The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-12
Z NEWS SUMMARY.


Gold was quoted in New York yesterday ut 1861,
and cotton at 33@33! ~.
General sIooUs1 is to be Naval Officer at New
York.
Prince ALFRED, Duke Of Ednburg, is in his 23d
year, and has pension cf s75 900.
A man has offered Opera House Lee $500 for the
'long-tailed night shirt" he wore when he got tile
news. We doubt the truth Of this night-shirt tale
ARTEarus WARD is under the professional care Of
Mrs. DR.. MARY WALLER, in London. very nice
brace Of humbugs. We wonder what Betsey Jane
will say?
compositor in Kokomo Indiana is said to
have had sore finger from which, after suffering
great pain, he squeezed two brewer types. CO
temporary advises him to squeeze again and get
the rest Of tho font, and double-cylinder press.
The San Francisco Mining and Scientific Press
has just come out in new type from the first font
ever cast on the Pacifc coast The Press is ably
conducted and of great value to all Interested in
mining operations in that section.
The United States Government appropriated, in
1856, tract of land in Washington Territory, for
war purposes, which one GEORGE W. JOHNSON
claims his, and wants Uncle Sum to pay 81, ,OOO-
900 for. BEN. BUTLER is helping GEORGE in his
efforts to get it.
The celebrated article in the London Saturday
Reuieso, on the impeachment Of President JOHN
Son, which appeared in that paper on january
10Th, was written by Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN lato
Confederate Secretary OF State.
A picture in q late number of Punch represents
fashionable and afectionate couple, the husband
searching vigorously in his wastcoat pockets.
The young wife inquiries, ssHave you lost your
watch, love r. and he replies, ttNo darling, twas
new bonnet had for yon somewhere"
Gen. ROBERT E. LEE, the Baltimore Gazette says,
ion3 ~, n
Northern Virginia, or Of any work connected with
the late war.
rather cruel bateue has taken place near Victo-
ria, Australia, by which the enormous number Of
5000 kangaroos we're slaughtered in one day. This
looks like disposition towards the determination
of this singular animal. Another proof of the pro-
gress Of what is called civilization.
Rev. W. J. BUTLER, formerly Of Trinity College,
Cambridge, has been elected Bishop of Natal, in
place OF CoLENso, who is on the ground, and pre-
pared to make it extremely lively for him in case
he goes out. he has agreed to take the advice Of
the Archbishop Of Canterbury and the Bishop of
Oxford about accepting.
The louisville Journal says esN1r. JEROME, the
New York Journals announce, has founded at
Princeton College prize for the first gentleman.
The foundation is Eve thousand dollars. Every
pubhc-splr1ted citizen, who has read the proceed
1ngs In Congress on Thursday last, and has five
thousand dollars to spare, must feel strongly
tempted by Mr.. JERoafE's exam ple'-
Reliable statistical authority says that the Epis-
copal Church in the United States have 2e06 par
ishes, over which and in which $3.50 clerevmen Of
various rank preside ind work. The total mem,
bership Of the church, young and old is 161. .225.
from which the liberal sum Of IS 941 ,667 was drawn
by divers charitable enterprises during the mast
year. 71
pn~ y .
The case Of the State Of Louisiana vs the lou
1slana State Bank, was commenced in New Orleans
on the 6th The suit is for the recovery Of nearly
SlQOOOOO claimed remaining to the credit of the
seate on BONO OF the bank, which was fiscal agent
during the Confederacy. Tho State alleges that,
by permission Of Generals BUTLER and SHEp1rv
1,oOO bales Of cotton were purchased and brought
to the city, and sold for the benefit Of the bank and
State. ~-
GEORGE PEABODY has been in Washington for
some days past. His object is said to be to organ
ize and perfect plan for disbursing larger en-
dowment than any he has yet bestowed. and he is
IN consultation with the leading men Of the coun-
Try as to the means to be employed in furtherance
OF ms pans His purpose is to effect as far as in
his power, etiucaGon in the Southern States bv es-
tabhshlng schools, endowing colleges, &c. No
definite course of action has yet been decided
upon.
Efforts are being made by the authorities to put
stop is the semi-slave trade which has for son,e
time been carried on in Hesse- -Darmstadt and Mas
sau. Children Of both sexes are purchased or
hired from their parents and guardians. The bows
are exported to the principal European cities
where they are employed in begging, playing the
hurdy-gurdy, and selling common objects. The
grown-up girls are brought to this country, and
dance at the low saloons
No 1horxr nf4 IT,
4'The Managers Of the National Telegraph Com
pany, incorporated under the act Of Congress
have opened q subscription in this city. Syracuse
has contributed about $500, 900. The Managers
alot to the Pacific States one million to Ohio the
same amount to Missouri, Indiana, &C. $7O0. 600
each They expect to establish their lines for
$500 900, though their capital is $4,000 600, The
enterprise is in the hands OF vigorous men,
London paper says: eNewest among what Mr..
TENNYsoN calls the fairy gifts Of SCIENCE we no
tce an invention Of MIR. HYErr to make trees i'm
bibe color while growing. The results exhibited
lately at a conuerzasSone OF the Cirencester Roval
Agricultural College, in the form Of beautiful sec
tons and panchettes Of wood, stained with yarious
hues. Metallic salts are introduced into the sub.
stance Of the growing substance Of The tree appar
entity carried up by the sap, and forced into the
fibre and cells Of fthe STEM"
1t is stated that DR.. BURLEIaH, delegate from
Dakota, has organized party to take a trip ont
through Dakota, to start on June LIST. The nartv
is to consist Of Senators WADE, PATTERSON Of
New Hampshire, CHANDLER, HOWARD, YATES. Nor.
RnI. Of Maine, and POLAND; Representatives Wu.
1IAa1s, CovoDE and BINGHAM; Hon E. MopHERsoN
and Chief Justice CARTIER. They viii set out from |
Yankon and go down Red river to the British DOS
sessions, then along the line OF the projected Pao-
fc railroad to Yellowstone river, and then retnrn
down the river. They are to have military escort
and Indians to supply them with subsistence. and
will be gone about three months
The London Times of January % saws that |
twenty thousand dock laborers in England have |
not earned shilling for two months, and adds !. |
tA gentleman residing the West India road states
that he had visited many Of the working people At
their houses in that neighborhood, and that the
distress among. the mechanics and laborers ia |
appalling. Many Of them, he says are quite dis |
heartened, sitting within bare walls with neither
bed nor clothing, and with their children almost
naked and famishing. Strong young men had |
burst into tears on seeing him enter, and pointed
to their starving wives and children in silent
despair"
In Detroit, q new motive power for start;no
street cars has been invented It is thus descr;hed
wheel is firmly attached to the centre OF nm a,le
On this tsdog" impinges the moment nm o++oot