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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1578. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE FORUM HOPE. A. FRENCH CORES SWORN TO CUT THROUGH. Chnnsey Claims a Victory - Minor French Successes near Ha ?'re-Frede? rick Charles Joins the Besiegers Troch n Prepares for Evacuation. MAROEMY, December 28. Ia the bombardment of Mont Avron the French batteries were silenced because those facing in the east and southeast were flanked by German batteries at Rainey. A dozen shells were sent yesterday inside of Paris into La Villette and Belleville' from Rainey, at a . Tange of seven thousand yards. The French batteries at Bondy have boen silenced, and the camp behind Bondy broken up. LONDON, January 1. ? Yesterday the following dispatch was sent to Gambetta: "Asa New Year's gift to France, the Frenchmen of California send 100,000 francs lor the national delence. Vive Itt Ircmce ! Vive la R?publique ! From the cen? tral committee of California." The Lima, from Glasgow for New York, ran t^on the wreck of the Antilles, In the Clyde, ??id was obliged to put back to Havre to have ? her bottom examined. ? A French Iron clad wa3 seen of Beebe's Point, Ireland, to-day. Advices irom Cochin China announce that nany German priests have been taken into the (french port of Saigon. The Post's Moscow correspondent says the belief In an alliance between the United States and Russia, .in case of war, is becoming all but universal. FLORENCE, January 1. The ministers of the Italian Cabinet have gone to Rome. MADRID, December 30. The information obtained irom papers seized shows that for the assassination of Prim the conspiracy was extensive. The members were sworn to exterminate the enemies of the re? public. Tho-murder of. Prim was - opposed by some on the ground that nothing should be attempted until the arrival of the Duke of Aosta, but the advocates of Immediate action prevailed. Lots were drawn lor three persons to undertake the killing of Prim. It ls said that the ministry of war are In possession of proof identifying the actual assassins, but hiive not yet succeeded in making their ar? rest. To-day there were some expressions of .indignation at the attempt, but the people gen? erally show a sullen indifference. There is great activity at the war office. Couriers have been dispatched to Barcelona and other points with stringent orders to the military comman? ders. There are rumors of a union of the "artists and Republicans against foreign klng3. NIGHT DISPATCHES. Ready for Bombarding. LONDON, January 1. Fort Avron was not casemated. The garri? son lost eight killed and twenty wounded dur? ing the three days' bombardment. A dispatch to the London Times says that Trochu is forming an entrenched camp at Fort Valerien, with a view to evacuating Paris. Gambetta addressed the people of Bordeaux. The enthusiasm was intense. VERSAILLES, December 27. New York Herald special: Everything is ready for a bombardment, on a terrific scale, simultaneously from the semi-circle west of Paris. Frenen Successes. ? LONDON, January 1. The French have had some minor successes before Havre. Troops have been sent from Thlonville and Verdun to support General Werder, in his movement against Bourbaki. The German engineers doubt the feasibllllty oi holding Mont Avron at present General Chansey reports a victory near Ven? dome, and says that he will follow up his suc? cess and continue to advance. The besieging forces around Paris have been reinforced by the larger portion of Frederick Charles's army. A corps of 12,000 men, sworn to cut their Spy through the Germans, has been organized in Paris. A dispatch says that it cost the Germans S00O men to silence Mont Avron. An America i vessel, with arms for France, is in Queenstown harbor, closely watched by the German corvette Augusta. fr . WAR MISCELLANY. Bombardment of Pari a-Interesting Statements ana Speculations. The Germans "have opened the ball against Paris, not by that bombardment of the capital so often predicted as about to begin, and postponed for so many unintelligible reasons, but against the redoubts or earthworks on Mount Avron. six miles east ot the city walls. This temporary defence has been a source of great annoyance to the Germans. From it the Forest of Bondy has been raked with shells, the advanced posts of the enemy made uncomfortably hot, their cannons dismounted, and in Ducrot's sortie of December 1st it great? ly aided the French op?rai ions against /?agny and Maison Blanche. 1 he New York Journal of Commerce, referring to the "situation," re? marks: If the Germans had no idea of bombarding Paris, it would be necessary, for their own se? curity, to silence the guns of Avrdn. Suppose they succeed in taking lt. They will then be no better off for reducing Paris? Over the six miles which stretch between lt and the capi? tal their siege guns will probably not carry. The holding ol Avron by its captors will be a very difficult task. The formidable fort of 4Cosny, and the earthwork batteries which flank it, will rake Avron with a terrible fire. But allowing that Rosny ls luself captured after Avron, the former fort will then be the centre of a feu <Tenjer? from Forts Romainville, Noisy and "Nogent, which will make the chances three to one against the Prussians keeping Rosny. The external system of the defences of Paris has Its Defects; but this great and crowning merit, that except possibly on the west side, where Mont Valerien keeps Its grim watch and ward over a large tract of country, the fons are so near together that any two cauchy a direct pounding'Dre, destroy any in? termediate fortification which ill-luck may put in the enemy's hands. Unless two forts lying contiguous can be captured simultaneously, the Germans have, therefore, little to hope from attempting to re? duce those defences. The operation against Avron is more likely to be, as we have sug? gested, an expedient to promote the saftey and comfort of the besieging lines, which it constantly threatens, than a step taken as the first in a series for the reduction of Pari-by bombardment and assault. Could thc Prus? sians capture and hold Avron, they could close up their ranks a little at that point, aud make the'cordon tighter against future sorties. That itself would pay for the D ouble and loss lnevitablein the undertaking, lithe Germans had or have a serious idea of bombarding Paris, why hav? they not done so ? For over seventy days Krupp's big gus have been riding in a railway direct fromEssen, and now gape with their black ugly mouths on tho dis? tant city. They are all In position, and have been for weeks, If the Versailles correspondents speak the truth. But is not their presence there rather a feint and threat than an arm to be actually wielded in reducing the city ? lt seams to-us that they are, though later intelli .gtute may cause a change in our opinion. ' All thc fac?a before us point to starva the simple ond-sate agency on which tl mans rely to gain their end. By the be j lng ot that silent and spectral power the get Paris at last, uuless Trochu can br their investment, deteat their armies open field, or be relieved by the army Loire. By trusting to starvation ins bombardment and assault, the German all the trreat difficulties of the lormei save men and ammunition-and,' w more, they appear before the world i measure, magnanimous, and anxious tc to civilization the hoarded treasures of v science and all culture, enshrined in tl Hunt oliy on the Seine. The public opli mankind, outside of Germany, ls agall destruction of Paris as Strasbourg wi troved, and lt speaks well lor the Germ the" hour of their srreat revenge d'they h Another point : The experience of all show that it ls not wiso to heap too humiliation on a vanquished foe. N woul'L be such salt and vinegar in the ing wounds of France as to burn, bl pieces and sack the city which is het and pride. She would never, never lor forgive lt; whereas time may at last h all the other hurts which she has recel may receive from her foe in the U3ual < ol' war. With Paris seemingly safe in the net, t the reasops that we have given movii Germans to depend on starving her out, pears as if a bombardment will be i menace, and not executed. If attemptc German shells can hardly touch more thi outskirts of the city, and her Inhabitant like those of Strasbourg, can find shell ward the centre, and lh?r surrender mt be expedited by a single day; for ali ace agree that Paris is nerved up to a pitch c peration which makes nearly all human fices possible. The bombj Jmeut of might be the means ol' arousing her pi and those of all the French provinces, to deeds of reckless valor as would endangt retention of the advantages which the pr< ot Germany has thus far gained. Disagreement as to the Bombar?n The London Times' correspondent at I says it Is asserted on what he has reason l lleve good author Ky, that from the outset Royal Headquarters were not agreed or subject of the bombardment of Paris. "General Count Moltke, as well as Ge von Blumenthal, the chief of the G Prince's Staff, and Colonel Rieff, the com der of the siege artillery, from the very looked with diffidence upon the ard undertaking of reducing '?ucli a fortres powder and shot. They certainly though thing-practicable,-but long and difficult, knowing Paris to be but scantily provided, lerred the safer and less sanguinary melin starving it out. Their arguments were posed By Count 3ismarck and General Roon, the Minister of War, urging thc pr ety of an attack, vere lt only to hasten effect of hunger, produce a-strong Irapref upon the inhabitants, and dispel the drean inviolability fostered by the tirades of a Vi Hugo and his friends. According as thc or the other opinion prevailed, the langi of official organs varied, until at last it cei altogether. The last decision was a soi compromise between the two opijo opinions, but it Is of course more than one can tell whether events have not cai it to be r.: aln superseded." The Lom1 on Ii Teiegrapfi publishes the following iroin B sels, dated December ll: "A trusty mes ger has just come irom Versailles, has brought intelligence ol the ld aspect of affairs nt headquarters. C< Nostitz was the -officer who carried dispatch to General Trochu on the Gth inst; with a flag of truce. The dispatch did contaln*a lormal summons to surrender, nut the whole case, as affecting the milli operations in the field, very strongly. 1 batteries are completed, and are furnls with traverses, shields, and everything ne< -sary to receive 300 siege pieces, une ni was calculated as sufficient time to transi; these heavy guns from the parks at Villa Co lay and Sevran to their respective positions moimi them, and to unmask the batter Wilhin a week, it was asserted on the ' a concentrated fire was to be opened lr eighty batteries on the forts and on Paris self. The prospect is looked upon as v serious. The King hlmsell comes regretfi to this conclusion, but, it ls sald,'he ls fort to consider his soldiers, who begin to compl that the Parisians are being spared at their i Sense, and urge htm to put an end to an. i eatable period ol' suspense. His Majesty a feels that it is a greater cruelty to stai a couple of hundred thousand non-combata than to kill a certain number by shelling i city. He ls. again, much irritated by the fe ol the Parisians in holding out when their 1 hope of relief Irom the forces In the field ls ( stroyed-the more so as General Trochu hi self declared ? publicly some time ago tl 'Paris could not protract her resistance unit the provinces came to her aid.' In the ne place he is constantly being urged to "ake t treme measures by those upon whose Jut m eui he places the greatest reliance. Despi these facts, hie Majesty has held out until no but he ls believed to be yielding. His siste death deeply affected him. The "Crown Princ who broke the news, had taken precaulio that the telegram annoimoing the royal lad] decease, which had been expected for sevei days, should not reach the King by any oin hands than his own. The interview, betwei the King and Crown Prince took place on tl morning ol the 7tli, at 8 o'clock. No one w present beside Ute luther and son." Napoleon's Opinion ul' bis Rtstorm loi A letter dated Wilhelmshohe, Decemb 12tn, says: The Emperor enjoys perfect healt'a. ar daily takes an airing on foot or horsebacl There have been no arrivals of late at the ca tie. All reports about a second visit of th Empress, and her presence here now, are li correct. It was Friday noon, when, during walk through the park with several gentlcme of his suite, the Emperor spoke freely of th chances ol his restoration. "It would be quit well," he said, "If lt were publicly understoo that I never Intend to remount the throne o the strength ol a military pronunciamento, b the aid ol'the soldiery Just as little as by thu of Prussia. Pam the sole sovereign who gov ems next by the grace ol' God by the will c the people, and I shail never be unfaithful t Ihe origin of either. The whole people, wilie! has four times approved of my election, mus recall me by its deliberate vote, else I shul never return to France. The army possesse no more right to place me on the throne thai had the lawyers and loafers to push me fron it. The French people, whose sovereign I am has the solo decision." Publie Feeling In Germany. The Prussian correspondent ol' the Londor Times writes, November 30, ol the bltternesi ol' the feeling against France : In Prussia there are many people and papen advising the government to accept the surren' der of the hostile capital only if it consents t( deliver up not herself alone, "but all France al the same time. In other words, Parl3 ls nol to be rescued from the pangs of hunger unless Its government and people ratify the German terms ol peace in advance, and, more particu? larly, approve the cession ol the two coveted provinces. The severity of this proposal will give you an idea of the tone of the public mind in this country. Arguing on the conviction that as the French begun the war for vanity's sake so are they continuing it because too con? ceited to give in, although they know they have no chance of success, the Germans having been latterly denouncing the conduct of their neighbors in terms of Increasing hatred and contempt. No matter how great Hie glory achieved by their troops, each successive bat? tle adds to' the Irritation against those who have loreed tne citizeu warriors of this coun? try to leave their homes, suspend their indus? try, and take to the heroic. The Germans are certainly determined to go on beating, the French as long as they will not concede them the terms considered to contain tho only, guarantee that peace will not be broken the day after . its conclusion; but, at the same time, they are sick ot the war, and more and more incensed at the bloodshed wantoul"? in? flicted upon themselves no less upon the dis? comfited enemy. It ls this resolve to have their own way, together with thc unspeak? able weariness occasioned by ever fresh tele? grams with lists ol' killed und wounded that begin to make people comparatively indiffer? ent to the sufferings of their adversaries, aud ??ready displays itself In the idea of starving Paris into obedience. I believe the French had better realize the tact that the enemy they have to deal with is not likely to be "beaten in a game ol endurance, and bein-r more sys? tematic and cool-headed than themselves, may turu his firmness to the utmost account. THE NEW EMPIRE. Text of tile Address of the Reichstag to the Future Emperor of Gcrmuny. Hie following is the text of the address to be presented by a deputation of the North Ger? man Parliamenfto King William, at Versailles. It was adopted by 191 yeas against 0 nays, (So? cial Democrat:) Most Illustrious and Most Mighty King ! Most Gracious King and Master .'-At the call of your Majesty the people has rallied around irs leader, and* heroically defends, on foreign soil, ?lie fatherland which had boen wantonly challenged. The war demands Immeasurable sacrifices, but thc deep ?rief at the loss other br.ire sons docs not shake the determined resolution of the nation, who will not lay aside her anna lill pence is assured by secure and belter protected frontiers against thc re? curring attacks of her jealous neighbor. Thanks to the victories to which your Majesty has led the armies ot Germany in fal th lui compan? ionship ol" arms, the nation looks forward to an enduring unity. The. North German Par? liament, In unison with the Princes of Germa? ny, approaches with the prayer that your Ma? jesty will deign to consecrate the work of uni? fication by accepting the Imperial crown of Germany. The Teutonic crown on the head ol' your Majesty will inaugurate, for the re establiBheu" Empire of the German nation, an era of power, ot peace, of well-being, and ot liberty, secured undoer the protection of tho laws. The fatherland thanks its leader and the glorious army, at the head of which your Majesty still dwells, on glorious battle-fields. The devotion and the deeds of its sons will be remembered forever. May lt soon be vouch? safed that the Emperor, crowned with glory, shall restore pence to the nation. United Ger? many has proved itself mighty and victorious in v/ar, under the leadership ot its supreme commander. The united German Empire will be mighty and peace-loving under its Emperor. Your royal Majesty's most humble and most faithfully obedient, THE REICHSTAG Of the North German Bund. PR US SI A A. SR ROME. German Intervention Sought in Behalf of the Holy See-The Apostolic Xnneia turo for Germany. . Writing from Rome on December 4; the cor? respondent of the Pall Mall Gazelto says : Last week Father Kozmlan, secretary of Mgr. Ledochowskl, Archbishop of Posen, ar? rived herc from Versailles, and proceeded im? mediately to the Vatican to visit Cardinal An? tonella The next d:?y Father Zozraian was received by the Pope, to whom he presented a letter from the King of Prussia. The Arch? bishop of Posen was sent to. Versailles by the Holy Father to ask the King's Intervention In favor of ' the Holy See; and whatever you may see Etated in other journals, I am In a position to in? form you that his mission was successful. The King tells the Holy Father that he can take no active steps durl-g thc continuance of the war with France, bu' that he will make the cause of the Holy Sec his first thought as soon as the conflict sholl cease. He even says that he is In'accord on this point with France, which is thought tn imply that he has come to au understanding either with Napoleon IK or Henry V. I hear a whisper, however, of his promises being accompanied by a proposal which gives them a Blsmarckian air, requiring the Holy Father, alter the fall of Purls, to urge thc French not to continue a hopeless strug? gle. The Vatican retains a strong belief in France, and the Holy Father will not allow himself to be drawn into a mensure which the French nation would never forgive. But there ls no doubt that the King of Prussia has need or the Pope's countenance in other projects, one of which is his assumption ot the imperial crown; and Count Bismarck, will And il hard to attain his ends without tull satisfaction to Cardinal Antonelli. The Vati? can, Indeed, declares that this ls already given, and, so lar as Prussian assurances go, there is certainly some prospect of a restoration, In some limited form, ol the temporal power. The Archbishop of Posen has also arranged at Versailles the affair ol' I he apostolic nunciature for Germany. The nunciature lo Bavaria ls to be suppressed, and one will be established at Berlin for the whole of the new Empire. I am informed that, in return for lils successful negotiation, the Archbishop of Posen has been created a cardinal in petto, and will himself be nominated to the Berlin nunciature, with the title ot Cardinal-Legate to Germany. His elevation to the Sacred Collece will be an? nounced in the next Consistory." VTOMENfAXD WAR. How the Franco-Prussian War was \ot Prevented-An American Lady Involv? ed in the Preliminaries-A Page or Secret History. The Washington Pntrlot publishes a curious story, which it calls a page of secret history: The world does not know that the war which bas inflicted such untold calamities upon two great nations, and turned back the hands of progress on thc dial of civilization, might, and probably would, not have occurred, but for a cause entirely personal, and involving the ambitious aspirations of one of our own coun? trywomen. His Majesty, Dom Fernando, father of the King of Portugal, somewhat sur? prised European courts, as weil as his imme? diate friends, by a sudden marriage, eighteen months ago, willi Miss E. Hens 1er, to whom . he had been much attached during nine previous years. She was born in Boston, of respectable German parents in humble lite, and educated in Italy for the operatic stage,- by the aid ol a few liberal patrons of art, who had discovered her precocious talent for music and her fine vojee. After completing her studies abroad, she' re? turned to the United Stales, but fulled to reach the emineuce of which lier carly youth had given cheerlul promise. Seeking another field for professional success, she went again io Europe, and in 1860 became attached to the Opera at Lisbon, where the widowed King ! onsort was llrst attracted by her beauty, vi? vacity, and other charms. Then began the acquaintance which terminated in hcr'becom ing the wife of a Coburg who had shared the throne of Portugal with Donna Marla II. Jost previous lo the marriage the Duke of Saxe Caburi: conferred upon her the title of Count? ess d'Edla, so ns to obliterate even a nominal connection wlih the past or with her American nativity. That repeated overtures were made by Prim and his colleagues to induce Dom Fernando to accept the ihrone of Spain, is no secret. He refused to give any encouragement to these prooosals, and au effort in that direction, made in the early part of 1869, only a few months before his marriage, was repelled with so much decision a3 to be considered even rude to the Spanish people. But alter the marriage came social embarrassments and new ideas, which the government at Madrid was prompt to seize upon, in the hope of over? coming the prejudice of Dom Fernaudo, hythe temptation of high honors for his wile, who, by a transition to the Courl at Madrid, would Uce?me the equal, if not the superior, ot those who had welcomed her with coldness, and not 1 from choice. The Spanish minister at Lisbon was instructed to approach his Majesty with delicate suggestions, and found him willing to entertain the subject; so thatinfortnal negotia? tions were opened, and made considerable progress last spring. . Dom Fernando proposed certain conditions, perhaps willi a view of ultimately dictating the terms for a matter which was much nearer his heart, as will appear in the sequel. For example, he required that the crowns of Spain and Portugal should never be united on the same head, seeking by these means to preserve the throne ol' Portugal for his son and his de? scendants. After some discussion, the Spanish Government accepted the condition, with this modification: "Except if, in the course of lime, the two nations should spontaneously .agree upon a sovereign," &c. Dom Fernando refused to adopt any reservation on that point. He also demanded that certain amendments should be made to the Spanish Constitution beiore ac? cepting the throne; but thc government at Madrid objected to submit that question to the Cortes until after his election as king. These negotiations occupied several months, and were once or twice suspended entirely as hope? less, but renewed by friendly intervention. Finally they were broken off altogether, and the causes already stated were assigned as the reasons of thc failure. But persons who are familiar with all the facts attribute the rupture to another and a very different motive. At one of the last In? terviews between Dom Fernando and the Spanish Minister, at which the Countess d'Edla was present, his majesty Inquired what would be the eventual position of his wife should he go to Spaing After i utting thia question he withdrew,'leaving Madame and ttie'minister to settle the delicate point be? tween them. The minister slated that she was at liberty to name any title, distinction or station, adding that she would always befihe first lady of the palace. To which the Countess replied: "So far so good; but his majesty de? sires my position to bo as clear as possible. What I wish to kuow is what will be my part on great ceremonials like thc opening of the Cortes, or other corresponding occasions ?" The aim of this inquiry wi\s evident, and the minister was not taken by surprise. He. re? joined that she might be made a duchess or grandee, or have any other title, but as "Queen -never, never !" This took place on the 13th of July, and when the conferences were going on there was a perfect understanding that thc refusal ol Dom Fernando to take the throne would involve the most grave complications,, and probably the war which Is still raging; for it was then known that the Spanish Government intended to turn to his Majesty's son-in-law, the Prince of Hohenzollern, if the negotiations completely failed. As soon ns it became cer? tain that there was no probability of inducing Dom Fernando to go to Madrid, unless the Countess d'Edla was recognized as Queen, the offer was made to Hohenzollern. So lt may be said that a great European war, willi all its vast consequences, is to bc attributed to tbe unsatisfied ambition of a Boston girl. THE HORNET BROKE LOOSE. NEW YORK, January 2. The Herald has the following: "Our corres? pondent at Havana sends us further details of the steamer Hornet at Nassau. The Cubans at that place were much incensed at thc Gov? ernor lor sending a British man-of-war to watch her, but the lookout did not amount to anything, the Hornet easily leaving her dis? agreeable companion. It is reported that while at Nassau she took on board an armament. If ] this is the case she may give the Spaniards much trouble, and we may hear ol opera? tions on a scale similar to those of I th? Alabama. In point of speed she ls vastly superior to the Spanish fleet on the coast of Cuba, but she may leave the West Indian waters and try the Spanish home coast, where she will be able to do much damage and create a perfect panic among those ol Spain who have property afloat. It such is the intention of ber commander, lt cannot be long before we have accounts ot Spanish com? mercial vessels sunk, burned and destroyed. TUE PACIFIC COAST. SAN FRANCISCO, December 31. Tlie steamship Japan, for China to-day, car? ried supplies of fresh and salt provisions for Midway Island. The United States steamer Saranac lett Hon? olulu tor Midway Island, and thence for San Francisco, four months ago, and much anxiety is felt concerning her fate. The steamer Japan will endeavor to ascertain what has become of | tlie Saranac. It is feared that scurvy has broken out at Midway Island, or that the Saranac ls lost. The steamer Japan, for Yokohama to-day, carrrled $245,000 treasure and $83,000 worth of j merchandise, including 400 barrels of flour. THE SPANISH KING. LONDON*, January 1. King Amadeus is expected to arrive at Madrid to-morrow. The proposed festivities have been postponed. .; TUE BLACK SMITH. WASUINGTON', January 2. Another court-martial ls ordered tor Smith, the negro cadet from Mississippi. VESSEL ASHORE. NORFOLK, January 2. Tlie schooner Niagara, from Mobile for Pro? vidence, loaded with cotton, ls ashore at Chlckatfacoraieco. A ROMAN CATHOLIC PROTEST. RICHMOND, January 2. A meeting of Roman Catholics, which was held yesterday, denounced the action of Victor Emanuel In seizing Rome. Resolutions were adopted for a mass meeting on the subject. THE NE tr TARIFF. WASHINGTON, January 2. The changes In the tariff which came Into effect yesterday, reduced the duty on tea from 25 to 15 cents, and on coffee from 5 to 3 cents. [A full list of the changes will be found In another column.] SPARKS F It O M THE WIRES^ John H. Wrigley, of New York, playing with a rifle supposed to be unloaded, shot himself dead. In Wilmington, N. C., New Year's day was not generally observed, but the negroes had an emancipation celebration. THE NEW TARIFF RATES. Change? In Daty on Imports. We have already given a briet statement of | the intended changes In the import duties on leading articles, which go into effect on the 1st ol January, 1871. Below we add a comparative statement of thc old and the new tariff rates on all the articles affected, as we find lt made In the Cincinnati Price Current, which is reckoned a substantial commercial authority. It will be seen that coffee has been reduced 2 cents per pound, tea 10 cents. Sugar ls re? duced 14a2 cents. There is also a reduction in spices. As these reductions are In gold, they are greater in currency than shown: Absinthe, old tariff $2 50, new tariff S2; acids, old tariff 10 per cent., new tariff free; aloes, old tariff C cents, new tariff free; ammonia, crude, old tariff 20 per cent., new tariff free; auillne dyes, old tariff $i per lb., new tariff 50 cents; animals of breeding, old tariff 21) per cent., new tariff free; animals of immigrants, old tar? ifico per "cent., new tariff tree; antimony, crude, old tariff 10 per cent., new tariff free; , arabic, gum, old tariff 24 per cent., new tariff j free; arrack, per gallon, old tariff $2 50, new tariff $2; arsenic, old tariff 20 per cent, new tariff free; bamboos, unmanufactured, old tar? iff 10 per cent., new tariff free; bananas, old tariff 20 percent, new tariff 10 per cent.; barks, old tariff 20 per cent., new tariff free; bella? donna, old tariff 20 per cent., new tariff lree; books, old tariff 25 per cent.,' new tariff free; brandy, old tariff J3, new tariff $2; brimstone, crude, old tariff <8 per ton, dew tariff lree; bromine, old tarifl'20 per cent., new tariff tree; buchu leaves, old tariff 10 per cent., new tariff lree; calisaya bark, old tariff 20 cents, new tariff free: caniharides. old tariff 50 cents, new tariff free; caraway seeds, old tariff 3 cents, new tariff lree; cardamon seeds, old tariff 50 cents, new tariff free; castor, old tarifl'20 per cent., new tariff free; catgut, man? ufactured, old tariff 30 per cenL, new tariff | free; chalk, manufactured, old tariff $10. new tariff lree: champagne, quarts, new tariff $6, do. pints $3; cinnamon, old tariff 30 cents, new tariff 20 cents; cloves, old tariff 20 cents, new tariffs cents; coal, anthracite, old tariff 40 cents, new tariff tree; cocoa, old tariff 4 cents, new tariff 2 cents; cocoanuts, old tariff 20 per cent., new tariff 10 per cent.; cocoanut bil. old tariff 10 per cent, new tariff free; coffee, per lb., old tariff 6 cents, new tariff 3 cents; cor? dials, per gallon, old tariff $2 50, new tariff $2; cork bark, unmanufactured, old tariff 30 per c?nt., new tariff lree; cork wood, unmanu? factured, old tariff 30 per cent, new tariff free; cotton bagging, ?Sec., old tariff 3 cents., new tariff 2 cents; Bast India gum, old tariff 20 per cent., new tariff Tree; emery, nnground, old tariff $6 per ton, new tariff free; eye? lets, old tariff 45 per cent, new tariff 6 cents; fashion, plate's, oft tariff 25 per cent, new tariff free; flaxseed, old tariff 18 cents, new tariff 20 cents; flaxseed oil, old tariff 23 cents, new tariff 30 cents; fur skins,, old tariff 10 per cent, new tariff free; ginger root, old tariff 5 cents, new tariff 2 cents; ginger, ground, old tariff 8 cents, new tariff 5 cents; goat skins, raw, old tariff 10 per cent., new tariff free; granite, old tariff 20 per cent., new tariff $150 per ton; guns, &c, old tariff 20 per cent, new tariff free: gutta percha,.crude, old tariff 10 per cent, new tariff free; India rubber, crude, old tariff 10 per cent, new tariff lree; ibdine, old tariff 50 cent", new tariff free; Iron, ia pigs, per ton, old tariff $i, new tariff $7; iron, cast, scrap, old tariff ?3, new tariff J 9; iron,' wrought, oki tariff $8,.new tarinSO; jalap, old tariff 50 cents, new tariff free; klrschwasser, ?ier gallon, old tariff $2 50. new tariff $2; eeches, old tariff 20 percent, new tariff lree; lemons, old tariff 25 per cent, new tariff 20 per cent.; liquorice, old tariff 2 cents, new tariff free; limes, old tariff 20 per cent, new tariff 10 per cent:; linseed, old tariff IC cents, new tariff 20 per cent; liquors, per proof gallon, old tafiff$2 50, new tariff $2; logs, round lumber, old tariff 20 percent, new tariff free; mace, old tariff 40 cents, new tariff free; molas? ses. caneT old tariff 8 cents, new tariff 5 cents; molasses, concentrated, old tariff 21 cents, new tariff Wc cent; musk, old tariff 50 per cent, new tariff' free; nitric acid, old tariff 10 per cent, new tariff free; nutmegs, old tariff 50 cents, new tariff 20 cents; opium, old tariff $2 50, new tariff $1; oranges, old tariff 25 per cent, new tariff 20 per cent; paper, waste, old tariff 10 per cent, new tariff free; pepper, black, old tariff 15 cents, new tariff free; pepper, white, old tariff 15 cents, new tariffs cents; pepper, ground, old tariff 18 cents, new tariff 10 cents; Peruvian guano, old tariff 20 per cent, new tariff lree; pineapples, old tariff 25 per cent, new tariff 10 per cent; plan? tains, old tariff 25 per cent, new tariff 10 per cent; plums, old tariff 6 cents, new tariff 2J cents: rosin, crude, old tariff 20 per cent, new tariff free; rhubarb, old tariff 50 per cent, new tariff free; rose leaves, old tariff 50 cents, new tariff tree; sarsaparilla, crude, old tariff 20 per cent, new tariff free; scammony, old tariff 25 per cent, new tariff free; skeleton, old tariff 20 per cent, new tariff free; steel rali? way bars, old tariff 2i and 10 per cent, new tariff 1 i cent; sugar, raw, old tariff 3 cents, new tariff li cent;' sugar above No.-7, old tariff 4 cents, new tariff 2 cents; sugar, refined loaf, Ac, old tariff 5 cents, new tariff 4 cents; teas, old tariff 25 cents, new tariff 15 cents; turtles,' old tariff 20 per cent, new tariff free; ultrama? rine, old tariff 20 per cent, new tariff G cents; verdigris, old tariff 6 cents, new tariff free; wool, first-class, ok: tariff 30 per cent, new tariff 10 and ll per cent.; wool, on the skin, old tariff 30 per cent.; new tariff 3 and C per cent. JB VS IS JESS IN NEW YOEE. '- ? General Depression or Trade-With? ?lroAvnl of Foreign Capital-Decline In Honse Rents, die. The Newark, New Jersey, Advertiser con? tains an Interesting letter from New York, from which we extract the following : DEPRESSION* OF BUSINESS. Many merchants will withdraw from busi? ness at the end of the year. Some who have already accumulated a fortune or a compe? tence can see nothing In the Immediate future to give them any hopes ot adding to lt It wouid be a great error to atiribute prosperity or depression in trade to any single cause. Business is Influenced by numerous and con? flicting circumstances. There are, however, at present two influences growing out ot the European war of such signal Importance that it is worth while to call attention to them. The first of these ls tlie ?rreat decline in cot? ton, which affects not only the South, but all parts ot the country which have business con? nections with the South. The present cotton crop was made wltii dear labor and at as great a cost per pound ns any crop that preceded lt At the current prices the planters will receive less than sixty per cent, of the amount per bale that they obtained last year. Cotton mills, cotton speculators, and all dealers in cotton goods have been subjected to a like de? preciation In the value ot the stocks which Uley have been carrying. Such a loss as this In the most important staple of the country cannot but have seriously diminished the ability of those connected with lt to purchase and consume all articles of merchandise. WITHDRAWAL OF FOREIGN CAPITAL. The other depressing influence to which business has been subjected by the war ls the stoppage'of that stream of foreign capital which has for the last six or seven years stead? ily flowed Into the United States. I am oblig? ed to speak somewhat' metaphorically, bnt I will endeavor to make my meaning clear. Hitherto the value of our exports has not bal? anced that ot the Imports added to the interest payable to foreigners on United States bonds and other securities which they hold. The difference, amounting, at a moderate calcula? tion, to upwards of a hundred millions of dol- j lars a year, ls added to the foreign capital al? ready Invested here, or, If you prefer the ex? pression, to the sum of our loreign indebted? ness. Germany and Pranoe are no longer in a posllion to buy our government bonds and railway mortgages, and England will soon he able to obtain from other countries a higher rate of interest than we can afford to pay here. In spite of the sixty millions of specie that have been sent from New York this year, and the export of a much greater quantity of pro- j dime and merchandise than we ever shipped in twelve months belore, the rates of sterling exchange are still against us. . THE FUTURE. Paving debtor breaking up a confirmed habit of contract! og them, is certainly a most ealutary exercise, but such an effort as the Cnlted Sates will shortly be called upon to make can? not be carried out without a severe pressure upon thu commercial interests of Hie country. It necessarily involves either a diminished use ol foreign goods or an Increased export of our own, and In either case we have the less to consume. The prodigal extravagance which was bred of the war and of the demoralizing Issues of imper money has been slowly subsid? ing tor some time, and yet there still exists In this city many traces of lt Hotel and restau? rant pnces are upheld with amazing pertina? city, and people yet consent to pay a mon? strous share ot their income for house rent. THE TUMBLE IN* RENTS. I will mention a few instances to show the direction which rents are taking. A large store, a little further down town than the present centre of the dry goods business, was leased a lew years ago at $16,000 per annum for five years. Thc lessees having failed, thc store was rented lost! year at $10,000. The tenants now decline to pay more than $8000, and a bill on the premises tor several months has failed to attract any one who will pay more than the lost named sum. A store which rented tour years ago at $18,000 is now held at srj.ooo. but does not rind a tenant though it has been In Hie market for a month. Though Broadway landlords are satisfied to accept the lowest prices of last year, tenants are unwil? ling to pay them, and demand a reducUon. A large store erected on Caaal street nearly two years ago, for which the owners refused an offer oi $24,000 rent while building, has never been occupied, and has recently been leased at $13,500 per annum. A shoe dealer has taken lor $7500 a year a store on Broadway, near Pearl street lor which the present oc? cupant pays $14,000 a vear on a long lease. .The same man was offered two other stores on Broadway, in tlie saine vicinity, at $4000 less than the present, tenants are now paying, oh leases which are about to expire. Bents ' for offices in Wall street and vicinity are taking the same direction, as many of the brokers and lawyers are having rather a hard struggle for existence Just now. MR. BOUTWELL AND WALL STREET. . The chief event of tlie week on Wall street 'ha3 been the Increasing stringency in the money market The money reserves ol the banks have been drawn down to a very low point and iL is said that speculators for a tail in stocks have resorted to their old expedient of locking up greenbacks. Call loans have ruled Irom seven per cent, currency to seven per cent gold. Now, since the effect of these periodical stringencies In. money ls unfavora? ble to oil the business interests ot the country, and depresses tne vaiue or united s bonds along with all other securities, thought strange that Secretary Boutwell, a clear balance of over a hundred mllllo the treasury, nearly thirty millions of whl in currency, should not increase his pnrcl of bonds. The Inelasticity of our curren an evil which we derive from the leglslatl our national government, und we may lo? thc treasury to make that evil as little op sive as circumstances will permit. Mr. : well, by buying three millions of bonds in: ol one during each of the coming w< would save the payment ol' interest on se1 millions, and break-up an unprincipled s] latipn which can only succeed by dlstui the buslnees and credit of the commu The neglect of Mr. Boutwell to buy i bonds and reduce his immense baluru generally censured, and cannot but add ti disfavor in which his high taxation notion held by the public. . Martita. ! QSBORN-GROS.-On the evening of the December, 1870, by the Rev. T. E. Wannam -at the residence of Mr., Edmund Cud worth, Gao. E. .OSBORN, to Miss MARY C. OROS, bc thia city. . Special ffoTircs. pa-A. CARD. ~ JOHNBlflNS RESPE FULLY informs the merchants and Business pie generally, that he has engaged in his old ? ness of D HAYING, and holds himself m readl to engage in hauling for any person that n his services,. By uniform charges and pera attendance to business he hopes to share a tlon of the pobltc patronage. Can be seen a; Old Post-office. Jan3-'.atl]S pa- I O. 0.. F.-R. W. GRAND LOD OF TBE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. M. W. Grand Master will Install the om ce; the subordinate Lodges, at Odd Fellows' J on the following evenings, at ; o'clock: Schiller, No. 30, on SUNDAY, 1st January. Jefferson, No. *, on TUESDAY, 3d January. South Carolina, No. 1, on' WEDNESDAY, January. Howard, No. 3, on THURSDAY, 5th January. .Marlon, No. 2, on FRIDAY, 8th January. The om corn and members bf tho Grand Lo are requested to attend and assist in the inst; tions. By order of the M. W. G. M. ROBT. JAMES, dec31-3tuwthf5_Grand Secretar pa- Ul? ION ?BANK OF SOUTH CA] LINA.-CHARLESTON, DECEMBER 26m, 18: DIVIDEND NOTICE.-The Board or Dlrec liavlngjdecla.red a Dividend; of FIVE PER CE (free of Government T?xf) on the present Cat Stock of ibis Bank, r'jesamewHl repaid to Steckholders-on and after this date. gecga-6_H. D. ALEXANDER, Cashle pa- OFFICE OF THE CHARLES! GASLIGHT COMPANY, DECEMBER 28, 187 The Board or Directors of this Company hav declared a Dividend of FIFTY CENTS per Sh oh the Capital Stock, the same will be paid ?Stockholders on and arter MONDAY, 9th Janna 1871. The Transfer Books will be closed from t date to 10th January, 1871. W. J. HERIOT, dec20_Secretary and Treasure! pa- IF YOU DESIRE ROSY CHER and a complexion fair, and free from Pimp Blotches and Emptions, purify your blood and vig?rate your system by taking DR. PIERO ALT. EXT. or GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVEI It has no equ nf for this purpose, nor as a rem? for Liver Complaint, or Biliousness, and Cont pation of tho Bowels. Sold by Druggists. Pam] let sent free. Address DR. R. V. PIERCE, Borre N. Y._dec29-thstn3DA pa- BEAUTY, HEALTH, C0MF01 and usefulness secured by the use of the PHII TOKEN, OR FEMALE'S FRIEND, which relic pain, controls the nerves, dispels nausea and those troublesome complaints that Invite pren t?re old age. Full directions with each bottle ; successfully relieving, controlling and curl complaints to which adult females are Hat Sold by druggists, one dollar a bottle. Wholes; Agents, DOWIE, MOISE ic DAVIS, No. 169 Afc lng street, Charleston, S. C._dec29-thstui PB- PIMPLES ON THE FACE.-FC Comedones, Black worms or Grubs, Pimply Ero tlons and blotched disfigurations on the Face, n PERRY'S COMEDONE AND PIMPLE HEMED Depot No. 49 Bond street, New York. Sold 1 Druggists everywhere._decl6-tbatn3moe pa- FOR MOTH PATCHES Freckles and Tan, use PERRY'S MOTH A> FRECKLE LOTION. The only reliable and han less rem'dj known to science for re m o vir brown discolorations from the Face. Prepan only by Dr. B. C. PERRY, No. 49 Bond st roc New York. Sold by Druggists everywhere. declS-thstn3mos_ pa- MEDICAL NOTICE -PATIENT suffering from Diseases pertaining to the GENII URINARY ORGANS, will receive the latest scle: elfie treatment by placing themselves nnder tr care ot Dr. T. REENSTJERNA, office No. 74 Has street, three doors from the Postofflce, sep20-tnthlyr_ pa-TRE GREAT MEDICAL WONDEI DR. HASKELL'S ELECTRIC OIL kills all pain li two minutes. Cancers,' Bolls, Tetter and Ol Sorest cured In 48 hours by DR. HASKELL'S CAI BO LIO CANCER SALVE. For sale at retail by G. W. AI MAR, COHEN'S MEDICAL DI DR. H. BAER, POT, A. 0. BARBOT, DR. 0. J. LUHN, ED. S. BURNHAM, W. T. LITTLE A CO., M. H. COLLINS A CO., ALFRED RAOUL, M. D. GRAMAN A SCHWAKE, DR. W. A. SKRINE. E. H. KELLERS, M. D., And ax wholesale by DOWIE, MOISE A DAVIS sole Agents for South Caroll na. novll-amos Dav pa- THE BODY AND ITS NEEDS. - Considering the extreme sensitiveness of the ha man body, and that it ls unprotected except b; artificial covering, from the action of cold, it l not strange that at .this seas jn lt ls liable to man: disorders. Thc skin exercises a powerful mau ence over the stomach and bowels, and when lt; functions are Interrupted by sudden chill? tha seal the pores and prevent evaporation from th? surface, internal congestion^ is apt to eosr.e. Tin digestive organs never perform their office prop erly when this ls the case, and the waste mattel of the system, which should be discharged in ?ar through the perspiratory glands, having no . .bei outlet than the bowels and the kidneys, constipa tion and a variety of venal diseases are more oi less prevalent. Dyspepsia, where it exisrs, is ?1st aggravated by these causes. The most effective preventive of, and remedy for, disturbances ol this nature is UOSTRtTER'S STOMACH BIT? TERS. Acting as a stimulant and tonic, it rouses the stomach and thc intestines, Imparnngto those important organs both activity and regularity. .It also operates as a suporltlc by toning the ves? sels of the skin and promoting the free passage of exhausted ma'tir through that'natural sieve of the system. Being a mild diuretic, it givea a healthful impulse to the action of the kidneys, where there ls a tendency to dropsy, and as a blood d?purent und nervine, has a highly benefi? cial effect lu rheumatic cases. It combines In happy proportions thc tonic, alterative, aperient, antiseptic, diaphoretic and antibillons proper? ties requisite Ur the restoration or a system gen? erally disordered, and has no equal as a winter medicine._dec3l-on*c pa- DIVORCES .-ABSOLUTE DI VORCES legally obtained in New York, Indiana, Illinois and other States, for persons from any State or country, lege-1 everywhere; desertion, drunkenness, non-support, Ac. sufficient cause; no publicity. No charge until divorce la obtained. Advice free. Address, MOORE & RICHARDSON, Counsellors at Law, dec26-lyr iso Broadway, New Tork City. Special STrtues. p?* HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEWHAVEN.-Holders of Policies issued from the charleston Agency of this Company, are i hereby notified that all the outstanding Riafca haye been protected by reinsurance In other Companies, Policies for which will, be handed them as soon as issued. ' W. B. HERIOT A CO., Insurance Agents..;;. J***-*_]_No. 64 Broad street . pa* CONSIGNEES PEE STEAMSHIP EVERMAN, from Philadelphia, are hereby no? tified that she will discharge cargo To-DiY, at Brown's Wharf. Goods uncalled for at sunset will remain on wharf at owners' risk and' ex-* pense. WM. A. COURTENAY, Agentv JanS-1 . . CONSIGNEES PER STEAMER MA I RYLAND, from Baltimore, arehereoyho?nedtlttt I she ls THIS DAT discharging cargo at PierRbrl Union Wharves. AB goods nsf taren away at sunset will remain on wharf at consignees! rlslt: Jan3_' ; MORDEOAI'A CO., Agent*; pa* CONSIGNEES' NOT 1.0 E.-CON SIGNEBS by British Bark YtJMDRI are hereby notltted that she lias been entered ander thu Ptve ' day act All goods not permitted at the expira? tion of tola time will be. sent to Customhouse Stores. . RAV?NEL A CO. Jans_ pa* CONSIGNEES' N?TICE.-C.O?jr SIONE?S ?er M. L. schooner L. s. DAVIS, er? hereby notified that she ls THIS DAT dis? charging cargo at Attgers' North Wharf.' All goods not called rbr before sunset win be stored at their risk and expense. ' Claims positively not allowed after gooda leave toe wharf; ? Jans-i . WILLIAM ROACH A CO., Agent? - ^-CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP MANHATTAN, from New York, are notified tjSst she ls discharging cargo at Adger*s Wharf. Goods remaining uncalled 'lor at sunset will be stored at owners' risk and expense. r Jana-l_JAMES ADOER St CO.. Agents. pa* CONSIGNEES PER BRIG EDITH HALL, from Baltimore, are notified that she ls discharging cargo at Brown's South Wharf. Coods not called for at sunset win be stored at owners' risk and expense. STREET BROTHERS A CO., jan3-l_ i - Consignees. pa* SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD BANK.-The South Carolina Railroad Company having declared a dividend of OWE DOLLAR per Share from the net Income of the Road, the same will be payable on the first of January next, at tbs offlce of the Southwestern Raliroftt Bunk. Jan8-tuthal8 J. M. MARLESTON, Cashier. pa* OFFICE OF THE CITY APPRAIS? ER, CITY HALL, CHARLESTON, S. a, JANU? ARY 8,187L-The Ussulng of LICENSES will com? mence on THOKSPAT, the 6th of January, and not bef?le. . JP. J. COGGAN, " jan 3-1_ , City Appraiser. pa* PEOPLE'S BANE.-THE B??SI-* NESS of this Bank will, on and after TO-MOBBOW, 2d Instant, be conducted at; No 9 Broad street, opposite State street. JAMES B. BETTS, j an 2-2_ CAshler. ?. JE9-0FFICE OP SCHOOL COMMISSION^ ER* OF CHARLESTON COUNTY^ C H A R L KSTON, S. C., JANUARY 2D, ls*o.-Th? 'underslgaed here? by gives notice to the public, that he has .thia day entered upon the discharge of his duties as School'Commissioner of tho County. A ij mfor- ' matlon In reference to the? wants or, the County School Districts will be gladly received, and snob, assistance promptly rendered as the mea as placed at his disposal by the Legislature will permit. . The oihce for the present will be at No. 04 Church street where he can be, consulted upon school matters during the usual business hours. Jan2-6_E. MONTAGUE GRIMEE. pa* TEE SOUTH CAROLINA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. C., DECEMBER 24,1870.-SAV1NG3 DEPARTMENT. Depositors are requested to leave their BOOKS to be credited with the January Quarterly Interest, due 1st proximo. AU Deposits made on or before the 20th Janu? ary, will bear interest from 1st January. Interest, > e per cent, will be compounded quarterly; THOMAS E. WARING dec24-9tuthll_Cashier. pa* OFFICE OF MOUNT PLEASANT AND SULLIVAN'S ISLAND FERRY COMPANY, CHARLESTON, JANUARY 2D, UTI.-The Board Of Directors having ^declared a STOCK BIVIDEND OF $2 60 AND A CASU DIVIDEND OF* $8 60 PER SHARE, from the earnings of the Company for the past six (S) montas, (being at the rate pl IS per cent, per annum upon its paid op capital, payment of the same will be made to Stockholders > on and after the loth instant, at the office of thar Secretary and Treasurer, Broad street, corner/ State. Stockholders will please present tnt. Scrip. - HUTSON LEE, jan 2-6_Secretary and Treasurer. * pa* IMPORTANT TO OWNERS OP SEWING MACHINES.-JOHN CLARK, JB., SC CO.S BEST SIX-CORD SPOOL COTTON, on Black Spools. For sale at retail by D. B. HASELTON, No. 307 Klug street. dec6-lmo taliban (Boohs. C URIS Til A S IS COMING! [NOW 13 THE TIME TO SELECT YOUR GIFTS! Particular attention ls invited to the NEW, LARGE AND ELEGANT STOCK OF WATCHER JEWELRY, SILVERWARE AND FANOT GOODS, suitable for Presents, jost received and opened AT JAMES ALLAN'S, No. 307 RING STREET. JAMES.ILLAN'S, No. 307 KING STREET. JAMES ALLAN'S, No. 307 KINO STREET. All the- newest and most exquisite designs in Jewelry, comprising;, SETS OF PEARL, GARNET, ALL GOLD, CORAL AND STONE. Leontine, Opera, Neck and Vest CHAINS; Seal Rings, Dismoad Rings; Gent'B Pins, Peart and Diamond; Plain Gold and Wedding Rings always on hand or made to order; Sleeve Buttons and Studs, Bracelets^ Brooches and Earrings; Armlets and Neck ia: en. In Gold and Coral; Brooches for Hair or Miniatures, Lockets, Charms and Masonic Pins, Glove Bands, at I JAMES AJILAN'S, No. 307 KING STREET, A few doom above Wentworth street oov24-:hftu E XOELSIO R HAIR TONIO, No DYE ! Insures Healthv and Vigorous Growth. War? ranted not to contain LEAD, Sulphur, or any other Injurious Drug. The EKCelslor Hair Tonic will keep the bead clear of Dandruff, prevent the falling oat of the Hair, and ? ive lt a soft and beautiful r. .osa. lt ls not injurious to the health of th J user, nor is lt ureas-: and filthy like many of the prepara? tions at pr?sent offered as Hair Rene wets. Manufactured by DB. JL BAEB, Wholesale and F "UH Druggist No. 131 Meeting street, Charleston. Price per betti* 60 cents. N. B.-Al the preparations macsfsotured by DR. H. BAER are in accordance with ronnulaa given by distinguished Physicians, and havebeen (subjected to long and careful trial. They are no secret remedies, and he ls at all tunes prepared to submit these formulas to memDera of the profes? sion, or others desiring such information.