The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-08-08

OF oaoh week is pu ublished officially
in THE DAILY NEWS every Fri
day morning.
LOCAL MATTERS.
sy- SEE SECOND AND THIRD PAGES -aa
ATTENTION is called to tho large auction sale of
Mr. SALAs this day.
A PRESENTING acknowledge, with many
thanks, the gift Of basket Of fine grapes from
those most excellent ladies' the "Sisters OF
Mercy"
The BosToN sTEAMER.-We are gratifed to no.
tice that the steamship Theo. ID. Wagner, which
left this port yesterday for Boston, departed with
full cargo and gnod list OF passengers. Every
thing indicates that the line will be marked
success.
WE HAVE received sample Of bread, made by
Mr. J. @. H. CLAUssEN, from the flour of the Ex-
celsior Mills, Georgia, for sale in this city by Mr..
J. N. ROBSON. From the appearance Of the
bread, we should judge the -four to be of q most
excellent quality.
A NEW RAILROAD SoHEME.-Our readers will
observe, In to-day's Issue Of TIE News the an
nouucement that at the next Legislature an appli-
cation will be made for charter for an air line
railroad from this city to Augusta, or some point
connecting with the Georgia Railroad.
Nu1sANoE.--It has been the practice recently for
several persons, both white and black, to use the
west end Of Tradd and Limehouse streets for
bathing purposes. the families living in that
vicinity are frequently annoyed by this occurrence.
The police have been notified Of the facts, and we
would advise the delinquents, if they love their
liberty, not to repeat the offence.
EoUALITY.-In these days, when bad men, for
their own peculiar benefit, are endeavoring to
teach others of their fellow beings that all are
created equsl-a lesson which large majority
OF them really do not wish to learn-we are often
reminded Of JoHNsoNs very sensible remark: $50
far is it from being true that men are naturally
equal, that no two people can be half an hour to-
gether but one shall acquire an evident superori-
ty over the other"
SALE OF STOCKS AND BoNDs.-Mr. JOHN g. R1aas
sold yesterday, at his well known stand at the
corner of Broad-street and East Bay, the follow.
ing valuable stocks and bonds at the prices
affixed:
$27l3.5o City of Charleston per cent stock-s745o
$4,000 State Of sOuth Carolina per cent. soek-sse.
$1,000 State OF South rolna per cent. bonds-s69.
1874 State of South Carolina per cent stock-s69
SS6c0 In City Of COLUMBIA per cent bonds-Sb9 so.
$500 in South Carolina Railroad per cent bonds
26 shares Charleston Gas Company stock-$1e.75.
Fort RIPLEY.HThs relic of the late war ia being
gradually destroyed by the action of the waves.
1t was built one Of the defences OF the inner
harbor upon made ground, and was facetiousy
n called Fort Timber account Of it's structure
1t has not been used for come time, and neglect
and the usual wear and tear have told upon it.
At present it is the great resort of fishermen, and
the finest sheephead are taken from its wharf.
The which led to the erection of this fort ia
lost, and the fort ITSELF being Of comparatively
little or no use. may soon be numbered among the
things that were. Sic transit gloria mundi.
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WHAT Is "MoNEY Y"-CuANaE IN THE REVENUE
LAw.-The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
had occasion to call attention to the fact that the
new law makes the word "money" to include
checks, drafts and other instruments given for the
payment Of money; and therefore the receipts for
checks, drafts, &C., to be stamped as il given
FOR money. The new internal revenue law differs
from the old one concerning brokers' sales Of
stocks and bonds, which under the latter were
assessed upon the basis Of the par value, but un-
der the former, from August 1st, instant, the
stamps must he affixed upon the basis Of the
amount Of sales.
VERY hard CAsE.-We had hoped that the
claims OF the United states on those postmasters
OF the South who had funds and property Of their
department in hand at the beginning of the war
would not be pressed. 1t is we'll known that the
Confederate Government assumed control of the
postal arrangements in its Jurisdiction, and Or
dered the postmasters to account to the Confede-
rate Postmaster General. These officials did go
account. They turned over all money and
material to the de fdcto authority and if they had
. not done 80 willingly, they would have been
forced to do it.
The effect Of making the Southern postmasters
responsible for what they were compelled to do
will act injuriously on the future uf tho country
besides being an injustice OF the rankest kind.
We see that already large sums have been .x-
torted from these unfortunate persons, ann Luat
all arrears are to be compelled as rapiu,v as
possible. :.