The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-03
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CITY A FF A r S.
Meetings This Day.
lytAagorean Lodge, at 7P. NJ.
Faaians, at hall:past T. NJ.
PneniX Fire Company, at ha!f-past L. VI.
Young America Fire Company, at half-past
p NJ.
Lafayette Artillery Charitable Association, a
n. NJ.
workingmen al halfpast P. NJ
Auction Sales This Day.
Leitch e. Bruins will sell at IL O'Clock, at No
Il, Meeting street, contents of bar and billiard
saloon; also billiard table at IL O'CLOCK at No. ~!
King street.
John G. Milnor & Co. will sell at 10 O'Clock, al
their store, dry goods hats, &C.
Lowndes l. Grimball will sell at II O'Clock, at
the old Postofice city real estate.
Holmes s; Macbeth will sell ut II o'clock, at the
old Postoffice, country real estate.
THE CHEAPEST YEr.-The NEWS Job Office is
now printing blll-heads in the best style and on
fne paper, at So so per thousand. Merchants think
OF il?
New YORK CITY.-The panorama of New
FORK City closed its performances here last night
TO another packed house. We learn that the
agent Mr.. Norton, will return to Charleston in a
few weeks, when he will give some exhibitions In
the new hall of the Academy Of Music.
VoS SANTEN's is the place where people do
not 20 "to hold the mirror up to nature but 10
hide the charms that constitute them natures
noblemen behind grotesque masks, without dis
tinctlon as to class. color and shade OF uglness.
Tie ball tonight, and those to take place in fu-
ture, cannot be attended with any pleasure un.
less the masque is furnishedby Won santen.
iiLEcTIoN.-At q meeting of the Board OF
Commissioners OF Markets, held last night, Mr..
Wm Kirkwood was reelected chief clerk; Mr. j.
T. MIugan, assistant clerk Of the lower market;
Mr. ". ]. Wiley, assistant clerk Of the upper mar
ket: Mr.. T. A. Baynard, clerk of weights aud
measures; R. B. Artson, colored, public weigher,
Market street scales; Mr. E. j. Cason, public
welgher, Calhoun street scales.
UNITED STATES CouRT-FEBRUARY 2.-HoN.
GEORGE S. BRYAN, PRESIDING.-DiStrtct Court
Somers vs. McCaron. Modification OF order OF
sale granted, with conseRtof all parties
Martha ], Grice vs.. G. +. Towner. Petition Tor
involuntary bankruptcy. Rule made returnab!e
9TH February, 1870.
Ex parte T. S. Miller, Of Edgedeld. Petition for
Paror IN q Jlanpr
trar.
TIGILAST FIRE ENGINE CoMPANY.-At the
ffty-nrst anniversary meeting OF this company,
held on Tuesday evening, the following officers
were elected to serve for the ensuing year: L. D..
Mowry, PRESIDENT P. Brown, Jr., vice president,
vice ]. T. Humphreys, declined;S s. W. Fisher, Jr.,
first dAector;J J. n. Baker, second director; ]. j.
O'Nelll third director ]. Z. Huser, fourth direc-
tor; E. G. Chupein, secretary, vice T. D. Lobby,
declined; G. A. Foln treasurer; ]. Barbot and j.
Laftte, a4men.
STREET IAPRovEMENENTS.-Ex exchange street,
leading from East Bay to South Atlantic wharf,
and highway OF traffic for passengers and freight
to the Savannah and Florida steamers, will soon
he furnished with an asphalt sidewalk by Captain
A. Habenicht, the contractor for the work. Cap
tain Habenicht has nearly completed the side
walk at the corner OF East Bay and Broad streets
and Is now preparing the materials In order to
commence work on his new field at an early day.
A good sidewalk has been sadly needed in that
section for some time.
TIE SISTERS OF Manchester NJ. Xavier,
OF this city, we learn, will soon leave for Wash
tncton, to again petition Congress for aid in re-
building the orphanhouse destroyed during the
late war. The petition is signed by Governor
Scott and nearly all the members OF the Legsla-
ture 1t is also accompanied by letters from
number OF United States armyo Ulcers, testifying
to the kindness and attention paid them In their
confinement in this city. Congress can certainly
afford to grant this small boon to the petitioners,
and we trust it will be received with favor.
LECTURE ON TuRKEY.-The Rev. Arthur
Bogdon gave another interesting and instructive
lecture at the music hall OF the Academy OF Music
last night. As on the previous occasion, the hall
was crowded, and the reverend speaker found no
difficulty In retaining the full attention OF his
hearers, "Lile and Scenes in Turkey" "The East
ern Churches and "The Great Eastern Ques-
tion,n were the subjects chosen by the lecturer
for the series, and the exercises have on each day
been agreeably diversified by the skilled touches
of Mr.. Withers on his cremona. The lecture to-
night will close the present course.
AURORA BoREALIs.-The unusual display OF
electrical or northern lights was witnessed cary
yesterday morning, in all its brilliancy, by some
gentlemen who were out on hunting party, o
Few miles from this city. 1t was before day
break and the sky was cloudess when the atten-
tIon OF the spectators was riveted by the grow
ing brightness Of the horizon, and the streams OF
light that shot forth toward the zenith describing
an arc OF surprising brilliancy. This phenomenon
is seldom witnessed in our mild southern lati.
tude, and as it is rarely seen, except In extreme
cold weather. it is thought 10 portend some change
in the atmosphere.
LECTURE BEFORE TUT CHRESToMATHIC So
.clETY.-The Rev. James w. Miles, Professor ol
Languages in the Charleston College, lectured
last night TO the Chrestomathic Society, on the ho
man Emperor Marcus Aureus. The lecture was
delivered in the College Chapel, which was well ut
tended The speaker referred to the life and times
OF the Emperor Aurelius, and gave graphic des