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

L. MCDONNELL entered "St. Charles" "Iron-
sides" won the race in three straight heats.
Time :-2:51, 2:49 and 2:53.
1t 1s said q caucus OF tho Radical Senators was
held last Thursday, at which it was determined to
| adjourn about tho middle OF July, unless some
| unforeseen reason for sitting longer should arise
| in the meantime. Tho constitutional amendments
| wero discussed, and it was decided that every at-
tempt should be made to harmonize the views of
Senators, and that being done, they should be
passed by strict party vote. The caucus ad-
| journed to meet again, when somo final decision
will be reached.
Tho Washington correspondent of tho philadel
phia Sunday Mercury thus writes: "Tho negroes
| ut the capital have takon complete possession of
| all the public Places and on Wednesday last we
| counted two hundred and thrty-four contrabands
OF the fithiest character in tho gallery of the
House, and as we left, in utter disgust and amaze
ment, tho darkies were pouring in. A large num-
ber Of thcm had BASKETS with their dinner, which
they eat i'll the galleries, as though it wero an
| eating saloon.
A band of outlaws went to tho house of man
named GUNTER, in Overton county, Tennessee,
one day last week, and on some frivolous protext,
took him into tho woods, stripped and wero un-
mercifully whipping him. His daughter seized a
hatchet, rushed to the spot and succeeded with
wounding others. The young lady and father
have since been. driven from the county. The
origin of the difficulty is not known, but tho
family was Southern in sentiment during the war
The London correspondent OF the Philadelphia
Ledger says: "You will, perhaps, DO surprised to
learn that no less a SUM than fifteen thousand
dollars hRs already beef raised in England as a.
testimonial to Captain nj. f. MAunY, the former
superintendent of the Washington Observatory,
in acknowledgment and appreciation of the emil
nent and dsinterested 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" 9 .,e ~.
Dr. DELERY, 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 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 oause for the destruction of
her life by the unfortunate woman has yet been
ascertained. Various motives have been attribu
ted, but which Of tnem is the most plausible IL ia
almost impossible to decide. The verdict of the
jury OF inquest was simply that she had taken a
dose Of laudanum sufficient to cause her death.
Our sporting friends will be interested &c read
the following account of the late Columbus (Ga)
races. The Sun says: 4" Four horses we're enter
ed for a mile dash-''Princess," b., by J. r.
IvEY; a r. 6. by J. R. THOMPSON "spot," a 8. g.
by MuNDAY, and "Jennie," b. M, by JOHN CAI-
HouN. Purse, $500. ''Princess" gave thirty yards
to the field, She obtained the inside, the roam
geldiAg the next, "Spot" next, and "Jennie" out-
| side. 'Princess" had the whole way. at half a
mile, "Spot" passed the roam, sEd or the quarter
| stretch dashed by "Jennie." "Princess' won the
| race by fifty yards over s'Spot" in ZOO 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 tho former in fifty
eight seconds. Next came ttSpoa,a' followed by
| the ''Pony." t"g
| The great annual meeting of tho Garman Bap-
| tst Church, commonly known as t'Tunkers," ," has
been in progross for some days, near Waynesbo-
ro, Pa. Tho attendance of the membership was
veryHarge, 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, o large number of
"hon "eie noI nenpers OF inc cnurch, Dut ''the
public generally" who always attend big 'smeet-
ings." 1t is computed that at IL o'clock on Sum
| day there were present in the vicinity fifteen
Thousand people. There was preaching ON Sun
day forenoon ct two places in the tents in barn,
| and at the church by. After preaching,
| tables 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. --.-