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V&l*>mrr*T?%*~ V Jtewr? Iteres. CHARLESTON, January 31.-Arrived -the ship Wataoga, Philadelphia; Bohooner A. E. Crammer, Boston. Sailed-Steamer E. B. Souder, New York; schooner D* B. Warner, New York: anhorm?* Rh?l/>h, OieufnegCS. Tho military have instr neted the civil authorities to arrest Mackey, sou of the President, who assaulted a reporter on Monday. SAVANNAH, January 31.-The ship Jjono Star, for Hilton Head, with ten passengers and three deck hands, left here op Tuesday, and w?s clown ont to sea. v She was Overhauled by the bark ftnreka, from Antwerp. Only three .?were saved, 'uno* they were in such> an exhausted condition, they can't tell what b?tame' of the others -all negroes. It is stated that a military commis? sion will proceed, on Monday next, to investigate certain charges alleged against the Mayor of Savannah. MONMOUTH, III., January 31.-A negro, named Marshall, while at? tempting to break jail, was shot dead. FRANKFORT, KT., January 81.-A negro raped an Irish girl, fifteen years old, and then threw her over an embankment, breaking her shoulder. The people hung the negro. HARRISBURG, January 31.-A broken rail threw the Eastern bennd passenger train off. Four cars_were binned. Aimil Duggua, of Jfiiis burg, wes killed and several others slightly barned. The Naples despatch reporting the falling in of Vesuvius is bogus. Congressional. WASHINGTON, January 31.-In the House , Elliot reported a bill con timi? ng the Freedmen's Bureau. A reso? lution, withdrawing the assent of Ohio to the fourteenth section, was presented. The Judiciary Commitee has been ordered to report on the law question involved. The conference report on the cotton tax was adopted. It abolishes the tax after 1867-tariff after November 1,1868; vote 104 to 43. In the Senate, Ohio's withdrawal of assent to the ameudment created a sensation. Johnson argued, with others, that assent could not be with? drawn. Reconstruction was resumed. District matters were considered. It is stated that the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is ad? verse to an immediate report on tho Supreme Court bill. The Reconstruction Conventions. CHARLESTON, January 31. -Nothing of general importance was done in the Convention to-dav. Adjourned to Monday. $12,000 'in State bills have been received from the State Treasurer, for expenses of members of the Convention. RALEIGH, Jannary 31.-Tho Con veutiou yesterday adopted, with slight amendments, the article on Governor and other Executive State Officers, as reported. A committee of five was ruined to report names of persons entitled to be relieved from political disabilities. To-day, the report of the Committee on Militia was considered in Committee of the Whole; it requires every able-bodied male citizen, between the ages of twenty-one and forty years, withont distinction of color, to perform mili? tia duty, except those who have reli? gions scruples. The reporter of the new Daily Carolinian was expelled from the nail by the President for the use of the term "nigger," in its report. The Convention, by a test vote, laid Mr, Durham's resolution, in favor of a general amnesty, upon the table. RICHMOND, January 81.-The Con? vention adopted several additional articles. The report of the Financo Committee was adopted; one of them Providing for the settlement with the tate of West Virginia about her share of the State debt, and the ap? propriation of the amount, when paid, to the payment of the public debt of Virginia. ATLANTA, Jannary 31.-The bill of rights was completed to-day by the Convention, and the subject of relief debated without any definite results. Mrs. Mary Holland, of Vinton, Ohio, lias hud her son Thomee ar? rested on a charge of perjury, in swearing that he was twenty-one years old, in order to obtain a mar? riage license. The fond mother is bitterly opposed to tho match, and says she would rather see Thomas go to tho penitentiary than to marry the woman he intended to. It is estimated that there are about 12,000,000 copies of newspapers print? ed daily. r FINANCIAL AND COK?MIER.CIAL. j NEW TOBE, January 81-Noon.- | Flonr and wheat doll and unchanged. Corn slightly favors buyers. Oats lo. j lower. Mess pork 21 }j,. Lard 13@ @14. Cotton firmer, at 19 J?. Gold 40k. 7 P. M.-Cotton more active and ?rm; sales 7,000 bales, at 19} ?. Flour and wheat quiet and firm. Corn less active-Southern white 1.24@1.2& Freights firm. Gold 40K. BALTIMORE, January 31.-Cotton firm, at 183?. Oom dull-white 1.16; yellow 1.15@1.16. Lard 18%@14. CHARLESTON, January 31.-Cotton active and improved '.{c.-middling 18; sales 1,100 bales. SAVANNAH, January 31.-Cotton opened active, but closed quiet and firm; sales 2.064 bales-middling 18},<; receipts 2,601. AUGUSTA, January 81.--Cotton opened irregular; sales 405 bales, at 17}^@17^; receipts 614; market closed quiet. NEW ORLEANS, January 31.-Mid? dling cotton 18}?@18}?; sales to-day 4,200 bales; yesterday, not quoted, 1,200; receipts 3,500; sales of the week 23,500; receipts 22,800; stock 88,417. MOBILE, January 31.-Soles of cot? ton to-day 4,200 bales; market dosed firm, at 17}<@17}?; receipts 1,104; sales of the week 15,950; receipts 16.3fift: LONDON, January 31-Noon. Consols 93%. Bonds quiet, at 72 }?. The bullion in the Bank of England has increased ?119,000. LIVERPOOL, January 31-3 P. M. Cotton active and firm-prices unal? tered; sales of tho week 113,000 bales, of which exporters took 19,000 and speculators 12,000; stock 396,000, whereof 146,000 are American; Bom? bay shipments to the '24tb, 31,000 bales. Manchester advices favorable. A man was buried in Albany a few days ago who, it was said, had died from a wound accidentally inflicted upon his face while shaving. It is now thonght that he, with others, was engaged in the commission of a burglary somewhere upon the line of the Susquehanna Railroad, and that he was shot by an inmate while at? tempting to enter the house. The Kansas Legislature has memo? rialized Congress to prohibit, by law, the sale of large bodies of loud to one person, and asking that railroad companies owning lands received from Congress shall be forced to put them into the market. A fiendish outr.tge was perpetrated at a tavern near Bramtou, C. YV., on the 24th. A mau recovering from an attack of delirium trem? ? i was lying in front of a flre-plac. when some young men laid shavings ??round him and burned him to dont h. One of the New York papers, meaning to illustrate the slippery condition of tho side-walks of that oity, said that people had to walk "hipity-hop," lest they should go "flipity-flop," which is accurate, if not elegant. At Vicksburg, fires aro becoming so frequent that the insurance com ?anies are cancelling their policies, ho city council has passed an ordi? nance enrolling all able-bodied citi? zens in a body, to bo known as a special city police. -A midnight elopement in New York was frustrated by a cat, who frightened the young lady into a fainting fit, as she was going down stairs to meet tho expected lover at the door. Mejia is a regular fire-eater. He was taken ou*, of his bed to fight a duel with Garza, and shot his man sitting in a chair, at twenty paces. Then he was put to bed happy, again. Garza died. J. G. "Wheeler, of the firm of Gam? ble k Co., stationers, at Nashville, was severely bruised last Monday, from tho effects of a shock received while opening a lettor he received through the post office. A father-in-law was recently killed by his son-in-law at Huntsville, Tennessee. Buutin, the son-in-law, was a blacksmith ; and Britton, the father-in-law. wa*1 employed to work .with him. John G. Barry, who has worked at the case, in Holly Springs, thirteen ?pars, recently left for Vicksburg, [e is in his eighty-third year, and his first efforts at typo setting was a notice of tho death of Washington. Work on the Cologne Cathedral, suspended three centuries ago, will bo resumed next spring. The next Presidential election will be the twenty-first. COLUMBIA, MARKET. Report for Week ending Friday, January 81 PHCBNIX O?TIOK, COLUMBIA, fi. C., FKB. 1. The oottoc market baa boen Ter; brisk daring tho paat week, with a gradnal ria* from day to day until tho eloee. Wa now quote middling 1G?16.}. Tho eal** of the week foot np 602 balee, as follows: 15 at ta ir 41 at 13}; 46 at 18J; 86 at 14; 15 at 14J; 28 at 14}; 60 at 15; 20 at 154; 103 at 16}; 68 at 15J; 57 at 16; 63 at lGj; 15 at 16}; 8 at 10}; 8 at 17c. . V? There has been no material change in other ai tides of country produce. The following buying rates of South Ca? rolina Bank Notes, is prepared by Gregg, Palmer & Co., Brokers: Bank of Camden.15 Bank of Charleston. .6 Bank of Chester.7 Bank of Georgetown.10 Bank of Nowberry. .25 Bank of South Carolina. 8 Bank of State of South Carolina, [old,].. 17 Bank of State of South Carolina, [new,]. 1 Bank of Hamburg. 6 Commercial Bank. . 1 Exchango Bank. 9 Planters' Bank. 4 Farmers and Exchange Bank. 1 State Bank. 1 Union Bank.65 South-WcBtcrn Railroad Bank, [old,]_<20 1 People's. .85 Planters and Mechanics.16 Merchants'.7 IVholcMle Prices Current. OORRECTBO WEEKLY BY THE COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. APPLES-Per buBhel.l 25 (31 50 BAU ti LNG-Gunny, per yard.. ? 27 Dundee " ? 30 BALE ROPE-Manilla, per lb.. 26 ? N.Y. or West, " 15 ? 16 BUTTER-Northern, per lb.. ? 65 Country, " .. 85 @ 40 BACON-Hams, per lb. 20 @ 22 Sides " . 15J? 16 Shoulders, " . 14 @ 15 BRICKS-Per 1,000. 9 00@12 00 CANDLES-Sperm,per lb ... 87? 45 Adamantine, " .. 22 @ 23 Tallow, .? .. 18 @ 20 COTTON YARN-Per bunch. .1 60 @1 75 COTTON-Strict Middling, pr lb 16|@ Middling, " 16 ? 161 Low Middling, " 151? 161 Good Ordinary, " 141? 15} Ordinary. " 12$? 14 CHEESE-English Dairy, per lbl9 ? 20 factory, " 19 ? 20 COFFEE-Rio, per lb. 24? 26 Laguayra, '*. 28 ? 30 Jars, '?.... 40 ? 45 FLOUR-Country, pet bbl.. .14 C0@14 50 GRAIN-Corn, per bush.1 25? Wheat, " .1 65?2 00 Oats, " . 60? 65 Peas, " . 90@1 00 HAY-Northern, per ewt. Eastern " . HIDES-Dry, per lb.12}? 18 Green, " . 8 INDIGO-Carolina.1 00? 1 25 LARD-Per lb.16J? 18 LUMBER-Boards, por 100 ft.. 1 50 Scantling, " 1 50 Shingles, per 1,000.. 2 75 LIME-rer bbl.2 70@2 80 MOLASSES-Cuba, per gallon. 58?60 Now Orleans, " 1 00?1 25 Sugar HOUBO. " .. .75? I 25 NAILS-Per keg.6 75@8 00 ONIONS-Fer bushel. @2 00 OIL-Kerosene, per gallon. 60? 70 Machinery " _ 75?1 00 POTATOES-Irish, per bushel. 1 75?2 00 Sweot. " . 60f?3 75 RICE-Carolina, por lb. 0? ll East India, " . 8PECIE-Gold.1 33(01 34 SU ver.1 25? 1 30 SHOT, per bag. @3 50 SPIRITS-Alcohol, por gallon 6 t>0 Brandv, " .4 00@12 00 Holland Gin, " .. .5 00?7 00 Amorican " " .. .3 58?4 00 Jamaica Rum, " .. .6 00?7 00 N. E. " .? .. .8 50?3 75 Bourbon Whiskey,. .3 50@4 50 Monongahela " . .3 75?4 00 Rectified "...2 50@2 75 SALT-Liverpool, per sack.2 50? SOAP-For lb. 9 @ 12 SUGAR- CruBhcd, per lb.19 ? 19* Powdered, " .19 ? 191 Brown. '? .121? 171 STARCH-Per lb.10? 12| TEA-Green, per lb.1 00@2 00 Black, M .1 00? 1 60 TOBACCO-Chowing, per lb.... 50? 1 25 Smoking, .50? 100 VINEGAR-Wine, per gallon_70? 75 Cider, " _50? 60 Frenob, M ..1 2501 60 WINE-Champagno, per baaket.25?32 00 Port, per gallon.8 00@5 00 8horry, ?? .8 50@6 00 Madofra, " .1.3 60@6 00 DOMESTIC MA.BK.JKT. MEATS-Pork, per lb. 15 Beef, ".8 ?121, Motton, " . 124 POULTRY-Turkeys, per pair. Ducks Chickens, '? !!!?30@35 GeeBe. " . Onions, Onions. BARRELS Northern ONIONS, 50 bbls. Pink-eye Planting Potatoes. On band and for sale by Jan 28 J-_*.T.Jt. AGNEW. ace Chains, Trace Chains. Qf\f\ PAIRS Wagon and Ploughing OVJVJ TRACES. On hand and for sale by J. & T. R. AGNEW. Jan 28 SEED OATS. -| r\?\ BUSHELS PRIME SEED OATS, J.UU for sale by Jan 31 E. A G. D. HOPE. STATE TAXES' ON hand, and for salo, STATE BILL8 RECEIVABLE, for all dues to the State. GREGG, PALMER & CO. Jan ll MABJ'JED. ?ttho residence o' the bride's father, by the ROT. Wm. Mar in, Mr. THOMAS A. SCOTT, of Richland District, to .Mies RUTH DLA HELY, of thia city. We return our thanks to tho happy couple for their kind remembrancer. May thoir journey through Ufe be pleasant and prosperous. MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY.-AN ES8AY FOR YOUNO MEN ou the Crime of Solitude, and the Diseases and Abusos which create Impediments to Marriage-, with ?ure means of relief. Sent in sealed letter envelopes, free of fcb'arge. Address Dr. J. 8KILLIN HOUGHTON, Howard Association, Philadelphia, Pa. Febl_ 3mo Copartnership. JOHN STORK having associated with him his aona, the namo of the firm will bo, from tho lat of Fchruarv, 1868, JOHN STORK A SONS. JOHN STORK, WM. H. STORK, Feb 1_ JP_ROBERT 8TOH K. NOTICE. Abb CONTRACTS and AGENCIES here? tofore exiating with A. R. COLTON have been abrogated. HORACE L. EMERY A SON. Jan 31 G REMOVAL-TO THE LADIES, >g?&^ MRS. C. E. HEED lia? RE JKQSKB MOVED to the rooms over It. HRjUMu C. Anderson's clothing ?tore, jgfVSMI Main street. Fresh arrivais jggMffySr by steamer from New York of BJIni um tho PINV.HT and CHEAPEST If KA MILLINERY ever offered in jf .fl Columbia. Alao, CLOAKS, CORSETS, ZEPHYR WOR? STED. HAIR li RAIDS, A-c, Ac. DRE88 MAKINQ ia all branches. Feb 1 12 Select Boarding and Day School. HILLSBORO, N. G. - THE Missen NASH and Misa /tum. KOLOCK, Principale. t?r^^M?E Tho Spring Tenn will open Xis s5 FEBRUARY 7, 18Gb, and close. 5prJUKE 26, (twenty weeks.) Cir Qmr culara forwarded on applica? tion._Deo 10 iago SCHOOL NOTICE. MISS A. M. HENRY proposes if?J? to open a School for Young t?X^BLj&Eadioe and Little Girls, on tho s?'Arooual Hui, corner of Gads ^RH^den and Lnmber streets, on MONDAY, the 3d February. Terms moderate, and in proportion to the studies punned. Miss Henry requests those who may wish to pb -o children with her, to call during the present week and make arrangements. Jan 2S 3J The Due West Female College. - OVER 100 names are on our AlfT?S. roll. There is still room. Pu t^QH^tepiis received at any time. ^5aEp| BOARDING $12 per month. ^WtMrin curroncv, not including Fuel and Washing. TUITION $20 for five mouths. Muaic, (Piano,) $24. Vocal Music, French and Latin taught free of oharge. J. I. RONNER, Jan 21 Preaident. Limestone Springs Female High Behool. REV. WM. CURTIS, LL.I)., PniNcir.u.. rrB_ THE ensuing eeesion of this ATrSBk. SCHOOL will commence on eilU?fc?WEDNESDAY, the 19th day of ^^^Ht^gFebruary next. It is requested that applica tmwmr tiona for admission he made as soon as poseiblo to Dr. CURTIS at tho School; answers will bo returned in each instance, and parties then applied for will bo met by Dr. CURTIS at tho moat conve? nient point on tho line of railroad between Charleston and Pacolot Depot, at tho open? ing of the School. Term?, payable in advance, iu currency, ?er session of fivo months: oard, including waahing, fuel, lights, Ac.$75 00 Tuition in all English branchea- 25 00 Stationery, pena, ink, paper, Ac. 1 00 Tho above is required for each Pupil; the following aro optional: Tuition on the Piano. $25 00 Uso of Piano. 2 50 Tuition on the Guitar. 20 00 Vocal benson H , separate. 20 00 Vocal Leesons, in class. 10 00 Tuition in Frenoh or Modern Lan? guages, each. 20 00 Tuition in Drawing or Painting. 20 00 No other charge will be made, except for Books and private Stationery furnished. Jan 14_._ TO BENT. THE large DWELLING HOUSE on Mtho South-east corner of Bull and Senate streets. Apply to Jan 10 JOHN 8. OREEN. Administrator's Notice. ALL persons having claims against the estate of JOHN FANNING, decoased. will preaent them, properly attested; and all indobtod will mako immediate payment andoavecoBte RIOH'D FLAN IG AN, Doc 14 sl3_Administrator. Administrator's Notice. THE creditors of the late JOHN NEAL aro hereby caUed upon to prosont their demands to ino, dal? attunLcd, and thoso indebted wfll come forward and pay up. s. w. MCKENZIE, Jan 18 sw6* Admr. Oum teat annex. Fresh Crackers. FRESH SODA BI80UIT, Sogar Crack? ers, Ginger Schnapps, Ac., Just re? ceived, and for salo low, br Jan28 _J. AT. R. AGNEW. EATING HOUSE AT ALSTON. PAHSENOERS on the Groonvillo and Colombia Railroad, oan get BREAK? FAST and DINNER at Alston-ample time being allowed. Deo 27 MARY A. KLEIN A 80N. Aviotioii Sales Sole Continued. BY M. W. BYTHEWOOB. THI8 (Saturday) MORNING, at 10 o'clock, I will nell, Dry Goode, Boot?, Bbooe, Arc. ALSO, i Lire Hr, 76 Terms cash. Articles received until hour of sale. Feb 1 Store-house and Lease. , BY A. H. PHLLLLFg. On MONDAY NEXT, the 8d instant, I will sell, at the old Court House, at ll o'clock a. m., Vhs FRAME BUILDING, on Plain afc., recently fitted np /or-a restaurant by Mr. McBurney. * ALSO, The Ground Lease for Bevon years and five mouths. Persons wishing to seo tho house, can do BO hy calling to-day. *_Feb 1 COMMISSIONER'S SALE. JACOB LEVIN, AUCTIONEER. M. Singleton vs. W. H. Gibbes, W. Allston Gibbes, Executors, et al. IN obedience of the Decretal Order, in tho above stated case, I will sell before the Court House, in Columbia, on the first MONDA? in February next, all that LOT of LAND, in the city of Colombia, on Rich? ardson street, and next North of the Court House, fronting thereon 104 feet 4 inches. The property will bo divided into four lot?, each 26 feet 1 inch on Richardson. Lota No. 1 and 2 run back Eaetwardly 263 feet 9" inches; and Lota No. 3 and 4 running back Eastwardly 208 feet 8 inches. Plats of said lots can bc seen at my office. ALSO, All thn.t lot o! Lsnd, ::: tbs city oi Co? lumbia, the residence of the late Dr. R. W. Gibbes, Br., consisting of one acre, more or leas, bounded on the South by Plain street, fronting on that street 208 feet, moro or less; bounded on Weet by Sumter street, fronting thereon 130 feet; bonndod on the East by lot of Dr. D. H. Tresrant, and on tho North by lot of Dr. R. W. GibbeB, jr. On this lot there is a new brick residence, consisting of-rooms. The lots on Richardson street will be divided into four lots, each 26 feet2 inches; and the residence lot will be, if desired, divided into two parcels. TZBMS or SALZ.-One-ninth cash, the balance on a credit of one, two, three tod four years, in equal annual instalments, to be secured by bonds bearing semi-annual interest from day of sale, and mortgage of the property. Buildings to be insured by purchasers. The purchasers to pay for afi papers, stamps, Ac. D. B. DESAUSSURE, C. E. B. D. Jan 12_f Commissioner's Sale. S. M. Pearse vs. A. W. Lewis, Executors, et al. PURSUANT to the order of the Court, in the above ?tated case, I will offer for salo, on the FIRST MONDAY in Febru? ary next, All that lot of LAND and BRICKS there? on, in the city of Columbia, on the East side of Main street, bounded on the North and East by tho Landa of the Uraulitte Convent, on thc South by Richard Allen, and West by Main street, fronting thereon 61 feet a.id 'running back 208 feet 8 inches. TEUHS OY SALE -SO much cash as will pay expenses of Bale; balanco on a credit of three years, with interest, only payable semi-annually, to be secured by nona and mortgage of premises sold. ?. B. DESAUSSURE, Jun 15 ws C. E. R. D. Improved Reverberatory and Cupola Furnace-To Iron Founders. ON August 13, 1867, a PATENT for an invention facilitating tho reduction of Pig Metal for Foundry purposes was granted to Gen. J. D. GREENE and JOHN A. KAY. Wo aro now fully prepared to. issue RIGHTS to parties disposed to purchase. For full particulars, apply to JOHN A. KAY, Columbia. S. C. Or, Gen. J. DURELL GREENE, Jan 81 j6mo_Cambridge, Mass. Com and Oats. TUST received and for sale: r^0 bushels CORN. buahelB SEED OAT8. J>i 21 FISHER Sc LOWRANCE. GARDEN 8EEDT rHORBURN'S GARDEN SEED, in great variety, at wholesale and retail, of .arranted quality. For sale by Jan ll E. A G. D. HOPE. Fine Liquors, Segara, &c. THE subscriber bas just made large ad? ditions of the abovo to his stock, and will take pleasure in showing his friends j the same. The purity and quality are guaranteed in every respect, such as 1 HOLLAND GIN, "Prince of Orange," very old and fine. American Gin, "Old Tom." Otard, Dupuy A Co.'s Brandy, rtotlge of 1858. 1 . London Dook Brandy. Port, Sherry and Madeira Wines. Choice Old Rye Whiskey, and a foll as > Hortmont of low grades. Old Jamaica Rum. TOBACCO. Genoino DURHAM and "BILL ASP* laking, tho bestbrandstaff^fog Copeland & Bearden HAVE ON HAND ooo buoholB SEED WHEAT, 50 bags Extra Family FLOUR, 1 000Tbs. New Bacon HAMS, *10,000 lbs. Bacon Sides and Shoulders, Sugar, Coffee and Molasses, 20 bois. Golden and Beo-hivo Syrups, Bagging and Balo Ropo, 200 aacks Liverpool Salt, 10 bales Yarn._No* le An eruption of tine skin, of thirty year's standing, which defied the skill of the doctor?, was cured, in Philadelphia, by using Helnitsh's Queen's Delight.