The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-13
NEWS SUMMARY.

NEWS SUMMARY.
Cincinnati has public drinking fountains.
Sixty-iye passenger trains leave Chicago daily.
The Hoosio Tunnel is being talked about again
in the Massachusetts papers.
Tho tobacco crop in Kentucky is better this sea-
son than ever before.
A woollen factory is to be erected at Leesburg
Va.
The Mississippi University has begun its an.
nual session with one hundred and forty students
It is considered more than probable in Wash.
ington chat United States troops will soon entol
Mexico.
There are 0,3s7 pupils in the public schools OF
Philadelphia. The cost OF the schools last year
was 81, ,o2o,405.
Fears are entertained in New Orleans OF q tinan-
cal and commercial crisis, owing to the failure in
the estimated cotton crop and the scarcity OF mo-
ney.
ORrBoA's presence on the Rio Grande is said to
bs creating q mutinous spirit among the so diers
Of the Liberal army, and powerful party is opera
ting in his favor in that section.
The Mayor Of Quebec has received number OF
cable kilograms from England empowering him to
draw money; for the relief Of the sufferers by tho
fire.
The difficulty between the United States Minister
in Turkey and the Porte government relative to
the recent outrage on the American consulate in
the leland Of Cyprus has been settled
JOIN M1roHEL, who has returned from exile,
was looked for in New York, on Saturday, by the
Fenians. mitchell goes to Richmond, where
there is to be great Fenian gathering.
The snm OF ffty-six thousand dollars has been
contributed from various sources, but chiefly in
England, toward the relief Of the sufferers by the
Quebec fire.
The heads of the various departments of the
government are busily engaged in preparing their
reports. The greater portion Of some of the re-
ports are in the hands Of the public printer.
The Chancellor of the University Of Mississippi
is trying to from the observatory of Chicago
the mammoth Dearbon Telescopes which he claims
was made for that institution.
Two boys, each under eighteen years of age,
have recently made the voyage from Newport to
Annapolis and back, distance Of nearly one
thousand miles, in open sail-boats, about twenty
feet long.
Lieut.. J. G. BRA1NE, called at the North the
pirate Of the Chesapeake, pleaded not guilty to tho
Indictment in the Circuit Court in Brooklyn on the
9th. He was remanded and the trial will take
place on tho 10Th.
The Helena {Montana) Qazeze, Of October 18th,
gives the particulars of battle between the Greos
ventres and Crows, acting in concert against the
Piegane. The formers attacked SONS ten lodges
of the Piogans, killing Big Lake Thunder, Chief
and eight others, when the Piegans made charge
on them, killing 122 and taking Is prisoners.
The Empress of Mexico, now called the Princess
CHARLOTTE, is said to be afflicted with religious
monoma1ia, always bewailjng the ''injurios" done
to the Church in Mexico, and that her case is hopo
less OF cure. It is said that tho unfortunate lady
has just attempted to commit suicide by jumping
from window.
from returns recently published i'll tho Louis
vile Joarna it appears that total Of 81 0G2 240
pounds Of tobacco wore raised in Kontuoky during
the past twelve months. OF this, 97G, ,956 pounds
were raised by free negroes. During the yoar
37,373 hogsheads were sold in Louisville. Ayorag.
ing tho weight of each hogshoad at 400 pounds, it
shows that thore have been sold in that market
32322, 500 pounds against 81 062 2l0 pounds raised
in tho State, or one-half tho ontiro product.
telegraph line, thirty miles long, is undor the
control Of Oberln College, Ohio FOR the use Of the
students who arc studying that branch Of science
Monsieur REssIGNIER, MAxIMILIAN's chamber
lain, arrived recently in Havana. on the Manhattan
from Mexico. His attention seems to bo devoted
to an inspection of untcnanted houses in that city
General MANzANo, Che newly appointed Captain
General Of Cuba, arrived at Havana on last Satur
day to relieve General LEasuNDI.
Capt G. NJ. F1korr1, OF Boston, IN old frcnt
and schoolmsto Of il1sToa1, gave her a compli
mentary dinners few days ago, at which so7ora
distinguished Europsans and Ex-0ov. ANDEaS
and vito woro present. On Tuesday eYoning Rrs
TORI played ssLady Macbeth" to tho immense dc
light Of the Dostonians and, es his highos praise
ono critic says t.sst gho was fully equal to CItAE
LorrE CUsuaIafl in the character.
OnSunday last, at enthusiastic mass meeting Q
Feuiaas was hold in Chicago, for the euposo 0
adopting moasuros to rescue Col. IyN and Fa
ther MCMAHON. Tho district contre stated tha
tho brotherhood Of tho city had in their possession
700 muskcts, $1,000 for transportation purposes tx
Canada, aad 2 1000 rounds OF cartridges Contri
buttons flowed in rapidly, and strong resolutions
we're passed.