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THE DAILY NEWS. LapKjCMt CtrccUotloe -THE DAILY NEWS j BSi?G TOB NBWSPAPER OFFICIALLY RE 'COGNLiBD AS BAYING TUE LARGEST CIR? CULATION IN TBE CITY Of CHARLESTON. PUBLISHES TBS LOT OF LETTERS REMAIN? ING IN TBE POSTOFFICE AT THE END OF EACH WEEK, ACCORDING TO THE PROVIS? IONS OF TBS NEW POSTOFFICE LA W. LOCAL MATTERS. CH JE AP AD FJERTISING. THE CHABXB8TON NEWS, tho circulation of | . which ia ?boat twioe aa large as that of any other paper published in Sooth Carolina, is the .sst advertising medium for all business men. For persons who want ai tu '.tiona or servants; who want hosts- or apartments, or have them to rent; wno want or who offer board and lodg? ing; who have lost or found arri?les of value, 'THE NeWS has no equal; and in order that all classes may have their wants supplied, we have adopted the following scale of CHEAP ADVEB XXSS9CZDCTS, jwymeni for which must invariably be made when the order is given: Advertisements of situations wanted by or offered to clerks, governesses, tutors, work? men, mechanics, house-servants, porters, shop boys, cooks and washers; board and lodging -cf an tod or offer od; apartments wanted or to let; articles lost or found; houses, shops, offices and warehouses wanted or to let, and miscella? neous wants of all kinds. Foj-eech insertion of advertisements of the Classes specified : -Not exceeding THKEE LIKES or 20 worls... .25 cents .. < * Porra Lisa* or 30 words.40 " " FT7E LINES or 40 words.50 " - All advertisements to be inserted at these, ratea most be prepaid and delivered at THE HEWS office fr/ 9 P. M. -. MEETINGS THIS DA Y. J : , Delta Lodge of Perfection, at 8 P. M. Jefferson Lodge, at 8 P. M. Hibernian Society, at 8 P. M. Medical Society, at 8 P. M. Fire Company of Amen, at 8 P. M. Vigilant Fire Company, at 8 P. fa*. Freundschaltsbnnd, at8 P. M. Homestead Building and Loan Association, ??8P.M. ? Mutual Aid Assootation, at half-past 5 P. M. AUCTION SALES IRIS DAY. JOHH 8. BYAN will sell at ll o'clock, at the old Postoffioe, three houses sod lots. IiArxxmx* ATSTIBTIBB will sell at 10 o'clock, at their atore, bacon, lard, Ac. R. AA. P. CALDWELL will sell ti half-past 9 o'clock, at their store, toba ooo and groce? ries. T. M. OATES wilt sell at a quarter to 10 o'clock, ai his store, flour, sugar, Ac SETOSE ? SCHACHTE will sell at a qnai ter to 10 o'clock, ai ?heir stored, shoulders, bu, ter, Ac. JoHS G. MTXNOB A Co. will sell ai 10 o'clock, ' at their salesroom, fancy dry goods, Ac. CLOTBTNO AX A SAOSXKCE.-Messrs. George LitOS* A Co., No. 2)8 King-etre<?t, bein* about to put extensive repairs upon their establish? ment, offer their entire ?tock of clothing at pesio priese. Ii you warft bargains, give them Ajtt ADDmo?f AL Poor BOAT.-It was men- j ? tioned on the sUeet, yesterday, that steps had been taken to parchase the pilot boat Winjan, now ai Georgetown, S. C., for the colored pilot? of ibis oliy. Four dollars was stated M the sum to be paid for ber. YsessL AT QuaEABTiBE.-Tho British bark An ede ll, from Che Island of Martinique, reach? ed croarantine yesterday. She will load navai stores for Great Britain.' The A. bas on board some passengers who were on the steamship Mississippi whan ?ho was wrecked on thai I Frans zs TBS OOOSTST.-Mr. J. B. Hinton, ai Cash's Depot, had bis house and nearly overy article of furniture he possessed destroyed by fire during tho gale of last Saturday week. Mrs. Crossland "B gin house at Btanettsrille '"was but st down on the day before, by some incendiary. ? ?j . FAXLOSS or nts Mans.-The maila have for so long a time been arriving with exemplary punctuality that a failure has grown to be . quite a- vaoety. Yesterday, however, by an extracrdinary ootncideooe or ill look there was s total railnre, both of the Northern ana of the Western mails. , The canse assigned ip the breaking down of an engine near Blackville and a faihtro to oonnsot ai Flo renco. BsrrjBLicAS MASS Mjornsa.-The rousing Bepubhcan stetting anticipated at Military Hak Issi evening turned ont to be s small gafterhig of shoat forte hundred persons, nearly sf! colored. Its object was to give ex? pression to Republican sentiment on the re cent dtasfltWssTtW in Ooancfl. Speeches were mad* by Alderman T?M Mackey, W. J. Whipper, colored, and others. A great deal of I i -BailJaoAn Tunrsrd. - Superintendent ol the Weldon rleflroed, advertises that tickets can be pure bs sed to the various eummer resorts In North Carolina and to tho Virginia Springs for one fare. These tickets will bo good until the Kith Of October, lt would not be a bad idea it the Southern Kul roads generally weald unite in sams such plan te stimulating Southern travel to the Vir? ginia Springs._ HOTEL ABBTVAM, HAT VL-Charleston Botet. O. W. Creswell, lt., City; George Parsons, Augustus Hilaiaaa, New York; N. C. Harlan, Boston; C. Pr?vost, J. V. Johnson, Baltimore; -J. J. Harper, Xingstree; W. J. Walker, Wash? ington, D. 0. ; B. F. Wicksrsham, Georgetown, fl. C.; 0. C. Puffen New York. Pavilion Hotel -D. L. Moss, Moultrie ville; M. C. Hall, Coward's, Northeastern Railroad; 0. P. Dawson, Mount Pleasant; A. Bahn, New York; M. J. Thompson, New York; E. M. Grif? an, South Carolina. ' 'INCIDENTS rs THE LUE or A BLIND GIEL. " MiaMory L Day, a young lady who had the rni?rot tune to lose her sight when only eleven years of age. has written and published a book with the ab??e named title, the same being her own autobiography. Tho book ? appears to he written in an interesting style. The n&ra tire is a atraightfor ?vard tale % the expert- I enoesof one wheouce looko4 on ti o ano light j? and beauty of creation, but.was. ind (Jen ly shut out from it by a stroke of miafortu ne. The authoress is out of health, and while rtpvelhrjar -erith a view to ita benefit, sells the wpr k and thus pays her way. Her case appeals streagrj to the sympathies of the chanta ble. ? THE Jrrsrss or TBS JUBB COD ST.- The Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions ^rill commence on Monday next, the 7th in? stant. The grand jury drawn for the present "term are for the whole year. The complex? ion of this jury is ten colored and eight white -eighteen tn all. The petit jurors drawn for the June Term or the General Sessions are, under the present law, to sit the entire term. Their complexion is sixteen colored and fifteen white. For the Court of Common Pleas, whioh oom XSenceB as soon as the Session business is over, sixty-two jurors have been draws-thirty one fox each two weeks. Under the present law the pleas jurors sit for two weeks, instead #f*pe as heretofore. Complexion, thirty three odored and twenty ame white. U. 8. CIRCUIT COURT-CHIEF JU8T1 8. F. CHASE, PRESIDING. The court opened at 10 o'clock jester morning, Chief Justice Chase and Judge Br. on the beech. The juror a answered to their names. In the case of A. MuLsod vs. T. C. Calice which waa tried last Saturday, and which 1 excited muoh interest, che Chief Justice cha ed the jury as folio wa : OevuVemen of the Jury-The Diftrioi toruey has asked for various instruotio which the court will ci edi ne to give; uot tl we doubt the general correctness of most the legal propositions contained in them, 1 we prefer to give you what we conceive to the law of this case in our own language, c bodying the instructions ask od, so fax aa think the ja correct in what we say. Thia ia an action of trespass brought Alexander McLeod against T. C. Caiicott. 1 plaintiff alleges that thirty-nine bales of c ton, belonging to him, were wrongfully tak ?defendant and converted to his own ui e defendant pleads in justification, not c nyiUR the taking, but averring that,what be d waa dono aa special supervising agent oft Treasury Department of the United Stab and in accordance with law. Tbe plaintiff i plies, denying the truth of thia averment, a insisting that in what Calicott did, he did r act as agent, but wrongfully and withe justification in law. The pleadings present the issue which y < are to try. First. Did this cotton belong Alexander McLeod, the plaintiff, iu Octobe 1865? Waa it bis property at that date? Ai second, was the d?fendant justified in what did by virtue of bia office as Supervising Age of the Tra Bury? Thal the cotton belonged to tho plaint] unless his title bad been diverted by captui seems not to be questioned. The sec sud qa( tion alone, therefore, is important. . Under several acts of Congress, during tl late war. Supervising Agents of the Treasu Department were appointed in the several i sursent States, and charged with certain sr cine duties. Among these dirties was that receiving from the military officers of the Ul led States all property captured by them, wi instructions to turn it over to the proper a chorines of the United States for Bale and i account. In respect to oitizsns who had mai tained a loyal adhesion to the Government the United States, it waa provided by law tb thia property or proceeds should bs return to them upon mating the necessary proofs the Court of Claims at any time within t\ i yeaia from the.close of the rebellion. It is i leged, and not denied, that Calicott was Bup* vising agent, and bad this general autborii It waa bia duty to receive ?orn the milita officers, and from private soldiers, all proper captured by the forcea of the United Stat during tbe recent war, within his agency. If this case depended on this general authc ity, the only question to be determined won be whether the cotton in question was captur property. But there is something more this case. These supervising agents were a pointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, u der regulations, approved by th e President the United States, and were subj ec r, in all r speota, to his direction and control; and tl general regulations established had relatif only to a state of war. Now, actual hostilities between the insu gent States and the United States termin?t* practically in May, 1865. Ia the 8 ti te of Soul Carolina a provisional government waa o ganized under a proclamation of the Presidei m June or Joly of that year; and tbe Seor tary of the Treasury having reference to th changed condition of affairs, on the 27th i June, 1865, addressed a circular to those Tra aury agents in which he prescribed a rule f< their government in the new state jf thing (The Obie. Justice here read the fourth sei tion of the circular. ) Thia section provide that officers "charged with the duty cf recei ing and coliectinz, or having in their posse; mon or under their control, captured, abai doned, or confiscable 'personal property, wi aup?se of the same lu accordance with reg? latinos heretofore prescribed, and retrain froi receiving such fro JJ military or naval author ties after the 80th instant." Th* general regala tion, which required Mi Calicott to receive all captured property froi sha officers of the United States, waa (hus rt scinded on the 37th of June, 1865, with the fo lowing limitation : "This will not be considered as interferin, with the operations of agenta now engaged i receiving or collecting the property recentl captured by or surrendered to the forces of tb United 8tataa, whether or not covered by, o included in, the records delivered to the Uni ted States military or treasury authorities b -bal mik! at j em\eorm or cotton a* cn to. * The ne? regulation or prohibitory order therefore, did not extend to proj>erty whicl had been captured or surrendered by the milt tary offloera of the Confederate G Dremmen to the United States. But, with that excep tion, the prohibition is complete and final, ant no agent of the Treasury Department waa Jua tillea in receiving, after the 80ch of June, 1865 any captured property unless theretofore BUT rendered; muoh lew waa any such officer war ranted in making any capture of unsurrender ed cotton himself, after that date, with or with out n?htaxy aid. He had no authority to dc eo. All his powers, aa we have said to you were derived from the Treasury Department and when the Treasury Department withdrew that general authority, it waa at an end. The question, then, in this case ia, whethei this waa part of the property which bad beet surrendered by the military authorities of the Confederate Government to the United State? ?or to the 37th of June, 1865. You have od all the evidence, and it is your province to determine whether or not this property waa in that category. If it was, then it was Cali oott'a duty to receive it, and transmit it to the authorities of the United States for sale, and the only remedy which the owner or claimant ol the cotton could poaaihly have, would ba by ap? plication to the Court of Claims of the United States. The whole matter seems to be nar? rowed down to the simple proposition whether the evidence before you satisfies your minda that this cotton was included in the surrender referred to in the Secretary's instructions ol the 27tb of June. If it was so included, then the court chargea you that neither the action of the Provee. Court, relied upon by tbe de? fendant, nor the action of any State Court, could withdraw it from that citegory, without the consent of the United States. If it was on the 27th of June captured property, in this sense, that is property surrendered by the military authorities of the Confederate Govern? ment to the United Mates, then it remained captured proparty, and could not be released by tba action of the Pro ve* t Court That ac? tum, if intended to have thia effect, waa with? out sanction of law, and of no avail. If it waa such property, it was the duly of the defendant to take possession of it; if not, bia Beiauie waa unlawful. But there is another question, not necessarily determinad by the character of the property, on which it is the duty of the court to make some observations. By au act passed on the 27th of July, 1868, Congruas d dared the intent of the several acts relating to captured property. Among these was the Abandoned or Captured Property act of March 12,1863; of which, as well as of the others, the true intent was declared to be that the remedy given in oases of seizure by preferring claim in the Court of Claims should be exclusive, precluding the owner of any pro? perty taken by agents of tbe Treasury Depart? ment, as abandoned or captured property, in virtue "or under color of said act," from suit at common law, or any other mode of redress whatever, before any other court or tribunal other than the Court of Claims. It will be for you to say whether tbe deioudmt in taking this property proceeded undor color of that act. Ii he was procsediu? m good faith, believing himself to be warranted as the ofh cSr of tho national government iu taking charge of the cotton, under that act, we think he is covered by ita provision. We adopt this view the more readily because, in a sub? sequent part of the ace, it i j provided that, 'in all oases in whica suits of trespass" (which is this case) "may have been brought, or shall hereafter be brought, against any person for or aooounuof private property taken by such person as an officer of the United States, bv vrtue of 'any act relating to captured) or aban? doned property,'and the defendant shall plead, or allege ia bar thereof, that such act was done or omitted to be done by him as an offi? cer of tbe United States, in the adminiatrati on ? of one of th? acts aforesaid, or in virtue, or < under color thereof, such plea or allegation, if the fact be sustained -by the proof, shall be d?emed and adjudged in law to be a complete and conclusive bar to an*/ such suit or action." It ia our duty, under this act, to say to you that the plea of the defendant, in this case, is a conclusive bar to this action, if you find af? firmatively that the acts of bis, complained of in the declaration, were done by him in virtue, or under color, of any of the acts referred to. If it was done by bim, as supervising special agent, under a mistake as to the character of this property, be is, in our judgment, protect? ed by this act. It would Lot protect the United States from a demand in the Court of Claims for this property. But it would protect the officer against a private suit if be acted under color of this law, or under a mistaken s SD se of duty, though not in strict pursuance of law. You have heard all the evidence, and it is for you to judge whether he acted under a 86088 of duty or no\ You can weigh th whole evidence and determine that matter fo yourselves. . . . ? The only remaining point upon which it 1 proper to instruct you is this: It is claimed by counsel that if, in the even you should find for the plaintiff, you may as BOSS what aro called vindictive damages. Thi Court cannot Bay that to you. If you find fo tho plaintiff it will be 3 our duty to assess th value of tho property at the time of the coe version, on tbe21st o? October, 1865, with law ful interest from that date. In responso to a request from the counse for the plaintiff, the Chief Justice added: If there is anything in the ovidence whicl satisfies you that the defendant acted withou any color of law-wilfully and in flagrant disre gard or his duty-then you have a right to aa SOBS vindictive damages. But it is tor you t< say whether there is anything of that sort ii the proof. The jury retired and soon after returnei with the following verdict : "We find for the plaintiff $11,700 68 cents Wm. Bavenel, Foreman." We learn that a motion will be made to se aside the above verdict. Edwin Parsons et al vs. Southwestern Rail? road Bank. Case continued. R. L. Livingston vs. W. Jordan. Porter anc Conner for plaintiff ; Simonton A Barker fo: defendant. This was an action of trespass, ti try title and to recover a tract of land, in Eer shaw County, known as the Wateree planta tion, belonging to Mary S. McBae and Julii McBae, residents of Baltimore. It was all?g?e that the plantation was sold during the lat war, without their knowledge or consent under a decree of the Court of Equity. Thi title was given to D. G. Robertson, and part 0 the money paid in Confederate currency. Whei the young ladies came to take charge the; found the plantation disposed of, without theil having received a dollar. They brought thii action on the ground that no one in the Con federacy had a right to act or bind them ti their action ; that the title passed by thi Court of Equity was illegal, and having receiv ed nothing for their property and having beei dispossessed of it illegally, they are entitled t< recover. On the part of the defence it was shown tba the sale of the plantation was in pursnanci of a contract made between the purchaser ant Hon. F. J. Moses, agent for the parties at thi tim?. The contract was made between Mr. D O. Robertson and Hon. F. J. Moses. Robert son paid bis money part cash. One or both of the young ladies, it was represented, wen infants. It waa-necessary to make good tb? title, and as early as 1861 the parties wenl into a court of equity. The young ladies wen not only represented by counsel, but by a pro chain ami, the next friend, their own step father. The proceedings were conducted witt his consent, and closed under hi? instructions and the position they took waa that ina j m ucl as the proceedings were authorized by their next friend, and were conducted by eminent counsel for the infants, the title passed from the Commissioner in Equity to Mr. Robertson, who afterwards sold to Mr. Jordan; that what? ever may have been done with the money, that is a qnestioa between tbe McReas and theil friends. A number of witnesses were examined in the case, among whom was Chief Just?*? Moses, who acted as counsel for the parents of the plaintiffs. The Chief Jostice charged the jory as fol? lows : Gentlemen of the Jury-This is an action 0 trespass upon ?he case to try title. There ia very little in it for you to pass upon. The question of fact lies within a very narrow com? pass. The only question of importance in the case is a question of law. It ia very clear that this contract made be? tween Mr. Moaea and Mr. Robertson did not bind the plaintiffs. It was a contract without authority from them. No person has a right to intervene as a volunteer for a minor child and make a contract for the sale of a minor's estate. This is so clear that it needs no argn D)?Dt. lt, however, aa apparently in this case, a person does intervene and make snob a con? tract, it may become binding by subsequent as? sent of the parties on arriving at full age, or through proper proceedings m a court of equity. There ls no allegation in this case, that we have heard, of any such subsequent consent of these parties. You have heard the testimony of Chief Justice Moses. He stated distinctly there was no intercourse between him and these minor children in relation to this con? tract. It waa made solely at the instance of their mother and stepfather. So far as their consent goes, therefore, it may be laid out of the case. The next question ts whether there is any jurisdiction in a Court of Equity of the State of South Carolina to make a decree con? firming the contract, or for the s i le of the mi? nor's estate. Upon that point we entertain very serious doubts. Uudonbtedly an infant may bring snit by next friend in a Court of Equity; and the court has jurisdiction in such a suit to make an order giving authority to sell the estate of the infant. There is no ques? tion upon that point. In this case, however, the suit was brought by the stepfather, rep? resenting himself as next friend of the minors: but he himself resides in Maryland, beyond the jurisdiction of the court in which the suit was brought. Though represented as the guardian of the minors, he was not auch in fact. He had ceased to be the guardian of one, under the laws of Maryland, for more than two years, and of the other for nearly two. And one of the heirs became of age. accord? ing to the laws of South Carolina, within four days after the suit was brought, and the other long before the final decretal order, under which the defendant claims title; and neither wa-, ever bronght formally into court. Aa we have already said, we doubt upon the question of jurisdiction; but for the purposes of this case will rule that jurisdiction to con? firm this contract made in behalf of the minors, or to pass the final decretal order under which the title was conveyed, did not exist. The de? fendant, if dissatisfied, may move in arrest of judgment, or for a new trial. Under this ruling, gentlemen, your verdict must be for the plaintiff; for, if there was no jurisdiction in the court, the defendant cannot protect himself by its decree. It is proper to say, further, that although we pat this case, for the present, upon the ab? sence of jurisdiction in tbe State Court to con? firm or order tbe sale, there is another objec? tion to the defendant's title equally fatal. The jurisdiction of the State Court over the plaintiffs, whatever it waa, terminated when the civil war broke out. Upon that point we entertain no doubt. As between parties re? siding in the State of South Carolina and par? ties residing in the States which adhered to tho National Government, between whom war made intercourse impossible, there could be no jurisdiction in tho Courts of South Caroli? na, while tho war ontinu:d, by which the rights of non-residents could be injuriously affected. This ruling, indeed, applies only to the or? ders made during the war; it is decisive, how evor, of this case. We charge you, gentlemen, that the courts of ?South Carolin J. have no jurisdiction of these Slaiu tiffs, and no jurisdiction to make any or er prejudicial to their rights during thc war. These instructions, gen lomon, leave noth? ing for your determination bat the question of damages. The measure of damages must be the amount of net profits mode by the defend? ant from fae plantation. The defendant in this case is Mr. Jordan, not the original pur? chaser, Mr. Robertson. If you have heard any evidence of profits made bj him, you will give damages to that extent. The jurj had not returned a verdict in the above case up to the hour of adjournment. Peter Pernie vs. J. P. M. Epping. Porter 4 Conner for plaintiffs; Sim on ton & Barker for defendant. Thia ?aa an action against de? fendant for damages to propertj while in his custody as United States Marshal. Testimonj was introduced bj counsel for plaintiff to show that the marshal had a build? ing in Berresford-street in his custody; that he received two dollars a day for taking care of the property in the interval between the de? cree of foreclosure of the mortgage of plaintiff on the building and the sale of it; that he ren? dered h's bill, and it was paid under protest; that he had put a large number of negroes in the building as tenants, which consisted of twenty-five or twenty-six rooms; that they h td damaged the property, and corn it almost to pisces. On the part of dofonoa testimony was intro doced to show that whoa defendant took charge of the building it waa in a very dilapidated condition, and believing it to bs for the bene? fit of the property, rented the building lo as respectable people as ho could get to lake charge of it, and tbat it was not injured by those tenants. Chief Justice Chase charged the jury as follows : Gentlemen of the. Jury-There is very little in this case except a simple question of fact. The marshal is compensated for bis official services by fees, and cannot lawfully rent any building in his custody, except under the order of the court. Ii the evidence in this case satisfies you that be did so rent the building in question, and that in consequence of such renting damages were sustained by the plaintiff, it will be your duty to render a verdict accordingly. The evidence is conflicting. It is your busi? ness, gentlemen, to sift it. The amount of damages, if you find that any has been caused by the act of the defendant, is for your deter? mination. The jury returned into court with a verdict for plaintiff of S800 damages. The court then adjourned to ten o'clock this morning. In the Bankrupt Court, the report of the Re? gistrar on the petition of W. ?. Lay, assignee, was confirmed, and the sale was postponed until further orders. The petition of John T. Sloan to postpone sale, was referred to Registrar Jaeger. The following petitions for final discharge in bankruptcy were referred to the Registrar, viz: A. Moses, J. C. McKenny, H. C. Moses. Tax SUPREME Corm, May 31.-Present, Chief Justice Moses and Associate Justice Wil? lard. The case of J. M. Wotnack vs. Robert Austin, executor, et al, was resumed. Mr. De Treville for the motion. The case was then suspended, to be argucd,at a future time. A committee of three, consisting ol Messrs. D. H. Chamberlain, Henry Buist and Thomas Y. Simons, were appointed to examino Mr. R. 8. Tb arin, an applicant for admission to prac? tice as an attorney, counsellor and solicitor in law iu the Supreme Court, the examination to take pl ice to-day, in open court, at 10 A. M. In the case of M. C. King and Mitchell King, executors, vs. 1. S. E. Bennett et ol, the appeal was abandoned. The case of John E. Phillips and John 8. Riggs ads. W. H.. Gill0and, J. H. Taylor and F. M. Robertson, was heard. Mr. Lord for.the morion. At three P. M. the court adjourned. . REPOBTEBB' CBUMBS.- The fencing, put up daring the Oops well administration, has been blown down in several places and needs repair. The stearne - Manhattan arrived at New York yesterday, at five o'clock, P. M., in fifty-six hours. . A numb 3 r of shopkeepers were open in vio? lation of the law, on Sunday, under the impres? sion that the privilege extended by Council to ice cream saloons and fruiterers, included them. They were warned and discharged. The maroon of the Washington Fire Com? pany takes place on Thursday, at Mount Pleasant. ' The five o'c'ock train on the South Carolina1 Railroad was detained yesterday by the break? ing bf a wheel of the tender a' Blackville. Tneater. w. n_ Williams resigned the pas? torate! of the First Baptist cnurcU yoa^orJay afternoon. He goes to Virginia. The elegant Scotch granite monument re? cently in the marble yard of E. B. White & Brother, Meeting-street, has been placed over the remains of the late John Mahoney, Jr., in Magnolia Cemetery. Three hundred and fifty shares of South Car? olina Railroad stock wore sold yesterday at 44| to 45 cents. City Council meets to-night. The office furniture of the South Carolina Insurance and Trust Company was sold yes mraay,~?na nong ur-jj af. ? A.~ ar. moreland, who has leased the building from the owner, Mr. W. B. Smith, for three years. Mr. Ellison A, Smyth has been admitted a copartner in the firm of Messrs. J. E. Adger ? & Co. Honour's Fire, Marine and Life Insurance Agency has been removed from No. 8 Broad street to the corner of East Bay and South At? lantic wharf, next sonth of the old Postoffice. B USIXESS y O TICES. Go TO GEOBOX LTTTLX & Co. for fine black cassimere pants, 13. tathslmo June 1 SEASONABLE.-Cowperthweit, furnitrre dealer, King-street, has received a large assortment of mosquito canopies and nets, to suit any style of bedstead, crib or cradle. -o Go TO GEOBOB LITTLE <fc Co. for white linen duck suits, worth twenty dollars, for $13. Jane 1 ruths Imo THE "BADKN" PAPER COLLAR AND CUFFS, at BLACKWELLS, May ll tu tbs Na 219 King-street. /tMiriiL CHARLESTON CITT STOCK WANTED, BT J. H. WIL80X. . June 1 1 No. 0 Broad-street. GRANITE TILLE MANU? FACTURING COMPANY STOCK, FOR SALE BY J. H. WILbON, June 1_1_No. S Broad street. WANTED. BANK OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CA BOLINA BILLS. Also, Bank Bills of all kinds, Bonds and Stocks bought by ANOBEWIf. MORELAND, June 1_No. 8 Broad-street. BANKERS, gTOCKAND EXCHANGE BBOEEB3AND MER? CHANTS, wishing Checks, Blanks, Letter Heads, or Job Printing of any description, c-n get their orders Oiled promptly and iu the neatest style, at cheap rates, by applying at THE NEWS JOB OFFICE, No. Itt East Bay. _ O EXCHANGE N LONDON AND ON NEW YORK. Sold by LESESNE i WELLS. May tl_lino_No. IO Broad-street. WANTED rpi) P?RCKA8E, UNITED STATES BILLS OF au denominations, and NATIONAL SANE NOTES too mncli mutilated to ba redeemed by Government Agents, at fair prices, for cash. A. GAGE A CO., Charleston Ice House. May 8 . * fm Jlrts. piIOTOGRAPH COLORING. PERSONS WISHING TO HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS tinted with care and taste can have their orders promptly filled by leaving them at Holmes' Book House. Written directions should in each case be given as to the style of coloring preferred. April 22 3mos* EMPLOYMENT.-TBS DOLLARS A day and constant employment (ruaranteed to every man and woman in want of work, ina light, honorable and profitable; business. Great induce? ments offered. Descriptive circulars free. Address JAMES C. BAND A CO., March 13 s3mos BlddeXord, Me. J, If. SOLOMONS. ?. D., DENTIST, UaaiT-Htreet, opposite synagogue, INP0BM8 HI8 PATIENT*, HAYING FOUR AND six months' appointments, that he will leave the city on ls. of Ju r, to re'urn about 15th September. Addreaa during absence, "Walhalla, 8. 0." Junel tuwfa4mth MOSQUTO CANOFIES AND NETS. JUST RECEIVED, A LABOE ASSORTMENT, TO ault any style of Bedstead. Crib or Oradle. B. R. COWPEBlHWalT, Furniture Warerooma, No. 308 King-street, Janel_2_Above Wentworth. E. J. KING MAN, PLASTERER, No. 40 WARREN-STREET, NBAB COMING. wiU undertake PLAbTEBING, RE? PAIRING, Whitewashing, and Wall Coloring. May 20_ Tin Plate, Sheet-Iron, Wire, and all other tinsmith's goods, for sale by William Shepherd, No. 17 Hayne-street, Charleston, S. C. QUAKER CITY FINE SHIRTS, EEADY M4DE AND TO ORDEE, At BLACKWELL'S, aiayll tulbs No. 219 KING-STBLET. REPINED F A MILT LARD, PACKED Bt PROCTER & GAMBLE, CINCINNATI. 49* Ask your Grocer for our Brand of Lard In these Packages. Packed in 3 lb. 6 tb, 10 Us Oaddies; 60 Us Cans for shipment. Cheapest mode for selling Lard, fond for Price List. * old hy Grocers in Charleston. May 29_pac_8tnth3mo DUT AL'S PATENT BAKER, FOR KEROSENE, GAS AND OTHER STOVES. THIS USEFUL INVENTION, WHICH HAS BEEN recently patented, la claimed to ba the ONLY PER F EC I Bakery Oven of the kind in nae. By iii peculiar construction, the heat la distribut? ed in all lta-psm.vo that arti les placed in it are baked on the top as well as at the DOOVU?. For sale at wholesale and retail, by af, B. DUVAL ?i SO?, ?.GENTS OF THE PAT?K?Efi?. May IS a ruth Shirts atti /arnisljing ?nabs. ' SHIRT EMPORIUM," THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE IN CHAKLESTOH BEOCIVBD A TEW SUPPLY OF THE CELEBRATED STAR SHIRTS AND COLLAS8, ALSO, IXL arras or OB AY'S PATENT MOULDED PAPER COLLARS, Which are offered at very Low Pri?es. MEETING-STREET, OPPOSITE M ARKET HALL. OTTO EB THE STAR SHIRT SIGN. January 1 6 moa JJrq Qtwittj (itt. DRY GOODS. J. H. BR?NING & CO., No. 36S King-street, Opposite BeauXaln, WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM THEIR FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC, that th ev I have opened a well assorted and seasonable stock of DBE GOODS, which they offer at Tery Reasonable Pi ices. We would call attention to the following Goods : A splendid assortment of DRE?38 GOODS, Black Silks, White Gooda; Hosiery, Linens, White and Colored Table Damaaka, Longclotha, Shoe Unga. Cassimere, Black Cloth and Doeskins, Gloves, French Corsets, Parasols, UmbreUas. Embroideries, Handkerchiefs, Lace P bawls, Opera Shawls, Hoop Skirts, Lace Goods, Notions, Ac. J. H. UltlMVG ?i CO., No. 262 KING-8IBEET, OPPOSITE BEAUFAIN. May 8 stuthloo CHEAP GOODS. GREAT SALE! AT FURCHGOTT & BRO., CORNER KIMO AND CALHOUN STREETS. TMMENSE BEDUC1ION IN PRICES MADE IN X order to effect a clearance of special lota ot Goods on hand and to arrive. ThU ls an opportunity which should not be lost slgbt of by ready money purchasers. The following are a few quotations from some choice lots: CHAPE M A It ETZ at 25 and 30<entr, bett FINE STYLES OF BALMORALS at SI 75 and $2 > . PIQUE only 30 cents; Mantel Hes 40 and 60 cents FAUa>OLS, a nice RflectloD, from OS cents up FINE BLACK, SILKS reduced to ?2; 12 25 a very fine artie's. i'lSK FBKKCH colt SETS, from 90 cents np DIAPER LINEN. DOYLIES, and other Linen gooda, 10 and IQ per cent, cheaper than any. where 400 DOZEN TOWELS from 12-; to 60 cents LADlfLS' AND MEN'S UNDERWEAR at iroderate prices 4-4 LON GC LOTH S from 12 Y, cents up MEN'S FINE PANAMA HATS only ?1 69 DOMESTIC GOODS, Hosiery, 0loves, well as ?sorted and sold at nearly cost price. FURCHGOTT ?i BRO'S., No. 437 King-street, corner of Calhoun. An exclusive department for Boots, Sboee, Hats and Trunks. Smos May 3 J L. MOSES, No. 34 Broad-street. COLLECTOR OF BENTS AMD REAL ESTATE AGENT. April 18 stuth3mos Bellies, Shoulders, Lard, Cheese, $c, ire. BT LACKEY & ALEXANDER. THIS DAT, let Jane, will be sold in our Store, Mo. 137 t wt Bay, at 10 o'clock, 200 fugar-Oured BELLIES 200 Shoulders 35 (nos Laid ll boxes Cheese Tobacco. Hams. Smoked Beef, Tongue?, Pickled Beef and Poik, Ac, Ac. Conditions cash. ._Janel Tobacco. BT B. & A. P. CALDWELL. THIS DAT, the 1st Jone, will bo sold before our Store at ball-past 0 o'clock, 8 babs LEAF TuBACCO 10 bozos Manufactured Tobacco With a variety of Groceries. Conditions ciab._Jone 1 Houses and Lots in Blake-street-Positive Sale. BT JOHN 8. RYAN, Auctioneer. THIS DAT, (be 1st of Jone, 1860, at ll o'clock A. M.. will be sold positively, at the Old Postofflce, Broad-street, THERE (fi COMFORTABLE AND CONVENIENT DWELLING HOUSES, at the southeast corner of Blake and Aiken streets, fronting on Blake-street. Each lot measures about 33 feet four inches ha front by about 80 feet in depth, moro or less. The dwell? ings are two-story wooden houses In good repair. Titles indisputable. Possession given immediately. Terms-One-third cash; balance in two (21 equal annual payments, to be secured by bond of the pur? chaser and mortgage of the premires; premises to be insured and policy assigned. Purchaser to pay J. 8. Byan for papers and levenue stamps. June 1 thwtu3 Conveniently Localed Residence. BT J. DRATTON FORD, Auctioneer. WUl be sold, at the north of the Exchange, on THURSDAY, the 3d day of June nert, at ll o'clock, A. If , TB AT COMFORTABLE WOODEN RESIDENCE, recently put in complete order, situated on the ear' ern side of Meeting-street, next north of corner fc ocie ty. The lot measures on east and west lines each ?6 feet, and on the north and south lines each 87 feet, be the same more or less. Cn thc premises are suitable outbuildings. The residence contains four square rooms, dining room, attics and pantry. Terms - One-third each ; balance io one and two years, secured by bond of purchaser, bearing inter? est, payable seini-aonua'ly, and mortgage or premi? ses. Purchaser to insure property to extent of the credit portion and to assign policy to the seller. Purchaser to pay for stamps and for drawing papers. Fer i-arther particulars, auply at No. 40 Broad ntrcr-L J. DRAYTON FORD. S>ay 29 DAC S NEUFYELLE & HANNAM, SUCCESSORS T O COURTES A Y. BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS, BOOKBINDERS, Job Printers and Stationers* WHOLESALE DEALEBS IN FLAT AND FOLDED PAPERS, CARD3, (JABD BOABD3, BILL HEADS, ?O. No. 9 Broad-Street, 1! CHARLESTON, 8 . C . B. K. NEUFVILLE. WM. HANNAM May 0 Imo Jrngs, <?l)cm?foU, (ftc. ABETS PROPHYLACTIC FLUID, D Letter from Hon. Alex. H. SUphens, of Georgia. C&AWTOBDsvrLLE, Ga , September 39, 1868. Darby's Prophylactic Fluid is an article of little cost, bat great value. Its dom es ti o as well aa medi? cinal uses are numerous, while its specialties are most wonderful. I have not been without lt for ten years, and no head of a family who can afford to have lt should be without lt ALEX H. STEPHENS. THO: WONDERFUL FAMILY MED?. CINE. Letter from the Surgeon-General of Uti late Confeder? ate States. RICHMOND, Va., January 14. 1869. JOHN Dinar A Co., No. 180 William-street, New York: Genttmtn-l have received your letter of the 16th of December, 1866, calling my attention to your (Darby's Prophylactic) Fluid. I most cheerfully state that the Fluid was furnish? ed to, and extensively asad by, the surgeons in charge of general b capt tala in the Confederate ser? vice with great benefit to the patients-all the sur? geons making a favorable report-a great deal of lt was used In tue hospitals. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, SA MX PR Ea TON MOOSE, M. D, THE ASTONISHING DISINFECTANT. EBOBT COLLEGE, OXTOBD, GA., December 28,1868. Prof. DassT. Dtar Sir- Haying not been en? gaged for many years in the active duties of the Medical profession, I am only superficial!)*acquaint? ed with the claims ef your Prophylactic Fluid, but am well acquainted with its chemical elements. While, therefore, I cannot speak experimentally of the value of the compound, yet the disinfecting and therapeutic properties of the agents employed In its composition, together with the well known reputa? tion jf its discoverer, M a chemist, authorise me to regard its m?rite as of a high order; on the whole lt must be considered as a valuable contri Dutton to the class of articles to which it belongs. These views, I may add, are luetained by the testi? mony ol many competent Judges, who have tested its properties. Believe me, dear sir. Tours, respectfully. A. MEANS, M.D., LL. D. CURES BURNS. WOUNDS, STINGS, ?fcc. ALABAMA INSANE He*FITAL, ) TUSCALOOSA, December 22,1868. J Messrs. JOHN DARBT A Co, No. 160 William-street, New York: Gentlemen-I received you ciro ulars of tie ic th instant, asking an expression of opinion from me as to the merits of your Prophylactic Fluid. The pre? paration bas been so generally used J y the proles sion and public at large, and so universally esteem? ed, that it seems to me to need no further recom? mendation. As a disinfectant and remedial agent too, when in? dicated, it is not excelled by any similar preparation. We use permeanganic preparations very extensively tn this hospital, and could not do without them. I consider yours the best and most elegant prepara? tion of the kind manufactured. Respectfully yours, Ac, P. BRICE, M. D., Sup't and Physician Alabama Insane Hospital. DO Witt & .MOISE. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, May 25 tuthu3mos Agents for South Carolins. ROSAD ALIS, s WAW4*H* * ROS AD ALIS. j. Sold by GOODRICH. WAKEMAN 6t CO., Direct Importers of European Drugs and Chemicals, May8 etuthlyr CHARLESTON, S. C. WHITE LEAD, ZIISTO, PAINT s, C0L0B8, VABNI3HES, BRUSHES, &c, &c. RAW AND BOILED LINSEED OILS. CAMBRON, BARKLEY" Ai CO., Northeast corner Meeting and Cumberland streets. Jaauaryl 6mo jjjjjjjjjjj StAts. Fancy Dry Goods, Dress Ooodt, fe. BY JOHN G. HILNOE& CO. THIS DAT, 1ft Inst, at 10 o'clock, ?o wm a ?IL at oar Auction Pale'room, No. 139 Meeting-s?eet, An Invoice of desirable GuOT'S received per Mag? nolia : TUCKED SKIRTS, French Corset*, Hoop Skirts; Mozamciquea, Cambric Edging, Swisa and Jaconet MuBllna, Brown Linen Trills, Spanith Linons. Pleacbed Dowlas, Fancy Striped Baree ea. French Gienadines, 6 4 Checked tono?, Fancy 8tripe Prcsa Goods, lodia Twill. White Brilliants, Victoria lawns. Nainsook. Bishop's Lawn, satin Mripe, Stria?, Heek Towels, Muslin Bead Handkerchiefs, fr tripe Collara. Black Mohair Braids, Linen Leggings, Flax Thread, White Ltsle Gauntlets, Children's Whits Cotton Hose, BnfT Li fie Gloves, Princess Bufilfttg; B.'aok Velvet Ribbon. Bead Ornaments. Bleached andi Brown Shirting, Blue Plaid?, Kentucky Jeans,Gaua? Undershirts, Fancy and Mourning Prints, fco. Conditions ca-h. June 1. Shoulders, Earns, Butter, Molasses, fe. . BIRCHE & SCHACHTE WiU sell, THIS DAT, in front of Uiolr stores, Nos. US and 145 East Bay, ala quarter to IO o'clock; 3009 ma. SHOULDERS 200Nhs. Bama " . , 76 kegs and tabs new Butter 60 bbifl. Molasaes 5 60 boxes Cheese IOU bblc Salt Herrings Coffee, Herrin? and Starch. Jone 1 Positive Sale. BY T. M. CATER. Will be sold THIS DAT, on Brown's Wharf, at three quart ere pant 9 o'clock, 40 barrels t X1 BA I LOUR 30 barrels Brown Susar 20 tubs Lard Lol Open Crockery, new styles and in good ord or. Conditions caab. June I VSDER DECREE IN EQUITY. A. C. Chandler, Assignee, vs. Daniel F. Towlts. A. c. MCGILLIVRAY, Auctioneer. Will be sold, in front of the O d Customhouse, >n TUESDAY, the 22d day of June, A. D., 1869, at lt o'clock. A. M a ALL TH AT PLANTATION OR PIE OE OT LA' JD, Bituate on Wad"<alaw Island, in the Conn'/ of Charleston, and known as the "Point ot Pines,' con? taining 1200 acres, na oro or leta. Bu tun; asa bounding north and west on Wadmsiaw Sw d, east on lands if B. E. Jenkins, and south on lands of Benjamin Bailey. Terms-One-third cash ; balance on credi of one, two and three years, secured by bond bearii g inter? est at the rate of seven per cent per aast aa, and mort gaga of the Plantation. Purchaser to pay fox papers and stamp?. E. W. M. MAOBKT, ?J Junel (ut S.O. O. UNDER DECREE IN KQX'IT T. Hannah Euston vs. James E. Walter. .. .. A. c. MCGILLIVRAY, Auctioneer. WiU be sold on TUESDAY, the 8th day of June next, in front of the old Customhouse, in Charles? ton, at ll o'clock A. M. precisely. All that certain LOT OF LIND, with the Build inge thereon, situate on tbe weet side of Meeting street, Ward No. 4, and known aa th? No. 193, In the City of Charleston; measuring and containing in front on Meeting-street 23 feet 6 inches, and in depth from eaet to weit 144 feet, bethe samo more or lest. Butting and bounding east on Meeting-street, to the west and north on lands of Jambs E. Walker, south on landa of Robert S. Millar. ALSO, All that LOT OF LAND, with the Buildings there? on, next north and adjoining the lot above describ? ed, altuate on tho west aide of Meeting-street, Ward 4. and known also as No. 133. and lately occupied as the office of the Charleston Mercury, mea?uringaad con? taining la front on Mee ting-at. 19 feet, more or lesa, on the northern line from east to we4 95 feet, then running from south to north 21 feet 8 inches, then on the northern line 49 feet, on the weat lina Aft feet 3 inches, and on the south line 144 feet, be the Samo more or less. Butting and boundu>g east on Meeting-atreei, to ute avutu ana wes?'od ** the said James E. Walker, and to the north oa lana? of the catate of Walker and E. Adama. Terms-One-third tain; balance in tow equal successive annual instalments, with interest thereon at rate of 7 per cent per annum, payable semi-an? nually, to be secured by bond or bonds of the pur? chaser and mortgage of the said premises; tba buildings to be Intured and policy assigned. Pur? chaser to pay for papen and stamps. E. W, M. MACKEY, & 0. O. May 18 tai PHONIX IRON WORKS. JOHN F. TAYLOR & CO. ' SUCCESSORS TO CAMERON d( CO.. Engineers Boilermakers &c. Not. 4, 6, 8,10 and 12 PRIT CHA RDSTBEBT8, (NEAR THE DBI DOCK,) Charleston, S. C. - - STEAM ENGINES AMD BOLLERS-M AB INK, STATIONARY AND PORTABLE. RICE THRESHERS AND SILLS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. SHAFTING, PULLEYS AND GEARING MON FRONTS FOB BUILDINGS, CASTINGS OF EVERY KIND EN IBON OB BBASS. We guarantee to furnish ENGINES and BOILERS of a? good quality and power, and at as low rate? aa can be bad in New York, Baltimore er Philadelphia. AOUTS FOB Ashcrofts Low-water Detector? THE ONLY PEBFECT SECURITY AGAINST DAMAGE FROM LOW WATBB IN % THE BOILER REPAIRS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. May 17_pao_3mo? FROM 4t TU 3S0 horse power, including that celebrated Corlis? Cut-off Engines, Slide Vslve Sta? tionary Engines, Portabi? Engines, kc Also, Circu? lar Muley and Gang Saw Mills, Sugar Cane & Us, S hat ting Pulleys, Ac, Lath and Shingle Mills, Wheat and Corn Mills, Circular Saws. Beliing, Ac. Send tor descriptive Circular and " Price List WOOD 4 MANN STEAM ENGINE CO., february li fimos Utica, New York. pu?Mng ?n\tw\$f Cte. AND D00B FACTORY. Li. E. CORDRAY & CO., Ho. 2 PBITCHARD-BTBEET, OPPOSITE J. T. TAYLOR * OO.'S MACHIN? SHOPS. SASHES, GLAZED AND UNGLAZED, always on hand PANEL DOORS, HOT HOUSE 8A8HE6, MOULDINGS, ito., made np at short no. tice, and at the lowest terms. L. E. CORDRAY. March 23 0. A. TROUGHS 3 oto