VOLUME VII.--NUMBER 1059. CHARLESTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1869. FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK.BY TELEGRAPH.

THE STATE CAPITAL. .

UJeiSLATTVE PROCEEDING!?-BOABD OF TRADEMEMORIAL-SOUTH CAROLINA BAILBOAD VS.COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA BAILBOAD.

[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DAILY HEW«.]COLUMBIA, January 19.-IN THE HOUHE, Sas-

portas introduced a bill providing for tho enu¬meration of tho inhabitants of each county.beagle introduced a bill to establish a board

af commissioners of public lauds.Tho rest of the day was consumed in tho dis¬

cussion of tho bill to establish a now judicialcircuit, and tho bill to amend tho criminal law.IN THE SENATE. Wright introduced a bill to

prevent persons committed ou a charge ofnuu'dor from being bailed; also a bill to amendthe law in relation to arson.

Bainoy, from tho Finauee Committee, re¬ported unfavorably on tho bill to increase thosalaries of tho Justices of tho (Supremo Courtand Circuit Judges.Corbin prosontod a memorial from tho Board

of Trade of Charleston relative to tho Savan¬nah and Charleston Railroad. It was referredto the Committee on Railroads.Wright, from tho Judiciary Commiltco, re¬

ported favorably ca tho House resolution, tounite in joiut assembly and oleofc a Presidentand twelve Directors of the Bank ol the Stato,on tho 27th instant.In executivo session, tho Sonato refused to

confirm tho appointments of L. F. Wall, W. 8.Lance and J. N. Gregg as Assessors for Charleston County.Tho act to establish a State Orphan Asylum

was ratified and sont to tho Governor.In the case of tho South Carolina Bailroad

ve. the Columbia and Augusta Bailroad, Messrs.Memminger and Melton spoke for tho defend¬ants, and Gen oral Connor for the complain¬ants. Mr. Magrath wili follow to-morrow.In the Supremo Court, Messrs. Hayne and

Campbell both argued for tho defendant s, andthey will be followed by Mr. Corbin to-morrow.Tho arguments of Mossrs. Hayne and Camp¬bell, with some slight exceptions, wero thesame as those previously made before Just ic e

Willard._EUitorE.

THE CONFEBENCE AGBEEMEN T-NAPOLEON'SSPEECH FROM THE THRONE.

TABIS, January 19.-The conference on theEastern question recommends Greece to acceptso much of tho Turkish ultimatum as relatesto Cretan affairs, and to rofor tho case of thoaffair at Syra to the decision of tho courts, andpromises that Turkey will withdraw the lastpoint of her ultimatum touchiug the obser¬vance of international law.The Sultan has instructed his ambassador to

sign the agreement of tho conforonco, and it isthought that Greece will accept its torms.There has b9en a sharp earthquake at Cal¬

cutta.Napoleon, speaking from tho throne, con¬

gratulated the members of the Gorps Législatifon the strength and harmony of the nation,which was now ready to moot all events, herarmyand navy resources boiug complete Hofavored discussion, provided it did not touchthe constitution, which, ho said, was abovedebate. He congratulates tho powers on theresult of the conference, an i concludes as fol¬lows: "All governments are liable to error.Fortune declines to smile on all enterprises,but the country knows that there is no thoughtor act of mine which is not given to the gloryof France."

MONARCHY PREVAILS IN SPAIN.MADRID, January 19.-The election returns

show unmistakably an overwhelming majorityof the people in favor of monarchy. Thestrength of tho Republicans in the new Carteswill be only about one hundred.

OPPOSITION TO THE ALABAMA TREAT!.LONDON, January 19.-The Pall Mall Gazette

hopes that Parliament will not ratify the Ala¬bama treaty if the question ot the recognitionof the Confederates as belhgerents is to bereopened.

WASHINGTON.

THE VIRGINIA COMMITTEE POSTPONE THE RICH¬MOND CONVENTION-THE MISSISSIPPI COMMIT¬TEE VISIT ORANT-GBANT AND THE COLOREDCONVENTION.

WASHINGTON, January 19.-The Virginia com¬mittee have passed a resolution postponingthe Richmond convention from February 10 toMarch 17, for fear that Congress would not actin time to allow the people to consider the pro¬position and select delegates as early aa the dayfirst appointed. The committee will remain infall session during tho present week. Yester¬day's interview with Grant leads the Virginiansto think that Grant is the most available friendof the movement in Washington.The Mississippi Committee) visited Grant to¬

day, requesting his aid in obtaining im mediatoadmission. Grant replied that the Reconstruc¬tion Committee had framed a bill in accord¬ance with their views, and expressed the hopethat these matters would be settled before thecommencement of his administration.The committee from the Colored National

Convention called on Grant, who, replying tothe address, said: "I thank the convention ofwhich you are the representatives for the con¬fidence they have expressed, and I hope sin¬cerely that the colored people of the nationmay receive every protection which the lawsgive to them. They shall have my efforts tosecure such protection. They should proveby their acts, their advancement, prosperity,and obedience to the laws, that they are wor¬thy of 'tho privileges the government has bes¬towed upon them, and by their future conductprove themselves deserving of all they nowclaim."Grant's interview with the Mississippi Radi¬

cal, delegation is variously reported He ap¬pears to have expressod a desire for the earlyadmission of Mississippi, and that SouthernConstitutions should bo made to conform tothe Reconstruction acts; also said that he wouldenforce tho laws. lb is not known whetherGrant aHaded to Bingham's bill or to anotherwhich the committee is preparing. Bingham'sbill, in addition to the points telegraphed lastnight, provides that thc Législatures shall meetwithin twenty days of the passage of the act,«¡pen proclamation thereof by the Governor.Ko person prohibited by the Fourteenth amend¬ment shall hold office until their political dis¬abilities are removed«The Radioal committee are in Mgh spirits

to-day. Carl Shurz has been elected fromMissouri, Fenton from New York, Barolinfrom Maine. Nine senators and ten membersof the Indiana Legislature bolted the caucusnomination for United States Senator.The Senate, in executive session, only eon»

firmed an Oregon postmaster. The balance ofthe session wa« given to treaties, but therewas no action.

It ia understood that the l^at#JndtalaryCommittee will report on Virginia affaira to"-

morrow, lhere ie Rood reason to believe thattho report will be favorable to the wishes ofthe Virginia Conference Committee.

CONOItESSIONAL,.

GEOBGIA-PACIFIC BAILBOAD-COMMON CABBIEBS.WASHINGTON, January 19.-IN THE SENATE

the memorial of the colored citizens of Georgiawas presented stating that at present they arounder Stato laws conflicting with the Recon¬struction acts.Another Pacific Railroad bill was introduced

by Abbott.Thayer introduced a joint resolution propos¬

ing a constitutional amendment for universalmanhood suffrage.McDonald introduced a bill to completo and

perfect r iilroads between tho Pacific and At¬lantic Oceans.Tao consideration of tho Copper bill was re¬

sumed. An nmonument making the tariff onblue vitriol five couts por pound was adopted,and tho bill passed.After a short executive session the Senate

adjourned.IN TIIE HOUSE, tho usual number of petitions

were presented. Commisaionor Wells' reportwas ordered to be printed. Tho substitute forthe Senate bill regulating judicial proceedingswas passed. It transiors lo tho Federal courtsall suits against common carriers for tho lossof properly caused by tho late war.Tho bill subsidizing tho Denver Railroad

provoked a long discussion, and without ac¬tion tho House adjourned.

SPAUKS litOM THE WiltES.

Resolutions were offered in tho GeorgiaLegislature yesterday pledging tho Stato tosupport Grant, but meeting with opposition,woro withdrawn.The Special Committee ou the Eligibility of

Negroes in tho Georgia Legislature made anunfavorable report yesterday and wcro dis¬charged.Gonoral Sweeny and his command returned

to Augusta yesterday from Ogoechoc. No morotrouble anticipated.

THE BANK OE THE STATE.

Proceedings In thc 'Supremo Court.

[FBOM OUR SPECIAL, COBBESPONDENT.]COLUMBIA, S. C., January 17.-The Supreme

Court met this morning afc 10 A. M. Present,tho Chief Justice aud Associate Justices Hogoaud Carpenter.The reading of tho record in the case of the

Bank of the State ex relation* Attorney-Gen¬eral vs. tho Prosideut aud Directors of thcBank of tho State, was completed and argu¬ment commenced.Mr. Corbin, of counsel for the relators, read

tho brief of tho plaintiffs, setting forth thegrounds on which they asked a reversal or thodecision of Justice Willard.Mr. Hayne, of counsel for the defendants, call¬

ed tho attention of tho bench to tho fact that arule of the court imperatively requires thatcounsel should bo 1'uruishod with Ehe pointsand authorities relied upon, at leash two daysbefore tho hearing.That rule appeared to have been ignored en¬

tirely; they had seen these authorities tor thefirst time within the preceding hour. Underthese circumstances, he would leave it to thocourt whether they should be required to pro¬ceed at once.The Chief Justice said that such being the

case, tho court would stand adjourned until to¬morrow, at 10 o'clock A. M., when counsel fordefendants would be heard.

FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.

THE COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA BALLBOAX) CASE-THE STATE POLICE BILL-THE POUT BOYALBAILBOAD-OTHER BILLS.

[FROM 6UB OWN COBBESPONDENT.]COLUMBIA, S. C., January 18,1869.-The case

of the South Oorolina Railroad vs. the Colum¬bia and Augusta Railroad, came up beforeJudge Boozer to-day, on a motion to dissolvethe injunction granted by Judge Willard.Messrs. C. G. Memminger «nd Melton appear¬ed for the motion, and Messrs. A. G. Magrathand James Conner against. The defendantsclaim that they have complied with the lawpassed at the special session of 1868, requiringthem to have the damages assessed, have paidinto court the amount ol $110 assessed by thejury at Edgcfield, and therefore ask a dissolu¬tion of tho injunction granted against them byJudge Willard for non-compliance with the law.Tho papers wore all read to-day, inoluding, in¬cidentally, tho procacdings and verdict of theEdgefield jury. The argument will com noncej&o-morrow.

IN THE SENATE to-day the bill to inorease thesalaries of the Supreme and Circuit CourtJudges, was referred to the Finance Commit¬tee. The ludges who are in the city, it is ex¬pected, will appear before the committee to¬morrow, to give the reasons why this measureshould pass the General Assembly.The bill to amend an act entitled "An act toestablish a Stale Police," passed its. secondreading, will be road a third time to-morrowand bo sent to the House of Representatives.It will no doubt pass that body without debate.Tho bill gives the Governor the power to in¬crease the force at his discretion and to levy aspecial tax on the county where an extra forceis by him considered necessary for the preser¬vation of the peace.Rose, from the Committee on Elections, towhom was referred tho petition ofO. R- Frank¬lin to validate the election of the Town ofClinton, S. C., reported back the same, witha recommendation that the petition be laidon the table. Ordered for consideration to¬morrow.Wright gave notice of a bill to amend thelaw relating to arson; also, a bill to define

grand and petit larceny; also, a bill to pro¬hibit persons boing admitted to bail who arecharged with and committed .for the crime ofmurder.Abill to amend an act entitled "An aot toincorporate tho Village of Kingstree," was

«greed to and ordered to be engrossed for &third reading.A bill to aid in the construction of tho PortRoyal Railroad; also, a bill to charter the Man¬chester and Augusta Railroad, were read bytheir titles aud referred to tho Committee onRailroads.A bili to authorize Courts of Arbitration

was referred to the Committee on tho Jo¬dieiary.The reports ol tho special oommittee recom¬mending the removal ot political disabilities ofJ. S. Linder, J. W. A. Harkness, Dr. C. M. Riv¬

ers, John Wilson, J. J. Halford, G. W. H.Leeg, K. C. Poole, T. J. Lamotte, W. P. Gilland Thomas 0< Dawson, were agrôéd to andsent to the House, of Representativos for con¬currence.A bill from tho House to incorporate theCitizens' Savings Bank was made the specialorder for one P. M. to-morrow.The résolution to Adjourn Miste die Februaryfive was tabled. .

A Joint resolution authorizing the Governorto employ an armed form to preservetb«petoswas read by its title ana referred to the Oom¬mittee on the Military.I» THE HOUSE, Hasportoa, from the Commit¬tee on Engrossed Aota, reported aa duly andcorrectly engrossed for a third reading a billto alter and amend an act entitled "An act to«loso tho operations of the Bank of tho Stateof South Carolina."Tho bill waa read the third time, passed,ani. sru£«au to bo «ont io ¿he »enase.Jacobs presented the petition of Robert

Hawthorne, of Fairfield Oounty, for tho re¬moval of his political disabilities. Referred totho Committteo on Removal of Political Disa¬bilities.Bishop introduced a bill to define divorce

and alimony in this State. Read tho firsttime, and referred to tho Committee on thoJudiciary.Mr. Stoeber introduced a bi'l tor tho pro¬

tection of the cotton crop of plantors andfarmers in this State. Read a first time, andreferred to the Committee on Agriculture.Sasportas gave notice of a bill to providefor the enumeration of inhabitants in eaoh

county in this State, agreeable to Section 2,Article IV of tho Constitution.Drifflo introduced tho following resolution

which, on motion of C, D. Haj no, was referredto the Committee on Mays and Means:lieaoived, That his Excellency tho Governor

be and ho is hereby requested to inform thisHouse if ho has carried out instructions con¬tained in section 2 of an net entitled "An acttocloso the operations of tho Bank of tho Statoof South Carolina."A Senate bill rolativo to salos o? proporty un¬

der decrees of Courts of Equity aud CircuitCourts, was indefinitely postponed.At 2 P. M., tho House udjouruei.

rm-: SHA TSJ.ANDS.

1 Ho Profita of Sea Island Planters-TimeCauses ofThroe Years' Palin rc-Fortu¬nate Cotton Planters-Sea Islands willTay.

[FHOM A COBUEBPONDENT.JCHABXShXO^ January 18, 18o3.-lu submit¬

ting the onelosod estimates, I have faithfullyand carefully st&ted exponaos and probableresults.

1 have had full experience in operatingwith "freo labor," and tho Uko expérience, andgreat success in cultivating soa island cottonbefore tho war. I mado in one season, fri mextra fino cotton, $112 to thc aero, clear of ex¬penses. In another, I mado ono hundred andfifi y pounds round, of this cotton, to my wholecrop of ovor eighty acres. This was previousto tho war, and boneo tho amounts are ex¬pressed in gold. Since tho war, with free la¬bor and sweeps, I have made of tho same cot¬ton, in tko adverso season of "G7, $100 per acre.

It will bo seen that my estimates tuko intoaccouut evory contingency. It is fair to say,however, that such seasons as those of '67 and'G8 have been unknown on our coast in a pe¬riod of fifty yoars. They aro bayond all calcu¬lation and precedent, baing aB dostiuctive asan earthquake, without exciting tho sympathyand indulgence for the unhappy victims whichan extraordinary convulsion of nature natu¬rally docs.Wo have suffered more fro n tho seasons than

tho caterpillar, the extraordinary flood retard¬ing the crops in their growth so as to rendorthc destruction of tho worm four-fold, besidostho great and serious injury arising from thoseasons alon?, wbioh would have cut off thocrops one-half or more, if not a singlo wormhad mado its appearance. And the wet sea¬sons havo doubtless contributed much in pro¬ducing tho caterpillar. I kuow that plantorshave high hopes excited by tho luxurious ap¬pearance of a lato crop. This, iu nearly allcasos, is delusive-utterly so. Old plantersuti od to say, in looking at a late crop of prom¬ise, "it is a splendid crop; but it is lato, andlate crops always look double." Heneo thoidea entertained of very fine crops in soniosections, just before tho appearance of tho cat¬erpillar. If the seasons havo been our maintrouble, v.o may, with reason, hope to esoapefrom these extraordinary visitations.Now, what arc the facts ?A friend and neighbor planted a half acre

extra cotton in the past season. The patchwas manured with stable mauure and "con-post listed with the hoe, "banked" with thohoe, and attended in a thorough and hand¬some manner acoording to the host standardof slave labor. Not a blade of grass was to beseen throughout. The land was strong yel¬low soil, near to an arm ot the sea. Thepatch escaped the caterpillar entirely, and, ina fair season, should have made at least onehundred and fifty pounds per acre. Yet theyield was but at the rate of twenty-four poundsper acre. The same was the case, to a modi¬fied degree, in a like patch of my own in 1867.On, the contrary in the season of 1866-withus only a fair one-I sent to market over sixtypounds to the acre from a small field plantedfrom the 10th to the 16th of May. This fieldwas ravaged by tho caterpillar before I bad apod picked, and was gathered by day laborerswithout any one in oharge, business of moropressing importance demanding my wholetime. I presume, under the circumstances, itmust have actually produced one hundredpounds per acre, notwithstanding caterpillars.

in the same season of 1866 a planter in mycommunity, though his crop waa swept bycaterpillars, made over one hundred and thir¬ty-three bales of throe hundred pounds toeighty hands. Another, nuder like circum¬stances, made thirty-eight bales to twjntj-flvehands. Another, forty bales to ona huudrodand twenty acres. Another, ibu ty bales toninety acres, and so cn through the com¬munity wherever the crop received anythinglike reasonable attention. Why was it thatmoney was lost ? The answer is plain. Thorowere extraordinary and exorbitant expenses tomeet in tte restoration of our ruined homosand wasted fields. Stock had to be bought atexorbitant rates. Labor to be seduced intowork by exorbitant wages. Everything to bedone anew, andeverything costing four prioes.1 he ela s of seed, which at that time couldalone be obtained, was inferior as well as un¬productive. Oar planters necessarily beganlate and oame to market late, with all this ex¬traordinary cost of prodnotion on their backsand to be liquidated at once. They met theFlorida planters as usual in market with asgood, if not better, cotton than theirs, and acrop the very best that had ever been madein Florida. Tho buy oro knew this advantage,and used it with a vengeance, running cottondown from fl 40 per pound to forty cents atthe lowest figure.Notwithstanding this, with the average

price obtained, if the wages and expenseshad rated no higher than those of the pastseason, remunerative results would have beenreached. So that the only practicable seasonenjoyed since tho return of our planters to thecoast, had they escaped the extraordinary costof production, no longer existing, would haveboon a decided suoooss, notwithstanding cater¬pillar, and with a fair article of cotton wouldhave been successful with caterpillar and ex¬penses. Sp, too, ifthey had escaped caterpil¬lar, they would have reached success, not¬withstanding the high cost of production andinferior quality of cotton.

I know whatI stato and can provo by the fig-urea. My experience warrante mo in reposingperfect confidence in the statements I make.The crop of 1166 wa*followed bj the seasons

of '67 and '68, on both of which years we wereflooded with rain and had no spring at all,whilst the crops were ravaged by caterpillar.To make cotton Crops or any other under

circumstances so utterly variant with all pre¬vious experience, was to mako our daily taleof brick without straw.

It is easy to repeat the catchword that theretrever ñire money in long cotum, ana io uso inocant phrase that it 48 "played out." It is

bard to prove either ono or tho other. I willsay tbis mnob in reply: that there have beenmore fortunes made from long cotton than fromanything else in any equal area in t.-o State, ifnot the South. In tho early period of cottonplanting, we may mention among those whoaccumnlatod largo fortunos Captain WilliamSeabrook, John David Murgeon, Captain Wil¬liam Pope, Jamos Kirk, Edward Means, SarauolReid, Joseph Edinga, Sr. At a later period webavo amongst those who luado fortunos or

highly remunerative crops, Josoph J. Popo,Joseph D. Edinga, Kineey Burden, SolomonLogaro, Ephraim Seabrook, Sr., John ïown-soiid, Jenkiua Mikoll, William E. Barnard, Na¬thaniel Crowoll, W. G. Baynard, Jolin J. T.Pope, Joseph Whaloy, Edward Wha'oy.EphraitnBaynard, Sr., William Seabrook, Jr., JenkinsTownsend, James Logare, Joseph Ilazol, Cap¬tain Edward Barnwell, Thomas Faller, WilliamEdings, Uov. Stephen Elliott, William Fripp,John E. Fripp. Whilst some of theso gontlc-mo i were men of largo wealth, reaching a. mil¬lion, others, though not rich, wore very andhabitually successful.This stato of things continued up to tho

very happening of tho war; sea island plantingbeing highly remunerative and lauds improv¬ing in intrinsic and market value, ra ting fromtwenty dollars to ono hundred dollars por acre,aa on Edisto. Tho race ot planters was notdeteriorating, for wo And among vjto youngerreprésentatives such men as Burrill Sanders,of St. Bartholomew, who made seventy bush¬els of corn to tho aero aud two to three balescotton to tho hand. We lind on Edisto suchmen as Owona Edward, Fuller Edward andJoseph Seabrook, Theodore Becket. John Jen¬kins, Edward Baynard. In the vicinity, Jame3Laltocho, Benj. Bailey. In St. Halena Parishwe find William B. Moans, William" Cuthbert,Stephou Elliott, Edward Moans. lu St. Luke'sJoseph J. Stoney, James B. Seabrook, J. L.C-owell, M. J. Kirk, E. M. Seabrook, Jno. W.K. Pope, who among others were all plantersof great success, and rapidly accumulatingfortunos, som o of them being already men ofwealth.James Island afforded tho distinguished

plantéis, W. B. Seabrook, Josepb Hinsteeu,Ephraim Clark.

St. John's Berkoloy affords Buchfhames asToter Gaillard, Francis Poyro, Writer Poyro>William Sinclair, Tbos. W. Porche*?-, SamuolPorcher, among others. w

There is a statement that long coïjLon plant¬ers were always in debt to their facJLrB. Thoanswer is, they wore among tho souJHest cus¬tomers. In some instances this iucrSbtednossmeant extravagance in living, prevaJhnt alongtho coast. In many it meant cntovnriso andthritt. In many it was utterly t:«¡ruo. Incomparatively few did it mean "gOilfc,bohindhand." It was only necessary to pasJtiiroughtho country just boforo tho war:'-.t¿Eseo t hemost unmistakable indications of v Hi ttl andprosperity. Tho peoplo Uved in afc^bneo andelegance, and but for the war, from ^aioh theysuffered moro than any other part ' iwaiuo coun¬try, thoy would now have boasted^ tv*io flno>tand most improved estates in tho h, withmillions to spore, instead of boggi^^r'a lit¬tle assistance to recuperate thoirátóBcc u for¬tunes. » Ji/T.THE CHA ltLESTON COT\^^^LAIMS.The Status of tue Pending Butts-TheCsrses that havre been Adjudicated, andthe Amounts Allowed-The unsatisfiedClaimants have yet to Prove.

[FROM ODE SPECIAL, CORRESPONDENT.]WASHINGTON, January 16.-A recent article

in THE N&wa censures, in rather sweepingterms, the dilatory obaracter of the proceed¬ings in the Court of Claims, and intimates, ina manner more candi I than complimentary,that the functionaries of that august tribunalhave shown themselves distinguished profi¬cients in the noble art of "How Not to Do lt."A glance at the record, however, proves thatwhatever may have been the shortcomings ofthe court in respect to speedy action, Charles¬ton has scant cause of complaint on that score,as compared with other cities.In a report recently transmitted to Congress

by the chief clerk of the Court of Claims I finda statement of the judgments rendered dur¬ing the year ending December 7, 1868, withtho amounts involved, the names ot the partiesin whose favor judgment was rendered, and abrief synopsis of the.nature of tho claims ineach case. In this list Charleston figures veryprominently, the number of her successfulclaims being nearly if not quito one-half of thewhole number allowed. Theso claims, 1 amtold, Ittve long since been pa i 1. As the parti¬culars in regard to theso oases have neverbeen published, I have transcribed the namesof tho parties, with the amount and date ofjudgment ia each of the Charleston cases. Imay add that tho dates given are all includedin the year 1868, and that the subject matterof all the claims was "cotton captured byUnited States forces." The following is thelist :

NAMES.

Henry Weat.....JJ. T¡ Potter and Ellaa Potter,blB wife.James T. Carroll.James Rudolph.James Armstrong.Tbos. Kenny and Kate KennySalina Wilkinson.William T. Oliver.Henry O. Thomas.Beni. Reils.,Bartholomew Poley.Theo. Kcester.John H. Graver.Rebecca Picken, adm'r'x...Timothy daffy..Angelo smith.John H. Brtining.smith Howe.Edward Reynolds.Roderick Byrnes..Sarah Watts.<v.'I hom aa Aiken.Eliza Hilborn.Elias Garden.C, D. Ahrens.George Shrewsbury..lames B. MoElhose.......Ernest Waltjin.Fred. W. Claussun.John MoMabon.Wm, McKay.Enoch r. Hancock.O i vit» s.Edmonds.Teresa Igoe.Maitha E. Street.Joseph M F. Hereof.Thomas Cole.

AMOUNT.

$381 S3 Juue IS

8,666 38 Jun«) 15303 53 June 15635 04 June 16

. 7,088 01 June 15868 90 June 16666 00 Jan 18263 «0 Jan 18131 30 Jan 18

4,541 48 Jan 1836,846 48 Jan 18

656 00 Jan 3711,076 00 Jan 376,963 60 Mar 284,839 60 Mar 38893 60 Mar 38

1,968 00 Mar 281,010 00 Mar 383,936 00 Mar 288,418 96 Mar 281,893 68 Mar 23893 60 Mar 38918 40 Mar §0

6,270 00 Mar 80l,33ô Su Mar SO8,073 60 Mar 808.075 52 Mar 302.686 40 Mar 80

Dis mia-cd. Mar 301,049 60 Mar 80

Dismissed. Mar 304,193 40 Mar 801,049 60 Mar 807.084 60 April 61,901 12 April 18363 40 May 4363 40 May 4

DATE.

I bavo made inquiry with regard to thecause of dolay in tho Charleston oases, whichare still pending. The hitch, it seems, tsowing to a new condition which Congress hasseen flt to interpone before the claimant canhope to have hw, claim allowed. A late enact¬ment contains a provision that the applicantfor redress in s cotí on case must establish byevidence not only his own undoubted "loyal¬ty," bat the fact that bis residence within theConfederate lines was " not voluntary." It ison this new point that the court is now hear¬ing testimony. There is, of course, room for swide latitude of construction as to what wouldctr would not constitute "a voluntary resi¬dence " in the eye of the law ; but, ss I heard sshrewd old counsellor remark, " after some oftho caaes of ' loyalty ' that have been estab-L *hed, everything else will bo comparatively

easy of proof"; and thoro is a reasonable pros¬pect that before many weeks all, or nearly all,of tho still unsatisfied claimants will bo glad¬dened with a favorable judgment, and speedilythereafter havo tho opportunity to pocket tho"demnition cash." R.

THIS YEAR'S PROBABLE SUPPLY OPCOTTON.

|From Messrs. Smith, Edward« k Co.'s ManchesterCircular. 1

Wo will briefly glance at tho prospects of thocotton trade for tho coming year, and, for thosake of comparison, advert to tho statisticaloutturn of tho past year. From it, it appearsthat tho total import mto Groat Biitaiu was3,6(50,000 balen, against 3,500,000 bales, or anincreaso of 160.000 bales; but as this was duewholly to Brazil bales, Which woigb about 150pounds, thQ real increase in quantity over thoprevious year is trifling. The deliveries to thotrade for tho year roaoh 2 802,000 bales, against2,552,000 halos last year, being an increase of250,000 bales; but this is also almost outirelyiu Brazils, su that the real increase of consump¬tion is only equal in weight to about 100,000Ameri can, or 2,000 bales por week. Tho oxportfor tho year is 915,000 bales, against 1,015,000bales, or a decrease of 100,000 bales. Tho to¬tal deliveries of tho year lor trade aud oxportogaroeate 8,717,000 halos, agaiust an import of3,660,000 bales, causing a reduction oí stock inLiverpool and London of 57,000 bales, as com¬pared wit h t ho previous year; but wo believethe trado hold a. somewhat largor supply attheir mills. It appears from tho above thatsupply and demand have boon very nicely ad¬justed during tho past year, and wo open thonew yoar with very small roscrvos ot stock, say497,000 bales in tho two ports, as compared with554.000 bales last year.What aro the prospects o&gupply fer the

coming yo u-? Wo turu first OT America, andfind, as usual, considerable diversity of opin¬ion-estimates ranging from 2,500,000 to 2,750,-000 hales. Wo think tho ctop will bo nearertho first than the second of these figures, andlean towards 2,600,000 balo3, including all thooverland corrections. Tut wo believe thatAmerican spinnors will require 100 000 balesmore than tho previous season, and thereforewe assume that, practically, tho samo quantitywill be shipped to Europo SB last year, but wobelieve a much l?rger proportion will go directto tho continent, and so much the less to Eng¬land. This, howevor, is but a matter of secon¬dary importance, as our export businoss willbo diminished ia a corresponding ratio, andvery littlo American cotton will bo sent fromEngland to tho continent during thc comingseason. We wou.d point out hore tho proba¬bility of a much larger amount of now cottonbeing received at tho back ond or this yearthan of the past one; for wo expect the nextAmerican crop will bo much larger than thepresent ono.With regard to India we have no reason ta

anticipate aay change of importance. Tho.rope at the Bombay »'do aro believed to boabout as large aa tho previous year, and cur¬rent prices will draw them rapidly to thiscountry.Egypt and Turkey have made good crops,and some iucroasj on last year' is expected-

perhaps 50,000 bales.Bi azil seems rapidly to increaso its produc¬

tion, and a further large addition is expectedthis year-it see-ma not unreasonable to as¬sume an extra ot 200,000 bales.This general survey would indicate roughly

an additiunal supply of 250,000 small balee toEuropo, exclusivo of any extra quantity of thonoxt American crop. This, it must be allow¬ed, ie but a poor increase, and will only allowasmall development in the consumption-sayabout 57,000 bale» per week for Great Britain,and a comparative addition on the continent,and that increase only in small bales. It ap¬pears, thereforo, that spinners havo anotheranxiou-i and perplexing year before thom, andhave now room to» auticipato low prices for theraw material. Afc the same time the prospectbefore them is uot one of famine, only ofscarcity, and there aro various countervailingconsiderations which have now to be stated.lu the early mouths of t> ¡s y^r the Statis¬

tical position ef the staple will probably ex¬hibit tbe opposite tendency to what it did lastyear. During the first quarter of 1868 the off¬take from this port reached tho enormousamount of 80,000 bales per week, against animport of 66,000 bales per week, and thia re¬duced the stock (after allowing for corrections)from 447,000 bales at the end of the year to812,000 on 2d April; but this year we do notanticipate that the offtake will exceed 65,600bales per week, while the import will probablyexceed last year, and may roach 70,000 balesper week, and therefore our stock will proba¬bly increase and may stand at 400,000 bales by1st April. Fu: ther, one great oause of the ex¬citement in the spring of last year was the ex¬tremely small shipments from India appearingon the water; but we believe that the crop willbe exported moro rapidly from India this year.Tho pries in Bombay is now 250r., against140r. last year, and the consequence is that thenew crop is now being bunio l down to port.Last year at this time business in India wasparalyzed; we therefore expect by tho monthof April to Bee a much larger quantity of In¬dian cotton on th«; water than last year, andaltogether a considerably greatex.visible aup-ply of cotton, and this cannot fail to have amoderating effect upon prices.But the most important consideration of a llis tbe chance or a largo Amecrican crop nextseason. Wo attach great weight to this point.The planting community of the South is reap¬ing enormous profits from the present crop,Srobably an average of at least eight cents orJ. per pound, for we behove the present cropdoes not cost on ah averago over 15 cents perpound, Thereforo, we ieel suro that they will

go into planting with extraordinary energy forthe coming season, and we believe the breadthof land sown will be 25 to 50 per cent, largerthan last year. The knowledge of this cannotfail to mil tronco our market some mouths hence,and it will h&ve a duterring effect upon mer¬chants m manchester who ship to distant mar¬kets. We pronounce no opinion as to the pos¬sible yield or the next crop; that will dependmainly upon the available amount of labor, butwe maybe Sure that every effort will be madeto grow tho largest amount of cotton, andshould the season prove fine we may safelysay that a heavy increase is on the cards.For these various reasons we consider the

present prrco cf cotton quite high enough, andwe do not seo much ground for anticipatingan upward tendency of prices in the springmonths. Nor, on the other hand, do we seemuch room for decline, and a range of 10J. tolld. for American cotton seems to be fairlyjustified. Of course, if the American crop fallaabort of the figure we have named, the posi¬tion ia stronger, pro tanto; and if it exoeedsit, vice versa; supply and demand are toonicely balanced to allow of any disturbancewithout a sharp effect on puces.In conclusion, we would remark on the dif¬ference in the relativo position of Americanand Indian cotton. If tho former declines Ad.to ld. in tho spring months, Surat cottonshould still hold ita ground, for the atook willbe almost exhausted before the new crop ar¬rives; but if American cotton maintains pre¬sent prices, Surat must creep upwards 4:1. told. per pound, fox the needful readjustment of.consumption will not take place without thisreadjustment of the relative prico. In all cot¬ton operations tor some time to come Surataappear, therefore, to bo tho safor article todearin.

u4.ppA.uta XN GEORGIA.

Tho Atlanta Era says of the Georgia I ." ^fi¬lature: '-In selecting their seats, the mom ñeraof tho Senate blended without respect to party**Domocrato and Republicans commingled witha spirit of friendliness that argued a pleasantstate of affairs.A Mormon missionary was in Columbus last

week, but clearod out for want of funda.Superintendent Hurlbut has paid $25,000into tba treasury, the earnings cf the State

road for December,In Monroe County the talk is that about one-third of tbe cotton crop of that county waa in

the hands of planters on the first day of Janu¬ary, and in some of the Georgia counties one-half waa still in planters' bands. The generalaverage throughout Georgia was believed to beabout a third.In Columbus there are about ten thousand

people. The adjacent ville gara, which ought tobe embraced In the corporation, aa the resi¬dents derive their livelihood here, will swellthe number to fourteen thousand. Thc negropopulation has been decreased in the lasttwelve months.There ia nothing nsw from th« Ogeeeheecountry. The troops still remara there, to pre¬

serve order, and watch ¿br "prayer meetings."Mono of thé ringleaders of the trouble hayebeen found, asa iii* reported that SolomonFarley, the great Mogul oí the Ogen&ee, ishiding away In Savannah.

OUTRAGES JX TEXXESSEE.

Lottere have been received in .Washington bya Southwestern member ot Congress, detailingoutrages in the State of Tennessee, lt is saidthat two loyal mon were killed in FranklinCounty on tho day of tho election, ami anothertaken from jail and hung in tho courtyard.Nobody knows who committed tboso nets. Aletter from Shelbyville, dated January ll, saysin a recent tight tho Ku-Klux were badly whip¬ped, but they tbroaton to como a thousandstrong from Lincoln and Marshall Counties.They were about thirty in number, mountedon horseback. They drove to tho publicsquare, blowing whistles and yelling Uko de¬mons. They then movod down the Murfïees-boro' pike, and as they approached near Dun¬lap's they were fired into, and six of themwere wounded. Just after ibo Ku-Klux ranoff, and during tho excitement, a barn was seton tiro. Another letter Bays if tho Ku-Kluxorganization shall not bb suppressed loyalmon cannot live in Tennessee, und tho writeradds: "It in this State, with a loyal Glemontand a Brownlow as Governor, you are not safo,what would you look for in tho other rebelStates? We havo no security for lifo or pro-f>Gtty, and no exercise of liberty. These aroacts, and Congress must do something toprotect loyal citizens or they will bo murderedby tho thousand."A lotter from Aspin Hill, Tennessee, saysthere bas scarcely been a n ght for six months

that the Ku-Klux havo nob gone somewhere intho neighborhood and taken out and hung, orshot, or whipped some ono, either white orblack, and have succeeded in causing such astato of terror, that all tho blacks and everywhite Republican scarcely dare speak of them,wh ) say they always punish mon for talking,end the citizens all wink at it ftom fear. Butthe leyai men are armed, and are, accordingto theso letters, determined to assert theirrights. Letters have boon received by ochermembers of Congress, showing the fear exist¬ing in the Southwest from tho Ku-Klux move¬ments, and appealing for a remedy to provontfuturo disturbances.A lotter lias been received by tho Commis¬

sioner of Internal Revenue, from an officer ofthe department in Tullahoma County, Ten¬nessee, giving an account of outrages perpe-tiatod up.'U rovonue officers in that section forperforming their duty. Ho states that a fewnights since ho was taken from his bod by aparty of masked desperadoes, who threatenedto blow his brains out if ho attempted to en¬force tho rovonuo law. Thoy then fired anum¬ber of shots at his house, but roloased bimafter exacting a promisa that he would not at¬tempt to onforce tho law. Tho matter hasbeen referred to the United States Attorneyof Tennessee, with instructions to request thoassistance of a military force to aid the reve¬nue officers to perform their duty.A ROTHSCHILD'S WEALTH.-The wealth lof

by tho late Baron James de Rothschild issomething fabulous. It overpowers tho ima¬gination. No sultan, or caliph, or emperor,real or fabled, approached him in the extent ofhis opuleuco. The "wealth of Ormus or ofInd" palos betöre it. Tho late baron mado thefollowing disposition of bis fortuno : Ho loftto his wife, Betty, £8,000,000, the Chatoau För¬rien?, whose art galleries aro estimated atabove £8,000,000, and his house in the Rue Laf-fitte, at Paris; to his second son, Gustavus, hogavo £8,000,000; to his third son, Edmund,£6,000,000; and to his grandson, the son of thelate Solomon Rothschild, £2,000,000. This ispretty well in itself, but it does not exhausttho vast hoaps left by tho modern Cioosus.Tbo largest plum has fallen to tho lot of biseldest son, Alphonsus, who comes in for a trifleof £20,000,000. This colossal fortune-and per¬haps these legacies do not exhaust tho amount-roaches the sum total of £44,800,000. Itmay give some idea of what this means timention that it would nearly pay tho intereston the national debt for two years, and is con¬siderably moro than half the income of GreatBritain. Verily the deceased baron must, likoMidas, have possessed tbo faculty of turningeverything he touched into gold.THEATRICALS partake of tbe dullness which

reigns throughout Paris. Patti-unlike otherbirds of song-has taken her Hight northward,to fill her long announced engagement at theCourt of Che Czar. There was a regular scenein the house when Pa' ti sang for the last time.She was recalled wit i a": urore never surpassedeven in a French th »al i o. The entire audiencerose, cheered and was td hats and handker¬chiefs, while the musicians "laid down thefiddle and the bow," and following the popularenthusiasm, shouted and threw their armsabout as wildly as any portion of the audience.Madame Patti was almost buried in the mass ofbouquets thrown to her. It is said that shewas actually moved to tears-real genuinetears-by this ovation.

MILLS & GIBB,IMPORTERS,

No. 412 Broadway, New York,

"NVITE THE ATTENTION OF SOUTHERN MER-. CHANTS to their splendid stock of

LACES AND LACE GOODS

EMBROIDERIES

WHITE GOODS

LINENS

L. G. HANDKERCHIEFS

DAMASKS

NAPKINS, Ao., Ao.

AU imported direct from the Manufacturers,and offered to the trade at tbe LOWESTPRICES and most FAVORABLE TERMS.January 19_pac_Imo

GREAT ATTRACTIONAT

FURCHGOTT&BROS.WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

DRY GOODS STORE»CORNER KING AND CALHOUN STREETS

WE BEG 7O INFORM THE LADIES AND OURCustomers in general, that wo havo just re¬

ceived t»n addison to our usual stock of DOMESTICand FANCY OOoLS), a new supply suitable for thepresent season.

CONSISTING or:CLOAKS, DEY QOODS, POPLINS, ko., at reduced

pricesHeavy Balmoral Skirts at £112Very choice article Black silk «1 80, worth 92 00Ludio»' super Merino Vests only $1A lot ot fine Plano Covers which will be sold less

than cost.160 dozen HOOP SKIRTS, 50 to 60c.A lot of Photograph Albums, 76 centsCttouhcimcr'H celebrated Fronen CORSET, tl 00

and upwardA full and complete assortment of German and Eng¬

lish HOSIERY, from MM np_Anne aisortaient or Ladies» and Children's Silk, Ber«

lin Cloth and Lisle OLOVES, elegant designs.A good «election ot

BLANKETS, COMFORTS, QUILTSFLANNELS, CASSIMERES

TABLE DAMASKS, Sec.,At the lowest figaro«.

We would also notify our patrons that wa have ar¬ranged a separate department m our Store exclu¬sively for

BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, TRUNKS, Ac.mr ENTBANGE ON 0ALH0DN-8TBEBT.

FURCHOOTT 6t BRO*.,No. 437 KING-aTREKT.

December 14 anio

FOR BOSTON-DESPATCH i-JMC.THF ÏTRVT-CLASS PACKET SCHOONER

C. E. RAYMOND, HHIOINOS Master, havingtwo-thirds cargo oneagcd und going onhoard, wants 100 to 200 hiles Cotton to fill

up and sail promptly.January^_wths3 WILLIAM ROACH At CO.

KOK BOSTON.TFIE FINIS SCHOONER SARAH CUL-LEN, ConsoN Mas-ter, havimr two-third* ofher eurgo ready to go ou board, v iii be dis¬patched lor tho above port.For Freight ot' 200 tales Cottou, or itu equivalentin hulk, apply to

COURTESAY & TRIHOLM.January20 1 Union Wharves.

FOR BOSTON.. TM E FINE SCHOONEU ANNIE E.GLOV R will load fur the above port.For Freight engagements apply to

J. TUP HER Ac SONS,Jar.uary 19_Brown's Wharf.FOR PHILADELPHIA-Eft!PIRK LINE.

THE SCHOONER SURPRISE, SYMMESMasto .. having nearly all her cargo engaged,kwili sail in a few days. For engagements?apply to H. E. RAKER k CO,,January l-l No. 20 Cumberland street.

Ft»lt LIVERPOOL.THE FIRST OLA*"S DANISH «AUK'KAMMA FONDER, Knoon Master, having?part of cargo ougaged, will li ive disptaeh.For Freight engagements apply to

WILLIS A: CdlSOLM,January 8 Imo North Atlantic Wharf.FOR LIVEltPOUh.

TUE NEW AND STRICTLY VI SPAN¬ISH SHIP "PEDRO PLANDOLÎ I," AMEN-IOUAL Master, having large par: ol' her.cargo engaged and going on board, will

load with dispatch.For farther Frtight engagements applv to

W. P. Il ALL,January 8 15 Brown A: Co.';! Wharf.

FOU LIVERPOOL.ojrrs. THE FINE AMERICAN SHIl> "AME-

LIA. Tiros. HOLKHAM Mas!cr, ia now readyjjQQjgy for cargo, and being ot small capacity willií^ís^dfc nave tlispa'ch.For engagements applv to

PATTERSON" & STOCK,January5_South Atlantic Wharf.

FOR LIVERPOOL..THE Al CLIPPER HARK LIZZIE H.,»SPRING, Master, having about two-thirds

?of her cargo engaged and going on board,»will have dispatch for the above port

For freight engagements, apply toJanuarys STREET BROTHERS Ai CO.

FOR LIVERPOOL,THE FIU8T CLASS BRITISH BARQUlW. Q. PUTNAM, RICKARD Master, havin

? a large part of her cargo engaged, will lo i»with dispatch.

For balance; freight engagements, applv toWILLIS & ClIISOLM.

December 21 North Atlantic Wharf.

EXCURSION AROUNO THE HARBOR.THE EAST SAILING YACHT MAGGIEMITCHELL, having been thoroughly refit¬ted, is pow preparod to taire parties to allpoints of interest tu and arouud the Har¬

bor of Charleston, on reasonable term1'.For passage apply at No 81 EAST H AY, or to the

Caplaiu on board at Boyce's Whai t.January 19 0*

EXCURSIONS AUOUNDTHE HARBOR .

THE FINE, FAST8AILING ANDOOMFOKTABLY appointed ya:ht ELK INO Rkwill resume her trips to historic points i.the harbor, and will leave Govorumeu

Wharfdaily at Ten A. M. and Three P. M.For Passage, apply to THOMAS YOONG,December 18 3mo Captain, on Board.

FOR PHILADELPHIA.THE STEAMSHIP PROMETHE¬

US, A. B. GRAY Master, will leaveAtlantic Wharf for above port onTHURSDAY, 21st Instant, at ll A.M.

For Froight engagements apply toJOHN & THEO. GETTY,January 16_ North Atlantic Wharf.

FOR LIVERPOOL.THE FIRST-CLASS IRON STEAM¬SHIP STATIRA. capacity 1800 balescotton, ROBERT T. WAY Command¬er, ls now receiving Freight, and

wi?* sail on 26th instant.For freight engagements, apply toJanuary15_WM. C. BEE Ar CO.

DIRECT STEAM COMMUN ICATION BE¬TWEEN CHARLESTON AND LIVERPOOL.

CHARLESTON AND LIVERPOOL STEAMSHIPLINE.

THE FIR^T CLASS AND POPU¬LAR Iron Steamship "GOLDENHORN," HARRY C. MOBEATH Com¬mander, is now on her passage to

this port from Liverpool direct, and is expected toarrive on or about tho 16th Instant, to sail hence forLiverpool on first February.

For Freight or Passage apply toROBERT MURE Ar CO.'

January ll_Boyce's Wharf.

FOR NEW YORK,.

REGULAR LINE EVERY THURSDA Y*

PASSAGE REDUCED TO «lr».

<C/taassBl 1HE STEAMSHIP SARAGOSSA, \^/^W^'iL^Cal)tain C- Kydeb. louvt' Vundor-^<£^D(ffKiCT!t horst's Wharf on THURSDAY. Jan-Niil rMWYft. 21st, at Twelve o'clock M.January 16_RAVENEL & CO., Agents.

TRAVELLERS PASSING THROUGHCHARLESTON EN ROU TETO FLORIDA, AIKEN

"V "" ^i\v-k All(1 other places, should not fatS/ijpè' ^vUL to lay in their supplies of PROVIS .¿^M^Mm^ IONS, CLARETS, CHAMPAGNESs^Sbi^SSBSSLm. CORDIALS, BRANDIES, WHI8

KIES, WINES. CANNED MEATS, 80UP3, kc.Paies of Wild Game and Devilled Ham for Sand.

Wiehes and Luncheons.S9*Send for a catalogue.

WM. S. COHWIN k CO.,No. 275 King-street,

Between Wentworth and Beanfain,Charleston, S. C.

Branch of No. 900 Broadway, corner 20thstreet,NewYork._October28FOR BRUNSWICK. GA.'

i- -«JT«»»a» THE STEAMER "DICTATOR,"iTfffn^fl5finffl7 Captain CHARLES WILLST, will touchat Uns point every Wednesday, leaving Havannah aNine A. M., and on her return trip will touoh thereon Saturday Afternoon, arriving back at Savannahon Sunday Morning. J. D. AIKEN k CO.,November 24 Agents.

POK PALATKA, FLORIDA,VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA AND JACKSON

VILLE.t- -jfáCÜJte raB FIRST-CA89 STEAMERJjjjfcSIHK DICTATOR, Captaiu CHAO. WILLKY,will sail from Charleston every 'tuesday Evening, atEight o'clock, for the above points.The first-class Steamer CITY POINT, Captain WM.T. MCNELTY, will rail from Charleston every Satur¬

day Evening, at Eight o'clock, for above points.connecting with the Central Railroad at savannah

for Mobile and New Orleans, and with tue FloridaRailroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at whichpoint steamers connect with New Orleans, Mobile,Pensacola, Key West and Havana.Through Bills Lading given for Freight to Mobile,

Pensaoola and New Orleans.Both steamers connecting with H. S. Hart's steam¬

ers Oclawaha and GriffinforSilverSpringsand Lakes,Griffin, Eustis, Harris and Durham.All freight payable on the wharf.Goods not removed at sunset will be stared at risk

and expense of owners.For Freight or Passage engagomet t, apply to

J. D. AIKEN k CO., agents,South Atlantic Wharf.

N. B.-No extra charge for Meats and staterooms.Steamer City Point will touch at St Mary's, Ge o.going and returning each week.November 21_

1ULAND ROUTE.THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA.

CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH STEAM PACKSTLINE, VIA EDI8TO, BEAUFORT ANL HILTONBEAD,OOJOntOTTNQ WITH

THEATLANTIC AND »ULF ltAIL TIO W ANDCONNECTIONS FOR ALL POINTS IN

, FLORIDA,r -»fy^fa. TBE FINE, FAST STEAMER4aE2u«K« PTLOT BOY, Caputo Fra* PECK, willleave Charleston on MONDAY and JHURSDAY MORN-tao« at Eight o'clock. Returning, wi il leave SavannahTVKKDAY MOÂMÏMOB at hight o'clock, and FUIDAYAvrKRKooM at Two o'clock, touching at Edlsto onTHURSDAY hip from Charleston, at Eleven A. M.,and Seating Edisto at Nine A. M., SATURDAY*, on re¬turn »rip.lhe steamer will touch at Bluffton and chi bini'seach why, cverv two weeks, commencing with trlnof January 21stFor Freight or Passage applv to

JOJN FERGUSON,January 11 " ". Accommodation Wharf.