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' VOLUME XI._NUMBER 1876. CHARLESTON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1871._EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. ? IEE LAND RING SWINDLES. ITIIJ. I THE LAW ALLOWED ASD WHAT THE RIS G HAVE DOSE. The Oidinance of the Convention and thc Acts of Assembly-Flagrant Vio lat ions of Law- The Kesponsiblllty of the Advisory Board. One of the most interesting chapters in the jo'.Lt report of Messrs. Whlttemore. Dennis and o'.hers, is that which deals with the laud commission swindle. The opening pages of] this chapter cf crime are given below: The Land Commission. This GIGANTIC FOLLT, about which there has been more said and less known than any other branca of the State Government, and 01* which the Legislature have often been challenged In open session, to find out anything about, as well as denied a report concerning its opera t'ons-this offspring of an ordinance of the Constitutional Convention, passed to lurnish a .certain individual with a visible occupation, .. and a more visible manipulation of the public ' funds-bas, without doubt, been one of the lest expensive experiments, productive of greater distress and dissatisfaction, that has ta legalized or patronized by the State, tn no instance has the spirit of the ordi? nance alluded to. or the act authorizing the breation of the land commission, been carried fout-as will be seen by the following extracts from both ol these Instruments; but. on the oth-r hand, the office, the administration of it-* power, the purchase of lands, the payment for sain*, the sale ot Land commission bond-, haw a l been made lo subserve a certain or? ganized result, viz: The primary benefit ol members ol the advisory board, and the land -^commissioners and their subservient allies: lEx'.ract from an Ordinance lo Create a Board of Land Commissioners, passed by the Con? stitutional Convention.] 1st. "It shall be the duty ol the General As? sembly to provide tor the establishment of a boa-d of commissioners of publtc lands. (of-J which board the comptroller-general cf the] State shall be a member,) defines the powers and duties ot' the board, provide for the cur? rent expenses thereof, and fix the compensa? tion of the members." 2.1. "Tue commissioners shall have authori? ty, under regulations of law, to purchase lm ?roved or unimproved lauds, cause them to e surveyed and laid off into su'tabk tracts, and sold to actual settlers under specified conditions-provided, that thc ?ate at which any purchase shall be made shall not exceed seventy-five per cent, of the value of the land so purchased, including Uie Improve? ments thereon; such valuation to be ascer? tained in the manoer hereinafter provided by law.' 3d. "The General Assembly shall have au thot tty to issue to said commissioners public stock of the State; that such stock, or the proceeds thereof, shall be apple 1 in payment xor the land purchased; and such stock shall not be negotiated at less than the par value lereof. The aggregate amount of purchase lt land in any fiscal year shall not exceed the value of the stock ol' this State created ld appropriated for such purpose." Uth. " The General Assembly shall provide ^y law for the security of funds in the liands of the commissioners of pub ic lands, and tor r the accountabl lty of such officers, and shall require bonds to be given therefor." Upon this ordinance, which was believed to be mandatory in Its requirements, the acts of j March 27, 1869, and March 1, 1870, were pass en The following extracts are elven from the act cf March. 1869: 1st. " The advisory board U authorized and required to appoint a suitable person, to be known as the land commissioner of the State of South Carolina, who, fur the faithful dis? cbarge of the duties of his office, shall exe . cute to the people of the State or South Carolina a written undertaking. wLh good and suffi . cient surely, in the penal sum of twenty thou feand dollars, to be approved by the advisorv board, and filed in the office of the secretarv of State." 2d. "Ihe Governor, comptroller-general, 11 treasurer, secretary of State and attorney general are declared to be the advisory board to the land commissioner." 3d. "The said land commissioner shall hold his office at the pleasure of the advisory board, j I and be governed by their instructions and 11 advice." 4th. "It shall be the duty of the land corn uiNsiouer to purchase, or cause to be pur? chased, any lands in any portion of the State, Improved or unimproved, at such price as the [*l advisory board may determine, not to exceed in the aggregate amount, In any one fiscal year, the par value of the public stock of this State, creal ed for this parp?se." 5tn. "The said land commissioner shall not purchase from, or sell to the State any land; net her shall he engage In speculations in lands, either on his own account or as an agent .for other pei sons or corporations, and upon \convictlm inereof, lor every such offence, shall be fined and Imprisoned at the discretion | ? jjff the court." " 6ih. "AU lands purchased by the land com /mlssloner shall be sub-divided Into sections ' of not less than twenty-five, nor more than one hundred acres, and sold to actual settlers, on condliions provided by the act." 7th. "The b?oks and records of the land commissioner sh .li, at all times, be subject to the inspection of the advisory board, or any member thereol; and the said land commis? sioner ebal1, annually, make a detailed report of fie transactions 01 his office to the General Assembly." Sib. " The treasurer of the State ls au'hor lzed and directed to issue to the land commis? sioners. If ia the opinion of the advisory board so much be necessary, bonds of this Blare, in the sum ot two hundred thousand dollars, with coupons attached, bearing six per cent, interest, the principal payable In twenty year.*, to be signed by the "Governor, and countersigned by the comp!roller-general; the coupons to be signed by the treasurer oi the State. The faith and credit ot the State ls pledged to the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds, and a sufficient amount of taxes levied to pay the interest accruing OB said bonds annually." [Extracts from Act of March 1, 1870.] 1st. "1 he treasurer of the Slate, as in the foregoing extract of the act of March. 1869, under the same regulations and restriction", is t authoiized and directed to issue bonds of this Estate, of the same class, and payable in the same time to the land commissioner, ' in the sum of five hundred thousand dollars."* 2d. "That the land commissioner sball be subject to a majority of the advisory board, and any purchase or sale of property made without their advice or consent shah not be valid." . 3d. " No purcha-e shall be made without the certain knowledge of the commissioner, that he will be abie to sell the same without delay.r -" TUE TWO ADMINISTRATIONS. P The land commission ha", up to the time ?his committee wa3 appointed, and since Its establishment by law, passed through two ad? ministrations. The first commissioner, in the management of the affairs of his office, was so secret, mysterious and unwritten that in? vestigations were laughed at and discovery defied. And, as If to carry the mockery of dis? closure to a more supremely farcical conclu? sion, the late first commissioner, by strategies weil known to himself, succeeded in securing the appointment of such a committee, during the last session o? the State Senate, to ex? amine Into the affairs of his office, as be desired; and in ordc to facilitate tne work of oblivion, he caused to b* employed the son of a certain beneficiary ci rhe commission, (whose parched acres and barrens were pur? chased ic $36 488, ten times their value) to take down, In short hand, the evidence given during "the -fining of this committee," brought together at times and In numbers the most convenient, under the dictation of the skilful operator, the substance of which is as little known as all his other proceedings, and will, no doubt, see "the light" when the darkest transactions of the land commission are un? veiled. During his administration the largest money? ed transactions of the commission were com? pleted, and, therefore, the details of his work are cf the most Importance to those who have been called upon to furnish the means for him to operate with. These be persistently and publicly refused to give, and uses his cunning devices to stifle and coucea!. COMMISSIONER NO. 2. The second commissioner, though frequent? ly required by the General Assembly to make complete reports of the work of his office, seemingly followed in the footsteps of his '.illustrious predecessor." until the close of the session ol* 1370 and 1871. Of his administra? tion little can be said, for little is known, and his report being the only Intelligence gained of its transactions, miist be referred to for its history. With this condition of af? fairs, and the books of the land commission kas blank as the knowledge of its transactions, the committee, as an initial step in the Inves? tigation of the same, addressed circulara to the clerks of the county courts and ali persons who were supposed to have any information concerning the sale of land to the Stale, re? questing answers to questions therein con? tained, a copy of which will be appended, and a large number of the replies will be lound in an appropriate place. THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES. In the examination of the books of the State treasurer, or the vouchers to the charges made against the land commission, but little trace of the operations, and a small propor? tion of the amount expended by the commis? sion, could be found. There seemed to be a studied silence on the whole subject, and had the investigation ended with the treasurer's or comptroller's office, no more information would have been gained than was already given, viz: that less than ninety thousand dol? lars had been expended by the land commis? sion at the close of the fiscal year ending Oc? tober 31, 1370. Suspicions we're aroused that a full record ot all its transactions bad not been made, and the subsequent examination of the books of the financial agent lu-titled these suspicions, for In them it was lound Hut, from the appointment of the first land commissioner to the 31st ol October, 1S70, according to the financial agent's charges, there haa been patd out by him io cash, for the land commission, five hundred and sixty two thousand sixtv-three 40 100 dollars, ($562,003 40; which, added to the aruouut on thc State treasurer's books, make the expenditures of the land com mission,up to that lim?, six hundred and lily one thousand six hun Ired and twenty-one 63100 dollar?. ($651,621 65) instead of eighty nine thousand five hundred and flfty-eiijlit 25 100 dollars ($39.S58 25) as appears hythe treas? urer's accounts md the reports of the comp? troller-general f rthe fiscal years ending Octo? ber 31,1869 and i8TD,or $547,329 35.as per Hon. R. C. DeLarge'8 report, February 25, 1871. So careful were all parlies concerned, that the financial agent has nowhere in his reports, except that of September. 1869, made refer? ence to drafts honored or cash paid on ac? count of the land commission, whicb had already more than exhausted the amount realized on the bonds Issued and sold lor land commission purposes. And it ls found, after the various reports of the State officials for the fiscal year of 1870 had been submitted to the General Assembly.there was paid out by the State treasurer, but not charged on his books, twentv-tbree thousand and thirty one 92-100 dollars, ($23,031 92) and by the financial agent, sixty thousand seven hundred and forty dollars, ($60,740) making seven hundred and thirty-five thousand three hundred and nine? ty-three 57-100 dollars, ($735,393 57) which, added to the only item appearing in the finan? cial agent's reports Sepetember, 18 ?9, relative to the commission, viz. eleven thousand three hundred and thirty 50-100 dollars ($11,330 50) swells the aggregate expended for and on ac? count of the said land commission, as far ts known, to seven hundred and lort} -six thous? and seven hundred and twenty-four 7-100 dol? lars ($746,724 07. ) THE BONDS OF GEORGIA. Official Notice to the Bondholders. AN" ACT TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF GEORGI1. AGAINST THE ILLEGAL AND FRAUDULENT MSUE OF BONDS AND SE? CURITIES. AND FOR OTHER., PURPOSES CON? NECTED WITH TH S SAME. Whereas. Divers bonds, purporting to be bends of the Slate- cf Georgia, aud divers bonds bearing the endorsement of the State, have been issued and put in circulation by Rufus B. Bullock, late Governor of said State, lad divers bonds issued prior to his admlnls .ratiuu have been negotiated by him; and ?.ht-iva?, lt is believed that a large portion of said bonds have been illegal y and fruudulent y Issued and negotiated, and the extent ot said bonds so Issued and negotiated ls uu cnown to this General Assembly : SECTIOS 1. Be it enacted, by tne Senate and House cf Representa'ivas of tho State of ieorgia, That there snail be a committee ap jointed of three, one by the president of Ihe Senate and two by the speaker of the House it Representatives, who shall have lull power md authority to examine and ascertain the lumber ot bon is which have been issued as ?erelnbefore cited in the preamble of this act, ind the aggregate amount thereof, and so far is they have been sold or hypothecated, by ?viiom* sohl, the amount ol money paid, to Thom paid, when paid, for what purpose) legoiiated, and a l other facts connected with :he history of said bonds, and to report the lame to the General Assembly at its next session. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted. That said :ommltiee, so appointed, be authorised aud .vquired to meet and sit in the City of At? a??a during a term not exceeding sixty days, :o m mend og March 1, 1872, tor the purpose lamed in the first section of this act, and said jommittee are hereby invested with lull power and authority to examine witnesses inder oath, to send for per?OLS, books aud papers, and to exercise such other power aa may be necessary to carry imo effect the pre? visions of this act. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall ae the duty of said committee immediately liter the appointment to give notice of the :ime and place of sitting, by pub.lshlng this preamble and act. at lean two months prior LO their sitting, in two newspapers lu the City jf Atlanta, two In the City of New York, two in the City of London, and one In the City of Frankfort. SEC. 4. Be lt iurther enacted. That all per? sons hold i nz bonds cf the Slate of Georgia, or searing the indorsement of said Stai usued ilnce July, 1868, are hereby required to report the same to said committee for registration on jr before the first day of April, 18*2. and upon failure so to report said bonds, and to submit the same for registration, the same shall be deemed prima facie to have been illegally or fraudently issued. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted. That the treas? urer of said State be and he is hereby prohib? ited from paying any Interest on auy bonds Issued, negotiated or Indorsed by the State since the 4th day of July, 1868, until said com? mittee sbail have made their report and the General Assembly Bhall otherwise direct. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That noth? ing contained In this act shall be so construed as to pledge the State of Georgia to the pay? ment of any bonds Issued or indorsed by the Slate since the 4th day of July. 1863, by reason of said bonds being registered as prescribed In this act, should lt afterwards appear that the same have been Illegally or fraudulently issued. SEC. 7. Be It further enacted, That the Gov? ernor be and is hereby authorized and requir? ed to draw his warrant upon the treasury in favor of said committee or such persons as they may designate for an amount sufficient to defray '.lie expenses of publishing this pre? amble, and such other printing as may be necessary to carry luto effect the provisions of this act. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts ot laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. To all idiom it may concern : Notice is hereby given that we, the under? signed joint committee, appointed by the pre-ident of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives, under authority of the foregoing act of the General Assem? bly ot Georgia, will begin our sittings in the City ot Atlania, State of Georgia, United Slates of America, on the first day of March, 1872, and will remaia lu session until the first day of May, 1872, for the pur? poses indicated In said act. The attention of persons owning or holding the bonds of the State of Georgia, or the bonds-of railroads endorsed by the State of Georgia, and who expect to present the same to ihe committee, ls called to the first section of said act, as to the nfflure of the testimony required. Persons desiring to commuicate with the committee will address Thomas J. Simmons, chairman, care ot N. L. Angler, State treas? urer, Atlanta, Ga. Signed at tbe Capitol, In the City of Atlanta, State ol Georgia, United States of America, the 12th day of December, 1871. THOMAS J. SIMMONS, On the part of the Senate, and chairman of Joint Committee. GARNETT MCMILLAN, JOHN I. HALL, On the part ol the House. THE KTJ-KLUX TRIALS. TRIAL OF DR. EDWARD T. ATERT. I'tter Break- Do-?vn of the Prosecution The Old Stand-bys Ready for easi? ness, bat Fall to Come to Time-Dr. Avery's Counsel Declines to Cross Examine. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS J COLUMBIA, S. C., December 29. In the Ku-Klux court, this morning, Henry C. Warlick, Milus Carroll, Eli Ross Stuart. Josiah Martin and Samuel G. Brown, pleaded guilty, and were sentenced to eighteen months' Imprisonment and oae hundred dol? lars fine. The trial of Dr. Edward T. Avery then began before a jury of nine colored men and three whites. The Indictment charges conspiracy to prevent colored men from voting in Octo? ber, 1372, and to punish them tor voting in October.1870. The prosecution called several of their old stand-bys, Gunthorpe, Davis, Gunn, Berry and others, who rehearsed their former testimony about signs, grips, whittlings and whippings. Gunthorpe testified he belonged to the Ku-Klux two months, in 18GS, during which time Avery was a member. He bad then moved to a distant part of York County, and had never known, anything about the or? ganization since. Gunn, Davis and Berry testified that they Joined the organization known aa the Ku-Klux or Invisible Empire of the South la?t January, and described the va? rious outrages last spring. The prosecution appeared to make no effort to connect Dr. Avery with these operations, and Wilson, the counsel for Avery, declared that his client ut- , terly denied any connection with the Ku-Klux , organization, under any name, during 1870 ! and 1871, and therefore declined to cross-ex? amine. PICKET. SENTENCING THE PRISONERS. The Evidence in the Case of Mitchell Motions for a New Trial and in Arrest j of Judgment Overruled-End of the i Ghastly Farce. [FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.] COLUMBIA, S. C., December 28. The proceedings to-day In the United States Circuit Court have been Important and signifl- . cant. First came ihe continuation of the trial i of John S. Miller, indicted, lt wi.l be remem t bered, for conspiring to prevent certain ( colored citizens from votiog lu October, 1872. The defence called to the stand Daniel McClure and Edward Ross, both colored men, Radicals and near neighbors of the defendant, who testified positively to the excellent reputation borne by Mr. Miller among the colored people; to his well known opposition to and disapproval of the Ku-Klux organiza? tions, and to the fact that he had In different instances kept the guns of his colored neighbors la his own house ! to prevent their capture by the Ku-Klux. Daniel Carroll, a white Radical, testified that he believed Mr. Miller was a Radical, aud that, in lact, it was necessary for every mau who bad colored hands In his employ to be a Radi- , cal to prevent his bands being run off. He had accompanied Mr. Ml:!er to the KU-KIHX meeting at Shawn Cnurch,' described in pre? vious testimony, and believed that Mr. Miller, , like himself, went there and appeared to act with tl>?? K?-K4tJ?c purely as s mutter pl'pm* tectlou for himself and lils coloroa nanas. This concluded the testimony, and the case was submitted to the Jury alter oriel argu? ments by Mr. Wilson for the defendant, and the district attorney for the government. The Jury were abseut only a lew minutes, and re? lume! the usual verdict of guilty-a verdict that cannot but be considered totally at vari? ance with both the law and the evidence, but which probably surprised no Intelligent person in the court room. J Tue presiding justice then, upon the molion 1 of the district attorney, proceeded to pass ( sentence upon the various defendants who ( had been convicted, and those who had plead- c ed guilty. The drst name called was Sherod ( Childers, and Judge Bond remarked that, in- l asmuch as the prisoner had pleaded guilty, j and thereby evinced a certain measure of re- j peniance, he would be eentenced only to [ eighteen months' Imprisonment and a tine of ; one hundred dollars. < William Montgomery, Evans Murphy and \ Hezekiah Porter, having also pleaded guilty, i each received a like remark and sentence. " i Robert Hayes Mitchell was next called, and ' Judge Bond announced as the decision of the court that the two motions In his case (the motion for a new trial and the motion in ar? rest of judgment) were overruled. Sentence t was then pronounced of eighteen months' im- i prisonment and one hundred dollars tine. Samuel G. Brown was called, but asked and < obtained a postponement of sentence until ' to-morrow morning In order to secure certain : additional affidavits in mitigation ot Lia of? fence. Captain John W. Mitchell was next arraign? ed, and received the extreme sentence of rive years' Imprisonment and one thousand dol- . iara tine, Judge Bond asserting that the se? verity of the sentence was warranted by the I circumstances that this defendant was the chief of a Klan, anda man cf property and Influence. Dr. Thomas E. Whiteside?, who, lt will be ] remembered, was proven, beyond all rea? sonable doubt, to have been with Captain Jno. W. Mitchell In attendance upon Captain Mitch? ell's sick mother during the whole night of ' of the outrages they were charged with com? mitting, was sentenced to one year's imprison? ment and one hundred dollars fine, the Judge ingenuously (?) remarking that his connection with the Ku-Klux-Kian and Hs misdeeds ap? peared to be light. John S. Miller was called up, and his case provoked the very naive remark from the pre? siding Justice, that he seemed to be the least guilty of any that bad been tried. This state? ment might very legitimately be constiued into a certificate of the most perfect inno? cence, but the judge hurried on to the sen- > tence of three months' Imprisonment and twenty dollars fine. The Shearers-Sylvanus, Hugh. William and James B. Shearer-withdrew their previous plea of not guilty, and. pleading guilty, were , each visited with the penalty ol' eighteen ' months' Imprisonment and one hundred dol? lars fine; and thus this horrible farce, so far at least as twelve of its victims are concerned, has been played to the end. PICKET. THINGS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, December 29. A large number of the newly-elected legis- i lators are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Alrord will be speaker of the House. Sickles is a candidate for United States senator. The Erle Railroad has declared a dividend of three and a hali per cent, on the preferred stock. Burua Ripley, the gold clerk of the Bank of New York, has committed suicide. It is reported that Fisk has compromised with Mrs. Mansfield lor fifty thousand dollars. The emigration commissioners have a large 1 number of unemployed laborers on hand wno want to go South. General La Cecilia, the Communist Paris General, and his wile, have arrived trom Glasgow. Commi'sioner W. Richard Tweed and Devlin are Tweed's ball. T treed has surrendered to the sheriff and resigned his commlssionersbip of public works. Mayor Hall has appointed Geo. W. Van Nort commissioner. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -A meeting of the citizens ot Cincinnati bas been held In opposition to the expendi? ture by the city ot ten millions to build Southern railroads. -A whole square has been burned down at Little Rock, Arkansas. -The Pacific Railroad is clear, and trains run on time. THINGS IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON*, December 29. There was no cabinet to day. The reported disaster to the Wabash, is un? confirmed add doubiless false. The departmenis will be closed until Tues? day. The Secretary of the Treasury has Issued cir? culars to collectors of customs directing them to observe the rules ot the civil service com? mission in making appointments or promo? tions. Thomas D. Long has been appointed special postoffice agent for North Carolina. The post? masters who will be subject to the competi? tive examinations are five thousand one hun? dred and nine. Surveyor-General EweEs, of the Internal re? venue bureau, has left here for Nashville, where he is to decide upon the capacity stills using colton seed in mash. Tnls la the first application made at the bureau for a sur? vey on a distille!y manulaclurlng whiskey from cotton seed. A policeman, while attempting to serve search warrant for a stolen watch, was killed by the woman who had purchased the watch. COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT. NEW TORE. December 29. The total receipts this year, from the 1st Sep? tem ber. have been 1,353. GC I bales against 1,446, 935 lor the same lime last year. The total ex? ports this year, from the 1st ol September, have been 690.055 bales against 815.210 for the same time last year. The present stock as com? pared with "that for ihe same week last year ' as follows: Dec. 39, 1871. AC all ports.488.733 At the Interior towna.95,fl*.: American cotton afloat for Great Britain.187,000 Dec. 2), 1870. 621,163 107,7*5 355,000 A FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. BALTIMORE. December 29. The boiler of the Chesapeake Moulding and Turning *,vorks exploded. Harrington, the senior partner, was killed. Two persons were rescued from tne ruins badly hurt. THE WHARTON MURDER TRIAL. ANNAPOLIS. December 29. Professor R. S. Mcculloch, professor in the Washington and Lee University, testified that A : kin's tests were insufficient to prove the presence ot antlmonv. He considers Alkin's analysis radically defective. THE PACIFIC COAST. SAX FRANCISCO, December 29. Three car-loads of Japanese and Chinese 'ilks, valued at two million dollars, were sent Eastward on Tuesday. One hundred and eighty ton9 ol teas will be forwarded to-day. The road ls clear. Two boys of ten and four? teen years were frozen rf death near Virginia Cit). THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. SANDRINGHAM. December 29. The Prince ol Wales is gaining strength, ind the swelling above the hip is subsiding. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, December 29. The conditions are favorable for the devel spment of an area of low pressure in Arkansas ind Missouri, moving northeastward on Sat? urday. Threatening weather will probably continue In the Guli and.Southern States, with rain on the latter coasts. An area of rising Daro meter, with partially o'oudy and clearing ?veather, wi'l probably extend during the sight and on Saturday southeastward over Sew York and New England. Dangeroas winds are not anticipated for to-night. Yesterday'* -Weather Reports or the Signal ?Tv ter,- Wi Local Time, a di O I 2? 2 Place of I* g &S o I Observation. : S S : tr 1 s S ?5:2 ? ? _j ? rj :' S ? if 11 gusts, Ga.... 30.27 55.?alm ;.Fair. Jaitimjre.30.19! 87 Calm.Cloudy. lotion.80.111 Sil NW Light. |L.Snow .mat teston. 30.26| 56.sE Light. ?Fair. , Jmcago. 30.06. 321 SE Gentle. ?Thr'og. .inchman.|30.14! 38INE Light. Thr'ng. 'alveston.'30.07; 64|S Gentle. Cloudy. ley West, Fla..:30 16; 77|E Gentle. Fair, 'noxville,Tenn.:30.l6? 41.E Fresh.. Misty. JemplilB. Tenn..!?9.98! 57isW Gentle. Lt. Rain lt. Washlagton.l29.77j 5;W Gentle. Fair. Jew orleans....'30.111 70!S loentle. Lt. Rain lew Torfe.;30.17 si?SW jOentle. cloudy. .jrfolk. 30.211 64 SW 'Light. Thr'ng. 'htladelphla.3>.:6 33 w ?Gentle. Cloady. 'ortlaud. Me.... 30.ill 24;W {Gentle. Cloudy. ?avantiah. 30.28! eiiSE Gentle. Fair. lr. Loots. 29.89 421 Calm..Cloudy. Vashtngton.DC. 30.17 36 N Light. Lt. Rain .fiiminiton.NO. ;o.28| 6l|s ?Ltgh\ (Thr'ng. NOTS.-Tue weather resort dated 7.47 O'CJOCK, his morning, will be posted In the rooms or the ;uamber of Commerce a: io o'clock A. M., and, ogeiher with the weather chart, may (by the iourtesy or the Chamber) be examined by ship n&dterd at any time dunne the day. immigration Association. QON T LET THE SOLDEN OPPORTUNITY SLIP! POSITIVE DRAWING, JAN. 8, 1872. HIE SOUTH CAROLINA LAND AND IMMIGRATION GIFT CONCERTS Will take place WITHOUT FAIL On the day appointed. SECURE YOUR TICKETS AT ONCE ! ?9-All Orders Strictly Confidential. 2405 Gifts, amounting to.$500,000 The chances are unusually good-one ticket In ?very sixty-two ls sure to draw a prize. Orders for Tickets received up to the 6th of Jan? uary, after which time no more Tickets will be ?ld. SINGLE TICKETS 85 EACH. NO POSTPONEMENT ! COMMISSIONERS AND SUPERVISORS OF DRAWING : General A. R. WRIGHT, of Georgia. General BRADLEYT. JOHNSON, of Virginia. Colonel B. H. RUTLEDGE, or Sooth Carolina. Hon. ROGER A. PRYOR, or New York. Great Inducement aad redaction In price ol Tickets to Ciaos. Remittances can be made to as, and the tickets will be sent by return mall by BUTLER, CHADWICK, GARY & CO., Charleston, S. G., or onr Agents. General M. 0. Burna. JOHN CHADWICK. General M. W. GARV. Tickets can be procured of E. SE BRING A CO., and j. L. MOiES, General Agents, No. 34 Broad street. OFFICIAL. LIST OF LETTERS remaining ls the Postofflce at Charleston, Tor the week anding December 20, 1871, and printed officially in THE DAILY XBwa, as the newspaper having the iargest circulation In the City of Charleston. a&- Persons calling for Letters Advertised should state that they are "Advertised." 49* Office hours from 3 A. IL to ty, P. H. On Sundays, from 6K to 6s P. M. STANLEY G. TROTT, Postmaster. WOMEN'S LIST. Adams, Florin I Gregorle, Sus iVeyle, Mary da sey Hotest, Rebecca Adama. Margret Green, Mary O'Brien, Emili Addison, Miss E Green, Jane za L 'Green, Nancy O'Bryan, Miss Almar, Mary Gruber, Margret M F A!mar. Amanda: Happoldr, Mrs O'Connell, Mrs Allen, Hannah ! Wm Oimstead, G I Happ.ildt, Mrs S Misses Fannie Alston, Ami- ' E and Marla rlnth ?Hart, Miss Au-Oneil, Margret Alston, Rebecca gusta i A Aldret, Kate ?Hamilton, Sarah [Oneil, Annie Armstrong, Miss: Hey ward. Dian- Oxlatde, Marv EM nah Payton, Sarah Austin, Rose t -fall. Lizzie Peck. Celta L Balley, Mrs E E Hayne, Mrs N P Pinekuey, Me Baker, Annie Hill. Susan | Ha Bahr, Rate Hickey, Maggie'Plumet, Mrs E L Barr, Mary | E | Polite, Cathe Barr, Mary A i Holmes. Eliza F, rlne Barregan, Jo-iHosley, Mary AjPrentlss, Lizzie hanna ?Hursr, Mary C J Barnwell, Mrsi Huggins, Kebec- Randall, Fan Mary ca nie Beahan, Agnes Huger, Margret Rellls, Mary J I U Ried. Molsey Bere l, Mrs Cloe,[Jutson, Lydia Revels, Lizzie Behre, Mary ?Jenkins, Emily i Rivers. Lizzie B Beyelen, Rebec- Jon? s, Lulle | Riggs. E Iza S O ca 'Jones, Julia Reeves. Mrs G M Beinett, Jane M Jones. Annie i <lley, Kosa / Blstlne, Flora Jones, Mrs T ?Robertson.Cath Blakeley, Emma Jones, Miss M A erlne M Boldon, Sarah P Jones, Leila ?Bogues, Susan Bradley, Sarah Jones. Jane 1 na Bresntliane, E.-Johnson, NancyjRose. Maggie len F ?Johnstone, MlsslRuckh, Caroline Bresnahan, Ma Minnie E ry ILadon.Mlss Ryan. Bridget Brown, Char- Langlois, Mrs Schwartz, Mrs lotte C M P Brown, Elsey Lailson, Rose Schmldr, Hellen Brovn, Alice E Lindsey, Eliza Scott. Charlotte Brown, Elsie beth leabrook, Mrs Brown, Mary J Little, Mary A Brvant, Annie Loryea. Esther Seabrook, Septl Buck. Mrs L I Loud, Miss O H j ma A Burckmeyer, Lacas, Annie L , St abrook, Mrs S Mrs M B Lyons, Cornella S Barns. Sarah A A Soraken. Mrs A Calwell, Mrs Ju Mackay, Miss i C lia McMannus, Mrs Sargent, Sarah Casey,Mrs TboslMagill, Miss lr-sparke, Sarah Carter, Margret vine S trines, Lo vy Cercopley, Mrs Mahoney, Marj'Skimmer, Mrs E Geo M Mann, Mary O P Chase, Matilda Mangoulc, Isa- Silvester, Annie Cohn, catherine bella Simons, Martha Columb, Mary Manaor, Julia Smiley, Julia Ann Martin, Jennie Smith. John Costeller, Mrs Martin, Emily ?Smith, Nancy Mary . 'Mason, Mrs A C smith, Annie H Cormer, Julia Ml Maxwell, char - sm.th, Mrs s A Cord, Mrs H lotte Smothes, Annie D.ircey, Emma Mayrant, Mrs F,Smalls, Mrs S Davis, Sarah A K Sohl, Margret ta Dothigt>, So-Marshall, Alice Stobel, Mrs B M pbla Marshall, Sa Stanton. Annie Dorty. Mary E bria ?Thcmpson, Miss Dahme. Me a Mannet. Boda A E Engleberth,Ma-,Mazyck, Miss Ol Tierney, Sarah ry Mazy ck, Annie X'lrao, Rose E Emanuel, Sallle'Meger. Miss; Wolke, Mrs C Q i Cherrie Watson, Ellen Emanuel, Sarah Milton. Hattie Ward, Mary Emtlmette, Miss Middleton, Mrs Webb.Mary .ann EE A Webb, Sarai. A Ewart, Kate ilershar. Mrs A Wilson, Alice Fanning, Mary!Mitchell, Sarah Webster, Mis E Farris, Mary ? Ann I J Fargler, Jane Mitchell, Jane ?Weldon, Sarah F.sner. Doraths Maisson, Eliza 'White. Miss M V Fitzgerald, Ma- Mormon, Mary ?Whitaker, Maria ry Montgomery, D Fleming, Sallie Rebecca Wigg, Susan Frazier, Eliza Morrisey, Mrs M W?hlte, Mary M Fuller, Dianna Murphy, Johan Wilkins, Sarah Gantt, Marla na O Gardner. Eliza ?McConael.Mrs C Wilson, Laura Glover, Elsey ?McDonald, Ma- Wetz, Ida L Ooldson, Grace ria Woods, Henri Graves, Mary A; McDonald, Mrs Yates, Annie Grayson, Hose I M M. MEN'S LIST. Abeahea, A iflay, C Q lOldenbutte, F Abraham, BenJ'Haytm, Ber- W (col'd) nard O?terhout. Geo Adair. L H Bastea. Herma- 'Oster, H E Almar, Mitchel Hampton, Le ?Payne, WH Aiken. Thornlsl . greo Petton, Grove A Alexander, J Mlllarn A Sher ,Peterman, J H Anderion. Jolin| hamer ?Perlstelo. F Apeler, J H Hanley, T Pinckney, Wm Apeler, D Haines, Adam ' R Artson. Lewis '.Heins. August Pinckney, JnoR Awi lier. Kev Mr H .Pinckney, Thos Baker, Wm |Hernholm, A 'Phillips, RT Baruch, A Hertngton, J F iPlessmann, G W Barrett, Sand AiHeyward. J W Porter, Frank Co Hindi*. Wm Powers. Peirce Boksen. Julius I Howard, Wm; Pressley, Henry B one, James Ei Jessi ?Preston, R J Boyle, Doini- Howard, Sam Kavend, c R H nick uel D ?Kee, David R Bria o, Charles 'Houston, H Relpp, W Brevard, HT ?Hoffman, John Relly. S J. Brill, M T ?Hotcensun, J C Mckells, E F Brung s, W Hutchings. J A Rlcherson. BeoJ Brummer, Hen- Huber, Irltz Reilly, Andrew rich Isaac, S Robinson, Oeo Brothers, John Haren, E E Robinson, Jas Bryant, Alford Izzard, Francis Robinson, Brice, Wm Jenneson. chas Abram Bryson,'thomas E Rosa, Edward Brown, Abrum Jenkins. Wm B Rouse, Wm R Brown, Wm Jones, Toney Russell. Thoa P Brown, Ciar- June?,Richard J Sage, Wm M renee J Johanns, J F ?Sanchez, RJ Brown, Charles Johnson, Sam'i Scharfer, F W A I li Schroder, John Brown, C J H ?Johnson, Jno L U Brown, Charles Johnson, Jno Schroder, Ferdi A Johnson, Sam- nano Brown, Daniel uel Scott, Morris Bremer, H H Jourdon, Mich- Schaackenburg, Buck. L I ael D Buck, John .Kelly, Frank Seeberger, A Burn, H A Kening, Af key Seymour, L S Cawston, II S Ermson, Mr Shannon, Mich Campbell. W A Kennedy, N T ael Calson, J B I Kennedy, M Shepherd, D M Caulfield, Mar- Kenne -y, Pat-?Slmons, Able tin rick Simons, P Q Cammer. Jno S Knewfvllle, H L Simmons, c R Carter, Gilbert Laborde, Ed- simmons. Cater Canter, De La ward Simons, Chaa Mutta Lachmund. WmlSlngleton.Moses Calvtr, FL Lanigan, lkanie??Singletou. Jas Clarey, Wm J M Lansing, P B ?Sail'.h, Samuel Clarey. Jno Law, George ' W Clark. Thomas Lange, ll J ?Smith. James Ciark, Joe Leaiy, B Magill Claussen.JH Lewis, Wm :Smlth, TD Clair, Michel Leffman, wm IStuith, F J C.aus,John Hen- Livingston, ?Smith, Samuel ry Louis Smith. Allen Collars, George ?Long, Jno 0 ?Smoke. D E Colea, charles A! Lindon, Jacob stein, D Col.ins, Wm ?Lutjeu, B -pealing. J B Cohen. L H Lubbs, H L Sc ewan,Thoa W Cooper, Daniel 'Lucas, John Steven?, WH Coal. Tnomas ?Lucker,Claus Mroecker, CC Cochran, Thom-! Mack, John Struck, Emil as jMartbetvs, Wm Stein, A D Cranston. Sam-1 (cord) ?Steedman, S C uel (col'd) Mattcon, Alex- Suggs, J S Crlnch, H ander Swlit. Geo Davis, Penden Manning, John Taylor, w j Days, Uerculus B Taylor, Isaac Deesebrock, Manny, Joe Thompson, Hancke Joups Henry Disher, TD Mattocn, Ed ! Thompson, F F Dillon, Patrick ward Toratin, Frank Donhue, Thom- Mathews, Dan-?Torlay, Jno E as iel (eol'd) . rrezevant, Theo Douherty, Mathias, OW B Thomas Wurth, Curtis '.Trot, Oabit Dnessen, H Mehrteos, C iTvrel, A L Dupong, Jos H ?Meyer, J H ?Vaunhn, Frank Duten, Charles : Meyer. J F vaughn. F B Ea warde, Sam- Michell, M F Vennlng, W L uel IMlckev, Edward Vince, Wm Entleman, F ?Middleton, Ed-Von Eitzen, H Eruiere,Thomas war i B B Eugene, Botelie Middleton, Lew-| Voigt, EG Finley, Thomas is Wagener, Jno Finley, Edward Middleton, Wm W Finnegan, Geo Mihar, Antony Walr, WL W Miller, Joseph Walker, C J Fink, H ?Miller, Samuel Walker, Wm Fleming. R ?Mitchell, Capt J Wallace. J R Forest, Edward M Walsh, Jamea Francis, GM Mitchell, Chas Waish Mr Frank. Leo Mitchell, Rev W Washington, R Frazer, Wm H Washington, Al Frazer, Primus Morrall, Rev J F bert Garido, Manuel Moore, Jno Watson, Wm Gatleney, Pat- Moore, John Wells, Geo M rick Bones Weston, Israel Ga^son, Jonas Morson, John Whaley, J R Gadson, Wash- Morter, H R Whitfield, R lngton M Moultre, Rev J White, Rev Ell Gapes. Thomas Muckeuruss, G wnite, Wolley ? Gamble, Moses F White, W R Gallagher, Pat- Murray, P F Whiteside, J F rick Muller, John wi l am, Oliver Oerkln, Jno Myers, P S William, S Gibbes, PW M)er, W0 Williams, RevB dillard, Oye McCamsen, SB F Glover, E McElhose, W Wllmorth. S G rarer, J C McKay, Thos D Winton, H L Grant, Joseph McNeill, Jno Wilkie, James Grant, RU McPheison, H Wise. A J Grant, F A Noah, K P Ward, Jamea A Gravely, F P Norton, H J Wynere, Claude Grey, F H (col'd) N Grabon, Jno Nolan, James F Young, Geoffry Graham, David ?Odom, Andrew Young, R A f?elmbolLVs Sncljn. M A]\HO OD . m THE YODNGMIMG GENERATION Tue vegetative powers orilleare strong, bot In a few years bow often the pallid hoe, the lack las? tre eye, and emaciated form, show l .elr baneful Influence. It soon becomes evident to che observ? er that some depressing influence la checking the development of the body. Consomption U talced of, aj}d 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 or the body, too mach enfeebled ta give zest to healthful and rural exercise, thoughts are turned inwardly npon 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 cheek with the bloom of health. Alas l increase of appetite has grown by what lt fed on. The energies of the system 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, aaa fancies the grave but walting for its victim. HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU, FOB 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 or Death, Night Sweats, Gold Feet, Wakefulness, Dimness of vision, Langor, Universal Lassitude of the Mosca lar Syetem, often Enormoas Appetite with Dys peptic Symptoms, Hot Hands, Flashing of the Body, Dryness of the Skia, Pallid Countenances and Eruptions on the Face, Pain In the Back, Heaviness or the Eyelids, Frequently Black Spots flying before the Eyes, with temporary suffusion and Loss of Sight, Want of Attention, Great Mo? bility, Restlessness, with Horror of Society. Nothing ls more desirable to such patients than Solitude, and coining they more dread, for fear of themselves; no repoie of manner, no earnest? ness, no speculation; but a harried transition from one question to another. 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 THE PATIENT MAY EXPIRE. During the Superintendence^ Dr. WILSON at the RLOOMINGDALE ASYLUM, this sad result occurred to two patients. Reason bad fora time lal- th otu, <mU Uv. tu UI?U a!, apila i?tj- Thay were or both sexes, and about twenty years of age. Who can say that their excesses are not fre? quently followed by those direful diseases, IN SANITY and CONSUMPTION ? The records of the INSANE ASYLUMS, and the melancholy deaths by Consumption, bear ample witness to the troth or these assertions. In Lunatic Asylums the most melancholy exhibition appears. The countenance ts actually sodden and quite destitute; neither mirth nor grier ever visits lt. Should a sound of the voice occur lt ls rarely artfculate. " With worul measures wan despair Low sullen sounds their grier beguiled." While we regret the existence or the above dis eases and symptoms, we aro prepared to offer an Invaluable girt or chemistry for the removal Of the consequences. HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU AND IMPROVED ROSE WISH Cares secret and delicate disorders in all their stages, at little expense, little or no change in diet, no Inconvenience, and no exposure. If, ls pleasant tn taste and odor, immediate tn its ac? tion, free rrom all in, ur lo cs properties, superse? ding Copaiba and all other nauseous Compounds. HELMBOLD'S FLUID EXTRACT OF BUCHU. There ls no tonic like lt. It ls an anchor of hope to the physician and patient. This ls the testi? mony ol all who have used or prescribed lt. Beware of counterfeits and those cheap deooc* tiona called Bacho, most of which are prepared by self-styled doctors, from deleterious ingre? dients, and offered for sale at "less price" and ?larger bottles," Ac. They are unrellable-and frequently Injurious. Ask for Helmbold's. Take no Other. PRICE $1 23 PER BOTTLE, OR SIX BOTTLES FOR $6 30. Delivered to any address. Describe symptoms In all communications. HELMBOLD'S GENUINE PREPARATIONS, Established opward of twenty years, prepared by H. T. HELMBOLD, PRACTICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMIST, No. 594 Broadway, New York, AND No. 104 South Ter.a Street, Philadelphia, Pa. ?ySold by Druggist* Everywhere.^*. novi-ws3mo8 Ctottjing an?s i'nrmsrjing ?ooo? THE B E ST~ AND CHEAPE8T STOCK OF MEN'S UNDERCLOTHING IN-THE SOUTH. SILK, MERINO,* AND . . . ALL-WOOL SHAKER FLANNEL SHIRTS AND DRAWEES, WITH THE VERY LATEST NOVELTIES Uff ELEGANT NECK WEAN, AT'. SCOTT'S STAR SHIRT EMPORIUM, MEETING STREET, Opposite the Market. ?otu_ : J^* E W F A g fl 1 O N S . MENKE & MULLER, MERCHANT TAILORS, NO. 329 KINO STREET, Invite attention to their large and spieadia ' STOCK OF CLOTH, ' O LOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS, READY-MADE SUITS for all ag?, from the smallest bo/ to the largest man. Dress and Business Salts of ill descriptions, r Elegant Overcoats, Pea Jackets, Derby and Plain Sack Snits, Pine English Walking Coats and Salts of all eslora, Single and Doable Breasted Black Frock Coats, Black Doeskin and Fancy Caa* aimers Dress Pants. Velvets, ?Ilks, doth, Cantor Beaver and Oasslmere Vesta, manuisctared nader oar own observation. We are therefore sore or a good flt and durable work. OUR . TAILORING DEPARTMENT * Is saoplied with the finest selection of BROAD. CLOTHS, Doeskins, Castor Beavers, Chinchilla Diagonals, Meltons, and all styles ofa caaslmeres for Bustnes Salts. Velvets, Silts, Plush and Cash? mere Vesttdgs. And a variety of handsome Pan? taloon Patterns, which we make np to order bj measure at ;ha shortest notice, and guarantee first class and proper workmanship. * FURNISHING 600D8. Thia D?partaient ls supplied with the celebrated STAR SHIRTS, Imported and Domestic Merino saaker Flannel. All-wool Underwear Gooda, Half Hose, Suspenders, Handkerchiefs, Linen and Paper Curls and Collara, Imperial, Alexander and Coarvolsler'a Kid Gloves And a fail assortment or Buckskin, Dogakin.'Beaver and Cass. Stoves. And a very large assortment of Silk, Alpaca and Scotch Gingham Water-Proof [140] Umbrellas. Oar Stock has been selected with the greatest care, and prices marked very low lo plain ngaree. Oar motto ls qalck salea and emull profita, fair dealings. Goods may be returned If not satisfac? tory. Buyers in oar liae will find lt tq their ad-. vantage to give aa a call._octI9-3moa WINTER CLOTHING: THE BEST SELECTED STOCK . OF * . BOIS' & MEN'S CLOTHING, CORNER .KINO AND WENTWORTH STS. WILLIAM MATTHIESSEN. ELEGANT IN STYLE AND MODERATE IN PRICES. ORDERED WORE DEPARTMENT SUPPLIED WITH CHOICE IMPORTED ENGLISH & FRENCH G00D8. decl5-lmo_ Sanen ?oo?s, Ut. ?J^TJTICE^^ In cons?quence of the increased demand for TOYS, FANCY GOODS AND SHOWCASES, the undersigned takes pleasnre in informing his na, merous friends and the public generally that he has opened a BRANCH OF HIS BUSINESS at No. 314 KINO STREET, where be will constantly keep on hand a large and well aelected stock of TOYS, FANCY GOODS, Showcases, Glass. Shades, Fir?, works, Musical Instruments, and every article appertaining to the business. Dealers will find lt to their advantage to give him a call before par chasing elsewhere. WM. MCLEAN, Nos. 344 and 433 King street, NOAH'S ABE of Charleston, S. C. decl4-thsta X MAS CHEEK: 'BUT ONCE A YEAR!" TH S BI CHEST AND THBjNICBST MINCE PIES MINCE PISS MINCE PIES in the City, always on hand or made to order at short notice. ALSO, TURKEYS GAME PASTRY ICED CAKES JELLIES, Ac, Ac, AT TULLE'S OLD STAND, NO. 124 KINO STREET, decid Near Queen streeC