The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-03-29
News Summary.

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The German Methodsts of Texas intend, it II
said, dissolving heir connection with the South
ern Church.
The steamship Margaret left Mobile for Brazi
on the oath inst, with large number OF passen
gers.
Mr.. D. Z. WHITAKER, formerly resident OF this
city. is lecturing in New Orleans on the genius o.
Sir WALTER ScorT.
General PEMBERroN Qate P. A. @. 81 has pur
chased nice little farm in Fauquier county, Va,
where it is to be hoped he will 'dig" to sorne Pur'
pose.
Easter Sunday falls this year on the lst OF April.
This circumstance has not occurred since 1853,
and will only appear twice in the present century,
in 1877 and 1888.
United States are very well off just now, having no
less than 164s national banks, with circulation
Of s261, ,O0O, 900, and capital Of s412, 100000.
The Barbacoas mines have created 8 great
furore among the Pacific mining population. The
precious metal is reported to be very plentiful
there, and the facilities for digging and "wash-
ing" very good.
Mr.. DRLEoN is delivering lectures in Richmond
on the "War Poetry Of the South" chiefly con-
sisting Of selections from his volume Of ''south
Songs" which is dedicated to the ladies OF Rich
mond.
General RossER has card in the Richmond
newspapers, calling q meeting Of members OF
General sTuARr's cavalry corps, with view OF
taking measures for 3 speedy erection Of suit
able monument to Gen. J. E. B. STUART.
n. F. UPPER has written q new play, to be
produced at Easter, called '"The Life and Death
Of Raleigh" Mr.. T. doubtless thinks that after q
long Lenten fast the public will be content even
with his slender feast.
Houston, Texas, is growing rapidly in business
and population. Three cotton manufactures are
in process of erection, all in very competent
hands. Another factory, and gas company, and
shoe factory, are spoken Of
The Atlanta Ne,o Era says 'The Rev. W. T
BRANTLY, D. D., has accepted q call to return to
the Second Baptist Church, in that place. The
DR.. is an eminent divine, and polished gentle
man.
The Galveston City Assessors report shows that
over 81 600, 900 OF merchandise have been import
ed there since that port opened, which is five or
six times as much as was ever before imported in
any year.
A great many of the Southerners who took up
their residence in Canada during the war have
taken their departure. Major-General BREoKN-
RIDGE Ill still at Toronto. The Rev. STUART ROBIN
SON, of Louisville KY, it is said, is about to
turn to his 'storal charge.
In the late war 220 battles were fought in Vir-
ginia, S0 Tennessee, ST. Missouri, 81; Georgia,
12; South Carolina, 16; North Carolina, IL; Ala
bama, Z; Florida, s.; Kentucky, a. the Indian
Territory and New Mexico, one each. There were
also seventeen naval engagements.
1t is estimated that the amount of wine made
Of Cleveland will reach 279,0OO gallons, which is
valued at s6OOOOo. Had the entire grape crop of
last year been madc into wine the product would
have been 2,OO0,OOO gallons.
Col. OLADowsKI, Gen. BRACES chief ordnance
officer, who, when he got mad, which was about
every ten minutes during the day, could do more
rough swearing than any ran in the army, is at
Orazaba, in Mexico. Where is General BRAxroN
BRAGG?
Ostrich feathers appear to be an important pro-
duct Of French industry. No less than 5000, 900
francs were realized in France during the past
yearly the production of this article of commerce
And most wonderful to tell, there are no ostrichcs
in France, with the exception of tho six email
specimens in the Jardin DIES Plantes in Paris
(Wooden nutmegs?)
The Committee on Invalid Pousons reported
bill in Congress, on the 23d l. Int, by which per-
sons who have become totally disabled in the ser
vice OF the United States shall be entitled to q
pension of s25 month; others less seriously in
jured, $50 and s15 per month, according to the
degree of the injury.
The South American Alliance against Spain,
composed of Chill, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,
embrace AL area of 1,023,000 square miles, and a
population of 6,5S6 600 inhabitants 1t is thought
that ere long the United States of Colombia vii
ioin this alliance, in which event, the odds against
Spain weuld be overwhelming.
The Mobile papers announce tempting pro-
gramme for the Races, that were to come of OF
the oath inst Purses Of 500 ard $3.50 are offered
for the first and second winners. Upwards OF
forty horses are entered. We used to take an in.
terest in such matters here once upon time, but
now our purses have not got the greenbacks, MOI
have we the horses to enter.