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/ if y ?. fctaps m& .facts. Dresden has an insurance company which secures its policy holders against damage by frost . ?7 The New York Commercial Advertiser shrewdly suggests that the suffrage be granted to all women over forty. ?-A French advertisement is thus translated: "A young mad about to many, wishes to meet a man of experience, who will dissuade him from the rash-step;1 * ?? Mrs. Lincoln has returned to Frankfort for the winter. It seems there is not a word of truth in the story of her intended marriage with a German baron. She is living in retirement ?y- Altogether 138,086 Chinese have reached California. These are thus accounted for by the companies: Returned, 37,323; dead, 10,426; remaining in the State,* 41,000; and the rest have gone into other States. < { . , > ?- An old man named Fisher, at Patoka, Ind., told his wife he was going into the cellar to commit snmidfv She heard his nistol. and keDt on knit ting. In abont an hour fisher came up, thinking they didn't miss him at home. The following recently passed through a telegraph office: "I lent you, one year ago.to-night, fonr dollars and eighty-seven oents. If yon have not had it long enough, please keep it one year longer." To this delicate hint this answer was returned: "Had forgotten it, and hoped you had. Let her run another year." At the eighteenth anniversary meeting of the Medical Society of South Carolina, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: F. M. Robertson, M. D., President; J. Ford Prioleau, M. I>., Vice-President: Manning Simons, M. D., Secretary; John L. Ancrum, M. D., Treasurer and Librarian. u: ?? There are now: over 2000 labored at work on the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad between Rome and Dalton,.,, ?bey have commenced laying the track on the-Kome end,,and will commence on the Dalton end ha h'short time. It is proposed to have the cars hitming through to Dalton by the first of January, and the roaa will be completed by the first of March. > ;, ?? The Washington correspondents say that the ; current just now seema strongly in faVor of raising the salaries of the most important government officers. The idea is to, double the President^ salary arid largely increase' the sala^es of (he heads of the: departments and 'ablest clferks. Sndh 'a bill, however, , will meet with determined opposition in the House: The following recent failures are announced in New York: L. Edgerton, carpets, half a million; Isaao Prayer, dry goods, liabilities) large; George Wright, Park hotolJames Beck, shirts; Bogworth, White & Belcher, millinery; Cowles & i Casey, cotton and yarn i Legrain, dry goods; Ro- | seuheim; millinery; Baker & Montague, feed'; Jacob^ wires.' Also,1 Howard Cole & Co.. of Baltimore, dry goods, liabilities seven hundred thousand dollars. i) i fc H-. ' .*-4-*-.The New York 2 Votes says: ''The Fenian Brotherhood in New York, it is said, are, actively and secretly preparing another expedition against the British possessions on this continent. At the O'Neill headquarters they have a large number of what they claim ft be improved neeale guns, and many of their most prominent officers are traveling among the Circles m the adjacent cities and Tural districts on secret service. General 0' Neili himself has been absent from this city at different times < . within a f^w weeks. > . ;?? An effectual remedy1 for amall-pox is said to . have been recently found by a surgeon of the Brjt. ish army in China. The njoqe of treatment is as ; follows: When the preceding fever is at its height, and just before the eruption appears, the oheskis rubbed with croton oil and tartaric ointmebt. "^This" causes the whole of the etuption to appear on that 1 part of the body, to the relief of the rest. It also secures a full and complete eruption, and thus pre- i vents the disease froiu attacking the internal or- , gans. This is now the established mode oftreatment in the English army in China^and, is regard ed as a complete cure. The; Americus (Ga.) Courier relates the following singular incident: ""About ten days ago, a 'j little boy> between five and six years old, son of' Dr. J. F. Cato, of Bottsfbrd, in this county, was i deprived by Providence of speech and 'hearing. , He had retired to bed as usual, in good health; 1 some time in the night he was heard to utter a ; scream, which attraoted the attention of his mother (bis father being away from home at.the time), 1 who went to see what was the matter Finding him soundly sleeping, she returned to her room, < 4 thinking, no doubt, that be had been dreaming. ] The next morning the little fellow arose at the ( usual hour, but to the astonishment of the mother he was both deaf and dumb. He ptill remains in . iVtia onnrlitinn " b UiO WMVUWVUl Commissioner Wells, iu bis report presented 5 to Congress, gives an estimate of the cost of the < late war. The government spent in war expenses I and expenses growing out of the war, down to i June 30,1869, $4,171,914,498. This excludes whht the administration would have cost had there been no war. To this, however, must be added a num .ber of items, which Mr. Wells gives thus: "Pen- , sions, capitalized, at eight years purchase, $200,000,000; increase of State debts, ^ mainly on war I account, $136,000,000 y county, city and town in- | debtedness, increased on account Of the war, (esti- < mated) $200,000,000; expenditures of States, coun- , ties, cities and towns on account of the war, not represented by fundeddebt, (estimated) $600,000,000; estimated loss to the loyal States from the ' diversion and suspension of industry, and, the re- < duction of the American marine and carrying trade, i $1,200,000,000; estimated direct expenditures and ) loss of property by the Confederate States, by rea- , son of the war, $2,700,000,000." This makes a total of loss bv the war to the whole oountiy ofrfine I thousands millions of dollars. *! ) The Berlin correspondent of the Jewish Re- * cord gives an account ota -murder of extraordinary 1 barbarity, perpetrated in Russia, in the neighbor- i hoodofSkud. The victims were a Jewish family, i consisting of eight persons, living at a solitary inn. The head of the family, Jessel by name, about a fortnight ago had occasion tp go* to Skud to fetch his bou^Toin school. In his absence five peasants ( entereu the inn, ordered food, and afterjpartaking 1 of it refused any payment. Upon Mrs. Jesael re- t monstratiug with them, one of the ruffians knocked i her down, and, not content with one victim, mur- < ^ i i A.i a _ , t. _x _ _ r it. _ i 1 uereu eacn 01 tne omer ave occupants 01 me nouse, . the children and sister of Mr. Jessel. They-then J piled the bodies up, and, in order to destroy all * traces of their work, set fire to the house. The < father and son, who arrived at the time, whilst eon- ( i templating the burning inn, were seited by the mis! creaots and thrown into the flames to share the fate of the other sufferers. The correspondent goes on to state that one little boy escaped, and can bear witness against the murderers, who, he remarks, c are well-known. " ' * ' < The following is a description of the manner f in which marriages among the Scotch peasantry 1 were formerly conducted: The fond swain who had 1 resolved to "make proposals sent for the obiecfc of his f affection to the village ale-housej previously inform- ( ing the landlady of his intentions. The damsel, t who k,oew the purpose of the message, busked her- ' self in her best attire and waited on her admirer. 1 She was entertained with a glass of ale; then the 1 swain proceeded with his tale of love. A dialogue like the following ensued: "I'm gaun to speir i whether ye will tali me, Jenny.' "Deed, Jock, I , thoohtye michthae speir't that langsvne." "They , said ye \gad refuse me, lassie." "Then they're leers, jock,' 'An'. so ye' 11 no refuse me, lassie ?" 1 "I've tell't ye that twice owre already, Jock." * 'Then came the formal act of betrothal. The parties ] pressed the thumbs of their right hands, which ] they linked together, and vowed fidelity. The ] ceremony possessed the solemnity of an oath, the violator of such,-, an engagement being considered ! guilty of penury. In allusion to this practice a favorite Scottish song commences: < "There's my thujub, I'll ne'er beguile thee." Mahomet's birthday was celebrated at Cairo, , on the 1st ultimo, when the prostrate bodies of , fanatics were ridden 6ver by the1 Sheik of Sckree, . v t -J J tl 1 live snakes were eaten, giasscruncnea ana swauowed, bodies slashed with swords, cheeks1 aud breasts i pierced with sharp metal instruments; whraiwyere J left sticking in the wounds they made, and hun<x6ds of men and boys shrieked and writhed and wrestT^ in what professed to be mad ecstacy of religious * fervor.. All this was gone through in the public \ streets in broad dayligtit, and in the presence of as many lookers-on as could be crammed together on ! the flat roofs, or could see from the windows of the i houses, or at the grating of the mosque at which , the festival culminated. It is said that the Sheik was drunk during the ceremonies. His eyes were ( closed throughout, his fhee was white toghastliness, 1 his body had the helpless swaying motion of a ' corpse held up. Ho was gorgeously dressed, and i wore an immense turban of a green shawl pattern. ( His hands held the bridle, but they were limp and | useless, and his horse was led by two attendants. As lie approached, the convulsive twitching of the arms and legs of those prostrate grew more -and 1 more pronounced, and then the trampling under t foot began. Sometimes on the centre of the back, oftener between two men, so as to stand on the fleshy parts of the sides of both, the horse went steadily on until all down had borne a portion of it and" Its rider's weight No one seemed much hurt, however. The very tightness of the packing gave a certain power of resistance to the concrete mass of humanity, and directly the Sheik passed, those behind jumped up, many of them going forthwith into convulsions. Ibt faMle t. YORKVILrL.E, S. C.r THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 23, 1869. i 1 Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and Job, work, are cash, inadvance. X.?The nanflr will be discontinued on theexpi ration of tfio 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. PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS?1870. The Proprietor announces three premiums for the three largest Clubs of Subscribers to the Enquirer for the year 1870, amounting, in the aggregate, to Seventy-Five Dollars in cash. . The first premium will represent the value of Thirtt-Fiyx Dollars ; the second, the value of Twbnt7?Fivx Dollars ; and the third, the value of Fifteen Dollars. 4 ? The Proprietor, instead of designating special artieles as premiums, has adopted the above plan m ordeh that persons who secure the premiums may select whatever article may be preferred, of the1 value to which eaicfcf may be entitled. The person getting up the largest Club, at $2.50 for each subscriber, will be entitled to the first of the hbb^e premiums; the person getting up the second largest, to the ?econd premium; and the third largest, to the thira premium. Competitors may begin procuring subscribers at obce?the time of subscription to commence Whenevef "the name is banded in,-br on the! firSt of January, 1870, as may be preferred. The money for each subscriber lo avnoot/xl tn he Twid whenever the names are en U W ~~ , , ? ? tered on our books, and no name will be counted in competition until it is paid for. S&~ To persons wbo make up Clubs of ten or more names, but who may fail to obtain a premium, we will send the Enquirer, one year, free of chaise ; and to those who send a Club of twenty or,more names, but who may fail to get a premium, jwc will forward a copy of the Enquirer, one year, free of charge, and a copy of the Rural Carulimtia and the Southerti Cultivator, or a copy of the Enquirer and either, Godey's Lady's Book, Peterson's Magazine, Frank Leslie's Lady sMagazine, or any weekly newspaper published in the United States. , m:.1 J6T" The premiums will be awarded to the successful competitors at one -o'clock, p. m., on the Second Monday in Match; 187(1-'' ':i'' * ENLARGEMENT OF THE ENQUIRER, i , [ j On. the first of January next, the size of the Enquirer will be ..increased by the addition of one odlumu to each page and by lengthening its columns, so that the enlargement will be equivalent to seven of its present columns. It will then be, without exception, the largest paper printed in the State. - : ! v.si -i . : : j., The increasing pressure upon our advertising columns renders this enlargement necessary, in order that oar subscribers may have the usual variety of reading matter. But, notwithstanding the increase of > site, there will be uo increase of price. We propose to furnish our readers with as good-a paper as can be furnished for the price anywhere. In the management of tho paper, the 3ame principles will be observed as have always governed it. The prominent object will be to maintain a high tone, courteous to all, partisan for none, but reserving the rightof a free expression of opinion at all times and on all subjects. In this connection we would mxm the friendB af the Enquirer to still further urease its circulation, and tender our thanks to them for what they have already done. While we have not relied entirely upon the aid of friends, and believe in helping ourselves before we ask help from Jupiter, still we put a high value upon such aid. By way af return, we promise that the more the circulation of the Enquirer increases, the better paper will make it. # ' j ' rnnisTNifi. Before another number of the Enquirer is pubished, the merry time of 'Christmas will have passed. Although this season has lost some of the peasant associations which clustered around it in )ld times and made it a week of universal enjoy-'1 sent, it still has charms enough to make it wel- 1 some. Were all else lost that makes it dear to the ' leart, and though it came in the midst of tribulation and gloom; still it recalls the memory of that light when angel voices announced to man the lest news ever heard by mortal ears. Nearly nineteen centuries have come and gone since that night, ind all of hope that brightened their oourse for the luman race, is in some way connected with the 1 jvent then revealed. Is it not right, then, that he world should annually lay aside its caies and 1 rejoice, when the anniversary of its Saviour'b birth irrives? ( . We take this occasion to wish our older friends i merry Christmas and a happy "new year. For >ur friends of smaller growth, we feel we can utter ; io wish more likely to be appreciated tban that hey may find their stockings full on Christmas norning an<| plenty of noise, which seems to be ;he neplvs ultra of juvenile bliss. In order that < he employees of the office may have thfir share of ' Ihe universal holiday, only a half sheet of the E.^ }uirer will be published next week, intended i rhiefly for advertisements and county circulation. . OUR CONGRESSMAN. As our readers are aware, Congress has never j lecided which of the contestants, Mr. Simpson or 1 Mr. Wallace, is entitled to represent the 4th Concessional district of South Carolina. In the sim- i lar case of Hoge verms Reid from the 3d district, , Mr. Hoge was awarded the seat, and when Con- \ jress adjourned last spring it seemed tolerably sertain that Mr. Wallace would meet with similar (access in unseating a Democratic member elect. < But circumstances have altered in the mean time, j ind his chances are not nearly so bright now. The correspondent of the Courier says the case will not' be decided for some time, as the election , xmimittee has other cases to decide before it can iake hold of this one. It is not unlikely that Congress will pass a bill, before Mr. Wallace's claims ire considered, removing all political disabilities, [f so, his only prop will be knocked from under bim; for his only hope is iD the ineligibility of i Mr. Simpson, who undoubtedly receivd a majority ' )f the vote cast, amounting to nearly 4,000. The Chester Reporter has ascertained some additional facts with reference to this case and that of Hoge vs. Reid, which further injure the chances < not only of Mr. Wallace, but also of Mr. Iloge, 1 who is actually in Congress. It seems that, after the election last year, Governor Scott signed a cer- i tificate of election, in which Messrs. Reid and i Simpson were declared duly elected to Congress, i In February following, deceived, as he says, by the I Board of Canvassers, the Governor signed a sec- < oihi. certificate, declaring Hoge and Walhoe elected. < The ^Hst certificate could not be found by Messrs. ] Reid and Simpson, when they were in Washington i to claim their seats.- The second certificate was lot only found, but the original date bad been i erased and an earlier date, to correspond with the i late of the first certificate, had been substituted. < rbis reconstructed certificate went before the com- < nittee of the House, and on its statements that j jomiuittee reported Hoge and Wall^ee entitled to 1 ;he seats. ' ' 1 The Reporter says that Governor Scott has fur- 1 fished Mr. Reid a certificate stating these'-facts, i md that Mr. Reid has gone to Washington to claim i his seat again. As Mr. Simpson has never been ousted yet, he occupies a more advantageous position, and there is a fair probability of his being de- < clared the Congressman for this district, and of Mr. Wallaoe's being denied the comfort of even a torn- ' porary holding of the position. j TROUBLE IN SPARTANBURG. A. P. Turner, a special Deputy Collector, acting under A. S. Wallace, Collector of the 3rd Internal Revenue District, seized two Btills in Spartanburg county, on the night of the 7th instant, and carried them to his house. One of these stills was i the property of Jonas Scruggs, the other, of Geo. i Burnett, and both had been used in violation of the revenue laws. On the 8th, Turner had the < stills on awagon, with the intention of taking them to the court house, when he was advised by a > neighbor not to attempt the trip, as a posse of men had camped near the house and were lying i 1 then in wait for him, with the avowed purpose of i killing him. On hearing this, Turner put the stills i in his house. In about three hours he observed a i crowd of some ten or twelve men fifty yards from < the house, who appeared to be watching it. After j a while one of them came to the gate armed with \ a gun. Turner met him with a pistol in bis hand, < and after a few words this one passed on. The . crowd then began to approach, when Turner told } them to 8top. They drew their guns, and Turner opened fire,on them, which they returned. Tur- ( ner, having broken his pistol rammer, mounted his j horse and escaped to the court house. The party j then broke open the house and carried off the stills. Three of the party wpre afterwards arrest- , ed and taken to jail; but the rest are stiQ at large, j The above stated account is Turner's own uar- i rative, which he made to Gov. Scott, in Colombia. ( The Governor, with his. constitutional horror of < Ku Klux, nt once appealed to Washington for aid, t apparently glad of the chance. The Baltimore > Sun's correspondent, writing from. Washington on the 17th, says: I Information was to-day received by Commissioner j Delano from Governor Robert K. Soott, of South Carolina, that without the assistance of United States troops it would be impossible to enforce 1 the revenue laws in the third South Carolina dis- ] trict, at the same time appealing for a det&Shment j of infantry or cavr lry sufficient to protect there venue j officers in the disjharge of their duties. He also forwarded the statement of A. P. Turner, who, in the exercise of his duties, was attacked by an arm- ; ed force in that district, and one of his childreq re ceived a dangerous wound from a rifle ball ] ? . j SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. ( The annual Conference of the; Methodist Epis- I copal Church in South Carolina met in Cher&w on the 16th instant, Bishop Kavanaugh presiding; . About one hundred of the clergy and twenty lay- t men were present The following committees were < appointed: ] On Books and Periodicals?Revs. S. A. Weber. V. A. Sharpe, A. J. Cauthen, J. S. Funches, and j Dr. H. N. Krkland. \ } On Memoirs?Revs. Dr. Smith and G. H. Wells. , On the Bible Cause?A.' Porter, C. S. Beard, ' T. A. Cariisle, J. C. Eagle, Col. D. R. Barton, Samuel Brown, and P. B. Darwin. On the PtbUcation of the Minutes?Revs. Wm. Martin, E. W. Thompson, and J. B. Johnson. ] On Finance?A. A. Gilbert, H. T. Wright, Dr. j A. E. Williams, Revs. E. J. Meynardie, A. J. ; Stokes, and T- ilaysor. On Public TFor?Aij>?Revs. S. Leard and J. R* Little. ; :f' On the Interests of Columbia Female Colleger? Rev. H. M. Mood, W. C. Power, C. H. Pritchard, T. G. Herbert, and E. T. Rembert To Audit the Accounts of the Treasurer of ~\Vofford College?Yey. H. A. C. Walker and S. Bobo. A communication from Rev. Dr. McFerrin, Secretary of the Board of Domestic Missions, was read, setting forth that the operations of the Board have been crippled for want of meaqs. Reports were received from the publishing house at Nashville and the publishers of the Southern Christian Advocate, both very favorable. The Advocate has paid off nearly all the debts contracted for its publication since the war, and has a circulation of 7,000. J. A. Clifton, G. T. Gorman, C. V. Barnes, J. M. Boyd, William D. Lee, Joseph F. Englarid, Thomas P. England, William T. McLellan, A. G. GaV? Benjamin F. Dixon, and James F. McElhaney were admitted into the Conference on trial. On the 16th, Bishop Andrew delivered an impressive address to the Conference, saying be had been in the ministry nearly sixty years and has now retired to make way for younger men, but can still preach a little. He warmly commended the bishops last elected, for their energy and zeal in their work, and exhorted his brethren of the Conference to "goon." - Rev. J. T. Wightman and Rev. Dr. Whitefoord Smith responded, after which a resolution of welcome to the venerable Bishop was unanimously passed. The classes of the second, third and fourth year were examined, and the following were approved and passed: Second Year.? S. P. H. Elwell, S. M. Davis, M. H. Hoyle and R. L. Dtiffip. ~~ Third Year?JosephR.Griffith. Fourth Year.?Jeremiah McArthur, Alfred B. Brown, McKenzie Mazingo and George Gatlin. From Cokesbury (colored) District, organized for the benefit of those colored people in that region 1 who prefer to continue their connection with the J Southern Methodist Church, Nathan Chiles, Rich- 1 ard Moses and George Jones were elected to dea- S con's orders, as local preachers, in their depart- ? ment. * On the 17th, the following traveling ministers ' were elected to Elder's orders, to wit: Revs. J. R. Platte, J. C. Crisp, J. B. Fray nick; and Revs. M. ? H. Jay, Mr. Alexander, John S. Huggins, Alex- " ander Moore, A. G. Harmon, Thos. Gibson and 8 Jas. T. MoElhaaey, were elected to Deacon's or- li ders as local ministers. 0 The Conference was addressed by Dr. BraOcb v and Dr. Pressley,, delegates from the Abbeville ' "Circle of Prayer," after which the following reso- ' lution was adopted: . 8 Resolved, That this Conference has heard, with ! great pleasure, the communications made by the ^ delegates from the convention of the Circles of a Prayer, in Abbeville District, and^ that we do hear- ? tily respond to the christian sentiments expressed by them, and we extend our cordial sympathies to them and the cause they represent; and that we , recommend the establishment of these by our " preacher^ wherever practicable. e The Conference was still in session at the latest 8 dates received. The appointments of ministers 8 for the various stations had not been announced; 8 but we learn that Rev. Mr. Harper has been ap- $ pointed to the "Yorkville station," and Rev. E. f J. Meynardie Presiding Elder for the Shelby dis- 11 trict. n ?( ? ? li CONGRESSIONAL. C On the 14th, one or two resolutions of minor interest were offered, when the death of Senator Fessenderi, of Maine, which occurred in September jj focf nrao nnnrmn<v>i3 hv hia rvJlnnmiP T\Tr TWnrrill. i ~ C , G After a number of eulogies in honor of the deceased, v the Senate adjourned. t In the House, Mr. Cox, of New York, introdu- & Bed a resolution demanding the immediate inter- jj mention of the government for the protection of f American citizens held as prisoners under English t authority. Referred to tire committee on foreign e affairs. Mr. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, presented a o memorial from the national colored labor conven- b tion, asking that the public lands in the South be livided out into traots of forty acres and given to jolored settlers. Referred to the committee on / public lands. The census bill was discussed until ti adjournment v On the 15th, the Senate agreed to the House ^ resolution to adjourn from the 22d instant to the " jth of January. Mr. Brownlow made a personal jxplanation in relation to affairs in his State, which Q insisted of rancorous abuse of Stokes, Butler, si Andrew Johnson and certain "spaniels" who had F >een retailing "lies" about him in the New York japers. He wound up by informing all "anxious * leirs expectant" to his seat that he has been dy- ft ng gradually since 1865, but thinks his naturally 0i rigorous constitution will allow hira to remain in sc the Senate chamber a few years more. Mr. Morrill read an- argument in favor of repealing the eight-hour law. In the House, a resolution in honor of the late George Peabody was introduced, and laid over until the 20th, to allow members time to prepare speeches. Mr. Judd introduced a bill to apportion the representation of the several States in the House of Representatives for the 42nd Congress. Ordered to be printed, and referred to the committee of the whole on the state of the Union. On the IGth, the bills to perfect the reconstruc tion of Georgia and to restrict the jurisdiction oi the Supreme Court were debated at length, bnt nc vote was taken on either bill. The debate developed the fact that Georgia is to be forced into approving the 15th amendment, as her vote is necessary to its becoming a part of the constitution. The House passed the bill to provide for taking the ninth census of the United States, which goes to the Senate. Mr. Mungen, of Ohio, made a i . ? / *-i? ?: speecn on me nnaucnu quusuuu, lutuuu^ a ic^uur ition of the national debt. This brought out ather Democratic members, all of whom took issue against Mr. Mungen, and denounced repudiation. The following resolution was then adopted by a rote of 133 to 1, Mr. Jones, of Ky., voting nay: ,. "Resoked,* That the proposition, direct or indirect, to repudiate any portion of the debt of the United States is unworthy of this House, and unworthy of the honor and good name of the nation, and that this House, without distinction of party, sets the seal of its condemnation upon any and all sueh propositions.'' > On the 17th, the Senate took up Mr. Morton's imendment to the Georgia bill, requiring the Legslature of that State to adopt the 14th and 15th rmendraents, as a condition of re-admission. Af:er considerable debate, the ratification of the 14th imendment was stricken out and Mr. Morton's imendment was passed by a vote of 38 to 15. The House was not in session. On the 18th,. the Senate passed the Georgia bill jy a vote of 45 to 9. It provides that the Legisature elected in June, 18C8, be called together at ? 1 /vill it. id early day ana sutea or an unpracucaoies oy mo ipplication of two extra oaths, besides that to support the constitution of the United States. The irst is that they have never held any legislative or udicial office under the United States or any State, which required them to swear to support the oonititution, and afterwards engaged in * rebellion. The second oath requires them to swear that their political disabilities have been removed by Congress. After the ineligible members have been exiluded, the remnant of the Legislature is to adopt he. 15th amendment. ,,, t The House was not in session. ; On the 20th, the Senate was in executive sesiion for four hours. Stanton was .confirmed as a fudge of thieiSupreme Court, hy a vote of 46 to 11. No legislationof,importance.,: The House was engaged on the Senate. bill for he reconstruction of Georgia. The final vote was ippointed for 3 o'clock on the 2l6t, and the propobilities are that the bill was passed at that time. state items. ?James Ramfcay, son of the clerk of the Court of Edgefield county, who was shot recently in a brawl, pas since died. Murrell, who shot the deceased, is n Jail. > < J ?The Augusta Chronicle says that Dr. Cox, President of the Port Royal railroad, reports work m the road rapidly progressing. The company las ample means to pay expenses, and has received i part of the 'ron for the traok. ? Lewis Berry, a colored man, was arrested in Newberry on Tuesday of last week, on the charge )f murdering Mr. Dunwoody, the depot watchman. RierC are three colored witnesses against him, with svidence sufficient to convict ?Mr. Parker, the Treasurer of the State, anipunces that the interest due January 1st, 1870, on ;he bonds of the State of South Carolina will be jaid in gold on demand, at the financial agency of ffie State in New York or the Treasury office in Columbia. ? The real estate of the late Gov. R. F. W. Alison, was sold in Georgetown, last week, under a lecree in equity. Five plantations, containing t, 108 acres, were sold for $42,700. The same planations cost Gov. Allston $222,000. ? Rev. T. S. Boinest reached Pomaria, onTues> " 1 1- -:.l 1?f\?? lay 01 last WCL'K, Willi a IMJ1UUJT Ul nituyiuui Swedes, direct from their country. Among them ire farmers, wagon-makers, carpenters and brickayers. 'They are the nucleus of a colony now orming at the above place. ? C. P. Leslie, land comipissioner, appointed to my lands for the landless, was in Laurens recently >er Joseph Crews, agent. He purchased two tracts if land?one at $9 per acre and another at $8, the lurchases aggregating $5,190. Parties who know ho lands represent them as "poor indeed," and he prices paid as extrav&gapt and ridiculous. ?The Chester Reporter says: "On Wednesday norning of last week, a young colored woman was mrned to death on the plantation of Mr. W. Holmes lardin. The hands were employed Bowing wheat, eheat, and she was going before the ploughs elearng away the stalks. She left her work and went o a fire that had been built in the field. While rarming her feet, her clothes caught on fire, and n a moment she was enveloped in flames. A ne70 man standing at the fire with her, instead of ;iving her assistance, ran off and left her to her ate. She died on the afternoon of the same day. ler name we did not learn." ? The Chester Reporter says the house of Rev. I". L. Shuford, three miles west of Landsford, was mrnt on the night of the 9th instant, the loss being stimated at $2,000. On the same night, and witbn a few miles of the same place, the fodder-house f a colored man, named John Beckham, was burnt, rrlfV. Jta nnntarita toIhIa .Tnhn nn/t nil hi? mnlfi hpln rare attending a meeting of the Union League. }apt. J. Martin McDaniel had a bale of cotton tolen from his screw the same night. The wagon ras tracked to Rich Hill, where the trail was lost. )n t,he night of the 3rd, Mr. J. H. Ferguson had . bale and a half stolen, TJhe thieves were identiied, but are not yet captured. ?The Greenville & Columbia and Northeastern ailroads are issuing half fare tickets for the holilaya.""'""Mr. Brunen Jones, of Lancaster, while ngaged in felling timber on Thursday hist, was truck on the head with the fragments of a limb nd instantly killed.***'"Colored Senator Wright's uit against the Richmond & Danville railroad for 110,000 damages, for putting him out of the white oiks' car, is to be tried before Judge Underwood, o Richmond, on the 8th of January. The aerabers of the Legislature have agreed to a resoiition, that they shall receive pay during the reess. A Dangerous Toy.?The latest invention, sent ut to amuse our children at the risk of life and imb, is the nitro-glycerine torpedo, a little toy lone up in tin foil, and in the explosion of which riien thrown against a wall or pavement the boys ake infinite delight. Experience has proved them o be eminently dangerous, and we caution all gainst having anything to do wth them. They re very explosive, ana tne iorce exertea is most lowerf ul, lacerating the flesh when coming in conact with it, and the very thing to nut out one's yes. Several accidents have already occurred in ur city from them, and immediate steps should e taken to prevent their use and sale if possible. Charleston Courier. States wincn have Ratified the Fifteenth Intendment.?The President has sent a message d the Hondo in response to a resolution asking rhat States have ratified the proposed Fifteenth intendment to the Constitution of the United itates. He enclosed a letter to him from the Sec3tary of State, giving the following named States s having ratified it:?Missouri, Kansas, North larolina, West Virginia, Massachusetts, Wisconin, Maine, Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina, 'ennsylvania, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Dnois, Indiana, New York, New Hampshire, Neada, Vertaont and Virginia. Missouri and Kanis are generally defective in their returns. *In the iruoer, the second section of the Amendment is mitted, and in the latter the phraseology of the >cond section is changed. NEW ADVEETI8EMENT8. ! W. A. Moore?School Notice. R. A. Grey, at this Office?-Lost, i Wilson & Witherspoon?Dissolution. Thomson & Jefferys, Assignees?Valuable Land to Rent. 1 F. C. Harris, Judge of Probate?Citation?Elizabeth Turner, Applicant?R. R. Turner, Dei ceased. D. W. Fowler?Executor's Notice. Giles J. Patterson?Land for Sale. The Yorkville Female College. Edwin Wilson?Strayed or Stolen. S. B. Lathan, Principal?Pisgah Academy. B. P. Boyd?Sugar House Molasses?Pork?Eggs, &c.?Soap?-Hams and Beef?On Credit? Chains, &c.?Cheaper?Seed Oats?Free of Charge?Wando Fertilizer?Scrub BrushAdvertisements?Flour. . T. M. Dobson & Co.?Wanted?Bank Bills?Hats Blankets?Greenbacks?Velvet?Window Glass?Ho, for Christmas?Ribbons?Over i Coats?Drums?Blacking Brushes?Safety Fuse?Sundries. + * EDITORIAL INKLINGS. , In the Wrong Place. Ashley, the impeacher of President John, son, has been removed from the Governorship of Montana Territory. The cause of his removal is . supposed to be "moral insanity," or kleptomania i ?a common disease with public men. He had a ' carpet-bag, and wished to fill it; but, unfortunate, ly for him, he was operating in a Northern terri; tory, not in a reconstructed Southern State. Poor Ashley, he has a genius which would have shone , well in the South. Wimbuah on the Rampage. 7?-In the national negro labor convention, recently held in Washington, Wimbush, of South , Carolina, did some very large talking, according to i his usual custom. He said that the next United States Senator elected from South Carolina would be a negro, and that he was himself raising a colored militia regiment, that would drive their kuLlux enemies to the wall. Wimbush is ambitious. He not only aspires to political distinction, but wants military glory. "Senator Wimbush" sounds very pretty ; but "Colonel Wimbush, of the melisb," has a martial clang about it particularly alluring. It is almost as imposing n3 "Captain Jenks, of the horse marines." New Judges of the Supreme Court. The President has nominated Attorney General Hoar and Edwin M. Stanton, Mr. Johnson's refractory Secretary of War, for judges of the Supreme Court There is some doubt as to the confirmation of Mr. Hoar's nomination by the Senate ; but as a mark of special respect to Mr. Stanton, his nomination was not referred, as isj customary, but confirmed at once. Mr. Stanton has done many things to earn the gratitude of his party, in the way of refusing to exchange prisoners, arresting and confining Mrs. Surratt and other dangerous charactera, Ac. But his chief claim upon the President is based on his (Stauton's) treachery to Mr. Johnson and his standing by Grant, when Johnson convicted our present chief magistrate of "deviating from the truth," as it may be politely ' expressed. . Didn't Stand by his Brother. Mr. Hoge, the South Carolina Congressman who was not elected by a minority of 3,000, did not act very heroically, during the ejection of his colored brother, Wright, from the cars in Virginia. Instead of assisting Wright, be picked up his hat and went into the sleeping car, where Sawyer and Robertson had already retired. On the next day Hoge told Wright that he was not able to assist him in the evening, in. consequence of rheumatic pains, but that he felt much better then and ready to fight it out. Wright tells the story himself, and douhtless understands the nature of the rheumatism with which Hoge is afflicted. ; By the way, it ia rather strange that Messrs. . Sawyer and Robertson were so sleepy. They knew that the presence of Wright in that cor was .objected to, and that Wimbush and Rainey had been shot out, when they left in search of "refreshments." Unless they had an instinctive idea that Wright was not in the right place, they ought, under the circumstances, to have sat up with him. In short the ejection of the colored dignitaries, however much it may have aroused them, seems to have hbd a contrary effect upon their white friends, putting them all asleep. Sherman's Plan for Collecting Revenue. In consequence of the complaints of the difficulty of collecting the revenue in the mountain districts from Virginia to Georgia, and the numerous reports of assassinations therein, Commissioner Delano appealed to Gen. Shermatrfor troops; but he did not get them. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Swi says: "General Sherman thinks the government has better use for the troops than in enforcing revenue laws.! He believes it has a tendency to demoralize the army, and instances the effect which such surveillance has had on the troops of the British army. Again, the collection of the revenue belongs to the civil department of the government, and it is only when an enforcement of the laws is impossible that the services of the army should be called' into requisition. Commissioner Delano has therefore de- ' termined to arm and mount all the assistant assessors employed in the districts above mentioned, and empower them to collect the revenue and suppress frauds of whatever character." . ]/ Amorous Legislators. The shooting of a woman, Mattie Stokes, by the "Hon" Mr. Meade, of York, does not excite much interest in Columbia. The correspondent of the Charleston News says Mattie was not so badly wounded as was at first supposed. Meade < appeased her indignation by paying her a sum of money (it could not have been very much)( and considers himself out of danger of arrest. It seems IVfondp is nnt the nnlv lemRlator who has firot into a scrape' <in account of the gushing beauties of Columbia, who are wont to solace the exhausted statesmen after the labors of legislation. The same correspondent says: "Speaking of shooting reminds me of an affair that occurred the other night at a Mr given fbr the benefit of the 'Republican Brass Band.H A member was very attentive to a light-hued damsel, and invested his per diem to supply her appetite, to an extent which was extravagant to say. the least , Towards the close ofjthe entertainment, a page of the Senate, who is a shade darker than charcoal, 'walked into the affections of the aforesaid damsel, and completely 'cut out' the member, who, upon hearing who was his rival, recollected his dignity; , then considered it insulted, and then forgot it so far as to draw a pistol and start in pursuit of the , page; but bis benevolent intentions to deprive the j State of a future senator were frustrated by bis friends, who held him until he 'cooled down. " , THE S. C. LEGISLATURE. MONDAY, December 13. In the House, a bill to authorize administrators, executors, and other fiduciaries to sell certain evidences of indebtedness at public sale and to com- I promise in certain cases, was passed. It provides 1 that they be allowed to sell, to the highest bidder, < as other personal property is now sold, all notes, I accounts and other evidences of indebtedness coming into their hands as such, when the same is ap- < praised doubtful or worthless, and the purchaser ' thereof shall be allowed to bring his action in his 1 own name, as purchaser, to collect the same; that i the said administrators, &o., may, by and with the consent of the probate judge, compromise all de- i niands coming into their hands as such, where the j same is appraised doubtful or worthless; and where such compromises are made, the sarue shall c be fully shown in their annual returns. A bill was introduced at the last session to "reg- ( ulate divorce," and which will probably pass, pro- 1 vides that "any person who shall hereafter seek a 1 divorce from the bonds of matrimony shall be re- t quired, before commencing proceedings in any ( court, to give notice of his intention to seek suon divorce, by publication over his own signature, in t some newspaper of the county in whichbe resides, t for the space of three months," a A joint resolution presented in the House for the a Erotection of fish, provides that a fish commission e appointed by the Governor for each judicial d district, whose duties shall bo to draw "two dollars e per day for each day, and ten cents per mile for ? each mile travelled in the discbarge of their duties, r provided they shall receive pay for not more than c ninety days during the year 1870;" also, "to in- t snect all inland streams in their respective districts tnat are large enough for migratory fish to aseend, and report to the Legislature, at its next regular session, what obstructions are necessary to be renoved, and over what natural water-fells or artificial dams it may be expedient for fish-ways to be constructed, and what impurities are allowed to flow into, or are cast into, the streams that are poisonous to fish, or destructive of their spawn to "report to the solicitors all parties who may be violating the present fish laws:" to "call to their assistance as many persons as they may deem necessary in case of resistance; and any person raiik sing to give such assistance shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten, nor more than fifty dollars, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in the State." ; In the House, a concurrent resolution was adopted and sent to the Senate, that both Houses take a recess from the 22nd of December, to the 5th of January. . , A bill was introduced to repeal the act incorporating the Air-Line Railroad. TUESDAY, December 14. Judge Carpenter sent a letter to the Senate reuuestine a full and thorough investigation of his official conduct, and stating that the request was made because of the charges that he had been unjust to the colored people in his circuit. It was referred to the Judiciary Committee, and was also presented in the House. The Speaker of the House of Representatives attended in the Senate, when the following Acts were duly ratified: To amend an Act entitled "An Act providing for the assessment and taxation of property;" to amend an Act entitled "Au Act to amend the law in relation to recording mortgages, and to regulate the lien thereof ," to determine the manner of collecting taxes post due, assessed under the late tYovisionaf and Military Government of Sohth Carolina. , j i The report of the Committee on Education concerning a bill entitled "A bill to establish and maintain a systeip of free common schools for the State of South Carolina," was taken hp and provoked considerable discussion. Section 21 Bt, providing that the Governor shall fill all vacancies caused by death or failure to Qualify, ami section 22d, providing that the school commissioner shall visit each school in his county at least ogee during the regular term, received their second reading. Sectioq 23d provoked a long discussion. ' It provided that it shall be the duty of the - school cotrimissiotiefr "to see that in every school under his care there shall 09 taught orthography, reading, wriung^arithrae tic, geography, graqaipar, history of the .United States, the principles of the Constitution, and laws of the United States' and of this State, and good behavior." The House resolution to have a recess From the *22d of December to the 5th of January was concurred in.: In the House, DeLarge offered a resolution directing the State auditor to levy taxes, which received its first reading. It provides Jor a -State tax of half of one per cent to meet the appropriations of the fiscal year, and for the county commissioners three mills on the dollar for county purposes. An unsuocewftd attempt was made to expel the reporter df the Charleston News from the House. The Newt correspondent furnishes the Following particulars: ' l As the correspondent of the News walked into the House this morning, Just before it was called to order, hp surmised from the "black looks," (blacker thai) usual) of the members that something was wrong, that something unusual was afloat His surmise was correct i Shortly after the House was called .to ordefjlC. D. Hayne, the postmaster of Aiken, who has,no nose, offered the following resolution: . < Resolved by the House of Representatives, that the reporter of the dafly iVetw, and all persons connected in any manner :witb said paper, be and they are hereby excluded from seats upon the floor of this House, and that the Speaker'be requested to instruct the olerks of this House to withhold from ml such persons all information in reference to the proceedings of this body, ' . Barney Burton; colored, from Chester. I Second "dat" . ?-y . < ; R. Mi Smith, (Democrat ) I caH for the yeas and nayB. Wilder, colored.' Mr. Speaker, read that resolution again. -V . Tomlinson. (substantially.) Mr. Speaker, I did not bear the resolution on account of the noise in the House; please have it read again. [The clerk read it}. Now, Mr. Speaker. I trust such a resolution as that-will not be adopted.' I trust that the dignity and self-respect of members will prevent the adoption of that resolution. Only, consider, I ask, how small and contemptible it would L UC LU uuupb m DeLarge, coldred, hoped the resolution would not be adopted, saying substantially. I see no necessity for it. I am willing to accord to the press that freedom and privilege guaranteed to them under the laws of this State and the United States. I am aware they sometimes carry abuse to the extreme that all good men condemn it. I myself care nothing what any newspaper in this or any other State shys in relation to my official actions. Let them say what they please. 1 If you adopt this resolution, it !will look as though yon weretifraid of somebody?-it is foolish to octsoi If you exclude this reporter from the floor, there is no pokier to prevent him from ocoupying a' place in the galleries, unless for disorderly conduct Sims, colored, moved that the consideration of the resolution be indefinitely postponed. Hayne, colored. I withdraw tn'e resolution. R. M. Smith. I withdraw my motion for a call for yeas and nays. Sims, colored. I withdraw my motion to.poet-, pone. ' j jBurton, colored, "Mr. Spoker, I offer de fbllering-reMlutfon:" . ' Resolved, By the House of Representatives, That the reporter of the Cliarleston Daily Neicsm hereby expelled from this floor. r, Driffle, colored. T'raove that the resolution he laid on the table. Burton; colored. "What for you do dat?" . Driffle's motion was ppt and carried, very few voting against it, and of thetp four-fifths tfere colored. ' (! .'' ; ' ' WEDNESDAY, December 15. In the Senate, several sections of the bHl to establish and maintain a system of free schools passed their second reading. -One of these provides for a salary of $800:per annum to each county school commissioner. A bill to provide for the payment of the interest pf the .stocks and bonds or the State in coin, pasSeflits second reading and was ordered to be en grossed. The debt amounts to $6,183,344. ;i. 1 In the House, the bill to better protect the holders of insurance policies was .passed, and itfe I title changed to an act The bill to repeal the township act was passed and sent to the Senate. A correspondppt of the Charleston News says there will be Drought before n K511 4a ftiA f/YWtiahin ' LUC UCIiULC, E3UUI14JTj a uni w uuiwuu ?uv vwn?np?*i' act, which simply provides that there shall-not be so many townships as at preseDt. It is thought that the township system will pot be abolished, out will be amended so as to have it .conducted with fewer officers and muoh less expense. A bill to amend the act providing for genoral elections and the conduct or the same, was read. It provides that chartered bodies, which shall discharge employees because of their political opinions, shall have their charters takeo away; and if planters and others discharge their employees because of their political opinions, the/ shall be fined $1000 and be imprisoned at the discretion qf the . judge. THURSDAY, December 16. In the Senate, Ihe bill tb pay the interest on the State debt in coin was read a third time. Winj-1 bnsh, colored, gave notice that he and several other senators would to-morrow enter a protest against the bilL . . * . I The adverse report of the Committee on the Judiciary, on a bill to protect the officers of the 3tate police from arrest for alleged offences comnitteaby theta in the discharge of their duties, ivas adopted. ' Tbe Governor has approved the act to amend an ict to provide for the assessment and taxation of cropeiiy; in the State, and the act to amend the aw relative to recording mortgages, and the act to let'erminc tbe manner of collecting taxes past due. , The report of the committee on the Abbeville Contested Election Case was then taken up. Cor)in introduced a resolution declaring that the Ab- 1 jeville election was void, and that neither oontes- 1 ant was entitled to his seat. This resolution was 1 arried. Ayes 18, nays 6. A bill to designate the officers by whom> and the I imes when and places at which, sales ordered by 1 he Courts of Comtaon Pleas and Judges thereof ' fid fho Pnnrta nf PrnhnfA fib nil ko mndft woo IUV1 VVH**W v? * wtfMt* WV WUUV) nuu IVHU t second time. i In the House, Neagle introduced a bill provi- 1 ling that there should be appointed by the Got- ! ruor a judge ^or each county, who shall serve for ] bur years. and reoeive fees like justices of the *eace, ana who shall have jurisdiction over all ( ases of bastardy, all offences less than felony, aod o decide and set aside all contracts between em ployers and employees. There will be considerable opposition to this wH _ .FRIDAY, December 17. Governor Scott signed to-day the bill to pay the interest on the State debt in coin, the bill to mend the census law, and the bill to incorporate the Claffin University. , _ ^ In the House, a joint resolution for the appointment of fish commissioners; a bill to change the location of the county seat of Barnwell tofBartyell Village; and a bill to designate what offioere snail aett pmpe?^, reoei ved their ^irdreadiog and were sent to the Senate. . Jaclraon introduced a bi&ftr the better protection oflaborers, and to- pfSvide for the appointment of a commissioner of contracts in each county. A bill authorising the State Auditor to tery a tax of one Half per cent for' State pnrpoefes, and three mills for county purposes, passed its second reading. In the Senate, the bill to inoorpor&te the PqHcyholders and Tontine. Life Insurance Company of Charleston, passed its second reading. i i J r. a ? at.- tt .1 a juimu rcawuuuu irurn . uio mme HI OK.III6 United States flag over the Capital,.was ooooarred in, after considerable opposition. ;,,,, ' ....J Jftnantitd anb CwmtmBl. YORKYIIJJ fMCTg CTIESEBT. / CORRECT ED WEEKLT BY OAR ROLL, CLARK A CO. WEDNESDAY) December ?2, l&S. BAGGING?Gonitr-V yaht.^ tl BALE ROPB?Hemp V ft.,,jl. ,4e(ijr u* Manilla,* 3) 85 (a) ? Cotton, ? ft 4. i\ t ..y. a , (RON TIES, nor pound, w BLUE-STONE,*&7I7. @ 20 CANDLES?Tall ow?W ft. j. mi' I, .... ?S - 11:. Lajuyray*. ...it.*' ?;\ SO Java, V a .. S 45 COTTON TARN, V Winch of ft p*andi?..U ' .. S IS GUNPOWDER, V ft (, .... <g . 40 MACKEREL?No. 1, half barrel*....'....... " .. @ 7., ; -11 NO. 2,balfham!<7.... S] j.Jv i- ;g , 11" '. -1. . N0.8, V KH,..(? ?.. ?i?w?.4?,. ! A S il'JJ ' . . 1 No. 3, T Kit, ,>.<? 3 00 MOLABSES-^Cuba?V (allofi U < (3 ?' W Wert In^fjtalUB....,^,., New Orteani, V fnUon 1 15 (2 1 85 NAILS?Northern?V ft 7* ($ 8 aiLWSvCvV.:::r.::r.r.:{:r.r:::-1^2* SUGAR?PuKtrUed?V ft.. Cruehad,V ft.......... ,,,. <S B5 ' A.VK. '.....VA..t....L-.X. ? .1 4*ft.mti*? inyjf. iii jflji -'S Brown. * ft.... _ ,H IB TEA-Hy?onA.Vft;.u-'.;.:..X.}j.^.L.;.JJ *50 8 ??? 1 Imoarlal. V 1 S Buck, ?; <s* r * VINEGAR?Cider?V gallon 41 & " ; PBODC9E HAaK*X?PElCES FBOM W4PONB. E-'g '-8 . ijldci, yj .. t 4 ;?u. iMli tt (jtonJWWI^VMb&i XI 37 DRIED r '|lj ? : , geaal>??, oapteled, B HaBil : ..tiff I BS Ifrj f: aiDES-greeB^V >X !*?, ' la) r '' jJ LARD?Country?V jb v .. 5 -'M ?:: |-l8 f8A8, V bu?bel..k. BO @ 1 S5 POTATOES?I rtfi??V.b?b el.. ~j... ' . S 75 Sweet, rboihel '"78 (g 1 00 51.4"* WHEAT,*ii.-.'rt,ASu'jfoil1 .. &' I ? , CoTToic.f-lhe manfest tentfcwes Arm, with a alight improvement sine* last week. , .W* quote 22(?otefo4^i6,heet^aiity. ,, [> d: -;,iin,Ki m CHESTER, December 2t.?CoTWW.-WHh a fair domandand more liberal receipts, oar market closes firm, at the following quotations: Stained 20i to.23.as to|quality, middling 22* cents, . CHARLOTTE, DfcemberfiO,?There was a gopd demand for'Cotton daring the week, and sales wfere made at 23? cents * flie'maafltetwaoinewhat irregular?we quote extremes at 204 to 28f cents, the latter price for middling. . Sales for the .week 500bales. ' ; . ' > Corn?$1.15 per bushel. Corfi Meal, $1.10 to $1.20 per bushel. Flour $4 to $4.25 per sack from wagons?market well supplied.1 i :t NEW YORK, December Oft.?Cottpffdull ?fid declining; sales1,800bales,at254. CHARLESTON, December 20.-Cotton thill tod tester; sales 500 baloe middlings 244 to 24i. LIVERPOOL, Deo. 20?3 p. mT-Cottdn steady butdullr?unlandaHid. l. , CHARLESTON, December. Ifi, M69.-TH* Receipts, Ace.?1The receipts at the cotton ports for the week ending on Friday,last, say 100,848 bales, were against 88^994 bales for 1 the same unsski last year, and with a better, condition of the Western streams it is expected that the arrivals will be considers We lbr several weeks.s'New Orleans, nowever,'still drops slightly behind last , yeas, while Texas and i Mobile show aa Increase*' Mthnugh this is the period of the year when the heaviest supplies may be looked fbr, prices have continued to exhibit steadiness, and it begins to be Supposed that the staple has reached its lowest point tor the present crop. The receipts of the principal Southern exporting points show the following arrivals up to the latest telegraphic dates. n " " * 1qua iana New Orleans, December 16,.. '.,, >351,179 361,279 Mobile, December 1S,...;............:.;1$4,953 95,153 Savrnnah, December 16,..^..228,848 148,743 Charleston, December 15, ......199,241 77,869 Texas, December 10, 69,018 55,757 Virginia, December 11, 88,927 . 53,342 The Cotton MaBeet.?While the demand for thi* article during. the week: just dosed boa been moderate, .the downward inclination of, prices have been suspended, and'the staple has exhibited touch steadiness, with tadiflatfonw of * better fading for. the article, and some confidence that , prices have reached tbeir minimum. In the English market, Which opened at lljd to 1I|& ifir middling uplands; it bebame firmer at Hid., but agais receded to likLtoillicMNew'York*which begun aL25Jc.f remained very tfeady alibis figure tod at this pbint, middlings commenced fufyc; the article hardened to 24i to 241, closing at' tito 24i.?ntaper pouid.. tiaantui .li ? :/3 U" Coei*.?This grain baa been coming forward in full lupply and the receipts have been Cbou^^OOO bnsbefs from Baltimore, and two sm?Ul; cargoes from North Carolina, amounting. AD about iQOO bushels. Sales of North Carol! na hAve tatowplace in balk atf 1.09 to $ lilO per bushel, weight Brime white Maryland in a retail war, is held at about 81.20 to $1.25 per bushel, weight, bags included. The demand, although still reptricte<L has latterly somewhat improved. A sale of about 600 bushels of Virginia white; hi 'second-hand' sacks, took place at $1JI par bnahelr weight, sacks tacomded. Flour,?Dealers haveu .fau, fmd well aaaprted stock of Northern and Western flour, ibr which thefe has been a moderate demand, prieca remaining without important altoratiomi baiac.about as follow: Northern and Western fine at $3 to $5.50, per barrel: super, at $5.75 to $6per barrel; extra, at $625 to p?r ba&elj fiuuily st tf'totf .50 per ba^ru. - Southern qualities are in moderate stock, I and.iwy'be Qpotedgt $7 tp$7.50 per barrel for extra* tna $7f50 to $9 per barrel for choioe family gradts. ' ;i 1 j' ' n Bacon;?The stock of this article baa become rqdmed, And With a slightly bettor inquiry there t is a ir trier feeling in the marketwith some disposilon^to. ast better rates. "We .quote prime smoked shoulders at 16 to 16$ cetite - per .pound; I._? OA uata'. /U* aaft/vdah.-tnl uruizu viutu: nuni\Avo t?i/ ut j doeat 12i to 14cento; strips20 cents, and salted bldr rib Slides at 18ideintri per pound: 't ' " Financial. KEW YORK, December 21.-Gold dull, at 205 to;aoj. ; ? ' :-turritf-i u? CHARLESTON, Thursday, December 10, JW9. ?Bank of Camden, 75 ; Bank of Charleston,par ; Bank of Chester, 18; Bank ofGeorgeidwfi, 20 i Bank of Hamburg, 9; Bank of Newberry*, petr'f Bank of Soith Carolina, 15; Bank of the State pfSonth Carolina prior to 1801,50; Rank of the State of Sopth j Carolina, after 1st 7ffltiairy,'lB6l, 30; COmmer- ' cial Bank, Columbia: -5 j Exchange - Bank, Columbia, 25; Merohafit'sBank, Cbeiaw, lflt Peonies' Bank, par; Planter's Bank, Fairfield,8; Planter's and Mechanic's Bank, Charleston, par ^Southwestern Railroad Bank, old, 80; Southwestern Rfilroad Bank^new, 75State!Bank, Charleston, 10: Union Bank, par; City of Charleston Change , Bills, par ;Stateof SOuth Carolina Treasury Notes, pfr. . ; . / i r> ; noilAi i. f. BANKBILL8 WABfTEP. mHE highest market prices paid fOtuncurrent _ f Bank Bills, at the Citizens1 Savings Bank. **17 1 W. B. METTS, Assistant-fttshler. December 10 .? 50- l \1.4t %?ial ItriioS,; I TO CONgUftf PtlVBSr 'The Advertisers having been restoredtrt health In a few weeks,, by a. Very simple remedy, after hairing suffered several years with naeVere lung liection, and that dread disease, Consumption?i-s Mixious to makq known to his fellow-sufferer* the Doeansof coreV j..,:. i "To all who desire It, hie will sand ac?py of the prescription used (free of charge); the directibns forpteparing and Using the sarhe, Which they *111 And asurk Cube fob Coi*scitPW<ri#; Asthka, bbbncbtms, etc. The otyect of the-advertiser in sending the Prescription >is to benefit the iffiicted, and spread iiffbrmatipQ which he connives to be invaluable; and he hopes every suf- , ferer Will try his remedy, as itwlli cost them nothing, and may prove a blessing, w 1 Parties wishing the prescription, will please adIress Rkv. EDWARD A, WILSON. Williamsburg, King's County, New York. November 18 46l':j' ; 3m 1 A