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COLUMBIA. Wednesday Morning, Feb. 21, 1866 Immigration. Last month, the number of emi? grants that arrived in New York was 11,175-ojter twice the number that arrived at Castle Garden during the same month last year. The great majority of these emigrants have set out for the Western States. A few hundred, possibly, may find their way to the South. Northern gentlemen who have become interested ia lands in this section have written to their agents in New York to secure the services of a certain number of German emigrants. In twelve months from the present time, the Courier thinks, South Carolina, if the march of improvement is not interrupted, will be so far advanced in the matter of developing her resources, as to excite the envy of half the States in the Union. A gentleman living in the city is looking for an arrival of emi? grants during the present week. They will be sent to a plantation dis? tant about twenty miles from Charles? ton. The prospect for future pros perity is encouraging. United States Internal Revenue Li? cense Tax and Stamp Dut le?-Im? portant for Reference? The following table, carefully prepared from the general Federal Tax Laws, will be found exceedingly interesting and im? portant to all classes of citizens. Cut it out and preserve it:* HATES OF LICENSE. Wholesale Dealers.$50 Retail Dealers. 10 Retail Liquor Dealers. 25 Horso Dealers. 10 Livery St ablo Keepers. 10 Intelligence Office. 10 Insurance Agent. 10 Auctioneers. 10 Manufactories.10 Brokers. 10 Commercial Brokers .. 10 Distillers.,.. 50 Brewers.'..., 50 Pedders, with more than two horses.... 50 Pediera with two horses. 25 Pediera with one horse. 15 Pediere on toot. 10 Apothecaries. 10 Photographists. 10 Rectifiera. 15 Tobacconists._ 20 Coal Oil Distillers. 10 Butchers. 10 Bowling Allevs. 10 BiUiard Tables. 10 Eating Houses. 15 Confectioners. 10 Lawyers. .... IO Physicians. 10 Claim Agents. 10 Real Estate Agents. 10 Insurance Agents. 10 Conveyances. 10 Hotels according to rent or estimate value of proporty. STAMP DUTIES. On notes, for every hundred or frac? tional part of a hundred dollars... 5 ct?. Contracts, appraisements of value or damage, or for any other purpose, for every sheet or piece ol paper, upon which either of the same snail be written.5 cts. Certificates.25 ct?. Conveyances, deeds, instruments, or writing whereby any lands, tene? ments or other reality sales shall foe granted, assigned "or transfer? red, amounting to $500 or less.50 cts. And for every additional $500 or frac? tional part thereof.50 cts. Lease, agreement, memorandum or contract for the hire, uso or rent of any land, tenement or portion thereof, where the rent or rental value is $300 per annum or less-50 cts. For each additional $300 or fractional part thereof.50 eta. Mortgages for any definite or certain sum of money exceeding $100 aud not exceeding $500. 50 cts. Exceeding $500 and not exceeding $1,000. $1.00 For every additional $500 or frac? tional part thereof, in excess of $1,000 . 50 cts. Power of attorney for sale or trans? fer of any stocks, bonds or scrip. .25 cts. Power of attorney or proxy for voting.10 cts. Power of attorney to receive or col? lect rent.25 cts. Power of attorney to sell and convey real estate or rent. $1.00 Power of attorney for any other pur? pose."..50 cts. Protests.25 cts. Receipts exceeding $20. 2 cts. Warehouse receipts not exceeding $500.10 cts. Exceeding $500 and not exceeding $1,000.20 cts. For every additional $1,000 or frac? tional part thereof.10 cts. i.K<'? A I. DOCUMENTS. Writ or other original process by which any suit is commenced in any court of record.50 cts. Where the amount claimed in a writ issued by a court not of record, is $100 or over.50 cts. Upon every confession of judgment or cognovit for $100 or more.50 ct?. Writs or other process of appeals from justice courts or other courts of inferior jurisdiction to a court of record.50 cts. Warrant of distress where tho amount claimed does not exceed $100.25 cts. When the amount claimed exceeds $100 . 50 cts. STANTON TO GO OUT.-A Washing? ton despatch to the Philadelphia ledger says: The short editorial allu? sion to Secretary St.?uton, in the New York Times of yesterday, i s regarded here as one of the most significant signs in connection with the retire? ment of this gentleman from the Cabinet that has yet appeared. T?:? pen that wrote it was fully cognizant of what was about to happen; but the earnest plea for his continuance at Iiis post, and the picture drawn of the consequences that might ensue, should his co-laborer in the Treasury Department and the country at larg, loso his services, will not avail in changing tho fiat that but awaits official utterance. Iliberal Idea* and Liberal Institu? tion t? in Europe. So busy are we with the restoration of our Union to its former strength an'I equipoise, and so overburdened .with governmental theories of our own, that most of us have neglected to notice a very remarkable evidence of progress in constitutional liberty ?which has lately been consummated in a European kingdom-the adop? tion of a new Constitution in Sweden. This event bas resounded already through Europe, and has created no little excitement amongst thinking people, especially in the neighboring countries, and more particularly in Germany, Prussia, and Austria, and even in parts of France. What is tho strangest part of the story, the liberal constitution was pushed through by the energy of the King, who would not be thwarted. The opposition came principally from a portion of the Chambers, and, at one time, it was so great as to create fears of a serious outbreak at Stockholm. Ac? cordingly, a considerable body of troops was sent to the capital, and thus it is hardly extravagant to say that liberal institutions were forced into Sweden by a monarch, at the point of his bayonets! In Prussia, which is now one of the most de? spotic of European kingdoms, this coup d'etat for liberty, as it may well be called, has provoked, very natu? rally, the strongest hostility, and the downfall and destruction of Sweden are there prophesied, as the sure re? sults of this movement in favor of civilization and free institutions. The King of Sweden, however, (known chiefly to us, perhaps, as the grand? son of Bernadotte,) is loved by bis subjects everywhere, and with an affection equal to that of France for her Henry ITV, and no less esteemed and venerated for his admirable qualities as a ruler. While Sweden is moving briskly on in the march of nations, other por? tions of Europe are feeling the effect of liberal ideas and republican insti? tutions. How much of this effect is due directly to the example of our own country, and how much to the general progress of ideas in this century, it is difficult to discriminate. But it is beyond all doubt that the established fact that America has weathered the storm, and stands erect from tho great shock, which the advocates of despotic institutions were confident would overwhelm her, is already producing the greatest changes in the political views ard aspirations of the common people of Europe. Throughout Germany we note from time to time that assemblages of work? men are addressed by their favorite orators, such as Delitzsech, who make the staple of their argument the foundation of the American Republic in liberty to all men, its extraordi? nary development, its hour of trial, its still more glorious future. Abra? ham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson are held up to popular admiration by these orators through Central Europe, to illustrate what man is capable of becoming in a free country. In England, John Bright prose? cutes the work of reform with fresh vigor, and his advocates memorializo Parliament for the vote by ballot. In France, Napoleon, abandoning his project of extending imperial in? stitutions to our Western hemisphere, declares it was not a monarchical but a mercantile venture that he made in Mexico. "Latin race" is not now the word of ambition, but a sorry financial speculation the motive as? signed; and Mexico is no longer "a sick man," but an insolvent debtor going through chancery. It is queer that the Moniteur defends tho rule of Maximilian, on the ground that it "arose from universal suffrage," and that it was a form of Government "which the Mexicans have, in fine, freely chosen." Are these not now recommendations for Ciosarism? The Washington correspondent of the Mobile Register and Advertiser, speaking of the action and strength of the radicals, aud the policy of the President, says: And they will surely succeed in all their designs, unless they are speedily grasped by a restraining hand. With a Cabinet which does not sympathize with him, and a two-thirds majority against him in either House, the President has no alternative but to I use the power at his command. Un I der the existing circumstances, he j cannot longer remain passive without ! exerting a most discouraging influ I ence upon the friends of restoration i throughout the country. Everywhere j they aro watching, waiting, hoping. Noticing Dr. Cumming's prediction that the world will come to grief in 1867, the Augusta Constitutionalist says: We are fully persuaded that this will prove to be a ''great cry and little wool;" for, shave the pig-headed world as you may, bristles alone fall into tho apron of the inspired barber. All thia raving about the end of the world is mere bosh and indigestion. A bad stomach is the origin of a vast deal of the lugubrious religion of our fellow-creatures, and Dr. Cumming, wonJd do well either to go to a water cure estau'j'dimcnt or unitary com? mission, before u3 dons his ascension robe in the judgment 4*7 of 1807. We stake our money on v.1?0 planet, and think it safe. It is stated that Govenor Curtin, ?i : Pennsylvania, will soon be appointed j United States minister to Italy. Export ?Dui y on Cotton. If the New England faction rnain tains its present power in Congress, we caa look with some eertainty'for the imposition of an export duty on cottoa to the tune of ten cents per pound. If the Sooth had the upper hand instead of the North, and. if codfish had the same estimation abroad that cotton has, an export duty attached to that stinking fish would raise a thunderous yell from Maine to Pennsylvania, and the Christian world would be invoked to curse so dastardly a measure. We are -well aware that our ancestors pro? hibited Congress from framing any laws of export duty; but, they -were old fogies and could be taught a flank movement or two by our modern Lycurgusea never dreamed of in their simple philosophy. Very wisely did those fathers of the Republic deny to Congress the right of laying export duties, knowing full well that one section in the ascendant would inevi? tably oppress the weaker section. Honors, however, change manners andrevolutions change Constitutions. Wherefore, we confidently anticipate an export tax on cotton of, at least, ten cents per pound. In an admirable surrey of this question in De Boto's Review. Mr. Boyce, of South Caro? lina, thus cogently states the ques? tion: "Suppose cotton is selling at 30 cents per pound; unless cotton should rise to 40 cents per pound the producer of cotton is the loser. Will cotton rise to 40 cents? It is not to be supposed it will. If we suppose tho price 30 cents without any export duty, this price of 30 cents may be assumed to be its fair value in the markets of the world, the result of the amount of cotton produced every? where, including the United States, and the demand for it. This tax of 10 cents per pound would fall only on the portion of the cotton supply raised in the United States. All the cotton that is raised elsewhere than in the United States, can, as the market price proves, be raised profit? ably at 30 cents per pound. An ex? port tax of 10 cents per pound cannot permanently raise the price of foreign cotton 10 cents per pound over and above the point of a fair and remu? nerative profit. Two causes will pre? vent such a great rise as this. The first is the increased amount of foreign cotton which will be pro- ; duced, and the inevitable tendency of the manufacturers to supply the place of cotton with some other and cheaper fabric. As_an export tax on cotton cannot raise the price to the extent of the tax, it must fall on the producer. None can be less able to pay an undue share of taxes than the cultivators of cotton al tho South. They are poor indeed, with scarcely any capital but their land. It is fxt\ rising, too, that those who favor the tax should be the special friends of the free blacks, whose only imme? diate hope of profitable employment is in the high price of cotton. If that is struck down, a most serious blow is struck at the prosperity of the blacks. "Another objection to export du? ties on cotton is the stimulus it will be to the foreign production of cot? ton. The increase of the cotton cul? ture in India has been a favorite policy of the English Government. We would be playing into their hands most generously. "We should regard the imposition of export duties as one of the most disastrous measures that could be adopted, and we sincerely hope the Constitution may not be tampered with in this particular, but remain as it always has been, forbidding such duties.-A ugusta Constitutionalist. BISHOPS OF THE METHODIST EPISCO? PAL CHURCH.-The Nashville Advo? cate gives the following account of the Bishops of the Methodist Episco? pal Church, South: Bishop Soule was at Nashville on the 5th inst., the I sixty-first anniversary of his itinerant ministry. He was enjoying comfort? able health, though aged eighty-five. Ho resides near Nashville. Bishop Andrew, now past his "three-score and ten," resides at Summerfield, Alabama, and retains "considerable physical vigor." Bishop Paine resides at Aberdeen, Mississippi, is over sixty years of age, and enjoys fine health. Bishop Pierce resides near Culver ton, Ga. He is now about fifty-five years of age. His father, ?Dr. Lovick Pierce, now in advanced years, is still able to "deliver two or thri a sermons on the Sabbath, and o fte; V times during the week." Bishop Kavanaugh'a home is Versailles, Ky. He is said to bo "i.r labors abundant." it - - m - - A Washington correspondent c the Boston Commercial says: I met yesterday, upon the avenue^ the venerable Colonel W. W. Seaton, so widely known to tho country' as the junior partner of Gales & Seaton, of the National Intelligencer. Mr. Seaton, though so advanced in years, retains Iiis faculties to a remarkable degree. He is, however, a sufferer from two causes: One that is past remedy, arising from a cancer'on'the face, and which is slowly, but surely, progressing; the other from poverty, j It seems a strange fact that a man , wUjQ has been so long before the pub ! lie, who has performed so vast an amount of public work, and who was one of the proprietors of the National \ Intelligencer for more than'fifty years, should now be left in poverty and want ; yet .?io it is. 'Xhosa are more Americans in Paris this winter than af any previous time. f COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.. LIVERPOOL MARKETS.-The following is the latest circular from Liverpool: The firm appearance which tho cotton market presented at the close of last week, has not been maintained; tho continued pressure to sell on the part of importera and holders has counteracted the influence cf the steady trade demand, and caused prices of all descriptions of cotton to de? cline. It sooms probable that the gra? dually increasing stock hero, tho largo quantity at sea as compared with this timo last year, and tho accumulation going on in the various American ports, will, for a timo, continue to tell against prices, not? withstanding the soundness of trade in Manchester, and tho steady demand for the raw material from that quarter. The inquiry for American cotton has been un? usually large during tho week, prices of that description being relatively low, and 27,080 bales havo been sold, out of a total of 58,350 bales, but so liberal has been tho supply that prices have declined id. per pound, with an irregular market" For other descriptions there has beep less de? mand, and prices may bo quoted ?(3^d. per pound lower. In Sea Island a very limited business has been done, chiefly in the better classes, which command extreme rates, while inferior grades arc neglected and rather cheaper. But littlo has been done "to arrive, Livcrpool'middling, Jan? uary, February or March shipment, from any of the Southern ports, being quoted at 19|d. per pound. Tue total eales for tho week were 58,350 bales, including 27,080 bales American, of which 39,700 bales are to tho trade. 4,790 bales to speculators, and 13,860 for export. Imports for tho week, 65,247 bales, ineludini 22,886 bales American. Increase of stock, 6,750 bales. The Manchester market has been firm all the week, with a good business and a general tendency towards an advanco in prices; to-day, however, there is less doing, and previous rates aro barely maintained. Tho money market is still unsettled. Yesterday's Bank of England returns indi? cates a slight increase in the bullion held by thc bank, and on the whole the return is not unfavorable. Still, it is evident that even the present high rate of discount is not sufficient to prevent the export of bul? lion, and as thc foreign exchanges conti? nuo unfavorable, and telegrams received from Bombay this morning indicate an advance of 3 per cent, in tho rato of ex? change there, it is not improbable that a further drain of tho precious metals may set in. At present, all kinds of securities arc considerably depressed. The arrivals of breads tuffs continue mo? derate, and there has been very littlo change in the tone of tho trade during the week. Thc demand for the leading articles has been steady, and wo have to noto very little alteration in prices. For wheat, there has been a fair consumptive inquiry, and last week's prices have been fully main? tained. Flour has been in very limited re? quest, and prices aro nominally unchanged. Indian corn has been dull, at a declino of 3^6d. per 480 pounds. AUGUSTA, February 16.-The cotton mar? ket to-day was very dull, and no sales of consequence were effected. We quote mid? dling to strict middling, 34@35c, and good middling, 36c. The receipts by tho Geor? gia Bailroad amount to 53 bales. MOBILE, February 13.-The cotton mar? ket opened dull and easier at yesterday's quotations. Factors offering very spar? ingly. Later in the day, more "activity prevailed, and the market closed in favor of sellers, and firm at quotations. Sales reached 1,800 bajes, at 41@42s. for mid dung. - j NEW ORLEANS, February 12.-There is : some inquiry for cotton, but buyers are offering IOW prices. There have, however, been some salon, including about 250 bales, represented to bo barely low middling, at 42c. Our last quotations were 3Q(&40c. for j good ordinary, 42<^43c. for low middling, and 45c. for middling. The receipts of sugar and molasses since vestorday comprise 252 hhds. sugar, SO bbls. and 17 half bbls. molasses. Tue wea? ther ie cloudy and drizzly; too unfavorable for operations on the landing, and there is ' very little doing in consequence. A few j small lots of sugar were soul at previous \ prices: 15.|@15ic. for fully fair, and 45 bbls. j strictly prime molasses, at 90c. per gallon. ? The usual movement in Western produce i and provisions was interrupted by tho in- j clemency of the weather and the wet and j muddy levee, and very little business has | been dono thus far. Tho only sales arc 50 bbls. good extra flour, at $11.50; 75 choice, ! at $12; and 180 bales prime hay, at $28 per ton. The gold market appears to be extremely quiet, aad can hardly be quoted over 3?, against 38.J on Saturday evening. $1,000 sold at 38i. CINCINNATI, February 15.-Flour quiet, ' without chango in prices. Sales of 1,700 bbls. family, at $10.50. Wheat dull, at 80c. . Corn dull, at 52c. Oats dull, at 55c. Bye ; dull, at 73c. Hogs dull and prices nomi- i nal. Receipts, 500 head.' Provisions firm- I or, but not quotably higher. City mess pork held generally at 29c, with buyers at ! 2bAc. Bulk meats held at 12?@16c. for shoulders, sides and clear sides packed. Bacon in moderato demand, at 14?((?l8Ae. | fer shoulders, sides and clear sides. Lard generally held at 18c, with buyers at 17.5c. Groceries dull. Cotton dull, at 42c. for middling. Whiskey dull aud prices nomi I nal. tiold37?. j LOUISVILLE, February 15.-Sales of 68 i hogsheads leaf tobacco at a slight ad I va,nco. Fleur dull, at $7 for superfine; extra, ti.50; family. $9.50. Mess pork, $28.75. aeon shoulders, 14jc; clear side.,, 19c. t Lard, 18c. Corn, 65c. Oats, 45c. Wbis j key, $2.23. ESTIMATE OF PROBARLE COTTON SUPPLY. !:ssrs. Ellison & Hey ward, cotton brokers, ve issued to-day "their monthly cotton lort and annual review of tho cotton irket for 18G5. lt is a document of great igth, very elaborate in its treatrntnt of ery point interesting to thc trade, and 9 lateness of ita appearance is accounted . by the great research which was ncces ry for the accurate compilation of such a cument, some of thc facts embraced in having to be waited for till tho last mo ?nt before publication. Tho following tracts givo an estimate of the probable pply of cotton, and an interesting com. lenitivo statement of the economic vieis ? ?ludes of the cotton trade during the last j tin years. i The new year opens with a promiso of a j healthier and more remunerative trade , tfcan has been experienced for several I years past. Tho doubt and uncertainty i that still surround tho future of supply I will tend to repress excessive speculation, I ajnd load to a cautious and steady legiti ! mate business. As to supply, wc look for ai moderate Increa'so upon the tot*l import i 'If 1805; less from tho Moditorraneah,' but ; more from other quarters. Wo are yet so ; (lomplotoly jn tho dark as to tho quantity of ! fotton remaining in tho Southern Statos, 'that ?my estimate of supply from America 1 must be moro than usually conjectural. ' ; ^Ve have assumed 800,000 bales, but should i n^t b" surprised to see that figure exceed I edTi''Ma*.b will depend upon the amount ; of tmc next crop aim t,io proportion which I wo Shall receive before tho close o? ike pre ; senl voar. Tho stimuluB of high prices . aodf the proverbial energy of tho American pecfcle, will, perhaps, produce a larger yield than seems at present to be gene rally anticipated, but yet ono that will fall very far short of the requirements of the world, and, therefore, render any impor? tant decline from present rates improbable. The monetary disturbances ortho past year, and the high prices of cereals, nave exercised a prejudicial influence upon thc Indian crop, moro grain and less cotton having been put into tho ground than in the previous season. As, however, we bavo about 100,000 bales more afloat than at this time last year, and which, but for tho great depression experienced in the spring, would have been shipped in time to have been added in the import of 1865, wo think it highly probable that the import of 1866 will reach from i,z?0,??? to 1,300,000 bales, against 1,266,000 bales last yoar-due al? lowances being made for shipments to China. Should tho arrivals from America show any important excess upon our esti? mate, no doubt prices would be depressed and shipments from India curtailed, as was the case last year. Tho Egyptian' crop ac? counts aro very unfavorable. Opinion dif? fers as to the probable deficiency, compared with the yield of last year; some authorities f>laco it aa high as 50 per cent., others as ow as 25 per cent. Taking the least unfavorable view of the matter, Great Britain's share of the crop would bo about 250.000 bales, against 334,000. A similar reduction for Turkey, whence tho advices aro equally discourag? ing, would give us 60,000 bales, against 80,000 bales. From the Brazils, tho news is very cheering, and wo anticipate an im? port thence of about 100,000 bales moro than last year -say 440.000 bales, against 340,000. The West Indies, Peru and mis? cellaneous sources, will most likelv send us 150,000 bales, against 131,000 bales. A recapitulation of thc foregoing gives tho following total, as compared with tho actual figures of 1865 and 1864: Import into Great Britain. 1864. 1865. 1866. America. 198,000 462,000 800,000 Brazil. 212,000 340,000 440,000 Egypt. 257,000 331,000 250,000 Turkey. 62,000 80,000 60,000 West Indies, Ac. 60,000 131,000 150,000 East India_ 1,300,000 1,266,000 1,300,000 China. 399,000 142,000 Nil. Total.2,587,000 2,755,000 3.000,000 Total, in bales of 400 lbs...2,243,000 2,414,000 2,660,000 Direct shipments from America to the Continent will probably reduce thc export from this country to 15,000 bales per week, against 17,000 bales last vear, or a total of 780,000 bales, against 890,000 bales. This would leave 2,220,000 bales of all kinds for home consumption, or only 42,700 bales per week, against 39,100 bales last year, and a present average of 45,000. There is, therefor*, nothing to warrant tho expectation of any material average decline in prices. The anticipated in? creased supply in actual packages is 245, 000; but in bales of the uniform weight of 400 pounds, only 146.000. Considerable fluctuations may" be anticipated, arising ont of the varying relations of supply and demand, as well as from the changes of feeling and opinion which must ever attend tho market until tho trade has resumed its normal character. The exceedingly low state of tho stock of all kinds of cotton goods wUl bo a great source of strength to tho Manchester market, and enable pro? ducers to maintain, if not to increase, tho present margin between the prices of raw cotton and manufactured artie1". Tho pro? bability of dear money and constantly va? rying rates of discount will curb ?Deeula tion, and have a tendency to keep business within safe bounds. [Mancltester Guardian. Colnmbla Wholesale Prices Current. CORRECTED WEEKLY _HY A. L. SO LO M OX._ APPLES -Per bushel. $3 00 BAGGING-Gunnv, per vard. 35 Dundee " . 25 BALE BOPE -Manilla, per lb. 30 N. Y. or West'n, pr lb. 25 BACON -Hains, per lb. 28 Sides " . 25 Shoulders, " . 20 BUTTER-Northern, per lb. 50 Country, " . 25 BRICKS-Per l.OOtl. COTTON YARN-Per bunch. 3 50 COTTON-Ordinary, per lb . 35 Middling, " . 30 Sea Island, " . CANDLES-Sperm, per lb. Adamantine. " . 35 Tallow, " . 25 COFFEE Rio, per lb . 37$ Laguayra, " . 45 Java, * " . 50 CHEESE- English Dairy, per lb...30 ? 20 Skimmed, " ... 25 CORN-Per bushel. 1 50 FLOUR -Super., per bbl. 12 50 Extra Family. 15 00 HAY-Northern, per cwt. Eastern " . HIDES-Dry, per lb. 15 Green, " . .... 8 LARD-Per lb. 20 LUMBER-Boards, per 100 ft. Scantling, " . Shingles, per 1,000. LIME-Per bbl. MOLASSES -Cuba, per gallon. 75 New Orleans, " . 1 75 Sugar House, " .... NAILS-Per lb. ll ONIONS -Per bushel. 100 OIL-Kerosene, per gallon. .. 1 25 Terebone, *' . Sperm, " . PEAS-Per bushel. 1 50 POTATOES-Irish, per bushel. 1 25 Sweet, " . 1 75 RICE-Carolina, per bushel. 9 00 East India, " . SPECIE -Gold. 40 Silver. 35 : SALT-Liverpool, per sack.? 3 50 Table, " . 5 00 Virginia or Coast. j SOAP-Per bar.18 4 25 ' SUGAR -Crushed, per lb. 28 Powdered, " . 28 Brown, " .15*20 : SPIRITS-Alcohol, per gallon. Cognac Brandy, 10 00 Domestic " " .... 3 00 Holland Gin, " . .. ? 00 American ;' '. . . 4 00 Jamaica Rum, " ... 6 00 N. E. " "... 3 50 Bourbon Whiskey, . 3 00 Monongah?la " . 5 00 Rectified " . 3 00 STARCH-Per lb. 20 TEA-Green, per lb. 2 00 Black, " _. 1 50 TOBACCO -Chowing, per lb.30 * 1 00 Smoking, " _50 * 1 00 VINEGAR -Wine, per gallon. 1 00 Cider, ,7 . 75 French, " . 1 50 WINE-Champagne, per basket . . . 36 00 Port, per gallon. 5 00 Sherry, " . 6 00 Madeira, ". G 00 DOMESTIC MABKET. MEATS-Pork, ?crib. . Beef, " . 0( Mutton, " . 8@1( ! POULTRY-Turkeys, per pair. 4 C! Ducks, ,f . li Chickens, H . fit Geese, " . li TO BENT, A LARGE ROOM, suitable for an office J\. in a central part of the city. Apphj I at this office. Feb li Local Items. C\sn.-Our terms fi?r subscription, ad? vertising and job work are cash. We hopi? all parties will bear this in niiud. TH* BURNING OF COLUMBIA.-An inter? esting account of the "Sack ?nd Destruc? tion of the City of Columbia, 8. C.," has just been issued, in pamphlet form, from tho Pluenix, steam power press. Order* can bo filled to any extent. WEEKXT FAMILT PAPEB. -We have com? menced tho publication of a family paper, entitled "Thc Weekly Gleaner-A Home Companion." It is double thc size of the Phoenix, and contains the cream of tho news, miscellaneous matter, editorials, stories, etc., in tho daily mid tri-weekly publications. Subscription price $4 per annum. Specimen copies sent on appli? cation. There will b? an interval of two weeks before the publication of our second number, in order to allow those wishing to subscribe ample time to procure the first number and establish themselves on our mail books. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS_Atteution is call? ed to tho following advertisements, which arc published thia morning for the first time: Hanahan & Warley-Groceries. Bevin A Peixotto-Furnituro, Ac. Julius C. Smith-Tannery, Stock, ho. E. E. Jackson-Notice. C. F. Jackson-New Goods. Shiver A Beckham-New Goods. E. A G. D. Hope-Garden Seeds. " " -Seed Potatoes. Fisher & Lowrance-Potatoes. A. R. Phillips-House to Bent. Gen'l Intelligence Office-Cooks, Ae. J. G. Gibbes-$50,000 worth of Goods. Richard Caldwell-Flour. " " -Corn, Oats and Hay. The swoet South wind, breathing o'er beds of violets, is not more fragrant than Sozodont. And the aroma which it exhales communicates itself to the breaths of all who use this marvelous dentifrice. White teeth, ruddy gums, a sweet mouth and the certainty of enjoying these desirables in perpetuity, are among the blessings de? rived from tho use of Sozodont. t CARELESS CSE OF COAL OIL.-The St. Louis Republican gives an instance of a servant girl who was very serious? ly if not fatally burned recently by the careless use of coal oil. On pro? ceeding to make a fire in the kitchen stove, she took the coal oil can and dashed the contents upon the fire to make it burn more rapidly. The result was that tho sudden blaze which burst upwards from the fire complete? ly bathed her face, arms and neck, and, setting fire to her clothing, soon enveloped her in flames. HOMICIDE.-We learn that on last Wednesday morning, on the Augusta road, about eight miles below this place, a man by the name of Hughs ton Champion, who was arrested on a charge for stealing corn, was shot by Samuel P. Payne. According to tho evidence, it seem that Champion waa guarded by two persons, and when they were about bringing him to town, he attempted to escape, but was shot down by Payne, who was one of th* guard. He died in about forty mi? nutes after being shot. [Greenville Mountaineer. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has noti? fied his congregaton that he must have an assistant to help him to do the work at Plymouth church. So much of his time is taken up with public speaking and writing, he says, that he has not sufficient time to visit the poor, the sick, etc. / If he would preach Christ and Hini^ crucified more, and the nigger and him glorified less, he would have moro time to "visit the poor, the sick, etc."-Louisville Courier. FIRE IN NEW YORK.-Aiker's As? sembly Rooms, from No. 442 to 450 Broadway, was burned on the 15th. This includes the American Theatre, known as "Four Forty-Four." In addition to the American Theatre, the Continental Hotel, adjoining, was burned last night; mostly insured. The National Intelligencer says: "The estimate of the Freedmen's Bureau of the wants for the coming year is $11,750,000-a sum for the governance of 4,000,000 contrabands, equal to the entire cost of our Go? vernment under the administration of the younger Adams." Garden Seeds. 4 LA.RGE supply-quality warranted A. for sale by E. A G. D. HOPE. Feb 21 2 Flnk-Eye SeedlMatoes ?\ JP BARBELS, in i ne order, for ?ale hy Jj O Feb 21 2 E. A G D Potatoes ! A f\ BBLS. PEACH BLOWS, 4tU JACKSON WHITES, RED POTATOES. Just roeeived by Feb 21 6* FISHER A LOWRANCE. Attention, House-Keepers! HOUSE SERVANTS of both sexes, Fe? male Cooks, (with children,) Nurses, Laundresses, Gardeners, Ac, and a No. 1 I MALE COOK, with considerable reputa : tion ni his art, aro seeking employment through General Intelligence Office, noxt , door to Post Office._Feb 21 1 J FOR SALE OR RENT, MTHE COMMODIOUS DWELLING on ibo South-east corner of Laurel and Pulaski streets. Possession ' given immediately. The house contain? five largo rooms-fire-places in four of them. There ia a double kitchen and well in the yard. The lot contains one acre, r Applv to A. R. PHILLIPS, Feb 21 wstuS Davis' Alley.