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VOLUME VII.--NUMBER 1088. CHARLESTON, S. C., TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1869. SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM BY TELEGRAPH. WASHINGTON. ANOTHER VETO-THE COPPER TARIFF-?THE MEM? PHIS AN? EL PA80 PAOIFIO RAILROAD-EXTEN? SION OF THEvLETTEE CARRIER SYSTEM -CAUCUS OFRADICAL SENATORS -ELATION OF XHE-FOUTH ERN PACIFIC H Al ERO AD MEIN. WASHINGTON, February 22.- Senator Sauls bury iel! rVcnvhia carriage io-day and had his leg broken. The Presider., bas vetoed the Copper Tariff bill. IN THE HOUSE, tho following bille wera in? troduced under the regular call: Recognizing the independent of Cuba: dovoting tho public lands in Alabama to internal improvements. A joint resolution granting tho right of way to the Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad, from El Paso to tho Pacific, was passed by a vote of 122 to 45. In discussing tbe precedence of business, it was stated that tho Legislative, Judiciary and Poatoffice appropriations were pending, and tbore aro seven privileged report? from committees which may provoke debate. Schonok's bill to strengthen the j mb J io credit was considered without action. The House went into committee on the Post office Appropriation bill. Tho letter carrying system is extended to cities having ten thou? sand inhabitants. The bil] was passed, when the House took a recess. General Breckinridgo ie hero, and loaves to? night to see hw children itt Washington Col? lege. In replying to tho commiUoo inviting bim to Baltimore, Mr. Johnson said his whole aim bad been for tho general good of tho country without regard to any present or future popu? larity. His constant aim was tho restoration of prosperity to tbe country and the happiness and poaeo of all its citizens. In vetoing tho Copper bill tho Presidont says: "The bill would diminish tbe public re? ceipts and impose an additional tax on an overburdened people, who should not be fur? ther impoverished that monopolies may bo fos? tered and corporations enriched, lt would be detrimental to the shipping interest, and would increase tho price of blue vitriol, which enters into many Industries, seventy per cent. The depression in copDer mining ?B attributa? ble to the newly discovered rich mines and the substitution of other materials for copper, bence the tariff, instead of fostering into exist? ence a new industry, would simply be impos? ing a pei petual tax on tbe pcoplo to support an unprofitable business." There was a senatorial caucus tb is after? noon. Twenty-two senators voted to postpone aotlon op the Tenuro-of-office bill till next ses? sion. There is hope that with the aid of tho Democrats an unconditional repeal may be se? cured. Tho friends of the Thirty-second Parallel Road are much elated over tbe action of the House to-day, olaiming that the vote-indicates j a detoiTalnaaofr^oir tLopavt o?' tho Hou*?e lo i foster Southern interests. I CUBAN AFFAIRS. GOVERNMENT ISSUE OF PAPER MONEY GUARAN? TEED BY MERCHANTS-NEWS FROM MEXI00. HAVANA, February 22.-The merchante of this city have agreed to guarantee for the gov? ernment $8,003,000 of legal tenders. Dulce wants a list of Arnot ican residents. The steamer Louisiana arrived from Yera Cruz with three millions of specie. A telegram from the City of Mexico says that Negreto, at the head of the revolutionary army, is within thirty leagues of tho capitol on which he is marching. Rumors regarding tho situation are conflicting. One report says Negreto was defeated-Cue Uar is commanding the nati mal troops; another says that Negreto was routed and would be forced to fly. . EUROPE. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE. TRIESTE, February 22_The powder maga? zine of the frigate Radetsky, ia the Adriatic, exploded, killing nearly all her officers and crew. ORDERED TO CUBA. MADRID, February 22.-The iron-clad Vic? toria has boen ordered to Cuba. A POLAR EXPEDITION. BREMEN, February 22.-The North German bark Bienou Kerb has sailed on a Polar expe? dition. _ THE CHATHAM RAILROAD. RALEIGH, N. C., February 22.-It is well understood that tho Supreme Court sustains the injunction against tho Chatham Railroad, lt is supposed that this decision cuts off near? ly twelve millions of i ecent appropriations. The Legislature is engaged on the Revenue bill, but adjourned early to-day in honor of Washington's birthday. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. The obeervance of yesterday as a public holiday seems to have been very general in the leading cities of tbe Union. A called meeting of the Radical State Central Executive Committee, at Atlanta yesterday, resulted in a squabble and broke up in confu? sion. A number of the members of the Southern Press Convention were m New Orleans yester? day, as the guests of the St. Charles Hotel. ADVERTISING TESTED.-An Atlanta paper, in the course of an article on the value of adver? tising to business men, says : A merchant in Macon, who had been suc? cessful for years, concluded at the boginning of one year that he would try the virtue of ad? vertising. That year he spent eighteen hun? dred dollars with the printers, and bis own tes? timony is, that ho did throe times the amouut of business that he ever did before in the same length of time. He still kee JS his name and business prominent in the papers, and Ands hie profits staadily increasing. Other mer? chants of Macon, witnessing the succoss of this house, followed its example, and r. JW the Macon papers are among the best patronized in the State, and the business men ot that city aro among the roost substantial in the South. We happen to be able to testify to the truth of this statement in every particular. For tbe size of the place, there is moro advertising done in Macon than m any other city of the South, and hence her extraordinary prosperity sinoe the close of the war. The name of nearly- o very merchant and business man in the city is to be found in her daily paper?; not occasionally and condensed into the smallest possible space, as it the parties were afraid somebody would find ont whore they are, but regularly, systematically and prominently, and in many instances with an apparent disre? gard of coat. They .'mow what they are at, and go into the papers and stay thero because it pay?. The result ia practically domonatra tea in the rapid growth of business and accu? mulation of fortunes. -The manager of the Paris Hippodrome re? cently sent an agent to Southern Russia for the purpose of engaging a number of the Cos? sacks of tho Don to give equestrian performan ooe at tho Hippodrome. Theagent had been quite Biicoossful, bat the Russian Government interfered and peremptorily ordered the Oos. .jp)* to stay at home. CW TIW ES WING. MnrliiW-IS en uotts ville - Past jwt a Pres? ent-Sherm un'? March-Temperance Whiskey Wagons-Cnn relies-The ?.Journal"-Fine Orchards-**? P o o r Whites"-* Flatwoods" ?nd ?Sandhill ' People-Statistics-Trade-Judge Kut 1 a ml-Tho Chatham Railroad, ??c, ?tc. [FBOJI 0UB OSTN COHUES' ON j JEN T. j LiiN?e;'ivisvir?L.E? February ?5.-The road from Society Hill to BennettBVille, although only about thirteen miles, has always appeared to mo much longer. Nine miles of river s warup will tiro even tho most patient traveller. To bo sure, the road is iu pretty fair condition juat at this time, but 1 have travelled it frequontly when it was otherwise. Marlboro' ?n olden times was wont to bo considered, for its e;ze, ono of the wealthiest districts in tho State,: ?. e. by those who knew anything of tho exist* enco of such a placo. For Marlboro' was away off in a corner, remote from tl nf main thor oughfares, and to very raaoy people iu South Carolina a terra incognita. In spite of this? however, Marlboro' grew and prospered. Her people grew in wealth, intelligence, virtue and all tho refinements of an enlightened civilization. Churches wore built aud school-houses, from one end of her border to the other; and as to planting, I do not think .any part of our state could boast of a moro scientific system of agriculture than thiB same Tians-Peedeo District. Some of tho largest cotton crops of our Sta to used to co;-io from Marlboro'. Although, as I said, Marlboro' was remote from tho great thoroughfares, it did not escape tho ravages of Sherman's hordes. Tho "great march" lay through thc very heart of tho district, and great was the devastation iu consequence. Tho traces of vandalism aro still numerous along that "swath," and many of the poor sufferers have not yet recovered from that visitation. The number of horses, mules, cattle and swine driven off; the amount of bacon and other eatables taken or destroyed; the cotton, gin houscs, store-houses, implements, &c, burned or rendered useless, is something stupendous. I do not know that Marlboro' suffered worse in this respoot than many other parts of the State; but I do know that it will be sonic years yet before all trace of tb is Christian mode of warfare is effaced here. Bennottsville, the county seat, was built in or about 1822, and named after the late Gov? ernor Bennett. Tho village has grown but slowly, and is, I presume, now not much larger or more populous than it wae twenty years ago. A few merchants, lawyers ?.nd physicians, with a sprinkling of mechanics, const im tc the popu? lation of the village. There wore, however, generally a number of wealthy planters living within six or seveu miles of Bennet ts.vi.Ue, who virtually contributed to tho character and soci? ety ol t ie place. Like every other community in the State, this also has saan great changes during the last few years. Death has removed some of thc most revered names from tho ros? ter, arrong them Mr. A. B. Douglass, Dr. W. O; o?lac\<i, Q'p'iTA John Me? neon, Mc.JEohu McUullom, and Kev." Thom&s Cook, all old and useful citizens, who had contributed ma? terially to create a healthy public sentiment hore. The war, with its concomitant upheaval of the foundation stones of civil society, has loft sad footprints here; and as everywhere else throughout our stricken Southern land, so here you may see the most striking instances, and most distressing, of the vicissitudes of for? tune. They who were rich are now poor, and many who before were penniless, now rank with the nabobs of the land. Mar boro', I believe, is the only district in South Carolina that can claim the proud pre? eminence of not having had any spirituous li? quors sold within her borders for some thirty years. Tho commissioners refused to grant li? censes, and Bennottsville not having been in? corporated until ofter the war, tho commis? sioners had full control in all auch matters. I do not know whether this regulation still ob? tains hero or not; but I know that for thirty years it was not lawful for any one to sell a drop of intoxicating drink in Marlboro'. This, on the whole, speaks well for the community; for unless the commissioners had been sup? ported by public opinion, the regulation could not have remained in force so long. Of course a little of the "critter" is sold on the sly now and then by the canvas-covered wagons from -rtorth .Jamima that cruise thiough the district; abd, if I am correctly informed, theae same itineraut whiskey peddlers are very liberally patronized by the thirsty freedmen in tho rural parts hereabout. With such a moral basis, you will not be sur? prised to learn that churches, schools and sons of temperance divisions have flourished here beyond what we wero accustomed to soe in some other parts of the Slate. Bennottsville his three churches-Methodist, Kev. C. H. Pritch? ard pastor; Baptist, Rev. J. A. W. Thomas; and Presbyterian supplied by Rov. Dr. Corbett, of Cheraw. The Bennottsville Journal, a weekly paper, is tho only vehicle of political or literary intel? ligence published within the county. It is edited by William Little, Faq., a young gentle? man formerly of Charleston, who, with a thor? ough familiarity with the printing business in all its varied branches, combines a knowledge of tho law, which grcMly enlarges the sphere of his useful labors. Of notabilities, Bsnnettsville can boast Chan? cellor Wm. D. Johnson, who hos now retired from public lifo, and devotes his time and ener? gies lo tho cultivation of the soil. Unlike most of his brethren, Mr. Johnson is a good planter ns well as a good jurist. Colonel C. W Dudley, formerly State Senator, now Assessor of Inter? nal Revenue, is also an old and leading citizen of Bennottsville. Major B. D. Townsend, until recently one of tho most public spirited of its citizens, now lives at Socio ty Hill. In (his connection, it may also not be improper to mention the efforts put forth by the last named {gentleman and Chancellor Johnson toward mproving tho horticulture and arboriculture ot the district, With a g?nerons rivalry worthy of all praise and of imitation, these two gentlemen have spent years of labor, and large sums of money, in demonstrating to their fellow-citizens the fact that excellent fruit, and in largo quantities, can be grown upon our soil. I hope, ere long to hear that these splen? did orchards will become a source of largo profit to their owners. Marlboro', perhaps, as much as any other distriot in the State, before the war at least, showed the extremes of wealth and po? verty, flore was first the "aristocracy" near the river, opposite Cheraw; next, the aristocra? cy of Bennettsville, and thirdly, the arutoi of Min*: ral Soring*, to say nothing of wealthy and "well-to-do" planters in all tho more fertile patts of tho district. 0\i the other hand, you may see hore representatives of the class vari? ously nominated as "poor whites," "flatwoods people," "saud-hiilors," ko. The first of these terms is gonerio; tho other two are specific, denoting classes widely varying in their ohar aotoristics. as this class of thc people of South Carolina has attracted considerable attention since the war in tho poriodical publications of the North, first from a paper in tho "Galaxy," by E. B. Seabrook, Esq., of Charleston, aud afterwards from a series of artioles published by Captain DeForest, United States Army, in "Harper's Magazine," the ..Atlantic" and "Lippincott," on tho "Groat Southern Family of the Bill Sim monsas," I will, with the permission of your readers, offer a few observations on this strage ethnological problem. I have before me several letters, written by gentlemen who have had long und favorable opportunities for closely observing those pariahs of Southern society. Correspondent No. 1, living a few miles be? low Bennottsville, writes as follows concern? ing the "Flatwood's People :w "An to their condition they by some means acquire posses? sion of a cabin with some cleared land around it, which the proprietor considers of no value to him, and permits thom to occupy. Some? times when ho would much prefer they should be away, consideration* of charity forbid bis ejecting them. They contrive to make a Beau? ty subsistence, sometimes by living-vory hard, by getting shiogles sod split boards, occa? sionally hewmg timbera for a bouse, by fish? ing, and in the.faU by picking out cotton for their more proepefotuj neighbors. Their wo men in former times used to spin cotton for people, when they had character enough te bo trusted with tho 'raw material, and sometimes now they manufacture a Httlo dornest io soap to bartar for necessaries. Their habits are decidedly iudoleut, seldom seeking regular em? ployment for hire; but if any, some small jobs which they eau do at their leisure, aud when want begin? te piuch them. Their woroon often appeal to tho sympathies of their moro prosperous neighbors for charity, under the form of advauco payment for work to be per? formed at a.futuro time. Their morals, as might be supposed, ano bad, being generally dishonest, and addicted to intemperance and its kindred vices. Crimes are seldom commit? ted by them beyond the grade of misdemean? ors. The intelligence of this class is low, tew among ?hem being able to read or write. In point of numbers there are perhaps twenty fam? ilies or more of this class inhabiting the flat lands, south ot" Bennettsville. It is not pre? tended that this description answers alike to all ot them; -outr are rather more industrious, and not so depraved a;.d vicious as othero. When they seek employment from their neigh? bors of the betterclass, thoy are often unsuc? cessful, because association with thom, even temporarily, is repulsive; but whenever they exhibit virtuous traita of character and indus? trious habits, they cud good places without difficulty." Correspondent No.. 3 writes : "You ask me ,to give yon some description of our 'Flat woods' and 'Sandhill' people. The former aro ?very ignorant and degraded. Indeed, they seem to have no higher ambition than barely to,subsist. They have no regular employment, and-only work whoa all their ingenuity in loaf? ing .and scheming bas been expended. They will then make a contract to perform some ser? vice, which they have no intention to comply with, if they can possibly avoid it. If they can secure any temporary supplies under such contract:, before the work is doue, they will work no ?nore at that place, but r^ly upon play? ing the same gamo at another. Tbov live in the flatwoads, because nobody else bas any uso tor such locations. Their houses aro of the rudest, coarsest kind, and their interior exhib? its all the poverty aud wretchedness which ?such habits must necessarily produce. Thuy are always on hand in times of election*, and mttke a good deal out of the candidat CF. They show no ambition to educate their children, or to make them industrious, and seem to care very little about going to church. They form a community pretty much to themselves. Their women spend a great doal of their time in strolling idly about tho country. But with al) tho temptations to dishonesty they do not steal, and they have a certain pride about them which causes them to think that they are just about as good as anybody else. They make no effort atrmprovement, and will prob bably remain just as they are. They aro not, however, very numerous. "The SandhWers occupy a considerable area in the upper part of Marlboro', and are really good citizens in an humble way. The lands aro poor, but they cultivate them, and manase to live by their industry. Some of them aro very energetic, and are trying to risc in the world. The schoolmaster is amongst thom, and most of them can read and write, and they have the advantage of some intercourse with the higher classes of sooiety, to be found on the better lands in their neighborhood. They are generally honeat and well disposed people, fond of going to church, and anxious to bo thought well of by the people generally. Many of them are very poor, with but very preca? rious means of subsistence, but they manage to get along somehow. The greater number of them, however, live well and pay their debts; and many of them, though not well educated, have acquired considerable informa? tion, and upon the whole, they are a good population. Very fow of them emigrate, or seem to look elsowero for butter opportunities jr advancement. They ano of many shades of complexion. "Both classes together (Flatwoods and Sandhillers), form perhaps one-l'ourtu of the white population of Marlboro'." I hope none of my readers at a distance will come to tho conclusion from the above ex? tracts that Marlboro' enjoys a monopoly of this sort of population. Thia would be very unjust to Marlboro', and at tho same time not in accordance with fact. The "poor white" is found more or loss in every county in the State, though forming on the whole bnt a very incon? siderable numerical constituent of the popula? tion. I do not agree with my second corres? pondent in his opinion that they will always continue in their present degraded condition. No class can escape the march of improvement, which I believe has now fairly set in; and how? ever tai dy and unwilling, the o drones must and will take their place in the great social workshop, or be. exterminated. There will of course be always poor people, and indolent people, and vicious people; but the days of the traditional "poor white," I feel satisfied, are numbered. His existence at all has been one of the outgrowths of our late social systom, which, now that the cause is removed, must soon disappear: Marlboro' D strict, acsording to the census of 1860, made 18,896 bales of cotton. - Her pro? duction now is not over 8000-of which num? ber about 2000 or 3000 bales aro sold in Bc - nettsville. Before the war as many as 5000 bales were sometimes purchased in that village. The number of acres of land under cultivation in 1860 was 101.000, and of unimproved land 201,000 acres. The oash value of farms at that time is put down at $4,000,000. Value of farming im? plements and machinery $162.000. The number of horses, according to the same authority, was 1555; of mules 1281; of milch cows 2531; of werking oxen 324, with 8214 other eat tie; sheep 34,875, and swine 20 937. The value of the live stock is given at $516.000. Tho amount of wheat raised in 1860 was 12 899 bushels 3018 bushels or rye; 315,222 of oom; 88,000 of oats; 21,000 pounds of rice, and 86,000 bushels ot sweet potatoes. The population in 18G0 was 12,434, of whom 6898 were slaves. Lauds have much improved in value during the past twelve months, but on tho whole can ? not, yet be considered u? bringing even the half of their ante-bellum' value. Things are, however, looKing up; and from all I see and hear, I venture tho remark, that Marlboro' appears to bo getting out of her difficulties va thor faster than many other parts of the State. The people are working with a hearty good will, all anxious to raiso a large crop of cotton, and sell it at a good price. Not that they are mercenary; they are only desirous of establishing themselves once mere on a good and firm specie basis. Bennettsville, before the war, was a good plaoe for business, and sold a large quantity ot goods. It bad then two bank agencies-one of tho Bank of Georgotown, and the other of the Merchants' Bank of Choraw. The busi? ness of the village is now more divided. There are more stores through the country, though Bennettsville still bte a fine trade. The lead? ing merchants at present are : Wm. Murchi? son, P. L. Breeden & Oo.; Rowe Brothers, and Mr. Roper. Judge Rutland held court here a few weeks agc and from all I hear gave satisfaction to all eoncerned, except the criminals. Whe can tell? May bo a reconstructed Judge is tbe best mon to expound a reconstructed constitu? tion, and admin.ster reconstructed laws. Marlboro' hitherto has had no railroad, but this reproach is now to be taken fi om her. The Chatham Railroad, from Choraw to Raleigh,, is to run about ten miles through Marlboro' County, and will, I have, no doubt, greatly enlanoe the value of the lands in that section. Unfortunately, however, it ts through the poorest part of the county that this rail? road will l'un. Other railroad projeots are talked of occasionally here, as they ara everywhere now-a-days, bnt I seo no near prospeot or probability of their realization. BlBDS-E?E. -The Michigan Lunatic Asylum is provided with a green boase, in whioh there' are at ail times flowers in full bloom. Men brought to the institution in irons, and manifesting the most violent symptoms of insanity, bave been suddenly calmed down to a condition border? ing on sanity by the presentation of a boqnet gathered from the greenhouse. Mus io is known to possess the power of calming tho most vtolont lunatic. Bet ?reen music and flowers, it would appear that all oases of raving madness oan be modified and ameliorated, if not thoroughly oared. -The proposition bas been made to the Georgia Railroad.by parties having tho control of the Port Royal Railroad to take three hun? dred thousand dollars' worth of stock of the latter company, the guarantee being given in this event that the road shall be Armit shod at no dictant day. The Board of Direct ors of the Georgia Railre?d have taken tbe matter into consideration, and have appointed Messrs. D. E, E. Jones, of Madison, M. P. Stovall, of Au? gusta, and Steven Thomas, of Athena, a ocm mitteo to investigate the matter and report at tho annual meeting of the etookholdeifer in May next. l'OJRKIGi? NOTJSS. -'Bismarck is co bot herod with anonymous lettor-writors that ho has his wife to go through all his correspondence before he sees it. -Thomas Hughes, M. P. (Torc. Brown), it is said, will be appointed Chief of*the London Polico in the pkoo of Sir Riobard Mayne, deceased. * -Victoria proposes to mala- P. penitentia offering of ?100,000 for tho benefit of the poor, in view of the recent case of starvation in tho Isle of Dogs. -It is very seldom that Victor Emm annel talcos a pen ta his hand. Even the most im? portant public documonts are signed by his private secretary, who oan imitnte tho King 's handwriting perfectly. -Patent modieinos pay in Ensope aa wall as America. Hoff has made $5,000,000 from his "Malt Extract," Dubarr/ ever) more from "Revelenta," while Berthet, who sells iron pills, pays an income tax on 7,000;000 franos. -A Jew appears as seiior wrangler this year at Cambridge University, England, for the first time. He is a son of a Freuen professor, Hartog of the Jews' College. Thc question whether he can be made a Bachelor of Arts, omitting the Christian form of oath, is yet to bo decided. -Miss cha wo, the English governe ss of the young Prince Imperial of Franoe (whom that young gentleman told his mother that he loved bettor than her, and was pru i ?cd thereupon for bis truthfulness), has just bfeen married to M. Thiery, an old captain oi'tVs guard at? tached to the court. -The Prince of Wales at Berlin has just been invested with the order of the Black ' Eagle. King Frederiok William officiated in , person, expressing to the hoi. of England's throne his satisfaction at giving to the son the very collar worn by bis father, and receiving i his oath of fidelity to Prussia. -Tho new and famous 'French newspaper, the Gaulois, has been forbidden salo in the ' streets by the Minister of tho Interior, because i of a clever article by Edmond About, describ? ing a dialogue between "the Saint Charle- ' magne, former Emperor by tu?? grace of God, , and tho Prince Imperial, future ditto, if it pleases ditto." The dialogue is very sharp . ' -It seems that M. Victor Hago has not finally settled on tho title wh?ou has boo n mentioned for his now novel, but now pu r poses to call it "L'flommo qui Hit." It is said 1 that this cannot be expressed ii*. English, and the translators are i a dospah. M. Hu aro bas been appealed to, but refuses to mike another chango, and advises that die ?teucli title bo retained in the English edition^ in thc caso of "Lea Misera bios." a -Bleeding, once a favorite pr? -;tico in France, has now decidedly gone oat of fashion. At the central bureau of the moS ?xl establish- ? ments for mi.i g the department* of what is called "L'Assistance Publique,11' 6151 prescrip? tions and 1513 verbal consultation -J were givon in tba year 1807. jptHTof ^^ot&iW|?eath.)ro wore only two in['walch blesdnig wa^fRslribod. In the year 1852, the number of cases in wh ich bleeding was prescribed was 1256. - In th? Bank of England sixty folio volumes or lsdgeis are daily filled With writing in keep? ing the accounts. To produce tho JO sixty vol? umes, the paper having been previously manu - faotured elsewhere, eight men, three steam presses, and two hand presses are continually kept geing within the bank. In the copper? plate printing departments, 23,000 bank notes are thrown off daily, and so accurately is the number indicated by machinery that to purloin a single note without deteotion is an impossi? bility. -Tho storms in Great Britain, at the be? ginning of February, have oxceedod any simi? lar events for a long time past. The loss of life was very great. Some of the principal streets of the City of Cork wore from three to four feet deep in water. The traffic on the Hues of railway on both sides of the river L ee, on which Cork is built was stopped, tho rails having been submerged, and several breaches were made in tho Queenstown direct Une. At Youghal the sea broke over the railway, des? troying a portion of the station, overturning wagons, making serious breaches in the.perma? nent way. Part of Queenstown ie also under water. . -Daring a rocont visit of the Chinese Em - bassy to the Jariin dea Plantes in Paris, one of the mandarins was standing with his baok to a cage wherein was cont mod a chimpanzee. The Chinaman's pigtail hung temptingly down his back; the malicious animal saw his advan? tage, seized the tail, and palled it towards him, drugging the head of the unfortunate man against the bars of the oage. Tue orowd shrieked with laughter; tho captivated own er of the pigtail shrieked with pain; threats and menaces were used to no purpose-the animal would not let go bis hold on his prey until a keeper carno to the rese?e with his oane. Onoe released, the Chinaman repaired the disorder of his toilet, aid then joined the suite, cheered by a hilarious if not a sympathetic orowd. -A memorial to Queen Victoria was pre? sented on December 23d, 1868, from the Bish? ops of the Irish branch of the United Church of England and Ireland, praying that the same hberty of meeting in convocation should be granted as is enjoyed by the English dioceses. The Irish Bishops plead for thin liberty on the ground that measures affecting the welfare of the Church are pending, and that they should be enabled in a regular and constitutional mari' nor to deliberate and express their judgment on the subject, and in case ohanges are made to give their advice. The latest foreign mails bring the answer to this petition in the shape of a communication from the Cabinet. Tue reply is very brief, and states that the govern? ment, after mature consideration of the me? morial, do not feel justified in advising her Majesty to accede to its prayer. -A fellow who has boen shaved in China says that the harbor Drat stropped the razor on his le/, and then did the shaving without any lather. The can tonier remonstrated, but was told that lather was'entirely useless, and had a tendency to make th? hair stiff and tough, and was, therefor?, never used by per? sons who had any knowledge of the face and its appendages. After tho beard had been taken off-and it was done in a vor y short tune-the barber to. k a long, st?arp, needle shaped spoon, and began to examine his cus? tomer's ears. He brought up from numerous little crevices bits of wax and dirt that had been accumulating since childhood. The bar? ber suddenly twisted bis subject's neck to one side in anon a manner that it cracked as if the vertebras had been dislocated, "Hold on I" shouted the party, alarmed for the safety of his neck. "All right," replied tho tensor, "me no hurt you;" and he continued to Jerk and twist the nock until it waa limbor aa an old woman's dish rag. He then falito beating the baok, breast, arms and aldea with bi? fists, and pummelled the mnaolea until they fairly glow? ed with the beating they had received. He then dashed a buoket of cold water over his man, dried the akin with towels, and declared tibet his work waa done. Prioe two cent?. JKtirritfc. RIGG**-BEACH.-St Oranaer-urg, OD the 18th in ?tant, by the Kev. W. 8. BOWMAN. HENRY H. RIGGS and LOULIE M., seooud daughter ef the lite A. M. BRACH, of Orangeburg, Soutb Carolina. No cards. * ($bituari). SLOAN.-Departed this ur? on tbs 25th Bee?RI ber, UHJS, at Charleston. H. C., Mrs. O. RI. SLOAN, wile of J. R SLOAN, in tho thirty-third year of her age, her infant child having proceded her but a few day?. Upon the mother's bosom rests the sucking babe, while the arm J of Death encircle botb in cold tm brace. Oh I what a solemn sceno at the final hour to lay both down to rest f it that loner sleep whose only waking ls in the resurrection morn; and yet what consolation we havo in our bereavement, to know that sho waa a pure and devout Christian, humbly walking in tho ways and barring with ultimate hope Ute Cross of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. "Tell us, O Death 1 why does thy touch awaken buch .hnnkifcg awe within the trembling heart ? Why, when beloved ones from our gaea are taken. Do we with sorrow weep from them to part ? "Is it w?? mourn that from this world of sadness Our cherished ones are early called away, To that fair home where all isjoy and gladness. And night is banished by eternal day ? "Wore they not with us as some precious treasure, Li ut by a T A I HRH to Bis children's care ? Doth Hs not prize our jewels above measure, When HE would choose them in His crown to wear ? "Will they not grace (ho glorious realms of Heaven, Far bette.- than this darkened world be.ow ? Is not their strug de o'er, th? victory given, Shah not their spirits joy forever know ? "Let us think of them as in quiet slumber. Within tbe church-yard's sweet and solemn st ade, Where rest m glorious hope a counticss number. O'er Sin and Death through CHRIST victorious ?made. "There ie a ho' e that we may fondly cherish, To meet ere long oefore JEHOVAH'S throne. Dear ones for whom our love can never perish. And though m Heaven, we still may call our own. .1 hough on each brow a glorious crown bo gleam? ing. Though changed each face, and clothed with ra? diance bright, ifet from the heart shall Love's warm rays be streaming. To moot and recognize each form of light. Oh I joy, for mortal knowledge post the power, When those long par ed shall unite again, PVherc all is posee, nor clouds of sorrow lower, And fill tho weary heart with tears and pain. '1 hen let us hope, with humble faith believing, 1 ho veil of flesh shall soon be drawn aside, ind all tho loveliness ot Heaven revealing. GOD to His perfect rest our souls shall guide. " * Special lotias. tar HONEST MEN AUE EASILY BOUND, mt you can never bind a knave. PLANTATION BITTERS euro? Dyspepsia. Eeop no more cats in tho house th m will catch n'.oe. PLAN CATION BITTERS cures Fever and Ague. War makes thieves, and Peaca haugs them. PLANTATION BU TEES cures Liver Complaint ind Nervous Headache. Time SH a file that wears and makes no noise . PLANTATION BI HERS cures the effects of Dis - ipatlon and Late Hours. Better have ono plough going than two cradle?. PLANTATION BITTERS are an antidote to change >f Water and Diet. Fools and obstinate people make lawyers rich. PLANTATION BIT lERS Purify, StrenrUieh an d hvigorate. A kind wife makes a faithful husband. MAGNOLIA WATXR.-Superior to tbe best imported 1er man Cologne, and sold at half th? price. February 23 tuthsS 46T SA.RA.IOGA "A" 8PRING WATER. Jaratsga, in the Sta? o of New York, is one of the nost remarkable mineral reservoirs upon the surface )f the globe. Within an area of a mile in diameter ire some thirty mineral springs-no two of tbem nike. In tome of the waters, Chloride of Sodium predominated; in others, Iodine, Magnesia, Sulphur, Chalybeate, kc. The beneficial effects of som o of hese waters, as medicinal agents, are known hroughout tho civilized wo.ld. Probably one hun Ired thousand persons visit these Springs annually. Many hundred thousand bottles of the water are ransported and consumed in the various localities if tho country. The SARATOGA "A." SPRING WATER is pro? bably the most effective mineral water found en ii th er continent. It will be observed that it has ten K>r cent grea ter mineral properties than the cele? brated Congress Spring; four times that of Baden Baden of Austria; five timos that of A ix la Chap die n Prussia; twice that of Yichy in France; nearly three times greater than the renowned Seltzer of 3ermauy; and equally over thc Spas of Bath, Eng? land, and Eissengen - r Bavaria. The reputation of thia water is based upon its affects in diseases of the stomach, Uver, bowels, ddnevs, and spleen, and acts with wonderful bene it in cases of Cbronio Dyspepsia, Constipation, travel, Gout, Scrofula, Cutaneous Affections, Gene . cl Lethargy, Soreness, and Prostration of the sys sem. I I The valuoof mineral waters has been prized and | c icVnowledged by medical men since the earliest } vbTzatiou. A celebrated author ty ?aye: "The vir? ales of mineral waters have been best shown in the reatmeut oi obscure and chronic diseases." Agent for the Saratoga "A" Spring Wa ter, JOHN F. HENRY, No. 21 Park Row, New York. Sold in Charleston, S. C., bv G. W. AIMAR, W. K. S KEINE, RAOUL & LYN AH, A. W. ECKEL k 30. and E. H. KELLtRS k CO. Fe bruary 26_DAP_tnthseowamos ga-THE SEEDS OF SICKNESS. -BARON Munchausen tehs a stoty of a post-boy's horn, wnioh had a number of wicked tunes blown into it >ne frosty night but made no response. Nov ortho ess, when it was hang before a hot fire, the tunes, ?vhlok had been frozen in, thawed out, to the unazement of all proa -nt. Just so the human sys ?rn, subjected to injurious influences during the Vinter, sometimes give no token of the effeot they lave produced upon lt until the moist atmosphere >f spring develops their fruit Many spring diseases tra the result of winter imprudences, and great and ispeolal oivo should be take? of the system in the .old season, so that it may be in a sound and vigor DUB condition when the malarious fogs of March and April make their appearance To thii end, strength m the ?tomaoh and the general organization at tels Mason with HOSIETTER'S BITTE lt 8. Take thia pleasant vegetable antidote in advance of the uprls. ing of the mephiiio mists snd vapors, which pro luos shills and fever, and other miasmatio diseases. Rr member that it n a preventive m edi eins-as pow artul to protest aa io res toro. Tho stomaoh is apt to be overtaxed at this time of the year. It is a period levo t?d to dinner and supper parties, and luxurious lt viu i generally. Foin ting sud late hom M weaken the d i go ti vo organs and disorder the liver. '1 ho of? test of the Bitter? is to Invigorate the one and regu? late tbs other, lhere le no month in the twslv e when a tonie and alto all vo ls moro generally need than in this, and lhere is no preparation >f that na? ture so thoroughlv salubrious, so bracing, and so ontiroly free from uoduo exciting properties as this celebrated vegetable cordial, february 20 Oto . . ?rESSAYS FOR YOUNG If BN.-ON IBfi Errors a*4 abuses U?Klent to Youth and Early Man? hood, with tho humane vlsw of treatment and cure, sent by mail irse et okerge. Address HOW ABD ASSOCIATION, BoxP, Philadelphia, Pe. jtRnaryao_ MT ERRORS OF YOUTH_A GENTLE? MAN who sutfered for years ?rom Nervous Debility, Prom ?turo Decay, end all the eSsots of you hf ul in? discretion, will, for th? cake of suffering humar.it}, send free to all who neel it, th? reoeipt and direc? tions for making the simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by UM advarHs ar's experience, cen do so by addressing, in ported confldonco, JOHN B. OODBJf, No. ?a Ced SM treet, MewYoa*. Februarys ***** Special Ktfttrej. ?6T CHARLES' LONDON CORDIAL GIN, OR PURE LIQUOR, OF JUNIPER BERRIES.-Titi s favorite brand of PURK LONDON CORDIAL GIN bas stood the test ot timo, imitation, piracy, high tariffs and unfair competition, and still enjoys a con . ?tautly increasing sale; showing that true merit does not always go unappreciated. CHART.FS* LONDON COliSIALG?N Is offered to the public as a porfectly roUablo speci? fic iu ai! casos or Diseased Bladder aud Kidneys. It acts directly on those organs, with a directness and speediness, which render it invaluable to portons suffering from Gravel, Diabetes, Iuflamed Bl?dd er, scanty and highly-colored uriue, and in all cases where, from whatever cause, a healthful diuretic is required. Ladies subject to painr,ilmenstruation, can by ?ne ?se of CORDIAL GIN a few days previous to and during illness obtain great relief. In mich instances lt should be taken with sugar and warm water. As a tonio and beverago this GIN is unequalled, as lt possesses none of the headache properties to be Toond in those poisons, now too frequently sold un ier the names of Gin, Brandy. Whiskey, &c. JOHN F. HENRY, Sole Importer, Ne. 21 Park Row, New York. For sale in Charleston, South Carolina, by E. H. SELLERS k CO., RAOUL k LYNAH, W. A. 3KBINE, G. W. AIMAR and A. W. ECKEL k CO. Feb nary %i DAC tuthseo?v3mos AST ALL DEMANDS AGAINST THE schooner NARRAGANSETT, Edgar Meeter, must je rendered in duplicate, at our office, before Twelve /clock noon, THIS DAT or thoy will be debarred layment. J. A. RN8LOW & CO., Agents, February 23 1 No. 141 Hast Bay. ?^-CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP JU A M PION, from New York, are hereby notified hat she is discharging cargo at Adger's Wharf THIS >AY. Goods remaining en the wharf at sunset; will ie stored at expense and risk of owners. JAMES A DOER k CO., February 23_1 _Agents. ?ST NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.-STtfiAM IBD? MAGNOLIA is THIS DAT discharging cargo tYanderhorst's Wharf. AU goods remaining on rbarf at sunset will bo stored at risk and expense f Consignees. RAVENEL& CO., February 22 ? 2 Agents. ?6TST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH_AN ELEC? TION will bo held next week for a Contralto Voice in lie Choir of this Church, Applicants will leave lielr letters at once with February 19 JAME-t R, PRINGLE. ?STN OTICE.-HAVING PURCHASED OUT Jr. RUBEbT TUT f^E'8 interest, all his personal roperty, and his interest in tho Pinovillo store at L ftcphrn'e, as P. F. DAVIS 4c CO., I hereby ap lOtnt him my Agent to transact my business, to pur haso good?, collect debts, and receipt for me in all usin?es transactions. Feburary 1, 1869. PHILIP F. DAVI8. February 18 thtu4* AS-J. S. MARUN (LATE GRUBER & IARPIN), will be pleased to soe his friends and ous jmersatWM.8. CORWIN k CO., No. 275 King txoet, between Wentworth and Beaufain. ?ST RECEIVER'S NO TICE. -THE UNDER IGNED, having boen appointed Receiver of the tte firm of DAWSON k BLACKMAN, hereby give3 lotice that all claims against said firm muat be pre ente*, to him, and all persons indebted must mako layment to JNO. T. HUMPHREYS, ' January 13 No. 27 Broad-street. ?BT THE CELEBRATED W. S. C. CLUB lOUSE GIN, pure, soft and unequalled-W. s. COU VTN k CO., Sole Agents. Medical men of the high? st standing acknowledge that Gin, in l's pure state, ina great medical properties. We therefore place he CLUB HOUSE GIN before the public with the xeatest coafldeaee, and more particularly to those rho use it medicinally, a* an article that only re? ptiles to be known ta o ] toperly appreciated. ?3T Bl 60 per bottle - 5 per case. ?-THE EXTENT TO WHICH IHE ADUL? TERATION of Liquor? is carried on in this ceun ry makes it the duty of the purchaser to investi? gate the merits of the article offered for sale. K is a veil known taut that many of the Brandies, Wines, Icc, ace manufactured from fren uh Extracts, Essen lal Oils and Alcohol, whieh is poisonous, thereby iauslng many injurions effects. The publia is justly suiploious of nearly every bing put up for sale under the name of Liquors, and be trade has been brought into disrepute, and in irder to insure te those who desire a Pure Article, it s only necessary for us to say that we Import Direct ill Brandiss, Wises and Gins, and warrant them per eetlypure as originally imported. AU Bottled Liquors bearing the labels of W. S JORWIN k CO., eau he relied apon as being pur*. ?STPurehasers should no ice that the Paper Oap iver the ?erk ls not broken. We pay for Bottles that lave our labels en, One Dollar par dozen, when re urred. 49"ALL ARTICLES SOLD PROM THE istablishmentof WM. 8. CORWIN k CO., No.-275 I ag-srreet, between Wentworth and Beaufain, are >f the FIRST QUALIIY. They sell co goods but what an be warranted as PURR AND GENUINE. This ls n eatabUsbed stet._z_ ?STTO CONSUMPTIYJBS.-THE ADVER? TISER, having been restored to health in a few reeks by a very simple remedy, after having suffered overal years with a sever* lung affection, and that read disease Consumption, is anxious to make novo to ali fellow-sufferers the means of cure. Te all who desire it, he wUl sond a copy of the pre? emption rued (free of charge), with the directions or preparing sad using the same, whieh they will Ind a sure eure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchi? tis, ?tc. The objoot of the advertiser in sending the inscription is tc benefit the afflicted, and spread in ormstion which he conceives to be invaluable; and ie hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, as it wiU oat tassa nothing and stay provo a biassing. Partios wishing the prescription will p?sate ?d? rese Rev. HDWARD A WILSON, Williamsburg, Kings County, New York. February 8 8moe ?STWE ARE CONSTANTLY RECEIVING rom tho Moy uno Districts of China the choicest hops of GREEN AND BLACK TEAS of new reasons, rhicb are unrivalled for their strength and delicacy f flavor. We warrant our TUAS to be pure and nn dul tera ted, and to give general satisfaction. As we re coastantly ia receipt of largo cargoes of Teas, we ro enabled to offer to the public the finest chops at pries that many dealers ofter inferior Toast, a rial mid comparison will at once prove th passer lon, sad lt only remains for the pubUo to judge for uemselvea. Wal. S. CORWIN li CO., No. 276 Klng-s'reet ?ar B/VICHELOR'S HAIR DYE.-THIS plendld Hair Dye ls th best m the world; the ni y true and perfect Dye; harm lest, reliable, istantancons; no disappointment; no ridiculous isla; remedies the IU effects of bad dyea; lnvigo ates and leaves the hair soft and beautiful black or irown. ?Old by ?U Druggists and Perfumers; sad iroperlv applied at Batchelors Wig Factory, No loan-street. New, Vori tyr January 8 g^OLMKB ?ft MACBtCTII, So. 86 Brosd-itreet, Charleston, fe. C., BROKERS, AUCTIONEERS, RHALESTATE ARD 3KNERA?4 COMMISSI*!! A GUESTS. Will atttend to Renting and Collecting of Bents ind purchase and sao of b tor as, Bonds, Gold, Uiver and Heai Estai e. ALSO. To th? Purchase of Goods and Suppl iee ihr parlies n tbs country ?poa reasonable terms. ?Sorte? u Hoi.MKS.AUEKAHOKB MACBETH Jan in ry 1 _ MW CHARLESTON D:sisr,XAX, DEPOT flo. ?V? Itllttt-STKIflBT, GOLD AND TIM FOIL, AMALGAM*, MiMBBAL I BETH, Stool Gooda, and every article used by thc Datadla*. too Januars 27 EXCURSIONS AROUND TH IC HARBOR. THE FINK, FAST SAILING AND OOM* 'FORT-.ULY appointed Yacht ELEANOR ?.will resume her trips to historic pointe in .the harbor, and will loavo Government Wh?rf daily ot Tem A. M. and Three P. M. For Passage apply to THOMAS YOUNG, December 18 3noo (IEF' M?I, on board F?ll HON TON, , TH H PAOKEV STEAMSHIP AL? LIANCE, TILUBEN Master, will have "dispatch, after arrival, for the above ..-fc? port. For engagements apply to H. F. BAKER lc CO., February 23 2 No. 2 J Cumberland-street. ?KW YORK ANO CW ARLES TON STEAMSHIP LINK. FOR NEW YORK TBE SPLENDID SIDE WHEEL STEAMSHIP JAMES ADGER, LOCK? WOOD, Commander, will leave Ad? or'? Wu arl on WEDNESDAY, the 24th instant, at 4 o'clock P. M. Freight Bills Lading given to Boston and Provi? dence, R. I. No Bills Lading signed after departure of steamer. 83g~ Insurance can be obtained on these steamers at M per cent. For Freight or Passage, having splendid cabin accommodations, apply to JAMES ADGER * GO., Corner Adger's Wharf and gant nay (Up Stairs). US' The steamship CHAMPION wiU follow on SATURDAY, tbe 27th instant, at 4 o'clock P. M. February 23 1 FANT FUtOI?HT E.INK; TO AND FROM BALTIMORE, PHILADEL? PHIA, WASHINGTON CITY, WILMINGTON, DEL., CINCINNATI, OHIO. ST. LOUIS, MO., AND OTHER NORTHWESTERN CITIES. LEAVING EACH PORT EVERY 6xH DAY. FALCON.JBSSE D. HORLEY, Commander. SKA GULL.N. P. DUTTON. Oom avoider. MARYLAND.J. V. JOHNSON, Commander. THE FAVORITE AND SWIFT Steamship FALCON, JESSE D. HOR? SEY Commander, will ?ail for Balti? more on THURSDAY, 26th instant, at 3 o'clock P. M., from Pier No 1. Onion Wharves. I he SEA GULL, Captain DUTTON, will follow on 2d March. For Freight or passage, apply to COURTENAY k TR BN HOLM, February 22_4_Union Wharves. FOR NEW YORK. REG ULAR LINE ?VER Y THUR8DA T. PASSAGE nKUtCED TO Sit?. ff tZtlmiL THE SIDE WHEEL STEAMSHIP JoF?f?ffiSi MAGNOLIA, Captain CHOWELL, will J-??' iU'Ji&Si leaVi Vundertiorst'? Whan on THURS -wysesSEEfc. DAY, February 25th, at 4 o'clock P. M. February 22_RAVENEL k CO.. Agents, FOR PHILADELPHIA . ?js THE STEAMSHIP PROM ETHE. UH' CU*' AIU *. B- C:RAY, will leave North Atlantic Wharf tor PhtladeW i phia on TUESDAY AFXBRHOON, Feb? ruary 23 at - o'clock. Insurance can be obtained on this steamer at % per ( eut For Freight apply to JOBN & THEO. GUTTY, February 22 a_North Atlantic Wharf. FOR LIVERPOOL. CHARLESTON AND LIVERPOOL STEAMSHIP LINE. MB THE F1R->T-CLAS8 IRON 8GREW ^'Steamship GOLDEN HORN, R. J. Bx.AOKi.rN Master, having one-half .her cargo engaged and going on board, will meet with dispatch for the above portr to sail on o> about the '20th instant. -v For Freight engagements apply to February 9_ROBT. MURE k CO. TH AV K.l. K.KS PASSING THROUGH CHARLESTON EN ROU CE TO FLORIDA, AIKEN And other places, should not fal to lay in their supplies of PROVIS . IONS, CLARETS, CHAMPAGNES CORDIALS, BRANDISH, WHIS KIES, WINES, CANNED MEATS, SOUPS, kc. Pates of Wild Game, Deviled Entremets, Ham, Turkev, Lobster, otc, for Luncheons, sandwiches, Travelers' Repast, kc. jMrSeud for a catalogue. WM. S. CORWIN k CO., No. 275 Kingr-staeet, Between Wentworth and boa main, Charleston, S. G. Branch of No. 900 Broadway, corner 20th street, New York._Octobera8 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMI? Y'S THROUGH TJINU. TO CALIFORNIA. CHINA AND JAPAN. FREIGHT AND PASSAGE AT GREATLY RM DUG ED RATES I - STEAMERS OF THE ABOVE line leave Pier No. 42, North River, -'??^j^&aJa foot of ConaVstroet, New York, a ..^?atJkt^m.- 12 o'clock noon, of the 1st, 9th, 10th and 24th of every mouth (ozcopt when these dates fall en Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of 1st and 24th connect at Panama with steamers for South Pacifia and Central American ports. Those of 1st touch at Manzanillo. Departure of 9th ot each month connects with the new steam line from Panama to Australia and New Zealand. Steamship GREAT REPUBLIC leaves San Fran? cisco ter China and Japan April 3. 1889. No California steamers toucta at flavaaa, but go direct from New Turk to AapinwalL One hundred pounds baggage free ta each adult, Medicine and attendance free. For Passage rickets or iurther infero.? don apply at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, ou the wharf, foot of Canal-street, North River, New York, March 14_lyr_F. R. BABY, Agent. FOR GEORGETOWN. S. C., AND LANDINGS OM THE rB&DSE RIVER. THE STEAMER EMILIE, CAPT. _ ISAAC DAVIS, WH rees! ve Freight THIS DAY at south Commercial Wbar1', and leave as above to-MORROW (Wednesday, Monifato, 24th inst, ?to o'clock. Returning, will leave Georgetown on FUDAY MORNINO, 26th instant. Freight for Landings on the Peedee River will bo transferred to Steamer GEN. MANIGAULT, at Gtoorgetown. All Freight prepaid. No Freight receive d after sunset. SHACK ELFORD k KELLY, Agents, February 28 1 No. 1 Boy .e's Wharf. FOR EDISTO. ROCKVILLE, ENTERPRISE, HUTCHINSON AND FENWICK ISLANDS AND WaY LANDINGS. THE Sa. EA M ER ST. HELENA, 'Captain JAMBS G. Roncar, will re? stive Freight I ms DAY and leave THURSDAY Momx Of? at a o'clock, and Edi R?O SAAUBDAY M ORMINO at i o'clock. # For Freight er Passage apply on board er to JOME H. MURRAY, Mamet Wharf. The steamer leaves again MONDAY Montano at 6 y clock, and JUisto same day ata o'clock P. M. February 83_1. INLAND ROUTE. THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA. ?HARLEM ION AND M AV ANN AH ST?AM PACKET LINE, VIA EDI? CO, BEA?*OB T AND HILTON HEAD, CONNECT! WITH THE ATLANTIC AND GULF RAlLRO*D ANO CONNECTIONS FOR ALL POINTS IN FLORIDA, THE fr IN Li, FAST STEAMER _ PILOT BOY. Captain FEHN PICK, will leave Charleston en MONDAY and 1 HUSSDAY Moav isofl at Fight o'clock Returning, will leave savannah TUESDAY Monmnas at Hight o'okx-k, and FRIDAY Arrana OOH at Two o'clock, tombing at ?disto on IHURHOAY trip from Charleston, ac tfleveu A. M., and leaving Ec is to at Niue A. M , SATURDAYS, on re? turn trip. The steamer will touch at GLisolm's, each way. everv two weeks, oommenolng with trip of Febru? ary 18th. For Freight or Passage applv to JOHN FERGUSON, February ld _ Accomm adation Wharf. FOR i'AliATKa, FtOltlOA, VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA AND JACKSON VILLI. THE FIBST-0A8S STEAM?? J DICTATOR, Captain L. M. Cooma*. Charleston ever., tuesaay Enning, at Eight ?'clock, for the above point?. The first-class steamer OIT? POINT, Captain Wat T. MONBXTY, will tail from Chfttleston every Satur amy Evening, mt Eight o'clock, tor aoovc pomts. Connecting with the Central Railroad at savannah for Mobile and Ne?' Orleans', and with toe Florida Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at whioh Kint steamers coan ?et with New Orleans, Mobile, asac?la. Key West and ll?vana. Through Billa Lading given for 'J .'dight to Mobile, Pensacola and New Orleans. Both tttamers connecting with H. S. Hurt's steam? ers Odem*** ?ad GriMnJvr Silver Spring* and Lakes, Griffin. Rushs, Harris and Durham. Ail freiat't o yaole on tho wharf. Goods not removed at sunset will be stored at rt?? and expenso ol owners. For Freight or Pawage engagemot t, apply to J. D. AIKEN k co., Agenta, ?out?. Atlantic Wharf. K. B.-No extra charge for Meals and Staterooms. November ai