The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-01-01

The CITY PHYsIc1Ss-ourr readers have been informed
bv the proceedings of the last meeting Of the City Coun
Gil that six physicians elected to attend the poor
of the city, The physicians recently elected to the
Sbirars Dspensay will bear their share of this labor,
thus giving the poor eight physicians instead of Six
The City Registrar, DR.. GEORGE S. PELzER, after ma
ture deberaion with the Board Of Health has arranged
the following plan of operations:
Dr. F. PEYEn PoRcHEn will have charge Of the City
Hospital, in MazycK-street.
DR.. s. C. BRowN takes charge of the Small Poz Hos
pital at the Schultzenpatz and Of the Aims House, in
Hampstead.
Dr. JOSEPH YATES assigned to the First Health Dis
c extending from South Bay to the south side of Ha
selsreet King street being the western boundary Of
this district.
DR. PETER PoRcHEn has charge of the Second District
rom South Bay west of Kingstreet to the south side
of Beaufain-street
Dr. j. L. AScRCM has the Third District, from north
side Of Hase of Kng to the south side of John and
Chapel-streets.
Dr. J. S. BUST is assigned TO the Fourth District,
from the north side of Beaufain west of King to the
south side of Cannon-street.
Dr. e. BAEn takes charge of the Fifth District, extend
ing from John and Chapestreets east of King to the
City Boundary.
-. LOChWOOD eCrfS tHe oAAsA A~Aee-NSs' -
tending from the south side Of Cannon street. west OF
King, to the City Boundary.
Four Dispensaries and Oces of Call have been estab-
shed at the following places For 1st and3d Districts,
at shrars Dispensary corner of Meeting and Society
Streets for I'd and 4th Districts at Mazyck street Hos
ptal; at the Aims House. Hampstead, for the 5h; and
the 9Th at Dr. LocKwooDs Office, No AZ Cannon street.
The Office hours at these dispensaries Will De 1ron
to 10 4. NJ, and from to P. VI.
| THE F1REMES-Great alterations have lately been
made in the New York Fire Department, much to its
Improvement and the benefit Of the city, as VIC have
been informed; and merely touch upon it for the
purpose of bringing to the notice of our most excel
lent fire companies. who, doubt, will make it point
to avail themselves of every thing that will assist IN IN
creasing the efficiency of tho department. Our inior'
nation is too limited to enable lis to give many Details
but knowing the energy Of our hremen we feel sasned
If they haye not obtained the information already that
they will Immediately proceed to get fro the New YORK
Department a that may be necessary to benefit them
and our city. The FRENCH VIC believe under the new
regulations are looked upon as portion OF the police
and are selected carefully from among the fngle men OF
the city, and others who have been in the late war; and
are compelled to sleep in the engine houses and to be
always ready for alarm each man receiving salary
of seven hundred dollars per year. We have always had
strong belief in paid Gre department, and have
thought that tended much to make engine compa
nies SO respectable and so energetic.
Mr. SEAnL will give two exhibitions to-day, at the Hi.
bcrnian Hail. one at hafpast II o'clock P. NJ and the
other at halfpast in the evening The receipts from
the day performance to be handed over to the Or
phan House, and the children will be present at the
Hall at TINT time to witness the astonishing performance
Of Mr. SEAnI it will be worth the price of admission to
the kind hearted of community to their Won
derng eyes and joyous looks AS it will be capital op
portuny parents to carry their little cccs we shall
expect TO see crowd.
ACCIDENTALLY SHoT.-It pains exceedingly to re-
cord the fact that young felow-townsman, Mr..
FREDERICK T. DUrrUs, was wounded last night by the
accidental discharge of pistol. Mr.. DUFFUs held the
pistol il LIS right hand and in the act of trying the
cock when it went off, and lodged tho bullet iu his left
hand We happened to be in DR.. DAvEGAs Office at the
time Mr. DuFFUs In, ind witnessed the amputaton
Of the little finger the lower joint The operation
performed with heatheaa that re-
fleets much credit on esteemed friend expert
enced surgeon. The astonishing forttude with which
Mr. DuFFUs bore the operation without the aid Of chlo
roforni not groan exclamation escaping him,
prised us most profoundly. We sympathize with him
sincerely in the loss he has Unexpectedly and sudden
| ly sustained.