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. Scraps and Jfacts. Mrs. General Grant is said to hare the smallest foot of any lady in Washington. A woman divorced from her fourth husband at Chicago, last week, entered matrimony for the fifth time the day after. A Cairo paper mentions a lot of 300,000 bushels of wheat as having passed through that place on the way from Chicago to Liverpool. The Richmond Whig, in view of recent accounts from both places, thinks it is hard to say which land is blessed with the best government, Hayti or Arkansas. The testimony of a Chinaman was recently rejected in a California court, on the ground thai he was not a "person" within the meaning of the Fourteenth amendment An Australian horse recently ran ten miles in twenty-three minutes and thirty-five seconds, said to be the fastest time on record for that distance. Mexico remains in a state of disturbance. She continues to indulge in a daily revolution. Insurrections there have become so common that - they are no longer classed among the luxuries. Judge Drummond, of the United States "rv" A * - - ?1 !? Pti/mi./, Vioq JL/lSinUfc V/Uuru, OlbUU^ IU vuiva^V) UUU wwviv. that in making income returns a man may deduct promissory notes and bad debts. Owing to the mild weather and the heavj soaked snow which has covered the ice in th< neighborhood of New York, the ice-dealers of that city are greatly fearing a short crop. General Grant's favorite steed for horse-bad riding is said to be a beautiful blaok pony,, whict was taken from Dick Taylor's plantation during th( war. The general opinion of Congressmen is that the first session of the next Congress, commencing on the fourth of March, will not last over four 01 five weeks. Florida planters are preparing for planting cotton largely this year. They think the unusual . ly oold weather there has destroyed the oaterpil lars. A minister in Boston startled his staid par ishioners the other Sunday, by inserting a petitioi in his prayer, that the Lord would also 'Tiless thos< middle-aged females in the congregation who? youthful nopes had been disappointed." It is estimated that there are at present a( least one thousand distilleries in operation through out the country, and reports received at the Treaa ^ i Aa tinmKor will nrwr ury x/epruiicuii ouun nui us u<uu?w be largely increased. There died at Winnsboro, S. C., the othei day, a negro man aged 110 years. Baring the las; year of his life he made two bales of cotton anc twenty bushels of corn. He did his own hoeing and picking. We know of many stalwart youth.1 not naif so plucky. A lady correspondent of the Washingtoi Chronicle states that, although Senators Pomeroy Wade and Wilson attended the Women's Right Convention in that city, their wives are all oppos ed to the movement This is nothing extraordi nary. An Iowa editor takes pains to tell his read ers that he has had an introduction to a younj lady from Ohio, whom he mentions by name, ant says she "is all sorts of a lovely girl, as sharp as i frosty morning, full of tricks as a deer, and nappy as whole flocks of snowbirds. Men ought to be faithful husbands in Cali fornia, if pecuniary interests have any influenoi upon their moral movements. In that State, if i than commits adultery, and his wife gets a divorct in oonsequence, all his real estate becomes her prop erty. The New York Board of Health has adopt * ed an ordinance forbidding the sale of kerosem oils and other burning fluids, unless they shall taki fire at one hundred and ten degrees Farenheit ant not evolve explosive material at a temperature o one hundred degrees. The Japanese are inimitable in their inven tive genius. The Mikado has recently invented s extinguisher that is likely to work well. It con sists of an edict that any person in whose house f conflagration shall originate, shall immediate]] lose his head, without appeal There is a grocer out West who is also i justice of the Deace, and who offers to marry grati: all couples wno will patronize his store. If h( would give groceries free to all who get married ai his office, it would be more of an inducement U matrimony. The smallpox is reported to be very seven in the Western cities. It is asserted that th< number of deaths from this disease has been un precedently great in Cincinnati. It is declared t< be an epidemic in St. Louis, and is scourging Chi cago. A lady attempted to kill a rat that had in vaded her parlor, when the rat sought refuge bj running up her garment upon her Daok, This s( alarmed the woman that* sne fled shrieking fron the room, and tumbled down stairs, turning ? complete summersault, landing on her back. The rat was killed. A newspaper, called the *'Richmond Head Light," is published on board the steamer Rich mond, one of the huge passenger palaces whict ply between Louisville ana New Orleans. It ha.; two compositors and one editor, and is published six times during each trip, or about thre? times ? week. The warlike preparations in Prussia, inter rupted since the commencement of October, have been actively taken in hand. Correspondence fron Warsaw mentions that all the soldiers on furlongl have been recalled, and two hundred rouble.' bounty are given to all the discharged men wh( re-enlist A curious question is coming up for decisior in the Massachusetts Supreme Court The con test is between the mother and the affianced bride of a gentleman who had insured his life and assign ed the policy first to the young lady, and then, without her knowledge or consent, reassigned it t( his mother. The mother asserts that an engage ment of marriage does not constitute an insurable interest. General Grant authorizes the statement thai he has not in any way, in conversation or other wise, made known his preferences for the persons to fill his Cabinet. He has uniformly indicated that he would take do action on the subject unti after he shall receive official notification of his elec tion, which notification cannot reach him for abou a month from this date. There is the same au thoritv for saying that General Grant has not inti mated an opinion as to what course should be taker by the Senate, relative to nominations made by Mr, Johnson, nor what offices should be left in abeyance until after the fourth of March. Forney, the editor of the Washington Chronicle and the Philadelphia Press, has opened a lane agency in connection with "my two papers, botl daily," one result of which is the formation of i company of capitalists, who propose to purchase i tract of three hundred thousand acres of timberec land in North Carolina, grind up the bark of the trees, and extract the principle of tannin and sav up the timber, and then go to farming on the cleared up land on a most extensive scale. The Southern correspondent, who publishes an account of this gigantic enterprise, states that Forney hai latterly become exceedingly liberal in his politics views touching the South, so much so as quite t< put to shame those who have all along regardec themselves as conservative and moderate memForney finds that radical virulence has ceased t( be profitable stock, and invests in a conservatism that will be agreeable in the region where hii future possessions lie. An eating match against time is the lates novelty in the New York sporting world, which nidging from its description in the Tribune, mus have been a most disgusting exhibition. Tw< weeks ago, a bet of $50 was made that a certaii notorious gourmand would eat three dozen hare boiled eggs, without drink of any kind, within th< space of thirty-six minutes. The match came of Saturday. The first 17 eggs were bolted whole ii 14J minutes. The eighteenth stuck fast in the throat; the operator gulpcdnainfully, but the ob struction would not stir. The sufferer seized the iron hanelle of the saucepan which contained the boiled eggs, and was about to inject the obstruc tion when the opposite party called "foul." The umpire, with extraordinary judicial perspicacity rendered his decision?that the operator might in ject or eject at pleasure by mechanical aid, but the eggs so injected or ejected would not count He went on to give his reasons, and got to the "third Iv," when the suffocating wretch, now puiple ii the face as the gills of a male turkey, eyes distend ed outside their sockets, breathing stentoriously bolted the recalcitrant egg with the handle of the saucepan. Seventeen regular eggs and a blank ii sixteen and three-quarter minutes. The eater sanl into a chair entire)? exhausted, with stomach in a volcanic state. After two minutes rest, three more eggs were bolted in manifest pain, eyes running water, and the whole frame twitching spasmodically. Twenty-four eggs in twenty-five minutes, ana the operator throws up the sponge and is taken away hy his backers. ?Jtr farMk (?tt<juir*r. YORKTTLLE* S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 4, 1869. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and job, ' work, are cash, in advance. ? X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiration of the time for which payment has been made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark on the wrapper or margin of his paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. OBITUARY NOTICES. Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices are only inserted in the Enquirer when paid for at the ' same rate as advertisements. We frequently reoeive communications of this character which we ? do not publish, for the reason that no provision ie 1 - - - ? .i- v"ii T*-_ ii : _i? 1 made tor toe payment or me duj. rur meaimpic ? announcement of a death or marriage, no charge is made. j PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS, 1809. t The Proprietor of the Enquirer announces the following as the premiums offered for the largest . Clubs of subscribers to the Enquirer for the year k 1869: The first premium will be a four seven-inch hole Cooking Stove, known as the " Standard'' The furniture oonnected with the stove embraces a pot, i kettle, griddle, spider, ham-boiler, waffle-irons, I three joints of stove-pipe and an elbow; together r with a set of tin-ware, embracing eleven pieces, the whole valued at $35. , The second, will be a Family or Pulpit Bible. . of large size, handsomely and riohly bound, ana . valued at $25. The third, will be a No. 3, Two-Horse Brinley Plow, with steel mold, two detached steel points, cotton-scraper and sweep, valued at $20. J The fourth, will be a No. 1, One-Horse Brinley Plow, with steel mold, two detached steel ' points, ootton-scraper, and iron scooter, valued at $15. : The premiums are all useful and valuable arti' cles, and of first-rate quality. The Stove is as * good as the best; and the Rows are the most pop1 ular, for general purposes, of any manufactured in the Southern country?those who are Using them r being much pleased with their performance. In t addition to this, they have taken prixes at a num1 ber of Agricultural Fairs where they have been j exhibited. 3 The premiums will be awarded to the successful competitors on the Second Monday of March, 1869. The person getting up the largest club at $2.50 in currency, for each subscriber, will be enti' tied to the first choice of the above premiums; the person getting the second largest club, to the second * choice; and the person getting up the third largesl club, to the third choice; ana the person getting up the fourth largest club, to the fourth choioe. - Competitors may begin to get subscribers at once, * the time of subwription to commence now or on ' the first of January, 1869. The money will be re1 quired when the names are entered op our books. r Further particulars will be given hereafter. 16?* To persons who make up Clubs of ten oi more names, but who may foil to obtain a prize, 3 we will send the Enquirer, one year, free ofcharge; I and to those who send a Club of twenty or mow , names, but who may fail to obtain a prize, we will 1 forward a copy of the Enquirer, one year, free ol charge, and a copy of either, "The Land W( Love," "Godey's Lady's Book," "Peterson's Mag t V l 3 _ il. . * azine," or any weekly newspaper puDiianea in mt 5 United States. s , 1 LETTING OF PEWS. f 1 We have been requested to give notice that the pews in the Presbyterian Church, in Yorkville, wil ' be disposed of to-morrow morning (Friday) at ter 1 o'clock, at the Church. 1 COUNTY" TREASURER. Mr. Edward ?M. Rose, of Yorkville, has beer appointed County Treasurer for York, vice Wi E. , Rose, Esq., resigned. | ANNUAL ORATION. ) We learn that our esteemed fellow-citizen, Col. W. B. Wilson, has been elected to deliver the An? nual Oration before the CJariosophic and Euphra; dian Societies of the University of South Carolina, - on the 7th of December, next. } THUNDER STORM. On Friday evening last, the 29th instant, this oounty was visited with the very unusual pheno7 menon of a thunder-storm in winter. The flashes } of lightning were as vivid, and the thunder claps as | loud, as though it were a sultry night in August > A considerable fall of hail accompanied the storm. Upon consulting the "oldest inhabitant," we find that he don't remember having ever witnessed the . like in January. \ PLOWS IN MOTION. I The fine weather of the last two or three weeks i has enabled our farmers to start their farming operations at a much earlier period than usual. A great deal of ground has been broken up already, } and unless we have a very bad spell of weather, 1 the crops of 1869 will be started under very favor, able auspices. There is every prospect of an early ) spring, and our people seem to be doing all in their power to take advantage of it. Wc hope 1 the old adage in reference to the early bird may be fully realized in this instance. ' There is, however, a lack of field-hands, nearly every man who carries on anything like an exten| sive farm being ready to employ one or two more. . If there is a surplus of industrious and reliable ? freedmen in any of our neighbor counties, we think they would do well to come to York for emt ployment. Such laborers would soon find perma - nent employment and good pay. j ? | CHILDREN IN YORK. 1 Rev. R. Lathan, School Commissioner for York, j having recently completed the registration of all the children in the county, between the ages of five . and eighteen years, has kindly furnished us with i the following statistics: The number of children between the age9 speci' fied is 5,901, of whom 3,086 are males and 2,815 are females. As to race, they are: Whites, 3,273; Indians, 27 ; Colored, 2,601. These children bel long to 2,287 families, nine of whom have, each, J seven children over five and under eighteen years i old, there being forty-two boys and twenty-one 1 girls in these nine families. i The most prolific portion of the county is on 7 Clark's Fork, in the neighborhood of Allison's * Store and Hickory Grove, as the largest number ^ of children in the same number of families is found s there. 1 The colored element is most numerous in those > sections suited to the cultivation of cotton, while in ' the Northwestern portion of the county, they are outnumbered by the whites in the proportion of [ fifty to one. 3 SALES DAY. Monday last being a fine, clear day, there was a 1 large crowd in town to attend the usual sales by [ the county officers. The amount of property ofj fered was not large, and the prices realized were, j with some exceptions, below those of last month. 1 The Judge of Probate sold a tract of land situa5 ted on Buffalo Creek, near the North Carolina * line, belonging to the estate of Thomas Martin, I deceased, at $14.65 per acre. [ A tract of 115 acres, belonging to J. M. Smarr, > was sold under execution by the Sheriff, at $360, to J. P. Hood. One tract of 40 acres belonging to the estate of S. K. Gill, deceased, sold by the Sheriff, was purchased by A. Haffner, for $267. Another tract of 40 acres, belonging to the same estate, was purchased by R. D. MoKnight, for $130. The U. S. Marshall sold a tract of 1608 acres, belonging to Col. Cad Jones, at $2,50 per acrebought by Iredell and Allen Jones. There was also quite a spirited trade in horseflesh, and we heard of several mules being sold at pretty high figures. ' CHESTER COURT. Judge Wm, M. Thomas, lately elected by the Legislature to preside over the 6th Judicial Circuit, opened the Term at Chester, on Tuesday, the 19th ultimo, and adjourned on Saturday evening, the 30th ultimo, after having disposed of a large number of cases on the criminal docket, and the rendering of many decrees in civil suits. The business of the term was dispatched in a manner giving very general satisfaction to the bar, and to other parties interested. The trial of the case of the State vs. J. R White, which attracted considerable interest, was begun on Wednesday the 27th ultimo, and was not concluded on Saturday evening, when the Court adjourned. Inasmuch as considerable progress had been made in the hearing of the case, a special term was ordered to convene at Chester, on the 4th Monday in February, instant, with the same jurors in attendance, to conolude the case. CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. A resolution, previously passed by the House, * * ' ? .v. no J ?li. i was passed Dy me senate on cue ^ou uju, nmuu prescribes that all civil officers in Virginia, Texas 1 and Mississippi, who cannot take the oath of of' fice approved July 22d, 1866, shall be removed | from offioe, except those who have qualified by reason of the removal of their disabilities. The vacancies thus arising are to be filled by the district commanders, who are to appoint only such 1 persons as can take the oath. The funding bill of Senator Sherman, which provides for a gradual return to specie payments; the . universal suffrage bill and its ally, the 15th amendment; the Union Pacifio Railroad bill; and the pension bill were the principal subjects of discussion in both Houses during the week. No definite action has, however, been taken on any of these matters. A bill was introduced in the House, on the 25th, to appoint a committee of seven, to investigate alleged election irregularities in South Carolina. Also a bill to amend the internal revenue acts by suspending and abating the oollection of certain uncollected direct taxes in several States, including South Carolina. J ? THE FINANCE BILL. The Senate Finance Committee, through their chairman, Mr. Shermanr have lately reported a bill, the object of which is to bring our national currency to a par value with gold as speedily as i possible. The object to be accomplished is certainly very desirable; but it is also difficult of attainment There is much diversity of opinion in the Senate as to the means oflbringing about a specie value for United States currency. The bill : now before the Senate has already met with opposition ; but as it comes from the Finance Commit1 tee, and therefore embodies the carefnlly digested opinions of the ruling party in the Senate, it may become a law with little change in its present provisions. The argument used in its favor by Mr. Sherman is, that the change from paper money i below par to par with gold, must be made very ' gradually, in order to prevent financial distress. We take from the Baltimore Sun the following . brief synopsis of the provisions of the bill: , "Section first authorises the use of gold coin as i money of account, in new contracts, by parties who s desire it. Section second appropriates, out of cusI toms, $140,000;000 a year to the public debt. In F the present condition of our funded debt this would i reduce the principal of the debt about $12,000,000 a year. Section third authorizes the funding of 5 greenbacks into five per cent ten-forty bonds, at the pleasure of the holders. Section fourth orders the issue of gold notes receivable for duties, these to be used for the purchase of six per cent bonds as fast as the greenracks are funded in five per I cent, bonds, but not to be issued beyond the amount of gold in the Treasury. Section fifth ' makes the national banking system free for the issue of currency redeemable in gold coin; the notes to be furnished by the government to the amount of sixty-five per cent only, of the bonds I ns SACllritv." EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Sixth South Carolina Infantry. The Chester Reporter proposes to publish a history of the Gth South Carolina Infantry, if the necessary information is furnished it Those of our readers who belonged to this regiment will do an act of justice to themselves and their comrades who sleep on the fields in which the gallant Sixth participated, by brushing up the memories of their campaigns and furnishing them to the Reporter. The Legal Tender Act. , Previous to the adjournment of the Supreme i Court of the United States for the Christmas holidays, a case was before that body for decision, involving the legality of the law making paper a legal tender. The decision has not yet been publicly announced, but it is understood that the justices arc divided in opinion, and that a majority and minority opinion will be promulgated. Whether the majority opinion will be in favor of the legality or against it, can cnly be conjectured. A few days will probably decide the matter. Phrenology for Office Seekers. A deaf mute in Georgia, who appears to be much afflicted by the official rascalities of the day, has suggested a novel remedy for them. In a recent memorial to Congress, he proposes the appointment of a government phrenologist, whose duty it shall be to examine the heads of all applicants for office in the Internal Revenue Department All candidates who cannot exhibit large bumps in the supposed localities of reverence and conscientiousness, are to be rejected. The proposed reform would doubtless disappoint the hopes of many an aspirant to office; for though men who make office-seeking a profession generally have a ereat deal of reverence (that is. for the loaves and fishes), they are frequently unfortunate in the development of the bumps which represent conscientiousness. We are decidedly in favor of a government phrenologist, and * would extend his duties so as to include candidates for all offices from Congressman to constable. Veloc.pede Schools. ?? The velocipede, a machine intended to answer the purposes of a saddle-horse, has been for pome time in use in the Northern dties. It is, we believe, a European invention, and consists of a light frame of wood running on two wheels, one before the rider and the other behind him, and so arranged that the track of the fore wheel lies about six inches to the left of the hind one. A light saddle is fastened on the top of the velocipede, and the rider balances himself, and at the same time propels the machine, by putting his feet on cranks which turn the axle of the fore-wheel. A fixture in front, resembling an auger-handle enables him to guide his horse, "so-called." A good deal of skill is requisite to run one of these machines without falling off; but when this skill has been acquired, a very great speed can be attained. * This machine, which was at first made for a mere toy for boys to play with, is beginning to be a very convenient and useful article for men of business in large cities, who reside in the country and sub' urbs. They cost from $75 to $150 each, and their owners can save as much in omnibus and street railroad fare in a year. The practical value of velociDedes has already been made so anuarent that a number of schools have been opened in New York, at which the art of riding them is taught. Death of Ex-Governor Pickens. Hon. F. W. Pickens, ex-Governor of South Carolina, died at his residence in Edgefield County, on Monday of last week. The Charleston News, in noticing his death, says: "For thirty years he has held a prominent and honorable place in State and Federal politics, and . almost the only period of his manhooa which was not given to the public service was that which immediately preceded his death. After serving for awhile in tne Legislature, he was elected, in 1835, as one of the representatives of the State in Congress, which position he held continuously until 1845. In 1858 he was appointed by President Buchanan to the post of United States Minister at the Court of St. Petersburg, where he remained until the threatening aspect of the relations between the South and the Federal Government in duced him to relinquish the Russian mission. On / his return in 1860, he was chosen Governor of his native State; and thus it was his fortune to preside over her destinies at the outbreak of that mighty but disastrous struggle, in which she was foremost to strike a decisive blow. Of the digni- ' ty, discretion, manliness and nerve with which Governor Pickens bore himself in that trying time, we need not speak. The impartial historian who is hereafter to chronicle the stirring events of which our city was then the theatre, will do full justice to his memory. After the close of his official term, and since the end of the war, Governor Pickens has been engaged in planting, a pursuit in which his tact, experience and fine estates enabled him to attain great success. Of late, on two or three occasions only has he been induced to give public expression of his sentiments, when his counsel was of the sensible, moderate and manly character which ever marked nis pouucui views. The South Carolina Legislature. The Columbia Phamix, referring to the manner in which the Legislature is frittering away the people's money, furnishes the following synopsis of a day's proceedings: "Several reports are submitted; half a dozen propositions to remove political disabilities are Drought up; four or five members obtain leave of absence, for periods varying from one day to twenty, (of course, drawing pay for the lost time;) the yeas and nays are tiled repeatedly; a few bills are introduced; and then, after a laborious session of from two and a half to three hours, an adjournment is ordered. And this has been the regular routine for forty days. On Friday last, it was found that so many .members had been granted leave of absence,' thaiwQuorum was hardly probable, the next day: and.so the House took a recess until Monday. This is all veiy pleasant for the legislators, but is severe on the tax-payers. We Krtno fhooA mntfprs will hfl linked into and a reme dy "applied. It is never too late to mend." Military Execution in Arkansas. Arkansas has for some time been suffering from the tyranny of a partizan militia, called out by the governor of the State for the alleged purpose of maintaining order, but really to control the political status of the people. The conduct of this militia has been so arbitrary and lawless that a military court was foun^ necessary to restrain them. The Memphis Pott furnishes the following particulars in reference to one case before the court: The four colored militiamen, named William Porter, Monroe Allen, Hector Acton, and William Reese, connected with the force stationed at Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas, who perpetrated a fiendish and beastly crime upon several women living in the vicinity of the camp, were arraigned before a court-martial on the 18th instant, and were convicted of the alleged charges, and shot by order of the court on the following day. The vote of the court, in deciding the case of all the parties, was unanimous for conviction. Upon the close of the trial the criminals were confined to the guardhouse, and were allowed the company of the colored chanlains connected with the force, who administered religious consolation to their troubled minds, till the time arrived for their execution, which was fbnnally announced to the prisoners a half hour previous to their death. The intervening moments between the announcement and the time they were shot, were of dreadful agony and wailing, mingled with cries to the officers to abate their punishment, and prayers to the Giver of their lives for pardon and mercy. Their piteous and loud cries rent the air, and were heard throughout the neighborhood, sending a chill of horror tq all The men and officers of the garrison were, however, unanimous in their condemnation of the outrage, and not a word of remonstrance, or an intimation of resistance to the execu-. tion of the sentence of the court, was heard. On . the contrary, it was feared by the officers, from the excited feelings of the privates, (particularly ' of those in the same company with the criminals,) 1 that previous to the promulgation of the order of the court martial, they would break through the , guard and deal out vengeance themselves to the prisoners, who had so cruelly disgraced them. A few minutes previous to the execution, the prisoners were led out from the barricade a short distance, where their coffins were laid side by side, | a few feet apart, and each tied to a stake driven in | the ground at the end rf the coffins, with their backs to the same. Forty men, all colored, and selected from every company, under command of Lieut Gregory, colored, vj?re detailed to shoot the criminals. They were drawn up in two ranks. At the oommand of the officer the front rank leveled their guns at the men and fired, the fatal * ... i_MI! 1. *1? a , SQOIS Killing uacil Ul mem iiiautubi.y. ii o^uau v> > men was then detailed to place the bodies in their coffins and bury them. The affair was witnessed 1 by the entire militia force, with the exception of i several scouting parties. The names of the women who were outraged are as follows: Mrs. J. Beeves, Mrs. Watson, Mrs. Galloway, Mrs. McGee, and Miss Sweptson. All were married and had families, save the latter. MERE-MENTION. Attention is called to the advertisement of the Yorkville Female College, in this issue, with reference to day-scholars. Mr. John Simpson, of the town of Chester, has applied for a patent for a new cotton press. It is reported that the Mills House, in Charleston, is to be re-opened soon. South Carolina has three National Banks, with an aggregate capital of $2,656,580. North Carolina has six, with an aggregate capital of $2,495,759. General Stolbrand has entered upon his duties as Superintendent of the Penitentiary. Edgefield County has adopted the limits of the old beat companies as the boundaries of the townships, under the new law. Mr. Bichard Tozer, who was seriously injured by the falling of a wall, during a fire in Columbia, several weeks ago, has so far recovered as to be able to walk about. Mules are being sold at auction, in Charleston, at from $150 to $175. A negro was recently convicted in Greenville County, and sentenced to be hung, for stealing seventeen yards of jeans cloth, valued at $1 per yard. Governor Scott has commuted the punishment to two years and six months hard labor in the Penitentiary. C. J. Jaeger, Esq., of Newberry, has been appointed, by Judge Bryan, Begister in Bankruptcy for the third Congressional District of South Carolina, vice Henry Summer, deceased. Generals Porter and Babcock, of General Grant's staff, were in Columbia last week, on a tour of inspection. They had an interview with Governor Soott, and expressed themselves highly pleased with the condition of things in this State. The Union Times says that the project of forming a new County out of portions of Spartanburg, Union and York> has been abandoned as impracticable." Jlenry Cobia, Esq., has been elected President of the "People's National Bank," of Charleston, vice D. L. McKay, Esq., deceased. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln has petitioned Congress for a pension. It seems that she cannot live on the sale of old clothes. ThB Eagle cotton mills of Columbus, Ga., are now manufacturing cotton blankets at prices ranging from $5 to $0.50 per pair, which are said to answer many of the purposes of good woolen blankets. A single engine recently drew a train of 372 cars across a Mississippi river bridge. The train was four miles long. A lately suspended Western insurance company has $9,000,000 at risk, $10,500 unpaid losses, and $1,100 assets. In the Massachusetts Legislature petitions from "2,110 mothers" were lately presented, asking for the re-enactment of the prohibitory liquor law. A lady in Macon, Ga., during the last two years, has provided for the education of 75 orphans. Honorable Charles O'Conor, of New York, has accepted an invitation to deliver an address at the University of Virginia at the next celebration. General Thayer, the first superintendent of West Point, is still living, at the age of 84. "Twoicides" is the latest name for matrimony."".'""Twelve New York churches have boy choirs. The New York police force consists of 2,100 men. "'A woman in Lewistown, Pa., last week, gave birth to five boys at one time. All of the children died. The boots and shoes manufactured in Massachusetts during 1868 are estimated to be worth $100,000,000. A Milwaukiean is anxious to do forty miles an hour on a velocipede, for a wager of $1,000." Gen. Grant is forty-seven and Mr. Colfax forty-six years of age. The clergy costs the United States $12,000,000, annually ; the criminals, $40,000,000; the lawyers; $70,000,000; rum, $200,000,000. London is growing so rapidly that its population will soon be 4,000,000. One million postage stamps are daily used in the United States. A Boston paper states that a man in that locality is riding a hog through the streets, as a preparatory practice to managing a velocipede. COLUMBIA OONTRIBUTORIAL BY J AS. WOOD DAVIDSON. COLUMBIA, SOUTH CABOLIBA, 18T PBBB!TABY,1889 A Man and a Brother. Menard, in New Orleans. Progress. Henry Ward Beecher rides a velocipede. President Grant. The Radicals are already beginning to howl at Grant's style of doing things; and well they may, for he is not going to "run the mersheen" exactly as he finds it We believe, and have believed since last August, that the South has much good to expect from the bull-dog obstinacy of President Grant Fast. At a public ball given in New York, at the Academy of Music, on the 21st of January, the famous (and infamous) Can-can was danced. The Can-can is the most gay aod festive of all the demimonde dances of Paris.. In it, toes and noses frequently pass in proximity; and both danseurt and danseuses exhibit feats of agility and execute movements of person that are never seen (as an Irishman mieht exDress it) except in the dark. The World Moves. Id the Pacific Railroad there is now a gap of abont two hundred miles; and that will be filled in before midsummer. So that one can ride on the cars from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific without interruption, probably by the fourth of July. The Suez canal will be opened for general navigation on the 1st of October of this year. It is 328 feet wide at the water-line, and 26 feet deep. There were 213,689 immigrants landed at New York in 1868. There is a decrease of children in Maine amounting to about 3,000 every year. The Graud Rabbi in Franoe has been made a Senator, to represent the interests of his people in the Corps Lcgislatiff. They shy that the quickest way to learn to ride a velocipede is to practice with a lean hog. The Legislature of South Carolipa called the ayes and noes over fifty times, in one debate, the other day, Some English Books. Among the noticeable books recently issued in England, we see a volume on Phrenology; and-its Application to Education, In$anity) and Prison Discipline, by James P. Browne, M. D. It is said to be attracting a good deal of attention. Rev. H. P. Liddon, whose University Lectures last summer, were so favorably received both in England and America, has just gotten out another volume of lectures on the Divinity of Christ, which is said to be a masterly wort There has also appeared a small volume, entitled History of the Hebrew Nation and its Literature. A%>, Molecurl lar and Microscopic Science, by the venerable Mrs. Somerville, who is now past eighty-two years of age, and still writing. Also, Essays in Defence of Women, a kind of reply to the Saturday Review; Realities of Irish Life; a Hand Book of Heraldry. New Southern Boolu. Three novels from Southern writers have recently appeared. These are, CaUamura, What I know about Ben Eccles, and As By lire. CaUamura is the production of a lady of Louisiana, and appears with the name of Julia Pleasants on the title-page. This worn deplume represents a poetess already favorably known to Southern readers. The novel just out, to the ordinary reader, is a story of rival interests and affections, swaying constantly under the power of a strongwilled woman's unflinching fixedness of purpose. To the more careful reader, CaUamura furnishes a suggestive allegory, pertinent to the times and illustrative of the great issues of the country. ' What I know About Ben Eccles is from the pen of Col. John S. Holt, of Natchez, Mississippi; and is the second work from his pen since the war, portraying Southern life as it was before the war. The first was, Abraham Page, Esquire, which was so well done that it betTayed a literary weekly into criticizing it as a genuine biography. This second book is perhaps equal?in some points it certainly is superior to?the first. As By Fire we mentioned a few weeks ago. It is by Miss Nelly Marshall, of Kentucky, and is a story of that region, mainly. To say that it is one of vivid interest and attractive style, would convey no idea of the magic of passionate energy and dramatic power that make it the gem of. its day. It is from the press of George S. Wilcox, successor to Blelock & Co., of New iork. . SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Monday, January 25, 1869. In the Senate, a resolution was adopted, postponing, to the regular session, the consideration of all claims against the State, which originated during the provisional government The joint resolution authorizing the Governor to employ an armed force Tor the preservation of the peace, was agreed to. The bill to regulate and provide for the pay of commissioners and managers of elections was taken up for a second reading, agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed for a third readjng. In tne House,'Tomlinson introduced a concurrent resolution, proposing an adjournment of the General Assembly on the 15th of February. The resolution was made the special order for the 10th of February. A resolution was adopted, instructing the Committee on Ways and Means to report, at asearlv a day as practicable, a general appropriation bill for tne fiscal year ending October 31,1869. Tuesday, January 26, 1869. In the Senate, the following bills were passed to a second reading and ordered to be engrossed. A bill to authorize the renewal of State stocks and bonds; a bill to determine the value of contracts in Confederate notes or their equivalent; a bill to punish persons obtaining property under false pretences. A petition was presented from sundry citizens of Greenville and Spartanburg, for a new county, to be formed out of parts of tne above counties. The bill to alter and amend the charter of the King's Mountain Railroad was read bv its title and referred to the Committee on Railroads. A bill to facilitate the trial of causes by magistrates and justices of the peace; a bill to authorize Courts of arbitration; and a bill to empower the Attorney-General to change the venue in State cases, were ordered to lio on tne table. The Senate, in Executive seswion, confirmed the nominations by the Governor, of C. H. Baldwin, Robert Lewis and W. B. Nash, as a Board of Di rectors for the South Carolina Penitentiary. In the House, a bill to declare the rights of creditors, and to provide for the winding up of the affairs of railroad companies in South Carolina, was ordered for a second reading. A bill to enforce the provisions of the Civil Rights bill of the United States Congress was laid over for a second reading. A bill to provide for the widows and orphans of men murdered for their political opinions was laid over for a second reading. Wednesday, January 27, 1869. In the Senate, Corbin gave notice of a bill to regulate the fees of attorneys, solicitors and counsellors; also, of a bill relative to confession of judgment without action; also, a bill to facilitate proceedings at law.# The Dill providjng for the payment of the accounts of commissioners and managers of elections, and the joint resolution authorizing the Governor to employ an armed force for the preservation of the peace, were passed and ordered to be sent to the Governor for approval. In the House, a communication was rend from the Secretary of State, stating that there are twenty-three county offices vacant in this State, on account of death, resignation, and failure to qualify. Thursday, January 28, 1869. In the Senate, the Committee on Engrossed Bills reported, as duly and correctly engrossed and ready for a third reading, the following Bills: A Bill to punish persons obtaining property under false pretences; a Bill to authorize the renewal of State Stocks and Bonds lost or destroyed; a Bill to determine the value of contracts made in Confederate States notes or their equivalent The Senate have bad some warm discussion over a bill to amend an act entitled "An act to define the jurisdiction and dnties of County Commission' ere. The question discussed was the proper rate for licenses to liquor dealers outside of the limits : of incorporated cities, towns and villoes in the respective counties. The first section of the bill fixes the rate at two hundred dollars, to be. paid to the County Treasurer by the applicant fora license. It was contended on the one side, that it was necessary to fix a high rate of license in order to dis- j oourage the traffic, while on the other hand it was argued that more money would be brought into the treasury, and less liquor be drank, by reau- j ring the price to twenty-five or fifty dollars. The < bill was finally recommitted to the Committee oa . the Judiciary. A message from the House was received informing the Senate that the House refused to concur \ in the resolution from the Senate, requesting Con- j gress to remove the political disabilities of John C. Hope, of Lexington Connty. In the House, the Committee on the Judiciary reported unfavorably on a bill to ohange the loca- , tion of the Connty seat of Barnwell County, from Barnwell Court House, to Blackville. Sasportas, from the Committee on Engrossed j Bills, reported as duly and oorreotly engrossed for : a third reading, a Bill to enforce the provisions of 1 the Civil Rights Bill of the United States Congress. The Bill was taken up, read the third time, passed, and ordered to be sent to the 8enate. A similar Bill, known as the Discrimination Bill, passed the House last session, bat was killed in the Senate. This Bill will undoubtedly so throuah ow and become a law. It prevents a discrimination on aoconnt of color by those carrying on business nnder license, Federal or State, or chartered by this State. i Neagle introduced a Bill to provide for the revision and consolidation of the tatntes and laws of the State. Head the first time and referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA bill to regulate the agencies of insurance companies in the State of South Carolina was taken up and recommitted to the Committee on Ways ana Means. - . Friday, January 29, 1869. In the House, notice was given of a bill to bind farmers and their employees to their contracts. The bill to alter and amend the charter of the King's Mountain Railroad was passed to a third reading. The petition of A. S. Wallace, praying to be reimbursed the sum of thirty dollars, pud by him to tax-collectors, was referred. EEW ADTOBT1BEXEIT8. T. W. Cluwson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In the Matter of w7 C. Moore, W. D. Peck, Wm. Glare, John Dye, John Ferguson, B. T. Bishop, H. H. Miles, RobU K. Beahorn, Lewis M. Cauthen, Warren Boyd, James R. Truesdell, E. R. Hills, Joseph Clark, GerrardS. Gregory, Jacob P. Miller, J. J. Garvin, J. J. Evans, E. A. Crenshaw, George Alden, H. M. Boss, G. A. Drennan, H. B. McMaster, Edward Stavenhagen, Porter & Thomson. Thomson and Jefferys?Assignees' Sale?In the Matter of Robert A. Black, Bankrupt. Wm. <ft Thomas MoGill?Administrator's Notice. R. H. Glenn?Sheriff's Sales. M. Jones, Agent?On Exhibition?It is So._. W. B. Gulick, Cashier?Carolina JNationai nsnx. J. A. Lederer <fc Co.?A Card. W. B. Metts?Attorney at Law. R. B. Anderson, President?Female College. J. F. Wallace, Clerk?Notice to Absent Defendants. THE LEGISLATURE AGAIN. As a specimen of tbe manner in which the House of Representatives is progressing with its business at this advanced stage of tbe session, it may be mentioned that, on Wednesday, the Senate biO to alter and amend the criminal law, after having been discussed for four days in Committee of the Whole, which reported by a decided majority in favor of the bill as it came from tbe Senate, was put upon its seoond reading. The first section of the bill abolishing capital punishment, except in cases of wilful murder, which was its destructive feature, passed to its third reading by a vote of 58 to 36. Then commenced the fillibuatering of its opponents. DeLarge moved to recommit the remaining sections of the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary. Purvis moved to lay the motion on the table, on which the yeas and nays were called When DeLarge's name was called, he asked leave to explain his vote, and on this question demanded the yeas and nays. While the yeas and nays on this question were being called, Bishop askea to be excused from voting, and on this question Hyde called the yeas and nays; pending which, Jenks asked leave to introduce a resolution, which the chair ruled out of order. Dennis moved to suspend the rules, and on this called the yeas and nays. Bishop moved to adjourn, and called the yeas and nays; and when his name was called, he asked to be excused from voting, and on this DeLarge called the yeas and nays. While the yeas and nays were being called on this motion, DeMars asked to be excused from voting, and allied the yeas and nays. Pending this vote, DeLarge moved to adjourn, and called tne yeas and nayB. During this call, W. H. Jones asked to be excused from voting; and the yeas and nays were again called and resulted?yeas 43, nays 24, absent or not voting 53. The call of the yeas and nays on the matter to adjourn was then proceeded with and resulted?-yens 43, nays 24, absent or not voting 53, and the House, at 3.10 p. m., adjourned. DeLarge is the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and by courtesy and custom, considered the leader of the House.?Columbia Phmox. State Tax on Cotton.?The following correspondence between County officer Ramon and ^ ? *T 1 1 t X* Uomptrouer lienerat i> eagle, wmcn we copy irom the Greenville Mountaineer, will be of interest to planters throughout the State: Auditor's Ones, Greenville ,C. H., (S. C.) Jan. 22, 1869. Messrs. Editors: In confirmation of the fact that I have said that the producer is not taxed on cotton, I present you with the subjoined letter received from the Comptroller-General, which I ask you to publish for general information. I cannot say as to whether the State will refund the money or not, but it is my impression that the State wiu and ought to give such tax-payera credit on their next return, when such tax has been unlawfully paid. J. M. RUNION, County Auditor. Office of Comptroller-General, Columbia, S. Cm January 21, 1869. J. M. Runion, Esquire, Greenville, S. C? Dear Sir : There is no such law in force in this State as cotton tax. Merchants, &c., are taxed on their sales?cotton, shoes, oorn, homespun, j cloth and every other article of merchandize, sale, barter or exchange included. The producer is not taxed one cent on cotton. If it is shipped by himself, or by any one in his name for himself, he is not taxed; but as soon as it beoomes an article of 1 sale, barter or exchange, it is then included in sales, no difference how often sold. Very respect- < fully, J. L.NEAGLE, I Comptroller-General of South Carolina. ? I I A Balloon Voyage to Europe.?The notion 1 [ of an eerial voyage to Europe has been revived by j M. Chevalier, a celebrated French aeronaut, who has just arrived in New York. He proposes start- j ing from New York in April or May. M. Cheva- ( lier, we are told, once maae the journey from Paris to the Russian frontier, a distance of over 500 i miles, in less than five hours. Upon another oo- : casion he crossed St George's channel from Dublin, and has accomplished, without injury, several ascensions in France and England. The air ship in which the experiment is to be attempted is called L'Esperance. Its height is 95 feet, its diameter ( 150 feet, and it requires 120,000 feet of gas to inflofrt if AttaMini? tn tliB shin in nn mr ' capable of carrying about fifty persons, with provisions for a ten days' voyage. M. Chevalier contemplates extending invitations to several members of the press to accompany him. Another Fish Story.?We learn from the j Memphis Ledger that a cat fish was caught on c Saturday from the Mississippi river, weighing one f hundred and thirty-seven pounds. The most re- < markable thing was that this same fish oontained, ( in his stomach, a cannon ball weighing six pounds, j that evidently showed it had been there for a long f while. The hall was nicely enclosed in a thin sack i or membrane, thrown round it by nature, which, c no doubt, prevented the iron from injuring the fish, i Various speculations are rife about the matter. * But most people believe it to be a gunboat fish, ' one that followed in the wake of vessels of war during the late difficulty, and picked up everything ! that was thrown or shot from the boats. It is indeed remarkable. Death to the Cotton Worm.?A meeting of ' the planters was held at Opelousas, Ia.2 to hear ( reports of Committees previously appointed, and ] to concert farther measures for the destruction of 1 the caterpillar fiy. The plan reported was, that 1 fires should be made twice a week, on every Wednesday and Saturday, and oftener if practica- 1 ble, by everybody and everywhere. The fires are ] to be small, so made as to create as much blaze i and as little heat as possible?on an elevated position, if practicable, and at a distance of 250 yards. * Old shingles, branches, tallow and cotton, and ] weeds were the combustible material recommended, l Jinanrial nit Cmmntrrial. YOBKTOLE PRICES CPBEEHT. CORRECTED WEEKLY BY CARROLL, CLARK 4 CO. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1369. JAGGING?Gunny?Y yard @ 97 5ALE ROPB-Hemp Vfc 19*<g) 15 Manilla, V ft (oi * Cotton, Y ft & RON TIES, per pound ? <3 10 JLUE-8TONE, V ft to 90 7ANDLES?Tallow-V ft....: @ .. ,AW Adamauttae, Yft ? ? 93 JOPPEE?RJo-^Y ft 90 S 96 - <g Java. Y ft <S 37X JOTTON YARN. Y banch of 5 poonda, @ 9 95 5UNPOWDER, V ft ffl 49 MACKEREL-No.1, half @ No. 9, balf barreia @ No. 3, half barrela ..... (3 .. No. 1, V Kit, .. @ : No. 2, Y Kit, S No. 3, Y Kit, @ MOLASSES?Cuba?V gallon ~ .. @ 70 Weat India, Y (alloa to New Orleana, V gallon @193 VAILS?Northern?Y ft......?. <5 ? UCB. Y ft .. S 19 SALT, Y aaek, @3 40 SUGAR?Pol verinerf?V ft ? ' .. @ 93 . Cnubed, Y ft ? @ 95 A, Yfc .7..., S .. C, Extra, Y ft ffl 18 Brown, V ft 14 @ 10# USA?Hyaon?Y ft @ 1 73 S^t .7r.7~:.r. :: i VINEGAR?Cider?Y ration @ 63 rnuuuua ma?rtuutaj rtium wauuiio. BACON?Ham#?V& @ itShoulders,* fc @ 14Stdea,*? .. @ 18 CORN, V biuhel @ ? CORN-MEAL, * bwfael - .. & 1 10 DRIED FRUIT?Apple*, peeled, * bushel.. S 1 U Peaches, peeled,* tmahel.. .. 5 1 so Peaches, unpeeted, * baahel .. Si? EGOS, * dor*ii 15 ? 90 PL OUR, *108 9m ?00 @ 0 95 HIDES?Green?* ft @14 Dry,* ft S ? LARD?Country?V ft S LIME, V barbel <g ? OATS,* barbel -. @ 70 PEAS. V barbel <3 95 POTaVoES?Irhfc?P bushel - .. <2 Sweety v bushel* <5, 50 SHINGLES, *10007. S 8 19 TALLOW. ft 10 S 10* WHEAT, v bushel , <g Cotton?Firm at 28 cents. CHESTER PRICES CUBBEVT! CORRECTED WEEKLY BY XAJT. JAR. PAGAN, GROCERY AND OQXMISSIOE JCBftCHANT. , TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2," 1889. BAGGING?Gunny?per yard 97 ? 30 BALE ROM Ifcmp, per pound 14 a Manilla, par pauad 99 a S3 Cotton, per poond, 90 a 93 BLUE-STONE, per pound, a CANDLES?Twow?pee pound, j.- a Adamantln?r per pounds 95 a 30 COFFEE?Bio-par pound, 30 a 96 Lafuyra, per pound,. v....... ..a 33 COTTON-TMttf^jyS^i of*5* pounds,'.... " a 9 96 GUNPOWDER, per pound, f a MACKEREL?No. l, bill oarreu a No. 9, half barrels, a No, 3, half banats............ .. a .. , No. 1, per Kir,. a 3 35 No. 3, per Kit, a 3 90 No. 3, per Kit, a 3 00 MOLAS8E8?Cuba?per fallen,.... 70 a 73 We* ladta, pvgatlon,...... .. a New Orleans, per galioa, a WAILS?Northern pw poind, a BICE, per pound, t. a 14 SALT, per nek, a 3 30 SUGAR?Fulrerlted?per poaad... ..a 90 Crashed, par poood a 99 A, per pound, a 90 C, Extra, per poaad,.. .. a 18 Brown, per pound,..'. 18 a 19 TEA?Hysoo-prr poaad," . M 9 00 a.9 93 lupwft^; pound 9 90 a?9 3, tack, per poaad, a VINEGAR?Cider?per falloa,. a 73 PRODUCE MARKET-PRICES FROM WAGONS. BACON?Huao?per pound,. 93 a' 30 Shoaldera, per poaad, a 18 Sldea. per pound,..;...... 90 a 99 CORN,per bowel, - it 100 CORN-MEAL, per bushel. a 1 00 DRIED FRUIT? Applso, peeled, per baebel.. .. a Fcrchfif, peeled, per baebel.. .. a .. Peaches, no peeled, per baebel a EGG8. per doten, a FLOUR, per 100 poaade, 6 30 a 7 00 BIDES?Green?per pound, a 8 Dry, per poaad, a 19 LARD?Country?per poaad, a 93 LIME,perbasheh. a OATS, per bushel,. ... a PEAS, per bushel,. .. a 1 00 POTATOES?Msh?per bushel, a .. . Sweet, per bushel, >. a 1 00 SHINGLES, per 1000,r. a 3 10 TALLOW,per pound....... a 99 WHEAT, per basbel, 9 00 a 9 00 Cotton?In consequence of more fiwonble accounts from controlling markets* the.staple has improved, and middling may be quoted at 26 to 26} to-day. "Very little offering. ROCK-HILL PRICES CURREHT. CORRECTED WEEKLY RY JOHN R. LONDON, COMMISSION MERCHANT. 7~1 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1,18&. BAGGING?Gunny?per yard, ? a 98 BALE EOPE?Hemp, per pound,. 13 a 13 Manilla, per pound, 99 a S3 Cotton, per pound, 91 a 30 IRON TIRS-per pauad, II a 19 BLUE STONE?per pound, ? a ? CANDLES?Tallow?per poud, 18 a 90 aiwu? wiiwj iw? wmiii??>M?n*? ^ COFFEE?Rio?per pound, ; 95 a 33 Lafuyra, per poond, 30 a 35 Java, per pound,. ? a ? COTTON-YARN, per bunoh of 5 pood*,.... SN ? IV GUNPOWDEBjwr poond, ? ? . 50 MACKEREL?no. 1, half barrels, - ? a ? No, 2, half barrel*,.. ? ? ? No. 3, half barrel*, ? a ? Ne.l> per Kit,.77. ? ? ? No. 9, per KiL. ? a ? No. 3, pwllt, ? a ? MOLASSES?Cuba?-per gallon, .... ? ? 75 Weat India,per gallon,.... . ? a ? New Orients, per gallon,... ? a 1 SS NAILS?Northern?par pound, On 7 RICE,per pound,. ? ? 12 J? SALT, per nek ? ? 3 35 SUGAR?Pulverised?per poond, 18 * 90 Crashed, per pond, 18 * 91 A,per poond......... 16 a 18 C, Estra, per poond,.... 15 a 18 Brown, per poond, 19* a 15 TBA-Hjaoo-per pound^T...... ? ? L30 Imperial, per pound, ? a 900' Blaek, per paond, ? a 1 00 VINEGAR?'Cider?per gallon, . SO a 75 PRODUCE MARKET?PRICES PROM WAGONS. BACON?Ham* per pound, ? a 95 Shoulders, par noood,. ? a 90 Side*, per pound, ... ? a 39 CORN, per bosbd, new ? a 1 30 CORN-MEAL, per bushel, ? a 1 30 DRIED-FRUIT?Applea, peeled, per bosbel,. ? a ? Peaches, peeled, per bushel... ? a ? Peaches, unpeeled, per bushel ? a ? EGGS, per dosen, ? a 15 FLOUR, per 100 pounds, 5 00 a 7 00 HIDES?Green?per pound a 8 Dry, per pound, 19*a 15 LARD?Country?per pound, ?.. ? a 30 LIMB, per bushel,. - M a 73 OATS, per bushel, ? a 80 PEAS, per bushel, 100 a 190 POTATOE8?Irish?per boatie)-............ ? a 1 30 Sweet, per bushel...... ? a 75 SHINGLES,per 1000,IV.............. 4 50 a 5 00 TALLOW, per pound, - a 19* WHEAT,perhoftilrt,". ; 9 30 a 3 00 Cotton?Demand active and prices have advanced 2 during the week. Market closing very arm at z/t ior middling. ^ CHARLOTTE, February 1.?Cottoit?In the early part of the week the market waa somewhat heavy, with a declining tendency, and oooaiderable sales were made at 20} to 26} cents for mod grades. On Friday it advanced a }to I, ana vfe now quote middling at 27 to 27}?stained Cotton 1 to 1} oent lower. Sales for the week 490 bales. COLUMBIA, February 1.?Monday is generally a dull day for cotton, but the market waa quite inimated to-day, and some 52 bales were disposed }f at fair prices?27J for middlings. < CHARLESTON, February 1.?Cotton quiet and unsettled; sales 250 bales?middlings nominally 28; sellers asking 28} ; receipts 1,415 bales. AUGUSTA, February 1.?Cotton market quiet -sales 490 bales; receipts480; twMdHngw 27} to J7}c. NEW YORK. February 1?7 p. m.?Cotton unchanged?sales 1,500 bales at 29}. LIVERPOOL, February 1?8 P. M.?Cotton >pened active?uplands ll|d. . Financial. YORKVILLE, February S.?Gold, $1.35. NEW YORK, FebuaryL?Gold weak at $1.35|. CHARLESTON, Thursday, January 28, 1869. Bank of Camden, 42 ; Bank of Charleston, 48 ; Sank of Chester, 10; Bank of Georgetown, 10; Bank >f Hamburg, 6; Bank of Newberry, 45; Bank of South Carolina, 11; Bank of the State of South Car>llna prior to L861, 25; Bank of the State of South \imllno oftav 1 of Tanmvw Ififtl ? ? uwi, v, wiiiiuorii&I Bank, Columbia, 2: Exchange Bank, Coumbia,lO; Fsrmersand Exchange Bank, 0; Merihant's Bank, Cheraw, 9tol0; People's Bank, 62 ; Planter's Bank, Fairfield, 4; Planter's and Meshanic'sBank, Charleston, 26; Southwestern Railed Bank, old, 40; Southwestern Railroad Bank, ^wv?4; State Bank, Charleston, 4: Union Bank, ?; City of Charleston Change Bills, 86; State >f South Carolina Treasury Notes, 86. Uptratal. Married?At the residence of the bride's mother, In Bradley County, Arkansas, on the 10th of December last, Mr. DANIEL HARPER and Miss EMILY JANE, daughter of Mrs. Mary A. Ferguson, formerly of South Carolina. In this County, on Thursday, 28th ultimo, at the residence of the groom's Hkther, by J. L. Watson, Esq., Mr. W. A. WYATT, of York County, S. C., ind Miss N. H. CAROTHERS, of Mecklenburg, ff.c. In Rusk County, Texas, on the 24th of December, 1868, by Rev. Mr. Wadkins, Mr. ROBERT P. SMITH, formerly of York County, and Miss M. E. HALTOM, of the former place.