The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-01-12

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soap, pieces of meat, 2pairs Of shoes and hats;
found two bars of soap and one hat ION his head)
in possession of defendant, which llo readily iden
ticd. Defendant, when asked where hp had got
Tho articles said he ''bought dem from anuder
c,llcd boy for so cents' Court sent him to jail
for GO days.
The next case was q charge OF petty larceny.
The accused, a very nice. good looking, well dressed
Young lady Of color, dono mp i'll the 'stylo OF the
most approved fasllon-watcrfall, niceblack cloak
with abundance of rcd trimrninS-looked quite in
noc cnt moreover. Alice johnson, colTed, sworn,
deposed that thrco months ago she losta namclcss
article of female attire, and the same on the
clothes line of defendants washerw@nan was
told that it belonged to defendant; went to her,
had some words; words led to q blow, and one
blow to many moro. The Court inquired Wherc
the washcrwoman was? Witness said she was
not hero, but could so aud fetch her; SO the
Court sent her off in quest Of tho said laundress.
Tho criminal docket being now disposed OF, ana
the civil cases next in order not offering any inter-
est the reporter made polite salaam, and left
wiser, though not happier man.
Still, SO gently DER mo stealing" is just now tho
most popular air among tho Ethiopian mlnstrels'
And in musical sense, we have no objection In
life against tho said beautiful aria from La SOM
nambula" But when the music floats over the
breeze, with the concrete accompaniment OF hats,
Shoes cotton, and other articles of personal prop
erty the matter becomes moro grave anu invites
closer scrutiny.
This matter of petty larceny has become cry
ing evil in our city; nor, upon relecton' VIII TINS
surprise any one. Times arc hard; articlcs oi
prime neccssity-food and clothing-arc high
priced. Tho cold season, moreover, increases this
distress; and thero arc in our community, nj This
time, beyond peradvonturc, thousands OF per-
sons without any visible means Of making lvell-
hood. Yet still they live. Not by any assistance
from Govcrnmont-not on wages received for work
donc-not OH their property, for they have nome
not on air. There is only ono other avenue whence
means of subsistence can reach them, and that is
by theft The Courts every day toem with offend
ers of this nature But tho penalty inflicted can
not be considered in the light OF q corrective.
negro boy steals pair of shoes he Is sent to jail
for five or ten days-thc longer tho bcttcr for him,
because there ho is fed, has shelter against the
clements; really, therefore, much better OIL than
While at large The Provost Court is daily recruit
ING for the Jail, and before long that ancient
tcllatcd establishment OH MaSazinc-street will not
bc able to accommodate all these sable dodgers.
The community needs relief from some quarter:
whence it is to como, We cannot say.
During the recent fire in Mccting-strcct, thiev-
ing was rampant, everybody seemed to take
hand, (or rather something in his hand.) There
were n good many women about Now, whenever
women, whether black or white, arc seen i'll the
vicinity of fire, in nino cases ont OF ten, they
come to sec what they can pick up, and the police.
in our opinion, would bo quito justifiablc in az
resting them. We saw numbers of them hurrylnS
away the other night munled up in shawls and
cloaks, and have no doubt they were oil carrying
of goods and chattlcs, not their own. A lire
seems to DO godscnd to n certain class of The
community. inst as O. marine disaster is to the
wrcckcrs. Is thore no way of stopping this? The
police wo know, arc not i'll sufficient forco to pre-
vent it altogether. But why have We not citizens
guard, cxtcmporizcd for the occasion, as was
formerly the custom in our city? We throw out
these hints with the hopo that those i'll authority
may devise somc better system for tho protection
of private property than any now i'll opesrtion'
ago VIC garo brief account of this case, now un-
der trial at Savannah, before Military Commits
sion. great many witnesses have been brought
forward by tho prosecution, and number OF let
tors have been introduced as testimony Among
them We find the following, tho most recent In
date: ..o-
r. r. Bloom, ESq-DEAI SIR enclose list OF
a l1,lo ungp pntfp
Ii YOU can save them by any means you may de-
wise and place them or the not proceeds OF them
tb MY credit and subject to my order, you are a-
thoriZcd to do so on the following comdltlons
The first eighty per cent. on tho 439 bales to be-
long to tho above credit All over that to be yours
and those whom you may employ or agreo with.
Try diplomacy, soft corn, soft soap, doucery, lar-
gcsses, at your discretion, within the twenty per
have powerful agent and influence working
Mt Washington, and they may succeed there, but
that shall make no difference with this. You may
include, also, T.. NJ l.. 30 bales. Write me fully,
and let me know il you accept these terms, imme-
diately. will telegraph you if 1 succeed ut Wash
ington. See Messrs. Whittle..
Yours, &C.,
tsicned1 G. B. LAMAR.
r. ia thought that in the affairs Of the Importing
and Exporting Company, here under invcstiga-
ton, some 10000 bales of cotton are involved
The prosecuting officer announced on the Sd
instant that he had no further testimony to intro
ducc. Tho Court t'nn adjourned to Thursday,
the 4th, when defendants counsel endeavorod to
offer some letters as counter testimony. The let
tcrs being contained in the samo letter book from
which the prosecution had so copiously drawn; it
was held that they were inadmissiblc, that both
Justice and equity demanded it ; but the Judge
Advocate objected, and the Court sustained tho
objection.
Mr., HARrnIDoE then stated that they had no
further evidence to offer, and asked time for him.
self and colleague to prepare their arguments I;