The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-11-16

THE DAILY NEWS
Ae LARoEsT ciRcULATGoN.-THE DAHL,
SEws BEING THE NEWSPAPER oFF1cIALL'
RECOGNIZED as HAVING TIE LARGEST c1R
CULATIoN IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON
pUBLIsHEs THE LIST OF LETTERS REMAIN
ING N THE PoSToTF1CE AT THE END o.
EACH WEEK. ACCORDING TO The PEoV1S
IONS OF THE NEW PosToFFIcE Law.
LOCAL M MATTERS.
AUCTION SALES THIS DAY.
CAMPBELL, KNOX Co. will sell at 10 o'clock
at their auction house, No. % Hasel-street
dry goods. boots and shoes.
JAMES W: GRAY, Master IN EqalsE, VIII ;;',t 2et
at 12 O'Clock. at the courthouse, the remaining
assets oil the Farmers and Exchange Bank.
Losr.-Attention is directed to the adver
tisement OF plantation disbursement bool
lost.
ARRIVAL OF TRoops.-A company of United
States troops arrived in the city yesterday from
Florance.
WARD No. 6.-A notice of interest to the clti
zens of Ward No. will be found in another
column.
DEAp.-Moses Deveaux, colored man, was
found dead last night in his house, No. st
Beaufair-street. The coroner was summoned
PASSENGERS FOB SAVANNAH will do well tc
avail themselves of the special trip and com
Portable accommodations of the steamer St
Helena, which sails to-day.
QUITE sPRNKLNG Of meteors Illuminated
the armament on Saturday morning after THf
NEws had gone to press. The telegraph re.
ports a similar display at various points
throughout the country.
TABLEAUx.-The congregation of st. Marks
Church have engaged the Market Hall for
series of tableaux in aid Of the church. The
entertainment begins this evening, and the
public are invited to attend.
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING. Doucin, q
colored man, shot himself in the hand with q
double barrelled gun at Red Bank, Cooper
River, yes. erday. he was brought to the city
aud sent 10 the hospital in Mazyck-street.
A DEFAULrER.-The Deputy United States
Marshal for Newberry, who was also deputy
messenger in bankruptcy for the Third Con-
gressional District, and clerk for the commits
sioner in equity, is reported to have defaulted
with $1,000. Steps have been taken to effect
his arrest.
DEFALcAT,oN.-We have been informed that
George Larson, who was Deputy United States
Marshal, Deputy Messenger in Bankruptcy for
the Third Congressional District, and clerk for
the Commissioner in Equity Of Newberry
CoIutv, absconded recently with s70o, Of the
funds Of the Commissioner in Equity.
No TRsyrRE.-Mr.. John Templeton, with his
company, is now playing to full houses in Sa-
vannah, aud has met with such encouragement
that he IS determined to prolong his stay one
week. Miss Alice VGne, who remained in this
city, will leave for Savannah to complete en-
gagements made there. The troupe will re-
turn to Charleston early next week with largely
increased facilities for entertaining the ublc.
/. TIE BRAZILIAN CIRcUs.-Lowandes & Co.'s
great circus has. arrived and will perforui to-
morrow night on the Citadel Green. This
troupe has been thoroughly reorganized, and
has had brilliant success in Savannah and
elsewhere. AS equestrians they cannot be ex-
celled, and under the new management the
circus is one of the most perfect that has
visited Charleston for years. Among the
knights of the ring are several Charlestopians,
who are prepared to compete with any foreign
professionals.
AcKNowLEDaMENT.-T ladies of the Board
OF Control for the Widows Home gratefully ac-
knowledge the following liberal donations: To
Mr.. Baker for one ton of coal; to merchant on
the Bay for number Of clothes-lnes; a young
merchant on the Bay for sack of salt; also 10
friends in tho o.country for p,tatoes and grist.
PERsoNA1.-Ceneral NJ. G. Butler is in towr,
staying atthe Charleston Hotel.
Mr. r. H. Grenaker, OF the Newberry Herald,
is making short sojourn in our city, and Of
fers to our business community the opportuni-
ty of making advantageous advertising ar
rangements with his paper, which is one Of
the mos. sprightly and widely circulated in the
State. His card will be found elsewhere in our
columns.
A GENEROUS DONATION BY GovERoR R. E.
.ScorT.-A correspondent Of the Columbia Ph@-
nix, writing from Due West under date Of No
Tember 12, says that Governor Scott has given
five hundred dollars towards the endowment of
Erskine College, situated at that place, and
fifty dollars to the Phllomathean Society Of the
college. The people of the State will not
grudge the Governor his salary if he expends
it all in so liberal and wise man ner.
observation-disclosures. Street Brothers &
Co., on opening their store Saturday morning,
were surprised to find that On iDcendiary at
tempt had been made upon it during the night.
The door and sill had been saturated with kero-