The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-08-07
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her home in Pendleton, S. G.
The steeple of old st. Johns Church, Richmond,
blown down in 1868, is to be rebuilt this summer.
Hon. 8. R. MALLORY has, by permission, just
returned to his home in Florida, for the first time
since his arrest at the close of the war.
Mr.. DAVID CuRR1E, old merchant Of Rich
mond, Va, has just died. He long President
Of the Richmond Fire Assurance Company; also
long the agent of the Baltimore line of packets.
General BEAuREoARD WAS offered, by the Hospo-
dar of Moldo Wallachia, the post of commander
n-chief Of the Roumanian army, an honor which
he declined.
negro man, named JEFF. Kirk, is commissioned
by the Mayor Of Columbus, Miss, "tn excise sur
veiance over the conduct and manners of tho
negro settlement in the eastern part Of the CITY,"
shop in Baltimore was fired on Thursday by
the agency Of a warped pane of glass in win
dow, which acted a convex lens, and concen-
trating the suns rays upon pile Of combustible
material, caused it to take fire.
a forger, who some ten days since forged
check for $3.50, 900 on the First National Bank of
Philadelphia, which was caehed, was arrested in
that city yesterday, with all his plunder, on his
arrival from Baltimore, where he had just been
married.
Mrs. General RANSOM, the wife of the gallant
General Robert RANSOM, of North Carolina, will
seminary for young ladies. She has secured the
services Of corps Of able and experienced South
ern teachers.
Detroit Republican paper advocates the estab-
lishment of freedman's bureau in the island of
Jamaica. The Chicago Times says that it is some
what strange that the Radicals in Congress have
not proposed an amendment to the Constitution
establishing one there before this.
Two negroes-who said they were paid $500 for
the commission Of the crime by their victims wife
attempted to kill barber named HULL, in Phi
ladelphia, on Wednesday night. He cried for
help, which speedily to his aid, and he es.
capped with severe wounds in his head.
The will of DR.. BIRD POWELL, of Cincinn at re-
Gently deceased, who bequeathed his head to n
friend and pupil for scientific purposes has final
ly been admitted to probate. The bequest is,
therefore, legally acknowledged, and the head
will remain in Professor KEcKELoR's cabinet.
The composition of the next Legislature of Ore
gon, according to the recent elections, is as fol-
lows Union Senators, II /; Democratic Senators,
8; Union majority, G. Union Representatives, "a;
Democratic Representatives, %; Union majority,
1. Union majority on joint ballot, 7. The Union
majority in the Legislature secures the election of
United States Senator in the place OF J. w.
NEsMITH, who now sustains President JoHNsoNs
policy.
A dispatch from Fortress Monroe, dated August
2, says Mr.. O'CoNoR went North this evening on
the steamer George Ledry, having brought to an
end his protracted interview with DAVIS. From
the moment of his arrival here, three days ago,
he has remained constantly inside the fortress
closely engaged with his client. From the length
OF the visit and the sudden manner in which it
was made, it is believed that it was mainly attri-
butable to the recent report OF the Judiciary Com
mittee to Congress, and the urgent necessity
thereby created to decide upon a plan of defence
in views Of the approaching trial.
The Navy Department denies the statement
published in the New York Tribune and Washing
ton Chronicle relative to the kidnapping of ne
groes to the coast of Florida. No such informa-
tion has been received, and no such vessel as the
st. Augustine is in the service OF the Department.
The steamer S. Augustine is in the navy, but she
is in European waters. The contrary is the case
In consequence Of these sensation reports circu-
lating throughout the country the Department
directed Commodore WINsLow, commanding the
squadron, to make thorough Investigations, and
he has replied that the reports without the
slightest foundation in fact. We suspected as
much when We published the report q few days
ago, but as the item then stated that parties from
New York were concerned in the kidnapping, we
did not feel authorized to contradict tho state-
ments.
A German statistician, NJ HAUssENER, has pub
lished the following: "The wars which have been
waged from 1915 to 1864 have caused the death of
2,762,00O men, of whom 2,148, 900 were Europeans
and 614,000 from other quarters Of the globe,
which gives an average of 43,80O per annum
These figures do not include the deaths caused by
epidemcs resulting from war. The most san
culinary hostilitles OF that period are these: The
Eastern, Of 1856. in which 5Os6OO men fell, in the
following proportions 256.OO0 Russians, 98, 1900
Turks, O7,OO0 French, 45OOU English and 1900
Italians. In the Caucasus (1s29.6O $50, 900 men
lost their lives The revolt in India (1857.59)
cost 1876, ,G0 lives. The Russo-Turksh war 1890.
81, 199,G1o. The Polish insnrrecton (1sS1), 19O-
600: The whole ,of the French campaigns in
Africa t1ss0.59), 10000. The Hungarian insur-
rection, $4,000. The italian war, 129,87O, of
whom. 96,S1 died on the field or from their
wounds, anI SO. 900 from various diseases. The
total number Of lives ;ost in Europe during the
wars from 1902 to 1916 amounted to $3.50, 600,
4S4 deaths per year."