Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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By Tele?rapln. Destraction of Government Cotton. MOBII.K, December L-The Times has reliable information that 4,000 bales of Go? vernment cotton were destroyed by fire, at Columbus, "Mississippi, on the 25th of No? vember. It was tho work of an incendiarv. LOBS about $1,000,000. Conflict Between Militia and Negroes. GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI, November 30. A. collision took place here last night, be? tween a party of the State militia searching for arms among the froedmeu, and a squad of negroes, assisted bv some colored soldiers. Several of the militia were wounded, one severely. Larj,e numbers of muskets, ammunition, Ac, were found and taken from negroes. Great Fire in New York. NEW YORK, December 2.-A tire which occurred early this morning, on State streot, destroved three large bonded ware? houses, together with 7,000 bales of cotton and other merchandize. Tho buildings were six stories, and are complete ruins. It is reported that seven or eight firemen were killed by falling walls. The loss is estimated at nearly $2,000,000. Another Terrible Railroad Accident. EASTON, December 1.-A terrible acci? dent occurred West of White House, to-day. A coal train going up a grade broke in half, and the rear cars ran back down the grade. The express train came round the curve at full speed and ran into it. The engineer and firemen jumped off and were not injured. The first passenger car was driven through tho baggage car, and thirty or forty persons killod or wound? ed who occupied this car. The Constitutional Amendment Ra? tified by North Carolina. WASHINGTON, December 1.-The Presi? dent, to-night, received the following de? spatch: RALEIGH, N. C., December 1. Tb the President of the United States: SIR: Tho Legislature has ratified, with but six dissenting votes, the Congressional amendment abolishing slavery. Five judges have been elected-all good selec? tions. Three of my provisional appoint? ments have been confirmed. [Signed] W. W. HOLDEN, Provisional Governor. Affairs in South America. NEW YORK, December 2.-Advices have been received from Rio Janeiro to the 4th ult., brought by tho steamship Havana. This is the opening of regular communica? tion with Brazil by a direct steam mail route. It was the confident expectation at Rio Janeiro that thc war with Paraguay would soon be over, the late victories of the allied forces over tho Paraguayans hoing regarded as decisive. The latter had received another repulse at Corrientes. Prof. Agassiz was, at last accounts, follow? ing the upward course of the Amazon River. He had made some important scientific discoveries, having added to his list some sixty new species of flsb. It was thc impression at Rio Janeiro that there would be a large immigration into Brazil from thc United States, and the Southern gentlemen who had gone out with a view to arrange for colonization parties, had met with a cordial welcome at thc hands of tho public authorities. From Washington. WASHINGTON, Decembers.-Senator Wil? son has prepared a bill, and will press it to an early vote, repealing all laws in the South which recognize inequalities in civil rights and immunities in consequence of distinction or difference of color, race or descent. The Republican caucus renominated Hon. Schuyler Colfax for Speaker and Mr. McPherson" for Clerk by acclamation. All the othpr incumbents were renominated expecting the postmaster. No Southern members were admitted to the caucus. A resolution was unanimously adopted, to bo offered in both Houses, for the ap? pointment of a committee of fifteen to consider the condition of tho so-called Confederate States, and report whether any of them are entitled to representation. No member will be admitted until such report be made and acted upon by Con? gress. A special despatch to thc New York Neves, dated Washington, December 1, says: There is reason to believe that tho English Government bas made a formal demand upon Mr. Seward for the suppression of ali public Fenian demon? strations, and that the failure to do so will he regarded as a hostile act. This demand is based upon disclosures recently made in England, relative to the strength and object of the Fenian movement, and the matter was considered in the Cabinet meeting to-day. The Radicals arc getting somewhat uneasy. It is reported that tho President has communicated to Senator Doolittle enough of his plans to encourage the Conserva? tives in the belief that some of the Southern members may bc admitted during thc session. Tho movement in favor of Mr. Raymond, for Chairman of tho Ways and Means Committee,in place of Mr. Stevens, promises to succeed, but is not certain yet. The recent reported evacuation of Chi? huahua and Sinoloa by the French, is not believed by thosobest informed on Mexican affairs. Tho French aro known to be in ?trong force at Monterey and Durango, and the reported evacuation was probably a strategic movement. Tho report was not credited by thc Cabinet. There is a quorum of members now here., and both houses will be organiz? ed on Monday, ready to receive th?! Presi? dent's message. Mr. Colfax's re-election is regarded as so certain that he receives numerous requests for favors of various kinds in thu gift of the Speaker. . - -... The Paton Kongo Advocate, of the 20th ultimo, says: it is reported that Mr. batchelor, of Clinton, shot and instantly killed tie- surgeon of the United State's troops stationed a', ('linton. TRIAL OP JEFFERSON DAVIS.-Thc New York Commei ciaTa Washington correspon? dent says: Thc last on dil is that General Bntlcr is preparing the legal authorities for thc ar? raignment and trial of Jefferson Davis before a court-martial, which will bo held in accordance with the demand of a ma? jority of the members of Congress. Per? haps this ?B a mero canard, but there aro some reasons adduced to show that it maj' be founded on fact. The General appears to have buried the hatchet at the War De? partment, and he is now on the best of terms, apparently t with Mr. Stanton, who did not love him m times past. Wc shall see in due time what Tintende cordiale will produce. The gun-boat Chiekamauga. sunk by the Confederates in Cape Fair River, below Wilmington, North Carolina, on the cap? ture of Forts Fisher and Caswell, by the national troops, in January last, bas been raised and taken to Wilmington for over? hauling and repairs. She is a screw steamer, and her machinery is said to be still in excellent condition. The Chicka mauga's career was a short but quito a successful one. The London papers publish a long ac? count of the funeral 01 Tom Sayers, the pugilist. The affair wound up with a grand set-to between the police and the roughs, in which the former, after a desperate struggle, were successful. After the skir? mish, the cemetery grounds presented the appearance of quite an extensive battle? ground-wounded mon laying around in every direction. It was a disgraceful affair throughout. Sugar, it seems, can be produced by other than slave labor. Tho production of sugar in thc Sandwich Islands has reached to 9,000,000 pounds yearlv, and is increas? ing with such rauidity, that an intelligent sugar engineer (Mr. McGregor) from the islands, estimates the production in 1865, at 1G,000,000 pounds, and in 1866, at 18, 000,000. MINNESOTA ELECTION-NEOUO SUFFRAGE. -Negro suffrage has been voted down by tho people of this Republican State, as well as in Wisconsin and Connecticut. It is strange that with these results in Northern States, any one will have tho impudence to urge the measure upon the South.-Oincirt 7iati En quiter. The Washington Union is severe on the gentleman from Lowell. It says: "If Gen. Butler had been in heaven during the rebellion there, ho would have stolen all the gold of the Now Jerusalem, and run away with the silver of the Arm of tho Covenant." Lieutenant-Colonel Hallonquist, former? ly of South Carolina, a Confederate officer who commanded a battalion of artillery in 1861, and who was present at Santa Rosa Island and Shiloh, has received the ap? pointment of chief of artillery from the Emperor of Mexico. The Mississippi Legislature passed the exemption bill over the Governor's veto. It exempts from execution of judgment $3,000 worth of property belonging to the head of ? family, children, Ac. The Legis? lature did not "pass thc "stay law" over thc veto. DEATH ON TOBACCO.-The New York Daily News says: The Free Will Baptist General Conference of Maine has passed a resolution prohibiting the ordination of ministers who use tobacco. The clergy? men addicted to the use of thc weed say they "don't see much free will about that." A HUGE BOUNTY CLAIM.-A Mr. Burrill, of Brooklme, Massachusetts, has present? ed a claim to the city authorities of Boston, for nearly $1.000,000, which he contends is duo to him on a written con? tract, for obtaining soldiers for the quotas of Boston. W. A. Graham, Esq., has been elected Senator from North Carolina for the long term, receiving one hundred and thirty eight out of one hundred and fifty-four votes. Graham was in the Confederate Senate, and has not been pardoned. Connecticut, of course, will not be repre? sented in tho next Congress, as (says the Boston Post) no delegates from people who refuse negro votes, according to tho Hon. Charles Sumner, can be recognized at Washington. Tho National Intelligencer has fained that both tho French and Mexican legations discredit the firing by American troops on thc Imperial war vessels, as re? ported in the telegrams from tne Rio Grande. The Louisville Journal attaches some importance to a rumor that an immense quantity of powder is being accumulated at Cairo, and that commissary's, quarter? master's and medical stores arc gathering there for 100,01)0 men. The fine courthouse at Lexington, Da? vidson County, North Carolina, and tho building near it belonging ti Mr. Ponnery, occupied as the post office, was destroyed by firo last Thursday night. It was doubi less the work of an incendiary. Tho railroad depot at Medford, Massa? chusetts, was broken into recently and the safe blown open and robbed. One of tho burglars was found on tho floor in the morning, with his skull fractured by a piece of iron blown from tko safe. The action of the military authorities at Mobile in refusing to obey a writ of habeas carpus in tho case of Dexter, charged with cotton frauds against the Government, was sustained by the President. ll JU. William A. Graham has refused to tak? his seat in the North Carolina Senate, because of the failure of the President, it is alleged, to grant him the benefit of the amnesty proclamation. Gottschalk has composed a piece for the piano, called "Her Eves." The New Bed? ford Mei cary says he is now at work on another fantasy, to be called "That Nose." The Philadelphia Age says a leading coal merchant in that city returns an in? come of $400,000. Hon. Walter A. Forward. Judge of the Supreme Court of Florida, died in Savan? nah, recently. Gen. McDowell has boen sued for $100,000 for arbitrary arrests in California. INCREASE OT TBS STANDING AEKT.-A bill w?l undoubtedly bc brought boforo the next Congress, and probably worked through, inasmuch as it ia reasonable in every particular, providing for a standing army of 75,000 men, which will require the addition of twenty-one regiments of in? fantry, three regiments of cavalry, and two of artillory. In tho Missouri House, last week, a series of resolutions favoring negro suffrage were introduced, and, after some discus? sion, indefinitely postponed, by a vote of fifty-three to fifty-one. A large" number of radicals voted for thc postponement. A Colonel, brother of a Major-General, who had "excellent chances" iu the South for about six months, was found to bc worth $7,000,000 at. his death. His brother thinks tho war closed out two years too soon. I COMMERCIAL.. NEW YORK, December 2.-The receipts of cotton have been 2,927 bales. The mar? ket continued dull, and prices ruled even more irregular, closing entirely nominal, with holders anxious to realizo. Thc sales were about 2,300 bales, at 37(?<:3Se. for ordinary; 50@51c. for middling; and 52<?? 53c. for good middling. Prime cochineal was scarce and mostly wanted. Trices were firm with a good business at our quotations, as follows: Honduras, per -pound, S1.30@S1.45: Mexi? can, S1.10@S1.25; and Teneriffe and Cura? coa, S1.35@S1.45. Government securities, to-day, have gone up. with a strong demand. At the Board, sixes, of 18G1, went up ; five-twen? ties, 1802, I; seven-thirties, j. Money de? cidedly easier, without any change in the rates. The Sub-Treasury has oeen re? deeming 5 per cent, notes in greenbacks of the Government and National currency, and this gives ease to thc market. Gold stood almost unchanged at 48, but finally fell a fraction. There has been only ? nominal demand for enstoms, and a very slight one for exportation. CHARLESTON, December 4.-Cotton mar I ket stiff, but sales small. Wo continue our previous quotations, at 45@46c. for mid? dling; 47c. for strict middling, and 48c. for good middling. ? _ WILMINGTON, December 2.-Sales of six bales repacked cotton, at 35(?/,4i)c. ; one bale low middling, %t 42$c; 16 bales middling, at 4S@43A; 97 bbls.'tar, at $3.15; 60 bWs. crude turpentine, at $5,25; 200 bbls. com? mon rosin, at $4.50; 39 bbls. spirits turpen? tine, at 60c., and 40 bbls. colored at 52@55c. Columbia. Wholesale Prices Current. CORRECTED WEKKLT BY A. L. SOLOMON. APPLES-Per bushel. $3 00 BAGGING-Gunnv, per yard. 31 Dundee " . 28 BALE ROPE-Manilla, per lb. 30 N. Y. or W est'n, pr lb. 25 BACON-Hams, per lb. 35 Sides ' " . 28 Shoulders. " . 25 BUTTER-Northern, per lb. 60 Countrv. " ........ 50 BRICKS-Per 1,000.. COTTON YARN-Per bunch. 4 00 COTTON-Ordinarv, per lb. 35 Middling, " . 40 Sea Island, " . CANDLES-Sperm, per lb. Adamantine, ". 35 Tallow, " . 25 COFFEE-Rio, per lb. 37 A Laguayra, " . 45 Java, " . 50 CHEESE-English Dairv, per lb... 85 Skimmed, " ... 80 CORN-Per bushel. 1 75 FLOUR-Super., per bbl. 13 50 Extra Family. 15 00 HAY-Northern, per cwt. Eastern " . HIDES-Dry, per lb. 15 Green, " . 8 LARD-Per lb. 35 LU31BER-Boards, per 100 ft. Scantling, " . Shingles, per 1,000. LIME-Per bbl. MOLASSES-Cuba, per gallon. 1 00 New Orleans, " . 1 75 Sugar House, ". NAILS-Per lb. 12J ONIONS-Per bushel. OIL-Kerosene, per gallon. Terebene, " . Sperm, " . PEAS-Per bushel. 1 25 POTATOES-Irish, per bushel. 1 25 Sweet, " . RICE-Carolina per bushel. 9 00 East India, " . SPECIE-Gold. 45 Silver. 40 SALT-Liverpool, per sack.? 6 50 Table, " . 8 00 Virginia or Coast. SOAP-Per bar.18*25 SUGAR-Crushed, per lb. 28 Powdered, " . 28 Brown, " .20 ,t 25 SPIRITS -Alcohol, per gallon. Cognac Brandy, " . 10 00 Domestic " .' .... 3 50 Holland Gin, " _ 8 00 Amerii an .. . 4 00 Jamaica Rum, " . fi 00 N. E. " " . 3 50 Bourbon Whiskey, . 4 00 Monongahela " . 5 00 Rectified " . 3 50 STARCH - Per lb. 20 TEA Green, per lb. 2 00 Black, " . 1 50 TOBACCO-Chewing, per lb . . ..30 A 1 00 Smoking, " .50 * 1 00 VINEGAR -Win.', per gallon. 1 00 Cider, " . 75 French, " . 1 50 WINK Champagne, per basket. . . 36 00 Port, per gallon. 5 00 Sherry, " . 6 00 Madeira, " . 5 00 DOMESTIC MARKET. I MEATS Pork, per lb. I Beef, " . Mutton, " . POULTRY-Turkevs, per pair.... 5 00 Ducks* .. . 50 Chickens, " . 25 | Geese, " .... 75 ? Counting Home Calendar for 18Q6. ?? Jin. Feb. Sar. Apr. Hay June pw S'i2.'. Il 9 loin i ir. 17,1h !2.1 24l2i 30131 13,14 10120,21 S* S7|23,S?iao J.J A* Sept. 0?. SOT. Dee. 6 S nialia 19 19:20 26 2? 21 1311 so :i ufe? thou 1? 17 1? S3 M SS ? ?1 ... -ia M is l?!so!si!S2 |2?,27|I8;2V 1112?13 18:19 nc 2s,2s,;; - s 9 10(11 K.1T.1H "ri 24.Si ?1311.. NOTICE. ALL persona holding claims against the estate of Mrs. H. C. ELMORE, will present them properly attested, and all persons indebted to said estate will make payment to F. H. ELMORE, A. H. ELMORE, Dec G couti Administrators. ~mW ?0ODS ! AT CHARLESTON PRICES ! RAISINS. NUTS, SOAP. STARCH. Sugar, Coffee, Cheese, Figs. Prunes, Fleur, Crackers, Sardines, Ac. Rv J. H. CLARKSON A CO., Dee 7 1* At Clarkson A Talley's. JAMES CATHCART, Cotton Town. For Sale, AT $5 PER BUSHEL, I f~\(\ RUSHERS superior Bun h COT I_V7v/ TON SEED, "Dixon" variety-the host variety planted. Apply at plantation, 17A miles below Columbia, on the McCord Ferry Road. W. WESTON. Dee 7 thsG* For Sale, A LUT OF SUJ'FJiFIXF FLO UH. BY Dee 7 3* Just Received ! 4DOZ. COUNTER SCALES. 4 " MEAT CUTTERS. 50 bhls. fine FAMILY FLOUR. CORN, BUTTER. BACON, Ac. North Carolina APPLES, at 75c. per pock. Dec 7 1? FISHER A LOWRANCE._ E. & O.HOPE HAYE just received the L A R G E S T STOCK OF GOODS IN THE CITY, consisting of GROCERIES, HARDWARE, DRY GOODS, HATS. ROOTS and SHOES, which will be sold low for cash or country produce, at their old stand. Main street. _Doe 7 _3 STOLEN, FROM nw stable, on Sundav - evening, ahorse MULE, SADDLE VI and BRIDLE. The Mule was a <fiJL??Lv!.i rk bay, the two forelegs bowed, or sprung at the knees, with several small spots about the neck. A suitable reward will bo paid (together with expenses) for his return to me. PETER W. KRAFT, Dec 7 3 Crane Creek, near Columbia. GUNS MI TH IN G. PETER W. KRAFT would respectfully inform his old friends and customers that ^he has resumed his old busi? ness of a GUNSMITH, and will promptly attend to all orders. Dec 7 12 25 CENT CHUB. JUST opened, ono case best F3NGLISH and AMERICAN PRINTS, at 25 Cents per yard. Call and examine. SUITER A BECKHAM, De?* 7 5 Next door to Shiver House._ 10-4 Sheeting. ONE caso of the above DESI BABLE GOODS,.at reduced prices, at SHIVER A BECKHAM'S, Dee- 7 3 Next door to Shiver House. BLEACHED LONG CLOTHS. WO oases, just opened, from 25c. to $1 per vard, ut " SHIVER A BECKHAM'S, Dec 7 3 Next to Shiver House. T SHOES, SHOES. EN TS, LADIES and CHILDREN-at VDT very much reduced rates Dec 7 "3 SHIVER A BECKHAM. To Rent, A WELl-rS?TTLED PLANTATION, con _/\_ s?stir?g of about 1,500 acres of Land Sou of which aro cleared, und the remain? der well timbered. On tint said plantation are a Saw Mill, Grist Mill and (?in, pro? pelled bv water power. Situated in the fork of the Cungaroo and Wateree Rivers, on the Sonth Carolina Railroad, about ono mile from Kingsville and n mile and a half from Gadsden. Location healthy and all the buildings in good condition, capable of u.c .nr. od iting between li ft v and seventy live laborers. On the premises, also, is a good Overseer's House. The said property can be rented on shares wit h owners, or the whole, if desired. Apply to Dec 7 0* HANAHAN A WARLEY. -^Lxxotioia. Sales. By Durbec & Walter. WILL bc cold, at orar mart, TO-MORROW (Friday) MORNING, at 9J- o'clock, The following articles: Sofas, Chairs, Tables, Benches, Cocking Stove, Mackerel, Soap. Butter, Candles, Olive Oil, Cigars, Whiskey, Spices, Crockery, Cooking Uten? sil?, ?Vc. .Sale positive and without reserve. Dec 7 _2_ Groceries ami Hardware. By JAMES G. GIBBES. C. F. HARRISON, AiumiwEEr.. THIS (Thursday) MORNING, 10* o'clock, will be s?.?4d. at my store, 5 hhds. Bacon. 5 kits Mackerel. ? 20 boxes Herrings. 10 bbls. Flour. 5 boxes assorted Candies. 2 doz. Buckets. 5 " Brooms. 1 case Pine Apple Cheese. 5 boxes Soap. 2 cases Sardines. ALSO, An invoice of Hardware and sundry other articles. Dec 7 2 Unlimited articles received up to 10 o'clock on day of sale. Furniture, Cotes, Carriage, ?ce. By Levin & Peixotto. WILL bc Bold, before our store, TO-MOR? ROW (Fridttv) MORNING, 8th inst., at 10 o'clock, A large assortment of FURNITURE?con? sisting of : Mahogany Wardrobe, Mahogany Chairs, Cane-seat Chairs, Marble-top Washstand, Office Chairs, Bedsteads. Mattresses, two very fine Carpets, Rocking Chairs, Side? board, Tables, Ac. ALSO, A few Plows, Reaping Cradles, Ac. AT ll o\'LOCK, 3 fine Milch Coivs and Calves. 1 fine four-seat Carnage. Dec 7 2 BOOTS, SHOES AND LEATHER. THE subscribers have just received [a general assortment of BOOTS and ?SHOES, consisting of : Gent's Single and Double-soled BOOTS, (Philadelphia make,) Balmorals, Gaiters, Bootees, Bro ?ans, Ac. Also, a tine lot of the vervbost altimore Oak Sole LEATHER. We wiU, Af usual, make to order all variet'es of Boots and Shoes, of the best material and workmanship, for cash only-a rule front which there will be no exception. J. A A. OLIVER, Sumter st., between Richland and Laurel. Dec 7_ Imo* TANNING'S RESTAURANT? On Assembly, next door to P'Sitin Street Tlie SAil38Ci*il3er Will furnish From 8 to 10 o'clock A. M. At ll A. M. I) J N NEE, At any time between 2 and 4 o'clock p. m. Dec 7_?}_ UN I TIN! K A BOXES TIN PLATE, all grades. 0\ f 20 bnndles WIRE, all sizes. 25 bundles Sheet Iron, common and best. 10 pigs Block Tin. For sale'bv FRANCIS H. DUC, 422 King street, Charleston, S. C. Dec 7 thmtn3 Wofford College, SPART ANBURG C. H.. S. C. sm*. TH? next session will, begin /fjEk on Hi.- SECOND MONDAY in ^?liJHfe?=.lanuar\ 1800. In addition to ^'^SKSP^ regular students, those who jS^MPmay desire to pursue select G&jjr studies will bo received into tho institution. A Preparatory School is also kept in thc College, under tho supervision of tin- Fa? culty. Tuition, including contingent foe, $54 per year. Board about $12 per month. Tuition and Board are reckoned in specie, 1 but payable in paper currencv. A. M. SHLPP, I Dec 7 tbm President Wogord College. SPARTAN Ii CR G BY request of thc Trustocs of this institution, it is at pre? ssent under thc supervision of 'tho Faculty of Wofford College. 'Thc undersigned, with Pr? .f. DoPRE and such assisi .ut teachers as may be necessary, will 0ivc in? struction at the Female College. Tho next session will begin on the 2d MONDAY in January, I8G0. Tuition, in? cluding contingent fee, $50 per year; Mu? sic, including usc of instrument, $45 per year; French, $30; Board, about $12 per month. Tuition and Board are reckoned in specie, but payable in paper currency. Thc course of studies is liberal and ex? tended, including Ancient Languages amt instruction in Vocal Music, foi' which no extra charge is made. A. M. SHIPP, Dec 7 thin President Wofford College.