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* r VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1157. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR N 'A S Ul SC TO\. WASHINGTON, December 2?. ?hfus R. Ward bus boen reappointed sjiocial agent at large on mail depredations. ' ? .There was no Cabinet meeting to-day. The gold in the Trcas.iry is one hundred and seven raillions; gold oerMhoates thirty-seven mil? lions; currencjfcten and a half millions. The debt statement will *how a decrease of probably seven millions. AFFAIRS IX XEW YORK. NEW YORK, December 2S. It is reported that E. J. Oakley has boen embezzling the funds of thc Merchants' Exchange Bank for a long time. The deficit will probably * reach two hundred thousand dollars; thc supply of the bank amounts to eighty thousand dollars after paying dividends. LATER.-The investigations into the Merchants' .Exchange Hank Irregularities show a deficiency already of one hundred and fifty thousand dol? lars, and will probably prove much larger. The nantes of the defaulters have not transpired. Toe bank claims the ability to meet its liabilities. In the case of Rowena Lawrence against B. F. - Butler, the Twigg's sword case, a motion was made to vacate the order of arrest on the ground that the taking was under orders of the Culled States, and that there was no conversion. The decision was reserved. Thc postofnee authorities are negotiating with the Inman, Anchor, and several other lines to carry the mails at reduced rates. The negotiations are not yet concluded. The Tribune says: "A test case selected by thc Board of Brokers has just been decided by the Court of Appeals iu this city, reversing a previ? ous judgment of thc Supreme Court, and#that ?when a broker buys stock on a margin for a cus? tomer he is not at liberty to sell it because it falls helow the margiu, without giving notice of thc time and place of sale. Considering thc stock as the property of the customer, the court in this instance makes the broker who sold under snch circumstances liable for the highest price the stock may have reached, even to the date of this trial. This will be new doctrine to Wall street. EVROFE. Napoleon and thc >ew French Ministry. PARIS, December 28. The Emperor accepts tbe resignation of tbo ministry. The Emperor's lettter to Ollivier re? quests him to name the persons who with himself will form a homogeneous ministry, faithfully rep? resenting the legislative majority, and resolved to ?any out in letter and spirit the Senatus Consul torn of September 8. The new French Ministry, under thc leadership .f Ollivier, will probably soon bc announced. ?, LONDON, December 28. wc new Austro-Chinese treaty forbids consuls engaging in trade. SPARKS FROM TUE HIRES. la a match game between Hie New York Mutuals and thc Pelican Base Ball Clubs, played at New Orleans yesterday, the former were vic? torious. Score 34 to 6. A serions row took place at Dearing, Columbia County, Qa., en Monday afternoon, in which A. V. Hods and Ellis Adams were shot and killed, and Dyah Hods wounded. Whiskey was thc cause, politics having nothing to do with lt. The Rev. Father Dunn ls dead. He was a prom? urent Catholic priest during the Native American riots of 1844. Governor McDougall is abont abandoning North? western Canada, leaving the insurgents in quiet possession. * At the Bristol, England, theatrical panic, eigh? teen persons were killed and many hort. A PR IC A y PROORESS. THE NEGRO AS A LANDOWNER. An Experiment and thc Hi suit-Total Fallare ot* Negro Laadun'm r; to lin? pro-re their Position. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] BEAUFORT, S. C., December 24. Tho December term of court at this place was adjourned "without day" on the afternoon 0fthe22d. Your conespondent has had another efportunlty of noticing thc improvement in our colored citizens, but has not noticed lt. The ju? ries, grand and petit, were composed almost en? tirely of that class. That there was no elevation .f moral character was made evident by their dogged obstinacy in every case where the liti? gants were respectively white and colored, even in the face of his nonor's plainest charges. Their wretched personal appearance, coupled with ?heir empty pockets, proved the low state of their ?nances. Their evident dullness of comprehen? sion when addressed either by the Judge or the lawyer, clearly Indicated fiat there has been no intellectual progress, ?t least ou the part of the adults. One "would suppose that if there was e, spot of the late Confederacy where "Vie Improvement of the negro would be Blore marked than elsewhere, that spot was Just herc. lu 1861 they were left by their .wners In possession of almost everything. Pro? vision?, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry, houses, lands, agricultural Implements and animals, with ample supplies of furniture, clothing, Ac, were abandoned, and thus fell into t! * bands. The rapacious invader seized and shipped only such articles as would bear expend or transportation anl leave a good margin for profit. Theu went cotton, finer pieces of furniture, libraries and work of art. During the sojourn here of large bodies ofHoldlcrs, abundant sums of money were disbursed to the negroes; yet, when thc troops were finally withdrawn, these creatures were left ta abject poverty. With scarcely an exception the great mass of them were as poor as ever they had been during the days or slavery. Indeed, "the bureau" was Indispensable to their very ex latence. At thc tax sales lu 1<*63, they pur? chased, ut nominal prices, and on the most ac? commodating terms, as much laud as they re? quired; many or them securing also line resi? dences in thia town. Possessed of these lands, they have, In many instances, been too lazy to Improve them, and after the lapse of several years we find them passing Into other hands, or returned to thc tax commissioners from whom they were originally obtained. This is especially the case with the town residences. Held by an .uncertain tenure, they have fallen into decay. Indeed, many of thc occupants seem to have fore? seen their utter Inability to comply with the terms ef the sale, and have removed, for fuel and other purposes, doors, shutters and sashes, at the same time filling the Junk shops with locks, buits, hinges, Ac. Is it to be expected that these hi dro.ues will ever become good, honest, industrious citizens ? Has not the experiment beeu made hereunder thc mos: favorable circumstances and with the must rostering assistance? What isthc re? sult, after more than eight years of untiring efforts in their benair v It Ls a melancholy Tact that the condition of many Is this day more deplorable than it was In 1S30. They have not advanced one step except towards the ballot-box. It may be that the risiug generation will demonstrate their capacity Tor elevation: but wc fear thc in? fluence or parental example. There can be little hope for thc negro race s? long as they annum . universally hold that i.'ic essence of all enuc cooBists lu Its detection. But toi he court: There was no Important cases tried ia the Sessions. One conviction wu had ror cuttou stealing, bat both part its were black. YOSE. -flit Btnjrress Eugenie had to borrow two huu drei', thousand francs at Alexandria, ?he Uavi exhausted ber futius at Conaiantiuopl.s where abo presented splendid diarnoa.t riOgd to alltoa Awt-g^d wives vi lb? Sniuu. INTERESTING HILL. Protection to Siclt Pcoplr-Thc To iv ti? sh lp Q.1IC tit i on. Among the billa before the ?Jouerai Assembly aro two which are of interest to the people of the State. They are the hills "to amend the law iu rc latiou to thc license and registration of pharma? ceutists, apothecaries and druggists, and to regu? late thc vending ot drug* and poisons ;" and "to? amend the act to authorize townships and >!etlue their duties and privileges." ' THE TOISON DILL,* as the Bist named ls called, h ts airead} passed the House, and will doubtless pass .he Senate without opposition. Some of its provisions will if enforced, tend to give moen better protection to sick people than they have beret jfore had. Hie provisions or thc bill are that the medical faculty of the University of South Can.dna snail have equal povfer with thc facitity of thc Medical College of Charleston in respect to the examina? tion and license of pharmaceutists, apothecaries ami druggists, all of whc.ni must have within six months alter the passage of this act a license to carry ott business from one or the other of the fac? ulties named. They shall upon receiving a license undergo au examiuailou Including the reading of manuscript, prescription aud explanation there? of; the discovery or detection of unusual Josee of drugs-aud especially ol' poisons; tue recognition and distinguishing of the various roots, barks, leaves, limits, resins aud gums lu common ase; ami the proper antidotes and modes or adminis? tration thereof, for the different poisons-no ex? amination to be required, however, ii the appli [ cant for a license be a regular grad? uate in medicine or pharmacy of a school that is ou the nd ntt-nOrm of the Uni? versity of South Carolina: that lt shall be the duty of all licensed pharmaceutists, apothecaries and druggists, to have their uamcs registered in a book kept by thc said faculty of the said Uni? versity, wnicb book shall include the name of persons registered, place or business, the fact whether thc person registered be a graduate of medicine ur pharmacy, or whether under license granted on examination, and any other matter ol information the said faculty may see fit to add; that those doing business must report annually, on or before thc llrst day of November, to thc saul faculty what change bas occurred with them during the preceding year: that every pharma? ceutist, or other person selling any poison, shall be sallslled thal Hit purchase ls made for legiti? mate purposes, and shall keep a book which shall be recorded every sale of the following articles, viz : Arsenic and its preparations, all metallic cyanides and cyanide or potassium, tartar emetic, corrosive sublimate, acoulte and its preparations, strychnine and all other poisonous alkaloids and their salts: eun tharides, ergot and hydrocyanic acid. The said record also to exhibit the name or the person to whom sold, place of his residence, and purpose of purchase stated ; which book shall bc kein at all times subject to inspection by the coroner of the county and solicitor or the circuit, or such other person as either of them may designate; that all persous in this State engaged in busiucss as pharmaceutists, apothecaries or druggists, lu either thc wholesale or retail of drugs, shall, to every bottle, vial, box, or other package contain? ing any poison named in thc preceding sectiou, or any one or more of the following articles, viz : oxalic acid, clorofonn, bella donna and Us prepa? rations, opium auii all of its preparations, except paregoric, digitalis and its preparations, lieu bane and its preparations, hemlock or coniane, or any ankle that may bc added to this list by said faculty cf the University, securely attach a label, whereon shall be either printed or legibly written with red iuk the name of the poison, and the name of at least one antidote, with brief direc? tions as to the mode of using the same: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall bc construed to apply to the filling of prescriptions made by regular physicians. And, provided further, That it shall bc the duty of the examining body, un ap? plication, at thc lime of registration, to furnish to the party registering a form of label for poisons; that tuts act sb?ll not bc construed to prevent mer chants and sh ^keepers from vending or exposing to sale medicines already prepared; Provided, Such merchants and shopkeepers shall attach to the articles sold a copy or the label attached thereto by wholesale druggist, and, In the sale nf poisons, shall comply with thc requirements of this act In relation thereto; that lt shall not be lawful for the proprietor of any pharmaceutical shop to allow any persun not qualilled, in accord? ance with the provisions of this act, to dispense poisons or compound the prescriptions or physi? cians: and any person who, upon indictment for avlolatlon of this section, shall ba convicted of the same, shall pay a tine not exceeding live hun? dred dollars, or surfer imprisonment for thc period of uot more than six mouths. TUB TOWNSHIPS. The bill to amend the act "to organize town? ships" ls thc work of Corbin, and ls intended to remedy thc defects in thc workings of thc town, ship system, which are many und grievous to be borrie. This bill, the provisions of which arc ap? pended, wiu hardly pass cither thc Sedate or the Hou?o. Tito members of the latter body, general, ly, have supported the bill repealing the township act: That towns may, al le^al meetings, grant and yotc such sums oi money as they judge necessary for the support of town or district schools, for laying on', discontinuing, nul?iig. altering ur re? pairing highways, for labor and materials to bc used thereon: for burial grounds; for legal liabili? ties arising therein; provided, that thc money raised fur school purposes shall not exceed In any one year more than tea cents on every one hun? dred dollars o? the lists or the town; that when any person claiming the right to vote shall feel himself aggrieved by the decision of the select? men, ho may forthwith appeal to thc trial Justices resilient within thc township, who. or a majority or whom, shall immediately form a board and proceed to hear aud dctermiuc thc appeal. If they?deterini:ic in favor of thc right or thc appeliaTit, they shall give hui a certif?cate show? ing that he ls entitled to vote at the pending elec? tion ; on presenting said certificate at the poll, he. i shall be entitled to a rote;that for the purpose ot keeping In repair the high -ays and bridges, the selectmen of each town shall annually, previ? ous to the fifteenth of January, assess a tax of ten cents on every hundred dollars of thc lists of each town, to bc paid in money or labor, at the option of the taxpayer, a C ly's labor of ten hours each, from every voter between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, (which labor may be commuted at the option of tuc voter, by the payment t?r ten cents per hour;) that town clerks shall receive for makingup records and recording all such matters and things, a-t by law they arc required to record, the same lees as are now allowed to a registrar of mense conveyance ; highway surveyors shall re? ceive hit ecu couts per hour, for time necessarily employed In discharging the duties require I by the act ; the selectmen and moderators shall serve without pay; thc constables shall receive such fees as arc allowed by law for similar ur equivalent services to sheriffs. Strong, Hurgo 11?TH and Pig Tight. CUAUAMV;LLB. December24. TO THE EDITOlt Ol' TUB NEWS. I saw in THU NEWH of thc ?6th last, where a negro legislator in Colombia had introduced a bill that planters should make their fe?cas "bull strong, homo high and pig tight," and if tuc crops so protected aro destroyed or injured by lnro;:.!s or c:>t;le or block, the planter can sue and recover damages from thc owner of thc cattle orbtock. This in plain BngUsrt means, that any man's crop is at ihc servioe of any cattle ur boga thai can get in aud cat tl; for ii the stuck gets in, lt ls not a lawful fence. The old law required a fence six feet high, subsequently altered tu live feet high. There ls no such fence la this section, and but lillie, ii auy, probably in ibis State, Bincc th? emancipaiiou. A Western horse-drover or any 11 foreigner, who m iy own hoards of cattle, and not j i owu or pay taxes for one foul o'' land in the Stale, may, at a;iy time, turu their hurses, cattle or hogs to fatten uu thc planter's crops, and there being no lawful fence, tho planter can get no rc dress~.il law. Thia evil, however, is lu sonic de? gree lessened by the f.ict that every case of larce? ny bas to bc tried in Dca ufo rt, L!i:y miles oil", and Cutfee catt now steal a beast with Impunity, us Hiere ls no stock-holder thai would nut sooner sub? mit to the theft than to thc expense, Inconveni? ence and loss of timj by prosecuting, and then have to try the case before a negro Jury. Nearly all of oar bett landa uro without a fc-u-e, a waste. Some ol theta would bc cultivated If a law were passed reqairitig all owxeN of stock lo ktrp llicm enclosed, ll would be greatly to thc advantage of Immigrants (if we are U ?:.i them) lo have such laws. I: would g.-ueraliy t i':; d.v:'.)' ! the money to fence landa than ii would tak i to ba; them, aa I the latn?r to renee to a:-y v?;.-it tv jul l ha .?. to b. Imported. Suth a law would greatly leers tactlis -.: VM--:; value of the laud-!, and ? d ?u?t 802 ivlijf 11.2 U-gi lattin woul ! no;, pasa U, as il waul '. tuoatly i-.-:, fi; ike negro, wha rarely Q'ltz ar.y stock. ?,,T:,K,2U!r:;. 11 A THU' TO CALIFORNIA. Tin Kimti ?-Tin Sleeping Carn-Imper? tinent Stctvnrds-Iowa Land ;-Thc liocky Mountains-The Sierra Yevada -First Impressions of thc Chinamen -Tile San Francisco Hotels, &r. [FROM AN OCCASIONAL co Ki: KS PON PK XT. j SAN FRAKCI. co, December 14. Porsons who go overland to California, via New York, should, in New York, take a ticket for the Rock island route. Through tickets are pur? chased iu New York from railroad ticket agents. I went to Wells, Fargo A Co., thc owners of thc express (and hanking; business, which extends over Hie whole country west of thc Rocky Moun? tains. The ticket agent exhibited to mc pros? pectuses for live different routes, but, upon my question, which one was the most expeditions and certain to make connections at Chicago, he answered that ho thought all were equally good. In this my informant was mistaken, nt least in my cast*, 1 chose the New York Central, via Buffalo, simply because 1 thus had an oppor. tunity of passing along thc lakes, winch t had never seen. I left New York on Monday at 0.30 F. M., and was doe in Chicago on Wednesday at 9 A. M. But near Buffalo Hie wheel boxes of one of the caia got on Ure. It being night lime, it took Hie road men nearly two hours to extinguish the conflagration, and, notwithstanding increased speed to make up for the loss time, wc were dually three-quarters of an hour behind time, ar? riving at Chicago at 9.45. Had I none by t lie Rock Island route I could have started at io o'clock from the Bam : depot. With my New York Central ticket I had, as the conductors told me, lo i?'o in an omnibus to the opposite end of Chicago (Wells street depot,) though 1 learned afterwards, but loo late, that 1 m.'^ht have exchanged niv ticket at thc Kock Island depot. As it was, I had to re? main twenty-four hours in Chicago, a very dis? agreeable delay, for^the weather was Intensely cold, and sight seeing out of the question. Thc Pullman sleeping cars are exceedingly comfortable, and should, I think, be used, by la? dies at least, throughout the whole route. Each car consists o: tw elve sections, each of which contains duriug the day two double seats, and at night two double berths-the number of passen? gers In a full tar being thus only twenty-four. They cos: from New York to Chicago (two nights) *.">, from Chicago to Omaha (one night) f 2 io, from Omaha to Promontory, or rather Og? den, for the Union I'aclllc Railroad has lately sold the portion of the road from Ogden to Promon? tory to thc Central Pacific, (two nlghth) $s, from Ogden to Sau Francisco (two nights) $C. As 1 have said, :lie accommodation of sleeping cars are a necessity loriadles aud children; nentlcraeu cuti, with a Ulnnkct and pillow, get along in the common flrst-class car. though they should take sleeping cars at least from New York to Chicago, and from Ogden to San Francisco, because on the two ends of thc route the cars are crowded, while on thc Union Pacillc Railroad (from Chicago to Ogden) thc number ol' passeu gers is comparait cly small, at least at this sea? son, so that tito chances of getting two double seats for night travel are very good. The rail? roads aro throughout in excellent running order, and punctual as to time. Thc eating ulong the route wa?, [ hear, generally poor, at a price of *1 25 currency per meal. I carried a basket full uf provisions aud bought a cup of very good cof? fee mornings and evenings along the road, and 1 would advise others to do likewise. There are utily two drawbacks to thc Bleeping cars, the one i strong drausht of wind, which pours through the double windows, is especially troublesome at night, and causes, no doubt, the sorethronts and saids whit!! passengers are said to coutract so [requently; thc other, ilie colored stew ards, wboi though they are of unmistakable African descent, till claim to bc descendents of Canadians and In? dians, and are either pompous or Impertinent, as niggers will be. especially if, as this is done frc iiue.itly by Western "ladles," they are not kept at a respectful distance. I saw one of ikese mulat? to fellows pat one of thc "hurles," who had tormented him with very unnecessary ques? tions, very familiarly on the back, willi Hie words : "Now, you have asked me that a hundred times, and I will not answer you iiiij more-I ls tired of you." People who eanuot live without washing every morn? ing, have to take the sleeping curs, In which there I is a dressing-room; those who travel In the cam mou cars nave no cliauce to make ablutions Tor ?von days, unless thny are willing to rub their liuntU aud faces with frozen snow. I will not en? tertain you with a description of the route; suf lice lt to say that, lu my opinion, the riches) lands that wc passed were lu Iowu. There the soil con? sists of a rich, bluck loam, often three feet deep, undulating prairie land, bringing from $10 to $30 [ier acre near thc railroad. The same rich, black soil is again observable lo the Sacramento-* alley, where, especially between Sacramento and Stock? ton, thc vineyards, orchards anil wheat farms are beautiful and tn a high state of cultivation, ruc Rocky Mountains appear, for the greater part it the route, rather like a high plateau than a ridge or mountains with lori y peaks, only the io-callcd Echo Canon with thc Devil's Cate, iorni ?d by thc (?rceu River, presents wild, mountain jcenery. There perpendicular rocks, hundreds or reethigh, rise on both sides of thc railroad, so :lose to the track thai there ls hardly room for a lecond ont-sometimes Hie rocks hang actually jver thc read. The scenery in this portion iff tho Rocky Mountains partakes altogether or tho mareeter or lim Tyrolcsc Alps. Thc Sierra Ne rada, OU the other hand, ls, as far as it eau be seen, (?or snow sheds, forty miles in length, pre rtnt the passenger from seeing a great portion of ihesceucry,] rather romantic than wild and sub imo in its character. Instead of endless wastes )l snow and sage-bushes, which weary Hie eye In Ina Rocky Mountains, HIL- Sierra Nevada appears ia one Interlinked enaln of beautiful mountains iud valleys, covered with magnificent pines, call ..d shudder pines, oaks and other trees which had iot yet '.os*. their leaves-while in thc Rocky Mountains tuc only signs ot lire wcro un Deca? gonal flock nf antelopes or elks, or hero aud .?tero a prairie dog, seated on bis mound uf earth, J:- at night thc ugly bark or a wolf. Everything n the Sierra Nevada was green, flourishing and ictive. Mining tow ns are established all along he route; aqueducts which lu wooden troughs induct Ute mountain streams for many miles dong the heights and across thc narrow valleys: .oads With leann ol horses carrying thc ore to .ho mills; crowds of healthy, prosperous-looking atti at every station; little Dutch-looking chil Iren, with T?U cheeks and round anns; even 'arms in which vegetables ?ind Iruits are grown ?rove i! o genera! prosperity of ibu new Stale ol ??'evada. A'. Elko, lu Nevada, thc Ilrst Chillest; ?rere seen; some carno on board, others were forking on the railroad. These sous of tho Cc estiai Empire have uniformly made a very favor iblc impression upon nie, and 1 have now, o: sours?, seta thousands of them. Tin y are very ;!"an. even those worklug at the railroads, have i quat, sedate. Intelligent expression or couulc Utuce, work very s:ead:!y, and seem altogether a ate superior lo tho suns of Hain. I should ht ?orry to see them put under Hie latter in tho South; ?: would, K seems io nie, bf ai: outrage igalnat Natara They are, however, tar from lapclarhi California; iu fact, thc sentiment ol ?topping theil furtker Immigration sectus almost nlversul here. They care iiulltisg for political irivtlegrs, anti all look forward t" a muru i> Ulina, and for (lils reason they save and scud mt of thc country every dollar they eau make tn?l span*, lu this aspect t::? y arc, of c arso, a .cry undesirable population, f< r, while lacy fur ii a !. '. ir, v..y d-> ?ot spend the fruits . -lr abor, but tirai;? the country o: iv. pertm?ar? ic ?-u:Cv& I saw, als?, at Eilcoai d sui se pi ni ?.: :. lotis .j nunihcr of Papwo Indian::-inca, trian md child < .t. v:.ey ; uta: thi lr whole :.: -es vi'.xu i bright iou brick ca or, loos extrsaieij ?li.v. ,aJ ?ie .'::-??;&?: IrrcciaiattKoss; ... i-i I arres, ".1t only to bc killed," as a German gentle? man fium Hamburg said to mc with undisguised loathing. I advised him to extend bis visits to thc sea Islands of dear old .South Carolina for fur? ther experiences of thc same fact. Thc tramen of these Pupoo fcllow-mcn and brethren ca.ry their infants, tied against a board, on their backs. Above the child's head a shed made Qi nark is fastened, from which two tas? sels, occasionally bells, arc dangling Into the pre? cious baby's face. The beauty of this invention ls that it makes al! the babies Bquintfearfully. The journey from New York to San Francisco oc? cupied seven days and three hours uninterrupted travel, excepting, of course, thc day last at Chi? cago. Thc railroad herc now goes over to Oak laud, from which place passengers arc carried across thc bay in a ferry boat: but, as they arrive at OnklaniftU 0:30 P. IL, California ti.ue, they have to wait for the magnificent view which the hay presents, until the next morning. The best hotel in San I-'raneiseo ls the Lick House, at least San Franciscans say that it is the only Orot class hotel: charges ?4 per day. Thc two next, best arc thc Metropolitan and cosmopolitan, both very line and elegant structures; the charges, I bi ?leve, the same as in thc Lick House. A very good and j conveniently situated second class hotel is thc American Exchange Hotel, corner of Sacramento and San som streets, which charges from $1 60 to $2 per day. In Hus hotel your correspondent has taken quarters, paying *4') per month, and is quite satislied, for the table ls very good and plen? tiful, the rooms small but eleau, and the wallers are polite and attentive. In my next I will en? deavor to give my Char liston friends a descrip? tion of what 1 have seen litre siuee my arrival. _ _ A. t*. , INCENDIA BIS M. Destructive Files in Florence - Acci? dental Death. [rstOH OUR OWN nor. HES ros DENT.) FLORENCE, S. C., December 2;. I regrcl to report that our community has lately beeu the scene of several destructive incen? diary lires. Last week the gin-house of .Mr. Peter Goggcsliall, near here, wa. totally destroyed, with its contents of cotton, cotton seed, ftc. On Sat? urday morning, before day, thc store of In'-srs. Winebiirg A Strauss was llred, and thc proprie? tors and clerks came near being suffocated in the burning building. The workshops of Mr. John H. Husbands, adjoining, caught, and were utterly de? molished. A small store on thc opposite corner also caught tire, as did the dwelling of Mr. Hus? bands, but these last were saved by the presence of the Florence Fire Company. All these fires were thc work of% incendiaries, and except, that Messrs. WlneburgA Strauss, who were partially in? sured, the losses have to be borne solely by the unfortunate owners. Messrs. W. A 8. were in? sured for about $4000, and their lass was between $sooo and $9000. I see a paragraph in your Issue of the 25th that Mr. E. M. Davis had murdertd a negro. This is au error. Theeirenmstances were that Mr. Davis got into a difficulty with a merchant here, in which harsh language was used. The merchant drew a sword and Mr. Davis a knife. Arthur. Mr. Davis" body servant, stepp, d between the bel? ligerents to protect lils former master and tu stop bloodshed, in doing this, he caught a blow, not aimed at him, which entered tho main artery of the leg, und Arthur died the next day from loss of blood. Up to the hour of lils death he expressed his strung attachment to lils old master, and said he did nut wish bim arrested, for he never intend? ed to harm him. This attachment was recipro? cal, and non" regrets Arthur's loss more than Mr. Davis. Mr. Davis is one uf our most respecta? ble and esteemed citizens, and has the sympathy ol'the whole community, white and colored, la this unfortunate accident, which he regrets. I'BBSS'LEV. rOEEIGN ITEMS. -Soven thousand Saxons,liring in Transylva? nia, have determined tu emigrate uext spring to the United States. Hardtimes and the general maladministration of thc country led them lo take this resolution. -V man can give bis neighbor a promissory note, moistened by a Huid just invented by n French chemist, and in a month afterwards the holder will have nothing to show for it but a little du?t. If lids fact becomes generally known, short credits will become the rule-lu order that the borrower may be compelled to come down with the dust before lils note does. -A numerical code has been authorized by the English Government, to be used tu the transmis? sion of messages over thc telegraph lines. The code book resembles a dictionary, and contains par? ticular words, p.uases and sentences, with their equivalent symbols formet) of numbers. The lia? ges are numbered, find also tue lines of each page, and thc message is communicated by transmit? ting the number of thc page and the number of the linc where the identical sentence is found. Tue code contains a copious collection of the mes? sages ordinarily sent by business men and by private Individuals. -Thc Times newspaper recently made au ap? plication to the English Court uf Chancery for au injunction against the proprietor ur thc Clcrkcn well News and London Times, to prevent the use of the latter part of thc title, the words "Clerk cn well News and" bel Ug printed in small type, and "London Times" in large letters. The re ?pondent argued that the plaintiff had no prop? erty in anything but the words bc used, to wit : "Thc Times." After argument, however, the law was found lo be so clearly against a descriptive imitation of the title of au old established news paper, thal thc defendant consented tu a decree compelling him lo strik? out III? words "and London Times." -Thc celebration ul High Mass on Adven: Sun? day, in St. Peters, ut Home, gives an opportunity . for a descriptivo letter in thc London Times'. For? ests of caudles in the church, ladies in lull dress black, Swiss guards, priests, monks and bishops from thc four quarters of Ibo globe, patriarchal, bearded ami dignified cardinal!*, ntid lastly, the Holy Father himself, make np Hie animated part uf thc scene. Flux IX is pictured as pale and aged, but walking steadily and Iwkiug de? terminedly. Military and sacred music M adc! together. A shrill-toned monk delivered Hie ser? mon, and thc service over, lighted cundlCH, fo:ir feet long, wer?.' placed before all Hie bishops, and Willi the Pope and cardinals ile y passed lu pro? cession oui of the ediUcc. The varieties of cha? racter and costume, the sea: let and goatskin, thc commingling u? tourists, worshippers, dignita larics and peasants, the streets alive with priests and inouls, thc Whirl Of gaudy equipages, are the delight uf this scribbler; and he reels oil' a foll column of word-painting with ail thc ecstacy ol a penny-a-liner lu a Held of literary clover. -Thc following paragraph appears in thc Pall Hall Gazette: "S > soon as liberty of worship was proclaimed in Spain, the Bible Society sent out finir inagulllccutly bound Bibles, in English, to Prim, T?rnete, Serrano and Karilla, lt was quite Immaterial lo the society that, being Kornau Catholics, these gentleman could not usc thc Pro? testant version any more than our Queen or princes would use thc Douai version, ?f sent lo them by AutOltelli or thc Pope Idmsclf; still moro immaterial that, being Soartianls, they prob?; ly could not understand .t word or thc Engl! 'i text. Thc use vf tb gift counted for nothing: ?n?ariug testimony,1 at the cost, pay ofjM .1 Fib!?, ws * a!! they cured for. We :i" s irry to grieve incss /.cal oils proselytizers by iufortniii;; them Ilia.' . .. nf their Bibles reached its ult?malo dcsbuulu Hie private house of ihs minister. They wore taken to thc respectivo ofl?-.*.?M over w!iic?t . I'Ciiilemeu presid rd, a" : Iris ilicu: 1110:1 ... .. ts ?f English sagacity. Vt n gave ld* to un English lady, J bus t: now in Lundi?.-!-? sprgi I itT.ilr, nil crimson a:;d ,-, v.l:?t'.i liai lain a; le; S -irai*-** War I . : ; stn cc u u 1 : r Iii:; .s?SI ti-- o? thc ci." .?; . 1 ii'.! a?1 .?'.;." t- .a* -r .d ..;.?. 4 tl . :i l!i . s 1 Cf 'i . . . 1 ami ?.1 ?au ;.i .j :.,.'! .ti..? ; t ICC ("..... MAD ORGIES IK XEW YORK. The Masked Rails and their Shameless Revelry-Flaunting "Vice Supreme. Thc New York papers note two assemblies or bal maitines which cante orrin that city just be? fore Christmas, at which thc worst features wit? nessed at similar affairs in Paris abounded, and to thc credit of the journals generally, they de? nounce these orgies unstintingly. The Urst was hehl at thc French Theatre, by a party calling themselves thc "Soci?t? des Bals d'Artistes Fran? cais," a name to which, it appears, they have no right, as there ls a society of the same name in thc city, composed of a highly respectable class of foreign residents. The Herald says: As the company wore set down at the cntrauee or thc theatre, there would bc a storm or com? ments. "She's a buster," "Sho.i Fly," "Tip thc wink to Cinderella." Every fresh arrival served as a new text mr various comments, and old rrieuds met and exchanged the mystic sign rn.ni beneath the mask. About the doorways he crowds were thinner, and thc discipline-tliis is thc natue that thc sell-constituted placemen who received tickets would term it-degenerated into an outrage on courtesy and a coarse parody on decency. The guests who did not dance arc classed as editors, city government olllcers, noted artists, merchants, men or family, transcendentalists and moody dreamers. The gay element was in command. There was little or no drinking going on in the building, and the managers announced in blue and white, -any attempt at disturbance or lewdness will be repressed with the most ex? treme severity : and sufficient force ls provided to warrant quietness and obedience to laws." People paled at the mandate. The dancers were actresses, the highe?! class of the demi-monde and their gallants, mostly in mask and orten in domino. A glance disclosed that the prevailing toilets were legs. The statu? esque representations made at every tum were eagerly followed by thousands or staring eves. One of thc most attractive-to rdl hut ministerial eve--was the figure of one masked fair one who* if a plane were passed through her Waist, all thc lower portion or her outlines would be true to un? dressed nature, save perhaps the covering or a thin veil, which, symbolizing hypocrisy, was, doubtless, Tor that reason Ironically employed; above her waist, a closc-lltting garment was drawn tight to her best, and amid a shower or spangles she tossed her blonde locks and deigned to notice some or lier particular friends bv a sly wink. The other affair, which ls said to have been or a still more offensive character, was got up by "La Cercle des Helles Dames de l'Harmonie," and as they were not allowed to occupy Allemaula Hall, adjourned to thc Everett Rooms. The costumes are said to have "been light and airy, but thc room being suttlclently heated, no apprehensions were entertained lest the fair creatures should catch cold." At midnight there was high revel, bul no disturbance had then taken place. From the comments of thc New York press it would seem that the scenes were most disgust? ing nt these shameless exhibitions. The Times says: The theatre was thc resort ol" thc scum of the earth. Infamous creatures endeavored to surpass each other in outraging every sentiment or de? cency. And the spectators were citizens calling themselves respectable. There were civic officials present, aldermen and others, whose conduct is regarded as viler than that of the degraded wretches whose obscene revels hail attracted them to tVio place. They seized one woman and Hung her from Hie box. Her thigh was broken In the fall. The police were appealed to, but de? clared that they dared not meddle willi the occu? pants ot thc box, for they were all members of the city government. Auotlier journal- speaks of the scene aa being "quite unparalleled in coarse indecency und rutll anlsmby any similar public entertainment ever held in this city. The lewdness which was dis? played was far loo outrageous and repulsive for description in the columns or any decent newspa? per. Hut by far the worst feature or the riotous occasion was thc brutal treatment bestowed on the frail and scantily dressed females in nitend anee, lu which a large posse of deputy sheriffs took a prominent part. These oillclals"occupied proscenium boxes, and behaved themselves in the most hardened, not to say demoulac manner. The World says; Thc crowd was manifestly made up of thc two eui generis types or character which In this city have received thc appellation ol "loafers" and "counter-jumpers." There were about a hundred masked women present to pro? bably live hundred masked and unmasked men; thc women were dressed in fancy costumes, nearly all selected with a view to expose as much or the person SS possible. Hy far the greater number wore trunk hose and fleshings; but many were attired In thc short skirts of the ballet. When sufficient liquor had been swal? lowed so as to produce recklessness, a woman was caught up and tossed bodily into the pro BCCnlum box, where she is caught and dragged by half a dozen brutes lu over the sill and furul tfm\ in such a manner as to disarrange as much as possible what small vestige or raiment there ls on her. Tills feat ls highly enjoyed, and an? other follows: A young woman, rather pretty, and dressed In long skirts, is thrown up and falls back into Hie anns of the crowd, who turn her over, envelop her head In her own skirts, and again toss her tip, temporarily denuded. The more exactly this proceeding outrages decency thc belter it Ls liked. The crowd, now drunken with liquor and its own beastliness, w hil rs round and round lu mail ecstucics. The panting wo? men, in the delirium or excitement their eyes hashing with thc sudden abnormal light or phy? sical elation, bound and l<a*> like tigresses tiny hnve lost the last sense or prudence, and safety. The can-can at length commences, but lt is no longer a dance, but :v series of indecent ex? posures and a tumultuous orglc. Thc journals nearly nil call loudly for reform In this flaunting vice. The Express says: One of the, as it would appear, Ineffaceable stains thal opera bouffe lins left in its train ls the sanction given to public expositions or Indecency. Five years ago scenes sirrh as were last night transacted in a respectable theatre were eouliued to the dens and slums of vice-hid themselves awav in cellars and dark, reeking sailors' dance houscs. Sow, vice Haunts Its brazen features lo the race ol'society, and society accepts I he flaunt? ing in good natu:c; smiles at vice, in fact; takes herby the hand and calls ni the strong arm ol' the law lo give herald and protection lu plying her wickedness. And but few dissenting voices are heard. Last vear these "French balls," as they are culled, were introduced into thc City of New York. The public was somewhat startled at llrst, al the brazen effrontery er the thing, but then they wen- new and dazzling, and so they were repeal? ed. Repeated, too, under the sanction of tho law, for herc were big, stalwart policemen, ready at anv emergency to quell, as thc circular which wan circulated hui night naively says, "any at? tempt al disturbance or lewdness." Forabrief time all goes well. The throngs ol' painted cour tczaiis display their charms with u lavishness that becomes disgusting, and clustering around lliem may beseeu young men about town, loung? ers, artists, lawyer's, gamblers, all mixed togeth? er in a heterogeneous mass. Later tho cham? pagne UegiUS lo have ils effect. There is the shrlci: id a woman-she ls wildly drunk, that ls all. carry lier out-, A scuttle now, and a mau is led off from thc door, Ids face a mass or blood. Yella and mt calls arc heard from every quarter of thc house-some poor intoxicated foulis ex? hibiting herself to gloating eyes lu inc maxes of thecan-cau. And so it goes on,nutll the revel? lers, sickened to satiety willi their debauchery, i-?nk out hilo tiie darkness or thc night, thc hgli's ?nv pul out, and New York has: had another .stain placed upon its fair escutcheon. ? thc officials of NewYorkaro derelict in this matter, then: is but oneayern-y and one mode by whie.li lo crush out so great and ultimately de? structive an evil-and thal ls for thu press to tuKe hold earnestly, vigorously and unsparingly, ex posingUUd denouncing all who in any way give these shameless moral monstrosities the least couutcuaiicc. lt is a cunning device of those who wish lo make money and nourish on these leprosies to induce ofiloiala, mayors, aldermen, councilmen, police boards, and even Judges to visit them per invitation, and under special privi? leges. lt is tims they design to gain Impunity for thciroxhluiUons. should it prove necessary, thc New York Journals must even go so far aa to sin? gle out and name thc oilicia.s and others or in nneucc or position who give countenance to these vicious things by attending and feasting upon Hu b" orgies. jlSf AWAY WITH UNCOMFORTABLE I'itUSSES.-Comfort and Curt- for ldc Ruptured, icu: post paid on receipt of Vi ceuts. Ad I ress Dr. H. H. FOOTE, Ko. 1J0 Lcxlogti ti avenue, Nev i'.er.lA wfinSmos .. .-...T? i K <: ii KAT J-I urn i x~ lt EMKDY CHOLERA, DYSENTERY AND DUR :IUEA CURUJA fc-This arti dc, so well known : ..i ! I;;! !y pn/edt! rontfhwrt thc Southern iinu* ....... ..... i - ra K.-iU'?ily Tor the" linav U.-.K. e.-. i> .-. . v.i. , .! to the whole country, lt U titvahiable to every lady, ?j :!i married aim \ .,.roily can alford to lie without lt, aud nom . x ?o whom i; i virtues aro t .; >..-. :>. : . r sale by ail Druggists and general dealers. DJ.Vi!. .. MO?SE. ?tarico. BURN-SEYLE.-On Thursday morning, De? cember 23d, lsiio, at Hethel Ctanrcli, bj the Rev. J. T. Wightman, GEORGE W. BI-RN, Jr., to Miss ANN E. SEYLE. BURN- SKYLE.-At the same time and place, CLARENCE A. BI-RN t^Miss HENRIETTA iL SEYLE, all of Charleston. * DIBP.LE-BATES.-Oi! Tuesday evening, De? cember 21sr, by the Kev. W. J'. Mouzon, at the residence ol' the bride's father, VIRGIL U. DIBBLE, of Charleston, to ELIZA E., daughter of Dr. R. W. Bates, of Orangeburg. No cards. . CfDbitncrrj. PYATT.-Died, at Spartanburg. S. C., on the lath of December, 1869, HARRIET NOWELL, thc be? loved wife of John P. Pyatt. "With Christ, which is far better." Special Notices. PW- THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS of the German Fire Engine Company return their thanks to Mr. IL H. VON EITZEN and Mr. HAM? MERSCHMIDT Tor refreshments furnished at thc late lire on East Hay on the 25th December. deo29 1 p~f* OFFICE CHARLESTON GAS? LIGHT COMPANY. DECEMBER 28, 1869.-The Board of Directors having declared a Dividend of FIFTY CENTS per Share on the Capital Stock of of this Company, the same will be paid to Stock? holders on and after Monday, loth prox. The Hooks of Transfer will bc closed from this date until the 10th prox. W. J. HERIOT, dec29 ll .Secretary and Treasurer. r-T-?OT?CE ia HEREBY GIVEN THAT at thc expiration of three months, application will be mailc for renewals of thc following CER. Tl FI CATES OF STOCK, th? originals of which have been lost, viz: In Bank of Charleston, No. 1900 for thirty-two (32) new Shares; in Union Bank, No. - for seventeen (17) Shares, both above standing In name of Henry R. Frost; and in Planters* and Mechanics' Bank of South Carolina, No. 12.TT9 for forty-Six ((46) Shares; No. 14 228 for ten (10) Shares, and No. 15,724 for two (2) Shares, in name of Henry IL Frost, Trustee. THOMAS FROST, JR., dec20 lamo."._Executer. /^-EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION. The CELEBRATION OF EMANCIPATION DAT will take place on SATURDAY, January l, 1870. The line will be formed at the corner of Calhoun and Meeting streets, at 8 o'clock A. M., and the processlou will move on* nt 9 o'clock, and march through the principal streets to the Military Hall, where an oration will be delivered at 10 o'clock. Thc various Companies, Societies and Organiza? tions, and the citizens generally, arc respectfully Invited to participate. Seats will be provided especially for ladles. T. E. DIXON, Chairman Committee of Arrangements. dec29 wf2* pS*WnCE TO CONSIGNEES.-THE Steamship SARAGOSSA ls THIS DAY discharging Cargo at Vanderhorst's Wharf. All Goods not re? moved by sunset will remain on wharf at owner's risk. RAVEN EL A CO., dec2S 3 Agents. PS* NOTICE.-OFFICE SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. C.-The COUPONS for Interest on the Bonds of thc Savannah and Charleston Railroad Company FIRST MORTGAGE, which mature January 1st, 1870, will bc paid on presen? tation at thc banking house of EL H. KEMPTON, Financial Agent State of South Carolina, No. 9 Nassau street, New York. S. W. FISHER, dec2713 Treasurer. pS* PEOPLE'S BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA.-This Bank having complied with all of the provisions of the Act of March, lSCtt, will THIS DAY resume active operations at their office, No. 20 Broad street. JAMES B. BETTS, dcc27 3 Cashier. PS* NOTICE.-OFFICE COUNTY COM? MISSIONERS, FIREPROOF BUILDING, CHARLES? TON, S. C., December 20, 1809.-All persons Re? tailing LIQUORS in the County arc hereby called upon to take out Licenses for one year, rrom 1st January. ls;o. Every violation of the law relative these Li? censes will be prosecuted and the p mal y strictly enforced. F. ! ANCE, dCCffl Clerk ' .? rd C. C. ~ j2Sr^OTICE.-THREE "MONTHS' AF? TER date application will be made to the Bank of Charleston for renewal of CERTIFICATE No. 7288, for two shares, old issue, and CERTIFICATE No. 4183, for seven shares, new Issue, In thc name of PAUL TRAPIER lu trust, the same having been lost. PAUL TRAPIER. nov-29 lainoS ps* NOTICE TO LEGATEES.-T II E STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LANCASTER COUNTY.-The surviving Executors of WILLIAM MCKENNA, deceased, vs. PATRICK N. LYNCH, Roman Catholic Bishop of Charleston, et ap? iti Equity.-Bill for Settlement of Estate, Ad? vice, Ac.-By order of thc Circuit Court in this cause, filed October l&th, 1809. notice is hereby given to the individuals embraced Within the classes hereinafter described, willly iu twelve months from the date of the publi? cation hereof, to come in and establish before the undersigned Clerk of the Court their right to the Legacies bequeathed to them in and by thc last Will ami Testament of William McKenna, late of the County and State aforesaid, deceased; or fail? ing so to do within the tiuic specified, their claims will bc barred, to wit the following: Thc children of James McKenna, a brother of thc Testator, for? merly residing at Castle Nacor, in thc County of Donegal, Ireland; the children of Owen McKenna, also a brother, formerly residing at the same place; thc children of Nancy Clemens, a deceased sister of tho Testator; the children of Einnor Darr, also a sister; thc children of Ellinor Moran, a daughter of the .-aid Ellinor Barr; the children of John McKenna. a deceased brother of the Testa? tor; the children of Rose McKenna, a sister of thc Testator; the children of any of the above mentioned classes who may have died before the dcalh of said Testator, leaving such children liv? ing athis death; aud, also, thc children et John W. Uradley, a nephew of the said Testator. THOMAS IL CLYUUKN, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Lancaster County, S. C. October 13. 1809. OC120 wSmoa ps* IF YOU WANT LAW BOOKS. LAW BLANKS and Legal Printing, go to EDWARD PERRY, No. 155 Meeting street, opposite Charles? ton Hotel, Charleston, 8. C._decl4 ?mas ;:C-TO REMOVE MOTH PATCHES, Flt ECK LBS and TAN from the face, usc PERRY'S Moth and Freckle Lotion. Prepared ouly t?y Ur. 1!. C. PERRY, No. 49 Bond-street, New rk. Sold by all Drurgi.-ts. _ doti? amos ?StyPERRY'S COMEDONS AND PIM? PLE IIEMEDY positively cure? Comedones, (Bald Heads or Grub??:) also Red, White and Malterated Pimples on the face. Depot No. 49 Hood Bireet. New York. Sold by Druggists everywhere. ilcnl ailinn IP YOI' WANT STRAW, MANIL? LA and -li kinds of WRAPPING PAPERS, goto ? EDWARD PERRY, No. l.v. Heeling atrcct, oppo site Churl fston ilota*, Charleston, S. C. dec! i unios ^y-ElUiOilS OF YOUTH.-A GENTLE? MAN who Buttered for years fm.rt Korvons no? bility, Premature Decay, and ??I Hie effects ol youthful i: ditereiioii, will, for thc sake ol surfer ing humanity, sen I iVec to ali who ueed it, Hie rv ccipt and directions for making thc simple rein i"!v ..Vilich lie was cured. Surfcrer* wis tngt? ; :<:;i by the advertiser** experience, can .. - by tultlri? tin??, willi perfect conti !< ncc, ? lt!N i OGDEN, Nt?. ;.' Cdl-tr street, Sew fort : :::3 Special Notices. jSst*NOTICE. -TUE DRAWING OF THE handsome MUSIC BOX at VON SANTEN'3 will positively take place Tors AFTERNOON, at 4o'olock precisely. Persons having chances at tho same and not given their full address nor settled for them, win please doso before the hour of draw lng. A few more chances left. dec29 1 po- CITIZENS' SAVINGS BANK OP SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTON, S. C.-Office No. BO East Bay. Opens Dally from 9 A. M., to 2 P. M; also, Saturday Evenings, from ? to 8 P. M. nie Books of thc Bank will be closed for the pay? ment of Deposits from the 1st to the 12th of Janu. arv, in order to make the regular semi-annual calculation of interest, but will continue to receive deposits as>isual. Interest allowed on deposits; Six per cent, compounded semi-annually. D. RAVENEL, Jr., dec29 8_Assistant Cashier. PB* OFFICE SOUTHWESTERN RAIL? ROAD BANK, CHARLESTON, S. C., DECBMBER 23,1869.-Notice is hereby given that on and after the 1st January, 1870, the Transfer Books of the Southwestern Railroad Bank and the South Caro? lina Railroad Company will bc closed till a new list of the Stockholders be completed. J. M. HARLESTON, dec24 fmw4 Cashier. ps- OFFICE CHIEF OF POLICE, CHARLESTON, DECEMBER 26,1 SCO.-NOTICE. All blowing of trumpets and other unusual noises in thc vlncinity of the Academy of Music isherebj prohibited, as lt tends to annoy the audience and interrupt thc peace of those who seek enjoyment therein. All those offending will be arrested By order of the Mayor. H. W. HENDRICKS, dec25G_Chief of Poaee. ^-SHIPPERS PER STEAMERS DIC? TATOR, CITY POINT and PILOT BOY are hereby notified that no freight will be received after son set on the days of their sailing. deco_J. D. AIKEN A CO., Agente. ps-OFFICESOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY, CHARLESTON, DECEMBER 15,1800. The Office or this Company has been REMOVED from No. 117 Meeting street to No. 84 Hasel street, immediately lu rear or the Pavilion Hotel. T. D. GILLESPIE, decie 15_Agent. ps- NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAT? ING claims against the Estate of Dr. J. L. NOW ELfc, late of St. James Santee, will present tneat to the undersigned properly attested, within the time prescribed by law. All indebted to sain Ba? tate will please make payment at once. E. W. NOWELL, 1 Fv(,.Mt/,M dec7 imo L. C. NOWELL, f EXCCBWr* PB- NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAY? ING claims against the Estate of 0. J. CHAFE! will present them, properly attested, within tb? time prescribed by law, and all persons indebted to said Estate will please make payment te B. M. WALPOLE, Aiken, S. C., or A. H. HAYDHIf, Charleston. MARY A. CHAFES, Executrix. B. M. WALPOLE, dec20 mwra Executor. ^.MEDICAL NOTICE.-PATIENTS suffering from Diseases pcrfining to thc Genito Urinary Organs, will receive thc latest scientific treatment, by placing themselves under the oare or DR. T. REENTSJERNA, Office No. 74 Hasel street, three doors east from the Postoffice. aug25 ws pa- TO PRINTERS.-IF YOU WAIST NEWS, BOOK, CAP, DEMI and MEDIUM PAPERS, lilli Heads, Statements, Cards, Card Hoard, Print? ing Material, Binding, Ruling and Cutting, go to EDWARD PERRY, No. 155 Meeting street, oppo site Charleston Hotel, Charleston, S. C. ? dee 14 Cmos pS- BATCHELORS HAIR DYE. 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