The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-02

lessor BAGHE as superintendent Of the Coast Sur
vey. His appointment was recommended by q
large number Of the scientific men Of the country
and the prominent officers Of the Coast Survey
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The e1-GrsGnd Duke Of Tuscany has sent in q
claim othe italian Government for restoration
of his personal property, which he values at about
5000 OF lire. Among the articles he claims
arethree Raphaers and great number of exqui-
sitewofks of art in silver gold and precious stones
Italy has taken possession ST her fret piece Of
property ia Rome. It is the Palace Of Firenze, be-
longing to the ex-Duke Of Tuscany. The transfer
was made By the Austrian Minister, Baron HUB
NEB, and the Tuscan coat Of arms taken down
befre daybreakin order to prevent any demonstra-
ton. atss-~i !: - - .-ss,. :, -
A. correspondent to the, iHammondton IN. J.)
Repubtican writes that he has made q wide circuit
among the peach orchards, and finds the prospect
good In most Of them, though some are.much in
jureds He finds, Strawberries, raspberries and
blackberries in frst-rate condition, and promising
well for the season. Apples and pears are also
good.
IA man named WILLIAM CoL1Err has been ar
rested in Yorktown, Indiana, for attempting to
swinlleg the Merchants Union Express Company.
he called ut the Office and left package said to
contain $3.50 for transmission to Cincinnati. Sus-
picion was excited, the package was examined, and
found to contain two one dollar bills and two sheets
of paper. CoLLErr had lost $500 by gaming a
day or two before. y - -.
The BoGtm Transcript says: ssWhile digging .
cellar IN Gloucester the workmen exhumed FIVE
skeletons in good degree Of preservation. A
stone, ,rudaly fashioned in the shape of mortar,
was also found. The snpposiGon is that the re-
mains are those of Indians, and one Of the skele-
tons was Of exceedingly large proportions. Prob
ably the land in that vicinity was used n burying
ground in aboriginal times, and furtlic- excava-
tions would doubtless tend to confirm this state
ment."
Tha iron.olad contractors bill was, up in the
House last Friday, and the Senate bill and amend
ments making immediate appropriations were de-
feated. One Of the amendments, Rcarried through,
would have cost the treasury from SIS, ,0O0 900 to
100000 0O0 The amendment Of the committee, re-
ferring MI the claims to the Navy Department to
be adjusted, on the principle Of paying contractors
for delays or changes occasioned by the Govern
meht, and to be reported to Congress for it's 5nal
approval was carried. -
The celebrated trick horse Sensation" belong
ing to the equestrienne, Miss LEO HUDSON, and
used in herfamous representation Of "Mazeppa,"
met with singular death in Paterson on
Wednesday last. By some means he got his hind
feet over the rope tied across the rear Of his STALL
and then in attempting to Lie down the halter got
under Ills neck, and being unable to raise himself
he WAS in this manner choked to death. The
horse WAS most wonderfully trained, and was valued
at from eightto ten tho1sand dollars.
Asealed bottle; picksd'up on the beach at Edgar
town recently, contained a letter dated on board
the transport Oriental, and worded as follows:
sWhoewer picks this up 60 to the governor of
mass with all speed and inform him that in the
camp at reddville and look under the barrack
formerly occupied by Co. D and he will find s5O,-
900 Of government money which was hid there by
. apaynaster he has not got il yet and the money
can be recovered if looked for quick" The letter
was forwarded to Gov. BULLOCK.
German emigration this year to the United
States is expected to be larger than ever before.
Over 10000 emigrants are expected from Ger
many within the next 10months The causes, says
the New York Herald, influencing this immense
movement are, first, the conviction that is gradu-
ally spreading among the masses in Germany that
our political troubles are over, and secondly the
fear Of CONSUMPTION at home In Prussia this lat
ter feeling operates to such an extent that in some
of the villages of the older provinces E: third of
their inhabitants viii leave in the spring.
The Order Of Jesuits publish ANNUALLY statistics
which show the progress Of their society. At the
close of 1856 they reported four consistores and
twenty provinces, the number Of individual mem
bers of the Order being eight thousand one hun
dred and sixty-seven, an increase Of two hundred
and fifteen over the report at the close Of 1865.
Notwithstanding their expulsion from Naples,
Sicily, yenetia, Turin and Mexico, they are con-
stantly increasing, and in what is known as the
French Province their number has grown from
Two thousand two hundred and sixty-six in 1865
to two thousand four hundred and twenty-three
in 1856.
The latest most interesting event in the prison
life Of SuRRATT was the attempt made to-day by
man to obtain adnittance to the prisoner, alleging
that he was his brother, just arrived from Texas
where he had been living for the past ten or twelve
wears. He did not prove his relationship however,
to the satisfaction Of the guards, and admission
WAS denied. Miss sURRArr does everything In her
power for the comfort Of her unhappy brother and
r. h,,manely permitted to give him few things not
contained in the jail bill of fare The effect OF his
piaters devoted attentions and presence are visible
n tho Young mans improved condition.