The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-15
LOCAL MATTERS.

LOCAL MATTERS.
PURCHASERS wishing to secure pure and un-
adultera.ed Peruvian guano can do so through
Mossrs KINsMAN & HOWELL, No. l53 East Bay,
w:io PFC receiving the genuine article from the
F.uvian Government Agent. See their advertise
mont in another column.
CorRr OF CHANCERY-Ch Chancellor LEsESNE pre-
siling.-No business of public interest was trans
acted Yesterday. The Court was occupied until
P. N. in hearing motions, when the case Of BARcK-
LIZ Us. BARcKLEy, question on demurrer for a
bill, was called, and the argument of the different
Counsel consumed the time until the adjournment.
PERsoNA1.-We had the pleasure last evening of
a visit from J. ". ANDERSON, ESQ.,, of the Georgia
Enterprise, published at Covington, Ga. The En-
tepnse is the leading paper in it's section, and af-
tords, therefore, good medium for those OF our
merchants who wish to advertise in Middle
Georgia.
F1RE.-At half-past o'clock yesterday evening
the alarm of fire was sounded, and smoke was dis
covered issuing from the premises No. IS Society
street, occupied by MIR. C. MADsEN as tobacco
factory. The fire originated in the drying room,
and was caused by some Goals falling from the
slove, which communicated the fire to some segar
boxes that were on the floor. Beyond thorough
drenching of everything in the room and general
pilfering of losss segars, no damage was done,
and the fire was soon extinguished. MIR. MADsEN
was insured in Messrs. TUPPER LANES insurance
agency for $4,000, and his loss will probably he half
Of that amount.
MAYORS COURT, February 1.-Two white boys
were put at the bar, for hitting one Tom simons,
o colored urchin, on the head with bricks, and
damaging his knowledge box to some extent. The
sister Of one Of the boys, very intelligent little
girl, stated that Tom had threatened to slap her
while she was walking in the street, and had used
language to her which she couldn't mention, and
that she told her brother, one Of the defendants,
and that he, with the other boy, attacked Tom
with brickbats, and gave him the blows which he
had on his head. The Mayor lectured them on
taking the law into their own hands, and told them
if they had come to the Guard House, and COM
planned of Tom when he committed the offence he
did, that he would have been arrested and punish
ed but as they had chosen to obtain redress them
selves to the disturbance Of the peace Of the city,
hewould be compelled to fine them S. each.
On or two other cases Of minor Importance, in
which the defendants were discharged, concluded
the business Of: he morning.
SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON RAnRoAD.-The re-
cent change. Of hands has infused Bome energy
into this road and the new company are making
active preparations to rebuild the entire route.
When the war closed the managers found them
selves in deplorable condition: their bridges were
burnt, the track torn up and the entire road rem
dered useless. Repairs were immediately COM
menced, and after many months the road was
placed in running order as far as Ssikahatchie. It
ia now proposed to complete the route to the Sa-
vannah River. This will necessitate the grading
and relaying the track for 40 miles, and construct
ing new bridge over the salkshstchie, besides
furnishing 1900 feet Of double trestling. The
proposed improvements viii require alarge outlay,
but from the energy already displayed it will not
be long ere Charleston and Savannah viii be again
reunited by iron bands which win never, we trust,
be destroyed by another war.
TIE SEA IsLAND LANDS AND THE FREEDMEN.-
publish the following for the information Of
those whom it may concern:
HEAD'QRTs, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,
BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED
LANDS, SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, 8. c., February 18th, 1857.
CIRCULAR, No. 3-The attention Of the land
owners on the Sea Islands is invited to Sec. II of
the Act to continue in force and to amend An act
to establish Bureau for the relief Of Freedmen and
Refugees" and for other purposes, passed July
18th, 1866.
&c SECTION IL. And be IL tie 0er enoc1.ed, That
the restoration Of lands occupied by freedmen un-
der General Shermsn's Field Order, dated at Sa-
vannah, Georgia. January sixteenth, eighteen hun
dred and s1ty-fve shall not be made until after
the crops present yes1 shall nave been gather
ed by the present occupants Of said lands, nor until
q fair compensation shall have been made to them
by the former owners Of said lands or their legal
representatives, for all improvements or better
ments crested or constructed thereon, and after
duenotice OF the same being done, shall have been
given by the Assistant Commissioner"
In accordance NTH the preceding section, the
landowners cannot resume possession OF the tracts
ofland covered by possessory certificates granted
by General Shermsn's Field Order No. Is, series OF
1856, until they have complied with the conditions
therein provided.
BY order Of Byt. Mai. Gen. r. z. SCoTT,
Assistant Commissioner.
EDw. i. DEANE, Bvt. Maj. and A. A. A. Gen1.
Co1ToN THEEr.-We have often alluded to the
urgent necessity that existed for River Police,