The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, January 25, 1866, Image 3
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