The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-04
News Summary.


Other goods may have declined, but the rise in
hoop skirts on the streets is at times quite start
ling.
Washington dispatches state that the counse
OF DICK TURNER, the Confederate commander of
Libby Prison, has been promised that his client
shall be released.
Large numbers Of idle freedmen at Newbern
and on Roanoke Island have been notified that
they cannot have rations after Nay 1 next
The WOODRUFF quarrel reached
new phase at Nashville on the 25th. Each Of the
belligerents WAS fined $40 and costs.
The Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad
Bridge over the Des Moines river is completed.
and the first locomotive crossed on the 26th The
company have about 1900 men employed ON the
road. ...
The Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad is open
to Iowa Falls, 150 miles west, and excursion par
ties have interchanged. visits. 1t is expected that
the road will be rapidly pushed forward to Fort
Dodge, and thence to the Missouri.
The Detroit Tribune says: "The most absurd
reports are in circulation in our exchanges con-
cerning the health Of Gen. CAss. His condition
has rapidly improved Of late, and he is in no
danger whatever
The Freedmens Bureau for the district Of West
Tennessee heve given notice to the city authori-
ties Of Memphis that the Bureau will no longer
relieve the city from the responsibility Of burying
It's own colored paupers.
Confscation proceedings in the United States
District Court at Jacksonville, Florida, have been
atopped by an order from President JOHNSON. All
the property Of Confederates now in the posses
sion Of the Government authorities will be Inn
medistely restored.
The farmers in some of the counties Of Illinois
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by horse thieves, are taking summary measures
with the rascals. few days ago two Of them
we're shot by the Vigilance Committee Of Jersey
County, and on Thursday last another wac killed.
and still another shot, but the latter escaped with
q ball In him.
A late Paris letter. says Of VICTOR HUGO and his
last novel: "The author Of Notre Dame not having
found much favor with the public in his work OF
Les 7rauaueurs le Aer, determined to give it to
the public in numbers in one Of the penny papers.
The literary censor has, however, prohibited the
publishing Of the same."
The Cleveland Herald tells Of young German,
recently married in that city, who on the Goth,
WAS taken suddenly ill, and, as was supposed,
died OH the 22d. While watching by the corpse
on the 2sd, his wife perceived motion OF the
body, and soon after second movement was OBJ
restoratives applied, and the young man was
saved from the dreadful fate of burial alive.
The monster iron-cl.d new vessel, Dunderbera.
is now receiving the completing touches Of the
mechanics, in the yard Of VIM. d. WEBB, her
builder, at New York. The Government has re-
Gently ntimated to the contractor the necessity of
completing the vessel at the earliest moment.
The Dtnderberg has her masts machinery, and
ri and fha oI,a oI, 10,
A battery Of improved gunsis now being prepared
for the vessel at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, also q
nrge quantity of fixed ammunition. The Dunder-
borg is the largest American iron-cad aloat.
The Augusta papers last week reported case
OF robbery that for GOODNESS, ingenuity and sue
cess, equals anything we ever read of. A business
house was entered in the usual manner from the
rear, the iron safe taken out, placed on o dray
provided for the purpose, conveyed to the river
bank, deliberately forced open, and its contents,
consisting Of fine gold watch, $500 in greenbaoks,
and other valuables, abstraeted; and up to this
date no clue has been discovered to lead to the
detection Of the actors. This as genteel busi-
ness operation, is worthy of Gotham. l.s
An extraordinary sitting Of the German Diet
was convened April 0, at the request of Prussia.
The Prussian representative made the following
convened Of members directly elected throughout
Germany by universal suffrage, in order to receive
proposals, to be laid before the German Govern
ments for O reform of the Federal Constitution /;
q. That negotiations should in the meantime take
place between the various Governments to settle
the above proposals A motion brought forward
by the Austrian representative, as President the
Diet, demanding the immediate communication to
tho Federal Governments Of the Prussian mo-
tion, was agreed to-
There would appear to be war in progress in
Richmond. The Ernp,i. er says: "Captain ADAMS,
in command OF the police force, engaged in the
war just closed Tor the present. makes to his chief
the official report OF the weeks operations against
the dogs, hogs and goats by the corps he has the
honor to command. Number OF dogs captured.
SO hogs, 8; goats IS. or the dogs captured elk
teen were redeemed, and seveaty-two were killed.
The goats taken as prisoners were released by
order OF the Mayor. The expenditures for carry
ing on the weeks war was thirty.hve dollars.
Paid for dogs redeemed, eighty dollars. Amount
paid over in excess Of war expenditures, forty-hve
dollars. Sale Of nine hogs at auction, sixty-two
dollars hire Of lot and feed, three dollars and
twenty cents. Total receipts accruing from the
war In excess Of debtsinourred, one huadred and
three dollars and eighty cents. Our late war
struck good balance on tho Northern side Of the
blood pag ; the o.nihe-tog-got war Is like uuto
1t, on reduced scale.""- .-g., ut.
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