The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, December 09, 1871, Charleston News Supplement, Image 5

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I m--- CHARLESTON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1871. _ . , '; WM Ei DOCK. THE GREAT LONDON VAULTS. The Crescent Vault* Visited-Six Acres Under Ground-18,000 Pipe? of Wine Tue Strange Furn?, Growtlis - A Tasting Order-Thc Vatting Houses Mysteries of Wine Mixing. A correspondent of the New York Journal ol Commerce gives tho following description of a place which is seldom visited by travellers and tourists, although everybody has heard of lt, and ls aware ol' its, or rather their,, exist? ence. The great London wine vaults are a peculiar teat ure in the wine trade cf the world, and hence a description of them cannot but prove Interesting. The letter, from which wo copy, is dated London* November, 1871 : The lamons wine vaults of the London Docks are fourteen in number. Some are us*,* exclusively for the storing of port, sher? ry, wandy, or vatted wines, while others con? tain all sorte without distinction. But one ot these will be described here, namely, the Crescent Vault, which ls very larse, and is employed as a storehouse lor sherry alone. Some annoy lng formalities are put In the way of obtaining admission to the vaults tor the i jrpose bf confining the visitors to a few, so the readers of the Journal of Commerce mjst know that In making with us a tour among pipes and butts of nectar, be is enjoying a select amusement but lt ls to be hoped that the entertainment will not prove to be so dry and thin as most of that which is called "se? lect." I You enter the vault conducted by an atten? dant, and bearing a torch that seems to be made expreasly for the use of newspaper cor? respondents, because the flat handle of it fur? nishes such a convenient rest lor the note book. Descending a few steps there appears a dark, vast subterranean chamber that PC* era acres. Traversing lt at right angles are mysteri? ous dimly lighted passage-ways, stretching au far as the eye can reach In the feeble light. The Immense building, above seven Btories in height, la supported by the massive atone pil? lara and arches of the vault below, BO that while one ls only threading the mazes of a storehouse of aristocratic toddy, one can easily Imagine himself groping about the cloisters of monks In a ruined monastery. Indeed, the general mustiness, the heavy aud ?collar masonry, the chill dreariness et a ind on wine vault, were lt not tor the long row of casks, would give lt a striking resem? blance to a ruined cloister. Here are 18,000 pipes of wine in a space covering six acres. Think of >t! This strong place la owned by the London Dock Company, and was built", along with the other warehouses, lu the nelgoborbood, some seventy years aero. The business of the corporation Is managed -by a cougt of directors, and tbe capital represented by the shareholders is ?5,000,000. As many as three thousand laborers have been employ? ed on these wharves In a day. But flgurep *"H1 statistics express very inadequate!-, th j amount of business done Fully to realize lt one must pass alor? th quays, In the forests of masts, among sww log stevedores, gangers, butcherr rnd chat? te ri ns: sailors ?ot every clime, their voices blending in a discordant jumble ot strange sounds. One must sniff nore the pungent odors, savory and unsavory, of India. Africa ona the Pacific Hess, and must see with his own eyes the bustle and confusion ot this, enormous business establishment. Under? stand that the London Docks proper do not comprise all the docks o' London. Them are besides the Fast India I ocks. the West India ^ocks. St Katherine Docks and so on. all to -sgrether covering several square miles of ground along the Thames, below the Tower. They were uil built by joint ?tock companies; and though not unprofitable to their projec? tors, they have redounded to the still greater advantage of the city itself. But to return lo the wine vaults. When a cargo ot spirit* arrives at the wharf the work of unloading and storing ls all done by Ute company's servants. Each merchant has a separate (department, selected for the soft-keeping ol bb own wlaes. When a parly applies to the marchant with a view ot pur? chasing, he ls taken to the vault he tastes and chooses bis wine, and has it delivered to him by the Dock Company. The sum paid for storage ls, per week, titree ponce a hogs? head, two pence a butt, and for quarter casks a penny. Very cheap rateo, lt would appear at first. thought, bot when the wine is lett to grow old? tn the vaults, and re? mains year after year, the charges accum mulate to a very considerable sum, nud are often greater than the value of, the liquor. Another source of revenue to the company Is In th s?sale of unclaimed wipes. Not infrequent? ly the casks are misplaced, or the merchant 1 onret s them and never calls for them, or the storage fees are more than the liquor will bring lb the market. In these cases the Dock Company, at atated Intervals, offer the wine for saleat auction. In this way some of the oldest and choicest brands are disposed of. Toe vault was formerly lighted with (?as, but owing to subterraneous vapors, the fumes of the wine, or to some unknown cause, it could not be made to bum well, so that now sperm oil has taken its place, and serves to make the darxness visible. Coverlog the floor about the pipes of sherry is a very beautiful snow-while fungus-like growth, caused probably by the evaporation of spirits. It ls cold and soft to the feet, and so delicate and sensitive that it is gone almost at the touch ol the finger. The largo-stone pillars and the arched calling of solid masonry are covered with the same substance, but, for the most part, this ls of a different color and older growth. It bangs about the roof and columns like clouds of thick, dark smoke, suddenly arrested and fixed. Herc and there lt ls flecked with the white variety, hanging pendulous, and having very much the appear? ance of the stalectltes ot a cave. -Touch the torch to the darf cloudy mass, and bright flames will shoot quickly over it and suddenly dlsappear. The white fungua will not burn. The -temperature of the vault is sixty-one degrees Shrenhelt, and ls almost Invariable summer d winter. At this time of year the stock in store ls comparatively quite small, and yet upon both sloes of the passagea and I rt.al? ways, casks and barrels, pipes, butts and hogs? head* seem to be piled up in countless nim? bera. Here are represented all the choice brands known to tho connoisseur in wines. Here are casks that have been in store Ave, ten, fifteen and even twenty years, every added year in the cellar, of course, increasing the va ue of the wine. There ls kept In the vasjjt quire a W'ge number of large hot? heads of East ..ia sherry. These are dis-1 tloguished by tho strong hoops that are | bound about them. East India sherry, says the attendant, is imponed to England from Spain, and then, alter being more strongly hooped, ia shipped lor a voyage to India and back. The value ot a hogshead ls thereby augmented about twenty dollars. This Increase In value, it is said, ls by no means occasioned by the Increased age that the wine galas from Ita long journey, but it results from some other moro occult cause. My suggestion that its vain? might vary ac? cording to the dullness or liveliness of the drinker's Imagination, was greeted with Infi? nite scorn. Salt air and long sea voyages are prescribed for consumptive people, but whether the same treatment works some san? ative chemical change In a cask of spirits must be lett to the d?termination of the luvers of East India sherry. For seme reason the presence of visitors at the vaults ls an annoyance to the merchants . who have wine In Blore, so that, as a rule, t lie secretary ot the Loudon Dock Company does not give tickets ol admission except lo those who apply with an introduction from some oue in authority. Your correspondent, ou stating that he waa in the service ol the first commer? cial Journal in America, obtained a ticket without difficulty. But in order to trv the quality of the wines, which ol' course is the orthodox thing to do tn a wlue cel? lar, what Is termed a "tasting order,"' must be had from some wine merchant This could not be had, so one blt uf ? Interesting experience in the Crescent V?dlt could not have been descrlhed to you bad not the guide come to our assistance. On discussing with him the subject ol' "iauiu<? ordere" he remarked that Jie thought he had one. Upon that he presented to view a long gimlet, with a suggestive grin that invited a t itjtpro quo of sixpences; then producing a Tittle glass, which he wiped with lils coat tall, he selected a cask, tapped it, and drew out as delicious a glass ol' sherry as ever man lasted. The wine had been In the vault four teen years. The duty OD sherry of this quality is now about half a half-crown a calton. After threading tho dark mazes of the vaults for some time without observing much else worthy of note, we stepped out into the sun? light, extinguished the torches, and paid the fees. Here would be the natural termin?t lon of this letter, but a word or two about the vat tlng-bousc, a few steps away, might not be amiss. This is a very large building, of seve? ral stories, used for vatting and storing wines. It a merchant has odd quantities of different brands of some one kind of wine, as port, for example, he will take them to this house, have them mingled in a tremendously magnified hogshead, and left lor eight or ten days. The result ls a variety of liquors, differing from any one of those which make up the compound. Th; s va tied wine does not, as a rule, com mund 60 high a price as other kinds. It is some? times good and sometimes bad, depending mainly upon the quality of the Ingredient mixed, ard the process of vatting is common? ly employed for the purpose of getting rid of sour and worthless liquors that cannot be brought Int? the market in any other way. In this building there are forty-four large recep? tacles for vatting spirits, containing from three hundred to twel.-e thousand gallons each. The casks containing the wines to be mingled are in th? room above. Troughs are cut into the floor of the uoper room leading to large pipes connecting with the vatting hogsheads below. The casus ara placed in a row over each trough. Tba workmen begins with the first one of the row, gives lt two smart raps with a wooden mallet, and out files the bung followed by a gush of liquor. This cask is roll? ed over and the next one taken and served in the same way, until scores are spilling their conteats at the same time. Several rivulets of wine dance merrily across the floor, filling the room with Bacchanalian odors. This com? prises about all the labor required In the pro? cess ol vatting. Chemical affinities do the rest of the work. THE BORES OF HISTORY. [From the London Civilian.) Mary Queen of Scotia- or Marie, as some fair wrlt-rs will insist on calling her-has be? come ono of the greatest torments in the whole gallery of borea. We shall never, as far as we can see, hear the last of h .'ir "beau? tiful person" and "graces of manner.1' That snow-white little neck will apparently inspire the pens of the literary butchers until the world in anger crier. Sname ! She ha) been j done to death in countless leaders and essays. Her sorrows and her crimes-if she really committed any-have been the constant theme ot haokR ever since Scott discovered her to the curious people who ; never read history unless it is tricked out in the garb of fiction. We confess we are utterly tired of her. In our youth we did think she was a persecuted and injured wc jan, bat since she has eo per? sistently persecuted andJuJ?fcS us we have arrived at the belief that she deserved her fate and are only sorry that we have no power to decapitate her shade. Then, go back to classic time?, there ls Cie I opal ru and Mark Antony. When shall we hear the last of them ? What good genius or pious priest will) undertake to lay the ghosts ol this celebrated pair ? When shall we hear j the lase of the profound speculations In wbjch our "great writers" are wont tc indulge anent the probable fate of the world had the lady's nose been bat a trille shorter? Surely we have hod enough of her; and as lt ls Impossible to say an original thing about her and her great ad? mirer, it would be as well to let them both rest quietly in the school-books until the crack or doom. We are willing to admit that, if u taboo were placed upon the remarkable persons who have figuren in history, manv ot oar picturesque writers would be deprived of their whole stock la trade. Weare, however, not quite Bure that the world would lose much if the whole tribe resigned their pens for good. We might be deprived of a great quan? tity of thrice-threshed strew, but, for our own par!, we could get on quite as well without it. What wo really need is a little more of the salt of originally, and a more sparing use of mere words. Ii is bad enough to ne obliged to read t tie ordinary literature of the day, but lt is really vexing that the common topics of the hour cannot be- discussed without all this froth and lolly. Coming nearer to our own time, wc find Samuel Pepys growing into a bore of the ?rst water. We can ali real his diary if we pie .sr; out having read lt for ourselves wc do not care to see lt hashed up on every occa Hlon for the people who care no i lung lor Pepys nor the time In which he lived. The story of his first wig has gone from pole to pole, and, as far as we can iudgc, it is likely to travel round the world, like the Wandering Jew, until the la-t trump summons scribbler and diarist lo thu great account. Pepys did not bargain for this posthumous fame, and one knows not what agonies hit stride musi endure if it is con."?clo i H that lt ha? become a stalking horse behind which the fell writers of the hour hide their base designs on thc lu nocent reader. Of all the boree of history, However, commend ns to, or rather save us fnom, the Pilgrim Fathers and the Mayflower. We cannot open a book ob a stall without meeting with them. These old bigots perme? ate ail literature and haunt-our picture galle? ries, to the terror of all sens hie oeopie. Can wc not let them reel in peace ? Is it not pos? sible tb banish ih"m for good into limbo ? Hawthorne, heaven bless him ! took some of the gilt off their Puritanical gingerbread in the "Scarlet Letter," and we thank him for thut knightly service. If we were inclined io play the part of a llierary Don Qu xote we should certainly try whether a vigorous lance prick or two would not frighten thoBa grim old giants from (he stage. But wo have too great a horror of mein io attempt the task ol'exorcism, and ar? only sorry that, for the purposes of this article, we are obliged to admit them again before the curtain. Grace Darling is another, but a charming, bore ol' history. She has been rowing that old boat ot hers dally in some print or other lor the last thin y or forty years. 8he must tire of tho work, and no doubt the lair hero? ine would gladly retire from business, but the literary hack finds her too valuable, and BO her poor shade goes backwards and forwords from the wreck to the lighthouse as regularly as ir she were expiating a crime, and so .In truth she ls. Her crime in the eves ot her persecutors ls ber heroism, and they will not let her rest until another victim, eanally brave and interesting, takes her place. Had she re? flected upon the possibility of being famous, we fear the unfortunate passengers on the Forfarshire steamer would have gone to the bottom before she would have lilted a floger to aid them. We cannot close thl3 artlc'e without some "allusion" more or less "brilliant*! lo the New Zealunder, who has been such an unconscion? able time . making that ?ketch of St. Paul's. Macaulay little knew, when he borrowed the gentleman from Volney, that he had Inadver? tent ly started the poor savage upon a never ending series of travels 'brough the press of the world; yet such ls the mysterious dispen? sation of Providence. We hear ol th? great traveller dally, ?nd he ls el wa vs trying to fin? ish that unlucky sketch. He crops up In the most unexpected places, and so popular ls he that every tyro who puts pen to paper feels cal led upon to look over bis shoulder to see bow he is getting on. We wish to beaven he would lold his portfolio, and go back to the land of tomahawks. We do not want him here. Per? haps, wlrJi the barbarous taste of a savage, he likes rune, and is glad to see the crowd ot admirers who gaze in wonder at his mas? terly touches and bold outlines.. But whether be is proud ot his prominent position or not, he is a bore of the most vulgar .type, and we do not thank the historian for so recklessly introducing him to the great masters of the art of chopping straw. Many a pen would no doubt bo paralyzed if harm came to the tiresome savaire or any of his brethren of the company of bores. A universal paralysis of the pen, however, would, in our opinion, be preferable to this hashing-up of history, this continual flttlng-on of the cast-off clothes of great writern. Had we absolute power, we would certainlv infer? iere to protect the public from the men who thiiR sysiematlcally annoy them. A decree of PM ins and penalties should at once be Issued. We woul^ make lt treason, without beneflt of clergy, lo "allude" in any way to the Pilgrim Falliera. We would fine any mah who dared to mention Cleopatra, or nero and Leander, and we would send to the hulks or the tread? mill the whole sclio-.l ol able editors who so persistently disturb the peace of Marie An? toinette. Society should be preserved from the nuisance ol' the literary ' organ-grinder, and he should be compelled to go back to the plough, or to some other congenial employ? ment. THE TICHBORNE TRIAL. THE CLAIMANT'S CASE DRAWING TO A CLOSE. Testimony of a Soldier of HU Troop Or an Aged Family Servant-Of an Ex-Army Officer, &c. Those o? our readers who feel an Interest In this case, the trial of which in London was a few weeks ago taken up where lt was broken oiT lost summer, will read with Interest what a correspondent of the New York Post at London, November 9, says: Fortunately "for the papers," as they say, the Tichborne trial- has recommenced. Al? ready articles are appearing on this inexhaus? tible subject. One paper congratulates the public on the fact that this case, unlike those of many others equally notorious, eau be read (as lt will be read) by thousands of families without harm to the youngest. It describes the Inquiry now being resumed in our courts I*of law as resembling more "an old-fashioned ( English narrative tbau a modern French nov? el," and truly there ls very little of the objec? tionable matter which ls generally too frequent In such trials. It ls extraordinary to notice the difference of opinion which still exists; hot discussions are beginning again at the clubs. I And eveu a single individual has such conflict- I lng evidence already before bim that he ls compelled, as lt were, to sit on the cross I benches of opinion, unable to make up bis J mind on the matter. FIGHT TO 'ras DEATH. j The present might be described as a fight I to the death. The first day was devoted chiefly to the examination of William F. Liar-1 j dot and his son, the latter assisting him in bis business at Sandridge, near Melbourne, as ship-mail contractor, conveying the malls from the vessels to the shore, their evidence I 1 relating entirely to the ship Osprey. The evl-1 ? dence of John Joseph Shillinglaw, who had been examined before the Australl >n commis sion, was ateo read. The principal witness, however-and Indeed one of the most Imper tant witnesses for the claimant-was then ex- f amlned. His name, it will ba remembered, ls John Moore. He was formerly servant to I Robert Tichborne. His evidence may be com-1 prehended In hts opening statement. When I naked if he had any doubt that the present claimant was his old master, he replied, "Not the least doubt whatever." The details of this I evidence wero of course to support this state-1 ment The second day was also taken up al most entirely with thia witness. ' AK OLD SOLDIER'S TESTIMONY. I The World's London correspondent under date of November 9tb. says : j The evidence during the early part of to-1 day's session was ot pretty much the s^me I character. Henry Baynes, another soldier in I Tlchbornc's troop, knew the plaint!ff "as soon I as ho saw him." and narrated many things 1 that went to prove that he had good reason for his convict ion. The witness said: I was going down to his house to bo satis-1 fled as to bis Identity, when he was passing In his dog-cart with bis groom: I saluted him, I he drew up and said, "You have some fea-1 tures I recollect, but I cannot call you to I mind; were you in the Carabineers ?" I said, I "Yes, my name is Baynes." He said, "Oh, Alonzo-didn't, yon have thc nick name ef Alonzo ?" I replied, "Yes, I om the same I person." I did know him at once, and was] satisfied in my mind before we had any con-1 versaiion, ana I told Mr. Spofforth so. I could I see thu twitcnlng of his eyes as soon .as he moved, una I detected the old twang In lils I voice; "Let him have tree day's driJ, ser- I goant-major," ho used to say. >vhon I flret I naw him in the dog-cart I was /pille sattsded I he was the same man; lhere was the samel twitching lu lils eyes he always had; indeed, had he been a deserter-[Laughter.] The Lord Chief Justice, what was lt you j were saying about drill ? Witness. He used to say, my Lord, "Let I him have tree days' drill-von wry clrty sod die." Al the same time he did not know what I a d rey saddle was-'ie did not know a clean one from-a dirty one. [I njgnter.] Q. Have you any doubt uow ? A. Not the I least lu thc world; there hu s ts now, (point lng io i he claimant;) he ls the name tuan; oft course he is bigger. [Laughter.] j This witness was very severely cross-exam-1 inetl, bul he proved to be a second Sam Wei-1 1er, and every attempt to disconcert bim only I resulted In strengthening his t tatemen ts. THE OLD COLORED SERVANT'S IDHVTIKIUATION. The same correspondent on the 11th writes: I The interest of the trial during the greater I pm of yesterday and to-day centred In ihe I testimony of the old "man of color," as the Eog.isb call him, Andrew Bogle, the old re-1 uiiuer of the Tichborne and Doughty families He ls a Jamaica negro, and ls now sixty-four years old. His hair Is white; lils face is intel-1 lisent; he has a very soil voice and manner; I he wa? well dressed, and wore an exceeding-1 ly brilliant sky-blue necktie. In body he Ts I very feeble, and he was permitted to be seated during bis examination; but his Intellect never digged, and he retorted sharply ut times upon I the attorney-general. His evidence, as Will I be seen, was very strong in support of thc plaintiffs case. ! After recounting his many years ot service I in the Tichborne family, his lutlmacy with Slr Roger as a boy, his own removal to Australl i atter the death of Slr Edward Tichborne-1 Doughty, whose valet wlluess had been for j twenty years, the old man produced a letter I written to him by Miss Doughty, in 1865, in which she expressed a hope thal Sir Roger I might have been picked up or somehow made I his way to Australia after the loss ot the Bella. J Alter receiving lt (said the witness) "I used to ! take particular notice of every mau 1 melool the sireel In Sydney." Well, this patient watchfulness on the part I ot Bogle for "the lost heir," waa at last re warded. One day In August his eon told him to go to the Metropolitan Hotel. Sydney, where he might see some one whom he knew; he went there and sat In the gateway of the hotel; presently he saw Slr Boger Tichborne coming towards him. Directly I saw him I knew lt was Slr Roger I Tichborne at the very first sight; he passed about three or four yards lrom me; he saw me and stopped and looked; I looked hard at him and smiled; he came up to me and asked me, "Halloo, Bogle, ls that you." I said ""Yes, I slr;" he said something to me which I coula not catch; he suld he was going up-stair J. but I he would *ee me again directly, and lu a very few moments the, walter caine and asked rn": lo step lint way; I weut up-sialrs and found him iu his room alone. I said, "I beg your I pardon; I called to see Mr. Roger Tichborne, I but you tue not bim, ure you. " He said, "Oh, I yes, Bogle, I am." 1 said, "How much stouter you arc got." He said, "Yes, 1 om not that I slender lad that I was when I left Tichborne." j In answer to questions, Bogle said he had never glveu claimant any Information con- I oernlng Incidents In the life ol Roger Tlch- I borne; that claimant had never asked any questions. AN ARMY OFFICER'S STRONG BVIBEXCE. I Bogle was dismissed from the witness j stand, and theo came au important witness, Colonel Franklin Lushington. He said : lam defendant upon the record in the ca-1 pacliy ot tenant ofTlchborne Park; I have ex- I pended a considerable sum upon the estate, I so that my mouey interest ls against the I plaintiff; before I saw the plaintiff I had form? ed an opinion unfavorable to his claim; in Feb- I roary, 1867, I got introduced to the plaintiff In consequence of a conversation with Mr. Hop-1 kins; the plaintiff had no access to my house before, and we walked over to Tichborne, two miles; the first room that we entered at Tichborne Hall was the dlnlog-room the plaintiff as soon as he entered looked at the pictures; lie said, "Oh, there's mamma;" he seemed affected, turned pale, and sat down. It was a portrait ot Lady Tichborne; the date upon lt was 1830, I think the next ploture Slr Boger said, "I don't j recognize," lt' was a picture of my lather, I painted In 1862; that was the only picture that did not belong to the Tichborne family in the room; the "Dole" picture, he said, looked I fresber; it had been lately changed; there la a door lu the passage, and I think he remarked, I "That ls tho door leading to the chapel;" he noilced there a picture of our Saviour carry? ing the crucifix; it ls a great daub; he said it was one hq had sent home; there was a Bkiu ot a bird he had sent home; I mink he said that he had cured it; he worked the skin with his hauds; thu plaintiff made a kind ot French gesture with his hauds; I said, "Will you come again:" and he said, "Sans c?r?monie," or | without "c?r?monie;" he said "c?r?monie," and not "ceremony." At this stage of the proceedings the court adjourned. The plaintiff's case is very nearly concluded, two more witnesses of importance only remaining to be examined. But then will come the other side, and we shall see to what extent the wonderfully strong case which has been built up for the claimant can be knocked to pieces. Moncure D. Conway writes from London to the Cincinnati Commercial: "On the whole, the chances are, I think, In the claimant's favor, chiefly on account of his having sup I plied that word 'postilion' in a letter acknowl ' edged to have been written by the real Sir Roger, when the solicitor-general could not make lt out while reading the letter in court. That incident bas certainly made a profound 'impression on the public and the jury. The claimant bas been treated with much more courtesy in court since it occurred." LATEST FASHION NOTES. HOUSE DRESS. A plain watet ls the newest feature in styl? ish corsages. They should flt the figure per? fectly, and in order to do so they should dis? play the natural outlines of the figure, fitting so as not to destroy the ease of the wearer. French modistes line them with silk, adding greatly to their beauly. They have long used soft thick gros grain, white, gray, or black, and have introduced this season u still more supple silk with strong serge-like twill. It is the custom now to extend tue goods a finger's length below the waist to cover the hips. Of cotton fabrics the soft twilled English silesia is best. Stiff glazed linen linings, so cold and disagreeable io the wearer, are seldom used. The two darts on either side ol tho corsage iront are short, and are taken in deeply to Eermlt an ample bust. Fastidious modistes ave darts opened, pressed, their edges bound with thin lutestring ribbon, and a elender whalebone case of bias silk or of ribbon sewed on flatly. Fronts of cor? sages are now seldom hemmed, as buttons aud button-holes hold them In place. Aline of substantial tape Is placed under the buttons to strengthen them. From seven' to ten but? tons ore down the front of the corsage, and these invariably have button-holes instead of j being placed outside for ornament merely. All outside stitching on corsages ls dispensed with. The seam under the arm is straight In I a line with the natural figure, not quite so far behind as some modistes place it, evidently in tending to make the back look narrow. 'The laney now is for plump, round, healthy waists. Instead ol slender, delicate oneB. Almost all French dresses have a seam down the middle of the back. This plan ls especially becoming to over-stout figures, and for such also tho two-side bodies used with the Worth basque. Side forms are brood, coming Into the arm hole half way between the shoulder seam and the seam under the arm; they should curvo high In the back. These side forms are sewed Inside. Shoulder seams are placed high-that Is, in a line with the shoulders, and are very snort, the armhole coming above toe arm Joint. I A finger length and a hall is quite a long seam for women ol average size. These short seams I .{Ive the appearance of sloping shoulder*, with out making the figure look contracted. The I best modistes no longer cord the armholes, unless the corsage ls of very thin fabric that I needs to be strengthened. The corsage is made very high in i he neck, and finished by a narrow blas binding, or else m-rely corded. The last thing done ls lo puta ribbon belt un der the corsage at its narrowest taper to hold I die wulsi In place. This belt is tucked to the I back and title so?"??, l**vlug the fronts loose I to fasten by hooks and eyes. Tho belts to which the -skirts are attached should be of the dress material, lined substantially. The Wat-1 lean fold or oversklrt ls made double, that lt may not require a facing when made of mate- j rial huvlngai itrht and wioug Bide. Many la? dies, weary of basques, are returning to these I putin corsages, that aro so easily m ide nt hume. Although designed for the house, this costume ls made appropriate for the street by adding a double cape, mantle or sacque of Mw dress material, or of black cashmere or I cloth; a gay striped Ottoman shawl, or a cash? mere or iiir c oak is also worn wu h lt-Indeed any over garment but a close fitting polo na se. To wear the latter the upper skirt must be left off. CHILDREN'S ULOTBIKO. There ls no change in the style of children's and misses' dresses. White pique and muslin dresses are Billi worn all winier by small girls, and they retain the simple Gabrielle and prin? cess shapes. The trimmings are elaborate bruiillag of func lui braids, two or three differ-1 ent widths and kinds of braids being used in ono dress; medallions ol' muslin embroidery are Inserted in braided leaves and pyramids, mil the edge ol' the dress ls scalloped and finished with a feathery lace braid. Dress skirt 8 are stun, extending Just below the knee. Wide ribbon sashes, tied behind, with huge loops and short end?, are used. .Many prefer the simple, flowing dress, uncon lined nt the walsl. ?sjThe walking coat, warmly wadded, and with ample cape, does not differ from those worn last spring, except In the material. Cashmere and Irish poplin are the fabrics for dressy occasions, and pressed flannel In broken plaids lor ordinary wear. Sjiuache braiding of the color of the cloak, or else I quilted silk, is the trimming. Sacques ot white rabbit skin ure also much worn by th? se wee toddlers. Short Jaunty basques with two skirls are worn by larger giris. School dresses have plain waists fastened behind, or else blouses I with box-pleais. A black alpaca skirt with some sort of over dress, either a polonaise or blouse, and upper skirt of dark blue or crlm-1 son merino, is a useful costume for everyday wear. Blue cloth sacques with white cord piping, black silk bands and gilt buttons, are much worn by young girls. Turbans, and the Jaunty Tyrolean felt hat with a gay feather, I are their chapeaux. Giris of ten or twelve years wear their dress skirts to tho top of polish boots. Polonaises are In favor with misses just in their (cens. They are usually of the dress material. Holld colors are preferred this year to the bright plaids of last season C.otb. sacques, made in Berlin, are imported for girls ol from six to twelve years. They are or plum, blue, green, or brown cloth, with velvet bands and simple braiding. Highland suits, with amply pleated kilt, are I still in favor for boys not yet in trowsers. Dark plaids are chosen for the skirts, while the Jack et ls or cloth of tho color prevailing lu the plaid, or else of black velveteen. Vests are the important Item In suits for I Bmall boys. They are worn willi a Jacket hav-1 lng a low rolling collar. The knee pantaloons have braid and buttons up the outer scam. Dark blue cloth ls chosen for best suits; cassi meres, with almost invisible stripes, for school BU i tS. Overcoats are socks with a large round cape. I -There ls a report In London that a mar? riage between the daughter of Mr. Gladstone and a German gen tl erauu who was the tutor of Mic Princess Louise, hos been arranged, and that the Queen had much to do In making up this match. -It would not-answer to Introduce tho Ko? ran in this country; it gives the women such an easy way of divorce. Under the Moham? medan law an aggrieved woman has only to placo her slipper upside down before tho Cadi, and a divorce is granted without further in? quiry, as it is taken for granted that she would not seek such reuress without the most, press? ing cause. In America, alas ! what an array ot reversed slippers would greet our learned "Cadis" every court day. # -The following puzzle ls said to have been composed by the Bishop of Oxford: I have a trunk with two lids, two caps, two musical instrument, two established measures and a great number of articles a carpenter cannot dispense with; ihen I havo always about me two fine fish and a great number of smaller ones, two lofty trees, floe flowers and thc trull of an indigenous plant, two playful ani? mals, and a number of a smaller and less tame breed, a fine stag, some whips without handles, some weapons of warfare and a number ol weathercocks, the steps of a ho? tel, the House or Commons on the eveo/ a di? vision, two students or scholars, and some Spanish grandees to wait upon me. Answer -The human body, eyelids, knee-caps, drums ot the eur, feet, nail-', soles, muscles, palms, tulips, hips, calves, hares, hean, lashes, arms and blades, veins, iu?teps, eyes and nose, pu? pils, tendons. GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. ALEXIS ORDERED TO REPORT FOR DUTY. Charl r? ten Not to be Favori ti with a VI tit by the Prince-Intensely "Loyal-' Demonstration of First-class C 111 z e ns-Connolly in Jail-The Misers of Chatham Street-Booth In Hamlet-Theatrical Gossip. [FROM OUB OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, December 3. The Russian fleet having been ordered to China, the Grand Duke will be obliged to shorten his stay in this country. He will join bis ship at New Orleans,whither he will short? ly proceed by rall, via the Great West. I sup? pose I will have to sympathize with yon In the disappointment Charleston will suffer la being left out of the programme. I am afraid you will have to abandon any Idea of a militia pro? cession up Meeting street, and a.ball at the Hibernian Hall. Alexis goes to Boston next week to see the Common, the statehouse, the big organ, Bunker Hill Monument, Warren, the comic actor, and all the other extraordi? nary attractions of that town. He has "done" NeW York pretty thoroughly, and by this time must be dreadfully bored by tho attentions of the committeemen. Yester? day he had n presentation and speech inflicted upon him. He was made the custodian of a Slaure of Farragut lashed to the shrouds of ls ship In the battle of Mobile Bay. Farragut always derided the picture and declared that the incident lt Illustrated was historically In? correct. But that seems to be of small conse? quence to the donors, a score of rich men of mis city, who remark, In the presentation scroll to the Czar, that the picture Is glvon as "a slight token of our appreciation ol the' sympathy manifested by your Majesty's gov? ernment and people during the war for the Union." These persons appear to wiBh lt to be understood that at least one-third of the American people are not desired to take part in the welcome to the Grand Duke. "Slippery Dick" still Hes In lall, no more bondsmen having come to his relief. It seems to be doubtful now If he be able to get out. Unflattering comment a are made on many of the people, laden- down with the plunder which Connolly's lavor enabled them to accu? mulate, who have deserted him In his hour of tribulation. Among the whilom friends of the ex-comptroller who have treated bim badly, Is Henry Hart, the retired pawnbroker. Hart went on the bonds for 1100,000, but when Con? nolly was taken to Jail he became alarmed and withdrew his name. Hart ls a study. He and his brother "Mich" are among the curiosities o? New York. They are both old men, who have made enormous fortunes in a dingy Utile hole In Chatham street, over the door ot which there swung for nearly half a century the sign ol' the three golden bulls. Henry ls estimated to be worth fi2,ooo,ooo. He owns half of the real estate of Chatham street, one-third ot the Block of the Third avenue Railroad, nearly the whole of the stock of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad, and ia also a large stockholder In the New York Central. His brother "Mich" ls won h fir ly half as much. Yet these two old millionaires live In the mot poverty-stricken style, in a dirty, ill-fur? nished room, ever their shop, in Chatham street, and get their meals at Leggett'? cheap eaiing-houso In ihe neighborhood, never al? lowing their dinners to cost them more than fifteen cents each. Their clothes are old, greasy, patched and tattered, and as they shamble around the streets they look like rag? pickers. Both are bachelors, the expenses ot a family never having possessed any an rac? lions to them. Henry keeps a large quantity of guld In a safe In the rear of his room, and ls lu constant terror that he will be ronhed. When he hoard of the murder of Mr. Nathan, two years ' ago, he rushed In agony to the nearest police station, and asked that a spe? cial policeman m-giit be assigned lo his residence. AB he was not willing to pay the extra expense, he did not get thc police? man, and IH now obliged to watch his Uvasure himself, which he does unceasingly. The old men never go out together. Ono stays to take care of the bouse, while the other goes for his meals, and neither stravs far away irom the neighborhood. "Mich" has never boen outside the city, and knows nothing of the existence of Brooklyn and Jersey C.ty. save what has been told him. He says he cannot afford the expense of travelling. It ls amusingly related of him that he was once Inveigled into a pretty waiter-girl lager-beer saloon In Chatham street, and plied with free drinks until be became hllar't'.usly reckless, when he spent sixty dollars hi New Jersey champagne, the tax being five dollars per bot? tle. He bas been doing penance and mortify? ing his flesh ever since. Mr. Booth reappears nt his own theatre to? morrow night, opening in Hamlet,, bis most finished and most popular Impersonation. His feature for the coming season will be Shakes Scare's "Julius Cosar," In which he will play hakespearlan revivals,wlih great attention to Brutus. It is to be gotten up, like nil his historic accuracy in costume and scenery. A magnificent Roman nageant will be introduced In connection with Cesar's march to the capl to'. A wonderful scenic pleco Illustrating Paris under the Commune has Just failed at the Grand Opera-House after u run of only a week. It was written by BIr. DeLeon, lor merly of South Carolina, who bas recently been unfortunate in other dramatic ventures. The scenery ol' "Paris" was al] that saved lt from Instant death ou the evening ol its pro? duction. Tlie management, which has been losing money on everything lt has brough* out since the beginning ot the season, tries a dramatization of Dumas's "Three Guardsmen" next week. The versatile John Brougham has constructed a new play out of "Our Mu? tual Friend," which be ban christened -Hold Dust," and In which he will play Mr. Roke Smith at Wallack's. NTM. Hew iJnbiic?iiono. MPORTATION OP FOREIGN BOOKS. By special arrangements we are prepared to ex? ecute orders for ENGLISH AND FORMON BOJKS. Parties entrusting their orders to me may depend upon the utmost dispatch and atten? tion to their delivery. FOGARTIE'S BOOK DEPOSITORY. 49?WB ARK NOW OPENING A CREAT VA VARIETY OF FANCY ARTICLES, UESKS, WOKK BOXES, WHITISH] CASES. PORTFOLIOS. AC, AC. SCHOOL BOOKS, AND ALL KINDS OF SCHOOL STATIONERY. . NEW CATALOGUE-NO. 10. JOWETTS "DIALOGUES OF PLATO," (a Monu? ment or Modern Scholarship ) Translated luto Kngllsli, willi Analysis and Introductions, hy B. Jowef , M. A.. M ister of Balliol college, Oxford, and Regius Professor of Creek, 4 Vols, Crown, 8 vo., $12. Americanisms: The English of the New World, by M. Scheie Oe Vere, L.L. D., $3. The invasion of France lu 1814, by Erckmann Uliatraln, paper 60c; c.oth noe. The Early Years of Christianity, by E. DePres sense, ii. V.. Illustrated, by Annie Harwood, "The Martys and Apologists," fl 75. A Critical Gi eek and English Concordance of thc New Testament, prepared by Clunes F. Hud ?on, under the direction of Horace L. Hastings, revised and completed by Ezra Abbot. L.L. 1>, Assistant Librarian of Harvard University, 2d edition, revised, $2 CO. Mountain Adventure? In Various Parts of the World; ketches selected from the narratives of celebrated travellers. wlth.Introduction by Head? ley, 41 illustrations, (Library of Won leis,) il 50. Routledge's Every Boys' AnUual for 1872, with numerous Illus;ration?, j3. .??JUVENILE BOOKS FUR THE HOLIDAYS. We nave given especial a'tentlon to i nls depart? ment. We have all the New Booka of tho season, together with a large atock of the old favorites. Thc prices are much reduced from former prices. Our Villa?e, by Mary Russell Mitford, Now ?di? tion, 2 Vols, $3 50 Travels in the Air, by James Glaisher, F. R. S, camille Flammarion. W. De Fouvlile, and Gaston Tlssandier. Edited by James Glaisher, with one hundred and twenty-live Illustrations. A Second i-ditton, giving an account of the use of the Balloon during the Siege of Paris, flo. SUT Persons residing in the country WW please oear lu mind thar by sending their orders to nt (or any books published In America, they will be charged only the price of the hook. We pay for the pontage or express. KT Address FOGARTIE'S BOOK DEPOSITORY, No. 2?0.King street,(in theBsnd.JCharleston, S.O ootai-tntha immigration Association. O N'T.L E T THE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY SLIP! POSITIYE DRAWING, JAN. 8, 1872.' THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAND AND IMMIGRATION GIFT CONCERTS Will take place WITHOUT FAIL On tbe day appointed. SECURE TOUR TICKETS AT ONCE ! ?-AU Orders Strictly Con Aden tia!.-** 2405 Gifts, amounting to.0500,000 The chances are nnoaually good-one ticket In every sixty-two ia en re to draw a prise. Orders for Tickets received np to the 6th of Jan nary, arter whloh time no mo^ Tickets will be sold. SINGLE TICKETS (5 EACH, NO POSTPONEMENT! COMMISSrOKIBS ANO SUPERVISORS OP DRAWING : General A. R. WRIGHT, or Georgia. General BRADLEY T. JOHNSON, or Virginia. Colonel B. H. RUTLEDGE, or Sooth Carolina. Hon. ROGER A. PRYOR, or Kew York. Great inducement and redaction In price of | Tickets to Clot?. ? Remittances can be made to OB, and the tickets will be sent by retara mall by .BUTLER^ CHADWICK, GABY & CO., ? Charleston, s. G., or onr Agenta. . General IL 0. Ben.KR. JOHK CHADWICK. General M. W. GABT. Tickets can be procured of E. SEBRLNG A CO.. and J. L. MOSES, General Ageata, Ko. 34 Broad a tr ccu T Orr aub ftri}. Die tribut ton. "HE CHARLESTON CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION FOR TBS BBNXFIT OF TUE PBEE SCHOOL FUND, Incorporated by Act or Assembly, 1870. Approved March 8th, UTL SECOND GRAND SI KG LE NUMBER. .RAFF LE AMD DISTRIBUTION OP AWARDS. Awards ot United states Gold Bondi Diamonds, Gold Watches, Jewelry, Ac., for the B anett of the Free School Fand, will take place on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1871, At Ko. 147 Meeting street, Oharleato n, S. G., at 1 o'cluck, P. M., in public. CERTIFICATE SHARES ONE IX M.LAR. SCHEPULE OF AWARDS.. One Award el a Bet or Diamond Ear-Rings ami Breastpin-the diamonds aro large and or the purest water Also a large Solitaire Diamond King and a i?air 'or very heavy Gold Bracelete, with t Tassels (designate i as Ko. 1 In the awards,) vd utd at.*....$2,500 One Award or one set. or Diamond Ear -Ringa and Breastpin, large and pure bril tania, richly Ret (designated aa Ko. a lu the a A ards,) valued at.1,250 One Award of on? set <>r DlAmond Eat -Ringa ami Brea-tpin, largo brilliants, (des g nated na No. 3 in the awards,) val ned ai. LOCO Ono Award or one set or Diamond Ear Rings and Breast pin, (designated as > lo. 4 in the awards,) valued at.1,000 One Award or une large Diamond Cross' Breastpin, large diamonds, (designated aa No. 6 in the awards,) valued at. 800 One Award or one rich Ouater Diamond Ring, (designated as Ko. 6 lu the a. wards) valued ar. 400 One Award ot oue Ouster Diamond King, aet oval, (designated os Ko. 7 io the awards.) valued ?L. SOO One Award or a Gentleman's Diamond Oua? ter Breastpin, large diamond tn centre, (designated aa No. 8 in the awards,) val? ued at.,. 700 One Award or a single stone Diamond Ring, (designated as No. 0 In the awards,) val? ued ai. 100 One Award or a Lady's Gold Watch, with splendid Gold wpcra Chain and Tassels, (designated aa No. io in the award*,) valued at. 300 One Award or ? Lady's Gold Watch and heavy Gold Opera Chain, (designated aa No. ll in the awards.) valued at. 250 One Award ol a Lady's Gold Watch and large Oo.d Chain, with Tassel*, (desl/ nated as No. 12 la the awarua,) valued at. 300 One Award or a Lady's Gold Watch and large Opera Chain Taaaelied, (designated as No. 13 in the awards,) veined at. ICO One Award of a Gentleman's Gold Waten, atem winder, limine: fifth and quarter seconds, made by Jerggenson. one or the beat timing watches in the United states, with massive Gold Cham, (deslg dated aa No. 14 In tho awards,) valued at. 700 Ono Award of a Gentleman's Gold Watch, stem winder, with large Gold Chain, (de? signated as No. 16 in the awards.) val? ued at. 300 One Award ol a Gentleman's Gold Watch, stem winner, and massive Gold Chain, (designated aa No. 10 m the awards,) valued at. 300 One Award or a Gentleman's large Gold li nc ting Watch, made by Toblaa, with massive Gold Chain, (designated as Ko. 17 tn the awards,) valued at. SCO One Award or a Gentleman's Gold Watch, stem winder, with heavy Gold Cham, designated as Ko. 18 in the awards,) valued at. 300 One Award or one cet of Solid Mlver Spoons and Forks, (designated as Ko. 19 in the awards,) valued at.200 One Award or one triple plated Tea Set on White Metal, large Plated walter, one pair ol Frnlt Stands, and one pair Cake Bastees, (designated as No. 30 in tho awards.) val a ed at.. 200 Twcmy Awards, ea cn ol a $50 United States Gold Bond, new issue, valued at. 1,000 Sixty Awards, each or ooe-funrih or a $100 Oold Bond, United States, new issue, valued eaon at $25. 1,500 All the above awards can be examined at the otu cc or the Association, Ko. 147 Meeting street, charleston, S. 0. All the diamonds are or the purest quality, and are large and mounted io the latest siyle, and bave been expressly Imported by Messrs. Lannoar A Co.. Jewellers. Baltimore, Marylaad, for the Association aud the values named are Just at market prices The ladles of Char eston aro respectfully requested io caU and examine tUeee beautiful gouds. Remember, every Award mu8t be dtstrlbnted on the day of tho Kattie to the certificate Holdeis. The above Awards to be dtstrlbnted in Gold Bunds. Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Ac, in con rormiiy to law. For ail orders, address CHARLESTON CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION. 147 Meeting atreet, Charleston, a. 0./ WAVERLY HOUSE, No. 256 KINO STREET, (IX THE BEND,) CHARLESTON, S. a Mrs. A. J. KENNEDY begs te announce that "The Waverly" HHS nut been closed during tbe preval? ence <>r the rever,but has been renovated and paint? ed throughout. The location ol "The Waverly" ls tbe best ol any hotel in charleston, being in the ima e lime vicinity ol the leading retail stores aud public promenade, making lt a pleasant place for strangers to stop while in Charleston. The rooms are large, well furnished and exceedingly well ventilated, and thu tuble all that the moat fastidious could desire, commercial travellers will dud this house a home. The proprieties would, most respectfully so lea a share or that patronage which has heretofore been BO liberally bestowed. MRS. A. J. KENNEDY, novl5-wiralmo Proprietress. % action Saleem Jetare Stop?. By W. T. LEITCH & B, S. BBXim, A actione? r a. - SALE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE "Commissioners of the Sinking Ftmdoi South Carolina." Will be told on FRIDAY, December 16th, at ll o'clock, at the north aide of the Old Postofflce The following described PIKCE3 OR PARCELS OF LAND, the same having been re tar ned as the Property or the "State or Sonta Carolina," sab-, jecttotne reservations contained m tue'flott?e nereto subjoined: 1st. One TRACT OF LAND situate, lying and being bi Groomsville, St. James Goose Creek, sa ralles from the City of Charleston, and known as th? "Erick House Tract," cont am mg 2 io acres, ' more or lesa , ' . " . 2d. One TRACT OF LAND situate, lying and being in the Parish ol St. James San toe? formerly occupied by-Wcscoat, and BOW by C. a. Me Coy, containing 2500 aeres, more or lesa. Sd. TRACT OF. LAND known as the "Powder Magazine." In the City of Charleston, Parlai af St. Philip's and St. Michael's. 4 th. Teat very desirable LOT OF LA <D at the northeast corner of line and Mee ?ug streets, with Residence and all necessary oui betiding*, now occupied as a farm and restaebee; measor lng on Meeting street 160 feet by ON feet on une street, running east and west. This proper tjf east ? be subdivided into Budding Lots, and offers A good opportunity for an in vest ment or c&pttaL Ita contiguity to the terminas of the Son th carolina and City Hallways renders lt a very desirable In? vestment. 6th. ONE ACHE OF LAND on the weet ead nt LINE STREET-high land. This property la ?aid to be occupied by authority oi the Ol ty councilor Charleston. . et h. A MOIETY OF LAND upon Morris Island, formerly used as a Laaaretto and Hospita* < ALSO. 7th. THIRTEEN LOTS OF LAND on SPRING STREET, designated by Plata and numbered 63, 07,110, 111, 11?, IIS, CT0, 269,126, 124, 133, 186, 184. ALSO. 8th. NINETEEN LOTS on PRESIDENT STREET, designated by Piata numbered io, IX 14.1?, 18,34, ! 90, 82, 232, 234,286, 388, ITO, 171, ITS, 173,174, 176. ?tb. THIRTEEN LOTS on NORMAN STREET, designated by Fiats and known as numbers 19, tl, 231, 223, 43, 61, 63, 228, 22?, 230, 260, 261, 261. 10th. TWELVE LOTS on ASHTON STB?n? *' 1 design at'd by Plats and known as Lota numbered 123, 124,135, 138,12?, 180,76, 70, 77, 78, 46. ALSO. 11th. TEN LOTS upon ALWAY STREET, desig? nated m Plata fut known as numbera so, ai, sa, 83, 84, 86, 136,134,133, 1137. ALSO. ' . i it*tn*f 12th. THREE LOTS upon FLUDD STREET designated upon Plats as numbera 108,07, si. ^ ALSO, 13th. Upon PINE STKEKT, 7 LOTS designated - neon Plat as Koa. 266,216.68? 137, HI, jua, 146. ALSO, 14th. Upon ROBERT'S COURT, 7 LOTS, dertg neted opon Plat aa Noa. 61. 62,63,254, 256, Ma, ? ALSO, 15th. Upon TILLY COURT, 16 LOTS, designated OS NOS. ?2, 04, ?6, ?6, 07, 98, 109,101, 102, JOS, 104, 106; 107, 108. . IfltJOj 10th. LOT on LiNESfRE?T. northside, between Rose Lane and Rutledge street. nth. upon MAY COVLLV, LOTS designated aa Noa 104, 106,107, 108. ALSO,' -s* 18th. Upon CHESTNUT STREI T, LOTS 1 nated as Nos. 116,117. l?th. Upon BEE STREET, LOTS designated aa Noa. ll?, 200,201,202. ALSO, 20th. Upon CHINQUAPIN STREET, LOTS desig? nated as Nos. 191,18?, 207; - ALSO, P ?lfit. Upon CANNON COURT. LOTS designated as NOS. 103,104, 106, 106.190, 290, 204. ALSO', 23d. LOT OP LAND at the V. E. CORNER OP SPR1NO STREET and WESTCOATS COURT... - ALSO, ... ... ,??fc 23d. LOT OF LAND, at toe northeast cone?, gi Spring and President street?. 24tn. Several ethe/LuTS in Abe City ; panlou lats given hereafter NOTB.-1 he Titles to aH the abovs advertised parcels of Land are regarded as good In tue State or Sooth Carolina. If, however, m any case, any other party has acquired valid title to any of the said Lands, every suca party la Hereby requested ,1 to Immediately come forward and make the same - appo ir to tbe Special Commissioner, at the office Of Messrs WHIPPER, ELLIOTT A ALLEN, No. ot Broad street, Charleston, on ar before Uk? thirteenth day or December neat Terms-Oue-tuird cash; balance In one and two years, with interest, becur?-d by bund'and mort? uaire or property. 1 nrchasers to pay for tapeta and stamps? W. J. WKPPBR/ nov26_Special Oontmlaaloeer. By It^JbJ??Uta& i a.. i?,--*' POSITIVE SALE Y* A LU ABLE SEA 18 laad Plantations oa Edito Island, belong? ing to s state Ephraim IL Raynard. *" Will be cold ai Pabilo Auction, in the City of Charleston, on Thursday.december leih.-M71, at the Old Customhouse, corner Broad street and East Bay, The following PLANTATIONS: Sea-Side, containing 408 62-100 aerea, mora OT bsa, Wilson's, containing 143 18-100 acres, more eg lesa Palmentera, containing 265 13-100 acree, more or less. Shergood, containing 238 66160 aerea, l less. Shell House, containing 185 20-100 acres, i or less. Red House, containing 184 ci-100 aerea, more er Seabrook's, containing 176 34-100 acres, mora or less. Rabbit Point, containing 463 05-100 aorea, mora or less. Laroche's, containing 225 62-100 ?ores, more or less. . . Little Kdist 0 Place, con taming 200 97-100 acres, moro or leas. ALSO, ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S PARISH RICH PLANTA? TION, opposite Wilton, 200 acres, more or lesa. .' Conditions-One fourth cash; balance by bond and mortgage, payaole in one, two and three years, interest 7 per cent., payable annually. Purchasers to pay for papers and stamps. THOMAS H. WILLINGHAM, novl-wsiiAd7 Trastea By LOWNDES & UR 1Mb1 ALL, Auctioneer*. EACHEL E. JOHNSTONE YS. PETER G l> CR DIN, ET AL. By virtue of an 01 der of Court in the above case, to me directed, will be sold on THURSDAY, tbe 2ist day of I lecember next, m front ot the Oonrt house, at ll o'clock A.M., All that PUCE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, In the Parish of st- John's Berkeley, in the Coun? ty of Charleston, known as "Cotebas," batting and bounding north on Lands now or lats of Ellas N. Ball, known as "Deao Hall." east on Cooper River, south on Lands ol Wm. Tennent, kn wn aa "Boabley Park," and west on Mid way River. ... Terms-One-third cash; balance tn one and two years, to be secured by bond, or bonds, of the purchaser and mortgage of 1 he Landa. E. W. M. MACKEY, nov30 thlacc'il s. C. C. anitixinieiB' flrirjatt Jjfcjgj #t. By W. Y. LEITCH &E.U. BBDKS, Ito. 35 Bro ?vd street. MRS. JULIA WiN'BEHG HAVING RE? TIRED from business, we oder at private Baie ner entire stock ol FANCY ZEPHYR WORST KD, Embroideries, Ribbons, Dressing Trimmings, Lace Gooda. Ac, together wita the fixtures. Stow Cases, Counters and Good Will or said establish? ment, known as No. 208 King street, one door north or Wentworth. Terms accommodating. dec7-thstn3 fioul?. jg A X T O N HOUSE, BEAUFORT, S. C, This House, situated on Bay street, commanda a fine view of BEAUFORT RIVER, and many of tbe Sea Islands. The travelling public will find here a desirable and CONVENIENT HOME, and the Invalid will find no better or more heal ta? rni climate on the SOUTHERN COAST 0 spe nd the winter. The House le witton five minutes' walk or Steamboat, and fifteen minutes walk of Railroad communication. A good LIVERY STABLE has Just been added to the Hoase. western Union Telegraph Office on first floor. M. M. KING MAN, nov22 Proprietor.