The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, August 21, 1871, Image 3

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CITY AFFAIRS. r -. Meetings This Day. St. Andrew's Lodge, at 8 P. M. Washington Lrdge, ai 8 P. M. Hope Fire Company, at 8 P. M. Stonewall Fire Company, at 8 P. M. Carolina Independent Boat Clnb, at 8 P. M. Red Stocking Base Ball Cub, at 4 P. M. Wasbington Light Infantry Rifle Club, at 8 P. M. Auction Sain This Da?. William McKay will sell at 10 o'clock, at bis store, contentaof a grocery. THE GRIEVANCES OF TEACHERS.-We have received a long letter upon this subject. It ls evidently a hoax, as hardly ten wcrdBont of three pages are spelt correctly, and the writing is even worse than the spelling. Loss BY FIRE.-The Bteam mill of Mr. Henry Snber, at Martin's Depot, in Laurens Conn ty, was destroyed by lire on last Sunday night. There was a good deal of grain destroyed, and the entire loss ia between four and fl ve thous? and dollars. The fire was the work of an Incen? diary. NEW FLORIDA COTTON.-The first bag of new Florida long staple cotton received here this sea? son, arrived last night per steamer City Point, from Floilda, which vessel also brought one bale or new Florida uplands. The former was shipped by Mr. John Hale and the latter by Mr. J. Kin? caid, and were cons'gned to Hr. G. W. Witte, factor of our city. < ? SACRILEGIOUS SCOUNDRELISM.-Some time during the early part or last week St. Luke's Episcopal Church, where the 1-te Rev. C. P. Gadsden ministered, was entered by some thief, who carried off the chairs, looking glass, combs and brushes in tho vestry room, and even the drapery in the chancel, hung in respect to the memory of the deceased rector. ARREST OF DESERTERS.-Frank von Kretzch man, Ange.; crt sum bier and George Hodder j_ere arrested Saturday morning-the two ronner board the James Adger, clearing for Kew York, and the latter on thc Baltimore steamer, by Otu. cer Truall, assisted by Sergeant J. Bntler, U. S. A. The three men are deserters from Company L, Seventh United States Cavalry, stationed 'at Winnsboro'. SALE OF NEW CAROLINA RICE.-The first lot of the new crop of Carolina rice, say 12%. tierces, previously noticed as having ai rived ia the rough from Ashepoo, was cleaned at chis oim 'a Mills and sold by Messrs. Porcher A Henry on Saturday, to Mr. James Chapman, at ll cents per pound. It was handsomely milled, had a very bright appearance, and classed medium good. It will be shipped to Kew York by the pur? chaser. THE COLUMBIA COURTHOUSE.-The Phoenix, is authorized to say that work will soon begin on the building to be t rected at the corner of Mam and Laurel stn ets, which ls to embrace a Federal court room, postoffice, and traces for other United States officials. Quite an Improvement bas been effected on the original plan, tn rjfit the building willie three stories in height, Instead of two, as formerly designed; and, also, in that the entire edifice will be of granite. SUDDEN DEATH.-Oe Saturday afternoon, about 3 o'clock. Eliza A. Wallace, a colored woman fifty years of age, was sitting tn a chair, tn the kitchen of the premises No. 4 Montague street, talking quietly to one or her church broth? ers, when abe suddenly fell forward on the floor, and expired without a word. Tte coroner having been notified, an inquest was held over the body. A post mortem examination showed that the heart of the deceased was disturbed to twice the natural size, and the Jury returned a verdict of death from disease of the heart. CLUBS AND STARB.-Cuffee Washington, re? ported for throwing garbage into Mr. T. Morri? son's premises, or Bast Bay, was discharged npon premising to remove the nuisance. Aleck simmens and James Goodwin, lodged for assault and battery upon each other, were turned over to a trial justice, Susan Gibb?, lodged for vagrancy and on the Charge Of stealing a lot of clothing from Caroline Simons, was held until, ene could produce the clothing which she confessed to bave taken. Two individuate, who were ly in g in a state of intoxication on the sidewalk, in East Bay, at ll o'clock tn the morning, had a hearing and were discharged on plea-ling the "first offence."' BASE BALL IN THE STREETS.-On Friday evening, a lot or boys, mostly colored, got np an exciting game or base bau in John atreet, to the Imminent danger of passersby who showed no eagerness either to take "a strike on thefly," or to matte a brilliant "-on g stop" by receiving the ball in their faces. This nuisance was accompanied with the usual amount of shouting and noise, which at last aroused a policeman to a sente or his duty to preserve' quiet. The players paid no attention to his orders until William Ramsay, a ringleader, was arrested, when the others dis? persed. -Ramsay was brought before the Mayor, after spending a night in the Guardhouse, and sentenced to pay a fine of five dollars, or spend five days in the Honse of Correction. A CITY BENEFICIARY.-On Friday last, Daphne Alexander, a disreputable colored woman with an insatiable appetite for mean . whiskey, was discharged from the House of Correction, whither she had been sent by the Mayor lor a term of thirty days for ly lng drunk In the streets. On Saturday morning, as usual, Daphne got crazy drunk in Qaeen street, and a poli:eman at? tempted to arrest her. She fought like a tigress, and was not captured nntll two other officers had come npon the ground. The sooty Bacchante was then taken to the Guardhouse, and will be exam? ined before the Mayor this .'morning. She boasts that when in the House or Correction she bas enough to eat and a bed to sleep on, and that, ir Bribie, she does not intend to remain ont of lt eire than a day at a time and nevera night. What is to be done with her ? THE CAROLINA INDEPENDENT BOATCLUB. The new race boat ordered by thu enterprising club from Ingersoll, New York, arrived In the steamship South Carolina yesterday afternoon. The boat ls built on a similar model te that of the Palmetto Regatta Clnb, the only 'difference being that the latter ls but twenty-five feet long, while the former is thirty. Owing to the heavy storm which prevailed during the trip or the South Caro? lina, much anxiety was expressed by the mem? bers ol the club lest their boat should be lDjured, and on; the arrival of the ship the elegant Utile craft underwent a rigid examination. It was found that two timbers bad been severely strain? ed ia one place, and the boat itself twisted so that she did not lay even along the deck on her keel. Under these eli cum stan ces, the toat was not re? ceived, and the matter will be investigated to? day. CRUMBS.-A number of "Southern loyalists" are submitting tbeir claims for compensation to Colonel Parmelce In Columbia. Governor Scott criers a reward or $500 for the arrest of the two Porters, suspected of the murder of Jack Perry. The Mount Pleasaat ferry boat Pocosln ls re? ceiving a new boiler and will resume her trips In about three weeks. "Many Draymen" request us to eau the atten? tion ot the Btreet inspector to a deep golly which extends across East Bay, opposite Johnson's Row, and which |ls dan g?rons to au loaded drays. Mr. Bernard O'Neill, alderman elect, returned to the city) y es tei day by the South Carolina, altera tour in Ireland. Mr. Frank Roach, assistant clerk at the Mills lAse, anlved in the city yesterday from New York The Randolph Riflemen and the Carolina Light Infantry will go on the target excursion thjs mor A TEXFEST AXT TORREXT. The Heaviest Rain Storm of Seventeen Yean-The City Drenched for Thirty .Ix Hour*-Effect? on the Shipping and the Crops. This city has been visited during the past forty-eight noun, with the most violent storm that is recorded in the history or many years. It is believed that at no time since the tempest or 1854, that drove the waters or the harbor over the Battery wall submerging East Bay and almost obliterating many or the Bma'.ler islands, has such a volume or water been poured down upon the city. Th9 Btorm was a Bteady, persistent tor rent for thlrty-Eix hours, and lhere was hardly roof in the city that did not be? tray its trust and admit a dripping sprinkle or rain, and hardly a cellar that did not conta m at the end of the torrent some Inches or water. In some portions ol the city there were little flood?, causing no little inconvenience to the Inhabitant or lower floors, and no small annoyance to the pedestrian. In Concord street, m Rottea'Doro', the mud and rain was almost knee-deep, snd In Duncan street, where there ls a little declivity, terminating in a hole, quite an Inundation was caused. In a hygienic point or view, the rain and the gale were probably the best things that could have happened to the city. The former washed and drenched the streets of the rotting filth that the criminally careless street-cleaners had left to fester m the sun, and the wind, sweeping through the city, disinrected Its streets and alleys as no precautions or the health authorities could have done, dispel'!T the mephltlc vapors, and enforc? ing a compulsory ventilation in shanties and rookeries, to which such sanitary precautions had long been strangers. The Btorm crept gradually up the South Atlantic coast, and broke In all its fury upon Charleston on Friday afternoon. The weather all day had been an undecided drizzle, nt at 6 P. M. the rain began to fall lu torrents, and from that time until about seven o'clock yesterday morning there was very little intermission In the storm. The amount or rain that fell in that period of thirty-Biz hon rs was 8.53 inches, which ls within two Inches of the whole quantity of ram during the three months from May 1st to August 1st, of this year, and ls more than twice as much SB fell during the whole month or August, 1870. Tue storm w.s also ac companied by a high wind, blowing at first from the east, and then veering to the northeast and north, where it remained last night. The velocity or the wind (in miles per hour) during the forty eight hours rrom 9 P. M. of Friday to 9 o'clock last night, and the height or the barometer and the relative humidity or the atmosphere during the same period, are shown by the following table TIT* Velocity Barome- Relative uour- of wind. ter. Humidity August 18-9 P. M.40 29.83 95 Midnight...34 29.75 95 August 19-8 A. M.40 29.83 95 5 P. M.17 29.73 95 Midnight.. 120 29.77 81 August 20-8 A/M.. :.. .23 2? 80 81 5 P.M..."...15 29.82 78 9 P.M..14 29.87 73 It may be stated, In explanation of the first col? umn or this table, that the velocity of a gentle wind ls from four to five miles per hour, a brisk wind rrom twenty to twenty-five miles, a high wind from thirty to thirtyrflve miles, a storm from forty to Arty miles, and a hurricane about eighty miles per hour. These statements give the history or the storm as rar as figures can do so. lt will be seen that the most marked peculiar lt y or the Btorm was not the strength or the gale that accompanied lt, nor the rise or the lide, but the long continuance or the down-pour or rain and the great quantity or water that fell. Its general effect upon the city was less disastrous than lt woe ld have been If the storm had been accompanied by either a very hard gale or a great rise m the tide, but m many | j dur?rent localities in the city there were little In cldents or the Btorm which bore testimony to its severity and which are recorded below. Dripping* Ber? and There. Two of the fine shade trees on the south Bide of St. Patrick's Church were blown down. These trees were planted many years ago by Fatber O'Neill, and were prized by all who remember that devout and charitable man. Ia King a : re et, near Shepherd, the water raised < up the plank road so that, for a time, all traffic ' was suspended. A few blows of the axe made a j way for the coed, and the street caiB resumed i their Jog-trot Journey. Very few roora In the city bore the driving rain or Friday night withcut leaking. The plasterers will bless the gale, Tue wharf at Bennett's Mil was not carriel away, bnt it came within one Coot) of it. Bad 11 the water risen a few inches h'gher, the wharf wculd, by this time, be in mid-ocean. Captain Somes's famous dredging boat was | < ducked in fine style. The water broke over her with tremendous force. Nobody hurt. A Ulan Drowned During the Storm, 1 Several da; s sgt a colored man named Samuel ? st any ard, lr om Rikersvllle, came down the river 1 with the sloop Annie, bringing a cargo or provi? sions and produce to dispose or m the Harket. Having sold his produce, Sam was las: seen alive a. 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon, when he was j sitting near the edge ol Gadsden's wharf, at the foot of Calhoun street, coontie g bis money. Bis j j sloop was moored to the wharf, a few feet fi om bim. The storm or wind and rain was tben at its height, and no one missed Sam, as he was sup? posed to have taken refuge In the cabin of his I j sloop. About 4 o'clock cn Saturday afternoon, however, Mr. Plath, the owner or a flit lying at the wharf, upon looking into the j dock saw tbe band of a man pro roding from the water at the side of the flat. He tried to pull him out but was unable to do this, the body being fastened down la the mud by the weight of the flat. He then tied a rope around the mysterious band, aad having waited until 6 o'clock when the tide arose he was enabled to draw the body out or the water on the w h a rr. The coroner wai noti? fied, bot lt was impossible to get a Jury during the storm ofSatnrday evening, and the inquest was held yesterday morning. The facts as above stated were elicited at the exaruination, and the Jury brought in a verdict of deatb from acci? dental drowning. It ls supposed that the unfor t?nate man fell in to the dock during the storm as he tried to step from the wharf to his sloop. No marks of violence were found npon his per? son, and his money had not been disturbed. The Storm and the Shipping. The force or the wind having been from the northeast, no serions injury was done to I the shipping la the harbor, and yenselB off the coast could easily stand off into the [ Gulf. The shipping la this vicinity hive probably escaped damage. Our Northern bound steamers, viz : The JameB Adger for New York, and sea Gull, for Baltimore were prevented leaving at their advertised time in consequence of the gale. The former is announced to sail at 9 o'clock this morning, and will not probably encounter any very bad weather. The steamer South Carolina, Csptaln Beckett, which left New Yirk on Wednes? day ia.it, had a very tempestuous passage. She arrived opposite Charleston bar on Friday after, noon, but there she was overtaken by the gale and it was found impossible to put into port. She waB therefore allowed to run before the wind and was carried downes far as St. Helena Island. Yesterday morning, however, she managed. to beat back to Charleston, and arrived st her berth about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The boat be? haved well and sustained but slight dsmage, and her handling by Captain Beckett wa3 so admira? ble as to elicit the heartiest commendation rrom the passengers, who organiwd a meeting berore leaving the vessel and passed a Berka or resolu? tions highly complimenting the captain and his officers for the courage and skill displayed by them. The steamship Empire, which left for Phil? adelphia on Friday morning, must have had the full power of UM blow. Floating Away. The portions of the city below ';"e n8afti level experience! the full effects of tne neavy iaU of water, and the streets ^ ]otg near Rutledge street, from Bro?;, w Beauraln, presented quite a diluvian appearance. The high tide ol Saturday mo^uing brought the water In the pond io a level with the enbankment, and In the streets leading to lt the water was rrom two to three reet deep. In Trumbo's court the inhabitants were forced to take to spring wagons to get to the high ground, and small boats were at a premium. Jn Queen and Beauraln streets, s ippery bridges, formed of Bingle planks, afforded precarious outleta from steps to tbe vehicles, and ia Trapmann street several dusky families began moving out towards tbe mountains, believing that the sins of a Demo? cratic victory were to. be punched m a similar way as thOLe which prevailed in Father Noah's day amt generation. -PleaBe God," said an old colored patriarch, '.disisjist what I tink would nab cum when de ole man (Pillsbury) lost de lection, and de Wagner party cum in." As, the day advanced, however, the waters began to subside and bj degrees confi? dence was restored as the sidewalks became visi? ble. The lower Jots were, hjwever, 6tili filled with water, and if Dr. Lebby's penalty of $1000 for each cellar filed with water be collect? ed, there will be no need for any taxes this season. By tue way, while the city authorities are prompt enough about reminding the citizens ol the law in this respect, would it not be wei: for them to remember that they, too, have a very plain duty to perform In the pumping out of the low lying lots and the open fonndations in many pans of the city which are now almo/, filled with water? In many places, as for in* stance at the corner of Broad and Orange streets, these accidental ponds are In the midst of closely bul:; and thickly populated districts, and if allow? ed to stagnate nnder the August sun, the most disagreeable results are almost sure to follow. The fire engines are admirably adapted for pumpt lng out these sunken lots, and might be very usefully employed in this direction. As lt is, numbers of lots are still nothing but ponds, and a fine crop of frogs may be relied upon. The melancholy song of these croakers ls audible now in every port of the city, particularly the vacant lots In the burnt district, and they are the only inhabitants of the city whose voice ls still for rain. Railroad Accident. The express tram on the Northeastern Railroad was thrown from the track Saturday morning near the avenue to Magnolia by the wash? ing of a Bmall drala or culvert by lhe heavy rain. The train was due here at hair paBt 7 o'clock, and was running slowly along, when the track gave way, and the engine ran off. But little damage was done, and the passengers and mail 3 reached the city after an hour's detention. Water-bound. The inti abitan ts of Sullivan's Island and Mount Pleasant were kept in a provoking state or sus? pense on Saturday while the ferry boat made several vain efforts to accomplish her usual trips against the high wind and heavy rain. Abont 1 o'clock the steamer succeeded In crossing and re? turning, and made one more trip at i. Smaller ; crafts were out of the question, and wisely kept ] at their moorings. The tide on the Island was rather unusual, but did not rise suffi :lently to alarm the natives. The Storm at savannah-I nj ur y to the Klee Crop. The Savannah Advertiser of Saturday says: The 6torm which raged yesterday, lt ? s thought, bas seriously damaged the rice crop along the en? tire coast, provided it raged with the same fury as at tri s point, and there ls every reason to be? lieve that lt did. lt will be some days bet?re an accurate account or the damage can ne obtained, but, beyond a doubt, the plantations on the sea? coast and the Savannah River, with no surround? ing rorest o break the fury of the terrible north? easter, have Buffered disastrously. The Storm in Florida-Great Damage nt Jacksonville. By the steamer City Point, which reached here last evening from Florida, we received the Jack? sonville Courier, containing the following account { or the storm and its effects at that point: Since Tuesday the wind bas been blowing from the northeast, gradually Increasing in strength until it arrived on Thursday night to the dignity sf a "gale of wind." Until Thurenay, noon, but j little ram rel!, and since then lt bas rained almost incessantly. Thursday night was an anxious one to many. The howling or the wind, with the oc? asional snap and crack or a tree, made % wild night. Friday morning showed a scene of more or less devastation in the :iiy, with rather an alarming prospect, rrees innumerable were prostrated during rbnrsday night. The eight-Inch brick wall in front ol Cooper A Jones's paint shop was blown Dat, demolishing the show window. Mr. Love rldge's new building, of the panie aryle, lo Ocean street, also In process ot erection, ls slightly dam? aged. The river runs over the ne w and: high side? walks just west Of the Market, and Leu wi th's wharf ls afloat, the waves rolling lb between Col mel Bay's and the Market. The water ls still ibont a root below the market floor. The north? east comer or Solara's One new brick warehouse s down, and the rest 1B likely to rall. The w hole .iver front ls lined with debris. At the foot of Harket street there are about a dozen (inc row boats stove to pieces, and the little ?teamer islander ls trying to pound herself to Fragments on the wharf. The oath house was. rm roora have Butlered generally. The Ocean House was strippe?! of its tin, and John Clark's warehouse on the wharf in the rear of our office, Is a the same co:, ditton. The water 1B up to oar jack door, but we don't anticipate lt will come up n the second story. .The steamers have all le; t ;he wharves, except the "Nick King," which re nain* at McCants's wharf, with steam np. Busi? ness ls almost entirely suspended, and citizens are ;ollected lu groups watching the rise or the water, tf. II. Walker's new brick warehouse, near the lepot, In progress or erection, la minns the ;ast end. The railroad bridge over Mccoy's Creek ^ ont ol Une so that the trains cannot pass. We ire informed that the water at Baldwin ls BO deep hat the trains cannot get through on account of their Ores being put out. The mill men mast have luffered -greatly In the loss of logs: the water ls reponed to be five feet deep In their engine rooms. I'he damage to Jacksonville will be many thou? sand donara The damage lo shipping must be rery great. FRIDAT, TWO O'CLOCK.-Barometer still going Jown, though the wind ls not blowing quite as r.esh as lt was this morning. Still raining very bard; a Bloop ls sunk at the root or Washington street, also a spile driver Bunk at Alsop A Clark's ULI, a small steamer building at Scott's Mills now iles high and dry near the root or Market street; the steamer Herrick had the top part blown off md was sunk. Tee telegraph wires are reported Jown, and Jacksonville ls cut off from communica? tion with the rest or the world, by rail, water and telegraph. The tide has commenced running oat, iud the water ls getting lower in the streets. The Storm at Wilmington, A Wilmington telegram or Saturday night says: Rain has been falling almost constantly for the past twenty-roar hours. It la thonght to be gene? ral, and will prove of vast benefit to the crops, but too late to save the crops in some sections where the yield ls cut short nearly one-hair by the long drought. There is a heavy gale off the coast this evening. The brig Alice Lee, Foster master, New York, to Savannah, ran ashore yesterday on Frying Pan Shoals. >he has been towed to this city leaking bidly. Her cargo will have to be taken offend the vejsel repaired. A RAILROAD COMPLAINT.-The Chester Re? porter, In a recent article, Indulges in a little sc Jd at Charleston for neglecting, as lt alleges, to do any thing to secure the business and the kind reeling or the upper portion or the State, and charges that this etty, although hiving a control? ling influence In the management or the South Carolina Railroad, has never tried to secare each a schedn'e on that road as would enable a man in Chester to reach Charleston In the same time that he can reach Baltimore. It says: "As the sched ule now is, a passenger leaves this place (Chester) at io A. M. Instead or being in Charleston (as he ought to be) by 8 P. M., he reaches there at 7 A. M. the aext morning, after a most tiresome and un? comfortable trip by night In dirty cars, and, of | course, 19 unfit for business that day. Whereas, leaving here at 12 M., be reaches Baltimore the next day at 1 P. M., having had the benefit of sleeping cars on the route, and or a three hours' rest on a river steamer. ' ' A very lit le consideration will show, however, that tbiJ ls a purely local grievance, and a matter which rests between the respective officers of the Charlotte and South Carolina Roads, and for which the business men. of Charleston should certainly not be indicted. The SoStH Cirv?iS? Railroad train leaves Colombia for Chai teston In ! the evening, shortly arter the arrival or the Green? ville train, with which, rrom the laiger number or passengers brought by that train, It is more desirable to connect than with the Charlotte train, and the consequence ls, that the passengers by the latter train have to wait six hours at Columbia. The Charlotte train reaches Columbia at about 2 P. M., and the Greenville train arrives at 6 P. M. The Greenville train brings by far tbe most passengers for this city( and the Sooth Carolina train therefore connects with it ta preference to connecting with the Charlotte train. The only arrangement that could be made to better accommodate the Charlotte passengers, without manifest Injustice to those who come by the Greenville Road, would be to run another train, leaving two or three o'clock, P. M., expressly for the Charlotte passengers, and the officers or the road say that the number or passengers that such a train would serve could not begiu to pay its running expenses, and therefore. In the exercise or their dlscietion, they decline to put lt on, THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.-There are $18,000 now cine the principals and teachers of the public schools in the city for their services during the past Biz months. For $000) of this they hive an order on the county commissioners, to be paid out or the appropriation of $150,000, made by tue Legislature last year. The remaining: $0000 will be brought to the notice of the Legislature at its next session, to be acted upon by them. With this large amount due them for their laborious services, the principals and teachers are yet wil? ling to labor on : and the resolution of the etty board, published In Sa'urday's NEWS, was passed upon their application. The object is, If possible, to keep the schools open, and there is now no doubt that they will be opened as usual on the first Monday in October. The scholars wai oe obi ged to pay a small sam for their tuition, but the charges will be below the expense of the pri? vate Echools. and Just sufficient to repay the teachers ror their work. The latter have labored falthfolly ror the public for montba without receiving their pittance, and lt ls hoped that the community will now Becond their efforts to avoid tha threatened disgrace of closing the public schools, which has been brought upon us by misgovernment, and do their best to keep the schools open. The use ot the school-rooms has been granted by the city board; the principals and teachers have voluteered their services, and the matter now rests with the public. Toe plan will have a trial of but three months, as the com? missioners are empowered by law to levy a tax for the maintenance of the schools, which will be done in January. The schools will then be organ. Ized on a permanent bas!*, and, with our present board, a recurrence ot the evils under which we now labor wi 1 be Impossible. Ax INVITATION TO PESTILENCE.-During the absence or the street Inspector, the administra, tlon or affairs in his department has been m ost outrageous, ai: hough as a matter of fact and or Justice to his substitute, lt most be admitted that lt was not much b.Uer when he was in the city. On Friday, a sort or spasmodic pretence or clean lng the streets was made, but lt only amounted to scraping up the surface tilth tn little piles which have ever since been lett standing along Broad and Meeting streets. In a day or two they will probably be carted off, bat if lt had not been for a dispensation of Providence, more merciful than the unconscionable contractors, In send* lng a drenching raia storm, these scattered piles of filth would by this time have spread a crop of malarial diseases which might have had many fatal resalta. There Is one fever nest to which the especial attention of the authorities needs to be called. It consists ol the shanties on the northwest corner or Market street and East Bay, where certain colored caterers drive an unwholesome trade In half-decayed fruit, cowhide steaks and cholera morbos pastry. The sidewalks and gutters around these places are constantly strewn with melon rinds, damag? ed fruit and refuse animal matter, which attracts clouds of flies and vermin, and on warm days exhales a perfectly disgusting odor. The conduct orme city authorities in permitting the existence ot Bach a plague spot In the heart or the business portion or the city is worse than carelessness-lt ls a flagrant crime which cannot be too severely reprehended. Toe scavengers, too, continue to shamefully neglect their duties, and the garbage from stores and residences ls still to be found very freqaently standing on the sidewalks until arter midday, when by law it should all be removed before 10 A. M. This ls a matter which should be taken note or by all good citizen?1, and complaints made or all violations i the law In tbls respect. In this way a lew or the derelict scavengers might be reached and punish? ed, wblch could not fall to have a wholesome effect upon the rest of them and npon the city . health. Hotel Arrival?-August 19 aud HO. PAVILION HOTEL. J. J. ?'Bannon, Barnwell; 8. Brady, New York; J. McAllen, Alabama; H. L. Mealing',' Au? gusta; D. P. Murphy, Augusta; E. P. Robinson, Pom fret, Conn.; Jas. Campbell, New York; Jo o Settels, Northeastern Railroad; Miss Catherine Walsh, Mississippi; c. hurray, New York; Wm. Joues, H. W. Jones, Sonth Carolina. CHARLESTON HOTEL. W. Stevenson, Alleen ;0. M. Sadler, Sonth Caro? lin; C. J. McBall, Augusta; W. Haaz, Savannah; H. W. Crane, Augusta; W. 0. Thorp, New York; J. W. Bunch and lady, Angosta; Miss A. Warner, Rochester; Miss Cunningham, J. P. Pilton, Sa? vannah; A. j. Coe, Boston ; J. K. Johnston, Savan? nah; Mrs. J. H. Hale and child, Baltimore; J. Leckey, New York; John C. Whltner, Atlanta; B. Campbell, Clayton. Ala; E. Sch ter in, Philadel phia; R. T. Benahaw, U. S. Navy; Stephen Millett, Beaufort; J. B. Pat3or, Aiken; Smith Leach, Beaufort; R. C. Downing, New York.. MILLL nOUSE. A. Harkness,.Savannah; 0. H. Linning, Rich mond; L. Wilkins, L. Wilkins, Jr., New York; Eogene Edgell. Beaufort; E. V. Ely, Alfred Ely, Oswego; Jos. P. Vought, New York; Wm. Patton, Mobile; W. H. Wallace, Mrs. John J. Far rei!, Brooklyn; j. Crews. South Carolina; Jas. Fite, Philadelphia; J. H. Powers, A. and H. Ball road; Frank Roach, New York City. BUSINESS NOTICES. A SPLENDID SEWING MACHINE, (Florence pattern,) ls to be raffled at Von s in ten's Bazaar. A rare chance to get a fine machine for a mere song. _ _ aogl2 A BOX containing one quire of Note Paper with Envelopes to match, for 25c, at CHAS. C. RIOHTBR'S, may 13-m H?sel street Bazaar. THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC GRAND GIFT CON? CERTS, as advertised by Messrs. Butler, Chadwick, Gary A Co.-Mr. Eben Coffin, sub-agent for this splendid and attractive scheme ls now prepared to sell tickets for the same. Applications to be made to him at the office or Mr. c. Clacins, corner East Bay and Central wharf. may29 BILL HEADS printed on fine paper at $3, $4 I fi, $6 60 and $8 50 per thousand, according to size, at las NEWS Job Office. BUSINESS ENVELOPES.-THE MEWS Job Office .s now prepared to furnish good envelopes, with nosiness cards printed thereon, at- $4 per thous? and. Send your orders. Every rr.crchant and usin?es man should have his card printed on his envelopes I DESIRE to inform Ihe people ol Charleston and the country that they can buy a better and cheaper Sewing Machine rrom me than they can elsewhere, and now ls the time, and No. 81 Queen street is the place, to get a first-class Sewing Ma? chine, either new or second-hand; so come one, come all, and let me serve you to a No. l Machine. Junio J. L. LrNSPOKD. Stones. COAL AND WOOD STOVES FOR THE SUMMER, Afifl BT?ld their heat, dust, ashes and smoke. You can do all your cooking on THE UNION KEROSENE STOVE, With less trouble and at leas expense. DDVAL'S PATENT BAKER, Attached to the above Stove, will Roast and Bake to perfection. For sale at Manufacturer's prices by J. B. DUVAL A SON, No. 387 King street, Jnlyl5-stuth Sole Agents for Charleston, g. C. PROFESSOR BE EG EE'S BED-BUG DESTROYER. Oostar's INSECT POWDER Glemworth's Roach Exterminator Costar's Rat ?ulgon lBaacBen'sSa;e Pop -Death to Mnsqoltoes. For sale oy DB. H. BAER, !ys i No. 131 Meeting ative? gAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY. PIERCE'S GOLDEN DISCOVERY. DBBING'S PILE REMEDY, and all other new Preparations. For sale by DB. H. BAER, mario No. 131 Meeting atreet. ?ranb flri?c Distribution. OIVE MILLION DOLLARS I By authority of a Special Act or ihe Legislature or Kentucky, or Marca 13,1871, tbe Trastees or tbe Public Library or Kentucky will give a G-ZR/A-TID GIFT COHOBRT -AvT LOUISVILLE, KY., ONT TUESDAY, OCTOBEK 31, 1871, Under ihe D.rection cl tbe best Musical Talent. 103,000 TICKETS OF ADMISSION, $10 EACH IN CURRENCY; HALF TTCKET? $5; QUARTER .1ICKETS $2 50. ; *. ERCn T,cket wUI c 'nslat or four quirters. value $2 50 each. The holder Is entitled to admission to the Concert and to thc amount or girt awarded to lt or its fraction. Tickets nnmber from l to 100,0 00 THE CITIZENS' BANK OF KENTUCKY IS TREASURER. All Moneys arising from the sale of Tickets win be deposited with the Citizens' Bank, subject only to the order or tne President and Treasurer or the Library, countersigned by the Boniness Manaaer. During the Concert, the sum or B J usou??????^?. #550,000 IIV GREENBACKS WM bs distributed by lot to the holders or Tickets in the following Gifts, viz: ONE GK,V>1> GIFT OP . ... 8100,000 ONE GBAJ?D GIFT OF - - . 50,000 One Gift or.$25,000 one G ft of.a s.ooo One Gilt of. ao.ooo one Gift of. 4.000 One Gift or. 19,000 One Girt of. 3.000 One Girt or. 18.000 one Girt or. a'ooo One Gift or. 17,000 Ti n Gifts of $1000 esch. 10,000 One GI tor. 16,000 Fifteen Girts or $900 each. 13.500 One Gift of. 15,000 Eighteen Girts or $800 each. 14,400 One Girt of. 14,000 Twenty Girts or $700 each. 14,000 One Girt of. 13,000 Twenty five Gifts or $800 each. 15,000 One Girt of. 12,000 Thirty Gifts or $500 each. 15,000 One Girt or. 11,000 Forty Girts or $400 each. 10,000 One Girt or. lO.OOO Forty-Ave Gifts or $aeo each. 13,500 One Gilt or. 9,000 Fifty Girts or $200 each. 10,000 One um or. n,ooo ?0 Girts of $100 each. 44,600 One Gift of. 7,000 _____ One out or. 6,000 721 Girts in an.$550,000 After paying the expenses or the enterprise and making the dis tribal lon or the Gifts, the balance or the proceeds arising rrom the sale or Tickets will be appropriated to the establishment or a FREE LIBRARY IN LOUISVILLE, TO BE CALLED THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY. The Concert and Distribution win take place under the Immediate supervision of the Trastees mentioned In the act ol Incorporation. The Trustees win be assisted by well known and eminent citizens orK ntucky, who have consent? ed to be present at the Concert ano to superintend the drawing and distribution or Gifts. The holders of Tickets to which Girts are awarded will be paid on presentatl :a or them or their fraction, at the Office In Louisville, the second day after drawing, and every business dar for six months thereafter, and may be sent direct or through any Bank or Express Company for collection. All orders accompanied by Drafts, Postofnce Money Orders, or Greenbacks, will be promptly attended to and Tickets returned by mall, registered or expressed, as desired. Tickets are Uke Greenbacks-good only to the holder. Beyers-wiU note that there are only One Hundred Thousand Tickets, Instead of Two Hundred Thousand, as to the ban Francisco Gift Concert, and that there Is $60,uoo more distributed. Isola that and made the awards in tour months and pall $448.090 to tlcket-holdera from November 2d to 16th. 1870, and turned over $12,000 to the Secretary doe tickets not presented. It will be particularly noticed that lt ls a matter of impossibility for any one to knew what num? bers draw gilts, as lt Is not known what the gift of any number drawn rrom the first wheel will be until the sealed box, with amjunt or the girt plainly printed, ls taken rrom the other wheel and open? ed In roll view of the audience, therefore the larger girts may not come eat until towards the last, or In the middle ol the drawing. The $100,000 girt in the san Francisco Gift Concert, under the manage mentor 0. R. PETERS was the 200th number drawn, and was awarded and paid to a gentleman to New Orleans. 721 Gifts is all that can be d ra w n in one day. The Numbers and Gifts are drawn by blind children rrom 8 to 14 years of agc The Drawing win be extensively published, and parties ordering Tickets win have printed lists sent them. Parties forming Clubs and desiring Information will please address this office. aar ii TICKETS FOR $100; 28 TICKETS, $255; sa TICKETS, $600; 113 TICKETS, $1000.-? The undersigned, late principal badness manager of the very successful Mercantile Library Gift Concert at San Francisco, Cal., has been appointed Agent and Manager or the Gift Concert la sid of the Public Library of Kentucky. The Drawing will take place In public, and everything wlU be done to satisfy buyers or tickets that their interests will be aB Will protected as if they personally superintended the entire affair. MANNER OF DRAWING. There will be two glass wheels. One wheel win contain 100,000 numbers, plainly printed on leather tag?. The other wheel will contain 721 boxes, each containing a gift. One tag or number win be drawn from the 100,000 waeel, and toe first box drawn from the second or 721 box wheel will contain a girt, neatly printed and sealed up. and the gift so drawn rrom the second wheel will be the gift or the first tag drawn, whether $loo, $1000, or J! 00,000, as announced. * 14,364 TICKETS DISPOSED OF IN JULY. To inBure ticket ho'ders. the public are assured that If only 26,000 tickets are sold only 25,000 n um? bers go la the large wheel, the 721 gifts awar .ed, but diminished pro rata. In case 50,ooo tickera only are sold, only numbers 1 to 50,ooo go In the large wheel, and the 721 girts diminished one-hair; and in case only 85,ooo tickets are sold, the entire 721 gifts will be paid in foll-lt being Intended that no unsold tickets shall participate. The Manager oas already paid Into the Citizens' Bank $90,000 towards defraying the expenses, and does not depend on sales of tickets to pay his expenses or printing, advertising, Ac. The public are invited to the utmost scrutiny as to the reliability or the entire affair. Persons desirous or acting as Agents for the sate of oar Tickets ia any city in the United States or Canadas, address CHAS. R.rPETE RS, Manager, Louisville, Ky. OFFICE Na 120 MAIN STREET, Johnson Block. R. T. DURRETf.President. I M. W. CLUSKY.Secretary. W. N. HALDEMAN.vice-President. | CITIZENS' BANK.Treasurer. augio-stutbimo business GEaros. JOBBING TRADE OP CHARLESTON, S. C. FALL A 1STD WINTEE OF 1871.' THE SUBSCRIBERS, JOBBERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, s. C., beg to can the attention or the merchants or the interior of this and the adjoining States to this market, as being now one or tb? moBt desirable in which to procure foil supplies or ali articles they may require. The wan ts or the country having rapidly Increased, with ample facilities to enable us to procure our supplies direct rrom first bands in Europe and tola country, we are now prepared to exhibit more varied and complete stocks or SEASONABLE GO?DS than at any period since the war, and will dispose of them on as good terms as any other market. "Dally faculties afforded for Shipment of goods to any point desired." DRY G-OODS. EDWIN BATES * CO., No. 121 Meeting street. JOHNSTON, CREWS A CO., No. 41 Hayne street. NAOHMANN A CO., No. 159 Meeting street. MARSHALL A BUKGE. No. 143 Meeting Street CRANE, BOYLSTON ? CO., corner Hayne and Meeting streets, CLOTHING EDWIN BATES A CO., No. 122 Meeting street. FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, &c. STEELE A WARDELL, No. 167 Meeting street. - FANCY, IVOLLINER Y AND STRAW GOODS. CH VS. A. LENGN1CK, No. 161 Meeting street. JOBN S. FA IKLY A CO., No. 35 Hayne street. SELL A FusTER, No. 27 Hayne street. BOOTS AND SHOES. D. F. FLEMING A CO., corner Hayne and Church streets. T. M. BhISTOLL A CO., No. 145 Meeting street. E. B. STODDARD A CO., No. 165 Meeting street. HATS AND CAFS. THOS. M. HORSEY ? BRO., No. 25 Hayne street, ESMONDS T. BROWN, No. 43 Hayne street. * * HARDWARE. J. E. ADQER * CO., No. 139 Meeting Btreet. HART A CO.. No. 39 Hayne street. _ 0. QRAVELEY, coruer East Bay and Boyce's WLarf. SADDLERY, SADDLERY HARDWARE AND CARRIAGE MATERIALS. R.TH0ML1N?0N A CO., No. 137 Meeting street. DRUG-S AND MEDICINES. GOODRICH, WINEMAN, A CO., So. 35 Hayne street. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. WM. L. WEBB, No. 128 Meeting street. G-ROCERIES. GEO. W. WILLIAMS i CO., corner Hayne and Church streets. GROCERIES, LIQUORS, &c. J. A. QUACKENBUSH, No. 122 Ea?t Bay street. W. H. CHAFES A CO., No, 207 East Bay street. BOLLMANN H-KOS, No. 151 East Bay Btreet. PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, &c HOLMES A CALDER, No. 205 East Bay street. WM. M. BIRD 4 CO., corner East Bay and Cumberland streets. JOB PRINTER, STATIONER & BOOKSELLER. EDWARD PERRY, No. 149 Meeting street. TYPE AND PRINTING MATERIAL, PAPER, STATIONERY, JOB AND BOOK PRINTING. WALKER, EVANS A COGSWELL, No. 3 Broad street and No. 109East Bay. augio-thstu2mo I Bj IT" jHcitltf .: rpHIS DAY, AT ifliO'bLOCK; WILL BB J.' ?old,-a^o.a40 Meeting street The CONTENTS OF A GROCERY STORE, re? moved for converrrence of ? ale, conBisting of : GROCERIES, Crockery, GI33 ware. Tia ware, Cotln. ter scales, Beer Pump, Screen, Trays, Aa; a few articles of Furniture, and rhj.nnexpired. termi.cr the License. Also, HICKORY SHIRTS, Notions, Ac_ _ape 21 jpiLNE JEWELRY, WATCHES^ ftc. ; THE LATEST STYLES. Particular attention ls invited to the NEW, LARGE AND ELEGANT STOCK- OF WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE AND FANCY 60006, smtable for Presents, just received and opened; 1T'J!'::' JAMES ALLAN'S, No.'307 KING STREET. JAMES ALLANS, NO. 307?TNG STREET. JAMES ALLANS. No. 307 KIN G STREET. AU the newest and most exquisite designs ia Jewelry, comprising,, i ? "L; SETS OF PEARL. GARNET, . - ALL * GOLD, CORAL AND STONE. . . li :... :-r.i'.l io>. Leontine, Opera, Neck and Vest CHAINS; Seal Kings, Diamond Rings; Gent's Pins,? Tearl.andi Diamond; Plain Gold and Wedding Rlnirs alway* on hand or made to order; Sleeve Buttons' and studs, Bracelets, Brooches and Barring'ArljM&a and Necklaces, in Gold and Coral; Broocher for Hair or Miniatures, Lockets, Charms and' Masonic Pins, Glove Bands, at. JAMES ALLAN'S, Np. 307 KING STREET^ A lew doors above Wentworth street, ? 0 nov24-mwf I? A L L, BLACK A CO. Noa 605 AND 607 BROADWAY, N. Y., are closing out their entire stock of Bronze and imitation Bronze GAB FIXTURES BELOW COST. Better goods In design and finish are not to ha had at their present low prices. NEW DESIGNS OF IMPORTED CBYSTAL CHANDELIBB & in great variety, Jost received. Call and examine our stock and prices. NOTICE. LARGEST STOCK, BEST GOODS, LOWEST PRIG ES Jnlyis-iyr_. . . _ EJrp ?000jjpr. 1871.A.TJQTJST..187:1 _ GREAT BARGAINS IN BRESS GOODS! FI RCHGOTT, BE'?ED?CT & CO., . .?? '". NOS. 24,1 jxTsriy 437 KING STREET, I " '.' ? - ' "'.'<. ' . Invite attention to their large assortment or REAL LLAMA LACE POINTS Black Grenadines Rich Black Silks Plaid Muslins French Mullins Japanese Silks Nainsook and Mull Muslins. GOODS FOR BATHING SUITS Flannels ' ? Cloths Cassimeres To welling Sheetings, Ao All or which wu now offer at REDUCED PRIC ES X A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT FOB CARPETS, 'OIL CLOTHS, AND MATTING. The Finest, Best and Cheapest Stock of Goods in Town. jnly27_ Snsmtss Caros. C HARLES LIEBE NBOOD, STE.Lil TURPENTINE DISTILLERY, CHARLESTON, S. C. W Highest Prices paid m Cash for Crude Tor pentlne. MW Virgin $4 00, Yellow Dip BS 0), Hard $1 SO. augio-imo* LIVE AND LEARN, DYE AND FORGET ALL. THE SOUTHERN DYE HOUSE, NO. 369 KING STBEET, Dyes and Cleans, by means of steam, Gentle? men's, Ladles' and Children's Clothes. Fine Laces and Lace Curtains cleaned and done up with the Soft or Mann facturera' Finish; Lace and Crape Shawls and Kid Gloves Cleaned and. Dyed. r Goods received and returned by Express. jun22-iyr L BILLER, Proprietor* 1 a ? I * i ? ? ta .*> fi: H W: 1 WEED" FAMILY FAVORITE LOOK-STITOa. MACHINE, are the best in usc For sale on the Lease Plan, with monthly pay - menta, on easy terms, or for cash. AH kind* 01? Machine attachments, Needles, Cotton, (white , black and colored,) Silk, Ou, Soap, Ac, Ase Repairing as usual. Circulars and samples 01 * work sent on application. . D. B. HASELTON, General Dealer in First Class sewing Ma? chines ana Material, No. 3??h^nfr""efi?0 &Ugl7 charleston, a. u.