The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-08-21
The eDailY,==N ews.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGrsr 21 1866.
Georgia Items.

FIRE IN CUI HBERT -lhA kltcnen OF !iie Ao, ~, :
f. Dagg was consumed last Friday night. Ihe
citizens generously made up purse to compen-
sate him for his losses. u
In this, as in all good works. the ladies took the
lead.
BuRaLERs IN CuLHBERT.-Rob6erles nave De-
come quite frequent throughout Ine osseg. ohot +no
The store OF cob Davis was entered apoue o"o
weeks ago. while be was at supper, and b trunk,
containing $500, taken.
On Saturday night last the residence OF Jno. =.
Kiddoo was entered and tl'ank removed into the
hall and examined The sleeping & apartment zen OF
mstas were aroused and the thief took to his
heels.
The next night, Sunday, the residence of DR..
McLester was ri1ed OF portion of its contents;
worn off in triumph, and the pocket OF his BROTH
er.in-law's relieved of three or four dollars.
The thief generously left q pocket case of in
struments in the yard; and also worthless pock-
etknife.-Macon Journal
DEATH OF L. D. M1NTER.-We were panied to
learn yesterday, that Mr.. l.. D. Minter of. Harris
county, was lying at the point of death, and would
not probably live an hour. His disease, we sup
pose, was congestive chill
. Mr. Minter was formerly the foreman of this
Office, and was we'll known to most OF our citizens
BE was man OF sterling uprlghtness and integ-
rity, and was useful member OF the community
in which he lived Without osentation, he Was
man Of much intelligence and good judgment,
VhludDl0 Atu eSteeueu CltlZeu, blo eAoh,P'N. -
al his private relations. He leaves widow ana
several children to mourn their great loss.
[tolunsbus Enquirer:
DARING OUTRAGE BIZ "A NEaRo-On Thursday
evening last, egro calling hlmself Peter Evans,
secreted himself under the bed OF Mrs Dyer, re-
4sovery, would have, no doubt, accomplished his
hellish designs. On retiring to bed Mrs. Dyer
discovered the negro, who Immediately jumped
upon her and took her bv the neck with the design
OF chokin her. Mrs. Dyer st' uggled With the
negro for several minutes when SHE hal!oed for
the police. ard the negro Immediately made of by
jumping through the bed room Witldow.
The cry OF police having been raised, several OF
the neighbors Tucked to the house and gave chase
to the negro, whom they succeeded in arresting
On bringing the case oefore his Honor, 1t being
one that nee ed the severest penalty OF the law,
he turned it over to Judge Russell for prosecution
SAVANNAH -NeaUs.
MURDER IN OaLETHoRpE.--We learn, from what
NAV be considered reliable source, that DR..
Watkins living at Sandy Cross, in O,lethorpe, was
murdered by negro woman, a few days ago. we
have been unable to learn any particulars We
understand that this woman killed another negro
woman some time ago, for which she was tried
before the Freedmen's Bureau, in Augusta, and
by some means cleared. A dirk, or knife, was
nBed in both hinstsnces-Eberton Gazette.
TEE ELECTION YEsTERDAY.-The election for
Mayor yesterday, to fill the vacancy oocasioned by
the resignation Of Hon. Jas. 7. Gardiner, passed
of quietly. There had been several candidates
Foster, who was elected. Mr.. Foster has had oon-
siderable experience in municipal affairs, having
been member of Council some eight or ten years,
and will make capital Mayor. We congratn,ate
him and the community on his electlon 10 ONCE,
and hope that his administration will be entirely
successful. We give the official result in another
column.-Augusfa E1press.
There were no less than eleven candidates for
the Coronership OF Savannah. DR.. II. T. Myers
WAS the successful candidate. 35.=s
The Journal aud Messenger. OF the 18th, says
the construction train on the Fort Gaines Branch
OF 80 Southwestern Road ran over Charles
RogFs, a deaf aud dumb man, in . few hundred
wards or the depot at Cuthbert, on last Saturday
c,orning. Poor Rogers was horribly mutatod,
AID died in Q short time in great pain, Rogers
=ssss walking on the track, aud when discovered
s.s whistle was blown, he being entirely deaf, OF
coarse, cid not ilear. Mr. Horace Powers, who
happened to be on the train, looked ont and saW
tnat it was Mr. Rogers, and 80 informed tho ca
versed and the breaks put on; but it WAS too late
and the cars could not, be stopped till they had
passed the body about ten feet.
CONVENTION OF FDRAYMEN.-There was councA
Of draSmvn On tie City Hall lot, a few days ago.
The scene is said to have been rich one.
themes. They wanted harmony Of aotions apd the
The meeting adjourned after moIion was passed
to form 'ciety albania InteI!igencer.
MAIL PouoH BROKEN OpEN.-On yesterday
morning. about niue o'clock, the through mail
pouch from Columbus to Savannah was returned,
Broken open, to the postoffice. 1t had been
found in the. ditch between the junction Of the
Muscogee. RAilroau with the Mobile aud Girard
Railroad by a negro in the employ OF the Mus
cogee Railroad, and by him, a., handed over to the
clerks OF that corporation. The pouch had been
regularly receipted for at the postoffice by ]. B.
Munroe, rUutes agent who has held that position
for some time, and who, We believe, was a Federal
soldier. He il no relation of the family OF that
name living here. Tie aneglo who drives the
wagon says he aud Mr.. NJ. found the sacks all
right when put on the Muscogee cars Tuesday
night. Ii 30, the bag must have been thrown on
at the point where it WAS pch ed up.
Beyond the fact that the pouch was regularly
sent from the postoffice, as the receipt OF the
route agent shows, and that it was found broken
open, nothing is known. The bag contained letters
and papers from Columbus aud points west for
Savannah the cuunits around that city and East
Flort6k It contained probably hundred Or
more letters, some thirty or forty Of which were
There were several drafte but their payment has
been stopped. 1t is not known whether the pouch
contained money. The thieves bent the hasp a
good deal trying to prize open the lock, and at
last broke the leather strap N papers or letters
were left str. Wa around. The only package Il II
in the pouch Was copy OF the Weekly Bun, di-
rectcd to Jacksonville, Florida. Mr.. Munroe, the
route agent, returns from Macon this morning,
when pr. badly more can be learned about the
Affair." Columbus San.
HORRIBLE SUIOInE-IMPossIBILITY TO IDENTIFY
TIE VICTIM Our oroner Yesterday morning held
4 al inquest on the 'budy-we insist on this word
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