The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-04-07
News Summary.

tient Ru ssian military movement "" Wv
was looked for.
Tho aerman steamships AE<mcnic and Hermann are
70 run an ocean race om Southampton TO New iorA on
their next trip Heavy bets on the result were pehae
in England.
rbe-o /, considerable interest manifested in the build
ino OF railroad to Chattanooga and Cincinna'
convention has just been held in Cincinnati 10 decioc
about the best route
Tho snrinc ia forward throughout louisiana. The
cane and corn crops promising, and pro- aaons or
,orn planting are active The upper rivers arc hooaeo
Cotton is com acwn freely
aisnstch from Ne Orleans reports that the ofhoers
of he brig DERBY saw Off Cape ,orrenies United saeS
Of Cclombial screw steamer Of eight hundrea 'ons'
under easy steam flying the Chilean Tag
In the cafes and other houses Of entertainment IN
Paris there are twenty ousand seven hunureo
and eleven public billiard tables, some snsle houses
having "a many as thirty tables The estimated annual
receipts from these is f4.04o.oo0.
The Pail Mall Gazette says that there are three nun
dred thousand gipsies In the Danubian Pr1ncpauues
those countries having boen the frat and main Euro
mean camping ground from which the WandereFS "eie
Afterwards diffused all over the West
A terrible tornado ragged on the 2Sth ult. In ana
around Evansville Indiana, resulting In the loss Oh
many lves and the destruction Of millions OF properly
This tornado in less force, visited many parts OF nat
connrv but its violence in Johnson county is without
parallel.
The arrival of emerants from Europe for the past
three months in the port Of New York, shows an In
crease OF l77l7 number for the corresponding
period of last year. In 1865 the number who arrived
in New York during the frat quarter wss 1885 same
period this year 3l,67s.
American farmers may learn from Russian terfs hoT
A store their corn safety In Russia pit 10 aug IN
the ground In wendrained place, and the sides har
danea By long exposure to fire. Before the grain a In
troduced straw gnited in the pit to purify and dry
the air It s said have been pre- served In this way
for forty years, without deterioration
General Hoop is the head of The house OF JOHN B.
Hoop Co General Commission and Forwarding her'
chantr No. 100 Common-sreet, opposite City Aotei'
New Orleans. JOHN @ RAREILI and FRED. N. THAyER
are General Hoop's partners We hope the gallant Ken
tuckan will su :ceed In establishing lucrative business
in the Crescent City.
Advices from Austin, Texas, bring the gratifying In
saqence of the harmony and unanimity OF action oy
the Convention on the several important questions that
came before them The ordinance OF secession has
been repealed tho constitutional amendment adopted,
the rebel debt Short everything has been
done that Presdent JOHNSON deemed necessary to en-
title Texas to return to her former status
A correspondent from San Francisco writes: "The
oyster trade with Mexico is growing In importance
The last Mexican steamer brought 200 tons OF the dell
cious bivaves to market and they sold rapidly ~
from one to bits each Many Of those large oysters
are being planted in bay, and we will soon have
them in markets in abundance and at mucn lower
rates than they now sell At
The Chattanooga American Union says that the small
pox has committed fearful ravaSes In that section OF the
country Its may be seen In the graves OF nun
dreds and the faces thousands Of the coored popua
ton and the whites have not been slghted. At times
the negro huts been In danger of losing all their
inmates Now however, the disease seems to have out
lived its hercest attacks and Is gradually giving way to
the inA uen Of the opening spring.
The Figaro some time ago announced its intention of
preserting every subscriber with box of oranges.
Another Partisan journal recently distributed sweet
meats to ts subscribers The Gaste de BORDEAUX how
ever has outdoRe both and offers, for the Bum Of one
hundred francs first of ALL itself for whole year;
condly q photograph OF the subscriber and thirdly
i've hundred metres Of ground, situated ten kilometres
from Bordeaux, and near an omnibus station.
correspond, Mt of the New York Ne,ps writing from
The CITY OF Mexico saye "The Emperor has at last de-
cded the money hereafter coined at the national mnts
sha bear the imperial stamp. Specimens of this new
money have Just Issued, and in great demand
ae curiosities The dollars bear the profile Of the En-
peror with the words Narmiliano Emperador. On the
reverse the imperial national with the words I'm
perio Atricano ! pcso-lss6. The engraving and the
coin ore handsomely executed and the coin is certainly
creditable TO the empire.
The Augusta Caroni;te G Sentinel says "Wc are
lease to learn that the James W. Mere i'h, with two
other engines and numerous freight and passenger
cars being the nder OF the late purchase from
Government by the South Carolina Railroad, have
reached this city We hope to chronicle the completion
of tbs whole road shortly, thereby giving additional
evidence Of reconstruction. Our friend the Colonel, so
long known as the aache, has also turned up safe.
despite the gloomy rumors kept In circulation respect
ing him by the Tennessee press"
Mr.. MoReAN presented memorial OF the American
Geographical Statistical Society, in Congress- The Sd
inst pray for The publication by the Government OF
the Medical and Surgical history of the Rebellion,
which is In preparation under supervision of the Sur
geon General urging especially its importance as show
ing the effect Of Southern malarous locations upon
Northern men, the result Of the use of prophyactcs
against maar,l diseases the most successful treatment
of diseases incident 10 crowded popuations the effect
OF the exclusion OF mercury and untmony under ono
administration Of the Surgeon General and faete rela.
tive To smputations Of large jointa. ETC.