The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-25
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE,
N ews Summary.

granted in New York city up to May Is, we're
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MIR. DAVID DEANS, Of tho Sunday Times, was
robbed OF sIl ,S00 in q crowd at the Academy OF
Mustc' On Wednesday night the 10th inst
ReV. DR.. JOSEPH CRoss, formerly well known in
this city, as pastor Of Trinity and Bethel Metho.
dist Churches is about to be installed as Rector OF
the Episcopal Church in Selma, Ala. '.-
Three or more asylums for disabled soldiers are
TO be established in the Northern States. Gen.
BUTLER is President of the organization having
the subject in charge.
Tx governor ALLEN was buried in full Confed-
crate Uniform The American Consul, Mr.. Or
TERBouRa, objected to this, but there being
Premonitions OF trouble, withdrew his objections.
The Rev. Dr. ]. P. B. WILMER, Of Elk Ridge,
Maryland, ON the 18th inst Was elected Bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana
Bishop LAY was the only other principal candi-
date voted for.
The New Orleans papers inform us that the re-
pairs on the Mississippi Central Railroad have
been all completed, and the cars are now running
the whole length of the road through to jackson,
Tenn.
The Anniversary Festival Of the Richmond TuR-
RERs' Society," came Off with great eclat on Monday
last. number Of visiting societies were present
from other cities, and lent additional interest to
the procession. The gymnastic exhibition in the
Park astonished the natives. Speeches were made
by Mayor MAYO and other distinguished guests
The celebration was continued on Tuesday.
Between seven and eight o'clock last Saturday
evening, twenty-five negro men were arrested by
the police in Washington, for drilling on the
streets as military company, accompanied by a
drum. They said they were authorized by GEN
eral HOWARD to form company and drill them
qnlu nhnpr OBJ 1>Ago
peace who fined two of them twenty dnllars aanl,
Tor carrying concealed weapons, and dismissed
the other twenty. Il ,- .,l.i .i|. > =
The recent New York Sheep Fair held in Ro-
chester was . success. The entries were unusu-
ally large comprising great variety Of our pure
blooded and fine wool stock One hundred and
seventy-six separate entries were made, numDo.r
ing nearly one thousand ewes, lambs and bucks,
valued in the aggregate at not much short of q
quarter Of q million Of dollars. Several of the
bucks were the most valued in the country, being
held as high as $4,000 each
The Louisville Journal publishes an elaborate
opinion of Judge BALLARD, of the q. s. District
Court, ,geI relatio IsHAM HENDERSON, concluding
that the executive and legislative departments Of
the Government, having declared that the rebel
lion is ended, the court cannot assume that it con-
tinues; that this opinion furnishes no solution OF
The political status of the inhabitants of the States
lately in rebellion; that this is question which
must be answered elsewhere; that the court was
bound to order the arrest Of Gen. DAVIS for the
apparent contempt offered tho court; and that he,
having resisted the order Of arrest, is criminal;
responsible and that his case will be presented to
the grand jury.
A letter to the Augusta Chronicle, from Concor.
dia, Mississippi, of April %, thus describes the
embarrassments Of the cotton planter under the
present state Of affairs eve have find stand
OF that cotton which is up. Have nearly one-third
of ouf, force sick, or pretending to be. Well, I
will give you q sample Of to-day's annoyances
Heck comes in and says he don't want Loudon, he
is entirely worthless; Rosa lays up because it is
wet day (alight sprinkle before breakfast this
morning); Jackson is down with q bilious attack;
Jim is siek-always sick when there is any hard
job like rolling logs on hand; Steve has gone to
Court; the two Henrys and Dick are frst-rate
hands, but they are gone, too, as witnesses in a
case OF quarrel between the two ladies' Emma
and Harriet"
The Houston (Texss) Telegraph, of the 18th
instant, says: eve had heavy shower lset night
beneficial to those crops which are clean; likely Il
prove, in conjunction with the late rains, whicl
we learn have been general, rather disastrous Il
those fields which are In the grass and weeds
Unfortunately, most OF the cotton fields are In tn
latter condition 1t is our duty to stato as truth
ful chroniclers, that the reports from the cotton
growing districts are not favorable. Most cottol
fields are in the grass, and in some districts W
are informed that the freedmen are not workin
as we'll as hitherto. The corn crops are 80 far ad
vanced-being on many plantations already made
that they may be considered safe, as this crop |
secured. But our antcipations Of the oetto
crop are considerably less favorable than the
were." .'f
Professor BLOT, the great French master of th
cuisine, Is creating great turore In Boston. q
1s in the course Of o series Of fourteen lectures
delivered at midday, to ladies particularly, VIII
are requested to bring to the lecture paper, pc,
ellis and spoons. Each day he presents o new bi
Of fare, which he proceeds to cook up in the pre-
ence Of his fair auditory, within the time. limits
for session, after which it is generally aerye
up,-whiGh 10 what the spoons are for. He has,
complete cooking apparatus befor him, worked b.
gas, irAnd oyyry ywttoh he fwhipe up a mcst app
tizldg series Of dishes ii a'vsfy BRIEF time. II
papeEaHS AA full oe hitd and tf,ip, Cd
tngs. The very best families are reprssented
his lectures, even the most experienced houlas
keepers not considering themselves too old
learn,