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ZEBUS OE TUE NEWS.. TEM DAJLT NEWS, by mall, ene year $6; six montas IS; taree montas $2; one month 75 cents. Served In tko atty at Firmas CENTS a weet, pay a Ma to the carriers, or $6 a year, paid in advance at the office. THE TRI-WEEKLY NEWS, published on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, one year $3; six months $2; and 60 cents a month for any shorter period. SUBSCRIPTIONS in aH cases payable in advance, and no paper continued after the expiration of the time paid for. ADVERTISEMENTS.-First insertion 15 cents a line; subsequent insertions 10 cents a hoe. Spe? cial Notices 15 cents a line each insertion. L'usi? n?es Notices 20 cents a line each Insertion. Mar? riage and Funeral Notices One Dollar each. Cuts tad Electrotype Advertisements will be inserted on the Fourth Page only. NOTTCW 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 4S words, 50 cents each insertion. All " announcements to be published at these rates ?lost be paid for in advance. REMITTANCES should be made by Postoffice 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 NEWS, er by sending the money tn a registered letter. Address RIORDAN DAWSON A CO., No. 149 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, I860. To Our Friends in thc Country-In? ducement* to New Subscribers. We desire, if possible, to make THE NEWS, Which is already witttout exception the cheapest newspaper in the South, a regular visitor in every well regulated household in this and the adjoining States. Asan inducement to the plant? ers Co subscribe to THE NEWS bjfore the expira? tion of th present year, we Tuite arranged with Messrs. Walker, Evans <?. Cogswnl, the publish? ers qr Ute RURAL CAROLINIAN, to supply that new mnd superb agricultural magazine, together with THE NEWS, to all .new subscribers, at the follow , ing very tova rates: THE DAILT NEWS and the RURAL CAROLINIAN, one year, for six dollars and fifty cents. THE TRI-WEEKLY NEWS and thc RURAL CARO UKI AN. one year, for four dollars. Subscriptions to the two publications may be tent either to the proprietors of THE NEWS, or to (heproprietors of the RURAL CAROLINIAN. But persons desiring to avail themselves of this offer mist do so before the first qf January next, as the arrangement will not be extended beyond that period. NEWS OF TUE DA T. -Gold closed doll at 22? -In New York yesterday cotton dosed quiet and nutter heavy at 2j s.e. -In Liverpool cotton closed steady and un? changed; uplands llJid; sales 12,000 bales. -Gilded stoves for drawing rooms are for sale in Bo-ton. -There are ninety-six different kinds of atreet pavements In use in this country. -The Prince Imperial has smoked his first l cigarette and Paris is delighted. -The first cargo of cotton that passed through the Suez Canal came from Bombay. -James Mace has accepted Tom Allen's chal? lenge to fight for $5000 or more a side. -There is said to be no doubt but that Victor - Emanuel was married during his recent illness. -A daughter of Professor Agassiz is in the In? sane Asylum at Somerville, Mass., a monomaniac. -The New York Commercial Advertiser sbrewd iAsuggests that the suffrage be granted to aU irroien over forty. -Jenny Lind, Sims Reeves, (thc great English tenor.) and Santley, are coming this season to America. A strong concert combination that. -Tlie appointment of Rev. Dr. Temple as Bishop of Exeter has been confirmed, notwith? standing the protests and arguments made against IL -Mlle. Artot, a prima donna, on the occasion of her marriage, presented au unmarried sister with o.-.e hundred thousand francs, thus revers? ing the usual ordor of wedding gifts. -The title Of Mrs. Stowe's new book ls "The Truo Story of Lady Byron E4?abltshed." It con? tains some three hundred pages, and will be giren to the public at an carly day. -Napoleon treated M. de Werthern, the new Prussian Embassador In Paris, with offensive coldness at the audience in which thc Emhassa dor presented his credentials to him. -Mrs. .Lincoln has returned to Frankfort for 1 the winter. It seems there ls not a word of truth In tho storr of her Intended marriage with a Ger? man baron. She is living lu retirement. -Virginia granite, In dressed blocks, has been shipped la large quantities from Richmond to St, Louts, Mo., to be used lu building the piers of the steel bridge over the Mississippi River, at the lat? ter city. -Altogether, 1S8.586 Chinese have reached Cali? fornia. These are thus accounted for by the com? panies: Returned, 37,323; dead, 10,420; remaining in tho State, 41,000; and thc rest have gone Into other States. -Oa the 23th, the Princess of Wales gave birth to a daughter. Her Royal Highness and thc in? fant princess were reported by the medical at? tendants to be doing well There are now two keys and three girls in the family of thc Prince or Wales. -The late Earl of Derby left behind him a for? tune or about 51,000,000 a year. When he suc teeded to his estates In 1851, they yielded him less than a third of that snm. The Increase ls due to | the extraordinary rise lu the value of property in Lancashire, where the Derby estates lie, through the developments of the manufacturing interest. -The Washington correspondons say that the current just now seems strongly in favor of rais? ing tee salaries of the most Important govern? ment officers. The idea ls to double the Presi? dent's salary and largely increase the salaries of the heads of departments and ablest clerks. Such a bill, however, wul meet with determined oppo? sition tn the House. -Washington City is often represented as de? ficient In trade and enterprise. Its stationers, however, are the wealthiest in the country, and count their incomes almost by millions. They give gorgeous parties, live In splendid mansions, and dcuj themselves no luxr which money can purchase. All this arises from fat contracts with the departments of which they are thc happy and f successful possessors. -The Empress Eugenie communicated with her husband by telegraph two or three times a day daring her Suez journey, receiviug the most minnie details of domestic interest, aud his j Majesty's remarks upon his entertalnmeut at the theatres he visited, and so forth. She telegraphed complaints to thc Viceroy from the remote points In the desert which she visited, if her hoare dis patches were more than two or three hours lu reaching her. -Sing Man and Choy Chew, the Chinese mer? chants who visited this country last summer, established business relations with a number of gentlemen here and in thc West, and already Some Chicago houses have received consignments from thara. The tea put up In one pound packa? ges cn the Chinese plantations and delivered in lass than fifty days after it isahlpped, has already become popular there, and the demand for tue article demonstrates the fact that our trade ?.'westward to the Indies" will eventually be of no mean importance. -The "correct style ror full evening dress" is announced to be a black dress coat, with velvet collar and plain lapels roiling low. A black em? broidered casslmere '.est ls the most lashionable this season, taong't white Marseilles vesta are much worn, cut low, to show three shirt studs with a rolling collar, and are In good tante. Trousers are made of a fine black doeskin, cut .tey to tho leg and with a good spring a. the bottom. The ahlrt bosom should be neatly em Mroklered and the studs jewelled, smaU ("aaioiids ? acing the most dre^y. The tie should always be >whtt,> the ends a little larger than In thc ';cutre, and embroidered. Gloves also white, though a light lavender or pale cream color Ls often worn Boots of plain calfskin, not patent leather. -A Washington correspondent of the New Tort Journal of Commerce now again states that, notwithstanding positive assurance to the con? trary, reiterated time and again, there are the best grounds for belief that the Supreme Court of the United States has decided the legal-tender act unconstitutional. He adds: '-Men of promi? nence who Inclined to this belier previously, have, since the reading or the President's message, been convinced." "What does that return to specie payments mean ?" asks one. "Simply that the legal-tender act is unconstitutional, and the Supreme Court has forced the recommendation," was the answer. "Let them decide as we know they will decide, and where will we be ?" These remarks occurred among the congressional financiers of the Republican persuasion, and have cast a gloom over those who have pet theories to advance. These theories are numerous, and it ls added that a careful canvass in both Houses shows that thc uppermost theme now is the finances._ The Late Ex-Governor Picken*. We need hardly invito the attention of oar readers to the warm and graceful tribute to the memory of the late Hon. Francis W. Pickens, printed in another part of to-day's NEWS. Arnon;' a people who had so often recognized the worth and ability of Edge field's honored son. and who, under his leadership, inaugurated the most colossal conflict of modern times, a memorial article like this, from the pen of one of his dear and trusted friends, will be welcomed with sad but eager interest. A Chapter of Railroad History. Between the Anderson Intelligencer and THE CUARL%TON NEWS there is an honest difference of opinion. The Intelligencer, with characteristic frankness, condemns this paper for "having endeavored to make the "question of Stute aid" to the Blue Ridge Railroad "savor too much of politics," and candidly avows its belief that the policy of TOE NEWS in regard to that important rail? road is "totally at variance with the true " interests of the State." These views are contained in a leading article which we re? print this morning. The Intelligencer is in error in assuming that THE NEWS has endeavored to give a political caste to the question of State aid to the Blue Ridge Railroad. This' has been the aim of no less a person than Governor Scott, who has thoroughly reconstructed the board of directors, not in the interests of the com? pany, but in the interests of the Radical par? ty. A publication of the names of the pres? ent directors, side by side with the names of the directors two years ago, would show very clearly what the Radicals have done to? ward giving the concern a political savor. THE NEWS, on the other hand, has never treated the Blue Ridge Railroad as anything but a matter of money-a question of price and value, cost and profit. When Governor Scott sent to the Legislature a special mes? sage in regard to the Blue Ridge Railroad, this paper did not oppose the passage of a bill authorizing the endorsement by the State of $4,000,000 of Blue Ridge Railroad bonds. The heart of tue up-country was set upon this work ; for a quarter of a century it had been the dream and hope of the seaboard. And when it was stated that $4,000,000 would complete the road and that the work could be done in one year, we were willing* that the State should risk the millions whose expenditure should pour into the bosom of South Carolina the trade and riches of tho West. We had no thought then, nor have wc now, of raising a clamor against the road, and when the Cincinnati Convention met, uo journal was more earnest than THE NEWS in endeavoring to secure the con? struction of the Southern road from Cincin? nati to Knoxville the terminus of the Blur; Ridge lino. A more thorough investigation of the scheme caused this paper to bc far from sanguine in its estimate of the benefit to be received by this State from her trans montane railroad, but nothing was said to chill the ardor of tneu of stronger faith. This was tiia position of allairs when the contract for completing the Blue Ridge Rail? road was awardod to Crissvell ?t Co. That bargain has not been justified and cannot bc; bul what we have to deal with now is the fact that the awarding of the contract made it evident that tho road, wit'iout de? pots, robing stock, and other equipment, would cost $9,000,000, besides thc s.'J.OW, 001) already spent. Until the road was com? pleted it could earn nothing, for thc country through which it passes, after leaving Wal? halla, is a mountainous waste. The road could not be finished in less than two year?, and the State would have had to provide for the payment of interest on $9,000,000 of bonds amounting at six per cent, to $510. 000 dollars a ywir-one half tiie whole amount paid in State taxes iu lb'f.9. This tiuancial view of the subject was enough to compel THE NEWS to withhold its further support of the road until thc State was in a more prosperous condition But when, in addition, there was the certait/y that the road and the laying out of ni'-.a million dol? lars would be controlled by JOVEKNOB SCOTT and MAYOR PILLSBURY, i* became tito duty of this paper to expose 'he huge job on all occasions, and to attack it in and odt of season. This was the least that we owed to the people whom we represent. At the time that the contract with Crissvell ?: Co. was made, the Intelligencer ar? gued, as it argues no", that it mast have been a marvellous pr per contract, or it would not have been at "opted hy President Harrison and the Executive Committee. There is no forcii in this a.gunjctiL Govern? or Scott and Mayor Pillsbury represent offi? cially about seven-eighths of the stock of thc road They can make and unmake directors as they please. Mr. Harrison is president it is true, but he lias no more real power than is possessed by one of bis own cross ties. All his tact and energy go for nothing when pitted against the votes of Pillsbury and Scott. We assume, therefore, that Mr. Harri30u, with other directors, consented to accept the Crissvell &, Co. contract in the same way that be consented to the election of a colored director at the meeting lately held in Charleston. He could not prevent tlie acceptance of the contract, or the elec? tion of the colored man, and it did not suit him to resign. It was easier to bow tlutn to break. We are compelled to put the case in this way, because it President Harrison avows that he sustains the directors in all that they have doue, and approves of tbeir action in every important particular, it may become the pleasure of the people to call upou him-au 1 not u;on Mayor or Governor -for an account of the momentous interests committed to his care. How long Mr. Har? rison, and other gentlemen similarly situated, will remain in a position where they share the responsibility and have no share of pow? er, they alone can decide. If Mr. Harrison has not changed his mind siuce lie wa3 last in Charlestyn, he may be expected to sever his connection with the company in a very short time. We turn now to Hie part played by Governor Scott in the matter of Hie contract. The Intelligencer says that "if Governor Scott " made arrangements to obtain a nice little "joh with these contractors, it is somewhat " singular that he should be among the first "to relinquish and advise a discontinuance " of the contract." This is very poor preach? ing. Governor Scott became a partner in tho Blue Eidge Railroad Company in order to make money. THE NEWS succeeded in keeping down the price of State bonds, and in making it doubtful whether the Legisla? ture would cancel the $4,000,000 guarantee and give a guarantee for S9.000.000 in its stead. This and the tardiness of the con? tractors made Scott believe that more money could be made by ballooning State securi? ties than by fighting the battles of Crissvell ?fc Co. Out of the Senate resolutions not to graut State aid to railroads, the gold inter? est bill, thc bill to fund the new bills of the Bank of thc State, and thc bill requiring cer taiu companies to deposit State bonds with the Comptroller-General, Governor Scott hopes to make more than he expected to realize out of the Blue Ridge Ring. And this brings us to the assertion made by the Intelligencer that "itmay be true that the " State officials were interested with the con " tractors, but we respectfully submit that " t/ie sequence to this contract Joes not fur 11 nish evidence to that effect." "We say that it does furnish ample evidence, and that if tlie beginning of the contract was only as bad as ita end is, THE NEWS was fully justi? fied in treating the whole transaction as a swindle and cheat. The last meeting of the Blue Ridge Rail? road Company, held in Charleston, was not open to the public-Scott and Pillsbury, by proxy, represented the people and thc $3, - 000,000 spent upon the roath The first news of the result of the meeting came from Columbia. Two of the Charleston directors had resigned, and one had been dropped, and the Crissvell Sz Co. contract had boen carefully discussed. Subsequently a meet? ing of the directors was held in Columbia. They sat with closed doors, and every mem? ber was pledged to secrecy. The Intelligen? cer, however, admits that "they agreed to "pay seventy-five thousand dollars" to Criss "vell<fc Co., who had done "about fifteen or "twenty thousand dollars worth of work on "the road." This is part of the truth, hut not the whole truth. Is the Intelligencer aware that the value of all the work done by Criss? vell &, Co. on the Blue Ridge Railroad is set down in the public prints at fifteen hundred dollar* ? Has the Intelligencer heard that the Attorney-General, consulted by the Hoard, gave his opinion that Crissvell &, Co. legally forfeited their contract and could claim no damages ? Does the Intelligencer know that, besides paying S7.'?,000 for work which cost ouly 51500, the Board agreed to settle with the sub-contractors T The truth of this statement i.s not denied, and we say that this la3t job, this settlement with the contractors, is to the full as bad as the first. This paying $75,000, where not a cent was legally due, Ls the natural "sequence" of the Crissvell & Co. contract, and does, if there is anything in the reasoning of our contem? porary, "furnish evidence*'that the orgina] contract was corruptly and improperly made. And we desire the Intelligencer to under? stand that there are oilier "nice little jobs" connected with the Blue Railroad besides thoae which this paper has already publish? ed. Does our contemporary know how many of the $4,000,000 bon is authorized to be guaranteed have been delivered to the niue Ridge Railroad Company, and how much it cost to get them ? Ugly rumors upon thia subject are flying thick and fast. And. per? haps, the Intelligencer can inform tu au? thoritatively whether ono of the signatures necessary to nuilee the bonds negotiable was very hard to obtain, and what was thc amount (thousands or tens of thousands ! of the ollicial fee ? We know enough al? ready of these schemes of plunder, but the Intelligencer is not easily convinced. It says that it will "heartily join THE NEWS in ''exposing rascality of every sort," and that it can "never allow its prejudices to outweigh "judgment for thc purpose of creating a sen? sation." We now ask the Intelligencer to join THE NEWS in unearthing the jobberies of the IJIue Ridge Ring, and beg that it will not allow its prejudices in favor of a great public work to outweigh what is due to it? self and to the State. Hubbard. Chief Constable Hubbard hos submitted hU first (and we hope last) annual report of thc State constabulary, in which he recom? mends that the constabulary guard at Abbe? ville and Edgclleld be increased to fifty men, and that the same number of constables be stationed in Chester, Newberry and Union. The cost of sustaining the constabidaryjbrco during the year Ls $31,492, thc tota! appro? priation being ?12,000. To justify this ex? travagant outlay, Constable Hubbard says: '.Crimes of all kinds have been numerous throughout the State, aud it has been almost Impossible to effect the arrest of murderers and other crimin?is, for the reason that they have received aid at all times from their friend-. In many Instances parses have been made up to enable them to leave the Sut to. Provisions have been furnished them while lying secreted in the woods and swamps, and, ia some cases, parties hare been regularly de? tailed to remain with them and warn them of the approach of officers of the law. Yet not? withstanding tiiese difficulties, the force hus succeeded in arresting a number of offenders, as the table will ehow." This is A very pretty story for thirty-one. thousand dollars. The table spoken of by Hubbard allowa tht .^lowing arreste: "Recapitulation.-Bigamy, I; arson, 2; rape, I; larceny, 107; disorderly conduct, 18; assault and battery, 159; assault and battery with in? tent to kill, G7; threats to kill, 10 ?robbery, 21; highway robbery, 2; murder, 54; accessory to murders, 7; abduction, S; bastardy, I; grand larceny, 22; riotous conduct, 21; violation o; iaw, 31; fraud, 2; gabbling, 3; burglary, '-. Total, 53C." No on: denies that a large number of por soas have been arrested by the Stute police. They can moke arrests .ns they did in Abbe? ville and Sumter, Mnd run up the black list to 5000. But how tn .ny o: the persons whom tlicy arrested were guilty of any crime? How many of them were tried and convicted? Until Constable Hubbard supplies this infor? mation, his long roll of offenders may show how much lie and his minions have done to insult and wrong the innocent, but will not tell the people what has been done to punish the offender and make crime odious. WE PBECT, this morning, reports of sales of land in eleven counties of South Carolina, on Monday last Trices generally were fair, with an upward tendency, and in Abbe ville, Sumter, Spartauburg anil Lancaster, there was a decided advance in the selling rates. At Georgetown, live tracts of land for which Governor?"Allston paid S222.500, so'ld for $42,700, and a large quantity of pine and swamp sold at from 8 to 22 cents per acre. IT WILL be seen by reference to the letter of our Washington correspondent, that the bill to pay Southern officials who could not take the iron-clad oath is aiiain before Congress, and will probably pass both Houses without material opposition. The bill is just and right, and none of the old talk about "test oaths" and "rebellious sentiment" can well be used against it at the present lime. LTJants. TXT"ANTS OF ALL KINDS CAN BE VV made known to everybody in this column at tho rate of 25 cents for twenty words or less, each insertion, if paid in advance._ WANTED, A COMPETENT NURSE. Also a COOK ft':-' WASHER, for a small Family. Recommendations positively required. Applv south side Calhoun street, second door from" St. Philip. dccl4 2? "TX/"ANTED, A SITUATION IN A GRO VV CERY ESTABLISHMENT, either Whole? sale or Retail, by a voung mar, a native of thc city. Address IL, Box No. 303, POStOfflce. decl4 1* BOY WANTED TO ASSIST TN CAR. AP? PLY at Dexter House. No. 84 Queen street, from IQ till li_decl4 1* WANTED, A GENTLEMAN AND EIS wife wish to procure permanent Board in a private family, or where there are few boarders. Terms must be moderate and location pleasant, Address "CAROLINIANS,'' Box 113, Charleston Posiottice. declt WANTED, A FEMALE HOUSE SER? VANT. Apply at corner of Coming and Radcliffe streets. decll 1* TTTANTED. BY A LADY, A SITUATION Vf as Teacher, either in a Day or Boarding School. She has had seven years' experience, and teaches, besides thc usaal English branches. Pre?en, German and Music. Address Miss II. L. TOOXO, Un lon ville, S. C. Refers to Ceucral W. H.-Wallace, of Union, and General J. B. Kershaw, of Camden. dec-14 tutlis? DAG* TTTANTED, A COLORED WOMAN, TO Vv Cook and Wash for a small family. Wages puitct uallv paid. Apply at No. 352 King street. decM 2* B ARB ER WANTED. -WANTED A journeyman Barber. Apply at No. 10 Queen :t. decU 1* TTTANTED, A MAN SERVANT, TO Tv cook and wait on table. Apply from 7 to 8 P. M., ut No. 19 East Uuttcrv. decbi 2* TTTANTED, A WHITE WOMAN, CAPA VV RLE of cutting and titting children's clot lies, and who Ls a good seamstress. Apply at No. 14 .Meeting street, deem WANTED, BY A YOUNG MAN FROM the up-country, aSituation In some Whole? sale or Retail House. Can lntluence trude, or would travel for some legitimato business. Ad? dress MORRIS, ?nice of THE NEWS. decs 12* TTTANTED, A SITUATION AS SUPER TV INTENDENT on a Rice Plantation by a ono armed man, who has seven years' extieriencc In Rice culture, and good-recommendations from his former employers. Please address W. B. W., Charil pron, S. C. dCC2 TTTANTED -A YOUNG MARBLED. MAN, Tv 28 years old. would like to take charge of a large Cotton Plantation, in the State of South Carolina. Any oue in want of a good, faithful Overseer, will do weil to address the undersigned. Can give the best of references. Good steady habits, and not troubled with politics. Address, ?or two months, P. W. EDWARDS. Portland, Maine._ novio Imo* TTTANTED, A. SITUATION AS CLERK. TT in a Wholesale Drug Store, or a large Re? tail and Prescription Drug Store. No objection to go In the country. Will expect hut a small com? pensation at Ont. The applicant ls a graduate of the South Carolina Medical College. Address M. I)., through thc Postoffice. oct9 TTTANTED. ?~n? U S ?T NEAR TUE vv central part of the dry. containing live or six rooms, with good outbuildings atiri water. Ad IrCXS 1>. Kt Oils 'lillee. scpt-JS AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE TO sei.? the American KNITTING MACHINE, the univ practical Family Knitting Machine ever Invented. Price $25. Will kui: 20.000 stitches per minute. Address American Knitting Machine Company, Boston. Mass., or St. Louts. Mo. oetSt -imus TT/"ANTED, KVKRYI^JDF?O" KNOW VV that JOB PRINTING .if all kinds,-plain and ornamental, is executed promptly in thc neatest style and al the lowest New Yeti; prices, at Tn.: NEWS Joi. Office, No. 14? HAST BAY. Call and examine thc w ilcol pnces before giving your orders elsewhere. TT/ANTE?, AGENTS.-TWO HUNDR ED VT and Fifty Dollars ncr month, to soil ti-.r unit Genuine Improved Common Sense Family SEWING MACHINE. Price only Sis. Great iii* duevincnta to Agents. This is the most popular Sewing Machine of toe dav-makes the famou* "Elastic Lock Stitch"-will do any kind of work that can be doue on any machine, one hundred thousand sold an?! nu- demand constantly in? creasing. Now bi the lime to take au agency. Send for Circuit! rs. n- Beware of Infringer*, l? Address SECOMB k CO., Booton, Mass.; Pitts? burg, ?'a., or St. Louis. Mo. oct29 Cmos Boure 111 g. BOARDING.-PERMANENT OR TRAN SIENT Hoard can bc obtained at the Run .Mansion, corner of George and Meeting strr- ts Accommodations ami comfortable rooms, fur Uished or unfurnished, to suit applicants. decH ruths VTTCELY FURNISHED ROOMS AND 111 BOARD at MM. MILLER'S, No. 1} Hudson street. . decl) Lost aub ioan?. LOST AND FOUND AGAIN.-IF YOU have lost anything, make it known to the public through Mks column. The rate for twenty words or less, eae? insertioj, is 26 cents, if paid In advance. LOST OR STRAYED FROM MY PREM? ISES. No. 150 Calhoun street, a large witltc BULL TERRIER, having a black spot over one eye, and bis. ears and tall cut The tinder of the .-ame Will bc rewarded on its delivery al the above pla?. deem ?uu? for Gale. FLORIDA LAND FOR SALE. - A valuable PLANTATION of ssc actes ;n Ma? non County, Florida, Is i>?;. red at pr?vale sale, about une half cleared und under cultivation: pan best hammock. This Plantation is one of the roost ricslrabli! In the State; Ls very produc? tive for cotton. Rice, Com. Sagar, Vegetables, Ac; also One for Oranges and other Fruits; is located In one o:' the healthiest and most plea? sant neighborhoods in tue State, being conveni? ent, to railroad-;, churches, Ac. Apply to A. B. MULLIGAN, Cotton Factor, Accommodation Wharf, Charleston, S. C. novu fctds. rjHE ALSTON HOTEL, G. & C. R. R. MRS. MARY A. ELKINS, assisted by her eons, has opened u new HOTEL, nt Alston, und is pre? pared to accommodate thu travelling public, 1'o.s sengera con now c?t Meats upon the arrival at Alston ol any of the trains. Thc arrangements of the lintel ore convenient and comfortable, and good treatment is guaranteed to ali who may collin. decl 12 TTT I L L I S it C II I S O L M , FACTORS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, AMO SaiPI'l N a A G E NTS, Will attend to thc Purchase, Sale and Shipmen (to Foreign and Dome?tic Ports) of COTTON, RICE, LUMBER and NAVAL STOKES. ATLANTIC wuARf, Charleston, s. c. R. WILLIS.A. R. CUISOLM. out 25 iJUetings. CAROLINA CHAPTER, No. 1, R. A. M. The Regular Convocation of Carolina Chap? ter, No. f, R. A. M., vfill be helli at Masonic Hall, at 7 o'clock THIS KVENINO. Companions will come prepared to pav arrears. JOSEPH H. OPPENHEIM, dccl4_Secretary. SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY.-THE Regular Monthly Meeting of the Society will be held at the Hall. Tnt.s (Tuesday) KVEN? INO, I4tli inst., at fi o'clock'. The arrear list will positively be called up for its last and ilnal read? ing. V. LANCE, decl4_._clerk. ST. PATRICK'S BENEVOLENT SOCIE TY.-Attend the Regular Monthly Meeting or your Society THIS EVENING, at Masonic Hall, at 7 o'clock. Members will be punctual in attendance. _ decu_w. RAKER. Secretary. a?TNA STEAM FLRE ENGINE COM jCJli RAN Y.-Thc Fortieth Anniversary Meeting ni tins Company, will be hold at the Truck Hall. Qneen street, THIS EVENING, 14th instant, at 7 o'clock, punctually. The Arrear List will bc read, and rule applicable to the same strictly enforced. The Anuual Election for Officers will be held. Honorary and Contributing Members arc earn? estly invited to attend thl3 meeting. Bj order. ?. McLElSH, decl4 Secretary. SOUTH CAROLINA FRIENDLY SOCIE? TY.-A Regular Monthly Meeting of this Socie? ty will be held, THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, at Und? ated t's Hall, ?omer King and Calhoun streets. Members are requested to be punctual ia atten? dance. Ry order of the President. dccu ?_H. HKNCKEN. Secretary. SURVIVOR'S ASSOCIATION OF CHARLESTON I) I ST RI CT.-Tho Regnlar Meeting of your Association will be held THIS [Tuesday) EVENING, at 7 o'clock, at the Hull, No. 3 Broad street. JAMES ARMSTRONG, Jr., decH Secretary. ATTENTION MECHANICS!-A MEET? ING of the White Journeymen Ship Carpen? ters, Wheelriglus. MUlrjghts, Cabinet Makers, Coopers, Oas Fitters, Plumbers, Ship Joiners, Trimmers and Hook Hinders of the/City will be held, at Cook's Hall, corner of King and Mary streets. THIS KVENINO, 14th Instant, at half past 7 o'clock, for the purpose of electing Dele nates to the Executive Committee and Signing thc Constitution of the Workingmen'* Unlon.No. 1. JAMES M. RA RH, President Workingmen's ?nlon. No. 1. Unfltl further notice, thc ROOI;H of thc Union will bc kept open every evening at the .above Hal!, to receive Signatures to the Branches that have already met. decl4 ATTENTION, WORKINGMEN. -A Meeting of steamboat, mill and railroad Engineers, Firemen, Conductors aud Conductors' Men, of the city, will be held at Cook's Hall, cor? ner of King and Mary streets, on WEWNESOAY EVENING, the lath instant, at half-past 7 o'clock, Tor the purpose of electing Delegates to the Ex? ecutive Committee and signing thc Constitution of the Workingmen's Union, No. 1. JAS. M. RA RR. decl4 1 President W. M. U., No. 1. (Ho UciU. HOUSES, FARMS, STORES, ROOMS, . Ac, now vacant, can readily be rented by advertising them In tills column. The rate in ?ft cents for twenty words or less, each iusortion, if paid in advance. 110 RENT, TWO LARGE ROOMS ON second door. Apply at No. 4? Reaufaln street. _ rtecUr? TO RENT, A HOUSE IN BULL STREET, next to the corner of Smith, having ? or ' rooms, pantry cistern, (jus, wirii double piazza md outbuildings m good order. Possession Riven immediately. Apply at No. 31 Coming street. .d"cl4 tnthsa*_ TO RENT, A FINK SEYEN OCTAVE Rosewood Piano and Stool, In complete or 1er. Apply at No. 58 Tradd street. dccl4 1* TO RENT, AND POSSESSION GIVEN os the llrst of January ne:.t, a FARM on Meeting street road, joining thc city boundary, soniaiuing sixteen acres. Applv to C. WH1TT? MQRK. No. 6 Radeilffe street._covl? ftu ?10 RENT, THAT LARGE AND ELK . CANT MANSION, No. U Meeting-street, with extensive l/)t and (?urden, located in one of the oest and health lost situations of the oity, and fur? nished with all the modern Improvements and conveniences. Possession givcii on first of Janu ?ry, 1S7U. Apply to MORDECAI A CO., No. 110 Bast Ray. octl2 tu 11? RENT, THE TWO AND A HALF . STORY BUICK RESIDENCE, Meeting street, Oct ween Society an I Wentworth street, east side, containing lour square rooms, two attics, pantry, ind dressing room, with cistern and necessary atllbnlldillgs. Apply at HART'S Hurd Ware Store, [.orner Kin? and .Market streets. deco TD RENT. A FINE STORE WITH FIX? TURES for a grocery and bar-room, omer Longitude Lane and East Bav. Jo un approved letiant rent will bc $10 per month. Also, six large square Rooms, with fire placea, '.>acK. piazzas and cistern water on every story. The rooms will he rented singly If preferred. Inquire of Mr. ROSE, on thc premises. octlu iror Gale. REAL ESTATE Ol?. PERSONAL PRO PERTY or any Rind may lie advertised for tale In this column, at the rue of 23 cents ?or tweutj words or leas, easb Insertion, if paid ut advance. _ IJUNE YOUNG WORK AND SADDLE 1 HORSES and MULES, of all -?/es, Ju I ar? rived and for sale af CHRISTOPHER'S StaJiles, No. ;.oo King street. de :11 '?* ITV >i: SALE, A FEW UV THOSE CHOICE ; HORSES and Ml ?.I'S .-til! on hand, and For ?alelow to malte room ?or another lot. Al.S<>, A Primo Young MA KM and !:^r COLT, two mouths old. Apply to IL ARNOLD. decl4 ftORSALET? HOUSE IN RUTLEDGE Avenu1. No. "t. on'io^it" ]'?>?.. street, Apply to BOWERS * B1LCOX, So. Wy King street, declt uit* * IriOS SALE. \ LARGE LOT OP CO?N 1 TRY APPLES. Presh stipp.ies constantly firri'i'i?. Apply at SKMK.ES it PIEPER, corner Sprtu : and king streets. deol4 6* Foil SALE, FIFTEEN NORTHERN HORSES, just arrived by steamer t'l'.iries lon. Tiley will lie .-old cullerin pairs or singly. Applv at thc Charleston Hotel Stolries. dec?a i Irion SALE, THE NEW AND OOM 1 M0DI00S yacht MARI ELLA, capacity six ions, in complete order. Por terms, Ac :ip;??y to 1' I). CLANCY .'? CO.. No. 14! Bast Bay. nov:? tathsfl _ ITUM: SALE. EIGHT PLANTATION y MOLES, and twelve yoke of OXEN. For nuiebv FRAIERA DILL. Factors, Adger*s North Wharf, decj tlistnfl F" OR SALE, AN EXCELLENT VARIE? TY Of UPLAND COTTON SEED. Delivered at tho South Carolina Railroad, in bags of two bushels. ?1 50 per bushel for four bushels or ICS.J, ?1 ?? p<*r bushel for six bushels or more. Apply to CHORUS E. WHALEY, st. Matthew's I*, o., Orangeburg County, S. C. dees 'Jtnos FOR SALE OR RENT, A PLANTATION situated on the Ashley River, a few miles HOPI the city, containing about one hundred acres, one-half cleared, with comfortable dwell? ing and necessary ontbulhling*. ir not sold i>.v thc'-nth instant, the owner will be willing to let the premises to a reponslblc party with a small cubital, to be planted on shares, for farther in? formation apply to Yenning'* wii:irf, son'.i ol Calhoun street. dect FDR SALE" SEVERAL YOUNO WORK HORSES AND MULES, at J. CHRISTO? PHER'S Stables. No. Sot". Kinjr street. decs FOR SALE. STEAM PORTABLE CROSS-CUT OR WOOD SAWING MA? CHINES. King's patent, suitable for cutting cord Wood, Shingles, staves or clapboard blocks, and particularly adapted to the wants of railroads, wood contractors, wood yard, saw mill, nnr; ?um? ber men generally. For this machine we claim precedence over anything of the kind ever at? tempted. All parties Interested and the public are Invited to s.?e this machine :n operation daily from ll o'clock A. M. to 1 P. M., at tho Artesian Well Lot, curucrMeeting and Wentworth streets. Stare vs Oountv right?, or single machines for sale. A;<Ply lo CAMERON, BARKLEY A CO. decs Uno_ P~~ ROTTING PRESS FOR SALE AT A GREAT BARGAIN.-One small Cylinder TAY? LOR PRESS In complcv; repair. It lias been but little used, and la sold simpl y because thc present owner has no use for it. Thc size of the bcd of the Press ts forty-four by fifty-eight monea. Said Press will bo sold at a great bargain if applied for at once, as thc re nn lt occupies la wanted for ether purposes. Addresss Box No. ?7tf5 New York Poatoftlec. sent JO U I S M c L A I N BROKER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 4S BROAD STREET. Charleston, s. c. Stocks, Bonds and Gold bought, r.-irr.^l and bold short in Kew York City. Particular auen'ion piwd to thc purchase and sale of au kb.ds of Soudera Securities. O0t5 A Amusements. CADEMY OF MUSIC SPECIAL NOTICE. For thc gratification of those residing out of Hie city, who will visit Charleston Christmas weet, a series of ELEGANT, AMUSING AND SEA? SONABLE PERFORMANCES will be given at the Academy, commencing December 20. The plays will bc new and attractive, and will be produced in first class style, in a Temple of the Drama that favorably compare-s with the best structures of New York City in embcllisiimeut, comfort and beauty._ dccl4 6 ^CADEMY ~0~F MUSIC, Proprietor.JOHN CHADWICK Lessee and Manager.JOUN T. FORD Engagement of the CHAPMAN SISTERS and C. B. BISHCI*. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, To commence with the New Comedy, CHECKMATE. Charlotte Russe.Miss BLANCHE. Mart.na Bunn.Miss ELLA. Sam. Winkle.Mr. C. B. BISHOP. Concluding with CINDERELLA. Miss BLANCHE as Cinderella, Miss ELLA as Ban? din!, Mr. BISHOP as Clorlnda. KW TO MORROW, EVERYBODY'S FRIEND, and BLACK-EYED SUSAN. decU ?rorcries, Ciqnors, &t. J_?AY! HAY! HAY ! For sale, a primo lot of HAY, which will be sold from Store In quantities to suit purchasers. Apply to lt. ARNOLD, No. 219 Meeting, corner of John street. decH 2 APPLES I APPLES! APPLES ! .10 barrels CHOICE APPLES, landing from Schooner ll. N. Hawkins. For sale by JOHN F. O'NEILL & SON, decll No. 167 East Buy. C BART CO. Would respectfully call the attention of their city and country friends to their large and varied stock of FRUIT, Ac, which is now on hand and being constantly received, consisting of: 40,000 Wost India Oranges. 500 bunches Bananas, Red and Yellow. 2,000 Grape Fruit. 20,000 Cocoannts. 300 barrels Choice Red Apples. 100 barrels Onions, Red and Yellow. 200 barrels Irish Potatoes. 73 barrels Long Beets. 30 boxes Lemons. 30 kegs Malaga Grapes. 30 boxes Cape Cod Cranberries. 300 boxes and drums of Figs. 20 boxes French Prunes. 150 whole, half and quarter boxes Raisins. ?O whole and half boxes Fire Crackers. 5-barrels Red French Beans. 10 frails of Dates. 300,000 Union Torpedoes. 30 barrels Nuts, Ac, Ac. All of which will bc sold low at the subscribers', Nw. .15, 57 and 59 Market street, dccll stuthf4 C. BART A CO. J^iqUOItS ! LIQUORS ! LIQUORS ! CREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE. Thc subscribers having been appointed sole agents for HENRY WALLACE A CO., Philadelphia, for thc 8alcof their fine OLD RYE, WHEAT AND BOURBON WHISKIES, are prepared to make a liberal discount on large orders. A full supply of the above Whiskies always on hand. Parties about purchasing would do well to give us a call before negotiating eke where. BYRNE & FOGARTY, CORNER CHURCH AND CHALMERS STREETS, CHARLESTON, S. C. novo tuths2raos fJIAYLOR'S ALBANY CREAM ALE. A fresh supply of this Celebrated Brand of ALE received fresh ' every week, lu barrels and half barrels. For sale by JOHN F. O'NEILL A SON, Agents for South Carolina, decll No. 167 East Bay. KED POTATOES, IN STORE AND TO ARRIVE. S ">oo barrel? Genuine Seed Potatoes. ?AM barrels Chile Reds loo irarrels Garnett Reds 100 barrels Western Reds GO barrels Pink-Eye Reds on barrels Harrison's and Goodrich's. ?Willi ;i few Uarrebi of Karly Rose ami other choice Seed. For sale hy JOHN F. ONEILL A SON. ?Uv.lt Btuthlmo No. 167 East Bay. Q.EO. W. WILLIAMS & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, H A Y N E STREET, CHARLESTON. S. C., Have in Store and to arrive, which they are o tte (lng at lowest market prices ICM bbl*. Yellow Tink Eye Planting POTATOES 4ISJO packs Liverpool Sall 60 f airs Standard Gunny Bagging 200 coils Hemp, Jute, Cotton and Manilla Rope 600 bbb. Itctlned Sugars 30 iihds. Porto Rico Sugars SS hhds. Muscovado Sugars 100 hhds. Ohl Crop Cuba Molasses SOO bbls. .'lld Crop'Cuba Molasses IO0 bbls. Sugar House Syrup cou bugs Rio, Laguaynt and Java coffee ::').) boxes Colgate Ko. I and Pale Soaps 260 boxes E. P.. Cheshire and State Cheese SOO bbls. Fine, S;r,.er. Extra and Family Flour ;.oo lockages Fish, Nos. l, 2 and 3 limo kegs Parker Mill Nails. Orange Ritte POWDER. Shot and Lead, Caps, Candle?, Fire Crackers, Soda and Sugar Crackers, Sugar Jumbles, Soda in kegs and papers, Starch, Oysters, sardines, Candy. Buckets und Tubs, Raisins, Figs. Potash and Lye, Rice, Ac, Ac. nov24 wrroSmoa _j ?ISON'S T?BACCO ANTIDOTE I ld WARRANTED TO REMOVE ALL DESIRE FOR TOBACCO. BISON'S TOBACCO ANTIDOTE ls for sale by DR. H. BAER. G. W. A ?MAR. G.. J. LUHN. DR. E. H. KELLERS. Du. W. A. SKRINE. E. S. BURNHAM. nnv24 wfmamos_ Q.?NNY CLOTH! GUNNY CLOTH ! On thc spot and to arlve. For sale by OCtf m GEO. A. TKENHOLM A SON. illisccllaneons. IK YOU WANT BLANK BOOKS MADE TO ORDER, and of tuc best material, to any pattern, go to EDWARD PEERY, No. IV) Meeting street, opposite Charleston Hotel, Charleston, s. c._declj gaos _ JT IS ABSURD TO NAME SUMTER, CAROLINA. UOSTETTER, OR PLANTA TATIOM BITTERS, while the production ol" the great SOLOMON is in our ruhtet. Uncle Sam appre? ciates it highly by permitting the sah.? free lrom dtunip duty. For sale at RAOUL A LYN AH. deeg_ m F. CHUPEIN, DENTIST, OmCH NO. 275 KIMO STREBT. novlJ 9mos IF YOU WANT THE CELEBRATED CARTER'S WTUTLNO and COPYING INK combined, go to EDWARD PERRY, No. IV* Mooting street, opposite Charleston Hotel, Charleston, s. C _ decH omos_ SOLOMON'S BITTERS A SPECIFIC For that disease which ia cured by the applica? tion of thc hair o' the bi'iug dog. Kamerom certificates eau be furnishe I. For sale a; RAOI'L A LYN AH. decs c Coliban (Swabs. H II I ri T M A S 18 COMING! fir-eo TO-?? X CLAUSSEN'S BRANCH STEAM BAKERY, No. 290 KING STREET, Near Wentworth street, ALSO, THE SAME AT THE BAKERY IN MARKET STREET. There you will flnci a large assortment of the most .saleable and the most useful articles for families. BREAD. Wheat Rye French Potato Mille Graham Sweet, Ac. CRACKERS. Butter Sogar Ginger Fancy Picnic Oyster Boston Lemon, Ac BISCCTTS. Soda Wine Milk ^ream Egg Boston Seed, Ac. CAKES. Sugar Jumbles French Jumbles Scotch Washington Shrewsberry Almond German Vanilla Plum Roll Maccaroon Sponge Lemon Jelly Ornamented Wedding Christmas, Small Iced, Ac. PIES. Mince Meat Cranberry Orange Lemon Cocoanut Apple f Prune Pumpkin, Ac. PLAIN CANDT. Mint Lemon Sassafras Cream Clove Raspberry Strawberry Cinnamon Wintergreen Barley Sarsaparilla Hoarhound Peanut Cocoanut Kisses Tags Lump Fruit, Ac FRENC1 CONFECTIONERY, A :. Gum Drops, all t'ivors Gum Sticks, Jujube sticks Fig Paste, Jelly Gum Drops Sugar Almon s Vanilla and Rosin Sugar Almonds* Jordan Sugar Almonds Cream Sugar Almonds Cream Chocolate Drops Nonpareil Chocolate Drops Family Chocolate, Nugat Bon Bons, Sugar Piums Cream Dates, Cream Figs Cream Strawberries Cream Fruit, Crystallized Fruit Wine Drops, Whiskey Drops Brandy Drops, Cordial Drops Lozenges, Rock Candy Marshmallow Drops Chewing Gum Sugar Filberts, Ac SOMETHING NEW. Alaska Crystal Rock Candy Sugar Roasted Peanuts . Chocolate Roasted Peanuts AND Bon Ton Surprise Candy. Christmas Trees supplied gratis. decl4_ T No. 215 EAST BAY. FOR SALE BT PAUL, WELCH & BRANDES, SELECTED BXPRB?Sl.T FOR W THE HOLIDAYS, OOO bbls. Prime NORTHERN APPLES Red Baldwins, Spitz, Twenty Ounce, Gills Leeks, Ac. .10,000 Florida Oranges 30,000 West India Oranges 20,000 Ruatan and Baracoa Cocoannts 100 boxes Messina and Palermo Lemons 100 boxes Layer Raisins, quarters, halves and wholes M kegs Malaga Grapes lo cases Assorted Smyrna Figs, in baskets, layers, drums, H, }, and l lb boxes 10 frails Compressed Dates 00 bbls Fresh Nuts Walnuts, Pecans, Brazils, FUb?i ts, Al? monds 75 cases Assorted Goblet and Tumbler Jel? lies 880 boxes "Astonishing Surprise" Candy 600 boxes Keller's Favorite Package Candles 20 boxes Red and White Rock Candy 50 boxes Assorted Stick and Lump Candy. AW) PRUNES Carrants Citron Fruits ia Syrup Ginger and Limejuice Cordial Raspberry Vinegar, Ac, Ac. A Fresh Cargo of BANANAS, PINES, Ac, shortly expected. PACE. WELCn A BRANDES. ?leen 12 . * QI ERA GLASSES-! OPERA GLASSES! OPERA GLASSES ! OPERA GLASSES I FRENCH CONFECTIONERY I FRENCH CONFEC? TIONERY ! FRENCH CONFECTIONERY ! FRENCH CONFEC? TIONERY I To bc in f.tshlon is to call ?lt VON SANTBN'S, buy one of Ids beautiful OPERA GLASSES, a package of bia delicious PRESCH CONFBCTIONE RY, and then visit thc new Opera-House, right next door to VON SANTBN'S, deel3 2 Ko. 229 King street. QANDY! CANDY! CANDY! Let t hose who want Presh and Pure CANDY go to A. ?. FLEMING'S Steam Candy Factory, No. 341 King street. Branch Store corner of King and Ann streets. Also, received 10 cases of French Confectionery, of direct Importation, composed of the greatest variety of crystallized and glazed Fruits and Bon-Bons, of all shapes and forms, to please the ladies and little ones, for Christmas. Also, a fine assortment of Cakes and Mince Pies for the holidays. decl3 12 (Srocmce, fiiqnors, Sit. H. KLATTE ? CO. Arc now receiving a full StocK of GROCERIES AND LIQUORS, CONSISTING OFl 1 100 barrels REFINED SUGARS 20 hhds. and barrels Raw Sugar loo alida and barrels Molasses 10 barrels Beehive Sjrup 100 bags Cotfecs loo packages Mackerel-Nos. 1, 2 and 3 2-"> barrels Pickled Mulietts and Herrings 100 kegs NaiLs 100 boxes Cheese loo boxes Soaps 250 barrels Flour-Fine, Super, Extra and Family 25 half chests Hyson and Oolong Tea 50 kegs Dutch Herrings loo barrels and tube Lard 100 barrels Gibson's and Walter's Whiskey - casks Gin, Brandy and Wines 50 cases Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps 25 cases Hostetter'8 Bttters. Raisins, Currants, Citron, Prunes, Figs, Al? monds, Jellies, Oysters, Pickles, Sweet OIL Toma? toes, Brandy and Fresh Peaches, Soda, Pire Crackers, Sardines, Stare*, Shot, Powder^iatches, Brooms aud Buckets, Saur kraut, Ac, Ac. For sale at iowest prices. H. KLATTE A CO., No. 201 East Bay, noy25 Northwest corner Cumberland street. p ? R T? RICO SUGAR-] 45 hhds. Choice Porto Rico SUGAR, now landing and for sole by MULLER, NIMITZ A CO., decs wUimtu4 No. 1S1 East Bay. JACKSON'S COTTON SEED. 400 bushels of this well known COTTON SEED. AND, 400 bushels of PROLIFIC SEED. ALSO, FRIPP'S COTTON SHED, and all other de.*srip tions of Sea Island Seed. , g Por sale by FRASER A DILL, F.vctors, Adger's North Waarf. deu2 thstuOD&c