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VOLUME III-NO. 407.] CHARLESTON; S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1866. [PRICE FIVE CENTS. TELEGRAPHIC. South Carolina Legislature. [SPECIAL TO THE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS.] COLUMBIA, December 13.-On motion of Mr. ?SIEGLING the unfavorable report on the1: wo lottery companies was reconsidered, and the Bills restor to General Orders for further consideration, ho Committee on Federal Eolations recom? mended that the Constitutional Amendment be not adopted. The resolution calling a Convention of all the States was also reported upon unfavorably-South Carolina not boing represented, a suggestion can ?be of no avail. A Bill to prevent the sacrifice of land by Sheriffs gale had its second reading. WASLEY spoke in favor, BABKEB against. Lengthy discussion. \ The Committee on removal of the wrecks from ilLaffit Channel asked to be discharged until the ificances of the State are more settled. Oar Cable Dispatches. . SOUTHAMPTON, December IS-Noon.-The steam? ship Bremen, which left New York Saturday, De? cember 1st, put in here this morning, and soon after proceeded to Bremen. PAKTS, December 13_The Empress EUGENIE has finally decided to visit the Pope of Borne. LONDON, December 13-Noon.-It has been clear? ly proved that the steamship Bolivar, which was eized in the Medway, was not designed for the nians. She belongs to Colombia, and will be elivercd to the agent of that Government as soon as possible. ? A most appalling explosion has occurred in a colliery at Barnsley,, in the County of York. The loss of life is frightful; the bodies of over three hundred dead have already been taken from the mine, and many others still unaccounted for. BABNSLY, ENGLAND, December 12.-A terrible explosion took place at Oats Colliery, near this placo, at one o'olock this afternoon. This colliery contained the largest pit in this district of coun? try. The shaf t is 270 yards deep, and the lateral works extended a distance of two miles from the bottom. Nearly 400 men and boys were in the mine at the time of explosion, nearly all of whom were crushed. NrNE P. M.-Every aid is being given to rescue the survivors. Exploring parties have counted 38 dead bodies within the apace of 50 yards. Four of the. unfortunate victims have been brought up alive, but badly mutilated. The engineers are of the opinion that owing to the foul air there can be no more alive in the works. If this is so, over 300 unman beings lie buried in the reoess of the pit. e excitement among the families in town is most -use and painful, and the works have been- a scene of wailing and despair all day. A. similar accident occurred some twenty years ?go at the same pit, by which seventy-three lives were lost. BABNSLY, December 13.-Another explosion took place in the same pit at 9 o'clock this morning, while working parties were finding and drawing out the dead. Eighty of the bodies bad been drawn out wben the second explosion took place. Several officials and a number of volunteers were in the pit at the tim? of the second disaster, audit is feared that they nave all perished. The exciting scenes of yesterday were renewed. LATEB. Some of the volunteers have been taken out alive. BERLIN, December 13.-A Conference of the States of most of Germany will meet in this city on Saturday. LONDON, December 13-Noon.-Telegrams from Frankfort and Amsterdam this morning report a quiet feeling in United States Bonds and prices ether weak-in former city 75J bid for the issue of 2, and 754 asked. BOMB, December 13.-An important diplomatic treaty has been concluded by the Italian ministry, the main features of which are regarded of great advantage to the Italian Government. LIVERPOOL, December 13.-There have been several additional arrests of Fenian sympathizers in Ireland. It is announced that Government is on the track -of a Fenian organization reported to exist at HulL PASES, December 13.-The reorganization of the army of France is to take place immediately. LrvEBPooL, December 18-Noon.-The Cotton market opens quiet and steady ; sales to-day will probably reach 10,000 bales ; prices unchanged ; Middling Uplands being quoted at 14?d. LONDON, December 13-Noon.-Money market firmer. Consols 88$. PARIS, December 13.-The Moniteur of to-day says that the French Govenment has received a telegraphic dispatch from Marshall BAZAINE, dated December 3, which states that the Emperor MAXI? MILIAN still remained ia Mexico, but his future movements were undecided. , LONDON, Thursday-Evening.-A second explo? sion took place in the same colliery at Barnsley while a large number of minera were trying to save the survivors of the former disaster, and thirty additional lives were lo?i- Another terrible ex? plosion has ta&en place in Stafford, attended with -great loss of life. MADRID, Thursday.-The Queen of Spain has gone to Lisbon on a visit, which she has had for some time in contemplation. LONDON, Thursday-Evening.-Dispatches re? ceived to-day from the East report that a rapture of the relations between the Governments of Turkey ?nd Greece were iniminent. LIVERPOOL, Thursday-Evening.-The Cotton market to-day was quiet but steady, and closed firm at l?|d. for Middling Uplands. Sales to-day 11,000 bales. LONDON, Thursday-Evening.-Consols closed at 88} for Money. Fives TL PARIS, Thursday, December 13.-The Moniteur, of this morning, has a telegram, dated Mexico, December 8, and signed BAZAINE and CASTELNAU, which says that' MATram.TAN is still in Mexico, ongh there has been as yet; no decision as to his movements. As the evacuation must be completed in March, it is urgent that there should be no delay in the arrival of the transports. - The mission of SHERMAN and CAMPBELL, who left Yera Cruz on the Sd, appears to bs of a most conciliatory character. Senators sutd fUpreseBfitattves TfiUitl&g the ,. . South. Nsw YORK, December 18.-The Beralba Wash? ington special says that a number of SenatSrs and Benrasantativaa ha-ve determined to spend Christ ms? in the citiee ol Nsw Orlsrsa, Htmphia and Mobile, From Europe per Steamer* - NEW YORK, December 18. The steamship Cuba from Liverpool on the 2d, haB arrived. She brings the following commercial intelligence : LXVEBPOOL, December 1.-The Brokera' Circulai reportB the sales for the week at 72,000 bales. The market opened firmer, but closed quiet at a decline of a farthing; Fair and Middling qualities have declined most. Of the above saleB, speculators took 7?00 and exporters 13,000. The sales yester? day were 10,000 baies. Cotton in port is estimated at 578,000 bales, ol which 177,000 are American. The Manchester Trade Report says the market was irregular and declining. Additional mexican. News. NEW OBXEANS, December 12.-SEDGWICK'plea da that hs acted merely under private general in? structions of his superior officer, in his movement against MP t amor aa, and he therefore does not feel that he is guilty of either an act of indiscretion or any other unbecoming an officer in his position. It is currently rumored that S HEH ID AN is disposed to shield SEDGWICK. Congressional. WASHINGTON, December 13.-In the Senate Mr. CHANDLER, from the Committee on Commerce, re? ported the joint resolution to amend 9th section of the Bill for the protection of the Uves of passen? gers on steamboats, so as to allow steamboats to carry friction matches without stowing them, as required by chat act in fire-proof safes; which was rear" 'bree times and passed. Mr. YATES introduced a Bill to provide for the publication of the Amendment to the Constitution; which was referred to the Committee on Recon? struction. Mr. HOWE offered a resolution, which was adopt? ed, instructing the Committee ou Publie Lands to report upon the expediency cf printing the report of the Commissioner of the Land Office, for the year ending June, 1866, in different foreign lan? guages, for distribution at the Paris Exhibition. Mr. WADE moved that to-morrow be set apart for the consideration of the Bills to admit Nebraska and Colorado, but he subsequently withdrew the motion, and gave notice that he should call up the Bills to-morrow. Mr. SHEKSIAN introduced a resolution calling apon the Secretary of the Treasury for the names of the National Banks that have not complied with the provisions of the law requiring them to keep a reserve fund on hand. The District Suffrage Bill was taken up. The question was on. Mr. DIXON'S amendment to attach a qualification, of reading arid writing, the name of bhe voter. Mr. COWAN opposed the amendment. Mr. Fos IEB spoke in favor of it. Mr. SCHOFIELD introduced a Bill relative to the rank and pay of army officers; which was referred. Mr. COOPEE presented the credentials of Mr. WILEY, of Alabama; which was referred to the Re? construction Committee. Mr. .BIDWELL o?erea a resolution mairuuuxug mc PoBtoffice Committee to inquire into the expedien? cy of re-establishing another overland mail route from San Franciscojoia Los Angelos to Memphis, which was adopted. Mr. LAWRENCE, of Pennsylvania, introduced a Bill repealing the 14th section of the Act of July 28,1866, "To protect the Revenue," and ordering the Direct Tax Commissioner in insurrectionary districts to impose the 50 per cent, penalty, or 10 per cent, per annum interest on unpaid taxes, which was referred. It was agreed to adjourn from the 20th inst, to January 3. The debate continues on the amendment of DIXON, which was finally voted down by a large majority. Mr. LANE declared that the Southern States never should be admitted until they confirmed ne? gro suffrage; that the whole matter was in the control of Congress, representing the loyal States, ind that neither the President nor the Cabinet had anything to do with it. WILSON Bald that, as soon as negro suffrage was established the Democratic party, with that keen icent peculiar to it, would court the negro influ mce, and the WISES, and others of the South, ?vot?d be after them to claim relationship, as the jame blood really did run in their veins-they would bring affidavit to prove it, if necessary. The Senate, by a vote of 32 against 13, passed the Bill conferring suffrage, in the District of Co? lumbia, on colored persons; but excluding persons who, in the language of the Bill, may have volun? tarily given aid and comfort to the rebels in the late rebellion. ? Bill for a similar purpose, with unrestricted suffrage, passed the House at the last session, and there is no doubt the measure will become a law, ia two-thirds or more in each branch are in favor af it. Hr. STEVENS introduced a Bill to establish civil j government in North Carolina, to enable it to re? sume its former relations as one of the constituent States of the American Union. He stated that he did so at the request of several gentlemen from ? North Carolina. Referred tb the Committee on ' Territories. The diann onion of the President's Annual Mes? sage was commenced, and WABD, of New York, made a speech in which he generally denounced the President, after which the House adjourned. The Bill which Senator YATES* introduced to-day, relating to the publication of the Constitutional Amendment, which provides that upon informa? tion being received by the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House, of the. ratification of any amendments to the Constitution by the re? quisite number ef States, duly qualified to paas upon the same, it ?hall be the duty of the Presi? dent of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House, to publish the same in the newspapers now authori? zed to publish the laws, specifying, under their signatures, that the Amendment has been adopt? ed, and is now valid and binding as a part of the Constitution, in the same manner as formerly cer? tified by the Secretary of State. The object of this Bul is to relieve the President and the Secretary of State of any action in tho premises. The delegation of North Carolinians now here, prepared the Bill which THAD. STEVENS introduced to-day, to establish civil government in North Carolina, by providing for a convention of dele? gates of l-yai citizens of the District, formerly composing the State of North Carolina. All male residents, without regard to race or color, are al? lowed to vote, unless disq&aU&ed by aiding the late Ctonf ederaoy. The Constitution is to be sub? mitted to Congress for its approval. North. OaroUaa Bejeeis th? ?aaesttoaemt? RALEIGH, December IS.-Both Houses I??YS re? jected the ConatimtiomJ Amendment, Washington News. WASHINGTON, December 13.-Gen. SHERIDAN has telegraphed to Gen. GRANT that the act of Gen. SEDGWICK had given rise to no complication. Es COBEDO had asked SHERIDAN not to hold SEDGWICK responsible for it. The CANALES faction having been submerged, SHERIDAN says he was enabled to release ORTEGA, upon ESCOBEDO'S promising to look out for him. There is not a city or State in Mexico which takes issue with the JUAREZ Gov? ernment. Col. FORNEZ has written a letter withdrawing from the candidacy of Senator from Pennsylvania, and eulogistically suggests that THAD. STEVENS is the proper person for that honor, believing that this selection would promote lasting harmony in their political household. The case of SANFORD CONOVER, alias CHAULES A. DUNHAM, will come up to-morrow morning in thc. United States Criminal Court, Judge FISHER pre? siding. The District Attorney, CARRINGTON, will xeply to the argument on the demurrer, after which Judge FISHER will decide whether the case will be proceeded with by the Criminal Court, or be turned over to the Court in banco. Many communications from the Postoffice De? partment, addressed to former incumbents of post offices in the South, with a view to ascertain their pecuniary relations with the Government, at the close of the late war, having failed to elicit any response, the Postmaster-General intends giving, in similar cases, official notification of the discon? tinuance of these offices, which will not be reopen? ed until sufficient proof of their necessity is pro? duced. In the State of North Carolina alone near? ly 150 offices have already been discontinued. The Georgia Legislature. MrLLEDGEviLLE, December 13.-Both Houses passed the Stay Law last night over the Governor's veto. The Senate tabled, by a very heavy vote, the memorial resolutions introduced yesterday to appoint Conrmis8ioners to visit Washington, and see on what terms Congress would allow a com? plete restoration of the South. The Bill to farm out the penitentiary passed the Legislature. , Domestic Markets. NOON DISPATCH. NEW YORE, December 13.-Gold 37J. Cotton firm and quiet at 34$@35 for Middling Uplands, and 36 for New Orleans. EVENING DISPATCH. Gold opened dull at 1874, and after selling up to $, receded to .j. Coin is plentiful for delivery, and 5 per cent, has been paid for carrying the chief transactions, without interest. Loan market easy at 6@7 per cent, on miscellaneous collaterals; 5@6 on Governments. Discount demand quiet, and choice bills pass at 6$@8 per cent. Stock market opened with more animation ; the activity did not, however, extend to Governments. Sales of Cotton 1900 bales ; Uplands 3i@35 ; Or? leans 35$. Flour 10@15 cents better, with more do? ing ; State $7.35@1L10 ; Ohio $10@12.75 ; Western $7.35@IL80 ; Southam a shiide firmar - aalesJOM barr els ; Mixed to Good $iU?@l2; Fancy andEx tra $12.50@16. Wheat rather more steady. Corn without change ; sales 120,000 bushels ; Mixed Western $1.09 ; White Southern, old, $1.07 ; Yellow Southern, old, $1.11$. Oats without change. Beef quiet and heavy. Pork active and firmer ; sales 10,400 barrels; Mess $21?@22?. Lard firmer at 12@1S. Whiskey quiet. Bice dull at 8$@8| for Carolina. Sugars more active ; sales 1200 hhds.; Muscovado 103 ; Havana-1000 boxes sold at 9|@ 10. Coffee dull. Molasses quiet ; 200 barrels New Orleans sold at 76vg>8i$ ; 100 hhds. of Demorara at 16$. Naval Stores quiet ; Turpentine 65@67 ; Bosin $4?@10. Freights to Liverpool scarcely so firm; < Cotton 4d. - NEW ORLEANS, December 13-Cotton active; ad- : vanced$ cent; sales of 7200 bales; low middlings : 30@81c; middlings 32c. Sugar firm; fair 94c. Mo- i lasses, upward tendency; fair 54c. Tobacco firm i and unchanged. Flour, superfine, $11. Corn ad? vanced, and quoted at $1 05@110. Oats advanced, 78c. Hay firm; Ohio River $27. Pork dull and un? changed. Bason unchanged. Lard easier at $12$@13L Sterling 49. New York sight checks 4?$ discount. Gold 1374. "MOBILE, December 13.-Sales of 1800 bales Cot? ton. Middling 31@31$. Demand confined to few buyers. Factors nominally refusing under rates. Gold 137$@138$. ST. LOUIS, December 13.-Flour more active, with unchanged prices; super $8; single extra $10; triple extra $144@14$. Wheat-receipts light; fall $2.60@2.80; spring $2. Corn firm; choice old white $L04; new white at elevator 78c. Oats dull and drooping, 73@76c. Cotton 29$@S0c. Whiskey irregular at $2.20@2.22. Pork activo and firmer at $19.75@20. Lard unchanged. Hogs $6.50@6.55. State Items. ARREST.-One Samuel Harper was arrested near Pendleton on Friday last for passing counterfeit, coin. He represents himself as a Virginian, says he was lately engaged in the employ of a tobacco? nist trading through this country, that he bought the coin with greenbacks in North Carolina. On Monday he was brought before Judge Murray, of the District Court, on a writ of habeas corpus. Upon a hearing of the case, the Court ordered that he be admitted to bail upon giving bond in the sum of three hundred dollars for his appearance at Court. Aa yet he iain the custody of the Sheriff, having failed to give the required security. {Anderson Appeal. DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN.-David Moore., who was perhaps one of the oldest men in the district, died at the residence of Capt. J. J. McGowan, near Cross Hill, on the 23d of last month. _ [Laurensville Herald. A Washington correspondent says the Secretary of the Treasury has under consideration tho pro? priety of discharging all the female employees in the Treasury Department on account of the trou? ble and-'annoyance that members of Congress and others give by importunities for positions for their female mends. The Secretary or the Interior has already discharged nearly ali his female clerks, and there are probably one hundred more now in the Treasury than are needed, discharge being impos? sible in the face of importunities without number, made from all influential sources. The first petition for the impeachment of the President, introduced in Congress,, comes from one hundred and fifty-two citizens of Stark County, Ohio, and was presented in the House on Monday by Mr. Eckley. of that State. The memorial is in printed form, and is a duplicate of that which has been circulated in the Northern States during the past two months.. The memorialists charge upon Mr. Johnson usurpation of rights and abuse of power1 devolved upon him: soiling pardons; neglect to execute lawsf" abuse of. power m appointments and removals; inciting the people to disobey laws, I etc. At the October election the aggregate vote polled in Pennsylvania for Governor was 597,870, and afc the Governor's election in New York, in No? vember, 718,841 votes were polled: This shows the aggregate voting population of the tko gre .t est States m the Union to be 1,316,211; and as one person ont of every serener eight of the entire po pulaticuis a voter, it is evident that these two States now contain nearly 10,0*0,000 mhahitants. TUS: KALMIA BULLS, AT HAMPTON, CALHOUN DISTRICT, S. C. THE MAJSTJTACTUEINO DISTRICT. The new District of Calhoun, of which Aiken is the centre, and therefore the seat of justice, is destined ere long to become the Lancashire of the South. The climate is dry, bracing, and highly salubrious; the soil excellently adapted for the production of provisions of every description; large streams of poll-.cid water traverse it in every direction, form^hing wator power to almost any conceivable amount. The GBANTTEVILLE COTTON FACTOBY is too well known to need more than a passing reference. It is situated one mile from the South Carolina Railroad. Mr. GBEGG, the President, has lately introduced extensive im? provements, and now runB 26,000 spindles, with looms in proportion. VAUCLUSE, a few miles high? er up, on the some stream, Big Horse Creek, has also been in operation some years as a cotton fac? tory. Mr. G. "W. KELLY, formerly the superinten? dent of th3 Graniteville Factory, has lately com? menced erecting a cotton factory, of 8000 spindles, on Wise's Creek (a branch of Big Horse). The Bath Paper Mills are ;one 'and a half mi>es from Hampton, and furnish a large quantity of material for newspaper and packing purposes. The Kaolin Earthenware Works are also only a mile or two off, where white stoneware of a very superior quality is made. When the Kalmia Mi UH are in op?ration, the several factories on Horse Creek will have 44, 000 spindles in motion, with a proportionate num? ber of looms, and all situated within a distance of seven miles of each other. - HAMPTON. The village of Hampton is composedx>f a number of very handsome Swiss cottages, some finished and others in process of building; all situate on a beautiful slope rising to the height of nearly one hundred feet from the level of the creek\ The mill, or cotton factory, which is to furnish employment for the people of Hampton, will soon be finished. It is immediately alongside the railroad track opposite the village. The site chosen is the most suitable, all things considered, that could have been found within the borders of the State, and reflects great credit on those who made the selection. Hampton and the "Kalmia, Mills are situated one-hundred and twenty-eight miles from Charleston and nine miles from Augus? ta. The settlement was known formerly as Glov? er's Mill, which is in the immediate vicinity of the new village. The railroad station formerly was Marsh's, a mile this aide of Hampton, but now is at the latter place. KALMIA HILLS. In the summer of 1864, when the great majority of our people were reduced to the necessity of making and wearing homespun clothes, cotton yarn became a great desideratum, and could only be procured with difficulty, and at mose ex? orbitant 'prices. A number of public-spirited eentlernen. therefore., conceived the idea of build? ing a hrstclass spinning m?l, ana rurmsn a largo supply of yarn to the country. Actuated by these patriotic motives they subscribed $90,000 in gold for this purpose. The following were the original stockholders: BENT. MOBDECAI, EVANS & COGS? WELL, J. W. G EAD Y & Co., J. G. MELNOB & Co., KEBBISON & LETDING, G. 0. HAWTHOBNE, J. J. CHISOLM, W. C. BEE, C. CARUN and C. F. MITCHELL, j These sent an agent to England, who there pur? chased the most improved machinery, both for the cotton factory and for a double paper mill. Con? tracts were entered into, and preparations made to build, when SHEEHAN'^ invasion in the spring of 1865 at once put a stop to the work. The Board of Directors consists of B. F. EVANS, President; E. L. KEBBISON, Treasurer; BENJ. MOB? DECAI, J. W.. GRADY and J. J. CHISOLM, who, at the earliest possible moment, determined to resume operations. J. L. BBANOH, Esq., the Architect and Engineer, recommenced work in January, 1866, erected saw mill, machine shops, etc., all of which are now very complete, enabling the com? pany to do all their work on the spot. The main factory building was commenced about the first of j March last, and the cottages in May. The brick used is made in Hamburg and Angus- ? ta, and W. J. BUTHEBFOBD, of Augusta, the con? tractor of the masonry ; T. L. MASKEY & Co., the contractor of the carpenter work. The stone sills, procured from Stone Mountain, Ga., are furnished by E. D. REESE, of Augusta. The earth work for the very extensive dam, constructed by the com? pany, is contracted for by FRANCIS MURRAY, of Augusta. This dam is about 4000 feet long, averages 130 I feet base and 27 feet in height. Crown width is 18 j feet, and 40 feet of earth through at the water line, [t rises five feet above the highest water line. Freshets here are of rare occurrence, these hills seing of the tertiary formation, and the soil jhiefly sflicious. Water is rapidly absorbed and here is rarely a rise of over 3 feet. The mill building is 227 feet long, 104 feet wide, (4 feet high to the eaves, and 60 feet to the tcp of I ?he skylight. The roof will be supported by 27 sroh-built trusses,* upon the HOWE principle. The i wick work is nearly completed, .and the roof is all ] ready to go up. There have been already b? ?6 cottages, 32 of 2 rooms each, and 2 garrets ; and 14 of 3 rooms each, and 8 garret rooms. They occupy four squares, and present a very neat ap? pearance. There have been as many as 400 opera aves employed in these works ; the present num? ber is about 200. Wages, at first, was $10 a month, ind rations. Now laborers receive $1 a day, with >ut rations. Teamsters, mill hands and watchmen, receive from $1.25 to $1.50, but this is still much ; Cheaper than labor, can be pr oe ar ed at the North. [Abor, too; is abondant here, either by the day or I jy the month ; and cotton can be manufactured 1?re cheaper by ten to fifteen per cent, than at Lowell. The situation of the MOI,-right on the ' 3outh Carolina Railroad, and within a mile or two \ oi the projected Columbia and Hamburg Railroad trill afford it every possible facility for transporta* ?on, etc. The Company owns about 6000 acres of land, for irhioh they paid $18,000 in gold; $157,499 has been sxponded for the buildings up to date. About aalf the machinery is ?in Charleston. A great deal af the machinery, necessary for manufacturing cloth, is still in England, as it was not originally intended to have looms. Altogether, up to the present time $280,000 ht*s been expended, and it is thought that seven-eighths of the work is done. The entire enterprise will require half a million of dol? lars; and there is now additional capital need ad. New stockholders have been added, subee-1 quent to the original formation of the Comoany, and among them we my nama Messrs. J. P. BOYCE,. WILLIS & fiimoMC, J. R. BEAD, R. F. WALTO, T. IX WAGNER and CH^BLKS LOGA?, but-j we believe there is still additional capital required. The factory, when finished, will have 10,000 spindles and 320 looms, somo of them double looms, and will give employment to from 500 to 600 operatives, many of them females. The ma? chinery is th3 very best to bo had, constructed on ORTT.TI'B pattern, near Manchester, England, by PARE, CURTIS & Co. The Turoino wheels tor the mill are being built by J. E. STEVENSON, at the Novelty Iron "Works, New York. The shafting, pulleys, &c, by J. MORTON POOLE & Co., W?ming ton, Del, There is only 875 horse power required to propel the entire machinery of these mills, and wo have it upon the testimony of three competent engi? neers, that the creek at this point affords a mo? mentum of 500 horse power. The work is being vigorously prosecuted; ex? tempore railroads carrying the timber to the saw mill, and rolling down the car filled with earth to construct the dam. There is a hotel on the spot for the workmen, and a store alongside the rail? road, kept by Messrs. BR?X & DORTIG. Our New York Letter. _. i [FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] sr&?l? .--a r*Tr~~ NEW YORK, December ll.-At last has a change come over the spirit of the Clerk of the Weather's dream. The winter is upon us-nor yet, however, in its full force-not yet with the intensity that is necessary to bring joy to the hearts of sleigh-riders and to the souls (and soles) of the skating fraterni? ty, whose name is legion; but, nevertheless, the air bites shrewdly, and snow storm and frozen skat? ing ponds may be looked upon as things that are soon to be. As the table is laid for the feast be? fore the feast itself is ready to be spread thereon, so are great preparations being made for tb.9 win? try sports ere yet the weather admits of their be? ing indulged in. In frojut of some of the most magnificent carriage emporiums on Broadway sleighs of the most elegant description are exposed to view to tempt the wealthy passer-by and tantal? ize the poor one; furs, the richest and most costly, hang side by side with those of a more moderate price, and here the poor need not envy the rich, for the one is at any rate quite as potent as the other as a shield against the piercing cold-a bul? wark against the onslaughts of the blasts of old Boreas. The skating ponds in the Central Park and elsewhere aro being fixed up in most approved fashion for the coming carnival. Skates of all kinds and prices hang exposed to view from the windows of thousands of stores. Everything be? tokens the approach of the cold spell, and what is better, of the Christmas holidays. Yes; Christmas is coming; there is no gainsay? ing this. If one had just awakened from a Bip Yan Winkle sleep and Tr ere ignorant of the day of the month, he would need only to walk through Broadway to be convinced that the holidays are at hand. This magnificent thoroughfare presents at this season a spectacle that canne-1 be described .? M t? ?rv?--.._M_^__j, j_-._ .. - miles of magnificent stores, plethoric with stocks of holiday goods, Christmas presents of every de? scription; a perfect sea of toys, the contemplation of whose undulating waves, whilst it attracts the gaze of manhood, must fill with speechless won? der the amazed eye of childhood as it rests upon this vast empire over which good Santa Claus is known to rule. Oh, most blessed of saints-mest blest in being dear to the hearts of the imocent, the young, the pure. .Oh, blessed little ones-blest in that you can so easily be rendered, happy, in blissful ignorance of the fact that there may be circumstances under which the contemplation of the undulating waves even of the grand sea of toys may be fraught with other emotions than those of happiness unalloyed. As we walk along Broadway, surrounded by the sea, we note, also, beacon lights, in the shape and form of men, who bear huge banners, which, in their turn, bear inscriptions, that he who runs may read, and of which he who reads is informed that at such and such a number, perhaps a mile off from the peripatetic aign, the best toys can be procured. Truly 'tis,a gay spectacle, and well be? tokens the coming of the merry Christmas days. The publication in detail of all the particulars re? lating to the capture of JOHN H. SUERATT, and the resume of the assassination conspiracy, has, of course, brought up the name of the BOOTH family in a manner most unpleasant. The family, however, have the sympathy of all unprejudiced minds, and EDWIN BOOTH continues to draw as well as ever, and to receive the most enthusiastic applause. The BOOTH family, at present, consists of the fol? lowing members : the widow of the elder BOOTH; Lucres JUNTOS BRUTUS, the eldest son, and a first class tragedian; EDWIN BOOTH, the greatest actor living; JOSEPH BOOTH, who, at the breaking out of the war, was a medical student in Charleston, studying in the office of Dr. C. DAVEGA, and is now assistant treasurer in the Winter Garden; and two daughters, one a middle aged lady and unmarried, and ths other the wife of CLAREE, the comedian, manager of the Winter Garden, of which he and EDWIN are lessees. Mrs. CLAREE is a most talent? ed lady, andie the author of a biographical sketch of her father-a well written and most interesting work, published recently?* EDWIN BOOTH has been a widower for about three years, and has one child, a sweet little four-year old prattler, to whom her father is most devotedly attached : there is not a single wavelet in the sea of toys, either here or elsewhere, that the pretty little EDWINA can wish for m vain, and "Moultrie" has whiled away many a weary moment in listening to the prattle of this extraordinary and intelligent child, as she display? ed her toys and described to him, in detail, the beauty of the dresses of her three dolls. Hamlet looked upon the law's delay as one of the greatest of the. ills we have; but JEREKIAH O'BRIEN, the convict, takes a different view of the matter, for he had been sentenced to have his mortal coil shuffled off at an early day, he himself having murderously and feloniously, as aforesaid (or as not aforesaid), shuffled off the coil of one Mrs. SATE SMITH. JEREMIAH thinks that the de? lay, brought about by a writ of error, and by which a stay of the exhibition has been-obtained,' is not an ill at alL and shows that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of oven m Hamlet's philosophy. Among the things , of earth that should be dreamt of by your good citizens, now that you have a city railroad, is the fact that it is dangerous to step on or off the platform while the oar is in mo? tion; accidents here are of frequent occurrence, and only yesterday two cases came before Court, where the plaintiffs brought suit for twenty thou? sand dollars damages for broken legs, the ampu? tation of which had been clumsily begun hythe dull car wheel, to be* finished by the sharp knife and saw of the surgeon. LESTER WALLACE, who is now playing at his own theatre, is to appear soon in a new comedy called "Ours," ?he Joint production of T. W. BOBEBTSON and ARTEMUS WARD. BOOTH still running ' 'Biche lien," "Zampa" in preparation by MARETXRKR Itaiian Ope? Troupe. MOULTSJK. '-I : ''?? 1; ? '?:'.;'v:'' -.. ? 1v: v. . ? -, ^" ^? ,\ MARRIE?, On the evening of the 11th December, 18CC, ot St, Michael 'H Church, Charloston, by tho- Rev. P. T. KK?TH, Rictor, Dr. FRANCIS L. FROST to Miss REBECCA BREWTON, youngest daughter of WILLIAM B. PUINOLE. Esq. c At Cedar Spring, S. C., on Thursday, 6th instant by the Rev. Mr. HAUCKEL, WM. B. NORTH, of this City, to Miss MARGARET A., third daughter of the late N. P. WAT.TCF.n, of Spartanburg, 8. C. * SPECIAL NOTICES, JOS?" GUION.-INFORMATION CONCERNING DANIEL. GUION, of New York, who arrived in Charles? ton in June or July, 1855, will bo thankfully received by CHARLES COTJDERT, Ja., December 12 2 No. 49 Wall street, New York. SS" NOTICE.-ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE brig REDWOOD, N. C. BORDEN master, must be render? ed atpur office by 12 M. To-Morroui, the 14th inst, or they will be debared payment. J. A. ENSLOW & 00., December 13 2- Consignees. ?TESTATE NO TICE .-ALL PERSONS having olaims against the Estate of the late JOSEPH L HOWARD will present them, duly attested, and all per. sons indebted thereto will make payment to S. L. HOWARD, November 26 Qualified Executor. J ?B" MESSRS. EDITORS.-PLEASE ANNOUNCE. HIRAM B. OLNEY, Esq., as a candidate for Aldermas of Ward No. 6-E. WILLIS, Esq., having resigned. December 5_CITIZENS OF WARD NO. 6. SS" EDITOR DAILY NEWS :-YOU ARE Au? thorized to announce R. D. WHITE, Esq., as a candidate for Alderman Ward No. 4, and oblige Deoembor 6_MANY CITIZENS. ?Sr-WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE EDWARD WILLIS, Eeq., as a Candidate for Alderman of Wird No. 4. December 5 0S-MB. EDITOR :-PLEASE ANNOUNCE ADAM B. GLOVER as a Candidate for Alderman of Ward No. C. MANY TAX PAYERS. December 5 . MESSRS. EDITORS : PLEASE ANNOUNCE Mr. B. BODDIN a Candidate for Alderman of Ward No. 4, in place of WILLIAM L. TEENHOLM, and oblige MANY MECHANICS AND WORKING MEN. November 23_? ?5-WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE E. M. WHITING, Esq., as a candidate for Sheriff of Charleston (Judicial) District, at the next election. September 10_ SS- NOTICE.-PURSUANT TO THE PRO? VISIONS of the Act of Arsembly incorporating the PLANTERS' AND FARMERS' BELIEF ASSOCIATION, the books of subscription will be opened by the under? signed, at the Store of R. W. GALE IE CO., No. 15 Went? worth street, Tc-Morrow, 12th of November, and will re? main open until further notice. The shares are five hundred in number, and $500 each. An instalment of five dollars per share will be required upon reaving subscription. B. W. GALE. GEO. O. ROBINSON. CHAS. E. ROBINSON. November 12 sui mwf WM. H. BELLAMY. SS" BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE.-THIS SPLENDID HALB DYE is the best in the world. Tho only true and perfect Dye-harmless, reliable, instan Dyes. Invigorates the hair, leaving it soft and beautiful. The genuine is signed William A. Batchelor. All others are mere imitations, and Should be avoided. Sold by aft Druggists and Perfumers. Factory, No. 81 Barcley atreet, New York. SS" BEWARE OF A 'COUNTERFEIT. , December 10 ly*. Appeal ox* the Palmetto fire Kngiiae Co. The officers and members of the Palmetto Fire Engine Company having determined to order a steam fire en? gine of Messrs. HUNNEMAN & Co.'s manufacture, are ne? cessitated to ask aid of their fellow-citizens. In doing so they are aware that in the Department at this timo there are six steamers. The effect of the introduction of steam on the hand engines has tendered in a manner to lessen the energies of their company, and as they have been, as will be seen, twenty-six years laboring in the good canse for ibo benefit of our community, they trust their appeal will be responded to with that liberality that has always characterized their fellow-citizens towards them. To do good is our aim, and to accomplish this end and save wa old association, we ask whatever aid cn be afforded, md by cur strenuous exertions hope to receive the ac? knowledgment from those who assist ns that we aro working in a common cause. We are aware that oar . community have subscribed most liberally to all compa? nies, but we trust they will not forget the Palmetto Fire Company. The Committee appointed to solicit subscriptions are Messrs. J. A. ARMSTRONG, Messrs. B. BODDIN, THOS. MILLER, JOS. BEDDICK, H. FERGUSON, JOHN LONG, T. CLAFFY, T. O'KEEFE. I most cheerfully recommend the appeal of the Pal? metto Fire Engine Company, and trust they may be able to keep together their useful organization, which has seen in active service since 1840. . % M. H. NATHAN, December ll 8 Chief Fire Department. SPECIAL. NOTICE" CO WHOLESALE GROCERS, LIQUOR DEALERS, DIS? TILLERS, DRUGGISTS, GLASS AND SOAP MANUFACTURERS. >. ESSENTIAL ?HLS, EXTRACTS AND ESSENCES FOR lavoring and Improving Brandies, Whiskeys, Roms, innes, Cider, &&, Ac Age and Body Preparations for Centralizing and Mollifying Whiskeys and Spirits, Bx rac ts of Holland and London Gina, Colorings, Gum and ingar Syrups, and Fruit Juices. Dr. Fcuchtwanger's. 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