The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-14
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE
,,ARaEsr CIRCULATION IN THE CITY

In AEIH DAILY IN ~ LIVE = ' every cry = "a
day morning.
News Summary.
The bills Of the State banks of Maine will be refused
BY the National banks after the 28th mss.
II ia believed in Washington that Congress Will ad
: 1ourn about the 4th of July.
fire at Chicago on Saturday destroyed property te
the amount Of $176.OO0.
Last week the redemption division redeemed and
Cancelled fractional currency amounting to 5000 Soo
Mrs, NOAH wldoasof thu late Major NOAH, died in
New York on Thursday. aged ffty-six years.
Prof R. L. DApNEY's "Life OF sToNEwAIL JAG cKsoN, :
revised In manuscript by General LEE, is repubshing
In London.
JOHN KRo11MAN, German citizen Of Erie, Pa, BILE "
his brains out the other evening because an officer IN
terfered with his pastime Of fogging his wife, -
The large grocery establishment of sAcKEEr, BELoHrR
h Co., Of New YORK; failed on Saturday. The failure
was caused By the defacaions Of junior partner, who
had charge Of the finances.
Alump of gold taken from the North Carolina gold
Mines weighing ye pounds is exhibition at States
ville n o. It Is the largest lump found in the State
since 1929
The neWsboys of Cincinnati Ohio, had lottery
drawing last week. and some of the lucky ones came
into possession of house and lot pianos paror SETS
Z horses and buggy &c.
The printing division OF the Treasury last week print
ed fractional currency amounting to $357,60O The
issues during the period to National banks and
assistant reasurers Of the United States were $39oO00
The Lawrence Kansas, State Journal says that Eve
men encamped In tent near Fort Loavenworth were
struck by lightning on May and four of the party
were killed. The fifth barely escaped, being badly
ainged
The Wesleyan Methodists some time ago bull a hall
In Bishopsgate street. London, freehold that cost $780,
O0o They have been recently offered $751; for the
property. In the of evidence given recently be-
fore the Deputy Recorder of London It stated that
fah6 near st. PauPs 0h9rchsard was worth 100000
per acre.
The naes ages, birth place, and religious tenets OF
TIE Feians captured at Fort Ee Canada are publish
et in the Canada papers. The total number Is dty'
eight fourteen are Protestants and Catholics
one is native OF Germany, seven Of Canada. twenty
Ave Of Ireland and the remainder Of the United states
nineteen are under twenty.one years Of age.
The following is the estimate Of the Assistant Com
missioner of Freedmen for the District OF Ooumb Ia of
the amount Of rations which will be necessary to dis
tribute to freedmen In that District during the pres ent
month: Six thousand full raons, payment for which
will be- secured by liens on the crops to employees and
borers $780, and rations to dependents, 22006 Total
2936o This estimate includes children sick in hos.
pital aged and nfrm In Alexandria, irfax, and LOU
don counties, and Freedmen's village.
It s reported that General GEARY has been mad an
honorary Underseofetary Of the Manassas Branch Of
the Union Galaxy. The Galaxy is an association OF
freedmen recently organized In Virginia for the pur.
pore Of securing for themselves and their brethren
share Of the patronage Of the Government and social
and political rights equal to those possessed by the
whites The General, ofcourse cannot append his new
and extensive title in full when he signs his nsnle 1t
will be sufficient to give the initisls thus, 'JoHN ".
GEARY, Il. o. n. B. Q. G.
The late dry cool weather and high winds seem to
have had damaging effect upon the wheat crops. In
addition to these adverse influences, many Of farm
ers are complaining ohe ravages Of the fly in To-.
calties The late sown wheat has suffered most The
upland crops have exhibited its ravages exten.
siyely than the river bottoms It is certain that
there will not be more than half an average crop of
wheat in this county, that. We have fields
that will not yield the seed sown.-Shenandoah est
!. -,Va.) Herald, Nay 81
The chief reason for the abuse that the shameless
trckster FoRNEY is through the columns of lis two
papers, heaping on the distinguished gentlemen who
are retained as counsel for Mr. DAVIS is that in the
great FORREST divorce case years ago, Mr.. O'OoNoR
was the leading counsel for the lady in New York and
Mr. REED in Philadelphia- latter gentleman being
the one who forced FoRNEY, on hin examination
witness to admit that he wrote the infa ROBERTS
letter. in which he advised the suborning Of drunken
witness to confess to adultery with absent
Mrs. DR.. MARY E. WALKER was on Saturday again
arrested for appearing In costume similar to that
known the "Bloomer style. After having been sab
eoted to numerous insults and having been locked up
for two or three hours she held to bail in the
of $500 to keep the peace for one year. This lady has
received regular diploma as physician, served for
ing from the Government handsome medal in recog
milton of her serYice5. We remember tn is individual
She was prisoner of war in Richmond, and did her
best to attract notoriety but only succeeded in disgust
ing every body she approached.
In the State Convention last Friday, the day
sumea In discussing the proposed amendments to the
State Constitution in relation to the judiciary depart
ment. The ordinance proposing the sale of the West
North Carolina Railroad to any company of capital
lists again considered, but definite action
arrived at The resolutions of Mr. MCDONALD of Moore
proposing to appoint commission to visit Washington
city, not taken up although made the special order
for O'Clock. The probability is that neither these
resolutions any Of the proposed substitutes viii now
pass. The Convention on Saturday continued the dis
cussion Of the State Constitution The election of Jus
hces of the Peace hitherto belonging to the Legislature