The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-21

hue that, with few exceptions, seems to have beell
the favorte color for March in overy section, and
natures grand waterfall soon caused all limitations
to flee for shelter In tho afternoon the streets
were deserted by all except the toS' who docfully
and dismaly picked their way through tho pud-
dies and tried to dodge the drops. Cistern water
is now plentiful, and the dust has been completely
drowned out, and if tho present flood continues,
the street cars will become useless, and flats will
have to be mprovised to carry passengers to their
places Of business. It is impossible to say how
many feet of water has fallen, as it too wet to
try the experiment, but it is feared that if the rain
continues tho disaster that befel Chattanooga will
soon reach us, and we shall be drowned out Of the
Second District. Until a late hour last night the
rain fell necessarily, and we were lulsd to sleep by
its music.
MAYORS COURT March 2O.-John Thompson, e
thin darkey, whose legs indicated Late attack of
spn fovor," and who, from craziness the result Of
too much 'pne top" had committed several i'm
proprieties, was delivered over to o magistrates
| warrant.
Four very dark and very dirty characters, bear
ing the names Of Charles Wilson, James Henry
Green, Frederick jenkins and George Brogden,
who had stepped ashore from steamer, on which
they were employed, to have lark, carried their
froc so far as to bring up at the Guard House. It
| appeared that Wilson, who was the most blre Of
the colored party, was seized with a desire to
throw bricks promiscuously in the streets, and
whom expostulated with, expressed determination
to see the inside of the poiceman's bread-basket,
howl xiafyr inoCa
for, with assistance put them all up-Wilson as
principal, and the rest as pa'9iceps crSnints. He
was fined SO, and the others were discharged.
Henry Henderson, real son of Africa, whose
hair showed that he was entirely ignorant OF tho
invention Of combs, was brought up for stealing
from a benefactor in the country, and was turned
over to magistrate.
A sailor, gho sswas red hot with drinking, and SD
full Of valor' that he wanted to ghs anybody, was
aned SIS.
An individual, whose misbehavior at the Post
Office caused his arrest, was fined S..
A )utchman, who has lately been indulging III
the extract OF corn, to such an extent as to place
him under the pleasing hallucination of having 81
| large amount of money in the bank, was granted
permission to visit the institution which contains
his wealth, and particularly requested not to come
back.
ATTEMPTED EscAPE.-Seldom in the history OF
the Jail has it been called upon to contain such
nest Of scounarels as are now confined within Its
| walls. Scarcely week passes but some deter
| mined attempt to escape is made, and, though In
nearly every instance they have been frustrated,
yet they etn continue, and great desire is mani
tested by the prisoners to leave their quarters in
clandestine manner. The desperate character Of
some Of these prisoners and the frequency OF their
assaults upon the windows, induced the authori-
ties to put in set Of transverse bars, which efec-
tualy bar all egress.
| In order to effect these changes it became ne
cessary to remove the prisoners from tile upper
story Of the tower and it was left to the mechanics
who were engaged in perfecting the changes. The
prisoners on tho second story, who were taking
their customary stroll on the corridor, managed to
steal knife, cold chisel and file from Mr.. HENERY,
the contractor for this work. MIR. a. soon missed
the tools, and, Judging from certain signs, one Of
his workmen gave the alarm to Mr.. KENNEDY, who
had the wanderers locked up and their cells
searched. In the space behind the facing of the
Mo10 ooFC1o1 plCNOo oA "Ao
knife; the latter being by far the most important
Of their tools. With this, although they had not
been working more than one hour, They succeeded
in cutting one of the bars nearly in half before
they were discovered, besides looscning number
Of the bricks under the window. The bar was cut
vory scientifically, and would have escaped all ex-
cept the strictest scrutiny, as the marks were all
removed, and the incision filled with dirty soap,
the exact color of the iron.
BY somo means the prisoners have communica-
ted with each other and have estae elished mystic
brotherhood, with signs, &C., peculiar to the
order. They have certain cries or shouts which
are known to each other, and the jailors approach
was soon heralded and before he could breach them
all traces of their occupation had been removed.
The u'tagonistic feeling to their establishment,
manifested by the prisoners, is met with steady
watchfulness on the part Of MIR. KENNEDY and
these attempts rarely mako any Roadway before
they are discovered and frustrated. The contem-
plated changes will make an escape through
window almost IN impossibiity; and as that has
been the favorte field Of operations, the prisoners
will have to content themselves per force with
their qua: ters, and patiently await the coming of
their last day.
Loss OF THE BRIG CHARLES E. SAVAGE FROM
BALTIMORE FOR THIS PoHT.-Tho Savannah Re
publican of the 18th inst, gives the following ac
count:
We are indebted to Captain J. B. BAKER, the
courteous commander Of the steamship Herman,
Liuingston for full particulars Of the loss Of the
Brig Charles E. Sa"dge, under the following cir
cumstances:
"On the 18th instant, at nine o'clock at night,
when twenty miles north Of Cape Hatteras, off Num-
bio Shoals, in fourteen fathoms Of water we sighted
the hermophrodite brig Charles E. Sauage, Captain
G. R. GRAHAM in distress. We promptly bore down
to her to render assistance. She was almost a
wreck, her masts gone, and she lying entirely at
the mercy Of the waves. Finding it impossible to
board her in consequence of the heavy sea running
we laid by her until 12 O'clock the wind at the time
blowing perfect gale from the east northeast,
with tremendous heavy sea running at the time.
Owing to the heavy weather prevailing, the brig
fast drifting on the shoals we found it impossible to
render any assistance to save the vessel We imme-
diately manned and Launched two of RAY.1oNDs
metallic life boats, the one under the command Of
MIR. AARaER, the first mate, and che other directed
by Mr.. SwINsoN, the second mate, and ordered
them to promptly save the lives Of those on board
the brig. These boats, under skilful management,
we're successful in rescuing from the il-fated brig
and transferring to the steamship the following
persons
G. R. GRAHAM, Captain JAMES WILLIAMS, first
Officer; RICHARD WuHLow, second Officer; j. GRA-
HAM, Captains son; Seamen, G. A. BuDEKER, WM.
SMITH, GEORGE WILSON, JOHN McGEoRaE, SAMUEL
G. ABBOTT; CHARLES MASON, Steward; - MASON,
cabin boy"
The brig was bound from Baltimore (Which port
she left on the 18th inst, at II oclock) to Charles
ton, with cargo of corn, -four, and other mer-
chandise. She was not insured. Her Captain was
part owner.
CARD OF THANKS.