The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-29


damages and costs, against DR.. LNDWoRT, a
schoolmaster, for excessive punishment OF boy
named PAYNE.
A nrirate club in Providence has undertaken the
work of 1blishing in tho handsomest style, the
complete works Of ROGER WILLIAMS.
The entire strength Of the army in Ireland aS
present is 24,7Oo officers and men. Last January
the number was slightly greater.
Only si1 planters made sugar this season IN the
Parish Of st. Mary, La. The yield is stated at
five hundred hhds.-about one hundredth part OF
that Of former years,
A cargo Of wheat was lately sent from San Fran
cisco to Philadelphia at less rate Of transporta-
ton than the samo amount Of grain can be taken
from Chicago to Philadelphia.
The University of Virginia is still encountered
with debt, which may ba set down in round
numbers at sc, 900. Apart from this indebtedness,
the future Of the University wears cheerful as
pect.
Bids will be received till tho first Of April next
for the lease OF the New Orleans, Jackson and
Great Northern Railroad, from Canton, Mississip-
nj To the Tennessee River, for o term not oxcced-
ing thirty years.
Tho rope-wa1ker, BLoNDH, has just finished
successful tour on the Continent. At Bordeaux
his performance WAS crested by storm Of enthu-
siasm seldom meted to any artist. He goes to
P.ris for the Exhibition Of 1867.
Prof. BALL, Of Albany, who is putting together
the bones OF the Cohoes Mastadon, says it VIII
stand about ten feet high and fifteen feet length
that it existed some 900 years ago, and that the
Hudson River has made all it's channel since the
monster lived and died.
st. Augustine is said to bo delightful resi-
dence The Era1iner, of that place, speaking OF
the great crop Of oranges, says that &c. 600 will be
picked from one grove. A gentleman there writes
that sthey hang in rich yellow clusters from trees
on the sides of the Streets ard the soft air is re-
dolent Of their rich perfume"
Tho Rev. JOEL Ln1DsLEY, the man who whipped
his child, three years old, to death, because II
would not say it's prayers, last June, IN the town
of Shelby, Orleans county, Now YO-k, was tried at
Albion on the charge Of manslaughter, and con-
yicted Of murder in the second degree. The OK
citement over the trial was great throughout Or
leans county.
They are about cutting canal in California that
Will irriga5e over million Of acres OF waste hnc
in several Of the counties Of that State. The cana
will not only furnish supply Of water for the land
but will serve also az q highway for carrying the
products OF the lind to the San francisco market
We understand, says the Wheeling Register, thai
measures are being taken to form new count,
out Of parts Of Marion, Wetzel and Monongalia
It is said that by uniting the contiguous portions
Of these counties, a fine county, enclosed BY natu
raj boundaries, and containing about five hundred
square miles Of territory, can be formed.
The number of boats totally or partially destroy
ed on the Western waters during the year 1856 was
119. OF those totally destroyed so were lost by
sinking, 81 by IRE, and by explosion. Partially
destroyed-by sinking q; by explosion 4. EST.
mated losses in boats, s29Gs 500; in cargoes, s3,
GAO, ,000--total, s448, 500. Many of the disasters
we're accompanied with heavy loss Of Life.
The Supreme Court Of Illinois has caused great
commotion among Chicago merchants by de.
cision to the effect that ehouse receipts are not
negotiable. Hitherto they have passed from hand
to hand among commission men, and were readily
purchased by banks the same as bank notes OF
other negotiable paper The result OF the decision
will be, that the transfer Of all grain other pro
perty in warehouse. will have actually to be made,
or the transaction conveys no responsibility.
A Catholic clergyman in Worcester, Massachu-
sets, has the oldest book in New England. It's
title is Pantheologia" and it Was printed in 147O
The Rev. Dom. RAMER, Dominican Of Pisa,
Vice-C Chancellor Of the Roman Church and Bishop
Of Maguelon, was it's author. He died in 1249. It
is large, heavy volume, bound in boards half m
inch thick, covered with leather and protected by
heavy brass knobs and clasps. It is printed 10
sblaok letter" and is in good state Of preserva-
tior.
A letter from New York to the Philadelphia
Ledger says: ''The Commissioners OF Public
Charities are out with touching appeal on behalf
OF the poor. They say their Office in Chambers
street is crowded from morning till night with ap-
plioations for aid, which cannot be responded to
for want Of means. There is moro downright
destitution among US, just at present, than has
been known for many years, owing to the decline
Of business and general scarcity OF employment
Many young mon who have come from New Eng
land in search Of work have been sent back home
by the Commissioners"
After. receiving his pardon, Ex-Governor T. O.
MOORE, Of Louisiana, visited his plantation the
first time for several years. While riding the
grounds, and when passing the sits Of his once
large sugar-house, he startled three deer, which
1ere lying in their beds in apparent security. In
1855 there were few more highly cultivated and
productive estates than Governor MooRHs. Els
income from sugar and cotton alone exceeded $109,-
000 year. Nothing is left Of this splendid estate
but the land and tho charred and blackened ruins
OF the once elegant, spacious and comfortable
buildings.
The annual Statistical Register Of New Zealand
has just been published. Tho advance of tho
colony has lately been very rapid-more rapid,
proportionally, than that Of any other colony but
Queensland. At the present time the population
may 'c safely counted at 100000, exclusive of
Maories and military. Less than ten years ago
New Zealand ranked fourth in importance in the
list Of Australian colonies it NOW ranks third. The
result is due to the attraction Of gold. The total
value OF the gold exported in 1866 was e., 22S 47.
The value Of the wool exported was f1,141, ,760.
The revenue for 1865 amounted to 1856 945, nm in
sfease Of nearly Is per cent on the previous year.
A Liverpool paper speaks Of the diversion Of
labor to other countries, caused by the high wages
a1acted in Liverpool, as follows: sRecently,
orders to large extent for locomotive engines
have been executed in Belgium aud Switzerland
that formerly would have been executed here;
and it is believed that the day is not far distant
when foreigners will undersen us on our own soil,
il they are not actually doing it now. This high
rate Of remuneration is telling on the London
Shipbuilding trade; for on the Thames no fewor
than al, 900 men connected with that craft are at
present out Of employment. The masters cannot
sompeto with the low scale Of wages paid to work
men in other countries"
The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce has pass
ed very emphatic resolutions endorsing the GENITAL
system, which has been adopted by the principal
cities Of the North, and is to go into operation on
the 1st Of March next. This is a long step toward
the much needed decimal system of weights and
measures. The GENITAL is one hundred pounds OF