The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-25
NEWS SUMMARY.

There are one hundred and fifteen miles Of paved
streets in Cincinnati.
Reverend J. G. STILES has been called to the
Presidency Of oglethorpe University, Ca
There was sale Of negroes at Annapolis, a few
days since. See particulars IN our telegraphic
column.
The amount Of property owned by negroes in
Kentucky, and subject to taxation is $966 $50 upon
which the tax is s36G1.
a large quantity Of gold is arriving at Frcder-
chsbuSg, Va, gathered from the gold mines in the
surrounding counties
The Paris Universal Exhibition is to be opened
on Monday, April l. 1867, and the Imperial Com
mission will have q review Of the Exhibition com
plete Oh Thursday, March 2S
Qulp thinks it rather remarkable that while
several thousand feet required to make one
rood single foot properly applied, is often sui-
cient to m ako one civil.
Snails, one Of the principal Partisan delcacies
are said to have almost supplanted frogs il that
market. They are sen, in great numbers from the
surrounding country to Paris, Burgundy and
Champagne alone supplying 100, 900 snails daily
Captain MAYNE REID, the novelist, made his ap-
pearance in the London Court Of Bankruptcy on
the 2Sth. He was described as Of the Rancho,
Gerard's Cross, Buckingham. The unsecured debts
The Nashville Union of the 18th saws that the
health of Hon. JOHN BELL is quite feeble. During
last week he considered in critical condition
by his medical attendants, but at latest accounts,
was slowly recovering from his attack.
Gossip says that the Queen Of Spain lately de-
termlned to raise tenor singer to nobility, but
the Minister threatening to resign if such an out
rage be perpetrated, Her Majesty was compelled
to abandon her design.
The clipper ships omar Pasha and True Britain
have had an ocean race Of 5000 miles, from Mel
bourne to London. Both left Melbourne on the
same day, and arrived in London after passage Of
IS days, the Omar Pasha being one hour ahead.
French court has decided that when railroad
fails to transport passengers to given point in q
given time, by the breaking down Of an engine or
any other accident, the company is bound to pay
the expenses Of passengers who may adopt other
leans to reach their destination.
Artificial ivory is now made in France from a
paste Of papier mache and gelatine, and TO which
the name Of Partisan marble is given. Among
other things, the finest and most complicated
mouldings for ceilings be made, or capitals OF
Of columns can be constructed in any color. It is
said to be hard, durable and elastic.
Information is daily being received, principally
through private sources Of the accumulation in the
British Provinces on our northern border, Of great
quantities Of dutia Die goods, which have been i'm
ported at places in close proximity to the boun-
dairy line for the purpose of running them across
the border and evading the payment Of duties.
Careful estimates make the present number of
sheep in the United States 80, ,ooo, ,ooO and the
wool product $4,000 pounds an increase OF
1925 725 sheep in five years last past against an
increase Of 748 055 the previous ten years. and OF
"a, 4,735,087 pounds of wool the last five years,
against 7,747,9 $50 pounds the previous ten years.
a dispatch from Mobile, December 81, states
that no attempt has been made to take advantage
Of Judge BUsTEED's recent decision, that debts
settled IN Confederate money, during the war,
were not valid or Of binding force; nor is it likely
that any new suits, under the ruling Of the deci-
sion, will be entered upon. The estimates for the
cotton crop are rather decreasing here, many Of
the factors placing themselves below fifteen hun
: dred thousand bales. .@g
The bronze statue Of Chief Justice MARSHALL
for the Richmond Washington Monument is on it's
wy to New York, and on it's arrival will be re-
shlpped to Richmond, and is expected to arrive
about Christmas. The statues Of NELSON and
LEWIS, ard the alegorical figures and trophies de-
signed as ornaments for the lower portion of the
monument, will likewise soon be shipped to this
country from Munich. The monument should be
completed before the spring.
Part of the Merrinadc has been raised at Hamp-
ton Roads, and several IF her great guns have been
recovered. There is prospect Of raising the old
hne-of-battle ship Pennsylvania, and also the
Higate Brdndyeoine, burned at Gosport Navy Yard
at the breaking out of the war. The wreckers en-
gagged On the Pennsylvania have fished up an an
chor Of peculiar construction weighing four or
i've tons, which is supposed to have been lost
during the Revolutionary war.
We learn from the Journal Of TIE franklin Ia-
statute, for November, that surveys are in progress
with view Of diyerting from the River Severn
the sewerage Of all the towns lying on that stream
above Tewksburg, and making arrangements for
obtaining water from that place and conveying it
to reservoirs, from which it might dow into Lon
don under high pressure. The estimated costs Of
these works, made by Mr.. HAMILTON FULTON, is
$4,000, 900. .,
Immediately after the holidays, the bill to re-
imburse the loyal States for war expenses will be
reported for action by representative BLAINE, d
Maine. The proposition is to give certain
amount OF five per cent United States bonds To
each State, equal in amount to ffty-ive dollars for
each volunteer furnished by said State The
proposition Of Comptroller HnLHousE, .of New
York, to give the income tax to each State does
not meet with favor, because Of the great inequai
ty Of the amounts collected under that head in the
several States. 5a.a.
The st. Paul Press estimates the present popula
ton Of Minnesota at 100000. Reviewing the
census reports Of former years the Press saws
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