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THE DAILY NEWS. Would I Knew! Flays a child in a garden fair. Where the demigods are walking; Flaying unsuspected there As a bird within the air, Littens to their wondrous talking: "Would I knew-would I knew What it is they say and do!" Stands a youth at the city gate, Sees the knights go forth together, Parleying, superb, sedate, Pair by pair in princely stato, Lancfrand shield and haughty feather: "Would I knew-would I knew What it is they cay and do !" Bends a man with tremblirg knees By a guli of cloudy border; Deal he hears no vice lrom these Winged shades he dimly sees, Pubing by m solemn order: "Would 1 knew-oh, would 1 knew What it ls they say and do!" PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL. Special Meeting. ?? _ COUNCIL CHAMBEE, December 16, 1868. Present_The Major, and Aldermen Potter, Lindstrom, Dereef, Wall, Cade, Olney, Hon? our, Whilden, Marshall, Voigt, Howard, Moore. . " , The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The following matters were disposed of m regular order : ... ^ , , gundry applications for licenses. Referred to Committee on Licenses. Petition of the Washington Fire EDgine Company praying for a loan. Referred to Spe- j dal Committee on Fire Department. \ Petition of tax-payers and residents of Beau fain-street, praying that the pavements in said street be repaired. Referred to the Committee on Streets. 1 Returns of City Sheriff of all unsatisfied ex? ecutions of 1866, 7 and 8; also tax executions from 1S59 to 1861 Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and City Treasurer. Rel tun of Harbormaster for December, 1868, showing $480 96-100 paid into the Treas? ury. Information. iheMavor read a copy of a notice sent to the contractors of the shell road work, and stated that he had made arrangements for the early completion of the road at the expanse of the contractors. Received as information. REPOSTS. By Alderman Moore : The Committee on Vacant Offices and Coun? cil Journal bf g leave to report that the follow? ing officeB have become vacant this day, viz : Clerk of Council; Harbormaster; Physician Orphan House; City Registrar; City Treasurer; six Physicians for Health Department; two 'City Apothecaries; City Inspector; Flour In spev'.or;. six Measurers of Wood and Timber, Ac.; two Onagers of Liquors; two Inspectors of Naval Stores; Coroner; Superintendent Pub? lic Cemetery; five Port Wardens; two Chimney Contractors; Keeper of Tidal Drains. The Committee recommend that the Clerk be instructed to give notice that Council will proceed, at its next regular meeting, to an -election for the same. H. JUDGE MOORE. Adopted. R. E. DEREEF. A question having arisen as te the office of | City Assessor, the report was so amended that it be left to the Mayor and the. committee to determine as to the vacancy of the office above referred to. By Alderman Moore : To the City Council : ? GENTLEMEN-The Committee on Vacant Offices and Council Journal beg leave to report, upon the examination ot the journals of Coun? cil, that they find them neatly written up to date. H. JUDGE MOORE. R. E. DECEEF. Received as information. By Alderman Olney : The Committee on Accounts beg leave to re? port upon the examination of sundry bilis; they find them correct, and recommend that they be passed for payment, viz : BTBEETfl. Bundry bills.$515 43 ALMS HOUSE. Sundry bills.$218 01 HOSPITALS. 'Sundry bills.$57 00 POLICE. Sundry bills.$90 70 TIDAL DRAINS. Sundry bills....$36 75 . Total.$916 89 Respectfully submitted, H. B. OLNEY. Adopted. WILLIAM G. WHILDEN. By Alderman Whilden: The Committee on Lighting the City beg leave to report upon the examination of sun? dry bills of the Gas Light Company, amounting to $2,446 09-190; they find them correct, and . xeccommend that they be passed for pavment. WILLIAM G. wHILDEN. Adopted. A. S. MARSHALL. The Mayor then called the attention of Coun? cil to the necessity of making some arrange? ments to respond to the writ ot mandamus which had been served on them. The City Attorney stated that he had pre? pared the necessary returns to the alternative writ, and that it was necessary to admit the allegation or to deny it on next Saturday. The return was ready to be signed by the Alder? man. It was then read by the City Attorney, ind, on potion, signed by the Mayor and Al? dermen. Alderman Olney offered the following reeo lution, which was adopted: BesoioetL That the City Attorney, Hon. W. P. Porter, be requested to represent the Mayor and Acting Board of Aldermen, in the case pendiig in Columbia, Saturday, 19th instant: that he be authorized to employ additional counsel, with the approval of the Mayor. The Mayor then proceeded to read his anno-) al report : 1 MAYOR'S BEPOBT. Gentlemen of the Board of Aldermen-Situat? ed tia we are, the Acting Board of Aldermen of j this city about entering upon another year of its existence, it is well to consider gravely our duties, both present and future. Placed here, as servants of the people, with? out election, without consultation previous to appointment, kept here through circumstances beyond onr control, not knowing bow long we shall remain, our positions are surrounded with peculiar responsibilities and labors. Our present duty imperatively demands that we shall fearlessly and impartially take such stops ni will result in thelasting welfare and permanent prosperity of our city. Therefore, let us proceed in our work, determined to act faithfully, promptly and efficiently. Following that line of action, I propose, as succinctly and clearly as possible, to ex? press to you my views of the present condition of the city and the several different depart? ments of its Municipal government, and what changes are absolutely needed and required in order to speedily secure the end desired. This city, altoough containing, it is estimated, 40,000 to 45 OOO inhabitants, and covering a territory two miles in length by less thar ->ne mile in breadth, is, in comparison with a large number of other cities in the United States, but a small place. It nevertheless has the para? phernalia of a city government ou a scale equal in surroundings and expense to ot! er cities of from three ta six times its size. This needs attention, remodelling and eocnomizing. The charter of the city and the ordinances under which we are operating having beeu made and enacted as far back as 1783, and a large portion of the ordinances having particu? lar and special reference to tho institution of slavery, it is my opiniou that it should be re? newed and they be changed so as tobe more applicable to the great change that has result? ed from the late war. THE Ctn FINANCES. That a community suffers iu individual re? putation by the failure of the town or city hold? ing the same to pay its obligations, cannot be questioned. How much is suffered when such town or city fails to pay even the interest on its obligations, we can only conjecture. That this city presents a case in point 'tis useless to men? tion-how it reached that position 't:s perhaps equally useless to inquire into. To fina means of escape from such position is more pertinent. I hold that material prosperity cannot and will not come to this city and the inhabitants there? of unless provisions are made so that the in? terest on its obligations shall be promptly met and the obligations themselves provided for as they mature. The aocumulating interest on the city debt from and after January 1st next, should be re? gularly paid. It can be done, and I trust you will deteroaino that it shall be done. If this is accomplished, the dawn of pros? perity will be perceptive, and Charleston will be advancing with proud steps to her proper place among the cities of America. To enable you to realize how much the city's finances have improved within the past year, I present the following facts: The estimate of wants for this year, as made up one year ago, called for $860,000. For the coming year all to be asked for is $710,000 or $150,000 leas than last. With that arnon will be enabled to do as follows, viz: lat. To pay the running current expen the city government, as it will in all prol ty2d. To pav $50 000, money borrowed last June, to"finish the.year's business. 3d. To pav the accumulatinR interest o city debe from and after January 1st, 1869: also, to have an amount sufficient to como and complete sundry substantial contemr improvements, thereby Riving employme: the deserving and usdustrious poor ol city. ASSESSORS ANS ASSESSMENT. We require a change in our system of a sors and assessing property. We want ? thing more modern than that now in vi We want something, to speak plainly, Northern. For instance, we should have a Boaid c 8e6sors, tc cons'st of three, to hold their for three years, to bo elected, one each ye the City Council. And then there should t sistunt Assessors, one from each Ward, t elected annually by the voters ot each X whoso duty should bo to furnish thc asse all necessary information relative to pei and property taxable in theirrespective W It should be the duty of the assessors year, on the first of January, or as soon tl after as practical, to canvass the city thoro ly, going from house to house, aud "assiste tho Assistant Assessor, to assess the inl tants of the city. The city and"the times are calling loudl; a new assessment, and I think it impoi that the personal property Buould also b sessed preparatory to its bearing another its proportion ot the city's expense. What is desired is a thorough and equil system of taxation that will not bear he: on the few, but will ?racefElly unloose purse strings of the many. TAXATION ANS #AXABL? PROPERTY. Direct taxation at best is onerous and testeful, and should be levied as equit upon all property and interests as poss Every person and corporation drawing oi tainiog au income from a community sin pa>' its equitable proportion to support government of that samo community. Ci table and religious societies are and have b from time immemorial, exempt from tax?t There are, however, quite a number of pi or tracts of property in this city, amountin; value in the aggregate to three hundred tl sand dollars or, three hundred and ?ftv tl sand dollars, now free from taxation. Foi stance: Tho South Carolina Biilroad Co; p tion, whose terminus was origmaliy afc L street, and whoso charter, as originally obt ed from the State, exempts its property fi taxation until such time as it may pay ceri dividends, ?aa purchased from "time to t one pieco of property after another, until i its tracks cross seven of our streets, and on the best portions of the city, lying betw Line and Hudson, and Sleeting and E streets, is, for income and beauty, of as mi benefit to the city as tbe so-called Burnt I trict. And quite recently this company purchased a large dwelling houBe and lot at southeast corner of King ajid Ann strei which, up to the time of purchase, yielded the city three hundred and twenty dollars annum. And again, there are houses on the Gli lands valued at $50,000 or upwards, from wh the churches obtain rents, but pay no taxes the city. All this may bo in accordance wfth la' ^nevertheless lia none tho less money, a some legislation should be had that will seoi to the city the same proportion of taxes fri this mentioned property as from any other. It is quite important that all such wrongs errors as these should be corrected. THE HOSPITALS ANS HEALTH SEPABTUENT .demand moie than a passing remark. It is s generally known theso two divisions of o Municipal government are operated togetfa under one head. We have two hospitals-one in Mazyck-strei for the colored people, accommodating abo one hundred and twenty patients, and one tbe Tucker House, near the Hampstead Ma for the white people, accommodating abo sixty patients. These institutions aro genera ly full the year round, and costing the city the neighborhood of $15,000 per annum. It will be noticed that two separate corps servants, stewards and physicians aro renden necessary, the two hospitals being located i far apart. Tho expense of this depart mei can be materially decreased by bringing tl two together, and is advisable. The WOJ House building, adjoining the Mazyck-stre Hospital, is not u icu, and could at a small ou lay, bs made an excellent hospital building, ask the special attoutiou of Council to this sui jeot, deeming it very important that immedia steps bo taken to consolidate theso two hosp tais. To the Health Department proper is due, i in my judgment, to a great degree, the unii terrupted good health of the city during th past season. It was really remarkable, an merits attention. THE HOUSE OF COBBECTION OB WORKHOUSE. Under the present system of using thos confined there to laber upou the Tidal Draini this institution is not kept os full of boardei as formerly. Five months ago we had froi forty to fifty inmates constantly. As soon a these were put to labor they began to lessen i number, until now we are averaging but froi ten to twenty. THE ALUS HOUSE. This is ono of tho principal sources of cs pense to the city : the system of its manage ment is thoroughly wrong, and the tendency i to encourage people in idleness and depenc] once. Our Alms House provides for about 90 insid and from 1600 to 18'JO outside, at an oxpenso o some $40,000 per annum. It may seem harsh and may be called cruel, by those partaking o tho city's bounty-but my belief and opinion i that a great change is seriously demanded ii this institution. I do believe tbat when a party becomes e< impoverished and poor in friends or mone; and the means of subsistence as to requir public charity, they should go to the insutu tion prepared for that purpose; and whei there, some employment should be found am furnished, such as they may be able to do, si 'that a portion at least of their expense to th city may be refunded. In fact this institutioi sh?rJd be made, as near as caa lie, self-sus (tining. MARKETS. We have very good market buildings; an< the system on which they are conducted is fa removed from great censuro, but still then are points m which large improvements cai be made. I would suggest to the Commissioners ? change in tbe internal arrantrement of (hi Lower Market-something that would do awa; with that gauntlet of butchers through whici all visiting it in the morning aro obliged to rut through. Stalls would obviate this. Then tin vegetable pens should be changed to stalls And a system of cleanliness should be adoptee that would secure a bettor and mo. e inviting showing of meats and vegetables. A proper stylo of stalls, besides economizing room, would do away with all the confuaioi and disorder observable every morning aud Saturday nights. I remark, passingly, tbat I am in favor of th? "free market system." Let any one sell meat! or vegetables, the same as other merchandise, at any fixed location they may select. POLICE. This departmentof the city governmenl requires an entire change in its organization to render it as effective, efficient and economi? cal, as it should be. The expense of this force was last year $120,000. That this was enor? mous and unnecessary, I will cite but tve illustrations, although every city North of thu presents one. Louisville, Ky., with 230,001 inhabitants, and 240 miles of streets, paid las! year but $90,000 for its police force. .New Bed? ford, Mass., about the same size with this city similarly located, being a seaport, paid less? an d than $25,000. Our.preeent system was adopt ed under the "old regime," which having, with ita necessities, passod away, il is my ad? vice, that on grounds of economy, if tor nc other, we should adapt to ourselves an organ zation moro in keeping with oui' means and the times. STREETS ANS SIDEWALKS. ?.During tho past five months a large amount of repairs have been, at a comparatively small expense, put upon the streets, and now both they and the sidewalks of thc city are in quite a good and passable condition. The im? provements in this respect is very apparent and marked. I wish to speak at this timo of the tempora? ry mannor m which all repairs and works on the streets have been for I know not how long back conducted. It would be ultimately loss expensive for this city to build brick trunks or drama, in place of wooden ones, to place brick or stone curbing to its sidewalks in-toad of wooden ones; tue immediate exponse would be groater, but "once done always done," is the cheapest policy. STREET RAILROADS. While recognizing all the many advantages to the publio -derived from this comfortablo and pleasant means of transportation, I can? not forbear expressing regret that so few restrictions and req-urements were imposed j upon this company previous to the granting ' of its charter and the laying down of its rails la some cities one of the conditions which the right of way in its streets is gr to a horse railroad company, is that it keep the streets through which it runs ii feet order and repair. Some arrange similar to that should be yet made wit! road, else such taxation should be levied it as will enable the city to do the repairs i railroad's expense. THE SHELL HOAD Has occasioned, through ill-advised pla largo outlay to tue city. It is, however, r finished, and when completed, and the pi ty along its line comos under city taxatio il will in another year, tho advant?ges inception and completion will be mar The satisfaction afforded the numerous ers on the neck aud beyond tho limits c city, and also to the fanciers of good. flesh, and to all desirous ot at least one drive out of the city, is, to a largo degrco, pleasing to all who see in iinproveinei city's progression. THE PLANE GOAD Around the depots, giving a good contiu drive from tho Battery up to tho "Six House," is finished. The pleasant and arr, countenances of our one thousand draym our best answer of its worth and benefits, also a good argument, ii any is needct moro improvements of tho same kind in i other localities. LIGHTING THE STEEETS. Th j city ie payiugnearly, if not quito, 52 per annum for lighting, in a very poor mai its streets, which I bavo no hesitation iu ing is an exorbitantly extravagant exp< Tho streets of this city"can be equally as lighted by other moans than now employe an expense of $10,000 less. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT is in excellent condition, and deserves c mendation asa very efficiont organization ; it is much larger and, consequently, n moro cxpensivo to the city than it ehonk I do not mean to say that too much is any one company, but that there are too n companies, and, also, that thc compa attached to the different steamers aro eompi of too many members. TH)AL DRAINS. By the employment of part ies confined in Home of Correction, the annual expens keeling these drains in proper order has c reduced from $10,000 to $2500. During past four months, somo twenty sand pitH li been built, which so far appears to opei most admirably, saving to the city a lo amount of labor and money. A ETESIAN WELL. The expento of op3roting and caring fori well has been advantageously stopped to city. It has been leased, and there is sc prospect that it will be completed, and that income will accrue to tho city. THE ORPHAN HOUSE. Of this expensive but excellently intcntioi institution it may bs unpopular to speak pk ly and openly, but I feel it my duty to do Tho objects of this institution-to care r provide for thc orphans or the children of p and destitute parents-to educate and fit the male and female, to onter upon and to bat with life's trials, cannot be too highly co mended. But from information, throu various sources, I am led io tho following c< elusions: That the rules of admission are loose, and that many children are admit? whose parents can aud should take care them-that the education given them pertai more to au independent than a dependont ch -that they aro educated more for the par and tho stage than tho house and the appre tice shop-that they are taught to bo wait upon instead of to wait upon themselves. Wi studies they should be taught to labor. T intent should ba to teach them to be good ai industrious, rather than young ladies and ge tlemen-something within and not above tin station. The cost of sustuiuing this institution tl past vear was W?.C.C, exclusivo of the intere on the cost of tis buildings and ground The average expense of each orphan was qui threo dollars per week. A portion of this community, besides bea ing their equal proportion of taxation to sui port tl.is costly establishment, sustain, su] poi t and educate through their own privai energies and resources over one hundred dost titute children at an expense of one half < what it is costing the city for the same nun ber. This exoonse, if not borne by then would, under tho presont system, fall upon th city. I refer t o the Catholics-to the "Sistoi of Mercy"-who have these children in cliargi Now, it does scorn to me wo should bo "jus before wo ?ire gonerous." In justice lo our selves a strong and successful effort should b made by all concerned to economize extensive ly in this institution, and in justice to th: mentioned most worthy and excellent portio of this community, some amount should b donated by tho city, so as to repay or assis said parties in the great relief, in the care o poor children, that they have and arc affbrdin to this city. CITY ENGINEER. This office cost the city, directly and indi reedy, during the last past year, unnecessari ly, not less than $20,000. Under some circum stances, with prosperity and a full city purse with large permanent improvements going on it might be advisable to bo encumbered with : GOOD city engineer; bat situated as we aro struggling against adversity, any yearly salar; expended in that way is just BO mu?htoomucii in my opinion, for a luxury of that kind. THE CITY BUILDINGS Are gonerally in good co- dition; a few repain might not be out of placo. The City Hal needs a thorough painting inside and outside: still it will answer for another year as it is. ? THE SALARIES Of the city officials deserve some chango Somo can be lowered and some ought to b< raised. I am a firm boliever that the laboroi is worthy of his hire. PRINTING. The printing of the city is a necessity, but ? large percentage of that expenso can bo Ba vee by confimug ourselves by contract to one paper. POLICE OR MAYOR'S COURT. This is a relic of old times-and not in ac? cordance with modoru ideas. Tho duties ot Eresiding in this Court should bo borne, not y the Mayor, but by a Judge-by the Recorder for instance, who now, although drawing un? der Stato laws, and for life, a sal? ry of twe tnousand dollars, has, to my knowledge, no , duties that give to the city any value received. Some chango hero would not bo out of place. FIRE LOAN ACT. I would respectfully call your attention lo an ordiuttucc ratified 28th day of August, 186-, to aid in rebuilding tho burnt district and waste places of the eily. This ordinance, Uko many others on our books, is inoperative. I would, therefore, recommend that it h .- so amended as to allow tho erection of wooden buildiugs in all that portion of the burnt district west of King ptreet. The object of tho ordinance is to aid in re? building such places as above stated. How can this bo attained when two important features in tho bill frustrates the whole plan ? Unless these obstacles aro removed we need not expect to see any good arising out of it. lt has failed to accomplish that for which it was iutended. Knowing this to be tlie real fact, lot us proceed to correct the evil without delay. The objectionable features in tho bill are these : In section 2, clauso 1, wo find ''that no loan shall be made for the erection of any wooden biilding," and in clauso 7, "no loan shall be made upon any lots upon which there is a wooden building." In conclusion, I would inform you that up to this time, a lapse of over two yoars, but four loans have been made. This fact shows that the ordinance is defective. Allow parties to erect wooden buildings with slate or metallic roofs, and soon our vacant lots will bo covered, and money from taxes will flow into our treasury. PROSPECTIVE IMPROVEMENTS. I am iu favor of cutting a canal across the Neck, from the Ashley to the Cooper Rivers. The following results would be attained : Tho Neck would bo drained, rendering it perfectly healthy. By having the canal of sufficient breadth, boats aud rafts could pass from liver to river, saving much valuable timo and ex? pense, and would bo a great aid to commerce and thc shipping interest. A large number of the poor people would be furnished with em? ployment, and thc cost to tho city would be trivial; every lead of earth excavated would be worth for filling purposes about the streets and tho low grounds of the city every dollar it would cost. The pond between Beaufain and Broad streets should be improved and made a beauti? ful spot. The expense of this would bo proba? bly not more than $2000 or $3000. The city institutions, "HotiBe of Correction," or "Work" House," "Alms House," "Hospitals and Orphan House," ahculd be mado as near self-sustaining as possible, and I will present a plan to accomplish this to a certain extent. The city should erect on "Potters' Field" a farm of thirty-five acres, owned by the city, a eu ?table building for its Alms House, selling the property now used for that purpose, and also another building for a "House of Refor? mation" for tho numerous young vagrants about our streets, and, with the help of the in? mates of these institutions, should raise vege? tables and garden produce sufficient for all the 1 institutions of the city. Two or throe hundred head of hogs could be attended to by these same inmates. The gar? bage and swill collected about the city by proper city carts would be ample for their sup? port, and meat enough would be raised to sup? ply all dependent upon the city's bounty. Tho privies of the city should bo rogolarly and properly cleaned by city laborers and suitable carts, and the offal taken to this same Potters' Field to bc worked into manure by the same hogs, for sale to tho farmers on the ?ecle or elsewhere. The extent to which thia self sustaining process can bo carried is scarcely thought of aud still loss realized in this com? munity. I havo endeavored to present the leading to? pics of interest pertaining to the manage? ment of the city government clearly to your view, and, with a few paining remarks,"will leave thom in your hands. This city is far from being bank-upt and ruined. We havo a climate equal to any in thc United States for salubrity and pleasant? ness tho year round. Our harbor is not ex? celled by 'any in the Southern States. Wc Lave a larcc back country, extending by thc Memphis and Charleston Railroad to the Miss sippi River, and as soon as the Blue Ridge Railroad is completed by direct communica? tion with Ohio. We have a population equal to any for labor of all kinda; all it requires is thc education and direction. And now, with all ihese advantages ot nature and art, it is for the individual interest of every one residing herc to "accept the situation as it is;" to give to every man, of whatover race or nationality, tho right band of fellowship and his full polit? ical rights under this tree government of laws. And not lo wait for Northern or other capital to como and rebuild our lallen fortunes, but to go to work, and as soon as tho others seo us helping ourselves wc shall not want for their aid and assistance. GEORGE W. CLARK, Mavor. City Hall, Charleston, December 1?, 1868. Alderman Potter moved that tho report bo received as information and published. Adopted. Alderman Olney offered the following : JResotoed, That theJJommittee on Streets be requested to inquire into tho probable cost and expense of laying a cobble stone or plank road in King-3treet, between Hudson and Shepherd streets, and to confer with the President and Directors of tho City Railway Company as to what proportion of exponse that corporation would bcir, tboy having the use of a lurgo por? tion of that thoroughfare, and report at tho next regular meeting of Council. Adopted. By Alderman Moore : liesdvfd, That Council proceed at the next regalar meeting to elect .nc Boards of Com? missioners of thc various city institutions. Adopted. By Alderman Moore : JResotoed, That tho Committee on Contracts be authorized to advertise for estimates to do tho city printing, and to report at tho next meeting the result ot thc same. Adopted. Alderman Olney gave notice of a bill to raise supplies for the year 1869, and for other pur? poses. Tho notice was considered as a first readine; of the bill. Alderman Olney also gave notice of a bill to provide for the liquidation of interest on the city debt, accruing January 1st, 1869. lt was considered as the first reading. Alderman Voigt gave notive of a bill to alter and amend nu ordinanco "To aid in Rebuilding the Burnt Districts and Waste Piucos of the City of Charleston," ratifiod 28th ol' August, I860, and asked that the notice bc considered as tho first reading ot the bill. Granted. Alderman Voigt offered thc following: Jtesoloed, That tho City Council petition the Legislature to amend the acts of 1838 and 1861, in relation to the erection of woodon buildings, ind. that it lay over for consideration at tbt. next meeting. Granted. Adjourned. W. H. SMITH, Clerk of Council. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. First Day's Proceedings. frrtOM oun OWN OOBBESPONDENT.J ABBEVILLE COUBTBOCSE, December 16.-Con? ference was opened at nino o'clock this mora? ng, with teligious services by Bishop Wigb> nan, in tho chair. Fifty-ni JO members an? swered to the call of named. About twenty ivo moro c&me io before tho session of the lay closed. Noi. more than fifteen Joy dele rates aro yot present. Rov. F. M. Kennedy was elected Secretary, ind, athis request. Reva. 0. A. Darby, Samuel Lander and W. C. Power were elected assistant Secretaries. A committee, consisting of the presiding oi? lers, was appointed to nominate special com? mittees for the session, so as to incorporate bc lay element. A communication was read from Revs. Dr. summers and A. H. Redford, in reference to .he insufficiency of the subscription for the reneral minutes to warrant their publication, md requesting its increase. The Bar of the Conference was fixed. On notion, it was determined tbat regular ses iions should meot at 9 A. M., aud adjourn at Half-past 1 P. M, Tho Committee on Committees reported the Allowina nominations, which were adopted: On Books and I'eriodicais-Rovs. A. J. Cau ihen, T. G. Herbert; from the la i tv, V. A. Dib? ble and Dr. W. H. Austin. O.i Memoirs-Revs. Dr. W. Smith, S. Leard, H. M. Mo:d and A. J. Stafford; laity, J. F. Suv th and A. A. Gilbert. On the Bible Cause-Revs. J. A. Porter, T. Ravsor and J. S. Irvine; laity; Revs. J. E. Irbv ind Ll. Wright. On the Publication of Minutes-Revs. J. S. Conner, and from the laity, Revs. L. B. Varn md J. F. Carraway. Some vacancies having occurred in the Standing Committee on Education, it was fill? ed, and made to consist of the following : Clergy, A. M. Shipp, LL.D., D. D., W. A. ?amowell, C. Betts, and T. G. Herbort; lay? men, A. A. Gilbert, Dr. W. H. Austin, and Rev. L. B. Vain. Rev. Mr. Lindsay, pastor of tho Long Cane Presbyterian Church, waa introduced to the Conference. A communication from Rev. A. H. Redford, agent ot tho Publishing House at Nashville, was received, read and referred to the Com? mittee on Bocks and Periodicals. The debts of the establishment have been reduced to little moro than $49 OOO, they having been re? duced $18,000 tho past ye ir. Rev, Dr. Mcf ernn, of tLe Tonnosseo Con? ference, was iutivducod, and made encourag? ing statements in reference to tho Publishing Houso from personal observation. The doctor looks as il timo aud war had been handling him roughly since we saw him at tho Confer? ence held-in Charleston in Docamuer, 1859. A commuuication was received from tho Rov. Mr. Stevens, of tho Protestant Episcopal Church in Charleston, enclosing the ordina? tion parchments of the late Bishop Capers, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which had fallon into his hands. They were ordered to bo filod with thc archives of the Conference at Wofford Collogo, and thc eesretary instruct? ed to communicate tho thanks of this body to Mr. Stevens. The examination of character was then taken up. Tho elders o? the Charleston, Bamberg, Marion and Columbia Districts wero passed m review. When the name of Rev. F. A. Mood was called, a letter from him to his brethren ol tho Conferenco was ?ead, regretting tho sepa? ration from them, and explaining the cruse of his removal, as horetoforo substantially pub? lished in THE NEWS. Tho letter was ordered to bo entered upou the journal of the day, and the secretary instructed to reply in suitable terms to his communication. Rov. W. G. Conner was granted a transfer to tho Texas Conference, lie having been called to tho presidency of Chapel Hill Femalo Col? lege. A transfer was also granted to Rev. Coliu Murchison, he having boen rece:,.ly stationed iu advance as a member of the Illinois Confer? ence at Louistowii, in that State, by Bishop Piorcc. Reva. E. J. Pennington, R. B. Tarrant, Thomas Mitchell, Charles Betts and Abner Erwin, wcro continued on the supernumerary list. Rev. Alexander VV. Walker was placed on tho suporannulalcd list. A. A. Giibort being called upon, made some encouraging statements in reference to the probable return of tho lrecdmen to the church, as indicated by certain movements in Sumter. A communication was received from Rev. A. R. Bconick. wlio withdrew irom this Confer? ence and joined tho llolston Conference of tho Nofthern Mothodist Episcopal Church in 18G5. He states that ho severed his connection with this body honi erroneous views-that he after? wards saw his mistake; that he is exceed? ingly dissatisfied, aud repents of thc course pursued by him; that that church reauires him to subscribe to doctrines which, it true, are far-fetched, and asks for remstalmcnt as a member of thc body, and then a location, so that he may have a year to disentangle himself beloro re-entering the itinerancy. Some con? versation in reference to the law in tho case called forth from Dr. McFerriu a thrilling sketch of the state of thins? in East Tennessee just after the sui render. Fewmen there would dare suppose the Methodist Church, South, would ever bo allowed to breathe again. Thank God, our preachera and members are return i Dg. Mr. Bennick waa reinstated, and a loca? tion granted him. He is now principal of the Franklin Institute, Bheatown, Tennessee. After tbe usual notices to committees, Conference was adjourned, with the benedic? tion, to nine o'clock to-morrow morning. TLTINGS IN BARNWELL. Bamberg and its People-Tbe Planting Interest - Kc vi val of Trade-Personal and Political Items. [FBOM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT. J BAMBERG, S. C., December 18.-Tho past and probable futuro of this village and surrounding country afford good ground for encouragement. Bambers before tho war shipped moro cotton than any other place on the Augusta, branch of the South Carolina Railroad, and I believe it still maintains its supremacy in that respect, having shipped last year over four thousand bales, besides other country produce, and up to this time this year about three thousand bales of cotton. Although a', the time of'tlie visit of General Sherman to this region many houses wero burned and others torn down whilo all that was movable was.carried off and plantations laid wasto, yet the village and sur? rounding country begin to louie up. Good prices arc paid here for colton ai d all other country produce; there seems to be no scarcity of provisions; all who used thc proper means havo made onongh bread, and some havo to spare; bue, as to hogs, there is a great deficien? cy. There is also a great want of capital and controllable labor. There arc large fields grown up in broom sedge, for tho want of capital and labor to cullivato thom. If wo could command these, this section would soon be? come ono of the most productivo in the State. Mauy new buildlnga havo been put up herc, and busiuois 13 becoming active and profit? able. I believe that this place, for its size and number of inhabitants, is not excelled by any other in thc State in the amount of its trade. Wo have two physicians and two lawyers, and ono magistrate. The municipal elec.'ion OH the 10th of last month resulted in tho election of Captain G. Y. Patrick, Intendant; Messrs. Dr. L. A. Wright, Dr. J. F. Baggot, J. W. Browning, and J, A. J. Rice, Wardens. All these gentlomen aro Democrats. At t ie county election before the last the Radical party was triumphant by a very largo majority, but at tho last election all tho boxes on tho line of railroad from Edisto to Aiken had a consider? able Democratic majority. PROGRESS. (?cmmert?ttl. Exports. BALTIMORE-Per steamship Carroll-G42 bales Up? land Cotton, ist tierces Rice, SS Dales Domestics, 220pkgaFnrt. kc, 18 hhls and bales Hides, 41 bales Bags, 50.000 feet Lumb-r, 25 pkga sun? dries and 25 bbls Rosin. WILMINGTON (DEL), AND PHILADELPHIA-Per sehr Mary D Ireland-142 tens Cones and 150 tone Old trou. Charleston Cotton and Bice Market. OFFICE OP THE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS, I CHARLESTON. Friday Evening, Dec. 18, 'G8. | COTTON-A moderate inquiry prevailed during the day, prices showing no alteration from tho previous rates. Sales about 0001 ales, viz: 9 at 20; 7 at 21%; Hat 22; 13 at 22 %; 37 at 22?; 51 at 22 %; 83 at 22%; 15? at 23; 31 at 23%; 63 at 23%; 1 at 23%; 1 at 24, and 2 at 24%. We quote : LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. Ordinary to good ordinary.21 @22% Low middling.23 @ Middling.23%fc> Strict middling.21 (gi? llie following ore tho quotations of the two leading grades by NEW YO OE CLASSIFICATION: Low middling.23%? Middling.24 @ RICE.-Tho market for this grain has somewhat quieted, and prices, in some transactions, hod an easier tendency. Sales about 150 tierces of clean Carolina, say ll tierces at 7% cents; 109 at 7%. and 25 tierces at 8 cents $ lb. We quote common to fair clean Carolina at 7(3)7%: good at 7%@8 cents $ lb. Markets by Xclcgrapti. FOREIGN MARKETS. LONDON. December 18-N o o n .-Coasols 92%; bonds unchanged. LIVERPOOL, Decimb?r 18-Noon.-Cotton quiet; eales 10,000 bales; sales of tho week 57,000; exports 8000; speculation 2030; stock 354 000; American 01,000. Two P. M.-Cotton steady; stock afloat 205,000, of which 110,000 are American. Naval stores heavy. Yarns and fabrics at Manchester qaieL Evening.-Carton easier, but not quotably lower. FAE is, December 18.-Bullion decreased 11,000, 000 francs. Bourse dull. Rente i 70f 32c HAVRE, December la.-Ccttoa dull-on tho spot If 22c. FRANKFORT, December 18.-Bond i dull at 78%. DOMESTIC MARKETS. NEW Tons, Doecmber 18-Noon.-Stocks active and ?teady. Money active at 7. Lxi.-hunge9%. Oold 34%. *C2's 18%. Cotton steady-middling uplands 25%. Evening.-Cotton elosed dall and a shade lowar. Sales 2900 balos, at 23:2*%. Flour Arm, but 10c lswer. Wheat very dull. Corn rather moro active; Southern white SI al OG; yellow $1 03. Pori irregu? lar at S2C 87%a27 75. Lard elo3cd heavy ; kettle 17% al7%. Whiskey, Western, $1 02il 03. Groceries quiet. Turpentine 45a4'%. Rosin unchinged. Freights firm. Cotton, by steam, %a7-10. Gore rn menU closed weak; 'Cl's 10%. Money stringent on call at 7. Gold 35%. Sterling dull at 9%. CINCINNATI, December 18.-Corn Armor- 75c asked. Whiskey Arm at $1. Mess pork advanced to $23 50; a largo sale of country at S28, to arrive. Lard 18. Bu'k meats in demind; shoulders ll; clear eidoj 14%al5%. ST. Louis, Dccem'icr 18.-Whiskey 91a93. Pre? visions buoyant. Bacon shoulden 13%; clear tide! 17al7%. WILMINGTON, December 13.-Turpentine weak at 42c. Rosin active at SI 7015 53. Tutpeutiuc SI Olia 2 90. Tar $2 05. Col ton 23%a23%c. AUGUSTA, Docombir 18-Cotton quiet; sales 533 bales; receipts 775 halos; middling *2%c Sales ol thc week 3133 bales; receipts 3331 halos. SAVANNAH, December 18.-Cotton in good demand and advanced; middling 23%o; sales 1318 bales, MOBILE, Decembor 18.-Cotton in good demand, and Arm at 2Jc; sales 2000 bale?; receipts 1100 hales; ox ports 4555 bales. Receipts of the week 87s2 bales; exports-to Orcit Britain 9030, other loreign ports 1G37, coastwise 1153 bolos; sales 7551) bales; stock 45,031 tole?. NEW ORLEANS, December 18.-Cotton caster midd.ings 23*23%; sales 6500 bales; receipts 4360; ?aksel the week 36,800; receipts- gro-s 31.G31; net 80.4G4; exports to Great Britain 2S60; Continental 13,930; oa^twise 2353; stook 131,310. Gold 36%. Sterling 47%. Sugar a?tlvc-common 9%a9%; prime 1*1%; yellow clarified 13al3%. Molasses stea? dy and unchanged. Wilmington Market. WILMINGTON. December 17.-SPIRITS TURPEN? TINE-Aovanced %c on yesterday's prices. Sales of 243 casks at 42c. ROSIN-? toady. Sales of 2000 bbls at 51 CO fir strained, SI (?5al 70 for No 2. CRUDE 'I?HPEMINE-Sale j of 224 bbls at $2 90 lor soft, and $1 90 for hard. TAR-32 bbls were sold at $2, and 218 bbls sold for $2 U0. COTTON-Sales of mixed lota middling and low middling at23c. Consignees per so nt n carolina llailroatl December 18, 91G bales Cotton, 40 halos DorueaUcj. so boxes Ba? con. 29 cask; Bacon. 15 tiers s Lard. 1739 bushels Oraiu, 13 cam Wood. 3 care Lumber and 3 cars Stock, 'lo Riilroid Agent, G W Wi hams & Co, L D Doaus Kiire, Brodie ti Co, Tu mst m ft Halmes, Kendall j: Dockery, Kirkpatrick 1 Witte, Mautoue k Co, Cald? well ft S0:i, G H Irlgraham k son. Pelzor. Rodgers k t o. W li Williams, W W .iniitb, Dowling k Co. Heeder k Davis, G ll Walter k Co, Mowry A' Co, Frost k Ad ger, A B Muiiigau, Claiborn, Herring ft Co, Courte? nay k TreuiiOliu, J Adger k Co, H Bischoff k Co, B O'Neill, ii Cubia ft Co, U A i'rcnhokn k Son, Tidc man k Co, and T J Kerr k Co. Consignees per i\or:hcastcrn Itallroad December 18. 83 bales Upland and 9 bales Sea Island Cotton, 68 bbls Naval stores, Mdse, fte. To Frost k Adger, strauss ft Vance W K Ryan. Mowry k Co.MDrm-ker, G H Walte ec Co, Shackclford k Kelly, Havcuel k Co, L Wacker, Ci il Iugranam k SOB, G K Pntchett. Ma zy. ktt k S-iltors, J M?rslia 1, Jr, Andrews ft Salvo, T L Webb, R H Harney, J Washington, S D Stouey, A Ford, Railroad Agent, and Order. Passengers, Per steamship Virgo, for New York-W W Reeves and lady. Mi-s Reeves, J Evans, G Ryan, J W Ihlen? feld!, t ?vans, Mrs tlerschman ?nd daughter. Per steamship Charleston, from New York-Miss Higbam, Mrs Bighorn acd two childrcu, Miss F L Cook, J K Heath, J Baroey, Mr Englisn, RCY Thos Sewell, Mi^s M J Porcher, Miss E Wilkerson, Mrs Geni Fry, Mrs Slaigbt, Miss L Pratt, Miss tiurrish, C H W'iiliomsou, J Craig, Z F Baker and wife, B H Berry, B F Condlct, Rev Ur Hiebe, M Driscoll, Mrs Coleman, A Morrie, and others in the steerage. Per steamer Fannie, from savannah via Blanton, Hilton Head and Beaufort-D H Wood, S Marks, T J Meade, O H Woulbrough. A A Stoddard, C E Gifford, Mrs Gifford and 2 children, R Reardon, W B Judd. Gen Gile. J H Durkee, Miss Spriggs, W B Barden. H D H Oppenheim, Miss Stuart, Mrs Dall, I Schafer and lady, H LP McCormick, and 28 on deck. Per steamer Emiho, from GeorgPtcwn, S C J Montgomery, W G hicbardson, W Durham and wile, Miss Durham, Miss Julia Casey, G P Edwards, Major E W Hazzard, B Huger Ward and Servant. PORT CALFJSTDAR. PHASES OF THE MOOS. Last Quarter, 6tb, 8 hours, 25.mmutes, evening. New Mom, 13th, 8 hours, 25 minutes, evening. First Quarter, 21s. lt hour. 20 inmates, eves mg. Full Moon, 20th, 8 hours, 39 minutes, morning. DECEMDEa. Mouday_ Tuesday..,. Wednesday. Thursday... Friday. Saturday... Suuday. SUN nisES. I sris MOON lt (SES. mon WATER. 6..50 I 4..5< G..EG 4..51 C..57 I 4..54 G..58 j 4..St C..58 j 4..55 (?..59 j 4..65 7.. 0 I 4..5C 5..4S I 8.. 2 C.30 8..41 7..2? J 9..20 8..22 . lu..10 9..10 i 13..40 10..11 ll..31 H.. 3 morn. purine Hems. Fort of Charleston. December 19 Arrived Yesterday. Steamship Charleston, Berry, New York-lett l?th inst. Mds-i. 'lo .1 Adorer & Co. :.l k A Ashton, Adams, Damon .v- Co, >' M Easton & Co, J D Aiken k Co, E hates k Co, A Bischoff, Bollmann Bro ?, I'M Bristol], W M Bird k Co, W H i lufce k Co, Claclus k Witto, John Commins, Cimeron, Barkley & Co, C D Carr k Cc, Courtenay, K F Chappeau, FC Schroder, E H Moiling, W Mcele, E Scott. W Sully, H Cobia k Co, Campbell, Knoxi Co, JCampseni: Co, T M Ca? ter, F Dauer, Ii Daly, P Darcy, M Drake, Dowie k Moise, Edgerton k Eichardp, Furcligott & Brothers, Forsyth, McCoinu k Co, D F Fleming k Co, J S Fair? ly k Co, A G Goodwin, Agcut, Goodrich, Wincman k LO, C Graveley. J Grooves. W sheppard, W <j Trott, J 'thomson k Co, Wageu.-r k Monsecs, G H Gruber, JP Horoacb, Dart k Co, F Horsey, J H Holmes, E Henry. N A Hunt, I Hyman k Co, JenorJs k Co, C H Johnson. Einsm n Bro, F Krcsso.l, Kiin<k, Wicken benr k Co Lauroy k Alexander, J G Milnor ?: t?o, McLoy k Rico, J P Marshall, Mantoue & Co, W L Webb, Walker, Evans k CogsweU, Welch k Brandes, S H Wilson. Moffa t k Wharton, J B McElhoso, K Martin, B O'Neill, D O'Neill k Son,Nieman k Borger, North, Steele k Wardo'l, Pe!zer, Rodgers & Co, W P Raveuel. C C Righter, J Glover, J lt Reed k Co, J Russell, Wm Roach, Southern Express Co, G W Stet? tens 4 Co, Strauss k Vance, Stol], Webb it Co, J M Shackelford, K B .stoddard k Co, D H bilcox, Weruer k Ducker, W J Tates, Cran*, Boylston k Co, Mar? shall k Burge, S C Railroad Agpnt, and others. t'chr 1 1 bomas, Sabiston, Combahee. 26?0basb els Lough Rice. To vV c Br.i k Co, and Pinokney Bros. Sloop Fox, Foth, from Santcc. 781 bushels Rough Rice and Seed Cotton. To W C Bee ? Co. Boats fro ai James Island. 4 bags Sea Island Cot? ton. To Fraser k Dill. Boat irom John's Island. 5 bags Sea Island Cot? ton. To Gaillard k Min nt. Steamer Fannie, Vaden, Savannah, via Bluff ton. Hiltou H>>ad and Beaufort. 104 bags Sealsland and 1 balo Upland Cotton, 325sacks Cotton Seed and Sun? dries. To J Fergu'on. W M Lawton, W B Williams, PInckney Bros, Wardlaw k Carew, Wm Gurney, Prof | Hollies, Hopkins, McPherson k Co, IL Klarte k Co, A Johnson, Roper k StoLcy, W H Hairison, P Eze? kiel, southern Express Co, Ravenel k CJ, J Colcock, J M Jones and Order. Steamer Emili.-, Davi?, Georgetown, S C. 112 tierces Rice, 5 bales Cotton and Sundries. To Shack elford k Kelly, A E Gibson, J H Dawson. H D Mis? call)-, J F O'NeUl k son, Risley & Creighton, W C Courtney k Co, 1 burston it Holmes.Prof F ? Holmes, G W Wihiams k Co, W W ?nackebord, Terry k No? hn, H A Middleton, J R Pringle, ? N Thurston and others. Cleared Yesterday. Steamship Carroll, fludgins, Baltimore-Courtenay ic Trenholm. Sehr Mary D Ireland, Ireland, Wilmington, Del, and Philadelphia-H F Bak<?r k Co. Sailed Yesterday. Steamship Virgo, Bulkley, New York. Steamship Carroll, Hudgini, baltimore. Brig Lva N Juhnson, Johnson, Providence, R I. Prom this Port. Steamship Key West, Rudolf, Norfolk. Dec 10. Cleared for this Port. Sehr Jane Etuson, Van Cleaf, at New York, Dec 15. Memoranda. Thc steamship Key West, Rudolf, which sailed from this port on Sunday last, arrived at N .rfofk on the 10th inst, with her machinery disabled. LIST Oh' VJl^SKLS KP, CLEARED AND SAILED FOR THIS POh\ FOREIGN LIVERPOOL, Tho Agra, Fuluiore, sailed.Oct 29 British ship Gorilla, Jones, a-.ilcd.Oct 28 The Kamma Funder, Krogh, sailed.Nov G Ship Richard the Third, Woo J, sailed.Nov 8 Sehr Muscongus, Groves, salted.Nov ll ANT WE ap. Ship Grahams Policy, Burgess, sailed.'.Nov 15 ALLOA. Tbe Jane, Carson, sailed.Oct 21 LEITH. The Harkaway, Horton, sailed.Oct 21 Ihe Em'gh.'dfs, Horstcndahl. sailed.Nov 19 CIENFUEGOS. Spanish hark Olimpia, s^ihd....Nov 26 DOMESTIC. POUT LAND, ME. Sehr Granger, Gooding, cleared.Dec 4 BOSTON. Sehr Nollie F Burgess, McKeen. cleared.Dec 13 hchr Charles E Raymond,-, up.Bec ll Sehr Abbie Pitman, Lambord, cleared.Bec 1U Sc Ur H N Squhes, Chase, cleared.Dec 14 NEW TOBE, Sehr A G Ireland, Townsend, up.Dec 14 Sehr Anna E Glover, Terry, up.Dec 8 Sehr Jonas Smitn, Nichols, up.Dec lt) Br bark G W Putnam, Richerts, cleared.Nov 27 Ship Amelia, Bethune, cleared.Bsc 14 Sehr Myrovcr. Brown, e.'ca-c.i.Dec 14 Sehr Arctic, Ognen, cleared.Dec 15 Sehr Jane Ems rn, Van Cleaf, cleared.Dec 10 PHILADELPHIA. Steamship Prometheus, Tray, up.Dec 10 SchNAlbertThomas, Rogers, up.Dec ll Sehr Union Flag. Mullouy, cleared.Dec 9 Steamship Alliance, Hilson, o lear ed.Dec 14 Sehr Mary Riley, Riley, cleared.Dec ll D ALTIMORE. Steamship Sea Gull, Dutto.i. sailed.Dec 15 TilK?STATft". Oh' ftUGTfl CAROLINA. To thc Managers of Elections for the. C'-until of Beaufort: WHERES, MR. GEORGE A. BENNETT, WHO. at th-.: Gonei.ll Election lipid in April, 1308, was chosen a member ot thc Sonso ot Ronrcscutativett for the I-lection Disirlct of Beaufort Couuty, to serve for two years, has since said election re-igued; and, whereas, t'.ie Coustituti n of thc State of South Caro? lina direcls that in such a casu a Writ ol' Election shall bc issued I y tho Speaker of tho House of Rep? resentatives lor thc purpose ot filling the vacancy thus occasioned, tor thc ro.i-ainder of the term lor which the member so resigned was elected to serve : Now, therefore, you and each ot you arc hereby required, alter due advertisement, and with strict re? gard to all tho provisions of thc Constitution and laws of thc said State, touching your duty in such case, to hold au election for a Member of tho House of Rcpres-eut-itivcs. for the Election District aforesaid, to serve tor thc r. maindcr of the term for which the said GEOL?E A. DENNE IT was elected ; the Polls to bc opened at thc various places of K lection in thc said District, on .Monday, the fourth day of January, 1869, by thc various sol i of Managers for those placts respectively ; said Managers to count the votes publicly immediately alter the final closing of thc polls at t;"ie Products where the votes have neen taken - make out a certificate of the result, to bc signed: by the Manage rs. ora majority of 'hem, and taken to the Court House of Beaufort Couuty, or place now fixed bylaw for emoting thc votes, on IMnes 'ay, V'.o sixth day of J luuary, 180'J, by ono or moro ol sail) Managers ; and the Managers, ora majority of them, who may assemble, shall proceed to examine tba aforesaid statement, and declare the re-uli of tho Election. This Writ, together with your return of the Elec? tion to bc held under it, hive before the House of Representatives at ils next meeting af. er thc Electiou. Witne>s tho Honorable FRANKLIN J MOSES, Jr., Esquire. Speaker of the House of R?presen tatives. at Columbia, this twelth day of Decem? ber, in the >ear of our Lord ooo thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight FRANKLIN J. MCSEi, Ja.. Speaker of the House ot Representatives. A. O. JONES, Clerk of the House o:' Representa rives Dccom ber 14__20 yyiLLis ? ciiisoL.il, FACTORS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS SHIPPING AGENTS, WILL ATTEND TO THE PURCHASE, SALE AND SHIPMENT (to Foreign and Domestic Ports) ol COTTON, RICE, LUMBER AND NAVAL STORES ATLANTIC WHARF, Charleston, S. C. E.WILLIS.A. B. CHISOLM. October 25 Prags, PcmiraLs, (Cir. gARSAPARILLIA> uni [T3 POWERFUL CURATIVE ASSOCUT?S PREPAJlED CNDEE A NEWLY DISCOVERED PBOCESl FOTI EXTRACTING THE CURATIVE PROPERTIES IT.OM TrGETADLi! SUESTAM-EJ, EN? TERS INTO T;:F. COMPOSITION OF DB. fl A D W A Y'S BESOVATtSO RESOL V S X 1 A NEW PRINCIPLE DISCO'. E3E??. One Bottle of Resolvent is Better TJian Ten Large Bottles of elie Advertised Sarsaparillas, or Direct Diuretic Itcm edle?. PHYSICIANS wonder at trio extraorlinary power o: RADWAY'S RENOVATING RESOLVENT in curing the worst lornas of Scrofulous Syphiloid, Chronic Skin Ciscases, and Its ma~vclous power in resolving calculous concretions, affording immediate relief anil consequent cure of Diseases or the Kidney, Dian der. Liver, Lungs, Pancreas, Spleen. Its rapid influence in the cure of Diabetes, Incontinence cr scanty, tur? bid, albuminous, cloudy urine; its almost in-taut ef? ficacy in stopping itching and painful discharge o? urine, and its singular power in curing discharges from the Uterus and Uretbra, L-ucorrhcca, Bloody Dnnc, and otber unhealthy and weakening dis? charges;-and inquire wherein the SARaiPARIL LI AN' used ia th j Renovahng Resolvent differs troni ordinary Sarsaparillas ! Soraiparilifan is the only principle in Sarsaparilla mat possesses curative properties; all other ports of the root are inert and useless. Ono ounce of tho extract obtained under Dr. Rodway's new process tor extracting the curativo properties from vegetable substances, centaine more of the true principle of cure than twentypounds of the ordinary roots. SARSAPARILLHN is only one of the ingredients that forms this truly wonderful medicine; and it is tho only compensating remedy that communicates its purifying, cleansing and reinvigorating proper? ties through the BLOOD, SWEAT. URINE, and otber secretions, securing a harmonious functional action of every depraved organ and gland lu the sys? tem. If the blood is corrupt, the Resolvent will make it pure. If tue Lunes are ulcerated and sore, secreting thick phlegm and prureleut matter, the Resolvent will loosen this deposit and repair the wasting lung with souLd and healthy material, if tho Skin i3 covered with pimples, spots, pustutee, sores, ulcers, Atc., the Resolvent will quickly removs these annoyances. If mercury is deposited in the bones and hos accumulated in the system, the Re? ?oivent will drive it out If the Tbroat or Bronchial Glands are ulcerated, tho Resolvent will cure these signs of au carly waste. Direct rem?di?e, possess? ing only exclusivo properties, aro hurtful, ss they increase the functional secretions of on - organ by suspending the constituent secretions of others; hence, a compensating remedy like thc Resolvent is thc only means of a permanent cure. BEAR IN MIND THAT EVE KY DROP OF BLOOD Impregnated with the Resolvent and absorbed to supply the waste of the body, will make pure, sound and healthy flesh and ?l>r?. The first dose that is taken commences its work of purification and in* creasing the appetite andjlesh. A REMARKABLE CUP. El Sores on tuc Tongue, Ulcers in tin Throat, Sore Gams. Sore ."?louth, Sores in thc Nose, around the Eyr5, ???c., If recently exhihitPd, a few bottles wUl cure. If chronic, or through the effects of Meroury, Potas? sium, Corrosive snb.imate, from six to one dozen bottles may be required to make a permincut cure. B. R. R. A GREAT SENSATION!-A GOOD SENSA? TION ! PAIN V?REB IN AX INSTANT! In 1817 thc great grand principle of stopping tho most excruciating pain iu on instant, without em? ploying such dangerous agents as Chloroform, Opium, Morphine, Aconr'xe, Ether, kc, was first made known in RADWAY'S READY RELIEF. This remedy accomplished this wonderful and de* lir.htful desideratum in all cases of external and in? ternal pain. In an instant it afforded relief, the moment it was applied to the parts ot the body wbere inflammation or pain existed-it at once re? lieved the patient of the most violent and excruciat? ing pangs and throbs of pain, and Imparted the de? lightful sensation of ease and comfort. Every kino ol pain, whether Rheunattsm, Neu? ralgia, Toothache, Paves in the Chest, Side, Lung*, Stomach. Bowels, Kidneys, Spine, Leg?, Arms, Feet, one anfMica?on was Butllcieut to kill and extern inate the pam. laken internally, twenty drops tc a teaspoonful would cure, and will cure, Asiatic Cholera, Fever and Ague, Chills and Fever, Billons celie, Inflam? mation of thc Dowels, Cramps, r-pasrus, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and every pain that m JV ei:st in the in Bide ot noan, woman or child: thia was RADWAY'S READY RELIEF of 1817, and it is RAD WAY'S RE? LIEF, greatly improved, in 18C8. Wethen started it in ita mis: ion of relieving the iutiim, pam-stneken. sick, digressed and crippled ot ail nations throuehout thc world, and now to-day it is u*ed, patronized and revered as a household necessity, ii the palaces of Sultans, Emperors, Kaiu.os, Kings, High Priests, Nobles, as well as in thc cottages of the laboring daises of every nation m the face cf the earth. CONGESTION OF TBE LUNGS CURED IN THIRTY MINUTES ! Important to Know how to Usc "Bad way's Krady Belief" in Acute and I'an gc rous Attacks! HY OWN CASE. On Saturday night, the 10th, 1 was violently seized with Congestion of the Lungs. For a few days pre? vious I felt a dull pain over my lett lung, with occasional coughs, but being fictively engaged, paid no attention to it. When seized, the pain was sc piercing, cuttiu? and excrucia?ng, that every breath drawn was like a red hot knite canins my lung. Be? ing absent li om home, 1 sent out for three betUes or RAILWAY'S BELIEF, applied the entire lot to my luuu>', l?aek. shoulders, ?c., aad la a lew moment;-, got up couuter-ir.itaUon. Respirations were easy, and, as thu skin became reddened, all pain ceased, lu holt au hour I was Cree from pain, and all signs of Congestion, Inflammation, Ac, gone. This ts an important cure. It is well that every one should know bow to usc this remedy in severe attacks. The same rule holds good in coses of InfLinmauon of the Loins, Bowels, Kidneys and Stomach. Apply the RELIiF freely; Eoik the skin with it It wi?l instantly secure the withdrawal of th? inflammation to the suriace. and persons now suffering may, in THIRTY MINUTES, be free from pain. CHRONIC INFLAMMATION. In cases where inflammation has existed for a length of tame, in addition to the RELIEF, take sir. ot RADWAY'd PILLS. Powder them. In half on hour, in most cosss, they will operate. If not, re? peat the dose. In one or two hours at the furthest they will operate, and the patient soou get well. In Bilious, Typhoid, Fever and Ague, this treatment is sure to cure. Let it be tried. JOHN BADWAY, M. D. B3~ Dr. RADWAY'8 REMEDIES are sold by Drug? gists and Storekeepers everywhere. Get the New Style, with India Rubber Cork. HOWIE ?ti .MOISE, AGENTS. No. ICO Meeting-street, corner Hasel. Charleston, 3. C. November 20 &5