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DAWSON JOURNAL.
|DAW6ON, CA FEB 22 18G7.
Pig Iron From Georgia. —The
Louisville Democrat of tho 13th Boys:
Messrs. Guthiio & Cos., agents, received
to day, from the it on mines at Trenton,
Georgia, their first invoice of pig iron.
Tb§ iron is said to be tff excellent qual
ity, and isl now being tested in this city.
This ii anew feature in tho exports ct
Oeorgia, and promises to add greatly to
her other a-d numerous sources of
wealth.
The Augusta Constitutionalist notices
a f athentie and dequeue appeal of the
National Isitelliyincer in behalf of the
country, which seems just now to be
traveling rapidly in the wake of Ward’s
ducks, and says : That is splendid, but
it is not action ;it is glorious but it
g es in to the wind. Tfceoouutry will
never be saved by sentimental implnra
tion taCongrcßS. The “martyred dead’
are not worth a pinch of snuff to the
prosperous living, except for political
or buncombe twaddle. Lot tlnrn rip
Mr. Intelliycncer ; you may as well sing
psalms to a deed mule as [reach virtue
to a rotten Congress.
The “Sew Plan.”
It would hardly be ncsessary for the
South to fritter away much time over
the new plan for reconstruction, about
which the country has been hearing
something for the last two or three weeks
W T ere the South to take it up at onoe
and give a hearty approval to its propo
sitions, their ccmplaiccncy would not
amount to any anything. A writer in
the Baltimore Gazette, of Monday, says
the plan is heartily scouted by the radi
cal leaders at Washington, and edds: I
have not heard of one, even of the mod
trate sort, of tie Keputlican party who
favors it. Until coerced by the threat
ened bankruptcy of the commercial class,
es, the prostration oi internal trade and
derangement of the whole monetary and
business relations cf the country, no
plan wiir receive serious considerations
that does not embrace the degradation
of the people of the South. The organ
of the party, (and it would be a mistake
to suppose that the Chronicle does net
faitbsully foreshadow the purposes of
these men,) thus speaks of it.:
“It is valuablo simply in that it re
organizes the leading features of the
new amendment and to a certain ex
tent the great principle of universal suf
frage, bnt it is too late. It comes at a
period who” -i ." a t.j
Union in the South hes taken radical
ground.
The Cotton Tax to Remain. —The
tax on tho production of raw cotton is
not likly to be taken off, as the Commit
tee on Ways andMeans refu e to recom
mend an alteration thereof. Well, says
the New Orleans Times, though as we
have lieretofote said, there is just as
much inherent propriety in taxing the
production of wheat orcorn as the growth
of cotton, and although the tendency of
the laws is to stimulate the production
of cotton in other countries, it will also
tend to drive the manufacture from the
North to the South, where it is grown
The sign also are, that the English
•re turning their attenton to the estab
lishment of manufacturers in the South
We see reported reently not a few
■venturers of Euglish oipital ia the di
rection of cotton and other manufactur
ers. There are some attractions to#ard
South Carolina; but Georgia[ and Ala
bama are also reported by the agents of
English houses to hold out syccial invi
ting opportunities.
The Winchester (Tenn.) Journal
eays:
The Radicals are to meet in Nashville
on the 22d of this month to nominate a
candidate for Govenor.' This is a fine
joke on Washington’s birthday. Erown
low will be the nominee and as a mat
ter of course he will be elected by—by
•-Well, we all know how and why he
will be elected. But if the will of the
people, the intelligent and reaiy worthy,
oould have expression, he would not be
elected by want of about 100,000 votes!
Conhovbr Found Guilty. A date
from Washington, of the 11th says:
Stanford Connover, detective, who fab
ricated testimony of the complicity of
Jefferson Davis with the Lincoln assas
sination plot, has been found guilty of
pergury.
Who Do thb Kings IJelong To?—
The Louisville Courier contains a long
list of names of Federal soldiers, whose
remains have been recently disinterred
near Nashville Ttnnessae, and upon
whose persons, were found from one to
five gold riDgs each. •
Lincoln’s Barber —According to a
Washington dispatch of the 11th, Sol
omon Johnson, a colored man, formerly
President Lincoln’s barber has been ap
pointed a first class clerkship in the
Treasury Department, at Washirgton,
with a desk in the Secretary’s office.
A Borne paper, noticing a restau
rant in that city, kept by a man nam
ed Stewart, accidentally spelled his
name Slew-a rat, wbere-rat the Cour
ier facetiously intimates that it is not a
Chinee* corccrn. 3
Military Government fur the
Soatlt.
Wo have already hud before <v 1
reader tho Bid of Mr. Sieveut for a re
construction cf tho lately seceded States
and which hfs passed tie House o r
Representatives by a vote of 109 to f •>.
“The Philadelphia Age, iu commenting
oo the bill, remarks tLat ‘the sword
atid bayonet gleam iu each paragraph of
the bill, and the shriek and whistle of
the shell can be heard in every lino an!
sertcnce.’ The States are to bo de
stroyed, and the territory constituted in
to military distaicts. Each district i
to be ruled by a military officer. These
military officers are to have power to ot
gan'ze military commissions or tribunal,
for the purpose of trying offenders.—
The constitutions and laws of the S'ate.
are to le ignored, and all legislative or
judicial proceedings seeking to control
said military commissions are to be null
and void. Tho Courts of the Uuited
States shall have power to is-ue writs of
habeas corpus only upon permis in of
tho tfficer in command of the district in
which said writ or process is to be serv
ed. When he refuses tho application,
the Courts are powerless.
“This is the bill offered by Mr. Ste
vens on behalf of tho Radical party.
We agree with cur cotemporary ia say
ing that the bill is objectionable in all
particulars If there is one principle
well settled with reference to our theoiy
of government, it is that in time of peace
the military power should at all times
be subservient to the civil authorises.
The debates in the Convention which
formed tho Constitution of the United
States, and also in the conventions
which framed the constitutions fer the
several States, show how sensitive the
people were upon this matter of military
interference with their rights and liber—
t;es. The Declaration of Rights of this
State sets forth that‘the military shall
in all cases and at all times, be in strict
subordination to the civil power,’ and
guards tho citizens from mi itary ruleiu
the most soli mu and emphatic manner.
This course was pursued ia all the
States. .Our fathers had felt the iron
hand of military rule in this and other
countries. They knew the tendency of
military power to overshadow civil rule
and make slaves ol the [ eople, and
hence, in the most positive and emphat
ic terms, they declared, as one of the
fundamental principles of this republi
can form of government, the doctrine
that the ‘military shall in all cases and
at all times Le in strict subordination to
flift Pinll jr.m*7,- r 9
“Our country is in a state of profound
peace at the present 'ime, and yet it is
proposed to destroy, by Congressional
action, ten States of the Union, and
place the military above the civil power
in all the Southern section of the na
tion. So full and entire is to he the su
premacy of the military under tb" hill
of Mr, Stevens, that not even the Su
.preme Court of the United States can
grant a writ of habeas corpus unless per
mission be given by a military officer to
that effect. Under this bill the power
of the army will be as supremo over all
the territory indicated as is that of Rus
sia in what was onee Poland, and far
more so than that of the Imperial forces
of Austria iD Hungary at tho present
moment. And yet this is one of the
plans put forth by the Radicals to set
tle the difficulties in our country, anl re
store a permanent government to the
now unrepresented States. The mili
tary once placed in supreme command,
it may not be so easy to wrench the
sceptiefrom their hands. Ambitious
men may long for a continuation of un
limited pow r, and then the country
will he convulsed again from end to end
as it has been during the conflict just
ended. Tho movement is full cf danger
to civil liberty, and the people should
look at the facts presented.”
Sherman’s Substitute.
The Maeon Telegraph says, there is
some oonsolation in seeing old Thad.
Stevens floored, even though we may
not profit materially by his disaster.
The vote of tbe Senate Sunday morn
ing, substituting anew measure intro
duced by Mr. Shennan for the Military
Despotism bill, is important to us in
that it shows a radical division among
our enemus. Tbe rogues at Washing
ton have fallen out, and if the honest
men of the South do not gct*their dues j
they at least have a prospect of a ma
terial mitigation of the fate that was
concocted for them in the councils of
Radicalism. Tho substitute of Mr.
Sherman is equally violativo of the
Constitution with the original bill, and,
no lesss subversive of the rights and lib
erties of the Southern people, but it
has the merit of giving us a change of
masters for the better, provided it shall
be enacted into a law. It would at least
be adm'nistered with mercy hy the Pres
ident and those whom he could appoint
to exercise military sway over us.
Another advantage gained by this
change of affiirs i? a remote prospect
that the whole scheme of the Radical
persecution may fail through the dissen
sions of the prosecutors, and consequent |
inability to agree upon a plan of torture.
The denial of all agency in reconstruc
tion to President Johnson, n sine qua
non with the ultra Radicals. They
would almost be willing to see the South j
go unpunished, rather than, the I
rod in his land. If thereto in tho j
lit u o jerstirday on the i all it the!
jreuous question—7B to Cl—he an in- '
dicaiii and of the eventual sentiment of j
tha; body, the bill can never bo passed i
over the veto, and with the failure down ;
go s tLelaet desperate expedient of the
R pub'.ican [ tfty. Alt r laboring j
through two seen ns of congress, with i
overwhelming muj riti.s, they ti ll lave i
proved themselves utterly incapable ts |
recoustructicg the Union and giving j
evi u a color of peace and quiet to the j
country. It will bo ti e fuiiure ot a |
goat p.‘rty, and tho new Cbngriss to
ensemble on the 4 h cf March, will b :
iu oo better condition for success than
those who proceeded them. There will
be an increase ■ f R j üblican members
but the more they get the griatcr the
chances of division. Wo predict tl.at j
i oiling tried and left uudor o by this
Congress, will ho acc' mp i hdby it
successor. Under ordinary c'r uin.tin.
ccs the w hole fabric of the party would
go to pieces in such a contingency, hut
these aee strange time-, and there is no
such jtbiiig as calculating diets from
causes. Their utter destruction though,
eventually, is hut a question of tiun.
Tbcro is but cne thing to save them, and
that is a grand coup d'etat > iu which
the legislative department shall grasp
all the powers of government and rule
with a despotic hand. To do |tui;>, two
things ere indispensable—tbey must get
control of the army, and the friends of
the Cons:ituUo*n, North and South,must
quietly submit lo the outrage. This is
then only bopo. Ia legislation they
cannot agree among themselves, and it
they should agree tho Supreme Court
will stand ready to thwart every meas
ure.
Such ia the situation of affairs. Tho
country is drifting rapidly into anarchy
nr the worst ot dtsponsors, and can on
ly be saved by the prompt interposition
ol tbe patriotism and sober s. nse of the'
North. Ae*d il must come soon, or it
will be two late. Once start the ava
lanche, and all human . effort becomes
impotent to arrest it. Tho Republi
cans having failed, now is the time to
rally as a lust resort to the plan of the
President. It is just, it is honerable,
it is safe, it embodies all hoc:? .ary gu i
antocs, it will bring tranquil.ty, and
nothing else will or can.
A Bill lo IFestroy Civil Govern
ment and Erect itJititary Des
polivtuv attiseSoutSi.
The following is the bill prepared by
Senator Williams, of Orogan, and ra*
ported to the nouse by tha reconstruc
tion Committee through their chairman,
Mr. Steves. A more unnecessary and
infamous measure to annoy and oppress
a bravo but helpless people was never
concocted by tyranny. It passed the
House on the IStb, by a vote of 109 to
55, and it now goes to tha Senate! Os
course it will also pass that body, but
we do not belifsve it will receive suffi
cient support to carry it over tho Pres
ident’s veto. Since tbe surrender, the
President has nobly st<-od 1 etween us
and, ruin and we havo abiding faith tint
he will be there still.
It w ll be seen that each paragraph of
tbe preamble to the bill contains an
enormous lie, and upon the strength and
magnitude of these lies, the “Infernal
machine is set in motion :
A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE MORE
EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT OF THE IN6UR-
RECTIONARY STATES.
Whereas, The pretended State Gov
rnment3 of the late so-called Confeder
ate States of Virginia, North
South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi,
Alabama, Lousiana, Florda, Texas and
Arkansas, were set up without the sane,
tion of the people , and
Whereas, The so pretended Govern,
men'ts afford no adequate protection for
life or properey, and countenance and
lawle sness and crime and
Whereas, It is necessary that peace
and good order should bo enforced in
the so-called States, until loyal and Ro
publican State Govcrnmets can be le
gally established ; therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America inCoogress assembled
That the so-called States shall bo divi
ded into military districts and made
subject to the military authority of the
United States, as hereinafter prescribed,
ands r that purpose Virginia shall cou.
stitute the Ist. District ; North Carolina
aud South Carolina, the 2d District:
Georgia, Alabama and Florda the 3d
Dis'riot; Mississippi and Arkansas the
4th District, and Lousiana and Texas
the st.h District.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted;
That it shall be the duty of the General
of the army to assign to the command
of crc'i of said Districts an officer (if the
Regular Army net below the rank of
Brigadier General, and to detail a suffi
cient military force to enable such clli
ocr to perform hit authority in the dis
trict to which he is assigned.
See. 3. And bo it further enacted,
That it shall be the duty of each officer
assigned as aforesaid to protect all per
sons in their lights of person aud prop
erty, to suppress insurrection, disorder
aud violence, to'punifch cr earned to b
puui bed all disturb rs of tbe public
'taco and criminals; and to this end he;
7 j
may allow cival tribunals to take jtm.-i
<liition of ar.d to try effenders, or when j
in bis judg mint, it may bj Dies. ary
for the trial of iff -udtrs, bo shall Lave
I ower to organize military commissions
or tribunals for that purpose, auythi :g
in tho Constituiion and laws of the so
called States lo the contrary notwitb
standing ; nod 1 11 legislative and judi
cial proeiTilings or pioctbus to prevent
or control the proceedings ofsi.il mi'ila-.
|ry tribunals, anil all iuterfcrance by
1 .aid pret 'Tided State Governments with
] the exercise cf military authority uude
j ibis Act, shall bo void and o: no cf
! f- ct.
See. 4. And he it further enact.d,
That the Court and Judicial officers of
the United States shall not issue v rits
of habeas corpus in lebulf of persons in •
military custody, unless seme commis-j
si oner or pcWQU on duty in the district j
wherein tin |> rson is detained shall en
dorse upon siid petition a statement cer
tifying, upon honor, that he has knowl
edge or information a* to the cause and
eircun.s’.ancts ot the fcllegtd detention,
and that lie believes that the endorsed
petiti. u is preferred iu good faith and
in furtherance ol justice, and not to
hinder or delay the punishment es crime,
All persons under militury arrest by
virtue of Lis act shall be tried without
unnecessary delay, and no cruel or uuu
sual punishment shall be iiifl.cte 1.
Bcc. 5 And he It further enacted,
That no sentence of any Military Com'
mission, or tribunal, hereby authorized,
affecting the life or liberty of any. por
3on, shall bo executed until it is ap
proved by tho superior officer in com
mand of the District, and tho laws and
regulations for the government of tbe
army shall not be affecteJ by this act,
except in so far as tbey conflict with its
prot Lions,”
STATE ITEMS.
Many of the best citizens of Georgia
and Alabama are removing to Texas.
Atlanta has 155 widows, and 294
orphans of Confederate soldiers.
The Mechanics Fire Company No.
2, of Atlanta have purchased a fine
pair of horses for their engine.
The usual dullness of Athens, Ga ,
was enlivened the other day by a wo
nwn vvnipping her husband through
the streets with u large hickory.
Henry M. Turner, a colored preach
er in Macon, publishes an arti lo in
tlih Telegraph, advising bis brethren
not to go to tbe est.
The Stockholders of the Southwes
tern Railroad Company have re-elect
ed the old Beard of Directors A div
idend of five dollars per share bus been
declared, payable on arid after tbe
30 th.
The Rome Courier says 10 dwell
ings besides numerous othot buildings
have been erected in tl'at city during
the past six months, and at least as
many more will bo erected in the next
six months, if the lumber e'anbe ob
tained.
Tbe Athens Banner saya wheat in
that section has not by
the cold weather, and that tho pros
pect is good for on abundant harvest.
Tbe same repouts reach us Irorn all
parts of Middle and Upper Georgia.
An affray occurred in Hancock
county on the 12th inst., between John
E. Harrison and David Pound, tbe
former armed with a fence rad and
•the latter with a shot-gun. Ilafrison
was shot in the right breast, causing
instant death.
We notice by tbe Augti-fa papers
the death of Mr. John B. Guicu, an
old and respected merchant of that
city. In tbe days of stages and steam
boats, before the railroad was built to
Augusta, Mr. G , was for many years
agent for one of the river lino3.
TERRIBLE MAKE.IE DISAS
TER !
Burning of tin- Sica mats ip City
es Until til Sea.
ONIAyoUR LIVES SAVED.
TWEXIY-TWO LIVES LOST!
THRILLING DETAILS FROM TIIE FOUR SUR
VIVORS.
[From the Savannah Republican ]
At four o’clock, yesterday afternoon,
Messrs. Richardson & Barnard, ug’tits
of the Savannah and Boston Steam-hip
Line, received the following telegram
from Boston, announcing the fuss of the
“(Jity of Bath” :
“Four of the crew arrived at Charles
ton teport that die ‘Ci‘y of Bath’ was
burned at sea. The pa.ssciioy rs were
Mr. Apthorpe and Mrs. Rouble.”
Late last evening the following tele -;
gram to the agents in this city confirm-;
ed tho worst suspicious of tho fate of tho :
unfortunate vessel:
“Charleston, February 15 — The
City of Bath was burned at sea off' Hat- ;
ferae—only four lives saved belongng
to Boston—the crew of the ship. Sent, j
them hy steamer this afternoon to Bos-j
ton, via New York Wm Roach.”
The following is a description of the |
boat:
The City of Bath was a screw steam-j
ship of 588 tons ,(ne,v measurement,) 1
was built iD Bath, Mo., in 1802. She
was 157 feet in length, 26 feet in breadth |
anl 20 feet in depth. She was owned
principally in Boston, and was insured
in different Northern companies ; bad
b.en rurnirg with h r cousoit, the
William Ti b its, rn t’ o Bostt n line,
since February, 1860, and was cotmnan
ded by Captain Josef li S Coney, a
must experienced and popular officer
She was in the government service du
riug tbe latter years of tho war, and on
acout t of her speed was used as a dis
patch b at.
She left Boston on the sth inst., in
the afternoon, wi ll a veiy heavy anl
valuable freight.
TI is m lanoboly disaster k; s thrown
quite a veil of gloom over our city, and
tilbd the hearts of many with sorrow,
who had friends on tho ill fated craft
the arrival of the steamer I’ilot
Boy, frutn Charleston, we havo addition
al particulars of the 1 iss of the vessel:
[From tbe Cbaiiis’on Courier, 15ih.J
YVe have obtaiued from Charles 0
Davis, one of tho survivors of the crew
of the City of Bath, the fullowi ,g ac
c ur.t ct her destruction by fire, and the
’ tnelanchtly loss of some twenty two pe -
sons, including a gentleman with his
1 wife and iufant, who were on board a
passengers :
Tho steamer City of Bith wee a
screw propeller, belonging to Messrs.
Richardson & Otis, of Boston. At tho
time of her taking fire, which occurrej
about five miles North-west of ILittera
she was on hir voyage from Boston t <
Savannah, with a large assorted eargo.
There were twenty six persons iu all on
hoard, including tho three passengers,
to whom we hive refined.
The fire broho out in the. coal bun
kers, between twelve and one o’clock
Sunday morning, the 10th inst., and is
believed to have . originated from the
burstiug of a hanging lamp suspended
over one of tho bunkers.
Every effort was made to extinguish
it, the Captain working and directing
the est wat the sa-nvi time. It gained
upon them rapidly, however, and be
tween three and feur'o’ef ck the flames
burst out from thcforwaid batches, and
believing that all further efforts to save
her would be useless, the vessel was
abandoned. The boats, three in cum
bee, were lowered. The passenger* and
live of the crew entered the first, a me
tellic life boat, which w»s soon afftr
wards swamped by striking tbe guards
of the steamer, and all on board of it
was lost. Another party of seven
took possession of the second boat, nod
have not since been hcatd from. The
metallic life-boa', after being righted,
was occupied by Captain Cony, of the
City of Bath, tbe Second Mate, aSavati
' nab river Pilot, tho first Steward and
four other*. Nine if the errw, inclu
ding the Engineer, entered the thirl
boat, also a mc'alio one. The boat
contain vg the Captain and oil; rs, was
soon afterwards capsized, and a'l on
board were Ist exec; t the Captain and
mate, who were rescued by tbe party
in tbe Engineer's boat.
On Sunday afternoon the sebo re-
Laura 8. Watson was balled) end i,
coming to the assis at.ee of the party a
high wind prevailing at the time, s! e
I'.jliiJcd with the b >at and ovr turned if.
Tho boat was six times righted and over
turned, and the crew one by one boo >:n
ing exhausted, and tbe schooner being
temporarily unable’to render them assi.:-
ticce on account of tho heavy sea,
dr pped off and were drowned. After,
desperate exertions four of the crew
wero saved. Thoir names.are Charles
O. Davis, Patrick Dmnvan, Jeremiah
O’Brien ynd Frank Tubo-y.
Amongst these supposed to be lost are
the three passengers, Captain Cony, Mr.
Mead, First Mate, Mr Bacon Second
Mate, the Savannah Pilot (name un
known). A. Cdden, Chief Engineer,
John Wig;,-in, First Assistant Engineer,
Cbas. A Claik, Second Assistant Engin
eer, Talbert. First Steward, Moses Tay
lor, Second Steward, Mr Banks, Quar
termaster, John Ryan, Fireman, Cuarlcs
Potter, Cook, Second G io.t (name un
known), and three coal passers. John
Hamilton, Wm. Flint), and ono whose
ti me is unknown, and two sailors whose
names are also unknown.
The survivors desire to return their
thanks to Captain Doriry, of tbe schoon
er Laura 8. Watson, and to her r fit,-ers
and crow for their humane ex-rlioiis iu
rescuing them from a watery grave, and
for their uniform kindness to them sinoe
the disaster.
Mr Davis aljo desires us to say that
t v c statem nt made in the Georgetown
Times to the effect that Captain Cony
was under the influence of liquor at the
time of the los3 of the ship, is erroneous.
The following is the substance of >he
report of Captain Doriiy.
On Sunday morning, February 10 b,
Cape H’itteras bearing W. S. \V., 35-
miles distant, blowing a strong gale and
a very sharp sea running from the N.
W. 11 A. M., made a vessel on our Ice
bow on fire, kept off and ran down to
her. Proved >o be the City of Bath of
the Boston and Savannah line, burned
down so low that the water was washing
into her Saw no one on board, ran to
rtio 8. W., about four miles, made a
boat on our weather bow, full of men.
We raa along until and ad to the leward
of them, hauled the jib down, and Lu«cd
the schooner under balanco reefed main
sail and foresail. The boat rowed across
our bow, and before they goI her around,,
was astern of us. Wo hove them a line I
which they got, the man that had tho
steering oar, which wa3 Capt. C( ny, of
the steamer, did not scum to know
what he was about, I told them to gtr
their oars a^a : u and pull to the leeward
of us again, so as to get clear of cur
lec-qnarter Just as they got hir going;
ah ad nicely, the Captain sbeard her;
head to with his oar, which biought her j
under our lcc-quarter again, and caps'z- j
ed her instantly; (she was a mctallio life-1
baat with eleven men ) When she
went over they let our liuc go, and the
first sea oartied them out of our reach.
was such a bad st a our small boat
could not have lived two minutes. So
we made sail, wore ship and stood back
azaio, did not reach them the first time.
W’o made five tacks, twice, wc stood by
aud could no; find them, there was snch
a heavy sea and one end of the boat was
sunk. All but four men were washed
pway and drowned. Wc saved fmr by
running by them and heaving them
lines, their names are Frank Toby,
CL arlos Davis, J rrin'ui: O'lirien uu
Patrick Dor.avm, all es B ston. There
were tweuty s : x per.-rts on board the
steamer and twenty-two lives lost*
[Front the Charleston Meicury 15 ]
Charles O. Davis, oiler, Patrick Dan*
nvan, oiler, Jeremiah O'Bi ien, (Leman,
report that they wore atiacl cl to the
Hteam-ship City r.f Bath, which sailed
from Boston to Savannah on tho Gth
instant", w; h a geoeral eargo, that on
Sunday last, betwocn 12 and 1 A. M ,
tho ship being abouf 35 miles North of
Ilatteras, on the edge eftho Gulf, she
was disci.vered to be on firo rear the
coal bunkeis. Tbe i ffiters and crew ex
irted themselves in every way to sup
press the tire, and it was hoped at one
time that it was got under, but. about 4
o’clock A. M.,thc flames broko through
the forward hatch, when all hope for tbe
-afety of tbe boat was given up and the
boats, three in number, we-e got ready-
The first boat containing tbe parlies who
have been saved and three others; had
to be cut loose from tbe ship, by which
meins 'she was separated from the ves
sel, and it was not until 8 A M.. the
same day they met the Gap'ain’s boat,
containing Cap a'n Cony. Isaac Bacon,
the second male, the' Savamnh pilot,
and fi st steward named Talbot.
This boat was full of wa'et and tho
persons in it wen taken into the boat
containing tho first seven. They then
returned to the wreck, but could discov
er nothing of tbe third boat. About
five miles from the steamer they made
a sail which proved to be the sehoorer
Laura S. Watson, Captain D herty of
Sedgwick, Maine, from New York, for
Georgetown, 8. C.
Iu trying to got on this vessel the
boat was over turned, when Capt. Cony
the second e< gitsoer, Charles A. Clark,
the Savadnah pilot, Talb >t, the steward
Joseph Hamilton, e"al-passi r, Barney,
ooal-passer were drowned. The remain
ing four were rescued, Albert A Calden
el if Engineer, first Engineer John L.
VViggio ; Mi ad, chief Mate; a lady
passenger anil chiid, and a male passen
ger.
As the third boat was thought to be
less able than the others, it is feared that
the remain ler of the officers and crew
havo been lost.
Captain Joseph S Cony was.a native
of Maine and a relative of ex-Govcrcor
Cony, and during tbe war distinguished
himself in several naval engagements
is commander of one of the U. 8. gun
boat , participating in the FortTishir
attack with great gallantly Captain
Cony commanded the steamship Win.
i'. abets, eonmtofthe “City of Bath,”
u til ssithin t o 1 it two mouths, wh n
be assumed command of the Utter vessel
Tho teport that CapUio C ny was un
der tho influence ot liquor, while coutri
dicted by Mr. Da'is, i.nc of tho crew of
the b ut steamer, is universrlly con. id
ered a si..?,dor inasmuch nr he was not
aldo ed i > the tn-o of spiiituous 1 quors.
Washington Items.
Wasuinfton, Ft 1 - 19.—1a -be House
the vote.t' 1 concur (Sherman's suDati
tuto was defea'cd—73 to 98
The D ’inocrats and extremists voted
against concurrence.
A committee of conference was ap
pointed. The whole matter is pronounc
ed dead, fur this session.
The Senate struck out the clause, in
tha Wist Point appropriation; forbidiug
appointments from Smthern State?.
Prol B iche, is dead.
Geneeal Howell Cobb is here.
The conference committee on tic
tenurc-of office bill was agreed to include
iho Cabinet officers.
Tha Southern Loyalists’ Association,
by resolution, opposed Mr. Shermans
bill.
Mr. Saulsbury’s speech, denunciatory
of Mr. Seward, creates considerable
talk.
Purports to t C >sta Rica have beet
abolished.
Quarantine regulations with Spain
have been modified; only three duje
required, provided no deaths during the
1 \ ®G-
Sliermnui kubntjiule.
Washington, Feb. 19.—Unless
both Ileuses act before midnight the
pocket veto follows.
Both the New York Tribone and the
Cbr nicle favored concurrence, bnt Ste
vens was two strong.
No taction is now probable unti; af
ter tbe Connecticut election, which oc
curs on the lOtli of March. If that
goes Radical, harsh means may be ex
pected—certain.
tnrrait Denies !sis fissdeniiy.
Washington, F’eb. 10.—Surratt
has been confined below’decks, end is
strongly guarded. JI is health -is ex
cellent. He positively denies being
Surratt. Marshal Goodin has a war
rant for him, issued by Judge Fisher.
A’l access is denied except by coun
sel.
COMMERCIAL.
Liverpool, Feb. 19.—The cotton
i market continued quiet, and closed un
; changed at l td. for middling upland ;
! middling Orleans 14 Jd. Sale to day
8,000 bales.
Macon, Feb. 19.—At the opening
to day, sales wero effected of god
I Cotton at 26J cents; but after the re
ception of the no n dispatches, mid
dlings could not be sold at over 26
cents, at which figure the market clos
ed.
Montgomery, Feb. 19 ■ -Tho Mail
of the 7th says : Wo heard ol no trims
! actions yesterday in cotton, and quote
! the market nominal 25a26 cents —buy-
er paying tax.
Columbus, Fob. 19—Cotton—No
change in our market yesterday. Mid
dlings still quoted at 26 cents —buy-
ers (laying the tax.
Savannah, Feb. 19—Cotton very
irregular; middling 30ia31e; receipts
I,OOJ bales.
Augusta, Feb. 19.—Cot'oa little
easier; middling 30c.
nl c
•Yew *£<!*< rlistitH n t s .
New Oro«ef)r store !
Here’s the place to buy!
J. E. LOYLESB,
o.iuvso.r, OKonai^.
T WOULD herchv notifr trv
the public generally, that I
IN THE LARGE NEW ROUSE
LOYLESB BLOCK.
A LARGE and VARIED stock of
Fan; SSy tiii’occi ics!
Which I am determined to sell at the
lowert possiLL* rates,
CHEAP FOR CASH.
There may always be found at my
store, 1
3ACON,
LARD,
SALT,
MOLASSES,
VINEGAR,
THREAD,
OSNABURGS
Rhtcling, Iron, Nailr, Rickies, Tcppcr,
Spice, G tiger and anything else in the
Family Gioctry line the people may
neid.
I have made arrangements to keep
constantly on b md
Fresh Meal,
Grounl at- a splendid water mill, and
vill l e able to supply f.tiilii s rigulariv.
Mr. .Ja: b Rend is with me and soli
cits the pa'rmage of hiaold fiitn s.
February 22, 3ir.
?> * luliouii ( vituly:
W Wlieri ««, Charles Huisey, applies tu n:e
tor lettera’of dismission limn ti e estate of
Obediali Parrott, late of Said county defeated.
These ire then fore in cue ai.d* aitmui.Uh
ill perrons concerned, lo be ami appear at
my office within the time preseribid by law,
aid show o .n,-e rs .ny, whya; id lettois shou and
not be gran’ed.
•It von n: der rev hand n» official signature,
this February 22nd, IHIT.
W. F.. GRIFtTS,
ft b 22 (I d’y.
' ca f tYc xntT
The public are hereby nnl ti'd not to trida
fur a certain men, given to .). \V. Tarn y, ‘or
*2oo—by the subscriber, es the consiucrsJ
lion, for which s.i 1 n le was given, ha far
ed, 1 nz. delortimed nat-to pay it/ualefScum
pell and lo do so, by law.
fe j22:3t J. M. MARSH ALL.
~N( XT 1< K.
\ LL persons (ire hereby fm warned nrtlo
ill trade for a piom'sury note given by the
undersigned to \Y, -T Hurri-, lor the sum of
m e thousand drill.us, doe tho li'et of next
November, the said i oto
l.ayinh 1 h i feblsl J. W. SNELLING.
FOR ALL TO READ!
TITK, for the last, time, before proceeding
llr to colled by h», notify those ind bled
to us on list years p.eco.tinr, that they must
come up and settle by the fi-s dry of April
1 807, or ihrir atcouuls, without respect to
persons, will b- | laced in the hands of an offi
cer for collection.
It is unpleasant to tale this course bnt we
are compelled to make collejtiona.
Hereaf ;-r, we wish it distinctly understood
that wc sc II no goods on time, Under any cir
cumstances whatever. By not nsking for
tiim'iou will save us the unpleasantness of
den; ing you. All goo 's bought since Chris’-
nuts are coesidmcd cash, and ten per cent,
intertsl will be churged on the amount until
paid. 151 m E B LOYLESS k CO.
I WILL sell on the first Tuesday in April if
net sooner disposed of, three second hand
liockawajs, and two buggiis, ail on time or
cotton n< xt fall.
N. B.—l want all tho.«e i rdebted to E. B
Loylc&s, or E. 13. Loyless & Co to come up
by tho Ist of April and pay up, aud then they
can got on time again, it is for your benefit
ns well as mine. 1 shall let all those who p*y
up by that time have till next Fall. ■
leb‘22 lrn E. B LOVLEFS.
DA Won HOTEL!
BY WILY JONES
M*HE Proprietor has ncttly fitted up th«
1 Da won Hotel, and is prepared to make
his customers saustied with both Fdt'C and
lodging.
Cotmreti and with the Hotel is a
HOO.ff,” in which ia kept the best »■
qaors in the city.
No oiins will he spared to plcaoe. f> 2 -" n!
MILLS 1101 si:.
Corner Onccn & Meeting Str*-<
CHARLESTON, S. C
rpms First r/lass Hotel has been thorough!?
I repaired, refitted and refurnished thro g"
out and is now read? for the accotrmo 1
of the Traveling Public whose patronage
respectfully solicited. Ciaehia
readiness to convey Passengers to an
the Hotel. .th’ntt
The Proprietor promises to no e?e r . ■
in his power for tho comfort of trj’W I** 1 **
JOSEPH rUKCKLh.
feb22 ts Prop" fltor ;
p F.OKOIA, T«rre» <
U Whereas G. W\ Cochran 0 f
for, letters of adibinstratipn on tuo c»
Rohn Cocnran, deceased. ~n oni f-b
These are .herefore to cite andl
all persons concerned and apr an fl
office within the time prescribed ny .
show cause, if any,'why said le
not he granted. signature
Given under my hand and otr
this February’.2, 1866. T. M. ‘/>rJ'y.
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