The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-18

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NEWS SUMMARY.
The present wheat crop Of Virginia is the most
promising since 1860.
The largest county in Texas-Presidio equal
in area to four such States as Massachusetts.
Over 1901 600 sheep perished near San Antonio
Texas, during snow storm.
NAPOLEON is going to repair the British monu-
ments in France at his own expense.
Forty Of the costumes recently provided Tor q
transformation scene in London pantomime cost
$500 each.
LEEMAN, DARR & Co., Of Montgomery, Alabama,
have nrenared three bales of Alabama cotton for
the Paris Exposition.
Mr.. KENT, Of Natchez, was astonished the other
day by receiving bill of lading for ten boxes OF
Tom-cats. It should have been tomato catsup.
It is proposed to extend the city limits of Rich
mond, Va Those living outside the corporation
are holding opposition meetings.
Twenty-Five farms have been sold in one section
of Alabama for the low price Of one dollar per
acre.
Some. $50 negroes from South Carolina arrived
at Galveston recently, for plantations in Washing
ton County. They came by sea from Charleston.
Engineers in Virginia are experimenting on the
practicability Of passing their trains on single
track Il is costly habit and somewhat dangerous.
Twenty thousand. Of the Sultan's troops ere said
TO have perished already in the Cand;an war, and
vet Gambia is as far as ever from being conquered
At tho recent Wool-grower's Convention in
Springfield, Illinois, it was stated that there are IN
that State 2OOO 600 sheep worth 900 600, yield
ing annually $4,000, 600.
At West Hurtford, Vt, the ics formed dam in
sthe river causing the water to rise to the second
story window of the hotel daughter OF the
landlord was crowned.
A.remarkable meteor has been seen by daylight
atsan Francisco, and N other parts Of California.
It exploded in the air with a loud explosion and
+. tremendous shock.
By ayote Of the West Virginia Legislature, the
capital Of. that State is to be transferred rom
wheeling to Morgantown, on the Monongahela
River.
BURR, OF the. Macon Journal and Messenger, is
little hard on subscribers. The terms announced
for his weekly are $4,000 year in advance-proba-
sb}y he still takes Confederate currency.
It is reported that Mrs. SAIoME SPINNING, OF
bridgeport, Connecticut, and Mr.. BARLOW JEN-
N1Nas of Danbury, are heirs to the estate Of the
Duke of Marlborough, valued at $50, OO,OOO
tits said that sMEoN CAMERON began life as q
iour printer. The Mobile Times understands by
this that he went to the case as soonas he Was old
enough to know how to steal sorts and duplicate
5his proef. - : - .:ss -.
a young man in Savannah, Ga, playfally point
ed revolver at his sweetheart the other day, and
pulled, the trigger To his horror the pistol was
charged, and the discharge resulted in bad fright
and dashSttered earring. IL Ss
The gross receipts; Of the concert for the Sol
diers Hospital "a on the night
OF the 10th insS. are stated by the 1sees to have
amounted to s2s26 90, and the net proceeds to
$500 so.
A banquet was given to the members of the
River Convention atSSt. Louis, on Wednesday
night, at which JEFF: THOMPSON, the ex- Confede-
rate General, made speech and assisted in sing
ins the: ssStar-Spang Banner" .:., ~
Thirty years ago the sterile plains Of Texas
ssthe great desert OF the Southwest belonged to
Mexico. To-day Texas is doing more trade with
the world at large than is the Republic OF Mexico,
with It's eight million of inhabitants
= The average density Of population in New York
city is equal to $4,000 per square mile, its HOO
acres Of parks and open spaces being included in
the estimate. This gives to each person space
u yards long by 8 wide, in which to Live and move
and have his being. -.
On the 17th ult., in Aocomac County, Virginia,
while the whole earth was covered with snow,
there was one Of the seYerest thunder storms ever
known in that county, and the lightning struck in
several places. Many people thought the end OF
the world was approaching.
Hon. G. P. GAGE, State Senator from Mobile,
and Hon. DAVID CL0ProN, Of Macon, are suggested
as candidates for the Goyernorship Of Alabama.
The Huntsville Adpocate thinks Congress will
knock all such little arrangements into cooked
hat, and prefers to stay out for the present.
A Turin journal states that there is family in
that city, consisting Of i've persons, who for the
last year have lived upon cats flesh. The Oldest
boy, twelve years old, does the hunting and pro
vides for the household. The feline race is gradu
ally disappearing t-om the neighborhood.
The New York Times suggests to General GRANT
to issue daily bulletin Of his opinions that there
may be no mistake concerning them. AS things
now are, his authority is claimed in favor of every
political scheme that any member Of Congress-,
any editor, or any nobody takes it into his head
to propose.
According to French papers, agricultural statis-
tics for that country not very brilliant for 1866
The corn crop WAS small; wine was abundant but
Door; potatoes are rottng and tobacco is similarly
affected; nuts are scarce, and silk culture amounts
to nothing. Crops Of cider, hemp and COLA, are,
however, good.
Farm lsborers il England get eleven. shillings
per week and two quarSs Of cider per day, and
commence work at A. N. and stop at ST P. NJ.
This is the extreme price for best hands on an
average. Ordinary hands get six .shillings per
weekly. No board is included, as in America, for
laborers. An English shilling is equal to twenty
three cents in gold.
It is reported from Madrid that the Duke and
Duchess of Montpensier have been ordered by the
Queen to leave Spain before the end of the present
month; and from Seville we hear that their Royal
Hghnesses are preparing to leave for England.
They will hereafter live at Richmond, near Lon
don. Queen IsABEI1A has banished some Of the
fret civilians Of her kingdom, and now shows her
impaftiaity by striking at the princes.
An English journal says that Lord DERHY's gov
ernment may not be destined to last very long; but
no one eau say that it has not left it's mark upon
the country. Lord DERBY has appointsd to-.
judges, all of row; haif-a-dozen peers, including
q truthful and beautiful baronet; three bishops,
though only Irish and Indian; five baronets and
twelve knights. He has had to dispose Of three