The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-14

IA PRov1sIoNs.-Wo direct attention of shippers
end Consumers to the large quantity Of provisions
8MsRed for sale by Mosprs. MCKAY & CAMPBELL, ut
s 6h Auction Saloarooms, in Meeting slroot oppo-
fty5he Pavilion Hotel.
! Ms&iosAI BANK OF SourH OARoL1NA IN CnAnLEs-
83Mltlt will be remembered TINT subscriptions to
- Aa21ptal stock OF this bank wore made i'll THE
s. gS February last to the extent Of 57S sf,.ccs,
AHbt Of the capital boing promised from abroad.
38HK, however, to tho distrust created by the os-
5Aghniont Of military governments in tho South
Blntes, capitalists declined to risk their money
H, and tho project, although not entirely aban-
kdod, has been postponed to q moro propitious
Meanwhile all sub scrbers who may wish 10
- raw their subscriptions can do so and receive
tho instalment Of ayo dollars per share, by
flling at tho Office Of WILLIAM B. HEaIor Il Co..
q Broad street. and surrondoring tho Commits
34por's receipts. III
II FAST BAY.-Thc workmon have boon busy for
8pflc days in widening and Strengthening this
ktteol, but those preparations are now completed,
fho proper alignment has been made, and NO will
,9on zee East Bay in bother condition than it has
for years. This movement had been con-
4mplated for somo time, and tho paving Of the
Put tho contractor has already ornamented tho
btreet with piles of stones, aud operations will be
commenced in fow days. The same good signs
I arc visible in Broad street, and from tho known
energetic character Of tho contractor, We can con-
> fdontly predict that both Broad and East Bay
streets will bo covered with firm layer Of cobb!e
stones boforo the summer is over.
Worm OF MIBPLACKD CoNEIDENoE.-A fond
meas for pots is q woalkncss OF human nature but
I they are generally chosen from tho canine or
feline specios and have sufficient intelligence to
know the hand that caressoB them There nrc
however, some persons who prefer to lavish their
kindness on animals reptiles that require con-
siderable training to mako them tractablc, and
who never become thoroughly tanned. This con-
duct is to be expected from enthusiastic NATURAL
&fts but whom private individuals undertake to
|1Rntrol those beasts and to train them up in the
~ BY thoy should go, they find to their sorrow that
3loga delight to bark and bite, other animals have
#4o samo proponsities. A gentleman In this city
spent much time aud labor in endoavoring to edu-
cato young alligator, and had succeeded in over
lon,ins its natural characteristics 30 far that he
81 ass able to careas and pet II, and could oven car
~ it in his pocket Unfortunately tho ungratcf1l
4enst forgot its bcnefactor, and, whlo tho owner
Was fcoding it, turned and bit his hand severely.
troper remedies wero soon applied, and tho wound
l5H now improving, but tho pet reptile has been
&3Anished to parts unknown, whero algators can
#hte something less sensitive than human flesh.
InE GRAIN CRoPs OF THE SouTH.-The now
3xhoat from Georgia, recently shipped from this
| port, has made it's appearance on the New York
H4rn Exchange. and has caused some excitement
among the grain merchants OF that city. Tho I'M
preston among the business men is that the
rfponing OF the harvest will advance northward at
the rate OF twelve miles day, and in tho tide
water regions Of Virginia The harvest will com
Hence about the 18th instant. Now Southern
wheat and flour will soon be in tho Northern mar
fets. Tho Norfolk Day Book romnrks TINT
cotton, tobacco and sugar, therefore, bid fair to
b4come secondary considerations in compari-
sdn with the grain crops. We arc informed that
wheat which is shown to DO OF superior quality
t thnt raised at the North, can be cultivated in
comparatively short season and with few laborers
No notice that Southern -four always commands
t9e highest price in the Northern cities, and it's
production is unlimited in oil the Southern couri-
Hy. II tho largo plantations were divided into
email farms emigration would eventually largely
supply the want OF negro labor, and tho usual
crops would probably then be mado to pay. But
the question at present is, how to make tho most
mud the best Of the labor now on tho ground; and
this will be answered by devoting the best lands in
the South to crops that be easily raised, and
which now are In the largest demand.
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Y THE -Hibernian Hall was filled last
Aight with q very good audience, who had come
thither to do homage to nntive talont. Our native
professors Of the 'fbIaok art" can hold their own
fSVith CnR1sTy's, CAMPBErL's BUcKLEY's or any
atronpe OF minstrels. In many respects they
Rare superior to the foreign al ticle; for hav-
'44ng known the 'instituton" boforo civil rights
gcame into vogue, they. have caught his
sdinlect port, walk and conversation, and
ofFer fair imitation, and not O ridiculous
parody on the genuine "Jim Crow" The troupe
has somo excellent voices, and nimble-limbcd, not
ungIaceful dancers. We we're pleased to have
several Of our old friends e1ccllently rendered, ns
for instance "Tho Vacant Chair" "Row your
Boat and others. tThe Rival Lovers in Trouble"
'iB capital burlesque on tho prizo fght-more in
nocent and infinitely moro amusing than the cele-
brated "mill" OF which the telegraph Informs us
this morning. There were no ribs broken, and no
;fhces jeilied. They only fought Eve rounds,
md when time was called for tho sixth,
both sponges wero thrown up, bottlo-holdors and
sprincipals all being simultaneously exhausted.
g: The great treat OF the evening, however was
lShe new song, Cant wash him white,n which Ia
sbrimful Of humor, and was o1collontly sung by
Eear. BoYcE, who has tho rnro faculty Of distinct
Anuncaton, and enhances Lis performance by
graceful and appropriate actions.
h We would advise all who want to forget tho hard
Fimes, and drive away duh care, to go to Hibornian
Hall On Saturday night, and hear the Harmonious.
,%sDZATH OF AN OLD CHARLESTON MEncuarr-
One BY ono the old merchants Of Charleston aro
passing away. They havo boon bright patterns of
business integrity, and havo, by their advice and
example, aided many TO rso in commercial life.
but they have now left this busy aceno to re ceye
Z the vol done in the bottor world nboyo. Mr. ".
DuKEs, the subject Of this sketch, camo to this
pity when but q teon years OF age, and entered
8fpon that business Which ho ultimately brought
ahigh state OF perfection Tho house OF w.
- ~. DuKRs D. Co., has boon favorably known 70 tho
s3tton planters Of tho interior for nearly q half
ntury. It was built up By tho influence and or
lions OF the sonior partner, aud though it's fupc
ms wero interrupted by tho war, tho business
resumed at its termination, and, at the time
Mr.. DUHEs' doath, was In lourishine condl.
IA.
dr. DUKES connected himself oarly IN Iife with
~ Second Presbyterian Church, and took . deen
rest I'm iLa welfare. Ho was electod an older IN
hchtrch, and held that position at tho limo Of
~ th. For number Of years Mr.. DuxEs wac