The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-26

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formation as regards family secrets, the tracing Of
debtor, and general of parties in
whom one may be interested.
A wealthy sayan of Lsavenworth, Kansas, is GO
ing to build an observatory in that city. It will
be 2O feet high, and the foundation viii be laid 70
feet below the surface, and will be6 aeet inches
thioks 1T will be built entire Of solid ms ssonry,
and the observatory floor will be 16 feet high to
the ceiling, to admit The use Of the largest instru
ment: d 81 a.
The liverpool Times of the Sd inst, tells the
following heartrending story: ga fire broke out
yesterday morning at Accrington, in seed dealers
s shop, over which was an infants school The ra-
pidity of the flames prevented the escape Of the
children xty in number and it is feared that
themajority have perished. Twelve dead bodies
had been taken out when the report was dis
patched. -
The common school fund Of Indiana is greater
! than t-of any other State, amounting now IT
seven millions, and the school system Of Stale
israpidly becoming one Of the best. The Legisla
ture aalatelymade grant of ss7, to the State
University at Bloorningdale, which is the crownine
feature Of the system.
A Japanese Prince, now at st. Petersburg, ask
ing certain iaTors Of the Russian Government
urges, as the strongest on in favor Of granting
them, that II his mission is not successful he
would be compelled to disembowe1 himself on his
return home. The argument is said 10 have great
weight with Prince GoRTscHAKoFF, but he said
.ssI must not cut open the bowels Of my mother
Russia lns i-sss - "a. 5.iS
The fashion Of fifty years ago Of wearing black
court plaster on the face, has just been revived in
New York, and q number Of bellies now appear il
full dress, with sable spots, in close proximity tc
charming dimplea. They are employed either as sen,
timental fnger-posts, pointing out the tempting
locality, ,:or warning gazers Of the danger OF too
near approach or too earnest contemplation.
cit is not ssa mere newspaper story" that the
! outry about the crawling chigne ns is spelling that
particular branch of business in New York. The
Broadway shops that dealin them have not had a
customer for days, and in more than one case
orders have been issued to stop the manufacture
OF them. The importation of the raw material
also, WIN probably exhibit sudden falling off
One;of The circus elders at RoDMsoN's circus, in
Chicago, on wssst, rodssone of the circus horses
fom the bottom to the top Of the circular stairs
doms Is one hundred feet from the landing. The
stairs; s-e not more than four feet wide, and the
bsnistxrs not more than three feet high. The
daring performance attracted q large crowd.
: II ia stated that Chief Justice Gu sE doubts the
power of Congress to confer upon him the appoint
ment Of registrars under the Bankrupt Act, and
will submit the question to his associates. he
thinks one registrar is sufficient for Congress
aional District in most cases, and that members OF
Congress should be consulted in respect, to the
appointment.
A correspondent, writing OF Salt Lake City,
says suThs. singular town covers an area Of about
nine square miles-that Is, three miles each way.
It ii one Of most beautifully laid out cities in
> the world. The streets are very wide, with water
running through nearly every oneof them. Every
block is surrounded with beautiful shade trees, and
almost every house has its neat little orchard Of
sppls, peach, apricot, and cherry trees. In fact,
the whole nine square miles is almost one contin-
uous orchard" =
The product Of wool in Australia is very large,
and hitherto all Of it exported has been sent to
England. The Australian merchants, however, in
tend to try an experiment, and are about to
send ship load OF wool to New York, to see if o
market tor their staple can be opened in the
United States. They probably, however, had not
taken the new wool tariff. into consideration when
they 80 determined.
A French widow lady was travelling on the Paris-
Lyons Mediterranean Railway, when coal blew
into the window and set fire to the oar. To save
herself from burning, Madame threw herself hom
the train, breaking her arm and dislocating her
shoulder and wri:t. On suit for damages, the
railway company were compelled to pay the Lady
twenty thousand francs and her doctors bills.
Sunday services in the London theatres have
been commenced, and are successful Six theatres
are opened on every Sunday, preachers OF all de-
nominations conduct the services, and the attend
ance averages about 1000 at each place. There is
evidence that many have been benefited, and the
classes in attendance are such as would not be
found in the churches. Miss EcFARLND, a Scotch
lady, is preaching in London, and draws crowds.
She is said to be well educated and quite eloquent.
There wele 1888 lost children brought to the De-
partment for Lost Children in New York city from
November, 1866, to March /, 1867, 275 Of whom
we're unclaimed by parents or friends. This num-
ber, however, does not represent all the lost chill
dren of the city, inas1nuoh as wanderers found in
the streets in the daytime are taken to the nearest
station-house, and there detained until seven
o'clock in the evening, unless called for and claimed
by their parents before that hour. The total num-
her of children found lost in the streets amounts
to nearly 10000.
An ,,ncommonly powerful locomotive is now in
nrocess Of construction at the works of the Cam
den and Amboy Company, at Bordentown, New
Jersey. II is ten-wheel engine, having six
drivers four and half feet in diameter. Diane
tar OF CYLINDER seventeen inches; length Of stroke,
tventy-four inches. This engine will be completed
in short time, and will be used il drawing coal
trains through from Easton to South Amboy. It
is thought that she will have sufficient power to
draw train of one hundred cars, loaded with coal.
The Washington correspondent OF the New York
Tribune, writing under date Of the 22d inst, says:
DICE TAYLOR, the ex-rebel General, arrived here
tonight direct from New Orleans. He is here Oh
mission from the Louisiana Legislature to con-
fer with President JOHNSON in reference to the
Military Reconstruction Bill. Recently, TAYLOR
and WADE HAMPTON had conference IN New Or
7eons on the same matter, and it is understood
4bat HAmeroN's recent action in attending white
and colored mass meeting in South Carolina re-
sutted from said conference.