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Tike Baron DeKalb. "We all know tho story of Sir Walter Raleigh, when ho was writing his his? tory of tho world iii tho Tower, and wo all poe, ovory day, tho truth of the moral it inculcates. It is the hardest thing in thc world to lind any two witnesses ?f the most simple transaction who will agree in report? ing- it. We were struck with thc force of this truth, not long since, upon read? ing, in Wheeler's History of North Carolina, a narrative of the circum? stances attending tho death of the Baron DeKalb by an eye-witness. The narrator was au officer of high rank-a North Carolinian-who was taken prisoner in tho battle of Cam? den-the !>attle in which DeKalb fell. We forget his name, but he was sub? sequently a man of mark in the State, and of a character entirely unim? peachable. Tho common account of the affair, published iu all the histories, is that DeKalb fell fighting at the head of his troops-that the enemy pressed upon him, and wore on the point of despatching him with their bayonets when ono of his aids stood above him, and, stretching out his arms, cried, "Save the Baron DeKalb'*-that the enemy then ceased to advance on him, and that he was removed, and shortly after died of his wounds. The eye-wituess says, having sur? rendered, he was standing within tho enemy's lines, when he saw the Baron, in full uniform, ride down the remnant of his own line; that he met one of tho enemy on horseback, and offered him his sword in token of surrender, asking him in French if he was an officer; that tho man, not understanding the language, ordered him, with an oath, to surrender; that tho Baron, scorning to surrender to any one who was not an officer, and not having ascertained whether his opponent was such, rode on in search of an officer; that he-the narrator heard a number of British soldiers say, "That is a rebel General; shoot him;" that they all fired, and brought him to the ground; that he arose and scuffled to the tail of a cart, upon which he took hold with both hands and leaned, with his body bent and his head hanging down, and his eyes fixed on the ground; that, while in this attitude. Cornwallis came up fn full gallop in pursuit of the Hying rebels; that he halted when he saw DeKalb; that when he found he was desj>enitely wounded, he expressed his sorrow, ordered him to be re? moved and taken care of, and gal? loped on. We have not Wheeler's book at hand, but we believe we have given the substance of the statement with tolerable accuracy. It is further stated, we think, that he received seven mus? ket balls. Wo wish we could recollect the name of the man who gives the account, but it has escaped our me? mory, although he was a man of na? tional reputation. The. only thing that seems to throw any doubt upon the accuracy of tho account is that part of it which represents DeKalb as speaking French upon such au occa? sion, when it is well-known that he had English enough at command for the pui'pose indicated. But, here, it must be recollected, that the witness was standing some distance off, and probably did not hear the words him? self, but received the account from some Englishman. The manner of DeKalb's death is surely a subject worthy of investigation, and we won? der this statement has never received more attention since the publication of General Wheeler's book. All the actors in the scene, we presume, aro dead, and it is probably, therefore, too late to begin such an inquiry. But still, something might be h.und, we should think, among the unpub? lished private papers of actors in the revolution. -Richmond 7)isjnil<-h. TITLES TO LAND UNDER GENERAL, SHERMAN'S ORDER.- -We observe, in thc proceedings of the Senate, on the 19th, the amendment confirming the titles of lands issued by General Sherman, making them valid for three years instead of forever, has been adopted. Tn this shape the bill will doubtless become a law. Should an apprehension on this point be realized, we shall have only to ex? press our regret that the State should be deprived of the full benefits which might be secured from the vast extent of valuable territory known as tho sea-islands. We are informed that a gentleman of promi? nence and influence left this city two days ago for Washington, for the purpose of fully representing to those parties, who seem to have it in their power to pass the measure, the innumerable evils that will be likely to ensue should they succeed. In the present state of affairs, the State wall suffer te an incalculable extent by not having, for the next three years, the revenue and means which might be secured from full crops of cotton and rice on tho sea islands. In order to rea]) tell crops, or anything like such, the lauds must l>e under the charge and supervision oCexperienced white planters. Tho freedmen, if left to work the planta? tions after their own method, will soon be appealing for aid to supply their necessary wants. [Charleston Courin'. The New Orleans Delta thinks it ominous that pontoon trains have l>een ordered to the Rio Grande, 'hey were ordered from New ( hr Correspondence National Intelligencer. Au Interesting Letter from tito South. LOUISIANA, December, 1865.-If we abstract our thoughts from the present, and strive to fathom the future of this beautiful country, there are certain possibilities which impress themselves upon tho mind. Here has been one phase of American de? velopment. It has dominated over the oborigines and their successors of the Latin race. It had organized the production of a most important agricultural staple. It had accumu? lated wealth, and acquired sectional power. A conflict arises between the North and South-those two great lobes of American development. The Southern system is overthrown. Tho North, Hushed with conquest, arro? gant with power, attracted by the inducements of soil and climate, goes to the South. Office-holders swarm. The needy and enterprising occupy every avenue of employ meut. The cotton mania spreads like an epidemic. Northern men boy and rent planta? tions. They hire laborers? Officers engage thc services of disbanded colored soldiers, and exchange the field of glory for the field of grain. Others finding tho immense advan? tages which the South possesses for the conversion of itt valuable staple into a more valuable fabric, bring their capital and skill into the South and build up a system of domestic manufactures. To this may be added tho commercial interest which finds so much encouragement in the open? ing trade of the Gulf cities. There mu >t bc au end of strife at some period, or under some circumstances which tend to appease the animosities of rival peoples. Whensoever the the calm shall come upon tho exaspe? rated feelings of the North and South there will Ix; a fusion for some com? mon purpose. It, may be . for a war against sonni common antagonist, or it may be a peaceful progress towards the occupation of the adjacent and coterminous countries. When that period shall arrive, nu n will again behold England driving oil* her Roundheads and Cavaliers, and after? wards claiming as triumphs of her race and institutions all tho results of American powers or of American enterprise. This war has done much to re-unite tho sections in any com? mon enterprise, by modifying the distinctive peculiarit ies of each. The Southern people have recognized tho standard peculiarities of the race in the courage, perseverance, and re? sources of tho North. The North has been compelled to pay a tribute to tho heroism, endurance and dig? nity with which the Southern people have borne the trials of war and the sorrows of subjugation. These peo? ple have also exchanged some of the distinctive qualities for which each has been distinguished Perhaps the Southern standard of personal honor and the mode of vindicating its viola? tion may he adopted. Possibly the Southern people may lind that the practical employments of life do not necessarily degrade the individual who adopts them. A higher standard of social character, a better average of national enterprise, a moro favor? able disposition to respect and tiefend each other may result. The extreme intolerance, the selfish cupidity which would reduce the South to bondage, will be rebuked by thc better feelings and better interests of the Northern people. The sectional oscillations will subside into federal tranquility, and possibly tho war may carry the code of honor into Connecticut, and cotton mills and shoe factories into Now ( )rleaus. Then expansion must commence. The Federal Government has stimu? lated tin- commerce and manufac? turers of the North, lt has built up and imported manufacturers, and surrounded them with the ring fence o? a tarill". It has stimulated the Northern appetite with tho confisca? tion and spoil of the South. When is the market for these manufactures*: Where isthe freight for this shipping: Where is the prey for the adventurer': These questions find their answers ii the commercial and territorial ex? pansion of tho United States. Af Europe "precipitated itself upoi Asia,'' so will the American peopl< occupy the commerce and produc tions of the Eldorado which spreads away into the dreamy sunshine of thc tropics and citra-tropical regions. Il may meet the moral disapprobatioi of the philanthropists, but it is a much a physical predestination tba the cold the sterile North should seel the genial South, as that the iceberg should float away from tho Arctic Ocean to melt itself in the warnie waters of the temperate zone. Airead; have the indications of this inevitable law appeared. The war policy ol" th North has crowded population am labor into Texas. Many men o eminent ability and well prove? energy have been self-exiled inti Moxie* ?. Price, Allen, Efardeman and hun dreds of their hardy and resolute fol lowers have expatriated themselves and sought a home in this attractiv country. The writer has converse with some of these men, who hov \eturned to purchase implements c griculture. They express a naturi regret at leaving their native country but it is easy to seo that this regret i yielding to the extraordinary induct men ts held out to agricult ural cute] prise in Mexico. The immigrant bi gins to defend all the peculiarities ( the soil and climate which he lu chosen, lie is beginning obvious! to canvas for associates in bis elite prise. He speaks of the sugar-mi which never stops; of the cotton plai . ?which is perennial; of tho coffee es? tates, npon which ninety acres will prodnce #15,000 annually; of tho ex? traordinary profusion of fruits which are planted to shado the coffee, which pay the expenses of culture, and which were so varied that one indi? vidual could have a different fruit on his table almost every week in tho year. Of course, you hear nothing of fevers, reptiles nor insects. Gue? rillas aud Indians are nothing. Thc Mexicans no longer object to heretics and Northmen. Whenever you hear the American speak in this manner, it means expansion. ?Somo new coun? try is destined to be the sixteenth Mrs. Shuffleton. It is inevitable. Now, when these people shall have begun to extinguish ?thc Camanches, lynch robbers, build railroads, and open a trade with the mother coun? try, we shall behold the national brow relax. It will be said, "These men are of tho old stock; behold how our institutions and language are ex? panding." These men, like Sam Houston, will revisit their country, in a part of which they have boen once so unpopular, and will be re? ceived with pride as men who have carried civilization and progress into new regions. Their overtures for a political connection will be listened to with attention, and it is not impossi? ble the whole Gulf curve may look to New Orleans as its New York, and to Washington city as its seat of Govern? ment. Quien sube. Humboldt says tho climate of Mexico is in layers. You ascend from eternal summer to perpetual snow. It is in the temperate and fertile valleys, which represent the climate most acceptable to the North? ern races, that these mon propose to mako their homos, lt is where tho heat does not enervate, nor the cold ehill. It is where tho world-staples grow with little labor, and enable the planter to command with their price all the luxuries of modern civilization. Now, a climate of seventy-eight de? grees average, w ith little fluctuation ; a valley fertile as the Delta; snow-fed streams glowing throngh fertile fields; orange groves and pine-apples us plenty as persimmons; sugar, coffee, cotton, with quiet and content, are decidedly not to be contemned by the most iron-clad cynic. Obviously the exodus of these disobedient chil? dren of the Republic differs from that of tho first parents. These last were driven out cit Paradise; t he Ame? rican seem to have been driven into it. But c'est egal, it will all come right. They may not come to us in the language of the King of Israel, but we shall go to them. I f they stand fast, the progress of their race will cover their position; they will again be reunited with those they love. Open land, with buildings and enclosures, may be rented cheap in Mexico. A hacienda of 90,000 aorus, in San Luis Potosi, seventy-five acres in perennial cotton, and with herds of horsey cattle, and a large privilege of fruits and timber, rents for $1(1,(Kid. Labor of the natives is said to bc worth from eighteen cents to fifty cents per day. Thc laborers arc docile and sufficiently industrious. At the sam?; time, however, that these inducements art; lu id out to thc people of the Southern States to im? migrate, is it wise on the part, of the moro extreme men of the North to drive them away by the impolicy of confiscation and exclusion? The staple question is now of great impor? tance to the laboring and consuming millions of the North. Cotton clothing is very high. Groceries have perhaps quadrupled their price, whilst exchangeable commodities no longer purchase these indispensable articles to the same extent as for? merly. Massachusetts is of opinion that labor should be organized to pro? duce cotton for the good of the coun? try. Why then pursue a policy cal? culated to discourage and expel men who would willingly and gratefully accept the situation and renew their original relations? Why cannot they enter into competition in the produc? tion of important staples? These are questions time, and returning reason will answer. W. M. B. SHERMAN'S RE-ELECTION A CONSER? VATIVE TROTXTMPH.-The re-election oi Senator Sherman in Ohio is a sub stuntiul conservative victory. Tin Radicals voted for the notorious ex Provost Marshal Schcnck, and mad? a determined attack upon Sh erm ai because of his alleged conservatism It was declared that he had no heartily supported President I jin coin's emancipation policy; that h< had not voted always in favor o negro suffrage; and in fact, that hi had occasionally given some sensibl votes. There is a good deal of signi ficance, therefore, in his re-election 1 in spite of the candidates pitte< against him, and tho arguments ti effect his defeat.-New York Worla -* The New York Tribune gives th following important piece of com mercial information: "The fou trunk lines are now engaged in contest for freights, which, for vigoi has never been equaled. Be twee: Buffalo and New York, freight i taken for forty-five cents per on hundred pounds. There is not road between the Hudson River an the Mississippi whicli has not a larp amount of rolling stock wholly idh and some routes count their cmpt cars by miles. The opening of th Baltimore and Ohio Road, and th loss of transportation growing out i army movements, begins to tell upo earnings, and must continue to do e throughout the year." I CoiiD WINTERS. -Tho old-fashioned winters that history chronicles are well Avorthy of remembrance at this time. Starting with the year 401, wo find that the Black Sea was en? tirely frozen over that year. In 703, not only tho Black Sea, but thc Straits of Dardanelles were frozen over, and the snow, in some places, rose fifty feet high. In 822, the great rivers of Europe, the Danube and Elbe, were frozen so hard as to bear heavy wagons for a month. In 8GO, tho Adriatic was frozen. In 001, everything was frozen, tho crops en? tirely failed, and famine and pesti? lence closed Hie year. In 1007, most of tho travelers in Germany were frozen to death on ^he roads. In 1134, tho Po was frozen from Cremo? na to the sea. In 1237, the Danube was frozen to the bottom and re? mained long in that state. In 1308, the crops failed in Scotland, and such a famine ensued that the poor were reduced to feed on grass, and many perished miserably in the fields. In 1317, the crops wholly failed iu Germany. The successive winters of 1422, "3 and '4 were uncommonly severe. In 1G83, it was excessively cold; most of the hollies were killed aud coaches were driven across the river Thames, the ice of which was eleven inches thick. In 1700, occur? red what was long called "the cold winter," when the frost penetrated three yards into the earth. In 1710, the booths were erected cn thc Thames. jn 1744, tho strongest ale in England, exposed to the air, was covered iu less than fifteen minutes with ico an eighth of an inch thick. In 1809, and again in 1812, the winters were remarkably cold. In 1814, there was alair on the frozen Thames. Tn our own country we have bad many cold winters, when the Delaware and other rivers were frozen and used as highways for the conveyance of passengers, but the cold has never been so intense as in the eases slated above. I Philadelphia Age. OUR CUSTOM HOUSE -CHANUK OF LOCATION. From undoubti 1 autho? rity we learn that the Custom House which has since the institution of the new order of things been located at the building of the Charleston Library Society, North-west corner Broad and Church streets, is shortly to bave its internal paraphernalia removed nYav er the site of tho old Custom House. Tin- Collector has succeeded in effect? ing an agreement fora term of years whereby lin- property long known to tlie mercantile community as the business house of Higham, Fife & Co., and more recently that of C. N. Hubert, on Bust Bay, nearly opposite Adger's wharf, will, before the expi? ration of many ?lays, be designated as the hnport, ami Export Depart? ment of Customs. This change will have a beneficial result upon the com? mercial community in the lower sec? tion ol* tile city. j ( 'harleslau < 'onrier. INTERESTING TO NEWSPAPER PRO? PRIETORS. The Met'abe libel suit, was brought to a ?-lose, on Thursday, by Judge Jones ordering a non-suit against thc plain ti fi*, on the ground that the supposed libel came under the class of privileged communica? tions. The decision is ol' some im? portance, being on a point never be? fore adjudicated in this country, and establishing the right of newspapers to publish a fair ami correct account of proceedings, without being obliged to establish the truth of the charges involved. TENNESSEE COTTON. The Louis? ville Journal says that Tennessee will be the largest cot ton-prod ticing State in the Union this year. Thc native industry of the State is represented to bo in au admirable condition for the resumption of activity, and emi? gration thither from the North is said to have been on ?['lite a large scale. An estimate of the public printing for tho present year fixes the sum at $2,000,000, or an increase of 8300,000 over the cost of the work last year. There is not a shadow of doubt but I what this work could be done, outsido of Congress, for one and a quarter millions. Tho Barnwell (S. C. ) Sentinel states that tho planters of that District have secured laborers tor tho present year, and have commenced work in good earnest. SIIII"" NEWS. POU T or CHARLESTON, JAN. 24. ARRIVED T ESTERBAT. Steamship Kingfisher, Rector, Baltimore Steamer Fountain, Castner, Savannah. WENT TO SKA YI-STKllDAY. Steamship Haleigh, Walker, New Orleans. Acacia Lodge No. 84, A. F. M. A A regular communication of this W?Yw Lodge will bo held TH IS EVENING, /^^\-j.")th inst., at 7 Relock, at odd Pel lows' Mall. By order of thc W. M. JOHN l\. BOAT WRIGHT, Sec'ry. Jan 25 1_ BROW? & SCIIIRMER, Commission Merchants, COLUMBIA, S. C. OFFICE South sid? Gorvais street, near Assembly. Jan 25 Imo SAB 330ft. ClASt STEEL, MACHINE BELTING. J M I I.I. and OIN BANDS. CI11CIJLAR SAWS, and all articles re? quired l>v millers ami machinists. For sah- bv " J. M. EASON, No. '.' Exchange st., rear old Post Office, Jan 25 Imo Charleston, S. C. COMJHKRCIAX. AND FINANCIAL.. WDLKINOTOK, January 30.-Tho sales or cotton to-day amount to 14 bales, at S8c. for repacked, and 45c. for good middling. CIIIOAOO, January 17.-Flour dull. Wheat quiet, at $1.21<?<,$1.24?. Corn 17@ 18c. Pro visions quiet. Mess pork in good demand, at $26.50@$27. Hulk meat Brm Shoulder? le.jc. English meat nominal ?md quiet. Supply of nogs light; lower, '.K'/.'.i.^c ; dress o<L :alr demand, lift?!I Je Receipts 2,00 bbls. Hour; 8,500 bushels wheat; ll,(MH) bu? shels corn; 12,000 bushels outs. Shipments - 7,000 bbls. ilour; 2,500 bushels wheat; 2,500 bushels corn. CINXUNNATI, January is. Flour unchang? ed aud quiet. Whoat dull, at $1.70. Oats firm, at 39@40c. Rye quiet, at. 72c. Hogs dull, and 2S@50c. lower, closing at $11.50 @$11.75 for city. Receipts, 5,100 head. Moss poi!, didi, and declined to $29 for city, closing iiuminal. Green meats nomiual, owing U> mild weather. meats and bacon unchanged. Lard ottered with ..KU U sellers than buyers-ISc. for primo city. Groceries quiet. Cotton steady, at 47c. for middling. Whiskey in good demand, at $2.38J. <;old ;('.?.?. There is said to he not less than $750,000 counterfeit $100 greenbacks in circulation. They are well engraved, nd can bo de? tected only by experts. A report was re? cently made to tho Secretary ot ihe Treasu? ry on this subject, which is said to contait) some astounding discoveries. S . Keep your eyes open, or you will have this trash on your hands before you are aware ol' it. TUB WESTERN Hon TRADE. The Cincin? nati Price Current, of Wednesday, con? tains some interesting statistics in relation to the Western pork trade. They embrace returns of thc packing to date, and the es? timate for- the present season, togethei with the total number packed last season, at. the places heard from, so far, which in? cludes all the prominent points in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. The number of hogs packed and estimated to be packed this season, at the places included in the returns, is 1,143,226, against l,7G7,GC2 last year. On this thc Price Current remarks: "This deficit is equal to over :!"> por cent. There is nothing tb lead us to suppose that there will be any increase or decrease at thc places yet to hear from to essentially change this ratio; and if this wilt nut vary, then the whole number packed will hardly exceed 1,500,000. There will be an increase in their weight, however, equal tu 20 pin? cent., we think, which will make the crop equal to about 1,800,000 hogs. The final result may reduce th?; deficiency from this estimate, but it seems to us now pretty clearly that the crop, in pounds, will not exceed2,000,000 hogs of the samo average of that of 18(54 C5. The following remarks on the financial situation are from tie- Now York (.htnmer cial. Clwontjnle, nf Saturday: A prominent topic of discussion in finan? cial circles is to the effect which tho in? creasing plethora of money anti the pre? vailing loss of confidence aro likely to produce on general business. Yesterday, the bank and loan institu? ions were offering freely to lend at f> percent, But there were few 1??rcowerrt, and the general disposition among conservative men .seems at present to bu to avoid all time engagements, and to contract, as far as possible, outstanding obligations within narrow limits. We have thus un extremely easy loan market., co? existing with the declining values at the Si'?ck Exchange and elsewhere. This ease in mone y is ?lue in part to the closing up of the usual avenues for em? ploying it. ami in part to Hie accumulation iii the vaults of eur city banks of national banknotes. The news of the advance in the Bank of England rale nf interest, on the 2yth of December, has bad no influence whatever on our money market, which ap? pears to be governed at present by influ? ences originating in our own financial situa? tion. There is little doubt t hal the depression in public confidence, of which a proof will he found injmr account ol the week's fluc? tuations in the stock market, is closely connected with tin- anticipated effects of thu contraction movement of the Secretary of the Treasury. If so, this general feel? ing of vague distrust will probably pass away when the practical character of that measure is better understood. The well known mischiefs of violent contraction of currency are what seem to be dreaded by our business men; but in tin- present anil | prospective condition of the National Trea? sury, such violent, sudden contraction WOllld defeat its own purpose, and is equally unnecessary and improbable. N>> COTTON IN TUE COUNTRY. Planters from the- interior, both in Mississippi and Tennessee, inform us that all, or within the very small fraction of all, the cotton raised last year has been gathered, ginned, baled, sent to market ami sold. They also sav that the collectors of cotton statistics, and tho commercial world at large, would do well in future to put the amount of cotton still remaining tm the plantations at next to nothing-tho country being almost en? tirely bare of the article, even at this early day. The necessities of the planting com? munity -provisions, mules ami horses and farming utensils for cultivating th?! next crop, etc. ami the prices the "staple" commands, have combined to produce this result. All "signs" are, that thc price of cotton is bound to go np still higher, lint cotton docs not always obey What appears tobo the ordinary law of cause and effect. Vet, we think it m it to certain that, whether it advance or not, it cannot for years go much lower than it now is. Some of the shrewd? est of our cotton merchants are of opinion that all calculations for tin- future, based on this assumption, cannot be very far out of the way. Siemp/tis Argus. Proposals for Wagon Transporta? tion. GENURAL SU 1'EIU N TEN I >'T8 OFFICE, SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD, CHARLESTON, S. C., Jan. 20, 1866. PROPOSALS for the. TRANSPORTA? TION, on WAGONS, of MERCHAN? DIZE and PRODUCE, between Graham's Tum-Out ami Johnson's Turn-Out, on this road, are invited until 'Mat inst. 1st. Bids must state number and capa? city of Wagons and size of Teams. 2d. Price per 100 pounds for general Merchandize, and per bale and bushel for Produce. M. Time within which trips will bo made. All necessary information can be obtain? ed on application at this ??nice, but no bids will be. entertained unless accompanied with proper reference. If. I1. PEAKE, Jan 2"> General Superintendent. EASON'S FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SIKH'S, CHARLESTON, S. c. WE ar?; prepared to build STEAM EN? GINES ami BOILERS, Saw Mills and Machinery of all kinds; Castings in Brass and iron. Repairing of all kinds done at short notice. Our prices are low. Jan 25 Imo J. M. KASONfv. BRO. -A-xxotio-rx Sales. .';!M?,()0t) (?ood ??rick. By LEVERT & PELXOTTO. WILL bo Kobi, at tho Court House, <>n the FIRST MONDAY in February, The above, in I ?ts to suit purchasers. Jan 25 thsmfi Building (Ms, suitable for Family Hest dences. Ey LEVIN & PELXOTTO. ON tito FIRST MONDAY in February next, at. tin- Court House, wo will Bell, Tho VACAN T LOT situated on tin-cor? in roi' Plain and Marion streets, containing balf an acre. A I.SO, Two LOTS on Marion street, each Cl feet front by 208, bounded North by lot of Into I. D. Mordecai,*and South by lot. of Chan? cellor Carroll. Terms at sale. .lan 25 thsmC Desirable City TMIS. By LEVIN & PELXOTTO. WE will sell, on th<- FIRST MONDAY in February next, at the Court House, That desirable BUILDING LOT, situated on the corner ol' Lady and itain streets and immediately opposite Nickerson's and Janney's Hotel, measuring 52 feet on Main street and 'ins on Lady street. Thc above is one <.!' tho best hnsiness locations in the city. Terms made known at sale. .Ian 25 thsmC Handsome Dwelling ami Building Lois. BY A. R. PHILLIPS. On the KlItST MONDAY in February next, atll o'clock a. m., I will sell, at the Court (louse, in ( 'nlumbia, That pleasant and desirable two-slorv dwelling, on flu- South side of Richland street, between Wickens ami Dull streets, formerly tho residen cr of tim lat? Cen. Gregg. The lot contains hall' aero. The house has 10 rooms, A in tho basement, .lin the first story and 2 in second story. Tthere is a good kitokon, smoke-house, stabil-, and well in the yard. A I .St>, 2 Building Lots on Last side of Richard? son or Main street, between Laurel and Richland streets, fronting on Main street 52 feet each by 313 feet deep. These Iota aro admirably located for hnsiness stands, having been occupied as such for tho last ?0 years. Ai.so, A very desirable Lot for a residence on the corner of Lady and Marion streets, opposite the Presbyterian < 'lun ch, contain? ing one acre. On this lot there, is from 50 to 60,000 bricks. This property may bo treated for at private sale previous lo sale-day. Terms (which will be made easy) made known on dav of sale. Jan IS Corn! Corn! ?AA BUSHELS BRIME WHITE . H f\J CORN, at $1.70. For sale by BROWN A: SCHIRMER, .Ian 25 2 Gervais *t., nea- Assembly. COTTON SEED AND OOM Foi* Sale, ON tho plantai ion <>f the subscriber, on the Watereo River. The COTTON SEED can bc delivered at Columbia. For further particulars, applv to A. C. DAVIS, Columbia. .I?IIN ENGLISH. Jan 25 J3* Fresh Goods! -| d~\?\ BBLS. Super, Extra and Familv 111\ 1 FLOUR. 50 bbl?. "Pink-L vc" PLANTING POTA? TO Ks. lu hi.ls. "Keach-Blow" Table Potatoes. I box choice Bacon Strips. 1 " Smoked Salmon -choice. I " Bloated Herring 0 firkins Duller - lt; doz. genuine English Ale. and Porter. <; bbls. fresh Soda Biscuit. .lau 25 C. IL BALDWIN. Desirable Real Estate tor Sale. Ml OFFER for sale tho following very desirable HEAL ESTATE, to wit: The HOUSE and LOT on North-east' corner of Plain and Oates st roots. Also, tit.. HOUSE and LOT on South sido of Washington street, opposite tho Odd Kellows' School Looni. Also, three and one-fourth acres of LAND, bounded by Upper, Lumber, Barn? well and Winn streets. The last mentioned is the most desirable garden spot in or al.mit the city, and has upon it a comfortable Cottage House, Sta? bles, (with room for ten horses,) with other necessary out-buildings. For farther par? ticulars, inquire ol' nie atv 1). B. Miller's Oflic.-, Law Ran:;?-, or at Durbec k Walter's Auction Room. JOHN BURDELL. Jim 25_2_ To Heut, <??t A DESIRABLE HOUSE on Laurel JS^streot. Applv to \ ' F. w. MCMASTER, Jan 25 10* No. 5 Law Rangeflj NOTICE. A LL persons aro hereby forewarned j\_ against trading fora NOTE of hand, drawn and signed bj'-Massey, of Lancaster District, and payable to 'mc, date.i on the 17th of March", I860, for tho amount of one. thousand and eighty dollars, as the same has been lost or mislaid. Jan25th4 RICHARD CATHCART. ' Private Boarding or Rooms to Rent rilliK advertiser would like to engage a JL few respectable private BOARDERS, would rent four or live BOOMS, with Pantry and Kitchen. For part icnlars, in? quire "at-this ellice. Jan 25 :> To Shippers of Cotton. COLT' S OFFICE, INT'NAL REVENUE, 3D DISTRTCTS. C., COLUMBIA. SHIPPERS of COTTON are notified that the DUTY or TAX on COTTON will be collected here. JAMES G. GIBBES, Jan 25 2 Collector. Stolen, OUT of inv Stable, on Sand Bil's "" the night of the 23d, a large, red I roan, round nose HORSE. A liberal re? ward will ho paid for the recovery of the horse, and $50 reward for thc arrest of tho thief. W. HUTSON WTGG. Jan 25 2* W. P. RUSSELL &. CO., No. io liny IM- Street, Oliarloston, St?. O rilllL above linn, long and well known as X manufacturers of SASHES, BUNDS, D'. ?RS, MOULDINGS, .Vc, would hog lei /c respectfully to call tho attention of meir former customers throughout Ha? st ute, that they are now prepared lo till all orders in tho above lim- with prompt? ness and at as low rates as can be pur? chased anywhere in the Knited Slates and landed lier?-. Their work will ..lways he found strong and substantial^ m.nie, and packeil carefully for shipment. Orders solicit ed and*:it ?stact ion ejei ran? ted. Jan 25 eotl 2 ? o