The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-28

every Friday morning.
LOCAL MATTERS.
THANKSGIVING DAY.-Thursday next having been
got apart day OF Thanksgiving and Prayer,
there will be no issue of this paper on Friday
morning, and the Prices Current will not appear
until Saturday. Advertisers will please tako
notice.
Oun usual commercial and marno intelligence
will be found tho eighth page OF this mornings
issue. The advertisements of steamships steam
boats, sailing vessels, &C., ON the third page.
DEATH OF EDWARD MoTrET, Eso.-Wo rogrot to
announce the dcmiso of this we'll known and csti-
mable citizen. Mr.. MoTTEr was born in Roucn,
Trance, in 1918, and to this city at the early
ago Of Is years. Ho at first clerk in the old
French firm of Messrs. PETRAy, VEL Co., and
afterwards became q partner Of their Successors,
Messrs. THos. j: ROGER & Co.. and was Mt tho timo
of his death tho senior member Of tho firm of
MoTrET, HUouET g. Co., who succeeded tho Mcssrs
T. j. ROGER g. Co. During an existence of hnlf
century, tho commercial house with which MIR.
MoTTET has been associated has borno reputa-
ton for integrity and fair dealing that has never
been surpassed, and to which the unblemished
character of tho deceased greatly contributed. By
his death Charleston has lost useful and inluon-
tial citizen, and our business community an cner-
getic and upright member.
ANEcDoTE OF MACKLIN, THE ACTon.--Onc night
sitting at tho back of one Of tho front boxes of
Covent Garden Theatre, with Oh acquaintance
one Of the under-brcd box-lobby loungers stood
up Immediately before him. aud his person being
rather large, covered the sight of tho stage from
him. NLACKLIN took fro ut this, but managing
himself with moro temper than usual, patted tho
man gently on the shoulder with his cane and with
much seeming civility requested of him. 'swhcn he
saw or heard anything that was entertaining on
the stage to let him and his friend know tfor you
see, my dear sir, that ut present wo must to-
tally depend on your Kindness
We copy this anecdote from the "AfIrror of
Idste," monthly publication, devoted to tho
drama, and printed at Philadelphia in 1910, merely
because we sec it going tho rounds of tho papers
rs having recently occurred with Dir. HORACE
GREELEY ut one of tho Now York theatres.
HIGH SCHOOL OF CHAnLEsToN.-This is one of
themost fourshing educational institutions in this
city, and in fact in the State. Giving an excel
lent English and classical education for tho small
charge OF $40 per quarter, it is now, strange to
say, entirely self-sustaning. 1t has now an at
tendance of one hundred and fifty-five scholars
divided into four departments, according to ad-
vancemcnt in the course of instruction ms follows:
The first and most advanced department is under
the charge of the Principal, Mr.. w. r. K1NaMAN,
and consists Of thirty-ono boys; in the second de-
parment, under Mr. A. D. SIa1oNs, are thirty-1ivo
boys; in tho third, undor Mr.. II. P. ARCHER, arc
forty-two boys; and in tho fourth, under Mr.. f. w.
CLEMENT, are forty-scvon boys
Among the boys of tho first department the fol-
lowing particularly distinguished themselves Mt
the examination which took place on Monday:
In Latin and eek-AIasters A. II. Gucrard, ".
NJ Smith and W. L. Hayno.
In Mathematics-A. Dozicr and j. G.. Coxetter.
= In Drawing Maps-D. G: Wayne and w. NJ.
Smith.
In Elocution-J. B. Chisolm.
Masters A. r. Guerard and W. NJ. Smith havo
the best reward for tho term.
The examination Of tho second department took
place yesterday, and was principally conducted by
MIR. A. d. SIa1oNs the assistant in charge. The
boys were examined in Cesar, MIcClintock's Greek
Lessons, French, history, geography and ar. thmc-
tic, and in oil these branches acquitted Themselves
with few exceptions, with credit to themselves and
their teacher
MAYORS Court, Tuesday Morning, November
H.-Joseph, n descendant Of Ham, and conse-
quently not of tho family Of Joseph Of chaste
renown, to whom ham is an abomination was up
not on an accusation either lewd or false, but on
charge for larceny, we'll substantiated that he
was turned over to a Magistrate for prosecution
Several gentlemen, white and colored were fined
IS each for putting tho weed upon the wharvos.
We are glad to see his Honor inculcatng the
lesson that, notwithstanding the Civil Rights Bill
and other class legislation of the present Congress-
colored persons are no better than white people,
and are liable to tho pains md penalties for
oil violations of the law, and that punishment will
be strictly enforced, although the Offenders my
belong to the favored race. Ono Of the parties
charged with this offence, whose name was colored
as well as himself though Of different color,
being Green-did not appear, and on being called
his name proved to be misnomer as ho had
taken advantage Of tho night to roam upon the
green seq, where Mayors Courts IRE never heard
Of
Gases are constantly occurring in the Mayors
Court OF parties being fined for throwing water
out Of their windows into the streets, and yet no
heed is taken, and the same thing is repeated
again and again. We have never known his Honor
to excuse any ono for this offence, and he is right
for 1t Is the result Of objectionable negligence, and
should always be punished. 1t happens some-
times, and in fact not unfrequently, that the
offence is committed without the cognizance of the
party who has to pay the fine; but or two fines.
at furthest, generally prevents it being committed