The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-07-20
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE.
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE CITY.
N ews Summary.

Five cases Of sunstroke occurred at Milwaukee,
Wis, on Sunday. The thermometer stood at 1902
in the shade
ROBERT NJ DOUGLAS, n son Of STEPHEN A. Doua-
las, graduated at the Jesnit College, Georgetown,
D. O., on the Sd.
A severe shock of earthquake WAS felt at Sacra-
mento and Stockton, California, at quarter past
10 o'clock ON the night of the 18th inst.
The negro CLANCY, convicted by the Military
Commission Of the murder OF white family in
Rockbridge county, in October last, was hung in
Richmond on the 10th inst.
Advices have been received here from Nashville
that it is Gov. BRowNLows intention to keep the
Legislature in session until they get quorum, if
it takes all summer.
Hereafter the full postage to destination upon
letters transmitted uia England, between the
United States and the Netherlands, may be pre-
paid or not, at the option Of the senders. The
single rate per half ounce or under is 27 cents,
prepayment optional
Brevet Major General j. W. SpRAGuE, Assistant
Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau for Mis-
souri, Arkansas and the Indian Territory, esti-
mates the number Of rations which will be re-
quired for issue in his district during August as
follows: "To whites, 10000; to freedmen $50, ,0OO."
To the names appended to the Congressional
servative Convention, as first published, must be
added that of Hon. CHARLES R. BuoKALEw, sena-
tor from Pennsylvania, whose signature was not
received in. time for publication on the Fourth of
July, but who since then, has cordially united
with his Democratic associates in Congtess in
The reporf6f lne ,,,voa,,
chants National Bank sWIngs1 'u.o 'no
the House lately. 1t was accompanied BY the
eYideDee which fila over siy bun drod ,,a ,,.
shows remarkable conspiracy to defraud the
Government, for the benefit of individuals, on the
part of HUYCK, BAYNE, and others. The bank has
been rotten for many months, and only buoyed up
10y Government funds, which went to BAYNE Co.
The heat in New York, on Monday last, says the
Times, was almost enough to render talow from
the live bullocks exposed for sale ON the cobble
stone pavements, independent Of fat-boiling estab.
ishments. The poor brutes suffered terribly. and
at one time six dead and Ave dying bullocks could
be counted in the yards. Besides these many
dropped IN the streets on their way to the
slaughter honses 1t was mistake in attempting
to drive them during the middle of the day.
An Anson meeting has invited the other coun-
ties of the Third Congressional District to ion
with it in District Convention, to be held at Ium-
berton, on Wednesday, the 25th OF July instant.
to select two delegates to represent the District
in the Philadelphia National Convention. The
delegates for Anson to the District Convention
are, Col. W. O. SMITH, T. W. KENDALL, Col R. T.
BENNETT, JAS, ". REDIEARN, ARCHIE N1yEN and
Jos. W. ALLEN.
In 1862 or 1868, little boy Of four or FIVE years
OF age fell from portico piazza, in Richmond.
fractured his skull and died. This was JErrEa-
BON DAVIS child, and the father and mother fol-
lowed it to the grave and wept over it: modest
tombstone was erected in the Hollywood Oeme-
terry, and there 1t stond until within the last few
days. when some wretch stole the tombstone, pro-
baby to be trafficked as q trophy in New Eng
land, and left the poor child's grave without
mark.
Reports received at the Treasury Department
state that the Southern States are at present
flooded with Counterfeit United States notes, ma
tional bank notes. and fractional currency Of every
denomination. One Of the Treasury detectives
while on an official visit in one Of the Southern
cities, observed that an immense quantity of this
spurious money is circulating there among all
classes, who, with few exceptions, accept it as
readily as the genuine. The detective received
while making come trfng purchases, nearly one
half his change in counterfeit money, and being
desirous OF ascertaining some estimate Of the
amount Of this trash in circulation, seized upon
the money "tllls Of several merchants doing quite
an extensive business, and discovered that about
one-half their contents were counterfet, which
consisted OF United States notes OF the various is-
sues and denominations, all the denominations Of
fractional currency, and quite a number Of coun-
terfeits Oh national banks OF the North and West
The Baltimore Gazette, of the 18th inst, says !:
"The memory of the oldest iuhabitant runs not
back to the time when, in this latitude, the heat
was 30 great as that OF yesterday. At one O'clock
yesterday morning the mercury indicated ninety
degrees; at nine o'clock in the forenoon ninety
two degrees; at noon ninetY-seven degrees, and at
FIVE O'CLOCK in the AFTERNOON ninety -four degrees
in the shade, and far removed FROM the direct in
fuenco fthe ptn. A thermometer, at two O'Clock,
placed in situation where the sun had full power,
went up to ono hundred and thirty-six Degrees or
four degrees higher than the warmest period Of
Sunday. Notwi' hstandpg such degree Of heat,
the horses attached to the city railway cars ap-
peared to suffer less han when the mercury was
several degretB lower. Throughout the greater
part OF yesterd ~ there WAS n strong breeze from
the south, but there aridity about il that
oppressed rather than gave relief. People gene