The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-16
NEWS SUMMARY.
There is Japanese embassy in Paris on its way

There IS 8 Japanese embassy LII Id14S ol1 4'e "as
to the United States.
The Onondaga IN. " salt springs produced
last year 7,092, ,24O bushels.
General FULLERTON has resigned from the army
and returned to the practice Of the law at st.
Louis:
The Papal authorities have interdicted the SER
vices in the Scotch Protestant Church III Rome,
and it is said they intend To stop the services in
the American chapel.
Nearly aI the presses ct the Paris Mint are
employed in coming small money for the wants OF
trade, the pieces being r., IT., &c., and 25c. seV
eral millions are struck off every day.
CHARLES DICKENS has begun public readings OF
ssBarbox Brothers" and the ssBoy Of Mugby" in the
city of Leeds. The London journals report that
ssMueby Junction" has had sale Of two hundred
and fifty thousand copies.
H. RENAN has in the press new edition Of the
sIife Of JESUS" in which he replies to N. VEUn-
1o1's attack upon him, and develops his own theo-
ries it is said with much less crcumlocution than
heretofore.
DR.. Francis IIEBER and JOHN BRIGHT were
recently elected honorary members OF the Now
England Society in New York. This is the first
time this honor has been conferred upon for
eigner.
Since the process Of photographing upon silk
and linen has been perfected in France, many
persons have their portraits upon their linen
instead Of their names or initials. Washing, it is
said, does not injure the portraits.
A Japanese juggling troupe, on their way to
Paris, has reached San Francisco, where some Of
Their strange feats have been witnessed. There
are in sll about dozen performers, and they will
probably visit the principal cities Of this country
and Europe.
Another diamond has been found in Australia,
In the district Of Beechworth. It was discovered
in sebastopol Creek, at depth Of two hundred
and ffty feet, amid small blue and white topazes,
hyacinths zircons, tournaline, and tin sand. Its
weight exceeded carat and one-eighth.
General PHIL SHERIDAN emphatically denies
that he is candidate for the Presidency. He also
ssys that the report that he is about to be married
ia equally without foundation. He wants neither
the Presidency nor wife. He has no aspirations
beyond his present happy situation and condition.
It is reported from Toulon that powerful
French iron-clad squadron viii follow in the wake
OF the army transport feet to the Gulf of Mexico,
and that the Imperial Admiral has been ordered to
look 81LGT@ @pIlVdG9SI6 duu uupOotC1S VII 1uo
Mexican coast, in the Bahamas channel and s'ports
Of the United States"
Time between Omaha and Salt Lake City nov is
only eight days. Three Of them are occupied in
the trip from Omaha to Denver, and the remain
ing Eve from Denver to Salt Lake City. In this
eightGsys' travel there are three hundred miles of
r9foadfng and nine hundred Of stagng-total,
one thousand two hundred miles.
The question Of adopting the Constitutional
Amendment is to be reconsidered in the Virginia
Legislature, which rejected it recently. This move
ment is brought about by letters to the membeEs
from their constituents received since it's rejection,
urging them 70 vote for its adoption. In recon-
sideraion it will be urged to submit the question
OF ratification to the people.
The hotel and buildings at Point Lookout, with
Two tracts adjoining containing 270 acres, were
sold by Messrs. FORD 81 ComBs, at trustees sale, on
Friday, the 2Sth OF December last, for $780, This
sale was made, we learn, under mortgage liens,
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