The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-31

Greenc-street Baptist, in the morning, and adj
dressed the Sabbath School during the afternoon.
SASH. BLIND AND Doom Observation-Disclosures
ing the restitution of the South and the CONNER
cial dulness that exists at the present time, it is
pleasing TO note that there is some life and actilt-
ty in the different departments of mechanical in
dustry. Although these branches OF business have
! suffered and are now far behind their past pros
perity, yet the workshops are kept open, the ma
chinery Is in running order and the hands that are
employed have enough to keep them busy. A re-
/, cent visit to the sash, blind and door factory Of
Mr.. W. P. Russell proved that Charleston me-
mics are not only superior to their Northern
u ,hren but are able to to furnish a better mate
IIi far less price. The sashes turned out by
III !, sell, though made of Northern pine, are
iunisD' at fifteen cents less than the same ar
"'e' 0o|,in Lowell, Massachusetts, the great
eur y - business. At present Mr.. Russell is
''np'neu :" e the Northern pine, but he has
nau d iaiso quA-'ty of cypress cut, which, when
Seasoneu' VIII y e'ployed in Its stead at a far less
cost.
The factory at the 10, of piackney-street is we'll
supplied with every In t.on;coI foc;1,tr for cor.
Quoting this business, the vorlroor GRO effc;ont
and the jobs that are COMPEL will ooonoro f.
vorably with those of NortherLroro The nance
of the different machines and the ,,ooo roro l;nd,y
explained to us by the foreman NJ G. A. Trouche.
First in order is the planning Goh;no -,on.
u~Hactured by Ball & Co., Worchestel Mos.ooh,,-
sets. This is capable of planin1 lur,hor
twenty-four inches in width and any t.,,noos
from one-quarter of an inch to two feet. Tho
planning is perfectly true and smooth, as th1oa
of the machine has been carefully adjusted anti
Of an exact level. The doors made for the Custom
house were planed in this machine, and as they
we're set in marble jams it required great exact
ness, but they were found to fit TO the notch. The
:enoning machine, by the same makers, is used to
cut the tenons-the end pieces of the sash-and
, giving them the shape required for the glass and
the coping. Besides these there are a number of
machines for moulding ,dovetailling and morticing,
and one for cutting the shoulder and pin OF a Stat
st the same time. 1t would be an extremely diff
cult matter to describe each machine accurately,
as the work goes through a number of operations
before it is completed. The factory is Immediate
" over the Phoenix iron works of ]. F. Taylor d
Co.. and the machinery is worked by the same en-
CINE.
Mr.. Russell has had a long experience as q prac-
teal mechanic both in this city and elsewhere,
and though his factory is nonlinally for sashes,
blinds and doors, he is prepared to take any con-
tracts that may offer. He has already furnished the
necessary wood work for the ~Customhouse, besides
supplying q number of planters with their build
ing materials, and the work from his factory is
cheaper and has a much neater finish than that
! imported from the North. In these times 1t be-
comes every man to assist his n~eighbor, but when
it is to his positive advantage to ~patronise him,
there will be few who will waste time and money
by employing foreign labor.
TIE LOYAL UNION LEAGUE AT R1DaEv1LLE-AL-
MOST A R1or-FULL PAT1cULARs.-At Christina
the Loyal Leaguers at Ridgeville, n village about
twenty-one miles from this city on the South Caro-
lima Railroad, amused themselves by marching in
procession with badges and ribbons, and succeeded
in deterring the freedmen in the vicinity from do
ing any work. In one instance they compelled a
white citizen, who met their procession, to turn
out of the road and take a side street, and in an
other instance they compelled a negro boy to de-
sist from his working because he only received his
rations and clothing in return for his work. No
| great harm, however, was done until Saturday last,
when the action of the Loyal Leaguers showed
what we're considered to be the functions and du-
ties OF their body.
A boy of about twelve years of age named Haber-
NIGHT, a ward of Mr.. Cordes of Market-street
in this city, was staying at Ridgeville, and had q
tussle with a small colored boy Will whom he had
previously had several 6sticuff fights. Habernicht
had the uDper-hand and was beating the little
negro, when o colored man ran up, and, without
any proyocation, knocked Habernicht down. Mr..
| Cordes, Jr., a son Of the Mr.. Cordes of Charleston,
was near the depot at the time and heard the
noise. He came up at once, and, without further
parley, knocked the negro down. The negro then
cried out that MIR. Cordes should know what it
cost to knock down a member of the Union League,
and that he would soon have the matter settled.
The young man thought nothing more of the
matter and went quietly home. In the afternoon,
however, a band Of loyal leaguers, some thirty in
number, marched up to the house where Mr..
Cordes was and demanded his surrender. They
were violent in their language, and swore they
would have him somehow, and it was feared that
they would fire the house.
Cordes lay perfectly quiet, and soon afterwards
Mr.. CantweL, a magistrate, came to see what could
be done. he heard what was said, arrested Cordes,
and held him to bail in two ~sureties of 5000 each,
to answer any charges brought against him.
This was not enough. Wade Hampton, the Pre-
sident of the League, insisted upon having a war
rant for ths arrest of Mr.. Cordes, declaring that
! Cordes was responsible to the League for what he
had done. The warrant was refu ;ed, and after
| some tine spent in elaboration the leaguers went
away.
In the meanwhile the family of Mr.. Cordes, be-
coming alarmed, sent a young man named Good
wyn 10 Charleston to notify his friends OF what
was being done. Mr.. Cordes, ST., Immediately
sought an interview with General Clitz, the COM
mandant OF this post, and laid the facts before
him. General Clitz said that the disturbance was
out Of his Jurisdiction, but Mr.. Cordes received a
sealed order which he was to leave at Summer
vile on his way to Ridgeville. This order was for
a detachment Of troops to be sent up, and ii was
left at Summerville on Sunday. When MIR.
Cordes, ST., arrived at Ridgevile, he found that
all was ouiet, and that there was no signs OF any
disturbance.
On Sunday Magistrate Cantwell was ON the train
going to Summerville, but on seeing Wade Hamp-
ton and some other negro Leaguers in the car, he
resolved to come to Charleston and lay the ciroum-
stances before General Clitz. This was done, and
llt.r in the day the Leaguers told their story, ac-
cording to which Mr.. Cantwell had arrested Cordes
as q blind, and had then released him without bail.
This Mr.. Cantwell showed = be false, and there,
for the present, the matter rests.
There is no doubt that the Loyal Leaguers" are
a vile nuisance, and that they encourage their mem
bers, and the negroes generally, to take upon
every occasion the law into their own hands. Such
principles can cause nothing less than constant
insecurity and constant disturbance.
ADVANTAGES OF CHARLEsToN.-Ths Greenylle
Enterprise says: The Greenville and Columbia
Railroad is just now doing a large business in the
transportation of cotton, better than has been
known since the war. The freight charged is