Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TERMS OF THE NEWS. Thb Dailt News, by mail one year, $8; six months $4; three months $2 50. Served la the city at Eighteen Cents a week, payable to the car riers, or JS a year, paid In advance at the office. Thb Tki-Weekly News, published on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, oue year $4; six months ? 2. The Weekly News, one Jyear $2. Six copies $10. Ten copies, to one address, $15. Subscriptions in all eases payable In advance, and no paper continues after the expiration of the ttae r aid for. Cash Rates for Advertisements in The Daily News.?First insertion 12 cents a line; subsequent Insertions 8 cents a line. Special N^lces 12 cents aline. Busiuess Notices (by count) 15 cents a line. Marriage and Funeral Notices $1 each. Meet ings 75 cents each. Cuts aud Electrotype Adver tisements will be Inserted on the Fourth Page only. Notices of Wants, To Rent, Lost and Found, Boarding, Ao., not exceeding 20 words, 25 cents each Insertion; over 20, and not exceeding 30 words, 40'.ents each insertion; over 80. and not exceeding 40 words, 50 cents each insertion. These rates are net, and must invariably be paid in advance. Contract advertisements, to run two weeks or longer, for each line of solid nonpareil: 2 weeks eo cents; I month $1; 2 months $175; 3 months $2 50; ? nfonths $4; 12 months $7. Larger advertisements In exact proportion. Transient Advertisements will be published la the The Tki-Weekly News at the same rates as in Thb Daily News. " Contract advertisements at osjp-ha f the rates for The Daily News. Advertisements in The Weekly News, per Une of solid nonpareil, 1 Insertion 15 cents; l month 50 cents; 3 months il; ? months Si 75; 12 months $3. Remittances should be made by Postofflce Money Order or by Express. If this cannot be done, protection against losses by mall may be lecured by forwarding a draft on Charleston pay able to the order of the proprietors of The News, or by sending the money in a registered letter. Address RIORDAN. DAWSON A CO.. No. 149 East Bay, Charleston, S.C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1S70. ^THE PRICE OF SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE "DAILY NEWS" IS NOW EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. NEWS OE THE DAT. ?Gold closed In New York, yesterday, at lOXOio/i. ' ?Cotton closed at 15?ic; sales 4500 bales. ?At Liverpool, on the 22d Instant, cotton opened buoyant; uplands 8?;@S,'id; Orleans %H&*XA'% sales 15,000 boles. ?Strasbourg citizens have to provide German officers billeted uron them with four mcftls a day. and two bottles of good wine and rive cigars each, and common soldiers three meals, one flask of wine, one bottle or beer, and live cigars each. One gentleman had to support thirty-two soldiers In this style. ?s*fcring the past yoir tbe specimens of the oils In which the best tea is produced have been col'octed and carefully examined and compared with the soils of various portions of the United /itates. Meteorological reports from China and . Japan . have also been compared with those of this esuntr , and tho concluions arrived at arc that there a e large tracts of country In the United Stites in which tea can be sneessfully cultivated: ?A correspondent of the Boston Journal states that the'peopl? of Alsace and Lorraine are starv ing to death byhuudreds. lie has been araoiiK them and has been a witness of their sufferings. He Bays th it as many as 25,000 families would gladly go .-.way, and that it would be a holy, noble wo:k to rescue them from the terrible suf ferings which surround I hem. It is proposed :o at once sit on foot schemes for providing for their lmmlgratlen to this country. , ?The promcna-Icro of the Jardin des Plantes In Paris become daily aware of the I'iininlshing number of animals which are exhibited Dierc. The horned animals have nearly all disappeared, and the two young bears present d by Prince Couza have also gone the way of all ilcsh in Paris other than human?that is, to the restaurant. Birds, also, are becoming few; but eavles and other birds o! prey, not sut able for t ic cu'.stue, are still to be eeon in their accustomed cages. ?The utiecrtauries of married life in Chicago have long been matter for the astouishmcnt of contemporary man aud woman kind. According to the Chlca?- Republican a young ceuple will quarrel over their break.'ast ia % ie m< ruing, and by the time the husband returns from juslatssln the evening, his wife will have been to her attor ney, andgota'l the necessary papers foraOlvo ce, and be ready to give her spouse (who has hlmscir been too much engaged .to atieud to Hie matter) a "pleasant surprise" at supper time. "There Is a oaple now living in this city," says the Republi can, "both of whom had been tnoretiioii once di vorced before the;, came together : how long tbe present arrangement may lust is a matter on which U mi^ht be bazaMu im to speculate. So oonunon has the institution divorce got tobe among as, that when a married pair reach the Writ anniversary or their marriage, their rriends arc accustomed to express their sense of such rare and touching Qde.Uy.by a present.; if they survive ten years or matrimony, another tesiimonla or increased value awalunhem : aud once or twice in a decade wo hear of somebody celebrating his 'golleu wedding,* but such a thing is quite rare, and the hero or It is looked upon as a social phe nomenon." ?A romance or a nv-st peculiar type is written by a correspondent lu LouisviPe, Kentucky. A young lady of great beauty?a pure blonde-and graces of mind and manner fully commensurate, but lacking the added charm of wealth, had long been sought in marriage by eligible young men. but In vain. A wealthy old bachelor had long been a silent worshipper at her shrine, and at length summoned courage to^ajjk her to be his wife. To all his protestations she replied that she did not love and couid not marry him; but. finally, as a test, proposed that, as he desired her hard and she desired wealth, she would stake the one against the other, and submit the resnlt to the hazard of the die. The offer was accepted, ref erees of high position chosen, and the affair ar ranged. The parties were to throw poker dice, and to cut cards for the first throw; if he won, she was to wed htm the same evening; If she won, his check for $100,'.OJ in the referees* hands was to be hers. The suitor won the throw, and threw a "full"?three fours and two flves. The belle's two first throws were unfortunate; but puttingali the dice In the box, ami pressing her forehead with her hand for an in-tant, she suddenly threw three fours and two sixes?and won. The fluo, 000 check was hers, and she took It. ?The effect "f the revision of the law regarding thelncome tax, made at the last s.'PsIon of Con gress, Is seen In the light of the present reports. An analysis of the returns for the past year shows that, with tho present exemption of S2000 and rent, taxes, in* ere? t, Ac., there is no: a country district in the Unite I States where t:ic amount of the Income tax will pay the cxnenscs ot assessing and colleeilne it. The New York Evening Post suggests tiiat the present session should complete the work or the last by abolishing the tax a;to getner. This would be a short way to get out of the difficulty, and for that reason must unlikely to be adopted. Moie than three thousand assist ant assessors protest against it, for with the ubj lltlon of the income tax each or the .states couid be consolidated into a?slnele district, and tbe army of office-holders mustered out. It is now the rich men's turn to agitate against the coutiu nance ot the tax, for the exemption of $2000 ma terially lessuas the burden upon men of small salaries, while Stewart and Ast >r and s'ich princes are bled for a fortune each year. Mr. Stewart, for instance, pays more than any one of tweury seven States, aud Mr. Astor's iuconic exceeds that of the Sta'e of Vermont. Here, then, Isa new departure to be taken by opponeuts of the obnoxious tax. ?It is stated that the great majority of the Chinese laborers now in the United States were not brought; from China under contracts signed in that country, but entered Into their engage ments In San Francisco. Thus, there are about one thousand coolie plantation hauds in the South at work In the States of Arkansas, Loulsi ana and Texas, aul or these only three hundred signed their contracts in China, the remainder having beeu brought from San Francl3 o. In Tuuncssee, Alabama and Texas there are about two thousand tlve hundred coolies at wo:k on railroads, all of whom signed their contracts In Sin Francisco. In addition there arc In the South about four huudred Chinese who havo es caped from coolie servitude (lu the Island of Cuba. A contract for one thousand Chinese to be seal to Kausas is now being filled by dispatch ing Coolies ilvln^ lu San Francisco. From these figures it appears that there are, or soon will be, five thousand Chinese working east or the Rocky Mountains, only three hundred of whom came d'rectfroin China, the remainder having been hired In California, as any other class of oper.' tives might have b?en. Mr. Koopraanscliap?, who has been engaged In the present Chinese emigra tion movement, was born In Amsterdam, but went to California In 1850. where he entered largely iuto business relations with the Chinese, by estabPshing a warehouse for the storage of rice, tea, oil and the general merchandise of China. '_ A Printer's Holiday. In deference to a formal request from the employees of The News, our office will be closed on Monday next, and no paper will be issued on Tuesday. It has not been the custom of thi3 paper, as the public knows, to indulge in what are called "printer's holi days;" butin this instance we have felt con strained to make Merry Christmas an ex ception to our rule. Christmas. To-morrow is Christmas : the day of days ; when the sublime harmonies which nine teen centuries ago sounded on the plains of Bethlehem are echoed in the 30uls of Chris tian millions ; when the memory of the sreat Evangel blunts the edge of bitter sorrow ; when age drives cankering care away, aud youth beholds a myriad hopeful gleams in the uncertain vistas of the future! For five year3 the South has struggled to heal the wounds of horrid war. The people have worked with dogged energy that they might wrest fortune from the irou teeth of adversity. It is true that the prospect is not as bright as when the summer heats ripened the silvered soil. But the people know their power. Blows and buffets have I I strengthened their moral fibre. They have ieurued the sweet uses of allliction. They, feel that, in God's good time, self-reliance, self-reverence and self-control will give them the crowning victory. Yet the thronging memories of four years of carnage are not obliterated by the events of five years of peace. In every breast there liugers the remembrance of martyred saints, who, in the flush of manhood or with the snows of winter on their brow, fought and bled under tho gleaming banner whoso 6t?rs havo faded from our sight?whose cross we would glucdy bear forever. These knightly soldiers?our comrades, our brothers, fathers, sons?taught the South, by their death, a lesson of endurance and fortitude, of cour ageous' perseverance and unselfish devotion, wiiose fruit will lire whatever else may die. Cheerfully as we may, then, let us turn to tho Christmas merry-making. It is a season of kindness und love; of charity and peace. The poor have a peculiar claim; they depend upon their prosperous neigh bors for their Christmas festival. And this is the time when the sinning and the sinned against tuny pluck the bitterness from their hi avid, and forgive as they expect to be for given. For them who cherish animosity and nurse their auger, however just it seem, there is no happy Christmas. Faith iu Providence, hope for the future, charity towards till men?these are the Christmas ^ifts which will, we trust, be found on the nnrrow iu every home in the State. Our Christmas Carol. "Our song we'll I roll ont for Christmas stout, The heaity, the true and the bold ; A bumper we'll drain, anil with raluht and maiu Give three cheers for this Christmas oiu. Wc 11 usher linn In whVi a merry dm. That snail gladden his jo.vou" In-art. And we'll Kwp bliu up while there's bite or sup, Anl lu fellowship good w<.'li paru" Thauk God for this returning anniver sary?happy, happy Christmas; the season of all others that lights not only the fire of uospitali y in the hall, but the fiante of charity in the heart ; the season thai wins us back to the delusions of childish days, re calls to the old mau the pleasures of his youth, and warms the Ureside with memo ries of tho tender, ami the true. Yes, it is the only anniversary in all the year not forced upon mankind by proclamation; the only one which, in the lessons of the hour, teaches more of human sympathy and Cbris tiau love than half the homilies ever written by half the divines that have ever lived. That man must indeed be a misanthropic sinner, who, apart from the veneration due to its sacred Dame and origin, can thiuk of Christmas time as any other than a good lime?a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time?when men and women seetn, by one consent, to open their sealcd-up hearts and think of the people around them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave. What sweeter thought, loo, than that there i3 at least one day iu tho year when you arc sure of being welcomed wherever you go, and of having; as it were, the world thrown open to you. True, the past may bo hung in mourn ing. Vacant chairs may he around the fire side; the footsteps'of prattling little ones may no longer lightly print tho ground; father, mother, brother, sister or husband may be celebrating their eternal Christinas before "the Jasper Throne." Perhaps the lofks of friendship that shone so brightly once have censed to glow; the hands we grasped have grown cold; tho eyes we sought have hid their lustre in thu grave; yet there will come to us to-morrow "glad tidings" of even these who have gone before. The old home, thu room, the merry races, circum stances tho most minute and trivial, will crowd upon our mind as if tho last assem blage had been but yesterday; hope will build now fires upon the altar of thu heart, and love will gather there to bo renewed in the fresh audgenial warmth. Let Christinas, then, be fruitful iu its joys. Let the averted faces with which we have met old friends be changed to smiles. Among the red-berries and holly bushes, among the turkeys, geese and game, the pigs, saus ages and oysters, the puddings, (jies aud punches?among emblems of the blessed season hung in every sau-.iu try, hall and kitchen?let ris hold fanerai service over all petty jealousies and private wrongs, and so bury forever the animosities that deform our human nature. At best our heart3 need correcting as much as ever did the first proof of a printer's devil, and before life's edition is worked off another year for expor tation to eternity, why ought wo not to re solve that the errors which now mar the sullied page shall not stand against ns when the volume of our history is finally revised by the Author of the universe ? ThankiDg God, then, for present blessings, let ub use them as the best of besoms to sweep out litter from the attics and cellars of oar poor human nature, and brush down the cobwebs of care that have gathered in its dark corners. Nor should we extend these favors to the body, and, as it were, put a clean shirt upon the soul, for the reason that "to-morrow we die;" but we are to do these in remembrance of the time when a sin-sick world first began to experience the cheeriug symptoms of convalescence. To-morrow the civilized world?all peo ples and nations, knit together by a mighty thought?will become one great family. Happy bells will send as their greetings to each Christmas fire? "Coed will and peace ! peace and good will ! The burden of the Advene Song." And in a myriad of homes, the same festi val that every year has stirred the heart of mankind, will again gather youth and age around the happy fireside. A Christmas family party ! What magic there is in the name. What man or woman, sending memory on its grateful errand, does not linger with a .lush of happiness upon the associations that are recalled. The com ing home from school, the greeting of parents, brothers, sisters, cousins and aunts; the welcome of the old-time nurse in her fresh bandana and immaculate neckerchief; the roaring fires iu the parlors and bed-rooms ; the wonderful hampers, aud the handsome girls hooded and booted for aoy sort of Christmas fun. And Christmas Eve ! How the great tree?very mighty in our young imagination?planted in the middle of the table, sparkles with its multitude of little tapers that And reflection in our 'dancing eyes, while wo wait for the distribution of the toys, that peep like fairies from among the leavc3. Grandpapa and grantlmama are there; brothers who have just come from school and college; uncles from the cities, and maiden aunts, with pockets fall of love and bon-bons. By-and-by, bed-time ar rives, and we little ones are sent to dream of Santa Claus, and wonder what our stockings will be freighted with, when at daylight we hurry from our trundles to the chimney jam. The evening concludes with the time-honor ed Christmas dance, and a glorious game of blind-man's-kurT, in which tho pretty girls take refuge behind the window curtaius, and get raad if you fail to mr.ike your eliptical salutes with a vim. The old peo pie, all delight, sit in the cosiest corner of the fire-place, and sipping their egg-nogg or steaming apple-jack, watch with glisteniug eyes tho lively youngsters who remind them of Merry Christmas long ago. King among the musicians is the hoary-headed old Elhio pean. who has played dauce-music iu the family for a quarter of a century, and to night, all mellowness, he scrapes his fiddle until it shrieks with fifty stomach aches; while dusky house-servants, peeping in at the windows and door-way^, keep time with nimble feet to the jollity of the hour, and all goes "merry as a music bell." And so ends Christmas Eve, but only to usher iu the cheerfulness of the day to come. Aud that day ! Ah, how crowded with memo ries. Memories of a home-gal bering, of all the accessible members of the family circle; of home ties renewed, and love warming every heart. Memories of your mother, who, with tender thoughtfalness, anil grateful for her own pleasure, has seut heaping bask ets of good things to the families of her poor neighbors, who, but for her largesse, would have hud no Christmas. Memories of the last Christinas blessing ever asked by him who presided; of a room all aglow with ruddy light, and a board spread with such on array of feathered phenomenou in every stage of Kissing excellence, gigantic pud dings bluzing iu brandy, und choice wines, with the bouquet of whole generations in them, as make us think, in these changed limes, we have been living in a dream. But no ! Christmas is just us real to us to-day as it ever was to our forefathers. Our children will recall its happy scenes, just a-? we gather the tangled ends of our own reminiscences. Friends are as true, and affections us lender around us, now, as when we ourselves were budding into serious men and women; and if we do our duly, changed as may be our circumstances, the season will preserve all its sacred charm for us and our little ones; and the lesson will continue to be writtcu upon our hearts? "This do in remembrance of Me !" And so, a Merry Christinas to you all, aud God bless l's, evert one ! Kcmciubcr tin- Poor. The season of gladness is upon us. In happy homes to-day begins the rosy reign of mirth aud jollity and innocent rejoicing. The Christinas tree is already blossoming iu some hiddeu recess with its woudrous, but, as yet, forbidden fruit. The blithe and expectant little ones are making ready lo hang their stockings by the chimney-piece, with grave misgivings as to their capacity to hold the good things to be distributed in the aigbt-liioc by the slyly-generous Santa Glaus. Families are every where gleeful with the an ticipation of merry gatherings around the plenteous hoard and festive libations from the foaming bowl. Bleak and wintry though the iky be out of doors, around the hearth stone joy and comfort aud social happiness rule the hour. But not to all homes will Christmas bring the appropriate merry-wakings aud delights. Right here, in this good old Cily of Charles ton, there is many a family whose desolate hearth glows not, even in this bitter weath er, with the ruddy blaze of the yule log, or of any substitute, and to whom one plain, iiearty meal would be a Christmas feast in deed. To these unfortunates, too many of whom have known better days, let each man, woman and child, who reads those lines at the breakfast table ihis Christinas Eve, give something better than mere sympathy. There are several uoble relief societies in our community, ready and anxious to relieve the charitable of the trouble and responsi bility of seeking out the distressed and real ly deserving poor. The Fuel Society, espe dally, crave assistance to -da y, ?ud the bit ing December blasts dismally second their pleading. Any Christmas offerings, either in money or fuel, that may be sent to the office of The News will be promptly placed at the disposal of the good ladies of the society, tflarUs. IF YOU WANT A CHEAP TOILET SET pro to KINSMAN BROS. iec24-l_ WANTED, A TEACHES. MALE OR Female, to take charge of a small School in St. Matthew's Parish. One who can give In structions in MurIo preferred. A liberal salary will he (riven, and board furnished. Address P. vr W., St. Matthew's P. 0., S. U._dec2<-4 WANTED, A BOY AND GIRL TO wait In the house. Apply No. 187 Meet ing itrcet, one door north of Pavilion Hotel. dec23-2?_ AYOUNG LADY, FULLY COMPETENT of g?vlng lessons on the Piano, Is desirous of obtaining a few Music Scholars. Terms, $12 quarter. Apply at No. 48 RadchUe street. dec22-thsm3* WANTED, A NURSE, TO TAKE charge of an Infant and make herself gen erally useful. Recommendations required. Apply at No. 104 Tradd street._degM WANTED, A FIRST-RATE COOK. None need apply without the best recom mendation. Apply, before 10 o'clock In the morn lng, at No. is Meeting street._ rtcclg WANTED, A SMART, ACTIVE COL ORED BOY, to wait about the house. Re commendations required. Apply at No. 15 Meet ing street, be'fo e 10 o'clock in the morniug. decio FARM TO RENT.?A FARM OF FOUR TEEN acres, situated on the Bellvedlerc Tract, three miles from the city. To rent low to a good tenant. Apply atJ. C. n. CLaU>.SEX'S, Market street._dec5-wmf TO RENT, THAT DWELLING HOUSE AND STORE, with all the Fixtures complete, corner Queen anil Franklin streets. Apply on the premises or to j M. mulvaxky._decjgj FOR RENT OR SALE, A BEAUTIFUL ESTATE in Orangeburg District, situated on Lyous Creek, three and a half miles from the .south Carolina Railroad. The tract conraltis moo acres, soli rich red clay, adapted to cotton, corn, wheat, root crops and clover. a splendid range for cattle; sunny hillsides for vineyards, and low lands for meadows. Lyons Creek, a large, never-falling stream runs through the estate, and furnishes one of the Quest water powers in the State. A most valuable Iron ore has been discovered recently on the place. Tie estate has on it all the necessarv farm Buildings, negro bouses, barns, stables, gin house* and small dwelling. It has been in con atant cultivation since the war, and the splendid growing crop would give entire satisfaction. It la offered for rent-or uale, on reasonable terms. Address Mrs. L M. KEITT, Society Sill. Darlington District, S. C. Or R. M. MARSHALL A BRO., No. 33 Broad Htreet. augl _for ggU._ FRENCH CONFECTIONERY BOXES, ' FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, at dec241_KINSMAN BROS. JUST ARRIVING THIS MORNING, those flue TURKEYS, Fowls, Bucks, Gecsc and Fresh Eggs, for sale by W. HUNT, No. 4'J Mar ket street, between Church aad Meeting, north side._der23-2? "VTORTHERN POULTRY AND GAME.? _L1 Just received from N?w Yerk a die lot of] POULTRY AND GAM*', consisting of Trrkeys, Geese, Ducks. Capons, Grouse, Ac. For sale cheap by TllOS. MURPHY, No. 81 Market street. dec21-4?_ FOR SALE, A LOT OF FINE CANARY BIRDS and SE-D. Also, FR?I , at A uTEllO'S. No. 82 Market jtreft._rtec21-4* FOR SALE, THREE VEftZ FINE HULKS, well broken, and In good order. Apply at CAMERON. BARK f.E V A 00. rteclg-fi FOR SALE, A No. 1 WHEELER & WILSON'S SEWING MACHINE, in Cabinet Case?cheap. Apply at J. L. LUNsFORD'S, No. 27 QtiecN street. nova FOR SALE, GGO ACRES OF COTToN AND PROVISION LAND, twelve miles from uraugeiuir.r, and two mllci from Lewlsvllie De pot,.s.C. Itallroad, with Resilience of tight rooms, tin; usnal oiiiiiniiiiiiig.4, iriii-hoose, ami quarters for laborers. 'Hie place Is healthy, water excel lent, and Umber abundant. It is mi der cultiva tion, and 6oo bushels of cotton Seed for planting ein be procured on the premises. also, An eligible LOT of one and three quarter acres, at Glenn Springs, Spartanbunt County, with Cot tage uf four rooms and oin-bulldings. rinflnlshed. For terms, AC., apply to DeTREVILLK k WHA LEY, Attorneys at Law, or-ngeburg C. IL, S. C. decS-thattil?? Gl \ Kf\f\ m-FOK SALES, A LONG vD~jr."J\.'\J ESTA?l.ISHED BUSI NESS, (Retail,) paying a net protltof $2300 per an num. Ample time given a purchaser tu learn the business. This I? a rare enuncefor an active man <o secure a nermanent Income. Business done wholly for cash. Personi having the "stamps'' and meaning buslncw may address "f 2500 In come," Box V, Daily Nitws Office, giving real name. iniv? test tinfi jfonno. LOST, ON FRIDAY EVENING, A CRUTCH, with India Rubber top. The Und er will be rewarded by applving at this Oitlce. dcc24-2_ STRAYED INTO YARD WEST END OF Be;uilain mi reef, three Bulls and one Heifer. The owner can get the same by paying expenses. drC24-l* c? _JEonnxUorwl. K ES BUR Y S GEO 0 L , WILL CHRISTIE BENET, rector. Next session bnglns Monday, 18th January, 1871. Fees tor session : (12 50, $20, $25, in ad vance. <lic2:i-3n*c MLSS A. L. SALOMON CONTINUES to teach WAX and RuSIN FRUIT: Wax, Worsted, Hair, Leather and Paper Flowers; Gre cian ami Oriental I'alutlng; Embroidery, Tapestry and Tuning Work; Crochet, Netting, Knitting and Fancy Work. In Its various branches, at No. 23 Society street, third dour east of Meetlug, where specimens uan be pcen. Orders in any of the above branches promptly executed. nov28-imv-f>imn ING'S MOUNTAIN MILITARY SCHOOL, YORKV1LLE, S. C. K The flr<t session of the School year of 1371. will begin on the Fikst of Fkbruaht. terms?For School Expenses, L e., Tuition, Bpoks, stationery, Ac, Boarding, Fuel, Lights ifnd Washing, $135 In currency per session of five months. For circulars, contalulng full particulars, apply 10. -Colonel A. COWARD, dec20?13 Princtpsl und PrripHotwr jyjOUNT ZION SCHOOL. WINK SB OR 0', S. C. G. A. WOODWARD. GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. PRINCIPAL. IL M. FARROW, GRADUATE S. C. M. A., ASSO CIATE PRINCIPAL. The Exercls'fl of tills School will be resumed TUKSD vY, January 2.1871. ami conti nie without intermission till close of .scholastic year. June 30. Pupils r celved at auy time and charged to close of term. Students are subjected to the whole some restraints of military discipline, and wear an appropriate uniform. For circulars, address the Principal._dcc7-w>8 ENGLISH AND GERMAN SCHOOL, No. 82 WENTWORTH STREET.?The exercises of litsiustitu'ion embrace all the branches necessary ;or u good English and Commercial education, rne hours from 3 to 6 o'clock P. M. are devoted o German lessons, viz: Grammar, Speakiug. Writing and Reading*. Lesions in Drawiug and Moulding every Saturday morning. The Night School from 7 to 9 o'clock, for exercises of Arith metic. Keadlns;, Spelling ami Writing, aud Orna mental and Mechanical Drawing for adults. The Acailentv ts timier my special superinten dence, with the assistance of Mr. J. MCDONALD, ?IssJ. IL ANGEL, Misa LEON HARDT, Miss J. ? ILL ER. Vocal Music by rrofessor P. HEKCKHAN. C. H. BEROMANN, ango Principal. SDissoialions of (?oparlnErsl]iji. DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP. Tin- Firm of WILLIS & ClIISOLM is this day dis-ulvi'd bv mutual <ron-cnt Tho liquidation of their aifairs will be conducted by E. WILLIS, who will continue the business on lus own account. k. WILLIS. Charleston, S. C, December o, 1970. dec7 [O. O. F.?SCHILLER LODGE, No. 30. The Regular Quarterly Meeting and Election >r Officers of this Lodge will be held on To-Mor ?ow (Sunday) Evbnino, at 7 o'clock. Members will please come prepared to pay their arrears. By order of the N. 0. TH. HENRTOSON, dcc24* Kecording Secretary. SUnnsfiirunto. ROLLER SKATING AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC HALL, COMMENCING SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. 1. The asnemblies will be as follows : MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY AFTERNOONS from ? to 6 o'clock, and TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY NIGHTS from half-past 7 to 10. Admission to Night Assemblies 50 cents; Chil dren 25 cents. Tickets in packages of twelve, $-3. Use of Skates, 25 cents. Afternoon Assemblies, Ladies and Children, in cluding use of Sates, 25 cents; Gentlemen, Includ ing use of Skates, 60 cents. Season tickets of admission (good for all assem blies during three months) for gentlemen $6; for ladles $3; for gentlemen and lady $7 60. sep27-3mos Drcrmitiuc itnijolstcrrj. pRESENTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. The particular attention of the Ladles Is called to the opening of the largest and most fashiona ble stock of UPHOLSTERY AND DECORATIVE GOODS that has been exhibited la this cltv since the war. w. J. TRIM. No. 243 King street, Two doors south of Beau fain street. ?DOW CURTAINS, SHADES AND CORNICES. SWISS, NOTTINGHAM AND MUSLIN CURTAINS Walnut, Rosewood and Gilt Cornices Cords, Tassels and Picture Nails Window Hollands, Buff, Ejue Greeu and White Plain and Decorated Window Shades. At TRIM'S UPHOLSTERY WAKE ROOMS, _No. 243 King street.; piNE UPHOLSTERY GOODS, KEPS, TERRIES AND SATIN DAMASKS Plushes, Moreens and French Las tings French and English Cretonnes and Chintzes Linen Coverings and Furniture Stripes Gimps, Tassels, Centres and Bands. At TRIM'S UPHOLSTERY WARE ROOMS, No. 243 King street. D ECORATIVE GOODS FRENCH AND AMERICAN PAPER HANGINGS AND DECORATIONS Embroidered Table and Piano * Covers, Tolle rettes, Ac. With a great variety of the lnte3t styles of FANCY G09D8 In the same line. At TRIM'S UPHOLSTERY WAREROOMS, _No. 243 King street. URNiTUBE RENOVATED AND RE PAIRED. F This establishment makes a specialty or catting LAMBREQUINS AND DRAPERIES from the new est designs. Also, of Hair, Moss and Wool Mat tresses and Pew Cushions. SOFAS, CHAlftS AND LOUNGES repaired and covered, by u.eaosi competent workmen, at such prices and terms that will not fail to give satis faction, at W. J. 1 Rlif.'S UPHOLSTERY WAREROOMS, No. 243 King street, dcc7-wfmimo Tws doors south of Beanfatn. flarotcfirc, *tlerrj, Src. Q.OOD S FOR THE SEASON, t AT LOW PRICES I PLATED SP00N3, FORKS AND MUGS. CARVERS, STEELS AND TABLE KNIVES. URNS, CHAFING DISHES and DISH COVERS. TEA TRAYS, BREAD TRAYS and WAITERS. TOILET PATLS. SLOP JARS and FOOT TUBS. a fin? ASSORTMENT of STOVES, Among which are Stewart's Parlor Base Burner. For Parlors, Offices or Stores, and "THE SOUTHERN GEM," A flrst-cbias Cooking Stove, with Galvanized Tank, Warming Closet, and other modern Improvements. We are sole agents in this city for the celebrated UNION KEROSENE STOVE, AND DUVAL'9 PATENT BAKER. J. B. BUVAL ? SON. No. 337 KING STREET, North of Liberty street. dec22-4 H BD WABE or DIRECr IMPORTATION. JOSEPH RODOERS & SONS and WOSTKNUOLM'S . POCKET CUTLERY English Dish Covers, in sets Ivury Handle Cirvtrs and Table Karvea Plated Kntv- s and Forks Tea and Tablespoons EDgllsh Toilet Sets Engllr-h Tea TrayB Gnns and Sporting Articles, in great variety. At S. k. MARSHALL'S, Corner King and Society streets. dcc20-5 Sign -B:g Gun." ?artrrj ?ooit?, &t. CHINA CUPS AND SAUCERS, AT dec241_KINSMAN BROS. JgALL, BLACK & CO., Nos. 665 and 567 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, Call attention of those about purchasing HOLI DAY PRESENTS to their unequalled Stock, com prising everything in SILVER, JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS. It will be much to the advantage of those living at a distance iront the city to send tliclr orders, as special attention will be given in the selection by one offne nmi per>onaily. And in case the goods furnished are not satlaiactory in every re spect, they can oe exchanged. Goods sent C. 0. U. Packages allowed to be opened and selections made. janis-lyr . tjotde. -j^Qy HENRY'S RETREAT, JQ'J No. 107 EAST BAY, ONE DOOR BELOW BROAD STREET. 1. Restaurant. 2. Oysters always fresh on hand. 3. FREE LUNCH from half-past 10 o'clock every day. 4. Meals at all hours. Dinner served from 12 to 4 P. M. 5. Meals served on Sunday until 2 P. M. 0. The test IMPORTED WINES, Liquors and Havana Cigars. 7. Only place In town for good genuine Hot Tom and Jerry. Give me a caU, A. HAMMERSCHM1DT, Formerly Barkeeper the Mills House. sep20-3mos S OUTHERN DYE HOUSE, Anew FRENCH DYE HOUSE has been opened at No. 35'j King street, where DYEING in aU col ors, and Cleaning of all kinds is done at tat shortest notice and In the best flr.yie. BLASCOW, B1LLER A CO., French Dyers, No. 35 King street, near corner George street, net/i" lyr AMILY GROCERIES CH?USTMAS MINCE PIES, AT d>;c241_KINSMAN bros;.' F The subscriber reapectftuly inlormaiils friends and the public, that he bas this day opened, at No. 238 KINO STERBET, Fourth Door North of Market, a large and well-selected stock or FAMILY GROCERIES, which will be sold at LOWEST CASH PRICES. Housekeepers will do well to give me a call be fore purchasing elsewhere. F. L. O'NEILL. dec21-l H AMS! HA?! S1 HAMS! 5 tierces Choice Sugar-Cured Washington HAMS. Now landing per James Adger. and for sale by PAUL B. LALANE k CO., dec24-l No. 171 East Bay. L1 VERPOOL SALT. 3750 sacks per Bark Arbitrator, Just arrived. For sale by WAGNER, HUGER A CO. dec23-2_ FRENCH CONFECTIONERY, FIFTY CENTS PER POUND, at dec241_KINSMAN BROS. H IS KIES, Ac, &o. 100 bbU. WHISKIES Gibson's X. XX, XXX Gibson's Cabinet * . 300 boxes Fire Crackers 160 bb!8 Best New Orleans Molasses 500 boxes, halves and quarters of Raisins. For sale low, by dec22-4 STEFFENS, WERNER & PUCKER. QHEAP LIQUORS ! CHEAP LIQUORS 1 Imported and Domestic BRANDY Tara? and Cooking Wines Whiskey of all Grades Old London cordial Gin. All at cord prices, at CO-OPERATIVE GROCERY, Southwest corner of Meeting aud Market streets. dec22 L 00 K AT THIS. Now Is the time for dealers to lay In their stock of LIQUORS FOR THE HOLIDAYS, and wc are prepared to save them the trouble of ordering from the North, by selling them the s:imc article here fur cash at what they would have to pay in Philadelphia for It, thereby saving freight, insurance and other expenses. We are enabled to do so by ourlaie arrangements with two of the principal Liquor houses of Philadelphia -JOHN GIBSON'S SON * CO., and HENRY WAL LACE k CO. We have now on hand 100 barrels of the follow ing brands: OLD CORN WHISKEY X Whiskey XX Whiskey XXX Whiskey XXXX Whiskey. Nectar Whiskey Cabinet Whiskey, and 60 barrels JOHN GIBSON'S SON & CO.'S OLD DEER CREEK RYE WHISKEY, of which brand we have the sole right to sell, in this city. We also keep constantly on hand, Port, Madei ra and Sherry WINES, at the lowest price for the quality. Give us a 1 rial. BYdNE k FOGARTY, dcc!5 Corner Church ami Chalmers streets. ANNIS'S ACME RYE W^SKIES? H F Messrs. H. S. HANNIS k CO.. of Philadelphia, ever inteut to Improve ou the qualities of their WHISKIES, can lay claim to producing some of the choicest in the country, and having rendered the prices such as to to make them available for every class of trade and for general use. ?fter the celebrated Acme brands of CABINET, NECTAR, XXXX, XXX, XX-and X. thrsugh us, as their sole agents for this city ami the State o: South Caro Una, at the most advantageous prices and terms. OLACIUS A WITTS, No. 130 East Bay. SO BARRELS AND 26 HALF BARRELS OF THE ABOVE ON HAND NOW. nov26-3tqth3mo8_ LOUR, SIDES, SHOULDERS, HAMS, PORK, COFFEE, SUGAR, ?C. J E F F 0 RDS A CO.. Nos. 17 and 10 VENDUE RANGE, OFFER AT LOWEST MARKET RATKS: 600 bbls. Fresh Gronnd FLOUR 35 hhiis. Choice Cleur Rib Shies 20 hhds. Prime smoked Shoulders 10 tierces Choice S. 0. Hams 10 tierces Pure Lpaf Lurd 25 bbls. Heavy City Mess Pork 20.000 pounds Prime Dry Salt Sides 10,000 pouuds Dry Salt Bellies 100 eai ks Rio Uorfeo 160 bbls. Reflned Sugars 100 cases 2 and 3 lb. Fresh Tomatoes 75 cases Fresh Peaches 100 cases, 1 and 2 lb, Fresh Oysters. octll-tuihsomos "PI" & H. W. CAT HE R WOOD'S EXTRA FINE PURE OLD MONONOAHELA WHISKIES. In order to facilitate the supply of ourPUHE OLD MONONOAHELA RYE WHISKIES to our former nume-ous customers at the South, we have appointed Messrs. II. GEIID S k CO. our Agents, who, by this arrangement, are enabled to Apply the trade at prices which will Insure satis faction. H. k U. W. CATHERWOOD. The subscribers take pleasure to Inform their customers and the trade generally that they have still a f?w barrels of the Messrs. CATnERWOOD'S FINE OLD MONONGAHELA WHISKIES on hand, which has had the bcneflc ol a Southern summer's heat. Have also received recently one hundred barrels of various grades, at reduced prices. H. GERDTS * CO.. dcc20-tnths3nios No. 196 East Bay. WAX AND CHINA DOLLS AT RE DUCED PRICES, at KINSMAN BR05. SdecStl C OAL! COALI COAL! 350 tons very Superior R. A. COAL, grate and stove slz s, landing"his day and for sale bv ton or quantity at lowest market rives while landing, 'i bis cargo is of excellent quality, and euch as 1 can coulldenily recommend ro my patrons. JULIUS A. is lake, Koyce's Wharf. in st?he. 200 tons Liverpool PARLOR COAL, of undoubted qnallty._,_dec23-3 JL. LDNSFORD, CABINET-MAKES and UPHOLSTERER, begs leave to nforra the people of Charleston, and of the State, that he Is still carrying on his old business, at No. 31 Queen street. . He can make or r pair a piece ol Furniture of any description. He also manufac tures new MATTRESSES and renovates old ones. Cane Chair-bottoms replaced by an experienced workman. Customers may rely upon the per rormance of work in a prompt and faithful man ner. Pi Ice for renovating a Moss Mattress, large size, $3 50; Hair Mattresses, $4; Cotton or Wool Mattresses, $5. Persona having this work to be done are assufed that the contents of m at cresset will not be exchanged for cheap or Inferior art l cles. J. L. LUNSFORD, P. B. H. dcc21 O.H N MARSHALL, Jr., COMMISSION MERCHANT. NAVAL STORES, COTTON, LUMBER AND RICE MARSHALL'S WHARF, Charleston, S. C. augW h jQEAYS, CARTS AND WAGONS Manufactured by WILSON, CHILDS <fc CO. Constantly on hand and for sale by CAMERON, BARKLEY k CO. Agents for Wilson, Childs k Co. declO-lmo " QOCK AND BRIDGE WORK. JOHN D. GRIFFIN, Coxtractoe. Estimates and plans furnished on application for all classes of BRIDGE AND WHARF WORK In city or country. Orders solicited from County Commissioner! and others having charge of public works. Address Peat office Box 52, Charleston, S. C. novae-imo* -? (?rocmijs, fcii?nors, Ut. GHEISTMAS lPCED*CAKES, AT deC24-l ^c ^-' KINSMAN B^>S. SELECTED. STOCK A 4? G E OC E E IB 8, JUST REOEITED AND OPENED AT THE NEW STOEE ON KING STREIT, No, 241, BED FBONZ, CHOICE GREEN AND BLACK TEAS Coffee of every kind. ALSO, FRESH ROASTED AND OROOND flOFFEB, every day. FRUITS, Dried, Preserved, and la Mielr ewn Juice, both Foreign and Domestic. WINES AND LIQUORS of finest quality, both Foreign and Native. A choice selection of CALIFORNIA WLN?S. FLOUR. Hiram Smith's GENESEE. > Hecker k Brother's Self-Raising Wheat and Buckwheat. Together with a foil supply of oX FBESH GROCERIES. The long experience and thorough knowledge of the business gives the undersigned many ad vantages over others In obtaining first-quality Goods. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. Good Delivered to any part of the city FREE OF CHARGE. C. D. AHRENS 4 DO. dec20-5 D ON'T BEAD TEI SI' The largest stock of MEERSCHAUM PIPES ever brought into this market, will be sold at a sacrifice. Every Pipe guaranteed. At L. LORENTZ'S CIGAR STORE, decl9-0 Corner King and Wfntworth sts. 0 N. HAND AND FOR SALB LOW FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. 200 dozen BASS'S PALE ALE 150 dozen Hlbbart's Porter 25 barrels New Jersev Champagne Older. Philadelphia Ale and Porter in half-pint bottles, Soda and Mineral Waters delivered to any part of the city free of charge. All orders promptly attended to if left at JAMES COSGROVrTS, deelo No.37 Market street near Arisen. SSBS. C. BART & CO., Having been burnt out at Nos. 65,57 And 69 Mar ket street, have removed their stock of goods, CONSISTING OF: 200 barrels Choice Red APPLES loo/oo Sweet Havana Oranges 8,000 Grape Fruit 200 bunches Red Bananas 10,000 Cocoanuta 150 d< zen large Pineapples 25 barrels Assorted Nuts 160 boxes Fire Crackers 100,000 Union Torpedoes 100 whole boxes Layer Raisins 50 half boxes Layr Raisms ? 160 quarter boxes Layer Raisins > 200 drums of Figs 40 boxes MesBicft Lemons 20 kegs Malaga Grapes 10 f rails New Dates 60 barrels Red and Yellow Onions 75 barrels Peach Blow Potatoes loo barrels Jackson White Potatoes 1,600 pounds Dried Apples l.ooo pounds Dried Peaches, To SOUTH HAST CORNER OF CHURCH AND MAR KET STREETS, where they will be glad to serve their former friends and customers at lowest mar ket prices. decl4-10 JL?INO WILLIAM. Just received at KING WILLIAM'S CIGAR FAG TORY, No. 310 King street, near Society street, a large and complete assortment of Leaf. Chewing and Smoking TOBACCO. Cigarettes. Snuff, Pipes, Ac. Havana and Domestic Cigars imported and manufactured by WM SCHRODER, who respecfr fully Invites the attention orchewens and smokers, and traders, wholesale and retail, to a stock folly comprising every variety of quality and prices, from i he cheapest to the highest grade, which is offered at the lowest cash rates. Ail orders from the country will receive prompt attention and shipped C. O. D., or at thirty days' city accept* ance. decl3flraos c AKES! CAKES Fine and tasterully dressed CAKES for Parties and Weddings f umlshed at reasonable rates and short not ice, at the Steam Bakery in Market street. dcc!4 J. C E CLAUSSEN. c ORN GRISTl CORN MEAL! CORN FLOUE ! Ground on Toll, and constantly on Jiand a?l for sale at the Steam Bakery in Marsef4treet. decU J. C. H. CLAUSSEN. C HEMISALLY PURE' IMPORTED LIQUORS. The attention of of Connoisseurs Is respectfully Invited to the following Superior Liquors: VINE GROWERS CO.'S BRANDIES. VlntHges of 1818, 1824, 1850 JAMES HENNESSEY'S COGNAC. PURE SHERRY WINES. AMONTILLADO, THREE GRAPES. CABINET. HENNE.-SEY, CROWN, 8TAR AND GARTER, TOPAZ, PALE-AND DARK, OLD PORT WINBS, JAMAICA RUM, OLD MADEIRA WINE ST. CROIX RUM, W. S. C. CLUBHOUSE GLN Tho above are selected with an especial view to absolute purity and richness or flavor; they are classed amongst the finest Liquors that ever passed an American Customhouse. CORWIN'S CELEBRATED BRANDS OF OLD. WHISKIES, ALL AROUND THE WORLD AMD FOURTEEN YEAR OLD BOURBON. The attention of discriminating! Judges is par ticularly invited to their merit. Any of them can be lmpllcity relied upon where a medical stimulant Is required, they having been endorsed by medical men of the highest standing. EVERT E. BEDFORD, Successor to Wm. S. Corwin A Co., decs No. 275 King street. c HAMPAGNES A full supply or FRENCH CHAMPAGNES. also thk celebrated Urbana and Pleasant Valley CHAMPAGNES, made after the French method. They are rich, fruity and fragnnt. and, m every respect, pleasant and palatable. Price per case $18 and $20. EVERT E. BEDFORD, Late W. s. Corwin & Co., dec3 N'o. 275 King street. ^ NEW LOT OF FRESH HAVANA CIGARS. Direct from the Factory a "El Agulia de Oro." Among them are a very fine LONDRKS, which we offer at $9 per hundred. nov24-3mo8 JOHN HURKaMP A CO. S L'LLLNG OFF AT COST ! On and after THIS DATE the stock of Groceries contained in the Palmetto Pioneer co-operative Grocery will oe offered for sale at retail, at cost prices, to close the business. The stock comprises a full assortment of Choice Family Groceries, TEAS, WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. The Fixtures, Good-will, andunexoired term of Lease, can be treated for at private sale, dee21 jy/JOLASSES, SUGAR, Ac. 90 bills, first quality Muscovado MOLASSES, in cypress barrels 20 hhds. Prime Porto Rico Sugar 1 bbl. Havana Honey. For sale by dec20-? H. GERDTS ? 00.