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South Carolina Railroad Company,

South Carolina, Railroad Company,
GENERAL SUPT'S OFFICE, .Apn1L 8, 1863.
b Eas dais aaa f5s 55slls%Ypins %passssSaer ssnsc
Trains will be observed froE9<thAh date:
DAY YPAssENGER-I -IRAIH,>S 81 81.
Leaving Columbia at. g., 7,45 a. N.
Arriving ut Columbia at. 49,. 61O D. NJ
NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN.
Leaving Columbia at .... $50 .. IN.
Arriving at Columbia at. IL. 4,45 a. m.
CAMDEN TRAIN. r--e
Will run Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Arriving in Columbia at. ........ LOO a. M
Leaving Columb bia at. -! 2.2O d. m,
, April1o q. T. PEAKE, General supt.
C. & s. G. and c. & a. RaaafEEtoad Co.'S.
sUPTs OFFICE, COLUMBIA, April 10, 1860.
k9 Jg Tiil fhssbSsEK ssB &c fa5a1s Trains
aoISG NORTH. -,
Leave Granteville, at... .e... 9.45 O. M.
-" Columbia, s.. c., at. ....;.:, 200 D. m,
Arrive at Charlotte,:N c.. 49,: SIS p. m
COMING SOUTH.
Leave Charlotte, N. O., iat.':..-.. 5.45 a. m.
IS Columbia, s. O., at. ..r.l IL .121O 4"
Arrive at Graniteyille, s. O.. i...,. 4.10 D. N.
Through Tickets on sale for principal points
North and South. Baggage checked through.
Close continuous connections made North and
South. Passengers reach Augusta 4. .45 p. m.
April II CALEB B0UKNIGHT, sup't.
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Stockloidars, NEaatinr.
Columbia and Augusta ailSoad Co.

A MEETING Of the Stockholders
&seA-.5aE y of the Columbia and Augusta
Railroad Company Is hereby called, to be held
DAY, the 7th day Of July next, ct ia NJ, to con-
slider the question Of approving the consoIi6a-
ton Of the Company with the Charlotte and
South Carolina Railroad Company, and the
terms Of such coneolid atiou. $50.
May 80 WIN. JOHNSTON, President.
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Office North Carolina Railroad Co..

VHOO NVl VI VHIUIIuH hHlIrOau CO.,
M l E4 IaE sahi6a}d haG6t}Hllewps eor P...tno is the
ger Trains over this road: :
Leave Charlotte"11. SO p m Arrive. II 95 D M
Greensboro sos a M and TIT p m
Raleigh 9.41 q. no. and $40 p. m.
Through Passengers by this line have choice
Of routes ola Greensboro and Danvlle to Rich
mond or ola Raleigh and Wel1nn to Richmond
or orPortsmouth; arriving at all points North of
nection made at Goldsboro'with Passenger
Trains on Wilmington and Weldon Railroad to
and from Wilmington, and Freight Train to
Weldon. Also to Newberp. on A. d N. C. r.
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spartanburg and Union Railroad.
SUMNER SCHEDULE.

ErsTangE3 ON and after the 9th June inst,
&,4ZM.zs ~ Passenger Trains will leave SPAR
tanburg @. 81. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days at IS a. M, and arrive at Alston IL. so o. M.
Returning same days, leave Alston at 70 80 m :;
arrive OF Spartanburg Court House ZOO p. M,
as per following Schedule: :, - -
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Estate John Ledingham.

Estate John Aedlngham.
NOTICE is given that on the 5th day of
IN July next the undersigned will apply to
Hon. William Hutson Wigg, Judge OF Pro-
bate, for a final discharge as Administrative
4 Z the estate OF John Ledingham, deceased.
4 June t13* F. G. LEDINGHAAI.
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Making close connections at. Charlott to all
points North and East, and at Augusta to all
points South and West. &1-Baggage checked
through. Fare as low as by competing lines.
be sure and ask for Tickets ria Columbia and
Graniteville. Nrst-class Eating Houses along
the entire Route. ...!. .'....-
Tickets by this route are OPTIONAI.-either
ria Danville and Richmond, Weldon and Rich
mond, or Weldon and Old Bay Line-good until
used. For Tickets to all principal points North,
South or West, apply at Ticket Office, foot OF
iBlanding street, or for other information to
c. BOUKNIGHT, Superintendent,
Or E. R. DORSEY, General Freight and Ticket
Agent. April IL
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5NNG TEEGRAPH-PH1 ADELPHIA FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12 1869

cure; hence his anxiety to CLOSE this bargain
and get the benefit of 1t. His purse is
drained, and without replenishing he cannot
run the Government machine. The very last
advices from San Domingo showed that the
town of Seybo, in the Province OF the Il ,st,
had pronounced against him, and was in
open revolution. BY stroke of diplomacy,
he is understood to have interested himself
largely in the "Samana Bay Company" and
hence the proposal for "protectorate.' OF
course he runs the rick of being deposed, on
the charge of selling out his country--but
what can man do, oornered in that way
But were all this otherwise; were Basz firm
in his stirrups, with full command of the
bridle were he ever so rich in resources still
the absurdity of annexing half an island
which has alreaiy been the scene of such
blood letting partly on this very aooount-an
island whose people do not want to be an
nexed and whom we certainly do not want to
apnex-is sufficiently apparent. The cores.
pondents are discovering "job" in the
whole transaction. 1t is not evidence of re-
markable sagacity to do that since on no
general ground, such as is argued in Congress,
could the scheme be entertained.
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wsges, etc, is declared abolished Bat the
nasterstroke of General Buffers blu Is in
succeeding sections, where he provides for the
reduction of the army from forty.fve regi-
ments to twenty -four, from 4s, 900 men (the
roster of September 80, 1869 to %, 900.
These are the mau points of bill which is
one Of the most judicious and commendable
measures of reform introduced into Congress
of late years.
If General Butler cares for the good opinion
of his cOuntTymep, we assure him that he
can hit upon no better way OF securing 1t than
by diligently following mp the economical tack
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General Grant and the Republicans.
From the N. Y. World.

Now, 1t Is perfectly well known among WELL
informed persons that General Grant gave
Jealous and effective support to the impesch-
ment OF Andrew johnson, urged Senators to
vote for his conviction, and profoundly regret
ted his escape from that measure Of justice; II
there be an intelligent human being who does
not know this, it is because he has chosen 10
remain ignorant of IL. AS to the Tenure Of
person TO whom the General as ex xpressed a
preference for its absolute repeal over Its M sdi-
fication as is proposed in the Senate. We are
unaware of his choice in the premises, if ne has
sDy, and we are confident that Others are
equally SO. If he has a choice, ne mas been very
chary of impartipg 1t TO others Tribune.
We have not forgotten that in May last,
while the impeachment trial was still in
progress, the Tribune paraded, in staring
type, a statement that General Grant thought
'the acquittal OF Johnson would threaten the
country, and especially the South, with revo-
luton and blOodshed." Most people re-
garded this as q piece of spurious news-a
desperate fetch to secure the ruin OF President
Johnson. The statement was supported by
no evidence, and IL was too dishOnorable to
General Grant to be easily believed by any
body who wished well to his reputa-
tion. The Tribune now repeats the libel
in a stronger form. II asserts that
General Grant "urged Senators to vote for
conviction" Considering that the Senators
had taken an oath to do impartial Justice, and
that they were bound to decide according to
their estimate Of the evidence and arguments
adduced on the trial, nothing could have been
more unseemly or impertinept than for Gene
raj Grant to attempt to sway their votes by
his personal urgency. He might, with as
much propriety, have approached the Justices
of the Supreme Court in case pending before
them, or have attempted to tamper with a
| jury in criminal case. The kind Of
interference with which the Tribune charges
General Grant would have been scandalous,
even II he had had no known personal inte-
rest in the result But he had bitter
grudge against the President for public
attack on his veraoity; and as he was expect
iEg to be the Republican candidate, it was for
his interest that Republican should be at the
head OF the Government during the canvass.
These circumstances made it a fagrant and
most scandalous breach Of propriety for Gene.
raj Grant to tamper with the impartiality of
the highest judicial tribunal known to our
laws. II the Tribune expects its libel on
General Grant to be believed, 1t must support
| il by some evidence.
The Tribune challenges the mention of some
person to whom General Grant has expressed
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The Reduction Of the Army.

Ef0nn the ". Y. ItnleS' - ,,.
The propositions of the House Military Com
mittee for the reduction of the army are now
before the country. They consist mainly of
two features-one, reduction OF the infantry
by fifteen regiments; the other, reduction,
by consolidation, in the number of staff Off
GERS Of all grades. The War Department,
which has itself recommended reduction,
has reported that the artillery and cavalry
cannot safely be brought below their present
strength. fl
While all parties in the House are in favor
of reduction, and even agree in general upon
its amount, there is wide difference OF opinion
Rs To the proper method of ehecting it.
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COVER NMENT SALES.

DUBLIC SALE OF CONDEMNED ORD
n nance Storep.
lsrIe quantity Of Condemned Ordinance and Ord
nance Stores Will be offered for sac az Pobiic Anc-
ton, at R0CK ISLAND ARSENAL, illinois, ON
WEDNESDAY,, April 7, 1869, at 10 O'Clock A. M.
cles TO be 81 Id viz - o'
% Iron Cannon, various cahbres
1i0O Field Carriagri and LiRlbers
1870 BetI of rtiliery HarDeaB. Sep
1000 pounds Shot and Shell.
45t00 sets Of Infantry Accoutrements
22QO McClellnn Saddles.
TO a rtillery Saddles
1900 Halters.
200 Saddle Blankets.
900 Watering Brides.
94OO Cavalry Curb Brides.
22GO Al tillery races and III Hamss.
Persons wishing catalogues of the stores 20 be sold
can obtain them by application 60 The Chef OF Ord
nance. at Washington, d; O. or Brevet COLONEL 8.
CRISPIN United States Army, Purchasing officer
corner of HOUSTON and GREEN Streets New York
city, or upon application at this Arsenal
Il. ]. RODMAN,
Lieutenant. Colonel Ordnance.
Brevet Brigadier General o. b. AS
Commanding,
Rock Island Arsenal, January %. 1884, ISOtA7
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DR. KINKELIN, AFTER A RESIDENCE
L. and practice OF thirty years ~ the Northwest
corner OF Third and Union Streets has lately re-
moved 70 South ELEVENTH Street, between NAH.
His sapeSioTity IN the prompt ana perfect cure OF
All recent chronic, local and constitutional afeOp
tioas of q special nature, 10 pFoverblRl.
Diseases OF the skin, appearing In hundred dif.
ferent forms totally eradcated; mental and physical
WEAKNESS ana all nervous debilitiea scenti doAIiy
and successfully xeAtets on1oo hours from A. II
to eP,h
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PERSONAL.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
newa Of Certificate No. l0746 for Four Shares or the
Stock of the PeDnsylvaniR Railroad COMPANY lssued
ouDty, Pa. deceased dated the sd day OF December,
S57, the same having been lost or destroyed.
WI ' Ns JACOB RUMBAUGH,
Executor OF Abraham Rumbaugh deceased:
Greensburg, Pa, Jan. 20, 1853 ~ ~ 8tt
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

DICTU RES FOR PRESENTS.
A. 8. II o B 1 n S o N.
No. 9lO CHESNUT Street.
Has just received exquisite specimens OF
ART, SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS.
FINE DRESDEN :'ENAMELs" ON PoRCE.
LAIN, IN GREAT VARIETY.
SPLENDID PAINTED PHOTOGRAPHS.
Including Number of Choice Gems,
A SUPERB LINE OF CHROMOS.
A large assortment of
NEW ENGRAvINGS, ETC.
Also. RICH STYLES FRAMES, of elegant
new patterns: 3lS
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-20
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

WAsHNeroN, September 19.-An the Cabinet
ministers are now in Washington. Grant re-
turns on Thursday, and there will be Cabinet
meeting on Friday. .so1 .
1t is stated that Captain Virgins has sailed
from Philadelphia with arms and extra msnto
take command of the steamer Hornet, recently
sailed from Halifax aud destined for Cuba.
The Postofice Depar. .ment pays nifty thons-
and dollars premium per year on gold required
for foreign service.
Orban letters received here state the proba-
b;lity of severe battles at and near Los Tunas.
Authentic details afeSinaccsssible.
The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury has
three Weeks leave Of absence, to holda Massa-
chusetts court. -
Much ofwbss has bsen stated as to the policy
of the administration onithe subject of Cuban
affairs is mere conjecture. Nothing has been
done beyond instructing Minister sick!es to
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PORT TONNAGE DUTIES.
An Interesting Letter.

The following letter addressed by the Com
missioner OF Customs to Collector Thomas, OF
Baltimore, contains information Of general in
terest to all concerned in our mercantile ma
Iine: .,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, September 2.
Sir Your letter, dated August 80, addressed
to the Secretary OF the Treasury, and enclos-
ing q letter to YOU from A. l.. Huggius, agent
Of the Merchants and Miners Transportation
Company, and also letter to you from Thomas
B. Andrews, agent of the Baltimore and Savan
nah Steamship Company, has been referred 10
this Office.
Both of these agents complain of certain
fees, taxes or ''port tonnage duties" imposed
upon and collected of the lines OF steamers
they respectfully represent by the city authorl-
ties of Baltimore and Savannah. and their OBJ
iect is to ascertain whether such fees or port
tonnage duties" are legal.
The question whether State or municipal
authorizes have the riglt to levy and collect
harbormasters' fees of vessels entering the
ports OF any State or city claiming this right
came cam before the supreme Court O. the District
of Columbia in 1857, upon the claim OF the har-
bormaster of the City of Washington o. fifty
cents for port tonnage ci tbe sloop Nautil1s,
CAPTAIN G. E. Barnes, master and owner, OF
9 4O-1O0 tons. MIR. Justice Wylie, IN deliver
ing the opinion of the court. after argument.
sail: The plaintiff in error OF
the sloop Nautilus, vessel OF less than fifty
tons burden, engaged ID the coastine trade,
and although the judgment against him was for
the small amount of fifty cents and costs, yet
be has considered it his duty to bring the case
before us 70 tie pun pose Of testing question
Which ls If general concern to all vessels visit
;nr this port Section 10 of the first article OF
Of the Constitution OF the United States de-
clares res no State shall, without the consent Of
CONGRESS. !ay an impost, or duties on imports
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SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

DR.. Benjamin Dorr, rector OF Christ Church,
Philadelphia, died on Saturday, aged IS.
The manager of the Quebec branch Ct the
Montreal Bank has absconded with $50 600 be-
longing to the bank.
A French corvette in distress yesterday
brought eight cases Of yellow fever to the New
York quarantine. One death occurred after
her arrival.
Policeman George Scullattes, yesterday, in
an attempt at Norfolk, Va, to arrest Corporal
Smith, Company Z. 18th Infantry, was re sist'
Ell, and shot Smith, killing him instantly.
Ex-President Millard Fillmore has been ap-
pointed delegate and will attend and preside
at the organization of the Southern Comm er-
cial Convention to he held in Louisville, Ky.
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c. MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1862

or exports, except what may be for the use of
the treasury Of the United States, and all such
laws shall be subject to the revision and con-
irol of Congress- 1t further declares that no
State shall, without the consent OF Congress,
lay duty on tonnage, &c.
''The first question for Cur determination is,
whether these 'ha1 Dor fees, as they are called
in the corporation law, are duties on tonnage,
which the corporation is prohibited from col.
lecting without the consent Of Congress-"
The judge then proceeds to consider this
question, and having shown that these "harbor
tees" were neither more nor less than 'ton-
nage," continues:
''It would have been gross inconsistency in
the constitution had it conferred on Congress
the right OF exclusive legislation as to duties on
imports or exports, and left the several States
the right to lay taxes on vessels engaged in the
conveyance OF those imports and exports. 1t
follows, therefore, that the ordinance in ques-
tion is violation of the Constitution OF the
United States.
"The tax is substantially a duty, notwith-
standing it is called by different name. The
judgment of the justice OF the peace must be
reversed"
This judgment of the justice of the peace
was adverse TO the owner and master of the
vessel who appealed ther eretrom.
"The Supreme Court the United States, at
it's December term, 1867, i'll case brought be-
fore it by writ of error to the Supreme Court
Of Louisiana, decided that statute of State
enactipg that the masters and wardens of q
port within it should be entitled to demand
and receive, in addition to other fees, the sum
Of five dollars, whether called on to perform
any SO vice or not, for every vessel arriving at
that port. is regulation OF commerce with
in the meaning OF the constitution, and also
duty on tonnage, and is unconstitutional and
void."-[See Wallace's Reports, 81
In delivering the opinion OF the court, Chief
Justice Chase said: fThat the act Of the Legis.
lature of Louisiana is regulation of commerce
can hardly be doubted. 1t imposes a tax upon
every ship entering the port OF New Orleans,
to be collected upon every entry. In the case
of q steamer plying between that port and
ports in adjoining States OF Alabama and
Texas, it becomes serious burden, and works
the very mischief against which the consti-
tuition intended to protect commerce among
the States"
I have quoted freely from the opinions Of the
Judges who decld these important cases, to
enable you, and all interested in the question
involved, to fully comprehend what the law
really is, as interpreted By our highest judicial
tribunals. have not taken upon myself to
decide anything. but only to call upon collect
ors and other officers of customs to abide by
the decisions of our courts as they are now
made known to them.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
N. SARGENT, Commissioner.
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sg The PLANTERS AND MECHANIC

81 TIE PLANTERS AND MECHANICS
BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER /,
lsss-DANIEL RAvENEL. PRESIDENT. JAMES
Z. ROBINSON AND OTHERS, DIRECTORS OF
THE PLANTERS AND MECHANICS BANK OF
SOUTH CAROLINA, w. THE PLANTERS AND
MECHANICS BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA. LEW
NJ. HATCH AND OIHERs.-Whereas, "a pursuance
of the decree of the Court Of Equity, in this case
meeting of the Stockholders of the Bank was duly
called on the 10Th instant but said meeting, although
largely attended, failed tor want Of legal quorum;
and Whereas in that event. the further action Of the
Corporation Is devolved by the said decree upon the
Board of Directors. Be It, therefore,
1st Resolved, by the said Board. That 1t is expe-
dient to reestablish the Bank with large Capital
as possible, under the Act Of the General Assembly,
entitled An Act to enable the Banks of the State to
renew business, or to place them In liquidation"
3D. Resolved, That to this end an assessment Of
Five Dollars is hereby laid upon each share, to be
paid In two equal instalments, on the 1st October
and the lst OF November ensuing; said payment to
be made either In cash by stock note the share
holder. the same to be deemed part of the Capital
and to be credited accordingly to each share.
3d. Resolved, That stockholders falling to pay In
cash or by note at the dates aforesaid shall be DEEM
ed to have declined the privileges Of the new Charter
and separate account shall be Kept OF the assets
and debts of the Bank. as set forth In the report
WIN view 10 Hqu'oaeon Vi tneu cie'nrI anu
that whenever the said assets shall be collected and
the debts and expenses ascertained and paid. the
said Stockholders shall receive credit for their re-
spective shares OF the surplus.
The foregoing resolutions, reported BY special
committee appointed for that purpose, we're unani-
mously adopted by the Board of Directors.
The Presi lent will attend OF the Bank daily from
II to O'Clock, to give information and arrange the
assessment called for.
stockholders will please bring their Certificates of
Stock with them. W E. HASKELL.
Sept 20 m2 Cashier.
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@PRETTY WOMEN.-A COMPARATIVE
LY few ladies monopolze the beauty as well as the
attention OF society. This ought not to be So but it
is and will be while men foolish and single out
pretty faces for companions.
This can all be changed by using HAGAN'5 NAG.
NoLIA BALM, which gives the bloom of youth and
refined sparkling beauty to the complexion. pleas
Ing, powerful and natural. -....,.tr.,.,: :
No lady need complain of red. tanned, feckled
rustic complexion who viii invest rs cents in Ha-
gan's Magnolia Balm. Its effects are truly wonder
ful. '- ~ 'Fsl'
To preserve and dress the hair use Lyons Ka-
ihairon. D&e wfmlmo August 26
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TIE RUsH OF FREIGHT.

New Yosx, September 1S.-As the railroad
lines south of Louisville, Ky., especially thoee
running to Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans
and Mobile, are all blocked with freight. agents
of the different lines in New York are in con-
sequence refusing to give rates or receipts to
points beyond Louisville. This blockade does
not interfere with passenger business.
A meeting OF the railroad men will be held
in this city in the early part of the week on the
subject. The increased rates in freight result
ed in nothing.
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offer the United States as a mediator. There
are no present prospects that belhgerent rights
will be recognized. The administration WILL
however, enforce the neutrality laws and re-
spect its treaty obligations. There is no doubt
but that its sympathies are with the Cubans'
and in all probability it may do it. 1t will act
with discretion with view Of effecting settle
ment of tho question in manner that Will De
satisfactory to all parties interested.