The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-05


f,,m New York on Saturday 81. Laurent takes out
$4,000; Deutschland takes out sls5, ,oOo aud the
Cfty of Boston takes out none.
Bishop POTTER has been made the reciplent OF
An elegant residence by his friends. In the mean
time. the subject Of . new diocese In Brooklyn
and second in Albany is actively discussed
The track Of the railroad between Jackson, Miss,
and Clinton, is in course Of repair by chain gangs
from the State Penitentiary, under the supervision
OF one Of the lessees. They are returned to their
ae1ls at night.
The Central Railroad of Georgia gets $3.50 per
hale ON cotton from Macon to Savannah, and has
lately had q monthly income of $25OO9, and ls
payipg a semi annual dividend Of five per cent.
The Charlotte Railroad charges s3 per bale on
cotton from Charlotte to Columbia, Ito miles.
The Greenvills Railroad gets $3.50 from Greenvile
to Columbis, 15G miles.
On the mail route between Santa Fe and FL Paso
they have new method Of disposing OF the news
paper mail-when wood is scarce, the mail riders
frequently ,iadle IRE with il for cooking pur-
no4u
poses.
The present migration OF blackprds 10 the
Fowery Land is unprecedented in thus country.
History has had nothing like it since the great
migration of the Northern tribes in the middle
ages.
A singular innovation was made at a funeral IN
Paris tho other day. Instead OF laudstory dls-
course in honor of the individual Inferred one OF
his friends read extracts from newspaper article
IN his praise.
e:Wu11Ax B. AsToB, JOHN JACOB AsToR and W.
". AsToB, and great many more rich men, are In
Washington. They are said to be frightened at
the extremes into which the Radicals threaten TO
plunge the country. SO are New England ship
pers and capitalists.
The Shanghai Chamber of Commerce advocates
tbe construction OF railroad to connect the inn
portant cities OF soochow and Hangchow. This
road is regarded as the first link in railway sys-
tenn to be introduced throughout the Empire.
Phe aggregate receipts Of theatres and other
places OF amusement, not including concerts or
beer-gardens in New York, on Christmas, was
kwenty-four thousand dollars. According to actual
count; sixteen thousand persons visited the Muse
nm on that daT.
The Washington Republican says: s'The mill
between sAM CoL1yEB, Of Baltimore, and JOHN
NcGIApE, Of New York, takes place near Havre de
Grace, Maryland, on the 18th inst. Betting on the
result among the Clancy" is lively, the odds, at
least in Washington, being in favor OF coLLHER,
the Baltimorean.
The Petersburg Inder, Of q recent date, says:
'cNr. MAcLIsssY, formerly member OF the North
Carolina Legislature, and Mr.. JOSEPH BAXTER, both
ef Ourrituok County, were arrested near the Court
House in that County, on Christmas day, by the
Federal authorities, for being engaged in the cap
ture and robbery of vessel during the late war,
,Rhen they vera not employed in the Confederate
army"
A funatic, from Knightstown, Ind, on Christ
mas, went into IN Indianapolis establishment, pur-
chased small bill Of goods. and drew q check
10, 500, 900, which he rendered m payment, with
1. modest request that they would pay him the
balance in cash. He signed his name to the
check, &C. @. Thorpe, Cashier and when asked
what bank he was cashier Of, he replied, eal OF
'em."
The Fernand;na {Fla.) Courier says: eve learn,
or persons living in the interior, that the tide OF
emigration to this State just now is unprecedented
In her history. A gentleman informed US, few
days since, that he occupied twenty-seven wagons
In one company, containing emigrants and their
household gods, all bound for Marion County. The
most Of these families are from South Carolina. !"
On Sunday evening an intense excitement was
created ct st. Peters Roman Catholic Church,
Philadelphia. One Of the candles upon the altar
was tipped over, and the flame coming in contact
with some drapery, set it ON fire. A panic ensued
among the congregation, but the coolness OF some
ef the members allayed the fear Of those who we're
rnsking from the building, and thuS prevented any
socidents. The burning drapery was speedily e1-
tinguished.
The proprietor Of mammoth distIlery at Pitts
turg has just made return for the closing year,
from which it appears that the amount Of whiskey
shipped by him, in bond, amounts to 26A,079 gal
lons The United States revenue ta1 on this, at 81
per gallon, amounts to $524,15S, and city tax
amounts to s16O.7s5, making total, in the way of
taxes, Of 1854 It is probable that these figures
can be exceeded by very few persons in the United
Etates.
We learn from private letter from friend
(1ays the Wilmington Dsspatch), that negroes in
Edgecombe County refuse, in many instances, to
work for SIS per month and rations, under a
manager, being desirous of farming on shares,
where they can do so ,oithout manager ouer them.
And on the other hand they prefer to work for
wages without r:anager than upon shares under
cme. The Nash farmers are offering s12 per month,
without success, and it is thought many OF these
hborers will drift into Edgecombe
The developments arrived at respecting the Ralt
mines Of Nevada are almost startling in amount.
A single bed there is computed to cover ffty-two
thousand acres. It is solid rock SALT ninety-Ave
per oent fne It now yields at the rate of two
million bushels per annum. The water rushes up
from distance Of about thrty-f feet, and makes
q constant deposit Of the finest rock salt. It is
proposed TO snk shafts at various points, in hopes
Of striking some spot where water will not be
touched, and whore the salt can be quarried as in
Hungary and Poland.
Three hundred inmates Of the Central Lunatic
Asylum, at Columbus, Ohio had merry Christ
rass evening in the Amusement Hall Of the insti-
tuition. Never before, says the Journal were 30
raany Of the patients allowed the freedom Of the
hall, and the occasion was one long to be remem-
bered. For prudent reasons no spectators were
admitted the affair being one purely for the bene
ht and pleasure Of patients. Gifts distributed
games were played, and there was some dancing.
Scarcely an incident occurred to mar the general
enjoyment
The tribe Of Marshpec claims to be an indepen-
dent State among the nations, under the general
protection Of the Commonwealth of Massachu-
sstts. Their territory of twenty -four square miles
is held under m indefeasiblo deed from the old
Plymouth colony, with the prov'so that no part Of
K shall ever be sold to white msn. They have an
country, wonderfully stocked with fish
and game, the oldest church, and the most famous
iout stream in New England. They elect their
Own officers and govern themselves. They are
DOW increasing, and the present number is up
wards Of four hundred souls. They have been
vary peaceful tribe, there being no more crime
among them than among the same number of their
Bhite brethren around. Their property averages
t,go-thirds "a much as the average Of the white
aNs In the State.