The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-09-05
N ews Summary.

ed from light house duty and placed on waiting
orders.
cleveland has founderes and forges requlr-
ing an aggregate capital of $4,000 OoO..I ne
iron naed ia obtained from Lake Superior.
Paris letter states that the accounts OF the
harvest in France are not favorable. Corn mas
risen nearly twenty-five per cent. during the las'
four months.
An invitation has been sent to President JOHN
SON to extend his Western tour to ST. Louis. Inc
CITY Council have offered him the hospltalltles OF
the city.
Adyioes from Montana state that the Golden Ore
Company. of Brooklyn, N. Y, have discovered in
one of their lodes mine of cinnebaf, or sulphu
ret OF mercury.
The first public school in Chicago was establish.
ed in 1884. In 1856 there were AZ teachers and
2795 pupils In 1866 they employ 268 teachers
and have 1e,829 pupils.
The Harrisburg, Pa, papers tell OF man ana
woman discovered on Monday, who live in o hut
in The woods not far from that city, and wear no
clothing except girdle round their loius.
A terrible boiler explosion took place near New
bern, on Friday last, at the steam saw mill of
JONES & WaircoMr, by which Mr.. Q. H'.ALESAN-
5 DER gas instantly killed snd ave others were
wounded. Loss 100000
The Assistant Secretary Of the Navy has ap-
no;nted the following named officers Inspectors o1
Light Houses Commanders JoHN O. GARTER
john Q. CALHOUN, A. K. HueER, ana j, II.
STEVENS. = 0 y. -.
The number Of deaths by cholera in New Or
leans, from the 10th to the 24th was 22o; ID ~
Louis 69 cholera interments were reported; on
the 29th instant, in Memphis Is cases were fatal
and in Cincinnati 8. st = s -. $,
There we're but four new cases of cholera re-
ported at the Board of Health in New York on the
3oth uIt. Philadelphia, Brooklyn, st. Louis, Gin
oinnati and several other cites are now suffering
from cholera much more severely than New YORK.
The Chicago Times thinks Illinois will send
eight. and perhaps nine, representatives to the
next Congress who support the Presidents policy.
The Radicals likely to Be displaced are BAKER,
KuYKENpA11 HARDING, BRomwEL1 and CuLLuM
Accounts from all parts Of Great Britain speak
of the slowapfogrees of~-the harvest IN eonse-
oueilce' of the lnfavorab1e weather. Some OF the
new wheats have deteriorated in condition. but
generally the standing crops are healthy, aud as
vet & no serious mischief has been done.
~ tThe report that Gen. T1LLsoN was TO succee q
Gen. Howard as the head Of the Freedmens Bu-
t5rureau appears to have been unfounded as he has
been directed to return to Augusta Ga, to re-
sumo his duties as Assistant Commissioner for
that State.
The Sandersyille Georgian says that A. U.
!. HA1NEs, Esq, was mortally wo ,nded in an affray
with JAMES F. SMITH, Esq, on Saturday. Both
Of nh
afair is matter of universal regret. It is UNDER
going legal investigation.
The United States Commissioners appointed to
make treaty with the Representatives OF the
Sanfee bands of the Sioux Indians, at Fort Rice,
have signally failed The Indians refused to sign,
and left for their hunting grounds with 12 days
rations.
The Belleville lark Neeos published the state
ment last week, that four Union men accepted
challenge from four late Confederates to fight q
duel with rifles, distance one hundred yards All
being sharp-shooters each ball took effect, three
being killed outright and the other five more or
less wounded
The large fire in the Dismal Swamp which has
been burning for the past ten days still continues
to rage and is doing vast damage to the timber.
Numbers OF wild animals, bears, etc., driven from
their lairs in the swamp, now often be seen by
the passengers on the passing trains, along the
track.
An immense brckyard 800 feet long and about
II 400 wide is about to be established at Chicago,
Ill. 1t will coutain machines for the manufacture
of 100000 brick day. canal 1000 feet long, 200
wide and 20 deep, will connect the yard with the
south branch OF the river. The earth thrown up
in making the excavation will be used in the manu-.
facture OF bricks.
A dispatch was received recently from General
SHERMAN, dated at Fort Laramie, stating that the
reports of Indian deprrdations have been gross
exaggerations, and most are without any foun-
dation. The telegraph lines have not been in.
terfered with, no bauds OF marauling Indians
are roaming about, and no trouble is appre.
hended. "
The N. Y. Herald says that the enthusiasm
which the tour Of the President and his party
through the State has created among all classes
leaves no doubt as to the result of the politica
canvass in this State. The Radicals have shown
by their loss OF temper that their is hopeless
At all points the reaction has commenced agains
them and is making rapid progress.
gentleman on his annual tour to the White
Mountains, year ago. discovered rocks contain
ing gold near Lisbon, N. H. A company OF Hart
ford and Springfield merchants was formed, whic
purchased the property in which the ore wa
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