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VOLUME VIL-NUMBER 1050. CHARLESTON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1869. FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK BY TELEGBAPH. TEE STATE CAPITAE. LEGISLiTTVE PROCEEDINGS'- CHANGING TOE VENUE rx CRIMINAL CASES- INCRREASINQ JU DIC1AL SALARIES--ORGANIZING THE MILITIA DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. 1 SPECIAL TELXOHAM TO THE DAILY SETS ] COLUMBIA, S. C., January 8.-IN THE HOUSE, Purvis introduced a bill to incorporate certain fire companies. McKinlay reported unfavorably on tho bill for extending tho time lor officers to qualify. Wilson introduced a bill to incorporate tho "Wilson Bridge Company. "Whipper introduced a bill empowering the Attoraey-Goneral to change tho venae in cor taiu cases. [Tbis b:ll is proposed with a view to lemovinsr Colonel D. Wyatt Aiken to Beau? fort for trial.] Dennis introduced a bill to regulato lue ^.nicies of insurance companies not incoi po? nied in the State. Jenks introduced a bill to define the duties of State Reporter, and to provide for the pub? lication of tho Supremo Court reports. %"omlinson introduced a bill inquiring into thc management of the State Lunatic Asylum. He said there were some ugly rumors in circu? lation in reference to the asylum, which needed investigation. Webb introduced a bill to declare the rights of creditors, aud provide for winding up the affair- of railroads in South Carolina. Fcriier introduced a resolution authorizing the Governor and the Commissioner of Agri? cultural Statistics to offer two hundred dollars as a premium for the best essay on the culture of cotton. i IN THE SENATE, Arnim introduced a bill to incorporate the Vaucluse Manufacturing Com? pany of Edgefield. Simms introduced a bill to increase tho sala? ries of the justices of the Supreme Court and tho circuit ju Iges. It provides that the salary of the chief justice shall be $5300, of the asso? ciate justices each $5000, and of the circuit judges each $4000. The bdl organizing the militia waa consider? ed and twenty-two sections passed to a second reading. Leslie's motion to indefin itely post? pone tho bill was tabled by a vole of ye is 14; na.vs, 8. Governor Scott, Chief Justico Moses, Jus? tices Willard aud Hogo, and several United States officers visited tho Legislature to-day. TVASEINGTOy. DEATH OF GENERAL ROUSSEAU-DETAILS OF THE COTTON BILL-THE VIRGINIA COMMITTEE. ^ "WASHINGTON, January 8.-Tho death of Gen? eral Rousseau, which occurred in New Orleans last night, causes general gloom here; he was highly respected and loved. The bill regulating the price of cotton and encouraging its production, authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase raw cot? ton frown after the passage of the bill, the cotton to be delivered at any railroad depot or on any steamer making direct connection with New York.at twentycents prr pound for uplands ' and thirty for sea islands. Purchases made through the revenue officers are to be exempt from tax, but if sold to other parties to be taxed three cents per pound. Cotton purchas? ed by the government is to be sold at not less . iban five, cents advance on cost. Manufac? turers within the United States to be allowed two and a half cents drawback on all cotton used by them. A full report of all tho cotton transactions is to be presented to Congress at the commencement of each regular session. The Virginia Committee are nearly all here. The meeting to-night is private and only pre? liminary._ C OJUGRESSIONAL. BILL REGULATING COTTON-BILL PASSED AMEND? ING THE NATIONAL BANE LAW-SUE MURPHY SUGAB BEFO,ERS-WE8T POINT. WASHINGTON, January 8.-IN THE SENATE, the bill regulating the price and encouraging thc production of cotton was referred to the ^Finance Committee. Morrill reported a bill amending the act pro? viding for a national currency, and mentioned incidentally t!iat the United States lost $600, 000 by a national bank in Boston. Tho bill passed. A bill restricting the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Thc discussion of thc bill for the relief of Sae Murphy wus resumed. Hendricks favored the bill, but without taking action on it, the Senate passed several private disability bills ' and adjourned. / IN THE HOUSE, an application was received from the sugar refiuers of Philadelphia asking for a now classification of sugar for tariff pur? poses. A number of private bills were passed. After a long discussion the appropriation for Wost Point was passed, and the House went into Committee ot the Whole and adjourned to Monday. EUROPE. LAWLESSNESS IN IRELAND. LONDON, January 8.-The feeling among the tenantry in some parts of Ireland against the landholders is very bitter, and many casos of agrarian violence are reported. DISTURBANCE IN ITALY. FLORENCE, January 8.-Distubances, caused by the collection of unpopular taxes, continue. ?here is mach agitation in Eeggia and Bo? logna. General Cadana, commandant of the ' military division of Florence, has been dis? patched to Parma to restore order. THE VOLUNTEERS IN SPAIN-BEACTI3NISTS-FOB HID ABLE BEPUBLICAN DEMONSTRATION AI SE? VILLE AND JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA. MADRID, January 8.-A proolamtaion ' has ftcen issued raising tho state of siege of , Madrid. ] General Prim, in an official circnlar, declarea that the provisional govemmc.it does not in- j tend to disarm tho volunteers. Sagcsta, Minister of tho Interior, has issued a circular, in which ho ascribes thc recent ' troubles in Cadiz and Malaga to intrigues of j thc Reactionists, and he charges that their cb- ! ject in fomenting these disturbance i is to pre- ? vont the plebiscitum. Quito formidable Republican demonstrations are reported at Seville and Jerez do la Frjn- 1 tera. At thc latter city the Insurgents made a futi?e attempt to seizs arms and ammunition | from the arsenal. General Caballero de Roda immediately sent a (strong force of so:di;?rs to ' bold the town and remove the arms to Cadiz , for safety. THE CONFERENCE. PARK. January 8.-Thc Conference will cer? tainly open to-morrow. Tho Sultan has tele ygrapbed instructions, incindingorders to with? draw should the Turkish.ultimatum to Greece 1 be discussed. Thc newspaper Turquise, in yes- j terday's issue, says that if th: Turkish minis- j ter withdraws, war Tith Greece is inevitable, i CUBAN AFFAIRS. HAVANA, January 8.-Dulce's address con? tains the following: "I will bravo every dan? ger, accept every responsibility for your wel? fare. Revolution has swept away tho Bour? bons. Rights shall return to citizens, dignity shall return to men. You will receive nil thc reforms you require. Spaniards and Cubans oro bro thors from this day. Thc freedom of the press, the right to bold public meetings, the ria-lit of representation in the National Cortes, arc the fundamental principles of true liberty, and these shall bc granted tn you.' He adjures Ibo Cubans and tho Spaniards to forget :ht past and hope for tho futuro, and to establish union and fraternity. DliEADF VISA CCIDEXT. EIGHT CHILDREN KILLED AND FTE TT WOUNDED BY THE FALLING OF A SCHOOLHOUSE. ROCHESTER, N. Y., January 8.-Eight chil? dren out of fifty, woucd:d by the falling of a schoolhouse, aro dead. The accident is at? tributed by the coroner's jury to the neglect of putting full stone caps on brick piers. Sr A EUS FEOX TLTE WIRES. John Minor Botts died at bis residence in Culpeper County, Va., yesterday, and will be buried in Richmond on Sunday. Quiet has been restored in the neighborhood of Norfolk. General Rousseau died at New Orleans on Thursday night. Yesterday, usually a great hobday in New Orleans, as the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, was in consequence very dull. General Buchanan has assumed command in Louisiana for the present. Sixty civil ageuts and clerks of thc Freed? men's Bureau, in Louisiana, were discharged yesterday. Colonel Thomas N. Burnell, a captain in thc war of 1812, died in Richmond yesterday, aged 81. FROM TUE STATE CAPITAL. Thc Length of the Session-A Batch of | Bills, memorials and Resolutions-The Bank, of tnc State once Moro. [ KRO?I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] COLUMBIA, S. C., January 7.-Tho present indications are that tho present session of the General Assembly will extend at least to the fifteenth or twentieth of Februan*. Opinions have been given by some of thc oldost and leading lawyers of the State, Until the Legis? lature do all that is required by tho new con? stitution, they have between three and four months' hard work beforo them. IN THE Hoii?E, this morning, Mr. Janka in? troduced the folio-ring resolution, which was referred to thc Committee on tho Judiciary : Resolved, by tho Uouse of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That a special commit? tee, to consist ot three on the part of tho House and - on the part of the Senate, bc ap? pointed, who shall, after due investigation and conference with tho Governor and Attorney General, submit a detailed report of the l?gis? lation necessary for a thorough and completo organization of the State Government, and the better protection of hor inhabitants. The folio wing resolution, introduced by Mr. Neagle, was laid oh the table: Rerrxted, That the members of this House shall not be entitled to receive per diem tor any time which they are absent from their seats on this floor, except on account of per? sonal sickness: Provided, this resolution shall not take effect previous to the 8th instant. The following, introduced by W. E. Johns? ton, after a lengthy .ind lively debate, was agreed to by a vote of ye is 67, nays 23. Ab aent and not votin? SI: Wliereas, It has come to the knowledge of the members kl this House that a refreshment saloon has been opened on the west side of | this hall; and whereas, such establishment is totally unauthorized; therefore be it Resolved, That the sergeant-at-arme be. and he is hereby, directed to bave thc same closed at once, and allow no such saloon to be open? ed on these precises hereafter. 'The following were referred to committees : To moke the representatives of York and Lan castei a Committee on the Catawoa Indians; petition o? citizens ot Charleston for a charter tor a militia company; petition of J. T. Green, of Charleston, for removal of disabilities; a bur to authorize the Recorder ol' Charleston to hold a Police Court: petition of R. S. Cohen for renewal of State bonds; potition of R. L. North for renewal of State stocks; petition of ) Charles Logan for tho payment of tho cou? pons of tile Charleston and Savannah Rad? icad Company; the memorial of tho Faculty ol the Medical College against modifications in medical department et the university; reso? lution to pay the widow and children of thc late James Martin, of Abbeville, his per diem and mileage to the end of the session: memo? rial of P. A. Ford; accounts of J. W. Ogilvie andJ.L*. Lrwin; a bill to provide for the widowj and orphans of men murdered for their political opinions; a bill to authorizo courts of arbitration; petitio i of N. Ramsay for renewal of stock. A Dill to amend tho act to organizo tho Cir? cuit Courts was, on motion ot DeLarge, made the special order for Monday next. The proper committees were ordered to re poit bi'ls to regulato tho fees of probate judges and magistrates; to give authority to assessor? to cuter at ouco upon their duties and to complete assessments by February 15, 1869; to incorporate thc Mount Pleasant Perry Company. IN THE SENATE, the following were referred to the proper committees: Petitions of Chan? cellor Inglis and Judge Wardlaw for arreara of salary; of County Commissioners of Darling? ton for State loan and donation; of J. W. A. Harkness, of York, C. II, Rivers and Simon Sind'>r, of Collcton, for removal ot disabilities; of J. J. Glover.of Colleton.lor relief from double lax; of C. R. Franklin for Legislature to make valid the town election of Clin'.oi, Laurens County; the memonalof the Dean and Faculty of tbo Medical College. The following billa wero read a third time, passed, their titles cbauged to that of au ac:, and ordered to be returned to the House ot Represen tn ti ves : A hill to punish sheriffs and otbor officer? for violating tbo honic-stoud. A bilLrolative to sales of property under the decrees of Courts of Equity and Circuit Courts. Mr. Leslie introduced the following resolu? tion : Whereas, The theoiy and poli'ict.1 philoso? phy ot the reconstructed government ot South Carolina establishes and provides for thc elec? tion or appointment ot local or county as well as State officers, and as a sequence therein thc Legislature of the State in compelled to adhere to thc practice tint local officers and their r x penses, fees, costs and chartres must Ix paid by tit; comity or locality for which thfyact To adopt anv other or diif.'rent in es would bc in effect to compel sparsely settled communi? ties or counties to pay tv great portion (if thc legitima to. natural and local expenses of their wealthier neighbors, where n tb?yliave nov?te or voice; therefore, bo it Rejoiced, That thc Judiciary Committee ot' the Senate be reqmred to prepare a bill which ?.hal} provide 1er tbe payment of what were heretofore known tis lovai or district officers by thc localities or districts wherein tiley exer? cised their offices. Thc resolution was ordered for consideration tc-iaorrow, aud to le priutcd. Mr. Lunucv gave norice of a bill to increase the salaries cf thc Justices ot the Supreme Court and Circuit Judges. Thc following bills were introduced and re? ceived their first reading. By Raincy. A bill to regulate bank- in liqui? dation. By Mr. Hoyt. A bill to authorize Cuuils of Arbitration. On motion of Mr. L?slie, the Senate t.?oh zn cut ot its order for consideration, tho resolu .ion rcla'ive to tin; appointment of a commit? tee on inquiry imo thc operation of tbe law creating a state constabulary loree. Tue resolution wa1? read, considered and agreed to. The iTcsident announced Messrs. L?s):e, wa1!?, Nash. Hoyt an 1 h'a;n? ?id committee. The agitation about the issue of the bonds for the funded bills of the Bunk of tho State continues, but your readers may rest assure t that the Governor will not issue tho bonds. In fact it is reported that one of tho largest bill holders has advised the Governor against such action, in order to avoid questions of constitu? tionality which may spring up. Ho is willing to leave tho question to r.?e courts. THE CONTESTEE ELECTION. DECISION OF THE SUPKElfE COUP.T. Opinion of Justices Willard and H?ge, and Separate Opinion of Chief Justice Moses. COLUMBIA, January 7,I860.-At the opening cf the Supronio Court, this morning, Chici Justice Moses announced that Mr. Justice "Wil? lard would deliver tho opinion of thc court in tho case of Gilbert Pillsbury and others against the Acting Board of Aldermen of the City of Charleston. Judgo Willard then delivered the opinion of the court, at the conclusion of which reading the Chief Justice announced that Mr. Justice H?ge coucurrod in that opinion. It is believed that the peremptory writ of mandamus will issue immediately. Thc following is the-opinion ot the court : The State ex rel. Gilbert Pillsbury, et al, vs. the Acting Hoard of Aldermen of the City of Charles? ton. Supremo Court. Novomber Tem, 1868. Mo? tion for tferemptory Man.lamusi OPINION. WILLAKD, J.-The relators claim to have been elected to fill tho respective offices of Mayor aud Aldermen of the City of Charleston, at an election held on tho 10th day ot November last, under the act "to prevido for tho election ot tho officers of the incorporated, citiea and towns of the State of South Curolina," ratified September 25,18G8. ?Special session, 1868. p. 106.) They allege that said election bas been contested, os to a majority of the persons vo? ted for; that thereupon tue returns, together with the ballots, were examined, and the caso investigated by thc respondents, who there? upon did declare as foll ? we,: "Tho said board do declare that there has been no legal and valid election, and that no persons have been duly elected to the office of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Charleston at said election." Relators claim that by law respondents are bound to declare the results of tho election, and had no authori? ty to declare it void; that they bavo demanded of tho respondents compliance with their local duty, which has been refused. Thoy pray a writ of mandamus to compel respondents to per? form their legal duty in the premises. An alternative writ issued accordingly, com? manding the respondents to declaro said dec-, tiou and allow said relators to outer upon their several and respective offices, or that they ap? pear and show cause for their refusal so to do. Respondents have returned to said writ two grounds of non-compliance therewith. The first is, that in virtue of authority vosted in them by law as judges of olections, they have adjudged said election to bo illogal and void; and that such decision is final and conclu? sive, and binding ou all paitics. Thc second is, thal illegalities and informalities wore com? mitted at such election, and in the returns thereof, and that fraudulent votes were cast in excess of tho majorities appearing in behalf or the relators, and they coutend that this court, if not bound by tho decision mado by thc respondents, m?et from thc facts arrive at tho same conclusion, namely, that tho election is liles al and void. Ae io tho matters embraced in thc firs'. ground, tho relators have demurred; and aa to the second ground, have moved to strike out that portion ot tho return as immaterial and inrelevant, xhe question for decision arises on the construction of the following clause of the fifth section ot tho act als* named, which is as tollows: "The Managers of Elections shall decide contested cases, subject to tho ultimate decision ot tho board of Aldermen or "Wardens when organized, except when the election of a majority of the persons v-.teJ for are contested, or the managers are charged with illegal conduct, in which case the returns, together with the ballots, shall be examined, and the case investigated by tho Act? ing Board of Aldermen, who shall declare the election, and their decision shall be binding upon all parties." It appears that the elections of "a majority of the persons voto*d tor" are contested, and also that "illegal conduct" waa charged against the managers. The question is whether the determination and decision of the Acting Boord is in conformity with and in full discharge of their duty iu the premises. Two acta ore required of them: Firs'. To ex? amine the returns and investigate the case. St co id. To declare the election. The first has been performed, and no question is mada ibout it. The second ii tbe subject of the present cont?st. Examine tue powers of tho respon? dents by the terms under which they i?e delegated, and no difficulty cither of construction or interpretation presents itself. An election is the joint act of all locally qualified electors choosing to participate in it. It consists of the expression of a choice a? to the matter acted upon, which is, in legal consideration, a secret act of the elector, and a d?claration of the result of s ach choice in conformity with tho law under which thc election is hold, which is tho act of the officers conducting the election. The officers performing thia duty ore here termed mana? gers. According to tho present law, their de? cisions may bc reviewed in some cases by tho new board ot aldermen or wardeus, and in others .before tho old buaid. In tbe present case, the old board acts. Tho doclitrntioa pre? supposes a scrutiny of the voies, and is com? pleted by a return set tins tortii tho whole num? ber of votes given for each candidate, and when there has been a choice, in conformity to law, by furnishing tho prevailing candidate with suitablo evidence of his election. The foregoing ia tho general nature ot tho duty imposed upon tho respondents by the terms of the statuto. aud if it is to bo regarded as tho limit cf their powers, it is evident thal they have not acted in strict conformity therewith; on the contrary, while admitting tho existence of an election in fact, they refuse to declare the same, alleging as tho ground therefor that it was illegal and void. Tho respondents claim that by a proper con? struct ion of tho atatuto, iu connection willi thc former election law3, it will appear that they have more enlarged powers, and are com? petent to adjndgo thc illegality of tho election. lt is unquestionably true that, under thc for? mer election laws, tho maua'rers of elections possessed, by thc express terms ot tho law, such powers a? are here contended for; but it is not clear how that can assist the respondents, who act under a much more restricted grant of authority. Tho powers in quostio.i ara the creatures ot the statute, and wa arc not at lib? erty to cull from statutes passed at different periods and under widely varying circumstan? ces in order to increase their efficiency and symmetry. U tho lonna of the statute are to tie enlarged it must bo in conformity with thc principles ^governing legal construction, and because something ia imputed in those terms hy a necessary, or, at thc least, by it reasona? ble implication. That winch is drawn after the statute by a necessary implication is t.s much a part of Has that which i* expressed in tenn.-. Where a subject mai ter is named till things directly appertamiu^ lo ii art; includ? ed by neoessary implic it ion. Whcie an aclis required tobe performed, whatever constitutes a necessary or ordinary meatis to ils perform' ance, is in like ruauuer included. The ques? tion m all these cases is. not whether the mal? ler of implication will odd lo tho value and ef? ficiency ut what is conferred in terms, but whether without it the statute will be wholly or in part inoperative. Applying th ao tests lo the case in hand, wo have no difficulty in discovering that nie powers granted and those sought to bc ad.l-id byway ol implication aro in meir natures different and ?io way connect? ed or dependent, and cannot be united on any principle of necessary implication. One is ml luinistrativc and tho other judicial, and. there? fore, entirely separate and dis: met in them? selves. Nor duos tho nature:of thc linty to bc performed demand their conjoint oxercise. Whether the ciec?on ought or ought not ii? be? held void there is equal propriety in nuking its resu'ts officially known; nor can it be perceived how thc right to vasa judicially upon tho question of thc legality or the c'cction can fnrr.ish any facilities (or arriving at an eiliicial Btatclncut of its results. There is nu ground brr enlarging thc tciins of the statute so as io embrace Iii? pow- j ers claimed by th. respondents on any ide.; oj' a necessary implication, as strenuous tended for on their behalf. But if not a sary, may it not bo a reasonable im elie This question opens a wide rango of coi ations. and enables us to determine w thc enlarged powers contended for are tho spirit and intent ot thc statute, if no terms. It is an obvious rule of consti that that which is unreasonable in itscl not be the subject of a reasonable ir r :on. Nothing is more unreasonable tba tho Acting Board of Aldermen, having terest in this question, as they retain seats in the event the election is hold should be invested with tho power of jud deciding thc case. But it is saidtbat tbe of alderman is one of honor, and not of f ment! A desire for honors may liavo aa co ing an iufluenco on thc judicial mind as tl emolument. We cannot do violence t very principio of judicial purity in on enhrgo tho powers of tho respondent ascribe any such intent to thc Logis!; The powers of tho respondents aro limit a legal declaration of - thc election, ai much of their return as is correct by thc murreris insufficient as in answer to tba: of the mandato of tho writ that rcqai declaration of tho election. The only vi which thc relevancy of tho residue of th tum can bo supported is, that this coui in thc present form of proceeding detei a matter bf fact-the validity ot the elei We aro satisfied that this question is not perly before us. If tho return had u taken to show that no election in fact taken place, that could rai-ed an ?SBUO on which their to declaro tho election depended; but return only goes to the extent of donyinj legal validity of the election-a fact altogc unimportant, so far os their duty is concei The respondents may have supposed I the concluding clause of the command o alternative writ, which directs the rcs dents to allow thc relators to take posses of tho offices to which they make claim, the entire quostiou of tho right of tho rela to the offices in question was at issue on record, and that, therefore, it was ucees to put in issue the validity of the election: a care ipi examination of the frame of the shows that such issues are not pertin I Tbe theory of tho writ is, that soraethii lacking to enable tbo relators to prose any claim they may have acquired by the ? tion to the offices, namely, a declaration of results thereof. Hence the necessity for ap ing for a mandate to compel the performanc that official act, without which tbo right to office is inchoate. That portion of the n date that relates to the declaration of the e tion, must be regarded as fixing the chara ot the proceedings and the issues triable der it, and the residue mast be regarded m ly as intended to enlarge tho scope of the lief in tho contingencies of a deciaratioi the election favorable to the claims of tho lators. In this respect tho mandato is ob tionable, as it seeks to carry tho remedial ot the court boyond the case mada by pleading. It is clear that it tho case i's i position to enable the court to ascertain lin: the rights of t lie coo testants in respect to officers, then it would bo idle to requin declaration of tho election, fi..- nolh would be left dependont on such declarati But tho theory of the writ contradicts si an assumption, and shows that a declarar is necessary as a condition precedent to i contest-involving tho question of right to the offices. That portion of tho return cove: by tho motion to strike ont is, therefore, in uvant to thc true issues of tho case, and may disregarded. It has boen urged m behalf the respondents that the peremptory writ mi issuo in the terms ot tho alternative, or noe all, and that as it cannot so issue, tho procei ing must be quashed. Ic is true that the i rcmptory writ cannot issuo in the cxict teri of tho alternative, as we have already soc Can it, then, issue at all? It was held, in t King vs. Lt, Pancreas (3 Ad. & Eilis, 535), and Itogiua vs. Tithe Commissioners (14 Adol. El., U. S., 459), that tbo' peremptory w must couform exactly lo tho alternative", ai that tho court could not monk! the writ, thou, it may the mle to show cause. This Bim ness resulted from tho notion that this pi cceding did not partake of the cbaraotcristi of the formal remedies afforded at commi law, but WAS a resort to kingly prerogati because of a failure of justice. This netii has not been received in this country; but tl wm of mandamus has been treated as fora ing no exception to tbe mles governing ort nary remedies. In the case of ' People v Thorpe (12 vol., 187) a peremptory mandami was allowed :n a return to a writ to a rule I show causo without waiting to issue an alte native, and tbe relator was permuted to con pleto the introduction of an alternative wi pro forma. This is certainly allowir greater latitude than that of amem ment limiting tho sphere of the mai date. Toe liberality with whieh ameni monts are allowed, is well stated by Judp Earle in Bauk ot Pennsylvania vs. Coady (Hi Law, 109 ) The hamed Judge says: "l'h ancient rigor on the subjects sf amendmcn has been greatly abated, ai well by tho liben and enlightened practice of the courts in mot ern times, as by statute. It is the constar practico boro to amend proceedings in any pc riod of their progress, to preserve tho symmc try. and to mako thom conformable if an yt hin appear by which tho amendment can be pui sued. Writs, declarations, judgments and e: cautions can bo on any day amonded up to th timo of fin il'satisfaction, and thero can bo n reason why a verdict should not be also. This leasonable practico is applicable to m in CU nt us. The object n m of the lespondenta rt lates to "symmetry" and "co.itorinity" alone and concerns no substantial right. Wc find iu this casa a retur.i and a docisio: giving a definite mould to tho pro.-eodmg an? tunning ample ground to amend by, and wo d not fee-1 at Liberty to disregard tho great ant humano doctnue of amendment now geuoralt; precedent, in order to engraft upon tua prac tico in this very important department of t c inudial justico tho rigid,ty practiced iu t ari o: lim s. . Thc relators will be permitted to amond the! nltornativo writ in conformity with tho fore going; and upon such amendment a perempto? ry mandamus will issue, com m.mding the re? spondents to declare the election. OPIMO!. OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE. Chief Justice Moses then read thc following separate opinion: Ibo State ex rel. (Silbert Pillsbury vs. the Acting iiond of Aldermen of tho City of Charleston. Ia Supreme Court. MOSES, C. J. [separate opin!on).- While I coi cur in the result of the opinion pronounced by His learned associate, I do not dosire to bo understood as committed to all which it con? tains, as leading to tho conclusion to which tho court has arrived, it I regarded thc statute conferring on tho Board of Aldermen thc "powur to examine tho retaras and the ballots, and investigate! tiio case." as imposing tho authority "to heir ?iud determine,'' I would not feel warranted in granting tho mandamus merely beca nae they had failed to declare the election. Thc obligation to hear and determi?e involved the right to consider and dispose of by judgment-the determination consequent on the hearing to be carried out by judgment, which implies decision. iii thc King ve. LoxLtde, et al, Barr 1,447, Lord Mansfield said : "It is a nile in tho con? struction 6t m?tate?, that all which ro?ate to thc same subject, notwithstanding uonie of them may be expired, or aro not referred io, must be taken to bc une system, and construed consistently." '?'he learned counsel for thc respondents re? cognized thc .. .jori his rale when he reniai li? ed "that the question is to be decided by the law and en-rtom of South Carolina." .-Vre thu powers, however, ot thc Board of A' dcrmen, under thc Act of 18J?, as croat and ex? tensive us tiiose ot thc managers ot elections nuder tho Acts of 1808. 1815.. 1839 and 1840, PO that this nile becomes Imperative ns a guide? I", on tho contrary, they are more restricted, Iben following thc reason on which it is founded, may we not conclmlc that tho L-'gislalui'o pro.? c t and iutendod a different and more limited grant than they had theretofore given t? the boards of ino like character? Thc cots of 1318 and 1S15 au? thorize the imnagcrs "to hear and deter? mino." Those of 133J and 1346, "tu hear and determino the validity of the olortion, and their decision shall bo final." With a knowledge of these aois, tho Legislature in 18GS, pro v ding an nuiform system for the election of officers of incur): ?rated towns, investod with authority thc Acli.igB lard nf Al laraton, whore tito eleclioii of a majority of the persons vined for are contested or thom lingers are charged with illegal conduct, to examino tho balio:s and retaras, investigate ihc case, declare thc election, and their docision was lo be binding oil ail parties. Does this c infer upon them such ju -ieial powers ns put then; bcyoud tho reac h of the process ol vutndanvis '! This pro j position, is plainly and distinctly announced I by -'he retain, and il is due to the respondents thar it should ho considered. Tho received idea at one time was, that tho writ wenld only lie to command', tho performance of a ministerial duty; but later cases have gone further, and it is now the constant practico to grant tho writ, to command tho performanco by any inferior jurisdistion, or officers, of any public dmy for which there is no specific reme? dy. Tap pan 12, 476. Moro especially does this apply in matters enjoined by statute, and thus thc Court of King's Bench where the or? dinary (an ecclesiastical judge) refused a grant ot administration of probate of a will, tbe Kine's Bench, a temporal court, ordered the writ. Anonymous, Strange 1, 552; King vs. Doctor Hay, Blackstone's xtoporta 1, GiS; Ba? con 6, Mandamus D, 431; and the ruling was fol? lowed in ^?los vs. Ransom. John G. 279. aud Stato vs. Watson, Spears 2,105. Io what extent the court by this prerogativo writ would attempt to interfere witb an inferior jurisdiction, where ju? dicial power was to bo exercised; it is not neces? sary now to decide. In the case of the' Com? missioners of 'he Poor vs. Lvnab, McC. 2,170, tho court sa id that they would interpose if thoro had beeu an abuse of discretion, aud this was in regard to a body clothed with judicial au? thority in tho matter in which they had acted. Judge Brevard, in the case of Bruce W., Law Rep. 1, 165, often referred to in the ar gumout, said: ' But thc authority of managers is not purely judicial; that discretion is limit? ed by legal restraints, aud, being inferior, magistrates of a fixed character, even though they should confine themselves within tue bouuds of their jurisdiction, yet they must be subject to tbe visitoriol juris? diction of the Court of General Sessions to regulato and control thom m the exercise of their discretionary power." And he refers to E ist. 10,403, and East. 7, 92. The mero power to investigate and Hectare an election is net of such a judicial character as precludes super? vision by the writ of mandamus. The Legislature appears to have had tn view all tho acts heretofore passed in relation to managers of elections, so tar as their powers were concerned, and t o limit the Board of Al? dermen in tho contingencies provided for, to the more investigation of the contested case and the declaration of the election. This per? mitted scrutiny, and all that was necessary for the proper execution of the power thus confi? ded. What that declaration should be depend? ed on thc facts elicited in inquiry; but it is re? quired by the act, for otherwise a party interested could not be placed in the position which the law concedes to him, to assert tluough the courts his right to an office. The declaration may in the end bo of no valuo ts bim, but still if tbo act extends the privilege, it was not competent for the board to depnvo him of it by a neglect or rc-, tusal to carry ont its provisions. It is made a substantive duty on tbe part of tho managors-the words were intended to de? note something.' Tho language is plain, and has a significance and meaning which thc court is not at liberty to overlook or disregard. lr is said, howover, that the writ "will not be granted where it must he fruitlc&s, vain or use? less, aud that tho corni has full discietion in the matter. lt is true that if the writ could have no insult, as in the caso of tho Queen ci. Trustees of Norwich Oaoing Bank, A. and E. 3, 729, or where tho act* to be performed would fail to cany out tho purpose | ] of a relator because it could not bo accomplish? ed in timo to r .meier it available, the court would stay its hand. It has not been made to appear that any 6ucb obstructions or difficnl tiesprovail in thc caso before us. . . Of all the powers which a court is called on 11 to exorcise, it approahca nono of thora with moro caution and distrust than those which 1 are al leget! to bo. within its mero discretion. Where the law affords fixed principles for gui? dance, there is less danger of a "falso judg? ment." Where nothing is to bo followed but tho sug? gestions of "legal will,'' thero is a conscious ness of want of salty, because there is no reli anco; but in tbs dictation of mere reason which would induce a fluctuation and vacillation in the law, inconsistent with public security, and which might entail on the community ali tho evils which a regulated system of law was in? tended to prevent. Wbero discretion is to bo exercised, it must bo governed by some admitted and prefixed standard bf right. It is true that where the end sought is only a private one, or granting the writ would be attended with manifest hard? ship, there it will be withhold. Bacon G, 443; Van Bansac-ller vs. Sheriff of Albany; Cowan's 1, 512. How, in a matter ot public concern affecting a large city, can we undertake to say that tbe relators aro not entitled to the remedy which the law provides to place them in a position in which they may assert their claim to an office? The wrongs and hardships would bo in pre? cluding them from thc opportunity of establish ing, if they can, a right from the possession of which, they aver, they are prevented by the non-performance by the Board of Aldermen of a duty which the law enjoins. January 7,18G9. jtfurric?i. SYMMES-AH-.XVNDEB.r-en the 31st ult., by (be Rev. J. L. KENNEDY, at Walhalla, S. C.. WHIT? HER SYMMES, E;q.. Editor of tbe Eeowce C mri er, to Miss NE I TIE, youngest daughter ef Mrs. L. AUKAMM*. CLAVSON-ADIOKES -In Yorkville. on the 31st ultimo, by Rev. H. R. DICKSON, Ur. THOMAS W. CLAWSON and Miss AMANDA A. ADICEES, all ot that place. HOLME"?-ROPER.-Tn Edgeflcld. on tho 24th ultimo, at the rcs;deDcc of Mr. F. U. ROPES, bv the Rev. J. P. .MEALING, Mr. ALFRED HOI.VES and Miss MARGARE 1 ROPER, all of Edenfield District. /nnenil notices. ?3~ The Friends and Acquaintances of the late Mrs. NATHAN ?AR1', Uer son, S. N. HAKT, au l Mr. S. HAUT, Sr., are respectfully Invited to her Funorul.To-MonROW, the 10th instant, at Twelve M., from ber residence, corner of Aiken's Row and Meet? ing-street. * January 9 fir 1 lip lielatlvea, Friends and Ac qua'nlanccs of Mr. aad Mrs. W. J. O'MALEY are re apeclfully iuvltod to attend the Funeral Scrviecs ol Mr. MARK O'MAt.EY, father of Iho former, from his lato residonco, No. 93 Church-street, near Chalmers, at Three o'clock P. M. TO-PAT. January 9 Special notices. J93TSAVANNAII AND CHARLESTON RAIL? ROAD COMP ANY -Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of tho Stockholders of thc Savan? nah and Charleston Railroad Company, advertised to convect- ia Charleston on the 13th iust., ls post? poned until tbe THIRD WEDNESDAY la March, being tbe 17>h day < l the m mfa. Uv ord.-r of tho Board of Directors. S. W. FISHER. Secretary and Treasurer. ?S?-Savannah Republican and Morning News will please copy and send paper and bill to the ofllco Sa? vannah and Charleston Railroad Company. January 7 . ths2 ??-C H ABLES 1 OS GAS LIGHT COMPANY. CHAULESTON, JeNUAKY 5, 18G9.-Ata meeting ol' tho Doini of Directors of thc Cbarlratoa Gas Liybt Company, held tin* day, thc foi:u*ing resolu? tions were- ad .ptcd : RtnleeJ, 'I hat iu view of the many a?riens aeci tk-iitu report din ihi newspapers Aram the us? of other lights, aud in thc couflilcut cxpectttiou that (ho public will su.-ita'U this Company in th" reduc? tion the price ol gis by an Increased conjurap tion, that af.er toe expiration of the fire-sent month (be p icc b.- r-duceil to F O Ck DOLLAR TElt ?HOUSANU Fi-ET. Ii solved, '! kata" an additional inducement io new co UHU m cr--, (he Company will supply ?ind put in at its own expense the service aa-l supply pine for thc basvment s-to.-y of :iie house ol' any new applisaut, under sr.ch regulations a < the UoaiO of Dire-tor*; mai establish. \V. J. Ll iittlOr, Secretary. January 7 12 N ~ j?rB?Y YOCn TEA AND COFFEE FROM K'Mi:i i:& CHAPMAN, comer King ami Radcliffe streets, and gjt a bott T article for the same uiouey tuan at any otha establishment in tho city. November 14 Dmos .?ST DATCIIELOiVS HAIR DYE.-THIS splendid Hair Dye is the best in the world; the ouly Ini? and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable nstar.taueous; uo disappointment; no ridiculous t?nTs; remedies the iii etfects ol bad dye?; invigo? rates and leaves thc bair soft cud beautiful black or brown. Sold liv all Druggists and Perfumers; and properly applied at Hatcbelor's Wig Factory, No Uoud-rtrvct, New York. lyr January 3 Special Mices. OFTEST BAPTIST CHURCH.-PREACH INGmaybe expected in tats Church TO-MOBBOW MOBNTNO, by thc Rev. W. H. WILLtAili, Pastor, at half-past Tea o'clock. Commemoration Services of the Rev. B*. MANLY, Sr, D.D., a former pastor of this Church, will be held in the AFTERNOON, at hilf-paBt Three o'clock. Sermon by the Rev. W. J. HARD, of Augusta. The public generally are respectfully invited to atr tend. January 9 tfSB" CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP FAL? CON, from Bi'tiaiore, are hereby notified that she is THIS DAT discharging cargo at Pie.- Mo. 1 Union Wharves. All goods not taken away at sun set will remain on whar.'at Coaatzneo;' risk. MORDECAI & CO., January 9 1 Agents. ?6S- AUDITOR'S OFFICE, CHARLESTON COTJNIY, CHARLESTON, JANUARY 8TH, 1869. The following divisions of this County into As?ese? me nt Districts, aadasslgumsnts thereto of As'ossors for thc assse3inent of personal property, taxable um der the act "Providing for the assessment and tax a tion of property," passed September 15th, 1868, is hereby published for genaro! information, to wit: CITY OF CHARLESTON. Fitst Disbict-Comprising Wards Nos. 1 and 3, lying east of Meetiag badmouth of Calhoun streets-Ur. F. Q. UoHUGH, Asiessor. Second District-Comprising Wards Nos. 5 and 7, east of King-street and south of the city boundary line-Mr. BEN J. E. KINLOCH, Assessor. Third District-Comprising Wards Nos. 2 and 4, lying weat of King and south of Calhoun streets Mr. JOHN W. KIN'Ci ll A.N. Fourth District-Comprising Wards Nos. G and 8 lying west of King-street and south of the city bonn . laryhne-Mr. J. M. F. DEREEF, Assessor. Fifth District-Comprising all that section of coun? try lying within tho County east of the Northeastern Railroad and the Cooper River, including Sullivan's ind adj icent Islands, the Parishes of SU James' Sant-e, st. Thomas and Christ Church and that por ion of Sf. Stephen's, St John's Berkeley and St. rames Goe^e Creek" lying east of the above named Railroad-Mr. S. F. LEQUEX, Asaeesor. Sixth District-Comprising all that section of coun? try within the County c-onsUtiog of that portion of he Parishes of St. Stephen's, St. John's Berkeley and 51. Jamed Goose Creek lying west of the Northe tet? ina Railroad, with that portion of the Parish of St Vndrew's lying west of the Ashley Ri v*r and North >f Wappeo Cut-Mr. J. W. GRIFFIN, Assessor. Seventh District-Com.>ridn* all ?hit ac tion or rou'i try withia the county, coa dst ing of that por ?ion of St. And CH's, lyin? south of Wa-jpoo C ut, it. Jjbu's Coll Voa, and the adj ment iran's wett ifthe entraucF'ti Oawtnstoa Ha-b or-Mr. WIL? LI \M DART, A-fOiior. Enc h Assess ir ls reqairod t) oom ilo'e fae ass us. lient wi'Liu bis district before th) lQttt div of Februiry, 1869, employi.-ig an os>is<ant if doomed :e*8i?.r-\ and to ex,fl ie h-miid. wt thia th) d e? pict ti which bs ls as Cg.ied, o'os-'rving strictly tao jound ry linos of the sam?. While o ich Assessor ?hou'd be c ireful to avoid as fir as possible any bing that may seem like an linne cssiry inv. sti .at ou into the pr?vate sffiinof the tai-pavcr, he must at the mine Lim3 ma cv--ry proper m ians to salis ly h i ta self aa lo the correctness of the returns made. It ls most Important that tho Assessors and all par? lies inhere ited should understand that the year for which this assessment ls made terminates on the lat Jay of September, 1868; and that it is the property which hos been held by the tax-payer daring the year preceding that dit : that is to be assessed for taxation. Each assessor herein named and assigned to a dis? trict .s required to enter upon tho d'scharge of mia lulies on MONDAY, the 11thinstant, and to report to this office whenever it maybe d.-enied necessary. fi ssessors should read carefully the act providing Tor the a.=se jsmci t and lax ?tien o' property, and the InstructloB to Assessors appended thereto. A. J. RAN9IER, Auditor Charleston Cona ty. Jaauary 9 _'_elmo JWIT IS SAID THAT THE PROPRIErORS if the celebrated PLANTATION BITTERS rent no less than nine pews from the different denomina? tions in New York City for all thoae of their em? ployees who will occupy them regularly, free of charge. This ia certainly praiseworthy, and it is to lie hoped that others who employ a large numbor of pe'ple will follow the example. The above fact, ac? companied with the belief that a firm who would look so closely ofter tbe morals and welfare of their employee.', would not undertake to impose upon the pnblie, hos induced us to give the PLANTATION BITTERS a trial, and having lound them to be all that is represented, we cordially recommend them as I tonic of rare merit, - Observer, July 1. MAGNOLIA WATEB- Superior to the best imported berman Cologne, and sold at half the price. January fi tutbtt? J93- THE MACHINE, CALLED MAN, IS A very complicated and delicito one, and is mo re lia? ble to get out of order, and much more difficult to repair, than a-J y combination of wheels and cranks tn 1 lovers made by thc hinds ot man. As a rule, it is tinkered too much, aud bidly tinkciod at that. It is often calomelizel, uarcjt zed, depleted, and otb erwiso misused, whoa a l that it really needs is a svholosomo tome aud restorative like Hos TE I'PER 'S STOMACH BITTERS to put lt in prop ?r trim and keep it 30. Thc a.omach is shamefully maltreated. In the first placo, the food which its juices are in? tended to disao've, ii too frequently thrown into it nastily, and in a half-masticatod condition, in which state thc gastric acid cannot properly act upon it. The result is dyspepsia. Then comes (he doctor, md, finding the digestive organs weak and the bow? els inert, he proceeds to weaken and paralyze still more with drastic purgatives. These tending-as bey always do-to produce a salutary change, he tells the invalid that medical science can do no m ore for him. This, with all due deference, is a ra istake nm ol ihose mistakes which Talleyrand Bald were ?antamount to crim What the dyspeptic needs IB invigoration. Strengthen the stomach with HOS rETTEIt'S BIT I EUS, and the stomach will strength? en every other part of thu Luman machine, and make it, in common parlance, as good as uew. Upon rue state of the digestion depends, in a mourn re, the condition of the whole system. Now, the Bitters are he most admirable toni: kaown. They consist of bc finest, vegetable invigorants an 1 restoratives, combined with an unadulteratc 1 stimulant. The lyspcptic needs nolhiug else lo cfl'ect a cure, except : light, nutritious .lief, aud a fair amoaut of exer? cise. Even in thc absence of these last mentioned accessories, thc tonic and alterativo properties of [he prcpjia'ion will wo k wonders, enabling the dyspeptic to di?est Inferior ?are with omparatlve sase, and to uiaintaiu a good habit of holy, in spite ?I the drawback of a sedentary occupation. January S DAO G ?Sr DULDE AND BRIDEGBOUJI.-ESSAYS FOIt YOU NG MEN on tho Interesting relation of Bridegroom to Bride in thc institution of Marricge? i guide to m.ttriaaouial felicity aud true happiness. Scut by mail in soaled lettercnvelopes free cf charge. Address SOWARD ASSOJLVT10N, Box P., Phila? delphia, Pa. September -' J.T ii i :i p ti ;t K ? > , DB OKEH, AUCTIONEER AND COMMIS? SION MERCHANT. .'"ALli* OF REAL ESTATE. S TOCKS. BOND?, SE CURI l IE") AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ATTENDED TO. So. '4 7 BRUAD-STK BKT, CH ARLE-TON. S. C. UEFKItZNCES. Hon. HENRY BUIST, W. J. M 4 GRATH. Esq., Qpueral JAM KS CONN EB, T. K. WARING icq. October 1 FOR L1VKKPOOL. THE FIRST CLA>3 DANISH BABE ^ KAMM A FONDER, Kr.oan Master, haring fpart of cargo ougaged, will have disptach. ? For Freight cnrigements apply to WILLIS k CUISOLM, January 8 Imo North Atlantic Wharf. FOR LIVERPOOL. THE NEW AND STRICTLY Al SPAN ? ISH SHIP "PEDRO PLANDOLIT." AUKS t GDAL Master, having large part ot her .cargo ca jaged end going on board, will load with dispatch. For farther Freight engagements apply to W. F. HALL. January 8 16 Brown k Co.'a Wharf. FOR BOSTON. THE FINE SCHR.M4BYD. HASKELL, BARBE* Master, having one-half her cargo iensaged, wid have immeii vo dispatch. For engagements ol Freight, apply to H. F. BAKER ii CO., January 8 No. 20 Cumberland-8treet FOR BOSTON-DESPATCH LIVE. THE Al REGULAR PACKET 9CHOON EB JONAS SMITH, NICHOLS Master, having t all ber heavy freight engaged, wants a few 'hundred bales Cotton abd light freight to fill up with quick deapatch. January? 3 WILLIAM ROACH k 00. FOR LIVERPOOL. THE FINE AMERICAN SHIP "AME J LIA, Taos. BOOBAH Master, is now ready >for cargo, and being ot small capacity will .havedlspia'ch. For engagements apply to PATTERSON k STOCK, January 6_Sonth Atlantic Wharf. FUR LIVERPOOL. THE Al CLIPPER BARK LIZZIE H., S SPUING, Master, having about two-thirds ? cf her cargo en RM od sad going on board,, .will have diapatch for the above port. For freight engagements, apply io January S_STREET BBOTHER8 k CO. FOR LIVERPOOL. THE FIB8T CLASS BRITISH BABQU JW. G. PUTNAM, BUKABD Master, ha vin ?a large part of her cargo engaged, Trill loa .with dispatch. For balance freight engagements, aoply to WILLIS Jt CHISOLM. December 21_North Atlantic Wharf. EXCURSIONS AROUND T HR HARBOR. THE FINE, FAST SAILING AND COM N FORT A BLT appointed yamt ELEANOR s ?rill resume her tripa to historic points in .the harbor, and wiU leave Government Wharf dally at Ten A. M. and Three P. M. For Passage, apply to THOMAS YOUNG. December 18 Sane Captain, on Board. FOR LIVERPOOL. THE BRITISH STEAMER STA 'TIRA, WAT Master, capacity 1800 bales cotton, is dun here on 11th in? tstaat and will soil on 25th instant For freight engagements, apply to Janaary 9 W. C. BEE k CO. FOR NEW YORK. REG ULAR LINE E VER Y TEURSDA Y, PASSAGE REDUCED TO 815. THE SLDEWHEEL STEAMSHIP MAGNOLIA, Capt. M. B. Onowxix, Commander, will leave Vander horst's Wharf, on TEUBSDAT, Jan? uary 14,1869, at - o'clock. January 8 _BAVENEL k CO.. Agente. KffitV ? Ulll? AND CHARLES ri? STEAMSHIP LINE. FOB NE W YORK] TBE SPLENDID SIDE Vf?lhh 'STEAMSHIP MANHATTAN, WoOD HULL Commander, will ?eave \d ?ger'b Whorl on SATURDAY, the 9:b, at Three P. M. 4E*T*lhrough Bills of Lading given to Boston and Providence, H. L 4^Insurance can be obtained on these steamers at M percent. Fer Freight and Passago, having splendid cabin accommodations, apply to ?< ? . jAMrt-AuOHt-fc-eo., - Corner Adeer'? Wharf and East Bay (Wp Starrel. The steamship JAMES A DOER will fellow on Ti ?SAT, the 12th imatant, at - o'clock. January 7_'_thafl PACIFIC Al AIL STEAMSHIP COMPW'l THROUGH Ll> ?i TO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. FREIGHT AND PASSAGE AT GREATLY BM BUGED RATES I STEAMERS OF THE ABOVl Bne leave Pier No. 42, North Blvsr, foot of Canal-street, New Yack, a 12 o'clock coon, of the lat. 9th, i tit \ and 24th bf every month (except when th eso da tel fall en Sunday, then the Saturday preceding}. Departure of lat and 24th connect at Pananas wilt steamers for South Pacific and,Central iiaerio?! ports. Those of let touch at Mtaianillo. . * Departure of 9th ot each month connects witt the new steam line from Panama to Australia at New Zealand. steamship JAPAN leaves San Francisco fer Chi? na and Japan February i, 1869. Ko California steamers touch at Havana, but go direct from New York te AspinwalL One hundred pounds baggage iree to each adult. Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets or further informa Jon atyJy at the COMPANY'S TICKE T OFFICE, on the whait foot of Canal-street, North River, New York. March li lyr F. R. BABY, Agent NEW ROUTE. REDUCTION IN FREIGHT. THROUGH BILLS OF LADING 'from New Orleans to Charleston, S, 'C., VIA Florida Railroad and ALLI? ANCE LIN EU. S. Mah Stcanshipa. And steamers CITY POINT and DICTATOR, will be given for Sugar, to Charleston, per bb l.$7S Sugar, to Charleston, por barrel.15 Molasse!), to Charleston, per barrel.2 60 Rice, to Now Orleans, por 100 pounds. - Other Freights in proportion to the above. J. D. AIKEN k CO.. Agents. Charleston. F. W. PERKINS k CO.. AgentB, No. 26 Carondelet-strret New Orleans. A, B. NOYES, Agent, December 15 Imo Fernandina, Fla. Tit AV ELL KRS PASSING THROUGH CHARLESTON EM ROD TE TO FLORIDA, AIKEN <~ ^- >~-r-y And other places, should not fal ?l?&2f?zl to lay in their supplies of PROVIS* WNS, CLARETS, CHAMPAGNES ->~=Z~?rn CORDIALS, BRANDIES. WSIS ' KIES, WINES. CANNED MEATS, SOUPS, 4c Patea of Wild Game and Devilled Ham for Sand* Wiehes and Luncheons. 49-Send for a catalogue. WM. S. CORWIN k CO., No. 276 King-street, Between Wentworth and Beaufain, Charleston, S. O. Branch of No. 900 Broadway, corner 20th street, New York._Octooer28 INLAND ROUTE. THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA. CHARLESTON AND S WANNAH STEAM PACKET LINE, VIA BEAU!ORI AND HILTON HEAD, CONNKCTISO WITH TBE ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD AND CONNECTIONS FOR ALL POINTS IN FLORIDA. - -*-?T-?> THE FINE, FAST STEAMER " . r~L7 PILOT BOY, Captain FINS PECK, wil leavo Charleston on Monday and Thursday Mornings, al Eight o'clock.. Returning, leave Savannah on Tuted ?y and Saturday Mornings, at half-past high o'clork. For Freight or Passage npplv to JOHN FERGUSON, December 00 Accommadation Wharf, FUR BRUNSWICK, GA. - ,fjrZ>, TQE STEAMER "DICTATOR, " ?ffifiBSjSG Captain CHARLES WILLEY, will touch rtihia ?.uint ever> n'eJr.csday, leaving .savannah a Niuo A. IL, and on her return trip will touch there on Saturday Afterwoon, arriving bacs, at Savannah on Sunday Morning. J. D. AIKEN & CO., November 24 Agent*. PUR PALATKA. FLORIDA. VIA SAVANNAH, It RN ANDINA AND JACKSON TILLE. ^^n^K THE FIRS T-CAS3 STEAMER .-r^S^ttS? DICTATOR, Captain CHAS. ttiLLrY, will sail trom Charleston ever* lursaau Seeing, al Eight o'clcck, tor thc above points Tho first-e'ass Steamer Ctrl' POtVT, ?apf : .> Wsf. T .MCNELTT, will i ail from Chatterton every Frilay Evening, a: Eiaht o'ciocS, for aoove pow!?. Connecting with th? Central Railivwd ut -riva inab lor Mobile and Hew Orleans, and wi h tao,Florida. Railroad at Fernaniin 1 tor c a: which point sieiiaicrs connect Kitti Sew ?ri.aus, Mobile Penoico'a. Key West and lt-van :. I brough Dills Lading given tl : fwfcwt to Mobile.-. Pinsaco'a ?nd New Orleans. 3-th tteamers cmxtctitsg?ilk H. s. Hart's steam? ers Oelawaka oivl Ort?n 1' r Sitter Springsand Lakes, Gri?n, F.ustit, Har.'i* n i ! Durham. All ftvluii! inyabte r-u ike ?barf. Good-; uot reiiiovf .? at -.n.^-f wiU be stored atrisfc and exrxi -c- 01 . w cn-. ?"or Freight or Pa? ?s* e .rragemct t, ap?)v to J. h. dIEEN k CO., i'l-mi', . iMiii th A tin ul ir v. barf. N. V.- No extra charge for M21I3 and Statwooma . Steamer City point will touch at St Mary'*, Ge 0. going and returning each week. November 21