The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-08-11
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sArUKD ~ MORNING, AUGUST II, 1865.
Georgia Mems.

Georgia. Mems.
The Savannah Republican states that Mr.. II. F.
W1ink, Jr has laid tho keel at is rhip, ard, Of v
schooner which he has contracted to build for
Captain Tenbruuk, at cost Of fourteen Thousand
dollars, to 6e ns. d as a pil.t mt
She will be los ert keel LOO feet over all, a5
eet on deck, with carrying capacity Of ITO tons
Gold measuroutnt)
She will DO built on the most approved model
or speed, and will DO uuequallad by ay vessel OF
her GLASS in waters. The bark Uordelis
brought on, her nahum ,st aud deck plank,
DEATH OF AN OLD Crr1zEN-It is our painful
duty, says the Savannah Nows, "f tho 9th instant,
to announce the death Of tien. Jbnn W. Rabun
which occurred ut hta residence ia this city yes.
terdsy morning Tho deceased was ono OF our
Oldest aud m 'ot highly esteemed cizens having
been for m any years promineut merehant. He
was extensiv ly kn 'wn thr0tlyhout the g ute, and
Few Of his oolemp rares euj !, cd in a larger do.
gree the oonhdeuce aud respect or his fellow cti-
Iens' we beileve he Was u native OF Washington
County.
tImations for several Weeks that another military
garrison would SOON be sent to this city, and it is
da tss Oh tbe w be-
here. We trust that they will be as anxious to
maintain order and enforce the laws as tho great
body OF the people OF Columbus are.
The Augusta Press mentions the following ao-
-,i don't
As the up-night train on tho Georgia Railroad
WAS passing tho ssven mile post, on Tuesday
evening, o. muatto boy, who had fallen asleep
while citing tho depot platform and was
train, jumpet dovn from where he was sitting,
and by scoldent ell across the track. Before he
could recover hinself the train passed over his
body, horribly mutating it.
Mr.. James Nathan Ellis, formerly proprietor
and editor OF tho lato Daily Transcript, has bo-
come assoela Tod with Dr. ;i1reT. in the publica-
tion and editorial conduct OF the Macon, Georgia,
Citizen.
Tho Milledgeyille Union says that a Yankee
school teacher, who, for IL few weeks past, has
been teaching the colDred children in that city,
and had succeeded in getting sone advanced pay
ment, last week rnbbed the colored "gemman, -
with whom he was stopping, OF his watch, pistol
anu some other articles, and left for parts un-
known.
The AmeriCue Republican records another case
OF atrooious viainy in that county A negro
named Charles Pagan violated the person OF a
young lady alid threatened to cut her throat, but
1915 her Oh her promising nn6 to reveal his crime.
ne Was pursued, overtaken, identified by the
young lady, ard acknowledged his guilt, when her
brother shot him. klins, hun instantly.
The Atlanta ht"i.gemcpr says that
dispatch from Raleigh, North Carolina, was
received In this city yesterday, asking for the
arrest and detention of o nian named Clay who
is charged witt. some mtslemeanor. Our police
eman bY that hame, though il is not positively
known If he ID the guilty party. He remains in
custody, and will DO, held until parties from
Raleigh come on to identify him.
1ne oolunlnua enquirer says:
The therm Jmeter again scored SO degrees OF
heat yesterday aftnnoon. Such weather effectl-
ally expiodes tho freeimand theory OF the gradual
extinction Of heat Oh tho earth, published on our
first page. II the Garth l. .s only cooled down to
che present temperature since "the beginning" I"
we do not think that we need be at all scared at
the present prospect of beug frozen to death by
gradual loss OF warmth in ousfsplanet. We are
much more afraid If hotter tifiid coming.
The branches in this locality have dried up and
the creeks havo barely wator enough to "keep 60
ing" The corn ls shrivelliug sud the fodder
aging On the stalk. Gardens "went up" some
time ago. II we do not get rain soon it will be
converted into steam when it does come, by the
earth's exterior heat.
The Rome Courier mentions that the prospects
of no crops is Jude. apnalling. Tho earth seems
completely DIR rh up and IN many places cracked
open. Many field look like the Simoon or
some deadly winl had sapp ID out the last parti-
ole of life from its struggling exstence. What is
to become Ut us tho Lord only knows. There arc
as the top-r, who had signed the temperance
pledge, SAID, "all signs fail in dry time"
HoM1cIDE At West Po1sT, GA-A worthy citizen
of West Point, by The uanle of VIM Darlington,
vas Killed liet saturday by Iarman and Black.
burn. while tying to prevent difficulty between
Biackburn's brolEer aud Thos Ervia.
LOVES EGos.--A gcnt!omau living in this county
by Sic name o. ) j E,tties, some fifty years old
and not q largo man, ate sevcnty-thre raw eggs
IN t,wn lust Saturday. He contracted with
family grocery merchant for as many eggs as he
could suck sgreeing to pay 25 cents for the meal.
He ate all the merchant had and said che would
Like few noro," but yet he did not wish to
trouble the merchant to go out and get them.
Rome tGa.) Courier.
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