The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, February 10, 1866, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Saturday Morning, February IO, 1866
Masonic.
The Charleston Cowier learns that
the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
has authorized M. W. Grand Master
Orr to draw upon their treasurer for
the sum of $1,000, in aid of the
Grand Lodge of South Carolina. In
addition to this, considerable sums
have been donated by the New York
and Pennsylvania Lodges in behalf
of local lodges in Columbia and else?
where. ?
Grand Master Orr, in his late in?
stallation address, said the fraternity
had great canse for congratulation,
not only for the profession, but in
the practice of tbat highest of all .
Masonic virtues, charity, as exempli?
fied in the good feeling and kind fel?
lowship existing?between the Masons
of the North and the Masons of the
South. Their bonds had never been
broken. Masonry, he said, was the
only institution in which politics had
not been permitted to enter. The
same fraternal spirit and sentiment
pervaded the lodges now that did
before the commencement of the late
desolating civil strife. Its univer?
sality and benovolence was exhibited
upon that occasion. In looking
round upon his audience he perceived
brethren from every State in the
Union, some of whom were a year
ago in conflict with each other, ngpr
sitting around the altar clothed in the
insignia of the craft, engaged in one
common cause, actuated by the same
universal snirit of charity and bro?
therly love, participating with pure
devotion in the agreeable duties of
the evening.
THE CASE OF CAPTAIN SEMMES.-T-A
despatch from Washington skates that
the President and the ^Cabinet have
had under consideration the ar?
gument of Captain Semmes, claim?
ing the right to be discharged under
the Sherman-Johnson parole, but
have come to no definite conclusion
thereon. Until this matter is dis?
posed of, there will be no detail for a
court to try Semmes, and there is a
bare probability that the trial may be
indefinitely postponed.
We understand that Ex-Governor
- Morehead, of North Carolina, has
been arrested by the military authori?
ties, for interfering with the sale of
some property previously advertised
to be sold. Governor Morehead pro-4
tested against the sale and claimed
# title himself.
The notorious Confederate cutter
Yadkin, sunk by the Um* ted States
blockading squadron, three miles be?
low Wihnington, N. C., has been
raised by the Baltimore and Norfolk
Wrecking Company.
TAX ON SOUTHERN MANUFA<TUREO
ARTICLES.-The following circular,
issued by the Secretary of the Trea?
sury on Monday, is highly important
to Southern manufacturers and all
those holding articles manufactured
in the South:
' 'TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
"February 2, 18G6.
"On September 14, 1865, an order
was issued by this Department, under
the power conferred by Section 46 of
Internal Revenue Act of June 30,
1864, directing that articles manufac?
tured in the States lately in insurrec?
tion, prior to the establishment of
collection districts therein, but re?
tained in possession of the manufac?
turer until after s ach establishment,
and thus made haine to the current
races of taxation, should be held free
from present assessment until trans?
ported beyond the limits of the above
mentioned States, and should then be
subjected only to the tax due at the
time of their manufacture.
"The reasons for this exemption
were stated briefly at the time of its
allowance. It was induced by the
fact that manufacturers had, in igno?
rance of the Law, retained large quan?
tities of their products in their own
hands, and by the supposed addi?
tional fact that much of the property
so retained had greatly deteriorated
in value. ? .
' 'Abundant opportunity having now
been given for the disposal of these
manufactures, there is no good reason
for continuing a privilege inconsis?
tent with the general provisions of
the law, adverse' to the interests of
Northern manufacturers, and suscep?
tible, as experience has shown, of
very great abuse.
"It is, therefore, hereby ordered,
that on and after March 1, 1866, all
Southern manufactures in possession
of tho manufacturer shall be held
subject to the present rates of duty
no exception being made in any case
on account of the date of manufac?
ture, H. MCCULLOCH,
"Secretary of the Treasury."
"On the Wing."
RICHMOND, VA., February 5, 1866.
Di.AK PHONIX: This city was not so beau?
tifully nor regularly laid out as was your
Columbia, yet there is much of the roman?
tic and picturesque connected with it. It
has a population of^kbout 50,000. Business
of all kiuds is brisk, and tho debris of
former ruins is being replaced with some
beautiful buildings. This is a great city
not only in its own intrinsic character-but
in tho thrilling history of its past associa?
tions. For four years, it was the birth?
place of great thoughts and tho laboratory
of doubtful experimento. Around her brow
was entwined tho wreath of hope, and from
her head projected the shadow of fearful
apprehensions. Catacombs of precious
victims were immolated on her altars, and
from her urns ascend the incense of a de?
voted people's prayer. She is no longer
the centro of attraction, nor the radiator
of influence tu a sincere and struggling
people; but she is stilbtho heart of tho Old
Dominion, and her pulsations of mingled
associations are undulating thelifc^current
of noble aspirations through the social and
political vein s of her gallant sons. Virgi?
nia's soil is whitened with thc bone? of
many of the heroic dead, and beneath her
clods aro deposited those s jred remains
which are more precious to many of our
great nation than tho go'd of Ophir or thc
diamonds of Golconda, in her clay arc in?
terred the mortality of more than half a
million of thc bravest from all the States
of this great Union. Here aro mingled
the bodies of the retreating champion and
the triumphing victor. But wo will not
further break tho silence of tho grave, nor
trespass upon the sacred precincts of do?
mestic bereavement. Pcaco be to thc
sleeping dust of the brave warrior. Thank
Goth tho revel of cruel war is hushed in
our land, and tho clarion notes of peace
invite us to crowd thc gates of Zion with
songs of praise, and to fill her courts with
anthems of exultant 103'. May our beauti?
ful land never again be crimsoned with the
blood of her heroic sons.
But I must leave this city of poetic inspi?
ration and sad reminiscence; but before
bidding her adieu, allow mo to acknow?
ledge my debt of lasting gratitude to
Messrs. J. L. Carrington fe Co.. of the
Exchange Hotel, for their special kindness
and elegant hospitality. They servo their
guests in a princely style. Their table
abounds with all that can tempt the appe?
tite or satisfv the epicure. Yours, &c,
OMEGA.
Facts Concerning Immigrant?.
We are kindly permitted, (says the
Baltimore Gazette, of the 2d,) by the
gentleman to whom it was addressed,
to publish the following letter. It
contains a considerable amount of
really valuable information upon a
subject which is at this time of great
interest not only to the people of
Maryland, but also to those of the
Southern States generally :
31 THE ALBANY,
-ERrooL., January 13, 1866.
DEAJ- T? : Yours of the 5th ultimo
came u^.y to hand, and since then I
have been making inquiries regarding
emigrant miners, and I find that
Scotch miners, which are the best,
are at present receiving on an average
twenty-seven shillings (about $6??)
por week* or say about $350 per an?
num, and out of this they pay every?
thing-provisions, house rent, kc.
I don't think there would be any
difficulty in getting good men, and I
think the only plan would bc to agree
on a rate of wages, (which would
have to be at least as much as they
receive here,) with an annual increase
of, say $50 after the first year or three
years.
Then you would have to advance
the cost of transporting .them from
where they were engaged to the place
where you required them, they of
course agreeing to refund this amount
in instalments. If there was a large
number, I think this could be done
for about $40 each, and thc only ad?
ditional expense which would hive to
be borne by yourself would b< about
S5 per head for nil expenses.
You might have to advance more
than $40 each to some of them, to
enable them to take their families
with them, and I am sure you would
find married men by far the best, as
they are much steadier.
You must get the Legistature to j
pass a measure to protect both par
ties, employer and employed, before j
bringing any emigrants from this j
side, or else I fear you might have j
some trouble in getting them to keep
their engagements if their services j
were iu demand.
A different arrangement to this
might be made, such as allowing a
certain montlily or weekly pay, with
a certain allowance of flour, corn
meal, bacon, &c, and this would
probably be the best, if they were far
from a town or village.
Good laborers for working on rail?
roads (navies) could be got for much
less. I think yon could get thom for
about $200 per annum. The cost of
transportation would be about the
same as the others, of course.
Farm servants, such as plowmen
and regular farm servants, could be
got for about $125 per auoum and
found in provisions aud house and
fire.
All the wages mentioned herc would
be in gold or equal thereto, as they
understand nothing about currency
here.
I hope the people of Virginia will
uso every effort to encourage emigra?
tion, as it is the only way to make her
what she ought tobe-tho first State
in the United States.
P. S.--Welch miners could be got
for much less, but they are not as
good now.
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The London Underground Railway
is three and three-eighths miles long,
and cost ?442,945-more than two
and-a-ouarter minion dollars a mile.
Even at that enormous cost it pays
seven per cent.
Speech ot thc Emperor Maximilian.
A deputation waited on the Em?
peror, on the 16th of January, to offer
sentiments of condolence on the death
of his father-in-law, the late King
of Belgium. The Emperor replied
as follows: .
GENTLEMEN: I thank you for the
sympathy you liave manifested in the
grief of the Empress and myself for
the>trouble that has befallen us. In
such a misfortune there is much to
console us in the remembrance of the
great and noble examples that have
been left us as au heritage by the
lato King of. Belgium.
He, like ourselves, in accepting the
throne that a people offered, him,
found a nation to constitute and a
Government to found. Thanks to
the disinterested intervention of
France, he was enabled to make
peace succeed to war, and devoted
himself without intermission to in?
stitute valuable interior reforms. He
promised liberty to his people, and
during a long period of thirty-five
years lie fulfilled his word, lt pro?
mised the country security and tran?
quility, and he gave them both to it,
consolidating also its independence.
He did more-he elevated it to a dis?
tinguished rank among the States of
Europe, and even made it ono of the
I first in commercial importance aud
i freedom of thought, leaving its es
I cutcheon and noble flag without a
I stain.
We shall endeavor to profit by this
great example, by which God has
shown us that His Providence never
forsakes just and honorable monarchs
in their noble enterprises. His
daughter, the Empress, has just re?
turned from a toilsome journey, into
distant lands, in a dangerous climate,
with no other safeguard than the love
of the people; everywhere she has
met with a frank and cordial recep?
tion that has shown over again the
sympathy that exists between the
nation and ourselves-when the dis?
contented vere pleased to say that my
august consort would only meet
with indifference-when calumniators
dared pretend that she would forget
her duty and return to Europe. On
this occasion, I am happy to express
particularly my deep gratitude to
j heroic Vera Cruz and beautiful Yuca
j tan, who have received thc Empress
j with an affection that will ever remain
I engraved on my heart.
As to myself, gentlemen, you have
! been witnesses of my labors. Leav
I ing aside the vain theories which lead
I to anarchy, I have consecrated my
time to the direction of the public
! administration, to the development of
! the elements of the wealth and pros
I perity of the country, and to the
j solution of the great questions which
! interest it the most.
In this arduous task I have been
j obliged to encounter thc impatience
of some and the backwardness of
others; for wounds opened by fifty
years of civil war are not healed in a
day; but strong in. faith, I go .straight
to my end with indefatigable perse?
verance. My strength may fail; my
will, never.
My object is not to change thc
democratic customs of the nation,
because I am convinced that they ele?
vate the mind of the citizen in inspir?
ing him with the consciousness of his
dignity and value. I have respected
the liberty of the press when it has
not degenerated into license, at the
same time that I have made the
authority of thc land respected. He
must be blind indeed that does not
see that a strong authority is the last
anchor of safety for our country. You
have seen my calmness in the midst
of calumnies that have been pointed
against us by foreigners. Forward,
gentlemen; tho calumnies will pass,
but our works will remain. Strong
in thc support of my conscience and
the purity of my intentions, I con?
template the future With tranquility.
Mexico has put her honor in my
hands. Let her know that her honor
is secure. .
KFFE?T OF THE SPEECH.
The official journal has thc follow- j
ing remarks on tho speech:
"It is impossible to describe the '
magical effect produced upon nil pre- 1
sent by the grave and significant
words of the Emperor. When we
remember the great example that thc
august father of our sovereign gave
during his life, to the noble and
generous projects that their Majesties
cherish for the happiness of Mexico,
the Imperial discourse could not fail to
inspire, in all those who had the hap- i
piness to hear it, the purest and
noblest love for the sovereign and the
country."
Tho ceremony put the seal to the
august and melancholy gravity suit
able to the mournful event that it j
recalls.
The Emperor wore his General's
uniform, so remarkable for its sim
plicity. The epaulettes were covered ;
with crane, at the collar the Mexican
eagle.
The "rent" question is the great'
tribulation in New York. After May j
next, the advance, from present ap?
pearances, will average 30 per cent.
Dwellings in Thirty-third and Thirty
fourth streets, heretofore renting for
$1,250 per annum, are now held at
$3,000-and the advance can be
obtained. Houses, iu Fourteenth
street, now renting for $3,000, are
increased ???"?,000; and some in Fifth
avenue, near Nineteenth street, which
rented last year at $8,000, are now
re-leased at $12,000. Stores in Worth
street, near Broadway, that paid
$15,000 last year, are now fetching
double that figure.
Inducement? to Immigration.
A New York journal, which has ex?
hibited a friendly desire to assist the
South in tho introduction of immi?
grants, says that we make a serious
mistake in our plans for the intro?
duction of laborers from Europe when
we expect them to work by tho year.
It is probable that labor will arrange
itself here as it did in tho West.
When that section was thinly popula?
ted, it was for years almost impossible
to hire farm laborers by tho year, or
eren by the month. Lands wero
cheap and abundant ; labor was high
and scarce, and all preferred to till
their own small farms rather than
work for hire xipou another roan's.
It made the farmer's life hard until
his son grew up to a useful age, and
this gave rise to a common saying in
the West, when a son was born in a
i farmer's house, that this was as good
as a thousand dollars to him.
The plan which, under these cir?
cumstances, the West took to encou?
rage immigration was thi-.: They did
not ofter to hire "white labor" by thc
year; but th*?y made it known, far
and wide, that with them land was
cheap and fertile; that a forty acre
farm could be bought for a very small
sum; that a man who, in Europe,
would be all his life dependent and
living from hand to mouth, with no
better future for his children, might,
in the West, in a few years, pay foi
his farm, be an independent man foi
the rest of his days and educate his
chile ren in a free school. They held
out the inducement of cheap lands,
purchasable in small lots, at eas\
rates, and opportunities for educa?
tion. This pinn was immensely suc?
cessful, because it held out just tin
imtucements which tempt the class
which emigrates from Europe. Thc
stupid, thriftless and ignorant class o
I Europeans do not emigrate fron
Europe. It is the thrifty, tho euer
getic, the aspiring, who wish to bet
tor their condition; who desire :
happier future than their own fo:
their children; Avho leave their Eng
u and German homes in tho Oh
1 oriel to find new homes in America
It is these men-tho picked men o
I Europe-who have gone by tons o
thousands to thc Wost, and whos<
mero presence has, in a few years
quadrupled tho selling price of land
in some States, lint those men wil
not hire themselves to work out b;
the year. Wo have only to hold on
the inducements to immigration tba
tho West has held out, and we sha]
have tho same success.
[ Wilmington Time*.
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The correspondent of tho Baitimor
Sun, under dato of Washington
February 5, wiitos: The prospect c
tho admission of attorneys and com;
sel to the bar of the United State
courts, without subscribing to th
test oath, is not so gooel as it wa
j some weeks ago. The Suprem
Court delays its elecision, which it :
behoved was adverse to the eonstitv
tionality of the law extending th
test to this class of citizens. Tl)
court is probacly unwilling to eleen!
I a question which is identified wit
politics, especially as there was som
I expectation that Congress woul
repeal the law in regard to conns?
! practicing in the Federal court.
Opposition has arisen in the Hons*
and it is now believed that Congre:
will not act upon the subject at n
until the time shall arrive for tl:
repeal of tho test oath in applicatio
to members of that body.
There is no sign of any relaxatic
of the stringent policy of Congre,
in regard to the '.seceded States,
and their members elect. Not uni
tho committee on reconstruction sha
have completed their system for tl
future government of tho lately r
volted States, and witnessed its a
ceptanco ?ind practical applicatio,
will those States be represented :
Congres?, and then no member wi
bo admitted who cannot subscribe I
the test oath. As ninety-nine out
a hundred of the Southern peop
South of the Potomac wero more i
loss engaged in tho rebellion, it
quito uncertain whether, during tl
present generation, those States O?
be representen! at all-unless, indee
a great change in tho representatie
of the Northern States in Congre
shall take place. Tho many intel
gent citizens of the South, who ha'
visited Washington of late, have con
to this conclusion.
The financial measures, whii
cmght soon to ongage tho attention
Congress, would seem to call for tl
advice anel assent of the Southe
staple-producing States, even if p
litical measures do not. But, hei
there is a rub. Secretary Har!
declareel in his address the other dil
that "some of our wisest financ
men," express fears of the adniissi
of Southern members at this tin
This fear is based upon the suppo
tiou that the Southern represen
tives, tiftv-five in number, wot
control legislation on the subject
the national debt, and take steps 1
its repudiation. [A thing withe
probability or r jason. | Of cour
it is assumed by "our wisest financ
men," thathalf of the North om rep
sentatives of the Northern people i
prepared for repudiation. No coi
dence, therefore, seems to be pla*
in tho unanimous eleclaration by 1
House, at the opening of the sessh
that thc debt should never be re]
diated.
. ... - _ -.
There are upwarels of 42,000 ele;
tute persons in Alabama, who v
require the expenditure of upwa
of 82,000,000 per annum to reli
them.
IMPORTANT TO ALL PERSONS HAVING
CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
By thc tenth section of ai. Act ap?
proved March 3, 1863, (12 Statutes at
Large, p. 765,) it is enacted that
?very claim against the United States,
cognizable by the Court of Claims,
shall bc forever barred, unless the
petition setting forth a full statement
of the claim be filed in the Court, or
transmitted to it within six years
after the claim first accrues, provided
that claims accrued six years before
the passage of the Act, shall not be
barred if presented within three years
after the passage of the Act. .
Thus, all claims against the United
States, cognisable by the Court of
Claims, and of more than six years'
standing, will be barred after the 3d
of March, 1866.
The claims cognizable by said Court
are: 1. All claims founded upon any
law of Congress. 2. Upon any regula?
tion of any Executive Department.
3. Upon any contract expressed or im?
plied, except (1) claims growing out
of or dependent on any treaty stipu?
lation, and (2) claims for property
damaged, destroyed, or appropriated
by the army or navy engaged in the
suppression of the rebellion.
The above limitation, though con?
tained in an Act respecting the Court
of Claims, has been by many supposed
to extend to "all claims against the
United States,7' whether prosecuted
before tho departments or offered to
be set oft' by defendants in suits by
the United States against them as
debtors. - National Intelligencer.
"*."
EMIGRATION, TO MEXICO.-The ?iew j
York Freeman's Journal, in an article
upon the subject of emigration to j
Mexico, repeats what it has niany
times said in former months, that
expert business men in possession of
810,000 or more can make very great
profits in Mexico, but that for men
with only a few hundred dollars, and
strangers at that, Mexico is as dreary
a countiy as can be imagined. The
scheme of settlement on lands has
remained, so far, a mere thing on
paper, except a little colony near
Cordova.
If all but "ten-thousand-dollar"
men, and "expert business men" at
that, will find Mexico a "dreary
region," the South will not be likely j
to furnish many emigrants to that
country. The war has almost univer?
sally impoverished the Southern
people, and they cannot emigrate if
they would. The little money that ;
remains, if combined with the pro?
ductive capital o?' enterprise and
labor, can be more usefully employed
in improving their situations here
than by going abroad. It is, more?
over, the impulse of that generosity
which characterizes the Southern
nature, to stand by the mother-land
and share its fate for weal or woe. t
[R?chmond Dispatch.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BREAKING
UP.--The outrageously radical mea?
sures of Summer and Stevens are
breaking up the Republican party, ]
which could have ruled the country
for the next century, had it been pro?
perly managed. It elected Lincoln
over McClellan in 1864, because all
the soldiers and friends of the soldiers
gave it their votes; but now we see
that all the great generals, like Grant,
Sherman and Thomas, have declared
against the radical policy in their re?
ports, and that the soldiers are indig?
nant at the efforts made for imme?
diate universal and unconditional
negro suffrage. The result will be
the organization of a new conserva?
tive party that will annihilate the
Republicans as they annihilated the
Democrats. The only military men
who endorse Sumner and Stevens in
their crusade against the President
are Ben. Butler and Carl Schurz.
[ 'Sew York Herald.
A NOVEL AND SUGGESTIVE COSTUME.
-The most remarkable costume at
the recent "Tiger Ball" in New York
was that of a lady for whom it was
made expressly to be worn on that oc?
casion. The dress was of a soft
brown plush, striped like a tiger skin
with luminous yellow bands; it was
made long, but clasps in the form of
tiger's el a ws fastened it up short
enough for dancing. The lady's hair,
which matched the tawny stripes,huug
in uncombed waves to her waist, and
her only ornament was a collar of
plain gold about the neck.
-Ht*
ABSENCE OF MINI?.-A remarkable
ease of absence of mind occurred at the
residence of one of our most hospit?
able citizens last evening. A friend of
well-known bibulous propensities had
no sooner entered the room than he
was asked to take a drink. "Thank
you," said the guest, throwing his hat
into the fire and quietly placing a
quid of tobacco on a table near by.
This is the most remarkable case of
absence of mind that Ave have ever
been called upon to record.
[Petersburg Repress.
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COHN ANO HAY.-We understand
that a lot of corn sold yesterday on
the wharf, at auction, at from ile to
$1. Yellow com of a superior quality
is offering on the wharf at 81.50, and
dr?.U of sale. Northern hay is offered
at 82.50 per cwt.
[A ayusta Constitutionalist.
Messengers from the Sioux and
Cheyennes were received by the com?
manding officer at Fort Laramie, on
the 2d. The interview was mutually
satisfactory. The chiefs have been
invited to tho council at Laramie.
Peace prospects are favorable.
Local Items.
Advertisements, to insure insertion,
should be handed in br 4 o'clock p. ni.
CASH.-Our terms for subscription, ad?
vertising and job work are cash. We hop?
all parties will hear this in mind.
"TUE CODE."-The Acts passed hy tin
Legislature relative to the freedmen, for
sale at this office. Price '20 cents: by mail
25 cents.
Tnr BURXINO OF COLUMBIA.--Au inter?
esting account ot the "Sack and Destruc?
tion of the City of Columbia, S. C.." has
just IA en issued, in pamphlet form, from
the I'fuenir steam power press. Orders
can ho tilled to any extent.
RAFFLE.-Thc rame for the oil painting
on exhibition at Mr. Glass' bokstore will
take place at the store of Mr. Henry Nurse,
on Assembly street-just below J. Lums
den's store-at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Subscribers are requested to be present at
thc above time and place.
WEEKLY FAMILY PAPER.-On tho 14th
i list ant. wc shall commence tho publication
of a family, paper, entitled "The Weekly
Gleaner-A Home Companion." Tho paper
will bc double the size of tho Phonix, and
will contain the cream of the news, miscel?
laneous matter, editorials, stories, etc., in
tho daily and tri-weekly publications. Sub?
scription price $4 per annum. Specimen
copies sent on application. There will bo
an interval of two weeks between the pub?
lication of the first and second numbers.
Tn view of thc prevalence of small pox
in different parts of <!io country, we pub?
lish the following English remedy for this
terrible disease:
CURE FOR SMALL Pox.-Give the patient
two table-spoonsfull of & mixture of hop
yeast and water, sweetened with molasses
so as to bc palatable, equal parts of each,
three times a day. Children under twelve
years of age should take two tea-spoons
full three times a day. Diet-boiled rice
and milk, a. d toast-bread moistened with
water, and without butter. Eat no moat;
give catnip-tea as often as the patient ia
thirsty; givc| physic when necessary. If
the above treatment is strictly foilowed,
no marks of small pox will remain.
NEW ADVEIITISEMENTS.-Attention is call?
ed to the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for the first
time:
Goodwin, Hunt lc Co.-Gift Association.
L. C. Clarke ^Cheap Groceries.
Levin fe Peixotto-Furniture, Ac.
" " -Lot to Lease.
John Davis-Appointment of Agent.
Jeremiah Bethany -Ponies Stolen.
Kay, Teal ie Hewetson-To Contractors.
John Stork-Smoking Tobacco
A. R. Phillips-Handsome Furniture, Ac.
" ;' -Dwelling to Rent.
Three Out-buildings for Sale.
John C. Seegers-Corn and Potatoes.
C. H. Baldwin-Fresh-Arrivals.
Hanahan A Warley-Pick-Axes, Ac.
Civil proceedings have been com?
menced by the Texas State officers at
Brownsville against the parties im?
plicated in the Bagdad affair.
The labor projects on the Red
River are more cheering. The freed?
men are disposed to give better satis?
faction.
Over 3,000 brevet appointments in
the volunteer force were confirmed by
the Senate, on the 5th, in executive
session.
An editor heads his list of births,
marriages an d deaths thus. ' 'Hatohed,
matched and dispatched. "
John Roberts, the champion billiard
player of Europe, arrived in New
York on the steamer Java from Liver?
pool.
Under the head of valuable to mis
cegenationists, an exchange announces
that spirits of ammonia will remove
the odor of perspiration.
SHIP NEWS.
PORT OF CHARLESTON, FEB. 9.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Sehr. M. P. Wheaton, Townsend, Phila.
WENT TO SEA YESTERDAY.
Steamship Moneka, Marshman, New York.
Steamship Geo. Cromwell, Vail, New York.
Steamship Cumberland, Denkin, Baltimore
Br. bark Robert Hay, Keslake, Liverpool.
Sehr. John M. Broomall, a Northern Port.
Br. sehr. Alice Flora, Knowles, Nassau.
Sehr. Louisa Frazier, Steedman, Phila.
funeral Invitation.
The friends and acquaintances of Mr.
and Mrs. John Veal and of Mr. and Mrs.
Thoa. C. Veal, are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral services of LILLA, tho
daughter of the latt?r, from tho residence
of Mr. Roland Keenan, THIS MORNING,
at ll o'clock.
FOR RENT,
THE DWELLING on the corner of
'?Lumber and Marion streets, directly
opposite the Up-town Meikodist Church.
Apply to A. XL PHILLIPS,
Feb 10 '? Davis' Alley,
FOR SALE,
THREE OUT-BUILDINGS, almoat
new. One is about 36 by 20 feet; the
-.second about 3C by 16 feet, two
storied; tho third is 20 bv 20 feet, ?ndplas?
tered. Applv at South-west corner of
Pickens ana Gervais streets. Feb 10 2
?'otioe.
IJOHN DAVIS, having become so in
? firm with old agc that I am not able
to attend to my temporal affairs at home,
or away from home, I therefore appoint
JAMES S. THOMAS mv lawful agent, t?>
act in mv stead, to sol!, buy, collect debts,
or make* contracts, to suo or bo sued, to
plead or he impleaded.
1 Fob 10 1- JOHN DAVIS.
FOR COOKING ?nd PLANTING, just
receive.!. JOHN C. SEEGERS.
Feb 10 3