The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-10-24

place on the third proxmO. neSislio'ioH w
gins to-day, and only three days are allowed
Nine thousand persons must register thel
names afresh, or make an examination TO sct
if they are already correctly registered. Ihli
must be done in three days, and there are four
teen places of registration, making an average
of over two hundred persons daily at cacl
place of registration. Again, we repeat, regis
ter at once, and be sure that your name Z!
registered at the polling place Of the preci''c
in oohich you reside.
SHIPMENT OF ARMS SouTHwARD.-The Nov
York Sun makes the following statement, whict
may be correct, but, if so, points to very diff
ferent inference from that formed by the Sun
s'Sevcral individuals are now in New York en-
gagged in purchasing and shipping arms to the
Southern States. One of them is from Texas
another from Georgia, two are from South
Carolina, and two or three others are from Ala
bama, Louisiana and Tennessee. The articles
they are purchasing are mainly rcvolvers and
repeating OF breech-loadlng rifles; all the mod
els of muzzle-l oading weapons are discarded
and the purchasers aro understood to prefer
short barrels to long ones. Two thousand re-
volyers were sent South in one consignment
three weeks ago, and shipments OF two, three
and five hundred revolvers are unpieasantly
| frequent. The Charleston steamer last week
took a dozen cases of hardware, which was re-
ally lot of breech-loadlng rifles destined for
private parties in that city. One dealer in tire
arms admits that he has more orders than he
can fill for the present, but processes not to
know where the weapons he sells are going"
The THEATRE-RoMEo AND JULIET The
benefit OF Mr.. John Templeton lest night was
well attended, and the ladies formed very
fatterins portion Of the audience. The play
of Romeo and Juliet has always been favo-
rite in this city, and the Charleston public
have been fortunate in opportunities ofseeins
it performed by some of the most celebrated
actors and actresses on the American stage.
The Templeton troupe last night exceeded the
expectations Of even their warmest admirers
BY their rendition of this trying and difficult
drama. John Temp.eton appeared as Romeo;
but Mis- Alice Vane as Juliet was, of course, the
chief object Of attention and OF criticism, and
she passed through the ordeal uascathed.
She was thoroughly acquainted with her part,
and, like true actress as she is, she seemed
to forget her own individuality in her perfect
impersonation OF the character of her role.
The minstrels were, as usual, highly appre-
ciated and loudly applauded by the lovers Of
fun. Their principal attractions, however, far
beyond all their jokes and masquerade, we're
undoubtedly the graceful figure and roSulsh
smile of Isabel vane.
The performance would have been better en-
joyed on the part of the respectable portion of
the audience, if the boys in the pit had been
made to behave themselves aud not allowed to
stamp and yell at the most unreasonable times.
Douglass Jerrold's popular comedy OF Black
Susan, and the new minstrels, form the pro-
gramme for tonight.
MUNICIPAL Goss1P.-On dit that the Radical
cohorts, hitherto divided, ore gathering in
united force for one grand charge upon the
city government. Until recent date, Bower
and Jenks we're in the field for Congress, and
there was bare possibility that the Democra-
tic nominee might run in between the two and
carry off the bone Of contention. Bowens party
felt grudge against Jenks for opposing their
leader, and they were taking their spite out Of
him by supporting o candidate for the Mayor
atty III opposition to his patron, Pillsbury.
Here, again, was ghosts chance for the DEM
ocrats. But it is said now that jerks with
draws his opposition to Bowen, and Bowen
withdraws his opposition to Piiisbary, and
Pillsbury, to compensate jerks for his e,evo-
ton, promises to make him City Treasurer.
This makes Fillsbury so cock-sure of his elec-
tion that in the plenitude of his power and the
fullness of his heart, lie promises the Office Of
Chief of Police to three different individuals,
each Of whom has the satisfaction of knowing
that he has made the same promise TO the
two others. Hoyt, the wagon.mastcr Of King
Sickles, is one OF those happy individuals who
has been favored with one ticket in three for
the Office Of Chief of Police.
1t is also said that Senator Sawyer, whose
great abilities are not entirely engrossed with
the national Senate and revenue, has conde-
scended to dip his finger in the little munici pol
pie. Having friend afflicted with longing
desire for the big plum which Pillsbury
imagines that he already feels under his
thumb, the honorable senator proposed to the
black mans candidate that, if he would with
draw from the contest for the Mayoralty in
favor OF that longing friend, he would use his
influence in obtaining for him the United
States Revenue Collcctorship. But Pillsbury
was too old bird 10 be caught with chat. He
knew that tie collectorship did not belong to
MIR. Sawyer, but affecting that he did, he ex-
claimed, in grandloquent style: "Sir, I would
rather be Mayor OF Charleston than President
of the United States" Such was the town
talk yesterday.
TIE COUNTY ColrAussIoNERs.-The writs Of
quo ,odrranto sued out by D. Fl. Chamberlain,
Attorney General, in behalf of the County
Commissioners against the Commissioners OF
Main Roads and the Commissioners of Public
buildings, were heard yesterday before Justice
Willard. Messrs. Presley, Lord and Inglesby,
appeared for The Commissioners OF Public
buildings, and put in an answer to the effect
that ND demand had been made upon them
since the passage Of the act establishing the
Office of County Commissioners, and that al
though demand had been made after the
election and before tho passage of the act,