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Orderly Sergeant-Samuel Hamell.
Police Officers-For the Lower Wards-Moses Levy, Alex Scharlock, D Twohill, W C Waterbury, Thomas Maher. For the Upper Wards-Benj Bross, Jas Culbert, Robt H DeHay.
OFFICERS UPPER WARDS.
Captain of Police-Thomas Dixon ; 1st Lieut. Police, Thomas B Symmes ; 2d Lieut. Police, M H Pooser.
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Physician of the Poor-Eastern Division, Dr. W M Glenn.
Physician of the Poor-Western Division, Dr. George S Pelzer.
Superintendent of Streets, J L Honour.
Deputy City Inspector, J P Clement.
Master Work House, T F Purse.
Physician Work House, Dr. W H Anderson.
Surveyor, R K Payne.
CITY CONSTABLES.
Ward No. 1-P V Dibble, P W Ravenel, James P Ogilvie, Campbell Douglass, junr. J M Shackelford.
Ward No. 2-R Roper, Thomas Riley, Wm Laidler, A Price.
Ward No. 3-G W Browne, R H Johnson, J G Smith, W L King, Theo. Huchet, John G Milnor.
Ward No. 4-H S Hayden, Wm Harral, E H Lane, F L Roux, D Barrow, J H Weyman, R J Eason, John Walton.
Ward No. 5-J C Beckman, W E Honour, TC Dukes Ward No. 6-J F Steinmeyer, T L Sanders, S D Miller. Ward No. 7-T B Eason, J Thornley, T B Dotterer. Ward No. 8-John Lord.
SHIRRAS' DISPENSARY.
Shirras' Dispensary .- Ward No. 1-George Bryan, A E Miller, John Greaton.
Ward No. 2-John Fraser, Michael Lazarus.
Ward No. 3-J J McCarter, John H Schriner, James Marsh.
Ward No. 4-K L Simons, Wm Birnie, J McKegan, J F Blacklock.
Physicians to the Shirras' Dispensary, Dr. H Winthrop, for the Western, and Dr. John S Mitchell, for the Eastern Division.
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Trustee ex-officio-The President of the St. Andrew's Society ; the President of the Medical Society, and the Mayor of the City.
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THE BANKS
Are open for transacting business every day, (Sundays Public Fasts, Thanksgiving Days, Christmas Day, and the Fourth of July, excepted,) from 9 o'clock in the morning, till 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
BANK OF CHARLESTON.
No. 12 Broad, cr. State-street. CAPITAL $3,160,000. A G Rose, President. R L Stewart, Cashier.
Directors .- W C Courtenay, Ker Boyce, L M Wiley, G A Trenholm, Henry Gourdin, W B Pringle, Wm H Gilliland, T Street, Alexander Robertson, J S Bowie, C T Lowndes, TG Wragg.
First Teller, Chr. M'Kinney ; Second Teller, I M C Johnston; Third Teller, J K Sass ; Discount Clerk, Peter B Lalane ; Ist Book-keeper, per ac. J Norton ; 2d Book- keeper, per ac. T D Mathews ; Book-keeper, pub. ac. J L Holmes ; Collection Clerk, W S Edwards ; Transfer Clerk, J Cheesborough; Cash Book-keeper, H E Wal- pole ; Porter, Charles L Edwards ; Out-door Clerk, S A Robinson ; Solicitor, James L Petigru.
Offers of new business every day-of Renewals on Monday.
Transfer of Stock on Monday and Thursday.
BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Corner East Bay and Broad-streets. CAPITAL $1,000,000.
William Burnie, President. George B Reid, Cashier and Transfer Clerk.
Directors .- J C Blum, James Bancroft, Jas Gadsden,
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William Calder, Thomas Middleton, William McBurney, A R Taft, J T Welsman, George Buist, Daniel E Huger, junr., Alex Gordon, A S Johnston.
Tellers, M D Strobel and W C Breese ; Book-keeper and Collection Clerk, F S Yates; Discount Clerk and Bill Book-keeper, W S Caldwell ; Cash Book-keeper, E B Lining ; Assistant Clerk, Edward Blake ; Out-door Clerk and Porter, T Morris ; Notary, A W Black ; Soli- citor, J M Walker.
Offering day for new business every day-Regular Discount day Thursday.
Transfer of Stock every day.
STATE BANK. No. 22 Broad-street, CAPITAL $1,000,000.
Edward Sebring, President. Henry Trescot, Cashier.
Directors .- James H Ladson, Samuel P Ripley, George Gibbon, George M Coffin, E W Bancroft, H S Hayden, H A Desaussure, M P Mathiessen, John E Cay, R Mure, T Trout, T G Budd.
Teller, Benj M Lee ; Assistant Teller, Hopson Pinck- ney ; Book-keeper, Lewis Jervey; Collection Clerk and Notary, James M Bee ; Transfer and Discount Clerk, J L Egleston ; Out-door Clerk, John Bell Bee ; Solicitor, HA Desaussure,
Offers of new business every day-of Renewals on Wednesday.
Transfer of Stock every day but Wednesday and Thursday.
UNION BANK. No. 125 Bast Bay. CAPITAL $1,000,000.
Henry Ravenel, President. A C Smith, Cashier.
Directors .- A Tobias, S Mowry, jr., J A Winthrop, M King, Otis Mills, S S Farrar, John L Hedley, HT Street, Charles N Hubert, W Mazyck, jr., Wm B Smith, George Brown.
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Teller, J E Smith ; Assistant Teller, I S K Bennett; Discount Clerk, Joseph Zealy ; Book-keeper, N R Payne; Collection Clerk and Notary, Henry D Alexander; Out- door Clerk and Cash Book-keeper, C M Smith.
Discount day on Wednesday ; Offers may be lodged on Monday and Tuesday ; Answers returned on Wednesday.
Transfer of Stock, Thursday and Saturday.
PLANTERS' AND MECHANICS' BANK.
No. 119} East Bay. CAPITAL $1,000,000.
Daniel Ravenel, President. C H Stevens, Cashier.
Directors .- Robert Martin, Wm Aiken, Wm Bell, Wm Ravenel, James Lamb, A S Willington, Wm Adger, J J Mc Carter, S G Barker, C T Mitchell, J K Robinson, Ed P Milliken.
Book-keeper, J S Tennent; Receiving Teller, Chas El Hanckel ; Paying Teller, Jonathan Bryan, jr .; Transfer Clerk and keeper of Ledger of Public Offices and Institu- tions, Samuel Kingman ; Discount Clerk, Henry Morris; Out-door Clerk, R Rhett ; Collection Clerk and Assistant Clerk, F C Prioleau; Solicitor, Edward McCrady ; Nota- ry, Henry Morris.
Agent at Camden .- John Rosser.
Offering day for Discount, Friday. Answers giv- en on Saturday.
Offers also considered every day. Transfer of Stock every day.
SOUTH-WESTERN RAIL-ROAD BANK.
No. 19 Broad-street. CAPITAL $865,525.
James Rose, President. James G Holmes, Cashier.
Directors .- G A Hopley, M C Mordecai, H W Peron- neau, G B Locke, James Legare, P J Porcher, W J Gray- son, WV C Gatewood, I S Cohen, William Patton, C A Magwood, O B Hilliard.
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Teller, Henry G Loper ; General Book-keeper, Ex- change Clerk and Pension Agent, J C Cochran ; Book- keeper and Collection Clerk, JR Rutledge ; Discount and Transfer Clerk, A R Drayton; Out-door Clerk and Por- ter, James Peters ; Notary, A R Drayton; Solicitor, T M Hanckel,
Offering Day for Discount, Thursday. Discount Day on Friday, and answers given the same day. Bills of Exchange and business paper not intended for renewal, discounted every day.
Transfer of Stock every day.
BANK OF THE STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA.
No. 14 Broad, cr. State-street.
C M Furman, President. T R Waring, Cashier.
Directors .- T Lehre, J P Deveaux, R G Stone, George Robertson, P M Cohen, E Carson, W C Dukes, George H Walter, S L Glover, E W Mathewes, James L Gantt, H F Strohecker.
Tellers, Wm Miller and W R Taber ; Book-keeper, John Hanckel; Discount Clerk, Wm B Foster; Collec- tion Clerk, Myer Jacobs ; Clerk and Notary, J D Alexan- der ; 2d Assistant Clerk, Charles S Cogdell ; Porter and Out-door Clerk, F Gadsden.
Offering Day for Discount, Friday-Answers re- turned on Monday.
BRANCH BANK STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA, AT COLUMBIA.
R H Goodwyn, President. John Fisher, Cashier.
Directors .- J J Chappell, James Fenton, Wade Hamp- ton, M L Brown, I D Mordecai, James Cathcart, W Maybin, Lewis Pou, Robert Bryce, Amzi Nelly, W Rey- nolds, John T Mickle.
Teller, J L Clark ; Discount and Collection Clerk, N Ramsay ; Assistaut Clerk, DS Yates.
Offering days-Mondays, Discount Days-Thurs- days.
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BRANCH BANK STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA, AT CAMDEN.
Thomas Salmond, President. D L Desaussure, Cashier.
Directors .- John Cantey, A D Jones, Benj Perkins, W A Ancrum, W Kennedy, L L Whitaker.
Discount Clerk, Jesse Nettles ; Book-keeper, B B Sal- mond.
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Inspectors of Steamboats.
Inspector of Steamboat Hulls, for Charleston District, Capt. J. Greaton.
Inspector of Steamboat Boilers, S. Il. Patterson.
Commissioners of Deeds in South-Carolina.
Appointed by the Governors of other States.
Maine -T Tupper.
New Hampshire .- J S Woodman, G W Egleston.
Massachusetts .- Ed. R Newhall, Peter Oliver, Abram Jackson, jr., H H Baker. Lewis F Robertson.
Connecticut .- G W Egleston, and H H Baker.
New York .- B F Hunt, jr., Joseph H Dukes, H H Baker, Geo W Egleston, Lewis F Robertson, W A Prin- gle, Thos. P Lockwood, jr.
Maryland .- Isaac Devega, and H H Baker.
Virginia .- C B Northrop, and L F Robertson.
North Carolina. - H H Baker, and H C King.
Georgia .- A H Brown, H H Baker, John R Hayes, E G Heriot, Isaac Devega, Wm A Quigley, A P Moise.
Alabama. - W B Heriot, H H Baker, H P Walker, S H Brodie.
Florida .- W B Heriot, and H H Baker.
Mississippi .- H H Baker, H P Walker, and Lewis F Robertson.
Louisiana .- H P Walker, Jacob Williman.
California .- Henry H Baker.
Texas .- Henry H Baker.
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Charleston Savings Institution.
Office at the Apprentices Library Society, Meeting-street.
Robert Martin, President. Thomas Lehre, Vice Pres- ident. J F Schirmer, Secretary. Henry S Griggs, Treas- urer.
Trustees .- Wm Bell, Wm Gregg, Jos Johnson, George Kinloch, Albert Elfe, T Tupper, Geo N Reynolds, B J Howland, James M Caldwell, J W Caldwell, Wm Kirk- wood, Wm M'Burney, W L Porter, Geo B Locke, J H Taylor, J C Blum, Chas H West, SS Howell, J T Wels- man. J B Betts.
Board of Investment .- C H West, G B Locke, G Kin- loch, J W Caldwell, Jas M Caldwell, and the President, Vice President, and Secretary.
Open Monday and Thursday Afternoons from 4 o'clock, till sun- set, and on Saturday nights from the ringing of the first to the last city bell. The interest on deposits is computed from the THIRD Wednes- day of January, April, July, and October, at five per cent. per annum. Dividends not drawn are credited to Depositors, and draw interest from the date at which they were declared. At the expiration of every five years, a Surplus Dividend is also paid, consisting of the profits of the Institution, over and above the expenses and semi-annual dividends al- ready paid out or credited. ¿ Applications for Loans must be left with the Secretary.
CUSTOM HOUSE IN CHARLESTON.
Sub Treasurer, Wm M Martin.
Collector, Wm J Grayson.
Assistant Calculating Clerk and Deputy Collector, Thomas D Jervey.
Book-keeper, Charles Boucheneau.
Abstract, Debenture and Calculating Clerk, Wm T M'Cready.
Bond, Register and Record Clerk, Nathaniel Levin.
Assistant Clerk, El Rutledge.
Naval Officer, Henry M Howard.
Assistant Naval Officer, Lee Howard.
Surveyor, Wm Y Leitch.
Measurer, Edward Harleston.
Weigher, Isaac Cardoza.
Gauger, John T Elsworth.
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Appraisers of Foreign Goods, Arthur F Holmes, and John Bryan, jr.
Coastwise Inspectors, S Champlain, W J Smith, P M Ehney, and J B White.
Permanent Import Inspectors, J M Righton, Thomas Steedman, C Pinckney, J P Waties, T W Johnson, E S Courtenay, John Harvey, G W Wilkie, Jas C Jervey, Jas Stillman, Jas Hl Mashburn, Wm Elfe, John Cudworth, S Knepley, Wm A Plane, Richard Teasdale.
Inspector of Drugs, &c , Dr. F M Robertson.
Steamboat Inspector, G Lazarus.
Store-keeper, Samuel J Wagner.
Boarding Officer, J Yates, jr.
Export Inspectors, Wm Perry and H Sparnick.
Messenger, James Hines.
Office Hours .- From the 21st March to the 21st Sept. from 9 till 2 o'clock ; and from the 21st September to the 21st March, from 10 till 2 o'clock.
POST OFFICE-CHARLESTON, S. C.
Alfred Huger, Post Master. Evan Edwards, Assistant.
Eastern Mail .- Due 11} A. M., Closes 2 P. M., daily, via Wilmington, N. C.
Northern or Georgetown Mail .- Due daily, (except Monday,) at 9 A. M., closes daily, (except Sunday,) I P. M.
Southern or Savannah Mail .- Due daily, 2 P. M., Clo- ses daily, 7} A. M.
Western Mail .- 1st Train, due daily, 2 P. M., Closes daily 6} A. M. 2d Train, due daily at 4 P. M., Closes daily at 10} A. M.
Country Mail .- Due 2 P. M., Closes 5 P. M.
Blue House Mail .- Due Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 6 A. M., Closes Monday, Wednesday Friday, 6 P. M.
Beaufort and Bluffton Mail. - Due Tuesday 12 M., Clo- ses Thursday 6 P. M.
Vance's Ferry Mail .- Due Sunday and Thursday 2 P. M., Closes Monday and Friday, 5 P. M.
Pineville Mail .- Due Monday and Thursday, 2 P. M., Closes Tuesday and Friday, 6 A. M.
Key West Mail .- For West Indies, Mexico, South
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America, California and Oregon, due 4th and 19th, leaves 8th and 22d of the month.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Single Letters, pre paid, under 3,000 miles, 3 cents ; over 3,000 miles, 6 cents.
Single Letters, unpaid, under 3,000 miles, 5 cents ; over 3,000 miles, 10 cents.
Half ounce a single letter, every additional half ounce an additional rate.
All printed matter, except Newspapers and Periodicals, sent to regular subscribers from the office of publication, to be pre-paid, according to weights and distance.
Charleston Gas Light Company.
Joshua Lazarus, President. John R Heriot, Secretary and Cashier.
Directors .- Henry Gourdin, Otis Mills, George S Cam- eron, M C Mordecai, S H Hayden, Robert Martin, and John F Blacklock.
Society for the protection of Property at Fires. G W Egleston, President. J H Ladson, Vice President.
Directors .- 1st Wm Bird; 2d Benj Lucas ; 3d H F Strohecker ; 4th L A Edmondston ; 5th R M Butler ; 6th Samuel Fogartie.
HS Griggs, Treasurer. T Tupper, jr. Secretary.
South-Carolina Rail Roads.
Between Charleston and Hamburg, S. C., opposite Augus- ta, Geo., and Columbia and Camden, S. C.
DEPARTS DAILY.
Office at Depot, Mary street-Open from 9 to 2 o'clock. Passengers' Depot, John street. Depository, Line street.
One Train leaves daily at 8, half past 11 and 5 o'clock, for Hamburg and Columbia, and Camden, and all inter- mediate places.
Passage to and from each place $4.
Three cents per mile to all intermediate places.
H W Conner, President.
Directors .- Wade Hampton, Andrew Wallace, Wm B
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Pringle, A Burnside, Robert Martin, John Bryce, G A Trenholm, C J Shannon, Alfred Huger, Wm C Dukes, Henry Gourdin, John Caldwell, L J Patterson, Ker Boyce.
Commissioners to act on the part of the State .- John Buchanan, J E Calhoun, J M Desaussure, Jas H Adams. J D Petsch, Superintendent.
Thomas Waring, Auditor. J R Emery, Secretary. F M Burdell, Forwarding Agent. John King, jr., Chief Agent. Charles J Bollin, at Columbia. W J Magrath, at Hamburg. N D Baxley, at Camden.
Greenville and Columbia Rail Road.
President, Hon. J B O' Neall.
Directors-At Columbia, John S Preston and Dr. E Sill. At Charleston-Wm Patton and D Blake. At An- derson-J P Rees and Gen. Whitner. At Abbeville-T C Perrin, Joel Smith and Dr. FG Thomas. Newberry- Col S Fair and Drayton Nance. At Fairfield-J S Lyles. Wm Spencer Brown, Chief Engineer.
James L Gantt, Secretary and Treasurer.
The offices of the President and Secretary have been located at Columbia.
Charlotte and South-Carolina Rail Road.
President, E G Palmer.
Directors .- - -, B F Taylor, Jas Martin, J Buch- anan, S McAllily, J A Bradly, Ed Avery, W W Elms, J W Osborne, A B Davidson.
Chief Engineer, W M Stockton.
Nashville and Chattanooga Rail Road. President, V K Stevenson. Chief Engineer,
Georgia Rail Road Company.
From Augusta to Atlanta 171 miles.
President, J P King. General Superintendent, F C Arms.
Agent at Augusta, F Midlam. At Atlanta, W P Orme. At Athens, A Grant.
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Western and Atlantic Rail Road Company.
From Atlanta to Chattanooga, 140 miles. Chief Engineer, Wm L Mitchell. Agent of Transportation, E R Mills. Agent at Dalton, W D Fulton
Memphis Branch Rail Road. From Kingston on the Western Atlantic Rail Road to Rome, 17 miles. Agent at Rome, S T Combs.
Santee Canal Company.
President, James Lamb.
Directors-Wm Birnie, George Buist, Chas Macbeth, Robt T Chisolm, J H Tucker, Dr. I M Campbell, H L Toomer, Jacob Bond I'On, P J Porcher, James Simons, P C Gaillard, Thomas Gates.
Harris Simons, Secretary and Treasurer.
Charleston Bridge Company.
President, Edward Sebring.
Directors-Alex H Brown, W E Haskell.
Secretary and Treasurer, George S Crafts. Solicitor, W A Pringle.
Magnetic Telegraph Line.
Between Washington, Charleston, and New Orleans. Office No. 3 State street, (up stairs) near Broad. Directors-S Mowry, jr., F C Mathiessen, in Charles- ton.
Mercantile Agency. Under old Carolina Hotel, Broad-street. Proprietor, B Douglass.
Charleston Chamber of Commerce.
President, G A Trenholm. 1st Vice President, William Patton. 2d Vice President, James Chapman. Secretary and Treasurer, Virginius J Tobias.
Committee of Appeals-Jas Adger, S Mowry, jr., E P Starr, Wm B Heriot, J L Hedley, and T Tupper.
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South-Carolina Insurance Company. CAPITAL $250,000.
Charles Edmondston, President. Directors-Robt. Martin, S Mowry, jr., M C Mordecai, Henry Cobia, C H West, James Gadsden.
Secretary, A L Tobias. Solicitor, Joseph H Dukes.
Charleston Insurance and Trust Company. CAPITAL $500,000.
J H Honour, President.
· Directors-Thaddeus Street, Geo Gibbon, J Chapman, W C Dukes, Jas Welsman, C M Furman, J T Welsman, W C Gatewood, A Wallace, James Bancroft, Jos Provost, CT Mitchell, J W Caldwell, R H Tucker.
Secretary & Treasurer, S H Mortimer. Inspector and Out-door Clerk, Capt. John Greaton. Solicitor, A G Magrath.
Commercial Insurance Company. No. 4 Broad-street. CAPITAL $250,000 -- all paid in.
Wm B Heriot, President. A M Lee, Sec. & Treasurer.
Directors-James K Robinson, Robert Caldwell, H T Street, J H Brawley, G A Trenholm, A R Taft, William McBurney, TL Wragg.
E L Tessier, Inspector. BC Pressley, Solicitor. RA Kinloch, M. D., Medical Examiner.
Insurance Agencies in Charleston.
Wm M Martin, Agent for the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company, Fire and Marine Insurance. Capital $375,000. Office, 9 Broad-street.
Thomas Trout, Agent for the Protection Insurance Co. of Hartford, Ct .; Fire and Marine Insurance. Capital $550,000. Office, Commercial wharf.
Gregg & Hayden, Agents for the Hartford Insurance Company ; Fire Insurance. Capital $250,000. Office, corner King & Hasel-streets.
Wm Lloyd, Agent for the ÆEtna Insurance Company, Hartford, Ct .; Fire Insurance. Capital $250,000 Co- lumbia Insurance Company, Columbia, S. C. Capital $400,000. Office, 7 Broad-street.
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T O Heriot, Agent for the Nashville Insurance and Trust Company, Fire and Marine Insurance. Capital $300,000. Office, 20 East-Bay.
The College of Charleston.
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Mitchell King, President. D Ravenel, Vice-President. Charles Fraser, Esq., Secretary & Treasurer.
Standing Committee-Mitchell King, Esq., Chairman; Hon. John Schnierle, Mayor ; Richard Yeadon, Daniel Ravenel, and Charles Fraser, Esqrs.
Board of Trustees, (including the above named gentle- men)-are, Rev. Dr. Post, Rev. Dr. Gilman, Rev. Dr. Hanckel, J L Petigru, Henry A Desaussure, A J White, Alexander Mazyck, J S Rhett, Dr. T Y Simons, C M Furman, E B White, the Mayor, Aldermen-Bellinger, Hayne, and Gordon.
Faculty-Wm Peronneau Finley, President, Prof. of Logic, Political Economy and the Evidences of Christi- anity and Horry Professor of Moral, Intellectual and Political Philosophy - William Hawkesworth, A M., Pro- fessor of Latin and Greek Languages and Literature, and of Greek and Roman Antiquities-Lewis R Gibbes, M D., Professor of Mathematics, Chemistry, &c. &c .- Wm P Miles, Assistant Professor of Mathematics-Frederick A Porcher, Professor of History, Ancient and Modern ; Rhe- toric, Belles Letters, English Composition and Elocution. The Rev. John D Bachman, D D., Professor of Natural History, embracing Zoology, in all its branches ; Physi- ology and Comparative Anatomy, Mammalogy, Ornithol- ogy, &c. The Rev. James W Miles, Professor of the History of Intellectual Philosophy and Greek Literature. F S Holmes, Professor of Geology and Paleontology, and Curator of the College Museum.
High School of Charleston.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
The Hon. John Schnierle, Mayor, (ex-officio member of the Board.) Rev. Reuben Post, D D., Chairman of the Board. The Mayor; Aldermen-Hayne, Bellinger and
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Edgerton. Trustees of the Charleston College-M King, Esq., Richard Yeadon, Esq., Dr. Thomas Y Simons, E B White, Esq.
Principal of the High School-Henry M Bruns, A M. Charles B Cochran, A B., 1st Assistant. Joseph 'T Lee, jr., A B., 2d Assistant. Lucian B Lance, 3d Assistant. David X Lafar. A B, Writing Master. John B White, Esq., Clerk and Treasurer.
Charleston Library Society.
Henry A Desaussure, Esq., President. Judge Gilchrist, Vice President. Wm Logan, Secretary and Librarian. A H Mazyck, Treasurer.
Book Committee-President and Vice President, ex- officio, Hon. Mitchell King, C Fraser, Esq, Professor F A Porcher, Hon. T L Hutchinson, Prof. Lewis R Gibbes.
Committee on Accounts-J Lamb, O Hammond, G W Egleston, James Gregorie, E P Starr, and Dr. P G Gail- lard. Col. James Simons, Solicitor.
Apprentices Library Society.
Dr. Jos Johnson, President. Hon. W D Porter, Vice President. A De Caradenc, Treasurer and Librarian.
Directors-G N Reynolds, jr., Dr. F M Robertson, W Kirkwood, Dr. D J C Cain, Wm Bell, H Clark, Dr. A G Mackey, Wm Lebby, J H Steinmyer, J W Caldwell, and C D Carr.
" The object of this Institution is to encourage a taste for reading books of history, science and the arts, and beget a literary taste among mechanics of our city. It was incorporated in 1824, and been instru- mental in doing good. It has, by the fostering aid of the city, been enabled to build a hall for Lectures, besides having room in the lower story for a library and a variety of statuary and ornamenlal presents. It is also the receptacle of many books, &c. sent as donations for the bene- fit of the young. Every parent, guardian or master should become a subscriber to entitle him to the privilege of giving orders for books, the use of his child, ward or apprentice
Mercantile Library Association. W B Heriot, President. J B Desaussure, Vice President. Directors -- T G Budd, Edwin Heriot, P J Barbot, C Williman, jr., C Weinges, S P Ravenel, E H Frost.
Edwin Heriot, Corresponding Secretary. E H Frost, Recording Secretary. A E Cohen, Librarian.
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State Military Schools.
BOARD OF VISITERS.
The Governor of the State for the time being, and the following gentlemen : James Jones, Chairman ; address, Aiken, S. C. David F Jamison, Orangeburg C. H., S. C. William J Hanna, Chesterfield C. H., S. C. Daniel Wal- lace, Union C. H., S. C. John H Means, Buckhead, Fair- field District, S. C. James W Cantey, Adj. and Inspector General, Camden, S. C.
OFFICERS AND PROFESSORS.
CITADEL ACADEMY-CHARLESTON.
Major Richard W Colcock, Superintendent and Profes- sor of Civil and Military Engineering ; Capt. A. H. Bris- bane; Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Letters ; Lieut. J A Leland, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy; Wmn Hume, M. D., Professor of Experimental Philosophy ; M Gauthier, Teacher of French and Drawing. Dr. H. Boyl- ston, Surgeon. J L Gregorie, Bursar.
ARSENAL ACADEMY-COLUMBIA.
Capt. I Mathews, Superintendent and Principal Profes- sor ; Ist Lieut. H C Tew, Second Professor ; Dr. A H Nagel, Surgeon ; M C Shaffer, Bursar.
Trustees of the South-Carolina College.
By an Act of the Legislature, passed December, 1825 --- The Board of Trustees of the South-Carolina College, consists of the Governor of the State, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Judges of the Court of Appeals, the Circuit Judges of the Court of Law, and the Chancellors, ex-officio, and twenty persons to be elected by the joint ballot of the Senate and House of Representatives, to continue in office four years. The following gentlemen were elected in December, 1849 :
RF W Alston, J H Adams, R W Barnwell, R W Gibbes, M. D., J Buchanan, T N Dawkins, William F Desaussure, J Gillespie, Wade Hampton, David Johnson, J L Manning, C G Memminger, BF Perry, James L Pet- igru, John S Preston, Thomas Smith, F H Wardlaw, I D Witherspoon, F J Moses, H C Young.
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Hon. W C Preston, President, and Professor Metaphy- sics, Moral and Political Philosophy.
M J Williams, M. D., Professor Mathematics, Mechan- ical Philosophy and Astronomy.
R T Brumby, Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology.
Francis Lieber, LLD., Professor of History and Political Economy.
Rev. R Henry, D. D., Professor of Greek Literature.
Charles P Pelham, Professor of Roman Literature.
Rev. Professor of Sacred Literature, and the Evidences of Christianity.
M Laborde, M. D., Professor of Logic, Rhetoric and Belles Lettres,
F W McMaster, Secretary of the Faculty, and Libra- rian.
John S Green, Treasurer. A H Gladden, Bursar. C Loomis, Marshal.
Medical College of the State of South-Carolina.
The Course of Lectures begins on the first Monday in November.
Faculty-J E Holbrook, M D., Professor of Anatomy. S Henry Dickson, M D., Professor of the Institutes and Practice of Medicine. E Geddings, M D., Professor of Surgery. James Moultrie, M D., Professor of Physiology. Henry R Frost, M D., Professor of Materia Medica. T G Prioleau, M D, Professor of Obstetrics. C U Shepard, M D., Professor of Chemistry, St. Julien Ravenel, M D., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
Dr. D J Cain, Physician to the Marine Hospital and Clinical Instructor. Lectures twice a week on the dis- eases of that Institution.
Dr. G B Flagg, Physician to the Alms House. Lec- tures twice a week on Discases. Demonstrative Instruc- tion in Medicine and Surgery, at the College Hospital. HENRY R. FROST, M. D., Dean.
Medical Society of South-Carolina.
T L Ogier, M. D., President. H R Frost, M. D., Vice President. F P Porcher, M. D, Secretary, S L Lock- wood, M. D., Secretary and Librarian.
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