The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-08
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE.
N ews Summary.

The organ OF tho Fenians In San Francisco is
printed entirely in green ink.
People who travel in oannibal countries are apt
to be turned into Indian meal. ,......
There are only forty-fve students at present in
attendance at the University of South Carolina.
An inoonsiderate fellow calls the prevalent use
OF fitting skirts the 'sbinderpest."
It is reported that "trichina spiralis' has ap-
peared in Quebec, breaking out upon the skin of
human beings T. u. I"rHff;
fAt French writer says that there are but four
great socisl ideas, viz: Birth, Marriage, Paris and
DEATH a. I nv tfs Ei :
JENNY LIND sang at Cannes during Easter week,
it being the first time che had ever appeared in
France.
The Baton Rouge Advocate says that out Of four
thousand negroes in that town, the mortality is
one hundred per month or twelve hundred per
annum.
The Artificial Leg Commission, composed of
number Of distinguished physicians, are in session
in Richmond, examining into the respective mer-
its Of o number OF patents for artificial limbs.
Rev j. W. RoBEnTs has been elected Bishop OF
Monrovia, Africa He is brother Of the first
President of the Republic, now Chancellor Of the
College Of Liberia.
The Culpepper {Va.) Observer says: "Mrs. JAMES
KEITH TAYLOR the sister Of Chief-Justice MAR
SHALL, at q very advanced age, beloved and vene-
rated by all around. is still living, and resides in
the lower end Of Fauquier County"
The hero Of TENNYsoN's forthcoming poem is
probably DrTus LuoRETIus CARus, the. Roman
didactic poet, who fell by his own hand, at the
age offrty-three, having been driven mad by
love philter administered to him. :
The oldest church now existing in this country
Is one near smithfeld, Isle Of Wight County, Vir-
sinia. 1t was built in the reign Of CHARLES L,
hatx kI4 MI IL
lime, and timber were imported from England.
The Maine men who skulked over the border
into the Provinces to escape draft during the war,
now have to pay crown tax of three dollars each,
and become liable to do military duty against the
Fenians, or leave tho country.
After quoting from JOHN LOCKE that blind
man took his idea OF scarlet from the sound Of
trumpet. witty fellow said that q hoop skirt
hanging in front Of shop door reminded him Of
the peel of belle.
Cyrus ". FIELD has again returned from Eng
1ahd, after prolonged abaenoe in the interest of
the new submarine telegraph enterprise. This is
his 36th voyage across the ocean on this enter
prise, to which he has devoted the last twelve
years of his life.
- From a recent report Of the Louisiana Military
Academy, it appears that there are at present
ffty-three cadets in the institution. Professors
BOYD, vRNAp1E, WEST, and BELL1En are now at
their posts, and Professor CUMMINGS will enter
upon his duties the first of September.
Prof. WHEArsToNs, has ascertained that the du-
ration Of the electric spark does not exceed the
twenty-five thousaudth part of second. A can
non ball would appear stationary in its fight If
illuminated by the spark, and the wing of insect
that moves ten Thousand times q second, would
seem at rest.
An Algerian official recently asked permission
OF the Home Minister Paris, to erect some foun-
tains, and received answer by telegraph as fol-
lows "Construssez qq. fontaines." The initial
letters stood, Of course, for quelques, but the
funotionary read them as figures, and according
ly dotted the to n all over with SO fountains.
From the Richmond Republic, Of the 4th, we
4. learn that D "HolYwood Memorial Association Of
the Ladies of Richmond" was formed on last
Thursday, at st. Paul's Church. The object Of
the association is to collect funds for taking
Of the Confederate tombs in said cemetery. Mrs.
WM 81. MAoFARLAND is the President.
In the recent test election at Strasbourg, for
Deputy Of the Department OF Bas-Rhin the impe-
rial candidate H. BUssIRRE defeated e. LABoULAYE,
the "iberaW representative. The friends OF the
latter had been sangune Of success, but the cleo
tion shows that NAPoLE IN still has o strong hold
on the popular heart. NJ. BussrERE received 10,
600 votes, and his rival only $500.
The successor to DUP1N in the French Academy
is M. OuvILL1ER FLEURY, q writer for the Paris
Journal DIES Debats who polled twenty votes
against eleven given to MARTIN, the historian. He
is sixty-one years old, and has been o candidate
for this honor for twelve yoars past. few yesrr
ago he wrote some bitter criticisms on V1oroI
HUGO, whose style shocked his taste.
The latest works condemned to the Inder E1
purgato' ius" In Rome are the following +" His
torical Mlscelauies," by BoRDAs DUMouLIN; "Soi
ence Of Mind" by FLUET " The Problem Of Life,
by LEanAND "The Temporal Power Of the Pope
and the Roman Question considered from Ney
Point Of view," by TURooTrI: and "Problems O
Christian Charity" by the Deputy MAnEsoA.
At recent meeting Of the friends of the Let
DR.. aEohas PErnIE, tho eminent Irish antiquary
1t WAS decided that bis literary remains should
edited and published. The gentlemen who have
undertaken this tack are tho Earl OF DuNRAvEs
the Rev. Dra TODD, GRAvEs, and REEVES, NJ,
FERGUSON, and others. Professor SToKEss OF tn
University OF Dublin, has undertaken to write
Life; Of, DR.. ,PETalE. s-,,r .p
a. New Orleans correspondent OF the Bosto
Herald says that three river monitors, belongin
TO the United states, lying at New Orleans. uer
lately sold at auction, and were purchased by Ger
HKnRoN They are all In good order, but brough
only s5200O although one Of them cost issOO, ,0Ot
Il 10 hinted that they may be turned over by Ger
HEnnoH to tho Hhoralo In Mexico. and that no