The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-08-14
LOCAL MATTERS.
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eighteen hundred and sixty-six-being the first
anniversary Of the establishment of TIE DAILY
News, and, consequently, also OF the putting IN
position of the present "Looal, ;" it seems that
word or two will be expected from the placid
youth who holds that distinguished position in
this very popular Journal. We are aware that IN
many other newspapers gentlemen having posses.
sion of that reputable situation have endeaVoreu
TO make everybody believe that the place tney helo
WAS the most onerous in the world that the duties
are OF the most laborious kind, aud their remu-
nerafaen much lighter than an antiquated bank
officers head-n short, that they are mill horses
who do all the work aud only toM OF their pay
but these horrible insinuations we are compelled
sm-photically to deny, for we are more fat to-day
by forty pounds than We were q year ago. We
sdmit that We believe our constitution, in great
measure, has sustained US, and Chat it may be
partially the effect Of education, for when We
carefully reflect on the eating and drinking we
have gone through for the twelve months We nave
been seated in the "Local Editors" chair, we are
convinced that man must have served some
time at it in youth to have been as successful as
ourselves. The pleasant puff afforded us by the
ssgars Of ToaN1, BoHRoDRR LoRENrz, &C., and the
delightful and oooliug reflections which the cakes
and cream so kindly bestowed on US by Madame FA-
vEn FRAaY and Tu11Y, are not to be effaeed; while
the generous wines and wholesome whskeys which
KEaLER, MoKAY, KBRR1aAN, DAVIS, OHAFEE, bA-
D1NHor and others have strewn in our path, are
Ike roses that may have faded but left flavor
that shall always float around Us; and as for the
beauties of the gin of R1s1EY they are only to be
imagined. We have, alsn endeavored while here
to relieve the groanng tables OF the Charleston,
Mills and Pavilion Hotels on several occasions,
and have succeeded beyond our most sangulne
expectations. We have kindly accepted many in
yitations to private parties, where we have been
40 pleased, and partaken Of the hospitality ex-
tended, to such degree, that We have never
again been asked to return. We have, also, re-
luctantly stood BY and seen fire engines throwing
up fabulous quantities OF water, andSthen turned
in with the companies and assisted in throwing
down large modloums Of the ardent, which we
conceive has added largely to nnr rApstation es q
Local In hsvu- tied no opp ortunlty to
beneGt the paper, and at the same time to alay
our appette and il have failed in either, it has
not been for want of proper exertion. We make
these little confessions merely to show that the
position Of Local Editor is not as sagreeable as
the keeper Of penitentiary, and also as kind OF
hint that if The paper and ne should live another
year, that We will be prepared to accept similar,
nay, greater, fayors from our kind patrons.
TIE CRYSTAL PA1AoE.-There was crystal pal
ace in London, and there was a crystal palace in
Paris, and there was vet again crystal palace ia
Now York. but the Crystal Palace is, was, and is to
be, in Charleston. tt asas in the court, area or
hollow square of the Charleston Hotel--an un-
slightly circular structure of dingy glass-within
the luminous precincts Of which people drank
sherry cobblers and played billiards, and drew
largely on vivid imagination to suppose them
selves within the luxurious domain of grand
saloon. That stage OF it's existence passed away
some months ago; the hotel court is empty and
more pleasant and the bar is in less pretentious.
but more comfortable, quarters. The Crystal
Palace was next pile of rubbish that incom-
NODDED Hayne street. Then, a mysterious oircu-
lar foundation might be seen at the southwest
corner Of King and Queen streets, and since
that tine the mystery has been developed with
marvellous slowness First, the half Of q rusty
iron column, and then another and another, until
now it is very evident that the Crystal Palace is to
reappear upon the face OF the earth. For what
purpose it is to be used, is part of the mystery
which the slow working Sphynx has not yet allow
ed to be unravelled. There were reports Of ice-
cream and Strawberries in the first month of it's
transition, but they have vapished like a tale that
10 told. It seems probable, now, that the spirits
that haunted the palace Of old will again make it
merry with their sparkling ,ebullitions, and that
its future will take it's cue from it's past.
Commend us to the Crystal Palace as an emblem
of progress in Charleston.
M1ss-some Of our yigilant detective officers
having, by their sharpness, obtained the ilwill of
portion of the gentry who can't understand the
difference between 7aeuna and teun,, several
threats on the part of the latter have lately been
made against the former, and. letting daylight
in," and "blowing out brains," and other awfully
sanguinary expressions, have been repeatedly
heard in localities where these excellent young
men mostly congregate. The officers heard Of
these gentle kindnesses towards themselves, but
suffer ed them to pass by the idle wind, beliey
ing, with the rest of the world chat there was little
danger to be anticipated from thieves but on
Sunday evening officer FARRELL, to his astonisll-
ment, was shot at in his house, and, on coming
to the door, another ball whizzed by him. both.
fortunately, without effect. These taking gentle
men, had hattar arir IN tbo;r