public m<nd, however, is prepared to re? ceive the new sheet favorably, and Mr. Pelham will evidently have a fair chance. VELOCIPEDES. For ten days or more Columbians have had an opportunity of seeing the uso of a tricycle--an achievement of local ingenuity I 1 and skill. It has not a very great speed, and ' : is said to take a good deal of musole to propel ? ] it, and, on a short turn, is liable to capsize, j I A few days ago, however, there arrived the first, and thus far the only, regular bioycle-a legiti? mate two-wheeled, French-pattern, Yankee- | 1 made, a>mile-in-two-minutes, and a-hundied and-twanty-dollar velocipede-such as the Han- \ lons manipulate (we shall have ptdipulate * shortly) so successfully; and such as glide f through the streets of Paris, or are to whiz ] over the gravelled walks of Central Park when? ever the authorities open the gates to them, i This one drawn orowds, and has already tum- ' bled in the sand several adventurous experi- ] monters. The owner is the observed of all i observers, and next in public interest only to the Man on Horseback. VELOCIPEDE HOAX. j A new idea of advertising struck one of our s most successful advertisers-a de vier in grocc- t ries and provisions-in the midst of this sea- ? son of velocipede-on-the-brain. Friday morn- t ing he had it announced that he had received \ a one-wheeled velocipede-a monocycle of new- c est style-which would be on exhibition at his store that forenoon. Quite a number of per- * sons dropped m, trying to make it appear ac- \ oidentally, or to make small pnrohases, and T were so quietly sold that they made but little i noise about it. The announcement was re- I peated with variations on Sunday morning, sending the monocycle to other places for ex hibitioo. It is a wheelbarrow. 1 LITERARY. ? Booksellers Duffie and Chapman, of this i place, are going into the publishing business. 1 The have roached the third number in a series 1 of "Beaders" for common schools; and they announce a "School History of South Caro* lina,'1 to appear early this Bummer. They also are publishing, by subscription', a narrative -i poem entitled "Evelyn,'* of which the charac- J ters are actors in the late war. The author is i a promising young poet of this State. i THE NEW STATE HOUSE. It will be remembered that the Legislatuie < empowered the Governor to have the unflnish- t ed State House put in using order for the next r B63sion of that heterogeneous body. Major Alexander Y. Lee, architect, has recently been I 8 appointed to this work by Governor Scott. It | \ is worthy of mention that Major Lee was the superintendent and architect of the peniten- 1 tiary, and was dismissed from that post to give 1 place to one Stoibrand, a thriving carpet-bag- | ger ol numerous Radical merita. Mow, the t appointment of Lee to the State House work ? is a cheerful sign, indicating as it does < that Governor Scott's supply of carpet- 1 baggers, scalawags and negroes is about out, and he has been by this circumstance forced to the appointment of a decent white I ] man. The probability is that none of bis | \ negroes, not even Elliott or Whipper, caren to prostitute bis party influence to a job that j would require more brains than they are cen- i scions of having. They oan codify laws and * that kind ot light work; but architecture is a t different matter. But the wonder increases i when we remember that Tomlinson is here and j ready to serve the State is so many ways already ( -could he not ba induced to devote a little 1 more of bis precious time to this little job? 1 And there is Parker, and Neagle, and Crews, (who does not return to Union,) and Bishop, (wo has not hastened back to Greenville,) and and the Bev. Mr. Jackson, of Charleston, to say nothing of Corbin, Hubbard, Jill ?on, Heart, and Louisa Bawlins. All this makes the ap? pointment of Lee the mora wonderful, but not the less gratifying to the community. ITEMS. The Palmetto Fire Company of this place is making ready for the approaching contest of skill in Charleston. Every fahr evening is de? voted to practice, and a lively rivalry may be expected when tba tug of war comes. The grand o ?tablis h mont, combining an ex* pres>a office, open house, and a good deal be? sides, recently announced as about to be built in Columbia, is wish ?kl for on all hands, but some in our midst sUll remain a bit incredu? lous about its running up so quickly. The military force held here, usually amount - j lng to six or eigirt companics, has dwinctiad down to two companies of infantry. General Bamford is the commandant jf ibo post. The Howard School-for freedmci.-is in regular operation, but the patronage ht not aa large as formerly. The negroes are getting a little weary of books and that sort of thing. The novelty is wearing off. COUSAIS. -Hannah Tyler has been telling more tales toTilton. She says of her fellow clerks : "My observation has shown me that any simpering girl oan wheedle moro favors from her supe? riors by one shake of her euria than a consci? entious man could obtain by a year's di?igent labor. It is not my intention to be personal. Bot ever/ one in Washington knows that the rule is, if clerks are absent from their desks, except when on leave, a corresponding deduc? tion is made from their pay. A married lady sits within speaking distance as I pen this par? agraph, who remained at home for more than a year, and drew 175 per month for th? entire period." EROM CUBA, DIRECT. Continued Successes of the Liberals Arrival of a Portion of Hamilton's Brigade-Scenes at Buciry, May arl and Bayamo-The Troops at Port Naranjo -Blockade Bunning-A Cheering Pros? pect. A correspondoDt of the Havannah Advertiser, writing "In^tho Field, near Bayamo, Cuba, April 6th," says : SUCCESSES OF THE LIBERALS Continue to be reported daily. General Gom?z is actively harrassing Valma soda's forces, and Marcamo, Poidros and Thornton sweep the country for six leagues about Santiago de Cuba. Within a week a dozen skirmishes are report? ed, and oaon one was a Liberal victory, as the footing up of prisoners, arms and stores cap? tured will show. Every plantation in this sec? tion is a harbor for the Liberals; every cross? road is a gatheriug place or patriot camp, and every hacienda you can find a patriot quarter. Tho trains sent out to San Louis, El Cristo and Palma Loria have, for the third time since March 7th, been either driven baok or captur? ed. The armed and unarmed patriots spring up from the ground as did Marion's men in days gone by upon the Peedee, and their suc? cess is inevitable. THE ARRIVAL OF HAMILTON'S BRIGADE at Port Noranjo was an event. They carno in detached companies, and only since they have taken tho field his any appreciation of their strength ot numbers or their strength in arms been had. From their arrival they went to work in earnest-a largs number were mount? ed within twelve hours of their arrival and away, scouting tho country as though to the manor born. Hamilton is not yet with them he may be in Cuba ere this roaches you, though. Old familiar faces ore here, though las: seen at Shiloh or at the Wilderness pressing through the smoke of battle, and these veterans of the great rebellion make short work and speedy of the thin-skinned Andalusians. You can read? ily imagine what chance a conscript Spaniard, frosh from a voyage, reduced by the horrors of an aggravated sea sickness, and green to war, bas with these powder-burned tigers. Some nf them have recently been seen in and around Bayamo, Mayari and Buciry, and wherever they have been seen will long be remembered. Thornton is at Palma Doria to-day-to-morrow about Villa del Cobre, ever ready. Broughton ls invalided with a wound received within twelve hours after landing. Van Horn, who says lie is an original Alabama rebel, leaves me to-d?y for La Guanajaand the vicinity of Gene? ral Quesada's command. Valmaseda and Mar samo met a few days since, and another Libe? ral success bas been added to the list. The Spanish troops are beginning to deBert freely. Twelve came into our camp hist night-all new irrivals from Spain. Little of this is of interest to you who listen "or stirring news, for great battles whereon rou can indite many words: for charges and tssaults, upon which to build long black head? lines; but to us these little skirmishes, tem lorocl as they are by the mose bloodthirsty spirit upon the port ot tho Spaniards, and by Jae desperate, soul-nerved resolution upon the Dart of the Liberals -these things to us are not roid of excitement nor danger. It is not por nitted me to go into details-suffice it to say ;hat each day odds to our force, our strength, inanimity and prospects. Each day brings to ;ha ports wo hold men, munitions, stores, nonev end Lope. The Issue is no longer loubtful. BLOCKADE RUNNING continues to increase. If the batches could be ifted off, hah* the vessels in the Gulf to-day \ould show something contraband of war. We ire working rapidly against the day when the ?rand cordon will be placed around us, whioh Ire and iron alone can remove. Now is the imo for the adventurous, either in person or norse, to oorae forward. Fortune and fame ?orne easily and speedily in suoh days as these. THE PB08PEGT s cheering to every Cuban-to every lover of ?berty. Wo have " gotten- beyond the stage vhon all desire to be generals. We have eached that stage when all are willing to work n whatever sphere they may be placed, and to vork whole hearted when that time is readied, LS you well know success is no longer proble natioal. I shall continue to write you as occasion nay serve, but do not look to mo for graphic iccounts of great battled- they are not plenli hl. We are eating the country np, inch by noh-overcoming prejudice-creating patriots, tot only by moral suasion, but by orthodox >lows, and win we must. VOLUNTEEU. THE BOMBAY COTTON CROE. We have received a copy of the official report nade to the British Government, by Mr. G. F. forbes, Cotton Commissioner, containing re jortB of the different government collectors, in egord to the cotton crop of Bombay Presi lency, for the year 1868-69. The report is lated Bombay, February 16, 1869, and tho cot? on commissioner makes the following sum' nary of the reports made to him : The object of publishing this return is ta upply the trade with as near an estimate as K>ssible of the probable yield qt the current ieason'8 crop. The remarks of the collectors regarding dmost the whole of the districts will show how infavorable the season has generally been. Ia the preceding return published in Ueoenv >er last, I noticed the very encouraging reporte ben reaching me with respect to the cotton ;rop in the Dharwar districts. At that time, t gave proniine of being an abundant one anc >f superior quality. But since then it has Buf? fered severely from a cause, which is als< surely climatic, viz : the unseasonable preva once of a dry and scorching easterly wind. 1 save before now had occasion to notice and re sort upon partial failures of the cotton oro] rom this cause, but in this instance it appear! ?have been goneral, and to have prevaile: ivor the whole district. Its sudden and inju .ions effect upon the strongest cotton plants it nore than can be accounted for by mere wen >f moisture, or tho dryness of the wind : i would appear os if it carried with it some othe: alighting influence, lt ls worthy of notice tha he acclimated Amerioan cotton is reported a raftering less, and resisting the influence o ho blight better, than the indigenous cottoi >f the country, which shows how firmly am avorably the American plant bas taken to th* soil and climate of those dist riete. The prospects of the out-turn from G oozers ire better than they were when the last repot a/as published. More especially as regards th jolleotorr.tcs of Surat aud Broach, each c wi ich will, I belie /e,be found to yield nearly a iverage crop. I observed that the cotton ero ilong the line traversed by the raliway was nc ?qual to the general average elsewhere, sn this may have caused unfavorable anticipe tiona. In many parts of the interior I saw a Bine fields of cotton as could possibly be desi) 3d ; and it was singular that this was the cae in some localities where the wheat and jowar? srops had failed almost to famine standard. The general ton or of the '' remarks by tb ?olleotore" would lead to the conclusion thi the crop this season will not be more than ha an average one, but from what I have my BO soon, and from carefully considering all tb Information obtained from other sources, I ai inolined to take a more favorable view of tl question, and tc estimate tho deficiency at ni more than twenty-five per cent, as contrast? with the orop of last season, the out-turn < which amounted to about twelve hundred ai fifty thousand bales for export. P. S.~Binoe forwarding the above to tl press, a further report on the Dharwar crop hi just reached me. It dates np to the 18th inc A favorable change in the weather was revi fog the plants. The estimate of loss of qua t ity in the Amerioan variety is given at twee per cent, less crop than the plants promised month ago. But the quality of the staple ala o vary materially affected, as the " bligh! caught the plants inst at the time that the fib was maturing in the boils; this litter is look upon as the worst evil of the two. The native plant has suffered more severe! the estimated loss is here given at fifty p cent., but notwithstanding the above, owing the increase in cultivation the whole crop these districts will be considerably in excess that obtained from them last year. This report may bs taken as thoroughly r< able, it being founded on offloial inform?t] and published by order of the government? -Bochefort's Lanterne ia now published a Brussels printer, who pays Roohefort t< thousand francs a week. The circulation the Lanterne is between 80,000 and 90,1 copies. r-EJiS O KA E. -That naughty noble, the Marquis ol Canx, hypothecates Patti's coruiug concerts for im? mediate coin. -Theryilinises, the Priuco and Princess of Wales, have done Constantinople the h^nor of arriving there. -Edmund Yates attributes the matornity of the ' Girl of the Period" ai sides to the wife of Mr. Linton, the engraver. \ -An Indiana compositoi lately "set up" for insertion in tho paper a net'co of the marriage of his own father and motu il*. They had been several years divorced. -Menard has moved his newspaper to New Orleans, and seeks to attract subscribers by of? fering as a premium a photograph of "tho first colored Congressman clod." -Prentice gives this advice to young men wishing success in life : "Bo industrious, prac? tice economy, say your prayers, and contribute boa house and lot for Grant." -Another convert to tho Jewish religion wau made and married in Chicago last Sunday. The bridegroom's proselyting powers were so ?reat that he converted his mother-in-law. -It is said that Breckinridgo will go into the Kentucky Legislature-that ho is worth not less than sixty thousand dollars, and that lis health was never so good as it is at pres mt. j -The last thing talked ijxm t in Paris is Gus? tave Doro's picture of "Titania." It is only a square foot of canvas, but is filled with minute 'airios, i i such a way as to be a subject of long }tudy. -Bjoernson, the Norwegian poet and novel st, is delighted with the favorable reception vith which his books have met in the United ?tates. He is anxious to make a trip to America. -The late John Minor Botts had a signet ing made of filings from the old Independence ?ell in Philadelphia, and tit his death bequeath id it to General Grant, to whom it has just >een duly presented. -Meyerbeer always feared that his family vould come to want, and he left a number of iompositions which his executors are instruct id not to open unless their publication is ne lessary to the support of his heirs. -Both Girardin and Gounod have German rives. Alexander Dumas, Jr., is married to a lussian lady, and his old papa ;s living with a oung English girl, of whom he is so fond that ie willingly submits to all hor caprices, and pends for her nearly every sou he receives rom his publishers. -A French stock company which intends to tart a new daily paper in Paris, has offered Smile de Girardin the sum of 500,000 francs if ie will leave the Liberte and take the manage aent of the new paper. Tho offer was declin? ed. Girardin values his'share of the Liberte ,t fully one million iranda. -It is said that the Chateau de Maison La itto has been bought for eleven hundred housond francs by the Prinoe Imperial. It ras built in 1657 by Francois Monsard, in the entre of an immense fdrest, whioh has now ?eon cleared away, and the estate supports a >o pul a ti on of thirteen thousand souls. -Mr. Burlingame sec?is to be very popular u Paris. He is looked upon as being the best uthority there uoen American matters. He s an enthusiast in his mission, and does not lisguise his feelings as au American. He sets orth his mission as one calculated to corry he American institutions and ideas into the )rient and to make 400,000,000 of Eastern men imericans in government and practice. -Miss Janauschek, who knew not a word of English when she came to this country two rears ago, has since studied the language so assiduously as to have become quite proficient n it. On Monday she attempted to perform in Snglish, before a private audience, parts of 'Deborah" and "Macbeth," in order to try her ability, and was quite successful, speaking with iloquenoe and power. It is stated by the New fork Herald that she means to study more aud lerfeot herself so as to take English ports on ter next visit to this country, whioh will be text winter. There ore some defects in her tronunoiotion ond accentuation whioh she lopes will be overoome by close study and tractioe. -A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com nercial quotes one of tho old citizens of Nash? ville os saying: "Johnson is the old idol of the Tennessee Democracy. He built the party up n Tennessee, and waa its head and front for nany years. When he ran for Govornor .gainst Gentry, the odds were thousands vgain st him; but at the end of the canvass he tad killed Kuow-Notbingism and very near ulled Gentry, and was triumphantly elected. Sat as popular and strong as he was then, I relieve he is still more so now. You Bee he ised only to have the support of the Demo trats, but now, here in this State, he has nearly ill the old Democrats to back bim, and about ? ralf the old Whigs. -Mrs. Scott Siddons, the actress, was lately elegraphed to in the West to know her terms or playing the part of Miranda in the "Tem* >est," at the Twenty-third-street Opera House, .die replied : "$1000 a week, third of the house ?lo?ronos o week, $1000 to break an engage nent in St. Louis, and railroad expenses for bree people from Now Orleans." The mana rer replied : "Madam : Your terms are much co low. You shall have all that com ta in the louse; Mr. Fisk will present you with the >pera house and two hundred miles of the Sile Ballway, besides what personal property io has accumulated in a ufo of toil and self-de ual; also all that he may make for the next five rears, whioh, ii we may judge by the past, will x> no inconsiderable amount. If these terms tbould not meet with your approbation it may ie possible to make Gould give up what little ie has, that the light of your refulgent genius nay not be lost to the stage." -Lord Stanley's address to the citizens of glasgow has been mentioned in our cable dia Mtohes. He spoke of tho influ 3nco of publio ipinion in the equalization of society, partiou arly as exhibited in tho newspapers. On the rabject of foreign affairs Lord Stanley said, sot withstanding various gloomy prognosticat? ions, he looked forward, on the whole, hope? fully to tho maintenance of peace in Europe, md if that peace should be disturbed he con? fidently anticipated that England would be .ble to maintain a neutral attitude. With re? gard to the American question he admitted [hat there had been a failure in the negotia? tion, but he did not take a gloomy view of our relations with the United States. He had very Rreat faith in the good sense of tho . American people, and dtd not think they could wish to increase their present difficulties by getting Into tresa q?*rrels. Great Britain had offered bo submit to on arbitration the question wheth sr in ernational wrong had been committed, md whatever happened she had in so doing ?nt herself in the right. -Don Platt says of olerk'e life in Washing? ton: ' I know of no process so effectual to ex? tract the manhood from one as to be buried in the depths of these public building*, depen? dent upon the miserable pay and uncertain tenure of these places. One can see the health and strengthago ont little by little, and the in? oumbent grow old with no provisi?n for his family or self, and the bard otuel tact pressing upon him that his life is a failure, diacossted in advance of death-a wreck and a shame.'* NEW YORK FASHIONS. Harper'j Bazaar for this week contains tho following hints for the ladies, in regard to tho latest styles in vogue : MANN EB OF MAKING DRESSES. Corsages arc of medium length and round at tho waist. Shoulder seams arc short and high, defining the slope of the shoulders. The two darts in each front are short b-.it taken very deep, to make an easy tapering shape. Side seams aro directly under tho arm. Forms in tho back are st itched on the outside, and aro an iuch apart at the belt. Open fronts with revors. shawl-shaped surplice with fullness from tue shoulders to the belt, squaro necks, and the broad sailor collar of the dress mate? rial will bo more worn than ever during tho warm weather. The neck of a plain corsage is cut out very low and round if tho wearer has a handsome neck, otherwise the high neck and niobe will be most becoming, and will not look old-fashioned. SLEEVES. Sleeves of street dresses are easy-fitting coat-shaped. They have bows at tho elbow and broad trimming at tho wrist. Few new dresses are made with epaulets. A puff is often placed half way between the arm hole and elbow. Silks for evening wear and thin muslins have tho Maria Theresa sleeved puffed to tho elbow and frilled. Long arms require puffs around the sleeves, and tulle under s lee ve s puffed to fill out the frill. Short arms look best in lengthwise puffs. SKIRTS. Trained skirts have a flat gored front width, two narrow Bide gores and two full back breadths. Tho fullness is laid in pleats be? neath the side seams. Tho back breadths are in French gathers. Five yards is the width of a moderate train to be worn over small cri? noline. Two yards is an extreme length. Silks and poplins of light quality are lined through? out with paper snnslio. THE DEE PANNIER AND SASHES. Overekirts to muslin and silk dress"'! are quite short and very much puffed up in the back. Tho round pannier puff ts not so pretty as the new bee pannier. This has two wings pointed and open to the belt behind, consist? ing of two full widths of silk with a half-width in front of each turned over en revers. A flat sash of many short rounded ends fills np the opening behind, and represents the body of the bee. Tho pannier is attached to a belt. When made of silk, it should be Hued with the contrasting color with which the dress is trimmed. SHORT suire. Short snits for the streets are worn by la? dies of all ages; the stout as well as tho Blender. ? black Bilk casaque, with a short flounced skirt, is the handsomest street snit for a married lady. Stout figures look best in the casaque, or in a short basque with a single fc-kirt, on wk ch the trimming simulates an upper skirt. The standard length for walking dresses is to have them j net escape the ground. They measure be4 len three and a half and four i yards in widiu. They are still cut with flat front, two side gores, and a full back breadth. Care should be taken that there is no fullness in front, to prevent the front width hanging in a fold in the centre. A USEFUL NOVELTY. Many unsuccessful attempts have been made to combine a long skirt with a short one. At length a plan has been perfecto 1 by whioh a dress will answer for a street suit, and may be lengthened to form a train when worn indoors. A model shown us is in black silk, but it will . answer quite as well for alpaca or poplin. It is first a short skirt made as asnal, with two side gores and trimmed with a wide flounce. A separa te train is then formed of five narrow breadths gathered to tho belt, and sewed in the whole length of tho back seam of the sec? ond gore. Thia train han a flounce also. When worn in the street the train is caught up to the belt bv a loop put half way down each of the back seams, and fastened over two buttons placed a finger apart on the belt. TRIMMINGS. ? fringe with gimp heading and detached tassels is very stylishly used on capes and basques* Satin is preferred for trimming silks, but modistes advise gros grain for poplins and woollen goods. It is lighter for summer, and does not fray like satin. It is not worth while to say one is tired of flounces. They were never so much worn as at present, and the o are literally ruffles upon ruffles-Chambray gauze and grenadine snits being trimmed with ias flounces edged with narrow straight frill.-*, giving a peculiarly light appearance. Pique ruffles are made straight and pleated. Striped ruffles look best cnt bias. 1 MATERIALS. Glossy and changeable goods are greatly in favor, but the woollen goods with silk face should be avoided, as they fray and fade. A glossy black alpaca, known as the Buffalo brand, is commendable for street wear, as it rejects the dust and retains its gloss. This alpaca is of a fine, durable blue blaok, with all the lustre and finish of silk, for whioh it is an excellent substitute, and is made from the finest long staple wool of the alpaca goat. Serge foulards in all the fashionable colors for snits are sold by the yard for $2 5X1. CRINOLINE. The new crinoline imported by the modistes is merely a bastle with springs over whioh is a fall of starched Swiss muslin, consisting of two flat gores at the back, with side pieces rounding to the belt. The front is entirely open. Six Swiss ruffles, very fall and wide, cross the back widths from the edge to the belt. A fluted ruffle surrounds the whole affair. Eight dollars is asked for the walking length. Twenty dol? lars for a trained skirt. THU GREEK BONNET. A novel bonnet oalled La Grecque shows con? siderable inorease in size. It is large enough to flt the head comfortably, and is worn very tar forward. The coronet band of straw stands an inch back from the edge at right angles with the bonnet. The hollow space is filled with lace and flowers. When worn over the short frizzed saris, now fashionable on the forehead, it gives the head a classic contour. KW CHARLES' LONDON CORDIAL GIN, OB PURE LIQUOR Ol' JUNIPER BERRIES.-Thia favorite brand of PURR LONDON CORDIAL OIN has stood the test ot time, imitation, piracy, high tariffs and unfair competition, and still enjoys a con? stantly increasing sale; showing that true merit does not always go unappreciated. CHARLES" LONDON CO BDI AL OIN Is offered to the pubHo as a perfectly reliable speci? fic in sU oases of Diseased Bladder and Kidneys. It sets directly on these organs, with a dirc-iuess and speediness, wbteh render it invaluable to persons suffering fromGravel, Dlaberos. Inflamed Bladder, scanty sud highly-colored urine, and lo all eases where, from whatever cause, a healthful diuretic is required. Ladies subject to painful menstruation, can by the use of CORDIAL OIN a few days previous, to and daring illness obtain great relief. Ia auch Instances lt should be taken with sugar ead warm water. As a tonio and beverage this OIN is unequalled, as it Bossteees none of the headache properties to be found ia those poisons, new too frequently sold an? der the names of Oin, Brandy, Whiskey, fcc JOHN V. HENRY, Sole Importer, No. SI Park Row, New York. For sale in Charleston, South Carolina, by Dr. H. BABB, RAOUL fc LYNAH, W. A. 8KBXNE, Ch W. AIMAR, BSD. 8. BURNHAM sod A. W. *6KB_ fc CO. tothsoow3moa PAP February 38 aar* NO CURE ! NO PAY !-FOEBEST'B JUNIPER TAB is warranted to care Coughs, Croup, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Spitting of Blood and Lung Distases. Immediate relief produced. Try it; if not satisfied, return the empty bottles and get your money baot. Sold wholesale and Retail by the Agent, O. W. AI HAR, Druggist, Corner King sad Vsnderborst streets. ASP*Price ascents. February 27_nao_ tothsSmos ASF* ERRORS OF YOUTH-A GENTLE? MAN who suffered lor yean from Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all the effects of youthful in? discretion, will, for the sake af suffering humanity, send free to all who need lt, the receipt and direc? tions for making the simple remedy by whioh hs was eared. Sufferers wishing to profit by the advertis? er's experience, caa do so hy addressing, in perfect onfldence, JOBN B. OGDEN, No. _ Cedar-street, New York. February S ?mos Sptrial Dotlces. J9?-CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.-CONSIGNEES per Steamship PROMETHEUS, from Philadelphia, aro notified that sho is THIS DAT discharging cargo at North Atlantic Wharf. Ooods remaining on tho wharf at sunset will be at risk of Consignee. April 20_1_Agents. ?yC?NSIGNEE?S PER STEAMSHIP CHAMPION are notified that she ls discharging car? go at Adger's Wharf. Goods remaining on dock at sunset will be stored at owners' risk and expense. MW Freight will bo collected at the new tariff rates. JAMES A DOER & CO., Agents New York and Charleston Steamship Line. April 20_ 1 OS" TREASURY DEPARTMENT, APRIL HTH, 1869.-Notice is hereby elven that tho INTER? EST COUPON8, payable on the fit st day of July next, will be paid on presentation at the proper offices, upon a rebate of interest, at the rate of B?X per cent, per annum In gold. (Signed) GEO. 8. BOUTWELL, Ap-il 20 Iuths3 Secretary of tho Treasury. ??-OFFICE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, FIREPROOF BUILDING, CHARLESTON, 8. C., APRIL 19, 1809.-LICENSES TO RETAIL SPIRIT? UOUS LIQUORS IN THE COUNTY-All persons who have failed to take out their Licenses, as re? quired by tho act of the Goneral Assembly, aro called upon to Jo so forthwith, or tho penalty attached for neglect will be rigidly enforced. All who nogleot to take out tboir Licenses on tho 1st May proximo, will bo considered defaulters, and will be doa<t with accordingly. By order of the Board. F. C. MILLER, April 20_ll_Chairman. ?S-HOW OFTEN DO YOU HEAR THE complaint from mother and father that their son or daughter is not well; that they have no appetite; that they feel languid ; that their hoad aches ; that they are growing thin and feoblo, and that they have no life or energy left? That they aro low-spirited, and perfectly incapacitated to partic?pale in any pleasures, or perform any mental or physical duty. And the question is often asked, what shall I do for them ? or, what shall I give thom ? Cur answer is, let them try PLANTATION BITTERS moderately throe times a day, and our word for it they will re? cover. MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to the best imported German Cologne, and sold at half the price. April 20 tuths3 MW SARATOGA ??A" SPRING WATER. Saratoga, in the State of New York, is one of the most remarkable mineral reservoirs upon the surface of the globe. Within an area of a mile in diameter are some thirty mineral springs-no two of tbem alike. In rome of the waters, Chloride of Sodium predominates; in others, Iodine, Magnesia, Sulphur, Chalybeate, Acc. The beneficial effects of some of those waters, as medicinal agents, are known throughout the civilized world. Probably one hun? dred thousand persons visit these Springs annually. Many hundred thousand bottles of the water are transported and consumed in the various localities of the country. The SARATOGA "A" SPRING WATER is pro? bably the most effeotivo mineral water found on elmer continent. It will be observed that it has ten per cent greater mineral properties than the cele? brated Congress Spring; four times that of Baden Baden of Austria; five times that of Aix la Chapelle in Prussia; twice that of Vichy in France; nearly iinoo tinea groa.ot ?bau tho renowned Seltzer of Germany; and equally over the Spas of natu, Eng? land, and Eiasengen in Bavaria. The reputation of this waler ia based upon ite effects in diseases of the stomach, liver, bowels, kidneys, and spleen, and acts with wonderful bene? fit in cases of Chronic Dyspepsia, Constipation, Gravel, Gout, Scrofula, Cutaneous Affections, Gone tal Lethargy, Soreness, and Prostration of the sys? tem. The value of mineral waters has been prised and acknowledged by medical men since the earliest civilization. A celebrated authority says: "The vir tues of mineral waters have been best shown in the treatment ol obscure andebronic diseases." Agent fer the Saratoga "A" Springwater, JOHN F. HENRY, No. 31 Park Row, New York. gold in Charleston, B. C., by G. W. AIMAR, W. A. SERENE, RAOUL * LYN AH, A. W. ECKEL A CO., ED. 8. BURNHAM and Dr. H. BAEB. February 28_pao_tuthseow8mos jaar CHARLESTON SAVINGS INSTITU? TION-FINAL SETTLEMENT.-In accordance with the decretal order of the Court of Equity, the sec? ond and last instalment of four and seven-tenths per centum will be paid on and after Tau Dar to depo? sitors, at the office of the Institution, No. 98 CHURCH-STREET. TUESDAYS and TRTJBSDAYS will be specially devot? ed to the payment of females. Males will be attend? ed to on the other week days. The Deposit Books must be surrendered, as this ls the final settlement. The office will be opened every day (Sundays excepted) from Nine o'clock A. M. to Two o'clock P. M., and no payment will be made ont of business honra. The payments will continue daily until every depositor ls settled with. HENRY 8. GRIGGS, * March 29 10 atothlO Treasurer O. 8.1. 49-TO CONSU MPTlTES.-THE ADVER? TISER, having been restored to health in a few weeks by a very simple remedy, after having suffered several years with a severe lung affection, and that dread disease Consumption, is anxious to make known to bia fellow-sufferers tbe means of cure. To all who desire it, be will send a eopy of the pre? scription used (free of oharge), with the directions for preparing and using the same, which they will find a sure cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronohl* tas, Ac. The object of the advertiser in sending the prescription is to benefit the afflicted, and spread In? formation which he conceives to be invaluable; and he hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, as lt will cost them nothing and may prove a blessing. Parties wishing the prescription will please ad? dress Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON, Williamsburg, Kings County, New York. February 8_8mos HST ESSAYS FOR YOUNG MEN.-ON THE Errors and abuses incident to Youth and Early Man? hood, with the humane view of treatment and cure, sent by mall free ol charge. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box P, Philadelphia, Pa. January 20_3mo T AW CARD. GODFREY &~HARPER. THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE ASSOCIATED FOR the practice of LAW in the Courts of Colisi?n County. W. GODFREY, Walterboro', 8. C. L. A. HARPER, Georgo's Station, 8. 0. Railroad. April 8_stuthlmo* T L. Nt'SBR, No. 8? Broad-street, t COLLECTOR OF RENTS ANS REAL ESTATE AGENT. April 10_m_ _stuth8mo& JJOWARD DALY , GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, IfO. SA Warreat-streel. NEW TORE. PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE PUR? CHASE of all kinds of MERCHANDISE. Boots, BhoeOXaft, Ca. a cod Trank?, and Straw Goods a Consignments of all kinds of Staple Articles and general Produce solicited. Proapw^gr^teed^^ ^ Late of Charteston, 8. C. Semi-Weekly rtfee darren ta sent free bj poet. January 88 Deo ??<>. _SWy?gg._ FOR LIVBKPUOL. THE FINE AMERICAN SHIP AMELIA, CBS^ BEBBY Master, is now rua dy for cargo, and JfJt&?Jrbeing of small capacity will have dispatch, *a^^" For engagements apply to PATTERSON & 8TO0K, April 20_goath AOantto wharf. VESSELS WANTED . jrrv TO LOAD FOR PROVIDENCE, R. L, ?UBfc>New York, Boston, New Haven, Conn., JByErElizabethport, and South Amboy, N. J, ? i Good rates and dispatch given. Apply to H. F. BAR KR St CO., April 10_No. ag Cnuibarland-Btreet, FOR BOSTON, j-j-ys THE SCHOONER ANNA E. GLOVER, pSfigL having half of her cargo enga^od, wlU load ajEj^ywlth dispatch for tho above port, ?sassaw For Freight engagements apply to T. TUPPER St SONS, March 31 Brown's Wharf. FOR PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON. REG ULAR EVER 1 THU USDA Y. THE STEAMSHIP PROME JjL^THEUS, Captain GRAY, will leavo ^ North Atlantic Wharf, on THUBS _t DAV, 22d instant, at - o'clock. For Freight or Passage apply to JOHN St THEO. GETTY, April 17_North Atlantic Wharf. FOR NEW 1 liilH. REG ULAR LINE EVERY THURSDA Y. PASSAGE REDUCED TO SID. THE SIDE-WHEEL STEAMSHIP MAGNOLIA, Captain M. B. Cnow ELL, will leave Vamierhorst's Wharf on THURSDAY, April 22, 1869, at 3 o'clock P. M. April 10_RAVENEL A CO.. Agents. NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP LINE. FOR NEW Y t? ll Ii CABIN PASSAGE $20. ^VfT?nw? TBE SPLENDID SIDE-WHEEL y^3?fmp^Z STEAMSHIPS of this lino will ?k?M?j<&\*$frTi* kavo Adder's Routh Wharf, dnriuR mTX? TMH*Viii, i, tho month of April, nu follows ; JAMES ADGER-TtjB?DAT, April C, at 2 o'clock P M CHAMPION-SATURDAY, April 10. at 4 o'olock P M CHARLESTON-TtTEBDAV April 13, at 8 o'clock A M MANHATTAN-SATURDAY, April 17, at lOo'clook A M JAMES ADGER-TUESDAY, April 20, at 12 o'clock M CHAMPION-SATURDAY, April 24. at 4 o'clock P M tfW Insurance can be obtainer1 by those steamers at X, per cent. JtST An Kxtra Charge of $6 will be made to pas? sengers purchasing Tickets on board altor sailing. 49T These STEAMSHIPS have handsome and roomy accommodations for passengers, and their tables are supplied with all the delicacies of the New York and Charleston markets. For Freight or Passage, apply to JAMES ADGER St OO., Corner Adger's Wharf and East Bay (Up-stairs.) April 5_ PACIFIC HAIL STEAMSHIP COMPY'B THROUGH MI> vi IO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. CHANGE OF SAILING OAFS I BTEAMERS OF THE ABOVE line leave Pier No. 42, North River, foot of Canal-street. New York, at 12 o'clock noon, of the 1st. 11th and 21st of every month (except when these dates fall en Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of lat and 21st connect at Panama wita steamers for South Pacific and Central American ports. Those of 1st touch at Manzanillo. Departure of 11th of each month connects with the new steam Une from Panama to Australia and New Zealand. Steamship JAPAN leaves San FraLcisco for China and Japan May 4, 1869. No California steamers touch at Havana, but go direct from New York to Aspinwall. On? nun arc vi pounds baggage iroe to each adult? Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets or further Information appTy at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE; on the wtmti. foot of Canal-street, North River, New York. March 12_lyr_F. R. BABY, Agent. FOR EDISTO. ENTERPRISE, ROCKVILLE, MARTIN'S POINT. AND SIMONS' BLUFF, r -?Tifl^fc? THE STEAMER EMILIE, CAPTAIN ?ksGSSEm&taE 0. LEWIS, will receive Freight THIS DAY, at South Commercial Wharf and leavo as above To-Monnow (Wednesday) MORNING, 31st instant, at 8 o'clock, and leave Edisto on THURSDAY MORNING, at 9 o'clock. SHACK ELFORD Si KELLY, Agents, Boyce's Wharf. The steamer EMILIE will leave again for Edisto next WEDNESDAY, 28th Instant, at 8 o'clock, andi leave Edisto on THURSDAY MOBNINO, 29th instant, at 9 o'clock._1_April 20 INLAND ROUTE. ONLY TWO AND A HALF HOURS AT SEA. THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA. CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH STEAM PACKS'! LINS. THE STEAMER PILOT BOY, CAP I TAIN FENN PUCK, win leave Accom? modation Wharf every MONDAY and THURSDAY MORN * maa, et 8 o'clock, toaohlng at Beaufort onlyr returning will leave Savannah TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at 9 o'clock A. M., making the trip in eleven hours. The Steamer FANNIE, Captain ADAIR, will leave Charleston every WEDNESDAY MOBNINO, at 8 o'clock touching at Edisto, Chisolm's Land'nj, Beaufort and HUton Head ; returning, leave Savannah every THURS? DAY, at a o'clock P. M., vouching at the above landV ings. Will touch at Bluff ton on the second WEDNESDAY in every month, going and returning. For Freight or Passage apply to JOHN FERGUSON. April 6_Accommodation Wharf. FOR PALATKA, FLORIDA, VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA AND JACKSON. VELLE. THE FTRBT-OA88 ST 8AM BB 'DICTATOR. Captain WK. T. MCNBL TY, will sall from Charleston every Tuesday Evening, at Eight o'clock, for the above points. The first-class Steamer CITY POINT, Captain Geo. E. MCMILLAN will nail from Charleston every Fri' day Evening, at Eight o'clock, for above points. Connecting with the Central Railroad at Savannah for Mobile and New Orleans, and with the Floride. Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at which point steamers connect with New Orleans, Mobile?. Pensacola, Key West and Havana. Through Bills Lading given for Freight to Mobile. Pensacola and New Orleans. Connecting with H. S. Hart's steamers Oclavoaha and Griffin for Silver Springs and Lake* Griffin, Sus tis, Harris and Durham. All freight pi y able on the wharf. Goods not removed at suoMt win be stored at rle and expenso of owners. For Freight or Passage engagement, apply to J. D. AIKEN St CO., Agents, South Atlantic Wharf. N. B.-No extra charge for Meals and Stateroom?? November 31 EXCURSIONS AROUND THE HARBOR. THE FINK, FAST 8AELING AND OOM IBO FORT ABLY appointed Yacht ELEANOR /Jftflll resume her trips to historio pointu in 3SSfi?the harbor, and will loove South Com? mercial Wharf dally at Ten A. M. and FourP. M. Fox Passage apply W THOMAS YOUNG, December 1? Captsln.on board. J. n. HEARD, K. Y. I w. J. HEARD, NORFOLK. o. w. YOUNO* M. Y. I if. E. WOODRIDGE, PORTSMOUTH. JJKARD, YOUNO A CO., PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bo. 5*41 Was?? InRtou.street, NMW YORK. SPROUL ATT5]*5!0N GIT?S TO T?? ??SAS OF EARLY VEG EG A BLES, FRUITS, POTATOES Ac. BRBTOBENCIS.-Governor Z. B. Vaneo, Charlotte; W. D. Reynolds At Bro., Norfolk; E. G. ohio, Super? intendent 8. At B. Railroad, Portsmouth : Colonel ?r L. Fremont, E. E. Burmas, Esq., Wilmington; H. IL Thurber At Co., Langbrau St Egbert, Mew York; Bernard O'Nefll, Charleston; Alexander A Bussell, Savannah. 8moa_April 2 T OH N D- ALEXANDER, ACCOUNTANT, NOTARY PUBLIC AND GENERAL AGENT, NO* 16 Broad-street. RESPECTFULLY SOLICITS BOB IN ESS IN AD? JUSTING ACCOUNTS ot Merchants and others, and in WHITING UP AND POSTING their BOOKS, either in part or whole, Ac. January 8