The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-23

"TnE TURKISH SronY."-We had the pleasure
last night Of being present at tho College Chapel,
to hoar Professor MILES read his story. The au-
dence was largo and appreciative, and although
the tale occupied an hour and a half in delivery,
the Professor was listened to with unhagging in
tcrest We were surprised to find the story
dressed in the garb Of poosy, which certainly is
suitable to the glowing imagery and brilliaut
fancy OF Eastern fable than tho colder accents
of moro sober prose. The story Of ALI, FATINA
and her Christian lover, has often before been told,
under various forms and guiscs. But nQtwth-
standing our familiarity with the ort-repeated
tale we listened with pleasure and interest to Mr..
| MILES beautiful and instructive rendering.
To read poom all hour and half'in lenEth,
all written in steady monotonous iambrics flour
to tho ine), will tax the powers of the finest elo-
cutionst; and it is mean test OF Professor
| MILES talent for rocitative that he succeeded
in rvetng the attention of his auditors to tho very
last. The tale was full Of dramatic and exciting
| incident
| Memory would serve us in giving comprehen-
sve and perhaps satisfactory outline of the story;
but this we would consider great injustice to the
author-as, divested of its poetic drapery and tho
accompanying charm of a fine delivery, it would
needs convey Il false and inadequate impression OF
forestall tho pleasure which, we hope, our readers
may derive, OIL some future day, by being privi-
legged to have it in book form.
| THE BuRN1Na OF CoLuMpIA.-The New York
Eceaing Post, q short time ago, WAS hoaxed, it
! appears, by an affidavit, purporting to be from
one W. B. Nash, a resident of Columbia s. c., in
which the aniant set forth that Gen. SHERMAN
was in no wise responsible for the burning Of Co.
lumbia, but that Gen. HAMPTON had done the
whole of it. The Radicals set up great hue and
cry on the discovery of this valiant auxiliary.
Soon it leaked out that W. B. Nash free d.
man. But now we find that no such affidavit was
over given. Tho Columbia PhGnir of yesterday
says:
We called upon W. D. Nash yesterday, and re-
ceived from him the following affidavit, which de-
moshes the testimony of the Post. The conver-
satiou he Ind was with DR.. Ruff, connected with
e@mphatioaiiy @ said that ho told this officer that
Gen. Sherman burned tho city of Columbia Mat
his men set fire to his own house, which, with the
assistance of friends, was extinguished. Beverly
was perfectly indignant at the use made OF his
name and ut tho ,nutilation Of his mere statement
aud the falsehood that he had made IN affidavit.
Here is now his solemn declaration under oath
STATE OF SoUrHHCARoL1NA,
RICHLAND DISTRICT.
Personally appeared before mo W. b. Nash, who
being duly sworn, says that he neuer made an Gfi
ddpit in relation TO the burning Of Columbia; that
he made statement of the blowing up of tine de-
| pot, by accident, and that few bales of cotton
were burned by private parties, to an officer con.
) nected with the Freedmen's Bureau. DepOnent
further states that General Sherman, or men act
iumbia; and that General Hampton had nothing IL
W. B. NASH.
Sworn to before me, this 21st dny OF May, A. D
, 1866. ". B. JOHNSTON. Magistrate.
, We hope our friend, Beverly, will take this les
son to heart and in future be more careful as t.
what company he keeps. Evil communications no
only corrupt good manners, but they also moi
upfrequently bring an innocent person into yer.
7 unpleasant notoriety.
BApTIsM AT GREENy1LLE, s. C.-We learn from
the Mountaineer that the meetings at the Baptis
Church in Greenville still continued daily
and the interest undm inished. Thirty-two whit
persons were baptized in BE edy River on Satur
day last, the 18th, by Rev. WM. D. THOMAS, th
l pastor Of the Church. "The scene was a mos
solemn and impressive one The day was fue
: great multitude of spectators, estimated b.
: some at two thousand, lined the banks of tn
G stream and thronged the bridge, Immediately b
+. which the baptism performed. Perfect orde
j and decorum, as far as we observed, prevaile
amongst all present. The colored population G
t the town formed very considerable portion
the crowd, and we give them great credit for thei
= decorous behavior on the occasion. The person
r baptized were all young, and the number en-
braces some of most promising youths
both sexes. There we're 18 malos and II female
o in the mum ber."
,, THE CRops.-Accounts from reliable source
o seem to differ somewhat as to the degree {
g damage done the crops by the late rains but a
l. agree that they have been injured to consider
\ able extent, especially the cotton. Planters hay
10 experienced much difficulty in getting goo
It stand, owing to defective seed and other causes
IN aud their prospects for good crop were ratht
,r indifferent. The recent rains have lessened the
o. expectations and increased thoir apprehensions
I'd such extent that, unless something cheern
g. turns up soon, they will almost cease to cal
=, whether anything is made or not. But We hoI
at that our people will show their usual elastict
d, and make moro strenuous efforts to "strengthe
ed that which romans"
it The Stay LAw.-The Greenville Mountaineer
n the 18th, in long editorial protests against q
st action OF the Bench Of South Carolina, in. pr
he nouncing. the Stay Law unconstitutional. +
writer can SEQ nothing hnt calamity and ruin, co
to sequen upon this decision of the Cont of Error
:. ID says that the Judges should either have q
ley cared this opinion before the clo.o OF the var,
in withheld it at least till noxt December.
mn CoURT OF APPEALs.-The Columbia PhgniE
.st yesterday says: In tho Court OF Appeals opinio
he we're delivered i'm the following cases