The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, February 09, 1866, Page 2, Image 2
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
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Wholesale, which they will sell 10 per cent, luss than any
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January 16 _Imo
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ALSO,
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January 19 ftuwomo
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of different metals, into which gold is forced by means
of extremo heat and a surface left of IS carat gold, which
is lasting and elegant They aro gotten up in hand?
some style, and ore equal in appearance and finish to
Watches costing four times the price asked for them.
They are all excellent time-keepers and warranted as
such. We sell
Gonta' large size Detached Levers, Hunting
Cases, for. $30
Gents' medium size Detached Levers, Hunt?
ing Cases_. $25 to $38
Ladies' Hunting Cases, silver, gold plated.. ? 20 to 25
Ladies' Guard Chains, beautiful styles. 8
Ladies' Chatelaine Chains, beautiful styles.. 6
Gouts' Yest Chains, heavy and elegant. 8
No Watches ever before offered to the publio equal
these for beauty, durability ?nd excellence, when the
price- is considered. Address
. ARCANA WATCH COMPANY,
No. C2 Fulton-strect, New York.
January 31 wfm3mos
~ aw- waurn HAI5 "DYE-FIFTY CENTS
BLACK OR BROWN.-Instantaneous In effect, reliable
for natural appearance, beauty of color and durability;
also tho cheapest and best in use. Depot, No. C6 John
street, corner of Winiam street, New York, and sold by
Druggists and Fancy Goods Stores everywhere.
November 20 Cmo
~es-l T C H I ITCH 1 ITCH ! SCRATCH
SCRATCH 1 SCRATCH !-WHEATON'S OINTMENT
WILL CURE THE ITCH IN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS.
Also cures SALT RHEUM, ULCERS, CHILBLAINS, and
ah ERUPTIONS OF THE 8E1N. Prico CO cents. For
salo by oil Druggists. By sending CO cents to WEEKS
& POTTER, Sola Agents, No. 170 Washington-street,
Boston, Mass., it will be forwarded by mail, freo of post
age, to any part .if tho United States.
November 8 _ _ Gmo
ta- BATCHELORS HAIit DTE!-THE ORIGINAL
nd best in thc world 1 Tho only truo and porfect HAIR
DYE. Hannloes, Reliable and Instantaneous. Producos
tmracctiatcly a splendid Black or natural Brown, with?
out injuring tba hair or akin. Remedies tho Ul effects o
bad dyes. Sold by ull Druggists. The genuino ls signed
WILLIAM A. BATCHELOR. Also,
REGENERATING EXTRACT OF MILLEFLEURS.
For restoring and Beautifying tho Hair.
CHARLES BATCHELOR, Now York.
August 17 Irr
ttsr ti PECIAL NOTICE.-"GREATOAKS FROM
little acorns grow." Tho worst diseases known to the
human race ?piing from causes so small as to almost
defy detection. Tho volumes of scientific lore that fill
tho tables and shelves of tho medical fraternity only go
to provo and elaborate those, facts.
Then guard yourselves whilo you may. Tho smallest
pimplo on the shin la a tell-tale and Indicator'of disease.
It may fade and die away from tho surface of the body,
but't will roach the vitals, perhaps, at luBt, and death
bo tho result and final close. MAGGIEL'S BILIOUS,
DYSPEPTIC, sad DIARRHEA PELLS cure where all
others fail. Whilo for Burns, Scalds, Chilblains, Cats,
and all abrasion p of tho skin, MAGGLTL'S Salve ia in*
fallible Sold by J. 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)