VOLUME VII.--NUMBER 1092. CHARLESTON, g. C., SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, 1869. SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUMBY TELEGRAPH.FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.

CHARLESTON BIBLE SOCIETY COO8AWHAT0HIECOUNTY-TWO THOUdAND WINCHESTER BIFLESNO ADJOURNMENT.

[SPECIAL TELEGKAM TO TBE DAILY NEWS

COLUMBIA, February 26.-IN THE SENATE, thefollowing received a third reading, were pass¬ed and sent to tbo Houso : A bill to recharterYounginer's Ferry } a bill to incorporate theTown ot Piokons; a bill to alter and amend thocharter of tho Town of Greenville.Tho following bud a second reading and

were ordered to bo engrossed : A bill to aniondan aot establishing quarantine at Goorgotown,Charleston, and Hilton Head; a bill to ropoalan act preventing persons holding certain of¬fices of emolument from leaving the State; abill to renew the charter of the CharlestonBible Society; a bill to incorporate tho Charles¬ton Loan Company; a bill to furtbor definethe duties of 8tate Treasurer; a bill to in¬corporate Carmel Church, in Pickon's County;a bul to prevent and punish duelling; a billto amend an act to regulate tho manner ofdrawing jurors; a bill to establish a magistrates'lien.Wright introduced a bill to create tho County

of Coosawbatchio.Donaldson introduced a bill to incorporate

the South Carolina Plantation Company, andgave notice of a bill to regulate the mode ofcelebrating marriages.Cain gave notice of a bill to incorporate tho

Homostead Building and Planting Mutual As¬sociation.IN THE HOUSE, Whipper reported favorably

on tbo bill to determine the value of contractsmade in Confederate States notes or theirequivalent.The bill from the Senate to change tho

county seat of Barnwell County to Blackville,was road a second timo and ordered to be en¬grossed.Hayne introduced a resolution authorizing

tbo Governor to purchase two thousand Win¬chester rifles ana necessary ammunition. Re¬ferred to Military Committee.Sbrewsberry introduced a resolution that all

pending bills to aid railroad and private cor¬porations be postponed to the next session.Tabled», yeas seventy-three; nays twenty-three.A resolution to adjourn March 19th was

tabled by a vote of fifty-six to nineteen.The Educntioual bill was discussed to the

hour of adjournment.Tho Governor bas approved the following

acts: An act to incorporate the Union StarFire Engine Company as part of the Fire De¬partment of the City or Charleston; an act toincorporate certain fire eugine companies ofCharleston; an act to amend an act to organizethe Circuit Courtb; an act to incorporate theRocky River Baptist Church in tho County ofAnderson; an act to regulate the practice ofmedicine in this State; an act to lease tho StaleRoad in Greenville County; an act to incorporatethe Sumter Fire Engine Company; an aot toincorporate the Vaucluse Manufacturing Com¬pany; an act to incorporate the Homo Insur¬ance Company; an act to ronow the charter ofthe Stony Bind' Korry; an act to incorporatetho South Carolina Phosphate Company; anact to renew the charter of the CharlestonAncient Artillery Society.

CONGRESSIONAL.

THE ABUT BILL-THE DEFICIENCY BILL-PATINOSOUTHERN SENATOBS-THE SUFFRAGE AMEND¬MENT.

WASHINGTON, February 26.-IN THE HOUSE,the Military Committee reported the evidencein regard to the army, showing that the Quar¬termaster-General has 14,000 men under hiscontrol. The committee recommends that thestaff should receive orders from tho General,instead of from the Secretary of War.The consolidation of the quartermaster's,

pay and subsistence departments, also of theordnance, artillery, engineer and signal corps,was recommended.The Deficiency bill was again considered. It

now amounts to $20,000,000. The appropria¬tion tor the pay of Mr. Harvey, minister to Por¬tugal, was awaiti erased.IN TUE SENATE, the bill for paying Southern

senators in full was postponed.The report ou the suffrage amendment was

discussed until recess.The discuse¡on will bo resumed to-night.

WASHINGTON.

ORANT DISCLAIMS ALLEGIANCE TO AMY POLITICALPASTY-NATURALIZATION TREATY WITH MEXICO-LOBBY IN DESPAIR-GEORGIA AND LOUISIANACOUNTED OUT-THE TORTUGAS PRISONERS-LIEUTENANT BRAIN.

WASHINGTON, February 26.-Tho naturaliza¬tion treaty with Mexico provides reciprocallythat five years' uninterrupted residence shallsecure alienation and citizenship. Tho tiec'aration of intention will not secure the rightsof citizenship, and naturalization will bcvoided and original citizenship renewed by twoyears' residence in native country. The extra¬dition treaty of 1861 remains in force.The lobby has lost all hope of any notion on

private bills this session.It is understood that the Senato will amend

the Memphis and El Paso Railroad bill so as torequire the road to be finished within a givontime.General R. S. Granger bas been ordered to

report to General Stoneman.The following is one of many versions of

Grants reply to McClure, of Pennsylvania, whoventured to advise him in regard to choosing aCabinet offiovr from Pennsylvania: "I am notth« ieprotentative of a politioal party, al¬though a party voted for me." McClurereplied: "Then in my conversation on the sub-jeot of your administration I have spoken froma mist alien standpoint, and my remarks haveboen illogical to you. I havo nothing moro tosay on the subjoct."General Sherman has arrived.General Clmgman,of North Carolina, yhuted

General Grant to-dny.The Clerk of tho House excludes Louisiana,

Georgia and other contented seats from his în-

itniory roll of the next House.N.vval Paymaster Winslow, son of Commodore

WintAow, died to-day of malignant soarlet fever.The application for habrán corpus for tho

Tortugas prisoners was argued to-day. PhilipPhillipa V>r the prisoners; the Assistant andAttornoyOonoral conti«.A delegation of Baltimore ladies visited the

President t<yday in behalfof Lieutenant Brain,The President's reply is sonsidored favorable.

\ jBunopjs.

CHURCH INTEBiEBEfOB Hf SPAIN-COURSE OfSERRA*? AND THE MINORITY.

MADRID, February 26.-Ibo ministry hasmade an importait statement of the motive«for their intorierea.ee in. religious matters.The St. Vincent Jest)* College was suppressedbcoauso the membra conspired against thegovernment. The civi authorities wer« or-

dered to take charged certain ohmch pro¬perty, because tbs condfct of the clerical pat-

ty exposed the objects of art in the churchesto destruction.Serrano, in viow of tho firmly rooted and in¬

exorable principles bold by the majority, hasadvised the minority to pursue a conciliatorypolicy. Aa for himself, he promised thomloyalty, patriotism and abnegation.

BU IiiJOH-TUX SULTAN GRATEFUL.PABIS, February.26.-Tho bullion in tho Dank

of Franco has increased ll.OOO.OOOf.The Sultan has issued a circular thanking tho

Great Powers for the attitude taken in tho lateconference.

CUBAN AFFAIRS.

BODA THE CAUSE OF EXCITEMENT NON-ABBIVALOF THE OBÎCKFT-CONOENTBATION OF TBOOPSAT CTENFUEGOS.HAVANA, February 26.-The announcement

that Roda is to supersede Dulce occasions ex¬citement hore.Tho steamer Orioket whioh left Charleston

for thia port on tho 9;h has not arrived. It is?supposed that she nas landed provisions on thecoast.The govornmont has ordered all available

troopB to Cienfuogos and other menaced towns.STARKS FROM TIIïl WIRES.

A spanish man-of-war is watching tho Peru¬vian monitors at Key West.Tho Arkansas House of Representatives has

passed a bill outlawing members of the Ku-Elux-Klan.Tho Legislature of Weet Virginia has passed

a* hill fixing the capital of that State at Charles¬ton, in Kanawha County.Governor Goary, of Pennsylvania, denies

having either written or telegraphed to Grantabout Cabinet appointments.Thomas E. Wilson, senior partner of the

firm of Wilson & Joler, druggists, of Louis¬ville, Ky., committed suicide yesterday, at theago of sixty-one.

Senter, speaker of the Tennossee Houso ofRepresentatives, has been inaugurated Gov¬ernor of that State, vice Brownlow resigned.His inaugural foreshadows no policy.RESUMPTION OE SPECIE PAYMENTS.

TO 1HE EDITOR OF THE NEWS.In some remarks mado by us wo have taken

for granted that the paper curroney of thoUnited States is redundant. The extent of theexcess can only be reached by approximation.Those who have made this subject one of closoexamination have taken the increase of thopopulation as the basis of calculation. Mr.WelleB, the Special Comtnissiouor of the Rev¬enue. in his recent able report, has assumed$10 per capita of the whole population as suf¬ficient for tho currency of tho United States,including both paper and specie. The next e îu-moration in 1870 will show 42.000 OOO. This mul¬tiplied by 10 would give $420,000.000 as tho prop¬er limit of the currency of the Uuited States.Mr. Morton, in bis late speech in the UnitedStates Senate, has mado tho extravagant as¬sumption that our currency is not redundant,hoing between $600 000,000 and $700,000,000.which at $10 per head, including paper andspecie, would make the excess between $200,-000,000 and $300,C0'J,(K,0-$15 per head for thewhole population.Wo have stated that this subject cannot bo

intelligently discussed, unless in connectionwith the public expenditure and the state ofour foreign trade..

1. The public expenditure. Mr. Mcculloch,in his lata report, states that the expendituresof the government ought to bo reduced to$250 000 000. He estimates the revenue fromthe two principal aouroos-the customs and theinternal revenue-at $300,000 000-a saving of$50,000,000, whioh he would apply to paying offan equal amount of thufunded debt. Mr. Mor¬ton's proposition is to apply any saving madeby diminished expenditure or addition to rev¬enue, to the extinguishment of the floatingdebt, in which, we have said, we agree withhi aa.

2. The stale of ourf¡reign trade. This is anelement of great importance, of which littlenotioe is taken in the remarks made on thissubject. Mr. Morton speaks of accumulatingf^old by selling our bonds in Europe and bring-ng the proceeds to this Bide of the Atlantic;but appears to omit the consideration that wemust reduce the volume ot our currency t y thospecie standard before we can sell our bondsin Europe at t> eir par value. He overlooksentirely the influence of a favorable balance ottrade. Our export of cotton for 1869-70-2,500,000 bales-at the moderato average of 20cents, in gold, (lOd. in Enaland), 450 pouudsto tho baie, will yield in money value the sum

of.$225 000,000The crop of 1870-71 (ihe high pricein Europe stimulating the culti¬vation in the United States), willproduce 3 000 000 bales, suppos¬ing the season favorable, and, as¬suming the price reduced to 16cents per pound, in goid, (81. inEngland), will yield a moneyvalue ot. 216,000,000

$441,000,000If, therefore, we have a favorable se son wowill have, when we add tho other articles ofexport, tobacco naval st .rcs, potroleum, &c,at least $500 000 000 in vamo of exhorts on thecredit side ol the account, as tho aggregatemoney value of our productions for tho years1870 and 1871.A no lesa important element, however, is the

aggregate amount of our. imports. Tho bal¬ance of commercial debt has bom against us,because in 1865 and 18G6 we imported in valuemoro than we exported. The cheapness ofmoney stimulated tho consumption.or foreigufabrics our importa wcro greatly above ourability to pay, and wo wcro compelled to sendour guld una our bonds to redress tho balanceof trade against us. The contraction of thecurrency-in othor words, roduciug tho vol¬ume Of our paper money by paying off a por¬tion of the floating debt-will have tho effectof lessening the consumption, and conse¬quently tho importation of foreign fabrics.Thia, co-operating with the increased value ofour exports, will soon bring about an equilib¬rium between our imports and exports, and,{»erhap?, produce a balance of trade in ouraver. If Congress would havo tho moralcourage to reduoo the expenses, and simulta¬neously reduce the public floating debt, wewould be a'.do to resume specie payment« onor before the first of January, 1872.It is on these expectations we rely; ¿or it

would greatly assist the object in view it thatbody would authorize the Secretary of theTreasury to cane! legal tender note« to theamount of $50,000 000 annually, as they arepaid in for taxes, whioh would be at tho rateonly ot about $4 000.060 per month. If therevenue from customs, whioh is receivable ingold, and whioh, according to all reasonablecn calai ion. will amount, on an average, to.$150,000,000, is upplif d oniv in the proportioncf ono-thw.I, say $50,000 000, to the extin¬guishment of another $50 000 000 of tbo float¬ing debt, wo would have $100.000,000 applica¬ble to that purpose. This «um, in throe yoara,will roduco tho floating debt from its presentamount to $350,000,000; or, in other words, BOiraprovo our pap. r currency ss to bring it toau equal valuó w th gold. That it would notembarrass* the Treasury by leaving a suroluaof gold ot obout $ö0'00i) 000 to pav the interestoh Ibo national debt, instead of $80,000,000 or$100,000 noi, wo fe JI assured.We binn up otu- roasoi in« on this subject aa

coi ei.-ol y as pusbiblo au follows : 1. That om

Eaper currency is redundant to an extent thalrings it to about $15 per head for the whoUof our population, instead of $10 per hoad-in

normal proportion beforo tho war-say in 1802.2. 'Ihat until we reduoo this plethora of pa¬per money, we can nevor return permanentlyto specie payments; for if we should have ibalance of trade in oui favor and an influx o:gold, it will be exported us mercfiandise to finea bettor marker, aaoording to that law of Curroney by whieh a better oarroney oanriot circúrete in company with an inferior oirculatiufmedium8 Tii.it an indispensable preparatory stetto this end ia to rc tinco tho floating debt; ii

other words, oancel or redeem $100,000,000 poannum of this debi; and that for this purpos*thero shouul ho a reduction of pubho expend!turo to at least $50,000 OOO annually, with thapplication or auotnor $50 000,000 nf the gob.orpins in tbs 7'reasuvy to tho payment of thfloating debt, leaving the funded debt, aa thlesser evil, to moro propitious circumstances

J. N. 0»

TUE SOUTHERNPU KSS CONVENTION.

Mcport of the Proceedings.

AIKEN, 8. C., February 25.-Had tho PressConvention, which mot in Mobile on the 17thinstant, been poorly attended, or hadthe mem¬bers frittered away their time in nonsensicaldiscussion, I should not have desired to publishits proceedings. But, as it is, I am happy togivo thom tho widest possible publicity as amatter of practical interest toovery newspaperman in the North, West and South, and as anovidenco that the public presses ol tho South-Cïu Stales, which Lave hitherto fought thecommon enemy in guerilla fashion, aro nowunited and ready lo wage war in a body, ac¬cording to strict businoss principles.The following papers were represented in

the Convention :

NORTH CAROLINA.Wilmington Daily Journal, by Major J. A

Engelhard.Wilmington Post, by Mr. J. ¥. james.Goldsboro' News, by Mr. G. W. Stickney.Goldsboro' Messenger, by Mr. G. W. Stiok-

noy.Tatboro' Southerner, by Mr. Nelson.

SOUTH CAROLINA.CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS, by Captain F. W.Dawson.

OEOROIA.Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, by Mr. P.Walsh.Augusta Constitutionalist, by Mr. James R.Randall and Colon d Jumes Gardner.Tho Banner of the South, Augusta, by Mr.P. Walsh.Savannah Morning News, by Mr. W. T.Thompson.S ivannah Republican, by Major Clisby.Columbus Sun, by Colonel A. R. Lamar andMr. T. DeWolf.Macon Journal and Messenger, by Mr. A. W.Reese.Macón Telegraph, by Major Joseph Clisby.Atlanta Intelligencer, by Major J. H. Steele.Albany isews, by Mr. c. W. Styles.

ALABAMA.Mobile Daily Register, by Col. John Forsythand Mr. T. C. DeLeon.Mobdo Daily Tribune by Captain J. R. Eg-gleston and Mr. A, G. McGuire.Wilcox Nows and Pacificator, by Mr. W. B.H. Howard.Wilcox Viudioator, by Mr. W. B. H. Howard.Talladega Mountain Home, by A. B. S.Mosely.Alabama Beacon, by Mr. James G. Harvey.Montgomery. Advertiser, by Mr. W. W.Screws.Marion Commonwealth, by Mr. Wooten.Selma Times, by Mr. M. J. Williams.

MISSISSIPPI.Tho Mississippi Press Association, by Hr.P. E. Mayers and Mr. J. Calhoun.Vicksburg Times, by Mr. John Armstrong.

TENNESSEE.Memphis Appeal, by Mr. O. Woodson.Memphis Avalanche, by Mr. O. Woodson.Memphis Ledger, by Mr. U. Woodson.Memphis Daily Sun, bv Dr. Y. A. Carr.Knoxvillo Press a id Herald, by Mr. W. J.Ramage.

KENTUCKY.Columbus Dispatch, by Mr. R. Summers.

WEDNEDSDAY. Fobrusiy 17.Tho Convention met at 12 M. The Presi¬dent Colonel A. R. Lamar in tho chair.Tho members present enrolled their names.A committee to preparo business was appoint¬ed, consisting of Messrs. Dawson, DeLeon,Engelhard, Woodson, Thompson and the Preaident, and tho Convention adjourned to to-morrow at 10 o'clock A. M.

THUBEDAY. February 18.The following report from Mr. M. W. Barr,-Jtho Washington Agent, was submitted by thoPresident, and read by tho Seoretary :WASHINGTON. February 4,186».Ctlonel A. R. Lamar, Pretident Southern Prête At-tociatUn :

DEAR SIB-In making my third annual report, Iliave the pleasure of assuring you of tho eon,meadind peiblatant disposition oa tue i art of the Newyork Associated Press and the We&tern Uaion Tele¬graph Company to meet the views and advance theinterests of the paper., of the NO nib.Ibo growing commercé and production of theRouth bave C'>mpelled me to tuertase 'very largelythe commercial at the expo se of the new reports,It bas been lound impossible to follow the sag-gestion of your last convention relating to an arli»rtransmission ot the report, which is now and hasKlw»ys t>een flied at half-pa«t eicht o'clock. TheIclegriph Companv will not consent to aa earlierhour, and besides, the change would involve to youtba loss ol much vital oumiorcia, matter every day.lt would be impossible. I fear, to obtain closingWestern marketa at an earlier hour than ha.f-uastsieht wita i-atisfactery regulari j. In teed. I couldmuk" the dispato ss more interesting to your r. ad¬

m's, valuable to your u erchants and satisfactory tayourselves, if y ur office economy would allow atater hour than at pressât for filing tte eveningreport.I have but one suggestion to mike, whioh wouldrelieve tho Virginia etica and Mew Or>ean< and Mo-bile, and greatly benefit ad other points. I would liketo be allowed, say one hundred words per day. ex,ra,to bo sent only to wbat I class ttie mi die district.Ibis arrangement won d enable me to Its p the'mid«tile district well up in the news and save other dis-trio » much dead matter. Tbla concession would. Ithink, make th« system as nearly perfect SB pos¬sible uu ci er present telegraph la, iii ins.Our Drese.it resources ure 200 wor is at 1 o'c'ook;SuO words at 8>¿ o'clock; (for Nsw irleans and Mo¬llie), 300 words at 10 o'clock; and ali dinpatcbetu-iginatiug at the houth. uddres-ed to atdpiidforjy the New ïorU «sociated rivas, not includ aglennes oe and Arkansas. News from tho last named <Uates reaches yo a via Washington, und IB includednmyallwui.ee.

nivraiOTP.1. Richmond; I,Norfolk; 1, Petersburg; 9, BaMih; '

t, WUmiügtou; 2, Columbia; 2, Augu ta; 2, Cbaile*-on ; 2, nuvannab ; 2, Macon; 2, Cohtra' us Ga.; 2, 1inox-Me; 1, I y neb burg; 2 Jao on; ¿. Vic sburg;I, \ at oin. z; 2. Atlanta ; 2, Chatuiuco a; 3, Mobile; 8,Sew O.le-iu ; 2. Selma; 2, Montgomery. jTho importance ot having an adunionnl allowance'or the mid ile d.sriet, marked :>, wi 1 be s en fromho abo» o dst. The first district, marked 1, rec Jv s;be Baltimore and Washington p ipai s oî tue outrent <lay. 'lho third district, nursed 3, receives a dis¬patch of 800 Words at teu o'clook >t aili bo seenhat all matter notm alo up by half past eight, (thoimo lor filing tho report) f suffiuieut inter«-at to beie it next m .»ruing to the second district ia dead iahs,riots 1 and 3, and, besides, Western marketa are>fne consequence in the first district und are tele-craphed to tao third dlstric, very full, by way ofjOUlriVillO.i be 100 words extra for the middle dis1 riet wouldmable sae to make the service much more accola¬de. M. W. M am,W ishing on Agent.The report of tbe Committee ou Business,is far ss it proposed to amend tho constitution

io as to give one director to each State, and tc[ive the President the power of appointing anExecutive Committee, and to give tbe directorsho power of appointing a mauaging director,vas agreed to, as waa also the following rec-immendation:Ihat the convention urge and advise the Pouthnra

irepB to require nuo seri -tiona to bo luid invariablyn advance, and to require, os far as may be, cashoaymoat for all advertisements.The following resolution provoked, as it wasnto.ulod by the committee to do, a long dis-)uHslop:Rttolved, That a spacial commütoo ot five be ap-loluted who n iall prepare and n p irt to this conven¬

iez, a t'etuiled plan ot telegraphic news servie» forhe southern Pies-i Association.Mr. Clisby did not waur au independent uows

isBOciation, but thought it best to negotiatevit li existing associations.Mr. DeL'jon said the Southern press was

drong enough, and in any negotiation au aabo-liation of all the papers woad no doubt, be.ble to effect more favorable terms tuau indi¬vidual newspapers.Mr. Randall said it appeared that there ex¬its a regular oombinatiou against the South¬

am press, and that it was limo, and it b J-îooved us to make some organised effare toid ourselves of this tyranny, and better ourlondition.Mr. Dawson asked for information In regard

?rn Mr. Barr, and whether he was the agent of¡his association.The Président of the Conveation, who had

»cen recently on a visit to Washington, statedthat while in that city he had oooaelon to sendlome dispatches to his paper, and deliveredthen to Mr. Barr, who promised to forwardmom. Later in the day he oallod upon Mr.Barr and asked if the dispatches had beentent as they were written. He appeared some¬what oonfnsed, and * titted that Lia M>S. a;. 1iisptitebes wore subjected to supervision, anabhe dispatches in question had not been sentIn their original to: m.Mr. Dawson asid that Mr. Barr was paid bv

tbe Now York Associa,ed Press, and was only» nominal agent of the Southern Association;lhat wjat we want is an agent in Washingtonwho will faithfully attend to his bunino a andsend news for tho benefit of tba whole South-

ern proas, and not ia the interest of jay North¬ern newspaper or association.Mr. Engelhard said his exDerienc > with tho

New York Associated Prebd waa a.very hardone. Io 1860, his paonr aud another,'establish¬ed at that time, paid $20 apieco for dteoatohes.In the summer months the editor of kaw«papar,the Wilmington Dispatch, ceased to take thetelegrams, and untd tho latter Dirt of.October,he W4B compelled to pay $40 per week: At thintime, busine ss having sprung up somewhat, thoother paper again took the dispatches nodwas allowed to do so without paying any bo¬nus. A ebort time after the paper was chang¬ed from a morning to an eveninar, and Ibo dis¬patches wero furnished to it at the r; to of $12,and his tolls increased to make up tijp differ¬ence. He was ODDosed to hoing the footballot tho New York Telegraph Associated Press,that be would prefer to give moto than isnow being paid rather th in depend upon thoassociation. Another complaint h& had tomake was that the press agent in bis city isthe publisher of a paper, and that be makesuse of the New York Assoo-ated Press as an ad¬vertising medium for bis paper.Mr. Chsby submitted the follow.a« substi¬

tute for the resolution offered by theoemmittee,wbioh, after being amonded by Mr. Dawson,was adopted:

Resolve t, That a committee of five nu mbers ofthis association be ch rged with the duty AÍ mikingsuch arrangements for telegraphic news n«r to themshall appear most economical and expedient, ¡md re¬port to the meeting. -, .

On motion, the chair was authorized te tele¬graph to tho President of the Union TelegraphCompany for tho purpose of ascertaining ifthey will Dogoliate for DOWS.Mr. Dawson offored the following resolution,which was adopted:Resolved, I hat the newspapers now reinvented inthia association, WHOSO assessments are in arrears,bo nodded ot tho tact by the treasurer, .-vi that if

their du. s be not paid up in thirty diyifrom thedate of that notifie it ion, that they bo stricken iromthe roll of the association; also, that ... foll of thomembers be published when the said thirty da^Bhave expired.M nj or ötoele introduced the following reso¬

lution, prefacing it with a fow el 'quent re¬marks, which was laid on the tabla for thepresent: » .

Resolved, That tho President of this avoc ationappoint a committee ot three to report upon thepo id ai condi.ion of the South and especially upont ho attitude <>i the Southern st «tos. and their returnto the Union; whether suoh event be the result ofo ngres donal dictation, or "under the cohstltutiot."

Mr. Serons submitted the following resolu-licn. which, after being amended by Mr. De-Leon, tendering the thanks of the convocationto Mr. Meriwether, for his courtesy, wasadopted :He-solved. That Mr. G. G. Mori woiner, -Superin¬tendent of the We tarn Uni n telegraph ompany,bo tuvtted to a seat on tbe floor of h> coivontiou,and receive the thank» of tho conventionThe following resolution, offered^ffcy-Mr.Thompson, was adopted : »\*Resolved, 1 bat the establishment of a paper depotat Auuusta or elsewhere, as contemplated hy '.heresolution ajopted at tho last conven.ion of <he Pressassociation, is inexpedient, and calculated to inter¬fere with thu business interests and enterprise ofpuuliaber*. **

PBIDAY, Febiuary 19,-1889.Colonel Gardner, Chairman of tue Commit¬tee on Press Nows Service, submitted foe fol¬lowing report, which, titer a short debate, par¬ticipated in by tho President, Colonels Forsyth,Styies and Glisby, Major tsteelo, Messrs. De-Lcon, Hi lida ll and Dawson, was adopted:The committee, to whom was re.err. d tho o-msid-eratlon of tho wholo subject) of tel' graphie uews ser¬vice, report the follownu aa am >ug thc ein, «Objec¬tions to tue s-yslem nov m force: *W1. The territory repese, ted in the conventionpavs about $60,000annually to the NowYork -asocia,ted Press for telegraphic cw«, whi h »50 OOCiis notin any way cont, ohed by tho Southern Press Associ¬ation, bat is collected and rem.tied by thA lovelagent « of th" New York Asaociated Press

2. The New York Associated Presscismas (lie. righita admit, abd has adaiitt. d, papera to the bciAta oiof the Smtsern news system, wi bout the roofent oitho Southern Press Association er of the BootheraPress. V ;3. This as ociaüon has no eoatrol rbi li J|i rmIbeaip iutaauut of loo*l agunta. ****mM&*^m*4. i ne pi o a dispatches of members of this assoei-

i'ion may Seoul off at any tine at the arbitrary willof thc New York Associated Press.6. Thc assessments or tollsm iv oe, and have been,Increased at will by the New York Associated Pr.cs,

se that the sou tho rn Press have bec- «incertain asio what would be the cost of the! : dis patches, andhave hana so subjected to untu «lal and Unjust ex.actieus.Year committee, therefore, respectfully recom¬

mend:1. That this Association contract as a body for obtainius; the telegraphic news which its m< mtier*require; and pay for thc same through its financia

»gent or treasurer.a. That the Executive Committee assess th«amount, lo he paid weekly, for to.«graphic news bjsack member of this Association

3. Ihat thia Convention protest against the oxerBise by the New York A-HOC! it ed P ese of tue asaum?d right to admit new pape s to the privilege oreceiving its southern telegraphic news, aad Hainthat this right belongs exclusively to the t outheriPre-s Associa.ion

4. That thc southern Press Association claim thiright of norn nating the local telegraphic new* ag mtwithin its teintory, aud that* the power of appointlng them be vested in he Lxeculive- om mitt ce. ?

5. Thu the Execs Ive Commutée bs au ho ieeeand instructed to negotiate with the New York Aasociated Press, or with the Western Union Xelegrapl< ompany, or wu h other cou panics, an i to con raelfor the supply ax of telegraph c news to this assoelation, upon suoh terms and n such a mann»r a.viii preven, the continuance of the glaring evils cwhich complaint ls made.Bespeelfallv submitted.

JAMES GABDM EB. Chairman.JOS. A. I.HÖELHAHD.W. W. trnaws.A B. LAMAR.JOSEPH CiasBY.1\ W DAWSON.

The President read the following telegraph!liapatch tu answer to one se.ir, hy him.NEW Yonx. February 18.A. R. L mar. President southern Pr«at Association

Tbiscompan is always ready to nogotia.e witthe prca-», em.er associated or s uara eiy, for thraimá is ion of coinmoioi.il, political a. d gencnnews f ir pub ic dion. WM OBTOM, President.Ibo Convention then piMoeeued to tho eloclion otoffîceis, whoii the tollowing wer« unan:

aunvsly elected:yVas de t.- Co onel A. B. Lamar, (ioorgia.Vice-P. aident.-' K.Iouol M. J. iVi.liante. Alabam:Secretary and Treasurer.-Uv. A. W. Heese, c

3eor«:aDirectora -M Jor J. A. Engelhard, North Carolins

Hr. P. W. Duwaou, South taroona; Colonel J.u. arduer. Georgi.-.; Mr. W. W. Screws, alabama; MiW. J. Ramage, lemicasee; Mr. Johu Armation«Uiaaiasippi.Major Steele asked leave, which was grantee

o withdraw hts resoluuou, submitted at tbneeting ot yesterday, in rdati. n to tbe afaointmunt of a committee of three' to repoiipoD tbe political condition of the Sooth, anespecially upon the attitude of the Southerness, in reward to tho reconstruction of thSouthern States.Colonel Forsyth said ho was requested b

:Ue Board of Trade to tender to the COD vetion an invitation to meet in Mobile next j ea;s/uen they and the people ol Moblj would Imost happy to meet the gentlemen of tho coireutiöu again.Colonel ciiaby theo offered a resolution thirho next animal session of tho convention tîold iii Mobile.The Président took* the flo>v and said, th«aimsolff, as well as e->ery luombor ot tue cot

motion, felt a profound gratitndo for tliiiulnene which prompt,'d tue invitation, sn'or the bountiful uud most liberal manner i»Vilich they had buen treated, but to acoept ttinvitation would indeed bo ridiug a fro.; hon:o death; thai if loft to bis choice ho would I)iily too glad to com» bnolf to Mobile, butifould ba taxing ueuorosuy and kiudness UII nob.If tor no other reason, be would like to via

U. dino ag.tm, us he had aeon so much of tlnen and so httlo of the wornJD. HU teolmfmmipted him to oome b*ok~, bub hie judi..cai, was againut the movement.Colonel Forsyth, in reply, romurkad that tl|rl( objection i f tho goubleinan was uot vail

is he oould readily assure u m. that tho "frilorao" was not by liny mo ins tired, and thhe people of Mobile would bo delighted to ha1ho convention me.-fc here the next year, ni.ho next, loo; that iu robard io his second Ooeiiou, if the gentleman from Georgia badiloen enough ot tho ladies he was very sorry 1nm; he has ouly seeu a xew specimens, but itaro a wholo treasury of them» and when Itomes back next year, we would show Lim tA them.Colonel Clisby said that the members of tl

ionvo.itiou wero uijd er profound obligatioor the extraordinary hospitality whioh hi>oou extended to them by the people of «Mo .iimd tnat it would be a great pleasure for thto oome back and noie tbe prosperity, eat«wise sod growth of the oliy; that in his I.ears' experience attending pr..-sB conventionis had never mat in any ody euell s he»itabio reception as Abai extended nun in M»ile: the Convention oould not. therefore, b<er itself, and the loosJity besides berna* favoibis, he again moved that tbe inv. tatton be I»pied. After SOBS further discussion, i

matter was Anally referred to the Board ofDirectors with an expression of tho sense oftho convention that it would be agreeable totho body if they should select Mobile as theplace.The following were unanimously adopted:Kesolvrf, That the thanks ot this association bo

tendered to ibo President. Colonel A. li. Lamar, asRB «videnoe of thou- appreciation of tb« dignity,courtesy »nd ability w th which be has dtuchnrgedtbe arduous judes of his position.Hr ol rfd, That tbe thanksof this Association be

returned to the beereia»y and treasurer, A. W,Reose, l£sq., for tbe ran' lit*, nkill and fidelity withwhich be bas discharged tho difficult duticB of hisoCBC«.

Xatolvei, That tbe thanks ef this Association aroda», snd arp hereby tendered, to tbe Roard of Trade,te tho members nf tbeM is'isias, Olub, thc "<>'.,ile e iroDepartment, and t. theo tizona of (obi e generally,for the cxeee 'ina kindness ol' tbeir greeting, and forthe generous and largo-hea ted bospitsllty withwhich tbev have entertained tho members of thoSouthern Pres* Ass 'dation.

Resolve i. That the thanks of the Association betendered tho Western Union Telegraph Companyfor courtesies extondrd the members 01 this Conven¬tion in allowing the use of tb« wires for the trans¬mission of sociat and family messagns.Reeolfed, J bat the thanks of this Association butendered the officers of tue Wilmington infl >Ye!¿cn,Wilmington and Manchester, tho south Caro ina,Gi orgia, Atlanta and West Point, West Point andMrntgomerv, Montgomery and Mobile. Mobile andOhio. Selina and Meridian. Selma, Borne and DaltonRailroads, for tbeir courtesy lu furnishing passes todelegates.

SATTJBDAT, February 20, 1869.The Convention met at one P. M., the mem¬bers of the Board of Trade being present byinvitation.Tho Président of tho Convention rose and

said :Afr. Presided af the Board of Tra'Ic.-The Conven¬tion over which I bave tbe honor to preside, desire

mo to exprès; tbeir sincere thanks to you. andthrough yeu to the members of the Board of Tradeand to tbe*people of Mooile, for the manifold andmunificent kinducss, hospita'ity and courtesy whichwo have received collectively as well as iudividually.Nearly all of us came hero stiangers to you andyour poepln. and wo can only say we leave boreadding anotbei li.ile tn the grateful memories of ourlives.We recollect the history of Mobile in time pastwhen she was justly styled tho Queen of tho Oulf, *

and no city stood higher f r tho liberality and hos¬pitality ot ber people, aud the enterprise, prosperityand energy of her merchants. We recollected inthoso dark and dreary days, wiiere naught savo afl Hb ins smack or a government steamer, carryingsupplie* to tho Garrisons, appeared in your beantifnlhay. save now and then during tho darkness ot thenight, «li u a stealthy bio -kador would Ri le nt y passout carrying a few locks of tho "Hoary King" to lor-eion paru. In those dayt> wo reeolh ct, sir, bow thepeopl of Mobile banded together, and stood firmand faithful to their brethren ot tho South.On the excursion ye-terday down tht» same bay,

we saw a portion of your merchant navy; and evenwhen lighted up by t i<> battle-fires from tbe fleet ofthe gallant Buchanan, the ">ay never sliowu brighterthan on this occasion, being liga ed up with thebright eyes of Mobile's fair daughters. I am deput¬ed to make you a testimonial, and if we h id present¬ed you one in value proportionate aud in keepingwith our feolii gs and tbe hospitality which we havereceived, why, sir, it would bankrait the whoteSouthern press.Colonel Lamar hera presented to Colonel

Woodruff a pair ot' handsome heavy silver gob¬lets, containing in thc centre à Goddess ofLiberty in medallion, surrounded by a wreath.They boro tho following inscription:

PRESEN iED TO THE MOBILE BOARD OT THA.DKBy tho

Fonthern Press Association.Mobile, f eb. 20, 1869.

Commercial Independence and the Freedom of thePress.

In these signs we conquer.Colonel Woodruff, in receiving the goblets,thanked tho President for the cnm ni im ont arv

manner in winch he had spoken of Mobile andher people, and the convention for tho testi¬monials, which will bo re tumed by tho Board ofTrade as a remembrance ot the meeting oftho Southern Press Association in Mobile,Which afloided him and the members of, theBoard of Trade and other cit iz ns tho oppor¬tunity of making the acqnaiutanoe of so laxvoa cumber of the gentlemen ol the SouthernPaglia. J He. BP ked lbnt t{b &e»ir]enr|«j|yH^gentlemen of the conveutior* Would aßtheir respective oities and their morch^/Athehighest regards and complimente of the Mo¬bile Board of Trade; and in conclusion, wishedthe members of the convention a pleasant audhappy return home.Both Colonels Lamar and Woodruff were

heartily cheered.The convention then adjourned, having com-

ple.ed all the business brought before it.In making up my report I have been under

great obUgations to the reports published bythe Mobile Rog at er and Mobile Tribune. D.

PROM THE STATIS CAPITAX,.

The Charleston KleeHoi» Bill Again-Th« Town mt Beaufort Owned by theUnited States Government-Florenceand Lancaster ttallroad-Manenesterand Augusta Railroad-The MethodistEpiscopal c hnxeh.

[FBOIC OUB OWN OOBBESPOMDBÜT.]COLUMBIA, S. C., February 25, 1869-The

Charleston Election bill was doubly secured inthe JTouse to-day. An impression had beenmade that the aotion of the Houso last fridaywas illegal for the want of a quorum, and itwas determined to have it over again. So thismormng'the Speaker roused the excitement ofthe members by tho announcement that thobill to confirm and declare valid tho recenteleotion for Mayor and Aldermen, which hadbeen passed to a third reading list Friday, bya vote of yeas 60, nays ll. had not been legal'ly passed; that tho nu über voting, though a

majority of those present, did not constitute a

quorum. The whole representation being onehundred and twenty-tour members, requiredsixty-three in attendance to make a legal quo¬rum. Jenks thereupon introduced the follow¬ing res lution, which was agreed to :Re it le'olvtd, by tbe House of Representatives,

Ti.nt this House hereby rescinds its action wherebylt pa sed a bill to coufl rn and declaro alid the re¬cent election of alayor and A derinon f the City ofCharleston, order, d the tit o thereof to be changedto that of an act, and ordered the said bill to be en¬rolled.The bill was then taken np for another second

reading, and the question being taken on pass¬ing the bill to a third reading and ordering itto be engroasod, the yeas and nays were calledand resulted as follows: Teas 72, nays 19; ab¬sent or not voting 29. Agreed to.The following papers were presented to be

entered on thejonrnal:I vote "no" on the passage of the foregoing bill,

as I do not behave lt will pi rant tue Mayor und Alds&men eleot *f Charleston te take their 'eats.

IlUK mer. JAMBS.I vote "no," beeauso I believe that tho object

sought to be obtained under the bU' cm oaly begaiut'd t..rough a decision ol the courts, ann in myopinion thia bil wdl not only prolong and not stoplitigation, but will involve additional constitutionalIssues, attended with great delny and vexatious int¬uition. R. O. LELABCB.

Elitott, from tho Committee on lUilroads, re¬

ported favorably on a concurrent resolutionrequesting the Congi o;- s of <the United Statesbo aid the coaatruotiou of tho Memphis, ElPaso and Southern Trans-Continental Ba ¡Jroad.Smalls introduced tho following preamble

and couenri ont resolution, whioli, on motion ofR'irk«t<w «95g referred to thc CCÚSÍIÍÓO *>u

Federal Bolatin ns :whereas, ihe United State« Gorerernest owns

nearly or quit* two-thirds ot the taxable property ofthe Tuitorporat-d Town of Beau*»rt, for which orcourse no tax is paid Ither te tho state or .southcarolina or to the Town of beaufort, thereby bi r-äenina tbe people ot »a d town much m »ru .leavilybau would bo the case f «aid properly was s» d tothe tax-payers ot said place; and wheiea«. sal » pro-porty is fast gol» g to decay, uncared for aa lt nowts; therefore, be ltResolved. That the Honae of Representatives of

Routh Carolina, the senate concm 1 i.ig, regnest thel-'ongrew of ibo United states to take tuen aotionis th-y ma Y deem prover, through 'heir direct Taxuommtesioneie or otbeiwiee. as will plaoe said pro¬perty before tbe people of Skid 1 own of Beauforttor sile, and that our sen tors and -representativesIn < jongros« be r»q*e«te.i to aid any mee*ur« whichmay be brought before the congress of the UnitedStates having snob i.vn ne-xo in vi vv.

Hollimau prosonted a momor i al of the oiti-lens of Timtnonavillo, for the removal sf th«county «eat of Darlington County, hoer. Dar¬ington to Timmoneville. Deferred to Commit¬tee on Internal improvements.Tn Hons i waa engage*, np to thc hoar ef

»;ljouinmont, in th« discussion cf tho bfil to

establish and maintain a system of publicschools for the State ot South Carolina.IK THC SENATE, in tho afternoon eossion,

Leslie, from the Committeo on Railroads, towhom was referred a bill to charter the Flor¬ence and Lancaster Railroad, reported backthe samo, with a recommendation that it dopass. O.Tiered for consideration to-morrow,and to be printed.

Leslie, from tho same committoo, to whomwas referred a bill to charter the Manchesterand Augusta Railroad, reported back the same,with a recommendation that tho bill do pass.Ordered for consideration to-morrow, and tobe printed.A resolution was adopted appointing J.

M. Allen, ot Greenville, H. J. Lomax (colored),of Abbeville, and C. W. M >ntgomery, of New¬berry, proxies to represent the inter CHt of theState at the meeting of tho Greenville and Co¬lumbia Railroad Company.Donaldson gave notioo Mia I iio win on to¬

morrow, or some subsequent day, ask leave tointroduoe a bill to inoorporte the variousBoards of Trustees of the Methodist EpiscopalChurch in this State; also, n"/>ih to incorporatetho South Carolina Plantation Company,

A VFA lHS ly THE STATE.

Abbeville.The Abbsville Banner in copying tho testi¬

mony of Tolbert, says : "It will b3 apparent toevery one, after a perusal of this testimony,that Tolbert has made many statomenls whichhave not the (semblance of truth. But whenho is in the hands of tin State police, beingtorturer) daily, no doubt, in order to extortsueh testimony from him for party purposes,aftor ho bad voluntarily surrendered himselfto the constabulary forces of the State upontho faith of their pi-onuses of a pardon for hisoffenoes, it is not surprising that ho bas madeso many gross misrepresentations of affairs inour district within the past twelve months."

York.Tho Yorkvillo Enquirer notes the followingealos of real estate : "Ou last Thursday, the

18th instant, Messrs. Tho nson A Jefferys,assignees, made tho following sales ot laudsbelongiug to bankrupts, at the courthouse inthis place."Oue tract of 51 aores, belonging fco the estate

of D. E. Thomas, at $4 05 per acre; bought byJ. A. Thomas. One tract of 240 acres, boltmg-ing to the estate of Samuel Black, at $10 95;bought by James M. Hope. Ono traot 180£acres, belonging to the »ame estate, $5 30;bought by ts. G. Homphill. Two tracts, be¬longing to the estate of S. L. Reid, one of 1G1|acres, at $6 00 and one of 39 acres, at $2 10;bought by S. L. Reid. One tract of 47 acres,belonging to the same estato, at $6 20; boughtby R. C. Reid. At the same timo aim place,two Shares ot King's Mouutain Railroad stockwere sold at $8 50 per share."

Greenville.The Enterprise saya : "We think it due to

a crcat many creditors in this and other partsof tho State, that their liberal and generouscourse in compromising old debts should becommended as it deserves. We have heardrocentlyot many instances of liberal settle-mouts bjtweon parties, aud wo behove thatthc disposition to make them hi» decidedlyincreased of late. Parties have all bocomomore and more impressed with the reasonable¬ness of compromises, and a liberal scaling-public opinion of the people generally, and theadvice of the lawyers, all favor them at thistime. W.! have seen that in Anderson thejuries brought in verdicts sealmg old debts,and were sustained by the approval of the peopfRfeur the bar.' The teeIma as to such debts.<ùlTlftili"exleud in every coijnty 'according tod0fc£^uv3¡aa^dxia.\ A puk.io m^TUtg »»extsale-day is to bb held st Ak« marta %n« toGreenville, in reference to this important/matter."

BEHIND TSE SCEN. S.

Glimpses ox* Theatre Management-Ex-pense« and Receipts--* X-». per" Houses-TIac f-tagc and tbe * < mpany--BalletGirls-Xne Compen lation of DramaticAntbors.

A writer in the London Daily News givessome ioteresting details of theatrical man¬agement, from which we make a few ex¬tracts :

lu a large, first-class West End theatre thenightly expenses average about £70 or £80.andthe receipts vary from £30 to £300, accordingto tho success of the entertainments. As a rulethe receipts are below the expenses; tho loss ismade up by some lucky hit, when they orelargely in excess. Christmas is the best thea¬trical season in the year. Summer is the worst,except when it is wet. In winter, however,every wet night costs the manager about £20.Nothing, however, is more deceptive than afull "house*" tor no one, except the managerand the noting manager, knows whether it isfilled with money or "paper." Paper is theslang term tor an order. As the general publicdislike a void, if that void bo not filled un withpersons who have paid tor their seats, it had tobe filled with persons who have nob paid forthem A large and by no means a po u- lassnever pay to go îuto a theatre; indoed, thor¬oughly to understand the parsimony of thehuman species, a man must have been thomanager of a theatre; His table is oovorodevery morning with letters asking for orders,on all conceivable pretexts.

THE STACIE.

Everything connected with bringing out apieoe is under the control of the stage mana¬ger, in a first-class theatre the company con¬sists of at least the following artists: Oneleading mau, one ligut comedian, two old mon,three walking gentlemen, twe character aotois,two low comedians, one leading lady, one oldwoman, ono .young leading lady, oue singingchambermaid, one broad chambermaid, threewalking ladies, utility men, male und femalesupernumeraries. Salaries of stock actors amiactresses vary from £12 to £2. They are byno means easy people to manage. They Uve iua world apart, and their ideas of their owumerits are frequent y at variance with those ofthe'stage niauager. No port is too good forany of them, but few parts are good enough.Those who are "oast" in bad parts m a playusually announce their intention to leaverather than play thom, but on reflection theygenerally think better ot'their decision. Noone, however, will ever play a pan a bair'sbreadth out of bis own particular line. If afirst walking gentleman were asked to play athird walking gentleman's part, he would be asindignant as au attorney-general were he call¬ed upon to doLud a piokpocket in a policecourt.Managers are often blamed because minor

parts in a pieoe are badly played; they cannot,however, help themselves, because go xl actorswill not play them. Actresses stand evenmore on their dignity than autora; their mutu¬al jealousies exceed even those of fine ladies.Audienoes must of.ou have remarked thai inburlesques, so gn and dances are ii tro Jucedir. defiance ot tue requirements of tho situa¬tion. Th« reason usually is that Miss A. re-tusoa to play unless, liuo Misa B. she be givenn song, or, like Miss C.. a danoo. Tho greatdifficulty in bringing out burlesques is to find

who IflU pîay the part ot gi la. ïhoytil want to be boys, to show then logs, whichi:i nine oases out ot ten are padded. Too pad¬ding is woven into tho flash-colored leggingswinch they wear, so that it is almost iiupoam-ble to deteot it.

TH* wAnrmoBE.At the head oi this department is a master

bailor and a mistress of tho wardrobe. Thodike and satins used on tbe stago are usa a lytaught wholesale. Tbe dresses tor a larjroburlesque or a pantomime oosi many hundredpounds. Actresses are obliged to find theirown bonnets, boots and groves. Actors iuplays of modern life find thou- own dresses.

THE BAIAJCT.Ballet girl« are seldom required in a theatre

ixoept when burlesques or pantomimes areolaved. They reçoive about twenty-flvo shil-wgs a week. It ts n error to mimoso that,is a rule, they are 'last." On tho eon; raw,¡hey are usually the daughters or nieces oftot ors, and they work honestly for a amati ptt-iauoe.Besides the persons already- enumerated,here are, on the -thole working staff of a thea¬

re, dressers, gas-mon, fir. ni n, check-takers,beaners, one or two messengers a hall por¬ker, a prompter and a oell-boj; altogether

about ODO hundred persone find ponnauent em¬ploymentPLAYS AND nüBLESQUE-l.

A play ie eithor paid for by a pcrcontago ontho profltB, or at a fixed rate poi- night, or it iabought. It is by no moana easv to obtaingood ones. Tho number of bad onos sont tomanagers is enormous. They aro usuallywritten by aspiring author» who know nothingof stage offeots. lb requires not only talentbut a vast amount'of technical knowlodgo towrite woll for the stage. Managerd aro almostalways obligod to fall back uoon experienceddramatic authors, and to accept with grati¬tude whatover thov may offer. Throo or fiveact plays, when not paid forby a uoroontageon profits, usually cost from £200 to £800, orfrom £3 to £5 cvory night they aro actad. Theprico of a uood burlesque varies from £50 to£120. Farces aro seldom worth more than £10.Their succoss usually doponds moro upon theactors than tho author.

elwari.FOItKKW YOBK-MKRCHAiiTII'LUIg.

THE REOULlU PACKET SCHOONERMARIAN GAGE, SHEPPABD M inter, havingta portion cargo eng..god, will bo promptly.despatched for above port.February 20 WILLIAM RPAOa at CO.

EICURSIOSIS AKOV^DTIIE HARBOR,THE FINE, FAST HAILING- ANO COM¬

FORTABLY appointed Yacht ELEANOR.will resume her trip-« to historic peints indbe harbor, and will leavo Government

Wharf daily at Ten A. M. and Three P. M.Foi Passage apply to THOMAS YOUNG,Decomoor 18 3mo Captain, ou board.

REGULAR PHILAotULPMlA JL1Í.E.

LEA VI2Va EVERY THURSDAY.THE 81EAMRHIP JOHN W.

fcVERMAN, Captain VANCB. wdlleave North Atlantic Wharf i HUM-DAY, March 1th, 1869, al half-past10 A. M.

Insurance effected at % per cent.For Freight or pastage, appiv to

JOH M k IHEO. GETTY,North \ilantic Wharf.

Philadelphia Agents: E. A. BOUDER k «JO.February 27

FOR BUS I O«..--.-» THK PACKI T >TEAM->HIP AL-

LIANCE, TILLSON Master, will havedispatch, aller arrival, for th« above

. port.For engagements, apply to

H. F. BAKER Ac CO.,February 26 No. SO Oumoorland-etreet.FOR NEW VU tl Hi..

REG ULAR LINE EVERY THURSOAI.PASSADE RKUUCED I O $15.

. ^ !>«*.-* THE STEAMSHIP SARAGOSSA,V-Ä^T^S Captain RYDER, will Ir.ae. V iuder-^.$\*v£wtfi horst's vVhart on Tnure-my, Marchn£5f&B&kWttm 4tb, at - o'click.February 26 RAVENa'L * co.. Agents.

FASTFHKIGIIT Ll.\aTO AND FROM BALTIMORE, PHILADEL¬PHIA, WASHINGTON CITY. WILMINGTON.DEL., CINCINNATI, OBIO, ST. LOUH, MO..ANl> OTHER N O RT H W E S TERN 0IITK8.-LEAVING EACH POUT hVERY. 6IH DAY.

FALCON.JESSE D Hon-Kr, Commander.3i-.AGULL.N. P. LUITON. Com mander.MARYLAND.J. V. JOHNSON, Comm tudor.

fvf^tesssn THB FAVORITE AVD SWIFT/yJPmWfzZ Steamship sEA GULL, N. P. Dtrr-?^iiJ\jQj^$J TON Comm tinier, will sad tor Haiti--r^t^^H^Rfhii. more on TUESDAY, 2d March, at 9o'clock A. M., trom Pier No 1, Un'on Wharves.the MARYLAND, Captain JOHJÍSOX, will tollow on

Stn March.For Freight or pascase, apply to

COURTENAY lc TRENHOLM,February 26 3 Umou Wharves.THAVKLK.KS 1*A SSI.\U TUtiOUGHOHARLESTON EN BOOTETTVFLORIDA, AIKEN

srVßS Raiafci Aud oUl*r should not fal

.4^fi*3raa^ w*** CLAREÎS, ca A ..li'Aov«..^2B9HBWBBM OUKOIALS, rBuAAOiE:-, VTH;KIE8, WINES, CANNED MEATS, SOUPS, Ac.Pates of Wild Game, Deviled Entremets. Han.,Turko\, Lobster, »tc, for Luncheoas, osadanches,Travelers' Repast, kc.¿O-yend for a catalogue.

WM. B. CORWIN * CO.,No. 275 King-street,Between Wentworth and Bea alain,Charleston, 8. O.Branch of No. 900 Broadway, corner Jut la street,NewYork. Ortober28

PACIFIC MAIL STEAMS tl li* COMPVBTHBOUGH l,lb+ TO

CALIFORNIA. CHIN A AND JAPAN.FSHIOHT AND PASSAGE AT GREATLY MM-DUCEU RATES l

-evf'-äst-'**! Ö1EAMLUS OF THE ABOVJ^*âtÎrKai line Je»ve Pier No. 42, North River,?*'¿'VJÍ¿^ÍÍJ foot of Cuual-stroet New YoEk-, aW<>gB^Wi«i 12 o'clock uoou, of tho 1st. 9th, 16thand 24tb of every month (except when these datetfall en Sunday, then the Saturday precedí ug).Departure of 1st and 24th connect at Panama witt)steamers for south Pacific aud Contra) Americanporta. Those of lat touch at Manzanillo.Departure of 9th ot each month r.onnsets withthe new steam Une from Panama to Australia andNew Zealand.Steamship GREAT REPUBLIC leaves San Fran¬cisco U r Oaibsand Japan April 3. 1869.No California steamers tnuon at Havana, bnt gcdirect from New York to AspinwalLOne hundred pounds baggage free to each adnit.Medicine and attendance free.For Passage rickers or further Information applyat the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the wharf

toot of Canal-street, North River. New York.March 14_lyr_F. R. "*'<v. Agent.

FOU Gfc>0:l(jlE low i\, 8. C.,'

AND LANDINGS ON THE I'E.ODKE RIVER.r «TlT~--)» THE STEAMER EMILIE, CAPT.tesacaaegaG FATARI DAVIS, wi I reçoive FreightTHI^ DAT Ki «outti Commercial Whar, and loave asabove on MONDAY MORNING, 1st Marali, a 6 o'clock.Returning, will leave Georgetown on WEDNESDAY

MOUSING. 3.1 March.Freight for Landings on tho Pandeo Uiver will be

transferred t.. steamer GEN. MANTO A If i T, atGeorgetown.All Ere Klit prepaid.No Freight receiv d af1er sunset.

SH4CKELFORD k KELLY, Agents,February27_1 No. 1 Boy oV Wh irf.ic -"»Et YV «HUH I 'S Ul«. ¡F5\»ND ALL LAND NOS ON THE SAN EE RIVER.

_ a. 'JHE STEAM'Ti MARION, OAP-»i¡í^í¿ía*tí¡SL-'rA-1N 3 FOB rita ls receivingFreight at Accommoda'lon Wharf and will leaveMOMHAY NIGHT, 1st March.

Ap- ly to JOHN FERGUSON.February 27_

FOR NORTH bUHTU.-JT^k, TUE S i LvMt-.lt ST. HK ENA,Ssß^StSSEmr%1 '***»> JAM-U G. HDMLHY. will re-

Mlva Freight Tm DAY and leave MONDAY MOBN-r»a at 0 o'clock, and Balate »arno day at 2 o'clockP.M.For Freight or Passage apply on board or to

JOHN H ML'ltU\Y,Mar .e t Wharf.

The Steamer leaves again WEDNESDAY Momsrsa,it 7 o'clock, and Buisto l nxrasDAY aioaniNa. t a».clock._1*_y. binary 27

.AILAND llulli'k.THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA. .

ÜHARLEs l O «i AND.SAVANNAH! .d...-l.M PACKETLINE, VIA EDIATO, «EA0.ltOKI ANO HILTON-BEAD,

CONNKOTfvo WITSTUE ATLANTIC ANO GOLF RAILROAD AND

CONNKC i IONS FOR ALL POINTS INFLORIDA.

* ^fr*""*^ TF»U FEME, FAST STE AME Bii ^i'."*ae^! PILOT BOY, captain FEN.-* PROB: willeave Charlotea en MONDAY and JHUIMDAY HOBST.MOS at Fight o'clock iv tm JI> HT. will le ivo ivunnatol.uiisDAY MOSNINOS af Ulgbl o'olo-k, and FBXDAYtrrEUNOoM at Two o'clock, toa htug it bd. »to onCnoaaOAY (rip from charleston, at ' leven \. M.,?nd leaving Edlsio at Niue A, M , bAToanaza, oa re¬am trio.ibo steamer will touch at cid-olin's, each way

iverv two weeks, coin.HOI ctn.,' with trip Of Febratry 1Mb,

For Freight or Pansage mpplv teJOaN bi-.UGO-OV,February10_Accomm da on Wharf.

»«.Ol« PAbATtviv, *...%.<, rs.«Vi.\ HAV.\Ci»*fl, VE BN ALDINA AND «IACKSON -

VILLE.' .JÈ&T^J* T*» FW.f-CAsi* P T E A M M R' .í»X'/5-Wi; WOT A'.loB, Captais L. M. OXF.TTKB,K*.ll sad from Charleston cve. iwna^ E^tmno, atEight o'ee c.. tat 'he above joints.The first-class «teamer CIT'/ Pr- .NT, Cáptala Wv.R. MON«.TY, will »uil frau*. Charleston every Satur-

l«y Err.nina. ai Fi« ht oviock, for snave poi uta.conn -etiu : with the Central Bsik-ead at -a«a:inshlor Mot tle and New Orleans, and with inn Florida

Uallroau at Fomandlnn for Cedar Kev H. at which-point Hieamers eoaneot witta New Orinarte Mobile,Peusi..(>'». Key Wast and H »ana.j h rou h un.» Lading give« for Fr«iübt te Mobil«.

Ptnsaeola and New Orleans.Sith rtisnitrs ZSKRvCiiikri vnik fl S. Umrvt iitam -

rr« OcUwaha «nd Grim» fir Sit»*rSprt»$$mstçl Lake*.9rtßn Eurtu, Har, in mmt Durham.All lrol;.'-' o va ole on thc wharf.dooli not removed at sussot cjül ks «tore«! at rink

ind 'expt use ot owtiers.For Freight or pAesaf* e^mremeTt, apply to

J. ». AIKEN k Od., Agents,sc«uth Atlantic Wharf.

N. M.-No extra obarge for Meals and tlCaUsrcouis.November 91