The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-18
NEWS SUMMARY.

conAscnton.
Georgia has seventy-eish hit manufactures Of cot
ton and woollen goods.
Immigration is still pouring into To1as from all
parts OF tho older States.
Population Of vicksourg on the 1st Of Nay last,
so87; Of Natchcz, s4si; Of Jackson, s4s6.
Tbs Chico House in Selma Aas been rented the
ensuing year at $1,000 in gold
The cultivation Of olives is spoken of in South
CArolina as an experiment worth trying on large
scale.
new paper, to be called the Daily Standard,
Jom F. BURNS editor, ia about to be started at
Selma Ais.
The petition Of the general and poet, ALBEIT
PuE, Of Arkansas for pardon, waa indorsed by
over 200 persons.
-Four young lads, under twelve years Of age,
were discovered in Boston church on Sunday
playing euchro for sthe beer for the crowd"
Gen. STERLING PEIoE's son, CE1E.;s, was married
the other day in Missouri to the daughter OF Gov.
T. z. PG1cs.
Gen. WAsHNaTos's pew in Christ Church, Alex
andria, the Southern Churchn.an says. originally
coat thirty-six pounds ten shilings.
The people OF Carksville Tennessee, are raising
the money by voluntary contribution to purchase
= ovooi. a. -esine s" ."#l.0 a@.
JAMES LAuDERDALE, OF washington county, rex
as and soldier under JACKSON at New Orleans,
1led recently at the age OF 96-
Weekly shipments Of copper from the Ducktown
mines pass through Chattanooga en- route for New
York.
This will be lively week at Houston, Texas
During the week no less than five conventions will
meet there to consult about the various industrial
and religious interests Of the State.
For the six months ending December s1st
there we're shipped from Pensacola, Florida, to
Spanish ports 2,6000o0 feet Of lumber, worth
$4,000.
The military bridge over the Tennessee River
at Chattanooga was sold at auction on the 11th
Capt. s1.ArroN, the lessee, became the purchaser
at s155O
A puppy Of mixed gender, and having eight
legs, has been Uttered in . yicksburg stable. It
had also four tails. Puppies generally have two
or four legs, and scarcely any tail at all.
The Norfolk papers explain the limited supply
and rise in price Of oysters experienced lately by
stating that the woather has been such as to put
an end to ''tonging operations
ALynchburg 4 negro, who followed the Congress
aiona ursionists as far Bristol loft them in
disgust and reports that he only made ten cents
out Of the whole party.
New York capitalists have formed company to
accept the charter Of the Covington and Ohio Rail
road in Virginia. The funds are secured, and tho
work VIII begin with the opening Of spring.
wire suspension bridge in Tennessee lately
broke down whiio drove ofnaules belonging to lIr
JAMES NEAL, OF Nicholas, were crossing. Four of
the mules were killed, and all were injured.
Mr. W1IIIAa6 Osaooo, Conductor on the Mem
phis and LOUSY lie Road, was brutally beaten at
Haznbola. station one Gay lasi week by tho friends
Of boyswaon he lad elected from his train
To show how Yankee notions" ara spreading
among the negroes-sn old darkey is reported to
be acoumulating fortune in Virginia BY the sale
OF magic lotioa which, he asserts, Will infalliby
straighten Anky hair.
After the LIST Of January, 1870, the gambling
saloons CT Baden B: ien and Spa are to be closed
by order of the Government. From that day there
is to be Roulette or Z! enle-et- Quordnts at
those places.
The Vicksburg Herdtd says that several gentle-
anen who have recently boen engaged in duels
have been indicted by the grand jury Of the county
md bound over in the sum Of $1,000 to answer for
their ofence
daily newspaper man who has just got out OF
the traces says he is becoming quite VOL nc
quainted with his family. He discovered to his
\ surprise, that his daughter could play upon the
piano. He never had time to discover the fact
before.
The Mississippi papers take leave of Gen. T. J.
WooD, late commander Of the department, with
many expressions OF regret and many compliments
paid to his official action willis discharging am onc
them delicate and difficult duty
Savannah is about outing canal Of eight miles
along the coast, by which four hundred miles of
inland navigation Will be opened to steamers of
four feet draft, to run from Savannah to Jupiter
Inlet. Fla. ,s
The warrenton (va.) linden announces the mar
riage, on tho 9th ult., Of EUGENE CALLAHAN, white
man, Of Lowell, Mass, and late of the q. S. army
ia R0harta H7dna1T fco1Cra1\ Horvoarlw o1ovo oe
T. 3. srEwAnr, of Fauquier.
CAnELL QuARIRs, little boy six yeara old while
playing in his mothers parlor at Richmond, Va,
put small sea shell in his mouth. It slipped into
bis throat, and sutfocated him in spite of all til,
efforts Of the family and physicians.
negro on Einl before the Mayor Of Lynchburg,
fos striking another negro, gave as an excuse the
fact that the negro he struck belonged to the sod
issue" Gree before the wary and therefore tried to
impose on him. ~
In removing the rubbish from the property on
tho corner Of Royal and Dauphin streets. in Mo-
bile, two or three days ago, the wcrkmen unearth-
ed the cornerstone" Of building and found a
quantity OF silver coin and other valuables which
had been placed there by the builder, MY McVoY
IN 1881
The Norfolk Day Book gives q sad account Of
4he oncs pleasant town Of Hampton having now
population OF 1000 negroes, the greater part OF
whom are the most ''unmitigated scoundrels"
alive, who, in the face Of open day, and before the
eyes OF the merchants, pick up and walk off with
whatever they can place their hands on
Two pack-pedlers entered the house Of Mr.. JoHr
LnHcH, in Memphis, one day last week, spread
their packs and when the family gathered around,
oponeda shawl so saturated with chloroform as to
throw the whole family into state OF insensibility.
The pedlers then robbed the house Of money and
valuables to the amount Of $3.50, and made good
choir escape. [r)
At the monthly meeting Of the Massachusetts
Historical Society, held on Thursday, the Presi-
dant, Hon. RoBERr c. WINTHROP, read letter from
M. GEORGE PEABODY announcing his gift to the
Historical Society Of the Of $40 200 as fund
1or the publication Of the proceedings, and also
fae preservation Of the historical portraits in the
possession OF the Society.
me Great Western Railway in Canada has been
arranged BY the addition Of third track. 40 that
tho narrow guage cars Of the New York Central
nan go through direct from New York to cbca,,o |
with but a single change Of cara Arrancamants
haye been made BY the Secretary Of tho TraasI,rr
TO modify the customs regulations with Canada