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Revolutionary legislation. Spea.tiug o?' the rumored design to siijier sede tho State Government of Maryland, the Augusta Chronicle & Stalin:! very properly remarks: We cannot prevent this revolutionary leg islation. Wo have uo voice in the halls of Congress, to warn the peo plc of tho [lui tod States against thc rash aud suicidal policv of those who are now in the majority at Wash ington. We have no dooper interest in this question thau Lave all and each o? tho States ot' the Union. If Congress can to-day at a single blow strike out o? existence tho ton Southern States, ic may with equal right awl propriety Wo; out at son;?- future time tho smaller and less powerful of tho Elstern and Middle States. ' The pretence set up now to justify this in famous outrage upon the Southern States, that tho Federal Government is bound by the Constitution to insure to enc i of the State Republican forms of government, may be u-te'l with quite as much force at any lime against the Northern States which may lui i U conform their legialatiou to the standard ?. t up for thom by thc dominant p <v. r at Wash ingtou. This plan of .. tfi ri tomb/Jug" the States of the Union is a twu-cdg.id sword, which will ci-namly i: ll.o upon me hand? that .?old il as ::iu?-:i harm is '??,0:: tho-c o: whom it is iiiU'mhd now to iaU. U::Co \io!d lao right to Congress to usc thia powvr fi.r any parjioso or rc.-u>?>?*wLatoVfr. un.i il lakes iii? prophetic vi-iuti t-i foresee that occasion will not be wanting any tim th? C illari.Saional :ij r'.ty may wish, lo stri.-.'? f?'nm t!;o American cJi.steilalion any of itt? glit orin jr jewels. Woof the South :n *y go down first; hut so .?uro as thi< groat wr. T\: is put Upon us. just so sure docs thc sun ot American liberij" .?ot fo-yvt-r amid iLe watlings and lamcnia'.iju* of au oppressed a:.d outraged people. Terribie 31assac:c< FuitT LARAMIE. Doceiubt r 2S. Tue Indians arc Very troublesome and troops at fort Phil Kearney have boon ultnust in s> s a 0 of siege for weeks pa>t. Un ibo 22tl, a nu ober ul Indians carno near tho Post, and Br. vet Lt. Col. NV*. J. Petema ', Captain T. N. Brown and Li? ut. Grutumond; all of il e 18.b infantry, gathered hastily 3D mon if co npa:*y C. 2d cavalry, and 43 men of tie I St h infantry, and wont alter the Indians. Thc troups were gradually drawn 0:1 utit?, at a point I?.ur miles rom tue Port, they were s irrouud<*d and slaughtered ; not 11 utan e caped to tell the story of the disaster. The b xites were stripped vf every article of cloth ing, scalped and mutilated, i'hiriy bodies w.-ce found in a space nut larger (han a go-d sized room. Nearly all ihe bodes were re c v rod and buried in the Pori. A later dispatch received at headquarter* of the army Irom Port L ir.tmie, confirm th statement that a ii rrihle massacre occurred on Friday, the 2i?t itist., near Port Phi Kearney. WHAT CONGRESS WILL DO.-The New York Timex, from which ac Lave taken occa siou to <?ti?>te upon several occasions recently, alludes to iii..- tone and temper of Cougiess, aud expresses t: c opinion tuat whoo it meets again, tho business of legislation will bc car ried on with more reference to tho interest of the country, it bays : On the other question of national scope that of Southern reconstruct-on.-Congres" has acted more discreetly than wa* anticipa ted. 1 liore is no h'?j>e ol' the violent schemes ol tilt ultra-radicals-schemes ot" confisca tion, disfranchisement and degradation. The amendment i*sti:l held out to ibo South; and oven if it be finally njectcd, we have reason to look tor ot!.ir plans liiat will ??eal fair!; with our S >uih -I M fo?o.v-citizens as a par; ol thc American people. Congress will have but eight w- ck? to worii in when it r?assembles in January n<-xt. We shall look for ii pursuing aud compl. ting its gi oar labors not ios- creditably than tbe\ have boon begun. Mn ITA RY COMMISSIONS.-The Kal ional Rc publican learns that Judge Wayne, of thc Supreme Court cf the United Stitts, will, under the recent tVcision of that tribunal against the right cf military commissions to try citir.en-i not in the military or naval ser vice' issue a writ br which Dr. Mudd, one ?-l the assas?in conspirators, will bo removed from confinement at thc Dry Tortugas, au i brought before a civil tribunal fjr trial. A late despatch, however, says tiiat tho writ Will not be grouted. The recent decision relative to military commissions doei not apply in these cases. EMANCIPATION IN BRAZIL.-A despatch to the Now YorJ^?WoM'?* says that the Emperor of Brazil has just liberated the national slaves, the prolits ot whose labor belonged to tao Crown ; and largo numbera of the freedmen, we karn, have entered iLe army, and are bc iiig forwarded in detachments to the seat of war. This looks like the first stop toward. gencral emancipation in Brazil-a: ?catt, it is so regarded by tue Abolition party of the Empire. This being the case, those intend-i ing to emigrate might as well remain al homo, unless, indeed, they prefer tho Government of Brazil to that now carried on at Washing ton. - - . - THE EMPRESS CARLOTTA.-Some of thc papers belonging to the sensation organization, published, a short time ag?', what purported to be a cable despatch, announcing tho death of the unfortunate Empress Carlotia. Th following, from a subsequent New York date explains the matter: A despatch, professing to have ben trans mitted through thc Atlantic cable, but in re ality coming from an irresponsible a'id un authorized source in the city, and publish? d exclusively in several journals not belonging to the Associated Press, announces thc death of Princess Carlotta. No such despatch ba? boen received in this city, and the statement therein contained is cruelly false and utterly spurious. It has the appearance of having boin only concocted merely to create a sen sation, and the papers which printed it arc unfortunate in the bad pre-eminence they have acquired by publishing exclusively news of such a character. GEN. SICKLES DIRECTED TO RESCIND HIS ORPRR PROHIUITINC CORPOREAL PUNISHMENT. -Wo Gnd the following in thc Washington Chronicle of thc 20th instant: Thc North Carolina Commissioners had a long interview with President Johnson yes tcrday, who communicated to them his dec-is ion, both in regard to the order <>f Genera! Sickles and to the interference of the ollicers of the Freedmen's Bureau, i:i annulling arti cles of indenture in numerous cases whore c ilored children had hc^n bound out. On both points tho President decided t!.a' thc officers were in error in intcrferring. Sec retary Stanton issued instructions to General Sickles directing him to rociud his orders prohibiting the execution of judicial orders inflicting corpon-al punishment. These in ^tractions were delivered to Governor Worth, to be hande'l to Gen. Sickles. General Howard also issued and delivered to Governor Worth orders to his subordinate officers to cease any interference with the laws of North Carolina, where they bear cqnally upon thc whites and blacks. .tad^-e Ku flin explained fully to (icu. How ard the character of the law for binding out children. Jf orphans arc wi thon t any prop erty for their supp .rt. they are bound out by order of thc court, but children bavins: liai ent.-, living cani ot be apprenticed except by Ibo parent-- thcin.selves. With this explana lion, Gen. Howard ni i ii<?t. hesitate lo ??sue lae orders desired by i!;e North Cnrofinacom missioners, who left ia-.t evening for home. THE CONSPIRATORS AT THE DRY TORTUGAS TO HAVE CIVIL TI-IAL.-We learn thal Judge Wayne, of thc Supreme Court of thc United States, will, under tho rca nt decision of tba', tribunal against the right of Military commis sions to try citizens not in the military or na val service, is-u^ 11 writ by which Dr. Mudd, one of the assassin conspirators, will bery moved from confinement at the Dry Tortu ga and brought before a civil tribunal for fia '. Similar wri's may is?.i?e in thc cases ?.} .??pangler, Arnold and McLaughlin, the other conspirators confined ibero.- Washing ton Republican. - ? a a - - ptr A Texas Judge haj decided thc State stay aw to bc njiconstitutional. A TERRIBLE WARFARE-Bi.owixo UP or x CONVENT.-NEW YORK, ll 'Comber 2o.-Mail advices from Europe give details of tbe disas ter to the Turks at the Convent of Arcadion. .'ho Convent coutained five hundred arid for ty souls, including throe hundred and forty throe women aud children, leaving one-lnn dred and ninety-seven men to defend it a^aiust Mustapha Pacha's army of twelve thousand. The Cretans refused to surrender, and the Turks bombarded the Convent two days and nights. After broaching the walls, the Turks poured into thc court nf the Con vent, but the Christians continued to defend themselves from the cello, and, finally, a monk fired the magazine, hurling Christians and Turks into the air. Two thousand Turks were killed and large numbers wounded, a>id orly thirty-nine men and sixty women and children of the garrison were left alive. Over a thousand wounded Turks have arrived at thc hospitals from this explodion. The Turks had burned seven Cretan villages, in revenge fur which the Cretans .h&ve burned twenty seven Turkish villages. THE ADVERTISER. JAMES ?. SACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2, 1867. L3^" Thc Obituary notice ufan esteemed citizen ?rill iippcar next week. N?>W is the time to liny. Mr. D'. F. MCEWI.N ia ??liing off hi? beautiful stock of guilds at and LC'..TT co-t. Now is thc ti'uo to strike. It is a great dosiderotum to procun: Medi cines of a relinldc c'.;:irHe!tr, for ?heil a physician prescribe? certain n'iautitie.?, und tba effect is not produced, tbc patient dies. It ia of the utmoat i in portan cc, therefore, to purchase gonnine und unadulterated irtio?cs. Tais yea eau du by ?tt ling your sopp'ies from th? V\& Southern Drug House of Goodrich, Wiueia&n ,t ' Co , No. 153 Mtctiug-str?i t, Char?estcu, S. C. Very Sud Occurrence. On Friday morning last, two little sons of Mr?. RICHARD BIUTOX, H widow lady living in our vi cinity, want out shooting: and before noon, the cider of them, a boy of thirteen, was found a lifo rss corpse. In loading hit- gun, it had gone off, blowing tbs unfortunate child's br.-.ina put. Muru sympathy is fcli for thc estimable family so sud denly and sad'y bereaved. Conf?rence Appointments. Wc lin ve tbe whole list, but w-.nt of space to day forbid.?'us to say more thin tint Rev. W. A Cl. A KKK g-'cs .'rom our circuit '.n tho Butler Cir cu?', aud Rev. P. L. HERMAS enies fr*m thc Cutler Circuit tu us. Outbreaking and. Abominnble Outrage. On ChristuiHS Eve night, al.out thc rising of tho ?noon, a band of seven or eight men -rodo up to thc door of Mr. JAMES MCCAUTT, an old mm li.'ing on the Columbia Road about fourteen mile? from this plaee. Three of them dismounted. cn_ tcrcd tho house, represented themselves ns "Yan kees," demanded Mr. MCCAKTT'S koys, forced them from him, uulockc-l a ..mall iron sa'e in which he kept bis money ind pnper?, and took from it One Thousand and Sixteen Doii-.ra in gold : One Hundred and Thirty odd in silver. Ono Hun dred and Fifty in green hack?,and Ten Thousand Dollars worth of Notes and Accounts. 'Ikey then left tho house and rejoined their comrades ?it thc gate, taking with them thc said tnonoy and papers. They took with them also Mr. MCCAR TV'S shot gun,already loaded. Mr. MCCARTY and iii? wife followed them into thc piazza, and, .?... ? hoy made ready to ride -11, denounced them. At this, til;: old mall's own gun wa* fired at him. J lc received io one leg soma thirty or forty squirrol ?hot. Mr.-. M'CARTV was also painfully wuun-lcd in thc thigh, one largo ball, apparently from a revolver, passing entire!/ through the leg. After this inc dosjicradocs rodo off with tbVir booty. - Ridgeway Academy. AK will be seen by thc card of the Trustee?, in 'bis paper, thc exercises of :hia Academy, situated five mile? East Y>f our town, will commence on thc 2d Monday in January. Thc Principal will bc Mr. ELIJAH REESE, one of the proprietors of j the Advertiser. Of course wc know him troll, and are ready to endorse most conscientiously nil Unit is said of bim by thc Trustee?. Via hope the community in which he ia about to aettlc ii pre pared to recognize, bis high claims upon their patronage and confidence. A Sleigh-Hide VVMh "The Orphans. Tho .?now ia lying over Edgei:e)d thiekor and leeper than it evir lay before; that ls, within our remembrance. A glorious snow, still an 1 gr.'.nd and beautiful ! Thc sky is relentlessly hard and leaden, and the prospect ls that ?bc snow will linger with u? some days to como. And a sleigh bas traversed our ??rcets ; a most .loverly improvised sleigh, drawl, by two fine black horses. A novelty indeed ! This sleigh was gotten up by " tlie orphans," four desolate and melancholy gentlemen of our'town who never .inile nor havo any fun. Poor fellow?! how can they, when they have nuither local habitations nor-wives ? Don't imagine however that they are widower?. And they did U3 thc honor to call md take us to ride. Being of a gay and festive :emperament ourselves, wc hesitatod about enter ing tho company of these lugubrious orphana : but politeness compelled us, and in wc got. And how we crejii over hill and dale ! And how mrfan ''.olj the orphans were! And how deitituteol Anything to cheor the inner man ! And that doleful song they sung, called " Rabbit-J Hash !" And how dull thc whole thing tva? 1 Poe's Raven would have been delighted wjth it. But iee wcro not. And wo never will go with tho orphans again. Never, until sonic sunny influence chees their dreary spirits. Nur will we rcTeal their names ; save to such fuir dames and damsels inquire with a view of casting oil upon tho troubled waters of their sad lives. New Year Bringa ns Another Sweet Heart, Christmas hrou?ht us a ?weet heart, and New Year bring/ us another. Heart Ctiicc wo mern .tn 1 we arc almost old enough, and vile enough, to any they nro tho best kind of sweet heart.?. Tb ore aro certain callona married IIICR in the Ad eertiter Offica who boldly avow this base senti meut. But tho bride and ^rnotn who sent us thia prc?cn:, would, we wo!l know, think another kind of sweetheart more delightful. Be that a.? may, however, Mrs. jKSXtXOS, wboto marriage we are most happy to publish, I:,,.- thc abiding thanks of thc Advertiser corps for thc rjen ted beautiful cake so generously .ion! them. .^Inso ?ic. Masons throughout ibo Stale ?will bo pleased to learn that li. It. CAMCPKM,, ES.. , of Laurens, Past (?rand Master, Ins been appointed ({rand Lecturer for tho State of South Carolina, by Most Worshipful, J. L. Oi:rt, Grand Master, for tho en suing year. > Appointment.*, by the Governor. The South Gurolinktu say?: Dr. Beuj. C. Fish burn, of Georgetown" ?. C., bas been appointed Surgeon ^oneral of th? State, in thc plaee of Dr. lt. \V. (Jibbes, deceased. Thomas Whiteside--, Esq., of Y'>rk District, S. C., ba.? neon appointed by thc Governor, Agent fi r tho Catawba radians. This tribe numbers SUMO, forty males. TJic Legislature made an ap propriation at tho late session, (.'f $121)0, for sup plying tho wants of thus-; Indian?. Thc Central Georgia?. Thia excellent weekly journal, published at S.tndcrsvillc, tia , by Messes. CAMBUS 4 QILMORM, has recently douned a now aud handsome dress, -a certain indication of its flourishing and pros perous condition, parti??! wishing tn subscribe to an interesting f imlly paper, ai?d to know what is going on in Middle Georgia, would do wull lo send on their name* to tho Sandersvillo Cintrai Georgian, 'forms, ?3,01) por annum. ' 23?" London and Liverpool dates are to tho 26th. Consols closed at 96, and S-20"s at 92?. Cotton was quoted steady at M ?rd. Thc Advertiser Enters it? Thirty second Year. With tfic present number, begins the Thirty- l Socond Volume of tho Adrertiser. Or, In other ' word--, the"AaV<-rf-'?er has just completed its Thir- I ty-First Year. It is full of days ; and, though ? the mantle of strong men has fallen upon weak shouldtrs, wo insy add, full of honor: And with the f resent number, tho Advertiser appear? in statu quo ante bellum ; thetis, of tho same size as before tue war. "Within the week psst we lmvo incroasod its columns from Twonty Eight to Thirty.Two. A newspnnor that ha? lived and boen loved for thirty-one years, must necessarily have many old and staunch frionds. Wo assure all these that it is our intention, more than evor, to spare co effort towards making the Aifrerfiner a useful amd wel come wc*kly visitor. Wo hope to esnd it in tho future, KS in thc past, to many hundreds of homes und fircsidss in this Sbito and elsewhere. The Advertiser will colUct and place in com pact form all tho important news of tho week ; the latest market reporte ; the principal local events which might interest near and distant sub scribers ; und such mutters aa wo doem of intor- I .ut tn the farmer and planter. Besides this,-a! portion of its oolumns will bc devoted to litera- j .ure, oriritiil ?nd selected : tales, essays, poetry, j uinl enjoyable pleasantries. A: re-turds polities, j .?;r nc-d Rearealy say that tho A'fwrtiter will Ut?, j u-< it lina ever bi?sr>, a staunch unholder of the true i principles of republican government. Asregnrds the liAnor ?nd interest of its native South, tho ..Itfcertfter Kill neitbir slumber nor sleep. In sir.5, in typography, in the qnsillty of it? pa per, r.ud, ns faras oar ability goss, in tbtebnnc'.cr of its contents, thc Atlvertittr will bo rv journal c ,w.pnrir.g favorably with any weekly paper in tho country. There ie a strong probability that th* old mai! routes throughout our District will roon be re opened. Kow, therefore, is the lime for many old u:id honored friends to writ? their UKlnes notre in j our books. . There uro, besides these, mutiv p*rson? having friend or relatives In distant Statw, who would desire, to httve such friends or relatives enjoy w:ekly communication with old Edgefteld. For thia pupuse, tho Advertiser Hffords an excellent m ;d ?um. Wo congratulate ?ll our friends ?nd rcadfrs on tb J return o? the present jubile?!; wi.-a iKfia hap piness and long life; and pray of them active co-operation in promoting the continued success an J prosperity of tho Journal chich has been honorably identified with Edgeneld, and with South Carolins, for Thirty-One Years. Upshot wt" the .Constitutional Amend ment in South Carolinn. Last week wo chronicled the fact that tee Con stitutional Amendment had b-.cn rrjtcted fey our Ho iso of Representatives, one member alone vo ting in its favor. Before tho expiration of the session the Senate rejected it without t dissenting voiie. We aro extremely gratified to make thia an nouncement. Even if this Amendment wiro pnt fort-, by the Republicans as a finality-which is not tho case-still tho Southern people would bo falso to overy sentiment of honor and right feel ing f they consented to adopt it. By adopting it, they would sink themselves far low*r than con tempt could reach them : fur they know, or oucht to kno-r by this time, that not even this measure of self-abasement would appease the vindictive ness of the Radicals : and that the next step in the programme, as is openly proclaimed, would he negro suffrage. In short they know .that the Rat ?cala do not intend lo admit ibo Southern States till after thc next Presidential election, if ever, unless they cm ?o construe the Amendment, if'passed, as to imply negro suffrage, and thru by " appropriate legislation" enforce it, so that tbry cnn control the election* and retain their power. Thia b?ing so evidently the ca-e, South Carolina hat done wisely and well to spurn Fticb vain and unavailing truckling. Corporeal Punishment in North and South Carolina.--The Laws Upheld by thc President. By thu criminal cod's of thoao Staier, men aro liable for petit larcony, horse stealing, etc., to the penalty of thirty-nino stripes laid *n thc baro back. But dunn;? tho reign of Gen. Sickles, who bas been for a year sr moro in command of North and South Carolina, it bas not buen allowed that criminals, either of the wbito or black raco, should be punished according to the laws of these codes. In both States many cases of aggravated crime have come before the Courts, and upon con viction, tboeriminals, some white, some black, havo been s?lcnced to receive nina and thirty lashes. In almost every instnnce, when thc ceremony was about to be performed, (loni. Sickles bas forbidden it in an official order and stopped it by military interference. In North Carolina lately this in terference became so common and so high-hand ed, that Gov. Worth of that State, and one or two gtker gentlemen of prominence, wont on to Washington for the purpose of bringing tho mat ter before the President. Their journey bas had this cheering reanlt: That tho President bas di rected thc Hccictary of War to revoke the order of Gen. Sickles forbidding corporeal punishment to be inflicted In tho Carolinas for offences against the criminal laws of those States. Wc are very much pleased that tho President baa adopted a courso so logical and constitutional. Tho question bas always seemed to us a very plain ono; and it is this: Are the ponai codes or tho Governments of North and South Carolina to be suspended whenever the military representa tivo of tho U. S. Government within ber borders, is able to detect anything in either abhorrent to his personal tastes, or not, ic his judgment, "adapted to tho ideas pf thc agc?" For.it is upon this latter plen, we believe, that Gon. Sieklos forbids corporeal punishment. Are North and South Carolina to be held amenable to questions of tasto or tbc ideas of the agc : or arc there cer tain fixed requisitions of organic law which es tablish their duties and rights ns States of Ibo Union, and outside of which thc ideas of tho ngo and the tastes of individuals have no effect upon their political powers and condition? Wo are no particular advocate of tho penal systems of North and Sooth Carolina, but it is not because wo share ono whit in thc mawkish and ridiculous sentimentalism of a wild, licentious " age" in reference to tho special degradation of corporeal punishments over all others. As wo have said before in theso columns, wo do not seo that a thief is moro degradod by whip or pillory than by.tho verdie which pronounces bim a thief and puts him aa such in thc penitentiary at hard labor. Tho degradation is in tho crime ; and the man mean enough to steal can he bot little de graded by tho lush. But, bo this so or not, the people of North and couth Carolina havo a right to subject themselves to these penalties for crime, if they profcr them, and it is nobody's business except their own. To suspend the administra tion of justice in thoso States upon the pleas .sot up by (ion. Sickles, is mere usurpation, as ground less in right md law SIB if ho lind declared their statutes should not be in forco because they were not printed in gold, upon vellum. If a man docs not like to bo whipped for stealing, and yet means to slea1, bo should movo into a Stato whore tho laws provide some oibor and more gontoel ponalty. But observation proves that, in many instances, rogue* prefer "his primitive kind of justice to the moro modern refinements of the Penitentiary. 4 tr - Yankee traits don't suit Jersey mon. A Boston pedagi gao bas been arrested nt Irvington, for mildly whipping a boy in his school, so that he died'on thc .'td instant. Ho is to be tried for murder. T?xT A writer In the Rockville (Maryland) Sen tinrl suggests Gen. Grant for Pros id eut ni d !-cn oral Leo for Vi?o President of tho linited States, to bc rm) P,s tho National Union candidate*1. pSr A boiler oxpbded oj Memphis, blowing i thc engineer out of .light. He will roeeir/e fl 6 n ; 1 iay from a lifo insurance company unlil be comes I lown. ?ST Butler vas called on to rqaVo a ipeocb t ?ho other day, ft Nashville. Hu said ho didn't!) ro there to ma lt > a speech.- *' No 1" yollod a man ] i in the crowd, "you cam* here lo eleni ipotm?.*' M Thc New Year. Th? N?w Toar is. upon us. To-day we enUr upon IMO. Let us consecrate it by new resohei to he wiser and better, moro encrgetio andmore hopeful. Otherwise, timt>, which is galloping along JO rapidly with its flory stead?, will bring us to the end of our journey long before wo ure pre pared for tho certain and unavoidable exodus. Hore wo are, and hero wo must remain as long as God pisases. It ia folly then to be always mourning over past and present misfortunes, and to b? forever vilifying the world by calling it a "vale of tears" and a place of misery and abomi nation generally. A man who does this ii not by ?ny means in the be?t condition forhcaven. With all duo deference to John Bunyan and his immor tal Allegory, we protest against looking upon this life ow a painful and burdensome journey, t'ong which we aro to hurry, slighting, abusing and underrating everything about ns. ?n thc first place it is not respectful to the Ono who placod us here; and then it is foolish, unroaionable, un pbiloiopbicul. The truly wis? and christian man, having set tled upon sonnd religious principles, and included in tho ?dun of hid life a constant referente to what Has bayoud, will throw all the force-of his being into the business, pleasures and pursuits of j this life. He ?rill get out of it all that is possible ; he will ure ?il tt* -resources av not hbu-;ing them. His aim will be to rescu? the good things Of this world from the- devil ; not to resign them and beat a cowardly retreat. Ile knows it is.bettcr for his friends,.bis fellow mon and his own: soul, to have death find him engroisod heart and hand in a busy, happy life, than to find him tugging p.way from life like a tied animal. Mon do not ? love life and the world too much, but too exclu sively. Any bu.?inr.;s in bund cannot be performed too thoroughly ?nd with too much intensity. If] it is folly to slight tho future, it is almost afgreat folly to slight the present. The man who enjoyls evary legitimate pieasur* and enters most thor oughly into all the . iutcrMts and exeitomonts of this life, ha? the healthiest tend most natural growth, end, othor tilings being equal, is best fittad for ?jhatever may como after. The men of the Sosth must coaso to look be hind. With stout hearts they must face the future, let tho prospect bo bright or dark. And tho yoimy men of thc South should never forget tba* in onr rich soil lies onr gfaat wealth, and that their atrong arms and industrioas fab or are necessary to the developotnent of that wealth. Every jenng nnn who is not engagod in a good business, with a certain end ?nti?fr.ctory income, should go to tho country at once, and make pre paration, alone or in association with others, to produce corn and cotton. Tho rieh soil of the South ii the richest gold mine in thc world, and tven before tho war, when wo had moro labor than wo have now, and coull control it, wc never had force enongb. by half, to work it. This im mense mine of wealth must be worked, for upon its development depends thc increase of our wealth in every other dopartmcnt. ?And Thnnks, And Ever Thanks." Aud if over a good turn deserved eternal thanks, it is tho one our neighbors did us on Wednesday night last. On that night a firo broke out iu the kitchen attaohod to tho residence of Mrs. ELIZA RACOX, and thc o!de:t inhabitant of Edgeficld was upon thc point of hoing left without a roof over her head : that roof winch has sheltered our own unworthy I -nd ever since we made our entry upon thc stage of tin? world. lint tho providence of God and the brave and untiring efforts of friends ?nd neighbors averted thc calamity. Tho laid kitchen is a heap of arbes. Hut thc ancient mansion remain? intact, sive that it* cuttern side is mach blistered, and seline-! with trickling rotin. And ix? ancient iniMrrf-1 and ul! her hou>o hold return their in-st gr.veful thanks to tlwse warm-hearted and strong-armed neighbors. And not to white alone', but also, mid equally, to col ored, liaras asceno which proved* how much good there is among thc Freedmen, and how true. they arc to former associations. Their conduct on the occasion was most noble and honest. Wo shall strive ne er to forget iL Of all tho fiiiW turc and articles dragged from thc dwelling house, nothing, however email, was found missingon the morning after thc flro. And, although she will scold ns for doing s<> thu? publicly, wo insist upon expressing our grat itude to thc crcr-generoiis neighbor who would not allow us to roaliro tho los? of thc ovens sud cook-pots. Kemi y A- (.rny. KENKV A GRAY, tho famous Clothing Merchant? of Augusta, possessed of one of tho most complete establishments to bo fon nd in the whole South, arc selling od" lucir wintor stuck at greatly re duced prices. Head their new advertisement, and run your eye over their tempting list. Kr.SJT ic QUAT hnvo hosts of friends who need only to 'oe informed as to what they arc doing, in order to e.tlond them liberal patronage. Kr.x.sv Si OnAV can fill a biil as completely, as fashiona bly, as cheaply, as any merchants in Georgia. Re sure to call on them, on Broad Street, a littic above tho Contral Hotel. liellc Haven Institute. Wo cal! particular attention to thc card of Prof ? Mr?. Kscruir.nriiT. They fled from Alexan dria, Va., to Columbia during thc war, and made for themselves there a very high reputation as Teachers. Pro!". K.vcr.i.nnr.cnT is a native Ger man, a very accomplished man, and a music teacher of rare ?kill, tnstc and experience. Mrs. ExGELBRECHT is a high-toned Virginia lady. Whereabouts of a Famous Discipliiia rinn and Classical Teacher. Thc advertisement in another column headed " Clear Spring Academy," will reveal tho where abouts, for tho year now opening, of JAMES L. LcSLT, Esq. His name and fume require no fur ther mention. A (?encrom Olfcr. Wc have nlroady referred to tho efforts being made by Miss M. A. Ruie, (says the Charleston Mercury,) to ensure thc erection .and endowment of an asylum for tho education of tho children of Confederate soldiers, in tho Slates of North and South Carolina : and it is with great pleasure that we publish tho following letter from Mr. Rich ardson, thc well-known Southern bookseller and publisher of Nev, York city. Mr. Richardson's offer is a generous one, but not a mattor of sur prise to those who know how much ho has alrea dy done, to show Iiis practical sympathy with the pooplc of thc South : Xr.w YOUR. December, 0th I ?G. My Dear Madame:-Your esteemed favor of the 29th ultimo, with enclosure, has boen received, and read with vor}- -Treat interest. Allow me to congratulate you on your success in yonr philanthropic efforts. I will most cheerfully contribute fho " Schnnl Hool:*" for tho children, and render you any as sistance in ray power. It will, however, bo out of my power to solicit subscriptions, ss an agent, for my limo is so constantly occupied, that it would be impossible to do the enterprise anything like justice. Wishing yon, Madame, ev.-ry success in your noble work, and placing myself at your com mand?. 1 remain Very resnrctfullv, your ob't .-crvant, C. 1!. RICHARDSON. .Vt'?? li. A. Finie, Charlearon, S. C. The Laws of the li. S. Ry official appointment tho Smith Carolinian will horcador publish tho Laws of thc United States passed at tho last session of Congress. Thore who desire ti read these interesting docu ments, as well as tho recent Enactments of our own Legislature, should subscribe at onco to the Smith Carolinian. Terms, per ?nnuui: Haily, $6,00. Tri-Weekly, for six months, $2 50. BS?" Thc sloek of cotton in Liverpool on tho 16th was 481,329 bales, of which l&tLSuO were American. it i^ said that the Supremo Court hus ,lo .ided against tho cons ti tut tonality of tho test oath i jy a vote of ? to A. Tho opinion will not bo do Ivetoii for ;'fi;|ii th}it. ttr Judge Ru deed, of thc United Str.tc? J>?= rict Court at Huntsville, Al.ihnmi, has instructed fis Grand Jury " to find truo bill? for treason ( igainst persons wno defamo tho Congress of Ibo j Jutted StatoB.1> J Send in Your Uids. 1 Post-Muster General A. VT. Randall, advertises tb?f proposai." will bo received at tho Contract Ofiice of ti P 0. Department until 3.P; M. of February 2c, ".SOT, for conveying thc mails of the United States 'rom July 1, ISG7, to June 30, 1871, in the State ol' South Carolina, on tho routes and by the schedules of departures and arrivals there in spocifiod, from which wo extract tbo Routes to be let in whick the people of our District aro in tores ted: Route 5629. From Hamburg, by Poverty Hill, I ry Island, Collier's, Cold Spring:ind Rehoboth, tn Longmire's Store, '.iii miles and b.-.ck, oaco n week. Leave Ilauib arg Friday at 7 a. m. Arrive at Longmire's Store by 7 p. m.# Leave Longmire's Storo Saturday at 7 a. ni. Arrive at Hamburg by 7 p. m. 5C3?. From Augusta, (Ga.) by Hamburg, (S. C.) Edgcfield C. H., Elton, Meeting-street and Dom's Ifill, lo Ninety-Six, 5-H miles and back, twico s week. ?; Leave August a Monday and Thursday at 6 a. m. Arrivo.nt Ninety-Six by 10 p. m. Leave Ninety .'Six Tuesday and Friday at G o. m. Arrivo at Augusta hy 10 p. m. Proposals for tri-weekly service invited. 5fi31. From Augusta, (Ga.) by Beech leland, (S. C.) Silverton, Four Mile Branch, Speedwell, Erwinton, King's Creek, Danielton, Greenfield and Brighton, to Robertsvillc, 01A miles and back, once a w eek. Leave AutruataJiionday nt . H. m. Arrive nt Robertville next Wednesday by ll a. m. .Leave Robertsvillc Wednesday at 1 p. m. Arrive at Augusta next Satnrday by 5 p. in. 5G32. From Augusta (Ga.) hy Woodlawn, (S. C.,) Bark's, Tucker's Pond, Cairo, Mapleton, Bor denu and Willington, to Calhoun's Mills, GO miles and buck, once a wed:. Leave Augusta Monday nt 7 a. m. ' Arrivo ai Calhoun's Mills next day by ll a. m. Leave Calhoun's Mills Tuesday at ? p. m. Arrive at'Augusta next day by 7 p. m. 5G:;:;. From Edgcfield C. H., by Lott's, Ridge, Leesville" and Lexington C. H., to Colamb?a, 57 mites and back, twico a wock. Leave Edgcfield C. H., Monday and Thursday at 9 a. m. Arrive at Columbia by ll p. m. Leave Columbia Tuesday ?ind Friday at G a. ni. Arrive nt Edgefidd C. II. by S p. ir.. 5G.34. From Edjrefield C. H., by Fruit Hill. Rieb ardtionvillc, Big Creek and Coleman's Cross Roads to Chappcll's Bridge, 25 miles and back, oneo a week. Leave Edgefild C. H. Friday at 7 a. m. Arrive at Chappell's Bjidgo by 4 p. m. Leave Chappcll's Bridge Thursday nt 7 a. m. Arrive at Edgcfield C. H., by 4 p. m. Bidders aro roquostcd to examino carefully tho forms and instructions in relation to contracts for carrying thc mails, ?fce.,'a copy of which may bc seen at this office The Kalmia Mills Company. At a meeting of this Company held at the Charleston Hotel Thursday evening, (says thc Charleston Courier, of the 20th,) $.*in,000 was subscribed townrds tho increased capital of thc Company, leaving $100,000 yet to be takenup, for which amount thc books will be opened on thc 1st January, 1SG7. Thc money thus far paid out on grounds,build ings, works and machinery is about $360,000. The buildings aro nearly finished ?nd it is ex pected that should thc balance bf Stock be taken up carly, tho mills will bc ia full successful ope ration by tho lat May. 'Thc gentlemen at thc head of this enterprise arc muong cur m>?st sub stantial citizens, of the highest character and efficiency. They have, under the superintendence of their indefatigable President, Col. B. F. Evans nearly completed their grand undertaking, and only require now an available fund tu mott the expenses ami contingencies that may crise in thc carrying on of thc factory on its ripening. Thc opportunity is now offered to thosedef ?rous of investing in this important w -rk. From thc strong inducements and flattering prospects of handsome retuui.cr.iM.ia held ont to capitalina t?o ?niy c-?j'ect to ??ec thc 'thole subscription soon taken up. ?EBr~ City of Mexico eorrcspnn lenee, dated D* (.einher S, bas U?en received: Thc return ut thc Guipe r to the throne was received with public rejoicing throughout the country, His army, ??: dependent <>f the French, numbers 3*1,001) nice, und i? well, fod and dollied. Thc Imperialists pay that if they have ii" L"oiled States troops to contend against they will ultimately succeed. Tliey desire the withdrawal of tho French, RIK! consider ii would by ibo best thing for Maxi milian. ?psS~ A mysterous murder is exciting the poo ple "f New Orleans. Miss Dora Hcnrickr, r. y ung lady of unusual beauly, who was boarding in tuc family of a Mr. McLinn, and intending school in thc city was thc victim, lier ronni was catered e;irly on Sunday morning, the 1.1th in stant, anil she was struck behind the ear with a blunt instrument, from tho effects ul which she died. Nothing is known nf thc perpetrator. {?"?r* It is expected that Surratt will arrivo in this country thc latter part o! next month. tS^* An India Rubber Man ti factory is about to %'.> into operation at Ridlcyjvillo, near Charleston, .South Carolina. Tim building is already up, and the necessary machinery which came fr un Tren i ton, New Jersey, in its place. ./5Cr* A case is ro-^n to bo made before the Su prctne Court of thc United States, which will in? volvo thc question whether Alabama is a State ia thc Federal Union, or what i-; her present status if she is not a State. A large fire nt Elmira, New York, on Sat urday, destroyed property Milich aiiiuiii't? tn $100,000. Tho insurance losses will reach .*20? 000, chiefly on Now York Fire Companies. ?50** Artemus Ward snys, "Let us be happy nod live within our tuc?n?, even if wc have to borry money to do it with." ?^y* An eyo doctor in Chicago has been sued for malpractice, whereby th- patient's sight is permanently injured. Damages aro laid at $50, 000. fSF" A correspondent says that a full dress of a native lady of Columba is n hairpin and a garter. px)* Never meet trouble half way, but let bim have tho whole walk for his pains. Very likely he may give up his visit in sight of thc house A Pennsylvania negro has recovered three hundred dollars damages from thc trustees of Green township for refusing his vole. ^SP"The United States Government lias paid $20,000 in gold, for cabio dispatches to Mr. Bige low, relative to Mexican iffairs. ftgj"Advices from Fort- Lu ram in state that twelve tribe? of Indians have formed a coalition for tho purpose of making war against the whites. ?S?i" In Charleston, St. Joh;,'? Pay tho 25th, was celebra!cd by colored free masons. A dray, man was killed by a falling wall. Thc Emily 1!. Sonder wont nshorc on Rattlesnake Fhoals: was gotten off and has rcturnod to Charleston, Horace Grcciey, a freedman, tho murderer of Mr. Rhett, has been re-captured. ?t??- " My dear boy," said a yoong lady to a precious youth of eighteen, "(iocs your father design that you should tread thc thorny ami in tricate path of a profession, the straight and nar I row way of tho ministry, or revel in the (lowery j fields of literature ?" ? No, marm : dad says he's gwino to sit mo to work in the tater patch." J??- Gen. Howard estimates in hil official re port that an additional sum of nearly $1.000,000 will bo requirod for his negro bureau next year. Hu also coolly rccommendt that thc officers last year dismissed for misconduct should be restored to hi* bureau that, they may vindicate their cher aeters. How SAD.-I pressed her gentle form lo ino. and wh'upored in her ear; if. when T was far | away, for mo .?he'd drop a mar : I paused tor some cheering words, my throbbing heart to cool, I and with her rosy lips -bc siid, " Oh, Ike you're sich a fool." FAILURE OK SHERMAN'S MISSION TO MKXTCO. -A dispatch dated Now Orleans, Ped inlier ! 20th, says: "Lieutenant-General Sherman arrived herc thia evening from ;:. nvusvtHe, his mission having proven a failure i.?use of-thc.refusal of thc Imperial authorities tn print him a pass across their lines lo reach <-'l'ihuahua. Jlc left Minister Cnm-jbell ut j Biowgville, V~ho would proceed immediately I to Juarez's headquarters." j Thc French Ministers and the . President. WASHINGTON, December 24.-The Mar quis Do" Montholon, the retiring French Min ister, and also the newly accredited Minister, M. Bertbenev, were presented lo tho Presi dent by the Sec'i-?tary of State at four o'clock this afternoon: The leave taking of the Mar quis "De Montholon with, the' answer of the President'to hint were of the kindest char acter. ? M. Bertheney made the following speech to the President: Mr. President, I have the honor to place in your hands the letters whick accredit me in th(' quality of Envoy Extraor dinary aud Minuter Plenipotentiary ol his Majesty, the Emperor of the French. In confiding to me il e mission to represent him near you, my sove reign has specially charged me to make knovn to you' the valu? he at taches to the relations of friendship which exist between France and the United St?tps of America, to maintain these relations-to draw them more dose, it' it be possible, in view of tho development of interests) com? mon to the two countries. Such will be the constant aim ol' my efforts, and I haye firm hope to .attain it if, as "I am in advance as sured, the government and people of the Uni ted share iu those sentiments oi: which I bring to this place the sincere expression. Tho" President's reply ..was ns follows: To M. Bertheney-Sir : Grateful affection toward the French nation, is among the-earliest, the most profound, and thc mo3t enduring senti ments of the people and government nf the United States. :W* instantly try to believe that no interests of either courjtry can ever require' alienation or antagonism between them, white intimate commercial interests tend to bind them together. As you have justly observed they have at the same lime, a ?ommon a:m in the advancement of civilization and humanity throughout the world. In-ex pressing these feelings, I am only repeating what has been uniformly 3aid by the United States since they became sovereign.' We have had much reason to be pleased with the conduct ol' your predecessor, the Marquis De Montholon. Be assured, M. Bertheney,, that no consideration or courtesy will be withheld, which shall tend to make the performance of your duties agreeable and pleasant. The re tiring French Minister and his successor dined with the Secretary of State this evening. HYMENEAL; 'MARRIED, on the 27th Doc., by Rev. A. W. As bill, Mr. W. T. JENNINGS, of Abbeville, and Miss A. H. COGBURN, cldost doughier of Capt. J. M. CocBcnx, of this District. COMMERCIAL. AUGUSTA, Dec. 29. COTTON"-There was a lair demand with an advance of } cont on yesterday's figures. The offorinir stock wot very light. Middling at 31 ; Strict Middling at 31 @ 32; Good Middling 32? 33 conts. - . GOLD-Slightly improved. Buying at 132, and selling at 135. BACON-Side?, clear, IPJ ; Ribbed l'4J@15i ; Shoulders 13? cts. CORNf-Wkitcj $1,60 ; Yellow, $1,55. ? CORN MEAL $1,C5. OATS SI. 10. SALT-$3,20(2; ?53,25. CHARLESTON, Doc 39. Thc market was steady to-day, with sales of 400 bales ; Middlings, 31}. NEW YORE, Dec 29. Goldys. Cotton qui at at 33} (ii, 34 for Mid dling Uplands, with a better feoling. * CLOSING OUT AT IP JR x IM: IS C O S rr i rg^HF. Subscriber, with a view to mokine .". g. chantre io his business, is SELLING OFF, A T PRIME COST his entire Stock of DOMESTIC GOODS, . DRESS TRIMMINGS AND BUTTONS, FANCY GOODS AND NOTIONS, CHOICE WINES AND CORDIALS, WHISKEY AND BRANDY, CONFECTIONERIES, PRESERVED FRUITS, . . PICKLES, ftc., Ac. ?c. CV1 early if you want bargains. I nm deter mined t. el ?sc out. the Stock forthwith. V?-f r havtnjf Watcha*. Jewelry, Ac., nt my Shop to Jtepair will do well to call and get the same ::t sn early day. I must havo money. D. F. MCEWEN. Jan 1 tf -1 Medical Card. DR. .?. TEAGUE bas moved to the Dwelling rocentlv occupied by Mr. J. R. Carwile, next door below Episcopal Church. He may li.; Putrid at thc Urtu; Store nf Teague ? Carwile during the day. and at his residence diirinj tho night, whoa not out on professional business. Having ber,ti en gape 1 in thc practice of Medi cino, it) its various branche?. f>>r tho la->t Thirteen Years, he feels that he docs nnt arroga to t-i him self undue merit wheu fie s-dioits a liberal share .f natron ?go at the hands of this communitv. Jun 1 tf " 1 Dissolution. THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore exiling under tho name and style of LANIER i LEWIS has this day been dissolved by mutual consent, Dr. -I E. r.?:tns having bought out tho intcrcs' i! the concern. Those in Ithted will p?cate make payment to him. as bc ?done is au thorize: to usc the n*ine of the Firm in closing nut the business. J. C. LA NIK lt. .INO. E. LEWIS. Liberty Hill, S. C., Dre 31, 1866. Oo-Partnersnip. THE Undersigned havo this day formed a Co partnership nuder thc name and style ol LEWIS ,t LANIER for Ibo PRACTICE ol MEDICINE. They have ?dn?ti>l the new und novel mode nf the CASH SYSTEM, and will be governed l?v the Dill of Charges i?tihlis>ed tn the Edgc?Vld ?tlrertUer. under lite bend nf .? Medi cal Notice-Positive." dated Doc 3d. When de sired thc services of both may bc h.id without ad ditional charge. .T??O. E. LEWIS, J. C. LANIER. Liberty Hill. Jan 1. 1S?7. tf 1 TO RENT.~ 1WILL RENT for tho nresent year inv large and commodious LIVERY STAHLES aud LOT, situated in this Village. Terms reasonable During my absence, partie* wishing to Rent will apply to Mr. D. R. Duri ?oe, ar the .Advertiser Office. T. J. WHITAKER. Jan 1 tf 1 Commissioners' ?Vol ice. THE OLD and NEW BOARD of the COM MISSIONERS OK T1IK POOR for Edge fiold District will meet at tho Poor House on Tuc-day. Sib January,-Any after salo day-at 10 n'cleck, A. M. A punctual attendance is im portant. G. M. YARBOROUGH, Treas, old Board. Jan I_U_1 The Last Notice ! A LL Par?ons owing mo in sums not exceeding ?5L $100, will obligo mc by settling forthwith, lt'n.'i, I must sue in self defence. I will not object to rcoeiving what little is duo me over tho said amount. I will accept. Greenbacks for a short timo, bul if I am compelled to sue I shall expect a little coin, as I havo to pay in that sort of change in ca*e I have " A'alla Bona" to paw T. ROOT. Jan I 2t 1 Close Accounts. THE Undersigned would respectfully inform all who aro indebted to him on Accounts m ide in ISfiO ami 1S61, that the Accounts must bc closed hy tho loth February next, otherwise they will be put into judgmont to prevent thom from go in 3 out of dato. Como and seo mo. and von m av save paying cost. JAS. H. SULLIVAN. Jan 1 -Ul Sheriff's Sale. Gutheridge Cheatbam, ] vs V Writ ir. For. Attach. George W. Strom. ) Tho Same, vs The S/>rn,e. B'\ yinni of an Qr.1er from Judge MtfXROK, in then* . slited CISM, I will sell on WED NES DAV. io . ld th day nf January next, at thc latcrosidei.r the Defendant G. W. STROM, a LOT OF COTTON IN THE SEED, supposed to be about Pour Thousand Pounds. Terms Cash, in Sp-tc'o. WM. SPIRES, S. E. D. Deo 31, 2t 1 arr. .238 Broad Stree FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE Sj and well selected Stock of B Winter Nothing: At Greatly Rc . - - ? .. * All our Goods are NEW, of tho LATE sell them at such LOW PRICES that we ino our Stock. We mention below a few of the Goods o Eine Black Broad Cloth Frock COATS ; Fine Black Broad Cloth Sack COATS ; Fine Black Doe Caspiruere Frock COA*] Fine Black Doe Cassimere Sack. COATS Very Handsome French Cassimere SUt Excellent Scotch Mixed SUITS ; g American Cassimere SUITS in great var Silk VESTS in every style ; Black and Figured Velvet VESTS,; Plain, Fancy and Black Cashmere VE, Piain, Black Doeskin PANTS; Ribbed Bl'k do. do. Plain and Figured, Colored Cassimere I Plain and Figured Jeans PANTS; Plain and Figured Cottonade PANTS, i -0 Boys' G We have a very large Stoek of ?0.1 exceedingly low prices. Gents' Furnis Our Stock of GENTS1 FURNISHIN everything needful,-and will be sold at ve __0. Merchant We always keep an EXCELLENT VA SO?ERES, and narry on the Merci all its branches. We will guarantee satisf to order. ?J?*~*All are invited to call and 3xamine KB: Augusta, Jan 1 M School Notice. RS. TEAGUE*,will resume tho Exe-cisesof her School "OL Wednesday, Jan. 2d, lSfiT. . .lyn 1 tf 1 Shady Hil! Select School,. RS. GOODMAN witl reopen on MONDAY, Deo. 34'sls ?t is"essential, forthpse Tho in tend entering, to come in on that day in orJi-r fo lie prepared tu take their place ia Class un Tues day, tho 1st January. Ternn tho saine as heretofore. Dec 2 I . Ht 52 _a_ IE WEST ?MM ?IES? THIS INSTITUTION isin full op. ration with over Ono Hun Irod Pupils present. Thc first of January is a good time* to ?-nier, hui Pupil are received .-it any time, and chnrgod from the day ol' entering. Tuition, Eighteen Dollar.?, Specie, per Session of Bro month/. Boarding 'l'en Dollars per nonth Specie. Currency rakoa at its value. Send for n Cntulogue. J. I. 'BONNER, r.e.?. Due West, S. C., Dec 10 2:51 RIDGEWAY ACADEMY. TH LC Exercises of this Academy will counncne or, thc 21 Monday in January, under the su pervi?ion uf Mr. E. Kt) ES E. Mr. KEESK'S roputntion as a Gentlemen, fine Scholar, and his success as a Teacher of laug ex perience is Well aud favorably established iii Bdgeheld DL-trict. lie possesses that peculiar tact fir triti.iingand instructing his Pupbs, which so well tits hin- f..r h ?j profess ion. Hates of Tuition, Per Session of Piro Months, In Oold : Orthography, Reading, Writing, Mental Arith metic niid Prim. Geography, $12,00 Kag. Grammar, School Geography, Arith metic. Algebra and Modern Hi-?iory, 1-5,00 Latin, (?reek, French, Natural Philosophy, Higher Mathematics, Ac, 20,00 Thc Scholas'ic year will bo divided into two Sessions of Fire Months each. Good 15Darding can bj obtained in thc immedi ate vicinity ut thc usual rates of coun.ry Board ing. Only a limited number of Scholars will bo ad mired. Pupils will be charged from time of entrance until the end of tho Session. No deductions will l?0 made for absence, unless in cases of protracted sickness of two weeks or inure. T'nc Trustees feel confident that Mr. Kruse's energy and (lUAlifteutious will insure entire satis faction. J. A. BLAND. L. G OM IL MON, M. 13. WK VE lt, CARSON WARREN, Trustees. Jan 1 lui 1 fi?]7ii) (innrs is 1will open a SCHOOL AT CLEAR SPRING on the tirst Monday in February next. Tho location is in every respect suitable for a seat of learning, healthy, in the midst of a mond and intelligent community, yet sufficiently sedud od. Young men especially wishing to prepare for College will lind herc every advantage. Board can bo obtained in the best families at $11) por in i ?ii t h The Scholastic Year will consist of Fort* Weeks. Rales of Tuition. , Elementary Branchen, ------- $20.0C English Grammar, Geography, Arithmotic, .'lO.OO Higher Eng. Branche?, Mathematica, An cient L in^u ige*, ...... $40.00 To be paid half yearly in advance, nnd in gold or its equivalen*. J. L. LESLY. Jr.n. 2, 5t 1 ill JlllJIllUlJJt COLUMBIA, S. C., Sflfft Family School for Young Ladies. ENGLISH AND FRENCH. Prof. and Mrs. J. C. ENUELBRECHT. Principals. THIS SCHOOL ls now ro-npened in a pleasant and healthy location. The Course of Instruc tion is thorough mid practical, embracing all tho requirements of a Snivhed education. Tho MUSICAL DEPARTMENT, nader the ch argo of Prof. ENG ELE I! ECHT, ofi'ers unsur passed advantages. THE LANGUAGES, Ancient and Modern, are thoroughly taught'. MANNERS AND PERSONAL IT ABITS are j the objects of unceasing care and vigilance, and it is the constant aim of the Principals and In structors to make ibis Institution both a TUO I 1101(111 SCHOOL AND A HAPPY HOME, and the pupils en tras ted to their care. Ladies in de portment mid Christians in eh? rac ter, as well as Scholars in literary attainment. For Circulars, containing terms, 4c, apply to tho Principals. Columbia, Dec. 31, 3t 1 educed PriceB !? ST* and B?ST STYLES, and we will cannot, rail to please all who will ezam? Kt , p n hand :- " . : - . ' .? t ['S;: . . ' ' . ft iety ; . * * ? * / ' ? ' ?* " : ^* kc, ?Sec. ' . . , '?f CLOTHING which-we will sell at hing % Goods. . <r: G GOODS is extenshe and comprises ?ry low .prices. - . * ! Tailoring* JRIETYof CLOTHS and CAS linnt Tailoring* Business fin action to every one haviiag Clothes made our Goods. > NFNY & G3RAY. . tf i HARNESS, SADDLERY -AND Carriage Warehouse. SADDLES, HARNESS, LIGHT CARRIAGES, Top and No-Top Buggies, CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, SADDLE, HARNESS, ami Carriage* Malters' MATERIAL, LEATHER, CALF SKINS, SHOE FINDINGS, RUBBER and LEATHER MACHINE BELT ING und STEAM PACKING, LACE, PICKER and ROLLER LEATHER AND ROLLER CLOTHS. A full assortment in Store, and constantly ar riving, at Reduced 3?rices! SHERMAN, JESSUP & CO., No. 225, Broad St., Sign of tho Golden Saddle, AUGUSTA, GA. Augqstrt, Bte 17 6m51 PLANTERS' HOTEL. AUGUSTA, GA. Newly Furnished and Relined, Unsurpassed by any Hotel South, Was Roopened to tho Public Oct 8, 186(5. T. S. NICKERSON, Proprietor. Jan. 1. tf 1 AUGUSTA HOTEL. THIS POPULAR nOTEL has been?renovated, painted, and put in completo order, with a determination on the part of tho proprietor to mako it a FIRST CLASS HOUSE. Mr. S. M. JONES has chief control, and will bo recollected by our Southern friends aa the for mer proprietor of tho AMERICAN HOTEL, du ring the War, io Richmond, Va., anil will be glad to seo his old friends, promising them a "VIRGI NIA WKLCOMK." Every effort will be mado to give entire satisfaction. A call ii solicited. Terms reasonable. S. M. JONES, Froprietor. Augusta, Jan. 1 tf 1 BROWN & PERKINS, PUBLISHERS OF SHE E T MUSIC, And Music Book?. WE would respectfully call tho attention of Choir-Leaders and Singing School Teach ers to our establishment, where all kinds of Church Music, G loo and Anthem Books eau be obtained on tho most favorable terms. Tho long experience of our Mr. PARKINS, in Musical Conventions, Choirs, tho Concort Room and Sunday School, enables him to give advice ind information on all points of mutical interest \s to the selection of proper works o;: instruction, formation of Musical Schools-progress in musi al studies, and items of general inti rest to com posers, leader--, teachers and students. Sheet .Mu.-ic furnished on tho usual tortr:, with promptness and dispatch. Country orders solici ;ed-and scUctious made for pupils, t? achers, cur. sorts, ?c., ?c., Ao. NOW READY: iVill bo True to Me,..T. E. Perkin?,.8? cts. The Orphan Wanderer,....'!. E. Perkins,.30 cts. Thc Rose Bush.T. E. Perkins,.30 els. fairy of tho Wildwood....H. A. Browt,.30 ct?. Memory, (for Baritone,) .H. A. Browii,.30 cts. Four of any of the'above will bo forwarded oo eccipt of ono dollar. S?PSend for ? Circular.. BROWN A PERKINS, .120 Broome St., New Y ark City. New York, J.m 1 -1ml GLOSS TST ARCH Is used by First-class Ilotels, Laundries, Tens ot" Thousands of Families, anil Should bc used by all. It gives a beautiful polish, making the iron WU smoothly i>ver the cloth, saving much time md labor. Goods done up with it keep clean ong-s, consequently will not wear out io soon. :T MAKES OLD LINEN LOOK LIKE NEW! Sold by Druggists and Grocers gonerilly. OUR IMPERIAL BETTE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD! It is solitblo in hard as well as soft water. It s put up in the safest, neatest, and mostconveni :nt form of any offered to tho public. ,T IS WARRANTED NOT TO STREAK THE CLOTHES ! SoM by Grocers and Druggist* generally. Agents wanted everywhere, to whom wo offer xtraordinary inducements. Address NEW YORK STARCH GLOSS CO., No. 218 Fulton St, New York. Jan 1 6m 1