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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-03-09

ment given to the Federal officers, which
brought him into universal disrepute, and
created many personal and bitter enemies. On
the other hand there were those in the city
whom he succored in tho hour Of need, by
using his influence to save their property
from the flames and themselves FROM want.
In the convention his course is well known.
Although not an easy public speaker, he has
opposed out and out everything that savored
of reputation of debts, and thereby made
many friends among the moneyed men outside
of tho body, while his general course has been
in the main acceptable to his fellow-delegates.
AS O. financier, Col. Robertson would probably
be successful Governor, Tor his money is In
almost everything, and he would take good
care to foster State and railroad securities.
He is about forty-fve years of age has firm,
well cut features, weighs nearly 1SO pounds,
and wears the appearance of firstrate liver. 1t
is said that his friends have counted between
eighty and ninety noses for him in the conven-
ton.
THE MISREPRESENTATION.
For this office, no one has been specially
named. It was originally rendered 10 T. L.
Cardoza, colored man, but he declined it, as
is alleged, on the ground that he would be
brought Ill contact with many persons, in his
capacity of President of the Senate, who would
object to his peculiar Official relationship and
make the positon dsagreeable.
Another OF the colored delegates, however,
taking different view Of the matter, is said 10
be an aspirant for the place; we refer to J. j.
Wright, OF Beaufort. But there is little proba-
biGty that the nomination will be conferred as
desired, because his friends believe he will be
more valuable as q j adge. The instruction re-
ceived by Wright at Antioch College, Ohio,
serves him admirably. He can out talk any
man on the floor of the convention and has
confidence enough in his resources to tackle
any subject suggested, from proposition in
German metaph ysics to problem in Euclid.
Wright is about thirty years old; clear-head-
ed. quick as a flash, and sound on-the goose
He has been soldier, Bureau agent. and law
ver, and is now philanthropist. He is by no
means bitter Radical, aud exercises whole
some influence among the colored men upon
the floor. Whipper and himself are by long
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-03-09

Our DRANs.-The following letter is COM
>mended to the attention of the city authorl-
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-03-09

md has lveu ID SOutn Caroilnd sluce oluuuty,
1866. He is one OF tie best delegates in the
convention-calnl, cool, reasonable and temper
ate. AS speaker he is clear, decided, arGu-
mentativo and betrays his educated training.
His voice Is sharp, incisive and cuts the air
like knife. Young as is the candidate for
honors, ho is already, as the Irishman said,
sbarefut on the top Of his head" We can only
add that in less than six months after our le-
gal gentlemen of the State, begin to cross
swords with him, his hair will come out still
mole beautifully.
UNITED STATES SENATOR'S.
There is no doubt expressed that both DR..
A. G. Mackey and J. NJ. Rutlard will be nomi-
mated to represent the State ii the Senate.
Il NAV be said OF the former that to his
ability in presiding over tEe convention, his
Judgment and prudence il :'cla:rolling debate,
and his general good mcAasement, tho body
owes much of tho reputation which it appears
to have acquired In the North, for dispatch,
moderation, and CONSISTENCY. Certainly there
is no other man iu the contention who could
hove filled the Office or performed the severe
lab,rs connected with the proper discharge of
its duties.
N. Rutland, Esq, is native of Fairfield
District, lawyer by profession, and has filed
various Offices in the gift OF the State. lie
was Union man throughout the var, and his
course in the convention has proved that ne is
still warmly true to his frss love. He Is fat
fair and bucllelor-of age uncertain. Nobody
will ever know it until they read his obituary
notice.
THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
For the First District D. i. Whittcmore will
be nominated almost unanimously. He has no
competitor, and if he had, the services rendered
by hun to his party would give him precedence,
with long odds in his favor.
Like several others in the convention, he is
a. Massachusetts man-was born un Ter the
shadow Of Bunker Hill, and comes from revo-
iu;iouary stock. He graduated at Amhetst
College; travelled in Europe and South Ameri-
ca. and after his return connected himse f with
the Methodist Episcopal Caurch as minister.
uo left his pastorship ut tho beginning of the
war, served as chaplain 10 the end, and was
then sent by The Bureau to the eastern part OF
South Cnronna to organize schools, anl act IS
Superintendent OF Education. He h.s cstab-
, 1868-02-18

ISTEN over VaIgberettigede til Colo
~ niaIraadet er henlagt til Eftersyn paa
dette Steds %Thinghuus fra 15de til 28de
dennes begge Dage indbefattede fra Klok-
ken 8 slet Formiddag til Kl. 8 slet Efter-
midday. Enhver der har Indsigelser at
fremf6re imod Valglisten opfordres, i Hen
hold ill Coloniallov af 27de November
1868 ) 25, senest 3 Dage efter Udl6bet at
den o%vennevnte lid, I'll Valgbestyrelsens
Formand skriftIigen at indgive saadan Ind
sigelse med OpgiveIse af de Grunde hvor-
paa samme st0ites.
ValgbestyreIsen for Frederiksteds Ju-
risdictions Landdistricts Valgkreds, den
7de Februar 1868.
C.. Sarauw,
, 1868-02-18
Publication.

2NNHE list of those qualified to vote for
a members of the Colonial Council is
exhibited for inspection at the Court
house from the 18th to the 28th instant
from 9 O'Clock a. m. 10 8 o'clock D. m.
Whoever has any objection TO make
against the said list is hereby in accord
ance with the Colonial law dated 9th
November 1868, requested to state such
objection in writing TO the chairman of
electoral board with the reasons on
which such objection or objections are
based, within 3 days after the last men
toned date.
The Electoral Board for the Country
District of the Jurisdiction of Frederik-
sted, February 9TH 1868.
g. Sarauw,
Chairman.
, 1868-02-18
acknowledgements

ISTEN over VaIgberettigede til Colo
M nialraadet er henlagt til Eftersyn paa
dette Steds Thinghuus fra lode ill 2sde
dennes begge Dage indbefattede fra Klok-
ken 9 sIet Formiddag til ri. 8 slet Efter-
midday. Enhver der har Iudsigelser at
fremf6re imod Valglisten opfordres, i Hen
hold til Coloniallov af 27de November
1868 &25, senest 8 Dage efter Udl0bet af
den %ovennevnte It'd, til Valgbestyrelsens
Formand skriftligen at indgive saadan
Indsigelse med Opgivelse af de Grundc
hvorpaa samme st0ttes.
Valgbestyrelsen for C~hristlansteds Bye
og Forst@der, den 7de Februar 1868.
G. Sarauw,
Formand.
, 1868-02-18

constant victories, still he did not think himself
secure, while those remained among his van
pushed foes who might teach the people to
withstand his tyranny. But it may be said the
orators of Greece and Rome frequently injured
their countries, | am sorry to confess that his
tory too often confirms that opinion, and shews
too many examples of ill-designing men, using
their talents against the liberties and indepen-
dence of their countries. Let us, however, put
in one scale the good, in another the evil they
have occasioned, and we shall find the former
greatly to preponderate.
Nearly allied to public speaking, is the liberty
Of the press, that palladium of the rights and
liberties of ffeemen, under the auspices and pro-
lection of which all the learning, wit, and, ge-
MUS of a nation may be ranged on the side of
freedom, and every one animated to it's vigorous
defence; and which the republican part of our
government, so long as it prevails against the
monarchical, will be careful to preserve as Of
the utmost Importance to its own existence.
Take away the right of publishing our opinions
with freedom, take away the right of scrutinizing
the actions of our King and of his employees,
in what shall we differ from the slave of Russian
or Turkish despotism
| shall conclude by observing, that if allured
by gain, or overcome by fear, those who are
best able become unwilling or afraid to tell the
people their wrongs, our boaSted constitution
must fall in atoms to the ground, and Liberty
never more dare to raise her head in these isles.
Your obi. Servt.
A CREOLE OF SAINT THOMAS.
st. Thomas 18th February 1868.
, 1868-02-18
Particular Notice!

THE Undersigned having lately
arrived from Copenhagen hereby
informs Friends and Acquaintance
of her intention of teaching Music in
playing and singing as likewise the
tuning of Pianoes.
e. TETENS.
Apply at Miss McFarlanes House
No. |, Company Street.
Ell L Detailhandler her af Stedet Ole
MA Rasmussen, Days Dato har overgivet
sit Bo I'll Skiftebehandling, som fallit, be-
kjendtgj0res herved.
ALE og Enhver som MATTE have Noget
at fordre paa %ovennevnte Bo, indkaldes
herved til at anmelde og b~eviisIiggi6re
deres krav for underte gnede Skitterct
linden Udl6bet af 3 Maaneder efter denne
IndkaldeIses sidste Acknowledgements.
Frederiksteds Skifteret, ST. Croix den
6de Februar 1868. q. Sarauw.
, 1868-02-18
FOR SALE!

THE House No. Is, Church Street
Christiansted, St. Croix, known
as the
0OHNAaa~
The fire proofstore adjoining same;
and the dwelling House No. So A.,
Company Street. Apply to
w. O'CONNOR,
West End.
The above will be sold Jointly or
separately.
F~rederiksted, 18th February 1868.
, 1868-02-18
st. Thomas 14th February 1868.
10 the Editor Of the "St. CrOix AViS.".
Dear Sir!

w NHS wv SAVAA v =
Dear Sir!
In your journal No. II, of the 18th inst. one
OF your correspondents very Justly calls public
attention to the heavy expenses paid by the
"West End Packet on arriving there from our
island! But every man, possessing the least
particle of common sense, must ask, why must
the Quarantaine Inspectors order the vessels
from this island, to be fumigated &c. as if they
had arrived from an infested place! How can
our Island be infested when our 'King's ply
sician" gives the Captains CLEAN Bills of health?
Is his signature considered "dU J0sh' by the
authorities over there T? If he is not considered
as a competent person to place perfect conf
dence in, why then leave him occupying the
lucrative situation he now enjoys? Why allow
him to give %'clean" Bills of Health if the Gov
eminent think that we have Cholera here
The idea is ridiculous, mysterious, incom-
prehensible! !! The Kings Physician giUimg
CLEAN" Bills W Health and oar o,n Gocerm-
me@t putting orr resselS IN quarantine! II It is
such an Anamoly, that the only explanation we
give it over here is shat they fear, that tie
"Neaos Of Cholera reigning again IN 81. Thomas
'migAt be another hitch to the negotiations for
''our Sale, and the Kings Physician as ordered
wherefore to gre, Vessels Tearing the Harbor,
'clean Bills Of Health ; a0Atle tie A&hOrities to
'pre0ent the sickness being carried ooer there,
"wW not aUow as free "pratiq~e" !"
Can you, Mr.. Editor, explain this Diplomatic
Enigma otherwise?
CONSCIENCE.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-25
RIVER MATTERs

Huntley, of Boston,, who obtained 3
| splendid success at the Royal opera
This artist, says one Of the first Be
lin critics, "whom we heard in the par.
of Violetta, in Verdi's La Traviata,' is
fully deserving of tho high reputation
for talent aud schooling which has pre-
ceded her arrival. Her voice, IN purity
and silvery clearness, is similar to that
OF our best songstresses, with the differ.
enee only that the soprano OF our Ameri-
can guest Is far more sonorous In its
lover notes, and capable OF greater ex-
pansion. Her intoustion is nearly al
ways pure as gold, and her mastery of
the p0rtdDaeate, 03sssare di Uoce, diatonic
and ohromatie scales, trilIs, arpeggia-
turct, 9Tupett, and stdccdti is such as to
stamp her an artist OF high rank and
merit. We do not hesitate to declare
that this Miss Calisto may rival any
German oantatrice di 5raUura. Her
dramatic capacity, however, judging at
least from one performance, is unsohooled
and insufficient; she lacks even the rudl-
ments of stage routine. Hence her sue
cess on the evening in question was sols- |
iy due to her fine voice and superior mu-
sieai talent"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-25
TIE XAERHTY 0PERA

"F. Emeral," of the New York Gsti
zen, says l took Sarah Jane to the
French opera one evening this week.
She asked me to go with her to explain
the imprOpTieties OF GeReuieye, because
she did not understand French, and
wanted to ascertain whether it would do
for her to visit the opera with the very
mild young man to whom she had prom
ised her pretty hand. This prudent
young lady had no intention Of calling a
blush to the cheek OF the young the0-
logical person whom she wished to in
Guee 10 become her future escort to o.
fenbachanslisn operas. So she boldly
investigated the matter herself, and
came away in q delightful frame OF
mind. Z" GeneUieVs is sweetly immoral" :"
she remarked to me after the opera was
over. But then 1 think | can risk
bringing Samuel, for he DON'T know
word Of French, and I WON'T let him see
the Iibretto." Happy Samuel to have
bis morals guarded SO carefully Per-
hsps, had had protecting Sarah Jane
in my early youth, might have been as
innocent as the TFi5une's
nOTalist.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-25

With music and with light
with trumpe's 9n1 with drums
Just as besee IS n Sovran's pride
Behold, King Christmas comesi
And song is throbbing T md,
And torches blGze anear-
Just as beseems hero state
Moves on the Christmas cheer!
Hoi welcome him with shouts,
With milStrels' la u strain; a.
ia, ma no, hS! VINO would not bid
Old Christmas come again?
Throw wide the easement now,
Let in the grey eybeaId's crew;
As welcom'd d gdest hSils jovial friend,
So Cnristmss ais on you
Withtips like cloveD rose
With eyes star gliiteIipg,
with hearts as vigorous as The frame,
Youth gTests the Christmas king.
WITH crown OF snowy hair,
And brow me-furTOw'd deep.
Old Age piucks u p his Quaiing heart,
And rOuSes from his slesp.
The Wlfe'5 sweet woDanhoOd,
The maiden's lOVeliness,
The chii0ren's bounding merIimenf
Al around tha greybe ard press,
As win roufic aud with light,
With trumpets and with drums
Just as teseems a SovTan's pride
King Christmas gaiiy comes
We know his tram ofo'd,
We know each laug ling face;
WeJoy to think each WeI-log 4 sprlte
Will fill his wouted p pace:
The Wa sail, and the Dance
SKift-fOOled COlumbinz--
the magic wand Of Harlequin,
This parole light of Wine,
The Fairy, and the Gaome,
All fresa from Elfln-land,
Aud Saxon Hospitality
With largesse 10 his nand-
They trip IL merrily
To the music of the drums;'
And We know from al this fsStal pOmp
King Christmas gaiiy comes!
Jokes, quips and cranks, and jests,
Love-YOws, aid stoleD kiss
Rare dreams OF tender souls
Aud Youth's serenest bliss.
The log upon The hearth, and
The holly on the wall,
And the mist e. Os where best
It's hallow'd shade may fall
Oh Life has many cares
And keenest wees, / wesn;
But still for cen the ssddest soul
JOy-pauses Intervene.
And so, Wen bless toe time
When with tTumpets and with drums
Just as bsseems a SOvran's pride
King Christmas 9 ally comes
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-25
PARIS FASHIONS.
What the Kaut-TOn Wear and
PatrOnise.

From the New York Herald's Paris Corrs spOu.
deaf, December J.
Nine. de MstterDich's roses are quite
q furore; they are the purple crushed
rose and mounted in round wreath5.
One of the newest toilets worn by this
tasteful Princess was q China pink velvet
Wattsau, over China pink silk, bro
esded with silver and founced with
Brussels.
Riding habits are now very simple and
becoming. They sre made OF dark
cloth, and the bodice is cut with q short
square basquine behind, such ss lancers
wear but these cnrssges are studded
with rows of very close buttons. a linen
collar and cuffs, with some bright neck
tie, enliven the sOmber suit of which
all the beauty is perfect lit. The hat
is nothing but the classical chimney pot
so becoming to gentlemen smokers.
Myrtle, bishops purple, cigar lapis and
car0ubier, are new words in cur Paris
vocabulary. These, zoo, ara the shades
preferred by Nine. MusaTt, who has be-
come one OF the great authorities.
Everything she wesrs is noted and imi-
tsted. Thus, on the day the "Stab3I :"
was performed in honor Of ROssini, the
papers recorded that she had worn 8
robe of cRsntiily az the Itsliens, and
lovely black pearls. She is now con-
templating visit to st. Petersburg,
for which the marvels created when
Catherine II. journeyed are TO be re-
peated.
A very interesting bride has Just en-
tered married life q white satin and
Aiencon, for whica latter trimming e.
founee) the sum OF $4,000 francs Wiss
paid by her happy husband. She is the
daughter of q State prisoner who spent
ten years in the dungeons of Spielherg
with Silvio Pellico and COnfsl0GieTI.
She is very beautiful, and the bridegroom
is q turtle OF the first water. Another
bride has had her pocket han6kerthieis
exhibited in large store Of the Rae de
la Piaix. They amount to the small
lsem of S0,GGQ francs.
The Daohess de Sasto is also very ex-
Her last toilette was tulle,
chestnut shade, covered with numerous
fTills, plated, hat snd worked with sill
yer Gn immense veil covered slI this
like shroud and was festooned here and
there with white lilac, in lovely branches,
tic Z with biue-gros grain the same on
her shoulders instead of sleeves.
Oae of the Empress most elaborate
toilets during the stay OF third series st
Compeign is an apricot silk, puffsd all
round the bottom with apricot tulie
iouuoes worked with silver, fuensiR pat
tern, and trimmed with VenetisH fringe
Of white silk; over this an immense
train OF white satin, softened by apricot
tuile, worked with silver fUchsias and
fringe round the borders.
turn from these gorgeous toilets to
high tortoisezshell combs,
which are not only invading the ehlgnon
but cTesting so high that nothing
but toquet rims and aigrettes will soon
honor ladies' eyebrows. Their heads
are all taken up, both inside aud out.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-25
IMPORTANT DECIsEox.
Selling Goods by Sample Eeces-
sitatsS a License.

On Friday last tho Supreme Court of
! this State pTOnouncej the ordinance re-
| quiTing heavy license to be paid by per-
/ sons from another State selling bV SAM
J pie unconstitutional.
! IL seems that the ordinance is pro-
nOunced invalid. by the Supreme Court,
and IL is interesting to IOte that the
court holds this class OF traders TO be
merchants, ss they undoubtedly are !:
and that the taxation which may be i'm
posed on them must be the same IS on
other merchants. The court holds there
must bs no discrimination between this
class OF merchants and other classes. It
ssys:
We are compelled to hold that every
attempt on the part Of the plaintiff cor
poration to discriminate between differ
enC classes merchants in the mode and
rate OF taxation, Is beyond the delegated
corporate powers, and void. He
can be heldlisble to taxation
IS merchant, under the gene
raj laws Of the State, or of the
municipality, Ia the ssme manner and
TO the same extent as all other msr-
chants exercising their privilege within
the corporate limits, but not otherwise or
further than they"
The result necessarily follows that If q
merchant desires to sell goods Ia any
place in Tennessee, by sample or other
wise, he must take out license, ard give
bond to pay one per cent. on the invoice
oost.of the goods Of the State, and must
psy the tax to the county, and to the
municipality II within one, just the same
as any resident merchant And IL he
exercise the privilege without license he
is subject TO fine, as any other mer-
hant.
TBis decision ia rendered important
here by the fact that We have 10 force
a similar ordinance in this city. Section
20 Of the Tax on Privileges provides
that sil persons engaged in ths bust
ness Of manufacturing, and who
do not properly come uader the
class denominsted " merchants, "
but who exercise the privilege
of doing business in Memphis, shall pay
8 tax upon the goods (dOt manufactured
By them within the Stzte) which they
may bring to the city for sale at the
same rate aG provided in this ordinance
with references TO merchants.
Section 70 declares that every person
acting for himself or others, who shall
receive orders, display samples, or act ss
agent for any house outside of the city,
or sell gOoda in any manner not other
wise licensed, shall pay 500.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-25

MILE hAR0LI, IRAGED{ENNE.
Mr.. Edwin Booth must look to his lau-
rels. Paris hes witnessed q dramatic
performance by lady, that hss won the
public admiration MILE Ksroly, TIE
trsgedienne, has just been performing
Hamlet and Romeo with the
greatest success. Until nineteen this
lady was a poor seannstress in the city of
Namur. Oae day, in going TO the shop
whsre she was employed, she stopped at
a book stall and mechanically took up a
volume, whose leaves she commenced
turning over. Suddenly she fixed her
eyes on a passage, read q page or two,
and bought the volume. 1t was "Cor-
neille's Tragedies" When she had read
and Fe-read the book, she resolved to
become an actress, and is now one of
the most brilliant srtIstes on the French
stage.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-25
5OE JEFFERSON.
A Sketch of Rimseif aad HIS
Family.

There are few men who have 9 frmeT
hold in the popular heart than Joseph
I Jefferson. By his talents and bis culture
I he has shed additional lustro upon the
stage and houoT upon his profession. a
I man of cultivation and refined tastes,
I combined with a thorough knowledge OF
I the world, he yet retains all the warmth
and genial, sunBy kindliness of 8 gentle
nature. His acting ia Rip Nan Wrinkle
has, by its nsturslness, simplicity and
power, won for him the foremost position
on the stage in his peculiar school OF the
drama. There is every probability that
We shall shortly enjoy the rare treat Of
having him with US again, and in view
OF the fact, we give, from Washington
paper, the following highly interesting
Sketch of his family
There is seldom to be found more
striking example OF the transmission Of
genius In q family through successive
generations In any profession than Is pre-
sented in the Succession OF gifted eharac-
ters WHO, under the name az the head OF
this notice, have for hundred years
illustrated the comic drama upon the
English and American stage.
The first member OF this family who
distinguished himself on the stage was
the cotemporary and fellow actor of Gar
rick, and his name is seen thus ass0eia-
ted in most of the acting editions OF the
plays in that period. He was manager
of the Plymouth (England) theater at
the time of his desth, snd died greatly
respected. His wife died siDguIarly.
She was thrown into a fit of u1c0ntroli-
able laughter, which resulted in eonvul-
sioDs, from comic feat at dramatic
performance, and FROM which she never
for m0asnt recovered.
Joseph jefferson, the son OF the above, |
arrived IN Boston in 1885, Remaining |
there but q short time, he went to New |
York, and was fsvoTite there, sharing |
the comic Donors OF Hodgkisson, the |
irst comic actor OF the time. 10 1903 ne /
became q member of the Philsdelphia J
stage, and continued so dgEinE the re. |
maindeF OF his professional lite. He re- |
tired from the stsge some years before his |
death, Ia consequence OF failing health /
and spirits, the result of increasing at /
tsoks OF the gout, Inherited from his |
father, and against which, from esrly |
manhood, he vainly fortified himself by |
8 life of the greatest care and regimen.
After this he was for q short period on /
the louisville stage, and performed on
the occasion OF the last appearance there /
of the Woods, subsequently he went 10
performing there OCCASIONAL
~, and, over rwhelmed with domestic as
well as physical cslamitles, closed his
pure and honored lie in that city in 1882.
His remains were buris in ST. Stephen's
Protestant Church OF that place, and re.