The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-24

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decree from the Senate Of Frankfort by virtue Of
which he, his three sons and one daughter, cease
to be citizens Of Frankfort and are, therefore, nc
longer Prussian subjects.
II has been decided by the trustees Of Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, to pay tho outstanding debt Of
the society. Tho income Of the church for the en-
suing year is $50009. 1t has been determined to
appropriate 0,OO0 for the establishment Of mis-
sion school,
The price Of pork ought 70 recede for the West
ern hog supply of the present season, down to
January 18th, is announced to be ISL 523 hogs
sbipped, packed and butchered, as compared with
453, ,457 for the -&ne period last year-an increase
of nearly 100, 900 hogs.
Abust OF Lord MACAu1A1 has, with the permis-
sion of tho Dean and Chapter, been placedin West
minister Abbey by his sister, Lady TREvRLvAx. It
rests upon handsome bracket, designed by Mr..
SCOTT, in the immediate peighborhood Of the
grave and Of ADDIsoN's statue, in Poets Corner.
The receipts Of the New York Tribune for 1856
wore 1916 5S7 and for 1866 1909 41S. The expenses
for 1866 were se46, ,1o7, and for 1866 sS82so8 The
former year gave net profit Of s17O, $50, and the
latter one Of s26,510. Nothing having been charg-
cd for rent, the profits Of last year have really
amounted to very little.
The Thibodau1 (La.) Sentinel says rolling in
Iafourche has been completed to tho satisfaction
OF the planters Of thst parish. The new sugar is
said to be excellent. The average OF the crop WAS
1900 pounds to the acre. Several plantations lad
begun their preparations for this year much ear
isr than usual.
Via San Francisco we have reported the arrival
Of President JUARrz at Durango, tho serious Is-
feat Of : French column 1000 strong, tho presence
Of number Of American officers with JUAR1z, &C..
OoRoNA, who commands 5000 mon, and is the sue
oaszful occupant Of A.zatlan snd Guadalsjara, has
rebelIed against the authority Of JuAREz.
Tho Honolulu Advertiser says: ''Thore is no use
denying that We are practically colony Of Amori-
o, and our trade is and will be almost wholly with
her as tho mother country if rightly directed and
fostered by tresty ssipulations. Not only will our
islands gain by it, but the United States will de-
rive large benefit in the increased trade With this
group.
Aberdeen, Scotland, is ono Of the greatest enve-
lop manufacturing cities in the world The extent
Of the Aberdeen paper trade r,sy be gathered from
tho fsot That there are FIVE paper mills within fl
teen miles Of the city, whsreat fewer than two
thousand dvo hundred persons find employment.
The Commissioner Of Agriculture is in receipt
Of q large quantity OF Spring Wheat from Odessa,
Russia, which is designed for distribution among
agriculturists. he has also received numerous
varieties Of apple and pear trees from the Same
place, to be used in the experimental garden OF
the Department.
A new gold field OF great extent has been dis
covered in the Weddin Mountains, Australia about
two hundred and eighty miles from Sydney. which
the Government officials state will give employ
ment to large number Of persons for three or
four years. The sinking is about fifty feet through
hard soil, and the holes bottomed are yielding m
average Of FIVE grains per dish.
Five miles south Of Mcslinnsyille, Tenn, q we'll
which was sunk by the Union Oil Company, is p,o-
ducing salt watcr IN abundance. They have been
testing tho nater snd say that the quality is first
rate, and think the stream ine1haustible. Tho
salt il Of superior quality. They arc making
preparations to extend their operations pretty
largely.
The Eastpo-t t1de.) Sentinel says that an exten-
sivs business has been done this winter by the
fishermen in the waters in that vicinity in catch
ing herrngs NTH set nets, freezing them and sell
irg them to parties nho are there with vessels for
tho purpose Of purchasing them. The price paid
Ia six:y-fve cents per hundred fsh. The fisher
mon make good wages.
In Russia, not long ago, while the people OF
certain parish had assembled in the church, the
building was surrounded by troops, and priest of
the Greek Church mas brought in with cup in
his hand. He vent from one to another and ad-
mnistered tho communion. II any one shut his
lips and refused to receive the sacrament, the
soldier Who accompanied tho priest opened the
mouth OF the refractory peasant with his bayonet.
Says recent issue Of the Minneapolis (1Iinn.)
Chronicle: Mr. BYFELD, q merchant of this
city, has returned from an extended trip on tho
frontier, whero he has purchased several thousand
dollars worth Of furs. We learn from him, that
snee the memory OF man, fur has never been so
plenty as this year. The absence of the Indians
has made the hunting fields of Minnesota bloom
with animals whose pelts are gold mines for the
trappers. Mr. BYEELD says double the quantity
OF flr is taken, up to this time, over any previous
year in the State.
An exchange says that the Lowell (Mass.) cor
porations, whose united capital amounts to
00O, employ the immense number of 4OS 7OS
spndies. VI the operatives employed 821s are
women ana 1881 are men. The number of looms
employed is 1858, and 500 yards of goods of
every hnd are manufactured every week. Tho
mills consume COL 600 pounds of cot ton and leo 0oO
pounds Of clean uool every week, or at the rate Of
mo.e than $1,000 600 pounds Of cotton and 6oOo ooo
pounds Of wool per annun1.
An interesting habsas corpus case, under tho
Maryland Apprenticeship Lar, was before tho su-
prsme Court Of the District of Columbia on the
L4th inst. Two colored boys, who had escaped
rom their former master in montgomery County,
Maryland, we're the parties applicant. After a
rearing, the Court ordered them to be returned to
heir old master, on the ground Of evidence that
hey had been, under the Maryland statute, ap-
,rentioed after their emancipation. The counsel
or the childrens relatives pleaded III treatment by
he master, and that their mother had died from
sglect and hunger in the woods After the de-
ision Of the Court, an appeal WAS taken, but be-
ore it could be had, the master departed with the
hildrsn.