The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-27

THE New STEAM FIRE ENGINE FOR Angus
TA.-At an early hour yesterday morning. the steam
ship Charleston nded at her pier, and after
the Steam Fire Engine Georgia, for the Independent
Fire Company Of Augusta, was landed. AS soon as
she was got In readiness to move, her drags were
manned by the delegation of the 'Etna.' which
had patiently awaited her arrival since the night
previous and the delegates from Augusta belonging
to the company. She was carried to the neat and
commodious quarters Of the Etna Queen-street,
where the members took her IN hand overhauled her
and put her in trim for her journey homeward The
Etnas did their best to make their Augusta friends
teel at home by endeavoring to show them every
courtesy in their power After dinner the drags
were again manned and the Georgia hauled to the
South Carolina Railroad depot for shipment to Au.
gusta. The Augusta delegation returned to the
Etna house, and in the evening they spent good
time over rousing bowl of punch pledgng friend.
ships and cementing tes We learn that the Angus
tians will leave to-day, and it is hoped will carry
with them agreeable recoecons of their brief stay
here, where every effort made to render their
sojourn pleasant. ~
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'sTHE NINETEENTH CENTURY."-We learn
that monthly magazine is soon to be issued in
Charleston under the auspices of '.Round Table"
coterie of gentlemen well known in literary, proes
sional ana mer antile circles The wo.k will be di-
rectly IN charge of Rev. w. W. Hicks, d. D., and
''Personhe" IF. g. De Fontains Esq., and will aim
to supply vacant place on the literary tables of
our Southern houses. Our ablest writer's will fur
nish entertainment and instruction, that in both
local and general sense the magazine may be aS at
tractivs possible 1t is proposed to make the
Ground Table, department specially interesting to
the merchant the agriculturalist and scientific man.
while miscellaneous collection of facts and ances
will constitute the frost work Of this literary plum
pudding. Dr.. Hicks. although not long q resident
of Charleston has won both admiration and respect
we'll by his learning and personal charm by his
and touching eloquence; while Mr.. De Fontaine
as fluent original, graphic Southern writer. has
few if any equals in the world of periodical ltera-
ture. These two gentlemen will be the main props
| of the new work, and sincerely hope that, as
home enterprise. the 'Nineteenth Century" will have
all the encouragement and support It deserves.
We may add that one of the most attractive fea-
lures Of the magazine will be "Reminiscences of
the Bivouac and Battlefield" to be written by
''Personne.'
MORTALITY OF CHARLESTON FOR 1S60.-Be-
low is a condensed statement of the mortality of
Charleston for the year ending December 81, 1858.
taken from the annual report Of the City Regis.
trar. which submitted to Council at it's last
meeting 1t is worthy of remark that although the
population OF the city 10 almost equally divided be.
tween whites and blacks, the mortality of the
| blacks was more than double that of the whites
The Registrars estimate of the population of the
city at 49, OC0 too low At the last election the
| number of votes cast 10, ,000 and making all
reasonable allowance for fraud at the usual proper
| ton of voters to population, that would give us
| population Of at least 100000, and more probably
| $4,000. The proporttonate mortality would then be
| one in SO or one in ST. instead of one in 20:
| Total number of deaths during the year. .12es
|
Maie-Whltes ................... .208
ceLuale-Wn1teS.. ............... ..l06
MaleOblacks and coiored 400 'o'o
| Female-blaCks and cOlored .........396
| Total blacks and colored .....sls
! 1rano totat. .l208
| Natives of Charleston on............... $50
Natives of South Carolina. lina............2I6
Natives of the United States. ........... so
HoieASners.''... ............ ................ W
| The proportional mortality to population, in
| 28973, the entire population being esd ated at
| $4,000.
TESTIMONIAL TO DR. A. G.. MAoKEY.-We
have been favored with the following account Of
recent presentation Of testimonial to the Collector
Of the Port:
meeting Of the officials Of the custorahouse was
recently convened. Mr.. Charles 81. Groves was ap-
pointed chairman, and Mr.. @. L Beecher secretary
The chairman having stated the object of the
meeting to be for the purpose Of testfying their re-