The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-13


who MS: imprisened for months in the Old Capitol
{ dunge0n at Washington ona charge Of being SUR
4Ary, believes BooTH is Living, and advises him to
skeep his incognito unless he desires to undergo
aor ttlre bafors finally being executed" He says:
have felt STANToNs chains, seen the inside OF
gloomy dungeons, and Fad our flesh tasted byfas-
tidious rats, just because somebody thought we
we're JoHN 81. sgRRAT = :,
Az exchange says that the Lowell ((1lass.) cor
poratons, whose united capital amounts to s1s,-
{ OOO, ,0OO employ the immense number Of 40S, ,7OS
spndles OF the operators employed 8218 are wo-
mon, and 1887 are men. The number Of looms
employed Is 12 1,sOo,O 600 yards Of goods Of
every yiinds are manufactured every week. The
miIlso 1sume Goa 600 pounds Of cotton and l0o,-
0,0 po9ds Of clean wool every week, or at te rate
OF more than 81 eO0 pounds Of cotton and OO0-
0OO pounds Of wool per annum. -!
"a Catholic clergyman IN Worcester, Mass. has
fhe Oldest Book ii New England Its title ia
asPantheologia,n . and it was printed in 1470. The
RsV: Dom.s sRAMER, Dominican Of Pisa, Vice Cham
cellor Of the Roman Church and Bishop Of Mague-
Ion, was It's author. He died in 124s It is large,
heavy volume, bound in boards half an inch thick,
covered with leather and protected by heavy brass
knobs and clasps. It is printed in black letter,
and isin good state Of preservation.
The Atlanta IuteNigencer Of Sunday morning
says: ia splendid pair Of gray horses, over six
tsan hands high, reached the city yesterday, ha4
ing been purchased by Mechanic Fire Company
No q to be attached to their little steamer on the
occasion Of conhagr "A beautiful set of har
ness was also purchased with the horses, the
whole costing the sum of $500. We learn that
both horses and halaess were formerly used in
Chattanooga for the same purpose for which No.
2 has secured them: s.;
The New Orleans Crescent, Of the 9th, says: SIN
our legislatiye report will be found comnunica-
ton from the State Auditor giving the amount,
principal and interest, due by J.MAD1soN WELLS
to the State Treasury, on account Of money which
he failed to pay over when sheriff, in 1s40. The
original sum was 81, ,O0O which, with the interest
required By law III such cases, has swelled to s721
600. It is curious fact that the first person to
charge detalcation upoH the Governor since he has
been in his present position WAS the late A. P.
DosT1E, then acting as auditor.
S The New York Eueing Post, Of the 9Th, says ::
saThe Southern Relief: Commission met this after
noon. The sum Of s2 1888 has been collected. The
Committee will make a report in few days.
Orders have been given for the purchase Of TO- 600
bushels of corn; 5000 bushels Of which will go to
three points in Alabama, 5000 bushels to two points
in Georgia, 5000 bushels to South Carolina, and
5000 bushels to North Carolina. This corn will be
shipped, except that for North Carolina, from
Western market The transpo rtaton will be free.
The Committee needs funds to execute much
larger orders"
The tallest member OF the United States Senate
is MI. CowAN, the shortest, MIR. DAVIS, while four
teen OF the forty-nne are over six feet in height:
the heaviest, Mr. VAN WMK1E; the ightost, MIR.
RIDDLE, while twelve weigh two hundred pounds
OF more. The Senator With the largest chest, Mr.
PoMERoY; the smallest, Mr. RIDDLE; while nineteen
have chests measuring, in circumference forty
inches or more; with the largest heads, Messrs
GRn6Es, NEsnTH, PoMERoY and VAN WrNK1E; the
smallest Mr.. LANE, Of Indiana; while thirty-threo
have heads measuring, in circumference, twenty
three inches or more; the eldest, Mr.. WRIGHT; the
youngest, Mr. sPRAaUE; while thirty-one haye lived
for more than half century.
A Paris letter:wffiiter says. IN. IsenEs is the
one hundred md thirtieth Senator who has diel
since the foundation of the French Senate, and
among those one hundred and thirty are fifty Of
the original members Of that body. The army has
lost nineteen Marshals, who are members by right
Of their rank; six Vice-Admirals, and thirty-two
General officers. The number Of Ministers, or
nersons who had been Ministers, who died Sona-
tors, is not less than seventeen. There are now
Ave or six vacancies in the Senate, four having
died since September last namely: The Marquis
DE Bo1ssY, NJ. THouvENE1, the Marquis DE LA
and NJ. INGREs. No one is yet
named to fill the post Of Grand Referendaire, loft
vacant by the death Of NJ. THoUyENEL. General
MoSYAuBAN, who commands the great military di-
vision Of which Lyons is the centre, has been
offered it. He declined, Us he prefers retaining
bis command, and naturally looks forward to the
Field Marshaps baton. The post is, in fact, sine
,ure."