The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-20

puB1IsuEs THE LIST OF LETTERS REMAIN
ING m THE PosToFF1cE AT THE END OF
EACH WEEK. ACCORDING TO THE eRoV1s-
IONS OF THE NEW PosToFF1cE Law.
LOCAL MATTERS.
AUCTION SALES THIS DAY
JoHs g. MuNoR & Co. will sell ct 10 O'clock,
at their salesroom, No.. lSo Meetlne-suee''
n. M. CATER will sell, at three quarters past
9 o'clock, on Browns wharf, butter and CROCK
Gu11aAs & Son will sell, at 10 O'Clock, at
their store, No. q Vendue Range turnisufe'
e9, Es,sIow& Co. will sell, at 10. O'Clock,
at their store. No. SO East Bay, smoking to.
eI Ia1REY & ALEXANDER will sell, alto o'clock,
at their store, No. 137 East Bay, butter, lard,
&c. @3
TEE DAILY NEWS PRICE CURRENT AND Con-
nuRuA1 CIRCULAR win be ready for delivery at
nine O'Clock tomorrow morning. Business
houses Wishing to subscribe for speonea
number Of copies containing their cards, should
leave their orders at our counting room To-Day.
LOB. B.-We are requested to state that
she Dan Lodge, No. 9s, meets every SUNDAY
afternoon, at four O'Clock, at Odd Fellows Hall,
corner Of King and Lberty-sheets.
A M1srAKE.-In our last an error Of the types
made us mention Mr.. B, Riols as one Of the
sureiies Of Sheriff elect Msokey. It should
-have bean Mr.. b. Reils. The two names,
though somewhat similar, belong. to different
persons. 49, g..
REMoyl1 OF D1sABnrrrEs:-Govern Scott,
on Tuesday, announced his approval OF the
Joint resolutions removing the political disable
tiles Of George Rpist, W. T. Nixon, L. ID.
Cook, N. N. MounA, Geo. Bolivar, VIM. Hill
and &. D. Goodlet. .1......s.,4..
IMposruBE.-A- gentleman informs us that
he,has sscertained, beyond doubt, that some
OF the persons now soliciting charity as dest-
tute Confederate scldiers are mposters. s. In
ALI such cases our idsens should be wary in
bestowing assistance. - 80 se,t = =---'s'
TEE Mayors PRoclAMAToN.-We direct es-
pecial attention to the proclamation OF Mayor
CLARK, published inanother column. In his
effort to preserve peace and order In our COM
munity the Mayor may rely upon the hearty
cooperation Of the citizens Of Charleston.
TEE Go1ooNnA--The American Colonies
.tion society's ship. the Golconda, which, sailed
from Savannah, Ga., the 18th of May, with four
hundred and fifty.ons emf grants, arrived all
well at Monrovia, Liberia, the 18th OF June,
having made short passage OF thirty-four
rdays. :. =, .'E'..-, r..
fTm MARKET REsrAUFANrs.-The contract
for the construction Of thee restaurants has
been assigned to Messrs. J. b. Devereau1 d
Co.. and the necessary lumber was brought to
the spot yesterday. The buildings will be
erected on the vacant ground east OF the old
fish market. e,si,s.;,y So
A BIG RATlIFsNAm.-The Marion Crescent
ssays: con Monday night last, General ELY
Godbold had rattlesnake killed in his yard
unsasuring five feet five inches in length, and
seight inches round, With eight rattles. One
spf the Generals little grand-daughters discov-
.ered this reptile when she was within six inch
ses Of It's head"
Tn TABLES TuRNED.-The assault upon
rGeo1ge Robinson, oolored servant OF the
Mayor, by Philip Barnett, the colored drum
smsjor, already reported, came up before the
Mayor yesterday for examination. Il was
found that Robinson was the aggressor, hay-
ing commenced the assault. Barnett was con-
=sequsntlS released, ,nd The Mayors servant
fined five dollars for disorderly conduct.
a MATcH GAME viii be played on the Citadel
Green this afternoon, between first mines, re
=spectively, of the Eclipse and Carolina Base
Ball Clubs. The game viii be called at half
past two precisely.
: match game was played yesterday after
noon, between the second nine Of the Palmet-
tos and the first nine Of the Champions, both
Junior clubs, which resulted in favor Of the
Champions; the, score standing seventeen to
nine. sSsi-
NIuKERsoN's HOTEL, CoLuD1A.-We take
pleasure npublishing thsfo Glowing paragraph:
s.Although it has been stated again and
=agsin in the Ph@nix, and in the Charleston
papers, that no negroes are boarding at'the
-Nickerson Hotel, rumors to that eitect and to
: its prejudice are, nevertheless, circulating.
zboth in this and adjoining states.n
This hotel is white mans hotel, and no
thing else, and, it we remember Alright, one of
the grounds given for introducing the -.ssocial
Equality bin was that 8 negro gentleman
could not obtain board at Nickerson's.
TIE SrABBNa AFERAY--We are requested
to make the following corrections in regard to
=the stabbing afray which took place on Tues
-day afternoon:
1. The stabbing did not take place in gro
.,cery store, but in the street. -.--ss =,
Q. c. B. Grant US not in liquor. but was
perfectly sober.a !. :.ss.,s, y.:s
8. It was Lowry who ssab5ed Grant, and not
/. Grant who stabbed Lowry. ~si
These facts ore proved byssworn afidavits,
(Which have besn placed IN pur hands. The