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TER31S OF THE NEWS. TOI DAILT Saws, uy mali one year, $8; eix months Si; taree montos $: w. Served is tai elty M EIOHTBSS CantTS a wees, payable to the car? riers, or $s a year, paid m advance at tne office. Tai TBI-WBKKLT Niws. pubushed oa Tnesdays, Thursdays and Saturd?r3, ene year $4; ?ix m on"312. * T3B WKISLT S5X8. one year $2. Six copiai io. Tea copies, to one address, $1?. SUBSCRIPTIONS ia ail cases payable in a<tvan:e. and no paper continuer arter tne expiration o.r tne time paid fer. NOTICES or Wants, To Rent, Loat and Fonnd Boarding, Ac, no: exceeding 20 words, 25 centB, eacn Insertion; over 20, and not exceeding so words, 40 cents each insertion ; over 30, and not exceeding 40 words, 50 cents each insertion. RXMITTASCBS should be made by Postomce Money Order or by Express, if this cannot bc done, protection against loases by mail may be secured by forwarding a draft on Charleston pay? able to tne order or tbe proprietors or Tns NEWS, er by sending the money in a registered letter. Address RIORDAN. DAWSON A CO.. No. 149 East Bay. Charleston, S.e. ??bt ?fyaf legten %kto?. MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1871. SEWS OF THE DAT. -Gold closed on Saturday at 8ja8|c. -In New York cotton^closed at 204c. for up? lands; sales 1040 ba'es. -The Liverpool cotton market closed ? steady; uplands 9?al0d, Orleans lO^d; sales 10,000 bales. -Texas complains that thousands of her cattle are dying in consequence of the severe? ly cold weather. -A*gas explosion in New Yoik, yesterday, placed the centre ol the city in darkness. One person was seriously hurt. -The weather in Washington turned sud? denly mild, yesterday, and the Potomac is open. -The English government has officially in? dicated ?ts belief in the death of Dr. Living? stone, the Atrlcan explorer, by giviDg to his chi dren a pension o? 11200. -The North Caroona Senate has psssed a bill providing for the exchange of the railroad securities held by the State lor ihe bonds Issued by the State to ihe respective railroads. -The Alabama State Journal (Republican) calls for a reorganization and reform ot its party in that State, in which the "native ele? ment" i3 to be invited to come into the fold. -One of the first subjects to be reported on by the House postofflce committee wiil be the bill authorizing the postmaster-general to issue ene cent postal cards, similar to those used in Lngland. -In the recent marriage of O.lve Logan, at J New York, the promise of obedience was care? fully omitted from the ceremony. The clergy-1 man said that he had never married more I than one woman who promised to obey, and she didn't. -Mr. Felix Long, a large planter in Jackson J County, Florida, was killed last Thursday j night, on bis farm near Marianna. He was I standing at his oorn-crib when be was shot dead. A negro has been arree ted. and the cir-1 cumstantial evidence is very strong. The motive for the act is not known, as Mr. Long was very popular with blacks and whites. He J was one of the wealthiest men In the county. -There is muon excitement ai Memphis in consequence o: the purchase of ihe Memphis and Charleston and ihe Memphis and L'ttle Rock Railroads by Thomas A. Sco t, the great Pennsylvania railroader. The etock of both J roads immediately rose considerably in price- j the Memphis and Cnatleston from 28 to 45, the Memphis and L'ttle Rock from 16 lo 23. -The cable tells of aa English speculation I which has turned out rather disastrously. I When the death of ihe Prince of Wales was considered a foregone conclusion, the London merchants dispatched ordeisto their agents I In Paris to buy up all the mourning goods to be I bad-all the black gloves, all Hie black ania dal flower?, all the jet ornaments and sombre dry goods there were ia the city. The orders were faithfully carried out, and now the entire stock Is on hand, and wlib its anticip?t, d use gone with the sad past. -?onuon journals express admiral i on at the manner lu which the American press have | been supplied from day to day and hour to j hour with news of the Illness of Hie Prince of j Wales. They notice that bulletins issued at I Sandringham at five and six o'clock in the morning are published in the morning edi? tions of American papers printed before day light, and that noon and rix o'clock P. M. bul? letins appear in early editions of evening pa-1 pera. All concur in the opinion that the rapidi? ty with which these dispatches are forwarded, their general accuracy, and the complete his? tory they give of the Prince's illness, make altogether one of the miracles of journalism. J -A New York letter says: "All Southerners j irequentiog New York will recall Mrs. Glee. SOD, whose handsome face and agreeable manners endeared her to a large circle of friend-. More than twenty years ago she came to New York from Cbailrston, S. C., I and her boarding-house in Irving Place be came the rendezvous of hundreds ol the better j class, once composing the representative pop- 1 ulation oi the South, A dable, kind-hearted, and unwearied in sickness, those who knew her will grieve sincerely to learn ol her sudden I death, which occurred at her recent residence and handsome home, No. 618 Filth avenue, on Sunday at eleven ?'c OCk. Siuce the close of the late war, a great many ladies lrom the impoverished s'dion came io this ci y. and many of them succeeded in tstiblisjping very pleasant boarding-houses." -A New York letter SAYS: "The statement thal certain of the trades union BO Ciel lea here have jo ned the Internationals is only partially correct The matter is of sufficient public im? portance to be set right. There has been no actual f.islon as yet, but a correspondence, I with that end In view, is going on, the Inter- J nationals t iking the lni<ia-ive. Without re-j fereuce to the independent aciiou oi certain societies and individuals, the prevailing senti? ment of the trades unions seems to be, li the Internationals approve of our principles and I pian d'action, we shall be glad io admit them to membership ia the regular v,-ay, but we can? not compromise our pesition by anything like I . a seeming syngamy willi the agrarian and levelling Ideas which thc Communistic element acting with the Internationals is supposed to entertain. -A compromise has, it seem?, been effected in the suit td'Miss Josephine Mansfield against Jim F.sk, Jr. According to the New York papers, the fair plaintiff agreed to stop all iurther proceedings on payment of twenty-five thousand dollars, and she received a check for ti .i amount. It is reported that both Fisk and Mansfield had their blood up. and refused \ io come to terms, but other parties Implicated, especially certain Boston bankers in high stnncMcg. insisted so strenuously in husbing np the scandal mat the principals felt con? strained to yield. This, it is s dd, is the reason Josephine feigned Illness the other day and k-pl out ol corirt. Copies of F.sk's letters to i.er, iinj i ?eui icg him in criminal conspiracies hate been taken, and a New Yolk cot respond? en' of the Chicago Tribune saj s that hey are dkely even yet to be pubii-hed. -Tue two Washington newspapers which are competing for the doubtful honor of lepre sentlng officially the opinions of thc ruling, family at the capital have fallen into ways of unpleasantness. The Chronicle (edited by John M. Morris and Myron Fox) accuse j the Republican or forgery; and the Republican re? taliates by charging that Parker, the carpet? bag treasurer of Snutli Carolina, who is so deeply implicated in ihe fraudent financial operations of Governor Scott, owns a iarge in? terest in the Chronicle, and is "very much dis? satisfied with the present conduct of the paper, to as-ist which he expends somebody's money ireely. To tirs the Chronicle responds by saying that the writer in the Republican "shows such knowledge of our affairs as none but a sneak could get"-all of which goes to illustrate the demoralizing influences result log from intimate association with ^,he exist? ing present-taking administration. THE NEWS will not be issued to-mor? row (Tuesday) morning. Christmas. May we not hope that this day of days, the festival of Universal Christendom, will cheer the hearts which, through persecution and pestilence, are heavy-laden with care ? For these few hours may not all this people put carking grief aside, and lind, in the blessedness of giving, a tr?nquil joy which they shall never know who cannot, at this auspicious season, become as the little chil? dren whose gala time it is ? One day in the year devoted to compassing the happiness ' Of others ! This is the secret of the jocund face, the dimpled cheek and the kindly beaming eye, which make beautiful our streets and give to sturdy grandsire and stately matron, to graceful girl and strip? ping gallant, to the familiar forms at the fireside, and to the stranger within the gates, their part in the joyousness of the merry Christinas morn. There is trouble enough behind. The brave boy whom war bad spared, the proud young mother, whose little ones sadly lisp her name, a host of the tender and the true, who, twelve months ago, sang on earth the Christmas canticle, are numbered with the saints who keep eternal Yule before the Jasper Throne. And who sb.ll say what j j new desolation the fnture has in store ? But until the rising of the morrow's sun, all who will may know the great joy which is born of forgetfulness or 6elf. The burdened thousands who thronged thc thoroughfares on Saturday had said a short good-bye to business anxiety and domestic sorrow. They were willing laborers for \ sweetheart, for kinsman or for friend Who shall tell the sweet story cf the whis? pered debates which went before the modest outlay which shall briog exquisite content to loving hearts this day? The pondering of tastes; the weighing of the claims of| utile and dulce; the hiding of the gift until the reindeers halt at the expectant thresh? old ; the shy wonder whether the child of larger growth will be gladdened by the Christmas offering. These may be small things, but they are the happiness of peo? ples. Tney make this a day of good deeds, wheo many a sullied page shall be washed iuto whiteness in the chancery of heaven. Very soon the hard battle of life must be? gin anew, but the Yule sunshine will linger on silvered beads as well as childish faces. We have Yule with us as long as thought and act are pure. And the best wish we can offer, to friend and foe alike, on this blessed morn, is that they may have Christ? mas in their hearts every day of the year. With a printed copy of the report of the Joint Investigating Committee before us, we can very well understand the anxiety of Gov? ernor Scott to kill off the impeachment move? ment before the contents of the report could become generally known. It is signed by B. F. Whitemore and S. A. Swails on the part of the Senate, and by John B. Dennis, W. H. Gardner, Jr., and Timothy Harley on the part of the House, and forms a closely printed pamphlet of nearly three huDdred pages. At this time we can attempt nothing more than a very brief summary of the facts which the committee disclose. The period covered by the report of the committee extends from the time of the in? duction into office of the present State officials down to October 31, 1871, a supple? mental report for the 3'ear 1S71 being in course of preparation. From September, 18C8, to October 31, 1870, the State received, from all sources, $4,184,783, o? which the tax receipts were $2,005,553. The expen? ditures for the same period were $4,183,337, including the following disbursements : In? terest account, $720,148; salaries, $331,488; Legislative expenses, $510,408; and Militia, $93,341. Before the war, the whole annual expenses of the State were under half a mil? lion dollars. The committee next expose the dealings of the State officials with the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company of Columbia, and say that this institution must have had on deposit nearly two and a half millions of State funds, upon which no inter? est is known to irave been allowed, although the law requires the public fund3 to be placed where the highest rate of interest can be obtained. The committee, morecver, ex? press the belief that claims against the State were paid by the bank, out of the State fouls, after a large discount had been deducted from the face of the claims. We believe that the State officials are the controlling stockholders in the -jank. But a worse system of plundering has been onrried on under the plea of enrolling and organizing the militia. For the organization of the militia, now entirely without organization, and for the purchase ni arms, the State hu3 paid $171,009. The committee declare that the militia fat ds were used "te armand "equip a force of personal friends and advo? cates and pay them;'' and they add that "the election of 1870 was carried in part'' by these means, the largest amounts being used "to secure the re-election oj Robert E. "Scott, but not for the success of the Repub? lican party." And there is what the com? mittee aptly call "? 7tiore glaring robbery "of the Treasury." The State obtained from the Federal Government, as a gift, tei sand Springfield muskets. For the tiOD of these thoroughly serviceable and for the ammunition for them, th of South Carolina has paid two hi and Uco thousand sic hundred and fi dollars. For which fraud Governor ? shown by the committee to be respo Altogether, the militia, the State cor lary, and the expenses of the Adjutant ral's Department amount to $421,159, "is equal to a special tax of two and "mills upon the taxable property "State, or a per capita of $2 75 up "whole voting population." PassiDg to that "gigantic folly," th? Commission, the committee show tl total sum expended for that accoi $746,724, while ail the fund3 at the di of the Commission, by law, were $700, new State bonds. If these bonds wer at sixty cents the Land Commission unlawfully expended S326.723. The mittee believe that when the whole tr known they will be borne out in thei elusions that "? more outrageous "enormoHs swindle could not have "perpetrated." They show that the Land Commission was bribed to resig money, about S50.000, coming out < Land Commission fund3.* They do n lieve that the State has valid titles.ti half the land which the Commission chased. The character of the purchas shown in detail. One instance mus present, serve cur purpose. A piece ol bought by ex-City Inspector Jenks foi was sold by thal worthy to the Stat $3000. The persons responsible wer Advisory Board, coDSistiDg of Gov Scott, Comptroller Neagle, Treasurer ker, Secretary Cardozo and Attorney-( ral Chamberlain, who have by law full entire control of the Land Commission. A highly interesting chapter in the r ?3 that which deals with the Financial I aod the Financial Agency of the State. Board consists of Governor Scott, Treal Parker and Attorney-General Chambei The committee show that from July 1, ] to October 31, 1870, the Financial Ai acting under the order of Scott, Park Co., negotiated loans to the amount of ! 667,340, upon which the expenses were $ 425. As to the balance due the Final Agency, the statements of the committee not of the clearest. They appear to a that the State, according to Mr. Kiinpl books, owes that officer $97,748, whil< cording to the State Treasurer's book sum due Mr. Kimpton is $782,035. 1 contend that $2,200,000 or new bonds still in the hands of the Financial Ag These bonds at seventy (the price is thirty) would bring $1,540,000. To this committee add $130,500 ns the proceed the Agricultural Land scrip at seventy and a half cents an acre, miking the ame in the hands of the Financial Agent, cover his claims, a sum of $1,670,500. have followed the statements of the corni tee, but it is plain that their whole cale tion is defective if the $2,200,000 of i bond?, instead of being sold at seventy, for sale now at twenty-rive dollars. ' committee say that in the accounts so presented Mr. Kimpton has not char; "one dollar for his personal services "agent." The committee say that Mr. Kir ton is ready to have bia rale of compel) tion determined bi* ?ny mmitaieat Doaio Bankers, and it i3 evident enough, from I remarks of the committee, thal Mr. Kin ton, iu all case?, bas acted under the dir orders of the Financial Board. The co mittee, however, charge that Mr. Kimpt "admitted to them the incorrectness of "accounts, and admitted that he was dire "ed by the Financial Board not to make re "bul ?ciitious entries; so frightfully lar "were the expenses of the Agency In t "negotiation of loans the Board thought "best to keep the true amounts in disguis< This statement is, we confess, very hard swallow. In regard to the so-called State debt t committee say that they are unable to e press the feelings which the discovery "the ponderousorer-issues" produced. Th call it "a shock that convulsed every sen "ment of extenuation or doubt" And j two of their number, Messrs. Dennis ai Gardner, reported to the House of Kepi sentatives, only a few days ago, that tb were convinced that there was "no ore "issue ot State bonds." These same coi mitteemen sign the joint report which d clares that the fraudulent issues, or ove issues, are appalling. We shall lot for some explanation of this blowir. hot and cold in almost the same brent. Tue joint committee, (including Gardner ar Denni3) after examining the whole groum come to this conclusion : "We declare \i "cannot believe oilier than the fearful trui "that 3tare3 U3 in the face, that the boni "and stocks printed by the American Bani "Note Compauy ',$22,540,000) represent th "liabilities of the Slate, for which the fail "and credit of the State, however unlawful! "presented, ha3 been pledged for payment. The commiftee take up lue diff?rent issue of bonds in detail, and agree that the presen liabilities of the State, Old and Xeio, ar $22,190,000, to which must be added th railroad debt-making up a total of $2S, 977,608. Thi3 astounding sum, as far as i knowD, "represents the present actual atn "contingent liabilities of the State, as tb "committee find them, without reference ti "the published cards of denial, claims for de "ductions, or attempted explanations on th' "part of those criminated." And yet thi committee cannot safely say "they havi "given the whole extent of extravagance o "criminal indulgence with which the man "agement of the funds and credit of th< '.State has been characterized." Io conclu sion they say : The committee, in view of the atrocity o these disclosures-the work of the present ad? ministration, or rather, a Ring composed oi leading officers of the government of tht State, unhesitatingly say that the Republican party, which elevated them to power, must show its condemnation of such treachery and knavery by an immediate and united effort by legislative enactments as well as by every o.her deliberate measure-to bring to Justice ttiosc who have prostituted the authority with which they have been clothed, and so flagrant? ly and criminally imperiled Hie trusts to them confided. In conclusion. if, through what has been re? vealed herein, tue Innocent, by their intimate or official relationship, which they have held with the perpetrators of these wholesale frauds, suffer an equal condemnation with the guilty, let the arraignment ol the robbers be sp*3dy, and til-ir punishment assure. The terrible wroDgs commited demand that judg? ment be meted out at once. Position nor place shou'd delay the work of strict accountability. Let the axe fall upon the headset corrupt ?.iEciais, however Ugh their prerogatives. The credit ol the State, its honor, its future respect, everything that makes the people of a Common wea th worthy esteem or commen? dation, her trusis betrayed-her pledges vio? lated-the frauds committed in ber name by reckless, shameless traducers and plunderers all cry out for justice. Let no moment be lost io the exercise of duty. The dominant party must recognize the responsibility now resting upon its shoulders, and deal with bad men. though they may be their acknowledged leaders, as exact Justice demands, or witness the sceptre of their powt-r piss from their hands amid the execrations of an outraged and indignant people. Here we leave the committee for the pres? ent, with the single remark that their report shows the justice of the movement for the impeachment of Scott and his copartners, and more than justifies all the strictures of the opposition press. At the worst, prior to the late revelations the opposit:ou press had maintained that the Scott party had increased the debt, in three years, from ?0,000,000 to $13,000,000. Messrs. Wbittemore, Hurley and the rest confess that the frauds are not all known, although they put the debt at $28,000,000-aa amount which the people cannot, if they would, pretend to pay. 'High Crimes" and "LJW Crimes. [From the Nation.] Tne Committee of Investigation of the Leg? islature of South Carolina has made a report on the flaancial condition of the State, which i9 creditable for its fulness and ?rankness, par? ticularly as the majority are colore 1 men. and as that body'last year took the enormous sum of S588.C51 for ".egislatlve expenses," and fit? ted themselves out with furniture and up? holstery to ihe amount of t'Jl.500. Between October, 1670, and November. 1S71, the carpet? baggers Increased the State debt of $6,C55,85C by over $9,000,000, and have nothing to show lor ll The treasury is empty, the credit of the State completely gone, and the January inter? est will probably not be paid. Not only have enormous amounts of bonds been i-s jed. no? body knows for what, but they have been issued without authority of law. The report ol the committee arraigning Governor Scott and ihe worthy Niles G. Parker, the State Treasurer, for fraudulent over-issues, has been adopted ia the House, and it was immediately followed by resolutions that both of them be impeached for high crimes an J misdemeanors. The resolutions were laid over under the rules. The Impeachment ought, however, to be ac? companied and followed by a crmmon domes? tic prosecution for felony. Deposition from office by a "high" court" for "high climes" is all very well, but convlotlon by an ordinary ctiminal court of low crimes, and committal to an ordinary penitentiary, is what all our Ring thieves and peculators most need. New Books. L PLEASURE. A Holiday Book of prose and verse. D. Appleton & Co. Price 50 cents. 2. AUNT JO'S SCRAP-BAQ. By Louisa M. Al? cott. Boston : Roberts Brothers. Price IL 3. SINO-SONO. A Nursery Rhyme Book. By Chrisiioa G. Rossetti. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Price *2. The first ol these Christmas books is a col? lection of interesting ?or?es by well-known writers, among whom are Mrs. Edward?. Mrs. Norton and Hain Triiwell. But ihe most striking feature of the book is Algernon Charles Swinburne's new poem. Tristram ! and Iseult. It is really on'y the prelude of the I poem, but in its two kindred and fifi y Unes will be lound passage? which even Mr. Swin. burne's severest critics must warmly admire. ? Miss Alcott is rlfS?rvtdly popular as a wilier of children's stories, and we can recommend Aunt Jo's last budget as thoroughly healthy reading. Without being "goody," she teaches both children and parents lessons which are usually hard to learn, and hers are, besides, bright and amusing. We confess that we prefer old Mother Goose to any new series of nursery soagp, but if it be desired to give the children a change they will lind it in Miss Rof sett i's "Sing-Son^"' a collec? tion of nursery thymes, with one hundred and twenty Illustrations. The Utile book is hand? somely bound in scarlet and gold, and should make a charming Cbriftmts cr New Teal's gilt. These books may be found at Holmf s's Book bouse, at the comer ol King and Wentworth street P. tjosteitcr's Bitters. JV-THE G1EAT PICTORIAL AX NCAL.-Hostetter'j Coiled States Almanac for 1872, for distribution, gratis, throughout Die Cured States and all clvl.lzed countries of the WcBtern Hemisphere, ls now published and ready for delivery, In Hie English, German, French, Norwegian, Welsh, Swedish, Holland, Bohemian and spanish languages, an t all who wi-h to understand the trie philosophy of health should read and ponder the valuable suggestions lt con? tains. In addition to aa admirable medical treatise on the canse?, prevention ant cure of a great variety of diseases, lt embraces a Urge amount of Inrormatim Interesting to the mer chant, the mechanic, the miner, the farmer, the planter and professional mao; and the calcula? tions have been made for such meridians and latitudes as are most suitable for a correct and comprehensive National Calendar. The nature, uses and extraordinary sanitary e'ectsof UoBtetter's Stomach Bitters, the staple t .nie and alterative of more than half the Chris? tian world, ate ful.y set forth la Its pages, which are also in-eispered with pictorial Illustrations, valuable recipes for the hou-ehold and farm, humorous anecdotes, and ether Instructive and amusing reading matter, original and selected Among the Annuals to appear jwita the opening of the year, this will be one of the most useful, and may be had for the asking. Tne proprietors. Messrs. Hos etter \- Smith, Pittsburgh, Pa., on receipt of a two cent stamp, win forward a copy by mail to any person who cannot procure one In his neighborhood. The Bitters are sold In every city, town and village, and are extensively used tlirougliou: the entire civJized world. dec23-stu;h0n?c for Sale. FOB SALl% THE LAW LIBRARY OF the late Judge Thomas J. Withers. A list oi Books, wi. li other iulormatlnn, will be fun Ull? ed upon application to W, K. WITHERS, camden. s. C. _decg-j FOR THE HOLIDAYS 1-NOW, LADIES and Gentlemen, ls the time to go to KLEIN'S, No. 339 King street, and get one of his beautiful, nice singing Canaries. Von can be cer? tain that Mr. KLEIN will select one to your satis? faction, and everybody who has bought them are very much pleased. The price ls very mode? rate;_deci2 FOR SALE ! FOR SALE 1 FOR SALE 1 The undersigned curers for sale all that STEAM SAW AND GRIST MILL, together with Mules, Truck Cars, Timber Car:?, Lath and Cut O ff Sa wa Saw Gumoieis, Ac, A-c, situated and In lull operation at Uonueau's station, N. E. K. K The above Mill waa built by Messrs. Poole & Bunt, and has one of the famous Drop Flue Boil? ers, said to be one or the best in usc; was put in operar on by one of our bes: mechanics, Mr. D. C. Eoaugh. The above property ls offered for sale for no other purpose than to change the invest? ment. Trie present proprietor wishes to retire irom the business. For luther par?culars apply to the undersigned or at the Mill. JOHN C. MALLONEE. Lumber Yard aud OiHce, Korlbect'a Wharf. I N. E. R. K , Washington st., Charleston, s. C. nov3Q-thstulmo_ jglEGLLNGS MUSIC STORE. (ESTABLISHED IN 1819.) Now on hand, and for sale, a large and varied assortment of PIANO FORTES, of approved good makers, new and second-hand. Also CABINET ORGANS and Musical Merchandise generally; together with the latest an i mo-t fashionable Music constantly receiving, PIANO FORTES to Dire, Tuned, Repaired and taken In exchange. Apply corner King and Beaufain streets, m rear of old stand, third door. HENRY SI EC LING. SOV25 imo ?tlectingo. F^B?J?I?IISHJ^LODGE, NO.^XFTM^ The AnnualCommunlcatl m of ?bia Lo'ge will be held THIS EVENING. at Hoimes'a Hall, at balf-paat * o'clock. Members will please be punc? tual, and come preparad t i pay arrears. Bv order W. M. LEVI LOEB, <lec25 Secretary. l?ants. WANTED F?RCILA^ la the LADd and Immigrath.n AESocU'icr ul Messrs. BUTLER, CIlAUWlcK, QA RT A CO ?itkets now ready. Will be glad to set! my Wend? ar the ft?co of Mr. EDWARD M. MORELAND, No. 29 Broad street. EBEN COFFIN. sun-Acent. WANTED, A COLORED BOY, ABOUT 16 > ears of age. Apply at the Board of Trade, In the rear._dec25-l? WANTED IMMEDIATELY, A COM PETENT Waitlngman. AJso, a Buggy Buy. Apply at NEWS office. _dec25-l? WANTED, IN A RESPECTABLE FAMI LY, two or three comfortable Rooms. Address II. u. B., through the Po tofllce. deci?-a?_ OVERSEER WANTED.-A COMPE? TENT Rice Planter ls wanted to manage atiuut 400 acres on savannah River. Apply, with references, to COHEN, HANCKEL A co.. No. 45 Eau Bay, chatle-ton. S. C._dec25-l ABOOKKEEPER AND ACCOUNTANT, whoie arternoons an I evenings are unoccu? pied, can lake charge of one or two sets ol Books. Books written np and balancel with d apatcti. All business Btttctly confidential. Apply at Mr. HARRIS'S Hook Bindery, Hasel street. dec25-6? WANTED IMMEDIATELY, A WOMAN to COOK and do general housework. Neme need apply who af% not well recommended. Ap ply at No. 67 Wentworth etreet._dec23 WANTED, A SERVANT'TO COOK' and do housework. Apply at the east corner of ?..leen and Trapman streets. dec23-2 WANTED TO RENT, A COMFORTABLE ??.ve ling, tn a desirable 1.cation and nein hbor hood, A gocd tenant can be obtained by address no; "Applicant/1 P. 0. ZOX No. 39. dec23-6?_? WANTED, A WET NURSE, WITHOUT a child. Apply at this otHc-. dec22-3 WANTED, A COLORED WOMAN TO Cook and Wash. Must come well recom? mended. Apply at No. 21 Montague street. dec2Q_ WANTED, A WOMAN TO DO THE housework fnr a family of three persons. Inquire at No. 6 Wragg square. - A Herman womau preferred._dec2Q WANTED TO PURCHASE, TWO Second-hand ENGINES, with Saw and Fixtures complete; one portable, 20 to 25 horse? power; the other stationary, 20 to 25 horse power. Apply to W. P. DOWLING A CO, No. 0 Boyce's Wharf._dec9-stnthl5 WANTED, AN EXPERIENCED CHILD'S NURSE. One without children and well recommended can And a permanent p ac?, by applying at N . 124 Meeting stree:, dec?a_ WANTED, FIVE GOOD MEN TO SELL the Elias Howe Improved Family ?ewing Machine. Liberal Inducements. Call at the pince, No. 302 King street, city._decie WANTED, A COMPETENT WHITE WOMAN to cook and wash for a famtiy of three pei sons; also, a Colored Boy il or 14 years of age. Appiy at No. ll Wentwortn street. dec?_ WANTED, A RESPECTABLE COLOR? ED woman aa child's nurse, une who can Dring good references, and without encum? brances. will hear of a go'd place by applying to No. 123 Meeting street, lelowjlarket. decal-thetas*_ WANTED, OLD VOLUMES OF PACI FIO Railroad Reports, also Schoolcrari's Indian Report. Apply to ALFRED HUNTER, Bookseller, No. Ij East, Bay._decl9-tntfas3* WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW tharvou can get a First-Class SEWING MACHINE frum LCNsFORO, smith street, near Wentworth, ct.eaper than from any other man tn the city or state. Give him a call and see for yourself._nov28 A MONTH, EXPENSES PAID, Wt) i t) Male or Female Agents.-Hor^e and uutnt lumlBhed lo sell our UNIVERSAL CEMENT, Combination Tunnel, Button Hore entier and other anieles, circulars .ree. Address Novelty Company, Saco, Me?_noTjj-78 AGENTS WANTED 1-FOR THE UNI . VERSAL TWINE AND THREAD CUTTER; saves time, twice, thread, llnateraand teeth. Soma, tiling everybody wanta Samples mailed on re? ceipt of 25 u'.-iilB. Address GtORGE DAVIS, Nu. 5t<9 Broadway. New York. oct3o-0mus ?o ?ent. FOR 8ALB OR TO RENT, A STORE AND DWi- LL i Nt;, at Branchville, S. C. In quire of D. LUEB, No. o Liberty stree', Charles ton, S. C._dec23-siu'ru* PLEASANT ROOMS TO RENT IN A choice neighborhood at No. ll Doughty street. Apply on the prem^ea._nov 16 TO RENT, THE THREE STORY BRICK DWELl INO next west of the Academy of Music. Win be rented low to a good tenant. Ap? ply at No. 23 George ttrfet_decli-tnths TO RENT, TBE LARGE HALL AT southwest corner of Meeting and Market streets, on second story. Apply to THEO. STONEY, tt-outliern Wharf._decl4 thmi TD RENT, THAT RICE PLANTATION on Ashepoo River, at the Ferry, known as tue property of the late Colonel Wm. Lowndes, cor.taming 200 Acres or the finest Tide Swamp Lands in the Slate. Apply to THEO. STONEY, routhern Wharf._decl4-thm4 TO RENT, A FIRST-CLASS SKA IS? LAND COTTON AND PROVISION PLANTA? TION, within three miles of tue city, on Wando River and Hobcaw creek. Is well auapted for a Truck Farm. Has a cood settlement and been un der cultivaron since the war. Apply io J. FRA? SER MAT?EWES, No. 56 Broad stieet. nov28-tnf_ PIANO TO RENT, ONE OF KNABE'S celebrated 7-octave Plano. To an approved person the rent will be reasonable. Apply at mis ottlce. dec22-fm8* TO RENT, TWO LARGE FRONT ROOMS fronting on King street, c.mer of Liberty sneer, possession given irom the i.-t of Novem? ber. Also, four neat cumturrable rooms over the store fronting on Liberty streer. Possession given immediately. Apply on premises._oct3l TO RENT, THE OLD-ESTABLISHED Planing Mill and Lumber Yard known as Clark's rlaning Mill, corner of Beau am and Lynch stretts. Tue Mill ls of brick, 41 by 80 feet; 30-uorse Engine, one Woodworth Planing Ma? chine, Lath, Edging and Cross cut Saws. The Engine and Machinery will tither be sold to inc party renting ur removtd. On the Lot is a two story Brick storehouse, Ti by 103 feet, for storing wlme pine, Ac, with stabk-B. unices, and large cistern attached, al! built m the most suostautlai manner. Ti.e Lot, 140 by 240 feer, has a water front on Cumming's creek for landing lumber. 4c For terras apply to J. H. sTEINMEVER or A. J. BARTUN. Westend of Beaufain street. decB-smw (Eoncotiortai. SACHTLEBEN'S MALE ACADEMY, NO. 44 BEAUFAIN STREET. A. The second quarter of the present session of the subscriber's school will commence on the iota Instant. From the first or January next, Mr. JOSEPH T. CALDWELL will assume charge of the Mathe? matical Department. A. SACUTLEBEN. decll-mlthstuS_ KING'S MOUNTAIN MILITARY SCHOOL. YORKTILT ?, S. C.-The first session of the Scho:l year, 1672. win begin on Die lss of February, and end on the 30th or June. TEKMS -For School expenses, L e., Tuition, Board. Washing. Fuel, Lights, Books, Stationery, Ac, $135, payable In advance. Circulars contain mg full Information may be obtained upon appli? cation to COLONEL A. COWARD. dec9 stoth2mos Principal and Proprietor. SELECT BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES, NO. 18 SOUTH BAY. Miss C. M. REID, PRINCIPAL. The Exercises of this School will be re urned on MONDAY. December 4, 1871._nov20-m** THE SUBSCRIBER HAS OPENED A SCHOOL FOR BOYS at his residence No. 34 Montague streer, one dcor weat of Lynch. The usual English Branches will be taught, including Algebra, Geometry and Bookkeeping, together wi h Latin, Greek, French and German. An Afternoon Class has been formed for those of a more advanced age preparing for Co lene or Business. WILLIAM SIMONS. decline_ SCHOOL NOTICE.-THE SUBSCRIBER will c ntinue the School heretofore kept by Dr. BRUNS, at No. 85 Beaofaln street. The Ex? ercises wlh be resumed on Tuesday the 2d Janu a'y. 16T2. C. ii. COCHRAN. Cec22-fmw4 ?roreties, Ciqnow, &z. NEW ORLEANS SUGAR AND UO LASSES. lio hods Fair, Prime and Choice SUGARS 200 b?rrela Prime and choice Molisses. Mizar in Store, Molasses to Arrive. For sale by T. TUPP ER A SONS. dec25-5_ QOAL! COAL I COAL ! 368 tons RED ASH, EGG AND STOVE COAL, now landlog, and sold low for cash, br apDlylog to F. P. SEIGNIOUS, dec23 2 Corner Ean Bay and Hasel street. J?ACON, SUGAR, COFFEE, 4c, 4a 50 hhds. C. R. BACON SIDES 251.Ods Bac n shoulders TS boxes D. s. Sides and Bellies 50 boxes I). S. Shoulders 50 tierces Prime S. C. Hams loo packages Lard 200 packages Cheese 100 kegs and tubs Batter 500 b xes Jellies and Preserves loo loxes New Raisins 260 sacks Cocee 100 chests Hyson and Oolong Tea 75 hhds. L'emerara and New Orleans Sugars 100 bbls.'New Orleans Molasses COO bola. Canton Syrup ' 250 packages Mackerel. Ibis., halves, qrs. ?00 boxes S. C. Herrings 26 bbls. Pickled Herrings 6000 lbs. Codfish. Io store, landing and for sale low by . decl8 STEFFENS. WEANER A DUCKER. J^IO COFFEE. Direct Importation. For sale In lots to snit purchasers. G. W. WILLIAMS A CO. octi8-wfm _ ATTENTION ! FAMILIES, HOUSE-, KEEPERS, AC. . You can save that long walk down town by buying yonr supplies from D. FITZGIBBON, Nor th wc-st corner King and Cannon streets. SJ-AU googa delivered free._ JUST RECEIVED FROM BTBAMEB, A fresh supply of CAN GOODS of vari?os kinds. Preserv. s, Pure French Cordial, Jellies In wine? glasses and tumblers, Almonds, Raisins, New Figs, Currants, tc. For tale low by D. FITZGIBBON, Northwest comer King and Cannon streets. gg-Ali Goods delivered tree._ IMS TABLE BUTTER, AT 25 CENTS FER POUND. F Eestold North Carolina CORN WHISEE7, |1 76 per gallon; good light Brown Sugar, io lbs. for $1, at D. FITZGIBBON'S, Northwest corner King and Cannon streets. ?7*Ali Goods delivered iree. JJOLIDAY WINES. Receiving from steamer, quarter casks of best OLD SHERRY, quarter casts of One Old Port, quarter casts floe Old Mad' ira, choice Old Mala ?a and Claret Wines. For eale by D. FITZGIBBON, Northwest corner King and Cannon streets. ??An Goods delivered free. decO-lmo c HRISTMAS SUPPLIES! CHAMPAGNES. Pieper Heldsteck's. Chas. Heldsleck's, Widow Clicquot's, G. O. Mnmm's Verzenay. G. B. Mnmm's Dry Verzenay, Moet A Chandon'8 Green Seal, Krug A Co.'s. CLARETS. N. Johnson A Son's Me dec! St. Julien. S*. Estephe, la Rose, ?.hatean Margeaux, Hockhelmer. And a full assortment or FANCY GROCERIES, fine Wines and Liquors, or all itfmis, ai lowest figures, at WELCH'S GROCERY. Corner Market and Meeting streets. Goods delivered free. declO JgURNHAM'S YEAST POWDER Having used YEAST POWDER in our ramilles for several years, we give a decided preference, above all other, to that prepared by EDW. S. BURNHAM, Druggist ami ApothMMry, No. 421 King, dear Calhoun street: Rev. JOHN T. WIGHTMAN, D. D. Rev. T. E. WANNAMAKEi*. P. K. COBURN, Intendant Town of Summer? ville, S. 0. G. L. HOLMES. GEO. S PELZER. M. D. W. B. SMI i u, Master Machinist, S. CTR. R. B. C. WEBB. nov^-6. os Cost aub i'onno. L13ST OTTIM^ A RAH7 ROAD RECEIPT BOUK. which the Ander will please leave at No. 17 Hayne street, and re? ceive a reward. dec26-l FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD FOR ANY person that catches two boys. The young? est is named AQIUIO PESRKNTE, aged lt yea-e; he may be known by a scar over his tight eye, and wears pan 8 of striped velvet. The eldest boy's name ls ANTHONY JOHN PETERS, between 12 and 13 years of age. One with a music box, the other with a fiddle. Direct to L. MELF1, No. 18 Line street._'_dcc23-2? TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. Went adrift or stolen from Northeastern Railroad Wharf, a Lumb r Flat, 14 by 46. The above reward will Le paid lor ber deivery at the Charleston Steam Saw Mill, west end Beaufaln street. J. H. STEIN MEYER. dec20-wstu3 .financial. TgONDS, COUPONS, <fcc. GOVERNMENT, STATE, CITY AND RAILROAD BONDS AND COUPONS Uncurrent Bank Notes ili.t 1 ated Currency Gold and silver Land Warrants Dealt regularly in. COLLECTIONS. COLLECTIONS OF DIVIDENDS, COUPONS AND COMMERCIAL PAPER-Sigh: and Time-upon all points in the United states, made upon the most favorable terms, and pro;eeds promptly ac? counted for. -C3-A.1 business attended to with fidelity and dispatch, by A. C KAUFMAN, decs tuthB No. 25 Broad street. QOUTH CAROLINA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. C., December 2,1871. STERLING BILLS on "Bank of Liverpool," and Messrs. Baring Brothers A Co., London, on Demand ami GO Days' Sight, In sums to suit purchasers. Sight Checks on New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore at current rates. Interest allowed on Deposits by special agree? ment. F. A. MITCHELL, dec2-stnthl2 Cashier. Cigar 0, Saba eta,* &c. JJ O N'T READ THIS! Selling off, on account of closing business, CIOARS, PIPES, TOBACCO, Ac. The largest and best selected steck in the city a cost, by L. LORENZT, Comer Wentworth and King streets. dec5-lmo_ IAOU .ojois ?SD nnqnUa aoasdraa jo jowudoaj 'H3OOHH0S HVITHM .3J3UAV38I3 aniDBJJ OJOJOq X.DOJS 533JJ3( sin dntmexs 01 p3i63nb3J oas saaaeipjn j -iii; 3qi ut Sdsnoq aiqjsaodsaa no jjeap JO 'qseo qua p3|UBdmoooB 'mm 01 pspudixa saapao ns 'l's -ap juoi;jiAI 'Samo jo ?unas; ? HU?AIS 'puiq nc ?uasisuoo ]d33 BI ssantsnq jo san stu ut tapiim lie jo luainiiosBS aj3;draoo PUB SAi&aaixa ny 'oeiv .eindssij sBmistaqo JOj siqsiing moi OBUdans OJ tarad ie uss av; dJOjoidiu -?JisiOOdB B S3dIJ RJVH0HU3SH .133H:? AXXIOOS AO DUOS SHOOQ" 33HHX 'X3XHXS OSIH 016 'ON 'asaon ooovaoi a sf HVOIO ONIH.IXOVJUNVH UTI .aa a?v 3TVS3TOH^ NOisaiavnO ?rormrB, tiqnore, #c. QOGNAC AND- LA BOGHELLE BRAN? DT, VS V. S. BONDED STORES. A. TORIAS' SONS, No. 110 EAST BAT, Oiler for sale from C. s. Bonded Warehouse, Choice COGNAC and LA ROCHELLE BRANDY, varions vintages, In ?carter casks tfthcaska Eighth caaka AND Cases of one dosen bettles each. mayM_ QHOICE WHITE MILLING COEN AND FLOUR, LANDING THIS DAT. MORDECAI A CO., No. 110 Fas" Bay, offer for sale invoices Choice White MILLING CORN and Extra FLOUR, landing thl3 day. ang8-6mo JJARMONY'S SHERRY WINE. A. TOBIAS' SONS, No. 110 East Bay. offer for pale an Invoice of Choice HARMONY'S PA LB SHERRY WINE. . A. TOBIAS' SONS. augs-emo_ QHOICE HAVANA CIGARS. ? MORDECAI A CO., No. 110 East Bay, offer for aale an invoice or Choice HAVANA .CIGARS, direct from Factory In Havana._aug8-gmo JpiRE CRACKERS. A. TOBIAS' SONS, No. 110 East Bay. offer for tale an Invoice of FIRE CRACKERS, 'anding tu? day._ang8-emo VINEGAR, PRUNES, WHITE WINE, CLARET, AC. ' y A. TOBIAS' SONS offer for aale VINEGAII Prunes, White Wine, imported direct iron!_ France._ . aug&-6mo JflNGLISH PORTER AND ALE. A. TOBIAS' SONS, Agents or Messrs. Edward A George Hibben, of London, offer for sale Bib ben's PORTER and Bass's PALE ALE-pinta and quarts._gggMjjO Q.RAND CHRISTMAS JUBILEE, AT LINLEY'S CHEAP STORES, NOS. ISO AND 388 KINO STREET. "THE GREAT CHEAP MAN" Oilers for aale, at singularly low price?, -"wost extensive and varied stock of CQRlsIBB GOODS ever advertised for sale in t: - neston, and. rtspectfully asks that a discerning and thrif iy public would eave twenty per cent, on their pm chases by a favorable consideration or his ctn* golaritles. GROCERIES I GROCERIES ! GROCERIES I 100 boxes loose MUSCATEL RAISINS, the finest In the city ; 50 t oxes Layer Raisins, 50 qr. boxes Layer Raisins; io baga soft shell Almonds, ss boxes Citron, 6 bbl?. Currants, MO Iba. Figs. The above Fruits are or the new season and very fine. 300 small sacks beat Fl .ur, pat up expressly for cake making; 25 Orktns cholee Orange Conn ty Butter; also a foll assortment of ali gooda m tho line. CROCKERY I CROCKERY I CROCKERY f KOO dozen Plates, all sizes and qualities; 10O large Turkey Dishes, 250 Ham Dishes, 150 sets Cups and saucers, 300 large Bowls, suitable for egg nog all around ; together with a full assortment or all gooda in tue line. GLASSWARE ! GLASSWARE I GLASSWARE ! soo dozen fine Table Goblets, 100 dozen fine Ta? ble Tumblers, 100 dozen Champagne trasses, 300 dozen Wineglasses, 20 dozen Table Decanters, quans and pints; 25 dozen Glass Bowls on atoada, all sizes and desirable patterns; 3 dozen hain? aome Glass Pitchers, io dozen handsome Glass Tea Sc is. FANCY OOODS ! TOYS I FANCY GOODS I TOYS r 26 handsome Gold Band China Tea Sets, u pieces, at $io 60 per set; 300 dozen China Jointed Dolls; 600 Cologne >ets, well assorted and Una: quanti, from $i to (2 per set; 1500 Decorated and Mot- o Tea and Coffee cops and Saucers; 00 Deco? rated Mustache Cups and Saucers; 600 Children's Tea Seta from 10 cen ta to tl 60 per set. Great as? sortment of small articles at about half the usual pnce. VARIOUS SINGULARITIES 60 finely Japanned Tin Chamber Sets, at S3 60 per set; 25 Cake Boxes, loco Tea Tray a and Walt? ers, 150 Fancy Baskets, 600 Looking G asses, alL sizes, and many other singularities too numerous to mention are to be found at LINLEY'S CHEAP STORES, _Nos. 190 and 388 King street. ^ CHRISTMAS with its usual cheer, ls at hand, and all of our dealers are display lng their GOODS to enable purchasers to make selections. Th? prlcea are so reasonable that they are actually GIVEN AWAY to those who are in quest or them, and AT this seaaon no house in this city commanda av larger patronage than that or WILSON'S ' wbere all of the choicest articles to be fonnd m a well kept GROCERY are on band. Strangers visiting Charleston should not fail to visit this house, for AT no time bas a better Stock of Goods teen placed on display than that to be seen dally In the store No. 30C KING STREET. ?nsiruas Caros. O T T O A. MOSES, PH Geological Snrvey8 and Maps prompt]* and exactly executed. Phosphate and MlnlnJEro p-rties reported upon, and Working Plana fur? nished. Separat ng and Meta'lnrglcal Proces stB adapted to Ore Deposits. Special attention to CHEMICAL ANALYSES Of FERTILIZERS, Drugs, Ores, Minerals, Ac. LABORATORY, dec23-8tuth?no No. 28 George street. iL B MULLIGAN, COTTON FACTOR AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, ACCOMMODATION WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. 0. sep27-3mOBDAC_ WE UTE AND LEARN, DYE AND FORGET ALL. TUE SOUTHERN DYE HOUSE, NO. 359 KING STREET, Dyes and Cleans, by means of steam, Gen tie men's, Ladlee' and Children's Clothes. Fina Laces and Lace curtains cleaned and dona np with the Soft or Manufacturera' i in lah; Lace and crape Shawls and Kid Gloves Cleaned and Dye?. MW Good? received and returned by Expresa. jonss-iyr_L BIALEK. Proprietor. fJlOYS, MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS, AT VERY LOW PRICE?, AT A. JXLING'S, decll-18 No. 238 Kin