The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-29
STATE ITEMS.

THE ALARM BELL.-For tho fret time in sixteen
pe:;s. ionS a1 the bell 'secsssion."
dangGr Gr5f aF OF yore ns
our national anniversary. It will not, we fear,
until carter WHILE, as Bill Arp says, ring again
rung with forty-horse power, when Thad Ste
yens and his gang are consigned to infamy and
their long homo.
heard on the morning OF the GLORIOUS fourth"
day which we hope Andrew johnson will celebrate
in q manner that will electrify the country.
We suggest that it would be a great convent
ence to the community, If the hours could be
struck on the bell, until such time as city clock
can be prooured-Colurnbia Pheniz.
sHoT-We learn that, in difficulty on Sunday
the plantation of MIR. 8. Wofe this place, the
latter was shot by the former in the small Of the
back, and seriously wounded. The gun with
which the injury was inflicted was charged with
Minnie ball cut into several parts. We do not
know whether not Scipio has been arrested,
but presume, Of course, the will receive due
Winnsboro' Ne,os
PosToFF1oEs CLosED.-As we hear that the Post
offices at st. Matthews and at Branchville will
probably be closed for want of some person who
can take the .diabolical test oath, we would say
leave their papers in the postoAce of Orangeburg,
If they 30 desire.-Cdrolind Times.
The following communication to the Sumter
Wdtchn,an speaks for itself:
H.,
to suggest that meeting Of the citizens of tho
| district be called, for the purpose OF supplying
with bread many widows and orphans, who, we
necessares of life. Shall it be said that the wives
defence are forgotten in their hour Of suffering
unoared for and unprovided, and equally, too, that
| they are in want and suffering. We are informed
that the Commissioners Of the Poor, on account
| OF the impoverished condition Of the country,
have levied no tax for the benefit Of the poor Of
the district. Then surely there are many who,
from their abundance, can well afford to give that
OF them; and while we are moving to honor with
| ft and becoming services the memory Of the dead,
let not forget their living wives and children in
this their hour Of need. CITIZEN.
which elsewhere appears, it will be observed that
the South Carolina Railroad has completed it's ar
rangements for receiving and forwarding mer-
chandise to and from the interior and Northern
ports. This valuable change in the conduct or
business on the road will undoubtedly affect the
many commission and forwarding houses estab-
the State, but the energy Of those gentlemen will
doubtless find an outlet In some other. channel,
and thus double benefit be conferred. The next
step. OF the Railroad will be the rebuilding Of the
| platform at the Charlotte Junction, aud recon-
strnction Of the depot. Every hour seems to be
telling somehow on our prosperity. People grum-
are upon the edge OF July, and yet the change from
bad to worse is scarcely perceptible.
The COLUMBIA MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION the
third Of July next the ladies of Columbia will as
federate dead. We know not in whose brain was
born the idea Of thus remembering the martyrs
who have gone down in bloody shrouds, but the
impulse to do this humble duty has found SYM
pathy in every Southern heart. From the Poto-
mao TO the Rio Grsnde, wherever mound marks
the resting place Of the dead SOLDIER there woman
humblest and the highest-her love and her
memory embrace all alike.-Cdrolinidn