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THU: DAILY .Njsvys. Reine D'.lmour. ROMANCE A LA BEEX-AI2OE. Closo ns the stare along tho sky Tho flowers were in .ho mead, Tb* purole heart aud golden eye. And c iiusoD-fl imiag weed And each one siahv as I wont by Aod louched rn-garment green, And badu me wear uer on my heart And take her lo- my Qn ea Of Love And take her tor my Queen. And one in vinrin white was drest With downcast gracions head ; And .n- niiveii'd a burning breast Mid smiles of rosy rd; All rjinbow bright, ?ita laughter light. They fltcker'd o'er the irre-n. Each whispering I should pluck her there j And take ber as my Q.tetn . | Of Love And take her as my Queen. But sudden at my feet lcok'd up A little 6t?r-like thing. Fure odor in pure Derftct cup, That mad- - my bosom sing. Twas ne? forsizs. nor Gorgeous dyes. But h? r own seb'. I ween. Her own sweet RC f. that ma'e me stoop And lake ber for mv Queen Of Love And take her f^r my Queen. Now all day long and even' day Ker beaury on me prows. And holds with sircn.'cr, sweeter sway .J hail h y or than rose: And this o~c 6tar out-bines by far Ad iu tho n cadow green Ac d so 1 wear her on my heart And take her tor my Queen Ot Love And fake her 'or my Queen. [F. T. Palgrave, ir Cernhill for February. CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. The Judicial y Committee of the Senate Snubs the Amnesty Proclamation-No? body Hurt. Mr. Edmunds, from tho Judiciary Commit? tee, to whom was referred thc message of the President relative to his procla mat ion cf De? cember 25, granting universal amnesty, re? ported the same back to tho Se?alo on Wed? nesday moraine, wth a lengthy report, stating that the committee are ol tho opinion that tho powers attempted to bo exercised in tho pro? clamation to jrrant general amnesty are without tho authority or assent of Congress, and has po foundation in thc constitution or laws. The report closes with a resolution that in the opinion of the Senate tho proclamation of the President of the Vnitcd States oa tho 25th or December, 1SGS, purporting to grant general pardon and. amnesty io ali perons guUty of treason and hostility to the United States dur? ing tho late rebellion, was not authorized by tho coosiitution or laws. Tho Washington correspondent of tho Baltimore Gazette re? marks : The report has surprised no ono here, as it was well understood in political circles that such would be the report of that committee, a report that is worth about the paper it is writ ton on. Tho committee aro careful not to say a word as to the legal effect of the proclama? tion, this being left to tho judicial department of the governineut, precisely where it would hive beon left without any o?nn>on. expressed or otherwise, by the five distinguished gentle? men who compose thc Jtuiciary Committee of the Senate. As tho official teim ot President Johnson is about drawing to a close, he might be allowed lo depart in peace, but certain mombcrs of both Houses of Congress seem to delieht in putting chips on their beads and daring Andrew Johnson to knock them off. There is at least one consolation to tue citi? zen whilo reading thc report of the Judiciary Committeo made to-day, and that is '-nobody's . hort." The Constitutional Amendment-Ano? ther Muddle in the Senate. A Washington telegram, of Wednesday, 6ajs : Another scone of confusion, amounting to an almost inextricable parliamentary muddle, took place in the Senate this afternoon in the discussion upon the proper modo of disposing of the suffraso constitutional atnendmout, which had come back from the House on tho refusal of that body to concur iu tho Senate amor-dments. Over three hours were spent in determining the effect if the Senate receded from its amendments, nearly one-half of the ! senators arguing that such action would have i the effjet or parsing the joint resolution as it < came from tho Hous J orig.uall*. ; tho other half ; holding that the p issago of a motion co recede i left tho suilVr.sc amendment opeu for amend- ? menu, or adoption, or rejection. i Jt becamn raggac that the republican sena- I lore were abaut equally divided upon tho Hon e proposition, which was considered to prohibit, by iraphovtinn at least, colored citi? zens from holding office. OA this ground clio ?ootheru senators appeared to bo a unit in op? position to thia resolution, they demanding that the measnie should be so worded as to give negroes the same rights aud privileged as are accorded to them in South Carolina, Lou? isiana, tus. Oa ibis subject quite a heated conversation was indulged in between Senator Stewart and the Southern sooators. in one cor? ner ol tte Senate cnamber, whilst tho varions vot?e were being takon. Mr. Stewart had un? dertaken to engineer tho suffrage resolution through in a jiffy to-day, and had counted upon the co-operation of Southern senators. The Senate having subsequently receded from its am.ndmonts. aud refused to adopt the House resolution, left the whole sub? ject aguan open to b?gin dc noon. This was jusc what Senator? funiner and hil? son desired, and thereupon tne.v simultane? ously, with a doz.m other senators, jumped to the floor, clamorous for recoguition from the chair. Mr. S?cw^r: rushed down closo to tho President's chair, aud succeeded in setting in a motion to tako up tho suffrage resolution adopied by the S?nate Judiciary Committee, which gives tho colored citizen tho right to hold offi--o. Thia rosoiation was ezpeeied to havo tho support ot tbe Southern aonatcra, and that therefore it would poss instan tor. nut, to tho consternation ot tho oxcitod Stewart, up sprang Senator Howard, ono of the most ra deal of Radicals, and announced bia de termination to oppose aud disouss tho JCSO Intion. Senator Nye also aa id ho wooldoppose the measure, lt was now six o'clock, un i tho sen itpr? very gene al.y took advantage o' the opportunity, whilst Senator Howaid was mak? ing his speech, to get luncheon. In their pr.vate com" rom os the friends of tho pendi' g resolution expressed groat fear that, siter all. the snfiragc ame idrn.mt would fail to get safely through both Houaes at this session. There are some who would insist upon a provision that tho amendment, be sub? mitted only to tho State Legislatures h Areal ter to be eleoted, but this Disposition would bo discussed and thus, by consuming tuno, de? feat tho whole measure. The Alabama Claims Treaty-Certainty of its lt eject iou. From the Washington d. itches (of Wed? nesday) to the Now York Hei-id, wo make the following extracts : The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held a mcetinsr to-day. and among other sub? jects discussed the treaty between tho U.iited States aud Great Britain concmniae the sjettle? mont of the Alabama claims. ..lthcugh tho question was brought up near thc closo oi" tho session cf the committee a fair expression o? sen iment waa elicited on tho terms ot the treaty concluded between our Minister to Eng? land. Beverdy Johnson, and tho British Minis? ter for Foroig.i Affairs. Lor I Stanley, A olear majority of tue commitico expresfod themselves as opposed to the provisions of tho ti caty. Mr. Sumner, chairman of tho committee, waa o.' o.m.i.<:i that Minister Johnson, in negotiant.*? tho trcatv, had j los; sk-ht of tho icol points at jstuo be? tween the two govert.lucius, l oo muco had been conceded to Gre at Bvt-.in; r..d m view of ti e fact, that a partial ack: owledguieDt had already beeii nude I y that govon m ?nt of tho damages resulting lo American citizens from thc ravages ff the Aiaounia, too little attention had been poi i to Ameritan interests. Tuia opiuiou ?via concur: cl in by a majority ct the committee, inciudii g Senators Cameron, .Mor? ton, Patterson and burlan. Judg-nu' ?rom the senilmente ixi r ased by the members ofihe commitko ut the meeting tc-day then; iain be little doubt that the treaty- will bf reported ad? versely to the Senate. The feeling of a maj ,r\ ty of senators openly txprest-ed indicates that such a report ?oiri the committee will be sus? tained by a voiy large vote. Kemo-v-.ilof Political Disabilities. The Houao to day by a large vote p S3ed the D'.Bibility bill reported from tho Deconstruc? tion Committee. The effort of air. McXeu. of Kentucky, to huvo tho names from that 8t 'te BU nek ont laiied, all tho Doiuccrats end a largo number of Republicans voting against him. McK' O ha-sou;ut to commend himself .lately io ihcu tra B.idtcahj oi" r.he Hoiuo by at tacking his native State, Kentucky, in the most outrageous manner. Yesterday, whoa tho reso? lution giving John i). YOUDR, whoso seat McKee contested, the usual allowance for ex? penses in couteasing the ease was offered, McKee, contrary to all precedent, not only op? posed the resolution, but attempted to defeat it by resorting i > filibustering tactics. McKee is a candidate for Clerk of tho House, and it is presumed he wants- to make himself proruiuent and at the same timo commend himself to tho Radicals by abusing Kentucky. The passage of tho bill to-dav indicates that two-thirds ot' the House are disposed-to pardon Democrats as well as Republicans. The Speakership Contest. A very careful canvass of thc Speakership contest, made without bias towards either can? didate, reveals the following results: The New England vote is divided between Blaine and Dawes, inclining slightly in ftvor ot Dawes. In the Muidla States cf Now York, New Jersey aud Pennsylvania, with their thir tv-tive Bepoliean votes, Blaine lias an un? doubted aud reliable majority. In thc South? ern States a majoritv so for Blaine, w> lo in the \Y -.i Blame leads Dawes so decisive ly that there is poetically no contest left between them, loose who have given tho subject I meet careful attention say that out of one hun I dred and thirty-five Republican votes iii tho caucus Blaine is ccrtaiu of ninety-five to ono hundred. Blaine is supported by the more radical, v gorous and progressive element, of tho party, while the slower and more conserva? tive el? mont incline to Dawe-?. But this con? servative element does not represont a third of tue party in Congress. The Franking Privilege. The Post jfficc Committee has decided upon making the tollowing amendment to the bill of the House: Abolishing the use of stamps in tho franking syBtem, and requiring tho written autograph of those eutitled *o tho franking privilege, exccDt heads ot departments and heads of bureaus now entirlod by law to the franking privilege, who shall be allowed to frank all o?cial matter pertaining to their departments or bureaus by the use of a sb mp, winch shall designate the object for which it is used under 6uch regulations as the Post? master-General shall prescribe. SEA ISLAND COTTON PLANTING. ttdisto Island. [Correspondence of the Now York Post] EDISTO ISLASD, Ifcbruary 10.-Edisto Island, which is of somewhat irregular shape, and very much cut up bv estuaries or creeks Bet? ting in .rom the North and South Edisio Riv? ers and from tho Atlantic Ocian, is so nearly a level plain ihat probably its highest point is scarcely moro h in len feet above ordinary high water mark. Probably onc-ha f ot tho" moro sandy portion of the island hes so near to tide level that its drainage is very difficult, and at best, nader ibo old system of open ditches, very imperfect. These wetter portions ate separated from each other by slight ridges, making what in there called a" 'turtle-back" formation. IT.esc turrlc-baclis consist almost entirely of tbo finest conceivable sana, ht for writing sand or for use in an hour-glass aud coh-?titutin? Jl'om ninety-three to ninety-five per cont, of the soil to au iudeiiaite depth. Of coarse, it i3 under a'l circumstances-' sufficiently dry. aud is in many respects admirable for tho purposes to which it is devoted. Almost invariably the <fcprcs8ious between these Kligbt ridges,"ns well as frequent "'pock et-holes upon Uieirij arc undcr.iucd by strata ot clay and bog iron ore, which keep them constantly wet, "and thc capillary action of the sand itso f is so 8ti o g that a weil sunk in a ridge eeveu foot above tho level ci the sur? rounding water is u wally iillodto wif?iin throe or tour feet of tho surface of thc ground. Tho salt water creeks. Iiotdered by marshes, fur? nish an inexhaustible supply or tho best mate? rial with which to otirich tho lighter soils; and it is an almost universal practice, wherever thc op?rai iou can be affu ded, to gi\o each acre an aunual "mudding" ol' f;oin foity to fifty cart-loads. The lortiiity of tho soil is cviucod by tho most pi ofuse growth of "very species of natu i al vegetation. Pine, m wu aha and live oak of enormous size cover cv .ry acre ti:at ia not kept in cultivation, and tho tropical and hide? ous palmetto treo pushes trom every neglected patch of open ground. Tho trees are drupod with the beantafal gray moss tb it is supposed to iudicato insalubrity of climate; aud ihj fioid which was last \car in excellent cultiva? tion is now coated with a dense m it of Ber? muda grass, whose canebrakes and sedges of luxuriant growth occupy tho trotter portions of the cround. In tbo ordinary sense, the island can by no means bj considered a sood agricultural terri? tory. The single remunerative industry is the growth of soa island cotton. Under ordinary cultivation corn yieldB only about eight bush sis IO thc acre, and with the best care North snvplautei.' have thu* far only succeeded in rai?iu<; tho yield to twelve bushels. Tho food ot the population is almost entirely imported ind the whole area is io bo regarded as prop? erty devoted lo the production of the finest of tex ilo materials. For thu raising of sea island cotton probably no traci on tho whole soaboard has so high "a reputation, or bas earned it so woll. A portion of last year's crop of a very fino variety (tho Eurelia) has been Bold for $2 50 a pound, the average price for the ordinary crop being about $140. 1 he cultivation of this cotton is more nearly akin to gambling than anything else outside of Wall-street. Tho plantation of Mr. John Wright, tormerly of NJW J.rscv, which caine moro thoroughly under my examination, will bo run tu;s year ;'t au exponso of from $10 000 . . ^'oO.OOO. Twelve bundled acres wnl be plauttd and r. regula.- working force of one buudred contract hands, abou' tho same num? ber of day bauds aud inly mules will bj im ployed. Eorty-saven carts aud forty-five Col? lins' steel ploughs arc required for thc manar? ing and preparation ci tho ground. Almost the entire food of tho ani??is, as v.oli as ol tho bauds, is bruug.it from tue North at great ex; .cuse, and tho whole oiganizrtion is KU ex? tensive, und in somo respects PU intricate, as to re miro tho constant attention of Colono. Burger, the skilful superitiicudout of thu plan? tation, and ot turee experienced and compe? tent toremen. 'tho latter aro negroes, as the t?rmet u.avos seem tu ontortain a lasting pre? judice against woi king under awhile "ober bhar,' a.tuougli they tako tho fligg? lat'ou ol their black "?OJS?-." wiihoui complaint. In addition lo tbo e.iormuus quain it v of mud that ia now hanlin? ou io tho 1 :id, sixty tuns of Peruvian gu:no, costing H xcy du.ian per toa in gold lu New York, have beer e?ippo.t already for tt-c ou thrsyoar'a cop And i.ow tor tho r sa.'. : t\ r:< od crop will bo not ?ess iba:i 150,000 p <;:i?s ot co?t.. ii, w ?;h at a mod ivraie estimate e gmy tenis per ? ooud. making $120 000. u:.d icavinu. a. pn fis i>t $70 0J? or ?3J ?J0 on the yo r's operations, enough .-urey to icnipi capital aud enterprise to embark lu thc business, espooiady when it ia remembered that tuc profil, may bo even mach more brilliant. Uutoriuuatoly, tho cat? erpillar, the di eade d enenn of all cotton p.au ters, and especially ol those on the sea is and -, has it in its power, after the ciop b..s beeuluid by and thc iVuit set in tho most promising manner, to tuniosc cn?irtiiy destroy thc whole within the shori space oi a few weoks. fetroug hopes ato entertained that Ihocit erpiilar will not appear tins year, for thc rea? son that it ra: ely coined in turee oven two years ia succession, ai.d m baili 1SG7 aud 18GS it almost eutiiely destroyed tho crop of ibo isiatul, and has reduc d the eu ire pupil aiio.i, ix.jopi. a few Northern c:t?.?i lists aud thor depen? dents, to a btaie of n.iso.ute poverty wuich is painful to see. In more tl.au cue instance, th-) owners of magnificent plantations aro obliged tu cain their daily br .-ad by m .nu il labor; for wimont tlic capi.ul ncoe&a ?ry to car? ry oa their plauling operations, their land is of no innre vaiuo tuan so much noach sand, and tho tr&imug tLat t hey have received" ander tho old Bluvery svs;o?n has incapacitate i lueiu dr anv other occupation r-nquirhi- oithor skill cr judgment. Tuc dr.iiiu. g o lerationa undertaken by Ur. Wright, cauieuip ate L?'? walhu ?-in of alargo t:dil creek. giviug it, a, ni-c j.ii'ac- by' moan* of a valved trunk a,u low water mar':, and :l;o Jor ma ion of ?canal or vallov tn.?uga iherhOfO tint extends fro u ono omi ot tli>: ..lantaiio.i io tlic otiUr, in .r?oi- o rjdi.Cj :ha dr iiiag ; out? let ot tho roarporwoj io low water mirk. Afar ibis has ?n ea d ?ne. live ur -ix huddled acres aro lu ba undcrdraiue.! wi h ??.?H, aj? that am .uni ol' aud. which is now corni>an* livcly wonhieiss mr any enltivat.ou will be co.-uo probably the nus VjJuabie of oil. riiegroa: advantage o? re.t bythoeircum stano ?, uoui for mo enltivaiiou of large e.oos and the earryLig out of extem iv-j piaiis ol li?i provement, lies in um tact teat labor i.- oi ceedingl.v cheap and abundant. Tue nogroes work th erf?ll und Well. Tho old B?ivory system of ..tasks" is still adhered to, end t e ahoticd day's work is compluti U by th.' more activo hands by m d day, while but little work is dune by am after turee u'cluck in tho al' er noo?. Thu wages of tho contrae? hands aver? age six do.iaio per mon:li in money, a:,d rations-ooositftiug of ono peck . f nijai. three pounds ci bocOJ, ono pint of moius-jus and ono pint cf sall per weolt. Tho oilier hands n ceivo fifty couts a day, w.ucli i3 paid every night in the form nf an order on ibo planta? tion stoi'??. wu. re fO mucli aa i absolutely needful is expended in the uocessarios of ii ta and the balance maiuly ui candy, "gnngers," segara, and other nonsense. One-half of tho monthly wages of tho contract hands is paid at tho end of the month and is immediately spent, usually in tho most foolish way. at the Btoie. The remainder ia paid the dav beforo Christmas, and fi^ds a ready vent in the holi? day festivities of Charleston. The condition of tho freedmen is certainly better thau would bo supposed, in view of tho fact of their recent emancipation and their slight advantages. Yet they aro bv no m-jiins ? model rural population. Petty thievery and oilier evidences of u want of virtue aro plenty; yet thoso people aro easily managed, perfectly good-natured, generally polite, and for their work, are certainly efficient. If any means tan be devised lor iesseuing tho extent of the ravages of tho caterpillar, and if thiB island and others can bo so engineered as to dis? charge their drainage water mainly at thc level of low *ido, nothing can prevent the whole relton i.?m becoming moro prosp?rons than it was even in its best dave; for it is un? questionably true that a far better quality of cotton can bc raised in tins limited region than ltiywhcro else iu tho world where its cjllivn iiott has be<ra attempted, whilo thc capacity of the wholo area is not .sufficient, to reduce "the inarkot value below a higtny profitable point. How much ad va j l?ge is to result from tho use of the Charleston phospates it ia im? possible now to say. They have been experi? mented with only a single year; but tho results aavo boen geneiallv most satisfactory, and lhere is evoi y reason to believe that if prop Miy manufactured into superphosphate cf limo they will not i nly supplant Peruvian guano as ni' ans of producing a crop, but will much ?ffoctually compensate lor thc toss of phos? phoric acid, which the sale of cotton seed is sure to entail. It is Mr. Wright's epinic?^ that n average seasons lour nundro.l pounds of }eod will bc produced from eich acre, the uarket value of this being about sevpn lollara, enough to pay tho outtro cost of a very borough fertilizing with an ammoniated gu lorphospuato. The condition of affairs in Edislo and tho ither seaboard islands ol the South is ccr ainly a matter ot rreat interest to Northern nen; but while there are cDances for the at ninment of sreat fortunes, the risks, as shown >y the experience of the past two years, are so ;reat that they moy well deter any but tboac )f tho largest capital and most enterprising spirit. What the effect will bo of a f?w more .ears of intelligent cultivation with tho aid of lewly introduced machinery (beforo thc war ho boo was used fur all work), of the thor )ugh draining of tho water lands, and of tho renetal use of phospbatic manures, it ia iin >ossible no.y to say. AFFAIRS IX TUE STATE. Anderson. Tho citizens of Township No. 1, Anderson yOU'ity, assembled at Double Springs Ch-.ich ra Saturday last, and proceeded io theelectiou if officers, with tho following resuit: John il. Grubbs, George W. klaret and William trovles, Selecimco: D. L. Cox and W. -V. liol wu!. Surveyors ol Highways; William Giubbs, .'onstable; S. D. Compton, Township Clerk. Chester. Oa Ia6t Tuesday lhere -.vas quit:- an extensivo alo of real estate" b'. iougiDg to bankrupts, at meeter Courthouse. A house and 1 it in Chester, belonging to (lie state of T. M. Graham, was purchased by ?corso ltobertflon. at $1110. A tract ol land containing ?538 acres and olongi.ticr lo ibo estate of Joun D\e, was pur haseit by Stephen Ferguson, at $1479-50. AU ciicoui'a?'iiin feature of these nales ifs ibo ict that they indicate a disposition, on the art of capitalists, lo invest in real csta'.e. Ooo tract ol huid, COiitaitiii g 4C0 acres, was old to Messrs. Smith and ?de.ton For S1SM. mother tract of 903 ocros, was purchased by bo sani-> parties at $1002. Gutihou o & Co. . ougnt a tract of 203V .teres for $12<JG 50, and .. il. Daveen ono ot 221 acres for $Ji3 50. A )t of 4$ acres, in thc Town of Clio.-tor. was old to Giles J. Patt civ o:i tor $105. aud ttnoth r lot. containing a blacksmith's shop, was ought by A. H. Daveta, at $530. All tho bove property wis toldas assets or the estalo r E. C. M'.-Lure, Kersh - .v. Mr. S. F. Bowell, of Kershaw County, was )und dead in the road between Camdon and ioffolo, with a obtuse of buck-hot in his ody. This wa? on Tuesday, thc 9;b inst mt. losara. Wesly and Lotus Phillips wei o arreel (1 upon warrant of J. T. Tniesdel, Mr. J. H. owed being pt obt entor. Thc prisoners were milcht lo jail, but their counsel. Messrs. Ker baw& Keiabaw and Shannon have applied for lieu discharge under a writ or habeas corpus, efore Judge Thomas at Lancaster. On tho 12th instant, nu iuquchi was held at [ajor John Camey's plan ation, in the lo.ver tn t of this district, by J. A. Schlock magis .ate, acting coroner, over tho body of E?sex ?rown, colored. Tuc tiutLug of tho jory was jut tho deceased came lo hts death ?ora two j lows on tho head with a stick, inf! cted by riendly Uoudm, which fractured his akuil and, ?used almost instant death. Tho cause of the ct vas well grounded jealousy on the part of ie litter, who bas been lodged Ul jail to await ia Liai at tho spring tenn. TL/ Camden Journal tavs : "The DeKalb lons; (formerly the property of David Ja? dis), which was sold iu ''burleatoti last week, aa been purchased by Mr. E. ll. liorna, who aa been v boarder ol Mr. Hedgers, tho super itendent, for some time past. Thia gentle ian, no doubt, sooittg tho rapid progress of ..citporntiou from the effects ot devastating ?tr in our loved State, and the likohhood that i a few years real estate will double its valuo. as invented some of ii i s supciQiiJua g.ild in ur town. Newberry. Tho Heraid remarks: ''Trains heavy Jsd.r: tili cotton leave our di pol daily, and return 3 regularly witli gr< at- loads of guano. An videnco at one ?? ol past success among mir buders, and a lively energy aud hope fur too iturc in ulakine uae ol' ibu appliances at c.iu ia?d." Eu confirmation ol thc paragraph in tho Co ambia correspond Juco ot tho Nov.-York > ir.K-s, lie Newborn' Herald paya : "lu a conversation nth Mr. Bruggemau tue oilier day, we learned li?t alreadv liare one hundred and seventy migrant* been brought to this Laurens anil liiu'clieid D.sines, tnrough tito Newberry Itu novation Society since ila foruia'iou. Mr. il: ives a cheering account ol thu wor mg of be society, and tb;:; l u t ttioue is snflk.ont ) prove" how well it is working, and ow su cc sss fui ly i: is managed. Ile states tint ibo interest in increasing greatly, :.dthut applications ?orlaoorarc Unv.iug in ot.stantiy. 'J ho next year will give a large aonaso toonr population, wo icol certain, nd nh the inion Bis of our pc ?pip will be sub erved. Let thom como, wc w nt tl em, and .rae lho.7 will, il they are nougat aftor, and '.main loo, addia-; '. o a:;d i?nprov:? g all UMiichosoi industry, il we rceeivo a:.;! treat hem properly, this latter ia a moatimpor a t loo-lure iu Iii . suecos? ot the enterprise, nd though it ia boheved that tho farming Kipuhuiou recognize io m good faith, it ina.? tot bo amiss to mention that the botter thc r?arment, thc bettor will U:at das ? of citizens lecomo. au 1 the better will tho employe::' be ?.nd in work." CoarPLniExrARs LirrrEii FROX Corot Eis i,vncK TO GENERAL G UANT. -General G ran th as eceivetl tho following letter from Count L'is aarck, of Prussia, in reply to a letter written >y tho Gen ral, presen Ung "lo tue great stctes nan cf Europe thc first volume of Badcau'a 'Lifo of General Grant'' : DBAB bm-Dn'jii Gerolt bas traiiFiniticd to nc a copy, which yon have been kind enough o.iiscrib? tonic, ol tho history of your mili arv ea re jr. I hasten to return von mv beany hanks for a work which promises mo the cn |o\ment ol' reviewing in ?i ?-uceme-t tba po (hat rieautie struggle. Ibo varying r>!::t.-.c < ot wlncl, I did follow ab tho time wini intensa ml er. 31. [twill boa permanent source of gratification iud prido to tbinl: that. I am owing ino volume ?mw -pen before me to tb i kind and svmpa tii tic ! eulinga'-f tito wry maa w .0 to. k V ck - j burg and Iii hui'.nd. M*y peacu l?fc'Ot'ed by yon afford equ:it scope to \onr powers witt: c.* nal b-.'oeiii to your conni ry. ind may tho present in tel change A Irieudly son; .ra nts be- j uvo^n tu provo a trood awrury for me ccutiu- j miueeof tbo-o relations t;o happily established be -.voen Ameno-? and Germany. Bolicvo mrf, dear sir, c.er your.!, vcrv sn cercly, Eisnrj.ncK. -During a cuno rt i 1 tho Boston .Muiio Ha'l lecont'y. whoo Mir: organist waa-'exhibi' iiig tho lilli power of tho mst rom ont.*1 a lath .vas outhuaiaslically conversing willi her noitrhb ir about her houoenold arrangement-. She suited tho tonm oi imr voice lo ihoso of (bo organ. The oreanist madeasnddoii tiansi tion from ?*fTf* to k pianifstmu." coiioequenl'y tho audio? ca was hem what amused at b iuu' informed by her, in a about, ,4Wo tried ours iu butteil" -An instrnmotit hui rec^iilly becu-conlrivetl by Profess.-r Dondem. of Utrecht hy mea sol w ich ho cati inea- ine With the greatest accu? racy tho interval bolwoau an impression on tho senses ami its ackuowicdgniecl, ly eomc I ac?io? of the frilL THE l?IJiCJH JLV TSE BOVDOIE. The Saturday Review, in the course of a long discussion of the articles in favor of whipping girls in England, that appeared in the Eng? lishman's Domestic Magazine, says : Another siop has been taken in tho onward march of feminine aggression. On all sid.:e the fortress in which masculine presumption has so long been intrenched is now assailed, and one by one thc outworks are failing. That hideous old superstition of tho supremacy of man having once been denied, ano bis claims lo an exclusive usc of any virile properties, from brains to breeches," having once been vitiated, it is astonishing to SPO how rapidly the ., -tole pocial and political fabric which has becu constructed on that foundation is tumb linc: to pieces. Man's monopoly ol'cigars, of clubs, ol'the pulpit, ot' thc liberal protessions, of sports, ol'academical life, and of ibo fran? chise having each ot them been moro or less successfully infringed, ono might almost have been incliued to fancy that there was little else left which woman could grudgo Lim; that he had been stripped of every shred of bis ancient encroach tuen ts, and that, except the tr.fling and accidental distiuctious o. sex and of bodily strength. tli6rc was now really no property and no quality left undisputed "which might be said to difFercmtiato the male from tho fe maic Briton. But such a conclusion would be prom nure, 'lhere is at least, it semes, ono more great privilege, one more time honored custom, which the male inhabitants of tins country have been used to arrogate lo themselves, and of tho exercise of | which there arc divers notorious emblems and instrumente. Tho malo inhabitants of Great Britain have been hitherto distinguished from their female compatriots, as from the inhabi? tants of "lost other couutries, by tho peculiar insular privilege of r calving eorporeal chas? tisement at certain stages and in certain con? ditions of their existence; and indeed, until very recently, it would not have been an inac? curate acco.int ct tho difference between Eng? lish mon and ?ngli-b women which described the former un that portion cf the community which is, and. the latter as that which is not, flogged. It was not likely that women. In their presort mood of self-assertion, would long allow such an invidious distinction lo remain unchallenged. If the young blngliah woman ia to be trained to be in all respects as liko as pos? sible to what the young English man has been, it is clear that moans of discipline and correc? tion similar to those which have been in force among men must ba brought to beor upon tho girls. It was to be expected that Leiore long-, that should occar which has now, lt seems, in fact occurred; that man's monopo? ly of the birch und the cane, as instruments of training or education, should be attacked in tho same way as his monopoly of the academy, tho pulpit and the franchise; that a sect of female flagellants wonld ariso to swell the numbers ot those who aro assailing man's em? pire; and that to thc women who wish to preach, tho women who wish to graduate, anti the wemen who wish to vote, would shortly be added too women who wish to flog. * * * * Some of these !a:!ies arc downright enthusiasts for the bindi and tho taws. They secrn to glory in thc privilege ot thrashing their girls. They give faithful representations, carefully drawn from thc lire, of ?heir own pot modo of conducing tho op?ration. The pre? liminaries, thc place ol execution-some? times a bed-room, some-times a boudoir the instrument ol' torture, thu ochtvior of tho victim beforo, during, and alter the infliction ot thc Hogging, in toort, tiie most minute de? tails ot nie entire pio?css, aro described witu that graphic loree which some women exhibit when anting ou a subject which powerfully iu teres: s and excites tucm. Those wiitcrs do not even lake tho lino of apologizing for tue inhumanity, or of endeavoring to palliate tho sham", winch munt bc involved in thc process of stripping and flogging a girl of fifteen or I sixteen y*.irs old. On the contrary, some, of j tin rn, wno seem io have a .sort ot iniasioti for propagating tho doctrine of flagging giris, aro most keen in recommending means whereby tho pai:: may bc mado os severo ana tho -hame as overwhelming lo thu sufferer as possible. - It is a fact perhaps not generally known, tut interesting to voting men, thut#the solitary ringlet, which floats from eo many waterfalls, isa notification on thc part ol their carriers that they aro not engaged. If it is extremely long the wearer is supposed to bo very desi? rous of getting spliced at once; if only modi ratel.v lo g. it shows that only good utters ?ill no entertained; an extremely abort, meagre ringlet indicates that thc wearer ia very partic? ular aa to abom abo accopta. but nevertheless aLows that 6he is not yet engaged. -The journt'lista of Berlin have, at tho aug gestion ot Berthold Auerbach, tho novelist, adopted au address to Genera! Grant, bogging him to bring in a bill for tho protection crt lite? rary and artistic copyright between Germany and thc United States. . Cammrrrial. ?exports. I?E'.V YOT?K-Per steamship Saragossa-917 bales Upland Cotton, 40 oalt,-* Yarn. 22 tierces Mee, BS bbls Itosin, 85 pactugis Sundries. BAL I IMOUK-Per i*:br Cortie. Lewis-112 ton? Phosphate li'-cit. PROVIDER'S, lt r-Prr Behr S ? Baker-i;0,COO fc?t Flooring Boards. Charleston Cotton mid Klee Dlurltet. OFFICE Jr TUE CBA1ILKSTON DAILY NEWS, j, CHARLESTON. Friday Evening, Feh'y 19. i COTTON.--Tba downward pressuro on the mar ko'. still continued, an' tho limitofl a noun ts fiat wen? off-red bad to meet st.-adily declining price;;, the transa-tious ol to-miy being at ruts a Ml Jfc ^ lb lov.or; factors, however, are not disposed to ac? cept tho decline, and ?how but limtlel stocks, i'ales about HO bales; sty 1 at 20.'-J; IS at 27; Hi at 27^; 20 al 'Siyi; IO at 2So; quotations still continue nominal, eay: uvnitrooT. CEASSincAXXOx. Ordinary lo goo.i ordinary .2C,'?(?W7 i.o-.v middling.fhVTH Sidling..'.27J.? ti? ny Kew York el iwdfiealii'n we quote : Low middling.?~Ji'<i - UMidiing.- (?? K?CM.-This grain was m good request and prices werclirmer. sales 172 tierces oi c?en Carolina, 4 tierces at ?;., : 45 ut 3?i; 75 at 8?? ; 30 at H%o ? lb V'e quot" coiumni to lair leen Carolina at &}.t-:iB"<i; goo i Hjiiii yjj'e Ti Iii. market? by 't cicirr.ipn. EOKV.ICN VARKSTS. LONDON, Sebnnry 19- Neon. - Cnn sals 93; bonds 78>j\ tic ara.'live . EvoniU'.'.-Flue rosin M?; turpettduo "3-t 01. LIVERPOOL, February 111-Koon.-Cotton Oat; up? lands li;?d ; (Moana 12,'.id; Raies 5')10 bah-s; sties of I io wcoU 45,0 0; expect i'.'u'J; speculation 8O?0; stock S77.00U; American 90,000. Floor Hs, Corn 3Js. Man? chester heavy. Two P. M -Cotton lower; uplands Il?fd; Orle ins 32d: stoek afloat 300,000 lalo?. Lard 70s Gd. Tur pe?tinc32* Cd. Kveninc.-Cotton dull; uplands ou the spot lljifd ; afloat l'?d ; i rloan-; '.2d; sales 5J0J balci. IIAVUE, Februar; 19.-Colton opens quiet and steady. DOMESTIC MARKETS. NEW YOEE, February 18- Moon.-Money easy at 6 a7. Mer.icg8*i Gold35$?. Cotton lower at 2S,3.,i?. Ercmng.-Co'ton lowi-r; sales L'GO bales at ?8?i, oloi-iuL' more steady, wnh no salei under 29 Flour dull and heavy. a;:il 10al5c. lower; ccnr.noi to lair extra Southern SO S0JI7. Whoi. ?ull. Corn heavy; new white Southern good yellow93a Pork heavy at ?328"; old ?32 l ard heavy and lo?or; ?ei? tle 192*320 Wai key quiet and unchanged T.lco dall. 8ntrTexdt"d; Porto Roo 13VaM; mutcova dolSJ?alSt?; Uav liulSJi il?^? Coll ie ll:m. Mo? lasse? dull, ruroeadue C3JO5J?. Rosin {3 45a'H0. Frcichts drooping, iloneytway al 0a7. Primo p a lier 7 8. Sterling activa ots>?. Gold unsettled at 83j? I oiuhe.ru securities, firm. ii I.TIM0EK. e'tbrur-ry 19.- Cot'on nominally 29. Flour f.iry active; superfine S0.C75 Wheat no fa'ca. While cern OlaDS; yellow ?7a6J. Oalsdullut 7t;..7? ?yo ?r.u and dui!. Prov ?lona si mo but unthiiii'u I. CINCINNATI February 19 - Flour dull and unset? tled. Com fiimr-r. Whiskey dell at 03c Mess pork lower mid im-ctlled at ?32. Ls-d orcoptn?. B ik n ea!3 a d baoouneglected. ST. Louis Feu-nary VJ.-Whiskey norai-al at 91. Pork quiet. Boon dui. shoulders UXtiMJkjC. 'Heir clde& 17)?al8^c. Canvased hams quoted at 29^e- T/ird dull I.OOISVILI.E. F?bm ry 19 - P rk, S3275a33 Lard, 20i20>?. :hou!d-r?, 14>i; tloar ?ides. 18c. Flour, SC 60aC WiLiirsaTON. F-hrnary 19.-9pirlts turpentine a ?harfeb ttftr iitf)t}?a>2.??c. I'.osm a i-hi'o lower at SI OOal 7?. rrnde tu pentiiic stead? aud unclianjod. Tar ai-liva at S3. Cotton dull AUGUSTA, F. hruary 19-Cotton continnea flnll| with but iltlo (ff ring; ?alBJ 250 balee; m ddlings 2G?ia27; P cetpte 296 bales. bAVANNin. February 10,-Cotlon quiet and ITT ega lax; middlings 2"^a2Sc; Eales 60a bales; exports, 1222; receipts 729. AIoBLLs, February 19.-Cotton dull; middling 26?; sales 753 bales; rccfipta 1402; cxpor's 50; re? ceipts ol'(he week 7*49; exports to Great Britain 3125, otner foreign port? none, coastwise 1653; stock 64,257; sales of the week 2070. NEW OELEANS, February 19.-Cotton ?c lower middling 27?a27?; saleB 330O bales; sale3 of the week 13,103. Gold 33. Sterling 45?. New York s ght ? premium, sugar in cood demand-common 12?; prim 3 li? al5; yellowclariflcd IC. Molasses in good demand-primo 77a80. Receipts to-day 6295 bales; for the week, gross 26.331, net 25,6:9; exports to-day 8135; for the week to Liverpool 23 417, lo tho Contioent 4914, coastwise 3765; stock 146,988. Interior Cotton markets. ANDERSON. February 27 -Codon dull st 24*20?. CHESTER. February 10-Cotton market dull; mi;Jdliags26?to26'i. SEL IA. February 15 -Market qnlot and demand light; middlings 27?a27?; sales 8!) bales ABBhVTLLS, Fo-nuary 15-Sales of cntton for tho week 60 bales at 25J2C?C, closing ac 26?. MONTGOMKRY. February 17 - Market very joiet; nominally 26? for- low midd.tn.-s; no sales. COLUMBIA, February 18.-Tho demand for cot. totton was gwd t?-aay, and 139 ba.es changed Uanda at 27c fjr middling. MACON, February 17-A very dull market to-day Wequote middlings 901?*. Receipts to day 133 eales sbipm nts 58 bales; falo. 87 bale ?. CHARLOTTE, .obruzry 15.-Cotton daring tho pastwoek brou'ht from 23 to 28J?o, until Friday, wh?>n thc market declined to 23c, und on -a'nrday to* 27? lo 27?c; sa.cB duiiug the week 375 biles. ROOK HILL, February 1?.-Market has been Bteady during the week at from 27? to 27? tnt DDiddiiog. Ibo drteli ic in NewY ilk has dopr?.sseJ ?ror market, and 26,'? is tho highest price to-day. sTJMTEB, r'obru.iry 17.-Corros-lhere have been about 126 bales sold during the ween ending the 17tb ins ant, the market cl sing a little du 1. Wo awot<;: Ordina' ? 20^ ?; j iod ordinary 27c; 1 w raid Jliug 27?e; inidobng 2S?c; stric; middling 29e. YORKVTTAE. Pebruary 17_Tne market has been rather doll since our nut repor, tho sales f r the week being less than usual. FnVcs have <ie ?lincd a little, and good middlings arc qn ted to Jny al 26?, though on extra Ano ?ot miirht bruin 26?. B .".'a?; b. vi ile Market. NASHVILLE. February 16-Corros -During (ho mtirowcek just closed tho cotton market has neon tveak and '?resalar. For several days quotations bave been noa ly nominal, tho sales filling off to a ?.ondetfiil extent. To day i ivorpool declined again !?d. and Kew York w.ia vere dub, wi h Ilghi arie's at tully ?c ftcclino. while buvcrs were offering < nly 26 sta for selected samples, tue market closmrr dui), iud livers hnlrJin.: off. awaiting dev lopiu-:-nts. We jive Ibo closing quotutious as follows: Ordinary 95 jond ordinarv 25.'?; low middling 26c. Below we ;ive thc transact.o is of tbo day: Receipts 539 bales; ?ales 26; Fhipmcnis 178 corros STATEMENT. Steck on hind Kepi. 1, 136s. CO Ucee ved to day. f?39 Recei ved pi cv. ously."5,898-35.917 Total. 35,997 chipped to-day.178 .hipped j.rcviously.3J, 179-30.367 -to k on h mil .5.400 'Jhc receipts up lo this d?te las! year arno tuted to S5.433 bale-, with shipmen: a of 52.209 bales, and a i.ocb on hand o. 3751 balo-. C.'ns- i be receipts ol corn wero more Moral (han or several weeks, and pricer ruled a shr.de easier, ;hou.-h not quo ably lower sales of cr at 2.63:; diellcl at c5aC7c, aud sacked and delivered in depot it 78..8?C Jonsx*"ucecper*>ontn * aioiina ?:uiirouu Pebruary 19., 717 bale* Cotton. 47 bales Domestics, 8 casks Pa? roo. 158 l.bls i.uval --lores, 1 ear stock. loR i - ?uad Agenlj W O Courtney fe Co J Ii Pritislo. John? ston. Oie WS k Co, OW Williams k C~. Oiuguoru, norring k Co. Pinckuey Bros. J B tl Sloan, Grae?i r ?milli, Ravencl I: Co, '1 lim s en fe Hollins, slrocl Uro* k Co, W K llyau, H II Walter & .:.<, J Marshall, Frost & Adger. Goldsmith k Son, Dowling .v. Co, Pcl ? ir, Boagei s k Co, W U Sinltb. il 'N'uill, C Gravclny, il O ?harp & Co, Kirkpati ick k Witta Consignee* per Northeastern Kallroad February 19. 42 ba'"s Cotton, 03 bb.9 Suval -tores, 190 bushels [bugh Bice, Md;o, fte. lo Heeder J: i avis, Kin j. nan d Unwell, M J Eyck" k salters. H C ??raujor, J * "(aackenbnau, J Ca upson k Co,Miss Lil Holum, l-?slow ir Co, W C Boo fe Co.' .7 Marshall, Jr. Man tou . ii Co. S D stoney. L Coboi. ir Co. C J Fuller. Kachman * Co, Fro-t & Ad,;cr, Gracser ic Sm ?-h. A A Goldrini.h k Co. Tripp Sc M, MeCaulo ft .May, Rail lOid Ar cu I. L'asscnucis, Per steamship Saragossa, :rom Kew York-Sam ac! Goldboig, J Murphy. J li Miillor and lady. IV U Beiden, lady and cmld, W Hoyt. E Teck, L Leach, il IC Williams, W Ludwig, A F Len ms. Mrs Brand md child, I' Smiib, J iii. li, R Hamilton, U Se .rs. farine ?cms Pori; ol Charleston. February iiO l'UASi:S Ol' TUE MOOS. Last Quarter, 3d, lt hours, 36 minutes, morning. Sew Moon, Ulli. 8 hourn, 34 miuutcu, morning. Pint Quarter. 19cu. ll hours. 4G minutes, morning, tull lieu M. 'JO tli, 0 lunns. 44 minutes, mormug. IS Monday.... 6.41- 3..44 9..27 10. .21 ii I ii-dav....; i 4? ? 6..45 10..23 10..58 l?JVeduesdav.! O..42 j 5 .45 1' ..7 ll..42 WThlirsdar... 6..ll fi..40 ; ir.1 Morn. I-.) 1 rday. ....j 0 40 5. 471 la..14 12..UU 2i>;-i:anlay... C..39 5. 43 J..li j 3..30 ill-.<<.'_ 6. ::H R 49 I a..ll 1 2..:n Cleared lestenttty. Steamship Saragossa, Ryder, New York-Ravenol k co. sehr s T Baker, Urovrslcr, Provide e*B I-Wm Doa chc<>. .-ehr Ger ie ^e.iis, Hoil^'cu, iiait'm jiv-ll Bater &C?. . Sailed "Ycstcmay. ?t.:i!-jshlp Saragosai, Ryder, New 1'iirl^ # l.p for tiiis Fart, s-.-lu- Genrjc II Mi te. Mi in. at Sow York, Feb IC. si hr . y.van.-. at H. w ?orle, F. .< 10. Cleaved fot.' tills l'or:. firig ,V(*c!a'de, Wilson, ?1 New York, Feb 17. Sehr tiaitiie* Biuuey, Ogi-T, ut Now i'o.-U, Fob 17. sei.r Alic G ti a:.', ui.cuiiit, at Lia L m >ro Fob 17. tchr a K Adama, Don .e:, a; i*-jrUaud. Me, Fen 15. RlciEiiiranrt?.. The o:hr n>-ne. from >ev/ '?jt?. for thl3 port, was al Leno .. Ucl Feb.Uary 14. 3 he sehr '.uuio Barton, from Philadelphia :'ur tb s po.t, ?a? ul LcrtOo Uc'i, Fubrujry 14. I J', CLEA B?? AA'O SAILED J-UU THIS /"'/i. r O REI G N L1VKBP?OI? Ship R C Winlhrop, slew^rr, sailed.J m S3 Thu Edith Wlieeler ''-ited.Jan l'J itriiisli bart I'avid McXuts, Mclih nuy, i.d..J.m 18 Bark Harriet * Hussey, Ho mes sailed..?au M British bri ; (Je.r.?u Ihstrnp, sailed..jua 0 UAViis. Snip l-aciilc, Foss, saile i.Jan 4 l>0tIT T.M.Ii JT. The Coun- r, Jenkins, sailed.Jan 12 D O Al E S i IO. Sr-hr ll N Hawkins. Wyatt up.Jan 25 Behr alary D Haskell, barbour, cleared.Feb 10 S\LEir. ?IA8S Sehr Richard Vaux. Wllittlo -. sailed.Feb 12 POTtTLAlia, UK. Sehr S E Ad-..ms Donnell, cleared.Feb 15 sr.w ' . ?. St-am^Uip James Aiiger. Lockwood, cleared..Pfth 16 Ihig Adela de. Wilson, c!ear-d.F.;b 17 Sehr Marion i;age isbepberd, cieuroJ.r.-b VJ Sehr ll WGodlrey -cars, dca cd.Feb lt! sciif loua. Kendell, cleared.F- '?. li Sehr 1> 0 Umso, UUdroUl, cleared. eb ll sour Koro . Crocker, clear, d.Ft-b 'J sc:ir U no, 'il?'vcr, c'care?.Vvi> C behrtnolutnirfca l>iver?,cleared.feb 6 sehr r do Mud,- au.Feb 13 Scar Matthew Him.ey, li, Ut. c eared.1 cb 17 Seiir O' ">g? ii .'ti'-a, ?i;..--, up.Feb 16 behr :>.ivan,-, up.'. cu 10 riitb tnai !.:;. \ Sica-e hip Pn matheUH, Oriy, u_il"d.F ali Set ir Clara .Mu? r.l Roared.?'eb 5 ru ,r sLaie . artoa. Fiuufc, clea eu.Fob lu he it E h (?rabam, Up.Feb 15 Sehr ili ury &.lun, I '.mo. np.?cu 15 UALrrwoiin. slcamsHi falcon, il itsey. o tall.Feb 13 bear . m. heil, l errv. U|i.Fe < 13 sciir itucbol e maUgh, crear.d.Feb li Sehr Laura, Co m s np.Pub u Krill (J n drove. Weaver, elvia; od..*.',) U .S.hi' C F U-y llcilili u, c cued.i eb ll hour Alice ti Ul ac?, eiiie.insc. cleared.Feb 17 SOilVOLK. ScbrGoide:; City,-, sui.eJ.Feb 12 CHARLESTON DEJSTT-A.31, DEPOT Ko. ?75 KlXS-STKICKT. GOID ANO TIN FOIL, AMALGAM1', U'MSBnT. 'lElCTll, Steel Goods, and every orbclo used by the Deni M. ._2ino_Jannar 27 O-ESSAY? ?T??YOUNli HEN.-OM I HE Errora and ubuses iocldo'it lo ?ontb und Early Man? hood wi'b tho humane Wow of trcetmsnt acd'-ure, ecnt by mail frea ol olurge Addrcw HOWARD A- O'TAIION, l'ox P, Philadelphia, Pa. Januaiy 20 3m0? SOLUBLE MAMJKES. M SULPHURIC MD ll S?PERP1SP1TE COMPANY OP CHABLESTOIT, S. C., BAYING COMPLETED THE1H EXTENSIVE MANUFACTORY, ARE NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH SOLUBLE FERTILIZERS, Vo other kinds being available to Planters for immediate retnrnsj^for their Investments. THIS COMPANY, UND EB THE DIRECTION ENTIRELY OF SOUTHERN MEN OF EIGH CHARAC? TER, offers inducements wbi :h ?Ul re-rornmoud it to southern Planters. Their works are among be largest and mo -t complot? in the United States, and enable them to pren <re at hums an abundant sup? ply oi ihe proper solvent for the soutu Carolina native Bone Phosphates which aro neon by. From these enosphntes they propoio to manufacture a FERTILIZER .von richer in SOLUBLE PHOSPHATE than those made from BAW BONES, au ; containing more than ;wicc the quantity of Sirperphospho? of Lime found in the best average mauures heretofore offered for .ale, the rates at which wo offer th?m being no higher than tho average price of. other Fertilizers, while li" Manu'cs contain twice as much fertilizing material; they are in fae- much cheaper to the consumer. They arc 'Cered on the market in two forms, with a guarantee that the material in ca j lr will correspond o the advertisement: J iiwan No. 1-SOLUBLE PHOSPHATE, containing from eighteen to twenty-nve per cent, of PURE iOLUBLE PHOSPHATK OF LIME, and farnl-hed at sixty dollars per ton. Etiwan N>.2-PERUVIAN suPERPHOiPHATE, containing from sixtoan to twenty p?r cent of SOLU HLB PHOsPHM'ii, and tnreo to four per cent of AMAX JNIV at seventy Dollars per ton, for approved ac :eptances bcarini inter?s', or such other security as may be acceptiblo to ihe sab-agenta, a discount of tea ?>er cent on thc above prices will be made for cash. Ordi-rs to be lorwarded immediately to the Agents, and delivery made as directed on and after 1st Jan lary next. WM. C. BEE & CO.? Agents. C. G- IUEM1IINGER. President. Thc Fertilizers of this Company will bo branded ETIWAN, \o. 1-ETIWAS, vo. a. December 30 wsSmos WIM:. :M:. ISIIRID & co., IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS AMJ DEALKIIS IN WHITE LE.?D. ZLI Pllffi, C?LORS, V1RMES. Paiot Brushes, Window Glass, Oils of ^ill kinds. PROPRIETORS DF THE FAVORITE BRAND OF I / BR1XLIANT PETROLED il OR KEROSENE OIL; ARTISTS' AND PAINTERS' MATERIALS. AGENTS FOR HOWE'S STANDARD SCALES AND .MARVIN'S FIRE AND BURGLAR-PROOF S AF fi. S . No. 203 EiST BAY-STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. Jnnuary i 3mo LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. CF NEW YORK. Organized in 1859. All Policies iKin-Fotfeilable. Half -Loan Taken. . No Notes Required LAST CASE BIVI BEND 50 fPIPri) PER CEKT. . Statement. Policies in force.$25.000 000 tas?is. 1,500,000 Annual Income. 800,000 Losses Paid.- .500,000 O dicers. W. H. PECKHAM, Prc*idont. H. V. GAHAGAN, Secretary. L. McADAM, Actuary. G. A. FUDICKAR, Superintendent. Directors. Bon JOHN A. Dix. Now York. E. V. HAOGHWOUT, Firm. E. V. Haughwout Hon. JAMES HARPER, Pinn Harp2r & Bros., Co. ez-BIavor New York. WM. WILKENS. Finn W. Wrlkens Jc Co. JOHN J C rt AXE President Bank Republic. J?LIQ? tl. P :Air, Mord?an!. Vfy T. HOOK EB Wall-street. WM. W. AYmcirr, Merchant. WM. IL VEBMILYE. Banker (Vermily3 & Co.) CHAS. J. STARK. Merchant. CHAS G. ROCKWOOD, Cashier Newark Banking WILLIAM ALLEN. Marchant. Company. ?E0- W. CUYLER, Banker, Palmyra, N. Y. Hon. GEORGE OPDYKB, cx-Mayor of Now York, ?EO. T. HO?.-;, Piesiuout Continental Eire Ia HIHOT C. MORGAN. Banker. surance Company. THOMAS RIGNEY, r'u-m Thomas Rigney & Co. JOHN H. SHERWOOD. Park Piano. . BENJ B. SHERMAN Treasurer Now York Steam WALTON H. PECKHAM. Cornor 5th Avenoo and 'sherar Refiting Co-r.pany. " t'wentv-tliiid-street. /VAUIN ARNOLD. Firm of Arnold, Constablo & Co. EDWARD H. ttmonr. Newark, ri. J. RICHARD H. BOWNE, Wetmore & BowDe, Law- GEO. W. FARLEE, Counsellor. vcva.. W. Jj. CooiWiiLL, Mercbant. GEOKGE KEIM. General Acent for South Carolina. 1 Dr. T. REKNSTJKRNA, Examining Physician. R. ISSERTT^XJ, GENERAL AGENT FOR CHARLESTON, January 12 Gmo D*C office No. 353 Klm-stroot. Charleston, S. c. UIciu pnbltrattons. T^USSKliL'S COOK ST?KK. WILEKLY LIST NEW BOOKS, &c. TQE POET AND THE PAINTER, or Gems ox Art and song, witU ninety-nine lirgo steel engrav IDS?, imperial 8vo. moroco, 520. TEN!?Y60N'S ENTD Plnstrited by Gustave Dore, fo? lio, tu ai o egint binding, fclO. IVX.NTBOM'S LOCUSLY BALL, Illustrated by Hennesy, 1 octavo, SO. Gnw'8 ELEGY, with scvcu'ccn finely colored draw? ings mill a photographic reproduction cf tbe nrJe'nal manincripi;no SC 25. WAYSIDE POSIES, original Po<:ms of country life, oilitod by Uobert llucbauan, with. for.y-soven ill n.slr liions. Ito $10 THE IUIID, by Mich-lo.\ illustrated by two hundred aud ten exquisite engraving! bv Giacometti, SS. Cmmrr is so.so or H>ms ot immanuel, sctcctoi n om all ages by Philip nchaif, D. JD., bvo, cloth cd' extra, $C.. OOWPSB'* ?ABLE TALK, and oilier Poems, beauli lUlly illustrated by the m>st em.ne.it English A- ti>u, l volnuio, ito, 33. S Tony WITHOUT AN END, ti om thc Gorman ot Oa rtvo, largo 4to. with df.eou' beautiful pic Inr; s, m imitado i of water eolor^, $7 6 '. CUMS ntAS CAROL by Charlea Dicken?, with thirty Ulu-tnul :ui. oy Eytrjgo, -ma/ i ocavo, $5. s'coTLt's BAUDS, ibu choic "st productions of tho Sr.iftlsh forts, bcoutifaUv 'Ilustra.od. 8vo, Si. J IA UM ro.s, lr- Waiter -cell, with uttcou photographic ibu trallon , ?M. LATS II? THU H ULT LAND, from ancient and modern writers, w.th sixty-tare.* illust ations, 8,vo, 8. > DA inn: RS'Too ic or LAYS a miscellany ot popular auiiqiiitiu-, two ?ar o rotaras*, r yal bvo, $9. 'I he -novo ai o ali iu elegant blading^. Janmrv I ITT j) I A .\ O S I 1' 1 A IU O S I I GOLD .MEDAL POR 18C8 DAS JUST BEEi> AWARDED TO CHAS. .M. STLEEF EOE THE BEST PIANOS NOW MADE; OVER BALTIMORE, PHILADEL PHIA AND NEW YORK PLANOS. OFFICE AND WARERGOU, No. 7 N. UfciliTS. STREET, ABOVE BALITMOBE STIZEET, RA LT I MU li E. Md. 817 EPF'S PIANO5 UAVE ALL THU LATEM imrrovuioeut, iucludtn; t i- AiitttSo treble, iver; ir.ms, anti .no Unproved Frcucii Action, nilly ?a: ranted ior five yean, wi ii prlvHegi? o:' es::!ia,.r.,< j ?'iituu twelve moniiia il not entirely ?itisiaotory u I ure bc ?mr. sc? ouU-baudcd Mumal uudParloc OJ cms always on baad in ?a i.iO lucOOJ. ?EFERci?ii wno HAVE urn PZAXOS ir, USE; tren*ral Hubert ?. Lee, i eaiatttna, Va. Geri ral llobcrl lt-uso II, Wilmiu ton. Ii. C. G enc rai D U B?U, 'biri dio, M C. Governor Joba Lctciier, Lemington. Va. Messrs. lt, Barwell i; cona, CLurlOUe, N. 0., Tc mal'.- i-euiitniry. C. ?. lliudlck, Female Co.lrge, Klltre'd's Springs, N. C. Wallop Wilmer, New Orleans, La. ?iax ?"tralwscU, Itali :iO?.e a Kessia Pioieoo k. Sous. Sumter. 8. G. charles "?pwieer, RharlHKon -. e. Send for a circuler. Terms liberal. October VJ C. .J. sell L KL31:1 Ult to LL., No. 37 LINE-STXEET, BETWEEN KING ANT. PT. PHILIP. T.OMOBR OF EVE Itv DESCRIPTION ANV EUlLliiNG MATERIAL, LIME and PIASTER. TNG LATHS. PAINTS.OILS, GLASTE"?, SHINGLE?-: clso i I?OOVJ2 AND IONOUE HUAROS, Iso, COD etautly ou liand at the lowest market prices. September 1? minti?! S?tes. s PATENT Alum & Dry Plaste? Arc most desirable fer quality, * finish and price. MARVIN'S Cannot be Sledged ! Cannot be Wedged ! j? Cannot be Drilled! BANK VAULTS, VAULT DOORS, EXPRESS BOXES, FAMILY PLATE SAFES, COMBINATION LOCKS Pleast; send t-.,r a catalog?elo CO., (oldest safe manufacturers) _ . . . (365 Broadway, New York. Principal )m chv^nui Si., Phila. \N nreiiousea j 10g Bank St _ cieveland.O And for sale by our agents in the principal cities throughont the United States. . I CirS.lLE B? WM. M. BIRD & CO., No. 303 EAST BAY, Cil A Kl.? STUAI December 29 lyr EOS AD ALIS Purifies the Blood. v For saic by Druggists BlvcrywIierCc Inly 2* sae lyr