The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-04

the Pacific Railroad, in California, was ourlee
under a snow drift, and five of them perished
The United States Government, it is said, II
treatine with Spain for the purchase of the lsiano
Of Minorca. oo,,
A difficulty occurred in Hampton on the 19th.
nortv NJ NEGROES made an attack on store tt
averee one who was shot while attempting to steal
They we're dispersed by the military.
A. T. STEWART is about to retire from actiVe
business. We believe he is not worth more than
s50. 900 900, and should think he would remain II
business until he had amassed q competency
BHecHER, in his sermon last Sunday, entertained
his audience by illustrations from the recent oceal
Yacht Race; very complimentary to the winner
vnnnp brssrrr: and it is in old BENEFITS paper
He are informed Of the fact.
There were 12s railroad accidents in the United
States last year. involving loss Of life, killing 6SS
persons and wounding 156. During the previous
year there we're 81 such accidents, with the loss o.
1888 lives and the wounding OF 265.
A dispatch froll Washington, dated sunday
saws BEN. BUTLER is stirring up the haaloais To
the work Of impeachment. BE told wen-kno"n
Boston lawyer to-say that he was confident tna'
the South meant another war, and that the faai'
calls should lose no time
ssEditine newspaper is good deal like making
8 fire. Everybody snpposes he can DO It a htae
better than anybody else. We have seen people
doubt their fitness for apple peddling, OK driving,
a,d counting laths; but in all our experience we
never met with that individual who did not THINK
he could double the circulation Of any paper In tWo
months.
In the latest edition Of Carpenters Physiology
it liz mentioned that out Of three hundred andhfty-
nine idiots in England, the condition OF whose
progenitors could be ascertained, ninety-nme were
children Of absolute drunkards, and large pro-
portion Of the parents OF the remainder were more
or less Incorporate. OF the three hundred and
fftynne idiots seventeen were the cnlloren oi pao
rents nearly related by blood.
The amount of flour inspected in Baltimore du-
rsne tho past year was 907, ,s26 barrels, OF which
1886 were Howard street, s27, AS barrels City
BILLS. s26,761 barrels Ohio, and 64, 5A Family Be
rides tho aboye, there were inspected II 1 barrels
rye -four. and &5,052 barrels corn meal During
tho vaar 1865 the inspections Of wheat amounted to
s4 81 barrels, being &c, ,6S5 more than during the
past year..
A Washington special says the Government has
been informed by Sir FREDERICK BRUCE that the
Enplish man-of-war Bo,,uar while at Lsguayra,
wae taken possession of by her crew, and had
oleared for parts unknown. Efforts will be made
30 detain her should she visit American waters.
This is important. II pirate is adoat, it Is well
to know it.
The Eastern question is assuming very serious
aspect. NAPOLEON is said to have proposed to
England, Austria and Italy TO form with France
ousdruple alliance in view Of approaching trouble
In that Quarter. Italy has addressed q firm note
TO Turkey on the subject Of the steamship difficult
ty on the Candian coast. The relations between
Greece and Turkey are very critical, and England
has addressed note Of warning to Greece con-
oarning an invasion Of Thessaly from the kingdom.
The Deputy Commissioner Of Internal Rsven ne
has decided that marriage certificate, issued by
the town clerk in compliance with the statute
law, and for public as well as private purposes
and used not only as marriage license, but also
ior town and State records, does not require
Htamp when issued by the clerk but the certificate
Of the clergyman or magistrate who performs the
marriage ceremony should have five cent stamp.
About two years ago San Francisco judge sen
fenced q young man to prison for having fitted out
n rebel privateer. After few months confinement
1ae was released. A penniless adventurer, he dis
covered quartz mine which he succeeded in sell
ing for several thoueand dollars. With the money
obtsined he bought iato another mine, and sold
his interest Few weeks since for $4,000, the
j,dee who committed him to Jail being one Of the
purchasers.
During: the past year there were Sol fires in the
United Ststes, each involving loss Of over s2o-
OOO Total loss by these fires $66, 600 against
$4S 900 for the previous Jear, when there we're
only 354 OF such fires. There were eighty-fye
railroad accidents in the United States in the year
irst ended, causing the loss OF Lis lives, and the
wounding Of 607 persons. For the previous year
there were 1888 accidents, 3S5 persons killed, and
1l27 wounded.
The financial condition Of Kentucky, as it ID re-
ported by the papere of that State, is certainly
Yory encouraging. The debt is said to be between
SIC 600 and SC, ,00O, 900. The State treasury now
holds between s4,OoO,o 900 and s5,o0O.oOo. The
General has just been notified that
500 600 have been made subject to his draft by the
proper national authorities, and between 81, ,0e0 900
and 81 100000 additional is expected within lew
weeks. The assets are therefore enough to hqui-
date all Of the liabilities and to enable the State to
begin the new year free from debt.
The population of New York City, which in 1900
Was 60, 900, is now about million. The valuation
oil property, real and personal, has risen from
900 in 1905, to s7S6 08s ,05s; while the real
value is about s. 600 900, or thirtieth part OF
the property of Great Britain. The banking capi-
ts of tbs city s over $500 0Oo O0O and the trans
actions at the clearing house for the year ending
October 1st were 81 sOO 900 900. Itu registered and
enrolled shipping 1865 amounted to II, ,264 tons;
and In 1866 there were 1854 arrivals Of vessels,
GO16 Of which were steamers. The exports that
year were $2Os s5O, $50, and the imports s2A,-
742,ns.
a large amount Of money is said to have been
lost and won on the yacht race between lew York
and England. The New York Times says: ''We
heard yesterday Of one weIl-known operator lin
every thing yet discovered) who had been fairly
bsntered into bets amounting in the aggregate to
A5,OOO every one OF which lhe wins with the possi-
bile exception Of one Of $4,000, that the trip would
be msde by some one yacht inside OF fourteen
days-shis he may possibly lose by fifteen minutes.
BE had bet Of $4,000 that the Vesta would, but on
Thursday last friend who desired to hedge a
little, begged, as special favor, that he would
aransfsr it to him, and with his usual good nature
land his usual good lucky he consented"
The New Orleans Ptcayuns learns, from gen.
Eaman who left Cordova on the 9Th inst, that only
General PRIoE, OF Missouri and Governor HARRIS,
Of Tennessee are now left there They have
erected house, but it is scarcely comfortable,
and their families reside in the city. Gov. HARRIS
il shout sending his family, six in number, to Ten
nsssee, to have his children educated. Gen. Shell
BIZ is at vera Cruz engaged in the colonization of
Tuxpan. Gen. STEVENS is still Superintendent Of
tho Vera Cruz Railroad, but the travel and busi-
ness on it are small. All the Confederates in
Mexico are in excellent health, but their prospects
we're poor. Mr.. MALCOLM, OF Kentucky, returned
hnr,a hv tho 1eat steamer