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VOLUME VIL-NUMBER 1093. CIIAKLESTON, S. C., MONDAY MORNING, MAHCH 1, 1869. SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM BY TELEGRAPH. HE MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL CON? VENTION. MEMPHIS, May 21-Tho Coimnitteeon Direct rade with Europe reported yesterday in favor f tho formation of hue? from Southern port*, hieb should bo supported by subscription, ho committee approved of the scheme inau jurated by tho Norfolk Convention foi a lino ?etwcon Norfolk and Liverpool. Many letters and telegrams were read from jistinguished persons regretting their ab pnee and endorsing tho work n't cady done. A .?patch was received from General Beaure Pirel, tendering a freo passage to and frcftn ew Orleans to tho Commercial Convention, the following dispatch waa received in regard Ec- the Southern Paeific Railroad : NEW YORK, May 21 1869.-Our most cordial thanks to yourself and friends for thc act iou of the convention. Our bonds are quoted nt tho Paris Exchange at 79 in gold. J. C. FRLMONT, for Directors. Tho Committee on Levees have made an elaborate report, showing tho uoooosity of government aid. Thc Banking Committee re? port in favor of a redistribution or an expansion of the currency, so as to give tho Wost and South their due proportion of circulation. The convention favors the reduction of the in? terest on tho national debt by means consis? tent vtith a fiithful discharge of the country's duties to its creditors. A resolution recom? mending all Stated to repeal the usury laws .was adopted. Tho Committee on Commerce. Manufacturing and Mining reported in favor of the States freeing from taxation capital invested in work developing the resources of the country. Speeches were made in favor of improvement in the matter of transportation as beyond tho reach of tho machinations of the bulls and bea's. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, May 21.-The President has appointed Felix Costo the surveyor of customs it St. Louis. Alfred Sanford supervising in? spector of steamboats in the Fourth District. ?. M. Sheibly, postmaster al Rome, Georgia. W. H. Howard declines the Chinese mission, ind takes a position on the Wisconsin Rail? road. Tne day for the Mississippi elections will not >e named until after the Virginia elections, al? though both will probably take place in August. L. C. Norvell is the Republican candidate for Governor. 7udge Lewis Dent, brother-in-law of the Presided, will assist Norvell in the cam? paign. The following assignments as superintend? ents of Southern Indians have been made : Choctaws and Chickasaws. Major J. M. Craig; Creeks, Captain G. S. Olmsted; Cherokees, Captain Warren. There was a full Cabinet meeting to-day. Two negroes have been appointed lo clerk? ships in the Revenue Department, and the Police Commissioners have appointed negro, Ellice. Judi" o Bassett, the negro minister to ayti, visited the Secretary of State, and will receive his instructions m a few days. Douglass, the negro printer employed by Clapp. aDOlied to 'Simon Wolf, tho Register of needs, for a clerkship, saying that, an con? sequence of tho Combinations entered into by the Printers' Unions throughout the country, be is unable to obtain employment. Simon Wolf has given a favorable answer, and says that he is particularly happy at having the op? portunity. * The President has announced that the Eight;" Hour law involves no reduction in ^i?es. EUROPE. IRELAND. DUBLIN, May 21.-The Grand Lodge of Orangemen have petitioned the Queen against the disestablishment of the Irish Church. FRANCE. PARIS, May 21.-The French elections con? tinue more or less disorderly. Since the 12th, one hundred and forty-nine arrests have been made for creating political disturbances-only seventeen of whom have been discharged. At Ni?mes the people sang the Marsellaise. The Kleon at Bourses was forced, and blood shed the department of Aube. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. The steamship Australia ls in port at Key West, repairing her boiler. " At the Old Schcol Assembly of Presbyterians held at New York, yesterday, a committee of ten was appointed to confer with a similar New Behool committee on the subject of reunion. Dr. Fowler, a warm advooate of reunion, was chosen Moderator by a vote of 122 to 93. THE ENGLISH SERMON TBADE,-The trade Esermons ( manuscript sermons sold to clergy en for use in the pulpit) is an English Institution, as nowhore else do wo see them so Freely advertised. This trade, we are told by [he English journals, has grown enormously Within a few years. Tho newspapers which circulate more especially among the clergy of the English i stablish mont s bave legnl?rly contained ad vert i.,ena ont s offering original, striking and orthodox manuscript sermons for salo, and the fact of their extensive advertise? ment shows that they are extensively used. Upon this subject the Observer of this city truthfully remarks that in this country it would impair, if not destroy, any man's useful? ness in the ministry if it were known that he depended upon others in any way for his dis? courses, and the grossness of the evil seems to bo working a cure abroad. Within a few weeks a private circular has informed the clergy in England that a periodical to be made up entirely of sermons is about to be issued, its sale being limited to gentlemen in holy orders. This is foll lo bo pushing the system too far, and the project seems likely to bring about a strong reaction. The Guaidian, which bas been in tho habit of publishing advertise? ments of tim kind, declared U.at it will do so io more. Tho Guardian says : "Ii' tho laity ince come to the conclusion that preachers are lommonly indebted to others tor their ser? rions, few clergymen will be above suspicion. )nly thc very able or very industrious will bo ble to defy the huggestion that they, too. lavo gone into the market fora discourse, ana Itaint of insincerity will attach to hundreds of xcellent clergymen who havo dono nothing to ?serve it. For our own part wo have deter lined net to lend our advertising columns to a ystcm which wo aro unable to defend. We ill at least practice, at a loss to ouraelvesj .hf t we pr?-ach." THE FALL OF THE FEMALE BLOND?N.-The jOndon Shipping and Mercantile Gazette says : On Tuesday evening an intensely exciting ceno was witnessed at Bolton. In connection nth Mr. Pablo Fanque's circus, tho "Female londin" had been announced for an out oor performance. She was to walk along a >pe lixod from tho third story of the Old Cor nation Mills to the top of the circus, the eight cf the rope being about sixty feet, and he distance some eighty feet. About half .ast seven tho ..Female Blond?n" entered the Coronation Mills, which are being pulled down, and ascended the rope. She sauntered along it for a few feet vith a light nu : easy step, but at about ill teen feet from where she started there was a largo ugly knot on the rope seve? ral inches long. She essayed to cross it and then turned back. In a moment, however, she resumed her perillous journey,amid the breath? less anxiety of thousands "who stood sixty feet beneath ber. She approached the knot cau? tiously, crossed it, but Inst as her last foot was leaving it she stumbled. At once she threw her pole to tho crowd below, and with a despe? rate effort sho grasped the rope. She is a strong, muscular woman, and exerted herself greatly to regain a position on the rope, but aug suspended by tho hands. The wildest excitement prevailed amongst the spectators. There were loud cries of '?lower tne rope," which rvas done, but only for a very few feet. "With more speed than it can be told, a great number of mon massed themselves together at the plazo over which she hung by the rope, .tod begged her to let go and tall. She did so and was caught by thom, and although tho Ai atanco she foll WAS almost fifty feet, she ous Wned no injury beyond tb? fright anda ?hoke. sou Ul CAROLINA AND Jill: WIIST. 0 THE IMPORTANT RAILROAD MEETING IN CINCINNATI. THE CLAIMS OF CHARLESTON ?NB SOUTH CA nor INA. Spci'CiicH by Governor Scot!, General Harrison. .T. fi. Lafitte, K. D. J* I nu . ii': ! il encl Others. Tho meeting of tho Railroad Committees of the Oily Council, Chamber of Cjinmorce and Board of I rado, which took pla'O in Cincinnati on Saturday last, wa*1 the largest that had bee? hold in c Mined ?on with the vitally impoitatit question af a railroad to connect Cincinnati with the Southern railroad system. There were present Governor Scott, ot South Carolina; J. B. Lafitte and S. G. Trott, of Charleston; General W. Harrison, President, and Colonel J. P. Low, Chief Engineer of the Blu? Ridge Railroad; Mayor M. D. Reardon, Hon. Juba ll. Crozier and V. H. Sturm, of Jiuoxville; Colonel C. M. McGhoc, of tho East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad (Knoxville to Chattanooga;) Colonel Adrian Torry, Engineer of the Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad; Dr. J. W. F. Parker, Wm. Harvey and Wm. Wood? cock, of Somer-et, Pulaski County, Kentucky; Colonel Gaw, of Chattanooga, representative of the routo Crom Chattanooga northwardly via Emory Gap, Chitwood, &c, bosidoB Mayor Torrence, members of tho City Council, prom? inent railroad men and citizens, who, during the morning session, completely packed the room. W. H. Harrison, Esq., chairman of the com? mittee, called the meeting to order at ten o'clock, and announced that they were again assembled to listes to propositions and sug? gestions from representatives from the South, who were interested in the projected Southern railroad. Colouel John H. Crozier, of Knoxville, was the first speaker in favor of the Knoxville route, and was followed by Colonel Terry, Chiot Ergineer of tho Knoxville and Kentucky Rail? road, who urged the claims of the Chattanooga route. SOUTH CA KOLI NA AND THE SEABOARD. Colonel John P. Low, Chief Engineer of tho Blue Ridge Railroad Company, next addressed the meeting. He said there were three main advantages offered to Cincinnati by a Southern railroad communication : 1. The extension of tho area to which she may supply her manufactured articles, the grain and provisions ior which-'she is a great market, and over which she may distribute goods. 2. A connection with South Atlantic ports; through which Bho may with advantage export and import. 3. A connection with Gulf porls for West In? dia trade. AH considerations ofpnblic policy and com? mercial interest, then, seem to unite io urging you by no means to neglect the Knoxville con? nection. We are net here to disparage the merits of other routes which are here advo? cated. If the means were at hand for their construction, all of those proposed could be built with advantages to your city beyond th? most extravagant statements which have .been made to you; but you can designate but one term i aus. Knoxville offers advantages which to einer p&k.t -?*ffiilMB8?S??-'.V'lTHfciffo-fr ?d windi flfafflLvbeeu admi|^HHH^aont!^n^)Ver8y, by tP?*??uo8t abltWf^gjRlar-seeiog" uusiness men a5U statesmen for lorty years during which the subject has been discussed. It appears th it you can secure the most im fiortant of the advantages that yon Beek by a ine or 112 miles less in length to build, and $3,000,000 cheaper thanjoy the line which would abandon Knoxville. CHABLESTON-CONDITION, HABBOB AND FUTURE PROSPECTS-?INCINNATT CHIEFLY INTERESTED IN CLOSE CONNECTION-SPEECH OF MR. LA? FITTE. J. B. Lafitte, Esq., of Charleston, was next called upon, and said that as those who had preceded bim had fully explained the advanta? ges of the Knoxville connection, so far as the distance and comparative cost were concerned, he would confine his remarks to the commer? cial advantages to be derived from a close con? nection witb the port of Charleston. Ho would, however, venture to express the decided opin? ion that should Knoxville bo selected as the Southern terminus of the Cincinnati Road, the Blue Ridge Railroad would be completed quito as soon as the former road would be built to the Tennessee State line. On the other hand, should Chattanooga be selected as the termi? nus, the Bine Bulgo Road would, he thought, be abaudoned. Tue people of South Carolina had pushed forward the work upon their road with much energy, so long as there was a rea? sonable prospect tnat Cincinnati would fulfil her part of the original agreement; and had the road te Knoxville have been completed, the Blue Ridge Road would long since have been finished to that point to meet them. The fiilure to complete the Blue Ridge Road long since was owing entirely to the apprehension of the people of the State that after completing it they would still be as far from reaching their much desired connection with the great North? west as they were at present. Ho Slid that since bis arrival in this city ho bad learned that the great object aimed at by the people of Cincinnati in building the pro? jected road was to command the interior trade ot the States lying south and east and south? west of this city, thereby offering new markets for her manufactures and surplus products, and making Cincinnati the great distributing point for supplying all those sections, which should naturally obtain their supplies from this centre. Be recognized the geographical position of Cincinnati as being such as to warrant her merchants in claiming for her the position of the great distributing centre for all the central part of our great country; but to accomplish this they must not only bo prepared to supply them with the articles of, her own manufacture, and with her surplus products, but must also be prepared to supply them with all other arti? cles they may need, whether of domestic or foreign production or manufacture. If you wish to make this city the great central distri? buting point of the country, you must ba pre? pared to sell to eveiy comer every artie'e he may need; for if you cannot do that, he must, of necessity, go to other markots where he can supply those wants, and in doing so will oe apt to make all of bis purchases there, to tho serions detriment of your trade in articles of your own product and manufacture. Cincinnati, being a port of entry, and already importing a considerable amount of goods from Europe, it is only necessary that she should open a communication with some Southern Atlantic port, through which she could import all ber foreign supplies at the lowest possible cost. He felt warranted in saying that no port would offer equal advantages with Charleston in this respect, and felt sure the more the mat? ter would be investigated, the more clearly wonld this he made manifest. Charleston, he claimed, had always been ac? knowledged to be tho cheapest port on the Southern Atlantic coast, and the ports in the Gulf could beor no comparison in this respect, as they were all much more expensive than the Atlantic ports. Freight? from the Gulf ports were as a rule much higher than from Charles? ton. For brief periods, and owing to excep? tional canses, this might not invariably be the case; but usually the difference of European freights was twenty-five per cent, in favor of Charleston, ad compared with the Golf ports, and lo A lea? extent as compared with other Southern Atitt?tio ports. The cause of this difference in freights wan the moderate expenses of ships visiting that Krt. Our bar is quito narrow, but so situated kt vessels need scarcely ever employ the ser? vices of a towboat; and when once over the bar. tho capacity of and depth of water in our harbor is auch that they can move about at will under sail alone. Tho depth of water at the heads our wharves being not less than forty to fifty feet. ? Our foreign export consisting principally of cotton, which la a bulky article, and our import being very small, lurga numbers of ships enter our port from Europe in ballast., and these ves sois would c?neequently he giftij totsJse freight from Curopo to Charleston at exceedingly Jo v rates. Anotiicr advantage Charleston was able to offer, was i:i tho fact that she possessed ware? houses, wharves n;id other t icilitios for several i iuies i he amount of trad . now passing through bet limi's. Before tho war wo received about 5:0,000 bales cotton and 110 OOO tierces ol rio. -, now those quantities ai e reduced to about 180, 000 biles and 30 000 tiercee. It is Imo thc tail? ing oll'in tho valuo of oitr?trude should not bo measured by these figures, as tho enhanced value of these articles, owiuar to their ditniu isitcd product.on, nearly or quito compensates for the falling oil' in qUHiitity. Cotton before the war usually ran .ed trom eight (8) to twelve (12) cents per pound; tim past season it bas ranged irom twenty-two (22) to tsveuty nine (2?) cents per pound. Itico usually sold at from l\>o and a half (2?) to three aud a half (3J) c.mts per pound; it lias for two years past ranged from seven to ten cents per pound. Nevertheless, having tho storage room, wharf room, and other facilities for handling the greater quantity, wo as a consequence, have flu; largest portion ot our wharves and storc hoiiH?s entirely nr,occupiod. their viluo has naturally become very greatly d< predated, aud they can now bo purchased or leased at a merely nominal price. You, thereloro, havo tho opportunity, if you desiro it, of becoming owners of som i of this propotty at tho present depressed valuation, or by using our port as thc ono through which to mak^ vour importa? tions, and to export your surplus products you can still reap tho full advantugo to be gained by tho reduced rates of storage and other charges. Liv.ng in Charleston is very cheap as com? pared with any othor seaport, aud the prico ot labor is, as a natural consequence, also very l6w. These aro but a few of the local advantages of? fered by Charleston as a seaport, to bo used by you aB -an entrepot for your exports and im? ports*, anti by building your road to Knoxville you may be in thc full enjoyment of them within less than two years froni this day. Somothing having boen taid in reference to the necessity of a connection with a Gulf port, in order to command tho trade of the West Indies, ho would remark that Charleston was practically nearer to the West Indies than any Gulf port. There was, perhaps, a small differ? ence in thc actual distance from Bomo of tho West India islands to Mobilo and New Or? leans, as compared with the distance to Charleston, but we are nearer to you, and whilst the cost cf land transportation is in? creased with every additional mile of distance, tho cost of transportation by sea was very Brightly affected by such addition. As a mat? ter of fact, however, freights to Charleston from the West Indies were lowe." thau to tho Guli* ports, owing to tho low rates of expenses, commonly called p"rt charges, to which your attention has already been call d. What 1ms been said of the West ludies is equally appli? cable to Bio de Janeiro and the other South American ports. The two great distributing points of Rio coffee for tho great West aro Bal? timore and Now Orleans. With a short line of railroad communicating to Charleston, there is no reason why Cincinnati should not com? pete successfully with both of those points in supplying at least a considerable portion ol the demand from this and all the adjoining States. Another important fact should not be over? looked, and that is the difference in the fates of insurance from Charleston, and to and from tho Gulf ports. Cotton is insured by first-class sailing ships from Charleston to Liverpool at ono per cent., with the usual discount; from New Orleans the tate by the same class ol ships is two and a half per cent., and from some of the other Gulf ports tho charge is even higher. The difference upon other pro? ducts and merchandise is, of course, in the same proportion. Th:3 difference of the rates of insurance also applies to the ships them? selves, and is another reason why freights to the Gulf aro, as a rule, much higher than to the Atlantic ports. We wouldalao call attention to the great ad? vantages offered by the port of Charleston, as a point of debarkation for the great tide of im migtation, which has done so much to build up tho wealth aud power of the groat West. Charleston, and he would add Savannah, are situated in a peculiarly favored latitude, be? ing to a great measure exempt from those terrifie gales which sweep over the North era Atlantic for about eight months in the year, and which are particularly severe in the winter season. Tho sufferincs of the immigrants by the Northern route must at times be terrible indeed, and many of them who have long since become valued citizens ol your State would bear willing testimony to what I havo said. Many of those who have more recently come among you could, no doubt, add to this many truthful relations of the troubles and losses they have encounter? ed before getting away from the cities at which they landed, lt is true that special laws have been enacted to protect the honest immigrant from the wiles of the "land sharks'1 who prey upon him; butin large cities it ic impossible to give them the protection that could easily be extended to them in a smaller community. Tho trip from Charleston to this point could be made at all times at less cost than from a Northern port, and in winter with mach leas discomfort, not to say suffering. Thus, not only would the immigrant arrive in your miast after less danger and suffering, but with more money in his pocket, ile reiterated what he had said in the beginning as to the discouragement that would be produced by the location of the Southern terminus elsewhere than at Knoxville, and repeated that it was his firm belief that such action would defeat the completion of the Blue Ridge Road. They might have ono'her terminus at Chattanooga, and as many other termini as they pleased, provided one of them was Knoxville, by any route that was direct from this point, or nearly so. Mr. Lafitte concluded by saying that he was aware he had failed to alluda to many impor? tant points, but that he would bo at tho Bur net Houso for some days, and felt sure that il any person feeling an interest in this mattel would call upon him, he could, in a conversa? tional way, explain the peculiar advantages ol a direct connection with Charleston much moie to i heir satisfaction and his own, and it would afford him much pleasure to have any ono call, who desired fuller information. SPEECH OF GENERAL HARRISON. General J. W. Harrison, President of thc Blue Ridge Railroad, was called for. He spoke of the evidences of prosperity that he saw in Ohio. The business, the railroads and shipping of Cincinnati bad far exceeded his expectations. Ho alluded to tho early efforts to get a connection between Cincin? nati and Charleston. There was then a mutual understanding between nine States on the railroad question. There were inducements that entered into pu olio transactions that could not be disregarded. He could not oh <rgc Cincinnati with bad faith, if she failed to make the road to Knoxville, hut certainly South Carolina had gone on with her system, upon the supposition that Cinoinnati could meet them. A railroad connection had been made with Columbia, at a cost of $9,000.000. Tho State of South Carolina has built and projected a perfect not work of railways, that will give Cincinnati a direct communication with Charleston and Savannah. Tho speaker said that, in attempting to tell Cinoinnati what benefits she will reap from the Knoxville connection, he would say something of its benfits to his own people. They had ex? pected, for a generation, to enjoy the advanta? ges of your grain fields and green pa stur? age. We have planted cotton and rice, expect? ing to he fed from other sections. We have been compelled to transport provisions twe thousand miles, and have lost more in freight* from tho immense roundabout distance than would build the road from end to end. ["Ap? plause.] We cannot, as things now stand, raise rice cotton, tobacco and ?agar, without also raia lng a large portion of oar provisions. If yoi will bring us within five bundled miles of youl corn fields, we can plaut all our lands in suc> producta as will grow most naturally with us and exchange with you to the mutual advan? tage of y on rael voa and UB. [Applause.! Ton cannot fully realize the changed condi tion of things in tho South. "For example, wi now need a stove in ?very bouse. Before th war it was not so. The South wants a millioi of stoves to-day. Would yon not like to sup ply ns? We are now compelled to ase maohinery ii agriculture. Do you not desire this patroling for your shops? Very httlo that is used on th farm is made at home. We have to look abroai for these things, but we cannot afford to pa' freight on wagons, buggies, Ac., for two thou sand miles around. In timber we bave the finest of walnut, diet ry, ftc, to offer yon. The engineer wald th? in surveying the road from Walhalla to Prank lin. it waa not a rare thin? to soo a hi?ok wal aw i thirty feet in circumference an j seven t feet to the first limb; ulso cherry equally tall, without a limb. These troca would be worth something in your market. Tho capitalists of thc Southeast aro waking up lo tho ocean hade, 'j bey canuot seo why the produce of tho West Indies should all be cari led past thc best of harbors at Pori Royal to Baltimore, Now York and Boston, to be thence brought back ?.o us. A change will bo oilectcd in this regar i. Many of us will hvo to soo tho day when tho richest Irado of tho country will bo trout South Am ?rica, Spain and the West Indies, through Southeastern ports. Port Royal will, at no distant day, be a groat naval stat ion, which will vastly aid us in at? tracting that trade which, oy tho In \s of na? ture, should como to na instead ot ppyaing by na to Baltimore and N w York, "if you, of Cincinnati, will como to our aid, a great revo? lution will be speedily wrought in this regard' 'ibo State of South Carolina lias loaned its credit to tho Blue Ridge R iad to tho amount of 84,000,000. Thia will enable us to push it to Kr.oxvillo in fourteoii months, could a, million of material aid from Cincinnati and another million from Louisville bo procured. Ho thought that he could so present th? argument that private capitalista of Cincinnati would at once subscribo it million. Itt may bo that if you don't make Knoxville your Southern terminus, ws shall be discour? aged. Cincinnati is worth more than tho whole State of Sooth Carolina, and yet'ouv State has expouded $7,500,000 on railways, and h ts given her credit for $4,000,000 more. With such aspirations as the people of Cin? cinnati have in reference to her futuro great? ness, how can sho neglect to extend some ma? terial aid to the great universe about ker from which she expects to draw her resources ? Evening Session. At half-past two the convention ii gain assem? bled, and Colonel McGhoe made a speech in B favor of the Chattanooga connection. SOUTn C AB?LEN A-SPEECH OF GOVEBNOE SCOTT. Governor Scott, of South Carolina, r as then introducod. In bis opening remarks I io Gov? ernor said it was not h s'inteution or desire to address the committee and gentlemen present on this subject, af cr it had been so lally dis? cussed and clearly presented by othero. There is no one, he said, who can not comprehend the import anco of a conuccti n from the interior of the country which you occupy, with ?ho sea? board, both to you and to tho people of South Carolina, uniting, as it will, two legions hither? to separated by the range of tho Alleghenies. Tho people of the Northwest and th'j South? ern seaboard have long felt that a break through this barrier was of the utmofci impor? tance to them in a political, military and social poiut of view. Even during the administra? tion of President Monroe, his Secretary of War ordorcd a survey of lhi<? region of country, with tho design of conueciing tho head waters of tho Tennessee wiih the waters of tho Savannah River by cau&I. The people cf South Carolina and East. Ten? nessee have constantly kept in view thc impor? tance of this identical route, through which a road can be constructed wPh less expense than any other pass through the mountains. The commercial and other relations it will open be? tween the great Northwest, rich in every pro? duct of tho soil, in manufactures and iu every? thing that makes a people prosperous and great, and the Southern country, whore the products are all of a different character, where the people have never turned their attention to manufactures, will be of inestimable?&Jvan tage to two communities who are coniujnera of each other's products. This is a mtflKr of such vital importance that we have felt ra|p be our duty to use every means in our poj?*r to secure this line of communication. Boffgving that Cincinnati was to bo equally benentSPi, if not more benefltted, by this connection than ourselves, we have constantly kept ourselves in communication with you in the hope that you might extend some of your abundant means in this direction. It has not Li on our expectation that you would build our' road. We have it now nearly half cou pic ted, without any debt hanging o vor it. Six millions more will complete it. Four millions ol this nwottnt is ptovided fox by an taima, of ?peA . ??Sw'-.'?^i ? bonds guaranteed by the endorsement of the State or South Carolina. We think that on the completion of this Hue of road it will pay the interest on its bonded debt, and that it would even be a paying road to tho stockholders. As General Harrison, tho President of the road, has in his remarks referred to the finan? cial prosperity of the State, it will perhaps not be out ot place for me to speak of it more in detail, especially as bearing upon the State in? dorsement upon the bonds. Mr. Lafitte, the distinguished commercial gentleman, of Charleston, who addressed you this morning, may have lett tho impression on your minds that the State was not as prosperous in its ag? ricultural productions aa formerly, whicb is, to some extent, true; that is, so far as the failure of the sea island cotton crop has resulted from the ravages oF^fch? caterpillar. Formerly, Charleston was a large exporting point, 500, 000 bales of cotton passing through tho hands of-tts merchants annually. It is to be noticed, however, that but about 200,000 bales of this were produced in South Carolina, the remain? der coming from States lying to the west. During tho first two years after the war the crops of all kinds were necessarily very short, the rice crop particularly so, on account of the ftreat expenditure necessary to repair the in uries to dikes, water grates and machinery necessary to the cul thro of that cereal, and caused by the accidento! war and the dilapida? tion resulting from abandonment. Partially to compensate for this, however, our people havo turned their attention to new branches of industry. One whioh 1 will mention is the manufacture of turpentine, winch has been very grealy inoreased above tho products be? fore the war. abs irbing muoh of the labor which would otherwise have been employed in the cotton and rice fields. In 1868 the cotton crop was about an average one; from which about twenty millions of dollars have been re? ceived by the people of the State; and this not? withstanding the entire destruction of the sea island cotton crop. It is well known that, prior to the war, the credit of South Carolina stood at a point not exceeded by any other State; at no time did she ever fail to meet ber obligations; but the war swept away her capital, and she is now simply beginning to rise from tho ashes of her ruins. At the time of the organization of the present State government, the credit of tho State was at a very low point, her bonds commanding but S? cents on the dollar, and they had fallen even as low aa to 27 cents. But I am happy to state that to-day they stand in the marketat from73 to 75cents, and on the payment of the past due interest, which will oe made by the 1st of next July, they must toko their place among tho host State securities in the' country. Even now the holders of these bonds evince their confidence in their nppreo'ition by the pertinacity with which they are held. Thoy aro almost exclu? sively In the hands of the citizens of South Carolina, who have ever taken a commendable {ride in being the holders of the securities of heir own State. It will thus be seen that the moana upon which we rely for the accomplish? ment of our portion of the enterprise, in the interest ol' which we are hero, are not visionary but substantial realities, and that we are able to perform what we promise. Our publio debt is $0,410,000, and there are in tho treasury assets in the shape of stocks and bonds to the amount of about $3,500,000, leaving the State indebted? ness but $3,000,000 in round numbers. This direct communication between the Northwest and the South Atlantic slope pre? sents another element of great practical value. Out of nineteen millions of acres of lands in South Carolina, only about one-fifth has ever been brought under cultivation. These lands have heretofore been held in large bodies by gentlemen of wealth, who aro now anxious to dispose of them in small tracts to Just such a class as those of your citizens who are con? stantly seeking homes in the far West. Hero they will find a productive soil, a climate more genial and healthy than any on the continent, and a cordial welcome. Hereon be grown the products of both the temperate and tropical zones, and the apple and the fig grow side by side. Corn, wheat and cotton may be seen in adjoining Heida. By reference to the map yon will notice that the upper tier of counties is on the same parallel of latitude with the grape growing country of Portugal and Spain, and when attention is given to ita culture, the vine grows here in equal luxuriousness. As a route for tourists this line will offer great attractions. Charleston, one of the oldest cilios in the United States, has become a place ot historic interest, and attracts many visitors even from thc far Northwest, notwithstanding the cir? cuitous and expeneivo route by which they are now obliged to approach it. On account of the mildness ol its winter climate, it must neces? sarily attract, also, many business men who now find it necessary to transact til their af? fairs in the Eastern cities. I believe that wo have presented to yon tho main reasons, whioh, we think, are worthy of your consideration and which we believe justify us in asking to havo this long contemplated connection with your oity consummated. Wc believe tliat when you m iko an actual survey of thc ground there can he no question about tho final result. In closing thc tow remarks Hint I have had the pleasure to addi ? ss you on thia occasion, I dan truly say that I have spoken to you with all the feelings and sympathies ol'o' former citizen of Oluo, although now representing thc Stuto of South Carolina. I feel, therefore, that In a peculiar degree I appreciate tho interests of both Ohio and South Carolina. This pro? posed railroad connection will be the most efii cient moans of not only adding lo tho mate? rial prosperity of both States, but for bringing into contact and harmonizing communities which have heretofore been separated by moun? tain barriers anti by diflerences ot' education, association and experience. Whatever may have been true ol' thc past, I eau confidently assert m behalf of tho groat majority of our citizens, that whilo thov arc laboring to rest?, A prosperity and harmony within our borders, they aro equally desirous of contributing, by every means within their power, to thc welfare and ad .anccmont ot thc whole country. Dr. Parker followed in favor ol Chattanooga and against Knoxville. WHAT IS DUE TO SOUTH CAROLINA. Tho Hon. E. D. Mansfield was the next speaker. He said : I listened with pleasure to tho clear state? ments of tho gentleman from South Carobna. When we first proposed to make tho road from here to the South, Charleston stood over tho great mountains of Central America bof'ore us as Ibo nearest seaport, and Knoxvillo stood in tho intermediate way. There was then no Chattanooga, and many of the interests that have been discussed to-day had no existonce thcD. Perhaps some of these later interests ought to be properly considered in your delib? erations. Of that convontiou General William Henry Harrison, the namesake of the gentleman from South Carolina who spoko to-day, was President, and I was Secretary. Tbs pro? position was made to build a great Southern railroad fi om the banks of tho Ohio River to the Atlantic coast at Charleston. Tho propo? sition was met by the citizens of South Caro? lina and Charleston with a directness and energy of effort 1 have never seen equalled, and we ewe them something for that. South Carolina is a small State, but she pledges almost the entire wealth of Charleston to help make the road. She expected Cincinnati and Ohio and Kentucky to have given correspond? ing amounts. But they were disappointed; the enterprise for that time failed, but from that day to this, during thirty years ol peace and of war, of controversy and conflict, South Carolina bas always gone as far as she could forward in that work, until, as you heard to? day from the engineer of the rood, they have completed much of their portion of the road. 1 say, then, we owe something to these gen? tlemen, but we owe more to great geographi? cal facts, for as the gentleman from East Tennessee says, geography never changes. Time leaves the great elements of nature the same. The necessities of Cincinnati are the ' sa ne, and there is left us the same groat work to perform that we undertook in 1836. I think there is some cbligation resting upon us; if there is none on a community, there is cer? tainly some on individuals, and while I can raise my voice and pen, I feel bound to do so fur thc 'interest of South Carolina, in that great work to which we pledged ourselves and for? tunes in times past. There is a doctrine pre? valent in this day, that one gentlemen cannot. bind another, but this obligation binds me, and nobody can absolve me from iL I now come to the routes. The law does not prescribe that you shall go on a straight south? ern line. It says this-but it should not have said it-that you are to select the termini. This was putting the cart before the horse; the route should come first, and than the termini; but you must get along with the law the 'jest vou can. The termini meant by the law allows of fwo or more of them, and this is the point I make. There is opt as much difhcultv in the way as you hwa had represented to y*'J The ?*i --Si?Qt reute .i-hJCORflrh-.Ri$*r;3lry is premature. The question as to now you shall go through Kentucky is one ot engin? eering. In order to make sure of what you all want, the Blue Ridge route on the one hand, and the Chattanooga on tho other, is that you should do what every man in Cincinnati ex Sects you to do-build a trunk line of road irectly South, and make all the world come to it. [Applause.] There is no conflict of inter? est here. The law will admit ot Knoxville and Chattanooga, both coming in; there is no legal difficulty in the way. You are all talking as if it were absolutely necessary to say A; but you have the perfect right to say A, B. C. I am not in favor of compromises generally. There aie few opinions in this world that could be compromised without a fight; but this is one case in which yon can compromise routes. As to South Carolina, you can no more ignore Charleston than you could ignore Cleveland and Buffalo. You would not have a Southern railroad that didn't point toward South Caro? lina. Now, make your trunk road, and put your energies in it, and make the line just where al these interests will meet it. This is about all I wanted to say. But there are other things we ought to think about to encourage us in this enterprise. This is an age of revolutions; the country has just passed through one revolution, and for aught I see will pass through more. Fortunately, ns 1 look at these things, revolutions are generally favorable for progress. What is going to happen? Thirty years ago South Carolina grew tea. and it was demonstrated beyond the possibility of doubt that South Carolina could grow tea as well as China. It has not been done, because it requires small and cheap labor; but it will, sooner or later, bo grown in the South in large quantities. They fired a broadside, in Chicago, a few days aro, on the reception of the first tea received by the Pacifio Railroad. It will not by more than a generation before we will fire a broadside in glorification over the first car load of tea received over the Cinoinnati Southern Railroad from South Carolina. I close as I began, by saying that I think this community owes it to the State of South Carolina, which bas remained steadfast to her first love for thirty years while a whole Rene ration bas passed away, to so locate this road as to afford them and us the freest facilities of intercourse. And I join with them in the hope that our whole Southern country will soon again bloom with the rose, and. again be filled with the patriotism that belongs to out beloved country. THANKS TO VISITORS. At the conclusion of the discussion the fol? lowing resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of the joint com? mittees of the City Council, the Chamber of Commerce and tho Board of Trade of Cincin? nati are duo.and are hereby tendered to the dele? gations from the several Southern cities for tho varied intelligence and information relative to the products and resources of the districts and cities which they represent; and we assure them that we, as citizens of Cincinnati, will ever remember their visit with pleasant memo? ries, and trust that tho intercourse in the future between Cincinnati and their respective homos will be equally pleasant and profitable to all. The committee then adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman. I, LT k IV IGNORANCES. iFrom tho Bree tat or. J A few boys and girls acquire the art by somo Sirocos* which seems intuitive, and spell ?er? ectly years before they oan by possibility have read half the words they are ultimately requir? ed to use. Printers ali know how very little the spelling, even of the best educated, is to bo trusted; and we have reason to believe that if English journalists were weeded by an ex? amination in which etymological accuracy was the eine qua non, the profession would lose some very competent members. One occa? sional contributor to this journal, a man whose ?ducation has been of a singularly por feet kind, and who ls a trae scholar in bia way, never sends in a contribution without half a doze* etymological errors; and there are doable-firsts who would rather ttust themselves in Greek than English without a pocket dictionary. It is a carions proof of tho ncouraoy of this view that the commercial schools, which pro? fess to teach, and do teach, spelling, do not turn out spellers half as accurate as the pabilo pohools, which profess to teach nothing of the kind, ai.d that hundreds of persona learn to ?pell, or rather begin to spell, well habitu illy only in manhood-that is, when the attention has at last been aroused. Whether th? ex? treme oase, that of a man of high culturo, who absolutely scold not learn to spell ever happen? ed, we are uncertain; bat almost all men who have to read manuscript believe it; and a kin died inability, Hint of recollect i na datOH and figures, certainly dees ex.st. Jim an inability to spell, arising from a certain failure ol inti li? eut in words, is a distinct characteristic of English minds, and ono which it requires ox traordioary effort to eradicate-more especially amone women. Spelling, however, is not tho only dclicicncy ot' this lund, though i^ais, of courue, tho ono most observed, and owing to the curious caste feeling mouflon d "hove-x feeling entirely absent a hundred years ago-it is tho ono most resented. Tho ignoranco ot' many cultivated mon ol' arithmetic is frequently astounding. Wc Itel sure, from our own experience, that, hundreds of what aro c;;lled well-educated mo, and thousands of accomplished women, could not do a rule-of-thrco sam if their for? tunes depended uoon it; while a number, pre? sumably less but still very large, cannot do any calculation on paper at ali. We venturo to say the majority ol' middle and upnci class women aro worried by the simplest question about interest, and to a very large proportion tho simple adding np of household accounts is a wear'Homo labor very inaccurately per? formed, while if the calculation is in foreign money they aro hopelessly bewildered. They do not understand compound addition, while as to compound division, or any problem of any sort involving fractions, thay frankly de? clino to make the attempt. We have personal? ly known a lady, mistress not only of four lan? guages, but ot their literatures, give up thc effort to discover what tho fourth of a seventh was as something wholly beyond her capacity, and ten minutes after discuss a foreign budgot with keen intelligence, and that is not an extreme case. 'Ibo most extremo we ever know was that of an Oxford M. A., head master of. a grammar school, and an almost unrival? led master of Greek lyrical poetry, who was honestly unable and confessed himsolt un? able, to do the simplest sum in simplo addition, who, to get an account right, would put tho actual coins on the table, and always called a bov to verify the weekly statistics of tho school. There must have been somo odd loath? ing for figures in him, as well as want of inter? est, resembling tbo loathing some lads havo for Euclid; but we should like to try the House of Peer* with a stiff bit of notation. Mot one in six would put down tho figures right, and of their wives, not one in sixty; yet they and all those we have mentioned have, at some time or other, learned these things, and are ignorant of them only because their iuter ? est has never been excited. It is just the samo with geography, of which oducati d and com? petent men often do not know tho simplest mots, though they havo all learned tbcm iu a way as one usually learns things of no interest -that is, without learning them. They have to learn them agaiu when they want them, and meanwhile ore just as ignorant as medical students are of spelling. Wo should just like to make the English members in tho House of Commons draw each for himself a skelolonmap of Ireland, and soo bow many of tho maps bore a fair resemblance to the truth. Yet they were taught about Ireland as well as England, and at the same time. Mo doubt the English me? thod of teaching geography, oven in the very best schools, ia ludicrously bad, very few mas? ters ever thinking that distances and areas ought to enter into their teaching, and loaving pupils under a happy belief that they know all about Arabia if they can draw its outline, though they do not know whether it is as big as Yorkshire or as Europe. But still, most educated men once knew much more of geo? graphy aa lads than they do as men; the rea? son being want of interest in Gie subject. To test them on it would not be fair to the schools, wretchedly bad as cheir system is, any more than it would be to test most girls' schools by their old pupils' knowledge of figures. They have been taught them fairly enough, but the memory, unstimulated by any interest, refuses to retain its load. The real f'dure is not in those things, but in the entire aosenco of any attempt to secure tho main end of teaohing, which is not the communication of knowledge, but the develop? ment of tho powers of the mind. Half an hour's chat hy a shrewd, gabdstempcred arith? metician with a lad on the rule of three, its .principle and it? maro?renrehc??H?ll give the student ? moro perfect,control oi{i,jnt".v%-iiiua ble machine than years of "sums" done by cram rules without the smallest notion why those rules yield accurate results. We know a child of eight (a girl) whose ac? quaintance with geography is far gloater than that of most men, whose study of the sub? ject was induced by the accidental awaken? ing of an interest in the shapes of the different countries on th 3 map, arising originally from some grotesque remark about the likeness of Britain to an old lady dandling Ireland on her lap. The teachers even in commuicial schools are not such bad machines as they aro des? cribed; but then they usuully are machines, and we need intelligent teachers instead. Mere practice will not even enable boys to spell, and it is practico only which is required of them. J T. HUMPHBKYS, BROKER, AUCTIONEER AND COMMIS* SION MERCHANT. SALES OF BEAL ESTATE, STOCKS, BONDS, SE? CURITIES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ATTENDED TO. No. ?7 BROiD*STREE T CHARLESTON, 8. 0. HEFEMCNCE8. Hon. HENRY BUIST, W. J. MAGRATH, Bsa? Genesai JAMES CONNER, T. R. WAKING, Esq. October p K T IC SI TOTANS, TURNER AND DEALER IN IVORY, And Manufacturer of BILLIARD BALLS AND CUES, AND IMPORTER OF BILLIARD CLOTH, CUES, Letter Chalk, and Billiard Merchandise in general. No. 89 Fulton-street, New Torie. May 7_sCmoa JAMES KKOX.JOnN GILL JjT NOX Si C I IA lt, Cotton factors AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 125 SMITH'S WHARF, BALTIMORE, CONSIGNMENTS OF COTTON, RICE, &c, RE? SPECTFULLY solicited, and liberal advances made thereon. Orders for CORN and BACON promptly executed with core and attention. ?mon Mar 13 gHAMPOUINO ANO HAIR-CUTTING, LADIES AND CHILDREN attended at their residences promptly and at reason able rates. Send orders to W. E. MARSHALL, Barber, April 14_ No. 31 Broad-atreet (up JO II Bi D. AIxKXAW???i ACCOUNTANT, NOTARY PUBLIC AND GENERAL AGENT, no. 10 Broad-street. StiBSPECTFULLY SOLICITS BUSINESS IN AD? JUSTINO ACCOUNTS of Merchants and others, and in WRITING UP AND POSTINO lh*i? BOOKS, either In part or whole. Ac._January 9 mo BUSINESS NEN, THE SUMTER NEWS, PUBLISHED AT SUMTER, S. C., IS ONE OF THE BEST PAPERS IN THE UP? COUNTRY; has a large circulation, and affords su? perior advantages aa advertising medium. Terms low. Add ros DARR & OSTERN, February M_Proprietors ~^FOR THE HAIR. WST RECEIVED, PHALON'd CHEMICAL HALB INYIGORA? TOR AYER'3 HAIR VIGOR MONTGOMERY'S HAIR RESTORER BURNET'S COCO AINE HALL'S SICILIAN HAIR RENEWER CHEVALIER'* LIFE FOR THE nAlR C HALF ANT'S COCOA CREAM LYON'S KATH AIRON BARRY'S TRICOPHEROUS REEVE'S AMBROSIA HAIR TONIO. Tor sate by Pr. M. BA?B,_ ! Hay a m?, Xl mSZw<k*A**K*, POU LIVKI? POOL. Tili- EINE ?HIP H. C. WINTHROP, J. ?Tjii\M-I. ,-TEWABT M astor, having a lur.:e part ,k!*:SKFot' her cargo cngagod ami going on board, : irfv* " iii have <liP| ntch. For balance ol cargo apply to PA I J KRSON A- STOCK. May 23_ South Al la ni ic Wharf. PU? L rv 12 lta?ot>L. r^rrv- THE Al BRITISH BABE DALKEITH, iXMHsfr;. * ?A''-1-s- ANDERSON Master, having a tJ.-'?*a#larg.' pouion ,<i h. r cargo on board, wiii ?*ri"r'Hi?mpt.t w ?l u ,|?s., ?(i,.),, For Freight engagements apply to U. nunn <fc co.. May 19 ._DAVOV Wharf. EXCURSIONS! EXVVKSBISSI THE FINE FAST SAILING YACHT ELLA ANNA, tbo Clampton of Ibo Houtb, .4<n-13p^'' uow ready and prepared to make regular .SSSSSstripp, thus affording an opportunity to all who may wish to vl.^it pointa ot iutorest lu our beau? tilul harbor. For passage, apply to tho Captain ou Union Wharf._ Imo May IB EXCURSIONS AROUND Tilte I1AU.UOR. k<r~\_ THE FINE, FAST GAIT.1 N<* ,\>'n COM m rwOFORTABLY appoi-.tiv* Va?.?' i.-K .NOA ^P^wlll resumo her trips to historio points in ifiitiithe harbor, and wlU loavo Govorument Wharf dall? at Ten A. M. and Fo.ir P. M. For Paaeago apply to lH?MAS YCBNO, December 18 Captain, onboard. VOll. SEW X .Ht li,. REG ULAH LINE EVERY WEDNESDAY, PASSA GK ??0. THE STEAMSHIP SARAGOSSA, Captain U. RYOEU, wilt leave Vander ? 'hornt'a Whnrt;on WEDNE?DAY, May , 20, 186??. at 7 o'olock A. M. May 20_RAYENEL A Co.. Agent?. HEW VUItK AM) CHA tl li K S T ? Jd STEAMSHIP EINE. F O II NSW YORK CABIN PASSAGE $20, - -- - TBE SPLENDID STDE-WHEEIi ^.STEAMSHIP CHAMPION, R. W. LOCKWOOD Commander, will sail from adger'B Mouth Wharf on SAT? UIIDAV the 22d <Hdt., at half-past 4 o'clock P. M., precisely. jtjGB" An exl.-a charge of *5 made for Tickets pur? chased on hoard after sailing jay No Bills of Lading signed after tho steamer leaves. tgg- Through Bill? Lading givon for Cotton to Boston and Providence, R. I. ?ar Marino Insurance by this liue % por cent. 4S~ Tho Steamers of this line ar? first class in every respect, and their Tables are supolled with all tho delicacies of the New York and Charleston mar? ko ts. For Freight or Passage, apply to JAMES ADO ER A GO.. Agents, Corner Adtror's Wharf and East Bay (Up-?talrs.) $Sf iho MANHATTAN follows on BATU ODA?, the 29th instant, at 9 o'clock A. M. May 17_ O _ PACIFIC MAIL, 8TKAMSUIP COMFY 8 Timor on I-IM> TO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. CHANGE OF SAILING DAYS! r f-iliiM STEAMERS OF THE ABOVE ^^g?fa^* line leave Pier No. 42, North River" .^gMKfllifix* f?ot of Canal-street, New York, at Iu$EKaU9BSn> 12 o'clock noon, of the 1st, 11th and 21st of every month (except when these dates fall en Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of 1st and 2lBt connect, at Panama With steamers for South Pacific and Central Amorican ports. Those of 1st touch at Manzanillo. Departure of 11th ol each month connects wita the new steam line from Panama to Australia ana New Zealand. 7 Steamship GREAT REPUBLIC leaves San Francis? co for China and Japan July 9, 1??9. . ? No California steamers touch at ??TNlft, hut ?<J direct from New York to AspinwalL One hundred P?nnds baggage free to ?sch adula. Medicine and attendance tree -rr-? MS? $e*ej&aTSScet? cv tuxttai: UAuraat'on iMjf T&mif COMPANY'S TICKET B? FI CE, on the wuart rooi of Cfjj'fl-stjreet, North River. New York. _M^?g^^^kTyr^?"-' F. R. BABY, Agent. VIA BEAUFORT AND HILTON HEXI/P^ THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA ON AND AFTER HAY 1ST PASSAGES REDUCED. ToSovanuah....$5. To Beaufort. ...94. r -arTr^b. THE STEAMER PILOT BOY, OAP? JbeEtSEB&?.TAIN FENN PECK, will leave Accom moda?on Wharf every MONDAY and THURSDAY Mon*. ?NO st 8 o'clock. Returning will leave Savannah every TUTODAT and FRIDAY MOONING at S o'clock. JOHN FERGUSON. April 29_ Accommodation Wharf. FOR SAVANNAH. * f ?jsJE?l* THE STEAMER DIOTATOB. ^???BS?CAPTAIN W. T. MCNELTY, will sal from Charleston for Savannah on SATURDAY BPTS NINO, at 9 o'clock. nETUBNTNO. Will leave Savannah for Charleston on SUHOAT AFTEHNOON, at i o'olock. For Freight or Passage, apply to April 29_J. D. AIKEN & CO., Agents. FOR PALATKA, fLORIDA. VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA AND JACKSON" VILLE. .* -JnlT^Jh THE FIR?T-CA88 STEAMER SmSU?tWm DICTATOR. Captain Wu. T. MONXL. TT, will san from Charleston every Tuesday Evening, at Nine o'clock, for the above points. The first-class Steamer CITY POINT, Captain GEO. E. MCMILLAN will nail from Charleston every Fri' day Evening, at Nine o'clock, for above points. Connecting with the Central Railroad at Savannah for Mobile and Now Orleans, and with the Florida Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, st which point steamers connect with New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Key West and Havana. Through Bills Lading given for Freight to Mobile, Pensacola and New Orleans. Connecting with H. S. Hart's steamer* Oclawaha and Griffin for Silver Springt and Lakee Griffin, Eut? tit, Harrit and Durham. All freight in y able on the wharf. Goods not removed at sunset will be stored at rig and expense of owners. For Freight or Passage engagement, apply to . J. D. AIKEN A CO., Agents, South Atlantic Wharf. N. B.-No extra charge for Meals and Staterooms"* November 21 ?\)\x\$ cnn /nrnt0(iis| S OOTT * S .* SHIRT T*TTJiMV! THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE IN CHARLESTON RECEIVED A NEW TTPPLY. OF THE CEhKBKATEO STAR SHIRTS AND COLLARS, ALBO, AXX OZZS OF GRAY'S PATENT MOULDED PAPER COLLARS, Wfhtch ?re offered at very Low Prices, MEET?.VO-HTHEET, OPPOSITE MARKET HALL. UNDER VUE STAR SHIRT SIGN. January 1_ima? VTriLIiIS * CHISOJL.M, FACTORS. COMMISSION MERCHANTS Asn SHIPPING AGENTS, % WILL ATTEND TO THE PURCHASE, 8Aldi AHO SHIPMENT (to Foreign and Domeetio Ports) of COTTON, RICE, LUMBER ARD NAVAL STORES, ATLANTIC WHARF, Charleston. 8. 0. R. WILLIS.M.,.A. B. fimROT.M