The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-04-25
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE.
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE CITY.
N ews Summary.

An English company, with capital Of two rii-
ione Of pounds, is negotiating at Toronto for O.
site for q big cotton mill.
In Michigan, at therecent local elections, the
colored people voted fort the first time, having re-
Gently been admttted tosthe right OF suffrage I
JoHN MoRR1ssr7, the pugilist, it is said will be
the Democsatic candidate for Congress in the
New York dintrio. nowrepresented by Gen. NE1-
BON TAYLOR. ~. i
8. yine-grower made $79s7 last year from fivei
acres OF island soil iin Lake Erie. =. he raised
$4,000 pounds of grapes, and made eooo gsIlons Of
wine. .a ... ...-, g.. J.. 'tl.t
Mr. BENsos-J. LOSING is in Mobile, collecting
materials for his illustrated History of the Re-
bellion," which cH1nDs, Of Philadelphia will pub
lish. .'. '' - u, =.
The receipts from customs at New York and
Phladelphia, for the week ending April IA, were
as follows: New Werk, $2,s57, 900, Philadelphia;
s1sS,77s.
Mr. GORDON OUnH1No, whose marvellous hunt
ing adventures inseuth Africa, some twentyyeaars
since, gave him g worldwide reputation, expired
at his residence ct Fort Augustus, Scotland, afaw
weeks ego. ..... .
The following are the total products Of ,meau-
factures in Cincinnati, st. Louis, Chicago and
Louisvilles taking entire county In each oaSe:
Cincinnea, s46Ss6, ,O62; st. Louis, s27 e1o;s7O;
Chioago, s1s,655. GA; Louisville, sla 1867.
"A call has been issued for q convention to insect
at. Knoxville on May 8, composed Of delegateB
nom al counties in Eont Tenneaaoa, to memorial
ize the Legislature for leave to form new STATE.
to be called the stede Of East Tennessee.
A terrible explosion occurred OFT Agpnyyan on
the Sd inst, on, board the steamer Europsan. de-
stroying the ship. The caur. OF the explosion is
supposed to be from nitro-glycerine Fifty per-
sons are reported killed.
we are credibly informed, says the Aualasehe
that Mr.,PENDERoRAsr 10 raising q cavalry .aom.
pany, In South Memphis, to participate in the
coming struggle for the independence ofIreland,
and that his command is already nearly made up
Very fine marble has been found In the,vioinity
OF Paola, .Kaaeas, In ine1haustble qnsntisiee.
Marble has alsoibeen found at Leasenworth. ate
depth OF ninety feet. Both are said to bear very
fine polish, audsit is supposed viii become volua-
BILE products of the State. 80 ''-~ ~
serious accident occurred on the Fionsdn
Railroad, near Quincy. Several negroes were
slightly and one mortally wounded. Cause the
train came upon hand car, in charge OF two ae-i
groes, who appear to have paid no attention 10
the whistle. 81 5sff"' ~.
The Trustees OF the Internal Improvement
Fund have made An agreement with Mr.. WIN. II.
aIEAsoN, which promises to reclaim and bring
into oultivation's large portion OF swamp and
oVerhowed lands.bordering upon the Everglades
on the Southeastern coaut OF Florida. 4
The Empire La.) Parish states that the pro-
perty In the Parish of Plaquemines, belonging to
the late LUorRN RoNApAnTE, sold reeently for
$S0,660. It had a.front ON the river of two andt
tWothirds arpenss by forty in depth, and there
are ut least fifteen hundred orange trees upan n.
society has recently been formed ia Havana
for the abolition, ofthe African Slave Trade. Some
OF the first men OF the island are said to be con-
nected with It, The rules, etc., are more like
shose OF Vigilance Committee" than of an Or
dinary Society. ,J.frt. IL, .-..,r
AS large maple tree was being sawed into
htoye wood, at Lyndon, Vermont, the other day.
etone, measuring nearly four by six inches
was feund imbedded within it.. The stone waa
'aboutgixteen feet from the roots Of the tree and
one hundred and twenty annual layers OF wood
had grown over it.
The same paper also saya: .fIn accordance with
the resolution which tho Fenians adopted NIGHT
before last. at Exchange Building, the books we're
opened at No. 15a Jefferson-street in the store
room OF MIR. MULLINS, yesterday, and the follow.
ing names of men who are in earnest for the
movement to liberate Ireland, were enrolled. and
fhen follows list Of ffty-two names.
Inc James Is taking advantage Of General BUT
LEhs Dutch Gap Canal" below Richmond. and
40 enlarging and completing It that email craft
now pass through It at high stages Of water. ,say
ing several miles by q cross out Of less than one
Ten years hence this will doubtless be the m ain
channel, though it may cost something more to
make It so.
Ihe population Of the world is now about
l22b, 100000 Professionalism enroils about so 0oo.
600. Ronnnism and the Greek Church report
about 2so, 100000 Not one-afth Of tbfa[ vorid,s
popniatlon is even rominaly Christians, and out
OF the so,ooo0Oo Of Protestants not more than
100000 are estimated rs deyout mey,bera Of
the Protestant Church. ~ I@.-T
CoIKRIDaE, the English member of Parliament
is said TO be the. very impersonation Of polisbna
keen, glowing oratory. Parliamentary reporta,
Writes: There is now no Parliamentary speaker
who combines these qualities go wonderfully. To
heat him speak ia rs II one saw O bright ard
flexible Damascus sharpening itself on the aootb-
est hone, in the softest oil and flashing with the
motion and warming with the friction Of the pro-
cess' sar
letter 10 published In the New York Doa,,
Neios Of the 10Th inst, over two columns in length
from IN Indiana Fenian. He lie, of course. verv
severe on England, and not whit less 80 on the
"swHENEY-RoBERTs faction" In the courss OF l,ia
TRADE, he mixes things mp little In tho following
paragraph: Good cannot let England no unpun.
ished, and will not. In this I place ali nv faith
haowing Him to be juat and In tho sale and nur.
shase OF Irish bonda Iudians Is In good position
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