The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-22

49, 1890 yNV $500 -
ny d. WAshBtsHE, OF Indiana; and Hon! JiJ. ORD.
WAY, of New Hampshire, members OF Congress,
4 now in this city, viii address a public meeting at
8 O'Clock this evening, at the Hibernian Hall. The
citizens df charleston are respectfully invited to
attend.
The Washington Express says that tho scgar
steamer Preston, captured on the ways in Charles
ton harbor on the surrender OF THAT city to the United
States forces at the close Of tho war, and recently
sold TO WIN. KNIGHT, was yesterday lowed round
to Thirteenth street, where sine is to be sawed in
two and converted into two longboats.
SHERIFFs SALEs.-.The Clarendon Press has O
supplement containing three columns Of advor-
tisements of Sherif1s sales. This is quito q
large amount, but the papers in each District
have q considerable portion of their space devoted
to these advertisements At several OF tho Court
Houses salos OF real estate have taken place, but
only in q few instances have tho prices realized
approximated those demanded for the same prop
erty before the war. Order No. 10 has prevented
. number of executions, and has, in o measure,
kept up the price OF land, but whom this ~restric-
ton is removed, and the sales take place under
the Sherif's executions, real estate will become
greatly deprecated, and will be sold at very low
rates.
DEATHS IN MARLBORO UGH DIsTRICT.-We learn
from the Bennettsville Journal Of TIC death OF
two esteemed ~citizens Of Marlborough District.
The Journal says:
"a. n. BR!sTow, Esq. Ordinary Of Marlborough
altar Is so 1a9a h ,n mas ,a;n 91aoG i,,o on inc o, i4t u instant , =
W.th Masonic honors at the Baptist Church grave
yard: ,f5
He had been ordinary. for this District for many
years, and had faithfully. performed the duties or
his Office to the satisfaction of oil. Residing in
Bennettsvlllo for n great number of years, he was
one OF our oldest and best citizens.
1T is with painful sorrow that we are called to
record the death Of another of our most estimable
citizens, Mr.. JOHN PEABODY, q young man of great
promise, who died on the 18th instant, Of foyer, in
this place, and was buried with Masonic honors.'
MAYORS CoURT.-The only item that was obtain
able in the Halls Of Justice was the sad fate of
two very nice young men" who, not warned by
fate, &c., left their homes with the intention Of
taking a small nip, Alas, for human nature
their good resolutions melted away like the sugar
in q cobbler glass, and the moon looked pityingly
upon them as they rested their heads upon a lap
Of earth. No useless blankets enclosed their
breasts, nor in bunk or in bed they laid them, but
they were like waprioDs taking their rest, as they
had met the enemy, and after a long struggle had
fallen in the conflict, had caved completely. They
were found by the peelors, who considerately wait
| ed for o wagon, and they all took o ride. The mo-
ton Of the low. backed car caused pleasant memo
ries Of the past, hut thosa bright dreams were
their last. Tho castle gate closed with a loud clang,
and they found that hope was left behind, for that
night at least. 1njthe morning they were allowed
to depart, on payment OF the usual entrahcse fees,
and were dubbed solemnly DID,, WHICH, for the be-
NETT Of the uninitiated signifies, the third degree
or dead drunk, IN. n
TIE CoRonER's INQUEST ON THE DEATH OF Tuo.
MAS NuaENT.-The inquest held by Coroner WIN
TING on tho body OF THOMAS NUooENr. WIN, d;od
suddenly. on the 12th inst, at the house Of Rrop.
ARD MURPHY No. 2 Queen street, was terminated
yesterday by the official report of DIR. Jos. A. Yarns
the physician who was called in to examine The
case. from his testimony-which included q care
ii investigation and post TnOrtem examine zion
together with that of other Witnesses, it appears
that the rpmors in circulation ATTRIBUTE ng foul play
to the associates Of tho deceased were totally mn
founded,
Coroner WHITING desires us to state that the
report which prevailed of NuaENT being tho pos-
SCISSOR Of $500 proves to be incorrect. The testi-
mony published below is all Of the evidence that
was alicited at the Investigation. and contains a
full report Of the case.
Richard Murphy ~testiaed-That the deceased
came to board with him on the second day Of o.
tober, and died on tho 18th. That he LETT demo
nent's house about eight O'clock A. M. Of the later
O'Clock P. NJ; in, the interim however, going in
aud out several times. That shortly. alter four
o'clock, deponent. was sent for and informed that
something was wrong with Nugent, the deceased:
and when deponent. came home he found Nugent
lying on a %settee, with his head on q pillow. he
head ts,s ms sa p",1 HIM ao y Drink i very " ys sttsSns; a raas ed mp b his
for DR.. Yates. When he returned Nugent was dead.
nnd deponent Immediately notified the Coroner Of
Deponent further testified that on Che dav fol-
lowing that upon which the deceased came to
beard with hip. NnSent and his comrade, Charles
& Blackman, in Broad street, bought i've cents
worth of the oil Of %vitriol, brought it home and
deceased put seventeen drops OF it into q glass Of
water and drank it. Deponent asked him what he
Hid this for and be answered s.to make him SOBER
That when deceased put down the bottle the cork
sbn ,Tpt b;s out oiot snS some %ae Of the liquor spilled and
deceased deposited with deponent $3.50 in currency.
and that depoonent did not see him have any
the funeral expenses Of the deceased "
Charles Earle testyfed-Tha he was 9. member of
Company D. 18th United States Infantry, Of which
nent was discharged from the .COmpany on the
Goth day of September last in Fernandina, Florida.
and deceased was discharged four days afterwards
gether and boarded at Mr.. Murphy's. No. q Queen
street. Deponent and deceased were paid of ii
Charleston. Deceased received something over
5000 on the Sd instant. Deceased asked deponent
to show him where he could find q drug store. ma
ne wanted to get some acid. Deponent went with
him TO a drug store on Broad street, and deceased
called for five cents worth Of the oil Of vitrol. which
he Obtained, put the phial in his pocket. went TO
the boarding house and took W drinks of whi9-
key with about ten drops Of the oil in each. De
ponent parted with the deceased about eight
O'Clock, A. M, on the day OF his death. Deponent
went to the boarding house about three. o'clOcka
that afternoon, and found the deceased living on
the settee. Deponent thought he was asleep.
About a half hour after that he found that he was
Deponent had meyer seen sdeDeassd esink oil Of
v1trol before that day. 80 ~
L. THE POST MORTEM EXAMINATION.
.CHARLEsToN, 8. c., October 10, 1867.
In compliance with the request of the Cononssr
OF Charleston District I inside ! toss sportenSak
Ams:ia.!3n Of the body Of TfhH5nas' NeugehS.a who
died cctobsr. Hath, at the residence, Of Richard
Murphy, No. Queen street. discovered the fol-
lowing conditions On removing the integpment
covering the Uranium, I found & quantity ok dark
blood land on entering che cavity q large smount
Of sanguinary fluid, with 0 quantity Of the 'satno
tcoagulated) detected, situated between the me-
hinges OF the brain proper.I The organ itself was
somewhat congested. The above abnormal condi-
tigns were Hufffdient cause Of death. s.,aaD 3 = /,
TAfterWard examined the stomach, and found it
highly tcongested, showing that some irritating
4uid or substance had entered therein. On exam.
lining the contents I thought i detected the smell
Of ardent spirits. d He had been drinking on the
day Of his death. It was reported that the de-
ceased had suffered from fever while residing in
| Florida. and had hean'ih Tim habit ~ tSkfyNW At U1