The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-09-11
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TnouaH PASSENGER ARRANGEMENT refer
ence to our advertising columns it will pc seen
! that the South Carolina Railroad Company have
effected arrangements with q line Of steamers, by
which passengers oan be carried through from
Columbus to Gotham, ut the low rate Of S27-all
told This is about the old price; and ali persons
who can resist the persuasions. OF old Neptune,
and arc economically disposed, will go by this
route. us it ie saving OF ut least ten dollars over
any other line-- Columbia PhtemaG. ...s.i.
SALE DAY brought the usual assemblage of
citizens but nothing of interest transpired in the
way Of business. Several auctions attracted q
share Of attention, but the evident scarcity OF
rreenbacks and national currency interfered with
lively trade, and perhaps created duilness IN the
market generally. -
The farmers tell us that the recent rains have
! somewhat improved their condition, and with the
assistance ofturnips and sweet potatoes they are
confident Of warding off starvation. II IS an Z, IN
teresting question, however, IN regard TO the
freedmen. especially those who made contracts
| or .. share of tlu crop. since The staple crop,
have we'll nigl, failed, nnd tile Soiet!!nans, has
| Withdrawn its generous haDl IRON #'nHtlon.a
wards tlero car be no ssonbt thaS tl1"if coldi'
ton Is likely 20 become hopeless Nnd encouraging
/ in the extreme. lbo Legislature Dow IN session
is expected to coutrvo reiie. unir.fttily, aud pi
oourseitswill provide for the thousands OF ooored
4 paupers whose care an{l comfort have been gen
erously ?) turned over to an impoverished State.
i We shall Congratulate the Legislature that inau-
guratHS measures to meet all the wants and neces-
Sites Of the anderson ldelliyencer. g bS=
GaErxy1nLE AND CoI1u,fD1A 1ltaf RA1LRoAD-R REDuo.
TON OF FRE1aHr.-The Columbia South Caro-.
Ipian, referring to tie completion Of the railroad
bridge over Broad River and the surmountlng OF
| other obstacles that have impeded the. progress
\ Of the Greenvilet Columbia Railroad q gives
the Following information in regard to Q reduction
1sSneo these Drawbacks no longer, exist, the
President, Mr.. Hammstt, alive 70 the wants of
the community, has directed - great reduction in
tie psice,of freights, and in a day,or two it will be
announced that goods will. be carried theaentire
length Of the,road cheaper than they are, m now
transferred over any other road in the State, in
proportion to the length in miles. With COM
| imendablo sympathy tor the poorer and suffering
classes, he has directed that al Of life
shall be materially reduced in the point OF freight
charges, and through freights from Charleston
will be transferred without cost to the shipper
from one depot to the other" st1
Oornis selling in our market at 81. 80 and SIZE
per bushel. The new crop is about ready for use,
and itit now sells for such prices, what may those
of us who make none expect to do next summer.
We do most earnestly counsel our planters to use
their grain as economically as possible, so as to
have sufficient quantity for bread for themselves
and oil others who depend upon them for y.
There must be great suffering and probably
starvation il some instances if our corn crops are
prudigally used Let all be saving, and we may
be able to 1.-Two next Benaettsuiue Eastern.
The RUST IN OorToN.-We have heard within
the past few days much complaint. of the rust IN
cotton It will doubtless shorten the crop in this
and the adjoining istricts.-Cafaden Journa9
The Pickens Courier says that on the 25th ult.,
near the Conneross Bridge, on the road from PEN
dleton to Fair Play, Mr.. Elias =. Cleveland and
others met an unknown person, supposed to bea
negro, on horseback, The party hailed, and the
nun jumped from the horse and made his way
into the woods. A.dark bay mare, with several
white spots upon her,' was taken possession Of,
and may now be found at Mrs. nMary Cleveland's,
near Snow Greek Postofice, in that district.
/, Tie Florence Gazette tells ola robbery in that
place by freedman, who entered tho store OF Je.
rome P. Chase d Co.,, took the money drawer, and
appropriated it's contents. He WAS detected by
rested by Northern man ,plantingNin that yicin-
| ity, taken ntofoustody by.a number OF respect.
able freedmen, who, administered twenty-five
lashos and banished him from the town.
sR1cE HARvEsT.-We received a few days ago
from Weehaw plantation, the property OF MIR. Il.
A. Middleton, /! half dozen heads of rice, which
remind us that the harvest is about to commence,
the specimens received being ready for the hook
ere this Wo understand that there is prospect
of 3 very fair crop on Woehaw, and we take great
pleasure in chroniolng the fact, as it Is but sell
dom we aro able to give encouraging views OF the
crops on our @plant&tlons we understaho Gna1
the harvest has commenced on some OF the plAn-
tations--G Georgetown Times
CRops.-Tho entire middle portion Of tho State
has suffered severely from drousht-has in tact
been almost ruined; while narrow strips along
the SOD coast and also along the mountains lave
Jared a little better The only corn worth gath1r-
ing that NE have seen between Columbia and the
mountains lies within forty miles OF the Blue
| Ridge. In that strip of Piedmont region the corn
is poor but south Of that strip the corn is ruined
We have been told that a strip along tho coast is
also lnore fortunate than the intericr-lorSuate
Enquirer.
A CONFEDERATE F1,NEEAL.-Thc Ladies' Memo
rial 4associatio OF fredericksburg, at his fathers
REQUEST had removed to Fredericksburg, recent.
y, the remains Of John X. Witherspoon, Jr OF
Camaon, South Carolina, who WAS killed while
bearing dispatch from the Rapdan to General
Leo'a headquarters, OH Goth OF August, 15G2..flo
was shot BY Federal sp;, who vas afterwards