The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-04


mitted. There were also thirty thirty manned Confede
rate soldiers: entered st the high school Of the
Univeraity, who viii. receive thei. board ard tut
ton free Of charge, from the State. . N.-.sis. -,
The General Assembly Of Virginia, which was te
adjourn ON Saturday, adopted resolution on Fri.
day requesting the Governor to convene the Leg.
islature in extra session to-day, as to consider
m tiers Of State concern pending in the Legisla.
ture and unfinished; as others that are impending
over us but which are under The control and will Of
the ruling power at Washington" The Richmond
papers endorse tie action Of the Assembly.
In the Senate, Thursday, Mr.. HENDRIoKs said
Mr.. VOORHEES, had been engaged as the agent OF
the Western dsillers to secure an honest execu-
ton Of the revenue laws, and to devise means for
putting stop to the abuses under which liquor
was sold for less money than the amount Of the
tax imposed upon il. It was on this business that
he travelled in the South recently. He was in no
way employedby the Treasury Department.
The Wilmington Journal, Of yesterday, says
ssMrs. JEFEERsoN DAVIS passed through this city
on Friday evening last, accompanied only by SER
want an route for Charleston. She was met at the
depot by the Hon. GEO. DAVIS and Lady, Mrs. J. E..
OAKLEY, President Of the Ladies' Memorial Asso-
citation Of this city, and Hon, A. n. VANBoKKELEN.
We are pleased to learn that this eminent lady is
enjoying good health, although, naturally enough
depressed in spirits on account Of the troubles by
which she is surrounded"
The correspondence of King GEORGE the Third
with Lord NORTH has just been published in Lon
don. It may please Americans to be informed that
&hnir nj Mad ~
how to spell, and that some Of his errors are as
amusing as those Of THAcKERAy's Mr. Yellowplush.
In one case he speaks. Of an offence as of 'sthe
blackest die." Afterwards he announces that ssthe
dye is cast" Other specimens of his spelling are
these: toutch, addopt, alleviate, shadow, and
cirrounds. With all his horror of innovation, he
still spelled it with singlen.
writer in the Ahantic Monthly, for January,
says: '"The design Of the fashionable church
builder Of the present moment is to produce a
richly Furnished, quietly-adorned, dimly illumi-
mated ecclesiastical parlor in which few hundred
ladies' and gentlemen, attired in Kindred taste,
may sit perfectly at their ease and see no object
not in harmony with the scene around them.
nroclaim it kind of exclusive ecclesiastical club,
designed for the accommodation Of persons of ten
thousand dollars year and upwards.
EDWARD HAYES KEoaHoE, Of Ballenclar, county
Wicklow, Ireland, an eccentric but worthy gentle
man, retired from public lie in December, 1886, in
consequence Of some trifing pecuniary losses, and
remained in his bedroom for thirty years and one
month. He 6lied last January. He occupied
most beautiful residence, and remained und'at,l1b-
ed through the changes of three ownershilS. f;ora
uncle to nephew and from nephew to brother. He
has been attended by all the physicians in his
who have pronounced him perfectly
healthy. He ,vas well posted in the news Of his
neighborhood, sretailed by his attendants. It is
one OF the most extraordinary cases Of longevity
nm record under SUCH circumstances.