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VOLUME VIL-NUMBER 1071. " CHARLESTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY^ 1869. FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK BY TELEGEAPH. TILE STJLTJB CAJPITA.Z,. CHARLESTON TAXES-THE BANKS-THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS-CITIZENS' 8ATTUQ3 BANK-JUDGES' SALARIES-AIDING THE GREENVILLE AND C0 LUMBLA RATLBOAD-MOUNT PLEASANT FERRY COMPANY-ADJOURNMENT-FEMALE 8UFFRAGE -NEW BILLS. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DAILY NEWS.] COLUMBIA, S. C., February 2.-IN THE SENATE, Rainey presented the petition of the City Coun? cil of Charleston, praying the General Assem? bly to declare valid tho tax ordinance recently ratified. Rainoy reported from the Committee on Fin? ance a bill to enable the banks of this State to renew business or to place them in liquidation. Ho introduced this as a substitute for thc bill to regulato banks in liquidation. It was or? dered to be printed for consideration to-mor xow. Jilleon introduced a bill to establish and maintain a system of Public Schools in South Carolina, which was read the first time. The bill to incorporate tho Citizen's Savings Bsjpk ot South Carolina was passed, and its title changed to "An act." A lengthy discussion took place on the bill to increase the salaries of the Judges. Pend? ing the question of postponing the considera? tion of the bill for two days, the Senate ad? journed. Is THE HOUSE, the bill lending the name and credit ot' tho Slate to the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, after a warm debato, was passed to a second reading and ordered to be engrossed. The bill to establish ihe Mount Pleasant and Sullivan's Island Ferry was postponed until Thursday. Resolutions to adjourn after the 22d, and that no bills bo introduced after the 10th, were tabled. Hyde introduced a resolution extending au invitation to ny lady to appear before tho Judiciary Committeo to speak in u ?half of tho claims of suffrage for females, which was adopted. Tho following wcro introduced : By Whipper-A bill to amend the charter of the Superphosphate Company. By W. TL Jones-A bill to establish agents to superviso contracta and to provide protec? tion for laborers on shares of crops. ByWrijht-A bill to incorporate tho Young Men's Charitable Association of Charleston. WASHINGTON. CCFISCATED PROPERTY. WASHINGTON, February 2.-The Chronicle urges the restoiation of the property of Colo? na Blanton Duncan. The bill for that pur? pose was tabled in the House under an alleged misapprehension. It has now been revived in the Senate and will probably pass both houses. Importance is attached to this case as indicat? ing the temper ot Congres* on the subject of restoring confiscated property. CONGRESSIONAL. GOOD RAILROADS-THE DISTRICT COMMANDERS BEStTBBECTED-SOLDIERS' WIDOWS ALLOWED TO MABBY-A BRIDGE FROM NEW YORK TO BROOKLYN -THE E EN LAN S -KICKING A SUP? POSED INDIVIDUAL INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK-OUSTING THE DISQUALIFIED. WASHINGTON, February '?.-Li THE HOUSE, a resolution was offered directing the Secretary of the Treasury io withhold bonds from bene? ficiary railroads sufficient to secure the con? struction of first-class railroads. The Secretary of War waa interrogated whether any District Commander has turned over to the civil authority, for trial or punish? ment, any person tried and convicted by mili? tary tribunals. The Pension bill was considered, with an amendment that no widow by marriage shall forfeit her pension. A bill was reported, establishing a bridge 1 between New York and Brooklyn, when a long discussion ensued. Finally, with au amend- , ment that the bridge should not obstruct navi gation, tho bill was passed. -fA message was received.from the President, covering the correspondence regardiug the l Fenians imprisoned by England. Robinson 1 said he would kick aoy man into tho middle of J next week who talked about a treaty with Eug- i land until the imprisoned Americans wero lib- ] crated. The correspondence was referred to | the Committeo on Foreign Affairs. , The Senate amendment to the bill declaring I vacant offices held by disqualified persons \ was passed, and now goes to the President. ? The bill provides for the removal, within i thirty days alter its passage, of officers iaelici- ( ble under the Fourteenth amendment, in Vir- , ginia, Mississippi and Texas; after which the ; House adjourned. 1 IM THE SENATE, tho Judiciary Committee | wcro discharged from the further considera- ! lion of female suffrage petitions. i Wilson introduced a constitutional amend- ' ment assuring suffrage and offices to all except j rebels. i The Appropriation bill was considered at ? great length. A bill was introduced advancing the pay of officers under major-generals one-third, for < two years from July, 1?68. The argument before tho committee on the j postal telegraph has been concluded, and an i early report is expected. ! The Reconstruction Committee considers tho j case of Mississippi finally on Saturday. ? EZntOJPE. 4 - , GREECE AGREES TO THE CONFERENCE-UNITED ; STATES M 1DI AT ION -GOVERNOR EYRE-GREAT STORM IN ENGLAND. LONDON, February 2.-The Greek Cabinet has voted, four to three, in favor of signing tho agreement of the Conference. Seward has authorized Minister Norris, at Constantinople, to offer thc mediation of the United States to Greece and Turkey. In the case of Phillips vs. Eyre, lato Govern? or of Jamaica, the Court of Queen's Bench decided that Colonial law is as valid as Par? liamentary law, and gave judgment for thc defendant. , Heavy galo3 and rain prevailed throng bout I Great Britain yssterdsy. Uibh land was flood- . ed, and many marine disasters have occurred, but there is no loss of lite report cd. 1 Dispatches from tho East report a bloody battle between tho Turks aud Montenegrins ' near Nikacitza, but no particulars have been received. POLICY OF /H? SPANISH GOVERNMENT. MADRID, February 2.-Tho government re? sists the clamor for immediate action regard? ing religion. It pertistd tn referring the whole matter to the Cortes, and forbids largo meet? ings or political discus ions on the streets. The Cortes will appoint a directory until a ^sovereign is chosen. SEAEKS ERO M THE WIRES. Serious Indian troubles have occurred at Sitia. The College buildings at Adrian, (Michigan) have been destroyed. The storm yesterday was general from Alaine to Geortria. Yesterday the dam at the waterworks of Danberry, Conn., broke, causing a terrible flood. Five bodies have been found, and seve? ral persons are still missing. Several bridges and houses were swept away. A sub-commit tee of the Georgia Legislature, consisting of enc Republican and two Demo? crats, have published a card maintaining the integrity of Governor Bullock, but doubting hi? discretion in tbc use of the funds of the State. _ THE BILL TO VALIDATE THE JU UNI CI JP AL ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF TBE NEWS It would bc difficult to characterize, in the terms which it deserves, this nefarious meas? ure. It betrays, on the part of its originators and advocates; either extreme ignorance or the most reckless conter?pt of law, justice and tho rights of an outraged community. It is to bc roared that thc utmost stretch of charity will not permit us to acrcpt tho first member of this alternative. If Mr. Corbin's bill shall be consummated by the actiou of the Legisla? ture, it converts the government of thc State into an absoluto despotism. It has ever boen held essential to a constitutional govern? ment-caU it Democratic, Republican, Con? federate, Consolidated, or what you please-that the powers of thc govern? ment should be divided and distributed into threo department?. L I he Legislative. 2. Tho Judicial. 3. Tho Executive. Thc Leg? islative enacts laws. The Judicial interprets aDd applies them. The Executive enforces them. Ic is not less essential that each of these three departments should bc indepen? dent of the others, and that they should bc severally restrained by constitutional barriers from transcend.us the spheres respectively as? signed them. "No political truth," says Mr. Madison, in the forty-seventh numbjr of the Federalist (a work of so . authority in tho better days of the republic), "is certainly of greater intrinsic value or is stamped with tho authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty than this-the accumulation of all >owere, legislative, executive aod judiciary, in tho same hands, whother of oae, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, soU-appointed or elective, may justlv be pronounced the very definition of tyranny." 'I hus, also, Mr. Jefferson, another of the great founders of the republic, in his "Notes on Virginia," p. 193, says: "The concentr?t ins; all the powers of troverntnent, legislative, ex? ecutive and judiciary, in the same hand*, is precisely tho definition of despotic govern? ment." It will be no alleviation that ttieso powers will be exercised by a plurality or hands, and not by a single one-one hundred and seventy-three despots would surely bo as op? pressive as one. The celebrated Montesquieu, who, if he be net the author, was one of the most illustrious expounders of this invaluable precept in the sc'^ce of politics, treating on the subjoct, de? clare? that there can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powors arc united in tho same person, or body or magistrates, or if the power of judging bo not separated from the legislative and executive powers." If we advert to tho constitutions cf tho several States of tho Union, wo find this political axiom recognized in all, without exception. Our time and spice forbid numerous citations; but taking up the Constitution of Massachu? setts, which, as a perfect model, it is now sought to adjust that of South Carolina, it will bc seen that this fundamental article of liberty is asserted in tho most emphatic terms. It provides "that the Legislative department shall nover exeiviue tho executive and judicial powers, or either of them; the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial pow? ers, or either of them; the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them." But it will be more perti? nent to rvrfer to the Constitution of South Caan- 1 lina-that adopted by the Charleston Conven? tion in 1868-since this is that orgauic law which the honorable senators and represen? tatives now assembled at the State capitol are 1 solemnly sworn to observe: Section 1, article 1 2 of this constitution is expressed in the fol? lowing terms: ""The legislative authority of 1 this State shall bo vested in two distinct 1 branches, the one to be styled the Senate and . the other the House of Representatives, and both together the General Assembly of the 1 State of South Carolina." Section 1, article 3, ordains, that 'THO SU- 1 prrme executive authority of this State J shall be vested in a Chief Magistrate, wi o shall be styled the Governor of the Stute or 1 South Carolina;" and section 1, article 4, of the samo constitution, in hke manne..- or- 1 dams, that "The judicial power of thia State 1 shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in two 1 Circuit Courts, to wit: a Court of Common 1 Pleas having civil jurisdiction, and a Court of ' General Sessions with criaiinal jurisdiction ; only ; in Probate Courts, anet m Justices ol thc 1 Peace. Tho General Asasmbly may also es- j tablish such municipal and other inferior cont ts as may be deemod necessary.'' It :a obvi- ' ons that tho delegation of power to theso sove- 1 ral departments, ia the grant of exclusive au- j thonly to act on the subject n Itter com- J mittod to each department. The legal maxim, ' ''Expressio unius esl exctusio aUem/uP is J strictly apphcablo, and, therefore, wliou the j Bonstitntiou vests in thc Supreme Court, anti ? the Cirouit Courts, &c, the judicial power of 1 the S ate, that is, the authority of interpreting ( iud applying the laws made by tho Senate and ( Bouse ol Representatives, it virtually aud by 1 accessary implication, prohibits tho Legisla- 1 tive department, from tho exercise of that au? thority, it is tho case of au affirmative prog- t aaut; i. e., thc affirmation of ono thing itu- t u lying thc negation ot another. This ia equal- t ly true us to thc other dopartmonts, excepting, c if course, where the constitution cxpro?sly j lutuorizos (as in the case ot tho qualin sd \ peto of the Governor) any ono dopirt- : anent to participate with another in the t :xercise of its appropriate powers. ? Now the question is, whether the bill pend- < ing before tno Legislature, to validate the late i municipal election in Charleston, is uot iu open 1 violation of tho present Constitution of this c State as well as tho established principles of c constitutional government. t The validity of that election, it must be con- j :eded by all, depends on ita legality,whether it { iva s held and conducted according to law. It i s, obviously, a purely legal question. We < aave seen that under the Constitution of tho c State, as well as by the theory of all conatitu- J tional governments, the authority of interpret- t ing and applying the laws is vested exclusively j m t'ie Judiciary department, i. e. in the Su- i premc Court, Circuit Courts, &c. Thcso i courts, therefore, are the only legitimate tri- t buuals to dotetmine as to the validity of thia ? slectton, and to attempt to transfer rho \ power of adjudication from the jo courts i to tho Legislature, indicates not oily i the const.ous distrust of Mr. Corbin and. ( his partkans. as to the merita of his i caso, but violates the very Constitution < which he baa sworn to obey. Feeling is- i sured, as tha advoctto of Mr. Pillsbury, that i be must be baffled bcfiroa court, ot justice, i v/bcro it may be presumed law and reason will 1 prevail over prcjudic-: aud passion, he now, as I tho senator ul ?uarle-?on County, seeks to' i overrido the authority o? the courts aad the < Constitution of the State, by transferring nia i caso to un asaembla.qe wholly untrained to ii.- 1 vestigato que?lions &f 1 w, and peculiarly fit ; to be manipulated to tho schemes of paity. A j moro flagrant abuse of authority could not be I devised. The pnnoiple involved in tho C -ru n i bili is precisely (.hat which has bee.i us-utnod j in all ages by tyrannical governments in the I enactment ol' L. HS ot attainder and I'xpoxlfaetu < laws, and win -h it wa? tho intention ot tho Constitution of tho United States (sue section : 10, olau-'? 1) and of this otate (?ce Declaration i of Rights, section 21) to cxtermiuate i forever. Thia principle being accepted, there would ba no roasou why the i Seuate and House of Representativos muy I not ex reise the power invalidating as well as i validating any municipal election-no reason ; why any case mayjuot bo withdrawn iroin tho courts where it Hhall bj pouding und transfer- i red to tho Legislature for adjudication. Nay, no reason why the judgment of tho Supreme Court itself, or of tho Circuit Courts, solemnly rendered, may not be overruled and act aside i by tneir arbitrary enactments. Sueh a bill, in? troduced a lew years ago into our Legislature, : would have met with universal execration; but, j "in these new days iu which we liw,"it only i affordj a-iother m'jlancbolv proof bow rapidly i theae American governments are drifting to- i w urdi the vortex of a ?cousolidatr i despotism. : PiiUClON. i JXATTTRE SIRENS. [From the Saturday Review. J Nothing is moro incomprehensible to girls than tue love and admiration sometimes (riven to middle-aged women. They cannot under? stand it ; and nothing but experience will ever make them understand it. In their eyes, a woman ie ont of the pale of personal affection altogether when she has once lost the shining gloss ot youth, that exquisite freshness o? skin, aud suppleness of limo, which to them, in the insolent plenitude of their unfaded beauty, constitute tho chief claims to admiration of their sex. Andyot they cannot conceal from themselves the fact that the bche of eighteen is often deserted for the woman of forty, and that tho patent witchery of tneir own youth and prettiness coes for noth? ing against tho mysterious charms of a maturo siren. What an they say to such an anomaly? There is no good in going about the world disdainfully wondering how oa earth a man could ever havo taken up with such an antiquated creature-suggestively asking their male friends what could he see in a woman of lier ago, old enough to be their I mother: There tho tact stands, md facts arc stubborn things. Thc eligible suitor, who has been coveted by more than ono golden-haired girl, has married a woman twenty years her semor, aud th? middle-aged siren bas actually carried off tho prize which nymphs in their toons have frantically desired to win. What is the secret? How is it done? Tho world, even of silly girls, has got past any belief in spells and talismans, such as Charlemagne's mistress wore, and yet tho man's fascination seems to them quite as miraculous aud almost as unholy as if it had becu brought about by thc black art. But if they had any analytical power, they would underataud the diablerie of the mature sirens clearly euough, for it is not so dilhcult to understand whou one put one's miad to it. In the first place, a woman of ripe age has a knowledge of thc world, and a certain suavity of manner and moral flexibility, wholly want? ing to the young. Young g'rls are, for thc most part, all angels-harsh in their judg? ments, stiff in their prejudice*, and narrow in their sympathies. They are fuil of combative? ness and self-assertion it they are of one kind of young people, or they aro stupid ana shy if they belong to another kind. They are talk? ative with nothing to sty, and positive with nothing well and truly known; or they are monosyllabic dummies who stammer out Yes and JNO at random, and whoso brains be? come hopelessly contused at thc first sen? tence a stranger utters. They arc generally without pity; their want of experience mak? ing them hard towards sorrows which they scarcely uuder.st.ind, and. let us charitably hope, to a certain extent, ignorant of tho pain they iullict. That famous article in tho Times on the cruelty of young girls, apropos of Con? stance Kent's confession, though absurdly exag? gerated, had ii it . be corcof truth which gives the st ins to such pipers, which makes them stick, and which is tho real cause of the out? cry they create. Girls are cruel; there is no question about it. If more u:- :* dian ac? tive, they are simply indiffjreii. . the suffer? ings of others; if of a more active tempera? ment, they find a positivo ploasuro in giving pam. A girl will say the most cruol things to her dearest friend, and then latish at her be? cause siic cries. Even her own mother she will hurt and humtliato if she cut; while, as for any unfortunate aspirant not approved of, were he as tough-skiuned ns a rhinoceros she would find mcaus to make h m wince. But all this acerbity is toned down in the mature wo? man. Experience has enhrgod her sympa? thies, and knowledge and sufi ring has soften? ed her heart to thc sufferings of oLhors. Her lessons of lifo, too, have taught her tact, and tact is o.ie ot them ?st valuable lessons that a man or woman can learn. Sue sees ata glance where are tao weak po.n's and sore placas in her companion, aud she avoitls them; orif she passes over them, it is with hand so soft aud tondor, a touch so inexpressibly soothing, that she calms instead ot irritates. A girl would have como down upon tho waak places heavily, and would havo torn tho band IKCS off the aoro ones, jesting at scars because she herself had never fell a wound, and deriding tho sybRxi tism of ?yaehylon because ignorant or thc anguish it conceals. Then tho maturo siren is thoughtful for others. Girls are self-asserting and aggressive. Life is so strong in them, and the instinct Which prompts them to try their strength with all comers, and to get the best c>f everything everywhere, is so inexpressible, that they are oftou disagreeable because of their instinctive selfishness, and the craving, natural to the young, ot taking all aud giving back nothing." But tho mature siren knows better than this. She knows that social suc :ess depends entirely ou what each of us can throw into the camon fund of society; that the surest way to be considerate ourselves is to bo considerate for others; that sympathy begets liking, aud self-suppression leads to ex? altation; and that if we -.vant to gain love we must first show how well wo can give it. Her tact, then, and her sympathy, her moral flexibility ind quick compreuensiou of character, her readiness to give herself to others, are some af thc reasons, among others, why the society 3f a cultivated, agreeable woman of a certain ige is sought by thoso mon to whom women ire more than mero mistresses or toys. Be? sides, she is a good conversationalist, She las jio pretensions to any special or deep learning-tor, if pedantic, she ia spoilt as a siren at any age-Dut sho knows a littlo about nost thiuga; at all events, sho kuoivs enough o make lin' a pleasant companion, and able to teepup thc ball whou thrown. And meu like :o talk lo intelligent women. They do not ike to bo taaght'or corrected by them, but hey like that quick, sympathetic intellect, vhich follows them readily, and that amount if knowledge which makes a comfortable iUShiOD for Uioir own. And a maturo siren rho knows what sho is about would never do nore than this, eveu if abe could. Though tho matura siron rests her claim to admiration ou more than mere personal ?harms, iud appeals to something buyo.id the souses yet she is personable and well presorv >d, ?md, in a favorable light, looks neariy as :auug as tver. :<o Li i mun sav who knew lier vheu she was Lweaty ; .v- > loved her then, iud have gone on loving her with a difference, lospito tho twenty years that ho between this iud then Girls, indeed, despise he charms be tauso abe is no longer young ; and yet sho nay be even more beautiful tliuu youth. .Sho mows all the little niceties of dress, and, with mt going into tho vulgar trickery of paint and lyes, which would make her hideous, is up to he best arts of the toilet, by which every point 3 made to tell, aud every minor beauty is riven its fullest value. For par., of tho art *<nd nystery of sireuhood is au accurate perception if times aud conditions, and a careful avoid inco of that suicidal mistake of which ia 'emms pass?e ia so often guilty-namely, sot ing herself iu confessed rivalry with tbo ,'oung by trying to look Uko them, and so oaing Iho good of what she has retained, aud mowing tho ravages of time by the con ;ra8t. The mature siren is wiser than this. She knows exactly what she has and what she can do, and before all things avoids ?vhatever seems too youthful for her years; iud this is one r< ason why she is always beuu ;iful. bec mae always in harmony. Besides, she has very many trood pointa, mauy positivo inarms still left, flor ti J ure is still guu 1-not i!im and slenJcr, certamlv, but rouudand soit, md with that slower, riper, laster giaco which !s something quito different from tho antclope iko elasticity of youth, amt tu its own way aa ovely. If her hair has lost its maiden luxu? riance abe m aa os up with crafty arrangements }f lace, which are almost as picturesque as the .iishion.tbl? wisp of hay-like cuds tuiubhu^ iialf way to the waist. She has still her white ind sb apcly bands with their pink fUburt-like nails; .- till her pleasant smi.o mid square small teeth; hojr eyes arc bri g ht yet, and U tho upper ni iscles are a little sin an.., thc consequent ap? parent enlargement of ibo orbit enly makes them more expressive; her lips tue nut yet with? ered, her akin is not wrinkled. Undeniably, When well dressed and in a favorable light, the mature siren ia as beautiful in her own way as the girlish belle; and the world kuows it aud acknowledges ir. Thal mature sirens can be passionately loved, sven when very mat..rc, history g iv? us more than one example; aud the lirat mime thai nat? urally uccurs to ono'a mind as tho typo of this is that of the too famous Ninon dc l'Enclos. ?Vud Muon, it a trifle mythical, was yet a fact ind an example. Um not goiug qtiuo to Ni? non's ago, wo iftcn seo women of fortv and upwarda who arc personally charming, aud whom men lovo with as tnncli wai ml h and tc derness as if they were iu tho heyday of lifo women who count their admirers by dozens, ?nd w: a eud'by making a superb marriage and having quito au Indian summer of romance und liapp ness. Tho youn,' Lautth at thia idea of tba Indian summer for a bride of forty five; but it is true; for neither romance nor hinpiness, neither love nor mental youth is a matter of yo:irs; and after all we are only as old as we feel, ana certainly no omer than wa look. All women do not barden by time, nor wither, nor yet corrupt. Somo merely ripen and mellow and get enriched by the passage of the years, retaining the most delicate womanliness-wo had almost said girlishness-into quite old age, and blushing under their gray hairs while they shrink from anything coarse or vulgar or impure as sensi? tively as when they wore girls. La femme a quarante ans is the French term for tho open? ing of the great gulf beyond which love can? not pass; but human history disproves this date, and shows that tho heart can remain fresh aud the person lovoly long after the age fixed for t ho final adieu to admiration, and that the mature siren can be adored by her own contemporaries when the rising generation re? gard her as nothing bettor than a chimney corner fixture. Mr. Trollope has recognized the claims of the mature siren in his "Urley Farm" and "Miss Mackenzie ;" and no one^an deny tho intense naturalness of the characters and the interest of the stories. Another point with the mature woman is that sbe is not jealous nor exacting. She knows the world, aud takes what comes with the phi? losophy that springs from knowledge. If she is of an enjoying nature-a id shs cannot be a siren else-she accepts such good as floats to the top without looking- too deep into the cup and speculating on the time when she shall have drained it to thc dregs. Men feel safo with her. If they have entered on a tender ? friendship with her, they know that thoro will be no scone, no tears, no upbraidings, when an inexorable fate comes in to end their pleas? ant little drama, with the inevitable wife as thc scene-shilter. The mature siren knows so well that fate and the wife must break in between her and her friend, that she is resigned from tho first to what is foredoomed, and so accepts her bitter portion, when it comes, with dignity ami in silence. Where younger women would fall into hysterics and make a scene, perhaps go about tho world taking their re? venge iu slander, the middle-aged wo? man holds ont a friendly hand, and takes tho back seat gallantly, never showing by word or look that she hits felt her d?position. Shebocouios tho best friend of thc uew house? hold; aud, if any one is jealous, len to one> it is the husband that is jealous nf her love for his wife, or perhaps it is the wife herself, who c in? not see what her husband eau find to admire so much in Mrs. A., and who pouts at his ex? traordinary predilection for her, though of course she would scorn to bo jealous-as, indeed, she has no cause. For even a mature siren, however delightful she may he, is not likely to come before a young wife in the heart of her husband. Though the Fr;nch paint the love of a woman of forty as pathetic, becauso slightly ridiculous and certainly hopeless, yet they arrange the theory of their social life so that ayoutti is generally supposed to make his ?rst lu'vo of a married woman many years his cider, and a mature siren finds her last love m a youth. \Y# have not come to this vet in England, cither in theory or practice, and it is to bo hoped that wo never shall come to it. Many sirens are all very well for mon of their own age, and it is pleasant to seo them still loved and admired, and to recognize in them the claims of women to something higher than mere perso? nal passion; but the case would bo very differ? ent il they became ghoulish seducers of tho young, and kept np tho habits of love by en? tangling boyish hearts and blighting youthful I'ves. As they are now, they form a charming element in society, a id are of lufi.iito uso to tho world. They are the ripe fruit iu the gar? den where else everything would bo" green and immature-the last dava of the golden summer just before the chills of autumn come on; they contain in themselves the advantages of two distinct epochs, and while possessing as much personal charm as youth, possess also tho gains which como by experience and maturity. They kepp things together as the young alone could not do: and no gathering of friends is perfect which has not one or two mature sirens to give tho tone to tho res;, and prevsnt ex? cesses, t hey soften the asperities oil high? handed boys and giris, which'elso would be lou biting; and they set people at easo, and make them iu good humor with themselves, by the courtesy with which they listen to them', and the patience with which they bear with them. Even the very girls who hato them fiercely os rivals love them passing well as half maternal, half sisterly companions ; and thc first person to whom they would carry their sorrows would be a mature siren, quite capable on her own part of having caused them. It would bc hard inched if tho loss of youth did not bring with it somo compensations ; but tho mature siren suffers less from that loss than any other kind of woman. Indeed, sbe seems to have a pri? vate elixir of her own which is not quito drain? ed dry when she dies, beloved aud regretted, at threescore years and teu ; leaving behind her one or two old friends who were once her ardent lovers, and who btill cherish her mem? ory as that of thc finest and most fascin tting woman they ever knew-something which tho present generation is utterly incapable of re? penting. LIFE IN GEJiMA NV. Low Wages and Cbcap Subsistence A Dresdeu letter says: Ono problem in thc state of things here puz? zles mo completely. It is this: how do tho working classes live at all on the wages they get ? Take into account tho German talent for economy, and tho undoubted fact that we ioroiguers pay far more for the same articles than tiic natives do, and it still remains a great mystery. Look at the wages thoy got: there is tho chambermaid who takes care of my room; she is hard at work tu this houso from early to Jatc, gets, with food and room, but not with washing, a sum equal to $1 7? in gold a mouth ! Up and dowii these long flights of ?tone stairs sho go ja continually; sho says. "I keep all the time ono pair of sheas on my fcot and oua at tho shoemakers." Every pitcher of water must be brought from a pump on tho other side of tho squire. She has tho after? noon of every taird Sunday for a holi? day. And clotbts, shoes, uud cvu:.v necessity of life beyond moro food aud shelter must come out of twenty-one dol? lars a year ! And sho dresses tiddy, wears a cheerful face, and has as merry a laugh as ever I heard. Or take this case uf a waiter ata good restaurant : bia wages aro his meals at the saloon, and $120 (in gold) a mouth, two thirds of which he must pay for lodgings. Seventeen dollars a yoir to keep a man in clothing and all personal necessities I As for gratuities from customers, they aro a raero trifle, nod most probably go into a common stock with those of the other waders, so that special assiduity avails him almost nothing. Leaving ah other results aside, is it likely that ho can afford tho luxury of a family? You ask, how does he live himself? That is just the problem I cannot solve. But ho does live, and stands ready to serve you, civil, handy, week days and Sunday, month after month. Take the eise of musicians. 1 go often to a concert given every evening at a restaurant. These concerts are well worthy o' a tull des? cription, and I hopo some time to describe them, for to an American they aro unique. But, for tho present, as to the musician's pay; lhere is a baud of more '.nan twenty pieces, and their music, to describe it no further, is equal to thc bust orchestral music ono hears from tho boat largo baud of Boston and New York at a first-class concert. Tho performers receive all tho admission fees, and the pro? prietor of tho saloon m ikes his profita ?roin his own sales. Tho average attendance, du a?ng a whole evening, ia perhaps sixty; tho admission leo about roven cents. Perhaps twenty ceuta a night, nt the outside, as thu wages" of a first-class musician. Tba oro'ios tra at tho theatre aud opera nero (they for Ul one establishment) is a very large and a very fine ono. This theatre opera, by the way, has r. leputatiou throughout Europe ; it ia main? tained by tho government, which pays ii ari annual subsidy, in addition to the receipts irom entrance tees at a high rate, ot 150,001) thulars; about equal to so matty dollars in our paper currency. The-.eader ol' (hs orchestra in thia grand establishment gets ubout six hundred malera a year. Evdeutly thu rank and file of thc performers under him receive at moat but small wages. Yet among them aro mon who perform for nothing, and regularly all tho time for nothing, year after year, thai they may at last succeed to a salaried place when their turn comes and a vacancy occurs. AFFAIRS IN TUE STATE. Union. - Tuc project of forming a now county above Paeolet, from portions ot SiiarUuburg, York aud Union, has been abindoncd as impracti? cal de. Mr. James Fant, town marshal, has just completed the consus of Union Courthouse, ?he Times gives us the following as the result: w DUO maies unaer au, o*; w YOI ?I, ?*?-ivui, 179. White females under 21. 82; over 21, 90 total, 172. Colored males under 21,103: over 21, 81-total, 184. Colored females under 21, 181; over 21, 126-total, 257. Total-Whites, 351; colored, 441-total, 792. THE WAR ZN CUBA. A Havana correspondent cf the Messager Franco-Am?ricain gives some interesting de? tails of recent military operations in the east? ern part of Coba : On Decemhor 23d the Spanish General Val maseda marched from Nue vitas at the head of two thousand picked troops to capture the insurgent stronghold of Bayamo. His route luy across a mountainous region, where the insurgent loader, General C?spedes, had he chosen, might have offered him battle with a reasonable prospect of success. ' i'ut C?s? pedes had no intention of risking a bat? tle with the well disciplined troops of Spain. He conceived a better plan, which was to leave the road to Bayamo open to Valmascda, and to deceive him with tho idea that this town was the insurgent stronghold, the capture of which would seal the fate of the rebellion. While, therefore, the Spanish commander was pushing in a southeasterly direction toward Bayamo, C?spedes moved rapidly lo the west to attack the important City of Puerto Principe, which Yalmaseda had by his movement left uncovered, and which would piove an ample recompenso for tho loss of Bayamo. A smali force only of insurgents onposed the march of V"alma3Cda, which he supposed to be the rear guard of C?spedes. The latter also, with a view of deceiving tho enemy, instructed cer? tain of his followers to allow themselves to be taken prisoners, and toll a pretended story of the valu ; of Bayamo to tho insurgents. The town, though one of thc oldest on thc island!, having been founded in 1514 by Diego Velasquez, contains a population of not above 5000; and is a place of no strategic importance lt was originally made the base of military ope? rations by C?spedes, simply because it hap? pened to bo the central point of the rebellion. It is singular that Valmascda did not acquaint himself with these facts beforo commencing his campaign, or suspect that tho spies of C?s? pedes were deceiving him. On the evening of January 15 ho arrived in tho neighborhood of Bayamo, and formed bis troops in columns of attack to meet the sup? posed large and defiant array of rebels. But a few minutes later the advanced scouts brought in the news that no hostih army was in sight, and that Bayamo, with its churches, convents and dwellings, was m flames. The next morn iug, when thc Spanish troops marched into the town, they found only a mass o? smoulder? ing ruins. A largo nunibnr of the houses be? longed to C?spedes, who had himself ordered their destruction. The inhabitants had tiken refugo in the neighboring Sierra deGtiera, and the conquering army found their prize but a barren conquest. Never was a general more completely outwitted than Valmascda. Ho made baste to succor the places which his fool? ish expedition had lett unprotected, and atlast accounts his troops, ti rca and demoralized, wore moving toward the port of Manzanillo, to embark for tho Department of the Centre. Meanwhile the Cuban army, six thousand strong, laid aioge, on tho 14th, to Puorto Prin? cipe, which, according to late dispatches, thoy captured on tho lGlh. This has proved their most important, victory of tho war. Every day which they now gain in delaying tho advance of tho Spanish troops is of importance to the cause ol' Cuban independence. The warm sea? son is rapidly approaching, and in a few weeks no European soldiery can hope to sustain a campaign in thc open field. Should thc insurg? ents remain undisturbed by the beginning of May, their success may be considered almost achieved. LYNCII LA W IN NORTH COROLINA. A dispatch dated Goldeboro', N. C., January 28th, says : Considerable excitement prevails at Einston, in regard to tho lynching ot five prisoners on Saturday nie ht, and other subsequent occur? rences. From an evo witness, and old negro, who lives near the bridge, I learn (hat the awful sentence of Judge Lynch was certainly and most horribly executed on the bridge. Ho having been awakened by the firing of pis? tols, tte, says he heard each splash as tho ill-fated victims were cast into tho seething waters. I am informed by tho jailor that, according to the confession of ono of the negroes, who?o name was John Millar, these dupes of ignorance desecrated the re? mains of Mr. Williams undor the superstitious impression that by putting a portion of dust obtained from bis bones about their persons, or, in other words, puncturing it into their jaws, they would be undor the influence of a kind of magic charm, by which they would be enabled to commit all manner of crimes with? out tho possibility of detection. This is the substan -.c of thc confession of Miller, one of tho gang of desperadoes. Tho names of the men so summarily exocuted are as follows : Richard Noblos, white; Robert Grady, John Miller, Kader Hening and Daliel Smith, col? ored. Tho town is strictly guarded, the negroes of tho vicinity having threatened to liberate the prisoners now confined in jail, burn tho town, Ac. I have also been credibly informed of tho enactment of a most horrible tragedy a few nights ago in the lower part of Duplin county. Thc part culara, as far as ascertained, are as follows: "A young man by the name of Duvanphan came unon a party of negroes who wero endeavoring to violate tho persons of some young ladies. He fired upon them, upon which (kev desisted, m.ikiug a precip?talo ro treat." On thc following night they wont to tho bouso whero Mr. Duvaughan slept, under some false pretence, and succeeded in getting bim to open the door, when he was struck a heavy blow upon the hoad with an axo by one of tho party, killing him, it is thought, instantly. Thc ruffians tncu split his body completely open, and hung up each halt separately tn his' room. No arrests havo beou made. Thc party that woro lynched hore, it is said, were guilty of numorous other depredations on both whites and blacks, and were a regularly organized band. CANNIBALISM- IN AXQEUTA.-Tho Courier des Etats Unis gives an account of a shocking ex? hibition of cannibalism in French Algeria, ?oar tho little Town of Tiarot, ou tue border of tho desert. The extenuating circumstances, ind there aro always extenuating circumstan? ces m French colonies as well as in France, were that a terrible famine was raging and that the population was dying at the rate of twenty a dav. Of five men who were arrested four died before i bo investigation was com? pleted. Thc other waa ti ic J and condemned tu hard labor for life. It appears that while search was being made for some murderers, tho md ice officers came across a tent which they thought proper to search. An Arab was scated in the midd Jo of the tent. Opoosite him waa a woman about thirty years of ago. Between tho two was an earthen pot filled with bita of flesh, simmering over a fire. Atono corner of tho tout wore goat skins, piled ono on top of another. One wis lilied with rags, a string and sumo pieces of wool, and another with aliaic and two burnous. lu the third were touud two aims and two legs freshly severed irom a human body. Tho immobility of Iii" Arab aeemod strange. They forced him to risa, when it was seen that ho hud been Heated on tho trunk o a body, Irom which the limbs had been cut oj. Tho meat iu the pot was human flesh. Tho grains of cayenno pep? per which flouted on tho top showed thwt the seasoning li id not been forgotten. Tho vic? tim was a yoong man who had como from tho interior to attend a m nice:, at Tiarot. ile di? vided his provisions with tho penile of tho tent, who.-e hospitality he ace pied. During his sicca they s'rangled him. and then cut off his head. Tins happened on French soil, and, as the French say, under tho eyc3 of the French authoriti. a. His EXCU.LENCY THIS PBE IDENT.-How few pe ip o seem to kn iwn that bia Excellency thc Presido it IB a misnomer, the official designa? tion of tho Chief Magistrate of thc Republic, en far as bc has one, being simply tho Presi? dent. In the convention framing the couuti tion there were various propositions as to thc title to bc givm tho Execjlive, and among othcis. enc that he should he styled Excellen? cy. This failed, us did all the others, the de? cision being that lie should Lo styled suhplv. what the constitution itself calls bim. It will bc noticed that Mr. Seward, who is scrupulous? ly exact in tho?e mattes, invariably addresses his communications to the President, and per? haps, rigidly simple as this may seem, it was meant to be as tull of mean ng as tho plan title with which royalty appears, not his Maj- s ty or 1rs Christian Majesty, or his Catholic Majes-y, but "The Kmg." tant meeting of the English Church Union was held in London on the 12th of January, at which Archdeacon Denison presided. The late judgment of the judicial committee was dis? cussed at some length, and a series of resolu? tions were adopted, the most important of which was to the effect that the meeting did not recognize the existing court of final appeal as a tribunal competent ta declare the law of the Church of England upon either doctrines or ceremonial, and that the judgment in the case of '-Martin vs. Mackonoehie," disregard? ed the Church of England's fundamen? tal principle of connexion with and refer? ence to tho church primitive and catholic. It was further recognized that the court might j at some future time proceed to decide some point of doctrine in a sense which would make disobedience the highest duty. But to the ma? jority the prohibition of a ceremony did not appear to require the sacrifice of opportuni? ties of usefulness, by acts which must end in the separation of those who committed them from the church of their fathers. The ag? grieved clergy will remain in tho church in order, to use the language of their resolution, "to spread in all possible ways tho doo trine of the Beal Presence." On that doctrine the Privy Council must pronounce when Mr. Bennett's case comes before it, nnless il be true that the prosecution of that gentleman for heresy has been abandoned. TEBBXBLE ACCIDENT AT A FJBE IN WILMING? TON.-The livery stables of Sou th erland & Stea gall, in Wilmington, N. C., were burned on Monday evening. Their loss was about $2000 -no insurance. The building was owned by Mr. Richard H. Grant, and was insur ed for $5000. It was probably worth about $6000 or $7000. During the fire eight members of the Hook and Ladder Company were badly crush? ed by a falling shed. The following were the casualties : Captain John T. Rankin-left leg and thigh broken, (fracture s severe), also lett arm broken anl shoulder braised-some Blight internal injuries apprehended. George S. Copes-badly bruised, injuries internal, head somewhat bruised. C. Hussell-leg badly fractured and ribs broken, who e of one sido bruised. A. B. Mccallum-left foot badly mashed. Sol. Haas-arm badly bruised. E. F. 8tory-sl'ghtly bruised. Colonel John J. Hedrick-s ightly bruised. Besides these Pomeroy had his leg badly broken by the re? peated kicks of a horse whilo releasing the animals from tho stable. ENGLISH OBOHESTBAS and instruments are toned toa higher pitch than is adopted in any other country io the world. The result is great brilliancy of effect, but it IB seriously complained of by vocalists. An effort is now making to lower the diapason to the French standard, but, like all innovations, it meets with decided opposition. It is useless to tell musicians that the pilsh has been constantly rising, and is far ab ?ve that in use fifty or a hundred years ago. It is equally idle to de? scant upon the serious sonsequences to Bing? era, whoso voices are subjected not only to a greater strain but lo more constant nae than formerly. It involves a change, and that is enough to draw out opposition to it. However, those having the matter in charge aro determined not to allow the reform to fail for want of agitation, and they have lately se? cured a valuable coadjutor in Mr. Sims Reovcs, the emiuont tenor. This gentleman bas de? cidedly "struck" against the English pitch, and declares he will not' sing or attempt to sing to such a standard. France long ago set? tled tho matter by a simple decree, but that style of bringing about musical reform has not come in vogue in England. WOODEN CAB WHEELS.-Wooden car wheels, it ia reported, have been introduced recently on one of the New York railways. Though these wheels cost three times the price of ;be ordinary cast iron wheels, the expense, it is contended, is of little consequence when com? pared with tho advantages gained. They ride smoothly, making conversation, read? ing, and even writing an easy task on the ears. They are made of thoroughly sea? soned elm, or teak, with s tee. tires; ore very durable, and will wear, by reason of thoir elasticity and durabili , over four hun? dred thousand miles of railway, while the average nae of the ordinary iron wheel is but fifty thousand m ISP, after whieh it is ne? cessary to break it i >. It is also asserted that this wheel is so con n cted that it is impossi ple fur the tire to b ?<* me displaced, and that tho wear to the track ?B much less than by the cast iron wheel. Wooden wheels are ub?d on tho Metropolitan Underground Railway, of London, where the frequent and sudden start ings and stoppages of the trains are calculated to rack and destroy the.material of which they are composed. No accident, it is asserted, has yet occurred on that road. PHOENIX IR?li WORKS. JOHN F. TAYLOR* CO., SUCCES ?JOES TO CAMERUN & CO.. Engineers. Boilermakers, ?vc, Jvoa. 4, 6 and 8 PRITCHARD-8TREE1, (NEAB THE DEY DOCK), Charleston, S. C. STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS-MARINE , STATIONERY AND PORTABLE. RICE THRESHERS AND MILLS OF EVERY DE30RIPIION. SHAFTING, PULLEYS AND GEARING, IRON FRONTS FOR BUILDINGS, CASTINGS OF EVERY KIND IN IRON OR BRASS. wo guarantee to furnish ENGINE-i and BOILERS of ae good quality and power, and atas low rates aa eau be had m New York, Baltimore or Philadelphia. AGENTS FOB Ashcroft'8 Low-water Detector, THE ONLY PERFECT SECURITY AGAINST DAMAGE FROM LOW WATER IN THE BOILER. REPAIR'} PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. february 1_nat]_3mos GROVER & SAKER'S FAMILY SI WIM ll A G B1N E S., THE Vf RT HIGHE>T PRIZE-THE XMPKBI*L Croes of tho Lesion cf Honor-was conferred upon th* reoresentahveor he ?itiJV?R k BAKER -EW1 >G MACHINES, at Ibo Exposition Universelle, Pari?. 18?7. Tho U Ri'VER k B^KEM FAMILY SEWING MA? CHINE- are the only Machin' s l?at eau both sew perfectly and > robroiiier iienectly. Ihc.v sew with tare ids direct from th? spool, and re puro no re-winding. Unlike other Machinen, thee fasten both ends of tba ecam by their o .vu operation. With tbepo Machines, whilo silk is used upon the right or face-side of the BC IIB. cotton may be used lipon the other pi ie. Thu can be done on no o:her .Mach ne, and is a great saving upon all articles t-buhed or u.ade np with silk GRAVER k BAKER'S .-LW1SG MACHINES are Bold at New York prices by KINSMAN BROTHERS Ito. ?70 KING-STREET, SOLE AGENTS FOR THE STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. * January 0 wfmlmo ' FOR WILMINGTON, K. C. s THE FIRIT-CLASS bC HO ONER LILLY, t FRANCIS Maater, will receive Bice or any ^ h ea vj freight which may off*r, and l*?ave ?To-Moaaow. February 3 1 WILLIAM ROACH k 00. WANTED TU CHARTEK, TWO VE8SEL9, 2100 TO 2500 BARRELS capacity, for United Kingdom or Conti? nent. Two vessels to load lamber for Portland. Five vessels to load lamber for Somh Amerioan Ports. One vessel to load lumber for Philadelphia. One vessel to load lumber for Baltimore. One vessel to load lumber for North Side Cuba. One vessel to load lumber for Antigua. RISLEY ft CREIGHTON, February 1_Accommodation Wharf. ' FUR BOSTON. rs THE FINE SCHOONER SARAH CUL " LEN, Avis Master, having two-thirds of ?ber cargo ready to go on board, will be dis ?pitched for the above port For Freight of io' to 50 balee Cotton, or its equiva? lent in bulk, apply to . COURTENAY ft TBENHOLM, January 26 xnwlB_?Talon Wharves. FOR LIVERPOOL. THE NEW AND STRICTLY Al SPAN? ISH Ship PEDRO PLANDOLIT. AlOH 1 o UAL Master, having two-thirds of her cax I go engaged and peing ou board, win load ' with dispatch for the above port. For further Freight engagements, apply to W. P. HALL, Jannary 29 10_Brown ft Co.'s Wharf. FOR NE W TURK-MERCHANTS' LINE. s THE REGULAR FIRST-CLASS SCHOON? ER ROBERT CALDWELL, MoCwuuez ^Master, having large portion cargo engaged -sand going on board, wants a few hundred bales cotton or light freight to AU up and sill prompt? ly. WILLIAM ROACH ft CO. January 26 FOR LITERPOOL. THE FIRST CLA^ DANISH BARK. 'KAMMA FONDER,.KnoOH Matter, having > part of cargo engaged, will hive disptach. For Freight engagements apply to WILLIS k CHlbwLM, January 6 Imo North Atlantio Wharf. EXCLUSI ONS AROUND THE HARBOR. THE FINKt, FA8T SAILING AND COM? FORTABLY appointed Yacht ELEANOR ?.will resume her trips to historio pointe in ?the harbor, and will leave Government Wharf ?lady at Ten A. M. and Three P. M. For Passage apply to . 1 HOM A3 YOUNG, December 18 3mo Captain, on board. FOR LITERPOOL. CHARLESTON AND LIVERPOOL STEAMSHIP LINE. -, THE FIR"?T-CLASS IRON SCREW 9Steamship GOLDEN HORN, R. J. ' BLACKXIN Commander, ls new ready ? to receive freight for the above port. For Freight engagements apply to ROBT. MU?E ft CO., Jannary 29_Jj_Boyee'a Wharf. FOR NEW YORK. REGULAR LIN??V?RT THUR8DA1. PASSAGE REDUCED TO 913 THE STEAMSHIP SARAGOSSA, ESK? Captain C. RTDEB, will leave Vin lf . derborsf s Wbart on Trnmaz>AT. Feb _? mary i th, at Twelve o'clock M. January 29 lt AVENEL a co., Aorenu. FOR PHILADELPHIA. THE STEAMSHIP PROMETHE. P;7 US, Cap.ain A 8. GRAY, will leave North Atiendo Wharf tor Pbiladel I phia on THURSDAY, the 1th instant, at 1 o'clock P. M. For Freight apply to JOHN ft THEO. GBTTY, Jannary 30_North Atlantio Wharf ' TRAVELERS PASSING THROUGH - CHARLESTON EN ROU l E TO FLORIDA, AIKEN And other places, nbould not fal to lay in their supplies of PROVIS? IONS, CLARETS, CHAMPAGNES CORDIALS, BRANDIES. WHIS KIES, WINES. CANNED MEAT8, SOUPS, *C. Pates of Wild Game, Deviled Entreaters, Ham, Turkey, Lobster, etc, for Luncheons, sandwiches, Tr?tele rs' Repast, ftc. Sa~aend for a catalogue. WM. 8. CORWIN k CO., No. 275 King -stree t. Between Wentworth and Bea of ain, Charleston, S. 0. Branch of Ko. 900 Broadway, corner 29thstreet, New York._Oetober28 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPV'r THROUGH LIN * TO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. FREIGHT AND PASSAGE AT GREATLY RM DU GED RATES I \ STEAMERS OF THE ABOV* line leave Pier No. 42, North River, foot of Canal-street, New York, t 12 o'clock noon, of the 1st. 9th, 16 th and 24th of every month (except when these da tel Jail en Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of 1st and 21th connect at Panama with steamers for South Pacific and Central American porta. Those of 1st touch at ManzanHlo. Departure of 9th ot each month connects with the now steam Une from Panama to Australia and New Zealand. Steamship JIPAN leaves Ran Frac cinco fer Chi? na and Japan February 4, 1869. No California steamers toucb at Havana, but go direct from New York to AsplnwalL. One hundred pounds baggage free to each adult, Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets or further Information avoir at tho COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the wharf, foot of Canal-street, Not th River, New York. March 14_lyr_F. R. BABY, Agent FOR BRUNSWICK, Gt. f -??T^a> THE STEAMER .'DICTATOR," ?????????32 Captain L. M. COXETTEB, will touch at this point every Wednesday, leatnng savannah at Nine A. M., and on ber return trip will touch there on Saturday Afternotn, attiring back at Savannah on Sunday Horning. J. D. AIKEN ft OO., November 24_ Agents. INLAND ROUTE. THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA. CHARLESTON AND?AVANNAH STEAM PACKET LINE. VIA EDISTO, ROCKVILLE, BEAUFORT A N L HILTON B KAI), CONNECTING WITH THE ATLANTIC AND GULF SA IL HO ' D AND CONNECTIONS FOR ALL POINTS IN FLORIDA. ?w TBE tlAtVi PAST STEAMER _?2 PILOT BOY. Captain FINK PECK, will leave Charle.-ton rn Mo ?DAY au tl lHUBSDAX MOEN rues at fight o'clock Returning, will leave -avannah '1 uxsDAY MORNINGS at Eight o'clock, and FRIDAY AfrzBNOoN at Two o'clock, touching it Rdiato on THURSDAY trip from Charle?toa, at Kleveu A. M., and leaving Eeisto at Nine A. M , SATUHOAYS, on re? turn trip. lhesteamer will touchai Blaffton and Chi-olm'a, each way, everv two veeks. commenolim with trip of January ?let. and at Rockville every THURSDAY. For Freight oe Passage apply to JOHN FERGUSON, frtJE January ll Accommrdatlon Wharf, g FOE PALATKA. FLORIDA? VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA AND JACKSON VILLE. --"?30 THE FIRM-CARS STEAM EB DICTATOR, Captain L. M. foxsnaB, will sail from Charleston ever, tussaay Evening, at Eight o'cii'ck, tor the above pointa. The flrstciais Steamer Ol TY POINT, Captain Wa T. MONEMT, will i ad from Charleston every Satur? day Evening, a> EiRht e'clock, lor above points. Connecting with the Central Railroad at isvanDah for Mobile and Ne * Orleans, and with tQe Honda Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at which point steamers connect with New Orleans. Mobile, Pensacola. Key West and ll . vana. Ibroueh Hilis La Jiu . given for Frdizbt to Mobile, Pensacola and New Orleans. Eotli sttamers connecting mth H S. Hart's steam - ers Oclawaha and Grijjtn f-.r Silur Springs awi Lakes, Grijfin Eustis, Harris and Durham. AH tirria' ' " ya?e un the wharf Gooda not removed at iuu?' will bs nore'! at risk and expense oi ou- on. For Freight or Passage e-icagemet t, epply to J. h AIKLN ? t? " < ?-UK, ?oiiib AUan?e Wharf. N. B.-No extra charge tor Me AM and -"fciWooms. Steamer ''itv Point will touch at St. Mary's, Ge o. going and returuiag each week. November 91 rjttlE BARNWELL SENTI.M KL-, ESTABLISHED IN 1352. Published at Barnwell Con-Uiouse, and circulates ta Barnwell. Beaufort, C. lletnn a tt i d?;efl ld. Term? as reasonable ap any caper in the >late. E. A. BRON'ON. Proprietor. WALKER, EVANS k COGSWELL, Agents ta. Charleston. lino jannary 18 H . IIOI'POCK, FACTOR COMMISSION MERCHANT, ACCOMMODATION WHARP, Charleston, h. C. P. GADsDaa HASZLL. ?mos September 22