The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-19
NEWS SUMMARY.


Gold closed at 3644.
Punch says that during the slippery weather a
great many bankers lost their balance.
An Indian pony in Texas may be bought for a
quart Of whiskey. -
It is-stated that the Lochiel Iron Company, of
Harrisburg, has contracted to furnish three thou
sand tons railroad iron for Southern railroad.
The deepest gold mine in the Great West is at
Gold Hill, Nevada. It is 800 feet deep, and has 2
tunnel 100 feet long.
The carrier of the mail from Falmouth 20 Fred
ericksbarg, Va, travelled between the two points
on skates last Saturday.
At present there is not single new merchant
ship or steamer in course Of construction st any Of
the New York Brooklyn or Jersey City ship-yards
s "A hopeful young lawyer says that any young
lady who possesses 1000 acres OF land presents
sufficient grounds for attachment.
Frederick Douglass, being at st. Louis on the
7th inst, was refused admission by every hotel in
the city, and had to go to private house.
An association OF youths has been formed in
Wilmington, N. c., the members whereof are
sworn to marry no lady worth less than $4,000.
The snow storms in New Orleans since 1900 can
be counted on ones fingers The first was in the
FIRST year Of the century; the next in 1917; the
third five years later; another in 1884, and the last
in 1862
Vienna is the only city in the world where the
snow is removed ss fast it falls but at an enor-
NOUS expense. an the men out Of work are set to
sweep the Streets at sixty kreutzers (sbout tWen-
ty-two centsE a day. .s'.s
The New York Herald, Of Saturday, laments the
dullness OF the times and says 'The Spring trade
is not to be compared with that Of last year. So
much for yonr counsels, and such as You. You
Q win hang yourself with your own rope, and the
South will say Amen f
The Canadian Government has awarded pensions
and gratuities to- the volunteers who suffered by
reason Of the. late Fenian invasion. The gratus-
ties range from $50 to $780, and the pensions from
20 cents day to $500 year.
A communication sent to the Senate Saturday
by the Secretary Of War, gives details OF the enor-
nous. cost Of supplies delivered to troops in the
Rocky Mountain region. Hay costs $50 to 500 q
:. ton; and corn 81 cents q pound, or s. 50 per
bushal.l . !, -. - r.
!. s The common people Of Hanover spit on Brs-
nARKA photograph, and mothers in South Ger
many teach their children TO hate him, and nurses
= Tighten them to qpiet by telling them about the
horns he wears on his head and the small boys he
has eaten. 9 49,
a Quebec paper says that the Cunard Company
have announced that ON the termination Of their
mail coEsract next year they will not send steamers
to Halifax and Boston oftener. than freight or pas
aenaascan be found for them, but will increase
The service to New York; where care~, and passen-
,gersa abundant-=tEs ses
M: Du. CHAnLU intends to- visit the United
States during the spring, and will leave London
about the first Of March. His new work, s'Traves
in Ashary' Land is in press in London, and viii
{ be issued at once, both there and here. In this
c0untry Messrs. ApPLEToNs will be Mr.. Du CHAIIr
1u's publishers, we hear.
The seth Congress expires on the 4th Of March.
Bills passed during the last ten days can be quiet
1ypocketad by the President, as he has that inter-
/. val allowed him by the Constitution for considera-
= tionof measures. To avoid this qualification q
his vetoing propensity, Congress win be compelled
to pass all important bills before the 20th Of Feb
ruary. Sundays are not counted.
The following is from the Gainesville (Ohio)
Times seAmorgs the marriages occurring in this
city last week was one Of highly respectable
young woman to an individual who was South
ernar,t and at the beginning of the war slave,
the fact Of his having, to oil ap-
pearanoes.ino negro blood in his veins. !"
{, An investigate which has been made, shows
that many Of the brokers in -four at the New York
Com Exchange are guilty Of great frauds. Much
or the four branded as superhne, and sold as such
is it appears, made up IN part at least OF refuse
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stuff and damaged materials, sent to the mill and
ground over again.
When the Fenian prisoners, Colonel LYNoE,
Father MoMAHoN, and, others, were conveyed to
the Penltenhary at hlngston, Oanaoa West' tnen
heads were closely shaved and ther whlskers cut
LYNCH objected TO sac1laolng cl nus moustaohe ano
imperial out tne warden succeeoeo IN Pelsuaolns
him TO do 80.
The Nashville Gdse0e states that nlnatory steps
have been taken for the erection OF fitting monu-
ment over the remains of General CIEBuRsE. The
estimated cost is s25OoO and large sums have al
ready been subscribed. Mr. +. W. huDD, OF Pu-
laski, Tenn, intends canyassing to complete the
subscription.
The colored men Of Ohio, it appears, are not in
favor Of the submitting OF tie equal suffrage ques-
ton at present to the people OF the State. Mr.
Jenkins, well known colored man, Vlce-Presldent
Of the Ohio Equal Rights League, has been in Co
: lumbus lobbying against the measure. He thinks
the proposition will have better chance OF sue
cess hereafter than at present.
NE find the following paragraph IN the lmpersas
lReoie,c, Q new weekly Conservative paper: ut is
npt generally known that the Fenian difficulty was
the subject OF diplomatic representations at the
Vatican during the spring and summer OF the past
year. The Papal Government gave ample proofs
Of the friendly disposition towards Great Britain,
by which they are actuated In all that concerns
the Fenian question.
The Richmond Examiner says: "Our talented
young townsman, Mr.. EDwARD Y. VALENTINE, has
Just completed in clay, statuette of General E.