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THIRD PAGE.-A Queer Region, Alaska and its Inhabitants ; The Roman Theatre ; The Career of a Female Singer : The Dakota Wild Man ; Futt Nominis Umbra, or The Identity of Junios and Slr Phillp Franchi Discovered. ForRTH PAGE.-News of the Day ; Now and Then ; The Death of Mr. Stanton ; The Bone Bill : Domestic Reconstruction ; Child-Worship, Ac. FIFTH PAGE.-Local News and Chit-Chat; the Fire of yesterday; Christmas Eve; the Academy of Music. SIXTH PAGE.-Ejected by a Ghost. By John Pitman; About Dreams; the Bard er Land. SEVENTH PAGE.-The Modern Night. A Poem ; the Scene Painter's Wife. By Miss Braddon ; A Narrow Escape; Housekeeping In Rome EIGHTH PAGE.-Family Government, or the way that Jesse Grant rales his Son Ulysses; Commer? cial News by Telegraph and Mall. NEWS OF THE DAT. ? -There were no market quotations in Liver? pool. -The New York stock market was closed on account of the death of ex-Secretary Stanton. -Cotton closed steady with sales of 2000 bales at 25*. -Report says that Prince Napoleon wm soon resign the presidency of the French privy Council. -The rumor that France had proposed a gene? ral disarmament ls positively denied. -The National Bank of Boston has lost $cc, 07V?2, but how and when "nobody knows." -Apprehensions of a redaction of interest on United States bonds have a tendency to causea depression in those securities at Frankfort. -It is asserted that Rockefort's new journal, La Marseillaise, has already a circulation or one hundred thousand copies. -RegnauH de St. Jean d'Angely, Marshal of Prance, and Delangle, Procureur of the Court of Cassation at Paris, are dead. -The French war steamer Gcrgone was totally lost a few days ago, while on her way from Spain to Cherbourg. -Charles Fechter, the actor, left Southampton for New Tork on Wednesday, by the steamship Maine. He was attended to the steamer by a number of literary and dramatic celebrities. -Daniel McFarland was arraigned in New Tork Tuesday, in the Court of General Sessions, for the murder of Albert D. Richardson. The prisoner, through his counsel, pleaded not gouty. No day baa been fixed for the trial. -"Why don't the girls go West" ls the ques? tion asked by a correspondent of the Boston Jour? nal, who cites -statistics to prove that m Ohio there ts an excess of 40,500 men; in Michigan, 40, #00; in California, 143,000, and In other States Similar proportions. The reason is that they are walting for the men to come and ask them. -A gentleman of Buffalo has engaged to per? form thc following difficult feat: A cork will bc loosely placed on the neck of an ordinary bottle, and on the top of the cork a bullet will be rested. The gentleman will then undertake, at a distance of twelve paces, to fire a pistol so that four times In ten trials he shall shoot away the cork and drop the bullet into the bottle. -A New.York letter of Tuesday says : "The Fat Men indulged themselves last night in their long expected ball at Irving Bail. It WUB a very en? joyable affair to the stout people, whose presence In a lump made the agglomeration of human adi? posity an event of the season, to say nothing of the novelty of a dance in which Arty couples, weighing more lu the aggrcvat* than Brigham Young's mother-in-law, caraco'.ed ind curvetted to the music or sixty pieces, and the immense risk of the hall. The satisfactory solidity of Gotham and the regions round about, kept up the ponderous fun until morning." -A New York dramatic critic says that Mr. Les t WaUack, In one of his recent performances, Jeclared with more than ordinary .emphasis, that although he was not a sanguinary man, yet he be? lieved there were circumstances under which a man ought to be legally allowed to strangle his own mother* In-law. "From the earnestness with which this sentiment was greued by a number of gentlemen in the parquette," says the critic, "and the absence of anything like a smile upon any of their faces, the inference became Inevitable that there were many in that house whose sympathy was born of a lively experience of the domestic skeleton referred to." -The 3d congregation of the (Ecumenical Coun? cil was held on Tuesday. Thc formation of com? mittees was the only business transacted. Notifi? cation was given of the results of the voting for fourteen ont of twenty-four members who are to compese the committee on questions of faith. Among the fathers elected to this committee are the Bishop of Poictlers, the archbishops of Po? sen, Maiines, Baltimore, Md., and Westminster, and the bishops of Caen Sion and Paderborn. The council then proceeded to thc election of twenty-four members for thc committee on ques? tions of ecclesiastical discipline, at the conclusion of which thc congregation was adjourned. The Papal bull, dated 10th December, has just been published. -In Madrid lt ls asserted that the Provisional Government, at thc next sitting of thc Cortes, will fix a period of delay, beyond which it will not persist In advocating thc candidature of thc Duke of Genoa, If before the expiration of that time tl.c King of Italy d JCS not officially accept thc crown for the Prince. A rumor ls abroad that a recon? ciliation has taken plucc between the Duke de Montpcnslcr and Queen Isabella. A son of thc Duke was Ul, which gave occasion fur an ex? change of dispatches between Isabella and thc Duchess, and a reconciliation followed. This ru? mor gives rise to much speculation, and should lt prove true, a new political combluatlcn may be looked for. A plan is already talked of for plac? ing the Prince of Asturias on thc throne under the regency of thc Duke de Montpcnnter. lt is generally believed that thc Unionists will coalesce again with thc Progressists should this news be Bosomed. -High Church EplscopaUanlsm ls offensive to the people of Western New York. In one town Oeneva-Mrs. Caroline C. Alleu was accustomed to attend early morning service, to utter thc re? sponses in a clear voice, and to bow her head at t?ic mention of the name of thc Deity. These practices, so common in ordinary churches, were deemed by the Genevese sufficient evidence of her insanity, and she was, therefore, removed to an asylum. Subsequently the counsel o? Mrs. Allen applied for another examination, upon affidavits setting forth the impossibility of obtaining a fair verdict iu thc place where the trial was had, and that if Mrs. Allen was ever in a condition to de? serve such a verdict, she had become perfectly re? stored, and was then of perfectly sound mind, and capable of taking control of her own person and property. Thus far, it has been developed that Mrs. Allen's own son, an Episcopal clergy* man, was the principal prosecutor, backed up be? lier brother, who testifies that he has "hated her since wc were children." After her committal to thc asylum, these relatives sold out her property I to pay thc fees of their counsel. Mrs. Admiral I Farragut was one of thc witnesses, and her tes ti mony is decidedly in favor of Mrs. Allen. A MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS! Then and Now. This day live years ago the Confederate legions lay supine in the trenches of Virginia, or marched wearily amongst the tufted hills of Georgia and Tennessee. They had known the delirium of victor}' and the dolors of de? feat. Breast to breast, hilt to hilt, they had met the braggart invader. It mattered not that stumbling feet incarnadined the cruel stones, that pinching hunger hollowed the cheek and curbed the frame, that hearts grew sick with pining for distant Southern homes. Their rifles were true and their sabres keen, whatever might betide. The mighty love of the South still tired their souls. And when drum beat, or bugle blew, when the Berried ranks were formed and the blood-red cross with flaming stars was wav? ing over head, sorrow and foreboding were all forgotten, and thc Confederate legions, each man a Paladin, surged madly onward to grapple with thc foe. Then Grew the smile to a laugh, Rose the laugh lo a yell, As the Iron-clad hoofs Clattered back into hell From otu b irefooted boys. Or else, crushed and siiattered by heavier guns and stronger battalions, the Southern line fell sullenly back to renew the light on the morrow. The glories of Manassas and Richmond. I of Gettysburg and Wilderness, of Chancel? lorsville and Chickamauga, were not forgot? ten ; nor had time healed the scars of Nor? folk and New Orleans, Shiloh and Uonelson, Roanoke and Vicksburg. They who bared their breast to the iron ball in earlier days woald do their devoir now. But they saw with their own sad eyes that the thin gray line grew thinner every hour. Thc bravest I of the brave, the men who look not back ! while there's duty before, were clasped for aye to the loving bosom of tho States they had died to defend. In tlse long summer days the wood birds sang their dirge; in the winter nijrbts the pallid stars smiled sweetly On their grave. And their comrades lived to mourn them-lived to poer into the gloomy future, and wonder when they in tum should bite the dust of death. God knows ! this was a sad outiook for the soldiers of thc South on that dark Christ? mas day. Well might they -need assurance in their doubt. If God yet have a servant man a friend. The weak a saviour and the vile a foe ! The toils were drawing closely around them. They looked toward the South and well-nigh lost heart. There in the orange groves, under thc magnolias, or 'neath thc symbolic palmetto rested some (airSouthern woman A creature not too bright, or good, For human nature's daily food, who eagerly awaited tidings of bim more dear than life, and who. on Christmas morn, poured out a tearful supplication that he, if only he, might piteously be spared till peril and carnage were over. Before the sad? dened soldier rise the shadows of tender maiden, of faithful wife, of a modest home? stead where little footsteps lightly print thc ground, while the chimes fall dully on his ear, and the straining eyeballs mark not thc 'leaguered city around whose gilded spires is drawn a belt of steel. Failing numbers, a falling cause, traitors in council, mourn? ing and desolation at home ! What wonder that the Southern soldier yearned for peace, though it came as "long disquiet merged in "rest." Hand in hand with the blooming spring? tide of Nature came thc black winter of despair. The men who had borne thc Con? federate banner across the mountains of Maryland, over the broad plains of the Key? stone State, and amid the marshes of the Chickahominy, at the bidding of thc great captain, yielded up their spotless swords. From the capes of Virginia to thc mouth of the Father of Waters stretched the strag? gling line of wounded and wayworn soldiery carrying to every district and every Stat?.' tho tidings of mortal disaster. They in? dulged no vain regrets. Thc hand which wielded the musket and sword bore the axe and hoe; the scarred war-horse dragged the peaceful plough. Desperately these gallant soldiers fought with want and famine, and they have won a harder fight than their four years' struggle against the hordes of thc boastful Union. What is called-Peace, has bad its victories. Thc South grows pros? perous and rich, and it is time to remember that there is moro to Uve for, and more to die for, than fei tile acres and stately homes. Absorbed in the straggle for existence, the Confederate soldiers, too niuny of them^ have forgotten that they over wore the gray. The talking and the mouthing has been done by the laggards who never sot a squadron in the field, whatever their fervid oratory before tho dread game of war began. Too many of our braves, careless and reckless of life, have pressed to their lips thc chalice of dissipation. In every district there is a woakening of the moral libre, a disposition to flinch and quail. Ail lins is thc fruit of thc incessant labor of four years of varying fortune; but now thc rotten limbs should bc cast into the fire, tho knife should bc used without stint. Without this South Carolina cannot become a3 hale and hearty as of yore. Let by-gones bc. by-pones. Let thc dead past bury its dead. Forgetting these last four winters, let us return to the d:iys when the Confederate soldier proudly said - I bad not loved thee dear, so well, Loved I not honor more ! For if the mon who wore tho gray and bore the flag, who have made historic thc rivers and hills of the South, who were led by Johnston and trusted by Lee, if they will sell their souls for placo or power, if they will tarnish their fair fame by tampering with personal vice and political depravity--better for thom and their State that they bad novcr been born, or that they bau poured otu their THE CHARLESTL life's blood on thc battle plains of Virginia ! Shall we bc slaves who speak the tongue that Gregg and Jenkins spake? Shall we be recreant who tread the soil made honor? able by the dust of our illustrious dead? Will the men who never faltered while they fought a world in arms yield up their weap? ons now and succumb to the temptations of daily life? This cannot, must not be ! Our people must bc true to themselves and to their fallen comrades. They must bc finn, patient, temperate and brave; for when they fall away they not only ruin themselves, but dishonor the-Eayards whose big hearts knew no love beyond their love of South Carolina, who held honor untarnished, whatever else was lost-"who lived and died as none ma) ' live and die," Thc Death of Mr. Stanton. The Hon. Edwin M. Stanton died yester? day of heart disease, in thc 54th year of bis age. The official career of Mr. Stanton as Sec? retary of War, from 18fi2 to 18C7, is fresh in the public mind, and needs no long descrip? tion here. Suffice it to say, that the course of cruelty and tyranny which made him the glory and stay of Radicalism during the dark hours of the war, caused him to be both hated and despised in every State of the South. The brutality, thc ability, thc reck? lessness of Mr. Stanton was moro powerful than an army in- suppressing domestic dis? content, and in forging the huge weapon winch pierced the heart of the Confederacy. "Wielding despotic authority; trampling on private and public rights; dragging tender girls from their homes at dead of night ; dis? patching innocent women to the gallows; heaping upon thc heads of non-combatants, r.nd prisoners of war, every torment and in? dignity that ingenious malignity could devise -Ulis was the work of Edwin M. Stanton, a work, it must be said, carried out less for personal gain, than for the salvation and preservation of his party. The close of the war did not abate the ferocity or bitterness of the famous Secretary, and when he could hold office no longer and retired to private fife, he was still thought of, and spoken of, as one who wonld give up the little left of reputation and renown for the sake of the dominant party. That he might aid a radical Congress to overthrow fie Constitution witli impunity, he was raised to t!ie Supreme Bench. But before he could ('on Hie judicial robes as a dispenser of thc law he had so often and so insolently defied, he himself is called to judgment It becomes us not to rejoice that an unrc lrnting enemy has gone to his last account, and has ere this met his victims face to face ut Hie bar of an avenging Heaven. We war not w ith Hie dead. But the whole South will breathe more freely, and with lighter hearts, because, on this bright Christmas morn, Ed? win M. Stanton, stark and cold, sloops thc sleep of death. Thc Question for the South. Every day thc country is bec 'ming more and moro convinced of the groat advantage which thcSoath enjoys for tho working up on her own soil, of a larger proportion of her cotton crop, instead of shipping it abroad to bc manufactured into goods, which elie is compelled to import. The Memphis papers have demonstrated that a cotton factory in that city will clear $82 75 more on every bale of cotton woven into clotli llian can be realized by the mills of Lowell, and that 30'JO bales at Memphis would produce $24* OOO in one year agaiifst the *L'00,000 of tho mills of Lowell, built at nearly thc same cost. Results of the same general character have been obtained by contrasting thc operations of the Augusta, Granitcville and other well managed South? ern factories with those of even the most prosperous of the New England mills. In view of such facts aud figures, the press of the South is very naturally almost unani? mous in urging our people to embark boldly in thc enterprise of manufacturing their groat staple. A notable exception, however, in the advocacy of this policy, is that sterling commercial paper, the New Orleans Bulletin. Its theory is that, while the situation remains as it is, with the demand for cotton beyond its suppiy, and witli increasing facilities of transportation, thc production of cotton must necessarily be moro attractivo to cap? Cal than the manufacture of it in thc colton region. If capital at home were turned from planting to manufacturing, it would make the demand over thc supply Btill more exces? sive, and the increased price of the raw ma? terial would leaven still less margin of profit for th?' skill and capital required for working il into cloths. The remedy for ali this, the Bulletin thinks, is tobe found in an improv? ed system of labor, capable of availing itself of all the resources of our seil, of putting thc whole broad sweep of cotton lands under cultivation, and of gathering and marketing the crops in a proper manner. The views of the Bulletin arc entitled to much weight ; but they will hardly avail, we fancy, to turn back the current of public opinion on this important subject. Thc Greatest of These ls Charity. There is a story, told by Coleridge, some? where, of a beggar in a Swiss village, who came regularly to a certain house, where his wants were kindly looked after. Ono day when he came the house was full of com? pany, and no one had time to attend to him. His application was refused. He waited awhile, and repeated it, only to bc refused again. "Very well," he said, "I am going "away now, and I shall not return; and then "you may seo where you will get another -beggar." There was sound sense in what tho old man said ; for although thc poor wc have always with us, there arc times and seasons of general rejoicing, when the maimed, thc halt and thc blind, thc widow and tho or? phan, have especial claiius upon our charity and love. And of those seasons the great? est is Christmas time. Then the desolate and poor should lind the gates of tho heart ajar. Then they should moot with no rebuff or slighting word. Thou they should bo welcomed as thc lowly followers of the new? born Prince of Peace, who may claim in His name more than thc cup of cold water, more than thc crumbs thut fall from the Christmas board. There is a wealth of pleasure in witnessing thc silent thntiks of thc unfortunates who stand shivering on the brink of desolation and want. This is a joy that each one of us can command, and none will enjoy lo the full their Christmas merry-making nuies* I fn ft Ei wo: 5A1.UIV1/AI, they have gladdened the afflicted or forsaken, and made their gifts doubly blest by joining with them Christian sympathy, and words of hope and cheer. Cnlld-Worahlp. Perhaps in no respect docs thc Christmas of to-day contrast moro strongly with the Christmas of tho last generation, than in thc increased elaboration bestowed upon every? thing intended for the delectation of- Hie young. A writer in the London Sjxxiaior discusses this circumstance at sos io length, and deplores the growing tendency towards what he terms child-worship. Ho cites thc Christmas books for children that are now being poured out of the press-rhymes, pic? tures, fairy tales, books of gaines, books of adventures, boys' magazines, girls* maga? zines, science made eas)', poetry made child? like, the grotesque old ballads revived with humorous caricatures, translations from the German, elaborately illustrated by French artists, Sec., Sec Ile says : '.Everything that "thc highest and subtlest refinement can "invent is prepared at the demand of elderly " relatives anxious and ready to parchase all " those inventions in largo quantities at lav " ?sh expenso, and pour them into the laps of I "thc children whom they most do propi? c?ate." While he grimly criticises '--the " horrible and profligate profusion of energy "andinvention "in providing amusement for children; ami while he almost cruelly declares that "their pleasures afc far too numerous "and elaborate," and that "thereshould bea ''sterner and more healthy frugality" ill ministering to them, bc ^ yet manifests through all his thrusts a real sympathy with thc young. He doubts if the Asiatic luxury of their modern playrooms and playthings is as satisfactory to them as simplicity would be. He has seen "a wooden doll with one " arm give a vast deal more nteasure. than a "winking wax creature that . ms on wheels "and emits a sort of squeaking apology for "the word 'mamma.'" He has no faith in " thc voluptuous era for children." He says: M A few nursery rhymes, a few good old fairy tales, a wooden donkey with panniers to take to bed, a box of bricks, a whip, and, In good time, a ball of string and a knife, aro all thc play? things a child needs, and quite enough if hi? Invention Is to have the least play. Load bim with elaborate ingenuities,with pictures so good that you feel bound to explain their liner touches, with tales of character where all the fitnesses of nature and circumstance are care? fully attended to, with ballads of humor a hun? dred times as fine and elaborate as he eau take In, and you overload him and leave no room for the elastic power of invention and imagination, which is the best of all amusements for him." Ho continues: "A bare, nigged and almost grotesque sim? plicity of material is, we are dirposcd lo main? tain, thc best possible food for ninety-nine children out of a hundred." He doubts if ** tho children of to-day will "ever feel towards the elaborate and adml "rabie works for their amusements halt tiie "yearnings of tender remembrance which we "lavish on thc wooden moral talcs, gro " tesque as gargoyles, which we so eagerly "consumed lu our childish days." He con? cludes: " The era of elaborate sugar-plums and high art for children is certainly not one that pro? duces the most vigorous and eager minds. Thc worship of children is throwing as ail into the shade. Let us pul them down for tho fu? ture. Ii will do both us and them good.-' Review?. TIIK Onion, AND DEVEI.OPMK.VT OF RELIGIOUS BKUKF. Hy S. Baring Gould, M. A., Author of "Curious Myths of the Middle Ages," Ac. Fart 1. Heathenism and Mosalsm. Now York: D. Appleton A Co. This book ls as full of learning as a commen? tary, and as full of fancy as a poem. It ls sci? entific yet reverent, iconoclastic yet conserva? tive. It summons to Its service the myths of the barbarian and the Inspired traditions of the Hebrew. It analyy.es thc religious instincts of humanity as a physiologist traces the path of a nerve, adopting and modifying the methods of Tyndal and Haxley, of Comte and Spencer, beginning with mere science and ending with the Incarnation as the great historic fact which satisfies all these instinct*. We doubt whether Mr. Gould bas any definite system of belief; we fenr that one who finds so much good in Fetishism mid Polytheism ls somewhat indif? ferent to the nobler system we have inherited; wc have seme suspicion of a religion which enters into such easy alliance with the ganglia of the body and the legends of the heathen, and the conclusions of tb* positive philoso? pher. And yet thc volume is profoundly iu leresting and richly suggestive. TUE GALAXY. "Put Yourselt in His Place,"' Charles Reade's dramatic story, will, lt seems, continue to de? light the readers of "Thc Galaxy''during the greater part of the next year. To enable new new readers of "The Galaxy'' to follow this story, the publishers-Messrs. Sheldon ti Co., of New York-offer to give to all new sub? scribers a copy of a handsome volume of about two hundred pages, containing all of "Put Yourself In His Place" that has been published up to thc January number. "The Galaxy's'' programme for 1870 is, in otiier respects, a very inviting one. A new story from Mrs. Edwards, one ot the best fe? male novelists writing thc English language, is promised. Anthony Trollope will furnish a series of "Editor's Tales.'' Parke Godwin, one of thc ablest of American writers, will give a series ol' noteworthy articles on historical subjects. Richard Grant White will continue his critical and social essays. Justin McCar? thy will supply critical analyses of prominent individuals in politics, science and letters. A very attractive series of articles will bc that by a late ecclesiastic of tho Roman Catholic Church, in which he will give personal recol? lections of Hie interior life of Rome, describ? ing tiie character and daily life of Hie Pope, thc cardinals, the priests, monks, Ac. Another scries likely to attract attention will bc one I dealing trenchantly with the society of to-day. Science will be represented by Dis. J, C. Dal? lon, J. C. Draper and others. The editorial departments of "The Galaxy" will be maintained and extended. The chief editors are thu Messrs. Church, who are assist? ed by Richard Grant White, Justin McCarthy, George E. Pond, S. S. Conant, J. F. Muline and others. A new feature will be u compre? hensive monthly review of tl:e literature of thc world, which must bo of the highes! value to all intelligent reader;:. "Tho Galaxy" evidently proposes to make thc campaign of 1870 a vigorous and success? ful one. WE HEG to call especial attention to thc letter of the Hun. Jno. W. It. Pope, printed this morning. It treats of the important question of the relative value of short staple and long staple cotton foi culture on thc sea islands ill a masterly nianucr, giving con? vincing facts and ligures which fully sustain the conclusions of the able writer. . lillMJlill <WT J , s w\s?s . iflectings. CHARLESTON TYPOG RAVHICAL UNION, No. 43.-In conseqnenec of tills day being Christmas, tlicrc will bc no meeting of thc above Union THIS EVENING. By order ol tuc President. <lcc25_ C. ADAMS, Secretary. IO. O. F.-SCHILLER LODOE, No. 30. . Thc Regular Quarterly Meeting of ibis Lodge will bc held TO-MORRO.V (Sunday) NIUIIT, ai 7 o'clock, at Hie Hail. Society street," Members will please bc punctual in their at? tendance, and come prepared to pay arrears. Also, tho election of Officers will take place. By order of thc N. 0. I). NORDMEYER. ilec23 Recording Secretary. BURNS' CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION. The Regular Monthly Meeting or thc above Association win be held at Kroog'* Hali, Went? worth street, on MONDAY EygNiKO, 27th Decem? ber, at o o'clock. The annual election for officers will take place. Poll oj.cn from 0 to ? o'clock. Members will come prepared to pay arrears, as Rule No. VII will be strictly enforced. WM. ROY, dec'Jj 2 Secretary and Y.-easnrer. mauls. WANTS OF ALL KINDS CAN BE made known io everybody in this column at thc rate of 25 cents for twenty words or less, each inser? ion, ir paid In ad vu ncc. TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS A DAY FOR agents In an entire new business. H. L?TZ co., 335 Broadway, New Yorr. rtec28 4* WANTED IMMEDIATELY, AN elderly WOMAN, without Family, to act as Nurse. Good references required. Apply at No. 30 Ashley street. decal 2* WANTED, A LAD TO SUN AS NEWS HOY on the South Carolina Railroad. Ap? ply toBOINESTAMARTIN, No. 527 King, opposite Ann street. dcc'24 2 \T7\\NTED, A GERMAN GIRL TO MIND Vlf a child and attend about the house. One wltli recommendations will hear of a good situa? tion. Apply at this oitlcc. ilCC23 WANTED.-A YOUNG LADY PREN PARED to Teach English, French and Music, desires a situation as Governess. Address 'M. S., care or Kev. C. C. Pl NC KN EY, Charleston, i. C. dec?J ws4* WANTED, A SITUATION AS SUPER? INTENDENT on a llicc Plantation by a one armed man, who has seven years' experience In Rico cult dre, and good recommendations from his former employers. Please address W. B. \V., Charleston. S. C. _ dori WANTED, BY A LADY, A SITUATION as Teacher, either in a Davor Boarding School, sue has had seven years' experience, and teaches, besides the usual English branches, Preach, German and Movie. Address Miss II. L. YOUNO, I'nionville, S. C. Refers to General W. H. Wallace, of Union, and General J. lt. Kershaw, of Camden. dec 14 tutlisc PAC* WANTED, A HOUSE, NEAR* THE central part or the city, containing five or six rooms, with good outbuildings and water. Address I), at this Office. sept:? W"ANTED, A SITUATION AS CLERK, in a Wholesale Drag Store, or a large Re tall and Prescription Drug Store. No objection to go In thc country. Will oxpect but a small com? pensation at Drst. The applicant ls a graduate of thc South Carolina Medical College. Address M. D., through thc Postoffice. oct? 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 Agents. This is thc most popular Sewing Machine or the day-makes the famous "Elastic Lock Stitch"-Will do ?ny kind of work that can be done on any machine. One hundid' thousand BOM ami the demand constantly in? creasing. Now ls thc lime to take an agency. Send for Circulars. Ai~ Beware of Infringer*.-?S Address SECOMB k CO., Boston, Muss.; Pitts? burg, Pa., or St. Louis, Mo. octJ'.t .imo* tost nn? ironn?. IO.ST. A LETTER ADDRESSED TO J Mrs. CHAS. J. ROSENBERG, Charleston, 8. <:., box No. :;T7. or Calder House. The Under will please leave lt al either of thc above places. dec:.< I* -for Brtlc. 1710RSALE, A CHOICE LOT OF SAD ' DLE aud Draft HORSES and MARES. In? quire ii: So. {fi Mate street. dr.r.M 2* FOR SALE, A FINE DWELLING IN tko cen Ire of thc city and convenient tobusi IK ss, with six huge square rooms ami three dress? ing rooms, and outbuildings necessary, in fine order, inquire at this office. dec?a FOR "SALE, THE NEW SCHOONEB FRANCES ANN, ?l 3-10 tons register, well lound, and suitable to canning nee, wood and phosphates. Apply to RISLEY A CREIGHTON, Accommodation Wharf. dec'JI I7*OR SALE, AN EXCELLENT VARIE ; TY Of UPLAND COTTON SEED. Delivered at thc South Carolina Railroad, in bags or two bushels, *l SO per bushel Tor rour bushels or less, $1'jj per bushel for six bushels or more. Apply GEORGE F. WU A LEY, St. Matthew's P. O., Oratigeburg County, S.e. decs timos PRINTING PRESS FOR SALE AT A GREAT BAHRAIN.-One small Cylinder TAY? LOR PRESS lu complete repair. It has been but Utile used, aud is sold simply because thc present ow ner has no use for it. The size of the bed ol thc Press ls forty-four by flfty-elght inches. Said Press will bu sold at a great bargain If applied foi at once, as the room il occupies ls wunled foi other pm poses. Address* Box No. 3795 New York Pnstofltce. sepfjo FOR SALE, STEAM PORTABLE CROSS-CUT OR WOOD SAWING MA CUINES, King's patent, suitable for cutting cord wood, shingles, staves or cluplsiard blocks, and particularly adapted to the wants or railroads, wood contfaclors, wood yard, saw mill, ami lam? ber nan generally. For this machine we claim precedence over anything o? thc kind ever at. tempted. All parties Interested and the public ure invited to see this machine lu operation dally Iront ll o'clock A. M. to l P. M.. at the. Artesian Well Lot, corner Meeting and Wentworth streets, stine or County rights, or single machines rot sale. A; ply to CAMERON, BARKLEY A CO. _d?'cv. lino_ (Eciiuiitiorial. Q ELECT SCHOOL FOR BOYS, Nu. 101 O BROAD STREET, WM. I'. DBSAUSSURE I'RINCIl'AU-Thc Exercises of this School will bi commenced en MONDAY. January 8,1870. N. ii. For circulars with .terms, apply to thc Principal. dec'JI 9 Diocoluticuis of (Eanartncrsiup. NOTICE. WHEREAS. A COPARTNER? SHIP hus heretofore existed between LEW IS A. STRUBEL and THOMAS M. STOKES, mulei thc style and name Of STROBEL A STOKES which said Copartnership has been this day dis solved by mutual consent. STROBEL k STOKES. Graham'-; Perry, December21, lbflo. detsM ?* il an j for Snit*. FOR SALE OR RENT, A PLANTATION situated on the Ashley River, a few mile.' nom the city, containing about one hundred acres, one-half cleared, with comfortable dwell lug und necessary outbuilding*, ir not HOM bj Hie20th Instant, thc owner will bc willing to lei Hie premises to a rcponslble party with usinai capital, to be planted on ?hares. For further In formation apply to Vcnulng's Wharf, south o Calhoun suce;. tied J" M? HM DA "LAN I > F < ? R SA LE. - A 1 valuable PLANTATION or ?so acres in Ma non ('minty, Florida, is odored at private sale about cue hair dened and limier cultivation part best hammock. This Plantation is one o it;'1 mon desirable in the St;.:e; u very produc? tive for Cotton. Rice, Com. Sugar, Vegetables .Vc: L'ifiy lino for oranges and oilier Fruits; I loc::;?>l iii oil-of thc healthiest .ind most plea sam neiglilicriiood* in I he Stale, being conven! cul to railroad*, churches. Ac Apply to A. lt MILLIGAN. Cutt.-ii Factor, Accominodutloi \\ harr, Chsrlefeiun, s. c. novia So lieut. 'IT'OE KENT, THE HIGHLY CULTIVA JL TED FARM known as COBURG II, situate) In St, Andrew's Parish, about o.-ie mlle from tin New Bridge, with good landlug* on Wappoo Cut will I? rented un moderate terms, sixty acre* have been highly manured und thoroughly ditch ed the three past years. Tho laud* ore ?trout ?iud productivo. Thc mule*, tart aud fariiiiiu, Implement* are all in good condition, and can w obtained on rcitsuuablo terms, together with r rinaniliy of manure. Apply to JAMES MCCABU at Callionn cotton Press, near Broad street. decg? :-'Jtuth2_ rpo RENT. A LAK6B AND WELT. JL niibdied More, f.u.r (4) rooms attached, ai I Hie corner of Coming and Radcliffe streets. Ap I ply io JOHN ll. DEVEREUX, Architect, come: I Broad and Charch streets. decSO Boar cm ci. VTJObLY FURNJSilKJ) ROOMS ANI ^1 l-OAUD at Mi* MILLER'S, No. 6 Hlldsoi street. Ut-cl3 Amusements. ATm?SrcH??sTMAS AT THE ACA DEM Y" TUE CHILDREN'S JUBILEE. TnE OLD TOYMAKER'S RECEPTION. Everybody DOT And carrv one. Everybody DOT And carry one. Everybody D 0 T" And carry one. [Everybody DOT And carry one. Everybody DOT And carry one. CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON, doors open at l, Curtain rolled up at 2: performance over by 4 o'clock. Children and Nurses 23 cents each Adults co cents. Thc play will bc prodnced precisely as it was originally by Joseph Jefferson. DOT, OR THE CRICKET ON THE IIKARTH teaches a most delightful lesson. IT IS A CHRISTMAS STORY OF I1EARTS AND HOMES. ON SATURDAY NIGHT, THE STREETS OF NEW YORK. (Last appearance of Major FICK LING.) ON MONDAY, THE ENGLISH COMIC OPERA. dec25 1 DEMY OF MUSIC Christmas Revelry-A Visit to New York. THE STREETS OF NEW YORK For the Last Time Positively, with all its Iirilllant EtTects, Sights and Fights, Fifth Avenue and Five Points, Wealth and Stealth, Robbery, Death, Retribution. FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! Living, Lurid, Licking Tongues of Flames ! MAJOR FICKLING'S Second Appearance in New Y'ork. A Glorious and a Merry Christmas Treat Christ ma-; Night AT THt? ACADEMY. ?yOn Monday, the English Comic Opera. dccSS i ^CADEMY OF MUSIC INAUGURATION OF THE OPERA SEASON. LIGHT AND VIVACIOUS COMIC OPERA, BV OFFENBACH ANDT.EVY. ' THE GALTON ENGLISH COMIC OPERA COMPANY. MONDAY EVENING, December 27, Thc performance will commence with Levy's Comic Opera or FANCHETTE! Or theDays of Robespierre. Fanchette, a Laundress.Miss Susan Galton. Pierre Poulot.Thomas Widdin. Corporal Lacroix.John Clark. Notary.Mr. Cadwallader. Marquis de Beaupre.Alf. Kelleher. Gobmouchc, Mayor or Douay.Mr. Miers. Hortense de Laval.Miss Blanche Galton. INCIDENTAL SONGS, DUETS AND TRIOS. ' Last Rose or Summer".Miss Susan Galton. Duct-' Home of Our Y'outh".Miss Galton and Air Kellebcr. Trio-"You're Pale as Death".Miss Galton, J. Clark and C. J. Miers. Concerted Piece-"Mv Uncle Herc". Miss S. Galton, C. J. Miers and Air. Kellehcr. Did'stThon but Know".Alf. Kcllcher. Drinking Song.John Clark. Concerted Piece. .MissSusan Galton,Alf. Kcllcher. C. J. Miers and Miss Blanche Galton. Song-"Before my very Byes, Slr".MISS S. Galton. Finale.Miss Susan ??tait?n and Characters. ng-"Evening," (by Cla pius.).Mr. J. Clark. Valse-"My Heart is Dancing, (Molloy.). Miss Kate fox. The whole to conclude willi Offenbach's Comic Opera of ROSE DE ST. FLEUR. Lizette, Mistress ora Cabaret.Miss Susan Dalton. Marcachu, a Blacksmith.Thomas Whiffln. PatatOU.Air. Kcllcher. In which Miss Susan Gallon will sing Bcnc4llt's lamons Song, "The skylark;" Mr. Wblffln "Thc Stew l'an" Song: Mr. Kcllcher "Thc Shoe Song;" and the trio "Uncle Tom's Wedding." TUESDAY NIGHT, Offenbach's Celebrated Op? era, "SIXTY-SIX." To bc followed by Offen? bach's LISCHEN AND PRITZCHBN. Bia' No change lu the Prices ol'Admission. KS" Seats can bc secured In advance for thc entire week, or thc single night, at the Ticket onlce. dcc24 3 ES ELLSCHAFT BALL Ein Deutscher BALL wcrd *?tadt linden am MONTAU, den 27tcn December, In Mr. A. HENNE Hall, cornet of King and Line streets. Wo zu alle Guta Freunde uiid bekante ein geladen sind:. DAS COU MITTE : II. SUHRSTF.DT, I F. RICK ELS G. BRUNNING, | A. HENNE. dec23 thsm3* igT. PETER'S CATHOLIC FAIR. Will he held at No. 140 Meeting street, opposite Pavilion Hotel, opening on thcNiuiiTof thc 27th December, and to bc continued through thc week. Thc Hall will bc opened in thc afternoon from 3 to 5; at Night from 7 to ll. Children not admitted at night, unless with their relatives or guardians. Price ol admission-Grown persons 25 cents; Children 15 cents; Season tickets $1. dcc20 ?*-|)ibitione. m ll E 131G FISH AGAIN. The BIG FISH caught in the Ashley River some lime since by C. SPARKS and C. GADS?RN has been cleaned and stuffed, and will bc on exhibi? tion at thc STABLES In Meeting street, below Wentworth, during the present week. Fifteen and ten cents admission. decSt 0 miscellaneous. JgXTKA UPLAND COTTON SEED. Bancroft's Selection of thc PROLIFIC DICKSON SEED. Its genuine character and great yield per aere? as grown near Athens, Georgia, ls authenticated by certilcates signed by gentlemen of known re? spectability, and can be'secn at my office. ooo bushels will be sold at $4 per bushel, In sacks of 2 to 3 bushels. W. M. LAWTON, decSS BtttSmtnS_Factor, Boyce's Wharf. IE YOU WANT PAPER BAGS, FLOUR SACKS, and Bags of every description, go to EDWARD PERRY", No. 15.'? Meeting street, opposite Charleston Hotel. Charleston. S. C_dccl4 enies IP YOU WANT BLANK BOOKS MADE TO ORDER, and of the best material, to any pattern, go to EDWARD PERRY. No. 155 Meeting street, opposite Charleston Hotel, Charleston, S. C. dccl4 Omos w A R N I N A SPLENDID PUMP FOR SALE. Having purchased thc exclusive right for the States of North ami South ('andina for the manu? facture and sale of A. ?AI.DING'S PATENT G LASS SUBMERGED DOUBLE-ACTING FORCE PUMP. 1 hereby forewarn, under the penalty of the law, any person from infringing upon my rights in the sam-, intending to manufacture and sell the saine, i would be pleased to confer with panics wanting them. The price will range from 120 t?. $30, according to thc depth ol' the well, for No. 3 yard wells, throwing SO gallons or water per inimit?, ami No. i for railroad stations, throwing tiu gallons, price given on application. This pump has no friction, and thc packing will last, for tlftccn years ina good well. Directions will ac? company lim pump for pulling lt up, which can he done In no minutes. I will receive orders at Tarboro, Scotland Neck, and Farinvllle, N. C. All ord?rs addressed to mc at either of the places named trill receive prompt attention. IIOV27 SSmoSDAO J. L. K ITCH KN. QORNS, BUNIONS, Ac Mon*. BERGER having returned, Is ready to a!(ciel to tlie cure or CORNS, Ac. Hundreds have been cured by him In Charleston during thc last two years. Apply at his new residence, No. ?x,l King'street._decJl tus2? TE YOU WANT LITHOGRAPH CHECK X BOOKS, or Lithographing done in flue style, go to EDWARD PERRY, No. 155 Meeting street, opposite Charleston Hotel, Charleston, s. C._dccl4 6m08 IE YOU WANT THE CELEBRATED CARTER'S WRITING ami COPYING INK ceinbincd, go lo EDWARD PERRY. No. 155 Meeting street, opposite charleston Hotel, Charleston, S. C. decM cmos Saner) ?oo?s, Sit. "PERFUMERIES/' .TOILET ARTICLES. . FRENCH, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN EXTRACTS. SOAPS Pomades Oils Toilet Waters Puff Boxes Toilet Sets, Ac, Ac. nair, Tooth, Cloth and Nail BRUSHES Ivory, Shell and Buffalo Combs Jean Marie Farina Violets Demarson's, and AIMAR'S PREMIUM COLOGNE WATERS. At AIMAR'S, No. 469 King, dec20J3_ _Corner Vanderhorst stree^_ ?JOMPLETE SETS OF FINE CUT GLASS DECANTERS, WINES, CHAMPAGNES, Cordials, Finger Bowls^. Tumblers and Goblets, FOU SALK BY WILLIAM O. WUILDEN A CO., No. 2G0 King Street, corner B e a u f a 1 n. deco ^yiLLIAM G. W HIL DEN & CO. HAVE FOR SALE LEATHER RETICULES, TRAVELLING BAGS, Purses, Pocketbooks an l Portemonnaies, suitable for Christmas Presents, at No 255 KING STREET, CORNER BEA UFAIN. '.?JC6 FINE ASSORTMENT OF WATCHES CHATELAINS, VEST CHAINS, Brooches, Earrings, Sleeve Buttons, Studs, Ac, FOR SALE BY WILLIAM G. WUILDEN A CO., Ko. 255 King Street, corner Bean fain. decs -^ILLLAM G. WHILDEN A CO. Have for the Holidays r. rich assortment of VASES, TOILET SETS, CUPS AND SAUCERS, And Fancy Goods. No. 255 KING STREET, CORNER BEA?FAIN. dec? gILVER TABLE RINGS, FRUIT KNIVES SUGAR SPOONS, And a variety of Fancy Silver for the Holidays, FOU ?ALE BY WILLIAM G. WUILDEN A CO.. No. 255 King Street, corner Beau fain. )ARIAN, WEDGEWOOD, HAVRE FRENCH CHINA AND GRANITE-WARE, AND IN EVERY YA RI ITT, FOB SALK BY WILLIAM G. WHILDEN A CO., No. 205 King Street, corner Bcaufain. decfi g IL VER AND PLATED TEA SETS, BUTTER DISHES, CORDIAL STANDS, Castors, Cups, Strawberry Dishes, Ac, Ac, OS EXHIBITION AND FOR SALE AT WILLIAM G. WHILDEN A CO.'S, No. iii King Street, corner Be auf alu. deco C Drn ?ooos, fit. II II I S T M A S ! SENSATION ! NE PLUS ULTRA We, thc undersigned, take especial pleasure In announcing that we will take up stock in a few days, and have marked down all our DRESS GOODS, BLANKETS. ARABS, AND OTHER SHAWLS. As well as thc whole of our well assorted stock ul DRY GOODS. Especial attention to a fine lot of COLORED SILKS At $3, worth fi, must be sold. 50 pair left of thc very cheap 10-4 BLANKETS ?J 75, worth $4 50. FCRCHGOTT A BRO., No. 407 King, corner Calhoun street. ?g-A special Department for Boots, Shoes, Hats and Trunks. dec'21 ?OOtS, 5I]0CS, Sit.^ M II E BEST IN THE C IT Y. ir you want BOOTS AND SHOES, or the best make and latest styles, go to ST E I B E R'S, No. 41 Broad street, near Church street. Always on hand a large assortment of Gentle? men's ?loots, Gaiters and Shoes, of various pat, terni?. A perfect tit guaranteed if made to order. Attention is especially invited to the supply of new rind fashionable Seals!.!" Gaiters, now st? popular at the Norlin J. STEIDER, Bootmaker, nov27 siuthlmo* No. 41 Broad street. iUillincrrj, fatten (Poous, &"r. A L L OPENING OP MILLINERY GOODS, AT URS. M. J. /KR SO W'S, No. 304 KING ST. Having Jost returned from Now York, would re spcctf?lly call thc attention of thc Ladies toa large and handsome assortment or MILLINERY GOODS, including Div^s Trimmings and Paper Patterns. Cloaks on hand and made to order. Dressmaking attended to as usual. Country orders solicited ami promptly tilled. octl4 3 tBttts3mos_ I L L I N E R Y ii O C D S . A COMPLETE STOCK OF FINE MATERIALS IS NOW OPEN EL Which will bc made in the BEST MANNER AND LATEST STYLES, FOR FALL AND WINTER. All Orders promptly idled. M. J. BOOTH, NJ. 429 King street. * oe: 19 5 tuihsSm >s