The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-03
NEWS SUMMARY.

States Supreme Court tho constitutionaty of the
Civil Rights BILL which he has disregardcd and
violated.
An Italian papor gave an account of tho interview
of Mr.. GLADSTONE with tho Pope. Mr.. GLADSTONE
publishes card in one Of the Roman papors to
say that t.iis aI n fabrication.
EVAr Archlcacon 10 at tho head of movement in |
England in favor OF allowing the laboring classes
to engage at cricket and other athletic sports, on
Sunday afternoon, after spending the morning ut
church. |
GEORGE D. PRENr1oE WAS banquetcd on Saturday |
night by the attaches of tho Louisville Journal, it
being tho thirty sixth anniversary of MIR. PREM
T1CE's edit orial manag oncnt Of that paper.
Tho New York Tines publishes n lettol- Of En-
Gov. SWAIN, of North Carolina, to Hon. B. T. PER-
ny, OH tho proposed Constitutional Amendment.
The opinion of Gov. SWAIN is adverse to tho adop-
ton Of tho Amendment
Tho Associated Artists Of Cincinnati hold their
first annual exhibition tho 18th Of December.
Artists throughout the United States arc invited
to forward their works. No precodents will be
given to productions Of Cincinnati artists.
Tho Now York Neaos says that the editors and
reporters of tho Herald havo formed a combination
against BENNETT and robbed him Of fifty thousand
dollarg. An investigation is now going on in that
establishment, and about thirty Of it's attaches are
to bo at onco discharged.
letter from Rome reports that the last three
English books placed on the Index Expurgatorius
are "Ecce Homo" DR.. PusEY "Eirenicon," and
can Essay PAntheism," !" by Rev. JOHN HUNT
To expurgate the "Eirenicon" is the unkindest cut
of all. :.
From Baltimore, November 23, we learn that it
is rumored that REvERDY JOHNSON will take seat
in the Cabinet and that the Democrats will elect
Gosornor SWAMI to tho unexpired term of two
years in the United States Senate, reservng the
full six years term for straight-out Eastern
Shore Democrat
The report that three cargoes of small arms had
been shipped from the Baton Rouge Arsenal for
military force to be organized on the Mexican
frontier, proves to have been incorrect, and arose.
no doubt, from the shipping Of arms from that
place to New York for repairs.
Rev.-JA1fEs SEwELL, venerable and highly
esteemed nomber of the Baltimore Conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal -hurch, died at his resi-
dence i'll that city on Tuesday. Ho was in his
seVenty-sixth year, and leaves q widow, besides
several married chi dren residing in New York.
The General Assembly in session at Memphis,
havo hadse long and interesting debate on the
relations of the freedmen to the Church, and
finally decided, by q unanimous vote that they
should bo received into full fellowship in the
Church, and on equal grounds as brothers in
CHRIST
Contracts to the amount of somo forty millions
of dollars soon to be let for constructing tho
Union and Pacific Railway, from the Omaha
branch, its present terminus, to Salt Lake City;
and also to build railroad bridge across The Mis-
souri, river, between Omaha and Council Bluff.
It has b en- ascertancd at the War Department
that there have been ,624 co.ored men enlisted
in the Uh,ted ST .tes service. Of these 20,2s6
have bocn discharged, Principally on account Of
physical dsaDIit,; 81, ,SG6 died while in the ser
vice; 1887 deserted; 1514 have boon killed in ac-
tion and 1914 were reported aftor engagements E. g
missing.
The New York Times, of the 30th ult., has an
elaborate editorial article on '"Fhe Cotton Crop"
wheron the present crop is estimated at q 3OO 900
bales, thus rciterating the opinion pronounced by
that Journal some timo ago, and much animad-
verted upon by journals all over the South.
General REUBEN DAVIS, OF Mississippi, in q re-
cent speech at Aberdeen, upon tho subject OF the
liabilities of debtors and in favor Of State Con-
vention to wipe out all present obligations said
"The Yankee shows hberality toward our people
which should put our local creditors to shame.'
Tho Aberdeen Examiner says it is true every word
OF it, and the Memphis Auatanchc adds: s'We are
glad to be able to heartily endorse Gen. DAVIS in
this statement"
1t is estimated by those who ought to know
that at present, in round numbers, there are about
1,25O 0OO Frcc and Accepted Masons scattered upor
tho face Of the gobe. or this number som,
10000 arc in England, 100000 in Scotland and
5000 in ireland. There are about 600, 900 on tn
continent Of Europe; 800, 600 in the United States
and Co. 900 in other parts Of the world. In Englan,
there are two or three thousand persona initiated
every year. and tho Masonic body is said to b
everywhere increasing.
Tho cholera was decreasing in London and ha
entirely disappeared in Paris. The French iron
clad squadron was ordered to be ready to sail O
the 18th. 1t was reported that the squadron wa
TO bring back the French troops from Rome. I
telligence had bcon received at Florence fror
home.: stating that the Pope had secretly dt
cided, in event OF his leaving Rome, to seek q
asylum at Malta, and that the authorities ther
had been notiho4 of his decision. An imports
decree had been issued remitting tho excoption
1mposts, ta1es and monopolies in four hundre
And eighty towns in Russia, Poland.
PROVOST Marsh l-Conersl Fry, in his repor
states From carefully prepared tables it appea,
tho proportion por Thousand which each 10y
State, or group OF States, furnished to the mortal
ty list was as follows: Maino 44.87; New Ham
shire, A.37; Vermont 5s22; Massachusetts,, 47.7
Rhode Island 22.34; Connecticut, 35.4s; New Yor
866s; Now jersey al; Pennsylvania, 31.75; Del
ware, 1858; Maryland 17.04; District OF Columbi
3.69; Ohio, 1885, Inliana 80O1; Illinois, 34.e
Michigan, 4i.s2 Wisconsin, 4201; Minnesota, 25.e
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