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"VOLUME VI.-NUMBER 745.] _CHARLESTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1368._[EIGHTEEN CENTS A WEEK. BY TELEGRAPH. Our European Dispatches. [BT ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.] F?RTHKK OPERATIONS OF THE FENIANS-TERRI? BLE PHENOMENA AT MOUNT VESUVIUS-LIVER? POOL MARKETS. LONDON, January 4.-Evening.-The govern? ment is almost continually in receipt of in? formation relative to the movements of the Fenians. Tue public excitement caused by the recent operations of the Brotherhood has by no means abated. Dispatches have been received to-day Crom Cork giving details of another Fenian movement in that locality. A body of Fenians last night surreptitiously entered the magazine in that city, and, un? challenged, carried away more than half a ton of blasting powder. There ia no clue to the perpetrators of this mischief. NAPLES, January 4.-The eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which was described some few days since as becoming still more intensely grand, ia just pow quite alarming. The whole of the volcano is in violent action, and flame issues not only from the old crater and many new openings to the air, but it continues to blaze after ita ejection. A slight subsidence of the volcanic motion had taken place, and on Mon? day, the 9th of December, the mountain re? mained almost quiescent, its sides being cover? ed to a great extent with enow. A heavy colored smoke issued from what the savana term the "smoke holes," old and new. Tuesday night, December 10, the eruption waa resumed with great force, and a mass of lava, resembling a solid rook, was shot from the crater to a great height, and, as seen from this city, rolled down the sides of the great cone after falling. A loud roar, as if of ar til lory, was heard during the entire night. The mountain was veiled in darkness long after the hour of daybreak next morning. As the fore? noon advanced a strong wind sprung np from the north and dispelled the gloom, and Vesu? vius has been witnessed in its fiery daily gran? deur since. To-day a perfect river of fire ia Been to flow from the mountain, running in a westerly, direction. The fiery flood ia nearing the town of C?rcala. The upheaving of the volcano are attended with shocks resembling those of an earthquake and lond detonations, as if a battery of heavy guns in full play are heard. A perfect panic prevails among the in? habitants of all the villages situated in the neighborhood of the foot of the mountain. LONDON, January 7-2 P. M.-Console 92$a 92j. Bonds 71 ? a72. LONDON, January 7-Evening.-Consols 92i. LIVERPOOL, January 7-Noon.-Cotton quiet and steady ; sales 8000 balee. Wheat firm. Others unchanged. 2 P. M.-Corn 40s. Cd. Oats 3s. lOd. Others unchanged. LIVERPOOL, January 7-Evening-Cotton easier, but unchanged. Manchester advices unfavorable. Wheat 46s. 3d. Our Washington Dispatches. STANTON'S JUSTIFICATION-QB A VE CHARGES AGAINST THE PRESIDENT-CONGRESSIONAL NEWS -FATS OF THE COTTON TAX. WASHINGTON, January 6.-The Stanton re? port to Congress takes the ground that he fa? vored the Reconstruction acts, while the Pres! dent evinced a disposition to disregard them, and, if-possible, to take the absolute power in to his own hands. This startling purpose on the part of Mr. Johnson waa the real ground of difference between the President and Stan ton. Stanton contends that he bad a legal right to refuse his resignation, as the circum? stances justified his action. The report com? bats all Of the President's positions, pit-oin g him in the light of a false accuser, and con duding with a resolution that the Senate do not concur in Stanton's suspension. The re? port impeaches the ? President's veracity re? garding the New Orleans riots. The House bill for extending bonnty pay? ments, authorizes the employment of twenty additional clarks in the Auditor's office. There was a short Cabinet session to-day, Seward and Grant being absent. Grant and Sherman had a protracted interview at the War Office. Mr. Wilson's bill, presented to-day, vacates the offices of Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller, and Surveyor-General, of Georgia. Secretary Seward was to-day before the Sen ate Committee on Foreign Relations, regard? ing territorial acquisitions. Mr. Schonck .stated in Congress that there are 400,000 barrels of whiskey in bond on which the tax is due, amounting to $40,000,000. The revenue to-day was $630,000. The debt statement shows $150,000,000 in coin, and $25,750,000 in currency in the Trea? sury. The public debt has increased during the month nearly $7,000,000. It is said that the President will assign General Gordon Granger to the command of the sub-district of Alabama. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. In the Senate to-day Mr. Sumner introduced a bill abolishing the eastern and extending the western jurisdiction of the courts over Texas. Wr. Wilson introduced & bill vacating certain offices in Georgia, and authorizing the conven? tion to fill them, which was ordered to be printed. An unsatisfactory discussion arose whether the bill, passed b6fore the recess, abolishing colored distinction was a law, and the matter was referred to the Judiciary Committee. The cotton tax question was resumed, and after a long argument and numberless amend? ments, the bill was passed, with an amend? ment to the following effect: "Tax suspended during 1868 on cotton grown during that year. This suspension not to be construed to pre- ? vent the recular levy of the tax after 1868. The duty on raw cotton imported into the United States from April 1st, 1868, to April 1st, 1869, is suspended." The bill g:es back to the House for concurrence. The Senate then ad? journed. In the House, Special Revenue Commissioner Wells' report was submitted. The bill expedi? ting the payment of bounties was resumed. An amendment referring the claims of negro soldiers to the Freedman's Bureau for exami? nation was adopted, and the bill was then passed. The bill fox the sale ol? iron-clads was passed. The Election Committee reported in favor of swearing in Mr. Wimble, of Kentucky. A joint resolution for the sale of the Chatta? nooga Bolling M?l property was reported to the Committee pn Military Affairs. The Speak? er announced Messrs. Garfield, Poland and Pruyn as Smithsonian regents. A bill to pre? sent whiskey tax frauds was introduced. It forbids the withdrawal of spirits from bond under any circumstances until the full tax was paid. The bill was passed.1 The House went into a Committee of the Whole, when Mr. Ca? rey spoke in favor of paying the debt in legal tenders. The House then adjourned. Tho Virginia Convention. EicHMOHD, January 7.-In the convention, the first section of the Bill of Rights dedaring aD men by nature equally free and indepen? dent, Ac., waa adopted, Afr Ur* in Louisiana. NEW OBLEA VB, January 7.- The Louisiana State Fair con: mencod here to-day, and is at? tracting a larire number of strangers. Two steam ploughs are on exhibition. In the convention yesterday, Mr. Blackburn offered a series of resolutions providing that the warrants of the convention bear eight per cent, interest from the date of the assembling of the convection until pud into the State Treasury, maling them receivable for all dues of the State, a: id prohibiting tax receivers from receiving any .?Tarrants other than those issued by the convention. Mr. Cooley showed the illegality of tr o proposed measures, and offer? ed a substitu? e, providing that tax receivers pay into the treasury the identical funda col? lected. Both :neaaures were referred to a com? mittee of threa, which reported to-day in favor of Cooley's su bstitute, which was adopted after a storjny debt te. In the proceedings to-day, one member vas asked his opinion on the con? stitutionality of the reconstruction laws, and gave it as bis ndividual opinion that they were unconstitutional He offered tosouote Thad. Stevens to tin same effect. Suspension of the Augusta Postmaster. AUGUSTA, J anuary 7.-Foster Blodgett, the Postmaster ol' this city, has been suspended. O. W. Bummers bas been appointed Special Agent, and takes charge of the Augusta office. A petition is being circulated for signatures among the citizens which will be presented to General Meade, asking for the removal of Blodgett as S j'litary Mayor of Augusta. Northern Items. HARRISBURG PENN., January 7.-If nine Re? publicans persist in the refusal to go into a Republican caucus, the Dem?crata will have the organization of the Bouse. There is in? tense excitement..?iii! PEOYTDENC:, B. I., January 7.-The Board of Aldermen have refused a license for the ex? hibition of Mrs. Lincoln's wardrobe. -Market Reports. NEW YOBS. January 7.-Cotton opened dull and lower, l ut closed steady; sales 2000 bales at 16oal64c, closing at 164c. Flonr a shade firmer; State t9.00all.15, Southern $10.50al5.00. Wheat firme;. Corn unchanged; White South? ern $l.S7al.'10. Oats 87c. Mess Pork $21.00. Lard 12?al3? c. Bice dull. Sugar in moderate demand at llAal2jc Molasses-Orleans 75a 83c. Other groceries quiet. Turpentine 51 ?a 52c Rosin $2.87$a7.00. Freights finn; on Cotton 11-323.; by sail fd.; by steam Jd. Money closed very uaey on call at 6 per cent.; prime paper 7a8. Hold active and excited at 37. Ster? ling weakei at 10?. Stocks buoyant; Govern? ments close 1 strong; '62 Coupons 108}. BALTIMORE, January 7.-Cotton firmer at 15? al5j. Flou.' ? more active. Wheat steady, best grades of Red $2.75a2.85. Coin active; White il.21al.23; Yellow $1.23al.25. Oats dull. Rye nominal. Itovisiona quiet; Balk Shoulders 9a 9tc; Mess Pork $23.00. CmcnntAM, January 7.-Flour firm and quiet. Cori firmer ; in the enr 85. Whiskey and Pork unchanged. Lard 12j. Shoulders dh ; Clear Sides lLjal2. AUGUSTA, January 7.-Cotton quiet ; sales 366 bales. Receipts, 447 ; Middlings li&UL SA VANNAI:, January 7.-Cotton closed firmer; Middling 16 ; eales 1258. Receipts, 2597. MOBILE, January 7.-Sales of Cotton 1700 bales. Receipts, 3839 bales ; exports, 3798 bales. Mai ket closed quiet at 14jal4?. NEW OBI LASS, January 7.-Cotton inactive; Middlings .'.5al54 ; sales 4100 bales. Receipts, 5147 ; exports, 3628. Sugar and Molasses quiet and unchanged. Sterling 441a48. Sight Ex? change on Now York ? per cent, discount. Gold S5?. \ Y ILUD? c /TON, January 7.-Turpentine firmly held; sales 4(1 cents. Rosin steady, at $2 for common taid $2 12$ for strained and No. 2. Tar $175. Cotton steady ; Middlings 14. Things in Washington. Di TER EB TI TO VIEWS OF CON3RESSHRN-EtfPOB TANT LEGISLATION EXPECTED-THE FINANCES ANS TAXATION-OPINIONS IN BEG ABD TO TBE CUBBENGX AND CONTRACTION-SEDUCTION OF TAXATION. The Wikshington correspondent of the Balti? more Sui. telegraphs, under date of Sunday night: Member's of Congress just returned from the holiday v isit to their homes report that they have beet-, urged by their constituents to use their bes) efforts to immediately perfect the ne? cessary legislation on questions of finance and taxation, to the end that these may be speedily and wisely settled, not only in obedience to the emergency of the times, but as well that these Save matters may be determined before the esideniial election, and thus keep them as free as possible from party politics. These members represent that recently some modification in sentiment has taken place on the propositions to increase paper currency and to contra ct the same, the first-increase of cur? rency- b aing urged less, and the latter-con? traction-scarcely at all; that the proposition to tax government bonds has grown m favor; that the mode and time of paying these bonds is engaging the earnest consideration of the people; that there is a well-defined division of opinion-except in oases where the law in ex? press lai guage on this subject directs the pay? ment in coin-and it is difficult to determine whether there is a majority in favor of re? deeming these obligations in currency. Some also represent that there is not such earnest and act ve opposition to the national banka as was manifested at the commencement of the November session of Congress. But above all other questions upon whioh the peo] ile express solicitude, that of taxation is probably foremost. The reduction of the aggregate sum collected (about five hundred millions) is advised, and the popular idea seems to be that it should be fixed, as an ex? periment, for the present at least, at about three hundred million do"; irs. It is also ad? vised that the number of taxable articles be greatly reduced; that the cotton tax should be at once repealed; that the income tax is odious ^nd inquisitorial, and should be abolished; that tho tax on distilled spirits should be great? ly reduced, some urging twenty, others fifty cents per gallon. They say that there is an almost unanimous belief among intelligent commercial men that the present tax upon spirits <:an never be collected, because it is so iisprof ortionate to the cost of production, ind that this tax results in a prohibition upon fair an i open business. Such is substantially the information your correspondent has to-day 3btaine d in conversations with Congressmen fresh from conference with their constituents. ms PEESLDENT AND THE 8UPBEHE CO ?BT AND RECONSTRUCTION. A Washington telegram to the New York Herald says: The cases expected to come before the Uni? ted Stite.? Supreme Court shortly, involving the question or the constitu'?o.nality of the Be conatraotion acts, are giving rise to a good many speculations. Of course all stories pro? f?semete unfold what will be the decision of the Jr dges on this important question are en? tirely unauthorized and based upon the judg? ments or imaginations of private parties. No one cen know in advance what will be the con clusio as of the learned Judges. The latter will bear both sides, and then make up their deci? sions from the arguments and legal pr?c?? dents advanced, making a litt .6 allowance, of COUTS 3, tor the political bias of each of the Judges. But this may be said-that should the supreme judicial tribunal of the land de? clare unconstitutional the action of Congress in enac t .ng the rebel States out of the Union, dis franc rising white voters and forcing negro suf? frage 8nd African supremacy upon the people of thosf unhappy districts, the course or the Ex? ecutive may be pretty certainly indicated even at th 3 present moment. The President, in all probability, would ia tb ai ?Yent hasten to pro claim that the rebel States were never ou the Union, and that, ergo, the people of th States are still entitled to all the civil rig (save and except property in slaves), enjo by them anterior to the acts of secession; t the subordination of the civil to military thority has been illegal, and must immedial be abolished; and that all the past action der the Congressional reconstruction pol has been null and void. Following this oui to its natural results he would, to be com tent, have to recall the military governors, w their numerous trains of satellites, and r. haps would remove all semblance ot milit surveillance, save such as prudence would s gest to be necessary to the preservation of I and order, in view of the alleged negro a spiracies and the supposed disaffection s til many of the white residents. RKTiTRF FOB THE DESTITUTE SOUTHERNER!: In order to afford prompt relief to those in vidusls in the Southern States who are sufi ing from poverty, Major-General Howard si matted, a few days since, to General Grant his approval, a plan to supply provisions fri the fund in his possession for the use of i Freedmen's Bureau. The plan submilb briefly stated, is to instruct assistant comm Bioners of the Bureau to select a proper ag? in e ach district to issue sufficient food to thc persons who are actually suffering from wai each agent to be allowed to issue to about o hundred persons, taking as security for t issue a hen on the crops, and to be held i sponsiblo for the reimbursement of the Bure for the advance made. The money to supf such provisions is to be taken irom the fun of the Freedmen's Bureau to whatever arnon the commissioner may find it expedient to d vote to that purpose. General Grant appro v. of the proposition, and it is expected that i struct ?ons to carry the plan into execution w be given to the assistant commission OTB of tl Bureau within the coming week. A GLOOMY VIEW OF THE SITUATION OF AFFAIRS : THE SOUTH-DESTRUCTION OF THE AMERICA COTTON TEASE. The Washington correspondent of the Cb cago Times writes under date of January 2 : I have seen and conversed with leading cit zens from the South, of both parties, and tl universal cry is, that ruin and desolation ove: spread the entire land. It is computed th< over 8,000,000 of persons are, at the preso: moment, without visible means of support. . gentleman writing from Little Bock. Arkaaaa: to a leading Democratic member of Congresi says that over 20,000 negroes will be out of en ploy ment in that region; that they had bee working cotton on naif shares, and that th yield has not paid the expenses. The conse quence is, they get nothing, while they ignc rantly accuse the planters of defrauding them A gentleman from Georgia writes to a fr?en here that the rich rice lands of that State cai be bought for $140 per acre, aud other land at 50 cents. Another gentleman from tba State writes that there is no money in it, m enterprise, and that starvation must be the lo of thousands, both white and black. Fron Mississippi the news is worse. There, anne? bands or negroes roam through the country El under in g every one. The larmer's smoke ouse and corn-crib are regularly sacked. Thi South is, in fact, a ruined and desolated conn try. and is still further threatened with a fat? ?tua, if any, better than Mexico. This is th? social condition, and it is borne out to the let ter by the report of Gen. A. C. Gillern, of th? Freedmen's Bureau, at Vicksburg, Miss., whe also fully confirms the statement that tho ne groes have been impressed with the idea thal they are to be given land of their own, and they will not accordingly leave tho promise which Uley at present occupy. In fine, thc condition of things presents but one aspect in the future, and that is a social war of races, in which the weaker must succumb in the end, but which must result in untold horrors tc both whites and blacks. This is the subject which must engage the immediate attention of Congress. In fact, that body should have grappled with it ere now. It is also part and parcel of the great financial problem which is upon us. For, the South being virtually deso? lated, her industries of all kiuds are destroyed, and she must, for years to come, provo a bill of expense to the nation, instead of a benefit, as it was supposed she immediately would. Thus, Senator Sprague, a few days since, made a very significant speech in the Senate. I say significant, not because it come from Senator Sprague, who is really a political automaton, but because the points in it were furnished by bis near relative. Amasa Sprague, of Rhode Island, a man of ability and great business capacity, and a partner of the youthful Sena? tor. The firm, I learn, has lost over a minion of dollars on cotton within a few months, and Amasa speaks what he knows when be makes his relative in the Senate prono mice the doom of the Southern cotton trade. He says that sea island cotton will soon bo a rarity, seldom seen except in gentlemen's gard?es. He states that India has wrested the monopoly of the growth of cotton from tho United States. He also says, speaking of tho cotton tax: "You will endeavor to go back upon your past legis? lation, to amend, to repair, to heal, to cure it, if you can. My judgment is, that it will be the hardest task that was ever in the hands or minds of politicians or statesmen." There is no doubt of the truth of this, and one need only look to the Liverpool market reports to demonstrate it. The cable telegrams of to? day, from the great cotton mart of Europe, reads: "Total stock of cotton in port. 473, 000 bales, of which 93,000 bales are American." This tells the whole story, and that is the de? thronement, perhaps forever, of the rule of American cotton in the markets of the world. India, Egvpt, and Turkey now take the place of the United States, as cotton-producing countries, while a staple valued at between $100,000,000 and $150,000,000 per annum, and thus balancing our exchanges to that amount, is threatened with entire destruction in this country. Indeed, from all I can gather from the South, the prospect of another cotton crop of any very appreciable amount or quantity is dubious indeed. All those engaged in the bu? siness this year complain that they have lost money by it, which will doubtless deter them or others from engaging in it again. The negroes are also deserting tho rice and sugar growing as well as the riob, low land, cotton sections, and betaking themselves to the up? hill regions, where they are squatting, and liv? ing by shooting gamo, or plundering the farm? ers, who are miserably off themselves. To add, then, to the financial embarrass? ments of the North, wo have a total prostra? tion of the special industry of the South. Nev? ertheless, Congress dawdles along, and acts as it it considered hesitation and delay, as re? gards financial matter, the safest and surest way out of our present and most hopeless en? tanglement. The Senate has not acted on the question of stopping contraction, nor on that of repealing the cotton tax. And why? Be? cause that body is controlled by the bondhold? ers and moneyed and aristocratic interests, in? cluding that of the New England manufactur? ers, and hopes to ride over all present difficul? ties, political as well as financial, at least un? til relief comes in the shape of a President elected in their iuterest, under the over? shadowing prestige of rnilitary glory. They think that, by sundry and divers comparative? ly unimportant measures-such as the status of American citizens abroad, purchase of for? eign territory, and even reconstruction-until the election for President takes placo, they can pass over the consideration of measures vital to the prosperity, and even perpetuity, of the government. But I learn that Republican members of Congress ore already flooded with letters from their constituents, to the effect that the negro, and even reconstruction, are played out; that, even at the North, the wolf, in the shape of threatening bankruptcy and ruin, is at their doors; and that if Congress does not at once come to the relief or the country, the Radical party ia doomed to a crushing defeat, no matter wno the leader is. HOW THE PEOPLE ABE PLUNDERED. And while the Southern people and their in? dustries are being rapidly destroyed, the cor? morants are actually pioking the very bones of the Southern social carcass, or what remains of it. Thus, Congress passed an act that every bale of cotton should be weighed, marked and sampled at an expenbe of not over thirty-five cents for each operation. Now, the port of New Orleans, it was oxpected, would receive and ship 800,000 bales. At thirty-five cents per bale for each operation, the neat little sum of $000,000 would be real? ized at that port alone. But Colonel Phd. B. Fouke, of your State, offered to do it lor twen? ty-five cents per bale. Not being in the 'rmagic ring," however, he did not get it, and the job was given to the "inevitable Casey," married into the Dent family, which is also married into the Grant family, or vice versa, whichever you will have it. In fact, the Dent family and all its branches are to Grant what the Todd family was to Lincoln. So the Dent family, or its collateral branohes, are just now in the enjoyment of a most preoious picking, to the amount of some hundreds of thousands of dollars, from the carcass of the poor, slaughtered "bird of slavery." STILL ANOTHER AND EN0HM0U3 "BORE TO PIOS." . Bat there is another bone of the- Southern carcass which is being picked clean, and that ia the results of the eales of confiscated cotton and other articles of Southern "portable pro? perty,".as Mr. Wemmick would call it. The sum derived from these sales, [ am credibly informed, has, for the past two or three years, averaged between $40,000,000 anfl $60,000,000; that is, that amount of money bas been lying on deposit to tho credit of that- account as it stands on the treasury books. But the money has not been kept in the treasury. Such a compliance with the law would be perfectly ab? surd in this age. in which constitutional action of officials in all positions ia the exception, not the rule. Oh, no 1 it has been deposited with Messrs. Jay, Cooke & Co. ever since the hal? cyon day of Secretary Chase, and has consti? tuted one of the most splendid funds for pri? vate banking purposes ever knovn in the his? tory of the world. At 5 or 6 percent, on call, the revenue from it would reach the very princely sum of $2,250,000 or 12,700,000 per annum. Indeed, I fear that, when the balance that remained of it really was cvllod into the treasury by Secretary Mcculloch, a few weeks before the assembling of Congress, the effect upon the New York money market was most terribly depressing, and lame docks became most unpleasantly frequent in the neighbor? hood of Wall-street and the stock exchange. But this ia not the only fund whiob the favor? ed banking-bouse are allowed to wield. They are the depository also of the navy fond. And it. was only a comparatively short fame since that j the army fund was, by order of Congress, de Bosited in its proper place, the treaanry of the hited States. The question is : Who dividas with these private bankers the immense revenues derived from these funds? CAUSES OF POPE'S REMOVAL. A Washington dispatch to the Boston Post| says: It is known that the Executive had long con? templated relieving General Pope of his com? mand, but I am permitted to state, as the immediate cause of his removal, the following facts which have been officially communicated to the President: Under the State laws, the census of Alabama was taken in 1866, showing a population of 106,000 white males over the age of twenty-one years, and91.000 blacks. The late registration, under General' Pope's manip? ulations, resulted in registering 74,000 whites and 90,000 blacks, 'the Burean Constitution is to be voted for on the 4th day of February, and, as already stated in this correspondence, the negroes since the registration have become very muoh scattered, owing to their long habit of changing homes at the beginning of a new year. To counteract the effect of this change bf residence. General Pope issued an order that any person offering to vote in any county should be allowed to do so upon making affida? vit that his name had been registered. This order also provided that, fourteen days preced? ing the election, the registrars throughout tile ?tate should open their lists for revision, and keep them open five days. A revision similar to this was had preceding the election for dele? gates to the Convention. Affidavits are before the President to the effect that a large number sf negroes nuder the age of twenty-one were permitted to register and vote, and unless Gen 3ral Pope had been removed the same would igain be allowed. . The Prospect for American Cotton. [From Senator Sprsgue's Speech.] The cause -which has operated to dethrone lotion, the cause whioh bas operated to de? stroy it as a monopoly, is what ? An :>ver production of cotton in this country? No, sir. I am humiliated ia being obliged bo admit the fact that wit! this poor, de? spised, short-stapled, husky1 India cotton, i fabric is to-day produced by the skill ana labor of Englishmen equal to the best fabric that American machinery has yet been able to produce. This is the cause ol the present de? pression of the cotton manufacture in this coun? try and throughout the world. Sir, the question sefore you is not whether you ?hall tax an ex? isting interest, but it is whether cotton is an ?xi8ting interest. If the people of the South those whose means are to be invested in this ;rop-knew the exact circumstances, my life for it they would not invest a single dollar in it. ft has been my privilege to plant cotton, com? mencing in 1862 and following it up to the pre? sent time. I know something of the necessa? ries required to grow that crop. As you have been told, in the month pf January the furrow is made; in the month of February the seed is planted; and then the hoeing commences 3con after. If you postpone this measure you postpone the cultivation of this crop. What man will place seed in the ground with this tax weighing upon bim, certain to destroy tum? Who will commence the planting of jotton nuder such circumstances ? Sir, in my judgment, yon have not this interest m your lianas. I am afraid that yon have lost it for? ayer. But it may not be. If you are wise yon re-ill look upon it in this light; you will endeavor to go back upon your past legislation, to mend, to repair, to heal, to cure, if you can. My judgment is that it will be the hardest task that ever was in the hands or minds of | statesmen. I fear for the existence of the manufactures of my own State in consequence jf this alarming condition of things. I fear that the fabrics produced from the oheap cot? ton which is now grown in India will, in spite )f all tariffs, find their way into this country ind be consumed by the American people, and then, let me ask, what will be our position m New England ? There is one other point on nrhioh I wink it is important that the Sen xte should be informed, and that is in re? gard to the different qualities of cot? ton. We boast of the Sea Island cotton ts being unequalled by any, and we feel sure hat we have a monopoly in that from which DO thing oan oust us. And yet, B?T, in my udgment. n jt two years will nave passed over is when, instead of its being cultivated as it ios been in years past, it will be known only n some gentleman's garden as a reminder of what once has been, and it will be merely a }lant of ornament. The Egyptian cotton ia to lay being introduced into seven-sigh tbs of the Iner qualities of goods that the Sea leland cot ion was heretofore used for. I hope I have made nyself understood. I wish I could create in the nind of every Senator the alarm that I feel. We lave been told that we of the North are rich; the Jenator from Massachusetts (Mr. Wilson) tells is we are seven times richer than we were be? ere the war. I wish I could believe it. What lave we to show for these alleged ri ohos ? We lave spent $5.000,000.000; we raised $600^000, )00. We had the South before the war. Have ve it any more now than we had before ? Is it iny more prosperous than it was before the var ? Is it worth as muob ? Why. sir, I know he fact that many of the principal plantations >f the South are not worth one-twentieth part ts much as they were then. Mr. Nra-Why ? Mr. SPKAOTTE-Why? Because it will not iay to cultivate them and to hold them, as I snow. OLD MAN GBANT SOUNDS ms Box "ULXBS." \ Washington correspondent of a Western Daper says : The general's father came to town the other day and stopped with "?lyas." os he :alls his boy, whom he found seated at bis fire? side, smoking, of course, and surrounded by members of his private and military family. a bout the first thing the old gentleman did ifter shedding his overcoat, was toc?me at bis umpumpable offspring with, "Ulyse, are you in favor of nigger suffrage ?' No response, inly vigorous puna. "I sayJDlyss, are you in favor of nigger suffrage?" "What do you think sf it?" inquires the general, with Yankee shrewdness. The old one stated his position, he's for an intelligence qualification, and so on. "Well, now, Uly ss, Pve answered your ques? tion, I want you to answer mino : Are you in favor of nigger suffrage ? If you are, you'd get beat all hollow, with all your popularity, for Ohio went fifty thousand against it, and if she was to vote again on it to-morrow, she'd go a hundred thousand the aame way." "I haven't talked politics much for the last five or six years," was the reply of Ulysses the Silent. At last accounts the old gentleman was in doubt as to the position of "Ulyaa" on negro suffrage. THE CHARLESTON DAILT NEWS, one of our most valued exchanges, announces a reduction in its price of subscription from ten to six dollars per annum, a bold step, certainly, for these hard times. THE NEWS comes as near our idea what a daily newspaper ought to be as any paper in the Southern country, and its editorial columns present a great variety of subjects, which are always handled with great ability. With all our hearts we wUb our friends success,-BenneUaom journal, * -T - 3 5 A LETTES FBOH BOX WEB ABOUT SprairuiL D3M.-The iLondon correspondent of the New York Times says: Ever a ince the publication of "A Strange Story," the Spiritualists both in America and England have claimed Lord Lytton as a be? liever in rat-hole revelation. Lately, a famous Spiritualist, Mr. Benjamin Colonia'a, a gentle? man whom Mr. Sothern once sued for libel in certain spiritual matters, asked Lord Lvtton what were his real views on Spiritualism, whereupon the following letter wss returned: ! I have not witnessed any of the phenomena mentioned as exhibited through the Marshalls or at Jurs. Hough ton's. They mt et be very curious if genuine. I must decline expressing my opinion as to the cause of .met effects (when the effects are not traceabh to impos? ture), because I have not collected a sufficient number of acknowledged facts for the founda? tion of a scientific theory. So far as I have seen or read on the subject, ? see no necessity to resort to the machinery of a world of spirits for the causes or effects produced on the senses which we obtain through material forms, by agencies which originate in another material form (viz: the medium) ind operate upon or through matter, but not more matter than the complicated organization necessary for the utterance of a voice. In all controver? sies on this question, I have found no clear definition of what is meant hy spirit, nor does inquiry seem to me to have been directed through the channels demanded by a physiolo? gist or metaphysician. AU the experiments I have wi tnt peed, if sin? cerely probed, go against the notion that the phenomena are produced by the spirits of the .dead; and I imagine that no man who can take care of his pockets would give np his property to a claimant who could bear cross examina? tion as little as some alleged spirit who de? clares he is your father or friend, and tells you when he died, and then proceed: to talk rub? bish of which he would have been incapable when be was alive. I can conceive no pros 8oct of the future world more melancholy than lat in which Voltaires and Shokspeares are represented as having fallen inte boobies, or, at best, as intellects below mediocrity. THE WAY Mr. DICKENS BEADS.-Tho Boston Post describes the Dickens readings in Tre? mont Temple: The order at the Dickens readings in the Temple: First the audience, all bustling and fervor-women crowding, pushing:, wishing ev? erybody out of the way-the little passageway. A little before eight the Dickons gas man appears; takes a view at the side of the plat? form and contents; retires to an finte-room; in one minute and a half comes out again. Look No 2. Retires ; come out again and goes on the platform; lets on the gas; blandly surveys the gorgeous spectacle, retires quite satisfied; au? dience all eye and expectation; er ter Dolby and views the scene so charming with a tremendous air of importance-in fact, of several airs; re? tires, reports progress, reappear*, takes a con centratedly tremendous loon, says to himself: "All right-perfect," and retires. Eight o'clock and three minutes; Dickens appears, book in hand, rose in lappei, white vett and necktie, shining diamond, blooming face, sparkling eye; trips to the platform as lively as a gazelle trips to the desk ditto; applause; more ap? plause; Dickens bows; bows one-;, twice, three times. Begins: "Ladies and gen Jemen, I have the honor to read from," etc. Beads two hoars; runs down to ante-room, takes some beer, says to Dolby: "Big business this-$3500 for a cou? ple of hours; people must think it good; DoL, we must make hay while the sun shines, you know." They then walk round to the Parker House, and dine and wine. THE INCOME TAX IN ENGLAND.-A London correspondent of the Chicago Tribune gives an account of the operation of the income tax in England. The. mode;in which the taxis levied is as follows : "Each year every em Eloyer of labor, whether in a* factory, wareh? ouse, office or shop, or on an estate, receives a form on which he has, under threat bf large penalties, to write the names of the indivi? d?ale in bis employ, or who are in the receipt of wages or salary amounting to one hundred pounds sterling a year. He does not state him? self the exact amount each individual receives, but merely supplies his name and his address. The person thus on the hst speedily hears from the tax collector of his district, and is called upon ia turn to give the amount of his income, signing a solemn asseveration of the truth of his report." The income lists tire not publish? ed or open to -inspection as in the United States. The practice is to keep the incomes strictly secret. The commissioners aro sworn to se? crecy, and the returns sent in are declared to be destroyed, though I believe some of them have turned up in the butter shops, together with the torn leaves of modera books of fic? tion. In a great number of oases, where the real income is small, though Ihe undertaking is large, and it is a necessity to appear well on even to income tax commissioners, who are but men, and generally business men, too, the .firm lets the commissionen apportion the profits and the amounts of ;he loss, submit? ting resignedly to pay on sup posed profits of :?10,000 a year, when they were possibly under ?100. Thus humbug is a set-off to some ex? tent against dishonesty. In thousands of cases the comm is si on or a ref iso to accept th? returns unto the man of business has shown them his books and proved his case; but with professional and speculative men this does not apply. I should further explain that men pay on an average of three years. If a man can affirm that he has not received as mnoh as ?100 a year on an average for the three pre? ceding years, be can claim exemption, but as many difficulties as possible are thrown in the way. ANOTHXB HELLISH OOTHA BE.-A negro in Henry oounty, a few days si noe, went to the house of a respectable family by the name of McKieaick, seized a young lady and carried her Into the woods, choking her into a state of un? consciousness, and inflicting upon her a suffer? ing worse than death; and then, to complete the horrible tragedy, took a pine knot and broke her skull, and left her for dead. To avoid suspicion, he then returned to his work in the field, as though ignorant of what had occurred. Contrary to his expectations, the poor girl recovered and crawled back to the bouse. The negro was soon arrested and ac kuowledged the crime. He ia, we learn, now in jail awaiting his trial. But how long will his fellow-leaguers permit him to remain there ? [Clayton (Jia) Timet, 19/?. FABHEBB COMING? SOOTS.-The extent to which tho farming communities in many of the Northern States are moving to more genial climates and an easier til.ed soil is hardly generallv known. One ol! our real estate agents in Wilmington informs us that he now has on file applications and inquiries from no less than three hundred parties in reference to lands for sale on the Peninsula. They write from all the New England States, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and States further West, while one gentleman writes from Tennessee. Most of the parties desire a less severe olimate, with a shorter winter. [Wilmington {DeL) Commercial -One of the most prominent and cautious of London journals speaks of the "tens of thou? sands oi men and woman starving in East London, and in Liverpool and in Cornwall," and its accounts of the aggravated misery of these helpless multitudes are horrible to hu? manity. In a large number of manufacturing industries, and in many lines of business, the condition of things is exceedingly dull, and the prospeots gloomy. Ll some respects we are bad enough off in thia country, but wo have nothing like the starving myriads of Eng? land. -Le Follet, the great Trench authority in fashions, says : "The crinoline, which it waa behoved at one time would disappear, will re? sume more authority that, ever this winter. It 1B true that it will no longer come out in the shape of a bell but rumor i-ays that it will rather take the form of a basket. The toilet which her Majesty the Empress has worn at the open? ing of the Chambers foreshadows this fashion of Queen Marie Antoinette. It would, in fact, not have been consequential to keep up the fashion of loose-fitting Bkirts with long trains unless people wished to give themselves the appearance of spectres. Loose-fitting costumes were not anyhow very graceful, except for quite young ladies; tho round skirt only might perhaps have adapted itself to that order of things, but its proportions were too moderate to be admissible as an official toilet for any length of time. The widely spread skirt with tram will therefore be the order of the day again for ball costumes, as we]} as for walking ?ad oreo morning dresses, WINGATE-PRETE ENA.-Qn the 6th of January, by the Bev. CHABLIS CBOOAN, Hr. RTJiTAH 8. WINGATE to Hiss MA?GAB KT, eldest daughter of Mr. gana PSXXBXHA, both of this city. Mo cards. * LYNCH-BAUSKETT. -In Columbia, on the 38th ultimo, Mr. B. A. LYNCH, of Ohersw, to Miss KATE P., daughter of CoL JOHN BAUBXETT, of Columbia.* BBODGHTON-BURK.-On the '15th of December, 1867, by the Ber. Dr. MOORE, LAWRENCE J. BBOUGHTON, of New York, to Mrs. B. BURK, of this city. 49- New York papers piesse copy. * $pmd ?lottrcs. ?"OFFICE CHARLESTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY, JANUARY 7, rite.-The Board of Di? rectors of this Company having declared a dividend of FIFTY CENTS PEE SHARE on the Capitel Stock of this Company, the ssme will be paid to Stockhold? ers on and siter the 30th instant The Books for Transfer will be clo*ed from date until the 30ch instant W. 3. HERIOT, January 8_Secretary sad Treasurer. 49* NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP LINE.-The Steamship "MANHAT- ' TAN" ls discharging her cargo st South Adger's Wharf. Goods remaining on the dook st sunset wfH be stored st risk sud expense of Consign?es. STREET BROTHERS & CO., January 7 3 Agents. *Sr NOTICE.-THE PUBLIC IS CAU? TIONED not to credit any of the crew of Norwe? gian bark "BXJOLD," ss neither Captain nor Con? signees will be responsible for any debts contracted. January 7 3 1 49* NOTICE.-CONSIGNEES PEB NOB WEGIAN Bark 8KJOLD from Liverpool, are hereby notified that she has been entered under the "Five Dsy Act," and will discharge cargo st Atlantic wharf. All goods not permitted st the expiration of thai tune will be sent to public stores. January 7 3 GEO. A. HOPLEY at CO. 49- ANT INFORMATION OF DANIEL WRIGHT, colored, who wes employed In the 45th Pennsylvanie Regiment, and who left Charleston in 1862, will be thankfully received. Address ADAM WRIGHT, January 6 a? Box 39S, Charleston P. 0. ?-NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT | the firm of SALAS k CO., ls discontinued from tide date, and the name will only be used in liquidaUor by either of tho undersigned. F. P. SALAS, January 1 7_B. HALAS, Attorney. 49- IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THF. UNITED STATES FOB THE DISTRICT OF SOUTI ; CAROLINA_RX PASTE CHARLES T. LOWNDES, Execu tor.-IN BE THE ESTATE OF A. M. MANI GAULT-IN BANKRUPTCY.-On hearing the pet don ir* this case, lt is ordered that the creditors of tb sj said ARTHUR M. M ANIG AULT, sud Bil other pen? sons Interested, do appear and show cause, If any they have, on the 17th January, 1868, why sn ordtr should not be granted directing the Assignee of tte seid Bankrupt to sell the Plantation known ss Whi-e Oak, to satisfy the mortgage held by the petitioner. By order of the United States District Court fnr| South Carolina. DANIEL HORLBECK, C. D. C. U. S. for South Carolina, January 6_8 49" UNDER DECREE Di EQUITY. LOWNDES vs. WARING.-To Bent, for 13 monti s, from the 1st day of January, 1868, all that Plants- j don m the Parish of St John's Berkeley, known w CLAREMONT, containing shout 113 scree, of whiih 71 acres sro swamp, and 38 high 7 und. Abutting to the north end esst on "Ellwood;" to the south m "strawberry," end to the west on Cooper River. Offers will be received by JAMES TUPPER, January 8 wim3 Master in Equity. ?9- CHARLESTON DISTRICT-IN EQU? ITY-EBAUGH rt. PORCHER,-Under the deere?, of I Chancellor JOHNSON, made in this case on the ?1st j November, 1867, the creditors of the late JOES P. PORCHER sro caned upon to come in sud prive then* demands before the undersigned on or bei ne the lOfA etay of January, 1888, or be excluded fx gm the benefit of the said decres. JAMES TUPPER, Decembers wff Sit star in Equity. 49" TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF TIE UNITED STATES FOB THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA-IN THE MATTES OF RICHARD W. GALE, BANKRUPT.-TN BANRUPTCY.-To w \om \ tl may concern : The undersigned hereby gives no- j t?os of his api ointment ss Assignee of B, W. Gi LE, of Charleston, in tie District of Charleston and lr tate of South Carolina, within said District who has Usn adjudged a Bankrupt upon bis own petition bj- the District Court of said District Dated December 34th, A. D. 1867. W. H. BELLAMY, December 36 w3 Assign*. 49- QUARTERLY STATE TAXES.-G EN? ERAL TAX OFFICE, EIRE-PROOF BUILD NG, CHARLESTON, 1st January, 1868.-The Quarterly State Taxes on Sales of Spirituous Liquors, sud Goods, WareB end Merchandise, for quarter ending 31s 1 De? cember, 1867, are now due sad payable st this Office. The Books will be closed on the 16th Instant after which time double tax ex?cutions wfll be taned j against defaulters. FLEETWOOD LANNEAL, Tax Collector st. Philip and St Mich iel, January 1_1.8 49*0 F FI CE OF MASTER IN EQUITY, CHARLESTON, 30TB DECEMBER, 1867_HOTEBT 80N vs. ALSTON.-Bids, in writing, wfll be r??lved j at this office until the 30th of January, 1868, ix the j rent or purchase of the whole or either of the valu? able BICE ESTATES, In Georgetown District, I nown by the names of "Fziendfleld," "Miehaud's I sint," "Strawberry BUU," "Marietta''and '-Calais." A Plat of these Lands csu be seen st this c.-?leo. JAMES TUPPER, December Sj mwfO Master in Equity. 49" AT THE SIXTY-SIXTH ANNTVEBSA- i BY meeting of the Humane and Friendly Saciety, held st the residence of Mr. P. S. Wilkinson, Janua? ry 6, 1868, fct 1 o'clock P. M., prayer by Mr. S E. Dereef, the following officers were elected t t serre for the ensuing year: BOBEBT HOWABD, Sr., President JOSEPH WILLIAMS, vice-President. WM. T. OLIVER, Secretary. R. B. GOSDON, Treasurer. Steuardi.-F. C. Sasportaa, Joseph P. Howl rd. Standina ('ommitiet.-Robert Houston, 81., J. R. Edwards, L. F. Wall, S D. Hart, Wm. B. Os' io rn. Committee on ^Charity.-William McKinlay, J. W. Gordon, P. M Polnsett Committee on Burial Ground_W. S Osborn, R. D. Hart, S. B. Gordon. W. T. OLIVER, January 8_1?_Secretary. 49-NERV0?8 DEBILITY, WITH ITS gloomy attendants, low spirits, depression, in? voluntary omissions, loss of semen, sperms torrhesa, loss of power, dizzy bead, loss of memory, and threatened Impotence and Imbecility, And a sove? reign euro m HUMPHREY'S HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC No. TWENTY-EIGHT. Compoied of the most valuable mud and potent curatives, tl-ey strike at once tto root of the matter, tone up thc system, arrest the discharges, and impart vigor and energy, life and vitality, to the entire man. They have c tired thousands of eases. Price $6 per package of six boxes and vial, or $1 per single box Sold by druggists, and sent by mall on receipt ot price. Address HUMPHREY'S SPECIFIC HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE COMPANY, No. 663 PBOADWAY, NEW YORK. . _September IB 49* ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY. -PRIZES CASHED AND INFORMATION FURNISHED. The highest rates paid for DOUBLOONS and all kinds of GOLD AND SILVER. TAYLOR * co., Mattara* No. 16 Wall street, October ll ?jr H nrYor*. FOB. IJI EEPOOL. THE NORWEGIAN BABE HABET? ADEL STEIN, wants 600 Md Cotta? to complete cargo. For Freight engagements spply to December 36_ B. T. WAJJLaTt VESSELS WANTED, TO LOAJJ for Europe, Sou th Arc erica, West Indies and Northern ports. Good ratee and dis? patch giren. Apply to RISLEY k CREIGH TOS, Ship Brokers and Commission Merchants, December 80_Koa. 118 and 146 Best Bay. VESSELS WANTED UUttEDI? VA. TEXT TO LOAD SHINGLES, DRESS >ED AND TN THE BOUGH, tor Northern ?Forts. Highest rates paid. TUCKER dc JAOXEON, Shipping and Commission March mts, November 29 No. 112 East Bey. BOSTON AND CHARLESTON STEAM? SHIP LINE. " THE FINE VAST SAILING steamship CITY OT POST AB PRINCE, JACKSON Master, is ex? pected here on Saturday, sud Will have quio*dispatch. WILLIAM ROACH. January 7_;_8 FOR NEW YORK.; PEOPLE'S MATT. STEAMSHIP COMPANY. THE STEAMSHIP HONKKA, Captain SHACSTOKO, will leave North Atlantic Wharf J Wida,, January s th, 186ft. at - o'clock. JOHN k THEO. GETTY, Agents, January ?_Horfll Attasto Wharf. NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP LINE.-FOE NEW YORK. THE SPLENDID SICK WHEEL steamship MANHATTAN, Captais WOODHULL, will leave South Wharf on Saturday, the inst, st 7 o'clock A M. precisely. Tor outward Freight engagements sypry to COURTENAY k TBENHOLM, corner Adfsr*s Wharf sud Essi Bay. For Passage sud matters pertsiningto inward Freights, apply to STREET BROTHEBS A CO., No. 74 East Bay. _ STREET, BROTHERS & CO,, 1 4A_4_ COURTENAY & TEEN HOLM.} *?"T! January 8_ a THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA, BY CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH STEAM PACKET LINE.-SEMI-WEEKLY YU BEAU? FORT AND HUTON H EAL-Wi EELY VTA BLUFFTON. ' STEAMER PILOT BOY.dept W. T. HCNEXT? STEAMER FANNIE..Capt T. PXCX. m - ?fT"""*? ONE OT THE ABOVE STEAM TTilli isl "kin EB* *nl leave Charleston every Monday end TKurtday Night st 13 o'clock; and Savannah every Wednesday sad Saturday Morn? ing, et 1 o'clock. Touching st Bluffton on Mon? day, trip from Charleston, and Wednesday, trip from Savannah. V All Way Freight, also Blanton Wharftge, must bs pre-paid. For Freight or Passage, spply to JOHN FERGUSON, Accommodation Wharf. January 7 1 ws FOR PALATKLA, FLORIDA, VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, AND ALL LANDINGS OH THE BX. JOHN'S RIVER. _ ,rr?n?w STEAMEB8 DICTATOR AND XiAjHLyjgoiIY POINT, will leave Charleston every luttaay and Friday Evenings, at 9 o'clock, for above j.laces, sud savannah every Wednesday sad Saturday, st 3 o'clock P. M. Steamer DICTATOR, Capt. L. M. Coxxrrra, satis Tuesday Evening. Ste-mer CUY POINT, Capt 8. Annus, sails Fri? day Evenivg. " For Freight or Passage spply on board cc st ames of J. D. AIKEN k CO., Agents, January0 _South Atlantic Wharf. FOR WRIGHT'S BLUFF, B. CH BUCKINGHAM POINT, AND ALL TN TERME-, DIATE LANDINGS ON THE S ANT EE RIVER. _ -|T?>v THE LIGHT DRAFT STEAMER ?dtnS?Su MARION. CapUln J. T. Foens, ls now receiving Freight st Accommodation Wharf, sud will leave Wednesday Night, 8th instant AU Freight to be prepaid ou the wharf. Tor Freigut engagements apply to JOHN FERGUSON, January 6_Accommodation Wharf, FOR GARDNER'S BLUFF, AND ALL INTERMEDIATE LANDINGS ON THE PIE DEE RIVER. THE LIGHT DRAUGHT STEAM m[ EB "PLANTER," Captain 0. 0. 'HOT, IS now receiving Freight tor tbs above peints, sad will leave To-Night, Sth inst AU Freight must be prepaid on the wharf. For Freight eagagemesk sppjjr to_ JOHN FERGUSON, Januarys 1 Acootamodsttoa Wharf. ' FOR GEOR8ETOWS, 8. C. THE TINE STEAM BB PLANTER, .?^ Captain G C. WHITS, ia now receiv it ror above point, sad wfll leave TcNtght, 8th inst All Freight must be pnipsld on the whart ? or Freight or passage apply to . JOHN FERGUSON, January 8 1 Accommodation Wharf. THE MARION STAR. ESTABLISHED NEARLY TWENTY TEAKS AGO, is published st Marlon, & a, ia the centre! portion of the country, sad offers ? favorable medium to Merchants, Druggist?, afaflWnWa, and ? sH classes who desire to extend thsir business in ? the Pee Dee country. Tor the benefit ef our ad vernal ig patrons, we shall, m addition to our subscription list, which ls constantly increasing, publish sad distribute, gratuitously, copies of the STAR, during the busi? ness season this Fall. Estes of Advertislni; liberal. _ W. J. t.oKERALL, Novftcab+r 30_Editor sud PTsrrlstor. CHE RAW ADVERTISER, DEVOTED TO LITUBATT/SZ, f CIEN CE, AKT, AGRICULTURE, AND MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Oheraw, S. 0. Published weakly, by POW? ELL A WOBXEY. nasa cr IUMGIXFXIOV : Ons copy one yeer.?,.?.??.?..M 00 BATES OT ASVxxxnxK'i : One Square, ten lines or Uss, one ln-jortion-tl M For each subsequent insertion. TS All Advertisements to be distinctly marked, or they will be published until ordered out sod charged accord tagly . Merchante end others advertising by the year, a libe ral deduction oa the above rates will be mads. Nor em ber IS________ THE BARNWELL SENTINEL IS AN EXCELLENT ADVERTISING MEDIUM. Merchants and business men try lt lor a fur i months "No risk no esm." Send on your card? ?nd in crea? y our trade this lau. There's nothing to equal Fruiter's ink-lt has mada many afectase. Terms for the paper-SS per annum, m advance. Advertisements inserted st the rate of SI pee square of twelve lines or less for each rnaefttoa. j Cards of ten Unes or less, st the rate ai 610 for tare? months. ___, Contracta by the year or for six months, suowias privilege of changing, on mors fsvorsble term?. Address EDWABD A BRONSON, November 16 ' Publisher and Proprietor. 1868-THE BAPTIST BANNER, AU? GUSTA, GEORGIA._ THE FIRST NUMBER OT THE SEVENTH VOL? UME of this Religious and Family Jemal win appear onthe first Saturday in January, l?6?. The Banner will be issued regularly every SAmr day, printed with new type sad ott fine peper. ___ Theresident Editor, Mr. JAMte S/B^ jwfl be sided by the pens of some ol tba most diann . gulshed writers of the denoomtllcn tn tins and tba adjoining States. : * .... a limited number of sd vert? x m eats (ot suitable character) will be received st tto ^uroslrates. Subscription price THREE DOLLARS per ?untun. Address, BAB'; 1ST BANNER. December 33 Augusts, Gs? TUE SUMTER WATCHMAN rPUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. AT fDM TBB, 8. a, oj GDLBEBTAJTIVOWEBS, tort, ?t FOUR DOLLARS per annum, lnvari*?r ia advance. Advertisements inserted st usual rates. Every style of Job Priaun* e^todj^?* ?J - est ?tvie and cr?ai??t dior oh. <*?pw?mner 60 THE HERALD TS PUBLISHED WEEKLY ATNEWBEMJ OE, 1 ?t ?3 per annum, and. Having S 1*V latior thresh all the ^P^*P^jf^^S^ * the Stele, aflordi great advantages tosdvsrttaer*. Estes for advert? ii very ressoasble. tor wMc* apply -o our ^ent Mr. T. P.^DF^s^Xms Hon??. TUOS. F. a H-. H. uRx?n.K Kn, January 2 _. Editors sad Prop listers. THE ORAfV GEBTJRG NEWS, PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MOBBS*, st Orangeburg, 8. C. Terms 92 per saan a in advance. . Durhig th? sprinrsnd faU sessons. extra copies the OBAKorauaoNsrws will be circulated J?r t benoni ol oar advertising perrons. Contract Advertisements inserts?! on the nat Uber?) ?erm?. Address SAMUEL DIBBLE, Editor Prengiburg News, Tsbruari? CraiigaJ?WfcfJ ,0,