The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-01-01
n ews Summary.

hors IN is CITY nj an early hour on Saturday last
after fine run from New York We arc indebted to
Purser H GonHAM for his kind attentions
The official statement Of the Treasury Department Of
late date shows the National Bank circulation to be
$685. O0O An increase OF upward OF SioOoooo has
been issued during the past week.
The schooner Js,v Of Belfast from Portland for Eos
ton, with molasscs abandoned at sea on the 23d
December, in sinking condition. The crew were
saved.
The Eric Railway has just negotiated loan OF four
million Ave hundred thousand dollars, in England for
the completion of its double track.
Eleven negroes have been recently sentenced to the
peniteptiary from Montgomery County, Alabama. and
seven from Tuscaloosa County, At this rate tho Peni
tentary of that State will be filed with this class
Of prisoners.
The instructions of our new Minister to Mexico, who
is ordered at to his post and to remain near Pres
dent JuAREz are of decided character that the I'M
perl party will not be long in ascertaining the pohcy
of the United States Government
Maine paper states that colony of fifty families,
principally from that State to embark for Palestine in
July next They propose to settle ut Ja the ancient
Joppa building lots having been purchased, and will
carry out with them Yankee improvements
The question Of an appointment to fill the vacancy in
the United States District Judgeshp occasoned by the
death of Judge CATRoN having given rise to recent
speculation it opinion that the appointment be-
longs to the South and it will for time be held in
abeyance
WILLIAM A. HAMMOND late Surgeon-General of tho
United States has gone to Europe in charge OF grand
son of the late JoKN JACOB AsToR and gosspng cor
respondent says that he receives for his services $4,000
in gold for six oaths-a travelling and subsistence ex
penses literally paid-and $4,000 for each month occu
pied beyond the sixth.
>>-@c1zsn,..rg ship Ne,coS capt HERT1Sc, from New
gefk FOR Hamburg. sJ,or. at Nantucket Sunday
night the oath December, a; went to pieces. AL hands
were lost. One man swan ashore, but died from cx-
posure after walking half mile along the beach, His
fe-preserver was Marked "!Nearton, Hamburg" About
1900 barrels Of kerosene oil have been saved from the
wreck.
Mormonism looms up as the next hobby before the
country Old army officers who have served on the
plains and who have been brought In contact with the
people of Salt Lake City, besieging the President
with suggestions plans for the employment Of
military f,rce against the Latter Day Saints in default
of an opportunity for their employment against MAXI
MILAN and NAPOLEON.
The proof volume, just from the government press,
giving full statistical information regarding manufac
lures this country asserts that the present value Of
the manufactured cotton s equal to three dollars and
sixtyeight cents capita of the whole population OF
the United States The amount OF woven fabric is equal
to thirysx yards per head-more than double the es
mated average consumption of Great Britain.
The schooner Iaines Captain ETrRuP. from Hayti, of
and for Boston with cargo Of logwood, &C., went
ashore during the gale of Friday night on south side
of Nantucket, and all hands pershed. r crew con-
sisted of seven men, One body found an the beach,
The vessels found upset about half mile from
the wreck. The crew probably endeayored to save
themselves in it, but were capsized before reaching land
The Spanish Government has given instructions to its
cruisers to treat Chilean prvateers as pirates, their
crews arc not natives of the Republic Of Chile SiSnor
ASIA EURSAGA tho Chilean Charge d'Afaires here, has
been informed OF the solemn protest OF his Government
against this procedure of the Spanish Government If
carried into effect this Castian manifesto will be fol-
lowed by the :aost reprsas the part of the
Chilean Government, which recognizes as citizens all
who arc employed i'll its war or merchant MARINE and
will afford them the fullest protection.
Tic Methodist Episcopal Churches in New York are
making considerable preparations to celebrate the first
Sunday of January which is to be the anniversary of the
one hunJrcdth year OF the existence of that denomina
ton in America. Bishops NORRIS JAMES, SCOTT, SIMr-
SON, BAKER A,Irs, CLARK, THOMPSON and KINGSLEY
have united in I'll address, giving brief history OF the
success of the Church and its for thanksgiving
and rejoicing The general missionary committee OF the
Church have reported that SGj3GG rs raised last
year for Church purposes.
The religious belle: the deceased Presidents of the
United States, indicated by their attendance upon
public worship and evidence afforded in their writings,
may be summed up rs follows: Washington Madison,
Monroe Harrison, Tyler and Taylor Epscopalians;
Jefferson John Adams and John Quincy Adams were
Uniarans; Van Duren was OF the Dutch Reformed
Church 4; Jackson Polk Ind Lincoln were Presbyte-
rans. The surviving Presidents arc Fillmore Uni:
tarian Pierce Unitarian ConSresationalst; Bucha
an Epscopalian and the present Chief Magistrate
Johnson who is 4 Presbyterian.
Tho .iut Col;c3r,ia, o: November 9th, dcvotcs
leading column to an examination OF the mining in.
cres.s Of Nevada rearbins that the yield is continu
ally increasing" and noticing in detail various impor
000 has been invested within year i'll mills and mines
The article referred 20 concludes as follows
The contributions Of San Francisco for the opening Of
the mines OF Nevada, did rot cease with the pane OF
1SGl Ii is still common event among business e
i'll our streets 10 pay assessments for sinking Shafts
building mills il remote districts at mines scarcely
heard ot by anybody but the Stockholders. Tic labor
advances steadily anu quietly, and i'll MANY cases under
competent anu prudent management. High irci ,htS
and difficult # access interfere very much with Ike
development Of these distant miles, bat the amount OF
work ben. done is 50 great that there must bc con-
siderable Increase III the lctac production of the state
Ties. mills, these shafts, these late invest
mcnts ly Eastern capitalists nIIs lead to btncIicii re-
suits. Eastern Ncyat: about take star. when
tie panic Of 1851 cai", and is How ;iS recovering i;s
lost ground Many o the l0dcS inIlncnsr, and a.!
though mach capital a. ;i;c nuts. Dc spent il opening
them: the period of ;l.r productions cannot be posi-
poncd man; years Ilc receipts ii treasure from Nc
vada show incrcas in tie production. and the con-
current testimony ci minors and scolosts who have
visited :ic various districts satisfy IS a! The increase
Will continue for LiaIy :c2rS