The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-05-01
THE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 1865

the ladies Of Sumter, Florence and other points
in the State decorated the graves of the fallen
soldiers of the 'lost cause"
Colonel VIM. Law, o venerable citizen of Dar-.
ingto1 District, died on the 10th instant.
The store OF Mr.. o. C. Coggeshal, in Flo
renee was broke into last week, and goods
amounting in value TO upwards Of $500 carried
off,
An immigration meeting was held at New
berry Courthouse on Saturday, which started
the movement vigorously. One thousand dol
lars was subscribed on the spot, and the fol-
lowing officers we're elected: President, Rev. T.
s. Boinest; Corresponding and Recording Sec
retary, Silas Johnstone; Treasurer, R. L. Nc
Caushrin; Directors, Simeon Fair, B. D. Boyd,
Silas Johnstone and John s. Hair.
RAILROAD CONVENTION AT AuGUsTA.-Colone
Ellis, President Of the Richmond and Peters
burg Railroad; the Hon. Charles Collier, Presi-
dent, and Captain R. B. Pegram, superintend-
ent Of the Petersburg Railroad; John NJ. Rob-
inson, Esq, President Of the Seaboard and
Roanoke Railroad; Col. s.. L. Fremont, Super
intendent Of the Wilmington and Weldon Rail-
road, and other prominent gentlemen connect
ed with the; railroads connecting Washington
and New Orleans, arrived inAugusta yesterday
to attend railroad convention, which will be
held in that city to-day. Judge King,
President of the Georgia Railroad; W.. NJ.
wadley, Esq, President ofthe Central Railroad;
WI. Magraph, ESQ.,, President and q. 7.
Peake, ESQ.,, Superintendent OF the South
Carolina Railroad; s. s. Solomons, ESQ.,, Sup
erintendent Of the Northeastern Railroad, and
other leading railroad men, we're expected to
reach Augusta this morning, and there is every
reason to believe that the attendance ct the
convention will be both numerous and infuen-
tiaL Amongst other things the convention will
endeavor to arrange new schedule between
Augusta and the North, giving two mail trains
each way daily, and also to SO regulate the
time Of departure and arrival that the schedule
may be permanent one.
HOTEL. AaRIyALs.-C Charleston Hotel.--O.
Rells, Newberfy; s. NJ. seeley, Louisville; Jas.
II. Baxter, L. ]. Jones and jas. ". Williams,
Newberry; R. ]. Daniel, spartanburg; d. G.
Mathley, Greenville; O. B. Evatt, Cleveland,
Ohio; P. z. Paulding, New York; J. E. Lewis,
Grahamville; Carlisle Norwood and wife, New
York; W. M. Fleming, o. y. A.; F. s. 0'Brien,
city; Jas. P. Roy, lady, four children and sis-
ter, Q. 8. A.; CHI. Williams, Beaufort; Jno. G..
Dulch and wife, John B. Hubbard, Savannah,
Ga.
FACTION HOTEL. W. Hamlet, @. Creach,
Mount Holly; J. q. Schumacher, Georges De-
pot; W. q. Girardeau, Sumter; Joseph F. Nc
Lean, Rowanlee, N. c.: BENZ. McKettrick, Abb
beville; NJ. Adams, Gadsden; J. T. jennings,
Midway; J. B. Davis, Merrittsville, 8. c.; B. B.
Roddin, South Carolina; DR.. A. Z. Merritt and
wife, Hartford, Copn.; W. W. Benbow, Claren-
don; E. v. Glover, Jr., o. 8. A.; J. s. Beck,
Dixie, 8. G.; P. Gayle, N E Railroad; c. q.
Barnwell, South Carolina; Mrs. Paxton, J. h.
Colclough, Sumter, s. O.; Thomas Murphy,
Graham's Gross Roads; VIM. q. Allyn, Rhode
Island; G. E. DeForrest, New York; DR.. J. @.
Stearns, New Jersey,