The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-11

# money, and are buying
81 and blocks around the city, with
: s6esnfion Of building on them"
There was received at the Treasury Department
recently the following sums Of money, to be
placed in the conscience fund: A draft on the New
York State Bank at Albany, for $s10-no name or
letter given; draft on the Jefferson State Bank
steubenville, Ohio, for $40, in letter signed by
". H. Wallace; $4,000 enclosed in an envelope post
marked Indianapolis, Ind- letter signed tsResti-
tuition" in which was enclosed SIN ali amount
ing to $3.50.
The Rochester Democrat OF Saturday contains 3
letter from Judge ALFRED CoaN1Na to. Judge
SMITH, in which he takes the ground that the
rebel States, by their own acts, placed themselves
outside Of the pale Of the Constitution, and are
stopped from appealing to that instrument in de-
fence OF their rights. Judge CoNKInNa maintaine
that they have no rights but such as belong to
conquered States, and that Congress oan conse-
quently, do as it pleases with them, restrained
only by the common law OF humanity and Justice.
The Nashville Banner learns, on good authority,
that gentleman who was recently identified very
prominently with the oil interests Of Tennessee.
and who held 4 high command in the Federal army
during the war, lost over fifty thousand dollars by
locating wells under the direction Of sswstern or
''ol witches" So implicit was his belief in this
ridiculous superstition Of the nineteenth century
that he was compelled to return home an utter
bankrupt @
The Wallawalla washington Territory States
man, OF December 21, states, as rumor, that Mr..
HAYWARD, on behalf Of the California Steam Nayi-
Cation Company, had bought the controlling in
terest in tbs Oregon Steam Navigation COMPANY.
and ventures the prediction that st, Helena or
some other point viii take commercial precedence
over Portland as the point for landing for ocean
steamers. The same journal has favorable reports
from q new mining district ON the headwaters OF
the PaIouse River. N s..gs -
The Angelics Reporter states that 9 Mr.. Or1s
MARsu, residing ON Crawford Creek about four
miles from Oramal, has discovered silver on his
premises. It, ssys Mr.. MARSH, on excavating forty
1eet below the surface, came to rich stratum of
m1ver quartz e. blush rock filed with particles OF
silyer) and on digging few feet deeper discover
cd the pure metsl-a vein the thickness Of q case !
knife blade, and shout three feet wide. He has
had some specimens OF the quartz aasavad hv a
chemist. who valued them at from s150o to s1aoo
per ton. 0l@ S-a'-.-,Hi
Owyhoe papers say the division Of Idaho has
again been brought before the Territorial Leeisla-
ture. The division Of Washington Territory was
being discussed at Olympia. The object was to
unite the counties along the Puget Sound in Ore
mOOOI0ln IN
both Washington Territory and Oregon. 80 =. q
form them into one State. The Indians q az
Owyhoe and Boise county continue their depreaa.
ticns upon stock, and fights with the sayaoea ara
reported in every paper from that section.
The Dallas (Oregon) Aountaineer gives the de-
tails Of the running of OF pack train by Indians
from near Camp Watson, and their pursuit by Col.
dAxxRs command. When about twenty niles
from the post the troops came up With the Indians
and charged upon their camp. The Indians stood
their ground, but during the snow storm their
.tass had become damp and snapped. The ,sol-
dtsrs, observing tho state of AFFAIRS. drew thait
esbres and cut the savages down, killing fonrtaen
1non and capturing FIVE women. All the ato,e,
1anles, together with ten horses captured. ana !.
great amount Of supplies we're destroyed. n !,
considered one Of the most complete victories avr
gained ever the S2ake Indisns, a "a J,