The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-18

1Or tavOrE received.
The BARNwELL SENTINE1.-Mr. Bronson.
editor and proprietor Of the Barnwe Sentinel, is ID
Charleston for few days. The Sentinel has the
exclusive circulation of Barnwel and large sections
of Edgefeld, Beaufort and Colleton. 1t has all the
county advertising, has been established nearly
twenty years, and is in o fourishing condition.
Merchants desirous Of extending their trade by ad-
vertising in Its lumns leave their orders with
Messrs. Walker Evans & Cogswel.
A FEMALE SwINDLER.-A person with the ad-
dress and appearance of lady has recently been in
the habit of stopping persons on King-street and
begging them for assistance for friend, the widow
Of o Confederate soldier. ehe first asks directions
for some place in tho city and ofter she has succeed
ed in engaging the attention of the person addressed
she commences to beg Some ladies offered, day
or two ago. to accompany her to the residence her
distressed friend and she became greatly offended
and left them Immediately.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT ON THE C1rl RAIL-
wAY-On Saturday morning little boy. years
old, named Henry Chanson, son of the gardener and
florist at the corner OF Rutledge and Line streets,
while trying to get tho front platform one Of the
City Railway cars, about 10 o'clock, in the vicinity
of the Spring turnout fell beneath the Wheels
which passed over his legs cutting off the right one
just above the ankle, and lacerating and mangling
the other one terribly AS soon possible the car
was stopped and the boy taken and carried to his
home. DR.. G. Laney Myer attended the sufferer uL-
til young DIR. Ogier was called in. The latter ampu
tated the right leg, but thinks the remaining one
though terribly torn, be saved. The boy exhib-
tied, under his intense agonies, remarkable endur-
anee for one so young and it is TO be hoped that he
will recover. The father was in such
state of mental excitement that it was with difficult
ty he could be restrained from cutting his throat
LADIES SHOULD READ NEwsPAPERs.-Et is a
great mistake in female education to keep young
lady's time and attention devoted to only fashiona-
Die literature OF the day. IF you would qualify her
TOR conversations, you must give her something to
talk about-give her education with the actual
world, with the outer world, and it's trans, iring
events. Urge her to read newspapers and become
familiar with the present character and Improvement
of our race History is of some importance but our
thoughts and our concerns should be mainly for the
present time-to know what it is and improve the
condition of it. Let her have intelligent opinion
and be able to sustain intelligent conversation con.
corning the mental, moral and religious improve
ments of our time. Let the guded ANIMALS and poems
On the centre table be kept part of the time covered
with weekly and daily Journals. Let the whole
famiy-men. women and children-read newspa-
pers.
JUDGES CARPENTER AND ORR.-The Orange
burg News speaking Of the Court General Sessions
which closed its sttings Saturday last, says:
"Judge Carpenter has proved himself on this occa-
sion quite an able judiciary on the criminal side of
the court and predict for him no less success on
the civil side In fact, believe 1t to be the opin.
ion OF the bar here that have secured Judge for
VIII will lvvear bjo
give general satisfaction In his administration of the
law
The Greenville Enterprise speaks of Judge Orr as
follows: "The judge shows himself master of the
situation; no one doubts his ability to make one OF
the best Judges In the State his charge 10 the
grand jury was clear and direct to the business
Defoe It, He did not go into much generalities but
his remarks on the duty Of all public officer, to en-
force the laws of the land were fo1cible and inst
he also said that this duty belonged likewise to
every citizen; all should abide by the law none
presuning to take redress into their own hand This
was the OILY security for public peace and order
as well as for individual SAFETY and protection"
CONFEDERATE WIDOWS HoME.-The lad;ea
having charge of the Confederate Widows Home
acknowledge their indebtedness to the M ,rchants
eoltors printers an many others Of the citizens of
Charlreton and to friends in other parts of the State
&c Europe, In Baltimore and at the North, for vaua
ole contributions to the late Fair. 1t would be
both privilege and duty to make public and
grateful mention Of the names of those who have a.,
generously aided this benevolent enterprise 1nt the
number of honors has been 50 great. and so manv
have shrunk from and forbidden publicity "a to
their gifts that no full and special expression of
gratitude would be possible without disreoardino
the wishes and woupdtrg the generous sensitive
ness efmany. lhe ladies' cannot forbear the gene.
ral declaration, however. that-with uuimportant
exceptions--their appeal has been met with warm
and liberal respoase, ana that the IN INV names
which they not permitted 10 publish. thew can.
not be prevented from holding in grateful remem.
brance. The best return which can be made 70
those who contributed Of their means or their gar
vices to the FAIR is the of It's complete
suecess-the amount realized, above all expenses.
not varying far from two thous md Ave huudred
dollars.
SOUTHERN STOCKS IN New YoRK.-The New
York Herald makes the following note of Thursdays
transactions In Southern bonds in that city: "The
transactions i'm Southern State bonds were again
prominent feature OF the days business. It will be
remembered how, few months ago. these securities
were frequently passed over without response to the
call at the boards Nowadays the list is elled as will
be seen by the quotations annexed. The demand
to-day came from persons who NOS generally seen
in Wastleet, and the fact points to the popular be-
lief that tho Southern states, with their productive
territory, are entering npon o period OF revived
prosperity 1he Louisiana bonds. 1t will likewise
e remembered, were but recently placed the list
at the boards; but they have outtripped their negh
bors In the prominence hich they have assumed In
the present speculation. She Tennessee bonds were
Armer on account Of telegram from Nashville stat.
Ing that resolution to withhold any nora state aid
from railroads which were behindhand In raying
their interest passed the House by fourteen a3ori
~ Prices closed o. follows: Tennessee OK coupon,
60Aa7o do. new e9,sas9N; Virginia or coupon. SIX
bid; DO. new 6oHasl; Georgia sixes Sokasf; do.
seyens d hao2; North carolina coupon, e5NasbK;
a. new South Carolina sixss old, 70a71; do.