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Cnble Despatches.
LC:;SCN, April 17.-Foulherston
augh, tho great laud owner, was
killed at West Meath to-day. The
assassin escaped.
OC?eial Abyssinian adrices statu
that Napier is sixty milos from Mag?
daba. Theodore ia alarmed, and bis
plans aro uncertain.
Denmark is about selling Sauta
Cruz to France.
A great Liberal meeting bas been
held in St. James' Hall. Russell
presided.
It is rumored that tho Abyssinian
captives have been released, and the
war is over.
The Fenian trials will commence
on Monday, at the old Bailey, before
Lord Chief Jnstice Corkburn.
Latest Japan advices say tho Mikn
dor has declared war against the Ty^
ooon.
. Liberal meetings has brought out
England-Irish grievances and the
disendowment of tho Irish Church
prominently.
News Items.
CHARLESTON, April 17.-Sailed
Steamers Manhattan and Emily B.
Souder, New York; schooner E. H.
Naylor, Philadelphia.
WHJMINGTON, N. C., April 17.
During the storm yesterday, in Lau
renburg, Richmond County, Rev. J.
B. McRinnon and Lauchlin Mc
Lanchlin were struck by lightning
and instantly killed.
NEW ORLEANS, April 16.-An at?
tempt was made by negroes last night
to murder Judge Ogden, formerly of
the Supreme Bench of Louisiana.
HAVANA, April 17.-Hay ti news
states that Caceus was victorious, and
that Salnavo is iu a critical condition.
His escape is considered impossible.
The revolution in Venezuela is
spreading throughout the country.
Yucatan papers suspect that thc
British flag is waving over San Felix,
Bac?lar, and deplore the fact that
30,000 whites aro paying tributo to
foreigners for their usurped lauds.
RICITMOND, April 17.-The storm
yesterday washed away the bridgo
ou the York River Railroad, throw?
ing three cars down au embankment.
Nobody hurt. The road is iu run?
ning order to-day.
Three negroes were killed by light?
ning in Amelia County during the
storm. Two houses in this city were
washed-away by tho riso in the creek.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-Impeach?
ment was resumed. The defence
asked questions of witnesses regard?
ing Cabinet discussions on tho tenure
of office bill, and intended proving
the Cabinet universally objected to
it, on account of its uuconstitution
ality; and that Seward and Stanton
were absent during tho preparing of
tho veto message. Butler opened at
length. Evarts followed, when tho
court adjourned. The argument on
this point will be continued to-mor?
row; it is regarded very important,
in viow of tho sources of information
from which tho President derived his
ideas of duty under tho Constitution
and laws to tho country and himself,
and fixing to a great extent tho cri?
minality or virtue of the President's
actions. Thc result is daily becoming
more doubtful in the minds of those
f who watch most closely. Tho Sena?
tors regarded doubtful give no indi?
cations to hang a hope or fear upon.
Customs receipts for the B?X days
ending the 11th, nearly $3,000,000.
The rails wero laid on thc summit
of tho Rocky mountains, on the lGth
-an altitude of 8,240 feet-the high?
est in tho world.
A little boy had lived for so ino
timo with a penurious old uncle, who
took good caro that the child's health
should not bo iujured by over-feed?
ing. Tho undo was one day walking
out, (the child at his side,) when a
friend accosted him, accompanied
by a groyhouud. While tho elders
were talking, tho little fellow, never
having seen a dog of so slim and
slight u texture, clasped the creature
round tho neck, with tho impassioned
cry, "Oh, doggie, and did ye live
wi' your uncle, too, that yo aro so
thin?"
FIRE IN LANCASTER.-Wo regret to
learn that a disastrous conflagration
visited that town on Friday night
last. It is supposed to have beeu tho
work of an incendiary. The fire was
set in the adjoining house to tho
hotel, and before proper assistance
could be obtained, tho elegant man?
sion of Jackson Crocket, Esq.-the
hotel-was totally destroyed, with
several other buildings.
I Charlotte. Bulletin.
FINAIWCIAJL AJiD COMMERCIAL.
NEW YORK, April 17-Noon.-Mo
nev active, at 7. Exchange 9%.
Gold 38)j?. Flour 5@10c. better.
Wheat l@2c. better. Corn steady.
Pork dull-new mesa 26.75. Cotton
31V. for uplands. Freights dull.
7 P. M.-Cottou dull and }?Qlo.
lower; sales 1,100 bales, at 30@$0&.
Flour-low grades ldc. better.
Wheat active, and 2@3c. better.
Corp l(?)2c. better- mixed Western
1.19(? 1.22. Mess pork-now 26.75.
BALTIMOIIE, April 17.-Cotton dull,
at 30. Flour steady and fair demand,
nt yesterday's advance. Wheat firm
-red 2.30@3.00. Corn steady.
CINCINNATI, April 17.:-Provisions
nothing doing, and prices nominal.
CHARLESTON, April 17.-Cotton de?
pressed; sales only 44 bales, on a
basis of 29?.i@30 for middling, but
quotations unreliable; receipts 217.
NEW ORLEANS, April 16.-Cotton
very dull and lower-middling 31>?
(o)32; sales 150 bales; receipts 1,251.
Gold 34. Sugar and molasses nomi?
nally unchanged-primo Louisiana
l?j^l?^. Flour-superfine 9.25
@y9.50. Corn quiet and firm, at 1.03
@1.10. Pork very dull and droop?
ing-retailing at 27"l<>@28. Bacon
only retail business-shoulders 14;
rib 16J?; clear 18.
LONDON, April 17-3 P. M.-Con?
sols 93>?@93??. Bonds dull, at 70V^
?70K
LIVERPOOL, April 17-3 P. M.
Cotton declining-but prices quot
ably unchanged; sales of the week
56,000 bales; exports 17,000; specu?
lation 6,000; stock 407,000, of which
233,000 are American.
LIVERPOOL, April 17-Evening.
Cotton dull mid declined a fraction ;
sales 8,000 bales-uplands on spot 12
@12.i5?; afloat 12K@12??; Orleans
12!,i(a 12 3^. Manchester advices un?
favorable, i
Public Meeting,
A meeting of the Democratic citi?
zens of Lexington District was held
at Lexington village on Friday, the
10th of April. John H. Counts, Esq.,
was. called to the Chair, and S. E.
Caughman appointed Secretary.
On motion of Maj. H, A. Meetze,
the Secretary read for the information
of all present, tho objections to the
Radical Constitution adoptad by the
Into Democratic Convention in Co?
lumbia; also tho address to the color?
ed people of South Carolina.
Interesting addresses were deliver?
ed by Maj. H. A. Meetze, Dr. P. S.
Lewie, Daniol Kiusler aud Noah Huff?
man. These gentlemon advised the
negroes to watch the conduct of ad?
venturers who wera seeking office for
mero personal nggraudizemeut, and
who woro by no means interested in
their welfare.
The resolution adopted at a previ?
ous mooting, nominating candidates
for District offices, was reconsidered;
and on motion of Capt. Reuben Har?
mon, tho nomination was withdrawn,
with the understanding that if tho
Radical Constitution be ratified, then
a mass meeting of tho citizeus should
bo held nt tho earliest practicable mo
mout, and candidates be selected for
tho District oilioos.
On motion of Rov. A. Efird, the
Secretary was instructed to send to
tho editor of tho Phonix a copy of
the proceedings of this meeting for
publication.
JOHN H. COUNTS, Chairman.
S. E. OATJGOMAN, Secretary.
Tho British revenue returns for the
quarter ending March 31, show a
total of CIO.378,574 sterling, against
?18,441,871 for the corresponding
quarter last year. For the year end?
ing March 31, tho increase over tho
preceding year was about ?165,000.
Thc official roport from tho United
States Mint, at Philadelphia, shows
the amount of money coined during
tho month of March to bo 8351,691,
of which thoro were gold coins to the
amount of $205,650, silver 322,521,
l Und thO balaneo in oniinor o?nnrrn
It is proposed to establish a print?
ing offico in Sing-Sing Prison, to
teach a part of the convicts tho art
of printing. The compositors of New
York city havo mot and protested
against this action as desecrating tho
art.
A German woman in Hartford car?
ried her rheumatic husband on her
back to tho polls to vote tho Demo?
cratic tickot. The crowd mndo up a
pur80 of $200 for her.
The 850,000 stolen from the Canal
Bank of New Orleans has been reco?
vered. A protruding tack in th? sole
of tho robber's boot was the only
clue tho detectives had to work upon.
The Celebrated Gainas Case.
Tho fiual decision of tho suit of
Mrs. Gaines against the city cf Nc~
Orleans, by the Supreme Court,
terminates ono of the most extraordi?
nary cases of litigation in the whole
history of C?T? jurisprudence. It is
remarkable, says the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin, (in an able review
of the case,) for the curiosity of the
case itself; for tho large amount of
property which it involves; aud for
the wonderful display of enduring
pertinancity with which the plaintiff
has devotod her life to the prosecu?
tion of what has long been held to be n
hopeless cause. Seven times has
Mrs. Gaines pleaded her case be?
fore the Supreme Court, sometimes
with partial success, sometimes with
none, until, at last, after forty years
of incessant litigation, she has won
the day, and establishes her claim
to a large portion of tho city of New
Orleans, valued, very modestly, at
$5,000,000. This ?ght has been
fought by Mrs. Gaines single-handed.
She has literally gone through fire
and flood, as she bas traveled over
the country, always intent upon the
one great business of her life. With
a buoyancy of temperament that knew
no abatement, with an abiding faith
in the justice of her cause and of its
ultimate success; with few friends
and very limited means; with life
Blipping away under the long delays
and slow processes of tho law, this
truly remarkable woman has per?
severed until she has Conquered for?
tune.
A brief outlino of this singular case
will bo interesting to our readers: lu
1791, Zulimo nee Carri?re, u beauti?
ful Creole of New Orleans, married
ono Jerome des Granges, in New
Orleans. In 1802 or 1803, Daniel
Clark, a prominent citizen of New
Orleans, became attached to Madame
des Granges, aud, about thc same
time, it is alleged that it was disco?
vered that des Granges had a wifo
living in France, and that, tho second
marriage thus proving void, Dauiel
Clark privately married the lady
in Philadelphia. Of this marriage
the present plaintiff claims to have
been born in Philadelphia, in 1802 or
1803. Her mother and herself were
committed to the care of her father's
friend and partner, Mr. Daniel W.
Coxe, of this city. She afterward
became an inmate of the family of
Colonel Samuel 13. Davis, and was
known among her school-fellows,
somo of whom still remember ber, as
Myra Davis. When she grew up, it
became known to her that her true
name was Clark, and she has estab?
lished tho existence of a will of Dauiel
Clark's, acknowledging her as his le?
gitimate daughter. Yet her own mo?
ther, who, during Clark's life, mar?
ried M. Gardotte, a well known
citizen of Philadelphia, was never
summoned as a witness by Mrs.
Gaines, and ber father, Dauiel Clark,
during his wife's life, addressed Miss
Catou, of Baltimore, who, however,
did not accept his advances.
Myra Clark married Mr. Wm.
Wallace Whitney, of Now York, by
whom she had two children, a sou
and daughter, still living. After Mr.
Whitney's death, she married Gen.
Edmund Pendleton Gaines, who died
in 1819. Ono child, the issue of her
second marriage, died in infancy.
Dauiel Clark owned large tracts of
ground within the limits of New Or?
leans, which have becoruo immensely
valuable. Moro than a thousand
suits have beon instituted by Mrs.
Gaines to recover these properties,
upon which many of tho finest im?
provements now stand. Tho deci?
sion of tho Supreme Court only
applies, directly, to three suits, but
its ruling will cover the whole
ground.
This case has been ono of singular
intricacy, and has turned, as will be
seen by the above brief statement,
UOOn tlie nutation rif tho 1 a rr i H rr? o ny*
of Mrs. Gaines. It is but fair to say
that eveu now, after nearly forty
years of litigation, throe of the ablest
members of the Supremo Court,
Grier, Swayne and Miller, dissent
from tho conclusions of the Court.
ANTICIPATED FRESHET.-When these
lines greet our readers in print, tho
river may bo invading the city. The
South Carolina election has some?
thing to do with it, no doubt. The
poll? will probably be kopt open in
Hamburg until tho middle of next
month, to enable drowned freedmen
to be resuscitated, put on record, and
galvanized for tho Georgia campaign.
IA injusta Constitutionalist.
SOLD OUT.-Mr. Wm. Wheatly,
tho actor nod theatrical manager, has
soM out his interest in Niblo'a
Theatre, in New York, to Messrs.
Jarrett ? Palmer, his partners, for
$100,000.
Mr. Nicholson, of North Oxford,
Massachusetts, killed 400 feet of
black snakes in an old cellar near his
house last Sunday.
A wealthy widow, advertising for
an agent, was overwhelmed with ap?
plications. The printer had made it
a gent.
COLUMBIA. MARKET.
Report for Week ending Friday, April 17.
PHOENIX OFFICE, COLUMBIA, S. C., Aran.
18.-There has boen a very good demand
for cotton during the past week, but tho
receipts and the Stock offering have been
light; at the close of the weok tho unfa?
vorable advices from Liverpool had rather
a depressing effect on tho market, and wo
now quoto middling at 28?29. The sales
of tho week havo been 50 bales.
All other articles of country produce are
in good demand, with a fair supply in the
market.
Tho following buying rates of South Ca?
rolina Bank Notes, ia prepared by Gregg,
Palmer A Co., Brokers:
Bank of Camdon.20
Bank of Charleston.19
Bank of Chester. G
Bank of Georgetown.5
Bank of Newberry.30
Bank of South Carolina. 8
Bank of State of South Carolina, [old,] .. G
Bank of State of South Carolina, [new,]. 1
Bank of Hamburg. 10
Commercial Bank. 1
Exchange Bank. 8
Planters' Bank. .]
Farmers and Exchango Bank. 1
State Bank. 1
Union Bank.70
South-Wostern Railroad Bank, [old,]_23
People's.35
Planters and Mechanics.16
Merchants'. 4
AVlioluaule Price? Current.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY
THE COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE.
APPLES-Per bushel.1 25 ?1 50
BAGGING-Gunny, per yard.. ? 25
Dundee '" ? 30
BALE ROPE- Manilla, per lb.. 2G ?
N.Y.orWest," 15? 16
BUTTER-Northern, per lb.. 70? 75
Count rv, " .. 35 fie 40
BACON-Hams, per lb. 22 ? 25
Sides " . 18 ? Vi
Shoulders, " . 1G ? 17
BRICKS-Per 1,000 . 9 00?12 00
, CANDLES-Sperm, per lb_ 37? 45
Adamantine, " .. 21 @ 22
Tallow, " .. 18 ? 201
I COTTON YARN-Per bunch . .1 70 ?1 90?
COTTON-Strict Middling, nr lb 29 ?
Middling. " ? 28$
Low Middling, " 28 ? 28j
Good Ordinary, " 27 ? 274
Ordinarv, " 23 ? 26"
i CHEESE-English Dairy j per lbl9 ? 20
factory, " 19 ? 20
1 COFFEE-Rio, per lb. 23 ? 27
I Laguavra, ". 28 ? 30
Java, " - 40 ? 43
> FLOUR-Countrv, per bbl.. .14 00? 14 50
' GRAIN-Corn, per bush.1 40@1 50
Wheat, " .1 G5?2 00
Oats, " .90 ?1 10
rea?, " .1 23?1 50
HAY-Northern, per cwt.
Eastern " .
HIDES-Drv, per lb.12*3 18
Green. " . " 3
, INDIGO-Carolina.1 00? 1 25
' LARD-Per lb.l'J ? 20
LUMBER-Boards, per 100 ft .. 1 50
Scantling, " 1 50
, Shingles, per 1,000.. 2 75
! LIME-Per bbl.2 70?2 80
, MOLASSES-Cuba, per gallon. 58?G0
New Orleans, " 1 00?1 25
Sugar House. " ...75?1 25
NAILS-Per keg.G 50?8 00
: ONIONS-Fer bushel. ?2 00
OIL-Kerosene, pe r gallon. GO? 70
Machinery " _ 75?l 00
POTATOES-Irish, per bushel.1 75?2 00
Sweet. " . 75? 80
RIGE-Carolina, per lb. 9? ll
East India, " .
SPECIE-Gold.1 10?
Silver.1 30?1 35
SHOT, per bag. ?3 50
SALT-Liverpool, pt,r sack.2 50?
SOAP-Per lb. 9 ? 12
SPIRITS-Alcohol, per gallon G 00
Brandv, " .4 00?12 00
Holland Gin, " ...5 0lf@7 00
American " " ...3 5ti?4 00
Jamaica Rum," ...6 00?7 00
N. E. " " .. .3 50?3 75
Bourbon Whiskey,. .8 50?4 50
Monongahela "'. .3 75?4 00
Rectified " .. .2 50?2 75
SUGAR-Crushed, per lb.19 ? 20
Powdered, " .19 @ 20
Brown, " .12}? 17*
! STARCH-Per lb.10? 12}
j TEA-Green, per lb.1 00?2 00
Buick. " .1 00? 1 50
TOBACCO-Chewing, per lb.... 50?l 25
Smoking, " .50?100
VINEGAR-Wine, per gallon... .70? 75
Cider, " _50? 60
French, " . .1 25@1 50
WINE-Champagne, per basket.25?32 00
Port, per gallon.3 00?5 00
Sherry, " .3 50?6 00
Madeira, " .3 50?6 00
DOMESTIC MARKET. .
MEATS-Pork, per lb. 15
Beef, ?'. 8 ?12}
Mutton, '? . 12}
POULTRY-Turkeys, por pair.
Ducks .
Chickens, " .. ..30?35
Goose. " .
VENISON HAMS,
AT TWENTY CENTS, at
FISHER A LOWRANCE'S.
April 15
?notion Sales
XlUrU. jTlO't/", CL'.
BY D. C. PELXOTTO & SON.
ON TUESDAY MORNING next, the ?lat
instant, at 10 o'clock, wo will sell, at our
auction store, without any reserve.
10,001) lbs. Choice C. It. Bacon SIDES,
3,000 Iba. Choice Shoulders,
'2,000 lbb. Choice N. Y. S. C. Strips.
25 hags Extra Rio Coffee,
24 boxes N. Y. State Choose.
20 bbls. Extra and Fine Flour,
30 boxes Colgate's No. 1 Family Soap,
40 kegs Extra Family Lard,
15 bbls. Extra Grocery Sugars.
10,000 No. 1 Segare,
30 boxes Medium Chewing Tobacco,
10 Arkins Choice Goshen Rutter,
- bblB. Rum, Gin, Scotch Whiskey, Ac,
Blackberry Brandy. April 18
Democratic Club.
AMEETING of tho Democratic Club of
Richland District will bc held in
Gregg's Hall, THIS EVENING, April 18,
at 8 o'clock. R. O'NEALE, JR.,
April 13_Secretary.
Bacon, Hams, Lard, Corn.
25.000 1.500 lbs. HAMS.
1,000 lbs. LARD,
1,000 bushels CORN.
April 18_R. O'NEALE A SON
CORN, CORN.
RECEIVED this dav 500 bushold of
WHITE CORN, which will be sold low
for cash, at the depot. Apply to
J. D. BATEMAN.
April IS G Columbia Ice House.
Hams, Hams.
1 ?\f \ CHOICE Sugar-cured HAMS,
A\r\J just received and for sale bv
_Aprd 18 _?. A T^R. AON?W.
, CIGARS! CIGARS!!
JUST received, a completo assortment
of CHOICE CIGARS. For sale low,
by tho box and retail, bv
The Jibbenainosay, or Nick of The
Woods-Calisthenic Hall.
ON MONDAY EVENING, tho 20th inst.,
tho Southern Dramatic Association
will have the honor of performing, for the
first time in this citv, tno thrilling Drama
or NICK OF TUE* WOODS, OR KEN?
TUCKY IN OLDEN TIMES, in thrco acts,
twelve scenes and foi r splendid tableaux.
On account of thc extreme length of thia
piece thero will be no farco.
Admission 25 cents. Children under 12
years of age half price. Doors opon at 7
o'clock; performauco commence at 8.
April b8_
" PLANTS FOR SAL?7
I am prepared to furnish tho
JU lovers of PLANTS, such as
-"Geraniums, Heliotropes, Fuch?
sias, and many other beautiful
'plants, cheaper than sold in any
other market.
J. A. CRAWFORD,
Corner of Blanding and Bull ats.,
AprH lrt Columbia, S. C.
COEN! CORN!!
TTTE are propared to deliver CORN by
W the car load, of 280 bushels, at Co?
lumbia, S. C., or at any station on the
South Carolina Railroad, at Charleston
prices. Orders must ho accompanied by
cash or city acceptance.
' STENHOUSE A CO.,
10S, 110 and 112 East Bay,
Corner Accommodation Wharf,
April 18 3 Charleston, S. C.
Atlanta Medical College.
THE REGULAR COURSE OF LEC?
TURES in this institution, for 1868,
will open on the FIRST MONDAY in May,
and continue till fho lat of September.
FACULTY.
A. MEANS, M. D., Professor of Medical
and General Chemistry.
D. C. O'KEEFE, M. D., Professor of
Theorv and Practice of Medicino.
W. V. WESTMORELAND, M. D., Pro?
fessor of Principles and Practice of Sur?
gery.
vt. S. ARMSTRONG, M. D., Professor of
Auatouiv.
JESSE BORING, Sf. D., Profesaor of
Obstetrics aud Diseases of Women.
H. V. M. MILLER, M. D., Professor of
Clinical Medicine.
J. M. JOHNSON, M. D., Frofoasor of
Physiology.
J. G. WESTMORELAND, M. D., Profes?
sor of Matoiia M?dica and Therapeutics.
G. L. JONES, M. D., Demonstrator of
Anatomv.
N. D'ALVIGNY, M. D., Curator.
For further information address
J. G. WESTMORELAND, Dean,
April 18 3 Atlanta, Ga.
DIAMOND HAMS, LARD, &c.
5TIERCES Davis' DIAMOND HAMS
fresh-received to-day.
10 tierces Davis' Pure LARD.
??rkins GOSHEN RUTTER. For saht
by C. H. BALDWIN it CO.
April 17_2
MORE CIDER.
AND the last this season. 3 barrels
SWEET NEWARK CIDER.
To hand thia dav and for sale by
April 14 GEO. SYMMERS.
COTTON SEED.
CASH will be paid, on delivery, for
sound, well kopt COTTON SEED, in
ai. y quantity, at 75 cents per 100 lbs., by
ROBERT BRYCE & SON,
Corner Richardson and Blanding strs.,
_April 8 i?0- '_Columbia, S. C.
Two Dwellings to Rent.
* HOUSE on Henderson street, Eight
J\_ Rooms; out-buildinrrs in good condi?
tion. Also, a COTTAGE, Six Rooms, on
Barnwell street. Rout low to an approved
tenant. Apply to SAM. BEARD.
March 21 sta