The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-07

| ANDs.-This destructive insect has, we are lh-
| formed, made its appearance ut scvcral points on
| tho Sea Islands between this point and Savannah,
| and Messrs FRASER & Dill had at their office yes
terday, on Adgor's Wharf, branch of tho cotton
plant with several live specimens Of the insect on
it. This was taken from field on James Island
The career of this onemy to tho plant will depend
very much on the weather.
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.-A regular
monthly meeting of the Charleston Board OF Iraue
was held last night at their room in the Charles
ton Hotel.
The minutes Of the last meeting were read ana
confirmed.
The applications OF the following gentlemen lor
membership wcro received: j. B. E. SLOAN, >. u
KIRKPATRICK, and JAS. E. SPEAR; and the rules Dc
ing suspended they were unanimously elected.
| Mr.. w. T. BURaE offered the following resou-
ton, which was adopted:
Resoiced, That committee of three bo appoint
ed to confer with the President and SuPerinteno-
ent of the s. C. Railroad, aud endeavor to lnduce
them to so change the schedule OF the nlgns alar
between Augusta and Charleston, that passengers
| and mail by the Georgia Railroad and branches
may not be detained over in Augusta all night.
Messrs. W. T. BuRGE, G. FRoNEBERaER and ). ID.
R1sLEY were appointed on this committee.
Mr.. G. W. CLARK offered tho following resolu-
tion, which was adopted:
Resotced That it be referred to the Executive
Committee to inquire to the legal right or con-
stitutonality of the city to impose tax on sales
of merchandise.
On motion, the Board adjourned.
EXAMINATION OF Rev. Mr.. MEYERS EDUCATIONAL
EsrABL1sHMENr.-In answer to polite invitation,
we repaired to the Hall of the Sengerbund yester-
day, where We found large attendance on the
interesting exercises then and there in progress.
The Rev. NJ H. MEYER, the Principal OF the Schools
clearly understands his business, II We may ]uuge
from the satisfactory manner in which the scholars
acquitted themselves. He is ably assisted by MISS
Rosa DDBLE in the English Department, and MIR.
CANNON in French and the Classics. This school
is of hexaglot characterize less than six Ian
guages being taught within its walls VIZ: Enghsh,
French, German, Latin, Greek and Hebrew. The
young gentlemen who rected several OF DAVIDs
"Sonss of Degrees" showed great familiarity with
The sacred tongue, reading rapidly, and, AZ the
same time, with critical accuracy.
Our crowded columns to-day forbid our giving
an extended notice to these interesting exercises.
Wo must content ourselves with publishing the
names Of those who had prizes awarded them lor
proficiency in their studies, or for excellence OF
department. The following were tao recipients
of the prizes Masters 7. EAsoN, E. A. WAGNER,
]. LOPEZ FRANK WAR1Na, P. WNEMAN, s. COHEN,
MAN1aAULT JOHN WAR1Na, G. DAVIS, b. APPLE,
L. COHEN, L. KAUL, and Miss J. EHRLIcK.
Ono of the most telling performances was. Tho
Frenchman and the Rats" by Master ARTopE,
which he repeated at tho conclusion OF the exer-
cises at the general request Of the company pre-
sent. Tho prizo for elocution was awarded to
him. His Honor Col. G. P. GA1LLAnD, the Mayor,
honored tho occasion with his presence, and dis
tributed prizes.
The Rcv. MIR. MEYERS Academy is at tho corner
of Bull and Coming streets. During tho past
session there wore fty-fve scholars in abundance
THE FAIRIES OUTDoNE.-Tho Princess, in the
Fairy Tale, dropt pearls from her mouth when sho
opened it, but whoever uses that tallsman OF
science, SozopoNT, will have mouthful OF pearls
that will never drop out, darken or decay. W.T.