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^nton Intelligenter. TERMS: TWO DOLLARS A2H> A HALF PEB- ANNUM, IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY. ' BATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements inserted at the rates of One Dol? lar per square of twelve lines for the first insertion and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. Liberal deductions made to those who advertise by the year; S&" For announcing a candidate, Five Dollars in advance. Daniel E. Sickles, the New American Minister to Spain. The appointment by President Grant of Daniel E. Sickles as Minister to Spain, vice John P. Hale, resigned, has occasion? ed so much comment that we print below a sketch of certain portions of his career that'have from time to time been brought to public notice r Daniel E. Sickles was born in this city in October, 1821. When he was old enough to be put to some useful employ? ment lie was taught the printer's trade, which.he followed for several years,. As ke^effterged1 from boyhood be took part in ward politics, and soon beo.amo notorious in ail the mysteries of .ballot box stuffing, running primaries, and manipulating vo? ters at the polls. H13 manner of life brought him into several damaging scrapes. In 1837 he was indicted in tbe Court ot Sessions in this city on a charge of false pretenses, but the matter was hashed up, through political influence. A few years later he was arraigned be? fore the same court and compelled to pay over certain misappropriated funds to one Moore, who appeared as plaintiff. Jin December, 1846, he "was indicted by the'Grand Jury on a charge of grand larceny. The offence charged against him W?B"that be had taken a mortgage, entrusted to his care in his father's office foe delivery to Kemble & Co., and sold it, appropriating the money to his own use. He was tried for the offence, and acquit? ted on the plea, of the statute of limita? tion. the meantime, Sickles had studied law, and had received admission to the bar in 1843. His activity in local poli? tics was rewarded by a nomination for the State Assembly, in 1847, and this was followed by. bis election. At this time he was living with Fanny White, thekoeper of a notorious house of prostitution in Mercer street, and it wae the current be? lief that she supported, him with; the wa? ges- of her shame. A curious incident took place which brought his name be? fore the public in no enviable light. There was a milk bill due at the bannio euV Fa inie White, and early one morning, when-the- milkman called, for. the pay? ment^. Sickles' mistress took, iho-money from his pocket and gave it to a servant girl to settle the claim. The money proved to be counterfeit, and the servant girl was arrested, and.on the trial all the laets came out. During the session of the Legislature, Sicklou took Fanny White to Albany and introduced hor in the Assembly Chamber. This scandalous conduct created a great deal of indignation, and the House by a vo-te passed a consure upon the act.. In 1852, there was a bitter fight in this eity over the office of Corporation Coun? sel, Robert J. Dilloo and Nelson J. Wa terbury being the opposing candidates. The friends of Waterbury prepared a circular addressed to voters, which was enclosed with a ballot in an envelope, and taken to the Broadway Postoffice for de? livery. Sickles belonged to the opposing faction, and when be got wind of this, gathered his roughs about him, and with several carriages drove to the postoffice. He charged the building, captured it,and tearing npen the mail-bags, carried off the obnoxious documents. He was ar? rested upon a charge of robbing the mails, but, as usual, the matter was hush? ed up and never came to trial. In 1855, Sickles was elected to the State Senate. He took a conspicuous part in that body in fighting the Albany Bridge bill, and also in defending the Trinity Church corporation in the contest over their property. The statement has been made that he received $10,000 in each of these cases for his influence. At any rate, he was living the following year at the rate of $30,000 per annum, which was a remarkable change for one who had been comparatively poor but a short time before. Hi* Senatorial career was cut short by hfs nomination by the President as Sec? retary of Legation to London. It is un? derstood that Mr. Buchanan, then Minis? ter to England, solicited this appointment, and it was made against the protest of Mr. Marcy, the Secretary of State, who, an old New Yorker, had had occasion to know a great deal about the appointee. Tho new Secretary of Legation carried his characteristic failings with him to England, much to the annoyance of his chief. He borrowed money freely, and in return gave drafts on the United Statss Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasu? ry at the time, Mr. Guthrie, refused to honor these drafts, and when at last Mr. Buchanan was obliged to send Sickles bouve, the disappointed creditors, among whom, were some lordiings and men of tashion, followed hurt, and in vain impor? tuned him. for payment. Upon reacntug New York from his for? eign exploits, Sickles again plunged into poLUveSv He procured the nomination him! election, to. Congress from one of the lower districts of this city.. His oppo? nent contested the seat, and it was charg? ed in the public prints that Sickles im? ported voters from Brooklyn, and affida? vits to that effect were printed. Ho was distinguished for nothing during his first term, nave the expression of ultra pro Southern and pro-sla\ery sentiments, all of which he repudiated when tho war opened a hetter chance In another direc? tion. He wa* re-elected to Congress in 1858, and it was during the latter part ot this term that he became an actor in the tnost terrible and disgusting tragedy that ;?;is stained the annals of the national Xb,e circumstances of this affair, aR ap? peared upon the trial, were these : Mrs. Sicklo?, who. was the daughter of a wo? man with whom it was alleged Sickles ha-l once maintained a criminal conncc Jiiij), resided witb her husband in Wash ington. There, through an introduction by her husband, she became acquainted with Philip Barton Key, a gentleman of culture and address, who became a fre? quent visitor to Sickles' house, and the acquaintanceship with Mrs. Sickles even? tually ripened into criminality. It is said that Sickles knew or suspected of this in? timacy. At any rate, it was the common talk in the city long before he took meas? ures to avongo his "dishonored bed." An anonymous note addressed to him, with details of Mrs. Sickles' crime, roused him to action. It appears that eighteen hours after the receipt of this note, and when, as the prosecution afterward contended, he had ample time to cool off from the first effects of the dreadful disclosure, he sallied out with a friend, and findingKey at the corner of Lafayette place, near the Club House, slaughtered him where he stood. This was on a Sabbath afternoon, as Key was on his way homcfrom church. Sickles shot him with a revolver in the groin. The wounded man took refuge behind a tree, crying out, "Don't shoot me," "Don't murder me." Sickles fol? lowed him up, and shot him again., He fell to the sidewalk, and for a moment rested his head upen his arm. Sickles then stood over him and shot him. in the breast. Just then Butter worth came up, and touching Sickles on the shoulder, advised him to desist. Sickles took his friend's arm, antf the twain walked nway. Tho murderer ex? hibited the utmost coolness during the entire affair. Key never spoke after the third shot. He was taken into the Club House and expired in a few moments. The murder took place February 28, 1859, and the trial came off in the follow? ing April?just ten years ago. It lasted from the 4th to tho 26th, and.created great excitement both in Washington and throughout the country. A great array of counsel appeared for the defendant. Among them were Edwin M. Stanton, James T. Brady, John Graham, Reverdy Johnson, Thomas Francis Mcaghcr, and Colonel Phillips, of Alabama. Tho Hon. Robert Ould, now of Richmond, Virginia, conducted the prosecution, assisted by Mr. Carlisle. Toward tho close ?f the trial Mr. Ould endeavored to introduce testi? mony as to Sickles's previous bad charac? ter, but it was over-ruled. The sympathy ot the jury was evidently with Sickles from the outset. The court-room was crowded with his New York friends, who made boisterous demonstrations in his fa? vor, and tho rulings of the judge were nearly always in his favor. Brady and Stanton made elaborate arguments for the defence, and when the jury rendered an acquittal,a scene followed rarely witness? ed in a court house. Tho people went wild with cheers, one of the counsel kissed tho liberated man, another sat down and wept. Sickles was carried in triumph to his home, and a band of music in the eve? ning serenaded his counsel, and would have serenaded him but for the good sense of Mr. Brady, who made them a speech, begged them to go home. Letters of congratulation poured in up? on Sickles from all parts of the country. He informed his friends that he would immediately procure a divorce from his wife and after providing for her decently cast her from mind forever. But not so long after, when he retur ned to New York, to tho astonishment of the world, he took his wife back to live with him. This ex? traordinary conduct swept nearly every old friend from his side. Men who had stood by him through the trial like broth era, turned-away from liim forever in the intensity of their disgust. His political enemies visited him with their most with? ering sarcasm, and the Tribune published an article upon, him almost unequalled in its brutality. Sickles, in reply to these strictures ot friend and foe, came out in a letter defending his conduct, but it won back none of tho former. Tho cause of this strange eonrse was nev? er publicly known, but the story current in private circles was that certain pro? missory notes had been discounted at the Shoe and Leather Bank in favor of Sickles, bearing the endorsement of Bagioli, his father-in-law. This endorsement Bagioli f'ilod to recognize as his, and to save himself from tho accusation of writing what he should not write, Sickles submit? ted to terms?he went back to his wife. The notes were settled several years after? ward. The year following the murder, the se? cession troubles commenced, and Sickles, true to his Congressional record, was elo? quent in defence of the course of the South. It was stated at the time, that some weeks after the firing upon Sumter, ; whew the whole North was aroused to a frenzy of warlike excitement, Sickles met a band of Southern sympathizers at the New York Hotel, and harangued them : upon the folly and wickedness of coercion. Suddenly, ho gave way to the current, and blossomed into an ardent patriot. He raised a brigade for service in the field. Ho was in hot water from the beginning. His first trouble was with the defence Committee because they would not accept his vouchers and pay money on them when they were written with a lead pen? cil. At last he received $11,000 from the ^committee, but subsequently he took the men's receipts for tho money to Washing? ton, and upon the claim that the money had been paid out of his own pocket, he received it over again. Tue brigade cost tho city, to arm and equip, nearly $300, 000. When it was taken to Washing? ton, Sickles marched it to the White House and boastingly informed Lincoln that it had been raised out of his own means. Ceneral Sickles' principal military ex? ploit was at Gettysburg. By a blunder he nearly lost the battle to tho Union cause, and led his men to bo mowed down like grass. This affair induced a prominent general to assert in a communication to the press that if General Sickles "had not lost his leg at the battle of Gettysburg he would have been cashiered." The wound kept him from active 6orvico in the field during tho remainder of the war. When the Reconstruction act passed Congress, and the South was cut up into B;itrapie8, Sickles was sent to lord it over South Carolina. He was as cruel and arbitrary there as the most ardent hater I of the vanquished Carolinians could wish. He arrested citizens and threw them in? to the military prisons without examina? tion ; seized funds in tho bank ; 6hut up the savings institution, and forced the people to submit to humiliations of all kinds, that they were powerless to resist. He made himself thoroughly detested by those over whom be ruled, arid it was with intense gratification they learned at last that President Johnson had resolved to remove him. He came back home, was banqueted by the Union League Club, toasted by.John Jay, arid rested on his honors. During the late Presidential election, while drawing pay as an officer in the ar? my he traversed the country making po? litical speeches. His candidate was erec? ted, and he now has his reward?the mis? sion to the proudest and most punctilious nation in the old world.?2V. Y. World. The Powbr of Cotton.?Commenting upon the condition of the cotton crop in the South, the New York Herald saj's in one of its recent leading editorials, "in many sections of the country tho planta? tions in tho river bottoms have been washed out, and replanting will bo requir? ed, while on the uplands the cold weather has been very prejudicial, and the young plant? have assumed a yellow and sickly appearance, which promises ill for the coming crop. Anything which affects the yield of cotton in this country inevi? tably affects industry and trade in the general results of the year. Cotton is our cheif gold-producing staple, and is relied upon to settle a large portion of our for? eign balances and to equalize the flow of the precious metals. It therefore enters largely in the field of view of bankers and merchants who watch the progress of oar trade, and forms one of the great ele? ments of their calculations. Washing rains, heavy flo&ds and a cold spring are by them looked upon as national disas? ters," There is in the foregoing owe' of those important admissions which we occasion? ally see in Northern papers, to wit: "Cot tou is our chief gold producing staple, and is relied upon to settle a large portion of our foreign balances and to equalize tho flow of the precious metals." How pow? erful then is cotton, and how soon after tho war has it assumed its former value to commerco, in settling balances against this side of the Atlantic, and in equalizing the flow of the precious metals ! A staple produced by the people of tho South that is relied upon to do this, must eventually make that South a power in the land which will admit of its occupying no do grading position compared with any oth? er section, and will too eventually, despite its present political proscription, raise it to an equality at least politically, with the most favored section, North, East, or West. Power, each as it holds, and will ever hold, in its cotton fields, will bring the South out of all her troubles, what? ever politicians, for the nonce, may decroe. Ploughing up Raw Soil.?We some? times hear farmers remark that ploughing deep, thej* get less grain ; that bringing up tho new mellow soil, their crops suffer. It would bo very strange if this was not the case, for this soil, even if ever so mel? low, is raw just like manure when it is 'green' or 'long.' It is not yet converted or changed into plant food. It needs just what the long manure needs?to be changed by the heat and the air?that is decomposed or rotted. When the top soil is less fertile than it used to be when the land was first tilled, you may rest assured that this under soil is always better than the upper soil, be? cause the upper has deteriorated, while the under has not, but rather improved. It is, therefore inadvisable, nay, suici? dal in some soils, to turn up deeply the underground in the spring or in the fall at sowing time. The cold, cheerless ground will not help the grain, and were it not for the other mixed with it, an al? most total failure would be the result. But turn it up in the fall and let the frost and the elewients take hold of it, and you have another soil; it is turned into manure, a good part of it. A little lime mixed with it, scattered and harrow? ed in, or manure, or both, wouW facilitate 'the process. In the spring sow, either with or without another ploughing, and you will find no more occasion to com? plain. We havo great fertility to draw upon from below, but it requires man? aging. -* ? How few avail themselve? of the great benefit they could derive from do? mestic 'manures! The barn j-ard, the rich guano of the poultry yard, the leach? ed ashes, wood piles, fence corners, where manures have been accumulating for 30 years, ditch banks, the rich virgin soil in close proximity to the hills from which it slid, the rich muck on the creeks in con? tiguity to their farms, daily come under our observation and yet we will not profit by their use. How promotivo of health if these things were removed to the fields to contribute to our wealth, in? stead of being a nuisance. ? No man who cultivates the earth need expect remuneration without pre? paring his land properly. It level, and likely to suffer from wet, it should be effectually drained ; if rolling or hill land, it should be encircled with ditches to re? tain the soil, and ploughed horizontally. No vegetable matter allowed tobe burned, but turned under. Both hill and level land may be made productive by deep ploughing. Here surface skinning will not pay?will not make a support. The best level land will soon tire, and yield but moderately, from shallow ploughing, and even with good ploughing will tiro by continuous cropping. ? Tho productive power of soil de? pends mainly upon its mechanical condi? tion and chemical composition. Geology ascertains tho one and analyzes the other. Without analysis we are almost as igno? rant of the properties of our soilu and their suitable methods of treatment as wo arc, in the absenco of geological sur? vey, of tho minerals which lie beneath them. By analysis we find out what our soils contain and what they need; geol? ogy shows how and where the ingredionts lacking may bo supplied. ? Tho Ohio farmer, with his gang plough, seated high up, in ease and com? fort, without the tear of soiling his boots, ploughs out two rows of corn?ten fur? rows at once?whilo a Mississippian will walk ten times over tho Bame ground at the expenso of his shoos, if not his too nails, to accomplish the same work* ? On an average, the cotton planter who mnkes sixty bales uses up the pro? ceeds of forty bales to buy what he ought <o raise. ^ Sharpe & Fant's Column* ALARGE and beautiful lot of LADIES DRESS GOODS', consisting in part, of Lenos, Pop? lins-, Mozat?biqnes, Organdies; Muslins, &c. We respectfully invite the ladies to call and ex? amine before purchasing,- *s the most fastidious can be* suited, both in price and quality. Just reoeWed by SHARPE & FANT, ALARGE lot of WHITE GOODS, such as Jac? onet, Swiss and Nansook Muslins, both plain and striped, for sale low by 8HARPE k FANT. ASPLENDID stock of CALICOES and GING? HAMS, of all grades and prices to suit pur? chasers, for sale by 8HARPE k FANT. LARGE variety of Ladles and Misses HOOP SKIRTS, Which are offered very low by SHARPE k FANT. AVERT large slock of Sheetings, Bleached and Brown Shirting and Drills, Tickings, Domes? tics, &c? which we offer low. SHARPE k FANT. AGREAT variety of YANKEE NOTIONS, Gloves and Hosiery suited to the trade, offer? ed very cheap by SHARPE k FAKT. ABEAUTIFULLY selected stock of Ladies' BONNETS and HATS, of the latest styles. Also,. Trimmings of every description, for sale low bj SHARPE k FiNT. ASPLENDID variety of GENTS' WEAR, such 'as Cassimeres, Satinets, Linens, Ac, which are offered at prices to suit purchasers, by SHARPE k FANT. GOOD slock of READY-MADE CL0THIN6, in suits or single piece, for sale low by SHARPE k FANT. Large lot of Mens' and' Boys HATS & CAPS just received and for sale low by SHARPE k FANT. Large lot of Trunks and Valises, Carpet Bags, Satchels and Umbrellas, for sale low by SHARPE k FANT. Splendid* stock of Boots, Shoes and Gaiters, of every variety, at prices to suit buyers. SHARPE k FANT. A Good stock of Saddles, Bridles, Whips, &c, for sale by SHARPE k FANT. ASplendid assortment of Hardware, Cutlery, Tools, &c, selected with care, just received, and for sale low by SHARPE k FANT. CROCKERY and Glassware not to be surpassed in th? market, either in price or variety, just received and for sale low by SHARPE k FANT. FRESH supplies of Groceries of every variety, suitable for this market, just received, and for sale low by SHARPE & FANT. ANice lot of Woodenware, such as Buckets, Tubs, Keelcrs, Kegs, Brooms, kc, just re? ceived and for sale cheap by SHARPE k FANT. GOOD supply of Iron?Steel, Nails, Potware, Trace Chains, &c, constantly on hand, and at low prices, by SHARPE k FANT. Lot of splendid Bacon and Lard just received and offered low by SHARPE & FANT. FINE stock of Hemlock and country tanned Sole and Upper Leather, offered low by SHARPE k FANT. GET THE MOST FOR TOUR MONEY, Is the Motto of all Prudent People, and this can best be done by making your Purchases or Carrying your Produce to the CHEAP CASH STORE OP SULLIVAN, MATTISON & 00, TSo. IS Granite Row, WHO have a large and complete assortment of Goods in every line, which they are offering at Very Low Prices, So as Io make it an inducement to buyers to pay CASH. All heavy Goods of last year's stock sold AT COST. We have on hand bow of the latest styles, Staple aitb Jfkntj $rj ioobs, CLOTHING-, HATS, BOOTS, SHOES, Gloves, Hosiery and Notions, In grea t variety and at the lowest possible prices. In Dry Goods, W<: would call particular attention to onr Mozambiquee, [Lenos, Poplinst, Organdies, Lawns, <&e. we offer a superior stock of Groceries, Hardware, Woodware, Trunks, Chinaware. Crockery, &c, &c, &c, jJSf* We invite an examination of our stock by our friends and the public generally before pur? chasing elsewhere. The highest mnrket price paid for all kinds of country produce. SULLIVAN, MATTISON & CO. April 29, 18G9 44 3m Spring and Summer Goods. -o I HAVE NOW OPENED A COMPLETE AND WELL SELECTED STOCK OF Mf GOODS, GlOTIIN?, [ Fancy Ware and Groceries, xt stock includes a fixe assortment of .Jaoonetsy Batsv Mozambiques, B'ffot's, Muslins, Shoes, Delaines, Coats, Calicoes, Paxfaloons, Hoop Skirts, Vests. &c. I can furnish an excellent article of FLOUR at $12.00 per Barrel, and am now receiving a fine lot of < Brade's Scythe Blades, Bradc Hoes, Axes, Shovels, Fork's, And all kisds of Farming Utensils. I want it understood by the public at large that no one ean undersell me. M. LESSER, Agent, 3 Granite Row. April I, 1869 40 FX^y BORSTEL Feb 11, 18G9 33 ly? IX EQUITY?ANDERSON. J. S. Murray, Adm'r, vs. Mrs. Jane Osborn, Wm. M. Ramply and others.?Bill to sell Lands for Relief, Restrain CredUors, Jre. PURSUANT to the Order of the Court of Equity, the creditors of Leverett A. Osborn, deceased, are required to present and establish the same before me on or before the 10th day of July next or be barred. Debtors to said Estate must make pay? ment. JOHN W. DANIELS, c.c.P. Clerk's Offico, Anderson. S. C, \ May 3, 1869. / 45?6 TO THE PUBLIC. THE undersigned gives notice that ho is a^ain established in business for himself, and will take pleasure in receiving calls, from all of his old friends, at the store formerly occupied by Wm. M. Osborne, on Mechanic's Row, on the street leading to the Depot. He solicits a share of patronage, and will keep constantly on hand a full assortment of Liquors, Family Groceries, Country Produce,. &c. E. W. BY RUM. Feb 4,18C9 32 SOUTH CAROLINA LOAN AND TfiUST COMPANY. -0 Authorized Capital, Five Million Dollars, Present limit, $500,000? -o THE Office of this Company is ?ow opened at No. 19 Broad Street (South-Wcstern Railroad Bank) for the receipt of Deposits, Disconnt of Paper, Purchase and Sale of Exchange, and the transaction of a General Banking Business. Interest allowed on Deposits upon terms estabw lished by the Board of Directors. The Company is also a legal depository for* moneys paid into Court, will receive Registry and Transfer Books, act as agent to pay Coupons and Dividend?, and as Trustee in Railroad Mortgages'. directors. W C Bee, of Wm C Bee & Co; AS Johnston, 0/ Johnston, Crews & Co; Robt Mure, of Root. Mar? & Co; W B Williams, of W B Williams & Son ; fi? ll Frost, of Frost & Adger; J E Adger, of J B Adger & Co; Henry Gourdin, of Gourdin, Mat-' thiessen & Co ; George L Buist, of Buist & Buist; C G Memminger, of Memminger. Jcrvey & Pinck ney; T J Kerr, of T J Kerr & Co; J D Aikcn, of J D Aiken & Co ; John Campsen, of Campsen fc Co; A P Caldwell, of R & A P Caldwell; W iC Ryan, J T Welsman, B O'Neill, J J Gregg, Gran itevillc, S C. For further information address GEO. S. CAMERON, President, THOS. R. WARING, Cashier. Charleston, S. C, March 12,1869. 39?13' NIDIR HEPATIC BITTERS, THEY CURE DYSPEPSIA, AND ALL DISUSES Or THB STOMACH AND LIVER. TRET ARE KZCOMMZSDED DT TOTS MEDICAL PACULTV. HTJEOJQMA.1V & CO,, AGENTS, NEW YOIt.E. Mannfactnred by C. F PANKOT, CH23CST ?SQ APJTHECAB7, ' CHA R L ? S T O N, S. C. tS"For Sale by Pnty gists Everyichere.~&. ?eb 25, 1869 35 ly CITIZEN'S SAYINGS BANK, of ^ SOUTH CAROLINA. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL-$500,000. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS I Deposits of $1 and Upwards Received. ? -0 MECHANICS, Laborers, Clerks, Planters, Pro? fessional Men and Trustees can deposit their Funds and receive interest compounded every six months. officers : Gen. WADE HAMPTON, President." Col. J. B. PALM Kit, Vice President. THOMAS E. GUEGG, Cashier. J. C. B. SMITH, Assistant Cashier. Persons at a distance may send money by Ex? press or Exchange. April 1, 1869 40 # ly WIDOWS AND OUPHAffS Benefit Life Insurance Company, Of INTew York, ALL THE PROFITS TO POLICY HOLDERS. No Restriction upon Travel or Residence. POLICIES issued upon all modern and ap? proved plans of insurance, including children's endowment* Dividends annually to Policy holders. GREGG, FALMER & COiv General Agents for South Carolina;, WM. LEE, Special Agent, Anderson C. H., S. 0. Dr, T. A. EVINS, Medical Examiner April-1,18G9 40- ly Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. The ILai'grest in the World ASSISTS OVER THIRTY MILLIONS. Policies Self-Snstaining in Thirteen Years; All Profits Paid to Policy Holders. DIVIDENDS PAID ANNUALLY, -0 GREGG, PALMER & CO., General Agents for South Carolina. WM. LEE. Special Agent, Anderson C H., S. C. Dr. T. A. EVINS, Medical Examiner. April 1, 1869 40 ly NOTE.?We would call the particular attention of our friends to the above card. P. P. Toalehas a large Factory, and such facilities as enable him to 3upply the best work of his own make at low, prices. A very large and complete assortment al> ways on hand at his Factory, Horlbcck's Wharf,, near North Eastern Railroad Depot, Charleston, S. C. N. B.?Orders from the country solicited, and? strict attention paid to shipping in good orde/. April 8, 1869 41 iy J. N. ROBSON, Commission Merchant, Nos. 1 ?fc 2 Atlantic Wharf, CHARLESTON, S. C. HAVING ample means for advances, a business experience of twenty years, and confining himself strictly to a Commission Business, without opera? ting on his own account, respectfully solicits con? signments of Cotton, Flour, Wheat, Corn, &c. Shippers of Produeeto him may, at their option, have their consignments sold either in Charleston or New York ; thus having the advantage of twft markets, without extra commission. references. Bishop W M Wightman, SC; Col Wm John? ston, Charlotte, N C; Rev T 0 Sommers, Tennj Hon John King, Augusta, Ga; Messrs George W Williams & Co, Charleston; Messrs Williams* Taylor & Co, New York. April 29,. 1869 44 ly