University of South Carolina Libraries
CHABLESTOX DAILY KEWS....DECEMBEB 9, 1865. _" The Daily ?sTews. LA?UEST CIRCULATION Di THE STATE. LARGEST CmCULATION Di THE CITY. 49" TEE LIST OF LETTERS re? maining in. th? X'oetorfioe at the ?nd ?o? eaoh week: is published offioially in. TH n; DALLY JSTKWS every JPri day morning. BY TELEGRAPH. Mexican Vows. WASHINGTON, February 3.-The immediate with? drawal of tho French troops from Mexico may be regarded as certain, the reports having been con? firmed that au extraordinary commission had been I nant; to that country to make the necessary pre- | parafions for the evacuation. Tho Emporor no longer insists on the prior | recognition of MAXIMILIAN by the United States, bat is satisfied with renewed promises that this Government will preserve a strict neutrality in re? gard to Mexico. News via New Orleans st ;te that Gen. WEITZEL J had issued an order dirocting every command? ing officer to arrest ill armed persona lurking in the District of thc Rio Grande. A Military Commission is now in session at j Brazos Santiago tu investigate tho Bagdad affair. Affpersons, whether residents of Mexico or tho United Stated, aro to appear, who aro conversant with that difficulty. Gen. WEITZEL han issued an order mustering j ont of service tho Onu Hundred and Eighth in- | fantry. Chief Justice CHASE .iud Associate WATNE con? cur in the opinion that it would bo improper to hold Circuit Com ts in Virginia until Congress Bhall have an opportunity to consider and act up? on tho entire subject. The civil court in a dis? trict under tuartial law can, they say, only act by the sanction and under tho supervision of military powers, and they cannot think it becomes the Su? preme Court to exercise jurisdiction under such conditions. Front Washington. WASHINGTON, February 2,1866.-The President to-day ordered warrants to be issued for the par? don of three hundred North Carolinians. The President has transmitted to Congress the report of General SHERMAN on the condition of affairs in the Southern States. Ho says ho found ! .Terywhero 'in the South a large number of our i officers and soldiers looking out for land and em? ployment, and he doubted not that during the next year all thc land which is cleared will be auder cultivation; a largo part of it under the di? rection of onergetic young men. Congressional, WASHINGTON, February L-Jn the Senate, Mr. g }?E3SESpE5-?tatc.d that ho Would.ask -that body cn-J -~?3foiWlry*'XKaKo.up Tho eu is tit uti on al amendment passed yesterday by tho House, aud keep it before them until it passed, as it was desirable tu get the amendment before tho State Legislatures now in session, at un carly date. Mr. HOWARD made a speech on his resolution recommending the trial of DAVIS and CLAY. He offered an amenduitat to tho original resolution so as to include others acting in concert with them. Mr. DAVIS made a lengthy speech on the bill for the protection of civil rights. The House was engaged iu tho consideration of the bill enlarging tho powers of tho Freedmen's Bureau. From South America. NEW YORK, February 1.-Panama dates to the 22d ult. received. No ?oe il news. The storms havo destroyed almost thc entire cotton crop throughout Salvador and Costa Rica, The coffee crop is being gathered and brings higher prices than usual. The Peruvian dictator is pushing reforms in all departments. Ile stated to the Chilian ambassa? dor that Peru considered the Chilian conflict with Spain essentially a Peruvian quostion. Legislative. RALEIGH, February 1_Tho House of Commons continued to-day the consideration of the bill re- ! ? tating to freedmen. Speeches were made foi and .gainst allowing them to testify. No vote has yet been taken. Thc outside fooling is adverse to allowing them to testify. Ww York Market. NJSW YORK, February 2.-Flour is unsettled. Southern {8.75@15. Wheat steady." Corn du?1 at 84@86c. Beef s toady. Pork firm; Mess $28.621? 28.69. Whiskey is dull at $2.23([?2 26. Cottou dull. Sales of 1000 bales at ?S?49c Sugar dull. Naval stores quiet. Gold 143@143?. "From tho best information that I can gather," says a recent letter from Corinth, Miss., "two thirds of thc freedmen in this part of tho South ar? disposed to go to work. But many of them object to hiting out to their former masters. They have an idea that, so long as they remain on tho old plantation, their freedom is not a sure thing; consequently they wish a change, if only for iv single eeason, with a view of satisfying themselves upon so important a point. Occasionally one is bea.d to say to another-"Spo.se you au me trade plan? tations dis year; my old marso offer mc $21) a month, and give me all do corn and bacon I want to eat; but I'd Uko to s t odiuwhere else, so as lil be free.' Such tru<'.:-s are frequently nude on ad? joining plantations, and each darkey is satisfied with his bargain." AN experimont tried by an eminent physician of St. Petersburg, daring the prevalence nf ihu .cholera there several years ago, serves tn ih." trate tho iiirtucnco of tho mind upon thu bini . He obtained of the authorities two criminals ?h.? had been condemned io death, to do with them n? h? saw tit. One of these convicts was nnKo t<. sleep in a bed iu which, aa he was told, a uuu died with tho cholera thu night before-altin m ?ii such was not tho fact. After a restless night, th criminal was taken with aU the symptom* "f cholera, ami died of that disease, declaring th it hehadcaught.it from the bed-a victim li) K own fears. , Tho other was m ide to sleep ou a " t\ wherein amati had died ... few hours previously ?> thefat.il dweaiu. This f'ct, however, was in known to thc ocelli) i.? nf the bed, who nv&r in the morning rcfrcs'dod by his sleep, remaining iu perfect health. X.ETTER FROM NEW YOKK. [FBOM ODK owx conausroNDENT.] NEW YOEE,. February 1_Within thc past few dava tbero have been sevoral very heavy falls of snow, covering tho ground to sufficient depth to admit of tho enjoyment of tho cxhilirating plea? sures of sleigh riding. On Saturday las!, the sleighing carnival was at its height. Thousands of ?hefairand tho unfair sex were out enjoying the fun. The Bloomingdalo road was thronged with sleighs, drawn by gallant steeds, and bearing happy beaux and belles, whoso merry laughter mingled with tho tinkling of the tiny silvery Bl9igh-bell8, till the music of the bells and the music of the belles harmoniously blended, as the otherwise noiseless vehicles swiftly and gracefully glided along. See where goes that handsome couple wrapt in furs, the flush of health and of love upon the maiden's cheek, as she nestles closer to the side of her admiring swain. See where-but they slido along swiftly as wo watch them, and are lost to our view. Tho beautiful and snow-clad avenues in Central Park wore also resorted to by thousands of the sleighing frater? nity, whilst the skaters thronged toward tho lakes, where fifty thousand were.on tho ice at one time. Tho official list of tho number of persona who have visited the Central Park during tho month of I January, from tho 1st to the 2?th inclusive, shows that tho Park has, during this period, been visited by four hundred and eleven thousand two hun? dred and forty-eight pedestrians; two thousand , three hundred and forty-four equestrians; forty- ] five thousand two hundred aud seventy vehicles, and seventeen thousand five hundred and tliir- j toen sleighs. Snow and ico aro very good in their way-very j good for sleighing and for skating-but a de? cidedly bad thing to gut on tho track of a street car. Tho city railroad companies aro down on tho snow and icc, auc tho horses aro down on said ice and snow much oftener than they liko; where? fore, the i ailroad pcoplo having heard that a good way to catch a bird is to throw salt on its tail, and having been informed, moreover, that salt will melt ice or snow, have been seasoning the streets with salt as though they were a large dish of some? thing about to be cooked for a mammoth dinner. The City Fathers, however, showed that said sea? soning was out of season oven in this cold season, and called attention to a city ordinance which for? bids salting the streets as though they wero a large ice-cream churn. In my last lefter I gave you an account of the ingenious robbery of a porter of the Greenwich Savings Bank by a true and false policeman. It was taken for granted that the real policeman WA* innocent, and had been played upon by the ? .> r b'ke "a harp ot ft thousand strings;" but tho President of tho Bank says that, in tho language of ARTEMUS WABD, "he does not soe the thing in those lamps," and adds, moreover, that looking at it from thc light of other lamps, he thinks that both of the men wero true policemen and false policemen at the.same time; that is to Bay, they ?ere trne -jojicemen, being really bonafidg officers )f thejr'.jijjjnt" that they wereinev?rthelass Talso, inasmuch as they are a couple of thieving rascals, who conspired together to rob tho Bank porter. Tho astuto Bank President is a sharp man, and I um inclined to believe that in this in? stance he has seized tho right female swine by -he organ of hearing. Tho rogues in this big :ity aro so exceedingly smart that tho honest non must necessarily sharpen their wits to tho inest possible edge, or they will have- their oyes robbed out of their heads whilst they aro iunoccnt y dozing, and glass ones substituted. Thc petroleum fraud case, iu which Colonel W. ?). MANN and Mr. STRATTON had been charged irith having swindled certain parties by soiling ?hem shires in the United Servico Petroleum Con ? pany under false representations, has como to an ind. Justice DODGE decided in favor of tho de? fendants to tho suit; Mr. STRATTON has been dia :harged, and Colonel MANN, being honorably ac? quitted, is onco moro regarded as an honorable "man." On Saturday last tho following sentence was pronounced by Judgo GILUEUT on JOSE GONZALES C FERNANDEZ and FKANCISCO GENE SALVADOU, who Liad bcou convicted of tho murder of tho Spaniard DTERO : "Tho sentence of tho court, in each of rour cases, is, that you bo taken hence to tho place whence you came, and bo there confined un ;il Tuesday, thc ninth day of March, and on that lay, between tho hours of nine in tho forenoon mdthrco in the afternoon, you be hanged by tho ?eck until you bo dead." The prisoners were not in tho slightest degree iffeoted by tho reading of tho above sentence ; or. .athc-r, they gave no outward demonstration that hey were so. Let mo add hero what thc Judge teems to havo omitted in reading tho sentence md may Gon havo mercy on their souls. Tho pickpockets aro doing a fiourisliing buai iese; their operations ure principally confined to ho street cars, whero they havo ot'Iato been help ng themselves so plenteously and successfully to ?thor people's greenbacks that tho newspapers iro crying out "trumpot-tongued against tho deep lamnation of their taking off." Tho only way for i man to insure himself when ho gets into ono of hebe oars, that he will not havo his pocket-book ibetracted from bia pocket, is for him to leave it it homo and only carry about his person-in bis neath would answer-enough money for cur faro. Tho Charity Ball on Monday night at the Acad smy of Music, for the benefit of tho Nursery and Jlnld's Hospital, was a decided success. The uagni?eent build ii g was filled to overtlowing, was mist bountifully and tastefully decorated for thc jc .asioii, and tho dazzling light of hundreds of ets of K.as, revealing thousands^of faces decke I irilii the smile of beauty, shone upon a sceno that brought to mind tales of fairy palaces created by tho enchanter's wand. Last t tho Academy was tho sccno of a still grander and more imposing spectacle on tho occa? sion of tho reception of tho famous 7th Reg. Na? tional Guard, given to those of its members wh" have fcrvod in tho army during tho late war. It warf truly a grand demonstration; but tho brief space allowed mc in this letter, docs not admit of my ittcmpting a description-to which the Herald devotes in? less than lour columns and a half of closely printed matter. ,,..f i n's ,uo'h?r financial sonsation on the car I "i livre. A contle tu an named NAELTE is accused o? 1..I.1U-r.,.,1,,.,1 a bankin Berlin on Christmas ???wi S^yU'unsanti thalers, with which ho ,T?..,l^.?^rk*.M ;l Christmas gift. The w i, "". ?,; I . ? T' ??? ?wm arrested hero, and that tao Chromas g-ft h w got ,lini illtl) a Ch , i III !S-lKI\. Theatres and places of amusement s';r d-?r.i and making money. MOUL l'?UE. LETTER l'ROH HIS EXCELLENCE JAMES L. ORR, GOVERNOR OP SOUTH t AROL.I T: A. To Hon. Hush McCnlloch, Secretary of thc Treasury. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, } CHAELESTON, January 19, 18GC. j' 2b the Hon. the Secretary of the Treasury : Sm.- As Governor of tho Stato of South' Caro? line, it becomes my duty to ask your attention to certain subjects of very grave importance to her interest, and thc control of which belongs to your Dopi-rtmont. It is unnecessary for mc to do moro than to refer to the Acts of the United States imposing tho direct tax and making provision for its collection in the "insurrectionary States." With these provi? sions you are perfectly familiar: and it is not my purpose at present to call in question either their constitutionality or thoir policy. Fortunately for th? State which I represent, fortunately, I hope you will allow mo to add, for tho whole country, the character of "insurrectionary" no longer applier? to her. Accopti'ig honestly tho result of the great contest which has now ended, sho has met the necessities of lier condition, and her peoplo arc endeavoring, with earnest and single-minded purpose, to rotrievo tho disasters and destruction of the last Ave years. In this endeavor lani gladt > believe that both yourself and thoAdministration, of which you form so distinguished a part, cor? dially sympathize, and I fool confident of your patient and favorable consideration, when I ask for such relief as it is in your power to afford, from tho operation of laws passed in unhappy times, and the necessity for which luis now ceased tc exist. Owing to the fact that until the .surrender of Generals Lee and Johnston, only tho sea-board of this Stato was in tho military possession of the United States, it has happened that in that sec? tion only of tho Stato havo theso laws been ap? plied. Owing, al-o, to this fact, and tho conse? quent fact that tho forces of tho lato Confederacy interposed botweon this section and tho rest of tho State, it has happened that thc proprietors of this section, who were driven from their homes by tho armed occupation of 18C1, havo boen, dur? ing the war, entirely separated from their estates, havo neither been able to tatra the proceedings which have been instituted under tho laws, nor have been enabled to take advantage of tho just and humane provisions for redemption which those acts contain. Tho consequence has been that theso laws have been more harshly and more entirely enforced in this section of South Carolina than in any other portion of tho South, and from thc inability of the parties interested to re?oive the requisite notice, there has occurred an amount of sacrifice by tho salo of property moro enormous in character and moro universal in ex? tent than in any other portion of the country. I behove I am warranted in saying that, from cau? ses entirely beyond their control, not one of the owners of these estates have been able either to pav his taxes or to avail himself of the power of redemption, while, in thousands of instances, es? tates of tho highest value have boen sold for tho smallest amount of tax, and bought for the most inconsiderable sums. One instanoo to which I will refer, in which au estate, tho market value of which was $21,000, was bought in by tho Govern? ment for $80, the amount of tax due being even leas than thia .inconsiderable amount, and tho Government being in possession at tho time of cotton taken from the estate to more than a hun? dred times tho amount of tho tax, is one illustra? tion out of many. The whole property of this section of country, including the entire Parish of St. J?3lena, one of the most valuable portions of tho State, and a portion -jbf St. Luke's, .has^enro?.' ^et? ry changed hands'i ns far as these acts can .affect tho change, and has passed cither into the possession of tho Government or of third parties. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in that portion of his report which refers to the operation of the Direct Tax Act, usos the following lan? guage : "It is evident from what I have stated, that when the duties of the Commissioners under tho present laws shall be completed, the burdens imposed by it will have fallen unequally upon tbc peoplo of the districts lately iu insurrection. Some will havo paid little in addition to their original distributivo share of thu twenty millions of dollars, while others will have lost their entire es? tates. Somo States, too, will have paid only the amount apportioned to them uudcr tho Act of August 7, 1861, white others, for tho reasons before niven will, through tho collections and sales, have contributed largely in excess of such apportionment." I havo been informed, aud have reason to be? hove, that thc Stato of South Carolina is ono of those States which has "contributed largely in excess ;" and that a small portion of tho State has thus been made to bear even more than the burden of tho whole commonwealth ; and that at the expense of a few hundred citizens, not more guilty than their follows, and including in thoir number a very largo proportion of inoffensive widows, orphans and minors. Nor can the State compen? sate them for this terrible loss. Her resources exhausted, her new system of labor scarcely or? ganized, hardly a remnant of- her capital, pubUo | or private, saved in this groat wreck, more thaii one generation must work and suffer before re? turning prosperity cnablosher to be cither just or generous, and oven thon no compensation would restore theso exiles to she homes in which they wcro born. I "would, therefore, respectfully ask your assist? ance in ascertaining the exact condition of the amount of direct tax due and paid by this State, and would earnestly ontrcat your co-operation, in order that if it be true that this State has over? paid its portion of taxation, or should that not bo cuso, if tho State will assume and secure tho pay? ment of the very small balanco that remains, that some arrangement be mado by which the lands which, under tho necessities of war, havo been bought in by Government, should be restored to their original possessors. Tho only object of this salo and purchase was to secure the payment of thc tax. if tho payment of that tax has bceu, or can bc secured, there is no further object in mak? ing tho law a means of personal punishment, a punishment not indicted by a discriminating jus lice against special offenders, but simply resulting from the accidental locality of tho sufferer. I would ask your attention to tho further addi? tional extract from tho report of tho Commission? er of Internal Revenue: "Of tho property purchased for the Governmental the sdles for taxes, leases under section 9 of thc act of Juno 7, 1862, havo been made only by tho South Carolina Couiraiaaion. lu South Carolina, too, and not elsewhere, resales of lands MT in ut the sulfa for taxes have been mude by tho Commission, under section ll of tho samo statute. This section provides that purchasers lit thu sale who shall have tai th I nil y served for thc term of three months us au olhcer, musician, or private soldier, or sailor, in the army, or navy, or murine service of the United States, as a regular or volunteer, and who shall pay one-fourth part of thc purchase-money, shall re? ceive a certificate, and shall have the term of three years in which to pay the r- muiuder. Thc amount which will become due in 1867 and 1868 upon thc army and navy certificates, issued os above, is $2U6,i.'Mi. In this htatc, ulsu, a board of selection, appointed by tho Presi deutof the United Slates for thut purpose, und com? prised in part of thc Tax Commissioners, under his in? structions of September 16, 1863, selected und reserved fur military, miva', charitable, educational, and police purpo-es, eighty-one plantations, situated on thc several sea .-lauds of that State. " Under tho same instructions the Commission made salo of homesteads of ten und twenty acres each to heads of families of african descent. " ??neo December 10, 1H63, there have been 017 certill catcs ot homesteads of this character, issued by the Commission, most of which were duriug ths last fiscal year " It is difficult to understand why, looking upon these acts us intended to have uniform effect, so very marked au exception should have been mado of this State, aud us tho direct authority of the Commissioners to grant these leases "extends only until thc said robellion and insurrection in said Stato shtill be put down, and the authority of tho United States established, and until thc people of said Staic shall elect a Legislature ami State officer**, who ?hall take an oath to support tho Const'iutiou of tito United States, to bc announced hy Um Proklamation of tho President, and until tho m si. il.,y ol March next thereafter." I would ask whether tho timo and conditions for the ter? mination of these leases do uot seem very rapidly I ?pM|0mng^n3 if fo.?w??ther any"ptl?clpTo'bf juslpT/or any good reaBon of policy, woola pre vcn,Vthe Government from reatoring tho lands so leai'ld, to the original owners? F?rther, tho Commissioner, after stating that moet of the allotments of homesteads were made during tho lajt^acal year, proceeds: "After the cessation cf hostilities, and on the seven? teenth day of May last, 'hu several commissions were directed by this office, in pursuance of tho instructions of the Secretary ot' the Treasury, to suspend all sales of linds for taxe* In districts before that time in insurrec? tion, until otherwise ordered." Now, if I am rightly informed of the legal effect of .HOBO acts, and tho President's instructions, thoao allotments could only take place upon the resale of the lands originally t.ought in by the Government, and the order forbidding all further sales-Was in effect forbidding any further allot moiiftv and yet, according to the Commissioner, mott or these allotments were made, "during the last fiscal year," that is, after tho issue of the order.ljjrbiddiiig thom. You are yourself aware thai j?h?3 order was so openly disregarded, that appjijation was made to you by tho executive agobtWthis Stato, ir. November last, for an order to sugfknd soles in Beaufort, advertised in direct, vio??lon of its terms, and that you promptly and justit/ gave tho order asked for. And it is my duty to stato, on perfectly reliable authority, that thean allotments were not only made during the lust fiscal yeal-, but that Mr. Brisbane, ono of th?' Commissioners, ia now engaged in surveying and laying out the plantations in St. Holona, for the ptirposo of continncd allotment. Thc condition of these lands is such that, owing to the action of tho direct tax laws, the original owners aro ousted of possession, while the system of leaeos and allotments, and in ?omo portions tho field-order of General Sherman, havo caused their distribution among tho freedmen, and created a strong expectation among them of continued and more oxtensivo distribution. I would submit to you, and through you to thc Government, wheth? er any principio of justice can sanction such a do ti? bie punishment as first to compel tho,owners of these lands to bear the whole burden of the State's taxation, and then to confiscate tho very lands which had been so taxed. For, as I havo said be? fore, now that, tho cessation of war has given the opportunity, these owners are perfectly willing to pay their taxes, and ask simply that thc principio of redemption, incorporated ia the acts them? selves, shall not bo made barren by being limited to a point of time before which it was clearly im? possible to use it. But there is another point of view from which the condition of these lands assumes even graver importance. The question of the relation be? tween tho whito population of this State and the now freedmen has been a very perplexing one, and not altogether free from danger. It has been for a long time doubtful whether tho freedman would contract for labor at all, and the great difficulty in the way has boen his conviction that the lands of his former master wore to be given to him. This delusion is not yet dispelled. In the interior of the 8tate, whero there has been no dispossession of tho owners, the freedmen are gradually becoming convinced of the truth, and aro beginning to find that work isa nocessity, and hy contracting for labor at fair wages, only can they Becure work. But in the low country the casa is different. Difficulties still seem impossi? ble to be oTorcomo and serious disturbances havo occurred. Genend Sickles, by energetic and practical action, ia making some progress to a moro wholesome state of affairs. But there ia ono obstacle too strong for him, or the plauter, or the Stat?. That is, tho existence in the Stato of a large tract of the richest and most valuable lands, from whioh the whito owner is excluded, to which the freedmen look with the assurance of future possession, and over which tho State possesses no control, and the military authorities of the United ?tates can exert no beneficial influence. As long as these lands remain in this condition, no Jbng the freedman of tho low country will re - ityi# to <?ork for wages, and tho freedman of tho up-country will work discontentedly. Although I seo that a proposition has beon made in Congress to confirm tho grant madu by Gen. Sherman's field order, I can not believe that cither tho jus? tice or wisdom of a great government will permit BO fatal an injury to this State as must bo tho es? tablishment of a negro colony upon her borders, wasting her most fruitful lands, obstructing her largest harbors, and shutting out from thu sea, by a belt of barrenness, her enterpriso and her industry. But the delay in deciding tho status of these lands is acting most injuriously, upon tho fortunes and future of this State. Already tho beneficent action of the President's restoration of lands has beon unaccountably delayed, intention? ally or ignorantly, by those entrusted with its ex? ecution. But imperfectly and unwillingly us it has been executed, already its good effects aro visible, and I will venturo to assure you that if you can contribute to make it perfect, by aiding tho Stato in tho restoration of tho lands, now practically confiscated hy tho Direct Tax Act, you wiil be going far in securing thc solution of that quostion of labor which is to-day the only real obstado to tho firm, harmonious, and prosperous re-con? struction ol' a common country. Impressed with tho importance of theso views, but finding it impossible, oithor with justice to your engagements or my own to dwoll upon them moro fully or moro in detail, I havo commissioned Hon. Wm. Henry Trcacot to lay Ibis letter before you, and toenforco it with such information as an examination ot it cn your part may require. Mr. Trescot has already had the honor of communica? tion with you as tho representativo in the same capacity of my predecessor, Gov. Perry. Commending him to your courteous considera? tion, and asking for the subject ho lays beforo you your carly and aoriouB attention, I ara, verv respectfully, JAS. L. OltB, Governor of South Carolina. WHAT DOES IT MEAN ?-Tho Now York Citizen (edited by Privato MILES O'RII.EY) has an article laudatory of tho Fenians, and urging Irishmon and Americans to contribute to tho Fenian funds. Wo quoto a single ominous passage : "Wc toll tho American public-and they have heretofore found us pretty accurate prophets in everything relativo to the Fenian cause-?hat be? fore ten weeks there will he-somewhere-an Irish Republic existing on tho taco of tho earth, with a flag, an army, a port of entry and exit, a navy of privateers, and tho tacit encouragement both of France and the Unitod States in the prosocutiou of belligerent acts against Great Britain. Let no one ask us for the present whero this republic will bc located, for wo cannot answer. It must bo called a republic, to warrant tho Hag and licet, but will really only be used as an immediate basis of operations for tho transfer of activo hostilities to tho Canadian and 'rish soils. A word to tho wiso is enough. And now, whilo thc quid nuncs grow excited, thc wiso will await developments, giving liberally of their means to aid tho cause; nor will they have to tarry long for the fulfillment of all that we herein foreshadow." SMALL POX IN MOBILE.-Tho small pox prevails in our city to a great extent. So far us wo can learn, tho authorities are using every exertion to check iU progress, but unless all aro vaccinated it is utterly impossible to accomplish the work. Wo hope that everybody (white and black) who have not bad tho operation performed, will no longer neglect it. Wo would again remind our citizens that thc city has wisely provided tu;o good physi? cians to vaccinate gratuitously, and tuc vaccine matter in their possession is puro and "unadul? terated. ' Wo hope that all will "bare their arms" and fortify against this loathsomo < ontagion. Uulcss this is done voluntarily, we apprehend that it will become necessary to follow tho example ol' several other cities, which have resorted to what is termed "compulsory vaccination." This gives nhjsie?tns a carie blanche to forcibly per? form tht operation on all who havo not been vaccinated within a certain period, or had the small poi. It is an arbitrary law, but the public safety hus required it in some places, and it ? aa enforced -Aoxertiser. XS- THE WEEKLY RECORD CAN BE PUIU CHASED it H. P. HUGO'S, Market-street, and M. M QUINN'S,King-street, at which places newsboys can be supplied. ?SS- >o papers will bo sold from the Offico in Hayne 1 street. December 16 MA?R???), On Thursday, 1st Febr_ry, In this city, by'dteBev. WM S. BOWMAN, Mr. WILLIAM EDWARD JENNINGS to Hiss AMELIA CAROLINA, only daughter of Mr. A. Dorr, all of Charleston, S. C. * On tho morning of the 3d of Fobruary, at tho resi? dence of the officiating minister, the Kev. CHRISTOPHER HANCKXL, D.D., A. ELLIOTT DABBY, orst. Matthews' Parish, io DEAS F . eldest daughter of the late- W. - A. Sr.v7.xEi1, of St? John's Berkley. &g- The Relatives, Friends and Acquaint? ances of Mr. and Mrs. JOSEPH & ADDISON, and of their Son, Mr. JOSEPH M. ADDISON, are respectfully in? vited to attend the Fanerai Services of the former, at his lato residence. No. 28 Marsh-street, To-Morrcno Morning, it half-past Ten o'clock, without further Invi tation. February 6 jOSf-The Member* of the Fellowship Society aro respectfully requested to attend the Funeral of Mr. JOSEPH S. ADDISON, To-Morrow Morning, at half-past Ten o'clock. February 5 *' [ADVKBTIHllMRHTV] : Cm Rr,EST OH. February 4, 1866. Editor of Daily Newt : I 'AH Sra.-In your paper of the 2d instant I am ^l'tUengcd to fight by one HE NUT VAK WINKLE. In reply I beg to say that it is wt ll known in England as well SB the United States that since my fight with the gallant TOM SAYERS (now deceased), lt was my intention to retire/orewr from the prize-ring; but from tho many boasting und gasconadings of the above and others that they aro able to whip me, I have been induced to altar my mind. I will, therefore, In reply to the above mentioned challenge, say that I will fight the said HENRY VAN WINKLE for any sum, from five hundred dollars or upwards, at any time or place that may bo agreed upon. Money left at the office of "TEX CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS," or at my place of business, corner of Church and Chalmers streets, where a match can be made for any sum. Tours respectfully, AARON JONES. P. 3.-If this is not satisfactory to Mr. H. VAN WINKLE, I hopo ho and his friends will refrain in future from thoir largo talk bnt small works about fighting me, an I am getting quite tired of it. 1 A. J. SPECIAL NQTICE8. US' ?STATE NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAV ING any demands against the Estato of the Bov. A. PECBIFOT, deceased, will present the same, daly ot? tos ted ; and those indebted will make payment to Messrs. MACBETH tc BUIST, Attorneys at Law, No. 41 Broad-street, A. M. PEURIFOY, Administrator, Fobmary 5 m3* \ Spartonbttfg O- H., 8. v. . HS- THE DIOCESAN COUNCIL OP THE PRO? TESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH in South Carolina will meot in Grace Church, Charleston, on Wednesday, tho 14th February. Divine Service will commence at j IU o'clock AM. J. D. McCOLLOUGH, January 17 w m9_Secretary of Conned. AW NOTICE.-ALL BILLS AGAINST THE Spanish barkantino '. FORTUNA " must bo handed in to tho undersigned on or before Monday, the 6th inst, or they will bo debarred payment. W. P. HALL. February 2_3_Brown's Wharf. ?5- TO NAVAL OFFICERS AND OTHERS. Any person knowing tho address or whereabouts of WILLIAM S. HAMILTON, supposed to be in the United States Navy, will confer a fa VT by addressing his afflicted mother. Mrs. K. J. HAMILTON. Richmond, Jofferson County, OhIo.> , February 2 4* esr LOAN ON BOTTOMRY AND RESPON DENTIA.-A loan of about Four Thousand Five Hun dred Dollars, moro or less, ls wanted on bottcmry of Spanish barkentlne "Fortuna," Gsrrido, Mast-r, and on hypothecation of her cargo on board, consisting of Sugar, Tobacco, Atc, to pay tor repairs and expensa* in? curred at tho port of Charleston, while on har voyage from Havana to Cadiz ; said Iran to bo reimbursed with maratimo premium within ten days after the safo arrival of said barkentinc and cargo front her present intended voyage. Sealed proposals for makins said loan, stating rate of maritime premium, to be left at the office of the Spanish Consul, in Wragg Sqnurc, ail or beforo Saturday, the 3d of i ehruary, at 12 o'clock noon. 13. RIOLS, January '.".< Action Spanish Consul. ?5- ELMORE MUTUAL INSURANCE COM? PANY.-CHARLESTON, January 24, 1866.-Tho Stock? holders of this Cootpany are hereby notified that an assessment of FIVE DOLLARS PER SHARE hus boen recommended by tho Board of Diroctors, and approved at a mooting of the Stockholders, held on tho 20th inst ; thirty days notice of such call being requisite, tho said assessment will bo received at tho office of the Company, First National Dank, corner ?road and Statu streets, on * or berore Friday, 03d Fobruary. EXTJRACT mon CUARTEE. "Tho President and Directors shall be, and they are authorized anil empowered in cull for and collect from each Stockholder, ono ur mure assessments on eacb sham of tho Capital Stock, not exceeding, in tho aggro gate, tho uraount of ten (lullars ($10) per share, and to compel the payment nf tim same by forfeiture and sale of the stock, or otherwise." By order of tho Board of Diroctors. JOSEPH WHILDEN, Secretary and Treasurer. N. B.-Tho Secretary is now prepared to receive the above assessment. January 24 Imo td- TUE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL DIOCES? AN COUN'OIL will meet In this city on tho 11th of Februa? ry. It isesscnti.il that there should bs a full attendance, but, owing to tho slriugoncy of thc times, it doubtless will bo out of thu power of many delegates to attend, unless they can be entertained by irieuds. It is respectfully re? quested ol' such citizens BS can and will accommodate either the clerical or lay delegates, to inform one or other cf the undersigned, as soon as possible. C. C. PTNCKNEY, JR. C. P. QAD8DEN, A. T. PORTER. January 31 6 ?3T A BRANCH OF THE U. STATES POLICE. AGENCY having benn established in Charleston, nuder tb? supervision of the undersigned, they have been em? powered by the civil and military authorities to act as Special Police Detectives. Our long and varied experi? ence in all tho largo cities of tho United States gives ns pecuiiar facilities for Lhu successful transaction of any business which may bo entrusted to our caro. Wo are in constant correspondence with tho police authorities throughout the country. Wo respectfully refer to Mr. JOHN YOUNO, Chief of tho detective force of New i'or!: city. All communications to be addressed to tho Merchants' Hotel, caro of Mr HARRY FERRIS. A. H. WATSON, WM. O'BRIEN. February 3 12* ?ar NOTICE TO COTTON AND NAVAL STORES SHIPPERS.-The undersized is prepared to make full CASH ADVANCES un shipments of Produce to Aral class Honsos iu New York -md Liverpool. WILLIAM LL WESSON, At THADDEUS STEKKT**, No. 74 Kust Bay, and at W C BEF. A CO'S, corner of Hist Hay aud V'atiil'Tli"?! Wharf. Jan un ry esr OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL, JAM' \R? 6, I860.-In auiortbuico with tho instruction* revived at tho last meeting of City Council, the following .Inso? lation is published for ?? :' -ral Information! Jt-sufanf, That publie n-n.-o bf r.'tven lust If : ny per son intends tu e.reef n Itiiil.liu!! in th- burnt nw?.s- hf shall tlrst apply tt> Cunneil Mid ase -aili vhetuar no! the city intends wil.vu-; Mild direct. January o iv. Jl. SMITH. Clerk ol ? oimeii. ?.OFFICE CB^ELESTON GAS-LIGHT COM? PANY-CHARLESTON, January 25, 1866.-The Anuna* Meeting of the Stockholders of this Company *I%fee> held TM* Dccy. 5th February, 1866, at No. 2ft Broacfc street, np stairs, at 12, o'clock. M., when a statement rf the affairs of the Company will be submitted, and aa election held for Prosidont and eight Directors, to serrcv. for the ensuing year. W. HERIOT, . Februarys _ ' Secretary and Treasurer. -'fSSt*j-1 ' ' ^^INFORMATION ""WANTED OF WM. T. KING.-Any information concerning WM. T. KING-, who is sick in this city, will be thankfully received by A C. Hiar,, at Mrs. Bosun's, No. 72 Hasel-strset, or hy Dr. Para, No. 93 Wentworth. February 6 _ 3? as* IN FORMATION IS WANTED CONGELW ING ALEXANDER and DANIEL NEAL, who rom erred from Baltimore to Charleston some years ago; their oc? cupation, was carpenters. Any. ono knowing anJihing ( about their whereabouts, will confer a favor oh thcirr widowed mother, MARGARET .' NEAL, " on -board tha Ellie Knight, for two days, at North Atlantic Dock, stowi.rdcss, by giving her information. She resides at at No. 64 Clay-street, Baltimore, Maryland. February 6_2_ ?3- NOTICE .-CONSIGNEES PEB BRIG TBDNDELEN, from Boston, are hereby notified that she? la This Dat; discharging cargo at KEBB'B Wharf. AD goods remaining on the wharf at sunset will be stored at expense and risk of owners. February 5_1_ _P. P. LOCKE. ?-CONSIGNEES1 NOTICE.-THE MEB CHANl *3 Line schooner ENCHANTRESS will dlscharg? cargo Thu Day, at Adger's Wharves. All Goods not called for at sunset will be stored at their risk and ex? pensa. WILLIAM ROACH. February 5 _I ?.NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.-CONSIGNEES per Steamship SEA GULL, from Baltimore, are hereby notified that she ls This Day discharging cargo at Brown's Wharf, and all goods remaining on the Wharf after sunset wiU be stored at their expense and risk;' February 5_1 MORDECAI k CO., Agents. ?.NOTICE.-CONSIGNEES PEB SCHOONER DAYBREAK, are hereby notified that her cargo is heine Thit Day discharged at Brown's South Wharf. Any gooda remaining uncalled for at sunset will be stored at the risk and expense of the owners. February 3 D. J. STD SQ ES. ?.WITH A VIEW TO THE PARTITION OF the Estate of the late JOHN H. TUCKER, of George? town District, all claims against the Estate are requested to be handed in Immediately to either of the under? signed. W. H. TUCKER, JOS. R. TUCKER, H. M. TUCKER, February 3 18 Qualified Executors. ?-NOTICE TO THE HOLDERS OF THE UN ENDORSED BONDS AND JUDGMENT CREDI? TORS OF THE CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH RAIL? ROAD COMPANY.-The General Assembly having, at its last session, authorized the Company to issue Bonds to the amount not exceeding FIVE HUNDRED THOU? SAND DOLLARS, for the restoration of the Road, aa* postponed to them its own first hen, on the condition that the holders of the Unendorsed .Bonds and Judg? ment Creditors shah, in writing, consent that their 1 Lons bo postponed in the same manner, sosa to rank** at present, next hjlow the said lien of the State-the said creditors are hereby requested to assemble on rVedum day, 14th February, at 12 M., at the Office of the Charles? ton InHurtnco and Trust Company, in Broach-street, t* take into consideration the proposition Indicated. By order of the Board of Directors. 8. W. FISHER, Secretary and Treasurer. ?-The New York Herald will please give tho above, thrco insertions and send bill to this office. January 15 mwflft ??STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. CHARLESTON DISTRICT.-By GEORGE BUIST, Esq., Ordinary.-Whereas CATHERINE HASH BURN, of Charleston, Widow, made suit to mo to grant her Letters; of Administration, of tho Estate and Effects of JAMES H. MASHB?RN, Late of Charleston, Custom Houso Officer : Thesoare, therefore, to cito and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of tho said JAMES H. MASHBUBV deceased, that they be and app. before me,-in th? Court of Ordinary, to be held at Charleston, at No. 3 Rutledge-strcet, on tho 12th day of February, 1866, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Admin istration should not bo granted. Given under my hand, this twenty-seventh day of January, Anno Domini 18CC. GEORGE BUIST, January 20 m2 Judge of Probates. ?" NOTICE TO LOTHOLDERS.-IN CONSE ! QUENOE of tho depredations being committed on t?? Grounds, no one will bo allowed to attend to any lot ex? cept :hose employed by the Company. J. J. STROUB, December 1 Secretary. AW DR. H. BAEli.-OFFICE AT THE DRUCI STORE of Mr. A. C. PH1N. Meeting street, near Mar? ket_Nevemos ?- AWAY WITH SPECTACLES.-OLD EYES mad') new, without Spectacles, Doctor or Medici??. Pamphlet mafled free on receipt of ten cents. Adir?s? E. B. FOOTE. M. D. No. 1130 Broadway, New York. November 'J JOHN G. MILNOE & CO., A/LTCTI03ST Axn COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No, 135 Meeting-street, Charleston, S. C., Y^ILL RESUME THEIR OLD BUSINESS, AHP would solicit consignments of MERCHANDISE of all de? scriptions, either for Public or Private Salo. y.rj- Particular attention paid to all out-door sales. JaunaryJJ0__ 3mos I'. II. Trout.Oliver Amsbary TROUT ?Sc ^?.lVESBTJR-y, Seneral Commission Merchants, Wt? rMSALKttS IN LIME. CEMENT, PLASTER PAULS, LAT II." HATS *ud Shingles, Lumber and Titular. Hay M \ (raia. North ?vest conn i i November 20 fimo K?st Bay and Market- avert.