The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-20
FROM TIE STATE CAPITAL.
The Frosts md the Fruits-The New
Daily Sewspaper-The Veloctpede Ma
nta-Ltternry-The New State House
Miscellaneous Items.
rsRoM OUR OWN coRnEspoHDENT.l ]

| fFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
COLUMBIA, April 19.-The uaseasonably cold
weather during the past week has raised the
CRY usual at every cold snap in spring time,
that is to say, that all the fruit is destroyed.
It is rare that this first cry is not exaggerated.
The facts, so far as ascertained, however, &C to
show that tlie damage done to both orchards
| and gardens is considerable. From Abbevllle
and from Greenville comes the opinion that
the destruction OF embryo fruits is well nigh
thorough and certainly the injury in those
localities may be put down as serious. Early
vegetables havo suffered in the same degree.
From York County, on the contrary, which is
| as far north as Greenville but not so high nor
| so near the mountains. hear that very little
if any injury has been done to either fruits or
gardens. But, it must be remembered, that
few days moro may show effects that have not
appeared yet.
THE NEW DAILY.
Mr.. Pelham's announcement Of his intention
to resume the publication of the Guardian
newspaper in Columbia has thus far produced
fair interest in this community, but
nothing like sensation. The fact is, o new
daily may be needed or it may not; all depends
upon what kind OF a daily the new one is to be.
Competition is the main valuable result Of
bringing another into the field /; and this might
have its advantages. especially to the public.
The new issue might find this heavy battle
to fight. Itremains to be seen what the Guar
dian proposes to be and to do; and until we see
that, it is hard to predict it's chances OF success
The public mind. however, is prepared to re-
ceve the new sheet favorably, and Mr.. Pelham
will evidently have fair chance.
yELocREDEs.
For ten days or more Columbians have
had an opportunity Of seeing the use of
a tricycle-an achievement of local ingenuity
and skill. It has not very great speed, and
is said to take a good deal Of muscle to propel
it, and, on a short turn, is liable to capsize.
A few days ago, however, there arrived the first,
and thus far the only, regular bicycle-a legiti-
mate two-wheeled, French-pattern, Yankee
made, a-nlile. in-two-minutes, and a-hund1ed-
and-twenty-doll velocipede-such as the Han
Ions manipulate 1--WE shall have pedipulate
through the streets Of Paris, or are to whiz
over the gravelled walks OF Central Park when
ever the authorities open the gates to them.
This one draws crowds, and has already tum-
bled in the sand several adventurous expert
menters. The owner is the observed of all
observers, and next in public interest only to
the Man on Horseback.
vELoCREDE HOAX.
A new idea Of advertising struck one Of our
most successful advertisers-a de tler in groce-
ries and provisions the midst of this sea-
son of velocipede-on-the-brain. Friday morn
ing he had it announced that he had received
a one-wheeled velocipede-a monocyclc of new
est style-which would be on exhibition ut his
store that forenoon. Quite number of per-
sons dropped in, trying to make it appear &C.
cidentally, or to make small purchases, and
were so quietly sold that they made but little
noise about it. The announcement was re-
peated with variations on Sunday morning,
sending the monocycle to other places for ex-
hibition. 1t is wheelbarrow.
LITERARY.
Booksellers Duaie and Chapman, of this
place, alo going into the publishing business.
The have reached the third number in series
o. READERS" for common schools; and they
announce ''School History Of South Caro-.
lima" to appear early this summer. They also
are publishing, by subscription, narrative
poem entitled "Evelyn," Of which the charac-
ters are actors in the late war. The author is
promising young poet of this State.
THE NEW STATE HOUSE.
It will be remembered that the Legislature
empowered the Governor to have the unfnish-
ed State House put in using order for the next
session Of that heterogeneous body. Major
Alexander Y. Lee, architect, has recently been
appointed to this york by Governor Scott. 1t
is worthy of mention that Major Lee was the
superintendent and architect OF the peniten-
tiary, and was dismissed from that post to give
place to one Stolbrand, a thriving carpet-bag
ger OF numerous Radical merits. Now, the
appointment of Lee to the State House work
is cheerful sign, indicating as it does
that Governor Scotts supply of carpet
baggers, scalawags and negroes is about
out, and he has been by this circumstance
forced to the appointment OF decent white
man. The probability is that none Of his
negroes, not even Elliott or Whipper, cares
TO prostitute his party influence to a job that
would require more brains than they are con-
scious of having. They can codify laws and
that kind of light work; but architecture is
different matter. But the wonder increases
when we remember that Tomlinson is here and
ready to serve the State is so many ways already
could he not be induced to devote little
more of his precious time to this little job?
And there ia Parker, and Neagle, and Crews,
(who does not return to Union,) and Bishop,
(wo has not hastened back to Greeuvie,) and
and the Rev. MIR. Jackson, of Charleston, to
say nothing of Corbin, Hubbard, Jillaon, Heart,
and Louisa Rawlins. All this makes the ap-
pointment OF Lee the mora wonderful. but not
the less gratifying to the community.
The Palmetto Fire Company of this place is
making ready for the approaching contest of
skill in Charleston. Every fair evening is de-
voted to practice, and lively rivalry may be
expected when the tug Of war comes.
The grand establishment, combining an ex-
press Office, opera house, and good deal be-
sides, recently announced as about to be built
in Columbia, is wished for on all hands. but