Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TTA? HcrnOd atti Mr. HqUK ? We take? the following-?trsi? ?yo?u, jrftt editorial i? th? N?W York Ifefald " of" Trse 25?i 'inf?t.,* it?'.retaron to Hr. i "I? 1841; lie .ratifie tv "bobljaud un '?tom wornt sine; Union speech, which a*fc?cted; and/^eserv^t- the ^yd?mra tion of the wl^e kountry, and;y,c* ihe nest thing we heard \jf Itim, he wasjover head au d ears in rebellion, ' f?sipit?tag t? bring upon ,tite?Soi^6ro | pe?pTe taje very, evils 'against Irnich he had warned thaw, ahA-joimng tfce . ?orj: band of. traitors Wao??.. he had tenounced. ' In tho. st??P way Mr. .tech?is p?hTrcly declared? when the war ?^???feer,- tharne* &>Qth was .- aaGsflcd and' willm*, to regard-Abe-] t-fues?on?-At itsne during the, .wiper', as . s?ettled, mid. ready-to come quietly back roto the Union; but-?ow -we find him rdeiilaring; that the South | siffl. adhere**-lo..s?ts ckighift o? State right?, and .will ~i*ot reliuquisitrthis I ^ heresy,-olth<Tn)?lv no attempt will be 1 made to efforc? it at present. Hero is ? flat contradiction, tfn* inconsis? tency as palpable aa thai of Mr. Ste pTr?us' conduct in mi. ^Thb -State rights heresy was one of tho ques - tious at issue, and it was decided - against fjhe -South bv force of ?rms. Ii it is to be revived we shall have - another MbelkVm before many years, and if will bo better to keep the South out in tho cold than to ritn ?u?h a risk, if there be any risk. But .we do not place muck confidence in what Mr. Stephens may say of the South now. He has been manipula? ted by the.copperheads and is play? ing into their hands aid those of the radicals, just as he was manipulated ny Jeff. Davis and played into the hands of the secessionists when the rebellion 'Was inaugurated. But lie and the copperheads are only dam? aging their o .rn cause." It ia* scarcely worth while to cou-j tradiot the Herald in the above as- j sault on Mr. Stephens. No man in j the Southern States is more devoted j to the Union, or who would make j greater sacrifices for the whole conn- j try than Alexander H. Stephens. Even during thc existence of the war, although devoted to the best in? terests of his native section, he was, nevertheless, anxious for an honor? able peace, and would have been glad to accept any terms of settlement, in? consistent with his views of what was due to the South, aud which would have put a stop to bloodshed. There are few, even among the "radicals, who now doubt tho honesty and sin? cerity of Mr. Stephens, or, indeed, of the Southern people, as to their loyalty to the Government. (?i-ecnville ?ucl Columbia Kuilioad. | "We present to our readers this ' morning the report of the President and Directors of this company. The j financial statement shows that $731,- ^ OOO is the pressing debt that has to be ? provided for. The report of Presi- ', dent Perrin is a full nnd comprehen? sive review ol' the unfortunate condi-j tion of thc r< .d before and since the destructive invasion of Sherman. A great deal of interest and anxiety is j felt in this community as to the sue-1 cess of this road, and we feel confident that under the management of Gol. ! Perrin and his ablo and efficient of- ? ficera, it will bo a complete success. CoUM?NI>ABIiE Lilli EKAL.TTY.-Thc ? Courier states that Messrs. Willis ?: Chisolm, Agents in Charleston of the Baltimore Steamship Company, re? ceived on Tuesday bills of lading for ? a large amount of goods contributed ; by the ladies of Baltimore, and pur- j chased out of tho proceeds of the j great fair recently held in that eity ? for tho benefit of the poor of the i South. These goods are the first in- '? stalment of the quota of this State, which aggregates $15,000, and arc to be consigned, for distribution, to Dr. John Fisher, of Columbia. Messrs. Pendergast, Penn ?ck Ar Co., the owners of tho steamship line re? ferred to, have nobly declined to re ceive any charges of freight for the transportation of the goods. RECEHTS OF CORN.-Tho Charles? ton, CouHffr, of Tuesday, says that the Easterly wind, on Sunday night, has . brought into our port quite a large number of vessels from North? um ports. Tn addition to other freights, these vessels have added be? tween 30,000 and 40,000 bushels of corn to the stock on hand previous. A truthful verification of tho old adage--"it is an ill-wind that brings no good,' as some of these vessels have been detained some time on ac eouut of adverse winds. No chango has been made in the form of plough used in Sieily since the time of the Romans. fmpev*?t*t L,et<cv ?ron? th* Cw?wl?. ? j t Tgie 8<*>r**ry Til ?|e trea*?r*-> ?*L * \ tv lot tur to H on.- r?. "Jp- WeU&T <?*il? j j ma]> ot' thc United States Revenue ' CcS^ission, ?t?tjk' ft*t ihe ptirted in Congress for ?he aqru3i?a- i tiou ot bounties will require tro \ -expenditure of $300,000,<$ft; jjjf?fi, requiting an additioualannuaTpfty- ' mont bu- intaroat of some ^18,000, 000, and *?k?; "what effect this pro? posed in?rense of the national rlelbt liS?'mnhhfd'tftxfUaort is Klce?y, itt your opinion, _tc?-h?re -upon ? the ftnatt?esr and development of the country, and what chang?e may hie necessitated thereby in our future revenue syst??-: and policy?" Mr. "Weih} replies: WAS?II?*OTOX, April 23, I860; tixjjr Ia. reply Lo your nedo of the 19th, relative to tho snbjeot.of appro I priations involving additional loans ! or increased taxation, permit me to speak without reserve. . ? Tho country is now* passing through j a critical period of its financial erpe j nonce, and it seems essential that the j proposition should l>e proclaimed uud ? maintained, that tho borrowing pe ! nod for thc nation has passed, and ?that henceforth, and until another j extraordinary emergency arises, the .> national expenditures are to be met I by taxation exclusively. Nothing j less cun satisfy tho holders of thc I public debt-nothing less can sustain I national credit at such a standard as will keep open to the nation the re? source of loans for future emergen? cies. Thc existing public debt of thc j United States (taking accumulated j wealth and rate of interest into con- i Isideration) is now Comparatively j : larger than that of tiny of thc states | of tho Old World, and is nly ox- j ceeded in actual amount b that of ' Great .Britain. It is now proposed to increase this enormous debt to such an extent that the annual interest on ! the addition will be necrly equal to ; one-fourth of the average annual ex- I ponditures of the whole Government during the decade prior to the oom-1 meucement of thc rebellion. The largest amount of revenue ; ever drawn from thc British people j in any ono year, irrespective of loans, j has never exceeded $375,000,000, while the amount of revenue which the United States has drawn during ] the first three quarters of thc current fiscal year -by the various forms of direct and indirect taxation-has been 410,000,000, or at thc rate of upwards of 540,000,000 per annum. This immense sum, in opposition to thc settled policy of all other nations, and in defiance of their experience, has been taken mainly from the industry of tho country. Tho present largo receipts of revenue cannot, however, he accepted as any sure in? dications of the future; and so long us they aro drawn mainly from taxes on industry, they are no satisfactory indications of thc prosperity of thc country. For the next fiscal year, moreover, a large falling off in re? ceipts, arisinp; from diminished im? portations, changes in values and quantities of industrial products, and from other causes, may be expected. This deficit cannot now be easily estimated, but that it will be large cannot be doubted, especially if the country, us now seems probable, is to bo visited by pestilence. Tt would seem as if thc mere state? ment of these facts ought to suffice as an argument against any immediate increase of our enormous burden of debt and taxation. it", however, we further consider the manner and distribution of tin* taxation by which thc nation is at present raising its revenues, the ar? gument becomes even more cogent and unanswerable. As is well known, the exemption from taxation at present in tho United States of any form td* capital, or any process or result of industry, is the exception rather than tho rule. This system necessarily involves a most extensive duplication of taxes, and this in turn entails and maintains an undue enhancement of prices; a de? crease both of production and con sunipt Lon, and consequently of wealth ; a restriction of exportations and of foreign commerce; and a largo in? crease in the machinery and expense of the revenue collection. It needs no gift of prophecy or trained finan? cial intellect to determino tho result of a persistency in such a policy; foi nations, like individuals, have limits to their resources; and nations, like individuals, may have their patriot ism oven taxed beyond endurance. A reduction and equalization ol national taxation has therefore be como not merely expedient but im perative. Circumstances will not, however, admit of a reduction sui ficicnt to give all tho relief demand cd by tho nation hoing made at once Hitherto, as has been already stated a very laroo portion of tho reven?a has been derived from thc taxes oi industry, or the capital which di rcctly supports industry, and com paratively small part from spirits, to bocco, liquors, legacies and succ?s sions, and other sources, which al experience has demonstrated may 1>< taxed most heavily without in an; j way arresting thc progress of nation? j development. Indeed, it may bens sorted that laws sufficient to insur tho collection of any large revenu from these latter sources have not ye ; been enacted-the existing laws beini i in many respects inoperative upoi the statute book. Until, therefore m iv,nj i'>iV?'-.tf^iif'-(ir?|l iipw.laws can be ouacted* and their ?ffl??eWQUproved bj experience, man j ?tflfo-mcst teatorar cl the present revenue system mast bo retained and In order to, at present, raise by taxation ft sum sufficient to pay an in au a? interest of six per cent on an addition of 250,000,000 to the princi? pal of tho public debt, viz; 16,000, J00, the present rate of taxation canst be maintained ?Qi th* follo'wing' surti?les, enr their equivalents, tho. receipts for tko fiscal year 1803 being assumed as tho bows of the estimate: Hats, cups, bonnets, coats, yeats, pavla, overcoats, sliirts, collars, stock-' inga, jdoyes,- BMttins, boots, shoes, moccasins, salt, cheap soap, starch, paints bf all kinds, paper of all de? scriptions, books, magazines, pamph? lets, maps, engravings, and all print? ed matter, ploughs, harrows, cultiva? tors, rakes, winnowing mills, hay and straw-cutters, trunks, harnesses, lime, cements, building stones, bricks, it oves, pottery-wore, and win dow (dass, tb? revenue from the direct Lax en all these articles for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1805, not hav? ing been in excess of $10,000,000. il, however, it is urged that the Government can afford to relievo nil the above enumerated avticles, aud [nany others, from taxation, and still pay thc interest oii the proposed ad lition to the debt, I reply that thc condition ol tho revenue will not at present allow of an exemption of all the necessities of life and all"the com? mon forms of industry from taxation; md that no principle of political ?cononiy is better established than that a tax upon one of the necessities ar indispensable forms of industry is in fact a tax upon all. Under the above circumstances, therefore, it would seem .as if nothing but tho salvation of the nation itsell ?ould warrant any immediate increase >f thc national liabilities cr thc people's taxes. KEROSENE OIL.-Fill a tumble* Jiree-fonrths full of moderately cool water, then pour half a table-spoon Tul of oil iuto it, stir them together then hold a lighted match over thc :umbler, and if it takes fire from thc rapor, before the flame comes in con act with the oil, it is dangerous, n> good oil will not thus ignite, and Indeed, will not burn readily when n laming match is thrown into it vhile those which have been mud idulterated with benzine will emit, i rapor which is nearly as explosive a-> gunpowder, and the oil will thei jurn freely. TUE THREATENED IMPEACHMENT. The Richmond Times says: The radical press of thc North-wes ire boldly urging the impeachmen if President Johnson. At Washing on, the matter is freely disc ussed ii ligh radical Republican circles, ant ,v?l doubtless bc attempted, if thei caders dam We fear they aro bob mough to try it. But Andrew John ion is a wise, sagacious and brav? nan, and ready to meet such ai imergency. The proposed pro gramme, if such a thing is attempted viii doubtless be to present the arti des of impeachment in the House lass them without discussion, am simultaneously carry through a roso ution declaring the Presidential func ions suspended pending trial, am lirecting the proper officers to b esponsible for tiio person of tho Prc ?ident. Then thc blow is struck [hit will such action be legal-consti utioiial? LL-von ?overeig? State ne unrepresented in Congrios, and hird of that body, therefore, absenl Jould it, then, in accordance with th Constitution, present legal articles c mpeaehmeiit against tho President Wu think not. Mr. .iefl'ersoii insisted that c \c .?ranch of tho Government was th ?ole judge of the constitutionality c di Acts or laws which affected it, an n the case of Marbury vs. Madisoi usted on that theory, and disregarde he decree of the Supremo Cour see his letter to Spencer J. Roane inch a possible issuo now presents a nteresting question, but we dont lot President Johnson is ready t neet it. -? + ? ? IMPORTANT DESPATCH.- While i Raleigh, Friday, we were shown n mportant telegram, which Governc iVorth had just received from Pres lout Johnson. The President's proclamation (< Vpril 2) does not affect military con missions then in session, or gi' parties whose trials were thou pcm mg tho privilege of tho writ of habe< :orpus. The General commando this department has boen notified proceed with Hie trial of Maj. (?o md ut its close to lay the whole, rn? ter before the War Department f revision. An important order will be issm from Washington in a few da\ iefining clearly the proclamatio ind to what extent it restores ci' rights, and mlogates military rule the Southern States. f f?ohlsboro f A. < '. j News. KrprosKo FATAL C ASE OF CHOLE vr LOWELL. The Lowell News ? ports thc deatli in that city, on Mc lay, of Benjamin Kaye, an Englis man, who was a passenger in a ieee iteamship. Ho was ill but a day two. ile was not sick when he i rived in tho city, but his disease mid to have been cholera, or at lei i severe case of ship fever. BL??M>rt of tUt KroonunuUon Cam Asa- matter of ref exauce hereafter, ? when action i? taken on the report in Congress, we append the titree bfl?s reported to that body by the Recon? struction Committee : . -V 'A Joint resolution proposing an amend? ment 1o the Constitution of ike United States. , - S V---. - Be it reajoirted by th* Se??te, anti?House, of JC?pws?ntatrTes of'fhn United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, That the foUowing. article be . proposed to the Legi si attires of the several State? as an amendment to the Con? stitution of the United States, -which, ?when ratified by three-fourths of irai<1 Legislatures, shall be valid as part ol the Constitution, vb,: "f-i u Aa rit UK-Sec 1. No State shall make OT enforce any law which sha! abridge the privilege* or immunities of citizens of the United States, noi shall any State deprive any person o life, liberty or property without dm i process of law, nor deny to any per' sun within its jurisdiction the equa ; protection of the laws." SEC. 2. Representatives shall In I apportioned among the several State* Which nany be included within thi? I Union according ' to the respeetivt numbers, counting the whole nu tn bo of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed ; but whenever ii any State the elective franchise sha! be denied to any portion of its malt citizens, not less than twenty-o a year jj of age. or be in any waj abridged, except for participation ii rebellion or other crime, the basis o representation in such State shall b reduced to the proportion which tb number of such male citizens sha! bear to the whole number of mal citizens not less than twenty on years of age. Ste. 3. Until the fourth day o July, all persons who volunta rily adhered to the lute insurrection giving it aid and comfort, shall b excluded from tho right to vote fo members of Congress and for elector for President and Vice-Pr?sideut c the United States. SEC. 4. Neither the United State nor any State shall assume or pay an debt or obligation already incurred or which may hereafter be incurred iu aid of insurrection or of war again* the United State-;, or any claim fe compensation for loss of invol?ntar service or labor. SEC. 5. Tho Congress shall hav power to enforce by appropriate legi: ration the provisions of this article. .1 bill to provide for the restoration e the States lately in insurrection lo die* fall political rirjhts. Whereas, it is expedient that til States lately in insurrection should i the curliest day consistent with th future peace and safety of the Unio be restored to full participation ina political rights; and Whereas, the Congress did by joh resolution propose for ratification t the Legislatures of tho several State as an amendment to the Constitutio of the United S?des, an article in tl following words, to wit : |The Coi stitutional article is here inserted Now, therefore, Be il resolved by the Senate a, House of Kepresenhdives of the UniU Stales of America, ia (Congress asset, bled, That whenever the above recife amendment shall have become part the Constitution, and any State late in insurrection shall have ratified tl sume, und shall have modified i Constitution and laws in confortai therewith, the Senators and Rcpt' sentutives from such State, if foin duly elected and qualified, may, aft having taken tho required oath office, he admitted into Congress such. SEC. li. And be it further enact, That when any State lately in inst reetion shall have adopted the foi going proposed amendment to tl Constitution, any part of the dirt tax under the Act of August 5, lot which may remain due and unpaid such State, may bo assumed and pt? by such State, and the payme thereof, upon proper assurances frc such State, to be given to the Seci tory of the Treasury of the Uuit States, may be postponed for a peri not exceeding ten years from a after the passage of this Act. A bill declaring certain persons ineli hie to office limier thc Lloverntnent the United St,des. Be it enacted by the Semite and Ho of Representatives, of the United Sb ff America, in Congress ussembl That no person shall be eligible any olliee under the Government the United States who is included any of the following cases,- namely 1. Tho President and Vice-1' sident of the '.Confederate States America," so-called, and tin- headi departments t hereof. .J. Those who in other eonnti acted as agents of the "Coufeder States of America." so-called. Heads of departments of United States, officers of the ar and navy of the United States, : all persons educated at tito mi lit or naval academy of the Uni States, judges of the courts of United States, and members of cit house of the thirty-sixth Congres the United States, who gave aid comfort to the lute rebellion. 4. Those who acted as officers thc "Confederate States," SO-C??1 above the grad of Colonel io army, or Muster in the navy, and one who as Governor of either of so-called "'Confederate States" i aid and comfort to the lato rebel! 5 '1 hose who have treated a'M OT. soldiers cu- sailors o? tb? rirrav <^U^ pf tho United;J?Hates, e-?p* turee! during the late war, otherwise tl&n lalgfuBy ?8 pri?^cer? oi war. iTlia"0^?attee rambled tho in? junctiono* jjcexecy sfc/ar as the above ptopositiona arc concerned, and pci> mitted copies to bo furnished to the pres?. . It is Understood thai the vote upon them was twelve ugui nt three-, as it i?= known that Senator" Johnson and Representatives* Glider and Rogers only voted in thc negative. The affirmative mast be Senators Feaflcn? dea. Grimes, Hams, Howard ?nd WiDiaitts, ?nd Representatives Ste ven?; Washburn**, of DlTnojs, Mor? rill, Bingham,^ Coukling, BoutweJl and Blow. ' ' ' ^ . ^ l Krom Wiwhiiij^ou. On Wednesday-. I telegraphed yon that it was an understood- thing, or thc part of the majority in the Senate, to decline action on ?ny of the nev appointments of the- President ir casa? where an incumbent had l>eei: removed without any other cause than being thought an opponent o the President's policy. This docisioi of the majority luis already beert pal in practice, "and will. I hear, be firmly and unflinchingly adhered'to. It is asserted, however, by the friend? of the President, that thi* action o: the Senate will not e-aupe him t< waver an instant in the course he ha? seen fit to punuio, but that he will g on and make such removals its iu h judgment may appear necessary. T< a prominent gentleman, vesterdhy, Ju asserted that he would" appoint n< nfan to offiee who aid not give a cor dial and hearty support to Ids mea surtas for th ;restoration of the Union and he fnrthcr- mthnated that ?r avowed opponent "of those measure now in office would be allowed to re main there. This is a bold stand to take, bn i those who know the President inti ' mateiy say that he is fully capable o maintaining it. j Parties holding the coupons: dui I for payment on the 1st proximo should not part with them before hand, under the supposition that si heavy ah amount of gold thrown 01 the market at one time will cause serious depression, as it is not be ' lieved that such will be the caso. () the total amount-twenty million am odd-to be paid, but little over hal will bo distributed in this country and thc market will absorb that quit readily. Mayor Monro*; returns to New Or leans immediately, and will enter a oii-e upon tho discharge of theda tie to which he was elected. There is n< little complaint of the pardon of tili gentleman and his associate, Colone Nixon, of the Cresvetit.-Sp&?al t Philadelphia ledger, 21th ult. The Washington correspondent o the Baltimore ??un says: The official documents on the sub ject of the evacuation of Mexico b tho French have just been printed b the Government Printing Bureau The principal ones appeared in th papers of the 22d, but in addition t that information, it may be inter?s! ing to learn that M. Dronyn il PHuysinformed Minister Bigelow, i January, that the French Govert: ment hail no intention to biko th Egyptian troops to Mexico, but thf it adhered entirely to tho polio heretofore announced to our Ministe on that subject. On Mr. Bigelow asking him if he could give an ide of the guarantees which ho hoped t obtain from Mexico, ?VI. Drouyn ? l'Huys replied that then- did not, < course, expect to get the mont owing them, bat they hoped for som thing which they might regard as s equivalent. That, however, was matter of negotiation between the; and Mexico. Mr. Bigelow says: ' then asked whether it would not 1 possible, in some way, te> arrest tl useless and demoralizing warfn that was carried em in Mexico b tween Maximilian and the Juarist at least, while these negotiatioi were going on-that is, while tl French occupation should last. 1 saiel he wisheel there was; that tl atrocities practiced-there were real too dreadful te> speak o.f: but he d not know that he coule! do anythil to discourage it, and siskeel if I h: anything to suggest. 1 saiel [ sn posed that if thc Juarists were sn that tho French were intending leave .Mexico within a short tim which seemed reasonable to thci anel that they would then have a fi chance of trying conclusions wi Maximilian's party, they would willing t<> leave him undisturbed, undisturbed by him, and that France or Maximilian bael any iu< rect means in coming to such an ti dcrstauding with Juarez, it mig re nder the situation less embarrass! to .ill partie s. His excellency repli that he would be very glad if tl were practicable, as it would cual them to leave the country so mn the sooner, but they bael no means communicating with Juarez, and asked lue' if 1 COldd suggest any 1110 t>f accomplishing that purpose?. I plied that we had relations, as he v aware, with Senor Romero, ?-uel ai thing that he woultL/kuthorize mc say, we should be most happy te> si of course, that wouldhavea tendei to terminate this brutalizing std Bis excellency promised to speak this, aiiel also of the form of the surnnce which wo had heen discti ing. to the' Emperor."' - There aro S.0OO square iii des of ? in Groat Britain and 133.OOO in United States. . . . .. c- . ; ? . ^ - - ( tato for asile at thin omeo. 1 ^?Tfri^jBraKiKtJ O?#'I<?OI.T:U;U\. \I? ?uf.n ! eating account wi tit* f*Kaca au.; Destruc jtlbn of tlie City ?rf Columbia, H. C.,rt b* just boen issued, in pampldot f??-m. ir.?ni j th?- Pheonix Klean? sow*?r" pastor., .Q^H-rn i esyi be ulled to any ettoai.- - U. OUEESVILLK AND CoH'MMA li At, c . . U ? The meeting of thu stockholder**, of ?U? ' ?bot? Railroad Company will b* bul?I ra ' the ballin Nickcrson's Hotel, at Ut oVi...-k i ii. m.. this day." " j TVSTLK Sonp.-Mr. Fanning w?l .ferr* j up, this morning^ at bin restaurant, m>tttv ? fine turtle soap. All who know Mr. Fau I ning .in n, eaU-rer will he nure to be therw. j Those who do not kn^r,-, ftTnjrhr. by ?H \ mean?, to giro bim a call this inoruing I .BOOK ANO .TOE" PKIXTINO. Thc PKaenij : office ts now fully Supplied with carda, i colored and white paper, colored ink, wood ! type, ? ti-., and in now in condition to exe i cute all manner ol'book and job printing ; in the ?hort cwt possible ii m.-. Give us a ! call. 1 Owing to the reduction in tho cost ol * printing paper, and the tumble in price? j generally, We have rodaoed the subsorip I ?on to tilt pliani r as follow s: i Daily paper, one year. ?8.00 I Daily paper, per month . 7:, Tri-weekiy, '"ie year . . ..... ii.00 Tri-weekly, per month 30 ! Hoi MK FcasHsarixG GOODS.-Messrs. j Gregg i Co., at the old Commercial Bank j corner, have a complete stock of goods in the ahove line the larder portion of which j ha? been imported directly from Europe, j Wc are indebted to these gentlemen for a [ pair of patent lamp scissors: Persons who } use kerosene- lumps kuow fall well bow I important it is to have the wicks evenly I cut: with a pah" of these scissors, the jul? I is neatly and successfully accomplished. TH* Pic-Nie- Accepting the kind invi tatioii of a won hy disciple of Eseulapiu?, i yesterday morning, we took a seat with him in hi? buggy, and sped along at a 2..>o Kait. to join thu pic-uic party at Messrs. L. 1>. <'hillls ft Co.'s. fuctory, '-over tho river." Then- was rather a sm ali attendance, yet those who were present enjoyed themselves to the fullest extent.' Dancing, it was e\ pected, \%<>nld he the order of the day, and Messrs. Childs and Waring provided a fit it hand for the purpose; yet the shady roads, flowery myrtle, granite boulders and mag? nificent scenery presented such attractions as to induce many to forego that favorite amusement and Substitute an excursion among the surrounding "hills. Thia charm? ing ?pot cannot bo too highly spoken of, with reference to its adaptability to pic-nie purposes, as all who have ever visited it can readily attest: and we arc pleased to state that arrangements arc about being made for a mammoth artair of the kind, in the course of a week or two. As there aro eifiht or nine hundred square feet of danc? ing room in the building, there need be no apprehensions of any one being compelled to play the unenviable part entitled the "wall flower." Think over the matter, la? dies, and have all the necessary arrange ? ments, so far as you are concerned, made at an early day. As for thc gentlemen, it will only be necessary to give them a hint of what is going on, and we will go security for their prompt attendance. NEW ADVKRTISKMEXTS. -Attention is call ed to the following advertisements, which an- published this morning for the first time: P. M. Mull-Mules, Ac, at Auction. J. C. McKeima-So Reward. Univarsity of South Carolina. Apply at this. Ortioe-Booma to lient. Gregg & Co.-Just Received. L. T. la vin- .Inst Received. Dr. C. H. Miot- New Goods. Apply at this Oflice-Lost. Applv at this Oftice- -Rooms to Rent. '? ' .. House for Sale. \V. K. Parker-Mule Taken Up. ToUeson ft Jannov- -New Goods. CONFLICT r.ETWEES THE CIVIL Ar THORTTTES ASD TUE MlLITAJRY IS KEN TUCKX-Thursday afternoon, Judge Ballard, of the United States District Court, Louisville, issued an order for the arrest of Genend J. C. Davis, for interfering with the course of public justice in disobeying the writ of It'ibeus corpus in the case of lsham Henderson. Marshal Meriwether wa*, resisted by Davis in attempting to enforce the order. The order against Davis is returnable in May. Attach? ments were also made against Major Generals George H. Thomas, lt. NV. Johnson, General W. D. Whipple, Provost Marshal of Tennessee, re tuntable at the next regular terni. Separate, attachments have been or? dered to be issued against. General Davis and Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Cooper for resisting the United States Marshal in the discharge of his duty. Bail WHS endorsed on each writ. Mar? shal Meriwether has notified the Pre? sident of the present position of affairs. Mr. Henderson was taken to Nashville by order of Genend Davis, notwithstanding the writ issued by Judge Ballard for his prosecution before the United States Court. The court-martial in the case of lsham Henderson assembled at Nashville, Tennessee, Thursday, Colonel W. H. Coyle, Judge Advocate of Kentucky, appeared as Mr. Henderson's conn sel, by permission of General Thomas. Colonel Coyle objected to a member of the court-martial, as having form ed an opinion adverse to the accused. The defence not being ready to pro ceed, the court adjourned till Fridaj .-? ? ? ? Among tho propositions for reiiei of broadway. New York, is one sm/ gestingthat Wall street be moved np to Caual street.