The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-08-14
N ews Summary.

The people of Macon are agltatlng the proJec1
Of brAding 8 canal to the shoals three or 1our
miles above the city.
Two citizens of Cincinnati have bought the ex-
elusive right Of photographing scenes OF Jus
Mammoth Cave
The newspapers of North Carolina have 4 no".=
mated no less than twelve men loE-A'eueou"n'
4ovarnor or che State.
The new Catholic Cathedral at Indianapolis,
1nd... is to be crowned with higher tower tnan
any other in America.
now disease has attacked the wheat near
=Ayorr N. Y.ZThe hust turns brown, fnd Decay
hepins at the end of the berry nearest the stalk.
or all European nations France shows the slow
est rate of increase in population The ~ ooo'ooo
of 1907 had only increased by 9,0O0,O 600 in 1861.
The second plenary council OF the oathonc
Church in the United States will be opened in the
Cathedral Of Baltimore on the first Sunday IN
Octohsr.
Several hundred hogahesds Of confscated Yir-
einisi leaf tobacco will be sold by Col. LOOMS,
Navy Agent at Richmond, the last week OF the
presAas month.
Tha following are some OF the heaviest Pitts
burg incomes JOHN MooRHEAD, $53, ,14O; g. W.
HMlT6, $O5,C10 WILLIAM = new VAO3oaA3
s. CLARK, s4s2; J. H. sHAMpEneER, se7, ,es4.
The Confederate dead who fell at the battle OF
Beech Grove and Hooyor's Gap, in Coffee county,
Tennessee, have been taken up and buried by cltl-
zens If that section, who intend:to erect monu.
ment to taeir memory.
Jo4N suAvBR recently walked 100 mil0a in "a as
nuns consecutive hours at Portsmouth, n. b.,
winning wager Of $500 and sickness OF sever al
dava IA consequence. Hewas Sustained by rum
and &sam bath for each OF the last four hours.
A Richmond and Mobile darkey fought . duel
With fye.shooters, distance ten PAGES, near the
former city Yesterday. Result: Mobile winged; !;
or in other words, shot in the shoulder. The
two tken embraced, kissed, and parted
A well.knoWn clothing merchant in Louisville,
KY, ressntly married woman in Cincinnati, ana
took her to his home in Louisville few days
aftarx she stole $4,000 from his trunk and disap-
peared
The New Haven Palladium says: I" Professor
PoRrsa has placed on exhibition in Trumoul!
Gallery, q painting by . young artist in Antwerp,
who was born without arms. The painting wa
executed by the use of his toes in place Of fingers
The painting is Of i high order. We understand
that the artist has received several medals.
The Oourt.Martial which has been engaged at
Raleigh for six weeks in trying army officers of
the Freedmen's Bureau in North Carolina, on the
chsrgas raised by Gems. 5rEEDMAN and FULLER
TON, yesterday concluded the last case on the lst
Impostant facts illustrating the workings OF the
Bureau have been eicited.
DR.. LUsHMaToN, in the Court Of Admiralty in
EnglAed, has given judgment in the Banda and
Karares beoty case. The booty amounts in value
to thu sum Of 9450, 900, besides interest for a
number of years. The judgment declares Lord
CLYDR and his staR entitled to share in the booty,
and subject to this right the whole is awarded to
General WH1rIocK and his forces. The law ex-
penses are said to amount to f76, 900.
Mise MARY L. sCHELI, Of San Francisco, Cali
fornia.. has sued Major General HENRY ID. NAdLBE
for reiAsing to marry her, after having promised
many time to do so. She says she is damaged
to the amount Of 100000 by his conduct The
case will be tried at San Francisco. The fair
plaintiff has over one hundred letters on hand, all
written by the defendant, by which she expects
to make out her case.
At place called Holly, in the State Of Michigan,
an inhuman father by the name of BUCK, whipped
his litsls son. only ten years Of age, with strap
of leather until the little fellow was completely ex-
hauAted and not satisfied with this, fastened 8
heavB chain to his ankles, attached a heavy stick
of weed to the other end, and compelled the poor
boy to drag it about during the remainder OF the
day.
The Petersburg Express says: IT is reported
that bhe freedmen Of Amelia co., Va, held meet
ing in that county day or two since aud resolved
to work no more for tho whites; also that they
would countenaIce no negro who did, We DO not
know the cause Of this action If the intelligence
ia true we witness but another widening Of the
breach between the two races. What if the
whites refuse to rent their lands to the freedmen
they will either be compelled to emigrate OF
starVe.
On last Sunday afternoon, two young ladies met
near the town Of Reesyille, On the Cincinnati ani
Zanesville Railroad, and while in conversation
with rail fence separating them, a bolt of light
ming struck one of them, a Miss REYNOLDS, an6
killed her instantly. The other, although stunned
was not in the least injured. The bolt of light
ming struck Miss R. in the top Off the head. and
passing down her back, burnt her clothes anc
split her stocking and shoe before passing into the
earth.
A New York letter contains the following news.
paper gossip: "Sinoe the opening Of the European