The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-13
NEWS SUMMARY.

Cincinnati has public drinking fountains
Sixty-hvo passenger trains leave Chicago daily.
The Hoosio Tunnel is being talked about again
in tho Massachusetts papers.
The tobacco crop in kentucky is better this sea-
son than over before
A woollen factory is to be erected at Leesburg,
Va.
The Mississippi University has begun its an
nual session with one hundred and forty students
II is considered more than probable in Wash
ington that United States troops will soon enter
Mexico.
There are s0,S57 pupils in the public schools OF
Philadelphia The cost OF the schools last year
was $1,000, 405.
Fears are entertained in New Orleans of finan-
cal and commercial crisis, owing to the failure in
the estimated cotton crop md the scarcity Of mo-
ney.
0nrBaA's presence ON tho Rio Grande is said to
be creating nutinous spirit among the so diers
ting in hia favor in that section.
The Mayor Of Quebec has received number of
cable kilograms from England empowering him to
draw money for the relief Of the eufferers by the
FIRE.
The difficulty between the United States Minister
in Turkey and the Porto government relative to
the recent outrage on the American consulate in
the island Of Cyprus has been settled.
JOHN mitchell, who has returned from exile,
was looked for in New York, on Saturday, by the
Fenians. MITcHEL goes to Richmond, where
there is to be great Fenian gathering.
Tho Hnm Of ffty-sx thousand dollars has been
contributed from various sources, but chiefly in
England, toward the relief Of the sufferers BY the
Quebec FIRE.
The heads Of tho various departments of the
government are busily engaged in preparing their
reports. The greater portion Of some Of the re-
ports nre in the hands Of The public printer.
The Chancellor Of tho University of Mississippi
is trying to obtain from the observatory Of Chicago
the mammoth Dearbon telescope, which he claims
was mado for thut institution.
Two boys, each under eighteen years of age,
have recently made the voyage from Newport to
Annapolis and back, distance Of nearly ono
thousand miles, in open sail-boats, about twenty
feet long.
Lieut.. J. c. BnA1NE, called at the North the
pirate OF tho Chesapeake, pleaded not guilty to the
indictment in the Circuit Court in Brooklyn ON tho
9TH. He was renanded, and the trial will take
place ON the 18th.
The Holena tMontana) Gazette, Of October 18th,
gives the particulars Of battlo between the Grees
Ventres and Grows, acting in concert against the
Fegans. The formers attacked somo ton lodges
OF the fesans, killing Big Lake Thunder, chief
and oight others, when the Piegans made o charge
On then, killing 122 and taking IS prisoners.
The Empress Of Mexico, now called tho Princess
GHARLoTTE, is said 10 be afflicted with religious
monomania, always bewailing tho ''injuries" done
tn 4 kl,okl L 4.
less OF curo 1t ia said that the unfortunate lady
has just attempted to commit suicide by jumping
from window.
from returns rccently published in tho Louis
WHO Journal it appears that total OF 81, ,OG2 2iO
POUNDS OF tobacco wero raised in Kentucky during
Inc past twelve months. or this, s76,95G pounds
1ere faisod by free negroes. During the year
o'aia hosshoads wero sold in Louisville. Averag-
ing Tho wo!ght OF each hogshead at 140o pounds, it
nhoTs that there have beon sold in that market
eH'oHSoo pounds, against 81 O62 2iO pounds raised
al ''io sIate, or over oae-haR the entire product
oioSraph line, thirty miles long, is under tho
oohuol OF oborn College, Ohio for tho use of the
''aaehe' who nre studying that branch Of soionce.
monsieur REssIaNIRR, MAxrHu1AN's chamber
.uih' arrived rooonty in Havana on tho Manhattan,
.ioih Moxco. His attention sooms to bo devoted
" 'n inspection Of untonanted houses in that CITY.
aonorai o MANzANo, tho nowly appointed Captain.
oonora OF Cuba, arrived at Havana on last satur.
'"J 70 foiieVe GonoraI LRRsUNDI.
oaPs. e. ri. F1Noru, of Boston, an old friend
"N" eoh"olmato OF RIsronI, gave hor O. commit.
.o.'arS Gunner few days ago, Mt which several
uinahsuished Europeans and E1-Goy. ANDREW
anu VINO were prosont. On Tuesday evening R1s.
TOM Played LADY Macbeth" to tho immense do.
nsn' Oh tno bostonians, and, as his highos praise
oAo ori.'c Says that she was fnlly equal to CHAR.
Lutte oUsHMAN in tho character.
on Sand'y last, an enthusiastic mass meeting O.
9A. u.ahS was hold in Chicago, for tho purpose ol
adopting moasuros to resouo CoIsif.yH n and Fs:
ther ia moMAHoN. The district oent,e stated thai
ING brotherhood OF tho city had In their possession
uo muskots $1,000 Cor transportation purposes tc
Canada, and q 900 rounds OF castridges. oontri.
I nnaons flowed in rapidly, and strong resolutions
we're passed.