The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-20


i'll Charleston. Wo aro pleased to learn that
further improvements arc proposed.
Tho property adjoining to the south still exhibits
tho neglect and wear of yo or six years, but both
the piers arc available for business purposes. Tho
ontre property is now in charge of NIcssrs CouRrE
NAY TRENHOLM, agents Of tho Baltimore steam
ers, for which vessels berths are secured ut Pier
No. 1.
Tho entrance to tho docks by Pinckncy-strcot is
wido; but by way of Hayno-stroot, from Anson-
strcct to tho water, it is very narrow. Wo have
heard it rumorcd that City Council havo marked
off tho lines for tho extension of Hayno-strcet, and
as thero is nothing but blackcned ruins il would
seem n propitious timo to carry out the original
plan Of Haync-strcot, viz: to mako it a business
thoroughfaro from Meeing- street to East Bay and
the river.
Wo take pleasure in recording the reopcning of
Union Wharf, and have no doubt that it will soon
be crowded mart. It certainly is most convo.
nlcnt landing Tor Haync, Meeting and King-street
merchants, and much the most convenient to tho
principal railroad depots.
STREET ADTERT1sING.-This is ono of tho fon-
lures of every large town, and is one of the most
successful modes Of attracting attention TINT has
ever been practiced. From the Brobdinagian let
tors to tho mystic anagrams that puzzle tho I'M
initiated every ofort is used and no pains spared
to bring tho notice before tho public Tho inde-
fatignble assiduity Of these knights of tho pasto
l-pot is 80 wol known that those parties who wisb
to preserve their walls intact arc compclIcd IN
warn the intruder oil by tho mandate, tsSticb no
Bills" An old fenco or diapilated wall changes
its appearance in night, and tho noxt tlay n won
derinS crowd Of small fry surround the spot where
oil tho glorios of circus Oh somo wonderful now
euro arc displayed i'll glowing colors. II is par
tlcularly amusing whom, as is often scen tho cir
Gus, opera, patent medicines, and variety OF
other advertisements, are mixed together and
pasted over each other, so Us to partly lose their
identity in tho general confusion. The words that
can bo read here and there havo no connection
with each other, but often upset the gravity Of
tho reader rs no attempts to wado through tho
jumble. Few prominent places escape tho touch
of tho paste, and long after the performance las
closed and tho parties havo left, hugo letters, so
arranged that all who run might read recall pleas
ant memories and old associations
This system of advertising has becn wondcrfulIy
developed lately not only in the number but in tho
style and variety of these street notices. DRAKE.
OF the Plantation Bitters, led tho way and now on
every street cornor, some curious and puzzlinr
figures attract the attention. What these mean is
unknown to many, but others study it out and por-
haps invcst( At the North where this science was
originated, thoy conduct it according to settled
principles, and aix their trade marks and posters
to rocks, mountains and trees, and indeed in
every place where the oye of man can observe
them. Ali tho colors of tho rainbow nro used To
dcineatc the remarkable cures, and TO render the
announcement moro startling and attractive,
Travellers, who are fond of picturesque beau
ties, arc often annoyed at finding some ouack
medicine advertised on the rocky sides of q hill,
completely destroying tho effect for n lover Of
nature. This system is by no means new, for, in
making the excavations at Hcrculaneum and
Pompon houses wore unearthed that had on their
walls tho romans of old street advertisements in
which the Romans of that dny called attention to
the different shows and amusemonts thon being
performed. Every research into the mysteries of
tho past only tends to show that the ancents were
not behind tho present ago, and tends to prove
conclusiVely that thero is indend nothing new un-
der the sun, not even in the advertising linc
The MILLS HOUSE IN BLAzE.-Thcre was quito
an excitement last night at this popular hotel
than which there is none better throughout tho
lonSth and breadth Of Uncle Sans dominions.
The excitement was caused by tho introduction
by JOSEPH PURCELL, Of the Gas Multiplier of Mr..
PozNANszI into his elegant establishment. Tho
Multiplier has been tested in tho DAILY NEWS
Office, and has 30 far proved to be perfect success
the same result hns followed ii application in the
Guard House, and last night tho Mills House was
added to the list. Some of our good citizens may
not, perhaps, clearly comprehend what it is that
the Multiplier purports to do and, what is better
docs. 1t may be thus summed up in paruo and
placed in diminutive nut shell: IF your gas bill
is 500, by using the Multplier you are furnished
with far moro brilliant light by paying $50 to the
Gas Company and $40 to tho patentco-in other
words, you forty per cont. or forty dollars on
each hundred that you pay ut present, and your
light is fer brighter.
THE WEATHER.-For tho past two or three days
it has seemod as if Autumn was transformed into
Summer, and If it were not for the deed leaves
that drift wildly around and tho desolate appear
ance OF tho bare treos could casly believe that
time had refrigerated aud Christmas was still
some months of. Inc air is balmy and delicious,
just sufficiently tempered to mako it bracing and
pleasant, and though there are not many items of
interest to be collected yet it is luxury to hunt
for them in such weather. Diana, too, has turned
up again on hor monthly round, and is favoring
the inhabitants Of this oarth with her rays, caus-
ing gas lamps and all lesser consultations, oxcopt
tho guardians Of the night, to hide their diminish
cd heads for Q season. The loose bricks on the
pavement are now discovered and avoided and
many an execration on tho UNDERSTANDINGS of our