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Seto SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1046 BY TELEGKAPH. If JEWS EROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, May 17_The President signed Sickles' commission aa Minister to Spain, to? day. . Innocenco Casanova, recently released from a Caban prison, ls here. The actin? Comniissioner of Internal Reve? nue, J. W. Douglass, has addressed a letter to Clark, Dodge & Co, New York, denyin<? their application tor a rehearing and rc-examination of assessment made against them by Assessor Webster, who claimed that monies employed by bankers and brokers, m the' bnaioesB of banking, were subject to a tax of one-twenty fourth of one per cent. ? Thia decision is sus? tained by the department. The President has appointed H. Bay Meyers postoffice inspector for Alabama and Missis? sippi. A delegation ef Quakers from Baltimore vis? ited Abe President to-day relative to the re eslarSishment of schools South, and with spe? cial reference to North Carolina. Tb? State Department has received no offi? cial or other report regarding Cohan affaira from th2 Consult t Havaua. XLEAn EAUAJRE IS NEW YORK, Nsw YOBS, May 17.-There ts much exoite meni in Wall-street io consequence of the fail lira of a German banking house, Schepler A Co., largely abort of gold. The general esti mate of their short contracts on gold is eight million dollars. It is understood, also, that they were short of government bonds, and had ont a considerable amount of bills of exchange. Great excitement and confusion was caused by their failure-the gold market feeling the first effect At the opening there was a perfect rush to buy, which camed the premium up to 421. "bot it ?oem siter declined to 411- It waa rumored that the Bank of England directora, at an extraordinary meet? ing, had advanced the rates of interest to. five per cent. United States bonds were firm, with prices i ?.?c. higher than on Saturday. Bail ways opened heavy bat rallied and became finner. Express and the miscellaneous list ware heavy. It is stated that Schepler A Co. were large shippers of petroleum, prodooe and provisions, and heavy dealers in gold, bonds and stocks for Europe, with extensive credits in London, Antwerp, Bremen and Frankfort, and their liabilities are extensively estimated on this side._ ITEMS FROM NEW ORLEAJfS-THE ' GREAT CREVASSE. rTrw OBJUUKB, Jttay 17.-Governor War mouth has issued a proclamation instituting a ten days' quarantine against Meat agna, Cen? tral American porta, and Yera Cruz. The crevasse below the city is becoming worse, and it is stated that aohannelhas wash? ed through the levee to the depth of fifteen feet, and several hundred feet wide. The new work washed oat as fast as made. The dis? tance at this point from river to lake is but eight or ten miles, and it is supposed that the large number of san?is and. bayous will carry eff water enough to prevent spreading o ver a width of more than three or tour miles. Seve? ral of the finest plantations of St Bernard Parish are submerged. A repart bas been re? ceived that there is damage to the levees above the city, the river having only receded a couple of inches from the highest point, and the ley eas at a?rerai pointa near the city are in a precarious condition. EUROPE. TUX rasa CH xxacitoxs. * _.; Panis, May 17.-The law prohibiting pcbU cal meetings five days previous to the election ia to be strictly enforced. A monster demon* stratton is announced for to-day, and the pre? lects haring been instructed to disperse all meetings, disturbances are anticipated. ' TUX SPANISH THXOSX, MADRID, May 17.-The Spanish cortes hare rejected the proposition for a triennial regency. 03xjss o?ETrnox ox rasmia >rr?ma LONDON, May 17. -The critical 8tateof affairs in Paris ia variously commented on by the press here. It seems tobe the general impres? sion, however, that the French Government baa fomented thu discontent and adopted re? pressive measures to stay the disorders aris? ing with a Tiew to some ulterior design. SPARKS PROM THE WIRES. ? Tho first through train from Sacramento/with fire hundred passengers, bas arrived at Omaha. The travel West ls very large. Thomas Gibbs, of Savannah, has disappear? ed, leaving behind bim liabilities to a consid? erable amount. There is no cloe to his where? abouts. The stockholders of tho New Tork Tribune hare 'abolished the office of managing editor, giving- the exclusive control to Horace Greeley. The Bichmond and Charleston delegation to the Memphis . Commercial Convention hare arrived, and the city is rapidly ulong with ?trangers. A rigorous campaign ia progressing between the citizens and robbers in the Manean Paciflo States. The robbers have been worsted and many killed. In Jinnora the revolution is assuming a seri? ous aspect. The revolutionists hare captured and established their headquarters at the town pf Elforte, where three h un di '. troops from Sonora joined the insurgents. The Apache Indians who were driven from Arizona are de? vastating the borders of Sonora and other bor? der 8 ta tea. Chief Justice Chase, hi a suit bro ugh t against the City of Bichmond to make her redeem her small notes issued during the war to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars, has decided that having been issued to aid the re? bellion they cannot be redeemed. The Legis ture which authorized their issue was de facto a Legismture, and had the power to grant such authority; and had the notes been issued for any legal purpose, and not for the subversion of the government, they would be liable to re? demption. _ GOLD Aim GXXXNBACXS-IXPOXTANT DECIS? ION or Cmrr JTJHTICE CHASE.-A case came up in the United States Court, at Bichmond, on Friday, of which the points were these : Messrs. 0. M. Fry A Co., of Liverpool, brought ?nit against W. H. Hobo's administrator for .bout ?8600 sterling, claimed as amount of drafts overdrawn on shipments of some eight hundred bales o? ootton, consigned to Fry A Co through Messrs. McBwaine A* Co., of Pe? tersburg. The account was proved, and the nia?point in the case was whether judgment should be rendered for the amonnt of the ster? ling billa converted into gold dollars, or whe? ther the difference between gold and green? backs should be added to the amount in gold dollar? Obief Justice Chase decided that the sterling bills bein* payable iniLirenwolitsjre .old co^ntracts,-arid that the.difference between Greenbacks and gold mast be added to the sum of dollars in gold. The judgment amounted to about $23,000. PROM THE STATE CAPITAL. Probable Damage to Cotton by tko Frost-Prospects of the State ? nive rsi - ty-Fresb.-wa.tcr ghrlmp-nsrktt Cheating-Senator Spragac ?md tb? Soatb Carolins Money Market. [non ou? 0X01.01 coaarapoNunrr.] COLUMBIA, May 17.-Forebodings about tho cotton crop gain strength from day to day. The presa of the county seats temi with state? ments of damage; and these come, I think, from every part of the Sute. I gather in gen? eral that the severest loss is farthest north; and that the damage decreases as we go south, tho -coast having suffered very little. A gen? tleman who plants in Abbeville estimates that his crop is injured to the extent of ODO- fifth. If we assume this to be a representative fact, we see that the damage done in York and the Piedmont region generally (where, how over, comparatively little cotton is grown) muet be immense, while that in Barn-, well and the southern limit of upland cot? ton the injury is comparatively trivial. One unfavorable circumstance attending this mis? hap is the scarcity of cotton seed with which to replant. An order tor cotton seed, at what? ever price, has been received in Columbia from the Savannah side of this State. And in Green? ville, a gentleman writes that he tbinlis there will be very little replanting there beaause of the want of seed. It is to be remembered in this connection, before we hastily conclude that the cotton yield is to be mach curtailed by this frost, that cotton which survives a stress of weather like this always turns out to be far more vigorous and prolific than when the stand is good. This fact is well known to cotton planters. It demonstrates another point which might be useful to planters-that they generally have too much cotton when they thin out. THH TTNTVZBSITT. The disposition, so far as ascertained, of the Board of Trustees of this inst i t u t ion, is favorable toa hoer al and conservative policy. They real? ise that they hare a difficult and delicate trust reposed in them ; and they seem disposed to manage that trust in s och way aa shall best secure to the State the fullest advantages of the University. They are aware that extreme atop? (for which there was at one time some ignorant clamor,) would materially curtail the patronage of the institution and to that extent impair its usefulness. Such a course would also, unquestionably, react against the paru whose extremists at one time were clamoring for it. Guided, theo, by the highest interests of the State and the soundest principles of State economy, to nothing of political interests, thoy.wou'J have been directed to tho policy already fot 3 shadowed. In view of this conservative policy of the board, as gathered from their liberal in? dividual opinions, the friends of the institution throughout the State now look with increasing confldeaos and hope to its future. The Uni? versity is going on in regular operation with sixty odd students in daily attendance; atid, with the facts and future prospects as tho.v ire, it excited no little surprise here that the Pheonix last Tuesday morning should speak of the University ot South Carolina as being in u sondition similar to that of the State institutions of Alabama and of North Carolina. Now, the facts are that both those State institutions bave been in effect closed by a course of administration directly opposed to that which the Trus? tees of the University of Booth Carolina seem inclined to adopt. In both Alabama and North Carolina they have so upset things by turning out the former professors and turning in adventurers and politicians, aa to make it impossible for the citizens of these States to patronize their own State in? stitutions; and the result ia that, as I am in? formed, there are about ten students in the formar, and ?tao in tba latter. This is the re snlt that the Trustees of the University of South Carolina manifest a disposition to avoid if possible; and the beat wishes of our com? munity second that reposition. rons. The finding of a shrimp in the waters of the Congarae ml thia place ia a noteworthy fact. Dr. Geiger has a specimen preserved which waa found last Monday. It seems to be a com? mon shrimp (crangon vulgaris,) having, how? ever, four instead of two long antennae. Thia cretiure, in fresh water, is clearly out of ita usual habitat; but instances are known to have occurred before. Nomadic shrimps like this are known to have been found in the San tee thirty or forty miles above salt water. The disposition to cheat grows upon our people. Within the past few days two cases of "foxed " butter ha vo been detected in .the Co? lombia market. The wretches contrive to plaster good butter over a lump of refuse tal? low, rancid butter, and such stuff, and will aell it only in the mass. We are getting Yankee heed rapidly. Senator Sprague is represented as saying that he would have to pay twenty-five per cent, a year for money in Columbia. He must bave gotten hie figur?e from Shylock ? Co.; for the usual price of money here ls one-and-a-balf per cent, a month on short time, and one per cent, a month on longer time. Thia ia twelve and eighteen par cent, per annum, instead of. twenty-five. COBS A nt. THE Bao AD AND NABBOW GAUGES.-The bat? tle of the gauges ia over. In tho fight be? tween Stephenson and Brunel, the genius of the North has triumphed over the man of many defeats, and has added another to the list of failures already so large. The Great Western baa given in at last, and, in the place of the expensive broad gauge, they are laying down the more convenient narrow gauge. Aa re? gards the Midland districts of England, the broad gauge ia already a thin- of the past. Since the 1st inst, the Great Western Ballway Company hare ceased to run any broad gauge passenger trains between London and Birming? ham or Wolverhampton. Travellers between London and Shrewsbury or the North have no longer to change carriages, either at Wolver? hampton or Birmingham, the trains now run? ning between Paddington and Birkenhead on the narrow gauge without any change what? ever. Already, too, on the branch between Beading and Basingstoke, the third rail has been removed, thus converting that line from a mixed gauge into an entirely narrow gauge line, and connecting the Great Western system with the London and Southwestern Bailway and the'South of England. lu addition to this, the whole of the broad gauge lines north of Oxford will inmediately be taken up, remov? ing in the Mid'and counties the last trace of the system_London Shipping List. PEEDEE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.-At the an? nual meeting of the Peedee Medical Associa? tion, held at Ch craw on the 12th instant, the following delegates were appointed to the State Medical Convention, wbich will convene in Charleston on Mav 20: Dra. T. A. Dargan, P. E. Grifno, J. B. Jennings, C. Kol lock, J. B. McLean, W. A. Player, Edward Porcher, S. H. Pressley, W. D. Wallace, W. A. Washington, J. J. Wilson and F. E. Wilson. The next semi? annual meeting ol the association will he held at Florence on the second Wednesday in No? vember. -Many of the euccessful applicants for con? sulates, it is said, aro throwing up their pa? pers in disgust, having applied without any idea of what they wero asking for, and finding on inquiry that the fees are not large enough to make even patriotism attractive. LINKING OCEAUf WITH OCEAN The Pacific Railroad-A Review of Enterprise from Its Conaeptiaai to Completion-W hat lt Will Aocompl Tor tho Country. The consummation of the great engioeei work which now spans our continent, sugg a glance backward to review the progr?s the age. Any man who had predicted : years ago that by science, and the practical plication of it, the Atlantic would be bron nearer in this year to the Pacific than 1 Tork then was to Boston, wonld have expc himself to strong doubts of hie sanity, this seeming maniacal ianoy bas been reali: Deserts and mountains have in vain interpot The line across the continent is so long t trains upon it are nm ty eight or ten differ times, and a contemporary suggests t "ultimately we shall have a double set of ha upon all watches-one for local time, J one for a general time-uniform all over world." It is said that a Pacific road was foresh owed, before the age of railways, by Jon&? Carver, in 1778. In 1835, Bev. (samuel Par recorded his o pin io n in his journal of an o v land trip, that the mountains presented insuperable obstacle to a railway. Bat i most remarkable foresight was evinced Lewis Gaylord Clark, who, in 1838, wrote in popular magazine, tne Knickerb ?cker : " 1 reader is cow liviug who will make a railv trip across this vast continent." In 1849. i. Whitney began to urge his project upon Bli Legislatures and popular gatherings, prop ins* to build a railway from the Mississippi Puget Sound (California was not yet settled whites) if Congress would give him pub lands to the width ol thirty miles along t entire h e. In 1850, the first Pacific railrc bill was introduced into Congress by Thoa H. Benton. It contemplated a railway oi "where practicable," leaving gaps in the i passable mountains to be filled jp by wagon road, AS yet; even tho Alleghani were not crossed by any unbroken raiiwi but try a series of inclined p.anes, up which the cars were drawn up and 1 down by stationary engines. In 1853-'4, direction of Congress, nine routes were MUX vt ed to the Pacific, on van?os parallels, be we the British possessions and Mexico. In 181 Congress aathonzed the construction of tbr roads-a Northern, a Boothera anda-Central and thuB indicated our natural and inevitat trans-contiuental system. They were to i oeive no money endowment, but very liber land grants. Bot before any active steps we taken to build them, all such enterprises we extinguished for the time by the late ci' war. The Central Pacific Kai hoad Compon waa, however, chartered by the Calilorn Legislature in the midst ot the war, and as continental railway began to ba considered military necessity, in Joly, 1862, ooe was cha tere.1 by Congress from the Mississippi to tb Paulie. One of the greatest difficulties to I apprehended on tbe Pacific road is s.iow, tv hie] upon the Sierras, sometimes falls to the dept ol thirty feet, and which caused last year considerable detention of trains, althone twenty-two miles of what are called snow shet are erected to protect thc track. An early r< suit, however of this line is expected lo be tb securing of a Southern line, which will be re quired by the necessities of trade, and seem from the wintry obstructions to tho presen route. It has beon remarked that opportunely wi' the notes of preparation for tho grand openin, ot tbe railway yesterday carno news of the pro er. ss m ado by tho ? ist India Telegraph Cam [iany iu coupling Canton ?vi rh Calcutta, Londo and N9W Yotk. By the end of the year, whei the Imo is expected to be completed, San Fran cisco will send her news for Chin-, east and he ships west, will transmit orders for teas am silks three-fourths of the way around the glob iu a moment, and will re?oive the shipmen ti from an opposite direction in a little over fortnight. Tbe distances across the cont men are given as follows: New York to Umaba (point of commencement of tho Union Pa ci ti Railroad,) 1479 miles; Oman a to Ogden, (pon. ot commencement of th a Central Pacific Rood, 1030 md ea, with tbe addition of a branch ti t>alt Lake Ci'y, 40 miles; Ugdcu to Sacramento 748 miles; Sa ci amen to to San Francisco, 12 miles-making the whole distance from Nov York to San Francisco 3377 milos. From the advanced sheets of a new editioi of Richardson's "Beyond the Mississippi, " wi learn that "of the eighteen hundred miles be tween Omaha and Sacramento, not one-third ii really mountainous, but more than Iwo-thirdi were so counted, and received the highe- gov eminent endowment, $32,000 or $48.O?. pei mile. Much of the Central Pacific traverses f flat country, yet not one mile received less thai $$2,000. The Union Pacific obtained the high? est mileage, $48,900, for one hundred and fit 13 miles west of Cheyenne, heavy mountain work though the region ia really one long, inclined plane-'as fine a country to build a railway through as lies on the face of the globe. Building and equipping the entire Una proba? bly cost, on an average $50,000 per mile. Thc government bonds issued averaged $30,000 pei mile, and the company's first mortgage bondi Bold for $30,000 more, leaving a net cash profit of $17,000 OOO upon the construction alone, ir addition to the ownership of the road and its magnificent land grant" Thus we see what a glorious good thing the builders have bad of it at tbe people's expense. But many believe that the profits are even much larger than here represented. The New York Journal of Commerce takes a decidedly moderate view of the probable suc? cess and advantages of the Pacific Railroad. Thal journal saya : Turning from the glare and din of this feu de joie, let na devote a few sober words to an estimate of what the Pacific Railroad will do for this country and for the world. To begin with, we.mnst discard the extrava? gant language of the advertising agents. We must rememoer that the Pacific Railroad, like every other scheme which has bonds to sell, baa been heavily puffed, and continually pre? sented to the pantie m the most favorable light. A great many gentlemen have had a powerful interest in keeping this road before the people as a most desirable investment. If they have dipped their pendle in rainbow colors in por? traying the attractions of the line, they have done no more than usage permita in such cases. Bat now that the object has been accomplish? ed and the work done, no critic can be accused of a design to underrate this great national exploit if he prefers not to adopt the superla? tive enthusiasm, of those who, for business furposes, have diligently written upon the aciflo Railroad, . . * . The Pacific Railroad will be of great advan? tage to California and all agricultural regions on tbe Pacific Many emigrants will ^y out there who now settle in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and other States. But we do not anticipate the tush of small 1 arm era which some of the San Francisco journals expect to see. The cost of getting to the Pacific coast Kill deter great numbers of emigrants from making the trip, and they will still halt in the States where they have hitherto done so well, and where are yet BO many broad acres yearning to receive them. Still the population of California and of Oregon will derive large and valuable accessions from the brain and muscle of the Old World and of the Atlantic States. Por tho*e regions this is a day to be exulted over. The opening of new markets for some ot the products ot the Pacific and the facility of interchange with the pro? ducts of tho Atlantic slope will also be of incal? culable value to Califoruia and her northern sister. Idaho, Montana, Colorado and Nevada will each derive substantial benefits from the Pa? cific Railroad and its branches. Swarms of miners will be attracted to those regions; more gold and silver will be dug out; new villages and cities will be built; trade, which ever follows in the track of mining, will pros? per ; portions of country suitable for agri suit ure or stock raising will be possess? ed by thrifty and industrious people, and much of that which is now a wilderness will be made to blo-som like the rose. But while we admit all this, we do not go as far au some sanguine prophets, who predict that the m \ rial unprofitable mines of Colorado, Mon? tana eke, are by some inexplicable witchery of the railroad to be suddonly mado lucrative to their owners. Tbe difficulty beret ciare en? countered out there bas been not the want of miners or cheap supplies, but the absence of economical means of extracting the eold and silver. This obstacle will still remain to be overcome. New York, Boston, Chicago, St. Loni?, all the trading centres, largo and small, m the North and West, will profit more or less by the com? pletion of ?Lc rudie Railroad. TJ iriut ox-1 tent the commercial benefits will be fei will depend noon the express and frei gb through. One of the greatest blessings to nov tbe road, when it is in good running will be the facility of travel between tl sides of this continent. Leaving out of all possibilities ol danger from Indian r now happily becoming less likely to ot there can be no dispute between the ba advantages of going from New York t Francisco in six or seven days by rail, ii of twenty or twenty-five days per a t ea rx It by no means follows, however, that the pletion of the road will stop passengers going back and forth by the oe au i For persons not in a harry, or d?sirons < joying the largest variety of sc6n? ry, tb via Panama, one wav or both ways, wil bave its charms. Possibly there will competition between the steamship andra: lines, which will Boon rednce considerabl fare on both. But tbongh, as we incline to think, th mediate benefitB to result to America an world from the completion of the Pacific road are commonly stated with that occid luxuriance which is foll as wild as oh hyperbole, we would not detract one j praise from the trae greatness of the ai taking, and we believe that, in tho fntn will prove itself so convenient, so useful, t dispensable to the nation, and withal so p able (it jndioionsly managed, ) as to stoj last cavil against what bas seemed to i tbe national extravagance of entering ape costly a work at a time when we coold ? afford it. -. >? ??/?. * A SHOCKING PXOT. A Bloody Conspiracy ?galrm the 1.1: M. \fwly Married Hatband-The B Implicated. The Macon Journal of Saturday, withon vealing names, gives an account af'a donn conspiracy of a heinous character, which just come to light in a neighboring conni Georgia : It seems that a young lady from an adjoii State was visiting the county town last y and while there wa* courted br. and enga herself to, a yoong lawyer of the place, was smooth sailing uatil she returned ho Then she learned tbat her parents had ol ?lans for her future. She was told that and was sought by a very wealthy old n and that she mast prepare to receive bm her future husband. To her remonstrax and disclosure of her love for, and engagera to another, her parents turned a deaf i They bad determined she should marry old man, and at last, by arguments, tort and importunities, brought her to the pom writing to her lover and breaking oft* the f-agement. Immediately upon receiving etter he left for ber borne, and, on arriv there, soon had an interview. Then was c oocted the horrible plot. It was settled tween them that she should marry the < mao, and after getting bim to settle bis pr< erty on her, the yoong man was to have h murdered 1 Back home came hor lover t commenced his preparations. He soon fot a willing tool, who, for the Bum of ono thi sand dollars, to bo paid wbon the aa?ty p were married, agrood to go to the old ma house and murder him. The marriage, in I meantime, had taken place, and the would assassin found the old Benedict in the fi flush of the honeymoon. Tho assassin, fr some cause, did not or could not, find an < Krtunity to do tho deed and finally either ned or became do ubi tu I as to the safety the job. >He then sought an inteiviow w; hie intended victim and told him of the pl first binding tho old man to pay him four ni <lred dollars in gold, aud to hold him barinia The feelings of the old man can be botter ii agin?d than told in words. Hu hardly kn what to do; but at last concluded to go hoi and confront the young wife with the terril revelation. Ho did so and was met. of COUTI by an indignant denial. The old man vi staggered, but not ontitoly convinced, ai fearing that he would invoke tbo law's aid a: havo the matter thoroughly sifted, the w wrote at once to her lover all that had ha pened. He realized his peril and made pi parations to fly. In a day or two he dist peared. and there tho matter stands at pn ent. What the old man will finally do is r known at present. All the parties are big 1 respectable. GRANT AND THE BLACKS. The Colored Man in the North-Demai for Kqual Participation In Office-Tl Negro tAnestlon Brought Home to tl North-Visit and Address to the Pres dent, A Washington letter of Friday last to tl Baltimore Sun says: The National Executive Committee of tl Colored Men's National Convention, recent held here, called upon President Grant th afternoon by appointment, and presented hil with an address in relation to the appointmei of colored men to office. The address is base upon the published statement to the effect thi the President intends to appoint in the Nort] ern States to important positions such colore men as coold discharge ?be duties with profi and honor to the public service. The adores then says: "We are assured that the appointment c competent and trustworthy colored men I prominent positions in the Northern State would give a death blow to objections agains om* holding snob positions in tbe Sooth, b convincing the Sooth that it is not true tba the North withes to force a policy upon the i whioh it is not willing to accept itself. If ne groes are elevated to important places by tb funeral government ic H bode Island, the prob em of negro office-holding becomes easy o eolation in Georgia. "Then, too, we think that if in the Northen States, where the negroes are numerically weak they are permitted to abare some of the bonon of citizenship with their white fellow-citizens our brethren in the South, where they are nu merically strong, would tbe more willingly share their political immunities with theii white fellow-citizens, and the whole race will be strengthened in ita patriotism by the know? ledge that the negroes are no longer regarded as a separate class in politics. "The colored men of the North have already furnished such proofs of manhood as to bri the question of fitness for office ont of the arena of mere experiment. We furnished from among ourselves in the Nortu a prominent yoke-fellow for many white aboliiionisis during the dark period ol anti-slavery agitation, when the foundation was being laid for the exist? ence of the Bepubhcan party-a party which bas saved and nearly purified the nation of its prejudices against color and condition. We do not regret the fact that we have do je the work, and that our brethren ci the South have secured tbe first and the largest f nu ts ol political preferment; bot we do feel the need of commanding their respect by showing that we can command the confidence of our whit e fellow-citizens, even where we are in the mi? nority. "Our homes being in the North, we aro anxious to kindle in our children such asso? ciations as shall stimulate them to mastery in all the educational and political advantages of that secti m, so that if they remain in the North they may become eminent exponents of its principles, and if they go 8outh they may be ablo to carry the lull advantages of theao principles with them. "The Fifteenth amendment.endorsed in your Excellencies inaugural, becomes virtually pass? ed when it shall be known that the patronage of your commanding office is dispensed with? out regard to color, in the Noithern, as it has been in the Southern States. Those Kori bern States which are prepared to resist the passage of this amendment wdl lose all motive of op? position when they find that, to them, its most objectionable feature may be imprinted upon their communities without it. "We have taken the liberty of urging this latter consideration, not because wo ore doubt? ful about the final passage of the Fifteenth amendment, but because we are assured that Sour Excellency has the power, and, as we be eve, the disposition to bring about, by a sin? gle blow, what must, in the nature of things, come, viz: Our entire and equal participation in the honors as well as tba dutieB of citizen? ship. "We refer to the Northern aspect of the question, not because we are less interested in the South, but because we are of the opinion that the North, in view of its educational ad? vantages and the elevating experiences that belong to tree society, should furnish a criteri ou as to the ability of negroes to fill responsi? ble positions. We desire that tho political ex? periences ol Northern colored men, and thc po liiical power enjoyed by Southern colored men, may blend eo completely as lo canse the en? tire people to forgft color or section in their r?cognition of patriotism. "Our rights as men were recognized by Mr. Lincoln, and we are filled with all gratitude in view of this fact ; bnt we come to yon with a feeling of fellowship added to that of a mere sense of gratitude, because you have appoint? ed numbers of oar race to important positions, and thus given a rebuke to volear prejudice against a class. In this you have gone far be? yond our late lamented President ; for, while under the necessities of war, he made the na? tion ours by sailing us to its defence, yon, under the calm influences of peace, have given us to the nation by lilting our race into the enjoyment of immunities." The address is signed by Gao. T. Downing, of Rhode Island, president; F. G. Barbad oes, Massachusetts, secretary; Sella Martin, New York, Wm. J. Wilson, New Jersey, George L. MabBon, North Carolina, local ccmmittee. The President replied that tbe subject was one involving important considerations, and that he would remember the tone of the ad? dress and consider the suggestions, after whicb the delegation withdrew. Special Hioiicts. ?.THE NEATEST, THE QUICKEST AND THE CHEAPEST.-THE HEW? JOB OFFI'JE, No. 149 EAST BAT, having replenished its Steck with a ne v and largs assortment of material of the finest quality and latest styles, is prepared to exeeui?, at me shortest notleo snd in the best manner, JOB PRIN UNG Of every description. Call and examine the scale of .prices before g i vin ( your orders elsewhere. AS" HALF WAY UP LOOKOUT MOUN? TAIN, tho place where memory ?B stirred by a thousand thrilling associations, and where the brave boys of both armies met and fought hand to hand, where the blood ol both friend and foo waa mingled together and ran down the mountain-sidein rivulets, is a un jot h faced rock, upon which a poor, wounded soldier inscribed the following: "8. T.-1P60-X.-Early in the battle I was wound? ed, and carried to this spot by two clever 'Tanks.' They bade me farewell, as they au pp OB cd, to die, for I was ?o weak from loss of blood that I could but faintly thank them for their kindness. They left in my csnteen a part bottle of PLANTATION BIT? TERS, to which I owe mr life, for it strengthened me, and kept life within me until help came and my wound was dressed. God bless them for their kind? ness, snd for the PLANTATION BITTERS. HENRY DAVAGKL, Company B, 1 Oth Georgia." MaoaroLxa W?TZB.-Superior to the bast imported German Cologne, and sold at half the price. May 18_tuths3 ?.EXECUTORS' FINAL NOTICE.-NO TIOB is hereby given that on the fifteenth day of June enraing. at Twelve noon, the undersigned will spply to cha Judge of Probate of Charleston County for a final discharge as Executors cf will of the late THOMAS M. ti UM ?. E? W. G. HUME. ) JOHN 8. MITCHELL, M. D., S Executors. T. GRANGE SIMON?, ) May IS_i tu th Imo ?.UNION BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA. CI1 ARLESTON, APRIL 39, 1869.-Tbe Comptroller General of the State having approved the official statement of this Bank, and authorized tho resump? tion of business nedor tho provisions of the late Act cf tho General Assembly, the Beard of Directors de. MIT., a m?ellng of tho Stockholders lu connection therewith. A meeting will therefore bo held at the Banking Houso, on East Bay-street, on THUBSDAT, 20th May proximo, at Twelve o'clock M. By order of tbs Board. May ll tuths H. D. ALEXANDER, Cashier. *y ROSAD ALIS IS A CERTAIN CURE for tho worst forms of Rheumatism. It never fails. BALTUOBB. May 20,18C8. DB. J. J. LAWBXRCK-Dear Sir: Your "Roaadalis" has provea a great success in my case of Chronic Rheumatism and Neuralgia, after having tried in vain for two months to get relief from other sources. It certainly is worthy of trial by any person so afflicted. Very respectfully, yours, Ac, THOMAS H. GORE. Dear Sir: This ls to certify that I have been afflict? ed with Rheumatism for the past five or alx years, many times unable to move. I tried all medicines recommended to me for tbe disease, without receiv? ing any benefit Raving heard "Boiadalis" highly spoken of, I procured a bottle, and finding some re? lief continued lt until I am happy to say that I am completely well. I not only consider the "Rosadalts" a sovereign remedy for Rheumatism, but I believe i: also a pre? ventive, and I cheerfully recommend it to the "af? file tad." Tours, very truly, JAMES WEBB. For sala by GOODRICH, WTNEMAN k 00., Importers of Drugi and Chemical?, May 15 ' stnthS Charleston, 8. 0. ?-UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVE NUE - COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, SECOND DIS? TRICT, SOUTH CAROLIN A-CHARLESTON, MAT 1, 1869.-The undersigned. Collector, will be in at? tendance at No. 48 Broad-street, Charleston, until May 31st, to receive from reaidents of the City of Charleston, St. James' Ban tee, st. James' Qoosecreek, St Thomas and St Dennis, St John's Berkeley, St. John's CoQeton, st. Andrew's,' St Stephen's and Christ Church, Special or License Taxes, also Taxes on Income, Billiard Tables, Carriages, F late and Gold Watches, included In the annual list for 1869. Unless payments are made on or before the day above named, the law imposes additional charges. Taxpayers are infonn-d that the Collector has no power to deduct the fire per cent penalty and one per cent per month interest on taxes not paid with? in the time specified in ihe notices. Neither is the Collector responsible if the parties who require Licenses do not receive their notices, as they are invariably put m the Postoffice. All Licenses are due ten days from dat* of notice. WILLIAM B. CL OUT M AN, May 4 _tuths_Collector. j? SARATOGA "A" 8PRTNG WATER, Saratoga, in the b ta'e of New York, is ene of the most remarkable mineral reserroirs upon the surface of the globe. Within an area of a mlle in diameter are some thirty mineral springs-no two of them alike. In some of the waters, Chloride of Sodium predominates; in others, Iodine, Magnesia, Sulphur, Chalybeate, ftc. The beneficial effects of some of these waters, as medicinal agents, are known throughout the civilized wo ld. 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 SPRING WATER is pro? bably thc most effective mineral water found on cither continent. It will ? e oo-erved that it has ten percent greater mineral properties than the cele? brated Cungresa Spring; lour times that of Baden Baden of Austria; five times that of Aix la Chapelle inPru-tia; twice that of Vichy in France; nearly three times greater than the reuowned Seltzer of Germany; and equally <>ver the Spue of Bath, Eng? land, and Kissengen in Pa- ?ru. The reputation of this wa.er is based upon its effects in diseases of the stomach, liver, bowels, kidneys, and spleen, and acts with wonderful bene? fit m cases of Chrome Dyspe^sin, Constipation, Gravel, Gout, Scrofula, cutaneous Affections, Gene lal Lethargy, Soreness, and Prostration of tbe sys? tem. The value of mineral waters has been prized and acknowledged by medical men since the earliest civilization. A celebrate 1 author ty says: "The vir? tues of mineral waters have been best ahoam in the treatment ol obscure and chronic diseases." Agent for the Saratoga "A" Spring Water, JOHN F. HENRY. No 21 Park Row, Now York. Sold in Charles tot, - C., nv U. W. Al MA li, W. A. SERINE, RAOUL k LYN AU, A. W. ECKEL k CO.. ED. S. BURNHAM :ind Dr. H. BAEB. February 23 nao tutiutotrl?nios Special lattas. MW CONSIGNEES FEB bf EA MER FAL? CON, from Baltimore, are hereby notified that ehe it THIS DAT discharging cargo at Pier No. 1, Union Whs rv cs. AH good? not taken away at tontet will remain on wharf tt consignee's risk. MORDECAI & CO., May 18_1_Agents. ?-CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP CHAMPION are notified that the is discharging cargo st Adger't Wharf. Goods remaining on dock at ?unset will be stored at owners' risk and expense. MW Freight will be collected at the new tarin' rates. JAUES ADGER k CO., Agents New York and Charleston Steamship Line May 18_1 jay OFFICE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FIREPROOF BUILDING, CHARLESTON, 8. O MAT 14,186?.-Seiled proposals will be received thia office opto t tie 38th Instant Incl ail ve, to ..build . a pm table BRIDGE for tho pabilo ose and conven! en cc over the Creek known ss Church Creek, which creek now separatee Wa dm ?law Island from John Island." For au Information connected with thia work ap? ply at this office. By order of the Board. F. C. MILLEE, May IP_stnthfl fl Chairman Board. ta- L A QER BEER AT $2 26 PEE DOZEN, OB $4 60 per east. Champagne Aider m glass-quarti and pints. A new supply rsc .ived this week. Also, . superior article of FRENCH CLARET on draught. WM. S. CORWIN tl CO., _No 27? King-street MW TIES, SCABFS, GLOVE?, UNDER? WEAR AND HOSIERY, at BLACKWELL'S, May ll_tn thi_No. Mg King-street. ?-VERGNE'8 ELECTRO-CHEMICAL RATES.-A BRA .SCH OF DR. VERONL'S (OF NEW YORK) Electro-Chemical Bains is now established and in dally operation in Mee tine, one dcor above Bud ton-street, over the office of Dr. P. T. SCHLEY who has a private room for tbe especial accommoda? tion ot those who wish to be treated by the Modi ca ted Baths, which are celebrated for the cure of all diseases produced by the too liberal use oi Mercury in any of its forms; also Rheumatism, acute and chronic; Gout, Lead Poisoning m any form, Nervous Affections, Debility, and Chronic Diseases gen er ally. Dr. S. will administer the Baths by instructions direct from the discoverer, Dr. V., which embrace many recent and useful hints. May 3 Imo ?.A SUPPLY OF CHOICE NEW ORANGE COUNTY BUTTER. Fulton Market Beef, in half and quarter barrels. WM. 8. CORWIN > CO. .?-CREDITOR8' NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS indebted to Mr. GEORGE H. G RC BER are requested to mike payments to either Mr. GEORGE H ORUBEB, or to Mr. G. W. ORUBER, (to be found st Messrs. CORWIN'SSTORE, KING-8TREET,) during the month. After the first of Jone, 9 indebtedness unpaid will be placed into the hands of a Magistrate, in order to wind up the affairs as speedily as possible. H. GERDTS & CO., May 10 Imo Agents for Creditors. MW A HOUSEHOLD ELIXIR ADAPTED TO ALL CLIMATES.-It would be t happy thing for the world if all the excitants st present used in the practice of medicine could be swept ont or%xist ence. and H OS r ET 1 ER'S STOMACH BITTERS substituted lu their place. There ls a pro ba bill ty too, (hat this desirable, substitution may one day be accomplished. Certain it is, that tho oaxax VEOE TABLE TONIO it gradually displacing them, and that the confidence of the people to Its sanitary and sav? ing properties increaso* with every passing year. ' Figures that cannot lie" show this to be the tact. No medici nal preparation enjoys the like popularity among all classes and conditions, in every section ot the country. As an appetizer, a general iuvlgorant, a remedy for indigestion, a cure for intermittent and remittent fevers, a sentie cathartic, a specific for flatulency and sour stomach, a gentle diuretic, nervine, a blood d?purent, s spool dc for sick head? ache, a mild anodyne, sod, above all, as a PBOTBO? TTOM AGAINST EPIDEMIC*, lt ls unquestionably the STANDARD MEDICINE of the whole United States. In the towns and cities it is literally a HOUSEHOLD STA. PLZ. Mothers behave in it They find lt a "present help in time of trouble,"-a safe and pleasant rem? edy for the various ailments to which their sex it exclusively subject Men believe in it, because lt refreshes and invigorates the body and the mind, and tone J both without exciting either. May 15_D*O_6 ta- BATCHELOR'S HALB DYE.-THIS splendid Hair Dye is the best bi the world; the only true and pertest Dye; harmless, reliable, instanta? neous ; no disappointment; no ridiculous tints; rsm? edies the ill effects of bad dyes; invigorates and leaves the hair soft and beautiful black or brown, bold by all Druggists and Perfumers; and properly applied at Batchelors Wig Factory, No. - Bond* street, New York. lyr May 15 jay NO CURE I NO PAY I-FORREST'S JUNIPER TAR is warranted to cure Coughs, Croup, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Spitting of Blood and Lung Diseases. Lam edi? tc ..??lief produced. Try it; ii not satisfied, return the <;mpty bottles and get your money back. Sold wholesale and Retail by the Agent, O. W. AIM AR, Druggist, Corner King and Vanderhorit streets. MS- Price 35 cents. February 27 sac tutbeSmoa MW CHARLES* LONDON CORDIAL GIN, OB PURE LIQUOR OF JUNIPER BERRIES.-Thia favorite brand of PURE LONDON CORDIAL OIN bas stood the test ol time, imitation, piracy, high tariffs and unfair competition, and still enjoys a con? stantly increasing sale; showing that trae merit does not always go unappreciated. CHARLES' LONDON CORDIAL OIN Is offered to the public as s perfectly reliable speci? fic In all cases of Diseased Bladder and Kidneys, It acta directly on these organs, with a directness and speediness, which render it invaluable to persons suffering from Gravel, Diabetet, Inflamed Bladder, scanty snd highly-colored urine, and In all cases where, from whatever cause, a healthful diuretic is required. Ladies subject to painful menstruation, can by the use of CORDIAL GIN a few days previous to and daring illness obtain great relief. In such Instances it should be taken with sugar and warm water. As s tonic and beverage this OIN is unequalled, as it possesses none of the headache properties to be found in those poisons, now too frequently told un? der the names of Ova. Brandy. Whiskey, kc. JOHN F. HENRY, Sole Importer, No. ai Park Bow. New York. For sale in Charleston, South Carolina, by Dr. H. DAER, BAOUL tc LY NAH, W. A. SKBINB, G. W. AIUAR, ED. S. BURNHAM and A. W. ECKEL & CO. tuthseowSmos DAO February 23 J IV. iv L. G. WELLS ?Si CO., PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. ll* WEST PKATT-STREET. BALTIMORE, MD., RECEIVE AND SELL ON COMMISSION ALL kinds ot early VEGETABLES, FRUITS, MELONS, kc. We guarantee nighest market prices snd prompt returns for all consignments to our house. Stencil Plates furnished free of charge. 2<nos May 3 JAMES KNOX.JOBS GILL J? N O X A GILL, Cotton Factors AMD GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, _Vo. 123 SMITH'S WHARF, BALTIMORE. CONSIGNMENTS OF COITON, BICE, tc. RE? SPECTFULLY eoliclted. and liberal advances made thereon. Orders for CORN aud BACON prom ody executed with cue and attention. 3mos May 13 FOR BOSTON. THE P IB 8 T CLASS BRIO HENEY *? PERKINS, HATO maater. having a portion >of her ergo engaged, will hara imm?diat* . dispatch. For Freight engagement?, apply to A. J. SALINAS. May 17_3_Accommodation wharf, EXCURSIONS! KXCCUSIONS! THE PINE PAKT H ULI NO. YACHT 'ELLA ANNA, the Champion or tbe South, vie now ready and preparad to make r?galai ? tripp, thrs affording an opportunity to all who may wtah to vtrit pointa of inf eres t in our bean* timi harbor. For passage, apply to the Captain on Union Wharf._Imo_ May IC EICUR9ION8 AROUND THU HARBOR. THE FINE, FAST 8AILI NO ANO OOM "FOBTABLY appointed Yacht ELEANOR ?wiU resume ber tripa to historie pointa fat ?the harbor, and wUl leave Government Wharf daily at Ten A. M. and Foar P. il. For Passage apply to 1HOMA3 YOUNO, December 18 - Captain, on board. BALTIMORE: AND CHAKLKSTOH STEAMSHIP COMPANY. THE STEAMERS OF THIS LINE are appointed to sail on the follow? ing days fur BALTIMORE during the month of May: FALCON, Captain HOBBIT, May 31st, at 2 o'clock P. M. .. i SEA GULL, Captain DUTTON, Ma7 35th, at 6 o'clock PM' - MARYLAND, Captain JOHNSON, May 90th, ut. Iff o'clock A. M. 49* Through Bills Lading ligned for all classes of Freight to BOSTON. IHTLAD* i PH1A. W ILM LNG? TON. DEL., WASHINGTON CITY, and the NORTH. WEST. For Freight or passage, apply to COURTENAY k TBENHOLM. . May 16 tuwfS Union Wharves. * NEW YORK AND CHARLES TOE STEAMSHIP LINE. FOR NEW YORK.: CABIN PASSAGE 120. TBS SPLENDID SIDE-WE BEI? [STEAMSHIP CHAMPION, B. W. LOCKWOOD Commander, will sall from Adger'a south Wharf on *>AT UBDAT, the 33d Inst, at 4 o'clock P. M.. precisely. > M3T An extra charge of SS made for Tickets pur shaaed on board after aailing. 49* No Billa of Lading signed after the steamer Isa ve a. 49-Through BiRs La ling given for Cotton so Bonton and Providence, B. L 49* Marius Insnranee by this line % per cant. 49* The Steam ?ra of thia line am nrit ol aaa in avery respect, and their Tables are lUpolted with all the delicacies of the New York and Charleston mar* kata. For Freight or Passage, apply to JAME? AD (itu * CO.. Agents, Comer Adger'a Wharf and East Bay (Up-tarra.) 49* Tho MANHATTAN follows on SATURDAT, the 39th instant, at 9 o'clock A. If. May 17_6 FOR PHILADELPHIA AND BOS ton. BEG ULAR EVERT THURSDA Y. , THE STEAMSHIP PROMB 'THKU8, Captain GHAT. wtU leave 3North Atlantic Whait, on THTJESDAT, --May 30? . , For Freight or Pasaa^e apply to ? JOHN k rHBO GETTY, May 17_North Atlantic Wharf. ' FOR NEW VJKK. _. . 1 REGULAR LINE EVERT WEDNESDAY i PASSAGE aa*. " r 'aaa i TQE SIDE WHEEL STBAJaSHB?, ^jb?WrS MAGNOLIA Captain OBIWXLL, wi? *Z??yflt?ifA leave V?nd<?rborat'? Wbarf, ou Wia> .naWSHHS?W NEBDAT, Way 19, 1869. ai 12 o'clock M. May 18_RAVEN EL k 0O" Amenta, PACIFIC MAIL. STEAMSHIP GOOFY S XKBODOH LU. TO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. CHANOS OP SAILING DATS I ai^. STEAMERS OF THE ABO YB ./JfL???JtZL Uae '..ve Pier No. 42, North River, ^f^Mlt^Mtt ioot 01 Canal-afreet, New York, at *mmf&?mB??mm 12 o'clock noon, of the lot. llth and 31at of every month (except when these dates fall .n Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of lat and 2lat connect at Panama wita, -teamen for South Pacific and Central America s ports. Those of 1st touch at Manxanlllo. Departure of Uah ot each month connects with the new at earn Use from Panama to Aua trail a and Nsw Zealand. Steamship GREAT REPUBLIC Ic?rea gan Frasais, co for China and Japan July 8. 1869. No California steamers tonen at Havana, but gc direct from New York to AaplnwaU. ., One hundred pounds baggage free to each adnu* Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets or further information aapJl at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the wUaH, foot of Canal-atreet, North River, New York. March H lyr F. B. BABY, Agent EDISTO, ROCKVILLE AND ENTER? PRIS ft. r^gELZlS THS STEAMER FANNIE, OAP T ~ r"M ADim- leaT Aooommoda Uon Wharf every Wm>snsm AT MO arrara, at 8 o'clock Returning, leave Edisto at 13 o'clock on TIT?BSSAT. JOHN FERGUSON, Msy 18_1_Acoommodadon Wharf. EXCURSION TRIP TO ST. AUGUSTINE)* FLORIDA - .?Jf***?. TH E STEAMER CI IT POINT, g^awSk- Captain GEOEOH E. MCMILLAN, wtH make an Excursion Trip to St Augustine, leaving Charleston on FELD AT, 21st May, at 9 o'clock P. M. She wiU touch at Savannah, Fernandina, Jackson? ville and Palatka, and will re in al n at St Augustine nearly a whole day. giving excursionists ample tim* . to visit points of Interest about the city. Ti eke ta for the round trip, $30. Meals and State? rooms, Arc,, inclndad. For Freight or Passage, apply to J. D. AIKEN k CO., Agents, May ll_Booth Atlantic. Wharf. FOR SAVANNAH-INLAND BOUTE, VIA BEAUFORT AND HILTON HEAD. THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA ON AND AFTER HAT 1ST PASSAGES REDUCED. To Savannah... $5. To Beaufort... .$ 4. m .-JJ-""****, THE 8TEAMBB PILOT BOY, OAP ?NfiStaaBNUTALN Fxn Psca, will leave Accom? modation Wharf every MONDAY and THUBHDAT MOBN. mo ats o'clock. Returning will leave Savannah every TTOSDAT and FBIDAI MOBNTNO at 8 o'clock. JOHN FERGUSON, April 39 Accommodation Wharf. FOR SAVANNAH. ? ^aiffi*-*^*? THE STEAMER DICTATOR, ??a?vaE*wCCAPTAIN W. T. MONBLTT, w?l aal from Charleston for Savannah on SAXOBDAX EVS> NTNG, at 9 o'clock. B?TOBNTNG. Wu! leave Savannah for Charleston on SUNDA V A rr EB NOON, at 4 o'clock. For Freight or Paasage, apply to April 3?_J. D. AIKEN k CO., Agents. FOR PALATKA. FLORIDA* VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA AND JACKSON. VILLE. _ ?rr*?-?*, THE FTRST-CAS8 STEAM BB JgBMiawBBfeDICTATOR, Captain Wit. T. MCNIL TT, will sall from Charleston every Tatt say Evening, at Nine o'clock, for the above points. The first-class Steamer CITY POINT, Captait Gio. E. MCMILLAN will sail from Charleston every Fri' day Evening, at Nine o'clock, for above pointa. Connecting with the Central Railroad at savannah for Mobile and New Orleans, sud with the Honda Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at which point steamers connect with New Orleana. Mobile, Pensacola. Key Weat and Havana. ' Through Billa Ladin? given for Freight to Mobile, Pensacola and New Orleans. Connecting vnth H. S. Hart't tltanert Oclawaha and Griffin for Silver Springt and Lakee Griffin, H%t tit, Harrit and Durham. All freight piyable on the wharf. Gooda not removed at sunset will be stored at ria and expense of owners. For Freight or Passage engagement apply ta J. D. AIKEN k CO., agents. South Atlantic Wc art N. E.-No extra charge for Meals and Stateroom?. November 21 J T . HUMPHREYS, BKOKEB, AUCTIONEEB AND COMMIS? SION MEBCHAM. BALES OF BEAL ESTATE, STOCKS, BONDS, SB? CCRITIES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ATTENDED TO. No. ?7 BROAD-STREET OBABLBSTON. ?. C. REFERENCES. Hon. SENR7 BUIST. W. J. MASBATH. Bsa... General JAMES CONKER, T. R. WARING, Esq. t>ctol?>r