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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1578. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE STATE CAPITAL. THE StOST /XPOKTANTMEASURE OF j THE SESSION. Thc Adjournment Fixed for Itlarch rat. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TBS NEWS.] COLUMBIA, January 23. A" resolution fixing the final adjournment for March 1st has passed both houses. Con? siderable business has been transacted in both houses to-day, but it was not of a character to interest the general public. A DAT IN COLUMBIA. Sights and Scenes In th? Capital-The Penitentiary-Columbia Canal-Spec, ulat i vc Investments-Increase In Real Estate-What mar Be and has Been Done - Ku Uro Ad Matters, ?Ste. [FR03I OUR SPECIAL OORRSSPOKBKNT.] - COLUMBIA, January 22 The first point of interest which a slght-seer selects in visiting the Capital of South Carolina is thaGeneral Assembly. The Northern man, especially, shows a desire to observe the oper? ations of reconstruction, and the application ol the new prinoiple3 evolved irom Che war, as illustrated In the governmental manage ment of our public affairs. Hence, Columbia has become a sort of half-way house between New York and Florida, and every day you* will find scores of strangers wandering curiously through the halls ol legislation, peeping in the public offices, or scanning what remains of ruin and wreck. OX course, the House of Rep? resentatives, with Us damask hangings, costly chandeliers, elaborate spittoons-handsome enough .to be flower vases-Brussels c?rpete and rosewood furniture, around which sit the elect, is the chief plkce pf attraction, and there ls really field for wonderment In the rapid, positive and business-like manner In which the speaker dispatches his duties and controls the extraordinary body over which he presides. The Senate is next in in? terest, and partakes of that historic dignity which Is popularly supposed to attach to this department of government. The grave and reverend Seignors show it down to their very eye-glasses. The galleries always have a dusky exhibit fringing the front rail, and are favorite places for Bleep. The attorney-general's office, with Ks half dozen solicitors busily engaged in preparing the germ of future law; the Execu? tive offices next door, with hungry applicants: always waiting for the man ahead ol' them to be turned out frc-ui the Governor's room; the treasurer's and comptroller's dens, where sick figi^s are doctored Into convalescence; the secretary of State's office, where the atmos? phere is redolent with musty records; and, finally, the Supreme Court, where hard, dry men of facts-veritable Gradgrinds-hold forth verbosely to a- very, very solemn tribunal. These are some of the sights and scenes in and around the Statehouse. A public work well worthy ol inspection, is THE PENITENTIARY, now under the charge of General Stoibrand. The changes that have taken place in this in? stitution since the administration ol Governor Orr, by wLom lt was commenced, are veiy considerable. Three stories of one ot the great stone wings have been completed, and the foundation of the other wing has been laid preparatory to the erection of the cells. Two hundred and fifty cells are already occupied by upwards of five hundred convicts, and tho supply far exceeds the demand for more room Up to the present time more than a thousand different criminals have worn the striped uni? form of this place. These are employed in cutting stone, ruunlng machinery, quarrying, making cloth, carpenter work, gardening, Ac-the labor being adapted to the character of the prisoners. Some of the latter have seen better days, and a.e suffering the conse? quences of acts committed, perhaps, to avenge offended honor. One of them, who has been educated, who bas travelled through Europe and led the life of a gentleman, which he is unquestionably, is a nigi? watchman in the Institution, and while he remains there will as faithfully defend the trusts confided to him as General Stoibrand himself". Others of the prisoners whose char? acters have been proved are permitted, under proper restrictions, to work for the State In the town, on the roads and In public buildings, the superintendent thus showing- that he knows how to temper mercy with punishment lo a manner that fully subserves the purposes of law. The quarry ol the penitentiary is Im? mediately in front of lt-a portion of the river having been encircled by a stone wall and pumped dry. It ls said that there is granite enough in the quarry to last for several years, and the rock when properly blasted out is of a superior quality. Another work ol' great value now in progress is TUE COLUMBIA CANAL. Originally lt was believed that, il fifteen hun? dred or two thousand horse power could be obtained, the supply would be ample for the pnrposes of the manufacturer; but Senator Sprague, through hi3 representative, Coloriel Pearce, is carrying out a plan which will give to the State and city from twelve to fifteen thousand horse power. Persons familiar with the locality of the old bridge, at the foot of Bridge street, may remember an Island in the river, just above it, and not many yards from the Solumbia shore. The space between the island and the shore 1B to be converted Into a canal, a distance of 250 feet, and a dam thrown across the river will secure all the power re? quited. Below the bridge, thc water will be carried into the old canal, which i3 now being opened to a width of eighty feet, for a distance of several hundred yards. Thirteen ample mill sites and a .water privilege superior to that ol the great manufacturing city of Lowell will thus be secured, while the Penitentiary has but to tap the stream, at a cost almost Insignificant, to obtain more power than will ever be actually employed. The importance of this undertaking may be better realized by the statement that the value of a single horse power at the North is estima? ted at $100, or $10,000 per annum for one hun? dred horse power. Here are twelve thousand horse power, which, at halt the price above named, must luduce.tbe building up of a large manufacturing Interest. The consequence of this enterprise ol Governor Sprague is already app?tent In the appreciation of the value of real estate In various parts of Colum? bia, and the investment ol' money in lands for speculative purposes. To rh .w WHAT MAT BE DONE, Dr. E. W. Wheeler, a citizen of Cincinnati, came to this city about the first ol March two years ago. Awaiting the completion of the canal, he bought a lot In the suburbs for $3500, and improved the Bame to the amount say $2500. In five mouths irom the time of the purchase he sold out for $12,000. He continued to invest in real estate, and last year raised ai^ baled forty bags of cotton'within the lim? ite oPthe city. Recently, Dr. Wheeler laid out eighty building lots In the edge of th? town, ana within ten days from the completion bi the survey, sold forty-seven lots at $75 each. Other parties familiar with Western land ope? rations have done equally well, and the proba? bility is that within a year, from four to seven hundred new houses will be erected in and around the city. A large Cincinnati firm are only walting upon the water power to con? struct a manufactory ol furn! tai re, agricultural Implements, &c, and are now engaged in cut? ting and drying lumber for the purpose. West? ern men who are here' state that Colnmbia pos? sesses every element ol growth, and predict a population of thirty or forty thousand inhabi? tants within ten years. They have visited At? lanta, and say that there is no reason why that thrivingtown may not find a rival in the capi? tal of South Carolina, especially when the rail? road communications are complete. Speaking of these, by the way, THE GREENVILLE AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD has transferred to the South Carolina Railroad an immense amount ol cotton Irom the up? country-on several days as many as twenty four car loads. Three new engines-the James L. Orr,.Robert K. Scott and H. H. Klmpton have recently been brought from the North, put on the road, and are doing giant's work. They are said to be among the most powerful locomotives in the country, and make no - bones of a train of thirty loaded cars. The road is being dally improved under the man? agement of President Bum and Superinten? dent Moore, and the company propose to show the people that they will, in good faith, carry out their early pledges to make it a first class line-of travel. Bridges, trestles and cars are being repaired, new fron 1 lld, and every means adopted to insure saiety and comfort. The average rate of speed ls four-; teen miles an boar. A night train will proba? bly be put on the road belore spring. The Wilmington and Manchester Railroad are pushing their branch line Irom Sumter to Co? lumbia, and are expected here without fall. When completed the competition will be hot and lively. ITEMS. The readers of Tus NEWS may remember Ly Brand, the leader of the fine Post Band which used to dispense music on the Battery Wednesday and Saturday. He has recently made South Carolina hie home, and opened a music store here, with a fine assortment of pianos, organs and other instruments. Miss Eugenia Orchard, a rising young artiste and native of Columbia, has on exhibition a handsome copy of one of the heads of Titian. She shows a wonderful aptitude for coloring, and seems destined for a distinguished career. BOMBAZINE. WHAT CO JV G It JESS IS DOIS G. WASHINGTON, January 23. The judiciary committee of the Senate re? ported to-day in favor of Hill. Senators Stew? art and Rice made a minority report in favor of Farrow and Whitely. The Senate, in exe? cutive session, confirmed the postmasters nominated for Aiken, S. C., Newnan, Ga., and Huntsville, Ala. The committee on Southern outrages will meet to-morrow. Holden, a son of the Gover? nor of North Carolina, will be the first witness 3Worn. Stearns has taken his seat as senator from Minnesota. Sumner presented resolutions of the Indiana Legislature adverse, ta Dominica, lewett presented resolutions from the St. Louis Board ot Trade in favor of widening and deep? ening the channel of the mouth of the Missis? sippi. Turnbull gave notice that he would call up the Georgia question as soon as the re? port could be printed. A resolution was adopted authorizing the committee on Southern outrages to report ut any time, and giving them leave to sit during the sessions of the Senate. A bill was passed increasing the pension of disabled sailors and soldiers. A bill protecting members of Con? gress from the importunities of office-seekers was discussed until the adjournment. _ In the House of Representatives, among the billB introduced and referred were the follow? ing : To determine claims for the depredations of Confederate cruisers; granting lands to the Atlantic and Great Western Canal; for bridg? ing the Mississippi at Roonesville; reducing the coast correspondence, and connecting the postal and telegraph service. William W. Payne, from Georgia, took his seat. A bill regulating rank in the navy was reported on and passed. It places surgeons and paymasters ou the active list, and gives them positive rank, and makes other altera? tions. A motion to suspend the rules to ex? tend to all the States lately in rebellion the provisions of the act of March 4, 1864, failed yeas 125; nays 67-not two-thirds. The bill gives equal rights to loyal claimants in all the States. Adjourned. The Judiciary committee will report favor? ably on a bill amending a bill to enforce the right of citizens to vote. George L. Woods has been nominated to-day as Governor of Ulah. DISASTERS AX SEA. FORTRESS MONROE, January 23. Arrived, steamer E. S. Terry, from Newbern, for New York, for a harbor. She brought the crew of ?i-e schooner Sarah Watson, of Phila? delphia, irom Wilmington for New York, which was sunk by the Bteamer Sea Gull, from Balti? more for Charleston, thirty miles southwest of Hatteras, on the night of the 21st. The Sea Gull was badly damaged, and threw overboard the forward part of her cargo and made for Hatteras Inlet. She was seven miies off the bar when spoken to by the Terry, who took off the schooner's crew. The schooner J. S. Craig, of Portland, for Georgetown, has arrive! She reportB that she passed yesterday, P. M., five miles north ot Winter Quarter Shoals, a bark Bunk, with ail sails set, but torn to pieces. She had about fourfeetof water over her decks. It Is sup? posed that she struck and foundered. A heavy northeast gale prevails. NEW YORK, January 23. - The British brig Marla Ferguson, from Mo? bile for Liverpool, has been wrecked off the Tortugas. The cargo will be saved. THE IMPEACHMENT OF GOVERNOR HOLDES. RALEIGH, January 23. The High Court of Impeachment convened to-day. Governor Holden has flied his answer to the articles of impeachment. It ls very voluminous, covering two hundred pages of foolscap. The board of managers will make their replication to-morrow, and the trial will then proceed regularly. The managers have retained ex-Governors Brigg and Graham, and Hon. A.'S. M?rrignan, an counsel. Governor Holden has retained the Hon. W. N. H. Smith, Edward Conigland, Richard C. Badger, the HOB, Nathaniel Boyden and J. M. McCorkle, THE END APPROACHING. TROCHU AT LAST TALKS OPENLY OE SURRENDER. Faa Int Prices In Paris-Chansey Hur? rying his Oxen to the Relief of the Bi sieged - Faldherbf'B Defeat at St. Quentin - trambet* nu Frantic Ap? peal?. LONDON, January 'J3.; Favre is expected in London to-day (Mon? day.) Faidherbe, with his staff, had arrived at Cambrai. On the 20th the army of the North was in full retreat. Faidherbo says his men fought well before St. Quentin, but re-, treated on the 19th before Prussian reinforce? ments. The Josses on both sides were heavy. The bombardment of Longwy is vigorously continued; the town is burning. Under cover of a dense fog, the French mass? ed on the 20th before Mont Valerien, but no? thing further was attempted. The French car? ried Montretout by surprise on the 19tb, but the Prussians subsequently recovered the posi? tion. Prisoners say other attacks will be made upon the investing lines, but assert; positively that the national guard will not fi.'ht. The railroad station at St. Quentin was stormed and the town afterwards occupied. Ten thousand prisoners and six guns were cap? tured. A shell from Longwy fired a farmhouse within the Investing lines, and forty Prussians perished In the flames. Paris advices to the ISth have been received. The bombardment damages are not extensive, and but few have been killed. Large droves of oxen had passed Rheims lor Paris, ready for Chahsey's advance. Chansey 13 receiving re? inforcements. In the domestic market quotations of Paris, the following prices are given : Rabbits, 300 francs; chickens, 55 francs; geese, 75 francs; turkeys, 90 franc?; egg, 2 francs a piece; fish, 8 francs per pound. VE BRAILLES, January 20. AH tai. quiet this afternoon, and the troops on both sides remain In their positions. The Prussian loss lu the recent sortie was 400; the French loss was so heavy that they rv.xed an armistice of forty-eight hours to remove the wounded and bury their dead. LAST NIGHT'S DISPA TOURS. LONDON, January 21. The conflagration at Longwy has been con? firmed. The country around Valenciennes has been inundated in consequence of the ap? proach of the Germans. The Mobilized Guard behaved badly at St. Quentin; fully 15,000 ol them became panic stricken. A Cambrai dis? patch, dated on the 20th, says there is a panic among the people at the approach of the Ger? mans. Faidherbe bas gone to Douay, and General Favre to Lille. A dispatch froid Lille, dated the 21st, reports the utmost consterna? tion prevailing. The women and children are fleeing the town. Troops are arriving in a pitiable state. Gambetta spoke, advising resistance to the bitter end. He denounced the partisan and cowardly cry of peace on any terms, and repudiated the desire on his part to form a dictatorship. He urged the people and army to do their duty, promising them a final triumph. PARIS, January 19. Jolea Favre ls very sick. The victims of the bombardment, killed and wounded, so far, are forty-nine women, thirty-nine children n?d ninety-two men. LONDON, January 22. Gambetta made another speech, In which he expressed his confidence in Faidherbe, and announced fresh levies for the army of France. Cambrai has been summoned to surrender. The Germans are entering the Departments of Calvados and Arne. Bismarck declines to enter upon negotia? tions lor Favre's sate conduct to the Confer, ence. Advices from Paris say that Trocbu, at. a council on Friday, stated that should the hope of outside assistance fall it would be his duty to surrender the city before the Germans destroyed the public buildings and fired the centre of the city. The Emperor telegraphs the Empress Au? gusta on the 21st: "The enemy yesterday withdrew Into Paris. The total French loss at St. Quentin is 15,000. The enemy has with? drawn to Valenciennes and Douay. We have reoccupied Cambrai." PARIS NOT IO BE ENTERED. Ita Forts to be Garrisoned-A Strip of Territory from Meta and Paris to be Held-Th? Corps L?gislatif .to be Sam. mo ned. [Correspondence or the New Torfe World.) VERSAILLES, December 31. His. Majesty has given up entering Paris Neither he nor the Princes and potentates unless H. R. H. of Coburg (?)-nor the army will march into the city on its capitulation. When that transpires the forts of the capital will be strongly garrisoned and provisioned for full two years. Orleans and other towns not iu the territory to be annexed will be evac? uated, the German troops withdrawing to Alsace and Lorraine, both to be strongly oc? cupied, as also a strip serving as a line ol com? munication wilh Paris. Eeltort and Hitsche which latter has been recently re vi ct nailed - must be taken. The surrender must oe unconditional, but af? ter Its consummation arms will be given to the Garde Nationale, to be made answerable for order. The Corps L?gislatif will be reassem? bled. Most of.the meinberB of the de facto government belong to it, and may there show their influence. It may vote to dethrone the Emperor, the Regency, the Prince Imperial; may set up a new government, with an Assemble Nationale Constituante, or what not; may determine to continue the war. The power whloh calls it together must per force accept the work of its hands. It believes Itself prepared for the task. Almost at home, lt can hold the line Thlonvllle-Belfort, Includ? ing or supported by the fortresses of Metz, Strasbourg, and the host of minor strongholds; far longer and in a very different manner than the French have done. Pay lor the war the conquered must. The territory wanted is already administered by German governors. . It is believed that this substitute for the ear? lier plan to send three armies through France, and which is considered a settled Hiing among the troops, will be hailed by both officers and j men as a grand change for the belter. Their sentiments were, to be sure, not asked for. No more was there reason tor so doing, as they are now pretty well known in the upper cir? cles of the hierarchy, even though some mani? festations ol them reached those superior re? gions by a roundabout route. THE HORRORS OE WAR. ' Ghastly Scenes on the Loire-A Yonng Ladle*' Boarding-School Filled with Dead and Dying-Not a Drop of Water in Four Days-Cold, Hanger, Thirst, Wounds-Hecatombs of Dead Every? where. [From the London Times, December 29.] As the war ls prolonged Its horrors increase. The bitter weather under which we are shiver? ing in this country, would aloue involve a terrible aggravation of misery. In this respect lt ls long since such Bufferings have been Inflicted, even in war. But such horrible cenes as were described by "A Military Corr? spondenV are but foo probable In such opera? tions as the Army of the Loire has lately been engaged in, and lt ls to be feared they have been many times multiplied within the course of the present month. That army bas been executing a continuous "strategic movement" of retreat, and fighting almost continuous' battles during some of the severest weather of the month. Both armies have been strained to the uttermost, and have had no time to look be? hind them. The horrible consequence has been that the wounded have practically been left as uncared for as the dead. They have, In some Instances, been gathered off the field of battle, though there must be numbers who have beeji left to perish ot cold on the spot where they lell. But even when carried under shelter they have simply been heaped together in un? inhabited houses, and have sometimes lain there- lor days unattended, unfed, and almost uncovered. The scene at Beaugency, describ? ed by 'A Military Correspondent," is one even, mor? horrible, because a more prolonged scene ol agony. In a house which had once been a Pension de Jeunes Filles "every room, irom cellar to roof, was crowded with dead and starving men, lying so thick lt was im SOBSlble to move among them." It was Satur? ar, and many ol' t he rn had been there since . the Wednesday, some since the Tuesday. All that time "not one drop ot water, not one atom of food, had passed their Upe," nor had aoy comiortiog haDd approached them. Ii a broken-legged sergeant had been able to throw bis own coat over nis more severely wounded [ o nicer, that was the utmost relief any of them had obtained, Moreover, the windows ot the house were all broken, "and all. these - days and nights of almost Arctic cold they had been lying on the bare floor with their wounds undressed." All the agonies of wounds, ot cold, of hunger and thirst, with all the horrors of death, were en? dured for days together hy these helpless suf? ferers. The battle, In tact, had been raging for three days around Beaugency, neither side 'gaining snob, undisturbed possession of the town as to be able to think of the wounded. Even on the second day German shells burst in hospitals where French volunteers were tending German wounded. That night there was only one doctor in town capable of per? forming amputations, and there were two hundred desperately wounded men in one building alone. "The dead lay thick among : the dying, and as the former were dragged out their places were instantly filled. Misera? ble objecte, with broken jaws or laces half shot away, wandered about pointing to their dreadfulivounds and making piteous signals for water, which lt was Impossible lor them to swallow. Officers and men, veterans and boys, all lay in one undistinguishable mass ol' misery. Every-moan that the human volee can utter rose from that heap of agony." This was on Thursday. How many more scenes like the one we have Just described might there have been seen at Beaugency on Satur? day ? And how many more in the numerous villages over which the storm of conflict has passed between Beaugency and Vendome ? GERMAN WAR NOTES. -In the Twelfth Army Saxon Corps there are one hundred and twenty schoolmasters who have volunteered. ThlB Is certainly a case where the schoolmasters are abroad. -All the German officials selected for duty in the occupied French towns, tn addition to their other qualifications, are required to know French thoroughly and familiarly. -Marshal Bazaine has a beautiful wife who bas joined him at Cassel. He seems to have made up his mind to an extended residence nt that place, as he has just rented a villa, which he has contracted to retain till next April. -A patriotic goldsmith of Carlsruhe has of? fered to set in silver, free of charge, the bul? lets extracted from the bodies ot Prusslarxvol un teers, that they may serve their owners as ornamental and honorable mementoes. -One of the French prisoners in Magdeburg has Invented a machine for the manufacture of brick, which is said to beat anything known heretofore of tbat character. He bas sold his Invention to a German firm, who have paid him over $15,000 for it. The inventor was formerly a poor day laborer In France, but after being taken as prisoner to Magdeburg, was put to work In the neighborhood or a brick yard, where he watched the operation, and in his leisure hours worked out his machine. -A certain Prussian regiment, alter partici? pating with credit in a recent battle, waB al? luded to in the order of the day as a regiment of heroes. The day afterwards a private in one of the companies was reprimanded for some slight slovenliness in his get-up, by an officer, who wound up by calling him a "pig." Fritz stood like a statue of grief while the re? proof was delivered, and as soon as his supe? rior had passed on, be turned with a broad grin to his nearest comrades and said, "Now, see here, you fellows, to what wonderful trans? formations a soldier is Bubject! Yesterday I was a 'hero,' and to-day I am a 'pig !' What shall I be to-morrow, I wonder?" -Not Bincc 164!) has the editor of the Al? manack de Gotha been so much perplexed with his annual labors. The German war and the capture ol Napoleon have turned all things royal and imperial quite upside down on the Continent ot Europe, lo say nothing of the change ol rulers in Spain and the overthrow of the Pope as a temporal sovereign. In the Almanach de Gotha for 1871 France is intro? duced with the significant headline ol "Maison Bonaparte. Ligne Imperiale, actuellement non r?gnante," and the fact of the Papal downfall ia recorded, but no account ls given of Victor Amadeus as King of Spain, his accession hav? ing been too recent an event. For the rest, the Almanach ls the same highly interesting publication lt has always been -German engineers are busy In perfecting a plan for the improvement and additional security of Strasbourg. The city, as it now stands, almost turns IIB back to the Rhine; and ls walled up In that direction, though it ls but a short distance from the river. It is proposed to leave lt open in that direction by demolish? ing the walls, and building new houses quite down to the water's edge. This will give the city a river iront and uninterrupted communi? cation witifc the other side ot the Rhine. The fortifications will be carried down to the river on each side of the town and continued on the other side; and will Include within their area the non-fonified German town of Sehl. Stras? bourg, when thus reconstructed, will be capa? ble of containing 400,000 inhabitants, and, In addition lo the value of the new city lots cre? ated by this extension, gains a new and mag? nificent public park on the Rhine. THE PROSPECTS OF COTTON. A Munt hester View of thc Condition of the Trade. We take the following from Benjamin Whit? worth ? Brothers' Monthly Cotton 'Circular, dated Manchester, January 5,1871: During the past month the Liverpool market has experienced a gradual decline In prices, and if it has occasionally shown some appear? ance of strength through the heavy buying of the trade, the enormous receipts at the Amer? ican ports and the threatened heavy arrivals in Liverpool have immediately subdued such a tendency, and allowed values to take their natural course. The stock-taking at the end ol'the year Bhowlng a deficit of 34,000 bales ?less than the estimate has had no effect, as the deficiency was at once accounted for from the quantity of cotton taken by the spinners directly from the ships not having been duly reported, and as it ls a well known fact that the trade have covered largely either by direct imports from America or in arrivals, it mast naturally follow they will be to that extent In-v dependent ot Liverpool; we, therefore, look for a further settling of prices before it ls po?* s i ole tor any reaction to begin. What is to be the crop in America ls invariably answered by very full eslimates, varying from 3,750,000 to 4,000,000 bales, consequently consumers look very complacent ly on the future value of cot? ton, and would buy much mure sparingly were it not that they are so heavily in contract, and the present rates leave them a fair margino!' profit which they ate anxious to make secure. The war in its effect on trade seems almost to have gone out of consideration, so remote does the end appear. . * . We almost cease to look lor any serious change in our position by a sudden end to the war, and be? lieve that any reaction for a rise, which such an event would occasion, would be very tem? porary; still, in looking to the future, we can? not ignore the tendencies of such an occur? rence. The trade in Manchester have not been in a better position for many years, every spindle seeming to be at full work. The consumption cannot oe much further extended, and when we consider the increased average waight of cotton bales since 1864, eqnal to a supply on last year's quantity of 300,000 bales, and look at the present consumption as fully 56,000 bales per week, we may readily understand that the trade Is doing almost ail lt can. In? deed, the buying on Indian account has been to such an extent that it ls almost unaccount? able, and, we fear, may have been Unwisely extended, as the margin Is so much against the merchant, that such losses must ensue as in all probability.will bring down many of| the weaker houses and cause serious com Ellcatlons herealter; we cah bat hope, owever, that such will not be the case: In looking to the future we can but believe that everything depends almost entirely on the question of supply, and as we are assured, on all sides, that we are beyond any risks on this head, that from America, India, Egypt and every cotton-growing country , we shall have above an average, we may rest contented that prices cannot ramble Irom their present basis, and we look for little or no Improve? ment until the next pl m tl ag sets in,* when prices will be ruled by the acreage sown for another year's supply. We are rather disposed then, in considering all the bearings ci the cotton trade, to slightly reduce our range of prices, and look for 8jd. per p*ound for mid? dling Orleans being a lull average fer the coming year. At 8d., or undera we think prices are safe lor spot colton, and, when middlings can be laid down below that figure, we would recommend every confidence. DONATIONS TO THB MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION FAIR.-Oil painting from Mrs. H. Deas; sola cushion, Mrs. W. Middleton; pair of toilet mats, Mrs. J. Gilfillan; two pair or table tldys, Miss X. Strauss; one pair of table tldys. Miss s. Nathans, of Atlanta; two boxes of toilet soap, Mr. Elias; one box of rancy soap, Mr. Simmons; box of in? fants'shoes, Mr. O'Neill; toilet case3, Ac, Dr. Sarine; toys and fancy articles, Mr. Kinsman; Jar of preserves, Mr. Klink; bottle of cordial sn? bottle or oysters, Mr. Welch; material for opera Jacket, M. L. Cohen; material for dressing dolls, Stol I, Webb A Co.; flannel for an Infant's shawl and material for other garments, McLoy A Rice; material for fancy articles, Mr. Strauss-the litter made apb) ladles of -cokesbury; turee beau tl ru i worsted rigelette; and an Infant 'a sack, from a lady friend. : . _.funeral flo tu en. pa* THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. RYAN are requested to at? tend the Funeral Services of the former, at st. Mary's Church, Basel street, THIS MORVINQ, at 9 \ o'clock._._Jan24-? ??-THE FRIENDS OF THE REV. AND Mrs. J. B. Mach arc Invited to attend the Funeral I Services of their youngest son, JOSEPH, at their [ residence, No. 95 Beautaln street, THIS AFTER? NOON, at half-past 8 o'clock._Jan24-* ^THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND acquaintances of Mr. WM. G. FINNEGAN, also of ? his father, Captain Geo. Finnegan, and brothers, Ceorge and Robert, ate respectfully Invited to attend the Funeral Services of the ronner from his late residence. No. 18 Market street, THIS DAT, at half-past 3 o'clock, P. M., without .further no? tice. _ Jan24-?. THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND Acquaintances of Mrs. ANN O'GORMAN, and ef | Mr. and Mrs. James P. Chase, and Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Chase, and or' Mr. John Barns and family, are respectfully requested to attend the Fanerai of the former, at st. Mary's Church, Hasel street, Tms AFTERNOON, at 3 o'clock._jan24?? >r* THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND ] Acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. Ai P. Ford, and ol their daughter, Mrs. P. Somers, are respectfully invitel to attend the Funeral Services or Mrs. A. P. FOBD, at the Monis street Baptist Church, Tms (Tuesday) AFTERNOON, at 2 o'cluck. Jan24* Special Notices. ??-NOTICE.-ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE PALMETTO PIONEER CO-OPERATIVE AS? SOCIATION must be presented for payment on or j before the 15th of February, 1871. Tho Corpora? tion has determined to close their present business carried on at the corner or Meeting and Market streets, and no debts contracted by any person on their account from this date will be paid. Jan24_ MB* ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE OF AP? POINTMENT.-In the District Court or the United States, for the Eastern District of South Carolina. In the Matter of HENRY CAMPSEN, Bank? rupt-In Bankruptcy.-To whom if may concern: The undersigned hereby gives notice of his Ap? pointment as Assignee of HENRY CAMPSEN, of tbe City or Charleston, in the County or Charles? ton, and State of South Carolina, within said Dis? trict, who liss been adjudged a Bankrupt, upon his own petition, by the District Court or said District. Dated at Charleston, this lTth day or January, A. D. 1871. F. E. SCHBODER, Janl7-:u3_Assignee. MW MEDICAL NOTICE. -PATIENTS Buffering from Diseases pet taming to the QENITO URINARY ORGANS, will receive the latest scien? tific treatment by placing themselves under the care oi Dr. T. REENSTJERNA, office No. 74 Hasel street, three doors from the Postofflce. 8ep20-tuthlyr_ RAFTER WAR, PESTILENCE AND Intemperance, Colds lead to the greatest destruc? tion of human lire, mainly because a did is too often considered a very ordinary, trifling affair, jost as well left to go as it came, and hence sys-, tematlcally neglected, until a simple, curable af? fection ls converted Into a serious and generally fatal Pulmonary disease. The more prudent, aware that a vlo ent Cough or Cold should never be trifled with, but on the contrary taken care of from its Incipiency, promptly make use of DR. JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT, a curat.ve which has sustained Its reputation for over thirty years as a remedy always efflcaulous, and sure to exert a beneliclal influence on all the Bronchial and Pul? monary organs. Sold by all druggists, and by Goodrich, Wincman A Co., Charleston, S. C. janl9-thstu3_. M?r IF YOU HAVE A DISCHARGE from the nose, offensive or otherwise, stopping up or the nose, at times giving nasal twang to v .ice, partial loss of the sense or sm-:-li, taste or hearing, feel dall and stupid, have pain or pressure In thc head, take cold easily, you may rest assured that you have Catarrh. Thonsands annually, without manifesting half of the above symptoms, termi? nate lu Consumption or Insanity, and end in the grave. R. V. PIERCE, M. D" of Buffalo, N. Y.,1B the proprietor of DE. SAGE'S CATARRH REME? DY-a perfect specific for Catarrh, which he seads to any address, postpaid, for sixty cents. Sold by most druggists everywhere. Janl9-thstu3D&c f?T- EXPRESSLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF FEMALES.-Utility, safety, comfort and beau? ty, all secured by the use or the PHILOTOKBN, or PernRlu's Friend. Get a Pamplet. Full directions accompany each bottle. Sold by the Druggists for^ $1. Wholesale Agents, DO WIE. MOISE A DAVIS, No. 169 Meeting street, Charleston. Janl9-thstn3_ ?&~ PIMPLES ON THE FACE.-FOR Comedones,. Blackworms or Grubs, Pimply Erup? tions and blotched disfigurations on the Face, use PERRY'S COMEDONE AND PIMPLE REMEDY, Depot No. 49 Bond street, New York. Sold by Druggists everywhere. Wholesale by DOWIE, MOISE & DAVIS, Charleston, S. C. desl5-thstu3mo9_ #3- FOR MOTH PATCHES, Freckles and Tan,, use PERRY'S MOTH AND FRECKLE LOTION. The only reliable and harm less remedy known to science for removing brown discolorations Hom the Face. Prepared only by Dr. B. C. PERRY, No. 49 Bond street, New York. Sold by Druggists everywhere. Whole Bale by DOWIE, MOISE A DAVIS, Charleston, 8. C. deci5-thstu8mos aerial Notices. ?a-WbL McKAY, AT NO. 140 MEET LNG STREET, viii make advances on any and everything sent to him on consignment. Jan24 . _i ?*- CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP CHAMPION, from New York, are not.fled that she ls di ?ch a ryl cg cargo THIS Dir at Adgerti South Wharf. Goods remata[rr?Tuncailed for at sunset will be stored at owners' risk and ex? pense. TAMES ADOER A 00., Jan24-l :_ Agenta^ gsa*CONSIGNEES' NOTICk-.CONSIG NEES by Bri Uah B?rk viNco, are hareby noti? fied that she aaa been enured ander the Five Day j Act. All gooda not permitted at the expiration of j that period, .will be ilent to Customhouse Ste res. jana* .. , ? RAVENEL'A CO. CONSIGNEES FEB SCHOONER G EORGI ETTA will send -for Good? ta Adger's North : Wharf, or pay. expeiwotoi storage, ..No claims al? lowed after Goods are removed. Jan24-1 WILLIAM ROACH A CO. CITY HALL, MAYOR'S; OFFICE, CHARLESTON, g. O, JANUARY 20, 1871.-The time for issuing. Licenses for 1871 is hereby ex? tended to the 26 tn ?nt, Including that d ay. TPoUce and Detectives win govern theiris?lves accordingly. O. PILLSBURY, janai-3 . ._,, , . Major. LES80N0F NATDBE.-TOR? POR is the characteristic of winter* Vegetation dies or falls inte a state of trance. The. whale i aspect of inanimate natures teaches us that there is a paralyzing influence lathe air, and ought to teach ns that our bod lea require an marease of vi? tal power to contend -rith lt. Bom or even tie warm blooded animaU bary thenksetres in the earth and remain in a ?tate ox partial stupefac? tion until nae seaton ia over, and the elixir of the: spring sunshine stimulates their stagnant Mood, and restore? their rigor. But man although he feels the influence of the seusan, can protect him? self ?gain?t tts lndemeaey. Be han foal to warm him externally, and caa tone and atreagthaa his j Internal organization and endow it with the. ex? tra amount of vitality' which the circumstances require. Of all Inrrfronurts that nave ever been I recommended1 for th * parp?se, HOSTKTTER'S j STOMACH BITTERS le tan pareas and the beet. Fortified by the dally nae ol; this wholesome vege? table tonic, the human system may defy the chills and damps o: winter In any latitude. Its | effect ls to p roinote a brisk and regular e Ircula. lion of the Meed, and. aettvtty la alf tb* secretive argana. Without tho-sllghtBst tendency to pro? duce fever, lt imparts, a haalthrol glow to the au face, and stimulates the exterior vessels to dip charge, In the form of gentle Perspiration, the'-] useless matter eliminated from the blood.' Thus the system is kept unotogged. Fever and ague, biliousness, indigestion and colic, all of which are the common consequences of the searching damps and low temperature of winter, may be avoided (as well assured) by a course of this genial tonio and alterative._Jan21-8P*c ^r-THE GREAT MEDICAL WONDER, DB. Q ASKELL'3 ELECTRIC OIL kitts all pain in two minutes, ?aneen, Bous, Tetter and Old Sores, cured ia 48houri by DE. HASKELL'S CAR? BO LIC CANCER SALVE. Vor aale At retail by G. W. AIM AR, COHEN'S MEDICAL DB DR. H. BAER, POT, A. 0. BARBOT, ' Dn. G. J. LTJHN, BD. S. BURNHAM, W T. LITTLE A CO., M. H. COLLINS A CO., ALFRED RAOUL, M. fi., GRAMAN A SCH WAKE, Da. W. A. SHRINE. E. H. KELLERS? M., D., And at wholesale by HOWIE, MOISE A DAVIS, sole Agents for South Carolina. nom-amosDAW (Clotljing and i'urnieijirtri ?coos MARKED DOWN. TO REDUCE . STOCK, WE OFFER THE BALANCE OFOOR WINTER GOODS. AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. NAMELY : BEAVER OVER SACKS, $38 and $40, to $35 BEAVER OVER SACKS, $35, to $28 BEAVER OVER BACKS, $30 and $32, to $25 BEAVER AND MELTON OVER SACKS, $26 and $28, to $20 BEAVER AND MELTON OVER SACKS, $18 and $22, to $15 BEAVER AND MELTON OVER SACKS; $14 and ' 0 $15,tO $11 UNION BEAVER OVER SACKS, $10, to $7 UNION BEAVER OVER SACKS, $7, to $5 BEAVER, KINO WILLIAM, $28, to $20 BEAVER, KINO WILLIAM, $20, to $15 CHINCHILLA D. B. SACKS, $25, to $20 CHINCHILLA D. B. SACKS, $15, to $12 CHINCHILLA D. B. SACKS, $12, to $10 CHINCHILLA D. B. SACKS, $10, to $8. WE HAVE IN STOCK, A FULL LINE OF GOODS, SUITABLE FOR Iff ENS' WEAR. J. H. LAWTON ft CO.. ACADEMY OF MUSIC BUILDING*. tikis <&tfpbs; &t; CLOSING OUT SALE. STILL SM WER RE1I10P? IN PRICES, '??ty '? ' . '?': ?.'.?. ?:'? ? .-.ff.?*.; . I :-' p? -..'if.,.';' J. R. REMO &?O . r: . ? .:.:-r-.. CLOAKS, J ; j SHAWiLS, DRESS OC^E?, LACES, , EMBROIDERIES, SASHES, RIBBONS*, DRESS TftlttttiHGS. Fi Mi fifrOBS. -?'- " ' .*.*;.<:.;. . J. Together wita ?ll other artleiM la the t?tore^are now being offered, at STILL GREATER REDUC? TION IS PRICES, in order to close ou ? the Stock. ?rery article totie sold without reserve. . ^ Terms exclusively O ASH. . As lt is desirable that ;our business should be closed at an early date, parties indebted .win -oblige ns by UqnHtsUng their bil]? as soon as poe* Bible. Those ItOldii g bills against BS will please present too same fr r , ay ment. J. rt. rt JS A. D A ID cr. ' Janaa-mtoth? _.. IMPORTANT TELEGRAM TO F?BeHGOTT, BErVEffiCT&Ce., SM. 34* and 437 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. PARIS, January 21st, 1871. Sell off without regard of cost. Peace wm be concluded. * GENERAL TUMBLE. ANSWER. Shall act accordingly, at once. The following articles will con vince" you of lt : 8 cases of 4-4 FINE LONGCLOTH, only 10c, formerly lajfc 4 cases of 4-4 Kine Longclotb, only 8?c, former? ly IOC io cases of 4-4 Fine Longcloth, only WK toaoe, formerly 16 to 29e 3 cases 10-4 Fine Sheeting, only 87J?C, formerly 60c 2 cases 104 Brown Sheeting, only 37 x c, former? ly soc - 2 eases IW Pillow-case Sheeting, only nxc, formerly 20c. 500 doten, ATl-Ltnen, Hock Towels. $1 per doten, worth tl 2i 500 dozes, All-Unen, Damask Towels, ll 25 add U, worth $l so and $6 60 100 pieces 22 ?nth Diaper, $13?, worth $4 SO. A large and well selected stock of TABLE DAM? ASKS, Crashes, Napkins and Doylies, at cones* pondlngly low prices._? ?pURCHGOTT, BENEDICT A CO. DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. l case of New Style "HENRIETTA" PLIID, only 3" Kc, worth 50o l case or Plain Color Mohair Poplins, 20c per yard, worth soe loo pieces Black Alpacas, 16 per cent, lower than formerly 20 pieces Black Silk J, from $1 60 to $4 1 case Irish Silk Poplins, $1 per yard, worth $160 50 China Silk Dress Patterns, all shades and colors, at $12, worth $16._' ?pURCHQOTT, BENEDICT & CO.. Nos. 244 and 437 KING STREET. Fine 6-4 WATERPROOFS. $L worth $160 All-Wool CASSIMERES, 76c to $1 Jeans, all colors, from l6Jic Large variety , or Black Cloths, Doeskins and. Beavers, at a great sacrifice. JJOSIERY, NOTIONS, RIBBON AND GLOVE DEPARTMENT. All m want or the above articles will find lt to their own advantage to examine them. They are or our own importation; quality guaranteed, and can be found lower than anywhere else. To gain room for Matting, we are selling off our j full and complete stock of CARPETS, Oil Cloths, Rugs, Druggets, to suit every one In want of them. F?RflOTTJElDP&i., octal Na 244 AND 437 KING STREET. ffetpepapcTf, JUagUjim?, #t. JJ URAL CAROLINIAN. JANUARY NUMBER. What is the Duty of the Hour, IX Wyatt Aiken ; Cotton Culture m India British Commissioner's Report: Pear Culture, David Z. Evans, of Mary? land; Best Grasses for the Sonta, Dr. C. L. Hun? ter, of North Carolina; Golden Lily o? Japan, H. A. breer, ot Philadelphia; Guava and Dates In Florida, W. N. Hart, of Florida; Angora Goat In the South. D. H. Jacques; The Sheep acarus, Chas. R. Dodge, of Washington; Tannl.ig, (new ?rocesa.) C. F. Panknin; Goethe and Frederica, P . Malone. Alse, many other valuable and interesting articles. Stogie copies, 25 cents. Subscription, $2 per annum. Address ti' RURAL CAROLINIAN. J no72fi Charleston, s. a GOOD ADVERTISING MEDIUM. THE MOUNTAINEER, GREENVILLE, S. G., Has the largest real circulation of any paper la that section. Subscription price $1 a year. G. E. ELFORD, Editor imdfroprietor. G. G. WELLS, Associate Editor. ?*4L deas