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~ NEW YORK, April 80.-Cotton quiet and
firmer, with salo* of 250 bales, at :Uc. Gold
Laxest I rom K n ro j> <..
COTTON ADVANCED HALF-PENNV.
NEW YORK, AprilTJO.-Tile sales of cotton
in . Liverp>?ol on the lGth- and 17th were
- '21.ooo bales. Prices Luve advanced ld.
middling uplands about tod. Consols
SR5 to 86*. ' '
NEW YORK, April 29. -The steamship
Hermann arrived to-daj, bringing dates bi
- the 18th inst.
American cotton advanced from half?
penny to a penny. Sales for the two days,
12,000 hales. Consols, 86i<(?8d4. Five
J? twenties, 68|<<?69}.
War looks still thor% probable between
Vustria and Prussia.
An attempt to assassinate Alexander,
Czar of Russia, failed.
NEW YORK, April SO.-The steamship Hi?
bernian haB arrived at Farther Point, with
Liverpool dates to the'Jlst ult. Cotton de?
clined H to 2d. during tho week. Sales ol
the week 68,000 bales. Middling Orleans
UJ. . Hales on Friday 12,000 bales, the mar?
ket closing limier. Vive-twenties* Gi?,}.
German telegrams still hopeful of peace.
Reconstruction Committee's Report.
WASHINGTON, April 25. -The Joint Cora
mit tee on Reconstruction have agreed -
twelve against three to propose, the fol?
lowing amendments to the Constitution:
1. No State shall make or enforce any
law abridging tito privileges or immunities
of citizens of the United States; nor shall
any State deprive any person of life, liberty
or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdic?
tion equal protection nf laws.
2. Representatives to be appointed ac?
cording to their respective numbers, count?
ing the whole number of persons in encl
State, excluding Indians not taxud. But
whenever in any State the elective franchise
is denied any portion nf the male citizens
not less than twenty-one years of age, *>r ii
in any way abridged, except for participa
tiou in the rebellion, ur other crimes, th*
basis of representation in such States sha]
be reduced in tho proportion in which th*
numbera cf such malo citizens shall bear ti
the whole number * ?finale citizens not les
than twenty-one years tdd.
3. Until tho 4th of Jul}*, 1S70, all person
who voluntarily adhered to the late iusui
rection, giving it aid and comfort, shall b
excluded from the right to vote for mern
hers of Congress and electors of Presiden
and vice-President.
4. Neither the United States nor an
State shall assume or pay any debt or obi:
gation incurred in aid of the insurrectior,
or any chum for compensation for loss r
involuntary service or labor.
5. Congress shall have power to enforc
by appropriate legislation tito provisions *
this article.
The Committee will aleo report a bi
providing that whenever the above amem
ment shall become a part of the Constiti
tion, and any State lately in insurrectio
shall have ratified the same, and shall hai
modified its Constitution and laws iu coi
formity therewith, th? Senators and Rc]
resentatives from such State, if found du
elected and qualified, may, after taking tl
required oath of office, be admitted int
Congroas as usual. In addition, they wi
also report a bill declaring ineligible t
office under tho Government of the Unite
States tho principal executive, legislativ
foreign and judicial officers, both with tl
general and State Governments and ot he.
engaged in the rebellion.
WASHINGTON, April 30.-Mr. Fesscndt
reported iu tho Senate and Mr. Stevens
tho House, the bills and proposed constit
t ional amendment from the Reconstructs
Committee. Thc House made them tl
special order for Tuesday week.
Kron? Sew Orleans.
NK.W ORLEANS, April 27.-The Methodi
General Conference have elected four ne
Bishops. The. following are tho names
the gentlemen thus honored: Rev. Br. \
M. Wightman, of Georgia; Rev. D. 51
('heine, of Louisiana; Rev. David S. Do
g?tt, D. D., of Virginia; Rev. Dr. Marri
of Missouri. These are all eminently pio
and learned men. The choice was neat
unanimous.
Preparations are being made for the r
opening of tho Berwick Bay line of Tex
?teamers. Tho obstructions of live oak
the harbor are being cut out.
The telegraph lino to Houston, Texas,
^ progressing.
The custom receipts at this port 1
April, up to thc 27th instant inclusiv
amounted to $500,00*) in gold.
foreign New*.
MEXICO.
Havana dates to the 20th ult. give fi
thor interesting news from Mexico.
General Almonte bad arrived at 1 laval
on thc 19th, on his mission to Fran?
Over 400 French troops were returning
the same vessel.
On tho 13th and 19th, a lively tight \>
going ou between Cort ina's forces and t
French at Mazatlan, the result of whi
was not ascertained when the st eau
sailed. Later advices, by way of San Fr;
eisco, represent the victory to have be
gained by the Liberals, although t
French commander publishes au offic
account stating that his loss was inferioi
that of the liepublicans, but confessi
chat he retreated to Mazatlan. The shu
inf? of prisoners was still carried on.
Conspiracy is tho order of the day in I
City of Mexico. General Galvez, who v
one of the first to proclaim allegiance
the empire, although he bud at the tim
large command in Juarez's army, had b*
arrested by the French authorities in tl
city. Several other arrests had been ma
and sudden disappearances were very c*
mon. Matamorus had declared for
empire.
Official despatches to Senor Romero,
.Minister at Washington, of date M
.March, ?tato that the cities of Chihusl
and Hidalgo del Paral had been captu
by the Liberals on the 2,">th March. 'J
whole of the State of Chihuahua was tl
restored to tho Liberals, and tho way \
opened for tho laboral army to march
the Capital city.
EUROPE.
Tbs steamship City of Boston, fr
-j_jj ' . , m ; m
C/noenutown, April 12, reached New fort
j on Wednesday.
The German question is arni more criti?
cal. I'm sia refused to disarm in very de?
cided terms. Napoleon waa marching re?
inforcements pf cavalry to tho Frcmeh gar?
rison nour the Khrae. italy was making a
war muster. King Victor Emanuel was iii
Florence. It. was rumored in that city
that tin; liberation of Yenetia might bo ne?
gotiated with Austria in exehange for tb?
aid pf Italy against Prussia.
?.. A'brisk recnutment for Maximilian'?
army in Mexico waa going ou in Austria.
Femauism w a s scarcely mentioned in Ire?
land. '
Thc steaiuor Africa brings three da.ve
biter news than thc above.
The Germ an crisis continues. The now?
from Vienna is still warlike. Thc: Pari*
correspondent of the London Times say*
lUat the hopes of peace in Germany art
rapidly vanishing, and he insinuates that
the semblance of neutrality by France few
believe to be sincero. Warlike rumors con.
thine to circulate in Vienna and at Berlin,
and thc artnameuts continue. A Vienn:
despatch nays that Prussia's reply to th?
last Austrian note was received on the 12th
It declines, in laconic terms, to accede lc
the demands of Austria for demobilization
The reports and ramera are vague anc
contradictory. Tho independence lielg<
bas reason to siipposo that the question o
armaments rrill be satisfactorily settled bj
a mutual and simultaneous disarmament
It is informed that confidential ovcrturei
have bern made to Prussia by Austria t<
that effect.
It is reported that the French Atubassa
dor at Berlin -ha.s been instructed to stat?
that Prance considers a radical reconstrue.
tion of the confederation not as a qnestioi
of German home policy, but as one whirl
would admit tho intervention of the digui
taries of the Vienna Congress.
Alluding to the paine on tho Bourse, th?
Paris correspondent of the London Tune
says that one of the disquieting rumor:
was that the relations between France am
tho United .States were such as to j us ti f;
the very worst fears on account of Mexico
At the Cheltenham race, tho Magill)
gave way, burying SOO persons in tb'
ruins, and many were severely hurt, bn
none are reported dead.
THK VETO.- The President of the Unito<
States bas just furnished a fresh instanc
of his political sagacity hy putting a vet
on the civil rights bill.* * * *
It would be needless to endorse, by furthc
argument, the views which Mr. Johnso
has expressed. Few persons., even in th
Northern States, conscientiously believ
that the emancipated slaves are qnnlitie
to exercise the privilege of citizenship, an
it is no secret that the measure which ha
now been remitted for the consideration c
Congress was framed rather with tho ol
jeet Oi punishing the white population?
the Southern States than of benefit ting tb
black. Tc a measure thus conceived, tb
President is fully justified in refusing b
< assent. If the American people were re|
resented in the present Congress, thei
indeed, it might be urged that he ought I
give effect to (heir wishes. But such
not the case The representatives of tl
j Northern States have most illegally iii
i franchised the Southern population by &
j uying admission to their represent a'tivi
j to Congress, and now assume to mal
I not only lawr. for tho entire Union, bi
j laws whose special operations will be co:
: lined to those states whose represent ativ.
i they do not permit to take part in thc
j councils. This is not legislation accordh
to thc proper interpretation of the Amei
j can Constitution, and it is, therefore, iii
i t?nate, for the ropoblie that it possesses
President who is determined, so far as 1
j is able, to correct the evils which won
. otherwise spring from so anomalous a co
! dition of things. - London Times.
WEST INDIES,
j Cuban despatches to the 21st ultu,
statt; that the two Spanish mens
war, which lately arrived at Havana, h
! again put to ...ea, their destination u
known. Gen. Dulce had received perora
tory orders to have the Africans, who li
been seized bv private individuals
slaves, delivered up and removed to Fi
nando Po. A series of broils of a natioi
character, between tbe Cubans and Spa
lards, had taken place in tho cafes a
opera houses, which assumed a serio
character, but the arrest of several Cuba
pnt an end to it.
Porto Rico dates to thc 15th ult. sti
that an earthquake was felt on the ?
ult. In Martinique, six Zouaves, who h
mutinied, were shot, and thirty-three wi
condemned to long imprisonment.
The cholera is disappearing from Gi
dalupc.
Methodist Episcopal Church Con*!
?ncc
The Conference met yesterday, nt I
: regular hour.
The first business of intern it taken
! was the memorial from the Afric
church, praying that certain prope
' might be made over to it.
As an amendment, it was proposed
I refer the question to the Annual Coni
once. One member urged that this p
posed action would bring hack the colo!
people to this church. An amendment
this purport was adoptod, and finally I
report of the committee on the whole s
ject of African churches was, with ame
monts, adopted as a whole.
Tho report-No. 4-of tho Committee
Books, Periodicals, Ac, was called up, i
a lengthy discussion ensued upon the s
ject. There was a majority and minot
report, and a substitute for the whole
fore the Conference. One proposition \
to sell the property of the publishing bot
and to purchase books instead of mamu
turing them for sale. In reference to
proposition to remove the publishing bo
from Nashville, one member said that t
j would lead the creditors to seize thc
1 tablishinent. Another member was e
I vinoed that it would be better to th
away tho "bricks and mortar" belong
to the churchill Nashville, and establit
publishing house in Baltimore, Phila.
phia or New York, than to continue
former arrangement. Another merni
again, pronounced 'he book concern as
cess, and explained that ont of what
g^een reckoned as its capital, there
168.000 in debts, of which not one per c.
bad hedi paid, $28,000 of payments
lawyers' fees, court expenses and corni
stoners. $20.000 for papers, so much
bishops' salaries, $30.000 for losses
tracts, i'24.0(Ki for Richmond losses. ,
and be urged that tho actual capital of
concern had been very small in comp
son with what had been supposed,
quarterly review, again, was referred t
a loss forced on the publishing house,
side which there bad been too many
tors and too many agents employed. ]
withstanding all tin*, it was conten
that the object of the enterprise had I
accomplished as far as furnishing i
more publications than the church wan
' There are now on hand between 3f
; and -10,(KK> good Methodist books, wi
could not be sold. On the whole, it
contended tho concern is solvent, and
better condition than ninety-nine out
i hundred of establishments who had
! countered the war in thc South wit
j large, a capital, lu fact, it was pronom
I the host engineered enterprise mt tie Si
! during the war.
The discussion continued up to thc 1
! of adjournment, without any result b
; arrived at. The Conference me. t-> s
' this morning, at the regular hoar.
I AV ic Orteon? Orescent. 2Sth <
~* latent?! Utewenw?.
CHANGES Dt THE RATES OF TAXATION.
The tait on grose receipts of Ex?
press Companies increased, from three
to five per cent. The' tax on candles
reduced to three per cent. On cloth?
ing of all kinds reduced, except that
of woven and felting material, to ono
per cent. On boots and shoes from
six to two per cent. On cotton the
duty is increased from two to five
cents per pound. On general manu?
factures the tax is reduced from six
to five per cent. On salt the tax will
hereafter be three cents per 100
pounds. On incomes, instead of the
present tax, there will hereafter be a
uniform of five per cent, on all over
$1,000? not deducting rents. On
brokers' sales of merchandize, pro
dace, or other goods, a tax is pro?
posed of one-twentieth of ono per
cent., instead of tho present tax of
one-eighth of one per cent. On
brokers' sales and contracts for sales
of stocks and bonds on par value
thereof, the tax proposed is one-hun?
dredth of one per cent., instead of
the present tax of oue-twenlieth of
one per cent. On brokers' sales or I
contracts for the salo of gold and sil?
ver bullion and coin, the tax pro?
posed is one-hundredth of one per
cent., instead of the present tax of
one-tenth of one per cent.
THE FREE LIST.
Books, &c, beeswax, ail kinds of
building stone and bricks, bullion
used by silversmiths, mill-stones, rod
and sheet copper and brass, cofiins,
copper, lead, tin, iron castings for
bridges, all kinds of mineral and
medicinal waters, coal, paper, photo?
graphs, engravings, lithographs,
paints, putty, crude oils, pig iron, j
plows, and all Buch implements, rc- i
pairs of machinery or other manufac-1
tured articles, railroad materials, i
cement, lime, soda, stoves, steel, tar, j
vinegar, baskets, crates, willow-ware, j
yarn, warp, slaughtered animals, and
numerous other articles.
j THE NEW YOKE INSURANCE CNMPA
I NIES-ADVANCE OF RATE?.-The Sew
1 York correspondent of the Philadel?
phia Ledger says the Board of Insur?
ance Underwriters, at a meeting held
Wednesday afternoon, resolved, by a
vote of sixty-one to five, to advance
tho rate of premium. The new
schedule is as follows:
1. On stocks of dry goods, foreign
i and domestic, in unbroken packages,
I 55(7? 60; (the lower figure for parti
j cipant companies.) 2. Wholesale
; stocks of dry goods, or in open pack
I ages, or shelves, 75(7/} 77. 3. Whole
i sale stocks of millinery, straw goods,
j fancy goods, etc., 85(W 95. 4. Retail
! stocks of dry goods, 85(/JJ95. 5.
; Wholesale stocks of clothing, 75@82.
6. Retail clothing, 85(2(95. 7. Whole?
sale flour, grain and provisions,
55(7/ 60. 8. Wholesale grocers' stocks,
! 55@,60. 9. Retail grocers, 75(3 S2.
. 10. Hardware, cutlery, hoop, sheet
! and rod iron, 85(7/,95. ll. Metals, in
j bars and pigs, and tinplates, 85@95.
12. Wholesale stocks of tobacco and
cigars, 75(7? 82. 13. Retail tobacco
and cigars, 100(V/110.
On wholesale stocks, where the
buildings are occupied by ono tenant
only, a deduction of five cents may
i be made.
; There were eighty companies un
j represented at the meeting, but these
j it is understood, had previously sig
I nified their intention to abide by the
? action of the board. A resolution
j was also adopted,'allowing no eom
: missions exceeding ten per cent, on
; the amount of premium.
THE GREAT FAIR-DISTRIBUTION OF
; THE FUNDS.-The lady managers of
the Southern Relief Fair, at a meet?
ing held yesterday, appropriated tho
following sums, and appointed a com
, j niitteo of three ladies for each State
j to see the funds appropriately distri
' buted: Virginia, S20,000;Mississippi,
j 815,000; Alabama, S10,000; South
j Carolina, 815,000; North Carolina,
810,000; Georgia, 810,000; Tennes
: see, 86,000; Louisiana, 86,000; Ar
; kansas, 84,000; Florida, 81,000; and
i to refugees in Maryland and Virginia,
188,000-making, in all, 8108,000.
! After making these appropriations,
the lady managers have still on hand
about $50,000, which will be distri?
buted among tho above named States
i or held for the relief of special cases
j of distress. Well may it bo said
that the women of our city and State
have done nobly.
[Baltimore Sun, 21th.
The ladies are also to hove one-half
! of tho nett profits of four immense
i steers, donated by Mr. I... L. Bar
ranger, jr.
AoHiuui/ruRAL. PROSPECT* OF THE
I SOUTH.-A correspondent of the Cin
cinati Commercial writes from the
South as follows: ' 'The crops of every
I character in the South will bo very
; far from an average this year. More
: cotton is cultivated than 1 imagined
when I left home. If tho season
! continues propitious, there will bo
1 produced at least 2,000.000 bales. In
1 Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Ar
1 kansas, nud portions of Tennessee
, they are planting, and have planted,
i cottou very extensively. In many
! portions of the country they will
j rely upon the West and North-west
? for grain, bacon and flour. Their
wheat crop, in many portions, will be
; a partial failure. Tonnessee and Ken
! tucky will cultivate or produce but a
comparatively scanty crop of tobacco.
? For several years the entire South
will ho dependent upon tho West for
? horses, cattle, mules and hogs.
The cholera on tho Virginia at New
York is of tho most malignant kind
, I ? > -.
NO?H CAROLINA. -Tte residence
of Col. Wm. Johnston, President of
the Charlotto and Sonth Carolina
Railroad, located in tho Northern
Sart of Charlotte, was destroyed by
re, on Saturday morning.
The Raleigh Standard is informed
that Mrs. Ball, tried by a Military
Commission in that city tor killing a
"freedman in Warren County, who
was sentenced to one year's impri?
sonment, has boen pardoned by Pre?
sident Johnson, and that she will be
released in a few days.
A despatch from Raleigh, dated
Saturday last, says that Judge Fowle
on that day issued an attachment for
the arrest of General Ruger, for re?
fusing to recognize the writ of habeas
corpus, issued in favor of Major Gee,
now on trial before the Military Com?
mission sitting here. General Ruger
refused to be arrested, and so the
matter will stand until it can bo laid
before the President.
THF. NEGRO JAIL Brnos OF WASH?
INGTON.-The fact has been published
in the Times, that last Friday, forty
eight negroes, male and female, con?
fined in tho Washington city jail for
various offences, were released, upon
condition that they would g > to
Louisiana, whither an officer of the
Freedmen's Bureau started with them
on the same evening. AVe learn from
the Washington papers that many of
them only started; for. on thc first
opportunity, throe broke their con?
tracts, jumped from thc cars, and
returned to Washington, Avhoro they
brazenly promenade the streets, ready
to renew their evil courses. Tt will
be fortunato for Louisiana if thf
?whnlo batch pursue the same course.
Tho JH"atiomil Intelliyeuc*r says that
among thc appointments sent t<> th?
i Senate, on Tuesday, was that o:
Wade Hampton, Esq.. to be post
master, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
' vice S. Von Bonhurst, a radical, ri'
? moved. Mr. Hampton is a Rcpubli
! can. a supporter of thc President':
j policy, ii ml an old merchant of Pitts
burgh. Tho report that TMr. Hamp
ton is a relative of thc Conf?d?ral
! general of that mime is doubtless a fa
, b ideation of the radical disuniouists
i THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT TO BE TESI
; EU. -Mr. A. A. Bradley, whom th
Washington Star describes ns "keen
?looking*1 um! '4 chocolate-colored,
made a speech i:i Washington city o
; Wednesday night last; in which h
declared that negroes have the rig!
now to vote, not only in the Territt
j rios, but in thc States, and that li
i would take pains to test thc qnestio
! before the Supremo Court of tli
United States.
A party of seven <<r eight nie
: asked admittance into John Robii
son's circus, on the 26th, ut Crittei
i den. Ky. Upon being refused, thc
hi ed revolvers into the interior of tl
I circus, killing Janies Robinson ai
j wounding two other performers ai:
several of the audience. Tin- mu
; derors made their escape.
'? The depots of the Detroit and M:
waukie and of the Michigan Sont
ern Railroads, and the ferry bo
j Windsor, were destroyed by tire
. Detroit on Thursday night, involvii
' a loss of over $220,000. Twent
: eight persons are missing-suppos
! to have been burned or drowned. T
fire was occasioned by the ignition
a barrel of kerosene oil.
THE JEWS,. -The Jetcish Messent
maintains that the proper name of
, people is the Jews. it justifies t
opposition to a proposed change
the. name of tho "Jews' Hospital"
i New York, and insists that the s
tarianism involved in the name v- t
an obstacle to the popularity or u
! fulness of the institution.
I A NEW SYNAGOGUE IN NEW YOKE
j A correspondent of the Baltinn
Transcript, of date 18th. says: "T
I afternoon, quito a number of Jsrsi
I ites assembled in Forty-eighth strc
j near Seventh Avenue, to witness t
I laying of the corner-stone of a n
Jewish Temple. There are alrei
! over twenty-four in this city."
I The engine of tho down train
the South Carolina Railroad, on Si
day, ran off the track near F
Motte, precipitating tho baggage i
j express cars down an embaukme
i A telegraphic operator was bal
i scalded ami the engineer sligh
j bruised.
A general convention of all tiie r
road presidents, chief engineers i
\ general superintendents in tho Uni
j States is to be held in Philadelpl
, on the 4th of July next, for an in
, change of views in regard to railr<
construction, management and opt
tion.
A MORMON "RELICT" IN ?LLINOI>
j The willow of Joseph Smith is ?
; alive at NailVOO, Illinois, and is 1
. resented as stubbornly taciturn ai
: devout believer in the Mormon fa
I She is now sixty-two years of i
! and has been remarried.
I POVERTY IS MAINE.-Tho Ban
(Maine) Whiff says: "Not less t
! 400 widows in this city are applict
for aid from the Bangor Fuel
I cietv. Bangor has a popnlatiui
aboiit 10,000."
.1. P. BENJAMIN. -We leam
Judah 1'. Benjamin is in Montre
letters having been received from
i by Louis Lyon, (his half-brother
siding at Warren ton, ) as late as
! 151h inst.- -Culpeper Observer, 27'
1 Tho Texas papers refer to thc
eeption, made in the President's
j clamation in the case of that Si
, under tho caption, "Texas still
lone star
-5S9
Major John W. Moore, ol -Moore's
North Caroliua Battalion of Artillery,
is writing a book called ' 'The Heirs
of St; Kakar ' or "Tlie History uf a
Lost Civilization"-its object being
to give a faithful picture of tho pre?
sent state of Southern society.
III.-Pro fess* ir Alex. Pallas Bache,
Chief of the Coast Survey, is serious?
ly ill in Washing! u, aud little hope
is entertained of bis recovery. He is
said to suffer greatly from the disease,
which will 2>robably close bis career.
FBJBJUJMEN.-A car load of freed?
men-men, women and children
arrived in Providence, IL I., on Sun?
day, from the South, un agent of the
Freedmen's Bureau having secured
places for them as serve-ubn there.
Tho General AsseniLlies of the
Old and New .School Presbyterian
Churches both meet in St. Louis on
tho 17th of Mav.
snrp NKWs.
TORT OK CHARLESTON, APRIL SO.
MtStVRD KATT'ROAY.
Steamship Kalorama, Donkin, Baltimore.
AHBIVF.n VESTF.n?AV.
Steamship Moneka, Marshman, New Stark.
WENT TO SKA 8AT1THOAY.
Steamship Quaker City, West. New kork.
Sehr. H. C. Evans, Hammond. New York.
Steamer Ocean Wave, Ellwood, Mobile.
UP FuR CHARLESTON.
Sehr. A. .1. Bentley, Baltimore, April 2?.
Sehr. Mattie E. Baker. Philadelphia. 27th.
Sehr, (.'lara. Bassett, Philadelphia, 27th.
Columbia Wlioltmile l?rl<?-? Current.
COUKECTKD WEEKLY
UV A. h. So LO Mox.
APPLES -Per bushel . . *? on
LAGGING Ganny, p<-r yard. 35
Dundee ''. 25
BALE. ROPE -Manilla, per lb 30
N. Y. or West" ti, ]>r lb. 85
BACON Hams, per 1!, ... 30
Sides .. 20
Shoulders, . . 1??
BUTTER Northern, p.-r lb .. 30
Countrv, .. .. 23
BRICKS- Ber l.ooh. 7 00
COTTON YARN Per bunch 3 ai
COTTON Ordinarv, per lb 16
Middini-. .. ... 20
Sea Island, " 1 O.-.'gl 10
CANDLES Sperm, uer lb
Adamantine, .. :i5
Tallow, " 25
COFFEE Rio, per lb :J7i
Lagua\ ra. " 4.">
.lava, " ."iO
I CHEESE English Dain per lb 35
skimmed. " 23
i COHN Per bushel 1 30
FLOUR Super., per bbl . H 00
Extra Family IS 00
. HAY Northern, percwi 2 75
Eastern "
HIDES -Dry, per lb 15
Green, " ?
I.AliD Per lb. 23
j LUMBER -Boards, per 100 ft 2 30
Scant lin;,'.
Shingles, per 1,000 . .
LIME Per bbl. _
MOLASSES Cuba, per gallon . Co
New Orleans, '? 1 23
Sugar House, " 1 25
NAILS Per lb 10
. ONIONS p.-r bushel I 00
OIL Kerosene, per gallon . I <>0
Terebcne, ?* ...
Sperm, .. .....
PEAS- Per bushel.1 30
POTATOES Irish, per bushel ....2 50
Sweet, '. ... 1 73
BICE-Caroliua, per bushel '.? 00
East India.
, SPECEE-Gold . . 26
Silver . ..... 22
SALT-Liverpool, per ?isck ? 3 50
Table, .? .5 wt
Virginia or t oast .
? SOAP-Per bar . . IK
I SUGAR-Crushed, per lb. 22
Powdered. " . 22
Brown, .. .l.V<?2n
SPIRITS Alcohol, per gallon
Cogna.-Brandy. " loth)
Domestic . " . . ;j ni)
Holland Gin, " 8 ?0
American ?? 4 00
Jamaica Kum, *. ii 00
N. E. " 3 30
Bourbon Whiskey, 3 no
Monongahela 5 0o
R< ctined ?. . a Ou
! STARCH -Per lb a)
TEA Green, per lb 1 50
black, '. 1 50
TOBACCO-Chewing, per lb .au A-l nu
Smoking, " .."it) J. 73
; VINEGAR- Wine, per gallon 73
Cider. " 75
French, I 50
WINK Champagne, per basket :i5 00
Port. ]-s-r gallon . 5 00
Sherrv, . .. 5 00
Madeira, " 3 00
DOiTESTIC MARKET.
: MEATS- Pork, ?cr lb 20
Beef. ;- I5@20
t Mutton, '. 12J
POULTRY -Turkcvs. ncr pair 4 00
Ducks, .' 1 00
Chickens. " . 1 00
Geese. - . 1 25
COMNERCIiU. AMD F"1XAXC'IAL.
COLUMBIA, S. C., May 1.-Our report last
I week quoted good middling at 27o. On
; Tuesday, news to the 11th from Liverpool.
stating a decline of ld., was received, and
I our market receded to 25c. On Friday,
1 news to the 15th was received here, that
j the total dec?iie in Liverpool in a week was
i 3$d. This targe declino has caused bold
j eis to withhold their.cotton, and but little
' has been sold thia week- nono after the
1 last news and ita effect ou other markets
will govern future prices here.
ACOCSTA, April 28.-The past week bas
I been one ol general inactivity in all
j branches of business. We have uo changes
I to report in any leading article, save cut
I ton goods, which vielded one cent a yard
? under the decline in cotton. At the close
j td our last review, we quoted middling cot
' ton at 30 cents: strict middling. SI; good
middling, 32. Adricen hom Liverpool un?
settled tho market early in the week, and
news of a further extraordinary decline
caused a complete suspension of trade,
' which has continued up to the close of th?
1 week. We have beard of the sales of only
a lew bales, ?old under circumstances
. which do not fairly represent the market,
and wo therefore do not give the ligure?,
; or attempt quotations.
NEW VOHK, April 28. The advance in
i gold caused a greater degree ol buoyancy
! and firmness to prevail in commercial cir?
! i-les yesterday, and prices were quite gen?.-"
. rally higher, both for imported and Oomflp
! tic produce. Cotton was an exception to
I tho general rule: the panic in the Liverpool
?market unsettling the-market here, and
?.rendering prices nominal, at decidedly
j lower figures. Sugar was a shade firmer.
Coffee dull. On ' chang'- flour advanced.
Wheat also advanced Corn dull Pork
higher Beef firmer
The New York Tribune proposes, in
future, lo try white people in tin?
smith before Mack juries, on- th?
ground that that is tin* univ wavy t.i
secure their conviction. What next?
Intermarriage-thal's next.'
diaries Mackav, in an article hi
the Fortnightly ?icrieir, says Thad?
deus Stevens 'is "connected by the
tenderest relations witlt thc African
race." Goodness gracions, Charlot--!
Northern and Sontheim companies
are buying up large sections of laud
in Chatham County, N. C., in which
it is said oil abounds.
Since the passage of the eivii rights -
bilk the demand for manufactured
perfumes has become very great in
Washington, and prices have risen.
General R. li. li?e is to be present
at Chapel Hill, N. C., nt the Juna
commencement of the Colley? nt that
place.
The L?gislature of Nev.- York baa
parsed a bill prohibit ing tl ie taque of
free passes upou railroads.
Auction Sales.
Dry flootU, Clothing, Carpeting Matting, '
Hats, ?tc.
By A. B. Phillips.
HHS (Tuesdav? MORNING, May 1, at 10
o'clock. I will ?ell, nt thc now brick build?
ing on Washington street, opposite Law
Range,
1 An invoice of DRYGOWDS, CLOTHING-,
! Ac, consisting of :
Bleached Shirting, Ginghams, Calicoes.
.Muslins. Gingham Handkerchiefs.
Siik and Linen "
Phi id Cassimeres, Scarfs, ?Vc
Coats, Vests. Pantaloons and Shirts.
10 pieces Carpeting, pieces Matting.
Kelt ami Palm Leaf HatB.
1 50,000 Envelopes, Cap and Lettei Papei.
Pocket Knives, Toilet Soaps.
' j^loo pairs Men's and Women's Shoes,
?-rortmoniea, Ac. Mav 1 2
WANTED,
TWENTY good AXEMEN, (rood wages
and rations will bc given. Apply at
DIAL A- POPE'S Hardware St'or...
May 1
A Bay Mare Mule
, STRAYED into ray premises, st
(reS? tho Congaree Race Course, on Sa
^JL.aL<urday last. Th? owner can have
ber bv proving property and paving ex?
penses. SAMUEL J. PERRIN.
May 1_ 3^
ETHIOPIAN MINSTRELS.
ACOMPANY of Ethiopian Minstrels
will give a CONCERT, at Gibbes' Hall,
THIS EVENING. Perfect order will be
preserved.
j aar Doors open al 7 o'clock. Concert to
' commence at 8. May 1
True Brotherhood Lodge No. 84.
A A REGULAR communication of
m^^this Lodge will beheld THIS EVEN
/*^\ING. 1st inst., at H o'clock, at Odd
! Fellows" Hall. liv order of the W. M.
Mav i D. "p. MCDONALD, sec'y
HAY, OORX & PILOT BREAD.
I")KIME Eastern and North River HAY.
Baltimore WHITE CORN.
AND
boxes PILOT BREAD, at a very low
: price. In store and for sale bv
May 1 1* RICHARD CALDWELL.
SPECTACLES.
, . .-v LOST. Sunday night, in
-jfp '.J^gCthe neighborhood of the
Baptist Church, n pair of STEEL SPEOTA
. CLES, in a Morocco case. The tinder will
be liberally rewarded on leaving them at
1 the North-west corner of Bull and Camden
street-. May ll?
Just Received,
ST BBLS. Extra No. 1 MACKEREL
' O 20 \ -
10 boxes extra Cheese.
10 bags Rio Coffee.
10 boxes Layer Raisins,
lu drums Figs.
'20 boxes Adamantine Candles. ^
5 *' Sperm Candles.
Mav 1 JOHN C. SEEGERS.
F?EH?T?BE.
THE subscriber offers for sale, at bis
present residence, corner of Bull and
Richland streets, as follows, viz: Uphol?
stered and Dining Room Chairs, Arm and
Rocking Chairs, (cane-seat.) first-class
Mahogany Chamber Sett. Walnut Red
! stead, Oa1? Buffet Side Table, Ac. Many
! of tho articles are entirely new, having
beoj brought from Charleston the present
' month. Must be sold by Thnrsdav.
May 1 1 C. H. BALDWIN.
DENTISTRY.
I BEG respectfully to in?
form my friends and the pub?
lic generally, that I have suc?
ceeded in making arrange?
ments enabling me to offer inducements to
those in want of Mechanical work, (Vul?
canite base,) Gold, Silver or Platina. Call
and ascertain conditions. Office Taylor
street, opposite the Park, one block from
Main street. DR. GEO. SMITH.
Mav 1 Imo?
2BBLS. NEW YORK PIG HAMS
2 '. BACON STRIPS,
j 1 bbl. Smoked Tongues.
1 '. Smoked Beef.
1 case Bologna^.
5 tubs Mav Butter.
5 bids. Se?f-raisiug Flour. Ju?? received
and for sale low at
CANTWELL'S,
May 1 1 Bedell's Ruy..
GEM INE SrOTfll ALE, LOX
< DON PORTER, M.
I ?) BBLS. Younger s U.E. 22 doz. pt bat's.
1 " Bass M .. V .'
I . Jeffrey? ' 8 " 4'
l Barclay and P. Porter, s doz.
; pint ix'Ujam,
I hldflrVss' Portei, S Aai pia. bottles.
i bb"?re Holland Gin.
? cask Madeira Wine.
i ?' Sherry "
i .. " " for cooking,
?' i - Old Port "
1 10 cases Claret.
I i cask Pale Hennessy Brandy.
1 bbl. Pepper "Old Corn' Whiskey.
All of the above, warranted of the vern
tn yt quality, and desirable for medicinal
purposes, for sale by
MTTUXR Sc SSKTN.
May 1 2