The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-08-30
Interesting Intelligence,

enrnes Soncltataon OF General Gr1nt, the prcSl-
! dent ooncurring.
Interesting Intclligcuce..
| The \ Instcr Of the United States at Bucpos
AyTcs Il as informed the Department of State al
Washing ton that the Legislature of the Provincial
GoSernin ent in thot country has authorized the
Governor Of Buenos Ayres to name the next town
s.? in the fnted of the
The Sui vcyor-Gencral of the Territories of Da-
kota and dontana has forwarded to the General
Land Ofic his annual report in duplicate, show
ing the prt 'grcss III survey in that remote and c1-
reported upon is equal to about nine hundred
I Gneal miles i'll extent. The survey is confined to
the borders. adjacent to tho Observation-Disclosures. Of
niinnesota, chiefly along tho western branch of tho
Big Sioux river between forty-three degrees thirty
minutes and forty-four degrees north latitude.
The lands arc represented to be admirably ada Dtcd
| for agriculture and Stock raising.
| The act Of Congress forbitdine under haayv
penalties, the placing the words "Untcd Statcs
Mail" &c., OIL steamboat or other vessels not
employed i'll carrying the mail, and tue publishing
| IN newspaper, or otherwise, tlatany such steam.
boat or vessel not so employed is ascd in CARRYING
the mails of the United States, having been re re,
Gently ovaded i'll many instances, the Postmaster
General has given instructions to postmastars to
take the necessary steps to prcnaptly enforce it's
provisions against all offenders.
The Postmaster r-General has just concluded
| contract with the. Raleigh an,f CASTOR Railroad
Company FOR the daily conveyance Of the rual be-
tween Weldon and Raleigh. This establishes con-
ern States and the capital Of North Carolina.
| The Smithsonian grounds in Washington have
earned an exceedingly bad reputation by reason
OF tho fact TINT thieves and rnbbers have made it
resort, and, after nightfa lie in wait for pedes-
| trians, and rob them of watches, money, etc The
scoundrels trareIin gangs, and have regular signs
and signals, and when one discovers en- individual
I it is deemed advisable to rob, his COMPANIONS ara
| Immediately signalled.
The special correspondent Of the: Philatclplia
Enquirer at Old. Point Comfort, in alette, to that
paper, dated august 2Oth, says thai the health of
hlr. John Mitchell ID very precariaus, much so
| that his physician has forwarded to Washington
full and true statement Of his condition. With the
| request that lie be allowed the privilege os out
door exercise accorded to, otheS political prison
| ers. y
| Jaspar Harding, Collector OF Internal Yevenuc
for the First Congressional District of Pc ansylva-
MIA, md formerly publisher Of the Pennsylvania
Inquirer, died i'll Philadelphia on Surluy. Mr,
Harding was one Of the oldest newspaper publ sl-
crs in the country.
William Grimes, of New Haven, quain. old
darkey, better known to the citizens of that place.
and to thousands of Yale College graduates as tho
veritable "0ld Grimes" died OF Sunday, at the
advanced ago OF probably ninety years
| Captain Kirk, who is said to have been one of
the party who fired on and killed General Robert
'hort time since near Pulaski, Tennessee. He had
<5ecn under arrest, and it is alleged that he at
| tempted to escape.
| Grand Master C, G. Wintersmith, of Kentucky
has issued an Ganpeal to the leading members OF
the Masonic Order in the United States, calling a
convention to meet in Louisville on the second
Monday of October, to mid in bringing back the
old harmony between all seotions Of the Union.
Major-qeneral Hitchcock has published on the
Subject OF the exchange OF prisoners the cause Of
insists that If tho cartel for the exchange Of pris
onera had been faithfully observed BY the South,
/ its execution would lavo been continued by the
Federal Government to the end Of lhe war.
Orders have been received by Col. Ellison
United States Quartermaster at Chicago, to pre-
pare tho Camp Douglas garrison property for sale
the fences, barracks, and all other buildings and
property belonging to that ccsulp Will Dc sold of
! ana the camp "poushed, preparatory to its final
evacuation" as military post
There are at present some miscreanta in Rich
mond who have neither respect for the living nor
the dead 1t seems that the monument erected
some years ago to tho memory Of Henry Clay, in
that city has been totally DESTROYED and defaced,
| hand OF the statue, and otherwise injuring it.
cut recently made for the Dighton and Somer-
| set Railroad, through quarry in North Raynham,
lots of antediluvian trees shrubs and yertebrn of
extinct monsters. One OF the trunks Of the trees
bore plain marks OF an axe. ...
| A wrtor in the Macon Telegraph recommends
that the people of Georgia petition the President
| to grant pardon to the Hon. A. H. Stephens
The writer thinks Mr.. Stephens would use all his
influence for the good of the country, md would
| assist much in settling matters.
| The Richmond Times says that the tobacco
crops OF several years arc. now brought forward
for the market, and that at almost every railroad
station there are great quantities awaiting trans
| portatfon. .:... :;
| There is fatal disease raging among horses in
some parts Of Pennsylvania. At first there is q
swelling Of the throat, followed, toward the last
stages, BY a swelling Of the head and limbs, which
| Tho ram Albemarle, which was sunk by Lieut..
Gushing, near Plymouth, N. c., has been placed
in the dry dock at the Gosport Nayy-yard and will
| be thoroughly repaired and fitted for service,
General Candy has issued orders from New Or
leans that all soldiers who wish to remain in the
South shall be mustered ont at such points as may
be consistent with the welfare of the service.
The Louisville Journal thinks that II John c.
Breckinridge wero to run for Governor OF Ken
tucky he would get nearly all the votes cast for
| the ahti-amendment ticket. 49,. .a,,..I -.
The receipts from Internal Revenue are said TO
be averaging one and q quarter million Of dollars
! day. .'; - - -
It Is said that Northern firm has leased the
Jamestown island, and will prepare it for cultiva-
tion during the coming year.
A. New MAIL INvEsT1oN.-Mr. A. A. Bradley.
mail agent on the Iowa division of tho Chioogo
and northwestern Railroad, has invented a plan