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?????imn f tt?cttigrucc Wednesday Morning, Dee'r. ? CHRISTMAS. Nearly two thousand years ago, in the com around Bethlehem in Judea, an angel appea unto shepherds abiding in the field, keeping wu over theirijaook by night, and proolaimed "g tidings of great joy, which shall be to all peopl and s multitude of the heavenly host suddenly peared with the angel, saying "Glory to God in highest, and on earth peace, gcod will toward me This is thc Scriptural account of the joyful reft' " that went forth upou the advent of the Kedeei ... of mankind. These humble shepherds knew floe full meaning of the glad tidings proclaimed the heavenly messenger, but they evidently app dated the coming of the "Messiah, the long-expec ? Euler of thc Jews. In the broad glare of the ni toenth. century, when revealed religion has Ix . .accepted by countless millions, and Gospel ble inga are all around us, it ?8 well to meekly bow adoration of the crucified Saviour, and utter titan "?? givings of praise to a merciful Jehovah for the estimable gift of God's dear Sob to a sin-strick ? world. "The unsearchable riches of Chri: ? 'should be the theme engaging every heart on t r/xeputed day of the Saviour s birth. His mere ia the past and wide-extended promises for thc turo ought to enlist the thoughts of every one ? His fallen creatures. The old year is dyiag awa -the cadeneo of .its footsteps glides noiselessly I Weare carried back through the dim and silent ci . ' lidors of Time todays of youthful pleasure or ma hood's early years. There, in the mysterious ha of memory, bang a thousand dear, mournful a --/fading pictures, upon which we love to gaze. Thei ' too, are some dark and stern ones, but even th? t-seom. mellowed and softened by time into son thing akin to images of gtmjJem?sTand peace. 1 Hear, thejftw^p^ntual and' holy voices of the pa: - ?ndthe heart throbs beneath the spell of mentor even as thc ocean tide beneath thc influences- of tl v lonely Wanderer of the sky. The dead rainbo - re-appears like a spirit- ot Heaven upon the showei clouds of life, and the dews of the spring's fir ' mornsrglow in dream-like beauty upon the mela: .-rcholy floweiB of the Long Ago. The perisiitt streams gush anew from arid sands, and the bref zi of the olden time sweep again the thousand wiu< hoTps of "the forest-pines. Amid all these mein? . xies, the gracious favor of Almighty God deserve " Sacred remcnibrancc? and His infinite mercy rt - ceives thc grateful homage of believing and trtisi ing hearts. . In prosperity or in adversity ; in jo r.nd sorrow ; in health and in affliction, and i whatever can betide the wayfarer on earth's dc .-"Oert-sands, the Christian recognizes the presenc-e < a Supreme .Being, who controls and directs th destinies of. mankind, and allots to every huma creature the good aud ills of life. Let us, thnt ???ti i. ..... ~ - ? - cn this Christmas morn, as wc turn to survey th , past, "think on these things," and seriously reflcc ?j how much, ve owe to that Saviour who took upo "himself tht form of man, and offered His preciou -life as ? ransom for our ?ins ! Let us remembt that He was "a man of sorrows and acquainte - with grief," and while we are sustained by his d vine grace, the storms of this world may hov ^ around us, but cannot submerge that immortality * which was not born to die. "And now that the ol year is nearly sealed tip in the past, and there is ? new year just before us, with all the opportunity forjjood, all its hours of communion with Christ and days lo be^giyen to the service of God. so aftc death there will be a new scene, an immortal ex istence, through which the soul may move in end less, inconceivable joy. serving God and enjoying him forever more. In the shadow* of thai lasi hour, when mortal life is ebbing 'away, there ii only One able to sustain the fainting, weary soul, and vouchsafe an entrance into the blessed land where years, and days, and hours aro all forgotten and nothing known or feb su?ve the fullness of thc pleasures of eternity. With thoughts like these, and a heart full ol thankfulness for preservation amid fearful scenes and blessings undeserved all along the pat hw iy o: .' life,, we would fain offer to our readers,?each and every one, in whatever station of lifo,?thc cus? tomary greetings of the season ! -? SST" Thia paper will not be issued next woek. THE CONTENTION SAID TO BE CARRIED, it is now five weeks since thc election for dele gates to thc Reconstruciion Convention was held, - and tho official count has not been made known, in consequence of several Districts not being heard , from. Enough is known, however, to render it ? certain that a Convention will be assembled, and it is presumed that the time will be fixed iu January. The Sumter yews, explanatory of tho delay iu as? certaining thc result, suggests that "interest " has - accrued on the votes ! We would remind our co temporary also, that there arc no usury laws in " this State. THE CHEAPEST PAPER IN THE SOOTH. "We have , often spoken of the many excellent V'Characteristics of the Charleston Daily yews; to 7? these it now commends itself by a great reduction in the price of subscription. From ten dollars per annum the proprietors have reduced it to six. In this we think they have acted wisely, always provided they can defray the expenses of publica .- rion, which we know are heavy, at the reduced . price. The reduction cannot fail to increase their "subscription list largely, especially as they have added also a Tri-Weekly, to be published at three . 'dollars a year. The News is an excellent paper, giving the earliest, fullest, and most reliable intel? ligence on all current topics. This department, under its presen* management, has received spe? cial attention. The news is judiciously selected and presented in a brief and sententious form. Space is thus economized, and thc reader benefit ted, in getting a much larger variety of matter for his daily perusual. The yews has been a go-ahead paper from tho beginning. It9 proprietors aro enterprising and wide-awake, and having the inside track menu to keep it. We like their spirit, and wiri do what we can to encourage them. Wc would recommend, therefore, all our readers who desire a good cheap, live metropolitan paper, at once to bub??cribe lo the hoariest o& Sr ly Nw't* j LOCAL AND STATE NEWS. PERfONAL.?We had the pleasure, on Monday lust, of meeting with-Mr. John McFall. better knovrn ante bellum as "Florida John." He bas just returned with hii family from Arkansas, where they have been residing for the past two years, and a brief conversation with him will con? vince any one that there are worse countries to five in than old South Carolina, with all her disad? vantages and drawbacks. .Grand Rotal Aboh Chapter or Sooth Caro? lina.?The next annual convocation of this body will he held at Greenville C. H. on Tuesday, 11th February, 1868, at 12 m. We learn from the Grand Secretary that Grand Officers and delegates from subordinate Chapters will be allowed the privilege of going and returning, over the Green? ville aud Columbia and South Carolina Railroads, for one fare; and also that the proprietor of the Mansion House in Greenville has agreed to enter? tain the members of the Grand Chapter at $2.00 per day. Worthy or Imitation.?Wo notice, in a Western paper, the fact iliat there is a merchant in the town in which the paper is printed, who, whenever a man buys a good bill of goods from him, makes the purchaser a present of the same paper in whicli he advertises, for one year* and thus he manages to keep the customer constantly reminded of his business?aud he will never forget such a present. Should that man give his customers six or eight dollars in greenbacks or in goods, it might soon bo forgotten ; but. when ho is regularly placed in re ?ceiuL of bisdriend's bouuty, can any one doubt its being a good way to advertise? This is worthy of imitation by business men. Where's the lucky and enterprising individual desirous of treating his customers in this wise by sending the Anderson Intelligencer? We will help him by putting the paper at club rates. Don't all speak at once! Stoppings. Newspaper.?Somo people seem to tbittfc-rtnrrtheir subscription to a newspaper obli? gates the editor to advocate their own peculiar views on all questions which affect the public, for? getting that an editor should be an independent being, houest enough to give his opinions, and let his readers judge of what they arc worth. To those who ?re ready to send word, "Stop my Pa? per," because the editor expresses his honest opin? ion, rormeti after careful research and mature de? liberation, we commend the following little story : A certain man hit his toe agaiust a pebble and felt headlong to the ground, lie was vexed, and. uuder the influence of anger and self-sufficiency, he kicked mother earth right saucily. With im-j perturable gravity, he looked to see the earth itself dissolve and come to naught. Rut the earth re? mained, and only his poor loot was injured in the encounter. This is tho way of man. An article in a news? paper touches him in a weak spot, and straightway he sends to "Stop his paper!" With great self complacency he looks to see the crash when the object of his spleen shall cease to be. Poor fool, he has only hit his own toe agaiust a world that does not perceptibly feel the shock, and injures to a slight extent none but himself. Hard on the Ladies.?Some old fogy (an old, dilapidated bachelor, of course,) gets off the follow? ing at the expense of the ladies : Taken as a class, women can contrive more out? landish and ugly fashions than one would think p^pslble without the gift of inspiration. Take, tor instance, the watcriull. First it represented a bladder of Scotch snulf; next it hung down a wo? man's buck iike a canvass-covcred ham, afterward contracted, and counterfeited a turnip on the back of the heaJ ; now it sticks straight but ?behind, and looks like a wire muzzle on a greyhound. Nestling in the midst of this long stretch of hair reposes n little batter cake of a bonnet like a jockey saddle on a long-backed race horse. We would feel quite uncomfortable to let the above paragraph go nnrebuked, and thereby justly merit the indignation of our fair friends. And in order to completely mollify the dear creatures, wc will append a most graphic picture of an "old bachelor," from the pen of a neighboring local: A writer has said, "that no man can cither live piously or die righteously without a wife." Sclab. Tuat fellow's head was balanced. What say ye, "Ve shirt buttanless, rumpTpd, sour featured, old siugle-heartedncss." Write the axiom upon your flinty and unappreciate hearts with a diamond-pointed pencil, (if you have one.) cut it out. and paste it up in some conspicuous place, in your solitary cheerless, comfortless, rag littered desert of a room, where even the boldest ray of the summer sun trembles to linger for a moment: where never a flower dares to sh-iw its biushing face without dying an untimely death, and where the healthiest breeze that ever came singing from the caves of the mighty hilln will 'icken and become impregnated with the foul odor of decaying cigar stumps, orange peelings, and the smell of unwashed gin tumblers. How can you feel pious, and go to church every Sunday, with the phantom of your impious single wretchedness before your mind's eye, and accusing your selfish heart, like Bauquo's ghost, every time some sweet, unconscious, rosy cheeked, laughing eyed and elaborately chiguoncd fairy takes a seat beside you in the same pew, or brushes by you at the floor, like a butterfly, while you stand gazing j on vacancy, and irresolutely twisting the "few and far between" hairs that discolor your upper lip? You can't feel pious with such distracting thoughts rushing like lava through your brain, and tut niug every unwise bachelor resolve to dust and ashes. How can you expect to die righteously without n wife to nssist you ? You may manage to fight your way through a useless bachelor life, in a cat and dog sort of a way ?but you heartless sinner, will this suffice you when the day of retribution comes, and old Death raps at your latchless chamber door, with a polite request to take a seat in his ferry-boat, immediate? ly to be rowed to the other side of the Styx ; will you be prepared to meet the occasion ? Can you point to the diary of your mateless life, and prove that your sufferings and trials on earth have been sufficient and severe enough to purify and chasten your heart, or will you then exclaim, with Queen Elizabeth, "My kingdom for a moment of time,"? to get married in. Hard hearted mortal, shake off your bashfulness, and resolve to take a delightful trip through the sevenMahommedan heavens, with a regular passport, signed and sealed in due form by an ofliciating clergyman. Wc know we arc right, and will leave it to the judgment of wisdom ?represented by the fair Queens of the land. LATEST MONTHLIES. We arc indebted to Mr. Geo. W. Fant, of the Book Store, for latest numbers of Demorest's, Les? lie's, Godey's and Peterson's Magazines. He is prepared to furnish either of the above named monthlies at the subscription price, free of post? age. The ladies would do well to consult Mr. Fa.nt in regard to these publications. Singlo copies of each cau be had at the Book Store every j South Carolina Conference.?The annual ses? sion of tbiB body convened in Morganton, N. C, on the 12th inst., Bishop Dogoett presiding. The session was harmonious and continued for six days. We regret not being able to give a summary of the proceedings, and the list of appointments for the ensuing year. We notice that the Rev. S. A. Wbbbjsr is as3sigued to thi* place ; Rev. G. F. Round, Pendleton, and R?t. W. H. Hodoes, An? derson Circuit. The Rev. A. B. Stetbks is con? tinued r.9 the Presiding Elder for thi9 Conference District. The next Conference will be hold at Ab ville- C. H. Laurensville Herald.?The last number of this journal contains the valedictory of our friend, Hoher L. McGowan, Esq., who retires from the editorial chair, after four years of arduous and effective service. Wc wish him peace and prosper? ity. His eucccssor is not named, but tiro proprie? tors announce him as a competent gentlemen,-who will devote sufficient time and labor to make the paper a welcome visitor to every fireside. We are gratified lo know that the Etrald is firmly estab? lished once again, and that the "hard times" does not'seriously affect this time-honored journal. Southern- Cultivator.?The December number of this old and popular Southern monthly, which wo have received through the mail, closes its twen? ty-fifth volume. Its merits arc so well and favor? ably knowu that we need say nothing in its favor. Now is a good lime to subscribe, with the begin? ning of the new year. The Cultivator has passed into the bands of Mr. Wm. Jones and Dr. W. S. Jones, who will spare no efforts to make it worthy of tho patronage of Southern planters. Published at Athens, Geo. AN ENCOURAGING WORD. The Atlanta Intelligencer makes the following ex? tract from a letter addressed to the proprietor of (hat journal by a highly cultivated and distin? guished gentleman residing North of theP*?torna?,': wbo l?*a r/?-c::t!y"visited tvasuingtou, and who is encouraged to believe that prospects are becoming brighter for the South. The writer says: "I believe there is good ground for the hope that the Radical power is virtually broken, and that we are uoar realizing the "beginning of the end" of their infamous reign. The friends of the President do not now hesitate to assert that he has achieved a great triumph, and, I am sure, that the people of the North mean, by the recent elections, an endorsement of his course and a determination to return to the rule of the Constitution as the on? ly hope, not only for the South, but themselves. They are determined that aegroes shall not rule this country, and, unless the people of the South forge their own chains by surrendering '.heir in 'dependence and manliness of spirit to the dicta? tion of a temporary and infamous military press? ure, and fail to protest against the great crime of forced negro domination sought to be fastened upon them by the fiends in human shape, the time will come at no distant day, when the State gov? ernments will be remanded back to their rightful owners. I know that it must require almost super? human courage and endurance, with a large ad? mixture of fuith iu the ultimate success of truth and right, to bear up with confidence under the accumulated and aggravated weight of infamies, perpetrated by the controlling power of the gov? ernment with apparent impunity upon the defence? less and down.trodden people of the South, but if they are true to themselves aud to their birthright, this forced and unnatural negro domination will be of short duration. As to what is the best oourse for the people to pursue, I do not pretend to be statesman enough to decide, but I am sure that they should never, by word or deed, counte? nance, iu the remotest manner, the unnatural and barbarous claim of u malignant and unprincipled power to force upon them subjection to the negro. They should resist by every means in their power the extension of suffrage to the semi-barbarous hordes in their midst, -which (consented to) cannot result otherwise than in the complete und utter ruin (in every sense of that fearful word) of the entire Southern country." -. DECISIONS OF THE COURT OF ERRORS. The Greenville Enterprise learns from a distin? guished member of the bar, who was in attendance upon the Court, that the following legal principles were decided by the Court of Errors during its re? cent silting in Columbia: 1. The .Statute of Limitations was suspended by the Stay Law in South Carolina. 2. The ordinaucc of the Convention allowing parlies to prove what was the consideration and value of all contracts, during the war, is not in violation of the United States Constitution, nor docs it impair the obligation of contracts. U. It is not in violation of the Constitution of the United States for the District Courts to try criminals without a presentment of a Grand Jury. 4. The Tax Collectors are not compelled to re? ceive the bills of the Bank of South Carolina in payment of taxes. 5. That slavery was not abolished at the date of President Lincoln's Proclamation, but ccastd to exist when the State was captured. (j. Express Companies nre liablo to be taxed on their income. The tax on National Banks, and the validity of negro debts, were postponed. The Court decided that the Columbia and Augusta Railroad might cross the South Carolina Railroad in Columbia." But the case was retained for a compromise be i ween the two companies in regard to the crossing and other matters. The question of the validity and constitutionali? ty of the organization of the juries under Military Orders, was argued in the Court of Appeals, but no decision has yet been announced. NEWS IN BRIEF. ? The rumors of conspiracies among tho nogro j population in Mississippi have become so frequent, that Governor Humphreys has been compelled to issue a proclamation warning them to desist. The organizations are stated to be for purposes of mur? der and plunder, and mean white men are mixed up in them. The steps taken by Governor Hum I phrcys meets the cordial approval of General Ord, ' who promises military aid in preserving the peace and bringing the wicked men who wantonly dis turb it, to punishment. ? While men are in bad repute about the na? tional Capitol in these latter days, and very broad distinctions are made on account of color. Mr. Schenck the other day proposed that the privilege of selling ale and beer should be bestowed upon a colored brother, although the same privilege was flatly refused a white man only a short while ago. Mr. Schenck's consistency is admirable, only it goes all one way. ? The criminal court at Indianapolis (Ind.) has decided that the State law forbidding marriages between the whites and blacks is not made null by the United States Civil Rights Law. Tho case will be taken to the Supreme Court. ? By order of General Ord, the Mississippi convention is to meet at Jackson on Tuesday, Jan? uary 7, and that of^Arkanaas at Little Rock on the same day. THE STATUS OF THE NEGRO?ARIEL' S OE' FENCE. The Charleston Netti of last Saturday contains two letters from "Ariel," intended aa a partial an? swer to soire of the most prominent replies that have been given to his wide'y known pamphlet on the negro. These letters are dated from Nashville, Tenneesee, and embrace most of the points and arguments of "Ariel" in reply. In the second let? ter, dated 14lh inst., he meets the arguments of Dr. Winkler, and as matter of curiosity, we subjoin the substance of this letter: Will the opponents of "Ariel's" views accept thc Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as com? petent lo decide this question ? If they will be willing, as he is, to bc bound by what they say, it can easily be satisfactorily settled. And ila ad? justment will not only settle, as a fact growing out of its adjustment, that the negro is a beast, but by express declaration of the Divine writer, that he ii as no sort,. These points can bc demonstra? ted by the positive authority of God'a Word, and by the logic of facts which that word teaches. Now, if tiie views of "/n iel" are what God teaches, how dare any man to gainsay, and begin lo tell us of the awful consequences to thc negro?to the white race, to society, as ensuing, if "Ariel'' is true ? These gentlemen, too. forget that, by in? dulging in such denunciatory calamities, that they are assuming; that tuet could have arranged this world much belier than God himself. This qi:asi infidelity,?which is now filling the pulpits of the land, believing only so M?CU of God's Word, as in their judgments God should have done, said, or commanded, and where anything is said that docs not harmonize with tiieiu judgment or opinion,? must bc laid aside. This is not only true of our pulpits, but no less astonishing. Do not such men know thai God will stamp them out of existence for such impiety? Has not God said, that ol' every word which ut: has spoken, not one jot or tittle shall fall, that all will bc accomplished? The pulpits and the religious writings of thc day are now overrunitig with this qi"asi infidelity. Let mc ask you a question on this point?Yon understand Dr. Winkler a? asserting that lite Ethi? opian referred to in his text. Acts viii., as being anogrj? Ves. Do you suppose that the Doctor did that as an intelligent reader of thc Bible or from design of ignorance? Look at, and read at? tentively verses 21 nnd He had gone to Jeru " salmi to ?wolfs ii i p. Now, was any person dut a Jew ever allowed to worship in thc Temple? See Acts xxi. 2% to 80. No man cax believe that he was a neg no, except such as have a veil over their minds, "to believe alie, that they may be" *****. Ile was unquestionably a Jew. Queen Candace was likewise white, nnd all her subjects white also. Had Dr. W. but looked into Latin history he would have found that, at this very time, Nero was on the throne, that Pctronius had been appointed by him to succeed Callus as Governor of Egypt and Ethio? pia?that at this time thc Roman army under Pc? tronius was in thc act mil occupation of Tapata. the capital then of Ethiopia, where this Queen Candace held her court?that they were white, descendants of Ham?and had he examined history further, he would have found that the Ethiopa of the Bible (not the Ethiopia of men's fancy.) was settled by thc descendants of Ham from Egypt?thal Ethiopa extended from Cy rene south of Egypt, and extend? ed up the Nile to Kashtoutn, at the junction of thc White and Blue Nile, a distance of some 180 miles. Tlial its first capital was Meroe?that its ruins at this day are of the most magnificent kind?that an examination of their catacombs, as well as all their architecture, show that they are thc same as those of Egypt?their gods and temples tho same?their burial of their dead the same?the inscriptions on their sarchophagi the same hierogly phics?that on opening of them, the same cast of features, with long Btraight hair on them, is found on their dead. The writtr of this had a lock of hair taken lrom thc head of one of their queens that was buried two hundred nnd fifty-eight years before the Exo? dus of the Hebrews from Egypt, under Moses and Aaron. But to lest tho Doctor's Bible knowledge and coniemporancous history: We now drfv him, or any one else, lo point his finger lo .\ sinui.e instance, where any Apostle ev i;it pb ka un Kn to a NEOiio?ever baptized otic? or ever established a neg ko cu ruc ll on this earth. Wc say we defy him. or any other man, lo do this. The Apostle Paul declares thal "ibo Gospel," in his day, "had been preached throughout, thc whole world," and he spoke truth. And we now say again that wc defy thc Doctor, or any other man, to show one single negro rumen established by them, or a single negro baptized by them, any? more limn he can show a church of horses, asses, gnats or sheep, established or baptized by them ; churches such as can bc shown of thc whites. lt won't do to dodge this question. Thc Apos? tles either did or did not preach lo negroes. If they preached to them, where were their chinches? Then that second sprout of infidelity among the learned (?) clergy, which they lay to the Apostle Paul, saying in Athens (sec Acts xvii.. 261. "Thai of one blood Cod halli made all the nations of men for io dwell on all the face of the earth " ?This, they say, necessarily includes ihe whole negro race. Well, we now utter another defiance to those learned gentlemen. We defy them to put their finger on one single passage in thc R?de, from the first letter io the last one in it, where the ne? gro is called a nation atty more than horses, asses, cattle, sheep or goats, are called a nation or na tions. Let them try it. Christ told his disciples to preach thc Gospel to every nation, and they sn y they did: but how is it they never baptized a ne? gro, or established a negro church ? 'fliese learn? ed (?) men would make the Saviour's orders, and the veracity"of his Apostles, of little account? alas! for our poor fallen natures. Wc arc great, very great in our vain imaginations. Wc want to show God that we can make good Christians of Bcasis, although wc can hardly make a true and honest one of ourselves. Again, it can be shown from thc T?iblo that it is as impossible (reverently speaking) for Cod to make a ll lack man, and endow him with a soil, as for him to create pire without heat. I want all to be said against '?Ariel'' that cnn be, justly or unjustly said, before vre reply. We are now preparing our notes for another work, in which all these matters will be properly attended to- Most of what has been said against "Ariel" is denunciatory, not worthy of a man. THE AMENDATORY RECONSTRUCTION BILL. The following embraces thc text of the bill as it passed the House on Wednesday last, after a spicy and interesting debate. If this bill becomes a law, a majority of the votes cast will determine thc Constitution of any State, and the election for members of Congress will take place at the same time with thc voting on the Constitution: ile it enacted, That so much of thc fifth section of an Act passed March li". 18(17. entitled, "An Act supplementary to au Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel Slates," parsed March 2, 1807, and to facilitate their restoration, as requires that a majority id' all the registered voters of the district shall be cast in favor of thc ratification of the Const il ul ion before il becomes valid be, and lite same is hereby so far mollified that a majority of the voters cast at the election for the ratification or rejection of the Constitution shall be considered as valid and as affirming or re? jecting said Constitution. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the votes of thc several States mentioned in thc Acts to which this is amendatory, may, nt the time of voling on thc ratification of thc Constitution, vote also for members of Congress, who shall be entitled to take their scats as members of thc House of Representatives, on taking the oaths of ollice required by law, whenever, ?md as soon as such Stales arc duly reconstructed and cut it ?ed to representation in the Congress of the United States. And until a new apportionment shall be made, the elections Tor said members shall he according to the districts as they existed in the ? years 1808 and 1859, except when otherwise pro- I viilcd for, and thc same election officers who shall make thc returns of the voles cast on ratification or rejection of the Constitution, shall enumerate and certify the votes cast for members of Con? gress, and give certificates of election lo those possessing thc largest number of qualified votes, and who shall bc entitled thereto. - ? Thc Nashville Banner asserts that, af an enrly : day, President Johnson will issue an address an? nouncing that he is not a candidate for re-election. Tho Banner also slates that he will take up his res? idence at Nashville, at thc close of his present term sf oftee. DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP. THE copartnership of CLARK & WHITE is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons know? ing themselves indebted to the firm will find it to their interest to come forward and make settlement at once, as longer indulgence canuot be giveu. J. B. CLARK, Dec. 9, 1S?7 THOMAS SI. WHITE. NOTICE OF COPARTNERSHIP. THE undersigned have this day formed i? copartnership in the merchant tailoring and mercantile busi? ness, under the name and style of CLARK. WHITE & CLARK. With our thanks for the liberal patronage hitherto civen us. we earnestly solicit a continuance of the same. J. R CLARK, THOS. M. WHITE, Dec. 9, 18G7 J. H. CLARK. GREAT ATTRACTION! New and Olaea/p GroocLs! WE are just, receiving a splendid assortment of the cheapest goods offered for sale in this market since the war, consisting in part of Ladies' Dress Goods, Merinos, DcLaincs?plain and figured, Plaid Lin seys of all varieties. Calicoes of the latest patterns and every quality at from 10 to lti cents per yard ; Ladies' Shawls ; fine Cloaks made to order; a good assortment of Ladies' Belts, Nets, Crinoline, Bal? morals, &c. Also, a fine assortment of GENTLEMEN'S DRESS GOODS, such as Beavers, Broad Cloths, Cassr meres, Vestings. Gentlemen's Shawls, Kentucky Jeans ar 25 cents per yard : a complete assortment of Trimmings; a well selected variety of Furnishing Goods; an assortment of Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes. Men's and Boys' suits of all grades made to order at the lowest prices. fi^y* Special attention will be given to the TA1LOKING DEPARTMENT by the senior partner, Mr J. B. Clakk, who receives regularly the very latest styles, patterns, &c. FAMILY GROCERIES. Such as Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Cheese, Nails. Shot, Powder. Caps, Soda) Tobicco, &c. These good* were purchased for cash at the lowest friers, and will be sold at short pre?t* for cash. Call and examine our goods and prices, aud satisfy yourselves. CLARK, WHITE & CLARK. December 20, 1807 27 3m THE CM ARLESTON HOUSE, 287 KING STREET, 289 STOLL, WEBB & CO., ?mil DOMESTIC STORJE. We will always keep on hand a large and well assorted stock of IPILAOTIBE'S Such as Kerseys. Longcloths. Plains. Family Linens Woolens, Brown Shirtings. Satinets, Calicoes, Cassimeres, Ginghams. Black Cloths, Osnaburgs, Sheetings, Blankets of all qualities. Terms cash or city acceptance. ! st?O LACE STORE. We keep always on haud a full assortment of jGoods suitable wm n&Miz3 wie air, suc.i as 'Laces, Embroideries. Linen Cambric Handker? chiefs, White Co.ids. Black Goods, Dress Goods, (Silks. Clonks. Shawls, Parasols, Hoop Skirts and Notion*. Our entire Stock has been marked down, and we are daily receiving new Goods by every steamer, at reduced prices. Wholesale Department. Up Stairs, 2S7 and 239 King Street. Calicoes. 7J?8?9?9A?10?11?12J ?DU cents : Brown Shirtings. 7.J?8?9?10?11?12A to 16 cents: Bleached Long Cloths, 8?9?lo?11?12.}?13?14?l??18 to 2o" cents. All other Goods at the lowest market rates. Dec. 25, 186: i STOLL, WEBB & CO., 287 flnd 289 King Street, Charleston, S. C Dpcncal. MARRIED, in the Baptist Church, uu Wednes? day evening, December 18th, by Rev. Ellison Ca-" pers, Mr. William C Davis, of Charleston, and Miss Eleanor C, third daughter of the Hon. J. P. Heed, of this place. i MARRIED, on Thursday, 10th instant, by the Rev. J. Scott Murray, Mr. Jkptua Harpkr and, Mrs. Violet Rainwater, all of this District. By Rev. a. Rice, at his residence, on the after? noon of the 17th inst., Mr. T. L. Cli.vkscai.esand Mrs. Mary C. Wakefield, all of this District. On the 2f>th November, by Rev. D. Humphreys, Mr. Lemuel Stuiblino to Miss Martha Bkow.n lee, all of 1 his District. anderson, December 24.?Market unchanged, at It if., not including die tax A CG usta. December 21.?Sales of cotton to-day 700 bales?middling 13}. Charleston, December 21.?Cotton steady and in fair demand; sales (iOU bales?middling 15. New York, December 21.?Cotton a shade low? er; sales 18U0 bales, at 1?.J to 15$. Special llotircs. COi\eE81T I I At the request of the Ladies of the Baptist Church, the Philharmonic Society has consented to conduct tho Concert ON THURSDAY EVENING, 26TH INST., for the benefit of Home Missions. Performances to commence at 7 A o'clock. Every body invited to attend. Admission, 50 cents ; children, 25 cents. Dec 25, 18t;7 Burning Bush Chapter, No. 7, R.\A.\M.\ A REGULAR CONVOCATION OF BURNING BUSH CHAPTER will be held in the Chapter Room on MONDAY NIGHT, Jan. 6th. 18C8, at seven o'clock Companions will assemble with? out further notice. By order of the M.-.E.-.H.-.P.. GEORGE MUNRO, Sec. pro Irm. Oct. 23, 18H7 1!? 3 HIRAM LODGE, No. 68, A.-. F.\ M.\ A REGULAR COMMUNICATION OF HIRAM LODGE will be held in the Lodge Room on SAT? URDAY, January 4. 1808. at 10 o'clock, A. M. Brethren will take due notice ana govern thorn selves accordingly. By order of the W.\ M.\ GEORGE W. FANT, Sec. Dee. 4. 1807 25?3 Information. Information guaranteed to produce a luxuriant growth of hair upon a bald head or beardless face, also a recipe for the removal of Pimples, Blotches. Eruptions, etc., on the skin, leaving the same soft, clear, and beautiful, can be ohtained without charge by addressing T1IOS. F. CHAPMAN. Chemist, 823 Broadway, New York. Sept. 18. 1867. 14 ERRORS~?F YOUTH. A Gentleman who suffered for years from Ner? vous Debility, Premature Decay, and all the effects of youthful indiscretion, will, for the sake of suf? fering humanity, send free to all who need it, ihe recipe and directions for making the simple reme? dy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the advertiser's experience, can do so by addressing, in perfect confidence, JOHN B. OGDEN, 42 Cedar Street. New York. June 10, 1807 1 ly ? The seventh anniversary of the secession of i South Carolina?December 20, 1807?was celebra? ted by the colored firemen of Charleston, who have * selected it as their anniversary. Four companies | in full uniform?all that arc left of the ten city oompnr ioo existing before tk? war participated* New Advertisements. I PUBLIC SALE. ^WILL be sold at the subscriber's residence, three [miles east of Tuwnville, on rIts loth day of Janua | ry. 1868. one Cotton Gin. Screw and Running I Gecr. (nearly new.) one likely young Horse, on? '".Yoke of Oxen, (young and well broke.) one Wagon, ('Two Hundred Bushels of Corn, Seed Oats, Cattle, ?and many other arricles. Terms made known on day of sale. JOS. P. HARRIS. Dec 25, 1867 28 2 j STATE CF SOUTH CAROLINA, AXJjERSOjX DISTRICT. WHEREAS, Richard Robinson has applied to me for Letters of Administration on the Estate of John Robinson, deceased : These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceas? ed to be and appear at my office on Monday, 6;h day of Jan.. 18U8. to show cause, if any they can, why said Administration should not be granted. ROBERT JUNKIN, o.a.d. Dec 25, 1867 28 2 Lost or Mislaid, A POCKET BOOK, containing two Notes on*Wm, Burditt and Georg?; Bttrditt?one for $200r due Jan. 1. 180$: one lor SI00. due Jan. 1, 1869 ; J. W. Turner tor StiO': three Notes on W. T Maultlin for $30; $32 and $20; one on James M. White for $12.32: one on John C. Speer for SG, due from .I860: one on Kelly Sullivan. R. B.Alexander, Georg? Alexander and W. II. Alexander, given to Anderson Orafl as Trustee for Sarah Brown, to? gether with other papers and accounts not recol? lected. JOHN M. C1UFT. Dec 25. 1867 28 t PUBLIC SALE. WILL be sold at public outcry at Anderson C. H., on Saleday in January next, the following proper erty, to wit: Three f.nc Mules, One two-horse Wagon, One fill'; Bull, mixed Ayrshire and Durham, Two or three Cows, Two hundred bushels Corn, Fodder. Shucks, &c. Terms Cash. B. F. WHITNER, Agent for Mrs. E. H. Whitner. p. S.?Any of the above property will be sold at private sale before next saleday, if purchasers de? sire. B. F. W. Dec 25, 1867 . 28 Great Popular Paper the charleston daily news. SUItSfKIITION PKICE Six Dollars a Year. The Charleston Tri-Weekly News, Tliice Dollars a Year?Two Dollars lor Six Months. TEEMS, CASH IN ADVANCE. 23f No Paper sent unless the Cash accompanies the order. No Paper sent for a longer time than paid for. RIORDAN, DAWSON & CO.. Proprieto.rs. ^Dec 25, 1S6T 28 3m TO REjSTT. TWO LARGE ROOMS, up stairs on Granite Row. One front and one hack room, both in good condi? tion. For further information apply at this offices Pet 20, 18?? 91