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THE DAILY JTEWS.
Lugest ClrcnlatloK.-TUE DAILY SEWS,
BEING TBE NEWSPAPER OFFICIALLY RE?
COGNIZED AS HAYING IRE LARGEST CIR?
CULATION IN THE CITY OF CIIAELFSTON,
PUBLISHES THE LIST OF LETTERS REMAIN?
ING IN THE POSTOFFICE AT THE END OF
EACH WEEK, ACCORDING TO THE PROVIS?
IONS OF THE NEW POSTOFFICE LAW.
LOCAL MATTERS.
. A UCTIONSALES THIS DA F.
WILLIAM MCKAY will sell at 10 o'clock, at his
salejboom, Meeting-street, hats, clothing, 4c,
"J. A- ENSLOW & Co. will MlUt ll o'clock, on Cen
Sl wbaif, a lot of d ni a.-od hay.
G. MCBRIDE SMITH will sell at 10 o'clock, at
his salesroom, Broad-street, horses, vehicles, kc.
MEETINGS THIS DAY.
Eaplo Fire Company, at 8 P. M.
Howard Lodge, at S P. M.
JOB PBXKTISO AT THE NEWS OFFICE. -For
the accommod?t on of our friends and tho public,
we bave just established, in connection with our
husineBs, a Job Printing Office, where we are now
prepared to execute all kinds of job printing with
-cheapness, accuracy and dispatch. This department
of our office is in charge of accomplished and con
scientious practical printers, and our friends who
favor us with their orders may rely upon their punc?
tual and careful execution.
THE DAILY XEWS PBICE CURRENT AXD COM?
MERCIAL CIRCULAR V. ill be ready for dolivery at our
coCaUmg room at mm o'clock this morning. Single
copies five cents. Orders for ten copies and over
.will be flied at the rate of two and a half cents per
copy.
PUBLIC MARKETS.-The markets will be open
to-day until 9 A. M.
THE UNITED STATES COUBT.-This court
was adjourned yesterday until Monday next, at thc
usual hour of opening.
MAGISTRATE APPOINTED.-Major Abram
Jones has been sprouted by Governor Scott a ma?
gistrate for Edge?e?d Dis'rict.
PERSONAL.-Tho Hon. Thurlow Weed is at
the Charleston Hotel; H. L. Bridgman, Esq., of tho
Springfield (Miss.) Republican, and Captain Georgo
Adams, of the Augusta Constitutionalist, at tba Pavi?
lion Hotel
A Erv EB THIEF. -A white man by the name
jf Sawyer, while lying off the plantation of Mr. Wil?
liams Middleton, Ashley River, ha his schocner, a
few days ago, went up to the maiden of the planta?
tion and robbed it of a large lot of fine jap?nica
plants and car.H-Q tb^m aboard bis vessel, andas
soon os thc theft was discovered Mr. Middleton se?
cured the services ot Officers Roed and Gray, who
boarded the v?3sel yestcrdoy sud recovered the
liants. Sawyer ha i bceu committed.
THE PEAK BELL Brooms.'-The inclemency
of the weather prevented there being as large an au?
dience at tbe Hibernian Hall last cvei in pr, as on a
previous oaca-ion, to litten to the sweet music of
the b ells and enjoy tbe varied and Irghly interesting
entertainment of the Peak and Berger families. The
fafcial de! inp at i Lriis of Sol Smith Russell are a decided
specialty of tho programme, and keep the risibili?
ties of the au uience always astir. There has not
been an amu.-emcnt in our city for along season
which has given su:h general satisfaction* on the
score of ge nnir o merit, as the combined vocal, in?
strumental and general performances furnished by
this celebrated combination.
CLUBS AND STABS.-The following cases were
disposed cf yesterday by the Mayor:
Sam Middleton, colored, for attempting toiob
lady on nuueoge^streuu sent to tue tious? ot cor
rcctiou for thirty days.
F. Brant, white. Intoxicated and disorderly on Eat
Bay. Fined $2.
Margaret Campbell, colored, for larceny of a silvsr
watch and clothing frcm the residence of Mr. Fitts.
Held for further examination.
Yesterday, about 10 o'clock, a thief ent-.-red the
store of Mr. Co my, No. ll Market-street, by raising
the bar of tho door, and succeeded in carrying off a
lot of clothing. Mr. Coney was absent at church at
the time._
THE UNITED STATES Co ?BT, MASCH 25
HON. GEO. S. BETAS, PRESTDDJQ.-Jacob Meyer
was finally discharged in bankruptcy. The bill for
foreclosure in the matter of Toes. S. Waring, bank
rupt, and answers thereto, were referred to Regis?
trar Carpenter for report The report of the Regis?
trar on the petition of Esther Herron to establish
Hen in the matter of Robert A. Herron was read
and confirmed, and the lien establiahed. It was or?
dered that all lion creditors establish claim before
Registrar Claweon beiore tbe 20th April, and show
cuse why the real estate of G. B. Pearson, bank?
rupt, should not be sold free from incumbrances.
Lien against L. C. Chappell was established on re?
port of the Registrar. The case of B. R. Harvin for
final discharge in bankruptcy was referred to the
Registrar, and final hearing set down for the 26th
April. W. J. J. Lei rage was finally discharged in
bankruptcy. The e asigne ea of W. J. Carter, bank
rupt, was ordered to sell the real and personal estate
of the ba ak rup: in May next, and to call for proof
of claims before that time. The amended schedule
of SamL B. Flowers was filed. Th e petition of A. A.
Gilbert to enter ce lien against S. R. Flowers was
refelled to the Registrar. Tbe report of the Regis?
trar on the petition of Jonas Prewton to establish
lien of mortgage and for sale of land tn the matter
of A. W. T. Simmons waa confirmed, and the mort?
gage ordered foreclosed, and sale by the assignee
ordered.
EMIGRATION TO CALIFORNIA.-A large num?
ber of South Carolinians, discouraged by th? appear?
ance of things in this State, by their Jo;sos from the
war, and especially by their disfranchisement under
. the Reconstruction acts, have left and are leaving
their native State to seek their fortunes anew on the
Pacific coast. With the subjects of their discontent
removed from their sight, wi.h the necessity of hard
work upon them, on the fertile lands and among the
prc sot rous people of California, their energies and
abilities will have freer scope and greater stimulus
than ot home, and they will doubtless achieve iu a
greater or less degree thai good fortube which they
s?ck. j he samo freed om from repining, thc same en?
ergy and hard work, would, however, enable thom to
overcome the difficulties which now surround us
ai borne, and to a.hiove on their native soil and
amorg friends and relatives a degree of succe-s ten?
fold more productive ot enjoyment than the best
of fortune in a strango lanu. To comman l thc
same spirit and energetic industry among the dc?
ors of our fallen foi tunes as ia a new country, ic
qaircs of course no small d grce of philosophy.
That philosophy, wc believe, is possessed by most
of our people, and in icu or at most twenty
years, whsn the great Southern Pacific Railroad |
has its costera terminus in Cbcrlestou, our friends
who have gone to the other end ot the
linc ??1 have little to boast of that w-.- w.d not
enjay at this.
Among the more recent emigramU to the West
from this Sta'e we notice the naaies o: three ex
Confederate officers and their families, amounting
in all to eighteen persons, who will sail ou the
Cahfoi'iiaiteamer from New York to-morrow. The
officers alluded to arc: 1st. Lieutenant-Colonel
John G. Pressley, ol the Eutaw Regiment, who
served with distinction at Seceseionville, Battery
Wagner and Petersburg, at which last place he was
desperately wounded. Before the war he was for a
long time a member of the ?State Legislature from
Williamsburg Dis'.rict, and he was also a member or
the Secession Convention from the same district.
He resided at Kingstree and was a prominent mem?
ber ot the bar at tbat 7 lace. 2?. Colonel James F.
Pres3ley, of the Tenth South Carolina Inf mtry, bet?
ter kr.own as Manigault's Regiment, in cemmand of
which he was severely wounde.l at Stone Mountain.
Before the war he was a urmjer of the State Senate
j%om Williamsburg District, In California be ex?
pects to p'ant, and practice medicine. 3d. Captain
Dwight Burr, who was also a Conlederate officer
from this State.
THE CHARLESTON ELECTION.
Proceedings Under the Writ of lino
Warranto.
PIKs T DAV.
Tho hearing of the ai pimienta iu the matter of
the writ of quo warranto sued out by Gilbert Pillsbury
a ud others, against the Acting Mayor nut Aldermen
of Charleston, was begun ye?terday in the Circuit
Court before Judge Carpenter.
The first question which arose was as to the quo
warran lo, alleged by the counsel for the Mayor and
Aldermen to be pending in the Supreme Court. Ibo
counsellor Mr. Pillsbury admitted that no order of
discontinuance was made by the court, and contend?
ed that tho discontinuance by the relators, in open
court, was sufficient without an order. 1 he counsel
on th e other fide contended that without moho J
made and order of court, tl ere could bc no valid
discontinuance.
Mr. Corbin, counsel for Mr. Pillsbury and the
claimants, read an argument in reply to the pleas of
the Acthg Miyor and Aldeimcn. He argued that
thc whole case resolved itself into two questions: 1.
Whether Gilbert Pillsbury and otbers received thc
1 at goat number of vote? for Mayor and Aldermen of
Charleston. 2. Whether the act to confirm and malte
valid the election was indeed a law. Ihe first point
WAS admitted, when it was acknowledged that the
Ac ting Beard ot Aldermen did declare lbs election,
which at-Jlrst they refused to do, so that Pillsbury
and others were brought within the section of the
State Constitution, which declares that in an election
the persons receiving the largest number of votes
s ball be elected. Ihen ceased the tenure of the Act?
ing Mayor and Aldermen, and because thsy refused
to go ont, the Legislature passed tba validating act.
Any defect that there might have been was made
goo d by that act. That act was a proper exercise of
the legislative power. 1 he powers of a corpcration
are not in the nature of a contra, t, and no contract
was violated by it. lt was not retrospective, but
pr ospective. In conc/usien, he said that it was a
thing unprecedented in this Stale or tbe United
S tatos, for thc Acting Mayor and Aldermen to con?
tinue in office in face of that law, and that their
usuryed pewer had produced none but peaceful re?
sults, we must thank God and the remarkable for?
bearance of this people.
Mr. Barker opened tho argument for the Acting
Mayor and Aldermen, denying the piopoaltion that
the Legislature had the right to destroy the charter
of tbe city, to abrogate thc privdeges of the p. opie,
or to diminish in any way those sacre? 1 rights which
are guaranteed and sustained alike by the Constitu?
tion of this State and of the United States, and by
the fundamental principles which are the basis of
all civil law. Ho denied 'bat the Legislature could,
without previously repealing the charter, thrust in
its baud and touch ono of the franchises which arc
the property of tbe corporation and corporators. Mr.
harker read tbe sections of the Constitution of the
State which supportod his view, that thc Legisla turo
had not the right tc abrogate the charter of thc city,
and argued tbat it the claimants could get posses?
sion of tho offices of Mayor and Aldermen, th-.irexer
cbeof power would te illegal and au usurpation.
Alter showing what was understood by the wird"
offi-e and franchise, he contended that al?
though under the otiginal charter there
might have been co contract between tbe
corporation end thc Legislature, there bad been
amendments and extensions of power which m kc
tho charter as it .stands a contract which cannot bc
violated. The city bad been authorized to contract
a debt, to issue bonds had become a corporator of
corporations outside ol' thc State; it had mad ~ con?
tracts y'. W its creditors, and its right of retaining
it.i corporate si ope for the protection of its creditors
and for its own interest, for suciugaed being sued,
tho Legislature could not abroga1 e. Tho corpora?
tion and corporators were bound by these contracts,
the very machinery was provided for enforcing
hem, and could the Legislature step in and amend
ind destroy without impairing the obligation of a
contract? Giving a city the power to enter into
.nch conti acts, puts it in the position of a private
corporation, and it is no longer within the power of
no Legislature to meddle with or indi' gc upon ile
?bartered rights and privilege?. It would be a mon
t rous tyranny to toke away the corporate franchises
rb ile tho property of the corporators still remain
d bound under the acts of incorporatirn. But
r?M if tx.- -T.... ts* ...-a vc &C{/OAJ0U, >.uu,u
,e gi slature still do what they pb aged ? Uuder the c
onstiturion of the State and of tbe United States j
he ci tlzens of Charleston bad the undoubted right
f choosing their Mayor. Only the Mayor chosen c
>y them, and no other, can be Mayor, and he must
i e elected under tbe law previously existing. Now, a
be ?.Validating act" declares in the preamble that
he election was not according to law; it was, there- ti
ore, to moke valid and legal what was invalid and
Ilegal ; it was, in reality, an act to deprive the ci tj of t
he right of self-government, to deprive the people s
if the right of choosing their officers under pie-ex- r
a ting laws, to which they were entitled under the c
?onstitution. Ihe Mayor and Aldermen who were
not chosen by the people accoidicg to law could not c
>e made Mayor und Aid' rmen by one act of the Leg- ,
slat ure, for it wis one of the vested rights of the i
citizens to have only the Mayor and Aldermen whom .
hey bad elected. If there was any defect in tho
itle by Which the Acting Mayor and Aldermen
loudened to hold office until their duly elected t
nc cessors came, it was made gcod by the "Val- <
dating act" which was directed to them and re- (
ognized them in their official capacities. Admit- p
mg, however, but only for argument, that thc Le- 1
: isl ature has the right to repeal the cha?t, it can- 1
not, without repealing the charter, deprive ihe elli- v
:ens of their right to AU their offices with persons f
tul y elected. To take beck the charter of a public s
cr potation it must be expressly taken back, and no s
ne privilege or right of any citizen under such c
harter can be taken away without such repeal, lt v
an not be done by a special act in favor of Pillsbury o
r any other individual. The citizens have the right 1
o have their Mayor elected according to law, unle? 1
0 much of tbe charter is repealed, and no Legisla- a
ure can take up and thrust in a man not so elected, i:
?ven if Mayor Clark were to resign, the vacancy in h
be office would be as great an obstacle in thc way of d
Pillsbury as if Mr. Clark had been duly elected. Be- b
move Mr. Clark, tbe defacto officer, and tbe of- o
ice is vacant, and the vacancy niu-t be filled t
ij an officer elected ac Ording to law. Even if o
Mayor Clark is ousted, the vacant offi e will prc- ii
ec itself and thc franchises of the citiz?ns against g
ny intrusion by any persons not duly elected, a
"here is no duly elected pcr?en to fill thc vacancy, o
nd there must bea new electicn. Tho charter says v
io, ibo constitution lays so, thc Foutteentb amend- t]
uent to the United states Constitution says so ! b
Great sensation and low murmurs among thc color- '
d peo;, le.) Mr. Barker then showed tue alleged in- a
:orrectness of tho resumption by counsel on the o
ither side, that Pillsbury was admi ted by tho Act- ii
ng Board of Aldermen to have been elected with c
is associ?tes. All that the claimants wauled when i
hoy wed bet?re the bu; rome Court was to have a tl
leclaration upon which they might found their ap
ilicationfor tbe wi it of quo u-arrcnto. is -cou as
ne de claratiou was made they go before ihe Legi - G
alu: o end obtain on act which is to settle a private tr
outro.'etsy, "?b:ih is ipse facto void sud uuconsti- b
utioual. If thc art has auy loree at all it ii a lcels r
dive j udaruent agaiust Mr. ( lark, depriving him of 1
is previous right, of his verdict of ouster ly a jury, vi
nd dei"riving tbe corporation ol its rij;bl to have his r,
1 gbt tried by jury. Ibis principle, if carried out, r
rould bo subversive o? our personal ?iud orporatc E
igbts; an luvnsion by the Legislature of the fane- w
ion ot thc judiciary as- wellas ot the riyh:s of ?ho U
itzem , >
Mr. Miles followed cu the fame side, reading, in Ii
he fi) st plaie, a cateluliy j reparcd statement of thc
.bole facts of tbe case. He reminded the court that v
ne branch of tho grounds t.pou which the election e
ad been contested, viz: Ihe bad votes which bli a
cen cast, ? mounting to more than the lnjoruies t<
laimed by Fill-bury and his associates, had Lever IV
cen touched. TLe quei-tion had not been waivpd, (j
cd bo and his colleagues were always ready and V
nsiousto try it when the tribunal to bear it could be I
mud. Indeed, there bad betn no judicial decision ?
pon any part of ihe case bejoud that given by tbe A
oard of Aldermen. In thc Supreme Court, the ques- J
on of validity was not at issue, and the claimants g
lid they only wanted to moko a case before the V
ourts and would "fight it out on that linc." But I
.hen the declaration was made Mr. <?orbiu, counsel d
>r the claimants and senator from Charleston, intro- G
need a bill in t he Legislature to seat them. Why ? E
lecauso arguments could ba introduced in the Leg- vt
ilature which could not be introducer! in the court- J
ouse, becauFe authorities were cited and facts sta- B
3d that the other ?ide had no opportunity to con- a!
rovert, because-as Mr. Corbin said-there was no w
rompt remedy in the court?,and he wanted at once C
to drive ou', or smoke out the Acting Board of Al?
dermen. And yet Mr. CorNn is no further advanced
than if he hid gone to thc courts al ouce 1 he act of
the Lesislature does uot touch the validity of tho
votes, and the question is, whether that act gives the
election to Pillsbury and his Aldermen, whether the
election was valid or invalid, and whether or not
they received the larc est number ot legal votes.
'J h's would bc inconsistent with and repugnant to
the city charier and a violation of the constitution ol'
the ?- tate and thc Uuited States.
Ihe bill violates the charter of the city; it is a vio?
lation, not au amendment, modification or repeal.
The citizens have the riuht to elect a Mayor and Al?
dermen, and yet the act gives those offices to certain
specified persons. Tbe charter is not repealed. It
is recognized by thc ordinances of the convention,
and by tbo municipal elections act, and the act to
quiet rights under military orders requires ihem to
hold office until iheir successors are duly elected
and qualified. Admit that the charter may be modi?
fied or repealed, tod it cannot bc done without the
thirty days'nc tice required by the charter. Tho
first election bill, which wa? Vfttoed, s,ave this no?
tice, but the others do not. The Acting Mayor and
Aldermen are actually in possession, and the ques?
tion whether the claimants wero duly elected and
qualified can only be determined by the
courts. 'J he act is a violation of - common
right. The pr^auble upon which it is based is 1 ot
in accordance with the facts. It is a garbling, a
twisting of the truth, r Ulsbury and his Aldermen
were declared to have received the largest number
of votes, but this can never be made to mean "duly
elected." It is also no law, because it deprives the
defacto officers of their rights under a charter which
is not ropealed, and because it imposes a punishment
or penalty. Under the form of an action,it attempts to
puoish them and deprive them of their property
"without the j udgment of their peers or the law of the
land," which is nut the declaration oft tie constitution
but ot Magna Charta. It is also inconsistent with, and
and repugnant to itself, in declaring valid what it
admite to be invalid. These are violations ol common
rights, and in themselves male the act voiii and of
no effect.
The "Validating act," moreover, is special or class
legislation. Its repeal ol military orders and the
penalty fer non-vacating office on demand arc not
universal in their application, but are confined to the
Acting Mayor and Aldermen. It subjects them to
restrictions not imposed upon any other porsons, it
enacts special penalties, it gives Mr. Pillsbury a
eauseot action against Mr. Clark, it is retroactive
and prospective in its operation, it despoils thc Act
i mr Mayor and Aldermen of theiroffices-theirprop
perty-and their franchises, without the judgment of
their peers;and, for all these reason', it is unconsti?
tutional and void. Thc question cf thc legality of
the election is clearly judicial, and thc case is made
up and pending in thc Supremo Court, for auihori
ties in thc state show that a case cannot be discon?
tinued except by on order of court. Thc caso is
Btill pendine, and the city cannot be cut off from its
right to a judicial di cisi?n byan act of the Legisla?
ture. No act declaring that to bc legal which is be
f ore thc court as being illegal can bc a law at ail. A
law cannot be made to deny to certain persons thc
benefit of the genr ral law in particular cases. Thc
Legislature bas ne light to determine the facts af?
fecting the rights of individuals, and wheuthcygo
beyond their province their acts aro void.
It being 4 o'eto'k, Judge Cai penter adjourned the
furl her hearin,' of the case to Monday next, at 10 A,
M., when Mr. Miles will close his cogent and able
irgumenl. _
GOOD FRIDAY, will bc appropriately observed
in thc Catholic and E] iscopal Churches. In the
rormcr, tc-dav, there is no mass and tho al ar is
utriprcd ol all its ornaments. Tb-1 ceremony ot un
veil ng thc cross is perfoimeil by thc parish priest,
who uncovers a small portiouot tho cross at a time,
and chants "Ecce lignum c uds," the assistants an
iweriug " Fl'Ctuamus genua" After thc cross has
been entirely i ncovered, the faithful approach and
re ve rently ki6s thc bead and feet of the crucifix.
iVheu this portion of tho ceremony is ended the
host is placed in thc tabernacle and the priest per?
ones the concluding portion of tbe mas". In tbe
evemng there is generally a sermon on thc Passion,
?Dd the hymn " Stabat Hater" is chanted by thc
hoir._
riEPonTEBs URUSIBS.-ino churches, ?pia
opal and Catholic, were very tastefully decorated
.esterday.
The ? lamination of the students of the Charleston
lolloge was completed yesterday.
The lower market preseuts a very inviting appear
nce, burdened with tropical fruit.
The public examination of the Si _:h School will
ike place on Monday.
The man clim) ing the telegraph poles to attach
ho wire for the new office in Broad-street, caused
ome sensation j esterday amoag those who had
lever seen the like before, and attracted quito a
rowd.
It is rumored that a well known legal gentleman,
>f this city will soon receive a remembrance from
one ot tbe companies attached to tbs Fire Depart?
ment of the City of Charleston-in all probability he
viii be canid._
THE AUGUSTA FIREMEN D?L?GATION.-Cap
aiu George Adams and Dr. D. 8. Wright, of the
Georgia independent Fire Company, reached the
:ity yesterday, and are at tbe Pavilion Hotel. They
ireceded the delegation, consisting of Messrs. C. ft
Dodge, ?. Hatchor, C. Hollings worth, D. Plumb and
lieutenant George McLaughlin, and perhaps others,
rho will arrivo in thc city to-day, to take charge of
he new steamer, the Georgia, wbich will arrive on the
tcamship Charleston. The Georgia bas a beautiful
ignal bent at her bead, on the front of which is the
oat of arms of the St .tc; on tho rear glass is the
rord "Georgia." highly embellished; on each side
f the glass the words 'li corgi* A. I.F.Company,
st Division." She bas two name plates on her
'oiler, wita the engine engraved on them. She has
, straight boiler, with lt>8 copper flues, 1# by 22
aches, with an t-x'ension smoko pipe. The boiler
as a jacket nf silver plated metal. Her steam cylin
er is 9 inch bore and 9 in -h stroke. The boiler
as 150 feet of service copper flues, the fire passing
n the inside of them. All of ber iron work is highly
tolisbed. Her wheels hive metallic bubs, the fiont
nee arc 4 fi feet, and thc bind wheels 5,li feet. She
5 painted an ivcry black and striped with
old, altogether making a handbome appear
ncc. She is rated as third-class. No doubt
ur firemen, with their characteristic hospitality,
rill give the delegation a reception worthy of
heir reputation, aud take core of them while
ere. It is expected that tho new steamer for the
?Eagles" will be on the same steamship. She'has
"ready b--en described in THE ?SEWS. The arrival
: theso nev apparrruses will doubtless create a stir
i thc department, which is already infused with
onjdderablo vim on thc sut-.i-.-ct of Lhs forthcoming
anule, which wi l, we learn, bc one of the grandest
lat bas occurred here in years.
HOTEL ARRIVALS, MARCH23.-Pavilion Iio!t'!.
?co Adam. D S Wright, Georgia Fire Company, Au
tutu; M Jack, Peuusylvania; J F Malloy. Conway
oro'; J McMillan, Barnwell: J C llcCu'lman, J H
arrott, Dar inst on; F I) clarkson, South Carolina;
! W sherwood and son, Eri", N Y-, E ll Mason and
rife, Chicago; J S Berkn^ht, Flori la; G Do k, Har
is burg, Pa; AF Englebert, Pennsylvania; J Har?
ington, Newton, Mass; W II Bell, Owwego, N Y; lt
iecle-r, W S Juhnson, AV s Johnson, Jr, J M Wood?
ard, New Turk; H L Bridgeman, Springfield, Mass:
t P Kine laud, E D loHcxedon, New Turk; F A
[orlon, Gilhsonville: W W Fowler. Bell lt njers; O
[ Whitfield, O I cal, Williamsburg.
Charlatan Hotel.-J C lt. cse, Georgi i; J II W Ste?
ens, Lancaster; E N Plowdeu, E R I lowden, Ciar
udon; Lndjard Hull, New York; W H Gaylord, Ohio;
ICartright, Pennsylvania; \V J Walker, Wash tag?
on, D i'; J Orth, Norfolk; B S Newbold aud wife,
liss Newbold, Pennsylvania; T Weed and daughter,
leorgo H Andrews. Aiken; A D Logan, New York;
i'iliiam Dodd and wife, Miss Ella Dodd, New Jersey;
[ O Bloodwood, New York; G S Osborne and wife,
'iorence Usborne, New Jersej ; W McMastcr, Miss C
IcUaster, Cincinnati; J S R Thompson, Yorkvillc;
P Brand, Auinista; E V Hark, New York; T J Bo
-n, Cincinnati; It A Bi-hard3 aud family, Miss
k'iiite, Boston; Miss Yan Doren, New York;
?aac McKim and wife, W (3 Remington, J H Glien
ary, Baltimore; J B Gunn, C V Rcoves, F Dreypel,
r Greer and daughter, W Hcntzell and wife, Miss
lentzell, J Wodiuyton, J W Woodward, D Wads
orth and wifo, H P Kingsland,.E De Berxedon, W
Johnson and son, New York; H G Eastman, OJ
lansoom. Poughkeepsie; H L Budgman, Springfield,
[ass; J Bippell and wife, Liverpool; J Barrett and
ife. Miss Barrett, city ; J N Casonova, Cardenas,
nba.
EMPLOYMENT WANTED.-Fivo stout, hearty
Germane applied for lodgings at the guardh: use yes?
terday evening. They are able, willing an I tv.-n
anxious to work, on a farm or in any othpr capacity.
A good opportunity is here odored for iarmcr3 or
planters in need of white labor.
WITHDRAWAL OF MR. MACKEY.-Mr. CorbiD
moved yestetday, and it wa3 ordered, that the name
of T. J. Mackey-claiming to be Alderman elect from
Ward No. 3-one of thc relators in the quo warrant*)
case now pending, be Btricken irom the record of
the cause. We are informed that Mr. Mackey's ob?
ject is to bring his case, which involves Ihe question
at issuo, directly before the Supreme Court, which
sits on the 6th April, thereby ovoidiug the delay that
would follow should Judge Carpenlcr decido agains'
tho petitioners or reserve his decision uutil ar;er the
Supreme Court has met.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
MB. ANDREW M. MOBELAND line an important
idvcrtisement in another column.
GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS!-Le1, the bells
ring; let the canoon l e fired; 1-t us all rejoice I
Whoop, whoop, burrah I hurrah! The Legislature
bas adjourned ?ne die (siii'd and died.) Oh! what
? saving to tho State-S18C0 per day. Letall.wlth
sut distinction of color, meet atSteele's "Hat Hall,"
No. 313 King-street, and rejoice over the beautiful
aew style felt and 6traw hats.
INSIDE VIEWS OF NEW YOBS_Mr. Edward
Winslow Martin, a lifelong resident of New York,
?.bo has had the best opportunities of observing all
the phases of life in that city, has published a volum?
inous and interest!! g work, descriptivo of New York
md ita inhabitants, called "Ihe Secrets of the Great
City," which is illustrated with thirty floe engrav?
ings, and sold for the low price of 52 75. Mr, It. C.
Starr is the age j t for Charleston.
JRillincrp ?nobs. Cfc
SPRING OPENING-7
MRS. M. J. ZERNOW
RESPECTFULLY
invites the attention
of customers and thc
ladies in general to a j
large and varied as?
sortment of MILLI?
NERY GOODS, including DRESS TRIMMINGS,
ind Madame DEMO RES I'a PAPER PATTERNS.
DRESS MAKING attended to aa usual.
-Yo . 3 0 4 KIN G-8 T R E E T.
March 25
JHiSttUOttCOUS.
PIANO FORTES^
MUSIC, Sc G .
RECEIVED CY LATE IMPORTATIONS, A
choice assortment of PIANO FORTES, at
?trictly Octorv prices; warranted for five years
Uso, eight oitTereut styles of Cabinet Organs and
de'odco is, i f the bort makers.
Purchasers about selecting an instrument aro in?
cited to call and ex minc thc supply ot excellent
nstrumeuts now offered for salo. In addition to the
tbove, the undersigned begs to call attention to bis.
ine stock of Music il Instruments and Musical Mer
ibandue, ot thc bert quality foreign and American.
A large and varied collection of Mime Books, with
ate ai'd fashionable Sheet Murtc on hand, and re
?eived as soon as published.
Boosey A Co.'s popular standard of correct and
heap Music Publications, from easy to the most
lifiV ult, to suit all tastes. Catalogues free on op
ilication.
PIANO FORTES kept for Hire.
PIANO FORTES and other Musical Instruments
uned, repaired, token tn oxchanga and bought.
xix^i^xv L" ?xxL<?orijiiva.
' tl K V E il KING AND BE.U'F.U.V,
US- ENTR/lNOE THIRD DOOR FROM KING.
March 23 tuf Imo
THE ACTS
AND
JOINT RESOLUTIONS
OFTHd
General Assembly
OF
SOUTH CAROLINA.
PASS ED AT THE SPECIAL SESSION OF 1868,
Dgotuer with tho STATE CONSTITUTION and
1ILITARY LAWS RE ENACTED.
For sale by
DENNY & PERRY,
Printers and Stationer ,
No, 163 Meeting-stroet,
March 15 mwf6
.KM AND PARIS EXPOSITIONS.
PRIZE MEDALS 1
THE
GEORGE A. CLARK'S
O. IN". T .
SIX COKU, SOKT FINISH
SPOOL COTTON.
This favorite Thread beins Six Cord lo No.
), purely Soft Finish, id recommended for ito
reit superiority for Haml and Machine Sew
FOR SALE BY THE
Principal Wholesale and Het.iil
Dry Goods and Notion Deniers.
February 27 :)mo
? M i? o li Tic K s U K
TEAS. WINES. BRANDIES, "Lc,
And T alora in
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES
WM. S. CORWIN li CU.
?3-Qooda delivered to all parts of the City.
October 21
p T . ll U JU P M R K Y S i
tl'oKER, AUCTIONEER AND COMMIS?
SION 'MERCHANT.
ALES OF REAL ESTATE, STOCKS, BOND?, SE?
CURITIES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
ATTENDED TO.
No. ?7 BROAD-STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. 0.
RH F Kim NC ?3.
Hon. HENRY BUIST, W. J. MAGRATH, Esa.
eneral JAMES CONNSR, T. R. WARING, Esq,
October
JnwaHie.
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK.
Orarauizid in 1859.
Ail Policies iniii-Korfeitable.
Kali L.oan Taken. No Notes Required.
LAST CA*rH DIVIDEND 50 (F?Fi?) PER CENT.
Statement. .
Policies in force.$25,000,000 I
Assets. 1,500,000
Annual loc?me. S00.000 ?
Losses Faid. 500.000 !
Officers.
W. H. PECKHAM. President.
H. V. GARAGAN, Secretary.
L. Mo ADAM, Actuary.
G. A. FtTDICKAR. Superintendent.
Directors.
Hon. JOHN A. Dix, New York. E. V. EAUOHWOOT, Firm E. V. Haufrhwout 4
Hon. JAMES HABPEB, Firm Harp;r & Bros., Co.
ex-May or Kew York. Wat. WILKENB, Firm W. Silkens & Co.
JOHN J. CRANG, Presidont Dank Itapublic. J?LICH H. PI:ATT, Morcbant.
WK. T. HOOKER, Wall-street. rta. \V. WRIOIIT, Morchant.
WM. M. VERMILYE. Banker ?Vormily? & Co.) CHAH. J. STARR, Merchant.
CHAS. G. ROOKWOOD. Ua3tiier Newark Baukint? WILLIAM ALLEN, Morchaut.
. Company. GEO. yy. CU?LER, Banker, Palmyra, N. Y.
Hon. GEORGE OPDYKE ex-Mayor ot .Vow York. GEO. T. [JOPE. President Continental Fire In
MINOT C. MOROAN, Banker. I suranco Company.
THOMAS BIONET, Firm Thomas Rigney tc Co. I JonN H. SHERWOOD,' Park Place.
BENJ. B. SHERMAN, Treasurer Now York Steam | WALTON H. * \CKHAM, Corner 5th Avenue and
?URar Refiuun? Co.npany. I Twcnty-thtra-street.
AABON ARNOLD, Firm of Arnold, Constable & Co. | EDWARD ti. WRIGHT, Newark, K. J.
RICHARD H. DOWNE, Wetmore & Bowrie, Law- i GEO. W. FARLEE, Counsellor.
vars. ! W. L. Coo.swr.LL, Mercbaut.
GEORGE KEIM, General-A sent for South Carolina.
Or. T. B.EK8ISTJKMNA, Examining Physician.
R. ISSERTEL,
GENERAL AGENT FOR CHARLESTON,
January 12 Gmo Dis office So. i >~> King-Street, Charleston, S. V.
/erti'jeri.
THE "CAROLINA FEHTILIZKH " IS MADE FROM THE PHOSPHATES OF
South Carolina, and is pronounced by various chemists one ol the best Manures known, only infer or
to Peruvian Ouauo in it- FERTILIZING PROPERTIES. These 1:H"SPHA1ES ore the remains of extinct
land and sea animals, aud possess qualities of the greatest value lo ibo agriculturist.
Wo ancex thc analysis of Professor SHEPARD :
'LAHOBATORT or THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF Sotrrn CAROLINA.
Anahsis of a sample of CAROLINA FERTILIZER, personally sclccled:
MoMuro expelled nt 212 dog. F.
Organic Matter, with some water of combination expelled at a low red beat.lo.ou
Fixed Ingredients.^-'jj
Phosphoric Acid-Soluble*.Y.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.if.96.'.'.!'.'.. . .FquiValent to U.ST Soiublo Ihosphate ot Lime.
aiou.liuR.?.AF..xi.j-i..,.-> tm t..i. *--?-w?ihoncL
13.13 24.75 Phosphate ot Lime.
Sulphuric Acid.11.01.Eouivalent to 23.66 Sulphate of Lime.
Sulphate of Potash.". 80
Sulphate of 8oda.w. 3.50
Sand <.1J-?0
On the strength ot these results, I am glad to certify to the superiority of tho CAROLINA JFLRTl
LIZER, examined. C. ?. SHEPARD, Ja."
*S- We will furnish this excellent FERTILIZER lo Plantors and othors ot $GG per ton of 2001 lbs.
o-mo. w. wiXjLi^nvwcis & co.,
FACTORS
February 2G
fmwlmo
Shirts une /nrnisljing OJoobs.
THE""
Proprietor of tho Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods
Emporium, Meeting-street, near Market, do9irous
of bringing the famous
STAR
Shirts into general use, and believing that it is only
necessary for gentlemen to wear these
SHIRTS
once to be well pleased with them, will hereafter of?
fer them to bis customers
AND
thc pnblic generally at cost prices. His Block ot
Meek lies, Scarfs and
COLLARS
will also bo sold at such pricoj as to defy competi?
tion, and if satisfaction ls not
GIVEN
bo will return the money. His charges arc so rea?
sonable as alOiOst to make buyers belierc the articles
are given
AWAY O
Ho is prepared to mik) Shirts to order with the
utmost dispatch; and his arscrtnieot of rcady-aadc
(.hirts is so full that buyers can be titled at a mo?
ment's notice. F cr prcoi of thc.-e statements call
AT SCOTT'S
* tar Mrirt mid Furnishing Goods Emporium,
Meeting-street, nearly opposite Market If nil.
January 1 limos
ijrji??i? pitiers.
1*2? "Sr*
PANKNfN'S HEPATIC BiiTERS,
THEY CURE DYSPEPSIA,
AND ALL DISEASES OP TnE
STOMACH AND LI7ER.
TUET ARE RECOMMENDED DT TUE
MEDICAL FACTJLTY.
HEGEMAN & CO.,
AGENTS, NEW TORE.
Manufactured by C. F.P?MMN,
CHEMIST AND APOTEMAS?,
CHARLESTON-, S. C.
99*For Bal? by Druggists EvoryicIiere.~&.
Februaiy 15 mwflyr
Juilbinj ^Joltriali, Cte._
STEAM SASH, BLIND
AND
DOOR FACTORY.
L. E. CORDRAY & CO.,
Jvo. 2 PR1 TC HARD-STREET,
OPPOSITE J. F. TAYLOR k CO'S MACHINE
SHOPS.
SASHES, GLAZED AND UNGLAZED, always
OQ hand
PANEL DOORS, HOT HOUSE SASHES,
MOULDINGS, kc, mado up at abort no?
tice, and at the lowest terms.
L. E. CORDRAY.C. A. TROUCHE
Marci) '23 3mo
JJOLMKS ?li MACBETH.
No. 3 G II io ail-street',
Charleston, S. C.,
BROKERS, AUCTIONEERS, REAL ESTATE
AND
G KM-:.: AL CU M MISSION AGENTS.
Will ntltend to Renting and Collecting of Rents
and purchase and si:o ol' Stocks, DouJs, Gold,
iilver and Heal Estate.
ALSO,
To thc Purchase of Goods and Supplies for parties
in the country noon rcasou ible terms.
Or.oiiOE L. HOLMES.ALEXANDER MACBETH,
.latin T?' 1 lyr
tTS Ska
OFFICE No. 275 KING,
OPPOSITE BASEL-STREET.
Jannary27 3mo
DENTIST.
R00M3 AT HIS RESIDENCE. NORTHWEST COR
NER OF MEETING AND SOCIETY STREETS.
November 20 fmwGinos
CHARLESTON
DEISTT-?a-X. DEPOT
NO. 275 KING-STREET,
GOLD AND TIN FOIL, AMALGAMS. MINEE AL
TEETH, Steel Goods, and every article used by the
Dentist. 2mo Januar; 27
Ruction Salts.
Horses, Vehicles and Furniture, consisting of
Bedstead-, Bedding, Chairs, Tables, Crock'
erg, ?rc, at Auction.
BY G. MCBRIDE SMITH. 5
TBIS DAT, at 10 o'clock, athis salesroom, Nf,
31 Broad-street,
A1SO,
BILLIABD TABLES, Hardware, Ac . 0
March 26_ .. .
25 Dozen Mens', Bogs' and Youths 'Matu
WM. McKAY,
Will sell IBIS DAT (Friday), 26th in?tant, at No. 135
Meeting-street, at io o'clock, without reserve,
HATS, CLOTHING, Notions, Tob?ceo, Groceries,
Potatoes, Bureaus, Mattresses, lables, Crockery, Ad,
March 26
Damaged Hay, on Account of Undtrwrittrt
and all Concerned.
BY ? A. ENSLOW & CO< ;
THIS MORNING, the 26th instant, at ll o'clock)
will bo sold, on Central Wharf, for account of thu
Underwriters and all concerned,
160 bales DAMAGED HAY, damaged os the very*
age of importation on board Schooner-, . -.
Marah 26_l_. - g
Damaged Sugar-For account of whom it may
concern, by order of the Spanish Consul.
BY J. A. ENSLOW & CO.,
? ; Auctioneers.
On TUESDAY next, 30th instant; will be s Did at n
o'clock, at the New Customhouse,
63 (sixty-'three) boxes Good to Choice GBOOZsflf '
BUG AB.
Damaged on hoard the Spanish brig Fl
Lewis Montes Master, which pitt Int? this
in distress whilst on her Intended voyage- i
Havana towards Santander, and sold by order of Uta
Spanish Consul, for the benefit of whom il may eon.
cern._hutu March 36
Grocery Sugars and yew Grap Molasses,
W. Y. LEITCH & E. 8. BRUNS,
Auctioneer?,
We will sell by auction, TO-MOEBOW, 37th inst,,
at ll o'clock, at Accommodation Wharf,
CARGO per schooner Mary A. Hon, from Matanzas,
? fi follows: :
48 hhds. San S?bastian \ Good,
12 hbds. Confianza 1 Choice and
50 hhds. Recurso f Extra
75 boxes Dos Felices j GROCERY SUGARS ? '
69 hhds. choice new crop Muscovado Molasses
6 tes. choice new crop Muscovado Molasses
89 bhds. new crop Clayed Molasses .
14 tea. new crop Clayed Molasses
RISLEY A CREIGHTON, .
Importers, Accommodation Wharf.
March 26_
New Crop Porto Rico Sugar and Mol a tics.
BY STREET BROTHERS & CO?
TO-MORROW, the 27th instant, at 13 o'clock s?,
will be soldat auction on Brown & Co.'a South
Wharf,
THE CARGO OF THE SCHOONER RANGER*,
FROM MAYAGUEZ, P. E., ?j
CONSISTING or:
81 hhds. ) Choice New Crop Porto Elad
220 bbls. f SUGAR. . \ .
40 Puncheons ch o icc New Crop Porto Bled
Molasses, equal In quality to New Or?
leans. ,
Conditions ol Sale-Sums under $500 cash; $000 to
$1000, fifteen days; $1000 and upwards, thirty days for
approved Indorsed notes._ March 28,
Lot Fine Mules, One Blooded Stallion, One
Mare and Yearling Colt. :
BY HOLMES & MACBETH,
Auctioneers*
Will bo sold TO-MORROW. 27th March, at ll
o'clock, at Mr. P. Wosfs stables, Queen-street be?
tween Friend and Mazyck,
A fine lot MULES and HORSES; some of the)
Mules aro unbroke. Thc above are sold to close out
a concern.
Terms ca^h. _!_March 26
Under Foreclosure of Mortgoge from --
to .-.
BY A. c. MCGILLIVRAY,
Auctioneer.
Will be sold, on North Commere'al Wharf, on TO?
MORROW, tho 27th instant, at ll o'clock A. M.,
The sloop JULIA DEAN, together with her Mast.
Bowsprit. Yards, Salli, Ridging, Asohors. Ca?
bles, Boats, Tackle, Furniture, Apparel and Appur?
tenances of whatsoever kind.
E. W. M. MACKEY,
March 26_Agent for Mortgagees.
Valuable Plantation at Auction. , 1
BY ALONZO J. WHITE & SON,
.Brokers, Auctioneers and Real Batst?
Agenta.'
?n? luiuc of .-a ordx^r nf gale, to m e. directed br tba
Hon. Gorges. Bryan, .udtgoof the United State?
Court for the District of South Carolina, I will of?
ter for ?ale, at Public Auction, at th? Old Poetofflce,
foot of Broad-street, Charleston, a C., on IPE3
DAY, the 13th of April. 1869. at ll .o'clock A? M.,
All that PLANTATION OR TRACT OF LAND,
known as Sea Side, containing 1158 acres, more or
lesa, and bounded on the north by lands cf Mr. Mo
Cants, on the east by lands of Mr. Corbett, on tba
west by land of Mr. Yenning, and OL the south bj
the Sound, as per plat and survey made by Robert K_
Payne, Esq. Said Land being In Christ Church Pa?
rish, County of Charlestoj. The above Pl?ntanos
to be sold is subject to a lease to ose Wm. Hock
ady for a period of five yean, commencing on tba
first November, 1867, and ending on the first Novem?
ber, 1872. Annual rent $300 to accrue to purchaser
from day of isle. i j
Conditions-One-half cash; balance payable in twa
equal successive annual ina taimen ts, with interest at
the rate of 7 per cent, per annum, payable semi-an?
nually, secured by bond er bonds of tho pur?
chaser and mortgage of Plantation*. Purchaser to
pay for papers and stamps.
LAWRENCE W. CHE AR, St
March 22 mwflOtul Assignee Theodore Stoney,
ASSIGNEE'S SALE AT WALTERBORO,*
SOUTH CAROLINA.
By virtue of an order to me directed by the Hon, *
George S. Bryan, Judge of United States District
Court for South Carolina, wfll be sold at public
outcry at Walterboro', 8. C., on sales-day next,
being MONDAY, the 5th day of April, 1869.
All that BODY OR TRACT OF LAND, situated in
St Bartholomew's Pariah, CoUVton County, -8. O.,
on the sooth side ot Ediato River, and on the heart
waters of island Creek and Red Bank Creek. Butthnf
and bounding to the noitbon lands now or lats of
John E. Meister A Co., Peter W. Renta and Eldred
Spell; to tlie south on lands of i. M. Ray sor, Jame??
J. Jennings and John if. Meister k Co ; east on land i
of the "Saw Mill Company," now or Ute ot John E.
Meister k Co., and west on Lands of Lewis EL Llader,
containing-acres. . i ?."
Terms-One-half cash ; balance in one year, secur?
ed by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the
premises. Purchaser to pay assigne* for necessary
papers and stamps. J B. BIStfELL, '
March 12 fmB Assignee of Hutaon Lee.
ftuttionttty pripotr galts.;
Two Story Dwelling and Brick Outbuildings,
situate on the south side of Tradd-street, the
third door west from King street; being
sold for division, will sell low for cash.
BY WILBUR & SON.
At Private Sale
ME hTING-STREET BUILDING LOT, formerly
on which stood Charleston Savings Bank. Lot 28
feet 7 inches by if a feet in depth.
Apply to No. 69 BRO A D-d IKE ET, for full par?cu.
lars. ___6_March 24
Real Estate.
BY G. MCBRIDE SMITH,
No 31 Broad-street, South side, near
State-street.
At Private i ale
FIBSrCL\S? SEA ISLAND COTTON PLANTA?
TIONS
Valuable Rico Plantation?!
Valuable Upland plantations and Farms
Extensive aid Valuable Mnnuf ictories, Mill Sites
and Delightful mummer Residences in various'
parts of the South.
Aiao,
HOUSES AND BUILDING LOTS of all sizes, prie
and descriptions in every part of the city.
January 25 mwlSmo
.jg D AV A lt I> DALY,
UENEBAX COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 83 Warren street,
NEW YOKE.
PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE PUR?
CHASE cn all kinds ot MERCHANDISE. Boots?
Shoes. Hats, Ca s and Trunk*, trna Straw Goods a.
specially.
Consignments of all kinds of Staple Articles and
general Produce solicited.
Prompt re turua guaran teed.
EDWARD DALY,
Late of Charleston, S. O.
Semi-Weekly Price Currents sent free by post.
January 2d D*o Cmos
QEORGK S. Il ACKER'S
STEAM PLANING KIEL,
DOOR, SASH, BLIND AND BOA* FACTOR?',
a KING, OPPOdlTE CANNON STREET.
M ANUF A CT DRB9 A!?D KEEPS CONSTANTLY
ON HAND. DRESSED LUMBER of every descrip?
tion. Doors, Sashes, Blinds, Mouldings and Trim?
mings. AU work guaranteed, and at Northern
prices. Boxes for packing o? liquors manufactured
oed constantly on hand, at his FACTORY AND
WABEROOMS, King, opposite Cannon street, on
Lise City Ballway. m nf Imo SAO Marchi

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