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t VOLUME VIII.-NUMBER 1253. CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1869. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. WASHINGTON. Coban Belligerency-Thc Herald und thc Bank Statement. [KKOM THE ASSOCIATED rilB?S.j WASHING ros, December 27. The Tribun?'? special says advices from Wash? ington represent the intentions of the administra? tion as favorable to an early recognition of Cuban belligerency, and Mr. Sumner's views are believed to have altered with respect to the anti-slavery character of General C?spedes and his govern? ment. The Herald has thc following comments on thc baale statement : "As the statement ls only for five days, it is suggested that tlfere has not been so even a distribution of the different items, inasmuch as the different banks lose the chances of the last day's exchange ticing In their favor. Again, the payments into the sub-Treasury for customs, combined with the specie nayments of the week, will go far to account for the decrease In specie. Taking thc epecic from the deposits, it would leave about two and a half millions of the latter to bc ac? counted for. This is done by conjecturing thnt .the withdrawal of funds to jpeet various pay? ments of interest due .rom railway and other corporations, together with the temporary diffu? sion of money among the shopkeepers for holiday goods, will fully amount to the sum in question. The effect opon the stock market was hardly per? ceptible, inasmuch os only a few brokers still re? mained on thc sidewalk after the publication of the statement, and, among them, it was not re? garded with any apprehension. It is only proper to observe that, so far as the banks are concerned, it really leaves them lu 'a better position than might at ii rs t appear. With the decrease in loans and r?duction of deposits, they are about in thc same position as when they began the week. While the loss in reserve is two millions, they caa afford to lose one million, so that the surplus above the reserve required by law is decreased by only the latter amount/' BUBOES. Thc Brunette. HAVRE, December 27. The cargo of the Brunette, recently ashore near Nan'es, is reported salvable. The Spanish Constitution. MADRID, December 27. Thc Iberian newspaper says that Spaiu wi!) fully settle the matter of the new constitution during January. The American Bishops. BERLIN, Deccml er 27. Letters in Berlin newspapers froui iconic em? phatically deny thc current reports of the liberal? ity of the American bishops. Their correspond? ents assert that they blindly follow thc Papal lead. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. J; peoplo of Rupert's Land have issued a ration of independence. Seven large brick stores on South Salina street, Syracuse, New York, have been burned, with a loss of nearly half a million. George Montjoy, convicted of whiskey frauds at Philadelphia, hos been sentenced to two years in the penitentiary and ?3000 fine. The prisoner win bc allowed a few days' custody under thc United States Marshal to settle his affairs. Thc Rev. Barron Stowe, a Baptist clergyman, is dead of apoplexy. John R. Wilder, of Cincinnati, attacked his wife with a hatchet, inflicting fatal injuries, and then blew out his brains. Heavy southeast storms and incessant r...:; ' prevail at Fortress Monroe. The entire regular Democratic ticket, with one exception, was elected in Rome. Ga., yesterday. O. S. Cady, appointed by thc military authorities sheriff of Gnlpepper County, Va., has been sen? tenced to five j ears in the penitentiary, by mili? tary commission, for embezzling $10,000. There was a disturbance In Richmond on Christ? mas night between some white and colored men. The police Interfered and were assaulted. No one was seriously hurt. In respect to Stanton's memory, Governor Bul? lock, of Georgia, displayed tho flag at half-mast .n thc capitol buildings in Atlanta. TUE BARNWELL RACES. Third Day. [FBC? OCR OWN C?RKE? PONDENT. J OAKS, BARNWELL, S. C., December 24. Yesterday, the third day of thc races over in? Sherwood Course, passed off pleasantly, al? though thc racing was not as exciting as on the first day. Thc day was ojear but cold, thc track being lu better order than on Tuesday. Thc frat race was a two mlle dash between the Weatherly colt and General Hagood's Bil1 Stoney. This bade fair to be an exciting rice' but thc Weatherly colt bolted as he had done on Tuesday, and at thc same place, jumping the fence and throwing lils rider. Again the horses were restarted with a more experienced rider on the Weatherly colt, but thc result was the same, notwithstanding the efforts of the Jockey who, when he approached the point at which his horse had twice bolted, let go thc off rein, throwing his entire strength upon thc other, and using his whip over bis horse's head, but with no success, for over the barricade the obstinate beast would go, thus proving a very marplot. SECOND RACE-HALI' MILE DASH AND REPEAT. Major Bacon's colt, Captain Richardson's Agate, and a Diamond colt were entered. Major Ba? con's colt, a beautiful bay, clean limbs and grace? ful, nervous action, won both heats with appa? rent ease and without punishment. Agate had the sympathies of the lair sex, owing not only to her beauty, but to the fact that she was entered hy a handsome, dashing, unmarried gentleman of thc district. The Diamond colt did not run thc second iieat. having been badly beaten in thc first. TUIRB RACE-MILE AND A II ALF DASH. Colcock's John Hooper's colt and Hagood's Saluda were entered. This was the most excit? ing race of the day-John Hooper's colt proving the victor, but ruled out for foul riding. This was regretted by both friends and foe, as tho Judges were of the opinion that the result would have been the same had the race been fair, and while they ruled in favor of Salada, they declared the bets off. The fourth and last race of the day was a half mile dash between Dunbar's coit and-. In both heats thc former horse was beaten. As thc Sherwood Club is now the only one m operation lt; the State, all who are fond of this sport shonld become members and attend the races, which come off at the season or the year when every one san run off rrom home lora few days. Each year will add to the attractions or the races over this course, as the young planters ef the State, who aro now emerging from their troubles, arc preparing to have each their stud, and will attend the races with their own racing stock. The Sherwood Course is susceptible or great Improvement, and with the energy and in? terest shown by its present officers, wc expect to see lt next year In perfect order. Many were thc beautiful women who smiled upon thc efforts of fathers, husbands and sweet? hearts, and as t lie beautiful steeds were un blan? keted the flutter or brigit ribbons and roses demonstrated that, even herc, woman's hand was felt. _ _ _SEMLOH. -It ls now sad that the shortness of Father Hyacinthe's stay in this country was owing to a very prosaic, but nevertheless Imperative reason. It was simply that he brought but 2000 francs in money with him, and that being spent, he had to go back to his friends. Fortunately for him, the proprietors of the Fifth Avenue Hotel generously made him no charge for his board, or he could not have stayed with us as long as he old ; and though he would accept no pay from the Frenen Benevolent Society for thc lecture he delivered iu feeir behair, he was forced to allow them to pay als passage to Havre. THE SUEZ CANAL. IS THE WORK A SUCCESS. ANJO HOW fl R ? J Mr. Smalley, the accomplished eorrespoud cni o? the New York Tribune, writing to that pa? per from Cairo. Egypt, under date of November 23, give3 the most Interesting statement of the measure of success achieved by M. de Lesseps, in the construction of the Suez Canal, that we have yet seen. He says: IMPRESSIONS OK TUE WORK. While we were parsing through the canal, there waa no one moment when it was easy to form a positive opinion on the whole work. The journey ?wasone of great excitement. It had its hours of exaltation and of depression- I might almost say j of confidence and of despair. Now that it is over, and a day or two has elapsed, the question must be put and answered: Is the canal a success, and how far? lt would be foolish to pretend to I answer from the engineering or scientific point I of view. There are engineers and savana who wilt do thar. All 1 have to say is, how Tar, from wtiat I have seen of the canal in its present state, it seems likely to be practically useful, and what still remains to bc done. Headers have already, in previous letters, the materials fur forming un opinion of their own. and are by no means bound accept mine. The presumpiion of success was very strong. It was incredible that the company and thc Khedive should have asked three thousand guests to wit? ness a failure-supposing, at least, that they knew the truth. I have no doubt the opening was fixed for the 17th November, with a certain good faith: that M. de Lesseps believed that vessels of large draft would he able to go through from Port Sold to Suez. That, however, is not the precise question. The company stood pledged to the public to build a canal of certain specified dimen? sions, if wc arc to hold them strictly to their an? nouncements, the question will be: how they opened not a canal, but tin*canal they promised"? And it is possible In this view to believe, that thc administration of the company might have rea? sons for wishing a public cerera on v and an enor? mous advertisement, even though they old not themselves expect that the canal, aa projected, would bc entirely completed on the day itxed. WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN CARRIED OCT* Stated in this way, there can bardi, be two an? swers to thc question. I suppose thc company It? self no longer pretends or expects anybody to believe that the canal ls finished according lo ils original scheine. Let us sec what that scli?mc was. I translate and al ridge from a book that may be called official. M. Olivier Kilt's Histoire de Vlsthiiu; de Suez, S vo., pp. xv., 479, Paris. 1S69, published in fact so late as October last, lt ls a book full of information, but it must bc read with caution, since on some points, and those naturally the controverted ones, lt gives not so much facts as what, the company wants taken for facts. Deduction made for that, anybody who Is concerned with tho canal will lind Mr. Kilt's account Tull of interest. Ou a question like that of thc original plan of the canal lt ls of course authoritative. There were two reports, from the first of which, drawn up In 1S55 by French engi? neers in the service of Said Pacha, then Viceroy, was sketched the armit projet. This was sub? mitted to an international commission in thc same year, in which were represented nearly all the countries of Europe, and their con? clusions were adopted by the company as a pro Jet d?finitif, and became thc final plan of opera? tions* pursued, With one or two modifications, down to the present time. Uricfl.v, then, the canal was to pierce thc Isthmus from Suez to Port Said; not on the shortest Une, but touching on thc north the point where deep water came nearest the Medltetranean shore. Hs length was to be 160 kilometres-loo miles. Its breadth nt thc water linc so metres according to thc report, but subsequently enlarged to loo metres where thc banks arc low, and reduced to 60 metres through the deep cuttings. Thc width at bottom to be 22 metres Thc depth to be S metres. 1 use for accuracy tho Kreuch metre, which ls one English yard and three inches nearly. For clear? ness sake I ci.tit r.ll details, and pjss over the harbor at Port Said. THE y. ESlION ANSWERED. Thc question we were summoned to Egypt to auswer Is whether or not from Port y.iid to Suez there exists a maritime canal boto iou metres wide at the water-line, 22 metre1* wide at thc bot? tom, and of a uniform depth of cL'ht metres. There eau be bul one answer. There is no such canal. Dui this, thoogh the first question, [snot after ali thc most important to the world, lu a gigan? tic undertaking like this, we need not hold tho company to the strict letter of their promises, wiia;. thc world wants, to kuow U wuclh :r Lom Port Said to Suez there is in fact a practicable, durable maritime canal, through which may pass from south lo north and from north to sou;1! the tleets plyiug between thc east and thc wes! : Heels composed er ships or such draft and T raill ai arc suitable for that vast commerce. Again tiic answer must be. there ls no such canal. Then let us teat the work not by the earliest un dertaklng of the company, brit by its latest ad? vertisement, placarded all over Europe and Amer? ica, publNhmg Its terms and regulations for thc passage of the canal, and Inviting all ships draw. iiiK not more than 20 feet of water to avail them* selves or thi<s rome. IH there a canal from Port said to Hue/, through which ships mawing more thau 20 fc?t vt water can surely und conveniently pas?, or eau pass at all ? Again ! believe inc an ?wer must be. "ieee bj po such canal. WHAT II AS ur.EN ACCOMPLISHED. Thc" what is there? It is tUlHcnlt to answer even this question iu a precise and positive way. opiL'ons are not perfectly agreed, facts cannot be ascertained with perfect accuracy. Cut judg? ing as l beat can from all 1 have seen and heard, this is what I believe: That there is a canal from Port Said to Sue/, vary Lug in Width from Hi ta loo metres at the water linc, varying in width from ll to 22 met res at the bottom, varying in depth from 0 to s metres; a canal through every part of which steam vessels drawing not more than 12 feet may pass with perfect safety ami ease; through which steam vessels drawing not more than 14 feet, and not more than 260 feet long, may pass without serious Inconvenience; through winch steam vessels drawing 16 feet, possibly 17, and "soo feet ur a little more in length, may pass with difficulty, at thc risk of frequent groundings and with much uncertainty and delay, above all lu the curves of El Gular and Toussoum-lu a word, the Pelf.se, that was such a nuisance to thc Meet, has done us the service of mcusurlng tho extreme present capacity of the caual. And llioPelusc drew 1? feel 3 inches, and ts 316 feet long, lt should bc added thal thc passage ls mueh more diincull and dangerous for side-wheel steamships than for screws of equal draft and length. Yo that extent the canal is a success, and is capable Of being used, li the company still think best, at once. is TUE CANAL A SCCCE&Sf Of course, it must ie.-added, thai thia does not constitute a success tn the conunen lal sense. As lt stands to-day, tue ennui ta a triumph of engi? neering; the canal which thc world wants asa means of safe and speedy transit through the Isthmus, remains to be completed. The cuii mercc between East ami West cannot lie prodta bly carried on in such .ships as eau now pass safe? ly through the canal. Take the Scntiar as au illustration. Siie drew ll feet il inches. Pul coals into her for a three weeks' or even two ? .:eks' voyage, she would have room tefl for not more than OOO tons of cargo, and she would draw ai least 14 feet. That ls. she would approach the ex? treme limit beyond which vessels cannot easily and safely pass-and shipowner* will notgo be? yond that-while she ' still could not carry cargo enough to make her voyage profitable, Such vessels us the Peninsular and Oriental Company and thc Messageries Imperiales own and are building, will still iransaci tue commerce of Europe and Asia, winn they cm pass through the canal full l ulen thc caual will have become u practicable rouie 11 lite commercial sense; not before. Tue advertise? ment for ships drawing not more than 20 le? t Itu.! done no great harm. Commerce is alway, timid. Shipowners waited to sec what happened on ttie 1711? of November before they dispatched steamers on a voyage still doubtful. But li hap? pens that the Spanish Uovernment-it is called a government hy courtesy-was more credulous or less cautious. There lies ia the harbor pf Pur: Said a Spanns? corvette, on her way to a station lu the Indian Ocean, drawing her due 19 or 20 feet, 6ent there to MASS through the cana!, which she cannot enter. I suppose there can be no doubt that the caua! company, on the faith of whose pledges the ship came, ls liable in dam? ages for the cost of her voyage and her deten? tion. If people had believed them they might have had half the Indian Heels ol Europe aud America dancing attendance at the mouth of the canal; which would not have been an auspicious open i ag. OTHER DEFECTS of the canal are yet to be mentioned. In my narrative of tte voyage 1 luve spoken often of the curves, and they arc probably the worst engineering fault that has bncn committed. The double curve at El (iuisr will have to be straight? ened before the passage is sale fora lotig ship. Another lu Hie Toussoum section must likewise give way. There are others which lt might be possible to tolerate, but which it will prove the ti nest economy In the end to abolish. One practi? cal English or American seaman among ail th" French engineers and savans would have saved them much perplexity and cost. No sailor would have boen saltshed willi a mathematical demon? stration that a ship ol a given length could go round a curve of a given radius. He would have said: "1 don't want to take my ship there. She may get roam). 110 doubt, bul a pu ti Of wind or u minute's delay in answering ber helm would send her ashore. Allow for practical difficulties, spend another hundred thousand franc-, and nukoyour camila straight Une.*' And wherever a curve u allowed to remain, the canal should be widened. ir the Canal is uol to be widened throughout which can only bc doue after Hie tia?lc h is '.> .? tome great rnvughto require it and toray fvr ' lt-tho stations where vessels maj' pass each other must bc much enlarged. 1 may have passed sonic without seeing them. I certainly did not see all that are on thc chart, bm then 1 did see things not on tho chart, curves for instance, so that the chart cannot be implicitly trusted. 1 should sav there are few points from Port Said to Lake Timsah, from Lake Timsah to the l?tter Lakes, and from the Hitter Lakes to Suez, where vessels could conveniently pass each other. That Ls, few points except in thc lakes where Hie canal has no banks, and has abundant width as well as depth of water. More Insufficient, still, arc the appliances on the batiks for facilitating the passage of vessels at diiUcult points. And they arc wanted tit poiuts not In themselves difficult, since a vessel in that narrow channel cannot always have steerage-way on, and will swing helplessly ashore when she has not,unless there are ready means of fastening haw? sers on thc bank. The Sennar kept two boats al? ways in the water, with lines over bows and stern, and they were continually In use. A dozen times we should have gone ashore but for them. Yet often it was with great difficulty the crews could lind any secure hold on the batik for the hawsers. Above the Scrapeum the banks were so soft that the men could scarcely get about. THE BKIGUT SlUE. Omitting other points, I pass from thc dark to thc bright side, from faults to remedies, and from the Imperfections (hat still exist to the great facts they cannot obscure and the boundless future that opens before this enterprise. My prepossessions in Its favor were so strong, my faith lu lt ls still so great, that I have felt bound to mark with some emphasis the actual limits to Its present sucecss, and thc mistakes that have been made. Having done that, I am at liberty to say that what re? mains to bc accomplished is a trifle compared with what hes already been achieved. Europo doubted whether a canal could be built. Eng? land steadily sneered at the enterprise down to 1807, when thc Duke of St. Albans wrote a let? ter to thc Times describing what progress hud then been made. How Lord Pal? merston resisted it on political grounds of thc narrowest selfishness : how ste? phenson, thc engineer, pronouncsd it a physical impossibility; how the Times ridiculed it, inore *uw, we know well enough. There has been a change lately, but no little incredulity kept Its hold on the minds of those obstinate islanders, and Of others as well. People began to believe thal Lesseps had got a ditch of some sort across the Isthmus, but a canal that would float ships that was another affair! Now the thing demon? strated last week that the cautil would iloat ships. In the eyes of all Europe, Emperors, Em? presses, Princes, au English cmbassador, Jour? nalists, English, European and American, savana, literateara, engineers, and some three thousand people more, there did pass a great licet, ships of war and of commerce alike, through thc Isthmus from Port Sahl to Suez. It proved two things. There is a canal, and lhere can now easily, speedi? ly and cheaply bc Ute canal needed for thc com? merce of the world. Perhaps it was wisc lo risk all criticism, and all demonstration of thc incompleteness of the canal, for the sake ?if proving how mach has been done, and that the lest eau be done; for Hie com? pany wants money. The works are nearly at a stand-still for more funds. Europe would give no more lilt her faith III thc canal could be Strengthened. And then the dat - of this Inaugu? ration hits been fixed for many months. It ls very possible the directors hoped and believed they would have their 20 feel of depth, though not 20, on thc 17tii November. Al any rate they re? solved to take their chance. With their usual cleverness, they cit the Khedive to bear the ex? penses, of which they hoped to reap the prout. And it is probable that since the creation of the world no project was ever so magnificently ad? vertised as the Sue/. Cautil has been within the last fortnight. COST Of COMPLETION. Now thc final question is, how much will it cost to complete the canal-complete Into a commer? cial route In'the sense I have explained above, easy aud safe for ships drawing over HO feet-and how soon can it lie done ' Thus far it has cost near ?so.ooo.uoo-how much more must be poitrel Into this thirsty soil? Mr. Hawkshaw thinks $20,000,000, and six to eight mont hs. The oilier authority whom I have quoted says $20,000,000 "tCffl cmp/oprd" may be enough, but that the work cannot lie done lu less than tineen months. If money is to be spent as recklessly as hitherto, and time waited, the estimate might have to be doubled, he thinks. Perhaps the discrepancy be? tween the two may bc accounted for bysuppo ing that Mr. Hawkshaw Oxes such n time tis would be sufficient if the works were in his own bands. He ls the mod eminent of living English engineers. Tho other estimate is based on a knowledge of trlial has berti done under the r.ttsting manage- ] ment. r::osPECTs OK THE RMTRraisE. Whether when Illus completed, Hie rana! will prove io ba not only a practicable route lor greai j ships, bul a paving concern, is a question wholly instinct from thom I have been discussing, and one into which I don't feel called upon to cuter. I lt concerns thc stockholders very nearly; the world at large not so much. For ir one* ihc CA uai be completed, lutana; Vil! be found to keen ll ?p?n, as railways ar? kepi ftp?tt aliil hilt loOg after thc original capital litis been sunk, lilias been saul that thc railways of England wer: bullt on the ruin ol widows, and governesses, and minor children. I am fur from saying I anticipate such a fate for lue original .stockholders of this canal. My faith in its present board of administration may not Dc absolute; it may oe that a great per? centage of the capital has been squandered, btu such is tb? fate of most great enterprises, lt was and is the marvellous fortune Of Ibis one to have had M. dc Lesseps for its real bead, lind he who knows beal w hat Obstacles M. dc Lessens has thus far vauqnishcJ, will be strongest In his be? lief of completed success In the end. 1 Ll.Ai' FROM HISTORY. Tin Scent; of the Impeachment Trial Kevon I et!. A corresiwndcnt of the Cincinnati Uazetto has recently revived some ol the corruption stories that have hung ai.oui the impeachment trial of President Johnson ever since the result of that famous attempt to thrust a President of tin United States rrom tuc magisterial chair Tor po? litical and party motives. Thc names of General Huller, Cornelius Wendell and other prominent poluiciaus, figure extensively In thc story, which will wind up willi the details of a political com? pact alleged 'ohavc been entered into with Mr. Johiison, by winch he was to give assurances or good behavior, and make such Cabinet changes as were suggested to satisfy ihe senators that would vote for acquittal. . TUE MONEY CUAttGES OK CORKLTTIOX are three-otto of sso,000, in the form of a bel by Radicals, ostensible impeachers, thal Mr. John? son WOUld bc acquitted, the theory heilig that, thc Prcsid< friends wonk) cover Un: lici, and Hist tue Radicals would see that there was no convic? tion in onLr io win-that ks, a purchase of ac? quittal for 35o.ot : Hit-second proposition Involv ml $103.030, which, ll is asserted, n*as raised hy Mr. Johnson's friends from operators clilciiy lit New York, without thc President's knowledge or wishes, by the advice of Cornelius Wendell, who saut the way must bc bought ont, and thought ii could bu done for $2ou,iW). Tito money was handled by middle nen. bit: it i* not illowa thal any senator touched a dollar, ?lie third money proposition, :'. is charged, came from emeral butler, ihe impeachment proseen:-.tr, who. pis alleged, willied to buy ott Wendell with a check for $100,000 signed by a prominent senator. Wendell's game was to entrap lintier in this offer, ll i: could Le made direct, und expose him ,u op en Senate, lt is asserted that General Untier di ave in .i clase carriage to the rear of Wendell's house sud wailed some nine to get him out, but was unsuccessful, .'.nd that Wendell, mi lils part, could not get witnesses lo thc $100,020 proposi? tion, and -'0 both i bitters stood oif. TUR POLITICAL DAKGAIN li said to have been made ut .Mr. Reverdy Johnson's house, between Senator (.'times and the President, when thc wishes of Senators Hen? derson. Ross, Kesscndeu and Trumbull were made known, that ila- President would give as? surances tlf.tt lu would lio nothing for vcngenuco after acquittal, and thai lie would chung..- his Cabinet, wi as to make ii : objectionable. The President, ir ts stated, consented, to this, aud his ease was insured. lu thc conference, it ls slated. Mr. Evan J \\::S ea-t for Secretary ol state, Reverdy Johnson for Attorney-General, orocsbavk, of ohio, tor Sec? retary of the Treasury. The President made knowu his intention to pince (le?era! Scliodeld In office as Secretary of War, which was satis? factory, of these names, i?"u. iteverdy Johnson, lt ta alleged, withdrew at his own request, und Mr. Evans was subs!Rated. RADICAL INFERENCES. In all this story it does not appear tba: money had any effect. It is not shown that an* sena tor's vole was bought, either for e?r against re? moval, bul there is some reason to believe that a good dca! was pocketed by irresponsible lobby? ists, wno, in ?heir greedy Va iver of gain, have soiled alike the names of President and senator. That some senators, as tho New Yoi k Post well says, ..feeling bound to vote against the removal of thc President, yet thought it prudent lo see bim before the voie was taken, and get his pro? mise to conduct himself with pronrietj. appears not to us improbable, lint even lids story mast beheld Li dosi',: until Mr. Grimes returns lo this country, and hostile opportunity io spenb for himself and Mr. Fcsscnden." TlicXew v?rk l*o>i also says in this couucctlon that it is a litt;-.- mid that out of this whole impeachment w ?nidal, '.::. drew Johnson lia? sn rar cullie with clean hands: and that ihe pcrsoii' v.'..<.-.. reputation hus.u most severely toa d by Hie rrevc! ii Mis*' ina ia from lime to time ls Johnson's mast bin r ;. ?.-??. cutor, General Rutter, li ls probably Hue.Mr. Maynard,of Tenn? -, i licet? ld several?.t lui Congressmen most prominently concerned In Hu imiicacliui^nt-**Yon lu-.dc a bktiudvr in c!. n Johnson irita icrruj Cou in money mattel . c o JU M is s i o KER ir ISL L S * it EV ORT. The Currency-Specie Payment?;. in thc abu* and couiprchcnatvc report of Spe? cial Commissioner Wells, forlfi09,ju'st published.he considers thc subjects of our excessive paper cuV reucy, its disastrous eil'ect upon our foreign trade, and hence thc desirableness and necessity of con? traction and a return to specie payments by that agency. Ile shows thar the foreign balance against tis will probably average now about $210,000,000 per annum.including the merchandise account, the movement of suede and bullion, the obligations for interest, excess of freights carried in foreign bottoms, and expenditures of Ameri? cans in foreign countries. To meet ami settle this constant increasing and adverse balance, un? der thc present condition ot prices and cost of production in the United States, there is but one resource, that Ls. to remit certificates of indebted? ness, national, State or corporate. Thc commissioner. therefore,points attention to the fact that, while before thc war we were able to wholly pay for our foreign imports and services with the products of our own industry, iucludiug, after the discovery of California, and up to thc beginning of the war, suck a proportion only of our product of gold as it would have been practically useless and even mischievous for us to retain, we are not now so doing ; and this latter circumstance would seem^to prove beyond question, that the aggregate of national produc? tion does not maintain Mn? same proportion as formerly to the aggregate of m|Uor:a! con? sumption. Coming to the currency question, the commis? sioner truly remarks, that not only iu the I'nited States, but in al! other countries cursed with an Irredeemable paper currency, the rates of in? ter?s; arc always thc most advanced when there is the largest absolute amount of currency in circulation. He then proceeds to consider the EXCESS OK TUE PRESENT CURRENCY. That thc present value of currency ls in excess is proved 1. I!y the indisputable fae; '.?at the general seale of the prices of domestic commodities, as measured bv Ibo common standard of interna? tional commerce, is greatly in excess of the prices?.! other countries, and ont of all natural proportion to the prices of the same commodi? ties in the United Slates before the war. * * ?J. The excess of the present currency ls also prove?! by the further fact that Mic amount of cur? rency in circulation hasbeen arbitrarily increased during Mic past eight years considerably more than twofold, although the increase of popula? tion, production and accumulated.wcalih during the same time has been, by general agreement, lu very much smaller proportion; and although at the former date thc amount of currency in cir? culation was not limited by any serious restric? tions upon the creation of banks or the Issue o? paper reallv or nominally redeemable In specie. Furthermore the tendency of all commercial nations is towards economy in thc usc of cur? rency. . ..*.... It has been urged, furthermore, tirat by allow? ing the presen' volume of currency to remain unaltered, the Increase in business and the dc reloptnent of Ut" country would gradually dimin? ish ami ilnallv remove all redundancy. To this lt may be replied, that thc retaining of the pres? ent amount of currency In circulation tends to Increase no business but what is speculative, and to check the very development which ls expected to prove r. medial. In the twenty-live years which elapsed from 1835 to I860 the paper circu? lation of the country, left free and untrammelled to expand itself. Increased from one hundred and three millions lo two hundred and seven millions, or a' the rate of 4.38 per rent, per annum. Now, should tue future demand continue to increase In thc same ratio, it would require the lapse of forty yean from 1880, or until the year woo, to bring the wauls of the country np to the present sup ply. lu thc meantime the currency would pro? bably remain, cs now. Irredeemable or incon? venible. CONTRACTION AND ITs |J*J> LVENCX are then considered, and the commissioner de elan-.s that the simple, reasonable remedy for Hie evils of Inflation would seem io be contraction, pure und simple, without artifice or indirection. In answer lo thc opposition to cont rael ion on ac? count of tho Immediate distress which ii la sup posed would follow thc adoption of auch a policy*, it is declared that lt requires uo gift of prophecy M foretell thai thc country must soon experience all the hardships which contraction could entail, whether contraction and its ultimate iicneflts bu i secured or nor. Hie commissioner naya that all thc Incidents and ail the effects nf contraction, 60 far a? lt Involves commercial disaster nnd In? dustrial distress, ari inevitably earning, ami speedily, ll is evident i hal tho process oT<*4lU|ng thc annual adverse balance of Hade by the truns mission or national or oilier securities cannot continue Indelinltely, and the Indications are thal thc cud is not distant, lint our foreign Im? portations cannot be'targely checked, aa many are necessary todoineslic consumption, for our manufacture?, Ac. To cheek tlicni would simply he lo destroy a much larger value of our domestic industry. Hence a speedy exhaustion of the sup. ply of bonds or bullion available for expon In? volves a serious d?pr?ciation of thc prices of do? mestic commodities und a general convulsion of trade-thc very effects on account of which con? traction ls opposed ami deprecated. AJIOt'XT ur GOLD NEEDED roi: REDEMPTION. Thc question how much gold ls needed to begin and sustain a -tem of redemption depends wholly upon the answer to the prior question, how much currency there shall be to redeem. Seven hundred millions or paper could not be kept redeemable with less than teven hundred millions of gold, because willi such au amount or currency it would Inevit ibly be depreciated, ami hence gold would bear a premium which every hokier ul paper would bc desirous to realize. With four hundred millions ul paper, on the oilier hand, a hundred millions of gold would probably be amide, because the currency, not b lng in ex? cess ol' Hie wanta ol' commerce, would not surfer d?pr?ciai ion, and. gold ami paper being on other wise equal terms, paper would be preferred for its greater convenience in use, just as lu 18*0 thc j banks were Pilly able to redeem all or their cir? culation which was presented for paymcut, al? though having but eighteen cents nf specie on each dollar of immediate liabilities. It ls no-, rue raiio le i ween gold and paper that needs to be regulated, but thc ratio between thc amount or paper in circulation and ibo volume of national production nnd exchange, of which ii bi the in? strument. MUCll Criticism has been passed upon Mle treas? ury lev not adopting Hie policy ol hoarding gold willi a view io returning lu specie payments, bm ii' what has been stated aitovc is tiuc, such a pul? ley could lead t-j MO goo l results nfffess accompa? nied i-y a measure of eon! rael ion; while contrac? tion would obviate thc necessity nf any such pol? icy, inasmuch as gi ld would then com- io us, or b" retained by us- -?mr currency laing in a health ful condition-to ?list Mn; extent to which ii was nccth tl, obeying tie- same laws as ?my other com? modity. Equally untenable ls it io suppose that any progress can be made towards resumption hy a reduction, through government purchase and j cancellation, ol Hie prlucipal of the fonded dotit. j ll ive hud no national deb:; iftbe two thousand ? iivl?ons i,; puli'li: bonds w<Te by : ollie p;oui S.I lo lie transformed Into an equal amount or private I "securities," exchanged between citizens, thc I premium ?a gold would n??t be appreciably af ? fected. lt ls not at ail thc condition of the credit m Hie nai iou wblti i causea nold lo bc at a premium, as ls proved by Hie fact that lu llulyjfft^istrl ; i i ItusM.t- ? nt ries maintaining larspRi anding ar? mies, constantly threatened with war. whose debts are larger, relatively to their resources, than our nv. ii, and are In no respect iu thc pro? cess of extinguishment, and whose annual ex pen:-: rcs, as a rule, ere m excess of their ordi? nary revenues-in uonc of these three couti trica has the recent depression of thc paper looney .'ecu mere ?ban one-half as great as in the United State, thc reason being thai the paper money is no: as much in excess as our-. Cm i' is urged by some tlr.it no restriction should bu i.tid upon the issac ol currency or, any limitation of its amount be attempted, but that Hie pimple themselves should be left lo determine the extent io which they will usc H. This is sonn?) doctrine when applied lo currency subject to re? demption. lt ls not true when applied toa cur? rency \> ,iosc so! : constituent is credit, ami '.. ?lieu circulates by force of law. Credit currency is Hie alcohol of commerce, lt alternately stimulates and depress but (misons all Hie time, lt creates its uv. ii apatite, l; would be as reasonable io leave the drunkard, whose system is thoroughly poi soued by alcoholic stimulants, to determine thc quantity which is pood fur him, os it is lo assume that thc body uf trade, de? bauched by currency stimulants originally torced upon it, will of Its own choice ab? sorb thereafter only SJ much as is conducive to ils weliar-. The parallel between the ef? fects of aridieial stimulants upon Hie body and thc effects of credit money upon the body industrial and commercial hold.- gow] in every particular, as has been shown conspicuously by thc expe? rience of th? United Slates since th?' inauguration of the present system. The Hist cflects have bet H io excite lo in abnormal action ami ?o pro due.. tiie false appearance of health and vigor, luis m iiirn bas been MicectHlcd by a condition ui d?pression, nnd Hie lassitude inevitably rouse quent upon undue excitement aud thc violation o' the laws of nature. Anti it is precisely m this ? ondit icu ihr.t MM- p .r victim of drink cries out | for "more rum," and the Urukeu downlmdy of tra-'.;: feels lite Rironj?est craving for ii.--.-5i ilrauahts of i nilli ; . cu ry it ihroii'rh Ute porij 1 ? rca ;ti H yod priu.tr.tli . :. Unpopul?r, t?itiv .<:.... a ? thc ?le? Uiration moy bc' rle ::? ::: view ol Ih-.-abeVCtOi.ijilera tiona, is constrained to believe that contraction, direct and undisguised, is the one necessity of the situation; the only remedy for existing evils so Tar as the currency lias relation to them, and that the nation cannot emerge from Its embarrass? ments and ditllciilties until thc mnkcrs and ad? ministrators or the law have the honestv and courage to take it up and carry it forwardto the end. PRICE or THE PIGTAILS. A K o <> p m a it s c h a a p Contract. The Georgetown Times publishes the follow? ing circular from thc weil known Chinese contrac? tors, Koopmanschaup k Co. : SAN FRANCISCO, November 6. Sir-Wt beg leave to inform you that wc are I now ready to accept orders for thc rurnishing or Chinese laborers, on the following terms: 1st. Laborers rrom China direct at $s to $10 gold per month for field hands, and $15 gold per month for railroad hands, and board. 2d. The cost or transportation rrom Ch isa to New Orleans or any other Southern Atlantic port or thc United States, per steamer or clipper ship, will be about as follows: Passage. $60 Provisions. 26 Consul's certificate and emigration rees. 6 Two suits of clothing and blankets?. 10 Advance on their wages. 20 Commissions, charges, Ac. 20 Total (in gold) say. $130 The cost or transportation by Pacific mail steamers to San Francisco, then by Pacific Rail? road to the Mlssonri Klver. will be about the same as above. 3d. From their wages there ls to be deducted, in monthly Instalments of $2, the $20 advance and thc $10 for clothing. 4th. Contracts Will bc made for a term of five years, to commence on the day or their arrival nt the place of de-(?nation named in the contract.. They are to work only 2tl days in each month, that is to say, to have Sundays ror themselves. Also to have one or two days holiday at their New Years, which .s generally In February or March. 6th. Thc provisions generally given are per man per diem : Rice, 2 lbs.; % lb. pork and tt tish, or 1 lb. pork, or 1 !b. beef; vegetables. ,>x lb; tea 1 ounce. 7th. They arc to bc Tarnished with water and firewood, anil provided with good quarters and weather-proof sleeping places, free or charge. nth. Ali tools and Implements to be furnished by the employers. uth. Poll and all other taxes to bc paid hythe employers. tutti, lt would be very desirable for employers to apportion to eacli laborer a small piece of ground on which to raise vegetables, poultry, Ac. lilli. It must lie understood that these laborers are to meet With just treatment, and If errors are committed by them, a report must bc made to the Chinese foremen before any punishment shall bc bulleted. 12th. One overseer should bc engaged for every fifty or one hundred men, who shall receive the same wages as i lie laborers. The duty or this overseer shall be to instruct and direct the men in their labors; and ir he worl; himself, he ls to be paid for this extra work at the same rate as the other men. (inc cook is required for every twen? ty-live or thirty men at thc same wages as thc laborers. 1.1th. Work to commence at six o'clock A. M., aud continue until noon, and at one o'clock F. M. to continue till six o'clock P. M.; thc laborers to have the right to take two hours in thc middle or thc day, during the summer months, providing they commence work nt live o'clock A. M. nth. ir any or the men rall sick orare Injured so that they are unable to work, their wages arc to cease lill they resume work; but. all medical at? tendance ami medicines arc lo bc furnished ut thc expense of the employer. 151 ll. The time books to be made up at thc end or each month, and the men to be paid as soon as practicable iu thc early parlor the ensumg month. loth. Chinese laborers can be obtained In Cal? ifornia at i'M gold, per mouth, for railroad or any other work, furnishing their own food and clothing, or $20gold per month with board and lodging, they paying ?or medical attendance and medicines. 17th. The cost or transportation ?"rom San Fran? cisco to .my part or tho United States will be about $40coen for large gailes of men, also com mis-ions and charges$13. 18tb. Satisfactory security for Hie payment of cost of transportai hui must bc deposited with Me.-srs. Lees Jj Waller, agents ol' the (tank or Cal? ifornia in Kew York, or with Messrs. spofford, Tile, tun k CO., New York, or wHh the Texas Land Company, New York. *. .. - ?? - * * < * ir they are protected by the lawa or the coun? try, as other voluntary emigrants, lt ls our opinion thal any desired number ctn be obtained upon the foregoing terms. Weare your most obedient servants, Roo t'M A s sc ii A.\r k Co. REDWING TUE PUBLIC DEIIT. Sei'VCf ary fJoutwcll's Plan-An Easy nuil Pleasant Process. Thc wiik-awake Washington correspon''eut ur tin- cincinnati uaxetto writes: Nothing ls more sim pl? titan the process by which Mr. Cornwell ls enabled to issue his bulle? tins ever* month, telling the people how the na? tional debt ls ticing reduced. 1 have suspected all along, but never knew until to-day, what was Ihe inuiiux operamll. Adapted to private busi? ness, it would enable thc worst bankrupt io the United States to "stand erect," as Ur. Micuwber did aller lie had given bis I O U to Traddlcs. The secret is Ulis: An order has been given to thc accounting officers of the treasury io allow no claims whatever against the government-to pay nothing, to repudiate everything. There arc just two exceptions matte to ibis general mic the bondhold rs and the officeholders. These gentlemcu are paid to Ute uttermost farthing. All oilier classes or government creditors are de? nied even a hearing. And so, for the sake of ap? pearing to pay off the public debt, li it ii d red.s of millions of iu-rt and equitable claims have been re? pudiated. Now, why not go a ste,? funder, aud say to the bondholder that wc can't redeem his coupons? Is the debt of the bondholder hedged round by any Uttered obligation that does not apply equally to the man wi. jse claim is not in bonds but In quar? termasters' vouchers? Hut thc fact ls, the debt ls increasing daily, notwithstanding Ur. Uoutwcll'a lying bullet US. All thc claims now being denied will have ti be paid some day or oilier, unless we adopt Un: great relief of repudiation, us all other nations have done in some form or another, and bury the whole mass of claims, whether In the form of bondi or ol' anything else, in a common grave, io tin- "music of the Union"-whick is the latest name for Hie Rogue's March. "Kqual and exact justice io ali men ' ls the bogus motto ol Hie Republican party. Banal and exact justice to ab crediton should be lue rule of conduct of every honorable man. If the government undertakes lo repudiate one part of the debt, let thc people tluish the Job and repudiate thc rest ol'lt. PERSONAL GUSSI!'. ute Bull, thc violinist, arrived In Ww York ! mt week H om Kurocc. -Reacher is iroing to Indiana. Ur*. IL should keep ?in eye en him. -Langley's Directory, just published, estimates Ute ?..eialat ion of Sun Francisco iu Seplemocr last at 1711,230. -The Rev. Thomas Foley, of llallimorc, li is said, hus been designated ?ts the new Catholic Lis;.op i f Chicago. - Ire Nev York papers say C. M. A. Carter, au American commission merchant, of that city, is the fortunate possessor of ticket No. 24,7v,', winch drew $100,002 in gold in thc Vii.' .- de Puns lottery, drawn on the-Rh of December. -Brigham Young, Jr., bi said to be sojourning la Philadelphia ouaccouut of the unwillingness of lits third wife, a Philadelphia lady, to leave H?tt city foi the pleasures of Ulah. A plurality ol' wives, it seems, does not entirely do away willi family difficulties and female influence. -Thcsiory of George Peabody's love is autiieu lically told by a writer iu the ProvidenceJoarnaL More than thirty years ago a Providence school giri, ot' rare beauty and good family, found her first love ia a youth of a neighboring city. They wen "cngagctl;" but he failed in business, could not afford to marry, and released her from her engagement, hhe going to Europe with her friends. T?tere sic: met George Peabody, then, comparatively speaking, a young man, but one Who was already mukmg his murk, and whose wealth was beginning to pour in ou every side, He became enamored of her beauty ami grace, and finally made to her au offer or marriage. After some hesitation, she accepted her nrw suitor and returned to America his affianced wife. Herc sl:o met i. r former lover, the old afftc^, returned, and she bsgan to pine away in au ap? propriate manner. At length site told all to Mr. Peaimdy, and he, with ilia! manliness thal char? acterized his every action, gave her up, and, In due lime, she >vu ? married .md ponied. This ls the one romance lu the life of thc great pb'lan ihroplst. Thc lady waa left a w'd iw net many years after, but ia n :t known whether Mr. Peabody iver cet ne: og ila, itlfirrie?. GIBBES-CARN*.-On Thursday evening, De? cember 23, by thc Rev. W. H. Adams, WILMOT S. G I BK KS and Miss JOSIE C. CAKN, both of this city. DINGLE-MASSOT.-On Thursday evening, De? cember 23d, by the Rev. John Bachman, D. D.. W. B. DINGLE and HELOISE, eldest daughter of Horace Massot, Esq. r (Dbitaarrj. STEWART.-Died, on the 19th December, 1809, CATHARINE A. STEWART, aged 65 years and one month. Her character and life are described In a few words: An unselfish, generous, warm? hearted Christian woman, abounding In works of piety and benevolence. It pleased God to close her life on earth with a year of great and con? tinued suffering, which she bore with uncom? plaining patience, supported by that faith which made her life useful, and her death happy. She ls gone to her rest, and, through grace, to her re? ward. Special Notices. pS-JODTlCE TO CONSIGNEES.-THE Steamship SARAGOSSA ls Tn LS DAY discharging Cargo at Tanderherst's Wharf. All Goods not re? moved by sunset will remain on wharf at owner's risk. P AVENEL A CO., dec28 3 Agents. pg- CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP MANHATTAN are notified that she will discharge cargo Tn is DAY at Adger's South Wharf. Goods remaining uncalled for at sunset will be left on the wharf at their risk. JAMES ADGER A CO., dec26 1 Ag eu LS. pftr CHARLESTON CITY RAILWAY COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. C., DECEMBER 27, I860.-A Quarterly Dividend of ONE DOLLAR AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS per Share has been declared by the Board of Directors of this Com? pany, and thc same will be paid ou and after SATURDAY, the 1st January, IITO, on application at this office. By order. S. W. RAMSAY, dec28 tuths3 Secretary and Treasurer. pi- NOTICE.-ALL PEILSONS HAV^ INC claims against thc Estate of H. P. STRO HECKER will render in thc same properly at? tested, and those indebted make payment to A. L TOBIAS, No. 109 East Bay. dec28 tu3 MARY O. CANNADAY, Adni'x. NOTICE.-OFFICE SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. C.-The COUPONS for mtercst on the Bonds of thc Savannah and Charleston Railroad Company FIRST MORTGAGE, which mature January 1st, 1870, will be paid on presen? tation at thc banking house or H. H. KIMPTON, Financial Agent State or South Carolina, No. 9 Nassau street, New York. S. W. FISHER, dec2713 Treasurer. PEOPLE'S BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA.-This Bank having compiled with all ol the provisions of the Act or March,l869, will THIS DAY resume active operations at their office, No. 20 Broad street. JAMES 15. BETTS, dcc27 3 Cashier. pS- PEOPLE'S BANK OE SOUTH CAROLINA.-Extract from the Report or James S. Gibbes, Esq., late President of this Bank, submitted to thc meeting of Stockholders held on the 29th November, 1069: The condition of the Dank to-day is shown by thc following statement. Thc securities have been valued by Messrs. H. H. DcLcon and J. IL Wilson: 1102 Shares South Carolina Railroad Company, at $40. $44,0H> 00 1002 half Shares South Carolina Rail? road Company, at $18 25. is,2S7 oo 2soo Stares People's Bank Stock, at $o. H.ooo oo $10,050 Slate of South Carolina Louds. at 60 per cent. '?.?10 00 $16,010 Couds of Greenville and Co? lumbia Railroad, State guarantee, at oo per cent. t?.*?v>t? 00 (2,000 Spartan burg and Union Railroad Bonds, Stale guarantee, at 48 pel? een t. ?00 '0 (10,'JOO Charleston and Savannah Rail? road 6 "er Cent. Bonds, State guarantee, at .vs per cent. S.2S0 oo (23,800 Savannah and Charleston ita' road 7 Per Ceut. Bonds, Stuie guarantee, at 62 uer cent. 14,756 00 $33,000 Mississippi and Tennessee Rail? road Bonds, tirst mortgage, at 80 per cent. -'0,400 oo 515,500 Mississippi and Tennessee Con-? solidated Bonds, s per cent., at 70 per cent. 1?,?50 oo (31,200 Pensacola and Georgia Rail? road Bonds and Coupons, at - per cent. 20,100 00 Total.(174.952 00 REAL ESTATE. Calhouu stree*, property.(1,000 00 24,604 acres Florida Lands.... \ooo 00 - 12,000 oo CASU ASSETS. New York Exchange. -150 oo Cash on hand. 5,080 27 - 5,536 27 Bills Receivable. Protested Exchange, and other iis-'-ts valued at. 63,000 00 1255,488 27 LIABILITIES. Circulation outstanding.$60,995 w Estimated to have been lost or destroyed. 40,ouo oo -?8,005 00 ?S- NOTICE.-OFFICE COUNTY COM? MISSIONERS, Pl REPROOF BUILDING, CHARLES? TON, S. C., December 20, 1809.-Ail persons Re? tailing LIQUORS lu the County are hereby called upon to take out Licenses for one year, from 1st January. IS70. Every violation o! the law relative to these Li? cense- will be prosecuted and the penalty strictly enforced. F. LANCE, dcc23 Clerk Board C. C. /AS- PLANS AND ESTIMATES ARE solicited for a NEW MARKET BUILDING to be erected on the site of thc present Market iu Sa vaunali, Ga. The available space is iu shape a parallelogram. Thc sides on Congress and Bryan streets, being two hundred and rcn(2lu) feet, and on Hie side streets one hundred and nine-live (195) feet. Plans may include a cellar story below, and halls, offices, Ac., above the market proper. It is desirable to leave suilicient space in the interior Tor light and ventilation, at the same lime rooilng thc entire area. Two hundred and ii ft y dollars will be paid io the plan adopted, and one hundred dollars for the pian next approved. Plans will be received nntil Jaaarry 10, 1670. Address ALFRED HAYWOOD, decio thmO h airman Market Committee. ps- IF YOU WANT LAW BOOKS, LAW BLANKS and Legal Printing, go to EDWARD PERRY, No. 155 Meeting street, opposite Charles? ton Hotel. Charleston, s.e. tlccu Cmos ^.jf-TO REMOVE MOTH PATCHES, FRECKLES ami TAN from the face, use PERRY'S Moth and Freckle Lotion. Prepared only by Dr. B.C.PERRY,Ka43Bond-street,Kew rt. sold by all Druggists. dcc6 3moa ?SJ-PERRYfS COMEDO NE AND PIM? PLE REMEDY positively cures Comedones, (Bald Heads ur Grubs;) also Red. While and Mallcrated Pimples on thc face. Depot No. 49 Bond street, Nc v Vnrlc. old by Druggists everywhere. deCC 3TU03 Special iYc-?itts. ^CONSIGNEE'S N O T I C E-MEK CHANT'S LISE.-Consign?es pe/ Schooner MY SOYER arc hereby notified thaf she la THIS DAT discharging cargo at Adger's North Wharf. All Goods not called for before sunset will be stored at their risk and expense. No claims ado wert after Goods leave the wharf. dec28 1 WM. ROACH A CO., Agent?. pf CONSIGNEES PER SCHOONER D. F. KEELING are hereby notified that she ls THIS DAV discharging cargo at Brown St Co's, wharf. All goods not called for before snnset will bc stored at their risk and expense. Nc claims allowed after goods leave the wharf. dec28 WM. ROACH A CO., Agents. pf OFFICE SOUTHWESTERN RAIL? ROAD BANK, CHARLESTON, S. C., DECEMBER 23,1869.-Notice ls hereby given that on and after the 1st January, 1870, the Transfer Books of tho Southwestern Railroad Bank and the South Caro? lina Railroad Company will be closed till a new list of the Stockholders be completed. J. M. UARLEST05, dec21 fmw-l Cashier. pf OFFICE CHIEF OF ' PoLlum, CHARLESTON, DECEMBER 25,1860.-NOTIOE. All blowing of trumpets and ether unusual noises In the vinelnlty of the Academy of Music is hereby prohibited, as it tends to annoy the audience and interrupt the peace of those who seek enjoyment therein. AU those offending will be arrested, ny order of the Mayor. H. W. HENDRICKS, dec25 6_Chief of Police. pf IF YOU WANT STRAW, MANIL? LA and all kinds of WRAPPING PAPERS, go to EDWARD PERRY, No. 165 Meeting street, oppo site Charleston Hotel, Charleston, 8. C. decit amos ^SHIPPERS PER STEAMERS DIC? TATOR, CITY POINT and PILOT BOY are hereby notified that no freight will be received after sun? set on thc days of their sailing. dcc9 J. D. AIKEN A CO., Agents. pf OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY, CHARLESTON, DECEMBER 15,188?. The Pince of this Company has been REMOVED from Ko. 147 Meeting street to No. 84 Hasei street, immediately in rear of thc Pavilion Hotel. , T. D. GILLES PUS, dec?a 15_Agent. pf ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.-I hereby give notice to*thc Kindred and Creditors of JOHN#ELL, late or Colleton County, deceased, that I will apply to thc Judge of Probate for Col? leton County, on thc 10th day of January, 1870, for a final discharge as Administrator of said Es? tate. WM. 8. MINUS. decio ftulmo* pf NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAV? ING claims against thc Estate of Dr. J. L. NOW? ELL, late of St. James Santee, will present them to tho undersigned properly attested, within the time prescribed by law. All Indebted to sn id Es? tate will please make pavment at once. E. W. NOWELL, ) Pv. rJ deo7 imo L. C. NOWELL. / fc*ecu*on'* -m pf NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAV? ING claims against the Estate of 0. J. CHAFE! will present them, properly attested, within the time prescribed by law, and all persons indebted to said Estate will please make payment to B. M. WALPOLE, Aiken, S. C., or A. H. HAYDEN, Charleston. MARY A. CHAFES, Executrix. H. M. WALPOLE, dcc2o nwft Executor. pf GO TO GEORGE LITTLE ?fe CO. for WATER-PROOF TWEED OVER SACHS, for $j. dec!s stuth pf TO THE FRIENDS OF OLD ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH, ST. STEPHEN'S PARISH, AND URETHREN OP THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. With thc consent or the Bishop of the Diocese, I purpose, through Cud's assistance, to reopen this venerable Colonial Church. It Ls now sLxty years since it hos been closed, and thc <>!d con? gregation has long since scattered, but, during tho past summer I bavc repeatedly preached in lt, and, though my services were at night, always to large and attentive congregations, or mitti white and colored. I feel assured that there is here a wide held ror successful missionary work. The building, a substantial brick structure, is la good preservation, hui the interior was much Injured during the war. 1 need about ($1000) one thous? and dollars lo repair lt, eticiose thc graveyard, and tit up a parochial school. The people, though In moderate circumstances and not Episcopali? ans, have subscribed liberally for these purposes, but they cannot do all. I therefore confidently appeal to my brethren of thc Diocese, au-J especi? ally to those Qt Charleston, St. John's, St. Ste? phen's and elsewlicre.rtlends, relatives and descen? dants or thc dead buried around IhU aacred building. I seek to rescue rrom desecration the graves of the loved ami honored, and to rehallow the spot where they ?deep with thc word and wor? ship or (?od. Help me with \our gifts and your prayers. In your Christmas and New Year's offerings, remember this work ror Jesus' SAkc ! Contributions may be sent to me, mi dressed .Mouck's Corner," or to Messrs. THURSTON A HOLM ES, Charleston, S. C. P. F. STEVENS. dec21 tutti!_ pflSQ CURE,4" NO PAY. -FORREST'S JUNIPER TAR for Coughs, Croup, Whooping Cough, Asthma, Rrouchltis, Sore Throat, Spitting ol Blood and Lung Diseases. Immediate relief and positive cure, or price refunded. 35 cents. N. B.-The genuine article has yellow labels, with white, unprinted wrapper. Sold by G. W. Al.MAR, Agent. Corner King and Vauderhorst streets. P.0V25 tlistu3mo pf MILHAIFS GOLDEN COD LIVES OIL.-With Hypo-phosphite of Lime, a great im? provement; made with the best oil known, it unites efficacy with pleasant flavor and easy di? gestibility. Sold by all respectable druggists. J. MILHAU'S SONS, No. 183 Broadway, dcclO rtulbio _New York. pf TO PRINTERS.-IF YOU WANT NEWS, BOOK, CAP, DEMI and MEDIUM PAPERS, Rill Heads, Statements, Cards, Card Hoard, Print? ing Material. Binding, Ruling and Cutting, go to EDWARD PERRY, No. 156 Meeting street, oppo site Charleston Hotel, Charleston, S. C. decl4 fimos pf TO CONSUMPTIVES.-THE ADc YERTISER, having been restored to health lu a lew weeks, by a very simple remedy, arter having suffered sever' years with a severe lung affec? tion, and that dreadful disease, consumption,ia anxious to make known to his fellow-sufferers the mcaus of cure. To all who desire lt, he will send a copy of the prescription used (free of charge,) with the direc? tions ror preparing and using the same, which they will hud a SURE CURB KOR CovaramoK, ASTHM A, BRONCHITIS, Ac. The object o' the ad? vertiser in sen ling the Prescription Is to bcnellt thc atllictcd, and spread information which he conceives to be Invaluable; and he hopes every sufferer will try lils remedy, as lt will cost them nothing, and may prove a blessing. Parties wishing the prescription, will please ad? dress RKV. EDWARD A. WILSON, Williamsburg, Kings County, New York. novo 3mos pf WORDS OF CHEER-ON T II E Errors of Youth and ihr Follies of Age, in rela? tion to Marriage and Sodal Evtl?, with ? '.?itysag lund for thc erting and Unfortunate. *-nt lu sealed letter envelopes, free er charge. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Ros P.. Philadelphia Sept.'? 3IH0S