The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-01

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A conductor has just been discharged from the
Now Haven Railroad, whose :spickings" were never
less than fifty dollars daily.
The profits Of San francisco merchant, who
sent cargo Of grain to Philadelphia in the shiE
Dauid Crocket, are estimated at seyenty-fve thou
sand dollars.
There is church in Columbus. Indiana, num-
bering one hundred and one members, which rails
ed for home MISSIONS the last year, two dollars
and twenty-five cents I"
The Maysrilie Eagle says that the reports from
the wheat crop in all sections of northeastern
Kentucky are most encouraging. The usua
breadth Of land has not been sown, but all thai
has been planted is in a splendid condition.
Ex-Governor PARSONS, by request, hns address
ed the Alabama Legislature in convention in en-
phatic opposition to tho Constitutional Amend
ment.
The deaths by freezing, exposure, and shipWrect
during the recent storm at Boston, all turn out t.
be canards. Commodore BLAKE Was discovered II
a house where he had taken shelter; the little
schoolgirl was also found in friendly house; ant
the crew of the Julia Azsn got ashore in safety
Alls well that ends well.
Madame RIsroRI states that the receipts at bel
performance Tuesday evening, at the Chicago
ORera House, were the largest since her first ap
pearance on the stage-amounting to $4,000. Mos
COW ranks second and Brooklyn third. OF tht
$500, her personal share is $4,000. Her own por
sonal receipts since her arrival in this country,
September last, have been s136,000.
There was to have been brilliant wedding II
New Orleans the other night. The bride came
but sfter waiting an hour it was found that the
bridegroom had decamped with diamond cross
worth s2500 which he had borrowed Of his bride
Being afterwards arrested, confronted with his
victim, convicted upon her evidence and put II
prison, he tried to hang himself with his handker
CHIEF, declaring that he did not wish to live any
longer.
The Austin {Nevada) Reueiue says there is veiI
of silver about seventy miles from Austin, IN
mountain, and some 5000 feet from the base
stretching out in palpable view the enormous
length OF 1850 feet and width 400 feet. Thai
paper adds ls"Of this wonderful vein there is lit
tie exact knowledge, but that it stands out upon
the mountains face huge palpable fact. 1t vii
be developed. And when that clay arrives, we be-
ieye the Nevada Giant will be regarded as among
the wonderful mines Of the world"
The Wilmington Dispatch Of yesterday has the
following ssAs one of the most encouraging signt
of the times, the bill Of Mr. MCKAY, Of Cumber.
land, authorizing loan Of $40 o0O, 900 of gold ir
Europe by the State, and the establishment OF q
Savings Bank, is mentioned. This bill is carefully
drawn, and its provisions in no wise conflict with
the Government banking act. Assurance has beer
given by the projectors Of this bill that the loan
can be effected in Europe on favorable terms, and
car be easily accomplished.
The Hebrews Of Cincinnati support six places Of
public worship, among which the temple is the
largest aid costliest in the United States, and =
second one i'll course Of erection will be nearly as
magnificent. The tendance at divine worship
on Sabbath and holidays il unusually large There
are generally from 1000 to 1900 persons in the tenn
pie, including all its prominent members; 700 to
1000 in the Broadway synagogue; between 100 and
500 persons IN each Of the Sheriff. Israel and Aha
bath Achim synagogues; and in the two rented
synagcgues, are told, there are never less than
400 persons eacA during divine service
The Baton Rouge Advocate, Of the 10th, says
HA friend in this parish, not being able to procure
freedmen last spring, set to work with his own
boys and one white man, and the result was crop
Of thirty bales of cotton. We would like to know
where negro labor has done better. And NO know
hundreds il not thousands Of white men who have
1abored halt their lives in the swamps at farm or
other labor and have only ceased because they got
too rich to wish to work. Sickly men, perhaps,
cannot, especially such as have laziness in their
bones. For the latter class VIC would prescribe an
impartial tead-min."
The latest statistics Of the new main drainage
works in London are curious. The total length Of
new sewers at present completed is eighty-two
miles, and the works, when finished, will have
cost 44, ,200, 900. The drainage intercepted and
carried off by these sewers is derived from an area
OF about ono hundred and seventeen square miles,
and population Of 2,sOs,00o. The amount Of
sewerage carried off on the north side OF the
Thames amounts to 100000, aud on the south to
4,000 600 cubic feet. In the construction Of the
works s18, ,000,0O0 bricks and $4,000 cubic yards
Of concrete have been used, and about $500, 600
cubic yards Of earth e1cava ted.
The New Workers seem to be proud Of their
Representatives in Congress. One Of their papers
says: s'Hon. Roscoe CoNKLNo, United States Sem
ator from New York, is a man Of muscular as well
as mental ability. He is, with the exception per-
haps OF Gen. ROUSSEAU, the finest specimen of the
physical man in the present Congress. He is
several inches over sir feet in height, with pro-
port. late build. And what is more, he is an &C.
complished boxer and admirer of tho manly
art, though we do not learn that he ever put up
York will have two Representatives, CoNK1Na in
the Senate and MoRa1ssEY in the House-who can
take care Of themselves"
The Baton Rouge Comet gives the particulars Of
the denth Of negro under circumstances OF the
most singular character. The negro had been
hunting Wild hogs, and shot one, but the wound
not proving mortal, q struggle took place. The
Comet says: s'The negro and hog, Us we remark
ed before, were both found dead-the negro with
his under jaw firmly hold between the jaws Of his
formidable antagonist, whose upper teeth had
penetrated within the negros mo...,, while its un-
der teeth held FAST to the chin OF Gha poor darkey
who, in this strange encounter, proved both VIC
tim and victmizer."
The Standard, published at Clarksvillo, Red
River County, Texas, in it's issue of the 22d ult-
mo, says: "For two months immigrants in crowds
have been going through our streets, westward
and souttswestward, hating long enough to buy
some little necessaries of daily use from the storcs
The number is great, and the line of march has
lew intermissons Of space or time, except at
night. From other routes Of travel We hear SINH
Lar reports. II Texas were considered entitled to
1epres sntation in the Congress Ct the United
States, her white population would soon give her
q broad basis to rest upon. But we welcome the
too 5o11,,
representation, unless accorded to us as right
instead Of concession by favor"
United States Consul EWING, in letter to the
State Department, dated the Hague. January /,
says about the latter part of November according
to the custom of the Netherlands, the cattle were
housed for the winter, since when the rinderpest
has increased, notwithstanding the efforts Of the
government to arrest it's progress. From the 1st