The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-30

n Is been going on for some time,
Ss'ems 10 have been brought to at least a Temporal
ry close by a compromise agreed upon, which is to
go into effect on the 1st Of January next.
a great many Of the tobacco factories in Rich
mond, Va, suspended operations last week for the
winter, but those which kept on have sus-
pended operations for the Christmas holidays, and
it is very probable that none Of them will COM
mence again until the spring sets in.
"A proposition is reported to be before the
House Committee on Military Affairs to reduce the
regular army, the first heavy reduction to take
place when the first Southern State is returned to
representation, and the reductions to continue as
the military districts are done away with.
Late advices from st. Thomas report q lew OBJ
stacle to the annexation Of st. Thomas, in the OBJ
lection of the people Of that island to saddle them
selves with United States import duties, a little
slipping tlade among the adjacent islands being
the source of business of the majority of the peo-
pie.
The Grand Jury at the Liverpool Assizes re-
turned a true bill for misdemeanor against Mr..
Charles Lee Campbell, OF the firm of Colin Camp
bell & Sons, cotton brokers, on account Of the
transactions between him and the National Bank
Ol AlNeIESIt, muASA v ~ 4ul 6Su6d-
ton.
Robert S. Pringle, one of the registers OF the
Twenty-second Senatorial District OF Georgia, was
q candidate before the Reconstruction Convention
for sergeant-at-arms, but was defeated by a color
ed man. he took the matter so much a. heart,
and was tainted by his ~nclghbors, that he commit
ted suicide.
Santa Anna is a Jack-in-a-box. The more he
is pressed down, the more he won't stay. The in
slant the pressure is removed, up he jumps and
aw ay he goes. This time, kicked out of Mexico,
he turns no as Dictator Of Yucatan." He will
probably pop in and out Of various little places
until he gets Into some tight one that he canuol
escape from.
The end of the Parguayan war is announced,
the Paraguayans, completely exhausted, having
asked for q suspension of hostilities. After q con-
test of two years and q half, which has frequently
been very bloody, this war is happily at an end
and with the restoration OF peace, of which there
IL SO fair O prospect, it is stated that the free navi-
.-atlor of all the Brazilian waters is to be opened
TO the world.
The celebrated Jacob Barker, Of New Orleans
e before the Courts as d bankrupt. Mr.. Barker
has been q mlLuOuSuc LII uLo oaJs " ONSA OlbuI.
wears of age, we think, and long before the pres
ent generation looked upon ledgers and bank
hooks, was one of the leading commercial powers
of the country. It would seem that the old fire i!
still in him, and he is trying to shake OF his LOAD
of debt, to take a chance once more in the lotter.
Of trade.
The withdrawal of the British Cunard steam
ers, which took place some time since, IS, tap
pears, not to be the only blow from which thu
foreign commerce Of Boston is to suffer. In
Boston Post says: "On the heel Of the withdrawal
of the Cuuard comes the unpleasant intelligence
that the American steamship line has in contem
plation the sale of the steamships Ontario ant
Erie to parties in New YORK" Boston's direc
trade with Europe, under the American flag, Il
thus to be taken away also. The domestic ant
coasting trade Of Boston is at present at a low ebb