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NJBWB OF THE DAT. -Gold closed in New York on Saturday at 10J?, the lowest it has yet reached. -Cotton closed heavy and lower, with sales o? 3000 bales at 23& cents. -In Liverpool cotton closed on Saturday, up? lands n.'id. sales 10,000 bales. -Mr. Bright's health creates deep anxiety in England. -A petrified sea-scrpcn: has been found in In: diana, 180 feet beneath the surface. -The French Atlantic Telegraph Company, at their last meeting, declared a dividend of l?i per cent, for five months. -In a distance of eleven blocks on Broadway, New York, there are sixty-three stores and offices to let. -Tie London Times asserts that the legal ten? der decision in the United States Supreme Court restores English confidence in American justice. -The Sandwich Islands Board of Immigration hare sent an agent to China to promote thc im? migration of Chinese to the Islands. -Baltimore owes $25,000,000, and Philadelphia over $42,000,000. The aggregate is greater than ; the national debt at the commencement of thc war. J -The anniversary celebrations Thursday In Paris of the proclamation of tho French Republic ' in 184S were very orderly. The police authorities 1 did not disturb the meetings anywhere. 1 -The Hon. Alexander H. Stephens Is Improving . in health and is In very good spirits. The second J volume of his work, "A Constitutional Yiew of the War Between the states," ls now In press. 1 -A cock fight, for $2000 a side, between New < York and Boston birds on one side, and Albany c and Troy on the other, was decided in favor of ? the former at Union Hill, New Jersey, on Tuesday, . seven to Ave. -Several severe shocks or earthquake have re- ' cently occurred on thc Island of Hawaii. The t summit of the volcano of Mannaloa ls shrouded \ In smoke, indicating that tho crater ls again active. -The Mormon preachers have been warned out of the Tillage of East Meadows, Long Island, by o vigilance committee, on pain or beinjr mobbcil. They left for Pitchoque, but are expected tore- t turn, when a serious disturbance ls feared. i -The question is mooted as to whether the ca dets, whose positions were obtained by purchase, I can be dismissed; and it ls reported that thc At- t torney-Oen^ral has decided that they cannot, but, j however that be, thc law clearly empowers thc j President to make the removals in his discretion. -The New Orleans Picayune says: "How the whirligig of time bring* around his revenges. * For more than forty years the people or New j Orleans have beca Importing their supplies of icc ( . from the North. New Orleans now manufacturas j its own Icc by steam, and recently the Louisiana Ice Company received an order from Philadelphia t for Arty tons of ice. Wc shall be supplying Boston < next." < -The London Times has an editorial on thc i scene In the court-room on Thursday last, at the trial of thc Lady Mordaunt divorce case. The Times says the en or of thc Prince of Wales was due to the carelessness or his reputation and heed- j lessness In the matter of personal intimacies ( which are forbidden to Royalty. Prince Albert's example was faultless, and thc Prince oi Wales ' will learn from it and exemplify a Ufo free even from the semblance or levity. -For some weeks past a newspaper, handbill and opera hortse war has prevailed in Chicago,' between thc Chicago Times and the Lydia Thomp? son Burlesque Troupe. The wordy con test culmi? nated on Thursday in Lydia intercepting the editor, Mr. Story, on his way to dinner, and, with thc assistance of three of her associate b'.ondes and four male friends, applied a couple of blows to the object of her venom willi a rawhide carried for the purpose. The police separated the com? batants and carried tho assaulting crowd to thc police office, where they were required to give ,. bar. for a breach or the peace. We want no such flery blondes In this latitude. -A Washington dispatch says: "The cadetshlp investigation is in confusion, and it is difficult io determine to what extent the committee will further push the examination. Letters and tele? grams come to them from all quarters charging presentand ex-members with sales of eadetshlps, and one of these thus charged is In a very high position. Whittemore allejes that one or the committee who signed Hie recommendation lor his expulsion has been In thc business, and that his letters are extant to prove it. lt is expected that Butler will oiler a resolution instructing the committee to inquire who it was that offered Keg? ler Ave hundred dollars for Whittemore's letter, and report rurther says Fernando Wood was that man." -The rate or thc steamship City of Boston, which lort New York on the 23th ult. for Liver? pool, is still In suspense. Til ree days after her de? parture she passed Halifax, since whish time noth? ing reliable has been heard from her. She was due in Liverpool ou t he Gili inst., and is therefore nino teen days late. The City of Boston. If disabled, whether by accident io her machinery or by a gale, would be la a part o? the Atlantic whence escape must be very slow. At this season of the year the Gulf stream crosses the ocean at a lower parallel or tatitnd? than In summer, and the dis? abled ship, ir such be the case, would probably be tn a part of thc sea where she wouid lind but lit? tle ir a Dy current to drift her either towards the Irish coast or towards the Azores. Fortunately, the City of Boston has on board over eighty days' provisions, and lt ls deemed not improbable that she ls moving towards the Bay ot Biscay. -The New York World, in aa editorial article commenting on the low rate of gold on Thurs? day, says: ' Thc most important cause of the re? duction ls one with which the government has bail nothing to do. as it has no control over the weather and thc seasons. The decline In gnni has resulted from several causes, of which the most important is tho abundance or the cotton crop. Our cluer use for gold ls in the purchase of foreign commodities, and cotton being as good for this purpose as gold itself, aa abundant cot? ton crop di ?piases with .va equivalent value in gi.'.d for thc par?os : or foreign commerce. Ac? cording to the mist reen: estimates, the cot? ton crop of t!:e las: year dees not fall I short or :l:rce ::;:::!~:i bales; and, a; j the price 13 double, tum crop is equal In value to six million bulss previous to the war. We hare accordingly, at present, little ase for gold except for the payment of duties at the Customhouse. The supply ls tn excess of the demand, and, as a necessary consequence, the price falls, riie abundance of the cot ton crop has operated in another manner. It Ms carried into the South large sums of money of which only a part hos been returned. Three million bales of cotton, at present prices, are worth about $C50, 000,000. The planters reserve out of their proceeds the money they will need for Ullage, wages and family ei enses until thc next crop is brought to market; and the deficiency of banks in that sec? tion causes mach of this money to be locked up In private sares and desks, thus withdrawing it from circulation and practically diminishing the volume of thc currency. The effect is, so far as it goes, to lessen the disparity between the value or gold aud the vainc of greenbacks." Tiie City Council and thc Fire Depart? ment. We are informed that the prec?ntate ac? tion of City Counc il upon the Ordinance in relation to tho Fire Department, intro? duced and read three times on Thurs? day last, was made necessary by two con? siderations: L That the C03t of the depart? ment, for the year ending December 31st, must be kepi within the appropriation of $30,000; and 2. That so many new compa? nies were pressing for admittance that it was sound policy to limit thc maximum strength of the department. There is some force in both of these rea? sons. As the Ordinance now stands, the lire companies will receive pay at the old rate for January and February, and at the re? duced rate for the remaining tea months of the year. This will give the steamers two thousand dollars for the year, and the baud engines nine hundred and sixty dollars. But had action on the Ordinance been de? fended until a subsequent meeting, the city would have had to pay for Mareil at the old rate, and we understand that for this reason the City Treasurer urgently advised that the Ordinance be passed at once. The propriety of limiting the number of companies of which thc department shall be composed cannot be denied. The department is strong euough now, and the addition of other com? panies would increase its expense without adding to its efficiency. This, in general terms, is the position oc? cupied by the City Council in regard to the the Fire Department. We see no reason to change our opinion that the hot haste of the Council was unwise and unjust. The bill could have been introduced when the Appro? priation bill wa3 presented, and this would have given time for reflection and discussion. Nor have we heard any valid reasou for not submitting the matter, iu the lirst instance, to the Bourd of Firemasters. This would lave given the Council au expression of the eeliug of the whole department, and would mve given it some foundation for its action, itt the same time we do not hesitate to ex tfess tbe opinion that a limitation of the lumber of companies in the department, loapled with n reduction in the annual pay )f the companies, was, under the circum itances, about the best step that could have leen taken; and we advise our firemen, as bey value the peace and security of the city, o make the best of their reduced pay and ! vait patiently for better times. The Citizens' Party Convention. The Columbia Thcehix, in its issue of Fri? lay, says that the opponents of Radicalism j n South Carolina are agreed upon certain ; mints; which points are-that there must >e a generous and general rally in behalf of i ?olitical reform; that the political and civil j ight3 now enjoyed by the freedmen must 1 is acknowledged; that the Opposition must tddress itself to living issnes, and must bo irogressive'and in sympathy with the spirit if 'n?ustrJal development and popular en ighteninent; and that the Opposition must ;o belora the State pledged to the principle if fair play and justice to all, to the putting jf able and honest men into office, to the aonest and cheap administration of our State Government, to the development of our wealth, and to the encouragement of immi? gration. So far, there is no difference of opinion, but the question has arisen, how shall the fight be made, and under what ban? ner ? And the. PJtcenix suggests that "in .?due time," a convention of the Alitl-Radi cals assemble und "snggcsl a platform ' upon which wn may all bo able to meet and 41 light the good right of Carolina's rcdenip "tion." A convention- of the Opposition, or, as we prefer to call it, tiie Citizens' Party, is necessary, of course, to secure unity of action where unity of purpose already exists. But to call the convention next month, or tho next, or the next, would ex? pose the whole movement to imminent dan? ger-of disaster and defeat. In. thc first place, it is impossible, in this State, to maintain the ardor and enthusiasm of the people for any long period of time. If a convention were held now the whole people would be tired out long before the dawuing of the day which decides our destiuy. And. besides this, there is the pregnant fact that the whole aspect of alTairs may change at any moment. Unex? pected strength or unlooked for weakness may bc developed where and when we least expect it, and who shall say that tiie men and the measures titted for to-day are those best adapted to a battle that shall be joined six mouths hence? Again, the people need time, before the hurly-burly begins, to digest the views submitted to them, an .1 to prepare themselves for the contest. The work of the press is not yet done. Nor arc the people ready to commence the right. These considerations force u3 to the con? clusion that thc Anti-Radical Convention should be deferred as long as possible. Two months is long enough for a campaign that should bc short, sharp and decisive. Then we can work with a will, arri with a faith that shall fear no defeat. Let the conven? tion be dilled at a very late day; let it repre? sent fairly and fully all the voters of the State; let its platform be broad and long and strong; and the redemption of the State is as cer? tain and us sure as the coining of thc mor? row's sun. RADICAL rumor hath it that Representa? tive. H?ge means to clinch the question of his own purity, in the matter of appointing cadets, by nominating for a cadetsiiip, at un early day, the son of one Ol hid black con? stituents. Tli.it will certainly be very loyal and disinterested on the part of H?ge : but the boy, we take it. will bo ap:, for a tune at least, to have a nica tittie ui it among ??is fo'bw cadets. Carrent Literature. EVERY SATURDAY. An Illustrated Journal of | Choice Reading. Boston :. Fields, Osgood & Co. Five dollars a year In advance. This well known claimant for popular favor has already been commended in these columns to the favorable consideration of the public, and it is only desired at this time to direct at? tention to the full and attractive prospectus printed this morning. Every Saturday is now the bc3t paper of its class published in Ameri? ca, and reaches nearest to the level of the standard English Journals. It is conducted with taste, tact and enterprising liberality, and no pains are spared to make it a model of ex? cellence in literature and in art. THE ECLECTIC MAGAZINE. New York : E. R. Pelton. The March number of The Eclectic is richly freighted with general literature and contem? poraneous criticism. The embellishment, or frontispiece, is a portrait of William Cullen Bryant, of whose life a short sketch is given. The leading paper in length, and not the least in interest, is the Edinburgh Review's article on thc Due d'Aumale's "Lives of the Conde's." This is followed by a thoughtful article, from Fraser's Magazine, on tho obvious losses as contrasted with thc gains of popular knowl? edge. Thc paper on Lord Rosse's telescope, as set to the new work of spectroscopic analy? sis, is deeply Interesting. Professor Seeley's able articles on "Islam" are brought to a close, and there ls a third paper on "Lambeth and the Archbishops." Tennyson's new poems are carefully reviewed, and thc reader is given entire the famous chapter of Mr. Fronde's his? tory, describing the execution of Mary Stuart, which has excited so much criticism. The life of Koenig, the inventor of thc steam press, is attractively done; and the paper upon dear old "Robinson Crusoe" is an agreeable re? minder of boyhood's brightest and happiest hours. The literary notices, and departments of poetry and science, are as excellent as usual. Mr. Fogartie, of King street, is the Charles? ton agent lor Tte Eclectic. ' So fient. HOUSES, FARMS, STORES, ROOMS, Ac, now vacant, can readily be rented advertising them la rbis column. The rate ls cents for twenty words or less, each insertion, paid In advance._ TO RENT, THE BRICK STORE ANI DWELLING No. 15 King-street. Apply No 54 King-street. frog 4? PART OF A HOUSE TO RENT. PLEAS? ANTLY situated, with every convenience, being occupied by a very small family. Most of can bc had If desired. felvis mtl: TO RENT, A LARGE STORE IN KIN( Street. Apply to Ii. H. RAYMUND, comer i nattery and Water street. Jana; 1 fmw TO RENT, THAT WELL LOCATED Store. No. 12S Mewing street, two doors south or Market street. Apply to THEODORE STONEY. Vanderltorst Wharf._feblj mt li TO RENT, A COMFORTABLE TWO AND a half story House, No. 4 Mary street, oppo? site Elizabeth street. Apply io WM. BYRNE, corner of Church and Chalmers streets. febio .for. Sale. REAL ESTATE OR PERSONAL PRO? PERTY of any kind may be advertised for salo in this column, at the rate or 25 cents for twenty words or less, each Insertion, ir paid in advance. FOR SALE, THE LOT CORNER STATE, Cumberland and Phlladelplua strects; llOx VS! feet with Dwelling and stable ou one comer, by J. C. H. CLAUSSEN. fcb23 m_ FOR SALE. ONE IRON CHIMNEY, 15 luches diameter, 3J feet long; two se. coud hand Cylinder Kollers; 3 feet diameter, feet long, by J. C. H. CLAUSSEN. fch23 m ?^OR SALE, SEVEN MILCH COWS . and CALVES. Apply to E. KEENAN. Mount I'leasunt. febis ~ FOR SALE.-TWENTY THOUSAND BRICKS can bc purcbascrl at n low rate, by immediate application. Address P. 0. Box Nu. Iii, Charleston. S. C._ftrtHW FOR SALE OP. RENT. THE THREE Story BRICK DWELLING, corner Calhoun iud Smith streets. Has fourteen Rooms. Brick Kitchen, and large Lot. One or the most desira? bles Residences in the City. Apply at No. <tf Church street._fnhjW wwf-4? KENTUCKY MULES AND HOUSE*, AT thc Kentucky Sale Stable. No. 00 Church stiect. between Chalmers nod Broad strei-?. A hitor Youug Broke MULES and HORSES on salo for cash or city acceptance. IL OAK.M.VN. feltis imo_ PRINTING PRESS FOR SALE AT A G HEAT BARGAIN^-One small Cylinder TAY? LOR PRESS In complete repair, lt has been but little used, and is sold simply because the present owner has no use for lt. Hie size of the bed of the Press ls forty-four by fifty-eight Inches. Said Press will be sold at a great bartram if applied for at once, ari the room lt occupies ls wanted for other purposes. Addresss Box No. 3765 New York Pos tomeo. nept-20 Dissolutions of <?apattnsrsi)tp. DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP. Notice is hereby given that the Copartner slop heretofore existing bet wo? n THOMAS J. WilARioN aud JAMES G. MO KRISTO, nailer the Firm of WHARTON A M'iFKETT in .Sew York, and MOFFATT ? WHARTON in Charleston, was dissolved on thc 2d of November last, bv its own limitation. THOMAS J. WHARTON, feb2S 3* JAMES ti. MOPFETT. Uoaroino,. VTJ.C2LY FURNISHED ROOMS AND i^i BOARD at Mrs. MILLER'S. No. C Hudson street. rt?U3 l'est ano .fauna. LOST AND FOUND AGAIN.-IF YOU have lost anything, make lt known to the public through this column. The rate for twenty words or less, each Insertion, ls 25 cents, if paid in advance. LOST, A WHITE COW, WITH BROKEN born. A suitable reward will bc given for us recovery. Apply at this oillce. felvis 2* itiillinern, .fatten iSooos, &t. PRING AND SUMMER IMPORTATION 1 8 7 0 . S RIBBONS, MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS. ARMSTRONG, CATOR & CO., IMrOKTER3 AND JOBUEttS OK BONNET TRIMMING AND VELVET RIBBONS, BONNET SILKS, SATINS AND VELVETS, BLONDS. NETS, CRAPES, RUCHES, FLOWERS. FEATHERS, ORNAMENTS, Straw Bonnets and Ladles' nats. Trimmed and Untrimmed, Shaker Hoods, Ac. Nos. 237 and 230 BALTIMORE STREET, BALTIHOUE, MD. Otter thc largest Stock to be fourni in this Coun? try, and uneouallcd in Choice Variety and Cheap? ness, comprising the Latest Parisian Novelties. Orders solicited, aud prompt attention given. rcbll imo* T aXTcai publications. HAT NOVEL! ..RED AS A ROSE 13 SHE ;" by author or ..Cometh up as a Flower," at the Hasel street Ba? zaar. Price 55 ceuts. , reblT Q L 0 S E T P A P E R~, FIFTY CENTS REAM AT THE HASEL STREET BAZAAR. ianl2_ TF YOU WANT NOTE, LETTER AND X CAP PAPERS aud ENVELOPES, go to EDWARD PERRY. No. 155 Meeting street, opposite Charleston Hotel Cairisston, a. C. dccit tfniua niants: JJ i TTTANTS OF ALL KINDS CAN BE Vf made known to everybody la thia column at the rate of 25 cents for twenty words or less. each Insertion. If paid In advance. WANTED, A MILCH GOAT. APPLY at this offlce. fcb28 2 WANTED, A BOY ABOUT 15 TO assist in housework. Apply at No. 31 Meeting street. feb2S* WANTED, A COLORED WOMAN, without any incumbrancc, ro cook and make herself useful for H small family of two. Apply at No. S7 Cannon street. fel>28 1* WANTED, A COLORED WOMAN, WITH with good recommendations, to Cook for a small family. Applv at No. 92 Wentworth street, between Glebe and Coming. feb2S2* WANTED TO PURCHASE, FIVE TO six thousand acres LAND in Charleston or Colieton County. Apply personally, or by letter, giving description of thc Land offered, to Z. B. OAK KS, Real Estate Broker, No. 4 Broad-street. feb28 3 WANTED, A COLORED BOY TO GO to market, nnd make himself generally usefull at HENRY'S RETREAT, No. 107 East Bay. feb28 l* WANTED TO PURCHASE, ONE LARGE size good STRAW CUTTER; one large size goodFannlngMill; one good farm Cart; one good English Riding Saddle and Bridle, by J. C. II. CLAUSSEN. feb2S 2 WANTED, A WHITE GIRL AS CHAM? BERMAID AND SEAMSTRESS. German preierrcd. Also, a colored Waltlngman. Must Fie well recommended. Apply at No. 23 George si reet. feb281* WANTED. A WOMAN TO COOK FOR a family of three and make herself gener? ally useful. Apply at No. 156 Meeting street. feb28 1? HANDS WANTED.-TWELVE f^OD plantations hands to work on a healthy place in thc up country. Liberal wages will be paid for either white or colored. Apply at Ice House, corner Church and Market streets. !e?28 2* p ARDEN ER WANTED TO GO TO AU VX GUSTA, GEORGIA.-A competent colored Gardener, a single man preferred. He will be ex? pected to live on thc premises in Augusta, Geor? gia, and make himself generally useful. Applv, with recommendations, to CU1S0LM BROTHERS. feb28 l WANTED, A SMALL, COMFORTABLE HOUSE In a respectable neighborhood. Apply at this office. feb23 tutti? A DAY MADE AT HOME ! 40 it) entirely new ar'lcles for Agents. Sam? ple* sent free. Address H. t?. SHAW, Alfred, Me. feb28 smo* WANT BD, A FIRSTRATE WAITING MAN, with good recommendations. None else will answer. Apply immediately, at No. 14 Smith street. feh25 fm2* WANTED, TWO OR THREE ROOMS, pleasantly situated, near the central part or the City. Address X. Y. Z., NEWS Otllcc. febSS WANTED, A THREE STORY RESI? DENCE, roar rooms to the floor, and out? buildings. Address Letter Box 109. feh24 6 WANTED, A HOUSE, NEAR THE central part or the city. Address W., NEWS ofllce. feb23 WANTED, A GOOD COOK AND WASHER. Recommendations required. Apply at southeast corner Queen und Trapmau streets. feb21 EMPLOYMENT WANTED BY A YOUNG MAN or Industrious habits, and with good references. Wholesale Grocery preferred. Apply at this oitlce. febl? WANTED, EVERYBODY TO KNOW that JOB PRINTING of all kinds, plain and ornamental, is executed promptly iu the neatest style ami at thc lowest New York prices, at TUB NEWS Job om ce. No. 140 EAST BAY. Call and examine the scale of prices before giving yoar orders elsewhere. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER WEEK. Don't complain of hard times when you have a competency within your reach. Agents, both male and female, are making $100 per week selling our new work, PLAIN HOME TALK AND MEDICAL COMMON SENSE. They have no com? petition; there never was a book published like it; anybody can sell lt; everybody buys lt. Send for circular containing table or contents nf this won? derful work. Address WELLS 4 COFFIN, No. 432 Broome street. New York. febl? Imo iUisccllaneons. jyj- ATTINGS. CHARLES D. CARR A CO., II ASE I. ST II SET, N E A K KINO, Are now receiving a well selected stock of CHINA MATTINGS, 4-4, 5-? and 0-4 wide, In White, Check and Fancy. They would coll attention to thc fact that, In or? der to make room Tor thc SPRING STOCK, they arc offering their Stock ur CARPETS at greatly re? duced prices. feb23 1 rpHE CELEBRATED THOROUGHBRED X Stallion "JONCE HOOPER" will stand this season in Spring street, near King. Terms-$25 thc scacon und $1 to the grcom, payable in advance. For pedigree and any other particulars, apply at No. ii Vanderhnrst iVhnrr jan31 mwf IF YOU WANT YOUR PRINTING DONE In Fine Style ami ut Reasonable Rates, go to EDWAID PERKY, So. VU Meeting street,opposite Charleston Hotel, Charleston. S. C. dec 14 ?mos TF YOU WANT PAPER BAGS, FLOUR X SACKS, ami Hugs or every description, go to EDWARD PE RUY. So. 155 Meeting street opposite Charleston Hotel, charleston, s. C. decu ?mos jp RAT T'S " ASTRAL" OIL Unlike many other Illuminating Oils, is per? fectly pun.- and froc from all adult?rations or mixtures uf any kind, lt emits no offensive smell willie buming, gives a sort and brilliant Ir.'hr. and can bo used with t hc same nssuniuce of safety as gas. demists pronounce ii the best anil safes: Illuniuuiing Oil ever offered to ike public; and Insurance Companies endorse and urge upon consumers! he usc or the "Astra!" Oil in preference to any allier. It ls now burned by thousands Of families and lu no instance hos any accident oceurrcl from its use; a lamp lilied with lt. If upset and hoken, will nor. explode. To prevent adulteration,the "Astral" Oil is packed only in thc dunant; Patent Cans, of i gallon and 6 gallons each, aid each can Ls scaled ma manner that cannot be counterrelted. Every package with intent ?eal we warrant. Be sure and get nonebut thorenulne article, Pratt's "As? tral" Oil, ror sale by dealers everywhere, and at wholesale and retail !w the proprietors OIL HOUSE0F CHARLES PRATT, No. loSFulton street. New York, Postofllce Box No. 3060. Send for circulars.with testimonials ann price lists. Enclose stanps for copy of the "Astral Light." For sale by GOODRICH W1NEMAN St CO., Wholesale Drngglst.s Charleston. S. C. declfl WADE & CO.'i BLACK AND COLORED PRINTING NKS. The best now used by all Printers. For sac at manufacturers prices by EDWARD PERRY, No. 155 Meeting street, fehlt Opposite Charleston Hotel. IF YOU WAN'.' SCHOOL AND TEXT BOOKS or all knds, cheaper than you CMI purchase elsowhcrcgo to EDWARD PERRY, No. 165 Meetlug st rot, opposite Charleston Hotel Charleston. S. C. decl4 Brnos rjl F. CHUPEIN, DENTIST, OFFICB St 275 KING 8TBRET, novl3 amos IF YOU WAN'] BLANK BOOKS MADE TO ORDER, an. of the best material, to any pattern, go to EDVARD PERRY, No. 155 Meeting strct, opposite Charleston Hotel, Charleston. S. C. _decu Brnos rr- H: :}H - 'H H H rpo THE WOIKING CLASS.-WE ARE JL now prepare? to furnish all classes with constant em:iloy mat at home, the whole or the time, or ror "the sp.re moments. Business new, light und profitable. Persons of either sex easily earn from 50 cents 0 $d uer evening, and a pro? portional sum by derating their whole time to the business. Bays nnl girls carn nearly as much a3 men. That au wh'sce this notice may scud their address, and test tie business, wc make this un* paralleled offer : T? such aa nre not well satisfied, we will send $1 to my for the trouble or writing. Full particulars, a/aluahle sample, which will do lo commence wor: on, and a copy of -'The Peo? ple's Literary Conpanion"-one or the largest and best rar?iily ?ews-papers published -all sent free bv mall. Reider, If you want permanent, rodrable wo?-k, aldres3 E. C. ALLEN 4 CO., GJSHla, Maine. jaalT limes meetings. ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY.-THE REG? ULAR Meeting of tho St. Andrew's Society will be held at the South Carolina Hall THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. feb?8 ROBERT M. GORDON. Secretary. TTTASIIINGTON STEAM FIRE ENGINE TT COMPANY.-AU Adjourned Meeting of your Compauy will be held at vour Hall, THIS EVENING, theisth Inst., at 7 o'clock. CHARLES Y. RICHARDSON, fcbas _Secretary W. F. C. FRIENDSHIP LODGE, No. 9, A. F. M. The Regular Communication of this Lodge, win be held THIS EVE.SINO, at Masonic Hall, at 7 o'clock. Memhersand Candidates will please be punctual. By order of the W. M. J. H. LOEB. fcb28_Secretary. SOUTH CAROLINA MEDICAL ASSO? CIATION.-The Annual Meeting of this Asso? ciation will be held In the City of Columbia on the SECOND WEDNESDAY in March, the 9th. Delegates will be passed on the Railroads for hair fore. Arrangements have been made for Board at the Columbia Hotels at reduced prices. CouDty Societies are allowed one delegate to every Ave of its regular members. J. S. BUIST, M. D., Recording Secrctarv. j?-The Edgcfleld Advertiser. Spartanburg Spar? tan, Columbia Phoenix. Georgetown Times, Sum? ter News, Wlnnsboro' News und Herald, Barnwell Sentinel will please copy and send bills tc F. L. Parker, M. D., Treasurer, at Charleston, S. C. feb IO wsS DO ' Celebrations. MEDICAL COLLEGE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Thc Commencement Exercises of the Medical College of the State or South Carolina will take place To-MoKnow, thc 1st of March, at the Hail of the College, In Queen street, a: 10 o'clock A. M. After the conferring of tho Degrees, an Address to the Graduates will be delivered by the Hon. H. D. LBSESNE, President of thc Board of Trustees. The members of the Medical Profession, and the public generally, are respectfully Invited to be present. F. M. ROBERTSON, M. D., feb23 l Dean or the Faculty. iNcTDspapets, iUagannes, &t. MLE HANDSOMEST PICTORIAL PERIODICAL IN AMERICA. EV E. RY SATURDAY, AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF CHOICE READING. During the past four years EVERT SATURDAY bas laid before Ks readers a more varied and valuable resume of Foreign Periodical Litera? ture, and has won a wider circulation among all classes than any other eclectic periodical pub? lished la America. A most important and at? tractive feature hos Just been added, namely : FIRST-CLASS ILLUSTRATIONS. These Illustrations arc engraved 'rom designs by leading European artists, and embrace VIEWS OF FAMOUS PLACES, Incidents or TRAVEL, Figure Pieces, Coplos or Celebrated Paintings, Studies or Street Lire, and a Gallery or Portraits or Contemporary Celebrities, Executed with thc highest degree ot finish known to modern art. By s peela', arrangement with the best foreign pictorial papers, electrotypes of their Illustrations are procured IN ADVANCE of their publication in Europe. By this method thc publishers of EVERY SATURDAY are not only sure to have superior Illustrations, but they are enabled to present these Illustrations to American readers at the same time or before they are in the hands of Eu? ropean readers. With these unusual facilities, the publishers aim to make the HANDSOMEST ILLUSTRATED PAPER IN AMERICA. LITERARY CONTENTS. EVERY SATURDAY rurnlshca thc American reader promptly with the most entertaining and noteworthy articles in the. European Periodicals: SERIAL TALES, SHORT STORIES, ESSAYS, Bio? graphical and Descriptive: Poems, Notes of Travel and Adventure, Personal Gossip, Literary Intelligence, Facetta:, Popu? lar Papers on Sflence, and Trans? lations from the Continental Magazines. By special arrangement willi foreign authors the conductors of EVERY SATURDAY arc fre? quently able to give Us readers many valuable papers slmultaueuusiy with their publication abroad. DICKENS' NEW STORY. By special arrangement with Mr. CHAIII.ES D1CK3N8, his new novel will be ilrst published In America lu thc pages of EVERY SATURDAY, si? multaneously with thc i .ipearance of thc story in monthly parts in London, and accompanied with all Hie ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS. This scrlul will begin In March. ti [From thc Boston Courlor.] "EVEHT SATURDAY luis made such a decided advance In its new stylo or publication, that It carries with lt a recommendation which admits of no dispute. Its selections arc made with thc best taste and regard for the popular reeling, and the wonderfully beautiful Illustrations ?eave its rivals far behind." [Proui Mrs. M. J. PRESTON, of Lexington, Va., ia the Richmond Central Presbyterian.] "Willi thc new year EVERY SATURDAY blossoms out In very handsome enlarged iona, and com? mends Itself to additional favor by the profusion and excellence of its illustrations-thc very finest and most effective specimens of wood portrait, engraving we have ever seen produced la America. "As to reading matter, lt Introduces us to the best culture of the English-speaking world-and lust such a glimpse ls furnished as ls provocative of the very tasto wc are most anxious to see In? creasing among our young people of the South. It brings them into stimulating contaot with thc great living nnracs that Illuminate thc armament of letters; in short, lt is just the kind or Journal to lieget mid roster culture In Its purest, broadest sense." TERMS : Single Weekly Number, io cents; Monthly Parts, In handsome covers, 50 cents; Yearly Subscrip? tions $5 in advance; $l a "year to subscribers ror my other periodical published by FIELD, OSGOOD ? Co. KS'SpKtmtm Copies sent free. Address Hie Publishers, FIELDS, OSGOOD A CO.. felvis mO. Boston. Mass. AROUND THE WORLD 8CESCRIBE FOB THE NEW YORK OBSERVER. The Large Double Weekly FAMILY NEWSPAPER. Sound and Good. Try lt. It will be Money wen Spent. $3 50 per Annum. ?3-Sample Copies Free. SIDNEY E. MORSE, JR.. A CO., No. 37 Park Row, dec31 New York. I L L I A M A. COURTENAY, SAPPING AND GENERAL COMMIS3IO MERCHANT, AQENT OF THE NEW YORK AND SOUTH CAR LINA STEAMSHIP COMPANY. No. 1 UNION WHARVES, ftbistn^fmti Charleston S. C. 2ltrms*nunts. ^ C A D E M Y ?F MUSIC. ?3BB.MB, JNO. T. FOE THI3 (MONDAY) EVENING, FEB. 28. FIRST TIME FIRST TIME FIRST TIME FIRST TIME Of the ORIGINAL FAIRY PANTOMIMIC EXTRAVAGANZA, THE FAIR ONE WITH GOLDEN LOCKS; THE PAIR ONE WITH GOLDEN LOCKS; THB FAIR ONE WITH GOLDEN LOCKS; THE FAIR ONE WITH GOLDEN LOCKS; TUE FAIR ONE WITH GOLDEN LOCKS; .B, OR, OB, OR, OR, HARLEQUIN HARLEQUIN HARLEQUIN HARLEQUIN HARLEQUIN HUMPTY DUMPTY. HUMPTY DUMPTY. HUMPTY DUMPTY. HUMPTY DUMPTY. HUMPTY DUMPTY. New Scenery. Beautiful Music. New Scenery. Beautiful Music. New Scenery. Beautiful Music. Hlegant Dresses. Wonderful Tricks. Elegant Dresses. Wonderful Tricks. Elegant Dresses. Wonderful Tricks. Everything New. Everything New. Everything New. Box ornee open all day for securing seats. MATINEE SATURDAY. feb2S_ Q_RAND MASQUERADE BALL OF THE GERMAN RIFLE CLUB, AT THE HALL OF THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. On MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1870. Tlckets*may be procured from thc Committee only. No one will be allowed to enter the Ball-room before 12 o'clock without being masked. No Tickets sold at the door. The Committee reserve the right of identifica? tion. TEE COMMITTEE : TIL SPENGLER, F. VON SANTEN, F. PUCK HABER, Jr., J. P. MERKHARDT, F. HEINTZ, G. OPPEL, AUC. G EIL FUSS, JOHN KLATTE, GEO. LOGEMANN, C. H. BERGMANN. fcblS tuths?ml F ?financial. OR SALE CITY STOCK South Carolina Railroad Slock Bank of Charleston Stock. Apply to JAMES M. SUACKELFOBD, fel)28 2 Broker. No. 14 Broad street. D. Cr A MB It I IJ IV, STOCK AND BOND BROKER, '*M.UN STREET, COLVMDIA, S. C. Will buy and sell GOLD AND SILVER COIN, COUPONS, BANK NOTES. Ac. Collections solicited, which will be promptly at? tended to. REFEBENCES.- George AV. Williams A Co., Taft A Howland, L. Gamuril & Co., Charleston, S. C.; Woodward, Baldwin A Co.. C. A. Gambrlll A Co., Baltimore; Woodward, Baldwin A Co., New York. Janot mwflmo icrtili?crs. JTU 1 PERUVIAN GUANO. 400 tons No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO, from the Gaari ape islands. According tn analysis this Guano contains not quite as much nmmoifia. luir is otherwise fully us good as the Chlucha Island Guano. Price $00 per ton. 2240 lbs. For sale by reina T. J. KERR A CO. 3riGnrancc. QFFICE OF THE GREAT WESTERN (MARINE) INSURANCE COMPANY, NEV: YOKE. January io, 1S70. TUE PAID UP CAPITAL IS.31,?S,300 00 ami TnE COJirANY HAS THC FOLLOWING ASSETS: Cash In Bankaud iu England.. ?660.406 ?1 Government bonds, demand ami bond and mortgage loans. 335,450 00 Heal estate, bank and railroad stocks and bonds. 527,293 IS Bills receivable aud premiums due... 897,330 41 Reinsurance, salvage and sundry ac? counts. 259,989 79 1 $2,680,474 89 Freights and Cargoes insured ac this office to md from all ports in the world at the current pre nlum in gold or currency, as may be desired. Certificates are Issued under which losses are nade payable at the Company's Bankers in Ldn lon or Liverpool, and are available with Banker ibroad and at home as collateral security. A Cash Discount from thc current rate will be .nade os equivalent to Scrip Dividends oi Mutual Companies, if desired, when negotiating the .lsks. DIRECTORS. IVM. C. PICKERSGILL, RICHARD LATHERS? .VM. H. GcioN, JOHN R. GARDNER, JAUL. D. BABCOCK, HENRY F. SPACLDLVG, IAMES M. BROWN, WILSON G. Hr.vr, s". CHANDLER, J. B. JOHNSTON, .VM. M. EVARTS, GEO. W. BEE, IOU* ALLEN, ROIIEBT SPEDDINO, fnoMAS SLOCOMB, GEO. W. HENNINGS, WT. BUTLER DCNCAN. CHAS. LCLINO, loit.v J. CRANE. JOHN L. ASPINWALL, JrtAS. G. LANDON, JACOB DE NEUFYILLE, d. A. SORCHA*, HENRY M. TABER, 3. C. BALDWIN, NATHL. B. WEED, "RANK PHELPS, FREDK. SCUUCHARDT, AMES T. SOUTTER. GEO. WESTFELDT, WILLIAM PATRICK. JOHN A. PARKER, President ALEXR. MACKAY. Vice-president. W. T. LOCKWOOD, Secretary. feb2 wfra2mos p R . DAUER, MUSIC DEALER. Plano Tuner, Teacher of Tio In, Flute and Guitar. Repairer of Musical Istru nents. Hitchcock's Five and Ten cents Music always m haud. BALLS AND PARTIES furnished with the best ,nd most fashionable Music lately received from ?urope at moderate prices. Apply at No. 449 ?lng street, four doors above Calhoun. oct!2 tulmthsinos ji O E S A L E . 160 barrels STROP .tr 60 barrels Goleen Syrup 150 barrels Prime Potatoes 5 hogsheads Prime Shoulders. For sale by JOHN A THEO. GETTY, feb281_North Atlantic Wharf. ?JORN! COEN! CORN ! 1500 bushels prime White CORN landing. For sale by R. M. BUTLER A SON, feb28 2 Foot of Vendue Range. jy^ARTIN'S PALMETTO HAMS. ' 25 tierces MARTIN'S PALMETTO HAMS, a cholse article, and well known in this market. For sate by HENRY COBIA k CO. feb28 2 C ORN AFLOAT 5300 bushels Prime White CORN landing at At ?antlc Wharf, aad for sale In bulk, or with bags, low by WEST A JONES. feb23_ J) INK EYE POTATOES-TO ARRIVE. loo bbls. (Yellow) Pink Eve POTATOES, selected ed for seed. For sale bv RIECKE A SCHACHTE, feb23 wfm3 Vendue Range. S UGAR! SUGAR! 30 hhds. Superior Grocery SUGAR, lately arriv? ed from Matanzas, and for sale low to close con? signments by W. P. HALL, febis frew's_Brown A Co.'s Wharf. EHINE WINE, FRANKER WINE, AND MOSEL WINE. underslgred takes the liberty to lnforra his frier's and thc public In general, especially those who are fond of a good glass of wine, thaWie has just received several casks of excellent RHINE, FRANKER, AND MOSEL WINE, and wUl dispose of the same by the barrel, gallon, bottle or glass, at reasonable rates. J. M. MARTIN, dec22 wfmSmo No. 36 Market street. c ORN AND' -FLOUR. 9250 bushels Prime White CORN, In sacks 250 bbls. Super aud Fine Flour. Landing from Brig "Minnie Miller," from Balti? more. For sale by T. J. KERR k CO. feb26 2_. FISH ROES, SALMON, SMOKED TONGUES AND FULTON MARKET BEEF. A supply of the above received this week, at the CO-OPERATIVE GROCERY, Southwest corner Meeting and Market streets. ?ey Goods delivered free._feb23 JjiRUIT! FRUIT! FRUIT! Just received by Schooner Azelda and Laura from Baracoa, and now landing at Union Wharf. 1200 buncbes choice RED BANANAS. 20,000 Coeoannts. The same will be sold low by C. BART k CO. feb21_Nos. 55, 67, and 59 Market 3treet. ORANGES! ORANGES! AND PINE? APPLES! ' - Just received from Havana per Schooner George Washington, and also landing at Union Wharf. 100,000 Choice Sweet ORANGES. 150 dozeu PINEAPPLES. The same will be sold low by feb21_C. BART A CO. pOTATOES! POTATOES ! 170 bbls. Good Eating POTATOES. For sale low by T. J. KERR k CO. feb!5_ rjlAYLOR'S ALBANY CREAM ALE A fresh supply of this Celebrated Brand of 4)LE received fresh every week, In barrels and half barrels. For sale by JOHN F. O'NEILL k SON. Agents for South Carolina, decll No. 16Z East Bay. ftgricnltnre, ^orticnltare, &t. s E E D BICE. 1500 bushels GOLD 1000 bushels WHITE. Well prepared and comparatively pure. For sale by W. O. BEE k CO., feb2S mwf5 Adder's Wharf. S EED RICE FOR SALE. 200 bushels Prime GOLD SEED RICE 1500 bushels Prime White Seed Rice. By J. D. AIKEN A CO., feb26 3_South Atlantic Wharf. riOTTON SEED. For sales, 250 bushels Selected FRIPP SEED. Sold with a guarantee. Apply to S. L. HOWARD Av BRO., feb23 6 Boyce A Co.'s Wharf. (Eigars, tobacco, #c. A LFRED A. DARBOT, AGENT FOR THE CHARLESTON BRANCH OF THE HAVANA CIGAR FACTORY, "LA VALENTINA," No. 118 EAST BAY STREET. Fine Havana Tobacco, manufactured exclusive? ly by Cuban workmen, will, with skill, produce CIGARS equal in quality, style and fragrance to the best brands known. The attention of ni" friends and the publft ts respectfully called to . >. ollowlug select stock of CIGARS now on hand: HAVANA CIGARS, from $70 to $150 per M. Regalia Brit?nica La Valentina Brit?nica Cilandrado La Espanola Brevas La Espanola Partagas Flor Partaeas Superior Conchas La valentina Londres Lu Valentina Flor Prensado Figaro Londres Flor Jenny Lind Londres Superior Jenny Lind Londres De Corte Figaro Operas Large Plantation DOMESTIC CIGARS, from $30 to $60 per M. Small Plantation Londres y Zcpeda Conchas La Vlrlato Flor La Carolina Media Regalia Cabinet Londres La VIriato Conchas Pals, febis fmwDiclmo Snisness ?arbs. p GADSDEN H A S ELL, FACTOR AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, ACCOMMODATION WHARF. Charleston, S. 0. Mv Bnsiness as FACTOR and COMMISSION MERCHANT ceases this date. Mr. P. GADSDEN HASELL succeeds me, and I respectfully ask for him the courtesy heretofore extended to me. GEORGE H. HOPPOCK, Accommodation Wharf. C .artest on. January 31.1870. febl mwfimo QHARLES HICKEY, GILDER, -4 PORTRAIT AND PICTURE FRAME MANUFAC? TURER, No. 345 Knco STREET, Charleston, S. C. Old Frames Regflt equal to new. Looking glasses of all sizes titted to Frames. Just received, au assortment of fine Cbromos and Engravings. decs wfm3mo,j .J. T. HUMPHREYS, BROKER, AUCTIONEER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT. SALES OF REAL ESTATE. STOCKS. BONDS SECURITIES AND PERSONAL PRO? PERTY ATTENDED TO. NO. 27 BROAD STREET, Charleston, S. C. REFERENCES.-Hon. HENRY BUIST, W. j MA? GRATH, Esq., Geueral JAMES CONNER. T E. WARING. ESQ. oru L OUIS McLAlN BROKER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 48 BROAD STREET. Charleston, s. C. Stocks, Bonds and Gold bought, carried ant sold short m New York City. Mt Particular attention paid to the purchase aa - sale of ad kinds of Southern SeeuirtlesT^ oct$