The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-26

habits Of industry and economy and alDyo NIL
cultivate harmonious relations with tho white rae
NJ the necessary conditions of this progress,
These sentiments wcro well received by the freed
men, ana were reiterated md enforced by Hcvcra
| coiorcd speakcrs, alnurg whom the most prom
! ncft was Paul Jefferson. tho teacher of n cOIorc
| school ut GrccuwOul. The meeting was OF In
most hurnlnlItous character And afforded tho bcs
OVID ot the friendly relations which exist be
tween the two races in this vicinity anu would OK
III everywhere hut for tho cil0rtB uf needy a,l
| 'eh'"refs ana selfish ngitaiors.- itbrriRc Press
THE SouTn CAnnLISA PEYIrENTIAnY. - Th,
Boar,i ot commissioners of tho Pcnitcntary-
| consisting W alcssrs. Gregg, Robertson and Came
fnh-lnr III this city, recently, AMI proceeded t.
inspect tlla: institution; The following Is sum,
injury oi thrir report: There nre now cumplct ted
MY cells: aud tho stone cut for twenty more Tho
hrst convIcts were received on tho 18th April. at
present, there are upwards of 100. There hns
pecn ONO ucain one escape ono pardoncd by tho
Governor, and ono discharged. 'fhn cost of sub
sIstlnS conviets is about twenty cents day: but
tho entire cost of keeping convict cannot yet bo
nscertained. No convict who in now WORKING in IN
worth less tlIau sixty cents por ny and his board
c.s :, no was was hired laCore1 thirty are worth eighty
AL nrc kept nj work, except when oxcused bv tho
surgeon. Stuhc-cutling and masonry iB tho clier
employmcnt Seventeen arc daily sent to tho
amount Of cloth: is on % nan % saesnt ts'aI IT, An
until tho lSt.Jar y. Each prisoner, on entor.
ing, ~ invested with the convict costume, after
commissioners heard complaint made turip,,
their conversations with tho prisoners, concornins
euneT e tholr treatment or their food and IL WAS
iouilu Tint nearly NIL of them were in fair way to
learn rcnunorativc trade. With few executions
punishment has bccl founll unnecrssary Sincn
tho month of April, the cunvtcts have pirfornnI
Iofo uhSs VI lnDor, which, Mt SIXTY cents per tlay
is equal to sl5i2.-- PhaniI. ''
SISuu1:sR.-ior Two months or moro, M wa
enrn, draft Tor sl0N III gold. contr ibutcd to Tho
poor of his District by Dr. j. Marion Sins n nn,ixo
of Lancaster, but now residing in Paris Ioa Lna,,
lying nncalled for i'll tho Excctiye uflice-uotw,th
statniinS tho Governor las addressed not loss than
n hI11II a.tn0lt
That District This would seem 10 bo yorifIrniinu
OF th old a,iaeo that what is every onu's busress
is no Onu's business"
We learn that thcro will be largo mass ncet.
ing ut ltclton Anderson District on tho 3Dtb mat
ut which Governor Orr (it not prevented bv ofIoiai
ant,es1 Is likely to Io present Political interest
day, ana meetings aro being held overy wcok.
WHICH are addressed by wtite and colored citizenu
, Tho Union Leagues i'll rickcns and portions of
irGcnrtllo District arc, it III said, composed of
both rnceq. "a
At ono Of tho registration precincts in pickcns.
as We arm informed, n numhor uf colorod men
tronl of the registration Office and made smell tle
moIistratiolis that tho Prosiden. or tho Union
isagne a at that place. ~ conservation of tho pub
Ihe same To tho nearest military DOS
We alSo learn that in tho vicinity of Rock Hill.
IN Tho Charlotte Rlilront, considerable ho,ly OF
negroes are regularly drilling.
most fearful apd brutal outrage was rocontIv |
,onlmitlrIl III tl,ns neiShborhaod upon a younS
l'lu rpsleclaDie lnuy.-fbH.
WEATHER ASp Cnors.--Plcntiru showers con-
iar'cai. Plenty once moro il about To lon i'm onr
ionra wnnl'l that :'eace and quiet come with it,
nc sl.nw;,rs ol tf' present summer to ba
Ightning. Several evenings of tho present wook
ye have been startled with keen reports, much
lcnco Of cloud. " |
On Tuesday evening last tree was struck i'm
no yari of Mr. !. a.. Tobin, Of this village. Tho
:ce Was nrar the house, tho inmates Of rhich
'erc considerably shnckcd. Mr.. Wm. ii. fiarrcit's
olisc waS also struck the snr' evening, but be- !
oll'l doln. Honic injury to the chimney, wo hpar
no damage. L6nTrhsrRe Hraki
lAnpoNs.-Au persons interested in the matter
obtaining par,uns from tho Executive, will brar
nliiii that the application canuot be entertained
Mess II is accompanied by report ot tho caBo,
lade ny the Judge who fried, or tho solicitor who
the saMc.- PhGRIr.
THE annual meeting oi tho Stockholders os Tho
. u U. Eailruud Compony was lie ld at Srartnu- |
,lrg, &. H., on Wednesday lasl. Tho meeting
as wen attended; The election for President and
n, T. T. iiss1!F'i! iiSasRr :! !aH 6eeMAs ", ---.., :.
Il. J. Gage, 4; "; Thompson, John L.
ouna, ". J. Aston. ". H. Gilliland.
In our next ,wo will publish the proceedings and
eports.- Union "Me Times,
SENTENCE CoMMu1ED;-Tohn Davis, who was
ricd and convicted OF larceny before Judge Lett
cr, Mt tho August term of tho : .arict Court for
.ersaw, and sentenced to NIX month5' inpria0n-
lcnt ut hard labor in tho pontcntlary, has had
is punishment conlmuted 10 Imprisonment in tho
onlninn jail until the 18th of September next. Ho
as been imprisoned Eincn the I'D OF last July. Tho
vidcncn was pnrcy circumstantnl. Several per-
ons were about tho store frum which tho twcnty
ollnrs were stolen; mono OF tho money was found
n his possrssion, and in view OF the 1act that tho
prisoner WAS II youth, nnd n stranger tho judge
nd solicitor recommended that no tie pardorel
({hTnir.
THE WEATHER AND THE CnoPs.-From eyory
,ortion or our District we hear encouraging nc-
counts at tho growing crops. COrn nuw beyond
Ill contingencies of failure, will DO at least nil nv
rage crop. fully sufficient for tho wants OF the
District. The cntton crop, notwithstanding the /
act that tho late heavy rains have caused it to |
she'd badly, Will be laigcr than that OF last year.
greater breadth OF land has boon planted in the
staple and il has been moro carefully worked than
/ was last year. We should be deeply grateful |
poopc, for tile prospects, bofore us aro favorable.
Al Clarendon Press.