The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, December 30, 1870, Image 1
VOLUME X.-NUMBER 1465.
CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1870.
S?X DOLLARS A YKAH.
POSTSCRIPT.
2-' IRE
A rire occurred about fifteen minutes of 12
o'clock, last night, In <\ two-story frame build?
ing in the rear ot No. 33 BeauLiin street. The
premises were quickly consumed, with its
effect?. The property was owned by Alder?
man Richard Holloway, on which thero was
no insurance. The origin of the fire 13 un?
known. The efficiency aud promptness of the
firemen prevented what seemed at one time a
disastrous conflagration, owing lo the com?
bustible nature of the buildings contiguous.
THE STATE CAPITAL.
NEW* ASE- GOSSIP OF THE HOLI?
DAY SEASON.
Christmas at thc Columbia Hon I - "An
Up-Conntry Outrage" Exposed-Thc
Xrfte "IUls Tax -Extension of the
Charleston City Limits-The Educa?
tional Institute, ?Sic, &c.
[FROM ora OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
COLUMBIA, December 28.
The holidays seem to have upset matters up
here in Columbia. Polities have been com?
pletely laid as'de, and merry making of all
kinds has been the order or the day. What,
with fairs, skating, horse-racing, cock-fight?
ing and church-going, lt would be strange if
every one hadn't something to amuse him.
. CHRISTMAS AT THE "COLUMBIA."
At the "Columbia" a kind ofgo-aral strang?
er's holiday was kept up. When persona ai e
travelling on a holiday, it is really an enjoy?
ment to be thrown in with kind and obliging
strangers. Every one at the "Columbia" did
his best to make some' one happy, and suc?
ceeded. Friend Gorman, the cenia] landlord,
ran things periectly "disregardtess," and wine
and nogg, and edibles, and all the other good
thined were here, there and everywhere. Mr.
Budds, tonserly of Charleston, now cashier of
the hotel, was untiring to add to his reputa?
tion for urbanity, and with the assistance of
Major Halleek, who is an Al hotelist, (aud of
course, knows what every ono wants bet?re he
knows it himself,) succeeded admirably. It
will be a long time before the guests forget
Christmas at the "Columbia."
RAT'ICAL CORPSE-MAKING."
The Radical party of this State have always
been too willing to credit tales of outrages
and kukluxlng, and have furt her done their
utmost to li.cito them. The up-country is
fruitful soil for all sorts of disturbances." 'In
fact, lue pnrase "Disturbances in the up-coun?
try" has become so common that no need is
paid to it by sensible people. Every few days
80UJP unknown individual is hung or maltreat?
ed in some unknown part of the country. He
is sometimes really a victim-but much more
generally only so on paper, one of these,
who has had thc felicity of being hung and
not knowing it is Wiley Draper. Some time
since I exposed the canard ol his demise, and
was in turn contradicted as one who "was
paid lor lying." Knowing full well that the
stories ot the constables and Radicals from the
section where Diaper lives were not only false
in themselves, but regular Webslerian Iles-at?
tempts to deceive, as well, I have sent for and
obtained affidavits rroin respectable parties,
which speak for themselves us plainly as any?
thing can speak. I have, beside?, an affidavit
from Wiley C. Draper himseit, taken before
one of Scott's trial Justices. The following is
the affidavit:
STATS OP SOUTH CAROLINA, SPAItTANBURQ COUNTY.
. Personally appeared Wiley C. Drnper before me,
a trial justice for the county aud State aforesaid,
and makes oath that the report that bas been In
circulation that he was hung. ls incorrect. That
he is a citizen of i nion County, and that no vio?
lence has been used upou his person In auy way,
and knows no cause lor thc circulation of ihe re?
port.
He'furthermore states that he lived with Mrs.
D. B. Holcombe last year, and until soaic lime lu
February last, when his house was bumed, which
was purely accidental, caused by the wooden
chimney tatting Are. That lt was in the day time,
and that one ol his daughters (a grown woman)
was in the house at thc time, and also that the
family of Mrs. llolcomiicdid everything ia their
pow?.' to stop the Ure.
.(&:<*ne<i) WILEY C. DRAPSK.
Sworn to aud subscribed before me, L>ecemi>er
14, 1870. JOHN P. CASEY, T. J.
The following certificates and affidavit must
convince any honest-minded man ol' the iles
that are attempted to be foisted upon the
public :
STATKOF SOUTH CAROLINA, SPARTAN BURS COUNTY.
Per.%a al ly appeared James B. Des:. It-Ms before
me. tnio. being duly sworn, saya that he saw
Wiley Draper y este? day evening. Knows he ls
not dead; ls well acquainted with him; has known
him for the last thirty years, and knows of no
other Draper anywhere. J. B. DESHIELDS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Kia
day ol December, 1870. JOHN P. CASEY, T. J.
I hereby ce tiry tha Wiley Draper spent last
Saturday and Suuday nights (the 10th and nth of
this month) at my house. I am well acquainted
with him, and know of no other Draper In this
country. JOHN P. CASEY, T. J.
December Mth, 1S70.
STATS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SPARTANBU.tG COUNTY,
CROSS ANCHOR TOWNSHIP.
I hereby certify that Wiley Draper, who was
reported to have been hanged in November last,
was lu onr ?tore on or about the 1st instant, on
two occasions, nnd that 1 remarked to him that it
was rumored that he had been bunged, aud, to
th's remark, be rep<ied that he had Heard it also,
but that lt was a He, and idrthennore stated tuat
he had not been In anywise mul;s;ed.
To the above I will make oath at any time, and
would do so now, bat there ls no trial Justice con?
venient. JAMES L. HILL,
Of the linn of J L. * A. BM
Hill's Factory, S. C, December 12,1S70.
A NSW REAL ESTATE AtfEXCY.
As an. evidence of tho increasing prosperity
of Columbia I notice the formation ol' a ne w
firm for the sale ol real estate. Messrs. E. W.
Selbels & Co. have just opened their office
here, and have filled a want long felt. Seve?
ral attempts have buen made to sturt such itu
enterprise, but none as yet on so extended u
plan. Mr. Selbels is well known ever the
State as the secretary ot the Reform party.
He has associated wilh him Mr. J. B. Ezeil,
well and long known among insurance men.
The first large public sale will bc made on the
9th of January, when Hie well known proper
N ty of the United Stales Hotel, on Main street,
Collpbia, will be sold in building lots of good
size.
A large amount of real estnie is advertised
by Messrs. Selbels & Co, arnon:; which is the
well known watering place ot Wiiliamston
Springs, in Anderson County, localed directly
on the Greenville Railroad.
THE NINE MILLS TAXATION.
Although legislative mailers have Hie go-by
just now, we hear considerable comment o?
the nine mills tax amendment, adopted by Hie
House just prior lo adjournment lor the holi?
days. Its meets with decided disfavor, and'
there is no doubt that iL will meet with still
further opposition when tho Legislature reas?
sembles. Even among the Kadlcols lhere arc
many lighting il now.
In Hie doom o "? the House O'Connell spoke
at length in lavor ol the reduction of the mic
ot taxation. He desired that eight mills.should
be levied instead ot nine nulls, altliO!t"h lie
voted previously lor thu latter rate. If there
was a deficiency bill Introduced ho would sup?
port lt, should it be shown io him that it was
right and just. The entire expenses of the
counties arts borne to-day by the counties ?
themselves, whilst previously incy were borne
by the Stale. The only exp?iist S of Hiv Stale,
at present were Hie payment of Ihe Slat? offi?
cials, no oue of whom received more tliuu
three thousand dollars salary. Ile desired io
know where this vast amount o? money was
togo. He continued In this strain lor -onie
time, and succeeded in staving off the ndop
liou of Hie nine mids amend mc ul. O'Connell
is a good worker, aud almost always carries
his point.
EXTENSION OF THE LIMITS OF CHARLESTON*.
No bill has yet been Introduced to extend
tb^fliinits of the City of Charleston. Notice
haisTjeen given of two bills for Hutt purpose.
Mr T. H. Davis has given notice ol such a bill,
by the provisions of which the iimiisofthe
eily are to be extended up to the Six-mile
House. The bill lias not yet been drawn up,
and will not be presented for some time.
EDUCATIONAL ISSITTUTE.
The Educational Insritalc of South Parolina,
which was organized hist May by a State con?
vention ot teachers, in Columbia, lias held its
first annual meeting. This body ol men cm
braces some ol' the most earnest and working
menin the profession. The pr?sid?t of Hie
institute is Captain Hugh S. Thompson, ann
its corps ol'officers are efficient ami practical
men. Among the items of ireneral interest is
tho appointment of a committee, ol willoh
Professor Jumes H. Carlisle is chairman,
whose office is to nppoint competent teachers
to prepare essays on leading subjects connect?
ed wini education and leaching-these essays
to be read before the insentient Its next meet?
ing in August. The place ot the uext meeting
is Greenville.
tselbre this meeting was read an essay on
the best methods oMeaclilng Lilin, by Mr.
Benjamin It. Stuart, of Winnsboro'. Tho an?
nual address ot the inst Ititi e was delivered in
the Washington street Methodist Chapel by
Professor Carlisle. His subject was "The
Schoolmaster,'' and for an hour tho accom?
plished speaker held his audience in the closest
attention. Barely have tiie claims, duties, re?
sponsibilities, mid character in general ol' the
teacher been portrayed in a more forcible and
striking manner. Learning, wit, quotation
and authority tilled an hour as usefully and as
ably as a Columbia audience lias listened to in
many a day.
WEATHER IN HAMPTON ROARS.
FORT MONROE, December 29-7:15 P. M.
A severe northwest snow storm set in last
night and continued till-noon to-day. About
six inches of snow tell. The Bteamer General
Terry, from Newborn for New.York, put in for
a harbor. The United States steamer Pawnee
dropped down from Norlolk to the buoys, and
is now adjusting compasses. The pilot boat
Maryland reports as passed in for Ballimore
barks India and Yamoden. Irom Rio; brig
Clara Brown, irom Havana; passed out, the
steamer Ottawa, for Liverpool.
SPARES ER OH THE WIRES.
The reported burning of General McClellan's
residence is ialse.
A Havana dispatch reports that the rebels
are surrendering everywhere In large num?
bers.
The navigation of thc Potomac continues
closed. The seaboard mails como regularly
by thc Orange ami Alexandria Railroad via
Richmond and GordonsviUe.
Judge Blatchford gave a decision in New
York yesterday, whereby nearly a half million
will be refunded for excess of duties paid :
under the coliectorship of Augustus Schnell.
The decision involves the ultimate refunding
of several millions of dollars.
Mrs. Belknap, wile of the Secretary of War,
is dead. She was Miss Toralinson, of Ken?
tucky, and sister of Lieutenant Toinlinson,
who served the Confederacy as the aid ol '
General Samuel W. Ferguson.
Gilbert G. Ferris, late deputy revenue col?
lector of the Third Mississippi District, has .
been arrested on thc charge of representing
himself as a revenue officer after dismissal,
whereby he obtained money; also, the em?
bezzlement of one hundred and fifty dollar? ]
worth ol stamps.
Mr. Pleasanton will assume the commission
ership of internal revenue on Tuesday next.
Michael Dunhegan, while quarrelling with .
his motlier, at Elizabeth, N. J., yesterday, shot ,
her dead.
A QUEER STOUT.
Northern Reports from Sooth Carolina <
-Thc Lauren* Cumpuign and lt? Re- !
suits-Dan Kerrigan and His Bnmi.
[Washington Correspondence of the K. Y. Herald. 1
At thc late election in South Carolina eleven
Unionists, while and colored, were killed al ,
Laurens Courthouse, among them being a Mr. \
Powell, a native ol Ohio aud -Tnd<<-e of Probute
of the county. In consequence of representa- 1
tious made to the war department by the ?
Slate authorities, who declared themselves ;
powerless to enforce the law and to arrest the
murderers, a large military force was recently I
dispatched to South Carolina, under command i
ot Brevet Mujer-General Cnrliu, major of the
sixteenth Infantry. This force was direct
ed by General Terry to co-operate witli the
State authorities and to act ns u protection to ?
the United States Marshal in arresting the ot- ,
fenders upon wriis issued by a Circuit Court
commissioner. The troops reported to Gov- 1
ernor Scott at Columbia, and in company with
the Marshal proceeded thence by rail and
wagon-road to Laurens Courthouse, and, ?
owing to the fact that the town was not con?
nected with Columbia by telegraph, sue- '
ceeded in surprising and arresting eleven i
persons charged wi. h murder, and" brought
them to Columbia fur trial. The pailles ar?
rested were citizens ol prominence and 1
wealth, but the Federal grand jury, t
for political reasons, Ignored the bills
against - them. They were, however, re- .
arrested upon writs issued by the State
Authorities und held In custody until Judge
Vernon came to Columbia and granted writs
of habeas corpus for their discharge. Pending
these proceedings Hie L?gislature Impeached
Judge Vernon for high crimes and misdo- '
meanors, but he paid no attention io the net i
of tho Assembly, and permitted the prisoners <
lo give bail, which they did, and hurriedly left
bclore they could be rearrested. Having dis- 1
Charged tuc duty assigned to him. General I
Carlin returned lo Washington, ou his way lo |
Nashville, Tenn., where he is stationed with
Ids regiment. The Oflendc?? are now at largo
in consequence ol llienciion of the court?, aud
the military campaign did not result in nindi J
practical benefit While the troops were (
on tho mardi Hom Columbia a telegram
was reaelved by Hcneral Carlin convey
ing the lafurmatlou that Dan Kerri?
gan aud a number ol roughs had left New York
City on the steamer James Adger, bound to
Charleston and Columbia, willi the avowed .
purpose ol'denning out the negro Legislature
of South Carolina. In consequence H oops were
left at Columbia to protect Hie Legislature
fruin Hie threatened Invasion of lian Kcrrigau
and his men. Upon bis rel um to Columbia
General Carlin w'us surprised to And Hie re?
ported foray upon the Legislature untrue; but
discovered thal Kerrigan and his band were
emigrating to a gold mine in thal vicinity,
which was reported to be very rich, and that
the party, with its chief, was not as ferocious 1
as represented. As the people of the country i
where tho gold mines lay were very hostile lb ,
strangers, a guard was supplied to Dau Kerri?
gan's emigrants lor their protection. 1
THE COLLAPSE OF GRANT.
[From the Loudon Spectator.] ?
President Grant lias been a respectable me- '
diocrity willi a somewhat declining reputa- '
lion. His administration luis accomplished a I
few real reforms in.dunnee, and paid off a I
good deal ol'debi. Bul he llas not yet per- I
suadetl Congress to get rid nf thu lucoiiverti- <
bte currency, and return lo cash payments. ..
Hellas ni" \el succeeded in doing anything '?
ai oil low -is the most needful ol American 1
reforms-tue reform of the civil service. Ile I
?as not accepted our ove; tures fdr a settle- !
mcutuf lue, Alabama dispute. He luis not per- i
siiudcdlhc Semite to give ils consent lu Hie I
San Domingo auiK?Xiulou. He lias-no don1'!, .
ouiy by a piece ol blundering careless
ness--involved Hie administration in what. .
kinked like some sort of resjiouslbiliiy lura 1
very unpleasant and mischievous gold con?
spiracy. He lias been seemingly changeable
with regard lo his besi diplomatie representa- 1
fives, und uoi very toriuuaic iu others ol them.
Oa Hie whole, when his two years ol' oillce are
al au end, lie will have done nothing to sus?
tain in the tieid ol politics the reputation he ;
had gained ou Hie llelu of war, and, therefore,
us happens to all si t ong lueu w ho are discov
ered to be strong only on on- side, his popu?
larity Is on Hie wane. '
THE GERMAIS OPEN FIEE.
BOMBARDMENT OF FORT AYRON.
The Preliminary Step to thc Shelling of
Paris-Rejoicing in Germany-V e r
.aillcg Under French Pire-The Spirit
In Puris ami tho Provinces-SuiTcrings
of thc German Troops, &c.
BKKLIN, December 28.
The news of thc opening of fire on the Paris
fortifications has caused public rejoicings.
VERSAILT.ES, December 28.
The bombardment ol Fort Arron continues.
The French reply with ineffectual vigor.
LONDON, December 29.
Balloon advices from Paris arc to lour
o'clock on the 27th. Tho citizens and soldiers
are in excellent spirits and-stilt determined on
a vigorous resistance. The Intense cold has
suspended military operations. Preparations
are progressing on a large scale and import?
ant results are expected. These preparations
Imbue the citizens with increased confidence.
A Saxon battalion has been dislodged from
Maison Blanche. .
A dispatch from Strasbourg announces that
the Germans stormed Belfort twice and were
twice repulsed willi considerable loss.
The Prussians have evacuated the left bank
ol the Seine. A large force oi Germans is
still at Yoetol.
The Germans evacauted Dijon upon the ap?
proach of the French. The French claim an
advantage at the battle o? Pont Noyellcs.
It is reported that the Crown Prince and
the Duke of Saxony were sent to Amiens to
assist Manteuffel. The Germans are now near
Cambray.
It ls said that the French army ol the north
has left Arras, and is retreating towards Vitry.
It ls thought that they are falling back on
French strongholds to the extreme north ci
France.
BORDEAUX, December 29.
Paris advices slate that new. fortifications
are completed, beyond Mont Valerien, which
ihrow shells over Versailles. That 6it.y is now
considered untenable.
MADRID, December 28.
Last night, as Prim left tiie Cortes, eight
shots were flred at his carriage, wounding
Prim In three places in the left ann and right
hand. No arrests have been m ade.
LONDON, December 29..
The Roumanian Government declares its
independence, and repudiates Hie Healy of
ISSI.
LATEST-NIGHT HIS EA TC HES.
Report? from Berlin.
BERLIN, December 29.
The government organs say Hint Mont
Avron ls first attacked by the Prussians in or*
lier to obtain a standpoint from which to
ap?rate aguinst the adjacent outlying forts ot
Paris. A provincial correspondent adds that
thc, bombardment of Mont Avron may be con?
sidered the introduction of a general shelling
si Paris.
An attempt of the French prisoners confined
near the Rhine to escape was discovered, and
frustrated.
VERSAILLES, December 29.
Mont Avron was slleut to-day, but the lorts
in the neighborhood reply to tho Prussian
jims. Thc Prussians on Monday occupied
Bapareme, fourteen miles southeast of Arms.
? NEW YORK. December 29.
The New York Herald's special from Lon
lon say! a dispatch from Versailles of the 27th
stales '.hat the bombardment of Mont Avron
ls ineffectual. Thc French fire caused consid?
erable damage to the Prussians.
BORDEAUX, December ?9.
The entire population of the eastern depart?
ment Is fully aroused, and assist the troops in
all the battles and skirmishes. The govern?
ment ls taking measures to arm all the people.
Gambella arrived to-day lroin Lyons. It is
asserted that the Prussians are incensed with
thc correspondents of the English papers, and
have sent many outside their lines of occupa
Lion.
It is officially announced that thc Prussians
hastily evacuated Dijon. This is the first re?
sult of the movement ordered by the war d??
part raent. which was hastened by Gambetta's
..floris at Lyons.
LONDON, December 29.
The Prussians, on Wednesday, occupied a
line" between Dticlain and Pior, apparently
concentrating their forces behind Balbac,
where an engagement is imminent.
The French Government formally protests
o the Vienna Cabinet against the Prussian
ise of Austrian railroad stock.
The lund communication between Cher
jourg a id Calais ls Interrupted.
LILLE, December 29.
The Prussian victory nt Port Novelle* is ofll
jlally denied. The Prussians have lost heavily
n battle and from sickness. Thu villages are
mcuuibered willi the German wounded. Thc
lennans are suffering from opthulmia, and
18,000 sick and wounded Germans are at Cha
ons-Sur-Marnc. The advance guard of Gari?
baldi's army entered Dijon lliis morning.
LiMoiiES, December 27.
Balloon advices state that military operations
lave been suspended since the 22d, In conse?
quence of the intense cold.
GLIMPSES INSIDE PARIS.
V Census of Horse, l?ate and Donkey
Report? or Victories as Sustaining us
Victual*-Unanimity among all class.
CH in Support of th? Government-Ar?
rangements for u Sortie.
[Correspondence of thc New York Tribune.]
PARIS, (70HI Day of Blockade) Nov. 27.
Among the many notable peculiarities of this
doge lhere is perhaps none more remarkable
than lite quality and abundance of food, con?
sidering that there are full 2,000,000 of us eat?
ing into our stock now lor more than two
aionths. Salt meat from the government
stores was substituted this last week for the
lrst time for Iresh in the butchers' shops; then
we came back to fresh; aud so ure to lUlernale
is long as the latter holds out. How long that
iviil be wu shall know belter in a lew days,
nilen the horse, junie aud donkey census is
Laken. Of cows live days ugo lhere were 4217
that are io be kepi for milk, and 1720 to go lo
Litt) slaughter. Nor lias ox beef quite
iisappenrcd. Dogs, cuts and rats (there is it
diop lor thc sui'? ol" this small gamo in the
street next mine) help a lillie. Rabbits ut $2
u? ft; hen? $2 50 tu $3; geese $tf lo SID, &C are
laney birds ni laney prices, but also help Hie
rich* a little. Bread-Hie essential-coffee,
flmcolale, wine, ure ul old price*; Migar u
Lrifle, .md salid oil somewhat higher than lust
year tills lime. Wc can hold out till New
ivar's Day without much hardship; lill inid
Juuuary cheerfully if un occasional victory
over the cuemy. about its herc ur In thc pro?
vinces, keeps us in heall; lill February glo?
riously, if we feel assured ol'driving him od by
Ll..it lime. Tue recovery of Orleans was as
helpful as u nioul li'- revict nailing. Con tin nu as
buller news from the departments since chen
keel) np our spirits, we no longer feel so
aloue, so deserted of France, as we did during
lliat oppressive silence that lasted from Hie
2?lh ol October to November ll. The thous?
ands (yes. thousands) of private photomicro
scopic telegrams from ali parts of the country,
brought In by pigeon post, haye done more,
perhaps, to lilt up our people's heans than the
official reports Irom Tours.
It was a mistake on the part ofi thiii govern
ernroeut not to publish Immediately on the
rupture of negotiations a simple] statement of
what its condition of revictiiading really was;
not so much lor the sake ot jotting it before
tile foreign world as soon as Bismarck's cun?
ning misrepresentations, as for letting Parisi?
ans-a much more interested and more impor?
tant party-know tlie truth in a matter so
deeply concerning them. It would have saved
n great deal of discussion, the tendency of
which was to Weaken tho authority O? govern?
ment, to distract attention h om the main busi?
ness ol defence, the renovation df the patriotic
liles. Bul Bismarck himself put ail righi again.
His circular of November 8th reached govern?
ment, (in Hie Prussian-French paper ot Ver?
sailles,) on the 21si, and was printed in the
Journal Officiel, ol the22d. Certain)y noirlend
of our cause has wrltien more efficiently lor it.
Since Favre's report of his Interview wiih Bis?
marck at Ferneres, I don't recall any Frencii
document, speech or article that has had a liner
tonic effect on our people than this Prussian
Slate paper. If his special object had ocen to
encourage Paris to prolonged resistance. I don't
see how he could have done better. I dpm>t even
if a sterner tone-more brutally-tvjjuld have
helped it. That, however, he has Wildly ad?
ded sine?. His treatment of Itoynai and Le
Sourd at Versailles, and of the ?wrecked bal?
loon passengers, works admirably. Oh such
matters there can be no difference of opinion,
or ot feeling, except in degree; of inteuslty.
Has Bismarck lost his cunning, or hus his
shrewdness been overrated, that he Insist* so
on compacting and strengthening us? Why
tell France, more than two months ago, that
'une authority represented by that minister"
would bo overthrown by the people ll Paris
were not taken in a few days (qvelqv.es jours
70 of them so far *) No doubt he thought lt;
but why say lt ? The utterance of the prophe?
cy was an appeal to the vanity, pride and good
sense of the Parisians to prevent its ful iii meet;
had he had held his peace, the manifestation ol'
the 5th and the affair ol the 31st of October
had been more serious.
MONDAY, November 28.-A friend asked me"
to liam and cabbage a fortnight ago. An'lhvi
tatlou to dinner in these times is more than a
compliment. Louis Blanc has let notice be
given that he is collecting material and ma
liiug studies for a history of Hie siege. C.
Blanc has been reappointed to the Beaux Arts,
an office lie held under the Republic of 1848,
and which has never been so well Ulled since.
I am keeping for you clean copies, as fast ns
they are published, of the Tuileries Papers.
The last two numbera are mainly lilied with
telegrams Irom the Pope, Eugenie, ministers,
generals, Ac, betweeu Hie opening ol the
campaign and the llb of September. Even
after .what yon already know of the heedless?
ness willi which Hie war was entered on, of the
incapaciiy wiih which it was conducted up Io.
Sedan, and ol the lying I hat clothed all at willi
a garment, these telegrams will surprise you.
A seml^mun engaged in the horsecensus told
me to-day thai we havo abolit 15,000 edlblo
horses; 25,000 if traffic In vehicles I? ylven lip.
This ls, of course, exclusive of file cavalry and
artillery animals. There is a great movement
of troops to-day. Ducrot is lo make a great
attempt to-morrow with 150,000 men, if my
informant is right. I nm most afraid of the
want of discipline of our troops-mere fight?
ing courage they don't Jack.
THE NEW GERMAN BUND.
Its Detailed Constitu? .KU
The Berlin correspondent of the London
Times gives the following analysis of the Con?
stitution of the new German Empire:
The Constitution of the North German Con?
federacy, as well as that of Mic German Con?
federacy by which it is about?to bu superseded,
claims military and navai^ljflUlre, as well ai
criminal and commercial tifcv, tariff, excise,
and some minor subjects, afi'the domain of thc
Central Government and Parliament. To
these the remodelled constitution adds legis?
lation on the right of formirjg^private socie?
ties and on the liberty of the -press-an exten?
sion which is sure to be further, increased, os,
indeed, theliinltanUha ?u&dic?ouhav*na**r
been very anxiously observed by the lederal
bodies politic. The Government ol Hie Con?
federacy ls carried on by a Federal Connell
formed by the representatives of the various
sovereigns. In voting upon the measure pro?
posed by any ot them each representative is
accorded a number of votes, supposed to be
proportionate to the size and importance ot
Hie Slate he sits for. While Hamburg, for in?
stance, has one vote, Brunswick has two,
Saxony four and Prussia seventeen. In Hie
Federal Council, ns it existed up to the pres?
ent war, liiere were forty-three votes altoge?
ther, of which Prussia herself possessing near?
ly half, could always count upon so many,
more as made her practically pe.ramount iii
Hie Assembly. In the new Council, as lt will
bi? aller the entry of the Southern States,
though the number ol' votes ls Increased
by fifteen, Prussia rctalnB only her lor
mer number, and accordingly lias her in?
fluence proportionately weakened. Bava?
ria possessing six votes, Wurtcniburg four,
Saxony four, and Hesse three, will together
have as many votes as the presiding power ol'
the Confederacy, and by a coalition be always
able to neutralize their principal colleague. *If
this arrangement seems lo bear an ominous
resemblance to the old Bund, in which the va?
rious German Slates so effectually neutralized
each oilier all that longtime from 1815 to 18Gt5.
it ought to be remembered thai Prussia at pre?
sent is the only real power In the Confederacy,
while formerly there were two-Prussia and
Austria-each equally strong, arid equally
likely to draw a number of minor{Stalcs after
it. Without a hereditary rival to combat her
every action, Prussia's ascendancy will be very
great in an assembly of minor Stales, even
though the influence constitutionally assigned
ber may be comparatively small.
To secure, however, tho /main points of
unity against even the possibility ora change
lu The wrung direction, Prussia retains the
right siie already possesses of vetoing any
modification ol' the military and naval arrange?
ments, and, which ls a remarkable progress,
acquires the same right with regard io the
tariff mid excise. This renders her mistress of
Hie Federal ? anees, and, together with her
command over Hu; army, ls sure to weld tile
various Stales together into a solid whole.
By way of counter-concession to lue Southern
Slates she has voluntarily divested herself ol
her present privilege ul' declaring war lu the
name ot Ute Confederacy without the
sanction of tho Federal Council. Except in
case ot attack by a foreign loe, when she
may act without consulting her allies, d?cla?
rai ions ol war iu future will proceed, not Irom
Prussia, but from the Council that represents
tho Deutscher Bund. Two more imporiant
concessions have to be recorded. Tliroe
fonrths ol'the votes of the. Federal Council, in?
stead of two-thirds, as hitherto, will be requir?
ed for any alteration In the Constitution-a
provision which, as every coming change ls
sure to strengthen unity at th: expense ol'the
local governments, is clearly in favor of the
minor' dynasties. Again, in each of the spe?
cial committees of Hie Federal Council, which
have lu prepare the laws and superiutend Hie
different branches of the administration, four
minor Slates, Instead ol'two, as formerly, will
bc represented In addition to Prussia. Other
points are ol minor importance. Baden,
Bavaria, and most probably, also, Wur
lombnrg, as ?hey retain the' legislation on
the beer and spirit exe se-a matter ol
Hie greatest moment lo Hie Southern Ex?
chequers, which rely principally upon the crea?
ture wants ol' the subject-will nul vote on
these points in Hie Federal Council. A privi?
leged position hus been accorded to Bavaria in
military malters, which leaves her thu exclu?
sive organization and direction ol her own
army in lime ul peace; Wurteinbiirg, it seems,
secures the less considerable exception made
in favor of Saxony some '.?mo agu, and,
conforming to the Federal laws lu all
thin concerns organization, retains thc
direction ol her troups lu lime of peace;
hut the opposite policy is followed bv
Baden, who, not suUntietl willi Hie liiuiliiii
Iol' her military sovereignty decreed by
the Federal charter, ha.-? concluded a sp??
cial treaty with this government in winch
Kim renounces even the financial portion ol'
her military business, us well BS Ute right io
appoint officers, un I some oilier points of sec?
ondary importance constitutionally lelt to the
local governments. The Baden army simply
becomes embodied willi thu Prussian,' as have
so many of Hie other Federal States. By Hie
way, the different gradations in tho way in
which lliey give up their annies to be com?
manded and employed by Prussia, curiously,
reflects the degree of Importance belonging io
each minor sover?lgn. Proud Bavaria only
consents to keep a certain num ber of .troops',
and place them-at Prussia's disposal In war;
Saxony and . Wurtemburg gp-a' step further,
and, while promising succor in war, accept
the Prussian orgawf?&tlon; Hesse, Bruns?
wick and t* few otTiar States, adhering to the
letter of tho Fcdera?Lai??, claim the privilege
of appolnt'tig the g?e"5wr7part of their officers,
and of provlsionlrrg^^fliing, equipping and
paying their forces, wJj?, in every other re?
spect, are Prussians, wffie most minor States
have not thought lt woifHtlhelr while to pre?
serve these scanty rights constitutionally lett
them,,but, ceding to Prussia's proportionate
amount of their share in the Zollverein reve?
nues-have entirely, handed over their couple
of regiments to the Berlin'Government. To
conclude, Southern Hesse will send six. Ba?
den fourteen,members to the Federal Parlia?
ment, whoso total ls thhs's'w'clled to 317. The
exact number of the VVurtemburg and Bava?
rian deputies ls still unknown.
BAD FOR THE SQUATTERS.
ST. Lons, December 29.
The military have received crders to remove
all settlers from the Miami reservation Imme?
diately. Thc settlers number three or four
thousand, with a thriving" town of twelve hun?
dred Inhabitants. The reservation embraces
many acres of the finest lands in Kansas,
much of which ls well Improved with houses,
barns and growing orchards.
JOHNSON ON GRANT.
Pla tu Talk from the Ex-Presldcnt About
thc President.
A correspondent ol the Cincinnati Commer?
cial has visited ex-President Johnson at his
home In Greenville, Tenn.,and elicited.from
him the following very candid remarks con?
cerning General Grant:
The intelligent men of the party don't know
what to do with Grant. It would gratify them
much if he would resign, but he wont. So lar
from resigning, he's working and intriguing
for a second term. He will never get it. He
is no more flt for a President than a goose.
He luis got no ability-nothing but a little low
cunning. His cunning is of poor sort; lt ls
mean cunning. He never had an original idea
in his lile. He ls an insignificant little fellow,
a bundle of personal piques, petty spites and
prejudice. He? is ns selfish us the days are
loug. Ile used the highest office in the gift of
the people to advance his private ends and
those of his family, and Intrigue for a second
term. He knows a little something about
horses, but has not brains enough to make a
first-class horse jockey If turned out to .the
business, although thut is about ali he is fit
for. If we are lo have a horse Jockey for "Hie
hlgnest office in the land, we ought to have a
good one.
Grant's coming to thc surface ls thc result of
an accident; nay, lt ls an accident ol an acci?
dent. You may search history from the
foundation of the world to the present, and
you will not fin.I a case like his-a man who
rose solely by the power of accident. In the
boiling cauldron of war. the scum rises to the
top. In the bubbling off he came up from the
bottom, and run off, as scum always will, or
we should never have heard of him. By a
series of accidents he rose.to the command of
the army. He was tile creal ure of a peculiar
combination of circumstances.
He rose to the lop In the general turmoil
and throwing up. The rebellion would have
been suppressed without him. He was an
incident to the struggle--like a bag
gage-wugon, lor example. A baggage-wagon
hud a part to perform, bnt without the
war sentiment and patriotism in the North.
lt could have done nothing. Neither could
Grunt. Everything was furnished him that
lie wanted. His armies largely outnumbered
thc rebels. Every engine of war was placed
at h|H disposal. The rebellion went down
while ho was in command. If anybody else
had been in command at the time, it would
have been the same, although the result would
most likely have been brought about with less
lAOhefHfo. lifo. U'IlrioM?ouQ PHrnpoifn tt?? H
perlect massacre. His road was paved with
skulls and washed willi blood. His conduce in
regard to Hie exchange of prisoners Wis inex?
cusable. In his correspondence on the sub?
ject, he let one sentence drop which illustrates
Iiis character. A ray ol light passing through
a crevice will olten light up a whole room.
So it Is with the character ol u man.
We frequently get a clear Insight Into his
heart, as it were, by a single sentence that he
may write or speak. He is utterly remorse?
less. Objecting to exchanging prisoners with
thc rebels because our men in their hands were
weak und emaciated, while the rebel prison?
ers were strong and able to go right into the
army and fight us.
f?rani, sir, ls a small man; he Is little every
way you take him. He is a bundle of small,
contemptible prejudices. He does not rise to
Hie diguity of a mad. He lacks courage as
well as discrimination. He thinks he ls making
tools of certain politicians, when, in truth,
they are making n tool of him. But he does
not know lt; he ls to be pitied.
Before I would go into Grant's Cabinet,
either in 1872 ur any other time, I would get
me a situation as assistant hog-drover, or, as
an old man in the country used to say, I would
He a rope around my neck and theu around a
tree, aud walk off.
ALL ABOUT THE STATE.
-Captain James S. McMahon, an upright
and esteemed cllizen of Columbia, died on
Monday night.?
-Broad Uiver was frozen over on Tuesday,
thc first instance of thc kind in thirty-seven
years.
-Limerick Gadsden, of Oconee County, who
was sentenced by Judge Orr. at the'August
tenn, on the charge of burglary, received u
Christmas gilt in the form of a pardon.
-Tlie incendiary burning of gin-honses hus
become almost u general scourge In Edgefleld
District. The latest casualty In this line is tho
dcstniclion, on Thursday night last, of thegln
hoii?o ot Captain P. A. Eichelberger, at his
Hobbs place. This gin-house was a new and
valuable one. A lurge ainouut of cotton seed
was consumed with lt. There is no doubt of it
having been maliciously set on fire.
-A colored child, about ten years old, named
Sallie, daughter ol James Marshall, living on
Hie premises ol Captain Bacliman, ot Columbia,
was so severely burnt ou Sunday morning,
that site died Hie same afternoon. She was
kneeling with her back to thc fire, preparing
something for a sick child, when, as is sup?
posed, her clothing caught. She ran out, and
ner screams attracted the notice of Captain B.,
who rushed to her assistance, but toe late to
save lier lite.
-Thomas Higgs, an Englishman, who has
been for some" lime past engaged in selling
pictures around Columbia, on thc evening of
the 27th instant staked his life against three
bottles of wiue. It appears that Higgs told his
companion he would drink all the wine he
.votild furnish, when the two repaired to the
grocery of John Browner, on Richardson
street, to curry out the terms of the wager.
It appeared, in Hie evidence at the inquest,
that when the third bon le was partly emptied,
Higgs became drowsy, fell off into a stupor
and dropped from his chair, and was laid by
the counter, where lie remained until morn?
ing, when lie was found in a dying condition.
A verdict wus rendered that the deceased came
to his death by a loo free indulgence in wine.
-M. Dupuy de home, ihe celebrated engineer,
has. expounded tu the Academy of Sciences a sys?
tem, ol' which he ls the authur, lor directing bal?
loons. Awarding to this system, the t'alloua has
the form of un egg, carrying at each extremity a
rud, to wu icu thc boat is suspended by shrouds.
AL thc back a triangular sall, which eau be set
with ropes', acts ns a rudder. Thc moving power
ls i he sere?, set lu moilun hy mun. About lour
mun cul ii-; r quired ru:; Ulla work, ?he screw, lu
stead of tnrhing with the axis, tums freely upon
it ?I xe I Iioruto.-ital axis. The Wings cou.-Lst tif a
framework of woe!, covvrei! with .-ilk. In order
lu avolri (Be lliss of ballast necessary for ascend?
ing and the luss of gas necessary fur descending,
M. de Louie places in the lower pan. ol ins balloon
un apparatus analagous tu the air-bladder of a I
Usn. His a species of air-bladder, in which a
pump compresses the air to make the balloon
heavy; a valve allows 111? ?ur lo escape in ordern
to lightenthe ?trust?t. With this apparatus lils
Claimed mat a speed uf from Uve lo six miles au
hour eau be obtained. The direction ol' the bal?
loon ls the resultant ol two forces-that of the
wind and that of the motor. If the wind comes
from the south, Instead or poing straight to the
north, the xTur.aut will be able to go either to the
northeast or the north west, atan augie of from
thirty to forty-five degrees, according to the
strength of the wind. 1
-funeral -Notices.
?&- THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND
Acquaintances o? Mr. an-1 Mrs. GEORGE A. COL?
LINS arc respectfully Invited to uttend the Funer?
al Services of the latter, at their residence, No. 7
Cannon street, THIS DAT, at 12 o'clock, without
further Invitation._decEQ-*
LINDSAY.-Died at Mount Pleasant, on the 29th
Instant, WILLIAM LINDSAY, in the so th year ol his
age.
?Sf HIS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS,
and those of his mother, Mrs. Sarah Lindsay, are
respectful'? Invited to attend his Funeral Ser?
vices, at St. Andrew's Chap"!, Mount Pleasant,
To-Moauo v (Saturday) MOB.VI.NO, at half-past io
o'clock. dec30*
?bitnarn.
GADSDEN.-DIrd In Charleston, on the 26tli in?
stant, nie Rev. PniLir GADSDEN, In the "3d year
of his ape. .
Sperinl Notices.
^NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS ARE
warne;1.-against giving credit to the officers or
crew of the bark KEDAR, or any persons pre?
tending to act for her, as I will not be responsi?
ble .'or the payment of any bills contracted with?
out my authority.
All persons having claims against said vessel
must present the same immediately, to the under?
signed. STEPHEN T. SOUDER,
Master and Agent for Owners,
Or to STREET BROTHERS A CO.,
dcc30-2_No. 74 East Bay.
JOB* UNION BANK OF SOUTH CARO?
LINA.-CHARLESTON, DECEMBER 28TH, 1870.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.-The Board of Directors
havlngjdeclared a Dividend] of FIVE PER CENT,
(free of Government Tax,) on thc present Capital
Stock of this Bank, the same will he paid to the
Stockholders on and after this date.
dec20-6_H. D.;ALEXASDER, Cashier.
JB- THE SOUTH CAROLINA LOAN
AND TRUST COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. C.,
DECEMBER 28,1870.-This Olllce will be closed
on MONDAY next, 2d January, (New Year's Day
falling on Sunday.) Paper payable on the second
must bc anticipated. THOS. R. WAKING,
dec29_Cashier.
?&- THE PEOPLE'S NATIONAL BANK
OF CHARLESTON. S. C., DECEMBER 27,1870.- j
DIVIDEND NOTICE.-Thc Board of Directors have
Tuis DAY declared a Dividend of SIX PER CENT.,
(free from State and Government tax.) Sam?
will bo pa M on and arter the CSth instant.
JOHN F. ROBERTS,
dec20-4_Assistant Cashier.
^CHARLESTON, DECEMBER 2STIT,
1S70.-The following Banks will bc closed on MON?
D?T next, the second Jauuary, (New Year's day
falling on Sunday.) All paper payable on thc 2d
must be anticipated :
First National Bank, Wm. C. Breese, Cashier.
People's National Bank, John F. Roberts, Assis?
tant Cashier.
Planters' and Mechanics' Bank, W. E. Haskell,
Cashier. ?
Union Bank, n. D. Alexander, Cashier.
Peoples Bank, James B. Betts, Cashier. dec29
fSP OFFICE SOUTHWESTERN RAIL?
ROAD BANK, CHARLESTON, S. C., DECEMBER
27, 1870.- Notice ls hereby given that on and after
thc 1st January, 1871, the Transfer Books of the
Southwestern Railroad Bank and thc South Caro?
lina Railroad Company will bc closed till a new
List of. thc Stockholders be completed.
de'c2S-4 JOHN M. HARLESTON. Cashier.
?St: FIRST NATIONAL BANK _OF
CHARLESTON, CHA'RLKSTUft, S. C., DECEM-"
BER 20, 1S70.-DIVIDEND NOTICS.-^he Board
or Directors have this day declared a dividend of |
SIX (1) PER CEVT. (free from Government tax)
payable on and after the 27th Inst.
WM. C. BREESE,
dec28-4_Cashier.
^NOTICE,-DIVIDEND.- O FFICE
OF THE GRANITE VILLE MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, (AT THE SAVINGS BANK OF AU?
GUSTA,) AUGUSTA, GA., DECEMBER 27, 1870.
A dividend of TWO (2) PER CENT, on thc Capital
Stock of Gran lt? vi He Manufacturing Company will
be paid to stockholders on demand.
Uec28-3_H. H. HICKMAN. President.
?&*TEE GREAT MEDICAL WONDER,
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GRAMAN A SCH WAKE, Du. W. A. SKR1NE.
E. H. KELLERS, M. D.,
And at wholesale by DOWIE, MOISE A DAVIS,
sole Agents for South Carolina novli-3mosn*w
03* MRS. GATES AND MRS. JAMES.
Mrs. Gates-Good, morning, Mrs. James. How
well you arc looking; far better than when I saw
you lost.
Mrs. James-oh yes; I am much bater than I
have been for a lung time, and I am now on my
way for more of my favorite medicine-PLANTA?
TION BITTERS. One botile of it la worth all the
doctors In the world. No more doctors for me.
Mrs. Gates-Nearly every one speaks well o?
PLANTATION BITTERS, and I have a mind to
ny lt myself. The fact ls, I have ino appetite,
strength or energy for anything. Mary and Liz?
zie are in the sam: way, und lounge about the
house all day long, good for nothing.
Mrs. James-My word for lt, Mrs. Gates, just
let them *y PLANTATION BITTERS moderately
three times a day, and you wdi see a wonderful
improvement. *
SEA MOSS FARINE from pure Irish Moss, for
Blano Mang?, Paddings, Custards, Creams, Ac.,
4c. The cheapest, healthiest and most delicious
food in the world._ dec28-mwf3D?c
7f3S* THE GREAT PICTORIAL AN?
NUAL -Hoatetter'a United States Almanac for
1871, for distribution gratis throughout the United
States, and all civilized countries or the Western
Hemisphere, will be published about the first of
January, In tue English, German, French, Norwe?
gian, Welsh, Swedish, Holland, Bohemian and
Spanish languages, and all who wish ?o under?
stand the true philosophy of health, should read
and ponder the valuable sugg?rions it contains.
In addition to an admirable medical treatise on
the causes, prevention and cure or a great variety
of diseases, it embraces a large amount of infor?
mation Interesaos to thc merchant^ tuc mechan?
ic, the miner, thc farmer, the planter, and profes?
sional nina; ami the calculations have been made
for such meridians ?ad latitudes as are most suit?
able ror a currect and comprehensive National
Calendar.
The nature, uses, and extraordinary sanitary
effects of HOSTETTER'S STOMACU BITTERS, the
staple tonic and alterative of more titan half the
Christian world, are fully sc: forth in its pages,
which are also interspersed With pictorial illus?
trations, valuable receipts fer tho household and
farm, humorous anecdotes, aud other Instructive
and amusing reading matter, oriciual and select?
ed. Among Hie Annuals to appear with the open?
ing of thc year, tlrls will be one of thc most use:
ful, and may bc had for the asking. The proprie?
tors, Messrs. HOSTETTER A SMITH, Pittsburg,
Pa, on receipt of a two cent stamp, will forward
a copy by mail to any person who cannot procure
one in his neighborhood. The Bitters are sold in
every city, town and village, aud are extensively
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deeM-MCo
?pUial ??tlCCS.
pm CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP
ME ROE DITA, from New York, arc notified: that
she ls discharging cargo at Adgor's Wharf.
Goods remaining uncalled for at sauset will be
stored at owners' risk and expende.
dec30-l JAMES ADggR A CO., Agents.
pm*m THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES- FOR THE D^TRICT OFSODTH
CAROLINA.-In the matter of JOHN li. R CSS ELL,
Bankrupt.-To whom lt may concern : The under?
signed hereby gives notice of his appointment as
Assignee of JOHN B. RUSSELL, in the County of
Sumter, and State of South Carolina, within said
county, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt, upon
his'petition, by the District Court of said District.
Dated the 21st day of December, 1870. . . -
decS0-3_D. J. WINN, Assignee.
pm YE PBfPLED, BLOTCHED AND
ulcerated victims of scrofulous diseases, who
drag your uncleau persons Into the company of
better men, take AVER'S SARSAPARILLA, and
purge out the foul corruption from your blood.
Restore your health, and you will not only enjoy
life better, but make your company more toler
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pm-- IMPORTANT TO OWNERS OF
SEWING MACHINES-JO il N CLARK, Ja., A CO.S
BEST SIX-CORD SPOOL COTTON, on Blae*
Spools. For sale at retail by D. B. HASELTON,
No. 307 King street._decfr-lmo .
pm* OFFICE OF THE CHARLESTON
GASLIGHT COMPANY, DECEMBER 28, 1870.
The Board of Directors of this Company having .
declared a Dividend of FIFTY CENTS per Share
on the Capital Stock, the same will be paid to
Stockholders on and after MONDAY, 9th January,
1871. .
The Transfer Books will be closed from' this
date to' 10th January, 1871. W. J. HERIOT,
dec26 Secretary and Treasurer.
COMMISSIONERS OF MARKETS.
MARKET HALL, DECEMBER 21, 1870.-The
Commissioners or Markets will elect ou WEDNES?
DAY, tho 4th of January, 1871, the following
officeri:
Chief Clerk.
Assistant Clerk for Centre Market.
Assistant Clerk for Upper Market.
Clerk of Weights and Measures.
Public Weigher for Market-street Scales.
Public Weigher for Calhoun street Scales.
Applications will be handed to the undersigned
on or before the 4th of January, 1871.
WILLIAM KIRKWOOD,
dcc26-mfw3 _Chief Clerk.
pm* GO TO GEORGE LITTLE ? CO.
for BOYS' CLOTHING, all sizes. novis-fmw
pm TREASURER'S OFFICE, GREEN?
VILLE AND COLUMBIA RADLROA? COMPAHY/
COLUMBIA, S. C., DECEMBER 15TH, 1870.
Coupons of the State, Guaranteed Bonds, Certifi?
cates of indebtedness and Second Mortgage
Bonds of this Company, due Janna ry 1,1870,
will be paid at the Banking House of H. H. KIMP
TON, No. 9 Nassau street, New York, or at the
South Carolina Bauk and Trust Company, In Co
lumbla, S. C., on and after tho 1st day of January,
1871.
The Interest on the outstanding First Mortgage
Bonds and Fractional Certificates of Indebted?
ness, will be paid at the office of the Company.
REDBEN TOMIJNSON,
deci6-fmw7_Treasurer.
pm OFFICE CHARLESTON - C I T?jk
RAILWAY COMPANY, No. 2 CHAMBER OF COM?
MERCE BUILDING, BROAD STREET.-SEALED
OFFERS WILL BE RECEIVED np to 12 o'clock 0?
SATURDAY, December 31, FOR PURCHASE OF
THE MANURE from the Company's stables, Shep
herd street, for one vear from 1st January next.
For particulars, apply at trie Company's office,
Broad street. EVAN EDWARDS,
dec2l-wfwfs5 Secretary.'
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cured by Dr. D. JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT. It gives
immediate relief in all affections of the Longs, by
producing a free expectoration of the phlegm
which obstructs them, thus quieting the cough,
relieving the inflammation, and giving the dis?
eased organs a chance to heal. Sold by all drug?
gists, and by GOODRICH, WINEMAN A CO.,
Wholesale Druggists. Charleston, S. C.
dec28-wfm3_
pm MY FRIEND, STOP THAT TERRI?
LLE cough, and thus avoid a consumptive's
grave, by using GLOBE FLOWER COUGH SYRUP,
for curing all throat, bronchial and lung diseases.
lt ls perfectly peerless. Never has been equalled.
It ls pleasant to take, and certain to core. For
sale by all druggists._dec-wfmlmo
; pm DIVORCE S.-ABSOLUTE DI?
VORCES legally obtained in New York, Indiana,
Illinois and other States, for persons from any
State or country, icgal everywhere; desertion,
drunkenness, non-support, Ac. sum clent cause;
no publicity. No charge until divorce ls obtained.
Advice free. Address,
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Counsellors at Law,
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usiug only the best material and workmanship.
Constantly on hand, a large assortment of cus?
tom made BOOTS AND SHOES, of all sizes.
The New
EXCELSIOR GAITER,
Which dlspen>es with shoe strings and elastic,
MADK TO ORDER at this establishment.
Call and examine specimens.
JACOB STEIBER,
decl3-tuths3mos No. 41 Broad street.
?Lailcring.
JJ E W FASHION
CLOTHS, CLOTHING, AND FURNISHING
GOODS, Ac.
MENKE A MULLER.
MERCHANT TAILORS, NO. 325 KINO STREET,
Have just opened the largest and finest stock of
Clothing ever offered In this city for MEN,
YOUTHS AND BOYS, comprising a full assort?
ment of DRESS and BUSINESS SUITS, Derby
Suits, Walking Coats, Overcoats, Pea-Jackets, Ac.
The largest portion ls of Imported goods, and
manufactured into garments by ourselves-we
eau therefore recommend them as regards flt,
wear and workmanship.
Our TAILORING DEPARTMENT ls supplied with
the finest selection of English, French. German
and Domestic Cloths. Doeskins, Beavers. Tricots,
Meltons, Ve.vetlne, Diagonals, Cheviots, Corda*
roy, Casslmeres. Ac. aud a l vrge variety of mod?
ern Pants and Vest Patterns, which we make up
to ord?p. by measure In the latest style. The
foi cmati ;n this department of our business has
no equal In thc artistic world for cutting and pro?
ducing an elegant hr.
FURNISHING GOODS.-This department ls sup?
plied with the Celebrated Shins, Englls*.,
French and Domestic Undershirts and Drawers,
Alexaudre and Couvotssier's Kids, Buckskin, cas?
hmere, Silk and Thread Cloves, Linen ?ind Paper
Collars, Neck Ties. Bows, scarfs. Pocket Handker?
chiefs, Socks, Umbrellas. Ac.
Our s'ock has been .selected with great care,
and prices marked very low in plato figures. ?
Buyers In our line will Hud it to their advan- .
tage io call m aud see for themselves before pur?
chasing elsewhere. novi-tur,h82mos
)ROFESSOR BERGER'S BED-BUG
DESTROYER.
Costard INSECT POWDER
Glentworth's Roach Exterminator
Coatar's Rat Poison
Isaacsen's Sure Pop-Death to Mosquitoes.
For sale by DB. H. BABB, .
Uly? tN0.181 Meeting s> reel.