The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-25
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Hon: g. WILLIAMSON, Of Shreveport La form
erly'of the staf Of General Bishop Polk, has been
elected United States Senator.
Rear Admiral FLETCHER, q. s. N, has been dec
DRAFTED with Cross OF honor by Queen En1mA, o
the Sandwich Islands. -
Maine is receiving supply of -four from Califor
ma; ana gets it cheaper from there than she car
from Chicago.
The attempt to smuggle by mail $4,000 worth o
diamonds set in q cork shaving failed in New York
Inursday, and the jewels were confscated.
The Louisiansans, says the Norfolk Journal who
came hther in search Of laborers for their panta-
fions, returned home few days since without hav-
ing obtained 3 single one
The dials Of the English Parliament clocks are
twenty-two feet in diameter, the largest in the
world. Every half minute the point Of the minute
hand moves nearly seven inches s',,.#Iisa
The Wanganui Times, a New Zealand paper,
claims for tho war with the Maoris the questions
BILE honor Of being the longest war on record.
With little intermission, it has continued from
1874 to the present day. .F-.
The peouniary stringency is. 80 great in Pitt
county, N. c., chat the people recently compelled
the sheriff to burn up all his writs and executions
1eturnable at court, refusing to be elected from
their homes, and being unable to pay.
A season ticket to the Paris Exhibition ;nclud-
ing admission on the day of opening costa sixty
francs is strictly personal, and accompanied by
the signature or photographic representation Of
the owner. S.,s4;3 Al ,Y5'.a n n .,, "A I. Y.
Within the limits Of the United States and terri
tories there are 12,s75 Baptist churches with
1,048,6A members, and s0Ss ordained ministers
This sect also controls 20 colleges and 13 theologi-
cal seminaries. % z s}:5tsahsttA 2tS
"a gold nine is said TO have been u discovered on
the farm Of JOHN WnBonx, in Marion county, Ky.
Lots twenty feet square are held at $4,000 each.
1t is not said whether. any have been bought,
though the specimens found appear to be the gen
uine metal.
The Southern Christian Advocate says that the
proposition to change the name Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, submitted to the Annual
Conferences by the General Conference has been
defeated. It lis believed that the Lay Delegation
proposition stands chance Of sharing the same
fate. zs s s - .sa, -; ls. .3'is ,
The Japanese Ambassador now Il ,Paris VII visit
the United States before returning home. Hisf
name is KoToLE, and he bears the title Of YAnaa1o
No:KAam He is Minister Of Foreign Affairs at
Japan, grand officer Of the Taicoon, and Governor
OF one OF tne largest provinces III - /. $.s@
Mr.. B. D. BRowER, Of Buffalo, who was one o
The first American merchants to enter Japan, DOS
sesses statuette idol from one Of the Japanese
temples, representing the god of writing, or the
apotheoHized inventor Of written language. It is
formed OF clay, very finely moulded, very firmly
hardened, and bronzed OF gilt $::, NJ: s';f a. NJ
The New York Societe Culinaire Philantropique,
gave it's first annual ball recently, at the Ger
mania Assembly Rooms, for the benefit Of widows
and orphans There was a very fine supper. The
feature OF waa TINT every member supplied some
dish Of his own manufacture i5
This publishing house lof the Mama Printing
Company, iR Cinsnnati, IVES destroyed by fire on
the 18th INST. An edition Of 1000 copies Of BASIL
DuKE's History Of Morgan's Cavalry" and large
number OF other books were destroyed. LOSS
SIS, 900; insured for $50, 600.
The Mississippi steamer Daoid While, plying be-
tweenNew Orleans and Louisville, was blown up
near Columbia, Ark, on Sunday and thirty eight
persons are known to have been killed and nine
teen wounded. There are si1ty-ave passengers
missing, whose names are unknown, as the books
we're lost. :5'i:l.-s ':'s$
The Maryland Republicans are very generally
signing petition asking, the United States senate
not to admit Gov. SWAMI to seat in that body
next March, asserting that he secured his election
through corruption and fraud. Gov. SWAMI will
doubtless share srooKToN's fate, and be tehisted"
out of his seat. sf::5-7 = :E
The libel suit Of CHARLES READE, the Eng,:sh
novelist, against the propr:etors Of the Round
Table, the libel being IN the shape Of unjust
cri6cims Of Griffith Garat,".. is now before the
New York courts, READE considers himself
damaged s25O00 worth, which Is great deal more
than the Round Table, opinions ever amounted To:
a whole family n Phladelphia was discovered
last week in almost the last stages Of starvation
and the horror Of the scene was heightened BY tie
discovery Of the appalling fact that the father Of
the family, who had died ten diys ago, was stn
unburied, from. lack OF the necessary means to.
defray the expenses Of sepulture. ....,-~,z, Il II
The Deseret Ne,os (Mormon organ) processes to
believe that Western spectators and contractors
insGgsted the so o-caaed Mormon crusade, and sug-
gests that the easiest way Of settling the difficulty
is to give BR1aHAM YouNa & Co. the State Govern
ment which they are pettioning for, and fair
chance to develop ssthe greatest social problem Of
tho age" -: f. -s:s =: Il =: =
An intelligent correspondent Of the Ml;oa1Eee
Wssco''stn, who is travelling in New York and New
England, writes gltomily Of the condition Of me
chanics, artisans and laborers in the Eastern and
Middle States. He says the sstagnation in busi-
ness has not been equa1led since 1861, when the
country was with torpor, before the civil
Tar. "
The London Times has al, account Of Young
lady, who, under the guidance Of her confessor,
took sowf OF celibacy for two years, unknown to
her parents. An offer Of marriage was subsequent.
1y made to her rroyal. TWAS not proposed
that abe should marry until heperiod Of her vow
had expired; but che had scrutples in doing so
even unless her director would Give HE
sanction. BE was solicited by her parents to grant
It, but he refused and the lady died single. TIE
confessor was the disting rushed Dr. PusEY himself
The recent decision Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States encounters an influential opposition
near at hand The highest Court the District Of
Cofnmbia has come to an unanimous opinion that
the test oath is constitutional, which; may startle
the worahippers Of q venerable and moss-erown
Judiciary The District Court, after controyertine
the positions Of the United States Supreme Court.
does notfeel bound to regard it's decisions as man
datory, and refuses to set aside Its own rule. re-
quirng the test osth to be- taken by attorneyz
practicing within its Jurisdiction. AZ. @
The New York Post states that d contract has !
been made BY 2 company for. Q cable Of superior
construction aud material to be laid down between
the United States and Portugal. STARRING from
some point on our coast it win be carried to Per-