The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-23
News Summary.

Harvesting is progressing in Alabama. The wheat
crop is an average ; prospects for corn are good. @
Aman In Caledonia, N. T., has succeeded in raiaing
100000 young trouts for which there is lively demand
Of $50per thousand, to stock the neighboring ponds
and streams. i fsE$s@HE
There were formerly 700 churches in Moscow, but tie
Emperor NICHOLAS considered it too many for re.
spectable community and 300 were by his order, torn
down.
CHARLES KINGSLEY advises young author to marry
literary lady and betake himself to the humble and
chiyalrous service of reviewing his wifes books.
The Richmond Times says that Bishop EARLY, and the
others who suffered severely by the late disaster
on the Danye Railroad In fairway Of recovering,
-Aat Will soon to he takan to thsis
Considerable excitement was created on Saturday, IN
the neighborhood of the Keystone House, Reading by
two Of the citizer who passed the compliments OF the
season in the RoussEAU-G GR1NNELL style.
"a Rattlesnake eight feet long, was killed by the po.
lice Of New Orleans on the 1lth, in gutter in the
heart of tho city.
A Bremen letter announces the departure from that
German port Of 1866 passengers, all Of whom intend
n,kino Texas their home Other vessels will shortly
follow.
New counterfeit ftydolar greenbaoks have appeared
at Nashville Tenn. The bills excellently engraved
except that the signature Of Treasurer SPINNER is not
A course and heavy in the original. The paper on
which they are printed is little thinner than the genu-
.ine No clue has been discovered es to who passed
them. =. - zt Astz
Count WALEwsKr the illegiumate son of the first NA.
po1EoN by the Polish Countess WALEwsK1, formerly
Minister of Foreign Affairs and now President OF the
Imperial Senate has been by the favor OF his Imperial
cousin, created Duke of the Empire, with the title OF
OoLoNNA WALEwsKI.
Johnsons island, used during the war as place OF
confinement for Oonfe lerate prisoners has recently
been released from Government control The enlisted
men on duty at the post have been ordered to Oolum
bus Ohio; small and munitions will be sent to De.
troit Arsenal and the heavy guna and cord wood to
Fort Wayne, near Detroit . 81
late Wisconsin paper tells Of farmer who, In the
recent freshet had eighty rods Of line fence, running
east and west swung round by the water, carried It
quarter OF mile from its original position, and left
In an exact line north and south, and on the identical
spot where he proposed building fence and oil this
without displacing rail from Its original position
tough story
10 records Of the Fourth Auditors Office show that
du gthewar the naval force Of the United States cap
tur oyer fifteen hundred prizes, Of which were
wor as high two hundred thousand dollars. Besides
theBe important captures Of corn rice and cotton
made. It Is stated that the navy netted twenty
million dollars as Its share in these prizes.
We learn from Louisiana papers that very consid
erabe progress has been made In laying the rails of the
Southern route to tho Pacific. One hundred and fifty
tons CT railroad iron carried up the river by the
steamer Alabama In week. and is thought that the
road will be in running order to Marshall by the first of
August
Since the spring opened there have been built in New
Brunswick seventy vessels, measuring in the aggre
gate tons Only five Of less than 800 tons and
twenty Of them 1000 tons each. On the whole
coast Of New England there have been less number
built than in this single British province Our high
duties on materials and the expenee OF labor cause this
ALEXANDER smith, the Scottish poet whose "Life
Drama" excited sort Of furore on its publication In
1885, and who is only thirty five years old is writ
ing prose tales sketches for two English periodicals
"Good Words" and '"rhe Quiver." Since 1854 Mr..
SMITH has held the secretaryshp of the University of
Edinburgh an Office for life, with $500 per annum
salary. ==@.=
The Savannah Herald says yesterday afternoon
two negroes Butler Brown and Isaac Morrell had an
alteration at Messrs. HEywooD Il LARocHE's brick
yard about mile and half from the city the Louis
vile road, in reference to the dumping OF load of
bricks The parties, after short argument, had
scufHe during which time Morrell stabbed in the
neck three times with large pocket knife One of the
wounds it is thought may prove mortal. Brown was
arrested by policeman and conveyed to the barracks
where he remained but short time when he was COM
mted to Jail under wrrrant issued by Justice PHILIP
NJ RUSSELL.