The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-30

Sides won the race in three straight heats.
Time :-2:51, 2:49 and 2:5S.
It is said caucus of the Radical Senators was
held last Thursday, at which it WAS determined to
adjourn about the middle of July, unless some
unforeseen reason for sitting longer should arise
in the meantime. The constitutional amendments
were discussed, and it was decided that every at
tempt should be made to harmonize the views OF
Senator'S. and that being done, they should be
passed by a strict party VOTE The caucus ad-
journed to meet again, when some final decision
will be reached.
The Washing ton correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Sunday Mercury thus writes "rhe negroes
at the capital have taken complete possession of
all the public places, and on Wednesday last we
counted two hundred and thirty-four contrabands
of the filthiest character in the gallery Of the
House, and as We left, in utter disgust and amaze
ment, the darkies were pouring in. large num-
Der of them had baskets with their dinner, which
they eat in the galleries, as though it were an
eating saloon. 2
A band Of outlaws went to the house of man
named GuNTER, in Overton county, Tennessee,
one day last week, and on some frivolous pretext,
took him into the woods, stripped and were un-
mercifully whipping him. His daughter seized
hatchet rushed to the spot and succeeded with
heroic bravery in killing two of the rufians, and
wounding others. The young lady and father
have since been driven from the county. The
origin of the difficulty is not known, but the
family WAS Southern in sentiment during the war
The London correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Ledger says: "You will, perhaps, besurprised to
learn that no less SUM- than fifteen thousand
dollars has already been raised in England as
Testimonial to Captain M. F. MAuRY, the former
superintendent of the Washington Observatory,
'in acknowledgment and appreciation OF the emil
nent and disinterested services, which, through
forty years OF incessant labor, Captain MAuRY has
rendered to science and mankind The Duke OF
Sutherland heads the list, and the other names
are chiefly those of men who sympathized with
the South during the war;" - y
DIR. DELRRY, coroner, says the New Orleans
Crescent Of the 25th, held an inquest yesterday on
the body of young woman named JENNIE
MITCHELL, who had taken a fatal dose OF lauda-
mum, at the house Of MARIA WILSON, on Custom
house-street. The deceased, according to the
evidence before the jury, was about twenty-five
years of age and resided formerly in Waterloo,
Iowa. No definite cause for the destruction OF
her life by the unfortunate woman has yet been
sscertained. Various motives have been attribu-
ted, but which OF them is the most plausible it is
almost impossible to decide. The verdict Of the
Jury OF inquest was simply that she had taken
dose OF lsudanum sufficient to cause her death.
Our sporting friends will be interested to read
the following account Of the late Columbus (Ga.) }
races. The Sun says: "Four horses were enter
ed for mile dash-sPrincess," b., byJ. r.
IvEY; q r. &. by j. R. THOMPSON; "Spot," a 8. 6.
by MuNDAY, and "Jennie," b. M, by JOHN CAL
HouH Purse, $500. "Princess' gave thirty yards
to the field. She obtained the inside, the roam
geldiHg the next, "Spot" next, and 'Jennie" out
side. "Princeas" had the whole way. At half a
mile, 'Spot" passed the roam, and on the quarter
stretch dashed by "Jennie." "Princess" won the
race by fifty yards over "Spot" in 200. Then
came "Jennie" ten feet behind, and the roam some
twenty-five feet still in the rear. But little money
changed hands, as the betters didn't have it,
After half an hours rest dash OF half mile was
run between "Princess," "Spot," and the "Bow-
er's Pony" which was won by the former in fifty
eight seconds. Next came "spot," followed by
the "Pony."
The great annual meeting of the Glrman Bap-
tist Church, commonly known as "Tunkers," has
been in progress for some days, near Waynesbo-
ro', Pa. The attendance Of the membership was
very1arge, there being delegations from many Of
the States Of the Union, particularly from the
West. On Sunday an immense concourse Of peo-
pie assembled on the ground, large number Of
whom were not members Of the church, but 'the
public generally" who always attend big meet
ings." 1t ia computed that at 12 o'clock on Sun
day there were present in the vicinity fifteen
thousand people. There was preaching on Sun
day forenoon at two places in the TENTS in barn,
and at the church near by. After preaching,
cables were spread in the tents, which accom-
modated about nine hundred at each sitting.
These tables were replenished, and when one de-
tachment retired another was anxiously waiting
to take it's place. = - .