The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-07


more: WoRTHMaToN & LEWIS This monthly is
filed with valuable information for gardeners and
farmers, and merits large circulation in our
State. It is excellently printed.
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~ The CHARLESTON HOTEL, last night, was the
Scene Of gay and festive enjoyment The wet eve
ming utterly failed in throwing damper upon the
buoyant spirits there assembled. The q. s. 9Th
hfantryBand was there in full strength, and for
several hours entertained the numerous guests
with their exquisite music An occasional cord
would even steal round the corner to the News
Office, to cheer us in our weary nocturnal abors, for
which the Band has our thanks, and Messrs.
WH1TE & MIXER our kind remembrance.
FIRES In Several attempts have been
made during the last month to set fire to differ
ent buildings in the town Of Florence, and more
especially to the machine shops Of the Northeast
ern Railroad Company. The house of Mr.. II. s.
HA1NEs the master machnist, was burned down
few days ago, and the store Of Mr.. STo1L, the
ticket agent, has also been destroyed by fire. An
attempt has also been made to burn the house Of
Mr.. A. CoRR1E. The incendiaries, whoever they
may be, seem to have particular spite against
the Northeastern Railroad Company and its en-
ployees, and it seems to us advisable that some
precautions should be taken by that corporation in
particular, and by the people Of Florence in gen
era against the success Of such further efforts as
may be made by the incendiary villains.
RATS AND MAToHEs.-Mr. J. Il. SrA1EY has call
ed our attention to a half-burned box Of 1natches
found at the mouth of rat-hole in his store cor
ner Of Anson and Liberty streets. It seems that
the rats must have set it on fire by gnawing it,
and then alarmed by the blaze have taken to
fight. It is fortunate that the fire went out with
11oS1,r
box, for had it been otherwise, not only might Mr.
sTALEY's store been destroyed, but many buildings
besides. We publish this statement, not only be-
cause it gives account of a curious fact but
also that it may serve as warning to the public
not to allow boxes of matches to lie scattered
about in the way Of rats and other mischief
makers.
IMPROPER CoEDucr- Many of our young men,
with no intention of being annoyance to Others
as we firmly believe, are in the habit Of assembling
Of an evening in front of our houses of worship
and with segars and pipes in their mouths incom-
noding ladies and those who attend there for
legitimate purposes, and who suffer from inhalng
the smoke it enters the doors and dHnses itself
around. We have been requested by the officers Of
some Of the churches to touch upon this matter,
in connection with the vile habit Of soiling, with
tobacco juice, the clean floors and carpets Of the
different sanctuaries, they being as much Impress
ed as that this hint will be sufficient to ar
rest any further complaint.
Os1N1s CAMS DIEM SUAM HABET.-Our attention
has been called, from time to time, to the marked
paucity Of CANNES in cur city, but we never had
this lamentable fact so forciby thrust upon us as
in looking over the last annual report Of the City
Treasurer. There we learned, to our surprise,
that Charleston, during the past year, was guarded
by only three hundred and sixty-fve dogs. Our
learned City Council, it would appear, mistook the
CID pfoverb, tnaJ every dog has it's day, for an
cient municipal regulation, and, in accordance
Herewith, have passed an ordinance dogmatically
restricting the tale Of dogs to the number of days in
the year; and even this short allowance was again
curtaed by dding barking on the 4th Of July,
Guy Fawkes, Yankee Doodle, and other national
holidays. 'Let dogs delight" etcetera.
Observation-Disclosures the Evening Star, is now
brilliant object in the starry armament. The
planet is moving towards us at the velocity Of
$4,000 miles an hour; and though keeping in this
direction for some weeks, will diminish in bright
ness on account Of the Opaque side being gradual
" turned towards US. On the eleventh OF this
month it will pass, directly between the earth and
sun, at the distance from the earth Of twenty
seven millions Of miles. At that point it will be
of course invisible to us, but from its surface the
earth woald afford brilliant object to the specta-
torn times more SO than Venus appears to
us when brightest. The next transit Of Venus will
take place in seven years from the present time,
and the astronomers have quite list Of problems
laid up for verifcation on that occasion.
MAYoR's CoURT, December 6.-MIKE sLAwIEss
sailor boarding house keeper in Elliott street, was
brought mp ser making an outrageous attack upon
a seaman on Wednesday,, knocking him down,
stamping him with his boot in his face, and beat
ing him on the head with large rock, which was
exhibited in Court. Officer LEVY, who testified
in the case said that he felt satisfied that LAwIEss
would have committed murder if he had not conc
up when he did and arrested him. The sailor, who
was present, bore the marks Of the very violent
treatment he had undergone. The case was sent
to magistrate for prosecution. This same man,
about three months ago, made similar brutal at
tack upon drunken soldier, ct the corner Of
Market and Meeting streets, in the presence Of q
number Of citizens, and that case was also ordered
Tor prosecution.
Robert Smith, a Ight-colored individual, whom
the green-eyod monster had tempted to hit his wife
on the head with stick admitted the fact and