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^ ^ ' ' K ..... " . .... ... . - .... .I VOLUME IV.ITO. 448. CHARLESTON, S. C. FRIDAY MORNING-, JANUARY 25, 1867~ " " . PRICE FIVE CENTS. . - TELEGRAPHIC. Important from AVa?uiugton. NEW YORK, January 24.-A special to the New York Times savs th tfc, sinco November, loading EoUticians of the North and South, Republicans, .emocrats, cx-Confoderatcs, are alike working up a plan of conciliation between the North au.i South, and between the Exocutiva^and Congress, Suffrage and amnesty form tho bas? of the propo? sition. For instance, Soi:th Carolina will adopt massachusetts sufrago. The Presideut wi 1 issue an amnesty proclama tion, and South Carolina, under the Massachusetts suffrage, will elect loyal representatives, and Con gress will determino their admission. The Admin istration is seriously considering this proposition The Tribune's special Bays that Gen. Ashley is busily engaged in acc.-.miilating the evidence for the impeachment. The scheme for a Pacific Railroad through Texas and .uexico is assuming shape. 1'he scheme in volves large grants of land. Illexlcan News. NEW YOEE, January 24.-The steamship Eagle, from Havana, with datos to tho 19th. has arrived. Mexican news state that Maximilian is on his way to the Capital. The Revolutionists, under Garcia, were defeated near the City of Loon. A famous guerrilla, Carera, has been killed near Orizaba. There is no abatement of tho small pox at Ma tanzaB; there were seventy-three new cases on the 16th. The Government waa compelling vaccina? tion. Advices from Brownsville state that Esconedo, with the largest army yet assembled, is near Mon? terey. Several thousand dollars mid been raised in Matamoras for Cortinas. He savs that he will be Governor of Tamaulipas at all events. It is supposed that Cortina wal pronounce for Ortega. Juarez arrived at Barangoon the 26th December. He will establish, his capital at St. Louis Potosi. A ne?ro patrol, at Brownsville, shot a citizen and a policeman on the 16th. Mexican politicians claim that Ortega will be President if Maximilian leaves. Washington Sews. WASHINGTON, January 24.-General Thomas is ' here, and General Sheridan is expected soon. The Light House at Wade's Point, at the mouth of Pasquotank, Albemarle Sound, will be lighted on and after -Febebruary (J.h. It will be a fixed white light, with a thirty-five feet elevation. It is understood that the Spanish Government has received very kindly the overture of the Secre? tary of the State for mediation in the South Amer? ican war. That Government, howevor, has no official information of the result of a previous ten? der of mediation made by Great Britain and France. Generals Thomas and Sickles saw the President to-day. The galleries were densely crowded to-day to hear Mr. Stevens speak on the Enabling Act, but he gave way to Mr. Raymond, who wished to speak General Lewis, heretofore Chief Bureau Func? tionary in Tennessee, has been ordered to report to Gen. Selby, Chief Functionary in Georgia, as Assistant Adj atant General. General Gillam has been appointed Chief Bureau Functionary for Mis? sissippi. . . An official representation, that the Civil Rights Bill cannot be enforced in some parts of Arkansas for want of adequate force and competent courts, General Grant has ordered additional troops to ' General Ord, commanding in Arkansas. The President's veto of tho Nebraska and Colo? rado Bill is expected to-morrow. Gen. Howard has issued the following circular: "Hereafter and until further orders no fees or charges will be exacted by the officers of this Bu? reau for services rendered in making contracts be? tween freedmen and their employers, either in ex? amination, approving, witnessing or registering contracts or otherwise." He requests Assistant Commissioners to instruct their subordinates to the above effect. He recommends written con? tracts in all cases, as verbal contracts occasion much confusion. Bureau agents are urged to do all in their power to secure contracts for the freed? men, and in extending their service for this object they should let it be understood that they aro to be rendered without charge. Congressional. WASHINGTON, January 24.- In the United States Senate a petition was received from the Ohio wool growers asking increased protection; and from citizens of Indiana against currency curtailment. The Finance Committee have reported the Civil Appropriation Bill, with amendments. The Bill from the Committee on Commerce to prevent smuggling was passed. The Bill granting aid to tho Central and San Francisco Railroad was postponed until to-morrow. A large number ol' amendments were offered to the Tanff Bill, only one of which was accepted, adding to the free list books and maps for the public libraries. The Senate then adjourned. IQ ?tho House, after unimportant proceeding?, they took up t^e'Bill granting aid to an agricultu? ral college in Tennessee. Amendments to extend the provisions of tho Bill to all States provoked debate. Mr. Maynard disliked having Tennessee yoked to the Rebel States. : UT. Stokes also spoke, and was taunted with his earlier secession letters. He said that he had re? pented and had entered the Federal army, and also said that he was ready to enter tho saddle and stay there three years longer, vlion Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, said "On, bosh," and the regular report says in parenthesis (laughter). The Bill was further discussed, Mr. Kelly, of Tennessee, maintaining that his was the only Southern Stato with a Republican Government. South Corolina, Texas, and Co., ho maintained, were not States. As the debate progressed, an amendment was agreed to that no Confederate should bo a professor. The President was called a usurper. Mr. Cooper, of Tennessee, was called to order for calling Mr. Kelly, of Tennessee, a Uar, and the Bill then passed. The Enabling Act was then taken up. Tho Com? mittee of Ways and Means were instructed to in? quire into the expediency of repealing the Cot? ton Tax. Mr. Stevens said that he did not regret tb.3 length of time spent in debato on the Enabling BiL, but he found such diversity of opinion on his side of the House upon any question of recon? struction, that if he did not chango his mind he should relieve tho mind of the House of one question with regard to it by to-morrow calling it up and move to lay it on the table. - General News. FOBTBESS MONBOE, January 24.-Tho steamship Delaw-jre, from Charleston, has arrived here, short of coaL hay ng experienced heavy .weather. :BALTIMOBE, January 24.-The Maryland Legis? lature has repealed the law selling negroes for criir PB*. ADELPHZA, January 24.-The schooner Geo. B. Bears was abandoned at sea. Her crew was saved. NEW HAVEN, CONN., January 24.-Governor Haw? ley has been re-nominated by the Republic ns. MONTGOMERY, ALA., January 24.-Chief Justice Walker delivered the opinion of th j Supremo Court, reiterating that the State wns" a de facto government under the Confederacy. Guardians and administrators who invested in Confederate bonds or received the money in good faith, and all kindred transactions, are made valid by this de? cision. NASHVILLE, January.24.-The House lias passod the Militia Bill, providing that the cavalry regi? ments shall be composed of whites and b:acks for each Congressional District, subject to a call from the Governor. Also, a Bill erasing white from tho suffrage laws. - ? NEW OBLEANS, January 24.-Gov. Wells' mes? sage favors the adoption of the Constitutional Amendment. It assumes that Congress will de? mand impartial suffrage; denounces the police and the anti-conventionists for the July riots; urges an increased tax for the maintenance of the Stale credit; favors an appropriation of a portion of the school fund for the negroes; urges inducements for foreign emigration. Mexican advices show that the Liberals aro pressing forward as tho French leave. There ar? many fugitives, and a gencr il confusion. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., January 24.-Both Houses of the Missouri Legislature pray Congress to re? peal acts paying for,the services'of enlisted slaves. DENVEB CITY, January 24.-The Colorado Legis? lature have passed an act prohibiting negroes and mulattoes from serving as jurors over the Gov? ernor's veto. Governor Cumming, of Colorado, is en route for Washington. Domestic Markets. NOON DISPATCH. NEW YORK, January 24.-Flour dull and declin? ing. -Wheat dull and drooping. Corn dull, and in buyers* favor. Rice quiet. Oats dull and droop? ing. Pork heavy and lower; New Mess S20 85; for Western Old Mess $19 25al9 37. Lard drooping, inbblfl. 12?al3j. Whiskoy nominal. Barley quiet and steady. Poas nominal. Cotton, 33ia34 for Middling Uplands. Freights quiet and firm. Gold 84$; Exchange 9J; Sight 10; 5-20's of '62 Coupons 107-f; of '64, I05J; oViio, 1055; Ten-fort ios 99$; seven-tlucties ?0v?. Money 7 per cont. Stocks excited. EVENING DISPATCH. Money is easy at 7 per cent. There is considera? ble distrust among tue banks about lending mo? ney. The market is exceedingly heavy, and there ia a disposition to sell. Gold, 134$; "lO-40's, 99j?; 6-20's, of '62,107*; of'64,105?;do., of '65, 105$; new, 104?; 7-SO's, 104J; Missouri Sixes, 00. Cotton is without decided oliange. Sales 700 bales; Middling Uplands 33?a34c. Flour dull; the higher grades have decline'd 10al5c; State Si) 50a 12 30; Ohio $11 90al4; Western $9 50al3 CO; South? ern dull; prices unchanged. Wheat dull and low? er. Corn dull and declining; Mixed Western $116 al 18. Provisions dull and heavy. Whiskey quiet. Rice dull. Sugar stcadv; Ile. for Muscovado. Other groceries quiet and finn. Naval Stores dull. Turpentine 65ia67c. Rosin S4 25al0. Freights firmer. BALTE>IOP.E, January 24.-Flour dull; Western grades declined 25c. Wheat-Southern red. $2 75 ?13. Corn casie'-; white, $1 02(?1 03; yllow, 98c. SI, otherwise the market is unchanged. MOBILE, January 24.-Sales to-day 1300 bales. There ls a fair demand, buyers claiming lower prices. The market closed very weak. Middling SlCj, some sales lower. WILMINGTON, January 24.-Cotton dull 2nd nom? inal. ' AUGUSTA, Januarv 24.-Cotton declined ic. Sales 160 bales. Middling 30c. Holders firm. SAVANNAH, January 24.-Cotton market unset? tled. Exact quotations impossible. NEW ORLEANS, Januarv 24.-Cotton unchanged. Sales 5000 bales. Low Middling 31c; Middling 32c. LOUISVILLE. January 24.-Sales of 4C hhds. To? bacco; lev grades S2 C5a2 75. Superfine Flour $10. Prime Wheat $2 80. Com-shelled 70c.; in car 60c. Oats G5c. Mess Tori; $21 50. Primo Lard 12$c. in tierces. Bacon Shoulders 12c. Clear Sides 13?c. Hams lCc. Haw Whiskey $2 2D. Rio Coffee -?oe. Prime New Orleans Sugar 114 c. CIXCDCNATI, January 24.-nour unchanged_ Wheat du;l-holders contending for full prices. Corn duh. Ear 65; Shelled fil. Cotton heimat 31a Apddling, ?ut these rates aro nominal. WhiskeydullatS2 25, in bond. Mess Pork dull, nnd 50c. lower. Tho best city brandB offered at $20 50, but $20 is the best bid niado. Bulle Meats dull. Shoulders 7|c; Sides 9ic. ; Hams lOAc. Lard dull at 12c.al2?c-tho latter rate asked. There is some demand at 12c. Bacon Shoulders Ile. Packed Clear Sides in good demand; next week's delire ry 12|al3c. Groceries steadv. Sugar llkal?c Coffco 23c.a26c. AW ATROCIOUS MURDBR T1V LJSXItfGTOItf DISTRICT. POLL EXPLANATIONS OF THE JIUEDEB OP COLONEL STEEDJIAN. Wo have received the following letter from a aiost respectable citizen, giving the particulars in regard to tho above unfortanato affair: To (he Editor of the Daily Kevcs : Col. J. M. Steedman, in the vigor of his man lood, and in the midst of his usefulness as one of ;ho best of citizens, cam - suddenly to bis death inder tho following hearl '.ding circumstances, llustrattng the dcplorab e state or affairs to which >vr ono* peaceful and happy countty has come: Engaged in merchandizing in a part of Lexing ?on District, whore, since the termination nf tho var, it became necessarv to guard against tho de? fecations of burglars, ne and lue little family oc ?upied ap-trtments within his store. On the night if ibo 8tb January, as they were sitting around a )right wintor's fire, the doors a .d windows all ?olted or locked, seeming to give security to all with n, tho dogs, as faithful sentinels, gave'evidence of .pproaching danger without. The Colonel arose, dvanced toward the front door, when his wife, a laug council "from her fears," from information hat day derived from a negro woman, of which he had also advised tho colonel, remonstrated pith him against the imprudenco of opening it, legging him, instead, to go up stairs and look out t tho window; but this fearless man, having faced langer on many a bloody field during the late war, low that peace prevailed, regarding it asweaknoss tot to feel secure within his own castle, heeded iot her Kentle admonition. He had barely nlocked and openod tho door, when his de oted wife's worst fears woro fully realized y tho report of a gun, the entire load from b having lodged in her husband's body. Ho till, however, retaining a proper presence ol' lind, had barely tune to close and bolt tho door efore the vile assassins-three negro men-were Sundering at it, to force an entrance. The Colo el called for his gun; thu resolute wife hastily anded it to him. He w urned the assailants that o sure as they entered he would shoot them. Still liey knocked, kicked and pushed the door to open ;; tho wounded Colonel and his feeble, though re olute wife, pressing in return to keep it closed. That an awful moment ! 'The Colonel, being no mger able to stand or use his gun, laid his dying ody against the foot of tho door, still to aid his ife in keeping it closed, directing her at the same mo to shoot them if they entered. Declaring loud hor purpose to do so, she called the name of no of tbe fiends, the supposed-leader of the band, nd told bim to go away; that if money was what iey wore after, they could get none there, as all ad' been sent away. This, perhaps, with the fear lat the Colonel was still ab.o to resist, and would nto death, caused them to desist from further Sorts. Tho Colonel lived but about three hours fter receiving tho fatal wotuid; his wife and two tt.o children, with perhaps a nurse, beiug the nly witnossos of the awful scenes within that be lagured houso, not knowing how soon it might bo St on fire, and that then they would havo to lioose between being burned alive or meeting eath bv tho violent hands of the murderers of thu usband and father, there lying a corpse. The day after the murder a jury of inquest was ropurly ?mpannelled by tho nearest magistrate, id. succeeded in drawing out such evidence from irions witnesses as justified the rendering a vor ict that they believed tho d eceased came to his 3ath by a wound from a gua, fired firm the hands ' one of a party of three negroes-Henry, rnery and Joe-known to have been prowling )out the neighborhood doing mischief, and all ol' bom the jurors aforesaid believed to haro been irtics to this infamous crime of murder with in ntion to rob. The two former went off with Sherman's army id had but recently returnod to this part ot tho luntry-entirely too lazy to work for an honest ring, and fully inibuod with thc Radical idea of mality, boastingly tolling other negroes of tho irious murders they had committed, and saving tat they had papers from tho "Yankees" which auld proteo'- them from harm, do what they Duld, should the white people here attempt to olest them. Of course they found but few bo? wers m their miraculous stories. Still it appears >ey succeeded in making a dupe of the fellow >o, who became involved with them in this their st sad transaction. This, I presumo, is not tho only instance in bich returned "loyalists" havo succeeded in irking upon the evil passions of those who, hav? er Btuck to tho "manor born," would havo been Jisfied, even under tho changed systom of ings, to have "earned their bread by tho sweat ' their brow." I am glad, however, to be able to sure you that in tliis instanco these returned oyalists" havo received no sympathy from any of 0 colored race, except tho too oasily beguiled ie, as already statod. On tho contrary, tboir American fellow-citizens of African descent" have anifested a laudable disposition to ferrot out eir lodging places and havo them brought to ndign punishment-many doclaring that burn? ip t J doath would bo but a just reward for thou* famous crimes. , Great was the excitement when tho neighbors id friends of the deceased assembled tho day ter thc murder, and learned all the incidents tending it. Tho deed-so much O? teemed by I-could not be brought again to I'.'o and useful iss ; but how to avenge the infamous ? crimes of s murderors, the destroyers of tho bright hopes tho now widowed wife and orphaned children, is the ail-absorbing question 1 It was ascor ined from a negro that tho villain Emery, with srhaps both the others, had flod early in tho ght,-shortlv after tho report of the gun was sard-f'r Aiton. Active, energetic, determined ?ung men were soon started iii pursuit ; but tho ectric spark, from Quattlebaum's Mills-tho iarest telegraphic oflice-had already accom ished tho good work, in part, before their arrival, be citizens, who had got the news soon after, se ired him as a prisoner. Ho confessed not only L but told where Henry had gone, a few miles f. He, too, was soon secured, and acknowledged ing the fatal gun, and that robbery was their uy motive. Joe made good hid escape, and has )t* been captured, BO far as I havo heard, but irties have boen in close pursuit. Those two prisoners wero brought back to where iey had committed so foul a murder, that even leur hardened consciences smote them. Implor g forgiveness from the poor bereaved woman, nose happiness they hail destroyed, she answor 1 them in tho true sentiments of her bleeding uart, "Never in this world can I forgive you 1' bey were soon marched away, toward Lexington il, in tears. I know nc thing" farther of this mat ;r. This much I think is strictly true. I havo heard ,her rumors, but rumors will not always justify >ing recorded in truth. v I had writ on tho most of this article boforo I a sw the account of this samo murder in your pa- c ;r of the 18th, copied from the Edgefiold Advor- , Ber, a paper gonerally corroct in its statements, t it not altogether so in this case, as regards some f ! the incidents connected with this foul murder. ( Louisville, January 20,1867. P. Q. P GEN. ZOLLICOFPER-ANNTVEBSAE? OP HIS DEATH he Memphis Commercial, of Sunday, says : Yesterday, the 19th, five years ago, Gen. Zolli )ffor fell at the head of hi's column in the disas ous affair^ of Mill Springs, Kentucky-perhaps etter known as Fishing Creek. Until ho foll the oops under him acted nobly, in the face of supc or odds, but immediately afterward broko, and ie field was lost. The 15th Mississippi and the )th Tennessee, and perhaps another rogiment. eld out a Bhort time, and wero compelled to fall ack; the others were armed with flint-lock mus ets aud shot-guns chiefly; their powder was wet om a soaking rain and the swimming of a creek, ad they were hardly to blamo for giving way, al loughthov were severely censured, and the sub ?ct caused many a bitter word among tho troops fterwards. ? The defeat was tho moro significant as it was ie firBt of a long series which befell tho Confeder to cause in the earl}' part of 1802. Thc retreat .om Mill Springs to Murfreesboro', across swollen ivers and creeks, over mountains and through arrow gorges, will never bo forgotten by thoso ho were of the mini ocr, and the writer can say though not boastingly) that ho was there. Tho 'hole affair was misrepresented in many material oints at the time, and has never been fully under? took by tho public since. It was during that re feat, which was unnecessarily precipitate, that wo card of the evacuation of Bowling Groen and the vii of Forts Henry and Donelsou, but without fol jwing tho history of thc camp;* ign, wc may con? tado DY expressing tho opinion that the fortunes f the day, on the 19th of January, 18C2, had moro 9 do with the disasters which followed than pcoplo encrally havo supposed. It is thc day from which ne downfall of tho Southam Confederacy may be ated. With General Zollicoffcr, a groat and good aan, fell thc State of Tennessee. Ail Englishman's idea of America was well cx mpl ifiod by thc arrival ot a young cockney from .ondon. last week, at the Clarendon Hotel, New fork, aiid his appearance at tho oftico early thc allowing morning, with an American rifle he had inrchased at home, and tho confidential question, il say, now. my doab fellah, aro they any of thc iloody Indians ?bout ? I want to havo a crack at omo" of the n, you know. I bought this rifle to 10 that sort of thing, do you soe."' Tho Parisians, Michel B?hm and J. Gross eulo tave applied to the Secretary of tho Interior for a ?cense for digging in the woods of Bondy after a roasure. said to have been buried there, in tho isaes of the first French Revolution, consisting, .ccording to their stitemont, of diamonds, jcwcl ., plate and immense sums of coin, thev value .t 20,000,000 franca. Tho Minister granted the ?censo, and they havo been out already eight diys, .ssisledby a large number of workmen, without biding anything. They will resumo tboir work .fter Christmas. Our Washington Letter. [SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DAHL'S NEWS.] SNOWED UNDER. WASHINGTON, January 21, 1867.-Washington is cut oil*! This calamity, many times experienced during the late war, and whoso apprehension was a constant source of nightmare to the denizonB of tho District until "tho Johnnies wont marching home," is now received with bad grace, and none of the trepidation that used to mark the samo re? sult, whan tho boom of EARLY'S cannon was tho electrical bulletin that announced ino severance of the Hes that bound Washington to the North. There is said to be mountains of snow between here and New York, and impeding avalanches from New York to Boston. At all events, we have re ccivod no mails from there these th?ce days past, and but straggling, deferred returns from the South and West. And now, to make tho seal of our solitudo doubly impervious to tho humane en? deavors of th 3 iron-horse to force a passage, a terrific storm has swept over our own borough, and blocked every avenue of approach for miles about. Such an extreme stress of weather has not been known in Washington for a quarter of a century, and tho loss to farmers, resulting there? from, is destined to be very great. Already there has been heavy losses of stock from the extreme cold and frequent snows, and this last storm will ho followed by similar misfortune in a heavier de? gree. THE RADICALS AND THE SUPREME COURT.' Last summer, about the time tho Civil Bights Bill was pending, the Bache?is became apprehen? sive that the Supreme Court might not agree in the constitutionality of the hap-hazard legislation thon going forward in both Houses, and thoreupon passed a Bill, which they seemed- to have thought ivould remedy tho possibility of such non-cohcur renco. Tho measure in question provided that whenever vaeancics by death transpired on the jonch, they should not bo filled until tho number )f Justices was reduced below seven, and then ap? pointments should only be mado with reference to naintaining the latter number-two less than at present. Sinco tho promulgation of the late do? nnions, denying tho validity of tho test oath and nilitary commissions in territory not tho scene of var, the Radicals seem to have been affected with ta entiro revulsion of judgment in regard to con lummating tho subserviency of tho Supremo tri mnate to tho Congressional power. It is now iroposed to add two (instead of substracting) to ho bench, by increasing the number of districts. It is undoubtedly promised, under these circum jtances, that tho impeachment project is to suc? ceed in decapitating Presidont Johnson, and that Jen. Wado, hoing raised to tho succession, will ippoint a braco of justices to the Supreme Court, md thus dostroy the balance of purity and impar iality that now pertains to that tribunal, by a uajority of ono only. In every momentous issue hus far, in which the question of politics haB been loncerned, Chief Justice Chase has invariably led ?fi* in dissenting opinion, backed by three associate usticos, in which the arguments were partisan .nd almost exactly similar to tho Badi cal argu aonts that may have sustained tho passage of the [leasure whose validity was denied. If lam not tii?taken, there will be the Aocessity of appointing , new Chief Justice within tho coming two years, or the incumbent is on that trail that loads to the .residency, and will stake all in wresting a nomi? nation from his party. Thc judicial pleadings latc v given from the "wool-sack" in tho interest of ho madness of the hour, aro not to bo lightly re? garded, and, to my mind, it will be concurred in 868 that tho only gift commensurate with such aerific? of oath and conscionce, ?B the Presidency, owards which thoso who know Mr. Chase havo in iubi table proof, that bc aspiros as never candidato id before. A FLUTTER IN FINANCES. Tho House committees, meddlesome and pro umptuons to tho last nogrco, seem bound to ause a commercial panie in ono lino or an? ther. This vicissitude) is most likely to spring L-oin the action of the Committees on Bank ig and Currency, and tho Ways and Means, oth of which aro affected with overweening de - ire to try every imaginable experiment in the way f evolving new laws regulating tho finances of lie country, besides giving themselves up to tho imorselesB pleasure of tinkering with tho method heady in vogue. Both of theso Committees were n Saturday afternoon treated to a call from Mr. icCnlloch, who sought the interview with an idea f elucidating to thoso profound Marplots of'suc essful financiering where they were wrong, and .hero it was all-important that ho should bo ai? med to remain r gilt. Ho had also to declare hat, despite tho symmetry of thoory and adm?ra? le classification ?f commercial interests; embra od in Mr. Commissioner Welles' now Tariff Bill, ; would not, if passed, produce, in tho Secretary's pinion, much moro than one-half the internal ovonue derived under tho law at present in opo ition. lt is hard to say what will bo tho effect of theso ouncils upou tho Coinmii leo, for just now they ro led hither and thithor by swarms of lobby pro jctionists seeking to hodge every imaginable in arcst, and averring that if their demands aro not cccdcd to, legions of manufacturers and opora ivos remain at homo ready to retaliate upon Cou ress bv au incontinent desertion of tho Radical anks. - Thus harassed from day to day, the Com littoo only advance duriug ono mooting, to rctro rade iu affright at thc next. Stability is unknown :> its membors, and, under the influences to which iioy provo themselves susceptible, their manipu ition of tho Tariff Bill becomes Hie veriest trifling. j which tho country at largo cannot long remain stranger. Tho other Committoo, on Banking nd Currency, aro sorely noii-phisscd in the dis ovcrv that upon thom may descend the rosponsi ility'of ousting Socrotary McCulloch from tho labinot. For sonio weeks they have been giving superficial attention to a bill looking to tho witji? ra wal of National Bank circulation, and substri? ng legal tenders. Within a day or two, thoy avo had the subject under moro animated dis nssion, and about determined to report to tbo [ouse favorably, when thoy aro informed that liould tho bill in quostion become a law, it will rc iilt in Mr. McCulloch s imm?diat? retirement from io Troasury-that officer very properly holding lat if a great colossal system, liko that of tho atablisliment of National Banks, is to be put in pcration ono year and abrogated in tho one that illowa, it will bo useless for tho master of nation 1 finances to affect to tho people that ho ia guided v any line of policy that will bo enduring, or not icclv to bo swept from his control, like tho repeal roposod for tne.National Banks. Tho measure rhich was to havo boon reported to-day, now goes ack to its pigeon bolo in tho Committee Room, ud tho Committee itself romain irresolute and uroly discomfited. HE INITIATION OF."NIGHT SESSIONS" OF CONGRESS AND WHAT IT PORTENDS. Both Houses of Congress havo informally d .tor dned to hold night sossious, not for dobato only, ut for business, from this out. Saturday alao, 'hieb has boon a day of adjournment gon?rally, is ow to bo inaugurated a regular working day for otb bodios. This simply moans that, m party onclave, tho Radicals havo concluded that au ?m cachment trial is likely to occupy tho last ond of li? BOSS on, anil that, therefore, it will bc in the ourso ol' provident legislators to set thoir rospect .'0 bouses in order for tho undivided attention iiat will bo demanded whonever that cheerful vent procipitatos itsolf, SORRATT'S ARRTVAL. Th;* Navy Department expects the gunboat Sa? ra tra, upon which John Surratt is embarked, to rrivo at this port in about eight days. Ho will bo onfincd in tho Arsenal building," tho samo in vhich his mother, Atzerodt, Herold, Payne, and h e rest wore incarcerated, from which tho four iret named woro lod to execution. Tho Judiciary Joramittee of tho House havo determined to call lurratt as a witness as soon as ho sets foot on ?boro, now anticipating that they will be able to luucefrom the trepidatod testimony of Surratt ho proof thoy have sought unavailingly to ostab ish as to tho complicity of Jefferson Davis with he plot of assassination. VIDEX. Our New York Letter. [FROM OUU SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, January 21.-TX thoro be such r. per ?on as tho oldest inhabitant of any place; if thoro JO such a person hero, and if he had walked out u tho streets to-day, he must have acknowledged that never within his memory had he over expe rieced such uncompromisingly and emphatically disagreeable weather; and as this thought passed through his mind he must have slipped and cursed ind slipped again, onco more to blaspheme and then to fall. Yesterday it was all woU and good mough; thc snow lay jiiled up docply in the streets Mid tho mauy sleigh-riders had a joyous time; but last uight a disagreeable chango came ovor the spirit of om' dream, thc weather clerk fast favor? ing us with a very severe snow storm and then a Irenchiug rain. Tho new snow, falling on the old, piled up in beautiful style, but tho rain then fell, lind tabing froze; so that to-day we walk upon ico und slush, and slip three timos'in ovcrv lour stops. Moultrie himself an hour ago lay in tl?o middle of Broadway at tho mercy of rccltlcss and ill-tem? pered stage drivers. It is almost impossible to ?et along, in fact I have never seen such weather before, und hopo never again to suffer under the slings and arrows of such an outrageons com? mingling of snow, icc and slush: Tho" street cars make less headway even than pedestrians, and as badas thc walking is, people who aro in a hurry pot out of the cars and slide and slip and skate along. The worst part ol' tho business is, that the snow is so deep that it is probable thai it will last au unpleasantly long time, oven, till more falls lo inako matters slill worse. This is au agc of progress. Tho great excite? ment of lite hour is tho proposed Pneumcter Rail? way, to run under ground from one end of New York to the other, and to run uudor water between this city, Jersey and Brooklyn. The thing has been tested iii Loudon, and ha's proved a success. You take your scat in a car which stands innocent? ly at ouc end of a dark tunnel. Tho signal is given, and-presto J lo ! behold yon aro out at tho other end in an exceedingly short spaco of time. Yow arc not propelled by steam, iou aro not pulied along by horses; rut you arc sucked alons by a current of air. You arc sucked along as von would suck a diminutive piece of lemou peel through a sherry cobbler tubo. Ymi aro literally sucked in, though not so, figuratively speaking, for voutravol at tho rata of one hundred miles por hour, and there is no danget of a boiler bursting, as no boiler is UBcd. It is proposed 'hat ooo terminus bo erected near tho City Hall Park, from which one lino is nra through Chatham and New Chambers stroct to James' Slip, thence across to Brooklyn; another to go down Chambers sfcroet, take a plunge under the Hudson, and make its appearance in Jersey City. Next comes the grand lino under tho city itself-running under jBroachvay- accessible to passengers by stations a half milo apart, having spiral stops leading downwards to the track. Tho cars will be similar to those used in England, and will bo furnished most luxuriously. Each train will be large enough to carry three hundred passen? gers; and it has been computed that there will bo a sufficient number of trains to accommodate one milb'on passengers daily. Tho route proposed is from City Hall rark up Broadway (up and under) to Union Square, then up Madison Avenue to Forty tbird, noxt across to Pifth Avenue, and thonco up to Harlem Lane, and even up as high as McComb's Bridge. Another great project on hand, or on foot, is the now gas arrangement, whereby the entire State is to be supplied with gas manufactured at the coal pita, and conveyed through mains to evory city, bwn, and village in tho State. This will reduce the price of gas nero to about one-fourth its pres? ent cost. r A chess tournament has been going on for Borne tune past at thc Now York Chess Club, but as it is jpon to all comers who choose to pay two dollars, ind as each player is to contest throe gamea with jvery other player, it is probable that tho touroa nont may fast till-woll, till the South be recon itructod to tho satisfaction of tho Eadicals. There s some bttlo excitement, however, arising from he contemplated return match between Boochlin, >f Philadelphia, and Captain Mackonzie, of this itv. The last named gentleman is probably (next oMorphy and'Paulson) the strongest player in he United States. A few evenings ago' a man named McManas cn ered a gambling hell, whore, to his aurpriso and ndignation, he found, a half dozon lads inclua riously engaged at pl y in tho scientific game of lokor. He was BO shocked at the eight of these 'oung lads in the old hell that he reported tho levil who kept tho hell, and got him ni a-great. leal of trouble. The hell landlord hod to give ?ail to tho tune of $500 for appearance EU court. Every seat in tho house has been sold, for tho Iamlut and Booth presentation, to take place to? morrow night, except a fow what tho speculators lOld at their own prices. Tbe medal is of gold, logan tly finished, and stamped with a head; irhethor intended to represent Shokspcaro or tooth, I cannot toll, as I caught but a glimpse of t this morning, at Tiffany's window, whore quito number of persons were intent upon its oxami lation. i'he weather is no t quito so cold as it has boon, nt the slippery stroets remind us that it is still be winter-of our diacontont. MOULTRIE. IMPORTANT DECISION.-THE FREEDMAN'S BUBEAU ?ECIDED TO HAVE No VALIDITY IN KENTUCKY. [on. K. Hawes, Judgo of tho Bourbon County !ourt, has just rendered a decision, which ia of nusual importance, and which, if sustained by the igher courts, as we doubt not it will bo whon ju icially tested, will effectually destroy tho power f tho Freedmen's Bureau throughout the State The decision was rendered in tho caso of a color d woman, Harriet Hurley, who came, by her attor ey, J. Lawrence Jones, before the court, praying writ of habeas corpus against Dudley Cummins, 'ho, under color of an indenture *of apprcn iceship by tho Bureau, was, as sho allcgod, sstraining of their liberty two minors-her bildren. The case coming, on for a hear lg, tho Hon. Judge hell that tho provisions f the Freedmen's Bureau wero not applicable to I?8 State, but were cl?arly intended to apply to iiose States only, which .woro in rebellion, and 'hero tho ordinary process of the law was suspeud d by armed force. Kentucky had not been m re ellion, but was, through the whole period of tho 'ar. a loyal State, and aa such waa rcprosontcd in io Congress of. the United States, and only dur lg the temporary occupancy of Kontucky hy tho ?bol forces in 1802 Was the ordinary process of io law suspended.. Hence tho court could not rc ard tho provisions of tho Bureau law as applicable ) this State, md declared all contracts of ap ronticeship by agents in Kentucky to bo null and oid. Tho children, in conformity with thc above iews, woro ordered to be reiuandod to theil' tother.-Paris Kentuckian, nth. North Carolina Items. FIRE.-Tho alarm of fire yesterday morning was ccasioncd by tho burning of a hole in tho roof of io residence of Mr. H. M. Bishop, on Sixth, bo? reen Chestnut and Mulberry Htreots, which was meed by sparks from tho chimney. Tho firo was iscover?d before it had mado any progress of mscquence, and prompt action being taken it as almost instantly extinguished, otherwise tho estmction of proporty would have been great, wing to tho scarcity of water in that quar.cr. We think it is due the citizens residing in that icality, that somo measures should bo taken by ie city to construct cisterns for their convenience i tim? of fires. In tho prosent condition of af-.| LITS they are at the mercy of tho TISmS?fr8inrpty ccauso of the difiicultios which exist in the way I procuring a sufficiont quantity of water to make ?oir efforts availing.- Wilmington Journal. ANOTHEE MUEDEBOUS OUTBADE.-On Saturday ,st, Edward Evans, Esq., residing in Chinkapin ?strict, Jonos county, was shot, probably mortal r, under tho following circumstances: Ho anu bis ttlo son had been to market in this city, with is horso and cort, and on their return home, hon about sixtcoa miles from Newborn, near arkor Brancb 0 .urch, a nogro man stepped ont ? tho woods and deliberately shot him, it is feared lortally. Mr. Evans' son, though terribly fright icd, had presence of mind enough left to whip io horse and so got safely off, taking his wuund 1 father with him. How long is this deplorable condition of affairs j be pormitted V SMALL Pox.-Thoro is now no caeo of small pox ithin the limits of this town, and there has been a now caso for tho past ton (lays. Some eight or in negroes have had tho diseaso-ono, only, iod. and ho from exposing himself. No whito arson has had it_Charlotte Democrat. MARRIED, At Summerton, Clarendon District, 8. C., on Wednss ly evening, lGth innt., by tho Rev. C. S. VEDDKH, JAMES . UARS'J N and Kl?ZIA JANE, daughter of "WM. C. CK KS, EBCl. J?- Thc Relative?, Friends and Acquuin nccB cf Mr. and Mrs. WM. J. FICKLLNO aro invited to ttend tho Funeral Borvicea of tho former, at their rcsi ?nce, No. 33 Spring street, This Eocning, at Four o'clock, i th out further invitation. * January 25 German Friendly Society. At a Regular Macting of the Oerman Friendly Society, 9ld on Wednesdny evoning, 23d instant, tho following wombles and Resolutions were unanimously adopted ; Whereas, hy thc inscrutable decree of a*i All-wiao Pro? vence, we, as a Society, have been called upon l:o re? nd thc death of a most oathnablo and worthy member f our Socloty. Mr. C. F. MATTEIES SEN vraa born at Altona, near [amburg, in Germany, on tho Slat of August, 1778, and rrivod In thia city 1799. He became a member of this Society on thc 16th of ugust, 1815, and died January 20th. 18C7, lo his eighty intb year, being near fifty-two years a member and se ond on tho Roll; during which timo lie was an active ad industrious promoter of the honor and welfare of the ociety. Tho funeral services were performed by the ;?v. Tr. BACHMAN, ot the English Lutheran Church, ami ls remains were interred in tho Magnolia Cemetery. in his private relations of life he was unobtrusive and xemplary^ and was endeared to us by the tics of regard nd ostcom. His virtues and usefulness will long bo re icinbered, and, na a feeble evidence ol' roapect, there? se, bo it Resoled, That, aa a lokon of tbe hi ?li respect the Society ntertains for thc oxaltcd virtue and private worth of our eccascd friend, a Blank Pago in the j oumul ho dedicated 0 lils memory. Resolved, That, in common with our fellow-citizens, wo ondolo with the family of the deceased, in the a?licting leroavemeut they aro called upon tn sustain. Resolved, That the Secretary furnish a copy of these iroceedings to thc family of the decouacd, and thal they te published. JOHN A. BLUM, !? cere tu ry. ?in Scittfdjcr s&<a?? Silt) am SNonlag, ben 'Jislen Sanit?r u?rt)ilf'i? rei lil i l h c I m S $ r eb c r, iScfc vc-u fl ina. imb fine strafte, ftattftnben. Vine <yreunbe nub SJcFaunte fin? Tgebcnft etngeUuxn. Sn?una, 7 lltyr ted ?bcnt*. Gin= ritt?preitf SI. January 22_' ?itufin* RISLEY & CREIGHTON SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, AND Iijortcrs of W, India Proiiiice. COR. EAST BAY AND ACCOMMODATION WHARF. October 1 _ THE . SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY Office No. Uv Meeting street. CONNECTIONS WITH ALL Railroads Throughout TUE UNITED STATES. Every attention given to the sale Transmission of Freight, Money, and Valuables. WILL CALL FOR AND DELIVER FREIGHT TO ANY POINT IN THE CITY FREE OF CHARGE. II. E. PLANT, Pr?;?hl?nt, April 10 Augusta, Ga. SPECIAL NOTICES. SST CONSIGNEES PER MERCHANTS' LINE Steamor ADELE, from Baltimore, aro notified tho' aha is discharging Cargo at Brown & Co.'a South Wharf. Corn or other gooda remaining on tho wharf at sunset will be positively stored at owners' risk and expense. STREET BROTHERS & CO., Agents. January 24 2 JOGS' CONSIGNEES PER STEAMER ADELE, from Baltimore, aro notified that they must sign the General Average Bond at our office before their goods will be delivered. STREET BROT HEES & CO., Agents. January 24 2 J83- COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS.-OR DERED, That Saturday, the 2Cth inst, be appointed as SENTENCE DAY and for tho call of ?io CONTINGENT DOCKET, and that tho Clerk of the Court give nofcico to bis effect through tho public journals. By order of Judge DAWKINS. J. W. BROWNFIELD, C. G. S. and C. P. January 24 #S~ BOOKS FOR SUBSCRIPTION TO THE Capital Stock of tho Charleston and Florida Steam Packet Company will be oponed at tho office of Messrs. J. D. tTKEN & CO., on South Atlantic Wharf. Information of the purposes and prospects of the Line rill bc furnished to thoso persons desiring to subscribe. January 23 ? 4 Jg-WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE 1 M. WHITING, Esq., os a candidate for Sheriff of Marleston (Judicial) District, at the next election. September 10 SS- ELMORE MUTUAL INSURANCE COM 'AN Y.-Tho Stockholders havipg detorrolned at a meet Qgnold on Monday, 7th inst, that tho .affairs of tho lompany SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY WOUND UP, all arti ea holding Policies aro requested to call and have lie same cancelled without delay, and receive thc quota f the premiums paid by them for the unexpired periods f their pDliciea. By order of Boord of Directors. January 10 JOSEPH WHELDEN, Secretary. AS-NOTICE.-I, KATE DOUGLAS, WIPE OF 7TLLTAM H. DOUGLAS, now residing at No. 2 King trcet, and carrying on tho retail business, give notice iat In ono month from the dato hereof I will act as a OLE TRADER. KATE DOUGLAS. JAKUAHY Sra, 1867. ' Imo January 8 MESSRS. FREEMAN k PUNDT HAYING located to me a Deed of Assignment for tho benefit cf ?elr creditors, a meeting of the same is respectfully ro nestcd at my omeo, No. 10 Broad-street, on Thursday, it February, ot 5 o'clock P. M., to appoint an Agent to :t with tho undersigned. PHILIP H. KEGLER. January 21 J8S- THE HEALING POOL AND HOUSE OF OBCY.-HOWARD ASSOCIATION REPORTS, for irang Mon, on the ORIM? OF SOLITUDE, and tho P.ROES, ABUSES and DISEASES which de a troy the lanly power?, and create impediments to MARRIAGE, Ith sure means of relief. Sont in sealed letter en dopes, free of charge. Address Dr. J. 8KTLLIN OUGHTON, Howard Association, Philadelpuia, Pa. January 15 3mo 1?-NOTICE TO CREDITORS.-OFFICE OF LASTER IN EQUITY, 15TH JANUARY, 1867.-Pursuant i th c order of Chancellor LESESNE, made in the cause * wnrSCHEN vs. CORDES, notice is hereby given to io creditors of HENBY WITTBCHEN, deceased, to como i and prove beforo tho undersigned, their demands rainst the Estate of tho said testator, on or beforo the ith day of March, 1367, or bo deborred from any benefit f Ihedecroo above modo in tho case. JAMES TUPPER, January 18 f8 ^ Master in Equity. 1ST THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILLIAMSBURG DISTRICT-TN EQUITY-VENUS LAKELY AND PHILLIS STAGGERS vs. JOHN J. ISDALE, EXECUTOR, ET AL.-BILL FOR PARTITION ND ACCOUNT_Ii appearing tc my satisfaction that AWRENCE H. BELSER and MARY ANASTATTA, his ile, two of the Defendants in the abovo stated caso, aro vent from aud without the limits of this State, it in, a motion of SAMUEL W. MAURICE, Complainant's So citor, ordered that thc said absent Defendants do op ear, plead, answer or demur, to tho said Bill within ir ty days from the publication hereof, or the samo will Q taken pro cortfesso as to them. _ . B_.C._LOGAN, - T> -acoten" fnJSqulty, WUlianftlburg District January 18_' V.._._6f_ SST NOTICE TO CREDITORS.-OFFICE OF [ASTER IN EQUITY, ICth January, 1867.-Pursuant to io order of Chancellor LESESNE, mada in the causo of rutschen vs. Cordes, notice ls horeby given to tho Crod ors of HENRY WITTSCHEN, doeeasod, to como in and rove, beforo the undersigned, their demands against ic Estate of tho said Testator on or boforo tho 15th day I March, 18G7, or be debarred from any benefit of tho scree above mado In the COBO. JAMES TUPPER, January 25 fO Master In Equity. jg?- TO SEA ISLAND PLANTERS AND FAC OR8.-Tho subscriber will gin on toll all cotton Bent 5 "BECKETT'S Plantation," on Slono River, and thou jrward by steamers that pasB several tunca a week to lharleston. Price 5 conte a pound. Rufer to ROPER & TON EY. THEO. A. BECKETT, January 21 mwf?* _John's Island. jfcw* CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, CHARLES :ON_Tho Members (colored) of this Church were rcg ilarly dismissed from thc three Whito Baptist Churches f this City, to form a separato Church. They oro wor hiping for thc present at Bonum's nail, John street, lotwcen Alceting and King. Thoy bava purchased ? lot, nd aro soliciting contributions to enable thom to erect a louse of Worship. They aro behoved to bo piouH and worthy persons, and heb: object is respectfully commended to all who havo ho ability and disposition to aid such enterprises. Tho allowing members of thc said Church havo boon author zodtomoko collections: CHAULES SMALLS, THOMAR A. >AYIB, EnwABD HAIG, DANIEL D. MCALPIN, JOHN BEE, nd SAMUEL STEWARD. Charleston, S. C., Juno 27, 186S. Rev. LUCIUS CUTHBERT, Pastor Citadel Square Church. Rev. E. T. WINKLER, Pastor United Church. V^T?ERY. j bacons Chjdol Square VILLIAM G. WHTLDEN,) WIUTLH. January 4 fmw^moB ?3* BEAUTIFUL HAIR.-CHEVALIER'S jlFE FOR THE HAIR positively restores gray hair to ta original color and youthful beauty; imparts lifo and strength to thc weakest hair; stops its falling out at >nco; keeps tho head clean; is unparalleled as a hait tressing. Sold by all Druggists and fashionable hair Jressera, and at wy office, No. 1123 Broadway, Now fork. SARAH A. CHEVALIER, M. D. January 4_3moa JOS"AWAY WITH SPECTACLES.-OLD EVES nade new, without .Spectacles, Doctor or Medicine. ?anipblot mailed free on rocoipt ol' ten cents. Address EL D. FOOTE, M. D., No. 1130 Broadway, Now York. November 0._. ?3- ARTIFICLVL E?ES.-ARTIFICIAL HU? MAN EYES made to order and inserted by Dra. F. BAUCH and P. GOUULEMANN" (formerly employed by [IOISSONNEAU, of Taris), No. TO9 Broadway, Now York. April 14 lyr XSPCOLGATE'S HONEY SOAP.-THIS CELE URATED Toilet Soap, in such universal demand, is mmle from the choieost materials, is mild und cmol* lioiit in its nature, fragrantly scouted, and ex? tremely bcnelicial in its action upon the skin. For jaie by all Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers. February/?_ _ _ lyr ?5T BATCHELORS HAIR DYE.-THIS 5FLENDID HAIR DYE is tho best in tho world. The only true and perfect Dye-harmless, reliable, lnstau taneoua. No disappointment. No ridicidoua tinta. Natural Black or Brown. Remedies tho ill effects of Had Dyes. Invigorates thc hair, leaving it aoft and beautiful Tho genuino is signed William A. Batcltelor. All others ave mere imitations, and should bo avoided. Sold by all Druggists and Perfumera. Factory, No. 81 Barcley street, Now York. J?S- BEWARE OF A COUNTERFEIT. Dcceinoer 111 lyr . '" IBJI IB " '-' ??ead thc Certific?te of Kev. R. T. Flualiu. To Da. 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HODSON, MICHIGAN, August 30.13(16. January 21 SHIPPING. FOR LIVERPOOL..-THE SUPE? RIOR copperedship CONFIDENCE, W.John? ston master, having a large portion of her cargo aboard, ?will be dispatched for the above port For fnrthor froight engagements apply to W. B. SMITH k CO., January 10 Union Bani Building. FOR NEW YOEE. REGULAR UNITED STATES MAIL LINE. ONE OF THE FAVORITE AND ELE SARAGOSSA, . GRANADA, Will loave Adger's South Wharf every Saturday. SS" The steamship SARAGOS8A, Capt M. B. Crowell, will leave Adgerf Wharf SATURDAY, January 26th, at o'clock A. M. The QUAKER CITY, Captain Weat will succeed on SATURDAY, February 2d. January 24 _BAVENEL k CO. FOR ED IS TO, WILLTOWN, AND WAT LANDINGS. THE STEAMER CAPTAIN D. BOYLE, TT7TLL LEAVE ATLANTIC WHARF AS ABOVE ON VV Saturday, January 26th, at 1 A. M. preeisely. For Freight or Passage, apply to .. CHAS. L. GUTLLPAUME, North Atlantic Wharf. N. B.-All Freight payable on Wharf. January 25 1 RAILROADS, NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. MRm> SHORTEST, QUICKEST AND ONLY DIRECT ROUTE to NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE WASHINGTON RICHMOND PETERSBURG WELDON and WILMINGTON. Time through by Expresa Train to New York 44 hours. Faro.$2G 00. Tickets good by either of the three following Routes : RICHMOND AND WASHINGTON BAY LINE AND BALTIMORE NORFOLK AND DELAWARE. Baggage checked through to any point Tickets good until used. S. S. SOLOMONS, Doce i ber 20 Sup't MISCELLANEOUS. ~ HARLLEE ft WILLSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND SOLICITORS IN EQUITY, WILL PRACTICE TN THE DISTRICT OP WILLIAMS? BURG. OFFICE AT KINGSTREE. W. W. HARLLEE, JNO. O. WILL80N, Mars Bluff. Kingslree. January 10 ~_gmo WILLIS & CHISOLM, K AND SHIPPING AGENTS. WILL ATTEND TO THE PURCHASE, SALE AND SHIPMENT (to Forol?n and Domestic Porto) ot COTTON, RICE, LUMBER AND NATAL STORES. ATLANTIC WHARF, Charleston. S. C. - E. WILLIS.A. R. CHISOLM.I October 25 _-_._ S. A. LAMBERT, PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANT. SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN ORDERS FILLED ON COMMISSION. Offlceof JphiiF. Newkirli, No 127 READE-tsTREET, CORNER HUDSON, IST JE AV YORK. jOGff- Agency tor EXTON*S PREMIUM TRENTON CRACKERS. All orders sent will be promptly attended lo. fimcH DecnmbpT 7.8 WILLIAM F. GILLILA! & ,."." Real Estate Agents, Auctioneers COMMISSION MERCHANTS, OFFICE NO. 33 HAYNE STREET. Sentnmber K THE BEST TOMS SOW IN USE! November 27 GIVE IT A FAIR TRIAL. THIS SOAP REQUTRE8 ONLY TO BE USED TO prove its superior quality. UBC lt as you would any common Soap. Try it and you will be convinced that it is superior to any other article in market For sale by Grocers generally. Manufactured by TAYLOR & YOUNG, No. 188 Front street New York. Sold by GEO. W. WILLIAMS k CO., Corner Church and Hayne streets. January 23 wfmCmoH "F. M. BURDELL,' QE^EKAL MUIAME BROKER, WILL DEVOTE HIMSELF TO THE PURCHJ?E and salo of MERCHANDISE OF ALL KINDS. OiHce at tho corner of BROAD AND EAST BAY STREETS, in basement of Stato Bank, whore samples may be seen. REFEBKXCES-Mr. C. M. Fumian, Mr. Theodore D. Wagner, Messrs. John Fraser k Co., Messrs. Mordecai & Co., Messrs. W. C. Duked & Co., Messrs. Gourdin, Malthiossen k Co., Cliarlealon, S. C. October 24 H _wfmCnio SAMUEL P. BENNET, Timber and Lumber Measurer; OVER STFINMEYER & SON'S OFFICE, Clarke's Planing Mill, WESTEND OF BEAUFAIN STREET, Charleston, S. C. January 23 ? wfmlmo B. DOSCHER'S tr JUST OPENED, NEAR THE rOSTOFFICE, WHERE thc best HAYA VA AND DOMESTIC SEGARS, CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCO can always be had. Also, the LATEST DAILY AND WEEKLY PA? PERS and MONTHLY MAGAZINES kept constantly on liand.' ? wfO* January 21 TODD & RAFFERTY, ENGINEERS AND FOUNDERS, Office and Works, Paterson, New Jersey. WAREHOUSE, No. 4 DEY STREET, N. Y. MANUFACTURERS OF STATIONARY AND PORT? ABLE STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS ; Flax, Hemp, Tow, Oakum and Rope Machinery; Shafting, Mill Gearing, Iron and Brass Castings ot all kinds; Latches, Pinning Machines, Drills; Slurping, Slotting and Borin ; Machinen ; Gear Cutters: Centreing, Milling and Bolt Cutting Machines; Chucks of ail kiad3; Leather mid Rubber Belling; Lace Leather, Belt Hooks, and General Suppli.K for Railroads and other Machiuc shops; Judson & Snow's Patout Governors. Saw Mill?, Cotton Gins, Presset, kc, constantly on hand. TODD & RAFFERTY, March 20 ly _ _No. i Dey street N. Y. THE AIKEN PRESS IT IS PROPOSED TO PUBLISH IN THE TOWN Ol Aiken, S. C., a Weekly paper under tho above iit'.e, to bc devoted to General Intelligence-Political, Cont mereial, Social, Literary, and Religious-with a Depart meut of Agriculture, including the ? leid, the Orchard the Vineyard, and the Gaiden. A News Summarv, tc contain a digest of the important events of the week will occupy a portion ol the paper,, and particular atten tion will be given to tho unsottled question of Labor ai best adapted to our new condition, and the rcvelopmeu of the resources of the country tu Manufactures-Agri culture, Fruit-raising, and Vine-growing. Terms->3 a year, ui advance. Z - " H. W. RAVENEL, Editor. W. D. KIRKLAND, Publisher. January 21 SH I PP IN O? ^ FOB FIOBIDA. - , FIA SAVANNAH, B RT JV S WICK, ST* MARY'S. FERNANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, AND ALL THE LANDINOS ON THE ST. JOHN'S RIVEE AS FAR AS FALATKA. . THE FINE STEAMER CAPTAIN T. J. LOCKWOOD, . _ WILL LEAVE NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF ON every Wednesday Morning, at 8 o'clock- precisely. JBSTFrdght received, daily and stored free of charge For Freigut or Passage apply on board, or at the of? fice of JOHN MAHONEY, J*., 48 East Bay. November 13_ Above Craig, Tnomoy k Co's. CHARLESTON & GEOBGETOW STEAM PACKET LINE. SEMI-WEEKLY. TOUCHING AT SOUTH ISLAND, WAVERLY MH.LSj_ANO LANDINGS ON THE WAC CAMAW ARD BLACK RIVERS. STEAMER FANNIE.Capt ISAAC Davis TT7TLL LEAVE ACCOMMODATION WHARF EVERY TY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING, at 7 o'clock. Returning, will leave Georgetown every THURSDAY and SUNDAY MORNING, at 7 o'clock. ' . Freight received dally, and stored free of charge. For Freight and Passage, apply to . . FERGUSON & HOLMES, Agenta, JanuajyB . Accommodation Wharf, . CHABLESTON Am C?MDEPf REGULAR I?D?K STEAMERS THE NEW SPLENDID IRON STEAMER CAPT. OHAS. MoGAREY,. AND STEAMER CAPT. L. VOGEL. J fl THE ABOVE SPLENDID STEAMERS WILL'BUN J. regularly between Charleston and Camdon ; the "Z. 3. VANCE" from Charleston to Wright's Bluff, and tho "VOLUNTEER" from Wright's Bluff to, Camden. Freight for all landings- on the 9anteo and Watoree Rivera will bo Teceived at all times, and stored ireo'of^ charge at No. ll Exchange street All freight shipped by this line ia covered by insurance. , - For farther information or freight engagements/ apply to the undersigned. . . JAMES BROWNE,. ! :.i .. Exchange street, Charleston, . : "BROOK & BENBOW, Wright's BJuA Ootobor 30 _. . ; : yQ. BELLi'Camd?d. Charleston* and Savannah Stearn Packet Line. - ? VIA BEAUFORT AND HILTON HEAD. Steamer PILOT BOY. .Captain W: T. MONELTT. Steamer ELIZA HANCOX... .Captara J. IL RiCHABneoS. LEAVE ACCOMMODATION WHARF, CHARLESTON, 'and Charleston Wharf, Savannah, Monday, Wednes? day. Friday and Saturday mornings, at 7 o'clock. * ' The PILOT BOY leaves Charleston every Monday an i Friday, and Savannah every Wednesday and Saturday. The ELIZA HANCOX leaves Charleston every Wednes? day and Saturday, and Savannah every Monday and Fri? day. ' . ' s <k The Pilot Boy will touch at Bluffton 'oh hex Monday trip from Charleston, and hex Wednesday trip from'Sa? vannah. Freight received daily and stored free of chalga For Freight OT Passage, apply to ' FERGUSON & HOLMES, Agents, " . Charleston, 8. OV ' . CLAGHORN &.C?NINGHAM, Agents Savannah, Ga. - N. B.-Tho Steamers of this Line connect at Charleston with South Carolina and Northeastern Railroads, and at Savannah with Central and Albany and Gulf Railroads and Florida steamers._January j .', FOR BJL'^ANN-?Mi THE STEAMER "DICTATOR," 1000 TONS BURTHEN, CAPTAIN L. M. COXETTEB, TT7TLL LEAVE MEDDLE ATLANliC WHARF EVERY W FRIDAY NIGHT, at 10 o'clock, for thia port . For Freight or Passage, apply on board, or to office ot J. D. AIKEN k CO., Agents, January15_3 uth Atlantic Wnarf. FOB PALATBA, FLA., FERNANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, AND ALL THE .+ LANDINGS ON THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER. VIA SAVANNAH, GA., THE NEW AND SPLENDID STEAMSHIP . "DICTATOR," 1000 TONS BURDEN, CAPTAIN LOUIS M. COXETTEB. ON AND AFTER THE 26TH OCTOBER, THIS FINE SHEP will sail from Middle Atlantic Wharf, every Friday Night, at 10 o'clock, for the above places. . All freight must be paid here by shippers. Gangs ot egroes wU be t ken to the abo'e pointa on the St John's River at S5 each. Childr.-n uncer ten years of age free. Horses and Mules at reduced rates, r ?SS-Country papers advertising "the DICTATOR" wilt please discontinue their notices and send account to the Agents. For Freight or Passage apply on board, or to the Agency, S nth Atla-tic ??.. . ._Janoa-y16 PASSAGE BEBUCEB ! CHEAP PASSAGE TO OR FROM. BXTBQPE, BY SAILING SHIPS, SAILING EVERY WEEK. ALSO hythe SPLENDID MAIL STEAMERS, Soiling every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY to and from Now York. Great Reduction In Fare to CALIFORNIA AND AUSTRALIA. DRAFTS FOR ANY AMOUNT on Great Britain and Ireland at tho very lowest rates, j , Passengers, on arrival in New York, will have thou? baggage removed Free, and every care bestowed on them. For Passage, kc, apply to M. M. QUINN, No. 627 King street Charleston, fa. J. February 27 Ivr SARATOGA "EXCELSIOR" SPRIG WATER. mHE WATER OF THIS SPRING IS BELIEVED TO X ba unequalled by that of any other in the fax-famed . valley of Saratoga. Its virtu es are such as have secured it thc .high encomiums of. all who have used ti, possess? ing, as it does, in an eminent degree,, cathartic, diuretic, alterativo and tonic qnalitiog. From SAMUEL HENRY DICKSON, M. D., Professor Practice of Physic, Jefferson Medical College, Phila? delphia, formerly of Charleston, S. C. : PHILADELPHIA, November 15,1865. lhave been fora year or moro past in the habited t taking the water of the "Excelsior" Spring of Saratoga. Accustomed during the great portion of my invalid Ufe to usc the different waters of tho several fountains whicn boil up along that rcmarkalle valley, dependent indeed, upon them for much of the comfort I enjoy, I am satis? fied that the Excelsior Water is as well adapted cs any othor among them, if not more to, to the purposes for wliich they are generally employed. It is very agreeable, strongly Iniprcgnated.with the carbonic acid, lively aaa' sparkling. *. * * I can heartily and conscientiously n'Commend it to all who need a gentle cathartic and diuretic. SAMUEL HENRY DICKSON, M. D. The Waler ia put up in Pint and Quart bottles, and packed in good order for shipping, Pinta in boxes ot four dozen each, and Quarts in boxes of two dozen each. All orders addressed to A, IL LAWRENCE k CO., Sara? toga Springs, N. Y., or No. 47 Warren street, New York City, will bc promptly attended to. Sold also by first class Druggists and Hotels. 6mo January 12 E. J. WHITE.JNO. K. GOUBDDT. WHITE & GOURDIN, Civil Engineers and Surveyors. OWNING ONE-HALF OF THE PARKER PAPERS? and having access to the whole collection at all. times, wo aro prepared to execute all work entrusted to . ;. our caro with accuracy and dispatch. * ':, njJ? Office : LAW RANGE, Charleston, 8. C. January 7 lm0^