The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-07-13
News Summary.


damage done in the late raids Of the Fenians, re-
port that in the east it will amonnt to from s15 900
to s25,OO0, in the west from So, 900 to s1O,00s.
A New Haven company has commenced manu-
featuring compressed stonef for building purposes.
It is made Of sand, pulverized quartz, and sioate
Of soda, and hardens from the consistency of put
ty, in twenty hours, to the solidity of stone
The North Carolina Supreme Court has decided
that the following note is only worth the value of
the bank notes in gold at its date "s71. Six
months after date we or either of us promise to
pay JAMES LAcKEY, administrator of VIM. WRAY,
deceased, ST. in current bank money, for value
received of him, March Sd, 1866"
President JOHNSON has completed an able mes
sage, giving his reasons for yetoing the Freed
mems Bureau Bill. The whole document is admi-
rable in it's conservative tone and logical reason
ing but it will, in all probability, not be present
ed until the last of the ten days allowed the Pres
dent under the Constitution for the consideration
of the BILL
Canadians seem to believe that the scheme for
Federal Union of all the British North American
Provinces is near it's accomplishment. As neither
Nova Scotia nor New Brunswick have expressed
themselves definitely upon the subject, the whole
question is left to the delegates who are shortly
to leave for England, acting in concert with the
imperial parliament.
& rare conversion was witnessed in one of the
Jewish synagogues in Memphis last week. accord
ing to the journals of that city. Mrs. LEWIS, a
Christian lady, who had married Hebrew, OPEN
~ embraced the Hebrew faith in church. This
was probably the. first occurrence of the kind
which ever took place in the Stats The lady was
remarked afterward according to the jewish rite.
casket Of diamonds and other valuable Jewels
were found near Nashville on the 27th of June.
Their value is estimated at eighty thousand dol
lars. SAMUEL ]. ,R1NapLD the finder. There
were no marks found which could indicate who
the jewels belonged to. They had evidently been
lying for several years just under the surface of
the ground.
BENJAMIN F. BUTLER has been summoned by
the surrogate Of New York to give al account of
his stewardship Of his brothers estate A claim
for $4,000 worth of cotton, seized by the brother,
is made against the estate by New Orleans firm.
The General has asked and obtained an extension
Of the time to the Esd Of the month to appear and
show his accounts.
Springfield (nl) lawyer is preparing a case
for the United States Supreme Court, which at
tacks the constitutionality OF the Income Tax.
The contestant reports upwards Of $50, 900 income
the past year, but, under the protest, he declines
to pay the tax, and will, when the usual compuI-
sorry action ID invoked, ask injunction from Judge
DAVIS to restrain the Government officials from
collections
The Tallahassee Floridian, Of the 9th, says
''The corn crop in this portion Of Florida has
been suffering greatly Of late for want Of rain.
When it is remembered that much less than the
usual crop was planted, that what was planted
has been poorly cultivated, and dhavng, in it's ear
ly growth, been greatly damaged by excessive
rains, it is now suffering no less from drought
it will be apparent that the prospect for Florida
corn crop is eminently discouraging."
few nights since, MIR. FREMONT HAD1BY, who
resides in Washington, placed pillow in the
window OF his room, in the second story, and soon
went to sleep with his head in the window About
IL o'clock he awoke and fonnd himself on the
pavement; but how he got there, or how long he
had been there, was more than he could tell. The
next morning he complained Of being sore, but
thought he would be all right in a few days.
j. EDGAR THOMPSON, Col. L. A. scorT and other
leading railroad engineers whose roads centre at
or pass through st. Louis, have endorsed plan
for tunnelling the Mississippi River at St. Louis
instead Of bridging ut that point. Consent is
asked OF Congress to construct the work, which,
it is estimated, can be completed in three years
ut cost not to exceed three million dollars. IY
consent is given, the work will be proceeded with
at once.
The New York Times says: 'sMons. AueussrE
BUIsLAY, q gymnast, went up in q balloon from
Elm Park, and performed some very difficult feats
upon trapeze pendant therefrom When six or
seven thousand feet in the air he WAS oyertaken
by rain storm, the balloon became wet and
heavy, and began to descend. When over the
Hudson River, and sixty feet In the air, the bal.
loonist sprapg from his air ship into the river,
fearing to get entangled il both came down to-
gether. He SWAN for the New York shore, ana,
was finally picked up, when nearly exhausted, by
q email boat which had put out for his relief He
will repeat the experiment on Saturday next.
Thomas Buchanan Read, the poet is in trouble.
Mr. Handy concluded last week not to have an
art gallery in his new opera house, as he had be-
come tired Of the squabbles among the artists.
Mr. Read tbereupon wrote some rose- -oolored let
ters letting the art failure down in gorgeous tints,
and to one of the letters he signed Mr.. Handy's
name. The latter, on finding the letter in print,
published card repudiating it, and declaring it
forgery. Read rejoins thai 1t contained the gist
of conversation he had had with Mr.. Handy,
and that In writing the letter and signing Mr..
Handy's name, he had taken only poetic license.