The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-21

day, the gathering clouds quickly dispel that hal
lucination' and put damper on all outdoor ,exer
cisos. Yesterday dawned fair, but tho treacherous
skies soon changed their bright looks to the leader
hue, that with few exceptions, scons to have been
the favorite color for March in every soction and
natures grand waterfall caused all limitations
to fec for shelte:. In the afternoon the streets
we're deserted by all except the teS who dolerully
and dis,nally pi kcd their way through the puil-
dies and tried to dodge tho drors. Cistern water
is now plentiful and the dust has been completely
drowned out, and if tho present flood continues,
| the street cars will become useless, and flats will
have to be mproviscd to carry passengers to their
places OF business. It is impossible to say how
many feet Of water has fallen it was too wet to
try tho experiment. but it is feared that if the rain
continues tho disaster that befen Chattanooga will
soon reach us, and we shall be drc wned out of tho
Second District. Until lato hour last night the
rain fell ncessantly and we were lulled to sleep BY
! it's music
MAYORS COURT, March 2O.-John Thompson, q
thin darkey, whose legs indicated late attack Of
pin fever" and who from craziness, the result Of
too much ''plne top" had committed several I'M
proprietios, was delivered over to magistrates
| warrant
| Four very dark and very dirty characters, boar
Il eAAS AAesAA1Sc VI
Green, Frederick Jenkins and George Broeden,
who had stepped ashore from o steamer on which
they wore employed, to have lark, carried their
frolc SO far as to bring up at the Guard House. It
| appeared that Wilson, who was tho most blue of
| tho colored party was seized with desire to
| throw bricks promiscuously in tho streets, and
when expostulated with, expressed determination
to SEQ the inside Of the policemans bread d-basket
| which the officer not having an anxiety himself
| for, with assistance put them an up-Wilson as
principal, and the rest pdrticeps crin,inas. He
| wasafined $40, and the others were discharged.
| Henry Henderson, q real son Of Africa, whose
| hair showed that he was entirely ignorant of the
invention of combs, was brought up for stealing
IRON benefactor IN the country, and was turnod
over to mag g4strate.
sailor, 7ho sewas red hot with drinking, and 80
full OF valor that he wanted to fight ANYBODY, was
| tined S. .s5G,sg 81 -5
| An individual, whose misbehavior at the POST
| office caused his arrest, was fined IS.
A: 3utchman, who has lately been indulcine in
the extract of corn, to such extent as to place
| him under the pleasing hallucination OF having q
| large amount of money in the bank, was granted
permission to visit the institution which contains
his wealth. and particularly requested not to come
back. - SJ
ATTEMPTED EscAPE.-Seldom in the history OF
the Jail has it been called upon to contain such a
nest OF scoundrcls as are now confined within it's
| walls Scarcely week passes but some deter
mined attempt to escape is made, and, though in
! nearly every instance they have been frustrated
yet they still continue, and great desire is mani
Tested by the prisoners to leave their quarters in
clandestine manner. The desperate character of
some Of these prisoners, and the frequency Of their
assaults upon the windows, induced the authori-
ties to put in set Of transverse bars which efoc-
tually bar all egress.
in order to effect these changes it became ne
cessary to remove the prisoners from the upper
story Of the tower and it was left to the mechanics
who were engaged in perfectng the changes The
prisoners on the second story, who were taking
their customary stroll on the corridor managed to
steal a knife cold chsel and file from Mr. HENERY
the contractor for this work. Mr. H. soon missed
the tools, and, judging from certain signs one of
his woFlnnen gave the alarm to Mr.. KENNEDY who
had the wanderers locked up and their cells
searched. In the space beh nd the facing of the
door were concealed several pieces of lumber and
knife; the latter being by far tho most important
OF their tools. With this, although they had not
boon working more than ae hour, they succeeded
in cutting one Of the bars nearly in half before
they were discovered, besides loosening number
OF the bricks under the window. The bar was cut
very scientifically, and would have escaped all cx-
copt the strictest scrutiny, the marks were all
removed, and the incision filed with dirty soar.
the exact color of the iron.
BY some means the prisoners have conmcn;ca-
ted with each other, and have esta' 'lishcd MYSTIC
broth -rhood, with signs, DC, peculiar to the
order. They have certain cries or shouts which
are known to each other, and the jailors approach
was soon heralded and before he could reach them
all traces Of their occupation had been removed.
The antagonishc feeling to their establishment
manifested by the prisoners, is met with steady
watchfuness on the part Of MIR. KENNEDY. and
these attempts rarely make any headway before
they are discovered and frustrated The contem
plated changes will make an escape through
window almost On impossibility; and as that has
been the fayorite field Of operations the prisoners
will have to content themselves per fcrco with
their quarters, and patiently await the coming Of
their last day.
Loss OF THE BRIG CHARLES E. SAVAGE FROM
BALTIMORE FOR THIS PonT.-The Savannah Re-
publican Of the 10th inst, gives the following ac
counts
We are indebted to Captain J. B. BAKEn the
courteous commander Of the steamship Herman
Livingston, for fill particulars of the loss OF the
Brig Charles E. Sa rage, under the following cir
cumstances: .l
On the 18th instant, at nine o'clock at night
when twenty miles north of Cape Hatteras, of Mum
bic shoals in fourteen fathoms Of water we sighted
the her.nophrodite brig Charles E. &avaqel captain
9. Il. GRAHAM, in DISTRESS We promptly bore down
to her to render assistance She was almost a
wreck, her masts gone, and she lying entirely at
the mercy Of the waves. Finding it impossible to
board her IN consequence Of the heavy sea running
wo laid by her until "a o'clock, the wind ct the time
blowing perfect gale from the east northeast
With tremendous heavy sea running at the time
Owlng to the heavy weather prevailing, the brig
last drifting on the shoals we found it impossible to
render any assistance to save the vessel We imme-
oiatey mannsd and launched two Of RAYMoND's
metallic Life boats, the one under the command Of
Ar. AABaER, the first mate, and the other directed
oy MI. sw1NsoN, the second mate, and ordered
them to promptly save the lives Of those on board
the brig. These boats, under skilful management
were successful in rescuing from the il-fated brig
and transferring to the steamship the following
persons IN. Y. G M Tst VIII @tS a
q. 4. GRAHAM, Captain JAMES WILLIAMS, first
Officer; RICHARD WrTHow, second Officer; J. GRA-.
ham, Captains son Seamen. c. A. BuDEKER, VIM
SMITH, GEORGE WILSON, JOIN alcGEoRaE, SAMUEL,
=. ABBoTT CHARLES MASON, Steward ;- Mason
cabin boy." -.
The brig was bound from Baltimore (Which port