The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-05

Hischof, and r. S. Bruins were appointed q
committee to carry out the object OF the Board
to have reading room accessible to strangers
visiting the city, and for the use OF our mer-
chants. On Saturday the committee purchased
for 900 the ''Mowry House," located on
Meeting, one door south Of Wentworth street,
and now occupied by DR.. H. w. DeSaussure.
We learn that the com mittee will commence at
an early day to make the arrangements for the
reading-room, library, &c. The building is
admirably adapted for the purpose, and when
fitted up as it is intended to be, will meet q
want long felt, and will also be an ornament to
the city.
CRuMBs.-The Plsburyites held caucus
FRIDAY night until nearly one O'Clock, and ar
ranged matters for the election tomorrow
night. Tho Mackeyites have also arranged
affairs, and may verify TO their opponents the
truth that ''the best laid schemes of mice and
men at gang aglee."
The action Of the Mayor in imprisoning the
two oolored glrls for insulting Riley by loudly
singing Democrat Riley" elected from Cain
column Of editorial protest in the last Mis-
slonary Record.
The bathing of boys off Boyce's wharf, from
which most of the yachting parties leave,
should be stopped at once. I t
The onslaught of the police upon the dogs
will commence on Tuesday. During the last
war upon the brutes, negroes took occasion to
sling poisoned meat over into yards IN order
to get rid of the guardian Of the house pre-
paratory to entering 1t at pIgbt. It is to De
hopsd that vlgilant watch will DO kopb for
such offenders.
1t is understood that Alderman T. J. Mack
ey's speech to-day, at White Point Garden, will
be confined mainly to showing the progress of
Repubicanism.
Mayor Plllsbury is expected to make short
speech on the Same stand with Alderman
t. j. Mackey to-day; strange, but the Scrip
ture tells us that the Lion and lamb Will lie
down together, and child shall lead them.'
The sherlffs sales, advertised to take place
to-day, have been postponed until tomorrow.
The ex-Federal officer, B. n. Hzannng, whose
sudden departure on the steamer Asplnwan, q
short time since, was duly chronioled in THE
NEWS, with brief account of his misdeeds,
was shipped on the steamer as second mate.
he remarked to friend that he would hear of
number Of stories about his running of With
out paying his debts, &C., but that he must not
believe them.
There were only two cases Of drunkenness
before the Mayor Saturday.
The semi-annual dividend of Ave dollars per
Oh ire, FREQ of tax, declared by the Board of
Directors Of the First National Bank of
Charleston, will be paid on and after to-mor-
row.
Saturday afternoon q drunken man was
carried, face downwards, to the barracks,
through the principal streets. by two police
men and a negro. Hs should have been carried
in a wagon.
meeting Of the Executive Committee of
the State Agricultural and Mech anical Society
will be held in Columbia on the fourteenth of
this month.
The negroes Bob. Lloyd, Abram Brown,
Daniel Cox and Peter Highgrass, whose
arrest by the detective force for the crimes of
grand larceny and burglary have been men
toned, were sentenced Saturday to imprison-
ment in jail
The chimes will, by order Of the Mayor, be
rung to-day from halfpas four to half-past six
O'Clock, from twelve to one o'clock, and from
six O'Clock to sundown.
The Mayor will not parade to-day with the
colored men, but will be at the battery with
Them.
1he Oouneia un to SATURDAY night had not
decided TO be in the colored PROCESSION to-day.
The members have been informed that they
would be denounced as Democrats il they did
not attend as body, and they act with their
eyes open. The Mayor, when reminded OF
This on Saturday. said that he could'nt help it;
he had been denounced us such often before.
Omcefs Nipson, Lovett and Mitchell, on Sat-
urday. took young girl, by request Of her
mo her, from the house OF i'll. fame kept by a
Mrs. Shepherd, on Duncan, near Coming
stree. This house is greatly complained of.
The First National bank, Peoples National
Bank, and the Office Of the South Caroliua Loan
and Trust Company win be closed to-day.
The dividend Of fifty cents per share on the
capital stock Of the Charleston Gaslight Com
pany will be paid On and after to morrow.
The Republicans think that they should have
Ia daily paper in Charleston to represent their
interests.
banner will be presented to day to- the
Union star Fire (colored) Company at the
corner of Bogard and st. Philip-streets.
It is reported that . barouche, with four
horses, has been secured for the Mayor and AL
derman T. ]. Mackey to ride ip in the process
sion to, day. Hardly true. g IA "
L Herr Lengel. the lion tanner, has 30 far re-
covered from his wound received from lion in
New Orleans last April, as TO be able to walk
about ths Pavilion Hc:si, where he las been
confined to his bed for about ten days.
Tho United ssatsa Gag WAS aung, to the
breeze from the stats Of the City Hsu and
Guardhouse yesterday in honor Of the 4th.
The shipping generally iiiaplayed their bunt.
ing.
Officer W. Y. Loyett, OF tho desective force,
win most probably be thenext Clerk Of the
Market. he be as good q clerk as he is de-
tectivee. no one viii regret bis election.
The national salute was fiFed at twelve NJ.
yesterday from Rsld pieces ON Citadel Creep.
L The steamer Emily, which makes an excur.
sion around the harbor this morning, will sail
from Commercial wharf instead Of Atlant,c
wharf, es first announced. - fss- .eg