The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-24

character who had exerted himself to the utmost
to get into 3 fight and raise row at the head of
| the Market, but did not succeed, was fined So as
kind of relief for his failure.
| a black boy. having gone into tho store Of white
man to buy some goots in the shape of paper OF
needles and tllimble, for which he paid fifteen
cents, and they not suitng the person for whom
| this largo business transaction was made. the
youth returned to the establishment and desired
the vendor to take back the articles and give him
the amount expended, which request so struck
the man who sold the goots as being ridiculous,
that he struck the boy in the eye, who immediate
y appealed to brickbat standing by in the street,
and then they both carried conversation in
tended to be defensive, but turned out to be very
offensive, and they consequently both carried
| before the Mayor, who fined the white man S. and
| the darkey 50.
An individual, who had gone home hungry, un-
! der the idea that his supper ready and found
it was not and who commenced attack on his
wife that made som. OF his neighbors believe he
was going to swallow his better half was made to
pay $40.
! Two Italians, one with very red nose, Who,
probably, had been conversing about the celebra-
ton of Christmas in their own country, and who
were overcome by the excitement that such dia-
logue might produce at time like this, and who,
regardless of any expenses, had fired off pack of
crackers apiece in the streets, fined IS each.
| John Brown q very black man, and rather seedy
in appearance, who had attempted to open cor
respondence with q hen house in the Upper Wards,
at about three o'clock in the morning. but who left
II hurry when he saw another colored man de-
| sirous to make his acquaintance but was slbse-
quently caught, was imprisoned for five days.
Four persons, who cannot smoke but under the
influence OF the breeze, paid SIS each for puff
! ing thoir ssreal Havanas" on the wharf.
| In TIE CoURT OF APPEALS on Friday, opinions
were announced as follows:
Wesley. Whitman ads the State. Wardlaw, J.
Motion dismissed. Prisoner sentenced by Ward
Dennis Drawdy and Joseph G. Padgett Dunkin,
g.: g.: Motions dismissed. Sentenced p DanEin'
Thes. J; Pickens ct al. ads. Ezekiel Pickens. In
! gGs, j. Motions dismissed.
P. 81. Massey ct al. ads. w. J. Cureton. Dunkin,
G. j. Motion dismissed.
II Lew @ E Rhame 0s. Wm. Lewis et a. Postponed
Wm. F. Deschamps ads. Benz. Mitchell. Dunkin,
C.J. Decree reformed.
sam1 g. Richardson IS. Joel g. Rhodes. Inglis,
j. New trial granted.
y. billiard Dawkins and others, freedmen, ads. the
State. Dunkin, G. J. New trial granted.
Opinion Of Carroll, c., read by Wardlaw, J. Motion
M lily. stagggers and wife vs. saml P. Matthews.
The State vs: Atlas Quick et al. Wardlaw, J.
Appeal sustained It
Charles Sauls and Henry Crosby ads. the State.
Ingis, J. Appeal dismissed.
The business Of the term being fully disposed Of
| the Court adjourned sine die.
| L1GHT AND A1RY.-The editor Of the Boston Posi-
makes public some private information he has
recently received, to the effect that the latest Pa
risian style Of ladies' dresses is something about
| midway between Mazeppa and the French Spy.
I To our thinking, FITz- z-GREEN HAL1EcK must have
| had this style Of dressing in his head when he
| wrote
Sand ladies this ethereal manner dressed in,
Look Eve-lke, angelhke, and intereeting.''
| A new company in Montreal, including large
capitalists, intend applying to Parliament, during
it's next session, to dam the river ST. Lawrence at
Lachine Rapids, for the purpose of obtaining by
draulic power The capital proposed by the com
pany is to be s2,oo0,ooo
| THROUGH Tickets TO Special
attention is called to the advertisement of the
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, by which through
tickets may be obtained from Savannah to Jack
sonville, Florida, in seventeen hours, for twelve
| dollars.
! P. BUCKHErTs BAKERY.-The attention Of the
public is invited to the advertisement Of P. BUCK
HE1T, BAKER and COnfechoner, northwest corner OF
Line and Meeting streets, where will be found a
great variety Of bread, cakes, pies, candies, con
fectonery, &C., and gotten mp in the best style.
4 PEDEsTRIAN1sn1.-Mr. JOIN SHEPARD, the cele=
brated pedestrian, whose recent feats IN Savannah
and Augusta have excited great surprise, has ar
rived in the city, having accepted challenge, and
will commence on tomorrow evening walking one
hundred hours consecutively without rest Of any
kind. See his advertisement
! We WOULD call the attention Of our readers to
the advertisement of HARRISON BARNET, No. 126
i William street. MI. BARNET is one of the most
| extensive manufacturers Of window shades, cor
nices &c., and from the high reputation he has
enjoyed for many years, dealers and others can
safely send their ORDERS with the certainty Of their
being faithfully and promptly filed.
TO THOSE wanting Artificial Legs or arms we
would ca particular attention to the advertisement
| in another column. nnths
Il A NEGLECTED COUGH, Cold, OF SORE THRoAT,
which might be checked BY simple remedy like
6 Browns Bronchial Troches" If allowed to pro
/ gress may terminate seriously. For Bronchitis,
Asthma, Catarrh, and Consumptive Coughs, tThe
Troches" are used with advantage, giving often
Il times immediate relief. Singers and public speak