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Ntw Y?ftK, April 20.-Cotton ?All, witU
salcB of 260 bale? at 37 centB. Gold, 20?.
?-*f
Proclam*tlo? of Gov. Morgun.
ALBANY, April 20.-The Governor will
issue a proclamation, declaring Kew York
city in danger from tho pestilence - Asiatic
cholera.
Congressional.
YTXSHUTOTOJ?, April 20.-The Senate pass?
ed the bill granting indemnity to officers
of the army for acts committed in sup?
pressing the . rebellion, and exampling
them from liability to civil courts for snob
acta.: __
Later from Knropc.
WASHIKUTON,. April 20.-Additional To
rcigu advice? state that the reform agita?
tion continuos in England. Gladstone
say* tho Government will stand or fall
upon the question. He bitterly denounces
the Fenian designs on thc colonies, and
assarts that the whole power of England
wUl assist in their defence.
Prussian relations are unchanged.
It ia re-asserted that France is getting
together an army of observation, "aud
strc ngthening garrisons.
The minor German States are arming.
MrtHodfst Episcopal Church Confer
rite?.
The Conference met at the usual hour
on Saturday morning. Bishop Andrews
preuided at the opening of the proceed?
ings, and addressed the Conference on the
necessity of avoiding all unnecessary de?
bato? and discussion, so as to proceed with
the business of thc Conference aa speedily
as oracticable, on the duty of proceeding
with all questions in a becoming manner,
and on tho importance of attending to the
true kind of preaching needed.
A report was presented from the Com?
mittee on Episcopacv, recommending the
addition of six more bishops to thc college,
and that one bi?hon be appointed to reside
in 'California for four years, lt was l.ild
ove.- under the rule.
A report from the Committee on Colored
People was presented and adopted. It re?
commended provision to be made for their
education by the establishment of day
schools. i
Another report from thc same commit?
tee recommended a regular church organi?
zation for the colored people, providing for
the regular ordination of their ministers, !
and for the establishment of conferences,
etc., among them. It was laid over under ,
the rule.
A long report from thc Committee on
Changes of Economy was laid hefore the I
Conference. It recommended the ahroga
tion of probationary membership, and the i
subititntion of examination bv a commit- '
tee, and the profession of faith as co?di- |
tiona of admission to the church in six
months thereafter. Tho report also re?
commended the leaving of attendance on
class meetings to voluntary choice, instead
of making it obligatory, as at present; and
provision for the more" r?gulai' observance
of prayer meetings, and for monthly
church meetings on thc interests and bu?
siness of the church.
A minority report waa presented oppos?
ing the recommendations in reference to
theprobationary membership.
The recommitted report crt tho Commit?
tee on the Circulation of the Bible was pre?
sented with amendments. Quite a warm
discussion ensued upon it. It was ulti?
mately laid on the table subject to call.
A report from the Committee on Boun?
daries waa laid before the Conference. It
recommended the extension of the juris?
diction of the church wherever desired,
aiid the refusal of the proposition of the
Mississippi Conference to transfer from thc
Alabama Conference, certain territory of
Mississippi now represented in Alabama.
Tho report was adopted.
A resolution was adopted requesting the
bishops to prepare a commentary on
church discipline.
The resolution in reference to the veto
power of the bishops was called up and
discussed at some length, but without any
result being reached.
Some other business of no general im?
portance or interest was transacted.
The Conference adjourned to meet at
the usual hour-9 o'clock-this morning.
[AVir Orleans Crescent, lath.
THE UNIVERSITY.-J. Wood David
sou, tho contributing editor of the
Yorkville Enquirer, speaks thus de
spondingly of the South Carolina
University :
' This institution languishes; and
the best friends and warmest advo?
cates of the change cannot feel that
the experiment has met with such
success as was expected from it.
Whether or not the success would
have been better had the institution
renamed a College, we cannot pre?
tend to say; but the University, thus
far, has proved a failure.
Ihe expenses to the student are far
heavier than they were under the
former regime; and this alone -and
we iresume it is the great difficulty -
pre /ents large numbers from matri?
culating.
We are like those who can do noth?
ing better, we hope for better things
in the future. Worse cannot well
con e; so we may trust our case to
the future with some confidence.
A PUBLIC DEBT A PUBLIC BLESSING.
Jay Cook's motto had a beautiful
illustration the other day. lt is thus
described by a Western paper:
"A deed of trust was recorded at
Foit Wayne, indiana, on Saturday
last, which required $10,000 worth of
of f tamps. It was a mortgage from
the Indiana Southern Railway, to
William II. Swift and Samuel J.
Tip an, for the sum of $10,000,000.
Thii road is to be built from Fort
Wayne to Jeffersonville, and to bo in
running order by November 1, 1866.
$10.000 added to the cost of making
a si igle deed is something. It pays,
doe* it not, to disregard the Consti?
tution, provoke civil war so as to
make the Union worth a rush, and
the i pay the taxe3 and board the
neg foes in tho Government boarding?
house, lt striken us it pays! Cer?
tainly, it pays soi ?ebody."
Gen. Beauregaid, in company with
other persons, has bought tho Gar
rollton (La.) Railroad.
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3Icthodl?t EpUcopal Conftrtncc.
- AJDDHESS OP THE BISHOPS.
DE AK BRETHREN : We bail witt
feelings of devout gratitndethoopen?
ing of another season of the Genera1
Conference of the Methodist Episco
pal Churchj South. Circnmstancei
'connected with tho late unhappy wai
h uve prevented ns from an earlie;
meeting; .and now that we are per
mitted by Divine Providence to as
semble, the important interests tht.
willengage our attention demand that
with all sobrietj- and prayerfulness
we address ourselves to their consi
deration.
We have to review the operatior.
of the church for eight years-err.
bracing a period during which im
portant and startling events hav
crowded on each other in rapid sue
cession. When the last General Cor
ference closed, we anticipated a
earlier re-union in this city; but th
well-known conditioner things, at th
time appointed in regular order fo
our meeting, precluded our convenin
here. And ever since, until withi
the last few months, it has been in;
practicable to call tho Conference tc
gether. When it was definitely d<
cided that the Conference coukl-nc
meet at the proper time and plac<
there being no law in ihe Disciplin
authorizing the Bishops to conven
the General Conference, and the stat
of the country also being such as t
render it doubtful whether any coi
sidcrable number of the preachei
could be collected together for tl
parp?te of holding such a session,
called, the Bishops, feeling the in
portance of wisc counsel in the erne
gency, published a card, inviting
meeting of the Bishops, Book COE
mittee and others, to consult togetb
on divers important subjects connec
ed with the i inmediate interests i
the church. Such a meeting w;
held, first at Atlauta, Ga., afterwan
at Ma' on, Ga., and then at Montg
inery, Ala. lu xYngust last, the I
shops alone met for consultation
Columbus, Ga. These various met
ings were seasons of interest ai
profit to those who attended thei
and the results of our deliberation
as exhibited in the resolutions whi
we published, tended greatly, as i
have reason to believe, to promc
the peace und prosperity of t
church.
In order that the character of thc
meetings may be clearly appreciate
we would remind you that when th
wer?1 called, it was distinctly stat
that all the acts of such meetir
would be simply advisory. We d
claimed all authority to take a
action that should be binding on 1
church, only as it might be appro\
as wise ?nd godly. We gave sr
advice as we judged best for t
church in ber straitened - (?rca
stauces. If the annual confered
approved it, then they acted in
cordance with their own convictio
if not, then they simply took th
own course in all matters that ca
before them, without reference to i
! advice, lt is for the General C
ference to decide whether we tr
scended our authority in conven
such advisory councils.
Early during the war, the Bish
! had to contine their episcopal vis
tions to the territory East of tho fl
sissippi River. This was deeply
gretted, but in our circumstance
was unavoidable. The conseque
was that the conferences West of
Mississippi were deprived of epi?
pal supervision during nearly
whole period of the war. We wc
not, however, fail to mention 1
Bishop Ka van ail gh, residing as
did within the Federal lines, was j
to visit the Missouri, the St. Li
and the two Kentucky Conferen
and was also able to extend his *
tations to the California work,
rest of the Bishops were able
extend their labors to various par
the work within the Confede
lines. Notwithstanding the fact
our episcopal supervision of the v
has been necessarily partial, we
gratified to believe that the preac
have been faithful generally to
interest of the church of God. "\
but very few exceptions, the an
conferences have been regularly 1
The presiding elders and preac
have filled their appointments n
old; and with humble gratitud
God, we mention the fact that da
tho trying years through whicl
have passed, gracious revivals of
gion among our people have atti
how the Divine presence has
with us.
We do not attempt in this 1
address to enter into a detalle*
count of the general state of the v
Thank God that we have so s
passed through a most painful
fiery ordeal; that the church bas
served, under His blessing, In?
tegrity; that she has in no wis
come complicated with politic)
fairs; but, keeping in view her
high mission, has been satisfit
perform ber legitimate duties.
Tt is proper to state to yon thu
found it, in our judgment, need!
the interest of the work to de pa
some rsspects from the strict let
the law of tho church in our epis
administration. Extraordinary
genees required us to take th
sponsihility. In the journals o
annual conferences which will
before you, the particular inst
in which we have judged it bi
assume this gravi responsibility
appear. In all ;uoh instance'
wish it nnderstoo 1 that we do n
gard such depart?.res from the 1
establishing precedents for i
guidance, but only as illustl
how extraordinary exigencies
make- it necessary to transcend the
provisions of oven the most whole?
some human regulations. From this
experience, however, the General
Conference may find suggestions that
are valuable to guide it in providing
as far as far as practicable for contin?
gencies in the future.
It would have been gratifying to us
if we had been able to bear the ex?
pense of more expensive travel
through the work; but in the impov?
erished state of tho church, and espe?
cially in the absence of any provision
for more than a bare support of th(
Bishops, t?iis was impossible. This
fact, we hope, will be suggestive tc
your body.
In August last, we deemed it pru
dent to issue a ' 'Pastoral Address h
tho Preachers and Members of th?
Church," reminding them of theil
duty as Christian citizens, and giving
such advice as seemed to us appro
priate to tho peculiar circumstance
of the times. As that address ba
been extensively published, wo deon
its formal transmission to you wit]
this communication unnecessary, am
will only ask your attention to sue
parts of it as we may find it proper t
recapitulate on particular points a
this time.
Tho publishing interests of tb
church suffered greatly in consequent
of tho war. Tho book concern wi
require your careful consideratioi
and some important changes in yov
X>lan of operations maybe needful fe
its future efficiency; of this, howevc]
you will be better prepared to jud{
when you have heard the report <
tho agent. With pleasure we Inv
welcomed the revival of our chun
papers, and, while we regard thom ;
in a high degree creditable to tl
church, we would respectfully subn:
whether it would not be best to uni
conferences in tho publication of
fewer number, in order that they mt
be better supported and still fnrth
improved.
Our missionary work, once tho gio
cf our church, bas been well nij
rained. The China mission still liv
and needs your fostering caro. ?
though tho financial condition of t
country at present forbids the expi
tation of large collections, yet we m
make prospective arrangements i
doing a great work in that extensi
field.
The interest of the colored popu
lion should engago your serious
tention. Heretofore, the coloi
people within our bounds have <
served and received a large share
our labors. Wo have expended <
means aud strength, liberally and
tiently, for many years, for their ?
vation and improvement; and if
anywise our conduct has not been
predated by some on earth, nev
theless our Witness is on high, r
our reward is in Heaven. It is gr;
ful to our own feelings to know t
if tho colored people do not rem
under our pastoral care, their dop:
ure reflects no discredit upon
labors in their behalf, and is noce
tated by no indifference on our j
for their welfare. Many of them
probably unite with the Afri
Methodist Episcopal Church; s<
of them wi' h the Northern Metho
Church; while others, withstanc
extraneous influences and lint
misrepresentations of our church,
remain wit 1 us.
Let us be content to leave to Pr
dence to vindicate in due tirno
scriptural relation to the inter?s
the colored people. For those
remain with us, the church sh?
provide generously even-thing
portant to their religious cult
Convinced that your body takes
deepest interest in this subject,
will give it your special attention
deem it only needful to speak of
this general and suggestive form,
especially us tho Bishops, in 1
pastoral address, last August, bro
the subject prominently to tho n<
of our people.
In respect to the separate ami
tinct organ ization of our church
reasons have appeared to alter
views, as expressed in August
No proposal of fraternal relation
come to us fram others; neithe
wo regard ourselves as in anywis
sponsible for hostility evinced
wards us. While the attempt to
forcible possession of our pro]
and to disintegrate our church
claro the mind that would destro
let it be or.rs to show tho min 1
was in Christ. Tn our consciou
tegrity, wi should calmly i
the inevitable hour when, in
providence of Cod, an en]
ened publi ! opinion will vinci
our claims is a church of God,
true typo ot Methodism. Bet i
be impatient for our vindicatio]
fore thc world. Thc! great foti
before us, i nd the great Hoad <
Church sm les upon us. Our rii
to God will most perfectly re]
the voice o defamation.
In this connection, it is with
sure that wa refer to thc inn,
many Christians in the North
especially i ithe North-west, sim
sympathize with ns, and this s;
thy, we have reason to belie
daily assuming a more tangibli
impressive form. That there
at tho same time, been some
tiens in thc church, we care 1
disguise. \ very few of the i
have gone ?from us. This was
haps, to hive been expected,
r igret is rn her for them thai
s ilves. But while we speak ot*
? d efections, ^e may refer also tc
gratifying recessions. Tho Bal
.4 nnual Conference is now repj
ed by a delegation in this bod
February lt st, Bishop Early fo
received into our ecclesiastical con?
nection this Conference, consisting of
104 ministers and a membership of
12,000.
It is a grateful duty to welcome
these brethren among us, and to
commend them to the confidence and
affection of our people. This is a
large accession to our members and
territory. It is, also, a testimonj iu
our favor, that this is nobly borne by
men whose former position and long
deliberations upon the subject, as
well as their known intelligence, will
entitle it to special respect. In our
hearts we welcome them, and cor?
dially extend to them the right hand
of fellowship.
As a fact of interest to us aud of
promise to our futuro influence, we
may state that, in the city of Balti?
more, there have been organized se?
veral flourishing churches upon, an
independent basis, composed of
Methodists whose warm sympathie*
are with us. und whose liberal kind?
ness has already contributed largely
to aid us in our time of need, laving
us under obligations by their love
and good works.
Our educational interests have beet
I greatly damaged by tho war, ant
nearly all of our mab: institution;
I have been dosed. Providentially
I many of our female institutions hav<
been kept in operation, and aro stil
dispensing the blessings of sanctifi?e
education to the daughters of on:
land. Everything in our power shouh
be dono to revive, as speedily as pos
sible, the male institutions under th
patronage of our church.
Tn this connection, wc special!
bring to your attention the impoi
tance ol au institute for the prop?
training of young preachers. Th:
we should make some proper arning?
j monts for the inore thorough trait
I ing of our young men before the
j are received into the conference
and sent forth to minister in tl
Church of Christ, appears to us io 1
I so obvious as to need no argument 1
provo it. Tt behooves us to take th
matter into serious and immedia
, consideration, aud secure to tl
j church tho invaluable advantages tl
j provision we suggest can only sup] il
The instruction of thc childri
I under our care, and th<> interest
J our Sabbath School system, cann
] be too highly appreciated by yo
j Your body will, we hope, show yo
love for these little ones of Chr:
and lambs of his flock by the prac
eal value of your action in their 1
i half. We think it unnecessary
; enlarge on a point of such obvio
and vital concern to the church. 1
us remember that it is only by taki
j care of the children t li : . t we ?'au ta
care of the future prosperity of t
I church.
i If wc are to judge from the tone
I the religious press, and the action
many of our conferences, great c<
I cern is felt in respect to cert
j changes in our economy, lt is oh
j onsly unbecoming in us as liish?
UJ occupy any other than an imp
tial relation to those matters. I
we take this occasion to urge xi]
yon the importance of giving th
subjects your sober lind prayei
consideration. From our extens
observation of thc state and wants
the church, wc hesitate not to
that some improvement of our i
noiny may be wisely undertaken
this time. Well for us if we can li
pily avoid extremes and do neil
too little nor too much. Let us
member that while innovations
not necessarily improvements, 1
dom may demand in tho departir
of ecclesiastical expediency new
plications and developments of !
damental principles. The officio
of Methodism linds its first condi'
in the prevalence of deep spiri
lifo; and alterations in our ecou<
are valuable ns they coincide >
this condition, calamitous when t
ignore it. On only one of the po
suggested do we regard it becon
in our position to speak directly,
that is in respect to tho increas<
the number of the Bishops,
such an increase ns will give
church a mor?: efficient episcop
we think there is an urgent m
sity. Tin- infirmities of tige \
heavily upon some of us ami dil
isb our ability to answer to the
mauds of tho work bu- general i
??opal visitation. Tho great an?
creasing extent ?>f our terri
should be considered. W?> sh
by all means have a Bishop, foi
viona reasons, residing on the Pi
coast. And while wo do not rc
mend a llishop for ?'very Stal
conference, we arc fully persn
that the number of Bishops sh
lie so increased as to enable the
be pastors of tho people MS WI
chairmen oi conferences and pa
of tho preachers. If we would i
out tin- invaluable plan of our i
rant general superintendency,
must have an addition of a nu
of vigorous, active and pious m
your present college of Bishops.
And now, dear brethren, in co
sion, allow ns affectionately to rc
you of the solemn responsibility
rests upon yon as delegates repn
ing thc affairs of our beloved
We have o:dy suggested in <>i
some ? e tho work before yon.
your province to go fully and
roughly into the particular coi
ration of the subjects within
jurisdiction, avoiding all pa
feeling, discharging from our J
all rrcjndices that would clou
judgments, rising from nil p
and selfish impulses, humbly i
ing that wisdom that is from i
which is pare and peaceable
gentle; in honor preferring ot
otlier; in brotherly kindness and
charity, and with an eye single to the
glory of God; let ns endeavor to do
our duty here as "Minister?*, of the
Lord Jesus Christ, praying God that
wo may have grace to edify the
church, that we may rejoice that we
have not labored in vain in the Lord.
J. O. ANDREW,
ROB'T PAINE.
JOHN EARLY,
H. H. KAVANAUGH.
FORETOX ITEMS. -The City of New
York, brings ono day's later news:
Thc futuro policy of Napoleon
towards Prussia and Austria was
anxiously debated in Paris and the
other cities
A great fire had occurred ut Bel?
fast, Ireland. Tho provision store of
Messrs. Thomas Sinclair & Son, the
largest iu Ireland, Aras burned to the
ground. The loss is estimated at
150,000 pounds sterling.
Imposing demonstrations iu favor
of the reform bill had been held in
various places, and meetings were of
daily occurrence.
The French troops are to be with?
drawn from Mexico in three detach?
ments-tho first in November next,
the second in March, and the third in
November, 1807.
It is officially denied at Copen?
hagen that tho American Govern?
ment is in treaty for a war port a* St.
Thomas.
The Easter ceremonies had passed
ot! satisfactorily at Rome, and the
Pope gave the customary benediction.
The crowd was enormous.
Herr Egerstoff, of Hanover, an
extensive manufacturer in Germany,
bas withdrawn Ins proposal to send j
specimens of engines to the Paris i
Exhibition, on tho ground that the ',
Emperor luis appointed a child to be
president of the exhibition, and that
tho exhibitors bad thereby been sub- !
jectcd to treatment which no German
especially should willingly submit to.
Details are published of some recent
sharp lighting in Algeria between the 1
French troops, under Colonel de j
Colomb, and the native tribes, under !
Si-Hamed. The natives were vigor?
ously repulsed with considerable loss.
The French had nineteen men killed, i
CONTRAST.--An unknown woman,
too poor to pay the toll?n the regular
bridge at Troy, N. Y., attempted to
cross the open railroad bridge, and,
growing dizzy, fell, and was drown-;
ed. A little boy, supposed to be her
child, was found crying for his'
mother that evening. Too poor to
pay toll, and perished in hearing of
men who own millions!
An interesting and important, deci- j
sion, touching the responsibility of j
common carriers, has just been deci
ded at Milwaukie, in which the I
American Express Company are made
to pay S200 for damages done to a
Cremona liddle while in transporta?
tion, notwithstanding the attempted
waiver of responsibility exceeding I
$50, expressed on the Company's I
blank receipts.
The Committee on Changes of
Economy (in the General Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, now in session iu New Orleans.)
in their Report No. 1., presented on
thc 12th, recommend that the title of
Church be changed to ''The Metho?
dist Church. " Dr. E. H. Myers, of
Georgia, is Chairman of this Com - I
mittec.
The New Orleans Picayune, aliud- I
in;* to the statement that C. W. I
Howard and Judge Shaffer, of Cali?
fornia, have the largest dairy farm in
the world, covering 71,000 acres, says
that thc Ranchero Carisitas, of the
Cavagos family, between Brownsville
and Corpus Christi, in Texas, covers
ov .?r eighty leagues, or more than j
ti 1,000 acres.
According to an official return, the
total length of railways in France, on
the 31st.of December last, was 8,173 ;
miles, against 1,185 at the close of
1861. The total income for the year i
1865 amounted to 559,996,018 france,
against 525,580,030 francs in 1864- 1
an increase of 31,116,2>S8 francs. The j
average product per mile, in i865, was '
67,764 francs, and, in 1804, 07,900 j
francs.
The Mexican Times, of March 10, j
mentions the arrival at that port of a
quite a number of emigrants from tho
United States. Most of them are
settling in tho colony of Corvodr. '
During the month of February, the ?
emigrants numbered 712, of whom ;
T>h) were Americans.
The New York Sunday Dispatch ,
ma tes a calculation of the cost ci
balls during a season in New York.
lt computes the number of balls
ajiven np to April 8 at 881. Sum totc.1
expended 831,085,000 this, of course,
exclusive of the thousands of private
entertainments.
( i en. J. E. Johnston, President of j
the National Express, notifies such
dockholders of that company as have
not paid the sum of ten dollars ou ?
ach share of their stock as required
by law, that said shares will be dis?
posed of at public auction,, on the 7 i
lay of May next.
An idea of tin1 prosperity of the
Western Territories may bu forme l
"rom the fact that tho Internal Reve?
nue receipt;; in Montana during the
year IS?>,"> amounted to upward of
381,000, nearly half of which was
from tho sale of licences.
Letters to the Methodist Confe?
rence report that Bishop Soule is
iying.
COMMERCIAL Aira FINANCIAL.
CHABLESTOX, April 19.-The price of
cotton has remained very steady through?
out tho week, and the value of the article
has been sustained, notwithstanding the
fall in the English market and the de?
pressed condition of tho commodity at
New York. This state of the market is al?
most entirely due to the limjped stock HOW
here. The receipts of the week sum np
about 2,900 bales, and the sales about
1,900, at from 35^37 cents per ponnd for
middling to good middling cotton. Thero
was a fair demand yesterday, with sales of
about 200 bales, at the following quota?
tion*: Ordinary to good ordinarv, 2?@32;
low middling, 33@34; middling, 35; strict
middling, 36; good middling 37.
There bas been no transactions in Sea
Island cotton, and holders are shipping to
Europe for a market.
COTTON STATEMENT.
8. I'd. Up'd
Stock on hand Sept. 1, 1865. ... 362 1,610
Receipts from Sept. 1, 1865, to
April ll, I860. 4,295 73,494
Receipts from April 12 to
April 18,1866. 61 2,871
Total receipts.4,718 77,975
Exporta. 8. I'd. Up'd. m
Exports from Sept.
1,1805, to AprU
12, 1866. 4,175 70,253
From April 13 to
April 19, 18GG .. 27 1,889
Totalexports.. .4,202 72,142
On hand and shipboard. 516 5,833
The receipts of rice aro very small, and
the stock so limited u3 to give all transac?
tions a retail character. Prices unchanged,
say llfii?l2c. per pound for clean Csrohna.
Tho supply of naval stores received du?
ring the week is very limited, but we report
a fair demand, and the aale of 280 barrels
of rosin, at $2<f?$10 per bbl. Spirits Tur?
pentine, 79 cents per gallon, tax paid.
During the week, the receipts of North
River hay have been light, but several con?
siderable lots of Eastern have come to
hand. We learn of sales of Eastern at
$1.70 per hundred; North River may be
quoted at tl.GO pier hundred.
Although the receipts of corn of the
week have Wea large, the demand con?
tinues good, and tho market id active and
buoyant. We learn of considerable sales
of white corn, at S1.09@$1.13 per bushel.
For limited parcels, FL 17 per bushel ia
aske.l.
Thc arrivals of oats continue ample for
the dem md. We learn of no large sales,
the jobi ing price being about 70 cents per
bushel.
The supply of flour continue* large, and
the market dull, at $7.37i?$7.50 for mid?
dling, $7.70 for tine, and S8/25@$9 for suppr?
ime.
The market is largely supplied with ba?
con, and the demand only on a limited
scale. Shoulders are selling 14<gl5 cents
?er pound; sides, 17?17;jc.; bains, 22@26c.
here are no transaction* in salt, and the
article dull. We quote, in a limited way,
$1.50*31.70 per sack. The brokers are buy?
ing gold at 26, and selling at 28.
NASHVILLE, April 18.-But few bales of
cotton were offered yesterday, and thono
were readily taken at 22@25jc. Noon de?
spatches from New York reported the
market dull and nominal at yesterday's
quotations, 37?3Sc.
CINCINNATI. April 17.-Flour ia firmer;
superfine. $7.25<S$7.50; extra, $8.25@8.5u;
family, $9.50@S9.75; fancy, $10.25?$12.
Wheat is buoyant and but little offered.
No 2, red, $1.98; No 1 old, $2.30@$2.35;
extra ditto, $2.4O@S2.50. Corn is firmer,
at 52@53 in elevator, and 64@65 in sacks;
54?55 in ear. Whiskey is dull, at $2.22.
Proviaions aro firmer, but prices un?
changed. Mess pork, 25@25?; bulk meats,
10@13; bacon unchanged, shoulders, 12c.;
sides, 14$c, and clear sides, 15|c. Lard,
18*\ Gold, $1.25<3$1.25i.
NEW ORLEANS, April 17.-Cotton is un?
changed. Sales o? 1.200 bales low mid?
dling, at S5@36c. Receipts, to-day, 969
bales. Receipts for four days, 7,300 bales,
against G.900 bales same time last week.
Exports 7,950 halfis. Stock on hand, 168,
270 bales. Mess pork, stiff, 28c; bog, 30c.
Gold. $1.?5.
FOB SALE,
MON Barnwell street, near the Char?
lotte Depot, a Two-story WOODEN
HOUSE, containing four comfortable rooms
and a pantrv. For further particulars,
applv to J. C. LYONS.
April 21_ _4_
Strayed or Stolen,
|W ON the morning of tho 19th,
near the S. C. R. R. Depot, a black
^J2tmare MULE, about 15 years old,
mane and tail trimmed, sore on back and
right shoulder, groy hairs in face. Any
information leading to its recovery will be
liberallv rewarded. Applv at this office.
April"21_1*
Commissioner's Office.
TRUSTEES, Guardians and Receivers
arc hereby notified that the time with?
in which to make returns to this effie*?, is
extended until 15th May. Defaulters will be
ruled and reported at "the ensuing sitting
of the Court in June.
D. B. DESAUSSURE, C. E. R. D.
April 21__1_
Special Notice.
CLERK'S OFFICE,
COLOMBIA, April 20, 1866.
MERCHANTS, Truders and Dealers are
reminded that'he TAX on sales of
goods, wares and nerchandize, sales on
consignment, sales at auction, Ac, for the
quarter ending April 1, is due, and pay?
ment for the same is required.
J. S. McMAHON, Citv Clerk.
April 21 _
AN EAR-TRUMPET
WAS lost in, or by falling out of, tho
Doko stage-co?eh, on the night of
the 17th iustaut, between the four-mile
brunell, on the Asylum Road, aud Bland
ing street. It is believed to bo the only
one of the kind ever used in this neighbor?
hood, and can be easily identified-being
of vulcanized gutta percha, or some like
material, black in color? having three
joints or pieces, closing into each other
like tho parts of a telescope. The finder
will bo suitably rewarded on leaving it at
this o thee. _April 21 2
Soda Water.
XT7E have a fountain at our c?tablish
W mont, on Washington street, near
Richardson, where first quality SODA
WATER, with choice SYRUPS, (all manu?
factured on the premises,) will be dis?
pensed.
ALSO,
Choice CIGARS, ORANGES, Ac.
SCHNEIDER & GEISMAR.
April 21_Imo*
Soap! Soap! !
ON consignment, a few boxe.> of cele?
brated English PALM SOAP. For sale
at a verv low price, by
April 17 3** PARKER A FRIPP.