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IBy Toles^apli. From Tex?*. Niw GUINEANS, December 28.-Throe po? licemen were severely wounded on Christ? mas day by a gang of excited negroes. Some forty negroes wore arrested, most of whom were armed. In Western Texas the planters, farmers and freedment are ecnorally makin j eon tracts for the next year, "satisfactory to both parties. In central Texas the pros Sects aro not HO good, the planters being iscouraged. On ?neb as thc sugar and cotton plantations of Brazos, Colorado, Correy, and other streams near the coast, General Gregory is making a tour, address? ing the freedmen, with a view to persuade them to make contracts fer labor next year. Early this month, at Jefferson, Texas, the military rescued by force, in open Dis? trict Court, from the sheriff, two treasury agenta who where indicted by the grand jury for swindling. The officer in com? mand ordered the Provisional Judge o' the court to releaso the agents, under a threat of punishment if bo disobeyed, and the Judge declined obeying thc order. from Washington. WASHINGTON January 1.-The War De? partment this morning issued an order to tho Provost Marshal to turn over the Old Capitol prison temporarily to the Navy Department, for the confinement of Captain Sommes. The court has not yet boen fully appointed for his trial. It* will be com? menced on the 11th of January, and will ait in ono of the rooms of th? Navy De? partment. Mr. Clement C. Clay, formerly United States Senator from Alabama, more recent? ly Confederate agent-in Canada, and at present a prisoner at Fortress Monroe, has recently been permitted by thc President to receive a visit from his wife. Mrs. Clay arrived at the Fortress on Thursday last, and was soon admitted to an interview with her husband in his prison. Our Fort? ress Monroe correspondent states that she was surprised to rind Mr. Clay in such good health, his confinement hot appear? ing to have injuriously affected him. The health of Mr. Davis is also said to be good. Commander Winslow, formerly of thc Kearsnge. has been ordered to the com? mand of the Gulf squadron. Thc squadron consists of twenty vessels, carrying 138 guns. Mr. Raymond, of New York, has now cut fully loose from the radical camp, and will in future stand firmly by thc President's pokey. He will carry with him a goodly number of others. -*-??-.- . From South America. NEW YORK, December 31.-The steamer Atlantic, from Aspinwall on the 22d, has arrived. Sho brings California mails to December 9th, and $870,000 in treasure. The noWs from thc South Pacific is im gDr tant. On the 28th of November, the h iii an man-of-war Esmeralda captured the Spanish gun-boat Convandego, having on board the Spanish Admiral's correspon? dence. The engagement lasted about naif an hour. Fourteen Spaniards wei e wound? ed and two killed. The Esmeralda was uninjured. The prisoners taken were tho commandant, 6ix officers, and one hundred and ten men, who were treated kindly by the authorities and people. The commander of the Esme? ralda was promoted to the rank of post captain, andja subscription commenced to present him with a sword of honor. Though the Spanish admiral was only forty miles off, lie was ignorant of the capture until informed bv tho Chilian papers three da vs-afterward. The Chilians had also captured a launch of the Spanish gun-boat Resoluecion. Tho launch contained ono gun and forty men, and was used for watching the movements of vessels near tho shore. The Chibaos had armed a small tow-boat called tho In? dependence with two or three guns, < >ue night she fell in with tho launch, which fired at and ordered her to stop.. This was done and the lights put out, when the Spaniards soon jumped aboard and found themselves prisoners. The news from other parts of South America is unimportant. Tho new Government of Peru promises well. Several reforms have been initiated. The Spanish Admiral Pareja was daily ex? pected to ascertain it the Government will conform to tho Spanish treaty, which is unlikely. Central American news is uninteresting. The coffee crop of Salvador is estimated at 25,000 quintals. The cot ton crop is not a tithe of last year's, owing to the ravages of the army worm. Foreign Miscellany. STRENGTH ANO WEAKNESS OF THE 11RITISH NAVY. Wo are gradually approaching a ques? tion of vital importance to the efficiency of the navy. Our iron-clad float has recently been strengthened by successive addi? tions, exhibiting an enormous increase of defensive power, until at length we pos? sess a vessel which may be expected to re? sist even a shot of six hundred pounds. The Hercules-one of Mr. Heed's ships - is completely proof against a three-hun? dred pounder, and will be so plated along her water-line as to repel? a ball of twice that weight. AH this time, however, we have made little or no advance in the way of offensive armament. Even the three" huudred pounder gun is not actually re? ceived into our service, so that our progress is on the side of the ships alone. For this there were good reasons. We cnn make shins carry armor moro easily than we can 1 make them carry cannon. The sides of a man-of-war are now as thick as the walls of a feudal castle, and yet tho vessels are as fleet and bouyant as ever; but when it comes to mounting heavy guns upon these batteries, we soon found ourselves check? ed. It was thought a few years ago that the sixty-eight pounder was about the heaviest piece, that could be successfully carried and worked in a ship's broadside. This gun weighed ninety-five hundred Leight, or about ten thousand ponuds; and Americans are still of opinion that a f twelve thousand pounds represents Maximum of size admissablo .under 'rcumstances. Of course, they have vier guns in use, but they carry turrets, and so, it is said, must proposal, however, opens another It is proved that verv heavy an be worked in turrets; hut it is ed that turret-ships can be made . thy or commodious vessels. More? te have got some magnificent iron constructed on the broadside princi and if these cannot, by some means or ;, be made to carry batteries of ve strength, they must either be ro hstructed, or bc lost to the service alto? gether. So it becomes of infinite impor? tance to ascertain by practical experiment whether guns above a certain weight can br cannot bo carried in our first-rate iron? clads, and what are the limits inrpos ?d upon us in this arrangement. Great pro? fessional authorities have asserted that anv gun which can be carried in a turret can be carried in a broadside; but the con rary opinion has been strongly defended, and is very widely entertained. Nothing, it is obvious, can solve this question hut experiment, and the experiment, we are glad to say, wiT commence this morning. Tho Minotaur is. or> ?t any rate, is in tended to be, one of our finest iron-clads. She waa designed ES nn improvement on the Warrior herself, and it happens that she may be seen, beautifully modelled, in the South Kensington Museum. But it is still a question whether this noble ship can carrv such guns ns would be required to r der her battery effective, and according? ly she will put to sea to-day to make trial of her capacities. #?.**? That these new twelve ton guns eau be carried in turrets is beyond a doubt; but then it has never been ascertained whether turret ships can be mado good sea-going vessels. We have reason to believe, on tho other hand, that thc Minotaur is as good a vessel as au iron-clad can be; but then wo do not know that sho can carry twelve ton guns. If she fails to do so "we shall have to invert tho experiment, and send out a turret shin to see whether she is sea? worthy and habitable. * * * * Many-indeed most-American ships carry eight ton, or, as they are called, eleven inch guns, but they aro mounted on pivots. This was the gun with which the Kearsarge sunk the Alabama, and which did such good service in other actions of the war. Wc could mount such guns on pivots, too; but that principle would only bring us lound to the turret in the end, for a turret gnu is a pivot gun protected. It must not bo forgotten that this ship which is now to be thus tested represents the first and most poworful class of our new licet. The powers of Mr. Reed's vesseis remain still to bc shown, but at present, tho Minotaur herself, the Agin? court, tlic Northumberland, the Achilles, thc Black Prince and thc Warrior are our six first rates. These are the specimens in which our iron-clad fleet surpasses the fleets of other countries, and it is, there? fore, of no slight importance to discover, if possible, some method of arming them with thc moat powerful guns known. The experiments now to bc commenced will illustrate thc question for us, though they will not exactly decide it. lt will bc dis? couraging if the results toll against all the gun carriages alike, but still tho resources of our inventors may not have been ex? hausted in these three models. All we know at present, is, that before our best ships can carry the best guns, some new mechanism must bo devised. The ap? proaching experiments will represent the hrst essays in this direction, but, what? ever the result, wo should be very surry to regard them as the last. [ London Times, Dec. 12. MK. STANSFKLD's TB?BTJTE TO AMERICA. At a reform meeting held at Halifax, (.England,) December ll, Mr. Stansfeld, M. P., formerly a member of Lord Palmer? ston's ministry, said: It was not the least of the merits of the late Parliament that it had succeeded in preserving this country in conditions of neutrality and peace with the people of thc United States, when there might have been thc danger of being drag? ged into a war, and on the side of the slave? holder, (applause,) these men who were our brethren; men who had shown their capacity for using gigantic Efforts and making gigantic sacriliccs to preserve, as they had preserved, thc integrity of a re-united country, and who had shown in tho hour of their victory a clemency such as the world had never before witnessed. (Cheers.) That people had shown an example to all the monarchies of thc Old World-a capacity of returning to all the conditions ol" peaee hy the disbanding of their naval and military forces, retrench? ing their expenditure and admitting the rights even of those they had conquered. Tnis no other nation in thc world had aa yet approached in its history. (Applause. ) PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND TUE RADICALS. Events are now transpiring in the other hemisphere, fraught with the destiny of a gallant race, and important to all the civilized natirffrs of the world. On Mon? day week, the Congress of tho United States assembled at Washington, and the contest between conservatism ami radical? ism has by this time been decided. The President, with a true magnanimity, gene? rosity and statesmanship for which we accord him tho greater credit as our first impressions were against bim. had de? termined to reconstruct the Union and once more to form a united sisterhood of States. His measures for insuring this grand result, and for blotting ?mt in happy forgetfulness the sad scenes of tho past" were based upon a thorough knowledge of human nature. * * * * Tue attempt of the Northern radicals in Congress to gain their object by a perver? sion of th? constitution, is an effort to ac? complish by trickery and fortuitous cir? cumstances the complete annihilation of political power in the nanda of the Southern whites, and its transfer nominally to the debaaed freed slaves, but really to the military satraps and other ofiieials which the greedv North will send down to pres? upon an already impoverished and oppress? ed people. 1h*e test has been made, and we shall soon learn whether the President standa bia ground in favor of the cons'.itu tion and tin- equality of the Southern whites, or whether, bending beneath the power which threatens him, he has con? sented to place the victims in thc banda of a blood-thirsty faction. * * * The return of" the Southern States to Con? gress would put the radicals in a minority, and they are unwilling to yield the power which they have held for four years. * *? * * They aro thu red republicans of the French Revolution in a new guise, and their success must bring co in inercia! disasters upon their own country, the reflex wave of which will sweep upon us and bring misfortune in its train. Every thinking man must cast his wishes in the scale of tliat policy which would bring peace and prosperity, and we cannot but hope that Providence may in some wav avert the dangers looking up in such grand proportions, and may give to Presi? dent Johnson the moral courage to resist and thc power to overcome the dangerous faction, which will ruin the United States and involve other countries in war, if its policy of hate and plunder and revenge can bo carried out.-London 1'ost, Dee. 12. COMMERCIAL WILMINGTON, January 2.-A small lot of middling cotton sold, to-day, at -Ile.; small sales crude turpentine, at $3.11); 78 bbla. tar, at $'2.3;); 115 bbla. common rosin, at $5. RICHMOND, January 2.-The following aro the quotations for South Carolina bank notes: Bank of Camden, 40c; Charles? ton, 20: Chester, 20; G^irgetown, 20; Ham? burg, 20; Newberry, 25; South Carolina, 18; Statcof South Carolina, 20; Commer? cial Bank, Columbia, 18; Exchange Bank, Columbia, 10; Farmers' and Exchange, 10; Merchants', Cheraw, 20; People's Bank, 45; Planters' Bank, 20; Planters' and Me? chanics" Bank, 25; South-western Rail? road Bank, 30; State Bank, 10; Union Bank, ?0. ( SHIP NEWS. I TORT OF CHARLESTON, JAN. \. ARRIVED YESTERDAY, j Steamship Emily B. Sonder, New York, j Steamship Isahella, Waniborsie, Baltimore. WENT TO SEA YESTERDAY. Steamship Granada, Baxter, New York. Steamship Herman Livingston, New York. Brig Rolerson, Scott, Boston. Scnr. Hiawatha, Ingraham, Boston. DP Koa CHARLESTON. Sehr. Mary B. Semera, Baltimore, Dec. 29. Sehr. Sedona, Simons, Baltimore, Dec. 2'J. Sensible. Tn contrast with, the radical pres? of the North, whose editors would undertake to regulate and give new birth and new ideas to the minds oi men at the South, we publish the following sensible remarks.from the New York Post: The rebellion in the Southern States was crushed ; the rebel armies were scattered and disarmed ; the people have returned to their homes, under oath to make no further re? sistance to the "supreme laws of the land, " but to be henceforth peaceable citizens. They claim that it is their intention to keep this oath ; and they add that they do it cheerfully. Their leading men exhort them to attend to their private affairs, and to submit honestly to the penalties of defeat. Now, to ask more of them at present, to ask that they shall be proud and glad of their defeat, is to forget the nature of men's minds and hearts ; it is to demand impossibilities. By and by, we trust, the whole South will be convinced that the failure of the rebel? lion was for the best interests of the Southern people. For the present, we may be reasonably contented with their submission to the laws, and need not stop to inquire about their sentiments. We have a right to demand that RC long as they remain in the country they shall obey the laws, keep the peace, and respect the rights of ah other men; but we have no right tc demand that they shall like or admire the laws. Still less have we a righi to impose upon them, as a conditio? to their enjoyment of the benefits ol the laws, that they shall adopt our own moral conclusions. We may sav to them that they must obey the lawi already made; we may insist upon it that their own Laws shall conform tc the supreme law of the land; anc that they shall adopt no institution: inconsistent with Republicanism which is a guaranty to every membei of society of his personal and civi rights; but to make it a" sine qua no? that they shall think and feel upor all political and social questions ir the same strain that we do, is both ! moral and a practical absurdity. SERIOUS POISONING CASE-Six PER SONS THE VICTIMS.-A melancholy case of poisoning occurred at No 2,310 Spring Garden street yesterday morning, by which six persons wen the victims. It appears that Patricl McLaughlin, his wife, two childrer and his nephew and niece partook o breakfast at different times durinj the morning, and each one was takei j seriously ill within two hours after wards. Some two or three physician were immediately sent for, who, upoi j arriving at the house and examiniuj i the sick persons* pronouncing1 thei illness to have been occasioned b; poison. Mr. McLaughlin, who wa the hist to eat breakfast, was the mos seriously affected, being unable ti speak for several hours subsequent , lt was thought at first that he waul not recover, but he gradually becam better, and last evening was prc nounced out of danger. The othe five suffered somewhat during th early part of the day, but at no tim were considered dangerously ill. Be sides McLaughlin and wife, the vi< tims are Margaret, aged nineteer and Michael, aged seventeen, the: children ; also, James McLaughlir aged twenty-one, and Jane McDevit aged twenty-three, their nephew an j niece. James, after eatingbreakfas had proceeded to his work, but, bi I ing taken sick, was obliged to retnr horne. A younger son of Mr. M> Laughlin escaped the poison. B did not get up till some of the othe: I were taken sick, and being obliged 1 go for a doctor, was prevented fro I eating his breakfast. The poisonir is supposed to have resulted from tl coffee which they all drank durir the morning meal. Whether it r suited from the coffee itself or fro ! an ingredient placed within it, is y to be developed. A portion of tl i coffee-grounds was taken by one the physicians to be analyzed. Tl affair created quite a sensation in tl neighborhood.-Philadelph ia Press -?-... CANADIANS BECOMING AMERICANS. It is not merely the European en grants who have arrived at Canadi; ports during tho year, that have mc ed almost en masse to the Unit : States as settlers, but the old tir residents of both Canadas, of bo the French and English stocks, ha been migrating thitherward, or rat! ! westward, in huge numbers. Soi j of the districts ure almost depopul i ed, and many of the cities are larg< ! depleted. The emigration is tc j great extent, of course, from t ! young and enterprising classes, w see better opportunities and bet \ prospects in the United States th : in Canada. A good share of tin ! are going to our Southern cities, to take a part in cotton plantii from which such large returns ? certain. They will find room, abi dance and welcome in any part fc this great country, and can find i mate or occupation to suit any fan THE DEFALCATION XS NEW Yo] Dr. Bradford, the public adminisi tor in New York City, is a defaul to an amount between thirty-f thousand and forty thousand dolln which was lost in stock speculatio ' He has published a letter confess ! the defalcation, and ha'- made ? assignment of his own and wife's j j perty to cover the loss. His tern j office is just about expiring. i SOUTHERN SPIRIT.-There are many (aaya the Louisville Courier) who will not or cannot appreciate or un? derstand the high-toned manliness j and unbending courage exhibited by the Southern people in their defeat. They looked for cowardly and cring? ing submission; a bending of the supple knee and a bowing of the haughty crest. They are disappoint? ed that they do not find these things. The Confederate, though overwhelm? ed by numbers and completely sub? jugated, does not forget his manhood or lick the hand that smote him. This has of course excited surprise in the minds of those whose slavish spirits would not have sustained them under such calamities, and they are indignant that we do not act as they feel and know they would act if simi? larly situated. Some Northern men, we are glad to see, can appreciate the feelings and conduct of the Southern masses. Among them is Henry "Ward Beecher, who, in a recent speech, said: ' 'Those flashes of Southern senti? ment, bitter editorials and tossing heads, are not surprising when we think of the scourge that has swept over them-that a proud spirit has been obliged to confess defeat at the hands of men they despised-that their property has been swept away their sons slain-they reduced from affluence to beggary. When I think of this, the wonder is that they are as temperate as they are. Considering their fearful defeat and humiliated position, I think they have behaved well. It may not be fashionable, but I honor them for the feehng they ex? hibit." THE CONTRAST.-A Texan editor, on his travels, writes a graphic and very interesting letter to the Galves? ton News, from which we extract the following paragraph : Morning on the Mississippi ! The sun is glorious, as the little white fog fleeces are drank up by his beams. Look out upon the stately mansions, the great piles of sugar mills and the villages of white cottages where the slave resided and grew sleek and happy. Where is he now? I look in vaih for the long lines of the cheerful darkies streaming out at this hour of the morning, singing the choral chant that once spoke of their careless hap? piness. The fields are full of weeds -no smoke from the quarters, and -. the doors are shut. Whither have they gone? AU is silence and deso? lation. What mean those solitary chimney stacks, those half fallen walls of brick, the rugged shrubbery and fenceless gardens? Ah! the de? stroyer has been here. The shave has had his shackles stricken off, and he has gone forth to freedom-nakedness and death. The torch has swept his master's house, but not by his hand applied, yet by his holy liberator. His master's family driven into exile and want; his home and associations broken up, and he introduced, with hallelujahs, to starvation and wretch I edness. This sunshine only mocks the ruin on those once happy shores. HEAVY COTTON* MOVEMENT.-The week's exports of cotton from this port have been unusually extensive, having amounted to 13,596 bales, representing a currency value of 83,165,479. Included in the exports have been to .Liverpool, 13,097 bales, valued at $109,254. There is an estimated stock of all kinds available at this port of 205,000 bales. The re? ceipts at this port thus far this month have been quite . liberal, having amounted to 77,000 bales, making the total arrivals here since Septem? ber, 1,391,800 bales. ?New York Herald. A HARD CASE.-In 18G1, when the Confederate first supereeded the United States Government in these parts, the money in possession of the late William E. Bass, the then post? master, was (as was generally the case throughout the South) turned over to the Confederate authorities. We learn that the restoration of Federal authority renews the obligations of the gentlemen who were Mr. Bass' endorsers for the amount so disposed of, and the sum-about $6,000-will I have to be paid by three of our citi I zens.-Petersburg Index. APPLICATION FOR THE PARDON OF KETCHEM.-Horace Greeley, George Opdyke, David Dudley Field and William E. Dodge were in this city a few days since to urge upon Governor Fenton the pardon of young Ketch um. They were fortified by letters from Chief Justice Chase, and others prominent in national politics. The persons injured by Ketchnm, and all the creditors concerned, with one exception, unite, it is said, in urging a pardon. The '?pressure" brought to bear upon the Governor in the : matter is veiw great.-Albany Argus. Despatches from Washington of the j j 2d say that it has been erroneously ' stated that France and the United States had arrived at an understand - ing with reference to the withdrawal of the French troops from Mexico, although it is known here in diplo? matic circles that Napoleon is soliei tious of doing so, but is prevented by the fact that Maximilian has not paid the money promised by treaty for their continuance in Mexico. PARDON OF GOVERNOR GRAHAM. The Raleigh Sentinel, of the 28th ult, . brings us the gratifying intelligence ! that thc President of the United j States has pardoned William A. Gra? ham, Senator elect from North Caro ! llm^ England lias got an infinitesimal revolution close at borne. The little island of Lundy, celebrated for its granite, refuses to let any sheriff's officers and policemen land on its shores. A Washington despatch says that Speaker Colfax is looming up as the most available Republican candidate for tho next Presidency. The winter has been extraordinarily cold in Russia. A man froze to death in the streets of Odessa. The Atlantic cable company intend to lay another wire and rttempt to recover the old one next .J une. Portugal, by attempting to legalize civil marriages, has brought the thunders of the church about its ears. MARRIED, On thc 2d inst., at the bride's residence, hy Kev. Dr. Reynolds, Mr. W. D. STAR LING to Miss C. POPE, both of this city. DR. A. N. TALLEY HAS REMOVED to thc cottage on Pick ens street recently occupied bv Mr. Isiekerson, opposite the* Drus: Store of Dr. C. H. Miot._ .TimGS* Selling Off! Selling Off! DREGS, MEDICINES, SOAPS and ??FANCY ARTICLES, for sale at COST j"5f PRICE, for a few days longer, bv ?fi. Dn. P. MELVIN COHEN, Pickens street, head of Lady street. Jan 6 1 True Brotherhood Lodge No. 847" A CALLED communication of this Lodge will be held THIS EVEN? ING, Gth inst., at 7 o'clock, at Odd Fellow's' Hall. Bv order of tbr W. M. Jan 6 1 D.'P. McDONALD, Sec'y Special Notice. CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, COLUMBIA, January 5, 1806. BY order of thc City Council,'delinquent TAX-PAYEI1S will be allowed till the loth inst, to make returns and pay their dues for the past year of 1865. After that date, all such claims held by the city will bo put in tho hands of the Sheriff for col? lection. F. H. ELMORE, City Clerk. Jan G Holland Gin. 1PIPE PURE HOLLAND OIN", just re? ceived and for sale by the bettie and gallon at CANTWELL'S, Jan 6 1 Bedell's Row. Ba^onStrips AND NEW YOUR PIG HIMS ! FOR sale at CANTWELL'S, Jan 6 1 Bedtll's Row. Woodenware ! ALARGE supply of Brass-bound BUC K STS. Cedar WASH-TUBS. F?OT-TUBS. PAINTED PAILS. BARREL COVERS. BROOMS, A-c. For sale low for cash at CANTWELL'S. Jan 6_ _1_ AGMCULTIML IMPLEMENTS, WE have just received j from first hands: ^^?jje- a CORN SHELLERS, I irrfljfc? > ttl 11 ' ' ' A CUTTERS, ('urn ?SSSsBSSSS^MILLS and PLOWS, in ? addition to a well-selected stock of Family GROCERIES, Shelf HARDWARE. PO I'- ! WARE, TINWARE, CROCKERY WARE, Ac. All of which will bo sold VERY LOW | for CASH. We respectfully solicit a liberal share of ! patronage from mir friends and the public generally. HUFFMAN Av PRICE. Corner of Main and Lumber streets, j Jan 5 Imo* Columbia, S. C. POM ARIA. NURSERIES, j THE subscriber returns his thanks to his patrons, and will be happy to fur- ! nish FRUIT TREES, of all the choicest j varieties, adapted to our climate. Apples, Poaches and Nectarines, at 30 to , 50 cents; Pears, Plums, Cherries, Apricots, j 75c. to tl; Evergreens, Roses, Grape Vines, j of choice kinds; English Walnuts; Spanish ; Marron Chcsnuts; Figs and Ever-bearing Mulberries; Asparagus and Horse Radish Roots, Ac.; Macartney Rose and Osage Orange, for hedges. Descriptivo Catalogue, with directions for planting, sent to all post-paid appli cants. Dr. C. II. MIOT, Columbia, is my agent. Address WM. SUMMER, Jan 2 tis Pomaria, S. C. DR. B. W. TAYLOR OFFERS his professional services to tho j citizens of Columbia and its vicinity. Residence corner of Pickens and Senate streets._Jan 1 Imo* ; Sup'ts Office, Charlotte & S. C. R. R., ] COLUMBIA, S. C., JANI AUY 1, 1866. j nrnSfflSEK] ONE HUNDRED LA j^gj"BggHKBORERS wanted, to work on the track. Applv to WILLIAM REY- ; NOLDS, Section Master, at the Depot. j Jan 3_JAS. ANDERSON, Sup't. TABLE AMI POCKET l'I TLEBV ! i JUST received and for sale LOW by FISHER & LOWRANCE. Jan 2 Imo* WE have this dav REDUCED OUR ! PRICES for SUGARS and many other articles; and aro daily receiving addi? tions to our stock of GROCERIES, HARDWARE, BOOTS, SHOES and DR\ GOODS, Which wo offer as low as t hey can bo bought elsewhere. FISHER A LOWRANCE. Jan 2_ FOR SALE OR RENT, A DWELLING HOUSE, containing eight rooms, situated two miles from _.Columbia, on thc Camden Road. On the premises are a carriage hou<e, stable, barn and all necessary out-houses. Th. lot contains 180 acres, wooded. Apply to BENJ. T. DENT, De? 13 At the Market. ^3LTJLOtlc>ix Sales. By Darbee & Walter. WE will sell, at oar Mart, THIS DAY, at 9A o'clock, the follow-in.?: articles: Bedstead, Mattresses, Feather Beds, Counterpanes, Blankets, Tables, Washstands, Chah* Tresses, Cook Stoves, Lounges, Crockery, vjlassware, Ladies' and Men's Shoes, Flannels, Alpacas, Clothing-, Hats, Jot Hosiery. ALSO, Wagons, Buggies, Sewing Machines. Sales positive and without roserve. Jan 6 1_. Horses, Wagons and Harness. BY JAMES G. GIBBES. C. F. HARRISON, AUCTIONEER. I WILL sell, THIS MORNING, 6th, at 101 o clock, ?'i fron! of my store, 1 Saddle and Draft Horse." 1 " Pony. 1 Two-horse'Wagon. 1 Two or Three-noise Wagon. ALSO, Several articles Furniture, Groceries, &c. Unlimited articles received until 10 o'ch -k._ _____ Jan 6 1 Large and Atl rael ive Sale of Hardware, furniture, Crockery, K?chen Utensils, <fcc. BY JAMES G. GIBBES. CHARLES F. HARRISON, AUCTIONEER. TIIL' attention of the public is respeetfnlly called to the following list of articles, being tho^ outfit of a famiiv declining house-keeping, to be sold on TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, at the residence, on Rich? ardson street, several squares below the State House: 2 Pianos, GA octave; Mahogany and Vel? vet set, consisting of 2 Sofas, 2 Arm Chairs, G Chairs, Ottoman?, Mahogany and Mohair Sofas, Chniis, etc.; Marble-top, Pier and other Tables, Washstands, ?Bureaus, Plain Bureaus, otc. *|f Secretaries. Book Cases, Wardrobes, Bedsteads and Bedding, What Nots, Extension. Din li-g Tallie, Brussels and Ingrain Carpets, Crockery, Window Shades, Safes, Cooking and Parlor Stoves, Cooking Utensils, Copper Kettles, Corn Mills, and numerous other articles neces? sary to housekeepers. N. B. The house, containing eight rooms and necessary oat-buildings, suitable for one or two families, is offered for rent. Jan 6 3 Handsome Dwellings and Valuable Vacant Lots at Private Sale. THE new and handsome TWO-STORY DWELLING on thc corner of Riehlaad and (Jatos streets. The house contains 12 rooms, well arranged. The lot is ono acre. The out-buildings areample. ALSO, A Two-story DWELLING on the East side of Henderson street, between Gervais and Senate streets. Tuc house contains 8 rooms; the lot one-third of an acre. Thero are ou the lot kitchen, carriage house, smoke house, Ac. ALSO. 2 BUILDING LOTS on the East side of Main street, between Laurel and Richland streets, fronting on Main street 52 feet each by 313 feet deep. These lots are ad? mirably located for business, and will bo sold together if desired. For terms, &c., apply to A. R. PHILLIPS, Jan 6 sw Com. Agent, Davis' Alley. MASONIC- FEMALE COLLEGE, COKESBC RY, S, C. 'THE exercises of this iiftti tution W_ be resumed thc first fe WEDNESDAY, in Febrnarv. fl The services^* th? Rev. T. _. "^Wannamaker, late of tho Co? lumbia Female Ooi'egc, have been secured as President. H'v' will be assisted by an able and comp?tent! corps of instructors. \ The standard shall be as high as\an f in? stitution in the State. A omtia?%etavy completion of t collegiate course will bo require" diploma is conferred. Special attention paid to compositions. Tnere will be no difficulty in securing good board at reasonable rates. For further information, apply to F. F. GARY, Secretary of tho Board of Trustees. Jan G 2 _ FACTORS, SHIPPERS AND COMMIS'? MEHCHANTS, off ICE ix correy TOWN, COLUMBIA, S- O. WILL store or attend to the forwarding of COTTON, PRODUCE, FURNI? TURE and GOODS entrusted to their care. Will also sell HORSES, MULES, CAT? TLE, Ac. We pledge ourselves to use every endea? vor to promote the welfare of those who mav favor us with their patronage. J. M. CRAWFORD. L. P. MILLER. ?3~ Charleston News, Newberry Herald, Winnsboro News, Chester Standard, Abbe? ville Banner, Anderson Intelligencer and Greenville Mountaineer will publish two weeks, and forward bills. Dec 30 Plantations to Kent. ON the 1st MONDAY in February, at Co? lumbia, by order of the Executor of the late James O'Hanlon, will he disposed of to the highest approved bidder, the LAND oelouging to said estate, for the year 18GG. ana known as the Singleton and Log Cast.t Tracts.- They are superior pot ton and gram lands. "^"0 or 70 hand/ 1 bc advantageously e m p'T?oyed^ontl/ gleton place, and alu. , JW ________ Castle. t Wr. A. LS^^^^^^^^p NEXfMA UK ET Ki 1 rs ci ?nstantlv on hand aiuUt_BBg of Family GROCERIES and PRCSES Sa ?NS. ALSO, LIQUORS, CON! ECTIO?ORY, S.'iOKS, HATS and FANCY ARTICLES, &c. Dec 28 10 Wanted to E re. ACOMPETENT NUB for a child a year old; white or colored. A first-rate House servant. ; A first-rate Chambermaid, j Tho best recommendations required ! Ap )ly at this office._Dec 21 Land Agent. irr A. HARRIS, Agent to Purchase or W . Si ll Real Estate. Prompt attention given to any business entrusted to hi carr. Oftice," tor the present, at his resi .lenee, corner Gervais and Bull streets < Columbia, S. C. Dec. 3