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tutors’ Srpnrtmrnt. ■vM. C. at 0 HARDS, Editor. P H. JACQUES. Associate Editor. Mcrltsfant, t. vTURDAY* MORNING, DEC. 21, 1850. but true. \ ceriea of interesting articles might be . . 011 the Curiosities of Science. The uTIU*' 11 , are abundant, and it requires only or niaU‘ iau v industry, taste and skill to collect and , them. Each department of science jy wonders —its seeming miracles—facts | t true than strange. At some future jj- leisure serves and no one better qualified ■. (he task forestalls us, we may give our read- a scries of articles ; but our object at - lit is simply to throw together a few won ml facts, gathered lately in the course of our ling, in regard to the living animals found v .j,led in stone, or encased in the solid •ruuks of growing trees. These facts may be n.iliar to some of our readers, but we doubt (hey will be new to many. We presume, . .. that they will be met by some with utter vdulity. Such quarrel with the truth and twith u~. A sufficient number of well au , nticatcd cases are or, record, to establish, vond the possibility of a reasonable doubt, , • tact, wonderful as it is, that animals still .-e--ng life, have been found in situations v , c re they must have lain dormant thousands o’ years ! vt Middleton, Conn., a few years ago, an uncommonly large pine log was sawed at the in.lt of Mr. Stephen Miller. The log con ned two hundred and twenty rings or grains, Mul, consequently, must have been that num ber of vears old. In the centre of the log was it, ud a hollow about two feet in length and ut the size of a man’s hat-crown. Out of ; ]i: , eiivity, when the saw had made an opening, I, ; ,jied a toad, of a large size and rather darker ~ usual. After a few hops, in which it dis yed as much activity as is common to its family, it jumped down into the saw-pit and wa-i lost sight of. The log was entirely solid, w ci the exception of this cavity, no hole or cit vice leading to it in any way. This toad must have been a close prisoner at least a couple of centuries! la tlic Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences 1711), is an account of a toad found alive in i. heart of an old elm. Smellie, in his Phi [,,, ,phy of Natural History, mentions one found in the heart of an aged oak, without any visible entrance to its habitation. He concludes, from Cii size of the tree, that the animal must have remained m lhat situation at least eighty or a handled years! The English Gentleman's Mayuzine for April, 1773, gives an account of a large, live toad found embedded in a lump of coal, oue hundred and eighty feet under ground! Rev. Mr. Comber, Rector of Oswaldkirk, Westmoreland, England, was at the pains to obtain a regular allidavit before a magistrate, respecting the finding of a frog in a huge block of millstone grit, on rftainmoor, by four men engaged in repairing the highway. This event occurred on the 25th of July, 1832. The four men, in their deposition, declare that they “were astonished,on splitting a large block of more than a ton weight, by a lively yellow Irog springing out of a cavity in the centre ot the -aid .-olid rock, where it had been as closely em bedded as a watch in its outer case, without any communication with the surface nearer than eight inches. The said frog was taken up by one of us, when it discharged a consider quantity of black fluid ; it was safely con ic) cd to Brough, and given to Mr. Rumney, junior, surgeon, in whose possession it now January 21, 1833) continues, in a healthy, lively state.” Tillock’s Philosohphical Magazine records the following: “In August, 1821, at Auchtertool, in the county of Fife, as David Virtue, a stone mason, was dressing a block of sand-stone, with a view to its serving as a mill-stone, he found, embedded in it, a living lizard. The creature was about an inch and a quarter long, of a brownish-yellow colour, and had a round head, with bright sparkling projecting eyes. It was apparently dead, but after being about five minutes exposed to the air, it showed signs of life. One of the workmen very cruelly put snutFin its eyes, which seemed to cause it much pa.a. It soon after ran about with much ee icrity, and after half an hour was brushed off the stone and killed. When found, it was cmled up in a round cavity of its own form, being an exact impression of the animal. This stone is naturally a little damp; and about half an inch all round the lizard was a soft sand, tile same colour as the animal. There were about fourteen feet of earth above the rock, die block in which the lizard was found ” i- seven or eight feet deep in the rock, so that the whole depth of the animal from the surface was 21 or 22 feet. The stone had no nss ire, was quite hard, and one of the best to be got from the quarry of Culluloe, reckoned perhaps die best in Scotland.” At Buckhaven, England, in May, 1837,50 me workmen, quarrying stone on the beach for the erection of a harbour, discovered, in a cavity ot about eight inches deep, a fish six inches long, tu. kind usually called,in that place, a “sea cat.” “hen taken out of the stone it appeared to be Goad, but in a short time showed signs of ani mation, and lived several hours. The cavity in which the lisli was found was lined wiih a coat “f clay about a quarter of an inch iu thickness. In December, 1827, some workmen in the employment of Mr. Atkinson, cabinet-maker, Liverpool, in sawing up a log of zebra-wood, i ’und near the centre an insect about two inches mug and rather more than an inch in circum ference, resting in an oblong cavity a little w.der than the bulk of its own body. It con tinued to exist for some time, manifesting great activity. ” e might multiply these cases indefinitely, but tlic lore-going will suffice for this time. The Dels cannot be disputed. How can they he reconciled with the laws of Nature and with our observation and experience 1 hi the first place it will be observed that the animals usually found enclosed in rock and wood, are of the tish and reptile classes. Now, many reptiles, it is well known, habitually lie ui a torpid state during a portion of the year, and tish, after being a long time frozen and en cased in solid ice, regain their animation on be mg thawed. To account for the presence of toads and other animats in logs of wood, is not difficult. Small cavities in the trees are sought lor as secure hiding places in which to take their “’niter’s sleep. The hole through which they eiu er is closed, either accidentally or by the natural growth of the tree, and they are soon encased in solid wood. To persons acquainted “'•lit Geology, the stone enclosures present no ditlicultiea. The kind of stone iu which they found is formed as a residuum of matter at die bottom of collections of water. Now, w en die rock of the Cullaloe quarry, for instance, “as a soft mass of sand, the deposition of a in a torpid state, in its bosom, was neither dilllcult nor strange. Dead animals thus em bedded, become changed into the same sub- s t .nee as the surrounding rock. hut how has life been sustained in such situ ••tioas for thousands of years? This is the great question. We will briefly answer it ac cording to the best light we possess on the subject. Every one knows that certain animals are capable of remaining in a dormant state during the whole of the Winter, returning to animation and consciousness again in the Spring. Now if during this torpid sleep the animal should become so encased in some solid material that the influences which usually restore it to active life, cannot reach it, why may it not remain in that state for years as well as for months? and if for years, why not for hundreds or thousands of years? No waste can take place under such circumstances, because there is no motion and no activity of the animal functions, conse quently there is no need of food or air. In such a state, time is of no importance what ever. A day and a thousand years are the same—seconds and centuries are equally mat ters of indifference. * (Pur dt)Dssi|i Column. Jenny Lind’s Christmas Concerts. Before this number of pur Journal reaches its remoter readers, Jenny Lind will probably have arrived in Charleston, as she is expected on Tuesday morning, the 24th instant, and is announced to sing at the Theatre on the fol lowing Thursday and Saturday nights. The Programme of her first Concert will be lound in another column, and we have no hesitation in saying that a more brilliant selection and combination of her most celebrated Songs could not have been made. To say nothing of the Casta Diva with which she opens her part of the Concert, we have a glorious and unpar allelicd trio of attractions in the Flute Song, the Bird Song, and the Echo Song, either of which is itself worth the price of a ticket, cost what it may, and which, united, form a musi cal feast such as would have satisfied St. Ceci lia herself. We would not tantalize those of our distant readers who cannot possibly come to hear her, by too glowing descriptions of her singing, but we desire, upon the other hand, to admonish all ot the greatness of the sacrifice they will make in not hearing her, In this connection we will remark that the Theatre has undergone such alterations that it will comfortably accommo date 1700 persons. All the seats are numbered, and tickets holders will be sure of their places. The price of tickets will probably range from $lO down to $3, and tickets may be secured at the Box office ol the Theatre, on Monday and 1 uesday for the first Concert, and probably for the second. It is yet uncertain whether or not more than two Concerts will be given. We hope that Mile. Lind will be persuaded to fa vour us with a third at least, as she will have two nights disengaged before the sailing of the Isabel. We are sure that two Concerts will not satisfy our people and the visitors By the way, the refusal of the South Carolina Rail Road Company to reduce the price of tickets Haring the Concerts, strikes us as very illiberal and im politic. Before we close this article, we would say a word of those connected with Mile. Lind in these grand musical festivals. Mr. Manager Banium has won a high meed of praise every where lor his exceedingly liberal and judicious management. Mr. Benedict is an amiable gentleman and a thorough musician. His Opera of “ The Cru sades” alone, entitles him to the first rank among composers, and his direction of the Or ohestra is unexceptiohable. Signor Belletti deserves the honour which he enjoys of supporting Mile. Lind in Duettos. He is the finest baritone singer we have ever heard, and for richness and purity of voice, is scarcely equalled. In buffo, he is unsurpassed, and he will undoubtedly become a great favourite in our city. Ot Mr. Burke’s abilities as a violinist, it is scarcely necessary to say that they are acknowledged in the highest musical courts. The other accessories of the Orchestra will be adequate to the occasion. And now for the advent of the illustrious Queen ol Song in the Queen City of the South. We bid her welcome, ‘‘How Will the Tickets be Sold?” This is a very absorbing question, and has quite thrown into the shade all other popular queries of the day. It is propounded in all places and by all sorts of people. We picked up, this morning, a dingy-iooking note by our office door, and seeing that it contained verses, we read them, and were so much interested in the “ poor devil ” who wrote them, that if he will only make himself known to us, we will make him happy by giving him a “ticket” to hear Jenny sing. Here are the verses: How will the tickets be sold—alack; How will the tickets be sold? Will speculators buy bythe pack, And try to get twice their money back, Out of those who had ever more lack Os solid sense than of gold? Or will not tickets be sold, alas! Or will not tickets be sold At auction, where men of the wealthierclass, YVho’ve plenty of “tin,” and plenty of “ brass,” Will buy them all up, till we of the mass, Shall find that we too are “sold.” Oh, were the tickets but sold, as when, Iu Tripler Hall they were sold : At Five Dollars each to the “ upper ten,” And at lower rates to humbler men; Then I would go from my obscure den. The “ Hueen of Song ” to behold! Hut ah, should tickets sell dear, sell dear, As they will, by all, I’m told ; Sweet Jenny’s voice, I shall not hear, For I’ve only two hundred dollars a year, And out of that its exceedingly clear, There’s little to spare ot gold ! Dec. 20, 1850. “ A Poor Devil.” A New Song by Tennyson. The following beautiful song is copied from the third London edition of the Princess: CRADLE SONG. Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea. Low, low, breathe and blow Wind of the western seal Over the rolling waters go, Come from the dropping moon, and blow, lilow him again to me; While my little one, while my pretty one sleep. Sleep and rest, sleep and rest, Father will come to thee soon; Rost, rest, on mother’s breast, Father will come to thee soon ; Father will come to his babe in the west, Silver sails all out of the west Under the silver moon: Sleep, my little one, sleep, my pretty one, sleep. Jenny Lind Sealing Wax! We have seen ‘Jenny Lind Wafers,’ and very pretty medallions they were too, and Jenny Lind Note Paper, * Jenny Lind Pens,’ ‘ Jenny Lind Ink,’ and at length we have a box of “Jenny Lind’s Own Sealing Wax,” from the recherche magazine of Art and Literature kept by our friend Russell. No notes or letters will be considered fashionable in our city next week unless sealed with this wax. A Vermillion Edict ! A Bull done into Rhyme* “ Ver writin’s so bad, Sir,” quoth Patrick, the Printer, “ It looks like yer scratched off the lines wid a splinter ; And, in faith, but I’m shure that I never can rade it, Till in illigaiit type, sir, X have set and displayed it.” A Conundrum. Why was South Carolina never better pre pared for secession than she is at this moment 1 Because upon whatever action her Legisla ture resolves, her Executive has the Means to accomplish it! The “Flit” Correspondence. A second letter from our correspondent, “Flit,” appears in this number; the first having been delayed in the mail, and reaching us too late for its timely publication. Henceforward they will appear at semi-monthly intervals. The present letter is full of interest. SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE. (Dttr fmk CuMr. The Life of John Randolph of Roanoke. By Hugh A. Garland. Intwovols. 12 mo. New York: D. Ap pleton & Cos. 1850. 1 here can be no reasonable question that the life of that remarkable man, “ John Randolph of Roanoke,” affords abundant material for a biography at once instructive and valuable. He occupied a position of too much prominence, and exerted an influence too wide and com manding, iu the national councils and relations, not to be a mark for posterity. Seventeen years have elapsed since his shrunken form, his piercing eye, and his shrill voice, attracted the attention of his fellow men, and this period has perhaps removed him to a point of time suffi ciently remote from our own, to enable the candid biographer to form a just estimate of his character and of the motives which impelled him to conduct, in political as well as in social affairs, which was often enigmatic to his con temporaries. Our space will not allow us here to enquire how well Mr. Garland has performed his delicate and responsible task, nor would any examination of his volumes alone, enable us to form a correct verdict upon this point. We must deal with these memoirs in a much more general spirit. The biographer was not, we believe, a per sonal friend of Mr. Randolph, but whether their relations were merely negative, or not, we do not know. He tells us, in his preface, that he was ‘ educated in his district, saw him often among his constituents, and heard him under the most favourable circumstances in Conven tion and at the hustings.’ Mr. Garland was then a young man, and might,on that account, have had no very peculiar intimacy with Ran dolph, but we are a little at a loss to reconcile his want of personal acquaintance with him with the subsistence of the ordinary friendly relations between such a man and the aspiring youth of his constituency. We are half in clined to surmise that Mr. Randolph would never have expected Mr. Garland to have writ ten his biography. The supposition, if incor rect, is quite harmless, and the reader may take it for what it is worth. The fitness of our author to be the biographer of the eccentric Virginian, depends rather upon the extent to which he may have been able to command the private material which affords the true key to the inner-life of any man, and especially of such a man as Randolph. The preface makes large pretensions on this score, and the volumes embrace a voluminous corres pondence with the late Mr. Key, of Washing ton, and Dr. Brockenbrough, of Virginia, two very intimate friends of Mr. Randolph—the latter of them, indeed his bosom-friend to the hour of his decease. The author has also de rived aid from Mrs. Bryan, the niece of Mr. Randolph ; and he further acknowledges his indebtedness to several eminent gentlemen who were the friends and companions of the de parted. Without gainsaying the value, and perhaps the sufficiency of this material, we can not help wondering that the task of giving these memoirs to the public, was not undertaken by one more directly connected either by rela tionship or association, with the subject of them. Passing over this obtrusive idea, we recur to the volumes themselves. They are certainiy full of interest, and could not well be other wise. Mr. Garland has a sufficiently exalted opinion of the mental and moral excellencies of his subject, and as a eulogist, could scarcely have been surpassed by oue in whose veins the impulsive and fiery blood of Randolph still coursed with little deterioration. We do not say this in disparagement of our author’s work. We suppose it to be characterized by candour, and we do not quarrel with its standard. Asa biography, it is marked by directness and unity of purpose, and by comprehensive ness and variety of manner. The author has displayed both good taste and judgment in the selection and allocation of his material, which was doubtless abundant enough to embarrass him very seriously. The style of the narrative is not remarkable for either vigour or beauty. It not infrequently betrays a degree of care lessness which in biography is inexcusable. It is, however, free from the too common fault of excessive ornament, and its simplicity will ex cuse less palpable defects The author exhibits his subject, and not himself, which is another great merit. Asa history of the times in which Randolph played so conspicuous a part, these volumes are almost as interesting as the personal memorials of their subject. The biographer’s political views of course, insensibly give colour to the phases in which he exhibits Mr. Randolph’s political acts, but we are free to accord to him the praise of aiming to show the statesman as he was. John Randolph was one of the phenomena of humanity. Unique in his physical structure, his mind was scarcely less so, and his whole social life, tinged with the gloomy hues of dis appointed affection, was thereafter misanthropic and unlovely. His political career was eccen tric without parallel. He was emphatically the man of minorities, while occupying a posi tion at all times of what he deemed the sternest duty and integrity. No one possessed in a higher degree the power of invective, and in him it was rendered ter.ibly emphatic and fear ful by his physical conformation. His sarcasm was sharper than the sword, and his denunci ation heavier than the thunder-bolt. We have not space to pursue our theme. In Judge Garland’s volumes, our readers will see Randolph in attitudes and lighte unfamiliar to them, because revealed by the inner lamp of his life. No character of modern times is more enigmatic than his, and none is more worthy of close examination. We must close our no tice by recommending the volumes to the care ful perusal of our readeis. The present rela tions of the South to the General Government will not at all diminish tiie interest or signifi cance of the history which the second volume affords in natural sequence—of the State Rights contest, which worked out in 1832 the world renowned nullification of South Carolina, and which now again threatens to dissolve the bonds of the American Union. The World’s Frooks: A Dictionary of Dates, With Tabular Views of •eoeral JBstory, and a His torical Chart. Edited by GL P. Putuam. New York* G. P. Putnam. 1851. Mr. Putnam is widely known as an enterpris ing and judicious publisher. His operations in the department of business to which he has de voted his energies, have been both extensive and successful; but comparatively few are aware of his claims to the honours of author ship. The volume before us, however, is not his first effort. His first volume, published in 1833, was prepared while he was a clerk and only about fifteen years of age. It was enti tled, “ Chronology: an Index to Universal His tory.” The substance of it is embraced in the volume before us. “ The World’s Progress” will be found to be a very useful book of reference, presenting, as it does, succinctly and in alphabetical order, an immense mass of information, historical, bio graphical, mythological, literary and scientific, which can be found in no other single volume. First we have a Historical Chart, showing the growth and decay of the principal kingdoms of the earth, with their comparative magnitude and importance ; then come Tabular Views of Universal History, in which a column is allotted to the Progress of Society in the Arts ; next we have a Dictionary of Dates, an extract from which, taken at random, will enable the reader to judge of both the design and execution of this department: Morocco. Anciently Mauritania. From its early possession by the Romans, it underwent various revolutions. About a. and. 1116, Abdal lah, a leader of a sect of Mahometans, founded a dynasty which ended in the last sovereign’s defeat in Spain. About this period, 1202, Fez and other provinces shook off their dependence; but the descendants of Mahomet, about 1650. subdued them, and formed the empire of Mo rocco. Hostilities with France, provoked by Abdel-Kader, the heroic and indomitable ameer of Algiers, commence May, 1844; Tangier bombarded, Aug. 6, 1844; peace concluded, and the French forces evacuate Magador,Sept. 16, 1844. Abdel-Kader taken prisoner by the French and carried to France, 184 G. Mortars. A short gun with an extraordi nary large bore, and close chamber, used for throwing bombs, first made in England in 1543. The celebrated mortar left by Soult in Spain, was fixed in St. James's park in August, 1816. Moscow. One of the largest cities in Eu rope. It was founded in 1156; was taken by Tamerlane 1382 ; and subsequently it fell into the hands of the Tartars, whose last attack upon it was in 1571, when they set it on fire. This city was entered by the French, Sept. 14, 1812, and the Russian governor, Rostochin, or dered that it should be set on fire in five hun dred places at once. In this memorable con flagration, 11,840 houses were burnt to the ground, besides palaces and churches. The French, thus deprived of quarters, evacuated Moscow, Oct. 19, and it was re-entered by the Russians, Oct. 22, following. The city has been since rebuilt. Moskwa, Battle of, between the French and Russians. See Borodino. Moss-Troopers. These were a desperate sort of plunderers, secreting themselves in the mosses on the borders of Scotland, defiling women, and perpetrating the most savage enor mities, as well as minor mischiefs, extirpated A. D. 1609. Most Christian King. The title given to Louis XI. by pope Paul 11., 1460. It has been justly remarked, that never was the title or name of Christian given to a prince more un worthily bestowed, or less deserved. Mottoes, Royal. Dieu et mon Droit was first used by Richard 1., a. and. 1193. The Bo hemian crest, viz: three ostrich feathers, and the motto, Ich dien, “ I serve,” was adopted by Edward, the Black Prince, at the battle of Crcssy, the king of Bohemia being slain in the battle, 1346. Honi soit qui mal y pense, was made the inotto of the Gartar. 1349-50. Je maintiendrai, “ I will maintain ,” was adopted by William 111., 1688. And Semper eadetn was ordered by Queen Anne to be used as her motto. Mourning for the Dead. The practice of the Israelites was, neither to wash nor anoint themselves during the time of mourning. The exhibition of grief for a friend lasted for seven days ; and upon extraordinary occasions it last ed a month. The Greeks and Romans also exhibited their grief for the dead by many public abstinences. The ordinary colour for mourning in Europe is black; in China it is white; in Turkey, violet; in Ethiopia, brown ; and it was white in Spain until a. and. 1498. — Herrera. The Dictionary of Dates is followed by a Chronological List of Authors, a Dictionary of Heathen Deities and other Fabulous Persons, together with the Heroes and Heroines of An tiquity, a Biographical Index, and an Index to Tabular Views of History. The work does much credit to its compiler’s industry, judgment and taste, and is a contribu tion of no small value to the department of literature to which it belongs. It may be found in this city at Mr. Russell’s, King-st. * Pioneers ;or the Sources of the Susquehanna. By the author of the Deerslayer, Last of the Mohicans, Sic. New York: G. P. Putnam. 1851. We are glad to greet this old favourite, in a new dress. We doubt not that the thousands who will now read it for the first time will be as much charmed as the thousands who, with us, so eagerly perused it, on its first issue. It be longs to the series of the Leather-Stocking Tales, which have won for their author so de servedly high a reputation both at home and abroad. This uniform edition of Mr. Cooper’s works, we are glad .to learn, is having an ex tensive sale. * (Dnr (tofentjinnnm Southern Literary Messenger, for De cember, is before us. It closes the volume in good style, with an unusually interesting num ber. Now is the time to send in your names as subscribers to this sterling Southern magazine— the only literary monthly in the South. It is worthy of a generous support. Its contents embrace Reviews, Historical and Biographical Sketches, Novels, Tales, Travels, Essays, Po ems, etc. Terms $5 per annum. Address John R. Thompson, Editor and Proprietor, Richmond, Va. * The American Whig Review, for De cember, is illustrated with a portrait of Hon. Caleb B. Smith. It has the following attractive table of contents: Political Preface, The Ex ile’s Greeting (poetry), Plain Words for the North, (by a “ Georgian ”), Hon. C. B. Smith, Twenty Sonnets, Unity of the Human Race, The True Issue—Union or Disunion, Genius and Writings of Washington Irving, Russian Ambition, British Policy Here and There, Critical Notices. * The January issue of this popular monthly has come to hand. It contains several very hand some engravings, and a great variety of Tales, Essays and Poetry. It contains 72 pages, and is furnished to subscribers at $2 per annum. Charles J. Peterson, Publisher, Philadelphia. * Water Cure Journal has put on anew dress and assumed anew form. It is now one of the handsomest papers we have lately seen. It is published monthly at the low price of $1 per annum. It deserves and should receive the fullest confidence of the most generous patron age of the friends of hydropathy. Fowlers & Wells, Publishers, New York. * €tjc ‘snriii nf ilrt. This Art Journal, for November. London and New York: George Virtue. [For sale by S. Hart, Sen., Charleston.] We have so frequently commended this beautiful work to our readers that we know not what more to say in its behalf. The November number is equal in attraction to its predecessors- One of its three steel plates is an engraving made from the exquisite marble bust of Jenny Lind, by Durham, of London. We had the pleasure of seeing the original work while it was yet in the possession of the importer, Mr. Putnam, of New York. The engraving pre serves the delicacy and life-likeness of the bust, and will be highly prized by the admirers of the “ nightingale.” It is worth a thousand of the abortive attempts at likenesses which deluge the picture shops. The other plates are from subjects in the ‘ Vernon Gallery.’ The leading article in the number relates to the preparations of Germany for the Great Exposition of 1851. The Statue of Calhoun. —The Interna tional for December, is slightly in error in stat ing that Powers’ Statue of Calhoun has been “ placed in the temple prepared for it in Charles ton.” It is at present in the City Hall, and may remain there permanently. A temple for its reception was spoken of, but has not been erected. National Academy of Design. —This ad mirable Institution is in debt, and its members have agreed to paint pictures to be sold for its relief. It is a gratifying fact that the American Art L nion has offered to buy these pictures at such prices as the Academy should place upon them. Marion Crossing the Pee Dee.—A fine picture of this admirable subject is nearly finish ed upon the Easel of Mr. Ranney.in Nesv Y ork. We hope it will be secured to our State. <Eij? (Dli Itfnrli The steamship America arrivod at Boston on the 13th iust., bringing Liverpool dates to Nov. 29th. The war-clouds seem to gather again over the continent. England is in a state of ferment, and France is, as usual, restless and uneasy. V e give a brief compend of the most important news: England. —lt is stated that the High Church party will strive, at the approaching session of Parliament, to abolish all titles of Honour for Romish Ecclesiastics in Great Britain, Ireland and the colonies; also to repeal the Maynooth grant and all other payment to Romish Eccle siastics, to abolish the national system of educa tion in Irelaud, restore the Irish Bishoprics, to banish Jesuits and allow no Romish Ecclesias tics to reside in England who have not taken the oath of allegiance to her Majesty; also, that all Dissenters in Parliament shall be ex cluded from voting on Church questions. A second anti-Popery meeting was advertised to take place in Birkenhead on the 4th inst., which it was apprehended would be attended with another and more fearful riot. Meantime warrants have been issued lor the arrest of Father Browne and other Catholic gentlemen who took part in the first disturbance. It is said that Parliament will be called together earlier than usual, in consequence of the pre vailing anti-Popery excitement. Ireland. —The Transatlantic Packet Station Commissioners are pursuing their inquiries, and have just issued a Circular addressed to Mer chants, Ship-owners, and others, in England and Ireland capable of furnishing information, and to the effect, &.C., of establishing a station on the South or West coast of Ireland. Germany. —The London Shipping Gazette of Friday, Nov. 29, 3 P. M., has the following announcement: “ The intelligence from the Continent is again of a warliko character. The Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna are now stated to have arrived at a point at which the dispute must merge into open hostilities. The late negotiations between the two Cabinets not having led to any satisfactory results. The Fieneh Government is said to have received a dispatch from Bei lin, announcing that the Aus trian Government has demanded the evacu ation of Hesse Cassel within 24 hours. The same report states that on the same day a note drawn up in energetic terms was communicated by the Russian Ambassador at Berlin to the Prussian Government.” tonitia McKean Buchanan lias arrived hon.o in New Orleans. Alfred Tennyson has been appointed Poet Laureat. The remaining Contoy prisoners have been released. Queen Victoria has designed a carpet for the fair of 1851. Miss Cooper, author of “ Rural Hours,” has anew work in preparation. Hawthorne’s forthcoming work is to be entitled “ The House with Seven Gables.” President Fillmore and Postmaster Gen eral Hall have taken pews in the Unitarian church. Mrs. Sigourney and daughter sailed in the steamer America, on Wednesday last, for Europe. Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, the celebrated authoress; was at Constantinople at tho latter part of October. John M. Daniel, Esq., Editor of the Richmond Enquirer, has been chosen Council lor of State by t ie Virginia Legislature. The census returns in Virginia indicate a much greater increase of population within the last decade than within any previous one. The steamboat Sagamore lately ex ploded in San Francisco Bay, killing every soul on board—oilicers, crew and passengers. that mirrors fastened to the walls were appur tenant to the house and passed with a sale of it. Hackett, has been invited by the Queen to join the company who are engaged to perform some of Shakspeare’s plays at Windsor Castle during the ensuing season. The Paris correspondent of the Home Journal announces the near approach to Amer ica of another danseuse, Mile, Louise Daey- Barry, who dances with great lightness, grace agility and precision, is tall, elegant and beau tifully formed, with a pleasing, intelligent coun tenance. MADEMOISELLE JGMV LIND WILL (JIVE HER FIRST GRAND CONCERT IN charleston, at tiie theatre, OX THURSDAY EVEXIXQ, DF.C. 26, 1850. PROGRAMME. [Subject to Slight Variation.] PART I. Overture, (Zampa,) .... Herolil Scena and Aria—“ Sorgete ” —(Maometto Secnndo)—Signor Belletti, . - Rossini Scena and Aria —“Casta Diva” —(Norma) Mile. Jenny Lind. “Caprice le TreineloSolo Violin—Mr, Joseph Burke, . - . De Beriot Duo—Con patienza soportiano [II Fanatico per la Alusica ) —Mile. Jenny Lind and Signor Belletti. - . Fioravente Trio for Voice and and two Flutes—(Camp of Silesia) —-Composed expressly for Mile. Jenny Lind. Voice—Mile. Jenny Lind. Flutes—Messrs. Kyle and Siede, Meyerbeer PART 11. Overture, (Crown Diamonds) . - Auber Barcarola—“ Sulla Poppa del mio brik ” La prigioned’Ediuburgo—Sig. Belletti, Ricci Grand March —“ Crusaders,” . Benedict The Bird Song—Mile. Jenny Lind, . . Taubert La Tarantelia—Signor Belletti, - - - Rossini “The Herdsman’s Song,” called “The Echo Song,” a Swedish melody—Mile. Jenny Lind. Conductor —Mr. Benedict. An Orchestra, composed of the most eminent Solo per formers, from the Jenny Lind Concerts, New York, led by Mr. Joseph Burke, has been engaged for the occasion. Doors open at 6 o’clock. Concert to commence at 8 o’clock. No checks will be issued. Diagrams of the Theatre may be seen at the Box office, where seats may be secured on Monday and Tuesday, the 23d and 24th. 1 Dec 21 MLLE. JENNY LIND'S SECOND GRAND CONCERT WILL BE GIVEN OX SATURDAY EVEXIXG, DEC. 28, Upon which occasion she will sing the air from Handel’s Messiah, “ / know that my Redeemer liveth,” also “ Sweet Home,” and other of her most popular Songs. £3^"Seals for the Second Concert may besecured in ad vance at the Box office. 1 Dec 21 TO TEACHERS. A LADY thoroughly competent to teach MUSIC and SINGING, and a skilful Performer on the PIANO, may, by applying immedsately, secure a permanent aud lucrative situation in the Edgefield Female Institute, Edgefield C. IL.S.C. If a performer ou Ihe GUITAR, and capable of teaching DRAWING and PAINTING, it will considerably add to her income. Also, a LADY thoroughly competent to teach DRAW ING aud PAINTING IN WATER COLOURS, and willing to assist in the Junior English Classes. Apply to thePrincipalatEdgefieldC.il. 3 Dec 14 CABINET PORTRAITS. Mr. EGAN, Artist, begs most respectfully to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of the City of Charleston and vicinity, thatlie proposesremainining a short time in pur suit of the above-mentioned branch of the Art, together with a view of benefitting his health; and in addition would say that as he has been successful, hitherto, in his professional career, he confidently hopes to give satisfac tion to those who may honour him with their patronage. Studio above the store of Mr. Epping, Chemist, No. 277 King-street. N. B. Life size PORTRAITS Painted if required. Nov. 23 ligjjt for tjp Park Cnrntr. ANSWER TO THE BIOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. My 1 17 7 11 24 1 7 Essenea. My 2 23 7 17 G Lasso. My 3 7 5 19 21 Isaac. My 4 11 10 5 17 Zenas. My 5 10 19 2426 5 7 Ananias. My 6 5 24 10 1 17 Oanues. My 7 6 13 6 24 Solon. My 8 6 15 9 19 7 Tobias. My 9 16 6 10 6 20 12 5 17 8 7 Iconoclasts. My 10 11 5 2 Neal. My 11 13 16 23 7 Elias. My 12 1 6 Leo. My 13 5 10 6 Lano. My 14 12 3 6 24 Ilion. My 15 6 21 18 5 20 18 9 6 Boccaccio. My 16 19 17 6 7 lasos. My 17 18 6 8 25 Scott. My 18 8 1 7 26 5 17 Ctesias. My 19 10 25 3 5 7 Antias. My 20 19 15 6 8 Cabot. My 21 5 7 17 9 24 16 Cassini. My 22 10 6 Ino. My 23 2 14 Ali. My 24 11 15 6 Nebo. My 25 19 2 13 9 17 Tallis. My 26 10 18 5 Inca. Charleston. HENRY. Messrs. Editors : The answer to your last Enigma, I think, is, Eliza Osti.yelli Biscac cianti. CYPRE'S. Ijijiuiutiunits. Travelling Agents for the Gazette.— Rev. William Richards, Mr. Robert E.Seyle, Mr. Matthew J. Wroton, J. J. Richards, S. P. Richards. Mr. Thomas P. Walker, of Columbia, S C., is our duly authorized agent for our publi cations in Richland District. He has also a general commission as travelling agent, and we commend him cordially to our friends wherever he may come. Rev. N. Graham and William G. Barrett, Esq., of Sumterville, have both consented to act as our agents in Sumter and the adjoining Districts. O’ Mr. A. H. Mazyck is our General Agent or Charleston. W. Beil is our Agent for Kershaw and the neighbouring Districts. O’ Warren D. Chapman is our Agent for Spartanburg and surrounding Districts. O’ All Postmasters are authorized to act as Agents for the Gazette, and the same commis sion will be allowed to them as to other local Agents. THE TRAVELLER'S GUIDE. ROUTES FROM CHARLESTON. From Charleston to New- York. Leaving daily at Z'/i o’clock p. m. By Steamer to Wilmington 180 miles.—By Railroad to Weldon 162 miles.—To Petersburg 63. —To Richmond 22. —T0 Acquia Creek 70. —By Steamer to Washington 53. —By Railroad to Baltimore 40. —To Phil adelphia 92.—T0 New-York 87. Total distance77l miles. Time 60 hours. Fare S2O. The “Southerner” (Steamship) leaves Charleston every tenth day after the 27th of April, at 4 o’clock p. m. Thro’ in 60 hours. Fare (State-Room) $25. From Charleston to Philadelphia. —The Osprey leave* Charleston every other Saturday, at 4 o’clock, p. m. — through in 60 hours. Fare S2O. From Charleston to New-Orleans. Leaving daily at 10o’clock a. m. ByS.C. Railroad to Augusta 136 miles. —By Georgia Railroad to Atlanta 171. —By Macon and Western Railroad to Griffin 42. By Stage to Opelaka 95. —8 y Railroad to Montgomery 65.—8 y Steamer to Mobile33l. —To New-Orleans 166. Total distance 1,006 miles. Time 123 hours. Fare $39.50. From Charleston to New-Orleans,\ia.. Savannah .daily nat 9 a.m. By Steamer to Savannah 140 miles.—By Ce tral Railroad to Macon 190.—8 y Macon and Western Rail road to Barnesville 40.—8 y Stage to Opelaka 100.—By Railroad to Montgomery 65. —By Steamer to Mobile 331. — To New-Orleans 166. Total distance 1,032 miles. Time 77 hours. Fare $39.50. MISCELLANEOUS TABLE. Distances. Fare. Time. To Athens, Ga., 251 m. $7,95 20 h. “ Chattanooga, Tenn., 445 13,12 31 “ Columbia, S. C., 130 4,00 8 “ Camden, S. C., 142 4,00 9 “ Hamburg, S. C., 136 4.00 8 “ Memphis, Tenn., 740 28,00 Passengers for either of the above places leave Charles ton, daily, by S. C. Railroad, at 10o’clock a. m. AGENTS WANTED, TO canvass, for the Oazette and Schoolfellow, the State of South and North Carolina,Georgia and Alabama. Young men of good character and address can make from SSOO to SIOOO per:■ “num at the business. Apply eitherpersonally or by letter, to WALKER & RICHARDS. References as to character will be required. BENJAMIN F. PORTER, (LATE OF TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA,) Has opened an office in this city, and respectfully offers he services to the public as an A TTOHNF. Y and COUN SELLOR AT FA IV and SOLICITOR INCHAN CER Y. His extensive acquaintance with the population of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia, and with the local laws of those States, will enable him not only to impart important information to merchants, but to •ntroduce customers. He will take claims on persons in those States and for. ward them to responsible agents, for whose fidelity he will answer. Office on Boad-street, in the bulding occupied by Messrs. Y eadon & Macbeth. Charleston, May 4, 1850. “ HANDSOMEST PAPER IN THE WORLD.” TIIE DRAWING ROOM JOURNAL. A PHILADELPHIA HOME NEWSPAPER, Devoted to Elegant Literature—The Fine Arts — Society — Fashion — Gossip — Morality — Health, etc. Edited by M. M. COOK, and C. J. DALMAS, and published every Saturday. It is clearly and elegantly printed on beautiful type and fine white paper, and the topics which find especial favor in its columns, are such as relate to the Imaginative and Beautiful, whether ilustrated by Poetry. Music, Painting, or Sculpture. It is is also strictly moral and elevating in its tone, not a word or a line ever being admitted into its columns tlia 1 may not be read aloud in the most fastidious family circle TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy One Year, - $2 Three copies One Year, ------ 5 Seven 10 Twelve “ ** “ 15 Twenty “ “ 20 *** P ostmasters in every section of the Union are here by authorized to act as Agents for the Drawing Room Journal, to receipt for and forward subscriptions to the same, the law allowing them to frank all such letters- A liberal commission will be allowed to Postmasters, on clubs, or single subscribers. Further particulars may be ascertained by addressing Charles J. Dalnias, publisher. No. 32 South Third-street, Philadelphia, Pa. ** The Drawing Room Journal is “as neat and fair as a bride, and not less winsome,” says the Phiadelphia Sun. “Printed with unusual taste, and edited with tact and ability,” says the Saturday Gazette; “A dainty looking sheet, and edited with spirit and judgment,” says the Boston Evening Transcript: “one of the bes conduct t ed Weeklies in the United States, and the handsomest paper in the world,” says the Boston Bee. Oct 12 3 mo. GEN IN HATTER. 314 BROADWAY, NEW-YORK, Next door to Barnum’s JWuseum. J. N. GENIN invitps the attention of the gentlemen about to visit New-York. and the public generally, to his splendid FALL FASHION of FOUR DOLLAR HATS for 1850. Superior in style, workmanship, richness, and all the qualities which belong to a first rate and fashionable fab ric, to any FIVE DOLLAR HAT in the trade. His stock of FANCY HATS AND CAPS FOR CHILDREN comprehends all the newest Paris patterns, and a variety of superb original designs prepared under his own eye and made in his own factory. He would also call attention to his splendid. RIDING HATS FOR LADIES, and Ladies’ Riding-Whins and Gloves, of thesamestyleas those recently presented by him to Jenny Lind, so warmly approved in her autograph letter of reply. In the manu facture of ARMY AND NAVY CHAPEAUX and fatigue and undess Caps his artists cannot be equalled in the Union. A rich and varied assortment of the finest Furs also form a part of his stock, together with CHOICE PARISIAN AND AMERICAN UMBRELLAS. Elegantly mounted WALKING CANES, BRUSH ES, CARPET BAGS, RIDING-WHIPS, and other articles. All these, be it observed, will be sold at the most rea sonable rates. MODERATE PRICES AND AN EXTENSIVE BUSINESS being the motto of GENIN, 214 Broadway, opposite St. Paul’s Church, and I next door to Barnum’s Museum. (Pur (Dtmt Muirs/ -THE SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE IS PUBLISHED EVERY ‘SATURDAY BY WALKER & RICHARDS. OmCl OVER COURTENAY AND WIENGES’BOOK STORK Entrance on Broad-street. TERMS.—Two Dollars per annum, to be paid strictly n advance. If payment is not made within the first six months of a term of subscription, the price will be Two Dollars and Fifty Cents— and if delayed until the end of the year, Three Dollars. Advertisements will be published at the customary rates. Business Cards, (of four lines and under,) will be inserted one year for Five Dollars, including a sob scriptiou to the paper. • tAFNr.It VOLUME FOR 1851..^ THE BEST AND CHEAPEST JUVENILE MAGAZINE IN THE UNITED STATES. On the Ist of January, 1851, will be published at Charleston, S. C., the first number of the Third An. nual Volume of THE SCHOOLFELLOW, which has been pronounced by some of the ablest presse and best judges, “ The best and cheapest Juvenile Mag azine in the United States.” The success of this beauti ful tittle work during its first year has been so flattering that the Publishers have resolved to continue it and make it permanent, and they therefore call upon parents, teach ers, and all interested in the rising generation to aid them in their efforts to make the Schoolfellow all that its most flattering judges have pronounced it. It will be published in the same form as heretofore and under the same editorial care ; and will contain chiefly ori ginal articles from the pens of Mrs. Caroline Gilman, Mrs. Joseph C. Neal, Mrs, W. C. Richards, Mrs. C. W. Du Bose, Miss Tuthill, Caroline Howard, Miss C. W. Bar ber, Clara Moreton,Maria Roseau, Jennie Elder. “Grand mama Hoary Head,” “Mary E.” “E. B. C.” the Editor, and many other well known writers. ITS PICTORIAL EMBELLISHMENTS will be more numerous and beautiful than before; it wil be printed upon finer paper, anil no pains will be spared to make it a most charming companion for all good girls and bops. It will be published on the fifteenth of each month, and will make a velume of about 400 pages and 100 en gravings. Five copies will be sent to one address for $4 ; Eleven copies soy $8 ; Twenty-three copies for sls, and Thirty two copies for $20!! THE FIRST AND SECOND VOLUMES, beautifully bound in gilt muslin, will be furnished in con nection with the second Year for Two Dollars. To clubs, it will besupplied at One Dollar for each copy. Ali orders must be accompanied with the cash — if by mail, post-paid. £3?* Clubs should be made up as early as practicable— and those wishing volume first, should apply immediately to WALKER Si RICHARDS. December 7, 1850. Charleston, S. C. ** Editors copying this Prospectus, or making suitable notice, shall receive a copy of the work without an ex change. They will pleas send marked copies of -heir papers containing it to the ‘ Gazette.” SOUTHERN QUARTERLY REVIEW. Thissterling Southern Periodical, recently published by Mr. James S. Burges, will henceforth be issued by the Subscribers, who respectfully solicit the continued favours of the Southern people, and of the citizens of Charleston n particular. The first number of the present year, form ing the beginning of anew series, is now rapidly passing through the press, and will be delivered to subscribers on the 15th of April. Hereafter, the work will be issued at regular periods, without delay or failure, and in a superior style, with anew, clear and beautiful type, and on the best of paper. It will continue under the Editorial con ductof W. Gilmore Simms, Esq., to whose bands it has been confided during the past year. This gentleman, we are pleased to inform our readers, has succeeded hap pily in calling to his assistance such a number of Contribu tors as will effectually place the work beyond the chances of a deficiency, or inferiority, of Literary, Scientific or Political material. The writers for the REVIEW in elude the greater number of the best and ablest names of the country. They represent the highest Literary talent of the South, and reflect truly, with a native earnestness, force and fidelity, the real policy and the peculiar instilu. ions of our section. The Publishers, assured by the coun tenance which they have received, from every quarter of the South, and especially sustained and patronized by the most influential names in Carolina, beg leave to solici tbe continued and increasing patronage of our citizens. Subscriptions will be received at their Office, corner ot East Bay and Broad streets, second story, or at 101 East Bay. Contributors will be pleased to address the Editor, to their care, in Charleston. WALKER 81 RICHARDS Publishers and Proprietors Southern Quarterly Review. NOTICE.—AII former Agencies for the SOUTHER QUARTERLY REVIEW 7 are discontinued. Due no tice will be given of the appointment of Agencies by the present Publishers. UNRIVALLED NORTH OR SOUTH ! .THE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME OF THE SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE Wascommenced on Saturday, the 4th of May, 1850 underitsoriginal name —instead of Richards’ Weekly Oa zcttc —as more significant of its peculia r eharacter, it being the only weekly organ of Literature 1 the entire South 1 It is GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED, Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns of matter, is, moreover, in an ENTIRELY NEW DRESS “from head to foot,” and upon beautiful white paper, to that, in mechanical excellence, it shall not be surpassed by uny paper whatever in the United States ! It will contin ue under the same Editorial direction as heretofore, ami n pains or expense will he spared to make ltl A CHOICE FAMILY NEWSPAPER’ “ as cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the best!” Utterly discarding the notion that a Southern journal can not compete with the Northern weeklies, in cheapness and interest, THE SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE Shall rival the best of them in all the characteristics of a truly valuable fireside Journal. Its aim will be the diffu sion of cultivated and refined taste throughout the com niunity—and it will embrace in its ample folds every spa. cies of intelligence that can tend to this result ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS, from many of the ablest writers in the South, will chiefly occupy its columns, but not to the exclusion of choice mis cellany. selected from the best American and European sources The tone of the “ Gazette” will be independents criti cism and in the discussion of every legitimate topic, but it will be strictly NEUTRAL IN POLITICS AND RELIGION ! Its columns will be occasionally embellished with SOUTHERN PORTRAITS & LANDSCAPES. engraved expressly for the work, and accompanied by biographical and topographical sketches. A portrait of the Hon. Judge Lumpkin, of Georgia, appeared in the first number, and others will follow at monthly intervals ITS GENERAL INFORMATION will be copious, butcarefully condensed from the leading Journals of all parts of the world. Notwithstanding the groat increase in the size and at tractions of the paper, it will still be published at Turn Dollars Per Annum, in Advance l It will be furnished to persons becoming responsible for the whole number of copies, and having them sent to one address, on the following terms: Three copies, $5 Five copies, 8 Ten copies, 15 Fifteen copies, 20 Twenty copies, 25 Fifty copies, 60 All orders must be accompanied with the money and addressed, post-paid, to WALKER & RICHARDS. Charleston, S. C. N. B.—Editors who will copy, or notice fully, this Pro pectus, shall receive the Gazette regularlv, and also beautiful Juvenile Magazine, entitled “The School) low.” GENERAL AGENCY IN LITERATURE, ART and SCIENCE AT THE Office of the Southern Literary Gazette. Corner of Broad-st. and East-Bay, (up stairs,) Charleston, S. S. The Undersigned, Editor of the “ Southern Lite rary Gazette,” begs leave to inform the public that he has opened a General Agency for the transaction of any business connected with Literature, Science an- Art. lie will correspond with authors concerning the publication of books and pamphlets upon their own ac count, or otherwise ; execute any commission for gentle men forming libraries; forward subscriptions for any peri, odical work, American or European ; receive and execute promptly commissions for any work of Art; supply accu rate estimates of the cost of Philosophical Instruments, orderthem at his own risk and guarantee their efficiency. All communications must be addressed, prepaid, to WM. C. RICHARDS. ts” No charge will be made for any service required by his brethren of the press, who will oblige him by pub. lishing this notice. FRANKLIN HOUSE. NEW YORK, May 1,1850. T HA HE subscriber respectfully informs his friendsand the 0 public that, he has leased the above House for a term of years. The House has been in complete repair during the past winter and mostly furnished anew. The proprietor respectfully solicits a continuanceolthe patron age heretofore so liberally received. JOHN P. TREADWELL. ENGRAVING. FjS'MIE subscriber would inform Authors, Publishers and H Printers, that he still continues to carry on the busi ness of ENGRAVING ON WOOD, in all its branehes- His facilities are such that he is enabled toexecuteall orders promptly, and in every style of the Art, upon the most reasonable terms: while the experience of many years enables him to feel perfect confidence in his efforts to givr satisfaction to all who may fa vour him with their patron, age. N. ORR, 151 Fulton-street, New York. June 6 THOMAS, COW PERTH WAIT & CO., BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS AND STATIONERS, 523 MARKET-STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Publish Mitchell’s Geography and Atlas, Primary Geo graphy. Intermediate Geography, Ancient Geography and Atlas, Universal Atlas, with nearly pighty beautitullj coloured Maps ; Pocket Ma ps of the United States and ol the different States of the Union : Swan’s series of School Readers, Spelling Book and Primary Spelling Book i Greene’s English Grammar, and Greene’s Analysis of the English Language ; F. A. Adams’ Arithmetics, parts 1 and 2; Pennook’s Histories of England, France, Rome, and Greece; Picott’s series of Elementary Books in learn ing French; Frost’s United States, &c. And they offer for sale at the lowest prices, the largest prices the largest stock in the country of SCHOOL, CLASSICAL, LAW, MEDICAL,THEOLOGICAL and MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. Orders solicited. 6mo July 13 Wnikn’s Cnriis. JOSEPH WALKER, 101 EAST BAY 7 , Dealer in Paper, Stationery and Account Printing and Book Binding. Also, Agent for John r. YVhite, Type and Stereotype Founder; R. Hoe & Cos., Printing Press Maker; V. Mcßee It Sons’ Paper Mills, and of va rious Printing Inks. JOSEPH WALKER, AGENT FOR THE SALE OF TYPE, PRESSES AND PRINTING MATERIALS Os all kinds, at New York prices, actual expenses from New York to Charleston only added. aoknt for JOHN T. WHITE, TYPE-FOUNDER. Whose Foundry has been in operation over forty years, and for beauty and variety of Type, Borders, Sic., is sur passed by none. Constantly on hand. Brass Rule, Cases, Quoins, Leads, Chases, Furniture, Reg. let, Lye Brushes, Mallets, Shooting Sticks, Proof Rkusues, Bodkins, Plainers. Also, a large variety of BORDERS, JOB AND FANCY TYPE, ire. ALSO, AGENT FOR R. HOE & CO., CELEBRATED PRINTING-TRESS MANUFACTURERS. Every Press, Sic.. made by them, will be furnished shortest notice and lowest price. PRINTING INKS. Constantly on hand, a large stock of the very best war ranted Inks, Book and News Printing Inds, h uncy Col oured Inks, at greatly reduced rates, say from 75 cents per pouud and upwards. PAPER WAREHOUSE, 101 EAST BAY. JOSEPH WALKER, DEALER IN PRINTING, WRINTING, WRAPPING AND EN VELOPE PAPER OF EVERY VARIETY. Printing Paper.—Constantly on hand, a large stock ot Newspaper, of various sizes—2o x 30, 22 x 32 , 23 x 32. 24 x 34 , 24 x 36, 26 x 38, 26 x 40; and also Medium and Double Medium Book Printing Paper, of different quality. Agent for V. Mcßee & Son, Greenville, S. C., Paper Mills. Newspaper of every kind made to order. Also in receipt constantly, direct from the Northern Mills, Paper of all kinds. Writing Paver.—English, French and American Letter, Cajp, Folio, Commercial and Packet Post, Demy, Medium, Royal and Super Royal Papers, ruled and plain, ot every variety, and atall prices—a large stock constantly on hand. Wrapping, Envelope, Coloured Medium Paper, of all kinds and descriptions always on hand and for sale low. STATIONERS’ HALL, 101 EAST BAY. JOSEPH WALKER, DEALER IN PAPER, STATIONER Y AND BLANK BOOKS, Has constantly on hand, a large assortment of fine Eng lish, F rencli and American Stationery, of every descrip tion, consisting in part of: Scaling Wax, Wafers, Quills, Rulers, Steu Pens, Ink Stands, Slates, Wafer Stamps, Pen Racks, W 7 ax Tapirs, Red Tape, Lead Pencils, India Rubber. Desk Weights, Sic. GOLD PENS, GOLD & SILVER PENCIL CASES. A large variety of Levi Brown and many other marks. INK. Black, Blue, Red, Copying and Marking Inks, of the best kinds. PEN AND DESK KNIVES. A beautiful assortment of the finest Cutlery’ ol* every de scription. COPYING PRESSES, A variety of patterns and prices. Also, Copiying Books, Brushes, Oil Paper, etc. BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY A FANCY BOOK BINDING. JOSEPH WALKER, 101 EAST BAY Banks, Public Offices, Merchants, and others, can have their Books Ruled tp any pattern, and Bound in the very best manner, either in full Russia, extra Russia Bands, P ull Bound, or Half Binding, and made of the very best English blue laid, French and American papers, made expressly to order, at the same price that the same quality of work is done in New York. FANCY BINDING. Books, Pamphlets, Music, etc., bound in the neatest a.nd best9tyle, either in Calf, Morocco, Russia, or plain sheep Binding. In the above establishment no pains or expense have been spared to have all work executed in the best manner. STEAM POWER-PRESS PRINTING. WALKER fc JAMES, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS NOS. 101 AND 103 EAST BAY, Having added to their Office, Steam Power-Presses, and large fonts ot’ the latest kind of Book Type, are prepared to execute all kinds of BOOK AND PAMPHLET PRINTING, in the very best manner, and at greatly reduced prices Also, having added a great variety of Fancy Types Borders, etc., to their already extensive Office, they are prepared to execute JOB PRINTING OF EVERY VARIETY, SUCH AS CHECKS, CIRCULARS, BILLS-LADING, BALL INVITATIONS BILLHEADS, BRIEFS, RECEIPTS, HAND BILLS, Sre. which will be done in the best manner and on most rea sonable terms. CARD-PRESS PRINTING. Cards of all kinds by Steam, at greatly reduced rates. J AS. E. SPEAR & CO’S. EMPORIUM OF FINE WATCHES, FASHIONABLE JEWELRY. STERLING SILVER WARE, RICH HOUSE FURNISHING ARTICLES, AND RECHERCHE FANCY GOODS, 235 king-street, opposite iiasell. J. E. S. & Cos. would invite the attention of the public, and strangers visiting Charleston, to their extensive stock, which they are confident will compare favourably with any ever offered in elegance, variety, taste and WORKMANSHIP. Their stock of Duplex patent Lever. Anchor and Cy under WATCHES, hus been selected with great care from the most cetebrated manufactories of Europe, and cased expressly to their order in Open, Hunting and Dou ble Hunting cases, including a few beautiful, extra small inlaid and enameled Ladies’ Watches, suitatde for wear* ing with the new style of Chatelaines. Their stock of JEWELRY comprehends all of the latest styles, with many original, chaste and elegant de signs, and of every quality from the cheapest to the most expensive. Theirstock of STERLING SILVER WARE is not to be surpassed in chasteness of design or beauty of work manship, including many articles of entirely new patterns. Their stock of House Furnishing and Fancy Goons comprises a great variety of articles, suitable for ordinary use or elegant display, which would weli repay the time spent in examining. In the assortment may be found the best English Plated Tea Setts, Waiters, Cake Baskets, Castors, Cruet Stands, Urns, Tea Kettles. Vegetable Dishes Butter Boats, Toast Racks, Egg Stands, Nnt Crackers, Ice Tongs, Sic. A superior article of Plated or Albatta Spoons, Forks, &c.. almost equal to silver; Balanced Ivory handle Knives and Forks, in sets of 51 pieces, or Knives only ; Japaned Waiters, singly or in sets : Papier Mache Work Boxes, Tables, Writing Desks, Prayer Books, Albums, Music, Porte and Note Folios, beautifully inlaid with pearl; Card Baskets, Card Cases, Porte Monaies, Porte Boquets, Saltcellars, Coral and Bells, Snuff Boxes, Lan cet Cases, Suspender Ruckles, Nutmeg Graters, Fruit Knives. Napkin Rings, Combs, fee. of fine silver. Parian Marble and Papier Cotta Statuettes and Figures. Richly furnished (French) Work Boxes and Dressing Cases, Bohemian Glass Toilet Bottles and Paper Weights, Music Boxes, from 2to 6 tunes ; French Mantle Clocks, f’l T various patterns ; Mantle Vases and Ornaments, Ebony Watch Stands, Coral Beads. They would particularly call attention to a lot of very splendid Spanish and French Dress FANS, of elegant designs, varying in price from $1 to S4O, Also, Pearl, m e .’o^ namtl e< ’ Silver and Leather Porlemonies and Card Cases from 50 cents to sl2. With many other articles, suitable for presents for the approaching holidays and weddings. Purchasers will find it to theiradvantage to examine the above stock, their motto being “ MODERATE PRICES AND QUICK RETURNS.” CLEVELAND’S DR UG AND CHEMICAL ESTABLISHMENT, 207 KING-STEEKT, BELOW THE BEND, Charleston, S. C. Has received. in addition to the former extensive stock, by the late amvalsfrom Europe, a large and well selected stock of DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY and f ANCY ARTICLES, which will be sold at a small ad vance from the previous cost. The proprietor now offers one of the most complete stocks of French, German, English and American Drugs, Che micals, Valuable Familp Medicines, Pef umery, Sc. Soaps, Brushes, Combs, and other Fancy and Miscellaneous Articles in this country. Also, all the various Patent Medicines, Pills, Sarsapa rillas, Liniments, Ointments, Salves, Balsams, Syrups &c., for sale or advertised by any other Drug Establish ment in this city. Nov 16 4c ‘'Jr WILLARD’S HOTEL. E. D. W ILLARD, Proprietor. Pennsylvania Avenue, corner of Hth street, WASHINGTON, D. C. NATIONAL HOTEL. F. BLACK, Proprietor. Pennsylvania Avenue, corner of 6th street, WASHINGTON, D. C. EXCHANGE HOTEL^ EXCHANGE PLACE, BALTIMORE. This is the most convenient Hotel to the Rail Road ant Steamboat Landings. p DORSEY Oct 26 WILLIAM H.B VRTLESB, FOR H ARDING Sr C OMMISSION MF.RC HANT nROWN'V WHARF, FOOT OF VENDUE RANGE. He will give his particular attention to Receiving and Forwarding Goods. His long experience as Secretarv and Forwarding Agent of the South Carolina Rail Road Company, gives him peculiar facilities in this line of hnsi nesg ~ Nov 10 J. F. CHURCH, PLUMBER 67 EAST bay-st., charleston, s’ c. Lead, Copper and Brass Lifting Force p„„.’ Closets, Hot, Cold and Sl,ow |l ‘ uI'Z L i ‘p Water Cooking Ranges, Lead, Pipet L^ar ics iurnfshed^and 5 fixedon'tK ° f Lead work ' Hy'draul- Orders from the Country ro Ttow references m re gard to quality and durability of Oct 12 j JOHN V. TARVErT” EXCHANGE WHARF, SAVANNAH, GA. FACTOR AND GENERAL COMMIS SION MERCHANT, AND DEALER IN GRAIN AND HA Y.