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CHABLESTOX DAILY KEWS....DECEMBEB 9, 1865. _" 1 The Daily JSTews. LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE. LARGEST CIRCULATION L\ THE CITY. 4S- THE LIST OF LETTERS re maininK in the PostofRce at the enc, of each week is published officially in. TSE DAI Li Y 3STEWS every Eri? clay morninK. BY TELEGRAPH. Wasriingtou New?. PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS. WASIHNGTON, January 10.-Voluminous papers, relative to tho Confed?rate emigration to Mexico and tho plans of Messrs. MALEY and GWTN, were preacntod in the United States Se.nato to-day. Letters from Mr. ROSIERO, showing an under? standing between tho traitors in Mexico and tho insurgents in tho United State?, were produced. In thc Senato WILSON introduced a bill fixing tho peace establishment of tho army. It provides seven regiments of artillery, teu regimonts of cavalry, sixty regiments of infantry, each branch to have a proportionate number of black troops, officered by whites. HOWE offered a resolution declaring that the seceding States had forfeited their rights, and mado a speech in which he said tho President had no right to restore tho rebel States, bia duties being only executive. In tho House, WILSON, of Iowa, made a speech in aupport of tho hill to extend thc suffrago to ne- ? groea in tho District of Coluinbia. Ho said thc I eocial oloment hero favored .secession, and mado a lengthy speech on the subject. JBOWTER opposed the lull ou thc ground that this is a white man's government. In response to tho Senato resolutions asking why JEFFERSON DAVIS had not been t-ied, tho President to-day transmitted a message, enclos? ing a lcttor from Attorney-General SPEED, who atates that the United States Circuit Courts havo * not boon held in the late rf bellious districts si:ico the termination of hostilities, and ho expressed tho opinion that tho lato insurgents waiting trial nhould bo tried only beforo tho civil courts, when fully and actually restored, and has not thought it proper, and advised tho Prcsidont not to causo criminal proceedings to bo instituted against DAVIS or any other insurgent in States or Districts in which thoy were not active and present during the prosecution of hostilities. From Baltimore. BALTIMORE, January 10.-The Maryland Legisla toro mot thia day. Governor SWANN, elected a year ago under tho " "new Constitution of bryland, tookhin tjo&i.. -?..-, From Europe. HALIFAX, January 9.-Tho Canada, from Queens? town on tho 24th, has arrived. Tho Manchester market closed firm and up? ward. Thero was no market on tho 23d. Picw York market. J5NKW YORK, January 10.-Cotton dull, and has decl'ccd hero from one to two cents $ lb., and is qr.oted at from 49 to 50 cents $ lb. THE FOLLOWING- is tho result of thc election held ?on last Monday, in Oraugoburg Distric^fjS. C., for ?Ordinary and Sheriff: FOR ORDINARY. ? Mcllichaol.467 FOR SHERIFF. Dukes.221 Andrews.112 Shire,,...-.CG ?Carson..' is 8aUey. 18 ?Watkins. 14 ?hney. 13 -WilUams. 2 Nino polls in tho District not heard from. Tho Orangeburg (S. C.) Tima of thc 10th instant says: "Tho largo concourse of freedmen who had come to town on Now Yoar'a day, having been informed that the Government had no landa to give thom, but required that they should make contracts and go to work faithfully, as all free people should do, departed quietly to their differ? ent localities with fixed intentions to mark out their dostinies with tho plow and hoe. But nows was again spread over tho District that General SAXTON would address tho freedmen at Orange? burg on Friday, 5th instant, and it was generally believed that scvenvl tlipuaand would again con? gregate in town on that day-a supposition which was not realized, for tho colored people aro evi? dently disgusted with speechifying 'without lands.' They have lost their 'faith,' by too much work, not for want of 'works.' Consequently only a few hundred of his sable brethron were as * gambled to hear what tho General had to tell them." WE FIND tho following order published in tho Chattanooga Gazette: HEADQUARTERS POST CHATTANOOGA, TENN., j Decombcr 30, 18C5. ( {.General Orders, Ko. 30.] Owing to thc accumulation of r. great number of freedmen at this Post, living without visible means of support, and setting demoralizing example? to those better disposed, it is hereby ordered that all colored men who cannot give satisfactory assur? ances of being engaged in some legitimate employ? ment, will be arrested and confined in thc Military Prison until employment can bc found for them. All pistols, revolvers, muskets, or other fire arms found in tho possession of these people, will be takou from them and turned over to these Ilead ?uarters. Tho officer of the City Guard, ami ieut. Libbald, Act. Ass't. Post Provost Marshal, are charged with the execution of thia order. Dy command of Wm. B. Gaw, Col Com'dg. B. W. PE Ii Ki SS, Captain and A. A. G. PROFESSOR AGASSIZ is pushing forward his ex? plorations in South America. His party now con? sists of four grand divisions, ono of which has for ita field the peninsula lying south of the city of St. Paulo, and between the Parana River and tho At? lantic Ocean? The second division has the sea? coast extending from Kio dc Janeiro to Bahia, and as far westward aa San Fraueisco River. Thc third division has tho interior, lying west of thc San Francisco and between the tenth degree of eouth latitudo and the tropic of Capricorn, Thc fourth division, at the head of which is Professor AGASSIZ himself, has for ita traci thc great Valley of the Amazon, including its tributaries. This and tho coast section are tho two most interesting, if not the most important fields. OUR FOREIGN C?RKESPOJIDEKCE. PARIS, December 18, 18G5.-I believe I mention? ed tho death of Kiug Leopold in niylnst. Bnt if I did, thero is sufficient reason tor recurring t-o the theme in the fact that for tho last ten Jays I have not taken np a singlo paper, Eaglish, French or German, that has not had its thrco or four columna a day on Belgium, past, present and future, on thr character of thc lato King, tho cir? cumstances attending his death, tho particulars of his splendid and imposing obsequies. Thc Journal de Bruxelles gives thc Emperor NAPO? LEON'S telegram of cond. ?lonco to LEOPOLD II. in tho following terxna : "We, tho Empress and myself, take a very deep intorcst in tho bereavement!)nit has just befallen you. Your august father always manifested a great deal of affection towards myself, which I DATO over fully reciprocated. King Leopold was distinguished "l'or ins wisdom ?md great intelli? gence. Ho was ono of thc most justly celebrated monarchs in Europo. I hop.; you will follow, upon tho throne, tho great examples which- your illus? trious predecessor has ?eft you. On every occasion I shall bo happy to give you proofs of thc affection with which you inspiro me. NAPOLEON." I translated this note literally, and with it shall let the good King Luor iLD rest in peace. But, en passant, I may remark that tin's telegram ol' tho Emperor's seems to come from thc heart, and puts an extinguisher to all those rumors of his designs of annexation as rega??s I?olgium. Tho young King, LEOPOLD IL, was born April 0,1335, and in 1853 married thc Austrian Archduchess MAIUE HENRIETTE ANNA. They have three chil? dren. Tho papers are exciting thc envy and jealousy of every woman in Christendom by their frequent enumeration of tho magnificent wedding presents thc Duchess DE Monear is to receive. But these must yiold, in point of attraction, to tho trousseau of tho Princess ALEXANDRA, of Prussia, recently married, in Berlin, to Dukb FREDERIC WILLIAM, of Mecklenburg. Tho papers havo tho whole cata? logue; nothing extenuated, nor ought-sot down in other than plain vernacular. This trousseau was exhibited to tho illustrious wedding guests, according to an old German custom. It was dis? played in a suito of four or fivo rooms in tho Royal Palace-no doubt to tho groat delight of all tho scrutinizing feminines present. Apropos of this wodding. Quito a diplomatic muss is threatened in consequence of a slight, supposed to havo been intentional. Tho Court Chamberlain, it appears, informed tho foreign ambassadors, soveral days beforehand, that they could not sit at tho royal ta^lo, which.was reserved for thc immediato mombcrs of tho family and their varions princely German cousins. So, di? rectly after tho ce: c leny, thc French and English Ambassadors, witt* Uieir wives and suite, left the Palace in disgust, not ?.ven waiting to eat a slice of the} bedding, skol. jGravo results . ar,e ..antici? pated from thin momaitou8-a?^,'ami--{ljirj.Court have tho wherewithal to chalk oiit wars, ahrioxa tions, and what not all. It is considered particu? larly unfortunate at this time, as tho Prussian Primo Minister, thc Count of BISMARK, is very desirous to gain thc good will of these two great Western Courts, for his scheme of annexing tho Danish Duchies. But I think tho whole affair is mero court scandal and diplomatic gas. Do any of your readers remember King Louis, of Bavaria, and .li is dear friend LOLA? Tho pre? sent sovereign of that German Brno tia is thc grand? son of old'LUDWIG, and in many respects very Iflto tjhis, his illustrious ancestor, rio has the same rage for art,- and expensive building; and at this time is being "managed"' by a cunning musical composer, RICII.VI?.D WAGNER, who appears to exer oiso tile samo influence on him that LOLA MONTEZ did on his grandfather. The foolish young king has already bestowed vast sums upon this favor? ito, and is projecting thc most extravagant plans for building theatres and opera housos,-ote., at .the instigation of said WAGNER. Tho patient Ba? varians will stand a good deal-but Mr. WAGNER had better see that no tax bc laid on Lager Bier; for if thc Schoppen is raised a farthing even, thero will bo a rovolution in Munich, and this fiddler will have to leave in a great hurry; perhaps not havo time to go for his violin. Before taking my leave of royal society, I will add, and that with pleasure, that tho French Em? press recently expressed her gratification at some articles that had appeared in a Paris magazine, deprecating thc reckless extravagance of tho pres? ent stylo of femalo dress. Thc writer, ono of thc loading Turin feirillitonists, happened to be at ono of tho fetes at Compicguc, when tho Empress thus complimonted him. It has boen the fashion so long to quoto EUGENIE for everything outre fash? ionable and extravagant in dross, that I am truly glad "this point (Yappui is taken from our fair friends. Her Majesty now Bets tho cxamplo of greater simplicity, and wears less exponsivo pa? rures. Tho French arc not remarkable as a church-go? ing people. But they arc great admirers of fine oratory,-yielding scarcely to the old Athenians, in their appreciation of pood speaking. Thc thoatro, it is true, is their preference. But they aro willing to go to the forum and even to church to hear a good orator. MASSILLON, BOSSUET and BOL'RDALOTJE, each in his day, enjoyed a fame, seldom awarded to a preacher in any other country. Tho Catholic church, you know, docs not generally encourage her priests to a great cul? tivation of this method of instruction. Preachers being few, good preachers must necessarily be scarcer still. .So when a first-rate pulpit orator makes his appearance, thc whole country rings with his praises. Everybody now talks about the IV rc HYACINTHE, who is preaching every night in Notro Dame, on "Independent Morality." I went to hear him thc other night; incited thereto, I must confess, chiefly by curiosity. Thc Father is cer? tainly a fine preacher,-and his audiohco, com? posed of every class of Parisian population, seem to hang on his lips. I am not siifliciently familiar with French to do justice to an impassioned pub? lic speaker, such as this priest. But I generally gather enough, to*catch the sense. There is but little of what our orthodox friends at homo would call evangelical, in these homilies. They arc more akin to Natural Theology. In short, he principal? ly discourses on the beauties of morality; just thc thing that will titillate the fastidious French? man's car. I caught myself frequently looking about mc, at thc strange and splendid old decora? tions of this venerable cathedral, scanning thc frescoes and statues,-utterly oblivious of thc Father, and his ll?rale Ind?pendante. They have been down on the doctora hero ol late. Several of the journals havo been discussing the necessity of a chango in the law regarding lu natics. Under present regulations any ono ca If "ked up in one of theso Maisons de Sante, on Certificate of a nhysiciau ; and no court of jus jan go behind said certificate Tho papers tend that tho. doctors have neither thc capa nor thc integrity lo bc trusted with such pov that/in fact, on a question of sanity, they k no more than other people ; and then give scv little stories, showing that even doctors are an able to tho influenco of gold, and aro, there (and often have been) corrupted and bec the instruments of cruel oppression. Of cour do not acquiesce in tili? opinion, though I ai that physicians aro very much like other poop neither infallible nor incorruptible. Ii} lingi; a doctor is responsible for his opinion in a eas this kind ; herc, it would appear, ho is not. thc victim is proved afterward never to have I insane, the doctor gets off by saying he loo mad, and perhaps he may have been niistal and there is an end of ii. Tho aggrieved pr can have no redress. The Se?alo of Franco been memorialized for a chance of thc entire regarding Ibis subject. Tho Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of thc ( lego of Franco has received an address from medical students herc, protesting against thc pulsion ol' six or their number from all future tendance on the "Academy of Paris,': for hav beenmembersof the famous Student's Congres: Liege. I do not think I have spoken, iii air my letters to you, of that ridicul mu freak of ol grown boyhood. Liege is a city in Belgium, : thither carno delegates from various colleges t universities in France and Germany, about twe three months ago. Hore these youths held a a sion of several weeks-, discussing all thc gr questions of philosophy, nioruls, theology and ciety; and of course settled them all after tb notion of what the world ought to be. A let was read from Vieron Hcoo, quite in keeping w tho crazy red republicanism of tlieso ultra Jibe boys. All this "Was very linc, and tho young g< tlemcn went home, quito elated with what ti had done. But tho avenging deities wore af them with a sharp stick. Proceedings were itu tuted against them at their various schools, a discipline carno down with a tight hand. Th dominics evidently did not know of it when tl wcro"out." Thoro is scarcely a day in whicl do not read some paragraph in ono papor another about tho unpleasant results these you men brought upon themselves by thoir ideal < cesses at Liege. A very interesting papor has just been road 1 foro the Academy of Music on tho evil effects up public hygiono, producod by macadams roads. Ho says that tho great provalenco typhoid, typhus, and other malignant fevers towns and cities of lato, is duo to tho poisono emanations of those roads, which, during tho rai season, aro a.lways moist, while the dust, duri the dry woathor, cansos ophthalmias, bronchit they are costly and of doubtful utility. I forget whether or not I mentioned tho que present sent by His Holinoss to tho widow of Gc LAMORICIERL. ' To consolo her, ho sent her tl skeleton of St. CnmsToruEE. Skeletons at on becamo tho rage Now all tho fine ladies he want their skeletons. Tho Pope is reported to 1 very much embarrassed at tho number of the applications-not that there is any scarcity skeletons income, but they aro not all St. Cuni ToniEKS. If I am not mistaken, this is thc patn saint of widows and widowers. So each fanii may now como to have a skeleton closet in a mo literal sense than was dreamt of by TUACKERA who was so fond of this phrase Tho members of tho poor exiled Orleans fami in London have been living for a number of yea at Claremont. This castlo belonged to lui LEOPOLD, by his lirst wife, but it now reverts tho English Crown, and tho French exiles w have to sock lodgings olsowhero. Tho French Emperor must bo a bold man. havo told you about tho Gardens of tho Luxei bourg. Well, ho is obdurato, tho trocs aro to L cut down, houses, gardens and fountains rasci streets straightened, now housos built. Tho Tuil rios will go next, so they say hero, hut moro i sadnoss than by way of prophecy. The auspensk of tho Hotel des Invalides is mooted; anothi timo-honorod instiution. Tho Ministor of Finani wants to retrench, savo money hero and mal money there ; but what puzzles me. is to BI how easily thc Emperor can lead all these tcrrib street barricadera by tho nose Why, after all have heard and road about tho revolutionai element of tho Gar?ons de 1'aris, I am tempted I believo it all bosh. They talk fiorcoly, and thc sing threats and vongeanco, and then-they smol thoir pipes. Ca ira. Colonel MINNIE, tho inventor of tho rifle, rcce.ntl submitted to tho Emperor, at Campiogne, som improvement in his weapon. I hear His Majcst is much pleased with it. I am sorry to havo nothing moro interesting i my letter to-day, but unless I had told you ai about tho theatres and the charming creatures tin exhibit there, I could not do otherwise than I hav done My next from Dublin. . In tho meantime, merr Christmas. >ESCULA1TUS. A Nashville paper says: "An agent was sein 1 South, some days since, to ascertain thc conditio! of thc roads connecting with tho Nashville am Chattanooga Railroad, and to gabi information re lative to tho timo when the bridges on that road injured by the lato high water-would be re paired, so as to enable tho company to taki freight coming from tho North. A rcpori waa received fro"2 him yesterday, in which ho states that the Western and Atlantic Road wi! not be in a condition to receive through freight before tho end of tho month, and perhaps not un? til after that time The Nashville and Chattanoo? ga Railroad has, at present, tivohuudredand four? teen loaded froight cars at Chattanooga, and it is but justice to say, that the president of tliat road has made every exertion to have the block? ade removed; but the Western and Atlantic Road has not seen fit to adopt his suggestions. Presi? dent BURNS has, therefore, been compelled to turn this freight over to commission merchants, at Chattanooga, until such time as tho Western and Atlantic Road will receive it. Thc Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser reports a fight in that city between the police and over ono hundred and lift j- negroes, in which the former ; got the worst of it, although tho latter were dis? persed. Titree or four policemen were wounded, i one dangerously, lt occurred by an officer's at j tempting to arrest a negr i, when tho others ral [ lied to-rescue him from the hands of thc law. I About fifty freedmen are up in the courts. Lake Fisheries-Their Risc and Progress Tl ic Modus Operandi of Pucking, Etc. Tho Detroit Free Press gives a very interesting account of the history of this branch of commerce in tho West : Tho first experience in lake fish as an article of commerce was first made by Mr. Barnabus Cam pan, an enterprising merchant of thc olden days of Detroit, who packed a few barrels and shipped them to Buffalo, soon after tho opening ot tho Erie Canal, which enabled thc pcoplo to procuro salt at a much less expensa than previously. This necessary article was before that timo mostly brought hither by the St. Lawrence river and the la^.j, and cost enormous prices. Mr. Canipau's oaFrhnent proved unprofitable as a commercial eni/rpriae, but ho continued to pack a cpiantity y&tiy until his death, in 1845, and supplied 'tiik homo market with this excellent edible, tim consumption of which was confined to DtStruit ami vicinity. His fishing- grounds were thoo" .> t Bollo lele, then known as Hog Island, or I-?io au Cochon,-'ns tho French named it. Ther* are now owned and carried on by Mr. Alexander M. Capman, and are very proiitalo, tliv "catch" this season amountiug to thirty thousand dollars. Thi' is, howover, an extraordi I nary yield, resulting from a lucky change in tho wiiid^ which blew from thc eastward quito strong? ly f ir several days, just as thc fish were migrating j?xthe river, and drovo them back from Luke St. Clair into the nests at Bello Isle. Tho early explor? ers of this region of country make mention ot' tho trout and white fish, thc luxuriousness of which as an article of sustenacco they themselves proved, and noted as well that they were much used as food hy the aboriginal inhabitants of the forest. Thu French settlers supplied themselves with them in nbundance from the first .settlement of civiliza? tion on the shores of the lake .region. They wore lound a so of very great and substantial benefit lo our soldiers in tho war of 18111, in tho absence of other supplies. Tho Indians always supplied theta tp the inhabitants during tho early nays of De? troit, taking them with spears, and exchanging them for rum and whisky-the "firewater" that bas ever been thc desir.i and tho bane of the red Sum, as it is alike the solace and destroyor of his white brother. Sn about tho year 1S30, when rapid emigration to Michigan commenced, and increased to such an extent in thc next few years, the fisheries of the lakes were called upon for a large proportion of the necessary sustenance not only for thc new coiners,t but "for the old inhabitants. For, as is well known, Detroit was for a long timo only a trading post, dealing in furs and peltries, being, as M. La Motto Cadillas said, a sort of door through which to go into and como out of the vast and rich regions beyond. Tho people having given hut very little attention to agriculture up to I this timo, depended mostly, like all primitivo I races and tribes, upon limiting and fishing, and tho consequent trade and traffic resulting there? from. ^ ' Wnt.BE TIIE FISH ABE SENT. Tho great demand for tish at tho times noted aausod several other fishing grounds to bo opened, and tho business rapidly increased. Grounds were opened in the Su Clair river, along U^shorc 'of Lake Huron, and several houses in tbfln be ?luuo extensively ongaged in thc t^tdcj^^Hniig alargo number of men and se Yeral. vedJ^^H^u ?ively in tho business. In thc year I^^HOTC were packed some 135,OHO barrels of tish (W^lKni? f ere nt kinds, which amount increased to nearly 100,000 barrels within the next ten ar fifteen yoars. Most of tho quantity taken is brought to Detroit, whence the homo consumption is supplied, and ; large quantities shipped to Ohio. Indiana, Illinois una omer parts of the country, thc demand ai the Sooth having incroased,largcly,- and formed a con lAldf ralde commerce af the .beginning of tho Ute ?War: TKo Mi of?nf l?ki#*go also to" New- York and Boston, where they aro prized, as thoy ought to bc, and even at Salem and Marblohcad they go to'competo with thc fisheries of thc ocean, beard? ing tho denizens of thc great deep in their vory dons. ' rr.ErABixo ron JIABKET. It is interesting to note thc processes by which thc finny tribes aro seized and prepared for mar? ket; the trades and occupations that aro brought into requisition through all the branches of the business from the time they leave unwillingly their native clement and aro headed dawn, well seasoned with Saginaw salt, in barrels made of .Michigan pine, made by Miehigau artisans, and our own merchants consign them to their various destinations. Tho nets, pound or drag, ?uni gill nets, aro often manufactured by thc fishermen themselves during the winter or carly in the sum? mer, and made ready for the catching season when the harvest is gathered in, the take drawn to land, and the skilled slight of hand and sharp knives of '.he crew decapitate Hie piscatory game, rip open their bodies, cutting through from thc back, remove the internal viscera, all of which fa done seemingly by* a single operation, and the tish, with its rich, plump and juicy proportions i. throwri upon tho pile. In thc meantime, thr nearest availablo timber for the purpose is levied upon, and thc woods resound With tho blows ol tho axo and the cooper's hammer, in tho prepara? tion of tho barrels or half barrels in which the tis! are to bc pickled, as most of them arc until they are brought to the packing houses, whore they arc opened, inspected, weighed and salted down", generally in half barrels, of one hundred pounds each, filled witli brine of tho proper strength, branded and made ready for market.. This branch of tho business is now going on at several warehouses, along thc docks in this city; tho men with their fingers wrapped up to protect them from the cold brine and salt, by mittens ci canvas or woolen rags bound around them. Thc original packages arc opened by a professiona cooper; the inspector or his assistant examinef the quality of the fish as they are thrown with t huge fork into the seale pan, until thc tick of th( beam shows the proper weight, when thoy an thrown upon the table of tho packer, whf sprinkles them plentifully with salt, and placin* them ono by one in tho barrel, pounds them dowr with a huge wooden maul, till they nt" all in, am' room left sufficient for inserting the head, whicl tho cooper fits quickly, driving thc hoops anew and supplying those that are damagod or broker with new ones. Now and then thc inspector dis covers a fish too poor or too small to pass muster or perhaps an interloper is found-a white fish muscalung or siskowit in thc trout barrel, or viet versa, all of which irregularities aro thrown out and properly disposed of. The water of "the Be mot ' is pumped up into huge tubs, and tho brine niado of the requisite strength, which is tasted bi a salomoter ol tho most primitive kind, one o which we saw at an establishment on thu docl yesterday, being nothing moro or loss than a lingi potatoo, which floated more lightly upon tin buoyancy of the brine, according as the destin; of thc fluid was increased, by the shoveling in o" Port Austin, Bay City, or Saginaw salt. The season for packing is nearly at its dose there being, perhaps, not many more to arrive and the season of navigation nearly closed. The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel of the IOU inst, remarks : The position taken by Gen. Tilson the head ol'the Freedmen's Bureau hi this State, "if negroes will not make contracts wo will maki contracts for them," and what is better, conipe them to work, has had a good effect. Those freedmen inclined to bc idle, finding out that thc have got to work any way, arc looking around foi something to du. "Wo hopo after thc time Genera Tilson has named for them to find places of em? ployment baa expired, that ho will enforce hie order atrictly. It will have a vcrv beneficial cffecl upou tho class it ia intended for." He will bc sus? tained in such a courso by every right thinking man. ? We arc informed that the plantera gcnerallv feel much more sanguine of being able to produce fair cropa than they did a few weeka ago, and we do most ardently hope they mav not be disappointed. Midsummer and carly fall will bring the teat, and it is going to require patience, forbearance, and sound discretion and timely and jadiciooa en? couragement to weather the summer solstice, when work drives and the sun burns. We think the result will be mixed. Probably a good nntnv will fail partially, and some altogether-so much wdl depend on good management. If the plant? ers can raise half a crop they will produce in Georgia a value this year somewhere bctweeu fifty and a hundred millions of dollars currency, which will go far "to build up tho waste placea" and make a fast bu-inosa. "-^ Palgrave'? Arabia. A young officer in Uie British Army, a first-class prize mau, fresh from ono of tho English Univer? sities, where he was equally distinguished for success in athletic exercises and in college studies, has plunged right into the hear'Aoi Arabia, and ?ahod out a new country, with % population of near a million and a quarter of inhabitants 1,219,000, as ho rockons. That is to say, he has proved that a region, twclvo hundred miles long, and eight ? or nino hundred broad, which alf tho world had for ages agrcod to consider a hopeless sandy desert, inhabited by wandering Bedouins, contains an inside country as largo almost as Prance, inhabited by a settled population of ono of tho finest f acea of men to bo met with. Tho Bedouins ho looks upon with contempt, as thievish, cowardly and un? civilized, and by no means representing the true and pure Arab race, or else they have grf atly de? generated and picked up scmo low habits in their wanderings. Certain it is, that Mohamcdanism has not lost all that sort of powor with which it once inspired tho people who held it in Arabia, as well as elsewhere, and theso moro Bottled races in the fertile lands of the interior seem never to have been altogether reached and subdued cither by Christianity or Mohuinedanism ; so that manv of them still continue to worship tho Sun, as did their ancestors, probably from long before tho timo of Abraham. Two things havo contributed to iaolato thom from the rest of tho won l-they havo not a singlo river that runs anywhere to tho sea; their sircaras all sink into tho sand. Heneo navigation, that great source, not only of wealth, but of inter? course, has boon cut from between them and thc outside world. In tho next place, they aro sur? rounded, absolutely and on cvery ?ide, by a sandy desert of tho most formidable charactor. Nojed Kassem and D'obcl Simmer form ono of thc moat delightful regions of Asia, and also ono of tho most fertile. They aro olevated plateaus. Thc climate is cool and invigorating. Tho streams enable them to irrigate tho fields. B.it above tho fertile cultivated regions riso up precipitous chalk cliffs, fivo or six hundred feot, and then como ta blo landa covered with grass, where multitudes of tho very finost hoares aro raised. Then other rocks of limestone, and then othor table tanda, and uo again until at last granito ridges crop I through. Tho higher you go, the less fertilo tho | land, and tho lesa water, especially in autumn. lu fact, Mr. Palgravo admires tho .settled popu? lation very much moro highly than the Bedouin in every respect. His horses are as much superi? or to ail other Arabian horses as Uiey aro to thc common herd. Upon tho camel, tno Bcdouin'u aor.vant, ho looks with about aa much contempt as upon tho Bodouin himself. Ho ia stupid, revenge? ful, incapablo of being attached by kindnoaa, and only useful becauao ho poascsaes so little know? ledge. How ONE PLANTER FILLS HIS PLANTATION. Momphis paper has tho following: One of our planting frionda, who was a very large slaveholder boforo tho war, has developed to us a plan of operations for tho ensuing year, which .ooma a "atep in tho right direction." It is the plan which he has himself adoptad, and ho is san? guino that it will work successfully and advantage? ously to both himaolf and his employees. Hie plan is to contract with auy number ol hands, to tho extent of tho requirements of his vory large plantation, assigning to each ono tho number of acres ho may wish to cultivate-say fifteen, ten, or a less number of acres, to bo laid off and desig? nated. Tho omployer furnishes all tho necessary animals and implements at a fixed valuation, and supplies all necessary clothing and provisions at the cost price-a fair account being kept of such of.either as may be drawn during the yoar. :Mtr>?tipnlates further, -that if any laborera should uegicel his cror^j as_t*> endanger it, ho retains tho right to summon a jtiry'rir'vicw, selected from his fellow-laborers, who may, if they lind his crop going to waato from slothfulness, declare his claim to it forfeited, and tho employer may then re-as? sign the plat of ground, with "ita growing crop, to any industrious laborer who will cultivate it and Have it. At tho end of tho year tho crop pro? duced ia divided oqually between tho employer and tho employee-thc "latter paying out of the proceeds of his share tho account "which ho may havo created for his food and clotliiii*. He may also, if ho wishes, tako to his own account tho mule, plow, and other implements with which ho worked during the year, at tho valuation price agreed upon, to bc deducted from histiharc of tho eiqj, or return them to the proprietor.* Tho em? ployer takes upon himself tho selling and realiz? ing tho value of thc crop, and a division of thc proceeds, Wiihont other' charge to tho laborers than their proportionate charge of thc costa of shipments and tho usual ^hargu. ?? LACK OF THRIFT.'-At the close of the war, a Wealthy citizen of Amherst, accepting tho results of our "defeat in good faith, entered into an en? gagement with the negroes on his plantation, by which he hoped to retain them in his employ and raise a crop. They were to work tho farm on shares, the proprietor furnishing money for all necessary expenses till tho crops wcro gathered, when it "was to bo refunded from tho common stock. Notwithstanding this favorable arrange? ment, the I'recjuent warnings and urgings of the farmer, the efforts of the soldiers sent to seo that they did their duty, and every? thing elso that could bc brought to bear upon them, when tho producta of, thc farm wero valued, it waa found that there was not enough to pay tho cxponscs incurred iii their pro? duction. Astonished that indolence had not brought forth from tho earth as great a yield as industry had previously drawn from her fertilo bosom, they came over in a body, and laid their complaint before tho agent of the Freedmen's Bureau. Captain Lacy, after investigating the case, dismissed them with the intormatir . that they had foolishly wasted their opportunity to turn their labor to good account, and liad eaten up, in idleness, moro than they had mado in the few hours work which they could bo induced to per? form. Tho decision waa necessary and just, be? cause it waa true; but tho facts of thc case are significant of tho difficulties in tho way of re-es? tablishing the labor of this country. Lynchburg Virginian. -?????- -- f CoNornoN OF AFFAIRS IN 6?AI^.-The Madrid correspondent of the London Times reports thai the condition of affairs in Spain is daily becoming more alarming, and that the pcoplo there are liv? ing in a state of chronic terror. Tho health of thc Queen is represented as being seriously impaired, and suspicions were afloat that abo was being slowly tiikeu ' off by poison. Thc treatment pur? sued in her case by tho court physicians is de? nounced as so prodigiously absurd as to bc hardly explained on the score of ignorance or in? fatuation, and it was veiy positively asserted that she had become so reduced as to render it ex? tremely doubtful whether she will go 6-ifcly over her forthcoming delivery. It is further declared that not only is thc Queen, extremely unpopular, but that this unpopularity has extended of late years to every member of her family, so that sho could not be set asido without imperilling thc rights of tho Bourbon dynasty. A day later th? same correspondent writes that extraordinary precau? tions had been ordered to be observed at tho bar? racks ; that changes fn the garrison were going on, and that regiments were being brought hi from tho provinces, whilst those that were previ? ously in Madrid were being sent away. Thc story eounds somewhat sensational. US' ITCH ! ITCH ! ITCH 1 SCRATCH 1 SCRATCHI SCRATCH !-WHEATON'S OINTMENT WILL OUKE TUE ITCH IN' FORTY-EIGHT HO 1018. Also eurea SALT RHEUM, ULCERS, CHILBLAINS, and all ERUPTIONS Ol' TUE SKIN. Price 50 ceuts. For sale by all Druggists. Hy sending CO cents to WEEKS fe POTTKB, Solo Agenta, No. 170 AVashington-street, Boston, Mass., it will bo forwarded by mall, free of post ago, to any part of the United States. November 8 Gmo SO- SEMMONS' BRAZILIAN PEBBLE SPE0 tacles, to strengthen, and improve tho sight of old and young, by ?ay or night, with rano and comfort to the eye, without tho distressing results of frequent changes Thesu celebrated glasses ara too well known throughout tho South to speak of their superiority over aU o licrs. Don?le and singlo Telescopes of immense power and flold. Catalogues sent free, hy inclosing stamp. SEMMONS, OCULIST-OPTICIAN, C69K Broadway, under Lstirgo House, N. V. November ll 2,310 jfi ft waumu. In Georgetown, S. C., on 21st December, by th? BOT. Mr. Munni, Miss MARY E. DAVIS, of Charleeico. 8. C., to Mr. 8IM H. RUSSELL, Of Augusta, Ga. Augusta papers please copy. OS- The Relatives, Friends and Acq Hal rit? an ce s of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. BAGOETT, and Mr. and liai- ' Z. B. OAKES and family, are respectfully invited io at? tend the Funeral Services of Mrs. J. H. BAGGTHT, at tho Residence No. ll Butledge-street, Thu Haming, ot Eleven o'clock._-? January 12 ?S- The Friends and Relatives of Slr. and Mrs. D. H. Srxcox, Major s". B. Russru?vtnd Mr. -, and Mn. JA3. SILCOX, arc invited to attend, the Fune- j*, rzl Services of tho latter, at residence No, 28 Franklin- -2 Mtreet, at Ten o'clock, J'Ai? Morning. . , ; . . ; January 13 ' . lfi '? ., ; ---?- ? ? 1 ' "d JtS- '"he Friends and Acqaaintaneen OT Mr. and MrJ. WM. W. DROWN" are respectful])- .ia vi ted to atteadthe Funeral Services of the former, ai Tbxco o'clock, Tki)_ J/uracoU) from Amcrlca-etrcet, .acAx tho Mall. ~'l*' january 12 OS- The Relatives, Friends and Acquaint? ances o? LYDIA MORRISON (colored) aro mvttea to at? tend her funeral, at No. 44 George-streot, west end, at Thrco o'clock, P. M. 1? Jan nary IQ SPECIAL NOTICES. esr NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.-THE BRIG AMBROSE LIGHT, from Baltimore, is This. Day dis? charging on North Atlantic Wharf. AU goods remain? ing uncalled for at sunset will bc stored at risk and ex? pense of tho owner. WILLIS 4 CHISOLM. January 12 1 esr CONSIGNEES* N O T I C E.-THE MEB 0HANT8' Regular Lino Schooner N. W. SMITH ' -ill commence discnarging cargo at Adger's Wharves Tlx ic Day. 'AU goods not called for at sunset wiU be stared at their risk and expense. WILLIAM ROACH, Corner of East Bay and Adger's Wharf. January 12 1 esr NOTICE -APPLICATION WILL BE modo to City CouncU of Charleston, after three months, for tho ronowal of tho following amounts, standing is tho naroo of S. N. HAUT, $7950; ISABEL HABT; $3910; Hr.KRiETTA HABT, $*20G.89; C. E. HABT, $6001.03; H. N. HABT, $n33.33; S. N. HABT, in trust and administrator, $5060.87; JANE LEVY, $600-tho original Certificates of ' the forogoing amounts having been burnt in Columbia, - IS. C. January 12 lamo3?_S AML. HABT, Benr. . esr THE BC ABD <*F COMMISSIONEBS OP MAIN ROADS of St. Philip and St. Michael will elect, on the 23d of this month, a SECRETABT AND ? TREASURER, and a SUPERINTENDENT. Letters of application must be handed in to the Chairman, Dr. RICHARD L. NOBTH, on or before the 22d instant Januarys 4m5 esr THE FLBST NATIONAL BANK OP CHARLESTON.-CHARLESTON, 10th January, 1866. The stockholders of this Institution are hereby notified that an instalment of TEN DOLLARS PER SHARE is . required to be paid at their Banking-house, by ??ha 15th ln3t- ^? WM. C. BRzlEsE, Cr Thier. Jimnary'^P^ ^ ' 4' * ?-NOTICE TO COTTON AND NATAL; : STORES SHIPPERS.-The uriaershjuod is prepared ta . ranko faU CASH ADVANCES on -ahip.iionte cf Produce . to first-class Houses in Now York and Liverpool. WILLIAM H. WESSON, At THADDEUS STBEBT'S, NO. 74 East Hay, and at W. C. BEE & Co's., corner ot East Bay and Vanderhorst'a Wharf. December 28 esr OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES DI? RECT Tax Commissioners, No. 20 Broad-street (rear of Law Range). Taxes received between the honra of 10 o'clock, A. M., and 3 o'clock, P. M. November 14 ,esr NOTICE TO LOTHOLDERS.-IN. CONS? QDENCE of the depredatir-s being committed on the Grounds, no ono will bo aUowcd to attend to any lot ex? cept thoso employod by the Company. J. J. 8TROUB, December 1 Secretary. JOS- THE WEEKLY BECOBD CAN BE PUB CHASED at H. P. RUGG'S, Market-street, and M. M. QUINN'S, King-street, at which places newsboys can bo supplied. e?- o papers will bo sold from the Office in Hayne stroot. ". . December 16 J9S-NOTICE TO THE CITIZENS OF C fl ABLES TON.-Dr. WM. L. FOSS offers his PROFESSIONAL SERVICES to the citizens of Charleston, and calla their attention to hiu tr?atm?R of Chronic Diseases generally, especially Chronic Cutaneous Diseases, delicate affec? tions and Carbuncle-as his treatment in those diseases is far superior and entirely different to tho old mode of practice, and based on a successful experience of mora than twelve years' standing. No mercury, arsenic? iodine, caustic nor acids used, and no particular restric? tions requisite as to diet. I have been practising medicine in Barnwell District tor sixteen years, andam well acquainted with the effects and treatment of that protean and morbific agent, miaam also typhoid fever, convulsions, chorea, and other dis? eases to which the human system ls liable; and have cured inveterate cases of cutaneous diseases in a lew weeks that had existed for years and baffled aU previous treatment Office and reoidonce, No. ?S3 KING -STREET. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, December 6 mwf 17* WM. L. FOSS, M. D. jft-T OFFICE CLERK QF COUNCIL, JANUARY C, 1856.-Ill accordance willi tile Instructions received at thu last meeting of City Coiiilcii, Hid Mawing Beso lutlon is published for general information: Jtisoleed, That pubUc notice bo given that if any per? son intends to erect a building in the burne districts, he shaU first apply to CouncU and ascertain whether or not tho city intends widening said street. January 0 W. H. SMITH, Clerk of CouncU, AST PUBLIC NOTICE.-OFFICE CLERK OP COUNCIL, JANUARY 10,18G6.-Thc foUofting ordinance is hereby pYolished for general information : STATE Or SOOTH C ABOLIRA.-C ITT OF CHABLESTOK. An Ordinance, to Regulate the-Lintels of Buiutinys in the City of Charleston. Whereas there is great danger, in eases of Aro, from woollen lintels extending across the fronts of buildings: Therefore, lie it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen in City Council assembled, That hereafter it sliaU not be lawful foi auy person to build, *rect, or put up, auy Untel ex? tending across the front of any house, store or building wiwin the limits of the City of Charleston, of wood or other combustible material; but any such Untel so reach? ing or extending across th ! front of auy such house, store or building, shall be of stoue, m-.tal or other in? combustible mai erial; and any person offouding herein, shall, upon conviction, pay a line of five hundred dollars for each offence, and in addition thereto a fine of twenty' dollars for each and every day that such lintel shaU rc main, after notice to tako thc same down from the Mayor or some olficor of the poUce. W. H. SMITH, . January ll 10 Clerk of Council. OS- BATCHELORS HAIR DYE !-THE ORIGINAL nd best in the world I Tho only truo and perfect HAIR DYE. Harmless, Reliable and Instantaneous. Produces immediately a splendid Black or natural Brown, with-; out injuring tho hair or skim' Remedies the iU effects e bad dyes. Sold by all Druggists. The genuine is signed* WILLIAM A. BATCHELOR. Also, REGENERATING EXTRACT OF MlLLEl'LEUBS, For restoring and Beautify lng the Hair. CHARLES BATCHELOR, New York. August n -yr