The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-12
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EARrHouARE IN belgium. Several shocks of a1
earthquake, which lasted some seconds, were fell
ct Spa in Belgium, towards noon on the I'd O.
January-the dny Of the great earthquake in Al
geria m
MUTUAL AID SOCIETIES N FRANcE.-At the ent
Of 1865 there were in France 52ss mutual aid socie
ties Of various kinds representing property to the
amount OF about FL SOC, 900 sterling.
FREscoEs.-The Louvre Museum has Just pur
chased SIX frescoes by Luini from a palace al
Milan. They are said to be important both from
their size and artistic merit. 3-@
vEs1cE.-The first Italian sermon preached il
Venice was delivered Oh Christmas Day in The
Church Of the Holy Apostles.
- A NEWsPAPER IDEA.-A society, entitled saTht
OF formation IN England its object being to assist
proprietors and editors Of newspapers la repnlsno
unl4st attacks incurred by them in the execution
statistics Of ASSASSINATION. The PROPORTION d
murders ls: In England one in 678 600 souls; Hol-
and' one u IN % SSn Prusse one in Aus
out of the calculation. . "A N. = "
A NEW NEEDLE CUBAN engineer Of Trente
france, Ii. Garollo, has invented new needle-gun
four feet long, weighs seven and a half pounds, s.
and carries ball five and half lines in dismeter'
TIE PARIS RI CLUBs.-The director of the Paris
Ponce;A M N; fetn, has informed the various Partisan
games OF hazard, such as baccarat, iansquenet, &C.
are played ut them :, - - -
ANCIENT SILVER Conss.-A man while plouehinp
1nP g headland on Chanton Farm, in Sussex, Eng
lanu7 tnrew out OF the furrow an old crock or
earthenware pot, containing a number of coins
chiefly Of the time Of Edward the Confessor and and
edees as cesey al IN TIE crock on their
manned undisturbed since first hidden. IA ~6
"A HUGE AN1Hon--The largest anchor in tho
world I'D has been completed for the Great Eastern
tons, exclusive Of the stock: length OF }he shaSk
twenty feet six inches; length Of wood stock nine
!een 1eet SIX lnces tread Of arms, seven feet four
to stand the strai,l Of one hI ndred tons. ~
sfALs.--Advces rom Flushing state that for
some Gays past seals have Appeared in the inner
SEE was eG es Last month one Of colossal
the shoals Of sardines which are lust now nass;ng
through these waters, and these latter are cff
n n sqcn abundance that they sold at one penny
WARN1Na.-H has been discovered al the Can
ernl PostoMce in England that many persona IN
the United States are in the habit of sending over
Of tSe s1senee IN 81 fSs
Martn's.le. Grand. + is impossible to examine
and frequent seizures are the result. ~
PAUPER1sM m LONDON AND PAR1s.-London pau
Perism is nearly FIVE times rs great as that Of
Paris. The authority for this statement is NJ. de
examined the social condition OF England, and has
collected from various official documents the sta
Ns4cs Or eleemosynary efforts in this metropolis
ward, and no need Of one. s711F a, --'g
": Joly has lately made report to the Academy
OF Medicine Paris, in which he deprecates the in
creased tendency to the consumption Of alcohol by
tne French nation. a. hundred years ago France
cons smed 100000 hectolitres, or 500 5oo gallons
Of aic1hol yearly; She row consumes 4, ,0OO, 900
nectohtres, or 80 900 GOO gallons. DR.. Jolly de-
disease has been generated by the increasing con-
sumption Of spirits; and an official report lately
publshed seems to %corroborate his views-ihe
sanity in Francs. This statement win not snr-
prise those who are familiar with the reports or
the hospitals for the insane in that country. q