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TERMS OE TOE MEWS, j TEES DAILY NEWS, by mail one year, I?; six months $4; three montas $2 60. Serretf-'ln the city at EIGHTEEN CENTS a week, payable to the car? riers, or $8 a year, paid m advance at the office. TH? THI-WBKKLY NEWS, published on Tuesdays, ThMBdaya and Saturdays, one year $4; alz months $2. ~"?HE WEEKLY NEWS, one year $2. Six copies $10. Ten copies, to one address, $15. SUBSCRIPTIONS tn ail cases payable In advance, .nd no paper contin?en sitar the expiration of the time paid for. _ Wit <Sb$?te?Un ?3ittf|. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1871. ??tT"TB.E PRICE OF SUBSCRIPTION tfOR. TS^.;'* BAILY NEWS" 13 NOW "EIGHT tfO?LARS A YEAR, INADYANCE. NEWS OF IHE DAT. -In New York, yesterday, gold closed at TIJtfaiijf: ti ?, : -Cotton closed st?adTar: uplands 15 ic. t . j ? -^u-LiWpool,.on Wednesday evening,-cotton Svas Irregular at 7%d for uplands. -A number of mnuentlal journals are urging Congress to adopt, without further delay, the postal telegraph system-that ls, to connect the telegraph with the postal service, and reduce the ralfes of-OOT; coriespindence: by* telegraph, The 'system is In successful operation In England, where it ls self-supporting and popular. -The R?r. Dr. Boardman, of Blnghamp'on, has been preaching a sermon on Jluuoft*, In which he threatened the officers of the law with dreadful ?vengeance, and advocated mob law in case the .convict should not be hange l. How weil must the political ethics of a people shrive under such a teacher ! Rulloff ls yet writing letters about phjl . -ology, which tb? Binghampton Leader finds space to publish In-its columns. ' -Almost every specimen from tho Jardin des Plantes and the Jardin d'Accllmalisat.ou in Paris, has at one -time or another made its appearance At the shop, of M. Dcbou?, a well-known butcher ' of the Boulevard Haussmann. According to the proprietor or this establishment, camel is a supe? rior kind-of vear, seal'surpasses Jamb, ana" bear excels.the most delicious pork; but wita regard to the icing of animals the wild-beast butcher pre? serves a discreet silence. -Objects seventy-two feet long can be distinct? ly seen om4a% surface- ol the moon by the great beiesoopeo-of the. Earl of Rosse and Lord Ox man? ton. Accordlag to Mauler, however, lt would re i quire Instrumenta ten tunes more powerful to dis? tinguish a "man lu the moen," providing snob, an QhJ ec t existed. Mechanical fuge LU i ty ought sure? ly tanridge thai chasm, fur In so doing it would have made a great stride towards the solution or J t?a?yjrecondite problems In connection with our j sear neighbor Mars, which appears so much like j a ?lightly amalie r earth. S - The PaesWeut tas received a memorial signed thirty-five Metftodlst and Presbyterian clergy-1 .'?kan of BrooJ?y n. Now York, asking toi tire remo val of Collector Mc rphy ou the ground that he ls a CatholicThey also name a candidate as his ^Ujcceasor-Silas H??utcher-on the ground that .toe is a-very proper maa ror the position, whose appointment wli; add strength to tire administra? tion. . . -Tue Secretary of War has under advisement "the proceedings acd verdict or the court in the' COM or the colored cadet. Smith. It ls understood' j that he has been convicted and a severe penalty i mpvsed, bot Mr. lieHcnap will not make public ?tie endings until tha.House sub committee shall ?have reported the result of their Investigation or ?the troubles that have lately taken place in the first class, which was expected to be made to? day, the 9uo-ooarmlf.ee on that subject having re? turned from West Point. -The New Yorto^venlng MaUcahs thia a pretty -.dress:. A toilet of lavender silk, with a trailing shirt; a lice fl Mace was headed with a full fold of illusion, caught Into the dress at each seam with a natural tea-rosebud; the overskirt, or the same material, was made la two long points on the points being edged with lace and caught np, . also, with -tea-rosebud*. The corsage was. low and quite plain; the sleeves short, and rosebuds on the shoulders. A spray of the same flowers was worn ia the hair. -A new political movement iras just developed itself In au intention of the Republican party to j provide for sLx more electoral votes in the next .^Presidential election by creating tw.o new States. Even this number of votes, it ls freely admitted, will bs needed, and Colorado and New Mexico aie theeefore-to be nw Ja Int M Stales. Bills were re? ported la each case lu the S?nate to-day, from the-j der litoria! committee, and will be put upon their passage before the close, or the sesslen. Colorado" has au aroa of One hundred thousand square. | talles, and a population, according tu the new oensus, or about forty thousand. In issi a pepa lat lon of sixty thousand was claimed fnr the Ter ri tory i New Mexico hos apopulaiion, by the new ?censos, of one hundred and fourteen thousand, ' of which eighty-six ihou<and arc white.. - -Washington advices say that Secretary fish wHl not retire from The State Depart men r, as authoritatively stated weeks ago. He wm proba? bly re mai? Ia his pr?sent position until the bettie ment.or the Alabama claims, and the fishery questions are finally disposed of. The Investiga .?ion now going on iuta the bauds committed on' the In?Hans, shows that the agents and attorneys. ?Lave"Cheated the Indi:-.us out ol as high as sixty - thi ee per neat, of the ?russ amount appropriated, qa the plea that they were instrumental in s--car? ing, the appropriations. The evidence develops a Wgt corrupt indian "ring." Schenck hopes to -s-sftabout the middle ol Feb!nary. Mr. Co fax has refused an otter ot $25,000 a year to resign oad take charge of a private business, saying ?Chat although he Intended to retire from public life at the close of his present term, he felt lt his duty to remain until the expiration of that time. -Hiram Powers, the sculptor, 1MS purchased a Yilla In Rome beyond the Porta Romana, AB an elevated site, and his son and daughte.- llvemvear .him. His studio is filled with exquisite sculp? tures and models of his celebrated works. His ".VBv? after the Pall," nat jet given to the public, is one of the greatest triumph* of his genius; Tue face"-of Eve Irai on expression or mingled BUT prise and sorry .7, as though the extent or her guilt and its dire conssqueuces had not been .ift?ly-realized by her. -The census bf England ls to b3 taken on'the ?night-ofthe Sd of April, being Palm Sunday. An English census ls a very'diflereut thing from an American. There arc no deputy mar-h?ls togo about at their leisure any time during thc two or three months occupied lu the eiiameratlon, and there is no quarrelling with the results^ During the week preceding the taking of the aeusus a blank la distributed to evory separate ?coupler of a house or or lodgings In'the Uulted Kiugdom. The receiver ls bound, under a penalty or twenty abminga, o au up tins blank with the name, sex, Yan'?, condition, rehu?an to head or ramily, and .birthplace ol every person abiding with aim. on -the night of Sunday, April 2, stating also whether any are blind, dear, dumb, Imbecile or tunattc. On the lollbwing day the army of enumerators collett all the.-e forms, and any errors are then corrected. Tho workof copying, tabulating and arranging the returns will be begun Immediately, and by the first of June a summary of the whole will be ready 1er publication. In other words, :wo months alter the British census is taken there will bs v. ry nearly as much Informailou nccesst fl?le-hv regard tu England as there wi 1 be in rc -gard to the United States twelve mouths after - our enumeration. . -A terrible uitio-glyceiluc explosion occurred near TitusvUie, Penn., ou Tuesday, at the tor? pedo WTlts or Roberts A Co. Charley Palmer, a ' lad or nineteen, while in the act or filling torpe? does, attempted to screw on the cap without wiping the thread, aid thu* freeing lt from all ? trace or powder, waeu an immediaie concusslou endued. The shed in which thc youth wo? at worll was blown to atome, and the lad thrown, hontaly mangled and lifeless, about twenty feet froto the spot. Near by lay one of his shoevand the surrounding trees were ?studded with uumer -OUS shrels of his shirt and clothing, which clung I to the branches tad fluttered la the wind, was no appearance or any building Laving there, eicept^twentr-ftur torpedo case< promiscuously about the snow, also a num empty wooden boxes which had once com the fulminate. The youth had been emploj his "dangerous cafJ?g but two'mon ths.' ... . Thc Ironclad. . . . Thi3 miserable oath, which allowed nc who had, directly er indirectly, given i the rebellion toehold office underlie Fi Governmei?t,i8 repealed at last. It ker. tens of thousands of good men, "but w bar to the equivocating knave. Th< restrictionsjuow imposed upon honest S ern meneare contained" intheFourtt constitutional amendment; and tbest trust, will soon'be abolished.-. It Hs t interest of the whole country that the and purest men should be eligible to i office within the gift o? the government the people. How could the South be pr ly governed, be decently and intellig governed, while the -flower of the peo those who fought in the war, and held Fe office before the war-were ineligible to the office of acting assistant deputy roar OTof postmaster in n picayune town ? iron-clad test oath belongs to the past, a general amnesty send the restrict io the Fourteenth amendment to a cong grave ! New Books. POEMS. By Bret Harte. Boston: Jas. fl erood <fe -Co. f87l. Charleston: Holt Book House. What is poetry? The question i's etert asked; and yetarrioug all the thousand one "answers, volunteered from every p bio quarter, and couched io every cono ble tone from thc oracular to the cornr place, no definition has apparently beer vented sufficiently concise and compre: sive to satisfy the critical inquirer. Carlyle may tell us, with mystic" emph; that "poetry is the attempt which "makes to renderhis existence harmonio und the disciple of Leigh Hunt and H Tooke may contemptuously . rejoin "poetry is metrical language;" batwbei have heard both oracles, we. are as fa ever fro?i^c^estng" '?-satlS??ctory de tion of a?f?rtr whose Votaries craim for i horizon?lt?noded on *the#ne'<.hand by mighty ^herries of "fate,- fceeifvill, f "knowledge'absolute," and on trie othei the freaks; and misdemeanors ci the "He "en Cbirj^'Tk We."have ?o intention of ding anoffi?lcjb thirst, of .nbortlv? Atten to solve this vexed question, but coutenl ourselves with merely hinting at the um tainty which invests lt, shall proceed discuss briefly the individual claims wi: Mr. Bret Harte puts forth in the eleg .irttte rol?me, which Hes before us. ' boofc contains forty-six "poems," eight which comprise the "poems, in dialect, " t so^famous through the length aud brea of th* land. Of these it is sufficient to tbat, as thoroughly orginai and [>miliar [ dnbts of an exceptional phase of existen they nave a force and truth, and rug'? pathos about them, which*cun hardly fail secare them immortality. The relation wb thSy bear to the pioneer-civilization of great Wost, is very much that which is bot by the old Scotch and English ballads to i rough, wild, baif-barbarous civilization the BorderrCouutry which gave them Mr i iLnr i ?? - - .it-? . -t-c nearly as long a lease of life, When su bits of quaint pathos as "Cicely/* "Jim" a "Flynn of Virginia," are ouce dropped ic the world, the heart or humanity is not ve likely ever to forget or outgrow them. T youDg lady in the populur novel, who "hat "ali poetry except when it's jolly." and t man of exquisite culture and refined taste, whom , in Ute largest sense of the noble wore .\2V0lt7 huni'aM allenum est," will alike ov the potent Spell of that touch of nature iii makes lite whole world kin. The other,.. poems tn^ho'i,book have i special rrrefii, and- serve- chiefly to displt Mr. II irte's constitutional defects) which tl bizarre shape- oftue verses, in"dialect m; have concealed. "Her *Lettej,|'?? .?'The B "turn or\*B??sariu3," cud "Twenty Year; should li?7.e beeu.?)lacei among the "Pur "dies" aUhe errd of the 6oo&-ilcttkhcy ni palpable Irritations of the intmitabie Prae< "Dickens in Camp" is perhaps the be poem drawn forth by the great master death; but most of the other verses are di; figured by false quantities and defeeth 'rhyme, which deserve no pity from the erith "Epicurean" is properly ucceuied ou tb penultimate, and not on the third syllabi* "material" does not rhyme with "tell," nc "talk" with "New York," nor "heiress with . "rarest," nor "jaw" with "Thor. Whenever Mr. Harte step3 out of the tuc nel, or the rauche or the raine, he become slipshod and commonplace. We have sai before that we think the verses in dialec will live. It" will certainly be better for th author's fame that the rest of the. voium should speedily and eternally die. NOTICE was given some time since in lb Honse of a bill to postpone the municipa election in Charleston until Nojember, 1S72 so as to bring the election on the same ilai as that on which the State and Unite. "States elections are held. Bosetnon, ot Tuesduy, gave notice of a bill which amend so much of the election of thc City o Charleston ?s relates to the election o Mayor ami Alderman, and appointing th?, first Wcduesday of August, 1872, aa the day for the next election. The present afayot und Aldermen are to remain i:i office until August, 1872. THE Kingstree Star, in a vigorous articl?, shows that it woukl be unwise in the ex? treme to give the County Commissioners of Williamsburg, as proposed, the authority to borrow rponey to liquidate the indebtedness of the county. The Star thinks it better to levy at ouce a ta.. sufficient to pay the whole debt. This woukl be hard to bear, but there is nothing to gain by postpouing the evil day. ANOTHER effort has been made to get at the truth about the co3t of fliting up the Statehouse with elaborate spittoons, walnut desks and gorgeous curtains. It failed, but the member should persevere. gHAMPOOING AND HAIR CUTTING. ~ . LADIES AND CHILDREN attended at their residen ces promptly and at reasonable rates. Send orders to W. E. MARSHALL, Barber, Broad street, next door to Telegraph office, mayas Spmal Malices. :pS*.'k C AiR D.-TH? SUBSCRIBER respectfully informs his friends and the public that he has opened a PIANOFORTE AND MUSIC STORE at the old stand of zogbaurn, Young A Co. Mr. HENRY YOUNO will attend"promptly to al" orders for Tuning and Repairing as usual. -.CHARLES L. MoCLENAHAN, feb3-2_._No. 191 King street. ps* GERMAN RIFLE CLUB.-GEN? TLEMEN who Intend to participate in a TOUR? NAMENT at the coming. Sch?tzenfest, will please communicate with tue Secretary of said Club, either-in writing through Postofitce Box, No. 160, ? or at bis. residence, No. 82 Wentworth street, be? tween the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock P. M. Appli? cations for the same will bc received until the flrst day of March. C. H. BERGMANN, feb3-f3_Secretary. pS* MULTITUDES OP PEOPLE RE? QUIRE aa alterative, to restore the heairhy action of their systems and correct the derangements that creep into lt. Sarsaparillas were uaed and valued, unr.ilseveral Impositions were palmed orr upomthe* public under this name. AY ER'S SAR I SAPA RILL A is no Imposition. feh3-rmw3 DAW CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP JAMES ADGER, from New York, are notified that she will discharge cargo THIS DAY, at Adger's Wharf, doods uncalled for at sunset will be stored at owners' risk and expense. feb3-l JAMES ADO EB A CO., Agents. ps* NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAV INO CLAIMS against the Estate of JOHN L. FITIS will present the same duly attested, and ali Indebted will please make payment to feb3-f3*_DANIEL WOOD. Executor. ps* CONSIGNEES PER STEAMER NORTH POINT, from Baltimore, are hereby noti fled that she ls THIS DAY discharging cargo at Pkr No. 2 Uuiou Wharves. All goods not taken away at sunset will remain on wharf at con? sign?es' risk. MORDECAI A CO., Ageuts. febS-1_;_ pS-QlTX APPRAISER'S OFFICE, CITY HALL, CHARLESTON, S. C., FEBRUARY 2D, 1S7L-Owners of Real Estate who regard their propel ty over-assessed, may appeal to the Board ' of Equalization fer a reduction or the same. Written communications, stating location and description of property, must te addressed to thc "B?ARD'OF EQUALIZATION," and left'at this onice. P. J. cooOAN, Gits Appraiser. _ ps* WM McKAY, AT No. 140 MEET? ING STREET, will make advances on any and ' everything seut to him on consignment. jan 21_ ?jarTHE SOUTH CAROLINA LOAN AND TROST COMPANY.-NOTICE TO STOCK? HOLDERS.-An election will be held on MONDAY, 6th February, for Eighteen Directors or this Company, to serve Tor . twelve months. Polls open at the otnee, No. 10 Broad street^Trora 12 M. to 2 P. M. THOS. R. WARING. . jan30-6_Cashier. . pS* TAX NOTICE.-NOTICE IS HERE? BY given that the Treasurer of Colletbn County will be ready to receive the State and County Taxes at his office, In Walterboro', February eth untn March 22d. Artertrrts date an addition or twenty percent, will be charged on all ?mounts of taxes remaining unpaid before Msy eth. and after that date the Treasurer wtil proceed to col? lect by distress or otherwise. Al! real and personal property are charged with nine mills on the dollai?ror State, and three mlils on the dollar for Conmy Taxes. All laxes payable in this Comity will be paid In this oUlce as above. Oitlce County Treasurer, Collcton County, S. C"., Walterboro', January 27,18TL" JAMES W. GRACE, " Jan3012 " ' Treasurer. 5_f^TITE GREAT MEDIO AL WONDER, DR. HASKELL'S ELECTRIC OIL kdls all palu In two minutes. Pancera, Bolls, Tetter and Old Sores, cured in'-i8 hours by DR. HASKELL'S CAR? BOLIC CANCER SALVE. For sale at retail by G. W. Al M A rt, COHEN'S "MEDICAL DL DR. H. BAER, POT, W. T. LITTLE A CO., M. II. COLLINS A CO., ALFRED RAOUL, M. D., G il A if AN A SCH WAKE, DR. W. A. SKR1NE. E. H. KELLERS, M. D., And at wholesale by DOWIE, MOISE A DAVIS, "so.e Agents for Sonth Carolina. novll-HmosnAW pS* HEALTH AND LONG LIFE. Among the many preparations that have been recommended for this purpose, none, ltls believed, has proved as cfllcaclous as PLANTATION BIT I THUS. This wonderlul vegetable tonic Appears to cont Un all the elements necessary to keep np the st-tmltiul strength of the system, and to pro? tect it from the damaging effects of vicisitudes of temperature and other unhealthy influences to which we ar . all more or less exposed. The ex? traordinary Invigorating and regulating proper? ties or thc pr?parai ion adapt it especially, to the condition or thc old and feeble, whose lamp or lu"e ls burning low, anJ requires a nutritious stimulant to sustain it. SKA M05S FARINE lrom pure Irish Moss, for -liane Mange, Puddings, Custards, Creams, Ac, Ac. The cheapest, healthiest, and must delicious food In the world. JauSO-hiwi?DAC pS* OUR INVISIBLE ENEMIES.-THE raw, astringent ntmo-iphere or wintercrcntes and " a -?x ra va tes many ailments. To protect them? selves as effectually as possible against thc invis? ible dangers willoh surrjuni them at this season, should bc the especial c ire or persons constitu? tionally delicate. As there ls' no medicinal pre? paration in use which so thoroughly braces and Invigorates the stomach, the. liver and thc nerves as HOSTETTER'S BITTERS, a course or that agreeable tonic ls particolary advisable tor dys? peptic, bilious and ne-vous sufferers, tn the cold, damp and trying weather which generally pre? vails In our climate at this period or the year. Sudden chills have a very bad effect npon dys? peptics and Individuals or bilious habits, not un frequeutly producing congestion of thc liver or bowels, or low fevers, sometimes or au intermit tent or remittent character. Attacks of rheuma? tism are also to be apprehended, and when there ls a tendency to that complaint the Bitters will be found the best preventive. The operation of the great vegetable tonic is direct and simple. It st.mulafs and strengthen* the digestive and se? cretive organs and the nerves, and puts the system in a condition to resist the act.on of those formid? able foes or vitality, a low temperature and un? wholesome winds and fogs. By quickening .the superficial circulation, without c ealing anything approaching to fever, il Imparts tone to the skin, and thus renders the surface of the body compar arively impervious to unhealthy exiernal Influ? ences. . Jantis-on?rj t?atcljes, Hemeln), ?-c. ?JPINE JEWELRY", WATCHES, &c THE LATEST STYLES. Particular, attention ls Invited to the NEW. LARGE AND ELEGANT STOCK OP WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE AND FANCY GOODS, waltabie for Presems, Just received and opened AT JAMES ALLAN'S, No. 307 KING STREET. JAMES ALLAN'S, No. 307 KING STREET. JAMES ALLAN'S, No. 307 KING STREET. Ail the newest anil most exquisite designs In Jewelry, comprising, SETS OF PEARL, GARNET, ALL GOLD CORAL AND STONE. Leontine, Opera. Neck and Vest CHAINS; Seal Ringa, Diamond Rtugs; Gent's Pins, Pea ri and Diamond; Plalu Gold and Wedding Rings always on hand or made to order; Sleeve Buttons and Studs, Bracelets, Brooches and Earriugs; Armlets, and Necklaces, in Gold and Coral; Bruoches lor Hair or Miniatures, Lockets, Charms and Masonic Pms, Glove Bands, at JAMES ALLAN'S, No. 307 KING STREET, A lew doon above Wentworth street. nov24-tnftu .financial/' w ANTE D , MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD BONDS. Memph?s city Bonds". East Tennessee', Virginia and Georgia Ba Iroad Stock. south Carolina Railroad Bonds. Ge orgia Railroad and Banking Company Stock Central (Go.) Railroad Stock. Atlanta City Bonds. Planters' and Mechanics' Bank Stock. By A. C. KAUFMAN, " feb3-i No. 25 Broad street. rp O L O A N . $7000 on nnlao amber ed Real Estate In the City. Appiyte EDWARD LOWNDES). Corner Broad'and State streets. Also, STOCKS, BONDS and other Securities, h bought and sold on Commission. ' feb2 _tDants. WASTED TO HIRE OUT A HAZEL? TON BROTHERS PIANO, tn flue toneand good order. Apply at tlds office._fcb3 WANTED.-A CH ABLESTONI AN OP many years' experience In the Retail Dry Goods Business, (aad particulary In the Hosiery and Hab? rdashery) wishes employment In a well established House; either wholesale or retah. Ad dress V. B. P., Charleston P. O. . feb3-l? WANTED, AN APPRENTICE TO learn Dressmaking. Apply a; Madame LUZIER, King street, over Dollar Store. feb3-l _i WANTED,. A GEBMAN GIRL AS MAID OK ALL WORK. Apply ar north corner of Warren and Smith streets. , feh3-i? ALADY, EXPERIENCED IN MUSIC TEACHING, wishes snme other scholars Fl rt y Cents a Lesson. - Address '-X. Y.." DAILY NBTTS Office.- . ? .'A_retri-i* WANTED, A WHITE WOMAN TO DO plain Cookin g and Chamber work for a family. Inquire at Nu. 94 King street, one dour below Broad._ _J'an25 ?YOUNG LADY I'S DESIROUS OF obtaining a situation as companion-'or housekeeper to an Invalid or elderly lady,-either in the city or country. 'Salary not so much of on object as a comfortable Jioine. Address M. Z., DAILY NEWS office. *_jau24 WANTED TO BENT'BY THE FIRST of February, a small Resldeuce or a suite or four or Uve Rooms in a pleasant neighborhood. Low er part or ihe city prererred. Address, Riving part icalars aud lowest terms, "A," omce or THE NEWS. . Janis Cost cm? Sonna. LOST, THIS MOENING, A PACKAGE of ?jin.' PAPERS, belonging to thc Rnrk Scutt. A suitable reward will oe paid if left at this office. D. -JENNINGS. No. 12 Broad street, jami for Sale. HORSES AND MULES JUST RECEIVED ? on conslgaraent st WILSON'S STABLES, Nu. 118 Meeting street, opposite Board of Trude. One car loan of cheap Work Horses, and one car load or small Plantation Males-all or which js ordered to be sold regardless or cost. Call at once If you want a bargain. A. WILSON. fcb3-l?_ FOR SALE. A COW AND CALF. AP? PLY at No. 13 Judith street, at 8 o'clock Im tue morning, or at 3 P. M._feb3 FOB SALE.-JUST ARRIVED WITH A .lot of HORSES AND MULES, amongst them rourteen head or good Plantation Mares. P. WEST. Qnm n street._feb2-3? FOR SALE, TWO VERY FINE MULES, one very flue Mate, fast in single harness, Two flue Drays, oue tine Buggy, one Light Cover? ed Wagon, win be sold low tor cash. Apply to CAMERON. BARKLEY & Cif. _fehl-6 FOR SALE. TWO HOUSES AND THREE LOTS, on Morris itreot. For .particulars, apply to J. H. DAWSON, Nu. 78 Cannon street. jan27-fmw4* Zo tient. TO RENT, THE BRICK HOUSE AND _ STQKK.Jfo. 13 King strtct; also Rooms. Ap TO RENT, A VERY DESIRABLE HOUSE tn the upper part or the city, orr Spring street, near Gadsden's Green. This house was occupied by the sisters of Mercy, and is Urge and commodious, having all thc modern Improve? ments. Rent low. Apply at No. 114 Broad street. Jan-26 So nt Iring. "?BIVATE BOARDING AT MR?. W. S. _L FRAZER'S, Nu. 4 Hu?isjti street lel)2-thstu7* . SUMMERVILLE.-KXC?LLENT P R I ' VATE BOARD ts to be had here, at moderate rate?. The winter cllnute ls wann. Refer to Hr. C. N. HUBERT, No. UEast Bay, or to Jdr. E. T. HUGUES. First National Bauk, Charleston. . jaaSO-mtbimo .Kotircs in SanfcmjitcTj. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI? TED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA.-lu liiuikruptcv.-in the matter of G. V. PARKER and E. li. POND, Bankrupts. District of South Carolina, ss.-A warrant In bankruptcy has bee:i Issued hy s*ild Conrt njtaitrst tue estate ol G. W. PARKER anil E. H. PoN'l). proprietors or thc Mills House, in the City of Chariest n, of the County ol Charleston,.and .State of South carollua, in said Olstriot, who have been duly adjudged bankrupts upon petition ol their cr?dito?; aud the payment of any debts; and thc delivery or any property belonging to said bankrupts, to them or to their use, and the transfer of. any property by them, are forbidden by law. A meeting of thc creditors or said bank? rupts, lo prove their debts and choose one or more assignees or trtelr estate; will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at Charleston, In HU d l'(strict, on the SSVENTSBNTO DAY ot' FEBBU ARY, A. D., 1571. at 12 o'clock M., at the office of J. C. CARPENTER, No. 72 Broad street, one of thc Regulars in Bankruptcy of said Dlstilor. . L. E. JOHNSON, feb3,rebl? C. 3. Mirahal for said Pf^ict. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. FOR SOUTH CAROLINA JANUARY TERM, 1871.-Ill thc matter of BENJA? MIN MORDECAI, or Charleston, Bankrupt. reunion for Full and Final Discharge in Bank ruptcy.-Ordered, That a hearing be had on the TWENTIETH DAY OF FEBKUAKY A. D., 1871. at Federal Courthou-e tn Charleston, S C., and that ?ll Creditors. 4c. of said B.i -krupt appear at j said time and place aud show cause, If any thev can, why the prayer of the petitioner shenld not be granted. By order of the Court, the 2?th day of January A. 1)., 1871. DANIEL HORLBECK, Clerk or the District Cuurt or the U. S. for S. C. jun^7-f2 ?feospojjcra, Xflagannes, &t. JJURAL CAROLINIAN. FEBRUARY NUMBER. . Ulgh Farming Wjtlioui Manure E. M. rendic? i?n; Experiments with Fertil'zcrs, E. B. Smith; Practical Experience In Hauling, s. AV*. Evan*; Common Sense appl ed to Farming, Hobkirk; Ex? perience with Turnip.--, R. Ohisolm; Is the South a Stock Country y D. W. Aiken ; Nut Bearing Trees of the South, S. :,'. Buckley. And numerous oiuor articles and mach valua? ble correspond, nee. " Subscription, $2 per annum. Address RURAL CAROLINIAN, febl Charleston. S. C. Agricultural implements. ANEW PLOUGH Just received a new PATENT CAST PLOUGH, from the Celebrated Manufactory of DODGE, RHOZER & CO., similar to his Premium Steel Ploughs, considered one of the best PLOUGHS now made-Price, ?8-with a foll stock of PLOUGHS of other Makers, and PLANTATION HARDWARE, TOOLS *c, at S. R. MARS.? ALUS, CORNER KING AND SOCIETY STREETS, Jan23-mw;o Sign of the "Big Gun.? ?? tifleetings. i . -?>->> y-~. STRICT 0B3EKVANC EL?DGE^o. 73, -ft. F. M.-The Regular Monthly Communica? tion of this Lodge trill be holden at Masonic Hall, THIS EVENING, February 3d, at half-past 7 o'clock. The Fellow Craft Degree will ne confe red. The Arrear List wiltrecetve-rts first reading. -Brettrreu and candidates will take due and timely notice and gov?rn themselves accordingly. Br order of the Worshipful Master.. _-. - feb-_CLARENCE WAGNER,Secretary. PUBLIC INSTALLATION. -PROSPECT LODGE. No. 1, LO. G. T.-The Regular Meeting of this Lodge wm be held THIS EVENING, In the hall under Odd Fellows* Hal!, at half-past 7 o'clock, when the ofrtcers elect will be Installed. The .public ls cordially, invited. Members will please assemble punctually at 7 o'clock. By or? der. A. E ALST ROM. feb3-*_W. R. 8. THE REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING " or Marlon? Lodge, No. 2,1.0.0. F.. will be. held THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, at Odd Fellows Hall. Members will please attend. Candidates are requested to be punctual ' . ROBT. 0. STARR, feb3_Recording Secretary. EAGLE STEAM FIRE ENGINE COM? PANY-Yon are hereby summoned to at? tend a Regular Monthly Meeting of your Compa? ny, at your hall, on THIS (Friday) EVENING, 3d Instant, at 7 o'clock. By order. feb3_ARTHUR M. COHEN, Secretary. - MARION STEAM FIRE ENGINE COM? PANY.-Attend the Regular Monthly Meet? ing of your 0 mpany, at your Hall, THIS (Friday) EVENING, at 7- o'clock. By order. ft:b3_ GEO. A. CALDER, Secretary. r^ERMAN RIFLE CLUB -THE REGU \JT LAR Monthly Meeting of said Club will be held at Llndsted's Hall. TO NIGHT, at 8 o'clock precisely. Business concerning the c. ruing iChuetzenfest wiliiie brounht before the meeting. By order. C. H. BERGMANN, febj_' ? Secretary. THE GENTLEMEN ACTING AS A SPE? CIAL COMMITTEE for the Monn nen tal Fair will please mee'- the Ladles holding Tables at the Widows' Home Broad t>treet, on MONDAY, F?bru aiy 6, at 8 o'clock._feb3 CHARLESTON MECHANIC SOCIETY. The Seventy-seventh Anniversary Meeting ot i he Charleston Mechanic Society will be held at the Masonic Hall, on MONDAY, the ti;h instant, at 12 o'clock Mi JOSEPH GUY, , Iehl-wfm3_Secretary C. M. S. OFFICE CHARLESTON GASLIGHT COMPANY. JANUARY 24, 1871.-The An? nual Mrctlng of the Stockholders of this Company will be held on MONDAY. Cth Feb-uary, 1871, at 12 o'clock-M.?at the Hall of the Planters aud Me? chanics, Bank, Ea>t Bay, when a statement of the atralrs of Nie Company will be submitted, and an election held for President and eight Directors to serve for the ensuing year. W. J. nERTOT, jagg_Secretary ami Ttyasnrer. OFFICE SAVANNAH AND CHARLES? TON K ULROAD COMPANY. CHARLESTON, JANUARY 18,1870.-The Annual Mtetlbg of the Stockholders of i his Companv will take place In the City of Char eston on the SKCOND WEDNESDAY OF FERRITABY next, the 8th day of that mouth. Place or mte'lug-the Hall of the Planters' and Me? chanics' Bank, East "ay, at 12 o'clock M. A committee tu verify proxies will be In atiend? an ce. "The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 18th Instant till the Oth proximo. Janl8-wf7_S. W. FISHER, Secretary. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK? HOLDERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY, AND OF THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILROAD BANK.-The Anneal Meetlug of the Stockholders of the above Institu? tions wlll*be held In the thy of Charles on, on, the second TCESDAT In hebrnafy next, tile nth of the month. Place or meeting- Hall of the Southwestern Railroad Bank, on .Broad street. Hour orcunvenlng-ll o'clock A. M." On the day following, WEDNESDAY, the 15th. there whi be an election held at the same place, between the hours of 9 A. M. ami 3 P. M., for ar? leen Directors or the'Ral'roud Company, and thirteen Directors or the Bank. A Committee to verify Proxies will attend. . The following addi: t'-.n to the By-Laws, propos? ed at the special meeting In May last, wu*come up for action nt this: Article 1st, Section 7th, shall be, "Any number of S ockholders, not leas than ten, representing live thousand aliases shall be necessary to require nalook, vote on any ques? tion." Stockholders will be parsed as usual over the Road, to and from the Meetlug, free ot charge, lu accordance with the resolution of the Convention of 1854. J. R. EMERY, jau9-mw7wfmo Secretary. CHssohitions of ^P^^s?n^ THE PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE existing under the mime of J. D. AIKEN A CO., 1? this dav dissolved by iru'uai consent. j. v. AIKEN will attend to the settlement or the affairs ?ff the late Arin, trna will continue the UIT-H.T-.. io ?ns own name. . febl-wfraa Clothing ano .furnwljing Oooba MARKED DOWN. TO REDUCE "STOCK, WE OFFER THE BALANCE OP OUR WINTER GOODS. AT GREATLY RE JIU CED PRICES. NAMELY: . . BEAVER OVER SACKS, $38 and $40, tc-$85 BEAVER OVER SACKS, $35, to $28 ' BEAVER OVER SACKS, $30 and $32, to $25 BEAVER AND MELTON OVER SACKS, $3fi and $28, to $20 BEAVER AND MELTON OVER SACKS, $18 and $22, to $15 , BEAVER AND MELTON OVER SACKS, $14 and $15,tO.$U UNION BEAVER OVER SACKS, $10, to $7 UNION BEAVER OVER SACK*, $7, to $5 BRAVER, KINO WILLIAM, 528, to $20 BEAVER, KING WILLIAM; $20, to $15 CHINCHILLA ?>. B. SACIfS, $25, to $20 I-CHINCHILLA D. B. SACKS, $15, to $12 CHINCHILLA D. B. SACKS, $12, to $10 CHINCHILLA I). B. SACKS, $10, to $3. WE RAVE IN STOCK, A FULL LINE OF GOODS, SUITABLE . FOR MEMS' WE AR. J. H. LAWTON & 00., ACADEMY OF MUSIC BUILDING. o*Afrs.jfer' o F Musics BENEFIT AND LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF THE QUEEN STAR OF THE SOUTH, - B -O- 8 B-- J*-A gi jg I ilT;fl 1 . ? Production o? one of tlie most beautiful Domeatlc Stories ever woven Ipto dramatic form, and . played by RO?E-.aou HARRY WATKINS throughout Great Britain and the ' United States wlth'unpreced?nf?d, Buccess, entitled MOLLY BAWN ; OB, THE ROSE OP THE V ALLST ! Molly (with songs,).ROSE WATKINS. Davy O'Leary.HARRY WATKINS. To conclude with the Musical Extravaganza of NILLSSONS COME. Kath?ralne Sharpflat (with Nillssoa's airs,) . ROSE WATKINS. TJRAND WATKINS MATINEE on Saturday, for Families and Schools. . febS Drrj (S^ooos, tee. KID GLOVES, ?1 PER PAIR . J. R. READ & CO. HAVE REDUCED THE PRICE OP THE BALANCE OF THEIR STOCK OF PRINCESS KID CLOVES . TO ONE DOLLAR PER PAIR. ALSO, THE SALE COTVXnVTJET3 .OF CLOAKS, DRESS GrOQDS, LACES, EMBROIDERIES, ?cc AT enm Em nm. feb3-fmw3 A CARD, ii REDUCTION IN PRICES! BLACK AND COLORED SILKS Elarjkaud Colored Poplins - Hain and Striped Poplins French and English Merlnors Long and Square Broche Shawls Long and Square Woollen Shawls English and German Hosiery Fine Bed Blankets, ali sizes Hosiery, Gloves and'Undervests English and Welsh Flannels Bleached and Brown She-Hlags, all widths English and French Prints, .tc, ?c., Ac. T. KELLY, King airest, opposite Beauratn. All the above GOODS will be sold at REDUCED PRICES, during the entire month. febl-3 IMPORTANT NEWS! TELEGRAM TO J Nos. 944 and 437 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S.' C. ? PARIS, January 21st, 1871. Sell orr without regard of cost. Peace will bi concluded. GENERAL TUMBLE. ANSWER: Shall act accordingly at once. The following articles will convince you of lt : 6 cases or ii FINE LONG CLOTH, only 10c, rormerly 12,'ic 4 C.13C5 ot 4-4 Fiue Longcloth, only s '?c, former? ly IOC 10 cases of 4-4 Fine Longcloth, only to 20c, ' formerly 15 to 25c 3 cases io 4 Fine Sheetlag, only 37>?c, .formerly 50c 2 cases 104 Brown Sheeting, only 57 *c former ly 50c 2 cases 10-4 P llo .v-case Sheeting, only 17>;e. formerly 20c. 500 dozen. All-Linen, Huck Towels, $1 per dozes, vi ort li $1 25 500 dozen, All-Linen, Damask Towels $125 and $4, worth $1 so and $i 50 100 pieces 22 Inch Diaper, $130, worth $1 60. A large and well selected stock of TABLE DAM AS KN Crashes, Napkins and Doylies, at corres? pondingly low prices._ F URCHGOTT, BENEDICT A, GO. DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. 1 case or New Style- "HENRIETTA" PLAID, only 37)ic, worth 50c l case or Plain Color Mohair Poplins, 20c pei yard, worth 3fc loo pieses Black Alpaoas, 15 per cent. lower than formerly 20 pieces B:ack Silks, from $l 60 to 54 Peace Irish Silk Poplins, $ I per v ard, worth $1 50 50 China Silk Dress Pineras all shades and colors, at $12, worth sis. F URCHGOTT, BENEDICT <fc CO., Nos. 244 and 437 KISG STREET. Fine 6-4 WATERPROOFS $1. worth $1 50 All-Woo! CASSIMERES, 7?C to $1 Jeans, all colors, from ld He Large variety of Black Cloths, Doeskins and Beavers, at a great sacrifice._ JJOSIERY, NOTIONS, RIBBON AND GLOVE DEPARTMENT. Allin want or the above articles will find lt TO .heir own advantage to extmlne them. They are of our own importation; quality guaranteed, and can be found lower than anywhere else. To gain room for Matting, we are selling off oar fad and complete stock of CARPETS, Oil Cloths, Rugs, Druggets, to suit every one in want of them. % ? i/iAiliJuiL l Wt UM OCt31 No. 244 AMD 437 KINO STREET. GOOD ADVERTISING MEDIUM. THE MOUNTAINEER. GREENVILLE, S. C., Has tae largest real circulation of any paper in that section Subscription price $1 a year. G. E. ELFORD, Editor and Proprietor. O. G. WELLS, Associate Editor. decl3 f ?rocm?, liquors, Sit. p-a--Jgj-~. ICjKsg^jOy?TT?N SEE,!). 200 bushels Selected SEED, No. 1 800 bush els Seed, No. 2. The above Seed is raised from the Ne, l Seed ImpWecl dlrecTff?ta TftWST DICKSON, Sparta, Ga., 1870,- atad .grown dn the Marshland Farm near this city. For sa? artery low prices by J. 0. H. CLAUSSEN, lebS-ftd_. Market street. WILSON'S ts the most convenient place m this city to pro core > CHEAP articles in his line, and he can sell at .rates which cannot be surpassed by any GROCERY house in Charleston. Housekeepers should not forget that .AT this eStabUshtatnt ?H gooda are found to be as represented, and that the CORNER SOCnar* AND ANSON STREETS has' become a household word. And lt will be remembered that this IS ' no unmerited encomium, Tor when a party has been . . ... t : AWARDED the yost commendation of the people, he will not -undervalue THE high estimation accorded, but an Incentive ls created which donbjyvataes a J.'* PREMIUM fot uprlghtuewand fair dealing. "A penny saved isapeoay earned," and &U who patronise estab Usiimeat's where tats maylm ls canted oat are Justly eompenseAed FOR . their patronage. Of course all who vlsi? this estab? lishment are sore to purchase a package of THAT DOLLAR TEA. J>RIZE SEED RI' For sale TOW bushels or the PRIZE SEED RICE. JAMES R. PRINGLE A SON, Factor) and Commission Merchants, janls-wfmlO No. 6 Adgcr's North Wharf. C USA MOLASSES loo hhda. Sweet sud Bright Coba MOLASSES loo MN Sweet and Bright Cuba Molasses. For sale by J? A. ENSLOW A CO., Jan31-tuwf3 . No. Ill East Bay. J^EW ORLEANS MOLASSES. 100 bois, cnoice Kew orleans MOLASSES. For Bale by - J. A. ENSLOW & CO.. Jan31-tuwf3_No. 141 East Bay. J^IVERPOOL SALT. l TOO sacks Liverpool SALT. Landing from Ship MuEConguB. For sale by Janl3 - T. J. KERR A CO. J^IYERPOOL SALT AFLOAT. 4000 sacks Liverpool SALT, Just received per bark Vinco, and for sale In lots to snit purchasers by' ROBERT MURE A 00., Jau2?_Central Wharf. QOAL AT $8 75 PER TON DELIVERED. 200 tops Grate and Stove COAL, delivered In any part of the cltyfat $8 73 per ton. Landing this day. Apply to J. A. ENSL' >W A CO., . feb2 . . No. 141 East Bay. jg ASTERN HAY. ?OO balea EASTERN HAY. Unding an?Vfor sale by J. A. ENSLOW A CO., Ieb2_Na 141 East Bay. REMEN BEER, GUNNY CLOTH, ?fcc. ISO casks Bottled BREMEN BEER iso crates Bottles 2000 Demijohns 300 boxes Pipes loo roils Heavy Ganny Cloth. On consignment and lor sale tow by reb2-thrtu3 OLACIU8 A WfTTE. 1 g - THE ? 7 1 ''CHAMPION HAM" ls considered the best ever Introduced in this cPy. This ls the opinion of all who have tried chem. .18-THE-71 CHAMPION HAM ls warranted-tr they do not prove what ls claim? ed for them, the money wilt be refunded. 18-THE-Tl CHAMPION HAM is. cured expressly tor the undersigned, and no expense uas been spared to make them superior to all other Hams. 18-THE*-Tl " CHAMPION HAMS are put up In thia glased canvass, and run from eight to twelve pounds each. We invite every? body to try 18-TH E-Tl CHAMPION HAM ^ cured expressly for EVERT E. BEDFORD, Jan: :_No. 275 King street. Jj I ? M O JJ^D HAMS. DAVIS'S DIAMOND RAMS. DCFFIBLD'S DUFRIELD'S WESTPHALIA HAMS. DUFFIELD B0NEL?SS BREAKPAST STMPS ftTO=.,r.r^,o CHOICE SMOKED BEEF. DUFFIELD'S SMOKED BEEF TONGUES. For sale by . EVERT E. BEDFORD, Late Wm. S. Corwin A Co., ? Janll_ Ko. 275 King street. ?JORN, OATS AND "FLOUR. 3000 bushels Prime waite CORN 4000 bushels Prime - Maryland Oats, In bulk and bags 560 barrels Flour. Landing from schooner Ida Richardson. For sale by ' T. J. KERR A CO. Jan80 * J U S T IN! A Large Lot or NEW HYSONS, SOUCHONGS AND OOLONGS, Taken ont or bond after the reduction or the tariff. JOHN HUB KAMP A CO. noT24-3moa