The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, January 11, 1868, Image 3

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THE DAILY NEWS. JO? LARGEST CIRCULATION.-THE DAILY NEWS BEING THE NEWSPAPER OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AS HAVING THE LARGEST CIR? CULATION IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, PUBLISHES THE LIST OF LETTERS REMAIN? ING IN THE POSTOFFICE AT THE END OF EACH WEEK, ACCORDING TO THE PROVIS? IONS OF THE NEW POSTOFFICE LAW. LOCAL MATTERS. THE BAILY NEWS AT EIGHTEEN CENTS A WEEK. Persona who wish to subscribe for the DAILY NEWS by the week, can have thoir papers served to them regularly in any pert of tho city every morning by B?X o'clock. Mr. J. Silverstein, agent for the city delivery, will call upon such persons and collect the weekly price-eighteen cents. Orders left at the periodical stores of Mr. C. UL Righter, Nos. 161 and 338 King-street, or at the oriiie of tho DAIL? NEWS, NO. 18 Hayne-street, will receive prompt attention. SDBSCBIBEBS who take THE NEWS by the week will do us a special favor by not unnecessarily detaining our collecting agent when, in the course of his weekly rounds, he calls upon them for dues. THE FEBST of a series of Lectures will be de? livered before the Catholic Institute by the Right Rev. Bishop Lynch, to-morrow evening at seven o'clock, in the Cathedral Chapel, Qaeen-street. The public generally are invi ted to attend. Crry DETECTIVES.-Officer Coates, of the de? tective force, baa returned to the city after a long but successful chase. He has consigned his prisoner to the jail, and is waiting to see if Boston has other rogues to send [out, being certain that they cannot escape his vigilance. FIRES AT HILTON HEAD.-Within a few weeks two tires have occurred at Hilton Head, S. C. By one, the row of buildings in front of the old Provost Headquarters was destroyed. By the other, the post bakery was consumed. As the post ia going to decay, with more buildings than occupants, the losses are of no great con? sequence. RIVER THIEVES.-A colored man who had been prowling around Gadsden's wharf, made a raid upon a sloop lying in the dock and ab? stracted a trunk of clothing and an iron pot The pot, not being valuable plunder, was left on the wharf, and the thief was making off with the trunk when stopped by a policeman who gobbled him up and consigned bim to the guardhouse. The part?as refusing to prose? cute, he was turned loose. CHTBCH ELECTIONS.-At the annual meeting of the Corporation of the First Presbyterian Church, held at their Lecture Room, on the evening of the 6th instant, the following of? ficers were elected for the ensuing year: JOHN PAUL, President. R. M. GORDON, Treasurer. B. b. DOWIE, Secretary. Standing Committee-Robert More, Chairman ; Jno. M. Groer, A. Sydney Smith, A. 8. J. Perry, S. EUiot Welch. Committee on Accounts-Thomas Bonnell, James Robb, H. J. Greer. L 0. 0. F.-SCHILLER LODGE No. 30.-At an election of this Lodge, held on the 29th De? cember, 1867, the following officers were elect? ed to servo for the ensuing term: Brother H. BUCK, P. G. Brother F. PUCKHABER, N. G. Brother J. S. KLIN CK, V. G. Brother GUST. H OFF MEYER, R. Secretary. Brother JOHN SCHRODER, Treasurer. Brother TH. HENRICHSEN, W. Brother H. DOSCHER, C. Brother H. W. MENCKEN, B. & N. G. Bro?her J. H. TIETJEN, L. 8. N. G. Brother H. SCHROEDER, R. S. V. G. Brother J. M. SAWATSKL L. S. N. G. Brother J. WINTERS, B. a 8. Brother AUG. SELBfcRGElt, L. S. 8. Brother C. ZERPEL, T. G. Brother F. WELLDT. O. G. A RAHE RELIC OF A RAT.-The question has often been asked, where do the rats go ? They seldom die, and unless that event is caused by some patent powders, their bodies are seldom found. It bas been stated, however, by some naturalists that the sick are devour? ed by the strong, principally to eave bu? rial expenses. This proceeding may ac count for th e scarcity of the bodies of the defunct rodents, but occasionally a dis? covery is made. The workmen employed in making some improvements in the store of Messrs E. H. Kellers & Co. found a well-pre? served skeleton ot a rat on the top of tho shelving near the ceiling. This member of the long-tailed fraternity had evidently expired du? ring the war, when the shelling had driven every one from the lower part of the city. Having nothing to eat, he had gathered up his feet like the patriarch Joseph, and yielded up the ghost. His tail was told, his days number? ed, and the skeleton was the only rebe of a once vigorous rat. Sic transit. THE LADIES' MUTUAL Am ASSOCIATION.-The distinctive feature of this association is that it relieves the poor by giving thom work, which work is paid for by the association, instead of giving food or money to those who are in doa tress, as is the case in most other charitable institutions. It was established in June, 1866, and the Depository in Chalmers-stieet was opened. At this place the business of the aa sociation is conducted, tho work is distributed and the completed articles are sold. More than once the association has been upon the verge of dissolution, bat, at the last moment, there was ever some charitable contribution which enabled the managers to continue. The managers had a strong and abiding faith, and they persevered when hope itself seemed dead. The following extract from the annual report tells ita own noble tale : With regard to the benefit which this asso? ciation has produced, we will only add, that the strongest proof of its usefulness is the testimony of thoBd whom it has enabled to support themselves, if not entirelv,. at least partially. Many who have obtained'n .rk from this institution have said, that, but for ita as? sistance they would have wanted bread; and the vacancies in its offices have always been immediately filled, without any difficulty from among those who had previously received its assistance, and had seen and felt the bene Qt of its labors. There are about seventy persons each week who receive employment from this association, and every effort has been made to distribute the work as equally as possible among the nu? merous applicants; but this, as may be readily perceived, is not adequate to the distress pre? valent throughout the community. Hope still, however, stands forth to encourage the behef that our usefulness will be increased in the future, and surely she will have her final reward for patience and perseverance. At thia time tho association is in a very em? barrassed condition, and the managers feel that, as they work for all who aro destitute, so they may appeal for aid to all who sympathize with the suffering and poor. This they now do, and it is sincerely hoped that the lecture to be given for their benefit on Monday night next will give them material help. .rhe sobject of Bishop Lynch's lecture is the "Early Discoveries of America." Doors will he opened ?t 7 o'clock, and the lecture will eommence at bajf-past 7. Tickets, one doilax each, may be had of the patrons, the Committee of Arrangements, the Treasurer, or at the hotels and principal book And music stores. Abouv the Convention. THE CANDIDATES FOB THE CHAIRMAN SHIP ZEB TO MAKE A GOOD BUN AND 1IACKI WIN-BOWEN FOB GOVERNOR-THE KILLI WHITTEMOBE-THE FIGHT FOB 3'LUNI NAMES ON THE SLATE-CHAIRMAN OF - MTTTEE3-NORTHERNERS AND BI ACE SHALL HAVE NO PBOMTNENCE-PA ? BX BING-AC, *C, AC. The following letter has heen hatded t anonymously, for publication, and wo give our readers, upon its own merits and for ' it is worth, as a specimen of the wire-pu and log-rolling already going on in -jonnet with the coming convention: CHARLESTON, S. C., January ll, 18< To the Editors of the News : Consider excitement exists in the city at this timi to the organization of the conventicn, as t that depends the kind of constitution that be given to the people. If good rn? a are el ed then all will be well, if not we may fear result. It is conceded that A. G. Macke the strongest candidate talked of to : che eli nipsship, though not the strongest man in convention-as the manner in which he chosen ad a delegate is strongly mied aga him by those who are opposed to such measu and they no doubt will center on i he Hon Boozer from Lexington, who will be abl carry a good many of the up count) y delegt who have not been tampered with by men the utterest of the Charleston delegati BJ wen is talked of by the colored delegate! Charleston, backed up by the influence General Scott and the Bureau, which has sc favor with the lower country delegates. ] the promise to make Bowen Gove ."nor, by Mackey influence, will no doubt secure strength for that side. B. F. Whittemore, Darlington, was at one time a candidate, 1 the moneyed interest of the convention rep sented by Orangeburg and EdgefiBld have that slate aside, and, at the same time, hi killed off Whittemore for Congres 3 in his c trict. As goes Charleston so goes the Sta It is a noteworthy fact that none of the < rulers of the paity m thiB State ht.ve anythi to do with the State, as new rin.rs have be formed and thc old rings ignored. In the selection of officers for the conv< tion-clerk, sergeant-at arms, docrkeeper a others,-the blacks will not be represented, they did not, at the caucus held in thiB ci vote for any of the new rulers, tJid of com can have no claims on the netr rulers io i Cardoza andDeLarge, of this city, with Mc Ki ley, of OraDgeburg, are to, and will, conti this part of the patronage, as they have pledg themselves to root out this ignorant elemei Money bas been spent quite freely to get t control of the convention; and, That with t profit to be made out of the printing, the i freshment stands, and the tal onmembe who owe the election to the "plain" youl men, I am free to say that, without any dont the following will be the officers of the co ventiou: President-A. G. Mackey, M. I >. Clerk-James M. Morrison. Assistant Clerk-William M. Molen. Sergeant-at-Arms- William Weston. Assistants-John Gregg, S. 0. Hare, W. I Kitchen. Doorkeepers-M. De re ff, T. ! dc Kinlay, at 3. D. Kirk. Messengers-S. Bennett, M. 3. Camplin, , Snath. Postmaster-H. L. DeLarge. All of the above are to the manor bom, e: :ept the chief clerk, and will act aa a unit. ( :ouree they may not bo the bent that contd I :hosen, yet th -y are the most active and wi sontrol the convention. If Bowen is not eleel id President he will be chairman of the Jad iary Committee; Cardozo, of the Finance Com nittee; ?. W. M. Mackey, ol the Executiv Committee; Parker, of the Committee oi Enfranchisement; McKinley, of Charleston m Order; Banaler, of Commit too on Education Che other committees will be made up of mei vho are in the interest, but of one thing yoi nay be sure-no Northerner or blackman tai Mam any prominence in the convention. Tb nsfranchisement clause of the Tennessee Con jtitution will be adopted, as tho ring are bonni to keep ont of power every one of the ol? miers. Then pay will be advanced by th ring to those who are "sound on the goose, rime will take care of the ieai. One who has come to attenl the convention md who, though black, will not fail to do righ towards those who raised him, and who wi! not forget that he is a Carolinian. T R. B. E. FIRE.-An alarm of fire, at six o'elocl yesterday evening, was car sed by tho par tia! burning of the roof ol the kitchen oi the promises of Mr. R. E. Sc roven, in Water street. The fire was caused by a defective chimney, but was soon extinguished. THE NEW CITS RAILROAD TICKETS.-Th< directors of this road have adopted a new stylt of ticket, which waa introduced on tho cars foi the first time yesterday morning. In the place of single tickets, which wero sr' ? in quarter, half and one dollar package; i, they have adopt? ed the plan of using ono ticket which bears upon ita face "gooo for" so many rides. Those for twenty-five cent? are yellow and have three numbers, the fifty cents bine and white, and the one dollar red and white. When the con? ductor calla for tickets ht punches a hole in one of tho numbers, showing that tho ride has been taken. Each ticket in cumbered separate? ly from naught to any amount that may be issued. Thia plan will ct.use leas confusion than the old system, and the work of the con? nie tors will Le greatly sim plefied. They have seen each supplied with patent punches by Bissell <fc Co., and as the tickets are presented ?he number is at once oblitarated, and the ride narked ont. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COUBT-HON. GEO. i. BRIAN PRESIDING. -AS?ault and Battery on be high Seas.-The case of the United States is. Obed Andrews and Wm. H. Gordon, the irst and second mates of the bark Alexander klcNeil, charged with an at sault on Jno. Toole, me of the seamen (sinon deceased), was re? amed in the early part of the morning. The estimony that was elicited in this trial waa he same as previously reported in this paper. The argument for the defence was opened ry G. D. Bryan, Esq. Mr. Bryan is a son of ds honor the Judge, and displayed a high or ler of ability in his mainer of handling his ase. The maiden effort is always a severe or leal, but if every young lawyer conquers the Lifficulties of his profession with the ease and ;race with which Mr. Bryan acquitted himself in this occasion, the Charleston Bar will soon idd to its hst of "bright and shining lights." dr. Bryan, from his former position in the Savy, understood the nautical points in this ?ase perhaps more fully than those who had nore experience in maritime law, and he was anabled to preBent the facta to the jury in a jlear and concise manner. Tho District At? torney, for the prosecution, followed, and re? newed tho testimony. The charge of the Judge waa delivered, and after an absence of nearly two hours, the jury returnod a verdict of "Not Guilty." This was quite an important case, and ex? cited considerable interest, as if a verdict of guilty had been rendered the officers of the barque could have been indicted for murder. The Court was attended by a nu nber of tho younger members of tie bar and the legal stu? dents in :his city, whe were attracted by tho promise of a speech frcm Mr. Bryan, and who tendered him their he irty congratulations on his successful debut. THE UNION PEATES MEETING will be held this afternoon at lecture room of Circular Church, at half-past 4 o'clock, and to-night at Trinity, at half-past 7 o'clock. Subject-Prayer for the Christian Church; the increase of holi? ness and activity, fidelity and love, and for graco equal to the duties and dangers of the times. To-morrow night, in order to accommodate both sections of the city, Union Prayer Meet? ings will be held at the First Baptist Church (Dr. Winkler's), Church-street, and at Bethel Church, Pitt-street. Subject-Christian Chari? ty. 1 Corinthians, 13 chap. TELEGRAPHIC CoanruNioATioN BETWEEN CO? LUMBIA AND NEWBEBBY.-We learn from the Newberry Herald that an effort is being made by Colonel Nance, of Newberry, to secure the early construction of a telegraph line between that place and Columbia. Au offer has been made" by Mr. David O'Keefe, the Manager of j tho Telegraph Company in this eily, and one of the most experienced telegraphers of the dav, to build, equip and work the hue upon liberal terms, and there is no doubt that the undertaking wonld be highly profitable. Busi? ness follows the telegraph pole os it does the line of rail, and Newberry will spring into new lifo if she will securo the means of direct and instantaneous communication with the whole of the outsido commercial world. THE following is the report of coal weighed at the Market-street public scales during the month of December, 1867 : Tons. F. Lampe.13*# C. W. Selgnious.T75J? Budd & Blake.45)? Wm. Johnson. 7 Bavenel A Co. t% More & Co. 6 H. F. Baker & Co.2B2>? F. P. Selgnious. 74 Total.702K The following was the amount weighed at the Calhoun-street public scales : Tons. Wm. Ravenel.06K Wm. Johnson.44>i' F. P. Soignions.9% Total.120 >i UNITED STATES DISTBIOT COUBT-HON. GEO. 8. BRYAN PRESIDING.-TBIAL FOB THE VIOLA? TION OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE TN NOT AF FTLTNG THE REQUISITE STAMPS.-The first of the cases of this character in which the grand Jury recently found true bills came up for trial yesterday. Considerable interest has been felt by the community in these proceedings, and tho result of the different trials will be read with interest. The case tried yesterday was that of the United States cs. E. Strauss and Isaac Mann, Asher D. Cohen, Esq., ap? pearing for the defendants. The indictment was made out on charges preferred by two United States detectives, John Hubbaru and William H. Griffin, who claimed to have bonght an unstamped bottle of pomade or hair grease from the store of Mr. 8trauss, No. ISO King street. Mr. Hubbard, the first witness, was intro? duced, but Mr. Cohen objected to his testi? mony being taken on the ground that be was an informer, and was not qualified as a witness, being interested in the case. The District Attorney opposed this objection, and, after some argument, the Judge decided that the law recently passed by the Legislature of South Carolina making all parties in the case competent as witnesses was binding and in force in the United States Court. The witness then testified that he was a resident of the city, and that on the evening of the 4th, in company with Griffin, he went to the store of the defendant and called for hair oil. A bottle was taken from the show case, which was bought by Griffin for fifty cents. The bottle was tbe same as that in court, and hod boen since in the custody of the District Attorney. He recognized it as the same from certain marks put upon the bottle and the wrapping paper after they had left the store. In his cross-examination he stated that he did not remember tho name, but saw no sign, and presumed the parties named in the indict? ment were the proprietors, as he asked for their names. There was no stamp on the bot? tle at the time, or the purchase would not have been made. He stated that the label attached lo the bottle bearing the names of tho pro? prietors of the store and date of purchase, had been put on by them-the detectives. (This label came off while the bottlo was handled in court, and the counsel tor the defence called the attention of the jury to the fact, and showed how a stamp might be removed in the g ame manner). Wm. H. Griffin testified that bo made the purchase and affixed the label before referred to, the bottle being in his possession from the .llb to the 6th, when it was delivered to the District Attorney. He had asked for the names of the proprietors, and was told the np mes given in the indictment. Isaac Mann was sup? posed to be a partner, Jrcm the fact that he made the change, and St\uss had given his name. E. Strauss, witness for the defence, testified that his name was Emanuel not Edward, as named in tho indictment. He said that he knew the witnesses whon they came to the store, as he had r>een them in Washington, and knew them to bo dotectives. They had asked for a suit of clothes, and ho said that Mann would make them, but did not give his namo as a partner. He stated that he was not connected with the store, but sold goods for his brother. He had seen the bottles when bought at auc? tion, and knew that they were stamped at tho time, but could not say if they had a stamp on when sold. Mr. Pinkers, the clerk, testified that he had frequently seen and handled the bottles in cleaning tho windows, and knew that they were stamped, but was not positive if the one in question bad a stamp on at the time of Bale. No other witness appearing, the counsel for the defence opened the argument, and showed that the informers were detectives paid for the business, and that each case they made out was a gain to them of one-half the fine. The ease with ffbich the labio had been removed was known, and it was a fair supposition that, in handling and wiping tho bottles In the win? dow, the stamp might be accident!}' removed. It had been shown that Isaac Mann wa a not connected with the business, and his name was only mentioned oasnally. Mr. Cohen, in con? tinuing, defended the position of his clients in au able manner, reviewing each point in the testimony, and arguing that the omission of a stamp was altogether accidental. Major D. T. Corbin, the District Attorney, followed in reply, and read tho law bearing upon the points at issue, showing that the stamp was required, and that all parties offer? ing or exposing for sale, unstamped, any arti? cles named in tho schedule, whether the arti? cles wero of foreign or domestic manufacture, were liable to all the penalties imposed by law. He presented tho caso to the jury as resting simply on this violation, arguing to prove that the ordinary precautions of tradesmen had been neglected, or the stamp would have been, and remained, affixed. The Judge charged the jury on the pointe in the case, citiDg the law, and explaining to them, in a luminous and able manner, how it was to be obeyed. After an absence of a few moments, the jury returned, with a verdict of guilty as to E. Strauss, and not guilty as to Isaac Mann. The jury was then discharged until Monday, at ll A. M., and the court adjourned. A SINGULAR ARD FATAL ACCIDENT_We learn from a gentleman who came from Gour din'a of a emgular accident that occured near that place a few days ago. Mr. Isaac Boy den, a young mau about eighteen years old, while engaged in marking a hog accidently let the knife slip, and it entered his heart, causing instant death. When found no blood was dis? covered, and it was only after a careful exami? nation by a physician that the wound wa? de? tected. Mn. rr Any MOVEMENTS. -The four companies of the 12th United States Infantry arrived in this city last night. Tents had been pitched on the Oreen for their accommodation, and the grounds have assumed more of a warlike appearance that they have done for some time. General Glitz, accompanied by his Adju? tant, Lieutenant Anderson, left the city yesterday morning on a tour of inspection. Buring hie absence Major Boy will aot aa Com? mandant of the Post, and Lieutenant Flem? ming as Adjutant. THE COUBT OP APPEALS.-Present Chief Jus? tice Dunkin and Justices Wardlaw and Inglis. The following orders were made: Venus Blake ly, el al, vs. J. J. Tesdale, el al. The State vs. Edward Wheeler. The State vs. Plenty Pino. The State vs. Addison Cockfleld. W. F. Erwin vs. Isaacs Eppa. Barlee & Pressley os. W. W. Ward. The State vs. Isaac Wilson, el al. On motion of S. W. Maurice, Esq., it waa ordered that the foregoing cases be put on the docket of the Appeal Court, and be Bet down for argu? ment as directed by Court. The case of Conly vs. the City Conned of Charleston, ads. Jane Co ni in, Administratrix, was continued. W. D. Porter, Esq., continued his argument for the appellant ; J. B. Camp? bell, Esq., contra, was heard to hour of ad? journment. PISCATORIAL.-There are some disciples of j the gentle Izaac who like to lure the finny tribe from their native element, but others more impetuous, continue to catch them when at school and induce them to enter a net which at once encloses them. These hauls are fre? quently quite large, and in order to secure the fish they are put in a floating trap and brongbt from the fishing banks to the city. One of | these traps, belonging to Lopes & Leslie, well known fishmongers, containing nearly twelve hundred fine blackfish, was stolen from the head of Union wharf on Thursday night. The thief endeavored to secure another trap which was fastened near by, but waa frustrated. The loss was almost irreparable, for though as good fish were in the sea as ever came out of | it, yet they were like Mrs. Glaaae's hare, they had to be caught before they were cooked, and many of the customers of Lopes & Leslie were constrained to do without their fish dinners. HOTEL ARRIVALS.-Mills House_Michael Connors, Hilton Head; J. Graves, Orangeburg; Jas B St John, John B. Sar dy, J. D. Sampson, New York. Charleston Rotel-Capt. H. Back, Buckville, S. C.; Thomas A. Elliott, Misa Badger, Orange burg; Geo. B. Mann, Columbus, Ga.; William Mansfield, New York; Col. Bentzoni, U. S. A.; John Summors, C. H. Woodruff, New York; J. W. Johnston and Harris Covington, Bennetts ville; John B. Steele, city. Pavilion Hotel-Lewis G. Hubbard, Roches? ter, N. Y.; S. S. Jones, New Orleans; S. S. Becki Dixie; J. M. Wilder, Sumter; J. R. Lacey, Bal? timore; Mr. and Mrs. Lieut. Traling, Mr. and Mrs. Lieut. Pickett, 12th U. S. Infantry. BUSINESS NOTICES. H. H. LT you want cheap Blank Books; If you want cheap Stationery, Envelopes, Paper, ic; or, MILLER'S Almanac; lt you want Printing executed neatly; If you want Books bound in any a ty le, or Ac? count Books made to order, with any desired pattern ot ruling, go to HIRAM HARRIS, No. 59 Broad-street. THOSE WHO HAVE not supplied themselves for the winter with clothing and furnishing gooda aro recommended to examine the stock of Messrs. Macullar, Williams & Parker, at No. 270 King-street, where may be found a stock of ready-made clothing, which, for style, workmanship and durability, is not equalled by any stock in the city. The prices, which are a great consideration in these times, are lower than tho same quality of goods can be found elsewhere. Don't fail to examine this stock before purchasing. M>pirgn DOWN.-Charleston is the first city io Carolina, and J. B. Read ic Co. is the first dry goods house in Charleston. Road's is already well known and well patronized ; but this is not enough, and the enterprising pro? prietors seem to have made up their minds that they will, before they stop, absorb the largest part of tho dry gooda trade of the city. They have now marked down their splendid stock to absurdly low prices. Dress goods, poplins and silks, are Belling at below cost, and those who wish to buy have now an oppor? tunity that will not soon again present itself. Read the startling announcement, and go to Read's to-day 1 Go to Read's to-day ! Go to Bead's to-day 1 Go to Road's to-day 1 THE GAZETTE, VOL. LL, No. 10.-The con? tents for Docember ll are : Captain Marshman, of the Raleigh; The Fenians; The War in Can? dia Renewed; Juvenile Fenians; Cable Dis? patches; Demand for an Irish Parliament; Tho Relations between Italy and France; Fenian Movements-Manifesto of the Irish Clergy; Proclamation by tho Irish Privy Council; The Irish Question and the English Parliament; The Pope's Allocution Examination of Burke and Casey; A Course of Leotures, by Bishop Lynch; An Entertainment given to the Or? phans; The Manchester Tragedy; A Few Weeks in Dublin, Autumn, 1867-Curran-O'Connell; Dr. Brownson in Bo?ton; The Day is Grone, (poetry); Tho Geronomite Friar (poetry); A Murderer's Home; A Letter from Carlyle; Cath? olic Prisoners in England; The Fenians in Paris; The Fenian Movement in England; The Outrage in London-The Clorkonwell Explo? sion; Letter from John Martin; Letter from Archbishop M?chale; Sympathy for the Pope in Ireland; Farewell to Pope (poetry); Catholic Irish, and Local News, Ac. Five cents. For sale by all newsdealers. Office of publication, No. 307 King-streot. Try THern. Many persons have within this summer experienced the benefits to be derived from the use of PANKNTN'S HEPATIC BITTERS. We would recommend them to all who stand in need of a tonic. For sale by all Druggists. s October 6 i)arbioarf. THE OLD ESTABLISHED Retail Hardware Store, NO. 344 KING-STREET, BETWEEN SOCIETY-STREET AND GEORGE-STREET. GOODS SOLD AT LOW PRICES. JOHN FM WINKLE, NO. lill KING-STREET. January 10 3 Jlrt) ?nobs. DRV GOODS! DRY GOODS!! Bargains! Bargains! HARKED DOWN TO RAISE HONEY. For the next Twenty Days WE WILL SELL Our Entire Stock OF DRESS GOODS, COMPRISING IN PART F ench Merin oes Empress Cloths Poplins Colored Silks, &c, At flfiy per cent, below New York Cost Prices. FRENCH MEEINOES. Former price $1.35-now selling for 66 cents. Former price il.SO- now soiling for 75 cents. Former price t2-now selling for $1. EMPRESS CLOTHS. Former price $1.60-now selling for 76 cents. BEAL IRISH POPLINS. Former price $3.60-now selling for $160. COLORED SILKS. Former price $3-now selling for $1.60. FRENCH POPLINS. Former price $1.36-now selling fer 60 cents. J. E. BEAD & CO., No. 363 King-street. January ll 9 Cloting onb /arnidi)ing (Booh. Large Stock of CLOTHING FOR MEN AND BOTS AT LOW PRICES. rTTHE TAILORING DEPARTMENT SUPPLIED _L WITH an elegant assortment of OLOTH8, CASSIMERES and VESTINGS, which will oe made up under the care of a First-class Cutter. No. 219 King-Street, West Side, One Door South ol Market Street. WU. MATTHIESSEN, Agent, B. W. McTUREOUS, Sup't November 16 frap, (djeminils, (Ctr. nmflAllH RESTORATIVE AND BALM OF LIFE! FOR ALL WHO ARE CONSUMPTIVE, OR ABE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ANT IRRITATION OF THE LUNGS, WHETHER THE COUGH HAS BEEN OF LONG CONTINUANCE, OB OF RE OES T ORIGIN. RODRIGUES' Pilli!!] ELIXIR SPEW HAS RAPIDLY DISTINGUISHED ITSELF FOB its wonderful restorative and curative quail ti ;B. Under its stimulative influence, and by Its pen? etrative agency, tbis health invigorating cordial ex? cites a general beneficial reaction, and disperses :he impermeable obstructions which prevent accost to other remedies. While gradually reducing the ac? companying constriction which attends the mala ly, lt reproduces the essential warmth and elastic vi ?or of the respiratory vessels, which, by this remedial combination, promotes the healing process by wb Ich relief and cure ls effected. Hemorrhages ore -arrested and cared, with every other concurrent disorder. As neither narcotic nor emetic properties of my kind are employed In thia Pulmonic Compound, and the most aasidnous attention given to the qui Jity and medical value of each component article w.dch constitute it, it is confidently and consclen?oiily recommended for its solety and reliability, witliout restriction in generous, wholesome diet, or ai pre? hension of renewed cold from its effects. For sale wholesale and retail by the Proprietress, Mrs. CECILIA RODRIGUES, northwest come- of I MEETING AND BOCIET?-STREETS, and at tho I Druggists. PRICE SINGLE BOTTLE $1.26. NoTombsrU :.yr Hem |)oMtrati0tts. jyj-OW READY i THE BEST POLITICAL AND STATISTICAL MANUAL PUBLISHED. T2TE DEMOCRATIC ALMANAC For 1868. AS ONO THE CONTENTS WILL BE POUND : A HISTC ET OF THE SAN DOMINGO MASSACBE A ccurterpatt of which is about being enacted in tbe Scutiern States. The k) manse siso contains mil and official Be tura a of all th? Elections for this year, compared with pre? vious ores; the most important acts of Congress; President Johnson's Veto Messages and Proclama? tions; Lista of Federal and State Officers and Mem? bers of CongrePB; Popular and Electoral Vote for Preside! t lu I860 and 1864; Statistical and other in? fo mu di n Indispensable to every politician, plantar, farmer, merchant or mechanic. 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SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL, ) KNQINEEBL??O DEPABTSTENT, > YALE COLLEGE, November 16, 1866. ) I bsve always recommended the Faber Polygrade Lead Pencils as the only pencils fitted for both or? namental and mathematic! drawing; but, after a thorough trial of the American Polygrsde Lead Pen? cils, man utar tu red by the American Lead Pencil Company, New York, lund them superior to any pencil in use, even to the Faber or the old English Cumberland Les? Pened), being s superior pencil for sketching, ornamental and mechanical drawing, and all tho ordinary uses of a lesd pencil. These pencils are very finely graded and have a very BI ooo th lead; even the sottest pencils bold the point well; tl icy are all that can be desired In a pen? cil. It gives me great pleasure to be able to aosure Americans that they ?rill no longer be compelled to depend upon Germany or any other foreign market for pencils. LOUIS BAIL, Professor of Drawing, fcc. ALL PENCILS ABE STAMPED : fOf "AMERICAN LEAD PENCIL CO. N. I" None genuine without the exact name of tbe firm ; look to lt December is LEA & PERRINS' CELEBKATED PRONOUNCED EXTRACT BY Vt ?f a letter from s C0NN0ISSE?BS I] *Tl^J*j8TI?r mt MA> at Madras, to TO BE THE OiTLT ^ft-Ak hi* Brother st ", , _ fl!fev3 WORCESTER, May, bood ?Sance OK mi: HS "Tell LEA APEB AND APPLICABLE l^pSEb: BINS that their Sauce "L^??".' is highly esteemed in :=Sr Indis, and le, in my opln'oc the most pa EVEKY VARIETY j?^*^ Istable, M weil as the TKji3B most wholesome OF DISH. ^??aP^AUCE?iatismade." The success of thia most delicious and unrivalled condiment having caused many unprincipled den? ers to apply the name to Spuriout Compound/, the P JBLIC is respectfully and carnally requested to see that tao ?ames of LEA & PEBBINS are upon tho WBAPPEB, LABEL, STOPPER and BOTTLE. Manufactured by LEA & PERRINS, Worcester . JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS? NEW YORK, AGENTS FOB THE UNITED STATES. October 19_ tow i yr THE SUMTER NEWS, DAER ? OSTEEN, Proprietors. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, AT SUMTER, S. C. Subscription M. 00 per annum. To Clubs of foul ?8.00 per annum. Advertisements Inserted on liberal terms. Decembers ?tar?n n Salts. A Large Sehooner-rijged Flat, the Dvndtr burg, at Auction. BY SMITH & McGILIIYlUY, Auctioneers, .VJ. 27 Brosui-e-t-esi On TUESDAY, the nth instant, will tx .old, with? out reserve, at Jones' Shipyard, east end af Cal? houn street, where ah 3 now nee The above FLAT, maisarlng M feet In lsagth, ll feet in width, and 0 feet deep in hold, moe? or Usa, carries 70 corda of wood ; coat $8700. .XaO, Her MASTS, SAILS ai id BIGGING, separa) isly. . Terms cash._ January 10 I'.MTKD STATE) I MARSHAL'S 8ALE. SOUTH OASOUXA D STBICT-IX ISMIIUIZX. W. C. Tilton et al. vt. the Charletton Dredg? ing and Wharf Building Company. W. Y. LEITCH & R. S. BAUNS, Ane Moneen. By virtue of an Order of Sale to me directed AMU the Honorable Georg ? S. Bryan, Judge Of the Dis? trict court of South ( violins, In Admiralty, for th? District aforesaid, in the above case, I ?-?ul sell, at pu Olio auction st th : old Ex chun ce, east sad of Broad-street in the port of Charleston, on WEIN NES DAY, the 16th o? January, 1868, st ll o'clock A. M. One of HOSGOOD'8 PATENT MOD MACHETES, with two (2) FLATS, now lying st Central Whams. Both Machine and Fists sro nearly sew, sheathed with heavy zinc, lu good order and reedy tor work. The Machine csu dig ons thousand (1000) tons of mud per day, and the.fists sn each capable of hold? ing thirty (80) tons of trad. AUO, The STEAM TUG ItELiEF, built in PhilsdelphU In 1863. Length slzty-elx (66) feet six (6) inches, depth seven (7) feet, breadth of beam sixteen .(16) feet, coppered to (6) ab: feet Hall sad nuohnery tn good order. ALSO, A HEW STEAM PLL ?-DBTVEE; length fsrty-sjgnt (48) feet, breadth flit eui (15) feet, depth three (S)0Mt six (il) lc ?hes, two (1) High Pressare Engines, six (f) lnchss Cylinders, twelve (13) inch stroke, length ot Den lek forty-eight (<&) feet, space tor logs nftesn 4IC j inches, Hammer weight two thousand (2000) pounds; fist bottom, sheathed with heavy **n<\ propelled by her ow 1 power; speed four (4) alles per hour. Terms-Half cash; balance In approved Indorsed notes at ninety days and four months, secured by mortgages of property; purchaser to pay for stamps and papers. J. P. M. EPPING, United States MaishsL South Carolina District, January 4_swi USHER DECREE IS EQUITY. Henderson, Admn?tratrix, vt. Sendtrton, et al VALUABLE PLANTATIONS POE COTTON AND y PROVISIONS. Will be sold by the .mderslgned, before the Court? house, in Waltertx rough, s. C., on MONDAT, tts? 14th dsy of January, 1868, at ll A M., AU that PLANTATION known sn " ORANGB GROVE," with the Buildings thereon, in the District of Colic ton, contslnl ig 89a 33-100 seres, more or less; bounded North by linds belonging to the trust estate of Mrs. S. E. Henderson and children; East by tbs Blick Creek Hoad; South by lands now or bte of Nathaniel Hey ward, deceased, and Weet by Janos of the est?tes of Nathalie! Heyward sod Paul Parri*. AZJOL A HEALTHY SIMMER RESIDENCE, on lot af 6 seres, witta necessary outbuildings, ?^j/rm+wg tbs shove tract Two (3) TRACT? OF LAND, containing Uvely 644 6-10 acres and 673 8-10 acres; tbs fcrm*r bounded North by linds or He j ward; East tr? lands of Panis; Southeast by lands ol WUhsms; bonita by lands of tho estabe of Smith and Heyward, and West by lands of Dsniel Blake; the latter bounded on the North by lands of Bo bett Snead ; East by lands of Vsrnadore and Graves; Souita and Southeast by lands of Ley less, and West by lands ot Snead and Heyward; said trails to be sold to ten (10) separate parcels, ss per plat, of Robert E. Payne, of February 7th, 1866-said parcels containing the following num? ber of acres, to wit : No. L 137 7-10 acres; Ha X 106 8-10 seres; No. 8, 104 6-10 seres; No. 4. 914-UJ sores; No. 6, 116 7-10 scree; No, 6, 113 4-10 aeres: No. 7, 98 6-10 SUBJ; No. 8, 96 8-10 seres; Na 9, 134 9-10 seres; Na 10, 143 7-10 seres. Terms-One-ttand (%) cash; tbs balance in two (9) ?qual annual ins I simen ts, secured by bond, ia personal security ind mortgage cf the prsmlsesjwltta interest from day of sale. Purchasers to pay tor papers and a tampu B. STORKS, C. E. C. D. Persona deslrouii of purchasing can examine palls and receive a description ol tho landa st the oAes of Messrs. HENDERSON A BEERE, Attorneys st Law. Walterborougta, s. O. uull November 3d ?Udiuims' priucts Salts. To Sent, a Cooper Siter Plantation. BY ALONZO J. WHITE & SON. WiU be BEN TED FOB A TEEM OF YEARS, If de? sired, WOODLAND'S PLANTATION, Cooper Elver, formerly the property or John Har! eaton, Esq., re? cently owned by B. Bead, Esq. Tract ?^"?**r" la all 1738 acres, upwards of 300 seres of which are prime Rice Land, under bank, sad a considerable quantity of cleared Provision Laad of aaoafjaat Sualiry, the balance well wooded; a good i?*i?g tm ie river. On .tao place ls a small real danoo, and l?verai housee r Uta bio lor laborera. There are now eighteen workn g hands on the above place wflhng to contract on ll wal terms, nine of which are prime fellows. For pat and other particulars, apply aa shove, at OFFIC E Na 68 EAST BAY o l BEET. January ll 1 PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. rE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDI? CINE AND aUBGEBY wss organised in 1848. Chartered by the Legislature, February 36, 1868. Name changed by a l?gislative enactment to tba Eclectic A.ed:od College, of Philadelphia, tn I860. In 1863 lt pure:M td the Pennsylvania Medical col? lege, established in 13*2, and the Philadelphia Medi? cal College, which had previously been merged brio the Pennsylvania Medical <'onega. In 1864 it par? cha Bed the Peon Medical Unlvinciry. Tue Trustees of the separa tu schools united, petitioned sad ob? tained a special Act of the Legislature, consolidating these ina?tutio is and cha. gus; their names to thai of the Philadelphia University of Medicine and Sur? gery, March 16 1866. AU these various Acta are pub? lished in the statutes of Pennsylvania. The emt of the i uncling sud museum was over one hundred thousand dolli rs. It will b - observed that the Uni? versity, as now organized, is fe legal representative of the four Medical Colleges that lt bas absorbed. It ls a liberal school of medi?me, confinad to no dogma, nor attached lo any medical clique?, bot embraces hi lu teaching everything of verne to the profession. Seuion*.-U has two foll scanlon J each year, com? mencing on the 1st of October, and continuing anal the 1st ut January, aa its first session, sad from tba 1st ol Januar;' to the 1st 01 April, ss ita second ; tba two co natl tui 3 og one full course of lectures. It tass also a sumner session, commencing the 1st April and continuing until August for the preparatory branches, such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Bota? ny, Zoology. Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, sta ricken- Ti eke ta to the full course of lectures $130 cur 860 for each session. For tbs summer ar pre? paratory comae S36. Oraodatlng lee aso. To sid young men ul moderate means, the University has issued five t undrec scholarships, which are sold to nrst-couree students for $76. and to second-cwarse students and clergymen for 'WO, etch co os tauting the holder a life member, with the perpetual privi? leges of the lectures, sad all the teachings cf tba school. Ttae only additional lees are a 3 early dis a oe ting and matriculating acket each of which ls 86. The Advanlagu of Scholarthipt. -The student hold? ing a scholarship can eater the College at any ame daring the year, attona ss long se he chooses, ead re-enter the institution aa frequently as deJred. It requires no previous reading or study to enter ttae University on scholarships, hence, all private tuition fees are saved. Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute other business a part of the time. The candidate for graduation csu present himself at any time, and receive his degree ss soon aa croata fled. In case s student should hold a scholarship and not be able to attend lectures, it can ba transferred to another, thus preventing any loss. Parents, guardians or friends of student! wishing to purchase scholarship tor thom a year or more bet?re then- attendance at tho University, can secare them by ec" vanning one-half the pnce and paying the baiano when ttae student enters. Pcysi clans end benevolent men can bestow great benefit apon poor young men by presenting them a scholarship, and thus e ?abling them to on tain aa hoaorsble pro? fession. The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physi? cians and surgeons. The University bas associated witta it a large hospital clinic, wheie every form of medical am surgical disease is operated on and treated in the presence ol .he class. COLLEQU BUILDING?.-The College building, located in Nmtta-srreet, south of Walnut ls tbs finest in tba city. Its front is collegiate gothic, and ls adorned with embattlemente and embrasures, presenting a novel, bold, and beautiful appearance. The facade ls of brown stone, ornamented by two towers, rising to the elevation 01 eighty feet and crowned with an embatded parapet The budding contains be? tween fifty and sixty rooms, all supp lied witta water, gas, and 3very other convenience that modern im? provement can contribute to fac?ltate medina! In? struction. Only five hundred scholarships will be issued, and as two hundred and fifty are now sold, those who wish to secure one should do so at ono?. Money cm be remitted by express, or a draft or check seat on any National Bank m the United States, when the scholarship will be retornad by mall, sig led by the President of the Board of Trus? tees, JOSEPH S. FISHER, Esq., and the Dean ol the Faculty, W. PAINE, M. D. All orders for scholar? ships or other business of the University, should be addressed to Professor W. PAINE, M. D., Philadel? phia, Pa. A SEMI -MONTHLY. JOUBNAL OT HZDIOTJTX, SUB GEE: , PHI3IOLOG?, HXOrERZ AND OXNXBAX. LI TUBA TUBE, DEVOTKD TO THE PBO FESiilON AND THE PEOPLE. The cheaps t Medical Paper In the world, pub? lished every two weeks at the University Building, Ninth-street South 01 Walnut. Stonie copies.8L0O Il vi i copies to one address.4.30 Ten copies to one address.7.60 Fifisen copies to one address.9.80 Twnnty soples to one address.10.00 1 he getters up of the Club ahaU have one copy gratis. Address W. PAINE, M D., Editor, Sipt? mber 13 Philadelphia, Pa.