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MOTEWOBIHT DISCOURSE. INITIAL SERMON OF THE S Elf BI SH OP OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The Trae Character of Christian Preaching-Th? Daly of Toleration Enforced-Earn tat Words from the Shepherd to hi* Flock. f.The announcement of a discourse from the Ight Rev. Bishop W. B. W. Howe, the suc? cessor of the lamented Bishop Davis, as the chief pastor of the Protestant Episcopal Dio? cese of South Caroona, filled Sr. Philip's Church last evening wkh an unusually large congrega lon. While the body of the church, Including a'sles, ga'lerles and doorways, was crowded to its utmost capacity by the lally, an imposing array" of the clergr, In their priestly robes, occupied the chancel. The ser? mon was one that w?l be full of interest-to Episcopal readers especially-throughout the State. The bishop said: We preach n ,t ourselves, but Christ Jesus the 1 Lord, ano ourselves, your servants, fer Jesua'B | sake.-// Corinthians^ 4YA, 6th. In these nervous words, the great Apostle te the Gentiles exhibits to the Corinthian Church a characteristic leature ot the Chris? tian ministry, When lt Is animated by the Spirit ot Him who ordained it, and promised to he with it nnto the end of the world. And ibis characterisiic feature ls its self-re? nouncement, wherein-men learn, ihtough the Grace of God, to lose themselves in the per? son and work of tt;e Re Jeemer. Does any be? liever s <y, lor ins une , "I am of Paul, or 1 am of Apollos ?" Immediate'? such a npitlt ls re oukjjfl by the counter challenge, "Who, then, is Paul, and who ls Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to ever v man ?" I have plumed. Ai ol os water? ed, out God gave the increase. So, then, neither is he that plantet), anything, nor he | lhat Waterethj but God that.giveth" the In? crease. Therefor?', let no mau ' glory In men ; for all things are yours, wnether Psul, or I Apol'os, jr Cephas, or lija world, or life, or j death, cu things present, or ihincs to come} all are jours, and ye are Christ's and Christ is God o. Let me, then, my brethren, on the present occa=ion, invite you, asia most meet, to con-1 ?? template my text nuder ihe aspect wi.icu haa.[ w been suggested?. '. and as. exemplified in the person and experience of Tie Apos? tle himself. I will " not dwell on the occasion ol St Paul's writing this second let? ter to the church ?lu Coi lath, rave merely to remark, that sn influential minority In that church still resisted the weight and authority of the first epistle, and spoke contemptuously ol its author and his preaching. Tain minor? ity found a leader ls the person of ap sola* J sary from Jems dem, and whom St. Pani terms a "false apostle" ana a "minister o? Satan," j and whose confident and arrogant bearing was in striking contrast with ihe humility of the apostle. This ia se apostle sought self In popular applause, in preaching for gain, and in seeking to secure, by most onworthy art*, a large fol'owl?g; but t?e true aposile renounc? ed all these thing*, and counted them AS che very dust of the earth? if only he could win Christ, and magnify Him in the eyes ot others. With mus much premised, let us recur to my text. "We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselve*, sour servants, for Jesus's sake." Lett's first look and see how these words were fulfilled In St. Paul himself. Two great classes of men made up the ancient Christian church-the Jews and the Gentries-and io have adjusted the Gospel so as to make it subservient to the . radii lons of either ot these greet sections, would Lave been not to preach Jesus, the Lord, bot him? self. What did the apostle do ? Look and see. The Jew said,' "Except ye be circumcised, ye cannot be saved." Bul such a canon as this plainly ot soured the cro?s, and the Infinite | sacrifice which had been offered thereon. In such a dilemma, the apostle never hesi? tated to bring down .on himself the ire*-of H?iscc?llTjneW ip* ?ne distinct announcement, that only In the blood and righteousness et Christ, and not by works nf I the law, could men, both Jew snor-Gentile, be-| justified and sanctified, and at last glorified. "Standfast," he writes to the Galatians "in the liberty wherewith Chi 1st has made us free, and be cot entangled again with the , Xgke of bondage. Behold I. Paul, say unto you, that If ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For In Jesus Christ neither circumcision avalleth anything, nor uncircumclBloo, but faith, which workeih by love." And to the same effect he writes to the Corinthians: "CircumcMoa is not bing,and uoclrcumcMon is nothing." And Juatas he , never failed to cross and denounce the no-1 lions and traditions of his countrymen, when. those traditions contradicted the truth of the Gospel, so in like manner he never hesitated to shock the vainglory of the philosophic Greek, by insisting upon the facts ot dur In au the.simplicity of a child-like faith. In recommending the Gospel to mena' accept? ance, the apostle renounced all that pompous rhetoric wherewith very'many of the teachers ot that age were wont to catch the ear and fasten the attention of multitudes, who went I roving from school to school, and from creed to creed. I do not mean j hat ino apostle de? spised a true philosophy, or that ne noder rateAthe graces ot a noble literature, or that he was unwilling to make them pay tribute to the advancement and spread of the Go.-pel; his epistles, and the references in them to Greek thought and culture, snow that he did not under-value them In their proper place-he would oaly not have them overshadow, but simply illus-, irate the .truihs which he advocated, lest otherwise the "cross of Christ should be made of none effect." Not for wonda would be draw j away the thoughts of his hearers from the message itself to the manner in which it wa : d' livered, or to the skill of the messenger He was ever ready to abase self, in order .oat the Master might stand oat all the more clearly apon the canvas. "And I, brethren," he writes In this same ep'Bile, "when I came to I you. came not with excellency of soeech, or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God; for I determined not to know anything [ among you, save J*sus Ch ri st and Him cruci? fied. And I was with you in weakness, ana ia fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but In demonstration of the Spirit and of: power, that the faith should not stand In the wisdom of men but in the power of God." And in another place he says: "The Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wifdom, but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block and unto the Greeks foolishness." How, toa. did our apostle abhor the sectarian spirit of 9s day which exalted any name, even his own, into und fe prominence, aa Jealous was he of the honor dna unto his Master. "Now this I say, that every one of you saith I am*of | Paul, and I of Apolles, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ Is Christ divided* Was Paul cru? cified for yon? Or were ye baptized lr me name of Paul' I thank God I baptized oort of yon. but Crlspus and Gains, lest aova . ott: say I baptized in my own name." Itu. everyway, he took heed unto himself ?md was alwax* on his guard not to preach himself, bat .?Christ Jesus the Lord." Observe next the other characteristic feat? ure in St Paul's self-renouncing ministry, and which is expressed Io the latter part of the text "Ourselves, you.- servants, or bound slaves, for Jesus's sake." We have a most affecting reference to bis well-known devotion to others In the 20th sf Acts, when, having called together the elders of Ephesus to bid them farewell, he takes t hem to witness before God concerning himself, In these touching words: "I have coveted no man's silver, or j gold, or apparel; yea, ye yourselves know that these hands have ministered nnto my necessi ty, and to them that were with me. I have | showed yon all thing?, how that so laboring, ye ought to support the weak, and to remem? ber the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said. 'It ls more blessed to give than to receive.',( And observe the motive which Impelled St Paul to become the servant of ol herc-it was all "for Jesus's sake " It was ont of devotion to tbe Master that he abounded In Journeyings, "in perils of water*, In perils of robbers, in per s in the eily, in perilsln the wilderness, in perils in the sea, In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, lu hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness " un? doubtedly it ls a high reach to labor for man,and from love to man, and to lose yourself in th? wants and distresses ol your lellow-meo and to lay down your Hie for them, if need be! and all for their sakes; bat high and noble as all this ls, lt ls not so high as to do it from rever et.ee to oae "Who loved you, and gave Him? self for you;" and "Who Is God over all, bless? ?e? forever more." And as lt was with the Apostle in this re? gard, so ought lt ever to be with all who are called to preach the glad tidings of Salvation_ they, too, must do it, first and last, for "Jesus's sake." And, moreover, they must see to lt, as did ihe Afpstle, that they "preach not them selves, but Cnrlst Jesus the Lord." A love their own souls, they most be < I here. What ever else changes lu the h time, there can be no change here. Am is lt to preaca Christ* You may ] learnedly and eloquently, but not nece Him. You may preach sound doctrine cannot be reproved, but what ls the soi doctrine, if Christ be not in it ? 8ystv theology, which have been wrouebtout most careful and prof und reflection, scriptural truth?, and which are entirely ', mat? in their r? suits, do not necessari.y i I Christ to the hearer : for dogmatic, tea I let it be remarked, is rather the hedgf 'sometimes a thorny one, io cu ard sad 1 the "faith once delivered to the saints,' I the living truth Itself, which alone can m ! our souls unto eternal life. A preacher, 6tancr, may discourse upon the ca doctrine ol justification by faith, au do it in such a way as to leave i out altogether, because he fasten? thoughts upon a process-upon a sc -rainer than . upon ihe pets m work of our adorable Redeemer Hi I say nothing against dogma, nor join: hue aud cry which is raised against lt o day?, but merely say, let it keep its own | and not presume to stand in our Lord's i or offer ii self to us. instead of Dogma is essential to Christ lau truth, bei lt grows otrt.pl the very, constitution i human inielf?ct itself, which is necessl to ruminate "upon and distinguish one another, so as to harmonize them various aspects of the truth, which have pr? sentedlo it. But when, instead of b the form into which truth is cast, or verbal channel whereby it is transit from one age to another, the dograatii ment asserts for itself sn independent v why then it becomes, as lt were, only "sc lng brass and a tinkling cymbal." And when tue preacher ls able to avo d this f of delivering ihe results of the mere lo faculty instead cf "Christ Jesus the L< and makes it his special effort to procla personal Suviour, and one who ls alive for? more, even in such an efforr, and how honc-tiy made, there wdl be more or le a liability to .proclaim a partial Cb and a partial salvation, and not a w Christ and a whole salvation. Now in this connection, look at my 1 "We preach Christ Jesus the IA that " is, Christ ' Jesus la His minalton-the hesd ovi-r all thin to the glory of God the Father," and 1 great First-born of many brethren;" and includes all acd every portion ol' His v which has been glorified lo thai culminai We cannot, ledeed, at any one lime, la rue sermon, prea-h our Lord in his full but it ought to be oar effort, in oar preacl as a whole, to "prophecy according to proportion of faith," and to preach Him I Gabi ie. s annunciation to the clouds u Olivet which shut Him oat.ol our sight, to that future spoken of by His apostles, w He shall come again in great pomp and me ty to judge the quick and dead You cometln.es hear men spoken of as fi fal preachers of Christ, and termed such exoeQence, because they dwell almost'-ex S'vely upon "Christ crucified.'' But su: Christ was not only crucified, but He was i incarnai e, and obedient to the Law for n and resurgent and ascendant as well as ? clfled; and these acts ol His were as m paris of His redeeming work as were crucifixion aud death; and, however fervei we may press Gethsemane and the oross uj the needs and consciences of sinners, we rt not do lt to the exclusion o other works; if we do, just here our preaching ol Christ \ be narrow and defective. The cross and ihe precious sacrifice then will Undoubtedly be most attractive the eyes of a perishing world. Indeed, Je has predicted this In the words, "And I, be lined up. will draw all men unto Me." I when men are b^wed down under a sjns< sin, and wheo they ask themselves, "Whc with shall I come before the Lord, and b myself before the high God," what less co you expect thin to tee them fasten th eyes with the ioten-est gaze upon the "La of God, slain lo take away the Bins of I world?" And so again, wheo mea do i tms feel the batden of sin, nor the greit lc of God towards them in giving His Son to d but, on the contrary, permit me sorrows a triais of life : o come between themselves a Him, and so eclipse His lore, what I ask, such a case, is more calculated to move a melt them than- to tetr'them hesr bf thu lo of Him w ho loved them to the death and the grave ? Yea, if we would preach Chrl we mu.- li preach over and over again ot h man sin and ils atonement, only taking ca todo it as the ap<s'led;d when he said th he waa "determined to know notbiogamoi them save Jesus Christ and Him crucified Yon will mark the apostle's expression, II brethren, cot Jesus Christ crucified, b "Jesus Christ and Him crucified." Indeed partial preaching of Christ, even though dwells upon the cross, cannot but reBult partial end^defecrlve views of the "great BI vallon." Slight, for example, the lncarnatit as being the union ul the divine ai haman, and how apt ls the eat! .office cf Jesus to be lowered to tl standard of Miodemac, who saw ia Chrl only the Instructor, not the Mediator. "Babb we know thaUhCtUA. t a teacher come ire Goof Or, ajraln, overlook ihe resurrectlo: abd Its significance'for us in the future, ac our thoughts of haman immortality becom little teuer tbi\n heathenish, and only on par with those of Cicero and Socrates, whe we forget that Christ ls risen and alive To evermore In Heaven, and in the body whlc he had on earth, the next thing ls lo thin of our own immortality as bodiless, and t think thus, sot only without dismay, but eve with satisfaction; and such surely have nee that a risen as well as a crucified Chrl; should be preached unto them. Again, w preach "Cnrlst Jesus the Lord" when w preach any one, or all of those instrumental ties which He has appointed for the adminli trallon of His redemption. We preach Hil when we preach o? the Holy Ghost who take of Him and shows Him unto us, and withot: whose Indwelling we are none of His. W preach Christ when we preach of His Gourd which is Bis -bod v, and the fulness ol Hie that fliieth all in all." We preach Him whe we preach the ooe bapt ism for the remlssto of Bins, and the daily renewal by the Hoi Ghost. We preach H'm, when we preac of the Holy Communion whereby we rt celve Hie most precious body and blood and whereby he dwells In us and we In Him Yea, my brethren, we preach Chrisr, when w p.ead fur the poor, tor the hospital, lor lb nomo, fori' the church school, for tn sick and for the cast-nway. and all because tb< blessed life which was first in Him rm? ove into them, as the waters of a full cup run down its sides and blesses all lt-touches. Bu just CB a man may preach justification by fait l as a mere scheme, which shall have no Jesu In lt. but only a subtle logic; aud just as on other may preach God's sovereignty, so as t< be veld of the tenderness of Christ, and <.f iht Father's 1^ \ aad of the consolai Ions of tb< Comforter, so unquestionably others maj preach the church, and sacraments, and ordi? nances os if they stood by themselves, whe. e as it ls only as Jesus -ehrst the Lord ls lr them that they can aid to budd us up to ever lasting life. Yea, we may rely upon it, thal any aoctrine, any lite, any sacrament whlet does not have its roots running up into Him. and 60 drawing down His lile into u?, is not ol God but ot the world. Yea, here, as every? where el*e, Christ must be "all In all," foi without Him we eau do nothing. But it the wa]s of preaching Christ are so multiform, ls lt not plain that no one man can preach Him fully ? So long as men's spiritual perceptions differ, there must be expected a di? versity In some respects; and all that can be re Stired ls that each one, in reflecting the light, ould reflect not himself, but only the central figure, which 1B Christ. Just as in a landscape, one ls attracted to the moun? tain, another to the sunset, and an? other to the quiet harvest field, so in the infinite relations ot our Lord to the human soul one ls mostly drawn here, and another there. And this f ?ct, my brethren, oui;ht surely to teach us chanty and toleration, one towards another. There are, of course, limits within which, as orthodox Christians, we must all of us be content to walk. We may act step aside, for instance, from the two great creeds of universal Christendom, but within these we ma; walk ia love one towards another, and help one another to bear each his burden. Ana, surely, it ls one great blessing of our branch of the church that she distinctly recog? nizes this broad catholicity, bounded only by the Apostles' and Nicene creeds. So long as a man will use her formularies she asks not to know what he holds outside of them. She will not proscribe him because be ls a Calvin? ist, or because be hs an Arminius, or because he has high views of the sacraments. Within her wide borders men dwell W20 never can be brought to think alike in all points, or to see the troth ia all its relations in precisely the same way. I know it is sometimes urged that we are wide, tilt we are weak; bat who of us wooM sacrifice our comprehensiveness for the sake'ol having more sharply cut articles ol faith rwLoof us would. If he could',''eliminate the moderate Calvinism ot the seventeenth ar? ticle from the Prayer Book and thereby lose oar Ushers and Lelirh't o ns ? Or. put ander the baa high sacramental views, aud thereby lose Hooker and Ken and Wilson and Keble ? Nay. in a'l these differences, we will learn to say i with the Apostle, "NTotwlthstaod'ng way, emin is preached, and therein fr? yea, and will rejoice." Looking al the Pi Book thus with large eyes, lt would seem the result oiHhe entire Christian past not the formation ot any one section 01 past. JuBt as when you cut down throng crust of the earth to the solid rock, yoi the various strata reposing one above anc and each stratum the contribution of apa Ur epoch, SJ the PI ayer-Book carries witl self the i m press of the Apostolic, the sub-, tulle, the Nicene, the Mediaeval, and th? forma'i JU periojs. and thus furnishes than any other book, save the Bible, groui -Rttaohment to all orders and degrees of C ian thought and feeling exp resting t salves by the Eogiish tongue. In these rent which I -have made, and which have a be; upon all within the church, whether cl* tn-in or 1?} man, in regard to the necees 1 our taklng*oroad views, and generously cheerfully recognizing the fact that God w by others who do not see as we do, I dwelt upon what I conceive to be a most portant topic, because without such catholic views lhere can be no well grout charity among us. My brethren, we 1 learn to lift ourselves above ourselves, even above our mon earnest convict: if we would live in peace, and e a progress which ls free from anxiety of suspicion. Rely upon lt, not e1 man mat contends against you and : views of truth, contends against the trut self. You and I think at times thar if could only have our own way, all would be 1 And yet lt is far more than likely that line in which God means His truth to m is neither in the direction of your effoi mine, but a resultant of both. Just as In sphere of natural forces a result comes ab not from one, but- two or more forcee, those acting diversely. And so ofcentlt Knot alwajs, Christ's kingdom moves ward to its predestined end, and tbroogl appointed course, by means Ot human enc which at first view appear purely ann nistic. Il ba3 been said, in reference to phil oso: that ail men are born Aristotelians or Piai itts; and so in theology, it would almost Bi as lt men were constitutionally inclinei some one of the great sec iou- of theolt thought, rather than to others. And If thu Eo, surely we ought to walk in love and ?ect?on, one towards another, even when differ, and constantly bear ia mind tba wo of the apostle: "Who art thou that Judg another man's servant ? Or why doit 11 set at naught thy brother? for we shall sti belore the Judgment seat t-f Christ,'' Entirely in tula spirit, if I kno.W myself, d brethren, and feeling my weakness more tt I care to express, bat lu simple reliance u| God, do I approach the discharge of my e? c?pate among you. 'through Him wbo hi called me to this office, "I am determined know in li nothing save Jesus Christ and E crudded," and to keep imprinted upon memory the worda ol my texr, uWe pre? not ?areelvee, but Christ Jesu ?. the Lord, a ourselves, your servante, for Jesus's sake." My record ia not unknown to you, am : merely cay, at this time, that my views Christ ian doctrine are what they have been the pasr. and I bold them with fervor. B while this is so, yet may God ever forbid il my affections and sympathies and love shot either be prescribed by them, or limited them. God forbid that I should need, at tl late day, to learn for the first time the lease that othei b may see the blessed (ruth, as it in Jesus, aa well as I; or that I should need be reminded that tte truth, so seen, ls qu aa dear to them ae to me, and that perchant if neceoUy so required, they would be mo willing to die lor ii than-I should be. Bul will not linger here, or take np the time wi these assurances, tor I trust they are not nee ed, and ii' they are, still other thoughts becki me on. Believe me, dear brethren, that this solemn moment, standing before you ai do, a bishop in the church of God, with n vows fresh upon me, and still ringing In n ears, and with the shadows ol coming res po slbllitles gathering last around me, and wi an instinct, somewhat, ofthat weight whli oppressed an apostle-"the care of all tl churches''-I desire, only the Master knot bow earnestly, to consecrate myself aires and with a supreme devotion to His servie He knows why I have been called from tl more congenial duties-of a parish cure to tr, office and work of the episcopate, and to ta* upon me government in His church; but uni Him, and not knowing the things that sha betell me, I yield nu sel', ''body, soul an spirit, with all the r powers and faculties God grant thatlmay.be to the "Hock 1 Chii-i a shepherd, not a wolf; that Ima feed them and not devour them; that I ma bold up the weak, heal tho sick, bini up th broken, bring again the outcast," and all tb I will strive to do, the Lord being my helpei I bad boped, Indeed, that by my co-operatioi the batida of your late,-al***, that I should sa so,-beloved senior ole hop, "would have beei strengthened, and his Ul? prolonged, eo ilia bis experience and wisdom and ho ines.1 might have continued to guide this oiocei? over which he has presided willi f-uch lallt fulness and paternal affection for so man; year-1. I had hoped that the prayers breathe? In the sermon at my consecration in behalf 0 him, and myself, would be a'l lui fl led; fo him. that leaf much as ''God had been please Ui deprive him of toe light of day, He wouh enable bim to look up to beaveo, and, b, faith, to see the glory that shall be reve tied; and forme that I might be "literally and splr itually eyes to the rd nd." For bim, you senior bishop, the prayer of ?be Bishop 0 Lichfield has been more than answered. GOA bas met it by a good measure, pressed dowi and running over into his bo;om: for he look not by faith upon the glory that shall be re vealed, but he sees eye to eye and face to fae* of ihose Kood things which God i.:n prepare?; or those who love Him. HU heroic epl?co pate; for, brethren, ii fell not one whit shori of Ute heroic, wherein your late bishop wem la and out before us In a darknees which had not one ray pf light mingled with lr, and lc great weakness of body, so great Indeed tba* more than once he has been lilied from bli bed to goto some distant point in his diocese, and, when lt was doubtful If he would be able ever te return to bis home, that heroic episco? pate-I will call it nothing else, and neither would you if you knew all-has come to a pause, and he rests from all bis labors in the paradise of God. But for me that prayer can? not be fulfilled, for I caa no longer minister unto him whom I was appointed to aid. The office of assisi ant bishop endured but two 1 brief months, and now I si and alone, and "?o my way till tbe end be," and, perchance,In ! dae time with him to rest, and to stand in my lot at the end of the days." May the rest or the Bishop of Ltchfleld's prayer not fall to be answered in my behalf, that I may "re? ceive of the fulness of Christ and grace for grace-grace preventing, grace following, (?race to will and grace t J do, and that none ut the girts of grace may be in vain." Receive me then, my dear breihrenof the clergy, as the servant ot Jems Christ and for His sake. Strive together wilh me to be, not lords over God's heritage, but ont am des to ihe flock that when the Chief Shepherd shall appear we may receive a crown ol glory .that faueth not away. Aud I am ture yon wdl bear with me ii among the many thoughts which throng upon me al this moment I venture to give expres? sion to one which ls uppermost, in my mind, even though li be not as graceful for the pres? ent occas'on as many others might be. I am thinking now of tbe deserted parishes In our diocese-ot the silent churches which once re? sounded with the voice or prayer and praise, and of the al'.ars whereon the fires have be? come extinct. This is not the time or the occasion to suggest what may be done to revive God's woifc in these waste places, and I refer to them ?imp y to lay an appeal with JON. that you will, as far as in you lies, stand by the diocese In this time ot Ita deep need, and not leave lr, except for the most commanding reasons. You may possibly meet more self-denial here than elsewhere, and other and brighter and more cheerful fields of du y may invite you away; but the path of self-denial was ever the one our Master trod. lo spend one's life in simply trying to strengthen the things which remain, and which are ready to perish, and not to see Jeru sa'em In outward prosperity all our lives-long, may be disheartening;'and'yet fur ?ll that, we we may be doing God's work, and the Re? deemer may be with us as mucb, and it may be even mure, than U engaged in the stirring duties of other field?. I trust we shall not a> ways be under a cloud, but that God has brighter days ia store for us, but at ibe eame time, I fear, unless some pause be put to the exodus of the clergy which has gone on in the last six years, our once vigorous diocese will, soon or late, become like those worn-out fields we all know so well, which have uo husbandmen to plough them, or BOW seed upon their soil, but are given over to briers and thorns and fires. A word more, and I will no longer detain you. It lt be our bounden duty, the duty of the clergy, to preach Christ Jesus, the Lord, and ourselves, your servants, for Jesus's sake, then lt ls no leas yours, my brethren ot the lally, as you value your souls, to give heed to the word spoken, and to enthrone in your hearts, above father or mother, or wife, or children, or estate, Him whom weare commissioned to proclaim as Lord to the glory of God the Fa ther. The time and the circumstances which environ na are all calculated to put to a severe test our faith In that Gospel wherein we have been t aught, and our love for Him who died for us. duce, when all things moved on qui? etly about us, and we had abundance, it was not so; but new. 1? Christ be "really enthroned i in our hearts, the crown which we offer Him will cost ns som et hi Dp. Beware, brethren, how you subord?nale Him to temporal Inter? est?. Take heed how you learn to endure easily, and wlih Indifference, the closed and dilapidated church. Fall not Into the snare of putting even, thing else In order, ere you ren? der to Him bis due, but "seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." Pray often and earnestly that the Lord of the harvest would send forth laborers into His harvest. For, believe me, my brethren, we can do without many things that seem all im? portant-we can do without large estates, .and rich food and sumptuous apparel; but we can? not do without Jesus Christ. All that now meets the eye and screens the eternal from ns - will soon lift Itself, and reveal that which passeth not away, even the dominion, and the power, and the glory of the Son of God-the same yesterday, to-day and lorever. 0 how will you then appear, il in that day of R?v?la? tions you shall be found to have built your house upon the .shifting sands, and to have committed all your hopes, and cares, and thoughts to that world whose fashion passeth away t In that day. when we shall see the King in His g-ory, and behold thousands and thous? ands ministering to Him, and ten thousand times t-n thousand standing before Him; in that day when the books shall be opened and the dead, both small and /rea*, shall be judged .out ot the books? and for tie tblocs aone io the body, aud fur the things not done but which ought to have been dune-in that day may we, who are appointed to watch for your souls, u they that must g ve an account, pre? sent you fan tl? ss before the Throne, because washed in the blocd ot that immaculate Saint that was s ain to take away the s'ns of the world; and thus as we look up to Him who Judget h righteous Judgment be able to say In humble confidence, "Behold us Lord and the children whom Thou hast given us." Amen. PREPARATIONS FOB THE MASONIC] CELEBRATION. The Masonic parade, On the occasion of lay? ing the corner-stone of the new temple, pro? mises to be one of the events of the season, arri Charleston may look forward- to visits from thousands of our friends from the cotin try. The Master Masons wil be allowed to pas? over the railroads and back for one fare only; and besides the crowds this induce? ment wi 1 gather, large numbers of repre? sentatives from tbe adjoining Stiles will be present to take part la the festivi? ties of an order as universal as the world itself. At a late mee tl o g of the commit*ee on decorations some exquisite de? signs were banded In by Mr. John H. Deve? reux. At the crossing of King and Went? worth streets, the sight of th" Tew temple, a triumphal arch wH be erected, in imitation of the "Arco di Constantino" In Borne, the side arches covering the sidewalks, and the main arjh crossiog at one spin the entire street, and attaining at the apex of the arch an elevation or some for,y feet. On the Side I of the street will be a ba us trade, and Just above it a large platform tor the band, the whole to be surmounted by banners, flags, drapesy, Ac. Upon the lidies will devolve the pleasing task of preparing wreaths, garlands and flowers for the decorations. A large and commodloss platform will be erected In King street, oppo? site Mr. Holmes's book store, with a rostrum for the speakers, extending over and com? manding a view of Wentworth street, east and west. It Is ala') hoped that the owners of the adjoining buildings will ornament their fronts, and thus contribute to the general effect. Charleston bas not hal a gala day lor a long time, but this ls likely to be an occa? sion to be remembered. THE NEW COTTON PRESS. A Sacco*fal Trial -Carlo.Ititi Of St I Charleston Machi ne Shop. The flo al trial of the new cotton press, de-1 slgued and built by Mr. John F. Taylor, oft the firm of John F. Taylor & Co., at their ex-1 tensive workshops* a fuli description of which appeared in TH? NEWS of Saturday, took place on Saturday morning, In the presaoce of I a number of the business and "cotton" men of the ciiy. The press was srt in motlon,and turned out ona hun ired and three bales, ready for I shlpp'ng, In about eighty minutes. Many ot I these bales, owing to the bursting o? the tie?, had to be put on the press twice, and the average work performed was seventy-five bales in the hour in first-rate shipping- order. The builder s claim that the work done by the j new machine is far superior to that ot the I old presses, and that the difference is already known to shipper?. The performance of the press was entirely satisfactory, and lt was at once received by Mr. John Hanckel, fur whom lt was mad". Accepting the invitation ot the proprietors, tbe company assembled ai ter wards entered the machine shops of Me? sr?. I Taylor AC)., and there inspected a colo,-sal hammer. A large mass of Iron had been heat ed for the purpose, and having been p aced* upon the anvil, was wielded and beaten into various shape*, showing the admirable work- j log of the heavy machine. The hammer strikes a dead blow of live thousand pounds, and the valve arrangements are so perfectly I adjusted that the weighty instrument can be used for cracking hickory nuts without inj ur- I log the kernels. Tbe hammer ls a direct act lng steam one. Among the noticeable woik lately turned out at these shops, are the Iron fronts tor the new Masonic temple, and an im' j mouse boiler, made for the steam-tug "Chris liana," of Savannah. It weighs sixteen tons. It Is quite encouraging to see that Savannah has steamers large enough to carry the boil? ers we make in Charleston. Hotel Arrival?-December 9 and 10. CHARLESTON HOTKL. John Hail, Florida; Edward Noble, : South Carolina; J, lin E. Gale, Uaverhlll; H. T. Kensbaw, I C S. NV, John C. Singleton, Sumter; George Rap- I poid, Augusta; A H. Le Hoy and wife, Kew York; W. M. Coi.nor, Lancaster; H. Fisher, New York ; I S. Agnew, south Carolina; Dr. and Mrs. Bronson, I Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Bronson, R. D. Bronson, St. I Augustine; Olver Cornel1, Union; W. o. Webb, Baltimore; A. D.Johnson, Washington; W. P. M. Martin, Kew York; John A Powtl! and wife' Quebec; Geo Davy and lady, Niagara Fails; Wm. [ H. Wesson, Virgin??: Ai P* Tatum, steamship I Charleston; A. W. Lebby, C. T. Aldrich, New York; Samuel W. Maatloe, Klngstree; Dr. and Mrs. W. K. Eve, Augusta; J. P. Dix, Tremont; S. S. Blanchard, A. M. ltedman, E. T. Walton, Wil- I mington; D. Hoffman, Kew York; R. M. Chatter ton. C. Walcott, wilmington; R. Peterson, Macon; I R. Wilson, L. B. Sanier and wire, D. W. Howell, New York; J. C. Robins, wire and child, Madison; J Tho.?. Logan, Kew York; T. J. Chick, Geo. Cooper, I Lor'lon. PAVILION HOTKL. D. W. Spencer. Virginia; A H. Rowand, Penn sylvania; Mrs. J. Fripp, Greenville, 8. C.; I. R. Heath, Jr., Kew York; John H. Evans, Baltimore; T. W. Hauland, City; W, B. McClellan, S^ntee; A McClellan, Phospuatevllie; D. Doughty, Kentucky ; A H. Smythe, Havana; A. D. McNeill, Leesville; I M. A. Means, wife and son, J. J. Aately, Orange burg ; Thomas E. Clyde, City. KILLS H0C8B. Ed. Powe'.s tm. Kew Brunswick, N. j.; George L. McClelland, Elizabeth, N. J.; A Unger, Charles Daley, Kew York; John B. Hubbard, Columbia; J. McGill, Philadelphia; John Garren, Wilmington, Del.; E. Johnson, Virginia; E. 8. Burton, Phlia- I delphla; F. ??cruel. Baltimore; George 8. Kelli, Harrisburg, VA; W. Kressel. Beaufort; T. C. Weatherby, Marlboro'; B, G. Whitaker, Linden, S. C;D. Saber and wire?Philadelphia; G. A Rich? mond. Mrs. W. ?. Haggles. Miss M. Richmond, Miss M E. Richmond, Newport, R. t'j Horace Cun? ningham. New York; Mrs. 0. Mcconnell. Mic? c. McConno .1, D. C. Seymour, wife ana two childi eu, New Orleans. By WM. McKAY. * UNRESERVED SALE OF DEY GOODS, CLOTHING AND HOSIERY. THIS DAT, at 10 o'clock, at No. 140 Meeting street, w ll positively ba sold, without reserve, A general assortment or SEASONABLE DRY GOODS, consisting- of 1 case assorted MADDER PRINTS, 3 casen io 4 All-Wool Blanket;, loo pieces White, .Gray, Sine and Ked Flannel* HOD ?ards Canton Fianu< l. 200u yards Heavy Bed 'I lest, extra wide; 1600 jarda .-tripeu Osnaburgs, 1 ca?e 37-lncb Fine Bleached Shlriff.tr, - pieces very Fine Blacic Broidcloth. t'asslme-es, Kerseys, Satinets; 40 dozen Fleecy Lined SI k and Lisle Tnread Gloves, 260 dozen Ladlee' and Oem's Merino and cotton Hose and Hair Hose, io cartoons Ladies' and Misses' Hoods, 250 gross assorted Trimming Buttons, iso Army Pants and Jacke' s, loo lots or assorted Jewelry. Estate sale of two Trnnfcs of Clothing. i erins positively cash. Sale without reserve. decii_-_ BY WM. MeKAY. SALE OF DAMAGED DEY GOODS, BY order w. B. Heriot, Esq., on account of Un? c? et writers. THUS DAY. at 10 o'clock, at No. HO Meeting stree-, will be sold, The following desirable GOODS, damaged on the voyage from New York to this port: & pieces Garnet St k VELVETEEN, ll pieces Nankin and Ham arcs Check Shirting, 16 pieces Paris Real Silk Strip? Bress Goods, 20 dozen Hemmed L. L. Handkerchiefs, 60-dozen Scot cn Lawn Handkerchiefs. Terms cash. ? decll By J. FRASER MATHE WES, Auctioneer. SHERIFF'S SALE. R.C. Daniel et al, v>. Linden Park Land Company.-Court Common Pleas, Charleston County. By vii L ire or an order ot Ho... R. F. Graham, Judge or the First Circuit, I win sell at public auction, at the Charleston Co ur house, Tb IS DAY, the 11th of December, at ll o'clock- A. M. Twelve first class picard WOKE MULES, In splendid order. Terms cash. P. M. wHI rM AN. Sheriff of Beaufort County. nov30 tbHuthm3_ ?nitiotwcrs' Urinate Sales, &t. Bf ii DRAYTON- FORD. RICE AND COTTON PLANTATIONS TURPENTINE AND TIVIBl- K LANDS. Fur sale or lease. SOUTH CACHAN PLANTA? TION, on the western branch of Cooper River, containing over two hundred and forry acres or Klee Land, an 1 a la ge tract or rich cleared high land, with aoundaut wooded lands. ALSO, For rent, NORTH CACHAN PLANTATION Im? mediately adjoining and north of the above, con? sisting of e ntity acres prime Rice i and, and a large quantity of first-class high land. On lt are a line res dence and abundant negro bouses. With lt will be rented a Summer Residence in the healthy Village of Cordeavllle, two miles distant These Pl.mations make a very desirable estate. They may be treated for either separately or to? gether, i ALSO. For sale, about 2300 acres first quality TURPEN? TINE AND TiMBKR LAND, in St. Thomas' Parish, near two pnb'lc landings: and about 4600 acres Qr-t quality COTTON. TIMbER AND SWAMP LAND, cleared and uncleared, at Kelson's Ferry, on the Santee Klver, in Clarendon County. Ap iv aa above at Ko. 83 Broad street. deci0-mw2_ By W. Y. LEITCH & fi, ? . BRUNS, No. 35 Broad street. MRS. JULIA WI NB E K G HAYING RE? TIRED from business, we offer at nrlvate saie her entire stock or FANCY ZEPttYR WORST SD, Embroideries, Ribbons, Drasslng Trimmmgs, Lace Goods, Ac, together with the Fixtures, Snow Cases, Counters and Good Will or said establish? ment, known as No. 28i Kit g atreet, one door nor? of Wentworth. Teroia accommodating. dec7-thstu3 Bj J. DRAYTON FORD. DESIRABLE GROCERY STAND. At Private Sale, the Two-story GROCERY at southwest corner or St. Phillp and Line streets, and the Two-story RESIDENCE in. Line street, immediately west of above. This propel ty ls how we'l rented, and ls a most desirable stand for a Grocery Store and Resi? dence. Apply as above, at No. 33 Broad street. <lec8-fmwS SOOIB, Si)0C0, #C. T. M. BRISTOLL & CO, No. 250 KING STREET, Are now opening a fresh and well varied stock of BOOTS AND SHOES for Ladies'. Misses', Men's, Boys' and Children, in all the different qualities, where families can supply themselves at reason? able prices. A call most respectfully solicited. Stock replenished weekly by steamers from Phila? delphia and New York. novis-mtblmo ?gDITOR DAILY NEWS. GBNTLBHKN-Please announce through your columns WHAT IS TO THE INTEREST OF ALL TO KNOW, that from this day forward thera will be a great redaction in the prices of FINE BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, VALISES, CAR? PET and COURIER BAGS, SATCHELS, Ac, Ac, at No. 121 Meeting street. EDWARD DALY. NOTICE 1 NOTICE I Now In stock a full line cf GENT'S SPORTING and CAVALRY EO^T?. Special attention is call? ed to tr.e 'PRINCE ALEXIA" HUNTING BOOt Cable Screw Wire Sewed. Sold at u small margin or proa: by ED M'a Rb DALY, No. 121 Meeting street. LADIES, MISSES, CLILDREN, BOYS AND YOUTHS will find lu their Department a fine selection of STAPLE AND DRESS BOOT?, SHOtS AND GAlTcKS. Soil low by EDWARD DALY, No. 121 Meeting atreet. NOTICE TO PEDESTRIANS. The 1 OLD GENT'S SHOE," Just received, made of best materia: tu cider. The fl: 1 goo l. e*sy and stylish. Sold only at EDWARD DALY'S, NJ. 121 Meeting street IN THE DRESS DEPARTMENT FOR YOONG GENTS My stock ls complete, comprising all that ls NEW, DURABLE and FASHIONABLE, great pains has been taken with a view to fit and finish. HAND AND CABLE-SEWED FRENCH CALF, GLOVE-TOP AND CREOLE GAITERS, BROGANS AND BLUCHERS. Besides always In stock my INIMITABLE FRENCH CALF HAND-SEWED BOOTS, that met with soch rapid sale all spring and sum? mer. The prices you know. Call at EDWARD DALY'S, No. 121 Meeting street, novie-wfmlmo On the Boulevard. ? ns nus a Catos. W1 LIVE AND LEARN, DYE AND FORGET ALL. THE SOUTHER* DTK .'OUSE, NO. 359 KINO STREIT, Dyes and Cleans, by means of steam, Gentle men's, Ladles' and Children's Clothes. Fine Laces and Lace Curtains cleaned and done up with the Sort or Manufacturers' Finish; Lace and Crape Shawls and Kid Gloves Cleaned and Dyed. mr Goods received and returned by Express. Jun22-lyr L BILLER, Proprietor. Statiion Sales-?mnrc iUarjg. By PAUL B. LAXASE & CO. ON TUESDAY, THE 12TH, WILL BE , sold lefore oar Store, Ko. 171 East Bar, at 10 o'clock, 3? an invoice or Triple Scented Toiiet SOAPS, all or flMt qaalltv, and Perfumed a? fo.lows: ROSE D'ORIENT, Bouquet ?le Stolen Kisses, Orange du Chine, Fleurs d'lndles, Bouquet d'Amour. Camella and others. These Soaps com? bine the properties or the beat imported Fr-rca Manufacturers, and ar. the same ilme poss ?ss great medic nat powers, healing, softening and whitening the skin. Terms cash_ decll Bj PAUL B. LALANE & fjfj. ON WEDNESDAY, THE 13TH. WILL BE sold in oar Store, Ko. 171 East Bay, at io o'clock, 42 bois. Fish GUANO. This is one of the strongest and be-1 Fertilizers knowe, lt ls Ground Lobster, and has, therefore, the Phosphate or Lime and other natural ingre diente required to render valuable poor Guanos, and for tirs purpose lt ls often need. Thia ls an excellent opportunity for small farmers requiring a limited amount or Mannie. Samples can be seen at our Store. Terms cash._. _decll By JOHN t?. MIL>OR & CO. READY-MADE CLOTHING AND LA? DIES' Ci.(.TU CLOAKS, on account of manufacturers, Dry Goods, Undershirts, Ac. On TUESDAY, 12th Instant, at 10 o'clock, we will sell, ar our store, No. 135 Meeting street, on account or manufacturers, 0 cases, cooslitlng or Fancy Cossimere sod Cloth sc J TS, Silk, Velvet and Co th Vests, Fancy and Black Casslmere Pants. Fane? Black and Brown Caastmere and Cloth Frock' Coa s and Sacks. 2 cases Ladies' Black Cloth Cloaks. 00 dozen Pink, White and orsy Undershirts. 25 dozen assorted Balmor^.. Skirts 20 cartoons Ladles' and Children's Trimmed Hats. - 60 pieces asso: ted Black, Brown and Cadet Sail nets. 50 pieces assorted Kentucky-Jeans, olen's Merino Half Hose, Red Flannels. Calico, White and Hickory Shirts. loo dozen Madras acd Verona Head Handker? chiefs. Ac-., Ac. * coi.di'ions-Sums under $100, cash; $100 to S?oo, sixty days: over $800, ninety davs, lor ap? proved endorsed notes, with approved Bank-rate intered added._decs Bj W. ?. LEITCH & R. S. BRUNS, A action *rr?. VALUABLE. BUILDING LOT, EAST side of Friend street, next north of the cathedral, corner or Broad and Friend streets, wm be sold on TUESDAY, at ll o'clock, at the Old Postofflce, That DESIRABLE BUILDING EOT 1 vin ? and be? ing on the east side or Friend street, Immediately north or the Cathedral, and in close proximity to , Broad atreet, measuring forty-five leer front by one hundred and four leet ia depth, mont or less. Thia ls an tugible building Lot in a good loca? tion. Conditions-One-third cash; balance in one and two years, secured by bond and mortgage, with Interest at seven per cent. Purchasers to pay us for papers._.deco By W. Y. LEITCH ft R. S. BRUNS, Auctioneer*. ONE-HALF INTEREST IN THE BUILD? ING known ss Ko. us Eat t Bay, BOW occu? pied by the Valentia Cigar. Manufactory. wm be s ld on THURSDAY, nth instant, at tbe Old Postofflce, at li o'coct, ONE-HALF INTEREST in the above three anda hair story Brick Building, No. 118 East Bay. Said building contains a large store, and also store houses and a stores:.ed. Lot measures ii feet front by 140 feet in depth. Terms-One-third cash ; balance tn one and two years, with Interest; property to be Insured and policy assigned. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps._dec6-wmwth4 By W. T. LEITCH & R. S. BRUNS, Auctioneer!. REFEREE'S SALE. ' THOMAS A. JOHNSON VS. R. B. ELLIOTT. By virtue of a Judgment for sale In this case, made by the Hon. R F. Graham, Judge of the Fiori Circuit, 1 will offer ror sale, by Public Auction, on FMDAY, the twenty-ninth day of December, A. D. 1671. at ll o'clock in the forenoon, at the Old PostoOice, at the foot or Broad street, in Charles? ton, All that TRACT. PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, with all the Dwellings and outbuildings thereon, situate, lying and being In that part or the County or Charleston, lately known aa the Pariah of St. Andrew's, In the said state, on the north Bide of the Dorchester Road, near the Junction with tbe State Bead, and containing thirty and one half acres, more or less; butting and bound? ing east on Lands now or late of John Hi art, northeast, on a line running parallel to and one hundred feet from the South Carolina Railroad, weston lands now or late >f - Btown and Johnson, and routh by tbe Dorchester P.oad afore? said; the said Tract being more particularly de? scribed la a plat thereof made by John A Miche, surveyor, and dated the first d.iy of March, A D. 1668. On the following tersas, that ls to say, one half cash: tbe balance payable In ooe year, se? cured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the property sold; tb? bond bearing Interest at seven per cent, per annum from the day of sale. Purchaser to pay Referee for papers and sumps. JAMBS SIMONS, dec7 tn mell_Special Referee. Bj H. H.JDeLEON. POSITIVE SALE VALUABLE SBA is? land Plantations on Edlito island, belong? ing to i state Ephraim M. Raynard. Will be bold ai PntsUo Auction,-in tbe City of Cherie -too, on Thursday. December 14th, 1871, at the Old Customhouse, corner Broad atreet and East Bair, The follow lng PLANTATIONS: Sea-Side, containing 498 62-100 acres, more or bsa. Wilson's, containing 148 18-100 aerea, more or Palmentera, containlqg 3?5 18-100 acres, mon or less. Sbergood, containing 288 68 loo acres, more or less. Shell Moese, con tain mg 186 20-100 acies, more or less. Red House, containing 184 ?MOO acres, more er less. Seabrook's, containing 178 84-100 acres, mer? or less. Rabbit Point, containing 488 06 100 acres, more Laroche'?, containing 326 62-100 acres, more or less. ' Little Edisto Place, containing 290 97 100 acres, more or lesa. ALSO, ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S PARISH RICE PLANTA T?os, opposite Wilton, 200 acres, more or lesa. Conditions-One fourth cash; balance by bond and mortgage, payable la one, two and three years, interest 7 per cent., payable annually. Purchasers to pay for papers aud stamps. THOMAS H. WILLINGHAM. novl-wBll?d7 Trastee, Stjirif and Jnmitoinfl ?>oco?. THE BE 1ST AND CHEAPEST STOCK OF MEN'S UNDERCLOTHING IN THE SOUTH. SILK, MERINO, AND ALL-WOOL SHAKER FLANNEL SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, WITH THE VERY LATEST NOVELTIES IN ELEGANT NECK WEAR, AT SCOTTS STAR SHIRT EMPORIUM, MEETING STREET, Opposite the Market. novlB_ Shena*. Glqmirals, Ut. L?E OP APOCYNUM, OB DOGS BANE. Highly recommendedln diseases or the Stomach, Heart and Liver, and userai as a Tonic in Nervous Debility. Testimonials given. For Bale by by the agent, ALFRED RAOUL, M. D., nov27-mw?2mo 219 King st., Charleston, S. C. - By W.Tmief ?t?.& BRUNS, Auciloseeia. POSITIVE SALE-No. 4 BEA HF AIN street, North S de, a few doora from King,. I Will be Bold on THURSDAY, uta Instant, atll .o'clock, at the old PoatotBce, . . Mi -rn That Dejlrab'e Three Story Brick RESIDENCE, with three Piazzas and Brick Kitchen.' "Bald dwelling contains 9 square rooms. T nt nu asm ca 80 feet front, by loo feet in depth, wita righter war of alley to the west.. . Terms -One third cash ; balance la one and two years, with Interest; property to he lustred, and ' policy assigned. Pu chaser to pa/ na for papera and a ta ra pa. ... ._;dOCll-jCQWfaS By W. T. LEITCH * ft. S. SSSSQ A nc 11 o ai eer*, DESIRABLE CORNER LOT AT PUBLIC AUOWON. - wm be a ld on TUESDAY, atll o'clock, at us . Ola Postofflce, . - ruP That VALUABLE BUILD INO LOT, at the south? west corner of Queen and v rtend streets, measur? ing forty-seven leeton QQ-en, and forty-one feet on Friend street, more or less. This 1B a good Bland for a store. ' ": Conditions-One-third cash ?.balance In one and two years, with interest at 7 per cent, secured by bond and mortgage. Purchaser to pay ns for papers and stamps. decs By W. T. LEITCH AR. S. BB?N8, Auctioneers*- : TWO STORY., RESIDENCE, Na ^? America street/ne door eouth of Held street. Will be Bold on TUESDAY, the Atti Instant, at' n o'clock, at the Old Po?'offlcsv-'rfc J That desirable TWO STORY WOODEN RESI? DENCE, known as No. 19 America street, (west side, one door south nf Reid street,) containing f or sq ns re rooms, nan try and dresaln.T room; also good Kitchen. Terms-One half-cash; balance In one and two years, with Interest. Property to be insured and policy assigned. Par chaser to pay us for papers and Btamps. decs " By W. T. LEITCH ATBTS. BRUNS, \ Rnctlonettl, THREE LOTS IN COUNCIL STREET, east side, one door south of Trad J.. Will be sold on TUESDAY, urn instant, at ll o'clock, at the old Post?nico. Those three desirable LOTS,'on the east alie ol Council street, one door sou'-h of Tradd. each measuring In front 88 feet by 126 feet ta dxjth. . Terms-Half cash; balance one year, witt in? terest seml-auau illy; secured by bond soi; mort? gage. Purchaser to pay ns for papers sud stamps. decs_ . .-. 'j.j - ? By W. T. LEITCH & Rv 9. BRUNS, Auctioneer*. LARGE BRICK STORE-HOUSE COR? NER or Queen and Philadelphia streets. , W1U be sold on TUESDAY, 12th Instant, at rf o'clock, at tha Old Pcstofhce, ,. ot?tl That hue two-story BRICK STORE-HOUSE, cor? ner of Queen sod Philadelphia Btreeta, entrance on Queen and also on Philadelphia stress. Lot measures ? by 120. . _. Terms-"ne-third cash; balance In one and two years, with interest, secured by hoad, and mort? gage ; property to be insured sod policy assigned,; Po: chaser to pay ns for papers and stamps. decs_ n.jg. By W. T. LEITCH.at B. 8. BRUNS, AwetiosMcra.. . csiil? ri TORE AND DWELLING No. 36 KING ? STREET. Will be sold on TUESDAY, 12th instant, at the Old Postofflce, at ll oVlocs, .. ? Th it desirable STORE and DWELLING Nc 85 King street, east a ?e. between Welm's Court soe Price's adey, containing four square rooms and Kitchen. Lot measures 39 feet front by SO feet deep. * Terms-One-half cash; balance in one and two years, with interest. Property io be Insured sad policy assigned. Purchaser to pay as for papers and stamps-_* . - dec8-fsatq8 | By W. T. LEITCH*R. S. BRUNS, [ Auctioneers. * mHREE-STORY BRICK RESIDEN CE L and Store, No. 24 Anson street, oppostti Catholic C..nrch. Wi . ''<* Will be sold on THURSDAY, 14th Instant, at the Old rortofflce, at ii o cioct, _ That de*lrable Three+tary Brick RESIDEN OM AND STORE, with Bakehouse, known as Ko. 24. Anson street, formerly occupied at a Bakery, opposite Catholic Church. Lot measures 82 nwt Iront, by isa feet in depth. - r . h Terms-One third cash ; balance In one and two years, with L. te: eat; property to he tolwrt^sM poUcy assigned. Purchaier to pay for papers ap d. s tampa___._, decs-wmwthi^ By W. Y. LEITCH fe IL S, BRUNS, Aociloiiftr?. SALE UNDER THE TIRECTION OF THE "Commissioners of the Staking Fund of Sooth Carolina." . ..-?.-?v? ; ... wm be sold on FRIDAY, December 16th. at ll o'clock, at the north stde of tbeOld Postoflrce The following described PIECES OR PARCEL* OF LAND, the same having been returce/i ea the Property of the "State or South Ca olma," sub-' Ct to IBS reservations con;alned Ul the notice reto subjoined s . ^??? IBU one TRACT OF LAND situate, lying aaa* being in Qroonurvllle, St. J-et cooee creek, SS Biles from the CRY of Charleswn, and known a* the "Bricit House 'iract," containing ?10 acres, mon or lesa. . '- '-' ?' ? 2d. One TRACT OF LAND. au**** lying and being m the Parish of SL Jame? San iee, formerly occupied by - Wesco?t, and BOW by C. 0. Mc? Coy, containing 26O0 acres, more or leas. : Sd. TRACT OF LAND known aa the "Powder Magazine.*' fa the city of Charleston, Parish of St. Philip's and st. Michael's. 4th. That very desirable LOT OF LAND at th? northeast corner of Line and Meeting streets, with Residence and all necessary outbuildings, now occupied a? a larra and residence; measur? ing on Meeting street 160 feet hy too feet on Line street, running east and west. Thu property os? be subdivided into Building Lots, and: offers a good opportunity foran investment of capital Its contiguity to the terminus of the South Carolina andr City Hallways renders lt a very rtaatrahls in? vestment. 6th. ONE ACRE OF LAND OB the wert ead of LINE STREET-high land. This property ls said to be occupied by authority or the City Council of Charleston. fltb. A MOIETY OP LAND upon Morris Island, formerly used as a Lazarett o and HuspltaL , ALtO. _BJ 7th. THIRTEEN LOTS OF LARD 00 SPRING STREET, designated by Flaw and numbered sty 67,110, lil, ll., 118, 270, 209,196,124, US, 186, 184. ALIO. . . 8: h. NINETEEN LOTS on PRESIDENT STREET, designated by Fiats numbered io, 12, li, 10, ia, as? 80,15, 282, 234.236,288,170. Mt, 172,178,174,176. ALSO. _ ?th. THIRTEEN LOTS on NORMAN STREET, designated by Plats and known aa numbera 19,81, 28l7?33, 43, 61, 62, 228, 229, 280, 260, 261, 262. also. . _ _ - 10th- TWELTE LOIS on ASHTON STREET, designs Vd by Plats and known as Lo? numbered 128,124,126,128,129, 180,76, 76, 77, 78, 45. ALSO. _ 11th. TEN LOTS upon ALWAY STREET, desig? nated In Plats and known as numbers so, 81, 82; S3, 84, 86, 186,184,133, U7. ALSO. . 12th. THREE LOTS upon FL?DD STREET designated upon Plats as numbers 108,97, BL AaSO, isth. Upon PINE STREET, 7 LOTS designated upon Plat as Nos. 266,216, 68,137, lil, 143, lie. ALSO, 14th. Upon ROBERT'S COURT, 7 LOTS, desig? nated upan Plat as Nos. 51, 5 J, 63, HA, 256,266. ALSO. * 15th, Upon ' ILLY COURT, 16 LOTS, designated as Noa 82, 94, 96, 66, 97, 98, 100,101, 102, 103, 104,. 105, 107, 108. ALSO, : 16th. LOT on LINE STREET, north side, between Rose Lane and Rutledge street ALSO, - 7 nth. Upon MAY COURT, LOTS designated a? NOS. 104, 105,107, 108. ALSO, 18th. Upon CHESTNUT STREET, LOTS desig? nated as Noa. 116,117. ALSO, 19th. Upon BEE STREET, LOTS designated as NOS. 119, 200, 201, 202. ALSO, 20th. Upon CHINQUAPIN STREET, LOTS desig neted as Nos. 191, 189, 207. ALSO, 21st, Upon CANNON COURT, LOTS designated as Nos. 193, 194,195,196. 198, 280, 204. ALSO, 22d. LOT OF LAND ?X the V. E. CORNER OF SPRING STREET and WESTCOATS COURT. ALSO. 23d. LOT OF LAND, at the northeast cornet Spring and Piesldent streets. ALSO, 24th. Several other LOTS In the City; particu? lars given hereat ter. NOTB.-The Titles to all the above advertised parc eu of Land are regarded as good In the Stau? or South Carolina. If, however, m any case, any other party has acquired valid title to any of the ssld Latds, every euch party Ia hereby requested io Immediately come forward and make the same appear to the Special Commissioner, at the offloe of Messrs. WHIPPER, ELLIOTT A ALLEN. No. 91 Broad street, Charleston, on or before th? thirteenth day ef December next. Terms-One-third cash; balance In one and two years, with Interest, s ec tired by bond and mort? gage or property, i urchasen to pj^tojgipaw aDnov2?mPS'_Special Commissioner. SALE OF STOCK, CORN, FODDER, ?kc I will sell on WEDNESDAY,toe 20th December,, at the Plantation on which I reside, three miles from Mais' Rlnff Depot, on th? Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, HORSED, Huies, Cows. Hogs, Oom. Fodder. Fanning Utensils, Cotton Seed, Ac The Oatt? are the oneat in this section of the State. Tersa? cash. The Plantation will be rented at the same time It contains some 500 or 6u0 acres of fine Cotton and Corn Land. . , J yo. N. MCCALL. Agent, iecl-17n*c Mars' Bluff*