The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, December 31, 1868, Image 1
VOLUME VT.-NUMBER 940.]
CHARLESTON, S. C., THURSDAY MORMNG, SEPTEMBER '?t 1868.
EIGHTEEN CENTS A WEEK
BY TELEGEAPH.
EUROPE.
THE NANEAN OUTRAGE - DEATH OF STK BICBASD,
MAYNE. '
LONDON, December 23.-Tho ^tar this norn-,
ing condemns and thc Standard approves tte
recent action of the British authorities at
Nankin.
Sir Richard Mayne, who mado himself no?
torious not long since by breaking up a Sun?
day meeting ?u Hyde Park, died yesterday.
T?RKE?" QCIET.
The provinces are entirely tranquil. Turk?
ish Commander Kiamil has arrived before
Syra.
MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.
iv LONDON, December 30v-Parliament met to?
day. The new Ministers were sworn in, and
writs were issued lor elections to fill vacan?
cies. Parliament then adjourned to Feb?
ruary 16.
Reverdy Johnson has no doubt of thc ratifi
tion of the naturalization treaty by tho Senate.
FLIGHT OF THE GREEKS F?OM TUBKEY.
VIENNA, December 28.-Grecians are fleeing
from Turkey on account of the threatened war.
Several families of fugitives havo been receiv?
ed by the. people of Roumania. They have
been warned, however, that they must observe
absolute neutrality in case of war, on pain of
expulsion.
GAEECE SHOWS SIGN'S OF YIELDING.
VIENNA, December 30.-The Presse of this
city says that Greece ia prepared to comply
with TurkeyV ultimatum if supported by the
great powers.
THE SPANISH BUDGET-THE REPUBLICAN PASTY.
MADBID, December 27.-Tho government is
taking measures to reduce tho budget for the
ensuing year.
Emilio Castelar, the well-known Republican,
says that a republic has boen morally formed
already in Spain, as the Republican party car?
ried all tho great oitios in the country except
Madrid, in the late elections.
TUB KEY PBEPABXNG FOB WAH.
CONSTANTINOPLE, December 29. -Great pre?
parations aro progressing in the arsenal on
account of tho threatened war. Trausports
with supplies have boen sent to Hobart Pasha's
floet.
SPAIN DETEBMINED TO HOLD CUBA.
MADBID, December 30.-The government
will dispatch 10,000 troops for Cuba during
January.
Marshal Pavia, recently Governor-General
of Madrid, is dead. * ?
With a view to reducing the budget, tho
suppression of thirty-seven Captain-General?
ships, Governorships and Bishoprics, is sug?
gested.
THE NEGRO.
.WAS. OF BA CES IN GEORGIA-GREAT EXCITE 1IENT
IN SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH, December 30.-The sheriff of this
county and two assistants w.nt on Tuesday to
Haywood's plantation on the Ogoechee ^River,
eleven miles from the city, to airest seventeen
negroes charged with shooting the watchmen
on the plantations and carrying off tho crops
of the plant?is. They made five arrests. At
Railroad Station No. 1 on the Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad they were surrounded by ono hun?
dred and fifty negroes, who rescued tho pris?
oners and disarmed and robbed the sheriff
and his party, destroyed the warrants
and threatened to kdl ' them if they
ever served process agc in in that
vicinity. The negroes thea separated
into squad i and marched back to the planta?
tions, swearing that they would have the
heart's blood of every white man on the Ogc
chee River, and saying that the war had com?
menced. One negro watchman is supposed to
have bien murdered, and two white men were
badly hurt. All tho white men had to flee to
the city to save their lives. Tho women and
children aro in the hands of tho mob, and have
been carried off to the woods. There is great
excitement in this community, and a sher?
iffs posse of three or four hundred citizens
will loa ve at daybreak to-morrow to rescue tho
women and children. Tho military decline to
interiore until the civil mean i for preserving
order are exhausted.
' ' WASHINGTON.
EMBEZZLEMENT- ABM? OF THE POTOMAC-SOUTH?
ERN MILITIA-GRANT.
WASHINGION, December SO.-Paymaster E.1
ward Bellows, of South Pacific Squadron, is on
trial for charging go'.d and disbursing cur?
rency.
Tho officers of the Army of thc Potomac
.will meet here on Washington's birthday Li?
the purpose of forming a permanent society.
Tho President has received no official copy
of the bill repealing the law forbidding niili?ia
in thc Southern States.
General Grant and family left for tho Noriii
at noon to-day.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
It snowed heavily in Washington yesterday.
At tho Morse banquet in Kew York on Tues?
day night, Judgo Chase presided, and Mr.
Thornton, the British Minister, made a con?
ciliatory 8poech.
Sally Anderson, tho Richmond murder ess,
was yesterday finally discharged under Judge
Underwood's decisicn that no court was legal,
any ofiicer of which was disqualified by the
Ponrt-renth amendment.
The-Alabama Legislature has adjourned un?
til July.
The steamer Empire, from New Orleans to
Cincinnati, sunk below Natchez, on Monday
night. Los3 $20,000. The sinking was caused
by the bank of the river caving iu and a large
miss of earth falling cn board.
Wil'iam Greanor, ono of tho oldcst tobacco
manufacturers of Richmond, died yesterday. ,
Mosby Clark, bom in Juno, 1717, died in
Richmond on Tuesday, aged ono hundred and
twenty-one years and six months.
A "Western Estimate of tue Future of
South. Curollun.
The Ciucina:' Enquirer, in a late issue, re?
marks:
We* observe that a lino of steamers has been
established between Charleston, South Caro?
lina, and Liverpool. This and thc railroads
soon to be completed, placing the city in direct
communication with Charleston, ure facts
worth v the attention of the business men of
this city, with a view to cslablishiue; business
relations in the State of South Carolina. The
completion of the Rabun Gap Road and another
road now completed in Tennessee, to the North
Carolina line, and which is to run aiong thc
valley of the French Broad to Asheville, North
Carolina, and thence into South Carolina, will
open to this city an outlet to thc Atlantic shorter
than any other by about two hundred miles.
There is also now a fine opportunity for capi?
talists to invest in real estate in South Carolina.
Lends can now bi purchased in that State at
very low prices, which will ceitainly increase
trrcatlyin value. No satur or more profitable
investment can well be made at this time than
m the lands in the Southern Staten. .
GENERAL LONGSTREET.
His Estimate of General Grant-His Plan
I of lteconstructioii-Thc Laws ot Con
v'l'cs.- Should br Supported.
Thc Atlanta New Era publishes thc following
letter from General James Longstreet:
LrxcnBUHG, VA., Novem ber 24.
3?y Beor ?'tr-Many of our Southern ?nen
seem lo have lost bight of the fun (lamenta) doc?
trine-the interest of the people-in their zeal
io maintain their ideas or consistency, which
consists ic adhering to old truths, whether
they work for weal or for ?oe. I regret that I
am not boiler prepared to meet your wishes for
information in regard to tho Inturc policy of
our new President. Although I have had tho
pleasure of several interviews with him within
the last few years, I have not soncrht to learn
his appreciation of political questions ot tho
present or of the rutare. I regard his past
course and decided character as tuc surest
guarantee of his future course. The floating
idea that has attached itself to the minds of
the many that he may yet prove to bc a Demo?
crat, is Tike many other speculations that gain
circulation sud credence, but only serve to de?
ceive those who arc credulous enough to in?
dulge them. If wc recall to mind the events of
the la3t two years, we shall remember that
General Grant's position at oue timo was such
as to insure his nomination for President by
the party that ho might choose ns rn- in ac?
cord with his viens of public policy, and sub
quent events indicate that his personal
popularity is sucb as to have tinned ti:e bal?
ance in IKS favor. It seems to mc unreason?
able, therefore, to expect to find him, at this
late day, socking allinuce with the old party.
His ant?c?dents clearly mark him us a nation?
al maD, and of such bc gives assurance of his
adhesion to tho party whoso basis is the
Union, and that ibo influence of his adminis?
tration will bo applied to its complete and
prosperous restoration. A fiir-miuded peo?
ple must know, however, that no individual,
unaided, can accomplish this great purpose.
Ho must needs have tho assistance ol' the
Ncrth, ol' the South, of the East, and of the
West. Having assurances of co-operation <
from other parts of thc country, be only wants ,
that of tho South to complete tb2 combina?
tion which will give to his administration a 1
happy advent, aud comfortable anticipations
of its salutary progress. Th.it l he people of :
the South- desire practical reconstruction, :
there can be no doubt; but it seems to be dif?- I
cult to develope that sentiment So as lo pro- '
duce practical results. Drifting along in tho j
channel into which chanco seems to have 1
thrown me, I begin to lind myself, like many I
others, ready with my theory. As it may in- 1
terest you, I give you a concise etatcniont of '
it. If you find that you can make it useful, 1
yon are'at liberty to do so. The wealth of the I
South lies in its soil. If Ibis proposition is ;
true, its sequonts are equally eo. 1
L Labor is csiontial to make that wealth <
available. 2. To command labor, laws must 1
enconrago and protect it. Also their eo-sc- J
querts. To encourage and invite labor, evi- 1
denccs of protection must be made manifest 1
through tho operation of law upon tho labor <
that we have. Hence, it appears that tho !
value of our lands depeud upon our labor, our ?
labor upon the law, and tho law upon us. A |
failure upon our part, therefore, to enact and i
enforce proper laws, will bo as fatal to thc in- l
forests of thc owners of real estate as confisca- I
tion. And yet, all that Congress asks us to do 1
is to avail* ourselves of the only niojns by
which wo may avoid serious depreciation of 1
(.ur material interests. That is, this will be 1
tho practical result of reconstruction, under I
national legislation, upon our iutercsts. The 1
moving cause of that legislation, probably, was '
"security for the future." Here, wo may dis- '
cover the line that should mark our connection 1
with reconstruction. It begins and ends in 1
our caro for home interests. Ii will be lime 1
enough -to begin lo loot ?uio th? fu'-arc when J
wo have provided tor tho present, lae politi- "l
cians of the old school seem anxious to impress <
upon thc minds of our young men the import- 1
ance of rejecting all propositions coming from !
tho Republican party, or else they dishonor ?
their own blood, and the blood of their tallen
comrades. But gentlemen should leincmlior
that they only dishonor their comrades when
they dishonor "themselves, and that thcro can- :
not be dishonor in ready obedience to law and
a proper can/ for our own welfare. On thc
contrary, to discard the law a-,d expose our?
selves to unnecessary difficulties is noar akin
to dishonor. It is true that many worthy
persons aro disiranchitod und?r the btw, biit
the readiest and surest means of relief are
through tho law. I conclude, therefore, that
interest and duty and honor demand that we
should place ourselves in a condition to support
tho laws ot Congress. When we havo douo so,
wc shall receive abundantly of help from the
Executivo, and from tho other members ol
tho government. I remain, verv trillv vours.
JAMES LONGSTREET. '
Mr. Jons H. DENT, Cavo Spring, Georgia.
GREELEY ON TUE AMNESTY.
Ills Views in llegan! to the Release of
Jefferson Davis.
(From the New York Tribune, December 2S |
Pr?sidant Johnson's Christmas Proclama?
tion of Universal Amnesty excites little inter- .
est and provokes lew remarks. We rejoice j
that th; very man who was most vehement
aud vociferous m proclaiming that "treason j
was a crime, and traitors must bc punished/' ?
when Lincoln's murder had set tho country ?
wild for vengeance, now fathers the most sweep- j
iug amnesty over pronounced JV man. In s >
far as lie mav have sought or wished lo disturb ]
tito foundations ol rcconstractiou as cnaclo'l by ]
Congress, his proclamation can havo no legal ?
fore.-; Otherwise, wo presnme it will laue J
fuUclfect. If anv of the Unding rebels tiaro i
thus far remained abroad from apprehension 1
that they would bo prosecuted or otherwise <
molested if tl.oy came home, they will soot be 1
among us. We doubt that they are SM many j
as twenty in all. * j
We soldoui ol' late lind a decent excuse for 1
praising Andrew Johnson; bul we iban'.; him for j
putting au end, evtn thus tardily, to tho s wind-' j
ling le^nl farce, enacted every low mont Its, nu- j
der the deceitful title ol' "Trial ol Jet)'. Davis." j
A swiadle by which nobody 13 duped-a laroo at (
which nobody thinks of langhing-must-have 1
outlived its day. Now, there has been no in- 1
tclligent person deceived, for at least two 1
yeal s back, by 'bo pretence of keeping Davis j
in confinement or holding him to bail, as j
though it wera intended that ho should be put \
on trial for his life. For a tiuie, there was 1
some such expectation; and the good-natured j
public thought it rather a nice thing to spend <
$100,000 or so per annum to keep him safe in 1
Fortress Momoo till the day of trial should 1
arrive. Rut he who does not know that 1
trials tor treason must be brought on while j
treason is Btill rampant and perilous, or <
very soon after its collapse, else a cu.nvic- j
tion is impossible, cairiol have read many vol- 1
unies of history. Wo doubt that it was ever '
possible to coiivict Davis of treason in a civil .
court, unless by excluding every active Demo- ?
erat from ?he jury-box. Jud^c Underwood, (
who would havo rejoiced to try him with a 1
chauce of suc?es?, testified before a commit- 1
tee of Congress that no verdie- could be ob- 1
tained against him in Virginia, unless th* jury (
were packed for the pmposc-which is un- <
lioubiodly true. Aid that truth doab.less ,
afforded ono ot tho rtasena for not irving <
him. ,
If any one is sot ry that wo are not to ??ave 1
another procession of lawyers to Richmond- <
auother tabican i? com' -and another at:- (
nouncement by telegraph that thc nial of 1
Jefferson Davis has been postponed to ibo next .
term-ho will doubtless raak? it manifest l
REMOVAL OF POLITICAL DISABILITIES.- .
Among the persons whose political disabilities ,'
were removed by tho act recently passed by ?
Congress, we notice the names ol the follow?
ing citizens :
A. L. McCaslan and William Hill, of Abbe?
ville County; William J. Nixson, ot Barnwell;
John!'. Porte?os, o? Beaufort; Gi;orge Buist, <
of Charleston; C. W. Mcfadden, of Chester; 1
Charles B. Farmer, J. J. Klein, and i
John W. Burbidge* of Coller?n; ll. H. Ed- 1
muodtf, of Fairfield; William A. M;-D miel, Jno. -
II. Goodwin, Alex. McBee, ll. M. Smith and (
William E. Earle, of Greenville; W. II. La-igs- j
ton. of Laurens; John C. Secrest, ot Lan?as- 1
ter.. Julius li. Shaaklin, ot Oconee; Thompson I
H. Cooke, Geo. Bolivar and Williaxt N. Mount, <
of Oiangebnrg; Spartan D. Gootllett, R. E. I
Holcombe, John \V. Singleton, L. N. Robins I
'ind James E. tJagood, of Picketts; Johu Heart .
and William H. Talley, of Richland; P. Quinn
Camp and A. E. Sniit?. ot' Spartatibuig; il. L. <
Heriot and Johu J. lurex, of Slimier. j
TUE SEW ADMIXISTIiATIOX.
Policy of the Incoming President-'-no?
tation in Office."
A special Washington telegram of thc 27th
instant, to thc Now York Tribune, .-ays :
The question of thc wholesale displacement
of Johnson's officiais who hold commissions by
and with the advice and consent of tho Repub?
lican Senate, on the 4:h of March next, by thc
incoming administration, has been the subject
of deep consideration by thefriendsflof General
Grant for a long time past. The subject Inv?
ine; latelv been alluded to in conversations
with the President elect, he emphatically de?
clared his opposition, in so many wotds, to thc
old Jackson doctrine that to the victors belong
tho spoils. In other words, ho is opposed to
turnmc men out of offic; merely tor opinion's
sake. The purpose ot his administration will bo
tho taithfnl performance of tho dutiC3 of his
great office; to see that the laws aro carried
out; that honestv and economy prevail in tho
public service, and that all tho offices arc filled
bv capable and efficient men. This ii under?
stood to mean that if an officer in thc public
service has shown a peculiar fitness for his po
silion and evidence of his ability to perform
its functions in the highest degree of excel?
lence and with honesty of purpose, no matter
what his political opinions may bo, it would bo
improper to displace that officer with one who
mid at least perform thc duties u ) better.
While it is probablo that General Grant will
seek in tho Republican party men to lill the
various offices, it is certain that he will look
more closely to the fitness of tho candidate
than to bis political sorviccs to any party; and
that thc claims of no man on thc latter ground
merely will bo considered.
COTTOX JU KENO.
Thc New Order of 'I Ii i u a;s-Tlic Grand
Future before thc South.
The Memphis Appeal, in a recent review of
thc condition of the plauters ol thc South, con
eludes that they arc better off than ever before
md that their prospects could not well bo im
provod.
The largest cotton crop ever raised wa> in
1359- 'CO, which was about 5.003 003 bales, roal
smg, at $50 a bale. $250,033,000. This year
the crop will be about 2 000,000 balos; it is
ivorth $100 a bale, and in the aggregate $200,
3Q0.000, or onlv one-fifth less than the crop of
lS?9-'G0. Now", to the profits of this year aro
to bc added some important ?tenn. Their
expenditures do not include interest on
[lie money which thc laborer, as a slave,
iva9 worth; nor taxes on tho same;
nor food for tho idle, the sick, thc
young, or tho aged. Moro'th in this, their
money h? not been scut North for tho pur
:haso of provisions, for whatever food their
people requir? has been produced from their
awn soil in thc greatest abundance. Hence,
t is assoiled that tho present otton crop
trill bring in as much rooney as aver was re
rtoived by thc South from this source in her
oalmiest days, though it is admitted that there
iro some temporary drawbacks growing out of
the "late unpleasantness." Anot her condition
s equally favorable: Formerly the commission
merchant in a measure held a mort mure on all
tho plantet 's possessions, tor ho made advances
an a crop beforo it was grown, and this contin?
ued from year to year, without a prospect of
lehvcraiicc. But now, through tho instru?
mentality of tho bankrupt law, a modern jubi?
lee lias dawned, making ono man as good as
another. Thus, thc South has a now and a tair
start; and with the*certainty of furnishing to
the rnirkets of thc world two hundred million
dollars ' worth of cotton year after year, a large
poitioti of which will be rolainod among them?
selves by reason of thoir ncwly-ostabltshed
thrilt ana the enlargement of thc list of farm
produc?s, they aro cvid.mtiy entering ripon a
sonne of unexampled prosperity. This is said
af thestaplo crop of cotton alone; but there will
ho iitrgc receipts from sngar. rica and tobacco,
and it is declared that of themselves they
would be abie, "in tifteen j eats, to pay off tho
whole of tho national debt."' But if they aro
wiso enough to take care of themselves, this
$200,000,000 coming in every year will be in?
vested in railroads and othor improvements,
which will induce immigrants, who will add to
their population and wealth, and in time give
them that which tho North now possesses
political power. In view of theso brilliant
prospects, tho North is deft;ned to bo unde?
ceived, and instead ot carpet-baggers shu will
send meu of a different class-men who will
seek by industry to build np homes itr the
Sunny South; and, finally, the North and the
whel? world will unite in confessing that, after
all, "Cotton is King.'
TEXXl'SOX AT HOME.
Drinking, Smoking and Heading His
Own Poetry,
[From a Private Lotter.]
We crossed to Cowes, and took a Uv lo Far
ringtord, distant twelve miles; a glorious drive
across tue Isle o'Wight, between ivied hedges
iud past gardens of laural and laurnstinns. 1
[bund Farringford wonderfully improved; tho
little park is a gem of gardening art. Tho ma?
nib>ci.i Ro.nan ilexes in front ol' tho liouso aro
liner than any I saw in Italy. Wc arri ved ab on.'
ihrec o'clock, and were ushered int? the draw?
ing room. Tho house has been refurnished,
md a great many pictures and statues added
?ince I was lhere. In a minute in came Tciinv
bon, cordial a; a i old friend, followed hy bia
ivir , as sweet as ever, but feebler and older
looking. lu Tennyson himself I could sec no
particular ch inge. We walk ;d throng!) the park
iud garden: then ho and I went up "ii th< downs
ind walked for miles along Hu cha Ik cl ffsa >ve
thc sea. Ho showed nie ail li;s iievn acquired
territory--among thnresl ;t great utretch of
ivhcat fields bonghl 1' ir ?ti i bj Hinch Ardon.
vYo dined at six in a quaint room hung with
pictures, and then troutiuto tho drawing room
"pr dessert. Tennyson and I retired to his
itudyat I ho top ot tho bouse, lit pipes, and
:alkod of poetry. Ho asked ire if I could read
Iiis "Boadicea?" I thought I could. "Read
t ?ndlet me see," said bc. "I would rather
rear you read it," I answered. Thereupon lie
lid BO, chanting tho lumbering lines with great
auction. I spoke of tho idyll ol "Guiuivere"
is being perhaps his finest poem, and said
hat leonid not read it aloud without uiv voico
ailing me at certain pass ties. "Why, I can
read ir, and keep my voice," he exclaimed tri
?mphautly. This 1 doubted, and he agreed tn
?ry, alter we wen!, down. But the first
bing he did was to produce a magnum
at wonderful sherry, thirty years old,
vhich bau been sent, to him by a pool ic
?vino dealer. Such wine I never tasted. "It
vas meant t" ba drunk by Cleopatra or Catha?
rine of Russia,*" said Tennyson. We had two
jlasscs apiece,when he sahl, "to-night you shall
aelp me drink ono of tho fi-w bottles of mv
Waterloo-1815. We will make a night of it."
Thc bottle wtn brought, ami after another
"loss a'l round, Tennyson took up tho "Idylls
af the King." His reading is a strange monot?
onous chant, with unexpected falling Inflec?
tions, winch i cannot describe, but eau ?un?
?ale exactly. Ir is very impressive; in spite of
myself I became very much excite.', tts ho went
on. Finally, when Arthur forgives the Queen,
fetim son's voice fairly broke. I lonna tears
an my checks, and -?-and Mrs. Tcnnvson
were crying on either sido of me. Jle made an
snort, and went ou to the end, closinggrandlv.
.How can you say,'-1 ask tl ( re terri n g t.> pre?
nons conversation), "that you have no surety
af permanent lanie? This poem will only die
ivith tho language in which ii is written."'Mrs.
Tennyson started up from her couch, "it is
true," she exclaimed: "I have told Alfred thc
jame thine." After 'that wo had more sherry
-in fact, ?uiShcd thc Watorloo bottle; then
tveiit up to ?ho garret to smoke and talk,
fennyson read the "liylas" of Thocrituj.
n Greek; his own "Northern Farmer,"' ??nd
llndrow Marvell's "Coy Mistress." \Ve parted
it 2 o'clock.
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JUDGMENTS AWAUDED T.X THI: Conn or
"'LAIMS.-A document ju^t published shows thc
lumber of judgments tendered by the United
states Court oi Claims during tho present year,
;hc names of the parties In whose fovor'thcy
ireire tendered, and of their attorneys and thc
imounts awarded. The coii'-t gave favorable
ndgmeutS in tilts-three cotton cases, tho cotton
laving been captured by thc United States
brees. The claimants in all such snits nre re?
hired to prove loyalty to thu United States at
he Lime of thc capture. The aggregate of
diese cotton claims is $500,00.'. Thc sums
?warded ?ange from under $1000 to $14.000.
J he court threw out the eiaiuis for acceptances
?f sundry bills'of exchange or draits by Jehu B.
Floyd, Secretary cl War. I
A STIRRING SKETCH.
At the Crater of Vesuvius.
iTroni ibo Pal! Mall Gazetto.l
Ofion as Vesuvius has been described, tlicre
is one set of impressions which arc perhaps the
most generally interesting ol' all, but which,
from the nature of thc case, ca .not so fre?
quently be recorded. I refer to tho impressions
of one who has stood upon the lip of Ihe crater
and looked down while an eruption is actually
in progress, lt is not always that a view o'f
such a scone can bo obtained. It was at a time
when crash was following crash in a manner
that was quito sufficiently terribie, and when
all the suffocating steams and vnpors were be?
ing driven to one side of ihe mountain by a
slrong wind, that wo wcro rblo to go up fro n
the windward side, stand upon the lip of the
crater, look down into tho roaring abyss, and
sec what thc eruption of a volcano lool?Uko on
the spot.
That is, in truth, th: only way of getting an
idea of what a repository oi' horrors a volcano
is. You may bc a little disappointed a3 you sec
Vesuvius from below. Bat you? have only to
mount to tho sumniit/whcu an eruption of any
magnitude is in progress to timi yourself in the
presence of appalling phenomena both of sight
and sound. Choose tho iast few hours of day?
light for your ase .nt; and then, as thc darkness
closes round, and tho world below be?
comes hidden fr?m your view, you stand at the
crater tn presence of a scene for which no lan?
guage can bc very extravagant. Tor experi?
enced mountaineers tho effort required for tho
ascent is nothing remarkable; but for ordinary
people il is laborious enough.
iou arrive at the edge of the crater, and
th ero you behold a scene full of awo and maj?
esty. Ihe suddenness with which you come
upon it is quite startling. Going up yon neither
sec nor hear anything. Ono moment yon aro
clambering up the side of thc cone amid pro?
found ??lenco; thc next moment, as your hoad
rises above thc crater hp, you encounter a
roar and a blaze which miko you shrink back
a little. This surprise is occasioned, I sup?
pose, by tho formation of the crater. It is a
huge bowl which comes np lo quito a sharp
lip, about haifa mile* in diameter and some
hundred yards in depth. Towards ihe bottom
of this bowl, on the opposite side io where wc
stood, was a groat hole, from which all
tho projectiles of tho eruption wero shot;
the surface of tho bowl being composed
of lumps of Liva, ston-;a and cinders,
all of them smeared with sulphur, pre?
cisely like those upon which wc were standing.
As you mount tho cone lhere is between you
and" tho o.u!f a:i onormous wall, which dillis
everything alike-for eye and car. Even wh.le
on thc steeps of tho cone itself you might he
unaware that tlieuonnfa?n was disturbed. But
a single step see ms almost e. ough to transfer
you from the most deathlike stillness to thc
grandest exhibition of force iL is possible to
conceive. Instead of tho monotonous dull
black ol' congealed lava on the lower levels,
you have the deep brick red ot sienes that
have been nuder the action of Ure, thc bright?
est vermilion, and every inopinable shado of
orange and yellow that Sulphur deposits are
capable Of taking. Thc ground is hot loo;
so hot, indeed, that you cannot koop your
feet on the same &pot for many seconds to?
gether. Between tho c'links of tho stones
you can soo that a ?ow inches below the surface
it ts actually rod hoi. You thrust in the end
of your stick lor a moment and yon pull il out
charred. Over nil the further half of thc Cra?
ter there hangs a dense cloud ot smoko and
vapor; all around you there is an atmosphere
ot sulphur which so's you coughing; from
numberless small holes about your feet there
issue with a hiss sulphurous jets of slcaru
which nearly choke you as yon pass over them;
and then a's you look down into the actual
abyss you are* lace to Taco with tho most ap?
palling' phonom ona, both of sight and pound,
which, perhaps, tho wuolo of Eurone has to
offer. Among tho crowd of strenge sensations
that aro experienced at. such .. time tho phe?
nomena ot. sound aro poihnps tho moat won?
derful of all. What meets tbs ear is, if auy
thiag, even moro terrific than what meets the
oyo. Even to sight the eruption is not just
what thc imagination paints it beforehand.
It docs not coasist. as the pictures neces?
sarily lead one to suppose, of a continuous
shower at all. Still less does it consist of a
continuous shower of black ashes shot out
from a arc blazing oa thc top of thc mountain;
it is lather a senes of explosions. Hui tho
roar and glare ef tho great abyss is continu?
ous. You loolc into thc pit, and though you
sec no actual Hame, yet its sides arc in a state
of constant incandescence; from tho mouth of
it there roars up incessantly a dense cloud of
steam; and in the depth of it below you bear
the noise of preparation for thc outburst that
is next to rome. Theil you hear a sharper
crackle, and then without farther warning fol?
lows a loud explosion, which shoots into the
air a torrent of white-hot missiles of every
shape and size. So enormous are the forces at
work that not only small nieces of stone and
sulphur, such as you might carry away as
mementoes of your visit, but hage blocks of
mineral, caclr-enough io load a radway ballast
wagon, and all in a state ot perfectly white
heat, aro tossed up as though they were so
many cricket balls. Thc explosion hists, per?
haps, no tonger than a minute; and then thoio
is a cessation of some seconds with the noise
only ol' internal preparation once more, after
winch Ibo'explosion is repeated. That waa
nothing io the almost stupifymg din that was
going on beloio nj-moments when thc day?
light was over, and the world below could no
longer be distinguished-when wc had nothing
but the clear starlight overhead, an.l were
truly a!o:ie with tho mountain; when tho varied
coloring or thc ground had disippearo 1 in (he
darkness, and iidthing contd bo seen but tho
gleam of tho burning earth through the chinks
at our feet; while thu trilito, hoi glaring rib?
bon urmoltcu lava glided languidly down thc
mmutain at our side, and before OS was ibo
limbing of the inner Uro upon the cloud of
vapcr overhanging the i-.byss. Take all those
to .ether, a:nl thc sccuo is indeed ra thor differ?
ent from what you picture to yourself as you
calmly real in your newspaper that Vesuvius
is once again in a elato of eruption.
I spoke just now of the stream of lava which
glides down thc mountain. lu tho first place,
tivo |)cculiaritii s wcro observable in it. One
was the marvellous slowness of its motion. lu
tho early part ot it descant thc incline over
which ii had to pass was precipitous; yet so
slowly did this mass of liquid lire move- within
its bed that its cuiront was only just percepti?
ble. It seemed lo lie only just in motion.
Perhaps in some degree connected with the
same cohesion which thia languor of move?
ment indicated, was tho other peculiarity of
tho lava stream-the tenacity of its surface.
In appearance, as wo stood above it, it
was in a perfectly liquid state ; :t look
od as though you might ruffle its sur
laco with tho point ol' your stick. Great,
accordingly, was om1 surprise al finding that
even with thu very greatest force available
on the spot wo could not make tho slightest
impression upon it. The largest masses vt
milicia! that wo could litt, wa dashed down
from above upon the buming si ream; but thev
simply bormded across its lice, hue a nail
upon a floor, without producing the faintest
apparent idontaiion. Moreover, it is common?
ly supposed that lava is always projected from
toe crater, and tho language commonly uaea
iu des tiptiouencourages thc idea. "A stream
of lava was seen to issue bom thc ?rafer" is
ike sort of phraseology with whi-h one is
most familiar in accounts of eruptions that
took place in bvgotic dava*. I am not sure that
this is ever strictly accurate; but with tho cra?
ter in anything like its present form it hardly
seems probable I* would take a vast qu intily of
molten lava lolill that great bowl of half a milo
diameter, which I supp );e it would have to do
bet?re ?my of it wouid;run over down tho sides
of tho mountain. I saw uo indication that this
ever too? place. While you are un tho ino M- f
tain, tho streams uf lava which have Issued
forth aud cooled at the several proviens erup?
tions are quite distinguishable from ex?i other
by the!! ttiil'.roneos of structure and irolor. Wc
saw man; such; but I saw no indication of any
ono of them having come over inc lip of tho
crater. lu every single instance, tho source ol
toe lava Btrcam .seemed to bave been lower
down thc mountain. CertaAilv this was Ibo
case with thc very tine one which burst out just
before our visit. As we ?food upon thc lip of
thc crater it was below us throughout its
whole length. Thc lava was issuing from a
great Unsure which it bad made for itself
some distance down in thc side of thc cone.
Thc guides hurried us away bom tho neighbor?
hood of its source, because, they said, ir was
quite possible ano!lier orifice might open at
any moment, and thou it would bc all over with
tho present spectators. Thc exp?rience of
these men clearly led them to regard this as
me normal mode of the emission of lava. In
the case actaallv bet?re us it was be' g poured
forth evenly and continuously in a molten 'tate
from thc fissure; it descended for a sh >rt die
lance, in r. broad stream, to a point where a
bifurcation took place, and then the-burning
mineral went down to the base of the mountain
in two streams of perhaps twenty feet each in
width, looking in the darkness like two broad
ribbons of lire streatching down into the plain
Mr. filad A o ur ' s Later Vi i v. s ali o u t Am oi?
lcan Affairs.
3Ir. Gladsionc has written a letter to Mr.
Lo?ter, a New York author, thc cist of which
is contained in thc following paragraph:
With ?espect to thc opinion I publicly ex?
pressed, at a period during thc war, that the
South had virtually succoedoti in achieving its
independence,! could not be surprised or offend?
ed, if thc expression of such airopinion at such
a time, had been treated in your work much
less kindly than tho notices I find at pagos
529-533. 1 must confess that I was wrong;
that I toole too m neb upon myself in express?
ing such an opinion. Yet thc motivo was not
bad. My '..sympathies'' were then where they
had long" before been, where they are now
with the whole American people
I. probably like many Europeans, did not
understand tho nature" and working of the
American Union. 1 bad imbibed, conscien?
tiously if erroneously, an opinion that twenty
or twenty-lour millions of tho North would bo
happier, and would bo stronger (of courso as?
suming that they would hold togethor) with?
out thc South than with it, and also tba', tho
negroes woidd ba much nearer to emancipa?
tion under a Southern government, than un?
der the old system of thc Union, which had
not at that dato (Aniust, 1362) been abandon?
ed, and which always appeared to me to
placo tho whole power of tho North at the
command of the elavebolding interest of the
South.
A far as regards tho special or ecparate in?
terest of England in tho matter, I diflcrinf
from many other:!, had always contended that
it was best for our interest t'aat tho Union
should bc kept entire.
Forgive these details on a matter which has
now lost its interest. I havo now to conclude
by renewing my thanks, and by expressing my
most earnest desire that your country, already
so great, may grow, prosper and flourish more
and more for irs own benefit, and for the bone
fit of thc world.
Believe me, 3ir. yours, ?fcc,
W. ?. GLADSTONE.
-George R. Butler, President of the late
Tcnnessoc ?Nutioual Bank, of Nashville, was
arrested at Memphis, charged with embezzling
thc State School fund to tho amount of thrco
hundred thousand dol?ais, and taken to Nash?
ville for trial.
farrier).
SMITH-AXsOX.-In this city, on Monday even?
ing, the 28:1a inst., at thc residence of tln brid c's
brother. Mr. J. AXSON, by the I'.ev. W\ II. WILLIAMS,
Mr. NORMAN W. SMITH to Miss HARRIET E.
AX-iOX.
MULLER-SEMCKK- nn Thursday, December
17, nt thc residenco of tho bride's father, by the Rev.
L. MULLER, Mr. D. MULLER, of Hanover, Germany,
to Hiss JULIA H. iE VI CK ii, of this city. *
Special Uoikt?.
?S-EMANCIPATION DAY.-THE SOCIE?
TIES Companys, and organizations which propose
to engag* in tko celebration of tho day will assemble
at 8 A. M. on Meiititig-stroct, cast side, near Mary
street, where ihe lino will bo fonned, th-i right rest?
ing on Mary-street.
Tho procesiioa will move otr at 3 o'clock, and
proceed through Mary-streat to King, down King to
Hasel, through Hasel to Meeting, down Meeting to
Whita Point Garden, whom an oiratiou will be de?
livered by Hon. A. J. RAXSIKR. Ihe Itmancipa
tion Proolam ition will be r<xd by W. H. MISHAW;
and Rev. E. J. AP Alls, cnapiain, will opm tW-taro
ccdings with prayor.
Marshals of the Day-W. T. Oliver, Chief; W.
Grant, W. J. Brodie, V7. H. Birnie, J. P. Howard.
Tho varions societies, companies and organiza?
tions are respectfully requested to mate tho proper
arrangement for their punctual attendance as above.
By order of the Committee o? Arrangements.
P. L. MILLER, Cluirmxn.
J. M. Amata,
ALEX. WILLIAMS,
E. E. T?CKE ii,
G MirCHELL,
J IM L'S J. YOUNO,
December 31
J. E. EDWARDS,
M. E. BROWN,
H. LEVY.
G. D. MITC3ELL,
F. E. RAMStf,
J. U. JENKINS.
?5TEMANCIPATION DAY, 18G'J.
CHARLESTON. DECEMBER 2'J, 1SC3 -A t a meeting
of tho Republicans, held at Military nail on'thc
evenieg of the 28'h instaut, the following gentlemen
were appointed a committee to arrange ail matters
conuccied with the ptoposal celebration of Ern?n,
cipalioa, which will tate plaeo in this city ou the
find ?lay of January, lSu'J, to wit:
J. M. ADAMS, Union League ol' America.
J. E. EDWABDS Lincoln Light Infaut ry.
ALEX. WILLIAMS. Republican Guards.
1'. L. MiLLtta Carnet Star Fire Engine Conipauy,
Nu. 5.
X. E. BKOWN, Promptitude Fire Entine Company.
Xo. 7.
E. C. TCCKEK, Ashley Fire Engine Company, Xo. 'J.
ELIJAH I. EVY, Union Star Firo Engin e Company,
Xo. C.
UEoitcn MITCHELL, PruUeacu Fire Engine Com?
pany, Xo. 4.
JAMES F. YOUNO, WldoAwaxo Association.
GEOP.UE D. .:irouuLL, Afriaa? United Blues.
F. E. RIIAUXS, MccLttnics' Association.
Thc committee retired, au.l subsequently report?
ed IbatUr. ALEX. WILLIAMS was chosen Chairman
ol' tho Executivo L'oiiiiiif.t \ and Mr. JAMED F.
YOCNO Secretary! aUo, that Itev. E J. ADAMS was
chosen Chaplain ol the day, .Mr. W. li. MisHiw to
road thc Emancipation Prod mutton, and A. 3. RAN
BIER Orator of thc day.
'1 ho eouimittec will call upon citizens far coniri
bu ti otis.
By order. ED WD. P. WALL.
Dccoinber 30 3 Secretary
S3-BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM.-ESSAYS
FOtl YOUNG MUX on thc interesting relation of
Bridegroom to Bride iu tho insiituiiou of Marriages
a guide to matrimonial felicity aud trna happiness.
Sent by mail in scaled lotter cuvelo?>03 free of charge.
Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Dos P., Phila?
delphia, Pa. September v2
Cir BATCH?LOB'S MAIR DYE.-THIS
splendid Hair Oyo is Hie best in the world; the
ouly uno and perfect Dye; harmless* reliable,
ustnntaucotts; no disappointment; no ridiculous
lints; remedies thc illeiTccts ol bari dre.-; invigo?
rates and loaves thc hair soft and beautiful black or
brown. Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers; and
properly applied at Batcbelor's Wig Factory, No
Bond-street, New Vork. lyr January 'J
?3-THE GREAT PIOTOBIAL ANNC7AL.
HOSTETTEB'? UNITED STATES U.MaXAC for
18'W. for distribution, gr.itiv^tttotig'ioii' the United
States and all civUfajiVK?onntrioa of the Western
Hemisphere, will V published a" out tho first of
Januar .', andnffwho wish to understand ihn true
philosophy .'?'.' health should read and ponder the
valnab*?'*MSS??'hoii? it contains. In addhiou to au
ujxi'raolc medical treatise on the cauro, prevention
(iud cure ot a giv.it variety of diseases, it embraces a
largo aiiio.iut nf inform alon Inteicstiug to the me?
cha . i he mechanic, the miner, the farmer, the
planter, and professional min; aud the calculations
Lave been made fe.' such meridians tin.1 lat tildes as
are most suitable lora correct and comprehensive
National Calendar.
'tho nature, ines, au.l extraordinary sanitary
effects ol HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS, tho
staple lotie and ahorrativo of moro than half the
Christian world, are fully set forth In its pages,
which aro also interfered with pictorial illustra?
tions, \aluable recipes for the household and farm,
b.morous anecdote?, and other instructive and
amusing reading matter, original and selected.
Among the Annuals to appear with the opening ol
thc year, this will be one of thc most useful, and
may bo bad for the asking. Send for copie' ;>i inc
Central Manufactory, at Pittsburg, Pa., or tc thc
nearest dealer in Hosteler's Stomach Bitters. The
Hitters arc sold in every city, town and village, and
arc extensively used throughout the entire civilized
world. Die 4 December '.'3
Spend Ho?ires.
JW PENSIONERS OF THE SOUTH CA?
ROLINA SOCIETY will please call on the Treasure^
at No. 2 BROAD-STREET. ths2 December 31 '
??NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
at the meeting of the Legislature an application will
bc madefcra Charter for tbe "DECT.-CHER AR?
TILLERIE,"" Untcrstnizungs Verein.
December 31 th
OS- ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS
against the ?Vate of the late Captain JOHN
PAL UER, of St. Stephcn'sparish, are requested to
Innd them in to S. Vf. PALMER, and those indebted
to thc Estate to make payment as above.
8. W. PALMER,
December 31 fa Administrator.
?-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CEA ULSSTCN.-CHARLESTON, S. C., DECEMBER
31. ISSfl.-To-ZIorrow being Kew Year's Day, thia
Bank will bs closed. Notes and acceptances due
then must be attended to This Day.
WILLIAM C. BREESE,
December 31 2 Cashier.
?-FIOUNDSCHAFT3BUNTX-IN CONSE
QUENGEef the indisposilion of several of tho act?
ing members, thc entertainment is herewith post?
poned.
By order of tho President.
CHAS. SIEGLING,
Dc"??uber31 1 Secretary.
?-TO BU IL DE RS.-WANTED ESTI
MATE3 for ballding sheds, erecting steam engine,
setting boilers and rock-washers, tc., at the works
of the Charleston Mining and Manufacturing Com?
pany, located in Saint Andrew's Pari3h near Ashley
Ferry.
Also for building and laying about one and a half |
miles of tram-road.
Drawings and sp?cifications may be seen at the
Office of tho Company, Wentworth-strect, or any in?
formation obtained by applying to Colonel JOS. A.
YATES, tho Superintendent, at thc Marysville Phos
phate Mills, Ashley River. A, H. LOCKE,
December 30 2 Secretary C. M. and M. Co.
?"CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.-CONSIGNEES
per British bark AGRA arc hereby notified that she
has been entered under thc Five Days act AU goods
not permitted at tho expiration of that period will be
sent to CustOThouse Stores. RAVEN EL S: CO.
December 23 S
?- ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. - ALL
persons having claims against the Estate of the late
H. H. WILLIAMS will present the same, properly
attested, to Messrs. BRO'VN k MI RE LL, Attorneys
at Law, Law Range, Broad street, and all persons
indebted to said Estato will please make payment to
the same. H. H. WILLIAMS,
v Q.ia?fi?d Administrator.
November 21 2arno3mo
?-OFFICE CHARLESTON CI L'Y RAIL?
WAY COUP AN 7, CORN li R BROAD AND E VST
BAY STREETS, CHARLESTON, S. C., December 23,
1808.-A Quarter'y Dividend of ONE DOLL VR AND
i'WENTY-EIVE CEN 18 per Share has been declared
by thc Boord of Directors of this Company, and the
same will bo paid on and after Friday, the lit of |
January, 18C9, on application at the Company's
Ofhoe. Ss. W. RAMSAY,
December 215 Secretary and Treasurer.
?-OFFICE CHARLESTON GAS LIGHT
COMPANY-CHARLESTON, December 22, 18C8.-rA
DIVIDEND OF Fi Fri' CENTS PER SHARE on tho
Capital Stock of this Company having beon declared
by thc Direct us, the sam: wi 1 bc paid oe and after
Monday, 4th proximo.
me DO0E3 or Transfer .wi'-i be cloded from this
dale to 4th proximo. W. J. HERIOT,
December 22 Seeretarv and Treasurer.
?-BUY YOUR TEA AND COFFEE-FROM
KRIETE k CHAPMAN, corner King and Radcliffe
streets, and get a better article for the same money
than ut any other establishment in tho city.
November 14 3mos
?" EXTRA : 1 FROM A LETTER FROM
JERUSALEM.-'"We started early to ascend Mount
Olivet, tobehold the suugild the minarets and tow?
ers of the devoted city, from the place where memory,
stirred by a thousand a-sociation-, should exilt the
mind as well as thc eye to tho inspiration of thc scene.
Well is the voyager repaid for loog travels, horrid
roads, antediluvian cookery, squalid companionship
and thc importunities of beg.iug. thieving Arabs.
Well would it have repaid you, oh ! man ot com?
merce and thc crucible I and well might you have
been reminded of your own elly, for here, painted
upon aboard nailed against ono ot thc huge ancient
olive trees, under which thc sacred martyrs toiled lor
the siiis of the world, eighteen hundred years ago,
were these familiar figures: '.>. T.-18C0-X." Wo
do not know who dill it, hut nc doubt some poor in?
valid traveller, cured, by the PLANTATION BIT?
TERS, wished to advertise their virtues, in a place
from whence all knowledge flows."
MAGNOLIA WATER. -Supeilor to the best imported
German Cologne, aud sold at half the price
December 20 lutbsS
A
D V A WOES
CN
V O T T O N
TO PLANTERS AND OTHERS
WISHING TO
HOLD CO TTGX IN ENGLAND,
Where STORAGE, INSURANCE, and other expenses
for holding are LESS than in thc United States, wo
Will advatiee
TEN CENTS PER POUND
ON
M I D D L 1 N G S,
STiippcd to our friends in Liverpool, charging tho Eng?
lish eoinmorcial rate of interest, wnicli at pr?sent is
FIVE PER CENT.
And hoU as long as desired.
CLAGHORN, HERRIN^ k CO.,
AceomiiK^at'ou Wharf.
November 13 - mos
f?rfLLIS Hi CillSOLAl,
FACTORS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS
ANO
SHIPPING AGENTS,
WILL ATTEND TO THE PURCHASE, SALE AND
SHIPMENT (lo Fore:gn and Duincslic Ports) ol
COTTON, RICE, LUMBER AND NAVAL STORES
ATLANTIC WHARF, Charleston, S. 0.
B. WILLIS.A. R. CHISOLM,
October 23
WM. KNABE ?s CO.,
MANUFACTUREES
OF
PIANO FORTES,
BALTIMORE, MD.
October 19 ",f>
JOHN ? . ALEXANDER,
ACCOUNTANT
AND
R EAL E S T A T E A G E N T , j
No. ll? Bionil-strc?-*
RESPECTFULLY SOLICITS dUSINESS IV TEE |
WAITING UP AND ADJUSTING OF BOOKS AM)
ACCOUNTS ol' Merchant.* mid Other*. Al-n. ihe
SELLING AND REN TING, AND COLLECTION OF
RENTS OF HOUSE!?, kc. October 1 j
FOR PHILADELPHIA-EMPIRE LINE
TEE riSE'BCHOONEB VA Rr RILEY,
RiLzr, Master, will have inmediate dis?
ipare!..
For encageraents apply to
H. i. BAKIR&CO.,
Def ember ?.a No. 20 Cunxbcrland-slreet,
POR LIVERPOOL.
THE SPLENDID Al CLIPPER BAB
''LIZZIE H., spnxxo Master, having a
Marge part of her canjo ?i?;aeed and goin g
.on board, .T21 Imve dispatch for the abov I
port. For ireight engagements, apply to
December 24 STREET BRuTBEBS & CO.
FOR LIVRRPOOL.
THR NEW AND STRICTLY Al SPAN
ISH SHIP PEDBO PLANDOLIT, E. AKEN
au AL Master, having a large portion of he
cargo engagod aud going on board, wil
have dispatch.
For further engagement?, apply to
W. P. HALL,
December 22 12 Brown A- Co's wharf.
FOU LIVERPOOL.
THE FIRST CLASS BRITISH BARQUE
^W. G. PUTNAM, RICI?AUD Master, having
ya large part of her cargo engaged, will loa d
?with, dispatch.
For iialauce freight engagements, apply to
WILLIS & CHISOLM,
December 21_North Atlantic Wharf.
FOR LIVERPOOL.
THE PINE Al AMERICAN BABE
EGERIA, H. A. STAUBET Master, having
>two-thirds {%) of her cargo enaaged and
.going on board, will have immemate dis?
patch.
For balance of Freight, apply to
PATTERSON k STOCK,
December 12_South Atlantic Wharf.
EXCURSIONS AROUND THE HARBOR.
THE FINE, FAST SAILING ANDOOM
'FOKTABLY appointed yatht ELEANOR
i will resume her trips to historic points in
?the harbor, and will leave Goverom?n 1
Wharf daily at Ten A. M. and Three P. M.
For Passage, apply to THOM AS YOUNG,
December IS 3mo Captain, on Board.
NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON
STEAMSHIP LINE.
FOR NEW YORK,
?5Vf-!&?-, THE SPLENDID SIDE WW EEL
j/OtsSffiL STEAMSHIP CHAMPION, LOCK
.^^ffi^?^WOOD Commander, will leav Ad
-J2fe?i-r?r. ger'h Wbart on Saturday, the 2d
January. 1869, at Ten o'clock A. M.
45?'lhrongh Bula of Lading given L, Boston and
Providence, lt. I.
49~Insnran:e can be obtained on these steamers at
ii per cent.
For Fi eight or Passage, having splendid Cabin
accommoda iona apply to
JAMES ADGERi:1. .
Corner Ador'* Wharf and East fay (Up *U
The steamship CHARLESTON will follow on Ta's
day, the 6th January, at half-past Twelve P. M
December 31-. th -2
FOR NIC IV YORK.
?REGULAR LIX??VERY THURSDAY,-.
PASSAGE REDUCED TO $15.
THE SIDE-WHEEL STEAMSHIP*
:?}J'5.iji'J% MAGNOLU, Captain M. B. CHOW
. '?7/t?5'c'^J?'" 1H* commander, will leave Vander
. j^js?fco*-,horst's Wi'arf. oe Friday Morning,
January!, 1869, at Seven o'clock.
Leccmber 28_RAVEN EL k CO., Agents.
NEW ROUTE.
REDUCTION IN FREIGHT.
f -Ctol? THROUGH BTLLs OF LADING
S?-&&W?'sir-?com NcwOrleaus to Charleston, S.
CeSSixSamT'C'. VIA Florida Raiho td and ALLI
c^?-c=?~zAm. ANCE LI .N E U. S. Mail Stoansbips.
And steamers CITY POINT and DICTATOR, will be
given for
Sugar, to Charleston, per bli 1.37 50
Sugar, to Charleston, per barrel.15
Molasses, to Charleston, per barrai.2 50
Rice, to Now Orleans, per ICO pounds. -
Other Freights in prooortion to tho abor?.
J. 1). AIKEN k CO.. Aconte.
Charleston.
F. W. PI RKINS & CO.. Agents,
No. 26 Carondclct-.'trret. New Uricans.
A. B. NOYES, Agent,
December 15 Imo Fernandina, F.a.
TRAVKLLKRS PASSING THROl'GH
CHARLESTON EN ROU TETO FLORIDA. AIKEN
Cyf^t^rm And other place?, should not fal
r? to laJ'ln tuelr supplies of PROVIS -
?^'ftmfc* IONS, CLARETS. CHAMPAGNES
?SB ''?J^<- CORDIALS, BRANDIES," "WT-TTT"
KIES, WINKS. CANN LD MEATS, SOUPS, kc.
Pates or Willi Game and Devilled Ham for Sand .
Wiehes and Luncheons'.
jQS-Send for a catalogue.
WM. S. CORWIN A- CO.,
No. 275 King-street,
Between Wentworth and Beautain,
Charleston, S. C.
Branch of No. 900 Broad wa v, corner 20th street,
New York._'_Q.-tober28
PACIFIC AI AIL STEAMSHIP COMPY'8
rmtouGn LIN- TO
CALIFORNIA. CHINA AND JAPAN.
FREIGHT AND FASSAGE AT GREATLY RB
DUC ED RATES I
..-....--r.-.-i. S ILA M Kits OE THC ABOV*
' ave Pier No. 42, North River .
Canal-street. New York, a
.1: noon, of the 1st. 9tb,16tb
and 24th of every mouth (except when these date:
fall on Sundry, theu the Saturday preceding).
Departure of 1st and 24th connect at 1'auama with
steamers tor south PaMlle and Central American
ports. Those ol I st touch at Manzanillo.
Departure o? 'Ith Ol cac!" mouth connects Witt
thc new ?tte nu lino from Panama to Australia ar-'.
New Zealand.
.?steamship GR"AT EEPURLIO leave? San Fran
cisco fer Uniiaaail Japan January 4. 18G9.
No California steamers tiue-i at Havana, but pc
direct from Nev Yor.'t to AsplUWdU.
One liuudrcd pouii n baggego ?ree to each ada'.*.
Medicine and attendance tree.
For Passage fi elects or further information appl;
at the COMPANY'S TICKE r Oi'FIJE, on the wharf
foot of Canai-alroct, No: Hi River, N w York.
March 14_lyr_F. P.. BABY, Agent.
INLAND ROUTE.
THROL'GH TICKETS TO FLORIDA.
CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH STEAM PACKET
LINE, VIA BEAUT-ORT A Ii 1 HILTON HEAD,
CO.VXECTISO WITH
TUE ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD AND
CONNECTIONS FOR ALL POINTS IN
FLORIDA.
" THE VINE, EAST STEAMER
???SagZC ylLOT BOY. Captttiii FENS PECK, wil J
leave Charl'" t?n en Monita;/ and Ihursday Mornings,
alFight .''clock. Ri turning, leave t-avannah on
Tuesd ?j and Saturday Mornings, at half-past Eight
o'cl<vk.
For Freight or Passage apply to
JOHN l'EROCSON,
Dee mber 110 Accoram elation Wharf.
FOR CHE KAW, GKIlRGETOWN,
A SD ALL LANDINGS ON TUE PEEDEE RIVER .
?r?r^w TUE Sit AMER PUNTER. CAPT.
Js?SS3Sbmc ?> WHITE, is receiving freight a t
Accommodation Wharf, and w ll leave Saturday
Morning, January 2d. at Scveu o'clock.
For Freight or Passage apply to
December 3U 3_JOHN FERGUSON.
FOR BRUNSWICK, GA.
_ -?T1"'-'*^ THE tlEAVLR "DICTATOR, "
Jslwet&SC Captain CH.VELES WILLEY, will touch
afihis pout ever. We tuesday, loav'Lg .-avaunah a
Niue A. M., aa 1 on her retom trip will touch thero
on Saturday Afternoon, anivin-: butt at Savannah
cu Sunday Morning. J. D. ATHEN i CO.,
November 24 Agents.
FOR PU. VI KA. FLORIDA.
VIA SAVANNAH, Xi KN >.Nl>l>A AND JACKSON
VILLE.
.. ~F THE KIRr-T-CASS STEAM EB
.. ."""J EIC I wort, Captain ..a*-'. WILLFT,
win sail troni Charleston . v luetdag Scening, at
Eight o'clock, lor Mio above points.
J he first c'jss Steamer Cl i i WI!* r, Ciy.-i n Var
T UcMSLTS, will -r.d from Ch r'testoa eve-y Fri li-t
Evening, i Etant o'clocSr, lor above potril?.
i oun etil' : with th . C ?tral Railroa I at -ara mab
for Mobilo sad Na -v Orieanvand with toa Honda
Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys a! vaich
point steamers connect with New ur! ran ? Mobile,
Penaaco'a. Key \>osi and ll .vant.
Ibroneb Bil's La lin : given for Fr?j arli! ; Mobile,
Pensacola and New Orleans.
lioth Htnurs connecting witt TT. S. ?It Vit tlcanu
trt Odawika and Gri?u f..r Sits ?p in$ i tn '. I. ikes,
Griffin, Enstis, Harris anti Di- :. ?.
All frWabt D'ya'.le rn Ihewharr.
Hoods not removed at otitis. : >. . I?? "Cod ai ri?l
and expensi' ofowttcrs
l or Freight or l'a??igi ge net *. apply to
.1. h. MKf-N .<c .<;., ?v-i t?.
-t n!"u / ;t ?r.?. r Wharf.
N. H.-No extra charo? i ->r Me ls and -t it -rooms .
steamer city Foin' wi:! io*w*b a' >. Mary's, Oe o.
Doing and ri Inning each week.
Nov. mber 2!
T^riLBUR tt so.v.
REA L ESTATE BROKERS ? AUCTIONEERS.
No. .VJ Uroad street. Charleston. s.t,\/
Corrow and lean rooney, attend to rollodi**?