The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-12

atahi,ed:a at the Ten-Mtfe Hill, on wednesday
last. by Peter Davis, also colored, died at The
CitysHospttal5 about one O'Clock yesterday
morning. During the: course OF the day, 9
iury Of inquest was impanelled, which! ad
Toured, over until Monday, 10 allow time FOL
wttnes .es to be summoned from the scene c
the ARRAY. Davis had not been arrested las
evening. sg& s
CHARLESTON GOING AHEAD.
TnsIGhaTieston. Navigation Company
-Four Large ,oasting schooners TO be
Butlsin Charleston-Vork to he Com
menced Immediately.
Several gentlemen OF this city, among
whom are Messrs. John c. Msllonee, E.. Wei
fling, B. F. simons and r. R. Hudgins, have
associated themselves together for the pro
motion ofa new and highly important. enter
prise. They are large lumber aud timber
dealers, aud annually make extensive foreign
and domestic shipments Of those articles, but
during the past summerthey have experienced
great, dlficultyin procuring vessels. for-theii
purposes. To prevent q recurrence of thlf
dificulty they have determined te
organize a ship building association
to be called the Charleston Navigation
Company, for which an application for a char.
teslRinE be made: to the next Legislature. The
application for charter will ask permission to
issue one thousand shares stock, of fifty dol
lars each, with the privilege of increasing the
number Of sharesto ten thousand. The great
or portion of the stock has already been en-
.gaped By gentlemen interested IN the enter
prise. sit isiproposed to build. right here In
& hsrieston,, i,hr. a frst-class coasling schoon.
ers OF three ,masts, and about 42O tons, bur-
then each. All the material and equipments
necessary to complete them. will likewise be
purchased here: When completed fheyiwfll
be manned, az far :ass practicable, by Charles
.lonians, aud will be- Immediately put 10 ser
Vice in The. coasting lumber trade. Should
-taess vessels realize In their profits the expec-
.sauons. Of. their owners, an indefinite number
:ofsothers will-also be built.
To avoid the loss Of time. consequent upon
waiting for the granting Of the charter, the
gentlemen above named have decided to com-
.mence. The work ut once on their own account.
One of the schooners will be con menced In q
few days. She will be one hundred and ten
fsetEIongi::on the keel,@ one hundred and
taenty-dye feet on deck thirty feet beam,
With tenifeet depth of hold. She will have
three mssts, Q bulwark around her decks three
feet high, landth III usual cabin accommodations
f~orthesonfcsrs and crew. Her timbers WILDE
ofths finest quality of live oak and yellow pine,
which Is used in The construction Of all first
GLASS vessels; and. of which no State affords o
-latgeror cheaper supply than South Carolina.
The planking will be Of yellow pine. She will
be completed abontathe 1st of February, aRd
will. cost equipped about twenty-seven thou
andadollars. It Is understood that the con-
tract will be given, TO &essrs. J.. G.
& D. G. Marsh, shipbuiiders of this
city, who are experienced workmen,
n In every way competent to un-
dertake the work. This schooner will be called
the sJessie, Elizabeth, In honoE5of the. only
daughter Of Mr. Mallonee. She will be classed
Al, and will have a carrying capacitysof four
hundred and twenty tons, orstwoz hundred
thousands fsetEofsS luniber;sshe will be- bpllt
onNars6is wharf, The Importance q thtsen-
tsfpslss VIII be realized when It lbstemem-
berefihatthe freight on the lumber andtim-
ber expofaatrom Charleston, during The ,busi-
ness year ofsle7Il'72, aggregated over two
hundred thousand dollars. AS the lumber
trade-st Charleston 10 growing rapidly, it is
r~easenablesto presume fhatssthe freights on
that srticlss during the -present yeaEss WILL BIZ
ndkuythousandsdellar a,in-excsssof last year.
wbeS hesohafieston.NaYlga 1gompany gel
thsff yesse4sEzafoat,s nearIyS Swte1s-s of
this amount will How into their Golfers, and
thus be kept at home. The enterprise will
also give steady employment to between one
aud two hundred persons VINO are now COM
paratlvely Idle.
~ AsH1NG HussAR UNIFoRM.-Messrs.
Menke d Muller, the enterprislng merchant
tailors at the corner of King and Wentworth
Streets are now engaged In manufacturing
the new uniforms recently adopted by the
German Hnssar Tilung Club, and which are IN
be the most snowy uniforms of any military
organization seen in Charleston since the war
4uO Stos VI isaC uOh u W uC U elu2lC Dfeast6u
frock of cadet gray cloth, with three. rows .ol
bell buttons, connected by double rows OF vel.
low cord. The sleeves are slashed with vel
low cord, terminating with bell buttons, and
the shoulders are similarly orDamtnted with
yellow. shoulder: knots and buttons. The
pants are of the same material, reinforced 10
cavalry style, and have a yellow corded vel,
on the outer seams. The officers uniforms
are similar to those Of the men with the add.
tonsof gold lace cheyrons for the non.com.
miIloned officers, and bullion and yellow vel
vet shoulder straps for the commissioned
officers, with gold lace stripes on the pants for
all ofticers, varying in width according to
rank. The Uniforms are all being made care:
iolly to measure, and there is no doubt that
when the gallant hussars make their first pub.
lie parade they will present a fine appearance