The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-02
State Items.

a communication in tho Greonville Enterprise
refers to tho Mcssrs. Bates OF Charleston, in tho
following hatteriug tprmB;
The Misses Bates, OF 0harloaton, arrived in our
town hst Week, end promise t, give fine sosies
OF headings and IastEuotiuns,
They arc ominently qualified. The elder, Miss
Mary Bates, proposes to furnish eight Readings
on such suIjeots as Westminster Abbey, Florence,
Days in Scotland, &C., at the Baptist Female Col.
At hslipaat eight O'Clock p. III. The younger,
Miss Agnes Hates, will form GLASS and give in
cd more or less closely With the Resdinss. Il viii
be great privilege to attend, and doubtless they
viii be both popular and instructive,
Tho MisseR Bates arc tooiwoll known and too
highly approached TO need a word Of comnlepda-
tion from any ono. Thoy hnvs taught for years
both in Pendlston and Charleston, and educated
scholarship is OF high order. Their refinement
OF tasto and elegance Of manners, md possession
OF all that u 4oble aud praiseworthy In life, have
made around them largo cirolo OF frionds
They haY0 recently travelled in Europe, anil
those foadings are tho fruit Of those travels:
VIII by nobe
Of 0hoFaw and another near Society Hill, II ia
expscted that both those bridges win bo opened
for freight ana trsyol about tho 10th OF septom-
THE WEArunR AND THE cRops,- s,-Fufthor reports,
| especially from lower 81. Matthew'S, indicate So
rious damage to cotton from the continued rains.
friend in Tint section, who had bale in Charles
ton last year on tho 2Sh OF August, says that tho
| prospect is much moro unfayorablo with him this
year. The forms have fallen OF considerably, tho
about half tho day, and .he hands only Tho other
half. But corn is mndo and rico is doing its worry
b9st while peas, POTATOES and slips arc, upon tho
In other sections thnrs has boon less damage %
cotton, and go expect good returns from tho crop
In general: = oringetug Neos., -,
llAM KAlHi-Binco onr last iasuo. il has ranod
| almost continuously, Tho whole earth ia soaked
and low lands oyortIowed Much injury has been
low lnnds md tho cotton II may. bo reasonably
ly on good cotton, will rot from tho continuous
completely prevented, as tho sun hes scarcely
psGsSa ss Eat sns faHsa Ss " a s wo'A to dry
Registration closed In this precinct yesterday,
Tho following is the rOapiii Whites a2a; coorSdl
Sos; Total l525. Thore Wero twenty-five white
| mon who could not writo their names, and only
eighty oolored men who were able 70 do go.
Wo aro informed that tho Board will DO at tLis
placo on tho 28th and 90th Of September, whom
tho Board can do So Columbia Phe'liz,
The WEATHER AND HRAITH.-Snce pnr last Ia.
suo wo have beon favored with littlo dry woath-
er which is moro favorable to tho cotton, as much
oft was becoming injured by tho continued
Thoro is groat deL Of aicknoss all over the
Distriot5moro than has beop known for many
We aro ploased 70 lOsrO, yiOld readily to medical
treatment, Wo hear Of Wholo families, not onn
whom hare escaped. Physicians. arc kept busy
Wc heyo hoard pf no daasha, and haYo much cause
n .u1 lBarnloea Senfina,
TIE BaIpoEs.--We understand that tho river
noar this plseo Is rising, and that the Lake
ktrust the Commissioners 81 ltoads VIII take i'm
ltnediats action IN tho mattH.
X icrangeoasg N2o,.