The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-26
N ews Summary.


Militia by the Massachusetts, State Senate.
It is rumored that General HOWARD will resign
the Commissionership of the Freedmen's Bureau.
There are at present only 4S6 soldiers in Geor-
gia and good order prevails throughout the State.
The army rolls show that Tennessee furnished
2O123 negro troops to the Federal service durin 6
the war.
The Natchez Democrat recommends a planters
eony ention to secure uniformity in laborers
wages. ~
An Havana correspondent describes the Island
of Cuba as "the land of the flea and the home Of
the slave"
A new ten million dollar telegraph enterprise is
forming in New York-1OOOO miles of wires to go
everywhere.
At Sunday school celebration in Brooklyn on
the 2ad instant, it is estimated there were $4,000
children in procession.
The wheat crop in many sections of the South
still promises to be good, Notwithstanding the
unpropitous weather.
Gsneral SrEEDMAN, who is at present travelling
in the South, commanded division Of negro
soldiers in THOMAS army at the battle of Nash
vile.
Nine men belonging to the crew Of the ship
Escort were before the United States Commission
yesterday, charged with mutiny, says the New
York Tribune of the 23d.
The chief of the Freedmen's Bureau in West
Tennessee, General RUNkLE, admits that the
negroes are responsible for the origin Of the riot
at Memphis.
An Englishman is said recently to have invented
scarecrow 30 effective, that one crow who saw it
brought back all the corn he had stolen for three
years.
1t is said that the hair, if rolled up in the New
York tribune, puts on it at once very crinkly
turn; and if one Of STEVENS speeches be used, it
assumes crisp instanter.
\ WILLIAM MURPHY has Leen sentenced to ten
years in the Missouri Penitentiary, by military
commission, for conspiring during the war to burn
Yankee steamboats,.
gentleman who has just passed over the route
between Augusta (Ga.) and Montgomery (Ala.)
saws he did not see field on the route which was
not interlocked with grass or had been newly
ploughed DIP,
The Meridian (Miss.) Messenger has letter
from East Clarke county, in which is described
terrible hail storm. One woman was killed by
the falling of her house, and great many far
m6rS Euuereu ny ldLeu leuCeSj otCs
MIR. ALEXANDER JACKSON, for many years con.
nected with the New Orleans Crescent, died on the
20th. he was native of New York, but had
lived in the South the greater part OF his life.
The Gentiles are said to be pouring into Utah
in great numbers. They will soon be in major
ity; in which case Mormonism must either knock
under, or else pull up stakes and emigrate to the
Sandwich Islands.
JOE MAYO, the renowned Mayor of Richmond,
hati Hibernian couple in his august presence
Few days ago. Husband accused by wife Of stcal-
ing her cow The Mayor vainly endeavored to
show Mrs. MoRIARTY that husband could not
steal from his wife.
The Southern railroads between Mobile (Ala)
and Wilmington IN. o. are making arrange
ments to transport passengers through between
those two points in splendid sleeping cars, travel
1ers being passed over the entire route without
change Of cars.
The surviving members of the First Louisiana
Brigade held preliminary meeting in New Or
leans, on Saturday last for the purpose of or
ganizing an association to render aid and assis-
tance to those who had faithfully served, and are
now disabled or out Of employment. General
HAYS was Chairman Of the meeting
The present number Of students in the Virginia
University is as follows: From Virginia, 167;
Maryland, 18; Alabama, II; North Carolina, 10;
Tennessee, g.; South Carolina, g.; Louisiana, 6;
West Virginia, S. Georgia, 4; Kentucky, 8; Texas,
8; Mississippi, 2; Missouri, g. New York, ]: New
Jersey, 1; Pennsylvania, 1; Delaware, /; District
of Columbia, 1; illinois, 1; California, 1.
At the recent meeting of the Presbytery of
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Mr.. WILLIAM B. BINGHAM
who was Confederate soldier, and prosecuted
his theological studies carefully while prisoner
on Johnson's Island, was licensed to preach. Our
readers will recollect lin the officers prison on
Johnson's Island schools for all the various pro-
fessions were diligently carried on.
The President, in appointing the Visitors to
West Point Academy, in order under date of 22d
inst, named one from each of the States of Vir
ginis, Florida, Texas, Tennessee and Arkansas.
B. ]. BARBOUR, the Congressman elect from the
Richmond District is the Visitor appointed from
Virginia; Hon. WM. MARION, for Florida; Hon.
JOSIAH Snow, for Arkansas; Major ANsoN L. MILLS,
for Texas; Judge S. J. W. LUCKY, of Tennessee.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Times says: ga prominent person, who has
lust returned from the South, says arrangements
are now being made by prominent Democrats to
secure the representation of the eleven Southern
States in the next Democratic Convention. Very
many OF. the leading politicians North and South
have held consultation and laid out the work.
FERNANDO WooD is the chief spirit in the move
inert, and expects the nomination for Vice-Presi-
dent. General SHERMAN is named for President u
Yesterday morning, says the Cincinnati Gazette
of the 18th instant, a negro man, named John
Thompson, was arraigned before Judge WARREN
ON charra of assault with intent to kill young