The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-08-10
N ews Summary.

A. T. STEWART pnts in an income of 81 500, 900;
VANDERBILT of 81. SOC, 900.
Seventeen thousand five hundred immigrants
have arrived at Now York since the 1st Of July.
An English paper atates that Major General j.
@. WALKER, of the late Confederate army, has
been appointed Colonel of an English regiment.
A Washington special says there is no imme-
diate prospect of Mr.. STANToN's leaving the
Cabinet.
Spain has abandoned the war against the South
American Republics. The Spanish Pacific feet
has arrived at Rio Janeiro, on the way home.
". II. MILDuRN, the celebrated blind preacher,
has accepted call to the temporary rectorship
of the Trinity (Episcopal) Church in Chicago.
Before adjournment, the House Of Representa-
tives passed a bill to incorporate a company to
build an airline railroad between Washington
and New York. with q capital Of SO 600, 600.
MIR. JOHN HOLLIS living few miles from Mari.
anna, Florida, was killed by stroke Of lightning
Just as he was entering his house on Saturday
last. No injury to the house or its inmates.
The Government has provided 6t75 ar tifcial
limbs to soldiers-2l34 arms, 1854 legs, "A hands,
feet, and 104 other appliances; 2s different man
ufacturers OF artificial limbs supplied the Gov
ernment and the cost was $357,628
The Petersburg Express says "There are only
nine tobacco factories in operation in Lynchburg
now, against about sixty before the war. The
difficulty in obtaining the material is said to
be the reason that 30 few manufacturers are en-
gagged in the business."
From the East Florida Banner, published in
Ocala, We learn that a few days since negro man
in the employ Of Mr.. MoCRADLE, on the Pasteur
place in this county, bitten by rattlestnake,
from the effects Of which he died the foll"~'""
The East Florida Bonner says: ''The farming
interest in this Section and, in fact, throughout
the greater portion Of the State, has suffered ma
terial injury from the drought. Within the past
week, however, we have had several heavy rains,
and trust they will do much to bring out the
dropping crops.
The Internal Revenue Commissioner has re-
ceived his official copy of the new revenue law,
and is consequently required to collect three cents
instead of two cents pound upon cotton, by the
terms OF the Act, con and after the first day of
August, 1856" Parties holding cotton can make
their tax returns before that day and save one cent
per pound.
General j. J. DICKSON has been in our section
recently, says the Atlanta -Neto Era, taking the
initiatory step towards organizing tho militia OF
East and South Florida. Recommendations for
field and staff officers have been made, but the
only name we have heard mentioned is that Of
our townsman ARcH'D T. BANKS, whom the Gene
raj has recommended his Assistant Adjutant-
General, with the rank OF Captain. These officers
under the statutes are, upon the recommendation
of the Brigadier- General, appointed and commits
stoned by the Governor.
1t is said that as soon as Mr.. GILL completes
the channel on the Warwick bar in the James
river to width Of ninety feet, he will proceed
with the dredging machine to the canal at Dutch
Gap. and see what can be done with it. He
hopes by deepening it to make it useful to the
river boats. At all events he will give it an ex-
animation, in order to satisfy himself on this
point, and IL he finds that it may be m ade prsc
tically useful, he will put the dredging machine at
work upon it.
The Generals OF the regular army now rank in
order Of their names in the following list Gen.
eral ULYSSES q. GRANT, Lieutenant General WILL
LIAM L. SHERMAN, Major Generals HENRY ". HAL
LfoK, GEORGE G. MEADE, PHILIP II. SHERIDAN
GEORGE d. THOMAS, WINFIELD 8. HANCOCK; Briga-
dier-Generals IRWIN oDowELL WILLIAMS 8. ROSE
GRAMS, PHILIP ST. GEORGE CooK JuuN Pope,
JOSEPH HooKEB, JOHN NJ. SonoFIELp, OLIVER O.
HoyAbD, ALrRrD H. TERRY, E. o. @. ORD.
The Washington correspondent of'the Herald
sAye: Mr.. o. 81. BINGHAM, one Of the signers of
the call for q Southern Loyalists Convention WAS
30 much saturated with loyalty during the late
war that when the Yankcos reached Athens, Ga,
ha became fugitive from their loyal bayonets
migrated to TAllapoosa County, applied for and
received On Office from the Confederate Govern
meut in the Tax Commissioners Department, and
worked Loyalty and Justify to collect money from
the people for the aid and encouragement OF the
ao-oallsd "rebelli"n."
The New York Heralds correspondent recently
with Generals BTgHDMAN and FULLERTON, writes
from New Orlesns giving further information oo,l-
cerning the malpractices in that portion Of the
country. No records we're found to form an esti.
mate upon, as they were conveniently made away
with upon the arrival OF tho inspectors. The
charges OF private use OF public money arc fully
proyen, and the Infamous sale Of negroes by the
Bureau officers, spoken OF in former letter, haa
been fully corroborated With Louisiana the ip.
ves tigation oloses and the full report will doubt
less be made public in few days.
The Harrison tTexss) Flag, Of the 26th ultimo,
says: We learn from gentleman who has reoent.
~ travelled over considerable portion Of Middlr,
Northern and Northeastern Texas that the crops