The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-23
NEWS SUMMARY.

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NEWS SUMMARY.
Minnesota exported last year 8, ,1oe I'll bushels
Of wheat and flour.
In Baltimore last year there were ono hundred
and fifty mine fires, involving q loss Of s2OO0Oo.
Tho English Catholics have lately sent $40 coo to
the Pope
Since the abolition Of slavery the assessed valua-
ton Of property in Missouri has increased $685.
00e, 600.
A St. Louis journal counts up 1859 houses built
in that city during the year 1886 at total cost Of
ss049,o48.
The round trip from the United States to the
Paris Exhibition OF the Great Eastern, noxt sum-
mer, will cost from $3.50 70 $50 in gold.
The Le >islnture cf Virginia has refused to re-
peal the Usury Laws Tho Wig deplores this
tion. ard nsks what will become of poor old Vir-
ginia.
Col BUHros N. HARRISON, formerly Private
seorstary to President DAVIS, has commenced the
practice OF law, at No. II Pine street, New York
city.
Weak dosos Of washboard are now recommended
to ladies who complain Of dyspepsia, Young men
troubled in the same way may be cured by strong
preparation of wood saw.
The Presidents house has recently bocn re-
painted, reftted, and improved. Some Of the
newspapers give elaborate accounts Of tho new
carpets, new curta ms, new papering, &c.
Accounts from ali quarters of the country, from
Maine to Florida, and from the Atlantic to the Pa
oino speak OF tue severity OF rne weather, of ice
and snow, and Of impediments to travel and navi-
CATION, on the rivers and railroads.
The export Of productions Of Canada from To-
ronto last year amounted to $e7, ,2eO. 1858, being
nearly 81, 2,000, 600 more than in 1865 The export
Of productions not Of Canada was 81, ,312 1872 bong
considerably less than the previous year.
Mr. SEWARD hns written letter to Minister Ro-
NERO, in which he dinavows the occupation of Mat
arnoras, by General SuDaw1cK, being not only
without authority from the Government Of tie
United States but in violation Of the orders Of his
military superiors.
Good resolutions were numerous in Boston on
New Years Day, and on the Saturday following
the Five Cents Saving Bank in that city received
sS1 600 in deposits, which is said to be the largest
anount ever taken in one day by any Savings
Bank in tbs city.
In Georgia the Superior Court OF Chatham coun-
ty has refused to admit to practice colored man.
who is at present a member Of the bar in Name.
on the ground that .sthe laws Of Georgia do not
authorize or contemplate the admission OF persons
Of color to the bar."
The Columbus Sun gives us the following ssnev
wrinkle" on ~colored tides: "The negroes who
were fres before the blessed proclamation are
termed by the lately liberated ones the old issue
We heard subject Of the Civil Rights Bill speak
ing yesterday of having fotched over one of the
odd issue who had tried to impose on him.
Vermont sent 22,96s cattle, 49,, ,O13 she.p. and
$3.50 swine to the Boston markets last week ont Of
the total numbers received there OF 11s oss cattle
400,54e sheep, and 1as,4es swine. Boston gets
more for her meat market from Vermont than from
all tho other States combined, except the Western
States.
The dUdches of the Memphis and st. Louis
Packet Company ha.e no.do up purse of sl96 for
WIN. CANAGo formerly mate on the river. who
lost q leg while in the Confederate army. he has
been Hatchman on the whart-boat at Memphis
for some tmo, and his friends made him the
above present to enable him to go home.
violent assault has been made on the mama
gers Of the Halifax City Railroad because OF salt
being sprankled on the rails to keep them from
ice. Tho City Medical Onfcer says the effect Of
the salt on the iron in;laces an evaporation condn-
Give to scarlet fevor. Tie New Orleans 1ru.,
thinks he must be speaking ironically.
In the State Senate of Kentucky, on the 17tb
Ar Hu1M made long sresch in favor of a propo-
nitaon to raise ten regiments Of Kentucky infantry
for the purpose Of resisting all sggressions and to
maintain the principles Of State Rchts. Tho
speaker desired that the troops should at any time
be subject to the sal Of the President ~ tha
United States.
The Saginaw (hich.) Daily Enterprise, Of De-
sember 20, givos summary Of the lumber and
salt business Of that region for 1866. The valley
has turned ont s61, 1853 ss4 feet Of sawed lumber:
Aos61 225 laths; u 1856 staves C. GEO 900 shin
giles; and ASIA barrels salt. The lumber sawed
in 1865 was only PSI, ,6ss, 500 feet showing m in
crease II 1866 OF about 10 per cent. The salt made
IN 1858 was 42S,ol5 barrels, but in 1864 was only
22e073.
The Danville (va.) Times says: sswe learn that
freedman, living near Riceville, Va, had ouar-
rel with his wife about > month ago, when he de-
iberately took his little son, aged ten wears. and
chopped his head off with an axei The BODY was
thor thrown in the woods as prey for wild beasts
and tho fowls OF the air, and the diabolical deed
kept secret until few days ago it was accidentally
discovered. The head could not be found.
THEODORE TMToN lectured last week in Chicago.
Being advised in the afternoon that colored ,aies
Of the highest respectabilty had been refused
tickets, he went in person to the Office and de-
msnded an explanation. The salesman referred
him to Mr. CROSBY, who assumed the responsible
ty. Ar. THroE appealed to the President Of the
Young Mems Association, who immediately issued
oOiapAAueuIa1y lckets 70 the best reserved seats
in the house, which MIR. TuroN insisted upon per
sonally delivering to the ladies' in question.
The schooner Julia Ann, from Baltimore for
Boston, is supposed to have been los in the re-
cent gale, with Ill hands on board. Papers be-
longing to her have been picked up on Nantasket
beach. Captain HARDING. who commanded the
J.Aa Aan, leaves family residing st Chatham. to
which place the mate also belonged. The latter
was son Of IaAIAH HARDna, aged 23 years. and
unmarried. The names OF the others, some eight
or nine, are unknown. Tho vessel was valued at
80 600.
In tho Nsw York Times Of the 18th, we find some
and significant statistics with reference
70 the commercial failures ct the North for the past
year, 80 we'll as for tho preceding years. In 1852
he aggregate Liabilities of those who failed was,
b round numbers, SIS ooo, 900; in fse8 the aeere.
gsts was % ooo0oo in 1864 it was So SEQ 900: in
1855 it was 81 while in 1866 the aeorepate
"as 81, ,0oo, ,ooo It thus appears that the oserss
gate Of Liabilities Of those who failed in 1866 is
nearly SIX times as great as in 1864. This j. |
hightul increase, and indicates that the tarm;n,-
don Of the war was bnt TIE commencement os |
financial troubles.
The Ban Francisco Bulletin has received infor-
nation from como railroad surveyors. and gives