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NKW YOBK, Mf-y 23.-Cotton firm and
advancing-fair '8?10e. Gold 136$, and
advancing. ._' '_. ' ' ?. '
Tremciidoat ?Explosion.
A ti nu.ST A, May 23.-Tho temporary arse?
nal orectod after tho occupation of Macon
by tho United States forces as a place of
deposit for Confederate ordnance, stores,
was blown up on Monday afternoon. While
several freedmen -.vere engagod in drawing
fuses and extracting powder, one of tho
abolis exploded, followed in rapid succes?
sion by others, causing a tremendous ex?
plosion. Two freedmen were blown to
pieces, and ono or two others wounded.
Loss of property light.
Old ?nd New School Presbyterian
Assemblies.
ST. Louis, May 21.-Thc-Old and New
School Presbyterian Assemblies are in ses?
sion hore for tho first time since 1837, and
aro engaged in debating thc project of re?
union. Two Moderators presided, and
1,200 persons voted in favor of re-union.
It is definitely stated that measures will bo
instituted to effect the object immediately.
Destructive Conflagration.
NEW YortK, May 22.-Tho Academy of
Music, Lutheran Church, Medical Umver
sity, two piano forte factories aud other
buildings, on Fourteenth stroot, third"avo
nue, were destroyed by fire to-day. Max
Maretzek and Gran's Troups lost their va?
luable wardrobes and stage properties.
The estimated loss is from $3.000,000 to
$4,000,000. Several firemen were killed.
Congressional.
WASUINOTON, May 22.-Tho Senate to?
day passed the bill in relation to the public
lands in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Florida. It provides that
they shall bo disposed of according to the
homestead law of 18(52, without discrimi?
nation on account of color. Price of the
patent shall be $3. The privilege of se?
curing the land is allowed to persons whe
served in the Confederate army, on taking
the oath of allegiance.
The bankrupt bill passed tho House to?
day by a vote of 68 yeas to 50 nay?.
? ? ?
Additional from Earopr.
NEW TORE, May 22.-The following addi?
tional news is from the advices brought by
the Cuba.
Vienna telegrams report that Minister
Motcly protested against the further ship?
ment of Austrians to Mexico, and the
troops were then returned home on limited
furloughs. i
The financial panic in London culmi?
nated on the 10th inst., in the susponsian
of Messrs. Oversend, Gurney & Co., with
liabilities of ?10,000,000 to ?12,000,000.
Tho failure was caused by the speculative
sale of shares at a heavy discount. The
ran commenced by depositors, and tho
Bank of England declined assistance hi
consequence of the crisis.
Sir Morton Peto and Betts have failed for
?4,000,000. ' *
The suspension of the Liverpool Mercan
tilo Credit Association, and other heavy
failures, are reported.
There was intense excitement in finan?
cial circles, and business was almost sus?
pended.
The Government has resolved to sus?
pend the bank charter Act.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE RADICALS. |
Greeley's paper indignantly says : :
"The Johnston policy of getting !
control of the United States Senate !
by blocking the election of Senators ?
by Republican State legislatures, as
successfully and villainously played1
iu New Jersey, and villainously
imitated in Connecticut, it has been
fully determined in the Johnson
councils here to endeavor to apply to
the Republican majorities in the
Senates of New Hampshire and Ver?
mont to defeat or suspend in dead
locks men as radically and trust
worthily Republican as are Daniel
Clark and Justin S. Morril.
"The President to-day removed E.
L. Pierce, collector of internal revenue
at Boston, a well-known anti-slavery
man, and nominated a Washington
clerk."
"The removal of vol. Sloo, the
radical postmaster of Cairo, 111., is
announced. Col. Graham is named as
his successor."
PATTI'S FAREWELL TO PARIS.-A
correspondent thus describes '"the
darling's" farewell for the season:
The last performance was one un?
interrupted ovation from beginning
to end, upon a stage covered with
wreaths and hoquets. The oldest
habitues of the Italians never before
saw such a quantity of floral offer?
ings thrown at the feet of an artist,
and such was the avalanche after the
act of "Don Pasquale," in which the
exceptional qualities of Patti's in?
comparable voice are displayed to
tho greatest advantage, that a squad
of chorus singers was obliged to carry
off the mountains of lilacs and roses
thrown upon the stage. The stage
boxes of the opera house were occu?
pied by the most fanatical of the
diva's admirers.
Newspaper accounts from Texas,
Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South
and North Carolina, represent the
growing crop of cotton as seriously
injured by the recent cold weather
and heavy rains and overflow of the
cotton lands, and bad and di fective
seed, which in great measure failed,
in many cases, to germinate.
The strike of the ship carpenters
und joiners for eight hours labor per
day has now reached the eighth week
of its existence, and appears to be as
firmly persisted in as ever.
In the Louisiana parishes which
have been overflooded, great distress
prevails, and half the people aro
without food, Relief is going from
tho city.
Eighty-seven cases of anns were
seized by the Government at Erie,
Penn., belonging to tho Fenian Se?
nate.
Lemuel Cook, a Revolution hero,
aged 102 years, died at Clarendon on
Sunday.
i . sg m ... ;
The New York Pos?, a radical
paper, in speaking about the mor?
tality of the negroes since the war,
uttered a very cold-blooded senti?
ment. Says tho Post-: "If they have
fair play and die ont naturally, no one
need trouble' himself about them."
In other words, we suppose tho Post
means if the cholera and small-pox,
drunkenness, starvation, tho -halter
for their crimes and the*bullet for
their riots, weed them ont in conse?
quence of the positron in which their
friends have placed them, "no one
need be troubled;" as in all these
cases they would "die out naturally!"
This reasoning is very convenient for
the purpose of allaying remorse and
the pangs of a guilty conscience, but
a plea of this sort will not avail when
radicalism shall come up for trial be?
fore the bar of humanity aud Hea?
ven. The wrongs and sufferings of
the poor negroes cannot then be
shuffled from tho properly responsi?
ble shoulders or placed upon the
back of "nature."
Somebody will have to be "trou?
bled" about the "deep damnation of
the negro's taking off," and evidence
is not wanting that tho radicals are
becoming alarmingly apprehensive in
regard to their responsibility. It is
rather too late for them to invoke the
aid of "nature" to get away from
their guilt. They have long since
taken the destiny of the negro out of
thc hands of "nature" and the South,
and no one will now dispute their
claims to work out the difficulties of
this black problem to their own com?
fort and satisfaction. Tho question
was one which gave tho South?
ern people much anxious care and
thought, even in their days of peace?
ful prosperity. But while the war
lins brought other cares, it has re?
lieved us of this, and we should now
rejoice at it. Let it be understood
that the South is no longer responsi?
ble for thc negro; his destiny is out
of our hands. His fate now rests
with radicalism. Nobody intends to
come between Cuffee aud his peculiar
friends. Let us wait and see what
they will do with him. They are
already exceedingly annoyed by this
African puzzle, and it is very certain
that their embarrassment will not di?
minish with the lapse of time. Hands
off. Lot us watch the radicals. Lot
no one interfere.-Richmond Times.
Tun PRESIDENT AND THE FREED?
MEN'S BUREAU.-The order of the
President for the arrest of all officers
of the Freedmen's Bureau found cul?
tivating plantations in tl?e Southern
States has created an unusual com?
motion among the faithful in Con?
gress. The friends of tho negro in
Congress- that is, the friends of the
new system of taking care of negroes
developed by Messrs. Stecdmau and
Fullerton-do not understand what
right President Johnson has to inter?
fere with an institution ordained by
an Act of Congress. They consider
his watchfulness over the poor freed?
men as an unwarrantable interference
with their peculiar prerogatives.
Tiley have declared solemnly that tho
I President is not nore tho friend of the
! negro, and they are chagrined that he
' should undertake to protect tjiese
I new-made citizens of African descent
. from any outrage whatever, particu
! larly if it should bo perpetrated by
I ono of those appointed by that emi
j neut philanthropist and Christian
! gentleman, tho hoad of tho Freed
! meu s Bureau, lt is whispered about
; the halls of Congress that ono reason
! why tho President's recent order linds
I so much disfavor is, that certain ex
', tremely radical Senators and mein
1 hers of Congress, who are imbued
with somewhat of thc notorious Ynn
! kee speculative spirit, are directly
' and largely interested in some of thc
j farms or plantations that are being
j cultivated in the South under the
j auspices of tho Freedmen's Bureau,
i and that they fear the arrest of their
! agents or partners may occasion dis?
closures which might not only be
uncomfortableiudividually, but would
i make an ugly record for tho radical
partv before the people.
; ' I Notional Intelligencer, 19///.
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> H EAVY L< ?ss TO THE UNITED STATES.
? A telegram from Washington, of the
1st h. says:
Tho fact has been developed that
upwards of $400,000 Government
\ money, by som.J means or other,
j were placed last summer in the hands
of a man named Carlton, and by him
I used in the purchase of cotton, w hich
was then selling at seventy cents a
i pound. The cotton was consigned to
j a firm in New York for sale, when the
: price of the article suddenly fell to
! forty-five cents, and the result was
that the firm failed, and the Govern?
ment los! nearly 8500,000. Consider?
able curiosity is manifested to learn
by what authority the money was
originally placed in Carlton's hands
for such investment.
BAD FOR THE CHI ia H. We hear it
stated that th?- President of tho ex?
ploded Merchants' National Pauk
subscribed $5,000 to the new Metro?
politan Church, on condition that the
funds of the enterprise should be de?
posited in his bank. This was done,
to the extent of 810,000, and it is
stated to be a total loss, tho subscrip?
tion of 85,000 not having bei n paid.
j Washington Slur.
PRACTICAL. WORKING OF THE CIVIL
RIGHTS LAW.- The first practical
operation of civil rights law that has
..onie to light in this region of coun?
try, we learn, occurred in a neighbor?
ing County u week or moro ago. A
negro girl swore her child to a white
mun.-Danton (Md.) Union.
President Johnson's Policy-Whal'i
to bc Done?
"All is quiet on tho Potomac."
Washington is fast relapsing into its
usual summer dullness. A stranger
within its gates .would hardly suspect
that the Whito House is under a
siege, save by the office-seekers. Nor
can we exactly determine the present
posture of affairs between Congress
and the Administration. "We know
that while the two houses thus far
have pursued the aggressive system
of warfare, tho President has main?
tained a defensive attitude; and that
while the radicals are gradually ad?
vancing their lines of approach, he
remains patiently within his citadel.
We know that while his enemies are
resolute and active, his supporters in
Congress and in tho Cabinet arc
timid, vacillating and unreliable. Mr.
Johnson, in short, is in the position
of a chieftain without au army, a
President without a party; and this,
too, when the prevailing public sen?
timent of the country is clearly with
him and his simple and acceptable
policy of Southern restoration.
This is a singular state of things
but there is something still more cu
rions and remarkable in the fact that,
against an actual majority in thc
House opposed to the reconstructior
scheme of Stevens and his commit
tee, they have carried it by a vote o
1 two-thirds upon the record. Th<
sectiou of universal disfranchisemen
j till July, 1870. of the late rebellion
i Southern people, is the distinguish
; ing feature of the scheme of Stevens
1 Without this section his plau is but ?
rehash of tho President's policy
clumsily put together. Upon thi
! third section, as upon the distric
negro suffrage bill, a test vote indi
j cated an actual majority against th
radicals; but, between juggling con
! perheads and slippery conservatives
Stevens first reversed this major?t
and then carried his point by the rt
quired two-thirds vote.
Thus it has been demonstrated thu
of tho, three political factious c
which this Congress is made up, th
only one possessing anything c
moral courage, consistency and stone
in ess of purpose is the radical fa?
tiou. Tho conservative republics
faction, as engineered by the tradin
firm of Seward, Weed and Raymout
is but a faction of lobby jobbers au
professional riders of two or tbr<
horses at a time. Mr. Raymond, :
his course in Congress, in speakii
on one side and voting "on both, ai
all in the same afternoon, is a in
i sample of this conservative factio
I The copperhead faction, still inflame
j with the poisonous dregs of tho Cl
i cago Convention, still umbu- their o
I delusion that the war was a failui
! are still intent upon discord and rev
j lotion, fire, sword, confusion, am
i chy, anything for a new shuffle
I their old democratic cards. Th
j glorify Johnson, they exalt him
j the seventh beaven: but they vi
I for Stevens. If they can recove r t
I spoils and plunder of tho Govei
i ment by knocking the heads of Jol
j son and Stevens together, and
tearing the Union war party to piec
what care they though the natioi
! credit, the Union and the States ?
I consumed in the Hames of auotl
j civil war? The first was a failure
i them, the second may be a slice?
j What other chance have they?
Now, without a party in Congre
! with less than the faithful corpon
! guard of John Tyler in either bran
? what can President Johnson ?
! Then; is an anti-radical majority
' the House, but it is made np of
i structivo copperheads and trad
j conservatives. Roth sets, as occas
! may serve, are at tho service of ?
i vens. Thus situated, what can 1
sident Johnson do? 1K>? He
; do as Scipio did to get Hannibal
I of Italy. He can carry the war i
! Africa. What can he do? He
, do what Jackson did when the
; trigues of Calhouu threatened
; policy of the Administration. He
' dismiss his Cabinet, from first toi
j and appoint a new one. He can \
j the role of Jackson, or drift into
j wake of Tyler and Fillmore.
I people are with bini; but. like I
j enies, they require him first to
; his own .shoulder to thc wheel.
people are confused with the ?lise?
! ant elements of the existing Gabi
, As the embodiment of the Preside
J policy, it means anything that is n
j convenient for easy sailing with C
gress. It begs tho question.
Seward belongs to un age thu
past; Mr. Stanton w-^-s fi good
i Secretary; but the war is over,
j is out of his element now. an
j with the rest of them. In appb
an old Cabinet to a new ordei
? things, the President is putting
I wine into obi bottles; when th?'
mentation commences, the <>M g
? skins will explode.
Let President Johnson try the
j p?riment of a sortie. Let him disi
Iiis Cabinet, root and branch, and
I point a new one from such V?
war materials as (?rant, Shem
Tilomas, Sheridan. Hancock. Fi
gut. Porter and others, who I
proved their faith by their wo
and let the Senate reject them it
dare. Rut such a Cabinet will n<
rejected, lt will surely be confin
and it will thus bring the army
navy, our fighting soldiers and t
?ionic guard, two millions of v<
in the Northern Statis, into dj
rapport with th?* Administration
the President's policy, lt will b
up these three disturbing faction
Congress, and it will throw Ste
and his radicals into a powerless
nor i ty.
Providence, according to an
proverb, helps those who help them?
selves. Circumstances are the mas?
ters of weak men, but the servants of
the resolute. John Tyler was a rep?
resentative of the one class, and An?
drew Jackson of the other. Presi?
dent Johnson may, as he elects,
j be the ono or tho other. The ex?
amples of both are before him, and
he is free to take his choice. We can
only urge him to take the reins in bis
I hands, like Jackson, if ho would avoid
j the decline and fall of poor Tyler-a
1 fate almost as melancholy as that of
i poor Pierce or Buchanan.
[New York Hendel.
CONFEDERATE GENERALS LN NEW
ORLEANS. -From a very interesting
New Orleans lotter which appeared in
thc columns of the Memphis Ava?
lanche, we make the following ex?
tracts of interest to our readers:
i I learn from a general officer of the
"so-called" that there aro twenty
eight doing business here who wort
tho sbire and wreath. Among then
are Gen. Beauregard; Lieut. Gen
Longstreet, President Southern anc
Western Accidental Insurance Com
puny; Gen. Hood, firm of J. B
Hood cv; Cu., cotton and commissioi
I merchants; Lieut. Gen. A. P. Stew
art, now Stewart & Brothers, cottoi
and commission merchants; and Maj
i Gen. Frank Gardner, draftsman
I Maj. Gen. S. B. Buckner, of the tiru
of Phelps <.t Co., cotton factors, am
I editorially connected with the Crt
scent; Brig. Gen. Henry Hays, candi
date for Sheriff; Maj. Gen. Josep!
Wheeler, of the cavalry, selling cai
l iages, buggies, Ste. ; Brig. Gen. M
Jell' Thompson, the famous "Swam
Fox," of Missouri, firm of Thorny,
son A: Power, grocers and eommissio
merchants, who avows that he is no
as docile as a kitten-would not hui
anybody-and is thoroughly recoi
structed, and puts up the best nrticl
of old Bourbon in the market; Ma
Gen. Loring, of Banks A' Loriiij
cotton factors; Brig. Gen. Dai
, Adams, lawyer; Brig. Gen. Hun
! ph rey Marshall, lawyer, w ho looks ;
! corpulent and interesting as eve
! Bi ig. ( reu. Garner, Bragg's t hief
. stall', grocer and commission rn?
chant; Brig. Gen. McNair, grocc
I Brig. Gen. Hawthorne, cotton facto
\ Gen. Trudeau, the old artillery t
j fleer, now practicing medicine; Bri
. Gen. Frank Armstrong, planting ne
! the city; Maj. Gen. D. H. Maury, i
ia turpentine place; Brig. Gen. Kin
! of Texas, dry goods clerk; Gen. J
I Davis, ship chandler; lirig. Ch
! Higgins, running drays; Tom Seo
lof tho old 12th Louisiana, and C
Walton, of the famous Washingt
Artillery, are doing business here.
! MR. DAVIS EXONERATED nv 1
BITTEREST ENEMIES.- The New Y<
Times makes the following announ
j meut, which will not surprise a
I man who knows Mr. Davis, so far
the fact is concerned, though it n
surprise them to learn that radical:
I tho House ol' Representatives li;
even so much grace loft:
"It is reported upon good authoi
' timi the ?Judiciary Committee li
! come to tho conclusion that the <
dence produced before them does
warrant the charge that Jeff. Davi
' guilty of complicity in the assassi
tion of Mr. Lincoln."
The Fortress Monroe correspo
i ont of tho Heralds&ys:
? "Mr. Davis expressed great :
, prise at the brevity and compara
simplicity of tho indictment,
evidently expected to lind it a in
more elaborate paper, and emb<
ing a great multiplicity of cha:
against him, including not only
grave one of inciting and direc
th.- rebellion, but tho grave ace
tions of instigating the assassina
of President Lincoln, conducting
'Canada raids, setting on foot
wholesale incendiary schemes aga
Northern cities, authorizinganu
trolling tho piratical expeditions
tin- high seas that played such hi
with our maritime commerce. &
selling and abetting the inhuman
practiced upon our prisoners
short, as being tho head and f
and impersonation of the rebel!
alni all the battles and loss of
and waste of money, and sutler
and miseries growing out o:
Seeing but tho single count th
brought against him, I am asst;
gives him moro abiding hope
favorable result to himself in his.
ing trial. Each day only inert
: his anxiety for the speedy appr
j of tin- time of bib trial."
A TRIP TO EUROPE AT GOVERN;
EXPENSE. -It is reported that C
Fox, the Assistant Secretary of
Navy, will soon leave for Europ
the ironclad monitor Miantono
for the purpose of personally pre
ing to tiie Emperor ol' Kassia
resolution of Congresscongratuh
him on his escape from the han
an assassin, lt is generally bel:
iii Europe that ono of our mor
e.innot cross the Atlantic.
Ob, Capt. Fox! Why do you
say at once you want tho United H
to give you a European trip and
your lull? Tho pretext of convii
: sceptical foreigners of tl o sea ?
qualities of your monitor is too
cillons. However, it will look
for Captain Fox, tho represent
of fr?-.-America, to congratulate
Russian Czar, especially in refe
to the suppression of tin- late 1
rebellion !-Richmond Times.
Tho Boston Post says that "?
Anna hasn't come here for any \
cul purpose, but to get his we
leg that Barnum has been show
EircnO**??*? In Europe.
The increasing probability of a
European war, involving three powers
at the commencement, and ultimate?
ly, perhaps, several others, has had
the effect to create commercial hesi?
tation and financial distrust, and a
genei al desire for the realization of,
capital. Of- course all Government
securities, including those of the
United States, have declined in price.
A demand for gold has caused a re?
turn of some of our railway stocks,
and even of our five-twenties.* A.
slight decline iu the price of cotton is j
also noticed as very important to our
exchanges.
The price of breadstuffs does not,
however, rise in European markets.
There ia so much more in Liverpool
and Havre, than in Kew York that it
is being imported in considerable
quantities from those ports at a very
fair profit. Shipments of flour made
from this country have been ordered
back. We can send nothing to Eu?
rope from our granaries, except a
little cora, of -which fortunately we
have a.surplus. Breadstuffs are higher
here than anywhere abroad, and
wheat and flour are deficient in sup?
ply. The cause is patent to ali. It
is the redundancy of paper money
which has tho effect to exaggerate the
prices of all products. Labor starve?
upon high wages. It was shown in !
the report ot' the Secretary of the
Treasury of the finances, and also by
the statement accompanying it, from j
Dr. Eider, that thu cost ot producing j
breadstuffs is always much enhanced
I by an increase of currency, and that i
I in every period of currency inflation |
j tin; price of breadstuffs advanced to j
such a rate that their exportation is j
diminished or suspended. The paper
circulation is now probably at its
height, and will hereafter be reduced
by withdrawal, or absorbed to a con?
siderable extent by the Southern
States. Bread will be cheaper and
wages lower in the course of a year or
two. Meanwhile, insteud of feeding
European nations, they will contri?
bute out of their abundance to feed
us. They may have bread to sparc
for a nation at pi*ace, while they are
engaged in war. Especially is this
j so, if there are not proper facilities at
i cheap rates of transport to tho Atlan
i tic borders from the West,
i The rage for speculation, which is
I caused by a great increase of curreu
I ey. is unfavorable to regular industry,
and thus it has happened that at
times when speculation was rife pro
? Auction languished. In 1837, when
j money was as plenty as forest leaves,
j we had to import our breadstuffs
i from Europe, from the Baltic and the
j Mediterranean. This has also been
! the experience of other countries,
', and at various times. In the early
j part of the tenth century, France
tried t he experiment o? paper money
j to a wide extent. One of the eonse
j quencos was a deficiency in the sup
j ply of bread, and a threatened famine
in Paris. Only coarse brown bread
i could be procured there for several
j months; and in the very palace of
j Versailles families fed on oatmeal
bread.-Nati<>n-t! FiitftUigencei'.
- - ? > ?
Meeting in PU Had el pfc 1M.
The Academy of Music, in Phila.
j delphia, was crowded on the night of
j the 14th instant, by an euthuastic
i audience of ladies and gentlemen, to
listen t>> addresses by Senators
Cowan and Doolittle, in support of
the President. Henry Simous, Esq.,
occupied the chair. Mr. Doolittle,
after treating of the subject of rebel
! lion, and .the present issue before the
j country, declared that the man who
I denies the union of the States under
; the Constitution is himself a dis
j unionist. He refuted the many cal
! ninnies, as he styled them, that had
' been raised against the personal cha
; racter of the President, and express?
ed bis firm belief, established by per
j son.tl experience, that no man was
' moro assiduously and conscientiously
j engaged in the discharge of his duty,
i than Andrew Johnson. ile illus
! trated the policy of President Lin
? coln in the recommendation of Louis
; iana and Arkansas, as to admission
: into tin: Union, which had been en
\ dorsed at the Baltimore Convention,
j and by a majority of both houses of
? Congress a year ago, to show that the
i Johnson policy was not a new one,
i but an obedience to the wishes of the
; Union party. Instead of the Presi
; dent proving ftdse, the men who were
i now attempting to lead it were per?
verting its grand objects and inten?
tions-the restoration of the Union
and tin- enforcements of the laws.
I Mr. Cowan followed in an eloquent
' argument in defence of sustaining tin1
I laws, by virtue of which the rebellion
had been crushed. The President's
plan of reconstruction relies at once
j upon the authority of the Constitu
? tion-the law of the land. If the
Southern people had not forgotten
this, there would have been no rebel?
lion. He was opposed to any amend?
ment to the Constitution ut the pro
I sent time. As endorsers of ; he Pre?
sidents policy, he mentioned Se ard,
; Stanton, Welies, Grant, Sherman,
Meade, Hancock and others, whose
i names were vociferously cheered. On
! the other band, in opposition, he
placed the Haines of Stevens, Butler
and others, the mention of which
elicited hisses and slight applause
His hope was in the. virtue and integ?
rity of the people, both North ami
South. The Southern people had
suffered severely, and now was the
time to extend mercy, after they had
surrendered to the law. After other
speeches by distinguished gentlemen
the meeting adjourned.
The exporte of specie from New
York for the week ending on Satur?
day last were $8,763,29&-the largest
shipment over made in the same
length of time, aud over $300,004)
more than the total exports for the
present year up to May 12.
Old Thad., in a recent speech on
admitting tho Southern members,
said: 'I do not want to sit side by
side with men whose garments smell
of tho blood of my kindred." The
old sinner is more accustomed to the
odor fV Afrique.
i Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Fortress
Monroe, and Gen. J. C. Breckiuridge,
of Canada, are among the honorary
managers of the Chapel Hill Balk on
the evening of June 7.
Halleck telegraphs from California
that there is no truth in the reported
massacre of United States soldiers in
Arizona.
Women aro now forbidden by law
to serve in drinking saloons in New
York.
What lady is acquainted with sur?
gery? Ann Atomy.
COM .MK UCIA I.. ANU FINANCIAL..
AUGUSTA, May 22.-The cotton market
has been very unsettled to-day, with a good
demand, and not much disposition to sell.
A few Hale? were made at prices ranging
from 32?S5o; fine cotton will bring 86c.
There has been a good demand for gold,
with a lively market. Brokern have been
paying 129 and selling at 131.
CINCINNATI, May 19.-Corn quiet, at 68?
59c. Oats 46@47c. Rye declined to 75?
80c. Provisions quiet; mess pork ?old to
! the extent of 200 bbl?., at $30.25?$30.50.
Bacon 17?3;l9o. Lard dull, at 21fcc. Cot?
ton heid at 35?37c, but these rates being
above tho vicwa of buverB, but little waa
done. Gold 1294.
I KT. Lons, May 13.-Flour weak, at $7.50
i @$13. Wheat heavy and lower, at $1.81?
$2.40 Corn lower, at 67?75c. Oats heavy,
at 42'<?4Gc. Lard lesa timi, at 22@22Jo., in
I kegs.
SHIP NEWS.
ronr OF CHARLESTON, MAY 23.
ARBIYED YESTEHDAT.
Steamship Quaker City, Weat, New York.
Steamship Cumberland, Reid, Baltimore.
Brig Hazzard, Cottrell, Boston,
ling Chimborazo. Hatch, Bath, Me.
Sehr. Mary, Kirby, Baltimore.
WENT To BEA Y ESTERDAY.
Sehr. A. FI. Loaming, Ludlam, Phila.
Kein. Julia F. Oaniage, Rockport, Me.
Br. sehr. Alert, Mann, a port in Cuba.
MARRIED,
On the 22d inst., by thc Rev. William T.
' Caporn, at the residence of the bride's
; father, Mr. JAMES H. NELSON, of Au
? guata, Ga., to Miss MARY L. DAVIS, of
thia city.
Auction Sales,
i . ...._. .
Auction Sale of Public Animals.
Tili ) Ko sold, in front of the CoLlege Cam
! L pu?, at Columbia, S. C., at 10J a. m.,
j on SATURDAY, Mav 26, 1806,
! Sixteen (16) MULES.
; Elf nen (15) HORSES.
Terms cash, in United Statea currency.
Rv order Rrov.4 Lt. Col. A. W. THOMAS.
! (Signed.) THOMAS BRITTON,
lht Lieut. (Uh U. S. Iufv, A. A. Q. M.
I May 18 _ "_
SHERIFF'S SALE.
BY virtue of a writ of fiei? facias to me
directed, I will sell, before tho Court
? House in Columbia, within tho legal hours,
on the FIRST MONDAY and TUESDAY in
June next.
Thc following PROPERTY, viz:
Four pin of Crude Turpentine, of the
following dimensions, viz:
One pit -10x15 feet, C feet deep.
Two pits, each 30x15 feet, 6 feet deep.
One pit. 10x15 fret, 6 feet deep.
On the plantation formerly known au
Hocott .Y Rawlinson, on the South Carolina
Railroad, six miles from Columbia. Le?
vied on as tho property of Daniel D. Ho?
cott, ut the suit of thc Bank of Camden,
S. C., vs. Daniel D. Hocott.
Terms cash. J. E. DENT, 8. R. D.
May 15, 1866. May 17 t
JANNEY & T0LLES0N
II
WE just received 200 lbs. tine COUN?
TRY MAY BUTTER.
ALSO.
Several cases of Old COGNAC BRANDY.
May 24_
Acacia Lodge No. 94, A. F. M.
A regular communication of thia
.Lodge will be held TH IS EVENING,
23d inst., at 8 o'clock, at Odd Fel?
lows- ?all. Rv onhr of the W. M.
JOHN L. BO AT WRIGHT. Scc'rv.
Mav 21 1
'I
TEN' hhds. SIDES and SHOULDERS,
b tierces pun: LARD.
30 bMs. Southern FAMILY FLOUR.
With various other goods of standard
brands and qualities, just received and for
sale low by C. H. BALDWIN.
May 24 ' _2_
Sugar, Teas, Sec.
?) HHDS. BLOWN SUGAR-lower thangi
", ever. - "
libls. Crushed, A and C Refined Sugars.
Teas-fresh, various grades. , /
For sale at FAIR TRICES bv
Mav 24 2 C. H. BALDWIN.
CHOICE ld. ML
4TIERCES "DAVIS* DIAMOND"-ibe
American West pb aha Ham. W
4 tubs choice MAY BUTTER.
Pickled Tongues, Smoked Beef.
Choice breakfast Bacon.
Received to-day and for salo at FAIR
PRICES bv C. H. BALDWIN, g
Mav 24 ' 2 *
No rice.
VTINETY days aftei date. I will appl.
.il the proper authorities f"t ar?
. >i the fallowing certificates ol ItffiP
have been destroyed to wit: Cc^ti
No - -, for twenty shares Soath'-w?
Railroad and Bank; certificate*?io.
twenty whole shares south- Carolin*
road; certificate No. -, for twentj
abares South Carolina Railroa?
May 24 lm.o3m.os J