The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-09
N ews SUMMARY.

OF Portland, Connecticut" are circulating. There
is no such bank.
A negro woman in Mississipei confessss to starv-
ing her four children to death, "aa aho was tired
Of supporting the brats.."
The Senate, aftera warm contest, confirmed ex-
Sheriff PARKER, of New Orleans as surveyor Of
that port The Louisiana Radicals kave lsbored
earnestly for his defoat.
The New York Tract Society has turned over to
the American Missionary Association the control
OF the 1900 colsred people at present living the
estate ut Arlington.
Onions, which a year ago were in demand at
1925 per bushel, are now selling at Bristol, Rhode
Island, for too cents a.bushel. The highest price,
that can be got is ten n-cents.
The New York Tribune says that the Germans
in America, ovcr 100000 in number, about to-
form organizations to promote the establishment:
OF a united and Republican Germany. We hape'
the sc. R." will not follow in the wake Of tho,
tI. r."
Mr.. DARWIN is preparing for publication work
entitled 'tDomesticated Animals, and cutivated
Plants; the Principles of Variation Inheritance
Reverson, Crossing, Interbreeding and Selection
under Domestication." 1t will be issued in Lon
don by MURRAY.
1t is reported that OMAR PAouA is collecting ma
terials for a 'Iife OF Alexander the Great"
WAo" uo CuuSlucTb u lHT StVACeE CudIaClGE IR2u
JULIUS CESAR. When ready the work will bepub-
lished in Paris in style similar to the sHistoyy
OF julius Caesar"
a farmer in Maine applied kerosene oil to avery
valuable pair OF four year old oxen to kill lice.
Both OF them were soon .after SICK and one Of
them has died. On being opened the smell of the
oil wes quite strong, and without doubt it t,csused
the nicknesB and death Of the animal.
In Carrolton, Louisiana, recently, neero
church applied for incorporation. The States
Attorney opposed it with law of the State pro
hibiting such interpretations. Judge CAnRABAC
decided ,that the Civil Rights Bill, 'tse-caled,"
overrode all State laws aad granted theappliea-
tion.
FERDINAND BusoHE was lately arrested on board
the steamer Louisiana, charged with forging bills
to the extent Of twenty thousand Prussianthaiers
In mecklenhurg. .Schwerih, Germany. His pnrsu-
ers went to Liverpool, aud took passage .on, the
Scotia for New York. beating the time Of 4he ,Lou-i
isiana two hours.
The largest distillery on the continent was
opened at Louisville, Ky.s-on the 10th, under the
name of the Kentucky bourbon Company, incor-
porated by the State Of New York. It is owned
by capitalists in New Yorqs, Boston, and Louis
vile. Its capacity for distilpg whiskey ia ,ever
million gallona a year, besides making an .exten-
Give quantity Of flour.
correspondent Of the Aaiae Farmer sasss+thet
about sixteen years ago he transferred eight trout
to q small brook which empties into a pond. For
seven or eight years nothingtwaa seen or heard
from them; but since that time it is judgedby
men that live these ponds, that not less than
two hundred pounds are taken .searly of the bent
trout in that vicinity.
The Lafayette county IWis.) Union reports that
ono firm have purchased, within the last ten
months in that county, Q 900 fat hogs, for which
they have paid the sum Of $4,000. During the
same period they have purchased 400 fat cattle,
dor which they have paid $4,000. Several other
merchants have bought heavily, ane the gross re-
suit must be very great
Fenianism is "played oat." The mouse born Of
the mountain is the weakliest Of political rodents
much too weak to live. That such a,small affair
should have cost millions Of dollars will be O.
worlds wonder to the worlds end. How is it that
the result is ludicrously disproportioned to the
COST Where is the money! An Irish echo
answers with q deriave drawl-" "Hahonea."
The Secretary Of the Treasury presents his
monthly statement Of the public debt as follows
Debt bearing coin interest, ST. 1856 G92 .sO bear
ing currency interest," 81, l88 313, ,541.62; matared
and not presented. es77. .64; bearing no inter-
est, 3452 S92 1854 Total, $2S27 676. ST. CO. The
amount in the Treasury is tls7, ,es7 O2ss2 and the
debt less cash is $26s9 $50, ,842.7s. There is de-
crease since last month.
Paper shirts are the latest novelty. patent
has been taken out for the production OF such
articles in Massachusetts, and the shirts can be
made durable, white, and Of handsome appear
ance, for twenty five cents each. When will won
ders ceasel Paper collars and cuffs have almost
entirely superseded linen in this city. Paper
stockings are just coming into vogue. Paper hats
and sbirts will soon be equally popular.
The Radicals deny, in the most emphatic man
ner, that STANTON endorses the Presidents policy.
They allege that it is trick on the part Of the
President to mislead the public. committee,
representing both Houses will call upon him to
know what it means. They cannot believe that
STANTON would stultify himself merely TO retain
his position. Should it turn out that he sustains
the President, then look out for smash up.
A curious novelty has just been brought to
London, and is about to be exhibited to tho pub
lie. 1t consists OF remarkable looking piano.
which are struck with short flint to produce the
rotes. The fints are about forty in number, and
elongated, but OF various length and thicknesses
They are arranged in the order Of their tone, and
the labor and investigation Of years were re-
auired before the complete scale was formed.
A Paris correspondent, writing on the latest
fashions, says grotesque scarf-pins are common
enough in England; still question whether you