The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-13

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LOCAL. MATTERS.
The WEEKLY NRws-Ihe weekly edition OF Ii1E
NEWS will be regularly issued every sunoay
morning and will contain all tho latest teteeIapulo
news, the latest ship and commercial news as
we'll as great variety of interesting readlng mot
ter All persons in the city desiring it left at their
houses will please hand in their names at our
Office. Advertisers will do well to take advantage
Of the large circulation of this ISSUE as we Will
continue to send large number Of copies through
out the country gratis, until our subscription nsS
sball reach satisfactory number.
,THr LEa1s1ATuRE.-We are requested by the
President Of the Senate, and the Speaker OF the
House Representatives, TO state that the Houses
over which they respectively preside will assemble
and be called to order at 2 P. H., on Monday, the
526th inst.
No hour being named by the Constitution, this
has been selected as it il believed to be the most
convenient and agreeable to the members OF both
branches Of the General Assembly.
Charles ton, November IL, 1866.
TEE RA1N.-On Sunday night we were visited by
very heavy fall of rain, which has completely
squelched the dust for few days. 1t came, how
ever, rather NAL apropos for the convenience of
some people, Several Of the churches were Pc
opened that night, after long internission, and
we're all well attended; but the homecoming rain,
we fear, distracted the attention OF many falr
hearers. East Boy now presents the appearance
Of vast q,1agmire, and it requires correct MAN.
agement to cross that Slough of Despond without
being mired. The vehicles that always throng
that street have stirred up the mud to the consis-
tenoy Of mush, and the stones that are piled so
ternptingly on either side make us sigh for the
DAYS of pavements, and pray most fervently that
the coming Of the new one may be fastened.
CuRpsToNEs.-W are pleased to notice the
Improvement Of the curbing now being perfected
on East Bay. Neglect and i'll usage had caused
many Of the stones to give waY, while others had
entirely lost their former proportions. BY direc-
ton Of the city authorities worhmen are now
engaged in restoring these stones to an upright
posiNop, and ia other respects improving the
condition Of the sidewalk. This will afford great
protection to the payements, as in some places
they were partially submerged by every heavy rain
AS an initiative step we con look forward With
some degree Of hope to the time when not only the
streets but the sidewalks Of this busy thoroughfare
will be again paved It is q contamination most
5ox,o,,+l, +r hn mil cho6H Hnr
MELANCHOLY OcouRRENcE.-Mr. EMANUEL, an
old and highly esteemed merchant Of Marion G.
a., fell from the platform Of tho back car on the
Northeastern Railroad last Saturday night. The
train was in motion, and the shock Of the fall IN
iured him so severely (some of his ribs being
broken, besides other internal injuries receiyed)
that he died soon after. He was on his way home
at the time, having just returned from visit To
this city,.
QUICK PAssAaE-The fine Al new steamship Sea
GaU, ,DuTroN Commander, arrived in Baltimore on
Sunday in fifty-fYe hours. The steamers ofMessrs.
UouRrENAY & TREa,Ho1Ms new line are Ill swift
vessels making average voyages, inside OF sixty
hours which is great advantage to shippers.
PRoyosr COURT Court still exercises juris-
6otion over the Sea Islands, and as many planters,
resident of the city are interested in its proceed
ings, We append the time and place of its sit
tings On Saturday, the 18th, it will be held at Mr.
JApEz WEsooArs house, on Edisto; on the 9th
1t Rockville, Wadmalaw Island, and on the Sd De-
oember at Secessionville. Maj. D. T. CoRB1N, who
long had charge of the Court in this city, is the
presiding officer.
SOUTHERN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL
: We have received by mail the October number Of
this valuable journal of Medicine and Surgery,
published by Mr. E. H. PueHE, Augusta, Ga. DR..
JOSEPH JoNEs has retired from the editorial
chair, and the journal is now edited by L. A.
DuaAs, NJ. D., DEsAUssuRE FoED, III. D., and W.
II. DOUGHTY, M. D.; the two first Of whom are Pro-
fessors respectively Of Surgery and Anatomy, and
the last Assistant Professor of Materia Medioa in
the Medical College OF Georgia. The journal is
gotten up in good STYLE and we take it for granted
that the sense is equal to the appearance The
contents OF the present number arc :-"Roport Of
Wounds Of Large Joints;'' ''Troatment of Pnoumo-
nia;" ssuggestions to the Medical Department G..
s. Al by DR.. E. PEYRR PoRcHER; sGunshot
Wound Of The Spinal Cord;" "Report on Primary
Reseotion at tho Kneo joint" by SAMUEL LOGAN,
n. D; transactions Of Various Medical Societies.;
ssBibliographioh and Neurological Notices" and
miscellaneous Matter"
Wu11pESs JEwELRy srcRE.-This establish.
mont, at the corner of King and Boaufain strcots
has recently boon fitted up in new and excellent
style, and now offers superior attractions to the
ladies and tho public in general. Tho show casef
on the counter and those against the wall az, o.
magnificent plato glass, in elegant silver-platoe