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TH?BSDAY MOBNTNG, DECEMBEB 20, 1866. AGENTS. The following are the Agents forthis paper: W. A HEMINGWAY, General Traveling and Collecting : A^tev" COLTS MURCHISON, General Traveling and Col leTOWN^END & NORTH, Booksellers and Stationers, Columbia, S. C. _. _ OD GOODMAN, Cross Hill, Laurens District, S. C. J." V.' NETHERS, Union, S. 0. Captain W. E. EARLE, Greenville, S. C. Cel. J. J. RYAN, Barn-weB, S. C. J. T. DuBOIS, Marion. C S H ABBY. Sandy Ford P. O., Madison Co., Fla. PATRICK k HUVEY, Macon, Ga. j Y H WILLIAMS, Clinton, S. C. j! R. ALLEN, CbcstcrC. H. S. C. W S UNCE, Grahamville P. O., Beaufort, S. C. B.'F.' BRADFORD, Walterboro', S. C. . H. L. DARR, Sumter, S. C. THAD. C. ANDREWS, Orangeburg, S. 0. - j M. BROWN, " Southerner office," Darlington, S. C. M. M. QUINN & BRO., Augusta. J. H. ESTELL, Savannah, Ga. ISAAC DAYEGA, Agent in New York. J. L. SHECUT, Agent at Atlanta, Ga. WM. HENDERSON, Agent at Bennettsville, S. C. Tile First Snow Fall. BX JAMES B XT S SX I. Ii LOWELL. Th e snow had begun in the gloaming And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine, and fur, and hemlock, Wore ermine too^ear for an earl, And the poorest twig on tho elm tree Was fringed inch deep with pearl. From sheds now roofed with Carrara, Came Chanticleer's muffled crow, Tho. stiff rails were softened tb swan's down, And still fluttered down the' snow. I stood and watched by the window ' The noiseless work of the sky, And the sudden flurries of snow-birds, Like brown leaves whirling by. I thought of a mount in sweet Auburn, Where a little head-stone stood How the flakes were folding it gently. As did robins the babes in the wood. Up spoke our own little Mabel, Saying, "Father, who makes it snow?" And I told her of the good AU-father "Who cares for us all below. Again I looked at the snow fall. And thought of the leaden sky That arched o'er our first great sorrow "When the mount was heaped so high. I remembered the gradual patience, That fell from that cloud-like snow, Flake by flake, healing and hiding The scar of that deep-stabbed woe. And again to the child I whispered, " The sr.ow that hush'ith ?H? Darling, the Merciful Father Alone can make it fall. " Then, with eyes that saw not, I kissed her, And she, kissing back, could not know That my kiss was given to her sister Folded close under deepening snow. THE BASE OF TBE STATES OP SOUTH CAROLINA. The following is the report of the Joint Commit? tee appointed to examine and report on the affairs of the Bank of the State : That they met in Charleston on the 18th of July last, ab the Parent Bank, and entered on the dis? charge of their duties, and were much gratified with the courtesy, frankness, and prompt aid of the President and other officers of the Bank shown them, in .conducting their examination, into its affairs, which continued for some nine or ten days before its" completion. The examination was as xninute and thorough as practicable, under the circumstances. The President exhibited the fol? lowing general statement of the Bank and its teS^^MSL&e^^&J^?^ "???e'?ssets and books, and verified to the satisfaction of the Committee, reserving, however, for further ex? amination,' so much as : related to the branches at Columbia,?Camden and Abbeville, to be made at an adjourned meeting in Columbia, on Friday, be? fore the 4th Monday in November following. STATEMENT OF BASS AND BRANCHES FOB EXAMIN? ING COMMITTEE AS OF 17XH JULY, 1866. DB. To Capital.$1,073,540.13 Issues $1 and upwards.... .$3,085,400.68 Issues under $1, old_. 78,293.93 Issues under $1,1860-1803.. 306,162.75 Issues under $1, Act 1863.. 413,602.35 Interest on Notes, Stocks, kc Stute Treasury, Slnk'gTFund 3,387,784.26 State Treasury; Loan f or re- ? " . building city Charleston 802,603.79 3,883,359.61 83,965.8? State of S. C., Loan Decem? ber, 1864................ State of S. C., for redemption 6 per cts., 1860. Agency at Laurens, S. C... Baring Brothers & Co. Balance due sundry Banks. Agency at' Columbia, S. C.. Personal deposits..... Balance drafts in transita.. CB. 4,190,388.05 1,340,576.42 89,200.00 3,000.00 3,721.10 42,221.80 4,959.61 4,571,179.78 41.65 $15,184,164,01 By Bills and Notes discounted $1,913,712.53 Bills and Notes in suit.... 92,238.02 -$9,005,550.56 Bonds. 92,744.98 Bonds Fire Loan. 9,495.31 - 192,240.20 Sundry Agencies.. 103,996.94 Interest 6 per cents., Fire BJ?otf- .1,947.32 State 8. C., advances New State House. 119,278.49 State S. C., advances eundr's 591,369.85 State of S. C., advances Military Contingencies.. 907,306.25 - 1,647,948.59 State of S. C., for old C. S. currency surrendered... 1,012,124.05 W. & M. R. B. Co. Bonds.. 87,361.80 G. t C. E. K. Co. Bands.... 47,500.00 Laurens R. It Co. Bonds.. 38,506.00 C. k 8. R. B. Co. Bonds.... 35,000.00 B. C. B.B. Co. 5 per cent. Bonds.:.. 39,454.44 S. C. B. Co. 7 per cent Bonds. 100,000.00 8. C. B. B. Co. Sterling Bonds...... 108,163.80 City of Montgomery Bonds. 400.00 S. C. R. R. Co. Stock. 490,329.98 Northeastern B. B. Co. Stock 30,000.00 American Telegraph Com? pany Stock. 800.00 Commercial Bank Stock_ 400.00 " " , A " .M.. -- 662,910.02 C. S. 4 per cent. Bonds.... 5,400.00 C. S. 6 per cent, Bonds..... 60,500.00 C. 8. 7 per cent Bonds...'. 867,000.00 C. S. 8 per cent Bonds..... 2,691,400.00 _ _ " ' -- 3,624,800.00 C. 8. Call Loan....-;. 1,282,300.00 C. S. Treasury Notes. 2,666,266.12 Bank Estate. 78,684.58 Beal Estate. 25,843.87 Domestic Exchange......".... " ll&92l"o4 Foreign Exchange.......... 6.727*85 Balances due by sundry . - ' r Banks................... 657 601,87 State Treasury, old account . . ?,l52,'oG8.40 State Treasury, new account T.732.52 Cash-Bills of this Bank.... 17,945.84J" Billa of other Banks.. 16,835.6T Bills receivable S. C. 7,914.00 Treasury Notes U. S.. 86.596.96 Specie. 12,474.10 - 91,7?,97 $15,184.164.01 The Presidents of the respective branches were notified by the Committee to appear before them ss the tune and place before designated, with the assets of their respective branches. In obedience to this notice, Presidents Fisher and Shannon at? tended in person, and the President of the branch at Abbeville was represented by Mr. Waring, the Cashier of the mother bank. These gentlemen are entitled to the high regard and thanks of the Com? mittee, for their courtesy and kind assistance shown the Committee in the conducting of the ex? amination of th?se branch?s. The Committee were pleased to ascertain from their examination that the general Statement furnished them at the Parent Bank, in Charleston, in relation to the branches, was fully and satisfactorily shown to be correct ; although Mr. Shannon had had the misfortune to lose the evidences of the debts due his branch, by their having fallen into the hands of General Sher? man's army. But he had saved the books of the Bank, which enabled t?nt to present both general and*detailed statements of its affairs. This exam ination consumed several days, and was as fall and complete as tte nature of the circumstances would permit. The Bank has, among its assets in the shape of Railroad Bonds, Railroad and other Stocks, and in advances on State Stocks with interest thereon, at least ($1,241,050) one million two hundred and forty-one thousand and fifty dollars. This sum could not now be realized from these_ assets; but as the country recovers from the disasters which have been consequent upon the war, they will un? questionably improve inx value and become avail? able for the settlement of liabilities, or furnishing the means for the future operation of the Bank. There are other items of bills and notes discount? ed, bonds, exchange and real estate, to wit : Of bills and notes discounted, $1,970,972. Bonds, $104,061; Beal Estate, 111,444; Exchange, $120,076; Cash, $100,000; besides, arrears of inter? est on notes, bonds, &c, making another aggre? gate of $2.406.553-the two together constituting the sum o?' ($?,647,608) three million six hundred and forty-seven thousand six hundred and three dollars. This s.mis exclusive of Confederate se? curities. Of i he bills and notes discounted, a por? tion originated during the war, and of course will be claimed to be sealed under the ordinance of the Convention. Of others, a considerable portion are unquestionably good. The vicissitudes of the war and the loss of property, which has been the re? sult of the late contest, have necessarily thrown doubt or uncertainty upon outstanding obligations generally, and this doubt and uncertainty must affect a considerable portion of the paper due the Bank. And no certain opinion can be formed as to the amount that may bo collected. The ofticcrs of the Bank are confident that a large portion of them will be available for the retiring of the Bank circulation. This observation applies to the items of Bonds and Exchange. But for the result of tho war, the means of the Bank would have been abundant. And even with what is left, and the prospect of a considerable deposit account, the Bank might be continued! Tinder a new corporate name, to wit : The Bank of the State of South Carolina, for the pur? pose of deposit and discount, but not as a bank of issue. For the late Tax Act of the United States provides as follows : SEO. 6. And be it further enacted, that every National baaking association, State Bank, or State banking association, shall pay a tax of ten per centum on the amount of notes of any State Bank or State banking association paid ont by them after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. This act isa virtual prohibition of all banks of issue, as the ta- would more than consume all the profits that could be made by any legitimate bank? ing. And the Legislature, at its last annual sit? ting, acted wisely in discontinuing the Bank as one of issue. Otherwise this enormous tax would have been incurred. If the General Assembly should desire to con? vert this institution into a" bank of deposit and discount with another name, the necessary appro? priate legislation to accomplish that object should be adopted at tho present session. Such a bank could discount on such assets as remain and the deposits, and would do a business large enough, it is supposed, to meet the interest on the liabili? ties of the State. 1 f this should not be done, then the present assets will have to go into the Treasu? ry as collected, and romain dead capital until ap? propriated. Their collection, too, it is thought, would he more successfully made by the Bank itself than to transfer them to other hands less acquainted with the debtors, with many of whom advantageous compromises might be made, and additional secu? rities, in some instances, obtained. It is believed also that such an institution would.be a necessary fiscal agent of the State Treasury. But these views are merely suggested for the mature consid? eration of the Legislature, as the Committee are not disposed to commit themselves as to any par? ticular line of policy in reference to the Bank, and submit" the whole subject to tho wisdom of the General Assembly. There is one other consider? ation, however, 'that the Committee feel it their duty to'present, and that is, it is important that Jroper legal measures should be taken at an early ay to perpetuate the testimony necessary to es? tablish the notes, bills, and bonds due at the Cam? den branch, which have been lost or destroyed, and likewise to revive any judgments or decrees in favor of the Bank, that may have met a similar fate. ' xj .. \ ; The Committee cannot, in justice to themselves, closer-this report without bearing testimony to the experienced financial skill, ability, and high char? acter of C. M. Furman,' Esq., President "of the Parent1 Bank, and to the ; ability; fidelity, and pri yat?.-w2r$e?fc?il ?^HaV^ne seVM^?aic?'es: Most respectfully submitted. W. F. H?TS3N, Chairman House Committee. CP. SULLIVAN, Chairman Senate Committee. December 6, 1866. LITERARY. THE EDINBUOH REVIEW for October, 1866. Charleston: John Russell. Contents: 1. Kaye's History of the Sepoy War. 2. Varieties of History and Art. 2. International courage. 4. Napoleon's Julius Cesar. 5. Felis Holt, the Radical. C. Strauss, Renan and "Ecce Homo." 7. Froude's History of Elizabeth. 8. An? tique Gems. 9. The Military Growth of Prussia, Thia is one of the most readable numbers of oui old favorite. - Article IL is the review of a very interesting French work, in 3 volumes: "Causeries d'un Cu? rieux,'" par F. FEUILLET DB COUCHES; which, we are told, rivals the "Curiosities of Literature" in erudition, and far surpasses it in accuracy, pene? tration and suggestiveness. Even the preface ia full of the most interesting literary tit-bits. Among many others, we have here a very ? characteristic anecdote of two great French cotemporary authors. M. DE LAMARTINE meeting M. ALEXANDER DUMAS soon after the publication of the History of ihe Girondins, inquired anxiously of the latter if he had read it. "Oh, yes I It is superb. Von have elevated History to the dignity of Romance." M. FEUILLET is a collector-not of Internal ^Re? venue, but of "everything that is valuable pr curious in art, science, or literature. He appears a kind o? MAGXIABECCHI in the comprehensiveness of his knowledge of books and authors; but, unlike the great Florentine librarian, our author" is deter? mined to leave a monument behind him to show what he did know. We have never seen the work in question, and it is perhaps too much to expect, in the present posture of affaira, that a large work like this should be translated or reprinted in this country. As it is then doubtful whether our read? ers will ever see the.book, we shall proceed to ex? tract such scraps and anecdotes as we deem of gen: eral interest. , ;_ The oldest portrait extant in England of recog? nized authenticity is that of RICHARD UL in Windsor Castle. We learn from our author,- who is very learned in such matters, that no trust? worthy images of the heroes, statesmen, poets? orators, and philosophers of classical antiquity have descended to us; that the busts of ALEXAN? DER C?ES AB, POMJTEY, HANNIBAL, PERICLES, HOKES, VIBGUI, HORACE, DEMOSTHENES, CICERO, PLATO, SOCRATES and ARISTOTLE, with a host of others which we have been wont to admire or venerate, are apocryphal. . M. FEUILLET is very fond of dilating on the vice of book-keeping, so prevalent among many collect? ors. He is down on all lending, and commends the example of the Faculty of Paris, who held out against Louis XXL, all absolute as he was, and re? fused to lend him an Arabian manuscript without a deposit of a hundred gold pieces, and would not abate a livre on seeing the royal treasurer forced to sell a part of his own plato to make up half oj the security. The passion for collecting autographs is not oi modem birth. We read of MDCIANTDB at Rome, a friend of the older PLINY, who had the greatest collection of autographs in his day. That he waa not over nice on questions of authenticity may be inferred from the fact of his greatest treasure being the reputed letter of SARRKDON; tb PRIAM; which he had discovered in a temple while he wai Governor of Ly cia. The Brat known use of the word autograph ie in Suetonius, Lilaree Angust? Autographs. , It is, Iperhaps, not generally known that the Romans had their short-hand writers, a chosen number ol whom were employed by CICERO to toko down a speech of CATO. We have all heard of IUas in nuce. CICEBO says that he had seen a copy of the Iliad, written on a piece of parchment, contained in a nut-shell. This species of trifling waa in great vogue during the Middle Ages. Although printing was not known to the Romans, the arts of book making and bookselling were well understood, and reached a high degree of perfec? tion in the Augustan age. '?he House of ATTXCUS is described as an immense est?mishment, in which skilful workmen, mostly slaves, were busy in copying, pressing and binding for the book market. Women were much employed as copyists, scribes and secretaries. There is nothing now in the world. SENECA mentions a man of great wealth, living in his day, one CANISIUS SAEEINTJS, who wished to shine as a diner-out, in spite of his natural dullness. He procured a dozen slaves, who wore made to learn by heart select passages from the popular poets, j and instructed how to prompt him when he broke down or had nothing to say. These slaves cost bim about $4000 a year. How strange that from such-a high state of civ? ilization so few authentic manuscripts and docu? ments should have como down to our day. Mr. DTBBABI.1 explains this: "The Homans burned the books of the Jews, of the Christians, and cf the philosophers; the Jews burned the books of the Christians and the Pagans; the Christians burned the books of the Pagans and the Jews." Miss QUIRK'S parlor and Miss Q.'s album have both shocked and amused thousands of incredu? lous readers; but it appears truth is stranger than fiction, in this aB in so many other cases. " The principal collector of ropes is declared to bo an Englishman, and a member of the Humane So? ciety, who died about seventeen years ago. To each rope was attached a memoir of the subject or sufferer; and in most instances tho last. dying speech and confession was annexed, proving, ii is added, the perfection to which, by dint of practice, the eloquence of the drop has arrived inihe Uni? ted Kingbom. "Can it be, as is asserted on the authority of an English writer, whose name I for? get, that in Englsnd' the masters were wont to practice their pupils in this kind of composition, so that every good Englishman, on entering into the world, had his peroration ready en eas of the accident of the gallows?" Is there anything that a Frenchman, lettered or unlettered, will not be? lieve of an Englishman-not at all out of ill-nature or ill-will, but out of sheer ignorance ? In the month of January, 1866, a French journal describ? ed the English aristocracy as habitually risking their centaine de guiness on the result of a cock? fight ; and M. Feuillet de Conches reproduces, without questioning, the statement of Diderot that, in a secluded quarter of St. James' Park, there was a pond in which the female sex had exclusive privilege of drowning themselves. So well-inform? ed a writer might surely have learned that the English occupy only the third or fourth rank in the statistics of suicide, and that the Prussians stand first There have been collections of walking sticks, of hats, shoes, buttons, but in all this they are fully equalled by the modern philatelists, or gath? erers of postage stamps. These collections may be made to subserve a useful purpose, and in the hands of an intelligent teacher, illustrate different historical epochs, with the manners, customs, and leading events of the several eras, as, for instance, the following : A collection of buttons was exhibited at the Uni? versity of Ghent, in 1845, for the benefit of the poor, and proved a valuable contribution to the history of manners and art. They were not only of aH shapes and sizes, in polished steel, in silver and gold, and set with the costliest jewels; but an entire series were painted in miniature by the first artists of the period-the first years, of Louis XvX There were portraits of celebrated beauties, with copies of ancient statues and scenes taken from ancient mythology. Klingstet made double buttons with a spring, containing two surfaces, and each a chef-ol tempore in its way. Honore Fra? gonard, a decorator of note, painted for a gay mar ,. quis a ?et of buttons ala Faiieott.jfhich bave o^?sma1?K^ut?cnes * ^wrthou?? TT is slily added, be? coming more famous for his punctuality. Equal extravagance was indulged about the same time in waistcoasts, which, although the material was more perishable, afforded wider scope for luxury and design. An exquisite of the first water was then ah improving study for both the seamstress or embroiderer and the scene-painter. One might be Been with the amours of Mars and Venus on his stomach, and another with a cavalry review. "We are assured," says a writer in the Memoires Se ? crete, "that an enthusiast has ordered a dozen waistcoats representing scenes from the popular plays, so that his wardrobe may become a theatri ! cal repertory and some day serve .for tapestry." 1 After the assembly of the Notables, there were : gHets aux Notables, copied from the print describ ! ed by Bachaumont: "The king is in the middle, on his throne; in the left hand he holds a scroll on which are these words, Vage d'or; but by a very ? offensive oversight it is so placed that he seems to . be rummaging his pockets with Ins right hand." A little later, the guillotine grew, into fashion for ornaments, especially for brooches and pins. We must now close our list of extracts. The : book is very tempting, but space forbids. 1 THE LONDON QTTABTEBXY, for October, 1866. JOHN BUB L . B?LE, Charleston. Contents-1. Ancient Literature of France; 2. i Dr. BADHAM and the Dutch School of Criticism ; 3. . Homos without Hands; 4. Life of our Lord; 5. i History of Architecture; 6. Central Asia; 7. Opera? tions of Modern Warfare; 8. England and Her In I stitutions._ ?; ATLANTIC AND PACHTO BATLBOAD.-This road , which, although starting at St. Louis, is really the Southern Pacific, has recently been permanently or . ganiz?d, with General FBEMONT as President. The St. Louis Democrat thus sketches the route and its i. advantages: - As sketched by the President, the road is laid in Southwestern Missouri and the Valley of the Canadian, and generally, along the thirty-fifth par? allel to the head ot the navigation on the Colorado, and thence to the Pacific coast. ; It is the shortest route by five hundred miles of any surveyed- foi that purpose, and presents the fewest difficulties. No mountains are in the way. and for a.greater portion.of the 'distance it follows the valleys of streams, and thus reaps the advantages of water levels, as uniform in their surface, as could be de? sired. . . -Tho climate throughout is good. Snows are al? most unknown; water and timber, abound plenti? fully; the soil is rich, and minerals of the - best de? scriptions are everywhere found... The Southwest branch of the Pacific Road will propably be incor porated with this continental work, and if so, it starts from s city of more : than-two hundred thousand inhabitants as its eastern terminus, Cses through a rich and well settled portion of souri, penetrates the Indian Territory, remark? able for the prolific nature of its eoiL and reaches the Bio Grande through the heart of New Mexico, a territory containing more than a hundred thou? sand people, and whose trade amounts to twenty millions of dollars per annum; thence it traverses Arizona, and strikes the waters of the Pacific at the Gulf of California. TBS RESOUBCES OF CALIFORNIA.-The San Fran? cisco Times has an exalted opinion of the resources of that State. The editor Bays : Since January 1st of the present year, we have ; exported 23.SOO tons flour, 66,600 tons of wheat, , 11,760 tons barley, and 6,740 tons of oats, a total of 109,000 tons of grain, of the aggregate value of ! $4,500,000; and it is estimated by those who are ; thoroughly informed on the subject, that there is a surplus of 200,000 tons still remaining, valued, at , pr?sent prices, at upwards of $9,000,000-413,500.000 ' worth of surplus grain raised in a single season, by a State not claiming to bo consideredagricultu ! ral 1 We exported during the first nine ?months of the present year, $44,491,584 worth of other pro? ducts, among which are included 3,326,831 pounds ' of wool, valued at $375,000, besides manufacturing ; nearly double that quantity in their local mills; , $250,000 worth of wines and spirits; 24,483 flasks quicksilver, valued at $1,000,000. besides retaining ' as much more for home consumption; 20,000 tons copper' ores, valued at $1,000,000, and $34,869,705 in r gold-and silver-a total export during nine months of $46,841,584, all produced by no more than 200,000 workers: for out of a population of 400,000, one-fourth of whom are children, it is not an over? estimate' to calculate that there are 100,000 females and non-producing adult.malea. , There is no other country in the world, the re? turns of which will exhibit ah equal value of ex? port; for an equal number of ita population. CLOTHING. Being aware that there is an im? pression in the mind of the pnhlic that all kinds of merchandise has I greatly depreciated in Taine within | the last few weeks, although that de- j preciation is confined principally to fancy and undesirable goods, we haye decided to MARK ALL OF OUR GOODS at such prices as will insure an immediate sale of our large and well assorted stock of CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS. We earnestly recommend buyers to ex? amine our stock before purchasing. Below is a partial list of our For? mer and Present Prices : FOBMEB FBX8ZHT PRICE. PEICE. FINE FRENCH BEAVER OVERCOATS. .$47.00 $40.00 j FINE TRISH FRIESE OVERCOATS. 30.00 26.00 HEAVY MTX. OVERSACKS. 18.00 15.00 HEAVY MTX OVERSACKS.12.00 10.00 FINE TRICOT SUITS.48.00 43.00 SCOTCH CASSTMKRE 8TJITS.J_ 46.00 35.00 FINE BROWN AND GOLD MIX BUTTS... 40.00 82.00 FINE FANCY SUITS. 40.00 30.00 DARK MTX CASSTMKRE SUITS. 35.00 30.00 FINE SILK MTX SUITS. 35.00 30.00 FANCY SUITS.15.00 13.00 MIXED SACKS. 8.00 6.00 FANCY SACKS. 6.00 4,00 FANCY CASSLMERE PANTS (all wool)_ 8.00 6.00 ALL WOOL CASSLMERE VESTS. 4.00 3.00 ft! AGU LLAR, WILLIAMS & PARKER, No. ?70 KING, COR. HASEL-ST., CHARLESTON, S. C. December 18_ FILL IND WINTER GOODS, AT THE OLD AND WELL KNOWN STAND OF Edgerton & Richards, NO. 32 BROAD STREET. ri VUE SUBSCRIBER BEGS TO INFORM HTS FRIENDS 1 and the public generally that he is now receiving his Stock of FILL AND WINTER GOODS, CONSISTING OF : BLACK AND COLORED CLOTHS Black and Far. cy Cassi maren, lo. great variety of etyloa [-Beaver and Pilot Olnths jf ism and Figured Velvet, Silk and Cassimere Vestings. All of which are of the best F0REI6K ML DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE. I take pleasure In informing the public that having se? cured the services of one of THE BEST CUTTERS In the country, who, from his extensive experience, bott in Europe and America, is prepared to guarantee A FCC TO ALL. As Successor of Edgerton & Richards ? I would inform the old patrons of the establishment thal I have their MEASURE ROOKS, AND CAN FILL ORDERS PROM THEIR FORMER CUSTOMERS AT A DISTANCE WITH SATISFACTION. J. S. PHILLIPS. December 1 . Imo CARDART, WHITFORD & CO., MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DBALFJ FUE, MEDICM, . AMERICAN EXPRESS BUILDING, NOS. 66, 67, 59 and 61, Hudson street, near Duane, New York. T.F. CARHARTl W. H. WHITFORD. 3. B. VAN WAGENEN. December 10 6mo A T. HAMILTON._ OAXJJ AJ7 No. 35 BROAD STREET AND EXAMINE A FINE LOT OF AND J SUITS OF WHICH WILL BE MADE TO ORDER Al Forty Dollars. JAMES MCCORMICK, November 27 _MERCHANT TAILOR, H JAMESMCCORMICK, MERCHANT TAILOR, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BEALES HT CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND VESTINGS, GENTS' FURNISHING GOOIW3, No: 35 BEOAD STB?ET, July 38 - ?mos CHARLESTON, S. C. BREWSTER & SPRATT, ttorneys at Law & Solicitors in. Equity OFFICE No. 98 BROAD 9TEEET. November 9 CLOTHING. OF CHARLESTON, ESTABLISHED IN 18 3 O, AT COMER OF EAST BAY AND QUEEN ST., AND NOW RE-OPENED AT NO. 219 KING STREET, "WEST SIDE, ONE DOOR SOUTH OF MARKET ? STREET, UNDER THE CARE OF THE SAME PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANTS, HAYE RECEIVED BURING THE past week a larj?e invoice of SEASONABLE CLOTHING, to fill np their Stock, and can now offer to purchasers choice and at? tractive styles of GARMENTS of all qualities. A1SO, BOTS' AND YOUTHS' CLOTHING, THE BEST SUPPLY TN THE CITY. FURNISHING GOODS. A FULL ASSORTMENT OF PURE LAMBS? WOOL AND MERINO SHIRTS AND DRAWERS. THE TAILORING DEPARTMENT well supplied with a variety of CLOTHS, BEAVERS, CASSIMERES, and TESTINGS, which can he made np under the su? pervision off a first-class FRENCH CUTTER, who is calculated to please every one that will favor us with their orders. WM. MATTHIESSEN, AGENT, E. W. McTTJRKOtrS, Saperixttsaiilem. November 2> WIRDU M MENKE, 4? err eu Mleibevma?)cvf MERCHANT TAILORS, No. 186 KING STRBET, ; THIRD DOOM ABO VE HORLBECR7S ALLEY. HAVE JUST RECEIVED THEIR NEW 8TOCE OE FAUL AND WINTER GOODS, consisting of th? finest FRENCH AND ENGLISH BROADCLOTHS, DOE SEINS, and a roll variety of the neatest and latest style patterns of CASHMERES, VELVETS, . SIXES, Ac., I Beaver and Esquimaux Cloths, for Overcoats, and a fal] supply of Medium Grade Clothe and Cassimerea for Bu? siness Suits. They are now prepared to make np Garments as cheap? ly as can he done in any Northern etty, and finished is the latest and moat fashionable styles, or in any style thal . may be desired.. . They respectfully invite their friends and the pabilo to eall and examine the stock for themselves. . AU orders will be promptly executed and good fite and prompt -workmanship -will be guaranteed. November "10 ' . . etutii2mo MISCELLANEOUS. December IS _sn Btnth November 37 RISLEY & CREIGHTON, SHIPPING ANB COMMISSION MERCHANTS, f ?' , AND .. I?Borigrs of f. Ma Pro?sce. ; GOB. EAST BAY AND ACCOMMODATION WBAJUT. 1 October l DRUGS,CHEMICALS, ETC. Market aili King Streets. ALFRED RAOUL, M. D.A. M. LYN AH, M. D. ARE CONSTANTLY RECEIVING FRESH AND well selected stocks ol DRUGS AND MEDICINES SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS PATENT MEDICINES TOILET AND FANCY ARTICLES PERFUMERY, SOAPS COMBS, BRUSHES, fcc., km.,. Which they ot>r to thc Public and the TRADE in gen? eral at tho LOWEST CASH TRICES. Call and examine our stock. PRESCRIPTIONS Put up at all hours, day and night, with the greatest care. j?S? Country orders nolicited. thstu November 8 A Treacherous and Deadly Foe!: JPA1N AID NOESES IN THE HEAD. Dr. Norton's Kew Eemedy FOR CATARRH, AND MODE OF TREATMENT IS THE AC:.FE OF PERFECTION. IT BREAKS UP THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE AT ITS Fountain Hoad, and removes at once nil the wretched symptoms of tliis loatliBcuuo malady, such as Pain in tho Templer, Offensive Dtohargcs, Obstruction of thc Breath? ing Tubes, Repulsivc Breath, Hnav-iiiiii; Sounds in the Ears, Absentmindedness, Mental Depression, Dimness o? Vision, Sore Throat, Hacking Coush; restores the scuso of Taste and Smell, and permanently cures thc disease in all its types, forms ami stages, with absolute certainty. This remedy and mode of treatment, like the disease, is peculiar. Lu consists ot" thc inhalation of harmless li? quids from tho palm of thc liand. The immediate relief it affords is alone wocth ten times thc cost of the reme? dies. Norton's New Pamphlet on Catarrh is out. Informa? tion never before published. Call at our nearest Agency, or send a stamp for it. Prepared by GEBKT NORTON, No. ll Aun-strptet,. New York. Drs. SAOUL & LYNAS, CITY APOTHECARIES, November 1 thsta6nio Agent for Charleston. No. 153 MEETING STREET,. (FORMERLY JOBS ASHHTflST AM t? CO.): GEORGE C. GOODRICH, ) PHILIP WIHEMAN, V SOUTH CAROLINA. JOHN ASHHURST, ) DRU GS, MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS? ATT. OP WHICH HAS BEEN SELECTED WITH CARE, AND WILL BE BOLD TO FIRST-CLASS BUY? ERS AT LOWEST PMCES. October 27 l-Angnst 11 6ow? BRIGS ?W MEDICINES. JUST RECEIVED, A Large and carefnlly selected Stock OF ?RUGS, MEDICINES, Fancy Articles, tWHICH IS OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC AT EED??OED PRICES. OUR MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS ARE IMPORT? ED directly from Manufactories, under the super? vision of experienced Chemists, which enables us to re? commend them as pure and reliable in strength. We keep on hand all articles to be found in a first-class Drug Store. Fresh additions are received by every steamer. ? 4?? PRESCRIPTIONS carefully put up. E. H. KELLERS & CO., No. 131 MEETING STREET, North of Market. E. H. KELLERS, M. D.H. BARR, M. D. December 3 A FEW WORDS OF COMMON . SENSE. ' . How few there are vho are not subject to some affection of the lungs or respiratory organs, who, by Neglecting premonitory symptoms, aggravate the complaint, until ' disease strikes its shafts, causing inexpressible torturo of the patient, and anxiety and distress to friends. "Only a cold I" "A slight sore throat 1" is the heedless rei?arkr of many when so affected.. Yes ;' "Only a cold," was tho thoughtless expression of thousands whom Death, has marked for his prey. Forewarned-Forearmed 1 should he the motto forever in the minds of all subject to Coughs, Colds, Catarrh, ox Influenza. Words of advice should be heeded by all suf? fering from Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption. Relief is within their reach; and, if neglected, fatal consequences ensue-a life of misery-a daily, hourly struggle for ex? istence. A contest tn which there can be but one vietop -Death! Does it not appal the strongest mind, to think of the result caused by neglect? Then why delay? What ex? cuse can be offered, when timely warning is sounded in your ears? When the danger is pointed out, whynot, avoid it? MABSDEN'S PECTORAL, BALM has been ussA with success in nearly s million of cases, and is endorsed! by the Medical Faculty ss the most prompt and effica? cious remedy that scientific research has discovered, to relieve and ours all cases of Coughs, Colds, Influenza, and Consumption, if the case is not beyond all hope. Even when the sufferer Is in the last stages, he will find relief by using this preparation. One bottle will con? vince the most incredulous, that tho merits of this prepa? ration are by no means exaggerated; in fact, fall far short of the eulogies bestowed upon it by thousands who b*y?>. been cured by its timely use. Aguazantes accompanies each bottle and dealers are instructed In every instance - to refund the money when this preparation fafliKfft re Heve. ^Prepared by T. W. MARSDEN, No. 487 Broadway-New:. Price, 50 cents snail bottle; $1 large size. KTNG & CAS8IEDEY7 ^-y^oteaate Agente, Charleston,^ . GOODRICH, WINGMAN & GQ. ." ?J-_11 TW^-Z110108810 Asenta. C?harieat?Wv And sn Retail Druggists. 3aio December E. M. WmTOTGry CORONER AND MAGISTRATE, "?TAS BUOYED HTS OFFICE FROM CHALMER? "^fL!?"2L?\ 33 CHURCH ?XIUEETTcSeaSi north ol Bros/i street. Angurtet