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CHARLESTON DAILY ?KEWS....FEBRUAEx 9, 1866.______ .Th.? Daily USTews, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 0, 1866. Chinese Banking. HABPEB ?Si BBOTHEBS have just published a very capital book onTfae Social Life of thc Chinese. It gives moro informatio.-? on tho characteristics of the celestials than any ?tant book, and ia withal very readable and amusing. The following ex tract willshowhow their bank systems work, and May be commended to financiers as presenting a method of compelling specie payments : Some of the bulks are of long standing, and as their proprietors are known to bo very Wfal?rv and sufficiently honest, their bms ar^e in general mse in the transaction of busmess. Their bills are ?f various denominations, as representing cas?, s?ollars, or B?vcr; and of varions values, from four hundred cash, five hundred cash, six huntlrcu ?ash, one thousand cash, fccY, as high as several hundred thousand cash; from one dollar up to several hundred or even thousands of dollars; an? ?from one tael of silver to hundreds or thousands of taels of silver. Experience proves that thcro is httlo comparativo risk from counterfeiters. A bill is generally preferredto thc each which.it re? presents, unless the owner wishes to make use of ?ho value in the purchaso of small articles, or for the purpose of making various payments with it. The real risk in the use of bills arises from tho lability of the bank to fail suddenly. The outline of tho bill, with various devices to* jnako counterfeiting difficult, ia' engraved neatly .n a solid block of brass in the case of wealthy franks; poor proprietors of banks use hard wood instead of brass. Tho right-hand margin is mado an inch or mord wider than the left-hand margin .f the block of brass or wood, for a purpose which irin. be mentioned shortly. The value of tho bill and the. day of issue aro filled in with the pen, and .oe or more words to facilitate tho detection of a .ounterfeit. Various stamps, large or small, round ar square, or-oblong, some of which aro very curi? ously and elaborately engraved, are impressed on different parts of the bill, using red or blue ink. These ada very much to the neat and pretty ap ?earanco of the note, and aro believed usually to ave some secret or private mark, and aro very difficult tc*, imitate with precision and exactness by counterfeiters. But perhaps tho uso which is mado of the wide right-hand margin furnishes the greatest security against counterfeiting. On this margin aro stamp? ed or written various words, phrasos, or sentences, before thc bill is cut off or trimmed aud put into ?iroulation. When everything is ready, these stamped or written sentences or phrases" aro cut through by a sharp knife, leaving tho riirht-hand margin of the bill about the samo width as tho left hand, though it presents a very different ap? pearance. Of course tho tdgo of tho right-hand margin of the bill, and thu edgo of tho paper which was cut off from it, will precisely match each other; but as the sentences have been cut into two parts, part of tho words and stamps will bo on tho bill and pan on tho slip of paper cut off. These slips arc all carefully kept in a hook form ready for reference, each slip containing the value, date and privato marks of tho bill corresponding to it. On tho presentation of a bill for payment, if there is the least doubt of its genuineness, re? ference i9 made to tho corresponding proof-slip, and the hunker or his clerks know lmmcdiatcfv whether it is genuine or counterfeit. A successful imitation of the written sentences and words, the blue and rod stamps, which are frond on tho right margin of a bank-bill, and which have been cut through on a lino parallel with tho left-hand margin, it is almost impossible to make no exact, precise and minute, to fit the preserved proof-slip. When a new bank is opened, custom demands that'the proprietors, tho head directors or clerks of the principal neighboring bauks, and tho prin? cipal money gobctweens who are connected with them, shall be invited to a feast at the expense of tho proprietors of the new bank. Generally, after this feast, these neighboring bankers, unless they . hare especial reason to distrust or bo dissatisfied with tho new banker, aro willing to recognize tho new bank, and use its bills according to custom. The bank gobetweens also consider the new bank M now established, and do business with it on the asnal terms, as with old banks in good and regu? lar standing. The bills are all made payable on demand. If the holder of bills against a particular bank pre? sents them for payment, ho may be paid in cash, or the current bills of other banks, or in silver or ?;old according to the current rate of exchange, t is not entirely at the option of the bill-holder what shall bo the equivalent given him, but more at tha option of tho banker, especially in caso of emergency. As a general rule, howevor, the wishes of the bill-holder aro complied with. Cash bills are usually paid in cash. It is an established custom in this placo that if A banlrHo y??* .kl. ... .1;... l.nr^u ita wbfljnMJuiM- tau mediately on tho presentation of bills, by redeem- j inp them in some way, tho holder of the bills may seize hold of anything in the bank and tako it off, to tho full amount of his demands, if he pleases to do so, and there would bo no liability for prosccu lion for theft or misdemeanor. Instances have J occurred where 6omo rascals and their accomplices j have tried to find, or rather make, occasion for rifling banks, by calling in a body, and simulta? neously presenting their bills with loud ontcries j and insulting remarks, and, by their improper .onduct, have caused what seemed to bo a tempo-1 rarv suspension of payment. Occasionally, at auch times, a seeming pretext has boen given, through fear of actual robbery on tho part of tho bankers and their assistants and clerks, for tho erowd of rascals to protend that tho ready money in the bank was short, and that they wore in dan? ger of not getting their bills cashed, all which has resulted in their beginning to plundor tho bank. And when an excited and interested crowd has begun such a work, it is exceedingly difficult to prevent tho completion of tho undertaking. There are plenty ot beggars and idlers or vag bonds in the street? w ho aro only too happy to as? sist in such an exciting and profitable sport as robbing a bank. Instances aro not very raro when banka have beeu completely riddled of every portable thing worth carrying "off, oven to the aleepers and tho rafters. Strictly speaking, ac? cording to custom, only thoso who have billa against the bank have any right to engage in helping themselves to tho payment of their de? mands. In fact, however, tho vast majority or thoso who engage in gutting a bank, under the Slamsible pretext of its not having monoy to re eem its bills, are those who havo no bills against it, and who, in truth, aro nothing but thieves and robbers. In the year 1855 thcro was an unusual panic among bill-holders. Several banks had just fail? ed, that is, had been unable to redeem their bills OD presentation, and had been robbed ot every? thing in their offices by bill-holders and by the lower class of tho populace, who joined them in plundering. Tho Vietioy dotermiued to make an example of a few, in order to avert impending anarchy and universal distrust. Early on a cer? tain morning bills were presented for payment by many perBons at a respectable bank located on the South street in tho city. A largo crowd as? sembled, and soon a robbery of tho bank com? menced by a multitude of persons. Several of these rioters who had no bills against tho bank were arrested by tho police, among whom were a poor chair coolie and a respectable neighbor of the bank, a dealer hi rice. Tho Viceroy, aB soon, as he heard ol'the circumstances, and of tho ar? rest of these men, who manifestly had no pica but robbery for engaging in thc "gutting" of tbe bank, determined that they should be beheaded, without trial, at once, and in thc streot where thc robbery was committed. His subordinate officers endeavored to dissuade him from thc sanguinary measure, fearing ?hut thc populace would rise en mos** and murder the mandarins, and inaugurate ?revolution, should these men be thus beheaded; but the viceroy was brm, arguing that it waa thc beat, if not tho only means ol'preventing universal anarchy. He issued his warrant for their execu? tion and the wretches were immediately taken out JO. the public street in front of the bank and decapitated. All this occurred, and tho report had spread all over the city and suburbs before nine o'clock in tho morning. Tho viceroy was correct in regard to tho effect ?io said it would produe". The summary act at once quelled tho disord M ly rabble, and no such disposition to rob ? bank con.rary to custom-that is, by persons who, aooording to custom, had no right to em? bark in the pillage of a bank, because they had no v3 *EaulBt it-'Waa manifested in this city or suburbs for a considerable time. Sometimes a rumor is spread abroad that a cer taiu bank ? ha danger of breaking, or that it is being W'-that is, bill-holders against it have become frightened for some reason, and arc pre? senting the bill? they hupp,.? to have fur pay i?C^ inCu niiniou' At ?uch timos all, whether ?J??f.t? r" yi0r sub?rl>s, who have bills S?ifthX^W,0 bl i"S them forward in m^a??vbtd'?S Wi"? fail ot bo robbed f_shBof? JS?nafUwho 53? f* V?? it add? tojjje confusion and ocoasions tho friends of the banker* r i,; i to aid in keening order, and 8^?^ bonds assemble in the contiguous streets, ntady to assist should their services be in reqnisit: rob and tear down. Should the bank be r< at such a time, such a fact frees the propr of it from all obligations to rcdoem thou: etil standing bills, unless they should be plea? redeem them. It is believed that most of who engage in banking in this part of Chm honorable enough to do their utmost to re their bills, should they honestly fail or loi much money in tho business as to determine to close their banks. Such persons usually two words written in large characters, post? on a conspicuous part of the premises, which mate that they will "hereafter pay" or re their bills oh presentation. This notifie amounts to a request that those who havo bills will present them without delay for red tion. It also implies that they are desire dosing up their business, and that they do t present propose to issue any more bilis of own. Some bankers, when they find that there is ger that they will be "run," if they have reas fear tho result, adopt tho precaution of publis that they will "hereafter pay." After this caution, no gutting or running of the bank 'is mitted, according to custom. ?Sometimes, af running of the bank has commenced, tho bar manage to send a confidant to come to an in standing with a mandarin, who immediately e his underlings to close the doors, and poBt 1 and long strips of paper on them in one or glaces, m the form of tho letter X. These s ave, among other characters, the namo or of the mandarin who orders them to be paste' The bank is regarded as sealed up by this pro and no running is allowed. After having 1 officially sealed up, they proceed to settlo \ accounts more at their leisure than they ol wiso might have been obliged to do. It is hi that the mandarin who assists them in the i uer above mentioned is always willing, for a sideration, to lend him his influence. Gmttii bank is considered disgraceful, and therefore undesirable by respectable bankers. Not ui quently several bankers agreo to help each o with.money in case they are run. CLIPPINGS, CLIS ASTIN GS ANO REUAR The pen is mightier than the sword-bat then The scissors helps the mighty pen. Tho biggest thing on ice is the berg montic bv Dr. Haves, which contained 27,000,000)000,( 000,000,000 tons-more or loss. Photographic albums, with musical boxes i cealed in tho cover, arc, at present, a novcltj London. Three hundred pretty girls darice almost n in ono of tho theatres in Paris. Tho public is i to bo "shocked," and ask where aro tho police The town of Niagara Falls has been compc to pay $4500 for the destruction of a dfsreputi houso by a mob last summer. Thc four youths hung in Nashville for mur laughed, awore, scoffed and chewed tobacco the gallows up to the last moment. It is probable that these youths did not va their lives a chew of tobacco, and that when t were hanged their chewing was suspended. A clergyman in New York carno home late i night, bruised, soiled and robbed of his watch i money. Ho said be had been assaulted by men, but it was clearly proved that he lied, "t ho had been on a spree and in improper plac But ho still " maintains his pastoral relations." If tho spreeing clcrgymau adheres to this cou of dissipation, ho will soon find it so expens that he will not bo able to maintain himself, nu less his relations. A shooting affray in Henton, Miss., rendered undertaker's services necessary for Mr. Thou Young. He will never be old. So says thc Boston Post, whilst we contend tl he will never ugain bo "young." The Secretary of the Interior recently sent in Congress official returns of tho population a manufactures of each city and town in tho Unit States containing; a population of 10,000 or ov( together with the number of males and femal employed in each. New York, of conreo, ran first in everything, having a population of 813,C( In the number of inhabitants Philadelphia com second, with a population of 565,528; Brooklyn third, population 266,661; Baltimore fourth, pop lation 212,418; Boston fifth, population 177,84 New Orleans sixth, population 168,675; Cincinm seventh, population 161,044; St. Louis eighth, po ulation 160,773; Chicago ninth, population 109.2G Buffalo tenth, population 81,129; Washingtt ranks the fourteenth, population 61,122; and Si Francisco tho fifteenth, population 56,802. An Irish glazier was putting a pano of glass in a window, when a groom, who was standing b beean joking him, tolling bim to mind-amH".* ..:.",tv *.r |.,ai... xti o xii a ti ru un boro tho bun 11 fur sumo limo, but at last silenced his tormente by "Arrah, now, bo off wid yo, or elso I'll pat pain in yer head without any putty." Does any church allow a man to marry li widow's sister? and if so, which one, and how? If thcro is no rulo without an exception, whs exception is there to tho rulo that thero is no ru! without au exception, except that thc exceptio ls au exception to itself? Does any body sec th point? A New York Tribune correspondent, who, n< doubt, has made his pilo out of tho war, write ai follows from James' Island, S. C. : "I wish I know what Congress is going to di with this State; but, if I had tho power.Twouh as soon partition ot! a part of hell and make Jefl Davis governor, and then admit it into tho Union as to think of taking back South Carolina." If tho Teihune correspondent thinks South Car oliua worso than hell, why does ho not leave thc one and go to thu other ? Let him go by all moans and write correspondent from thero about thc climate. A correspondence from hell would bo a novel idea, and would pay handsomely. Edwin Forrest played fivo nights last week, al Crosby's Opera House, Chicago, to tho largest re? ceipts he over had in a corresponding length ol time. Ho appeared Mondav night, in Virginins to $2027.50; Tuesday, Othello, $2U8S; Wednesday' Richelieu, $2251 ; Thursday, Jack Cade, $2618; Fri? day, Damon, $2895. Tho aggregato receipts for tho fivo nights were $11,379.50. This would bu considered a very charming businoss by a mana? ger of Italian opera or any other man. Tho aged father of tho late Millie. Rachel, M. Felix, announces that he is ready to undertake tho instruction of pupils for tho stage. Ho addi), that he was thc solo instructor of Rachel and hi.s other daughter, Leah, thu star of tho Gaitc. T? o wife nf a leading New York editor, who owns a magnificent residence in tho suburb;!, lias ordered a (Muckering -.'rand piano-forte, orna? mented in ebony and goid, to mutch thc furniture. Tho instrument is to bo a splendid one, and will cost two thousand dollars. In describing a reception at tho White Houso tho Washington Star says: "A peculiar stylo of wearing tho hair last evouing among tho ladies, was tho subject of much comment, and the re? marks were, for tho most part, altogether in its favor, as a becoming substitute for thu waterfall. The hair was allowed to fall it* full length, with? out fetter or band oT any description, and was thought by many t,i bo tho most graceful stylo thc ever-changing Empress fashion has yet pre eonted to public patronage. At ono of tho Paris theatres tho spectator is shown thu mode of dressing from tho Creation to the present day, and living models walk out of a hugo book of fashions to illustrate the different periods. "Mr. Smith," said a little fellow thu other even? ing to bis sister's beau, "I wish you wouldn't {)raise sister Nancy's eyes any more. You've made 1er so proud now "that she won't speak to cousin Laura, nor mind mother thu least bit." "Havo tho jury agreed?" asked thc bailiffof a oeked up set of twelve, whom ho had left under tho care of his man, Denny Garry, and whom ho mot upon tho stairs with a pail in his hand. "Oh, vis," replied Denny, " they havo agrado to sind ?ut for another half gallon." " Well, Charley," said an anxious gent to an urchin Ol three years, on Christmas da}-, " what did you find in your stocking this morning?" "Find, father." replied the hopeful, "why I fonttd a big hole." Tho father gave tho boy ono cont. Elder Kvapp, speaking of long prayers, once said: "When Peter was endeavoring to walk upon tho water to meet his Master, n-id waa about sinking, had bia supplication boen a . ? mg as the introduction to one of our modi .. ; ravers, be? fore ho got through bc would have ho li lil'y feet under tho water." Some people assert positively that tho owl perched in tho ruined steeple of th: Circular Church contains thu spirit of au old woman who was killed by a shell. "The Hui??-American Tele?<raph A? Whether it ia or ia not practicable to connect the eastern shore of the American Continent with Europe by a t?l?graphie cable, there is no ques? tion that our North Pacific coast may be joined to Siberia by telegraph; that a cable of the best quality may be taken to the points that shall be most appropriate for the connection, and laid as quickly, and work with as great certainty, as that crossing the Mediterranean, uniting Franco and Algeria. Fortunately, the great and enlightened Erasure of Russia owns all the land between tho tolcgj?h ic system of Europe and tho North PacificBiml has a foothold in the extreme northwcster?pOT nor of this continent. This simplifies tho'tmsi ncs8 of procuring the right of way. It is dctnbt less precisely as practicable to connect St. Peters? burg and Petropaulski by telegraph, as New York and San Francisco; and there is no more question of the ultim ato construction of a coast line, of telegraph along tho Pacific from San Franciaco'to Aliaska, than that ono has boon built from New Orleans to Halifax. Telegraphing can bc clone across Asia as well as across America; and wo had a striking exam? ple, a few days since, of tho facility with which intelligence is transmitted from shore to shore of our ocean-bound Republic. Tho Legislature of California, regajding a bill introduced into the Senato of the United States with disfavor, adopt? ed a protest against it, and transmitted tho docu? ment, with all the formalities complete, by tele? graph from Sacramento to Washington. It will not, wo may depend upon it, be many years before the cities of America will be in com? munication by telegraph with those of Europe, by Way of tho Itusso-American lino; and tho moet ex? perienced and scientifically informed telegraph^ aro of opinion that intelligence can be moro re JV ly sent from New York westward around IVA world to London, than eastward through tho JV lantic, even if a oablc wcro successfully laid. _ Our readers aro aware that a survey ia being made to demonstrate tho practicability of the Ithesian telegraph, and show whore and how toe work should be donc. A very interesting report from Colonel Palmer, Secretary of tho Weste/n Union Telegraph Company, engaged in tlrs enter? prise, has recently beenreceivod and published, ?c is dated at San Francisco, OH tbo 18th of December, and is full of encouragement. Tho ob? ject of tho expedition ia the exploration of tho country through which tho lines will pass on both continents, examining harbors and coast lines, lo? cating cable crossings, and, so far as possible, def termining thc routo of theso lines. It is ascertained as to tho proper point for cross? ing tho npper limit of tho great ocean, that Senia vin Strait, Siberia, offers all tho protection ne? cessary, with good bottom, deep water and safe landing in Poukcgu Gulf or Aboleshor Bar, ?nd from this Strait to Grantley Harbor, tho bottom of Behring Strait is mud, sand and gravel, averaging about thirty fathoms iu depth, and distance be? tween proposed landings ono hundred and fcven ty-cight miles. Tho Secretary says : Tho most northern regions through which our Unes will pass present no serious obstacles, neither in tho construction nor successful operation of telegraphs. Tho submarine crossings will bayo thc advantage of even and soft bottom, with safa landings, and cables not so long as to mako their pcrformanco doubtful. The land lines firmly planted in tho frozon earth will stand as if morticed in rock: no timber to fall across nor sleets to weigh the wires they will stretch over tho (rosen desolation unhaimed and unmolested: beside, with reindeer and dogs, the winter watching will bo com? paratively easy. Tho Behring Straits crossed in ono hundred and sev enty-clt<ht and Anadyr Bay two huudrcd arid nine nauti? cal milos between landings, with water nf such depth that icebergs alone could injure thu cable; these aro un? known in Behring's Strait or south of it; thc northward currants preventing any drift of deep masses south; even when tho surface-eurrcut ls changed by strong north winds, the lower water still moves northward. The Indiuas of the seacoast aro misrepresented : we found them friendly, hones., and excecd-ngly hospita? ble, never manifesting, un any occasion, nor about any of our vessels, tba least disposition to steal; but they beg, thinking probably that tho white mau, who has so much, can freely givo. Theso pcoplo ear? ho made use? ful with proper management; more so In tho future than in tho beginning of our work. ARCTIC" FIRE AND INLAND INSURANCE COMPANY, NEW YORK. CASH CAPITAL, A. HST 3D LARGE SUHPLU S. RISKS AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE CN DWELLINGS, STORES, STOCKS OF GOODS, COTTON AND RICE in store or inland transportation, taken by SHACKBLFORD & FRASER, Agonts, February 2 f tu Imo Accommodation Wharf. FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE AGENCY, TUPPER & LANE, lu Building ortho Planters1 and Mechan? ic*' Hunk, No. 133EAST IIAY-ST., CHARLESTON. S. C. SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, Capital and Sur? plus.;.$1,(100,000 PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY, Capital aud Sur? plus.$1,500,000 INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Capital and Surplus.;.$1,200,000 MANHATTAN INSURANCE GOMPANY, Capital and Surplus.1,000,000 NORTH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Capital and Surplus.$750,000 Risks taken in tho above first-class Companies, of the 3ity ol New York, at rates as low as other Companies of similar standing and responsibility. Losses equitably adjusted and promptly raid in cash lt this Agency. 3AM'L Y. TUPPER.A. A. LANE. January 17 Imo A. L. TOS?AS' INSURANCE AGENCY, No. IO'.) EAST BAY, Next South Courier Oflice. The Citizen's Fire Insurance Company, OF NEW YORK, CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, Sh 10.000. Harmony Fire it Marine Ins? Company, OF NEW YORK, CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, ?430.00?. Lorillard Fire insurance Company, OF NEW YORK. OAPITAL AND SURPLUS, Sl.3ttt.CMMj. HAVING SECURED THE AGENCY OF THE ABOVE OLD ESTABLISHED COMPANIES, I solicit a jharH of the business of tho public, raid will be glad to seo my friends at the Office formerly occupied by the Carolina Insurance Company. From the high reputation of tho above Companies for RELIABILITY, AND PROMPT AND LIBERAL SET? TLEMENTS, I feel assure 1 that perfect satisfaction will be givn to customers. RISKS TAKEN AT A8 LOW RATES as in other good Offices, and LOSSES PROMPTLY ADJUSTED AND PAID. A. L. TOBIAS, Agent, November 28 arno No. 10!) East Bay. CORBETT & CASSIDY "TJJAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF Fino Fur and Wool Hats, Caps and Children's Goods, at Wholesale, which they will sell 10 per cent, luss than any other house in Charleston. Gn o us a call, NO. 155 MEETING-STREET (UP STAIR8.) January 16 _Imo LEATHER BELTING. 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MAGGIEL, No. 43 Fulton-street, New York, and all Druggists, at 25 cents per bax. September 25 lyr ta- CONSTITUTION WATER.- CONSTITUTION WATER, the only known remedy for Diabetes, Stone in he Bladder, Calculus, Gravel, Brick Dust Deposit, and Mu'uous or Milty Discharges, Irritation of tho Bladder, Inflammation cf the Eidnoy, Catarrh of tho Bladder. The astonishing success which hos atended this in valuable modi -rino renders lt tho moat v&uablo ono 0V07 discovered. No language can couvcy au adequate idoa of tho 1 inmediata and almost miraculous change which lt occasions to the debilitated and shattered system. In fact it B tanda unrivalled as a remedy for the permanent euro of tho maladies above-mentioned, and also DIABE? TES, IMPOTENCY, LOSS OF MUSCULAR ENERGY, PHYSICAL PROSTRATION, INDIGESTION, GLEET, and cvory disoaso any way oonncctcd with the disorder of decay. Persona, if conscious of auy weakness, should tato the CONSTITUTION WATER ; whether broken down by ca? cees, weak by nature, or impaired by sickness, the un? strung aud relaxed organization ls at once robraced, re? vivified and built up. Woll may this celebrated reined;, bo called tho MEDICAL WONDER. Tho stooping, trembling victim of depression und de? bility becomes a new man ; he stands erect, hu mover with a firm stop; his mind, whisk was previously sunk ia gloom of an almost idiotic apathy, bocomes bright and activo, and ho goes forth regenerated, conscious oj new vigor. Tho medicino reachos tho constitution itself, and restores it to its normal condition. For theso diseases it is truly a sovereign remedy, and too much cannot bo said in its praise. A single dose ha* buen known to relieve tho most urgent Symptoms. Tr? lt io these cases, and you will give your praise to CON? STITUTION WATER. MALES OR FEMALES, i> ry you troubled with that dis? tressing pain in tho small c the back, and through your hips ? "Constitution Watev" will relieve you like magia For salo by al! "Druggists. Prico $1. W. H.-GREGG k 00., Proprietors. MORGAN & ALLEN. Genero Agents. No. 46 Cliff, street. New York. Gmo September 38 LADIES DESIRING A SMOOTH, CLEAR AND I" mm??? ?i 6EORGEW.)L?|RD. j TniS DELIGHTFUL TOI E. ET ARTICLE HAS NO EQUAL FOR PRESERVING AND BEAUTI IFYING THE COMPLEXION AND SKIN. Sold by Druggists everywhere. Depot No. 71 Fulton-street, New York. January 31_ wfmCmo MILLS flOJBB^STABLES. DEIGHEN & BAKER BEG LEAVE RESPECTFULLY TO CALL THE attention of tho public to tho fact that they have gut received, from tho North, several A No 1 fC.\R RlAGE.s made to order, for their special uso, by one ol' th? best Manufactories in thia country J These Carribee can ho hired at tho'regular rates on application at the Mille House StablesTnTc&r? ?root, either io parties desiring to e n gage t h ern bv ihe beor, or to convey passengers to th*Utti^t&?vo* ?tamers, shina, kc They enn also bo enraged for ' nerals Apply either at the STAHLES or ? ""S .^rr____ December 39 A DA Tl AGENTS WAITED TU _ t.t tu? a new ani wonderful HEWING M . CHINE g^^aoedoensed. ~?HAW^RK| ?U U l JELL, ADI Jtt.a_N.rA PiUiLO. WE OFFER FOR SALE THE FOLLOWING BANK I BILLS: $90,000 FARMERS AKD EXCHANGE BANK, 10,000 St?to Bank, 10,000 Bank of Charlesten, 6,000 " " South Carolina, 10,000 " " The State South Carolina, 10,000 Planter's and Mechaaie Bank. 10,000 Peoria's .Bank. 10,000 Bank of Hamburg, 5,000 Exchange Back, Colombia, 6,000 Bank of Chester, 6,000 Merchant's Baak, Cheraw. 6,000 Baak of Newberry, 3,009 " " Camden, 3,000 " " Georgetown. W. O. WHILDEN & CO., Exeharge and Commission Agents, January 31_ No. 225 King-street "GOLD, SILVER ; AN? SIGHT DRAFTS, ON NewyorkjPhiladelpliia&BostoiL For sale by P. H. KEGLER, Banker, Corner of King and Hasel-skreets,. Also colleotioDS made on ali the cities in the Uni tee States, Canada, Nassau, kc. fcc ?_November 16 THE"HIGPIEST PRICE PAID FOR GOLD, SILVER and EXCHANGE, AT P. H. KEGLER'S EXCHANGE OFFICE, CORNER OF KING AND BASEL-STREETS. October 26 . ff Mill No 10 HAYNE-ST., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS ix BUILDING MATERIAL 1 PAIRS SASHES, OF ALL SIZES, FROM 1 VJ VJ D' 7x9 to 12*20. BLINDS DOORS MOULDINGS MAHOGANY and WALNUT NEWELS and BALLUSTERS. WINDOW GLASS, ALL SIZES, HOUSE & COUNTER BRACKETS, &a, ?sec. <scc. SOLE AGENTS FOR The JOHNS it CR08BEY CELEBRATED FIRE-PROOF GUTTA PERCHA ROOFD'G, METALLIC PAINT AND BLACK DIAMOND VARNISH. Contracts made for re? pairing old and leaky Roofs, and covering new Roofs, to any extent, mud all work guaranteed perfectly tight for ton years. Orders taken and Ulled with dispatch; measurements taken whenever desired, and work warranted, made well and appropriate, and to flt with? out trouble. im m\m m y Furnished and put up to order, by contract Orders solicited to put on new Roofs and repair old ones-Tin, Shingle, or Board Roofs, with Metallic Paint, and tho only GUTTA PERCHA ROOFING, Madoof heavy canvass, AND NO PAPER IN ITS COM? POSITION. AU work entrusted to our care will be dona with dis? patch, AND IN THE SAME STYLE AND MANNER AS OF OLD. W. P. ?ELL & CO., Building Material Manufacturers, OFFICE, No. IO IIAYNE-STREET. February 2 fmwC NOTICE. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. THE UNDERSIGNED ARE NOW PREPARED TO SATISFY THE CHOICE of every ono who is desiror.B of furnishing building now repairing with YELLOW and seasoned "Edisto" PINE. Tho Boards aro prepared with a fine GROOVE, and with a beautifully ronuded AMD elegantly smoothed TONGUE, and which they promise cannot bo MATCHED by any sneh FLOORING material nf.w in market SIXTY THOUSAND (60.000) FEET FLOORING for sale. Apply U EBAUGH k MALLONEE, llorlbeok's Wharf, near Northeastern Railrc?d. January 2?) AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WAREHOUSE SEED STORE. LITTLE & MARSHALL, No. 173 East Bav. CHARLESTON, S. C.. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS Agricultural Implements, Seeds, Sc,, Plows ami Hit Castings, CULTIVATORS, CORN SHELLERS, HAY CUTTERS Grain Cradles, Harrows, Fan Mills Corn arni Coffee Mills, Saw Mills Hor*o Powers, Threshing Machines Cotton Gins and Condensers Wagons, Carts Trucks and Wheelbarrows Horticultural Implements of all kinas. Agents for Ingersoll's 1'ortablo Hand Power COTTON, OCL and HAY PRESSES. December 19 looo. i? un I?O?. 1966. BRADLEYS CELEBRATES EACH EOOP BEING COMPOSED I TWO PERFECTLY TE3IPERED SI \ GLE SPRINGS, BRAIDBB TIGHTLY ANO FIRMLY TOGETHER, edge to edge, forming eno hoop, and matine;**? STRONGEST AND MO6T FLEXIBLE, tho LIGHTEST AND MOST DURABLE SPRING ?ade. They -wiU not bead'or break like the single spittle, -bntwiU si ways pr^e^rre, their . PERFECT AND" BEAUTIFUL SHAPE, IN ALL CROWDED ASSEMBLAGES CHURCHES . "j THEATRES . I-RAILROAD CARS - - FOR PROMENADE OR HOUSE DRESS. J In fact, they are superior to all others, combining. COMFORT, ECONOMY, LIGHTNESS Al? DURABILITY. INQUIRE FOD , BRADLEY'S DUPLEX ELIM DOUBLE SPRING SKIRT For sale everywhere. Man nf ac tared exclusively* by [ the solo owners of tho Patent, VESTS, BRADLEY & CARY, ; No. 79 CHAMBERS AND Nos. 79 AND 81 READE ST?V KEW YORK. Bor sale is Charleston, 8. C.. Wholesale and Retal, ky' WM, T. BURGE k CO. EDWIN BATES * CO. , ' KING k GOODRICH. .T. R. READ & CO. WM-MCCOMB & co. ? j T. EEILY. E. SCOTT k CO. - . UFFERHARDT k CAMPSEN. ! .TAS. B. BETTS. STOLL. WBBB k CO. And all other Merohants who sell first-class SKIRTS I in Charleston sad throughout the Southern States. January M _ 6mo* iAITKIN, NOYES; JOHNSTON, NO. 159 MEETING-STREET mPORTTBS AND JOBBERS. -n DRY GOODS ? CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES BLANKETS AND FLANNELS CLOAKS AND SHAWLS DELAINES AND PRINTS FRENCH MERINOS PLAIN AND PLAID LTNSEV9 ENGLISH DRESS GOODS IRISH LINENS BROWN ?Si BLEACHED SHIRTINGS OPERA FLANNELS SATINETS AND KERSEYS TICKS AND STRIPES. ALSO, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OP OPEEA HOODS, SCABFS, SHAWLS, Sontass and Nubias. ALSO, A COMPLETE STOCK 9F FANCY GOODS, TO WHICH WE INVITE THE ATTER . '. '/B OP THE TRADE. October 19 _ DRY GOODS. WE ARE NOW RECEIVING A LARGE AND AT TRACTIVE STOCK OF STAPLE ABD FANCY DEY GOODS Which we are offering at REDUCED PRICES, consist?a in part or : PRINTS I ALPACAS DeLaines j Men's and Ladles' Merin French Merinoes j Vests Longdoth I Kentucky'Jeans Poplins Tweeds Hosiery I Satinots Gloves i Ctsnimerei Ribbons Cloths Handkerchief | Skirts Blankets j Stella and Wool Shawls Irish Linens j Cloaks White Goods Linen Huckaback Towels I Bird-Eye Diapers Linen Dam.- C: Table Cloths. Together with a general assortment o: SMALL WARE GOODS t COMBS BUTTONS PINS NEEDLES TAPES RKAil;. LKTTEJi and FOOLSCAPPAEB3 ENVELOPES, SOAPS, 1'EltFCMKttY, etc. .Ve Invito thu inspection ?ii our STOCK. W. ?. BUBGE & CO., IMPORTERS AND J?BBERS, November 23 _NO. 2 HAYNE-STBEET, DRY AND FANCY GOODS. BLANKETS, WHITE AND GREY Travelling Rugi Shawls Nubias, Hoods, Comforts Bahnoral Skirts Prints, American and English Merinoes, Purple-Bluo Brown and Magenta French Delaines Mohair Goods Alnacas Do Beges, Flannels White and colored Rob Roy.; Fancy and colored Lon*? CJeth Canton Dannel, Bird Eye Diaper Crash, Huck.iback and culnri-.l Towelmp? Hosiery Gloves. Socks, Handkerchief* Cravats. Ties, .Sear"? Shins. Linen sad Merino Traveling Shirts Collr.rt., Limn and Paper Coffs, Hibbens, Rnrhrs Velvet Hibbens, Flowers, Plumea j::if.;;:.^. Belts, Dlbbons 11 .t^rfalls Laca Kets, Corni??, Hair Irs Buttons, Trimmings, Ar. AXn / FINE ASSORTMENT LADIES' AND GENTS' HATH, of tho latest styles. In store and for salo by C. L. GGTLLEAUMB, No. 143 Meeting-Btreet. December C (Opposite Hayne^street)