The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-25

will close at L Lc!ock An and to-day anu al'ci-
wards they arc expected to reach the hailroao
'Sation" at 2:3O o'clock PM, and to DO reao> io'
delivery at this office at $50 o'clock 7. NJ.
STANLEY G. TROTT P. NJ.
posrorr1,F NorfcE.-An evening mail Tor Au-
eusts and Savannah. and for distribution oeyohd
those offices. will close daily at the Postofhce at
half-past o'clock
The CITY Treasurer will continue to receive the
amounts due for City Taxes for 1857 until 1st oc-
tober.
CHEAP BED BIANKETs.-At 2S7 King street, until
the list Of October, we will offer twenty hve pairs
super bed blankets IA little soed) at greatly re-
duced prices. Call early and save several dollars
Der pair, at SroLL, WEBB Co.'S, Nos. 70! anu
ooo E;rt, strost WIN
NEW CoIToN IN WILMINGTON. N.-The Journal says
1--WE understand that Messrs. FINLAYsoN bKo'
are the recipients of the first bale OF new COTTON
shipped to this market from North Carolina. IL
was sold on arrival to Mess1s. w. d. MchARY
Co., at 81 cents, being classed middling. IL was
raised OH the plantation of Mr. BENJAMIN W. BEST
a well known farmer of Greene County. We nope
that we NAV soon have the pleasure of reporting
receipts in larger lots"
TIE New GERMAN PApER.-In another column
OF to-day's NEWS will be found the prospectus of
The Charseaone'. Zeitung, soon to be published by
Messrs G. G.. ERcKMANN Co. We have already
referred to this enterprise and expressed our wish
and firm conviction Of its success. MIR. ERcKMANN'
the business manager Of the Zeitung, informs us
that he has met thus far with encouragement sur
passing his most sanguine expectations We take
pleasure In recording this creditable fact.
THE GALAXY for October contains son Fortune
Hunting" by W. II. WH1TMoRE; 'Paris and the
Parisians," by EUGENE BENSON; John" by BFR-
TIA. 9. ScRANToM; ''1'he Poor Whites OF the
South by E. B. SEABRooK; mexican Armies and
Generals" by A. CONQUEST CLARKE; ''In the Enc
my's Lines" by JAMES FRANKLIN Fits; "Ameri-
can Cookery" by PIERRE BLOT; "Steven Law
renee, 'Yeoman," by Mrs. EDWARDS; waiting for
the Verdict" by Mrs r. H. DAVIS; and "Nrlu-
le," by the Editor. Published by ". G. F. P.
CHURCH, No. 80 Park Row, New York.
BASE BALL BELTs.-Our en.erprisng friend Mr.. F.
F. CuApRAU, has made his establishment the centre
of Base Balhsm and has added the mystic letters
b. B. B. to his aame. Mr.. CHAPEAU is however
no pretender but is fully entitled to his three Bs
He has earned this distinction by laboring for his
countrys good, and the ballists will revere his
name when grded with the new belts he so
temptingly displays in his windows. Mr. CHAPEAU
has an admir- able location one door from the Mills
House and as the Ballists are a numerous clas-
of our community, they will not neglect his in
vitation to supply themselves with the proper
accoutrements.
SENT TO CHARLESTON FOR TR1AL.-The Whining
ton Journal saws: "Wo learn that Mr.. @. ScHUL-
KEN, resident of this city, previously reported as
charged with purchasing commissary stores from
Sergeant BEowN late Commissary Sergeant OF
this Post, who was recently shot after having
escaped from the guard-house where he vas COLI
fined, was sent on TO Charleston last night In ac-
cordance with instructions from General CANDY.
1t will be recollccted thai Serg't Brown had purloin-
ed these stores sold to Mr.. ScHULKEN, from the
Government Mr. ScHULEEN is sent to Charleston
to be tried before military commission there for
thus purchasing.
TIE EVENING STAn.-This is tue title Of new
journal recently issued in Wilmington. 1t Is all
offshoot Of the IhSpGtc't, and is under the same
editorial management. The Wilmington journal
thus notices the rising OF the Star: The hrst
number OF this paper made It's appearance yester-
day. under the auspices OF W. Fl. BERNARD and
THOMAS C, EVANS as editors. II is neat little
sheet, eschewing politics and deyoting itself to
news We welcome our qaoadain soldier friend,
Captain EVANS, TO the editorial tripod, and wish
him success. Mr.. BERNARD is already known to
the public as formerly of the editors OF the
Dispatch of this city"
TRAVELS m GERMANY AND switzerland, with Hstori'
cal and Political Reflections by DR.. j. H. SeaDrooa
Charleston, s. c. Printed by JOS Walker, Agent
We are indebted to Mr.. RUSSELL for copy OF
this little volume of travels The book is
principally in the character Of an itinerary, begin
ming with the authors embarkation, May ~, 1882
at London for Hamburg 1bereiis description or
Hamburg, next OF Berlin and environs, Dresden and
her art treasures, Carlsbad, Flanzensbad, Frank
fort, Heidelberg, Baden Baden, Bale, Bienne, Net-
chatel lie st. Pierre and Rousseau, Lake Neuchatel,
Lausanne, Geneva, CALVIN, Lord BYRON, FERNEY,
yo1rA1RE, Rousseau and VoLTAIRE compared,
Chatelaine, Chamouni, the Glaciers, red snow,
Alpine tours, Vevay, comparison between the
Swiss, Dutch and American systems OF govern
ment disadvantages OF the Federal system, de-
seneracy of the Swiss, SOHILLER's Tel, SWISS mel
odes, manufacturing genius OF The SWISS pastoral
life of the Swiss, and travel from Geneva to Paris
The book is not one that invites criticism, and
we content ourselves by giving the foregoing list
of topics treated. We may be pardoned Tor sug
costing. however, that the interludes Gf we may
nae the word) of literary criticism, while very
pleasant, are in most cases too brief; thus ScHH-
IpR and his ''William Tell" have only one brief
page allotted to then
BArrEAu RAcE.-rhe publicity given to this
race by the papers attracted numbers to the soene'
and West Point Mill, CBIsoLM's causeway, the
Battery, AID other available points, were soon oc-
cupied bv the fair SEX whose smiling faces ana
bright owes proved that the gallant boatmen haa
their sympathies.
According to the programme, the boats were
collected at West Point Mill, and at few minutes
past started from that point Only i've poats
were entered, though IT was anticipated 'i"' q"
larger number would be in attendance, many who
designed entering being deferred by some unfore-
seen occurrence. Mr.. ]. b. WILSON acted as
Judge, and the following boats were entered for
the race:
The n,uard 19l feet Was entered by Capt j. II.
SrE1SNEyER. She started at 1C minutes past 3,
and was sailed by Mr.. JoHN SrRoHEc2Eg. The In
,oard had the misfortune to break her spirit soon
after starting which disabled her considerably
The Pet. l9l feet, started ut the same time, Was
entered by the Messrs. GRuvER BRos. and sailed
by Mr.. j. GLEN.
The Coquette, 90 ieet, started at l6l minutes past
8. She was entered h. Mcssrs. G. Z. STEINMEYRR
Bros, and sailed by Alr. c, s. JENKrss.
The Irene, % feet, started at II minutes past 3.
She was entered by NIr. c. W. CROUCH Jr., aud
sailed by MI Fl. CRoUcu