The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-26

white woman named NETTIE SAITH. The affair |
occurred on Monday night, at the celebrated
ranch known as 's07" East Si1th-street. The
negro and the girl became involved il a dispute,
which ended in tho negro knocking tho girl down,
and stamping and beating her so severely that it
is now matter Of doubt whether she will survive
or not. The aconsed was held in $250o bail for his
appearance to-day, in default OF which sum he was
committed for safe keeping.
The Richmond Times, OF the 23d, says "8Ir.
CHARLES ]. Fox; native of this city, has recently
established what experience has long proven was
very necessary, in view OF the increasing COM
mercial trade of Richmond. We allude to the
erection OF marine railway at Rockotts, for the
purpose OF hauling up steamers other vessels
and giving them thorough repairing and over
hauling. There is now on the stocks at this rail-
way tho q. 8. steamer Islander, which is being re-
caulked and undergoing thorough repairs. 1t
has often been remarked among our shipping
merchants and trading captains here that NOR
chant vessels would often proceed up to Richmond
it wero possible to have repairs done to them Of
damages received during the voyages from Euro
pean and Northern ports; and now that this de-
sideratum has been supplied, VIC may confidently
predict the direct arrival here of many vessels
that have hitherto stopped at other places, and
transhipped thoir goods to this city uta railroad
ana other conYoyanceH. ..i.
In tho death of GEORGE BURGESS, the Protes-
tant Epispopal Church has lost ono Of it's ablost
Bishops, and the world of letters scholar of
varied attainmenta aud graceful poet. Bishop
BURGESS was o native of Providence, n. I. After
graduating at Brown University, he travelled in
Europe, and continued his studies at Gottingen,
Halle and Berlin. His first pastorate was ut
Hartford, Conn.,, where he remained thirteen
years. In 1847 he was elected Bishop of Maine.
He is the author of several works. both prose and
poetical, which have been favorabIy received.
Among them are metrical version of s"mo of
the Psalms Pages from the Ecclesiastical History
Of New England and the Last Enemy, a treatise
on death. He completed his seth year in octo-
| her last. 80
Serious disasters have come upon the State OF
Louisiana in consequence of the great breaks in
the levees of the Mississippi River. At Morganza,
Grand Levee, and other points, the crevesses have
| reached the magnitude OF rivers. One of them ia
stream twenty-five hundred feet wide, and the
| immense volume Of water pouring into the ad-
| jacent parishes suspends all the operations oil
agriculture. At Morganza volume OF water four
hundred feet wide and ten or twelve feet deep has
made it's way through the bank of the river, and
great losses Of property have already occurred.
It is feared that the great cotton and sugar.
growing parishes of the State will be ruined by
this terrible flood. During the. war no measures
of precaution were taken to prevent these disas.
ters, and the levees we're frequently cut by mill
tary order. A large expenditure will be required
to restore them to safe condition. Twenty years
will not suffice for Louisiana to recover the agr
cultural prosperity which she enjoyed five years
ago. g.. i