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VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1141. CHARLESTON, fe. C., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, MX DOLLARS A YEAR WA S II I Mil TOIf. Cut?an HellIgcrcuey-Til? Herald und tu?- Hank, Statement. Lf HOM TJIK AB80CIATEI1 ITiUSS.) WASHINGTON, December 2*. Th? Tribune'? sitcclul S;\>H advices Iront Wash iugton represent the Intentions or tho administra tien as favorable toan early recognition of Cuban belligerency, ami Mr. Sumners views ure believe?! to have altered with respect to the anti-slavery character of ucncrni c?spedes ami ?::s govern? ment. The Herald bas lite following comments on the bank statement : "As the statement ls only for fire dnyt), lt is suggested that there lins not been so even n distribution of Hie dur?rent Item?, Inasmuch as tho different banks lose the chances or thc last day's exchange being tn their favor. Again, thc payments into thc sub-Treasury for customs, combined with thc specie nayments of thc.week, will go fnr to account for thc decrease In specie. Taking thc kpcclc from the deposits, lt would leave about two and n half millions or the latter tobe nc couuted Tor. This Is done by conjecturing Hint Ute withdrawal of funds to meet various pay raeutH of interest due rrom railway and other corporations, together with Hie temporary dimi? si?n or money among Die shopkeepers for holiday goods, will fully amount lo the sum In question. Thc eirect npon the slock market was hardly per? ceptible, Inasmuch as only a few brokers still re? mained on Hie sidewalk alter lite publication or Hie statement, and, among them, lt was not re? garded With any apprehension, lt U only proper to observe thal, so fur a? thc banks arc concerned, ll really leaves them In n better position than might nt tlrst appear. With Hie decrease lu loans' and reduction of deposits, they are about lathe same position as when they began thc week While thc loss in reserve ls two millions, they can ??lord to lose one million, so that thc surplus above Hie reserve required by law is decreased by only tue latter amount." nunora:. 'JP li c Brunette. 11 AV nt-. December 27. The cargo of the limnetic, recently ashore scar Natr rs, is reported salvable. Tho S|>aiil?ii Constitution. MADRID, December 27. The iberian newspaper says that Spalii wilj fully seine thc matter of tiie new constitution ?luring January. riie American Bishop*. BERLIN, December 27. i .eu ? TH Iii berlin uewspapers from Home em? phatically deny thc current reports or thc liberal? ity of the American bishops. Their correspond? ents assert that they blindly follow thc Papal lead. SVAltKS flit) H Tilt: Wilt KS. The poopio of Rupert's Land have issued n declaration of independence. - Seven large tirlok stores on South Salina street, syracuse, New York, have becu burned, with n loss or nearly hair a million. Oeorgo Mont joy, convicted or whiskey frauds nt Philadelphia, boa been sentenced to two years In tho penitentiary and $3000 fine. The prisoner will be allowed a few days' custody under thc Unite.i states Marshal to settle his affairs. The Rev. Karron Stowe, a baptist clergyman, ls dead of apoplexy. John H. Wilder, of Cincinnati, attacked ids wife with a hatchet, Indicting ratal Injuries, and Iben blew ont lils -rains. ,Heavy sou tenst storms and Incessant rains ' y .ll at I'oi i ress Monroe, hs tr Ive regular Democratic ticket, willi ode 1 -selected In Rome,aa., yesterday. 1 'utedby tho military uutn'oriiie's'f i " .. r i HUM . Tunny, Va., has been sen v . .. to penitentiary, by mili? tai, . ?Vi 'n? ?lo'oo? There istuWf ' '' wond on Christ mas night between some ;'l',; ^X'1 ''mored men. Tte police intel 11 ml wc? " ?*?ulic4. Ko one was seriously hur?. !? respect lo IStanton' mcmnfjV i8ov*,BO lock, or (ieorgla, displayed lit? il ?>:'.V ua" ' ?MI the capitol buildings In Atlanta. TU K DAlttiWEIiL lt si* Kt Third Day. inion nun OWN comtEsrONUKST.] OAK?, HAHN WELL, S. C., December 2*. Y??Kterday, the third day of the races over thc Sherwood Course, passed on* pleasantly, al? though thc racing was uot aa exciting us on thc tlrst day. Thc day was clear but edd, thc track bciug in better order than on Tuesday. Thc llrst race was a two mlle dash between the Weatherly colt and General Hagood's lill' Stoney. This bade fair to bc an exciting race' but thc Weatherly colt bolted as he had done on Tucmlny, ami at thc same place, Jumping thc fence and throwing lils rider. Again the horses were restarted willi a more experienced rider on u e Weatherly colt, inn thc result was the same, notwithstanding thc ctrorts or thc Jockey who, when ho approached the point at which lils horse bad twice bolted, let go thc orr rein, throwing his entire strength upon thc other, and using lils whip over his horse's head, but with no success, for over thc barricade thc obstinate beast would go, thus proving a very marplot. SECON? KACE-HALI' MILE HASH AMI ItRFKAT. Major Uncoil'rt colt, Captain Richardson's Agate, and a Diamond coll were entered. Major ba? con's colt, a heantlful bay, clean limbs and grace? ful, nervous nctlou, won both beats with appa? rent case and without punishment. Agate had thc sympathies of thc fair sex, owing not only to her beauty, but to thc-fact that site waa entered by a handsome, dashing, unmarried gentleman of thc district. The Diamond coll did not run tho second lieut, having been badly beaten in thc llrst. TUIUB HACK-MILU AND A ll tl.I" PASII. Colcock's John Hooper's colt and Hagood's Subida woro,entered! This was tho most excit? ing race of thc day-John Hooper's colt proving thc victor, but ruled out for foul riding. This was regretted by both friends and foe, as the Judges were oribe opinion that thc result would have been the same had the race been lair, and while they ruled In favor of Saluda, ihoy declared Hie bets o?r. The fourth and last race bf thc day was a half mlle dash between Dunbar's cult and-. Di both heals the forn.sr horse wits beaten. As the Sherwood <,nu ls now thc only one in op?ration in the State, all'who' arc hind ot* this sport should become members and attend thc races, which come oir nt thc season or tho yenr when every one cun run otrfrom home fora few days. Koch year will add to thc attractions of t.ic races over this course, as tho young planters or thc Stale, who arc now emerging rrom their troubles, arc preparing to have each their stud, and will attend t of? races willi their own racing stock. The Sherwood Course is susceptible or great Improvement, and with* the energy and lu ?errat shown by its present oQlccrs, wc expect to seo it next year in perfect order. Many were tko beautiful women who smiled upon thc cdorts of fathers, husbands and sweet? hearts, and as tho beautiful steeds were unblnu keted thc flutter of- bright ribbons and roses demonstrated that, even here, woman's hand was reit. _SEULOB -lt ls now Haid that tho shortness of Father Hyacinthe's stay In this country was owing to a very prosaic, but nevertheless imperative reason. H was simply that bc brought but 2000 francs in money with him, and that being spent, he Had lo go back to his friends. Fortunately for him, thc proprietors of the Fifth Avcuua Hotel generously made him no ch argo for his board, ur ho could not have stayed with us as long aa no did ; und ?ough ho would accept no pay from tho French dovolont Society for the lectnre he delivered in their behalf, he waa forced to allow them to pay sis passage to Havre. THE SUKZ CANAL. is TU Mt wo itu A s vt: v?tess. Ayn iittw i\tlt y Mr. Smalley, the accomplished correipoud cut of Hie New York Tribune, writing lo Mint pa per from cairo, Kgypt. under date of November aa, gives Hie most intcrcsilug itatcntent or Hie measure or success achieved bj M. ?ie Lesseps, in Hie construction or Hie Sm-ic canal, tliat we have yet seen. He says: lUrUUSSIONS UK TI1K WOKS. Willie we were parsing through thc canal, Miere was uo one moment wlieii it wits easy lo farm a btwitlVO opinion ou thc whole work. The Journey was on? ot great excitement. It hail tts hours ur cMiltntloii ami ?>rdepression-1 might almost say ol conn.I.-nie and or despair. Now that lt is over, ami a ?lay or two lias elapsed, tho question must he put and answered: ls thc canal a success, und how fur? It would bc foolish to prc lem I to answer from t engineering or ?eleni itic point of view. There arc enplueers and s.tvuns who will do lhat. All I have to say K how rar, from what I hu ve seen ol the canal lu Us present state, it seems likely to be practically useful, und what KIHI remains lo lie done. Headers have already, in previous letters. Hie materials for forming un opinion ol' their own. and ate by no means buund accept mine. The pr?somption of SUCCORS was very h.rong. lt was Incredible that thc company mid thc Khedive should have asked three thousand guests to wit? ness a failure-supposing, nt least, that (Art/know Ute ti nth. 1 have no doubt theopciilng was tlxed ror Hie 17th Novem'? r. with a ncrtuin good failli: Unit M. dc Lesseps believed Ihm vessels of large draft would bc able lo go ihrouirh (rom 1'orl said to suez. That, however, ls not tho precise question. Tlie company stood pledged lo the public to build ti canal or certain spccillcd dimen? sions, ir we Ore io hold them Rtrictly lu their an? nouncements, thc question will bc: how they opened not n cnual, btu thc canal they promised r And li is possible In lids view to believe. Hun thc administration ortho company miglii have rea? sons for wishing n public ceremony and nu enor? mous advertisement, even lliotr.ni they did not themselves expect that thc canal, as projected, would be entirely completed on the day llXOd. WAR mu OnUIIK.lt. ri.IN 0ARH1KD OUT? Stated in lilla way. lhere can hardly be two an? swers to Hie question. 1 suppose thc company It? self no longer pretends or expects anybody lo believe that Hie canal ls finished according to Us original scheine. Let us see what timi scheme was. 1 translate und abridge Hom a book that mav bc called oiilclai. M. oillvler Hilt's Ulatutre i/e "?'/s?/une ile. Sun, 8 vo., pp. NV., 47P, Paris, 1809. published In fact so hue as October Inst, lt ls a book full or Informal lon, but li must bo read with caution, since on ?orno point-', and those naturally thc controverted ones, lt gives not so much facia as what Hie company wains nikon Tor facts. Deduction mode for that, anybody ivho is concerned willi thc canal will lind Mr. Illti's account full ol Interest. On a question like thal or thc original plan or thc canal lt ls or cour.m luthorltaiivc. There were two reports, rroiu Hie ilrsi or which, drawn up In 185S by French engi? neers in thc Rcrvlcc ol Sold l'aclin, then Viceroy, .vas sketched U\c arant projet. This was sub? mited to on International commission in thc lame year, in which were represented nearly Ul thc countries or Kuropc, mid their cou misions were adopted by the company ns a pro rt ttvjtnlttf, and became thc Anal plan or opera Ions pursued, willi one or two modifications, lown to tho present time. Hricriy, then, the ional was to pierce tho Isthmus from Sun?, to 'ort Said; nolan the shortest line, but touching ni Hm north thc point whens deon water carno icnrcsl thc Mcdltctranean shore, its length wns o bc 1G0 kilometres-loo miles. Its breadth at he water Hue80metres according to Hie report, mi.subsequent ly enlarged to loo metres where he banks arc low, and .educed to 00 metres brough thc deep cuttings. Thc width at bottom o bc 22 metres. The depth to bc 8 metres. I usc or accuracy Hie Kreuch nicire, whieh ls one English yard and three Inches noarly. For clcar icss sake I omit nil details, and pass over tho lnrbor at l'on Said. Tnt? QUESTION" ANSWmiBO. Tho question wc were summoned to Egypt to msiver ls whothei or not from Port Said lo Suez .here exists a maritime canal 60 lo loo metres vide at thu water-line, 22 metres wldo nt thc bot oin, und of ? uniform depth or eight moires. There can be but one answer. There ls no such 'anal. Hut Oils, though Hie Ilrsi question, ls not atut ill the most important io Hie world, in a gigan? te undertaking like this, WC Heed not ?told Hie mnipany to thu strict loiter or their promises VhaiMtb world wants to know ls whether from "o? i siiMi Suez mero ls In fact a practicable, lui niiie mar?timo canal, through which may pass rom south to north ami fruin north to south thc leets plying between thc cast and the wesi; ilcets lomposed of ships or such drnn and length os ire suitable for Unit vost commerce. Again the inswer must be, there ls no such canal. Then let us tesl Hie work not by thc earliest un Icrtnking or thc company, but by Hs latest ad 'cr'lsemcnt, placarded till over Europe mid Amer? en, publishing Us terms and regulations for thc inssagc or Hm canal, mid inviting nil ships druw ug not more than 20 feel of water lo avull Hicin eivcsof this route, ls Hiere u canal from port laid .. Sues through which ships di awing more han ..' Pfret of water can sorely mid conveniently LI--, oi Mtasaatullf Again I believe the un wer mu lhere ts no such canal. il DEES ACCOUI'MSIIKU. Yt,. , l's Is Hu et It is dimcult to answer ven th.- . ilion tuai Tceisc and positive way. lupins wv no' h erfi i ny agreed, facts cannot I e.. med '.villi pcrfoet accuracy. Hut Judg tg as? M cai fro . ail 1 have seen and heard, Iiis is w e.;.. I h neve. That there Is a canal from ort Said to Bili /. ryl'Jg iii width from 00 lo 100 ictrcH at the wat rune, varying in width from 1 lo 22 metres a. thc bottom, vurying In depth rom ?> to 3 metres; n canal through every part of rillen steam vessels drawing not more than 12 feet my pass with perfect safety und case; through Milch steam vessels drawing not more than M eet. and not more than 250 feet long, may pass ridout serious Inconvenience; through which team vessels drawing 16 feet, possibly 17, and 00 reel or a lillie more In length, may pass with iillciilty, al thc risk or frequent groundings and i'ith lunch uncertainty and delay, above till In he curves or Kl Quisr and Toussouin-In a word, lio Peloso, Huit was such n nuisance to thc fleet, us done us the service of measuring thc ext reine re; eui capacity or thc canal. And thc Pcltisc rcw lo fret ;i Inches, and ls 315 feet long, lt hould bc added thal thc passage ls much more Uncoil and dangerous ror sldc-wliccl steamships han ror screws or equal draft and length. To hat extent the canal ls a success, and ls capable f being used, ir thc company still think best, ul ace. IH TUB CAN.W. A 8UCCKSH Y Of course, lt niusl be Slided, that this does not oustllulc u success in thc commercial sense. As 1 stands to day, the canal ls a triumph orengl loertng; the canal which Hie world wauls usa neons of sate mid speedy transit through thc slhinus, remains to bc completed. The com? mu?e between Host and West cumiot bc proiltu dy carri eil on In such shins ns eau now pas3 sure y through the conni. Take thu Seniuir us an llimtration.l She drew ll led ii Inches. Put coals uto her for a Hireo weeks* or even two weeks' .oynge, HIK- would hove ronni left for not more han non tons or cargo, ami she would draw al east l l reel. That ls, she would approach thc cx i''me limit beyond which vessels cannot easily md s i (Vi y pass-and shipowners will not go he? roin! Hint-while she still could liol curry .argo enough to make her voy ago profitable. tliell vessels US lite Peninsular lind intentai Toinpany and thc Messageries imperiales )wn und ure building, will still transact he commerce ur Kuropc mid Asin. When .hey can pass through Hie canal full laden the :anal will have become a practicable route lu .he commercial sonso; not before. Thc advertise neill ror ships ('rawing not moro tint ti 20 reel has lone no groat harm, commerce ls always buhl. Shipowners walled tosco what happened JU me nih or November bororo they dispatched 'learners on a voyage still doubtful. Hut ll hap :>eii8 thal tho Spnnlsh Hoverumcnt-ll is called i government by courtesy-was moro credulous ir less camions, i'iierc Hes in tho harbor of Pori Said n Spanish corvette, on her way to a station n thc Indian Ocean, drawing her due 19 or 20 'etd, sent thee to pus j through thc canal, which ihecautiot cuter. I suppose there can bc no < loni,i that thu canal company, on tho rmi ti of 1 ivhosc pledges Ihc ship carno, ls liable In dam igcs for tho cost of her voyage anil her deten. Hon. If people had believed them they might tavc had hair tho Indian fleets of Kuropc and America dancing attendance nt thc mouth of the anal; which would not h..VC been ail auspicious opening. oriir.il DEPECTS if thc canal arc yet to De mentioned, in my narrativo of thc voyage I have spoken often or J the curves, an?! they are probably the worst engiuccrliis isiilt thai has been committed. Thc j double curve ai Kl (lulsr will have to he straight? ener: before Hie passsgo is safe fora long ship. Another in the Toussotim section must likewise give way. There are others which lt might bc possible to tolerate, but which lt will provo the ir nest economy In thc end to abolish. One practi? cal Kngllsh or American seaman among ai. the French engineers and savana wt aid have Fr; veil them much perplexity and cost. No sailor would have been sntlstled wltli'a mathematical demon? stration tba; a ship or a given length could go round a curve of a niven radius. Ho would huvo said: "I don't want to tako my ship there. She may gol round, no doubt, but a purr or wind or a minute's delay tu answering her beim would semi her ashore. Allow for practical dllllonltles, Hp-ml another hundred thousand francs, and make your canal n Blraighi linc." Amt wherever a curve ls allowed lo remull?, the conni should bo widened. If tho canal ls not to bo widened throughout which can only bo dono arter tho traillo has be some great enough lo rcqulro it aud lo pay for lt-Hie Maltona where vessels may puss cadi other must he muck enlarged. I may'have passed some without seeing them. I certainly uki not see ?ill that are on tho chart, tint then 1 did sec things not on the charl, curves for Instance, so that tho Chart cannot he Implicitly trusted. I should, say there alu few points from Port Sahl to Lahe Timsah, from l.ai:e Timsah to thc Hitter l.akcs. and from Hie Hilter Lakes lo Sue/., where vessels could conveniently pass euch other. That H. few points except in the lakes where the canal has no hanks, and 'ms aiuiudaui width as well as depth of water. More lustitllcleiit, still, are thc appliances on the hanks for facilitating the passage of vessels ut dilllcu!'. points. And "icy mc wanted at points not In themselves dltllcult, since ti vessel In that I narrow channel cannot always have steerage-way I on, and will swing helplessly ushoru when she has not.unless there are ready means of fastening haw? sers on thc bank. The Senniir kept two boals al? ways in Hie water, with Hues over bows and stern, and they were continually in usc. A dozen Huies we should huvc gone ashore but for thom. Yet often lt was with great dlillcultv the crews could lind any secure hold on thc bu'>k for Hm hawsers. Above the Serapeum the honka were so soft Hint Hie men could scarcely get about. Tim nitiuuT stoic. Omitting other points, 1 pass from thc clark to the blight side, from faults to remec? les, and from the imperfections that still exist tn ihcgreal fucts they cannot obscure and thc boundless future that opens before this enterprise. My prepossessions lu its fa . or were so strong, my faith in lt ls still so great, that I have felt bound to mark with some emphasis thc actual limits to Its present success, and the nnstukcH ihat huvc been made. Having done Hint, I am at liberty to say that what re? mains lo tic accomplished ls u trl?e compared with what- has already been achieved, Ihn ope doubted whether n canal could bc built. Kng land steadily sneered at thc enterprise down to 1SCT, when thc Duke of St. Albans wrote a let '.rr to thc Times describing what progress had then been made. How Lord rai mcrslnu resisted lt on political grounds of thc narrowest selfishness ; how Ste? phenson, the euginccr, prononucsd lt a physical Impossibility; how thc Times ridiculed lt, marc SM?, wc know well enough. There has been a change lately, but no little incredulity kept Us hohl on thc minds of those! obstinate Islanders, mid of others ns well. People began to believe lhai Lesseps had got a ditch of sonic sort across thc Isthmus, bul a canal that would float ships thal was another altair I Now the ihfng demon? strated last week thai the canat would Dont ships, in Hie eyes of all Europe, Emperors, Km presses. Princes, nu Kugiish nmbassnilor, jour? nalists, P.ngllsh, European and American, savatis, literal curs, engineers, and some three thousand people inure, there did pass a great licet, ships of war and or commerce alike, through thc Isthmus irom Port Said to Sue/, lt proved two things. There ls a canal, and there can now easily, speedi? ly aud cheaply bc (Aa canal needed Tor thc com? merce of thc world. Pcrliapa it was wisc to risk ail criticism, and all demonstration of thc Incompleteness of the canal, Tor Hie sake or proving how maali luis been done, and that thc rest can bc done; for the com? pany wanta money. Thc works are nearly ai a stand-still for inure thuds, Europo would give no more nu lier faith lu thc canal could bc strengthened. And then thc date oribis Inaugu? ration tins boen fixed for many months, lt ls very possible the directors hoped and believed they would have their-Jd reel of depth, though not .JO, on thc l?ih November. At uny rute Wey re? solved to take their chance' With their usual cleverness, they eft the Khedive to bear thc ex? penses, ol which they hoped lo*reap the profit. And lt ls probable that since thc creation of thc world no project was ever so mugnllicciitly ad? vertised us thc Suez Canal hus been within the last fen might. COST OF COMPLETION. Now thc Quat question ls, how much will lt cost to complete thc canal-complete Into u commer? cial route in thc sense 1 have explained above, easy and safe for ships drawing over io rcct-and how soon can lt bc done? Thus far lt has cost near ibu,ooo,ooo-how much inure must bc poured Into this thirsty solir Mr. Hawkshaw thinks $.20,000,000, and six to eight months. Thc other authority whom I have quoted says $20,000,000 "trpH einptowtt" may bo enough, but 1 hat thc work cannot be done In less thau tineen mouths. If money ls to He spent ns recklessly as hitherto, and Hmo wasted, thc estimate might Have to bc doubled, he thinks. Perhaps thc discrepancy be? tween thc two may ba account eel for hy supposing that Mr. Hawkshaw fixes such a time us would be sufllclent If the works were In his own hands. He ls tho most eminent of living english engineers. The other estimate ls based on a knowledge of what lins been done under tho existing manage? ment. I'KOSl'RVTS OF TUE EKTEHTKISE. Whether when ibm completed, thc canal will prove io be not only u practicable route for great ships, but a paying couceru, is a question wholly distinct from those I have been dlscussliig, anil rino luto which I don't fcelcalleil upon tn cuter, ll concerns the stockholifcrs very nearly; thc world at large liol so much. For If once tin: ca? util be completed, means will bc found lo keep it open, as railways ure kept open ami run long utter the orlglual capital has been sunk. Il has been said thal Hie railways or Kngland were built 011 the ruin or widows, and governesses, and minor children. 1 am far from saying 1 anticipate such a fate for the original stockholders or this ennui. My raith lu Its present board or administration muy not bc absolute; lt maybe 1h.1t a great per? centage of the capital hus bccH squandered, hui inch ls the fate of most great enterprises, lt ivas and ls thc marvellous fortune ot this one to nave had M. de Lesseps for Its real head, and he ?vhu knows best what obstacles M. dc Lesseps lins thus far vanquished, will bo strongest lu his be? ter of completed success in thc end. A I. li AF FROM II ?sro nv Tile Sccrett of tile Impencluneiit Trial Revealed. A correspondent of thu Cincinnati Gazette ms recently revived some of the corruptlou dories that have hung about the Impeachment rial or President Johnson ever since the result of hat ramona attempt to thrust a President ot the Jolted States from thc magisterial chair for po? lt ?cal and party motives. The names of (?eneral Sailer, Cornelius Wcudcli and other prominent ?olltlcinns, ilgurc extensively in the story, which iVlll wind up with thc details ofn political com? met alleged to have been entered into with Mr. lohnson, by which he was to give assurances of ;ood behavior, and make such Cabinet changes is were suggested to satisfy thc senators that trould vote tor acquittal. ts TUE MONEY Oil Aim KS OK C0BHC1TI0N ire three-one of SiO.OOO, In the form of a bel by Radicals, ostensible Impeachers, that Mr. John? son would bc acquitted, tho theory being that thc President's friends would cover t he bel, and that the Radicals would sec that there was no convic? tion in order to win-that ls, a purchase of nc ipilltal for ?60,000; thc second proposition Involv? ed $1116,000, which, lt ls asserted, was raised by Mr. Johnson's friends from operators ch le 11 y lu New York, wiihout tho President's knowledge or wishes, by thc udvlec of Cornelius Wendell, who said thc way must bc bongin out. and thought il could lu clone for t'JOO.OOO. The money was handled by middle men, bul lt is not shown thal any senator touched u dollar. Thc third money proposition, it ls charged, canto from (lencral lintier, Hie Impeachment prosecutor, who, ll ls alleged, wished to buy oil Wendell with a check for $100,000 signed by a prominent senator. Wendell's game was to entrap lintier In this otfer, H lt could bu made direct, mid expose him In open Senate. It ls asserted that General lintier drove In a close carriage to thu rear or Wendell's house and waited some lime to get him out, but was unsuccessful, and that Wendell, on his part, could not get witnesses to thc $luo.ofw proposi? tion, und so both matter's stood on*. THU POLITICAL BAROAIM ls said to liavo been made at Mr. Kovcrdv Johnson's house, between Senator o.-lmcs and the President, when thc wishes ot Senators He n? derson, Itoss, Fcsscudcn and Trumbull were made known, that thc President would give as? surances thal he would do nothing for vengeance arter acquitta), mid that he would change his Cabinet, so as to make it less objectionable-. Thc President, lt ts Stated, conseille I ti? this, mill li ls case was insured. In Hie conrcrencc, lt is stntcd, Mr. Evans was cast for Secretary of State, Iteverdy Johnson for Altorucy-Ocncrul, Grocsbcck, ur Ohio, for Sec? retary of the Treasury. Tho President made known lils intention to place Ot-ueral Schofield In oiiice os Secretary of War, which wu? satis? factory. Of these names, ll ou. Iteverdy Johnson, lt ls alleged, withdrew ut his own request, aud Mr. Ewarts was substituted. H.Mi IC*, t. INEKnBNCES. In al! this story it does not appear that money had any cifect. lt ls not shown that uny sena? tor's volo was bought, either for ar against re? moval, hut there ls some reason to believe that a goori deal was pocketed by Irresponsible lobby? ists, -van, In their greedy career of gain, have soiled alike thc names of President and senator. That some senators, as tho New York Post well says, "feeling bound to vote against thc removal of thc President, yet thought ll prudent to see him before tuc vote was taken, and .get lils pro? mise to conduct himself with propriety, appears not to us improbable. Hut even this story must bc held In doubt until Mr. Grimes returns to this country, mid hui the opportunity to sprnk for himself and Mr. Fcsscnden." The New York Posi -Uso says In Oils connection Hint lt ls a little odd inat out of this whole impeachment ..cand il, An? drew johns m has so far como with dean hands; mid thal tho person whose reput allon lins been most severely touched by tho '.revelations" made fruin time to Hine KJolinsou's most bitter prose? cutor, General Kotier, lt ls probably true, ns Mr. Maynard, of Tenn:-esce, once told several of thc Congressmen most prominently concerned In Hu impeachment-"You made a wfu?ilcr In euargtns Johuson with corruption In money mattera." < ()MM issi OJV/Jif tViiLI.H* Jtk'i'OltT. Tlic Cnrrcne>*a?Spcclc i'aymmts. in Hu' ubtu und comprehensive report or Spe? cial Commissioner Wells, for isoo,;iist published,He considers the subjects of our excessive paper cur? rency, Its disastrous citfccl upon oar foreign trade, aud hence thc desirableness and necessity of con? traction and a return to specie piyuiculs hy that agency. Ho shows that thc foreign balance against us will probably average now r.bout $210,000,000 perauuittu,including th?merchandise account, thc movement or anecio nm) bullion, the obligations for Interest, excess ot freights carried in foreign bottoms, and expenditures of Ameri? cana in foreign countries. To meei and settle this constant Increasing and adverse balance, un? der thc present condition of prices and cost of production in the Uuitcd States, ibero is but ouc resource, that Ls, to remit certificates of Indebted? ness, national, Stale or corporate. Thc commissioner, therefore, point s :>.'lent inn to thc fact that, while before the war we were able lo wholly puy for our foreign Imports and services willi Hie products of our own Industry, including, after thc discovery of California, und up to thc beginuiiig of Hie war, sveh a proportion only of our product of gold ns it would have bceu practically useless and even mischievous fortis to retain, we are uot now so dotug ; and this latter circumstance would seem lo prove beyond question, thal the aggregate of national produc? tion does not maintain the same proportion as formerly lo the aggregate of national con? sumption. Coming lo the currency question, thc commis? sioner truly remarks, that not only in the United Slates, but lu all other countries curs**! with nn Irredeemable paper currency, thc rates of In? terest arc always the most advanced when there ls Hie largest absolute amount or currency In circulation. He then proceeds lo consider the EXURBS UK TUE PRESENT Ct; SK EXOT. That thc present value of currency Is In excess ls proved l. liv thc Indisputable fact Ci .1 thc general scale ?r the prices of dornest ic commodities, as measured by ihc coinmou standard of Interna? tional commerce, is greatly tu excess of Hie prices of other countries, and on', or all natur.il proportion to the prices or tho same commodi? ties in the United Slates bet?re thc war. * ? .2. Tho excess of thc present currency is also proved br Hie furl her fact that tu.: amount or cur? rency In circulation hos been arbitrarily lacrcased <lurliig thc nant elgin years considerably nore than twofold, although thc increase of popula? tion, production and accumulated wealth during the same lime has been, by general agreement, lu vet v much smaller proportion; and although at thc ronner dale Hie amount of currency In cir? culation was uot limited by any sdrlous restric? tions upon tho creation of ban?.? or the Issue or paper really or nominally rcdcclnablc lu specie. Furthermore thc tendency of all commercial nations is towards economy in thc use of enr rency. ?.*..*.* lt has been urged, furthermore, that by allow? ing thc present volume of currency to remain unaltered, thu Increase lu business and thc de? velopment of the country wonld gradually dimin? ish nnd Onnllv remove all redundancy. To this lt may be replied, that the retaining of tho pres cut amount of currency In circulation tends to Increase no business bul whut ls speculative, and to check thc vcrv development which ls expected to prove remedial. In the twenty-flve years which elapsed from l&JMolSflO tho paper circu? lation of the country, left free and uiiiraruiucilcd lo expand Itself, Increased n orn euc bund re i and three millions to two hundred and seven millions, or nt the rate or 4.36 per cent. lier annum. Now, should thc future demand eon tin i.o to Increase lu Hie same rallo, lt would require lue lapse or rorty years rrom 1800, or until tho year 1B00, to bring thc wants or thc country up to ho present sup? ply. In the meantime thc curreucy would pro? bably remain, a's uow, Irredeemable or Incon? vertible. CONTRACTION AND ITS If. LUENCR arc then considered, cid the e . nmlssloner de? clares that Hie simple, rcasouulw remedy for the evils of lunation ?rouUl seem tobe contraction, pure and simule, without unifie or indirection. In answer to thc opposition to contraction on ac? count or thc Immediate distress which it Jo sup? posed would follow tho adoption or such n policy, lt ls declared that lt requires no ?tl fl < r prophecy to foretell ?bul the connr?y m?BU?x:T?"?r''>',''n,'<! ali thc hardships which contraction could miall, . whether contraction and Us ultimate benefits be secured or not. Tho commissioner says thai all the Incidents and all tho effects of contraction, HO far ns lt Involves commercial disaster and in? dustrial distress, are inevitably coming, aud speedily. It n evident that the process or sci tiing thc annual adverse balance of trade by thc trans? mission of national or other seonrltles cannot continue IndeUultely, and thc Indications arc that thc end is not distant. Hut our foreign lin porlntlons cannot be largely checked, as many are necessary io domestic consumption, ror our manufactures, ?tc. To cheek Uteni ?OB?; simply be to destroy a much larger value of our dornest tu Industry. Hence a speedy exhaustion or thc sup? ply of bonds or bullion available for export In? volves a serious depreciation of thc prices ot do? mestic commodities and a general convulsion of trade-the very effects on account of which con? traction ls opposed and deprecated. AMOUNT OK UOI.U NEEDER KOII KEDEMITION. Thc quest lou how much gold ls needed to begin ami sustain a - ? stem of redemption depends wholly upon the "answer to thc prior question, how much currency there shall be to redeem. Seven hundred millions of paper could not bc kept redeemable willi less than seven hundred millions uf gold, iKiceuse with such an amount of curreucy it would inevitably be depreciated, and hence gold would bi ar a premium which every holder of paper would be desirous to realize. With four hundred millions of paper, on the other hand, a hundred millions of gold would probably bc ample, because thc curreucy, not being In ex? cess or Hicwuutsof commerce, would not suder depreciation, and, gold and paper being on other? wise equal terms, naper would bc preferred for tts greater convenience in uso, just as In i860 thc 1 banks were fully able to redeem all of their cir? culation which was presented for payment, al? though having but eighteen cents of specie on each dollar of immediate liabilities. It lu not the ratio between gold und paper that needs to bc regulated, but Hie ratio between thc amount of paper in circulation and tho volume of national production aud exchange, or which ll ls thc in? st ru nicnl. Much criticism has been passed npon tho treas? ury for not adopting thc policy of hoarding gold with a view to returning io specie payments, but If what has been stated above ls true, such a pol? icy could loud to no good results unless accompa? nied by a measure of contraction; while contrac? tion would obviate thc necessity of any such pol? icy, i ti a? II mc h as gold would then come to tis, or be retained by us-our curreucy being In a health? ful condition-lo Inst that extent to which ll was needed, obeying Hie same laws as any other com? modity. Equally untenable ls ll lo suppose that any progress cnn bc made towards resumption by a r?duction, through government purchase mid cancellation, of the principal nf the funded debt. If we Had no national debt; it tho two thousand millions i.r public bonds were by some process lo be transformed into nu equal antonin or private "securities," exchanged between ell Isens, t lie premium on gold would not bc appreciably af? fected. lt l-i uni at ail thc condition of thc credit of thc nation which causes gold to bc al a premium, ns ls proved by Hie fact that In Italy, Austria and Russia- countries maintaining large standing ar? mies, constantly threatened with war, whose debts aro larger, relatively lo their resources, limn r .r own, und are in no respect in Hie pro? cess oi extinguishment, and whoso annual ex? penditures, us) a rule, aro in excess of their ordi? nary revenues-In none of theso three countries luis the recent depression of thc paper money been more than one hair as great an In the United Stater, thc reason being that the paper money ls not ns much In excess as ours. , Hui lt U urged by some that no restriction should bc lab! upon thc Issuo ot currency or, any limitation nf Us amount bc attempted, mu Hint thc people themselves should be left to determine thc extcul to which they will usc ll. This ls sound doctrine when applied to currency subject to re? demption. Ills not true when applied to a cur? rency whose sole constituent ls credit, and which circulates by force of law. Cretin currency ls the alcohol of commerce, lt alternately stimul?t es ami depresses, but poisons nil tho time, lt cremes Its own appetite, lt would be as reasonable to leave thc drunkard, whoso system ls thoroughly poi? soned by alcoholic stimulants, to determine the quuoilty which Ls good for him, as lt ls to insume that Hie body of trade, de? bauched by currency stimulants originally forced upon it, will of tts owu choice ab? sorb thereafter only so much as ls conducive to lu welfuro. Thc parallel between Hio ef? fects of art?llela) cumulants upon Hie bodyfrnd thc effects of credit rooney upon the body industria! and commercial holds good In every particular, as has been shown conspicuously by thc expe? rience of the United States alnce thc in aug a rat lon of Hie present system. Tho nrst cifects hns'C been lo excito to an abnormal action and to pro? duce thc faUe appearance of health and vigor. This lu lum has been succeeded by a condition or depression, and thc lassitude Inevitably conse? quent upon limine excitement and thc violation of Hie laws of nature. And lt ls precisely In this i..mut a :i Hint tho poor victim ot drink cries out for "moro rum,'.; ami the broken down bodv of iradi feels tho " strongest craving for fresh drnnghts of rredlt lo carry lt through thc period nf reaction mid prostration. Unpopular, therefore; as t lie declaration tnav bc' the commissioner, In view of the above couildera linns, is constrained to believe timi cottiraellau, direct and undisguised, IH the one necessity or the .Ituatloti; the only remedy tor existing evils so rar OH thc currency has relation lo them, and Unit thc nation cannot emerge from Its embarrass? ments and difficulties um il thc makers and ad? ministrators ot Hie luv have the honesty and courage lo take it up and carry lt rorwanf lo thc end. PHIVE or TH tc PIOT.II r.s. A Ko? ]) in a ii 4 r li u a p Contract. The t'. ornetovrn Times publishes the follow? ing circular from thc well known Chinese com.-ac? tors. Kooptminseliaap A Co. : .SAN FRANCISCO, November o. .Slr-Wa beg leave io inrorin von that we are now ready to accept orders ror the riirnlsliiiig or Chinese laborers, on the Tallowing terms: 1st. laborers rrom China direct ut $8 to $10 gold per month ror Held hands, and $16 gold per month roi- railroad hands, und board. 2d. Thc cost ol transportation rrom China lo New 11 ricans or any other Soul hern Atlantic port or the United States, tier steamer or clipper ship, will be about as follows: Passage. ?r,o Provisions. 26 l'on; u I'M cert i ilea te anil emigration rees. 6 Two suits or clothing and blankets. 10 Advance on their wages. 20 Commissions, charges, Ac. 20 Total (Ingold) say.C $130 The cost or transportation hy Paelilc mull steamers to San Francisco, then by Pucllle Kuli road to the Missouri Uiver, will bo about thc same as above. ?ld. From their wages there lu lo be deducted, .a monthly instalments or $2, the $20advance ami thc $10 ror clor lng. -?iii. Contracta will he made for a term ni live years, to commence on thc dav or their arrival at Hie place or de-ttnutlon mimed in thc contract. They are to work only 20 days in each month, thai is lo suv, io have Sundays ror them selves. Also to have one or two UayH holiday at their New Years, which is generally In February or March. Otb. Thc provisions generally given arc per man per diem : Klee; 2 UM.: Jj Hi. pork and u ilsb. or 1 lb. pork, or i lb. beer; vegetables, ". lb: tea 1-3 ounce. 7lh. They are to bc rurnlshed with water and llrcwoo.1, ami provided with good quarters au J weather-proof sleeping places, tree or charge. Rill. All tools und Implements lo bc rurnlshed hy the employers. Otb. Poll and ul) other tases lo bc paid by thc employers. 10th. lt would be very desirable ror employers to apportion lu each laborer a small piece or ground on which lo raise vegetables, poultry, Ae. nth. lt must bo understood ihut these laborers aro to meet willi Just treatment, and Horrors are committed by thom, a report must bo made to Hie Chinese foremen berorc any punishment shall bc tn meted. 12th. One overseer should be engaged Tor every lirty or one hundred men, who shall receive tho same wugCH as Mic laborers. Tbc duly oribis overseer shall lie lo Insirnct and direct thc mon lu their labors; and ir ho work himself, he ls to tic paid for ibis extra work at thc same rate as Hie other men. One cook ls required tor every tweu ty llvc or thirty men at the same wages as thc laborers. 13th. Work to commence ai six o'clock A. M., and continue until noon, and at one o'clock P. M. to continue till tlx o'clock P. M.; the laborers to ! have thc right to take two hours in the middle or thc day, during the summer months, providing they commence work at live o'clock A. M. 14th. ir any or thc men rall sick or arc Injured so that they aro unable to work, their wages arc to cease till they resume work; but all medical at? tendance and medicines ure lo bc rurnlshed at thc ex pease or the employer. 16th. Thu Hine books to bo uiade up at ttic end or each mont h. and Hie mon lo bc paid as soou as practicable lu thc carly part or thc ensuing month. 10th. Chinese laborers cati be obtained in CaU irornln at $30 gold, per month, ror railroad owl uny other work, furnishing their own rood and clothing, or $20 gold per month with board niid. | lodging, they paying ror medlral attendance ami medicines. 17; h. Thc cost or transportation rrom San Fran? cisco to uny part of the United States will bc about $40 each f?r largo gangs or men, also com missions and charges $15. 18th. Satlafuctorysccurlty tor the payment or j cost of ii.un port:ulou must bc deposited with Messrs. I.ces & Wullcr, agents ol' the bunk of rai? lton: ?a lu New York, or with Messrs. r?poh*ord, Tileston A Co., New York, or with the Texas Land Company, New York. * * * * ? . ir they arc protected by tho laws or the coun? try, ?<? inlier voluntary emigrants, lt ls our opinion that-any desirer! nieuiwr ?in bo oblulucd upon the Ion-going terms. We arc your most obedient servants, Koo e 11 A ss cu A.ve A Co. REliUVINO TUB PUBLIC HEBT. Secret ury itoutwrllu Plan-Au Easy and Pleasant Process. The wide-awake Washington correspondent of the cincinnati Gazette writes-. . Nothing ls more sltnplo than the process by which Mr. bout well ls en aided to Issue lils bulle? tins every mouth, telling the people how the na? tional debt ls being reduced. I have suspected all along, bat never knew until to-day. what was tho modus opera ndl. Adapted lo private busi? ness, lt would enable thc worst bankrupt in the United States to "stand erect," ns Mr. Mlcawbcr did arter ho had given hts IOU to Traddlcs. The Beeret ls this: Au order lins been given to the accounting officers ol thc treasury to allow no claims whatever against the government-to pay nothing, to repudiate everything. There are Just two exceptions made to this general nile? the bondholders and thc olUccholdera. These gentlemen arc paid lo thc uttermost farthing. All other classes or govern ment creditors arc de? nied even a hearing. And so, for the sake or ap? pearing to nay og the public debt, hundreds or millions or Just and equitable claims have been re? pudiated. Now, why not go a step further, and say to thc bondholder that wo Can't redeem his coupons? Ia thc debt ol thc bondholder hedged round by any sacred obligation thal dues not apply equally io the man whose claim ls not lu bonds bnt In quar? termasters' vouchers? Out thc fact ls, the debi ls increasing dally, notwithstanding Mr. limit well's lying bullet las. All tho dalma now being denied will nave to bc paid some day or other, unless wc adopt tho great relier or repudiation, aa aii.other nat ions have done In some rona or another, and bury thc whole mass or claims, whether In the form or bonds or or anything else, lu a common grave, lo thc "inustc or the Union"-which is thc latest name lor thc Rogue's March. "Kqual and exact justice to all men" ls tho bogus motto or lite Republican parly. Bqoal and exact justice to all cred u ors should bc the rule ol conduct or every honorable man. H thc government underlal.es lu repudiate one part or the debi, let tho people Unlsli thc Job and repudiate thc rest or lt. PERSONA I. GOSSIP. -Ole Hull, Hie violinist, arrived In New York last week from Kuropo. -Beecher in going lo Indiana. Mrs. II. should keen au eye on him. -Langley's Directory, just published, estimates Hie population or San Francisco In Scplcmucr last nt 170,260. -The Rev. Thomas Foley, <>r Ballimore, lt is said, has been designated ns the new Catholic Bishop ol Chicago. -Thc Now York papers say C. H. A. Carter, an American commission merchant, of that city, ls Hie fortunate possessor or ticket No. 24,780, which drew $100,000 in gold In thc Ville dc Paris lottery, drawn on thc ?tn ot December. -Brigham Yoong, Jr., ls said to be sojourning lu Philadelphia OU account or thc unwillingness of lils third wife, a Philadelphia lady, to leave thal etty for thc pleasures or Utah. A plurality or wives, R sectus, docs not entirely do away with family dllilunRlca and romalo influence. -The story or Oeorgo Peabody's lovo ls authen? tically told by a writer la thc Providence Journal. More than thirty years ago a Providence school girl, or rare beauty and good family, lound her il rut lovo in a youth or a neighboring elly. They wcro "engaged;" but he failed In business, could not afford to marry, and released her rrom her engagement, the going to ??a rope with her friends. There aha met George Peabody, then, comparatively speaking, a young man, but one who was already making lila mark, and whose wealth was beginning lo pour in on every sido, Ile t?ceme enamored of her beauty and grace, aud finally mado to her an offer or marriage. Arter some hesitation, ehe accepted her new suitor and returned to America bis aRlancod wire. Herc she met her rormer lover, thc old adjci^ returned, and alto began to pine away In nu ap? propriate luatTner. At length she told all to Mr. Peabody, and lie, with that manliness thai char? acterized his every action, gavo her tip, and, In due time, she was married and Bellied. This ls I'.io ono romane lu the Ufo or the great philan? thropist. Tho lady wita left a widow not many years arter, bat lt ls mt known whether Ur. Peabody iver nc. ncr again. illumed. OHMES-CARN.-On Thursday evening, Dc Cornbergs, i>y thc Kev. W. il. Ailinn1), WILMOT s. GIBBES Slid Mino JOSIE C. UAKN, both of lhis city. DINGLE-MASCOT.-On Thursday G Vening, Ito ccubcr UUd, by thc Hov. Jahn iiiiciiuiuu, ti. I)., w. H. HiKoi.B ami IIRLUISK, eldest ?laughter of Horace Mussot, E*q. . VDlulnnrn. UTK WA RT.-Died, on thu loth December, ison, CATT?ARIKK A. .STEWAUT, nged OS yenni anti ono month. Her character and lifo are described in a few words: An unselilsli, generous, warm hearted Christian woman, abounding in works itf piety and benevolence, lt pleased ??od to close her Uro on carib willi n year of great and con? tinued sun.iring, which she bore wtih nil com? plaining patience, supported by that faith which made lier life useful, und her deal li happv. Ha? ls gunn to her resi, ami. through grace, tv bur re? ward. Special Notices. isr-NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.-THE Steamship SAItAHOSSA ts Tu is DAY discharging Cargo at Vanderhorst's Wharf. AU Hoods not re? moved by suuscl wUl remain on wharf at owuer's risk. it A v i, N KI. A CO.. dec? 3 Agents. CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP MANHATTAN arc noiltlcd thnt she will discharge cargo Tina DAY nt Adgcr's South Wharf, doods remaining uncalled for at suuscl will be left on Hie wharf at their risk. J A M lis A DUKH A CO., _doe2S 1 Agents. ??fifr* CHARLESTON CITY RAILWAY COM HAN Y, CIIARLKSTON, S. C., DECEMBER, UT, 1S00.-A Quarterly Dividend of ONE li'?I.I.AK AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS per Share lins been declared by the Hoard ol Directors of this Cum patty, and Hie same will be paid on und after SATURDAY, thc 1st January, lsro, on application at this oin ce. Hy order. S. W. RAMSAY, dcc28 tnthail Secretnry and Treasurer. ?S?- NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAV^ INO claims against thc Estate of ll. F. STHO ii ECK Kit will render in ibe same properly at? tested, and those indebted make payment to A. L. TOBIAS, No. loo East Ilay. dcc28 tua MA HY U. CANN Al)AY, Adm'x. pST- NOTICE.-OFFICE SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY, CHARLESTON, 8. C_The COUPONS for Interest on thc Bouda of thc Savannah and Charleston Railroad Company FIRST M ORTO A OE, which mature January 1st, 1870, Will bc paid on presen? tation at thc banking bouse ot II. H. K1MPTON, Financial Agent State or South Carolina, No. 9 Nussau street, New York. 8. W. FISHER, dcc2713 Treasurer. pSl- PEOPLE'S BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA_Tibs Bank having compiled with all or thc provisions or tho Act or March,l809, will Tins DAY resume activo operations at their ofllce, No. 20 Broad street. JAM KS B. BETTS, doc2T 3 * $ Cashier. p?LT-PEOPLE'S bA.NK OF SOUTH CAROLINA.-Extract Ironi thc Report of James S. Oibbcs, Esq., late President or this Hank, submitted to thc mco^g.^cL-Stockholders held on thc 29th November, li-^- *t? 4k The coalition of thc Patric tooloy ls shown by the following statement. The securities have b-yu valued by Messrs. H. H. DeLcou and J. II. Wilson: 1102 Shares South Carolina Railroad Company, ul $40... $44,oso oo 1002 bair Shares South Carolina Rail? road Company, at $18 25. 18,237 oo 2800 Shares People's Bank Stock, at $5. 14,000 00 ' $10,060 suite or Soul-r* Agfii&na Bonds, nt oe per ccnt.T.r.?.*-'^****?^... a 033 00 $10,010 Bonos ol urccuville and Co-'-^vi^g^ lumbla Railroad, State guarantee, at 00 per cent. D.ooo oo $2,000 Spartauburg and Union Railroad Bonds, State guarantee, al 48 per cent. * $16,000 Charleston und Savannah Rail? road 0 Per Cent. Bonds, State guarantee, at 58 per cent. V-'?? oo $23,800 Savannah and Charleston Rail? road 7 Per Cent. Bonds, State guarantee, at 02 per cent. 14,760 00 $33,000 Mississippi and Tennessee Rail? road Bonds, first mortgage, at BO per cent. 20,4O0 oo $15,600 Mississippi and Tennessee Con? solidated Bonds, 8 per cent., at 70 per cent. l?,860 00 $31,200 Pensacola and Georgia Rail? road Bonds and Coupons, at - per cent. 20,100 oo Total.$174,062 oo KB AI. XSTATK. Calhoun street property.$4,000 00 " 24,091 acres Florida Lands- 8,000 oo - 12,000 oo CASn ASSETS. New York Exchange. 4M oo Cash on hand. 5,080 27 - 6,530 27 Bills Receivable, Protested Exchange, and other assets valued at. 03,000 00 ?255,488 27 LIABILITIES. Circulation outstanding.$00,645 on Estimated to have been lost or destroyed. 40.000 oo - 20,995 00 pV- NOTICE.-OFFICE COUNTY COM? MISSIONERS, FIREPROOF BUILDING, CHAKI.ES TON, 8. P., December 20, 1809.-All persons Re? tailing LIQUORS lu thc County arc hereby called upon to take out Licenses for one year, from 1st January. 1R7H. Every violation or the law relative to these Li? censes will be prosecuted and Hie penalty strictly enforced. F. LANCE, dcr.23_ Clerk Board 0. 0. pS" PLANS AND ESTIMATES ARE solicited for a NEW MARKET BUILDING to bo erected on the sile or ibo present Market In 8a vannnh, Ga. The available spaco ls lu shape a parallelogram. Tho sides on Congress and Hry un streets, being two hundred and ten i210) feet, and on tho side streets one hundred and nluc-flve (105) feet. Plans may include a cellar story below, and halls, ofllccs, Ac, above the market proper, lt ls desirable to leavo sufllclent spaco in the Interior for light and ventilation, at tho same lime roofing the entire area. Two hundred and fifty dollars will bc paid fo tho plan adopted, and ono hundred dollars for | tho pinn next approved. Plans will bc received until Janurry 10,1870. Address ALFRED HAYWOOD, deolO thnio li airman Market Committee. pgr IF YOU WANT LAW BOOKS, LAW nLANKSand Legal Printing, go to EDWARD PERRY, Ko. 166 Meeting street, opposite Charles? ton Hotel, Charleston, 8. C. dccll 6moa ?ES-TO REMOVE MOTH PATCHES, FRECKLES and TAN from the face, uso PERRY'S Moth nnd Freckle Lotion. Prepared only by Dr. B. C. PERRY, No. 49 Bond-street, Now rk. Sold by all DrntglstH._decs amos ?ar-rERRY's COMEDONE AND PIM? PLE REMEDY positively cures Comedones, (Bald Heads or Grubs;) also Red, White and Malicratcd Pimples on tho '.acc. Depot No. 49 Bond street, Ne<v Vor*. ??0l?i by Druggists everywhere. deco 3m*s ?iA HOLLAHS A YKAR. Special Noneco. ^"CONSIGNER'S NOTIO B- MER? CHANT'S LINK.-Consignees per Schooner MT KOVKH oru hereby notltlcd that she ls THIS DAT discharging cargo ut Adgcr's North Wh irr. All Couds not called for ticforo sunset will b-- stored al their risk mitt expense. No claims allowed after Hoods leave the wharf. dceUS I WM. ROACH AJUO., Agents. ?fi&- CONSIGNEES |?KR SCHOONER U.V. KEELING ure hereby untitled Omi she ls THIS DAY discharging cargo ai ilrown Co's, wharf. All goods not culled for before sunset will he stored nt their risk and expense. No olaluau allowed a.ter goods leave thc wharf. dec-.'S WM. ROACH A CO., Ageats. ?&* OFFICE SOUTHWESTERN KAIL ROAD RANK, CHARLESTON, S. C., DECKMDKR .?3, lij?9.-Notice ls hereby given that mi an S after thc 1st January, 1870, the Trnnsrcr Rooks of the South western Railroad Rank and the Soul h Caro? lina Railroad Company will bc closed HU a new list of the Stockholders bc completed. J. M. I1ARLESTON, decJl fiuwt Cashier. ??f OFFICE CHIEF OF POLICE, CHARLESTON, DBCUMHER 2?, 1860.-NOTICE. All blowing or trumpets and other unusual noLses in Hie vlucinity of the Academy or Mnslc lu hereby prohibited, as il lends to annoy thc nudlenoe and lnicrrupl the peace of those who seek enjoyment I he rein. All those offending will bc arrested. Ry ordei of thc Mayor. ll. W. HENDRICKS, I deezi o ^ _ _ Chief nr Police. I J&r- IF YOU WANT STRAW. MANIL? LA ami all kinds of WRAPPING PAPERS, goto EDWARD PERRY, No. 165 Meeting slreet, oppo? site Charleston Hotel, Charleston, 8. C. dccU cmos _ jaersiriPPERS FER STEAMERS DIC? TATOR, CITY POINT and PILOTI10Y aro hereby notified that no freight will bc received after sau? set on the duys of their nailing. deco_J. D. AIKEN A CO.. AgentP. par- OFFICE SOUTHERN E2LPRESS COMPANY, CHARLESTON, DECEMBER 15, Issi. The Olllce of this Company lias been REMOVED from No. 147 Meeting street to No. 84 Hasol street, Immediately in rear of the Pavilion Hotel. T. D. ci 1.1, KS I TU, decio 16_ Agent. ~par- ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.-I hereby give notice lo thc Kindred and Creditors of JOHN BELL, late or Collcton County, deoeaacd, that I will apply to thc Judge of rrobato for Col? lcton County, on thc 10th day of January, 1870, for a Unul discharge as Administrator of said Es? tate. WM. S. MIND'S. decio ftulmo*_ ^fer- NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAV? ING claims against Hie Estate of Dr. J. L? NOW? ELL, late or St. James Santcc, will prcsout them ?A thc undersigned properly attested, within the time prescribed by law. All Indebted to said Es? tate will please make payment at once. E. W. NOWELL, 1 E ^ dccT imo_L. C. NOWELL, ( ?'??cm"?"'. ?&- NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAV? ING claims against thc Estate ot O. J. CHAFES will present them, properly attested, within tha time prescribed by law, and nil persons indebted to said Estate will please make payment to B. M. WALPOLE, Aiken, S. C., or A. H. HAYDEN, Charleston. . MARY A. CHAFER, Executrix. II. M. WALPOLE, dcc20 mw ra Executor. GO TO GEORGE LITTLE & CO. for WATER-PROOF TWEED OVER SACXS, for $5. _ docl8 Btqt-h jo-TO TTTE FRIENDS OF OLD ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH, sri. BiaritnM'O HA mail. AND URETHREN OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH! With the consent of thc Bishop or the Diocese, I purpose, through God's assistance, to reopen ibis venerable Colonial Church. It lu no ,t sixty years since lt has been closed, and tho old con? gregation has long slucc scattered, bat during tho past summer I have repeatedly preached In lt, and, though my services were at night, always to large and attentive congregations, or both white and colored. I feel assured that there ls here a, wide field for successful missionary work. The building, n substantial brick structure, Ls In good preservation, but tho interior was much Injured daring thc war. I need about ($1000) ono thous? and dollars to repair lt, enclose tho graveyard, and flt up a parochial school. Thc people, though In moderate circumstances and not Episcopali? ans, have subscribed liberally for thea? purposes, bot they cannot do all. 1 therefore confidently, appeal lo my brethren of thc Diocese, and especi? ally to those of Charleston, St. Johu's, St. ste? phen's and else w here, filen ils, relatives and descen? dants of thc dead burled around this aacrod building. 1 seek to rescue from desecration tho graves of the loved and honored, and to rcballow thc spot where they sleep with thc word aud wor? ship ot Cod. Help mc with your girts aud your prayers. In your Christmas and New Year's offerings, remember lids work Tor Jesus' sake I Contributions may be sent to mo, addressed "Monck's Corner," or to Messrs. THURSTON A HOLMES, Charleston, S. C. P. P. STEVENS. deo21 tulht ??S- NO CURE, NO PAY.-FORREST'S JUNIPER TAR lor Coughs, Cronp, Whooping Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Sore Throat, Spitting or mood and Lung Diseases. Immediate relief and positive cure, or price refunded, ar. cents. N. H.-Thc gouulnc article has yellow labels, with white, unprinted wrapper. Sold by 0. W. AIMAR, Agent, Corner King and Vandcrhorst streets. nov2S thst mimo_ ?ED- MILIIAU'S GOLDEN COD LIVER OIL.-With Hypo-phosphite or Lime, a groat Im? provement; minto willi thc best oil known, it unites efficacy willi plcasaut flavor and cosy di gea ti bil i ty. Sold by all rcspcclablo druggists. J. MILIIAU'S SONS, No. 183 Broadway, decio ftntmo New York. jsS- TO PRINTERS.-IF YOU WANT NEWS, DOOK, CAP, DEMI and MEDIUM PAPERS, Ulli Heads, Statements, Cards, Card hoard, Print? ing Material, Minding, Ruling and Cutting, goto EDWARD PERRY, No. 155 Meeting stroot, oppo site charleston Hold, Charleston, S. 0. declt cmos_ _ ?&~TO CONSUMPTIVES.-THE AD? VERT18ER, having been restored to heal Mi In a few weeks, by a very simple remedy, after having suffered several years with a severo lung affec? tion, and that dreadful disease, consumption, ts anxious to make known to Ids fellow-sufferers the means OT euro. To all who desire lt, he will send a copy of the prescription used (froc or charge,) with the direc? tions for preparing and using thc samo, which they will find a suns Cims FOR CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, liRONoniTis, Ac. The object of the ad vaniser In sending tho Prescription ts to benefit the afflicted, and spread information which he conceives to bo Invaluable; nnd he hopes every sufferer wiU try his remedy, os lt will coat them nothing, and may prove a blessing. Parties wishing the prescription, wat please ad. dress REV. EDWARD A. WILSON, Willlarantiurg, Klngn County. New York. novo 8 m os pf WORDS OF CHEER-ON T n E Errors or Youth and tho Follies ot Age, tn rela? tion to Marriage and Social Evils, with a helping hand for the erring and unfortunate. Sent In sealed letter envelopes, free of charge. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Ros P., Philadelphia Pa. sc pt 25 amos