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S A? UKI) A? MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1867. PIM?CEEBINGS OS" CITY COtNCH. THLRTT-TinBD REGULAS MEETING. COUNCIL CHAMBEE, January 29,18S7. Prosent-The Mayor; and Aldermon R?vcneU Wrngg, Gerdts, Small, O'Neill, Willi*, Stoitmioyor, Olnev, Oakes, Honour, Euston. WbQ?sn, Cosgrove, Butler, Earle, Courtenay and Pringle-oightocn. The minut?s of tho last nioetiiiK moro read and approved. Tho following matters wero disposed of: Applications of D. A Ammo and others for No. 1 Liceaeus, and G. H. Abrele and others for No. 2 Licences. Referred to Committoo on Liceusos. Application of Ciavlord & Wagiion for license to keep lour billiard tahlos. Referred to samo Com? mittee. Applications of W. C. Boo, Chairman Trustees, for renowals ol' certificates of city stock in thu namo of tho lot holders of Magnolia Cemetery, and of Alexis M. Foster, Irusteo of wife, for renew? al of scrip No. 3 city stock. Granted. i he following communication was laid over till later in tho o vening: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 1 ' OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, J CHARLESTON. January 26, 18C7. ) To the Mayor and Aldermen of Charleston, in City Council: GENTLEMEN : At a mooting of the Board of Supervisors of the High School, I was directed by the Board to com? municate to you tho following extract from a letter ad? dressed to tho Board by Mr. W. It. Eicgmau, Principal of the High School, and to ask City Council to authorize the expenditures necessary to carry out Mr. Eingmon's recommendations. [EXTRACT.] "I desire to report that suitablo blackboards for the School, will cost about ninety dollars ($90). Tho boards will be placed on movablo and -liding frames and win accommodate five boys in each department. Mural maps will cost about one hundred dollars (iluO). Philosophical apparatus con b: procured for about two hundred and fury dollars (#250). I noed two chairs to supply the Ger? man master, when elected; one for his Recitation lt oom and ono tor his placo in the Chapel- The stage iu the Chapel barely accommodates tho present corps of teach? ers. It ought to be onlargod." Very respectfully, your obedient servant, RICHARD YEADON, Chairman. The following communication was received as information: CHABLESTON, January 20.1SC7. To the Honorable the Mayor and Aldermen cf the City oj Charleston: GENTI-K*EN : At a meeting of tho Beard of Sapervisors of the High School of Charleston, hold this day, Mr. Wm. A. A- Deas was duly electod Teacher of tho German Lan? guage in the High School. Tours respectfully, RICHARD YEADON, Chftlxmon. The following communications were read: CIIAKLOSTON, January 29,1667. s?? 0ois*Pomg'enllreiyuseless, the Board ol Fire Masters request jour honorable body to allow thom to advertise for estimates for repairing the some. I am also directed to hand you the accompanying re? port of the Chief, and ask your favorable considerarlo:: of it. Thc resignation of Mr. J. M. Pundt having caused . vacancy in tho Board, Mr. J. C. E. Richardson has beer nominated to nil tho same. Very respectfully-, B. M. STROBED, Clerk and Snp't OFFICE CH IKK FIRE DEPARTMENT, 1 CHARLESTON, January IS, 1867. j To the Officers and Members of the Board of Fire Masters. GENTLEMEN : The Annual Inspection of the City Ware Engines took place on tho 20th December last, and 1 re? spectfully report the condition of the some, with thc hose and reels. Nos. 6, 7,8 and 9, are all that now com poso thal port of the Department. No. 5 Engine is in good working order; has 100 feet o: hose, most of which in in very bad condition. The sue tion hone is in very bad order; h oso reel ordinary.* No. 7 Engine is in good order; has 350 feet of hose lr bau condition. Suction hose bad; reol ordinary. No. 8 Engine ls in good playing order, and require! some repairs; has 260 feet hose, m bad order. Suction! bad ?hose reel ordinary. No. 9 Engine in good order; has 280 foot of hose in bac Order. Suctions bad; reel ordinary. The men who compose these four companies aro color ed, and ore orderly and well behaved, and attend to theil duties without trouble. In my last annual report I recommended the abandon ment of these companies, believing we could dlspensi with them on tho ground that their services would no pay theexpense incurred to maintain them. Theintroduc txoa of six Bteamers, and a seventh being about to ni added to tho Department (two of which ore in tho Uppci Wards), has caused me to alter my opinion on the BUbjoe of abandoning tho four ward engines. For the Lowe Wards they ?ill be of little use. I would recommem that Nos. 5 and 7 be placed in tho Upper Wards, and. il connection with Nos. 8 aud 9, not to bo used in the Lowe WardR, except in cases of emergency. To carry ont these suggestions, if agreed to by the Cit; Connell, lt will be actually necessary that each ono of thi above originas be furnished with 400 feet of new hose and 21 feet of new suction hoso. Tho present condi?oi of their hose and suctions render their services but o little avail at fires, and does not compensate for the ex pense. I would also, in connection with the above, ask th Board to petition Council to allow us to have ten ladder nude, to be placed in certain localities in thc Upper am Lower Words. Respectfully, Your obedieat servant, M. H. NATHAN, Chief F. D. On motion, so much as relates to the Fire Wei was referred to tho Special Committee on the Fir Department, and the report of tho Chief os infoi motion. The nomination of J. C. E. Bichardso: as Firemaster approved. . The following communication was read: MAMET TT?T,T., january 16,1866. lt Honorable Mayor and Aldtrvum. GOTLoms : At a meeting of the Commissioners of th Market, held this date, it was, on motion. - Resolved, That an application be made to Council fe authority to repair the Butcher Pens, which will coi about ssw. If put in order they may bo rented on favorable tenn! there ls application for all of th-m to rent. Also, at the some meeting tho tallowing officers wei elected for tho ensuing year: Winiam Kirkwood, chief Clerk. William Withers, Assistant Clerk Centre Market W. J. Wiley, Assistant Clerk of Upper Market J. F. Schlrmer, Clerk of Weights and Measures. C. J. Beckman, Public Weigher of Market street Scalei B. H. Brodie, Publia Weigher of Calhoun street Scales. From minutes. WILLI Ail KIRKWOOD, Chief Clerk. On motion, tho 18th rule was suspended, an the Commissioners authorized to proceed with th work. The election of officers approved. The following communication was read and ap proved: N CHARLESTON, 21st January, 1867. To the Honorable, the Mayor and Aldermen of Charleston GENTLEMEN : At a recent election, held by the Com missioners of the Charleston Orphan House, the folio win named persons were selected to furnish supplies for th ensuing year, in accordance with their respective offen Tlx.: v' Thomas A. Johnson-"All such Beef, Veal and Por as moy be required for tue officers and children of the Ix stitntlon ot 13 (thirteen) cents per lb." Jacob SmoU i Co.-'-Good, wholesome Bread at 6 (six) cents per 1 loaf." Jane Barringor- "Pure Milk at 15 (fifteen) cent, per quart" Very roapectfuHy, Your obedient servant, W. C. BEE, Chalrm'n Conan's C. O. H. Petition of D. NordenmeyorACo. and others, do iiie business on King street Road, praying for t reduction in tho price of their Tavern License, ii consequence of tue localities of their places o business. Referred to Committea on Licenses. Petition of J. E. Spear, praying for a rcductioi in the assessment ot his property, located No. 23 King street and No. li. South Bay street. Bo ferred to Committee of Ways and Means. Petition of D. A. Walker, for permission to ei ec a temporary wooden shed on lot in Meeting street next to Horlbeck's alley. Referred to tho Commit tee on Brick and Wooden Buildhigs. Notice of John Dougherty, of his intention t pot np a wooden building on lot No. ll South Ba} Referred to the same Committee. Monthly hills of the Orphan House, amountm; to $2061.72. Referred to Committee on Account)* The following report of the Captain of Polic was received as information : REPORT OT THE CAPTAIN Ol' POLICE. TO HIS HONOR TH STATOR OYTHE C ITT OF CHARLESTON, SHOWING THE N Ci BXS OF PERSONS ARRESTED nt THE CITY OP CHARLE! TON DURLVO THE MONTH OT DECEMBER, 1866, AN? THE CAUSE OP THEIR ARREST. Assault and Battery.. Applicants for Lodging. Burglary. Committed for Safe Keeping Cows, shooting. Deserters.-. Disturbing the Pease. Aa?anU with intent to ?Li! ""..'.'', Hone Stealing. indecent exposure of person.... Insanity. Intoxication, lying down in the street. _Intnad cation and XHa tur bing the LodgecAby Coroner.. Murder./.. Passing Counterfeit Money. Lodged by United States Mar? a?al. Bocelvtng Stolen Goods. Retailing spirituous liquor with? out License. Stabbing.. Swin diing. Trespass upon Premises. Vagrants. Violation of City Ordinances_ Found in street dead. Ber Rooms open on Sunday.... 3-?t??BBteney Contractors L. W., neg ?*&wpe&Gt duty. ' - JerJa? Sick in Street, and died in Sw i* Guard House._ WHITES. lOOLOB'D.! > . ts S Delivered to Sheriff. Discharged. Paid Fine. Referred to Magistrate.. Referred to Recorder. Sent to Poet. Sent io City Hospital.. Sent to Altas House. Sent to Coroner.. To givo bond for good behavior. Confined in Guard House. Totals. 28: 22| 181 _??j Amount of Fines imposed at Mayor's Court.61425 Ot Amount of Fines paid by Prisoners,.355 QC Amount poid to Policemen.439 gr Balance paid to City Treasurer.435 gr Amount of Fines deducted from Poy of Police.... 664 44 In addition to the above, twenty-three cases of ob . ?tractions In the streets and four alarms of fire wero re? ported during the month, and were referred respectively to the City Inspector and chief of the Fire Department Forty-nine head of horses, cows, Aa, tc, were found going at large in the streets contrary to City Ordinance, and were disposed of accordingly. v ^_ ?^S?^u?sfK''s- a- ?-' January 29. 1867. I do hereby certify that the above is a correct report, as taken from the Mayor's Morning Report Bocks for Low? er and Upper Wards. c. B. SIG WALD, . Captain of Police. Received the above. a THOMAS M36 00 City Treasurer. Tha following report of the Citv Registrar for 1866, was received as information, and ordered to pe published : ?!|l$f#f! Ill DISEASES. S J f i : : : f I S ll CLUS NO. 1. Zt/motic Diseases. Oilll. Congestive. 1 1 Cholera Infantum_ 2 6 7 3 1 1 Diarrhoa). 1 411 1121 Diphtheria.. 1 1 6 1 i? 1 Dysentery. S 3 3 2 2 Erysipelas. 12 1 Fever, Bil. CatarrhaL. 1 Fever. BU. Bemittent. S 3 4 1 Fcvor, Break Bone... 4 Fever, Cat&rrhal. 1 Fever, Congest!vc. 1 S 3 13 2 ' Fever, Epidemic. 1 Fover, Ephemeral.... 2 Fever. Intermittent... 2 Fovor.Typhoid. 21113 232621 Fever, Typhus. 1 Hooping Cough.. 1 1 Syphilis. Ill Tanola.. 199 ll 231 1 CLASS KO. 2. Diseases of a General or Uncertain Seat. ; Atrophy. 1 i Cancer. 1 2 1 * ' 9 1 Complication. 1 Congestion. 1 Debility. 2 112 2 12 [ Dropsy. 23l 1231 4 Elephantiasis. 1 1 Hemorrhage. 1 1 Marasmus.. 1 23241132 Purpura Hem'gica_ 1 CLASS NO. 3. Diseases of the Nervous System. Apoplexy. Ill 1122212 Brain, Disease of._ 1 3414463113 Brain, Ramollis ment of 2 1 Cerebro. Spinal Dis... 1 Convulsions. ll 1214412 Epilepsy. 1 Hydrocephalus.. 1 Mania a Po tu.. 1 Meningitis. 2 ll Paralysis.. 3 2 11 ll Spina Bifida. 1 Spine, Disease of_ 1 Tetanus. 1 2 1 1 Trismus Nascontium.. 2 32 36233 CLASS NO. 4. Diseases of Ute Respira? tory System. Asthma. 1 Bronchitis. 1 1 Consumption.. 435664643447 Croup. 2 2 ll 2 11 Homoptisis. 1 Hydrothorax.. 1 Lungs, Disease ol_ 1 2 1 8 2 2 Pneumonia.. 2 s 5 S 1 lill CLASS NO. 5. Diseases of the Circu? latory System. Amcmia. 1 1 Cyanosis.. ' 1 1 Endo-Carditis. 1 1 Heart, Disease of.. 1 3 1 1 CLASS KO. G. Diseases of the Diges? tive System. Bowels, Disease of_;" lill Constipation.. 1 Enteritis. 2 12 1 Gastritis. 2 ll GaBtro-En taritis. ll 1 ll Hernia. Strangulated.. 1 1 Hoematamesia. 2 1 Jaundice. 1 1 1 1 Liver, Disease of. 1 2 1 (Esophagus, Stric'e. of 1 Peritonitis.. 2 1 Siircoua Ventriculi_ 1 Toethlug.. 1 4 * 2 2 Worms. CLASS NO. 7. 1 Diseases of the Urinary System. Kidney, Disease of... 1 Kidney Brights, Dis. of 1 Prostate aland. Dis. ot 1 CLASS NO. 8. Distases of the Genera? tive System. Birth. Premature._ 1 13 2 1 Cancer, Ut bari. 1 1 Child Bod. 2 Convulsions, Puerp'L. 3 Hemorrhage, Uterino. 1 Fever, Puerperal_.. 1 I 1 Peritonitis PuerpcraL. 1 ll CLAAS NO. 9. Diseases of the Integu? mentary System. Fistula in Perineo_ 1 CLASS NO. 10. Diseases nf lhe Locomo? tive System. Femur, Fracture of... 1 CLASS NO. ll. External Causes. ; i Accident. 1 ? 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 Burn. 3 1 1 Coup do Soleil. 1 1 Drowning. 1 1 Intemperance. ll Murder. ll I'oisonlDg. 1 Violence. 1 CLASS NO. 12. " . Old Age. 3 2 3 1 ! 1 1 2 CLASS KO. 13. Unknown. 1 j CLASS NO. 14. Want of Vitality. 1 13 221121: OFFICE CITY REGISTRAR. ? CnAKLXSTON. January 29th. 1867. J To the Honorable the Mayor and Aldermen of Charleston : GKSTLKMEN : Tho subjoined "Report." comprising Mortuary and Meteorological Table a for the year ending 31st December, IKOfi. ia herewith respectfully submitted I forvour consideration and approval. These statistics omonu-o a classification of tho Causes of Death, Sex, Sta? tus, Age, and Nativity of each case; together with Ab? stracts of tho Barometer, Thermometer. Dow Point, Winda and Weather ot Charleston tor the samo period. The decrease of mortality, as compared with the pro? ceeding year 1866. is, doubtless, the result of an lm {iroved condition of the public hygiene, as woU as the arge and timely accommodations for tho sick poor, so generously provided by the City authorities, aided and I encouraged by tlio United States Government, under tho I auspices ot the Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Aban? doned Lands for tho State of South Carolina. Tl . ratio of deaths among the colored pooplo is largely i burnished, and this improvement can only be attributed ! to tho thorough and efficient system of Hospital and Dis? pensary provisions above alluded to. 'rhaappivont Increase of mortality among tho whites 1? cs?y'uoiuinal as this number is a fair average for tho last ten years-the population having been largely in crenoed during the past year. Our remarkchlo exemption from opidomic dlscasos though threatened alike with Cholera and Yellow ^ovor during the past year-should excite tho eamo?? and un? tiring endeavors of the public authorities to renewed viiiilauce and zeal, as well as inspire tho hear ts of our people with gratitudo and hope-gratitude to Him who has so graciously delivered, and hopo in Him who ia the author of all our mercies. Respectfully submitted. GEORGE S. PEL ZEB, M.D., City Registrar, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CITY REGISTRAR, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 18S6. CLASSIFIED CAUSES OF DEATH. WHITES. TotaU>.l30i35|39|63|54|62l68l34l76|1ts[M|-t Grand Total."?Og" CLASSIFIED CAUSES OF DEATH. BLACKS AND OO LO BED. CLASS NO. 1. Zymotic Diseases. Chill. Congestive. Cholera Infant'm Cholera Morbus. Diarrhoea. Diphtheria. Dysentery.. Erysipelas. Fever, Bil. Rem't Fever, CatarrhaL Fever, Conges've Fever, Ephemer*! Fever, Epidemic Fever, Interin't. Fever, Scarlet.... Fever, Typhoid.. Fever, Typhus.. Hooping Cough. Mumps. Syphilis. Variola. CLASS KO. 2. Diseases of a Gen trat or Uncer? tain Seat. Abscess.. Ascites. Atrophy. Cancer. carouncierTr?: Congestion... Debility., Dropsy. Elephantiasis. Gangren?. Hemorrhage.. Marasmus..... Scrofula. CLASS NO. 3. Diseases of the Nervous System. Apoplexy.... Brain, Disease or Brain, RarnoUis ment or.. Convulsions..... Epilepsy. Hydrocephalus... Idiocy. Insanity........ Mania a Potu'!?." Meningitis. Paralysis. Spine, Disease of Tetanus. Triamus N ase'uni CLASS NO. A Diseases of the Respiratory Sys *flthma. Bronchitis... Catarrh. Consumption Croup. Cvnancho Malig'a Hcemoptisia.... Hydrotborax..... Lungs, Disease of Pleuritis. Pneumonia. CLASS NC. 6. Diseases of the, Circulatory Sys Ante mia........ Angina Pectoris Cyanosis. Endo Pericarditis. Heart, Disease oil Pericarditis... CLASS NO. 6. Diseates of the Di? gestive System. ApUne. BowehLDlseaseofl Colic. Enteritis.... Gastritis. Hernia, Strangu? lated. Hepatitis. Indigestion. Intussusception Jaundice.. Liver, Disease of Peritonitis.... Scurvy. TAethlng.. Thrash. Worms. CLASS KO. 7. Diseases of the Urinary System. ' Bladder, Di* of. 8| 7| 6 1 1 10 _BLACKS AMP COLOBRD_OOXTPTOID. Gravel., Ischuria. Kidney, Dis. of CLASS MO. 8. Diseases of the Generative Sys? tem. Birth, Prematuro Cancer Uteri. Child Bod. Convuls'ns, Puer? peral. Hem'ago Uterine Peritonitis, Puer peral. Uterus,Dlsoaso of Uterus,Rupt'ro of CLASS no. 10. Diseases of the Lo? comotive System Gout. Bhnnmnfiam .... CLASS KO. ll. i'xfemal Caitses Abortion. Accident. Asphyxia. Burn. Coup de Soliel.. Drowning.. Murder. Neglect. SmToctition. Violence.. ?Wound, Gunshot GLASS so. 12. Old Ago.. CLASS NO. 13. Unknown. CLASS NO. 14. Want of Vitality Totals..11321129 147 114 _ SI? lilli -fir 2 1 1 1 3 Grand total.U64 NtntBER OF DEATHS, WITH AGES, IN BACH MONTH. WET TES. Under 1 year 1 to 5 yrs.. 5 tolOyrs.. lOto 20 yrs.. 20 to 30 yrs.. 30 to 40 yrs.. 40 to DO yrs.. 50 to 60 yrs.. GO to TO r-. 80t? UO yrs. 90 to 100 yrs. Over 100 yrs. Totals_( soi 35| Jtt|_62|68|54|76|63[32|30| NUMBER OF DEATHS, WITH AGES, IN EACH MONTH. BLACKS AND COLORED. Under 1 year 1 ltoSyrs.. . 6 to 10 yrs. 10 to 20 yrs. 21) to 30 yrs. 30 to 40 yrs. 40 to 60 yrs. SOto 60 yrs. 60 to 70 yrs. 70 to 80 yrs. 80 to 90 yrs. 90 to 100 yrs. Over 100 yrs. Totals.. ..?|132ll29[l47|l23|iu|9ll77|93|72l62is7l67lll84 2? 0 RECAPITULA TION. TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS DURING THE TEAR. GLASSES. Male, Whites. 343 Female, Whites..1. *MIsSG3 Total Whites. Mile, Blacks and Colored..'.'..'.'.'.WI Female, Blacks and Colored..663 60? Total Blacks and Colored.. . 1164 Grand Total. 177C NATTVITT. Natives of Charleston. 101S Natives of South Carolina.. s$? Natives of tho United States.. IK I Foreigners. jg; Total.,. i77( Proportional Mortality to population, 1 in 19.77. The entire population being estimated at 35,000. Respectfully submitted. GEO. S. PELZER, M. D" _City Registrar. ?c??|&I|&lT|g? ! 8 ?j ft SS: 3: : : : : : r:_I - ? g ll E gggggggggggg I S lii?i?iiilii i g i; % ?~ * !' s SSSggggggggg fl1' I ii?giiliggil g P || i g J; G m o -J ~i -J -J -j o & *^ r^bft , ls r* r- * jj ? o? o S c? ?o oo >K H . -^- *E g sssssgsassgg ?a ss j K gggsggsssitgg BS IS S l ----- Pg i| h ?383g3S?g2S2 ?a " ?j -a sggggskess?sis hs ? ?j S 1 ;sgSfo5?o&ggg5gg I Hottost Day. | SaS??-.?eiCg?a I Coldest Day. g egsgggggaggsi A-M- ? 2 2SgoSSS3??S331 3 ii S QMO<S^?E8<?iix?l_ g g t . pssagss??gssai ^ 15 2 S8gS3tSSSS'SSfe8l,R>l- S S ? ? 0 ggagB"agsaggsi7A~M7~g- g il g ' gaaggsgsggai 12p. M. 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SMI?SS^W^ Officers, apT ^pwedybyh&Sn^tt0rney' "? Panted" and Wardt Bonmai?t. Chimney Contractor for Upper W J TO?^ A**??nt Cleric of Markets ?te.^ <^rk ofUppIr'Wards j??b F. Sohirmer, Clerk of Weights and Meaa l?vArlT&t.Clerk ?f WW" Scales of the sn^ tooounca l?etnous?ada?t?Z,T<nWR! they had been led to bell^v?^??^?.._^, **? 016 ?um they received thT?arlon^timSSl? 00ntniot tent, but nono ha?Tbeen^fftS-ii rfn,D<m.t? go to that ex thouaand!xMilari|??mitt2 C^nmfi?fS.*^-??? andas thisDme?iT?JS,JP ^ o? ba accomplished - ' ?Ithth6wOTkXoV?f?mj^^l^i?^^^ do not doubt thlrSTrm?jJ1^ow^noeraent, they nity) would TOTier^tti^l??^^^E~Tmt? Tears. To bim is justly duo not only all tho credit but an tho profit that may ?ccnio: and with this view they have determined to recommend to Council tho adoption of a plan by which no moro money will bo expended than what thc actual cost cf thc trort YT?! requir?. Tbl? cost, thoy think, caa bo kept witldu very rcaooaablo limits. Should success attend tho undertaking, lt will then re? main for Council to crown their own efforts in this ines? timably great undertaking, as well as the labors of thc operator, by voting him such a sum of uionoy as thoy may deem Justly due to such persevering and Intelligent labor. . - . Twentyrfiva thousand dollars, it has been stated, is the lowest figure at wliich they could effect a contract. To the amount of five thousand dollars they wore authorized to go. They now suggest that Council authorize them to expend that amount under their own supervision in car? rying ou the work, which they propose to do by provia ing the requisito machinery aud omploying Major A. C; Welton to conduct operations; such reports to bo mado, from time to timo, as will keep Council thoroughly posl od up as to the progress and success of the work. With those views, thoy propose for the consideration of Council the fo lowing resolutions, viz: 1. Resolved. That Major A. C. Welton bo employed, un? der the superintendence of tho Committee on tho Arte? sian Well, to obtain tho necessary engines, toots and machinery for thc purposo of rocovo.ing tho bucket now in t io larger wcU. and that the experiment of endeavoring to remove it, under his direction, bo made by day's labor, at tho expense of thc city. 2. Resolved, That the Conunlttco are hereby authorized to expend for thia purpose so much as may bo necessary I of tr.o n~e thousand dollars formerly put at their disposal by vote of Council, and that they report at each regular meeting tho progress and probable success of tho work. Respectfully submitted. WM. T. WBAGG, Chairman. WM. G. WHILDEN. J. H. HONOUR. H. B. OLNEY. JOHN F. O'NEILL. Alderman Wrat-g submitted the following roport of L. J. Barbot, Esq., Civil Engineer, &c, and re? quested that it be published for goneral informa? tion; which was so orderod : THE ARTESIAN WELLS AND WATER SUPPLY FROM OTHER SOURCES. Bn. WM. T. WBAOO, Chairman Committee of Council on Artesian Wolla and Water Supply : DEAR Sm :-Tho importance of the above subject re? quiring much timo, and patient and laborious study and research, I am not able to present it lu tho extensive light which I contemplated, before Council, in all tho arguments and details of science and practice. It is but five day? since I had thc pleasure of a conversation with you in tho matter, and with many and frequent inter? ruptions. I am forced to limit myself in its discussion, hoping, however, ai some future time, to bo able to present thc matter in the form of an enlarged report on thc fol? lowing points : 1. The geological formations and various known per? meable strata and layers, which aro tho unmistakable aigus of subterraneous currants, and showing tho strike of such formations and tracing their connections by sys? tems of levels with the surrounding country, as far as these relato to Eaux Jaillissantes. 2. Tho various systems of boring wells, particularly looking into the most successful practice, and Rho wins the experience of omr1 leers especially in Franco-thc many di' 'linties met with in their operations-tho vari? ous tool* "1P?2T.r?-*ct?0 ""any accidents which fron: Construe!-.. tools, the imper.011?3 occurring from badi; totally unsuitable to the section ofT-WlR. forms of tooti Since, from want of tuno, I cannot enter into thc ms oussion of tho above points in tho desirable ?*"?"'' : shall limit my observations to the leading subject. It has frequently been a subject of inquiry whothe: any rose ; :ues in way of soundings and levels havo beei made since the boring of tho old weU, In order to trao the various geological formations found in the excava tiona of this well, to the upper range of country, salt range averaging in elevation say twenty-five feet abov tho present bench mark of the well. Such a record, dil it exist, would bo of great value and great aid in al future operations on tho subject of wells. Its impor Unce is, that such positivo information establishes th fact of the supply of the well, whether the fissure sup plying it is unlimited or constant-which information, h point of fact, is the datum upon which the further prose cution of the now woll is to be decided, and thc expend? ture ot thousands of dollars made. I presumo that thi information bas boon satisfactorily obtained; amt jud' ing from tho results set forth by the very able, Bcientifi and experimental report submitted by thc Commute appointed by Council In 1858, I find tho strongest argi mont for success. Their report has very clearly demor 8 tra ted that there is no reason to doubt tho succcssft result of the work, and tho extreme nicety in which Ul calculations made ore supported by the experiment! even to the decimal of hrmdroths of a gallon, go to she that some caro was taken in former researches; and a suming this to bo so, tho strata having been traced to tl upper levels of country, establishes thc principle by whit the movable strata of the upper section exert great ii fluence upon those of tho lower-and (as I shaU show h the consequence) it is therefore much to bo regrette that the prosecution of the operations on tho new wc was discontinued at that time, promising such grand n suit as set forth by thc labor of your Committee; it particularly to be regretted when we find that tho bonn had reached a stratum of movable or quick sand, for i this state of such works and character of strata, the on! \ faithful operations are those which are vigorously pros cu ted, and the many advantages of an energetic as persevering labor invariably reward the engineer i overcoming a troublesome material In such construe ?o: i and in tho economy of a great deal of time, labor, ar consequently money. Delays lu all cases ot the kind a 1 attended with a chango in the position of tho tuhii passing through this stratum, and an improper lodgmei I not only of thc tube, but also of any broken fragment ' tools, Ac, besides the rapid filling up or tho tube i tai j (rom tho pressure and influence of a strong outside ar 1 abundant current. This saud, on account of the qua ' ti ty of water incorporated with it, and aided b$L the prc ' sure of a mass of tho same material outside of the tubb at that depth, and extending in its stratification ar fissures for miles and miles to a superior level as weighty body, and by law of gravitation and fluids exor a great pressure in forcing itself Into thc tubing upwar ly, until it will reach a corresponding level to its heig; ; in ita original stratification and formation. If such as < have stated ia not tho result (which, however, practi j elsewhere has confirmed), we may judiciously attribu t lt to tho tact of thc broken buckets or tools having dost ? tho end of thc tubing, and tho tubing itself being praam ' from its position (proper), and thereby preventing such * result, wherein a large amount of time, labor, and, co sequenuy money, may be spared in thu prosecution ; the work, supposing, however, the state of tho case ] have pi esented, it will then bo reasonable to conclut \ [in the uncertainty as to time, labor, dc., required to i move Vie obstructions and clear the tubing perfectly pi j paratory to commencing tho operation.' of contmuii the boring for the additional depth), that it is difficult form any base for estimat.ng without some positive data ? . specification, and therefore shows che impossibility j contracting parties ofiering any true valuo for the wor ' Now occurs the question : Can these obstructious ! sand, with the influences to which lt is subject, and tl broken fragments of toola, kc., bo removed, and hon 1 I shall reply, it can be removed; but not by any outsit ? pressure from the surface or (rom any mechanical for applied upon its column within tho tubing-for, to adn thhs idea, would be to admit I 1st. The possibility of compressing quick sand ai ? water incorporated in a mass or separately. ; 2d. "That from lu capability of compression, as a mass I the bottom ot' the pipe, and at that depth and in the cnti I length and direction of its layer, it would then give roo ' to let the material in the tabing, occupy its position I and outside the tubing at that depth. But I do not a I mit it, and exporimsnts prove tho incompressibility ?mick Band and water to ho a law of philosophy, thei Ore this idea of compression will not do. Then wit i must we do? Wu must resort to the principle of t haustion; we must remove the water, and with it t i sand, but in all cases of operation the water first, at ! (oater than it accumulates by perculation, und by i doing wo reduce the sand to a moro solid mass, and c , better work it. Wo must labor with peculiar ?hap j buckets and by auctions; this is the mode. In rom< j lng tho water, we greatly reduce the volume of saud. Tl can be deary demonstrated by putting a certain qua ; tity of quick sand, well saturated with water, in a vessel with an openod'surface, press then upon the si face of it, and you will find tho water to risc, filling certain volume before occupied by both, and the volui j of sand reduced to a moro compact masa. This is t j mode of separation facilitating the operations of buck I ting aud suction at tho one time, if necessary, on accoc ' of rapid perculation of water in the mass. The lab . time, Ac. properly applied, and directed with energy a j rapidity of execution, will accomplish all we desire. ' In (?act, no character of accident? or work, in details a I tools, kc, can occur, without the possibility of pointi I to parallel caaes, and we are largely indebted for all t ; remedies which science and mechanism have achievi and which have been applied by the French and I tah Engineers, all of which is accessible, having been ca I fully preserved by their SdenUAc and Industrial 1 duties, and which, in form of reports and study, I ha I endeavored to grasp, and am atifi striving to gather fort i skill and sdence of engineering. Now, in view of havi I ahown that aeddenta do occur from improper modo of t ? orations, and from the character of unsuitable tools, bc [ in shape and manufacture, which are some tim es used,' a I which I might have explained more in detail but for i I desire to bebrief, and it being therefore reasonable tost ] poso that such ac. identa canoe guarded against with p per pains taken- tthen must appear that any party off ing to contract, and lmowing how to provide against su accidents, and knowing the various stratas of the old w< i and the difficulties and tools to perforate thom, can eas , and with (acuity make au estimate for any further pro ; cution of the work of the new well to the requit depth. Bu* the main question of difficulty now before us, the impossibility of telling or estimating what win be delay, time, trouble -nd consequently mouoy neceas: to repairing the accidents and put the well-tubing proper position, and removing tho obstructions of sa and broken fragments of buckets, kc, kc. I have endeavored to show what may be the state condition of the difficulties before us, and ita remed and mode of operations, and though lt cannot pres? any Insurmountable difficulties to be overcome, yet it such as to place these matters outside of the reach calculations or estimates of timo and labor, or ita equi lent, dollars and cents. II it were possible to let i work out by contract, while tho city may gain by t "Peedy removal ofthe ?Ufflcultiese,-Wcontoacto7woi r&^^f^^?c?tr^ult; and thedty^ndeTt contract system, would, in such a case, be paying a gr deal more than Sf it were to adopt the system by da work. I beg to suggest to the Honorable Body, therefore, sdi an objection is entertained to complete tho whole wc by day's wo k, to provide for the doing of so much may relate to tho removal of all the difficulties by I day system ot work, and make your contract for the ot tarnation of the boring of the new well to the depth ?ulred by the contract system. Prom what I have sa think it will appear very evident to your Honora1 Body that my suggestion has something to recomment to your favorable consideration. The system of contract prevails in France particular and mostly for wells not over 800 to 1000 feet in dep 8-10 in bore; but this facility must be explained, viz : t multiplldty of wells that have been perforated thron the country ; in ons case (TOO) seven hundred built b single Engineer, and all their operattoas and t i-ieriei as regards the geological formations, theil dii'icuiti tools and models, their levels shown by p. y le ma which trace the -various stratifications. Alfi ina valual Information is carefully preserved by tho many Sd en t and Industrial Societies, under the patronage of the Qt eminent; and all this information which, in each case absolutely an estimate in Itself, ls accessible to alL T Engineer, with great facility therefore, can make his et maw (the labor being tho only uncertain point as to chai of value) with all these records, tools end models, & for his consultation. You may Ask the Engineer th. what depth la it necessary to bore in any particular loc i ty to reach a certain description of water. The syst of Bandings and levels and formations so carefully corded, and therefore showing the dip or strike of stratifications so accurately, thatho can readily, by rei ring to this preserved information and experience, pa to you the precise locality. No wonder then that a syst of contracta can be followed. But how different the case with us asa people ort ttonl What information do our records furrdsh the 1 gmoer for any contemplated work to enable bim to mi up bia estimates ? Where are they to be found coll* ed, and aa carefully followed np In experiments as we fl them in Europe? Can wo show a topographical and geological map w its systems of levels ana profiles showing each conae. Uve layer of tho earth's formation to any depth ? ? even are the profiles of cuts in. railroad constructic mado ?nd presorved in any part of the country; but it never <lreamod, it seem? to mo, what source of Inform ttl saca warks may be for the faculty of geological., searches. Have wein Charleston any map of the kind, showl the formation of this tongue of land and district? Hs we ena the profils of the cut of the tidal drains tl UTO been built, showing the formation of the dir > which wa live ? ... * Have we any paper showing tho*arious strata of i old and new walls by diff?rent conventional linea a ?hades of co-or-tho very point uaw of Inquiry ? ?nd j posdi? each stratum ou the map t statement of the di cowes or tools made use of to overcorco tho varia cpasmtlons? Have waa pnbUc journal of th*worUK Therefore, in the absence of an such lnibrmatioirtKt t very difficult matter, to est?mate the work O^ca t many causes I have assigned, except in an s?&S?mi m ATI Ti OT- J4T .J have great consideration for the genttiman who h tho charge of tho construction ox thesyWla, and wot be truly pleased to see him again cojbeoted with an t terpriso In which he has always takorf so ?auch pride, ? ta the prosecution of which ho devoted himself wi marked sat], perseverance and tjuorgy. And I hope / " may yet bo permitted to grown bis work with tho success which soems so prominent. WATE? SUPPLY ntOM OTHEB BOUBCEM. In connection with thc Artceian Wells, I have been fre? quently impressed with tho thought of another source of supply which, in my opinion, has ? groat deal to recom? mend it to the serious consideration of the City Council. I mean the infiltrated portion of tho rain water that tall? upon tho earth's surface, showing annually a thickness ot forty-three inches, and represoutiug in solid measure about (180,000) one hundred and sixty thous nd cubic i feet per square aero, equal to 1,130,000 gallons, tho nell of each aero square annually. A portion ls drained over the soil over certain Impermeable layer?, another is car? ried off by evaporation, and another portion again passes away by infiltration into tho earth, at such depth as the parts composing thc geological character of the surface lormatiou will permit. Four-fifths of tho water infiltrates and can bo collected by water gardens. It it . ' ~ar, there? fore, were tho city to purchaso several squaro miles of land, ?vo or six miles oil" (where thc price of such now invites Investment), ti c yield of water perfectly pure, from so extensivo n tract, with properly constructed works, would ho prodigious-being fur each square milo 040 times that tor au ncr?; as given above. The fissures and stratum of saud receiving the rain water so absorbed aro very extensive, and tho depth or thickness so considerable that they are ound even at tho dryest seasons ol tho year to yield a very abundant supply, sometimes as much or more than a gallon \KT miu?to. These wo kuow as springs, their situatiou frequently at a depth of two or throe feet, or slightly more, from tito surface, and often in very undulating ground, as many HS twenty feet. We fiud those hrfsiires, fiom the very slight dip of their strike, discharging and issuing tho abundant supplies into immense lagoons or Likes; and in many instances would bo found, as to quantity, dis. charging from four to ?vo gallous per minute. They are again to be scou in all tho light cuts used as ditches at tho side of pu .lie roads and railroad cuts of such depths, a :d more frequently and constantly in ditches, supply? ing from their sides the water that runs in tho bot toms, and evidently showing that the water, which is invariably very clear, is brought there through tho fis? sures by the process of infiltration, and cannot bc re? garded, therefore, as surface, which sui face wator iu thc dry seasonB is not apparent, excopt after a shower. Thcso springs again, apart from tile principle of ab? sorption and infiltration on thc earth, may be produced by the condensation of vapors rising up into thc solid crust ol tho earth. Thc water from seas, rivers and ]?.kcs, perculating through certain strata of earth at the samo lov-il, and forced into tho earth by tho pres? sure of the water itself, and thc heat nearer tho earth's centro converts it into vapor, whieh rises, and when near the surface is condensed ia tho soverat fissnres, and in that condensed state, forming not only tho ?ourco of jetting wells or " Eaux Jaillissantes," but fre? quently adding to thc volumes of springs near the suxlaee; aud passing out from these springt to tho sur face it becomes agaiu separated, as before cxplaiucd, i. e. clouds, surface water and springs. Nowniyi ioa is, that very many, probably 200 to 300 of such springe, which can be clearly seeu in the various forms that I have attempted to explain, can, after mak ing proper researches anti soundings lor them, hy sur veys properly conducted, and with a proper system of levels connecting tho entire survoy-tho levelling be? ing dono to show their elevations with our bench murks i-t Charleston, so as to dctormiuc their use; the distances all to be measured, aud the operations showing their localities all mapped out-they mty bo colloctcd together, forming several Lirgo reservoirs, at a short distance from tho city, and, by mcaus of proper supply pipes, be brought into tho city aud distributed. _?l ease look to the city of Augusta, for very many years, wholesome in the entire" ?uitriOr\jeOfgrd?tAltnU;c.most from a small lake at the sand hills, about throe and a half miles from tho city ; and. I doubt much whether thc supply they got from that sourco would exceed the quan? tity I anticipate from the sources I have suggested. I do not propose for this purpose to go beyoul ten miles from the city, and still see no reason why not go fifteen miles, if our researches bo rewarded by securing a bountiful supply of wholesome water. The springs that feed the small streams, that may bc called the trib? utaries to the Ashley and Cooper Hivers, taking their rise in the first formation of tho ridge country between Charleston and Aiken, may contribute largely to our want. This survey could not cost much, and most assuredly a map and report, showing this question and testing its merits, will alway** bc a valuable contribution as a city document, even were it impossible to carry lt out. Scar Sir, allow mo to apologizo for BO lengthy a paper; I fear that I have too much taxed your patience: but 1 felt a strong desire to bring these points to your atten? tion, as Chairman of Committee on "Water Supply," <kc, leaving it with you to submit it to Council if you seo tit, and. at the same time, to offer it as a matter of engineer t lng, which may one day prove of service to our city. I am, very truly, your obedient Hcrvant LOUIS J. BABBOT, ? ivil Engineer, Ac. : Alderman Wragg presented the Weekly Iteportf i of the Keeper of the Tidal Drains, for "the weel ending 28th inst., which wero received as infor ' mahon. Alderman Willis made the following report which was laid over until after the election of i , City Civil Engineer : The Committee to whom tho petition of tho citizcru I near Hampstead Mall was referred, beg to report favor - ably, and have advertised for proposals to put the Mall ii . order, and will submit tho name to Council for their ac I ceptance. E. WILLIS. i HENKY GERDTS. Alderman Steinmeyer made the following report I which was adopted : > The Committee on Licenses, to which were referred ; at tho last regular meeting, a number of applications io t Ucease lo retail spirituous liquors, report that they havi t been published in thc city papers, examined and f mtu r acceptable, and recommend that they bo granted, to dat I from the 1st inst. Thc Committee also report upon th . examination of the application of M. Withington, for i - Junk Shop License, and recommend that it bo granted r Respectfolly submitted. JOHN H. STEIN MEYER. t Z. B. OAKES. i JAMES COSGROVE i The Mayor informed Council of tho Amma ? Mooting o? tho Stockholders of thc Oas Ligh : Company, to be hold on tho 4th day of lehman ; next. On motion, tho Mayor was suthorized to repre [ sont the city at thc mooting. I A "Bul" to establish tho office of "City Stoan r Engineer" came up for ita Becond reading. [ On motion, tho consideration of the same wai ! postponed. A "Bill" to establish the office of "City Civi ? Engineer" came up for ita second reading. Thi ' Bill was amended and tho blanks filled; pendiuj I the passage of tho Bill to its socond reading, Al j dorman Itarcuel moved that the further consido ration of the Bill be postponed to the next r?gulai t meeting, and that it be reprinted for the uso o i Council. Concurred m. ' A "Bill" to deliuo tho rights and priviloges o i street railroads, <tc, carno up for its socomi road > ing. 1 On motion of Alderman Whilden, the furthei ? consideration of the same was postpone Ito thi next regular mooting. i The communication of tho Supervisors cf thi " High School, which was laid over in the early par i of the meeting, was taken up. t Alderman ?avenel moved that tho Principal o ? tho High School bc authorized to procuro such ar f tides as aro enumerated in his letter to tho Super . visors. Adopted. At this stago of the proceedings Aldermai ' Honour presented the following petition, aud offer I od tho following resolution, which was adopted: , To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council . T GESTLEUKX : Tho undersigned. Ministers, in behaL I of a largo number of destitute aud rcspactablo ?adie residi-ij in tue city, most respoctiully pet tion youl ? honorable body to allow them the uso or loan of thi upper portion of tho building known as thc "Worl T House," in Magazine street, for the purpose of prepar ing a home for this distressed portion of the commit ~, nity. Owing to the calamities of war, and thc inuidon , high rents, as also to tho largo bnrnt district in tho city 5 your petitioners aro pain:ully sensible that many age? and deserving females, onco in better circumstances t will be bitterly oxposed to the riger ot winter and th stringency of the times, unless some relief is prompt!; [ afforded. Your petitioners have in vain sea ched for ; suitable building to afford partial shelter lor this larg I class ol helpless women, and now tura t > your honorabl , body with the hope that you may be able to aid teem. ' Your petitioners do not propose to disturb any plan o Council with regard to the basement of the building, bu ; only asl: to be allowed to refit, ir practicable, the uppo: story into commodious and comic rtable apartments lo " some of the most indigent and respectable ladies of thi community. Nor do they solicit any appropriation fr n j Council, elmer for refitting the building or the supper , of the occupants, but propose to throw the whole enter \ prise on the benevolence of tho community, j Your honora -le body is apprised that the building i i badly mutilaled, and is sinking into decay, and you wil , discover that this proposition wfll at least preserva thi property, and thereby arrest a large outlay to the city should tho building be needed at some future period. The undersigned, in commom with your honorabli t body. feel, that as custodians of the public weal, they an but discharging one of those high obligations impos?e upon them alike by the command of God and the cr? of appalling poverty, in attempting to afford comfortabli i shelter for the widow and fatherless who now go mourn ing about our streets. , '1 ho undersigned respectfully pray not only a favor able-reception of this petition, but also the prompt actioi of your honorable body, that they may at once put tin building in suitable repair. ; Charleston, S.C., January 39,1867. ? , JOHN T. WIGHTMAN. C. P. GADSDEN. JOHN lu GIRARDEA?. ! E. J. ME?NARDIE. Committee in behalf of o thor Ministers. , Resolved, That the Committee on Public Buildings be directed to procuro estimates for repairing the roof of thc , Work House, with authority to have the work done. ! _ Resolved, That the upp?r_portion of the Work Hons? congregations of the city, to be used for the occupancy ol Indigent ladles to be designated by them, under such regulations as they may adopt; and that they be author \ ired to make such changes, under the direction of thi Committee, in that portion of the building as may be ne j cesarytomake lt available for the purpose designed, . provided that the city shall not be put to any expense, and that the building be returned whenever required bj , the City CounctL The report of the Committee on lighting the City, on the communication of Mr. Poznanski made at the last meeting, came np for considera? tion, and was, on motion, postponed to the nexl ; regalar meeting. The majority an-i minority reports of the Com? mittee on the Petition and Memorial of tho Trus? tees of the Bopel Hosp:'.;.*., which was laid over at the last meeting, came IL^I for consideration. Os motion, the farther consideration of the same was i postponed to the next regular meeting. BSSOI.TJTIOSS. Alderman Bavenel mo-ed that the sum ol $938.90, due by the Vestry &/ St. Michael's Church for re-casting the chime of bells of sai J church, he paid by City Council. On ration, the 18th role was suspended, and the resolution was adopted. Alderman Courtenay offer fd the following remo? tion, which waa adopted : That the reporta from the Committee on'Roper and City Hospital be received as information, and the matter be referred to a Committee on Conference with the Trus? tees of Roper Hospital, The following committee was appointed : Alder? men Courtenay, Oakes, Whilden. Alderman Willis offered the following resolution, which was lost on the ayes and nays being called for: Resolved, That the city laborers' wages be increased from $1, which they now receive, to tl 60, to better en? able them to support themselves snd care for their fami? lies, and to commence 1st February. Feas-Aldermen Oerdts, Small, O'Neill, Willis, Enston, Cosgrove, Bailer, Courtenay. Nays-Alderm en Ravonel, Steinmeyer, Olney, Oakes, Honour, Whilden, Earle, Pringle, and tho ; Mayor. , Alderman Willis offered another r?solution, that the pay of said laborers be increased to $1.25 per day. Adopted. -4 Alderman Willis offered the following resolu? tion, which was adopted on tho suspension of tho 18th Bule. . Resolved, That an amount sufficient to plant trees, manure, and sow in grass the BiUery, Mall, and City Hall Parks be appropriated, to enable the Committee to do this work before the season ls too far advanced. The ; On motion, Councaadiourrmd. ;?- - C-? W. H? SMITH, Clerk of Conned. . Cv iS;. JENKINS, MEASURER AND INSPECTOR OF TIMBER AND LUMBER, OFFICE AT E. ?. BRODIE'S, J ' ' " "Weet end of Broad Street, January 22 laths 2moe Charleston, S.C, GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. --o LEVY & ALEXANDER'S Wholesale and Eetail Clotliing Establishment, No. 275 KING STREET, A. F. BROWNING'S OLD STAND. -o HAVING NOW OUTS FULL STOCK OF WINTER OOODS ON HAND. AND HAVING JUST REDUCED OUR prices, w would coll the attention ot tho citizens of Charleston and merchants in the country I j the sam?, which we are prepared to dispuso of at tho cheapest and most reasonable ratos in town. Wo have constantly on haml a lar;;? assortment ot duo BLACK CLOTH FROCK COATS, FINE BLACK DOESKIN PANTS, OVERCOATS lof all descriptions), FANCY CASSIM KKK SLITS, kc, fcc, and a large and well selected supply OT PLANTATION OOODS. lu thc shape of cheap SAT;NET SUITS, cheap COATS, VESTS and PANTS. We would also call tho attention of the public to our largo supply of BOYS' AND YOUTHS' CLOTHING, For fall and winter wear, which have been selected with care and attention, and which wo would most respectfully requost thuin to mspo-t belora going elsewhere. Together with a largo and weU assorted stock of MEN'S and BOTS' 1LY?& and CAPS, and GENT'S' FURNISHING GOODS. LEVY & ALEXANDER. P. S. Being desirous of closing ont our stock of BOOTS and SHOES, we offer them to tho public at rates that cann o bc surpassed in town. ~.v P. S. Mr. F. C. MILLER would bo happy to see his friends again at tho abovo place, j Doccmbcr 18 tu th? 2m os ESTABLISHED 1825. THOMAS J. FLACK & SONS, IMPORTERS & DEALERS IN BRANDIES im ms, MILS, ii, ITO,, No. 58 SOUTH STREET, A LARGE STOCK OF THE FINEST GRADES OF OLD MONONGAHELA, RYE AND BOURBON WHISKEY CONSTANTLY ON HAND AND AT LOWEST PRICES. November 8 thstu Smog COMMERCIAL. Thc Charleston Cotton Market. OFFICE OF THE DAILY NEWS, 1 CHARLESTON. Friday Evening, February 1. ) Tbo market continues depressed and downward Und? ing, prices being irregular, but in- most cases about ?c fi rb lower. Sales 201 bales, of which 101 were repack? ed, viz: 00 at 30; 24 at 31; 44 at 31?; 33 at 32; 10 at 32?; 14 at 33J? ; GO repacked at 28, and il do. at 3'ic. We quote : Low Middling.30 @31 ? Middling.31?(i$ Strict Middling.32?@ Augusta Market. AUGUSTA, January 31.-COTTON.-The market to? day was moro active at unchanged prices. We quote Middling at 30?, Strict Middling at 31 ?, ?nd Good Mid? dling at 3 cents. These sales were 4TG bales, as follows: 17 at 28; 18 at 28?; 8 at 29; 21 at 30; 6 at 30?; 25* at 31; 48 at 31? ; 43 at 31? ; 30 at 31? : 8 at 31?^ ; 19 at 33, and 4 bales at 32? cents. The receipts were 289 balos. ,? FINANCIAL.-There was a moderato demand for gold to-day. GOLD.-Tho brokers ore buying at 135, and Bolling at 137. SILVER.-Brokers are buying at 127, aad selling at 132. Mobile Market. MOBILE, January 23-COTTON.-There was a good and general demand to-day, resulting in sales of 2000 balos. Tho market closed steady at 31c for middlings. GOLD-At 134al35, buying and selling. SILVER-Buying and selling at 128al32. EXCHANGE.-New York sight ?a? discount New Or? leans, par. Sterling 14?U142. Wilmington Market. WILMINGTON, January 31.-ROSIN-There was but little disposition to buy, and sellers wero disinclined to press sales. The market, though dull, is Arm. 184 bbls No 2 sold at S3 60, SPIRITS TURPENTINE-Is dull, with a declining tenden? cy. No transactions occurred. TcBrEKnsE-Ia quiet at $360 for yellow dip, and SI 80 for hard ^ 280 lbB, with sales of 331 bbb). COTTON-Is dull and heavy. Unfavorable advices from abroad caused a decline of J-xc. We notice sales of oniy 10 bales at 28c for Ordinary; 30c lor Low Middling, and S0?c for MiddUng. TAH-No transactions occurred. Baltimore Market. BALTIMORE. January 29.-BEANS-We notice a sale of Western at S312? per bushel. COTTON-With more favorable advices uer cable from Liverpool thc market cloned firmer; sales to-day of mid? dling Uplands at 34 cents; some held still higher. COFFEE-We notice a quiet but linn mark.t; only 200 bags Rio reported sold to-uay at 17al8 cents, cold. FLO cm-Remains inactive; there is no inquiry for ex? port, and tho local trade buy sparingly. Wo renew our quotations, though nominally, as follows: Howard-street Supor and Cut Extra.. .$11 00 (gi511 SO Howard-street Shipping Extra. 12 60 (al 13 00 Howard-street High Grades. 13 00 @ 14 60 Howard-street Fainilv. 14 50 @ lc 00 Ohio Super and Cut Extra. 10 75 @ ll 25 Ohio Extra Shipping. 00 00 (co 00 00 Ohio retailing. 00 00 @ 00 00 Ohio Family. lt 30 @ 15 50 Northwestern Super. 0 75 @ 10 75 Northwestern Extra. ll SO @ 12 75 Cit}-Mills Super. 10 30 C'S 12 00 City Mills, Standard Extra. ll 60 @ 12 75 City Milla Shipping brands Extra.lt 75.. @ 15 00 Rdtimnre, Welch's .t Greenfield Fam'y 17 60 @ 00 00 Baltimore high grade Extra. ld 75 St) 00 00 Rye Flour, new. 6 25 (a) 7 00 Corn Meal, City Mills. 4 75 (ii) 5 (JO PROVISIONS-Wo notice an actjv. inquiry for Bacon for immediate dolivery, but no stock in tho Landa of dealers. Orders are tilled at Hallie for Shoulders, 13?e for ri>> Sides, and 13c for clear rib; Hams rango from 15 to 17c Bulk Meats fully cured are scarce; we quote shoulders, loose at 8?a9c, and packed 9? cts; Sides, '.'0,000 lbs Bold to-day at lo>L:c; no Hams offered. Mess Pork, a sale of 59 bbls now Western at $22, and retail lota at $22 50 per bbl. Lard 12?c for large lots, and retailing at 12?al3c per lb for both City and Western bbls. RICE-Carolina is held at ll cents per lb-no mles re? ported. GRATH-Of wheat 950 bushels red offered, but 350 bushels only reported sold, quality common, at 82 28. Corn-4500 buahels white and 14,000 bushels yellow of? fered; the market was finner, with sales of 1300 bushels mixed and damp white at 97ca$l, 1500 bushels damp yel? low at 94a95c, 8500 bushels good to primo do at 95aU7c, 2100 bushels do, delivered at the Jtoint, at 99c. Oats 2200 bushels received, and 1000 sold at 6Sa57c "fl bushel. No sates of Rye-none offered. HOGS-Receipts of dressed are limited, and find ready buyers at $8 50a9 50, the inside price paid by butchers. MOLASSES-No soles to-day; prices nominally un? changed. SUGAR-The Bales to-day embrace 190 boxes Cuba, for refining, at 12?c; 9 hhds Porto Rico at Ile; 5 hhds Cuba at ll?c; and 8 do Demorara vacuum pan nt 13?c. Mar? ket closed quiet, but prices steady. SALT-The market is steady for lots from dealers at $2 20a2 25 for Liverpool Ground Alum, and $325 fl sack for fine. Turk's Island 58a60o bushel. WHISKEY-No sales reported, and in their absence quotations oro but nominal. Kew York Market. , MONET MARKET. The New York Evening Pott of Tuesday, January 29, \ ?avg : . Gold is firm. Coin is plentiful for delivery, and 2aS $ cent is paid for carrying. The transactions this morn? ing are large, and there is mor . disposition to buy. , The loan market is easy tu good borrowers at 6a7 fl . cent on Governments. Miscellaneous securities are out of favor as collaterals, but five-twenties and seven thirties are freely accepted at 10 fi cent margins. Loans ! on seven-thirties indeed have been negotiated at par to? day. The accumulation of idle capital continues, and , nothing interferes with the freo movements of the money market but the depressing lack of confidence which' ' arises naturally from the overstrained credits of the past ' and from the present resulting recoil. This languor of ' public and private ci edit receives some check, and the area and force of the depression aro diminished, by the . circumstance that notwithstanding the extraordinary re? cent shrinkage in prices so few failures have occurred. ; The discount demand continuos dull, the best bills hav ing currency at7a8 ft cent. For gold this forenoon tho following were the Drincipal quotations: 10:00, 134?; 10:30,134?; 11:00,131?; 11:45, 134?;12:0P, 134?; 12:30, 134?; 1:00, 134?; 1:30, 134?; , 2:00,134?. Foreign exchange is dull and nominal. Bills at sixty days on London quoted at 108al08? for cora norcia!; i 108?al09 for bankers*; at short sight, 109?al09? ; Pans, at sixty days, 6.2Ca5.15; do at short sight, 5.16*5.12?; Antwerp, 6.20a6.17 ?; Swiss, 5.2005.17?; Hamburg, 36? a36?; Amsterdam, 41 ?a41?; Frankfort, 41?a41?; Bre? men, 78?a79?; Prussian thalers, 72a72?. PRODUCE MARKET. NEW YORE, January 29.-FLotra, Aa-The market , for Western and State Flour is more active end prices are from 6a25c lower. Tho sales are 8800 bbls at SO ISalO 20 for superfine State; $ 0 25all 90 for extra State; $10 lCall 70 for the low grades of spring wheat Western extra; $1180al2 25 for shipping Ohio; $12 10al3 60 for family brands of Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, and *13al6 for St T onis extras. Souther 1 Flour is dull, heavy and lower. Sales of 400 bbls at 11 lalS 25 for common to fuir Bal timor? and countrx.sxtras, and $13 30al6 26 for trade arid family brands. GRAIN.-Tho wheat market is inactive and prices are nominal. Bales of 7100 bushels of prime white Canadian at $3, delivered. Barley ls without material change and very quiet. Sales of 700 bushels of free Canada West at SI 18, Oats are rather easier and less active. The gales are 17,000 bushels fair to good Chicago at 60a64c; state at 68a 70c; Jersey at 6Ga67c Carn ia lower and inactive; buyers, owing to the great stringency of the money market, and the **T7unftTff of freights, hold off, awaiting a farther concession. The salea are 19,000 bushels unsound at $1 13? j western mixed at $115, In store, closing with sellers at ll 14; Jersey yellow at ?1 OCal 08. Pao VISIONS-Tho demand has been very fair, and prices aro rather better, closing firmer. For furore de? livery wo hear of 500 bbls new Western meas, ?euer Feb? ruary, at *20?2?, and 500 bbls. seller Lat ten days of February, at $20 75. The sales, cash ana regalar, aro 2000 bbls at $20 12?a30 30 for new city mess, $20 40a 20 60 for new Western do. Beef is without change. Salea of ISO bbls at $9*12 for . old plain mess; $llaj.8 lor new do; $12a25 for old extra do; and $19a21 SOfor neWdo. - Tierce beef ia firm and fn fair demrnd. Sales of ooo tea India mess on private terms. Beef hams are better and in demand, but the sup. ply is email. Sales of 100 bbls at $34 50a3S 75 for West? ern. Cut meats ero quite aetlvo and fina. Sales of 850 pkgs pickled hams at 12c. 1 fi Bacon is steady and fairly active. Sales of 138 boxes Cumberland cut at about 10 Sc, and 250 do, seller Febru . ary, at lue. Dressed Hogs aro firmer. Wo quote at S>?a9s eta for western, and luaio.Sc for city. ? Lard is without important change. Sales of 650 bola and tes at 12r?al2? for city; I2%al3 for fair to prime steam, and 13.sal3Sc for kettle rendered. COFFEE-Rio is in good demand and prices are firm. Other stylos aro fairly active. COTTON-Tho market to-day ia steady at the improve? ment of yesterday. We quote Middling Uplands at Sta 3A.Sc and Now Orleans and Texas at 35Kc MOLASSES-Is in fair demand, and prices are well sus? tained. RICE-Bi quiet Small sales of Carolina at lOalo\'c Suo AR.-Raw sugars are in fair demand, and prices are firm. Sales "of Cuba at lO^alOKc, and Porto Rico st Ulalie Refined aro dull, but firm. WHISKEY.-The market ls quiet at 28a30o for Western, in bond. Late Foreign Markets. [Pier City of Boston.] LIVERPOOL, January 16.-Corros-The market has presented a dull appearance and prices have been a trifle easier, but opens this morning with rather moro steadi? ness. The sales of the three days ar? estimated at 18,000 halos, of which about 3500 bales for speculation and ex? port. MANCHESTER TRADE_Business very Inactive and quotations merely nominal; actual prices would be de? cidedly lower. BniADSTCFTg.-Messrs. Richardson,' Spence & Co.. Henry Jump * Son report: Flour and wheat In active de? mand at extremo rates. Indian com scarce and, if any? thing, rather dearer. Bed winter and Southern wheat, 13s a 13s Cd per cental. Indian corn, 43s Cd a 43a per iSO lbs for mixed American. American bari?; in better de ? maud. * PBOVTSIOSS-Messrs (Bigland, Athya A Co and others report : Late arrivals of Beef have filled the demand. Primo mesa 102s CdalOSs; India mess 110sal2Ss. Pork quiet Bacon in rather better request. Lard in retail demand at cos for American. Tallow, dun, and SdaCd lower. PBODCCE-Sugar active and Cd dearer. Coffee steady. Rice, no sales. Linseed Oil unchanged.- Rosin, no sales Spirits Turpentine quiet at STs Cda38i per cwt. LONDON MAEKETS-Bresdstuffs-Business stopped by frost. Wheat held for ls advance. Sugar steady. Coffee firmer. Tea in good demand at rather higher prices. Rico quiet. Linseed Oil quiet at 37s. SplriteTurpenthiei steady at sSs for American.. EAST INDIA MARKETS. CoioomciAT, AFT Ama IN CSTNA.-The Dally News city article says: Telegrams from China, dated the 15th ult, mako no reference to the prevalence .of a mercantile panic, as was rumored in London a few days ago, but contain the satisfactory information that Dent & Co were prepared to take up the bills, amounting io about ?30,030, which were refused acceptance in November last by their London agents. Dent, Palmer & Co. The Times' city articles says the telegram from Hong Kong announces that Dent St Co have been enatled to pr?vido tor their drafts, which were refused acceptance by their London correspondents at tho begining of Nov. hut. through the assistance of Jardine, Mathieson & Co., and others; a result which win greatly tend to restore confi? dence in this branch of commerce. It la added th it the busines of the house is going on as usual. The market - items by thc present opportunity ara td the effect ..tlsSt sil ir was rather lower with a small business, and tbs* tn. tea also tba transactions were limited and tho shipment? on a reduced scale. " ' BOMISAY, January 2.-Cotton firm but quiet. DhoUe rah 230r. Goods unchanged. Exchange, la ll)id. BOMB AT, January 4.-Cotton advancing;. Dholleraht 335r. Shipments of the week 12,700 bWos. Exchange lsllKd- - CALCUTTA, January 3.-Exchange 2a. Freights to Eng? land 60s. f . llosa KOKO, December 15.-Tea dull. Exchange 4s C t;d. SHANGHAI, December 7.-Tea firm. Silk lowes. Ea> cb&ngo Gil 4 yd. Freights of tea to England ?2. Consignees per South, Carolina Railroad. January 31. 678 bales Cotton, 19 bales Mdze, 10 cars Wood, 4 cars Lumber, 1 car Mules, 2 cars Old Machinery, 3 chartered Cara, Ste To E H Rodgers At Co, O Reeder, W C Dukes & Co, Adams, Frost A- Co. Ebaugh k Millonee, H L Jef? fers k Co, B F Ereamer, J C H Clauason,- J D Busch. J D Johnson, F Hartwig, W Roach, Bella Lewis, T R Tates, E Stenhouse, Willis A Ohisolm, M Israel: J H Davis, J WC Caldwell k Sons, T A Fuller, J G MoflMtj J B E Sloan. J H Baggett k Co, E J Wiaa k Ca, J. D Aiken k Co, J Fra? ser & Co, G W Williams k Co, J-M Rason" A Bro, Mrs J T Marshall, J L bmith, E W Marshall.- II .11 CUcklay. A 8 Johnston, F Miller. P Malkai. O TO&te O H Walter k Co, Orphan House, O A Hooley & Co. T5? Frodaburg. Z Davis, Lee k Spencer, W W amita. TKufsWn A Holmes. Hunt Bros, Mowry k Co, F Warley, MGeldsndth k Soo, S Hyde, R West. Consignees per HarthsssterBi Bailniad, February 1. . . 313 bales Cotton, 3 cars Stock, 1 car Staves, boxes Shoes? boxes Tobacco, bbls Naval Stores, Furniture. Mdse, Ac To J k JD Kirkpatrick, Mowry A Co, Adams, Frost & I Co, G W Williams k Co. Little k MarsnMl, W H Chafes. ' Screveu A Nisbet, Kendall k Dockery. Lee- k Spencer, Ef , B Stoddard, Caldwell A Son, Shackeiiord k Fraser, B X> , Bacot, Z Davis, W K Ryan, B A k J F Earley. O W A Co. Jeffords A Co, W O Courtenay k Go, E H Rodgers At Co, S F Lequex. W Marzyck k Co, T L Weoby Gaillard A Ml nott, A Canale, J F Dawson, Dukes k OO.O H Ingrab am, W Lobby, D Rpps, Ebangh k Millonee, E B Agent, and. Order. v MAJEtlNE NEWS. PORT OF OHARLEgTOn, t Arrived Yesterday. ' Br steamship Pioneer, Shacxford, Now Xork, 78 hour? Ballast. To w B Smith, k Co. . Went to Sea. Yesterday. Steamer Dictator, Ooxetter, Palatin, via Jacksonville^ Fernandina and Savannah. Closured sor tisis Pori. Sehr G W Carpenter, Alexandria, at Baltimore, Jan 29. LIST OF VESSELS ' UP, nr.TSARTtr? AND SAILED FOB THIS POST. FOREIGN. UTVXErOOL. Ship Missouri, Edward, up.:.Jta UV Ship Southern Rights, Ross, call od.'.. ......Janis The Seaman, Doyle, np..?........Deo 13 TheDeodota, Marcuason. cleared.........Deo 8 The Gladstone, Evanson, saned.T..Deo 23b The Tocumteh, Sponagle, sailed...........Dec?a Brig Albert, Errlcksen, cleared.,.Jan 8 CAED 1ST. The Tregarthen, Steele, sailed.Jan I The Sylph, Peters, sailed.-.Jan IO CARDENAS. Bark Mary Bella Robarte, Burney, sailed.Dec S DOaCSSTIC. BOSTON. Steamship Q*> B Upton, Crowe", to leave.Feb- 9 BrigRoleraon, Scott, cleared.:.Jan2S Sehr Transit, Hawkins, up.Jan 25 NEW TOES. Steamship E B Sender, Lockwood, to leave.Jan SO Steamship Carlotts. Colons, to leave..-.Feb 2 Ship & C Winthrop, Stuart, cleared.Jan IS Brig Logan,-, up.,.Jan IS bohr Americas, Moss, up. .Jan 1T Schr Loyal Scranton, Lowden, up.Jan 17 Sehr May Day, Adams, claarat*.. .Jan 23 SehrDespaoh,-, up.......:.Jan 7 3chr Albert Mason, Bose, up.Jsn T Sehr A F Larrabee, Carlia'*, cleared...Jan ?7 BchrBowdoin, Randall, np.. ;.Jsn 28 ynTT.ApguHiA. . rt Bark Fannie K Shaw. Shaw, cleared. Deo 28 ?chr Richard Vaux, Powell, cleared.Dee 1?' ?chr J Elliott, Gilchrist, clesred.;....:.....Jan ll Steamship Carroll. Huagma^up?!.Jan 24 ?chr Fleetwood, Gardmr, cleared.".jan s 3chxida L Richardson. Bedel doored.... .Jan 1? ?chr Daniel Chane. 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