The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-09
LOCAL NJ A 7 T f r S
AUCTION SALES TNIs DAY.


CAMPBELL, KNOX & Co. will Boil this day, {
their aucNon house, No. IS Hase-sIrect, at
o'clock, boots, shoes. dry goods. mi hnery, &c.
MCKAY & CAoiPsELL will sell this day; a. tnei
auction house. No. lS6 NIeeting-3he eot ut 10 ocioc
day goods, millinery goods clothing, hardware. &C
GRAIUIToUs ADVERTISING SHEErs.-Ths Barn
well Sentinel SAYS eve have received numh2
of advertising sheets from Charleston and else
where recently, circulated gratuitously. This ma
all do very well for tho immediate localities II
which they arc printed, but wien sent TO the corn
try not ono out Of hundred are ever taken from
the Office. They Go in piles under the PostoAc'
counters and the persons 70 whom they arc sen
never see them"
COURT OF EIRons-CoLUMBIA, December 6.-IEi
Court was occupied all day in hearing the cause
the South Carolina Railroad Company rs the Co
lurbia and Augusta Railroad Company, brought
up on appeal, from decree Of Chancellor dismiss
ing bill oil compliments, praying an injunction, re
lief, &c. Briefs read by Mr.. J. D. Pope. Argument
opened BIZ Gen. James Conner, on behaf Of appe,-
LAM. Mr.. E. J. Arthur followed on behalf Of ap
pel!ee, until p. NJ, when the Court adjourned
until Monday next.
"HAaD TINES AND WORSE A'coiIN'. This ts
the refrain Of every song chantsd in kitchen and
parlor, in cabin and mansion, on the street. snd at
the colnter Of the bank. Factors, merchants,
planters, farmers, mechanics, doctors, preachers,
and even editors, all join in the chorus-"Hard
Timea.n Money is scarce but wo still indulge tie
hope that We are near the turning point, We
think We can see CLEAN Of sunshine hoverins
round the Christmas tree, and take it as al ausury
of the brighter days and better times ne are to
have in 1868.
C1EARANcEs.- British steamship Pioneer,
with the first cargo Of the season sent forward by
steam to Liverpool, was cleared on Saturday, by
Messrs. W. B. Smith & Co., having on board 2S2
bags sea island ana 1918 bales upland cotton. The
British bark The Queen" Tas also cleared for the
same port by Messrs. r. MuIe & Co., with 10 bags
Of sea island and 2cs1 bales Of upland cotton, COS
barrels rosin and 368 bags cotton seed. Coastwi'
there vas cleared by Messrs. Courtenay & Trea-
holm the steamship Champion, Tor New York, With
freight list O. ~ terces rice, IS bags sea island
and 800 bales upland cotton; ard MesSrs. ]. & T..
Gett, cleared tho Miami" with 1159 balCS OF up
land cottoa.
These freights show growing activity both in
our foreign and coastwise trade, and We hope tie
cargo for Liverpool By steam will be rapidly sue
oeeded BY others until the permanent est-b!ish-
ment OF stsam line to that great cotton contre lie
secured. It also affords US satisfaction to notice
that the late arral gements Of our railroad and
steamboat mana2ers has so decidedly met the
pubic appreciation as TO secure large accession
TO the business Of our steam lines coastwise.
SS
RISE N CoTToN-GENERAL TRADE.-After Pc
Rod Of heavy decline in cotton, in which the ari-
Gle appeared to be approaching o point where tho
great Southern staple would only have but noml-
nal value, this important product, contrary to the
opinion Of many, mas taken an unexpected and de-
cided rise Of ID. per pound in the British market.
We notice at the moment no satisfactory cause for
this sudden improvement, but it is reasonable to
expect that with peace in Europe, the present low
price will induce increased consumption, and all
that Is wanted to give the product wider field Of
market, with improving pricos, is cheap food.
With this element supplied, there can pe but little
room to question that better demand and en-
hanced rates would ensue. AS this advance in
price is accompanied with a good Manchester re-
port it is to be hoped that it is the beginning Of
O. permanent improvement both in the demand
and price. A few cents additional added to the
present value of the article would do mrch to re-
leve the planting interest, and would induce tho
growers OF the commodity to go to work with q
better spirit and more confidence in the future
The trade OF the South would also be reanimatcd,
and much that is gloomy and cheerless now would
brighten with the prospect Of better day.
"S--
the play Of Saturday night, the theatrc--. season
has been closed, though it is hoped but for ashort
interval Previous engagements inaperatively de-
manded tho presence or the troupe in Savannah,
AMI the Charleston community have been reluc-
tanNy compelled to forego the pleasures Of these
entertainments. The plays cf Jack Sheppard and
tbs laughable farce. Glance at New York, were re-
ceived on Saturday night with unbounded ap-
plauss, the audience at onco testifying to their ap
probation OF the setting and their SORROW at part
ing with those who had faithfully fulfilled all pro-
misses, and made Charleston brighter, gayer aud
happier than at any period since the war. Our
sister city, Savannah, will have now the benefit Of
the theatrical management OF Messrs. Templeton,
and the Forrest City his already made prepara-
tions to give them warm welcome. 1hey have
engaged large number Of actors, end will give
the people OF Savannah come idea Of true histroni,
talent by introducing on the stage stars that have
never before visited the South.
The Temp,eton Brothers have been favorably
received in Charleston, and though llboring under
almost insurmountable difficulties, they have pre-
serted 10 the community theatrical representa-
tions that have been worthy of all praise. Their
-,;ll Ia ad he oil Win hov
witnessed their entertainments, but Their grief
WI. be somewhat assuaged by the knowledge that
the parting is not eternal and 8 few weeks may
again witness the footights and the acoompani-
ments Of theatre revived.
TEE CHARLESTON ORPHAN EouaE,-Eew public
charities are more deserving, aud have been con-
ducted in more satisfactory manner, both to the
public and 10 the beneAciaries, than the Charleston
Orphan House. It has always been regarded with
pride by the community, and has received the tos'
tering care Of the municipal authorities from tho
date OF tts Organization until tho present day. In
return for this solcitude tho Orphan House he's
each year sen. into the world q rumbai Of its in.
mates, who have, in nearly every instance, BY
their untiring industry and application, attained
sminenoe in their business and social relations.
Some Of the graduates Of this House have bao,na
distinguished among those whom the people &C.
Light 10 honor, got they have mover forgotten tho
praise dus their Alma Mater.
Among the clauses in the bill reported by tho
Rstrenchment Committee and which Is now an
ordinance, was that reducing the annual appropri.
alton to the Orphan House fO- the purposes OF ed.
ucation A. the recent meeting OF Council the
Bolrdof Commissioners made their annual report,
accomnanied hr q ren1onstrance against tho pro-