The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-07

surprised The scone presented by It's Interior yeser
day. was calculated to excite mixed emotions Of amuse
ment, pleasure and regret. Amusement at young law
yer who was searching for judgment not among
deskB drawers or pigeon holes, but among large piles
Of rough wooden boxes, in which the records of tho
Court have been brought back to this city from their
wartime refuge. Tho boxes lay in promtscuous heaps
IL the ground hall the lower floor and the lawyer at
first sight looked moro like supervising packer than
ardent student Of legal mysteries Pleasure to think
that the halls Of justice would profit by
the progress of the times. Regret to part with
toes of tho past because it is human nature to cling
what is familiar; and though may know that the
house which we have lived in from childhood Is the
ugliest of houses that the church in which
w6rshipped from early infancy is architectural
cature, still 1t makes us melancholy to think that we
may mover SEQ that house or church again.
The room on the lower floor, formerly used for the
sttngs OF the Court of Common Pleas has been divided
into three rooms to be used as Offices The space
pied by the old room is divided in half by passage,
and the north portion constitutes room, while the
Southern portion that Broad street, is subdvid
ed into two In the second story the large
the weB formerly used for the sessions of the Court
of Equity, is being fitted up for tho Court of Common
Pleas In the third story the jury being ret
ted and Is to be hoped that they will be arranged and
urnished in such manner that they will not former
ly give urymen such specimen ofmprlsonment as
to make them cautious Of incting accused In
those same rooms men have been made to endure, as
jurymen, sufferings which, IL inflicted on them as
prisoners would have been cried out against as out
rageous cruelty and an abuse of power The eastern
half of the building is ut present IN quo but It is
10 be presumed that, before the work regarded as
complete, It, also. will receive such touches from
carpenter and painter as will bo necessary give
form air of rejuvcnauon to the whole ediGce.
htn9 street.-The western side of King street. both
north and south Of Cumberland street, where two new
buildings have already been ereoe yesterday pres ent
ed live and progressive aspect On tho southwest
corner OF King and Queen streets could bo seen cir
cuar foundation about the size of circus rim
surrounded by portions of what was once the Cry sa
Palace in the court of tho Charleston HOTEL This Sd
as has been before mentioned In this paper has been
selected for the reconstruction fragile and trans
parent establishment. It will doubtless bo an orna-
ment to the neighborhood and become most fashioL.
nbie resort.
Further up King street the bricks were being cleaned
piled, and cared from two lots apparently be used
on buildings IN some other locality but this portion of
King street is valuable that be long before
the place OF the unsghtly debris. being removed
will be supplied by buildings incomparaby better than
those that were burned.
Other improvements arc IN progress in almost ever
portion Of tho city, which we viii notice from tim to
time. . ....
THE WEATHER-HEAvEN AND HELL.-we have for
some days past been favored with refreshing sh ~ers
and yesterday morning decidedly rainy Perhaps
1t is too much OF good thing for tho agricultural in.
eres but to ctg folks anything that lays the dust and
cools the atmosphere is acceptable at this season the
year Even in town. however, the rain is liked best
after 1t is While lasts 1t necessitates umbrellas
waterproofs and such like nuisances and prevents the
ladies and children from going 10 see he Deuil which,
however strange 1t sound to polite is their
principal amusement this week. In consequence of the
weather. the levee Of Satanic Majesty
at Hibernian Hail but sparingy attended night be-
fore last Yesterday afternoon however, SEEM
ed to smile upon Satan, and he had excellent time
for his receptions. both In the afternoon and at night
Hundreds Of little boys and girls have doubtless been
walked from their slumbers by dreadful dreams OF the
lower regions and wished In the Innocence of their
hearts that they had never gone TO see the Dewitt.
CoLoREp MARooN.-We like to see people enjoy; them
selves. In this world of sorrow. in which, were here
to-day and gone tomorrow, Or as some one has
practically expressed It, in VIII ch "Rrass grass and
hay Is hay we're here tomorrow and gone to-day" we
like to Bee people have enjoyment recreation
It always gives us pleasure to people happy, be they
old or young rich poor white black, or half and
half, or maroon coloIed-when say maroon colored
1t reminds us OF our subject which had AIM lost
sight of, and which is a coored maroon.
There was q colored maroon yesterday-a pic-nio In
which the descendants of HAM took part and In which
ham took part also. It was Sunday School picnic.
gotten up bv the members OF the African NJ. E. Church.
and attended by Africans generally grand procession
was formed In the morning, which proceeded In great
style and in the most approved order, farm in the
rear OF Nodsettes Arriving here. all parties enjoyed
hugely, and had frstrate time generally
Everybody eat as there large quantit. of good
things on hand. It mattered not that It was necessary
pay fer whatever devoured because all knew this
and were we'll provided with greenbaoks
The affair was grand success; every behaved him.
self and herself in orderly Manner and had as each
one deserved, nice. jolly old time. =
All classes were represented this was particularly
noticeable as the dense and dark crowd, like dense
and dark cloud camo down the road in the evening,
The nristocracy, who were white that would
take an expert atican to calculate how much Of
the AngloSaxon blood flowed In their veins and how
much Of fhe other rode in carriagea bona e car.
rages-in frstcass turnouts the class au aiie were
packed In spring wagons marked "Private No. so-and-
so Glass No three rode in dapidated carts and go.
cond land third hand vehicles Of every description,
drawn by consumptise and asthmatio equine quadru.
peds that seemed scarcely able to draw long breath
much iess the living breathing freight they drew oasb
number four-the hoi polloi-went on what the poet
would call "shank's mare''-in short footed It the
whole way. And thus after the Days festivities cae
they down, and thus having enjoyed themselves went
they home again to take their eocisble oupB Of bleok tea
and chat gay the pleasure derived nom attendina
the many colored When colored folks conduct
themselves WE'LL these did, and happy to say
tho coored FOLKS IN this vicinity have been doing OF