The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-18
. LOCAL MATTERS.

To our SUBSCRIBERS. would call the alton
ton Of those who indebted to us tllroughou
the country, that tho old year is closing and thei
accounts not yet settled. Tho price of sub
s:ti2tion is not lnrgo and will not DO missed from
their plcthoric pockets. The first of January ha
long been celebrated as day set apart for closin,
old accounts, and wc would not have our fricnd
depart from this time-honorcd custom. Money il
the motive pawer of every enterprise, and news
papers no exception, and we respectfully asl
our country subscr bers to cash up and commence
the now year with clear record
JULIAN A. SELBE. ESQ.,, editor and proprietor O.
the Columbia PAenir, is in the city, and is stop
ping at the Mills House.
We HAVE received from De LACY, Of the Mills
House News Stand, 'sErey Saturday." D1
LACY always keeps tho worry best and latest liter
ary productions.
WE HAVE received from the publishers, Messrs
VAN EvR1B, HORTON s. Co., New York, o copy o.
the Democratic Almanac, for 1867. It is full Of
very valuable Statistical information and is use
full vdde nnecu1n.
AT meeting OF the Board Of Fircmasters, held
on Wednesday evening, January 16 tho following
gertemen elected:
Mr. CaAS- P. AIMAR Third Assistant Chief
n1r. B. NJ. sTROBEL. Clerk aud Superintendent
Mr.. h. c. sHoKKs, Pump Contractor.
UNDER THE recent Act of the Legislature incor-
porating K;ngstreo, tho following officers were
elected to the Offices named viz:
SAMUEL ". MAURICE. Interdant-
WAnnENs.=JoHN G. PRESLEY. G. T. NELSON, n
FRE-An alarm sounded last evening, about 6
o'clock, that Bennett's Mill was on fire. brought out
the fremen who rushed to the scone Of action
only to find their energies uselessly expended, and
they returned honnewards with diminished speed.
Later in the evening it reported that chin
ney in Magazine street was fire. It wa.
extinguishod, and tho alarm was not sufficient to
bring out the engines.
TIE SUPERINTENDENT Of the Northeastern Rail-
road Company has our thanks for kind remem-
brance Of our editorial wants. Knowing that the
monotony of long and UNMARRIED city life tends to
dull the faculties, he has considerably sent us an
invitation to take occasional ride into the
try, and for ourselves the progress friends
in the rural parts are making.
A like courtesy has been extended us by the
Superintendent Of the Greenvi]le and Columbia
Rai]road Company.
I. o. o. Fat the annual communication of the
Grand Lodge Of the State Of South Carolina, the
following Brothers wero installed into their re-
spective Offices:
PsN r RIS5h6R s;a66RsII cAIpw5I4 y E { n y eM
P. G. J. F. SpECK, NJ D., R W. G. ".
?. 9. Rev: l. G. LoTAII, R. ". e. Chaplain
P. G. A. John H. HONOUR, Jr.. N. D., R. ". g. Sec
2. g. B. BRoss. R. ": q. Treasurer.
tive -'-T-T - N A
2. g. NJ JOHN MCKENZIE. R. VI. g. Representative
ioFN DfvVE % q conduaso1 % d MsE'h.
TIE BALL last night, at the Hall Of the Bruder-
Hche Bund, in King street, was one Of the most
successful affairs of the kind that has come off
this season. It was given under the auspices
OF Schiller Lodge No. 80, I. o. o. F., new
Lodge, but one that bids fair ere long to run
ahead Of many Of her older sisters. The Hall was
filed with gay and merry dancers just as many as
the Hall could hold and under the witching
strains Of MULLER's Band they t-ipped the light
fantastic to late hour Of the night. Mr.. Won
HAARDrEn furnished handsome supper.
TIE Committee Of Arrangements deserve much
credit for the handsome manner in which every-
thing had been prepared.
DISTRICT CoUnT.-This court was in session t.
day at the usual hour, Judge LOGAN presiding.
number Of cases Of larceny and assault and
battery were tned-somc, on previous days,
being decided by the court.
a. W. SCHROEDER, RUDo1PH SIRa1Na, JAa1Es
LowNDEs and JAMES s1MoNs, Esqs., defended some
Of the ases-the prosecution in each instance be-
ing conducted BY Isaac HAYNE, Esq.
From five to six cases disposed Of every day
and although the docket is very heavy, at this
rate the list will rapidly diminish
-O-
UNITED STATES DISTRICT CouRr-Hon. GEORGE
8. BRYAN prcsding.-The libel case against the
schooner Grapeshot was resumed. Several wit
nesses were examined on the part of the defence
who testified that the segars from Baracoa were
OF an inferior character and were never imported
to this MARKET that they cost but little there and
the duties being the same on all brands, dealers
only used the better qualities. The market price
Of the segars exhibited in court {those that were
seized) was $50 to *a5 per 1000 for the second
quality, and from $40 to $50 per $1,000 for the
better. The profit on segars was very uncertain,
as dealers were often obliged to sell at cost and to
realize the difference on better brands.
lengthy argument arose on points Of evidence
during the testimony OF the witnesses IN reply
and tho discussion was continued to late hour
The case Will be resumed to-day at Am.
MAYORS COURT, January I.-Ehas Robertson
and Paul Green, two unfaitbfu colored stewards Of
. steamboat, who had appropriated to their own
use a large amount OF money belonging to pas
senger, were sent to Magistrate for prosecution.
A youthful speculator, who had endeayored to
dispose OF several iron bolts belonging to the
Northeastern Railroad Company to tbs keeper Of
a junk-shop, who brought him up before his
Honor, was discharged with alecture, as witness
stated that the boy had found them on Gadsden's
Wharf.
A man and TWO females, who had walked from
summerville on their road to Grahams Turn Out,
by the way Of the city, and who had sampled some
Of the luxuries which abound in the corner shops
to such an extent as to impede their locomotion,
but who had recruited after nap, were allowed
to proceed on their way, rs they evidently were
committee about carrying ont some grand social
reform, and were in a great hurry to get of.
Court OF. GENERAL SESSIONS AND COMMON
PLEAs.-The Court met at 10 A. H., pursuant to
adjournment, Judge T. N. DAwK1ss presiding.
TIE Grand Jury having answered to their names,
the following bills we're presented, which were ro-
turned with the findings:
The State os Thos. Harringtcn-murder True
Bill. -",s. -70
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