The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-07-20

the owner OF the house, who got up and armed
himself with revolver. Hearing noise at his
fowl-house ho rushed to the window and seeing
! tho prisoner running off with bag on his arm,
ho fired two shots at him, but neither took effect.
The noiso Of tho pistol attracted tho attention Of
! policeman, who arrested tho prisoner. These
facts being proven by the evidence, the prisoner
was found guilty and sentenced $40 tiue thir-
| ty days impriso ment.
United States ys. james Brooks (colored)-
Carrying Concealed Weapons.-Defendans ac-
knowledged that he had pistol, but said he was
carrying it in his hands, and that it did not be-
| long to him. p liceman testified to having ar
| rested the prisoner, and having taken the pistol
out of his pants.
Guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of $780, or to
be imprisoned for sixty days at hard labor on the
| streets.
United States vs. Edward Key (colored)-Stab-
bing Charles Wilson.-Prisoner pleads guilty.
| Case turned over to the Military Commission.
| United States ps. Bill Armstrong fcolored)-
Stealing Door Key.-Tne prisoner was quite
juvenile offender, and not sufficiently matured in
the ways OF the world to koep out Of the clut ches
| of the law case of circumstantial evidence
| was made out against him, which left reasona-
bio doubt of his guilt, and he was sentenced to
pay fine OF S., or be imprisoned for 80 days at
hard labor on the streets.
United States Us. John Watson (colored)-
Stealing.-This individual, for an aggravated case
Of assault and battery, WAS fined s100, aud in de-
fault Of payment to be confined at hard labor on
the streets for 60 days.
United States Us. William Fuller (colored) As
! sault and Battery and Robbery.-The evidence
against this prisoner very unsatisfactory, the
victim Of the assault and robbery having left town.
| Under the circumstances the Court was about to
| discharge him, when Mr.. w. J. WuIpPER stated
to the Court that the offence was committed near
his Office, and that he was cognizant of many of
the facts He believed the prisoner was one of
gang Of villains whe were continually committing
violations of the law, and he thought that they
ought to be brought to justice He asked the
Court to continue the case, and promised to have
the witnesses present to convict the prisoner
The Court accordingly continued the case to July
Goth.
United States vs, Hardy Robinson (colored).-
Stealing Clothes.--This prisoner was brought up on
suspicion, by gentleman in whose employ he had
been for a long time, and who kept bad dog in
his yard that no one else was acquainted with but
himself and the prisoner, and his clothes being
stolen from his house duri, his absence, he
thought that the theft must have been committed
by the prisoner. The prosecutor said that he was
! q refugee from New Orleans in straitened circum-
stances Gen. BUTLER having kindly sold his prop
erty in that city and pocketed the proceeds, and
therefore he could not afford to lose his clothes
He asked that the case might be continued until
he could have the premises of the prisoner search-
| ed, and it was 80 ordered.
MAYoRs CoURT, Thursday morning, July 10
A fol1Oyy hricl in hot ~
other people having anything to do with bricks,
| and therefore interfered with gang OF bricklay-
ers at work. He was relieved of the bricks in his
| hat for the small sum of S.
ALICE BUTLER, who hailed from Hilton Head,
and said that she was the wife of JOHN BUTLER, q
| Government employee, was sent to the Aims
| House.
Two fellows, one rather alarmed and the other
in very good humor, were up for fighting. They
were fined SIS cach which heightened the face Of
| the good humored man considerably.
| An ugly, dirty, bloody individual was taken up
| for lying down drunk in the street. He had pass
to 60 North by the steamer Canonic,is and His
Honor ordered that the fellow be made to take
advantage of said pass, congratulating himself
and the city on being rid Of him on such cas-,
terms.
| The VIRGINIA EPRINGS.-These fashionable re-
treats, from the oppressive heat of summer
which were almost entirely broken up by the dis
astrous events of the late war, fas recovering
their former splendor. Below We give a short
summary of an interesting article on the present
condition Of these springs from the Richmond
Examiner. In the long list OF arrivals we notice
the name, of but one SJuth Carolinian, Mr. E. NJ
WEATHEnLy, of Marlboro, who is stopping at tn
Stribling Springs, The citizens OF our State one
contributed largely to the support of these water
ing places, but their means have been 30 curtail
ed by the result Of the war that they are not nov
able to indulge thaliberal expenditure which wa
their wont in the days OF their prosperity. How
ever, it is still early in the season, and we doub
not that before it ia over, our State A be bette
represented in the hotel lists than it is at present
In fact, we know OF several parties now on thei
way to these mountain resorts.
e THE WATERING FLArEs
/, Visitors are rushing eacerly from the intens
D heat of the plains and valleys to the cooler an,
q purer regions Of our mountain springs.
. RoCKBRIDaE ALUM SPRINGS,
One Of the most fashionable, already boast O
Il 100 arrivals.
sTRIBIINd sPRINasH
This excellent summer resort ID keeping up we
in the race which the various springs seem to b
running 30 well this season.
AMELIA SPRINGS.
An appreeiatiVe visitor writes US as follows fror
s Amelia Springs: "People who like q quiet Lii
n would hHd this retreat q most pleasant one.'