The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-15

challenged.
RELIGIOUS SERy1cEs.-We are requested Il
state that during the octave, designated by tn
Bishops Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, for special devotions throughout tn,
church, service is held at Trinity Church, Hase
,street, every afternoon, at haR-past five o'clock.
Sunday School Prayer Meeting will be helt
this afternoon, and there will be service tonight
Tomorrow Friday) will Be observed as day O
SFasting and Prayer. At eleven o'clock sermon
will be presched; in the afternoon prayer meet
ing will be held, and at night another discourse
will be delivered.
The meetings, up to this time, have been vel
attended, and unusual interest has been manifest
ed in them. The beautiful feature of this season
ofreigious services is, that in compliance with
the request Of the Bishops, it is observed through
out the Church.
In CALLING attention to the Boards Iron Tie,
sold by Messrs. G. W. WILLIAMS & Co., we feel
that our opinion is justly merited by the superior
e.1cellence Of the patent.
cur country friends who are in need Of such an
article should, by all means, call on Messrs G. W.
W.&Co.< where thsy will undoubtedly find one Of
the neatest t, most durable, and secure ties it has
been our pl sssure to see.
Having i'm oorted large number of this article,
Messrs. WILL ANS & Co., are enabled to cope with
any tie in the market in price, and can safely
guarantee their i7nrivalled excellence and worth.
They offer inducements to all who purchase
their tie. of such description that all who apply
will gladly avail themselves Of their terms.
We would advise our friends, one and ell, be-
fore purchasing elsewhere, to give Messrs. g. W.
WILLIAMS & Co., factors, call, at their Office,
conner Hayne and Church streets, where they will
,ssuredly find the article they need.
"WHARFAaE, DRAYAaE," ETc.-A friend in the
city. q few days ago, handed US bill Of charges
sent inn by Columbia merchant The goods in
mestio,1 were ten dozen brooms, brought here
by the. Sea Gull, from Baltimore, and for
varded by the South Carolina Railroad Company.
From the b n we learn that the Baltimore wharf
age ON these 10 packages" was 10 cents; the
Charleston wharfage 80 centsl and the drayage 65
cssta. The Columbia merchant complains Of these
charges. and We were asked to look into the mat
ter. We did go, and found the 80 cents chaged
for wharfage to be the regular rate-only ntre times
as much az in Baltimore, and three times as
much as in Savannah. very nice arrange
ment. certainly for the wharf owners, but it would
seem to US not one calculated to attract trade to
our city. The shipper sYers that ne can even now
get his goods from the North to Columbia, Wis
Savannah at less expense than via Charleston,
Notwithstanding the cireuitousness OF the route.
The drayage We are informed, should have been
25 and not 65 cents, having been inadvertently
charged as full drsy load.
We regret exceedingly that there should be any
cause for complaints like these. The trade Of
this city ls threatened and tapped in 30 many diff
ferent d rections, that the utmost efforts are
necessary on the part Of our merchants to cor
rect abuse., Of all kinds, SO to hold out induce
ments to merchants to come here, instead Of re-
pehng them, and driving them off to other
markets and other ports.
SPECIAL MIuTNa OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.-Pur-
suant to call in the daily papers, the Board of
Trade met at o'clock yesterday morning, at the
Ladies' Ordinary Of the Charleston Hotel, to con-
slider the reply Of General SoNLEs to previous
communication from the Board. The Board was
called to order by the President, who presented
the following Communication from the Chamber Of
Commerce, which was received as information:
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.,
CHARLESTON, August IL 1867.
Z. ". Marshall, Esq, President Board Of Trade,
Charleston, 8. c.:
DEAR Sm-Your courteous communication Of
yesterdays date have the honor to acknowledge.
meeting Of this Chamber was Immediately
called for this day, at meridian, and have now
to communicate, In accordance with the instruc- |
tions of the Chamber, their action in relation |
thareunto, as expressed in the subjoined reso-
1utS6n:
aResoloed, That the Acknowledgements Of this |
Chamber are hereby rendered to the Board Of
Trade for their courteous invitation to be present
at meeting Of said Board to be held this day, |
but as this Chamber has not been party to the |
correspondents or subject matter referred to in |
the letter Of President Marshall they respectfully
decline, as body, participating in the proposed
meeting"
a. o. ANDREWS, President.
The President stated that before reading the
communication OF General S1cnEs he would call
the attention Of the Board to the letter from their
body which elected this reply. The Secretary,
upon request, then read both the letter and the
reply Of the General to the same, which is pub
Sished in another column.
On motion of Mr.. ALEXANDER IsAAcs it was
Resotoed That the reply of the Commanding
General to the communication Of the Committee
be received as information, and that the Secretary
be instructed to forward the petition of the Com
aaittee, together with the reply of the Command
ing General, to. all the Boards Of Trade and Cham
bers o. Commerce throughout the United Statos
The Bosrd then adjourned to the Club Room,
where coIlSton had been spread, which kept the
members employed for short time on better
topics than the state of the country.
REGISTRATION IN THE CITY-Another hot, sultry,
rainy day dswned upon our city, and rendered the
lsbor Of registering that required great physi-
cal endurance, and which prevented many from
encountering the pressure to be found at the dit-
ferent polls. Notwithstanding this drawback,
numbers were present, and subscribed to the oath
which made them citizens in every sense of the
word Each precinct was well represented, and
thoAgh the blacks we're still considerably in the
majority, the whites came forward and registered
with unanimity that was extremely gratifying.
We still adhere to our opinion that they are merely
waiting until the rush is over. But we would adj
wise no further delay agencies are at work that
eye known to few and the blacks will be manipu-
lated by designing parties to suit their own ends
In connection with this matter, we would call the
attention OF our naturalized citizens to the i'm
,ortance of carrying their papers with them to
=, ,,ola 90 their absence might cause them some