The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-13
Post Office Notice.

ATT, KINDS OF JOB WORK, and we most re-
spectfully ask the patronage of our friends.
Post Office Notice.
Posi- OFFICE,
CHARLESTON, 8. O., July 6, 1867.
After to-day the mails for Northeastern Railroad
will close at o'clock AM, and to-day and after.
wards they are expected to reach the Railroad
sstation" at 9:s0 o'clock PM, and to be ready fol-
delivery at this Office at $50 o'clock PM, except
ON Sunday, when the hour will be from PM. to 2
PM, until further notice.
STANLEY G. TROTT, P. NJ.
PosToFF1cE NoT1cE.-An evening mail for Angus
to and Savannah, and for distribution beyond those
offices, will close daily at the Postofce at hafpast
O'Clock.
FIRE iND MARINE MsURANCE.-1n this age Of
insurance so many companies have been formed
and SO many agents present their claims to the
public that it is often difficult to choose between
them. To prevent the occurrence OF such an
emergency, We refer all interested in the suDlec'
to the advertisement Of MIR. DANIEL RAvENEL IL
another column. MIR. RAvENEL is the agent Tor
number Of strong and reliable companies In Balti-
more and New York. He takes risks on property
of every description, and offers inducements to
insure that are seldome qus led.
TIE STEAMSHIP EMILY B. SoUDER.-Some ankle
ty having been felt for this fine vessel in conse-
uuence of the tone Of a telegram from New York,
which was published here, we were gratified to
notice that she came into port all right yesterday,
at an early hour, under her experienced command.
or, Captain h. 8. LEBBY, having on board large
and valuable freight. The Souder, in coming out
Of New York harbor, on falling tide, being deep
in the water, refused to mind her helm, and stop
ped on mud fiat for about two hours, the water
being quite smooth, and tho ship being entirely
without damage, she prosecuted her voyage.
TIE BOSTON STEAM L LNE.-It will be seen by
I'm advertising columns that the steamship Geo
p ,Tpton, which as employed successfully on
tho RON to from Boston to this port during the past
winter ia about resuming her trips to this city, by
leaving Bos ton for Charleston on Wednesday, Au'
snst 91st ant that she will return with dispatch
She Iiil have for her agent here our well known
citizen WIN. RoAoR, Esq, who, years before the
war WAS connected with the old New York Steam
ship Line, and who is now the agent OF MAcREADE's
fine line Of sailing vessels; his long experience
and we'll earned reputation in the shipping busl-
ness. gives him great advantage, and the agency
in his charge will be conducted with satisfaction
and advantage to all concerned. A steam line &c
Boston is necessity, her enterprlsnS nahuia''
turers being large consumers OF the staple anu
market will be found there for all our raw products
which, with our large consumption OF the manu-
tactured goods Of the Eastern States, Will afford
basis for a prosperous and thriving traffic. The
fine CROPS Of the South now coming forward will
afford fine chance for successful beginning.
TIE N1oKERsoN HOTEL F1aHT.-Our readers
will 'recoHect the difficulty which occurred about
two weeks ago in Columbia The following is the
Order in relation to the trial and sentence of the
two accused.
HEApo's. SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT,
CHARIEsroN, s. C., August 0, 1867.
[aKNRRAL ORDERS, NO. 69.]
L Before Military Commission, which con-
'vsned at Charleston, s. c., pursuant to Special
Orders No. 1O4, current series, from these Head
quarters, and of which Brevet Major +. d. PAR,
C8pC8lu OruuduC0 SO2Po, 10 4ASoAaAS3 "S~~
arraigned and tried:
OWEN DAILY and CHARLES RADCLIFFE, citizens.
Charge Assault and Battery"
spEo1Y1oA11oN-"In In this, that the said OWEN
Dn1Y and CHARLES RADCLIFFE, of Columbia, South
Carolina, being prompted by malice and ill-wiI
again st WILLIAM J. ARMSTRONG and JOHN O.
THonp SON, Of Washington City, D. G., who were
temporarily sojourning at Columbia aforesaid for
the purpose Of attending upon and communicating
with certain convention or public body, there
assembled for the consideration Of political sub
iects affecting the said State Of South Carolina,
and being hostile to the assembling and action
of said convention and to the said WILLIAM j.
ARMSTRONG and JOHN @. THOMPSON, OF Wash.
ington City, D. c., as attending upon and
in communication Herewith, did, without
reasonable cause or proyocaion, willfully
maliciously, and riotously begin an at
fray. and did assault and violently beat
and otherwise paltreat the said WILLIAM j.
ARMSTRONG and JOHN @. THOMPSON, and did throw
a glass of liquor in the face Of the said WILLIAM
j. ARMSTRONG, and further struck the said WI
LIAM J. ARMSTRONG in the face with their fists
and did further strike the said JOHN O. THOMPSON
in the face with their fists, and also did knock
down the said JOHN @. THOMPSON with blow from
a box upon the neck Of him, the said JOHN @
THOMPSON; and that the said OWEN DAILY ant
CHARLES RADCLIFFE, although expostulated with
did, from time to time, renew the said attack upor
the said WILLIAM J. ARMsTRoSa and JOHN @
THomsoN. This at Columbia, South Carolina, or
the 2sth day Of July, 1867.
Plea-"Guilty."
Finding-''Guilty."
SEaTENcE.-''To be imprisoned at suoh place as
the Major-General Commanding the Second Mill
tary District may direct for the period Of six l6)
calendar months"
II. The proceedings, finding and sentence in
the foregoing case are approved. Fort Macon is
designated as the place Of confinement.
The recitals in the specification, to the truth Of
all Of which the accused have assented by their
plea, suggest considerations indicating degree
of crminalty far greater than that involved in the
ordinary cases Of misdemeanor growing out
Of mere private resentment. The gentlemen
set upon and msltreated by RADCLIFFE and
DAILY, were strangers; and the decent
amenities Of hospitality were violated IN
their persons. They stood, in certain manner,
in representative capacity, and any lndgmty
offered to them was as If offered to both those
from whom they came and those to whom they
were accredited. The placawhich was the scene
of the wrong was the capital city of the State,
where, in an especial degree, courtesy and con-
alteration should be observed toward respectable
visitors. To withhold such ciyihties, and assail
with contumely and violence unoffending strangers
during their sojourn at the capital Of a common
wealth, was grave offence against the peace and
dignity Of the State.
The sole circumstance suggested in mitigation,
is, that the accused were intoxicated at the
time. 1t is quite apparent, however, that if
at all under the influence Of drink, they were
affected not to the degree which would render
them insensble of their conduct, but only to that
degree which impelled them to break through the
restraints which prudence imposed in sober mo-
ments Tn fact ma we'll as in law they were per-