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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 2182. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1873. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. TEE DEFENCE OF THE SCRIP ELABORATE REPLY TO THE COMP? TROLLER-OES ERAL'S RETURN. Another Poitponcmenl-No Quorum in the Legislature Yesterday. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, Tuesday, January 7. In the Supreme Coure this morning the connsel for the petitioners in the mandamus case presented their reply to the return made yesterday by the respondent. The reply ls long and elaborate, combating each point of Lie return at eome length, except the question ol the constitutionality of the Blue Ridge scrip and the scrip act. These points are not dis cussed, the reply thereto belrg simply a de? nial of tbe unconstitutionality. The argument was not entered upon to-day, however, and both the mandamus case and the appeal from the injunction order by Judge Melton were postponed till 10 A. M. to-morrow. The court then adjourned. It ls hardly probable that either case will come fairly up for ar? gument even to-morrow, that being the day assigned for the cases from the Eighth Cir? cuit, which will tare precedence. There was no quorum of either house oi the General Assembly to-day, but both houses will meet at noon to-morrow. PICKS r. TBS WA.T8 OF TVA Ell STREET. The Per a liar Patois of the Balla and Bears. [Prom Appleton's Journal.] Of the technical terms In use in Wall street, where transactions amounting to fitly or sixty million dollars frequently take place i u one day, only a lew are understood by the general pub? lic Too, my good slr, are not a speculator; of ccu rsc not. Ton do not care a button about "cliques" and ''corners;" and, whether "bulls" "squeeze" "shorts," or "bears" j "hammer tbe market," your mind is easy and your conscience clear. But, nevertheless, you may possibly be wllllsg to know the meaning Of the strange phrases which form the idiom Of the great financial centre, and which, If you read the money articles in the dallies, doubtless sometimes set you wondering at the queer antics our language ls compelled to I play. Al all the world knows, the regular opera tors in stocks are divided into two classes- I "bulls" and "beare," Sometimes these anl mala change their species, bulls becoming bears and bears bulls, as a falling or a rising j market may lead their honest hearts. The I malo object of tbe bulls ls to advance prices; that of the bears to depress. Frequently, j when tne market ls rising, and there are pros- ! pects of a continued advance, speculators who have consorted .with tbe bears for several months will soddenly desert them and Join the ranks ol the bolls, remaining tbere wnile fortuno smiles on tbat aide, and rushing back j to tbe bears tbe moment the fickle goddess indicates an intention to transfer ber lavors. On the other band habitual bulls oitea leave their own pasture or the den of Bruin when the market shows signs of tending down ward, aad remain in Sruln's company UH their regular grazing-grouods again become particularly attractive. Or, to simplify the I maller, a speculator will be a bull or a bear, according to the prospect ot making money on one side er the other. One who is a bull I, to-day may figure as a bear to-morrow, and I, ince versa. I Bears thrive most on public calamities. Any occurrence that unsettles values puts 11 money in their pockets. The burning of I Chicago was worth many millions to the bear interest in Wall street. Occasionally the lead-1 sn of this interest devise a scheme to shake I confidence In financial soundness, and poss!-1 ? bly bring on a panic in order tnat they may break tbe market and buy stocks at low prices. I ? The; do not care how much tbe community may suffer, or bow many merchants, bankers, Ir or manufacturers may be ruined, provided I j their own Interest is served. Generally they are utterly unscrupulous as to the means em- ? ployed to accomplish their object, and the , more embarrassment and suffering they cause to others the more likely are their own trans-1, actions lo yield (hem handsome prod ts. Yet I ' If lhere were no bears In Wall street the Stock Exchange would be found a rather dull place. I ; The terms "long" and "short" are of I, respective application to tbe bul and bear par-1 ties. The bulls are always "long" of stock, I, and the bears are always "Short." Thespecu-li lator who has stocks on hand, which he bought with Ibe expectation ol Belling uti, higher prloes, 1B on the bull eide, and, in the I, parlance of the Btreet, is "long." A bear sel-1 ? dom bas stocks on band. His business is to sell "short"-tbat ls, to sell property which 11 he bas not got, intending to buy and deliver I j when prices are lower. Generally the stock I j is tobe delivered the day after lt 1B sold, but quite often the bear does not buy lt for ali month, or two or three months. How, theo, I j can he deliver it within twenty-four hours ? I < Bv borrowing from another person. There ls in Wall street a regular system for I j borrowing Block. The broker who represents 11 tbe speculator procures the stock on loan from I j another broker, to whom be glvrs a check as I security for the value of what ls borrowed. I / This transaction Is good for ono day only, but I j lt may be renewed the next day, and then the I, next; and thus several weeks may pass bet?re I, the stock ls really purchased for delivery. Meantime the seller, ll he belongs to a clique I ) or "pool," Is trying every duy to depress | ( {trices in order that he may buy the stock utah ower figure than that at which he sold lt. I j This is the operation known as "hammering I, the market," and a very exciting one lt some? times ls. 1 But the bears ara often badly "squeezed," I, and then they make a rush to "cover." When the bulls learn that tbere ls a large "short" interest In any particular spot, they put their 11 heads together and get up a "corner." When a stock Is said to be "cornered," the meaning I le that lt ls controlled by a clique. The clique bolds enough of it ?o control th? mar- I kel and exact snob terms aa may be desired. An upward movement ls suddenly developed, I and the bears who have sold "short" lu ex Eec tallon of lower prices become alarmed and I egln to buy. In the majority ot cases the men who work the advance are the very ones wno bought what the bears sold, and they are now selling it to them at high figures for de livery back to themselves. ! "Twisting" is the process of making the boars pay high prices for what they probably et>rri at low prices, and "covering" ls tne op? eration of buying stock to close "short" con tracts. Once in a while a stock ls BO closely "cornered" that lt can be borrowed only at I enormous interest for the day's use-perhaps at. a rate that ls equal to one thousand per cent, per annum. An operation eflhls sorti ls the worst "squeeze" of ali, and His not to I be wondered at that, as the gentlemen ot the Stock Exchange say, the bears generally "squeal" under lt. One shrewd manipulator of I stocks is known to hara cleared fifty thous and dollars In one dsy br loaning a fancy stock that be had "cornered." But the same gentleman sometimes gets into a "corner" prepared by others. It is commonly under stood that he was fleeced to tbe amount of nearly two millions during the likely "North? west" gale afew weeks since. "Puts" and "calls" are terms of more tban ordinary difficulty for the uninitiated to under- I stand. Their meaning may, however, be I made comparatively plain. A, for instance, I proposes to "put" to B-tbat ls, deliver to bim I -a certain amount of certain stock within a I certain time at a price agreed upon when the contract is made, and gives Ba bonus of one, two or three per cent., as the case may be, for the privilege. This ls a "puL" If the stock does not decline In value to an amount ex-1 ceedlog the sum given to B, A cannot make anything by the transad lon, and unless bel choses to deliver tbe stock be is not obliged to do so. If it falls more than that amount, A I mav make a good profit, lor B, having accept- I ed the bonus, ls bound to take the stock, even I though it may be selling at five or ten per cent, below the price at which he agreed to take lt. A "call" is pretty much the same thing, with tills difference : A gives B a hundred or a Si.oueand dollars, or whatever sum may be agreed upon, lor tho privilege of "calling" irom B a certain amount of stock within a I given number of days. It the siock advances A may "call" lt and make money. If it de? clines, he nead not "call" it, but, of course, the bonus ba gave to ? is forfeit. There are { tlmea when the business in "puts" and "calls" ls quite large, and a great deal of money ls made by lt, but like all other kinds of specu? lation, lt ls dangerous to the Inexperienced. "Scuop" is a term less frutillar to the public than any of the foregoing. The "scoop-game," a very common one lu Wall street, Is played In this way: A clique of speculators, let us suppose, want lo get possession of a good deal ot some particular stock, which they nive rea? son to believe will soon advance in price; but, of course, they want to get it cheap, and they accomplish their object by starting a break in the stock. This ls done by offering it at low fleures. They Instruct their brokers to offer smail quantities under the market price, and keep on offering it lower and lower, until other holders ol' the same stock, who are not j In their confidence, become alarmed and sell out at the best price tney can get. In the meantime the clique have other brokers buy? ing ail the stock mat is offered; and thus they get possession of a large amount of stock at low prices, which they can probably sell a few days later at a large profit. The "scoop-game" is one of the most profitable that the Wall street gentlemen play. The process of "washing"-a very good one in Us ordinary sense-1B olten employed in Wall street."/'Washing" is a peculiar operation there-very peculiar, indeed-and the outsider ought to keep as far as possible irom the suds. A clique 1B as necessary to lt as to the "seoop" business. There ls a stock on the list, for In? stance, that the public persist in letting alone, and the holders ol it want to stir up some ex? citement in this stock, and Induce the public to buy it. How do they proceed ? Their plan is quite simple. Several brokers-let us sup? pose four-are employed to "wash" the stag? nant stock. No. 1 offers to sell. No. 2 takes what is offered. No. 3 wants to buy. No. 4 sells 3 all he wants. This is kept up tor a few days, the price rising steadily as tbe "wash" proceeds; but oo ODO share of the stock ls ac? tually sole. But the Innocent outsider, sup? posing these Delicious transactions to be real, and thinking lhere ls a chance to make n turn in the stock, coes In as a buyer hlmsell. Ten to one be will never get as much for the stock as he paid, for it falls stacroant again when the speculators have got lt off their bands. "Coppering" ls a term recently iniroduced, but very well understood in the street. It means operating in a direction contrary to that of another operator. For example, one man buys a particular slock, believing that lt will advance; another man,observing that the [ first has root been lucky in his operations sells this particular stock, believing that it will de- \ cline. Or the first may sell a stock "short." t and the second, calculating on tbe other's ill luck, will buy. This sort of speculation ls carried on only by the smaller olass of opera? tors, and may be set down as sheer gambling. A "straddle" ls a double privilege, entitling the purchaser to either "put" or "call" a stock. The bonus Is generally double the amount paid for the Bingle privilege ol ?.pul" or "call."' A "margin" Is '.he money deposited with the broker through whom stocks are pur? chased as security against a sudden deprecia? tion. The amount ls generally about ten per cent, of tbe par valne of l he stock. "Mar? gins" are the rocks on which BO many adven? turers on the uncertain waters of sp?culation are utterly wrecked. "Carrying" means holding stocks on a "margin," tn anticipation ot higher prices. Often a stock Is "carried" for six months, but generally the lime is not more than two months,'and frequently not more than a week. Quick turns are the rule with the ma? jority of speculators. "Watering" ls the operation of suddenly In? creasing the capital stock oi a company. Wall street was thoroughly familiarized with it by the reckless Erie managers, who earned a no? toriety that honorable men certainly would not covet. It Is very dangerous to holders of the stock previously '? the market. OUR SOUTH ATLANTIC NEIGHBORS. Georgia. -Mrs. Dr. Gilbert's residence in Albany was Mimed on ihe 27tn II li lino. -RobluBon's circus look in $5000 for two )erlormances in Columbas. -M.oj or Wm. Reid, a prominent citizen of I Croup County, ls dangerously ill ot disease of | .he heart. -Jesse M. Turpin bas been elected presl lenl of the Conon Stales Association ol Au? gusta. -Joseph H. Johnsoo, the banker ot Griffin, gave one hundred dollars lo each of the pas? tors of that city. -The Roswell Manufacturing Company made nine per cent, profit on their capital iurtng the past six mouths. -Swajze's American Union, the only Re? publican paper in Georgia, has suspended publication. -A fire occurred lo Newton, Baker County, >n the morning of the 1st instant, which de? stroyed two of the business bouses of tnat aiace. -Returns irom the county elections in Chat? tahoochee, Coweta, Harris, Stewart, Cobb, Fioyd, Pulaski, Washington and Fulton Coun? ties show Democratic triumphs In each. -Savannah had seventy-nine fires last rear-twenty-four seriouB and fifty-five Id? ling. Loss $435,000. Apparatus In good or 1er aud a plentiful supply ol water reported. -Tne extension of ihe Atlantic and Gulf j Suit way into Alabama Is being revived, and ile scheme will be again brought beiore the Legislature at Its next session. -The gin-bouse, co;ion press, gin, thresher, an and everything connected therewith, be? foging to Wm. McCullough, at Floyd Springs, ivas destroyed by lire on the night of the 2d DStMta -Alex. Johnson, the engineer who is said ,o be the cause of the recent terrible collision JU the Macon and Western Railroad, denies .hat he was drunk, nor Is lt true (says the Slacon Telegraph) that be has run away to ?void arrest. Florida. -Several famllleB left Weet Florida for Texas last week. -The Florida Conference, A. If. E. Church, convened at Monticello on the 27th ult. -The National Hotel lo Jacksonville will, when completed, be the finest hotel in Florida. -Several JacksonvllllanB are preparing to go to Texas. -Subscriptions to the amount of $7525 have been received for the Brown Theological In? stitute at Live Oak. -The Catholic Caurch in Jacksonville, the corner-stone of which was laid some time ago, ls still In an unfinished condition. -The first session of the Florida Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church will conveno In Jacksonville January 29, 1873. -Jason Jackson was hung at the county jail, in Fernandina, on Friday, the 27th ult., lor the murder of a Swedish sailor, committed at that Dlace in July last. -The'Radical Gubernatorial Convention of | Florida passed a resolution pledging the sup? port ol the party to Harrison Reed lor United States senator. North Carolina. -Tarboro' has not bad a clear day in the past three weeks. -North Carolina apples are hauled to Knox? ville, Tenn., In wagons and lhere sold. -A number of handsome private* residences have been built recently in Salisbury. ?The editor of the Asheville Citizen agrees to take anything, even the measles, In pay? ment for ihe paper. -A terrible storm of wind and rain, ac? companied by thunder and lightning, passed over Wilmington on Sunday last. -The peanut crop In the vicinity of Wil- j mlngton will fall short this year nearly one half. _ '( Is KISSING AMONO PHYSICIANS PRIVILEGED? 1 The Court of Oyer and Terminer was crowded 1 with spectators this morning to bear tbe sam- ( ming ap of District Attorney Winchester Brit- I ton in the case of Dr. Lacios B. Irish, charged i with conspiring with Mrs. Anderson to poison I her husband. There were a number of ladies t present. Mr. Britton referred to the abuse of I the counsel for the defendant of the witnesses, i Charles Forrest and others of tbe Coburn I family. Tbe defence migbt sneer at the testi- < mony of the prosecution. It bad been testified c to by several witnesses that on the occasions j when they passed each other they would kiss. ' The counsel miebt attempt to sneer at this testimony, but let the jury take it home to themselves. When a physician is called in to attend their families thev trust him, as they had a right to do. What would they think to hear that the doctor bad kissed their wives? Was that a necessary part of their duties ? Was that a mode of admin id ten ng medicine ? New York Express. FASHION GOSSIP. IMPRESSIONS OF A KEEN OBS ER IN NEW YORK. Item? and Incidents of the Season Passion for Display and Vin Costs-Somtlli In g About tue Hom Workingwomen In Brooklyn. NEW YORK, December 9ociety papers and long Usu ot wed< and receptions to the contrary notwlthsl ing, this Is not a "brilliam" social season rarely Is," observes lb<. wiseacre, "after litical campaign." But while tbls is li and every lour years becomes more BC the cost ol electing presidents is consti increasing like everything else-still lt not account lor the overpowering dullnei business circles which even the holiday! to dissipate. High-priced fabrics, iinpo largely at the beginning of ihe season, "marked down" <o an unusual and alaru extent, while Rpecial holiday articles, broi from every part of the world lor Christ and New Year's gifts, lay for the most neglected oa tue shelves. Tnere is an parent flurry of excitement in some of large toy bazaars, but even this la more se lng than real. Tbere ls no solid basis ot p perlt,y beneath it. Parties who appear to b the midst ol a golden harvest are in ret trembling on the verge of bankruptcy. The truth is. the day 1B past when large tunes can be made with rapidity in legitla business In any ot our large cities. The ei mons expenses, the excessive competitioi ?ll departments of speculative and dist ri tlve rather than productive labor, torbld ind some great commercial disasters musl expected, wblcb will force young men i other occupations and compel merchant! rest tbelr operations upon a more solid f lubbtantial foundation. It ls a significant 1 hat ninety-nine out of every nuodred i ?r?anles in the large cities of this country dreigners, whose earnings now average lt o five dollars per day, while any number 'gentlemanly" young American men-I iroductof business colleges and high school .an be got to keep books or do any kind 'genteel" writing at lrom six to ten dolli >er week. Nice prospect this for American glr Vhere are the husbands of the next gene; ion to come from ? "TEN THOUSAND A TEiB." For the past few years an ordinary fortu ias been nowhere in the estimation ot t lllzeuB of our ambitious Republic. Tbe pi essor of $100,000 is a poor man; the owner 500,000 can juat make out lo live; while I ncome from $1.000,000 barely suffices to ke ip an "establishment," to supply the waa nd prodigality ot servants, to pay the r< aurateur and the wine merchant, afford il aeans for an occisional trip to Europe, ai ay the Parisian dressmakers aaa London d oods bills. The country ls undoubtedly ric mt all tbe mines ot Colorado could not kei C going at that rate tor any length ot tim nd the sooner we stop spending twice i ist SB money can be made tbe better lt will I or us In the long run. WHAT DRESS COSTS. Much cannot be put down to tbe score i xtravagance In dress on the part of wome sr never were so many old dresses made I o duty at fashionable entertainments as in eason. Talk ol only wearing a handson ress once, why, I have seen one made to c requent duty one, two, and three seasons 1 accession, and tben remodelled for a fourt t very slight ex pei. s e. And this by a socle i idy who goes out a great deal, and bas th redit of dressing well. The principal cost i Iress nowadays ls the labor of making an be enormous profit required on Importe nicles lo cover ihe great expense ot dolo usin?es. A Jacket or cloak wbich wont ave cost $10 ten years ago now costs $25 l 30. A suit (bat could have been made fr 16 can now be only made or bought lor $41 nd the substantial Blraw bonnet, for wine o or $6 was considered a good price, is irani >rmed to a nondescript wbich ls only adapte o certain styles ol dress, and ls called chea t from $12 to $15. Ladles are therefore obliged to apend moe' sore money on their clotnes without belo; ny belter dressed. And tor this ibey are no esponslble. They have lo take what ls prc 'ided lor them and pay what is demandei rom them, and as men control politics ant inances, lt Is ibeir own fault if they do no live us a system which makes prices low am noney plentiful. WINTER COSTUMES. Tbere ls an ap.warance ot plainness and so .dity about the winter costumes ns aeen ii he streets and upon ihe drives In the fashion ble avenues which does not seem to Justify he cost ol this pari of a lady's wardrobe" lot bing could be more simple or sober-for ? ailing costume tuan a heavy flowered bind Ilk dress, walking length; a sealskin Jackei nd muff, and black velvet bonnet trimmed rilli black thread lace and marabout feathers, latching Ihe shading of the band ot silver 9X wbich bordered the sealskin set. Yet ible ostume, represented In tour articles alone f dress, jacket, muff and bonnet-required n outlay of $500. The latest designs in clolh are perfectly lalo and untrimmed. They consist ot a gored kl.i entrainer long behind, and over ihls a ong plain coat ot reversible cloib, same hade, open la front, and the corner turned ack to form large revers by fastening the cor? ers together with a button under the point f the basque behind. Cuff j and collar both how Ihe under side of the cloth, and together nth the revers afford an abundant relief to tie austere simplicity of the design. Iron ray, dark blue and Invisible green, with black >r ihe underside, are considered most diann ulshed, and the edges are finished only with black silk cord of piping. English walking jackets, piala and double rea s ted, have had a great success this sea on. Tney are cut strictly coat shape, high n the shoulders, narrow across the back, lull lg collar, aud sleeves shaped to the arm with Ingle cuff*. The cloth is ot the very best uality, "broad" or "tricot" only the darkest hades being used, and the finishing uniform r silk cord, piping and buttons, ihe latter lack silk or oxidized silver. These Jackets are much more In keeping rlth the restricted style of street costumes ian the absurd Do lunns, willi their short odies and wide badging sleeves, which bear I o relation to the rest ot the dress, and do not aem lo be a part of il. Sleeveless jackets of loin, silk or velvet are cut with points back nd front, plain, nod not too sharp. They are -equently seen with an oversklrt of the same late ri al over a plain, hlgb-necked, coat leeved dress ot silk or cashmere, In a con rasilng color. No irimmiug is required. A imple piping edges the jacket, and wrists omplele the garniture. A variation lrom thia ls proposed for early pring wear which is very effective. It con lats ot a mantelet wbich deepens at the back nd ls drawn in lo ihe waist by an elastic trlng. A secondary cape furnishes addl lonal protection for the shoulders, and ls cut P in ihe back In tbe style which has become 0 popular. An oversklrt accompanies it. rblch 1B shaped longer at ibe back, shorter at he sides and frost by cutting; ibere ls no soping up. Tbe plain or plaited skirt and lose-cut sleeve of a serge or cashmere dresB ook exceedingly well under this costume In tray or brown ladlee' clolh, and it lt is as lopular as lt Is pretty and serviceable lt will ?e very well worn. THE BUSINESS WOMAN'S HOME. The contrasts of life in large cities present id themselves vividly at lt tie recent opening )f the "Home" lor business women, estab ished by the benevolent enterprise of a few irooklyn ladies In thal city of horses and ?burches. The building ls admirable as far as t goes. It will accommodate fifty persons In 1 manner comfortable and homelike; all al ?ntlon bas been paid to beating and ventila lon, and every corner in the five-story house s as clean as new wood and white paint can nake lt. On the first or basement floor are a arge dining-room, a kitchen, a laundry, a irylng-room, closdts without end, and a little ilde room, with racks and basin Btand, where ate comers can get ready for the table without .he trouble of going up stairs. The next, floor las a large Baloon-parlor, at the end or which ,s a raised platform for private entertainments, ?ctures, &c, a small parlor, closets, and an ideal little office, the property ot a lady physi? cian to the Institution. On the floor above ls a Une sitting-room, a room reserved lor any per? son who may be ill, both rooms and bed-rooms, rwo floors over this are divided into bed? room?, bath-rooms, closets, Ac,, and, with an admirable foresight, eacb room admita the sunlight. The views from the windows are beautiful. The rooms are furnished at option by the board of managers or the occupant. A peep into them afforded gratifying proof of woman's taste and faculty fur making home anywhere; here a plano, there a sewing ma? chine, told the calling of the occupant. In every room were pictures, vases, flowering plants tastefully arranged, and little souvenirs ol the other home lar away. Throughout the whole house were a warmth and brightness entirely at variance with the common order of boarding-houses. Entrance as a boarder ls obtained by an application to a member of the board, and the usual refereneeas to character. Terms are as follows : Bingle room on third floor, 36 50 a week; fourth floor, $5 50; filth floor, $4 50. Where two persons occupy one room, filly cenia a week ls taken off the charge, vv ashing can be done in the house at seventy five cents a dozen. Mrs. Anna M. Field has been the good and active genius of ihe under? taking of which these details are given, in or? der that they may serve as a guide to others who may be working In the Bame direction. The polnr, however, ls this : This house, which bas cost the continued and persevering effort of a number of women for.two years, which still lias a large part of its purchase money on mortgage, which will require the labor and supervision of the managers for years to come, together with supplies at regu? lar intervals (rom the hands of the benevo? lent, will only accommodate filly women out of the hundreds and thousands ol women and Ejirls who need just such a house. Is not the labor mountainous lor so small a product? Does it not prompt the thought that the work should not be left lo individuals, but be done by commissioners-city, State or national-on i scale commensurate with the great, the uni? versal need ? Instead ot one, every city should have a dozen such "homes," capable at holding four or Ave times tbe number, and managed and regulated as perfectly and thoroughly as Central Park, Toe objection to the routine of the "institution" would be counterbalanced by tbe advantages of order, iysterc, comfort and cleanliness, and the girls would find educational amusement in muslo ind lectures, in well-written essays and acted ?harades, In place of the vicious influences of I ?heap public balls and the pit or gallery of | ow-clasu theatres. JENNIE JUMB. JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATS. -Marlon planters are unable to pick all of j heir cotton. -The population ol Aiken at the present lme ls twenty-two hundred. -The Temperance Advocate, published at hamden, appeared on Monday last In a new ind Improved dresB. -The promenade concert and soiree, which ook place at Graham's on New Year's day, vas a success. "? -Governor Moses bas appointed J. B. Good vln as jury commissioner lor this county, vice fohn P. Adams, resigned. -Engineer Miles, whose leg was broken asl month In an accident on the South Caro loa Railroad, ls at Camden, Improving, and here are hopes of saving the limb. -The comedy ot Caste will be produced by he Aiken amateurs abont three weeks hence. )ther plays will follow, and In March lhere viii be a tournament. -B. C. Shiver, Esq., a prominent dry goods nerchant of Columbia, ts distributing fifty ?ords of wood to the deserving poor, without llstlncllon ot color. -The following real estate sales took place n Columbia on Monday last: The Fenton louse, with half acre lot, for $2250; one half | ?ash, balance in six and twelve months. Fifty icres weil wooded land, four miles irom the ?Hy, for $l 75 an acre. One acre lot, corner Juli and Blossom streets, $150 cash. Fifteen mn acre lois, belonging to the Baili estate In he city, sold for nn average of $125 a lot. )ne hundred and ninety-four acres In the iounty brougbt $5 an acre. Two hundred and If ty acres brought $3 50 an acre. Gue hnn Ired and ninety-six anda half acres sold for 17 an aore. Three and a halt acres city >ropeny, north ot the Statehouse, brought 1850. A city lot of two acres, on Southern jounoarr *fows^ <nr -winch litigation as to ,itles s pending, brought $3w>. * A TRIPLE TRAGEDY. Au BU KN, N. Y, January 7. John Ilillsman, dentist, iormerly of Madl loo. Georgia, to-day shot his wile, her alleged >aramonr nod hlmsell dead. The paramour nas a highly respected farmer, and leaves a J wife and three daughters. BACK TO NORTH CAROLINA. A Sketch on ihe Cars. [Letter In Cincinnati Commercial.] Stuck away In a corner, rolled up almost Ike a ball, was the countryman who bas will di ty cents tor having his boots pulled off. "Piease read my ticket^" he Bald, handing It o me: "I can't read." I did so, and asked where be was irom. "Indiana," he replied. Indiana, and can't read 1 It was most too innatural, and I ventured io ask him If he was torn tn that State. "No, slr," he answered; "I was born In ."orin Carolina." My guess was right after all. He was a veri able tar-heel. ..flow long have you been living In Indi ina ?" I asked. "Two years. I'm Just now going back." "Don't you like lt up lhere ?" "Not so mighty well. A Southern man lon't have a lair show. You see I was in the ebel army four years. I'm willing to ac- J tnowledge that I am whipped; but I don't vant to take all the blame on our side lor all he trouble. Up In Indiana they seem to think hat all the blame should go agin the Soutb. don't quite acknowledge them principles, ind that makes discord. The Democrats loner held up tor me; but there ain't many iDout where I live. We only polled thlny-four 'otes In the township out of about three bun Ired." "You got in among the Radicals, then !" "No; the sort about where I live are not lld, straight out 'Publicans. I call them vorse than Radicals." "Are you going io return to North Caro Ina ?" "Yes; I can't be satisfied in Indiana. A southern poor man has little show there, I ell you. 'Pears like the whole community Is usplolou9 ol him. Then I believe every man ;ets along best among hts own sort ot people, .'he Northern folks are different from the Southern-a heap different. They don't even baw tobucco alike. Up there they use what hey call 'fine-cut.' I don't wanl any of it In ne. We North Carolinians stick to the old ilug. Well, but that ain't ihe only difference, louibern people bave bigger hearts. They ire more kind and consideran og. They lon't make money their god like the Yan teeB. I know men about Indianapolis that lave gut money enough lo buy out half ol iorth Carolina, but ellli they are on the hum J or more. Seems like they can't get enough. 10 much monpy, or trying lo get more, or omething. makes them cross. They won't 11 op and talk like a Southern man. If you isk one ot' them the way anywhere he will learly snap your bead off. A Southern man viii stop and give you ail the directions you vant, and talk with you a long time, and ask ibout your crops and family, and If you won't ?orne in and lake a drink, and if you don't vant to come around lo the field andeee some jf his stock, and all that. But np Norih, I tell rou. they don't do thlnes on that style. They won't stop long enough to answer you a civil -ueBlion. In the cities every iellow walks ike the devil was aller him. A Northern man n a elly will walk faster than a North Carolina torse can go, and they will run over you ll rou don't get out ot the way, which ahorse won't do. I never saw such people lo stave ihead and let every fellow look out for him jell. 'Pears like they don't care auytbimr for | sne another. They ain't jovial, and don't go In tor a good timo like we In North Carolina. You ;an stay in Indiana a year and never be invi? ted to drink, but you can't in North Carolina. But they get us on the money. They have got more money than we have, that's a fact. The two people are alike only In one way-they have both got to die and leave what they have, and there we have the advantage, for we Laven't much to leave and be sorry for." "So vou don't like Indiana ?" I mused. "No;'she's too cold and swift for me. I want to get back to the Old North State, where things are run more according to my notion. I am plumb sick of Indiana. The old woman has soured on it loo. She says she would rather have a dirt-floor cabin in North Caro? lina than ? wbole township in Indiana." , GRANT ON LOUISIANA. TBE PRESIDENT DENOUNCES PINCB BACK'S COURSE AS AN OUTRAGE The Coe rta at Last to Settle the Trouble. WASHINGTON, January 7. In conversation to-day the President declar? ed his purpose in recognizing the Pinchbeck government was to enable parties to make up a case lor the courts. He did not regard lt as material which party he recognized; it was necessary to recognize one or the other, and the military were ordered to preserve the peace. Pinchback's proclamation ordering citizens not to assemble, the President regards as an outrage on the constitution, and puts the Piachback party in the wrong. The President has now no lear of any disturbance of tbe peace, and says the whole difficulty will soon be settled by the proper legal tribunal. NEW ORLEANS. January 7. The city is very quiet. The Plnchback Legislature Is In Joint session for the purpose of counting votes for Governor. In the People's Legislature the House had fifty-eight members present; the Senate, no quorum. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA. TALLAHASSEE, January 7. Governor Hart waa inaugurated to-day. Conner was elected speaker of the house by the Democrats and a lew Republicans. CONGRESS IN BRIEF. WASHINGTON, (D. C.,) January 7. The secretary ot war to-day sent a communi? cation to the House, stating that the cost of a ship canal from the Mississippi River, near its mouth, to deep water in the Gulf of Mexico, would be seven million and a half of dollars. In the Senate Sherman's resolution regard? ing Louisiana and Arkansas was passed. It empowers the committee to send for persone and papers, and to deputize persons io lake evidence. The Indian appropriation blil was discussed to adjournment. The House waslengaged on the appropriation WllB._ THE GREAT FIRE AT THE HUB. BOSTON, January 7. Nearly all the cities In Masaaohuselta yester? day Inaugurated ihelr municipal governments for 1873. Mayor Pierce, of Boston. In his mes? sage, gives the following statistics of the great fire: Considering me small extent of territory covered, about seventy-five acres, and the short time the fire had been burning, the amount of property destroyed waa unpar rnllelled. The whole number of buildings destroyed, exclusive of those slightly damaged, was 776. ot which 709 were brick and stone, and 67 wood. Tbe assessed valuation of these buildings amounts to $13,691.000, and lt ls estimated that to replace them lt would cost at least eighteen million dollars. Tbe. value or per? sonal property destroyed was about sixty mil? lion dollars. Only iourteen persons are known to have lost their lives, and of tbls number seven were firemen. The debt of Boston has increased during ihe year tour million three hundred and fiity-ooe thousand dollars, and | tbe other etiiea show considerable Increase of | indebtedness. _ SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The heaviest fall of snow for years is re? ported throughout Illinois. -The ship West Derby, with colton, from Mobile to Cork, is ashore on the Tortugas. The vessel bas not bilged. -The Commercial treaty between Franoe and England bas been Blgned, and now awaits P^?TAioTeB^Sriom" ihe Slate of Ala bama on her bonded debi, foreign and borne, was paid la full yesterday in London aud New York. -The Arkansas Legislature baa been or? ganized, and Baxter baa been inaugurated as governor. His add res was brief and Conser? vative, and was weil received by all parlies. -The Sioux aod Pawnee Indians are light? ing on Republican River. Several chiefs were killed. Troops bave been sent to protect tbe selliers. -General Dix, In his inaugural as Governor of New Tork, congratulates the State upon tne calm which bas followed the national election, and tbat ibe animosities of the late rebellion are gradually pasting away. POLA Ti IVA FES. EXPLAINED. 7 he Nation Rives an explanation of wbat is known as the "November Atmospheric Wave," or the sudden annual change which we call tbe "cold snap." The chan :e itself ia the transfer of cold descending air from the loceans to the continents; its cause is the change in tho posi? tion of the greatest relative heat. The sad-1 deaaess of ino change ia explained as follows: Descending air ts constantly increasing in capacity for moisture, which causes a steady disappearance of the clouds, renders ha za im? possible, and thus uncovers the surface to un? restrained radiation into space and night, apd the reverse is true of ascending air. The proxi? mate oause of every Budden fall of temperature is Baid lo be the advent of a group of spots upon the sun's diso. The direction of thia "atmospheric wave" is explained as follows: The oause ot the eastward morion of theso semi-annual phenomena, as of all other ele? ments of weather in the temperate zones, and of tbe westward movement within the tropics, sdi! bo clear only to those who understand why toe water opposite our moon masses itself into a tide. Just as this water is left behind by the more rapid movement of the solid part of the earth toward tbe moon (because the solid part, averaged at the centre, is nearer the moon,) so the air above the torrid zone is left behind by the more rapid westeily motion of the solid earth beneath it, und thus always apperrs to be itself moving from the east (trade wind.) For tbe atmosphere rotates (by a fores wbich is known but need not bare be stated) independ? ently of the earth, and independently one por? tion of another; while the earth most move al? together, and thus the surface of tbe torrid zone moves taster and the temperate zones slowor than either would move if liquid or in? dependent of its neighbors. Tbe average velocity of rotation ia near latitude 30, where air and earth move at equal pace, oorth of thia latitude we may regard our prevailing westerly winds as (approximately) illustrating a more natural rate of rotation, while we are retarded by being so near the axis-approxi? mately merely, for the enormously superior friction of solid over eas, compels tho atmos? phere to conform almost entirely to the velocity of the surface. All extensive atmospheric phenomena then, most in the temperate zones move from west to east (unless propagated Dnokward, as frequently happens, bub not in relation to ibis topic) along with the air in whicb they are involved. Hence a movement from an ocean to a continent wilt always be directed toward the continent next east of the ocean. Other causes conspire with the or.? above stated, but this is tbe most comprehen? sive canse. -Charles Lamb said a speaker should not attempt io express too much, but should leave something to the Imagination of hie audience; and he leila how, upon being called upon to return thanks for a loast to his health, he rose and bowed to his audience, said, "Gentle? men," and tben sat down, leaving lt to their imagination to supply tbe rest. COMMERCIIL NEWS. Exports. LIVERPOOL-Per Spanish brig Sintona-700 bales upland cotton, 00 tens phosphate rock. AMSTERDAM-Per Br b.rk Wentworth-2307 bales npland cotton.Per Br bark Jerome J on eu-SIM bales npland conon. NBW YORK-fer steamship Jam's Adger-149 bags Bea Ulan i cotton, 1074 bale? upland cotton, 325 sacks oil cake, 60 bales shirting, 77 packagea Buodrlea, 85 tierces rice. PHiLADpLPHiA-Per steamship Golf Stream 478 bales cotton, 26 tierce t rice, 127 packagea fruit, 20 bundies staves, yo6 bales domestics, ol8 bbla naval stores, 21 tona o.d iron. BALTIMORE-Per steamship Maryland-191 bales colton, 265 tierces rice, 60 sacks rice, 374 r bia rosin, lOba'es dornest cs, s hhds and 1 bale hides, 88 empty beer bbla, ie rolls leather, 106 bbls orangey j oates empty bags, 2 bales paper, 26 packages. Th? Charleston Cotton, Klee and Narai Stores Markets. Omen CHARLESTON NEWS, 1 TUESDAY EVENING, January 7, 1878.) COTTON.-This market exhibited a quiet and dall character, with easier rates, prices shrink log to the extent of abont an Xo VB", clos? ing with rather more Inquiry at the decline. Sales about goo bales, say io at ie, 2 at ien, 80 at 17, 73atl7X, 20atnx. 2 at is, S3 at is*, 73 at ia*. 88 at is;,', 158 at is*. 20 at isH, 137 at 18X, ll at is;i, 18 at 19, 34 at 19*, 8 at 19X, 12 at 19X, 100 at 19X, 6 at 19X. 10 ac 20, l at 20Xo. We quote somewhat nomtna'ly : LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. iDferlor.15 @17X Ordinary to good ordinary.18 ?18"{ Low middling.19X0 Middling.?.IO*? Strict middling.iex?iPX RICK.-There was a fair demand, bat the a??? lele showed an easier character in some cases. Sales about 300 tierces olean Carolina, say 13 tierces at o>;c, 20 at ex, le at ex. 60 at 7,72 at 7 MO, 67 at7 3-16. 25 at 7X, 22 at 7X- We quote common to fair at 6X@7c; good 7X@7Xo. NATAL STORKS.-The arrivals were 77 bbls spirits turpentine and 814 bbls rosin. Sales abont 200 bbls rosin, say No. 1 and good No. 1 at $3 25 "fl bbl on the wharf. FK SIG HTS.-To Liverpool, by steam, direct,_ on uplands,-on sea Islands; via New York, Vd on uplands, - on sea Islands; by sall Xd on uplands, and ftd OB sra IslandB. To Havre, - on uplands. Coastwise-tn New York, by steam, Xe on uplands and-on sea Island?; $2 ft tierce on rice; ooo "A bbl on rosin; by sall, -c "A Bs en cotton; -z ?t tierce on rice;soo fl bbl on rosin; jll@l2 "a ll on lumber; $123112 so "ft u on timber. To Bose n, by steam Xo on uplands and $2 eo "ft tierce on rice; by sail, -c n ft on uplands; rosin 70c; resawed stun" $12? 12 60; timber $18018 so; phosphate $??5 ?,o. To Providence, by sall $lo@u "fl M on boards; -c ft lb on colton; by steam Xo via New York. To Philadelphia, by steam Xo on uplands; $176 "fl cask on rice; eoe "ft bbl on rosin; $1 on spirits. Through bills of lading given to Boston, Provi? dence and the New England cities are regularly issued on this ronte, and dispatch guaranteed. By sall, $8 ft ll on boards; $12 on timber;-ft ton on clay; $8 60 on phosphates. To Baltimore, by Btaam-c ft ft; by sall $8@8 60fi Mon boards;-on timber; $3 60 ft ton at city; $4? 4 60 ft ton np river on phosphate rack. Vessels ure In demand Dy oar merchants to take lumber freights from Georgetown. S. 0.. Dallon and Sa.ll la River, Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla,, to Northern ports, and $io@i2 ft H are the rates on timber and boards. EXCHANGE.-sterling 00 day bills 20XQ20X. DOMESTIC EXOHANGB,-The banks pnrobase sight checks on New York at x per cont, off, and sell at par. GOLD-12?13. markets by Telegraph. HONKY HARKET8. LONDON. January 7. Noon.-Consols 91X&92. Fives 90X Nsw y o BK, January 7. Noon.-Stocks du l. Gold steady, ilx. Money Arm at 7. Rxcnange-long 9X; short lox. Oov ernments doll and steady, state bonds firm bat qa let. Evening.-Freights unchanged. Money active and hardening, c 06l"g at 7 to gold. Gold llXa 11X* Governments dna but steady. States dull and nominal. COTTON MARKETS. S LIVERPOOL, Jana try 7. Noon.-Cotton opened quiet ; uplands lOXd; Or? leans 10X Late-.-Cotton qnlet; uplands lOXaltXd; Or leai'S luXalOXd; sales lu.ooo b.iles; speculation and ea port 20i0. NEW YORX. January 7. . Noon.-Cotton qnlet; sales 649 bales; uplands 20,?ic Orleans 21X0. Evenln7.-UottOu qnlet; uplands 20Xc; Orleans 2^c??pt receipts 271 baleSj^grossjaT?. Sales of January,"i9)<?i9"9-?6cTF*ebraary. i9 916al9Xc; March, l9Xa20Xc; april, 20XB23 6-iec; May, 20 1M8al0 1318c; Jone, 21 M6i21Xc To-day's sales lies. . BOSTON, January 7. Cotton dall; middlings 20c; gross receipts 2002 bales; sales 25U; stock eooo. BALTIMORE, Janoary 7. Cotton dull; middlings 2uxc; net receipts 24 bales, gross 173; exports coastwise 126; sales 323; stock 10,336. NORFOLK, January e. Cotton qnlet and steady; lowmlddhnaa lSXc; net receipts 2814; exports coastwise 3891; sales 200; stock 10,677. NORFOLK. January 7. Cotton firm; low middlings i8Xc; net receipts 2440 bales; exports coastwise 1907; sales ?68; stock 11,954. WILMINGTON, January 7. Cotton firm; middlings lt?Xo; receipts 1186 bales; stock 8086. SAVANNAH. January 7. Cotton easy; middlings lsxaisxo; receipts 4476 bales; exports to tue com tuent 2*60; enies 1093; stock 82,941. AUGUSTA, January 6. Colton steady; middlings 19c;receipts 620 bales; sales 697. PHILADELPHIA, January 7. Cotton-middlings 20X0. AUGUSTA, January 7. Cotton dull; middlings 19c; receipts 633 ba es; shipments 606. ' MEMPHIS, January S. Cotton In fa'.r demand; mtddiin s20c; receipts 1966 bales; shipments 3400; stock 27,787. , MEMPHIS, January 7. 'Cotton doll; middlings 20c; receipts 1888 bales; sales 2611; stock 27,132. MOBILE, January 7. Cotton, ne; receipts estimated at 2600 bales; stock 4240. FEW ORLEANS, January 7. cotton In good demand and easier; middling lOXc, low middling i9c, good ordinary 18Xc; net receipts 8771 bales; trross 10,i34; exports to Great britain 4084; continent 2190; coastwise i35v; sales 7u0, tase evening 2300; stock 159,004. GALVESTON. January 7. Cotton qnlet; good ordinary 19xc; net receipts 1943 bales. PROVISIONS AND PRODUCE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, January 7. Evening.-Common rosin itu ed. NEW YORK, January 7. Noon.-Floor strong. Wheat firm y held. Corn Btefidy. Pork quiet and firm; mess $13 75. Lard firm; steam 7Xa8X Turpentine dolL Rosin ? reidy at $J 70 tor ai rained. . Evening.-Floor firm; common to fair ex'ra $616a8 76; good to choice $8 8&aii 76. Whiskey unchanged. Wheat closed heavy and holders anxious. Corn la good demand and a shade armer. Rico quiet at bas*. Fork $U76al4. Lard firmer at 7Xa8 6-16. Turpentine duli. Rosin steady. I OUISVILLE, January 7. Floor In fair demand and steady; extra family $7 CO. Corn firm at 40. Provisions steady. Pork $12 25. B.icon shoulders 5?; clear rib sides 7X; cl-ar sides 8 p eked. Lard ateady ; kegs 8X? Wnlskey steady at 88. Wilmington St?rket? WILMINGTON, January 6. SPIRITS TURPENTINE.-Mark t quiet, with salos of 160 casks at 6i cents per gallon for Southern packages. ROSIN.-Sales of 60 bbls extra No 2 at $316. Matketdall Ht $3 10 for ttrained. 1 RUDE IURPBNTINB.- sales of 101 bbls at $4 76 for virglu sud yellow dip, and $3 for hard. TAB -soles of 16 bbls at $2 65 and 60 (in order) at $? 60 per bbl. COTTON.-Sales or 18 bales as follows: 18 at 18X. 1 at is x and I at l9Xc per pound. Market strong ?or higher grades. We quote: Ordinary 16X, good ordinary 18, low middling 18X, mid? dling uplands 19X, strict middling i9X"20c per pound. Special Notices. ?tf-WiLBOB'SCOD LIVES OIL AND LIME.-The great popularity or this Bare and i ffl cacions preparation ls alone attributable to Its Intrinsic worth. In the enre of Coughs, cold'. Asthmas, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, scrota lons Humors, and all consumptive symptoms, lt has no superior, If equal. Let no one neglect the early symptoms of disease, when an agent ls thus at hand which will alleviate all complaints of the Chest, Lnngs or Throat. Manufacturad only by A.B. WILBOR, Chemht, 168 Court St., Beston( Sold by a l drngglsts._Jan6-mwl3 ?sa-THE SOUTH GASOLINA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, SAVINGS DEPART? MENT.-Depositors are requested to LEAVE THEIR BOOKS to be credited with the January Interest doe 1st ins: ant. AU Deposit B made on or before 20th January will bear Interest from 1st Janoary. Interest Six Per Cent., compounded quarterly. Jan.4-sm.wr; F. A. MITCHELL, Cashier. -fanerai Slflttrcs. ?sr THE BELATIVES, FBIENDS AND Acquaintances of MINDER FLEMING, and Of Mrs. Martha Wright, aw respectfully Invited lo attend the Funeral of the former from No. 227, j Meeting street, THIS ATTUVOON, at hair-past 2. .o'clock. Jans-* CDbUaartj. SPIERS.-Died, at St Stephen's, Tuesday roora inp. 3d lest, SARAH A., wile of Wm. M. Spiers,' [ aged 18 years, ll montas, . . Spinal Sfotires. ^?*^?l?SIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP GEORGIA, from New York, are notified that she ls THIS DAT discharging cargo at Pier No. 2, Union Wharves. All Goods remain log on the dock at sun Bet win he'Stored at owners'risk and expense. WM. A. COURTENAY, Jae 8-1 Agent. - FIRST. NATIONAL BANK OF CHARLESTON.-CHARLESTON, JANUARY 8, 1873.- The Anneal flection for Directors or this Bank win be held at the Banking Hon-o, on TUTS DAY, Ht h of January, 1673. . Polls open from ia M., to half-past 1 P. M. Jan 8 WM. 0. BREESE, Cashier. ?BTDISTRICT TAX NOTICE.-OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER. FIRE PROOF BUILD ? INO, CHARLESTON, S. U-, DECEMBER28, 1872. I In compliance with instructions from tbs County I Treasurer or Charleston County, the undersigned I win be at the above named offlce from tho first to the fifteenth of January, 1878,1 n elusive, ito col - lectthe State, comity and high wuy TAXES or 1872 for tue Seventh Tax District, accord mg to ibo rates o? levy as already notified by the County Treasurer. W. H. W. GRAY, Eepnty Tax Collector, Jan8-3 For tho Seventh Tax District. ?SST* PLANTEES' AND MECHANICS' BANE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTON, 8. C., JANUARY 4, 1878-The Board or Dl-ector* having this day declared a semi-annual Dividend or One Dollar per share, free of tax, upon tas coa ? so'.ldated stock of this Bank, the same will he pay? able on and alter MONDAY, 8th January, 187a, ' ' Jan7-tnwl8 THO?, FROST, Jr., cai hier. ?HT: NOTICE.-THE BRITISH BARK BLOKIDON. 0. W. Shaw, M is: er, from Demerara, li THIS DAT, the eta inst,, entered ander tho Th re J Day Act, and will commence discharging, ander General Order, at Southern Woaxf, on Friday, the 10th inst. All persons are hereby cautioned against har? boring or trusting any of the crew of the above named vessel, as debts of their'contracting will .not be paid by the Muter, or ' Jan7-8 HENRY CARD, Agent. ' f?t* N0TIC&-THE BBITISH BaBK GEORGIANA, JOHN W. MANU, Master, from Liv? erpool, ls THIS DAT, 4tb Instant, catered ac der the Three (8) Day Act, and will comment dis? charging, nader General Order, at South Atlantic Wharf, on 1 HOASDAT, the 9th 1 a ot at. t AU persons are hereby cautioned sj ale st har? boring or trusting any of the crew or the above named vessel, as no debts of their contracting will be paid b. the Master or HENRY CARD, Jan6-8 ' ' . Ag-nu . . ! ?St-QFFICK SOUTHWESTERN BAIL - ROAD BANE -The Trans 'cr Books or the Sooth Carolina Railroad Company and Southwestern Railroad Bank will be closed from the ninth to the twenty-third of January, 1873, inclusive, Tor Stockholders. JOHN M. HAKLESTON. > JID3-7 Cashier, M ?ar THE SOUTH CAROLINA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. C. ? D?CEMBtR 27, i87i.-The Board ot Directors' hi. re declared a Dividend upon tho Capital Stock o. this Company of FIVE PERCENT., free cr all' taxes, for the past six months. The same will be payable at their BaaklDg ' Hall, No. ii Broad street, on and after THURS? DAY, V, of January, 1878. P. A. HITCHTJ.L, dcc28,30-J an 1,8,0.8 C Uhler. JlSp UNION BANK OF SOUTH CARO? LINA, CHARLESTON, JANUARY 1,18T3.-Notice ls hereby given that Books will be opes at th? Banking House on THUBSDAT, 1A Instant, and' oontlnue open forjtblrcy days, for the parp?se of receiving a icMonal Sabsortptlona to the Capital Stock of this Bank os an thorned under Act Of ' the General Assembly. H. D. ALEXANDER*. Janl-wsS ..: Cashier. ^.PLANTERS' AND MECHANICS' BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTON, 8. C., JANUARY 4, 1873.-Toe Board or Direction have this day declared a semi-annual Dividend of Four Per Cent, upon the eonsoiidated stock of this Bank, (free of Taxes.) The same wm be payable to Stockholders on and after Monday, January e. . - .-.. , : THOS. FROSTWr?^ Jan?-mwJ3 cashier. ?ST* DISTRICT TAX NOTICE.-OF FIOE OF COUNTY TREASURER, FILK-PROOF BUILDING, CHARLESTON, S. C., DECEMBER 28, 1872.-In comp?lanos with instructions from' toe County Treasurer of Charleston County, th* undersigned win be st the above named office from the first to the fifteenth or January, isis, lccio.ive, to collect the State and County TAXES of 1872for the Sixth Tax District, according to the 'atea of levy as already notified by the Coun? ty Treasurer. . MOULTON EMERY, Deputy Tax Collector. ' ' dec30-m wis For the sixth Tax District. ?ST* DB. TUTT*S EXPECTORANT IS a certain core for Croup. Its effect ls prompt, lt is very pleasant. Children tate it readily. . jan26D*w HALL'S VEGETABLE 8ICIL LIAN HAIR RENEWER restores to bald heads a One healthy growth of hair, if the hair eena are not closed up. Janl-stuthsdAw JSTGLEAB AND HARMLESS AS WA? TER-NATFANS' CRYSTAL DISCOVERY FOR THE H AIR.-A perfectly clear preparation In one bottle, as easily applied aa water, for restoring to gray bair its natural color and youthful appear? ance, to eradicate and prevent dandrufi, to pro? mote the growth of the hair hud step its falling oat It ls entirely harmless, sad perfectly fires from any poisonous substance, and will therefore take the place of all the dirty and unpleasant preparations now in ose. Namerons u ?timo niais have been sent na from many cf our most promi? nent citiiens, some of which are subjoined, in everything la which the articles c?w tu u>e are objectionable, CRYSTAL DISCOVERT is perftct. lt ii warranted to contain neither Saga? of Lead, sulphur or Nitrate of Silver,.lt does n-t soil the clothes or scalp,, la agreeably perfumed, and makes one of the best dressings for the hair tn' ase. lt restores the color or the hair "more por? reen and uniformly than any other preparation," and always does so in from three to ten days, virtually feeding the roots or the hair with ell the nourishing qualities nr.pessary te Ita growth and healthy condiwc?; it rt stores the decayed and Induces a new growth of the hair more" posi? tively than anything else. The application of this wonderful discovery also produces a ?pleasant and cooling effect on the scalp and gives the hair a pleasing and elegant appearance. Price tl a bottle. ARTHUR N ITT ANS, Inventor and Proprietor, washington, D.O. For sale by the Agent B. BAER, No, 131 Meeting street, Charleston, 8.0, decio-mwfun)*