The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-04

BRYAN pfeslolnG JudSe.-Ihe c.lee VI lhoen 1lto
CaEA, Jos. BANKHEAD, JNo. G. SEAGRIaHT and 9TH
ers. Of Tennessee, us. The Bank OF Charleston,
CH4s.E Il. LowNDEs, GEO. A. TRENHOLM, HENRY
GoUaprs, ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, and others, was
taken up on bill for inquisiton, recovery Md re-
Lief.
plainants solicitors.
Hon. J. B. CAMPBELL, Hon. A. q. MCsRATH and
Gen. JAS. CONNER contra.
The Bill was read by MIR. SPRATr, also the alnda-
Wit Of JAS. E. BuRKE and other notices making de-
nand on the Corporation and Stockholders Tor pay
ment Of bank Bills which will amount to about
$500.
Inon this MIR. SpRATr read an order for an inqui-
son and also one tor the pR apRontments nent Oh re-
Gen. CONNER, on the part OF the defence, read
the af6davits Of MIR. c. T. LowNDEs and the other
defendants, as to the faithful management OF the
funds Of the Corporation for the benefit o. the DI
@eredly kept, collected and administered towards
the payment Of the bank, and also that the colec-
tons Of debts due the bank and payments OF the
70 bin hoas{ o would e aone %r
ceiver, as set forth by tae afdayits presented on
the opposite side.
Mr.. Spa4rT requested time for the consideration
and examination of afidayits and notices read, and
the case was accordingly postposed for further
hearing until II o'clock this morning.
SoorTs MONTHLY MAGAZINE, for January, 1867,
has made it's appearance, very much improved
better paper and better Typography, A splendid
copper plate likeness of Gen. LEE graces the pres
ent number.
The following well-fur1lishod table of contents is
Field and Camp. By an Officer; Night Thoughts
By Mrs Adelia G. Graves; the; Doom OF Rosalie
By g. S. bod, Jr.: My Baby in the Skies. By Ruth;
The Tropes of the Bible .y A; Means. r. y. D.:
the Secret Marriage or the Sin and Expiation OF
Helen Grey. Story of Life. BY Mrs. c. A.
Warfeld; On Living in Perspective. BY the author
of "John Halifax, Gentleman" trasers Magaoo
zine.l Ambition. By j. T. Bar1ek; mhas n Is p... L.
Archer Quincy. (McN1illan's Mngazine.) The
Mission of the Waters. BY Charles Fnckney, NJ.
D.; Cenotaph. A Poem. By N. G. b., of Missour1
: son and his Contemporaries. By Sibyl Grey; Which
Treats Of Old Bachelors. BY Maria Lou Eve; .'Ihe
Aud Clay Biggin." By A. r. Watson; Our Tripod;
Robert E. Lee-Unsucc cessful Revolutions-The Old
and the New Year; Salmagundi; Monthly Clean
ings; Reviews, Notices, etc.
The WEATHER.-Cold, damp, wet, dismal raw,
disasreeable and decidedly muddy is fair charac-
teristic Of the present weather. That the foun-
tains of the great deep arc broken up and The
windows of heaven opened few can doubt, for the
results are painfully evident III the inkS flood that
Alls the streets, and appears to the tlmd like tho
blaclness and darkness OF despair. Inc fush OF
many waters has been heard for several days, and
though ne are not addicted to freshets in this
vicinity, yet the food OF mud that has be n sud
denly turned loose upon US bids fair to subnergc
the community. unless the clerk of the weather
won, 9 take compassion on ocr woes and hold his
hand. We arc no longer surprised when we read
OF the result of NoAHs ship carpenterins, for If
the present deluge continues there will be many
who will regret not having learned that trade.
Blinded 6y the rain and founderinS through the
mud, the business community dolefully took their
morning tramp, hoping and trusting that better
DAYS we're in store for them; but es day after day
brought nothing but continuance of the same
down-pouring. stream, their patience was was. s ex
ter cities have been afflicted with the same watcry
visitation, which led Memphis muse, whose harp
was hung on the willows Of tho Mississippi, to
vent his misty feelings in the following lugubrlous
str