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VOLLME XI.-NUMBER 1774. CHARLESTON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1871. A NEW FINANCIAL JUGGLE. THE LATEST EXPEDIENT OF TBE BOLD AND UNSCRUPULOUS RINO. Robbing Peter to Pay Paul-A Neat Plan to Cat Down the State Dtbt How to Gain Time with the legisla? ture and the Public-WhAt the Legis? lature U Doing- titer th? Financial Agent w?lh a Sharp Stick-A New Batch or Bille. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THU NEWS.] Co LCM PI.i, Tuesday, December 12. The Bing has not yet played its last card. There are Indications that large amounts of | new State bonds are now being secretly Issued under the elastic financial acts of last session and sold at rates much higher than the current quotations. It ls claimed that the money thus raised is being used la buyiog up and retiring much larger amounts of bonds at the price at which they are quoted In the New York market than are now being issued. In this way the members o? the Bing declare that they are actually effecting a reduction of the State debr* If this story be true, it explains the strange delay in the appearance of the report of the joint investigating committee. The present financial programme ls said to be to continue the issue of new bonds as long as they eau be secretly sold ac an advance on current quotations, and meantime to amuse the Senate and House with filibuster? ing, and deceive the public with vague reso? lut ions of reform; then, to bring out the re? port ol the ?ommlttee. explaining the whole device, and claiming the merit of having saved the State credit, notwithstanding the efforts of the opposition press to destroy it. Your rea lers may judge for themselves as to the probability .of this pretty Utile scheme ever being successfully carried lDto effect. The Senate, after a debate which lasted all day, passed a concurrent resolution to order and authorize the comptroller-general to commence legal proceedings to secure the books, accounts, vouchers and papers of the financial agency of the State of South Car? olina. . In the House, the "act to charter the Northwestern Railroad Company of South Carolina" was passed over the Governor's veto-yeas fifty-five, nays Iwenly-slx. Bil's were introduced to repeal the act authorizing the Slate constabulary; to require a report from the land commission on next Monday; to provide pensions for the widows and orphans ol the victims of the En Klux by a special tax on nine counties; to prohibit the further sale, lsau? or hypothecation of any more bonds un? der acts heretofore passed, and to burn all bondr on hand not yet Issued; to discharge the joint special investigating committee, and to demand a report as to how thew got their per diem and mileage; to limit railroad passen? ger fares to two and a half cents a mlle; and to prohibit and punish lotteries and gift schemes. PICKET, THE WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE Useless Discussion of Financial Pro? jects-A Dall Day's Doings-The Hon? ied Words of Honorable Members and Consequent Disgust of th? Gentle [FROM OUR OWN* CORRESPONDENT.] COLOMBIA, S. C., December ll. The proceedings In both houses of the Gen? eral Assembly were exceedingly unimportant and uninteresting. In the Senate, the following bills and re ports carno up for consideration : Mr. Hayes reported, from the committee on medical affair*, upon the bi 1 introduced a few days ago by Mr. Nash, to create a State board of heall h. Tne report recommends the pas? sage of the bill, with amendments reduclug the salaries of the members from $2500 lo $1500 per year, an* the expenses of the boird from $4000 to $2500. Mr. Owens reported from the finance com? mittee, as a substitute for a bill to amend an act entitled .?an act to regulate the manner ol keeping and disbursing funds by certain offi? cer-," a bill providing that section 3 of an act vntH led "an act to regulate the manner of keeping and disbursing funds by certain offi? cers," ratified August 22, 1868. be, and ls here? by, amended by striking out the words "aod countersigned by ihe Governor, and no moneys shall be paid by either of the said banks on account of the treasury except upon such checks." Mr. whitemore introduced a bill "to revise, simplity und abridge the rules, practice, plead? ings and forms of the courts of this State," which seeks to amend section 330 of the Code, so that. In any civil action, ihe sheriffs, clerks of courts and trial Justices shall be entitled: to demand and receive of the plaintiffs in euch action, in -d vance, the same compensation as ls allowed by law fur like services In criminal cases. Mr. Owens also reported from the finance committee the following bbl as a substitute for a bill to regulate deposits of public moneys by county treasurers and their disbursement by the State lrea*urer : SECTION 1. That an act entitled "An act to regulate the manner of keeping and disburs? ing funds by certain officers," approved the 22d day of August, A. D. 1868. be amended as follows : Strike out, in section 1, the words '.Governor, comptroller-general and treas? urer, or any two of them," and Insert the words "General Assembly." SEC. 2. That section 2 of said act be strick? en out. and the following inserted: '-The sa-Li bank or banks shall, whenever, and so lots? as the General Assembly shall be In ses? sion, rei ort weekly to each house, statements of ali moneys received and patd out on the drafis of the treasurer, specifying in what manner (hey are drawn; and. when tbe Gene? ral Assembly Is not in session, shall make such reports weekly to the Slate treasurer, the State auditor, and to the comptroller general, and, on the reassembling of the General As? sembly, in regular or special session, the said bank or banks shall report to each house a like^'atement of aU moneys which have been deposited and drawn by the treasurer, sloe? the preceding adjournment of the General Assemb'y. SEC. 3. That section 3 of said act be strick? en out, and th** following inserted: "The moneys so deposited in said bank or banks shall be subject to the drafts of the State treasurer, which drafts shall distinctly state upon the face the purposes for which they are drawn, and the appropriation on account of which they are drawn; and no draft, unless so drawn and signed by the State treasurer, as treasurer, shall be paid by said bank or banks, nor shall any of said moneys be paid out by said bauk or banks, otherwise than upon such drafts of the 8tate treasurer. Mr. HoUloshead introduced, pursuant to notice, his bill to repeal the act of March 8, 1871, Incorporai lng the Charleston Charitable Association, tor the benefit of the free school fund. The special order for the day was then taken up, lt being the b ll introduced last January by Mi. L*Alie to create a new county from pori lons of Barn veli and Beaufort. The measure was Rtrenuou-?lv opposed by Mr. Smalls, of Beaufort, and feebly defended Dj? ila author, and lt wat?, after considerable de? bate, effectually killed by the adoption of a resolution to strike oui the enacting clanse. A long squabble was then had over Mr. Wbittemore's concniTc-nt resolution to order -ind authorize ihe comptroller-general to commence legal proceedings to secure book's, ?.CCO'ints, vouchers and t apers of the financial ?freney of i he 8tat<* of South Carolina. /The debate was principally between Whltte more and Leslie, and was very similar to the debates on Thursday and Friday over Whltte more's sterling bond scheme. Finally, the frnher consideration was postponed nnlil to? morrow at one P. M. The rest of the business -on the calendar was referred '.o appropriate committees, and the Senate, at three o'clock, adjourned. In the House the resolution authorizing the publication of certain t-t ilutes and Journals o? the Assembly was passed over the Governor's veto, and the House then went into committee of the whole on the annual message. It was expected that Bowen would to-day deliver his promised broadside, and execute his threat of tearing to (alter? both the Governor and his message; but thc Charleston recruit was absent from hi< place, and the committee, having noth? ing more exciting offered to it than a continu? al Ion of Wilkes's tirade of Saturday, soon rose, reported irogress, and. of course, asked leave to sit again. The fol'owing bills were then reported from the engrossing committee, and, after some debate, were passed and sent to th? Senate: Bill to amend section 279 of the Code of Pro? cedure. This is a measure to abolish the office of stenographer of the Second Judicial Circuit, in order to get rid ot the present' incumbent ofthat office, "Who bas made himself obnoxious to some of the representatives. Bill to incorporate the Palmetto Fire Engine Company, of Columbia. Bill to amend ibe charter of the Town of Georgetown: The first of the above measures provoked a lively little altercation between Bras, of Georgetown, and Myers, of Beaufort, culmina? ting in the following-dignified dialogue: Myer?. (Interrupting Byas, who had the floor.) You're a scoundrel. Bya?. You're another. Myers. You call me a Har-you are one. I will prove you a thief. Byas. You're a Har. I defy you to expose me; but I will expose you, Ac!, &o. I mention this, not because it is a very un? usual ecene In the Souse, and still Je?s from any motive of dislike toward either Byas or Myers, but because the new member Irom Charleston, unaccustomed as yet to the pecu? liar style of debate in this menagerie, called the members to account by demanding that they be brought to the bar of dbe House and required to apologize. It is almost needless to tay that this resolution did not pas.?, and after an interchange of Pickwickian apologies from their own seats,the honorable gem lernen continued their tilt, with slightly modified abuse, until the House adjourned. PICKET. THE KU-KLUX TRIALS. Making Ready for Decisive Action-Ar ralgnment of R. Hayes Mitchell-Ob? jections of tbe Defence and Hullng of the Court. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA. S. C., December 12. In the Ku-Klux Court to-day application was made for an authorization ot the sum? moning of witnesses at the government ex? pense, and the court decided to give no such orders until the prisoners Indicted in the case of the United States v?. B. Hayes Mitchell, and others, from York County, for conspiracy, had been ca led up. The defence severed for the challenge of Jurors and the government severed for trial. R. Hayes Mitchell was then arraigned. The jury, as empanelled, consists ?I two whites aud ten blacks and mulattoes. The defence objected to the right of the prosecution to set aside witnesses. The court decided that the prosecution bad this right by custom The ob. jectlon of the defence was reserved, and will be argued upon the motion in arrest of judg? ment. PICKET. THE PROCEEDINGS ON MONDAY. An Absurd Theory <-? the Prosecution Shewn up-The Pro. ec ut or? Getting Uneasy and Losing their Temper. COLUMBIA, December ll. In the Ku-Klux Court, this morning, Mr. Sianberry cited lurther authority to sustain the position taken by the defence relative to the measure of punishment lor those prisoners who had, for some reast n or other, confessed to having violated the enforcement act as ap? plied to the right of suffrage. It bad been con? tended by the defence all through this argu? ment that, besides the probability that the law ls unconstitutional, lt was perfectly absurd lo follow the course endeavored to be put upon them by the prosecution, viz: finding a maa guilty under one section and punishing him under another. The animus of the prosecu? tion may be measured; if not the correct pun? ishment these men should receive. Mr. Stan berry's argument was very thorough, and nu? merous authorities were brought forward to fully sustain hi* position. The Idea in Itself ls perfectly ridiculous, when it ls taken into con? sideration ibat ihe punishment to which the men are liable who bave plead guilty, under thc section they have violated, la but one year, at the utmost limit, and a small fine; whereas If they were sentenced according to the sec? tion th. t the prosecution have urged should measure tbe punishment-section 6-the pun? ishment could be Increased to five thousand dollars floe and ten years' Imprisonment. Mr.' Chamberlain occupied a small part of the morning hour la reply to Mr. Stanberry, making no new points regat ding the purpose of i he count under section six, except that al? ready mentioned, and claiming that the meas? ure of punishment therein marked should be applied. Mr. Reverdy Johnson then closed, in a thorough overhauling of the law, showing up many weak placeB in it, and deducing Btrong arguments to show not only as a matter ot right and Justice, but as plain facts and sou ml common sense, the prisoners could not be put In a position so unlatr as that In which :t had been the purpose of ike prosecuting officers to place them. He literally tore the enforcement act to pieces, and the act of 1871 fared no bet? ter. It must strike one very singularly tha>, even it ihe charges against these men are true, they should be punished in these days of liberty under ihe operation of an ex post facto law. The ground assumed by tile pros? ecution Saturday, that the nets of Intimidation were commute:! under the operation of a con? spiracy, antecedent to thc passage of the law tinder which they are now being tried, and that the conspiracy then existed, and had since continued to exist, and therefore brought these prisoners properly before the court, re? ceived the attention of Mr. Johnson, who not only showed where any such proceedings were superlatively out of place, but that, to follow np the precedent, the word liberty was but a mockery. That the rule once a ct iminal always a criminal was a very poor one to go by. Af>er the arguments were closed, the court announced that they wonld not render a deci? sion until ihe prisoners came up for sentence. The case of James William Avery and others, cbarged with conspiracy and murder, was then called up. This ls the case in which lt had been agreed upon to make the objec? tion as to the jurisdiction of ihe court, and wherein the division arises which will be cer? tified to the Supreme Court for final settle? ment. Time was given for the defence to put the matter in proper form. Other cas? s were called, in one of which a new count bad been introduced embracing the right to bear ai ms, and to which th? counsel for the defence ob? jected. Argument followed upon this, which occupied the attention of the court until near the time of adjournment. The prosecution are losing their temper; and under the sturdy blows, sound logic and legal drubbings they receive duiing tho progress of the defence, they commence to wriggle con? siderably, and find doubtless they have not such an ea?y job before them P.3 they antici? pated. Only io-day, lu the cou: se of his argu? ment, Mr. Johnson said of a certain point. "My mind ls too blunted to see It: age ls dith? ered." Mr. Corbin broke In with the remark, "Lost your eyesight." A short time will doubt? less demonstrate which side can see most clearly. An interesting habeas corpus case came up later in the day in which a return rendered bv the commanding officer of Yorkvllle, Colonel Merrill, was helo insufficient. He thereupon made an amended return, which sets forth that murder had been confessed to him 6ome time last October, and that the party so con? fessing had been turned over to the marshal. Mr. Wilson, one of the counsel for the de? fence, has been quite HI. It has been decided that applications for wit? nesses to beb. ought at government expense must be made in open court. THE DYING PRINCE. THE VERI' LATEST BULLETINS FROM] SANDRINGHAM. The Prince of Wales Pasg.d an Unquiet ?vemng, bat the Case not Hopeless. LONDON, December 12-5 A. M. The Prince of Wale?, accordiog to the official dispatch just received from Sandring? ham, passed a very restless night. There are no signs of improvement in his condition, and death from suffocation may occur at any moment. HU strengih is les?, and what sleep he has is followed by restlessness and | unquletude. The chest symptoms are bad. The Princess of Wales ls greatly exhausted, and the Prince's eldest sister, the Crown Princess of Germany, is hourly expected at j Sandringham. The excitement in London and in the prov? inces ls greater than during the Crimean war. LONDON. December 12-2 P. M. The Prince of Wales is si lil living. A San? dringham dispatch dated eight A. M. says the Prince had a restless night, and the delirium is constant A later dispatch (noon) Bays the Prince was very restless all the morning, and that bis comluion ls unaltered. In accordance with the request of the arch? bishop ol Canterbury, prayers for the recovery of the heir aDparent were introduced in the services io all Anglican churches. In Roman Catholic churches, Jewish synagogues aud dissenting chapels special prayers were offer? ed. The feeling of grief for the present and uneasiness for the future is profound and widespread. Business is almost wholly suspended throughout the country. Telegraph lines are blocked with the multitude of messages sent to and fro concerning the Prince. Tue tele? graph Une to Sandringham has been closed to the general public, because the wire was bur-1 dened with messages to the Queen from charlatans, quacks aud officious persons ten? dering medical advice. SANDRINGHAM, December 12-5 P. M. Waled has been somewhat less restless this afternoon. His general condition ls un? changed. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert was dis? patched to bring the Princess Victoria, wife ot the German Prince ImperiaLgo Eueland. LONDON, December 12-9 P. M. Unofficial advices in reference to the Prince are not hopeless. The patient's voice remains strong. SANDRINGHAM, December 12-10 o'clock. Wales passed an unquiet evening, but his prostration does not increase. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, December 12. The Supreme Court adjourns from the 22d December to the 2d of Januar}'. In the Senate Mr. Sumner intro i need a bill for mixed schools In the District ot Columbia, and urged early action. He hoped th? exam? ple would be speedily followed In the States west. The lollowlng was Introduced : Resolved, That the committee on finance be requested to Inquire into the expediency of ] exempting from the payment of customs du? ties all materials, including iron ties. Imported Into the United States which are used tor the purpose of baling or bagging cotton. Morton's motion to adjourn sine die on the third Monday of May. was amended with the proviso that no adjournment take place until the reduction of the tariffand civil service bill pass. Adjourned. In the House the committee on expendi? tures was directed io examine the financial condition of all the departments. Faros worth's postofflce hill was passed. The Hil to pay Interest due Soul h Carolina was referred to the claims committee. Adjourned. FAILURES IN NEW TORR. NEW YORK, December 12. The Ocean Bank has been thrown out. by the Clearing House. Wm. M. Tweed, a director, slated that the failure was occasioned by the stringency in the money market. It ls thought thar, above seventy-five per cent, of the de? posits will be paid. A receiver has been ap? pointed. The failure of tho cotton firms of | Wm. P. Wright & Co. and John Seayctoft are announced-said to be In consequence of the stringency of money. There is an unauthen? ticated rumor that the Union Square National Bank had suspended. THE SPECTRE ROUGE IN NE If YORK. NEW YORK, December 12. There was a stormy meeting of the Inter? nationals last night.' which adopted, with wild applause, a reeohuion to parade next Sunday. All working women and citizens are Invited to Join the procession. A commit? tee was appointed to ask Governor Hoffmann for the protection of thc State, and to Inform tbe police of their determinal loa. The meeting adjourned amid wild cries of ''Vive la Com? mune !" 'Vive L' Internal ionale !" It is stated that ex-Judge Edward Pierre? point and other eminent lawyers have volun? teered lo d?tend the Internationals if any ot them are arrested. TBE PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. WASHINGTON, December 12. The committee on elections decided that Clark (Rep.) and Herdon (Dem.) from Texas were entitled to be sworn In upon pi ima lacie evidence. This decision does not effect the ultimate result_ A CHANGE IN HAVANA. HAVANA, December 12. To-day and henceforward the regular troops will occupy the Moro, Cubana and Principe Fons. Valmaseda thanks Hie relieved volun? teers for the manner In which their service was performed In the past two years. SPARKS FROM TUE WIRES. -The Btnall-pox in Brooklyn is increasing. -The telegraph strike in Euglatidcontlnues. The people are beginning to complain. -The Mormons continue to yield a ready obedience to ihe processes of ihe courts, and the roads io the mines are open. -Julllen lias absconded from New York with the proceeds of the late concert and ball given to the Grand Duke. The runaway owes his musicians $7000. THE WEATHER THIS DATS WASHINGTON, December 12. The barometer will probably fall very gen? erally on Wednesday, in the Gulf and Atlantic states, with cloud and rain to-night in the Gulf States, and threatening weather on Wed? nesday from the lower lakes, to the middle and South Atant.lc coast. Yesterday's Weather Reports of the Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 P. JH.. * Local Time. Place of Observation. Augusta, Qa.... 30.00; Baltimire.30 13 rtuston.30.1 2} Charleston.|ai?.io Chicago.29.70 UtaclPMfl.29.9?| Galveston.30.16| Key West, Fla.. 30.12 Knoxville, Teas. 30.04 Memphis. Tenn io.oo Mt. Washington. 29.65 New Orleans.... 30.13 New York.30.12 Norfolk.30.13 Philadelphia.(30.13 Portland. Me.... 3D.63 Sivaunah.30.11 St. Louis. 29.80 Washlngton.DO. 30.li tfiimuurtonJjl o. 30.14 Bl S SS I 67;SE 46 W W NE S 60S 65 NE 68 N 48 SE 58; SW 2 NW 68 W 35 SW 48 hil 40 S li|S 54 SE 67|*W 43 calm. 5i IE Light. Gentle. ?Fre3h. Light. ! Freeh. Gentle. Gentle. Ltjrht. Ugh'. Fresh. Fresh. Gent'e. Gentle. Gentle. Gentle. Gentle. Gentle. Freeh. Light. n o Fair. Fair. Oloudy. Fair. Thi'ng. Fair. LUKaln Clear. Clon dy. Clear. Cloudy. Cloudy. Fair. Hazy. Fair. Cloudy. Fair. Clear. Fair. Cloudy. NOTK -The weather reoort dated T.47 o'clock, this morning, will be posted In the rooms of the cnamber or commerce at 10 o'clock A. M.. and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy of the Chamber) ba examined by ship? masters a', any tims daring the day. AMUSEMENTS. "Il Trovatore" at the Academy. The audience at (he Academy of Music last night was, in numbers, a great improvement upon that of Monday; but the Formee-Habel mann Opera Company, unless Charleston has lost all its musical taste, should attract a throng sufficient to fill the Academy from pit to roof-tree. Not only is lt ihe best opera company we have had in the Atlantic States since the war, but It is one which, with alight additions to the chorus and orchestra, might challenge the criticism of a metropolitan au? dience. We have, Indeed, seldom seen II Tro? vatore better peformed than it was last night. The audience were curlouB to hear the tenore robusto, Mr. Carl Beaunard, who made his d?but ss Manrko. He has a powerful and resonant voice of extreme compass, and sings with a lusty vehemence which produces in most of Verdi's music an electrifying effect. The Di QuellaPira, for Instance, was deliver? ed with so much fire that the audience insist? ed upon Ks repetition. At the same time, the very qualities which make Mr. Be nu nani so successful in this Inspiring air prevent him from doing full Justice to Manrico's opening serenade and to the pathetic Ah! si ben mio. Mr. Beaunard received a h'ghly natter? ing welcome, which he fully deserved. The role of De Lima was assigned to Mr. Wilhelm Formes, whose rich mellow baritone was con? spicuous in II Balen, which air was, very properly, encored. In the recitatives Mr. Formes shone brightly, and we do not re? member a finer blt of singing than the finale to the first act, which caused the audience to call Mlle. Roeetti, Mr. Formes and Mr. Beaunard before the curtain. The prima donna, Mlle. Roseltl, was an acceptable Leonora, one of the most exacting roles in the operatic r?pertoire. Her ho^d upon the atten? tion of the audience reached a climax in the famous fourth act, where both acting and singing were admirable. The well known cavatina D'Amor sulla rosa was very finely rendered. Mlle. Dzluba, ol whom we expect? ed a great deal, more than scaned a critical audience. To a full mellow contralto voice, she adds the charm of a smooth melodious delivery. The Stride La Vampa and the familiar sleeping" song were delicious bits of I artistic work*, and in the tbhd act, in partlcu lar, her acting was as fine as her singing. M. Janiczkl (Ruiz) has a full b-.ss voice, and did full justice to the part. The orchestra were in excellent order, and the chorus, recovered from their fatigue, ac? quitted themselves well throughout. In the chorus ot soldiei s. In the Miserere, and In the finale lo the second act, their precision and sustained power were particularly noticeable. In conclusion, we need only say that they who neglect to visit the Academy of M?sle, during the engagement of the Formes-Habelmann Company, will miss a musical treat of no ordi? nary kind. To-night Goiind'? Faust will be performed; for the first time we believe, In Charleston. The prospect ls that the house will be Jammed. The Cliy Hallway Company. The directors of tills company have resolved not to run extra cars lor the benefit of visitors to the Academy of Music; excusing them? selves upon the plea of their duty to their stockholders. It 6eems to us that the same argument would Justify the company In run? ning cars only during the busy hours of the day, and in allowing no car to leave the termi? nus until It had a lull load. The company, by sending cars to ihe Academy of I Music, run a risk of what ? Two dol- f lars or three dollars, or lour dollars a night. And lor this paltry sum the company are willing to Inconvenience a large number of citizens, and lo strike a heavy blow at ihe welfare of the city. We try lo make Charleston a pushing and progressive place, and ihe City Railway Company second the efforts of the people by withdrawing their reg? ular cars at nine o'clock at night and by re. I fusing a couple of extra cirs to audiences of J six and seven hundred persons. This policy will not pay In the long run. And the eooner thc Railway Company come to this conclusion the bettor for them and for the public. Dan Rice Coming. The well known Dan Rice, with his monster circus company, will be In Charleston about Chrlstmas-tlme, and all the young folk will Bet to work at once to save up their pennies. With the exception of a brief engagement in Charleston with Stone & McCollum's Circus, in 1850, this will be Rice's first professional visit to the Atlantic t tate?. The distinguished stranger and his horse opera may look for a warm reception. CHARLESTON CITY RAILWAY COM? PANY CHARLESTON, S. C., December 12,1871. Ata meeting of the board of directors of | this company, called by thc president, be brought to their attention an application which had been mnde to run extra cars to the Academy of Music, at the conclusion of the operatic performances. On examination, lt appearing that the expenses of running extra cars after schedule hours at night, during the past two years, have always been In exeeavof the receipt?, lt was Resolved:. That the board of directors, however de imus of accommodating the pnbltc. do not feel Justified, in view of their relation to their stockholders, lu acceding lo the application made. Resolved, That the company will continue to run extra cars, arter the regular schedule hour, at night, on application, provided compensai lon ls made sufikieut to defray, in whole or in part, the expenses incurred thereby. Extract from the Minutes. EVAS EDWAHDS, secretary. Hotel Arrivals-December 13. TAVILIOK HOTEL. Wm. Poister and son, South Carolina; W. L. Hodges, Grahamvl le; M. H. Seymour, Chester; J. L. Mcculloch, Sou'h Carolina; Wm. T. Lightfoot, J. D. Woolfe, Orangeburg; D. B. M. Lawrence South carolina; W. II. Cannon, Jr., S. D. Russell j St. Stephen's; W. D. Snowden, Klngstree; Mrs. E. Jenkins, Georgia; T. E. Raysor, George's station; W. McBlalr, South Carolina; R. F. Felder, Claren? don; J. J. Oonyers, Clarendon; E. T. Robert si lady, child and nurse, Suiter's; B. Greig, Monck's Corner; G. A. Huggins, Miss Ida J. Huggins, Jesse Q. Hugglas, Manning; H. B. Flanlgan, Bldgeway; B. Bones, Bamberg. HILLS HOUSE. J. Gorham, Savannah; H. J. Steele, Grand Opera; S. P. Glloert and nurse, Mrs. Ed. Clarke, Kiss Everett and maid, New York; C. E. Stlner Bon, Columbia; B. H. Bead. Georgetown. CHABLR8TOX HOTEL. Dr. F. Hunter, Washington; A. B. Tinsley, Ma? con; J. M. Johnston, New York; G. Bappold, Au? gusta; J. C. Burkhalter, South Carolina: L. Lipp mao. Georgia; P E. Wise, South Carolina; Wm. Haltawanger, Ninety six; S.;G. Garner, D. K. How? ell, J. P. Garrick, South Carolina; W. H. Webb. Newberry ; S. C. CrOrg, Laurens; H. M. Gibson, Columbia; A. Hn-cheson, Georgia; Geo. F. Phelps, New York; C. D. Malack, U. A. Ball, L. Lang, Pennsylvania; E. W. Moise, Sumter; R. B. Fiad ger, Mara's Bluff; J. K. Heath, Jr., New York; W. B. White. South carolina; Jas. Cooper, Beaufort; M. O. B. Clough, Alabama;L. D. ciarte, Louisville; C. G. Wynne, New York; A. P. Jordan, G. Cam sbeli, wife and son, ?oath Carolina; Mr. and M'S. R. E. Lee, Virginia; Chas. Hamberg, Columbia; G. A. St?rmer, Augusta; J. W. James, Savannah. IjelmboUYs Duclju. M AL IX H O OD . IN THE YOONG & BISI.M? 6BNER1T?0N The vegetative powers of life are strong, but In a few years how often the pallid hue, the lack-lus? tre eye, and emaciated form, show their baneful influence. It soon becomes evident to the observ? er that some depressing influence ls checking the development or the body. Consumption Li talced of, and perhaps the youth ls removed from school and sent into the country. This ls one of the worst movements. Removed from ordinary di? versions of the ever-changing scenes of the city, the powers of the body, too much enfeebled te give zest to healthful and rural exercise, thoughts are turned Inwardly upon themselves. If the patient bea female the approach of the menses ls looked for with anxiety as the first symptom In which naturels to show her saving power In diffusing the circulation and visiting the check with the bloom of health. Alas I increase of appetite has grown by what it ie l on. The energies of the syBtem are prostrated, and the whole economy ls deranged. The beautiful and wonderful period in which body and mind under? go so fascinating a change from child to woman ls looked for In vain. The parent's heart bleeds In anxiety, and fancies the grave but walting for Its victim. HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU, FOR WEAKNESS ARISING FROM EXCESSES OR EARLY INDISCRETION, attended with the following symptoms: INDIS? POSITION TO EXERTION, LOSS OF POWER, LOSS OF MEMORY, DIFFICULTY OF BREATH? ING, General weakness, Horror of Disease, Weak Nerves, Trembling, Dreadful Horror of Death, NlghtSweats, Cold Feet, Wakefulness, Dimness of Vision, Langor, Universal Lassitude of the Muscu? lar Sy( tem, often Enormous Appetite with Dys? peptic Symptoms, Hot Hands, Flushing of the Body, Dryness of the Skin, Pallid Countenances and Eruptions on the Face, Pain in the Back, Heaviness of the Eyelids, Frequently Black Spots flying before the Eyes, with temporary Suffusion and Loss of Sight, Want or Attention, Great Mo? bility, Restlessness, with Horror of Society. Nothing ls more desirable to such patients than Solitude, and nothing they more dread, for fear of themselves; no repose of manner, no earnest? ness, no speculation; but a harried transition from one question to ano' i. er. THESE SYMPTOMS, IF ALLOWED TO GO ON -WHICH THIS MEDICINE INVARIABLY RE? MOVES-SOON FOLLOW LOSS OF POWER, FATUITY AND EPILEPTIC FITS, IN ONE OF WHICH TnE PATIENT MAT EXPIRE. During the Superintendence of Dr. WILSON at tho IILOUMINGDALE ASYLUM, this sad result occurred to two patients. Reason had for a time left them, and both died of epilepsy. They were of both sexes, ami about twenty years of age. Who can tay that their excesses are not fre? quently followed by those direful diseases, IN? SANITY and CONSUMPTION f The records of the INSANE ASYLUMS, and the melancholy deaths by Consumption, bear ample witness to the truth of these assertions. In Lunatic Asylums the most melancholy exhibition appears. The countenance ls actually sodden and qnlte destitute; neither mirth nor grief ever visits lt. Should a sound of the voice occur lt ls rarely articulate. " With woful measures wan despair Low sullen sounds their grief beguiled." While we regret the existence of the above dis? eases and symptoms, we are prepared to offer an Invaluable gift of chemistry for the removal of the consequences. HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU ANO IMPROVED ROSE WISH Cures secret and delicate disorders in all their stages, at lltt.e expense, little or no change In diet, no Inconvenience, and no exposure. It ts pleasant la taste and odor, Immediate In Its ac? tion, free from all injurious properties, superse? ding Copaiba and all other nauseous Compounds. HELMBOLD'S FLUID EXTRACT OF BUGHU. There ia no tonic like IL It ls an anchor of hope to the physician and patient. This ls the testi? mony of all who have nsed or prescribed lt. Beware of counterfeits snd thof e cheap decoc? tions called Buchn, most of which are prepared by self-styled doctors, rrom deleterious ingre? dients, and offered for sale at "less price" and "larger bottles," Ac. They are unreliable and frequently Injurious. Ask for Helmbold's. Take no Other. PRICE $1 23 PER BOTTLE. OR SIX BOTTLES FOR $6 50. Delivered to any address. Describe symptoms In all communications. HELM BOLD ??S GENUINE PREPARATIONS, Established upward of twenty years, prepared by H. T. HELMBOLD, PRACTICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMIST, No. 094 Broadway, New York, AND No. 101 south Tenth street, Philadelphia, Pa. a3?Sold by Drag gists Everywhere.^sa. aorS-ws3mo3 <?rrj ?00&3, Ut. No. 244 King street, . Exhibit this week the CHEAPEST GOODS F?R TBE SEA-ON, In all departments._ FTRCHGOTT. BENEDICT & CO., No. 244 King street. DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. Examine onr SILK VELOURS and JAPANESE POPLINS, at 90 cents Japanese Robes, full Dresses, only $8 50 Silk Velvet, 30 In. wide, only $6, worth $10 Velveteens reduced from $1 so to $126 One case Black Alpaca, 4-4. only 25 cents One case Colored Alpaca, 25 cents Ali other Dress Goods, Cloaks and Shawls, greatly rednced._ F?RCBGOTT, BENEDICT & CO., No. 244 King street. THE CHEAPEST AND NICEST HOLIDAY PRESENTS CAN BE BOUGHT AT FURCHGOTT, BENEDICT & CO.'S. F?BCBGOTT, BENEDICT&CO., No. 344 King street. ? FUR DEPARTMENT. We received 200 more or those nice SETS (CAPE > AND MUFF) OF FURS for $3 only children's Sets Cape and Mufi, $2 only Min Ks, Irmlne and Sable Furs. Also Jackets, very cheap. ? wmiuv?wi uiuii No. 244 King street. - 9 For Sash Ribbons and Cloth Department, SEE BUSINESS NOTICE. FMIM, BENEDICTS dO., No. 244 King street. RECEIVED, OPBNHD AND RE ADV ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 11TH, AT LOW PRICES, A FULL UNI OF DOMESTICS Handkerchiefs Collars Household Goods Hosiery, Shirts Blankets, Gloves Flannels. Ribbons. Bows. No. 244 King street. CARPETS ! CARPETS! CARPETS! BRUSSELS RUGS Body Brussels Mats Ingrains Matting Three Plys Druggets. All at reduced prices. No. 244 King street. A large lot of UNTRIMMED HATS, to be closed ont cheap. Milliners will do well to call. nov20 Boots ano Slices. JgJDITOR DAILY NEWS. GENTLEMEN-Please announce through your columns WHAT IS TO THE INTEREST OF ALL TO KNOW, that from this day forward there will be a great reduction In the prices of FINE BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS. VALISES, CAR? PET and COURIER BAGS, SATCHELS, AC, Ac, at No. 121 Meeting street. EDWARD DALY. NOTICE I NOTICE I Now In stock a full line of GENT'S SPORTING and CAVALRY BOoTi. Special attention ls call? ed to the "PRINCE ALEXIS" HUNTING BOOT Cable Screw Wire Sewed. Sold at a sm a:, margin or profit by EDWARD DALY, No. 121 Meeting street. LADLES, MISSES, C LI LD REN, BOYS AND YOUTHS will find In their Department a fine selection or STAPLE AND DRESS BOOTS, SHOES AND GAITERS. Sold low by EDWARD DALY, No. 121 Meeting street. NOTICE TO PEDESTRIANS. The'-OLD GENT'S SHOE," Just received, made of best material to order. The flt ls good, easy and stylish, sold only at EDWARD DALY'S, No. 121 Meeting street. IN THE DRESS DEPARTMENT FOR YOUNG GENT3 My stock ls complete, comprising all that ls NEW, DURABLE and FASHIONABLE, great pains has been taken with a view to flt and finish. HAND AND CABLE-SEWED FRENCH CALF, GLOVE-TOP AND CREOLE GAITERS, BROGANS AND BLUCHERS. Besides always In stock my INIMITABLE FRENCH CALF HAND-SEWED BOOTS, that met with such rapid sale all spring and sum? mer. The.prlces you know. Call at EDWARD DALY'S, No. 121 Meeting street, novl5-wfmlmo On the Boulevard. D Cigars, Sobarco, Ut. O N ? T BEAD TH I SI selling off, on account of closing business, CIGARS, PIPES, TOBACCO, AC. The largest and be?t selected steck in the city at cost, by L. LORENZT, Corner Wentworth and King streets. dec5-lmo_ iAon .31013 ?3(0 nretrrtM lowrtcua jo jojsudoid" 'aaaoHBos HVITIIAV . . .ai9n.M99[3 stnpvn sjojaq ?foois josjisd sm oniracxa oi poissnboa are sjasBtpinj -A*iio oqi u| sasnou aiqisuodsai no IJBJP JO "USBO U.IJA paiuBdraooDs 'uini oi papuaixa aispjo ire 'iei .ap inonu* "Suma jo A"III|3BJ e 8u|AiS pa?quo iliubjsuoo idax BI ssduisuq jo aun erq ot sapiuv tie jo 3U301 jiotsB &j3;dtnoo pue oAisuaixa ny 'OSTV .S:MS3J? ?rannsuuo joj eiqsiras 'coi 39udJU9 oj eojud is iras uso a JO; a ia m -A'; [Bi sade g 63d Id J?ilVH0SH.a3?? .xxxus ixaioos AO Hxaos raooa SXHHX '?aautg OXTE o?s 'os .asaoH OO0T80I ONT RTOIO DKrHfllOV??SVJt UTI -3H ONT aTvsaiOHAi NOisaiaviiO funeral ?oticw. ?Of THE EEL ATI VES, FRIENDS AND Acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. WM. H. HARVEY, and of Captain John -Carnlghan and family, ar? rea peo t ru ?ly' in vi ted to attend the Funeral Services of the Wire of the former, at ihe Mariner's church, THIS MORNING, at 10 o'clock-.' decl8* _Special JXeticet: ^^D?l?CKa^SRS. CHASETB E ? S leave to inform her friends and former petrona that she will resume her instructions in DANCING at Hibernian Hall, on MONDAYS and THUBSDATB, at half-past 3 o'clock.. Applications can be mada every day, between 10 and 2 o'clock, at No. IM Qneen street, or at the Han. * deelt-1* ^NATURE'S OWN REMEDY.-OER TALN CURE FOR HEADACHE, Dyspepsia, Dis? eases of the Kidneys, Ae.-SARATOGA PAVIL? ION SPRING WATER. Try it. For sale by an Druggists. decl8-3mo p*~ PUBLIC NOTICE.-THE BAFFLE of the Charleston Charitable Association of the FOUR SPLENDID WAREHOUSES, in Meeting street, opposite Charleston Hotel, and other Pro? perty, and UNITED STATES GOLD BONDS, Will take place on the 36th DAT ot- JACTASTEIS?. Certificates $5 decl2-ruths6? ps* OFFICE CHIEF OF POLICE^ MAIN GUARDHOUSE, CHARLESTON, S. 0., DE? CEMBER ii, mi.-Notice Is' hereby giren to owners, occupants and agents of an Lots within the City of Charleston, to have all Cellars, La? trines, Vaults, Sewers and Dry Wells, within their enclosnres, thoroughly emptied and cleaned within ninety days, and the offal removed, In accordance with the provisions or the City Ordi? nance regulating all nuisances likely to endanger the pabilo health. Assistant Inspectors of health will be detailed from the Police force to Inspect Cellars and Lots, and note all nuisances, on or before the i st day of January, and again on the 1st day of March, to ascertain if reported nuisances have been re? moved. Bj order of th6 Mayor. ! . JOHN C. MIN OTT, Chief of Police. Official : JULIUS A. LBPBINOE, Clerk. decll-T_j_??? ?? I ' pw OFFICE CHIEF Ol POLICE, MAIN GUABDHOUSE, CHARLESTON, S. C., DE? CEMBER ll, 1871.-The CHIMNEY CONTACTORS are hereby notified that, in accordance with Or? dinance, they are required to have an Office where requisitions for Sweeps. may be made. Pabilo N otioe of snob Office mast be given, Md the law requires that the Contractors Shall give notice, in public pri?t, of the'time and hoar the Chimneys are to be swept. Numerous complaints having been made of the Inattention of tbe Contractors, they ace hareby warned that the fine will be vigorously inflicted tor any neglect, and the Police are inst meted promptly to report .all violations bf said Ordi? nance. For the convenience of citizens, there wlH be a Slate established at the Upper and one at the Main Guardhouse, where complaints may be dany recorded; and Chimney Contractors ai? required to visit the Guardhouse of their respective Warda dally, for the parp?se of noting such complaints as may have been there recorded. By order of the Mayor. JOHN 0. M [NOTT, chief of Police. Official : JULIUS A. LBPRINOE, Clerk. decll-7 _ '' ?&~ THE CHARLESTON OHARiTA BLE ASSOCIATION, FOB THE BENEFIT OF THE FREE SCHOOL FUND.-OFFIOAL BATFLEB NUMBERS. CLASS NO. 242-MORNlNO. 0-7-1-69-76-35-3J6 - 6-27-15-31-33-66 CLASS No. 243-EVKNINQ. G5-15 - 2-48-64-14-37-17- 66-36-78-73 As witness our hand at Charleston this 12th day of December, 1871. FENN PECK, JAMES GILLILA VD, oct3 ?worn Commissioners. pw O N MARRIAGE.-*5t Bappy relief for Young Men from the effects of Errors and Abuses In early life. Manhood re? stored. Nervous debulty cared. Impediments to Marriage removed. New method, of Meat. mont. New and remarkable remedies. Booka and Circulars sent free, In sealed envelopes. Ad? dress HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2 South Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa. octia >?-BATOHELOR'S HALB DYK-THIS SUPERB HAIR DYE ls the best tn the looria--per fectly harmless, reliable and instantaneous. No disappointment. No ridiculous tints or unpleas? ant odor. The genuine W. A BATCHELORS HAIR DYE produces IMMEDIATELY a splendid Black or Natural Brown. Does not stain the akin, bat leaves the hair clean, soft and beautiful. The only Safe and Perfect Dye. Sold by all Drag gists. Factory No. 16 Bond street, New York, iaoss-inwflyr immigration Association. jQ 0 N'T LET THE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY SLIP! POSITIVE DRilYim JAN. 8, 1872. THE SOUTH C V KO LI NA LAND AND IMMIGRATION GIFT CONCERTS Will take place WITHOUT FAIL On tbe day appointed. SECURE TOUR TICKETS AT ONCE ! ayAll Orders Strictly confldentiaL-?? 2406 Gifts, amounting to.8500,000 The chances are unusually good-one ticket In every sixty-two ls eure to draw a prize. Orders for Tickets received np ta the 6th of Jan nary, after which time no more Tickets win be sold. _ SINGLE TICKETS $5 EACH. NO POSTPONEMENT! COMMISIONERS AND SUPERVISORS OF DRAW INO : General A R. WRIGHT, of Georgia. General BRADLEY T. JOHNSON, of Virginia. Colonel B. H RUTLEDGE, of Sooth Carolina. Hom ROGER A. PRYOR, of Kew York. Great inducement and redaction La price of Tickets to Ciaos. Remittances can be made to os, and the tickets will be sent by ret urn mail by CUTLER. CHADWICK, GARY & CO., Charleston, s. c., or oar Agenta General M. 0. BOTLSB. JOHH CHADWICK. General M. W. GABT. Tickets can be procured of E. SEBRING A CO., and J. L. MOSES, General Agents, No. 84 Broad street.