The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-22
News Summary.

Inc court OF Rome etlneS o rumor OF IN AZ
tempt to poison the Pope.
run OF 120 miles was recently made on the
Michigan Central Railroad in three hours and
forty-nine minutes.
Capt. ]. N. HUDSON, Of Philadelphia, intends
crossing the ocean in metallic life-boat, twenty
six feet long and six feet broad.
The great suspension bridge over tho Missis-
sippi at Cincinnati will cost s1,75oOOO. There are
$4,000 perckes Of masonry in the work.
Iii. thought Texas will produce the largest cot
ton crop the coming season of any Of the cotton
growing States, and South Carolina the smallest
The Boston PHO. says, TEAD. STEVENS compares
CEAs SUMNER to modern catamount" We
suppose he considers himself the ancient cata-
mount.
The same paper also says that SANTA ANNA
hasu't come here for any political purpose, but to
get his wooden leg that BARNuM has been chow
Ing.
Ex-President PIERCE was confirmed member
ofSt Paul's Epis. Church, by Bishop CHASE, at
Concord, New Hampshire, on Sunday Of last
week.
A Western critic, in speaking Of o new play,
says: tSThe unities are admirably observed; the
Gags for moment until the curtain falls"
On Saturday last, an elderly man was found by
the police in Boston, in an intoxicated condition,
and upon searching him at the station house
80, 0,s59.2O WAS found in his pockets.
Bishop ATKINSON, Of North Carolina, is going TO
Europe. His health is such as to make it desir-
able he should suspend his clerical lsbors alto
gether.
The farmers in Upper Georgia and North Ala
bams are plowing mp their cotton crops and
planting corn instead. Not more than one-fourth
Of the crop can be counted on in those regions.
Judge GHoLsoN, Of Petersburg, is now residing
one time Confederate Secretary OF War, is living
in the sane neighborhood.
General LoNesTREEr, late Of the Confederate
army, Was recently in San Antonio, Texas. The
most remarkable circumstance connected with his
visit, was serenade rendered to him by the band
of the Fourth United States Cavalry.
facetious correspondent in Italy writes to an
English journal: at is said that tho cause OF
GAnIpALD1's sudden fight from Cspera, was O
notification from Head Centre SrEpHKNs that lie
was coming to sec the general"
The marriage of the Princess HELENA, to
Prince CHRISTIAN will take place on the 5th of
July, prior to which there will be some festivities;
among other things grand State concert at
Buckingham Palace, and grand State ball.
We learn by recent advices from England that
in The House Of Commons every Catholic member
from Ireland, with one exception, Mr.. MoKENNA,
voted with the Liberal party in favor OF the Re-
torn bill. 1t is the first time they have voted as
q uuit since the days OF OCoNNELL-
The down train Tuesday night from Petersburg
to Norfolk had two cars thrown from the track,
about twelve miles from Norfolk, by an obstinate
bull that tried to butt the engine out Of the way.
The bell was knocked into Q thousand pieces. No
body Was hurt.
The city physicians OF Columbus, Ca, report
that Oh tho 4th Of April there were 81 small pox
cases in the hospital; received service, up to May
7th, 81; between those dates discharged 81, and
died. on hand May 7th, 25-total number Of cases
S8.
The Council Of the Protestant Episcopal Church
OF Virginia Is holding its seventy y-Hrst annual
meeting at this time in Aexsndris. The intro.
ducsbry sermon was preached by Rev. J. II. NOR
B1soN, DID,, from Matthew xiii. SO. Bishop JOHNS
presided. General PsSpLsron is present among
the clergy.
The returns OF the cattle plague in England for
the week ending Saturday, the 2lst Of April, show
an increase in the number OF new cases as COM
pared with the previous week Of 241 There are
twenty-five counties in England, Wales and Scot
land entirely free from the disease, and in forty
nine counties no cases were reported as occurring
during the week.
NAPOLEON has just conferred the title of Duke
upon the Count CoLoNNA WALxwsKI. The Second
Empire has thus created seven dukedoms-MALA-
xorF, De MoNTMoRor tson Of Queen CHRIsT1NA),
MAGENTA, De MoRSY, De PERsIoNY, De MoNTMo-
asSCY and De CoLoNNA WALEwsKI. or this num-
Der, two, the dukedoms OF MALAKoFF and De
MoSrMoRos, have already become extinct.
Mr. BEEcHER remarked the other day at the
Women's Rights Convention in Now York, that q
woman who is content to wash stockings and make
johnny cakes and bring up her boys, is an under
grown woman, and when she comes to heaven che
will spend the first thousand years in getting 10
that state to which sho ought to have attainei be-
fore she died.
Judge SMALLEY, iii the United States District
Court, now in session at Rochester, N. Y, has
ordered tho indictment against party for max
inc false income returns to be quashed. He holdt
tho act of 1862 does not make this an indictable
offence. The act of June 80, 1865, does, however
make The offence indictable, but all who made
false returns prior to that date escape under this
decision.
About three thousand dollars were realized by
tho Fenian demonstration in Jones' Woods or
Tuesday last The money has been turned over
10 Head Centre STEPHENS, who, in turn, will de-
p5sit it in bank. 1t is reported that Asior-Gene'
raj SAyproaD has taken the necessary prelimi
rary s.ea. to b-.Ys bs.J:s sS-ss.--,,a:!ia!. t1e