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SECOND PAGE.-Thc Cannibal's Chant, n Poem ; Mary Gresley, by Anthony Trollope; trader Lon? don Docks ; A Raid on a Railroad ; Earthquake in Germany. THIRD PAGE.-A Queer Region, Alaska and Its Inhabitants ; Thc Roman Theatre ; Thc Career of a Female Singer ; Thc Dakota Wild Mau ; Fuit Hominis Umbra, or.Thc Identity of Junlusand Slr Phillp Francis Discovered. FOVKTU PAUB.-News of thc Day ; Now and Then ; The Death of Mr. Stanton ; Tim Hone 1)111 ; Domestic Reconstruction ; Child-Worship, Ac. Frrra PAOE.-Local News and chit-chat ; the Fire of yesterday ; Christmas Eve; thc Academy of Musto. .SIXTH PAGE.-Ejected by a Ghost. Ry John Pitman ; About Dreams; thc Harder Land. SEVENTH PAGE.-Tho Modern Night. A Poem; the Scene Painter's Wife. Dy Miss Rraddon; A Narrow Escape; Housekeeping in Rome. EIOHTU PAGE.-Family Government, or thc way that Jesse Grant rules his Son Ulysses; Commer? cial News by Telegraph and Mall. NIC H S OF THIS DAY. -There were no market quotations In Liver? pool. -The New York slock market was closed on account of Ihcdcath of ex-Sccrctoty stanton. -Cotton closed steady with sales of ".'Ooo bales sit 25 X -Report says that Prince Napoleon will soon resign thc presidency of thc French Privy Council. -Thc rumor that France had proposed n gene? ral disarmament ls positively denied. -Thc National Hank of Heston has lost $60, 07032, but how and when "nobody knows." -Apprehensions of a reduction or Interest on United States bouda have a tendency to causea depression In thoso securities nt Frankfort. -It ls asserted that Roclicfort's new journal, La Marseillaise, liss already a circulation or ono hundred thousand copies. -Rcgnault dc St. Jean d'Angely, Mar..', al of France, and Gelangte, Procureur of the Court or Cassation at Paris, arc dead. -Thc French war steamer Gorgone was totally lost a few days ago, while on her way from Spain to Cherbourg. -Charles Fechter, the actor, left Southampton for New York ou Wednesday, by thc steamship Maine. H" wa? attended to thc steamer liv o number of literary and dramatic celebrities. -Daniel McFarland was arraigned in New York Tuesday, in thc Court of General Sessions, for tbc murder of Albert D. Richardson. Thc prisoner, through lils counsel, pleaded uot guilty. No day has been fixed for thc trial. -"Why don't thc girls go West" ls thc ques? tion asked by a correspondent of thc Roston Jour? nal, who cites statistics to prove that in Ohio tberc ls an excess of 40,600 men; in Michigan, 40, OOO; In California, l43,ooo, ami in other States similar proportions. Thc reason is that they arc waiting for thc men to come and ask them. -A gentleman or H?rralo has engaged to per? form the following difficult feat: A cork will bc loosely placed on the neck of an ordinary hollie, and on the top of the cork a bullet will bc rested. Thc gentleman will then undertake, nt a distance or twelve paces, to lire a pistol so that four times tn ten trials he shall shoot away thc cork and drop thc bullet Into thc bottle. -A New York letter of Tuesday snys : "Thc Fut Men Indulged themselves last night In I heir long expected ball al Irving Hali. It was a very en? joyable o fla ir lo thc stout people, whose presence In a lump made thc agglom?ration of human adi? posity an event of thc season, to say nothing or the novelty of a dance tn which nt ty couples, "weighing moro in thc aggregate than lingham Young's mother-in-law, caracoled and curvetted to thc music of sixty pieces, and Hie Immense risk of thc hull. Thc satisfactory solidity of Gotham and the regions round about, kept up the ponderous fun until morning." -A New York drama) lc critic say s that Mr. I.cs t wullock, In one of his recent performances, Jeclarcd willi more than ordinary emphasis, thal al i houp, h he was not a sanguinary mun, yet he be? lieved there were circumstances under which a ?an ought to bc legally allowed to strangle his own mother-in-law. "From thc earnest ness willi ?which (his sentiment was greeted by a number of Kent lernen In thc parquette," says thc critic, "and thc absence of anything like a smile upon any of their faces, tho inference became Inevitable that there wera many in that house whose sympathy .was born of a lively experience of thc domestic skeleton referred to." -Tho 3d congregation of thc (Ecumenlcnl Coun? cil was held <m Tuesday. Thc formation of com? mittees was thc only business transacted. Notifi? cation waa given of thc results or the voting ror fourteen out or twenty-four members who are to compost; the cdThuilttee on qucsilons of failli. Among the fathers elected lo this committee nre thc Bishop of Polcticrs, thc urchblshops of Po eec, Matines, Rainmore, Md., and Westminster, mnd the bishops or Caen Siou and Paderborn. Tho council then proceeded to thc election ol twenty-four members ror thc committee on ques? tions or ecclesiastical discipline, at thc conclusion Of WblCll tho congregalton WAS adjourned. Thc Papal bull, dated loth*'December, hus Just been published. -In Madrid ll ls asserted that thc Provisional Government, at the next KlUfJjfg or tho Cortes, ?will Ox a period or delay, beyond which ll will not persist In advocating thc candidature or thc Duke ol Genoa, ir before Hie expiration of that time tho King of Italy does not officially accept thc crown for tho Prince. A rumor ls ahmad that a recon? ciliation has taken place between Hie Duke de Kompensier and Queen Isabella. A son of tim Puke was 111, which gavc'bccnslon for nn ex? change of dispatches between Isabella mid Hie Duchess, and a r?conciliai lon followed. Th.s ru? mor gives rise to much speculation, ami should lt prove trne, a new political combination may be lookod for. A plan is already talked or ror plac? ing the Prince of Asturias on Hie throne under tho regency or tho Duke dc Montpcnslcr. Il Is generally believed that thc UulonLis will coalesco again with tho' Progressists should Hus news bu confirmed. -High Churoh Episcopalian Ism ls oifcnslvoto thc pco.de of Western New York, in one town Geneva-Mrs. Caroline C. Allen was accustomed to attend early morning service, to niter thu ic cponscs tn a clear voice, and to bow her head at thc mention ur thc name if thc Delly. These practices, so common In ordinary churches, were deemed hy thc Ocncvesc sulTlclcut evidence ol her Insanity, nnd she was, therefore, removed to nu asylum. Subsequently thc couuset of Mrs. Allen' uppllcd for another examination, upon nilldavlU setting forth thc Impossibility of obtaining a fair verdict In the place where the (Mal was had, and thal ir Mrs. Allen was ever In a condition to de? serve such u verdict, she lind become perfectly re? stored, and was Iben of perfectly sound mind, ami capable or taking control or her own person und properly. Thus rar, it has been developed that Mrs. Alien's own BOIL an Episcopal clergy, man, was the principal prosecutor, bucked up by lier brother, who testifies Hint he has "bated lier since we were Children." After her committal lo the asylum, these relatives sold out her property lo pay tuc lees or their counsel. Mrs. Admiral Farragut was one or Hie witnesses, uno her testi? mony ls decidedly lu ruvor or Mrs. Allen. A Al Kit nv, M KU ll Y Cu Rt RT M Alt! ' 'l inn nnd Now. This dny live years ago thc Confederate legions lay supine in Hie trenches of Virginia, ur marched wearily amongst tho tufted hills of Georgia nnd Tennessee. They hud known the delirium of victory and thc dolors of de? feat. Dienst to breast, hilt to hilt, they hud mel the brnggnrl Invader. It mattered not Hint stumbling feel incarnadined thc cruel stone?, that pinching Inniger hollowed the check und curbed the frame, that hearts grew nick with pining for distant Southern homes. Their rifles were true nnd their salues keen, whatever might betide. The mighty love of thc South still tired their sonly.- And when druin bent, or bugle blew, when the serried ranks were formed anti tho blood-red cross with Haming slurs wits wav? ing over bead, sorrow and foreboding were all forgotten, and the Confederate legions, each man u Paladin, surged madly onward to grapple willi thc foe. Then Grew Hie smile lo a laugh, Hose thu laugh to n yell, As the Iron-chid linois Clattered huck Into hell i'rom oui b '.retooled boys. Or else, crushed anil shuttered by heavier guns nnd stronger battalions, ilie Southern lino fell sullenly back to renew ihe light on the morrow. Thc glories of Mantissas nnd Richmond, of Gettysburg and Wilderness, of Chancel? lorsville und Cliickamaugn, were not forgot? ten ; nor hud time healed the scars of Nor? folk und New Orleans, Shiloh and Donelson. Roanoke and Vicksburg. They who bared their breast to the iron hail in earlier days wonld do their devoir now.' Rut Uley saw willi their own sad eyes that thc thin gray linc grew thinner every hour. The bravest of thc bruvc, the men who look not back while there's duty before, wore clasped for nyc to thc loving bosom of the States they lind died lo defend. In the long Slimmer days Hie wood birds sung their dirge: in Hiv winter nights thc pallid stars smiled sweetly on their grave. And their comrades lived to mouin them-lived lo peer into lite gloomy future, and wonder when they ii, turn should bite tho dust of death. God knows! this was a sad outlook for the soldiers of the South on Ural dark ChriM inas day. Well might they -need assurance in their doubt. If God yet have a servant, ninn a friend, Tile week a saviour r.nd thu vile a fue ! The tails were drawing closely around them. They looked toward the South and wcll-nig'.i lost heart. There in thc orange groves, under Hie magnolias, or 'neath thc symbolic palmetto rested some fttirSouthern woman A creature not too bright, or good, For bunion nature's daily food. ^ wno eugen j ,??.?IUM? tidings ol mill more dear limn life, and who, on Christinas morn, poured out a tearful supplication Hint he, if only he, might piteously bc spared till peri! and carnage were over. Ileforc the sad? dened soldier rise thc shadows of tender maiden, of faithful wife, of n modc3l home? stead where little footsteps lightly print the ground, while thc chimes fall dully on his ear, and thc straining eyeballs murk not tho 'leaguered city around whoso gilded spires is drawn a belt of stceL Failing numbers, a falling cnuso, traitors in council, mourn? ing und desolation at home ! What wonder that tho Southern soldier yearned for ponce, though it came ns "long disquiet merged in "rest." Hand in baud with the blooming spring title of Natura came tho blnck winter of despair. Thc men who had borne thc Con? federate banner across thc mountains of Maryland, over tho broad plains of tho Key? stone Slate, and amid thc marshes of thc Chickahoininy, nt the bidding of tho grout captnin, yielded up their spotless swords. From Hie capes of Virginia lo thc mouin of the Father of Waters stretched the strug? gling line of wounded mid wayworn soldiers, currying to every district and every Stale thc tidings of mortal disaster. They in? dulged no vain regrets. Thc hand which wielded the musket and sword bore thc axe nnd hoe; the scarred war-horse dragged thc peaceful plough. Desperately these gallant soldiers fought with want and famine, mid they have won a harder fight than their four years' struggle against the hortles of thc boastful Union. What is called-Pence, has had its victories. Tho South grows pros? perous and rich, and it is time to remember that there is more to live for, nnd more to die for, than fertile acres und stalely homes. Absorbed In the struggle for existence, thc Confederate soldiers, too many of them, have forgotten thal they ever wore tho gray. Thc talking and tho mouthing has been done hy thc laggards who never set a squadron in thc field, whatever their fervid oratory before the tl rend game of war hegnn. Too many of our bravos, cnroless and reckless of life, have pressed to their lips thc chalice of dissipation. In cvory district there \ : n weakening of thc moral libre, a disposition to Hinch and quail. All this is tho fruit of tho Incessant labor of four years of varying fortune; but, now thc rolton limbs should bo cast into tho lire, tho knife should bo used without st int. Without this South Carolina can not become as bale nnd hem i y us of yore. Let by-goncs bo hy-gonea. Let Ibo dead post bury its dead. Forgetting these last four winters, let us return to the duys when the Confederate soldier proudly said I had not. loved thee dear, so well, Loved 1 not honor moro ! For if tho mon who wore tho gray and bofo the Hag, who have made historic tho rivers and hills of tho South, who were led by Johnston and trusted by Leo, If they will Boll their souln for pince or power, if they will tarnish their fa'* faino by tampering with personal vico and political depravity-batter for thom and their Stato that they lind never boen born, or that they had poured out their life's lilooU on thc battle pinina of Virginia! I Shall we bc slaves who speak th's tongue ; thal Orcgg and Jenkins spake? .mull we he recreant who Irond tho soil mude honor? able by the dust of our illustrious (load? Will the men who never faltered while they fought n world in arms yield up their weap? ons now and succumb to thc temptations ol daily life? This cannot, must not bc ! Our people must bo Into lo themselves nnd lo their fallen comrades. They must be linn, initient, temperate and bravo; for when they full away they not only ruin themselves, but dishonor Ute Hay ards whose big hearts knew no love beyond their love ofSouth Carolina, who held honor untarnished, whatever else was lost-"who lived und died us none may "live ami die." Thc Di aili of Ult-. stanton. Thc Hon. Edwin M. Stanton died yester? day of heart disease, in the 5Uh year of his age. Thc oficial career of Mr. Stanton as Sec? retary of War, from 18G2 to 18C7, is fresh in the public mind, and neds no long descrip? tion here. Suffice it to my, that the course of cruelty and tyranny which made him Hie glory und stay of Radicalism during the (lurk hours ol tho war, caused him to bc both huted and despised lu every Slntc of Hie South. The brutality, the ability, the reck? lessness of Mr. Stanton was more powerful than nu tinny lu suppressing domestic dis? content, and io forging Hie hugo weapon which pierced thc heart of the Confederacy. Wielding despotic authority: trampling oil pr?valo and public rights; dragging tender giris from their homos ut dead of night ; dis? patching innocent women to the gallows; heaping upon the heads of non-combatants, and prisoners of war, every torment nnd in? dignity that* Ingenious malignity could devise -this was the work of Edwin M. Stuntou, a work, it must be said, carried out less for personal gain, than for thc salvation und preservation of Iiis party. Thc close of Ihe war did not abate thc ferocity or bitterness of the famous Secretary, mid when lin could hold office no longer mid retired to private life, he was still thought of, and spoken of, ns one who would give up Hie little left of reputation and renown for the sake of Iho dominant party. That bc might ititi a radical Congress to overthrow the Constitution witli impunity, he was raised lo tile Supremo Bench. But before ho could i!on tho judicial robes ns n dispenser of the law lie had.60 often and so insolently defied, he himself is called to judgment. It becomes us not lo rejoice that an nnrc luntlng enemy has gone to Iiis lusl account, und has ere this met bis victims face to face ut tho bur of an nvenging Heaven. We war not- wit ii the dead. But Hie whole South will ! PM tho more freely, anti with lighter heart* because, mr this bright Christmas, morn, Ed? win M. Stanton, stark und cold, sleeps the sleep bf death. Thc (i m *( ?on for thc So m li. Every day the country is becoming more and more convinced of tho great ndvantag which IheSouUi enjoys for the working up on luv own soil, of a larger proportion of her cotton crop, instead of shipping it ahmad to bc manufactured into goods, which sile is compelled to import. Thc Memphis papers hnvo demonstrated dat a cotton factory in that city will clear $82 75 moro on every bolo of colton wovei?*into cloth than can he realized hy Hie mills of Lowell, nnd that 30'JO lia lee ut VompUla Wuulu ,,....?-*. *J?O. OOO in oilfjrcar aguinsi thc S200,000 of the mills of 'Lowell, built at nearly the same cosl. Result H of' thc same general character have been obtained by contrasting thc operations of the Augusta, (iranilovllje nnd other well managed Soulh? ern factories with those of even the mosul prosperous of Hie New England mills. Ii view of such facta mid figures, thc press bf I tho South is very naturally almost unani? mous In urging our people to embark boldly in the enterprise of manufacturing their great staple. A notable exception, however, in Hie advocacy of this policy, is that sterling commercial paper, thc New Orleans Bulletin. Ita theory is that, while Hie situation remains ns it is, with thc demand for cotton beyond ita supply, and wiOi increasing facilities of transportation, the production of cotton must necessarily bc more attractive to capi? tal thou Hie manufacture of it in thc cotton region. If capital at home wero turned from planting to manufacturing, it would make thc demand over thc supply still more exces? sive, nod tho increased price of the raw ma? terial would leave a still less margin of profil I for the skill and capital required for working | it into cloths. Tlie remedy for all this, tho Bulletin thinks, is to be found in an improv? ed system of labor, capable of availing itself I of all tho resources of our sail, of putting [ thc whole brood sweep of cotton lands antler cultivation, and of gathering nu il marketing the crops in 11 proper manner. The views of the Bulletin nrc cntitlod to much weight; but they will hardly avail, wo fancy, to turn back tho current of public opinion on this important subject. xiir Greatest ot Ttieae ta Charity. Thoro is a story, told by Coleridge, somo whern, of a beggar in a Swiss village, who caine regularly to a certain house, where his wants wero kindly looked after. Ono tiny when lie enmc tho house waa full of com? pany, and no ono had limo to attend to him. His application was. refused. Ho waited awhile, and repeated it, only to be refused again. "Very well," ho said, "I am gol nj "away now, und I shall not return; and then "you may ECO whero you will got another "beggar." v There wa? sound sense in what thc old MUH said; for: "ltbongil tho poor wo hav< always willi us, thom aro limes and seasons of general rejoicing, when tho maimed, thc halt and tho blind, the widow and the or? phan, have especial claims upon our charity and love. And of those seasons tho great? est is Christmas time. Then tho desolate and poor should lind the gates of the heart ajar. Then they should meet with no rebuff or slighting word. Then they should be welcomed as tho lowly followers of the now born Prince of Poaco, who may claim in His linnie moro than the cup of cold water, moro than tho crumbs that fall from tho Christmas hoard. There is a wealth of pleasure In witnessing | tho silent thanks of tho unfortunates who stand shivering on tho brink of desolation and want. This is a joy that onch ono of 1 can command, and nono will enjoy to tho full their Christmas merry-making unless' they have gladdened tho afflicted or forsaken, and ma<lo their gifls doubly blest by joining with them Christian sympathy, und wurds of hope und cheer. UhlM-Wonitilp. i'd haps in no respect does thc Christinas of to day contrast more strongly with Ilia Christmas of the last generation, than in the increased elaboration bestowed u|ion every? thing intoiidcd for the d?lectation of (he young. A writer iu Ilia London H?Kctator discusses this circumstance al soiuo length, mid deplores the growing tem lone;, towards what Im terms child-worship. Ile cites thu Christum? books for children Hint ure now being ponied out of the press-rhymes, pie ture?, fairy tules, books of games, book? of adventures, boys' magazines, girls' maga? zine?, science made easy, poetry mude child? like, the grotesque old ballads revived with humorous caricatures, translations from the German, elaborately illustrated by French artists, Ac, ?ic. Ile say?: "Kvorylhlng that "the highest ami subtlest rellnoinent CUP ..invent is prepared at thodemnnd of elderly " relatives anxious mid ready lo purchase all " those inventions in huge quuiltitlcJ nt luv " ?sh expense, ?incl pour them into Hie laps of "tho children whom^fhey most ?lo prop! 'fuite." While ho grimly criticises "the ..horrible ami profligate profusion of energy " and invention " in providing amusement for children; ami while lie almost cruelly declares Hint "their pleasures aro far to? mimerons "and elaborate,"and that " Ihoroshould hon l* sterner mid tuon! healthy frugality "* in ministering lo them,, he yet manifests through all Iii? thrusts a real sympathy with tho young. He doubts if tho Asiatic luxury ol' their modern playrooms and playthings ls us satisfactory lo Hmm n? simplicity would bc. He litis seen "a wooden dull with ono " ann give it vast deal more plcasiiro limn a "winking wax cranium thal runs on wheels "ami emits tv soil of squeaking apology for "thc word 'mamma.'" Hehns no faith in " thc voluptuous cm for children." Ile says: " A few nursery rhymes, a few good old fairy tales, a wooden donkey with panniers lo take to beti, a box of bricks, \\ whip, and, In good lime, a ball ol' string and a knife, nrc nil the play? things a child needs, and quilo enough if hi? Invention is to have the least play. Lond him with ?labor?t e ingenuities, with pictures so good that you feel bound to explain their finer touches, with tales ol' churncter where nil the Illnesses of nature and circumstance are care? fully attended to, with ballads of humor a hun? dred limes as fine and elaborate ns he can take in, and you overload him and leave no room for thc elastic power of Invention and Imagination, which is the best of all amusements for him.'' Ho continues: "A bare, rugged and almost grotesque sim? plicity of material ls, we are dlrposcd lo main lain, the hesl possible food for ninety-nine children out ol' a hundred." Ile doubts if " thc children of to-day will "ever feel towards thc elab?ralo and ndmi "rabio works for their amusements half the " yearnings of tender remembrance which wu "lavish on tho wooden moral titles, gro "tcsquens gargoyles, which we so eagerly "consumed lu our childish days." He con? cludes : 11 Thc era of elaborate siigur-pltuns and lilirh art for children ls certainly not one that pro? duces the most vigorous mid enger minds. Thc worship of children is throwing us all Into Hm shade. Let us put thom down for the fu? ture. It will do both us and them unod." Reviews. IlKUKP. nj ?. Buring Gould. M. A., Author or "Curious Myths of the Middle Ages," &c. Part I. Ilcullienlsm and Mosalsm. New York: D. Appleton A Co. Tills book ls as full of learning ns a commen? tary, and as full ol' fancy ns a poem. Il Ls sci? entific yet reverent, iconoclastic yet conserva? tive. lt summons to ii? service the myths of thc barbarian and the Inspired traditions of thc Hebrew. It analyzes the religious Instincts of humanity as a physiologist traces thc path or a nerve, adopting and modifying thc methods of Tyndal and Hnxley, of Comte nnd Spencer, beginning willi mere science and ending with thc 1 neal nation os Hie great historic luci which sutlsflcs all these Instincts. Wc doubt whether Mr. Gonld ha? nny definite system of belief; wc fear that one who finds so much good in Fetishism and Polytheism Is somewhat Indif? ferent to tho nobler system we huvc inherited; wc have seme suspicion of a religion which enters into such easy alliance with tho ganglia of thc body and thc legends of thc heathen. and thc conclusions of thc positive philoso? pher. And yet thu voluma ls profoundly in tercsUng and richly suggestive. THE GAI-AXV. .'Put Yourscll In His Place," Charles Reade's dramatic story, will, it seems, continuo to de? light the renders of "Tho Galaxy" during thc greater part of thc next year. To enable new now renders of "Thc Galaxy" to follow this story, thc publishers-Messrs. Sheldon A Co., of Now York-offer to give to all new sub? scribers a copy of a handsome volume of about two hundred pages, containing all of "Tnt Yourself in Ills Place" that hus been published up lo tho January number. "Tlic Galaxy's" programme for 1870 ls, In other respects, a very inviting one. A new story from Mrs. Edwards, one ol the beet fe? male novelists writing the English Innguage, ls promised. Anthony Trollope will furnish a series of "Editor's Tales." Parke Godwin, one of tho ablest of American writers, will give a series of notoworthy 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 mid letters. A very ut tract Ive series of articles will ho that by a lato ecclesiastic of tho Roman Catholic Church, In which ne wiii give personal recol? lections of the Interior Ufo of Koree, describ? ing the character and dally life of thc Pope, the cardinals, thc priests, monkB, Ac. Another series likely to attract attention will he ono ! dealing trenchantly with tho society of to-day. Science will be represented by Drs. J. C. Dal? ton, J. C. Draper and others. Tlic editorial departments of "Thc Galaxy'? will bc maintained mid extended. Tho chief editors aro tho Messrs. Church, who arc assist? ed by Bichar? Grant While, Justin McCarthy, Gcorgo E. Pond, 8. 8. Conant^J. P. Moline and others. A new feature will bo a compre? hensivo monthly review of tho literature of tho world, which must bo of tho highest valuo to all Intelligent readers. .Tho Galaxy" evidently proposes to mako tho campaign of 1870 a vigorous and success ltd one. Wu BBo to call especial attention to tho lotter of tho Hon. Jno. W. R. Popo, printed this morning. It treats of tho important ?juosUon of Ibo relativo value of short staple and long staple colton for culture on Ibo sea islands in a masterly manner, giving con? vincing facia and figures which fully aoslr.ia the conclusions of tho able writer. ?Ucctingo. Ci MARLESTON TYPOGRAPHICAL / UNION, No. 4:i.-In consequence or Hil? tiny I ? being Christmas, there win be no meeting of td? above Union THIH KVKMIKO. liv order or tliel'rcsMcnl. ?lce25 C. AHAMS, Secretary. O. O. F.-SCHILLER LODGE. ?a :io. 1 . The Regular Quarterly Meeting of this L?IIIK<> j ?ill be liehl TO-UORROW (Sunday) Nu,ur, m 7 o'clock, nt the Hall. Society street. Members will please bo punctual in llielr nt tendance, ami como prcporal i>> iniy arrears. Also, the election of Ol?c ci s will lat e place. Hy oilier of Hie N. U. I). NUHDMF.YKR, ilccsa . Recording secretary. BURNS' ('HAKITAIiLE ASSOCIATION] The Regular Monthly Meet lot: uf Hie above Associai lon will he hvlil ai Krocg'S Mull, Went? worth street, on MONDAY KvKNiNu, 2?th Decem? ber, at ?> o'clock. The animal election forolllccrs will tak? place, roll open fruin t> in s o'clock. Members will come prepared to pay arrears, as Rule No. vii will bc strictly enforced. WM. HOY, d?fit 2 Secretary ninl Treasurer. UJnnto. WANTS OF ALL KINDS (JAN HIS made known lo everybody in this column at thc rale of 2ft eenls for twenty wonts or less, cadi Insert lon, if paid In ndvnnce. riWKNTY-FIVE DOLLARS A DATIER 1 agents In an cullie new business. ll. l.tiT/. .V CO., aus llroadway. New York. decifi 4" WA N T li I) I M M E I) ?A TE L Y, ~\.? elderly WOMAN, without Faintly, Inset RN Muse, Hood references required. Apply at No. 30 Ashley street. dec.!! .!* WANTED, A LAD TO RUN AS NEWS itoY on tho Kout h Carwlliia Railroad. Ap? ply ta liOINKSTA MARTIN, No. .VJ; King, opposite Ann street. ilecSJ 2 W" ANTED, A O KU MAN GIRL TO MINO a child nm) .if lend ?ilio.it thc house. One with rccum mendal Inns wm bea." or a guoti situa? tion. Apply al this ?mico. dccM WANTED.,-A YOUNG LADY I'KE I'ARRI) to Teach English, French ami Music, desires a sltuutl'm as floverilCkX. Address "M. H., cure uf Kev. UL C. I'lNCKNEY, Charleston, S. C. dcc23 WK4* WANTED, A SITUATION AS SUPER? INTENDENT on a Hice Plunlutlon by a one armed man, who has seven years1 experience In 1: i ce culture, nuil good rccotuiiieiHlnt Inns from his former employers. I'lcaSS address W. ll. W., Charleston. S. C. dcc2 WANTED BY A LADY, A SITUATION as Teacher, cither In a Day or Koanllng School. She hits had seven years' experience, and teaches, besides the usual Rngllsii'lirntlCllSM, French, Herman and Music. Address Miss H. I,. YOUNO, rn inn villi*, s. C. Refers io General w. II. Wallace, of Union, and General J. I!. Kershaw, of Camden. decl-l tathsr, UAC* WANTED, A HOUSE, NEAR TUE central part of thc elly, containing five or six rooms, with good outbuildings ami water. Address D. at this O III cc._Wrpt'JS ANTED, A SITUATION AS CLERK, In a Wholesale Drug Store, or a large Itc? lall and Prescription Drug Store. No object lon lo go In the country. Will u.vpcct but a H.nall com? pensation at first. Thc applicant ls n graduate of thc South Carolina M c.Heal College. Address M. H.. through thc I'ostoulcc. ocifl ANTED, AGENTS.-TWO HUNDRED uu'l Ki ft y Dollars per month, to sell thc only Genuine Improved Common Sense Family SEWING MACHINE. Price only $18. Great In? ducements lo Agents. This ls Hie most popular Sewing Machine of thc day-makes Hie fainout; "Elastic Lock Stitch"-will do uny kind of work that can bc done on any machine. One hundred thousand sold and (he demand constantly in? creasing. Now is thc lime to take au agency. Scud for Ci . urs. gBjri Beware of Infringer*...??a Address Sr.CUMU Sc CO., boston. Mass.: I'ULS burg, l'a., or St. Louis, Mo. ocias .'imus toot aub iouno. IOST, A LETTER ADDRESSED TO J Mm. CHAS. J. ROSKNHKRG, Charleston, S. c., box No. 377, or Calder llnuiw. Tho limier will ?'lease leave ll ul either of the above place.*. dec-25 1* ?oz Sale. FOR SALE A CHOICE LOT OF SAD? DLE and Draft HORSES and MARES. In? quire Rt No. tot State street. dccM 2* FOIt S?LE, A FINE DWELLING ?N thc centre of thc city and convenient to busi? ness, w ith six largo square rooms anil three dress? ing rooms, ami outbuildings necessary, in linc order. Inquire al this ?nice._?loc;22_ OR SALE, THE NEW SCHOONER FRANCES ANN, 31 3 10 tons register, well found, and imitable to carrying rice, wood nntl A'cc^llfouun?n'ei.ap,. ltlS1-t:Y * CltEITO*? FOR SALE. AN EXCELLENT VARIE? TY or UPLAND COTTON SEED. Delivered ut t'<c South Carolina Railroad, in bags or two busiiels, $1 50 per bushel for four bushels or less, tl 25 per bushel for six bushels or more. Apply to GEORGE E. WHALEY, st. Matthew's I?. ST, 0 ra n gel tu rg County, g. C._decs gmos PRINTING PRESS FOR SALE AT A GREAT 1IARGA1N.-One small Cylinder TAY? LOR PRESS lu complete repair, lt luis been but little used, and ls sokl simply because Hie present owner has no usc ror lt. Thc sl/.c or thc bcd or the"Press ls rorty-ronr hy fifty-eight Inches. Said Press will bo sola at a great bargain if applied ror at once, as Hie room lr. occupies ls wanted for other purposes. Addressa Mox No. 3705 New York Post Ollie?!._sept 2d FOR SALE, STEAM PORTABLE CROSS-CUT OR WOOD SAWING MA? CHINES, King's pntcnt, suitable fur cutting cord wood, shingles, slaves or clapboard blocks, and particularly adapted lo tho wants of railroads, wooil contractors, wood yard, saw mill, ami lum? ber men generally. For this machine wc claim precedence over anything or Hie kind ever at? tempted. All panics Interested mid Hie pulule arc Invited to sec this machine lu operation dally Ironi ll o'clock A. M. to l p. M., nt thc Artesian Well Lot, corner Meeting and Wentworth streets. Slate or Cornily rights, or ?Ingle machines for sale. Apply to CAMERON, ll A lt KLEY A CU. dec3 lum_ (Situational. SELECT SCHOOL FOR DOYS, No. 10-1 IIROAD STREET, WM. P. UKSAUSSURB, PRINCIPAL.- Thc Exercises of this School will bu commenced on MosoAY. January 8, 1870. N. ll. For circulars with terms, apply to thc Principal. ilecSI 0 EDisGolntitrns of (JTaparlncraljin. . NOTICE.-WHEREAS, A COPARTNER? SHIP hus heretofore existed between LEW? IS A. STRUDEL and THOMAS M. STOKES. .1er tho style and name of STRUDEL A STORKS, which said Copartnership has been thia day dis? solved by mutual consent. hilton Kl. A STOKES. Graham's Ferry, December 21, laca. dec2I 3* Liiiil) for Sale. OR~SALE OR RENT, A PL7!?TAT??N situated on the Ashley River, n few miles ?rom the elly, containing about one hundred acres, one-half cleared, with comfortable dwell? ing nnd necessary outbuildings, if not sold by thc 20th instant, tho owner will he willing to let the premises to a rcponslblo party Willi a small capital, to bo planted on aliaren. For farther In? formation apply to Venitlng'e Wharf, south or Calhoun street. dec4 F~T?5l?D?~ LAND FOR SALE. - A valuable PLANTATION of 8.10 acres In Ma? rlon County, Florida, ls offered nt private sale, about one half cleared and under cultivation: part beat hammock. This l'laniailon Is one or ! thc most desirable lu tho State; ls very produc? tive for Cotton, Rice, Corn, Sugar, Vegetables, Ac; also Ano ror Oranges and other Fruits; li located In one of (ho healthiest and most plea? sant neighborhoods In the Slate, being conveni? ent to railroads, cliiirtl'.cs, Ac. Apply to A. II. MULLIGAN, Cotton Factor, Accommodation Wharf, Charleston, S. C. novl2 <? ?- - _ go flem-" FOR RENT, THE HIGHLY C??L'lTVA TED FARM known as C01IURGII, situated in St. Andrew's Parish, about one milo from tho New bridge, with good landings on Wuppoo Cut [ will be rented on moderate lenna. Sixty acres have been highly mannrcd and. thoroughly duell? ed the thrco past years. Tito lands arc strong and productive. The mules, cort and farming Implements arc all In good condition, and cnn bo obtained on reasonable terms, together with a quantity or manure. Apply to JAMBS McCABB, ; at calhoun cotton Press, near broad street. fleets s2tutha_ O RENT, A LARGE AND WELL finished Store, four (4) rooina attached, nt tho corner of Coming and Itadclllfe streets. Ap. ply lo JOHN n. DRVKItRUX, Architect, corner Broad and Church atrccta. dec?O ?oar?mg. NICELY FURNISHED BOOMS AND BOARD at Mra. MILLER'S, No. fl Hudson atrect. dec?a Rmuocmcuts. A MBKRY C II lt 1 S T M A S AT Tl IK IV ACADEMY. TIIK CHILDKKN'S JUIHLEK. TUT <H.I> TOY MAU KU'S RECEPTION. I'vcrybody li o T Ami carry une. Kverybody I? o T Ami carry one. KvcrylNMly I) o T Ami carry our. KrorylMNly li (i r Ami carry une. rwrylHidy HOT Ami carry one. CIIKI8TMA8 AFTERNOON, doors ?pon ut I, curiiiiii rolled up ni 2: performance over hy -I u'elork. Children und Nuisis ?ta cents euell ; Adults .riU reilly. The piny will he produced precisely UK ll was originally by Joseph JeiTcrson. DOT, OK TUB CRICKET ON TIIK HEARTH teaches a most delightful lennon. IT IS A CHRISTMAS STORY OF 11 KA HTS AND HOM KS. ON SATURDAY NIGHT, TIIK STRKKTS Ol' NKW YORK. (I.usl appearance ol Major KICK KINO.) ON MONDAY, THU ENGLISH COMIC OPERA. dectt i A 0 A D E M Y OK MUSIC. Christmas Revelry-A Visit to New York. TIIK 8THEKTS O V N H W Y O R K Tor thc Laut Time Positive')-, With all Us Iii HJlu.nl Effect*, i Sights nntl Fights, Kif lb Avenue und Five Points, Wealth und (Stealth, Robbery, Denlh, Retribution. F IRK! F I R K ! K I lt K ! Living, Lurid Licking Tongues of l'hune? 1 MAJOR KICK LING'S Second Appearance in New Y'ork. A Glorious awl a Merry Christmas Treat Christ utas Nighi AT TIIK ACADEMY. a,-, -n\ (donday, the Kngllsb Comic Opera. dceXS l ACADEMY OK M U Sit.;. INAUGURATION OP TUB OI'KItA SEASON. LIGHT AND VIVACIOUS COMIC OPKRA, nv OKKKNIIACH AND LEW. TUB O A L T 0 N ENGLISH COMIC OPERA COMPANY. MONDAY EVENING, December 27, Thc performance win commence with Levy's Comic Opera or FANCHETTE! Or Hie Days or Robespierre. Knncbctte, a Laundress.Miss Susan Calton. Pierre Pomol.Thomas Wbiiiin. Corporal Lacroix.Join, Clark. Notary.Mr. Cud wallader. Mai nins dc lleauprc.Alf. Kcllchcr. (iohmoNCha, Mayor of Douay.Mr. Miers. H?rtense de Laval.Miss Illanchc (?alton. INCIDENTAL SONOS, DUETS AND TRIOS*, "Last Rose or Summer".Miss Susan Cation. Duel-"Home of Our Youth".Miss Cuttim au.i Air Kcllchcr. Trio-"You're 1'alc as Death".Miss (lallen, J. Clark mid C. J. Miers. Concerted Piece- "Mv Uncle Here". Miss S. Galton, C. J. Miers ami Air. Kcllchcr. "Did'sl Thou but Know".Alf. Rebeller. Drinking Sung.John clin k. Concerted Piece..MbwSusan Hulton,Alf. Kcllchcr, C. J. Miers it II tl Miss INsncbo Calton. Song-flic ru ru my very Eyes, Slr".Miss s. Gallon. Kinnie.Miss Susan calton mid Character-*. Bong-"Evening," pty Chcpiits,).Mr. J. clark. Valse-"Mr Heart ts Dancing, (Molloy.). Miss Kate Pox. Thc whole lo conclude willi otfenhueb's Contle Opera ot HOSE DK ST. FLEUR. Lizette, Mistress ora Cabaret.Miss Susan Calton. Marcuchu, a lilaeksmlth.Thomas wiiiuin. l'aiulon.AH. Kcllchcr. lu which Miss Susan Gallon will sing Henadlat's famous Song-, "Thc Skviurl;;" Mr. wuiuiu "The Stew l'un" Sung; Mr. Rcllcbcr "Thc Shoe Song:" and thc lrio "Uncle Tom's Wedding." TUESDAY NICHT, Ollenliach's Celc'uatcd Op? era, "SIXTY-SIX.*1 To Ira followed by Or?en baeh'a LISCH EN AND KRITZCIIKN. Of No chance lu lite Prices of Admission. tfh~ Seals can bc secured in advance for thc enlIre week, or Hie single nicht, ut Ute Ticket omeo._decal 3 JQ.ESELLSCII AFT RALL. Kin Dent scher RALL wcrd Stadt Milden at ir MONTAU, den 27icn December, In Mr. A. HKNNK Hall, corner of Klug and Linc streets. Wo KU alic uuuriiuiid, iiu.i i.uasi. .t? rr<duden Slndt. HAS COUMIITI: : H. SUHRSTKDT, I F. RICK ELS 0. BRUNNING, I A. Il KN NE. dcc23 HisniS* * gT. PETER'S CATHOLIC FAIR. Will he held at No. 140 Meeting street, opposite Pavilion Hotel, opening on tho Nunn* ur thc 27lh December, and to bc continued through thc week. The Hall will bc opened lu thc afternoon Hom 3 to S; at Night from'7 to ll. Children nul admit ted nt night, unless willi their relatives or gnnrdlans. Price ol admission-Crown persons 25 cents; Children 15 cents; Season tickets (1. dcc'JO (LHi)ibiliono. HE Ii IG FISH AGAIN. T Thc RIO FISH caught in thc Ashley River some time since by C. SPARKS and C. GADSDEN has been cleaned and slurred, and will tic on exhibi? tion at thc STABLES In Mccllng street, below Wcntworih, during thc present week. Killeen and ten cents admission. dec2A 0 ?lliGccllnncous. J^XTEA UPLAND COTTON SEED. bancroft's Selection or tho PROLIFIC DICKSON SEED. Hs genuine character and great yield per acre us grown near Athens, Georgia, ls authenticated by cern?calos signed by gentlemen or known re? spectability, and cnn bc seen at roy olncc. ooo bushels will bo sold at %\ per bushel, In sacks or 3 lo 3bushels. W. M. LAWTON, dcc25 stusmtu5_Factor. Boyce's Wharf. IF YOU WANT PAPER BAfiR, FLOUR SACKS, and Rags of every description, go to EDWARD PERRY, No. 165 Meeting street, opposite Charleston note), Charleston. S. C._decll Cmos IF YOU WANT BLANK BOOKS MADE TO ORDER, and or tho best muicrial, lo any pultern, go to EDWARD PERRY. No. 166 Mccllng street, opposite charleston Hotel, Charleston, S. C. dccM flinns w R N I N G A SPLENDID PUMP FOR SALE. Having purchased tho exclusive right i the Stales or North and South Carolina Tor thc munn? in r I arc and salo or A. HA LDINO'S PATENT (1 LASS SUIIMKRGKD DOUULE-ACTING FORCE PUMP. I hereby rorcwarn, under thc penalty or (ho law, any person from lurrlnglng upon my rights lu thc same. Intending to manufacture and sell (bc same, I would bo plcnscMl lo confer with parties wanting Uicni. The price will range from %io to $30, uccordlng to thc depth or ibo well, for No. 3 yard wells, throwing 90 gallons or water per minute, and No. 'i for railroad stations, throwing co gallons, price given on application. This pinup lins no Mellon, and tho pucking will Inst for uncen years In a good well. Directions will ac? company the pump for putting lt up. which can be done In 30 minutes. I will receive orders nt Tnrboro, Scotland Neck, and Farmvlllc, N. C. All orders addressed to mo at either or Hie places named will receive prompt attention. novgl samosnao_J. L. KITCHEN. QORNS, BUNIONS, A. c. Mons. BERGER having returned, Isjready tn allend to Ibo euro or CORNS, Ac. Hundreds ' ave been cured by bim In Charleston during thc last two years. Apply nt lils new r?sidence, No. *33? King street._decal tus2? Ip YOU WANT LITHOGRAPH CHECK DOOKS, or Lllhographlng done In Ono style, go to " KOWARI) PERRY. No. us Meeting street, opposite Charleston Hotel, _ Charleston, 8. C._decls emoa IF YOU WAN V THE CELEBRATED CARTER'S WRITING and COPYING INK combined, go lo EDWARD TERRY. No. 155 Meeting street, opposite Charleston Hotel, Charleston, s. 0. decii cmos innen ?oo?o, &t. J> V. ll F U M K ? l K S AND T n i i, B T / UTI c L ti s. FRENCH, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN EXTRACTS KOA I'D Pomades Tol'.ct Waten Kutr Boxen Toilet Sein. Ac., Ac. Muir. Tootli, Cloth und Kuli BRUSHES. ivory, shell and Bullala Combs Jean Marie Karina Violets Deuiarson's, and AIM A K'S PREMIUM COLOGNE WATBUS. At AI MAU'.-, No. 1?9 King. decae 13 Corner Yamlcrtiorsl street. QOMPLETE SETS OF FINE CUT GLASS DECANTERS. WINKS, CHAMPAGNES, Cordials, Kluger Howls, Tumblers and (?obl?is, -> KOK SALK ItV WILLIAM O. WHII.URN A CO., No. SM King Street, corner ll ca ti fa In. deco TTTILLIAM G. WUILDEN ft CO. IIAVK FOR SALE LEATHER RETICULES. TRAVELLING DABS, Purses, Kootctbooks ai 1 Portemonnaies, suitable Tor christmas Presents, at No. 255 KIN? STREET, CORNER BRA BFA IN. deco A KINE ASSORTMENT OF WATCHES, CHATELAINS, VEST CHAINS, Brooches, Earrings, sleeve imttous, studs, Ac, KO H SALK ny WILLIAM O. Wllll.UKN A CO., No. 2 55 Klug street, corner Bea ufa In. decs XTTILLIAM G. WUILDEN ft CO. Have for thc Holidays a rich assortment of VASES, TOILET SETS, CBP8 AND SAUCERS, And Fancy floods. No. 2V> KING STREET, CORNER UK AU FA IN. ?Ire fi g I L V E R TABLE RINGS, FRUIT KNIVES SBGAR SPOONS, And a variety of Paney silver for Hie Holidays, KOK SALK nv WILLIAM ?. WM MIEN A CO.. No. 25S King Street, corner Reaufatn. dccO_ J)ARIAN, W IS D <i E W O O D, HAY RE FRENCH CHINA AND (? RAN I'VE-WARE, IN KV EU Y VA lt I BTV, V O lt 8 A I. E CY WILLIAM O. WH1LDKN & CO., No. 255 King Street, corner Heaufaln. deco_ _ QLLYER AND PLATED TEA SETS, BUTTER DISHES. CORDIAL STANDS, Castors, Cups, Strawberry Dishes, Ac., Ac, UN EXHIBITION ANO FOR SALE AT WILLIAM C.. WUILDEN A CO.'S, No. J.'.s King Street, corner II eau fa In. drill EJrn ?OO?G, S'c. Q ll HIST - AS!" SENSATION ! NE PLUS ULTRA ! Wc, thc undersigned, take especial pleasure in announcing that wc will take up stock In a few days, and have marked down nil our DRESS GOODS, BLANKETS, ARABS, ANO OTHER SICAWL8, As well as thc whole of our well assorted stock or DRY HOODS. Especial attention to a line lot of COLORED SILKS At $3, worth ?'', must bc sold. f.o pair left of Hie very cheap 10-1 BLANKETS 75. worth $4 60. FURCHOOTT A BRO., No. 4?7 King, corner Calhoun street. [?< ora-.\ special Department for Boots, Shoes, Hats and Trunks. ilcc.l Boots, 5I]0C0, HE BEST IN THE CITY. T ff you want BOOTS AND SHOES, or the best make and latest styles, go to 8 T" E I B E R'S, No. 41 Broad street, near Church street. Always on hum! a large assortment of Gentle? men's Boots, Gaiters and Shoes, or various pat, terns. A perrcct Ot guaranteed If made to order. Attention ls especially Invited tn thc supply or new and rashlonuhlc Sealskin Gaiters, now so popular at thc North. J. STEIDER. Bootmokcr, nov27 slullilmo* No. 41 Broad street. iuillincrn, innen ?ocas. Ut. p AL L OPENING OF MILLINERY COOPS, AT MUS. M. J. ZKRNOWS, No. 301 KING T. Having Just returncil from New York, would re? spectfully call tho attention of Hie Ladles lon Urge and handsome assortment of MILLINERY GOODS, Including Dress Trimmings nnd Paper rat temi. Cloaks on lintel nnd made to order. Dressmaking attended to as usual. Country orders solicited ami promptly Ulled. oct 14 3 tuthsJiiMis_ jy? ILLINE RY GOODS. A COMPLETE STOCK OP FINK MATERIALS IS NOW OPENEL Which will be made In tho BEST MANNER AND LATEST STYLES, FOR FALL AND WINTER. All Orders promptly filled. M. J. BOOTH, _ No. 423 King btreot. oe118 4 tuths3m?