The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-07-24
LOCAL MATTERS.
Annr1oN SALES THIS Day:


AUCTION SALES THIS DAY
c,MparrI. KNOX & Go. will sell at 10 o CLOCK
sat their auction house, NO. % nasei-S'ioe'' 'oi
Mnns DRAKE viii sell at 10 o'clock, at his
store. corner King and Liberty-streets, shoes'
dry goods, &c. ,.,..t :,
MCKAY j. CAMPBELL will sell at 10 o'clock, 10
: their salesroom, NO. lS6 Meeuns-slree'' 'ohn
+. sure, dry goods, &c.
DAILY NEWS PRIcE CURRENT AND COM
MacrA1 CIRCULAR will be ready for delivery at
: our counting room at nine o'clock this morn+
ing.
papers AT SUMnEByMLR.-Mr. Schur will
supply TIE DAILY NEWS to transient or regu-
lar customers at Horbaoh's Hotel, Immediately
after the arrival of the morning train from
charleston.
WARD 3.-Attention is directed to the nouce
of the Secretary Of the Democratic CLUB OF tnls
ward, which appears in another column.
WARp 6.2The Democratic Club OF Ward =
.are requested to notice the call for meeting
tonight, at O'Clock. A punctud attendance
i. particularly requested
A REFRACTORY HoasE.-A horse IN car
No, Ss, of the Ratledge-street line, became
I scared at some OBJECT yesterday afternoon
while near Msrket-street,a and kicked and
reared in . highly unbeooming manner. This
equestrian performance caused delay OF some
minutes, and q detention OF other cars on the
: route.
Foa GEoRaErows AND THE PEE DEE.-The
sfravelIing public and shippers are directed to
1.-The. notice of the steamer Emile Captain
Isaac Davis. Arrangements have been made
ito connect at Georgetown, with the steamer
Gen. Manigsult, which will convey freight and
passengers to al points on the Pee Dee. The
Emile will, receive freight on the 9th and
4sth, leaving ateA. "a. on the &th.ss-
THx srRrrr RAnwAy.-The additional car,
No. T. was put on the Rutledge-street line
Yesterday for the first time since its renoya-
zion. It will be undar the charge Of Conductor
Gaillard,s and the schedule will be changed 30
a. to alloy car every ten minutes in .tead OF
AN occasional interval sof twenty minutes as
heretofore. There are now Seven cara on each
line, which are amply sufficient for the present
travel. -. q =
THE REcEpr1os OF GENERAL HsMPToN.-
General Wade Hampton viii arrive in the city
to-day by the SCosumbis train at ten minutes
past P. M. AT the depot he viii be met py q
committee consisting OF the resident members
.of The State Central Executive COMMITTEES and
:. q number of other influential citizens. The
.cortege on leaving the depot will pass down
sMeeLing-street to the residence Of General Jas.
Conner, whose guest General Hampton will be.
TIE RATIFICATION MEETING To -NIaHT.-The
ratification mesting will take plase at 8 o'clock
tonight, on the west side Of Meeting g-streee,
opposite the Charleston Ho:el, where o plat
: form will be erected for the speakers. It ls
expected that the first business will be the
presentation Of resolutions ratifying the action
: Of the New York Democratic Convention. Gem
!. eral Hampton ain tfen address the meeting,
and viii be followed by the Hon. Jamss B.
s Campbell, the Hon. Charles b. Simonton, and
other prominent gentlemen.
TEE CosIor sTRIALss-The suit against the
city BY Mrs. Conlon, widow OF the steepleman
who was killed by falling through an open trap
door OF st. Michael's steeple, was tried In the
) Court of Common Pleas yesterday, but not
concluded. She olaims damages on account OF
( aIIesed carelessnes on the part OF the NUM-
cipai authorities in not having the trap door
closed. The suit Is for $4,000; 5000 was
granted at previous trial, but an appeal was
: taken and new trial ordered, which is nox
progressing. u -
TIE YACHT RACE FOB TIE SILVER PLATE
y After many delays which have been caused by
unavoidable circumstances, the. committee
have reported that this long expected race will
positively take place on the sth Of August,
wind and weather permitting. The 8th falls
/, ON Saturday, two weeks from tomorrow, and
{ the race win be in every respect as exciting
as the preceding one. The time allowed to
) the. different boats and the various arrange
rnents OF the race Will be made known at
future day.
81 sRrAr. ESTATE SALEs.-Messrs. Lsitch &
Bruns sold yesterday for Mr. James W. Gray,
Master in Equity, two tracts OF land on the
east, side of Ashley River, about four and
half miles from the city, the two tracts measur-
ing together 121 S2-1O0 acres, for s3l25; one
third cash; the ba.ance IN one, two and three
years. A lot aud two-story building on the
south side of West-street, the lot measuring
! in front twenty. seven feet by one hundred feet
deep, for $3.50; one-third cash; the balance in
one and two years.
NEW RIcE CRop.-Che Savannah News and
Herald of Wednesday says: "We have in our
office q fiue specimen Of the present growing
crop Of rice; the stalk is four feet one inch
high, head ten inches in length, and not filled
out yet, and will grow q foot more. 1t is from
the plantation OF Thomas l. Harrison, on Ar
gyle Island. Savannah River, about. twelve
;. miles above the city. The plantation OF Col.
W. W. Holland and Gen. George P. Harrison,
nesr the one on which this stalk is grown, also
promise we'll.
a New SIDEWALK FOB BRoAD.sTREEr.-The
a.Rialto Of Charleston has felt justly indignant
that other streets should boast Of asphaltum
sidewalks while the money kings who congre-
gate in that thoroughfare should be compelled