The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-29
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE CITY
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JACOB BARKER, Of New Orleans is writing
book Of the war. - - 100 q e
Sixteen Egyptian dancers are entertaining the
Parisisns.
A atYelve foot alligator was killed on the bay
,shors of Mobile, by boy, on Sunday, Goth.
nan old she wolf and six cubs we're killed il
Marion county, Ill, last week.it7o ,.s'5e
Tbs colored levee laborers at Memphis struck
for higher wsges on. Tuesday, 22d, and attempted
to parade the streets. The Freedmens Bureau
authorities caused their arrest. al VI
TIE H. Tribune Of Friday, says on last Wed
nesdsy and Thursday mornings there was severe
frost il. most Of the suburban toWns, and in some
of themtvery serious damage was done. a., 20
Capt. JOHN Cook, formerly belonging to the
rebel Gen. LEES stsff, was arrested in Chicago on
Monds3 lsst for being the husband of two wives.
The item goes s'the round" We Know ofno such
man on Gen. IEE'sstsE - IssF ? 81
THhsDD. STEVENS Ss would consign the whole South
to the 'Penitentiary of He'll" This figure of
speech shows the magnanimity and large heart
edness of TEAD.-he would. take the South to-his
4cwn bosom.
A fall of meteoric stones occurred near Mobile
HAY "A and Is. They commenced falling ct 8 A.
m. and continued at intervals all day. The sky
was perfectly clear during most OF the time. The
stones we're Of silicious character, and some OF
them we're quite hot when they fell.
Winona, Wisconsin, must be- nice place at the
present time. Among the Inducements for gen
tlemen to settle there, it is mentioned that 'the
can ish out Of their garret windows, swim in
their psrlors, build sks on their roofs, practice
rowing pyer their door yards, and keep ducks"
Colonel WIZ. PRESTON JoHxsroN is announced
ss candidate for Clerk Of the County Offices. SO
says The Louisville Courier. Col. JOHNSTON is the
SON Of the late Gen. ALBERr SYDNEY JOHNSTON,
and one Of the personal aids Of JEFFERSON DAVIS
In Richmond
A new sdknarineA Aslesaphf fcsbls was, laid ba,
tween Boston and East Boston 99 the 22d, for
the purpose Of transmitting ffs aisfms ffom the
City Han 10 tie East. Boston isnA BoSsas THE
lensth,of. the cable was 2e4o iaet and its weight
Jour TOMS and it was laid in less than ten minutes
One OF the oaiSers Of the police III 18th Ward,
New York, has undertaken lac lherculean task OF
stopping tho sale Of newspapers on Sunday. 1t is
understood that his action Is not authorized by
..Tns Board" AS the city lis undergoing such
thorough reformation, We suppose the Captain
thought he would 90 the entire swine.
The English papers say; there is no longer any
doubt that negotiations have for some time been
iuprogfess for the oession ofg Venice BY Austria.
It is to be hoped these. negotiations may be
FrMghtto successful issueaas in that event the
chances Of general European war would be very
much diminished. NJ :. Il se.
The Commissioner Of Agriculture has received
from T. G. BERGEN, of Jamsics, L. L, New York,
abunch of asparagus, composed OF tWelye stalks,
each about four inchos in circumference and thir-
tesn inches In height, the whole weighing five
pounds, It is understood thst II is the intention
to preserve this rare specimen OF the agricultural
world. ES4,5k - {!g
Gov. SWAIN, President OF the North Carolina
University, has published letter IN which he
strongly condemns the conduct Of somestudents
OF that institution In issuing ball ticket with
JEFFERSON DAVIS, ]. G. BRECKENRIDGE, z. B. VANCE
and other. insurgent leaders, as honorary MEM
bers. he says has no means Of preventing GO!
casional outrsges Of this nature.
- The project of building an airline railroad
E6my Eemp6isto GairYis being. extensively agi-
itasea in Wsst Tennessee Proposals. WILDE made
toShe Illinois Central Railroad Company 70 fqy
nish the rails and rolling stocEwhen the rosd-.
bed is completed. When the line is finished its
connections will make almost an airline railroad
from Chicago to New 9rleans,-i; MOOT
The proprietors Of the Chicago Times have pur'
chased lot on Dearborn street, between Wash
ington and Madison, 20 by 80 feet, for $500 per
foot. sggregating $4,000. This is the highest
price ever paid for real estate in Chicago. The
Times previously owned 20 feet adjoining. On the
united lots the proprietors will erect handsome
building adapted to the use of their business.
Strawberries by the scar load" is something
new under the sun; but we read that two car loads
Of strawberries are arriving at Chicago daily from
Golden, Anna and Villa Ridge, on the Illinois
Central Railroad. There is an area Of over 800
acres Of strawberries now ripening in those three
towns, and promising the heaviest yield that any
season has afforded.
In 1860 Illinois produced only six bales Of cot
ton. The total yield in 1865 is estimated at 10000
bales, twice as much as was exported annually
from the whole country at the beginning OF the
century twice as much as was grown by Ken
tucky, and nearly as much as Virginia, in 1860.
The cotton is said to be equal to that of Tennessee
in quality. l,.t.TiH ~ l-.2G} y
The Government have awarded contract for
raising the vessels in the river and harbor OF Sa-
yannah which were sunk by the rebels to obstruct
the channel. The gunboats and other vessels
were scuttled and sunk at the time the city was
evacuated. There are in all about twenty, some
of them valuable, with all their guns and arma-
voant IN hoard. - - II p