The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-19

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The contract for the manufacture ola cable to
he laid between Placanta, Newfoundland, and Care
Breton, so thai the Atlanta, Cable may be brought
in direct communication with those that are now
mp between the Cape and New York, has been
closed By C18us w. FIELD s.: s. -: Z
The Californis papers are discussing the corn.
paat;ye height Of tile mountains in the West, and
claim Mount whitney, "a as the highest
in the country at an altitude;of IL, Q0feet. They
cut down Modnt Hood. TO IL, 900, and Mount St:
Elias 10 i, 600.
A company has been ort t;anised in Philadelphia,
and is nov making preparationsfo for the establsh-
1nent of chatting rink, which is to,be frozen over
for the accommodation Of skaters during the sum-
mar. It is said that the pond viii bs completed
and in skating order by the 4th of July. Stranger
things have happened.
Mr.. DUDLEY, American Consul at Liverpool,
wrises to Governor BRowNIoW that the solicitors
employed d;by thestate Of Tennessee to bring suit
for the recovery Of 600 ia State bonds, stolen
by BUR1oN, Secretary Of State under ANDREW
JOHNSON, while Military Governor, have gained the
suit, and the bonds have been recovered by the
State: Jsat.. ss;.s. 20
A youngster came home after having . glorious
time in the puddles, i.;- faceaan aglow, and his
rubber boots foil Of water. The punishment Of
staying in the house for the remainder Of the day
did not seem very hard at first but as his little
heart warmed up with the recollection Of the tri-
umphs OF the morning, when he waded deeper
than any of his playmates had dared to, he could
bear the restraint no longer, and went to his
1nothar, saying: please, mother, whip me, and
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lst me go out again r. s. sssse.s sEs's:szss
Gen. MosouEnA,F Of the United States Of Colom-
3is: who has long been charged with ntertaining
dictatnrial and perhaps, monarchical aspirations,
hasAt carried out his long -threatened at
tack upon p the Congress 81 the Republic. No less
than sixty eight members of the Congress have
been arrested, among them ex-President MURuLo.
An:Mmy entirely devoted 10 MosauERA had over
ihrown the Constitutional State Government in
slhsgdalena, and established new one entirely de-
voted to the Dictator. a. a.. - 30 e
: Gen.s5oaEpHE. JoHNsroN, late Of the Confeder-
ate army, says the New York Tribune is preparing
history OF his campaigns. JEFFERsoN DAVIS will,
,s.of course, be- handled Vi igorously, and the work
wiI embrace, naddition to arecord Of battles and
msrchss, philosophical view of contemporary
eyentsguficentto to give it the character Of his
tory9rathsr than narrative. Gen. LEE is also
I busy at a review Of his campaigns, which a New
York publisher is to take in; hand, paying him, it
is reported about 10 per cent. on the sales.
The Norfolk Journal has the following: The
:Merri,Dao IS rather atough customer. On Satur-
day last Mr.. UxpERDowN applied the match to the
torpedoes placed under this vessel, when a most
terrific explosion took place, throwing the water
and fragments ct the vessel to- great height in
the air. This IL the third attempt at reducing the
wreck TO 8 manageable size, and on this occasion
one hundred pounds Of powder; were used. It will
require oral more blasts to destroy this vessel
80 famous in the naval history o. tie late
Southern Confederacy."
The sbell-man, n who attended to the signal for
raising and lowering the platform in the Hoosic
! Mass Tunnel, met his death in singular man
uer on Saturday last. It appears that a drill,
which at the time veg at the mouth Of the pitt and
falling q distarce Of three hundred and seventy
feet, struck him in the side, passing entirely
through his body, pinning him to a heavy plank,
which had to be SPLIT with an axe before he could
be released. The man lived but twenty -four hours.
The New York Gazette says: 'eDr. g. W. Hos
:MER, who is at present editing the Herald, is
striking example Of Q successful self-made man.
He WAS at first printer in the Office Of the jour
nal in question: but found time, in addition to that
devoted to his daily labor to store his mind with
much learning. He became inguist, acquired
thorough knowledge Of the classics, studied medi-
cine, took his diploma with all the honors, and yet
was all the while journalist, not losing, during
these years Of study, the opportunities for promo
tion in the Herald Office, where he became corres-
pondent, member Of the editorial staff and final
", as We said above, managing editor.''
New York capitalists are very energetic at pres
ent in their railroad enterprises. new road, to be
called the Chattanooga and New. Orleans Railroad
has been commenced, and is being pushed for
ward as inst as possible. The company building
it have also purchased the right OF way of the
Wills River Railroad, and are now engaged in con-
structing road to run to Mobile, Ala. A bridge
is also to be built over Tensas Bay, so that the
Trains can run directly into the city of New Or
leans, and thus save twenty miles Of fsteamboating
The bridge is to be used by the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad and the Great Northern Railroad. It is
proposed to have the road extending to New Or
Teams completed in fourteen months from last
March. Many Of the small Gulf Islands are also to
be connected by b.idges.
The New York World says: Certain agents of
the Fire Insurance Companies have made them
selves and their employers ri licuous, If not odi-
ous BY issuing circulars to their sub-agents, or
slering them not to take risks from Jews. Making
religious distinctions in matters of trade is ex-
tremey offensive as matter of taste, and will be
strongly condemned by people Of all deHbmina-
Lions. The Jews have held meetings throughout
the countryto TO protest against this Objectionable
distinction. and, at a meeting Of Jews held in New
York on Monday evening, it was decided to appeal
to the courts, and compel the offending companies
to rescind the offensive order. 1t will be o nice
legal point to decide whether an incorporated COM
pany can make religious distinctions in dealing
NTH it's customers.