The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-11-30

FIcKpocKETs.-Ihe amusemerts at present in
Charleston have brought to the city q number Of
disseputable characters, prominent among whom
are a detachment Of the llght-fngered gentry.
These plurderers loter about the depo!s aid at
the entrance to the theatre, and watch their oppor
tunity to pick the pockets Of their unsuspec:ins
usighbors. Charleston has been so long spared
the presence of these villains that few persons take
any precautions to secure their property, and al
expert disciple of Fasan can pursue his unhaiOwed
course with impunlty. Tbs desire to see the Black
Crook is so great that the crowd before the ticket
box is frequently four or five deep, and good per-
former can relieve several pockets without xcting
suspicion. One Of the fraternity was tempted on
Thursday night, at the theatre. to appropriate
6ne watch, and made sudden wrench st the
chain, but failed to secure the prize. he was co.
Jared but on insisting that his button lad caught
the chain, was released, lhe detectives have
most of these characters spotted, but the safest
course to pursue would be to AVOID al exposure OF
property, and wheI standing in crowd TO pccke'
the watch and watch the POCKET at the same time.
ST. ANDREWS DAY-St. Andrew was the so- OF
fisherman in Gallllee end was one OF the dis
ciples of John the Baptist, but afterwards, w-sh
his brother, Simon Peter, attached themselves 10
the Saviour, and became one Of his little band OF
followers. After the ascension, the pame OF st.
Andrew is not mentioned in the New Testament,
I'M. he is believed to have travelled as mission
srv through q greater part of Asia and Europe,
and to have suffered rnartyrdom about 20, A. D.,
a. the CITY of Patra, in Achaia. The Roman pro-
oonsnl It is said, caused him to Go first scourged
and then crucifed. The latter punlshm' 1t nc
underwent in peculiar manner, bein.' tcAec
by cords instead Of nails to the cross 10 produce
lingering death by hunger and thirst, Wh!ie ING
instrument OF punishment itself, inste1a OF Dong
T shaped, was in the torm OF an x, or Weat Is
called cross decussate.
The BODY of st. Andrev was embalmed and hon
orably inferred, but in the early part OF the fourth
csntury it was removed By the Emperor ConstAn-
tine to Bysantium, where it WAS deposited IL
church erscted in honor OF the twelve Apostles
About thirty years after the death OF Constantine
in sss a. D., pious Greek monk conveyed the re-
mains of St. Andrew to Scotland, and there de-
,,os;ted them OF the eastern coast Of Fife, where
be built church, and where afterwards arose TIC
renowned CITY and Cathedral OF st. Andrews
wb,tever credit may be given to this legend, 1t
80 certain that St. Andrew has always been regard
"a ss the patron Saint Of Scotland, and BIS day,
the 3Oth of November, is flvorlte OCCASION "
soc;al and national reurion amid Scotchmen reslu-
ing in England and other places ao-oae' 1H'
commencement OF the Ecclesiastlca- year lRreSu-
l.ta5 NV the feast OF ST. Andrew, the nearest ooHs
dsy to which, whether before or after constitutes
the frst Sunday in Advent. st. Andrews day Is
thus sometimes the first and sometimes tne faS'
festival in the Christian year.