The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-07
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REGISTRATION IN GEEENvnLE.-The reSlsiraIIsoan Isai
In the first precinct gives whites 70S, blacks ooa'
white majority l39.
TIE Co.ros MARKxT.-our cotton market cao
scarcely be said to have opened; oniy tWe,S1o AVE. aot
wass ail of which met with ready sale Of from los
10 17i cents.--Oamdsn Journal.
REDUCTION OF FREIeRr.-We are requested TO
state that on and after this date, cotton VIII be
transported to Charleston from any pont on tne
Camden Branch Railroad at TWO oouarS peT Gs,S. Mi
Registration has been complet-
ad in .this District TheioIlowing is the rebuilt
whites s4s, blacks 1726; total 2SS75.-Iosd.
RrorsyRlrIoN.-The re-opening Of the registra-
tion books TWO days during the past week, In &C.
cordanee With orders, resulted IN tne increase o.
the Whjte majority Of aboat tfteenover previous
reported figures. es.-ALancGste1 Ledger.
Cotton picking is now in full blast, and the
bns;est hours of the farmer are at hand. Ihe
prospect for an average yield ia quite promising.
Our farmers would consuls their interest 70 Sm,
bale ard ship 10 market as soon as possibie IL ls
moor policy to hold back for q higher price; for
while the chances are against you your capital Is
also lying idle and you are losing the interest upon
II: besides, there are bat few who have not DOT
rowed capital during the present year as neaey N
terest, and tlose obligations should DO dlscnargeo
es soon as posslble.-LdncdSter Led5eT.
MuaDxa IN ST.. MATTHEW'S PAR1sH.-simon
farrow fcolored) was murdered on Monday last,
an the plantation Of Major Thos. B. Whaley, st.
Matthew'S, by Moses Livingston (also coiored.)
The cause was said to be jealousy, ana inc mur-
dsr has been characterized to us as most heinous,
the victims head having been fractured With On
iron bar, and his throat cut. In the absence,
however, Of reliable particulars, we foroear say
INTO town on Thursday afternoon by three freed
men acting as constablss, and has been lodged in
JAN here to wait triaL-0rdngeos1g Nssas.
hxwrzssNEss OF sonDnRs. On Saturday night
Mr., Lawrence Wolfe, of this place, was called TO
the door OF his store by rapping there, and upon
roine ont was assaulted and struck over the head
with sling shot or bay net by one OF the soldiers
Of the garrison stationed here. Several other SOL
diers weres present and implicated In the analr
Captain French, we are pleased to recora, ailee aS
dilfreut inquiry has discovered and arrested the
guilty p,rties, and they are now in close oontne-
ment awaiting their trial.
Mr. Wolfe was at first thought to be seriously
injured, but he Is now up and doing weH.-lold.
P1cxpooKE7s.-A freedman named Thaddeus
was relieved OF q watch, at the circus, on tnuis-
day night. Thaddeus states that one Of the cir
Gus men asked him what o'clock it was, ana at the
same time handed him fancy box to inspect and,
whom his attention was diverted, made on with
the tne-keeper. The loss was lmmedlatey made
known to Chief of Police Radcliffe, who worked
up the case so successfully that in short time
the stolen property was returned to its rightful
owner Columbia Ph9n,I.
- HoMn PRonHcrIoSs.-W have received from H.
q. Geig r, ESQ, who has a planting interest on
the Consafee Elyer, . bsleof most excellent prov
endsr, but up in compact form, and generally
EoWn by tho term "bufalo clover" daior Thomas
Davis, y. g. Guignard, Esq, and other gentlemen
hare used this food for stock Tor length Of time
,srd express the opinion that it is preferable to
fodder in addition to being much cheaper IN fact
stock Irefer it to the former. Nj. Gosg-r has
prepared large quantity Of this article, aud will
furnish it at such rates as win mahs il andndnce
matt to persons owning stock to give it trial at
least. The clover can b, seen at the Phentr Office