The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-15

Shapes Of Soul. BY Sarah NJ. B. Piatt; The
BY George Wakeman; The House Opposite. BY
Maria L. Pool; Nebula BY the Editor.
ArAmeeting of the Commissioners of the Market
last evening, the following officers were elected:
WILLIAM KIRKwOOD, Chief Clerk.
WILLIAM WITHERS, Assistant Clerk Of Centre Mar
WILLIAM ]. WILEY, Assistant Clerk OF Upper Market.
-. scHRa1ER, Clerk Of Weights and Measures.
G. J. BECKMAN, Pabhc Weigher at Market etreet
R H. .BRoDE, Public wcigher at Calhoun street
Scales
AZ AN election held yesterday for fifteen Directo r
for the Insurance md Trust Company, to serve
the ensuing year, the following gentlemen were
reelected:
1. JOHN H. HONOUR. 8. CHARLES KERRIsON.
2. Whl. C. DUKES g. OTIS J. CHAFEE
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7. JOHN ". CALDWELL. "a. JAMES r RoBI SsoN..
Is THEODORE D. WAGNER
CALHOUN INSURANCE CoMPANT.-At tho annual
meeting Of this Company, held yesterday, the fol-
lowing gentlemen were unanimously elected off,
GERS for the ensuing year:
X TUPPER
5s5z DIRECTORS.
GgARlRs sIasG4ai MAqgE1T. JOIN s RIGGS;
F. J. PoRCHER, b. Il. DELEoN, ,
A R. TAFT, HENRY rISCHOFF.
@E W MACBETH.
@ SOLICITORS @a
WHALEY, MITCHELL and CLANCY.
~vice c. D.. BAnso1, declined reelection.
Subsequent to the above elections, the Board of
Directors passed the following resolution
'sThatin tho withdrawal OF Mr.. c. D. BARBor, as
Secretary and Treasurer of the Company, the
thanks Of the Hoard are due to him, and hereby
rendered. for his valuable and efficient services as
an officer Of the Company, from it's earliest organi-
cation to the present time"
PALMETTO BASE BALL CLUB.-Messrs. Editors:
A few days ago sent to friend in New York one
Of your papers containing the challenge Of the
Palmetto Base Ball Club of this city, and judging
from what my friend writes, your Palmetto boys
had better be up ard doing.
EXTRACT FnoA THE LETTER.
cut the article out Of ssThe News: and passed
it around, and it everywhere received with
delight and have doubt that tho Palmetto
Club will receive a pressing invitation to come on
to do 30, some Of our class clubs would be
glad to receive an invitation to 60 on.
CouRT OF GENERAL SESSIONS AND COMMON PLEAS
Judge T. N. DAwK1Ns, presiding.-The Court as
Eembled at 10 A. NJ. yesterday, and q sufficient
number of jurymen cot answering to their names,
the Clerk was ordered to have new venire drawn
A.
M. to-day, when the juries will be formed and the
Court organized
DISTRICT CouRT.-Tlts Court was convened at
the City Hall yesterday morning at 10 O'Clock,
Judge LOGAN presiding. The appointments Of W.
B. DNG1E, Esq, as Deputy Sheriff, and Of JACOB
WnnHAN, Esq, rs Clerk Of Court, were an
nounced
The jurors were called, and sufficient number
not answering to their names, pezeiye for tales
jurors was ordered to be issued and the Court ad-
journed to meet at 10 o'clock this morning. Jurors
witnesses and others who may have business with
this Court, are requested to be pcactual in their
attendance as the docket Will be very heavy (com-
prising over one hundred criminal cases) and it
will expedite matters greatly. The Court will DO
held at tho City Hall every morning at 10 o'clock.
Mayors Couar-January 1.-Two colored butch
ers, who had been arrested under a charge of
selling unsound meat were turned over to the
Commissioners Of tho Market TO have the matter
examined into
Jacob Green, an Ethiopian fowl thief, who had
stolen poultry from Thomas Jefferson, colorcd
man (and therefore not the immortal), and dis
posed Of them at prices and with quiclness that
would be creditable to any merchant, was sent to
q Grand Jury to explain the affair.
Ben. Perry, very ugly darkey, who went into
dry goods store in King street and pct e p;scs o.
calico under his jacket, by way Of sample, and
then assumed pugihstic attitude before he
would give it up, was turned over to Magistrate,
who will prepare him for admission to the District
Court. -:
A sailor, who was drunk and had been sent by
one Of the Board OF Fire Masters to the Guard
House for interfering at the FIRE Saturday night,
was discharged.
Thomas Edwards, q colored man, who accident
ally knocked over bottle of whiskey, and had the
contents thrown down his throat, and then went to
sleep in the street, under the impression that he
had become fatigued from ver-e1ertion at the fire,
was fined s. for being cared for.
Frank Harrison, Of North Carolina, on ex mem
$ber Of the 95th Regiment q. 8. c. T., who had
Fbeen indulging in iquifed corn, as well as in a
brickbat fight with o colored soldier, was sent to
the Provost Marshal as he said he had Just been
discharged as prisoner from Castle Pinckney,
and had to report every day at the Citadel
HAYNE STREET.-Whle the elegant stores and
buildings in this thoroughly mercantile stree,
command the admiration Of all who pass through
it, either on business otherwise, there is oae es
tablshment in it, recently finished, that is certain
ly the neatest, and, while it is nbundantly roomy
the codost looking place to eye in this portion
OF the city, and one which, it seems to us, is jug
calculated to give it's occupants what is called
1tnice business" Striking our fancy, as it does
we dropped into it, q day or two ago, and lookc
over the excellent work and the fine materia
which had been bestowed upon this building, and
rpon inquiry, found that it had been erected unde
the ca,eful supervision and attentive care Z
Mesas JAMES p. Efh1E and A1aERr E1Fr, two Z
our old citizens, always regarded as among th
most worthy Of our master mechanics. II thag
were no other specimens Of the skill and workman
ship OF these two gentlemen to be found in tn
town, the elegance Of the store, known as No. 2
Hayne street, should stamp their efforts as arch
tects and builders as Of tho highest order; bu
there are so many other evidences exhibited abou
our city Of their complete mechanical knowledge