By Telegrapli.
fi Congressional.
WASHINGTON. Mardi M.-lu thc Senate,
Mr. Davis offered a resolution that the
Joint Committee on Reconstruction ought
to take the testimony of a reasonable num?
ber of persons, whose names may be sug?
gested by Senators and Representatives
from said States. Mr. Grimes objected,
and the resolution goes over. The bill to
rix and increase the military peace estab?
lishment of United States was then dis?
cussed. The House then engaged in the
consideration of the joint resolution making
an appropriation for the Paris Exhibition
for 1867.
The Sonate has passed the bill fixing the
peace establishment of the army. It has
a proportion of negro regiments.
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Facts About New York.
The following statistics in regard to
the great metropolis have beer: pre?
pared under the direction of the New
York City Mission, and approximate
probably nearer the truth than any
that have been previously published :
Until we have the official returns of
the State census lately taken, we must
rely on the United States census of
1860 to furnish the number of people
in New York, which was at that date
813,660.
The rate of increase for some time
previous to the war was five per cent,
per annum. How much this has been
modified by the extraordinary cir?
enmstances of the period just passed,
we cannot determine, and we have no
room for speculations.
Of the population of the city in
1860, 429,952 were born in the United
States, and 383,717 were born in
foreign countries, of forty-two differ?
ent nationalities.
The number of marriages in the
city in a year is 3,272.
The number of births in the city
during a year is 6,424.
The number of deaths in the city
during a year is 25,193.
There are 54,338 dwelling-houses
in the city.
There are 155,707 families living in
the city.
There are nearly three families ou
an average to every dwelling.
There are nearly fifteen persons on
an average to every dwelling.
There are 15,000 tenant-houses,
containing 486,000 persons.
The city taxes are $18,000,000 a
year.
The money spent in public amuse?
ments is $7,000,000 a year.
For the support of the police,
$2,000,000 a year is required.
17,000 immigrants per month land
at Castle Garden.
There are 350 churches, chapels
and missions of all kinds, with ac?
commodations for 300,000 persons.
There are 275 Protestant places of
worship, with accommodations for
200,000 persons. ?
There are 216 regularly organized
Protestant churches, with an average
membership of 300, which would
give a total of 64,800 conmmunicants.
There are 350 Sunday schools of all
denominations, with an attendance of
87,500 pupils.
There are 280 Protestant Sunday
schools, with an attendance of 70,000
pupils.
The number of children in the city
between the ages of five and fifteen
years is 146,460.
In the schools under the care of
the Board of Education, there is an
average attendance of 84,973.
Declining' Price?.
The Richmond Times writes:
The indications are cheering that
high prices will not continue to dis?
turb the waking thoughts and nightly
dreams of men of narrow means
much longer. We think that the
prices of the necessaries of life will
soon be coming down with a rush.
Groceries and provisions have fallen
somewhat; in dry goods the tumble
is decided. In cotton fabrics the
jobbing trade lowered last week, and
the market continues to be heavy in
all the principal cities. That class of
sharp advertising retailers, who are
the true barometers of a heavy- fall
in dry goods, are in the field with
"unprecedented bargains" in calicoes
and other goods. The steady fall in
the price of cotton has brought the
whole family of cotton fabrics to
grief. Prints, sheetings, cottonades,
ticks, browns, plaids, stripes, lawns,
ginghams, the New York commercial
papers tell us, are "sluggish," at
"limited request," "dull," "slow"
and ..selling low."
"Auction sales are rapidly in?
creasing, and the fall in the price of
cotton and gold is exercising great
influence on the trade."
If "trade Bags in New York," and
if "goods are abundant and mer?
chants cannot sell them, and if there
is a frightful uncertainty about the
financial future, which chills enter
{)rise, checks production and para
yzes trade," there is something more
than the "decline in cotton and gold"
at the bottom of the abyss which un?
nerves the commercial prosperity of
the North. The mad, insensate po?
litical carnival at Washington is the
cause of this, as well as of many
other misfortunes. Everything is
being done to launch the nation upon
& now sea of troubles, while there is
not the slighest prospect of intelli?
gent and timely legislation touching
the financial condition of the coun?
try. We have yet to hear of a single
wise step being taken to better the
financial condition of the country
during the life of the present Con?
gress.
A new hair crimper has been in?
vented, which can be heated in boil?
ing water, and which will crimp half
the hair on the head at once.
Foreign Mew?.
Tho steamer City of Boston, at New
^York, brings dates "from Queenstown to
the 1st instant. Tho news, especially as
to the state of affairs in Ireland, is impor?
tant:
The advanco ill our national bonds
abroad continued. United States five
tweiities were quoted in the London mar?
ket, on .the 1st, at 71 tn 71 J.
Two vessels, supposed to bo intended
for Chilean privateers, had been seized in
the London docks. The Peruvian iron?
clads were still detained by the French
Government at Brest, thongh the right to
detain them was vigorously contested by
tho Paris Opinion Nationale, which con?
trasts the course pursued towards the Pe?
ruvians with the measures taken against
the American rebel rams.
Advices from Paris with respect to the
termination of the Mexican Intervention
grow less satisfactory with each mail.
Count Flandres, Maximilian's brother
in-law, has declined with thanks tho posi?
tion offered him as Hospodar of Bonmania.
Tho microscopic revolution in that princi?
pality was causing considerable uneasi?
ness. Bussia was moving her troops in a
threatening manner, and the Porte had
hastily called the representatives of the
great European powers.
There were rumors, apparently prema?
ture, of a ministerial crisis in England, and
the resignation of Earl Bussell.
Wholesale arrests and anxious anticipa?
tion of the inevitable "17th," form the sta?
ple of the news from Ireland by tho Euro?
pean steamer which arrived yesterday. A
reputed Head centre, for whose arrest ?100
bad been offered, and any number of Bri?
tish soldk rs, were among the latest cap?
tures. In fact, tho loyalty of tho armv,
which was a1 first so triumphantly quoted,
seems to have gone down in tho market
pretty considerably; and the London Dost
now starts a convenient theory, that these
Fenian soldiers are omiBsur'es of the Bro
hood, who enlisted solely for *ho purpose
of sowing treason in the military. Fenian
ism has also turned up among ?he irro
Eroachablo police force. At a meeting
eld in Liv rpool, a considerable sum had
been snbsr -ib-ed for the relief of Fenian
prisoners. With all these indications of
the widely : Head ramifications of tho order,
official abu ii was increasing, and several
more Couti ics had been proclaimed. The
London T nes strongly urges Mr. Glad?
stone to mi ;e representations to the Wash?
ington Gov crament on thc subject.
The Lone < n Times has tho following ar?
ticle in re?r t on to the two rebellions, and
as to what ngland did to America, and
what Amei ?ci ia expected to do to Eng?
land:
There were many ways of dealing with
the facts brought forward by Mr. V?atkin;
and the course adopted by the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, if not the worst, was
certainly not tho best of them. He said
too much or too little. Mr. Gladstone did
not say with Mr. Oliphant, that nothing
would be more gratifying to the American
FenianB than tl? importance they would
acquire by being made the subject of rep?
resentation to tho American Government,
and that the Ministry did not think they
deserved any such attention. His objec?
tion was, not that tho Fenian attempts in
the States were to insignificant for notice,
.but they did not sufficiently contravene
Jiublic order and tho laws of the Union to
ustify_ remark. The point at issue be?
tween 'the Chancellor of the Exchequer
and Mr. Watkin turned, therefore, entirely
upon the opinion entertained by the execu?
tive government of the American Fenians;
both agreed in exculpating President
Johnson, and this was obviously a matter
which Parliament might fairly discuss.
What, in truth, were the statement? made
by Mr. WatkinV Some of them were vaguo
and indefinite, and such aa no responsible
Ministers could act upon; some were pre?
cise, -and caliea, at tne least, ior inquiry.
Mr. Watkin quoted early in his speech tho
remarks uttered by one of the Irish Judges
engaged in the late Fenian trials. Words
spoken on such an occasion cannot be sup?
posed to have boen used lightly, without
serious reflection, or without substantial
authority, in fact. Mr. Justice Keogh said
that the "ramifications of the Fenian Bro?
therhood existed not only in this country,
but in the States of America; that supplies
of money and of arms for the purpose of a
general insurrection were being collected,
not only here, but on the other side of the
Atlantic, and, finally, that the object of
this confederation"was the overthrow of
the Queen's authority, the separation of
this country (Ireland) from Great Britain,
tho destruction of our present Constitu?
tion, the establishment of some democratic
or military despotism, and the general
division of every description of property,
as the result of a successful civil war."
Theso were thc words of a judge presiding
at the Fenian trials, and those who remem?
ber the evidence given in tho course of
those trials, must acknowledge that Mr.
Justice Keogh's statements were amply
warrauted by the depositions pf the wit?
nesses. lt is only necessary to compare
the language of tho judge with the words
of the Neutrality Act of tho United States,
to see that tho evidenco used by the Go?
vernment at tho Fenian trials was of a
character to convict the chiefs of tho Bro?
therhood in America of an offence against
the neutrality of tho Union. The act pro?
vides for the punishment of any person
who should, within the Federal "jurisdic?
tion, provide or prepare the means for any
military expedition or enterpriso to bo car?
ried on from there- against tho territory or
dominion of any foreign prince with whom
the United States were at peace-words
which exactly correspond to those of Mr.
Justice Keogh. It was almost unnecessary
to carry the case further, for unless Mr.
Gladstone discards the judge's conclu?
sions, be could not justify bia own statement
that no proof had been laid before the Go?
vernment of offences committed against
the American laws. Mr. Watkin, however,
adduced facts which bad como independ?
ently within his own experience when re?
cently traveling in the States, fully con?
firming Mr. Justice Keogh's judgment.
We must, indeed, do the Fenians in Ame?
rica the justice of saying that they are
little careful to conceal their plans. Tho
Head Centre makes speeches detailing thc
steps about to be taken, and thu accounts,
moro or less true, of bonds sold and sub?
scriptions received are published, if not
openly, at least without secrecy. It may
bo true policy to let these things pass un?
noticed; but to say that we are without
prima facie evidence, is a thing hard to
reconcile with the vigilance of the British
Minister at Washington, or thc facts which
have come to light here.
We cannot help thinking that the inac?
tion of the Government is due to the belie!
that we cannot make representations with?
out remonstrances, and thr>t to call the at?
tention of the Federal Executive to what
is going on at Philadelphia and New York
would be to accuse it ot'supineness. There
?B no reason for such an opinion. It i."
impossible that the Government of a free
people should be always on the nlert tc
detect any breach of neutrality on tne part
of individual citizens; it is enough if thej
are vigilant to prosecute and to represe
such offences when the nation aggrieved
points them out. It was said, and troll
said, in the House of Communs, on Friday
that a Garibaldian legion bad sailed frou
English shores, and it might have beet
added that a Papal brigade, having auiont
its officers one of the most promising o
the younger Irish members, bad passed,
from I.- 'land to serve ander L&moriciere.
The Government was slow to interfere, yet
when ito attention was called to some Ga?
ribaldi an recruiting officer having his
headquarters in a by-street in the Stand
be was arrested and his career summarily
suspended. We are persuaded that the
American Government would be equally
prompt wero a proper statement laid
before them. They have recently acted
with extraordinary vigor in two instances
where tho sympathies of the American
peuple went entirely with the objects of the
offenders, and it cannot be supposed that
they wonlc?be more elack in interfering
with Fenianism. Breaches of neutrality on
tho Rio Grande, and an attempted expedi?
tion in aid of Chile have been promptly
suppressed, and Fenian enterprises would
be apt to meol with even less indulgence.
A very idle suggestion has, indeed, been
made, that the Federal Government would
meet any representation we might make,
by reminding us of international obliga?
tions broken or neglected by us during
their own civil war. To hold such an
opinion is to do injustice to President John?
son's administration; to make it the excuse
for inaction; is to confess ourselves guilty
of the fault which it is apprehended might
be imputed to us. There never was any
conflict of principles on this subject be?
tween this Government and that of the
United States during the war; the only
question which arose, was whether on a
certain occasion our action was slothful or
diligent-culpably neglecting or carefully
fulfilling international obligations, upon
which Doth sides were agreed. We have
always protested, that wo were sincerely
active and energetic in doing onr duty,
and we ought not, therefore, to hesitate to
ask the American Government to do theirs;
and they could not decline to fulfil any in?
ternational obligation because a dispute
had once arisen, as to our activity on a
similar occasion. There is, however, no
parallelism between tho two cases. Were
thc Fenians in possession of Connaught
and Munster, and advancing into Leinster,
tho American Government might acknow?
ledge tho belligerent status of tho Irish
Republicans, and we should have no just
ground of complaint; but any act favoring
ibo Fenian Brotherhood now, would be as
if in tho last months of President Buch?
anan's administration, when the rupture
had been determined upon and the plans
of action completed, Englishmen had fitted
out ships and supplied arms to the traitors
who were about, at a given signal, to rend
the Republic in twain. But, as we have
said, we have as great faith in the Ame?
rican Government as thc Chancellor of tho
Exchequer has. Wc acknowledge its
friendliness, its promptitude and its sin?
cerity; but tho dispute is not about these.
Thc real question before the Houso of
Commons, on Friday night, was, not the
temper of the American Government, but
the vigilance and activity of our own; and
wc must hold, in spite of the solemn warn?
ings of thc Chancellor of the Exchequer,
that this was a proper subject foi discus?
sion in Parliament.
The London Times has the following cri?
ticism on Bancroft's oration:
The oration was worthy of Elijah Pc
gram. The British lion might fairly be
expected to "put his tail between his legs
and howl with anguish." Tho staple of
tho harangue was abuse of England and
its institutions. What the tenure of
land in Great Britain or the occupation of
Asiastic forts by this country have to do
with President Lincoln's birth-day it is not
easy to understand, nor does there seem to
bc much room for comparison between
Lord Palmerston, who, for upwards of fifty
years, was concerned in all the chief affairs
of Europe and America, and President
Lindon, who happened to hold office dur?
ing four years in a domestic war. But
these matters were dragged in, that the
speaker might have an opportunity to rail
at and villity the county whose language
no "-0.0 Upoohing, ona whose authors he
had, in former times, done his best to imi?
tate. The tasto which could invite an
English Minister and his staff, in order to
inflict upon them a ooarse invective, needs
no remark. We can well understand that
thero were many among tho Americans
themselves who were shocked at the inde?
cency, but wo can as little doubt what we
are told-that the bitterest passages in
Mr. Bancroft's address were tho most
warmly greeted by that polite assemblage.
Mr. ^Bancroft probably knows enough of
England to be awaro that these harangues
havo little effect on this side of the ocean.
We shall 9ven proceed to tho discussion of
tho coming reform bill, unaffected by his
declaration that it is to "bury thc dead,"
to "remove the worn out government of a
class," and "to confide rightful power to
thc people." It is not the effect here, but.
the effect in America, that is of import?
ance. Can this mischievous old mau be?
lieve that any purposes can be served by
slandering two such countries as England
and France in tho presence of their repre?
sentatives? Tho Americans know their
own rights, and are sufficiently watch?
ful in maintaining them; they do no*
requiro to be continually hounded on
against us, nor will it tend to tho en?
lightened conduct of public affairs, if
they aro made to believo that England is
a country where the mass of thc people is
powerless and oppressed. It is to" such
declamations as these that we owe the ar?
rival of a few more Fenian adventurers in
Ireland, fully believing that they and their
New York friends can overthrow the rule
of tho strongest, most resolute, and most
wealthy Government in the world. The
Irish emigrants are so accustomed to hear
the old country as effete, that they really
fancy they have nothing to do but to re?
turn home, get up a popular rising, and
take possession of the land after the extir?
pation of the aristocrats. Such misrepre ?
sentation might bo properly left to a lower
class of y oliticians; they do not deserve to
be countenanced by one who claims the
high title of historian and diplomatist.
MEXICAN BONDS.-The Boston
Journal, of the 6th instant, has the
following despatch:
WASHINGTON, March 5.-Speaker
Colfax gave the casting vote, to-day,
in favor of the reference to the Com?
mittee on Foreign Affairs of tho reso?
lution pledging thc Government en?
dorsement of the bonds of the Mexi?
can Republic, to the amount of $50,
000,000. This has created quite an
excitement among the friends of
Maximilian's Imperial Government
here, including the French Legation,
and those citizens of the United
States who are interested in Mexican
express companies and other specula?
tive schemes, the stock of which has
been lavishly distributed.
Col. W. W. Seaton, for over fifty
years editor and printer of the Na?
tional Intelligence!', is now in poverty
and want. We have "in our eye," at
the present time, a few of the same
class bordering on the like condition.
"Wood is the thing after all," as
j the man with a pine leg said, when a
. mad dog bit it.
"vTiLii PEEP .OUT.-The Memphis
Avalanche likens the Southern people
to ja "hen-pecked husband," who
v as invariably thrust under his wife's
bcii when visited by good-looking
mei On one occasion she was serv
ingup refreshments for her guests,
and her husband could not resist the
temptation to. peep out. She per?
ceived it, and by ely nods and shakes
of Ibo head was warning him to be
quit. "You may wink and blink as
much as you please," said he, "but so
lonr as I have the spirit of a man
wit?in me I will peep. " The South
ern-people have been driven to the
walj. The soldier has laid down his
arnfe in good faith. While the radi?
cals! are proposing their infamous
schemes of oppression, we cannot
res^t the temptation to "peep out."
RW. Robert J. Breckenridge has
issued an exceedingly pious document
designed to get up a convention to
override the General Assembly of his
church.
T^e Anderson Intelligencer learns
that)the two negro men who are now
under arrest for the murder of young
Albirt Geer, in that District, some
weets ago, have made a confession of
their guilt.
The Treasury Department has
granted permission to open a bonded
warehouse, at Norfolk, Virginia.
It is estimated that there are $55,
500,000 in gold in the vaults of the
Treasury.
The Memphis Post says that Gen.
Forrest has asked for a court-martial
to investigate his conduct at Fort L'il
low.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.
RICHMOND, March 12.-Tho signs in tho
commercial world plainly indicate a decline
in all things-in tho cost of rents, living,
and wases of all sorts. In New York, wo
learn from the best authorities that the
spring trade has thus far been unsatisfac?
tory, and there is no reason to hopo that
it will be any better, but much to fear that
it will bo worso before it is better. Tho
heavy importations are filling tho largo
Cities with anxious sellers and haggard
buyers. The Southern demand has taper?
ed cff much more rapidly than was antici?
pated. Northern merchants hoped for a
deeper pocket, and heavier sales in this
direction. Manufacturers find that they
had over-calculated; and running on short
time will not reliev? the market of present
excess and consequent decline. The South
is, indeed, nearly exhaustod of the supply
of staples remaining after the war, and it
will be sonic months before the next crops
can be mado available.
Dry goods, foreign and domestic, de?
clined in tho last eight or ten days, 20 per
cont.
The prices of living remain high, and
yield slowly. This is owing to the great
scarcity prevailing at thc close of the war,
and the want of time to replenish the gra?
naries and increase the stock of animals.
AUOUSIA, March 12.-The offering stock
and receipts of cotton are light, and very
little is being done in the market. Mid?
dling to strict middling, 34@35c.; good
middlliiK, :ific. Gold very dui!- mmtotni
Qnylng at 30, -nd asking 34, Dut no sales.
Buying silver at 25, and selling at 30.
LONDON, March 1.-Consols dull at 87J?
374- Money active. Rates unchanged. A
new Chilean loan of ?450 had been in?
troduced.
LIVERPOOL, March 1.-Sales of cotton on
Wednesday and Thursday 27,000 bales, in?
cluding 11,000 to speculator? and export?
ers. The market is a trilie higher, but
closed very dull. Breadstuff's aro quiet,
and nominally unchanged. Provisions are
generally firm.
BALTIMORE, March 12.-Flour firm-high
grades scarce; common neglected. Wheat
Bteadv. Corn steady-receipts large; white,
63@70c.; yellow, 66@67c. Oats steady.
Groceries nominal. Whiskey?heavy.
NEW YOEK, March 14.-Cotton steady,
with sales of 2,500 bales, at 41c. for mid?
dling. Gold 30*.
SHIP NEWS.
PORT OF CHARLESTON. MARCH 15.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Br. brig Troubadour, St. John's, N. B.
WEXT TO SEA YESTERDAY.
Steamship Kingfisher, Rector, Baltimore.
Bark Mary and Louisa, Horton, Havre.
Steamer Empire, Washington, D. C.
FOR ALDERMEN.
WARD NO. 1.-D. P. MCDONALD.
A. PALMER,
T. W. RADCLIFFE.
WARD NO. 2.-JOHN STORK,
j. MCKENZIE,
J. B. GLASS.
WARD No. 3.-DB. W. P. GEIGER,
R. D. SENN,
DR. JOHN FISHER.
WARU NO. 4.-E. HOPE,
WILLIAM GLAZE,
JACOB H. WELLS.
March 16_
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BBLS. FAMILY SOUTHE R N
FLOUR-as good, or better, than
has been in this market.
10 bbls. high grade EXTRA FLOUR.
50 " sound super ".
1 case Condensed Milk.
1 " Oysters, Salmon and Lobster.
60 boxes Adamantine CANDLES.
And for sale at fair prices hy
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WHOLESALE Grocers and Commis?
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Mr. T. B. GUY is associated with this
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March 2 PHONIX OFFICE.
Report of the Committee on Memoirs
of the S. C. Conference on the
Death of Rev. S. Townsend.
Tho Rev. SAMUEL TOWNSEND was
horn in Marlboro District. S. C., October
29, 1814, and died in Philadelphia, of in?
flammation of tho bowels, July il, 1SC5,
after an iUness of only forty-eight hours.
Brother Townsend joined the church io
1832, and it is behoved was converted to
God about the same time, at a camp met?
ing in Marion District-tho place having
recently been pointed out to the writer by
thc Rev. Tho?. Munnerlyn, who had kindly
taken the young stranger into his tent, and
was rewarded for his thoughtful hospi?
tality by his happy conversion. We have
frequently heard our depat ted brother re?
lato in love-feast the incidents of tins
great event in his life, with so much clear?
ness and feeling as to leave no doubt as to
its Scriptural character.
He entered the Conference asa traveling
preacher in the beginning of the Confer?
ence year of 183G. In his fifth year, he was
stationed in Camden, during which year ho
was most happily married to Miss Martha
Julia, eldest daughter of John Veal, Esq.,
of Columbia. He served many of thc most
important charges of tho Conference dur?
ing the thirty years of hi? ministry, in all
of which his labors were blessed, more or
less, and in most of thom he was favo1
with gracious revivals. For three years,
he was a missionary to the people of* color
on the Congareo River, and during three
years he served the Conference efficiently
as Tract Agent.
In his regular itinerant work. Brother
Townsend contracted a ruling desire for
tho circulation of books. This ho cai ried
out still more largely as Tract Agent, and
it was during this latter terni of service
that he laid tho foundation of what after?
wards became an extensive bookstore in
the city of Columbia, and by which he con?
scientiously believed he was accomplishing
much good". How much will he be missed
among us in this capacity, as in other re?
lations! Our beloved brother was a tho?
rough Methodist in his faith, both as to
doctrines and usages, a? well as to Chris?
tian experience- and yet his views were
large and liberal in regard to progress and
church extension. He was an earnest,
sound and practical preacher, ami wr.s
pre-eminently a practiealman. He wrought
results. The charges served bj- him evi?
denced to hjs successors-to all-that a
wise, zealous^ practical, acceptable and
successful Methodist preacher had been
there, so that it has often been remarked
of him, that be alwavs left his charge im?
proved. And though he was not in the
regular work for some years past, it is be?
lieved that he acted from a firm conviction
of duty. And was he not always the fast
friend of his brethren of the Conference,
aiding them in every possible way, aud en?
tertaining them with a warm and large?
hearted hospitality? It never will be
known in time how much he bas done in
this way.
His greatly bereaved wife testifies that
he bore the death of his nobie son in the
war, and the subsequent loss of the largest
portion of his earthly goods, with Christian
cheerfulness, frequently saying, "It is ull
for the best."
Brother Townsend was on his way home
from the North, where he had been on bu?
siness, when he was arrested by disease,
which baffled the skill ol' several physi?
cians. He was soothed, in the absence of
family and brethren at home, by several
Methodist friends in Philadelphia. An
attached friend of another faith--a Jewish
Rabbi-was with him in his last hours, and
wrote that, though very feeble, he said: "I
confide in my Saviour, and put my trust
entirely in Him;" and in his last lucid mo?
ments, he exclaimed, "0 my Saviour! O
Jesus, my Saviour." Ho rests from his
labors.
9
ALOT of HEMLOCK and OAK SOLE
LEATHER.
Dozens AMERICAN CALF SKINS.
" KIPS-very large
and heavy.
ALSO,
A lot of heavy UPPER and HARNESS
LEATHER, suitable for plantation pur?
poses.
J. MEIGrHAN,
First storo abovG the Court House.
March 16 3*
ESTATE SALE.
WILL be sold, at tho lake residence of
Felix Turnipseed, on WEDNESDAY,
the 2Sth day of March inst., CORN, FOD?
DER, PEAS, BACON, FLOUR, COTTON
SFED, HORSES, MULES, CATTLE, Hogs,
Sheep, a Wagon, Carriage, Buggy and
Cart, Blacksmith and Plantation Tools and
Implements, Ac. Terms made known on
day of sale. JAS. M. BEARD, Ex'r.
March lt? fm4*
REMOVAL,
J. F. EISENMAN" begs to inform
""?Allis patrons, and the public generali v,
ngk that he has removed his TAILORING
--iuLESTABLISHMENT to Mr. Volger's
old stand, on Main street, where will be
found a complete assortment of CLOTH?,
CASSIMERES, &c., of the newest styles.
Also, NECK-TIES, HANDKERCHIEFS,
COLLARS and a variety of other articles
usually found in a Gentleman's Furnishing
Storo."Having purchased them personally,
he hopes, bv moderate prices and strict
'"attention to business, to merit a share of
public patronage._March 15 to*
THE CRESCENT AERATED
YEAST OR BAKING POWDER!
THIS excellent composition does not con?
tain a particle of Saloratus, Alum or
any deleterious Drug. It is invaluable to
persons suffering from Dyspepsia, as bread
made with it retains, in undiminished
purity, all thc nutritive properties of the
wheat, and is always very grateful to thc
stomach and eminently wholesome.
Tho time saved by the use of this Pow?
der, together with its absolute certainty to
make sweet and light brr ad, biscuit's, cakes
of any kind, puddings, pie-crusts, dump?
lings, corn bread, etc., render it a most
economical and desirable art ?clo for good
house-keepers. Prepared bv
FISHER i HEINITSH,
Pharmaceutists and Druggists,
March 13 Columbia, Sj C.
Collector's Office, Internal Revenue,
THIRD DISTRICT S. C.,
COLUMBIA, March 14, lsiw;.
INSTRUCTIONS have been received at
this office to collect forthwith the LI?
CENSES for all trades, business or profes?
sions. All persons in business since May
30, 18f>5, will come forward and secure
their license at once.
JAMES G. GIBBES, Collector.
March 14 0
ASITUATION as a SAWYER, or to
take chargo of a Saw Mill. Applv at
this office. March 16 f3*
~ Taken tJp in Broad River,
AFEW days ago, a bale of COTTON,
unmarked. The owner can have the
same bv proving propertv.
JOHN S. SWYGERT, JR.
March ll t3*
STOLEN,
?f\__- FROM mv plantation, on night
/T^Vof 5th inst., a largo GREY HORSE,
with ring on loft hind leg, point of
l ight ear .slightly turned over by reason of
a bite. I will pay a reward of $100 for thu
recoverv of the said horse. Address
Mas. 1). E. GEE,
Santue, Guion District, S. C.
March 15 l|3?9*
H. H. WILLIAMS & CO.
JOSS) ST3EL&.W GOODS
AT WHOLESALE,
147 Meeting: Street, Up Stairs,
Upposit,. C |>ii.rlcstoii Hotel,
March 15 3_CHARLESTON, S. C.
Cream Aie for Sale.
HAVING received an agency for Albany
CREAM ALE, we arc enabled to sell
the same at rcd/iced prices by the barrel
or gallon, and at fifteen cents'per drink.
JAS. MAHONEY A CO.,
Assembly street, next cor. Washington.
March 15 8*
^rss anted,
ATEACHER for the Palmetto Academy.
Convenient residence furnished. Sala?
ry S700 per annum. Application* to be
made before 25th inst, to
E. B. HEYWARD,
Chairman Board of Trustees,
March 15 4 Gadsden, S. C.
STEAMBOAT LINE
FROM
Columbia to Charleston.
THE NEW and LIGHT DRAFT STEAM?
ERS "GEORGE" and "COLUMBIA"
arc now prepared to make engagements
to take Freight from Granby Landing to
Charleston. Advances or insurance made,
if desired, to Charleston or New York.
Applv to > A. L. SOLOMON,
Or ' THOS. L. CRAWFORD,
March 15 2mo Agents.
Just Received,
-| (\ BBLS. SELF-RAISING FLOUR
Wt Gc'.uine "Becker's."
Bbls. new MUSCOVADO MOLASSES.
" choice S. H. SYRUP.
2 tierces fresh-beat RICE-whole.
2 " " " -broken,
1 " new B eakfast BACON STRIPS.
10 firkins ano tubs choice BUTTER.
Bbls. choice EATING POTATOES, Atc. -
And tor sale at fair prices by
C. H. BALDWIN,
Corner Main and Washington sts.
March 15- _2
TO RENT,
MA COMFORTABLE COTTAGE,
containing four rooms and Kitchen,
good garden and well of water, situ?
ated on Arsenal Hill, one square abovo
Jewish Cemetery. Apply to J. BURNSIDE,
on thc premisos. March 15
Batesville Mill.
BMW & WARLEY, AGENTS,
COXrtTMBJA, S. C.,
ARE now prepared to furnish the trade
with all, descriptions of Goods from
tho above celebrated mill.
SHIRTINGS, OSNABURGS and YARNS
will he sold at the lowest prices. Call upon
us, and we will give satisfaction.
March 13 6
NOTICE TO BOND-HOLDERS.
OFFICE GREENVILLE AND COLUM?
BIA RAILROAD COMPANY,
COLUMBIA, March 12, 1866.
THE HOLDERS of the MORTGAGE
BONDS of this Company, now past
due, can exchange them, on application at
this office, for Bonds of the Company
guaranteed by the State of South Carolina,
with Coupons attached, for interest from
the maturity of the Mortgaged Bonds.
J. P. SOUTHERN,
March 13 6 Auditor and Treasurer.
W. K. BROWNE. F. M. SCHIRMER.
BROWNE & SCHIRMER,
AUCTIONEERS
AND
GE?OAL COMMISSION
AND
FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
GO?.UMB?&, S. C.,
HAVING located themselves at this
point for the transaction of thc above
named business, would rx-spectfully solicit
consignment of MERCHANDIZE of all
descriptions, either for public or private
sale.
Particular attention paid to the sale of
REAL ESTATE, STOCKS, BONDS, Ac.
Having a large and commodious Brick
Warehouse, we are prepared to receive,
store and forward-all kinds of Merchandize.
We have made arrangements to keep
constantly on hand a large supply of HAY
and GRAIN of all descriptions. We re?
spectfully offer our services to our city and
country friends. All orders lilied with
promptness and despatch.
?3- Volger's new^tore, Main svreet."?*
March 14 Ino
IMPORTANT Til PLANTERS !
Guano! Guano!
IHAVE received 1,000 barrels of FORD'S
FERTILIZER or PHOSPHATE, and
can snpply planters with it, to lie paid for
next Fall." This Fertilizer is highly recom?
mended hy all who have used it, and the
liberal terms offered enable our planters to
use it freely. Orders must he sent imme?
diately. JAMES G. GIBBES,
Marci' ll:; Columbia, S^C.
Sago, Pearl Barley,
STANDARD and Soft Crushed SUGAR,
PICKLES, CHOW-CHOW, Extra, Su?
perfine and Fine FLOUR, SWISS CHEESE.
March 14 3 JOHN C. SEEGERS.