Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-13
South Carolina-The Latest Items of News

Correspondence OF the n. Y. Evening Post.
CHARLESTON, S. c., December 3Oth. 1S65.-At
Georges Station on the South Carolina Railroad last
week doctor named Wolf entered the train, and
seeing federal captain in uniform began a TRADE
against him: stating, among other things that he
had killed off as many Yankees as he could" When
asked to explain, he added, that there were many
Yankees who came into the hospital in his care and
alive" This doctor not interfered with.
:, A young man named Frank Myer, who shot
galvanized Yankee" and threw him into an old
well about the time General Sherman passed CoIum-
bla is now in jail here, but charges are made out
against him. His friends say he will not be punish
ed as 1t Is allowable to shoot horse thief but the
committing theft.
SALE OF KEITT's ESTATE
The estate OF L. NJ. keitt was recently sold at auc
ton. 1t was not extensive. consisting only of few
puny cows large number of hogs and some furni-
ture which brought good prices. Thisestate escaped
Gen. herman's men, and the overseer in charge car
ried all that he could from the home plantation to
the smaller one OF five hundred acres, where thesae
has just taken place. Keitts widow is not perhaps
wealthy, but she will not suffer.
THE PLANTATIONS.
The crops are divided with the hands on many
plantations in this State after certain artc les such
as indigo and moasses are disposed of forthe land
owner In the third sub district the colonel com
manding the post has ordered that all the articles
raised on a plantation be divided with the laborers
Even this small amount Of justice will save the ne
groes from distress.
SMALLPOX
One hundred and twelve cases of smallpox have
just been treated on plantation in the above
mentioned sub district But for the good Quakers of
clothing Capt Rutherford has sent them hIankets
and clothing enough to make them comfortable all
given by the Philadelphians OF course he has other
contributions to distribute.
SOMETHING New IN PROFESSIONAL CR1ME.-A Gin
cinnati paper says that at six o'clock on Sunday
morning lad employed in a drinking saloon in that
ing in his hand bottle full of some kind of liquid
entered and stood few moments by the stove warm
ing himself. He was a young man. rather poorly
clad, but of pasSable manner and address. Having
warmed his hands and feet he walked up to the bar
where the lad, who alone. engaged in placing
the decanters and glasses in order. Uncorking the
bottle he handed it over to the boy and requested
him to smell of it and pass judgment upon it as
good quality of gin, something new entirely
The lad applied it to his nose, and with energy
several times inhaled the liquid. Failing to detect
any odor like that of gin he handed the bottle back
with statement to that effect But he did this he
began to experience dull feeling of drowsiness an
sense enough, though reeliBg like intoxicated to
detect the stranger in attempt to rob the till and
fought with him with what strength he had left for
the possession OF the money III the drawer. FOrtu-
natey gentleman happened to enter, hen the
thief made his escape just as the boy fell nsensible
to the floor.
The University of Michigan is now the
largest University in this country, containing one
thousand and ffty-One students, distributed as fol-
lows: Medical department four hundred and thir-
ty-six; law, three hundred literary two hundred and
sixtyfYe. Three assistant professors have been
appointed, one in each department The institution
is well endowed, and tuition is free. The admins
tration of President Haven has been emnently sue
cessful.
MIR. 4ulee, of Florida, has written to a
friend at GAINESVILLE in that State giving his views
to the proper to be pursued by the people
that State and advising that the Senators should be
instructed to propose an amendment to the Federal
Constitution declaring that no State can secede or
dissolve its relations with the Union except by the
same mode that the Constitution can be amended
viz: by the consent of two-thirds of both Houses o
Congress- ratified by the Legislatures of threefourths
of the States
Mr.. John Bull is waxing nervous and
testy over the fact that he has to buy not only loco
motives but manufacturing machinery from his old
! enemy and rival Mons. Crapeau. Even the Tmet
calls attention to this startling fact and calls upon
| English Manufacturers not to Stand still"
The Washington correspondent Of the
St. Louis Democrat. Republican paper, says:-The
President recently said to a conservative New Eng
land Senator that the only mistake he had thus ia,
made in his administration was in sending Gen.
sral Carl schurz to investigate matters for him.