The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-04-19
News Summary.

New Orleans papers at this time nave many COLUMNS
filed with 'Hotel Arrivals" The city is full OF srang-
ers, and everything is said to wear busy aspect.
b The Jacksonville (Fa) Times says that thousan ds Of
negro children educated in that State py thei
present employ ers, who were shareholders.
Ths imports of Montreal last month were S. 1883
as against $l6l3195 for the same month OF last year.
The increase Of duty is about 100000
new line Of telegraph is being ted from New
Orleans to Houston and Galveston Texas, by way OF
Opelousas which will afford facilities over the present
route, the distance being much less.
EQueen VICTORIA has presented TO the brtsh museum
one OF the Roman tombs recently discovered upon the
Grown property at Old Windsor. The other tomb is
presc ted the town Of Windsor and is to be depoti
cd in the contemplated local museum.
It is stated that Queen VICTORIA has sent an auto
graph letter to the Pope thanking him for his action
against the Fenans and Offering him an asylum in her
domains, should he be compelled, through political
commissions, To leave his own.
A Misunderstanding which has proved irreconciabe,
among the members OF the late arm Of Tyler Cole
HAs proprietors Of the Richmond Eaquirer prior to tho
upion with the Sentinel has, in its consequences, OBJ
struced the publication Of the Enquirer and SetiseL
The Mexican Times of March 10Th, mentions the ar
rival at that port Of quite number Of emgrans from
the United States Most OF them are settling in the
colony Of Corvoda. During the month Of February the
emgrants numbered 7l2, Of whom $40 were Americana
The New York Sunday Dispatch makes calculation OF
the cost of balls during in New York 1t COM
putes the number of balls given up to April at $751;
Bum total expended thirtyone millions and eighty.hve
thousand dollars; this OF course, exclusive Of the
thousands Of private parties and entertainments
The Committee on Changes Of Economy I'm the Gene
ra Conference Of the NJ. E Church. South. now In aes
on in New orieans in their Report No. presented on
the 12th recommend that the title Of the Church be
changed to "The Methodist Church" DR.. E. q. MYERS
OF Georgia, 10 Chairman OF this COMMITTEE
General J. e JoHNsroN President OF the National
Express notifies suoh stockholders OF that company
have not paid the Of ten dollars on esch share Of
their stock as required by law, that said shares will be
Of at public auction, the 7th day Of May
next.
Ayounp nun, OF the order Of Ct Theresa was lately
married In Paris In accordance with the civil law,
without the interest Of the church The parents OF the
bride gave their consent and what quite accepts
able, q good dowry. All the principal families In the
neighhorhocd and the chief authorities Of the town,
were present at the ceremony.
The New Orleans Times says: tit has been suggested
by correspondent that the reason turkeys and other
poultry high at present. is because the General
Conference 10 In session here. and likely to be for sew
erals weeks yet Town Talk don't believe word of 1t.
He has known poultry equally high when there not
conference within hundred miles Of the market"
According TO official return he total length Of rail-
ways In France the 3lst Of December last s<7S
iles against s15s at the close Of 1854 The total In
como for the year 1865 amounted to 559ss70lS ancg
against 625,6s0GS0 francs in 1864; ap increase OF
s,4l6,2ss francs. The average product per mile In
1865 was 81, ,764 francs, and in 1854 67,f60 franca
The Illinois Central Railroad received from the United
md frorn
March, 1852 10 April 1865, 50. 1885, and from other
roads, sss2,l1s. The company paid to other road0.
Ss7s4s2 The net revenue received by the Illinois Gen.
al Ra!lroad Company within the above named period.
was s2047sSS.
The New Orleans Picayune, slludng to the statement
that c. ". HowAnp and Judge sHArs1R OF California
have the largest dairy farm In the world, covering
seyenty.one thousand scres says that the Ranchero
Carisas, Of the OAvAoos family between Brownsville
and Corpus Christi In Texas eighty leagues
or more than four hundred thousand acres.
Mrs. LYsrKR died In Philadelphia on Monday from
stoppase Of the action Of the heart produced by choro
form administered by dentist at her request It
was proved at the corouers inquest that the chorofor
was not used in excessive quantt, and inhaled in
the usual No blame therefore attached to
the dentist
WILLIAM B. AsToR is projecting the erection of an
nmeI hotel in New York. on the square bounded by
Forty. .nfth.etreet, Broadway and Seventh Avenue This
location is nearly four miles from the City Hail. but the
hotel when completed will not be much ahead of the
times the Filth Avenue when AMOS R. Emo laid
Its foundations Mr. CRANsToN of the New York Hotel
is a'so said to have large house in contempa.
lion.
In New York city there are 5000 dram. shops and
100000 drinkers each drinking two gis of liquor per
day-So0 00O barrels year. This quantity would make
900 feet long, so feet wide and G3 feet Deep
and could foat four large ships in full sail at $50 per
barrel amounts to s1soO00oo Out Of TOO cases tried
before the Court Of Special Sessions year. not more
than "a sober when arrested Paupers in the city
cost s4. QUO year.
silver wedding will be observed on the 2Sth Of April
at St. Petersburg 1t is that of Gear ALEXANDER and
the Czarina- They were married the 2Yth of April
1e41. The Cars birthday falls the 29th OF April
when he will be 48 years old. His wife, who is 49, is
MARY ALIxANpRowNA, daughter Of tie Grand Duke of
Hesse- -Darmstadt Five and daughter are the
fruits of their marriage, the daughter, who beas the
mothers name being thirteen. The eldest SOD died
recently.
Dates from San Domingo. to the 25th ultmo, give
particulars Of the great fire at Port Prince the
lsh. The FIRE burned for thirty hours The cause of
1t Is unknown, but is TACT that efforts maze by
some men to set FIRE the houses that had escaped
Thrtythree blocks were completely burned down, M
bracing about loco houses. Eight or nine thousand
people are now without homo, many not beipg able
even TO cave clothes for themselves and children There
is great distress in consequence.