The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-07

number OK Engl1a0 fcapisaiist3 Aaso oo''
from the Brazilian GaYernment q charter, grant
ing the privilege Of constructing steam t1a1a-
road from Bahia to the diamond mining district, /
and large tracts Of land through which the road
S will pass has been given TO the. company.
a correspondent writing from Boston states that
3 woollen mandatory at Winooshs Falls, vt, has
for several years past declared yearly dividends OF
one hundred per cent, but the fact has never been
published, owing to- the owners, who aare few IN
number, not allowing it to- get into the news.
papers. -
"a Ahrge- repiizing tobacco barn, near Farmville,i
Va. belonging to- the heirs Of the late B. G. RICE
ARpsos; together with it's contents some 40 900 or
$4,000 pounds of tobacco, were destroyed by fire
on Tuesday morning. The barn was . new one,
and one Of the largest and most substantial in that
region. The fire was acoide 4 a.;S{s<fFss
Dnring the funeral ceremonies In tho House
ON Saturday over the remains Of the Hon. PHILIP
JOHNSON; :Nr. ASHLEY sat just opposite and within
thirty feetof President JOHNSON, but studiously
avoided. looking in that direction. This is the
first time the President has appeared in thu House
since the delivery Of the memorial eulogy on the
Hon. HENRY W1'rEE DAyrs, BY, Senator CnEswE1L.
The New York Herald Of the I'd makes the fol-
lowing announcement: The steamship Sard-
: qossa, Of LEARY's Line, leaves Pier No. IL, East
River, at one o'clock to-day, for Charleston con-
nocting there with: the steamer Dictator, for
Florida Passengers for the South, by taking boats
OF. this line, reach there as soon as by railroad
and syc;d the dstontions and extra expense"
The New Orleans correspondent Of New York
paper says It Is understood that if the Legis-
lsture passes The bill for the new. Constitution over
tho veto ofSioy. Wells, he will issue 8 procama-,
ton declaring the convention Of '64 legal and re-
assembling It. The Radicals ars organizing tho
Grand army 81 the Republic all over the State, and
d conflict between the Radicals and e1-Confeder-
atss is not improbable. 80
"a meerschaun pipe, manufactured in this coun-
try and designed for Exhibition, is now
to be seen:in llew York. The pipe itself is eleven
inches in length, and the amber mouth-piece eight
inches long and two inches thick. The carving on
the trunktof the pipe represents the meeting OF
MACBETH sand 3 BANoUo with: the:Mitches, on their
way from The. .battleaeld. Tee: and horses
are four inches in height. Surmountins sae bowl
saAKsrHARE is represented seated in chair look
Ing down upon the scene. "a
: A dispatch, dated Eoston, February, 1, says:
seThe walls Of large dwelling house, on the cor
ner Of Kingston and Summer streets, which is in
process Of being altered 10 as to be occupied as
store fell in this morning, bErying . number Of
workMen. 5 Two OF the men we're rescued alive,
but Eero very badly bruised. lt,is believed thct
two other men are still under the ruins, but it is
unknown whether they have perished. The in
iured men were taken to tho hospital and their
wounds were promptly attended to- p
The New York Euening Post says .aThe Tariff
Bill has gone 10 the House. Il lis, as We have
shown by exact figures, OF ,of the most oppres-
sive and unequal revenue bills ever devised. It
leys exceedingly heavy burdens upon the articles
consumed by the poor and the worldngmen, and
their wives and children, and favors the rich in
every way. We once more warn members OF the
House of Representatives not to vote for this bill,
unless theysre sure that it will be defeated. If it
becomes law, and goes into operation, it will, as
it ought to, Kill, politically, every man who votes
for it. it . 3. 81 -
information from the CITY Of Mexico is to the Of
feet that MAxns11As intends to issue new pro-
clamation taking stronger grounds than those as
sumed at Orizaba. The Cabinet decided in favor
Of his remaining in Mexico. It was rumored that
MRAMoN was disafeoted. The garrisons and au-
thorities Of Tresnilo and Flotoqui had given in
their adhesion to JUAREz over ORTEaA. On the re-
treat Of MEJIA, With his division, through Snn Fe-
Epe, the isils we're thrown open and the prisoners
were enlisted. Two thousand dollars were de-
manded from the citizens, but, as all OF it could
not be raised, three citizens were ordered to be
shot. Before the shooting took place, however,
the money MAS forthcoming.
In Baltimore, it appears, they are about to in
insure the lives Of their fremen. The Sun, of the
4th, says: sIn the first branch Of tho City Coun-
Gil, on Saturday, Mr.. BANKARD submitted an ordi-
nance providing for the insurance Of the members
Of the paid fire department. It provides that i'm
mediatey on the passage Of The ordinance each Of
the active fremen attached to The several engine
and hook and lauder companies Of Baltimore have
their lives insured, to the amount Of two Thousand
dollars, in goms one Of the most reliable insurance
companies, said insurance company to be selected
by the Board Of Fire Commissioners. It is also
provided that the money necessary to effect the in
surance be taken out Of the levy Of 1867, and out
Of the respective levies for succeeding years."
The Baltimore Sun Of Monday says: s'The City
Council on Saturday appropriated s2500 to aid in
clearing udIpOF liver VI DGI tle otUIM
Of Saturday night and the moderate temperature
Of yesterday will most probably render it's use cn-
necessary. The trouble just now to navigation
appears to be the gorging OF drift ice below, in
the vicinity OF Fort Carroll, and the immense field
OF floating ice coming out of the Susquehanna.
The steamer adelaide, which started on Friday
evening for Norfolk was compelled to put back.
The tug Grace THUS went down on Saturday as far
IS North Point, and the Captain reports the ice
from the srsquehanna as very heavy and danger
ous. Tho bark Manaom, bound down in tow Of the
tns Ncy Queen, was near Fort Carroll unable to
proceed In consequences Of the ice being blocked
up. Yesterday the tugs we're generally laid up,
bnt will, it is presumed find full employment to-
day. The steamship Georpe Appold, from Boston,
came up late Last evening" forcing her way through
the floating ice"