The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-25


oially in II RI f d AILY N e w S
every Friday 1nor11in=.
LOCAL MATTERS.
OUn SHIP ADVERTISEMENTS viii be found on the
third page, and the last days proceedings Of the
South Carolina Conference, with the appointments
of Ministers for tho next year. will be found on the
seventh page Of this mornings issue.
The PosToFFIcE will be open this {Iohristmas)
day only from a. NJ. to 10 A. III.
EDITORIAL VIsIr-N1r. D. B. lIcCRE1eur, Of the
Wiansboro' Trs- Weekly Ne,rs paid us visit yes
terday.
Cry RAnwAr.-We are requested to state that
the City Railway cars will run from A. NJ until 1
?. NJ. to-day.
PERsosAL.--We had tho pleasure, yesterday, Of
visit from Mr.. j. D. B. DEBow. We were graft
fed to learn from him that his celebrated ssHe-
view which is now published in New York, is in q
most prosperous condition. Mr.. DEBoW viii re-
main in our city for few days.
Tile OLD GUARD.-We are in receipt Of this fine
Democratic Magazine, for January. Our fellow
citizen, DR.. W. GnMeRE S1a1a1s, commences q new
story in this issue, which Will be continued through
several numbers, entitled ssJoscelyn: a Tale Of
the Revolution
From the opening chapters of Mr.. s1,1as' story,
We are impressed that it is Of the best of this
authors productions.
TIE WEATHER. The co!dness Of the middle OF
the past week disappeared by Sunday last, and it
was as warm on that day if it we're Spring.
Yesterday morning opened with heavy rain, and
tho prospects of disagreeable day fattering,
but by ten O'clock in the forenoon it cleared beau
tfouy, and the balance Of the day was delight
full, giving promise Of q splendid Christina s.,
which will, no doubt, be hugely enjoyed.
TIE CHERAw ADvER11sER.-Air. 81. G. POWELL
the proprietor Of this weekly, is in the city for
few days, and will call upon some of the principal
merchants. We again recommend the Aduertisc,,
to our city friends as an advertising medium and
assure them there is no better advertising medi-
um in the Up Country. It takes the place of, and
is in the same hands as the Choraw Gazette so
favorably known before the war.
TIE NEWS STAND AT TIE Mills HoUsE.-We
are indebted to our enterprising young friend,
DELAcEY, Of the Mills House News Stand for
Frank Leszie's Ladies' Magazine, Demorescs
Monthly, and the Wauerty.
DELAcEY has made a good hit in fixing news
stand In the Mills House and he has displayed first
rate amount of enterprise in his selections Many
boarders Of that excellent house very often wish pe
riodicals, newspapers and magazines, and they
heretofore have had to walk up town to Mr.. Voc
LARS or MIR. QUINN's to get them. Now, however,
DELAcEY is upon the spot and he is really for that
section Of the town, benefactor in the news line
We hope he will continue his business as he has
commenced it.
LreHr.-The heavy clouds which 1oated over
head on Sunday night, obscuring the moon and
throwing mantle Of perfect darkness over the
city, could not but bring to our mind the great
want OF Light in the shape of gas that our people
are now suffering under. improvements Of many
kinds not only have bean made in our town since
the close Of the war, bat efforts are still making
for it's advancement in almost everything but
light, most necessary adjunct in the progression
Of every well ordered city; and it is puzzle to us
to understand how our City Fathers, in their at
tention to matters generally, let this impor-
tant matter pass without notice. AS for the burnt
district feel satisfied that nothing but trage-
dy will ever bring lamp into it; and we are satis-
fed that the winter won't pass without recon-
mendation from coroner's jury that lights be
put in it, OF that it be surrounded with wall.
TIE CITADEL SQUARE BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY
SCHOOL had q most magnificent Christmas Tree at
the Sunday School Room. The exercises com
menced at S O'Clock yesterday evening. We ar
rived on the scene Of action about q quarter past
P. NJ, and found the very crowded-eu
eyes directed to the great Christmas Tree, mag
nifcently decorated, and illuminated by hundreds
Of colored Wax tapers. The superintendent was
on ladder against the tree, gathering the fruit fol
the good Sunday School scholars. There are near
y two hundred scholars connected with the Sab
bath School Of this Church, and here was pres.
ent for each child, ST.. NICHOLAS, to avoid mistakes
having put the name of the destined possessor or
every present. The ladies Of the congregation
deserve the highest credit for the manner in which
this tree was gotten up. Nothing can be better
adapted to encourage the children, as well as the
teachers, in the good work they have undertaken,
than reunion OF this character, in which they
have the hearty support Of the entire congregation
90 a
The LUTHERAN CHURCH, worshipping in Went
WORTH street, have 8 prosperous Sabbath School,
and the superintendent and teachers very wisely
and kindly determined to give their little folks a
Christmas treat. Accordingly they had large
Christmas Tree put up at the Washington Fire En-
gine Company's Hall, il Yanderhorst street, and