Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TERMS OE THE N?WS., THE DAILY NEWS, by mall, one year $6; six months $3; three months $2; ono month "5 cents. Served In the city at FIFTEEN CENTS a week, paya? ble to the carriers, or $6 a year, paid in advance at the oitlce. THE TRI-WEEK LY NEWS, published on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, ono year $3; six months $2: and 50 cents a month for any shorter period. SUBSCRIPTIONS in all cases payable in advance, ?nd no paper continued after the expiration of the time paid for. ADVERTISEMENTS.-First insertion 15 cents a line; subse"nent insertions io cents a line. Spe? cial Notices i cents a linc each Insertion. Busi? ness Notices ' 0 cents a line each insertion. Mar? riage and Funeral Notices One Dollar each. Cuts and Electrotype Advertisements will be Inserted on the Fourth Page only. NOTICES of Wants, To Rent, Lost and Found, Boarding, Ac, not exceeding 20 words, 25 cents each insertion; over 20, and not exceeding 30 words, 40 cents each insertion; over 30 and not exceeding 40 words, 50 cents each insertion. AU announcements to be pubUshed at these rates must be paid'for in advance. REMITTANCES should be made by Fostoftlce Money Order or by Express. If this cannot be done, protection against losses by mall may be secured by forwarding a draft on Charleston pay? able to the order of the proprietors of THE NET5?, or by sending the money in a registered letter. Address RIORDAN, DAWSON A CO., No. 143 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 18C9. To Oar Friends In the Country-In? ducements to New Subscribers. We (tflsire, if possible, to make THE NEWS, which ts ?trendy without exception thc cheapest newspaper in the South, a regular visitor in every well regulated household in this ana the adjoining States. Asan Inducement to the plant? ers to subscribe to THE NEWS before the expira? tion af the present year, we have arranged with Messrs. Walker, Evans & CogsweU, the publish? ers afp** RURAL CAROLINIAN, to supply that new and superb agricultural magazine, together wiOi THE NEWS, to attnew subscribers, at the follow? ing verylow rates: THE DAILY NEWS and the RURAL CAROLINIAN, one year, for six dollars and fifty cents. ' ras TRI-WEEKLY NEWS and the RURAL CARO? LINIAN, one year, for four dollars. Subscriptions to the two publications may be sent either to the proprietors of THE NEWS, or to the proprietors of the RURAL CAROLINIAN. But persons dosiring to avail themselves of this offer nutt do so before the first of January next, as the arrangement will not be extended beyond that period. NEWS OE THE DAT. -Gold at New York yesterday closed heavy at 22& i -Tb* New York cotton market closed firm at 25 a. Sales 3000 bales. -At Liverpool cotton closed buoyant. Uplands lljfdi Orleans 12j<d; sales l?,ooo bales, or which 4000 was lo speculators and exporters. -The ratification of the sale of the Island of St. Thomas to the United States has been postponed by thc Danish Government fo-slx months. -Thesuiv?? for a proposed new route for an undergrojml railway has been completed in New York. Tl e report is favorable, and work will pro? bably be commenced In February. -Antonio Flzziui, an old and esteemed citizen J of Richmond, died last week. He was a native of the Island of Corsica, and came to Richmond In IS**.' -A Republican motion in the Spanish Cortes, Saturday, to censure the government for an arbl. 1 trary exercise of tower, was rejected by a vote i Of 140te88. -Hunger and misery prevail in the interior or Cuba to a serious-extent. In ono hut, near Pal? ma Soriano, eight persons were found dead from starvation. ^ -The Giant Powder Mills, at San Francisco, ex? ploded Friday night, killlug the superintendent and another person, and wounding eight or ten others. -Delameter, builder of thc Spanish gunboats, ?of New York? has flied a claim to them as his own property, and makes answer to the libel that lt ls not true-that the Spanish Government so far has not intertered in the case. -Dispatches from Rome state the members of the Oecumenical Council will meet at the Vatican .on the 8th of December, and at the conclusion of the pielimlnary ceremonies the Pope will an? nounce the opening of the Council. -One report says the differences between the .Sublime Porte add the Khedive will be compro? mised; another, that the former has sent an ulti? matum to the latter, and that several Turkish war 'vessels have been put in readlnoss to sall for Alex? andria. -Dispatches from* Cork, Dublin and Tipperary report that there have been several Fenian de? monstrations In various parts of Ireland. At "Tipperary and Clonmel the proceedings were riotous, Fenian 'songs were sung by the mob while marching In procession, and several houses on the Hue of march were stoned and riddled. At Cork the partisans of Rossa celebrated that .gentleman's election to Parliament with a grand torchlight procession and other proceedings. Every thing passed oh* without disturbance. -It is said that General Babcock, accompanied by General Rufus Ingall*, left New York a day or two ago for St, Domingo, with sealed instrnctions from the President, and it is surmised In connec? tion with the proposition of President Baez to an? nex the island to the United States. Bacz.lt ls also said, wm shortly submit the annexation pro? position to a Vote of his people. The annexation terms wUl be an assumption of the public debt or St. Domingo and a purchase of the pubUc build? ings, forts, Ac. -The Isthmus connecting North and South Amerton, It ia asserted, can be canallcd -without any greater difficulty than the Isthmus of Suez, which ls seventy-two miles in width. Tho Isth? mus of Panama is only twenty-eight miles wide, sind the Nicaragua route up the River San Joan would only require the construction of a canal sixteen miles long, the remainder of the route being, by way of Lake Nicaragua, ninety miles long, and the River San Juan. The Teh uan tepee route, one hundred and thirty miles across, from sea to sea, lt is asserted, lies throughout along the Coatzacoalcos Biver. -A general belief seems to bc entertained in .Europe, in the rcoent signing of a treaty of alli anee between France. Austria and Russia, to re? strain the grasping designs of Prussia. To this -compact Italy.'lt is asserted, has beeu asked to give her adherence. Theobject cf the treaty is to eompel Prussia to "moderate her claims," to give np her plan of annexing South Germany, to ren? der the North German .States more independent, and to enter into a convention for a general dis? armament. Russia has been detached from Prus? sia by means of General Fleury, the French Am? bassador, who has convinced tho Czar that his Baltic provinces are not sale from Bismarck s de? sires of universal annexation. Great Brit am has not been asked to join in thc treaty, SB of late years she has withdrawn from Continental poli? tics. -A meeting or the "Alliance Israelite Union? ists," held at Berlin, under the presidency of Mr. A. Cremleux, or Parts, took into consideration the -distress now prevailing, among the Israelites of i ?western Russia It waa proposed to provide .means for their removal to America, aud a reso? lution was adopted expressing the hope that the Hebrews in America would co-operate with their ' "brethren in Europe, with their accustomed libe? rality, in relieving this distress. The Jewish papers discourage the project. One of them says that "em gration wUl not Btibservc the cause the benevolent h ive in view. That can best be served , by send g th: m he means to ct ist for a short ti mc through bc assistance afforded them, and in the ensumg sp.- ng they wll be able to take care or themselves.'' -A desperate ehara . er, named Cooper, who ?ad been wh ped by a party o: regulators n Pu .huikt County, Ky., caused the a rest of some of Jds fte'ghbo s, wh'jm he accused of administer lng tho chastisement. Saturday morning was fixed for the trial, and Cooper and his friends en? tered Somerset, the county scat, armed to the teeth. Here thc accused parties, numbering twenty, and Cooper with his confederates, equally strong, entered into a quarrel, which culminated in a regular pitched battle. A hundred and fifty shots were fired, resulting in killing three men, named Dodd, Dunton and William Pleasant", and mortally wounding James Pleasant*. The light was abated by mutual consent, both parties being out of ammunition. Shortly afterward each party having recruited ils force, were about to re? enter the town, but armed citizens warned Hiern off. ._ A Capital Idea. A project is on foot for holding a Conti? nental Fair in Charleston In November next, ami it is certain that such a gathering, in the hands of gentlemen of experience and knowledge, could bc made of especial value to the whole low country, as well as to the upper parts of the State. Charleston, as the largest city in South Carolina, has a deep interest in the prosperi? ty of the State, and her steamship lines and railroad connections link her, fortunes with those of the whole South. There would be no difficulty in drawing to Charleston, upon the proper occasion, a host of kindly visi? tors. A Fair meeting on the Washington Race Course, with exhibitions of our agri? cultural and mineral products, of our fruits and manufacture?, and of our thorough? bred stock of all kinds, would attract gene? ral attention ; and if to this were added racing and other amusementsand exhibitions of thestockand products of other States, we could give the visitor a3 much intelligent amusement as he could lind at any fair in the South. Besides this, Charleston could oiler to her visitors the beauties of her har? bor, tlie attractions of her noble Academy of Music, and the sad fascinations of Moul? trie and Sumter. We have railroads in all directions, and steamers plying between Europe and our port, and between the different ports on the coaft. These advan? tages no other city enjoy ci to a similar ex? tent, and we believe that if well digested plans are properly and vigorously carried out, we can have 25,000 visitors in Charles? ton for a Fair in next November. What this would be worth directly and indirectly to this city may be estimated with ease. Such a swarm of new faces, of men learning to know tts better, and to think more highly of our commercial activity, would bc worth In hard money at least a quarter of a million. We hope that the gentlemen who have been discussing and consideriug the ques? tion will not hesitate or pause. They will have, we firmly believe, The cordial support of this city and the co-operation of thc whole State. The Township Trick. Thc enterprise of Radicalism is equal to | anylmdeptaking; but it cannot accomplish j impossibilities. Its greed is insatiable ; but it cannot suck blood out of a stone. Its determination to enrich itself with thc spoils of South Carolina is unchanged and un? mistakable; but the poverty of the State, tinder the present rule, imposes insurmoun? table barriers to its encroachments. If there be any comfort in the possession of a scanty purse, whjch, as the poet says, en? ables the careless traveller to sing in the presence of the robber, we owe that philo? sophic pleasure to the labors of our legis? lators in Columbia. They have squeezed the orange until it is nenrly dr}'. We are glad to see that this conviction begins to prevail at the State Capital, and to such an extent that the Legislature is about to repeal one of the most Infamous meas? ures of intrigue and corruption which has yet secured the suffrages of that body. As a matter o? policy, the township redis? tribution of thc State was a masterpiece of legerdemain. True it was unsuited to the wants of au agriculture necessitating large fields and sparse settlements. There are hundreds of square miles in our State which have been swayed, from time immemorial by thc squirrel, the possum and the raccoon. There are thousands of acres possessed bytwo or three families. There arc hundreds of thousands pf pine barrens where a prudent gopher would decline to settle. Yet thc ex? isting law requires that all these interesting museums of natural history should he erect? ed with townships, that each township should bare seven officers, and that these officers in each township should receive for their services about fifteen hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum. The glory of Mr. Bergh is obscured by the legislative philanthropy of Columbia. Ile has been guarding thc horses of New York from cruelty. We rear school-houses for the snakes and alligators of thc Santee swamp, and-elect commissioners of roads for the gophers of Richland County. 'Wo have made provision to feed our buzzards upon thc dead languages, and to teach our crows to caw in French; to cultivate the aspira? tions of our pine trees, and to persuade our live oaks to bear "an hundred fold." In addition to these advantages, the cul? ture of the fauna and flora of South Caroli? na by thc n^wly appointed "Selectmen" the benefit to "the party" was no small in? ducement toward the adoption of the town? ship arrangement. It was found that by means of this nice little plan thc Radical party could appropriate to their uses, annu? ally, not less than one million, one hundred and sixty-five thousand, five hundred dol? lars; that they could turn South Carolina into a new Ireland, making every township a toot, ruled by the officers of the conquer? ing power. Juries could be interfered with, work could le demanded, taxes could bc levied at discretion. When once the plan should be fairly inaugurated, there would not be left a vestige of liberty to the capi? talists and land-ownera of the State. Every few square miles or its surface would be dominated by satraps as irresponsible as the rude chiefs of the Goths and Vandals who squatted in the Roman Empire. To men whose idea of freedom involves the denial to others of their rights, the spoliation of capital and the permanence of power, tho prospect of "Carolina Capta," was no doubt most inviting. But uow that the townships have been surveyed, an insurmountable difficulty pre? sents itself. Tile satrapj cannot maintain their slate without money, and where the money is to come from transcends tho wis? dom of Kimpton and the prudent foresight of Seo t. Wo are in ihe c ndition of the man who had an attack of rheumatism, fol? lowed by neura^ia, Ile sail that when kc had the rheumatism his leg felt as if it were in a Tice, wliteh had been screwed up to its utmost, but when thc neuralgia came, Ihe instrument of torture seemed to have taken one turn moro. Our body politic, lias borne the rheumatism with a good deal of forti? tude ; we can't stand the neuralgia. Willi State taxes, and county taxes, and city tuxes, and government taxes, wc barely liva Add to this the support of seven ras? cals in every township of Ihe State, with a Hang of robbers and barn-burners in each of its seven hundred and forty townships, and you reduce us to the necessity either of dy? ing at once, or else of falling back upon thc law of self-defence. We tell the Legisla? ture very quietly, but very firmly, that the people of South Carolina have set th cir houses in order to live, and not to die. T Very Hard Cash. With States, as with individuals, high commercial credit is hard to obtain and easy to lose. The first essential, of course, is the undoubted ability to fulfil every con? tract or obligation; but this ability, however great, weighs little in the public mind un? less it is accompanied by the conviction that tho debtor has tho will and thc determina? tion to carry out in good faith the conditions of Iiis bargain. And in the casn of the Southern States, there are other clements of dangerund uncertainty. The Southern peo? ple were forced by their conquerors to repu? diate their war debt. There is still a lin? gering suspicion that the individual States would, if they could, go a step further and cast oft the remaining load which the Fede? ral Government graciously permits thom to bear. And where millions of debt have been heaped up by the knavery and extrav? agance of negro governments, what induce? ment have the people to tax themselves to death in paying for what they have never re? ceived ? Why should they assume a crush? ing burden for the sake of an abstract prin? ciple? Considerations like these, and' not the smallness of the debt of South Carolina, have caused our State bonds and stocks to sell at low prices. Besides, money is in ac? tive demand, and the bonds of the United States can be bought at rates which give th** purchaser a handsome income from his investment This is why the securities of a State, like South Carolina, controlled by thieving demagogues and ignorant negroes, cannot and will not be forced up to the neighborhood of pur. And this little em? barrassment is doubtless very dispiriting to thc rascals who filled their pockets with State bonds and now desire to dispose of them at a large profit; but it does not sur? prise or grieve tho acute business man or tue permanent investor. Wc can pay our debt, ns it stands. Tho question is whether one year more of Radi? cal rule will not so largely swell the total that thc people will, at tho first opportunity, shuflle off tho weight of care and repudiate every dollar of debt contracted after thewan Under these circumstances. Scott, Kimp ! ton ? Co. are not likely to make much by I their last desperate endeavor to speculate in South Carolina securities. Their proposal to pay thc interest and principal of thc debt in specie may become a law, but what then ? It will at once impose upon thc people an extra tax equal to the premium on the spc cio paid out by the State; and for Ulis extra tax there will be no compensation. Thc profits will go into the capacious pouch of tho Radical ring; thc loss will fall on the people. South Carolina is paying her debts in the national currency. Thc money which is made a legal tender for "all debts, public "and private", is what South Carolina gives to her creditors. We did not make the law; and when thc State pays in currency the interest and principal of her obligations, sile does all that can be, and is, expected of her, either on legal or on moral grounds. Hm! the Governor advised that the war debt be paid-a debt contracted for the advancement of a ci'.use in which our peo? ple embarked fortune, life and honor-an attentive oar and willing heart would have met tho proposal, and tho whole subject would have been considered with kindly and generous caro. As it is, wc know that tlie sole object of Scott and Iiis party is to sell at a high'price thc bonds which they received for bank bills bought for a song, or which they laid up ere thc public knew that the financial hook would bc baited wiih golden dollars. Thero is not a shadow of reason, or of justice, in what the Radical ring propose to do; and even if they pass the bill to pay the debt in specie, they will have their labor for their pains. They will oppress still moro our people; they will hasten the day of their doom; but they will uot liable to run up the price of the bonds "fifteen per cent in a few weeks.1' The stone will roll down hill despite the heaving and straining of the Radical Sisyphus. Every merchant or financier does see or will see that the whole scheme is a job and a swindle. Beyond this there is the certainty that the law of specie payments will as? suredly bc repealed as soon as property holders and honest men have a majority in tho councils of the ?u;U'. This majority we shall have in less than a year. Will the shrewd brokers of New York be willing to pay fifteen per cent, more than their pres? ent value for South Carolina bonds, for thc sa'<c of receiving a twelvemonth's interest, f at six pe:1 cont, in specie, instead of in green? backs? It seems lo us that this would be a losing speculation, and thc Wall street brokers can r.ec as far into a financial mill? stone as either Kunpton or Scott. MK. THOMAS W. HOLLOWAY, of Newberry, who was lately tho victim of an Incendiary fire, has addressed to Governor Scolt, on his own behalf and on that of some of his neigh bora, who have siuTered likewise, a respectful communication, praying that a reward be of? fered lor tho arrest of thc guilty parties. But the sufferers happened to be white, so our barn-burning Governor deigns no reply. WK are glad to sec so lively au Interest man ?ested in the matter of European immigra? tion to the South. Thc active steps taken by the Inman linc of steamships to develop this movement were noticed In our last issue; and this morning wc print letters on the same sub Joct from thc representatives of the Cunard line and of the Charleston and Liverpool direct lino, to which wc Invite public attention. o YOU WISH TO PREVENT VOUR CHILL AND FE V E R ? BCptt? ittiJi USS SOLOMONS' BITTERS. tPantg. WANTS OF ALL KINDS CAN BE maac known to everybody in tills column at the rate of 25 cents for twenty words or less, each Insertion, if paid in advance. TTiTANTED, A WHITE "WOMAN TO VV Cook and do Housework for a family o? live persons. Applv at No. 63 Wentworth street. deel 1__ TT7ANTED, SIX SMART YOUTHS, TO TT the Notion aiid Fancy Business. A pro? gressive salary will be given. Apply at AltCH ER'S Bazaar, No. :;63 King street, from 8 to 10 o'clock. deel 1 T?T'ANT?rXXLADY ACCUSTOMED TO VT CUTTING AND SEWING for a family, to whom a home would be au object, to go in thc country. Address Dox 85, Sumter, S. C. deel 4* "ITTANTED, A COMPETENT HOUSE VV SK Itv ANT, Apply at thc northwest cor? ner of Vunderhorst and Thomas streets, deel 1 W~ANTED, A WOMAN TO COOK and assist about house-must bring good recommendations. Apply at this office, doo! * WANTED, A COLORED WOMAN TO to do General Housework. Thc best re? commendations required. Apply ut No. 67 Went worth street. _nov30 WANTED, SIX SHIP JOINERS, GOOD workmen. Apply to J. D. AIKEN A CO. nov30 2 _ WANTED, A CHILD'S NURSE IMME? DIATELY; oae that will come well recom? mended will get a good home and wages. Apply at No. 235 Meeting street, near Ann. nov30 WANTED,~ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE left Clocks or Watches at OTl'0 SWEIT ZER'S over a year. If not applied for they will bc sold at cost._nov20 3* W~ ANTED, ~A~ COMPETENT HOUSE SERVANT. Apply at northwest corner of Vunderhorst and Coming streets._nov29 I TXrANTED, A GIRL BETWEEN l t AND V V 16 years of years, to do housework and as? sist in cooking. Ajiply at No. 28 King street. nov29_ WANTED, WEST OF KING STREET, a HOUSE with not less than 6 rooms or 4 rooms and attics. Apply at this Otllce. nov27 4?_ WANTED.-A YOUNG MARRIED MAN, 28 vears old, would like to take charge of a large Cotton Plantation, In the State or South Carolina. Any one in want or a good, faithful Overseer, will do well to address the undersigned. Can give the best of rererences. Good steady habits, and not troubled with politics. Address, ror two months, P. W. EDWARDS, Portland, Maine. novie Imo* WANTED, A SITUATION AS CLERK, In a Wholesale Drug Store, or a large Re? tail and Prescription Drug Store. No objection to go In the country. WU1 expect but a small com? pensation at first. Thc applicant is a graduate of the South Carolina Medical College. Address M. D., through the Postorace. _oct9 "lit 7*ANTED, A H O U S E, NEAR THE V V central part or thc city, containing five or six rooms, with good outbuildings and water. Address 0, at this Office. scpt28 AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE TO sell thc American KN ITT LNG MACHINE, the only practical Family Knitting Machine ever Invented. Price $25. Will knit 20,000 stitches per minute. Address American Kaltt?ig Machine Company, Boston, Mass., or St. Louts, Mo. oct'29 timoB WANTED, EVERYBODY TO KNOW that JOB PRINTING or all kinds, plain and ornamental, is executed promptly In the neatest stvlc and at the lowest New York price, at THE NBWS Job Oitlcc, No. 149 EAST BAY. Call and examine the scale of prices before giving your orders elsewhere. WANTED, AGENTS.-TWO HUNDRED and Fifty Dollars per month, to sell the only Genuine Improved Common Sense Family SEWING MACHINE. Price only $18. Great In? ducements to Atrents. This is the most popular Sewing Machine of the day-makes the famous "Elastic Lock Stitch"-will do any kind of work that can be done on any machine. ' One hundred thousand sold and the demand constantly In? creasing. Now is the time to take nn agency. Send for Circulars. ny Beware of Infringer*.-ffia Address SECOMB A CO., Boston, Mass.; Pitts? burg, Pa., or St. Louis. Mo. oct29 3mos ?ost ano -fonn?. LOST AND FOUND AGAIN.-IF YOU have lost anything, make it known to the public through this column. The rate for twenty words or less, each Insertion, ls 25 cents, If paid lu advance. PICKED UP ADRIFT, A CENTRE BOARD BATTE AU, which thc owner can have by provint: property and paving expenses. Apply at this oitlce. deel 3 ?0 ?tmt. HOUSES, FARMS, STORES, ROOMS, Ac, now vacant, can readily be rented by advertising them lu this column. Thc rate is 25 cents ror twenty words or less, each Insertion, ir paid In advance._ 1\0 RENT, PART OF OUR OFFICE, No. 54 Broad stree'. deel 1 TO RENT, THE TWO AND A HALF STORY BRICK RESIDENCE, Meeting street, between Society and Wentworth streets, east side, containing four square rooms, two attics, pantry and dressing room, M illi cistern and necessary otitbu.Idlngs. Apply at ll ART'S Hardware Store, curlier King ami M irket streets. deel TO^tK?rT FltO.^FHiST JANUARY next, the LOWER STORY of thc spacious Blore,'Ko, 14; Meeting street, opposite the charles? ton Hotel, now occupied by the Southern Express Company. For terms apply at No. ill Meeting street, up stairs. novas mws TO RENT, AT $12 A MONTH, A SMALL DWELLING and STORK, southeast corner ol Ashley and Bee streets, one block from Rut? ledge avenue. R. M. MARSHALL A BRO., Real Estate Brokers, Ko. tn Broad street. nuvtw 3* TJ RENT, A NEW SEVEN OCTAVE PIANO, or superior tone. Apply at No. 154 Meeting street. nov27 mo RENT, A FINE STORE WITH FIX JL TURES for a grocery und bar-room, corner Longitude Lane and East Bay. To an approved tenant rent will be $10 per month. Also, six large square Rooms, willi lire places, back piazzas and cistern waler on every story. The rooms trill be rented singly If preferred. Inquire of Mr. KOSH, on the premises. octl6 ROOMS TO RENT.-THREE I'NFL'R N1SHED rooms In a residence pleasantly situated iii thc western part of the city. Term's moderate. For further particulars, apply at No. ll Doughty street. octlJ iror Sale. REAL~?STA??~7)R~ PERSONAL "pRo" PERTYorany kind may be advertised ror sale in this column, at the rate or 25 cents for twenty words or less, each insertion, ?" paid In advance. FOR SALE, THE SUBSTANTIAL BRICK RESIDENCEofthe late Dr. Moultrie, ut the northwest corner or Pitt and Montague st reels. The Lol measures about 106 rect on Mon? tagne street, by lui reel on Pitt street. The House contains six upright rooms, two basement rooms, two large allies, tu o piazzas, three dressing rooms, one bath room, water closets, .Ve. Sub. stantlal brick oin buildings. Apply to RUTLEDGE A YOUNG, Solicitors Estate, No. 2?; Croad street, nov lo w Ii^OR SALK, THREE PAIR OK THOR 1 OL'01 HIRED Chester White PIGS, two months old. Apply at No. 63 Meeting stree next to Milla House. novSO mw2 ONE FIRST-CLASS EIGHT HORSE strictly PORTABLE ENGINE and BOILER, One Steam Portable Cross-cut or Wood Sawint Machine. For sale al CAMERON, BARKLEY A co. novar is PRINTING PRESS FOR SALE AT A L GREAT BARGAIN.-One smaU Cylinder TAY? LOR PRESS in complete repair. It has been but little used, and is sold simply because thu present owner lins no use for it. The size of the bed of the Press ls forty-four by firty-cight Inches. Said Press will be sold at a great bargain ir applied for at once, as thc room lt occupies ls wanted for other purposes. Address? Box No. 3795 New York Post office. scpt20 ?oar?ing. P~ ll??MAN?N?T TRANSmCT AND DAY Boarders can be accommodated with pleas? ant Rooms and on moderate terms, at No. 41 Wentworth street, south sula. deel 1* BOARDING.-FIRST-CLASS BOARD at Mis. WILLIAM S. FRASER'S. No. 4 Hud .-on street. Terms moderate. novit tutlis?* ?jolcis. rjlilK ALSTON HOTEL, G. & C. ll. E. AIRS. MARYA. ELK 1X3, assisted by bcrsoni. has opened a new HOTEL, al Alston, ls pre? pared to accommodate Hie travelling public Pas? sengers c.uf now yet Meals upon thc arrival nt A Mon of nut 01 ibo i rams. Tho arrangements o; Hie Hotel ure convenient mid comfoi toola, and good treatment is guura.'iic.-d 'o ali who ni?.y cul! la. ?toll2 Meetings. LANDMARK LODGE, No. 76, A. F. M. Thc Anniversary Communication of Land? mark Lodge, .No. 76, A. F. M., will he held at thc Masonio Hall. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. Mem? bers will come prepared to pay arrear.-. Uv order of the w. M. VF. H. PRIOLEAl", deel _ _ Secretary. MEDICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH CAR? OLINA.-The Regular Monthly Meeting of this Society will bc held THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. MANNING SIMONS, M. D., ? deel Secretary. CHARLESTON BOARD OF TRADE. The Regular Monthly Meeting will bc held ut 7 o'clock Tins EVBNINO, at thc Hibernian Hall. Ry order of the President. II. RARR, deel_ Secretary. CHARLESTON STEAM FIRE ENGINE COMPANY OF AXMKN.-Thc Monthly Meet? ing of your Company will be held at Eugine House, THIS EVENING, at half-past 7 o'clock. Ry order. F. J. GREEN, deel Secretary. NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY.-THE Regular Quarterly Meeting of this Society will bc held at the Charleston Hotel, THIS EVE NINO, thc 1st Instant, at half-past 7 o'clock. A full attendance is particularly requested, as business of importance will be brought up for consideration. Supper will bc served at ? o'clock, deel THADDEUS STREET, Sccretarv. HOMESTEAD BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION.-Thc Monthly Meeting of this Association will bc held at Masonic Hall Tum EVENING, lat instant, at 7 o'clock. Thc Treasurer will receive thc dues from stockholders during thc day at the office, of L. Gambrill A Co., No. 7 Urond street, and at thc hall In the evening. JOSEPH Will LD EN, <iect . Treasurer. STEVEDORES' PROTECTIVE UNION. Members will please attend Regular Mectiug Tuts EVENING at 7.oo P. M. Ry order. HENRY MAY, deel Secretary. ATTENTION. MECHANICS. -BL ACK SMITHS, TINNERS, BOILERMAKERS, PAINTERS AND COPPERSMITHS.--Thc white journeymen of tho above trades are requested to attend a meeting at thc Washington Fire Compa? ny's Hall, on Tnis EVENING, thc 1st In? stant, at half-past 7 o'clock, for thc purpose of electing Delegates to the Executive Committee and signing thc Constitution of the Working men's Union. Dy order. J. M. RABB, deel 2* President. Jnsnrance. j N s u R E IN THE SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY, OP NEW YORK CITY. President, ROBERT L. CASE; vice-President, TUBO. R WHETMORB; Secretary, ISAAC H. ALLEN. General Agent for South Carolina, W. HUTSON TOWNSEND, Aiken. ORGANIZED IN 1862. Assets, December 31, 1SC8.$1,851,570 00 Amount Insured in 1863.11,561,389 00 Claims paid. 113,539 00 No reatri.' tions on travel. Only sound lives In? sured. Loan of portion of premium allowed when de? sired. Dividends declared annually. Last Dividend 50 per cent. All forms of Life and Endowment Policy Issued. Attention ls especially Invited to thc Ten Year Non-Forfeiture ami thc Return Premium plans, insurance by the hitter costs the policy-holder ONLY THE INTEREST OTOH HIS ANNUAL PREMIUMS, for the Premiums themselves arc returned at death in addition io the full amount nf the Policy. Tins Company ls chartered under tho Laws of thc State of New York, and lt Invites thc closest scrutiny into Us condition as exhibited In official reports of Insurance Departments of New York and Massachusetts. SPECIAL AGENTS IN THE STATE AT LAUGE.-A. J NORRIS. J. IL WILKIE, J. M. HUTSON, C. A DESAUSSURB, C. G. STEPHENS, J. J. MACKEY, R. P. GANTT, S. H. SYDNOR. D. K. MOUZON, G. D. RHODUS, L. O. STEPHENS. REFERENCES.-IL z. LAUREY, Esq., R. M. ALEXANDER, Esq.. RICHARD CALDWELL. Esq.. M. ll. NATHAN. Esq., Messrs. STOLL, WEBB A CO., Messrs. H. COBIA A CO. Dr. W. M. FITCH, Medical Examiner. LOUIS SIIERFESEE, Agent for Charleston, S. C., OFFICE No. 40 BROAD STREET, (Second Floor.) nov22 18 B R O O K L Y N LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Assets over.$1,300,000 Issues all kinds of Life and Endowment Poli? cies. Dividends annually In cpsh. only Com? pany having the Deflnite Guaranteed Surrender Value Plan Policies, world-wide. Second to no Company in thc United States for stability, libe? rality and economy. Office No. 141 Broadway, New Yerk. CHRISTIAN W. RUCK, President. WILLIAM M. COLE, Secretary. State Agency No. 35 Broad-street, second floor. Local and Canvassing Agents wanted through? out thc State. Apply in person or by letter to JAMES C. HOLMES, JB., General Agent for South Carolina. .i'i:.vi2 mwfCmos ?ano (or Sale. S)A AA ACRES TO LEASE FOR A ?-?\/\J TERM OF YEARS.-The large and beautiful PLANTATION, known as Keift Place, consisting of 2490 acres, noo cleared. Soil rich and clay abounding in deposits of marl. 7o<i acres of splendid cotton land; loo acres nf it will make a bug to the acre; location perfectly healthy nil thcyear; four und a half miles rrom Lewisville, South Carolina Railroad; well settled; has been in constant cultivation since the war; has all neces? sary buildings; small dwelling, barns, atables, ginhousc, screw, laborers' houses. Lyon's creek runs through the estate and furnishes one of the best sites for a factory in tho State. Will be sohl with the lease, the following: S fine young MULES, a large lot of Improved imple? ments, Brlnly Ploughs, New Gin, Dickson Cotton Seed, enough lo plant the entire crop; 2000 bushels of Cotton Seed forllrtilizing; .'loo bushels of coru. All will be sold ou thc place, low for cash. Parties desiring to lease are requested to Inspect tlie growing orop of cotton, which will give entire satisfaction. For terms, apply to MKS. LAW? RENCE KElTr, St. Matthew's P. O., Orangebtirg District, S. C. REFERENCES.-Major T. II. Wlutley, J. C. Keitt, Esq., Orangeburg; ll. W. Peronueau, Esq.. WU lium Middleton, Esq., Charleston. oct25 mwflrao* FLORIDA LAND F O Ii SALE.- A valuable PLANTATION of SOO acres in Ma? rum County, Florida, is offered at private sale, about ene half cleared mid under cultivation: part bent hammock. Tilla Phi n tal ion is one of tue most desirable lu tue Staiu; is very produc? tive for Cotton. Rice. Corn, Sugar, Vegetables, Ac; also Hue for Oranges und other Fruits; is located In one of thc healthiest and mist plea? sant uclglttiornoods in the Slatekbeing conveni? ent, lo rnilroads, churches, AC. Apply io A. B. MULL.CAN, Cotton Factor, Accommodation vcii.,rf. Charleston, s. C. n?vi2 T lUiGcclltiiicons. ? PLA N ? K ~R S Just received on consignment, COTTON GINS, Ploughs, and other Agricultural Implement; bought at Bankrupt Sale tn New York. For sale low, if h?ten at once, by WM. UcEAY, Ko, Lie Meeting street, deel Opposite Pavilion Hotel. KIN ?MAN'S SALOON No. 279 KING STREET. MINC K P I EH. HOT MINCE PIES eve/y day. OYSTERS. OTSTERS in every style. COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE. nOTCOFPEEaad CHOCOLATE from 7 A. M. lo ll P. M. nov.iO i SOLOMON'S BITTERS ACCOMPLISH ALL THEY PROMISE For 6ale at septn .twos _ rt IO?L A LYNATFS. Ll li E S ll PUR K SAUSAGES EVERY HOUNINd, AT R T A L L No. I ?, L O W K?. M B K F M A U K E T. A ?mnsements. BALL. The Thirty -First Anniversary Ball of the GER? MAN FIRE COMPANY will bc ??chi at thc Hiber? nian Hall, on MONDAY EVENING, December 20, commencing at 8 o'clock P. M. Tickets can bc procured from the following gentlemen: George Marlcnhoff, Chairman; n. Schr?ge, L. Schroabe, M. J. H. Ostendorff, H. Uacsloop, F. Strcckfus, John Wlebrs. deel 10,18, 20_ A^C A DEMY O?" MUSIC, KING STREET, CORNER OF M ARK BT. Proprietor.JOHN CHADWICK Agent.JULIUS L. MOSES Architect and Contractor.J. H. DEVERBUX Superintendent of Carpenter? ing.D. A. J. SULLIVAN Superintendent of Masonry.N. F. DEVEREUX Superintendent of Plastering_J. YT. DEVEREUX Painters and Gilders.T. A. BEAMISH A Co. Artists in Fresco, G. TIRRELL and E. CRAMER and Ass'ts. Gilding.MCGEARY and DOTY Upholstering and Carpets.C. D. CARR A Co. Iron Columns and Ratlin?, GEO. R. JACKSON and BURNETT A Co. Iron Chairs.B. KEOCULINO Iron Work.......C. WERNER Papier Mache Ornament?.W. SHORT Gas Fixtures and Chande? liers.GEO. H. KITCHEN A Co. Gas Fitting.P. L. GUILLEMIN Plumbing.ADAMS, DAMON A Co. Carvers.A. F. CHEVRELX and H. LEWIS Stage aud Stage Machinery.W. W. DEJIILT Stage Carpenters.T. WALKER and HERBERT Sen ic Artists, Messrs. WALLACE, TIRRELL and CRAMER Act Drop.M::;AUD LEWIS Lessee and Manager.JOHN T. FORD Stage Manager.GEORGE A. GARDINER TnE ACADEMY WILL OPEN THIS EVENING, DECEMBER I, 1SC??, WITH AN OPENING ADDRESS, From the pen of Dr. W. GILMORE SIMMS, of South Carolina ; Spoken by Miss LILLIE ELDRIDGE, Which will bc followed by T. W. ROBERTSON'S Modern Comedy, entitled SCHOOL! As produced last season at Wallack's Theatre, New York. Act 1st. Recreation ! Act 2d. Ex? amination ! Act 3d. Flirtation ! Act 4th. Reali? zation I Naomi Tighe, an East Indian Heiress.Miss LILLIE ELDRIDGE Bella, a Poor Scholar.Miss LAURA ALEXANDER Laura, thc Sleepy Scholar.Miss HERBERT Mrs. Sutcliffe, Principal_Mrs. LOUISE ELDRIDGE Jack Poyntz.Mr. W. H. CRISP, Jr. Lord Beaufoy.Mr. JAS. O'NEIL Bean Farlntosh.Mr. SAMUEL ".NAPP Krux, au Assistant Teacher... .Mr. SAMUEL '.YAN Dr. Sutcliffe.Mr. JOSEPH PARKER Scholars, Attendants, Ac. ?5* Poors open at 7, Curtin rolled up at 8 o'clock precisely. PRICES OF ADMISSION.-Orchestra Chairs, $1; Orchestra Circle, $1; Balcony Chairs, fl; Balcony Dress Circle, $1. Entrance on King street. Se? cured Seats, 25 cents additional. Family Circle, 50 cents, (one-half reserved for colored families;) Gallery, 25 cnls. Entrance on Market street. Thc Sale of Secured Scats will commence on TUESDAY, at 9 A. M., in thc Vestibule Entrance on King street. N. LEVIN, JB., Treasurer. A CARD. In assuming the management of this elegant Temple of Art, the Lessie deems lt?incumbent upon him to state, that he enters upon his mana? gerial duties with great diffidence and much em? barrassment. Charleston being remotely situat? ed from the great theatrical centres, his resources will bc consequently limited, and to some extent contracted. He will not, therefore, indulge in profuse promises for the future, but will pledge himself to use his best service and exertions to furnish such novelties and attractions as he can possibly command, and endeavor to produce them tn such a style as will deserve success and secure public approbation. Courteous attention will bc paid to thc patrons of thc Academy. Good order will bc preserved and enforced, and a proper morale be rigidly maintained throughout thc establishment. JOHN T. FORD, deel 3 Lessee and Manager. S ?toucs, Hanges, cv'c. TOVES AT WHOLESALE, THE UNDERSIGNED, SUCCESSORS OF HOR? TON A SHEPHERD, HAVE RESUMED TH KIR TRADE IN STOVES, AS WHOLESALE DEALERS, IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR OTHER BUSI? NESS, AND ARE NOW PREPARED TO SUPPLY OTHER DEALERS, FACTORS, MERCHANTS AND ALL TUE CUSTOMERS OF THE OLD HOUSE WITH THE MOST APPROVED DESCRIPTIONS OF COOKING STOVES, RANGES AND HEATING STOVES AT A CLOSE APPROXIMATION TO FOUNDRY PRICES. TUE COOKING STOVES AND RANGES ARE SOLD WITH OR WITHOUT FURNITURE-SOME OF THEM ARE DESIGNED TO OPERATE WITH? OUT TUE AID OF CHIMNEY'S IF NECESSARY AND ALL ARE GUARANTEED TO BAKE PROP? ERLY, IF SET UP AS DIRECTED. THE RANGES ARE UNUSUALLY LOW IN r PRICE-HAVE SIX BOILER OPENINGS AND DOUBLE OVENS, THOUGH BUT A SINOLE PIPE, AND NEED KO BRICK-WORK TO SET THEM UP. THE STOCK OF UEATING STOVES EMBRACES CAST-IRON AIR-TIGUTS, RUSSIA-IRON AIR TIGHTS, SIX-PLATE OR BOX STOVES, Ae. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES AND PRICES WILL BE FURNISHED UrON APPLICATION. WM. SnEPIIERB A CO., No. 24 KAYNE STREET, _ CHARLESTON* S. C.._ J A I? A N N ED TIN-WARE AT WUOLESALE. WM. SHEPHERD & CO., No. 24 RATHE STREET. S TAMPED TIN- W A R E AT WHOLESALE. WM. SHEPHERD A CO.. No. 24 HAYNE STREET. TERENCE RETINNED IRON - WARE AT WHOLESALE. WM. SHEPHERD A CO., _No. 24 HAYNE STREET. j?ELLEVILL E C OPP ER ROLLING MILLS. AGENTS IN CHARLESTON: WM. SHEPHERD A CO. Nb. 24 HAYNE STREET. A C T S J. I K E A CHAR M ! THE GENUINE ENGLISH OHI.ORODINE, (J. COLLIS CKOVNK'S.) ls the best Anodyne ever Known to the profes siou. To bc had ol Dr.. H. DAER, m.'v3 NO. ?si v-iikCt sire?'.. ?rocerks, ?iqnor?, Ut. jyVEKPOOL SALT AFLOAT. 6000 sacks SALT, in fine order, now landlng^or Ship Gorilla, from Llverpeo". and for sale hy V r. MURK A CO., novan Boyce's Wharf. yitisn WHISKEY. Jameson's best iRlsn WHISKEY, bottled bj E. A J. Burke, Dublin, and bearing their label and capsule. Imported direct by WM. S. CORWIN A CO., nov29 0 No. 275 King street. J^IVERPOOL SALT. 4000 sacks Livcpool SALT, just arrived per bark Arbitrator. For sale by EOV27 WAGNER, HUGER A CO. H. KLATTE & CO. Are now reeelving a full Stock of GROCERIES AND LIQUORS, CONSISTING- OF: 100 barrels REFINED SUGARS 20 hhds. and barrels Raw Sugar 100 hhds. and barrels Molasses 10 barrels Beehive Syrup 100 bags Coffees 100 packages Mackerel-Nos. J 2 and 3 25 barrels Pickled .Mullens and Herrings 100 kegs Nails loo boxes Cheese loo boxes Soaps 260 barrels Flour-Fine, Super, Extra and Family 25 half chests Hyson and Oolong Tea 50 kegs Dutch Herrings 100 barrels and tubs Lard 100 barrels Gibson's and Walter's Whiskey - casks Gin, Brandy and Wines 50 cases Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps 25 cases Hostet tor's Bitters. Raisins, Currants, Citron, Prunes, Figs, *A1 monds, JeUles, Oysters, Pickles, Sweet Oil, Toma? toes, Brandy and Fresh Peaches, Soda, Fire Crackers, Sardines, Starch, Shot, Powder.Matches, Brooms and Buckets, Saurkraut, Ac, Ac For sale at iowest prices. H. KLATTE A CO., No. 201 East Bay, nov25 Northwest corner Cumberland street. (JBO. W. WILLIAMS & CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS, KAYNE STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C., Have in Store and to arrive, which they are offering at lowest market prices 1000 bbls. Yeller Pink Eye Planting POTATOES 4000 sacks Liverpool Salt 60 bales Standard Gunny Bagging 200 coils Hemp, Jute, Cotton and Manilla Rope 600 bbls. Relined Sugars 30 hhds. Porto Rico Sugars 25 hhds. Muscovado Sugars 100 hhds. Old Crop Cuba Molasses 300 bbls. Old Crop Cuba Molasses 100 bbls. Sugar House Syrup ooo bags Rio, Lagoayra and Java Coffee 300 boxes Colgate No. 1 and Pale Soaps 250 boxes E. D., Cheshire and State Cheese 300 bbls. Fine, Super, Extra and Family Flour 600 packages Fish, Nos. 1,2 and 3 looo kegs Parker Mill Nalia. Orange Rifle POWDER, Shot and Lead, Caps, Candles, Fire Crackers, Soda and Sugar Crackers, Sugar Jumbles, Soda In kegs and papers, Starch, Oysters, Sardines, Candy, Buckets and Tubs, Raisins, Figs, Potash and Lye, Rice, Ac, Ac. nov24 Wim8mos ?pRUIT! FRUIT! FRUIT! BY C. BART & CO. Just received and now landing at Union Wharf, per schooner "Azelda and Laura," from Baracoa: 1,200 Bunches RED BANANAS 20,000 Cocoanuis 6.000 Plantains 3,000 Grape Fruit. IN STOKE, * 20,000 West India ORANGES 10 bbls. Limes 100 bbls. Baldwin Apples 10 kegs Malaga Grapes 100 bbls. Onions 50 bbls. Jackson Whites and Peach Blow Po? tatoes 25 bbls. Assorted Nuts 200 drums New Figs, assorted sizes 300 boxes Assorted Figs, from 2 to 3 lbs. each 10 frails Dates 50 cases Union Torpedoes, containing 30,008 60 whole and half boxes Fire Crackers. Will be sold low by C. BART A CO., nov23 Market street. JP LOUR! F L O U B I FIBST PREMIUM AWARDED TO CAMPSEN MILLS FLOUR, AT COLUMBIA STATE FAIR, 1860. WK OFFEK FOR SALE: soo sacks Choice Family FLOUR) ^" ",", 500 sacks Extra Flour j Otmpsen Mills. ALSO, 500 bbls. Northern FLOUR-all grades 500 bbls. Northern Choice Bakers' Flour. CORN I OATS I 5000 bushels Prime White and Western Mixed CORN 2000 bushels Prime Black Seed and White Oats. For sale by JNO. CAMPSEN A 09. nov22 mwfo MYE?POOL SALT! 6000 sacks LIVERPOOL SALT, direct from Liv? erpool-large and full sacks. For sale at lowest market prices, by OCI2? T. J. KERR A CO. pu RE SHERRY WINE. Just received 30 casks of SHERRY WINE prices S3, $4, SS, $6, $8, $12 per gallon; in bottle, from $1 to $2 50. ALSO, PIPERA CO. HEIDSIECK Ve Clicquot PonsarcMn Mumm's Champagne Green Sea! Sparkling Mozelle. All of direct importation. WM. S. CORWIN A CO., No. 275 King street, Branch of No. 9C0 Broadway, New York. novl3_ JJISON'S TOBACCO ANTIDOTE IS WARRANTED TO REMOVE ALL DESIRE FOR TOBACCO. RISON'S TOBACCO ANTIDOTE ls for sale by DR. H. BARR. G. W. AI MAR. G. J. LUHN. DR. E. H. KELLERS. DR. W. A. SKRINE. E. S. BURNHAM. iiov24 wfm"mos jy? ARENGO CURES FEVER AND AGUE. THE FINEST TONIC IN THE WORLD. ?"For sale by all Druggists. G. J. LUHN, Agent, Druggist, Corner King and Tobo street, septn nmos_Charleston, S. C. j^OLOMON'S BITTERS ARE FOR SALE BY Hrs. RAOUL A L Y N A H, At Wholesale and Retail, CORNER KLNG AND MARKET STREETS. scptn 3mos Cnmber, Sutl Ut. o XL": C 0 A Ti CTTATJ 330 tons No. 1 Red Ash. Egg and Stove Coal, which gives such general sausfactlon, daily ex? pected by Schooner A. H. Edwards, and can be had low by applying to F. P. SEIGNIOUS, Corner East Bay and Hasel street, cast side. decl 1 _ 0 A L ! COAL1 COALl 300 tons Rsd Ash Egg COAL landing from Brig Gambia, and for sale by H. F. RAKER A CO., Coal Yard, H0V22 No. 20 Cumberland street. FLEMING'S WORM CONFECTIONS, (SANTONINE.) ? Titer arc purely vegetable, sn fe and Bore. The best iii use. For sale by Dr. II. BA ER, No. in Mt cong stn;!, Otfto Vt holcsttl? Agi-nt.