The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-25

Canada IS now luNurlaLlDS III ZIG CuiooSs
weather known in that sectio. for the past eigh-
teen years.
Orders have been received at the Boston navy
yard to discharge thirty per cent. OF the force en-
ployed in the mechanical department..
"A tobacco grower in the Connecticut valley has
sold his crop of this year for seventeen thousand
dollars. 1t amounted to twenty-eight tons.
The American Union, published in Tennessee,
nominates President Johnson and General Han
cock for President end Vice-President.
Steam power is successfully used in London in
pullinr down old houses, where the contractor
cares little about preserv ng the materials.
The New York Farmers Club, having produced
an apple of two distinct fayors, is now getting up
a ~stoneless cherry.
The free distribution Of coal to the poor Of
Cincinnati has commenced. One hundred and
fifty loads were delivered In one day last week.
"A shoe shop has just been started in Danbury,
Conn. by q deaf and dumb man, and all his work
men are also deaf and dumb.
One county in Indiana has granted sixty di-
yorces this year, and the demand is not sat
isfed.
-Four thousand London bankers clerks ask
that hanks DO opened at ten o'clock instead OF
nine.
Starvation is seizing Louisiana, while the
negro conventionists arc voting themselves ten
dollars a day.
u. A. Lee, OF Sumter County, raised this year,
on one acre of pine land, twenty-five bushels OF
corn and ten barrels OF syrup.
There are thirtv-f7e vessels at Pensacola load
ing with timber for European. or lumber for
American ports.
Prayers for the Empress Of Austria will be
said in all the Vienna churches until April next,
when there will be so ne ono else to pay for.
"A Lady Ii florida had thousand sheep o few
months ago. Every one Of them have since been
stolen, xii ed and eaten by universal SURFACES.
The new Catholic Church in Pensacola was
dedicated last Sunday, by Bishop ouinian, Of
Mobile.
The chief Of the secret police employed about
Napolan.ta person has grown 90 otout as TO become
o marked man, and thus has lost his position,
-Archibong, King Of Calabar, has been shocking
some Eng,ishnen by killing q few dozen Of his
subjects and packing tier heads ID casks.
The King Of Denmark, one Of whose daugh-
ters will one day BIO Queen Of England, and anoth-
or Empress Of Russia, is too poor to go a visiting
"A dispatch of over SIX thousand words was
received from San Francisco Friday evening, urg.
ing Congress to ratlfy the pen@ing treaty w;Ss1fths
Sandwich Islands.
"A French company IS extracting $4,000 worth
Of silver q day froyIhe refuse of the cd Greek
mines mansged[>3y Xenophon two thousand years
ago: negro wen. t. .po.,i.., meeting
SrR91& .sthApistol which he ingeniousiy inserted
In his Soot les' Muzzle up ana Cooked. Il Ainsa
: only himsef. -,
- orl;cta ~ tho lash prrohor NJ the EiOaOci a1
" oIonicle, showg that since 1866, we have pro-
duced s1si, 100000 Of Sche precious metals beyond
what We have exported.
Peat sells m Madison, Wisconsin, at six dol
= lars a cord, and is generally and satisfactorily
used in that place as a substitute for coal and
4 wood.
Five thousand head Of Texan cattle, it is
stated, will be brought to and slaughtered at Cairo,
H., during this winter. They will be shipped east
for market.
The funeral Of Admiral Palmer, whose re-
mains had been brought to the United States in
the government steamer Susquehanna, took place
on Saturday from the comnandant's house, Brook
lyn navy-yard, and was largely attended.
Within one short year we shall have added
four new specimens Of the American citizen to
our national collection-Muscovite, in Alaska;
African, in the South; Danes and Spaniards in the
West Indies.
An ingenious mind has invented a sheep
sheartng machine, to which the animal under
operation supplies the motive power. We shall
soon have mutton roasting Itself and walking on
to the table.
"A company, with Samuel Norment as presi-
dent and Henry D. Cooke, ESQ, treasurer, has
been organized in Washington for the purpose OF
putting glass-works in operation. Over $500
has already been subscribed toward the stock.
in Missouri the Germans have q queer mar
riage custom. Some young man is selected to car
~ invitations to the wedding. BE rides about and
each per-on invited must attach to his hat not less
than o yard Of highly oolored ribbon. The eff
feet when the young man has completed his rounds
Is quite startling.
News was received at Savannah Oh Saturday
last, stating that the Mayor Of Darien, Ga, had
received information that led him to believe there
would be trouble ihere with the freedmen during
the Christmas holidays. He asked for all from
the military, and q detachment Ct the 18th United
States Infantry was sent to his assistance.
The Wilmington Journal says Bishop Lynch
unexpectedly paid US q visit last Sunday, and
preached a most eloquent and learned sermon on
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Thomas Church, His congregation regretted e-
ceedingly that it was not known the bishop would
address them. HIS discourse in tho afternoon
was q des ,ription Of his visit to Rome last June,
on the occasion OF the celebration Of the 1S00th
anniversary Of the martyrdom Of st. Peter. His
description of the lar ,e gathering Of the Heads of
The Church on that occasion was eloquent as well
as highly interesting"
-Ihe Brl ish Parliament ls turning its atten-
ton to the education OF the working classes. Earl
Russell, IN the House Of Lords, announced that,
on December I'd, he would move q series OF resolu.
tons, declaring, trst, that the education of the
working classes In England and Wales ought to be
extended and improved; that every child has a
right to the blessings Of education, and it is tho
duty Of the state to guard and maintain that right.
That tho diffusion Of knowledge onght not to be
hindered by religious differences; nor should the
early employment Of the young in labor be allow.
ed to deprive them Of education. Second, that
Parliament and Government shonld aid in the
education of the middle classes by providing for
the better administration Of charitable endoS s.
ments. That the Universities Of Oxford and Cam
bridge may he made more useful to the Eahon by
the removal Of restrictions, and by the appoint
ment Of a commission to consider of the better
distribution of their large revenues for the pur'
poees Of instruction, in connection with the said
universities, md that an appointment Of a minis
ter OF education by the Crown, with a seat in the
Cabinet, would be conducive to the public benefit.
The Lynchburg Virginian chronicles the death
cfJames Roper, the largest landholder and the